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THE SUN'S ECLIFSE. 1 Snccessful Telescopic Observations on the Pacific Coast. Much Scientific Data and Valuable j Photographs Obtained. The event of New Year's Day which will | long be remembered in California was the total eclipse of the sun, visible throughout a J belt ninety-three miles wide, extending diagonally across the northern ' part of that State. Trained observers from all parts of the United i States, provided with all nec?ssary instruments, were stationed at various points in the path of totality, and as tho weather was favorable at most places, their observations were made under exceptionably favora- j ble circumstances, and will prove of great . scientific value. The principal work was done by the Har- j vnrd University party at the William Lick j Observatory, astronomers at Norman. Pro- ! fessor Swift near Chico. th3 Chabot I Observatory, and people at Cloverdale. The latter party was in charge I of Professor Charles Buckhalter, and ! included no less than twenty-five experieuced amateur photographers. Besides cameras and smaller instruments, observers were equipped with 10 half-inch reflectors of Cnabot University and a siderial clock set to automatically record the time. The observers were placed in a large vacant lot covered with the greenest of grass, and containing several giant white oaks with long streamers of gray mos< clinging to their, leafless branches. These features of the landscape were brought out with weird effect during the solar obscuration At p. m. the first contact was noted. The sky was clear, with the exception of a i few laceliee cirrus clouds, which, how- j ever, did not. except at rare intervals, i cross the face of the sun. Slowly [ tho moon crept onward, until the sun was a narrow crescent, like the thinnest of new moons. Then the face of nature assumed a ghastly aspect; Faces became of a sickly, greenish yellow hue, though this effect may have been partly due to' the reflection of the dim light from the emerald lawn. Six minutes before the totality Venus came into view. A moment iater, Jupiter could be seen near the zenith. At this moment, while all eyes were strained to catch the first glimpse of the corona, the silence became so perfect that the ticking of the sidereal clock was plainly beard. The air grew chill, and then all at onco so quickly that none could note how this 1 1 ~ fcU?* in tho cuan^e was uiaur, cucic u uu0 ... sky the great black body of tho moon, surrounded by a ring of glittering burnished | silver, from which extended long rays and | irregular bands, like remnants of golden and j rose tinted satin ribbons with raveled ends. This was the marvelous corona. Mercury and Mars now came out to join the two larger planets previously noted. One shout of "Oh!" went up. then all was still again save for the ticking of tha clock and the voice of the timer calling off the seconds to the busy company of photographers It was not dark: it was rather twilight?the uncanny twilight of another world. Objects could plainly be discerned, and the motionless, moss-covered arms of the old oaks were not the least awe inspiring feature of the landscape. One hundred and four seconds were told off, and then, on the lower circumference of the black ball hanging in the heavens appeared a tiny speck of fire, bright as molten steel, which soon expanded into a crescent. In another second the wonderful spectacle was ended. The total phase had passed. Three cheers were given with a tiger for the eclipse of the sun und moon. The corona was observed through the instruments seven seconds before totality, which began at l:4t>:45 P. M. A large number of excellent photographs were obtained, which will be turned over to the Lick Observatory. Observers at other point3 report very favorable results. It is expected that the eclipse will aid in solving many long disputed astronomical problems. Professor Louis Smith was stationed at Nelson, California, and telegraphed the folfho rccnlk of hia observations of the eclipse: "As far as affording opportunity to search for intra-mercurial planets it was a failure from clouds and naze. All four contacts were well made, the chronometer watch previously set to Lick Observatory time being used. Five very small colorless protuberances were seen, all having pointed apexes. Near the point of one was another d tached froin the sun. Bailey's beads were seen at the second and third contacts, but entirely unlike those seen at Denver in liS7>. 2vo chronosphere was visible, though looked for. Mercury, Venus Vega ai'd Aipha Cygni were seen. The corona could not be drawn, but as seen thmigh the telescopes it was noS very extensive." PROMINENT PEOPLE. j The Shah of Persia will visit Europe in ! the spring. Senator Chandler never tmokes tobacco and drinks ice-water. Ma Parnell has half-promised to come to America again this } car. Emperor William has resumed his journeys through the German Empire. Spurgeon, the English divine, has been i ereatlv benefited by his vis.t to tha Conti- I nent Sir William Frederick Pollock, of England, formerly Queen's Remembrancer, is dead. T . trnvvrtp fliTpnivT the tr.nrplar nnd wr.ter, died recently in London of cancer of j the lungs. Canon Knox-Little, the eminent Eng- | lish clergyman, usually wears gloves when j he preaches. Senator Ingalls is an inveterate theatre- j goer, and is especially fond of Shakespeare , and eomcdy. Lord Coleridge has already collected i $35,000 for the widow and daughters of Matthew Arnold. Mrs. Waite, wife of the late Chief Justice, j who has been ill with pneumonia, is pro- j nounced out of danger. MunemitsC Ml'Tsju, the Japanese Minis- | ter at Washington, is becoming a lluent I ccnver>ationali?t in Englisii. Richard Henry Stoddard hud a poem 1 published in Harper1.