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"lis" OF THE RAIL. Fiejidish Work of Wreckers on the New York Central. / + Fatal Collision Between Trains ton the Delaware and Hudson. fit* second scction of train No. 13, the Adirondack and Montreal express from New fork, on tho New York Central Railroad, ras wrecked at a point about three miles beow Greenbusb, N. Y., between uudnightand . a. m. Six sleepers were wrecked, and seven >ersons were injured, but no one was killed. frThe most seriously hurt was Mrs. Atkinon, of Trenton. N. Y., who was iniured ibout the back. Miss Garahan, of Brooklyn, Lad her head badly cut, aud Trainman Saulpaugh had his back wrenched. The others lad backs and limbs wrenched, but none Fere fatally hurt. IA single rail placed crosswise on the track U U'UQb UL IUU UTOUl UiUbttU IUO UiVWMLtU . Jix coaches were rolled to the bottom of a lfteen foot embankment, and three were iwisted and wrenched beyond repair. j- The train was in charge of Conductor Hud10n, who was in the first sleeper when the -rash came. He felt himself hurled through lie air. The car turned a complete someriault and settled in the bottom of the ditch jottom up. He and Trainman Sauls pa ugh srawled out of the window, and, after procuring a light, released Mrs. Atkinson, who Peas the only passenger in the car. The FFoman was borne to the rear and placed in ^ sleeping compartment in one of the rear tars. All of the other passengers were taken but ihrough the windows of the partly wrecked ?ars and assisted to the rear, where they were made comfortable. The statement of the engineer is 1o the effect that he was running at highspeed, as he was late. The first intimation he hacl of an bbstruction on the track was the complete turning over of his eDgine with a terrible Crash. For awhile he was stunned, but he Boon recovered, and he and the fireman started ipck to warn the express, due in twelve mln Pps. They succeeded in signaling it and tnen turned to their own train. The front of the engine and the small trucks were badly Smashed. Examination showed that not only was the obstruction placed on the up track, but the down track was also blockaded. Two passengers started for Albany, and as soon as fhey arrived the wrecking train was sent out. Division Superintendent Bissell, of Albany, received a dispatch frotn Vice-President Webb, telling him to offer a reward of $5000 for the detection of the person or persons who placed the steel rails on the track near Albany, causing the accident. Arbitration Commissioner Donovan, who caineupontho road the following morning says that the obstruction was placed in a most diabolically methodical manner. The two sections of steel rails were not laid across the track at all, but were stuck between the rails and ties in such a manner that the engine would rise upon it and would havo to be wrecked. The rails were propped up Lj pieces of railroad iron. Another attempt was made to wreck a passenger train next morning. The train from the west due in Albany at 5:10 a.. m. came Slowly creeping down tnrough the gap west ?f V est Albany, when the engineer saw an Obstruction on the tracks. The train was stopped, and it was found that ties had been thrown on the tracks by some miscreant. PWiAir rAmnvpH flnrl thA to Albany. Three Men Killed in a Collision. r About 5 :30 o'clock a. ai., train No. 7 on the Delaware and Hudson Railroad,collided with b. freight train between Port Henry and Westjport,?*. Y. The engineer, Thomas Murray, his fireman, and one other man, were killed. Although the express train was late, the engineer, if is said, had instructions to go ihead. He was known as a very careful man. According to statements, the freight train should have been held. The engineer, firetaan, and Kniffen were in the cab of the express train's locomotive. Just as the latter jgjent around a curve, it plunged into the freight train and was completely demolished. TbeiEMn in the cab dia not have time 1 to jump, and were buried in the wreck. Not one of the passengers received serious Injuries, although all were badly shaken up. The engineer, Boyd, of Whitehall, and ms fireman on the freight locomotive were also unhurt. Train Wreckers in Mississippi. The Louisville, New Orleans and Texas passenger train No. 2 was derailed on an embankment Ave miles south of Vicksburg, Miss., at 2 o'clock a. m., and badly wrecked. Every car let the track, but the sleapers were not overturned. All the others rolled down the bank, and the engine, tender and baggage car were thrown Wheels upward. No loss of life occurred, though Conductor Gurley, Engineer Cook and two passengers were serverely bruised. The wreck was the result of a deliberate plan to throw the train from the track, a rail navIng been loosened. Five Men on a Train Burned to Death. There was a serious accident at Summit, On the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railway, Hx miles south of Muskogee, Creek Nation. As a freight train of thirty cars was approaching a half open switch threw the locomotive, tender and sixteen cars off the track, all catching fire and burninr. Ttia engineer, lireuian and tui-ee tramps were burned to death. A fourth tramp was badly bruised, and has gone crazy since tho accident. Engineer and Fireman Killed. The south-bound freight train of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad was ditched and then burned at Checotah. Indian Territory. Engineer Doud and Fireman Ebbeson were trilled. A FATAL DUEL. The Man Who Furnished Both Pistols 1^ Shot Dead. PA duel to the death was fought in a saloon In Birmingham, Ala. The prin'dpals were Thomas Bennett, warden of the city prison, and Will Hardeman a locomotive engineer. Bennett was shot four times and killed and Hardeman received a bad wound in the arm. The men had a difficulty some time ago about a woman, and meeting in a saloon it was renewed. A witness says Bennett told Hardeman to come on and fight it lout then and there, at the same time ;drawing a pistol. Hardeman answered that he was not armed. Bennett drew (another pistol and handed it to Hardejman, and then the shooting commenced, .and eight or ten shots were fired. ) Bennett sank to the floor with four bullets in ! his body, and died in a few minutee. Harde man was arrested. Bennett hes been a leader Jin all laborjand political movements and was J President of a club, which bore his name. He 'leaves a wife and several children. CBIME AND PAUPERISM. Static leal Iiii'ormntkm Collected bv the Census Bureau. Aportion of tho statistics collected by Mr. Fred. H. Wines, the special agent of tho Census Office in charge of the department of crime, pauperism ami benevolence, ha: been tabulated by tho office. lie states thai the populations on January 1 last of 105 Srisons nro represented by tho tables. Oitis number forty show an increase of about twenty-Cvo per cent, in tho number of inmates as compared with the census return of June 1, 18S0, from tho same institution. 