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It Is a hopeful sign, indicating a de*
?ided revival of business, that the revenues
of thirty of the prominent post*
offices during the last six months of 188$
increased $337,191, or 7 1-4 per cent,
over those of the previous year.
. H. A. Keyser, who lectured recently
before the Boston Scientific society,
stated that a diamond worth $800,000 is
being cut in Amsterdam?the chief city
of the world for such work?and that
the gem is to be given to Queen Victoria
on the fiftieth anniversary of her ascen
sion to the throne.
* A wonderful and little-known flower
has been on exhibition at the Philadelphia
Horticultural society's rooms. It is
called the moon flower, and blooms in
the evening. From a small bud an inch
and a quarter in diameter comes a beautiful
flower four inches in diameter. The
development requires less than an hour,
and the buds can be seen opening.
* Even the English people have woke up
to the fact that sparrows are nature's
feathered thieves and tramps, and should
be shot and killed at every possible opportunity.
The London Academy, in the
course of a long article, says: "Do not
let him increase. He carries destruction
witty him wherever he goes, and leaves
devastation to mark his path. From
every point of view he must be looked
upon as the enemy of man.''
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From English mortality statistics extending
over a considerable period, Dr
William Ogel finds that the death rate
among clergymen is lower than that in
other occupations. If the mortality for
the three years 1880-82 among ministers
be represented 556, that among farmers
will be denoted by 631, among lawyers
by 841, and physicians by 1,122. The
high mortality rate among the doctors is
a source of alarm to an eminent medical
authority, and is regarded as demanding
the most thorough investigation.
The French have looked with alarm
tipon the steady export of Percheron
horses to the United States, but the most
nmmiripnt brpeders there now sav that
he progeny of these horses, raised in the
United States, are an iraprovemement on
their sires, and that it is profitable to reimport.
It is known that Napoleon III.
used to import Percheron horses from
Vermont for the postchaises which he
used so much, as General Fleury, his
master of horses, found them much superior
to the Mecklenburg horses more
generally in use.
The amount of capital invested in potteries
in this country now is $8,000,000,
and the value of last year's product was
about the same. Between $4,000,000
and $5,000,000 are paid in wages, and
The Wages here are about 100 per cent,
higher than those paid abroad. At the
same time w;ith the improvement in quality
of our home-made crockery ware,
there has been a great reduction, amounting
to nearly fifty per cent., in the price
of it. Everything in the pottery line
that is used in this country is now made
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tiles up to the thinnest and most highlydecorated
table ware and the most beautiful
ornamental tiles. The value of the
imports of both the coarser grades of pottery
and the finer wares has fallen off
within five years.
Sacramento has been holding a 1 'Citrus
Fair," where were exhibited the fruits of
Northern California. There were shown
not only^the citrus fruits?lemons, limes,
oranges, and a curious large showy fruit
called the "pumalo"?but also olives,
grapes, fresh strawberries, almonds, chestnuts,
walnuts, pecans, pears from thethird
crop grown on the same tree last year,
Japanese plum, all loaded with fragrant
flowers. The San Francisco Chronicle
says: ''The tea, pumalo, ripe olives,
licorice, cotton, and other unusual exhibits
of California products can be detended
upon with surprising regularity
to bring forth from visitors, 'Why, I didn't I
know California grew that!' The licorice
exhibitor chipped up some of the roots
for visitors to sample, as there was a large
percentage of visitors who always asked
incredulously, 'Is it real licorice?' The
ripe olives were also a surprise to visitorsThe
table olive is such a firm, bright
green t'ruit that to see a dark, purple, soft
and luscious-looking little fruit labeled
olive is a constant surprise. They are the
ripe olive, such as are pressed for oil. and
though they look tempting, are likely to
turn the taster more nearly inside out
than anything else he could put in his
mouth."
An interesting fact with regard to
damage from lightning has been evolved
from a study of insurance statistics in
Germany. It appears that during the
years between 1850 and 1880 the lightning
risks have increased threefold; that
is, out of any <jiven number of buildings
three times as many would be struck by
lightning during 1880 as were struck
during 1850. Two causes for this extra
ordinary increase suggest themselves:
A change of meteorological conditions,
or the more common use of metals in
constructional. Investigations have,
however, failed to develop a satisfactory
explanation. Prof. Holtz fails to find
from meteorological returns any proof as
to increase of storms, but produces statistics
to show that in those districts
where most metal is used about buildings
the largest number of lightning
strokes are recorded. On the other
hand, Prof. Bezold finds that in Bavaria
thunder storms have increased both in
number and intensity. An investigation
of the subject in this country -would be
interesting, particularly in regard to the
safety afforded by lightning-rods. Meteorological
changes are continually going
on, and whether danger from lightning
has increased three-fold, as in Germany,
would be worth knowing.
Regarding the growth of cremation,
the Modern Crematist says that the Buffalo
Cremation society has erected a
furnace on the Italian plan; that a cremation
furnace- has been completed at
Pittsburg, where natural gas will be the
fuel; that Cincinnati has an organization
that is building a furnace; that a society
has been orgjmized in San Francisco, and
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Win UUUU WOII ; ILlilL Dill 11 111 u una cv
live organization, embracing many prominent
citizens; that Philadelphia's society
is several years old, and composed largely
of German business men; that New
Orleans has one of the oldest societies in
this country; that San Antonia will soon
build a crematorium, and that Davenport,
Iowa, Detroit, Los Angeles, Sacramento,
Boston and Worcester have organizations,
and are contemplating the
building of crematoriums.
The newly introduced Japan chestnut
promises to be a fruit of great value. The
chestnut is one of the most nutritious of
fruits. In parts of the Southern States
it has been found profitable to reserve
tracts of native chestnut timber and to
fence them in as feeding parks for swine,
in which they will fatten rapidly and
cheaply and make the sweetest and best
of pork. As a fruit for human consumption
the chestnut holds a high place, and
o 1 arrro rtimn+i+c imnnrf.nd from Eu
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rope for this purpose. A grove of chestnut
trees is quite as profitable as an apple
orchard, and the Japan chestnut is
proved to be the best of its kind. It is
is as hardy as our native species, and the
fruit is of better quality than the European
kinds. It is a small tree, bears at
three years old, and the nuts are large
and of better quality than those brought
hither from Italy. It is a handsome
lawn tree, and its moderate size and habit
of growth fit it well for this purpose. As
an orchard tree planted for profit, too, it
promises to be of great value. It is as
easily grown as the native kind and sue
ceeds well on a sandy loam soil.
