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r*5i y "v;<;>'T T ' .... pHHB mmmmmrnammmmmmrnammmmmmmmmmmmm tTS FAR AND NEAR. Interesting News Gleaned from the Dispatches. A Disastrous Wreck oil the Erie Railroad. | i A very bad wreck occurred to the Erie Chicago express about one mile west of Shohola, N. Y., at forty minutes past 1 o'clock Monday morning. A fast freight train was bowling along westward at the rate of twenty-five miles an hour through a pouring rain and almost impenetrable darkness. Suddenly the engineer discovered, close ahead, a pile of rocks on the track, washed down the mountain side by the heavy rains. It was too late to stop the train, as the next instant the engine crashed into the land suae and was at once thrown from the track, the freight cars piling in upon each other in every direction. The shock of the collision extinguished the lights on the train, and the fast express crashed into the rear of ,the wrecked freight; a second afterward the engine of the express turned to the right and plunged down the steep embankment, dragging five cars after it. i The plunge was a fearful one, and in a moJment everything was in darkness, and out of ,which came the cries and groans of the imprisoned and badly injured passengers and trainmen. | One day coach and the palace coaches stayed on the track, and the passengers were '?aved the terrible plunge into the abyss, a (distance of eighty feet. All the passengers, together with the uninjured trainmen, hurried to the assistance of their loss fortunate fellow travelers, and were goon hard at work relieving the imprisoned men, women and children. Fire was next discovered in one of the coaches, but it was Boon extinguished. , John kmsila, engineer, and Alexander Ifowman, fireman, went down the bank with iheir engine. Kinsila was seriously hurt, (while the unfortunate fireman was caught nnder the tank and hold fast there until the flames consumed his body to a blackened and shapeless mass. j Sixty passengers in all took the plunge,fortyone of whom were more or less injured. The express car contained sixteen racing, saddle, and driving horses on their way to California, belonging to Mrs. Lily Langtry, the actress, and Fred Gebhard, in charge of C. YV. Aby and four assistants, and also the filly Scandinavia, in charge of its owner, M. D. Etorms, a prominent uaiiionua norse trainer. Two of the horses were rescued; the others were burned. The horses burned included !Eole, Eolist, Palanca, Orphan Boy, Certainty, and Mrs. Langtry's favorite saddle horse, and their value is estimated at not less than - 1300,000. 4 ^ General Sheridan's Will. i The will of the late General Sheridan ha* j ^jeen filed, and letters testamentary issued Jo Mrs. Sheridan, Colonel Mike Sheridan, j and the lawyer who dre w the will, Mr. Linden | Kent. It was drawn May 23, the second day after General Sheridan was taken sick. No mention whatever is made of the memoirs, hor the amount he had received or was to recave'from the publishers for the manuscript and the royalty from the sale of the book. Mrs. Sheridan is secured one third of all the real estate except the Ohio homestead, at Somerset This property he leaves to his sister-iu-law, Mrs. Kate Sheridan, to rovert to his son, P. H. Sheridan, in fee simple. All the rest of his property ho leaves to his wife, j M. V. Sheridan and Linden Kent, in trust, to recover rents etc., for the maintenance and education of his children: and, if more than is necessary, the excess to be paid to his I wife. ' As each of his children shall reach the age of twenty-one years the trustees shall assign to such child its share in the estate. He gives the care and guardianship of bis children to his wife, and names the trustees also as exe CUtnx ana e&cvuuvis. xue pcuiuun oimw that there are four children, aged twelve, eleven and seven; that his personal estate consists of *2721 money, $8090 stocks, etc.; 15000 swords, etc.: $30)0 household lurniture, $600 horse and carriage and S500 in the house at Nonquitt, and the indebtedness is not more than $1250. Italian Troops Massacred. An official despatch received from Massowah, Africa, contains the following startling intelligence: Three hundred and fifty artillery troops,under the command of Italian officers, have been destroyed by Abyssinians. The killed included all the officers. An attack was being made by the auxiliaries upon Saganeti, The catastrophe was dus to -treachery 0fi the part o! &:itiTe allies, who joined the enemy during the fighting. * The Abysinian Chief Debeb had assembled a force of 470 men, with the intention of raiding the Arkiko District. The Italian commander of Massowah bearing of the intended raid, sent five hundred Bashi-Bazouks under the command of five Italian officers to try to surprise Debeb's force. On the road the officers enlisted the services of two hundred members of the Assaortin tribe. Saganeti was reached and it was found that Debeb had been warned of their approach and bad intrenched his position. An attack was made by the Italian force, however, and they succeeded in carrying the village. .But during tne assault; cne Assaoruns proveu treacherous, and made an attack on the Italian rear. The Basbi Bazouks became panic stricken, and were massacred while endeavoring to fly. Von Moltlcc's RetirementGeneral von Moltke has been relieved of duty as Chief of the General Staff of the German Army. General von Waldersea succeeds him. -Hiperor William has written General von Moltke a gracious and affectionate letter, nominating him as President of Country Defence. The appontment thus conferred upon Count on Moltke was held by the late Emperor Frederick until he ascended the throne, since when it has been vacant. Count von Moltke continues on the active list. Helmuth Karl Birnhard Von Moltke was born a subject of Denmark the 20th of October, 1800. The Count von Wa'.dersee, von Moltke's successor, was born in April, 1832, and he began his military career in 1850 in the artillery. Count von Walders^e's wife is an American, formerly named Lee. of New York. Fatal Volcanic Eruption. The small villages of Kishizawa, Akemoto UftTAnA m Hinnlri Kor?o \fnro .Tonon auu A1UOUI1V, (U XAiuvaiu^i u MUi vw^uu^ were recently covered with sand and ashes from a volcanic eruption, and the sites on which they stood thrown into a mountain. No one there escaped alive. At Mina 45 residences were destroyed and 12 parsans were killed; at Shibuya 17 residence-; wore destroyed and 30 persons killed or woun led; at Nagazaka 25 residences were destroye I and 98 persons killed; and at Horeki 37residences were destroyed, but no one was killed. Tha people fled. THE LABOE WOELD, Denver produces 1,000,000 bricks a