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r A GREAT PARADE. Annual Exercises of the Brook^ _ lyn Sunday-Schools. More Than 60,000 Children March Through the Streets. Tho annual parade of Sunday-school <eiiildren iu Brooklyn took place a few day9 ago Under bright skies. The church bell rang at eleven o'clock a. m.. as a signal to prepare for the annual exercises. Th9 arrangements for the parade had been made by a committee which had served in the same capacity heretofore. This was the sixty-first anniversary parade of the schools of the Brooklyn Sunday-school Union. It was estimated that about tW,000 children, teachers and officers were marshaled in the eleven divisions after the exercises in about fifty churches, where hymns were sung and addresses were i&iade. The division which met in Prospoet Park included twenty-seven schools from some of the principal churches, and there were, it was estimated, about 13,500 children in the ranks. Some of the schools went to thu park early in the day and picnicked in the groves aud upon the meadows. About 2 o'clock they assembled around th9 stand in the lower end of +.hp> Lnnsr Meadow, in seats reserved for them. And after a band concert the Anniversary hymns were sung. Under the leadership of Marshal Robert W. Firth the parade took i place through lines marked out by guidons, | the spectators being kept off the central space of the Long Meadow by ropes. Upon a hillock in the centre was the reviewing-stand, occupied by Mayor Chapin. President Hendrix. of the Boar.l of Education; Grand Marshal James S. Case, President Silas M. Giddings, of the "'Brooklyn Sundayschool Union; F. B. Schenck, of the Young Men's Christian Association; the Rev. Drs. Giffin, Lloyd, Malcolm, and Beiler, And others. The gay costumes of the little ijirls, and the brightly colored banners made ? pleasing contrast with the green grass in tJm bright sunshine. Many thousands of Spectators in carriages and upon horseback, as well as on foot, witnessed the parade. > Ten other divisions, in as many parts of the oitv. marched in the streets after holding anniversary exercises in scores of churches, and after parading the membors of the schools ate ee cream and cake at their respective -churches. The Heights division was led by Tlwiaht Stnrlwpll of Plvmnuth Church nnrl marched in Clinton and Pierrepont streets, after exercises in six different churches. In Plymouth Church the Rev. Lindsay Parker was tbe speaker. The address before the section meeting in the Hansom Place Methojiist Episcopal Church was made by Dr. Talmage, and He appeared upou the reviewing gtand with the same public men who reviewed the ranks in Prospect Park. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS. In the Senate. 121st Day.?The conference report on the Military Academv Appropriation bill was agreed to Mr. Edmunds offered a resolution instructing the Committee on fisheries to make early investigation Into the administration of the affairs of the United States Fish Commissioner's office.... ^conference was ordered on the Naval Appropriation bill, and Messrs. Hale, Allison ! and Gorman were appointed on the part of ' the Senate The canteen question was discussed and an amendment to the Army bill < was passed, providing that no liquor shall be | sold to soldiers by post-traders or canteens in prohibition States ...Mr. Morrill and Mr. , Harris spoke on the silver question. 123d Day.?Messrs. Pugh and Farwell disrmssfld the silvnr rmnstinri t.hn Inttor nHrnpi. Ie abolition of the Sub-Treasuries unifications bill was considered, and aterviiet items went over without ...Mr. Paddock reported favorably the Committee on Agriculture stitute for all the pure food which have been introduced.... nate bill to provide for the obligatory mce at school of the children in Alasplaced on the calendar.... Mr.Evarts >d a Senate bill appropriating $50,000 nonument of Edwin M. Stanton in f the War Department. Pliced on jndar Among the memorials and papers presented and referred were ions from the Louisiana Legislature ing thanks to Congress and the Presiar the relief afforde J to the sufferers le recent Mississippi floods. Day.?The presiding officer (Mr. Innnouncad as the select committee on for the establishment of the Univerthe United States Messrs. Edmunds, in, Ingalls. Blair, Dolph, Harris, ButifAn an/1 Tloi*Krtn*? TKa ut, wiwowu uwu x/ai uuutt.t.iuo A coviubivu or an inquiry into the management of the l8h Commissioner's offlca was agreed to.... 'he Fortifications bill was passed, among he items being one appropriating $285,000 1 or Watervliet (N. Y.) Arsenal The Sen- < te took up the River and Harbor bill. Mr. 1 [oar and Representative Banks urged in- < reased appropriations for Charles River and lancbester harbor, and Mr. Piatt asked for i lore money for Milford Haven and the New 1 laven breakwater. t 1 In the House. 1 131st Day.?On motion of Mr. Wright a . ill was passed to ratify an agreement enered into by Commissioners of New York ) . nd Pennsylvania in regard to the boundary ines between these States On motion of ir. Joseph a bill was passed providing for n additional Associate Justfceof the Su- i ireme Court of New Mexico....On motion ( f Mr. Morrow the Senate bill was passed re- i leving the Union Iron Works of San Fran- I j iaco from certain penalties (amounting to | , 38,000) incurred in the construction of the Charleston. 132d Day.?The contested election case of i ^KcDuffie and Turpin, of Alabauia, was dis- ! ^Bussed without action. U 133d Day.?Mr. Turpin, of the Fourth i ^Kbbama District, was unseated, and Mr. ^KcDuffie, the contestant, took tie oath of | jHpice Mr. Morrill reports! a disagree|Hmtof the Conference Committed on the |Hgnap?*Dependent Pension bill. The House ! HMed on its amendments (providing a ser- i jHice pension), and a further conference was i l^tdered..'