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mm HONORS ERICSSON. I JLmerica Restores Him to His ^ Native Laud. 'The Ceremonies Attending the Eeception of the Body. The body of Captain Joiia Ericsson hns Tunrshln UCVU UUUCU iiVUi VfcAV wutwa v?M?vw c Beitimore at Stockholm, Sweden. Tko transfer was made with much ceremony. Upon sxriving there the Baltimore salutod the Swedish flag on passing the forts. Soon after the vessel ha I dropped anchor the ; American Minister went aboard to announce officially the programme for the ceremonies. The B.eception ^Committee, which included three officers of tHe navy and four nephews of the deceased, met on board the Baltimore. Speeches were made by Captain Schley, of the Baltimore, In delivering the body to the American Minister by the latter in consigning it to Admiral Peyron, and by the Admiral in accepting charge of the body. The remains were "then transferred to a steam barge draped in black and silver, which was commanded by a captain of tho Swedish navy. Tha body was placed within ft pavilion that had been erected for the purpose on the bridge of the vessel, to which it was carried by sailors from the American war ship. The coffin was covered with wreath.-. A procession of boats was then formed. First came Admiral Peyron and the Captain and other officers of the Baltimore; then a i number of American sailors, and then the catafalque. As tho procession of boats moved slowly along minute guns were firei by the Baltimore and by the forts on shore, while all the vessels in the harbor hauled down their flag3 to half-mast. "When the funeral barge arrived at tho .landing stage the Governor of Stockholm 4pnally received the body, which was then borne by the American sailors to ? large pavilion, handsomely decorated in black and gold, which had been -?-erected near the water's edge in the park. While the body was being carried to the pavilion bells were toiled, and the military which were to escort the remains to the train presented arms. An immense crowd had as eembled in and around tne pavilion. When the coffin had been placed upon the bier in the pavilion dozens of wreaths and other floral emblems were heaped up around It. The services were very simple, consisting of the singing of Swedish hymns and the recital of a poem. .When the services were concluded the body was deposited in a magnificent hoarse and the funeral procession was formed, in which were representatives of the King, the Crown Prince and the Government, the American Ministers to Sweden and Denmark, the officers of the war ship Baltimore and tho municipal authorities of Stockholm. In the line was the carriage of the King of Sweden. The route to the railway station was thronged with spectators, who maintained a respectful silence as the procession passed alon^. It is estimated that a hundred thousand persons viewed the procession. On arriving at the railway station, where a special train was waiting to convey the body to TVermland, the birth placo of Ericsson, the remains wero placed in a handsomo funeral car heavily draped in black. At twenty minutes past three o'clock the train moved slowly out of the station. The whoie ceremony was conducted with great solemnity and mads a profound impression. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Mas. Powers, of Kingston, N. Y., is worth $3,000,000, and is 100 yetirs old. Twenty million* acres of land in the United States are held by foreigners. There are 10,832 school districts, 62,373 teachers and 2,800,000 school children in Japan. The Johnstown flood commission has appropriated ?5000 .to continuo the search for tie dead. ? The current year has already witnessed the burning of bIx theatres, half of this number being in Germany. A part? of expert oil drillers has just - Bailed from New Tort for India, where they are wanted to search for oil. It is said that the Eiffel Tower cost tho lives of about 100, and that 500 were more or less injured in its construction. Edward McDonald, of Allentown Ponn., j thinks he owns the smallest dog. It is five j months old and weighs four ounces. Sixteen barbecues hava been given in j '\Vilke3 County, Georgia, this year. Two I hundred and thirty-eight carcasses were con- I . sumad. Boston expects, on the official records, to be credited with 445,000 inhabitants. In the preliminary figures its aggregate was pnt at 437,000. The total trade of Charleston, S. C., for the last year amonnted to $S0,619,717, an increase on the business of the preceding year of 13.906,2^3. The Olyinpia Mountains, in Washington, -arerich in gold, silver, iron and coal. Hundreds of prospectors are there searching for mineral wealth. Germaitt sent to the United States last year beet sugar to the value of ?16,000,000. Two years ago the amount was less than a million and a half. According to the latest census reports all the New England States have an aggregate population of 4,425,900, and twenty-sir Representatives in Congress. Recent verv trustworthy calculations of the population of the Chinese Empire by Russian authorities reckon it at 382,000,000, and the annual increase at 4,000,000. A criminal whosa head was cut off in France, the other day, was examined by a physician, and his heart was found beating six minutes after ho had been guillotined. The Irish Registrar's annual report estimates the population of the Green Isle at 4,730,566. The number of persons emigrating to other countries during the year waa 70,477. Is answer to the call for rat3 the Atlanta Fair Association, which offered premiums for their killing, received 20,94S rat tails. One man killed 4300 on his farm and received first prize. It appears that the great majority of persons committing suicide in Japan are over fifty years of age. Next on the list comes persons between twenty and thirty years of age. At the Riggs Farm, sixteen miles south of Doland, S. D., while on the straw stack at the thrashing machine, Peter Peterson was instantly killed by a bolt of lightning from ?n nlmrvrfc <">lr.ir skv. There is ono ward in Chicago, the Thirtythird, that is ten miles long and three miles wide. It embraces 19,200 acres, and con- I tains sixty railroad stations, seven postofflces and 100,000 paople. Dallas, Oregon, claims to handle more wool direct from the producer than any other city in the United States. Large wagenloads ' come to town evfry day, and 5,UOO.OOO pounds j will be handled this season. 