-; after it had been j fifteen years in the publishers' hau ls. Fknimore Cooper's only daughter still ! lives at the old home of the novelist at Cooperstown, on Lake Otsego, 1". Lord Randolph Churchill, the distinguished Eng.ish Tory leader, will in a I short time start on a visit lo South America. trENKKAL ijbW hali>ai.c, ja oaiu iv ua?o received $00,000 in royalties from his '-BeD Hur." His "Fair Gol" has also netted him handsomely. Hadji Hassein Ghouli kahx,the Persian Minister to tho United States, is lonesome, as there is but one person in Washington who can speak his language. The sister-in-law of France's present political idol. General Boulanger, has just died in Kew Orleans in abject poverty. Her husband was a brother of the gallant General. Mrs. Humphrey Ward, the author of 'Robert Elsmere," is an Australian. Her lather, Mr. 1 homos Arnold, held an educational position in Tasmania for some years. The German Empress wears an npron at home as a token that sine attends to the children and the cook, and doesn't meddle with social and political questions, nor seek to win a place in the intellectual world Mrs. Reagan, wife of Senator Reagan, of Texas, being her busbnnri's Private Secretary, is entitled on all occasions to the privilege of the lloor of the Senate, a circumstance enjoyed by no other woman. Justice Harlan, of the United States Supreme Bench, is a man of splendid physi cal development. lie is six fee*- four incne3 tali, with broad shoulders and a massive head. His face is smoothly shaven. Lady Salisbcky. wife- of the British Premier, has initiated ? movement for presenting Mrs. Phelps, wile of the United btntes Minister to England, wit.n a souvenir of U. her stay in London. The gift is to take the form of a valuable bracelet. ? ??? i Thk visible supply of cotton for the world is :2,2tt4,7&4 bales, a decrease as compared with 1S87 of 537,707 bales, a decrease as compared with 1SSC of 4!)_',4(J0, and a decrease of V7->,610 bales as compared with 1&J5. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED : Eastern and Middle States. Ttie new United States cruiser Vesuvius made three trial runs in Delaware Bay with satisfactory results. Broker E. Gkaham Haight, Lieutenant of Company G, Seventh Regiment, thirtyseven yeirsold, committed suicide by shooting himself throurhthe right temple at his ! residence in New York city. Despondency, j caused by the death of his broth r and dissi- j pation, was the cause. Joseph Solomon, a small New York jobber j in laces and linens, in a drunken, jealous frenzy fatally shot his wife Dora and afterwarcl killed himself. Ji H.v Hanson, a prisoner in the .Eastern j Penitentiary of Pennsylvania, burned him- , seif to death in his cell. He deliberately set j fire to his clothes and lay on the floor until i death came. The Old Colony line steamboat Bristol, plying between New York and Boston, was burned at her dock at Newport, R. I.,shortly after the passengers and freight had been : landed. Competent authorities place the total loss at $M)0,000. Henry G. Sttcknet, for ten years bookkeeper for the Chelsea Salt Company of Boston. Mass.. has disappeared with $25,0J0 of that firm's money. Governor Hill was inaugurated for a second term at Albany, N. Y., with civic pomp and martial pageantry. Both Houses of the Legislature organized. J. Sloat Fassett was elected President of the Senate and Fremont Cole was made Speaker of the As- ! sembly. Hugh J. Grant was installed as Mayor ( of New York city. At Dover, N. H., C. H. Tanner, a lunatic, | killed G. E. Pray, who had come to take him > to an asylum. Sonth and West. Tns City Gas Works at Big Rapids, Mich., j were destroyed by fire, leaving the city in i darkness. The ducking tub and hanging-by-the- | wrist modes of punishment, long in vogue at I thr> Ohio l'f>nitentiarv. at Columbus, have ! been abolished by \Varden Coffin as too severe and inhuman, and th? dark dungeon will be substituted for them. A child of Joseph GrofT, aged sixteen months, was burned to death at Westminster, Md.. a three-year-old brother setting its clothing on fire during the mother's absence. A dynamite cartridge placed under the corner of a house near Mc*Gaheysvil!e, Va., in which a party of colored people were having a dance, exploded and almost totally destroyed the building, fatally injuring Amos Moore and two women. Martha Higdon, a girl eighteen years old, of Jellico, Tenn., killed .Pete Morris, who was trying to murder her father. "Pet" Overton was hanged at Bastrop, i La., for the murder of Frank Hearsey in April last, and Ling Sing, a Chinaman, was i hanged at San Francisco, Cal., for the mur- i der of his uncle. i Fire originating in Mc Arthur Brothers' 1 drug store at Bottineau x, Dakota, destroyed the business portion of that town. William IVkst and John Dairey, after a wordy quarrel at the residence of the latter in Craighead County, Ark. .resorted to shooting irons, with fatal results to both. ( Amos J. Stillwell, one of the oldest and -wealthiest citizens of Hannibal, Mo., was ! , murdered in his bedroom in a struggle with i a burglar. The weapon used was an ax. Thomas vines.assistant timekeeper of the Adams & Westlake Manufacturing Company of Chicago, disappeared, taking with him the week's salary ot 700 men and boys. The amount was about ?10,000, done up in 700 packages ready for delivery to the employes. A hoat containing seven colored people was capsized by a passing steamer at Ripley, Ohio, and all were drowned. Up to the present time 1(>3 Republican and 159 Democratic candidates have teen certi- I fled to the clerk of the House as having been elected to the next Congress. This leaves I three districts in doubt?two in West Virginia and one in Tennessee. In Tennessee I the Governor decided to issue the certificate I to the Republican, but was restrained by an injunction. Mrs. Harriet Bartlett Schofield, wife of Major General Schofield, Commander-inChief of the United States Army, has died in Washington of heart failure. Governor Taylor, of Tennessee, has given a certificate to Evans, Republican, as member of Congress for the Chattanooga district. Tbis assures a Republican majority of at least three in the House of the Fifty first Congress. So far notices of contest have been filed in twelve cases in the next H ouse of Representatives, eleven of which are from Republicans contesting seats of Democrats,and the twelfth is the other way. S. J. McConnell, Chief Justice of Montana Territory, has forwarded his resignation to President Cleveland,finding the duties of the office too burdensome. Judge McConnell was appointed from Tennessee about two years ago. The steamboat Natchez, one of the finest on the Miss.ssippi River,was sunk near Lake Providence, La. Tiie Richardson Drug Company, of St Louis, the largest wholesale drug storo in the West has been destroyed by fire. A private watchman was burned to death. The pecuniary damage is about $900,000. Washington. A national convention of colored Catholics began its sess on in Washington. President