01 the 2301 jails from which reports were received the number of their inmates in tho aggregate shows an increase of 100 per cent, over the census returns of 1SS0. Mr. Wines observes that in making this comparison it fihould be borne in mind that the wintsr population of jails as a rule is much larger than Ko summer population, ani that, therefore, c census report of June 1, 1S90, is likely show a considerable decrease in this perntage. Reports have also been received from 2268 almshouses showing an aggregate Of 77,885 inmates as against G6,203 in the game institutions in 1S80. rXir esHmato obtained from the highest auIhoritios In France indicates that the French importations of wheat will be 25,000,000 tBihsd^ above the importations last Rm?&> . " - =i ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. The New York Arm of Sawyer, "Wallace & Co., one of the largest general commission houses in the country, has failed, with esti [ mated liabilities of over $1,000,000. I Two immense natural gas wells have just been found in the Pittsburg (Penn.) district. Several Connecticut towns complain of in alarming increase of wild animals. President Harrison* and family arrived it Cresson Springs, Penn., and took up their quarters at the Parke Cottage. A Pittsburg dispatch asserts that a number of the richest corporations in the country have formed an alliance against strikes. These corporations employ between 50,000 ind 60,000 workmen, a fast express ran into a passenger train it South Norwalk, Conn. Twenty persons were more or less injured and two passenger :oaches were wrecked. Francisco Papalio, a twelve-year-old Italian, of Philadelphia, fatally stabbed Lewis Peal, aged eleven. On*e man was blown to pieces and four others were badly burned by an explosion of run powder in a stone quarry at Braddock, Penn. Impressive exercises in commemoration if the late John Boyle O'Reilly, the poet xlitor of Boston, were beld in the Metropolian Opera House, New York. Governors Bill, of New York, and Abbett, of New Jer?ey, were among the speakers, and letters of "egret were real from President Harrison ind others. The Maine State election has resulted in :he re-election of Governor Edwin C. Bureigh by about 10,000 majority and the four Republican Congressman?Reed, Boutelle, Dingley and Milhken. Speaker Reed'6 majority is about 4500, the largest he ever received. Both branches of the Legislature ire heavily Republican. Another attempt has been made to wreck i New York Central train. A steel rail .vas wedged in a cattle guard near New Hamburg, but the obstruction was discovered and removed just before the arrival nf a fast express traiu from New York city. Two trains on the New York Central road collided near Lockport, N. Y., making a jad wreck. Baggageman Frank Fidler was iilled, and Engineer Bradley hai both legs broken. The New York Board of Health claim :hat the population of the city was lot counted correctly by the census enumerltors, and that the returns from Was!* ngton, as corrected by the Census Bureau, iroat least 100,000 short of the correct Qgures. Top n?ln\vnre Renublicms. at their State Convention in Dover, noniinated H. A. Richardson for Governor and H. P. Cannon for Congress. President Harrison* ssnt a telegram of rcngratulations from Cresson Springs, Penn., :o Speaker Reed upon the result of the Maine election. Fire destroyed a large grain elevator at Dgdensburg, N. Y., causing an estimated toss of $250,000. South and West. j Mrs. J. H. Weaver, of Indianapolis, fell lead while reading "A Strange Ending." Ex-Goverxor E. F. Noves, of Ohio, died niddenly of apoplery in Cincinnati. Ho was oorn in Mass'acnusetts in 1332, was elected Governor of Ohio in 1871, and in 1S77 was sent to France as United States Minister. Frank P. Schiffbacr, Mayor of Arkansas City, Kan., has been arrested on a charge )f embezzling .?9Sl7.63 of the city's money. Bob SHelton*, colored, was hanged at Laurens, S. C., for the murder of \V illiam R-sivford. The roD3 slipped on the first drop led a second attempt had to be made. The notorious feud between the Kentucky "amilies of McCoy and Hatfield has come to in end.both sides agreeing to lay down their irms and livo quiet lives. The feud has been n progress twenty years, and has cost at east twenty lives. Only one man?"Cap"' Hatfield?was hanged. John Wolverlixe, a section fireman of Ihe Northern Pacific Railroad, was knocked '.own bv two drunken Indians near Spokane Falls, Washington, and scalped. At last accounts he was m a critical condition. A locomotive dashed into an electric =treet-car at Cleveland, Ohio, killing one passenger and injuring a dozen more in different degrees of severity. At a dance near Bivlns, Kv., Ed nnd Tom i Lancaster, aged fourteen and sixteen, killed ! | James Hig^ns and fatally wounded Jesse I .iuu r laun. A collision* between two trains near Littleton, W. Va., resulted in the death of three railroad men and savere injuries to five more. Henry Nersman, a life prisoner in the Ohio State Penitentiary, committed suicide by making a tube of newspapers and sucking gas through it. Vice-Presidext Bryan, of the Chicago World's Fair Directory, has resigned. Isaac P. Christiancy, er-United States Senator, died at Lansing, Mich., aged seventy-eight years. Minnesota Democrats have put a State ticket in the field with Thomas Wilson for Governor at the head. A re-enumeration of Portland, Oregon's capital, by the Cenus Bureau, shows a population of 75,257, a gain of 14,200 over the enumeration last June. A double site has been selected for the World's Fair at Chicago, onej>n the Jake front and the other at Jackson ram. -Both sites are on Lake Michigan. Washington. A cleverly executed counterfeit ten dollar bill of tho Germania National Bank, of New Orleans, Is in circulation. The bills passed by the House relating to labor matters have been reported to the Senate by Chairman Blair of the Committee on Education and Labor. Land Commissioner Grcff has