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' r " '' " 3 -v yagers :. . , _ A merchant at Lyons, Fta&W, wantea to be "original" in advertising. He therefore advertised: "A stock of $80,000 worth of goods at cost." He had?only $7,000 worth, and the government, arrested him for a swindler and fined him *300. . The sale has been consummated of Lookout mountain, celebrated as the scene of the battle among the clouds. A company has been organized to build a broad guage railroad by July 1, and erect a larjre hotel on the historic spot. it is acknowledged by all to be, seems to have the possibility of being increased, since it has lately been discovered that the bark of the root contains what promises to be an available coloring matter. An authority gives the consumption of corn as follows: "180,000,000 bushels are used for human food, 634,000,000 for working animals, 20,000,000 for seed, 100,000,000 for the production of spirits and glucose, 65,000,000 for export, and i 800,000,000 for the food of meat-producing animals." The coyote is the enemy of the jack rabbit, and used to keep his numbers down. But some years ago a bounty was put on the coyote in California, and he has since decreased and the jack rabbit increased, until now the latter does great damage to vineyards and orchards. It is, therefore, proposed to take the bounty off of the coyote and put it on the jack rabbit. The development of the bituminous coal lands in Virginia during the last four years has been so rapid as to excite ~ - -"J wrn/ln^nra fhrnilffhout uic wuuuci kjx luiu |/iuv?uw*? the country. Up to the beginning of the time mentioned the coal production of Virginia was comparatively inconsiderable, but in two years rough estimates place the production all the way from three million to five million dollars. Sr. An accident that was reported recently from Junction City, in the vicinity of Fort Keogh, Montana, in which a white woman shot at a dog running along the river bank, just as an Indian lifted his head above the bank, and killed the Indian, ought to teach the red men a needed lesson. That lesson is never to allow even eo little of themselves as their heads to remain out of shelter, when a white woman is shooting at something else. Vivisection is not an issue in this counE? try as in England. Our people take it for granted that scientific men would not torture an animal unnecessarily and unjustifiably. But in England there is a society composed of influential persons whose work is to prevent the torturing of animals by scientific investigators. Leading journals are antagonizing the establishment of an addition to the College oi Surgeons lest it be used for experiments in vivisection. The head of one of the great New York dry goods firms was asked the other day if he could give any idea of the yearly aggregates of the bills of his heaviest customers. Twenty-five thousand dollars, he said, one woman had spent with him within a twelvemonth, and several others had grown poorer to the extent of $20,000 or $15,000. Thirty thousand dollars is not unheard of as the price of the dress and toilet equipments of an extravagant city's extravagant dames. Now and then is published a story of a mouse, a dog, a horse, or some other animal with "a remarkable ear for music." The latest comes from Yreka, Cal. A young man riding a gentle, though spirited Horse, becoming musically inclined, tied the reins around his wrist and began playing on a mouth organ. It r. v is not stated how well or how ill was the playing, or what was the tune. Anyhow, the horse had an ear for music. He became excited, began to dancc and to "buck," threw the young man to the ground and dragged him to death. Thia may or may not prove a sufficient warning to prevent the reckless playing oi mouth organs iu the presence of horses. The new censuses of France and Germany show a marked falling off in the rate of increase. In the case of France the rate of increase was low enough before ; now it threatens to stop altogether, and in many departments there has been a considerable decrease. The addition to the population in five years has only been 213,857, bringing the total up to 37,885,-905. This is equal to the annual rate ol only 1 per cent, per annum. Germany ij not quit'c so bad, but the rate of increase between 1870 and 1880 was abnormally high. The population by the latest returns is 46,844,926, as compared with 45,234,061 five years before, giving an annual rate of increase of .71 per cent, per annum in 1880-85 as compared with 1.14 per cent, per annum'in the previous five years. Some interesting figures are given by the St. Louu Olobe-Democrat, showing the comparative production of pig iron in this country and the United Kingdom. The figiuis !.* tons ot 2,uuu pounas eacnf ; " United Uuited States. Kingdom. 1870 1,865,000 6,679,1?* 1875 2,266,581 7,129,317 1880 4,295,414 8,679,141 1885 4,529,869 8,305,325 1886 6,306,638 7,800,000 & "" The growth of the production in this country has been rapidly advancing foi sixteen years, while in the United Kingdom tho advance has been slow, and last year the production was less than the former year by about 750,000 tons. Tho United States will lead the world in the production of pig iron in a few years, if tfcis rapid increase continues. This country is also second in the production of coal. I*---. Eo < ' - c? TTir value of the cotton plant. great as NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle States. Barber Drumm and wife were burned to death in their farmhouse near Elmira, N. Y. Diphtheria is ravaging Dutchess Co., N. Y., and children are reported dying by scores. Ex-Secretary Carl Schurz slipped on the sidewalk near his home in New York the other morning, and broke a leg. The Central Labor Union of New York city has passed resolutions denouncing Judge Brown, of the United States Circuit Court, for adecision against the Knights of Labor, and T. V. Powdcrly for instructing tne various Assemblies of {he Order not to adopt resolutions favorable to the condemned Chicago Anarchists. Many fishermen had narrow escapes, and and four or five have been lost, by the breaking up of the ice on Lake Erie, at Buffalo. The Boston yacht Mayflower, victor in the last international yacht race, will go to England to compete for the Queen's Cup, which the English cutter Arrow has held for the past thirty-five years. Fire at the pier of the Southern Pacific Steamship Company in New York destroyed the steamship Lone Star and a lighter laden with cotton, causing a total estimated loss of $300,000. Ex-Alderman O'Neill, the third of the convicted New York "Boodle" Aldermen, has been token to Sing Sing. Ex-Alderman Cleary is the fourth man on trial South and West. James Stevens was hanged at Princess Anne, Md., for a brutal assault upon Mrs. Mary Trehearn, an old lady eighty years of age. Mrs. Logan has selected South Park, Chicago, as the site for her husband's monument and tomb. An extra session of the Virginia Legislature has been called in consequence of the State's financial difficulties. The West Virginia Legislature has adjourned without electing a successor to United States Senator Camden, ballots were taken almost daily without avail, Senator Camden always lacking a few votes necessary, to a majority. The failure or tne legislature to elect threw the appointment of a Senator into the Governors' hands. Commodore W. T. Traxton, of the United States Navy (retired), died suddenly a few days since at his residence in Norfolk, Va. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1834, and had served in the navy since 1841. A sharp earthquake shock visited South Carolina on Saturday. During the past twelve years disastrous storms have resulted in a loss of 400 lives at Indianola, Texas, and the town is now to be totally abandoned. A few years ago it contained over 3,000 people. The public buildings will be removed to Point Lavaca. A fight in front of the Court House at Hamlin, W. Va, resulted in the probaby fatal wounding of two men and serious injuries to two others. A train ran into a bridge near Needles, Cal., and the cars caught fire. A brakeman, two Lidians and a tramp were burned to death, and the engineer was fatally injured. Governor Wilson, of West Virginia, has appointed D. B. Lucas, a memlwr of the Legislature. to succeed Senator Camden in the United States Senate. Lawrence Krug has been arrested in Chicago on the charge of poisoning five women?three wives, a stepdaughter and a niece. Fifteen buildings, some of them contain mg H CUb UCUl Ul UVUUV/W, noo WUI uvu mi South Boston, Va. Loss, $loO,lKX). Washington. President Cleveland in a note to Senator Sherman stated that he would not call a special session of the Senate. Consuls confirmed by the Senate: Otto E. Reimer, of New York, at Santiago de Cuba; Alexander C. Jones, of Minnesota, at Chin-Kiang; A. A. Brown, of New York, at Clifton, Ont.; Leopold Moore, of New York, at Hull, Ont.; Charles Jonas, of Wisconsin, at Prague; W. C. Hall, of New York, at Prescott; Benjamin Folsom, of New York, at Sheffield; J. L. Hance, of New York, at Turks Island; Wm, S, Preston, of New York, at Vervierse Liege; Oscar Malmros, of Minnesota, at Cognac; H. H. Pendleton, of West Virginia, gt Wthampton; Judson S. Farrar, of Michigan, at Port Sarnia. The Commissioner of Labor's annual report, just issued, says that the employment of eonviet labor does not constitute a question worthy of consideration, so far as the whole country is concerned, but that locally, and in certain industries, the competition may be serious. A congress to discuss the best plan of employing convict labor is suggested. The prisoners employed in institutions covered by the report number 04,009?5S,714 males and 5,895 lemales. James M. Trotter, a colored lawyer of Boston, has been nominated by the President ? ? t^AA?1o/\# A# prtlnm. bia. Matthews, a colored man from Albany, was twice rejected for this office by the Senate. The former incumbent was Fred Douglass, the colored orator. Warrants were issued by Acting Secretary Fairchild on the 1st for pension payments amounting to nearly $5,500,000. The Senate confirmed the nomination of Daniel Magone to be Collector of Customs at the Port of New York. The reduction of the public debt during February was $1,436,782.57. Total cash in the Treasury, $561,378,309.05. The total public debt now aggregates $1,719.633.1*78.5/. Total Government receipts for February rrere $39,773,8ti.53: expenditures, $35,485,131.37. Foreign. Cardinal Jacobini, the Papal Secretary of State, died in Rome on Saturday, aged fifty-five years. A fire in the business district of Wellington, New Zealand, has done damage amounting to $750,000. Unemployed English workmen and Socialists to the number of 50,000 made a demonstration in and about London's great place of worship?St. Paul's Cathedral?during the Sunday services. The Cathedral was guarded by hundreds of constables, and there was no violence. , The estimated loss of life by the earthquakes in Southern Europe is 000, with some localities still to be heard from. The damage to property at Mentone, France, alono is estimated at $2,000,000. The jubilee celebration of Queen Victoria's fiftieth anniversary of her accession to the British throne will be held June 21, which has been declared a national holiday throughout Great Britain. A Chinese junk bound from Hainau for Siam, was wrecked and all but six of the 600 persons on board were drowned. Mauxa Loa, the great volcano of the Sandwich Islands, is again in a state of extreme activity. An explosion occurred in a mine at St. Etienne, France. At the time the mine contained 101 workmen; of these sixteen were taken out dead shortly after the explosion. , JNEWSY GLEANINGS. A large ice factory is to be put in operation in Roanoke, Va. A gray eagle shot at Fort Pierre, Dakota, had a jack rabbit in its talons. Old settlers in Dakota say this has been the severest winter ever experienced there. An Oregon huntress. Mrs. Lillie Prok, of Olalla, has killed seven bears the past winter. There are 1,071 Young Men's Christian Associations in the United States with a membership of about 140,000. New York capitalists have purchased 500 square leagues of land in the northeastern part of the Republic of Mexico. The favorite flower of Mrs. Cleveland is the violet. The gardener of the White House conservatories keeps a good supply constantly on hand. The estate of the late Cyras H. McCormick, of Chicago, foots up a total of more than $4,500,000, the profit of the patent reaping machines. The business men of Minneapolis have tendered to the State of Minnesota a capital site and building, the latter to cost 52,000,(X)0. A New Yorker recently paid $130 for two hundred and fifty strawberries. One of the berries was eight inches in circumference ; and seven inches long. ' A farmer living near Dayton, Ohio, has not spoken a word to his wife, nor she to him, during the past twenty-five years, owing to a quarrel they had over a ctild at that time. ? MB FOREIGN AFFAIRS. Occurrences of General Interest in Other Lands. Emperor William's Peaceful Speech in the New German Reichstag, The new German