.. .Mr. Osbora presented the conference repc'ft of the Army Appropriation bill. was agreed to Mr. Evans Introduced a ^Hi^to promote the welfare of the National II A TOWN DESTROYED, j^Bradshaw, Neb., Totally Demolished SHB and Five People Killed. U Bradshaw, Neb., a town of four or fire ^Hundred inhabitants has been laid waste by cyclone which struck it about 8:20during night. Nearly every house in town was j^Bemolished and nothing remains but a mass j^Hf rains and roofless walls. Five persons Revere killed and a score or more injured. IBH Thn wind was ancomnanied bv a dalutm of i^ftun and a stunning fusillade of tail. Almost { ^Before the frightened inhabitants had time j realize the nature of their misfortune they i HErnnd themselves in the street and their j S^Hoases reduced to a shapeless mass of ruins, j j^Bhe business nart of the town is nothing but j pile of kindling wood, not one store being j gj^Bft standing. Every dwelling in the hamlet < in ruins, only a few walls remaining, and ! ^Hiase without roofs. | 1The scenes enacted after tho wind had ; jjj^Bibsided are beyond description. In every j ^House in the town somebody was either killed i K^Bt wounded. A hospital was at once impro^Hiaed in a roofless Darn and the dead and j R^BMnded were taken there. The killed are: g^krs. Penner, John Shaw's three children, I^Houng son of J. A. Brumsey. A number of other people were hurt, but ^Hie nature and extent of their injuries could Hot be learned on the day after the storm. { The furv of the wind that wrought this Uftrrible devastation must have been apHBdling. The shapeless wreck, the country waste, the village in ruins, and the jS^Hodies of the dead that have been recovered, HflBgether with the many wounded and sufHSMdk, formed a picture of horror and H^BThe B. and M. Depot was destroyed and R^Blegraph wires are down: Freight cars ^vere blown and twisted about as though EHfcoy were empty paper-boxes. The prairie aB^roond is strewn with dead hogs HhuI fragments of buildings. The Russian BOrttlement southwest is destroyed, as also thi NB&ct* of William Morrison, D. Chicken and Kock. Ninety hogs and one horse wen SKpund in a grocery cellar. The injured wen K^KpoYed to York. Nob., by special train, THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Two little children of Michael Hart were killed by a ruuaway horss uear their home in New Haven, Conn. A decision by the Supreme Court of Maine legalizes the sale of liquor in original packages in that State. Henry Jackson, the colored desparado who escaped from Trenton (N. J.) prison, was shot while resisting arrest in Philadelphia, and his companion, Thomas, was captured. About two thousand members of th9 National Guard went to the new parade ground at Van Cortlandt Park, New York city, pjid took part in a realistic sham battle. Several participants werj seriously injured. Services were held in the cjmetery and in some of the churches at Johnstown, renn., in commemoration of the anniversary of the flood. The boiler of the Greyfoot Canning Works, in Vrealand, Me., exploded. Jerome Gray, the engineer, was hurled through the roof, a distance of fifty feet, and William Thom and his brother Charles, cauners, were killed. Commodore William P. McCann, United States Navy, formerly turned over the command of the Charleston (Mass.) Navy Yard to Captain Thomas O. Selfridge, the new commandant. Commodore McCann will take command ot tlio buropaan squaaron. Tucker & Barry's shipyard at Madison, Conn., was destroyed by fire, and two partially-constructed four-masted schooners belonging to Captain Handy were also burned. The loss is estimated at from $75,000 to ?100,0i)0. Matthew S. Morgan*, more familiarly known as ''Matt" Morgan, tho cartoonist and scenic artist, died at his residence in New York city, of rheumatism of tho heart, agei fifty-four years. Census Enumerator Frank Lorgue, of New York city, committed suicide by swallowing rat poison. He took his life for fear of being fined $509 for neglect of duty. Willie and Harry Patterson, age twelve and nine, were drowned in the Brandywino, at Wilmington, Del., while swimming. John Starr, a painter, fell out of a boat in the Christiana River at the same place and was drowned. The new United States gunboat Bennington was successfully launched at Roach's shipyard, Chester, Penn. Colonel Thomas M. Bayne, of Alleghany, Penn., declinod a renomiuation to Congress; William A. Stone was chosen in his stead; Congressman Dalzell was renoaiinated in the Pittsburg District. South and West. Two Indians were killed and a cowboy fatally shot in a pitched battle at Pine Ridge Agency, oui. An express train ran into a horsa and buggy at the Jonesboro pike crossing, half a mile east of Marion, Ind., killing Mrs. A. J. Stone and two children and Mrs. PoaWimmer. The boiler of an immense sawmill belonging to William Means, in Upshur County, W. Va., blew up, killing Russell Hyre and Floyd Wilson, fatally injuring C. B. Brake and badly cutting James Whitslow, Joseph Lemons and Tom Colchcr. Miss Ida Smith, a dressmaker, committed suicide by jumping from a pier into Lake Michigan, at Chicago, III. A. well dressed young man undertook to save the woman, ind while struggling in the water was S9ized with cramps ana drowned. The army worm has made its appearanca in the eastern shore of Maryland, and is playing havoc with the crops. The Democrats of Alabama have nominated Colonel Thomas G. Jones for Governor. The two sons of Charles Johnson, living ;hree miles south of Chillicothc, Ohio, were tilled by lightning. A P Pn ATirkT n rvi Kortlrat* rtf V/. Vs* uivyn .1, u mulivuati vs unuaoi wi Marionette, Wis., committal suicide by ihooting himself. He had been ill aul was iemporarily insane. A waterspou-t did considerable damage n Fayetteville, Ark. The Dupont Paper Mills in Louisville, Ky.,. ivere totally destroyed by Are. Loss $235,000, ?uliy insured. A policeman was overcome by ;he smoke and shortly afterward died. At Curry & O'Brien's rock quarry, near Dastle Rock, Col., a cave-in caused the instant death of B. Quist, John Anderson and E. I. Endenberg. Eight other laborers had aarrow escapes. The bodies of two brothers named Raymond were found terribly mangled on the railroad track at Attica, Mich. It is supposed they jumped off a train aud fell under the wheels. The general convention of the Order of B'nai B'rith fce^au its session in Richmond, Va. At Denver, Col., Mrs. A. Morrow attempted to start the fire with kerosene. The jan exploded, and the woman and her boy of three years aud a girl of sixteen were burned to death. In a tenement house fire in St. Louis, Mo., the aged father of a tenant named Gaorga Wolf was suffocated. Mrs. Charles