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: SACKVILLE SENT HOME. The British Minister at Washington Dismissed. Why He Was Given His Passports By Our Government. Washington and the United States are itirred up as they have not been in years. It ? a rare event for a foreign Minister to be requested to leave his post in such abrupt and unmistakable language as has been addressed to Lord Sackville, the British Minister, by President Cleveland's direction. The circumstances which led to this state of affairs are as follows: On the 4th of September last a letter pur porting to be written by one Charles F. sJo+a/4 of Pnmnnfl Pq) WAS RPIlfc from that plac? to the British Minister at Washington, in which the writer solicited an expression of his views in regard to certain unsettled diplomatic questions between the United States and Great Britain, stating at the same time that such an expression was ought by him for the purpose of determining his vote at the Presidential election. To this letter the British Minister at once replied from Beverly, Mass., under date of loth of September last. In this reply he stated that "any political party which openly favors the mother country at the present moment would lose popularity, and that the party in power is fully aware of that fact; ana that in respect to the questions with Canada which were unfortunately reopened since the rejection of the (fisheries) treaty by the Republican majority in the Senate and by the President's message to which you allude, all a'lowauces must, therefore, be made for the political situation as regards the Presidential election." The Minister thus gave his ascent and sanction to the aspersions and imputations above referred to. Considerab'e correspondence took place between the two Governments over the affair, and when those in authority at Washington saw that the English Government was more dillatory in its action than was consistent with the dignity of the United States, a Cabinet meeting was called to discuss the matt r. The session of the Cabinet began at 11 o'clock and continued until I.oO, and at 3 the note which has set the whole world talking was sent to Lord Sackville. This action on the part of our Government tvas reached after the matter bad been fully considered at tho Cabinet meeting. It was there shown by the despatches received from Minister Phelps at London that the English government was disposed to take their own time about recalling their representative hero; that there were certain matters in controversy that could only be settled after a full hearing, and that possibly no decisive steps wou d be lak-n by the British Foreign Office for some days. In view of these farts it was decided that this Government should take the initiative, and Lord Sackville's dismissal was then and there agreed upon. The form of Lord Sackville's dismissal was as follows: "My Lord?By direction of the President I have the honor to inform vou that for causes heretofore made known to Her Majesty's Government your continuance in your present official situation near this Government is no longer acceptable, and would consequently be detrimental to the pood relations between the two powers. I have the further honor, by direction of the President, to enclose you a letter of safe conduct through the territories of the United States. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, T. P. Bayard." As a further evidence that all official relations were at an end between the British Minister and the Department of State, a passport permitting l.ord Sackville to cross the boundaries of the United States was enclosed. The Secretary of State was instructed by the President to prepare a statement in a form which sboula accompany the notification. The tenor of this having been agreed pen. it was enclosed with the notification. Secretary Bayard's Statement. The action of the President in breaking off the official relations of Lord Sackville with the United States was based upon a state tent of all the facts of the case which was laid before him by the Secretary of State. This statement is as follows: t Department of State, ) Washington, Oct. 29,18^8. f To the President: The undersigned lias the honor to submit for your consideration the following; statement, with a view to receive your direction thereon: On the 4th of September last a letter pur porting to be written by one Charles F. Murchison. dated at Pomona, Cal., was sent from that place to tno Britisu Aliiusierat this capital, in which the writer solicite i an expression of his views in regard to certain unsettled diplomatic questions between TTniartrl UiSidt Hritftiii fitnf. ing at the same time that such an expression was sought by him for t! e purpose of determining his vote at the approaching Presidential election. He stated that he was a naturalized citizen of the United States, of English i irtb, but that he still considered England the mother country, and this fact led him to seek advice from the HritisU representative in this country. He further etate.l that the information he sought for was not for himself alone, but to enable him to .^Ye certain assurances to many other perjjons in the same s.tuation as himselt' for the purpose of influencing and determining their political action as citizens of the United States of English birth, but who still regarded their original obligation of allegiance _ as paramount The letter also contained gross " reflections upon the conduct of this Government in respect to questions now in controversy and unsettled between the United States and Great Britain, and both directly and indirectly imputed insincerity in such conduct. To this letter the British Minister at once replied from Beverly, Mass., under date of the loth of September last. In this reply he stated that "any political party which openly favors the mother country at the present moment would lose popularity, and that the party in power is fully aware of that fact, and that in respect to the 'questions with Canada, which have been unfortunately reopened since the rejection of the [fisheries] treaty by the Republican majority in the Senate, and by ttie President s Message to which you allude,1 all allowances must therefore be made for the political situation as regards the Presidential election." The minister mus ^nve uih unu sauttiuu tu the nsperations and imputat.ons above referred to. '1 bus, under h)3 correspondent's assurance of secrecy, in which the Minister concurred by marking his answer "Private," he