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I THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
America's Part in the World's
Fair at Paris. .
The United States' Imposing Exhibit
in Machinery Palace,
The Machinery Palace of the Paris Exposition
is the largest building ever constructed
under a single roof. A remarkable feature
of the building is that the roof has no interior
support, except twenty great argues, mugm
at the foundation plates and apex so as to proride
for expansion and contraction
under changes in the temperature.
The roof is glazed. The lower
panels are decorated with heraldic
aesigns. The ends of the building are filled
with toned glass. Light is abundant, and the
effect of the decoration is magnificent. The
length of [the building is nearly 1400 feet, its
width 870 feet, and its height i?0 feet. A gallery
thirty feet from the floor extends the entire
length on both sides. At the four corners
are steam generators for driving the entire machinery.
The power is communicated by
shafting placed on four rows of trellis girders
lying parallel with the length of the building
and placed in subways. The engines are now
working and there is more power than is reSiired.
An idea of the colossal character of
e exhibition may be gained from the fact
that the power available this year is four
times as great as that furnished during the
exhibition of 18TS.
The American machinery exhibit occupied
one-third of the entire space in this building,
and is, in all respects but one, more imposing
than the exhibit at any previous international
exhibition. The exception is in agricultural
machinery, in which we do not show progress
corresponding to that manifested in other
lines. We are, indeed, at a double disadvantage
in this, for beside exhibiting nothing notably
new, European nations have been successfully
overtaking us in the production of our own
machines. This is especially true of Great
Britain, France, Germany, Austria and
Switzerland. In this respect, as in others of
equal importance, we have supplied Europe
with ideas. It will be remembered that
Cyrus McCormick failed to secure in the
United States the adoption of his agricultural
machinerv until after its ex
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Wtntion in .uouuou m Km.
international exhibition inaugurated a
new era in machinery. In 1867 Thomas R.
Pickering, engineer "and inventor, who has
been superintendent of machinery for the
United States at the successive exhibitions at
Paris, Vienna, Philadelphia, Melbourne and
New Orleans, brought aooutthe exhibition of
one fifty horse power Corliss engine in this
city. This engine was sold to a Frenchman.
To-day, if no American machinery occu- I
pied the space allotted to the United States,
the entire area could be filled with the modifications
of the Corliss engine manufactured
by Europeans. Two-thirds of the steam
epgines exhibited are of the Corliss pattern.
In 1867 there was an exhibit of machine
tools by Brown & Sharp, of |
Providence. They were all sold. To-day j
tools made after "the Brown & Sharp patterns
by Europeans are universal in the exhibition.
When the model of the vacht J
America was shown in the United States
it was rather scoffed at. Its superiority was
promptly detected by British builders, and it
is now becoming a model on the Clyde.
A Baldwin gas engine, built by Otis
Brothe-s, attracts attention by employing
gas to rui a dynamo for the purpose of light- j
ing by means of incandescent lamps, the J
claim being that the light thus produced is [
more economical than gas itself. Warner &
Swazey, of Cleveland, and William Sellers &
Co., of Philadelphia, are conspicuous
by their exhibits of brass-working
machinery. "Printing-house Square" in the
American exhibit will run with electric pow
?r supplied by Pickering ior tno special accommodation
of the presses, which are not
' easily connected with the shafting.
Neither Scott nor Hoe has any exhibit,
but the plant, when ready,
will be considerable. The Campbell and the
Golden Companies' exhibits are the most important.
Several typesetting machines are
exhibited, including the MacMillan, the
Thome, and Mergenthaler linotype machine.
The last named presents the most striking
features, as it does away with movable
^the Edison exhibit occupies one-half the entire
American frontage, covering 900 square
feet. It is the largest single exhibit in the exposition.
It is devised to illustrate in miniature
most of the great practical merits of Mr.
Edison's inventions. For instance, the lighting
of New York city is shown by subways visible
in the flooring, with charts and apparatus
indicating the distribution of lamps and the
control of force. His entire category of indentions,
numbering 493, is presented either
^completely or by intelligent suggestion. It
.comprises his contributions to telegraphy,
electric lighting, system of meters, dyna mos,
motors, transmission of power, railway
'electro-motors, telephonic receivers and
transmitters, and galvanic and secondary
'.batteries as used in the phonographs and
milling machines, the electric pen, typewriter,
shafting, the vocal engine
'and fruit preserving. The phonograph
and the American writing machines
are the popular delight of the exposition.
Among the less imposing, but
not less ingenious, machines, which
jare looked upon as Yankee notions
by Europeans, are machines
for salting and coloring butter, which is
; matched by a French machine for desalting
|and automatic weighing; an automatic
American machine for making corkscrews
out of wire, a machine for weaving the covering
on rubber hose, and a bonbon machine.
j MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.
The ten-cent show season has opened.
? Verdi is at work again on a "Romeo and
Juliet."
Faxnt Davenp out is no w Mrs. Melbourne
McDowell.
Theatricals in New York city are running
down at the heels.
Clara Louise Kellogg has secured anew
opera company and is at it again.
There is an alarmingly large crop of child
.actors developing in New York city.
Mme. Hastreiter has made a great hit in
Gluck's "Orfeo" at the Italian Opera, Paris.
Kyrle Bellew, Mrs. Potter's leading
m&u, was a reporter on the Melboilrne, Australia,
Evening News in 1873.
Sigxor Rossi, the only actor in Italy after
Salvini, has added to his triumphs by playing
Othello before the Sultan at Constantinople.
M. Focrnter, commander-in-chief of the
hired applauders at several theatres in Paris,
Is a millionaire, a cultured, clever man in
middle life.
Captain Frank M. Duffy, the composer
of the "Mocking Bird," is living at Guthrie,
Ky., where he is a well known newspaper
man. He is an ex-Confederate soldier.
Karl Millocker, composer of the "Beggar
Student," is engaged on a new operetta
entitled" "Der Arme Jonathan." It will be
first performed at the Theater an der Wien.
Nikita has scored a great success at Moscow
as Zerlina. in "Don Giovanni." Scenes
nf lnrtAc^rSKqhlf enthusiasm attend tho per
formances. and the prima donna is the sensation
of the hour.
