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/FATAL PANIC IN CHICAGO. ^Frightful Disaster at an Exhibition of Fireworks. Many Persons Fatally Injured or ' Badly Wounded. '' A terrible calamity attended the Centennial celebration in Chicago in connection with the pyrotechnic display on the lake front. One of the three exhibitions of fireworks arranged by the Centennial managers was Riven in the Lake Front Park, a lar?e, flat inclosure in a central part of the city. Fully 100.000 people were assembled in the park and on adjoining streets. While the exhibition was in progress all passed off safely and the thousands were scattering when the disaster occurred. A piece of "fireworks in the form of a flower-pot had not been discharged, though lighted, and Daniel Grant, thirteen years old, nicked it up when the display was over. While handling the piece it exploded and scattered its deadly flame and fire in all directions. The crowd at once became panic-stricken, and a horse which hod been allowed in the crowd dashed headlong the helpless, screaming mass of humanity. Before the animal could be stopped he had trampled over scores of people and fatally injured many. It was a sad ending to an otherwise glorious and enjoyable celebration of the nation's centennial anniversary. The names of many who were injured, or the extent of their injuries, will never be known, as most of them who had relatives or friends on the scene were immediately removed to neighboring houses. Persons who were in the panic, however, and escaped uninjured, estimate the number of badly injured at fully fifty. To and fro t'u^ crowd swept until the last of the fireworks had exploded. Then a rush xcoc m.nrln the side streets and for home. This only intensified the crush. The streets are narrow, ;uid in the thickest of the flight the weak were knocked down and trampled under foot by the strong. The police in their desperation fired their revolvers in the air. hoping to check the rush, but they were laughed at and hooted. Until the mob had scattered no assistance could be rendered to any of the injured as they lay on the ground. - Many of the crowd preferred a struggle with the animals to one with human beings, and soon people, horses and vehicles were wedged tightly together. Several of the panicstricken horses rushed through the crowd and left a trail of injured behind. The animals were stopped in their fatal rush with great difficulty, and every carriage was smashed and its occupants thrown out. When all was over and the struggling mass of humanity had scattered in all directions the fcene on Michigan avenue presented a horrible sight. The roadway on the corner of Michigan avenue and Harrison street was covered "with human beings, lying helpless and groaning from their injuries. The neighboring houses were turned into temporary hospitals. Daniel Grant, the boy at whose feet the flower-pot fireworks exploded, had the flesh stripped from the bone on both insteps. The fire burned off both shoes and reduced his clothing to shreds. A large number of persons, some fatally and others seriously injured, were taken home by friends before their names could bs ascertained. - The victims were hurriedly gathered up ' and carried to their homes and the hospitals. Ho time was consumed in asking names or keeping records. It is impossible to give the number of persons hurt in the jam. One estimate places it not less than a thousand who sustained injuries of some sort. THE SAMOAN CONFEKENCE. Its First Session Held at the Residence of Prince Bismarck. ' The conference of representatives of the United States, Germany and England to concider Samoan affairs opened in Congress Hall of Prince Bismarck's resilience. The session lasted an hour and jfifteen minutes. On the proposal of iCount Herbert Bismarck, it was decided that ?he strictest secrecy should govern the delibjerations of the conference. - The conference adjourned without fixing a ,date for the next session. The sentiments expressed by the Commissioners were of the friendliest character. TTTP T. A "RHP. WORLD. r'. t ?? * St. Louis carpenters are on strike. , Philadelphia has 7350 power looms. The eight-hour movement is growing, f St. Louis butchers have just organized |' Texas industries are booming up rapidly. , In West Virginia 4000 coke ovens are to be flrailt. An electric road has started at Nashville, ttenn. 1 Moiy New York waiters have organized fnnions. Panama's unemployed workmen are dying 'of starvation. The National Textile Union 13 being reorganized. All the machinists of New York will soon tbe in one union. A Venetian manufacturer is making thoutsands of glass bonnets. Workingiien's building and loan associations are multiplying. The rail mills have very little work and railroad building is backward. THE uewisn worjcmen 01 i>ew iurs are ou igetting into unions of thsir own. The Brotherhood of Carpenters is trying "to bring all of the building trades together. The tanners think this year is going to be a good one and they are buying hides rapidly. Large numbers of stone-cutters com? to this country every spring and go home every fall. The New York cigarmakers, 10,000 strong, threaten to strike against a reduction of wages. Cotton* manufacture is progressing fairly, with a consumption a little larger than in 'any previous year. All the thread manufacturers in the United States have combined, and wages "have been reduced fifteen per cent. There are 130 organizers in the American Federation of Labor, and several of the general organizers are to be kept on the road. The workers in the breweries are afraid that the powerful English syndicates will reduce their wages after they get possession. J In the proposed Williamson industrial .school, the college system with a central organization buildmg will probably be adopted. A machine has just been made to sow welts of a shoe to the upper, which will never rip. Shoe manufacturers are taking well to it. A call has been issued for a convention of barbers to be held in Pittsburg on the first ^Tuesday in September, to form a national union. The Eagle and Phcenix at Columbus, Ga., -employs 3000 hands, and is pronounced by an ^English expert to be the best managed cotton "mill in the world. President Harrison advises a full and * ?:? 