Reichstag has been opened in Berlin. The Emperor's speech was read from the throne. In it he 6ays he is gratified at the benevolent disposition the Pope has shown toward the German Em pire, The foreign policy of the Empire is continually directed to the maintenance of peace with all powers and especially with Germany's neighbors. If the present Reichstag, without hesitation or division, gives unanimous expression to the resolve that the nation will put forth its full strength in full panoply now and at all times against any attack upon our frontiers, such resolution, even before carried out. will materially strengthen the guarantees of peace and remove the doubts which the late Parliamentary debate may have inspired. The Emperor feels assured that the Reichstag by its resolutions will give the Federal Government a national policy on a saf? basis, and derives from this conviction the confident hope that God will bless hie efforts to preserve the peace and security of Germany. The same internal bills that were submitted to the previous Reichstag will again be offered. Tne creation of new sources of revenue and the reform of the methods of taxation are urged. Two hundred and fifty members were present, including most of the members of the National Liberal party, chief supporters of the Septennate. The members of the Bundesrath entered the chamber headed by Herr von Boetticher, representative of the Chancellor, who read the Emperor's speech. The concluding passages of the speech, referring to Germany's peaceful policy and appealing to the Reichstag for unanimity in voting the Army bill, were repeatedly interrupted by cheers. When the reading of the speech wasconnliirlaH fYiiitif T^rrhpnfplrl nrorwavl three cheers for the Emperor, and led the demonstration that followed in response. The President elect of the Raichstag is a Conservative, while the Vice-President is a National Liberal. Both support the Septeanate. The National Liberals desire Herr Benningsen to continue in the leadership of their party. Battles in the Balkans. Garrisons sentfrom Shumla and Rustcnuck to suppress a revolt at Sillistria have accomplished their task after a brief but sanginuaiy engagement The opposing forces first met in the defile before the city which was held by the Sillistria garrison to prevent the passage of the loyal troops to barracks where the insurgents were entrenched. The government forces fought their way through the defile and attacked me rebels, killing and wounding many, and driving the rest from the barracks. In the absence of the garrison from Riuitchuk a revolt took place there, the insurgeDts occupying the citadel and shelling the loyal troops in the barracks. Another insurrectionary movement is imported to have taken place near TartarBazardjik, in Eastern Roumelia. Roumania is massing troops along her frontierasameasure of precaution. Turkish troops are concentrated along the Roumelian frontier. Afghanistan Preparing for War. News received from Afghanistan shews that the Ameer is making strenuous efforts to raise a new army. All boys between the age of ten and eighteen years are beiing J ?:il?,l mmmaa on/1 all nrlut ViiirA UTiilW 1V1 UUUUUJr OC1 V1VC, Oiivi ou ?**v ? w reached the age of eighteen years are be:ing enrolled in the army. The Ameer has issued a circular to his subjects, telling them to prepare for a holy war. It is believed that he contemplates a war against Russia. The son of the fanatic dervish Mushk-i-.yum, backed by the Tarahs, Inders. Utaks, Jokees, Kakars, and other tribes, Das proclaimed himself ruler of Afghanistan, and Jias sent the Ameer a defiant letter threateni ng to attack him without delay. The Terrible New Explosive. General Brialmont, who has recently been experimenting in Belgium with the new explosive, melinite, has advised the Roumanian government to suspend labor on the defensive works around Bucharest, as it will be necessary to devise new plans to withstand the new explosive. De Lesscps'g Visit to Berlin. A dispatch from Berlin says: "M. de Lesseps is coming here to offer French neutrality in the event of war in Eastern Europe, in exchange for Germany's support in the Egyptian question in conformity with French aspirations." Savages Capture a Vice-uonsui. Savages have captured and carried away with them the British Vice-Consul at Rio del Re}', in the Cameroons country, Africa. A gunboat has been sent to rescue him. LATER NEWS. A boat containing three ladies and a boatman was capsized under the falls on the Kanawha River, at Hinton, W. Va., and two of the ladies were drowned. General J. J. Finley has been appointed United States Senator from Florida to succeed Hon. Charles W. Jones. General Finley is an ex-Confederate, ex-member of Congress and ex-member of the Florida Supreme Court Among the nominations confirmed during the last days of the Senate was that of Public Printer Benedict, the vote standing 37 to 19. I lieutenant trreeiy was uiso uuaujiuuiujjr confirmed as Chief Signal Officer. Tfie Canadian Government has issued orders for a vigorous protection of the fisheries iu 18<7. Natives of Mozambique have risen and devastated the trading stations and destroyed many British houses. Troops had to bo called out to suppress election riots in Waldenberg, Prussian Silesia. About 100 inmates of a St. Louis convent have been made ill by poisonous canned fruit. Kentucky Prohibitionists have put a full State Ticket in the field, headed by F. J. Fox for Governor. Among the bills signed by Mr. Cleveland in the closing days of Congress is the act authorizing the President of the United States to protect and defend the rights of American fishing vessels, American fishermen, American trading and other vessels in British dominions of North America. Mr. Dillon, Irish Home Rule leader, has made another speech in the British House of Commons against evictions in Ireland. An Ottawa dispatch states that Canada will not recede from her attitude in the Canadian fisheries dispute. GLAD GLOUCESTER, Fishermen Rejoicing Over the Passage oi'the Retaliation Bill. "When the passage by Congress of the bill providing for retaliatory measures against Canada was announced, the hearts of the Gloucester (Mass.) fishermen were made exceedingly glad, and they took immediate steps to show their joy. All the bells were rung at noon and sunset, and cannon were booming all the afternoon, and every strip of bunting that could l>e found was displayed by all the shipping in the harbor and on public and private buildings. At night there was a great illumination. Private houses, almost without exception, were lighted up, and tar barrels were ablaze in the streets. At the Unitarian church door, Middlo street, Washington's picture was displayed, with the word "Lil)erty" underneath. " The church is the one which stcod in Revolutionary times, and received a ball from a British man-of-war in the harbor. A vessel with a cargo of forty-four ostriches arrived at Galveston, Texas. This is the second cargo within twelve months. The birds are for ostrich farms in California, and came from Natal, South Africa SUMMABY OF CONGRESS, Senate Sessions. 