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' , fc ' s* ' ;x - r- . .. 'JneTcabTnFt officer, 1 The Department of Agriculture Springs Into Existence. Commissioner of Agriculture Colman Nominated for Secretary. Tbe President has approved the bill raising the Bureau of Agriculture to the dignity of an executive department, and named the present Commissioner of Agriculture, Mr. Norman J. Colman, to be Secretary of tha Department of Agriculture. NORMAN- J. COLMAN*. ^ Tbe law creating the new department does not define its functions or limits. A dispatch from Washington says: "The Senate will doubtless confirm the nomination, as it rarely interferes in the President's choice of advisers. But quite aside from this, it is conceded that Mr. Colman has discharged the duties of his office with intelligence, faithfully, and to the satisfaction of a large number of Democrats as we 1 as Republicans. It is therefore quite /virtjtin t.hnt hfi will have the satisfaction of being the first Secretary of Agriculture, though he will have held the office but three weeks. At any rate be will return to Missouri as Secretary." It is forty years since a new executive'department of the Government was created. The State Department and other departments of the Government in 1?4S had become overburdened with public business. The result of the war with Mexico was a large acquisition of territory. The discovery of gold in California opened up a new era in emigration to the West, and the land question was becoming a very important on?. - The business of the Patent Office was also increasing. The details of the census, the care of the Indians pension and bounty matters were multiplying details. All these were grouped under the new department,and the act making it the Interior Department was approved March 8, 1649. Naturally, agricultural matters aggre' gated under the Secretary of the Interior until 1SC2, when Congress created a Department of Agriculture, independent entirely of the Interior Department, but made its head only a Commissioner. The new department which is now to take a part of the burden of the Interior under la care will be known as the Centennial Department of the Government. One hundred years ago the State, Treasury, War, Postoffice and Attorney-General's office were created by act of Congress, and these five Cabinet positions were filled that vear by President Washington. The Navy Department did not begin until 1796. For fifty-two years thereafter these s'x departments had charge of the executive business of the government, and the new department just now created completes the octette. A PRIEST MURDERED. Killed By a Lunatic Whom He Had Befriended. ^ Father Ashfield, one of the priests of St P?ter's Cathedral, Memphis, Tena, was assassinated by Will Reed, a semi-lunatic, the other morning at 5 o'clock. Reed had been befriended by the priest, ' . who had got him out of jail, where ne was coafined for lunacy. Reed appeared at the door of the fathers house at night and called for him. Re was sent away by Father 31 oran. Next morning the sexton heard a noise at the door and found Reed there. The sexton then went for a policeman, and while he was gone Reed slipp?i in. ran to Father Ashfield's door and knocked. When the | priest opened the door Reed stabbed him in the heart. Reed was put under arrest St. Peter's Cathedral is one of the largest \ churches in tb9 ijouth. __ | THE LABOR WORLD. 5K..S ????? Miners are now idle two-thirds the time. [ Pittsburg sends lamp-chimney s to Cn na. ; There are twenty-two State Labor j Bureaus. Thit sav the "Q" strike cost the company ! $3,500,"00. STr.ZETER, Labor candidate for President, | got 150,0J0 votes. N~w England's cotton spinning industry \ kpEepgjpcnally prosperous. ? I:; Wib?.cnsiu ihe average wage of skilled j mechanics is $611.11 jwr year. The manufacture of terrS cotta goods La? | just now begun at SpringfiaM, Mass. The New York Confectioners'Union has 1cn memters and owns $2:5 j in cash, v The workmen in the glass works at Cbarleroi, Eelgium, have gone on strike. New York has now but -550 labor unions against more than tWU this time last year. Women in San Francisco earn on an average $3 more a week th:in they do in Boston A New York Court has decided that a strike is no excuse for not fulfilling a contract. A crxsus cf the compositors of tho United Kin;dom shows that they number ubout Industrial train'ng is found to be the essential lasis in the education of the Indians. The English naval engineers are pu'ting I forth claims for increased jay and a more ra\>.d promotion. Canadian mariners, in convention at Toronto, declared that the lake trade d e* not pay any more. There is continued complaint abroad atout t' e limited supply of stokers for marine machinery. The average weekly earnings of women in | Atlanta, Ga., orj set down at S-1.05. In I Richmond, Va., they are $-'VA The New York Central Rai road is trying the patent pillar cloaks which indicate the length of time between trains. The Schuylkill (i'enn.) coal miners are in dangtr of starvation from the stoppage of the colltries because of the mild winter. Ok the 11,000 people arrestorl in New York city during the quarter ending January 1, cearly one-half were without occupation. The window glass trade of Europj is in a bad way. _ Six of the largest firms in it have gone into Danicruptcy in tne last naic year. Tee coal production of this country for 1S8S is placed at 1^0,000,000 tons. Divide this among 280,0X? miners and the average would be 430 tons each. The incorporated companies ?f Birmingham, Ala., representing mainly manufacturing, mining and land companies, have an aggregate cap;t$LU"tocic of over ?75,000,00'. " " Tn? daily'wages paid to 4{unes_G. Blaine, Jr., during* his apprenticeship at the machine shops of the Maine Central Railroad amount to eighty cents. Th s is at the rate of ten cents an hour for every working hour. Miss Mary Perry, a sewing girl of Bristol, Me., has patentee! a chair lor the use of employes in sewing factories. The chair has an adjustable back and is designed to make stooping shoulders and spinal troubles less prevalent. The Journeymen Barbers' National Union came into existence September 5, 1SS7, and has eight locals and over 2500 members. The initiation fee is $2, the dues 40 cents a month. At first the hours of labo> were iOOpor week, but are now reduced to 86. Wages were per week, but are now $ia _ 1 THE MEWS EPITOMIZED Eastern and Middle States. An unsuccessful attempt was made to destroy a big New York city brewery witb dynamite. The explosion was terrific and damaged the houses for a hundred yards around. Several persons were hurt. The Pacific Guano Company of Boston has assigned, with liabilities of $1,000,000. Allen S. Gookin, head cashier of the elevated railroad companies, in New Ycrk city, is short in his accoun&s and has lied. The defalcation will be made good by his bondsmen. The losses bv the recent tie-up of street railways in New York city ore estimated as follows: Car companies, .