day. "Welding by electricity .has come to stay. American silk manufacturing is crowd mgr oat foreign sllic. Bots get SI a day and their beeping for picking fruit in California. The industry of surgical instrument making has doubled in threj years. The Federation of Labor has added 50,030 to its membership within a year. The campaign badge industry at Attleboro, Mass., hi3 increase 1 twofo'.d since 18S4. Osk of the best paid trades in the United States is that of the green glass blowers. Armour, the Chicago packer, is siid to be the greatest individual employer in the world. ' It is asserted that there is not one farm hand in ten thousand who knows how to feed live stock. Brakemen on the Duluth and Iron Ranse railroad have struck for #6> per month, an increase of 810. Three hundred and forty persons are constantly employed at Kiota, Japan, in making playing ca di In the sevoral carpet* mills of New York there are 2700 females employed who average $8 per week. A big snuff factory, the only one south of the Ohio river, is in course of erection at Nashville, Tenn. The street laborar.V strike at Du'uth, Minn., has been settled, the men returning lo work at $1.75 a day. . tv v THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, j Eastern and Middle States. ' I The big log raft recently constructed and launched at Jogcins, Nova Scotia, has safely arrived at New York. James A. Slade, a man with a happy home, a loving wife, good health, in comfortable circumstances, and in the prime of life, has committed suicide in his elegant home in New York under circumstances that are unexplained. Chas. H. Riedel has been handed at New i Castle, DeL, for killing his wife and child. | George Bradi e\', twenty-three years old, killed his sweetheart, Lillie Fotter, aged seventeen years, at Plainville, Coun., and then shot himself fatally. Lawrence R Jerome, of New York, who was prominent in financial and social circles, j has died at Sharon, Conn. Mrs. Wilhelmine Brierman, a German woman, aged fifty-four, hanged herself at her home in Pittsburg while suffering intense pain from cramps. Very heavy rainfall with high winds and lightning, in Western and Central Pennsylvania, Northern New York and Rhode Island caused serious damage in many places. Providence, R. I., was visited by a deluge, which flooded the buildings on the principal streets and caused damage to the amount of $50,000. Amandus and Wilson Heller, brothers, aged eighteen and twenty years respectively, were drowned in the Susquehanna River at Wilkesbarre. Penn., while bathing. Fire started in the cupola of the Convent of the Sacred Heart, in Isew York City, and J?Hiomom VllliMinrr onH t.hfl old east UWUUJCU UUC 1UUIU . and west wings of the famous institution. [ The loss was about $203,000. A servant attempted to kindle a fire with i kerosene in Mrs. McCuskie's house at Mt. Tabor, N. J., when the can exploded and the building was burned together with two young children. South and "West. Chattanooga, Tenn., was visited oy a fire wbicb destroyed houses and stocks in the heart of the city valued at $ 100,000. Four men were crushed by a falling wall, two of them fatally. Henry Landgraf, who was hanged at the same moment and on the same gallows in St. Louis, Mo., with Maxwell, the English cbloroformer, was executed for the murder of bis sweetheart, Annie Tisch, on the night of March 5, 1885. Yellow fever is spreading in Florida to the proportions of an epidemic. The government has taken every precaution to repress it. TheO. J. Luce Manufacturing Company, of Nashville, Tenn., has made an assignment. Liabilities, ? 120,000. The people of Utica, Miss., indignant at the provoked murder of a physician by a colored man of bad character, took the fellow from the magistrate's office and hanged him to a tree in the village cemetery. Crop reports from Northwestsrn Iowa and Southern Dakota say that all grains have suffered from recent rains and cold weather. Three constables arresteJ Andy Hamlin,a murderer, at Cumberland Falls, Ky., and his friends attempted to rescue him. In the spirited fusillade that ensued the three constables were killed and the prisoner escaped. Another fight between the Hatfields and McCoys, in the Kentucky vendetta, has resulted in three more killed and live wounded. Woman suffrage has been adjudged unconstitutional in Washington Territory. Charles Crocker, the famous California millionaire, and Vice-President of the South- j em Pacific Railway, is dtad. Frederick von Overkampf and Thomas J. Mack, by means of a duplicate key to the j Chicago Postoffice boxes, have been systematically robbing the mails for months, the aggregate of their thefts exceeding $100,000. Fire at Stanton, Iowa, destroyed half the business part of the town. At Peoria, 111., a fire destroyed grain elevators and railroad property valued at $300,000. ? ^ Washington. The Postmaster-Genera! has transmitted to the Secretary of the Treasury his annual report, which shows a deficiency for railway transportation of $562, President Cleveland has approved the act in regard to the Belt Line Railroad of Washington, the act for two additional Associate Justices of the Supreme Court of Dakota, the act to restore the homestead of M. F. Vance of Colorado, and the act in regard to marriages between white men and j Indian women. The River and Harbor bill, which appro- i priates nearly $"22,000,030, has become a law without the President's signature. Norman J. Fake, a native of Richfield j Springs, N. Y., employed as a chemist at the ' Department of Agriculture at Washington, has been drown9d in the Potomac River. The j voung man was a nephew of Commissioner Co! man. President Cleveland has decided to place the Inspectors of the Post-office Department under the civil-service rulea An extradition Jtreaty has been signed between the United States and Colombia, Central America. The Senate has confirmed the following : nominations:?J. H. Haynes, Consul to Bag- j dad; .J. E. Eacon, Minister to Paraguay and ! Uruguay: Rufus Magee, Envoy Extraordin- I ary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Sweden i ' *T *-? n TS u I ana it or way; n. jd. nuoseveu, -uiuisut-i ia/ j Netherlands; Lambert Tree, Envoy Ex- | traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to t Belgium, and C. L. Scott, Minister to Venezuela, Foreign. J. J. O'Kelly, Irish member (A the British Parliament, has been sentenced to ft u months1 imprisonment for violation of j the Crimes act, | Tub Paruell Commiss'on Bill has passed its third reading in the English House of Lords. At Grafton, Canada, a housa occupied by a French family named Toussind was burned, and three of the children perisheJ. The reservoir at Valparaiso, South America, belonging to the Menas Brewery | burst and over two hundred p3ople were drowned. The principal streets of the city were floo.led, traffic being suspended. Martin Boshell, Vice-Consul of the United States at Bogota, Colombia, is dead. ? *"? a? j.