5oth Day.?Mr. In galls was elected President of the Senate pro tem., to succeed Mr. Sherman, resigned....Mr. Hoar spoke in favor of his resolution declaring it as the judgment of the Senate that under present circumstances no negotiations should be uudertaken with Great Britain in regard to existing difficulties with the Canadian provinces having for its object a change or abolition of any of the existing duties on imports. Referred to Finance Committee .... A message was submitted from the President vetoing a bill for the erection of a Post ? T If uince diuiuuigub uyim, unto., \jh w bi uuuu that there was no necessity for tho expenditure of 1100,000 or any other sum to meet the postal wants of the Government at that point A.t the evening session the resolution !'or an investigation of the books of the Pacific railroads was passed. 5<5th Day.?Mr. Ingalls entered upon the duties of successor to Mr. Sherman as pres iding officer...-.The Consular and Diplomatic and tho Agricultural Appropriation bills were passed... .The report of the Conference Committee on the House bill restricting ownership of real estate in the Territories to American citizens was agreed to....A bill appropriating $20,000 to complete the monument to Mary, fee Mother of Washington, waa passed.... The conference report on the Indian Appropriation bill was agreed to The bill to reimburse depositors in tho Freed man's Savings and Trust Company was passed. 57th Day.?Messrs. Edmunds and othar Senators complained of the House's delay in passing Appropriation bills... .House bills oa labor arbitration and prevent ing the employment of convict or alien labor on public buildings were passed?The Pleuro-Pneumonia bill was further considered and passed. A conference was ordered on the bill to provide for the adjustment of land grants The difficulty in the way of an agreement on the Retaliation bill was explained by Mr. Edmunds A bill prohibiting the mailing of newspapers and other periodicals containing lottery advertisements was taken up ana passed. 5Sth Day.?All the private pension bills on Hia pAlpndar .were Dasscd.... The House bill creating a new circuit judge for New York was amended and passed and a conference asked The Naval Appropriation bill as amended was reported.... The Consular and Diplomatic bill from a Conference Committee was agreed to... .The report of the conferees on the River and Harbor bill was agreed to in both houses. 59th Day.?Resolutions were adopted authorizing the Committee on Privileges and Elections to continue during the recess the Texas election investigation.... The Naval appropriation bill was amended and passed ... .Mr. Hoar, from the Conference Committee on the Pacific Railroad Inquiry bill, made a report which was agreed to. The bill then went to the President....The Senate bill for the erection of a national memorial bridge over the Potomac, from Wash-ington to Arlington, was passed. It appropriates $500,000 to begin the bridge, which is to be erected in honor of Lincoln and Grant .... The conference report on the Agricultural Appropriation bill was agreed to....Mr. Allison reported the Legislative, Executive and Judicial bill, with sundry amendments. 60th Dat.?The Senate reassembled as in continuation of the previous day's session at 10 a. m. A message from the House announcing non-concurrence in the Senate amendments to the Naval Appropriation bill was presented, and a conference was ordered. .... At a few moments before 11 the Senate closed the fifty-ninth legislative day of the session by adjournment, and at 11 opened the last legislative day or the * orty-nintn congress. Mr. Hoar made an attack on the Speaker of the House, charging him with "a usurpation of constitutional power." The Speaker was defended by Messrs. Beck and Blackburn. ... .Bills nroviaing for public buildings at Dayton, Ohio, Sioux City, Iowa, Lafayette, Intl., and Lynn, Mass., were all passed over the President's vetcss. House Sessions. 61st Day.?On motion of Mr. Belmont (N. Y.) the House insisted on its amendment to the Senate Retaliation bill; and Messrs. Belmont, Clements, and Rice were appointed conferees....Mr. Hatch moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate . bill, providing for agricultural experiment stations. Agreed to?152 to 12....Mr. Townshend (111.) submitted the conferenco report on the Invalid Pension Appropriation bill, and it was agreed to.... The Naval Appropriation bill was discussed. 62nd Day?Senate amendments to the River and Harbor bill were non-concurred in The Naval Appropriation bill?providing also for two cruisers, four gunboats and one steel torpedo boat?was passed....At the evening session there wa*; a continual uproar until adjournment *t .midnight over the Legislative, Executive ana Judiciary bill. cod Day.?Unanimous consent was refused to put the Pacific Railroad investigation resolution into conference Consideration of the Legislative Appropriation bill was refnrvWI hv nnniArnii? noints of order Eulo gies were delivered on the late Mr. Cole, of Maryland, after which the House continued the coasideration of the Legislative bill Wth Day.?Provision was made for the payment of Mexican pensions,wliich was also agreed to in the Senate.... The report of the conference on restricting ownership of land to Americans was agreed to....The Deficiency and Legislative Appropriation bills were passed The conference report on the Fractional Gallon Tax bill was defeated. .. The conference report on the Retaliation bill was considered.... A bill authorizing the construction of a bridge across the j East River at New York was passed. 