<117,(iOO; strikers, J5M00: retail trade, *1.500,000; theatres, saloons, &>0.w0. Total, ?1,707,000. TriE Standard Oil ConiDany's glue factory at Constable Hook, N. J., was totally de| strayed by fire. Loss, 0500,000. The steamer Haytien Republic, which was | the bone of contention in our recent emi broglio with Hayti, has arrived at Boston. Wyetii ?sr Son's large wholesale drug | store and several fine residences were dej stroyed by fire in Philadelphia, causing a | loss of about $500,000. One fireman was I killed. United States detectives succeeded in I canturiner a cantr of eleven counterfeiters at | Br'anchton, i'ennl A large quantity of bogus I coin was found. A ( extrifugal machine used by the New j York Tartar 'Works in drying acids burst in Gowanus. Brooklyn, killing two men and injuring three. An attempt was made to blow up a tenement house in New York city in wtiich 100 people were sleeping. Edward J. Phelps, United States Minister to the Court of St. James, has arrived in New York. Mrs. JosErn Groxer, of Tarport, Penn., made a call on a neighbor. While she was , away the house caught lire and Carrie and j Joseph, three-year-old twins, were burned I to death. | Edward D. Crall, business manager of j the Morning Call, at Harrisburg, Penn., ; died at his father's house on South Pitt j street, of blood poisoning caused by excessive smoking of cigarettes. Ho was in his twentyI third year. j James Oliver, of Industry, Me., died a ! few days ago, age ninety-six. He was avet| eran of the War of 131:2. The eightieth anniversary of the birthday I of Abraham Lincoln was celebrated by va| rious clubs in New York city, Brooklyn, i Philadelphia. Jersey City, N. J., and Newark. N. J. Speeches were delivered by Genj eral Porter, Congressmen Butter worth, BouI telle and S. V. White, Theodore Roosevelt, Warner Miller and others. ' woo IfiIIasI VitT Vii'c olovon. i^ijtuva ??cio niucu mj | year-old son, at Carbondale, Penn., duriDg a i rehearsal of private theatricals, in which the 1 j father was the villain and the son the here | of the play. Sonth and West. Hknuj Dieckmann, a prominent membei of the Merchants' Exchange of St. Louis, has gone to Canada, leaving a shortage of ?50,| uoa | James Ross, colored, has teen hanged at Erandenburg, Ky., for the murder of Benej diet Rhodes, an old farmer. I The I.ecis'atures of ten "Western States | have reso.ved to investigate the dressed-beei j "combine." Thkke men were killed in the mine of the ! American Mining and Smelting Company al | Leadville, Col. Haywood Handy, colored, who shot a young white man named Charles Stewart, ! | was lynched by a mob at Shreveport, La. j The Chio and 'Western Coal and IroD ' Company, of Columbus, Ohio, has failed. ' The company was capitalized for ?S,000,00( in bonds and $5,000,000 in stock. | J. Bordkavx and his four children, ran?- ' i ing from six to fourteen years old, died ! from eating poisoned cabbage at Bhelton. 1 I Washington Territory. i i A coal tnr boiler at the Creosoting Brick \ Works in Chattanooga, ~'lenn., exploded, causing the death of Charles Falls ^pd fatal t injuries to his son. Both of the men were j j covered with coal tar, and the body of the ! former was burned to charcoal. The postofflce at Amity, Ark., baa been ' ; robbed of ?10J0. A colored wcman in Henry County, Va. | I on going to the field to work carried ber in j j fane with her and laid it down in a fence corner near where she was employed. In a I 6hort time she saw her cabin, in which she : bad left ber two older children, on fire. She j ran to save them, but was too late. They I I were burned up. Returning to pet her only ' | remaining child, she was horrified to find | that bogs bad torn it into fragments. Five children were killed by the caving ir of a sand bank at Ysleta, Texas. R. P. C. Wilson has been nominated by the Dtmocrats of the Fourth Congressiona. District of Missouri to succeed James N. ! Eurnes, deceased. j The popular vote in Nevada on the bill Ie galizing the sale of lotteries resulted in the defeat of the measure by about 400 majority. Washington. The "protocols" (official minutes) of th conference on Samoan affairs, held in Wash ington in 1^7, together with additional corrcspc ndcnce on the subject, have been laid before Congress by the President. The President has nominate! Carroll D. Wright, of Massachusetts, to be Commissioner of Labor. | Mi'.s. Cleveland held a largely attended reception at the White House. John A. P. Edgehton has been dismissed from the position us one of the Civil Service Commissioners by President Cleveland. Pi ar Admiral Bancroft Giierardi, ' commandant at the Navy Yard. New York, 1 has been ordered by tho President to command the North Atlanticsquadi on, relieving Pmi- Admiral Luce, who goes on the retiroU ilst. Colonel Henry J. Hunt (retired), Governor of the Soldiers' Homo in the District of Columbia, died afow days ago from a complication of diseases. He was in his ! sixty ninth year,and was appointed Governor of the Home about four years ago. The Senate has confirmed the nomination of Colonel John C. Breckinridge to I e Insjjector-Gcneral of the United States Army. Tiik Agricultural Department bulletin just issued makes the proportion ot cotton already marketed ?4.:i per cent. The President has nominate! Adlair E. Stevenson, of Illinois, to bo As?o^iate Justice of the Supreme Court of the District of, Columbia, vice William M. Merrick, de ceased. At a caucus- of Republican Senators the Southern question was discussed. A statement has been prepared by the Unite 1 States Treasury Department which estimates that the Hou<e Tariff bill would reduce the revenue about ?i>.