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CONSUMPTION "CONQUERED. An Accredited Scientist 'Will Test Koch's Cure. He Will Bring Back a Supply oi the Lymph, Dr. H. P. Loomis, nrofessor of pathology in the Medical Department of the University of the City of New York, and a member of the staff of visiting physicians of Bellevue Hospital, has sailed on the steamship Trave for Berlin, where, as the representative ol three New York hospitals, and, it is said, also of the Federal Government, he will personally investigate Dr. Koch's discovery of a cure for consumption. The hospitals Dr. Lcomis represents are Bellevue, Roosevelt and the New York, from each of which h? has letters to Dr. Koch He is also the accredited representative of his own medical college and of the New York City Depart ment of Public Charities. Dr. Henry S. Stern?, also of the University of the City of New York, and Dr. Ernst, of the Medical Department of Harvard College, will eo with him. Dr. Loomis's mission is not only to investigate the discoveries of Dr. Koch, and obtain from that scientist as much informetion as he can about the consumption cure by inoculation, but also to obtain a supply of.the lymph or fluid used by the celebrated German for the public hospitals of this city. A lively interest is taken by the hospital authorities in the plan for supplying the hospitals with lymph, and Dr. Loom is has already been assured of the hearty co-operation and assistance of several wealthy philanthropists who are are connected with the charity hospitals. Dr. Loomis has notified Dr. Koch's assist ants in Berlin of his desire ror lruormawun and material, and has received from Dr. Liebertz. who manufactures the lymph for Dr. Kock, the assurance that he will be supplied with the material he desires. Dr. Loomis was asked about his visit to Berlin. Hp said: "I have been thinking of the k journey since the first announcement of Dr. * Koch's discovery. Dr. Koch is one of the * greatest and most learned investigators that the scientific world has ever known, and anything that comes from him in regard to his discoveries is worth the most careful consideration. This is especially true about his discoveries in bactoriaology, which he added to the science of medicine, and tubercular bacillus, which he discovered. I shall take to Berlin with me letters from the New York hospitals and from one college and one city department. I shall also have assistance from a far more powerful source, which has desired me to attain all the infor mation to be bad, and which has made the request that I be given tbis information and such material as I shall need for the introduction of Dr. Koch's methods into this country. The University of the City of New York will send Dr. Sterns, of the Charity Hospital, on the same steamship, and I understand that several well known doctors of New York City have engaged staterooms also. They are all feouna on the same errand. "I expect to return to New York in about four weeks. By that time wards will have been set aside in both Bellevue and New York Hospitals for testing the merits of the Koch treatment. It may be, though, that I will be absent much longer, but I think I can accomplish all that I desire in from ?. iur to six weeks." "What is your opinion of the mei t of Dr, Kock's discovery?' was asked. "I must decline to give any opin. on, because I know no more about Dr. Koch's discovery at present than what I have read. That has been very indefinite. The infor" ~' ?A?*enonorc line hPATl | raanon given m uic ? ?. -? exceedingly meagre, except in the one case where Dr. Koch published a paper on his discovery, but even that did not give any idea of the actual methods. I have the greatest confidence in Dr. Koch, though, and I shall hear with great interest anything coming from him. Dr. Koch has made some most remarkable discoveries, and has added . greatly to the scientific knowledge of medicine. It was Dr. Koch who discovered the cause of Asiatic cholera, and after that the ^ - cause of consumption. His investigam tions gave to medicine the new branch of bacteriology, and he has continued his investigations unceasingly up to the present time. He has made and an./ nounced many important discoveries, and never has he had to take back anything he has said. His last discovery is entitled to grave consideration, especially so because Dr. Koch's investigations of tne cause and course of consumption have proved to the satisfaction of the medical world that the disease is due to the tubercular bacilli, though there was no limit to the skepticism that followed the announcement of his discovery. "Dr. Koch has been criticised for keeping secret the formula for preparing the lymph he used in his experiments, and for not hav ing made public the knowledge 01 otner details of his discovery, but I think that is unjust. The announcement of his discovery was made prematurely, I think, and Dr. Koch is waiting until he has obtained more convincing results before giving his discovery to the world. He evidently did not intend to make any secret of it, because he told a number of physicians the formula for manufacturing tne"lymph, ' and it would be impossible to make a secret -of it long. Dr. Koch has been engaged in investigations relating to bacteriology for years, and he never kept secret anv of his former discoveries. The German Government sent bim to India, and there he found the germ which caused