The author of "The Boulanger March " M.
Paulus, recently gave a big supper in Paris
in honor of his fortune reaching 1,000,000
francs?1200,000?all made out of singing
comic and patriotic songs in Paris music
halls.
Hon. "Buffalo Bill" Cody has given a
private view of his Wild West show to the
President of France, his Cabinet, diplomats
and newspaper men in Paris, and they are all
delighted with the great American Indian
and the American cowboy.
Baron Alberto Fbaxchetti, who composes
operas, expends immense sums on their
producton. His work''Asrael" was rehearsed
for a mouth previous to its performance in
Florence, 700 people being engaged. The
mise en scene was estimated as costing $400,
000.
A Sax Francisco girl, Sybil Sanderson,
has captured Paris as a singer. Her appearance
took place in Massanet's new opera,
"Esclairmonde," and her triumph is said to
have been complete when she took the "contra
sol," a feat that ranks with the great
high C.
It is quite the rage to have theatres in
private houses in England. Among the most
conspicuous is that in Hubert Herkomer's
London house. Another is at the countryseat
of Sir Percy Shelley, son of the poet.
Sir Percy writes plays, paints scenery, and
composes (lie incidental music of the plays
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle States.
While Anthony Zesnhold, Henry Wilthelder
and James Do Ian were at work in
Otto Colliery at Branchdale, Penn., they
were overcome by a sudden outburst of gas
and suffocated to death.
Cashier Bradley and Assistant Teller
Palmar yif onfc' TffoHnnol UflTlL*
New Haven, Conn., have been detected in
financial irregularities. The amount involved
is estimated at ?50,000 to $100,000.
John Filey, an aged farmer living near
Sliippensburg, Ponn., was found he-nguag to
the limb of a tree, having committed suicide
on account of family troubles.
The United States man-of-war Yantic
came into New York Harbor, having been
struck by a hurricane; her foremast, topmasts
and a part of her bowsprit were gone,
and she had lost her steam launch and three
of her boats; some of the men were injured.
The Bellows Falls (Vi.) Times building and
a number of stores were burned. Loss $30,000;
partially insured.
The chess championship of the world was
left undecided, Weiss ana Tchigorin dividing
first and second prizes in the international
chess tournament, which has just closed in
New York city.
The Ballot Reform bill was passed by tha
Connecticut Legislature.
The Young Men's Democratic Club gave a
dinner to ex-President Cleveland at the Fifth
Avenue Hotel, New York citv. Speeches
were made by the guest of the evening,
Governor Hill, ex-Governor Hoadly, Frederic
R. Coudert, John H. Y. Arnold and
others.
Princess Kalaxi, first neice of King
Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands, arrived
in New York city on her way to Europs,
where she goes to complete her education.
The Princess is fifteen years old.
South and West.
A monument to the Confederate dead was
unveiled at Alexandria, Va., with imposing
ceremonies. The town was crowded, and the
military and civic parade surpassed all expectations.
The presentation speech was by
Mr. R. T. Daniel. The oration was delivered
by Governor Fitzhugh Lee.
I Heavy white frosts have damaged cropsm
I Indiana. The weather was the coldest ever
known there at that season.
The Presbyterian General Assembly
(Southern) concluded business at Chattanooga,
Tenn., and adjourned.
A band of sis horse thieves, who stole 500
horses from San Miguel County, New Mexico,
were arrested by Sheriff Loper, and 350
of the horses were found in their possession.
The Rev. H. Greenfield Schorr, aged twentv-nine,
the assistant rector of St. Paul's the
oldest an I most fashionable Episcopal chui*ch
in Baltimore, Md., has committed suicide.
The cause was unrequited love.
A fire at Reno, Nev., destroyed tue old
theatre building and six other "houses and
officcs near, and the Pioneer Hotel, Lafayette
House, Pollard House and Pyramid House.
The loss is between $250,000 and $300,000.
A terrible wind and rain storm passed
over Quincy, 111. The storm was cyclonic
in its nature and considerable damage was
done. The full force of the storm struck a
cemetery in the southern part of the city, and
nearly every monument in the grounds was
demolished.
Albert Maetlv, the mulatto who so brutally
assaulted Mrs. John Gillis, wife of a
farmer living near Port Huron, Mich., was
taken from the county jail by a masked
mob and lynched.
Washington.
The Navy Department has beg;m to assign
the officers of the vessels wrecked at Samoa
to other ships and stations.
The President appointed. B. F. i rilkeson, of
Pennsylvania, to be Second Controller of the
| Currency, and S. B. Holiday, of Pei nsylvania,
to h#? Commissioner of Customs.
By direction of Secretary Noble, Agent
McChesney has ordered all the white settlers
off the Cheyenne reservation.
President Harrison*, Attorney-General
Miller, Private Secretary HalTora, General
George B. Williams and Representative
Anderson, of Kansas, left Washington for a
trip down Chesapeake Bay on Mr. Wan amaker's
yacht Restless. They spen' Sunday
in Hampton Roads, off Fortress Aloiroe.
General Lew Wallace and Nathaniel
B. Ticker have been appointed Commissioners
by President Harrison to go to Hayti
and endeavor to secure coaling stations at
Mole St. Nicholas and Samana Bay for the
United States.
The marriage of ex-Seoretary Bayard to
Miss Mary Willing Clymcr, is announced to
take place on June 12 "in Sv. John's Episcopal
Church, Washington.
President Harrison has rented one of
Senator H. G. Davis's cottages at Deer Park,
Md., for the season and preparations were
being made for the reception of his family.
General Schofield was acting Secretary
of War in the absence of Secretary Proctor
in the West. This was a return to the old
practice of the department before the difficulties
arose between Secretary Lincoln and
General Sheridan.
President Harrison nominated Generals
Lew Wallace and Beverly Tucker special envoys
extraordinary t<x, Hayti. Almost immediately
after the nairtes were made public
they were withdrawn.
Samuel J. Ruby, of Iowa, has been apj
pointed United State.? Consul at Belfast,
1 Ireland.
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Foreign.
The German Reichstag passed the Aged
Workmen's Insurance bill and adjourned.
Qceen Victoria has just celebrated her
seventieth birthday by creating three Baronets
and a Knight.