1....... luauudaiim ujl iuc ci^uiruuiu uutouuu, iw I0 believes "that an eight-hour "law would give employment to many now idle." The Sultan of Turkey has reinstated the cooks he recently discharged because they wanted their wages. He has paid them one per cent, on account, and agreed to spare their lives. The Lowell Carpet Company, Lowell, Mass., has commenced using some patented cards for carding cow's hair, to be used as a filling for carpets, it being twisted by a peculiar process, sufficiently for filling and in this way colored and used. Prizes have been offered by the Georgia Southern & Florida Railroad Company of from $25 to $100 to conductors, engineers, "firemen, baggagemen, truckmen, flagmen and agents who distinguish themselves most for their honesty, industry and neatness. House painters in Belfast, Ireland, receive from $7 to $S per week, carpenters from $5 to $6. Pavers, who generally work by the job, make from $4 to $5 a week and musnng from t5 .3 $6. Six to twelve cents ypjirmr is usually paid for overtime. .. '.-J6: \ v... , .. W J THE HEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. The Legislatures of Rhode Island and Delaware have adjourned sine die. Felix Kt.ee, age fourteen, son of Adolph Klec. a prominent dry goods merchant ot Paterson, N. J., was found dead from a pistol shot in his father's woodshed. The boy was chastised by his parents and afterward shot himself. The earth over the Boston mine at Plymouth, Penn., covering an area of one acre, caved in. Surface water poured into tho miues and submerged all the workings. It will take six weeks pump the water out. In the mean tiino 000 employes will be idle. Charles E. Woodruff, of New Britain, Conn., City Clerk, has uttered forged papers to the extent of -540.000. His victims are the First National and Mechanics' Banks of that city, the three leading banks of Middletowu, and banks in New Haven and Meridan. Woodruff has practised forgery for nearly six years according to his own confession, during which time he has forged notes to the extent of ?000,000. SUUU1 UI1U H CM. A tire broko out in Sparks & Co.'s liemp warehouse at Lexington, Ivy., and burned all day and night. One of the walls fell, killing two colored men and a white boy nametl Willie Dint-en. Engineer J. S. Binns and James Merriam, fireman, were killed by a train running into a -washout near Richmond, Va. Caesar Frazer, alias Berkley, was hanged at Charleston, S. C., for the murder of Mr. Oldenberg, an aged German. A storm raged throughout Maryland, the worst for years. At Chestertown there was a hurricane. The high wind blew down hundreds of fruit troes. The rivers and creeks were all swollen. A portion of Salisbury was flooded. A train* pulling a private car, containing Vice-President Morton, Governor Foraker and staff, General Sehofield and staff, and some ladies, collided at Baltimore with a fast express train, and the entire party received a severe shaking up. Four train men were injured. An attempt to hold an election for Mayor in Guthrie, Oklahoma, was defeated by a violent storm. Excitement was caused by the discovery that the brackish river water is poisonous. A smallpox epidemic threatened Guthrie and other towns in the new j Territory. A man named Joseph Ellsworth was taken with smallpox on his return from Guthrie to Arkansas City. Hundreds of disappointed people are returning to their homes in Kansas and other States. A halfbreed named Holbert was killed at Oklahoma City by a white man named Poland in a dispute over a claim. Washington. Further important appointments by the President: Dr. Daniel Dorchester, of Boston, Mass., to be Superintendent of Indian Schools; Warren Truitt, of Dallas, Ore., to be Register of the Land Oflice at Lakeview, Ore. Thomas B. Baldwin, of Folsoin, New Mexico, to be Register of the Land Office at Folsom, New Mexico; James B. McGonigal, of Colby, Ivan., to be Receiver of Public Moneys at Oberlin, Kan. A despatch from Auckland says that the United States steamer Nipsic was again disabled while beint; towed in Apia Harbor, Samoa. Mataafa nas returned to Apia. Justice Grat, of the United States Su?reme Court, whose marriage with Miss eannette Matthews, daughter of the late Justice Stanley Matthews, is announced as ibout to take place, was received into the Episcopal Communion by Bishop Parrett in 5t. John's Church, "Washington. Miss Matthews was confirmed in the same church ibout a week before. ? Foreign. A storm has destroyed all the crops in the Soerlitzen district of Silesia, Five persons were killed by lightning. The Spanish Government will soon sell at luction $40,000,000 worth of State woodland, in order to cover the financial deficit to build railroads, canals and highways and to estabdsh rural loan banks. The Weldon Extradition bill, aimed at American boodlers, has been passed by the Hanadian Parliament. MINERS CRUSHED TO DEATH. An Immense Rock Kills Three Men in Pennsylvania. The Hyde Park (Penn.) shaft was the scene of a terrible mine accident. Three men who were working several hundred feet below the surface, loading coal from the mine chamber in a car, were caught under a falling slab of rock fifteen feet long, twelvo feet wide and about two feet thick, crushing ] them to death instantly. The victims were: Michael Flymi. miner, fifty years old. inar- I ried; Patrick Ratchford. miner, fifty-sis j years old, married, and Patrick Rogan. i laborer, single. The men had just fired a heavy blast and j sounded the roof, but except a slight hollow- j ness at the face of the breast it seemed secure, i Their car was nearly filled with coal when ' the terrific crash came. The roof that j they had just concluded was safe : gave way, catching them under i it before they had time to realize what had j happened. Flying pieces of the rocky mass j struck and slightly injured two other miners j who had heard the report and were hurrying ! to the scene of the accident. Vv hen help ar- I rived it was seen that the victims were j crushed into a pulpy mass, and it took sev- ' eral hours to remove the rock from the j mangled bodies. The bodies were then car- j T-i-i'l tn thf homes of the men who had a short I time previously left for their daily task. A FATHER'S CRIME. i Ee Kills His Two Children and Takes His Own Life. A horrible murder and suicide occurred in High Bluff, Canada, the victims being a far- I mer named McLecd and his daughter, while i another child, a boy of thirteen years, was so ; badly wounded that he could not recover. 