The Abbeville press and banner. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, May 12, 1886, Image 2
M. de Lesseps says that the building j
>f the pyramids, which occupied 30,000
toen ten years, was boys' play to buildfag
the Panama canal. He estimates the
power of the machines employed as equal
io 500,000 men.
The Germans have devised an ingenious
method of advertising their manufactures.
A vessel fitted up with acom/-?f
f^rmnn iirnfllifts hilS
JiiCto aooui buiv.uv v* v? v ??
been seat on a vo\*age around the world.
It serves as a floating industrial exhibition.
Expert authority says that the rule
against the sale of alcoholic liquors in the
Capitol at "Washington is more of a farce
than ever this year. In the House res
taurant any kind of a drink can be or
dered and procured without the slightest
attempt at concealment, and a gifteil
mixer of "fancy drinks" is kept busy be
hind the bar.
Thirty-two men and 140 women arc
busy in the annex of the Agricultural
Department building, "Washington, supplying
the Congressional demand for
aeed. Six thousand paper packages of
a# vegetable seed, 500 of flour seed, 300 of
--a- -r T on
toDacco, ~u quarts ox sui^uum, ux
corn, 50 of grass, 28 quarts of sugar beet
and 32 quarts of cotton seed is the allowance
of each Senator and Representative.
A recent study of comparative height
and weights among different classes of
population in Great Britain shows that
the criminal class average no less than
forty-five pounds in weight and four and I
a half inches in height less than their an- |
tagonists, the metropolitan police. Com- j
pared with the gensral population, too,
this class is seen to be eighteen pounds
in weight and two inches in stature below
the average, standing on about the same 1
plane in physical endowment as lunatics.
United States Senator Stanford, of J
California, says that he came very near :
being a newspaper man instead of a mil- '
lionaire?and most persons will agree
that the one is somewhat different from
the other. He want el to start a local 1
paper at Fort "Washington, Wis., where 1
he then lived, and organized a company.
The money being raised, he set out for (
Milwaukee to buy the outfit. After a .
forty-mile ride in a wagon he learned ]
that what he wanted could not be had .
vest of Pennsylvansa, and so he gave 1
up the newspaper project. 1
It is estimated by insurance companies <
that in the United States last year j
dwelling-houses were burned at the rat* j
of one every hour, with an average loss j (
of $1,396. Barns and stables, fifty pe. ^
e^ATOC fVirPP .TlfiP dav.
WCC&. VUUULIj OkViVC) ?4. vv j J, J
.with a loss of $110,000 per week. Tea
hotels burn weekly, with a loss per year ^
of $4,000,000. Every other day a lumber (
yard goes up in smoke, each represent- J j
ing $20,000. Forty-four cotton factories, y
t^e loss in each case being $28,000; j
forty-three woolen mills, $25,000 each;
forty-two chemical works at $27,000
each were destroyed by fire last year. (
Forty-two boot and shoe factories were i
consumed, the loss being $17,000 each. 1
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Among tne emigrants wno rectum jr
landed at Castle Garden, Xew York,
were two blind Swedes, on their way to
Carver, Minn., where they are to sing in
a Lutheran church. John Bergerson and
Johanna Johnson are their names. Each
is twenty-five years old, and both are
said to have excellent voiccs. The man
is also an accomplished organist. Sven !
Svenberg, who came here thirty years j
ago, and served as a soldier during the
war, recently went home on a visit.
"While in Sweden he met the blind people
and wrote about them to the pastor of J
his church at Carver. The latter promised
to do all he could for the pair, at
singers were in great demand in that part
TViatt f*rill V*olr\ fn cnymnrf
KJ1 uxiuiicauiu. x xxvjr mil w | j
themselves by basket-making and worsted j
work. ?
The three substances which enter into *
the composition of an electric lamp are *
glass, platinum wire and bamboo or *
paper. Glass bulbs are readily prepared ?
by the usual methods of glass blowing,
but the preparation of the bamboo is a
delicate piece of work. In the best lamps, ?
the little horseshoe is made of bamboo; j
V?r*o rvrATT& z-3 lfo cnnori _ ]
ttilU. 11119 ILiaiCi JLUL Xluo JJ1U*UU no oujyvi a.
ority to its rival, paper, in several ways. I
The bamboo comes from Japan in bundles j
of slips a toot in length. Japanese bam- j
boo is of a finer quality than the Chinese. 1
It is first split up into little square strips. !
<xirls round these off by running them
through dies until they look like little ,
brown straws. These are put in cruci- i
bles with graphite, and submitted to a
white heat for several hours. This car- ]
bonizes them thoroughly. ,
The New York Graphic says that "the
d&ily deportment of wind and water is J
observed as it siiouiu De witn unremitting
zeal. The statistics will be valuable some
day, when the future meteorologist appears,
who shall by their aid interpret
for us the laws of air. Most attention is
naturally paid to the grave and serious
business of the winds in bringing us heat,
cold or moisture, and their occasional
conflicts; their playfulness is not
studied and their antics are supposed to
be irregular. A naturalist at Berne,
Herr Coaz, recently brought out the fact
that they may engage in a systematic
game of ball, aiding at least in the manu
facture of very good implements. Iii
Lake Lils and other Swiss waters, wfcile
certain winds prevail, the floating larch
leaves are tossed to and fro until they
are felted together into a compact
spherical shape. Some specimens are
over a foot in diameter. These playthings
are found in other localities. In
Swedish lakes they are made of alga?,
and similar ones in the ocean consist of
aea plants."
'i i"f. ;. .. ' _ .
A roller-skate manufacturer tells a reporter
of the Boston Herald that the
"craze" is over for the present, so far as
rink skating is concerned, but that large
numbers of the skates are sold for street
use by children. Many fortunes have
been made and lost in the excitement.