1 The Chinamen of New York city have j given to their Joss, at 16 Mott street, a new umbrella which they had brought over from China. It is covered with dragons and other monsters with glittering eyes, and is said to have cost MOO. The King of the Sandwich Islands lives in ! a million dollar palace that was built of coral | a few years ago by his loyal subjects. The ! natives do not seem to mind expense whero j the King's pleasure is involved. When tho | Princess died they spent $o),0J0 on her funeral and $00,000 for a mausoleum to her. BLINDED HEB HUSBAND. A Drunken Man's Eyes Burned Out With Hot Mortar. At Mingo Junction, Penn., recently, Mrs. William Frazier burned out her husband's eye3 with hot mortar. Frazier was building a new house and that morning stopped work to go to Steubenville, Ohio, for supplies. He got drunk and when he returned homo his wife was engaged in hauling dirt from the cellar. Frazier began abusing her. Mrs. Frazier threw a shovelful of hot mortar into his face. Frazier suffered intense pain and lost his eyesight in a short time. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.' j Eastern aud Middle States. The whaling bark Petrel has just arrived at New Bedford, Mass., after a whaling voyage of over five years. She has taken 2500 barrels of sperm oil and 1300 pounds of whalebone. Miss Laura Horn*, the thirty-one-yearold daughter of Frederick Horn, of Hoboken, N. J., committed suicide by hanging. Her father, upon discovering what she had done, shot himself, inflicting a probably fatal wound. Miss Horn was suffering from insanity, and her parents were about to send her to Germany. A heavv sque?ze in the money market led mnnv \W Vnrk business men to petition the Treasury Department for relief.' President Harrison, at Cresson Springs, Penn., and Secretary Windom, at Williamstown, Mass., were in telegraphic correspondence over the matter. Richard M. Johnson, who was Tax Collector of Biddeford, Me., iu 1SS3, has been arrested on the charge of embezzling ?10,* 000 of the city's money while in office. Pennsylvania has suffered heavily by floods. Many county fairs have been obliged to close. Secretary of the Treasury Windoji had a consultation with a numbar of New York bankers and merchants with regard to the stringency in the money market, and he ordered the revocation of tho Treasury regulation in regard to the payment of advance interest on registered four p>r cent, bonds. A. B. Thompson, Secretary of Strite of New Hampshire since 1877, died at Concord a few nights ago. He was fifty-seven years of age. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Franklin S. Dickson, a young lawyer of Philadelphia, Penn., on the char go of forgery and having swindled the Sexennial League out of about $10,000 by means of bogus deeds. An Erie pushing engine struck four Italian quarry laborers near Susquehanna, Penn., instantly killing two and badly injuring the others. R. T. Bcsh, the well-known yachtsman, of Brooklyn, N. Y., was killed by aconite which ho took by mistake. Georoe M. Kopp, a lineman, was killed by electricity on a pole in New York city before crowds of theatre-goers. Messrs. Potter and Loyell, principal members of tho Potter-Lovell Company of Boston, Mass., which recently failed for $3,000,000, were arrested and held in bail for embezzlement. "* ~ J v? 4.1,^ JU. O. JlLORRIS was noauuuieu uy wc wcuioccats in convention at Hartford for Govern4 or of Connecticut. During a thunder storm a funnel-shaped cloud with a rushing noise swept directly over the Union wharf store at Provinceton, Mass. Lightning struck the building and instantly kiSed Solomon Stanley, twenty-two years old, and Captain Ralph At wood, sistytwo years. The recount of the Second Ward, of Now York city, made by the Board of Health, shows a population of 1190, against 923 returned by tne United States official enumerators. This is an increase of 29.70 percent. Over three hundred persons said they had been overlooked. Seventeen thousand dollars belonging to Bookmakers Garland & Saunders was stolen from the Hotol Vendome safe in New York city. Chief Engineer Derrenbacher, of the Fire Department at Rondo'ufc, N. Y., and who acts as Treasurer, is a defaulter to the extent of ?4000. South and West. Two colored men in Monroe County, Miss., have been lynched for assaulting white women. Snow has been reported from Fort As3iniboine, Montana. This is the first snow of the season in the United States. Prices of wheat, corn, oats and provisions advanced several cents at Chicago on the strength of the Government September crop report. Paul A. Johnstone, a mind reader,drove blindfolded through the streets of Chicago from the Auditorium to the Grand Pacific Hotel, and thsre found a name on an old register which had been previously chosen by a committee. Afterward he fell into a prolonged cataleptic fit. A runaway locomotive at Cincinnati struck another engine, killing William Howard. Another man had nis collar-bono broken. Baron Yon Strauss, an Austrian nobleman, who came to this country two vears ago, committed suicide at Spokane Falls, Wash., because he had been reduced to beggary. A scheme to steal the children o? wealthy parents, and hold them for a ransom, has been exposed at Kansas City, Mo., by the arrest of Henry Wilson, a livery stable keeper, and leader in the plot. The census population of Nashville, Tenn., is 70,309, a gain in ton years of 76.3 per cent. The South Carolina Democratic Convention at Columbia nominated Captain B. R. Tillman, the Farmers' Alliance leader, for Governor, together with a full State ticket. The Wvoming election resulted in the sue* cess of AYarren, Republican candidato for Governor, and the Republican State ticket. The Legislature, which elects a United States Senator, is also Republican. A YOCXG stock broker named Loring R. Loomis, has left Chicago, 111., suddenly with about $25,000 belonging to his friends and brokers' Arms. Two persons were killed and seven hurt by a tree which fell upon a train in the Black Hiils, near Elk Creek, South Dakota. Ex-State Senator Robert Ray Hamlltox, of New York City, whoso wife is in prison for attempting to kill Nurse Donnelly at Atlantic City, N. J., a year ago, has been accidentollv drowned in Idaho. The schooner Comrade, of Cleveland, ! Ohio, has been lost, with her crew of eight men, on Lake Superior. The National Commission of the World's Fair met at Chicago, 111. Traffic on the Northern Pacific Railroad has teen temporarily suspended owing to extensive forest fires. The bodies of Mrs. Dr. G. w. Cooper, Mrs. G. F. Rose and her nine-year old oon were recovered from the South Pottawatomie River, Garnet, Kan. The women had been out driving and attempted to ford the stream, which was greatly swollen by recent rains. The vehicle was overturned and the aDtire party drowned. "The