Hau<} md her seven-year-old son were fatally burned and three other parsons received juuiiui 1:1 j uii<2?. The wife of Christian Lieferiutz, a rich farmer of Stanford, III., took poison with fatal effects. She was despondent from ill health. A cloudburst at Lovelaud, Iowa, wrecked buildiusjs and destroyed considerable property. The resident3 ot' Luke Sayles was swept away and hi3 wife drowned. The sale of thatsn principil breweries in San Francisco, Ca!., t3 an English syndicate, for 8?,57J,'J0a, has beja consummated. Three persons wore killed at Mansfield, Ohio, by an explosion of powder, caused by lightning. . ' Mrs. Mary Coxslix attempted to cross White River, near Brentwood, Ark., on a horse with her ten-months-old baby in her lap and two boys behind her, when the saddle turned, throwing ad into tho water1 and the boys were drowned. Bud Lindsay, UuitedStates Marshal, shot and killed Kilts, a distiller in Campbel( County, Tenn. Lindsuy wished a gallon oil whisky, and Kilts told him that he could not sell less than teu gallons under his license. Ex-Judge Henry S. Austin, of Chicago, 111., a venerable old settler of seventy-nine years, was sent to jail by Judge Kohlsaat until he pays ti t belonging to the estate of Henry L. Hall, of whoso estate the exJudge was made administrator iu lS7t>. A duel on horseback at Brenensvilje, Tenn., resultei in the killing of Thomas J. Herbert, a wealthy young fanner, by James Boyd, the twenty-year-old son of District Attorney D. R. Boyd. The pair quarreled over a hog. Washington. The most striking feature of the work of the Supreme Court of the United States, during the term just ended, was the large number and variety of cases involving a construction of the interstate commerce clause of the Federal Constitution. Benjamin Hawkins has been hanged at the jail in Washington on th9 scaffold on which Guiteau was executed. Hawkins's neck was broken by the fall. The crime for which he suffered death was the murder of his wife on March 14, 1889. The President returned to "Washington from Iris visit to Cleveland and Pittsburg. He was accompanied by Secretaries Windom and Rusk and Marshal Ransdell. It was estimated that thera had been a decrease of $6,000,000 in the public debt during the month of May. The National Republican Executive Committee, at their last session in Washington, elected Powell Clayton,of Arkansas, and N. B. Scott, of West Virginia, members of that committee. John S. Bell, Chief of the Secret Service Division of the Treasury Department, has been removed. His resignation was called for by Secretary Windom. The judiciary fund has run out. and the Deputy United States marshals, many judges and court-criers are clamoring for their overdue salaries. Secretary Windom has appointed Horace L. Piper, of Maine, to be Assistant General Superintendent of the Life Saving Service. The President sent to Congress a letter of the Secretary of State relative to the recommendations of the recent Pan-American Conference on the subject of customs regulators. Secretary Noble urges Congress to pas3 the Indian Appropriation bill at once as the Department is threatened with serious embarrassment in providing food for the Indians. The collections of Internal Revenue for May were greater tnan the collections for any one month since 1870. They amounted to $1(3,837,772. The report of Professor Wiley to the Treasury Department indicated that the Government nad lost $1,000,000 by the polariscope tests in the New York Custom House. The monthly public debt shows a decrease in the debt, amounting to $6,661,871 during May, and for eleven months of the current Ascal year, $07,787,722. The total debt, less cash in tha Treasury on Juna 1, was $1,008,358,898. Foreign. A number of Christians at Kossova, Old Servia, have been massacreed by Mohammedan Arnauts. Trhee laborers were killed by lightning while working in a field uear Kelheive, Bavaria. The American colony in London entertained Stanley at a banquet, at which were present 350 guests, including members of Parliament, members of the American Legation and Consulate, military officers and the leading members of Stanley's expedition. The Congress of the Argentine Republic has passed a bill providing that one-half of Mm (.nct/imc rliiH(*5 shall be navable in trold. The Bavarian Primo Minister, Baroa von Lutz has resigned his office on account of ill health. Six smugglers and one officer have been killed in a conflict at Povoa de Varzin, Portugal. The Emperor of Germany has informed Prince Bismarck that if he does not stop his press utterances the result will be serious. The sixteen-year-oli daughter of "Widow Schulz, residing in the Zimmerstrasse, Berlin, Germany, crushed her mother's skull with a hatchet on being refused money wherewith to go to a dancing party. A number of children were bitten by a rabid dog in Huy, Belgium, a few days ago, and two of them have died from hydrophobia. There is a revival of labor troubles in Vienna, Austria, and numerous strikes are reported at various places in the Empire. Signor Arigo, the Sicilian merchant who was recently captured by Italian brigands, has been releasea on the payment of a ransom of $50,000. Germany, France, Russia and Switzerland have signed the treaty for tiia repression of anarcny. President Carnot, of France, has granted a pardon to the Dake of Orleans, who was sent to prison in February last for violating. the decree of exile issuyd against the members of his family. The Duke was conducted to the Swiss frontier during the night. Four members of the Campeau family, who were poisoned at George's Lake, Ontario, Canada, by eating wild parsnips, have died. LATER NEWS, F. M. Hill was nominated by the Democrats for Governor of Maine. Harry and Charles Bodeker, aged fourteen and nine, were droned in the Ohio River at Cincinnati by the upsetting of a skiff. Incomplete returns from all counties in Oregon give Hermann (Republican), for Congress, 8977 majority; Pennoyer (Democrat), for Governor, 3466 majority. It was thought these majorities would be increased by the official count. Frank W. McIlvaxn, Cashier of the Sul1 -rx *. t*?i- -c rr_ I pnur ueposio oaas, in oiupuur, xv,y., uuo fled with $10,000 of the batik's funds. Bernard Heeny, a life convict at Joliet, HI., whose