Several warehouses in Lubeck harbor,
Germany, were burned and $400,000 worth of
cotton aiid flax was destroyed.
TEX dwellings, the Methodist Church, the
postoffice and throe stores were Durneu at
Bridgewater, Canada; loss TO,000.
Three men were killed in a boiler explosion
in a quarry at Millc Roches, Canada.
\V. IV. Thomas. Jr., Minister of the United
States to Sweden and Norway, was received
in official audience by King Oscar.
Smallpox is making terrible ravages in
Guatemala.
Twenty-five policemen were injured during
evictions at Falcarragh, Ireland.
The latest authentic news from Hayti is
to the effect that Hippolyte has defeated
Legitime in several battles and taken possession
of the Government.
Three persons were killed and manv
wounded in an anti-Progressist riot in Belgrade.
The village of Deutschmachen, near Sagan,
in Prussian Silesia, has been completely
destroyed by fire, not a house being left standG00D
TEMPLARS.
The Biennial Session of the Grand
Lodge in Chicago.
The biennial session of the Right "Worthy
Grand Lodge of the Independent Order of
Good Templars was held in the First Methodist
Episcopal Church of Chicago. "W. "W.
Turnbull, of Scotland. Right Grand "Worthy
Chief Temnlar. called the convention to or
der, and upon the call of the roll the follow- I
ing delegates from abroad responded:
England?Hon. C. W. Watson, Member of
Parliament; Joseph Ealins, Mrs. Woods, Guy
Havlor, W. C. Amery, A. J. Osborne. Rev.
H. McPriee, W. Williams, Samuel Insail. W.
H. Brown. Mary Walshau, Miss Annie Shipinan.
Scotland?Gilbert Fisher, Rev. J. D.
McKinnon, James Hamilton, W. W. Turubuil.
Ireland?Jehu S. Little. DenmarkCaptain
J. P. Jaeobson. Sweden?Oskar
Ekluiid, Johann Allien and I E. Hockert.
India?Walter E. Webb. New South Wales?
N. S. Collins. South Africa?Mr. and Mrs.
Theodore Schreiner.
A round of applause was accorded each
foreign delegate as the names were called,
and the lodge was then opened with the usual
ritual. The annual report shows that the
organization has a membership of over 750,T"
000, scattered all over the globe, and that il
has accomplished great results in the mattei
of promoting temperance since the last convention.
Financially it is in excellent shape.
The twenty-one local lodges united in giving
the delegates a brilliant reception.
The Argentine Republic is suffering from
a spasm or gold gambling as pronounced u
though on a smaller scale than tbo great
American fever of the same kind which so
man j New Yorkers well remember.
CREAM OF THE NEWS.
Rich Skimmings from the Latest
Telegraphic Dispatches,
A Frightful Accident Caused by
Trainwreckers in Missouri,
A frightful crime was committed bv train
wreckers near Sullivan, Mo., a few minutes
before 12 o'clock in the night. The plates
and rails were removed on a dangerous embankment
on the St. Louis and San Francisco
Railway, and in the wreck that followed
over forty people were seriously hurt, several
of them fatally.
The train left St. Louis at 8:15 P.M. It
consisted 01 two Daggage-cars, www u?jcoaches
and three sleeping-cars. Every section
was occupied in the sleeping-cars, and
the coaches were crowded. At 11:25 p. sr., as
the train was rounding a sharp curve,
three miles west of Sullivan, the tender,
baggage-cars, smoking-car and two
coaches jumped the track and were smashed.
The tender and one baggage-car went down
the" embankment, but all the other cars
except the coaches were crushed at the top.
People were tossed about in the cars in all directions.
and some of them were thrown outof
the coaches and down the embankment. One
man, Walter Davidson, an agent of the WestInghouse
Air Brake Company, was thrown out
of a window on the opposite side of the coach
from where he was sitting, and rolled down the
embankment to the edge of the the creek.
His feet were in the water. Another passenger
in the same coach was tossed from the
rear end of the car to the forward end. The
forward cars were smashed into kindling
wood, and the debris was scattered on both
sides of the track.
The trainmen and passengers who escaped
Injury worked hard, and soon had all the
wounded placed in the cars that remained on
the track. A special train was sent from Sullivan,
and the wounded were taken back
to the town. The family of Colonel John
O'Dav, Vice-President of the St. Louis and
San Francisco Railroad, were on the train,
and all were dangerously hurt. His son
Patrick, aged seven, sustained a fracture of
the skull.
On the train was a large body of physicians
returning from Springfield, Mo., where the
State Medical Convention was held, and they
rendered valuable assistance in caring for
the injured.
Laura Bridgman Dead.
Laura Bridgman, aged sixty, the deaf,
dumb and blind woman made famous by
Charles Dickens in his "American Notes,''
published more than forty years ago, also by
many public references to her wonderful
intelligence, printed in newspapers and elsewhere
since then, died a few days ago at the
South Boston Asylum where she Bad long
dwelt.
She was born in Hanover, N. H., December
21,1829. When she was two years old a
severe illness deprived her of sight, hearing
and speech. Her sense of smell was also destroyed
and that of taste much impaired.
At the a<*e of eight she was piacea in tae welkins
Institute for the Blind in Boston, where
the Superintendent, Samuel G. Howe, undertook
the difficult task of instructing her.
"With infinite patience and skill she was
taught to read and write by the sense of
touch alone, as well as to sew, embroider and
even play the piano a little. The process of
addition and subtraction in small numbers
had also become familiar to her, and she
could count find conceive objects up to 100 in
number. She knew the days of the week
and divided the day by the beginning and
end of school by the recesses and b7 the arrival
of meal times.
On January 28,1842, Laura was visited by
Charles Dickens, who was so much interested
in her that he remained several hours. His
visit is described in his "Notes on America."
Miss Bridgman lived at the Perkins Institute
continuously, with the exception of the summer
months spent in Hanover. In 1887 there
was a notable celebration of the fiftieth anniversary
of her entrance into the school.
Rioting Over Oklahoma Lots.
The soldiers were called out a few days ago
for the first time since the opening of Oklahoma,
and for several hours the city of
Guthrie was partially under martial law.
