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"HARRISON'S mmi~
How the President-elect Started
for the National Capital.
Details of the Trip From Indianapolis
to Washington.
Prcsident-e?ect Harrison left Indianapolis
for Washington on Monday afternoon.
There was a busy scene at the Harrison house
all the morning. Neighbors and personal
friends were coming and going to bid the
General's family good-by. Tne servants
were busily engiged in packing up, and all
the newspaper correspondents in town were
scattered about the house watching developments.
The only visitors from out of town
were a delegation from the Commercial
Travelers' Republican Club, of Chicago, who,
through their President, T. S. Quincy, presented
the General a very gorgeous and
elaborate traveling Lag.
At the request of tfce President-elect nothing
hnt. nn informal and modest demonstration
was given him upon his departure. His comrades
of George H. Thomas Post. G. A. R,
marched up to his residence shortly after 1
o'clock and esrorted the carriages containing
him, Mayor Denny, Governor Hovey and
Becretary Halford to the railroact station;
the members of his family goine in their
private carriage by another way. In spite
of the bitter cold there were largo crowds
on the street, and General Harrison was kept
busy in acknowledging their greetings.
There was a large crowd at the station, but
th3 ceremonies there were very brief. Governor
Hovey made a brief address. The
party traveled in President Roberts's private
car. it consisted of Genera! and Airs. Harrison,
Russell Harrison, his wife and father
and mother-in-law; ex-Senator and Mrs.
Saunders, Mr. and Mrs. McKee, their children
and nurses: Secretary Halford. \V. H.
H. Miller. Chairman Huston, of tjie Republican
State Corr.mittee, and Mrs. Ix>rd, Mra.
Harrison's sister. Another private car contained
all the newspaper representatives.
The train to convey the Presidential party
is a beauty. It lay all morning on a siding |
and at 2 p. m. was drawn up in the main
traclr.
When General Harrison stepped on to the ;
rear end of the train just on the eve of its
departure, the crowd applauded and cheered
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When quiet had been restored General Harrison
stepped close to the brake on the rear
platform of the car and made an a'cldresi
that took about two minutes in delivery. He
removed his hat, adjusted his eye-glasses
and read the following address from a manuscript.
if.. "My Good Friends and Neighbors: I cannot
trust myself to put in words what I fee'
at this time. Every kind thought that is in
your minds and every good wisn that is in
your heart for me finds its responsive wish
and thought in my mind and heart for each
of you. I love this city, it has been my
own cherished home. Twice before I
Lave left it to discharge public duties and
returned to it with gladness, as I hope to do
again. It is a city on who6e cheek the pompous
displays of wealth are not seen. It is
full of pleasant homes and in the homes there
is an unusual store of contentment.
" The memory of your faces and kindness
will abide with me. and my strong desire to
hold your respect and contiden e will
strengthen me in the discharge of my new
and responsible duties. Let me say farewell
to all my Indiana friends. For the public
honors that have come to me I am their
r-?- grateful debtor.
lhey have made the debt so large that I
can never discharge it . There is a great
sense of loneliness in the discharge of nigh
public duties. The moment of decision is one
t of isolation, but there is one who-c help
I comes even into the quiet chamber of judgment,
and to His wisdom and i;nfai!Jng
onu'rlon^a I will Irv?lr for direction and sa-fetv.
"My family unite with me iu grateful
thanks for this cordial good-by, and, with
me. wish thr.t theaa years of separation may
be full of peace and happiness for each of
you."
Just at the close of his brief remarks, Mrs.
Harrison, having been fouqjl, slipped blithely
out of the doorway and made a graceful
bow to the throng. General Harrison
grasped her hand eagerly and his face
lighted un with evident satisfaction as she
Stood by his sida
' Conductor King leaned over the guard
gate, moved his hand to the engineer and
the Presidential train moved slowly away as
the clock showed 3:13j^.
i The President-elect a'nd his wife remained
on the platform saluting the crowd until the
train got a sqvrre away.
Notices had been senfc to the sup3rvisor9
and section foremen of the Pan Handle road
to have their track walkers doubly vigilant
In their patrols during the passage of the
train of the President-elect on that division.
One man was stationed on every mile of
track between Pittsburg and Dennison.
At Greenfield, about ten miles out from
lndianaDoli8. where an enthusiastic crowd
had gathered, the engineer siowed the train.
down enough to let General Harrison appear
on the platform. The first stop was at
Knlghtstown, where the Soldiers Orphans'
Home is situated, and here the Presidentelect
made his first speech on tho route.
A crowd of five or six hundred persons, in
which were many of the children from the
Soldiers' Home, cheered for Harrison, and
the General s lid a few words. At Dunreith,
the crossing of the Fort "Wayne, Cincinnati
and Louisville railroad, many telegrams were
received from neighboring towns and!
cities At Cambridge City the heavy boomIing
of field pieces was heard as tho cars
went flying by. \V hen Richmond was reached
a crowd or over five thousand people were
waiting, and General Harrison spoke to
them briefly. In Ohio the first stop was
made at Greenville, whero there was the
usual crowd. At Piqua Governor Foraker
and wife boarded the train as the party were
sitting down to supper. At Urbana another
large crowd was waiting, but from that time
on it was too d.irk to see the people. In
places fires of pine knots were lighted, and
out of the blackness rose cheers as the train
dashed by on its way to Columbus and the
East.
When the train bearing the Presidentelect
reached Newark, Ohio, there was a
large crowd of people prepared
to give General Harrison a rousinor
rc?nontinn A hrttif. lnrnmnrivpfl in
|... the yards of the railroad centerine there boKan
a series of shrill whistling which made
, life hideous for the moment. The tt*ain
, pas.'el by the depot without stopping, much
j to the disappointment of tha assembled
multitule.
i The run from Newark to Dennison was
? -wit'ipt accident, except now and theu a roporlC
a g:m or pistol.
After < aving Newark the President-elect'i
party re ;rji to their bertl s for the night.
A Speech at Harrisburff.
Tbe run through Ohio, West Virginia end
into Pennsylvania, was made at a rapid rat j
of speed; so rapid, indeed, that frequent
stops were necessary to allow the pilot train
fy (Atlantic express) to get out of divisions approached
by tbe sj>ecial in accordance with
the rules of the Pennsylvania block system,
which prohibit two trains running in the
jgr . same direction from occupying one division
at the same time.
t There was no demonstration of any kind
at Pittsburg, tbe only persons in the train
> shed being railroad employes and a few belated
or early passengers who chanced to bo
in or about tbe station.
From Pittsburg to Altoona, the first
division on the Pennsylvania road proper,the
run was made without accident. Thirty
minutes of the lo3t time was made up. To
provide against delays or accident an oxtra
oticTino fnllr.woit thf ofTirinl truin in order to
1 taj" on band should" the other become disabled.