sentence was commuted to a term of twenty years, fell dead when informed of his good fortune. Alfred T. Perrine died in the City Hospital at Cincinnati, Ohio, of typhoid pneumonia in practically destitute circumstances . He was inventor of the gatling gun, for which he is said to have received $30,000. . Toe street car system of Louisville, Ky., embracing about fifteen miles of track, has been sold to a syndicate of New York and Philadelphia bankers for $5,000,000. The Democrats of the Fifth Missouri Congressional District renominated Representative John C. Tarsney; Representative William M. Springer was renominated for the ninth time by the Democrats of the Thirteenth Illinois Congressional Convention; Congressman Cheadle was defeated for renomination in the Republican Convention at Kokomo, Ind. Judge Daniel Waugh was the nominee. Four farmers while cleaning a horse at Cairo, Mich., were struck by lightning. Two were killed. The Democrats of Illinois hold their State - C _ T J ] convention ai opringueiu uuu uummutw General John M. Palmer for Governor. The Republican House caucus agraeJ upon a compromise silver bill, submitted by Mr. McKinley. The President has made the following nominations: W. Henry Byars, to bo Surveyor-General of Oregon. Nehetniah Davis, R?ceiver of Public Moneys at Fargo, North Dukota. Registers of Land Offices?Charles HapgooJ, at Marysville, Cal.; Waldo M. Potter, Fargo, North Dakota. President Harbison has vetoed the bill for a public building at Hudson, N. Y. He does not think the size of the place nor th{ amount of business justifies it. The Times, ol London, says Dnnsa gunboats must follow American cruisers intc Behring Sea. The Queen Dowager of Corea is dead This eminent woman was much beloved by her people, and possessed great influence ir Government affairs. She was eightv-twc years of ago. A bloody encounter has taken place between Arnauts and Servians on the Serviar frontier. The Arnauts killed fifteen Chris tians, wounded thirty-five others, robbed the dead, and violated a number of women. PLUNGED TO DEATH, ..... A Carload of Passengers Goes Through an Opeu Dra\V. The Oakland narrow gauge local train ran into an open draw on the Webster Street Bridge, near San Francisco, Cal. The engine, tender and first car.crowded with passengers, went through and at least twenty persons were drowned. Thirteen bodies were recovered. Two persons received injuries from which it was believed they could not recover. The accident was caused through the carelessness of the bridge tender, Dunlap, who had charge of the bridge. He had opened the draw to permit a yacht to pass, but failed to signal the approaching train to stop. The bridge was within its own width of being closed when the engine dashed through. Both engine and car were completely submerged, as the tide was at nearly full flood. Engineer Dunn( as he neared the edge of the bridge, saw danger, and blew the whistles of warning, and went down with his machine. As quickly as possible the living were rescued and the dead removed. Another car passed half way over the bridge approach, but was held back by weight of the rear portion of the train. The rescue of the passengers was largely effected by rowboats. At 7 o'clock that night nineteen bodies had been recovered, and it was estimated that twenty-nine in all were lost. It is doubtful whether the missing bodies will be recovered, i as the oorrent is so swift thoy will be swept I out into the ocean. , WESTERN STORMS. Terrific Winds ami Cloudbursts in Iowa and Wisconsiu. Loveland, Iowa, Nearly Swept Out of Existence. r"A terrific storm visited Western Iowa Rain fell in great quantities and in places the wind reached the force of a tornado. The electric display was brilliant. M Glenwood, Mills County, Iowa, the storm was very severe. The chimney of the Institute for Feeble Minded Children blew down and crashed through the roof, killing two and injuring six others of the inmates. The killed were: Tillie Cline, of Clarke County; Wesley Emery, of Monroe County. The injured were: Sam Askins, of Council Bluffs; Millie Prather, of Wayne County; Henry Snyder, of Benton County; John Swallae, of Dubuque; Eddie Sweet, of Lee County. Fred Wright, of Fort Dodge. Several of the injured are not expected to recover. Several other buildings ware wrecked. The storm was the most severe that ever visited that region. Dispatchos from Creston, Atlantic and other points show that the storm was equally severe there. The flour mill.at Glenwood. Iowa, was ?n,i tho fanniiK* fartorv demolished. it was the worst storm in tho history of the city. At Council Bluffs, Iowa, cellars were flooded and culverts washed out. The contiguous country was inundated, and crops in general were badly damaged, and in some cases destroyed. The village of Loveland, eight miles from Missouri Valley, Iowa, was almost destroyed during the samo night by a cloudburst. The town is on tho Boyer River, and to the east is a gully which gradually increases in width as it continues westward. The cloudburst occurred a mile ors two up this gully As it made its way toward the village it swept everything before it, leaving hardly a building "in the town. The water which was so suddenly poured out upon the village was from three to ten feet, according to the locality.. Luke .Sayles, his wife and sou, tho latter ago twenty-two, were driven out of their house near the river by tho incoming flood. Finding their escape cut off in front, they left the house hand in hand by the back door. In the back yard there ia I a downward slope from front to back, I and the current was so swift that all tbret were swept from their feet and lost thoir hold upon one another. The old man and his son caught hold of a clump of bushel past which they were carried by the current and managed to save themselves. Mrs. Sayles, however, was swept dowu into the Boyer to her deatb. A dispatch from Dubuque, Iowa, says: About two o'clock a Kansas City freight train to v>muu unu cu^iu?j nv?v mwmvuvw, consisting of forty empty cars was coming west. It was passing over the Chicago, Burlington and Northern track, between Menominee and Dubuque, and when about two miles north of the first place it ran into a washout. ' The first engine passed over in safety, bu( the