issued to Registers and Receivers of United States Land offices a circular releasing from reservation the lands of the arid region. George E. Lemon, tbe well-known Washington pension agent, was a witness before the Special House Committee investigating the charges against Pension Commissioner Raum. Secretary Windom left Washington for a ten days' vacation, to be spent with his family at Williamstown, Mass. The Senate confirmed tho nominations of the following amiointments as United States consuls: James/. Peterson, West Virginia, at Tegucigalpa; J. B. Richardson, Kansas, iletamoras; J. F. Healey, Minnesota, Funihal; Alonzo Spencer, New York, at Guadeloupe; H. L. Rand, Illinois, at Ponane, Caroline Islands. The House Committe on Commerc? is in favor of the bill for a bridge across the Huison River at New York. ( Foreign* A bridge over the Molden River at Prague, Austria, collapsed, and tnmy persons were drowned. Four persons were killed and twenty injured l.y the derailing of an express train, near Calais, France. The Armenian revolutionary party has issued a manifesto urgin? the psop'j of Armenia to light the Turkish tyrants to the death. Fires which broke out almost simultaneously iu four different parts of Salonica, Turkey, did preat damage. All th? consulates, the cathedral, and most of the public buildings have been destroyed. Twelve tho.'.sand houses are i:> ruius. A dynamite magazine exploded in La | Rocheiie, France. Ten persons were iai st.nitlv killed and n:nnv others iujureJ. Murderer Savarv was guillotined at Idontreuil, France. Just as the knife was descending bo bit the executioner severely on the hand. The Spanish Premier was attacked in Madrid by a mob, an 1 the windows of the train in which he was leaving the city were smashed. A fight took place between Armenians and gendarmes, uear Ismid, live of the latter being killed. Elections in Bulgaria have resulted in a victory for the Government. A sqcadron* of lancers were forced by the flood to swim the Elbe ne3r Muehlberg,"Germany, and six of them were drovrned. The | valley of the Elbe was one sea, and houses, ! capsized boats, uprooted trees ana bodies of I ca*tle cumbered the flood. 1 I Herb Kaffsafck, a sculptor, and Herr Weimar, a painter, were drowned while sailing near Berlin. A hcrricaxe in the north of Italy did much damage at Bellerno and destroyed bridges and houses in the Zolda Valley. Twenty-two bodies was recovered from debris of ruined houses. A stbike of dockers, sailors and firemen at Southampton, England, resulted in a riot. Troops that were called out were stoned. They charged upon the crowd, and many of tue rioters fell pierced by bayonets. The mob then fled in wild disorder. 7 LATER NEWS. i Vatha.v J. Alberts, Jb., a sixteen-yearold lad of Hackensack, N. J., committed suicide by hanging. Is the next Maine Legislature the Republicans will have twenty-seven Senators and the Democrats four, a Democratic gain of three. In the House the Republicans will have 113 members and the Democrats thirtyeight, a Democratic gain of nine. Fuller returns give Burleigh 18,721 plurality for Governor, and Reed 4800 plurality for Congressman. Massachusetts Prohibitionists havo nominated a full ticket headed by Dr. John Blackmer for Governor. Heavy floods did much damage in tae southern part of New York State. The fair grounds at Elmira and Ithaca were inundated. The Indiana Republican State ticket, put in the field at the convention in Indianapolis, is headed hy Milton Truster for Governor. In Michigan the Democratic State Convention at Grand Rapids nominated 'exCongressman Edward B. Winans for Governor. The United States Treasury has begun prepaying a Year's interest on the four per cent, bonds of 1907. This step was resolved upon by the Treasury Department in order to ease the money market. The President has nominated Henry Sherwood to be Postmaster at Washington, D. C., vice John W. Ross, resigned. The bodies of twenty-ono persons who were drowned during the floods have bsen found Coating in the Elbe. Ireland's potato crop is reported to have been totally destroyed. THE GRANT MONUMENT. A Design Atlopted, by the Committee ? Vn.i. Vn?l At a meeting of the sub-committee of the Grant Monument Association in New Yorlr the design of Architect John H. Duncan vra? accepted. It was desided that the sub-cornmitteo recommend to the full committee that Mr. Duncan's plan be definitely an J finally accepted as the design for the Grant monument, subject to any change or alteration in the plans that may be suggested by the committee and the architect. The general shapo provided for is a pile of granite or marble, 100 feet square and rising 100 feet. On top of it will be a dome seventy feet high. The ornamentation will be simple, and the architecture severely DoHc-. The dome will be surmounted by sculptured figures, the nature of which will be determined by the committee, the sculptor, and the architect later on. In thede sign there are the statues of four cf the Gen erals who were on General Grant's staff. Thirty feet below the top of the dome there will be a row of windows. There will be fotu entrances at the base. The main entrance will be a gatelcss portico, an addition to the general design. In front of this entrance there will be a colossal equestrian statute of General Grant. The crypt will be eigthy'-five feet by seventy-flve. open to tho top of the dome. One hundred and thirty feet from the base there will be an immense galleiy where visitors may go. The row of windows mentioned will open on this gallery. The raaic room in the crypt will be a memorial hall, where more than a thousand persons car gather. On one side is an apsis, and an opening through the floor. In this opening will be placed a granite sarcophagus for th6 bodies of Gen. and Mrs. Grant. The floor of the crypt will be raised several feet and a marble stairway will lead up to it. There will be another marble stairway insido the crypt leading to the gallery. This stairway winds upward part of the way, and part of the way it is straight. It is planned so as to fill space that can be occupied no othar way. There are little nooks and corners in the base of the crypt where battle flags and trophies may be displayed. There are a dozen places at tne base where sculptured work mar bo placed if tho committee wants it- There are other places for statues and the like all the way up the interior to the dome, and on and around the gallery in the dome, but if the