Montana Democratic State Convention at Helena nominated Judge A. A. Dixon for Congress. There were no State officers to be nominated. TA. Mexke was killed, J. J. Glaken mortally wounded, and a son of Menke seriously injured in a family quarrel at Perkins, Cal. The Coal Palace and Industrial Exhibit, at Ottumwa. Iowa, was formally opened by Governor Boles. Eleven thousand people were in the audience room in the palace at the time. ! The Upp?r House of the Oklahoma Territorial Legislature passed a bill locating the permanent territorial capital at Oklahoma City. The lower was tied, one-half favoring Guthrie and the ether half Oklahoma City. Washington. Theodore M. Scht.eier, of Tennessee, has been nominated for Consul at Amsterdam. The Secretary of War has established two new army posts?one near Newport, Ky., opposite Cincinnati, and tha other near San Antonio, Texas. The former will be called Fort Thomas, and the latter Fort Houston. At a caucus of Republican Senators the ?rder of busiue.-5 for the remainder of the session was decided upon. The Department of Agriculture is sending )ut a volume of nerly thres hundred pages devoted exclusively to the sugar-beet inaus try. It is said to be a carefully prepared little work, filled full of valuable information. A cable dispatch was received at the Navy Department from Yokohama, an4-Unf A ff-J.fn nf T? *1 OT1 T> OOT* -TWh T1 R buau v v? ? Baker died on board the United States steamer Swatara, at Chefoo, Corea. Superintendent Porter of the Census Office, announced that the recount of Minneapolis, Minn., shows a population of 164,7S0. fnis, as compared with the census of 1880, is an increase of 117,851, or 251.35 per cent. Secretaby Wixdom has issued a call for 516,000,000 Government bonds and consented to prepay a year's interest on about $00,000, XX) siz per cants., besides giving assurance that the new tariff laws will not De put into operation before February 1. John S. Crocker, "Warden of the District jail, died at his residence, Washington, D. C., in his seventieth year. He was a native of New York State. According to figures issued by the Census Department the total population of Utah Territory is 206,493, which is a net increase during the decade of 03,535, or 43.44 per cent. The Tariff bill was sent to a conference committeo after a debate of two hours in the House. coiciodoue Joseph S. Skerrett took command of the Washington Navy Yard, : ; relieving Captain R. W. Meade, detailed for I I duty in connection with the World's Coluin- i bian Exposition. Colonel Thomas G. Baylor, United J States Army, commandant of tho Frankford Arsenal and Senior Colonel of the Ordnance I Department, died at Washington, a few days j ago. He was fifty-seven years om. The population of Colorado, according to ' the count of the Census Bureau, is 410,975. This is a net increase during the decade of 216,01$, or 111.4'J per cent. Foreign* The Sultan of Morocco's forces have had a battle with Zemmours, in which the latter were defeated with heavy loss in killed and wounded. The Czar has given orders to the Governor of Siberia to prevent any further immigration of Chinese into that province. A closed carriage was swept down an embankment into the Elbe, near Ottenheim. Austria, during the floods. The driver or the vehicle and the occupants?Lorenz Grunther, his wife and sister?were drowned. DcRI-VG the first six months of 1890 the number of emigrants from Italy was 140,000, an excess of 15,000 over the same peroid of 1839. Twenty persons were entombed by an explosion in a mine at Loederburg. A German tourist and two guides have been blown over a precipice in the Alps. Ax extension of the triple alliance among Germany, Italy and Austria, to May, 1897, has been hastily agreed to. Diphtheria is epidemic in Berlin,and there are numerous cases of typhoid fever. The hospitals are crowded with patients. This condition of affairs is largely attributed to the high price of meat, driving the poorer portion of the populace to eat garbage and diseased food. French war ships have bombarded several villages in the Society Islands. The marines landed and laid waste the country, keeping up tho work of devastation until the natives submitted. MocasA Bey, the Kurdish Governor of Armenia, who was sentenced to exile for tho outrages perpetrated by him upon Christians in that province, and who escaped from custody some timo ago, has been captured near Broussa, fifty-seven miles southeast of Constantinople. He broke one of his legs in attempting to escape the police. The birthday of President Diaz, of Mexi? co, was celebrated at tho capital city of that country. S?The elections in Brazil havo resulted in a I victory for the Government. Lord Wolseley becomes commander of j the British forces in Ireland. I In a collision between two passenger trains ! it a point between Moatjolo and Kalterherberg,in Germany, four passengers were killed md fourteen injured. LATER NEWS. New Hampshire Republicans met at Con* I cord and nominated Hiram A. Tuttle for j Governor. The Republican State Convention of Massachusetts, held at Boston, nominated | J. Q. A. Brr.ckett for Governor. President Harbison visited Johnstown, Penn_ and went to the burial place of the unknown dead. Samuel E. Merwis, of Neiv Haven, was nominated for Governor of Connecticut by the Republicans in State convention at New Haven. The stock broking firm of R. Gardner I Chase & Company, of Boston, has failed for $2,000,000. The New York Central strike is over, after lasting forty-one days. It has been ordered off by General Master Workman Pnwderly. Nearly 3S00 old men have applied to the road for re-employment. Secretary Tracy has rendered an opinion construing existing law so as to al j low the Marine Corps trie ranoa jjreai.ii w-u J for the Navy, instead of t'je Army ration, which has been allowed to the Marine Corps j for years past. The naval ration is usually j reckoned as being worth about thirty cents, | while the army ration is worth about twentyJ five cents. The Department of State has bean officially ; informed that an International CoDgress, I whose object will be to examine questions re! lating to the reclamation of prisoners and to the protection of children who have been practically abandoned, will meet at Antwerp on October 9. In* reply to the circular of tho Treasury Department inviting proposals for the salo of ?10,000,000 four per cent bonds, the Treasury Department received offers aggregating about $"2-8,030,COO, of which $10,SS3,S00 were purchased. The stringency in the money market has, in consequence, been relieved. Treasury disbursements for tho past