In a pamphlet received from Charles
W. Garfield, Grand Rapids, the secretary
of the Michigan Horticultural society,
has been collecting interesting information
relating to the State legislation in
the interests of horticulture. From this
reliable little pamphlet ie learned how
much assistance is rendered to the various
horticultural societies by their respected
States. The Massachusetts Horticultural
society, although one of the
most useful as well as the most prosperous
organizations devoted to horticulture
in the country, has never received assistance
from State legislation. The Massachusetts
State Board of Agriculture,
however, which devotes a goodly share
of attention to horticulture, is supported
by the State. New York gives nothing
directly to horticultural societies, but
appropriates $20, COO per annum to its experiment
station. It is very fair to add
that at the station much time and money
are expended in the interests of horticulturalists.
The >"ew Jersey experiment
station receives $8,000 annually, and
a portion of this amount goes to
sustain horticultural interests. The
Michigan horticultural societjr, while
accomplishing efficient work, has done
this without other direct aid from the
State legislature than the publication of
its report. Its agricultural college has
received due support, and the horticultural
department has received much attention.
Vermont has an annual allow- ance
of $2,500 for agriculture, horticulture
and forestry. The Illinois Horticultural
society has $2,000 per annum,
and Indiana from $300 to $500. Iowa
gives $1,000, $200 of which is awarded
in premiums for growing forest trees.
The government of Kansas makes sufficient
appropriation to cover the expense
of publishing the annual report and
forestry manual in goodly numbers. It
has also been of assistance in the aid of
forestry. Nebraska gives $1,^00. Ohio
gives $1,000. The Horticultural society
of Georgia is an old one, and has done
valuable work by increasing the variety
of fruit products and encouraging the
organization of local societies. The State
has not given direct aid to its horticultural
societies.
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nerusene Jime.
Xew South "Wales possesses in the Vale
of Hartley mine a valuable kerosene deposit.
The mine is situated in one of
the most picturesque parts of the colony,
about eighty-three miles northwest of
Sydney, in the Blue mountains, at an altitude
of 3,118 feet above t he level of the
sea. The railway up the mountains has
aided greatly in the establishment of a
number of important industries there.
The ironworks at Eastbank are carried
on successfully, and the coal deposits are
inexhaustible. The kerosene shale found
there is said to be the richest in the
world. Considerable quantities of it are
used in the large cities of the colonies for
the purpose of enriching gas. It is also
exported for the same purpose to Holland,
Java, and the States on the Pacific slope
of the United States. Only the better
quality of the mineral is exported, the
scraps and inferior portions being retained
for the extraction of oil. The
seams are from one foot to two and a
half in thickness. It is much more diffimiH
tr> minn than coal, and is USUallv ffOt
out without picks and pointed rods, "it
docs not run down readily into blocks,
I but has to be separated picce by piece,
and splintered off into sharp thin pieces.
It is easily lighted with a match, and
burns with a steady flame, like a candle,
and emits a strong odor of kerosene.
The company working the mine, beside
their operations at the mine, have extensive
oil works at Waterloo, where
they manufacture kerosene lubricants,
paraffine, etc.?Iron.
A Hopeless Case.
Mother?"I think, Clara, that young
3Ir. Sampson is fond of you."
Clara (hopefully)?"Why, mamma?"
Mother?"Because he was such a long
time buttoning your glove last night."
Clara (hopelessly)?"Ah, yes, mamma;
but they are six-button gloves, you know,
and when he had buttoned the fifth one
he asked me if that wouldn't be enough."
?JVno York Sun.
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NEWS SIBIMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
Races between ice-boats on the frozen
Hudson occur daily.
The Rhode Island legislature has passed a
joint resolution for the formation of a committee
to consider a report upon the matter
of woman suffrage.
A filibustering expedition is said to have
sailed from New York for Honduras. Central
America, a few days since. An ex-preaident
of Honduras, now residing in New York, is
alleged to have furnished the "sinews of
war" for the expedition.
The Fall River (Mass.) cotton spinners
have received an increase of ten per cent, in
wages.
Hoy. "William Dorsheimer, appointed byPresident
Cleveland United States district
attorney at New York, has resigned in order
to devote all his time to the metropolitan
daily of which he is chief editor.
Governor Hill has pardoned Joseph Bork,
ex-city treasurer of Buffalo, who embezzled
$400,000.
The most disastrous outbreak of the striking
miners in the coke country that has* yet
occurred took place at Bradford, Penn., the
other morning. The large coal tipple and
tugine house at the Henry Clay works and a
number of care on the Baltimore and Ohio
side track were burned by the strikers.
One striker was fatally shot and two workmen
were badly beaten, while twenty-five
others were temporarily imprisoned in the
burned tipple, out escaped with slight burns.
A sheriff and twenty-five deputies were sent
to the scene of disturbance.
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South and West.
Six railroad laborers were sitting about a
stove in a shanty at East St. Lou is, 111., when
some one, either as a practical jcke or to settle
an old grudge, poured a can of oil down
the chimney. The frail structure was all
ablaze in a" moment, and the six inmates
were frightfully burned before they could escape.
Ax engineer and two fireman were killed
hv a collision of two trains near Mill Soring.
2V?o.
Albert Cooley, a fanner residing near
McGregor, Iowa, and his entire family, consisting
of his wife, two boys and one little
girl, were all burned to death by their house
catching fire during the night
A family of eight persons?husband, wife
and six children?were found frozen to death
on the prairie near Oberlin, Kansas.