One of the best lots in Guthrie was awarded
by the Board of Arbitration to a man
named Driscoll, of Chicago. An old man by
the name of Diemer, of Kansas, occupied the
front of the same lot with a tent. Driscoll
erected a building on rollers, ready to move
it tr> the front as soon as Diemer should va
cate.
Recently the Council passed an ordinance
empowering the Marshal to eject every person
whose claim for a lot had been rejected
by the Arbitration Board. This put into
execution would affect over a thousand
persons. Th6 City Government made a
test case of the Driscoll-Diemer contest.
The Marshal proceeded to remove Diemer
and his tent. Immediately a mob
of 1200 men collected and drove the Marshals
away. The mob was about to attack the
City Hall when Captain Cavanauph arrived
upon the scene and dispersed it, after which
the city authorities resumed the work of
ejecting Diemer.
Diemer fought like a tiger and had to be
dragged from his tent to the street. Driscoll's
building was rolled forward. The mob attempted
to tear the house to pieces, but this
time the city authorities were able to repulse
the angry men without the aid of soldiers.
That night soldiers guarded the principal
streets, and more trouble was anticipated.
Argentine's Cattle Trade.
E. L. Baker, United States Consul at
Buenos Ayres, in a report to the Department
of State, says that the cattle industry of the
Argentine Republic is in such a languishing
condition that a law has been passed offering
a guarantee of five per cent, for ten years
on the capital employed in the business of exporting
fresh or preserved beef. The report
says it is understood that several establishments
are preparing to take advantage of the
guaranty provided by the Government and
are going mto business on a large scale with
special steamers fitted up for the traffic and
warehouses in England and France.
Great things are expected from this bounty
law by the Argentines, but Consul Baker
says ne does not believe the law will hurt
United States beef shippers much until new
methods are adopted for the preparation
of beef for exportation. Stall fed cattle are
quite unknown in this country, and all
bullocks for the market are taken directly off
the grass, the meat, of course, being soft and
watery. Argentines, it is thought, will not
cut much of a figure until they learn that dry
food is absolutely necessary in order to pre
u TTni*T7 Hicfflnt forpifrn
par? 11C5LL uicau ivi TWA J v?? o?
markets.
Gladstone's Narrow Escape.
The Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstono while walking
in Piccadilly, London, attempted to
cross the street anil was knocked down by a
cab. The driver did not stop his horse, but
endeavored to escape. Mr. Gladstone regained
his feet and ran after the vehicle. He
caught up with it and stopped it until the
police arrived and arrested tne driver.
Mr. Gladstone wa? not hurt, and was in his
seat in the House of Commons that evening
none the worse for his tumble. A rumor in
circulation that the ex-Premier was seriously
injured created great excitement until it became
known that it was groundless.
Six Miners Killed.
While a bucket of broken rock, weighing
over a ton, was being hoisted to the surface
in the new Pettibone shaft of the Delaware,
Lackawanna & Western Railroad,near Kingston,
Penn., the wire rope broke, letting tne
bucket fall nearly one thousand feet upon
ten men engaged in blasting at the bottom.
Edward Jones was instantly killed, and
James Coyle. Samuel Gessman, Cornelius
Conn, George Veet and George Gresley were
mangled so that they died before morning.
The other men were less seriously injured.
The Cholera in India.
A despatch from Madras reports that the
cholera, which always prevails in a modifier
degree in various parts of India, has developed
extraordinary virulence and mortality
in the Ganjaw district. A thousand death:
have taken place in one week.
The local authorities are taking steps tc
prevent the spread of the disease.
Fought a Duel for a Girl's Love.
Near Brownsville, Madison County, Ala.,
James Roundtree and George Wilson fought
a duel with pistols. Wilson was killed at th<
second shot, and Roundtree fled. The mer
were young farmers. They loved the same
|irl, and agreed to settle their affair by i
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LATER NEWS.
Governor Ladd, of Rhode Island, has just
been inaugurated.
The Presbyterian General Assembly,which
met this year in New York city, haa concluded
its labors and dissolved.
Patrick McCarthy, Thomas O'Neill and
Thomas Farrell were killed at Palmer, Massi,
by the breaking of the guy rope of a derrick.
Two heavily laden freight trains collided
near Trumbull Church, Conn., killing
Engineer William B. Look and Brakeman
Charles Olds, and fatally injuring two train
hands.
Detective Daniel Coughlin, Patrick
0. Sullivan and Frank J. Black, alias Woodruff,
were indicted by the Grand Jury at
Chicago for the murder of Dr. Cronin, a
prominent member of the Clan-na-Gael.
A terrific wind storm took place near
Clements, Kan. Four persons were killed
and a great many wounded. Over a dozen
houses were demolished.
Charles Velte killed his mother, aged
fifty, at Grand Rapids, Mich., by stabbing
her in the breast with a heavy, sharpened
wire. He then took poison, and, resting a
gun between his knees, shot himself dead.
Dr. Frank Baker, of the Lighthouse
Board, has been appointed Assistant Superintendent
of the Life Saving Service.
Adjutant-Geiczral Drum, having reached
the age of sixty-four years, was formerly iretired
from active service in the army. General
Kelton, who has been Assistant
Adjutant-General, will act as AdjutantGeneral
until an appointment is made to fill
the office.
Admiral Kimberly reports to the Navy
Department that the Samoan natives are disbanding
and that peace prevails.
Contracts for furnishing the Postoifice
Department with supplies of stationery,
wrapping paper, twine and miscellaneous
articles were awarded. The contract prices
aggregate $225,000.
The cutter Valkyrie, now matched to race
for the America's cup, was badly beaten in a
erfiflP V.TT Tvifll t 1<AT or?H Vflrflnfoin
a race from Harwich to Southend, England.
A conflagration in the town of Podhajce,
Galicia, has destroyed six hundred
houses, a church and a synagogue and caused
the loss of many lives. Twelve corpses were
extricated from the ruins.
FIYE PERSONS BURNED,,
Sad Fate of a Clergyman and Four oJ
His Family.
The'pretty little house of the Rev. T. C.