- o:l. THIRTY iiussian convicts en rouue w oiooria mado a desperate attempt to escape. Eleven were killed, ten were wounded, and six escaped. During a family feud in Castilla, Peru, te:i fiersonslost their lives. xN?WSY GLEANINGS, Sir George Stephev resigned the Presidency of the Canadian Pacific Railway and was succeeded by Mr. Van Home. The King; of Sweden will arrive in Berlin on the 20 of September to act as godfather to Emperor William's youngest son. As many as 117 students were suspended from the University of Berlin during the last | semester for insufficient attention to stu ly. We have 50,000,00;) cattle in the United ! oiuicb ut ail Kimio mm uuu ?./ #,wj UL wie pure breeds, or one of these to 250 of the natives or "scrubs."" A bed of clay, black and sticky as coal tar almost, has just been found at Worcester, N. Y., and is thought to be identical with the pottery clay of Wale?. Little Annie Owens, growing tired of life in a Catholic orphan asylum in Williams] bnrg, N. Y., set Are to it that she might I "play in the streets again." Washington Territory leads every State and Territory in the Union in the yield of potatoes per acre. The average yield is 152 bushels, while Oregon produces 125 bushels. The wife of Captain Rates recently die 1 at their home in Ohio. They were the largest married couple in the world. Captain Bates i is ei :ht feet tall, and his wife was seven feet I and nine inches. A company of the Fifth Cavalry is i ejecting non-citizens of the Chickasaw Na tion who resist tlie payment of cattle tax j I from the Indian Territory, sending them across the Red River into Texas A T.itt1.K four-year-old gin in Macon, Ira. has just got $i?00 for a father who i* dead and tristhe assurance of $i:>, >0 a m mtii fro;n now until she is sixteen years old. The Unitec States Government makes the payment undei the Arrears of Pension law. LATER NEWS. The Republicans of Connecticut met in State Convention at Hartford and placed in the field a full ticket headed by Morgan G. Bulkley for Governor. The platform of the Chicago Convention was endorsed. Albert Wisham, a thirteen-year-old lad was bitten by a rabid dog at Camden, N. J.,' md though the wound was immediately cauterized, ho died after six hours of agonizing convulsions. Heavy earthquake shocks were felt near Winthrop, Me. The State Convention of Minnesota Democrats was held at St. Paul, and E. M. Wilson of Minneapolis was placed in nomination for Governor. The Texas Democratic State Convention met at Dallas and nominated L- S. Ross for Governor, and T. B. Wheeler for Lieutenant Governor. riKL UCbllUVCU lililO iu j^vuwi*i*v, Ky., and while Mrs. Mary Brown was attempting to rescue her young niece from one of the burning structures, both perished in the flames. Senor da Src/va has been appointed Minister of Venezuela to the United States. Senor da Silva has beeu Consul General of Venezuela at New York for some time past. The National Convention of the American Party has been held in Washington. Delegates were present from nineteen States. A platform was adopted, and General James S. Curtis, of New York, was nominated for the Presidency, and James S. Grier, of Tennessee, for the Vice-Presidency. Major-General Schofiei.d has issued a general order announcing that he has assumed command of the Army and detailing First Lieutenaut J. F. Sawyer, Fifth Artillery; First Lieutenant T. H. Bliss, Firdt Artillery, and First Lieutenant John Pitcher, First Cavalry, for duty at Army Headquarters as aides-de-camp. A famine prevails in Epirus, Greece, and serious disorders have occurred. The Albanian garrison at Metzovo, owing to the non receipt of their wages, attempted to sack the town. The soldiers killei many Christians and plundered their shops. Ths revolution in the island of Hayti has been successful, and the Government has been overthrown. President Salomon took refuge on an English frigate, and Booiron, the leader of the insurgents, formal a new Government at Port au Prince summary"of congress, Senate Proceeding* 150th Day.?The bill for the ascertainment of the amounts expended by the States of California, Oregon, and Nevada for military purposes during the Civil "War was reported .... The bill for the relief of attendants at the Hospital for the Insane in the District of Columbia was reported adversely ....Mr. Faulkner introduced a bill providing for a public building at Martinsburg, W. Va., to cost not more than #100,000.... Mr. Stockbridge introduced a bill providing for the erection of a public building at Kalamazoo, Mich., to cost not exceeding $75,0C0....Mr. Blair submitted an amendment to the Deficiency Appropriation bill appropriating $10,000 to pav tne employes of the Government Printing Office who are exclusively employed at night fifteen per cent, more than the rate for day service....Mr. Call introduced a joint resolution to appropriate $200,000, to be paid out in the discretion of the Secretary of the Treasury, for the prevention and the suppression of yellow fever in the United Btates... .The bill to regulate interstate commerce by telegraph was Ti,n o/w- ;<j fji fobo and be ill pacvacu. xuo aw w vM?v - ? force from November 1,1SS8. 151st Day.?A communication was presented to the Senate from the PostmasterGeneral with an estimate of $".62,482 deficiency in the railway mail transportation service ....These bills were introduced: For the relief of settlers on the Old Camp Sheridan reservation; for the appointment of an additional Associate Justice of the Supreme Court in Idaho, and to prohibit the erection of bridges across navigable streams without the cousent of Congress.... The Senate then resumed the consideration of the Fisheries Treaty in open executive session, and was Addressed by Mr. Call in support of its ratification. 152d Day.?A bill was introduced requiring the officers and at least thr. e-quarters of the crew of every United States merchant, whaling and fishing vessel to be either native born or naturalized citizens of the United States The resolution instructing theSe- , lect Committee on Indian Traders to continue the investigation was agreed to.... Mr. Reagan introduced a bill to control trusts The Senate then resumed the consideration of the Fisheries Treaty in open executive session, and was addressed for five hours by Mr. Morgan. 1o3d Day.?The bill to accept and ratify an agreement with the Shoshone and Ban - ? At., r?