65th Day.?The Conference report on the Pacific Railroad investigation was concurred in with an amendment striking out the requirement that the Commissioners shall be subject to confirmation by the Senate The fijh- I eries Retaliatory bill was passed exactly as it went through the Senate?149 yeas to 134 nays. It authorizes the President in his discretion to exclude all Canadian | products from American markets, and to close American ports to all Canadian shipping so long as Canada persists in its present policy toward American fishing interests. The clause prohibiting the transportation of Canadian cars and engines through American territory was stricken out....The conference report on the Agricultural Appropriation bill was agreed, as were the conference rejx?rts on the Sundry Civil and and Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation bills. 60th Day.?Two pension bills?one granting arrears of pension to Thomas S. Hopkins, ana the other granting a pension to Sally Ann Bradley?the House refused to pass over the veto....Mr. Cox, (N. C.) moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill repealing the Tenure of Office act. Agreed to, and the bill was passed?yeas 172; nays, 67....An urgent deficiency appropriation bill was passed. The bill appropriates for deficiences m the Pastoffice Department, (5493,1)00; In the Treasury Department, for printing $1 and $2 silver certificates and United States legal tender notes, $27,000; in the Department of Justice, $285,000, and for the payment of cez tified claims, $934,255. Mr. Henderson(Iowa) moved to suspend the rules and pass the Senate bill, granting a pension of $2,000 a year to Mary S. Logan, widow of the late John A. Logan. He made an appeal fnr nnssmrA of the bill. Mr. Tarsney (Mich.) opposed the motion, and it was losfc-^yeas, 145; nays, 113?not the necessary twothirds. SIX B0YS_ KILLED. St ruck by One Train while Trying to Avoid Another. Walter Moon, "Walter Heatt., William Pearce, John Gregg, Charles Bonstein and Manning Garis?whoso ages longed from twelve to fifteen years, were killed on tho Lehigh Vnlley Railroad about two miles from Boston, Penn., the other afternoon. They had been hunting muskrats and wero walking on tli3 railroad track, on their way hon e. A coal * - ' 1 fliO KAVO wain Bearing uown ujaju wem, ?,??? stepped to the opposite track, when they were struck by a fast passenger train. There were seven iu the party, but one, Hi rrv Pearce, was struck by his brother and knocked from the track uninjured. The passenger train was stopped and backed to where the bodies lay. Manning Garis was still alive, but died after he and Iris dead companiors arrived at Easton. The skulls of all the boys were crushed and mangled. Engineer Monroe Music, who was running the passenger train, said: "I was running at a reduced speed on account of the blinding snow storm, which prevented me Bfrom seeing anything on the track. I knew nothing about the accider. t until my fireman called to me to stop, saying that I j had just struck a lot of men, he supposing that they were men employed on the track. MATTERS OF MOMENT~ Some Important Events From Various Quarters. Twenty Lives Lost on a Burning Steamer in Alabama, The steamer W. H. Gardner, one of the largest boats plying on tho Tombigbee River from Mobile, was burned the other afternoon three miles below Gainesville, Sumter county, Ala. Captain F. S. Stone telegraphed that the boat was a total loss, together with bales of cotton. The loss of life was very large, as follows: S. C. Blackman, Jule Rembert and two children, Mrs. W. F. Rembert and three chil-. dren, Theodore L. Graham, G. Rutes and the following colored persons: John Bryant, steward; Green Jenkins, Henry Ford, Hayward Hudson, L. Lindsey, Virgil Jones, Amos Harris, and three unknown. Mrs. Rembert was the wife of the clerk and part owner of tho boat, and lived in Mobile. The remaining whites were passengers living in the Upper Tombigbee di? trict. The liardner was Duxlt five years ago for the Tombigbee trade. She was owned by P. S. Stone, Sid C. Coleman, and W. P. Rembert, and was valued at $25,000. She was fully insured. The cotton was insured in local companies for $25,000. Mrs. Rembert and three children lived in Demopolis, Ala., which is W. E. RembertfB home and also the home of Jule Rembert. Before making the last trip Mr. Rembert wrote his wife to join him with his three children at Demopolis and make the trip up to the highest landing and return. It is supposed that he invited also his cousin, Jule Rembert, and his two children. and it was intended to be a pleasure trip for the party. The negroes who lost their lives were deck bands from Mobile, and most of them leave families. Three Children Burned to Death. The Wood p!ace, about oue mile south of Marianna, Ark., was the scene of an unfortdate catastrophe on Sunday night. About 9 o'clock the cabin occupied by a colored man named Ed Burton ! and his family, consisting of his wife aud three children?boys?aged three, nine and fourteen years?caught fire. The family, with the exception of the wife, who was at- ' tending a church near town, had retired. Burton was awakened by a portion of the blazing roof falling on the bed in which he was sleeping, setting that on fire. He immediately jumpea up and seized his three children, who were sleeping in the same room, and started for the door. Before he could reach it another *v\nfiAn r\f tlia rnnf foil in Vn/V^Hnff hlQ f'in'I Sren from his grasp. He was unable to find thera again, and had to abandon them to save himselfjwhich he did by jumping out of a win-' dow. The boys partially buried by the roof were burned to death. The fire is supposed to have originated from the chimney, which was one of the old fashioned wood and mud kind and much out of repair. Baying an Immense Tract of Land. The Inter-State Land Company, an organization with headquarters in Kansas City,Mo., has completed the purchased of the Arkansas land grant, comprising 79,(XX),000 acres, situated in Texas, New Mexico aud Colorado,and including a portion of No Man's Land and all of the famous Maxwell grant. The purchase is made from the Exterior Real Estate, the title having come originally from the Mexican Government in 182(3. The price of purchase is not made public. The company proposes to give quit claims to settlers now on the land on application, but will require foreigners and corporations to settle. The legal opinions of eminent authority have been obtained upon the title. This is the largest private land purchase ever made in the United States. Tne tract purchased is nearly half as big as the entire State of Texas. The Fatal Earthquakes. The fishermen in the harbor of Genoa on the night proceeding the earthquake noticed that the sea had retreated a yard more than usual. Instinctively feeling that something was about to happen they remained the whole night in their boats. Of the 300 bodies buried at Diano-Marfno only fifteen were identified. Five thousand persons there are still camping out. The air is becoming horribly offensive owing to the stench arising from the corpses that are yet in the ruins. The structures in which the injured at Bajardo wero sheltered were blown down by the wind, and before the helpless patients could be removed to a place of safety they were all covered with snow and half dead from cold. Nearly Six Hundred Lives Lost. The steamer Gaelic,from China and Japan, which has arrived at San Francisco, reports that a Chinese junk, bound from Hainau for Siam, has been wrecked, and that out of the six hundred persons comprising her passengers and crew, only six are known to have escaped. COUNTY SEAT WAE, ' * * i?