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" A"GREAT FORTUNE ' Loft to the Post Trader at the Boston >"avy Yanl. How $23,250,000 Were Acquired By a Grand-Aunt in Java. A grand-aunt of Louis Do Beck, the "post trader'" at the Navy Yard in Boston, has left | an immense property in Java, valued at 02,OJO,000 guilders, or about $23,250,000. This wealth, says a Boston dispatch to the New York Sun, is to bo divided between seven tc; n cousins, and Louis De Bcck is one of the | fortunate seventeen. He is the only one who lives in th's country. The others live | in his native land, Belgium. Be Beck has known for ten 3-ears past of 1 the prize that was coming to him, ami has waited patiently for the disbursement of the money. A short time ago he received the 110tkv that calls him to Belgium to receive his share of the property. He will sail soon with his family, and will return in the winter and si-ttie down to a life of luxury in Boston. The beginning of this strange story dates " back nearly a century. In about the year 1 1MU Miirie Von Water was employed in the i family of Lagassa, a merchant prince of ? Rotterdam, who owned vast coffee plantations in Java, and who had established l an enormous trade between that port i ( and Rotterdam. The cargoes for his ships j 1 consisted ?ntiroly of coffee from the Java plantations, which were prepared tor the market by several hundred slaves. T?is merchant had only one son, and he became enamored of his lathers pretty servant, i anil asked her to marry him. The father in- j terposed no objections, and the young people , were married. Soon after the marriage the father and the young couple sailed for Java, and spent the rest of their lives on the plan- | tation. The father died in a few years, and 1 the son succeeded to his vast estates and managed the property so shrewdly that it increased in value. He died in 1S53. 1 leaving one child, a son, and his widow. For 1 several years the widow took a personal interest in managing the plantation for the 1 benefit of her child, but in lisO'J the boy died. The heart-broken woman lost all interest in her erreat wealth and left it to her overseers J to care for. In 1875 she died, having ] lived to the ripe old age of nitiety-four years. The plantations were in the Holland colony, and the Government took possession J for tile benefit of the heirs. The family on the ' husband's side was extinct, and as the Government did not know where to look for the other relatives, the plantation was then run in the interest of the Holland Government. At the time of the Widow Lagassa's death t she owned the vast plantation and more than t four hundred slaves in Java, seventy-four [ ships, half a dozen barks and several smaller > coasting vessels,together with extensive warehouses in Rotterdam. A captain of one of t the ships was the first to give infoimation I that led to the discovery of the rightful heir. His mother knew that the Widow La- t gassa's maiden name was Marie Von Water, . and mentioned that fact to her son. The J Captain knew a family named Von Waters in e Rotterdam, and the next time he touched at that point, which was in 1S77, he told these friends that it might be well for them to look 1 * up their family history aud see if they were not 1 entitled to some of the property in Java J held by the Holland Government. Then it * was that Mr. De Beck heard of his good fortune, and he thanked his lucky stars that t his grand-aunt was Marie Von Water La- i: gass.i. He and bis wife were in Bruges, s jfHgium, having gone across the wateroil a visit to relatives. They were ^ quietly chatting, when suddenly j the bell was rung so violently d that tho rore was nearly broken, ceiore cue c door could bo opened by the family it was burst in by several excited man who rushed up the stairs into the room where tho astonishcd family were standing. A hasty glance t showed them that their visitors were j relatives. Everybody spoke at ouce. ^ The men were crazy with excitement. Finally they became calmer, and told the story of the vast wealth awaiting them. They t *' counted noses," and found that seventeen * cousins were entitled to equal shares in tho "property. They sent out for their frienls and spent tho night in merrymaking. They didn't then know tho value of the property, but they knew that it would bring a good 1 many thousand guilders to each of tli.-m. An eminent lawyer was encased to investigate 1 the case in their interests. Th.-y easily f proved their relationship to the deceased ' owner of the Java plantations. Then the lawyer presanted the case to the j Belgian government, supported by all t the necessary legal papers and proofs. After considerable official correspondence be j tween the Belgian and the Holland Govern- j ments, the latter signified its willingness tc pay a just sutn for the property, with intere>t for the time it has been in its hands. ' T!ie Bel ian Government sent Mr. Henry M. ( Stanly, the American explorer, to appraise the 1 ^-zperty in Java. He fixed the valued at 1 J}'?,000.000 guilders, equal to about $23,250,OJO ' 'of our money. The Holland Government ( offers no objection to paying that sum, and a few months ago the necessary < papers transferring the property was signed. Now all that remains for tha interested parties is to affix , their signatures to the papers, and receive , their share of the monej'accrued. The principal with the interest will amount to nearly $2,000,000 for each person. Mr. De Beck is, of < course, happy in the prospect of receiving so < riuch money, hut ho L'&s uot yet given uti U j 1 Ol'l work. ' 1 ah*, ue ueck is aoouc rorty years old, a ' pleasant-faced, well-built man of medium height He is of dark complexion, and has dark eyes, dark, curly hair nn<l dark moustache. His face and speech shows that he is a foreigner, but he speaks the English language very well. His hau ls i show that ho has worked all his life, and ho says he has had no time to devote to his education. . ! -TUTTTOITrt A T A "KTTV TlD A HA" A rnTn ULL U OJ-U-O-U -tS-lM D JJXlilIlU.il J. IUi Nine London theatres are managed by , women. A baseball comedy called "A Home Run" will paralyze the country next season. ; Mary Anderson* has postponed her return to Am rica until aft.'r another season. Miss Kate Field is the first person who has ever delivered a public lecture in Alaska. With the exception of Kyrle Bellew, there 1 will be none but Americans in Mrs. James Brown Potter's company. Minstrel companies