* u?n nock Indians as to a portion 01 iue run umi reservation in Idaho Territory was agreed to. .... A resolution calling on the Secretary of the Interior for information as to the lands of the Puyallup Indians in Washington Territory was laid over.... The Senate then proceeded to the consideration of the Fisheries Treaty in open executive session, and Mr. Morgan resumed his argument in favor of the resolution to postpone it till December next. After he had finished, a debate on th9 same measure was participated in by Messrs, George, Hawley, \ est, Piatt and Teller. Honse Proceedings. 184th Day.?The conference report on the bill granting aid to Stat? homes for disabled volunteers was agreed to....The President vetoed nine private pension bills, all of which originated in the House Then the House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Hatch of Missouri in the chair) on the private calendar, and passed numerous pension bills. 185th Day,?The House Commmittee ou I Pensions made a favorable report upon a substitute for the bill to pension members of the life-saving service disabled in the lin2 of duty....Mr. Buchanan offered a resolution directing the Committee on Printing to investigate the truth of the allegation of a Now York paper that the Public Printer is buying felt for printing in England. Referred .... On motion of Mr. Matson, the Senate bill was passed increasing to S30 a month the rate of pension for total deafness...,The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Fortification Appropriation bill. No time was consumed in general dabate, and the committee immediately proceeded to the consideration of the bill by sections. The body adjourned without definite action on the subject 186th Day.?A bill placing on the pension roll General Sheridan's widow at the rate of J5000 a year was introduced.... The Senate bill to regulate commerce carried on by telegraph was referred to the Committee on Commerce.... The Senate bill to prevent the m nufactureand sale of adulterated food or dru?s in the District of Columbia was placed on the House calendar....The bill for the erection of a marine hospital at Evansville, Ind., was agreed to....The afternoon was consumed in an ineffectual effort to secure and hold a quorum on the Fortifications bill. 187th Day.?The House went into Committee of the Whole (Mr. Springer in the chair) 011 the Fortifications bill. Its consideration was finished in Committee of the Whole after much discussion, and when it was reported to the House the previous question was ordered on its passage, and then the bill weut over. DIED LIKE A SOLDIEE, John Wright Executed by Beinjj j Sho* Through the Heart. John Wright has been executed in White Sulphur Springs Court House, in the Indian Territory, for the murder of Timothy Jefferson. Wright killed Jefferson July 19. 1887, and has been in custody over a year. He was executed according to the usual custom among the Indiana He maintained a stolid indifference during the proceeding. He was ' shot through the heart by the sheriff and j died within five minutes. A strange feature i of the programme was that his brothers held Wright's hands while he was shot by the sheri H'-execu t io: i er. An Indian woman in Alas'ta has been tortured to death with red-hot stones, which were held forcibly in her mouth, for poisonintr a chiefs wife. Her husband was hanged V . "' 'v; 'f:';V:;I - - '** . " ' * ; - J* * ' 'J SHERIDAN BURIED. Impressiye Ceremonies at the Church and Grave. Interred at Arlington Heights With Military Honors, The last rites for the dead have been performed according to the ordinances of the Roman Catholic Church, in St. Matthew's Chapel, Washington, for Philip Henry Sheridan, General of the Army of the United States, and his body has been laid to rest in beautiful Arlington, the city of the soldier dead. The event was marked by a general suspension of public busiuess. At an early hour a little crowd gathered at the entrance to St Matthew's Church to watch the progess of the preparations for the funeral. Outside a line of infantry, extending for several squares above and below the church, kept back the crowd that packed the sidewalk. At the entrance to the church were a number of military officers who acted as ushers. Among the most prominent to arrive first was Secretary Fairchild, who was escorted to a seat near the front. A few minutes later Secretary Vilas and Postwin?4nr.f2onorql "ni^lritiflnn arrived. Seere tary Endicott and General Sherman came in a few minutes later and were seated to the left-hand side aisle. At 9:45 Mrs. Sheridan, leaning on the arm of Colonel AL V. Sheridan and preceded by Captain Lawton, as usher, appeared and were shown Beats in chairs placed in front of the first pew. Mr. John Sheridan followed, accompanied by two ladies of the family. General and Mrs. Rueker, the parents of Mrs. Sheridan, came next, and were ushered to seats immediately behind Mra Sheridan. The personal staff of General Sheridan and the physicians who attended him during his illness occupied pews in the rear of the relatives. At 9:50 the service began. A few minutes later all eyes were turned toward the entrance when the President, accompanied by Mrs. Cleveland and Mrs. Folsom, arrived. Both ladies were dressed in black. To the right of the main aisle were seated all the members of the d plomatic corps in the city. They were dressed principally in black dress coats, but the representatives of Corea wore their highly conspicuous uniforms, as did the Turkish representative. About two hundred army oflic rs of varying rank, dressed in their bright uniforms, were present The judiciary was represented by Justice Harlan and Solicitor-General Jenks, while Speaker Carlisle, Senators Ingalls, Evarts, Allison, Blackburn, Paddock, Edmunds, Chandler and Representatives Stahlnecker, of Westchester county, and Mahoney, of Brooklyn, represented Congress. The funeral of the great soldier was de- I void of pomp or ceremony. The severest simplicity was observed in a31 things, and the military escort that bore him to the grave was but the meagre detail provided by the army regulations for a Generai's funeral Upon a catafalque, draped in sombre black, rested the casket. Over it was thrown the soft fo'ds of a silken flag, the azure field studded with golden stars. Upon it lay the General's chapeau, the yellow silk sash embroidered with gold, and the dead man's battered sabre, its scabbard and blade graven with the names of half a hundred battles in which he led his army on to victory. About the catafalque stood graceful candelabra, in which burned scores of waxen tapers, and at the corners of the bier were placed the slender, towering candles, in accordance with the Catholic ritual. At the head of the coffin, upon an ebony staff, drooped the famous ensign bearing the badge of Sheridan's corps. The altar and its fittings were sombre with the heavy drapery of the requiem service. The candlesticks that lined the wall were sheathed in folds of black, and the high pulpit was shrouded in black velvet and silver laca To the left of the altar stood the red throne reserved for the Cardinal, and above the spanning arch hung two heavy silk flags, their silver stars glistening through the folds of funeral crepe. On either s de the crepe entwined pillars bore the national ensign - ? J .