* IT Ancna Civ \fan A 1' UlUl rigui. Ill ?UUi>UD Killed. A fight about a locai political contention at Coronado, Wichita County, the other night, resulted in the killing of two men and the fatal wounding of four others. There has been a bitter controversy between residents of Coronado and of Leoti about the location of the county seat. A party of men from Leoti went to Coronado, and during a dispute over the elections, Charles Cotte.-, from Leoti, struck Frank Lilley, of Coronado, over the head with a revolver. Ezra Loomis tried to stop the quarrel, and received a bullet from Cotter's revolver. The shooting then become feneral, and resulted as follows: 'William ains and Charles Cotter, both of Leoti .were instantly killed; Emmet Dimming, Frank Jeness, David Johnson, and Albert Bovey,all from Leoti. were fatally wounded. Frank Lilley, Charles Ijootnis, and Ezru Loomis, all from Coronado, were slightly wounded. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Ella Whekler Wilcox, the well-known poet, and her husband have sailed for Cuba. Crocker, the California railroad magnate, has three sons and a daughter to inherit hi") $40,000,000. Hexry "Ward Beecher is to write a history of his own life, from its earliest moment down to the present time. Tue venerable Marshal McMahon, ex-President of France, now seventy-eight years old, continues to enjoy robust health. The Queen of Naples is an enthusiast on [ the subject of athletics. She is an expert swords woman and a fearless equestrienne, j The oldest ex-Cabinet officer now living is Historian Bancroft, who was President Polk's Secretary of the Navy forty-two years ago. Mmf. Kuki, the Japanese Minister's wife at Washington, has just acquired a commaml of | English and is very proud of the accomplish[ ment. Mrs. LoganJms definitely decided to make Her home in wosuingujii miring ?iu iu years that Major Tucker, her son-in-law, is stationed there. Austin Corbi.v, the New York millionaire railroad man, has one daughter, who will inherit his vast fortutio. She has just graduated from a Parisian school. It is believed that the four oldest military officers in the world are Emperor "William, Count von Moltke, General W. S. Harvey, U. S. A., and Colonel E. G. Bulter, of St. Louis. Mrs. Grant, widow of the General, will spend the greater part of Lent in "Washington. She will divide her timo there between the homes of Senator Stanford and General Beale. Next to Mrs. Cleveland, who probably receives the most letters of any woman in the United States. Mrs. Jenncss Miller, the leader of the dress-refonn movement, is said to have the largest post. Tsai-tien', the sixteen-year old Chinese emperor, has assumed tho responsibilities of government. His wife is a groat beauty. Tie selected her from a lot of over twn hundred girls sent to him for inspection. Prince Bismarck is six feet four inches fcnll and very powerful. In the great trinity of Germans he is called "the baby." as he is but seventy-two years old, while the emperor '8 ninety and Von Molke is eighty-seven. The latest big-egg story comes from Gibson, Ga. This peculiar egg is about tln-ee inches long and measures six and a quarter in circumference, and weighs a little over three ounces. m JERSEY'S SENATOR I i Democrat Elected With the I Aid of Republican Totes. I rurbulent Scenes Ending the Long- I and Exciting Contest. Alter a Legislative contest lasting two- * I nonths the straggle for a successor to United States Senator SeweU In the New Jersey Leg- H slatnre has ended A Trenton dispatch to B ' A WOMAN HANGED. Mrs. Druse Pays the Penalty of Her Husband's Murder. Mrs. Roxalana Druse, who murdered her husband on December 18,1884, and deliber awiiy cut up ttuu uui uwi rns way, was executed by hanging exactly at noon on Mon- f day, February 28, in the jail yard at Herkimer, N. Y. A dispatch from that place gives the following vivid account of the exe" cution: The morning of the day fixed for the execution of Mrs. Roxalana Druse for the murder of her husband dawned bright, clear and very cold. The condemned woman slept little during the night. She did not retire until midnight, and then she refused to undress, saying it was hardly worth while, as she expected to get little sleep. When she did sleep her mutterings indicated acute mental torture. At short intervals during the balance of the night Mrs. Druse wouldjump up and nervously resume her writing. She wrote letters to her friends and appeared to find relief in the occupation. Some flowers accompanying a letter from her daughter, Mary, who is confined in the Onondaga Penitentiary at Syracuse for life, which were brought to.ner last night by Superintendent Irving C. 'Terry, seemed to affect her deeply. She wrote a touching note to her daughter in reply. At times she wept quietly, particulary when writing to Mary Druse. Her bearing, however, as a whole was resolute, and her resignation to the inevitable appeared to increase as the night wore on. Her fear of approaching death was nevertheless made apparent by occasional exclamations of despair. At times during the night the watchers, Mr. and Mrs. Waterman, thought that the unfortunate woman hod found relief in sleep, but they were generally mistaken. And thus the night wore on ana the woman at the break of day was still making a vain effort to obtain a little rest At last, finding it impossible to sleep, she arose, bathed her face and began making preparations for the ordeal through which she was soon to pass. After dressing herself in a most careful manner, putting on a black cashmere dress, the murderess sat down to breakfast, but could not partake of. any of the food. She was joined by Rev. Dr. Powell, her spiritual adviser, who prayed fervently with ner and in every way tried to comfort the unfortunate woman. He appeared to have great inflnence over her, and at times she seemed much com posed. Several hymns