The faint gray streaks of dawn met the
eyes of the early risers on the train as they
dashed over the summit at the beautiful park
of Cresson and then there was an awakening
by a majority of those aboard in order to
witness the beauties of the famous horseshoe
bend. The Presidential party were still
asleep.
Russell Harrison, the last of the General's
party to retire, was the first to make his appearance
just after leaving Altoona. Atniue
|k>: o'clock the day had fairly begun in car No.
120, and General Harrison and his immediate
family sat down to breakfast, whence they
viewed the gatherings of people as they
sped along toward Harrisburg. The
party in the press car took breakfast as the
train ran its way along the banks of the
& Blue Juniata, the beautiful scenery adding
much to the delights of the meal 'J. he table
? "1? was adorned with a handsome bouquet of
roses, whicn came wlt'u the compliments or
Mrs. Harrison. Superintendant AlcClellan's
promise that the train should reach Harrisburg
on time was redeemed, the cars rolling
% into the depot promptly at 10:30, in the
presence of a great assemblage of peoplo,
who kept outside the gates. _ I
Hardly bad the train came to a stop when
the sea of humanity that bad been held back
by the iron fence suddenly rolled inward and
filled the entire space. The first persons to
board the train were the members of the
committee appointed by the Legislature to
extend to General Harrison an invitation to
visit the General Assembly and afford the
j statesmen an opportunity to pay their re|
spects. He sent his thanks to tbo House for
j the compliment.
It was bis intention not to make a spcech,
! but urged by Colonel Bean, who succeeded
in calming the excitement by a wave of his
hand, General Harrison consented, and said:
"My friends: I want to thank you for this
friendly demonstration. The State of Pennsylvania
has an especial interest to me among
the States. Not many miles from here, in
one of your beautiful valleys, near the town
of Mercerberg, was my mother's birthplaoo.
I am glad this morning to receive at the hands
of my fellow citizens of Pennsylvania this
cordial greeting. It is very pleasant to
know that 1 shall carry with me to Washington
the goo.1 wishes of so many people.
(Cheers.) 1 thank you again for your friendliness
and will beg you to excuse the attempt
to speak further in the midst of so much confusion."
After the conclusion of his remarks three
hearty cheers were given for the distin(Tiiishpri
trnvplAr and then tho crow.l nrpwil
forward to shake his hani The train pulled
out immediately. General Harrison played
with the children nearly all tbe way between
Harrisburg and Baltimore. There were very
few incidents of interest till the train reached
Baltimore, where the people all seemed to
have turned out to do honor to their coming
President.
The station was one mass of people. The
bridges spanning the railroad track at
Charles. Calvert and St. Paul streets were
loaded down by an eager, restless throng of
people, all waiting for a chance to greet the
new President.
The crowd numbered almost 10,000 people.
As the train burst suddenly out of the last
tunnel and came into tbe station the enthusiasm
of the crowd found relief in one
mighty shout of welcome, which was repeated
again and again.
Mrs. Harrison, Mrs. McKee and the others
re-entered the car, but General Harrison remained
on the platform, bowing and smiling
to the shouting crowds until the train
was swallowed up in the tunnels. At Fulton
station on the outskirts of th9 city and
at the Frederick road station there were
equally enthusiastic crowds. But the train
sp'ed right alonj until Washington was
reached.
Tlir> Aim lv.il in AVasliinfftnn.
President-elect Harrison arrived in Washington
in the afternoon at 2:S0 o'clock, and
disappointed a large crowd assembled
at the Sixth streeet Pennsvlvaaia railway
station to see him by alighting
at Ninth street and Maryland avenue.
This pomt is some three blocks south of
the station, and is in a very quiet part of the
city, so that the President elect and his
family were enabled, by taking carriages, to
go direct to the Arlington Hotel without
coming in contact with the multitude, which
filled all of the most prominent thoroughfares.
At 2:30 o'clock there wpre two or three
hundred people waiting in the vicinity of
the hotel in expectation of General Harrison's
arrival.
At 2:50 o'clock the crowd cried: "Here
they are," and there was a movement to the
front, which the police promptly checked.
The first carriage stopped and tho door was
instantly opened by an oflicer. Chairman
Britton emerged first, followed by Mrs. Harrison.
Mr. Britton then handed out baby
McKee, whose appearance caused another
murmur of greeting.
General Harrison next stepped out and for
a moment the crowd hesitated; then a cbeer
went up. Tne debarkation of the remainder
of the party was quickly accomplished and
the crowd soon dispersed.
The rest of the party arrived within a few
minutes, and were soon settled in the fine
suite of rooms that have been so1', apart for
them. No pleasanter locatioa for the Presidential
quarters could have been chosen, as
the family has all the privacy that they
could get in a house of their own.
The suite constats of four rooms which
have been thoroughly renovated and refurnished
for the General and Mrs. Harrison.
Suarters directly over those of General
.Mrs. Harrison were reserved for the rest
of the Presidential party.
Mr. Blaine called on Mr. Harrison during
the afternoon and had a half-hour's talk.
A note from President Cleveland was
brought over Dy Major rruaen aaouu t
o'clock. It was a tender of courtesies from
the retiring to the incoming President
General Harrison ordered dinner to be
served at 6 o'clock, and then he settled down
to take possession of his apartments.
Guests of the President.
The President-elect give an informal reception
on the morning after his arrival in
"Washington to a host of callers. Among
them w ere Senators and Representatives and
distinguished men from all parts of the
Union. General Harrison was self-possessed
and showed no signs of the fatigue of travel
There had been some correspondence between
tbe Whit3 House people and General
Harrison before l he latter left Indianapolis,
and, as a result of that correspondence and
the sending during the afternoon of a note
from the President, General Harrison and
Mrs. Harrison were on that night the guests
of President Cleveland and Mrs. Cleveland
at dinner, the only other person present being
Mrs. Folsom.
The invitation had been issued for 7:80, and
a few minutes before that hour General and
Mrs. Harrison drove up to the White House.
Upon entering the building General and
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were inime<liately ushered into the red parlor,
where, niter a few moments' chat, the party
walked across the corridor and entered the
private dining room in the AVbite House.
The President t<x>k Mrs. Harrison down
to dinner, while General Harrison
conducted Mrs. Cleveland to
the table, Mrs. Folsom following alone.
There was an utter absence of all formality,
and the dinner party seemed a chance supper
or live old familiar friends. The decorations
of the dining room were quite pretty.
The center piece on the table was a circular
basket of flowers studded with long stemmed
magna charta roses.
The table was beautifully decorated with
flowers, and the chef of the White House did
honor to himself anl his master by the dinner
that he served.
For two hours the President and his guests
sat at table and discussed everything but
politics. Just before 10 o'clock General and
Mrs. Harrison bade their hosts good-bye and
drove back to the Arlington.