1 McLieod's house is a mile or so away from ; High Bluff station, on what is known as the j "back road.'' He was last seen about dusk. J A neighbor named Lotta visited the house ! after dinner next day and was horrified to j find McLcod on his side with his throat cut j lying near the stove. Both children were i found in the bedroom off the kitchen. The j girl, who was not more than eight years old, j had been struck on the head with the sharp | edge of an axe and was dead. The boy, who had his clothes on, had four deep gashes on his head. The axe with which the horrible I crimes were committed was found a few feet | behind the dead body of the father and the j knife that he cut his own throat with was discovered in the cellar. There we?3 tracks of blood from the cellar to near where the suicide lay. The cause of the deed is attributed to the financial difficulties of MeLeod, whose wife | died two years ago. He was one of the best- : known farmers in Manitoba, and a man re- j spected by all who knew him. A DEADLY DUEL. Kow Tivo Alabama Farmers Settled Their Differences. A deadly duel occurred a few days since in Jackson County. Ala., that resulted in tho death of one of the participants. Two far- I r.er neighbors living at some distance from { Scotsboro named J. D. Prince and J. T. Green, quarreled over some trivial matter, and Green threatened to kill Prince, and he pre- j oared himself with a shot-gun. On the fol- i lowing morning the two men met in a public road and immediately dismounted from their ! horses and resumed tlie quarrel. They filially j decided to flcrbt it out. and Green made for Prince with a large dirk, making a vicious plunge at liini. Prince dodged and seized Green's arm and the deadly struggle began. Pierce's gun was leaning against the fence, md the question with him was how to get it before he was killed. With a sudden effort he tripped Green, throwing him to tho ground, and immediately made a break for a is gun, which he reached just as Green was in striking distance. Without leveling the gun. Prince thrust the muzzle against his enraged enemy, pulled the trigger, and lodged a heavy load of buckshot in his breast, killing him instantly. PrhOe gave himself up, and was taken t= Scotsboro jail. i THE YOW OF WASHINGTON; Poem by John G. Whittier Read at the Great Centennial Celebration. The reading of the following poem by John G. Whittier formed part of the Centennial exercises at the Sub-Treasury in New York. Mr. Whittier's age and infirmities prevented him from being present to read his poem in person: The sword was sheathed: in April's sun Lay green the fields by Freedom won; And severed sections, weary of debates. Joined hands at last and were United States. 0 City sitting by the Sea! How proud the day that dawned on thee, When tne new era, long desired, began. And, in its need, the hour had found the man! One thought the cannon salvos spoke; The resonant bsll tower's vibrant stroke. The vciceful streets, the plaudid-echoing halls. And prayer and hymn borne heavenward from St. Paul's! How felt the land in every part The strong throb of a Nation's heart, As its great leader gave, with reverent awes, His pledge to Union, Liberty, and Law! That pledge the heavens above him heard, That vow "the sleep of centuries stirred; [n world-wide wonder listening peoples bent Their gaze on Freedom's great experiment. Could it succeed? Of honor sold And hopes deceived nil history told. Above the wrecks that strewed the mournful past, Was the long dream of ages true at last? Thank God! the people's choice was just, The one man equal to his trust, Wise beyond lore, and without weakness good, Calm in the strength of flawless rectitude 1 His rule of justice, order, peace, Made possible the world's release; Taught prince and serf that power is but a trust, And rule, alone, which serves the ruled, is just; That Freedom generous is, but strong In hate of fraud and selfish -wrong, Pretense that turns her holy truths to lie3, And lawless license masking in her guise. Land of his love! with one glad voice Let thy great sisterhood rejoice; A century's suns o'er thee have risen and set, And, God be praised, we are one Nation yet. And still, we trust, the years to be Shall prove his hope was destiny, . Leaving our flag with all its added stars Unrent by factions and unstained by wars! Lo! where with patient toil he nursed And trained the new-set plant at first, The widening branches of a stately tree Stretch from the sunrise to the sunset sea. And in its broad and sheltering shade, Sitting with none to make afraid. Were we now silent, through each mighty limb, The wings of heaven would sing the praise of him. f Kip li/l V/IU 1X1 51 UUV.I UC3U. UIO aouu.i 11V Beneath his own Virginia sky, Forgive, forget, O true and just and trr.ve, The storm that swept above thy sacred grave! For, ever in the awful strife And dark hours of the Nation's life. Through the fierce tumult pierced his warning word, Fheir father's voics his erring children heard! The change for which he prayed and sought In that sharp agong was wrought; No partial interest draws its alien lino Twixt North and South, the cypress and the pine. One people now, all doubt beyond. His name shall be our Union-bond; We lift our hands to heaven, and here and now Take on our lips the old centennial vow. For rule and trust must need