were sung in which she joined with apparent fervor, and her voice could be heard strong and. clear, although rather unmusical. The morning was spent in praying, writing and singing, with now and then hysterical periods on the part of the condemned. At 11:15 a. m. the Jurore, Deputies and other persons appointed to witness the execution were led upstairs to the cell of the condemned woman by Deputy Sheriff Bartley Mannion. Rev. Mr. Powell, H. D. Luce, Mrs. Druse's counsel, and Superintendent Terry of the Onondaga Penitentiary were also d resent The death warrant was read to Mrs. Druse In her cell by Sheriff Cook. Dr. Suter, who worked up the medical legal evidence for Mrs. Druse, then entered the cell and took her pulse, which beat at 80, having come down from 100 in 40 minutes. Mrs. Druse then broke down almost completely and it was feared that she would have to be carried to the gallows. She, however, after having received a few words of encouragement from Dr. Powell, recovered her composure, and the procession to the scaffold was formed, Sheriff Cook leading, followed by Under Sheriff Rice, behind whom came the prisoner, leaning heavily upon the arm of Rev. Dr. Powell. Her face was greatly flushed, but no tears were shed, although an expression of utter hopelessness and resignation, even despair, was plainly visible. Upon reaching the fatal spot Mrs. Druse stepped to uuo uuuiuc ui. uxo iinxu u piavivim. i/uuv u|/vu the ground, and knelt while Dr. Powell offered up prayer, lasting about three minutes. Happening to cast her eyes upward she caught sight of the dangling noose, which she had not noticed before, and a convulsive tremor shook her slight frame. She also sobbed gently at intervals. At the conclusion of the prayer, both prisoner and clergyman arose, when Dr. Powell grasping her hand bade her good-bye and stepped outside of the inclosure, so as not to witness the hanging. Previous to this, however, Mrs. Druse leaned over and whispered to Dr. Powell a request that he thank her friends who had labored so long and faithfully in her behalf. Mrs. Druse still held in her band the bouquet of flowers which her daughter, Mary, had sent her. These sho gave to the doctor. The executioner then stepped forward and pinioned her arms and legs together. The noose was adjusted and the black cap drawn down over her face. At this point the prisoner again showed signs of collapse, i and Degan to scream and shriek at the top of her voice in a hysterical manner, but the drop on the 213-pound weight choked off her cries in her throat, and the body of the murderess, whose awful crime has shocked the entire country, was sent flying upward about lour feet, shooting forward to the right and settling back to within one foot and a half of the platform. Drs. Suter and Kay stepped forward and examined the pulse beats, which were almost imperceptible. After the lapse of one minute a spasmodic clinching of the fingers occurred, followed by efforts to draw up the legs. The pulse also began to beat very rapidly about 102, although very feeble. This J -4. il 1 Af\ increases at tiircv uiiuuvca \aj x*sv, uiuuuu^u still quite weak. The pulsations were then less rapid, decreasing two minutes later to 120. The heart-beats at this time were 48 per minute. The pulse continued to get slower until 15 minutes after the drop fell when life was pronounced extinct by Dr. Suter. The drop fell at 11:48, fife was pronounced extinct at 12:03 and the body was lowered on the undertaker's stretcher eleven minutes later. A neat imitation rosewood coffin was brought in. When the black cap was drawn back it was found that death had resulted from asphyxia. The neck and lower portions of the face were much discolored and the rope marks were plainly visible. The noose had cut a bunch of flowers and some lace which she had worn at her neck and here forced them into the flesh. The body was at once put into the cofBn and immediately turned over to Dr. Powell, who promised to give Mrs. Druse a Christian burial. EXONERATING HER DAUGHTER. Before her death Mrs. Druse, in compliance with the request from her daughter that she should not leave a blot on her name, made the following affidavit: "I, Roxalana Druse, in my last moments, do hereby solemnly swear and affirm that my daughter, Mary Druse, who is now confined in the Onondaga Penitentiary, had nothing whatever to do with the killing of her father, William Druse, or with the disposition of his body. ITiis statement I have repeatedly made, and always adhered to at the inquest and since my confinement. My daughter, Mary Druse, is absolutely innocent and was in no way connected with her father's (William Druse's) death." Mary Druse also made a confession, telling the story of the crime and asserting that Charles Gates and his two sons, Frank and Chet, were present at the murder and fired a revolver at her father, and helped dispose of his remains. MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC. It is said Bartlev Campbell, the insane dramatist, is getting better. Mr?. E. L. Davenport will lie a member of the Madison Square Theatre Company, New York, next season. John Gilrert, the New York actor, is seventy-seven years of age and has been on the stage fifty-nine years. The great pianbt Rubinstein has consented to assume the directorship of the St. Petersburg Conservatory of Music. The comic opera ' Erminie'' had its 2o0th performance at the New York L'asino on ttie night of Washington's birthday. A performer in a Berlin cirrus jumps from one horse to another as they go in opposite directions of running around the ring. Miss Mahone. the daughter of the Virginia Senator, is a musical enthusiast, and is going abroad to continue her studies in the art. The once famous tenor, Campanini, has adopted the profession of a newspaper correspondent, not being in demand as an opera singer. Patti is singing n cradle song written by Liliie Stuck, a Little girl cf fourteen. She is the daughter of the State Librarian of Pennsylvania. "Ruddigore," Gilbert & Sullivans latest opera, has been produced in New York. It was not so successful as "Pinafore" or the j "Mikado.'' i ? ?c New York Herald describes the final taunting scenes as follows: Rufus Blodgett, Superintendent of the New fork and Long Branch Railroad Company, md a Democrat, was declared elected United States Senator today in joint meeting, having received forty-two votes, in the midst of toenes of tumult .and disorder seldom equaled aere. Two ballots were taken. The first resulted is follows .