undertook to advise a citizen of the United States how to exercise the franchise of suffrage in an election clos* at hand for the Presidency and Vice-Presidency of the United States, and through him, as the letter sugsested, to influence the votes of many others. Upon this correspondence being made public the Minister received the representatives of the public press, and in frequent interviews with them, intended for publication, added to the impugnments which" he had already made of the good faith of this Government in its public action and international dealings. Although ample time and opportuni y have t>een afforded him for the disavowal, modification or correction of his statements, to some of which bis attention was called personally by the undersigned, vet no such disavowal or modification has been made by him through the channels in which his statements first found publicity. The question is thus presented whether it is comi atible with the disnity, securi'y. and inde[>en tent sovereignty of the United States, to permit the representative of a foreign Government in this country not only to receive and answer without disapproval,"and confirm by his repetition, aspersions upon its po itical action, t ut also to interfere in its domestic affairs byadvisin/ persons formerly his countrymen as to their political course as citizens of the United Stales. As between this country and Great Britain, there can be no controversy as to the complete severance of the ties of or ginal allegiuuce by naturalization. Disputes on this point were finally put at rest by the treaty of naturalization concluded by the two countries on the 13th of May, 187U. 'lherefore it ?ill not be contended, nor was such contention ever admitted by t.s. that citizens of the United States of British origin are subject to any claim of the country of the.r original allegiance. The undersigned also has the honor to call attention to the provisions of section 5>S5 of t?.e Revised Statutes of the United States, by which severe penalties are visited upon the i . ens of the United States who. without i..? authority or permission of this Government, "commences or carries on any verbal or written correspondence or intercourse with any foreign Government or any officer or agent thereof," either with an intent to influence the action of such Government or its agents, in relation to any disputes or controversies with the United States, or with an intent "to defeat the measures of the Government of the United States." These penalties are made eaually applicable to every citizen of the United States not duly autnorizeu, woo wuuku, advises or assists in any such correspondence" with similar unlawful intent. The undersigned resp-ctfully advises that the attention of the Attorney-General of the United States be directed to these enactments, in order that an investigation may be made, with a view to ascertaiu whether they have not been violated in the present case by the correspondent of the British Minister. By your direction the attention of the British Government has, in a spirit of comity, been called to the conduct of its Minister as above described, but without result. It therefore becomes necessary for this Govern " ment to consider wnetner, as me gum umu ??. its own self-respect and the integrity of its institutions, it will permit further intercourse through the present British Minister at this capital. It is to be observed that precedents are not wanting as to the question under consideration. It is a settled rule, essential to the maintenance of international intercourse, that a diplomatic representative must be persona grata to the go* eminent to which he is accredited. If by his conduct he renders himself persona non grata an announcement o* rae fact may be made to his Government. In the iresent case all the requirements of comity nave b^en fulfiled. the facts have been duly communicated to Her Majesty's Government with an expression of the opinion of this Government thereto. Respectfully submitted. T. F. Bayard. THE NATIONAL GAME. Brooklyn has released Burdock. Campau leads the Detroite in base running. Hoy has stolen one-quarter of the Wash' ton bases. The Albany, (N. Y.,) players, combined, lose $1400 in salaries. . The wnrld's championship games have Deeii pitcuera uati/ius. Five League players did not steal a single base during the season. Boston claims to have paid $35,00) to visiting clubs this season. The hi^h and low ball will in all likelihood be re-adopted next season. Cleveland declined a $5,000 Cincinnati offer for short stoo McKean. Van Haltren, of Chicago, is the test batting pitcher of the League. Anson of Chicago, has not been struck out this season by a slowly pitched ball. Morris, of Pittsburg, is the weakest batsman in the League, his average being . 102. Fourteen "shut outs" were scored by the New York and Philadelphia clubs this sea son. President McConnell, of Toronto, Canada, paid all the fines of his players this seasou. There is a very considerable sprinkling of young blood among the leading batsmen of the League. Pittsburg blanked every club except Detroit, while the latter blanked every one except New York. Broothers, Richardson, Bennett, Ganzell and White of the Detroits, have been sold to Boston for 130.000. Ryan, of the Chicagos, made more runs than any other National League player, and also excelled in the matter of uome runa The demonstrat on at the Star Theatre, New York, plainly showed that Ward is the most popular player in the New York team. The sjason just ended ha") resulted in a loss of $15,000 to the Detroit Club, and in the eight years of its existence it has sunk $58,000 It is likely that the Louisville Club will quit the Americau Association and head a movement to re-establish the Southern League. XTsx T ? ott? M1aWAN fkt'o tfabv* oMa an v- 1 V UC.AU U piajDI HUH J WUt uvw?w thing like 100 bases. Ward, of New York, who last season led with 110, this year has but 33 to his credit. Stovey, of Baltimore, is the on'y player in the country who has a clean record for any one position. He played twelve games at first base without an error, this giving him an average of 1000. Jcst 51,455 people saw the 15 worlds championship gumes last season. Chicago turned out the smallest crowd, 378, and Brooklyn the largest, 6740. The games commenced this year a week later than they did last. One of the curiosities of the season is that the Syracuse (N. Y.) Stars beat the Rochesters, of New York, seven out of eight games in Rochester, and the Rochesters beat the Syracuse Stars seven out of eight games in Syracuse. Williamson, of the Chicagos, has won the Cincinnati Enquirer locket and S10J prize offered by the Cincinnati Club to the player throwing the ball the furthest in the longdistance throwing match. His record was i33 yards 11 inches. Should the proposed trip to Australia prove a success, similar projects to other countries are am >ng the possibilities, and the day may come when the title of the | "world's champions" may cease to be equivalent to the championship or the united States only. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Moody, the evangelist, is fifty one. I General Harrison wears a No. hat General Sherman is a farnom diner-out. The Prince of "Wales has learned to make a speech in Magyar. The new Japanese Minister at Washington is a man of uncommon culture. Walking is the favorite and almost the only recreation ot Cardinal Gibbons. Mrs. Jambs K. Polk, widow of the President, is now in her eighty-saventh year. Sultan Muley Hassan, of Morocco, is a handsome man. with a calm, imposing manner. FE.NiJtf.0re Cooper's only daughter still lives at the novelist's home at Cooperstown, N. Y. Samuel Norment, the millionaire Wash ington bank President, was once a Governmeat clerk. Mrs. Burnett's works sell better than any other of the women writers?Charles Egbert Craddock next. The Crown Prince of Greece dislikes publicity, and ofto.i travels in the third-class railway coachos. The Kin; of the Belgians hates tobacco, never wears gloves, and goes bareheaded as much as possible. Alderman Wiiitakrr, who will be installed Mayor of London next month, is a fan-maker by trade. Emperor William, of Germany, has intimated his intention to visit London before the close of the year. Millionaire Flood was once worth $40,. 03J,000, it is said, but his present fortune is estimated at $15,000,000. Lady Dudley, the famous English beauty, has insured her life for $600,000 fol the benefit of her younger children. Hoard, the Republican candidate tot Governor of VViscons.n, was a peddler of fruit trees at one time in his career. Ella Wheeler Wilcox composed her beautiful little poem: "'The Land of Nod," while rocking her baby brother to sleep in the cradle. Anthony J. Drkxel, of Philadelphia,who IB considered the richest banker in the United States, is a man of extraordinary modesty, and is rarely seen in public places. The largest salary reoeived by an American bishop is that of the Bishop of New York, which amounts to $10,000 a year. The Bishop of Maine, who receives $iat)J a year, has the smallest. President Cleveland has written Captain Anson of the Chicago Club a letter, indorsing baseball as the national sport of America, and the letter will be used in advertising the game in Australia The richest widow in this country, if not in the world, is Mrs. Moses Taylor, whose fortune is estimated at *40,000,000. She lives in New York, Long Branch and several other places, as the mood suits her. Miss Florence Ni .htinoa'.e is now a confirmed invalid, an.t is a patient at St. ' Thomas's Hospital, London. Her services during the Crimean war injure ! her spine, and she has never recovered from the effects thereof. This illustr.ous philanthropist is nearly sixty-nine years old. I ... * ' .. A DAY'S DOINGS. Important Happenings at Home Tj and Abroad. J be A. Naval Paymaster's Romantic Suicide in New Jersey, g ki Thomas Boaglaas Hoxsey, Paymaster *r the United States Navy has committed gut ^ cide by shooting himself in the head on th? he old Hoxsey estate, in the suburbs of Pater H, son, N. J. The suicide of Mr. Hoxsey ii , not without its romantic features, Th? wi dead man was married on the even ing of October 21, 18S3, or just a, five years ago from the time that he nhot do himself, to Miss Charlotte Townley, & daugh- sh ter of George Townley, a wealthy Engusb resident of Haledon. Miss Townley and . Hoxsey lived together as neighbors, and gr ew up together and attended the same school at tiaieaon, 2i. J. iney were lovers, auu ?. roamed the woods and hills together in the ] beautiful suburbs of Paterson. ' Near the entrance to the handsome grounds Mi of the old Hoxsey estate, and in a secluded bti place, isolated from the eaze of passers by, was a large flat stone upon which the lovers wl used to sit It was a veritable lovers' trystiug w, place. It was at this spot that they planned inj their marriage five years ago, ana it was . there on the fifth anniversary of their wed- _ ding that the brilliant young man and widower went to take his life. When the body was found it was in such a position as ; to indicate that when Hoxsey shot nimself he , was sitting on the stone. The house at present stands unoccupied and is in the care of an old Frenchman. The lifeless body of Hoxsey was found still warm t0 by this old man, who was searching about m! the grounds for a stray cow. Near the body Pe lay a 32-caliber revolver of a large pattern, such as is in use in the navy. wl A wound in the right temple, from which' sei the blood trickled, showed where the fatal sti bullet had entered. Ei The dead man was neatly dressed. On the cei left hand was a white glove. The right hand m< glove lay beside the stona Mr. Hoxsey was thirty-four years old. He pa was appointed to the navy from New Jersey, and on September J, 187(5, became Assistant lc Paymaster, and on January 1, 1881, Passed jt Assistant Paymaster. Three years ago. while te was stationed at Fort Erie, his wile died I in on vine* hi rhh fit ft snil. HlS friends sav that be never recovered from the shock, but i it was not apparent that bis mind bad been w] effected, and sorrow for his dead wife led to ac| he tragedy. fe) Civil War in Manitoba. ge The excitement over the trouble between de the Manitoba Governmeut and the Cana- be dian Pacific Railway continues unabated. an While the Central Pacific Road had an ha armed force of nearly 1000 men guarding h, the point at which the Northern Pacific Tc first attempted crossing, the latter set its "] track layers to work under cover of dark- gn a ess at a point three or four miles away. A diamond crossing wa3 put q. in before morning and a force of special *jv police left to guard it. When Superintendent White, of the Canadian Pacific Railway, heard of tbis he wemthere and with a large force, and upon arriving at the bis scene ordered his men to pull up the diamond. Resistance was offered, but on eij account of the overpowering Dumbers of the fiv Canadian Pacific Railway men it was very Aj