abound among the , engagements for the early weeks of the the- , atrical season about to open. The novels "Sho" and "Allan Quarter* main" have buth been dramatized, and wil* | probably be produced in New York this autumn. Charles Dickens, Archibald Forbes and Max O'Kcll, from abroad, and Milburn, thu Win/1 plmnlnin nra tlin nrnminnnt loMm?n?.P in this country'for next season. Mr. Walter Damroscii is staying with ! Hans von Buelow, for the purpose of studying with that famous conductor somo vocal and instrumental novelties which he intends to produce in New Vork next season. If an American girl will go abroad to study operatic music, says Grace Greenwood, let her first go to Italy, especially to Lamberti of Milan, to learn (he true Italian method, then to Paris for technique and acting, and then to London to make money. Fraui.ein Lilm Lejimann paid over $3./v\i? 1 /*- - f? 1 : 1 ? *ct WUUS III*I line lOI K*UWIl? JJCiliU iaai/ and singing in America. Her earnings were Kutfieient, however, to permit her to pay double the amount without feeling it. A successful vocalist earn-; $1,000 with very little trouble. The organ of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York, is built in the new open style, displaying all the pipes. It is 4"> feet high, 20 feet wide and 14 leetdeep. There are four pairs of bellows, worked by four men. Patent vacuum pallets overcome the great wind pressure and make the touch easy and pliable. The organ is very powerful and sweet at ence. Amoso the recent graduates of the Woman's Medical College in New York Cityis Kin Yamet, a Chinese girl, who had taken the highest position in the class. She is an accomplished scholar, able to converse and w?*ifa nf?r??T?ntalv in fiva lnncniafTfiS. The peoplo employed in and about the I , mines of Great Britain number 501,01*2, of , whom 5,50^ are females working under- ( , ground. The total number of deaths by ae- i , aidant last year was 1,018. / ? -.y- . ' I NEWS SUMMARY Eastern and Middle State1*. i Citakles P. Mili.eh, a prominent Now ] York lawyer and political reformer, and his wife died together of pneumonia a few mornings npjo at their summer residence.New London, Conn. 1 Professor Spenver F. Baird, Soon tary of the Smithsonian Institution and t'nit-d Pikh ('ninmiuinnni' ilii'il n fi*\V dllVS ! since at Woods HoH, Mass., in his sixty-fifth year. Mrs. Mai.vina R. W. Payxe and her i twenty-.seven-year-old daughter Anna, a nub- ? lie school teaelier, committed suicide together , at their residence in New* York. When found they had been dead in their locked apartments several days. Their minds had 1 been unsettled by misfortune. Professor N. A. Archer, of the Univer- 1 sity of Pennsylvania, was drowned while 1 bathing near Atlantic City, Is". J.. ^ The Knights of Labor comprising District , Assembly 4!', of New York, hitherto tho j staunchest supporters of General Master , Workman Powilerly and the other high ofli- j cials of the Order, have elected a delegation r opposed to these officers to participate in the j General Assembly at Minneapolis next t October. Many other Assemblies are re- * ported to have done likewise. A new political party is to ba started,Philadelphia being selected as its birthplace, the main object being to check undesirable immigration. It wul be known as the American party. Rear Admiral Thomas T. Craven*, of tho [Jnited States Navy, retired, died at the Charleston Navy Yard, at Boston, Mass., a :ew daj-s ago, of heart disease, aged SO years. South and "West. Oliver Atkixs, aged 5, deliberately killed Willie Hawkins, aged tf, at Memphis, Tenn., .1 A: u:.?. 4U.ai.O.L. ntUlt n jy Miuuuiig Him uiiuugu tuc nvai k *?im u iurolver. P Jerry White (colored), imprisoned nt Val- f >ntine, Neb., for brutally assaulting an aged , yhite lady, was taken from jail by a body of f nasked men and hanged to a telegraph pole. ( Ex-State Treasurer Vincent, of Ala- t jama, has been sentenced to ten years' im- |, jrisonnient for embezzlement. n A fire lias destroyed the business part of Degraaf, Ohio, a town of 1,-0) inhabitants. The Republican State Committee of Virginia has issued a long address to the people )f that State, signed by ex-Senator William Ualione as Chairman. The Aurora, the largest wooden vessel on he Great Lakes, has j ust been launched at *i 1 1 TT-.. 4-1. oi/i e 4. I 1 ^itjveuuiu. xcugiu is oiw ii-ci. u Washington. A coming postoflice report will show that here are 55,157 postoffices of all grades in he United States, and that there were lo,(711 postmasters of all grades appointed dur- . ng the past year. "William M. Nixon has been appointed by he President Unite ! States Marshal for the Eastern District of Tennessee. The total number of immigrants arrived it the ports of the United States from the f? rmn, r\.?. ida and Mexico, during July, was 8J),0Sb, e igainst 31,:>4S the same time last year. i Total value of ex;>orts of merchandise ii rom the Unitod States during the twelve nonths ended July 81, 1SS7, was $712,70S,500, igainst ?<<41,875,748 during the previous I welve months. \ The Treasury Department has decided (j hat animals imported free of duty for breed- , ng purposes need not necessarily be herd book 11 Private Shepherd, of the 20th Pennsyl- E ania Volunteers, is to get over $10,0()U back c rension for a wound on Washington's Birthlay, 1S<)4, from an accidental discharge of a onirade's musket. C Professor Langley, who was brougiit a. ?n from Allegheney City, Penn., a few bI nonths ago to act as Assistant Secretary of he Smithsonian Institute, will succeed the _ ate Prof. Baird as the head of the institu- ' ion. 6i The President has l>ecn invited to visit ii hirty-seven different cities and towns during lis trip to the South and West in October. Foreign. A special proclamation issued i?y uic i-oru c lieutenant and Privy Council of irclan 1 'proclaims'' the Irish National League, * ivhich is declared to "promote an I ex>\tj to * lets of violence and intimidation,'' and to be c 'dangerous.'' Three prominent officers of th * Anie.-r o". ? Afghanistan's army have been cxo.