OUR MARINE FORCE.
The Men and Vessels of tho United
States Navy.
The annual register of commissioned and
warrant officers of the United States Navy
just issued shows the aggregate number of
men on the active list of the navy to be 1514,
of whom 1330 are commissioned and 178 are
warrant officers. The commissioned officers
include 1 admiral, 1 vice-admiral, 6 rearadmirals.
1U commodores, who are designated
as flag officers, 45 captains, b5 commanders,
74 lieutenant commanders, 250 lieuteuants, 70
lieutenants (junior grade), 1S1 ensigns, 72
naval cadets performing two years' sea service
prior to final graduation, 15 medical directors,
15 medical inspectors, 50 surgeons, 58
passed assistant surgeons, 13 pay directors,
13 pay insiiectors, 43 paymasters, U3 passed
assistant paymasters, 14 assistant payiuas
lers, iu cniei engineers, 10 pu-'seu ussisuiiii
engineers, 08 assistant engineers, 24 chaplains,
12 professors of mathematics, 2 secretaries,
7 i aval construc tors, 14 assistant naval
constructors, and ltj civil engineers. In
addition there are 232 cadets on probation at
the Naval Academy. In the Marino corps
there are 5 on the general staff, 1 colonel, 2
lieutenant colonels, 4 majors, 20 captains. 80
first lieutenants, and li> second lieutenants.
In lha list of warrant officers there are 83
boatswains, 3ti gunners, 41) carpenters, 2'J
sail maker*, and 31 mates.
During the year there were 4fi resignations,
11 retirements. 45 deaths, two of which were
among the marine officers, 2 were dismissed,
and cadets were honorably discharged.
The serviceable vessels include: First-rate,
5: second-rate, 13; thinl-rate, 42; fourthrate,
T; tugs, 12; sailing vessols, 12; unserviceable
vessels, 6.
A woMAXtiamed Girvin, living at burliam,
near I'ochester, England, has just had
a narrow escape from being buried alive.
She fell into a kind of trance, which was
mistaken for death, and a coffin was ordered
and the usual preparations made for a funeral.
But while a number of relatives were
gathered at the bedside bewailing their bereavement,
the supposed corpse startled
them by suddenly rising up in Led and asking
what was the matter. The woman ia
making good progress toward convalescence
TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
The Khodo Island House of Representatives
by ii vote of three to thirty-one has passed
ballot Reform bill, based on the Australian
system.
Tiik discovery of the register of the burned
Park Central Hotel in Hartford, Conn., dispels
many painful uncertainties as to the loss
of life. A summary of the results of the disaster
shows that there were forty-two persons
in the hotel, of whom twenty-two are
dead, ten are injured and ten escaped un
harmed.
George Smith, seventy years old, was
torn to atoms and much property was
damaged by a premature blast in New York.
Two buildings of|Wesleyan University, at
Middletown, Conn., were badly damaged by
the explosion of dynamite bombs by freshmen
who were celebrating "Washington's
Birthday. Nelson C. Hubbard, a freshman
was dreadfully injured.
William Bassett, builder, of Boston
and Everett. Mass.. has gone into insolvency.
His liabilities are stated at $074,000.
A disastrous fire broke out in Warren,
Penn., and, owing to the severity of the
weather, resulted in a loss of over $70,000 to
the town and the destruction of a block.
Mrs. James Westcott, the young wife
of a nrominent citizen and lumber merchant
at Hazard's, Penn., and a servant, Jennie
Waiters, were burned to death.
A BUtr.ntNG in Bristol, Conn., was wrecked
by an explosion of powder.
Mus. Fhaxk Leslie, of New York city,
has sold her 1!Iks!rated Newspaper, both
English and German editions, to W. J. Arkell,
proprietor of Judye, for ?403,003.
Ci'RTis Ckomlich, as he was about to enter
the church door at Carlisle. Teun.. placed a
revolver close to his head, fired, and was
kille l instan'.ly.
Jonx Lehman, a young German groom,
was kicked to death in New York city by
Richard Yarwood, a riding master, who accused
him of getting him discharged from a
riding academy.
Tiik reign of terror in York and adjoining
counties ot Pennsylvania has Leconieso groat
on account of numerous singular conflagrations
that Governor Beaver has been called
upon by a committee of citizens for advice
and assistance. Thus far eighteen buildings
have been turned within the past four
months.
Sonth and West.
Oscar Evans, a bark contractor, shot and
killed James Kirby, and mortally wounded
A. L. Hoke, near Romney, W. Ya. About
a week ago Hoke horsewhipped Evans.
The highest price ever paid for a horse in
America was given a few days since, when
fha trnttincr cfnllinn Roll Rov was Sold for
?.51.000 at auction at Lexington, Ky.
The long deadlock in the West Virginia
Legislature has been broken by there-election
of James E. Kenna as United States
Senator.
A heavy snow storm has raged all over
Georgia. More than six and a half inches of
snow fell in Atlanta. It is the heaviest fall
of show within the recollection of people
there.
Two children were eaten by wolves while
returning from school in Minnesota.
Tl*nn*EE No. 17 on the Cincinnati Southern
Road, near Sunburnt, Tenn., is on fire, and
in a property sense it is the greatest catastrophe
any railroad ever suffered. The officers
of the road placed the loss at from $400,000
to 5000,000. Coal seams were ablaze
which promised to burn for months. Tha
tunnel is 1J0 feet long.
County Treasurer James M. Lo^e, of
Cirdeville. Ohio, has absconded and is a de
fauIter in the sum of $2<;,000.
Governor Wilson and General GofT.each
of whom claims to have been elected Governor
of West Virginia, effected an understanding
to the effect that the fcrmer should
hold over as Governor and the latter qualify
as such on March 4. The case was then to
be taken to the Supreme Court for a docision.
Heavy snow storms and very cold
weather are reported from the South and
the West.
D. H. Smith, a colored man who had been
shipping hands to Arkansas, was lynched by
white men at Artesia, Miss.
John J. Holmes, Mayor of Iowa City,
Iowa, has committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. The act was committed
while he was temporarily insane from
continued ill health.
A boiler in the saw mill of Ingram &
Ragan, at Suminerton, S. C., exploded.
John C. Ragan was instantly killed. Ingram
and a colored man were fatally scalded.
The residence 01 earnest loung, near
Battle Creek, Mich., was burned, and two
little children, a boy aged five and a girl
aged six, perished.
Fire destroyed Kelly and Lyle's mill,
Leavenworth, Kan., together with 200,000
busbels of wheat; loss $100,000.
J. C. Clarke, fifty years old, who was to
have been married to Miss Florence Smith
at New Orleans, committed suicide on the
day which was to havo witnessed his wedding.