The pay-roll of Barnum's circus is
$7,000 per day, and when wet weather
strikes it there is music not down on the
lithoo-ranhic t>ro?rrammes. Last year
o r x w
when Mr. Hutchinson had occasion to
make a business affidavit, he swore that
in 1885 the money taken by the circus
amounted to $1,03S,000. The highest
daily receipts were $17,000, during a
Boston engagement, when, in a week,
they took in $74,000; in a week at Philadelphia,
$81,000; in ten days at Chicago,
$119,000.
It seems quite certain, says the Boston
Cultivator, that one of the three bills
which have been introduced in Congress
this session, aiming to control the manufacture
and sale of fraudulent butter,
will pass. No measure has so large a
backing of the people. These bills are
popular everywhere exccpt among a
few firms that are making immense fortunes
in the manufacture of bogus butter
compounds, to the injury and destruction
of the interests of 7,000,000 farmers.
With a tax of ten cents per pound,
imitation butter will then cost about the
same as the genuine article.
Mrs. Jeannettc M. Thurber. the rich
New York enthusiast who has put $100,000
of her own money into the establishment
of American opera, and whose persistent
efforts and tact seem in a fair way
to draw from the pockets of other millionaires
the rest of the $250,000 needed
to put the opera scheme on a sure financial
basis, is described as "a beautiful
brunette of thirty-one, with superb eyes
and pefectly molded head and face,"
who lights up well and looks fairly radiant
at the opera or a ball. She has done
more hard work than most men in geting
the opera under way, and she is justified
in the pride with which she points
Hr* "fa, orficfio cunpocQ nf "fircfc cpn. i
5011.
"The leather man" is a character in
Connecticut, and for years he has been a
wanderer up and down the earth, no one
knowing whence he came, whither he
went or what was his story. The mystery
of his life has not yet been disclosed,
but the Springfield Hepulbican reports the
Jiscovery of one of his lodging places:
"The abode of a strange character,
known as 'the leather man,' has been
liscovered in a cave near Waterb iry. He
iresses in clothes made by himself of old
Doottops, is ever on the move, never
ipeaks and lives by charity. It is supposed
that he is a French nobleman >
ivhose hopes were shattered by the death
)f his affianced. Among other articles
;ound in his cave was a home-made shoe
vith a wooden sole. He is believed to
lave other caves."
There are between 25,000 and 30,000
Chinese in San Francisco, the exact
lumber bein<r urobablv nearer the
o 1 w
'ormer than the latter number. They
>ccupy the centre of the town, and though
;ome few are scattered about in all direc;ions,
ten blocks is the maximum they
lold. From the exterior there is little
;o distingush their houses from those of
s-hite men, save that their stores have
;vhite signs with red hieroglyphics
lung out, and on the walls of the allcvivays
are their red placards with b'.ack
etters. The theatres and the restaurmts
are the only places which from
;heir exterior attract attention. They
ire often plentifully decorated with briliant
coloring, gilding and bright-hued
anterns. Once a year the houses,
itores, temples and theatres of China;own
are thrown open to the public, and
he celebration of the Chinese New Year
s the only occasion on which an insight
nto their mode of living among them
selves can be obtained. Just prior to
;liis festival all Chinatown is subjected
;o scrubbing, cleaning and painting, so
;hat the whole is on view when it is
it its best.
Some Trade Names.
Damask is from the city of Damascus;
?atin from Zaytown, in China; calico
from Calcutta, and muslin from Mosul, i
Buckram derived its name irom liocnara;
fustian comes from Fostat, a city of the
Middle Ages, from 'which the modern
Cairo is descended. Taffctta and Tabby
from a street in Bagdad. Cambric is
From Cambrai. Gauze has its name from
Gaza, baize from Bajae, dimity from
Damletta and jeans from Jaen. Drugget
is derived from a city in Ireland, I)ro[jhedo.
Duck, from which Tucker
street, in Bristol, is named, comes from
Torque, in Normandy. Velvet is from
the Italian vellute, woolly (Latin, vellus,
i hide or pelt.) Shawl is the Sanscrit,
sala, floor, for shawls were first used as
carpets and tapestry. Bandanna is
from an Indian word meaning to bind
3r tie, because they are tied in knots before
dyeing. Chintz comes from the
Hindu word chet. Delaine is the French
"of wool."
The Reason Wliy.
HE.
She has no mass of golden hair
No wondrous piles of money,
I cannot *ay that she is fair,
Nor that her temper's sunny.
An yet I call her "sweet" and "dove;"
I am in truth devoted.
I swear she is my only love?
My ardor's oft been noted. j
"VVhv do I seek her ev'ry where?
"Why ever have 1 sought her?
Her father is a millionaire,
Aud she's an only daughter.
SHE.
He is not comely to the sight,
He has no great position;
He cannot like a Dickens write*
Nor can he paint like Titian.
I do not like him very well?
His presence oft distresses.
Why do I not this to him tell.
And spurn all his addresses?
In vouth I spurned too many men,
P'or whom I've since been sighing,
I've not the choice that I had then,
And Time, alas, is flying.
?Rambler.
ID ALABAMA'S CAPITAL.
Jefferson Davis at Montgomery,
the Scene of his Inauguration.
Greeted by Thousands of Enthusiastic
Southerners,
We glean from the Associated Press dispatches
the following account of the recep
tion of Jefferson Davis at Montgomery, Ala., |
on the 25-th, the occasion of his presence being
the laying of the corner stone of a monument
to the Confederate soldiers:
This day will be memorable in the history
of Alabama. Every locality was represented
and many adjacent towns and villages
poured their entire population into the
streets. At an early hour the
sidewalks were so densely packed
that locomotion was difficult, instead
of going to the park it was decided
to go to the Capitol grounds, and for the
speeches to be made from the very spot
where Mr. Davis took the oath of office as
President of the Confederate States.
The entire city was gaily decorated and the
City Hall had United States flags fluttering
out of every window. Pictures of Confederate
Generals were fastened to the outside
walls, while the names of Robert
E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson, Albert
Sydney Johnston and many
others fluttered to the breeze on
screamers, me uapicoi was ueaucuuiiy uecorated.