A steamship became unmanageable in the
harbor at New Orleans and ran into four
other vessels and a wharf, causing damage to
the extent of about $75,000. j
A mad dog in Crete, Neb., bit twenty-five
dogs and three children before he was killed.
The remains of President Garfield have
been placed in a new sarcophagus.
The Chinamen at Seattle, Washington
Territory, are being driven out of town.
General* Gibbon commanding the department
of Columbia, was telegraphed to by the
mayor of Seattle for troops to prevent the
expulsion.
Further attempts to force the Chinamen
at Seattle, W. T., to leave town resulted in
a collision between the militia and the agitators
in which one man was killed and three
wounded. The militia formed a hollow
square and held the crowd at bay for fully
an hour, when quiet was restored. Intense
excitement prevailed, and business was genavnllv
siiqnpnhflfi
Mrs. Slater, her babe (eight months old
and*a nurse girl were drowned in a pond
near their home at Nunnelly, Tenn.
A revenue officer named John L. Cochraae
was ambushed by moonshiners and
riddled with shot in Newton county, Ga.
The anti-Chinese disturbance' in Washington
Territory took such a turn that?after the
sanguinary collision between the militia and
a mob at Seattle, the governor Issued
a proclamation putting the city
under martial law. President Cleveland
was also appealed to, and responded by
issuing a proclamation commanding the
,peace, and ordered United States troops to
the scene of disturbance. At CHympia, W.
T., anti-Chinese demonstrations also occurred,
but the mayor issued a proclamation and organized
a law-and-order committee to protect
the Chinamen from being driven from
their homes.
Washington.
Senator Blair, from the Senate committee
on education and labor, has reported favorably
Senator Frye's bill to provide for the
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appointment/ uy tut 11 c&iucm ul u cvuuuiosion
of five persons to investigate the alcoholic
liquor traffic.
The pension appropriation bill reported to
the House from the committje appropriates
$75,754 .200, an increase of about $15,000,000
over last year. It is made up as follows: For
army and" navy pensions, $75,000,000; for fees
and expenses of examining surgeons, $500,000;
for salaries of eighteen pension agents,
$?2,000, and for miscellaneous expenses, including
clerk hire, rents, etc., $182,200.
The Senate has passed Mr. Sewell's bill
providing for an annual appropriation of
$600,000 tor the purpose of providing arms
and ordnance stores, quartermasters' stores
and camp equipage for the militia, the appropriation
to be apportioned among the
several States and Territories.
The President has sent to the Senate the
following nominations: Henry White, of
Maryland, now second secretary of legation
of the United States at London, to be secretary
of legation, vice William J. Hoppin, resigned;
Charles P. Phelps, of Vermont, to be
second secretary of the legation of the
United States at London; John D. Kennedv,
of South Carolina, to be consul general of the
United States at Shanghai. PostmastersCharles
C. <3ommerford, at Water bury,
Conn.; H. Hungerford Drake, at West Winstead,
Conn,; 'William L. Force, Plainfield,
N. J.; Walter S. Braden, .New Jtsngnron,
Penn.; Joseph R Boyle, West
Minster, Mid.; Orange Pomeroy,
Chardon, Ohio: Alva R. Beck with.
Jefferson, Ohio: Frank H. Smith, Sycamore,
111.; John H. Koop, Brainerd, Minn.; John
S. Rogers, Beloit, Kan. To be attorneys of
the United States: George M. Stearns, of
Massachusetts, for the district of Massachusetts;
Allan R Bushnell, of Wisconsin, for
the western district of Wisconsin; Lewis L.
McArthur, ol Oregon, for the district of
Oregon.
The Senate committee on finance by a
strict party vote decided to report adversely
the nominations of Pillsbury und Chase as
?olleetors for Boston and Portland, Me., respectively.
These are the flrsi; nominations
of President Cleveland that tha Republican
Senators have decided to reject.
Foreign.
Servia has refused to disarm at the command
of the European i>owers, and has ordered
all merchants and manufacturers under
forty years to join the Servian army.
A pooh man in Guadalaiara, Mexico, went
to a popular priest to confess, and while the
nriest leaned over to listen to the recital of
the seeming }>enitent. the latter plunged a
dagger into his heart. The man was arrested,
but would give no reason for his crime.
Lord Salisbury and the other members
of the retiring British ministry were hooted
at Portsmouth while returning*from Osborne,
whither they had gone to deliver the seals of
office to Queen Victoria. Later the seals of
office were delivered to the Gladstone ministers
by the queen.
Additional appointments made under the
new Gladstone government: Chancellor of
the Duchy of Lancaster, Edward Heneage;
lord chancellor of Ireland, John Naish; attorney-general
of Ireland, Samuel "Walker;
solicitor-general of Ireland, The. McDermott;
secretary to the admiralty, John T. Hibbert;
under foreign secretary, James Bryce: under
colonial secretary. George Osborne Morgan;
under secretary for India, Sir U. K. Shuttleworth
; under secretary for the home department,
Henry Broadhurst.
President Caamano, of Ecuador, was attacked
by political opponents at Yaguachi,
and one of his aides was killed. The president
escaped to Guayaquil. In a political row at
that place the chief of police and three other
persons were killed.
The riot at London, in which many thousands
of uneiuployed men engaged, was
finally subdued by the police,though not before
many windows were broken, some stores
robbed and ped<Rtrians attacked. No fatalities
were reporied, and many arrests were
made.
The youngest performer in the London
theatres is the infant that takes) part in the
baby song in the last act of "My Sweetheart."
It is eighteen months old, and is the fourteenth
child of a working gunmaker in Edinburgh.
It is put to bed every afternoon at four, is
brought to the theatre at nine, and is in bed
again half an hour later, earning for this
duty, it is said, more than its father,
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LATER NEWS.
Rev. J. C. Pershing, principal of the
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.Pittsburg Female scnooi, nas uwu
guilty of dishonesty, lying and criminal conduct
by a committee of ministers, and been
dismissed.
A fire destroyed the club stable of tha
Meadow Brook Huuting club at East
Meadow, Long Island, and twenty-four
race horses wintering there, valued at $30,000,
perished in the flames.