feeble, and the Northern Pacific specials were b& quickly beaten back and their crossing torn up and carted away. No one was badly in- tjj jured in the scrimmage, but a pitched battle would have resulted if the Northern Pacific force had been larger. Men employed by the Government have secret instructions to p fire should they be molested. finwinl rwilir-p ?rmpd to the teeth, were set to watch the crossing after it was made, and 3?' any attempts to damage Government property will be resisted by people whose blood is *n at fever heat by outrages perpetrated on them. ' The Canadian Pacific Railway men, 400 ar< strone, so a late dispatch says, overpowered sbi the Manitoba Government's force, tearing eai up the crossing laid down by the latter the night before. qj, en A Gift to the Sonth. an Daniel Hand, a rich resident of Guilford, < Conn., has given to the American Mission- vet ary Association, of New York. $1,000,000 for I tui .tbe education of colored men in the old slave I cle Sta'tis. i Mr. Hand was a grocer in Charleston, * fei C., before the war, and, being of Northern ga sentiments, wont North when the war broke *u( out, leaving all his propertv, about $130,000, in charge of George W. Williams, his con fidcntia'clerk and a Southerner. Mr. Wil iams used the property profitably during the 10 war. and by investment in Southern pine ' lands became very rich. Six years ago wi Judge Luzon B. Morris, of New Haven, counsel for Mr. Hand, advised the latter to seek a settlement with Mr. Williams. Mr. Williams niI came to New Haven and honorably paid up br the original sum and iuterest, amounting to ' >ph $i 4^000, sending on tbe last instalment two | ji, years ago. This amount, with the accrued jv interest, forms ttie great bulk of the sum now I jn" returned to the South by Mr. Hand. j ju] The association is to have unrestricted . charge of the expenditure of the interest, ex- J cept that it must be devoted to the education ot such colored people as are needy and indigent, end such as by their health, strength and vigor of body and mind give indications tai of efficiency and usefulness in after life. th Nineteen Perish in Mid-Ocean. mi The Southern Pacific steamship Gussie, b-v which has arrived at New Orleans from Blue- Da fields, reports that on the morning of the 2Jth, when eighty-five miles south of Cape Gracios C< and twenty-three mile3 from land, in the Car- cit ribean sea, it picked up a dory containing wl nine persons. They were five of tbe crew wl and four of the passengers of the schooner ? Caldwell of New York, bound from St ;An- u drews Island to Old Providence. The Cald well had twenty-three passengers and sprang a leak thirty-eight miles from its destination. The dory put off without food or water and when found had been afloat thir- m, ty-eix hours. The other nineteen passengers, jn men. women and children, were left hanging to the schooner's two booms lashed together. _______ to re France's Sinews of War. js{ In the French Chamber of Deputies M. (-a Peytral, the Minister of Finance, spoke in th defence of the budget He said it was an imperative necessity to retain the extraordi- cj, nary war budget for several years longer. _,| The war estimates for the current year amount to fDO,000,000. The total of the 0 gums asked by the Minister of War is $183,- fo )00,000, of which amount $44,0 (JO,000 hai already been voted. ^ NAVAL TRAINING SHIPS. tu Commodore Schley Wants 2000 J? lioyw to Study Seamanship. Commodore W. S. Schley, of the United n( States Navy, in his report has made a strong Sc appeal to Congress for modern vessels for the 'ia training schools. The present vessels are hardly worthy of repair, though they are now being put in condition for further service. ? Commodore Schley is in favor of a further J increase in the scope of the school. It is hi3 desire that the boys should not only be care- ? fully grounded in all the rudiments of 6eamanship, but that with the aid of modern crafts tney be carried higher in the art and in- Hi ducted into the mysteries of the cruisers of *11! the day. tin The Commodore is also inclined to favoran increase of the number of boys. He would not er be averse to having rii-00 boys attached to the Fchool in the various stages of instruction. The Commodore thinks that this number could he accommodated, and use found for them ns soon as they nre ready for active service. ce He would like to send all of the vessels out w' on a roving commission, enlist ng boys at su the seuports. He is also anxiou3 to secure boys from the P&ci !c Slopj. on A CANNIBAL FEAST. J by br One Hnndred and Fifty Africans fir Killed and Eaten. Advices from the Bonny River, Africa, 861 give a revolting story of savage atrocities and cannibalism. The Okrikan tribe, wi in revenge for some injury, invited a ge part}' of Ogonis to a friend y palaver and jn( then entrapped and massacred them. ab A cannibal festival of the most horrible and indescribable character followed. Then ? an attack was m ide upon the undefended villages and the rao*t barbarous outrages 1 were committed. It is estimated that over ' one hundred and fifty persons, inc.uding | , i women and children, were killed and eaten. . I THE HEWS EPITOMIZED Eastern and Middle States. 1HE js.uuij coKe wornere in tne v^uuiusuj lift region of Pennsylvania have been not d of an advance of from five to ten pe nt in their wages, to take effect in Novea r, when the price of coke will be ad need twenty-flve cents per ton. Dr. Robert Leonard, Associate Judee o irbon County and among the oldest res nts of Mauch Chunk, Fenn., has bee lied on the railroad, near Glen Onokc inn. Young Mrs. Thomas J. Lynch, while su) ring from delirium due to illness, threi rself from a third-story window of th >tel Bristol, New York, and was killed. James Brexnan, a New York policemar is murdered while in the discharge of hi ity by Henry Carlton, an ex-convict. Erik, Penn., was considerably damaged b rurious gale. Two men were blown off th ck and drowned and houses, cars an ipping were destroyed or greatly damaged President Cleveland reviewed the las ternion Democratic business men's parad New York. Mrs. Cleveland witnessed th ocession from a window of the Fift renue Hotel. r?E Faraday carbon works and Hearn i eKermon's axle factory, Pittsburg, wer rned. Loss, $90,000. Alvan Hum well, of Norridgenock, Me. 10 was recently arrested for poisoning hii fe. hag committed suicide in jail by snoot r. Two well defined earthquake shocks, pre ied by reports similar to the discharge of nnon, wore