From the topmost point on the high
dome floated the stars and stripes. The
entire front was covered with streamers and
devices, and from the front columns immense
Federal flags reached down almost to
the heads of the speakers.
The scenes around Mr. Davis and the great
desire to see and shake him by the hand were
indescribable. People were packed in the
Exchauge like sardines. They all wanted to
see their old President, and nothing would
satisfy them until they had done so. Being
feeble, it was more than he could stand, and
he had to retire.
The military escort formed in front of the
hotel and extended far up ihi avenue leading
to the Capitol. It was necessary to
form a square that the procession might
move. A carriage with four white horses
was drawn up to the door, and promptly at
2 p. 3i. Mr. Davis, escorted by Mayor Reese,
Governor O'Neal and ex-Governor Watts,
formerly of his cabinet, stepped from
the hotel and entered the carriage. The
shouts of the multitude as he was seen to
step from the hotel were louder than ever
bef ore heard in this city. They had the
peculiar nervous jerk which characterized
what became famous as the "yell
of the Southerners" the world over. The
next carriage contained General John
B. Gordon aud Capt. W. L. Bragg. Miss
Winnie Davis, the youngest daughter of Mr.
Davis, and Miss Reese, the Mayor's daughter.
Other carriages followed with the trustees of
the Monument Association and the Govern
or s stau.
Amid the waving of hats and handkerchiefs,
the booming of cannon, the playing
of bands of music and the shouts of the multitude,
the profession began to move. The
route was about half a mile long. The avenue
is very wide, but the crowd
was packed from one side to the
other. When the procession arrived at
the Capitol gate the way was cleared for Mr.
Davis. He was seated at the historic spot he
occupied on February 18, 1861. The people
were packed from the steps to the front gate.
When order had been secured Mayor Keese
advanced and said:
"My Countrymen": It is with profound
emotions that I present to you the foremost
type of Southern manhooa, the Hon. Jefferson
Davis, ex-President of the Confederate
States of America."
As Mr. Davis advanced the crowd broke
out in tumultuous applause. The shouts
finally dying away, Mr. Davis, leaning on
nnnn iirifli fVia iTn/^AVol flnrr ATTnr V?im onH
UIO ^OUCj muu IUO X- VUVl UA UU^ V?V* utm v?uv*
Confederate veterans before him, in a clear
voice, said:
"Mr Friends: It would be vain if Ishould
attempt to express to you the deep gratification
which I feel at this demonstration. But I
know that it is not personal, and therefore I
feel more deeply grateful, because it is a sentiment
far dearer to me than myself. You have
passed through the terrible ordeal of war,
which Alabama did not seek. When she felt
her wrongs too grievous for further toleration
she sought a peaceful solution. That being
denied her, thunders of war came ringing
over the land. Then her people rose in their
majesty^ gray-haired seers and beardless
boys eagerly rushed to the front. It
was that war which Christianity alone
approved?a holy war for defence. Well do I
remember seeing your gentle boys, so small,
to use a farmer's phrase, that they might
have been called seed c orn, moving on with
eager .'tip and fearless brow to the carnival
of death; and I have also looked upon the ;n
when their knapsacks and muskets seemed
heavier than the boys, and my eyes, partaking
of a mother's weakness, tilled with
tears. Those days have passed. Many
nf tlicm have found naraeless
graves, but they are not dead. Th^y live in
memory and their spirits stand out, the
grand reserve of that column -which is
marching on with unfaltering steps toward
the goal of constitutional liberty. (Applause.)
It were in vain if I should attempt,
as I have already said, to express my gratitude
to you.
"I am standing now very nearly on th(
spot where I stood when I took the oath ol
office in 1S61. Your demonstration now exceeds
that which welcomed me then. This
shows that the spirit of Southern liberty ii
not dead. (Long and continued applause).
Then you were full of joyous hope:
1 1 ??ni- *\f ooViinvinC
you nau every prusyctu uj. ?o
all you de-sired, and now you are
wrapped in the mantle of regret. And yet
that regret only manifests more profoundly
and does not obliterate the expression of your
sentiments. I felt last night as I approached
the Exchange Hotel, from the gallery of
which your peerless orator, William L.
Yancey, introduced me to the citizens
of Montgom?ry, and commended me
in language which only his eloquence could
yield,and which far exceeded my merit?I felt.
1 say again, that I was coming to my homecoming
to a land where liberty dies not and serious
sentiments will live forever. (Applause.)
I have bean promised, my friends, that I should
not be calieu upon to make a speech, and
therefore I will only extend to you my heartfelt
thanks. God bless you, "one and all,
old men and boys, and the ladies above all
others, who never faltered in our direst
needs."
When Mr. Davis retired the shouts were so
long and loud that h3 had to go t j the front
again. He bowed his acknowledgments and
CI mXTrtrtl 4-V, r\r\ i tif Twill PPfl l
ulia.uivs. vxu vcri liui u iu-m tutu l,*
General John B. Gordon, the orator selected
to deliver the address. General Gordon next
delivered an oration, which was frequently
interrupted by applause. The procession
then returned to the City Hall, where Mr.
Davis held a public reception.
The 20th was another big day for Montgomery.
The corner stone of the monument
was laid with the usual ceremonies. Mr.
Davis, General Gordon, and other noted
Confederates were present and took part.
The Masonic fraternity laid the cornerstone.
Mr. Davis put the stono in place.
THIRTY FEET LONG.
Successful Cast of an Immense Gun
at Boston.
A "big gun" recently cast at the South
Boston Iron Company's works was the other
day taken out of the moulding pit, where it
had lain for about three weeks. The
casting, so far as could be ascertained,
is a complete success The
gun, in its present rough state, is thirtynine
feet long. When finished its length
will be thirty feet, and its largest diameter
fifty-four inches. This is the last of three
fifty-four ton breech-loading rifled cannon,
ordered by the government for
experimental use. All of these guns
in their finished state are of the
same size and weight and will throw the
same projectile, hut they difTer somewhat in
construction. The one just taken out ot' the
pit will be comnleted next fall. The work
is superintended by a representative of the
Iron Company and by three government ordnance
officers.