-uNa! for _ raitorous conspiracy. The marriage of the Emperor of China h is ? >een postponed for two years, owing to the c uuess 01 tue emperor. During a regatta on the ThaniP-i, below 1 London Bridge, about thirtj*-five spool iter; 1 lambered upon a hay-laden barge, Tlu opes holding the tarpaulin cover gave way, I md all except one of the spectator* we're t ;hrown into the river and seventeen were r irowned. e A heavy rain storm caused an innn 1 it ion * )f many streets in tlis city of Mexico. The Cabinet of Peru has resignel. j William Olds, United States Consul at e Brockville, Ontario, is cb\nl. He l.a i b - j 'or many years an editor at Richmond, Va. j Two men?Messrs. Lefevre and Le F.'err? c iccompanied by three ladies and four diiliren, were crossing the river near Him h r ^ rille, Canada, when their boat ups t. The nen swam ashore, but the women and chil ^ Irfn wore drowned. t ? j] FALL OF AN ELEVATOR. t lvvo Persons Killed and Many ] Others Injured. t An overloaded elevator at tho collar and 1 mfT factory of G. Sidenberg & Co., 47 ana " I'J Mercer street, New York, fell four j stories to the basement at about 7:30 jVloL'k Thursday morning, killing one woman instantly and mortally wounding one man, and more or less seriously injuring eleven girls. The building is a sixstorv iron front. About :iU0 women and < i^irls are employed by the firm, who go to work at 5> o'clock in the morning. There was a rule that those who arrived be- ] fore could ride un on the elevator, but i after that they aunt climb the stairs. This j rule was an inducement to get them there | early. The elevator was in charge of John 0 Neil, a married .man, thirty-fivo years old. The employes entered the elevator from the basoinent floor. At al>out 7:.VJ, when it started, \ there were fifteen women and girls in , If Tl... tmaa itc ,icn.il J motion as far as the third story. Here the employes always left it to go to the room where they left their wraps and hats. At this landing " O'Neil pulled the chain to stop the elevator. 3 bnt instead of stopping it,something was heard ' to crack, and then, to the terror of all, it 3 plunged down through the shaft like I a pile driver. It was all over in an instant, but during thit instant the gir!s surged to one side of the elevator car, throwing O'Neil around so that his hack projected out of the open front of the car, mm lie sirucK against me lanuing 01 nic ? street floor, breaking his back. He fell out on the basement floor, groaning, beside the engineer, Patrick Gibbons, who was the only man there. At the same instant Mrs. James J Lynch, aged 55 years, of ~J7 Mulberry street, t pitched headlong from the car, striking the ( side of her head against a corner of a pillar, i fracturing her skull and killing her instantly. Of the rest not one escaped unhurt. 1 A STRANGE DISEASE. ( I Death of 12OO People? Suspension of Work. Information received from McDowell County, W. Vn.. is to tin* effect that a dreadful state of a Hairs exists in that rvirt-iiill of t.lin Stjlh' 1111(1 Sdlltliw.wto,.,, Virginia. The drought lias made tiio 1 waters very low, and tho ixjcu!- 1 iar disease which has several times previously lolbwed a drought, and which is i-uj-p se l to lie a result of minerals in ti,? 1 wntvj\ nas oruKeii out. in tne ueiu norsa Cave neighborhood there are over 101) cases, ] with 30 (I uth-. Not a family has es:t ped. Crops are iiegle:*ted ami far.a work is at a { stanistiil.it mjuiiing th;; entire time of 1 every Individual able to labor to cars for the j sick and dead, it is estimated that 200 pe> ' pie have died in McDowell County aloue in ! the last four weeks froiu the disease. < 1 PICKED HP AT SEA. The Burned City of Montreal's Missing People Rescued. The Boat Which Contained Them Adrift for Five Days. The burned steamship City of Montreal's missing boat was picked up nt sea, nnd tho seven passengers and six members of the crew who were in it are safe and well. The rescuo was made by a German vessel named the Mathilde, which has arrived at Falmouth, England, with the thirteen survivors on joard. The party was rescued five days ifter the burning of the City of Montreal. The survivors say that on the first day af;cr leaving the steamer they experienced .ery rough weather. They had a plentiful supply of bread "and meat, but rery little water. As a consequence ;hey suffered badly from thirst, rhe weather was hot, and this greatly conributed to their discomfort. When rescued t hey were almost exactly in the middle of he Atlantic. The boat was picked up bv the brigantine yfathildc, from Campeche. The rescued men ay that when their boat left the burning iteainer there were fifteen persons on board. Shilling it too crowded two persons jumped iboard anotlierbo.it. There was only half a ;eg of water in the boat, and that was bad. rhere was no sail aboard, and no means for ignaling passing vessels. The boat was learly swamped twice, and the men had a lard struggle to keep her afloat by baling. On Thursday they sighted a steamer and Hilled toward Ikt, signaling with a jacket ind a handkerchief, but the steamer passed in without seeing them. On Friday hey sighted another steamer at a xeat distance. On Saturday they I ighted another steamer and pulled I oward it, and found that it was the City of | Montreal, still burning. They tried to board : ler to obtain more water, but her plates were i oo hot. They drifted until Monday, when hey were rescued by the Mathilde. They ( mid (lie kindness of the Mnt.liilile's ennhiin nd crew. LATER NEWS. A New York pilot-boat lost three of lior . nen during a heavy gule. Mrs. Sarah Jackso.v, wife of Andrew i rackson, Jr., nnd mistress of the White J louse during President Jackson's second erm, died at "The Hermitage," in Nashville, '?\v days ago, aged 81 years. rTnE Iowa Republican State Convention at , )cs Moines renominated Governor Larrabee. ?he platform condems the National Adminis ration, iavors a protective lariri ana apiroves tiie Inter-State Commerce law. The Maryland Republican State Conver.ion. held in Baltimore, nominated a full icket, headed by Walter B. Brooks for Govrnor. John K. Cowan, leader of the Cit-'ens' Reform League, made a speech proinisng the support of the Independents. Two train; on the Baltimore and Ohio lailroad collided not far from Wheeling, V. Va. An engineer and a fireman were illed, and fifteen emigrants wore seriously urt. Mrs. Cleveland 1ms returned to the White louse after a pleasant vacation in Massahusetts. ' R. R. Brooner, a clerk in the Pension ] IfRce, and Colonel Allen Rutherford,a Claim gent, have been arrested on the charge of tealing Government records from the files William O'Brien, the Irish editor and lome Rule leader, has been served with a amnions under the Coercion bill, for making iflammatory speeches in Ireland. THE NATIONAL GAME. John "Ward, of th3 New Yorks, has made iver 125 hits and stolen seventy-five bases. Connor, of the New Yorks, wus the first -league first baseman to have and accept 1,000 hances. The New Yorks have tried 21, Detroits 20, 'hiladelphias l'J, and Indianapolis 18 players his season. ; Four of the Jersey City players aro in jreat demand by both the League and Asso:iation Clubs. JonNSTON, the Boston centre fielder, has nore put-outs to his credit than any outielder of the National League. -I- nnlnmni! r\f fVia Dofroits' UAfi itlt'l spjuao ruiutuvo vr*. vuw ^v?. v.