felt at New Bedford, Mas; le shock was also felt across the Acusbm Fair Haven. The surface of Curry Hill mine at Plyn th. Fenn., has caved in, carrying dow ty houses. The residence of John Fox wa tally demolished, and several of the it ites were seriously injured. One hundre rsons were left homeless. Lee Yu Doo, a famous Chinese Genera 10 led the Black Flag rebellion in Tonqui feral years ago, recently died in Mol eet, 2sew York City, and was buried is 'ergreen Cemetery with elaborate funert remonies. A large procession of Chint ;n participated in Che obsequies. The George Westinghouse's electric con ny, of Pittsburg, Fenn., has been awarde e contract for a plant to light the City c >ndon, England, to cost about $300,0<M will be the largest plant in the world. Sonth and West. The Brotherhood of Railway Brakemei such has been in session at Columbus, Ohi< journed without perfecting the scheme t ierateall American railway employes. Ephraim Mayes has been hanged at Edg< Id. S. C., for the murder of Jacob Burt, af mute about sixty years old and almos lpless; Ben F. Carter, a cowboy, who she i<i killed another cowboy, named Jaffrej s been hanged at Rawlius, Wyoming, an ugh Blackmail, colored, lias oeen nangea a >ledo, Ark., for killing a man known n Jig Six" in a quarrel over a gamblin .me. William T. Hamilton, ex-United State nator and ex-Governor of Maryland, ha id of pneumonia at Hagerstown, Md. David Gates, a young barkeeper of Col x, Washington Territory, shot and kilie > wife and then committed suicide. Mrs. Henrietta Spere, aged seventj ?ht, and Mrs. Martha Beckel. aged sixtv e, inmates of the German Home for th ;ed in Baltimore, Md., were found dead i j, suffocated by gas. Reports received in Chicago indicate tha e potato crop this year will be 210,0411,00 isnels against '208,110,000 in 1887. The cro the largest ever known. A riot followed the performance of Job: jbinson's circus in Barboursville, Ky. ?jn William Goodin took exception to te by the ringmaster He jumped into th ig to whip the employe and three of hi ends were killed iu the fight that ensued The ravages of hog cholera still continu jund Findlay, Ohio. In Portage to we ip over 0000 have fallen victims to the dis >e. rHE West bound passenger train a! larleston, W. Ya., was thrown over ai ibankment by a wilfully misplaced switch d two employes were burned to death. Bounty Judge Tartar, or Pulaski, Ky, is drowned in Pitman Creek while re rning with Congressman Finley from ai ctioneering tour. Nathaniel Watts, the last of the old de iderx who repulsed the British attack oi .Itiinore, September 1:2, lb'11. has just diet jre, aged ninety-three. A. handcar was ruu down by a specie iin of the Burlington road, near Dubuque wa, and three of its riders were killed. riiElittle town of Hale, Mo., has bee: ped out by tiro. A. gang of men repairing a bridge at Di lin, 111., threw a girder, which was it im support, out of plumb, throwing th idge into the river. In the wreck W'ra lompson was instantly killed, and Arthu ?Uea, James Campbell, D. MafTeld, Johi linunds and Theodore Harris were fatal! jured. Four others sustained serioas ir ries. Miss Bolton, of llaleigh, N. C., an elder!; iiden, fell in a lire in her house and wa rned to death. A.N explosion of natural gas in Suhultheis' rmery nt Lima, Ohio, killed John Schu sis, Peter Klein aud James Hubbard Rev. Adrian Derente, a Catholic clerjj in, has committed suicide at Dallas, Texas shooting himself with a pistol. He was tive of France, 45 years old. A. sensation was created in the Crimins mrt room at Kansas City, Mo., by the sui lo of Jack Fleming, the Deputy Marshal 10 drew a revolver and blew his brains ou lile the Court was in session. Tan boiler of the tug Lawrence buret a 1.? nr:? I i.11 i liwuunw, ?? m.) aim ivut incu uvio miicu Washington. Admiral David D. Porter has recotr _>nded to Secretary Whitnev improvemen the apprentice system of the Navy. Secretary of State Bayard has cableMinister Phelps in London to make sue presentations to Lord Salisbury about Lor lekville's recent letter concerning Ameri n politics as would cause the withdrawal c e British Minister to Washington at oncf The total bond purchases to date under th rcular of April 17, were $8.',747,.'?50, c tiich $51, Hi):?, 000 were 'four per centf id $38,3.?,:J50 wer0 four and a-half pe nts. Tneir oost was $iM5)00.>,540 for th ur8 and M1..7.Hi,fi35 for the 4}._;'s, making talof $107,:>72,175. The Treasury surplu stated at ?71,125,000. Justice Bradley, of the Supreme Coui the United States has declared unconsti tional all State laws imposing a licens x upon commercial travelers not residenl the State imposing the tax. Samuel H. Albro. of New York, whos jmination as Superintendent of India ihools failed of confirmation by the Senate is been appointed to that office by the Pres: nt The United States Court of Claims hn nssembled for the winter session. President Cleveland has appointee >encer B. Newbury and Rush C. Hawkins New York, to be assistants to the Unitei ates. Commiosiouer-General to the Pari [position. The President has sent for Comraodor jrmony. acting Secretary of the Navy, an< structed I :m to take immediate steps to e relief of the thirteen whalers now hemme< by ice in the Arctic Ocean. A revenu uiser will be sent there immediately. Foreign. Two elegantly dressed foreign ladies re ntly drowned themselves in the lake ii lich King Ludwig of ttavaria committe. icide. King Milan of Servia has settled $'200,00 ex-Queen Nathalie, his marriage witl iom has recently been dissolved. 1'he Bulgarian Sobranje ha9 been openei King Ferdinand, who was accorded i illiant reception. An artillery Balute wa ed in his honor. An American blockade runner has beei ized by a Haytian man-of-war. Thirteen American whalers are frozen i: e ice at Fox Island in the Arctic Ocear th little prospects of their being able t t out. The value of the thirteen vessels :lu.iing the season's catch which they hav oard, will aggregate over $500,000. A fire raged for two days at Huenfeld ar Cassel. Germany, but was finally con ered. Two hundred houses are in ashe d 1500 persons are homeless and destitute eat distress prevails. The President of the Geographical Societ Lille, France, asserts that he ha> receive ? news from Africa that Henry M. Stanley the ereat explorer, has been murdered with all his expedition, excepting two men. The situation of affairs in Hayti has as * sumed eo serious a phase that it has been decided to send tho naval cruiser Boston to that r country for the