Asiatic cholera. His discoveries concerning tuberculosis were made known without hesitation, and his method for curing consumption must be known to the world now within a very short time." THE KEVENUE MABINE. Report on the Operations of This Branch of the Service. Captain Shopard, Chief of the Revenue Marine Division, has made a report to tha Secretary of the Treasury of the operations of that service during the last fiscal year, from which it appears that the thirty-six 2S vessels in commission traversed 288,112 nautical miles, and boarded and examined 23,161 vessels, of which number 915 were found to have violated the law and to have incurred fines and penalties amounting to $396,616. Eighty distressed vessels were assisted, the value "of which, together with their cargoes, amounted to $2,500,000. Forty-three persons were rescued from drowning, and 811 were assisted in other ways. The expenditures on account of the services were $937,033, of which $17,272 were spent in'marking the anchorage lines of New York harbor. Captain Shepard says that the Manhattan is not able to perform efficiently the duties assigned to - her of enforcing the anchorage regulations at New York, and should be replaced at an early date by a larger and more powerful steamer. All revenue vessels cruising in Alaskan waters the last season, Captain Shepard says, were directed to enforce the provisions of" the act of Congress approved March 2, 1889, relating to the protection of the salmon fisheries of Alaska. He says that several new vessels are required for the proper maintenance of the ssrvie?, and that unless the present fleet is enlarged it will gradually become debilitated. The rapidly increasing commerce at the ports of Boston. New York, Philadelphia. Chicago and San Francisco demands that new steamers of moderate cost be furnished at each of these ports within the next two years to replace vessels nearly worn out and not suitable for the service The greatly increased work required on the Facinc coast makes another vessel for duty on that station absolutely necessary. UNCLE SAM^ALMONER, annual Report of the Commissary General of Subsistence. General B. DuBarrv, Commissary-General of Subsistence, has made his annual report to the Secretary of War, show ing that during the fiscal year the Bureau expsndo! $2,506,016. Of the fund of $130,00.1 appropriated by Congress for the relief of t the Mississippi flood sufferers it was found necessary to draw from the Treasury only $110,000, and of that amount $4800 ha3 since been returned to the Treasury, leaving a balance of $44,800 of the appropriation unused, which balance ha3 since been reappropriate 1 by Congress to the Territory or Oklahoma. The only recommendation made by General > Du Barry is that Confess be urged to provide for the enlistment of a cook to each troop, battery and company, and to each geueral depot of recruits, and of a baker to each post. y.'- t~ * - . . - > j:. -a..- r* . .. ? - : > ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States. An* engine in the Jnrecki manufacturing establishment at Erie, Penu., left the block and killed two men, James B. McSloy, a foreman, and one of his help.ers, 8. Benson When the news of McSloy s death reached Henry Sutter, a former shop associate, the j latter took a gun and blew the top of his head off. Daniel Sidney Appleton, for forty-on," years a member of the firm of D. Appletot & Co., died at his home in New York Cit] of apoplexy. He was the son of Daniel Ap pleton, founder of the publishing house, anc the brother of William H. Appleton, the present head of the house. He was born in Boston, April 9. 1834. Henry D. Minot, oi Boston, Mass., ano ? it ? 1 n r< ALTS. n. Ui ?? aauiu^iuu, ?/? v>f were killed and more than a score were injured in a collision on the Pennsylvania J Railroad at New Florence, P?Ain. Three Italians were killed and seven other Italians seriously injured in a collision between two grave! trains at East Buffalo, \ N. Y. Luthep.sburg, a small Pennsylvania village of about four hundred souls, six miles from Dubois, was almost entirely destroyed by fire. Every store but one was burned. The loss is about WO, 000, with little insurance. The organized band of tramp outlaws that terrorized the inhabitants of the Schuylkill Vallsy in Pennsylvania last fall and winter has resumed operations, after suspension during the summer. Within the past fortnight they have been accused of ebven incendiary fires, eighteen burglaries and one highway robberv. These outraeas have all X i 1 1J..? *.U,VfrT i)?eu porpecraieu wibuiu a. muiiu ui wu uj miles of Reading. Leonard Gardner died at South Weymouth, Mass., of paralysis, aged eighty-one. He was a distinguished mathematician, and a few years ago astonished the most eminent astronomers by his calculations of the transit of Venus. The Boston (Mass.) Clearing House voted to issue certificates to banks that needed help. Franklin H. Bascom, a prominent citizen of Montpelier, Vt., committed suicide. He was a druggist and real estate dealer and high in Masonic circles. Gregory, Ballou & Co., and Randall & Wierum, brokers, in New York City, made assignments. Three men were killed and eight seriously injured by a boiler explosion at Mertztown, Penn. John Davis and Henry lssinger were killed and six others seriously iniured by a runaway freight car near Lock Haven. Penn. A high wind blew down the 125 foot chimney of the Dutchers Temple