second, a iieavy mogul, went down, drag ging after it fourteen cars The engineer liad a narrow escape, and his fireman, E. H. Dole, was so badly iujured that he died in fifteen minutes after being taken from the wreck, while Brakeman McWilliams was also fat-Uly injured. A terrific storm of wind, rain and lightning also passed over Madison, Wis. A perfect deluge of rain fell, and telegraph and telephone wires were prostrated in all directions. The storm was very severe in the southwestern part of the State, telegraph lines prostrated, com washed out of 'he ground and many landslides reported. The storm was very heavy east of there also. No casualties were reported except the killing of one man near Oregon. Wis. Telegraphic reports from Indianapolis, Ind., say. A heavy wind storm swept over South western Indiana during the night, destroying a great uoai ui property nuu wicuns Kicjiouu aud telephone poles in many localities. The inability to get communication with Jasper and Huntingburg, two important towns on the Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Railway, gave rise to a report that both towns had been almost wiped out and many lives lost. Officials of the railroad company say there is no foundation for the report that there has been any loss of life. Despatches from Evansville, Jeffersonville, Booneville and Rockport deny that any lives have been lost. The only persons who seem to have suffered severely by the storm were the farmers, who lost some buildings and stock and whose crops were badly damaged. THE LEE. MONUMENT. A Statue of the Confederate Genera] Unveiled at Richmond, Va. "With blare of trumpet, beat of drum and the booming of cannon, tho monument of General Robert E. Lee, erected by the ladies of Virginia, was unveiied in Richmond, Va., in the presence of a great multitude of people. The streets of the city had been decorated very elaborately and tastefully for hhn From all the business build ings were swung streamers, in which the colors of the Confederacy blended with the National emblem. The procession started at noon, and included at least 10.000 meD, with ex-Governor Lee as its Chief Marshal. When the procession reached the statue, after a brief invocation by the Rev. Charles Minnigerode, of the Episcopal Church, Governor McKinnoy introduced General Early as Chairman of the meeting. Taking the gavel from Governer McKinney's hand. General Early announced iu a few well chosen words the orator of the occasion, Colonel Archer Anderson. At the conclusion of his address General JosanhE. Johnston arose from i:is seat be bind the orator's stand and, leaving the platform, walked toward the monument. On either side walked a veteran Confederate from the Soldiers' Home, Joseph Marion White and J. J. O'Niel!. Reaching the foot of the monument, he took in his hand the end of the long ropa which held the great white "veil about the statue. A gentle pressure, and the veil parted, and railing on either side disclosed the beautiful outlines of the statue. As they came into view a shout went up from the assemblage in volume so great that it almost drowned the boom of the cannon. . The Lee monument is situated on the Allen plat in the west end of the city. The monument 13 placed at the intersection of two wide avenues on the summit of ascending grades. It is enclosed in a circle of 200 feet in diameter with a street sixty-five feet in width on each side. The pedestal and base are of white granite, the columns dark blue. The height of the pedestal is forty feet and a few inches, and that of the statue slightly more than twenty feet, making the total height about sixty-one feet above the ground. Lee is pictured as he appeared upon the battlefield of Gettysburg. Tne horse whicH Tie^jstnJes *Tour feet, on the ground, yet he appears aslf 'In tue act of walking. A forefoot is planted in advance while the hind foot on the same side seems about to follow. The head is slightly bent to one side, while the tail falls gracefully clear of the flanks. General Leo's dress is plain. He is girt with a sash which presumably hides a belt from which swings tha aword cf a commander of cavalrr. He is without epaulets, but upon the forearm of the coat sleeve is an ornament of broad braid. His hat is crushed in his right hand, while he holds the reins in his left. The feet are well tipped in the stirrups, the right foot being slightly in advance of the left. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY, A Paralyzed Mother Compelled to Witness Her Daughter's Murder. A terrible tragedy has just occurred at Orleans, France. A soldier in the artillery service quarreled with and shot his cousin, a girl of seventeen, while dining at his aunt's house. He then blew out his own brains with the same revolver. The only witness of the affair was the poor girl's unfortunate mother, who, confined to tne sofa by a stroke of paralysis, was unable to interfere, and was thus compelled to r?main for ten hours alone with tha corpses before the crime was discovered. ?.? - i A LARGE MANSION. How a Fine Dwell ins, With Stable anil Carriage House, May be Built. (Copyright by the Author.) The very prevalent belief that it is folly :o build a big house is not well founded. True enough it is difficult to sell a "large place" of poor design, especially if it is lacking in modern conveniences and is in bad order, and has, pirhaps, a noisy new factory as a near neighbor, but the fault must not be ascribed to size. As a matter of fact, fine, large mansions are comparatively scarcj in this country and there is an actual demand for them. In a general way it may b9 said that a iarge house and barn that co3t to build, let us say, $20,000, set in the midst of handsome grounds, the whole cost, including the new furniture that is needed for a new house, not to exceed $30,000, create "a place" that is worth $50,000. Where the grounds are exceptionally large and fine the valuation may even be placed higher. So much for the commercial view. We are a commercial PERSPECTIVE VIEW OF MANSION'. people, and it is proper to apply commercia. taste to every enterprise. Besides providing a. delightful and luxurious home for his family and an attractive place for the entertainment of his friends, the builder of a lar?e house confers