\u.)0,00.), the Senate bill about *4s.0(h',<iu >. The reductions by the House bill wonld l>e on tho internal revenue ^ii.huvam, on firm The reductions by the Senate bill, internal revenue SJj->,U tariff SI.'J, !>7(!,8S7. The President has transmitted to Congress the State correspondence with England and ether ynvernments relativj to the liehrlng st a fisheries. Foreign. A famikk an l epidemic of typhus fever prevail in Doboka. Hungary. Ten persons hove died and the distress Is spreading. 1 he calamity is attributed to a failure of the potato crop. Count Tolstoi has tendered his resignation os Russian Minis'er of the Interior, and it has been accepted by the Czar. Heavy gales have been raging on tho English and Irish coasts. A building foil near Bolton, crushing a number of cottages and killing six persons. At Fenibroku a ferryboat capsized and nine persons wero drowned. Ten thousand of the unemployed laboring class rioted in Home, Italy. Alie mob looted bonks and shops, smashed windows and street lamps and attempted to build barricades to pr tect themselves against tho troops. In tho ^fisht that followed stores of the rioters were wWmdid, also a do/en policemen. The military wereirSAjlysiiceessful in dispersing tho mob. s. A tekrific snow storritpcevailed throughout Scotland, accompanied o?~&?b winds and extremely low temperature. The telegraph wires were prostrated. The bark Theodore Behrend lias been wrecked at Texel. I'ngland. Ten persons were drowned, including the Captain and his faxnlv. When neighbors of William Tubbs. of (Jpffielil, Canada, entered his house a few - ; 7 " ,v,uy^"\;'HI- :tvu.', r:*y"'/TT^T".^ - y. days ago they found (be entire family dead ?father, mother and four children. Tbey bad all succumbed to malignant diphtheria. M. de Lesseps in a circular letter issued from Paris to Panama Canal subscribers said that no new company could be formed to complete the canal, because not enough of the new shares had been taken. Gales and snowstorms were prevalent in Great Britain. Along the coast there were numerous wrecks. A bark was lost off Grimsby, and eleven people were drowned. Rear Admiral Chandler, commanding the United States naval squadron in Asiatic waters, died a few days ago at Hong Kong, China, of apoplexy. A max, thought to be "Jack the Ripper," the Whitechopcl fiend, has been arrestoxl in Dundee, Scotland, for murdering his wife. The Scrutin d' Arrondissement bill has been passed by the French Chamber of Deputies, whicn is considered a victory for Minister Floquet and a set Lack for Boulau?er. Cardinal John Baptiste Pitra, of Rome, who was the second in rank in the Papal Sacred College, is dead. The Constitution of the Japanese Empire was proclaimed by the Emperor in person amid great popular rejoicing. A mob stoned the guard which was escortiug William O'Brien, the Irish agitator.from Clonmcl Jail to Tralee, Ireland. A shock of earthquake was folt at Bolton and Manchester, England. The earth tremors extending to Wigan, Blackburn and Stockport. They were accompanied by repeated rumblings. A goldsmith of Vienna killed his five children with cyanide of potassium. After administering the poison to the children he took some of it himself, and died in great agony. The Soudanese have evacuated Handoub, EevDt, after destroying the town by fire. A severe shock of earthquake was felt at Naples, Italy, in consequence of which Mount Vesuvius is in a violent state of eruption. The Portuguese Cabinet has res:gned. Thomas A- Robeson, Consular agent of the United States at Frierth, Germany, has just died of "onsumption. SUMMARY OF CONGRESS. 1 The Senate, j 44th Day.?Tho President submitted the proposal of Bismarck for a resumption of ' the Samotn conference, with Secretary Bayard's reply and the protocols of the con-; ;ference....Mr, Piatt then Reported the! disagreement of the conferrees on thej bill to admit as States the Terri j ritorics of North and South Dakota, Montana, Washington and New Mexico. The Senate instructed its conferrees to insist upon the position they had assumed... ,Mr. Stewart: offered a resolution for the appointment of a select committee of seven to consider the! subject of irrigation....The House bill to quiet title of settlers on the Des Moines River lands in Iowa was passed.... The: Senate considered the Legislative Appropration bill. The amendment to increase the clerical force of the Civil Service Comntis eion was rejected without a division, and this bill, together with tho Pension Appropriation bill, was passed The Union Pacific Fundine bill was brought up, the pending question being Mr. Mitchell's motion to re-' commit the bill. 45th Day.?The House omendment to the Direct Tax Refunding bill was non-concurred in, and a conference was asked. ..Tho bill to establish a United States Court in the Indian Territory was taken up in conjunction with the House bill to change the Eastern and Northern Judicial Districts of Texas. Mr. Vest moved as a report from the Judiciary Committee to substitute the Senate bill lor the House bill. This was agreed to and the bill passed.... The Fortification Appropriation bill was taken up. An item of &200,000 was inserted for the purchase of movable submarine torpedoes impelled and controlled at will l.y power from shore stations, and the bill was parsed. 4'?th Day.?The Senate went into secret session on the Panama Canal question. Mr. Sherram proposed an amendment to the Sundry Civil Bill as follows: To enable the, President to protect the interests of the United States and to provide for the security of the persons and property of citizens of the United States at the Isthmus of Panama, in such manner as he may diem expedient $350,000. This was passed .. .The injunction of secrecy was removed from the proceedings in connection with tho consideration of the British extradition treaty....The Naval 4 mrnnpioUnn hill wn? t.hnn tatfin un. The I amendments reported by the Committee oil Appropriations for installing or increasing the electric light plants on the monitors, cruisers and other vessels (appropriating about .0 HI) were agreed to. The amendment for the construction of two steel cruisers or gunboats to cost in th3 aggregate (exclusive of armament) not more than *700,01)0; of one steel cruiser at a cost of not more than ?700,0 K), and of one ram for harbor defence was agreed to without discussion. 