^. tatting ability. Three members of that earn, Thompson, Brouthers ar:d Rowe, nade each one hundred actual hits before my other League player crossed the line, and tichardson came immediately after. In a game to be played at Weehawken, N. r., in September between the Mets and St. jouis Clubs, the New York League Club will scort the Mets to the grounds and the Deroits will do the same service for the irowns. The four clubs will have a grand linner aft.-r the game. Buffintox, the Philadelphia pitcher, has ho best single-game record of the League wirlers. He recently retired the Indianapois Club with but one single clean hit. Mulane, of Cincinnati, holds the best record in he Association, having held the Louisvilles lown to one legitimate hit. Paul Hikes, of the Washingtons, has more wo-base hits so far this season than any other l<cague player. He has 27 to his credit, iloger Connor, of the New Yorks, leads in i i?u;**. nriflt 1Q Afrti'rill nf fhft jiree-uuse iiius umu v..v Jostonclub, and O'Brien, of the Wellingtons, ire tied on home runs with 12 each. Tite directors of the Boston Baseball Club lave issued a pronunciamento, in the form )f a letter, to the players, in which they are sxhorted to play good ball, and a golden bait s held out to them as a reward for winning he penant. In addition to $2,500 sure, thej )ffer the proceeds of a benefit game, which ivould not yield less than $:J,000 making in all 55.500. THE national league. HV<n. Lout. Won. Lot*. Detroit 52 .'M | Boston 47 40 Pittsburgh....30 4!> I New York....41) 30 Philadelphia. .48 40 | Indianapolis...27 50 Chicago 51 35 j Washington...34 4S THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATIO.V. Won. Lox'. Won. TmM. St. Louis 70 20 | Baltimore 52 41 Brooklyn 47 40 j Cincinnati....55 45 Louisville 55 42 Athletic 45 51 Metropolitan..33 00 j Cleveland 20 70 THE INTERNATIONAL LEAGUE. Won. TjO.it. H'on. Ln.it. Newark 47 2S | Syracuse 40 28 Rfifhpsr^r 43 34 I I3inffhamton..20 44 Toronto 43 SI Hamilton 44 34 Buffalo 53 32 | Jersey City...35 ?8 Scranton 13 3D Wilkesbarre..l(J 57 UNITED LABOR PARTY, Summary of the Proceedings of the Syracuse Convention. The State Convention of the United Labor 5""t" Vnrt hpiH at Syracuse, lasted hrei* days. Henry George and Rev. Dr. Mcilynn took a prominent ]>art in the proceedngs. On the first day a temporary organization ;vas effected. On the second day the Contention organized with John McMackin as i Permanent Chairman. The Committee on 1 Credentials reported against the claims of all Socialists to scats in the Convention. After M.atc all the Socialists who claimed seats ! were turned out of the Convention. (>? the third day the following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of State, Henry [ie.>i*kc% of New York; for Comptroller, Victor A. Wilder, of Brooklyn, Kings County; for Treasurer. Patrick H. Cummins, of Am ;terdam.Montgomery County; for Attorney- , Ueueral, Denis C. Feely, of Rochester, Monro.* County; for State Engineer an I Surveyr>r, Syivanus H. .Sweet, of Broome County, formerly of Albany. The platform favors two distinct and radical changes in the political and economic administration of our Government. It proposes "abolishing all taxes on industry and its products," and. "by the taxation of land values to the exclusion of lm- j provements, to devote to the common use i an 1 benefit those values which, arising not i from the exertion of the individual but from j :h?> gr nvtb of societj*, belong to the cominuniry as a whole." A STEAMSHIP BURNED. A Passing1 Vessel Rescues All On Board Save Thirteen. The big ocean steamship City of Montreal, of the Inmati line, was destroyed, by fire during her last voyage from New York to Queens town. There were no first-class passengers on board, fill: nau a crew ot '.h; mtcrmeuiate passengers, 25: steerage, 12"). She was loaded with cotton. Her value was estimated at $o75,000, and her cargo was said to have been worth &JoO,9l)J more. A special cable dispatch from Lon:lon to the New York World gives tha following particulars of the steamship's loss and tha rescue of most of Wio passengers and crew, who had taken to tho boats, by a passing vessel; It appears that everything went well with the City of Montreal until last Wednesday night. Tho weather until then was fine. At about 10 o'clock that night the cry of fire was given throughout the ship. Most of the passengers had turned in early, as is tho custom aboard ship, and some were in their first sleep, from which they were rudely aroused. The smoke, which increased very rapidly, began to fill the cabins and to darken the lights throughout the ship. In a very short time all the passengers were dressed and on deck. The seat of tne fire was in the after maiu hold, amonsr a large number of cot ton bales, "and the utmost activity and energy was b?ing displayed by the captain, with his officers and men, in seeking out the locality of the fire and in pouring down water to extinguish it. It seemed to bu so far conquered that it permitted of being covered up, the captain hoping to keep the fire under with a view of running the ship to the nearest port, which was St. John's, Newfoundland, about four hundred miles off. The course was shaped for this, but the lull in the smouldering tiro proved delusive, for though checked in the after hatch it unexpectedly burst out in another hatch midway in the ship, and from the force and violence of the combustion it soon became evident that all hopes of saving the ship were at an end. Attention was then promptly given to the only means of rescue?by the boats. There were eight 011 board?four lifeboats and four pinnaces?capable of carrying, without undue strain, but with little room to spare, all 011 board. All available hands were set to work in their different spheres to prepare provisions, to free the running gear, to see to the state of the boats and to hold all in readiness. At about 8 o'clock in the morning the fire had so gained that the inevitable moment had come to leave the ship. All the passenger