thirty-two days have exceeded the receipts j by 865,000,000 and the surplus is getting very 1 low.] According to the Census Bureau, the population of Connecticut is 743,861, an increase of 123,101, or 19.78 per cent. Chas. "Wagner, General Superintendent of the Munk & Roberts Manufacturing Company, at Connersville, Ind., aged twenty-four years, has committed suicide by shootiDg a I bullet through his temple. It is said that the worry of a strike caused him to kill himself. The Tammany Committee of Twenty-four decided to have a straight ticket in the fall campaign in Hew York city, with Hugh J. Grant for Mayor. ] I.v the course of the heavy storm lightning | struck the telephone tower in Jersey City, N. j J., and set it on fire, causing damage i and stopping all telephone business. Princeton (N". J.) College oponed with j | the largest freshman class in its history. While John Swanson, a farmer near Sey- j mour, Ind., and his wife were feeding their ' cattlo they were gored to death by tin in- j furiated bull. Cn arles TViiallet fatally shot his wife j and then shot himself dead at Portland, I j Oregon; Mrs. Hester Reed was shot and ; j killed b}' her husband, who afterward comi mitted suicide at Kansas City, Mo. Toe dwelling of Mrs. J. W. Savage at j | Fark City, Utah, was burned. Her two sons j were caught in the flames. One of them ' was so horribly burned that he died a few hours later. The charred body of the other was found after the Are was put out. Ex-Governor Foster was nominated for Congress in Ohio. Disastrous floods have occurred in China and Japan. j Emperors Willi Air, of Germany, and Franz Jossf, of Austria, met at Ilotmscoci:, Saxony. The Portugussa Cabinet has resigned, owing to the popular dissatisfaction over the African treaty with England. The elections in Brazil have resulted in favor of the Republican Government. A MENAGERIE'S MASSACRE. A Blood-Curdling Story From South Africa. Half a Score of People Killed by Wild Animals. Mail advices iust received from Kimberlev. South Africa, tell of an awful occurrence ihere at midnight on June 1 last. Some ricious person or persons opened the doors )f the cages in Fillis's managerie containing the wild animals and set them all free. The most terrible scenes followed. Four attendants sleeping on the premises were mangled tieyond recognition, being actually torn limb from limb, bitten md gashed in the most sickening manner, nrhile the entire population within a radius )f a mile was aroused by the roaring cf the lions, the trumpeting of the elephants, the growls and shrieks ox the leopards, chetahs, jackals and frightened horses. Four enormous male lions, Pasha, Abdul, Caliph and Mustapha, sprang from their :ages and made for the stables, where Pasha leaped upon the back of Murat, the great jumping stallion, and buried his teeth in the animal's neck. The screams of the horse iroused the attention of a Scotchman named n-j.*. J i.1 U ...U * A ratterson anu iiiieu ixuuu uvya, ?uu, m uieu with stable forks, rushed to the relief of Murat. From the dying words of one Kaffir, who was the only one able to speak when found, it was learned that they rushed to unspeakable torture and met a fearful death. He and his mates endeavored to beat Pasha back, when they were attacked in the rear by three other lions and one chetah. They were thrown to the ground, their arms and legs bitten and torn off, their bodies mangled and torn open, their bones smashed into bits, and with the exception of the single Kaffir, their heads crunched into a pulp. The one man who lived just long enough to tell the story was without either arms or legs and his body was a mass of lacerations. Having tasted blood, the lions, chetahs, wolves and leopards saeraed to regain all their natural ferocity and sprang at everything that cp.mo in their way. Four performing Hungarian horses, of which the equine Deauty Black Bess was "one of the number, were killed almost instantly, and a number of ponies were devoured. An enormous elephant known as Blood burst through the heavy iron gate in his fright and rushed into Curry street, followed by nearly every animal that was in the menagerie. A cabman named Nelson was sitting on his carriage before the building appalled by the uproar within, but not supposing the beasts could escape beyond the walls. Suddenly, as he describes it, he saw the animals come forth in a perfect volume of fprnmfrr first the elenhant loudlvtrum peting, closely followed by a writhing, snarling mass of lions, hyenas, jackals, baboons ana every other quality of brute. Nelson sprang for a post that supports an awning around Glover's Athletic Bar and climbed into safety, while his horses dashed madly down the Dutoitspan road, snorting with fear, closely pursued by two lions and four wolves. The remainder of the wild animals distributed themselves in every direction. A little child of James Grindley, happening to be in a rear room opening on a garden, was pounced upon by a chetah and I dragged into the open air, where its agonized mother saw it torn to pieces and devoured without any power to help it. Dther and equally harrowing incidents iro reported, among which is the killing of Qve women, who were fearfully mangled. "When the mails left there were at largo four lions, two lionesses, two tigers, three bears, two wolves, one hyena, two chetahs, jne elephant, one camel and seventeen baboons. The police had been organized Into hunting parties, and the town was in a condition of siege. PROMINENT PEOPLE, Ge.vep.al Benjamin P. Butler is en. gaged in writing his autobiography, at hii home in Boston. The youngest member of the next Congress will be J. iL Bailey, of Texas, who ia cnly tweaty-fivo years of age. Toe Empress of Russia is so thin and haggard that tne friends who havj ni t seen he* within a fewyears do not recognizo her. The Sultan of Zanzibar is a bright young man of thirty-seven. Ee is one of fifty-seven children, all of whom except Ave sisters ari now dead. Hexp.t Fowler, the English member of Parliament, is the rising figure among the English liberals. He has recently developed great ability. General v on Moltke will be presented the house iu which he was born at Parchim, Mecklenburg, on the occasion of his ninetieth birthday. The largest individual taxpayer in Boston is John M. Sears, who pays ?30,000 on $3,? 