Five tons of powder were exploded in
Schneider's granite quarry at Graniteviile,
Mo., and the force threw down a hill of
granite fifty-two feet high.
Thk trial ot Governor Larrabee, of Iowa,
for criminal libel resulted in a triumphant
acquittal.
Washington.
I The President has vetoed the House bill
to quiet title of settlers on the Des Moines
Kiver lands in Iowa.
Dp. D. Willakd Bliss, who attended
President Garfield during his illness, died a
few days ago at his residence in Washington.
Dnpt-rnrvm on/1 ATrc PlftTTAlfmH fTRVP thfilP
last reception to the public. It was the most
briliiant of tho winter's series. Tiie White
Housj was handsomely decked with flowers.
Tiie news of the signing by the President
of the bill making four now States was received
in those States with satisfaction. A
telegram from Helena says that all Montana
is celebrating, an.1 Dakota is really beside
herself with delight. From every hamlet
large enough to have a telegraph otlice come
despatches expressive of a state of jubilation
bordering on insanity.
General Harrison has rented a pew in
the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.
Mr. Blaine will also worship there.
Dr. Francis Wharton, Solicitor of the
State Department, and a prominent author
of legal works, is dead in his sixty-ninth
year.
Consil-General Waller, at London,
England, has sent his resignation to the
State Department, to tnko eflfoct immediately
on the appointment of his successor.
The President has nominated J. J.eo
Tucker, of New York, to be Doputy Fifth
Auditor of the Treasury, vice Alfred E.
Lewis, removed, and James C. Perry, of
North Carolina, to be an Assistant Surgeon
iu the Mariue Hospital service.
The Chinese Minister and suite have
arrived at Washington from Havana, Cuba.
Bknton J. Hall, Commissioner of
Patents, has rendered a decision in the
matter of the petitions of Gray and
McDonough to reopen the Bell telephone
interferences. The Commissioner refuses to J
reopen tho interferences and roaffirms the
award of priority to Bell.
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THE President lssueu mc usual ?
mation convening the Senate to meet at the
Capitol for the inaugural ceremonies.
Vice-Admiral S. C. Rowan has lieen put
cn the retired list of tho Xavy, with full pay
of that grade.
The President appointed Brigadier-General
Orlando B. Wilcox (retired), Governor of tho
Soldiers' Home, at Washington, vice General
Hunt, deceased.
Foreign.
James C. Flood, the California millionaire,
died at Hiedelberg, Germany, of
Blight's disease. The remains will bo embalmed
and will rest till May in tho churchyard
chapel there, when they will bo transferred
to San Francisco.
Planter Modekta Rctz, who was captured
by bandits in tho Remodios district,
Cuba, has been released on the payment of a
rancom of So'0,000.
The British Parliament has reassembled
Tho Queen's opening speech asked for increased
supplies for defensive purposes.
Fourteen* streets, containing 1000 houses,
with temples, schools, and hospitals, in Shid
snoki, Japan, were recently burned to the
ground. At Yokosuki, firo gutted 500 houses
and burned three men to death. On the
same day ten houses at Joctio and fifteen at
Tokio were burned.
Chili has passed a law excluding Chinese
immigrants from the Republic. But all other
j classes of immigrants find a warm welcome.
:
. ; -ITtu.v.>r dcs^-iwr
Gabriel Dcmont, who Tras Riel's lieutenant
in the bloody half-breed rebellion,
has been pardoned by the Canadian Government,and
is now on his way to his old stamping
ground.
Prince Rupert, the eldest son of Prince
Ludwig of Bavaria, the heir to the Bavarian
throne, is insane.'
Cardinal Charles Sacconi, Bishop of.
Ostia and Velletri, in Italy, is dead. He was
one of the six suffragan bistops of the
Roman Pontiff and Dean of the Sacred
College.
Steinitz, of Germany, defeated Tschigorin,
of Russia, in the sixteenth gime of the
chess tournament at Havana, Cuba, and
was declared winner of the match and champion
of the world.
A dispatch from Pekin anhounces thai
the Emperor of China has been married.
LATER NEWS.
The ten girls who were killed by the squib
factory disaster at Plymouth, Penn., have
been buried, nine in cne comnlfcn grave in
Shawnee Cemetery and one, Majgia Lynch,
in the Catholic Cemetery.
Howard Anderson (white) has been
handed at Goldsboro, N. C., for murder.
Ex-United States Senator John W.
.Tohvstov. of Richmond. Va.. died a few
days since in bis seventy-eighth year.
At Aurora, 111., Edward Artis, a young
colored man,shot Kittie Palmer, who refused
to marry him, and shortly afterward committed
suicide.
By the explosion of a saw mill at Hunter's
Landing, Tenn., three men were killed and a
number wounded.
The President has approved the Legislative,
Executive and Judicitd Appropriation
bill, the Diplomatic and Consular Appropriation
bill, the bill granting a pension to Mrs.
Phil. Sheridan, and the bill placing General
Rosecrans on the retired list.
The Secretary of the Treasury has awarded
the contract for carrying spocia and all other
Government moneys to and from the Treasury
and national depositories to the United
States Express Company. The Adams Express
Compauy, which hps held tbe contract
for thirty years, was the only other bidder.
It is reported that General Desbordes, the
French commander, been murdered In
Tonquin, China
Seventy lives were lost in the recent gale
on the North Sea.
TEN PASSENGERS KILLED, ;
A Crowded Express Train Crashes
Through a Canada Bridge.
The most terrible railway accident in the
history of Canada was reported from St.
George, a small town on the Great Western
branch of the Grand Trunk.
The St. Louis express, which passed Ihere
about six o'clock, went through a bridge just
east of that station. Ten people were killed
and thirty wounded.
The train, which is ono of the heaviest run
on that line, consistod of five coaches -laggage,
passenger, smoking, Pullman and dining
cars.
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the train passed the station. The engine,
tender and smoker crossed the bridge in
safety, but just as the passenger coach
reached the centre of the bridge the crash
came. The passenger car went over the
bridge and turned a somersault. The Pullman
remained on the bridge. The dining
car only contained 6even people besides the
waiters.
Supper was being prepared, and if the accident
had happened five minutes later the car
would have been full and all would have
perished.
The fireman noticed that all was not right
and jumped into the ravine below, receiving
fatal injuries.
The first of the villagers who reached the
scene described it as one of sickening horror.
From out the twisted and broken cars and
from the death chasm below the bridge could
be heard piercing shrieks of anguish and
cries for aid, while the moans of the dying
and the prayers of those pinned in by tin
timbers made the stoutest hearts quail
with pity and blanched the sternest
cheeks. At once work of rescue was
begun. Huge bonfires were lighted at
either side of the wrecked train to
illuminate the sceue, fast growing black
with the coming night, while strong men
with axes, saws or crowbar in hand worked
as never had they worked before to rescuo
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The bridge is an iron trestle, with btone [
abutments about three hundred feet long.