be ours; Chooser and chosen both are powers Equal in service as in rights; the claim Or Duty rests on each and all the same. Then let the sovereign millions, where Our banner floats in sun and air, From the warm palm-lands to Alaska's cold, Repeat with us tne pledge a century oldt Oak Ksoll, Danvers, Mass. NEWSY GLEANINGS. England has 500,000 velocipedists. A new Atlantic cable is proposed. Railroad earnings are increasing. The apricot crop is reported short. Delaware has adopted a ?500 saloon license. There are thirty-seven brands of champagne. The Philadelphia police force consists of 105S men. Unwonted activity in tree planting prevails. Mexico has about five thousand miles of railroad. There are 290 churches in Chicago. Steel rails are quoted at $27 per ton. Cattle are selling at $10 a piece in Nevada. There is an abundance of mnple sugar. New York city has 9000 Chinese residents. Texas is exporting large numbers of swine to Mexico. The Panama Canal won the first prize in its own lottery. TnE biggest mine in the world is under the Aspan Mountain, Col. The dog tax adds 830,000 a year to Connecticut's Treasury. Claus Spreckles, the California Sugar King, is said to have a corner on the crop. No fewer than 7000 horses are slaughtered yearly in the market of Berlin. Parnell's action iu the Irish courts against the London Times has been cancelled. The Maine is the heaviest vessel of the new navy at present contracted for. Mexico has nearly fourteen thousand miles of telegraph lines. Toe Catholic church in Australia has S00,000 communicants. It is estimated that there are 20.000 more women in Washington than men. The new cruiser Chicago has been put in commission. Governor Nichols, of Louisiana, hat issued a quarantine proclamation. There will be only two-thirds of the usual crop of peanuts harvested this year. Yellow fever is still raging in Rio Janeiro, Brazil, the deaths reaching 100 per day. The Roman Catholic population of the United States is 8,157,676. In Saxony there is one suicide to every S446 people. a t ?t>nv Aanyanca r\f phinoep irnmiftjltaoil into British Columbia is reported. There are eighty-one bauks on the taxbooks of New York city, with 22.262 shareholders. The Salvation Army has abandoned Berlin, the officers in charge having discovered that the city ,lis not yet ripe for salvation." The entire Ohio oil district is producing about 30,000 barrels daily, on au average of 300 barrels to a 100-acre tract. The whole number of members of Baptise churches in the United States is given as 2,207,7W. Cats are being sliipped to Dakota by the carload, owing to a plague of mice in the granaries. Twelve "Western railroads have suffered a loss in the.values of their stocks since last summer of ?121,000,000, The Corean Government has placed an order in America for fifteen field-pieces, 2500 rifles and 20.000 shells. The rabbit drives in Fresno County, Cal.. are exterminating the pests which a year ago seemed likely to drive the settlers from their lands. Two thousand people recently went over ground where a year ago they would have corraled three or four thousand rabbits and 150 were all they caught. Going over the ground again but a single rabbit was found. In Italy there are 12,943 persons who have received licenses to beg, and who are, therefore, unchallenged by the police. LATEK NEWS. Postmaster Edward S. Jnnsox, of Ashbourne, Penn., shot and lolled a burglar who was trying to break into the postoffice. Joseph Lutto.v, aged fifty-five, and A. Lawson, aged forty, while returning home to Vernon Centre, Conn., from Manchester drove from the road down a steep bank and over a wall into Talleotville mill pond. Both men and the horse were drowned. The body of Mr. James C. Anthony, a brother of the late Senator Anthony, was found floating in the river near Silver Spring, R. I. He had committed suicide. Jacob D. Sdaulis, a wealthy farmer, sirty years of age, who lived in Jefferson Township, Penn., was found dead hanging to a tree near his house. Lying in the barnyai-d, a few foot away, was nis young wuc snot through tha body and fatally wounded. . A receptiox was given to Chief Justice Fuller by the Bar Association of Kew York city. Evert man in Pittsburg engaged in the building trades, with the exception of the bricklayers, went on strike and work was generally suspended. The number of strikers was computed at 5000. The principal gr iev ances were the hours of labor and the employment by the bosses of non-union men. Patrick McGixxis has been hanged at Canon City, Oregon, for the murder of Sheriff Robert Lockwood. A terrific wind and hail storm passed over the northern part of Bell County, Texas, covering a territory of twenty-five square miles. The cotton and corn crops hs.ve been destroyed, entailing a loss of thousands of dollars. Floyd Rice, colored, fell through the dome of the Richmond Theatre at Richmond, Va., a distance of seventy feet, while hauling down an American flag, and was instantly killed. The Centennial Celebration of Washington's first inauguration was observed with much enthusiasm in many cities?notably in Chicago, Charleston, S. C.; Portland, Or.; Nashville, Tenn.; Birmingham,Ala.; Denver, Col.; Indianapolis, Ind.; Lexington, Va.; Milwaukee, St. Louis, Staunton, Va.; Cinm'nnat.i San Francisco: Richmond, etc. The State Department has been informed that the Government of Honduras will be represented at the International Marine Conference to begin in "Washington on October 16, 1889. Secretary Tracy declined to order a court of inquiry to investigate the loss of the men-of-war in Apia harbor, Samoa, being satisfied that the disaster was one that could not have been prevented. It was estimated at the Treasury Department that there had been a decrease of $11.500,000 in the public debt since April 1. Ths railway mail service has been placed under the Civil Service rule. Since March 4 about 1500 changes in the forces of 5500 have been made in the railway mail service throughout the country. The boiler of a dredger burst in the harbor at