47tii Day.?The election outrages :n Texas were considered, but no action was taken.... The Senate passed the Naval Appropriation bill with the clau^ in reference to the Thomas cruiser so amended as to eliminate the Congressman's name but broadly giving him credit for the designs.... In executive session Mr. Plumb, from the Committee on Agriculture, fnvorally reported the nomination of Norman J. Cowman, of Missouri, to be Secretary of Agriculture. Under objections the nomination went over until the next executive session.... The President transmitted the State correspondence relating to the seal fisheries of Alaska. 48th Day. -The Senate resumed consideration of the resolution reported from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, and Mr. Evarts proceeded with b s argument in its support ? The correspondence relative to the seizure of the American ship Bridgewater by the authorities of Canada was laid before the Senate in pursuance to a resolution.... The Senate then went into joint session with the Housa for the counting of the electoral vote. The Ilotiso. 4Sth Day.?The "protocols'' of the conference on Samoan affairs held in Yfasliington in iSST by the representatives of Great Britain, Germany an 1 the Unit d States, together with additional correspondence on the subject, were laid bo ore the House The Army Appropriation bill was then considered. The pending quest on was on the point of order raise t nga list the clause appropriating $500,000 for the purchase of movalile submarine torpedoes. The Chair sustained the point of order ou the pround th.it the item for torpedocs belonged to th? Fortilication bill, and the clause was therefore stricken out.... Amendments were adopted appropriating $l'i,(KK) fur tests to be made in convening existing ordnance into topedo howizer's; tlu sum*; sum for the purchase of lani near Watervliet Arseual tor proaf-firlng, and the bi'.l wuspassed ...'1 lie Agricu'ture Appropriat on bill passed. 4'.'th Day.?Mr. Baker introduced in the House for reference to the Committee on Ways and Means a bill to regulate commerce between the United States and foreign countries The House then went into Committee of the Whole ou the l ostoflice ApI r .priation bill. Mr. Blount explained the provisions of the bill. It appropriated, he ctntrnl. >~8'i..V.l(i.344. of which It M as estimated that $< 2,5 iS.aW would be provided by t'ue department from it* own rovenuo. 50th Day.?The Speaker appointed Representatives Ermentrout and IJaker to net as tellers for the House in counting t'io electoral vote....On motion of Mr. Ccs veil, the House insisted 01 its amendments to the Direct Tax bill, anil conference was ordered. ....Mr. Orosvenoroffered a resolution relating to recent events in the Second Congressional District of Arkansas which culminated in the assassination of John M. Clayton, of that State By a vote of 181 to 8.1 the House decided to consider the contested election case of Smalls against Elliott, of the Vllth South Carolina District 51st Day. ?The Smalls-Elliott contest was further discussed, Mr. Smalls himself speaking....Mr. Townfhend introduced a bill appropriating $50,000 for a special display of the farm products of the United States at the I'aris Exposition.... Mr. Sayers reported the General Deficiency bill, which was the last c;f the regular appropriation bills. It appropriate-; *14.5fW,HSl A bill was passed to pay SSOOO to Charles F. Swain, ma-iter of the l:hik Philena, of New York, for going to and rescuing shipwrecked seamen from an uninhabited island near Cape Horn 5.'d Day.?The House resume I the consideration of the Smalls-Elliott contested election case, and aftcy.iHon<f debate seated Kllioit by a vote of l-t:> to ]-(> A bill to amend the natura nation laws was favorably reported.... The House then went into joint session with the Senate for tlia counting of the electoral votes. The egg snpp'y for New York city has not been so large for manv years and prices for January were lower than they haa been for twenty saven years during that month. vC ?rv . "> - - v MM MMM SAMOA AND THE SAMOANS. A Look at the Land and the People So Much Talked About. The Interest Which This Country Has in Samoa. It is probably safe to say, asserts the San Francisco Chronicle, that n ine-tenths of the people of this land are in a state of intense geographical darkness as to the location of tho Sarnoan Islands, A good many people imagine that the islands aro a few hundred miles west of San Francisco, but lots of other ordinarily well-informed folks dispute that statement without, however, being able to afford any spicific information as to the location of those little coral-founded mudheaps over which sc much diplomatic fuss is being made. If you drawa circle on a good map ot the Pacific Ocean and include withiu tho boundaries of your ring the junctions of the thirteenth and fourteenth parallels of south latitude and the one hundred and sixty-nine and one hundred and seventy-third meridian of longitude west of Greenwich, you will find that you have fenced around that portion of the glo!>e in which Samoa is to De louna. The little irregular-shuped dots on the surface of the ocean are the islands over which not a few people are worrying. Nine of the islands are inhabited. These are the prizes. There are a number of smaller and comparatively value'pss islets, hut they are rarely heard of. The islands which make up the Kingdom of Samoa are called apia harbor from american consulate. Tutuila, Opolu, Manua, Olosinga, Of'i, Manona. Anuu, Savaii and A| olima. 