The cars were hurled down over ?.ixty feet.
One of them caught fire.
A BOY EMPEEOR WEDS.
Vast Sams Spent While Millions of
People Starve.
The marriage ceremony of the Emperor
of China, which has just been celebrated,
was a most gorgeous, though exclusive,
affair. The foreign diplomats requested the
privilege of paying their respect:s to His
Majesty, but the tenders were politely declined.
They were entertained at a banquet
by the Ministers, however, and received
valuable presents in honor of the occasion.
The splendor surrounding the ceremony and
the vast 6um expended in carrying out the
programme is in marked contrast to the fact
that millions of people are starving in the
Provinces.
Tsai Tien, the Emperor, is now seventeen
years old. He is a slender, yellow-faced, J
almond-ej'ed young Tartar. His wife is
about fifteen years of age.
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
Bismarck now weighs only 1C5 pounds
Li Hi is the name of the King of Corca.
The active career of M. de Lessepsis over.
Mrs. James G. Blaine has turned sixty.
Joinf Bright is in his seventy seventh
year.
the iion. j-i.imoerc iree nas leai^ucu ^
Minister to Russia.
Batten-berg, husband of Princess Beatrice,
is to Le made a Duke.
Cabanel, the French crtist, left a fortune
of moro thau 5400,000.
Jay Gould is said to te completely under
the thumb of his son George.
The annual income of the young German
Emperor is estimated at $4,OOJ,OjO.
Caul Schurz seems to have regained his
youth since his return from Europe.
General Boulanger grows stronger in
popularity and real power every day.
Congressman XV. L. Scott, of Erie,
Penn., is worth probably $10,000,000.
Queen Victoria 6ave8 more than $5,50!),000
per annum from tho civil list alcne.
Dr. Gatling, the inventor of tho famous
gun by that name, is a North Carolinian.
Mrs Levi P. Morton speaks and writes
German, French aud Spanish with easo and
correctness.
The Duke of Sutherland has bought a
property in Florida, and renamed it; Sutherland
Mai or.
Colonel Fred Grant is getting very
much like his father in appearance, although
he is taller and heavier.
General Legitime, the Haytian rresident,
is described as looking like a. '"Saratoga
hotel bead waiter."
Andrew Carnegie, the millionaire iron
founder, began his business career by sweeping
out an office in Pittsburg.
The growing influence in Germany of
Count W alder see ha-; brought bim into
prominence a* a rival of Bismarck.
Stanley Brown, who married MissMollie
Garfield, will soon take a position in the
Geological Survey at Washington.
Jay Gould, of New York, has resigned as
director of the Delaware, Lackawanna and j
Western Railroad, owing to ill health.
A white marble figure of the late Emperor
William, sinnliur to the figures of his parents,
has been placed in the C'hurlottenburg mausoleum.
William Sunday, a well-known member
of the Chicago Baseball Club, is conducting
Sabbath revival meetings in the Western
metropolis.
Mr. H. H. Johnston, the African explorer,
is now about forty-five years old: a
small, wiry man, with bright eyes and a
1 bronzed fare.
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TRAGEDIES ON THE RAIL.
Railway Casualties in Various
Parts of the Country.
California Bandits Rob a Train and
Commit Murder,
The Coroner held an inquest over the Ibody
of Charles F. Gabert, who was killed in the
train robtysry near Pixley, CaL, the
other evening. He was a native of West
Virginia, aeed twenty years, and wa-i instantly
killed. Testimony given by P. T. Folger,
engineer, and C. J. Alder, fireman,
showed that when leaving Pixley
two masked men boarded the engine
with shotguns and ordered the engineer
to pull out. They fired a shot when two
miles out and ordered the engineer
to iilow down. The engineer and fireman
rpflra folron l.onlr Ktr fho rnKVinrQ t/> t.VlA ATT
press car, and a bomb was thrown under the
car. The explosion nearly turned the car
over. The messenger came out when ordered.
One of the robbers entered the car, while
the other held the fireman, engineer and
messenger under cover. Meanwhile Brakeman
Gabert came up on one side of
the car and Bentley came up on
the other side to see the
cause of the delay. When they were approaching,
one robber exclaimed: "Stop,"
and fired. Gabert received a heavy load of
buckshot in the heart and head, killing him
instantly.
The robbers then reached under the car
and fired at the other man. Bentley
was struck by several shot in the
abdomen and right arm. The robbers
then marched the three man upon thft
enjpne and backed away into the darkness.
It 'ivas thought that the affair was not the
work of professionals, as it was needlessly
murderous The robbers secured only S-tOl).
Armed parties were scouring the country in
search of the robbers.
A dispatch received from Bakersfield says
that the robbers had been overtaken by the
officers who went in pursuit, and that- one of
the' former was killed and one captured alive.
The Bodies Were Burned Up.
A serious accident o?curred to a train from
Bangor to St John's, near Boyd's Mills, two
miles east of Kingman, Ale. The following
were killed:
John English Campbell.raail clerk; HenryGoodman,
a fireman; W. D. Mudgett, rail
way postal clerk.
It is reported that the bodies were burned
in the wreck. J? Angel, engineer, was seriously
injured, but no passengers are reported
as seriously injured.
The cars had I Jewell heaters in them, but
they caught fire from the locomotive immediately
after leaving the track. The mail,
baggage and pa rim- cars were burned, together
with the express mail matter and baggage.
A wrecking-train, with physicians on board,
went to the scene of the disaster. The
Maine Central people are doing everything
possible for the injured passengers.
The latest accounts said the accident was
caused by the drawing of the rail spikes by
the frost. One body had been recovered,
supposed to be that of Goodman. When the
engine was derailed it plunged alODg the side
of the track for quite a distance, tearing up
the sleepers and cutting down telegraph
poles, thereby severing all means oi telegraphic
communication.
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Passenger Train Wreoked.
A north-bound passenger train on the
Northern Central Railroad was thrown
from the track by a broken rail
near Ralston, Penn. About fifteen passengers
were injured, none of them
seriously. Conductor William Dale was
supposed to be fatally injured, but is better,
and his recovery, was expected. The car
rolled down an embankment, turning over
twice in its descent. The passengers suffered
intensely from the cold during the delay
caused by the accident.
Killed in a Collision.
Two freight trains collided on the Knox7
J lie and Ohio Railroad, half a mile north of
Knoxville, Tenn. One fireman was killed
and both engines wrecked. Several freight
cars were demolished. The accident was
caused by a misunderstanding of orders.
THE LABOR WORLD.
Builders favor trade schools.
The Federation of Bookkeepers baa 40d0
members.