The boycotting of various large establishments
is being actively pushed throughout the
West by the Knights of Labor.
A farmer named Thielan was literally cut
in two by a buzz saw iu a planing mill at
Caseyville, 111.
Steimtz won three games of chess from
Zuketort at St. Louis, to which city the
players went after finishing the series at New
York. This result gave each player four
games, and the scene of contest was transferred
to New Orleans.
JHon. Johx G. Thompson, ex-sergeant-alarms
of the House of Representatives, and
once a prominent Ohio politician, died a few
days ago at Seattle, W. T., to which place he
had gone as laud claim agent under appointment
of the President.
The bursting of a boiler in Oshkosh, Wis.,
j wrecked a mill, killed two men and seriously
I injured several persons.
Th s bill appropriating $500,000 for the extension
of the benefits of the signal service to
farmers by means of signals displayed at
telegraph stations has been favorably reported
to the House committee on agriculture
by a sub-committee.
The Indian annrouriation bill ordered re
ported to the House by the committee on Indian
affairs appropriates $5,502,502, a decrease
of $274,888 from the appropriation foj.
the current fiscal yeav, and of $548,09" from
the estimates.
Stephen1, A. Walker, president of the
New York city board of education, has been
nominated as United States district attorney
in place of Mr. Dorsheimer, resigned.
A league of Englishmen, Scotchmen and
Irishmen has been formed in London to promote
the establishment of an Irish parliament
in Dublin.
Up to recent date the Grant National Monument
fund had reached $115,000.
Two brothers-in-law?Jolm Morrison and
Thomas Kennedy?were both killed while
leaping from a train at Carbondale, Penn.
when Robert Hemer died a few days ago
atVineland, N. J., it was supposed he had
left considerable wealth, but none could be
discovered until a long search revealed an
old valise lying under a heap of rubbish in a
closet. The valise contained $51,550.
A few days after General Hancock's death
a fund for the benefit of his widow was
started, and at once over $4,000 was sub
scribed, Samuel J. Tilden beading the list in
New York with $1,000, and George TV. Child3
in Philadelphia with a like sum.
At General Hancock's funeral in New
York the pall-bearers were Hon. Thomas F.
Bayard, Gen. William T. Sherman, Lieut.
Gen. Philip H. Sheridan, Major-Gen. John
M. Schofield, Major-Gen. Don Carlos Buell,
Brig. Gen. Nelson A. Miles, Brig.-Gen. AL
fred H. Teny, Brig.-Gen. John Newton,
Major-Gen. William B. Franklin. Major-Gen.
William F. Smith, Brig.-Gen. James B.
Fry, Brig.-Gen. Orlando B. Wilcox,
Brevet Brig.-Gen. Francis A Walker,
Col. W. R Wilson, Major William D. W.
Miller, Mr. B. M. Hartshorne. The body was
conveyed from Governor's Island to Trinity
church in New York under military escort.
After the funeral services in Trinity the remains
were conveyed to Norristown, Penn.,
for final interment.
Fifty-eight horses were burned to deat^
in a St. Louis stable.
At the annual meeting in Cincinnati of the
military order of the Loyal legion, of which
General Hancock was at one time commander-in-chief,
General Sherman paid an eloquent
tribute to the dead soldier.
John* Evaxs quarreled with his uncle,
Rolla Banks, at Windon, Mo., and was ordered
to leave the house. Evans mortally
wounded Banks, and then drowned himself
in a well.
More than thirty members of the House
have signified their intention to speak on tho
silver question.
The anti-Chinese bill introduced in the Senate
by Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, absolutely
prohibits all emigration of Chinamen
to this country.
King |Milan has summoned the entire
Servian array to enter the field, fully equipped
for war, to undergo a six weeks' drill.
Measures are to be taken to provide for
the wants of the numerous unemployed
working people throughout England. It was
their necessities which precipitated the recent
riot in London.
Six Canadian mounted police have beeu !
murderei by half-breeds near Regina. Northwest
territory, and there is likelihood of a I
rebellion in the spring.
The London press is attacking the police
force on accduntof its inefficiency during the
lateriwt. The force consists of 11,589 men. I
NEW AMERICAN CARDINAL.
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, to
Succeed Cardinal McCloskey.
Archbishop Corrigan, of New York, has
received a cable dispatch from Rome announcing
that it had been decided to make
Archbishop Gibbons, of Baltimore, the next
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congratulatory message was immediately sent
to Baltimore.
Archbishop James Gibbous is primate of
the Catholic church in the United States. He
was born in Baltimore on July 23,1S34. His
parents were poor and his first education was
received in Ireland, whither he was taken by
his father when still a child. When
he returned to America he worked
for some time as a clerk in
New Orleans. Later he entered the St.
Charles college, in Howard county, Maryland,
and began to study for the priesthood,
toward which all his inclinations prompted
him. He graduated from there in 1857, finished
his studies iu the seminary of St. Sul*
pice and St. Mary's university, Baltimore,
and was ordaiued priest June 30, 1861. He
was connected with several Baltimore
churches. He served as assistant chancellor
at the second plenary council held in
Baltimore in 1S()G. He was appointed
vicar-general of North Carolina in IStiS, and
nnt. Inn"- afterward li? was consecrated
bishop of Adramytum on the ltithof August.
He was translated to the see of Richmond.
Va., iu 1872, and when Archbishop Bayley.of
Baltimore, became dangerously ill, be was
appointed coadjutor archbishop, and consecrated
May 20, 1877. He was made archbishop)
of Baltimore upon the death of Archbishop
Bayley, October .'5 of the same year.
It was announced further that the consistory
would probably be held at Rome on or
about March 15, when an ablegate and a
Papal guard would be sent to Baltimore to
present the Beretta. Later the new cardinal
will go to Rome to be invested with the remaining
iusignia of his office.
S. A. King, the aeronaut, of Philadelphia,
has been appointed balloonist in the office of
the chief signal officer of the army at "Washington.