Clarke, pastor of the London Bridge Baptist
Church, about two and a half miles from
Tunis Station, Va., on the Virginia Beach
Railroad was entirely destroyed by fire, and
the clergyman, two of his daughters, his son
and a niece, who was visiting him, were
burned alive. Shortly after midnight the occupants
of the house were awakened by inhaling
thick, black smoke, which was
in every room. The sleepers were out
of their beds in a moment after. The
Rev. Mr. Clarke was the first one to
be aroused, and at once gave the alarm.
He succeeded in getting his wife, two of his
children and Miss Ella Bidgood, a governess,
to places of safety by lowering them from
the window. He then started to the rescue
of the other inmates. The fire cut off his
retreat and all perished. The younger
victims were Maiianna Clarke. Bessie Clarke,
Frederick Clarke and Miss Pullen.
The fire is thought to have been of incendiary
origin. ' Mr. Clarke was a preacher of
great ability.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
Iron is down a dollar.
Baltimore has 3000 saloons.
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Oklahoma is practicaijy getueu.
Sweden has 6000 miles of railway.
The rainy season in Mexico has began.
We are to have a new Cliinese Minister.
Seventeen-year locusts have appeared.
America has 10,000 electric motors in use.
Brazil is projiaring for war with Bolivia.
Iowa has 45,000 mules,valued at$4,000,000.
Great Britain is to have 147 torpedo
boats.
Breadstuffs are tending downward in
price.
Gophers are becoming a terrible pest in
Iowa.
There is a great shortage in tobacco
plants.
Anarchists are fomenting trouble in Lombardy.
India wheat is lower in the English
markets.
There are nc-w 3,000,000 Baptists in this
country.
The domestic hemp crop is only 10,000 ton9
annually.
Mackerel are said to l>e plentiful on the
Irish coast.
The Buddhists claim 340,000,000 adherents
in the world.
There are upward of 50,000 club men in
New York city.
There are 200,000 peopi.e engaged in farming
in Oregon.
Immigration to this country seems to be
on the increase.
There are over 30,000 locomotives in use
in North America.
Secretary Proctor has been inspecting
West Point Academy.
The adrnt-frvion to the Paris Ex]josition is
twenty cento per day.
A well of turpentine has been discovered
in Laurens County, Ga.
The Florida vegetable growers are having
a very prosperous season.
; The outlook is now generally good for
crops throughout the Wtst.
! Dakota has a gold rush to new placers
forty miles from Deadwood.
On July 1 the State Treasurer prill pay the
last dollar of the Iowa Si?te debt.
The rice output in the Indies is reported
AOS,360 bags short of last year.
"Boomers" are gathering in Dakotaawaifc
- " ' 'U. c-.-? j.,
i mg tne opening ui iuc oiuua icaci vuuvu.
Chicago has twenty police stations, 1145
policemen and 113 miles of street railroad.
> The signs of Broadway, New York, run to
; brass, and are said to have cost $20,0(H),000.
Appointments for the Census Bureau will
i be made without reference to Civil Service
i rules.
Sixteen contested election cases will be
fought out in the next House of Representatives.
Detroit is the best electrically lighted city
[n the country. It has 136 towers and 121
poles. .
Over 2000 Mormon men, women and children
are said to be migrating from Utah tc
Idaho.
A widespread plot against the Czar of
Russia has been discovered among military
officers.
It is claimed that Iowa leads all the States
in the number of its hogs, having over foui
millions.
A new style of sword, just introduced intc
: the German army for the use of officers, is
straight.
The gamblers of Louisiana have offered tc
pay the State debt?$12,000,000?for a fiftyyear
lease.
In the army operations of the year th?
most important work will be done by France
I and Germany.
j A vein of graphite 300 feet long by aboul
four and a half feet wide has been discovered
! at St. Joseph, Mo.
> A monument to German Confederates was
dedicated at Charleston, S. C., recently, and
United States Senator Wade Hampton made
a speech.
, The Standard Ofl Company placed an ordei
; in Philadelphia Tor 200 bull aog:;, which wil
? be used to guard the Standard tankn in th<
i Ohio field against tramps. Numerous fire
) have been caused bv fire from the pipes ol
t tramps, and the bulldogs are to keep then
I away.
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O'BRIEN'S BLAST.
The Irish Editor Speaks Plainly Before
the Parnell Commission.
Ex-Premier Gladstone appeared at a session
of the Parnell Commission while Editor
O'Brien, of United Ireland, was being crossexamined.
Mr. O'Brien admitted writing and printing
in his paper that Queen Victoria was only
known to Ireland by her scarcely decently
disguised hatred of Ireland and by her inordinate
salary; also, that Earl Spencer would
be the last stfrong Englishman who would "attempt
to rule Ireland by means of barbarism,
nftid neHnrv. hntolierv and the use of the
sacred rope."
He also admitted writing that the Chairman
of the Committee on Reception to the
Prince of Wales, on the occasion of the tetter's
visit to Ireland some years ago, would
be hunted from public life.
Mr. O'Brien here excitedly exclaimed:
"He has been driven from public life, and.
rather than allow Englishmen to be deceivea
by a show of sham loyalty, I resolved to tell
them the truth. I never personally spoke disrespectfully
or offensively of the Prince of
Wales. If it is clear that England will not
satisfy Ireland's aspirations, and if there is
any rational chance of success, an attempt
should be made on the part of the Irish to rebel."
The London papers, the witness declared,
were more responsible for the use of dynamite
than the efforts of Messrs. Finnerty and
Patrick Ford. But for the views the London
journals had expressed it would have
been impossible to collect ?1000 in America
for dynamite.
The witness stated that he wrote an article
in which he said that Allen, Larkin and
O'Brien, the men hanged for killing the
policemen in the Manchester riots, were honored
by their Chicago kindred.
The statement was greeted with rousing
cheers from the spectators present. Presiding
Justice Hannen thereupon threatened to clear
the court-room if such a demonstration was
repeated. He reminded Mr. O'Brien that the
Court regarded the Manchester shooting as
murder, and the men were hanged for the
crime as murderers.
The Attorney-General then declared that
he had finished the cross-examination of the
witness, and Mr. O'Brien was allowed to
leave the stand.