and Mrs. Cleveland held theif "v'.? "v* a?jb wanantiart of wklffl i JilSU C >T leal O icv-cpiivu VMV ? M..W j House. A great throng attended. Foreign. The bursting of a shell in one of the fortresses of Messina, Sicily, exploded a powder magazine,killing sixteen soldiers and injuring many others. The annual report of the Minister of Customs shows tbat the exports of Canada during the fiscal year ending June 30 were $Shi,250,0(K) and the imports <111,000.000, the largest balance of trade ngainst Canada since the Dominion was formed. Webb Brandon",who killed his wife, while drunk, has been hanged at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Fire destroyed most of the village of Deloruine, in Canada The total loss is about $100.0110. Prince Karageoroevitch, brother of the pretender to the Servian throne, is dead. His immense fortune goes to his brother. The hangman of Minas-Geraes, Brazil, has died utter a service of forty-eight years. This interesting individual was condemned to death, with his farther and mother, in but learning that the office of public hangman was vacunt offered himself on condition of com imitation of his penalty to imprisonment ;or life. His offer was accepted [ uud his del ut in his functions as executor of [ high justice was made in the hanging of his j own parents. | A REBELLION lias broken out in the Wau j country in Upper Burinah. The prisoners | in the Shweho Jail, in Burmah, recently maue on aitempt to est-ujje. oovtiui were killed and three wounded. A hot n nmed John Gill lias been atrociously murdered and mutilated at Bradford, England. His legs and arms bad been chopped off in a rough manner and tied tc bis bodj*, his ears had been cut off, there were two knife woundR in his chest and bis heart and entrails I ad been torn out The Whitochapel tiend is believed to have committed the crime. Eight persons have been drowned by floods at Castleniaine, Victoria. Cholera at (viiilon, on the Malabar coast, is said to have carried off 2UOO Christiana. ? A GOLD CRAZE. An Old Time Mining Excitement in Southern California. * ? - ? #..11 I An OICl lime milling mukuio.. ill iuu i blast in Southern California and Arizona as [ the result of recent discoveries. Two Mexicans brought into Yuma a large quantity of i pure vo'd which they said they had obtained i in Southern California, about one hundred milfs from Yumi. They had lieen prospecting in a locality that was abandoned only recently by hostile Indians, who had kept miners out of the country for many years. The Mexicans said the gold was easily worked, and they wou'd have remained there longer and brought cut more if their provisions had lasted. Their story set everybody in Yuma crazy with the I oid fever, and a rush to the new fields has begun. The river boats are crowded, and every pcssiReconveyance is being fitted up te take miners to the diggings. .1 V. ... :.. HAITI QUICKLY YIELDS. Givii:g Up the Haytion Republic At Admiral Luce's Demand. Hayti's Ship of War Prepared to Fire 011 the American V essels. The United States war vessels Galena and Yantic arrived at Port-au-Prince the other morning, the Galena steaming into the harbor about three miles ahead of the Yantic. The JGalena anchored two miles from the city and waited for the Yantic to come up. .Everything was in readiness to meet any hostile demonstration that might be made, and the ship was swung so that her guns bore on the Haytian gunboat Dessalines. The seized steamer Haytien Republic lay at anchor a few hundred feet from the shore, in the inner harbor, with the American flag still floating proudly from her peak. When the Yantic came up alongside, she was boarded by Admiral Luce and his statf. As the Admiral stepped aboard her quarterdeck, his flag was hauled down from the Galena and hoisted at the mizzen-truck of the Yantic, as she sped on her way toward the inner harbor with her bow pointed straight for the Haytien Republic lying withm a few hundred feet of the city. When close to the prize the Yantic dropped her anchor and passed a stern line to the anchor chain of the Haytien Republic. In this position her guns bore directly on the city. The inhabitants of the town, who had collected on the docks in' great numbers were much disconcerted by this bold move on the part of the Admiral, and gazed with fear and trembling on the gaping muzzles of the Yantic's guns. In the meantime, Lieutenant Griffin, of tho Galena, had been sent ashore to demand the release of the seized steamer before 3 o'clock. He was informed by President Legitime that immediate attention would be given to the dispatches, and an answer sent off as soon as possible. A few hours afterward word was received by Admiral Luce that the Haytien Republic *- * u;?, A would oe curneu over lu uuu. crew from the Yantic was then sent aboard the seized steamer and put to work on the anchor. Finding it impossible to raise the anchor in the ordinary way, it became necessary to separate the cable, a task requiring many hours work. The cable was finally parted at 8 o'clock l\ M., when the Haytian gunboat Le Brand Rivjere towed her out near the Galena's anchorage. The Yantic on attempting to follow became grounded on a mud bank, and did not get clear until six o'clock next morning. All the following dav the Galena lay broadside on to the Dessalines, realy to mike her the recipient of the contents of her guns should the least sign of hostility be made on shore. The crew of the Dessalines were also on the alert,and stood at their puns all day, with the ship cleared lor ucuuii auu oi?jiuiuS u. . ness to open fire, should such an order be signaled from Fort Alexander. This fort i&situated immediately in the rear of Port-au-Prince, at the elevation of 500 feet, and commands the entire harbor. The city is also protected by several small forts and water batteries. It was whispered around Port-au-Prince that the American ships arrived lust in time, as it was the intention of the Government to have sold the Haytien Republic to an English shipping firm. Indeed, all the contracts were made, and the ship was to have been handed over. The French Consul expressei his opinion freely concerning the action of the Government in giving up the Havtien Republic. He said they should have held her, and if necessary he would have aided them by sending to Martinique for French gunboats. An ollicial visit was made by the Admiral and his officers to President Legitime and his Cabinet at the palace. The officers were escorted from the deck in carriages by the National Guard, who accompanied them to the palace, where the National Guard Band received them with the strains of " Hail Columbia." The President and his Cabinet professed the friendliest feelinjrs toward the United States, and entertained the officers in royal 6tyle. In answering: President Legitime's speech of welcome, Admiral Luce said that it had always been the policy of the United States to encourage republics,especially those of the West Indies, and that the United States took Dar ?