Company at Hopedale, Mass., killing Watchman Gaskell. Tttv. 12-M annual dinner of the Chamber of Commerce, at Delmonico's, in New York City, was the occasion for a brilliant gathering. Speeches were made by Chauucey M. Depew, President Eliot, of Harvard; Carl Schurz, Grover Cleveland and George William Curtis. Charles H. Easton, for Ave years past a trusted employe of the wealthy tobacco house of Jonn H. T. Mayo, of New York City, is a forger and a fugitive from justice. He carried away $40,000. P. W. Gallaudet & Co. and William F. Owsns, "Wall street brokers, in New York City, have failed, the former with liabilities of *900,000. South and West. Walter M. Hester, a Baltimore (Ind.) drummer, killed himself on a Western North Carolina train. He was suffering from melancholia. An epidemic oi typnoia rever is raging at Clementville, Ohio. There have been eigntynine cases there, of which twenty-five nave been fatal. At present forty persons are stricken, and business is entirely suspended. Near Millersburg, Ky., a passenger train ran into a hand car. James Finley was killed, John Garrady had his legs cut off,and three others receivea fatal injuries. The most disgraceful college fight in the history of Western institutions took place at Ann Arbor, Mich., between about 1003 students and a squad of the State militia. It resulted in the killing of one student and the serious injury of a dozen others. The Wertheimer building, San Francisco, Cal., was burned, the loss being $250,000. The business portion of the town of Burton, Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. The lo3s was heavy and the insurance light. Judge David R. McLean, ex-President of a savings bank at Savannah, Mo., has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment for swindling the depositors out of $100,000. Charles Jones, a brother of the Rev. Sara P. Jooes, the Evangelist, shot Jim Young, colored, three times at Cartersville, Ga. He died in twenty-five minutes. Jonea id UI JUU. The launching of two steel vessals at West Superior, Wis., intended for the Atlantic coast trade, was a notable event and was witnessed by 10,000 spectators, including shipbuilders from all parts of the country. The vessels are known as "whalebacks.'' P. T. Smith, an old farmer of Utica, III., who had for some tima bean jealous of his wife, aged fifty years, shot and kille 1 her a few mornings ago. He then lay beside her 1 corpse and blew his own brains out. He was a notorious, desperate character, having J killed four men. Deputv Sheriff J. P. Giles, of Harlan , County, Ky., was killed at Rose Hill, W. Va., Mr. Giles was trying to arrest two , men and killed them both. Their friends then shot him. Constable Hugh Ross and his nephew, James Ross, were both shot to death at Huntingdon, Tenn., by a farmer of the name of Waddis, against whom they had an account for lawyers' fees. Three boys, Charles Osterma'n, Edward Brown and Fay Bartoe, sixteen, fourteen and eleven years old respectively, broke through the ice and were drowned while skating on Elk Lake, near Phillips, Wis. A +V?A anmial mnnfinrr nf fho ITnio-hfc rtf Labor, held this year in Denver, Col., T. V. Powderly was re-elected General Master Workman. His salary was reduced from $5000 to $3500. Henry Smith (colored) was lynched at Hilman, Ala., for an assault on Mrs. Mary Calhoun, a white woman sixty years of age. At the annual session of tha Woman's Christian Temperance Union, in Atlanta, Ga., all the old officers were re-elected as follows: President, Frances E. Willard; Corresponding Secretary, Mrs. Caroline E. Buell; Recording Secretary, Mrs. Mary A. Woodbridge; Treasurer, Miss Pugh. Francis E. Warren, of Cheyenne, Gov ernor of Wyoming, was elected to tha United States Senate on the sixth ballot in the Legislature. The new Senator was born in Massachusetts in 1814. General John B. Gordon was elected to the United States Senate from Georgia. Governor Stekl, of Oklahoma, vetoed the bill locating the Capital of Kingfisher. This leaves the Capital at Guthrie. It was believed this latest veto would end all attempts at this session of the Legislature to move the Capital. wasmngton. William Pope, a clerk in the Third Audi tor's office at Washington, was stricken with apo'?lriiy, while at work and died almost im mediately, He was eighty-three years old. The Treasury Department has decided that wearing apparel, the property of American citizens, taken abroad and advanced in value by repairs, etc., cannot be admitted lreeof duty. In* his annual report to the Secretary ol War, Paymaster'-General Smith says that during the last fiscal year $14,425,3:20 was expended on account of the Army, a net de crease of $301,294 as compared with tbe expenditures for the precadins fiscal year. Rear Admiral Charles Steedmajt (retired), United States Navy, died at his resilience in Washington. He was seventy-nine i years of age and bad been in ill health for a number of years. He entered the service in from South Carolina and was retired in 1873. Commodore George Dewey, Chief of thn Bureau of Equipment, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, says that during the last fiscal year sixty-five vessels have been wholly or partially equipped at a cost of $593,988 and coal for ship's use, and four equipment shops have been purchased at a cost oi $431,693. [ Secretary of War Proctor's annual report was made public. I The State Department has beeii cabled I that John