0! these islands hv far the most important is Opolu, and its great port, Apia, is fnecnpital city of Samoa. Opola is the second island in size. It is about thirty-oizht miles Jong and a little less than eleven miles broad. At Apia is the seat of government, and within the city limits are the residences of about all the foreigners on the island. G rentest in size is Savaii, being about forty miloj long and twenty miles broad. The greater portion of Savaiian surface is occupied by two mountain ranges of volcanic origin. In the interior if the island there are numerous lava beds, and consequently there is a dearth of animal life. The interest of the United States, however, is at present centered principally on the island of Tutuila, because treaty rights have there given us possession of the harbor of PagoPago. The island is fully 17 miles long, and at its greatest width measures about 5 miles. | The harbor of Pago-Pngo is on the south side of the island, and the indentation made by it almost makes two islands of Tutuila. NATIVE CHURCH, PAGO-PAGO. Samoan commerce has decreased somewhat during the past two years, due to the great disturbances there, but it is not so small as some peplc might imagine. In 1SS5 the total amount of trade was $542,612. Of this Germany secured $281,1)12, the United States, $14li,0U0,and Great Dritiin the remainder, $115,(XX). There is no reason why, if free from internal troubles, the Samoan Islands should not have a t? ade worth annually fifty times as much as the foregoing figures. The soil Is rich and is covered with the most luxuriant tropical vegetation. Ti e hills are masses of timber right up to their summits, most of the tree3 being of valuable varieties. Fruits such as only the tropics can produce are everywhere?oranges, bananas, mulberries, cocoanuts, pineapples, lines, and* bread fruit. Cottou grows to perfection there, and sugar cane will prosper wherever mn^o the* ct.nnlfl piaill^U* WilCO VUM VW WM-v w?^-s product. The Samoans are really a fine-looking people, especially the men. They are tall, well-proportioned, muscular and red-beaded, the latter peculiarity being due to the habit they have of applying lime to the hair as a cleanser. Their clothing is generally of the jeast elaborate description, and in the majority of cases consists simply of a cloth or shawl twisted around tho waist and fall in?: to the knees or thereat touts. This garment; covers tho elaborate taltooing which is found on every Samoan, aud which u never A SAMOAN HUT AT PAGO-PAGO. seen aVove the waist nor below the knee. There is but one desiyn and that is followed strictly in all cases. Samoan lavys against tattooing are very stringent, and violations are punislial le l.y imprisonment and a heavy line, 'lbc chiefs and principal men wear garlands of Howers around their n< cks and sorno of tl em indulge in tho additional adurnment imparted by a head-dress of loaves, nicinen cus'Iku worn, unu muy uu as little ns possible. This is probably due to the fact that there is but little labor needed to produce suHicicnt on which to live well. All the labor on the big plantations is done by slaves, who are imported from the Salomon Islnuds and Fiji. The women are small and not bad looking. Tlioy are generally clad as the men are; but there are tlireo or four new styles of semiEuropean costumes us>d by a fow. The women aro also tattoo*!, but there is less of it than in the case of the men. Many of the natives speak English, and they ara all religiously inclined. Family prayers ar se twice every day. and Sunday is a day of unbroken rest. Nothing can lie bought on that day. The churches aro tilled at every service, and every one joins heartily in tho services, which are conducted principally by English Wosleyan Methodist missionaries. The Sain oai is are very fond of music, ami they sing with an enthusiasm that occasionally spoils the harmony. The Samoans Have a pecu'iar variety of what tlioy call dances. Tlic-ro is but little real dancing, however, for tho performers are s -ated the creator part of tho time. Eliz^* both Scott l'arker thus describes dances she saw on the deck of ajT^Americnn man-of-war at Apia: ' Tjjc.-ftance is performed mostly in a sitting posture, and eonsisbMjDjU4*<!ohcervfflile motions of the head, bCfciy and arms, tho rear rows furnishing the music by cla)>piug hands in various measures and in perfect time. The movements of the eight dancers were performed with the utmost precision and grace, and through it the whole party sang. Many of their wild melodies aro really beautiful. Every figure of the dance has its significance. Some, as loading und firing a gun. sewing, rowing, were palpable, but the greater part was unintelligible to us. This performance continued for aa hour or more, after which ?-r?V'53c:' ' ">r: SAMOAN HOUSE AT TONGA. some plays were given, always accompanied by the weird singing and clapping of hands. One play represented dogs quarreling over a bone, and the deep growls and snarls of the men representing the big dogs, as well as tho sbrill bark of tbe chief's daughter, the little dog, were very natural, as well as their action. Ano'kor play represented a mother moaning over her dead baby. She was crying with one eye shut, a Samoan custom, when tho father coming in discovered tlie misfortune which had. befallen his house. Thereupon the grief was even more violent than that of his spouse, and he indicated that nothing oould solace him but rum. When he had gained sufficient control over bis feelings he asked the mother what was tbe cause of the child's aeain, ana ner repi.y creuteu great/ mnn- | ment among the natives. She said it had died 'waiting for the American man-on-war to come!' The entertainment finished in a frenzy of motion, a throwing up of hands, a whirl of the body, and a hearty peal of laughter." The question is frequently asked: "What interest has tho United States in Samoa:" The interest is not a small one. Samoa is almost directly in the course of vessels running between the Pacific coast and Australia and Now Zealand. This line of commerce is growing very rapidly, and its proportions will soon be immense. Tho United States needs a port of call and a coaling station in Samoa, and if the kingdom is in the possession of one of the great European ]>owors it would shut American vessels out in case of hostilities, and thus do irreparable damage to this country. If the | Nicaragua canal is completed Samoa will then be in the direct line of communication ! between Australia and Europe, and this will j add enormously to the commercial and ! strategical value of the islands. England does not want them; she has Fiji. Australia, and New Zealand. The United States does not want them: it only wants to see them independent: it onlv asks that Samoan autonomy be uot disturbed or imperilled. SA1L0RSENGULFED, Fifty-two Men Perish in a Collision