- li:._ ?I ticuiar interest ia repuuucs uuiupuscu m freedmen. All the speeches and conversation were carried on in the French language, in which all naval officers are fairly proficient. THE LABOR WORLD, The use of petroleum as fuel seems to gain ground slowly. A struggle for shorter hours is apprehended by English employers. Helena, Montana seems to be a good place for carpenters out of work. The number of full-grown men out of employment in Georgia is incredible. Tiie first assembly of the Knights of Labor was founded in Philadelphia in i8j'A The Glen Rolling Mill, at Allentown, Penn., has been idle for over ten years. Natives of Alsace and Lorraine at Cleveland, Ohio, have formed a benevolent society. Puddlers in a st'ubenville, Ohio, mill have accepted $5.50 per ton for scrap work. Nothing bourns a city like having p enty of work for the laboring men and mechanics. Less than one-tenth of the wage workers of the country are organized in any kind of association. The Boston sto"e trade is snid to be moving toward Alabama, wher^ the raw material is close at hand. The Chinese in New York city have demanded higher wages since the passage of the Chinese Exclusion bill. The paper-making industry ranks fourteenth in this country in the matter of labor employed and capital invested. Thi: latest statistics from .London show a marked increase in the number of women employed in the different trades. A German patent has been issued for the preparation of wood fibre for spinning. Strong fabrics are made from the product. A new Lehigh Valley passenger engine, with a boiler sixty inches in dianitter, is being built at the South Easton (Penn.) shops. Fifty thocsand English miners have demanded an increase of wages. They base their claim on the tact that times are getting better. The National Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers wus formed August 4, 1870, with 111 lodges and 3755 members. The Knights of Labor are expressing opposition to Air. Williamson's plan for establishing a school in Philadelphia in which boys may learn trades. It is a fact that women are more persistent strikers than men and married women particularly. Jn the telegrapher's strike in 1883 the women held out to the end. The annual report of the National Association of Stationary Engineers, which was organized in New \ork city in 1682, shows a membership of nearly 2>',0;)0 men. It is proposed in Kansas to petition the Legislature to make a law providing for the weekly payment of wages to employes of I ?m/1 nri'vuta nnrnorAtirms lUUHH-.j/ai y ?*? I The Secretary of War has awarded the contract for furnishing $1,500,000 worth of steel forgings for 8.10 and 12-inch high-power guns to the Bethlehem (Penn.) Iron Company. The first yard of cotton cloth ever woven in Iowa was turned out recently at Des Moines. The mill has a capacity of 10,0> 0 yards a day, and will employ from 150 to ZOO men. The great strike of coal miners at New Castlo, Australia, has ended. The strike lasted three months. Eight thousand men were idle, and $1,500,Oou was lost by the masters and men. Under the laws now enforced in Germany workingmen's societies are not permitted to indulge in political debates, and must indicate their loyalty to the Empire on the banners they carry in public. Oxe of the greatest window-glass factories in the world is just starting in the Westmoroland natural gas region in Pennsylvania. Dailj capacity. 6000 boxes. Four iundred houses for workmen wiil soon be completed. Thk Department of Labor at Washington has undertaken an investigation of the wages, hours of labor and condition of the emploj-ea of the 700 railroads of the United States, who, it is estimated, number about half a million. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS, The Senate. 14th Da v.?The Senate convc-ned again as ' the holiday recess had terminated. A quorum j was present... .The following petitions, memorials und resolutions were presented: Remonstrating against any action of Congress [ looking to the admission of Utah as a State; to prohibit disfranchisement on account of sex;.for the suspension of the purchase of silver bullion and of the coinage of silver dollars; in favor of including in the next census statistics of surviving soldiers of the late war; in favor of woman suffrage in the Territories; and a resolution, which was adopted, asking the President to transmit to Congress any correspondence that may have been had with Great Britain concerning the seal fisheries in or near Behrings Straits, especially as to the seizure of any vessel of the United States or other country....The Senate then resumed consideration of the Tariff Dill, jur. aiiisuh swuk ub?.h ? graph 134, as to chains, moved to amend it by reducing the rate on chains "less than three-eights of one inch in diameter" from 3 to 2y2 cents per pound. Mr. Vance moved to amend tne amendment by making the rate thirty per cent ad valorem. Mr. Vance's amendment was rejected?yeas 19, nays 21?and Mr. Allison's amendment was agreed to without a division. The bill was then taken up at the point where it had been left when last before the Senate (schedule I, cotton manufactures), the question being; on the amendment offered by Mr. Vest to* reduce the dutv on cotton thread, yarn, warps, etc., "valued at not exceeding twenty-five cents per pound," from ten cents per pound to thirty-five per cent, ad valorem. The House. 