It is proposed to change the street nomenclature
of Washington, substituting for the
letters of the alphabet, which now mark
many streets,the names of historical personsAdams,
Benton, (Jlay, Van Buren and ethers.
Since 1S7G the Congressional Library has
grown from 300,000 volumes to 550,000, besides
105,000 pamphlets. _ . . <
NEWS SUMMARY
Eastern and. Middle States.
Mrs. Fanny Smith, a farmer's wife, residing
near Freeport, N. J., during a flfc of
insanity instantly killed one of her six
children with an ax and mortally wounded
three others. She was trying to get at her
two other children when secured. Previous
to committing the terrible deed Mrs. Smith
took rat poison The little victims were aged
thirteen, eleven, seven and four years respectively.
The days of ex-President Arthur are numbered,
according to a New York paper. He
is suffering from Bright's disease and a complication
of disorders which must soon terminate
fatally.
The annual encampment of the New York
State Grand Army veterans, held in New
York city, passed resolutions approving
President Cleveland's course with respect to
carrying out "the principle that veterans,
when competent, are entitled to recognition
because of service rendered the country in
time of war."
The cotton manufacturers of New England
are said to have combined to oppose
strikes.
The Chamber of Commerce of New York
City has just held a meeting and adopted
resolutions endorsing arbitration as the only
means of settling the prevailing war between
capital and labor, and condemning all attempts
by strikers to interfere with or coerce
those taking their places.
The New York Grand Jury has indicted
forty-seven members of the Tailors' Union
for boycotting a firm of tailors who refused
to accede to the Union's demands.
South and "West.
A troublesome strike of switchmen on
the .Lake Shore and Michigau Southern nanroad
at Chicago has been settled.
* An immense crevasse has occurred in the
Mississippi levee near Helena, Ark., and 8,000
acres under cultivation were flooded.
The St. Louis Grand Jury has indicted
nine members of the Bakers' Union on tho
charge of boycotting.
Official figures just published show the
mineral output for Colorado in 1885 to have
been as follows: Gold, $5,000,000; silver,
?13,500,000; copper, $701),000; lead, $8,361,000;
total, $22,561,000.
The Richmond (Va.) local election, just
held, was a struggle between the Prohibitionists
and anti-Prohibitionists. The latter, or
"wet ticket," won by a large majority over
the "dry ticket." The colored vote was
almost unanimous for anti-Prohibition.
Hailstones big as hen eggs fell during a
tornado at Killeen, Texas. Two houses
were destroyed and a child fatally hurt.
A train on the Missouri Pacific railroad
was ditched near Wyandotte, Kansas, the,
other night. Spikes were pulled out of the
ties and angle-plates taken off the rails. The
fireman and brakeman were instantly killed,
and engineer severely injured. Vice-President
Hoxie offered a reward of $2,500 for the
arrest and conviction of the wreckers.
In Las Vegas, N. M., the overflowing of
the Rio Gallonas from heavy rains has
destroyed many buildings, including the
postoffice, railroad buildings and extensive
oil and lumber works.
"Memorial Day" was celebrated this
year with unusual ceremonies at Montgomery,
Ala., orations being delivered by Jefferson
Davis, General Gordon and other promi
nent ex-Confederates. From Montgomery
Messrs. Davis and Gordon went to Atlanta
and took part in the unveiling of a statue to
the late Senator Benjamin HilL
A number of large Milwaukee (Wis.) furniture
factories have closed because the em
ployes demauded that the hours of labor b6
reduced to eight a day, at the old wage?.
The Secretary of the Illinois State Board
of Health says the danger from Asiatic
cholera this year is greater than ever.
County Treasurer Hollingsworth is
in jail at Vincennes, Ind., for embezzling
about $80,000.
A table just issued shows the Southern
States have 117 savings banks, with a capital
of $lu, 728,000 and more than $103,000,000 in
depositsWash
in^ton.
jlnu* ujuyutiuua ul iui^ijiai icvouuc iui tuo
first nine months of the fiscal year ending
June 30,188(5, were as follows: From spirits,
$50,591,795; from tobacco, $20,130,928; from
fermented liquors, $13,662,750; from miscellaneous
items, $179,788; making a total of
$84,571,252, or an increase of $2,974,048 over
the collections for tho corresponding period
of the last fiscal year.
A reorganization of the Patent office is
in contemplation.
The President has sent the following nominations
to the Senate: To be Consuls of tho
United States?Andrew F. Fay, of Illinois, at
Stettin, and Thomas C. Jones, of Kentucky, at
Funchal. Madeira; Reuben B. Pleasants, to
be Marshal of the United States for the
Eastern District of Louisiana; Patrick O'Malley,
to bo Receiver of Public Moneys at
Menossha, Wis. A number of presidential
postmasters and army officers were also nominated.
The Senate Committee on Public Lands
has unanimously voted to report adversely
upon the nomination of R. S. Dement to be
Surveyor-General of Utah.
W. H. Forbes, of Boston, President of the
TV>lr<r>lmn? fnmnnnv wiw Avnminpd on
the 27th by the House Committee of investigation
into telephone matters.
Foreign.
Fifteen persons were killed and nineteen
injured by the bursting of a steamer's hoiler
at Tumaco, Central America. Many of the
victims were members of prominent families.
An iron tower, 084 feet high, costing $1,000,000,
with an electric lighted summit, will
form a striking feature of the coming Paris
world's exhibition.
The total number of deaths which have
resulted from the conflagration which recently
devastated the town of Stry, Austria,
is 12b. The greater number were caused directly
by the flames, but many of the unfortunate
people died from exposure, while
some died of fright and a few committed
suicide in despair over their irretrievable
losses.