-?Blodgett,-89; Abbott, 88; Sewell, 2; Kays, 1, and E. E. Potter, L All the Republicans except Dickinson and Letts, of Hudson, together with Chatties * Throckmorton and Batrd, Democrats, voted for Blodgett. The Abbett column .was mad* up of all the caucus Democrats. Carroll, Labor, and?McBride, Chase and Kinney, bolting Democrats, voting for him also* Donohue, Labor, voted for Erastus E. Potter, and Dickinson and Letts for SewelL "The second ballot will break the deadlock,"came from the Republicans. And it did. The ballot resulted as follows: Blodgett, 40; Abbett, 89; Sewell, 1; Potter, 1. < Before the result was announced Dickinson, of Hudson, changed from Sewell to Blodgett. thus trivirur him - the necessary maioritv for election. Some cheers greeted the change, and the Blodgett men nearly went wild with joy. John H. Laird, about the moet corpulent man in the Stateand a Blodgett manager, danced with delight and then fell on. the brood of his back. - . > (Senator Chase afterward changed from Abbett to Blodgett, so the final result as announced was: Blodgett, 42; Abbett, 87; Potter, 1; Sewell, 1?Letts, of Hudson, having changed from Abbett to SewelL Chairman Fish's formal declaration that Rufus Blodgett was elected. United State* Senator from New Jersey to succeed William J. Sewell from the 4th of March next wa? V. greeted with cheers and hisses. It made the Abbett Democrats simply frantic, and they arose en masse, saying they desired to change their votes. The most indescribablft confusion prevailed. Chairman Fish was soon surrounded by angry Democrats, who threatened personal violence if he did not recognize them. The din that reigned mad* it impossible for him to recognize anybody. Some lot the Democrats had changed to Sewell, but changed back again to Abbett when a message was received from him askirg all hi$ faithful followers to stick by him. He told them he accepted the result philosophically. The joint meeting was finally adjourned sine die. The tumultuous scenes were continued for some time afterward. The New Senator. Senator-elect Rufus Blodgett was born in Dorchester, N. H., November 9, 1834, and It u consequently in the fifty-third year of his age. He served his time at the machinist's trade, and worked at it. for some yean in his native State. About twenty yean ago he came to New Jersey, and found employment soon afterward with the New Jersey Southern Railroad 'Company, and- after a while became its superintendent Afewyean - ago he was appointed superintendent of the New Tork ana Long Branch Railroad Com* pany, over which the trains of the Pennsylvania and New Jersey Central railroads run by . mutual agreement For some yean Mr. Blodgett resided at Manchester, Ocean coun? , and he represented that county in t&4 ouse of Assembly in the yean loT8,18TO, and 1880. In the latter year he was <h-? featod for the office of State Senator from tlze same county by Abraham C. Havens by less than 100 maierity. He took a promhiant part in legiwation while in the House of Assembly, and was mainly instrumental in having: the Six Per Cent Interest law1-.<-J passed. He was Chairman of the Democratic State Committee during the Cleveland campaign. Last fall he was a candidate ' n ) aiul how). C IUI UVVClUVi, ?UU) (UVW t? uivwi - 1, -----fought contest, he was defeated by the pre*- "** ent Executive, Robert S. Green. He lives at ' Long Branch. ITEMS ABOUT INDIANS, . ^ Many of the Apacbes in Arizona have made $1 a day through the season as farm laborers. A full-blooded Indian has been ordained a deacon in an Episcopal church in South Minnesota. Tax Indians on tbe Lac Court d'Orcilles reservation, in Wisconsin, have banked over . 25,000,000 feet of logs this winter. < Nacukz, the aged chief of tbe Pinte Indians in Nevada, has begun to lose his sight and ~ is now in the hands of a San Francisco occttlist Thi Indians on the Digger reservation, in Nevada, held a big dance recently and Invited many of their white friends. A nuniiier of the latter went in and witnessed tho dance, but on attempting to leave they found tho old chief guarding the door and were told it , would cost ?.em twenty-five cents each to get out. . T> Aw Indian known as Nevos, who died at San Diego, CaL, recently, was said to be 12$ years oil Ho was industrious, upright and fairly well educated, and wns considered a valuahlo farm band. Several years ago ho became stone blind, bat he rofuwd to po to the poorlioiwe and worked steadily until the day of his death. Owe night last week a Nevada man saw two Piute bucks wrap themselves iu a single blanket, and digging a hole in the deep snow prepare to bivouactiwe for the night. In tbe ; morning he went to the spot but could see nothing but a slight elevation on tbe surface of tho snow resembling a grave. Thinking that the Indians had perished wilb cold during the night lio sallied lorui, armc** with a shovel, for tbo purpose o? exhuming their remains. The first thrust of the shovfl brought tho bucks to their foot with a grunt of disgust. Instead of being frozen Uieir bodies were steaming with perspiration. THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. 9 Beef, good to prime 6K<?t "<% Calves, com'Q to prime 63^(3 9$ Sheep 4X@ 5% ? Lambs 8 @ 9 Hogs?Live 5X@ - ,^ Dressed 8 "f Flour?Ex. St, good to fancy 3 CO @ 4 00 West, good to choice o 65 @ 5 00Wheat-No. 2, Red 89^@ 92% Eye?State 58 @ 60)f Barley?State 70 @ 75 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 4-S @ 48)4 Oats?White State 39 @ 39)4 Mixed Western 3-5 @ 36 Hay?Med. to prime 77W@ 82>? ?-v? i fcv? 70 (2 75 kjuan ?*wi *i ?v v.^.. ... w Lard?City Steam <05 @ 7 65 Butter?State Creamery.... ? @ 31 Dairy 27 @ 28 West Im. Creamery 22 @ 24 Factory 19 @ 21 Cheese?State Factory 13 @ 13% 3 Skims 11 @ 12X Western 12^(3 12^ Eggs?State and Penn ? @ 18J* BUFFALO. Sheep?Good to Choice 5 00 @ 5 25 Laruos?Western 4 75 @6 25 Steers?Western 3 75 @ 4 2> Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 15 @ 5 35 Flour 4 75 & 5 15 . Wheat-No. 1 83 0 88** Corn?No. 2, Mixed ? & 43}* Oats?No. 2, Mixed 33 @ S3>$ Barley?State 03 @ 65 BOSTOX. Beef?Good to choice 7 @ 7,4 Hogs?Live 5J^(# 0 Northern Dressed.... 6%@ 7U Pork-Ex. Prime, per bbl...l2 00 (5112 50 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 00 @ 5 25 Corn?High Mixed ? (g 50- j Oats?Extra White 41 @ 41}< Kye^State 60 @ 65' WATEItTOWN (MASS.) CATTLK MAKKET. Beef- Dressed weight 4 00 @ 7 25 Sheep?Livo weight 3 <5$ 5 LambJ 4 @ 6U Hogs?Northern ? @ 7 PHILADELPHIA. Fiour?Penn.extra family... 3 65 @ 3 80 Wheat?No. 2, Red S9 @ 90 4 Rye?State ? @54 Corn?folate Yellow 40V(? 47 \r: i Oii* tJL I tjatS * TTvfrn (9 ^ I " 1