16rn Day.?The River and Harbor^bill was discussed Mr. Springer introduced a joint resolution for the admission of the States of Arizona aud Idaho Referred.... Two important amendments to pension laws were passed. One of them provides that the fee of examining surgeons shall be $2 in each case, whether for an original examination or a re-examination; the other is designed to relieve claimants for increase of pen-ions from a heavy burden of expense to which they are now subjected.... Mr. Springer introduced a joint resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment which extends the Presidential term to six years, ami makes the Piesident ineligible for reelection. It abolishes the Electoral College and provide for a direct vote of the psopie. flECROLOGIOAL. PoodIc oT Prominence "Who Passed Away Last Year. Sovereigns and Rulers?William I. and Frederick III.. German Emperors; Sir John Brand, President of Orango Free State; Seyyid Barghash, Sultan of Zanzibar; Hisamitzu Shomadzu Saburo, ex-Prince of Satsuma; Louis Saloitian. deposed President of Hayti; Prince Karageorgeviteh; Prince Alexander of Hesse; Prince ix>uis of Baden; Duke Maximilian of P.avaria; W. F. Hertenatein, President of the Swiss Confederation. Soldiers?Philip H. Sheridan, Loris Melikoff, Francois Achillo Bazaine, Edmond Leboeuf, (,). A. Gillmore, Hermunn Kanzler. John H. E. l)alrymp!e, James F. Pennycuick, Thomas IClrby .Smith. Distinguished Foreigners?Charles Theodore Eugene Duo'tc, Hippo yce Carnot, Kolo Bernard, of F.-ance; JL'aul Sommssich, ex-Presiilent H itigurian Chamber; Count Corti, Pascal S. Menini, of Italy; Vicount Das Noguiras, Portuguese Minister: Duke of Rutland, Lord Wolverton, Lord Hatherton, Lord Lisburne, Lord Annely, Lord Sackville, Sir Robert Jacob Buxtou. E. R. King-Harman,?of Great Britain: Edmund Dwyer Gray, William Mandeville, of Ireland; Thomas White. Canadian Minister of the Interior; Walter M. Gibson, Premier of Sandwich Islands; Hns?an Pacha, Lupton Bey. American Public Life?Roscoo Conkling, Morrison R. Waite, Benjamin H. Brewster, C. G. Minninger, John T. Hoirman, Horace Fairbanks, Jdal Parker, William Dorsheimer, Adin Thayer, William T. Hamilton, James Birney, Edwin 0. Perrin, Thomas Settle, Henry R. Low, J. Thomas Spriggs, Richard S. Spofford, John P. King, "V\ illiara E. Smith, Daniel W. Judd, Charles C. B. Walker, Thomas Carroll, George H. Forster, Christopher Pullman. Church?Cardinals Martinclli, Czachi and Masotti, and Archbishops Lynch and Alemany, of the Roman Church; Bishops Ryan and 'Wilson, Archdeacon Phillpotts. Dean Burgon and Father Mackonochie, of the English Church; Bishops Harris and Brown and William F. Morgan, of the Protestant Episcopal Church; James Freeman Clarke, James Petigru Boyce, Jeremiah H. Good, and Isaac Nelsoa. Literature and Journalism?Matthew Arnold, Sir Henry Maine, Bonamy Price, John Cotter Morrison, Jeau Marie Napoleon Nisard, Leone Levi, Auguste Maquet, Laurence Oliphant, D. R Locke, E. P. Roe, J. J. Jarves, D. H. Strother, E. G. Squier, J. R G. Hassard, Sidney Howard Gay, David Gray, James N. Mathews, C. S. Abell, R. M. Pulsifer, William W. Fulton. Playwrights aud Actors?Lester Wallack, iP n r?A^,.UAii WJiiiiim >1 srrmit d irucj u?iiipuuu| ucui^? Griffith, John Clayton, William Cbippenda'e, William P. Liavidge, Karl Von Bukoviec, Edward Aronson. Art?Frank Holl, F. 0. C. Darley, C. G. Thompson, F. H. T. Bellew, F. A. Clement, John it. 'lilton, James Lincoln, Vincent Colyer, Antoino Etex, Karl Schellein, Gustave Boulauger. Musicians?Henri Herz, Ciro Mineuti, Stephen Heller. Jean Delphin Alard, Walter Bache, Frau Voggcnhubor. Educators and Men or' Science?Asa Grav, R. A. Proctor, A. Bronsou Aicott, John H. Jellett, Hoinrich L. Fleischer, Georgo Percy Badger, John T. L Boswell, Sir William Johnstone, Sir Charles Bright, John Savage, Seth Green. The Navy?Admirals Hewett, Key, Hickley, Goldsmith, Edmonstone. Harris, Hargood, Fulford, Eden, Codrington, and Versurme. of European Navies; Hear-Admirals Baldwin. Bozgs, Wells, L?roy, Simpson and Commodore K. T. Hitchcock; of the United States Navy. _ Medicine?Henry B. Sands, Cornelius k. Agnew, Profeseors Tommassi and Vanyetti. Distinguished Women.?Louisa M. Alcott, Mary Howitt. Helen Ghika ("Dora d'lstria"), Kathleen O'Meara, authors; Eliza Ballou Garfield. Mrs. William T. Sherman, Mrs. Oliver Wendell Holmes. Mrs. Proctor (wife of Barry Cornwall); C. S. H. Lozier, M. D., Rachel Bodley.MD.; Lady Christian Maule, Duchess of Galliera, Countess Olga Munster, Mother Superior Alary Frances De Salla. Philanthropists?Henry Borgh, W. W. Corcoran, Jean Bnptiste Godwin. Well-known Business Men?George H. Corliss. Joseph W. Drexel, Hiram Sibley, Garrett Konch, Alfred Barnes, Charles' Crocker, Sir John Bose, Lawrence B. Jerome, William C. Bronson, Courtlandt Palmer, John Guy Vassar, Jacob Sharp. Travelers?Prejevalskv, the Russian geographer: Baron Ferdinand von Richtofen,W. Mouragu Kerr, Emil Bea=els. Irish Agitators?Daniel Sweeny, Stephen J. Meanv. Chess Players?Zukertort and Sellman. A FIGHT OYER A GOOSE. ' Bloody AfTrny Between American and Russian Farmers in Dakota. A serious riot occurred the other morning near Tripp, Dakota, between Russian Mennonites and Americans. A public sale was held at the farm of a Russian named Sink, and an American farmer named Merchant purchased at it u dozen chickens. When ready to start home he found two chickens missing, and complained to Sink, who told him to take something of equal value. Merchant caught a goose and started home with it, but was overtaken by a party of eight Russians, who claimed the goose as their property. A wrangle ensued that attracted others to the scene, and soon a general fight was in progress, in which some twenty men xtero engaged, with the Russians as the a ft crosors. Two Lrothers named Johnson, who were pas-sing, joined in the melon with knives. A Russian named Mayer was stabbed, and he in turn split Cnarles Johnson's head with a neck-yoke, inflicting a fatal injury. The same weapon br- ke the arm of George Johnson, and the knives were used to slash up three other Russians badiy but not fatally. The Americans found tho force opposing them too strong, and withdrew from the field. Th? wounded Russians were taken care of by their companions. The affair has created tho most intense excitement in the neighborhood, where the majority of the settlers are Russians. TnE messengers from Tippoo Tib, Stanley's native ally, bring the news that the murderer of Major Barttelot. the African oxElorer, had been tried, found guilty and anged at Stanley Falls; ..... - ...... rv I RAILROAD BUILDING. More Than Six Thousand Miles of Track Laid in 1888. The Greatest Activity Shown in the Southern State3. Since January 1, 1SS8, C4?0 miles of railway have been built in the United States. Thi8 ' mileage was built, according to