committee wants any ornamentation in that line it will have to pay extra for it. Tho cost of the structure, including no sculptured work except the statue of Grant in front of the mait entrance, is to bo ?500,000. This does not even include the statues to surmount the dome. The committee has on hand $140,000 with which to begin the work of erecting the monument. MUBDEB IN A COPBT BOOM. 1 Family Dispute Leads to a Tragedy in an Ohio Town. A terrible tragedy occurred at Hammers rille, Ohio, during the trial of the case of reorge Barngrover against Joseph Hiler, oefore Justice Vandament. Mr. Hilcr died some months ago, leaving a will hi vvuiuu ac uevi*eu xuubt ul liij> pruyurigr wj two of his sons and two daughters, to the exclusion of other children. There has been talk of contesting tSo will, and much bitterness has been shown. This was a cose for damages anSer'an alleged breach of contract botwoen Joseph Hiler and Barngrover, who was one of the sons-in-law of Mr. Hiler. During the trial NonstableJ. N. Allen, another son-in law, stepped to the door,when o pistol shot was heard. Allen came staggering into the room and fell across a chair, exclaiming: "John Hiler did it." Before the terrified spectators could realize what had happened the murderer was seen standing in the middle cf the crowded court room, and fired a second shot, which took effecE in the right breast of George Barngrover, passing entirely through his body. Tho excitement was indescribable, tho court room being crowded. As Hiler rushed from the court room into the darkness he was heard to remark; "I have loads for two more men." It is understood that ho meant by that remark John Hiler, Jr., a cousin of tho murderer and an important witness in the case, and Aftornev \Y. F. Mo | Betb, who has charge of the caso for the | plaintiffs. MISTAKEN FOE A BEAK. ! IVJiile Hunting for Brtiln One Man Kills Another in Canada. John Melville and John Brown,cf CumberI land, in company with Melville's son I started out to hunt for ber.rs which Lad been destroying their grain in the vicinity of Cumberland, Canada. As is customary in such cases, the hunters each erected a'scaffold, for th3 double purpose of obtaining a wider range of observation and of giving shelter in cn.se of an attack from the bears. Before the men separated for their perches it was agreed that one of them should descend to the ground without first signaling his companions. This was about 8:30 o'clock p. M. For over two hours, with his gun loaded with two bullets, Melville, senior, remained patiently ou the watch, and at last saw some dark object move among the grain. He took good aim and fired. The report was followed by a human shriek. Horrified, he rushed to the spot and found John Brown, bleeding, speechless, and dying, one bullet having penetrated his breast and the other the neck. He expired in a few moments and his companions took the bodv horns. A PMATUEE BLAST. Many Men Killed by an Explosion of Giant Powder. Somebody's Carelessness Causes a Terrible Fatality, At 5:53 o'clock P.M., a premature blast occurred in the Northern Pacific yards at Spokane Falls, Washington, It was just before the hour of quitting work. A large force of men were engaged in blasting out a huge rock pile in the eastern part of the city. From fifty to seventy-five men were at work in the cut at the time. Fifteen were soon taken out dead and a number of others were injured. At 11 p. h. the men engaged in the task of taking out the manged victims were forced to desist because among the rocks which were being cleared away were five other blasts that might be exploded in the task of removing the mass of debris that buried the victims. Up to that hour eighteen bodies had been taken out. There were twenty-seven men unaccounted for, all or most of whom were beneath the mirrht.v rrmcsi of rock. The men had no chance for life. It was either instant death or slight injury. There were about 200 pounds of giant powder in the blast. The accident was caused by some one's carelessness. The man in charge of the blast and three assistants were blown to atoms. It is the custom to prepare blasts and charge them, and at noon and C P. 11., after the men have left work and gone to a place of safety, to Are them. In this case, however, it seems that one blast had been prepared and the foreman, C. McPherson, was preparing a second. The men had all finished their work and were putting on their coats and picking up their lunch pails ready to go to J their homes after their day's work, when they met a horrible and unexpected death, | Either the rock was too hot from the ac- i tiou of the drills or else tamping exploded ! awinrl hlncfc find t.hnt (?Tnlr>r1<vl t.V>? I first. A man who was tamping paid the penalty with his life. A man who stood beside another who was tamping escaped with slight bruises, although 20,000 cubic feet of rock were hurled for hundreds of feet in every direction. Another man who was near the deadly blast, and who was supposed to be dead, was seen shortly after the explosion in a half-crazed condition, walking around with his clothing torn to shreds. The men were working in a cut leveling off the ground for the new freight yards. The cliff of rock on the side of the cut which was being removed was twenty feet high. The blasts are so arranged that tb.e rock is thrown toward the cut. Not anticipating the blast, about thirty men were under the cliff when the blast ex| ploded. A great mass of rock and earth I raiMJU 1Q IUU air UUU pilCUCU iiibu I;uy r cut, burying the men beneath its awful weight. None of them had time to run, but J a few escaped in a miraculous manner. | Over 100 men were at work in tho adjoining cuts, and at onco were on tho scene of the terrible accident and began with Sicks and shovels to hunt for the buried boies. From all over the huge mass of rock groans and shrieks issued, and the air was filled with tho appeals of the wounded and dying. A short half hour and all was still, except for the workingmen with pick in hand, who, with tho light of lanterns, worked late into the night removing dead bodies. ADDITIONAL CONGRESSMEN. Au Apportionment Bill Providing lor 854 Members. Mr. Dunnell. of Minnesota, Chairman of the House Committee on the Eleventh ! Censu3, has introduced an Apportion| ment bill on the basis of one Repre j sentative for each 180,000 or tue popuia| Hon. This weald provide for a total representation of 354. Lnderthe