The report is confirmed that the Amir of
Harran. in Asiatic Turkey, has massacred
all the Europeans in his capital, also the
members of an Italian scientific expedition
under Count Porro.
The town of Lisko, Austria, has been destroyed
by fire.
Peace prevails again in Europe, Greece
having yielded to the powers and disbanded
the reserve force that she had been massing
on the frontier in anticipation of war with
Turkey.
MOONSHINERS' WORK.
A Marshal Attacked?Two Men
Killed?Four Mortally Wounded.
A dispatch from Manchester, Tenn., gives
details of a bloody tragedy enacted there
shortly after midnight the other morning, in
which United States Deputy Marshal "Webb
Purdon, and a moonshiner named Clark
were killed and three other moonshiners
fatally wounded.
Purdon had accompanied Deputy Marshal
Hughes on a raid on the illicit distilleries of
C-irundy county, Tenn., and captured and destroyed
several stills. Between 12 and 1
o'clock in the morning fifteen
moonshiners rode into Manchester
and determined to have Purdon's
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1116. ?5eveii dtoku hjlu ma auuoc uuu
the balance surrounded it. Purdou met them
as they entered with a cocked revolver, and a
terrible battle then ensued. Two moonshiners
fell to the floor mortally wounded and
the pang retreated, but tliey succeeded in
fatally wounding Purdou.
Disabled as ho was, furdon discharged his
doubled barrelled shotgun into the retreating
fang and two more fed mortally wounded,
'union then fell dead beside the body of one
of his victims. The gang carriod off three of
tlieir wounded companions, a iaigu puaao j
vvas sent in pursuit of them. j
There are 5,000,000 Indians in Mexico, .
me,king thirty-five per cent, of the entire j
population. They speak thirty-five idioms
anl sixty-nine dialects. They are nearly alj
grossly ignorant, and live by themselves a (
wild, half savage life in the country districts.
Recen:: rains have benefited the growing 1
crops in California, and the prospect for an
immense wheat crop was never better. Fruits 1
promise equally well. _ _ I
AMITE HOUSE WEDDING.
President Cleveland's Coming Marriage
to Miss Folsom.
An Uncle of the Young Lady Confirms
the Keport,
A Boston dispatch says: Mr. H. F. Harmon,
a well-known flour merchant of this
city, is a maternal uncle of Miss Frankie
Folsom, who is believed to be the bride-elect
of President Cleveland. A correspondent
asked him if there is any doubt that President
Cleveland is going to marry Miss Folsom.
"Frankly speaking," said he, "there is
none. It was not our intention to announce
the engagement until some time before the
wedding, but unfortunately it was made public
by a breach of confidence on the part of
friends in Buffalo. I have just been writing
a letter to Miss Frankie," he added. "It is
now nearly time for her to be preparing to
return home.
"Do you suppose she has heard of the
rumors in circulation on this side the Atlantic!"
"I have no doubt she has learned something.
I was engaged in writing her, as you
entered, that the cat was out of the bag, and
giving her a little of the gossip she may expect
to bear on returning home. We frequently
receive letters from her about the
trip. She writes often and her letters are
particularly bright. She has a brilliant, descriptive
style and is an enthusiastic observer.
The rumor that the expenses of her
Euronean triD were Daid bv Ml-. Cleveland
has no foundation in truth, and I do not sea
how it ever originated.
"It was Miss Folsom's intention to announce
the engagement in due time before
the wedding, but to her, as well as the entire
family, the premature statements concerning
it are a great surprise. As I have said, there
were but a few let into the secret. At last accounts
Miss Folsom was enjoying the best
of health. She enjoyed the visit to Italy very
much, the only drawback being her mother's
illness in Genon, where she was _taken down
withafever. Miss Folsom'sacauamtancewith
President Cleveland forms a romantic story.
"Frankie at a very early age gave promise
of great beauty. She was loved by every
one who knew her. She was frank in
manner, warm hearted and very lovely.
When scarcely knee high she was
particularly friendly to 'Uncle Cleve,' as she
called him, and in after years held him as one
of her dearest friends and advisers. Then
came her father's death with its attendant
changes. I have no doubt if he had lived he
would have been much gratified at the marriage."
''When did President Cleveland commence
his matrimonial attentions?"' was asked.
"I can scarcely answer thatj" was the reply.
"He was very friendly disposed toward
Miss Folsom from the time she was a child;
but about three years ago his attentions commenced
to assume a more serious aspect. Although
very reserved in manner, it was evident
he now cared far more for the woman
than he had in former years for the child.
When Miss Folsom and her mother visited
the Whita House last1 year there was considerable
talk about a possible engagement, but
not until the announcement of the marriage
was recently made was any further report in
circulation. I thjnk I may safely say you
can travel a good many miles and see a great
many people Defore you will find a young lady
of greater beauty and accomplishments
than Miss Folsom. I have no doubt it will
be very embarrassing for her to know of the
thousaud rumors that are circulated about
her, especially if she happens to see any of
the newspaper cuts that have been printed
over her name."
LATER NEWS.
A Boston supplier of builders' material
states that $17,000,000 of capital about to be
invested for building purposes in that city
and vicinity has been withdrawn on account
of the strikes.
A pool of the glassware manufacturers of
ihis country has been arranged, and hereafter
the price of the smallest piece of glassware
sold will be fixed by the association
which controls forty-three furnaces with a
iaily output of about 1,000 tons of glassware.
Additional nominations by the Presilent:
R. H. Jones, of New Mexico, to be
Consul of th3 United States at Chihuahua;
Samuel H. Keedy, of West Virginia, to be
Uonsul of the Unite 1 States at Rhaims; E.
3. Bryan, of California, to be Consul of the
United States r-t Lyons.
Senator Shermax delivered an address
it tlie Mibropolitan M. E. Church, Washing;on,
on the 27th, in commemoration of General
Grant's sixty-fourth birthday.