Mr. King will make balloon ascensions
occasionally to take observations of the
weather at elevated points. He will also write
up aerial navigation in connectfbn wiih the
weather reports.
Herr Albert Niemann!" thegreat German
tenor, will represent Herr Gudehus as
Tristan in the Bayreuth festival plays next
Fuminer?a part in which he remains unequalled.
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WRAffl BP.lTOaa
The Streets of London in Possession
of Rioters.
Houses and Stores Broken Into and
People Attacked.
A London dispatch of the 8th says that
the long suffering mechanics of the metropolis,
excited by years of hardship and constantly
increasing commercial depression,
have been stirred to madness by the speeches
of a number of socialists and others, and for
| several hours were in complete possession
of a portion of the city, wrecking houses and
upon the verge of a revolution.
The trouble began at a mass meeting in
Trafalgar Square around the Nelson monument.
The proceedings were opened with an
assemblage of 10,000 men. The police wero
present in large numbers. They at once saw
t tat the socialistic element of London greatly
p .'dominated in the crowd, which was also
managed by well-known socialists, and extraordinary
vigilance was ordered to preserve
the peace at all hazards.
Conspicuous among the leaders of the mulj
titude was Mr. Burns, who ran as the social
ist canuiuuie in lnocungnam iu cue recent
election. He sneered at the police and acted
generally as if he wished to bring about a
conflict between them and the people. Finally
he ascended the pedestal of the Nelson
column for the purpose of delivering an harangue.
He was dragged down from this position
by the police, but the officers were
overpowered, a red flag was unfurled and
Burns again ascended the pedestal and finished
his harangue.
The officers for a second time forced their
wav to the monument and dragged Burns
and his colleagues down from the pedestal.
By this time all that part of London which is
in the neighborhood of the National gallery
and of the Carlton and Reform clubs was in
the possession of mobs. The crowd was excited
to tne highest pitch by inflammatory speeches
delivered on tho Carlton club's steps. The
mob was split up into many divisions by
being-forced down the different streets by
the pressure from Trafalgar square to get
nearer the occurrences at the cIud houses,and
the various divisions started off hooting,
howling and challenging the authorities. The
invaded streets were at once abandoned
to the rioters, who, finding themselves
no longer opposed, vented their ill-will
1 against well-housed people and against the
clubs by stoning the dwellings and club
houses along the way. Lord Randolph
Churchill appeared at a window of
the Carlton club when the mob reached
there. He was loudly hooted and menaced
with clinched fists bv the rioters.
After Burns bad been driven away from
the Nelson monument by the police and had
spoken from the Reform ana Carlton club
steps, a savage fight took place between his
adherents, the socialists and the anti-socialists.
The battle raged for some time,
but the socialists proved victorious,
and they lifted Burns to
their shoulders and bore him aloft to Regent
street where, with him, they succeeded in
bending the crowd toward Hyde Park, Burns
leading the whole way. The police along the
route were brushed out of the way by the
rioters as so many men of straw, and many
of the officei-s were terribly beaten for interfering.
At the park, where the mob had all collected,
Burns again addressed them. This
speech was even more violent than the others
lie had made. The language was exciting,
and the whole address was well calculated to
set the crowd loose" upon the town. Burns
was followed by several other socialistic
speakers, who did all in their
power to stir up strife. "When the speaking
was over the mob broke up into sections and
disappeared from the scene. The main
body went back east along Oxford street
again. The affrighted residents along
this thoroughfare were not yet recovered
from their panic, and the mob had
the street to themselves. They smashed
every sound window they noticed. The wine
shops were broken into aud their contents
distributed freely to whoever wished
drink. The beer saloons, were similarly
frv?nt/>rl Tnilnv slinm were broken into
and the clothes and rolls of cloth were
thrown out into the street, to be
taken by those strongest in the fight
which resulted. Every person met whc
looked like a foreigner was stoned or beaten
from the street. Scores of times policemen
attempted to save assailed property and to
make arrests, but were every time beaten and
compelled to surrender their prisoners.
Another part of the mob went through
Pall Mall and St. James street to Piccadilly.
The}* attempted to enter the war office in
Pall Mall.but desisted when the sentry threatened
to bayonet the leaders. On reaching th
top of St." James street the mob attacked
the Devonshire club (liberal)
in a savage manner. On their way
down Piccadilly they passed Hatchett's
hotel, a large hostelry at Nos. 07 and 03,
well-known as the starting place of the
coaches. When the mob passed this place
many of the rank and file were hungry,
and "these made a rush for the hotel.
They had it in their possession in a
moment and they sacked it of food
and drink and left the building badly
wrecked. As tho men were leaving the hotel
they saw a carriage, which had been pressed
i up against the curb by the passing procession
and abandoned by its frightened occupants.
It was seized and in an instant broken up and
the wheel spokes, shafts and other good
pieces were "carried away for clubs. The
Turf club's house, being in Piccadilly, presented
a temptation to the rioters as tney
went by, and they smashed all its front door.s
and windows with stones.
The most violent acts were committed on
North and South Audley streets and Oxford
street. Probably ^00 shops and a dozen club
houses were seriously damaged, and about
fifty sho))S were pillaged, including bakers',
butchers', aud wine shops. Jewelry shops
were broken into and their .contents
carried off by the^mob. Carriages containing
ladies were stopped on the streets aud the
occupants forced to alight. Some of the rioters
entered the vehicles aud drove at the
head of the crowd. Tbe mob swept
through the streets shouting, "Smash
the windows! Let's get iuside the shops!1'
Hundreds of inoffensive people were maltreated.
The police were powerless at first,
but they ultimately succeeded in restoring
order by breaking lip the ranks of the rioters
into small squads. The military were kept
under arms all the evening, while policemen
patrolled the streets.
The scenes which characterized the,retreat
through Oxford street also attended the
retreat of the other sections of the
crowd. Every street they entered was
surrendered to them, and at midnight
the police reports concurred in stating
that never before in the present
generation has such a tremendous dis
turDunce occurred in jjonaou wilu .->u
little loss of blood. Some officials declare
that upward of fifty thousand men must
have been rioting for at least six hours,
with absolute possession of every thoroughfare
they chose to invade. Yet no life was
reported to have been taken. If the police
had been strong enough to attack the mob at
any point there might have been terrible records
to make. After quiet had been restored
many arrests were made by the police.