* arujx'u in uiuuk. Promptly at 9:50 Rev. Father Mackin, celebrant, and Fathers Kervick and Ryan as deacons, preceded by a number of altar boys and acolytes, forming a procession, emerged from the sacristy and began a requiem mass for the dead- Cardinal Gibbons occupied a throne to the left of the altar. The service was most solemn and impressive. At the special request of Mrs. Sheridan the usual orchestral accompaniments were omitt9d. At the conclusion of the mass his Eminence, Cariiral Gib^ns, ascended the pulpit to preach the funeral se. inon. The Cardinal's text was from I. Mach., ix., 19, 21: "And Jonathan and Simon took Judas, their brother, and buried him in the sepulchre of their fathers in the city of Medin, and all the p:ople of Israel bewailed him with great lamentation and they moaned for him many days and said: 'How is the mighty fallen that saved the people of Israel!'" The Cardinal delivered a most impressive funeral oration, and his allusions to the personal life of General Sheridan brou2ht tears into the eyes of many, and even old weather-beaten veterans seemed affected. At eleven o'clock the Cardinal, who had finished his sermon, took his seat at the head nt fho ojiskefc. removed his hat and sprink ling the casket with holy water and swinging a censer pronounced the absolution, and the solemn and impressive service was ended, and eight Sergeants from the third artillery then marked down the aisle, and lifting the casket upon their shoulders bore it from the church, the audience standing, immediately followed an artillery officer carrying the General's headquarters flag. The pall-bearers, headed by General Sherman aid Speaker Carlisle, had meanwhile taken their places in tha carriages provided for them. Mrs. Sheridan and the other members of the family and friends followed the casket down the aisle, and after them ! came the Presidential party and other dis- I tinguished guests. The pall-bearers were General Wesley Merritt, George W. Childs, : of Philadelphia: Marshall Field, of Chicago; General Joseph S. Fullerton, of St. Louis; Secretaries VVhitney and Endicott, General Augur, Senator Hawley, Speaker Carlisle, Colonel Charles P. Lincoln and General MaoFeely. While ?he services were in progress tue laisson was placed inaposition to receive the casket aud the general's horse was lei to a place immediately behind. It was bridled and saddled just as when last ridden by the general. The general's military boots were in the stirrups with the toes pointing backwards. The animal was led by a tall ser geanc in iuu unuonu, In accordance with the wish of Mrs. Sheridan the funeral was a strictly military affair, and the esrorfc was formed precisely as prescribed by the army regulations for an officer of the rank of the decease 1 as follows: I A battalion of cavalry, two batteries of light I artillery, marine band, third artillery bail, battalion of foot artillery, clergy in car- ! riages, pall bearers in carriages,body bearers, artillery sergeants, caisson having remains, the general's horss, Mrs. Sheridan an i family, military staff, the President an 1 Mrs. Clevelan ! 'e Cabinet, the Ju liciary, the Congre.-?s.onal Committees, Diplomatic Corps, Kepresentatives of the Loyal Legion and G. A "K., citizens. The pro?ess!on entere 1 tha western gate- j way of the Ar.ington National Cematery, I w.iero as tar as the eye can reach to ths rignt and l<*ft, under the spreading branches of ! majestic oaks, the grass is thickly dotted with tha gleam of marble headstones that mirk the graves of sixteen thousand soldiers. A litt-e later the five miles' weary march of the long procession was at an on i. At 1.2) i\ m. thq cavalry escort, with MijorGeneral Sclrj.ield at it-c he id, came to a halt beside the old Lee mansion. The cavalry filed to the left, and forming in a lin> aloig the crest stiol in sileiM o/erlo>'c!n? t'lj iiel i Tin artillery of the es-orb broikiig linn m?nl out of sicriit to . tho left ani cama' in alonj tha fo^5 of the hill, where tha guns were unlimbarei and prepared for their allotted sarvica. The infantry, with pieces reverse 1 with crap9 trimmed colors, mived obliquely acro?i the field, and at the word haltod ani aligned across the right, completing the hollow square. As the hearse cama to a halt, tha clergy in flowing robos headed a procession from the carriage to tho grave. Bishop-eleat John P. Foley, of Detroit, was tha o.lieiitin ? priest. His assistants, Acolytes and a trained choir of : Dominican monks numbered more thin a score in nil. Nevt came the pillbairere, General Sherman and Secretary Eadicott, Speaker Carlisle and Secretary Wuitney, walking at the hea l, ani behind tham. leaning heavilv upon the arm of Colonel Sheridan, came the grief-stricken widow. The mournime ia/Judad John 8h9ridaa, brothar of tae ' V. ; .. - : deceased; General and Mrs. Rucker, parents of the widow, her brother and sister, and the j military staff and several other intimate friends of the General. The President and Mrs. Cleveland and the committees of the two Houses of Congress, with bared heads, followed the mourners. Eight sergeants of artillery now lifted the casket from the caisson, and bore it with slow, careful step? down to the mouth of the open grave, placing it there upon rods. The spot chosen for his resting place is some distance from the cematerp, and just j at the summit of the steep hillside, which slopes down from the yellow old mansion toward the potomac. A few trees stand near the bead of the grave and there is a forest at some distance. Over the tree tops down below, however, the view is unobstructed, and the river, the city and the Capitol all are in plain sight. From the city the spot I00I19 like a green oasis in the wooded hills. After a moment of reverent 9ilence the clear voice of the Bishop-elect was heard uttering the words of blessing:. With a sprig of fir, plucked from a neighboring branch, holy water was sprinkled over the grave, and the casket was lowered by the sergeanta. The regular burial service brought the religious features of the obseauie3 to an end. The priests stood aside ana remained in a group near the head of