substantial benefits upon the- community in which he live;. The building of tho house give3 employment to mechauic3 and increases trade for dealers; its beauty and conspicuous size make it one of the "sights" of the neighborhood; newspapers describe it; every owner of real estate aud every merchant will realize that his values have increased, and every laborer will consider that he is more certain of continuous employment. DESCRIPTION OF THE HOUSE DESIGN. Size of Structure: Width (front), including carriage porch and veranda, 77 ft.; depth (side) over all, 80 ft. Height of Stories: Cellar, 7 ft. 6 in.; first story, 10 ft.; second story, 'J ft. 6 in.; third story, 8 ft. Exterior Walls: Foundations, stone; first stoiy, stoneand frame; secondstory, shingles: roof, slate. / Jjr,nU '' K>v & V i ^ _ -Tfl P-?rforJ V <*"' M*k'T*U H rr \ t7 X ' . I )r- V*'., Tvj ." ..xr*r FIRST FLOOR. Interior Finish: Trim, oak in hall and dining room; cherry in parlor and library. Ceilings paneled in hall, dining room and billiard room. A dado of Lincrusta Walton 3 feet wide in dining room, front hall, billiard room and up the main stairs. Oak seats in hall. Hardwood floors in first and second stories. Exterior Colors: First story main part the natural color of the stone used; clapboards (first story) of the rear frame part, painted greenish drab; shingles on side walla of second and third stories dipped in yellowish red stain; all trim, including water ta1 M K | - 4 B jff *r* SECOXD PLOORble, corner hoards, casings, cornices, bands, verandah po3ts and rails, painted dark red; front door (oak) finished with hard oU, showing natural color, all other outside doors and blinds painted dark green; sashes, white: verandah floor stained walnut; verandah ceiling painted dark red; rainwater pipe?, dark red; brickwork, oiled. Accommodations: The principal .rooms and their sizes, closats, etc., are shown by the floor plans piven herewith; beside these there are four bedrooms and three balconies in the third story and there is a cellar under the whole house. Laundry under kitchen. Lavatorv and water closet in the rear hall of first story; water closet in basement; two complete bathrooms with water closets on second floor; bath room and water closet on third floor for servants. Sliding doors throughout the first floor. Large windows on main staircase glazed with stained glass. Large wrought iron tank holding 1000 gal Ions in the attic. PERSCRIPTIVE VIEW OP STABLE. Cost: For all localities where the prices j of materials and labor are about the same as I those of New York city, $16,.300. Cost may b j reduced two or three thousand dollars by I specifying less olaborate interior finish. DESCRIPTION OF THE STABLE DESIGN. Size of Structure: Front, including shed, 6-i ft. 8 in.; depth, including roof over front entrance, 41 ft. 2 in. Height of Stories: First story, 10 ft.; man's room in second story, 8 ft. Exterior Walls: Foundations, stone; first story, clapboards; gables, shingles; roof, slate. Interior Finish: First floor ceiled with Georgia pine. All woodwork finished with hard oil. Stall and stable floors spruc9 laid with an incline to stall drains. All flooring treated with a hot tar preservative. Exterior Colors: Clapboards, Pompeiati red; trim, dark green; outside doors, dark green with light olive green panels; sashes, i - - ?a J 1. ?A. I Fompeian yea; prcaauur, uai&nu, ceiling, light obve green; rainwater pipes, dark green: brick work, Pompeian red; shingles on gables, Pompeian red, dipped before laying. r 1L igy T i 111 Accommodations: la addition to the accommodations ?hown by tho ground plan printed herewith, there is a loft 30x45 feat, open to the roof, except over the harness room where a stable man's room is plastered and finished. The stable portion may be extended to provide for more stalls in case they are required, at a co3t of about |30 per foot for such extension. Cost: Built as described, in tha vicinity of New York city, $2800. R. W. Ssoppell, Architscfc. holocaust"in texas. The Fort Worth Spring Palace Burned During a Crowded Ball. A dispatch from Fort Worth, Texas, says: The Grand Spring Palace here is now, at 11:30 o'clock, a smoldering mass, and many lifeless bodies are in the ruins. A magnificent ball, the like of which id brilliancy North Texas had never seen, was given in the Palace on the night of the conflagration. There was a concert lasting until ten o'clock, when the dancing began. Guests were present from all over the South and many from other sections, among them Russell B. Harrison son of the President. The fire broke out during the dancing, and A tprrihlp nnriio Anenori In tha /?or?fitcinr? if was impossible to tell how many perished, but the number may not exceed six. Mr. Harrison was about to leave the building at about nine o'clock, when President Paddock, Vice-President Burbage, and Editor Malone of the Fort Worth Gazette recognized him and escorted him through the building until about ten o'clock, when Mr. Harrison and his friends moved toward the landing, and Mr. Sleicher, pointing out the highly inflammable character of the decoration, made up of cotton, live-oak moss, grasses, etc., said a spark in such a building would lead to frightful loss of life. Vice-President Burbage pointed out that the structure was lit by electricity, that no smoking was permitted, and that guards with fire extinguishers were stationed at frequent intervals. Hardly had he uttered the words before a cry was heard, followed by the shrieks of hundreds of women on the upper floor. Mr. Sleicher turned to Mr. Harrison with a blanched face and said: "It's tire; save yourself!" "Stand still," shouted Harrison. "Stay where you are. and pass out orderly. The stairway upon which he stood was instantly blocked by a surging mas3 of men and fainting women, through which Harrison tried to make ltis way to save a little child which he and others had noticed lying asleep behind the exhibit railing in an ob3cure corner of the building. Mr. Harrison stood his ground, begging the terrified women not to give way aud helping to extricate them from the crowding mass, until finally the stairway was closed. He then made a final effort to mount the atjiirwAv and save the child, but it was too late. The flames were burning