Calais, France. The explosion killed seven persons and injured several others. The bodies of the killed were horribly mutilated. While twelve men and a little girl were crossing the Nicolet River at Ste. Clothilde, Canada, in a skiff, the boat upset and three of the men were drowned. Malietoa, the deposed King of Samoa, having apologized, Emperor William has decided that the ex-King may be liberated. The London Telegraph, in an article on the American Centennial, says that from no quarter of the globe will congratulations heartier than those of Great Britain go to America, Ij? the House of Commons a motion of Samuel Smith (Liberal),censuring the British Government for fostering spirit drinking in India, was carried by a vote of 113 to 103. Henri Rochefort, who fled to London with General Boulauger, applied to the French Government for a safe conduct to enable him to attend the funeral of his eldest son, who committed suicide at Bona, Algeria. The Washington Centennial was celebrated by appropriate exercises in America churches in Montreal, Canada; Rome, Italy, and Paris, France. Br an explosion in the Rechlingliausen colliery at Dortmund, Germany, three persons were killed and eight injured. The steamship Berlin arrived at Bremen, Germany, from Rio Janeiro with yellow fever on board. The ravages of the plague on the vessel have been something frightful. Over thirty were down with it. Three passengers died and were buried at sea. A riot occurred in Guanajuta. Mexico, originating in the arrest of five Jesuit priests for the delivery of seditious sermons. In an attempted rescue by the populace thirty soldiers and policemen and 200 rioters were killed. Lord Bcxravex's yacht, the Valkyrie, which is to contest for the American cup, was successfully launched at Glasgow, Scotland. The frames are of steel, the top sides, deck and fittings are of teak, and the bottom plankings are of hard wood. The length is I OS* 1! O 11 ft faat OU ICCU, UCclllI, 1'J.XS icvu, Xi.v? &V.WV, uuu j tonnage 50.70. The length on the load water line is just under TO fest. OKLAHOMA'S "METROPOLIS. Boomers Suffering at Guthrie for "Want of Food and Water. A cattle train, carrying 200 men in the caboose, which left Guthrie at 0 p. M. arrived at Arkansas City, Kan., at 3 o'clock in tho afternoon of the following day. It was the first train that reached that point from the South after Oklahoma was opened, a distance of only eighty-five miles. The road was almost completely blocked. There was as yet no difficulty in getting into the Territory of Oklahoma, but it was more than doubtful when one could get out. People were represented as vainly attempting to leave Guthrie by train, and as suffering greatly for want of food and drink. No wells had been driven yet in tha town. The only water that could be obtained was got at a muddy creek about a mile below the depot. It sold at $1 the bucket or ten cents a drink, and required an excellent set of teeth and a good digestion to swallow and enjoy it. Food w?.s scarce. Sandwiches were worth twenty-five cents apiece. Any kind of a meal was worth all the way from SI to $5. The hotel tents were doing an immense business, notwithstanding the prices they charged. The water tank of the railroad was guarded by soldiers, nnder orders to shoot any one who attempted to obtain water. The order seemed a cruel one, but it was necessary to preserve the property of the railroad and to insure the running of trains. Ono engine was laid up for several hours for w ant of water. The prices of lots in the town, excepting a very few choice locations, tumbled with as startling rapidity as they rose. One man offered three lots for five dollars and could find no takers. Some lots could nut be given away. The only budding in town was-the land office. It was ,a frame structure, containing only ono room; -all other shelter consisted of tunts. Thousands slept in the open air every night. Mrs. Ammo.v, an old resident of Sheakleyville, Penn., is a pauper. She is the mother of the celebrated "Coal Oil Johnny" Steel. At different tune: he asked his mother to choose a farm for herself and he would buy it, but she waited too long, and before the farm had been bought Johnny's millions had been squandered. WASHINGTON TOPICS. Some Important Happenings in the National Capital. No Homesteads for Government Officials in Oklahoma, A Washington special says that the Gov erument officials in Oklahoma will get very cold comfort from the officials there in their efforts to deprive actual settlers of lands in Oklahoma. A talk with Secretary Noble demonstrates the view of the administration that the Government officials there were sent to earn their salaries and not to take up homesteads. It is considered vastly preferable if a Government official like the United States Marshal, the district Judge or the Register of the Land Office desires to enter land, that ha resign his office and become a homesteader. It may be accepted as a foregone conclusion that all contesta against entries made by officials will bo sustained by both the General Land Office and the Secretary of the Intex-ior. 'The Government officials there are filled with indignation over the tricks played by the alleged deputy United States Marshals to get into the country ahead of the settlers, and it seems quite likely that all of these people will be deprived of 'their land on tho ground that they illegally entered the country ahead of the date set by the President for the opening of the land. Secretary Noble said: "I shall insist upon the military forces excluding every person who may enter the Cherokee strip as soon as he may set foot thereon. There will be no dilatory business about this, and no toleration of infraction of the law. That strip is Indian country and must not be invaded. On the other hand, we propose to protect our homesteaders in Oklahoma from any invasion of their rights by persons who have taken unfair advantage of them.1' General Land Officc Commissioner. The President's appointment of William M. Stone, e^-Governor of