the grave, and every breath was hushed while the widow came a step forward and for one brief moment looked upon the casket which beld her beloved dead. As she turned away the other mourners in a body paid their tribute of love and respect, and then at a signal the artillery fired a salute of seventeen guns. The Legion of honor moved up in a line and looked in upon the still uncovered casket and tiled away. The great hollow square now contained but one figure, that of a stalwart cavalrv bugler, who stood at eise, facing eastward, his bugle under his arm, at the head of the Save. There was a hoarse command at the 't, echoed and passed on down the line of infantry, a rattle of stoel, a moment of expectation and then the simultaneous Hash and roar of five hundred muskets. Again and again the volley was repeated. Then the bugler came to attention, raised his horn to his lips and blew "taps," the signal for "Lights out," the military equivalent for gojd-night. The tones were low, mellow and tremulous at the star*, but with each succeeding phrase swelled, clear, shrill, commanding, waking tardy echoes from the surrounding banks of foliage, which came back to blend again with the long drawn wait at the end. As the last echo died away and just as the shadow of the towering buckeye fell across and covered the grave as with a pall the groups of living turned silently homeward and left the dead to solitude. MAXWELL HANGED. The Englishman Who Murdered Hie Friend Expiates the Crime. Hugh M. Brooks, alias Maxwell, has been hanged at St. Louis, Mo., for the murder of i Charles A. Preller. The procession to the gallows started at 9 o'clock from the doomed man's cell. It took but a moment to ascend the steps to ths scaffold, and only about two minutes elapsed between the mounting and springing of the trap. Maxwell died hard, but in a few seconds the convulsion; ceased, only to be followed by a stream of blood, which flowed from beneath the black cap over the shirt and coat. It came fron his neck, which had been deeply cut by the rope. The crime for which Maxwell finally suf fered death was one of peculiar atrocity. Maxwell met his victim, Preller, a young solicitor of Cheshire, England,on the steamer Cephalonia. in February, 18S5. and when i they separated at New York the two men J agreed to meet again at St. Louis. On the j 3d of Anril the raeu met at the Southern | Hotel and occupied the same room. They J appeared together in friendly intercourse for | three days, when Preller disappeared. On t the following day Maxwell bought a ticket j for San Francisco and had all his baggage , checked to that city except one trunk, ac- ! counting in the meantime for the absence oi ; his friend by saying that he had gonj into j the country on business. Nine days later a horrible odor attracted attention to the trunk left bv Maxwell, and upon investigation the rapialy decomposing body of Preller was found inside of it. Maxwell was tracked to San Francisco and from there to Auckland. New Zealand, and sent back to St. Louis. On June 5 the jury returned a verdict finding him guilty of murin the first degree. Maxwell's defense was that he attempted to doctor Preller and gave him an overdose of chloroform, which resulted in death. Then in fear and distraction lie placed the body in the trunk, took some $600 of Preller's money j and fled the country. PROMINENT PEOPLE, The Duke of Westminster's income is $7.50 j a minute. E. P. Roe, the novelist, had $30,000 insurance on his life Lord Colin Campbell is goiug to India to ; try and practice law. The Emperor of China has a toy railway I three miles long in his palace grounds. Don Manuel Baiullan, President of I to o manatrn/ul cltaf. w!fh fv^o ' uuavcuiaia. 10 t* icuvnuvu ouvv mvu vuv i rifle. Jcdg? Gray, of the United States Su preme Court, is an enthusiastic hunter and ; fisher. Senator Hiscock, of New York, reads every new American novel as soon as pub- ! lished. The Archduke Joseph, of Hungary, is | compiling a dictionary of the gypsy lan- j guage. The King of Denmark will celebrate the | twentv-fifth anniversary of his reign November is: The late Kaiser William, of Germany, will have an equestrian statue in Stettin which will cost $00,0 JO. Lieutenant T. J. Clay, champion rifle j Bhot of the United States army, is a grand- i Bon of Henry Clay. King Kai.akaua has the reputation of being a "dude." A prominent London tailor makes all his clothes. Prince Louis Ferdinand, of Bavaria, 1 has received a diploma qualifying him to practice as a physician. Queen Victoria will spend three weeks In the autumn with her daughter, the Dow ager Empress Victoria, at Baden. Actress Mary Anderson's half brother bas a ranche in Colorado, and he is said to be the handsomest cowboy in America. There is a rumor afloit in England to the effect that William E. Gladstone will enter the House of Lords as the Earl of Flint. It was in the capacity of guardian to the present Duke of Newcastle that Mr. Gladstone acquired his knowledge of woodcraft. Emperor William has informed Frau i Wagner that he considers it a sacred dutv to further the performances of Wagner's operas. Prince Bismarck has given evidence that be is stil! a skillful marksman. While practicing with a rifle at 130 yards, he hit the bull's eye every time. Mme. Mutsu, wife of the Japanese Minister in Washington, is petite and slender, has dead-black hair, a clear olive complexion and kindling black eyes. The marriage of Miss Endicott, daughter of the Secretary of War, and Joseph Chainberlin, the English Liberal-Unionist leader, will take place next January. Queen Natalie, of Servia, is but twentyeight years old, and is still one of the most beautiful and fascinating women in Europe, and a most dangerous political intriguant. The Duke and Duchess of Marlborough will soon return to America in ord-.-r to allow the Du*c to go on a projected western shooting trip. After that they will reside in England. One of Disraeli's favorite peacocks ha9 recently died, and Ralph Disraeii has had the tail feathers made into a fire screen and has given it to (^ueen Victoria, much to her gratification. ADDISON l/AMMAta, *t uycu vjsxji uuujuo at Wall street have brought him at least $6,000,000 during the past tiiteen years, began life as a messenger b^y in the office of a New Orleans shipping Qrm. The youngest millionaire ia Chicago is Cyrus H. McCormick, who is only twentynine and is at the head of the extensive reiptr mnnufactury founded by his father. He is unmarried and has a fortune of $4,000,00). That is a most pictute3que friendship reported to exist between two mi lshipmen in the Italian navy, one of whom is the thirteenyear-old son of Amadeus, ex-King of Spain, and the other tbo grandson of Garibaldi, the Italian Liberator. " - , . - . ;. -: ;... - /.