statistics col. j lected by the Engineeriny Neics, on 286 different lines by 190 companies. The New England States are credited with 167 miles of new track. Maine leading with 127, and Vermont following with 19,and Connecticut with 17. New Hampshire and Massachusetts had 2 miles each. The Middle States built 176 miles, the Central Northern States 888, the South Atlantic States 1107, the Gulf and Mississippi Valley States 94W, the Southwestern States 1504; the Northwestern States 750, and the Pacific States 937. In New York 60 miles were laid. In Canada 14 companies built 16 new lines, j whose total extent is 355 miles. In Mexico, the Central and National (the two principal American systems) built 495 miles of new road. The 6430 miles laid in this country is only ' 1KQ? onrJ tvm.t.hirrift that of [ JUU1L lilCiCVWiU *V/i 1W, MMM V..w j 18S6, but is still a large showing for a year in which confidence in railway investments has been so badly shaken. Kansas leads the States with 5iS miles, California has 465. Georgia 419, Kentucky 351, Washington Territory j SOU, and Alabama, ?04. The South, on the : whole, has shown more activity compared j with the North than ever before. In Iowa | there is no now mileage at alL This fact is j ascribed to hostile legislation and the doings I of the State Railroad Commissioners, and | the anti-railroad tendencies of other Northwestern Legislatures has also had a depressJ ing effect upon rarlroad building. The Rock Island's extension to Colorado Springs, 2118 miles, was about th? only long line built during the year. Few of the 1888 extensions are important as com! petitive lines, while in 1886 and I 18S7 the feature of the work was the construction of lines to compete for the traffic between Chicago and St. Paul and Kansas City, and the road to compete with the trunk lines via the Sault Ste. Marie. There is a great contrast between 1888 and the two preceding years in the ownership of the extensions. The 26 companies that built 9(105 miles in 1887, or nearly 72 per cent of the whole mileage, built only 2518 miles this year, or only 39 per cent of the whole. "The current belief," says the News, "that the interState commerce law tends to force the local roads to consolidate with the great systems la hardly corroborated by the large number of local lines built in 18>8. It seems indeed open to question whether the law. while it tends to force the consolidation of competing lines, does not handicap the great systems, which are seriously affected by competition, and =in>n?t iintinnfthud the small local roads which in their limited fields are monarcha of all they survey." Among the large systems the Rock Island leads with 392 miles. The Santa Fe drops from 172) mile3 last year to 174 miles in lf8S. The Northwestern built 12) miles, the Buriington 102, the Illinois Central HO. and the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul only 5. The St-. Paul. Minneapolis and Manitoba built 312, the Northern Pacific 81, and the Southern Pacific 237. In Canada the falling off was as marked as in the United States. SOUTHERN INDUSTRIES. A Comparison of New Enterprises During the Past Three Years. A comparison of the new enterprises organI ized in the South during the last three years makes a most instructive exhibit. 1S8S. 1887. ISSa Iron furnace companies. 19 29 28 Machine shops and foundries 129 103 68 Agricultural implement factories 16 25 11 Flour mills 142 135 92 Cotton mills 70 71 9 Furniture factories 98 55 23 lias works 27 35 24 Water works 84 68 42 Carriage and wagon factories G3 44 Ifi E'ectric light companies. 122 83 !:4 Mining and quarrying entamris^s 460 562 174 Wood-working factories including saw and planing: mills, sash and door factories, stove factories, etc. 793 726 44S Ice factories 57 96 50 Canning factories. 222 82 18 Stove foundries 4 4 8 Brick works 143 1C9 53 Miscellaneous iron works, rolling mills, pipe works, etc 40 71 20 Cotton compresses...... 37 86 18 Cot;on seed oil mills.... 27 18 4 Miscellaneous enterprises not included in foregoing : 1,089 992 4ro 3,618 3.4L0 1,5:5 MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO. Bekthovkx has been made the hero of a | French comic opera. "Lotta" (Miss Crabtree) is to retire from j the stage in May, l.S'.Jl. Miss Kate Fjeuj will lecture in Isew York city on California wines. Btrx Nye is writing a farce comedy for Lizzie Daly, the famous dancer. Women professional whistlers are jumping up everywhere throughout the country. A eox in the Metropolitan Opera House in New York wus sold recently for $?3,000. The Campanin Concert Company, after an unsuccessful tour, has been disbanded. The first day's advance sale for Mary a nri?rcnn\ pn Tiimnwnt in Boston, reached j over $o000. ? ? Modjeska, the Polish actress, will make a I tour of Toxas and the South, playing mostly j in one-night stands. Emily Soldexe, the famous burlesquer, was recently hissed on the London stage during a benefit that she was taking. Mme. Albaxi leaves England shortly for a concert tour in the United States" and Canada. There are 12,000 actors out of work in this country at the present time, according to careful estimates. "Yetiva" is the name of a new opera to be I produce 1 in San Francisco in January at the fivoli Opera House. John* F. Sheridax, of the old firm of Sheridan & Mack, is in Shang-hai, China, playing Con in the "Shaughran." Marie Waixwright is to make her appearance before a New York audience as Jtiosalind in "As You Like It." Miss Howe, of Boston, is the latest addition to the bevy of American songbirds who are captivating the connoisseurs of all the European capitals. Mary Andersox will probably continue ander the management of Mr. Henry E. Abi bey next season and make a tour of this j country, which will take her as far West as California. I The proposed Thomas orchestral concerts i in New York city will include four evening performances and six matinees. Distin! guished artists will take part in almost all j the concerts. I "Le Petit Due" has been revived with | great success at the Eden Theatre in Paris,* | and the principal female character is again played by Mile. Granier, who "created" it j ten years a^o. The latest operatic idol of the Vionn?so < ??