PILLOKY AND LASH.
OIdTiroe\*uiiislimeiit8 Administered
in Delaware.
Despite very cold weather about 250 persons
assembled in the snow in the yard of the
New Castle (DeL) jail on the Gth to witness
the punishment of six criminals. E. J.
Hollingsworth (white) convicted of forgery,
was put in the pillory for an hour. He did
not mind the punishment nor tno coiu, ?uu
laughed and chatted with the spectators.
Harrison Rothwell, alias "Sugar Awful,''
(colored) was given Ave lashes, which he received
smilingly. William Rothwell,
''Sugar's'' brother, also convicted of larceny,
received ten lashes. When his punishment
was completed he told the spectators lit
could easily have taken ten more lashes,
George Morris and John Beecham (both colored),
convicted of larceny, received ten anil
five lashes respectively. The former squirmed
considerable, out the latter betrayed no emotion.
Frank Clayport (white), convicted ol
the theft of a watch, was whipped with
twenty lashes. He bore his punishment well,
Mme. JuDicwas the cause of a duel be
tweeu two editors in the city of Mexico or
the occasion of her recent visit to the capita
of the sister republic. They disagread as to
the merits of the actress.
SUMMARY _0F_ CONGRESS.
Senate Sessions.
Thirty-seconb Day.?The bill to provide
for the admission of South Dakota was
passed, after a debate in which Messrs. Butler,
Logan and Harrison were the chief participants,
by 32 ayes to 22 nays?a strict party
vote, with the exception of Mr. Voorhees,
of Indiana, who voted with the Republicans.
? Mr. Dawes1 resolution calling u?on*the
interior department for all information in its
possession relating to the performance of the
duty of Henry Ward, while Indian inspector,
was agreed to without debate ...Mr. Payne
presented the credentials of re-election of
Senator Sherman, which were read and filed.
Thirty-third Day.?A long debate occured
on a resolution of Mr. Eustis, who complained
that the administration did not do
what it ought to circulate silver dollars. The
reply of Mr. Gorman was that the sub-treasuries
do all they can, with the force they
have; that the government is put to extraordinary
and absurd expense for purposes
j : J r }
vruujii IV was never ueMgueu iur, auu
that, as a matter of fact, this administration
has used greater efforts to keep silver in circulation
than its predecessors. Speaking on
the Eustis resolution, Mr. Sherman remarked
that Washington once complained because
the Senate did not ask for his reasons for
removing an officer. Mr. Saulsbury here interrupted
to say that Washington did not do
so. Mr. Sherman repeated his assertion of
the Senate's right to have all papers on the
government files, and Mr. Saulsbury again
broke in to say that the tenure of office act
vested the matter of suspensions during vacation
entirely in the discretion of the President,
and that the Senate had nothing
whatever to do with it. Mr.
Sherman explained that he did not
claim the Senate could exercise any power
over the President's discretion; but, he asserted,
the President must not prevent the
Senate from having the same information
that he had when he made a nomination.
He had no right to withhold any paper
whatever from the Senate, unless perhaps
secret, confidential communications
to him, and if there were any such they
ought to go into the waste basket instead of
on file. Mr. Sherman elaborated this idea
until Mr. Pugh interrupted with an objection
to the dragging in of such a subject when
considering an entirely different matter.
Then Mr. Pugh himself took up the subject
long enough to argue that, under the Constitution,
the Senate could only call for
public documents in reference to legislation,
and could not demand information
from the President concerning matters
belonging exclusively to the President.
The character of the papers on file
.determined the right of the Senate to have
them and the President could determine their
character. Mr. Sherman was surprised at
this argument, and declared that never until
the present administration had it been asserted
that a head of a department could determine
the character of papers on the public files.
The debate was continued in this strain until
adjournment.
Thirty-fourth Day.?Among the bills introduced
was one by Mr. Allison to make
full legal tender money interchangeable at
the treasury or at the sub-treasury in the
city of New York; also one by Mr. Beck
to provide for the issue of coin certificates....
Mr. Plumb's resolution calling on the secretary
of state for reasons for the depression
in prices in cereals and cotton, contributed by
the United States to foreign countries, was
agreed to.... After further routine business,
the bills providing for the erection of public
buildings were passed ...Mr. Blair took
the floor on tne educational bill and
said that the bill would appropriate for
the first year $7,000,000; for the second,
$10,000,000; the third, $15,000,000; fourth,
$13,000,000; fifth. $11,000,000; sixth, $9,000,000;
seventh, $7,000,000, and eighth, $5,006,000.
The money was to be divided among
the States and Territories in that proportion
which the whole number of persons in each
State and Territory being over ten years of
age, and being unable to read or
write, bears to the whole number of such persons
in the United States..The bill providing
for the appointment of an assistant secretary
of the navy was discussed without
action.
Thirty-fifth Day.?Mr. Hale, from the
committee on naval affairs, reported with
favorable recommendation a bill authorizing
the secretary of the navy to fit out an expedition
to observe the total eclipse of the sun
on August issu....Mr. uoipn suo|
raitted an amendment to Mr. Sherman's
silver bill, proposing to keep the
amount of coin certificates outstanding equal
to the value of the bullion held as security for
the certificates....Mr. Eustis' resolution on
the subject of the alleged refusal of the NewOrleans
sub-treasurer to issue silver certificates
for deposits of silver came up, and a
prolonged discussion of the silver question
followed.... At the close of the discussion the
Senate went into executive session, and the
adjournment followed.
Thirty-sixth Day?Mr. Teller submitted
an amendment to the Eustis resolution regarding
the refusal of the assistant treasurer
at New Orleans to issue silver certificates in
exchange for silver, dollars. The amendment
directs inquiry into the alleged loss of money
in the New Orleans sub-treasury,and whether
such loss occurred in connection with the
exchange of silver certificates for coin....
Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon, introduced a bill
repealing all treaties permitting the coming
of Chinese to the United States except in the
case of diplomatic and official personages....
The bill to regulate the promotion of West
Point graduates was passed... ?Mr. Morgan
opposed the educational bill until 4:40 p. m.,
when the Senate went into executive session.
House Sessions.
Thirty-Fourth Day.?The Speaker announced
the appointment of Mr. Hammond,
of Georgia, and Mr. Culberson, of Texas, to
fill vacancies upon the committee of American
shipping interests.... Bills for the relief
of several persons and firms were passed.
Thirty-Fifth Day.?Under the call of
States a large number of bills were introduced
.... Mr. Blanchard, of Louisiana, introduced
a resolution calling on the secretary
of the treasury for & statement of all
moneys or funds seized and collected
by Generals Butler and
Banks while in command of the
department of the gulf during the war, and
particularly of all amounts seized by General
Banks under order No. 202 by United States
officers in New Orleans from May, to
May, 1865, together with the disposition of
the moneys and funds so seized ana appropriated
by the United States.. ..Mr. Weaver, of
Iowa, spoke upon the financial question, and
attacked the national banking system.
Thirty-sixth Day.?The response of the
secretary of the treasury to the Bland resolution
respecting the silver balance and circulation
was laid before the House and reThe
secretary says that he will, with
all due diligence, make full answer to the
resolution. A communication from the secretary
of the treasury was also laid before
the House, showing that during the fiscal
year ending June 30, 1885. $45,875,702.75
were applied to the sinking fund....
Mr. Finalay, of Maryland, spoke on the financial
question, which, he said, resolved itself
into the question as to whether or not the
Bland act should be repealed. Mr. Warner,
of Ohio, also made a lengthy speech, insisting
that nothing but the restoration of silver to
an equality with gold would prove satisfactory.
Thirtt-sixth Day.?The response of the
secretary of the treasury to the House resolution
calling for information upon questions
arising under the tariff act of 1883 was laid
before the House and referred....Mr.
Blanchard then introduced resolutions with
reference to General Hancock's death, and at
12:10, out of respect to his memory, the
House adjourned.
Thirty - eighth Day. ? Mr. Bingham
(Penn.) asked leave to introduce a bill granting
a pension of 12,000 per annum to the
1 widow of General VV. S. wancocK, out xar.
; Black (N. Y.) objected The Indian appropriation
bill was reported by Mr. Wellborn
(Tex.) and referred to the committee of the
1 whole Mr. Atkinson (Penn.) from the
[ committee on railways and canals, reported
a bill authoriziug a survey for s
ship canal to connect the Delaware river witb
i the Atlantic ocean. Committee of the whole
Mr. Adams (111.) called up the bill to enable
the national banking associations to increase
their capital stock, and to change
; their names or location. The bill was passed
, Yeas, 121); nays, 120....The House went iut<
committee of the whole, Mr. Springer (111.) ir
! the chair, on the Fitz John Porter bill. Aftei
[ a lengthy debate the House adjourned with1
out action.
Thohas Sexto*, member of parliamen
1 for South Sligo, Ireland, whose recent speeci
has made friends for his cause, is a printe
and journalist. It is said that he possesses i
sonorous and graceful style which, while it
1 etinctively literary rather than forensic
1 never fails to fascinate. He talks easily am
? is never at fault for precisely the word o
phrase he wants.
WBBBSSBM
f. r/sHM 'A ;>>* / . -<, .-XV?
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DAKOTA'S ADMISSION.
_______
The Territory Admitted as a Stat*
by the Senate. v'
In the Senate on the 6th the bill for the
mission of Southern Dakota as a State wait 'V
taken up and passed by a party vote. A*.
Washington dispatch to the New York Her*
aid gives the following particulars of th# '
lively debate which preceded the passage of
the bill:
Mr. Butler, of South Carolina, said thatt
the Senator from Indiana (Mr. Harrison) had,,
either evaded or forgotton many of the facta 1
bearing on the Dakota question. He (Mr.;
Butler) charged that the opposition to Dakota
had first come, not from the Democratic si da
of the Senate, but from the Republican.
Mr "rvvwui. of Illinois, said his attention
had been directed to the vote of South Carolina
because the Senators from South Carolina
(Mr. Butler) and Missouri (Mr. Vest) had?
complained that Dakota in 1884 had polled
55,000 votes, while on the adoption of the proposed
constitution only 31,000 votes had been.
polled. He had then called attention to thft
vote of the Senator's own State (South CarO?
lina)?as Dakota, with only 250,000 of A
population, had polled 31,000 votes, while.
South Carolina, with a population of 1,000,- - \
000, had only voted 91,000 votes, and he (Mr. fLogan)
had inquired whether, if explanation
was required for Dakota, if explanation was,
not also required for South Carolina?
Mr. Butler replied that the explanation
was that at the last election in South Carolina
the political friends and allies-of-the
Senator from Illinois were industriously neglected.
It was amusing, Mr. Butler .C;
said, for Senators who had not and in tha
nature of things could not have presidential
aspirations, to watch the contests going
on between some of the Senators on the other >
side. He had no doubt Dakota's vote would
be a luscious plum for the ambitions states-"
men who were infected with the presidential A '' >
fever. He referred to "our genial friend
from Iowa" (Mr. Allison), who he said, had
"only got to cross over and shake the bush,7' , ; ,
and who would bear watching.
Mr. Logan repeated that whatever pretense
mw he made as to the reason for excluding. .
Dakota?however Senators may"higgten over
words?the real reason was that it would 7
have a Republican majority. Men may argue
as they please with flimsy pretexts; that wag :
the real source of the difficulty. But. the
American people had an abiding sense of
justice. They knew that all the elements for
Statehood existed in Dakota; thatrit had thd
necessary population and area, and all the
conditions of industry, energy and civilization.