off Deachy Head, England. The three masted iron steamer Glencoe, bound from Liverpool for London, collided off Beachy Head, England, with the British bark Largo Bay. She sank with all on board. She carried no passengers, but her crew numbered lifty-two, including twenty-three Chinamen, all of whom perished. Tho force of the collision was so great that the foremast of the Largo Bay was pulled out and fell across the deckhouse, crushing it A wild tempest was raeing at Mm time*, nnd snow was falling so thicklv that it was impossible for the lookout on cither vessel to see the lights of the other until tne collision was inevitable. The Largo Bay would also hav? sunk had she not been provided with water tight sections. The suddenness of the shock dazed the crew of the bark. They saw nothing further of the steamer, but could make out ner crew struggling in the water. It was, however, impossible to render them any assistance, all of the Largo Bay s boats being smashed. The wind blew with such force that the sails of the bark were torn to shreds, and a boy was carried overboard. A GIANT'S DEATH. A Well Known Colossus Passes Quietly Aivay. Colonel Ruth Goshen, the largest man Bcrnum ever had on exhibition, died a few days since at Clyde, N. J., where he has lived during the winter for the past ten years. After an illness of six months he died of dropsy. During his ilmess ho had four men in attendance ail the time. It took their combined strength to move him about in bed with a block and fall. He stood seven feet two inches in bis stockings, measured t?ofcet six inches across the shoulders, twenty-eight inches through the chest, and weighed O'W pounds when In health. From pspers found at Hs bom* he is supposed to be about seventy years ape, and was born in Egypt about "the year l8lfl or 15)21. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Bismarck is threatened with paralysis. George Gould is very fond of bicycle riding. Geoge W. Cable, the novelist, has six children. Cardinal Newman play3 the violin exquisitely. Joaquin Miller's real name is Cincinnaties lliner. Admiral David Porter is writing another novel. General Harrison always begins the day with family prayers. United States Senator Quay has been on a fishing trip in Florida. Prince Alpert Victor of Wales is to visit the C-ar of Russia in the spring. Representative Cannon, of Illinois, is the greatest letter-writer in Congress. Queen Victoi.ia has just ce'ebrated the forty-ninth anniversary of her wedding. Jay Gould's appearance has greatly changed of late, ana he is becoming rapidly old and infirm. John Bright, who is gradually recovering from a serious illness, has an inordinate passion for smoking. James G. Blaine has secured the old Seward house in Washington ou a ten years1 lease at ?2700 rental. C.iaklk; B. Holmef, of Chicago, is believed to control more street car lines and j iniies than anybody else. I J Although worth $1.1,000,000. Phil j ArmoUi-, the Chicago pork packer, works at his di i: thirteen hours daily. j ; Although Mrs. B.'aine has turned sixty in ] years, she is remarkably well preserved and i does not look to be more than torty. Eb.vsTcS Wiman, the Staten Island (N.Y.) , i millionaire, is said to own all the American ] patents for the slot devices for nickels. 2L Jacques, the unsuccessful candidate in ' Paris against Boulanger, estimates that his . 1 election expenses amounted to ?400,00J. j i Senator Palmer proves that a man and ] a Senator may also nave strange pets by \ keeping a tame 'coon in his dining-room. Dr. Mary Walker, the eccentric advo-; . cate of the Bloomer costume, has gone into journal sm, and is officially connected with ; the Washington Post j ( Harold Marsh Sewall, our Consul- ] General to Samoa, is a man about thirty | years of age. who was graduated at Harvard and later at the Harvard Law School. Ghooly Khan, the Persian Minister at 1 Washineun. recently appeared at a recep- j tion wearing white cotton gloves with the ! ends snugly confined to his wrists by rubber ' bunds. | i Jbs.se D. Abrams, the Dewly appointed j Comptroller of the Currency, is a native o? | .. Virginia, Cut for many years has lived in j * Washington, where for a time he wasinstruc- j 5 tor in a private educational institute. ^ Senator Kenna, of West Virginia, is j famed all through his State as a hunter ' sportsman. He is passionately lond 6t guu- ! ning and anglingj_?od keeps an "assortment , ^ftll If'-'1-- r^-fnrtitu; paraphernalia. 1 Pitcher SrAGti.of Yale, will not play ball | next season unless the success of hi4 coil-ge ; depends upon his services as a twirler. if he do?s not p.tch he will preach. In either case i his delivery will be au important factor. The new heir of the Austrian Emperor, b si les being u descendant of the Cu-sars, j will he King of nine countries, wear eight- ! j een titles as Duke, one us Archduke, two as : Grand Luke, four as Murgrave and so cn to tl.e total uuniler of fifty-lour. j ( Ex-President Woolsey, of Yale, al- j though nearly four score and cen years of I age, makes a trip to the New Htven (Conn.) i 1 ostolhce daily, i.ever varying a minute in 1 the time of his going and passing Vhe City J Hall just as the cIock strikes tf. 1 ' Jfti i THE ELECTORAL VOTE. i i " The Ceremony of Counting It i by Both lionscs of Congress. The Final Act in the Presidential Election of 1888. Benjamin Harrison and Levi P. Morton have been officially declared President and Vice-Presidont-elect by both branches of Congress in joint convention. This being the first time that the electoral vote was counted under the new law, it became, therefore, an occasion of unusual importance and interest Two hours before the assembling of Congress the galleries and that portion of the floor in rear of seats in the ball of the House of Representatives were crowded with spectators, a large proportion of whom were ladies. The first hour in both branches was occupied with transaction of routine business, to which but little attention was paid by the members. Beside the Speaker's chair was placed one iwWa n a rvrooi'H in OP Af - i IA?I kJOUttlWl " uvj ug vtMUiug v* i fleer of the Senate, was to preside over the joint assembly, and in thtf area in front of I the Clerk's desk were placed a number of richly upholstered chairs and lounges