were assembled on deck, each one incased in a life preserver, presenting pictures of human misery and almost helpless despair, such as words cannot describe. Mothers clasped to their bosoms with a fervency proportioned to the danger their helpless children, and husbands and wives embraced each other for what they felt to be in all probability the last time. By an oversight which was the fault of the rmuine Hioincnivnc n fpn-nf thfi iiassentrers tin.I crew were It ft behind in the burning ship because they had gone aft instead of to the fore part of the vessel and were hidden from sight by dense clouds of sinoke, but they were in due time discovered and rescued, two boats putting back ag.iinst great peril. Thus all were freed from the danger of burning, and had only to face the milder danger of drowning. By careful forethought and clever management, and rare good luck as well, every boat was safely cleared from the dangerous proximity to the ship and all had got at least a fair start, with equal chances. Among the nineteen at first left on board there was a fine, brave yotinz fellow belonging to the ship, by name William Mitchell Coward, who thought he would take a last survey of the horizon from the vantage ground o? the bridge. .To his joy he discerned and reported the api>carance of the masts of a ship just rising within the range of vision. A moment's careful survey with the aid of the Captain's field glass discovered that the approaching vessel was a bark under full sail. This vessel so fortunately sighted was steered for under directions given by a seaman who had noted her bearing for some time. It was rowing upon faith, for the vessel could not be seen over the top3 of the high rolling waves. One boat, however, was lost sight of by others. She contained the steward, ship's interpreter, four seamen and seven passengers. The boat was not full of occupants, and tnosi who were in it are regarded as having bsen guilty of cowardice and selfishness in leaving the burning ship without a full load .while they were ignorant of whether any other passengers remained on board to perish in tho flames. A vessel which now hove in sight and in which oil hope was nowcenterei proved to be i?.??? r*?fw i VatiKoin K/ann hnnnd mil" slua,:uci x vi av \stvj y from Baltimore to London. She was attracted to the scene by the huge flames which illuminated sea and skv for miles around. Tho crew or the York" City did all in their power to secure the safety of the laden boats, and with care and skill rescued their occupants from their dangerous position. All were safely housed on board with the exception of the boat already referred to as lost. At 1 p. m. Friday the York City transferred the rescued party to the tug Lord Bandon, of Queenstown harbor, and shortly after wards the rescuing steamer idumai her voyage to London, while the shipwrecked crew and passengers wore brought on shore at Queenstovvn. THE LABOR WORLD, The cotton crop in the South is the greatest ever seen. The spring and axle manufacturers are forming a national association. Lumber manufacturers, tool makers, hardware dealers, shoa manufacturers, and stove dealers are all doing a good business. It has been noticed that workingmen travel less from town to town this year than ever before. Everything points to a prosperous year for the toilers. The annual convention of the National Journeymen Plumber.?, Gas and Steam Fitters' Union will begin in Washington the second week in November. The Mexican Central Railroad Company, whose engineers went on strike recently, has secured all the engineers necessary to run nil their trains, and tho strike has practically Tailed. W. T. Coleman, of San Francisco, appears to enjoy a monopoly of the salmon tanning industry on the Oregon coast. His profits for this season alone aro estimated at upward of $450,000. It is noticeable that very few strikes occur in the fall season. At this period workmen generally labor steadily so as to prepare for the hard times that may possibly come during the winter. Tablks presented in the last annual report nf t.lio r.ahor Kureau of Ohio show that the average yearly cost of subsistence of 1,6S> individuals is$4ii.7:i, or 12.83 cents per day : that is, ubout four and a quarter cents n meal. The Pennsylvania Railroad employes have been granted a national charter by the General Executive Board of the Knights of Labor. The work of organizing a national trade district will bo pushed urvvard as rapidl3' as possible. Tin, annual report of the American Order of Carpenters and Joiners shows that the total receipts for the year amount to ^J0,02o.44. The exjtenditures were ?10,41(5.73, and the rtniil members and relatives of de cvasi'il memltcrs amount? I to $lG,27i3.1(i, leaving cash in hand, $4,333. ti5. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Mr. G ladsto.ve has agreed to drive the first pile of a bridge across the Dee. * paiaiwi frederick ijouiiuasa, tuu u<>?u orator, arrived recently in this country from Europe. The Sultan of Turkey pots along on the modest income of fI0,(XK),0J0 a year. He is thirty-eight years old. A. S. Abell, the senior proprietor of the Baltimore Sun, is eighty-ouo years old and many times a millionaire. ... John C. New, ex-Treasurer of tho United rnonvnred from the pira I OUl IA.-3, Utt3 ?T iawamj lytic stroke ho sustained last winter." Mr. New is proprietor of the Indianpolis Journal. Mrts. Perry,tho widow of Commodore Perry, the Ikto of Lake Erie, is living quietly at j Stratford, Conn. Although beyond forescorc. sho is still active and lier faculties are not j creatly impaired. I Joseph Francis, the famous inventor of life saving apparatus, who has long been a resident of New Jersey, has gono to San Diego, California, to live permanently. Mr. Francis is now eighty years old. He is accompanied by his son, who is past fifty years FROM FOREIGN LANDS. ~ Some Matters of Interest in i Otlipr flnimtrips. A Great Demonstration Against the Proclaiming of the League. i A lurge meeting to denounce the Govern- r. ment's course was held in the Rotunda at j ' Dublin on Tuesday evening. An immense J crowd was present and great enthusiasm was manifested. The Lord Mayor presided. There were also tw o overflow meet- r ings, at which Edmund Leamy and T. P. Gill, M. P., presided. There 1 were present ssveral English and Scotch > members of Parliament, including Messrs. 