protection of American interesta Representatives of all the European powers have signed the Suez Convention. _ It is reported that an accident to the Czar's ? train, near Moscow, Russia, resulted in the u ? m a. A. _ fTL^ y Killing oi twenty-one persons, a/jo iujuuki ' of War and the commander of the body , guard were injured ^ A mutiny occurred among the convictg in e a prison at Orbitello, Italy. Thirty prisoners and several jailers were killed or wounded. i, ? LATEB NEWS. y j Yellow fever has broken out in Camp I Mitchell, Fla. it Ten thousand citizens of Atlanta, Ga., e hanged a jury in effigy in rebuke for the verjj diet in the Eddelman murder case. The tenth division of the Railway Mai) Sorvice, comprising Northern Michigan, Wis? consin, Minnesota and Dakota, has been put in operation. The headquarters are at St 31 Paul, Minn. W. H. Butler is Superin - teudent. ^ "While taking a boat in on the United a States man-of-war Constellation at Fortress 3. Monroe, Va., an apprentice named Cooksie fell overboard. A companion, W. A. Smith, of New York, jumped into the water tc n rescue him, and both were drowned. s Chairman Randall has issued a call for a meeting of the House Committee on Appropriations on November 21, to begin prep|( aratlon of the appropriation bills to be subn mitted to Congress next session. ib n Commander Allan D. Brown has boen il ordered to the command of the United States steamer Kearsarge. She will be sent to protect American interests in Hayti, which are d endangered by the action of that government if in seizing the 6teamer Haytian Republic. It is estimated at the Treasury Department that there has been a decrease of about i $4,000,000 in the public debt during October. , The French Parliamentary Committee ap), pointed to consider the question of a revi? sion of the constitution has decided in favor of a revision by a vote of six to one. This ? is a triumph for General Boulanger. it Higoinbotham's spinning and weaving * mills at Glasgow, Scotland, have been burned, d Loss, J 25 J,000. Lt ? I VERY OLD PEOPLE. !S Charlotte Perry, of Sherman, Texas, who 5 s 102 years of nue. had her sight restored recently, after being bliud lor ten years. " Philip Zechnerie, of Weimar, Texas, 4 imokea tobacco for over ninety years, and ivas never sick. He was thought to ba 110 r- pears of age when he ilieJ. r" Among the twenty-five guests of Samnel 6 W. Longley, of Greene, Me., at the celebran 'Aon of His seventy-fifth birthday, were three persons over ninety years of age. } Dr. W. L. Candee, of Milwaukee, rode " *- -*1??J L...'U tu TT-JA-J j apon *ne iirst ruuruau uunu m wie uuiucu P States, and saw the first steamboat ascend ;be Hudsoa He is nearing the century mark Q n life. ? Mrs. Lucinda Fletcher, of North Sprlnga 5eM, Mass., has just celebra ed her 100th 6 i jirthday. Her fncultiesare unimpaired, and a ihe enjoys tlie best of health. She has fifteen jrandchildren and six great-grandchi'dren. 8 Mrs. Mareai et Killman, of Prospect, Me., l" a enjoying ner 110th year, and is in the best '* >f health. She was never sick, has borne sloven children, the oMest being eighty years b >f age, and bas ninety-four descendants. She n las never ridden in a car or steamboat. '> One of the oldest natives of New Jersey is Mrs. Phebe Vennum, of Morrison, 111., who I s 101 years of age. Her father was ninety two when he died, and her mother eightya sight. She is spending her latter days in the jiost serene happiness aud comfort with her i. :hildren. ' NEWSY GLEANliaS, j1 Missouri has 7S1S miles of railroad. The lead corner has completely failed, a The City of Bremen ha' entered into tha German Zollverein. a The Czar is expected at Berlin about the s middle of November. e The wife of a Kansas farmer cut off her t- baby's head while insane. r The Chicago street-car companies lost a $800;) a day by the strike. ^ The steam engin >s of the world have a total of 4ti.000,0jd horse power. y England and Germany are negotiating for s joint action in East Africa. I There an dose to 13000 music teachers in s j New York and suburbs. I- | President Carvot's tour through France I. will cost the Nation about $50,000. ' I The proposal to have a London beauty >, | 6DOW is oemg put uibu a uuaiucsa luim, a Boston i a ns have already contributed nearly $810,000 to the yellow fever tund. f* Prairie flrei in Dakota have caused heavy |* losses to farmers over a wide extent of oount t ry' A Kansas City girl has committed suicide because she thought herself too ugly to t live. Since the war of '70 France has spent $1,542,000,000 besides the "ordinary estimates. " i. The last census of India indicates a poput lation ot 0?,i<82,0 <0. There are ti,000,000 more males than females. j J. R. Rambo, ex-Rezister of Wills at u Nnrristoivn. Penn.. is a defaulter in the sum i j of *40,000. ' He has disappeared, i- I A charter has been granted to the Dodge f City and Djnver Railroad at Topeka, Kan., >. | with a capital stock of $4,000,000. e i The new embankment, erected at a cost of ?? ' $9,000,000, toconfine the waters of the Yellow i. j River, in China, was swept away by a recent r i flood. ? A Minnesota County Treasurer wm ? pulled from his buggy by four highwaymen near Duluth and roubed of $2000 in school funds. 1 Mollis Lester, of Harrodsburg, Ky., disco vered that her lover was sworn to marry 1 another girl. Miss Lester took strychnine ' | and died. j The cost of one of the Navy's new six-inch ? guns weighing 11,01)0 pounds, is about $7750; that ot a ten-inch, weighing 57,500 pounds, is about *20,500. The Eastern Minnesota Railway has petiPtioned for the condemnation of $250,000 worth of land in the heart of Duluth, to be j used for terminal purposes , The chalk pond in Newbury, N. EL, j claimed to be the only one of the kind in the s United States, ha* teen bought and will be operated by a stock company. 