Iowa, as Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office is interesting. Governor Stone was one of the strongest candidates for the Commissionership when the Senate was in session, and it was the warmth of the fight between him and ex-Senator Chilcott, of Colorado, that causea ine rresicienc to ntuu uij tuc apuumi.meat. Now the Land Office has its hands full looking after Oklahoma affairs. For this reason the President announced to Senator Allison that he would not make any changes in the Commissionership at present. Governor Stone accepted the position of Assistant Commissioner with the understanding that in doing so he did not relinquish his claim on the Commissionership. In the position of Assistant Commissioner he will be able to familiarize himself with the affaire of the office, and when the President determines that he can safely supercede Commissioner Stockslager, Governor Stone will be on hand with his application as heretofore. The Public Printership. Senator Allison, of Iowa, has added his indorsement to that of Senator Cullom and other members of the Illinois delegation in the fight for the public printership. He has urged upon the President the appointment of P. W. Palmer, of Illinois. Palmer once owned the Dubuque (la.) Times, published in Mr. Allison's own town, and later he owned Assistant Postmaster-General Clarkson's paper, the Des Moines (la.) Register. Mr. Clarkson has given Mr. Palmers application a most unqualified indorsement and he has the full strength of Iowa, now joined to the full strength of Illinois, to assure him success. Rewarding: the Samoan King. Officials of the State and Navy Departments are considering what can be done in the matter of suitably rewarding the Samoan King Hataafa for his timely effort* to rescue the American sailors and property wrecked at Samoa. Admiral Kimberly's report contained a strong recommendation upon this point which cannot be neglected. It is probable that the warrant of Congress must be held for the bestowal of any suitable reward, but the Navy Department m&y be able meanwhile to give tne King a token of its appreciation in the shape of boats or some of the property now at Apia. Pensions for the Veterans. There was an aggegate of 580 pension certificates issued by the Pension Office the other day. The list includes certificates for original pensions, re-issues, increases, etc.. and is the largest issue that has been made in any one day since Commissioner Tanner assumed charge of the Pension Office. WILLIAM H. BAKNUM, ' Death of the Chairman of the Na tional Democratic Committee. Hon. William H. Barnum, Chairman of the National Democratic Committee, has just died at Lime Rock, Conn. Mr. Barnum's health had been impaired for some time. He leaves a large fortune accumulated in the manufacture of car wheels and from fortunate investments in the Lake Superior mines. William H. Barnum was a native of Columbia County, New York, and was born in ISIS. He obtained his education at the common schools. When eighteen years of age ho eutered upon his business career. His political career began with his election to the Connecticut Legislature in 1851-2. Mr. Barnum represented his district in Congress for eight years, and subsequently served two years in the Senate, filling the vacancy caused by Mi*. Ferry's death. He was Chairman of the National Democratic Committee in 1S80, and had charge of the Democratic campaign of that year. Mr. Barnum was a sick man when he "undertook the management of the Democratic campaign last summer, and in a few weeks broke down. SWEPT OVEB THE FALLS, Four Men Perish in the ColumDia River Cascades. News has just been received cf the drowning of four meu at the cascades in the Columbia River in Oregon, The victims are Peter Hanson, Peter Boomer, John Larson, and Larenc: Maelstrom The men were all employed al the locks and the canal on Government work. They took the Whitehall boa't and startoc across the Columbia a short distance above the great rapids. The river was rising and the current muci stronger than supposed. The boat was caughl in the whirl, and despite all efforts was swepl over the rapids. Wheu about half way dowr the boat struck on the rocks, was throwi twenty feet in the air. and the occupant; were "pitched into the roaring angry waters Three of the men never rose to the surfaei again. The fourth man clung to the boa' i ,Ucf?r>r.Q KllT Till I terrible accident wr.> ?i'.tiessed by man}- per sons on shore, who were powerless to rehdei any assistance to th? Lolpless victims. PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. A Reduction of a Little Over Thirteen Million Dollars. The public debt statement just issued ! places the whole debt at SI,672,051,* HOT. 14. Cash items of reserve held and net cash in the Treasury amount to S370.44?i.27S.iKj. leaving the net debt at ?1.101,60.>.42ii.4G, which is a reduction of ?1.?-. 07S.ttt4.il. Since April 1 last the total receipts during the mouth wereW.>.S51,7S0.90, and theexpendi tu res >\i4. JS6f). S4t?.50. T.w..im.r Hvntt's rc-nort shows the assets in the Treasury, ?7'2G.4Tt>.(i(>7.r>3: liabilities, i(Vtr),fXt0.i)?.:Jl, leaving a net balance of -^U,The coinage executed at the mints during the month amounted to S,312,000 pieces, valued at $4,013,300. Captain Hezekiah Williams, who was at the wheel of the Merrimac during the Confederate ram's encounter with the Monitor, died recently in Norfolk, Va., aged seventytwo. The Southern cadets, of Macon, Ga., were awarded the first prize of $1000 offered for the best drilled company by the sub-Tropical Exposition managers. -jyr. , ? TEE NATIONAL GAME. Boston is disappointed in Ray. I The Washington Club is complete. The Memphis Club has reorganized. Bates will pitch for Havard College. , Barkley has signed with Kansas City. ] Cleveland is the League baby this year. , Rtjland is to Captain the Havard Colleg? i nine. Bostonians begin to think their outfield ii weak. .The four ball rule makes the pitchen I work. I Phenomenal Smith is suing the Baltimori 1 Club for 8750. 