for the accommodation of the Senators. At* noon the Speaker's gavel hushed the hum of conversation and the chaplain made a prayer. After some routine business by the H< use, and promptly at 10 o'clock, the Senate was announced. The procession of Senators was led by two of the doorkeepers. Then came venerable Captain Bassett, who has seen fourteen electoral counts in the CapitoL The captain carried two boxes of electoral certificates. Behind him and closely watch.'ng the boxes came Presiding Officer Ingalls and General McCook, Secretary of the Senate. Two-by-two the Senators marched down the central aisle behind the presiding officer. When they had taken their seats on the right ot the Speakers desk. Speaker Carlisle handed 07tr his gavel and chair to Mr. Ingalls, and took the adjoining chair on the left. The tollers took their places be ow. The Representatives remained standing until the Senators had taken the seats as8 gned them, and then Senator Ingalls called tie joint assembly to order. Mr. Ingalls tiensaid: "This being the day and the hour appointed for opening the certificates and counting t'ae votes of Electors for President, the Senate and House of Representatives have met together pursuant to law." Mr. Ingalls then said that unless there was 6ome objection the certificate of the electoral vote of the State of Alabama would be read.' lie handed the document to the tellers, who were sitting in front of the desk. They were Senators Manderson and Harris and Representatives Baker and Ermentrout Mr. Manderson read the certificate, which declared that ten electoral votes in Alabama had been cast for Cleveland and Thurman. The whole document was read. It required fifteen minutes. Senator Edmunds asked unanimous consent, which w?s granted, that the entire reading of each certificate be dispensed with. Representative Cox made the next interruption by trying to read a sentence from tne oWtflPfll count law reauirinz the presiding officer to ask after the reading of each certificate if there was any objection. Mr. Ingalls tried to shut him off, but without sucee38. The presiding officer did not follow Mr. Cox's suggestion however. Things now got somewhat li rely, and Ermeutrout announced the vote of Florida for Levi P. Thurraan for Vice-President, whereupon dignity relaxed, and there whs great laughter. Ihis seemed to rattle the tellers and they made several mistaken Senator Harris announced the votes of Indiana for Urover Cleveland and had to correct it to Benjamin Harrison amid confusion and merriment. The spectators were enjoying things so loudly that Mr. Ingalls had to ask for order. The count was completed in due order, and Harrison and Morton were declared elected President and Vice-President The vote as tabulated was as follows: HARRISON AND MOR- CLEVELAND AND TON. THCRMAN. California 8 Alabama 10 Colorado 3 | Arkansas i Illinois 221 Connecticut. 6 Indiana 15 Delaware S Iowa 13 Florida * 4 Kansas. U I Georgia 12 Maine 6 Kentucky 13 Ma sachusetts .... 14 ! Louisiana 8 Michigan 13 ; Maryland 8 Minnesota 7jMs8 8sippi 9 Nebraska 5 Missouri 10 Nevada 31 New Jersey. 'J New York 36 North Carolina... 11 New Hampshire.. 4 South Carolina.... 9 .Ohio 23 Tennessee 12 Oregon 3 Texas.. 13 Pennsylvania .... 3) Virginia.. 12 Rhode Island 4 West Virginia.... t> Vermont 4 Wisconsin 11 Total 233 T tal 163 Republican majority?'J5. LATER NEWS, State officers of the Grand Army of the Republic were elected in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. Rear Admiral S. B. Luce struck his fag i'rom the masthead of the Ga'ena a few days ago, at Key West, Fla. He bade official farewell to officers and crew and sailed on the steamer Olivette for Tampa, whence he proceeds to Washington, where he will be retired. Mr. axd Mrs. Henry WoMAC.of Monroa> Ga.. have died of hydrophobia caused by a cat's bite. j General Alger has bought the Pittsburgh and Lake Superior Company's iron mine, at Marquette, Mich., for fS0J,0J0, in- , eluding 1800 acres of iron land. < n ?- - * n-j# 1 - *. T :i *... TT? . IHK XianK 01 utxuuiii, at uiueri/, to.' hag suspended payment on account of overdrawn accounts by stockholders. Mr?. Hargrove, a wealthy lady of Smyr- | ?a,Ga.,was murdered by unknown parties in her own home.while she was alone. She was found by her son horribly mutilated and her < skull crushed in. The nomination of Norman J. Colman, of Missouri, to be Secretary of Agriculture, has lieeu confirmed by the Senate. The proceedings of the Senate on the Brit- i Ish Extradition Treaty have b?3n made pub- ! lie. ] The Ameer of Afghanistan is circulating a rumor of approaching war with Russia. It is alleged that he is beheading thres hundred persons daily for interfering with frontier ] :raffic. The Queen Regent of Spain has received | Elon. Perry Belmont, the new American Minister to Madrid, who presented his ere lentials. Her Majesty cordially welcomed j tfr. Belmont, who made an appropriate ] eply. The biggest and coldest blizzard of the winter raged in Canada, Snow blockcd the < trains, telegraph lines were in inextricable confusion; sleet and wind mido walking i iangeroua Numerous deaths were reported. Frequent skirmishes between natives and ; French troops are reported outslde_of Ilaip- ; uong Haner and the coast ports of Tonquin, J China^^A5Tn<T~of 1000 natives recently atIftdceJ the French and have practically driven Lhom out of Monkay. In these lights tLive trench soldiers were killed and five were ivouuded. A hand of fifty prominent ladies made ? crusade on a saloon and Rumbling hou<*> at i rosser, Ne!>., deniolwhinu the entire establishment. They annexed the building when it was crowded, with their aprons full of lumps of coal, breaking every window-glass nnd clearing out the establishment. The inmates scattered in every direction. Soma of the loungers were husbands of the women. Whisky and beer f.owed freely into the gut. ter. I* 'Michigan last year it cost twentv-sii cents to produce and m3rkt t a bushel of oati and nineteen cents to produce and market * bushel of corn. - -? TREASUEE SEEKERS SLAIN, fl Eiffht. Mexicans Mnrflfired at the Month of & Gold Mine. M A dispatch from Cheyenne, Wyoming, says: A party of eight Mexicans, trading overland, reached this city six weeks ago. V.