apportionment, Alabama, California, Colorado, Michigan, Missouri, New Jersey, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Wisconsin would each gain one member; Arkausas, Illinois, Kansas and Pennsylvania, each two; and Minnesota and Nebraska, each three. The only State to lose a representative would be Virginia, which would lose one. There would, oy the provisions of this bill, be an increase of twentythree members. IT KAIFED FISH, ? : Interesting Phenomenon in Cairo, 111. ?The Fish Still Alive. During a shower of rain quite a number ' of lire flsh fell in various parts of Cairo, 111. | They were all about four inches in length j and of the sun, perch and buffalo swedes. | They were stunned by contact with the I earth, but many were revived by placing in water and are still alive. The largest numI ber that fell in one plaice were picked up at the Big Four depot and numbered about ono ! dozen. _ ? PBOMINENT PEOPLE, The Shah of Persia has eight daughters. Hexey M. Stanley's health is still very poor. President Haiuusox Is said to be growing very stout. Seceetart Tract's hair has been turned from an iron gray to a snow white in the last twelve months. Senator Davis, of Minnesota, used to be a telegraph operator, and was one of the first four men to read telegraphy by sound. Outer Wendell Holmes was eighty-one a few davs ago. The day was celebrated by his friends at his house in Beverly Fangs. Senator Stafford, according to some people in California, has bequeathed his fortune of $40,000j000 to the State when bodies, f Sir Edwts Ark old hasbeen'offered tlQO,000 for his new poem, entitled "The Light of tne \v orw." xnis is at me rate <x eiuocft 0 fcne- ' - .-^Z~3ZSL~ %~ The richest pension agent In Washington Is George E. Lemon. He is a bachelor with a fortune of ?2,000,000, and spends about 123,000 a year. The Empress Frederick, of Germany, has eight children, four sons and four daughters, and five grand children, the Bons of the present Emperor of Germany. Pbofessoh TV". A. Quayle, of Baker University, Kansas, Is the youngest college President'in the world. Ho is not yet thirty years old, and is a fine pulpit orator. A tear ago Rudyard Kipling, now one of the most popular authors in the world, was in Philadelphia hobnobbing with newspaper men, and regarded simply as a clever man. The Marquis of Salisbury, tho Premier of i Great Britain, owns 20,000 acres of land in 1 England. As much of it lies within the corj porate limits of London, he is enormously i rich. Miss Xikita, tho Amarican di'-a, is sing(nrr ?n (iormonr n'ifli rliefinmii'chn'l Rubinstein heard her lately at Badenweile, and sent her a bouquet and a shower of compliments. John* W. Mackat, tho bonanza king, is fifty-nine years oH. He is of Irish birth, but i bas lived in the United States sinca h<j was j ninetoc-n. His ilrst lucky mining venture I was made in 1S7U. ' j Mrs. Polk, Mrs. Garfleld and Mrs. Grant I draw special pensions from the Government; , i of ?5000 each. They are also entitled to tho J Cranking privilege, a perquisite that has been j handed down from Washington's day. i Sexatou Plcmb, of Kansas, is described ; as the very picture of a rough and ready i farmer from the wild and wooly West. Hi | is a tall, broad, stoat man. with a big head ! and a big chest. He Li a lawyer by profession, despite his granger-like appearance. TnE King of the Sandwich Islands lives in I million dollar palace that was built of oral a few years ago by his loyal subjects, the natives do not seem to mind expenses where the King's pleasure is involved When i the Princess died they spent 850,000 on her ! funeral and ?00,000 for a mausoleum to her. The back yard of Lord Tennyson's home is said to bestrewn with clay pipes he has lised and discarded. The poet is a prodigious smoker, and, like Cariyle, he prefers the humble clay pipe, rarely smoking a cigar. He is now over eighty years of age, and j looks more like a farrrra than a man of loir ; tar-- * ? HTTY-FIBST CQJSTCEKESff. In the Senate. 200th Day.?Mr. Ingalb,. the* presiding: officer, announced that general debate on the Tariff bill had closed. The bill was then taken up under the agreement limiting thediacussion on each subject, to- fly? minutesfor each Senator. 201st Day.?-Consideration of the Tariff bill was resumed. Binding twine was put on the free list by 38 yeas to 18 nays. All the DemocratsexceptMr. Blodgett, and fifteen Republicans, YDted aye. The Senate refused to put cotton bagfjing on the free list by 28 nays to 19 yeas?Mr. Paddock being the only Republican who voted aye. An- amendment putting lumber on the free list was also defeated by 60 nays to to 24 yeas?four Republicans voting with the Democrats. In the affirmative. 203d Dat.?The free list of the Tariff" bill was disposed of and it was arranged that thevoting should begin on the 203d day of the session.... The conference rep ort on the River and Harbor bill was presented and read, without action. 203d Day.?The House bill to set apart as. ! a public park a certain tract of land in Chi- | iforaia on which the big trees stand was passed without amendment...,The confer- . ence report on the River and Harbor Appropriation bill was agreed to without discussion .... Mr. Plumb's amendment to. the Tariff bill, imposing a tax of 81.25. oa distilled spirits was defeated.by 17. yeas to. 39' 204th Day.?In discussion of the Tariff" bill, Mr. Aidrich moved,, on behalf of the committee, the reciprocity amendment proposed by him on September l,.and accepted a verbal modification of it suggested by Mr. Hoar. After various; modifications- of the amendment had been rejected it was passed by thirty-seven yeas-to twenty-eight nays,, two Republicans?Evarts and, Edwards?voting with the Democrats in. the negative. An amendment for The appointment of a commission of five disinterested persons, to be known as the Customs Commission, with a permanent office in the city of "Washington, was agreed to to by 31 yeas to- 80 nays, and the Tariff bill was then reported from Committee of tho Whole and ordered to a third reading by 3S yeas to 2S nays?a party vote.. 205th Day.?A six hours' closing debate took place on the Tariff bill, the speakers being Messrs. Hoar, Hiscock and Jones for the measure, and Messrs. Vance, Vost and Turpie against it. The vote was then taken, and the bill was passed by forty yeas to twenty-nine nays?a strict party vote. Then the bill went back to the House for action 4-V.ii Qortnfo nmonrlrwonts. U|A/U tUC WWUUbW -r ... In the House. 