A large band of armed Mexicans the
other night raided the town of Collins, Texas,
and held it for a numberof hours while they
searched for Deputy Shoriff P. M. C03-,
who recently captured Martinez and Cariena,
two noted Mexican outlaws, who were
murdered while in the constable's custody.
Two brothers naniei Owens and the wife
and child of a ranchman have been killed in
Plina county, Arizona, by marauding
Apaches.
Many coal miners in the vicinity of Elk
3-arden, W. Va., have been without work for
more than a year, and hundreds of families
are in a starving condition. An appeal foxhelp
has been issued.
LiAiiuri meeting ojl urruuu .miiiy uicmbers
arid others was held in the Assembly
Chamber at Albany, N. Y., on the 20th, to
express disapproval of the reappearance of
Mr. Jefferson Davis "as an attempt to revive
the war feelings of the past." Speaker
Husted presided, and resolutions of condemnation
were passed. General Henry A.
Barnum and others made speeches denouncing
the addresses of Mr. Davis on the 2Sth
at Montgomery, Ala.
Five of the striking New York horse-car
drivers have been arrested on the charge of
rioting.
A band of forty Indians attacked two
ranches near Pantano, Arizona, and killed
night persons.
United states troops ana tnirty iuexican
troops, at last accounts, were in active pursuit
of the hostile Apaches in the Southwest.
Mr. Chang Yen Hoon the new Chinese
Minister, has presented his credentials to the
President.
Mr Whitelaw Pjed testified before the
House Pan Electric Telephone Committee of
Investigation on the 2'Jth concerning the
manner in which the newspapers obtained
their information of the facts in the case.
The Senate Committee on Agriculture has
given a long hearing to representatives ol
the dairy interests who ask for the passage
of Senator Miller's bill for the relief of the
farmers from the unfair and oppressive competition
of imitation butter manufacturers.
Wilkinson's mills at Bceston, England,
together with many adjoining houses, have
been destroyed by fire. The loss is 6750,- I
ODD.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
In* "Wyoming Territory sunflowers are
grown for fuel.
They still want $10,000 to finish the pedestal
for the Bartholdi statue.
.""This couutry sends to foreign parts $3,000,lfOO
worth of locomotives a year.
The Grant Monument Fund in New York
amounts to $120,254; the Hancock fund to
843,0-12.
There is something in a name. Mr. Hatch
is one of the biggest chicken raisers in Pennsylvania.
Seventeen blast furnaces at Sharon, j
Penn., have made a contract i'orthe use of i
natural gas. .. _ 1
j SUMMARY _0F_ CONGRESS
Senate Sessions.
i Eighty-sixth Day.?Mr. Washington C.
vv hitthorne, appointed by the Governor of
Tennessee to be United States Senator from
that Sta te to fill the vacancy caused by the
resignation of Senator Jackson, was sworn in,
? Ths Inter-State Commerce bill was taken
up, and Mr. Van Wyck addressed the Senate
on it. He said that the through rates from
the West now nearly amounted to confiscation.
If the industries were only required
to pay fair dividends on the real cost of
railroads the nation would be prosperous.
Mr. Stanford opposed the bill. He argued
that the regulating of the carrier or determining
the price he should receive for his
services could have no relation to determining
the commerce between States?The
Fostoffice Appropriation bill was reported.
Eighty-sevhxth Day.?The report of the
Investigating Committee of the Ohio Legislature
in the case of alleged fraud in the
election ot Senator rayne was submitted by
Mr. Sherman. After a detailed statement
of the case, Mr. Payne moved to commit
it to tne Committee on Privileges and Elections,
together with the minority report, and
trusted it would receive early attention and
action .'...On motion of Mr. Morrill the bill
providing for an extension of the Executive
Mansion was passed. It appropriates $300,00J
for the purpose.... After the passage of
numerous bridge bills across Western rivers,
the Inter-State Commerce bill was resumed
without action.
Eighty-eighth Day.?The Senate laid
aside the Inter-State Commerce bill and
took up the Postoffice Appropriation
bill. Some debate arose on the amendment
proposed by the Senate Committee
appropriating $80U,000 for carrying South
and Central America, Chinese, and Austra
liau mails, and authorizing the PostmasterGeneral
to make contracts for five years with
American steamships at a rate not to exceed
for each outward trip SI per nautical mile of
distance by the most direct and feasible course
between terminal points. Mr. Plumb explained
that the amendment was intended as
a step toward doing for American commerce
with foreign countries what we had done for
internal commerce in the facilities of mail
communication. At the close of the debat3
the Senate went into executive session.
Eighty-nixth Day.?On tho Postofllce
Appropriation bill, Mr. Beck contended
that he was in favor of the House rule
against new legislation on Appropriation
bills, and hen.-e opposed the $800,000 amendment
for steamships. Mr. Hale SDoke
for the subsidy. England had expended
$104,000,u00 on ships and had a commerce
to show for it. The South American
markets could only be reached in this
way?The minority report of the Select
Committee on Woman Suffrage on the joint
resolution granting the right of suffrage to 1
women, was presented.
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Ninety-seventh Day.?Further discus- ;
sion occurred on the River and Harbor Ap
propriation bill The President's message (
on the labor troubles was read. Mr. (
Springer (I1L) moved to refer it to ,
the Committee on Labor, while (
Mr. Butter worth (0.) desired its reference
to the Committee of the Whole. The
latter motion was lost by 77 to 147. After \
more discussion the message was referred to
the Committee on Labor.... The evening ses- (
sion was devoted to the consideration of pension
bills.