1 Jacob Bright, Cobb, Sutherland, Fen wick ' -*"1 Ilnl/lnnA OolKroitli a Prnt. 1 HIIU Ililiuaiic. JL 1 UICO.WI U1V11, u. * vv estnnt, moved a resolution denouncing the edict against the League, which was unanimously carried. The English members of Parliment present 1 advised Irishmen to be calm and to refrain ! from collision with the law. Mr. Dillon said i ' that in spite of proclamations the League 1 would continue to exercise what Mr. Bal- j four had called intimidation. Instead j of advising tenants to be reasonable, J they would advise them in future to doublo their demands. Mr. O'Brien said that no Irishman was worth a pinch of salt unless he trampled the proclamation un- ; der foot, but no aciviscu calmness in uie struggle for freedom. ? The sensation of the evening was made, \ however, by the speech of Mr. C'obb, the Eng- j lish member of Parliament for Warwick. J He said that the tune for words J ha<l passed, and that it was now the time for acts. He offered himself for membership ill the National League, to stand or fall with its fortunes. He also counseled steady rebellion to the enforcement of unjust laws. Mr. Jacob Bright, M. P., the brother of John Bright, also made some remarks concerning the views of the English Liberals. ' He declared himself ready to sustain ' the League in its fight against the Gov- < eminent. He advised great patience and self- , control, but at the same time a steady resistance to the proclamation. He said that j the tide was turning in England. If the ' Irishmen only acted with patience he be- 1 liuvca tue nour or aenvery was near at nanti. | Before the proceedings closed the following < strongly worded resolution was passed by a unanimous and most enthusiastic vote: ( Resolved, That this meeting of the citizens I of Dublin denounces in the face of the civ- < ilized world the proclamation of the Irish { National League as an unscrupulous attempt to drive the Irish people from the path ' of a peaceful and constitutional struggle for their rights, and to disarm them of an organization which has suppressed crime and outrage, and awakened Knglish democracy to sympathy with the sufferings and aspira- < tions of the Irish j>eopIe, and that we hereby ] declare our determination never to submit to j so gross an outrage upon our constitutional liberties." ( Russian and Prussian Crops. J An official report says the prospects for the I Russian wheat crop of both winter and sum- < mer wheats are faVorable in most districts. < In the Government of Taurida, however, i they are unfavorable. The Prussian Ministry of Agriculture anticipates the following yields: Wheat, lOi per 1 cent; rye, 100 per cent.; barley, 34 per i cent; oats,85 percent; peas,01 percent; rape ] seed, 80 j>er cent., as against the following yields last year: Wheat: 05 oer cent.; rye, 8< . per cent; barley, 37 per cent.; oats, 101 per ' cent.; peas, 94 per cent.; rape seed, OS per cent. Ferdinand Arrives in Sofia. Prince Ferdinand, the new ruler of Bulgaria, arrived in Sofia at 5 o'clock yesterday evening. On his arrival he received the usual offering of bread and salt, and was pre- ; sented with ail address of welcome in behalf of the municipal authorities. The route which he took through the city was crowded with people, who greeted the Prince enthusiastically. An artillery salute announced the Prince's arrival, arid a military guard of honor escorted him to the palace. The city was brilliantly illuminated and there was a display of fireworks. A Serious Riot at Ostcnd. An affray arose between Belgian and English fishermen, at Ost?nd, Belgium, and gendarmes were summoned to quell the* disturbance. The gendarmes charged upon the , mob with bayonets and seriously wounded ' many. A recurrence of the trouble is feared. Tho Civic Guard is prepared for any I emergency. Floating Exhibition for South Amer- ( ica. A floating exhibition of Spanish products will shortly leave Valencia, Spain, for South America, and will visit all tho principal South American seaports. Tho object is to open up new markets for Spanish goods. Forest Fires in Corsica Forests at Ilarella and Zambuco have been destroyed by flre. Serious forest fires have also occurred in twelve other communes of Corsica. They are thought to havo been the work of incendi-u is. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Key West, Fin., is recovering from the scourge of yellow fever. In the city of Akron, Ohio, 60,000,000 matches are made daily. The Canadian Minister of Justice favors an enlarged extradition treaty between Canada and the United States. Locusts have devoured most of the corn and sugar cane in Yucatan, and associations have been formed to exterminate the pests. Russia will celebrate, on October 30th, the fiftieth anniversary of tho opening of her first railroad. That country now has 17,000 miles of railroad. Five thousand Indians aro expected at Taconia, Washington Territory, to assist in picking the hop crop. Soino of them come ii um .n.iu3iu?. The flame in a prairie fire in Manhattan, 111., reached a height of twenty or thirty feet at times, and the Are spread faster than a man could run. THE MARKETS. new yokk. 34 Beef, good to prime S Calves, cora'u to prime 5}4@ 8 Slieep 4 (a) 4% Lambs 0 Ilogs?Live '^A Dressed l/i Flour?Ex. St., good to fanny 4 10 ? 4 25 A Vest, good to choice 3 15 (<t 3 S5 Wheat?No. 2 Red 71 SO live?State 52 ($ 5'? (!0 (fit 75 Corn?Unpradt'd Mixed.... Wi? [*>]< Oats?White State ?, Mixed Western ("9 Hay?Med. to prime ?? @ Straw?Na 1, Kye <*> (g _ '*? Lard?City Steam <J & < ?jj? Butter?State Creamery.... ? (<? -j> uiiiry -i v? West. I m. Creamery -0 Factory l'J'Zw) 17j<j Cheese?State Factory 11 & 1Skims S ?? Western 7 (<? Eggs?State and Penn 17 45 BUFFALO. Steers?Western 3 50 @ 4 00 Sheep?Good to Choice U 50 (<? :! 75 Lrisiibs?Western 5 35 (<? ?i 00 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 ">'i (</) ft (30 Flour 4 75 (<? ft 15 1\ linnf.?\*n 1 81 ' '{?l) 83 Corn?No. 2, Mixed 47 Oats?No. Mixo.l '<0 Barley?State 'J1 i>5 BOSTON. Beef?Good to choke fi @ 14 Hogs?Live !>'?(% ' 0 Northern Dressed.... Pork?Ex. Priino, per bbl... 1 < 00 (ft. 12 50 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 75 @ 4 !i0 Corn?High Mixed 54 (<$ 55 Oats?Extra White "? @ liye?State CO @ G5 WATERTOWN* (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET. Eoef? Dressed weight ? & *}14 Sheen?Live weight 4 uQ 5}f Lnmbi 0 (rt Hogs?Northern <%(<$ 7 I'll I LA DELPHI A. Flour?Penn.extra family... ^ SO ((7) 3 75 Wheat?No. 2, Red 7?.W | Corn?State Yellow SO (ft 52 OntsMixel 33 @ 32}* : Rye?Stat? 52j?j(4 53 Butter Creamery Extra... ? @ 24 Cheeje?N. Y. Full Cream.. 