the top rails and decorations. Mr. Harrison hurried from the building, first telling a frantic doorman to carry out the big record book in which the names of visitors were recorded. By the time he reached the outside the roof the palace was one great blaze. Women were running to and fro, shrieking for their husbands and children, and from the opposite windows ot the fiery furnace the forms of men and women clinging to windows and dropping twenty feet to the ground could be seen. The loss Li estimated at $100,000. AFRICAN RAILROADING. A Thousand Men at "Work on the New Congo Line. Over 1100 workmen are now engaged on the Congo Railroad, in Africa. Four hundred of them come from Zanzibar, and the others are mostly Krooboys from the Liberian ; coast. The carpenters, blacKsmitns ana masons are native craftsmen, who learned their J trades in Sierra Leone and Senegal. Most of the force are engaged in blasting and grading operations. A lew Cabindas who live on the- coast near the Congo are employed as cooks, and about fifty Congo natives as porters. Up to April 12 about two miles of the road- I way had been completed, starting from the western end of the road at Matadi, ninety ! miles from the sea. Three-fourths of all the J difficulties to be met are in the first ten miles before the comparatively level plateau back of the Congo hills is reached. The work is now in charge of twenty-five Europeans, includine engineers and superintendents. SOFIA IN RUINS. A Hurricane Sweeps Over the Town, Killing Many Soldiers and Citizens, j A hurricane swept over Sofia, Bulgaria, j completely leveling the buildings in the j north part of the city anl wrecking many ' structures in other portions. Eleven soldiers were killed and several injured. The number of civilians killed or injured i.i ?* i ?: i wuiu iiuc uo asgci wiiucu. The pecuniary damage to the palace will reach $300,000. Sofia is the capital of Bulgaria. The population is about 20,000. The palace was built at a cost of $800,000, and a European town surrounds it in the eastern suburb, whece it stands. The city is famous for its mosques, of which there are thirty or more, and the hot baths. Sofia was founded by Justinian on the ruins of ancient Sordica. FOUR BLOCKS BURNED, A Destructive Incendiary Fire at Midrilcsborough, Ky. At 11 o'clock in the morning an incendiary started a fire in the fee 1 store back of R. Hoyland's grocery on Cumberland aveum, Middlesborough, Ky. The flamjs rapidly spread and in two hours four entire square.?, j containing cue nussc ouuuings m umuij, were completely burned out. Loss 1300,000, witli about $125,000 of imuranca. Several citizens were badly burned, but none were fatally hurt. Two thousand people arc homeless and had all their effects burned uo. PROMINENT PEOPLE, The Prince of "Wales ages fast. Prince Bismarck will soon visit England. Ex-Presidext Hayes is worth $1,000,000. The salary of the infant King of Spain is $I,';50,000 a year. Thomas A. Edison*, the inventor, was born at Milan, Ohio, February 11, 1S47. Qoeen* Victoria has ordered the artist Angeli to paint for her a portrait of Mr. I Stanlev. Se.vhor Silva Porto, an African explorer of fifty years' experience, has committed suicide. Senator Carlisle occupies a large and handsome house on the fashionable part of K street, in Washington. It is oxpected that Commander McCalla will spend his three years of retirement chiefly at Newport, R. I. Mlle. d'Albe, nieca of ex-Empress Eugonie, at her wedding received gift3 which I were valued at ?1,600,000. Emperor William of Germany is said to j have taken the management of his privato i fortune into his own hands. There are now three foreign-born United j States Senators?Pasco,of Florida- McMillan, j of Michigan, and Jones, of Nevada. kr\g George of Greece is said to intend to i abdicate his throne and live in Copenhagen, j Denmark, where he has a palace. Alan Arthur, son of the late President Arthur, has no taste in the direction of politics. All his predilections are social. George Bancroft, who was Secretary 01 the Navy under President Polk, is the oldest ex-Cabinet officer, both in age fcnd date of service,, now living. J at Gould's daily income has been estimated at $7446) Cornelius Vanderbilt's at $15,249; John D. Rockefeller's at $18,715, and William W. A3tor'sat $23,593. Senator Edmunds, of Vermont, is reputed to make $50,000 a year from his law practice, and it is said some of his arguments nave brought him $10 a word. ^Mtorops of Texas this year are estimated best known, but the greatest adJ^^^^Bbeen in the cotton crop. C'onservaplace its value at $90,000,000, above any crop of previous agricultural product will HEgH^l^^^yo. ooo, ooo. ?ABBATH SCHOOL ||| INTERNATIONAL LESSON FOU JUNE 22. Lesson Text: "Trust in Oar Heavcnlj Fatlier," Luke xii., 22-34? Golden Text: Luke xii.t 30?Commentary. 22. "And He said unto His disciples, Therefore I say unto you, B9 not anxious for youi life, what ye shall eat; nor yet for your body, what ye shall put on" (R. v.). The previous verse, which is the last verse of tbe last le^ son, contrasts treasure in this world for one's self, and treasure with God, which is enduring. Men who live only for this world will naturally seek treasure here; but disciples of Christ who are no longer of this world should seek to have their treasure where they be2a. "The life is more than meat, and the Doay man raimant. vv nen we, arter lasting forty days, was tempted to turn stones into bread, His reply was: "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God" (Matt; iv., 4). And again when weary, hungry and thirsty. He sat on Jacob's well and the disciples brought Him food He said ''I have meat to eat that ye know not of" (Jno iv., 32). The descendants of those who bad for forty years been fed daily with food from heaven, and whose clothing wax&l not old all those years should surely be able to trust the same unchanging God for food and rai? ment. But we do so forget, just like them. Theft Suppose we have the best of food and plenty of it, but have no appetite for it, or cannot assimilate it when eaten, what is the benefit of food? Or if the body is frail or decaying what will the richest blessing do for it? Something more than food and rai- . ' ' ment is necessary; even the blessing and care jf Him who made our bodies aud who alone ran keep them in life and health, and raise them up immortal and incorruptible in that !J4. "Consider the ravens; * * '* God feedeth them." In. the sermon on the mount He called their attention to birds generally.! but here He selects one kind, and that an unclean bird, classed among those which God iad said were to be an abomination to Israel (Lev. xi., 13, 15>. If God cares for and can make use of even the abominable raven, inralv fffl will imf fail tn c-n rvr?lr flia nf "'! those who have been made waiter than snow by the precious blood of His dear Son. "Ol how much more value are ye than the birds!" The sparrows, two of which are sold tor a farthing, or fivo for two farthing* (Matt, x., 29; Luke xii., 6) are cared for by Him; how much more will He care for those nrho are bought with such a price. 