_ .. Uflimril liirmorlvfl mn??i I I puunc is rittUici.. ? . ?? ber of the Roval Oficra in Berlin. She seems to have everything in her favor?youth, gooa j looks, a tine voice and remarkable dramalic ; talent. I'aulus, the French comic son-; singer, now receives Sl'.'On n ght. A few years atro j his fe^ was $1.25. His song, "II Kevient," is i considered to have made General Pouianger. 1 Ho Jives in great style with his wife and his i Ave children, and his Pnris establishment includes three or four horses, a secretary and u i composer. There are forty-two firms in the United | States engaged exclusively in the manufacture of chewing-gum. Their trade is increasing, and it is estimated that the value of their annual product Li not less than f 10,SOO.OJO. > ' . . A -' ryt LATEB NEWS, Charles T. Dcre, a highly respected gentleman of Wilmington, Del., has committed suicide by shooting himself through the head. He was suffering from consumption, and the disease brought on melancholia, and he determined to end his life. The joint Republican Legislative caucus at Augusta, Me., has unanimously renominated Senator Frye. Over sixty designs and ten models have been submitted by American and European artists for the proposed Grant monument in New York city. W. E. Barrett, 'publisher of the Boston Advertiser and Record, has been elected Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives. White Caps have warned several persons at Femdale, Penn., to leave. John Schenck aud a man named Erb were blowD to atoms at James Miller's dynamite factory at Trunnlytown, Penn., by the explosion of half a bucket of dynamite. The shock was felt two miles off. The meD were blown into fragments. O. W AT.cnTT (Remiblicanl has been nominated by the Legislature of Colorado as United States Senator, to succeed Senator Boweru James W. McMillan, of Detroit, has been nominated by the Republican caucus of the Michigan Legislature as United States Senator to succeed Thomas W. Palmer. Miss Mart B. Sherman, ofWakeman, Ohio, a member of the freshman class at Oberlin College, shot anrl killed herself at her boarding place. Overstudy is assigned as the cause of her action. i All the business portion of Altona, 111., has been destroyed by fire. An epidemic of measles is prevalent at Pekin, 111. All the public schools in the city have bren closed by the Board of Health. Charles de la Graza and Jesus Barbo fought about a woman at Anagua, Texas. Commencing their shooting on horseback, they finished it afoot, dying with only a couple of yards' distance between them. Congressman Springer has introduced a bill to extend the Presidential term to six years, with no re-election. Secretary of the Navy Whitney sent to Congress estimates and recommendations for an appropriation of ?50,000 for a photographic telescope to be erected to enable tha Government to co-operate in a concerted international movement for photographing the skiea. The public debt statement for December shows that the redaction of the pullic debt amounted to $14.4S7,515.08; total cash in the Treasury, $015,591,078.58; total debt, less cash in Treasury, $1,134,06.',25~.1$. The disastrous Rhone floods in Franco are subsiding. OCEAN PENNY POSTAGE, The Champion of Cheap Transatlantic Postal Rates. Mr. Johu Henniker Heaton, member of the English Parliament, has accepted an invitat on to visit the United States early this year. He expects to have the hcnor of appeiring before Congress in advocacy of ocean penny (two rent) postage, and much of the time of his visit will be devoted to the furtherance of cheap postage. His idea is that as letters are now caiTied long distances by rail at the penny rate.with a profit to the PostoSice departments of England and the United States penny postage between England and America would be perfectly feasible. Indeed, non-contract steamers actually carry letters for the English Postoffice from Southampton to New York for about a half penny each (that is forty letters go to the pound, and the rate paid to these non contract steamers is fn^trr.Ano /-onfa TV?r Wklinri) afi tfl nroflfcft. Mr.Heaton calculates that the English Postoffice makes from 1350,000 to $300,000 annually on the American mails. Twelve millions of letters, and 2,500.000 pounds weight of newspapers, eta, were rent to America in 1887. for which the steamship companies received less that $500,000, while the English Postoflice received more than {900,000 for stamps. A YEAR'S HANGINGS, Legal Exocntfons In the Uniterl ! State* During 1388. The number of legal executions in the United States during the last year has inreased over 1SS7, when it was much smaller than for many years previous The total number was 87. as compared with 79 in 1887, 83 in 1330, and 108 in 188.). The executions in the several States were as follows: Alabama, 5; Arkansas, 5; California, 5: Connecticut, 1; Delaware, 1; Georgia, 3: Illinois, 2; Indiana 1: Iowa, 1; Kansas, 2; Kentucky, 1; Louisiana, 3; Maryland, 1; Massachusetts, 1: Minnesota, 1; Mississippi, 4: Missouri. 4; New York, it; New Jersey, 4; North Carolina, 2; Ohio, 3:Oregon,!; Pennsylvania, 5; South Carolina, 5; Tennessee, 3: Texas, f?; Arizona, 1: Idaho, 2; Montana, 2; Washington, 1; Wyoming, 1; Indian Territory, 2. ?1_i 1 11 MAMA V,.^ K~ Ui iflis uuiuuur an wnc muio.> uuw uuo, ui were whites, 29 colored.nnd 1 Chinaman. At the present rate of increase, and their popularity continues,every European capital will soon be ringing with music of American son; birds. Madame Emma Nevada is still at Madrid, Mile. Van Zandt in Lisbon. Miss Eames soon makes her debut at St. Petersburg, and Miss Sanderson is about to take 'he boards in London at the Opera Comique. The State of Massachusetts ims just borrowed *.'.00,<i00. at a rate netting slightly over 2}? per cent per annum to the investor. THE MARKETS. 1 new york. Feeves 3 50 @ 5 10 Much Cows., com. to good...'M 00 (a-'.jO U0 Calves, common to prime.... 0 00 @ 9 00 Sheeo 3 ^5 5 25 Lambs 5 00 (gj 7 05 Hogs?Live 5 i5 & 5 Dressed '?,%<?? ' Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 15 tgi 5 ^5 pMtents 5 70 (<$ 7 15 Wheat-No. '-i Ked 1 O3Ji0 1 0i Rye?Stato G) <S 62 Barley?< a l 8.1 @ 90 < orn?T'?ig:*??ed Mixed.... 08 48^ Oats?; o ' _wnitx? ? d S9}? Sx'Jl Western SO ($ !J2 Hay? 1 io (g 95 Stniw?_L.ng Rye 85 & 9J Lord?Cjty a>?^m ? <?) 7.65c butter?State C -eamery.... 20 (<9 2^ ZMryJCurmgood.. 2'l @ 23 West. r.Ti. Creamery liO tgi 25 factory H (# 20 Cheese--State C'.notory ] l'X Skims?Medium.... K\ Westen 10 & H/i Ejjrs?Etate a*iu Perm 2j @ 21 buffalo. Steers?Western 3 25 @ 4 03 Sheep?d*"..mto uoo-i ... 