Ninety-eighth Day.?The followinz
bills, from the Judiciary Committee, were
?assed: Punishing robbery in the Indian i
erritory by a fine not exceeding $1,000 or
imprisonment not exceeding ten years or
both. Punishing horse stealing in the Indian
Territory by a fine not exceeding
$1,000 or imprisonment not ex- i
ceeding five years or both. Pro- ,
viding that all claims now existing
against the United States?except pension
claims?must be presented for adjudication
and payment within four years of the passage i
of this act, and that all claims arising hereafter
must be prosecuted within six years from
the time they accrued. Conferring civil
jurisdiction m cases arising in the Indian
Territory or the UnitedStates Courts
"exercising criminal jurisdiction over that
Territory.
Ninety-ninth Day.?Under the call of
States for bills the following were introduced
: By Mr. Springer (I1L)?To establish a
Department of Labor and to create a
board for the arbitration of controversies
between labor and capital;
also to admit Dakota into the
Union. By Mr. Anderson (Kan.)?For the
appointment of a committee to investigate
the capacity of the canals in the State of
New York. By Mr. McComas (Md.)?Authorizing
the Select Committee investigating
labor troubles to investigate disputes between
mine owners and miners in
the bituminous coal regions of Pennsylvania,
Maryland and "West Virginia....Mr. Belmont
(N. Y.) from the Committee on Foreign
Affairs, reported a bill to increase the
efficiency of the Consular service The
River and Harbor Appropriation bill was
debated further in Committee of the Whole.
100th Day.?There was a long personal
discussion between Representatives O'Neil
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bility for the Labor Arbitration bill, and as
to whether Foran had said that these
labor controversies could only be
wiped out in blood....In debate on
the River and Harbor bill, Mr. Hewitt spoke
at length against the policy of the Government
buying private works within the
States Mr. Bennett, from the Committee
on the Judiciary, reported
adversely to the House a bill
to prohibit aliens from acquiring title to or
owning lands within the United States....
Mr, Crain, (Texas), from the Committee on
Labor, reported a bill to provide for the distribution
of the proceeds of the sale of pub1
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LIU itiLius a Liu. ui ttu ictrs idcoivcu at llnj j^cusral
and district land offices for educational
purposes.
101st Day.?The bill from the Committee
on Agriculture, defining butter, and imposing
a tax upon and regulating the manufacture,
sale, exportation and importation of
oleomargarine, was reported, and referred to
the Committea of the Whole A bill was
passad changing the name of the port of Lamberton
to the port of Trenton, N. J?The
River and Harbor appropriation bill was discussed....
Mr. Warner (Mo.) offered an
amendment, which was lost, increasing from
$.500,000 to *S00,(>00 the appropriation for the
Missouri River from its mouth to Sioux
City.
102d Pay.?Mr. Lanham (Texas), from the
Committe on Coinage, Weights and Measures,
rej orted a bill for the retirement and
re-coinage of trade dollars. It provides that
for six months after its passage trade dollars
shall be received at their face value in payment
of all dues to the United States,
and shall not again be paid out or
issued in any other manner. Holders of
trade dollars on presentation of same may
receive in exchange therefor an equal
amount ot standard silver dollars ine remainder
of the day was consumed on the
River and Harbor bill. All amendments
were defoated. j
DYNAMITE IN CHUEOR
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One of the Finest Edifices in Madrid c
Wrecked. 1
The city of Madrid, Spain, was startled a j
few mornings ago by one of the most das- j
tardly outrages conceivable. Just as the peo- i
pie were preparing to leave their homes for <
church services the sound of an explosion was
heard from the direction of the Church (
of San Luis. A number of people {
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reached the spot, and it was discovered that J
a cowardly outrage had been perpetrated.
The whole building was scattered with j
debris, the altar demolished, and two sex- j
tons, who were in the edifice at the time of
the explosion, were discovered in an irisen- J
sible condition. As soon as the men were j
able to speak, it was found that an explosive,
supposed to bo dynamite, had been placed in t
one of the largo caudles which stand on c
either side of th * grand altar, but tho explo- f
sion, instead of taking pla -e while the church f
was crowded, as probably intended, occurred
before the people began to arrive f
for the service. The building was j
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filled with smoke and flying pieces of wood,
plaster and ornamentation turn from surrounding
objects. Tho two sextons were
badly burned and unable to give any clue as
to the wretch who had committed the outrage.
Naturally this occurrence, following
so soon after the murder of the Bishop of
Madrid on tlio stops ieaairg m;o j
the Cathe.lral of ?au Isidore, has a
caused the most intense excitement through- r
out tbo city. During the day the scene of
the disaster was visited by crowds of curious ^
people, who expressed their indignation in ?
loud and fierce denunciations of the unknown (
scoundrel who had wrecked one of Madrid's
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The Quick Work of 400 Armed
Men in Missouri.
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Forcibly Taken from Jail and
Hanged to a Tree.
Rev. George Graham, a revivalist well
known in the West, has teen forcibly taken
from the jail at Springfield, Mo., where he
was incarcerated for wife murder, and
lynched. Particulars of the affair are given
in Springfield dispatches, as follows: . )
A mob of 400 armed men surrounded the ?
county jail at 1:30 o'clock this mornihg and
bearan narleyintr with the sheriff for the sur
render of George E. Graham, the evangelistarid
wife murderer. The sheriff would not
comply with their demands, but they soon
battered in the doors and secured the
Erisoner. At 2 o'clock the men, with Graham
1 their midst, started out of town and ixt
less than an hour after the attack was made
on the jail the prisoner was hanging to a tree
in the city limits. Graham went to his death
coolly and died apparently without any.
struggle. The mob dispersed in all directions,
A notice of warning to other evil-doers,
signed "Citizens of Greene County, Mo.," wag
pinned to the body.
The preliminary examin ation of Mrs. Molloy
ana Cora Lee, the revivalists, charged
jointly with George E. Graham with the
murder of Sarah, his wife, has recently been
concluded. Graham had previously made a
confession in which he admitted the murder
of his wife, but alleged that he first wounded ,
her accidentally in a scuffle, and then killed
her because he was afraid that she would
prosecute him for the assault and for bigamy
in marrying Cora Lee.