1*3 12}? WOMAN'S WORLD. pleasant literature for FEMININE READERS. For Gold. I. rhey'll robe me in my bridal gown, Ah me, ah me! rhey'll robe me in my bridal gown, rhe'orango buds will be my crown, fho white veil will go floating down; \.nd I shall bear the splendor meet, i.nd wish it were my winding sheet, Ah me, ah me! IX. rhey'll twine white gems around my neck, Ah me, ah me! rhey'll twine white g.-ms around my neck, \nd I shall give no sign, no chcck, iut well enough I too shall re k rhat dewy pearls are for my tears, rhe deadly opals for my fears. A It ?ma nl\ ma I XXU J1JG, UU 1UV. in. rhey'll lay my prayer-book in my hand, Ah mc, ah me! rhey'll lay my prayer-book in my hand, While I shall calm and stately stand, \nd hear the organ fiealing grand; \n<J I shall neither faint uor fall, 3ut live aud smile on through it all. Ah me, ah me. rv. rhey'll lead me to the altar rail, "Ah me, ah me! rhey'll lead me to the altar rail, \.ncl my false lips will never fail, S"or my false heart will never quail; is I breathe o'er those words of old, dud sell myself for love of gold. Ah me, ah me! ?Saturday Traveler. China's Dowaj;cr Empress. F. II. Balfour gives the sketch of Tz' l-hsi, the Dowager Empress of China : oo morougniy is sue tuiu j^uiprcss a*ent) said to throw otf the restraints of oyalty as to practice archery, and is iven reported to have taken lessons in aoxing, attired in a sort of bloomer cos;ume. Her appearance at the age of ifty, hitting out at iier venerable precep:or, and, we presume, occasionally receiving punishment herself, must, to say lie least of it, cause some scandal to the strait-laced censors, who recently remonstrated with her on the undue smartness )f her head-dress." The Best Cooking School. The mother's kitchen is the girl's best looking school. The same hands that make crazy quilts for amusement can make ra<r carpets to cover home floors. Rag carpets are just as aesthetic as crazy quilts. The waditub is au excellent gymnasium. Were it only a craze every girl in the land would be taking lessons an the washboard. If these are menial occupations we have made them so. They hurt the pride more than they do the physical powers. These duties dis tributed in a family would not fall hard upon any one member. It will be remembered that Mrs. Whitney in Wc Girls makes one of them say of their neat housekeeping : " We could not tell whether we dined in the kitchen or kitched in the dining-room."?Detroit Free Press. Profitless "Practice." I wonder how many young girls are forced every day to a distasteful task by stern and ambitious parents? I took dinner lately at a suburban house whence a youthful guest was obliged to go home early, because she had not yet accomK,-.f nl1nH/vl thrpp hours' nrac [JIIOUVVI UV.1 t?UWVk?? ?... ? ? A ticing on the piano. I asked her if she was fond of playing, and she said: "Xo; [ hate it!'' Very likely persevering hard work will in time make an accurate performer. The soul will be lacking in her style of drawing music from the piano. She might., I am sure, spend the same amount of labor more profitably. O'er * ' V VI _ AL..A ?I.A M ^ tain ly, It IS pTOLKlOlC UlUt SUt* Uin nu apu* tude for some accomplishment or study in which three hours' work every day would make her really proficient. It is easier to mold a boy than a girl in this arbitrary fashion. A girl, says Kuskin, must develop in ner owa way, or not at all; and this I believe to be the true theory.?Boston Post. Her Failing. 4 " ?- - ? 1 - >A?A nftlupnlllv All mouiurs-lil-iuw ait uuuiiuiiij uuvi csted in knowing something about the housekeeping capacities of theiv sons' wives, and some of them have amusing but severe standards of exeelleuce, below which the daughter-in-law will not fall if she is wise. A critical old lady, visiting the wife of one of her sons for the first time, returned home not altogether satisfied with the res ilt of her three weeks of keen crrntinv iind slv investigation. 'She's ? real nice, smart little woman, Henry's wife is," said the old lady. "I liked her very much, but I'm afraid she'll never be 110 jjreat housekeeper. I peeked into the corners and closets and * r ? on/1 flnnrro wtc OUI-OI-lue-woy piuv;3, ?m?. tu.u^ spick and span enough I'll allow, but I noticcd that she put soap on the flanuels, and rinsed the colored things through but one water when she washed, and llenry ain't used to that kind of housekeeping. It wa'n't my way, bnt maybe he won't mind, for it's 'bout the only failin <r his wife has." o Origin of Rice Throwing at Weddings. The Chinese Times gives the following version of the origin of the custom of throwing ricc ;it weddings: In the days of the Sluing dynasty,-some 1,500 years B. C., there lived in the province of Shansi a most famous sorcerer called Chao. It happened one d iv that a Mr. P'ang came to consult the oracle, ;tnd Chao, having divined by means of the tortoise diagram, informed the trembling P'ang that lie had but six days to live. Now, however mucli we may irusc rnc sagacity and skill of our family physician, we may be excused if, in a matter of life and death, we call in a second doctor for a consultation, and, in such a strait, it is not to be wondered at that P'ang should repair to another source to make sure that there was no mistake. To the fair l'eaehblossom he wont, a young lady who had acquired some reputation as a sorceress, and to the tender feminine heart unfolded the story of his woe. Her divination yielded the same result as Chao's; in six days P'ang should die, unless, l?y the exercise of her magical powers, she could avert the catastrophe, iier euons were successful, anil on the seventh day great was I'hao's astonishment, and still greater was his mortification and rage, when he met P'ang taking his evening stroll and learned that there lived a greater magician than he. The story would soon get about, and unless he could quickly put an end to iiis fair rival's existence, his reputation would . - 1 l.Io if.ic lintv f'hnn ttlrtf. i:e ruiuvu. :nm im? ? tod again* t the life of Peachblossom. lie sunt a go-between to Peachblossoni's parents to in<]iiire if their daughter was still unmarried, and receiving a reply in the affirmative, he befooled . ... ?.i,?. i,? the s;ni})ic purcilta imu Iitntuny miu ut had a son who was seeking a wife, ami ultimately he induced them to engage l'eachblossom to hirr. in marriage. The marriage cards were duly interchanged: V * i but the crafty Chao had chosen the