France owes much of her wealth to her
Great numbers of discharged oanal laborers
are leaving Pancma.
The single strength glass blower averages
$120 for 1U0 hours' work.
The pay of telegraph operators varies
from S40 to $10.1 a month.
New York silk workers have lately re
ceived ten per cent, advance in wages.
Philadelphia, boasts that just now sho
makes the best stained glass in the world.
The Tennessee Legislature has just passed
a law requiring all barber shops to close on
Sunday.
Master Workman Powderlt, of the K.
of L., is heartily in favor of the Australian
system of voting.
The army service corpe in England is to
form a class for the instruction of smiths,
wheelers and saddlers.
There are in New York city a number of
Italian bricklayers and a good many stonemasons
of that nationality.
Eighteen out of fifty-eight National Trad?
CJnions of the United .States have their headquarters
in New York city.
Some of the railway companies in England
are forming their employes iDto railway
battalions for home defense.
The Bricklayers and Masons' International
Union has 17t> unions; $200,000 have been
expended for strikes and $350,00J in benefits.
A National Pattern-Makers' Lea oris
has been organized in Philadelphia with
nine lodges, whose combined membership is
1000.
Builders of this country handle seve?
hundred and fifty million dollars a year, according
to statements made at their convention.
In a short time an oysterman's national
union will be formed, which will take in
eleven existing unions, with a membership
of WW.
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
was instituted in August 17, 1863, and at the
present time has iS'J- sub-divisions and over
125,000 members.
The New tJersey s'lk weavers have had
their wages repeatedly reduced within the
la^t few years. They used to get $1G a week;
they now get $9.
Tennessee iron-mtikers plume themselves
not a little over the fiict that no boiler made
of their famous charcoal cold blast has ever
been known to exp'.oda
The double-strength glass-blower In a tenpot
furnace makes an average of $1.75 an
hour. He works seven hours a day, running
his daily stipend up to $12.25.
In the New York State Senate a bilj has l
been introduced by Senator Cantor "fixing 4
the wages of day laborers for the State at &
a day or twenty-five cents an hour." '
German mechanics are largely educated in
trade schools,and the London guilds are now
expending their accumulated wealth in the .
establishment of similar schools throughout '
England. 9
What is known as the Pavinj? Cutters' f
National Union was organized on June 1, 3
1887, at Baltimore, Md., with eleven locals e
and 500 members. At presont there are t
thirty-six branches, with 1800 members. f
Of the national labor organizations in the '
Unite 1 States, the Brotherhood of Carpen- (
ters and Joiners has the most number of |
local unions, having 4S4. At the foot of the '
list is the International Boatmen's Union, ]
with two subordinate bodies. 1
Brunswick, G'a., is to lnve the largest .
cotton press in the Southern States. It
weights ~')0 tons, stands on a base twelve by
twenty-four feet, connecting with four links
thirty-cigh- feet long, each weighing nine
tons. It required six months' time to build it.
Belle Stark, the female desperado re- J
:ently shot in Indian Territory, was fortyfour
years old. She was a picturesque figure,
out she was by no means an attractive |
woman. She was below medium height,
ather fleshy and dressed in a rough nondeicript
costume in which the masculine and
,'eminine features of dress were straugely
blended. She was a perfect horsewoman,
ind celebrated for ber daring as a rider.
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SUMMARY OF CONGRESS,
The Senate.
55th Day.?Mr. Stockbridge, with tbe aid
of two pages, sent up a petition against the
enactment of a so-called Sunday Rest law
containing the signatures of 230,000 citizens
of various States....The proposition to appropriate
$?00,000 for the celebration of the
centennial of the Constitution of tbe United
States gave rise to a brisk debate
....Mr. Hoar called up his resolution for an
investigation of outrages at elections Mr.
Allison submitted the conference report on
the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial Appropriation
bill, and it was agreed to Toe
Senate resumed consideration of the Sundry
Civil Appropriation bill, the pending question
being on the amendment favoring steam
plate printing machines, and the amendment
was agreed to.
56th Day.?The Sundry Civil and Agricultural
bills were passed.... There was considerable
discussion over the election outrages
resolution of Mr. Hoar.
57th Day.?The election outrage question
occupied the entire day and was stiil pending
at adjournment The omnibus resolution,introduced
by Mr. Hoar, which proposes to
deal with later political events in the South,
was under consideration. Mr. Daniel asked
A. i/V tksx
WUttl iauu) IJttU UWU l UJWl lt'U LU UIJO VA^lIImittee
on Privileges and Elections. Mr.
Hoar made a brief reply, and then Mr.
Daniel spoke for nearly five hours on the subject.
58th Day.--A message from the President
returning without his approval a pension bill
for Edwin L. Warner, wag presented, read,
and referred to the Committee on Pensions
....Among the lighthouse bills passed were
those for lights at the western eDd of Coney
Island, N.Y. (125,000), for a lightship at the
wreck of the steamship Oregon in New York
Harbor, and for a 1 ghthouse and fog bell on
Oyster Bed shoal, in Hudson River (?>5,003).
The House amendments for a lighthouse and
fog signal on Orchard Shoals, Princes* Bay,
New York, .were non-concurred in, and a
conferenee was asked The request for a
conference on the House amendments to the
Senate bill granting a pension to Mrs. Sheridan
(reducing it from $3500 to $2.'.00) was
withdrawn, and the amendments were concurred
in....Resolutions were agreed to authorizing
the Select Committee on Irrigation
to take testimony at any place in the United
States, and authorizing tho Committee on
Indian Affairs to continue the Indian tradership
investigation.
59th Day.?Mr. Dolphreported back the
Senate bill (vetoed by the President) for the
relief of William R. Wheaton and Charles
H. Chamberlain of California, with a recommendation
that the bill pass notwithstanding
the objections of the President The vote resulted;
Yeas 35, nays & So the bill was
tiiworl TVia Hnnsfl nmfindment to the
Senate bill granting a pansion of $100 a
month to the widow of Major-General Kilpatrick
was agreed to. The amendment reduces
the rate to $75....The Senate at 12:15
resumed consideration of the Army Appro
priation bill. An amendment to the Appropriation
bill providing $150,000 for the purchase
of 2?5 acres of land directly south of
the military reservation at West Point, w as
agreed to....The Senate passed the Array
Appropriation bill with amendments.
I Goth Day.?The Senate passed the ltill
which prohibits the erection of dams across
the rivers in Alaska fcr the purpose of catch
ing salmon....Mr. Piatt reported two bills
for the formation and admission of the State?
of Idaho and Wyoming Mr. Hoar reported
an amendment appio- Hating *^5,cOo
for the detection and conviction of the parsons
who illegally carried away and destroyed
the ballot boxes of Plummerviile.