A BANK WBECKED,
A Scranton (Penn.) Savings Institution
Robbed of $135,000.
Cashier George Jessup, at the Scranton
(Penn.) City Bank, was placed under arrest
in the bank after the close of business at that
institution. The arrest was made by order
of the board of directors. He is charged with
embezzling the sum of $135,000. The directors
also decided to close the bank, placing it
in the hands of an assignee until its condition
could be ascertained.
The announcement of the cashier's arrest
created intense excitement in business and
banking circles, and especially among the
depositors, many of whom had made deposits
up to the close of business at the bank.
A number of the depositors swarmed
around the building decrying the dishonesty
which was practiced by the officers of the
bank in receiving their money, knowing that
the bank was insolvent. Several women depositors,
who were frenzied with excitement,
fainted upon the street.
The bank had been tho depository of the
city and school funds, but with the change in
the municipal officers on April 1 $186,000 of
the funds were withdrawn and deposited elsewhere.
Tho county is caught for upward of
i 110,000. The funds of a number of secret and
building societies were deposited with the
bank, and it is believed tho societies will be
heavy losers.
The downfall of the cashier is attributed to
high living and speculation in unprofitable
coal lands.
His bond is only $35,000. His father-inlaw
and his brother, Judge Jessup, are his
bondsmen. The capital stock of the bank is
$100,000 and the deposits nearly $500,000.
Mr. Jessup had been cashier and Vice-President
of the bank for nearly six years. He is
about fifty-five years of age and is a
member of one of the most prominent
families in northeastern Pennsylvania,
and was an officer in tho Second Presbyterian
Church. He was also a prominent member
of the bicycle club of that city, President of
the Pennsylvania State League of American
Wheelmen and Vice-President of the National
Association. Ho has two children, girls of
twelve and fifteen years respectively.
THE LAB0E WORLD.
Coke is depressed.
Pittsburg iron is twenty-five cents lower.
An eight-hour league has been organized.
The building trades strike in Berlin is extending.
Great distress prevails among uu numingmen
in Italy.
iitAUTE farmers are complaining of the
scarcity of farm help.
Philadelphia has 182 carpet factories,
employing 17,800 hands.
There are 20,000 cigannakers of both
sexes in New York city.
The operators claim that they cannot compete
witn machine-mined coal.
The average German laborer does not expend
more than $15 every year in clothes.
In Germany, the army was called upon to
force the striking miners back to their work.
In the Northwest farm laborers are holding
mass-meetings in the fields to discuss the
wage question.
Over five thousand hard-working women
in New York and Brooklyn support sick or
lazy husbands.
Skilled carpenters in Japan earn forty
cents a day, and some exceptionally goo<l
men forty-five cents.
? Pennsylvania now has a law for the inspection
of factories in the interest of children
and women workers.
On the South Australian railways engineers
who ran their trains for two years without
accident receive a present of $50.
The Pattern Makers' League of North
America, at their meeting in Pittsburg,
agreed to abolish all piece work.
The seventeenth annual convention of the
Journeymen Horseshoers' National Union
has been held at St. Paul, Minn.
The manufacturing industries of Sweden
are represented by upward of 8000 work^
affording employment to about 74,200 hands.
Two thousand workmen are at present
employed on a new hotel in Tokio, Japan.
Over 7000 bamboo poles are used in the scaffolding.
The laborers and mechanics of England and
Europe work an average from twelve to
twenty-four hours more per week than the
laborers and mechanics of America.
A million copies of the Declaration of
Principles of the K. of L. in the French
language are to oe cusmouwa miiuug uuc
working people in Paris during the Universal
Exposition. . .
PROMINENT PEOPLE.
The Earl of Malmesbury is dead.
The Pope has been taken suddenly ilL
P. T. Barnum, the showman, is seventysight.
"Walt Whitman, the poet, is just seventy
years old.
Mrs. Garfield has an income of about
$16,000 a year.
Prixce George, of Gresce, has joined the
French navy.
Governor Biggs, of Delaware, owns 80,000
peach trees.
Ma. Gladstone is going yachting on the
Devonshire coast for his vacation.
' Erastcs TViman, the great mogul of
Staten Island, began life as a newsboy.
The Sultan of Turkey has sent to the Empress
of Germany a necklace valued at $150,I
000.
Princess Beatrice, the wife of Prince
Henry of Battenberg, has been safely delivered
of a son.
i George Francis Train, the eccentrio
New Yorker, has been offered $10,000 for his
f autobiography.
i Mb. Gladstone has declined an offer of
j $25,000 for twenty-five articles on topics to
3 be left to his selection.
Ex-President Cleveland is one of the
1 committee to solicit funds for the Centennial
, arch. far_New York citx~
1
THE NATIONAL GAME.
Pittsburg Is in a bad way for pitchers.
Amherst College recently beat Tale by
5 to 4.
Brouthers, of Boston, leads the League in
batting.
The Cleveland Club is breaking all "baby*'
p?cords.
Clabkbon, of Boston, is pitching a slow
ball this season.
In the '89 lexicon of the game base hits are
It-J it??1
UlliQU 301. C Lie 3.
The Detroit Club has signed pitcher Shreve,
lata of Indianapolis.
a. The Indianapolis Club sports the ugliest
uniform in the League.
The Pittsburg Club has suspended Pitchers
Morris and Conway.
There have been comparatively few shutcut
games so far this season.
General Lew Wallace is a great admirer
of the popular American game.
The Southern League has increased the
salaries of its umpires to $150 a month.
Frost, the Fort Worth (Texas) catcher,
had his collar bone broken by a foul tip.
Burdock, the veteran second baseman, is
j,laying with a New York semi-professional
team.
One American manufacturer of baseballs
employs 500 hands and keeps 40,000 balls in
stock.
The Kansas Citys are reported to be the
finest lot of men on the bases ever gotten together.
Toronto (Canada) clergymen of all denominations
patronize the games in that city
in large numoers.
Ward and Keefe have been re-elected
President and Secretary, respectively, of the
Ball Player's Brotherhood.
The daily "take" of the New Yorks in
iposs, that is, at their grounds in Staten
.Island, averages only $350.
On a three-bagger Billy Sunday, of the
Pittsburgs, recently ran from the home plate
to third base in 10 4-5 seconds.