Then why, he asked, should not thiar
new star be placed in the cluster of the American
Union, that it may add its share to th* ft
light and glory of the Republic? The
bill reported from the committee was ; ~i
then passed?yeas, 32; nays, 23. The only; '- ?$
Democrat voting in the affirmative wa$' .
Mr. Voorhies, of Indiana. The ' nega- ,
tive votes were all Democratic. The bill divides
the Territory of Dakota on the line or the
forty-sixth parallel of latitude; provides fe?
the admission of the southern portion as 4 ' >
State under the title of Dakota, and the or*3 - "% .
ganization of the northern portion into jjj
separate Territory under the name of "Li#
coin."
OLEOMAEGABME
??
A Vigorous Protest Against Fraudt&? *?
lent Imitations of Butter.
The secretary of the National Butter,. k
Cheese and Egg association has issued a cirfA
Qfofo on/) nafinnel j]
VUKU IA/ CVUUUJ j (MIU "liTi Wgiour
tors and the people generally in regard to the V 'A
dairy interest of the country and the harm
likely to accrue to it from the manufacture
of what the circular calls "fraudulent imitations
for butter." The circular gives
a detailed statement of the value
of. the dairy product of the
country according to the last United States
census. The figures include the value of
butter and cheese manufactured annually, *
the value of milk consumed in other ways,
the value of milk cows, and the money in-'
vested in dairy apparatus and machinery. To
these figures is added 25 per cent, increase v >
for the last six years, which is a low estimate,. <
and the total sum now devoted to dairy
purposes the circular puts at $3,058,563,474 ?
Tnis vast industry is "disturbed, embarrassed,
and threatened with destruction," the
circular says, by a stupendous fraud which' "
employs a few thousand men, with a plant '
not exceeding $2,000,000, and turning about ,
60,000,000 pounds of product,worth in money
value (supposing it to be wholesome food) no& v.'- '
to exceed 121-2 cents a pound, $7,500,000.'
The whole evil is declared to lie in .the
"fraudulent sale" of this product, which
"nobody wants to eat and-nobody calls for." :
The circular closes with an appeal for legislation
to suppress imitation or dairy products
that are not sold to the consumer under thei^
own proper names.
MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. JC\;
______
Mke. Nilsson has Just refused $30,00# fdft
fifteen concerts in Russia because it is tH
cold.
Miss Kate Field has been giving a Terj) vv
successful series of lectures and readings ia
the West. .
M. Lasselle. the great baritona of tha,
Paris Grand Opera, is about to quit Paris on
a tour through Europe.
Sol Smith Russel has been doing a good
business on the road this season with his n?w '
comedy, "Felix McCusick." *
Friends of music in Boston propose t<*
build an opera house in which grand opera
may be adequately represented. Edwin
Booth is playing an engagement at
the Fifth Avenue theatre, and Lawrence Barrett
at the Star theatre, New York.
One of Kate Chase Sprague's daughters,
it is reported, is to become an actress. It iaj
the eldest, and she is reputed a very talented
girl.
Fanny Davenport says that after a week's
playing of the arduous part of "Fedora'1 she
is perfectly prostrated and- "tumbles all to
pieces." ^
Sacred evening concerts prevail extensively
in German churches now, just as ora?
torios are frequently to be heard in English
churches. ^
It is reported that an extensive steel manu*
facturer of Sheffield, England, who emplby
3,000 men, is about to transfer his works to
tnis country. "
THE MARKETS.
newtork. 6
Beef cattle, good to prime lw 8)^(3 9
Calves, comTi to prime veals. 5 (eb 8)^
Sheep - 3^(6
Lambs 8 (cb 9 "
Hogs-Live - 4 4J*
Dressed, city........ o JSJflg ^
Flour?Ex. Bt.,gooatorancy o w w ^
West, good to choice. 4 00 @ 5 45
Wheat?No. 2. Red 90%@ ?1 .
Rye?State 04 @ G5^
Barley?Four-rowed State... (d ^
Corn?UngTad. West, mixed. 47 (a Hit
Oats?White State 41 (? 41^
Mixed Western 87 (? 38}?
Hay?Med. to pr. Timothy.. 91 <5$ 95
Straw?No. 1, Kye 80 & 85
Lard?City Steam 6 20 (ct> 6 40
Butter?State Creamery.... 34 & 35
Dairy 18 & 22
West Im. Creamery 20 (d 23
Factoiy 13 @ 19
Cheese?State Factory .. 7 @ 10^
Skims .. 5%@ 7
Western .. 7 (a
Eggs?State and Penn @ 25
BurrxLa
1 Sheep?Good to Choice 4 25 (Q 4 75
T nmho Wncfflrn 4 25 (c& (> 1J5
XJCU1AUO - w
! Bteers?Western 4 60 (cp 5 00
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 4 00 fc6 4 15
Flour?C'y ground n. process 5 25 @ 6 50
' Wheat?No. 1, Hard Duluth y3 & 931$
' Cora?No. 2, Mixed New? @ 4T^
5 Oats?No. 2, Mixed Western 40 (<?
Barley?Two-rowed State ? (<$ ?
1 BOSTON".
1 Beef?Ex. plate and lamily. .11 50 (312 00
1 Hogs?Live 4)^3 4??
Northern Dressed.... 5}{(g
Fork?Ex. Prime, per bbl...l0 ."0 (cd 10 75
i Flour?Winter Wheat pat's.. 5 25 (3 5 50
Corn?High Mixed 50 @ 50>?
' Oats?Extra White 43 @ 44
1 Rye?State 67 @ ?
WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
' Beef?Extra quality 5 75 @ 6 00
Sheep?Live weight 5>?
Lanios - 4>.<@
t Hogs?Northern, d. w 5)?(V5 ?
tl PHILADELPHIA,
r Flour?Penn. ex iamily,good 4 25 (3 4 50
a Wheat?No. 2, Red 90%(c8 90??
i- Rye-State @ 75
\ Corn?State Yellow 52 @ 53
i Oats Mixed 40 (cb 41
r Butter?Creamery Extra Pa 20 (cj 22
Cheese-N. Y. Full Cream... 14