The evidence submitted at the examination
showed that Graham and Mrs. Molloy and
Cora Lee lived together for five years. They
couducted scores of revivals during that
period, and in Indiana, Missouri, and Kansas
made thousands of converts. Mrs. Molloy
owns a fine farm near Springfield, whicn
the revivalists have made their headquarters.
In his confession Graham
said that his wife, whom he had metin
St Louis with their children, followed
him to Springfield against his wish; that she.
then insisted on accompanying him to the
farm, and that when, he remonstrated with,
her on the road they had a scuffle, in which
he accidentally cut her in the neck.
The State proved that on the night that
Graham and his wife arrived at Springfield ,
Cora Lee left the farm early in the evening
in a buggy; that Graham and two women,
one of whom was closely veiled, took refresh*
m/info of a rocfonronf Vicro anH f.Vint. Mt*Q
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Graham did not die of knife wounds, but was
killed by shots from a revolver. It is held
that Cora Lee met the couple at the
depot, that Mi's. Graham had been .
coaxed to this pla?e by her husband,
a.nd that she was murdered on the highway
at night by Graham and Cora, who then
threw her body into an old well on the Molloy
farm. The next morning they drove
down to the depot and got the two children,
who had been there all night, in ignorance
of the fate of their mother.
A PEISON EEYOLT.
Convicts in Possession, but Subdued
After a Bloody Battle.
A" most startling revolt took place at St
Vincent de Paul Provincial Penitentiary,
about fifteen miles from Montreal, the other
afternoon. The contest lasted for nearly two
hours, and resulted in the killing of one convict
and wounding of sixteen other persons,
some of them fatally, including the warden
of the institution.
In this penitentiary were confined about a
thousand prisoners, comprising the most
desperate characters in Canada. The work
of the different gangs was in progress as
usual, when suddenly a convict stood up in
the open yard and held up one hand. It was
a preconcerted signal, for in an
instant each gang which had
been expecting the movement leaped
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upuil tutrix uxiauaj'cuiuijs guaiu uuu
overpowered him. They took his arms from
him and tied him up. Fifteen or sixteen men
were thus disposed of, and then the convicts
were in possession of the interior of the jaiL
They were also armed with the guards' revolvers
and ammunition, and almost immediately
had Chief Warden Laviolette a prisoner,
he, too, being overpowered.and tied.
The convicts then armed themselves with
crowbars and other implements and moved
toward the walls to break down the gates.
There were eight or nine men on the walls
armed with rttles, and these few ordered the
criminals back to their cells. The desperate
convicts continued to advance, holding up
Chief Warden Laviolette in front of them as
a target. The other wardens, bound hand
and foot, were also used in the same way.
"Never mind me, men; fire away and do .
your duty," shouted Chief Warden Laviolette.
Seeing that the men hesitated, he reiterated
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ms commaiiu. letuieaa vl wo aimou *uuu*u?
about him, Theu commenced a fusilade, and
the bullets whistled back and forth between
the revolting convicts and the guards for some
time. At last the convicts determined to carry
the walls by storm, and procured ladders.
Convict Viau, French Canadian, led the
storming party, covered by his fellow convicts,
who peppered away with the captured
revolvers. He had almcst gained the parapet
when a guard fired point blank at him
and he fell to the ground, where he lay as if
shot, but was really only badly scared and
shocked by his fall.
Convict CoiTiveau then sprang up the ladder,
to fall dead the next instant with a bullet
through his heart. Revolvers were of no
use against rifles, and the death of Corriveau
dampened the ardor of the convicts, yet stall
they fought on.
The guards on the wall stood to their
posts, and only one of them?Private Chartrand?was
hit. He received a bullet in his
leg.
The plucky Chief Warden lay where his
men could see him bleeding to death?his '
jaw shattered, a ball through his groin, another
through the bodv and a
fourth through his arm. The guards
picked off their men with such celerity
that Convict Holton was weltering
in his blood, Convict Monday shot through
both arms and Convict Norman wounded
badly in two places, and eight or ten others
wpi-fi wounded. Then the convicts threw
away their arms and rushed for cover to
thertr cells. They were promptly locked in
aud the guards were once more in possession,
A HORRIBLE FATE,
3ix Sleeping Italian Laborers
lloasted Alive.
Thirty Italian laborers in the employ of the
2rie Railroad Company have been occupying
rae of the company's old construction shaniies
at Mt. Alton, fifteen miles south of Bradlord,
Penn. The building has been in disuse
:or some time, and the wooden underpinning
tvas weak. Twenty men slept in a little loft
ind the remainder on the first floor, which
tvas elevated above the ground four feet,
Dnring the night, a few day's since, one
)f the posts on which the structure rested
;ave way, and at 1 a. m. the shanty was
;hrown to the ground and collapsed. The
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who escaped made their way out with great
lifiiculty. In a few minutes the wreck took
ire from a lantern that had hung in one of
;he rooms, aud the walls being largely composed
of tarred paper, at once Dlazed fiercely,
rhe shouts of the laborers who had escaped
!rom the wreck and the screams of others
,vho were still penned in the blazing pile
iroused the village. There being no fire
lepartment, nothing could be done outside of
orming a bucket brigade, which was not of
;he slightest use.
The howling of the roasting men grew
ainter and fainter and in a short time the
iro find cnont. ifcolf Siv rim rrr>il mtTwoa
vliich could be identified only by bits or
;lothinpr, were taken out. Two others of the
nen suffered serious injury from being struck
>y falling timbers, but it is believed they will
ecover. The dead men had sums ranging
rom$100to?35 about their persons, which
hey were about to send to their families in
taiy. me nanaus uaa ueen iving jii tne
trie's box cars, but chose the building
igainst the advice of those who had prolounced
it unsafe.
The names of the dead are: Andrew Perela,
Felclew Eatta, Dominico Colerco, Sap-,
iota Guirrora, Frank Graco and Charles
Jr/ico.
The injured are Tony Dananro and Nicolo
). France.