John Morrill says he never played boll
with as sober, quiet, orderly or easily mattiged
team as the Washingtons.
The Boston Club has appointed two physicians
to the team, and one of the two will
be in attendance at every game.
George Henninger, aged ninety, and
Henry Geist, aged eighty-nine, are among
the warmest baseball zealots in Bethlehem,
Penn.
A feature of the New York game this
year is the magnificent fielding of O'Rourke.
He covers a great deal of ground and throws
admirably.
The grand stand of the Brooklyn Baseball
Club, which was partially destroyed by fire,
will be torn down and a new one built. The
loss is $18,000.
Fortt-ftve actual players will appear on
the Makiki (Sandwich Island) diamond this
season. Their uniforms will cost $8 apiece,
or a total cost of $360.
The Louisville Club's franchise is still on
the market. Milwaukee and Des Moines are
KntVi on-riVinc to tnlrn T.oiii<nrni?>'s T?Iaw? in the
American Association.
Joe Pubcell, who, after Van Haltrca,
ranked first among the pitchers of the California
league, has permanently retired and
will enter the priesthood.
John "Ward, of New York, is exercising
his literary talents again. He is preparing an
article 011 the classification rule. It indicates
that a fight against it will be made in, a short
time.
No pitcher filled the "box" for a shorter
time than "Ad" Gumbert, of the Chicagos,at
Philadelphia. He delivered just one balLand
that was knocked out of the ground, and the
pitcher returned to the field.
The stockholders of the old Detroit National
League Club have declared a dividend
of $54,000. The directors own four-fifths of
the 400 shares of stock. The par value of
each share is $50, and the holders will receive
$135 per share.
In a recent game between the Brooklyns
and TTansfls City Clubs the latter scored in
every inning, winning the game by 18 to 12
runs. It rarely happens that in a game between
first-class clubs runs are made by one
side in every inning.
The rivalry between New York and
Chicago is much greater than between any
other teams. The games are bitterlv contested,
and no matter how badly tne two
clubs may play against other nines, they
play a fine game when pitted against each
other.
Harry Wright, manager of the Philadelphias,
says that batting will win more games
than fielding, and he proposes to play the
strongest batting team he can put in the
field. An error was not of such vital consequence
last year, when scores were small. It
takes good hitting to win this year.
The highest baseball club in New York
city, in the location of its home grounds, if
not on record, is that made up of Tribune
?mnlnv?. It nractises dailv ut>on the toD of
the Tribune building. There is a space there
a hundred feet long and surrounded by a high
wall, where everything but heavy batting is
Derfectlr feasible.
league record.
Won. Lost. Percentage
Boston 17 6 .739
Philadelphia 15 9 .625
New York 15 11 .577
Cleveland 15 13 .538
Chicago 13 14 .4S1
Pittsburg 11 16 .407
Indianapolis. 9 16 .360
Washington 6 16 .273
AMERICAN* ASSOCIATION RECORD.
TTo.-i. Lost. Percentage.
St. Louis 23 11 .703
Brooklyn 20 13 .606
Cincinnati 21 15 .5S3
Kansas City IS 16 .529
Athletic 15 15 .500
Baltimore 15 16 .484
Columbus 11 22 .333
Louisville 8 26 .235
Immense numbers of cateroillars stop
trains on the Canadian Pacific's new line
through the Maine wilderness. It is impossible
to run trains on a regular schedule, and
in announcing their train service the Canadian
Pacific managers have to put in the
clause, "caterprHars permitting." Every
train is delayed from two to five hours. Two
hundred men have bean hired to spread over
the line and fight the pesta.
THE MARKETS.
22 new tore.
Beeves 3 50 @ 4 60
Milch Cows, com. to good.. .25 00 @45 00
Calves, common to piime... 2 50 @ 5 60
Sheep 4 25 @ 5 50
Lambs 6 10 @ 8 00 *
Hogs?Live 4 90 @ 5 20
T>rnccpH 6^a(a) 8
Flour?City Mill Extra 4 30 *@ 4 55
Patents 5 15 @6 25
Wheat?No. 2 Red.... 82^@ 83
Rye?State 54 @ 55
Barley?Two-rowed State... ? @85
Coin?Ungraded Mixed 40 ? 43
Oats?No. 1 White ? @ 38
Mixed Western 26 @ 30
Hay-No. 1 82^@ 90
Straw?Long Rye 70 @ 75
Lord?City bteam ? @ 6.55c
Butter?Elgin Creamery.... 20 @ 21
Daily, fair to good. 15 @ 18
West. Im. Creamery 9 @ 15
Factory 8 @ 11
Cheese?State Factory 8 @ 11
Skims?Light 9
Western ? @ 9
Eggs?State and Pemi 14 @ 14>?
BUFFALO.
Steers?We^ern 3 00 <5> 4 30
Sheep?Medium to Good.... 4 00 @4 25
Lambs?Fair to Good 4 00 ($ 5 00
Hogs?Good to Choic2 Yorks 4 65 @ 4 75
Flour?Family 5 00 @ 5 25
Wheat?No. 2 Northern Sl)-j@ S3
Cora?No. 3, Yellow ? @ 37*/
Oats-No. 2, White ? <k 31
Barley?No. 1 Canada ? (& 74
EOSTO-V.
Flour?Spring Wheat Pat's., o S5 @ 6 40
Corn?Steamer Yellow 46 @ 47^
Oats-No. 2 White 32 @ 41 "
Rye?State 65 @ 70
WATEP.TOWN (MASS.) CATTLE MARKET.
Beef?Dressed weight 5,^@ 6%
Sheep?Live weight 3%@ 4}<
Lames ... ? @ 0
Hogs?Northern .5 @ 5}i
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour?Penn. family 4 25 @ 4 50
Wheat?No. 2, Red. May.... 90 (g 91
Corn?No. 2, Mixed, May... ? @ 40>?
Oats?Ungraded White ? @ 33
, Potatoes?Early Rose 25 <2 88
Butter?Creamery Extra.... ? <g! 17
Cheece?Part akims 0 @ 8
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HOUSEHOLD HATTEE&'
GOOD HOUSEKEEPER.