< .... v |: SHERIDAN'S SUCCESSOR. 11 General Schofield Takes Com. mand of the Army. Sketch of the Distinguished Ofir cer's Life and Services, GENERAL JOHN M. PCHOFIELD. General John M. Schofield succeeds, by regular promotion, to the command of the United States Army, made vacant by General Sheridan's death. According to th< laws the titles of General and Lieutenant General expire with Sheridan's death unles: revived by Congress, and even without an order from the President General Schofleld would, by virtue of being the senior MajorGeneral, be the Commander-in-Chief in the absence of any order to the contrary. John McAllister Schofleld, although bore In Chautauqua County, N. Y., Novembei 29, 1831, moved to Freeport, HI., when eleven years old, and was appointed from there tc West Point by Congressman Thomas J. Turner. General Schofkld's father was a Baptist minister, of fine physical stature and great strength. General Schofleld had aj classmates at West Point Generals Sheridan, J. B. McPherson, Craighill and Sill, whe gained distinction in the Union Army, and Generals Hood and Bowen, who wer? equally conspicuous in the Confederate Army. His lirst commission was in the artillery, and August 81, 1853, two months after his graduation, he wai appointed a full Second Lieutenant in the First Artillery. He served at Fort Moultrie, S. C., and in Florida until November. 1855, when he was transferred to West Point as Assistant Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy, remaining there until August, 1860. having in the meantime been promoted to First Lieutenant. He then obtained a leave of absence and accepted the Chair of Physics in the Washington University at St Louis, where he became a favorite with all. When the first gun of the Civil war was fired he resigned his position and became mustering officer of the 8tate of Missouri, and a month later he was elected Captain of Colonel Frank A. Blair's regiment, the First Missouri Infantry, which was afterward con verted into an artillery regiment. uis promptness and capacity as an officer were demonstrated at that early date by his hastily putting troope on board a train, on hearing of Jeff Thompson having a large force at Fredericktown, Mo., and hastening to the scene, organizing his raw recruits aft jr reaching there and doing such effective sarvice that the enemy were routed. He was promoted to be Brigadier-General of Missouri Militia in November 1861, having in the mean time served as chief of staff to General Lyon, and rapidly received other promotions until September, 1862, when he organized the Army of the Frontier and drove Hindman's army out of Missouri and south of the Arkansas River. He was an aid on General Lyon's staff in Missouri, and was with him at the battle of Wilson Creek, where General Lyon was killed. He was appointed a Major-General of Volunteers to date from November 29.1862. This title expired by constitutional limitation on the 4th of March 1863, but he wasimmediat | ly appointed Brigadier-General of Volunteers, 1 and on the 12th of May, of the same year, ' was again commissioned Major-General of Volunteers, to rank from the 29th of November, 1862, and assigned to the command of the Department of the Ohio, where at one time the late General Sheridan commanded a divi?on under him. General Schofleld rendered :onspicucus services in this department, imong them being his work as a trusted corps ;ommander under General Sherman previous | to his start for the sea. On the 30th of November, 1864, he was j iiade a Brigadier-General in the United States army,"and on the 1st of March, 1865, I became Brevet Major-General for gallant ind meritorious service in the battlo of Franklin, Tenn., but he was mustered out of he volunteer service on the 1st of Septem>er, 186ft, and on the 4th of March, 1869, he vas commissioned Major-General of the United States army. In January, I860,'he was transferred to the Department of North Carolina, the war in ;he West being p-acticall.v over, and accomplished the marve'.ous feat of transferrins ill's corps from Tennessee to Washington in jleven days. General SchoSeld remained in command 1 )f the department of North Corolina until ibout the time he was sent abroad to negotiate with Napoleon in reference to havine the French leave Mexico. He performed these tervices in a most satisfactory manner, and was highly complimented by his superior )fficers at Washington. After his return from France he was detailed to go to Virginia and take care of matters during the reconstruction period At the close of the impeachment trial he was appointed Secretary of War by President Johnson, and confirmed bv the Senate. Gen3ral Schofield has been a Democrat in politics throughout his entire career. General Schofield was placed In command of the extreme western or Pacific slope division of the army shortly after leavine the Cabinet.and later was transferred to the Division of the West, the headquarters of which have been at Chicago. On the death of General Hancock he succeeded to the command of the Eastern Division. H>3 is spoken of as a man of great learninsr. Not only is he a fine military officer, but he is regarded as a highly 3 lucate.l man, and his extensive knowledgo embraces a familiarity with mathematics in all its branches, and he is well read in tho law, especially constitutional law. ~ THE MARKETS. , I 33 NEW YORK. Beef. City Dressed % Calve#, common to prime.... 6 @ Bheep Lambs 5 <g) 6% Hogs?Live..- 6 50 $ C <0 Dressed 8%@ 9% Flour?City Mill Extra. 4 55 @ 4 i5 Patents 4 80 @ 5 00 Wheat-Na 2 Red MK? 91% Rye?State 66 @ 58 Barley?State 82 @ 80 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 5J @ 53 Oats?No. I White ? @ 4o Mixed Western 3? 01 Hay?Choice Timothy @ 9a Straw?Lone Rye 75 & 80 Lard?City Steam ? @ 8 70 _ fifoto Praflniflrv 193^(8 20/j UUbK7i umavo V1WMU.W. , .... Dairy 14 @ 14)^ West. Im. Creamery 1 > @ 16 Factorv 11 @ 14 Cheese?State Factory. 9 Skims 2 ($ 6% Western 7 (? 8 Eggs?State and Penn 19 @ 1 BUFFALO. Steers?Western 4 OJ @ 4 75 Sheep?Menu nto Good.... 4 'JO @4 50 Lambs?:vairt"> ?><? 5 51 (<Q 0 <K) Hogs?Good to Choice \ or ks 5 :>0 @ ft 05 Flour?Family 4 So (cf 5 i5 Wheat ? No. z Ke i t'8 Corn?No. 2. Ve'ln.v 5 (<3 51^ Oats?No. Wuito -i! (iii +."> Barley?Suite bS (?0 1)1 BOSTON. Beef?Good to choice 10 Hogs?Live S Northern Dressed.... <| 7 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 90 (<| 5 15 Corn?Steani"" Yiliow. tiO (% GJ-j Oats?Vo. S> White ' ?(<? 4'1^ Rye?State CO (ft G5% WATERTOWN (MAS3.) wuuu naim.v Beef- Dressed weiguL 0.:*@ l/i fcheep?Live weight Lambj 5 @ 6 Hogs?Northern 7;x4 <9 7% PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Pena family 3 75 @ 4 09 Wheat? So. 2, Red Ui%@ i)D^ Corn?No. 2, Mix?d S'i^ Oats? 