2I0th Pat.?Sir. Cummings, rising to a nuestion of privilege, protested against his "blacklisting1 by the recent Cannon resolution. An animated discussion followed, and noints of order were frequently raised.... !fhe Claytou-Brcckinridge election case again came up, and after several members oad spoken it went over. 211th Day.?The Clayton-Breckinridge ease was again taken ap, and Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, made a speech in his own behalf. After debate was closed a motion to recommit the case to the Committee on Elections was defeated by 101 nays to 83 yeas. The vote was then taken on the minority resolution confirming Mr. Breckinridge g right to the seat. Lost?yeas, 8; nays, 103. The resolution declaring the seat vacant was agreed to?yeas, 105; nays, G2. 2) 2th Dat?On motion of Mr. Baker, of New York, a bill was passed granting a pension of ?100 a month to General Henry A. Barnum The conference report on the River and Harbor bill was agreed to.... The bill for the erection of a new tower near the site of the lighthouse on Smith's Island, Virginia, with Senate amendments thereto, came up, and after discussion was referred to the Committee on Commerce. 213th Day.?There was no quorum, and the Sergeant-at-Arras was dispatched for absentees. Finally a quorum appeared, and the District of Columbia busineis was taken up. The entire afternoon was taken up with this matter. 214th Dat.?The contestad election case of Lanzston against Venable was called up, but lack of a quorum prevented action upon it, and no other business was done. 215th Day.?A handsome floral design adorned Speaker Reed's desk, to welcome him upon his return from Maine. It was the gift of the enrolling clerks of the House. After the journal had been read no business could be transacted, owing to the want o? a quorum, and so the House aljourned. THE HORRORS "OF"SIBERIA, Shocking Brutality of the Guards of Kussian Prisoners. The barkentine Catherine Sudden has arrived at Port Townsend from Siberia. Her commander, Captain John Thomas, has sent to San Francisco a description of the Russian I exile system, as witnessed oy mm. no utr ( 6cribes the brutal scenes which he witnessed > onSaghalien Island, a famous Russian exile I prisoff. A large party of exiles of all ages, heavily manacled, were being taken to the island. A few old men whose strength gave out fell from exhaustion. Tho brutal driver, acting under orders from his superior, shot tha un? fortunate men and removed their chains. No mercy or discrimination was shown. Wives saw their husbands killed beforo their eyes: mothers saw their daugaters ill-treated ana insulted. The exiles were driven like cattle, a heavy whip being used to urge them on. The prison cells wore filthy and tha treatment barbarous. FOE SEAOOAST DEFENCES, me Ordnance Board's Allotment ol the Money Appropriated. Secretary Proctor has approved the proceedings of tho recent meeting of the Board of Ordnance and Fortification, of which General Schofleld is President, including tha allotment of money appropriated by the current fortification act of Congress, to be exr^Ti/tori under the direction of the Secretary o(Wbj\ The act sets forth the lump sums goard ?|ren&y?es when tue moue7 adall Dg expended and supervises i^o'cor^tructlo^ of the works. The more important allptgenti >285 000 for fonstruction of gun afia 3^Huf baUeTfS for the defegce of BostoD taHwr, $726,000 for New Yotft harbor. 1260,000 for San Francisco, 128,000 Jor steel field guns of 3.2-fngh calibre, $400,0d0 for breech-loading rifled seacoast mortars, castiron and steel hooped, 12-inch. ~=^T. In all tho allotments made at the meeting amount to $2,201,565. A KING'S ATBOCITIES. Horrible Outrages Committed by tho Ruler ol" Dahomey. Wicked King Bedazin, of Dahomey, Africa, is wreaking terrible vengence on his enemies. His warriors recently defeated Egbas, destroying over thirty villages and capturing 5000 prisoners. No mercy was shown to the captives. All the infants were put to death, many of them being burned alive One thousand women were slaughtered Ti^se horrible outrages were committed, it is said, to restoro the prestige of Bedazin's army, which has suffered much at j the hands of the French troops. LOST IN_A FOG. Twelve of the Crew of a Scnl Poacher Are Missing. Sir of the crew of twenty of the poaching schooner C. H. White have been brought tc Sau Francisco by tho steamship Hartrick from Siberia. While in tho Russian waters ?Srrhfnoii iTimi from the schooner were sent tc Huntzal. A fog canm up nu 1 the track ot the schooner was lost. Alter rowing about for two <lays two boats reachol Copper Island and surrendered to the Russian ofllcials. Nothing has been heard of the other men, and it is tea re 1 they were lost. TVilt.iam HonxER's livery stable at Hia? watha, Kan., caught fire, and in less than three hours the flames had destroyed two and a half blocks in the business centrfe of the city, causing a loss of at least $150,000. The I greatest loss was the First National Bank 1 building. The vault, containing #50,000 in I currency and many valuable books and pa! pers, gave way under the intense heat, and I it? contents were entirely destroyed. " ' " : * TEMPERANCE. DSWASD, CHBtSTIAW SOLDIEBS." Christian men I Oh, rouse you; Can you idly stand WhilstThis evil traffic prospers in the land, Killing men by thousands, Causing woe and sin?? Men! Be not half-hearted, Cowards never win. ? Christian women! Rouse yot? Smite this deadly foe; Let not Satan conquer, TJp, and smite him now! Women, for your households Dare to take a stand, Dare to sweep the liquor "Wholly from the land. Mothers! Little children Perish every day; Children, like your loved ones, Cast by drink away! Can you, idly sitting, Let this curse be strong, While from drunkards' children's Cries rise up, "How long!" Christian women! See them, Little children, pale, Trembling, cold, and wearyCan your courage fail? Fighting such a battle, Can you weary be, When our Saviour told us? "Do it unto Me"? Chrstians! God is with us, Right must soon prevail; Right the day must conquer, And we cannot fail. Fear no foe of evil, Fear no blackest night, Day is dawning o'er us I Soon will all De light. ?National Temperance Advocate. AN OLD MAN'S REASONS. There is an old man living in the State ol Maine who is said to be nearly one hundred and thirty years old. Just think of it! How many changes he must have seen during his long life! How different things must be from what they were when he was young. He has had good health all his life and enjoys it now. He must have had simple, healthful habits, and what is a very telling fact, has never used strong drink. Some one asked him what he supposed was the reason for his living so long, and he replied: "I believe it is because I have always worn woollen clothes both in summer and winter, and have left all intoxicating liquors alone.'' Somebody told him that alcohol was needed sometimes for medicine, but he shook his head, and replied, that "wormwood was much better, and wasalway3 safe."