How can I tell her?
By her cellar;
Cleanly shelves and whitened wall.
I can guess her
By har dresser;
By the back staircase and halL
And with pleasure
Take her measure
By the way she keeps her brooms.
Or the peeping
At the keeping
Of her back and unseen rooms.
T>? VM St#
uy ucx jutAJueu a cm v/j. uoauuoao, %
Aid its general completeness,
Where in cleanliness and sweetness
The rose of order blooms.
?Jewish Messenger,
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CLEANING LACE. , ,
" To clean lace fill a bottle with eol<l
water; draw a stocking tightly over i^
"ecuring both ends firmly. Place the lac$
smoothly over the stocking and tack
closely. Put the bottle in a kettle of cold |
water containing a few shavings of soap,'
and place over the fire to boil. Rinie
in several waters and then drain and diy. :
When dry remove and place smoothly in
a large book and press with weights.'
Very nice lace can be made to look likenew
by this j>Toces8.-^-Wathingtm Star. (
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BAG FOR TRAVELING WRAPS.
This bag will be fonnd very convenient
in traveling, as several wraps not in use
may be put into it and kept clean. A
piece of coarse crash or holland forma
the foundation, which may be ornamented
with a stripe, and any simple pattern may
be worked between the stripes. Red
Andalnsian wool or coarse red marking
cotton will be suitable for working the
bag, which should be cut twenty-seven
inches wide and one yard long. The
ends are sewed together, and the edgea
turned over about three inches. The
cross-stitch pattern is worked upon the
turned over part, and the edge is finished
by fringe. The handles are of the same
material, worked with a cross-stitch
pattern, and are fixed to the bag by
buttons and button-holes.?Tanked Blade,
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HOUSEHOLD ORNAMENTS.
A very effective dining-room portiere
can be made of the best quality of burlap.
Across the top work,with coarse worsteds,
a border in tapestry stitch, a design of
fruit and leaves, using' shades of brown,
purple and orange., with a little bright
olive green. If you prefer, the body of
the curtain can be plain, with only a dado
ana ineze, or acoaveuuuiuu ucsigu u?j
be traced here and there, doing away
with the dado. , ;
Small, low rockers of willow may be
painted jet black and then decorated by
a floral design. A bunch of red poppies
is very effective and will not soil so readily
as the more delicate colors. Bright red
ribbons, in several shades, are tied on the
back and front legs of the chairs. It* is
well to varnish the chair before painting
the floral designs, using good copal varnish.
A chair painted in deep old gold, with
a mass of purple and yellow pansies on
the seat, while the back is decorated with
a band of plush in shades of purple ahd
tied with three shades of purple ribbon,
would be a lovely ornament in any parlor.?New
York Star.
THE TRUTH ABOUT MOTHS.
"I wish youd put something in the
paper to stop people believing that fib
about moths," 6aid a pretty woman of
philanthropic turn. With that densfe
stupidity characteristic of my sex I was
obliged to ask what lie. "Why, they
are always saying in the papers that it is
not necessary to do anything to keep
moths out of furs, but to wrap the furs in
cotton cloths or in papers; that the moths
will not go through those fabries to get
to their native diet of Russian sable
beneath. Well, now, that may be very
true and interesting as a scientific fact,
but as advice for saving your sables it is
simply Tommyrot. I ought to know. I
paid ?100 for the information last ytms. _
I went and did my things up in cotton
cloth last spring. I don't know why. I
i It would have been easier just to go and I
turn them into a trunk with a nickel's I
worth of camphor, as I always had, but I
I this other was a new and sort of learned I
1 idea, and I took up with it. I suppose I
the eggs were already in my furs, but that I
is it; the eggs always will be in them. 11
thought I beat them out, but I evidently I
didn't, for the moths were there, and 11
suppose they did not go through tha i
cotton, but if I couldn't get them out,; I
neither can those other poor women tha^
are listening to the irresponsible journalist
now. No, you go put it in that a dime's I
worth of camphor is worth all the ento*
mological science in the world against I
moths. Just dump it in the trunk witl} I
your things and you are all right.?NewM
York Graphic. - I
RECIPES. '.I
Molasses Ginger Cakes?One pint of I
molasses, one tablespoon of lard, two tea-1
spoons of soda in two-thirds of a cup of I
boiling water and two tablespoons of gin
ger. Mix quickly as possible. Roll thin I
and bake quick. I
Cinnamon Buns?In making baking
powder biscuit take some of the dough I
and roll three-quarters of an inch thick;
cut out with a biscuit cutter; spread with I
butter, then sugar and cinnamon; put in a I
tin; make a dent with finger in the centei fl
and bake till a light brown in a hot oven. I
Tapioca Jelly?One-half pint of tapi
oca, one quart of water, the juice and
grated rind of a lemon. Soak the tapioca
over night in water; sweeten and boil ill
for an hour in a farina kettle. When I
nearly done stir in the lemon and pour it I
into molds. Serve with cream sweet
ened. m
Omelette Souffle?Five eggs, a quarter I
of a pound of butter, four tablespoonfuls
of sugar, one of flour. Mix well, add I
last the still frotli of the whites of the I
' ?- in Q cnino. I
eggs. j>ieic a piece ui uuuu ^
pun, pour in the mixture, and stir with a I
broacl knife until done. Sprinkle with
lemon juice and sugar, or serve with pre
serves.
Apple Custard?A way to prepare :ip-1
pies for dessert is to core, pare and grate I
them. For a quart of grated apples iitixl
in a quarter of a pound of melted butter I
and half a pound of sugar. Beat thai
yolks and whites of eight eggs separate-B
ly; stir in the whites the last thing, andH
bake like custard in a deep dish lined!
with pu3 paste. I
Rich Pudding?Mix apples, chopped, B
one and one-half pints of milk, ten ounces I
of bread crumbs, ten ounces of raisins (or
currants or both), six eggs, half of
grated nutmeg, the grated peel of al
lemon, a quarter of a pound of sugar and I
a small teaspoonful of salt. Mix all thor- I
oughly together, putting in the fruit last, I
and steam for four or five hours in a I
mould. This makes a large pudding; I
half the quantity will answer for a small
family. fl