617,0C0 worth of real estate and a personal estate of $125,000. President herrera-r-obes,of Uruguay, has no palace, but lives modestly in rooms over a milliner's shop in one of the principal streets of Montevideo. General Greelt, chief of the Signal Service, is in receipt of at least twenty letters a day from cranks who solemnly hold him responsible for the weather. Probably the richest man in Alabama is Josiah Morris, of Montgomery. He has a fortune of $3,000,000, mad?, for the most part, from dealing in real estate. Prince Louis, of Battcnberg, i3 one of the few royal personages of Europe able to support themselves by means of a trade or profession . He is a skilful typesetter. The Pope never leaves his own rooms until they have been swept and dusted, which is done as soon as ho rises. He then closes all the doors snd window and takes the keys away with him. Justice Miller, of the United States" Supreme Court, has been on the bench twenty-eight years. His commission was signed by Lincoln, p^d dat^s basis fyrther t>uuu wu*?v VI wu; UHU6I LUtUiUCl WUC tJUi W "The mail brings more than seven hundred letters a day to President Harrison. Only a few of them reach his desk, the remainder being acknowledged and answered, if necessary, by Secretary Halford's staff of clerks. raince * erdinand, ot .Bulgaria, has too reputation of being one of the greatest gourmands of Europe. His favorite dish is a pie of linnets, ar.d when a fish is to be served he has it brought to him alive for his inspection before it is sent to the kitchen. "VV. E. Gladstone has written to friends in Canada, who invited him to this country, that his age and engagements utterly disable bim from crossing the Atlantic, and that he cannot hope to see this great territory in which he has always taken so much interest. Princess Lilinokalaxi, the heir apparent to the Hawaiian throne, is a fine looking woman of considerable political ability. She is married to an American, John Dominis, though other foreigners do not find favor in her sight. She has an annual grant of $10,000. Sister Rose Gertrude, the English woman who has been tending the lepers at Molokai, is about to lea ve on account of native opposition. She says there have recently been several well defined cases of cure of leprosy lately and is corroborated by Dr. Lutz, the Physician-Governor of the leper CCbMCmVUl. Many people have expressed astonishment at the fact that the Princa of Wales speaks German with perfect fluency. The truth is that his command of English is the surprising thing. In the roval nursery German was epoken until Albert ?dward was twelve years of age. The Prince is also in thorough command of French. J. Hexniker Heaton, the British M. P. who has come to the United States to discuss penny international postage withilr. TVanamakc-r, is a handsome blonde man, broadshouldered and of medium height. His face is strong and full of character. Mr. Heaton is a journalist and the owner of three successful Australian newspapers. A. C. Chbistopheb, of tho Georgi. Hcnso. In Orlando, Fla., has a peach tree m a is > aru >f the large yellow cling-stono variety. The tree is three years old, and has borno two jrops since the frost in March last, the Grst Oecoming ripe in July and the second in August, and there will still be another crop this month. The tree grew from o seed obtained in middle Georgia. A STRIKING DESIGN, Description oft he Monnmnnt Which is to Mark Grant's Tomb. John H. Duncan,, whose design has been accepted and who has been appointed architect for the Grant Monument Association, presented a statement to the Executive Committee, which is an exposition of the general subjcet as well as a description of his own design. In it ha says: "As I conceive it, the problem is to produce an edifice which shall be unmistakably a monumental tomb from every point of view it may be seen* while as to its accessories it shall contain a grand memorial hall and a depressed mortuary chamber with a doublo sarcophagus, where will repose the mortal remains-of General Grant and his beloved wife. In striving to solve this problem, I have provided for certain portions of the main structure to-bo built from time to time, with tho amount of money in hand, and pro videdthat such parts as are finished shall give tho appearance of a completed structure, as far as it is possible. * * "In the lower portion I have chosan tho Doric order of architecture,on account of its simplicity, and above tho Ionic. The great size of tho memorial hall, which I have designed to bo both impressive, instructive and useful, has led mo to leave the lintel construction, and adopt the vault and arch form.of Roman work. My main object is to present in tho present draw FP.OXt VXCW OF TITE MOXCMEJTT. ings the form of my proposed mausoleum, and therefore the equestrian statues of Grant's Generals of the four principal armies on the columns in front, the full relief panels on the sides for portraits of the several Major-Generals acting under him, the group on top, as well as the other groups and figures indicated, are simply suggestions showing sculpture at points where the edifice would best receive or require them. All such details are a subject of after consideration, which, in my judgement, should bo kept subordinate at present to the general design. "While my arrangement of plan recalls the Tomb of Napoleon in the Hotel des Invalides, so far as the open crypt is concerned, I have placed it in an apse, leaving the entire portion of the memorial hall clear for any patriotic or civic gathering, such as the annual meeting of tne Grand Army, the Army of the Tennessee, the Society of the Cincinnati, etc., while at the end of the hall I have constructed a rostrum for the various dignitaries, from which a complete view of the large memorial hall may be seen. A vista of the entire length is also obtained from the entrance, terminating in the apso and the guardian figure over the granite tomb. The general dimension cf my main structure is as follows. A square base, 100 feet bv 100 at the cround line, exclusive of the steps, and the projection of the portico on front and apse at rear. The total height of the mausoleum would be about 160 feet from the base line, or nearly 290 from the water level of the Hudson River. From the centre of the memorial hall floor to dome is 100 feet. The outer galiery will be 130 feet above the j ground line, affording a complete view of the , surrounding country for miles. "The dome is supported on the interior by pendentives, which fill in the transitions between the square formed by the vault3 and the under siae of the circular dome. These should be of ornamentation with figure sub- I jects, formed of marble mosaic. At this I point I would indicate the special victories j of General Grant in the war for the Union. ! Above these pendentives are thirteen open- j ings into the inner gallery. In the panels j