6 Chief Justice Fuller has delivered his ^ first decision. He decided that a State may r only tax a telegraph company for messages j between points within the borders of the e State. A colored man, born of a slave mother, is about to exhibit fifty paintings in New Haven. His name is Wiiliam H. tt. Jackson. He has studied three years at the Art School i- of Yalo University. n Starvation and destitution are reported 1 among the Indians in the Athabasca and I Peace River Country in Manitoba. O.i) 1 nibalism h is t.een resorted to on several h occasions to sustain life. An unknown rascal entered a stable at [] Troy, Ua., and administered strychnine to a twelve valuable horses. When the dastardly s act was discovered most of the horses jaws were locked and they were writhing in a agony. An oil well has been struck near Findlay, n Ohio, which eclipses anything in the history , of the Ohio yield. It is estimated to flow g WOO barre s per day and has been visited by . | thousands of people. The ground in all ' i adjacent territory is completely saturated with grease. Melvin Miller, aged sixteen years, while hunting near Cooperstown, Dakota, accil~ dentally shot his seven-year-old brother, ?dward, in the stomach. The boy ran to ' him, saying: "'lam shot; I am dying; you didn't go to shoot me, did yoa. Mel?" H* y then expired in his brother's arm* a ~ - - V V THE MORMONS" Synopsis of the Annual Report oi tne governor or iJtan. i Recommending an Investigation by a Committee of Congress. Caleb W. West, Governor of Utah, in his i annual report to the President, estimates the population of the Territory at 21<),0'J0, an increase of 66,000 since 1830. The assessed taxable valuation is stated to be $46,379,078, an increase of about ? 11.000 during the year. The aggregate mineral products of the Territory lor the calendar year , 1887 is given as 637,723, of which $5,976,884 was silver. Labor has been in demand during the year. Carpenters receive W.50 per day, and are in strong demand. (Stonecutters, masons, and bricklayers from *4 to $4.50 per day, also in demand. Miners from &i. 50 to $4 [ per day. Nearly all tbe other trades are well paid and tally employed. In his remarks upon the Mormon question the Governor says: Nothing ran justify tbe despotism of the Mormon political system to a people who have known and appreciate the blessings of a free Government. * * * the Unity of the i Church and State is perfect an l indissoluble. It is based upon the complete and abso1 lute control of priest hood wielding a > supreme power, exercised and yielded to as emanating immediately from God, in all things secular as well as spiritual. 1 The word of the priesthood is to the Mormon people the command of God, not only in matters of faith and morals, but in all civil, political, and commercial affairs. This priesthood not only rules the Church, but gov erns tbe State. The Governor declares that the local civil Government under the Mormons is arbitrary. The Governor recommend> the appointment by Congress of a committee vritn full au' thority to make a complete and thorough investigation of the civil as well as religions conditions heretofore and now prevailing in i the Territory. A FATAL EXPERIMENT. While TestInc a Fire Escape Three Boys are Killed. H. C. Wilson, of Zanesville, Ohio, haB for several aays uecn besuuK a nuw ure escape, attached to tbe front of the Monongahela Hcub9, in Pittsburg, Penn. The fire-escape man secured three boys who were watelling the proceedings, and by giving them five cents each, induced them to go down on it. The boys were James McCune, aged fourteen years: John Dudley, ag;ed fifteen, and Daniel Nagle, aged fifteen. Ascending to Wilson's room, the rope was passed under their arms. When dll three had been securely fastened they were carefully swung from the window and started to descend. They had gone down but a few feet when there came a snap, the rope parted close to the pulley, and the Doys were dashed to the sidewalk, seventy feet below. McCune and Dudley were almost instantly killed, and Nagle fatal!y injured. Wi.son was arrested and locked up. He was almost crazed by the occurrence, and an open penknife found in his pocket leads to the belief that in his excitement he meant to kill himself. THE LABOR WORLD, We now export locomotives. English employers fear a struggle for oight-hour day. The Troy (N. Y.) milkmen bad 15,000 pe* pie at their recent picnic. Colored men are drivers and conductor* On Savannah (Ga.) street cars. New YoRKwom?n are furnished with fre< norkingwomen's Sunday concerts. A college of carpentry for women haa been started at Cambridge, England. A Pittsbcrg firm has offered soft steel for structure use at tbe same price as iron. Japan never imports workmen, but sends its citizens to study the arts and sciences. Over 29,000 female workers were thrown ouc of work in 1887 by strikes and lockouts in New York State. A Chicago firm supplies the world with bnrial shoes. Tbe output is from fifty to one i UUUU1CU [Mliopn uajr, Twenty thousand Yorkshire colliers demanded a ten per cent advance in wages, and failing to get it, struck. Two-thirds of the flour barrel coopers In Minneapolis have struck tor an advance from five to seven cents per barrel. Printers are subscribing quite liberally to the fund for a statue of Horace Greeley to be erected in New York City. The West Shore Road is having great difficulty in repairing the West Point (N. Y.) tunnel, men being afraid to work in it. At Antrim, Penn., the operators have notified the miners of a reduction equaling fourteen per cent, of their fifty cents a ton work. An average of one man for every million ia killed daily on the railroads of this country, aud one out of every thousand is injured. At Jersey City, N. J., the Workingmen's Sick and Death Benefit Association, has been organized of exclusively members in Labor Unions. A iew days ago, in a gun foundry at Petershoff, the Czar of Russia lifted a mass ofsteel weighing nearly 700 pounds, to the cheers of the surrounding workmen. riutVia Vrtitro Rifpr. in Russia, the longest stream in Europe, there are 7000 vessels at work, and 200,oOi) men work on it, handling 5,000, OJ tons of merchandise per year. Through reports gathered from over 100 cities in the United States, the National Labor Bureau at Wa-hington has ascertained that the average yearly earnings of American workingmen is #200. DvRJNf; the last vear the Argentine Republic added MKJ.) miles of railroad to the 4000 which hud been built before. There will this year b< 200,000 immigrants, chiefly from the south of Europe. There are over 8000 public schools, and 230,OUO scholars, THE MARKETS. 44 new york. Beef. City Dressed 5)j<? 8}? Calves, common to prime.... 9 @ 11 Sheep ...... 3 50 @4 25 Lambs 4 75 @0-5 Hoes?Live 5 95 <? t 10 Dressed 7 @ 9 Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 25 (eg "> 35 Patents 6 40 @ 7 o0 Wheat-No. 2 Red 1 15 <3 1 15J* Rye?State 70 (aj 73 j Barley?No. 1 ? @ 93 Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 48,'-j? 49% Oats?.' <>. i White .Mate...* ? 39 , Mixed Western 28 @ Sl}? Hay?No. I 5?0 @ 95 Straw?T.one Rye 75 @ 80 Lard?City Steam ? ? 8o Butter?State Creamery.... 