Ark....On motion of Mr. Cullom. the Son
ate proceeded to the consideration of th<
Senate bill to amend the Interstate Commerce
law.
Tho House.
60th Dat.?The House passed the Poet
Office Appropriation bill....The conference
report ou tue Legislative, Executive and
Judicial Appropriation bill was agreed to.
....Mr. Randall introduced a resolution to
amend the rules so as to provide that ou a
blank date the House shall proceed in Committee
of the Whole to the consideration of
the, Randall-Cowles .bill, and that at 4 p. M.
on that day the bill and its amendments shall
be reported to the House and the previous
3uestion ordered upon its passage, xois was
iscussed at great length.
CIst Day.?Mr. Mills's resolution regarding
the Senate's tariff action was defeated,
143 to 8S.... The bill to retire General Rosecrans
was passed ? The bill to pension Mrs.
Sheridan was passed.
6'Jd Day.?The House went into Committee
of the Whole on appropriation bills. Mr.
Dockerv, of Missouri, was ca'led to the chair.
The Deflci.ncy bill came up as unfinished
business. Forty-seven of the sixty-three
pages of the Deficiency bill were passed. An
amendment reimbursing the widow of General
Hancock for money expended by her
husband iu entertaining French, German and
other visitors at the Yorktown centennial
celebration was passed....A message from
the President was presented as
soon as the journal was approved
....On motion of Mr. Cox, the Senate
amendments were concurred in to the House
bill for the taking of the eleventh census....
The House passed the Senate bill to ratify
and confirm the agreement with the Creek
Nation of Indians for the purpose of opening
to settlement the unassigned lands in the Indian
Territory ce led by the Creeks to the
United States It was now two o'clock,
tha Vinnr ?n?rt.. for (rihiitps to the memorv
of General Burnes of Missouri. Mr.
Hatch, in a feeling speech, offered the usual
resolutions of respect. Speeches were then
made by Messrs. Dockery, Randall, Henderson,
Breckenridge. Long. Sayers. Butterworth,
Ryan, Holman, Mansur, McAdoo,
Glover, and Morrill of Kansas. The Housa
then adjourned out of respect to the memory
of General Burnes.
63i) Day.?The Senate amendments to the
Agricultural Appropriation bill were nonconcurred
in.... The last week of the Fiftieth
Congress was ushered in by filibustering, set
in motion by Mr. Bland,who raised the point
of no quorum upon the approval of tho
journal. After a delay of a few minutes Mr.
Bland withdrew his point of order, in order
to enable C. F. Booher to qualify as the successor
of the late James N. Burnes, of Missouri
... Mr. Crisp then called up the contested
election case, and Mr. Sayers, in the
Interest of the Deficiency Appropriation bill,
raised the question of consideration. The
House decidtd?yeas 115, nays 10:2?to consider
the election case, but Mr. McKenna,
who had voted in the attirmitive for this
purpose, moved a reconsideration. All efforts
to get a quorum to vote failed.
04th Day.?The Speaker's table having
been cleared of business, tfie spaaiter, acting
in conformity with the special order, recognize
1 Mr. Abbott, who called up a bill for
the erection of a nublio building at Fort
Worth, Texas Mr. Randall asked unanimous
consent to report from the Committed
of Appropriations the Sundry Civil bill with
Senate amendments....The recommendations
of the Senate were agreed to, a conference
was ordered, and Messrs. Randall,
Forney and Ryan were appointed conferees
No effort was made to call up the
contested election case, and the House Went
into Committee of tho Whole ;Mr. Dockery
in the Chair) on the Deficiency Appropriation
Bill. After a brief concluding debate,
tho Deficiency bill was passed.
(55th Day.?The conference report on the
District of Columbia Appropriation bill was
debated....The Indian Appropriations bill
was passed Obstruction tactics were used
to delay action on the Cowles bill,, and this
cousuined the rest of the day's session.
5LEVEN MARINERS PERISH.
i Bark Goes Ashoro and the Helmsman
Kills Himself.
The British bark Josie Troop, of St. John,
few Brunswick, Captain \V. G. Cook, with
i cargo of chalk, from London to Philadel>hia,
with a crew of seventeen men, went
ishore in a gale near Chicamacomico,
ibout twenty in le? north of Cnpj llateras,
N. at seven o'clock iu the evening,
intl became, with her car40, a tot;;! loss.
Nine of the crew anil the captain were
lrowneil, one of the men committed suicide,
ind the rest of the crow were s ived by the
lite saving corps. The vessel has gone to
pieces and the fragments are scattered 0:1
the beach.
The seaman, George Williams, who was at
the wheel when, the bark went ashore, and is
supposed to havo been asleep, was so horrified
at the result when ho saw so many of his
messmates perish that he committed suicide
by cutting nis throat with his sheath knife.
Albert Williams, one of the crew, was
badly injure ! about the neck while being
transferred from the wreck to the lifeboat of
the station.
The State of Michoacan, Mexico. Is to send
an exquisite picture in feathers, representing
one of the most picturesque and poetic views
of the lake of Patzcuaro, to the I aris Exposition.
A worker in wax is making a miniature
copy of the City of Mexico in that
pliable material,also for the Paris Exposition.
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ELEVEN QIRLS KILLED. I
Terrific Explosion in ft Pennsylvania IB
Miners1 Squib Factory.
A frightful explosion occurred at about
12:50 in the afternoon in the sjuib factory of
John R. Powell at Plymouth, Penn. ElevenMB
girls,varying in age from thirteen to twenty-^H
two, were killed.
The factory employed eighty-three girls,
but, work being -somewhat slack, all wer&B
idle except about fifteen. Of these elevenHBj
were in the factory eating their dinner*-v^H
at the time of the explosion. Foreman Rees&J^H
was standing at the store whan all at^H
once he heard a fearful noise
and was almost blinded with smoke and
fire. He made a rush for the HI
door leading to the room where
the girls worked, but before . he KM
could reach it a second explosion
more terrific than the first shattered the
building to pieces and knocked him down a |H|
trap door into the cellar beneath. A third
explosion followed within a few seconds
of the other two, and when the I
smoke cleared away nothing re-1
mained but a heap of blazing: rains, under
which were buried every soul in tbe building
at the time with the exception of Foreman ^H|
Reese, who crawled from under the timbers
and was taken home fatally burned. Hi
The building was a two-story frame ^flj
structure, and, owing to the combustible HH
nature ot the contents, burned so fiercely
that escape was impossibla 9
The building was used for the manufacture HS
of miners' squibs, which are small paper or
straw tubes about six inches long, filled Hfl
with powder, and used by the miners. ^H|
to fire off blasts in the mines. Tho business BH
is extremely dangerous, and neeessi-HB
tates the utmost vigi ance to guard against
explosion Ordinarily but a small supply
of powder Is kept in tho factory proper. H|
the greater portion of the supply being kept
in a magazine some distance away. Toe
terrific force of the explosion, however,
seems to indicate that an unusually large HI
amount of pawder must have been stored in flu
the building. HH
- The explosion was caused by a pan of
powder becoming ignited from an overneated
stove,and which,the instant it flashed
np, enveloped the whole interior of the room. HI
in which the operatives were at work^
and in a twinkling the whole
establishment was torn into fragments, the-^H
unfortunate women bei g hurled into theair HB
in a mass of flame that singed and charred
their bodies most terribly, and then dropped^
them lifeless about the burning build ng.