above them I would place the ssals of the ' original thirteen States, and directly over ; disks with the names, emblems, etc., of all i the State3 which were reunited in conse- j quence of General Grant's victories, while above them all rises the coffered dome. "The crypt I have made the subject of particular study. It is the feature of the Building worthy of the deepest consideration. For material I selected white granite, being I the stone least affected by climate. The | crypt itself is large and roomy, reached by j rear stairways and protected from intrusion. | I have designed places in the crvpt for the j display of banners, relics, personal souvenirs, J etc., of the dead General, President and citi zen. The whole mausoleum I have con- } structed on the basis of 8300.000." mTTT1 T 1 nrtT( TTT AT1T mil lajjuii wuitlij, Labor is so scarce in Colorado that railroad construction is impeded. Business in Melbourne, Australia, is prostrated on account ot labor strikes. A national convention of stonemasons has just been in session at Baltimore. Galveston boast9 ?2,000,000 put in factories in that city in the past eighteen months. Despite the return of 1000 strikers to work at Mons, in Belgium, there are fully 18,000 ' mineryon strike in that country. I The annual convention of glasa manufac- , i The Traclca Union Congress'at Liverpool, \ by a mSjfciny ct eight in a vote of over 330 j decided In fa^or <}( legislative enactment to . limit the daily hours of labor to eight. A new town has been started near Pitts* I burg, Penn., named Charleroi, the first | great industry of which will be an extensive plute-jrlass works giving employment to a thousand men. The Pennsylvania Railroad has reduced the hours of machinists and boilermakers from ten to nine at the same compensation i per hour as before. The men contemplated j striking for nine hours at ten hours' pay. A mas of forty being recently examined i before a magistrate at Bangalore, India, I stated that be earned daily a quarter of an anna (about l#d) by bottling ginger beer, | and that he was quite satisfied with his wages and position. Sixce the culmination of tho eight hour movement this year, the members ef the Journeymen Tailors' National Union bare reduced their hours of labor to ten per day in thirteen cities, and in nearly all higher i wages and better conditions were secured. The annual reports of frieudly and beneficial societies indicate that the condition of English worklngmen is generally prosperous. Six of them, not including the miners, agricultural laborers, and otuer large departments, show a surplus of nearly ?55,000,000. All of the boot and shoe manufacturing establishments in tho East have been in receipt of heavy orders for tho coming season, and work will bo resumed a little earlier ; than usual. Prices for footwear aro a little lower, considering the quality, than they locf Troon BY AN ELECTRIC BOLT. Four Italians Who Sought Refuge , From a Storm Struck Dead. A terrific thunderstorm took place recently at Sodom, J*. Y., near t'ao Brewsters, on the Harlem Railroad. At the new Sodoin reservoir there is an Italian shanty. While the storm prevailed one hundred Italians sought refuge in the building. They had been indoors but fifteen minutes when lightuing entered the shanty and killed four men. The Italians became crazed with fear and rushed from the building. Strange to relate, the shanty was uniujured, and the lightning Is said to have entered an inch aperture in tho roof. Half a mile from the fatal spot a woman who was at work in h?r house was stunned by a shock of lightning during the storm. WORK OF TEE UMS. Momentous Matters Telegraph- I ed From Many Quarters, _ ^ Two Indian Braves Almost Rout ; the United States Armv. Jules Semiole, an interpreter,-.brings from the Cheyenne Agency, in Montana, the details of the killing of Head Chief and Young Mule, the murderers of Hugh Boyle. On Sunday, the father of Head Chief iame to Agent Coopar and endeavored, to: negotiate for the surrender of the fugitives and to secure their immunity from punishment by giving up a number of ponies.. He* said the boys were in the bills where they <ould not be taken. The agent refused to negotiate* saying the Government did not treat murderers that ?>u.jr. i' muuj^ uio cuui to 11 lui/JCda uju imuci said the boys would come into the agency and make a fight, and that. h& would go out and help them put on war bonnets and tie up ponies' tails?the procedure incident to going into battle?and that the soldiers had better look out, as the boys would fight to the death. The place from where they would come was indicated, and troops and Indian police drawn up to meet them. In about half an hour the two renegades were seen coming at full speed in war paint and feathers. They charged along the lull length of line occupied by the troops and police, shouting and yelling like demons. The soldiers fired a volley or two in return, but failed to do any damage. As soon as the Indians were out of range they turned and rode back again like a whirlwind, repeating the attack as before, and escaping without damage. They then started to climb a hill in front of the troops. When half way up a chanco shot-from the military hit Young Mule's pony and brought him to the ground, leaving Young Mule dismounted. js Head Chief then turned and rode down the hill at a terrific pace, making directly for the lino of troops and police, meanwhile firing his rifle as rapidly as possible. It is reported the line of battle wavered and broke, but just before Head Chief penetrated it he fell, shot twice through the forehead and once in the mouth, and was killed instantly. Young Mule, noting the fate of his companion, prepared to follow, chanting the death scng. He started down the hill afoot and was charging directly into the line of troops when he was hit in the side. He jumped into a hole in the ground and fired one shot after getting under cover. This was about one tfclock in the afternoon and hostilities ceased until evening, when Young Mule was found dead in his rifle pit. Insurrection in Switzerland. The Revolutionists in the Caaton of Ticino, Switzerland, formed a provisional government and convoked a popular assembly, which declared the existing Government and the Gftand Council dissolved and ordered general elections. The insurgeuts held Lugano, Mendrano, Chiasso and Locarno. The Swiss Bundesrath was called in extra session, and ordered Federal troop3 to be sent to the scene of the disorder. The populace supported the insurgents and the Civic Guard occupied the telegraph offices, thus preventing the suporters of the