27 Dairy ' & ' ? West Im. Creamery 2<> (t5 22 I Fartorv 13 ($ 15 j Cheese?State Facto-y 104 Skims?Medium.... 5 ? Western ,9^ Eggs?State and Penn -2 (gl --) ? buffalo. Steers?Western <>25 @ 4 00 (Sheer?^.oiiiin-Di to iJriine.. ;; '<.5 ? ;> 7? Lambs?Fair tr> ' ;<m i 4 5) (15 ;> 5 > Hogs?Good to Choice Y or us *> <>0 65 5 70 Flour?Family 5 0J ia, 5 25 Wheat?No. :: Ke<i 1 1 101^ I Corn?No. 2. Veiiu>v 45 (<? 45 ;-4 Outs?No. H. Wsiito ? (0 Barley?State. - (s5 ; BOSTON. Flour?Spring Wheat pat'i. 7 40 % 7 75 Corn?Steamer Ychow. 57>J@ 58j^ Oats?No. 2 White (# 36^ Rye?State 63 (if) 61 WATKHTOWN (MAS3.) CATTLE MARKST Beef- Dressed weight V @ 8 tsheep?Live weight 2}^?g 4 Lambi 4,'i@ 5 Hogs?Northern ? ($ 1% PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. family 5 00 @ 5 10 Wheat?No. 2, Red Suv... 1 09*?<gi 1 10>< Corn?No. 2, ..1, Mixed... 51 ? 51}* I Oats?Ungraded Wnite ? 8 W Rye?No. 2 ? (?j 09 , Butter-r-Creamery Extra... ? <a 2H Chee*r-N. Y. Full Cream.. 9 @ 9>f wnwEzmam*''" y ' " : j I CONCEALMENT, ^ If thj dear,searching eyes, could to my hM | Find but the subtle way, its truth to M, ' Thou wouldat not then in silence grieve ap? j That thy great love should unrequited bi For 'tis but seeming, dear, that I am cold And irresponsive to thy yearning still. ; [ need must seal my lips, lest they, o'erboU Should open wide the barred gates of t) wiH, And all that deep and restless prisoned tids i wnicn maaenues, m iui iiu|??tuum Durst forth so swift and strong that else eH Might strive and strive In vain, its force I Does thou not know with what persUtnfl The smoldering Ore burns its steadfast wal ! That of Its might no warning tale 1s told |H j The careless eye which seeks alone the mH The light, to say if fire be or no, ! Until by chance some wandering breath,' j Wakes with its touch to fiery crimson gloiH j The unseen thing which all the while 80, bidden love, a smoldering fire burns, | Nor gives from out the breast a tell-^H TNll e/vmA meraafU rttiwonf awiftrllT | Its unseen light to wondrous glowing; bea^J j Nay, then, dear lore, think not that thfl canst read H ! My heart and soul by looking in my faoaH Or weigh their worth by every careless deal That thou canst thus all depth of ftafiiH trace. B < Nay 'tis too sacred far for common eye, H j This Jove I hold for thy dear self alone; H | Alone for thee shall my heart open lie, I To none but thee Its tenderness be know^B So it thou wait soma outward sign to tee, B Ah, then, I need must wait because th^f hast So willed, till fate?or chance?which'er it^| Shall kindly bring u? heart to heart at ?Annie McQueen,in American Magaxint^^ PITH AND^POINT, j Our northern forests are slowly ing away. B A Stump Speaker?"Mister, give ifl the butts." B To remove paiat?Sit down on it fore it is dry. -^1 I The ancient marryin' 'er?JanuaH J wedding May. B j Men sow their wild oats and womHj sew their tares. B The exercising of horses just befon^| race is the preamble. |B If a young lady's maiden aim is sJ cessful she mis do maiden name. i The chiroDodist should take ]H . aquatic excursions oa a tow boat. H The miser's heart must indeed be ma^| I of marble, there is so little give to it^H The heat of debate is apt to caus^H coolness between friends.?New The man who has lost his left arm a left arm that is a right arm.?jQarpfl Words generally express tbemselv^B But do they pay the express charges New York Sun. I A mud puddle has a great many poii^fl for people to fall down and ad-mire.^| | Jtwi h Tiding*. |B Why is it easy to get in an old ma^H i house? Because his ^ait is broKen his locks are few. H "The male is lato to-night," as woman said when she got up at 2 aL'flj i to let in her husband. wB When does the rain become familiar to a lady ? When it begins to ! Vior < nnttpr i on the back. j -v' \r- / ? .. A nurse girl should fully realize t^H ' it is her attention to the little thiz^f which makes her work a success. Begone, thou vile anachronism I B Skip, thou poor, wan thing oh, scat! Vamoose the ranch, allez voos en, Thou aged, pallid hat B| ? 1:7)1* The annual crop of coal jokes if being broken up into the chestnut si^B Many a basket is waiting to rece^H : them. It is estimated that there are 1,000,^1 ' vagrant dogs in ltome. That is wj^H makes Rome howl.?Binqhamton .H| j publican. . j Kansas Teacher. -"Where does our grain go to?" Scholar.?"Into hopper." What hopper/ Grasshopp^H ?Sijti'<a?. I Physician ? "What's the matte^J Patient? "Rheumatics." Phyaiciaa^H j "Cause?". Patient?"Attic rooms.'^H I Bo. ton. Courier. 'v' BH This is a funny old world, any h^Hj but it is very hard to realize it wflj ! you are reading the comic paperaflfl j SomeroilU Journal. A physician has discovered that older a man grows the smaller his bi^H becomes. This explains why the yot^H men know everything. MB Teacher?"Johnny, give the partsHJ verb to erind.'" Johnny (sl^H stop in his nine)?"Grind, grou^H grounder."?Detroit Free JYees. | l ittle Boy?"I say, mister, do j know why you are like water?" ' man?"No, my little boy, I do n<^B "Neither of you can run up hilL" H Promptly chirrups th'3 cheery chimt In the tower around the block, The only thing behind the time Is the back of the office clock. ?St/WwgJ| Barber.?"How do you like to h^H your hair cut, sir?" -Mickey Finr^^| "Wid de scissors, av coorse! D'ye poshe Oi wanted ye to take a scythe'f^H ; Ju Jgt. B Young 1 hvsician (who has just lo^H patient, to old physician)?"Would advise an autopsy, doctor?" Old 1-^H sician?"No; 1 would advise an i quest." H I Ethel?"0, papa, did you see the parlor lamp Aunt .lulia sent me? the latest thing out." Papa?"It^H be Sunday nights, anyway.?TerrtE^BL Express. E. Cuthberton Greg?, Esq. (enum^H 1 ting the chaiacteristus of his famih^H j "Yaas. Now, my brother Fwed, the pwactical one; he carwies a po<flH j pincushion."?Life. H| "The trouble with pa," said i Eenilcy, "is that he lets little th^H worry him He was tna I this mort^^J I because the baby kept him awakeH| night."?HarperB>atr. Hfl End Man.?"William, can youtel^H why a man sitting on a redhot stov^H like a man who has gone to heav^^| Middle Man.?"I don't know, HH Bones. Why is a man sitting on a II hot stove like one who has gone^H heaven?" End Man?"He's better <^H "Chinchin" is the Indian word^H "The young man who sets out to the scalp of an enemy, is met by a flfl and tola to return and comes back em^B j handed to tell a big story." Why I we get some suoh snort word to exi^H I our feelings towards the chap who I he will pay it back by Saturday ?-^H troit Fret Freu. fl