25. ''And which of you by being anxious jan add a cubit unto his stature;" (R. V.) or "age" as in the margin? To add a foot and a half to one's height would certainly be a rreat matter; and as the next verse indicates that what is here referred to is some smail matter, it must be that the meaning is "who by anxious thought can add even a half step to the length of his life?" Who can with all * 5|| his care prolong his life a single moment unless God so wills it? 26. "If. then, ye are not able to do that which is least, why are ye anxious concerning the rest?" The little child resting in a mother's love, entirely dependent on a mother's care for food and raiment and comI fort, not knowing enough to have an anxious thought, not thinking of growth or attainment of any kind, is a picture of the unconcern and rest which every child of God should have concerning all things temporal. It is hard for a strong man to realize Jt, but oven the strongest physically is as dependent upon God for everything as the little child upon its mother. 27. "Consider the lilies, how they grow." Now He directs us to the flowers painted by LTi'c* ?nm linnrl rfrr>wln r* crt Alll'ofltr OS\ nniOA* IJLiO u * H UOiiU, JU0 OV VJUIWWIJ, W "V/?yv lessly, so beautifully, and Hfe assures us that these excel in glory all the raiment of the wealthy Solomon. However rich and fine and costly might be the garments of Solomon, they were all put on, they were nof his personal glory, but only such as any one ;ould obtain with the same money. The :Jz$f beauty of the lilies could not be bought irtth money, it was uot put on, it was from within, the glory of eacn flower was a part of itself. Thf re are garments moro precious in God's sight than any that money can buy; the garments of salvation, the garments of praise, the ornament of a meek and quiet ,,"3 spirit (Isaiah Ixi., 3, 10; I. Pet. iii., 4). 28. ''If then G-od so clothe the grass * * * how much more will He clothe you, 0 ye of little faith?" If such beauty is bestowed on flowers which fade in an hour, surely He will not fail to provide suitable clolhing for bodies which He will one day make just like Christ's glorious body. 29. "And seek not ye what ye shall eat, or what ye shall drink, ueither be ye of doubt- . ^?<33 ful mind." The margin says "Live not in careful suspense." If it was not possible for every child of God to banish forever every anxious thought concerning food and raiment. our 8aviour would not so insist on it. And when He so insists on it, how dishonorin? to God all such anxietv must be. Doubta wifl come, Satan will present them, but we - -v, may resist effectually every doubt, and in such caso we do not sin. - raM 30. "Your Father knoweth that ye havo oeed of these things." Here is the ground of our quietness and confidence; we nave a Father in heaven, and He knoweth. 81. "But rather seek ye the Kingdom of God; and all these things shall be added unto you." Not only does He tell us that our Father knows our need.?, but here is the unfailing promise of Him who cnnuotlie, that if we do the one thin,; here commanded, all tho temporal things we need shall be added * 31. "Fear not1, little floe!:, for it is your Father's "ooi pleasure to give you the Kingdom." They are to have no anxiety about such temporal things as food and raiment;. they are also to have no anxiety about the Kiugdom for themselves. Their Father, whose children they now ar<?, will surely sea to their eternal as well as temporal welfare. 33. "Sell that ye have and give alms, pro- . %? vide yourselves * * * a treasure in the heavens that faileth not,'' etc. There is such a thing as adding to our treasure in heaven. CUir safety being secure in Christ, it is His pleasure to reward us in His Kingdom according to our labor here; and while the Kingdom is sure to us if wo are His, our position in His iuuguom win uep.-uu our faithfulness here. 34. '"For where your treasure is there will your heart be also." The hearts of Israel were often back in Egypt; the heart of Lot's wife was in Sodom; the hearts of 22,000 of Gideon's army were at home; hence theso were of no use to God. "No man having put his hand to the plow, and looking back, is fit for tbo Kingdom of God" (Luke ix., (52),? Lesson Helper. . XErTHEB the Arizona Howler nor the Arizona Kicker can produce anything more characteristic of frontier journalism and frontier life than the following bona-fide "ad* of an Arizona man: "'Ah, there!' J. H. Breed it * JSS Dn deck at the 'old stand,' with the largest and finest stock of goods ever brought to Arizona, and is prepared to give the people of Winslow and surrounding country the damnedest bargains ever heard of in this section of the world. I carry a h of a large assortment of goods, which limited space will not allow me to enumerate here, but if you will just hitch up your gocart and call on the 'eld man,' you can bet your 'whole outfit'he will treat you right, and sell you anytniDg you may want in liis lin6. J. H. Breed, Winslow, A. T." It is now said tfaafc the British East ' African Company has stolen a marohj on the Germans, and that when Emiaj Pasha reaches Uganda ho will hav* the surprise and mortifioation of finding that the entire region north and! south of the lake has been "under British protection" these six months past. Captain Jackson did it last summer with a little expedition that modeatlyi shunned advertisement and publicity^ ???