1 Carroll has been appointed Captain oJ | the St. Pauls. The Columbus (Ohio) Club is in need of a second baseman. President Harrison thoroughly enjoayg game of baseball. Elmer Smith, of Cincinnati, is styled thi dead arm pitcher. O'Brien, of the Brooklyns, made the firsl three-bagger of the year. The Pittsfield (Mass.) High School girli have organized a ball team. Ladies are to be admitted free at all the games in Louisville this season. Quinn is said to be the best thrower and the most active man on the Baltimore team. The Minneapolis team is to have a handsome street uniform of gray for use on trips. Never before this season has the Baltimore Club opened the championship season with a defeat. The first man to make two home runs in a single game this season was Duffee, of St, Louis. ! The Pittsburg Club has put its rules in book form for the players to carry aboul with them. Baltimore has the honor of being the first club in the race of 1889 to shut out another club. TnE largest and finest baseball grand stand in the country is the one at the Philadelphia baseball grounds. Nineteen hundred dollars were divided among the New York players as a result of the Brooklyn series. Hutchinson, Chicago's new pitcher, is ic finer form than he ever was in his life, and his speed is simply terrific. , The salaries and traveling expenses of this year's Kansas City team will cost the management about $40,000. Cross, of the St. Louis Browns, is themosl agile catcher in the business. He is perfectly cat-like and quick as lightning. It is predicted that the largest leather failure in Chicago this year will be the failure of tho Chicago team to hit the ball. Williams, of last year's Buffalo (N. T.) team, is beyond doubt the smallest catcher who ever played in a professional team. Ed. Williamson, the famous shortstop oi the Chicago Club, who was injured during the game in Spain; has returned to America. A man who contributed $1000 to the stock of the New Yorks when the club was organ ized has since drawn $10,000 dividends tnref years in succession. A purse is to be presented to John Morrill upon his first appearance with the Washington Club at the "Hub" by his Boston friends as a token of appreciation. The League magnates are quite unanimous in their intention of passing a resolution not to engage ball players who are in the liquoi business during the winter. President Spalding, of Chicago, is op posed to the three-strike and four-ball rule. *?? ?nia Tr-itfi thft nitehei x2tj lavuia ituu j iiuv ..... k put a few feet further back. Manager Hart, of the Bostons, has taken charge of the team. He will control th< players on and off the field and will be helc solely responsible for their doings. The defeat of Louisville and Baltimore by tho Kansas City and Columbus teams, re spectively, indicates that the weak clubs ir the Association intend to have a say in thi pennant race. The Chicagos and All-Americas broke even in the ten games played in this country. Altogether the teams played 53 games. All America won 28, Chicago won 22 and 8 games were tied. Owen "Williams, the voung player who played right field for Canton, Ohio, last season, ana whose sale to Lima for one dollar has gone down into history in the company with the Kelly $10,000 deal, has signed to play centre field fo^.Hamilton, Ohio. Governor Hill vetoed the bill which would have enabled the New Yorks to play another season on the famous Polo Grounds. This compelled the New Yorks to play their opening game of the League season in Jersey City, tf. J. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Hon. S. S. Cox is lecturing out West. The Czar is learning to play the cornet. J. D. Dana, the geologist, is seventy-five. Von AIoltke, the soldier, is eighty-eight. Alfred Tennyson, the poet, is seventynine. Ghnmaxer Krupp's annual income is $1,095.000. Queen Victoria's favorite dish is tapioca pudding. Crown Prlvcess Victoria, of b.r^den, has given birth to a son. Senator Ingalls has a passion for bright colors, and is very dressy. John Wanamaker, the new PostmasterGeneral, is worth ?10,000,000. Within the past few years Secretary Blaine has doubled his fortune. George Bancroft, the historian, has entirely ceased his literary work. Secretary Proctor is going West to look efter Government work in progress out there. ntn. Chamberlain says that all domestic animals had an instinctive fondness for John Bright. Russell Sage, Jay Gould's financial friend, is seventy years old and worth $40,000,000. Dr. McGlynn will spend the coming summer in a lecture tour through Great Britain and Ireland. The King of Greece buys his clothes in London, while the Queen sends to Paris for j her costumes. David Sinton is the richest man in Cincinnati, born in a cabin in Ireland, and worth now $5,000,000. Queen* Natalie has been induced to return to Servia. Ex-King Milan will, therefore, return also. Mrs. Grover Cleveland is frequently seen on New York thoroughfares, usually with her mother. Captain Rigio, the last survivor of the band of Lafittc, the pirate slaver, recently died at Grand Isle. The German Crown Prince, six years old, has to-get up at six every morring and begin , his studies at seven. The widow of Chief Justice TVaite will be compelled by her reduced circumstances to I open a boarding-house. The Kingof Holland has had a marvelous rr,-? rxkfMnioMP bp will rei'uvcrj. mo uiiv?