Cantonal Government from communicating by telegraph with each other or with the National Government. The rebels arrested Councilor Oreali, the Federal Commissioner, who received instructions to annul the decision of the provisional government and the vote of the popular assembly. ; The latest despatches say the revolt has collapsed. The troc?3 have beau weU received by the revolutionists. It has besn agreed that the question of the revision of the Constitution be submitted to a popular vote. Flames la the Alhambra. A fire hrofee out at 10 o'clock a few nights ago In the Palace of the Alhambra, in Granada, Spain. It originated in the Alberca Courtyard and soon spread to the galleries. The news that the famous palace waa on fire spread rapidly, and thousands of citizens flocked to the scene, They found the whole upper part of the gallery on the right side or the Arrayanes Court ablaze. The troops and firemen, with the aid of willing volunteers from the crowd, succeeded in confining the flames to the portion of the palace in which the fire originated. A supply of water was obtained from the tanks ana fountains in the various courts, and, after several hours of incessant work, the flames were extinguished. The magnificent Sala de la Barca and the right wing of the Arrayanes Court were destroyed. The remainder of the palace was not damaged. Eight persons were slightly injured while fighting the fire. Hussars Swimming for Their Lives. An exciting episode ot the great floods is reported from Armelgostewitz on the Elbe. The first squadron of the Ziethen Hussars is quartered there. One night a sentinel fell asleep, only to be awakened by the rapid rise of the stream and to find that the barracks had been carried away and the entire squadron were swimming about in the waters. The men were saved with great difficulty in the darkness, as the entire village was inundated, and only the strongest buildinzs remained standing, the tops of bouses and trees being filled with soldiers and villagers. The horses of the troop were drowned. The Colonel swam to the roof of the highest house in the village, which he made his headquarters, remaining during the night, giving ordere for the safety of his men and the village. He was finally rescued. . Fonr Persons Killed by Lightning. Peyton Huguley was struck and instancy killed by lightning near Atlanta, Ga. lie and bi9 Fife were picking cotton, and a little cloud collected above and by one stroke of lightning Huguley was killed and his wife Severely shocked. The bolt struck him on t*a-aide of ihe h4ad, brifclhg ttZ ^ ekin on"? nlacettae sire of a half doUar. JVhilp the tnrSe children of Mr. Henry May, of Washington County, Ga., were picking cotton the same day, little Ruby was instantly killed and the other two stunued by a bolt of lightning, from which they died an hour later. GoJId Discovery in South Dakota. An immense find of gold has been made somewhere in the vicinity of Rapid City, 8. D., during the last few days, but the finder refuses to indicate its exact locality. Several pounds were taken to an assayer, wno made several assays, the results of which far exceeded anything yet found in the hills. Four pounds of the rock yielded L7 ounces. The nrosDector savs he can set out without assistance 700 to 1000 pounds daily. ? _____ Settling the Indian Problem. The council of the Prairie band of Pottawatomies. held a fsw riavs a cm on the reservation in Jackson County, Kan., terminated in a row, in which three of the leaders were killed and several others i injured. The trouble grew out of the Presi- i dent's order to sectionize, for the consideration of which tho council had been called. i i New Method of Caring Consumption. 1 Dr. Koch, the notei German physician 1 who claims that he has discovered a method of curing consumption by inoculation, is 1 about to begin experiments on human pa- 1 tients who are suffering from tuberculosis. I ' l Twenty-live Killed. An explosion occurred in the Maybach pit ( at Sanct Wendel, Rhenish Prussia, by which . twenty-five men were killed. The other men j in the pit to the number of S25 were res- i cued. I Sevcnty-tlireo Drowned. The Austrian war ship Taurus, with a crew 1 of sixty-nine men and four officers, has 1 foundered in the Black Sea. All bands were 1 lost. ; | Farmer Cross, of Santa Rosa, CaL, 1 tnrnflri a valuahlfl mamintn n flplrl tliA nfchnr t day In which was pastured a Durham bulL ' The animals got into a flght and ths maro was killed. She was worth $500. A pi~ce of the lithographic stone from 1 wh- '.h the $10 bills of the Confederate Gov- I eminent were printed was discovered in a I cemetery near Anderson, S. C., recently. i FETY-nBST oosorasa. In tho Senate 200th Day.?The conference report on thai Land Grant Forfeiture bill was.- taken up. Fhe main proposition in the report is contained in tne first section,as follows: "That there is hereby forfeited to the United States,' and the United States hereby resumes tho title thereto, all lands heretofore granted to any State or to any corporation^ aid m the construction of a railroad opposite- to and coterminous with the portion , of any such railroad not now completed and in operation, for the construction or benefit of which such lands were granted, and all sicb lands are declared to be a part of the public domain; provided, that this act shall not be construed as forfeiting the right of way or station grounds of any railroad company heretofore granted." Mr.. Morgan spoke against the report. . 207th Day.?Mr. Ingalls presented a petition from citizens of Missouri asking: for the passage of the Federal Election-bill.... Many petitions were presented for and against the passage of the Compound Lard bill?After the passage of several bills of minor importance Mr. Morgan ended his speech on the Land Grant Forfeiture bill. Mr. Saundera then spoke in favor of the adoption of the conference report. Executive session. 208th Day.?As soon as the journal of yesterday was read, Mr.. Quay offered the usual resolutions of sorrow and condolence in regard-to the death of Samuel J. Randall and proceeded to address the Senate. Further sloquent tributes to. the high character of Mr. Randall and to hi3 honorable career in public and private lif? were paid by Messrs. Cullom, Gibson, Barbour, Plumb, Daniel, Blackburn and Hiscock. And then, as a further mark of respect, the Senate, at 3 p. m.. adjourned. 