, Every one in the building at the time of'
the explos'on perished with the exception of gfl
Foreman Keese. '' H
When at length the bodies of the dead were*
taken out they presented a frightful spectaele.
Not one of the eleven charred andi HI
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uiacKi'iieu uuuies uumu uw *?iwu
the exception of that of Esther Powell, whosofriends
identified a pocket book found in herdress.
As one after another of the bodies was
disengaged from the smoking ruins .snd^
carried oat the scene was heartrending
in the extreme. Despairing mothers threw
themselves upon the blackened bodies*
of what they supposed were their
daughters, and with tears of anguish
streaming down their cheeks tremblingly
sought here and there about the body torsome
mark that might lead to identification..
Strong man turned away to hide their tears,,
while little sisters and brothers rent theair
with cries for their lost ones.
When all the bodies had been recovered
they were taken to Williams's undertaking:
establishment, where they were laid in a'row
aide by side. The whole afternoon crowdf of"
anguish-stricken relatives bent over the disfigured
remains 'in search of their lOved
ones. '
NEWSY GLEAlftMa,'
Indiana alone has 375 natural g*a wells
Boston is to have a thirteeu-itory businessblock.
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An American is to build an arcade railroa&S|
in London. K9
Coal in large quantities has bees dbcorered
in Arkansas. ,
China calls for help for half a million bf^^B
her starving people.
Nevada, has a population of 62,000, of
whom more than 8000 are Chinese.
The effort to establish a State lottery in H
Nevada has been defeated by a few votes.
Forty-one pension bills were passed by
tbe Unit3d States Senate in twelve minutes.
A gigantic scheme for the development of." H
the California natural gas territory is now
in progress.
In England there are 38,000 ministers, and
170,(0) other officers attached to cnurches
and chapels. f H
Thfj Japanese Minister of Education, Vis- flj
count Arinori More, was assassinated by
religious fanatic. fl
Careless packing and unfavorable ?
weather have hurt tbe Florida orango trado*^H
somewhat this season. H
The immigration into the Dominion of
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Caiaia last year was n-?,w7, a iauut uu.
1000 compared with 1887.
As American railroad conductor has beeO/^H
imprisoned in Mexico because a man jumped.^H
from his. train and was killed. jH
The Hessian fly is destroying the wheat fl
crop in Central Illinois. In some places H
whole fields have been destroyed.
The Ohio dealer who sells cigarette? to
boy m&kes himself liable to a sentence of
thirty days in jail and a fine of |23. jfff
The shortage in the packing in the West S|
during the present winter is now estimated.
by the Cincinnati Price Current at 720,000 H
hogs.
Under the circular of last April the Treas- H
ury has, up to a recent date .purchased 1117, H
W^oO Cnited Stat.s bonds,at a cost of 1137,? B
723,889.
The total amount of green fruit used by B
the various canners of California during thai
Benson of 1SS8 is estimated at 35,200 tons, or H
70,400,000 pounds. H
I.v January, 1889, the approximate earn- fl
ings of 111 railroad lines showed ait increase
of about ten per cent over the earnings of H
the same month last year. B
At Colorado, Texas, a well has been bored fl
G00 feet deep which throws to within ninety
feet of the surface brine from which yieldr^fl
two pound of salt to the gallon. Other wellswill
be bored and arrangements made to H
supply all demands for salt.
During 1S8S the distributive sales or H
Armour <fc Co., Chicago, amouuted to to8.- H
000,0J0. In that time they killed 1,140,006?
I hogs, 501,200 cattle, and 104,540 sheep.
THE MARKETS. M
9 kkw tors.
Beeves, !> ?) <S> 5 15
MiJch Cows, com. to good...25 00 @45 00 Sfl
Calves,common to prime.... 0 50 @ 0 00
SheeD 4 25 @5 SO fflfl
Lambs 4 0 (?} S 00^'^H
Hogs?Live 5 4' <fj 5 60 .mM
Dressea *>%?
Flour?City Mill Extra. 5-0 <?j 5 C5
Patents 5 Ko @ 7 15 H
Wheat?No. 2 Red. 95 <| 9 ?
Rye?State 5> @ 5!< H
Barley?No. 1 81 @ 65 9
Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... 40 @ 4;^?
Oats?No. 1 White ? @ S9 H
Mixed Western 2.) @33 H
Hay?No. I *0 @ <J0
Straw?Long Rye SO Q 82%
Lard?City Steam ? @ G.8(c
Butter? Elgin Creamery.... i0 @ 30>? H
Dairy, fair to good.. IS (g) 2i
West. Im. Creamery 1(! @ 23 H|
Factorv 12 @ 20 WH
Cheese?State Factory ? @ 32
Skims?Light
Western 10 ? llj^^B
Eggs?State and. Penn l
BUFFALO.
Steers?"Western 3 2.? @ 4 OD
Sheep?Medium to Good ... 4 UO @ 5 25
LaiuDs? Fair to Good 4 00 @ G " 0
Hogs?Good to Choice Yorka 5 25 @ 5 30
Flour?Family 5 00 @ 5 25
Wheat -No. ~ Northern ? (& 1 l'-'V^H
Ccrn?No. "?. "Yellow
fats?No. 2. White ? (?3 32}?^H
Barley?State 06 (jj 70 ^Hfl
Flour?Spring: Wheat pat's.. 7 10 <3, 7 TJ} ^B8
Corn?Steamer Yellow. 4">l4@
Oats?No. 'i White 35 & 3~>'y^^HI
Bye?State 03 @ 64
WATKRTOWN (MASS.) 0ATTL3 M-VRSBf.
Beef- Dressed weight *> @
Sheep?Livo weight @ 4'
l.anibs 0 @
Hogs?Northern ? ($
I'Uiladelphia M
Flour?Penn. family 4 70 @4 $5
Wheat-No. 2, Red, Feb... 97}{@ JH |H
Corn?No. 2. Mixed, Feb... 40 (<5 40Vrfl|B
Oats?Ungraded White 32 @ 3.' ,-^B
P<it^t e<? Early Rose. C5 (S> ; 8 n
Butter?Creamery Extra... 2-i <8 CO H
Cheese?Part slums 6 <J &