^B They were richly dressed, splendidly outfitte<l and Lore every evidence of being 7:jBS aristocrats. Don Miguel Martinez was <;H| the leader, and gave evasive replies when questioned concerning the party'* mission. It was whimpered that they bad come to look up a cold mine located by H Spaniards *00 years ago. 1 he men spent money freelr and gambled heavily. When B9 the party left for the north they were fol- Bp lowed by a pair of curious cowboys. j^B "Mexican Monte," a Jocal character, declaredlbe travelers had informed him they , were going for the mysteric us hdden gold * M and were guided by a chart that had leen in Don Martinez's family for centuries. The ^^9 party were almost forgotten until George ^H9 Keller returned from the north to purchase supplies for horse traders. He says that while chasing some horses the horse hunters could not resist the temptation ^H| to look for the abandoned lodes. They were successful, stumbling upon what seemed the main shaft They came upon the bodies of the eight Mexicans fright/ally u~A ik.u ? juau^icu x uu vaoifiiijaiio uau iviiuu turu mine, but Americans were in possession of it They claimed ownership, and a band to band struggle ensued. Knives and six* S shooters were used, and the indications were tbat three whites bad been killed. Th? H bodies bad been eaten by wolves. SI Tbe fight took place on a high canyon* "Mexican Monte" was enraged over the af? fair and says tbe Mexicans will corns in I force to claim their righto. A SINGULAR FATALITY. ;':|B A Bar of Soap Wakes a SlnmberlngGeyser?Four Chinamen Killed. News has boen received at Cheyenne, Wyoming, of a most singular fatality by which: four Chinamen lost their lives. They were la. IB Canyon City, near the Yellowstone Farft^ |H and Yi Sing bad established a wash- fl house in a tent directly over a boiling spring. He had hot water constantly, and was doing a good business in the new mining town. Wednesday he and three other Mongolians, who came from adjoining camps, celebrated |H their Chinese New Year. They carried Are- |H crackers, and made offerings to Joss by get- BH ting drunk. |H Yi Sing bad been cautioned about the- K| boiling spring and told that it might be %. slumbering geyser. For this reason his wash> HI ingtubs were put on the other side of the 19 tent so tbat soap might not disturb tbe quiefc of tbe boiling waters. No one knows just. how Yi Sing's bar of laundry soap got overturned into the boiliog spring. It is mora* ' H| fkan r\?rth?hla fV?of ortmo mianhiovonQ minor- HB emptied the soap in the slumbering geyser. Tfaat night there was a sudden spouting of' boiling water, a tent flying through the air,'- VI and some piercing yells. The miners rushed flfl up and found the geyser pouring water' to a. H| height of over a hundred feet The bodies- flH of four Chinamen, scalded to death, were- H found later at some distance from the scenes The geyrer spouted for three hours and then* VH subsided. MUSICAL AND DBAMATIO. j I Patti gets $GC03 a night I |B Joseph Jefferson is worth $500,000. ' ! H Mart Anderson is in her thirtieth year.. H The Kellogg Opera Company has col? H lapsed. Sahasarte, the famous violinist, is coming: HE to America. 19 Hastreiter is the lion of the operatic- |fl season in Rome. Verdi has declined to write an ODera on the discovery of the new world. Josef Hofmann, the piano prodigy, is now studying music with Urban of Berlin. Modjeska has finally agreed to act tha~ H leading roles in Booth's support next season. The Scandinavian drama is growing ill. popularity iu Germany and German Switz- ^B erland. m Janauschik, the German tragedienne,. Hj has been playing to crowded houses through- ^B the West. XI Hans Von Be low, the pianist, will sail. 9| for Now York in March to make a tour of ^B the country. B PniLADEr.rHiAso far this season has proven. itwlf the best frhown town in this country for- ^B traveling companies |fl Ik Henry lrvinjc visits this country again. HI on a professional tour it will be contrary to* H his present intentions. BB Mkp. Langtry's | roduction of "Macbeth" ^b is meeting w itb much success at the Fifth |H Avenue Theatre, New York. ^8 A curious feature of the theatres in Mel? ^b bourne, Australia, is that they are mostly all -^b equipped with billiard rooms. |B "The Henrietta," 'Shenandoah," and. Mi "One of Uur Girls*' have all been arranged. ^B for Loudon production by Bronson Howard). IB Emma Nevada, the cantatrice, is shortly B to dedicate the new Teatro Nevada, which. ^B has been named in her honor at Rio Janeiro b| Brazil H A little American girl, Olive Earclay, Hfl has attracted attention as a proJig.v in Lon- H don by the precoc.ouj cleverness of her red- Hj tations. - .. I- Hj There will he a Chinese theatre as a part- BR of the Paris Exposition, with native actors- Qj p.nd plays. Connected with the theatre will be a Celestial restaurant. BB Lee Lamaf, now starring in Eartley HB Campbell's play''i-ate,''is a Southern actress. Qfl She is relute l, it issa.d, to the Lees of Virginia and Justic3 Lamar. Hm At Hengler's Circus, now exhibiting at H Covent Garden Theatre, London, an intrepid * pony descends from the high ieiling to the B9 ring by means of a parachute. 09 Rokina VoK?S,the English comedy queen, EH is acting in "Ghastly Manor," a burlesque H melolrama, in which she mimics the gymnastic death scenes which have become so- IB common or late. Q The total number of passengers carried on Ibe elevated roads during tha second day of New York's street car strike was G?v500?the greatest number for a single day. Every car |H possessed by the company was u<ed, and the H| trains were run at the shortest possible inter- IB T H THE MARKETS. , H 7 NEW tore. fl| reeves 3 65 (3> 5 03 MB Milch Cows, com. to good...28 00 @45 00 j SB halves,common to prime.... 3 23 @ 4 00 HW Sheeo ? @ 5 BH Lambs 5 00 (?) 8 50 VR! Hogs?Live 5 o0 ^ 5 60 Dressed ^l{? 1 Flour?City Mill Extra. 5 ;0 <3 5 35 Patents 5 75 (Q 7 00 Wheat?No. 'i Red. 9Vi? H Rye?State 5j <g 59 jgfl Barley?No. 1 .. 81 @ ?5 j ^9 orn?Ungraded Mixed.... 40 <31 45 Uats?>o. 1 White ? @ S9 Bfl Mixed Western 2.1 @ 33 ^ Hay-No. 1 85 O 90 straw?Long Rye 80 @ HM r ?rH?Hhr stAAiri ? 10 O.TCo M butter?Klein Creamery.... Ul (!$ 82 Dairy, fair to good.. IS @ 2> West. Im. Creamery 10 (g) 21 SH Factory 12H@ 19 . 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