?Four's Temperance Banner. DRUNKENNESS A DISEASE'. The fact that drunkenness is a disease and a species of insanity is rapidly becoming understood, and has been under discussion for some time by the British MedicaL Association. One of their late meetings brought out some interesting proofs of the awakening of physicians throughout Europe and a nninf Thorn ft orntrinor AIUCIIV;^ VU iu? purnv. *-w.v .? M opinion among medical men that the inebriate should bo subjected to compulsory detention and treatment in restorative homes sustained at public expense, and that victims of alcoholism entering such asylums voluntarily sl?uld be received without tho humiliation of being first brought into court. ProSosals embodying these ideas have been inorsed by many eminent bodies of practitioners in England, Scotland, Prance and other continental countries, also in the United States. In England the Government has been memorialized for a parliamentary inquiry into the working of existing laws concerning inebriates, with a view to getting the compulsory-treatment scheme crystalized into law. WilY lia U&ISLIXVD Mrrsa. In declining wine a man said recently: "I have no prejudice whatever against the use of liquors, I think tho question is purely pernnri t rlpHrlfvl for mvself years azo. I had always been in tho habit of drinking, and had never found that I allowed liquor to interfere with business or duty. But once when I was in Salt Lake City, that wa; rears ago, I made a speculation in eggs. I bought up all I could, equipped a wagon train to take them to mining camps in Idaho, and prepared to start. It was fall and I had decided to start on a certain evening in order to lose no time in getting beyond the mountains, where there was danger of getting in a storm and losing all my eggs. But the prospect of a long wagon journey was not a cheerful one, anaj'n bidding farewell to comfortable quarters, I solacg^ myself with drinking. J did not become drunk. I have never been drunk in my life, but I canje tp Jh? conclusion that one day more or less would make little difference. It made all the difference in the world. I was caught in a storm which I should have missed had I started on time. I lost every egg, was forced to abandon a valuable train, and when I again landed in Salt Lake City was "broke.' Drinking had interfered with my business once. In fact it nearly ruined me, when I should certainly have turned a pretty fortune. It has never cost me a cent since that time."? Atlanta Constitution. I - IT IS THE ALCOHOL WE FIGHT. "Call me what you will, I hate alcohol. I pray God to give me an everlastingly increasing capacity to hate with burning hatred any agency under heaven that can enslave, imbrute and take away the best part of a man's life, and give him nothing but an awful, black and fearful recollection to pay for it." ?John B. Gough. "Alcohol is the one evil genius, whether In wine, ala or whisky, that is killing the race of men."?Dr. Willard Parker. Sine? Noah got drunk, and all down through the ages to theprSenfc time, it is the alcohol that Joss ttos mischief, first taken in moderation^ anu in almost efrsry jnstancejthe romffi CD cement was with beer, cider' and wine, pronounced innocent by men and women who ought to have known better, because the evil results appear on every hand. nme-tenicis 01 me uruu^aixia ul uj-aay commenced on beer and light wines, bnt the alcohol which they contained nourished the appetite until it masts red its victims. There be po compromise on beer. It is the devirs kindling-wood. In every Stafe where a discrimination has been made between what are called the stronger and the lighter dra&s drunkenness, disease and death follow with slire ti^d certain UT^tfl ft has tn be abandoned? TW ^iDitoTT now before the people of the State of New York includes brewed and fermented as well as distilled drinks, because all are alike bad and evil in their results. The prohibitory laws of every "State rochide the so-called lighter drinks. The State of Iowa tried the discrimination awhile, but was compelled for self-preservation to prohibit all alike. It is the alcohol that kills, and hence it is the alcohol that we fight to the death.?National Advocate. ? ^ TEMPERANCE NEWS AND XOTES. Chicago has ono saloon for every forty voters,and a policeman for every two hundred votes. Three murders were recently committed, and one suicide, near BramweII, XV. Va., in jne day, all of which were due to liquor. Comptroller Onahan, of Chicago, says that seventy p3r cent, ofthelicensa fees of the 5000 saloons of Chicago are paid by brewers. The most recent statistics of arrests for lrunkcnncas in Maine in any on? year showbut four arrests to every 10JO of the population. New York city has 930") licensed drinkingilacjs, riesived in LSS0 a total of $1,413,770 iconsj fe25, and has 15,0)0 dependent ciiillren. A prominent leader in the 21. E. Ciurcli, I it (Jentreviiic, alien., Das uecn expaueu irotn ; :ho church for going on the bond of a saloon- j deeper. Tlio difference between t'.ie man win Iriuks and the man who does not is seen the plainest in casa of a wound. It has boon proved over and over again in the hospital X' Philadelphia, in the casj of cuts, that there is from tweaty-flve to forty days lilfarenco in the healing iu favor of the cold- j water patient. In ei;ht cases out of tea, | wliero a beer-drinker is cut or shot, he has a ; tussle with erysipelas or gangrene. The Duke of Westmister mentioned to a meeting the other day that when at school, ! and as a membor of tho Eton Club, he had j to drink from a very deep glas3 which ter- j ruinated at the bottom in a large bulb, which would discharge its contents of liquor over the drinker unless he showed his prowess by j swallowing the wholo without a pause. iThe glass and the habit* associated with it had j been swept away by lisnroved public opin- j ' '' 'Fva HOUSEHOLD