most! unlucky day he could select for thewed-j ding,-the day when the "Golden Pheasant" was in the ascendant. Surely the bride entered the red chair the spirit bird would destroy her with his powerful beak. But the wise Peachblossom. knew all these things, and feared not. " I will go," she said: "I will light and defeat him." When the wedding morning came, she gave directions to have \ rice thrown out at the door, which the spirit bird seeing made haste to devour, and while his attention was thus occu- . pied, Peachblossom stepped into the bridal chair and passed on her way unharmed. ' And now the ingenious reader knows / why he throws rice at the bride. If :tny interest has been engendered in his breast by this tale of the fair PeachK1 nooAm Inm Ucfnn t/> wlinf. her at the house of the magician. Arrived at Chao's house, no bridegroom wa8 there, but an attendant was given her, and the two girls prepared to pass the night in the room assigned to them. Peachblossom was wakeful, for she knew that, when the night passed, the "Golden Pheasant" would be succeeded by the "White Tiger," whose power aud ferocity who can tell? "Go you to bed first,"; ~ she said to the maid. The girl was soon ..." asleep, and still her mistress slept not, but continued to pace the room, and at midnight the tiger spirit carm.*, the morn* ing light showed Peachblossom still pacing the room, while on the bed lay the . lifeless body of the little maid. Thua. were the magic battles of Peachblossom and Chao, and many more were there,' until they took their flight to heaven, ' where now they reign as goas.- Ana on the earth the actors have not idols more prized than those of Penchblossom and Chao Kung. Fashion Notes. Gauze fans are all the rage now. For trimming, net, ribbons and flowers are used. For young girls dresses of white muslin are in favor. Silk is worn more at present than for several seasons past. The jersey appears to be restored to all its old-time favor. Yokes are in such great favor tnas even vests have yoke-like pieces af the' topSmall pokes are pretty, and answer aswell the purpose of bonnets as round ' hats. Leghorn hats with very wide, soft brims are much worn by ladies as well a? children. ? Gold or steel beaded panels, vests,cuffll and collars are worn on plush, velvet or V 51IK (JUSLUU1C3. ^ ^ Lace jabots, with a single revere of . velvet, are much liked for the front pit dressy basques. ' J Stockings are an important article o| dres3, and more attention is given then* than over before. It is predicted that the high-crowned ., huts will give place to hats with lower crowns antl wider brims. ~ " * (Joiiars ana cuns are worn wim wuu?dresses; the collars are high and straight, ' * or the points may be slightly turned v over in front. Hamburg and nainsook embroiderie?are thought well of by fashionables and with the piece net to match is in considerable request. i| The hair is now worn medium height.^ w ofporrrorl in cnff pnil^ or braided U1"4 ? ? ? -.Jjj round and round, and the Russian and ' straight baDgs are still popular. Now that ail plaids and checks are in favor, the old-fashioned cross-barred ? muslin has been revived, and very pretty morning dresses are made from it. Shirred side breadths are seen upon theskirts of dressy cotton fabrics. A wide ' cluster of shirring is arranged just belov i the belt, and another half way down the [ skirt. Some of the color combinations of the present season are very vivid. An example was a smoke-colored costume which had a vest and other trimmings of brilliant yellow. Among the newest sashes those having" ' Pompadour stripes are seen. These show bands of satin strewn with small natural--*colored flowers, alternating with plain stripes of watered silk. -|Jj 'What tailors designate as the "banded bo:lice, "' but which is really only a belted " >" f.wnr frtf tnilpfcs fyf All Wttldl, 13 111 AHTvt *v? descriptions, from simple tennis flannelsand wash materials to elaborate dresses of .. embroidery and lace. Sashes arc a prominent feature of many / toilets. The most popular widths are from nine to eleven inches, though the ? broadest are fourteen inches in width. White, cream tinted and yellow are the colors must used, and watered ribbon with picot edges is generally chosen. As a substitute for steels in the skirts of wash di esses, many ladies make petticoats of striped dimity or coarse muslia with bars of cords. These materials hold starch well, are and arranged in flounces acro-s the bacK of a short underskirt, which when tied back gives the cffect of a full set of springs. Interesting Revolutionary Relics. Ceneral Colt, chief of the old war and navy division of the Pension Office at Washington, sent an interesting relic to the Pocomtock Valley Memorial Asso * ~rnoonflr Tt ICIUllUn Ul iUUMilUUltogibO) ivvvt1MJ? was tlie commission of Jolm Clarke as | first lieutenant in the Colonial Army, and i bore the signature of John Hancock in I larger and bolder hieroglyphics than the famous signature on the Declaration of j Independence. This commission is believed to be first that was issued by the ! Colonial Congress, being dated a year j and three days prior to the Declaration of Independence. There is no commis- j sion on file i i the Pension Office, nor ia | there record of any that is older than ! this. The large number ot troops tnas ! gathered in Boston early in the war were j reorganized in the latter part of April , a-id early part of May, to serve until ! December 1, 177 ). The oflieers were not I commissioned bv the United Colonics, : but by the various Colonic.? separately. I Very few troops were added to th.se, except some companies of ii!lcmen. Ia ; 181S Clarke was living at Marlboro, Wiud ham County, Yt. lie removed to Deerj field. Mass., in 1810, and died there Jan uarv 10, 1820, aged ninety. Nothing isknown of Clarke's recor i during the j war, and it is supposed that he did uot attain a higher rank than lieutenant. The Wifchiii? Hour. When the mantle of night o'er the earth is sp:x>a-.l And the sky with its twinkling gems is starro'l. Again on the roof of the I a-k-yard shed The leline solo and chorus is heard; Then the neigboriug windows are upward raised. And white-robed forms through the gloom we spy, I And swift from the hands of m ?n half era :ed j TIm? showers of boots nnd bootjacks fly. Hushed for a while are the lu.l ibies, _ And the wrathful people go baek to lied; but ere sweet sieep nas seuru ur.-ir The concert's resumed on (mother sued. ?Boston Courier.