4 25 @ 5 00 Lambs?Kj?irtoln>oI 5 50 (<5 0 00 hogs?Good to. hoice lorks 5 oc? @ 5 5-J Flour?Family 5 03 (q, 5 25 Wheat?No.-"Northern.".... ? (# 1 21>? Corn?Ha S. Y'l'ow 4? @ 40^< Cats?No. 2. Wni;e ? S3 Earley?State. OS <2 10 ?!i istov. Flour?'-'prinpr "Wheat pat's.. 7 10 O, 7 5) Corn?Steamer Yellow. ? (ft 5.) Oats?No. ti U hite ? hye?State 63 <fi) G4 watkrtow.v (mass.) cattle makssr. Eret? Dressed weight @ 0H Sheep?Livo weight 4 @ 5 Lambs 4V:@ 6^ Hogs?Northern '"'K (i5 Philadelphia. Flour?Penn. fataily 4 623^? 4 15 Wheat?No. ii, Red, Jan... 97OS Corn?No. 2, Mixed. Jan... 42^1(5 * % Oats?Ungraded White ? @ 31 P?ir.-<r. ek?Early 4f w 45 Butter?Creamery Extra... 31 (3 31 Cheese-Arjart smuts ,v 0 0, 8 J ^?I THE WEAVER'S DREAM. N He sat alone in his dark little room, jH His fingers aweary with his work at tfa^H loom, ? :??ajH His eyes seeing not the threads, for the tear^H As he carcfully counted the months and t^HI years He had been a poor wearer. BB . *) .. Not a traveler went on the dusty highwayJ^H But he thought, "He has nothing to do bSJ be gay;" No matter how burdened or how bent ]H| might tie, U The weaver believed him more happy tluflfl he, And sighed at his weaving. He saw not the roses, so sweet and so red, That looked through his window, hq thong^H to oo ciena, And carried away from bis dark little roor^H Wrapt up in his linen be bad in bis loom, Were better than weaving. , Hj Just then a white angel came oat of ti^H skies, And shut up his senses, and sealed up h^D And bore him away from bis work at t^fl In a vision, and loft him alone by tbe tomt^H Of bis dear little daughter. VH "My darling;" he cries, "what a blessing mine! ng^Hj How 1 sinned, having you, against goodc^B^ divine! Awake! 0 my lost one, my sweet cme,awak^H And 1 never, as long as I live, for your sakH| Will sigh at my weaving!'' M ; The sunset was gilding his low little room ' JB When the weaver awoke from his dream the loom, H Ard close at his knee saw a dear little hea^H Alight with long curls?she was living, nq^| His pride and bis treasura IH H He winds tbe fine thread on the sbutfcl^B anew, (At the thought of his blessing 'twas easy Ana sings as ne weaves, ior mo jujr m u? Peace cometh of striving, and labor is f?fl Grcwn wise was the wearer. - j(fl PITH AND POINT. 1 A future State?Dakota. 9 An awful bore?The gimlet. ; H "Let us prey/' said the hawk. jS A running account?Report of a hor^H A snow bawl?Shovel off yer sideW A grand trunk line?A herd of eleH A comic paper says that the tom-cafl is yawl-rigged. H A host in himself?The cannibal thftfl devoured his entertainer. ' H Naught the lover's ardor damps H When his girl has got the stamps. .. H ?Sew York The bank note has a larger cirulatioiB than any other paper in the Uoitofl Slavery still exists in Morocco. Iifl fact, there are a great many people bouacfl _ ir m J)iUfUUUV. The ancient Peruvians had whistling jugs. The modern jugs simply gurgle ? Toledo Blade. Qi There is usually a good deal of bacj talk when women get together to di* cuss the bustle. The rich always dress well, but the; are frequently overcome with the numbe of their law-suits. Ye student breakethe ye maydene's barte. He laugheth unaware; But eek she breakethe lSya pocket-booke? WMcb make the matters square. ?Pennsylvania*. Do not treat a man coldly because hi happens to be down in the world Always keep a kettle of hot water read] for tramps. ?Xew York Sun. When a man who greatly admiiesa beautiful woman makes her a profound bow is he, as one might say, cmutiag her on the stoop. ?Bonton Courier. Is marriage a failure? the bachelor cried, And the youth who is courting a girl replied; "I've never been murried and cannot gaem, But courtship I know is a big8ucces>-." ?Ronton Courier. 'Court the fresh air day and night, says a medical exchange. That's goodfl advice for the girls, but if you are afl young man you had better court thofredfl heireiH.?Uu/tscUle Breeze. The man who wants the earth badH enough to put up with a soiled specimen? like ours ought to be accommodated? while his desires are modest. Nextfl thing we know he'll be asking for a aewfl one.?Lije. H "I'll be a second sister, dear, And you my noble brother; H I feel rhat I can never be H That I, to you, am other." H "You much mistake our kinship, love," M And he erinned?a wicked whopper; H "I cannot bo your brother, now, |fl For you know Tm your first popper!" A violinist was playing over a piece o^H music with his man-servant, who hac^B been the public fiddler in his native vil-H lage, and when they had finished heH said to him: "You handle your bowH very fairly, but you are always a beatS behind; how's that?" Monsieur, it iaH out of respect." H Mr. Broadbrush (a promising painter)^ ?Good morning, .Mrs. Budrose; goodM morning, Miss \ iolet. You must ex-H cuse me, ladies, but I've been watchingH you admire my picture." liotb LudieaH (suddenly and without thought)?''Oh,H Mr. Broadbrush, I hope you didn't heaifl what we said Life. H Husband?"This coffee is exasperat-M ingly weak." Wife?"I know it is. NoH matter how much I talk, that new gjflH will persist in filling the cofTce-pot withH water clcar to the tup. What shall I do?H Discharge her?" "certainly not. Dis-H| charge the coffee-pot and get a smaller? one that won't hold so much water. H Philadelphia Record. H Soc'ally Ostracised.?Mrs. Geoffrey deH Yetter (to lady acquaintance)?"Do youH ever visit the I'lausbys now?" I ady^B Acquaintance?"We used to, but sinceH they have resided on thetifth floor of the^H Broad View Flats, on West 2'J: th street,^! they no longer belong to our set. WeM always draw the line at the third ?oor,^| you know.''?Now York, News. B Applicant for Place?"Well, I don'tH know, mum. You have a very largeH family, and I'm afraid I couldn't do thoH work. I suppose you have great trouble^! keeping ^uls, doa't you?'' i-harpH Housekeeper?"Yes, indeed. Thtro a big f?ctory full of handsome youngH meunear here, and every one of my^| servant girl* goes off and gets married."^! "Oh! Well, I guess I'll try it." H "Allow me to congratulate you onH your engagement. Tell me how it cnm&H about. I thought you intended remain-H ing single." "Ves, certainly; but I metH the other day at a ball a young and^B pretty girl, with whom I got into conver-B nation, and, only think, she confessed H that she, too, had decided to remain H tingle. Impossible to imagine greatcrH harmony of disposition?ana so we gotfl finfitaged."?JDrutuhe Wetpen, JH3