MATTERS. vmscr puddehj. / Hctc ii=ajedpe for velvet pudding t Take three cups sweet milk, bring to boil, sweeten: and thicken with com*; starch. Remove from stove and add the yolks of two eggs well beaten, with on? cup desiccated cocoanut. Beat thg whites stiff and place on top. Browij slightly in a .hot oven.?Neva York Worldi The stocking bill in a large family of children amounts to even more in a yea! than the shoe bin. The knees wear out in snch a.short time, and there is no va-" riety of stocking supporters that will not make holes in the tops of stockings. A substitute for the supporter is to take 9 piece of elastic four inches long and sew to it: a piece of tape doubled and long and wide enough for a buttonhole. This buttons on the waist. To the othet end sew two narrower strips of tape foul or five inches long, and these are tied to corresponding tapes on the stocking. Each stocking is finished around the top on the inside by a piece of tape, from the opposite sides of which come the strings which tie over the knee. At night all that is necessary to do is to unbutton them from the waist. A mother who has tried this plan recommends it very highly;?New York World. A CELEBRATED CHOCOLATE FTODESG. An old cook celebrated for her desserts,, makes chocolate pudding this way: A quart of milk is put in a double boiler, and when it boils two squares of chocolate are added. The mixture is stirred constantly until the chocolate is dis solved, and then it is boiled for five minutes. Then it should be removed from the fire and allowed to cool for fifteen minutes. In the mean time the yolks of six eggs and the whites of two are beaten quite light, and eight tablespoonfuls of sugar and one of vanilla are mixed in with them. When the milk is cool all the ingredients are combined and put in a pudding dish. It is to be baked in a moderate oven, and when it is firm in the centre it is done. Put the pudding dish in a pan of water and the custard will get watery. Make a meringue of the remaining whites of e,ggs and four tablespoonfuls of sugar. Spread it on the pudding when it is baked and return to the oven to brown a little. ' ^ PICKLES SWEET AJTD PICKLES SOUB. T- U in ftltrora fA noo O 1U pibliUU^j AO W uinajg i>v mv m porcelain or agate iron-ware kettle; but if a brass utensil is the only one available, it should first be well scoured with salt and water, and the pickles never be allowed to remain in it very long. A good cider vinegar is a necessity and it should be both clear and strong. The fruit or vegetables, too, must be fresh and firm, for if at all withered the pickles are sure to be flabby. Take plenty of time to the work, and when completed either keep the jars in a? dark place, or else wrap them in blue or brown paper. If it is desired to have the pickles very green, lino the kettle with grape leaves, or sprinkle with powdered alum?the proportion being a teaspoonful to a gallon * ' - 1 ? ? -'""I ^/MipnnrJroc 01 WSlCr? iJUl; LUUUV ^IA/U uuiuwni?vw uv Qot consider it necessary to "green" even their cucumbers, as it adds nothing to the flavor and gives them a "shoppy" look not always desirable. 1 For those vegetables that are to be laid in salt and water before pickling the old direction "brine strong enough to bear up an egg" is as good as any, and this calls for about one quart of satt to three gallons of water. Lay a plate on pickles to keep them well under thej egaIf ever appear^ on tjp^' turn off the vinegar and wash the pickles' thoroughly. Then boil the vinegar and skim off all froth, continuing the boiling as long as the scum rises. Throw back over the pickles while still hot. An easy method of putting up the tiny cucumbers known as gherkins is recommended as follows: Soak them in brine i Honrs, then to each one hundred gherkins allow anohnde oTmxS^ tard-seed, an ounce of cloves, a tablespoonful of salt, a cupful of sugar, and two small red peppers. Do the spices up in thin muslin bags, using two bags to each hundred pickles. Place the cu- -? cumbers in a kettle on the stove and cover them with vinegar. Drop in the bags of spice, slice the peppers and heat all together slowly. When scalding hot they are ready to pack away in a stone jar, but should _be examined a week or ten days later anJ any soft one3 exiracted. "Cto'w-chow is always a favorite pickle, and a nice recipe is, one head of cauli* flower separated into tiny sprays; one quart of sliced cucumbers; one pint of, small onions, cut jn half; one quart of I +rtmnfr\p? slired: four crreen i>eD , u . ? pers sliced; five pints of vinegar, two cups of granulated sugar, one teaspog^ful each of ground Jinnamori, cloves,, mace and celery seeds, and {our. Jableipoonfuis of ground mustard. Mix all tat^onSTmenfa together except the mus^ fard, and tie them In two smal] muslin bags. Place tteie and the vegetables in a preserving kettle and pour over them the cold vinegar, into which has been stirred the sugar and mustard. Bring to the scalding point, boil for half an hour, and then set away in glass jars or bottles. One of the most delicious pickles, and one that seems comparatively littla known, is made of green tomatoes. To one gallon of green tomatoes rase six onions, one quart of vinegar, two cups of sugar, one tablespoonfuleach of mustard, black pepper and salt; two4teaspoonfula > each of allspice aod ground cloves. Slice, but do not peel the tomatoes. Peel and chop the onions very line. Put a layer of tomatoes in the kettle and sprinkle with oaion, sugar and spice. Then more tomatoes, aud more sugar, spice, etc., alternating, until all are in. Heat slowly ! and stew gently for three-quarters of an | hour after they begin to boil. This pickle j should be put up iu small jars, as it does I not keep long after being opened. It ia a most appetizing accompaniment for cold meat. A sweet pickle equal to that made ot citrons, can be concocted from the rinds of watermelons, the portion of that fruit which is ofteu thrown away. Boil two pounds of rinds iu clear water until quite tender. Drain them well. Make a syrup of two pounds of sugar, oue quart of vinegar, half an ouuco of mace, an ounce of cinnamon, and some roots of ginger boiled until thick. Pour over the melouriuds while very hot. Drain off the syrup the next day, heat it again, and agaiu pour it over boiling hot. Repeat this for three days in succession, after which it may be left on and the pickles set nway. They will keep for two years.? jLmcrkan Agriculturist.