\.iuu^ v^^w? ? be able to resume his duties in a few weeks. Colonel Hugh McCalmont is the most . experienced cavalry officer in the British service. He has served in eight campaigns. The new Earl of Carlisle has emptied all j the ale in his cellar, and closed the public houses on his property. He is a practical Prohibitiouist. ' E. P. Allis. who died in Milwaukee a few ' days ago, had policies of insurance on liis life , amounting to over $500,000. His yearly out- lay in premiums reached ?32,000. i William II.. at a recent banquet, drank ( tho health of "the youngest sailor in the < German navy." He referred to Prince Henry, ] his nephew, who was three days old. Admiral David D. Portfp.. Grand Marskal of the Centennial naval parade, will ' celebrate his seventy-sixth birthday on the Sth of June. He recently held a reception with his wife, iu Washington, on the occasion J of tlieir golden wedding. The Commander-in-Chief of the Army of 1 the Sultan of Morocco is an Englishman, tho ' eldest son of Surgeon-General Maclean, aud 1 he wears in Morocco the title of "Chief I Ivaid." He enjoys immense honors in Morocco, and as he "is to soon visit England, tho , Sultan insists that he shall be accompanied by an escort of a hundred picked men. ( There are 1200 persons of the name of j Smith employed in the United States postal -1 service. ^ ( ' ' WASHINGTON'S LETTERS.: Publication of Some Characteristic Ones Never Before Printed. The New York Post publishes a page of >rigina! letters of George Washington, that have never before been printed. These wera ill written before the Revolutionary war, ivhile Washington was at Mount Vernon engaged in agricultural pursuits, and still a 70ung man. being little more than thirty years of age. The letters are all characteristic of the man, disclosing his methodical babifcs of business, his probity, his generosity, and at the same time his carefulness not to allow liimself to be cheated. In one of these letters Washington takes his own measure for a suit of clothes and sends it to London, there being no tailors in Virginia to make the kind of garments that a gentleman wore. In another he directs the selling of a slave to the West Indies, but is particular to acU vise buyers that the negro is "a rogue and a runaway." A hogshead of rum would be taken in part payment. It was customary in those days to sell runaway slaves to the islands, and this practice prevailed in Massachusetts as well as in Virginia. In two letters Washington explains his p? (miliary embarrassments to his creditors in England at considerable length, and gives a picture of life at Mount Vernon of exceeding T> interest. In two others he remonstrates with a debtor (Captain Posey) who, while owing him ?700, asks for his endorsement on a note for ?500 more. It appears that claim-jumping was not unknown in those days, for Washington re-, monstrates against an act of this kind to hia own detriment, though not in the terms of exasperation which appear to be common in Oklahoma. Another injustice which he complains of to a Mr. Black is that after he had bought and paid for a piece of land and a mill from that person, Mrs. Black refused to release her dower without "the customary compliment." Washington declines to pay Mrs. Black any compliment of the kind, and recommends Mr. Black to pay it if neccssarv. Otherwise he will sue him on his bond. The paying of the purchase money before the deed was fully executed, so contrary to good business methods, la satisfactorily explained. The last letter is one to Lord Dunmore, the , Governor of Virginia, respecting land patents issued to the volunteers who served under Washington in the expedition to the Ohio River in 1754. ~l; , ? PABNELL ON TEE STAND. Positive Denials of Various Charge* Made by His Enemies. Mr. Parnell was the first witness called for the defense when the special Commission resumed its sittings in London after the recess. Mr. Asquith, for the defense, asked Mr. ' Parnell various questions about his father's position, his own early life, his entrance into politics and the history of the Land and National Leagues. Mr. Parnell, in the course of his answers,, denied all the important points that the informer Le Caron had made against him. He testified that he did not know that Peter Delaney was connected with the Amnesty Association. He had never heard of any attempt being made on Mr. Justice Lawson's life. He tvas never a member of a secret society. Although the late Mr. Forster did not know. Mr. Biggar was a Fenian until 1877, he ad-i vised Mr. Biggar to resign his seat in Parliament, but Mr. Biggar refused. ' MUSICAL AND DEAMATIO. . Maggie Mitchell has a new play. B AT.pt.imv Rtstori was born in Italv is M Robert Els me re proven an uner- B| pected success in Boston. H Mrs. Potter, the society actress, ha* y H bought a farm on Long Island. The Bijou Theatre, at Melbourne, Austra- H lia, has been destroyed by fire. H Georgie Drew-Barryxore has signed I with W. H. Crane for next season. H Among salaried actresses Ellen Terry fl draws the biggest pay?{600 a week. H There are thirty-four regularly appointed H opera companies traveling on the roaa. ' H Adelaide Moore, the English tragedi* H enne, is preparing for her American tour. The current theatrical seasons in Berlin H and Vienna has been unusually successful. H A musical entertainment for the benefit B of the Home for Dogs, in London, netted H *2500. . Clay M. Greeks has written a new play H of New England life called "Blackberry H Farm." N. C. Goodwin, the comedian, will be H under the management of James C. Duff 9| next season. The leading New York society ladies pro fl| pose to erect a monument to the memory of Lester Wallack. D| The late Duchess of Cambridge used to pay j^H Sicnor Tosti SI500 a year to entertain ner fH with music an hour every day. *? c" There will be six or seven comic opera n companies bidding for the patronage of New Hj York theater-goers this* summer. Catherine Sinclair, widow of the tragedian Edwin Forrest, is seventy-two years old K3 and a resident of New York city. QM Manager J. M. Hill, of New York, iiaa |B discovered a new dramatic luminary in (Gladys Orme, a pretty fifteen-year-old girl. Mrs. Hailstones-ir-the-Stokach, who will be with Forepaugh's circus next sum mer, is described as the Langtry of the Sioux M tribe. Sigxor Novara, the well-known basso, HE has been engaged to support Patti during |H her operatic tour of the United States next winter Joachm, the great violinist, has returned to Germany after a brilliant season in London carrying the six-thousand-dollar Stradivarius violi recently presented to him by j^H his British admirers. Charles "H. 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