209th Day.?Tho Senate, on motion of Mr. Frye, passed sixteen bridge bills on the calendar... .The Land Grant Forfeiture bill was considered* 210th Day.?The Land Grant Forfeiture bill was passed....It was voted to buy the Townsena Library of National Records.... The Anti-Lottery bill was passed... .Mr. Hiscock introduced a bill to authorize the can* truction of a tunnel under the waters of the Bay of New York, between Middletown, Staten Island, and New Utrecht, Long island. 211th Day.?Mr. Blair made a speech, facoring suffrage for the District of Columbia ... .Tne bill providing for the reorganization of the artillery and infantry forces of tha Army was reached on the Senate calendar ....At the expiration of the hour assigned to tbe calendar the Senate resumed the consideration of the Senate bill to established a United States land court and to provide for the settlement of private land claims in the VVrrtm^ncr Anrl OUIIC9 KJk lie*oua, W?v* uuw V* j w? in the Territories of New Mexico, Arizona or Utah. After a long discussion the bill was laid aside without action... .The private pension bills on the calendar were then taken up, and eighty of them were passed in thirty minutes. In the House. 216th Day.?As Speaker Read entered tha House he received a round of applause frorq the Republican side of the House, and from the spectators in the galleries. After prayer, >f. Mr. O'Ferrall made the point that no quorum was present. The Speaker, without note of tne point, stated that the question (Fas on ordering the previous question, on approving the Journal of Tuesday's proceedings, and directing the clerk to call the rolL; -M The.vote stood yeas eighty-seven?nays forty* four?no quorum; and on motion of Mr. McKinlev, of Ohio, amid Democratic applause, tne House adjourned. 217th Day.?A message was received from the Senate announcing the passage of the Tariff bill, with amendments. By direction of the Speiaker it was referred to the Committee on Ways and Means... .The previous question on the question of approving Tuesday's journal was ordered; yeas 113, nays 84 ?the clerk noting a quorum?and the question recurred on the approval of the journal. On the approval of the journal, the quorum disappeared and a call of the House was or-. leredL On mpffon of Sir. McKinley tha ^^a<wurn?3r_ ' ' "J" ' V/r' journals of Wednesday, rhursdayana Friday IreFS read and aj> proved witEBfif oSjSctlOfi, and. tbffl tqfc House proceeded to pay Its last tributes* of respect to the memory of Senator James B. Deck, of Kentucky. Mr. BreckinridgeT of Kentucky, eulogized the character and abilities of the deaa Senator, whom he characterized as a "round, ready and full man.'' A C+nr* aJAncLOcaa hr Mocarfl TIlinnAll. rtf IVCtft, nesota, McCreary, of Zentucky~Stone, of Eentucky, Blount, of Georgia, Henderson, of Illinois, Caruth, of Kentucky, McMillln, of Tennessee and Hooker, of Mississippi, the House, as a further mark of respect, adjourned. 219th Day.?It was-agreed to non-concur in all the Senate amendments to the Tariff "= >1 bill....A bill was introduced by Mr. Covert at the solicitation of Erastus Wiman, the purport of which is to make Brooklyn a railroad centre.... The recent speech of Mr. Kennedy reflecting on the Senate and Senator Quay, was under discussion; two resolutions of disapproval of the speech were introduced. 220th Day.?Mr. Connell introduced a bill for the ere-Ttion of a statue or monument in the city of Washington to the memory of John Ericsson, at cost of $50,000....Mr. Bayne's resolution to refer the Kennedy speech denouncing Senator Quay to the Committee on the Judiciary to determine the extent of his offence and the reparation due to the Senate was passed The Speaker ap? pointed the following conferees on the TapH??. . bill: Messrs. McKinley, Burrows, Bayne, Dingley (Republicans); Mills, McMillin and Flower (Democrats^. 221st Day.?The Langston-Venable contested election case was considered... .Mr. Stock dale introduced a bill to increase the Mexican war pensions from ?8 to 112 a month....A bill was passed amending tha act relative to tho Brooklyn Postofflce so as to provide that a one-story building may bo constructed on the north side in order to facilitate the handling of mails, j KILLED HIS DAUGHTERS, | \ Terrible TYagedy Enacted at Torts^ ^ ^niontl). >. H. !' FredH^Xa hard working^cooper in the employ of the Eldridge Brewing Com, pany at Portsmouth, N. H? Bhot and prob ?bly fatally wounded Charles W. Taylor, a (veil known business man of that city, then 3hot and killed two of his own young daughters, fatally wounded another, ana finally wound up his bloody career by sending a pistol ball through his own brain. Hein is about forty-five years old, and up to a few months ago lived happily with his wife and three daughters. He discovered then, however, that nis wife was unfaithful to him, and as a result of his discovery she left him. Since then his flfteen-year-old daughter Carrie has been keeping house for him. j Hein's troubles preyed upon his mind unt til he resolved to end them and to not only kill the man whom he regarded as the partial cause of his misfortune, but also remove from temptation the three female members of his household. Charles W. Taylor, who is a stove dealer on Market street, was the first victim. Tho murderer rushed upon him and fired two shots in rapid succession. Both of them took effect in the small of his back. Immediately after shooting Taylor Hein made his way home, for shortly before eight D'clock people living in the vicinity of nis house were alarmed by hearing flvo pistol shots fired in rapid succession. The lower part of Hein's house was the scene of the murderer's most horrible work, and it shows evidence of a desperate struggle. The kitchen was covered with blood from one end to the other, and everything was in great disorder. Just outside the back door of the house lay two bodie3. Carrie, the eldest girl, lay with her feet ' -1 it- -1 1 ? m'4L cowaru tue uoor, wiiu uer iaua wwivu ?iui blood, the bullet having entered the left side af the face, passing upward toward the brain, death having resulted instantly. Across her prostrate l'orm lay Bertha, the roungest daughter. "When found by Officer Quinn and Dr. Clark she was unconscious ind died in flfeeen minutes, the bullet that caused her death having entered her head [uit behind her left ear. As the officers entered th 5 front chambsr hey were horrified to see the dead body of Bein stretched on the floor with n bullet ;hrouRh his temple from a 44-ealibre revol ."or, which lay by bis si da. The only saioiei^s povrdsr Taatory la kie United States is now erecting oa the Rita farm in Wayne County, W. Va. Mr. J. TV". Olen, of Now York,"has the contract for atting up the buildings, which will be thirteen xn number. The buildings will, alto* cither, it is said. cover four acres of grouod?