'n^raded Wiite 40);@ 42 Rye?No. 2 ? (g 58 Batter?Creamery Extra... 18 @ 19 Cheese?N. Y. Iml Cream.. 9 @ t . * ? - K I ' THE NATIONAL GAME ~?%j , rrZ, Daily captains Washington. Gore, of New York, has a split hand. j Stovet has returned to the Cuban Giantfcj. |S McVey is captaining the New Orleans team. ( 7 O'Brien will hereafter Captain the Brook- ~ lyn team. The Jersey City club has released catcher Reipsehlager. \ Williamson's latest trick to block a ma? > !s to fell down in his path. The American Association goes back to twenty-five-cent basebalL It is reported that Anson and Pfeffer bav? ' " igain had a serious quarreL Ryan, of Chicago, was the first League ' player to make 100safe hits. . ~ The three-strike rule seems to have hurt the batting records after all. Beckley, of Pittsburg, is already In the front rank of League batsmen. The Houston (Texas) club has levied an i assessment upon its stockholders. The New Yorks have won more games at. J home than any other League club. ; Tlc ni? 1 ?: I T1 utu IIIUKKU i/uuia^ rnuic uumi HI? ?management caies to acknowledge. ,r" ; ^ Jerry Denny, of Indianapolis, has sided not to go on the Australian trip. 'f * V. Duffy, by his heavy batting, has won * permanent position on the Chicago te&nL vy'-^ New York has again fallen off In team 1 batting, but is holding up its end in the field. \'J Ned Haxlow and Fred Carroll are tbd latest additions to the Australian contingent. Neither Klusman nor Ray have so tst been able to fill Burdock's place at Boston'! lecond base. Keefe, New York's pitcher, has not yet ' yj dropped a game to Detroit, Indianapolis or *;| Washington. . ' The Association has abandoned the per- J centage system, and has gone back to tile guarantee plan. Tommy Pollard is said to be the greeted short stop in the Central Pennsylvania League In every department. Only Cleveland's vote was cast in favor . | retaining the fifty-cent tariff at the As8<>dar?. . j tion meeting in Philadelphia. ; -: .wvjgp Worcester has derived $1900 from th? sale of players: Salem, $1750: Manchester, J 11350; Lynn, 1000. Total, $.V-0 >. ' Chicago first built up the lead at the start of the season at Indianapolis's expense, and 1 dow has lost it through that cliib. The chances of the Now Yorks winning the championship are increased by the facs ' that they close the season at home. I v Rio Janeiro they occasionally phty oar game, but the Brazilians are too tired to nil* %~4 Bases and Indians are hired to do it for tbenpu Next to the Detroits the Hoosiencan counta greater number of recognized slugger? ia;/ their ranks than any other club in theLeague. New York has played more errorle* . I srames than any other League team. The Athletics excel the Association club* in this- *J respect Burdick wasn't of much account at-.^Omaha, and Crmpau was no good in Kansas- , City, and yet both are holding their own iaithe League. wn.kesbarre has the honor of being tb#' . Brst Central League club to defeat Newark in a championship game on its own ground* this season. The Manchester (N. H.) centre-field fenoe is 364 feet from the home plate. Duffy, of the Chicagos. is the only player who ever pyt a ball over tnis fence. The Cuban Giants, of Trenton, N. J. , arp better off for catchers and pitchers than any other club in the country. Every manofr. the team can play a battery position. What an emergency man isGanzeL He v has played about every position' except' pitcher for Detroit, and at present is playi ing second base very well, in Hardi* Eichirdson's place. UMPIRE iVKLLY considers DUTBS, OK ! Chicago; Suniay, of Pittsburg; White, of . . the Detroits, and 8eery, o? Indianapolis, thefour honest men of the League, and always calls upon them to judge foal balls when be stands behind second base. ] The first curved ball was pitched by Arthur Cummings, of the o'd Stars, in Brooklyn. Bobby Matthews is sometimee ' '] credited with the feat, but he has acknowledged Cummings's right to the honor: ' It is ^ probable that curved balls were pitched before this, but they were not recognized; sothat Cummings is considered the pioneer. ' NATIONAL LBA.QUS B2C03D. ;v /7ameor Club. *** New York W 81-4, Chicago Detroit 47 w ' 1 Philadelphia ? fl } V Boston ? 45 Pittsburg 86 *.1 ?? Washington X? ?2 Indianapolis 31 37 ^ AMERICAN ASSOCIATION RECORD. 't * . Same of Club. r2^: ,%S St. Louis ow ? Brooklyn 57 ? , n Cincinnati ? ~ Xt. Athletic g g ; . . v OO - OO 5 VV* Louisville ? 25 Cleveland 82 68 : Kansas Citv 29 <J1 The Chicago Tribune lately devoted several columns to an investigation of I the elopements which have occurred in this country during a few years past, ! The details of these cases present many | points of more than ordinary interest. , It is found that in the mout of them, the runaways have belonged to what is ' called "society," and that the woman J has been wealthy and the man not only ' 1?A "loaa nrhich is looked I puox UUt Ui bJUC vauuu | down upon by the rich. Wealthy women ' have run off with adventurers, farm- " bands, dudes, car-conductors, coach- ^ men, commercial travelers, convicts, Valets, loafers and deadbeats. "What peculiar idiosyncrasy it is of theirs that induces them to elope with such people when they could easily marry estimable men in their own rank in life, and especially when experience has shown In almost every such case that they take the direct road to suffering, if not j to ruin, would be a fruitful subject for the social scientist to investigate. No .. j class seems to be entirely free from ?he I passion for elopement. Wealthy men ' in business and in the professions have run off with servant girls and women of bad character. Ministers have gone jff with deacons' wives and deacons , with ministers' wives, and both miniaI ters and deacons have fled with choir j singers. Children of tender years have I run off together, venerable spinsters with boys, and equally venerable bachelors with young girls. There seems to be no law of natural fitness or eelection in these cases. On the other hand, the rnle seems to be that they 1 nre entirely unfit for each other, and jbc result in snc-h cases is suffering, abuse, desertion, sometimes suicide, sometimes the penitentiary, and frequently ruin. When the Rev. Dr. Powell, of Slierbrooke, Canada, learned that his daughter had been assaulted and murdered on a lonely road near his house, he tucked his religion out of sight, put a pistol in his pocket, and started oA the war path, swearing that he would ; kill the man who had slain the girl. The Doctor's congregation stand by him, and if he carries out his threat no jury -will convict him. ? l