D. Delille, the American Consul at Bristol, England, is dead. General Converse Starkweather, a veteran of the late war, died in Washington. He was born in Cooperstown, N. Y., in 1830. Secretary Rusk, of the Agricultural Department, claims that not a single case of pleuropneumonia exists in the United States to-day. J. Stanley Brown, who was Private Secretary to President Garfield, and who subsequently married a daughter of General Garfield, has been appointed to a similar position by Secretary Rusk, of the Agricultural Department. The United States Census Office has issued a bulletin on the financial condition of municipalities. J The Navy Department is informed that the United States steamer San Francisco has been put in commission at Mare Island Navy Yard, California. The Supreme Court of the United States, through Justice Blatchford, d-cided that a person injured partly through his own negligence is not debarred from recovering damages. Dr. Francis Tumblety, who is known to the police of all the large cities of America and Europe, and who was under the surveillance of the Scotland Yard force when th6 "T Al Av/ttfamanf TUQC of, {fj U.UJC tUO XVlp^K?i OAV1WU1UUU ITMU ?? -n height, was arrested in Washington on the charge of being a suspicious character. Foreign. The suicide of a schoolboy, a member of a family of good social position, has caused a sensation at Vienna, Austria. The boy found great difficulty in mastering the third declension in the Latin grammar, and the fact so worked upon his mind that he took his life. Dr. Koch has decided not to reveal the secret of the composition of his inoculating fluid for the cure of consumption. The Cuban Government has issued a cir cular offering a reward of $10,000 for the capture of the notorious bandit chief, Manuel Garcia, and $5000 for the capture of each of his companions. The forces of President Bogran, of Honduras, and the revolutionary General 1 l-?? Tamintrralno aancaez uavo iuu^uu umu Bogran's troops were victorious, llio rebellion headed by General Longinos Sanchez is practically ended. A solicitor named Mayhew, doing business at Westminster, England, lias absconded, leaving liabilities ci $655,000. His assets amount to only $900. A boot of Russian troops shot and wounded 100 peasants and workmen near Moscow, for refusing to receive the commands of the newly-appointel district officials. In addition to refusing to obey their commands, the rioters bound the officials with cords and sent them to Moscow. The jury in the O'Shea divorce suit in London, England, in which Charles Stewarl Parnell was co-respondent, returned a verdict sustaining the charge or adultery against Mrs. O'Shea. A decree for the petitionex was entered, with costs against Mr. Parnell. The publication of Dr. Koch's so-called consumption euro has caused an enormous sensation throughout Europe and unbounded onftniBiaom in (iwmanT and Austria, in which countries it is asserted that the German professor's discovery has eclipsed that of Pasteur. The Credit Bank at Dunaburg, Russia, has been robbed of securities valued at $85,000. It is believed that the thieves escaped to London. A fearful crime has come to light in the town of Thaun, Alsace. A woman of that place, impressed with the idea that she and her family were threatened with starvation, after cutting the throats of her Ave children, killed herself. By the derailing of a locomotive at the Santisima Trinidad estate in Cuba four persons were killed and three injured. Advices from Honduras say that General Longinos Sanchez, the rebel, was not shot after capture, but committed suicide when nearly captured by President Bogran's force*. LATEB NEWS. The dead bodies of A. L. Pierce and Miss Lou Wood word were found by a hunter in the woods a couple of miles west of Waverly, N. Y. Each had a bullet through the head. Pierce was a married man. and a few months ago eloped with the girl. They then declared that if they could not live together they would die together. Francis Higgins has been selected by Judge O'BrieD, of the Supreme Court, as receiver to wind up the affairs of the North River Bank in New York City. Frank Fooke, a cabinetmaker employed in the shops at Pullman, 111., shot his wife, Emily, killing her instantly, and then blew out his own brains in the presence of their thirteen-year-old daughter. Cocnty Treasurer Sever Serley, of Chippewa Falls, Wis., turned over the keys of his office to A. J. McGilvary, whom heappointed special deputy. Mr. Serley is short in his accounts $10,000. Jack Branchcomb and two young ladies, aged fifteen and seventeen respectively, daughters of Doctor Hamilton, of Mount Olive, Ark., attempted to cross a small mountain stream in Izard County when the boat filled with water and sank. The ladies became excited and cluig to the young man, and all were drowned. In order to encourage excellence in gunaery among the heavy artillery troops of the army, Major-General Schofield has issued a ;eneral order providing for a scheme of competitions. In his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, Paymaster-General Edwin Stew art says that the amount expended during the year at shore stations for supplies was 13,223,623, for labor <54,179,472, for construction and repair of ships, maintenance of yards, docks, buildings, machinery, etc., $4, 512,13S, making a total expenditure of $11, 915,233. Smallpox is spreading to an alarming extent in St. Petersburg, Russia. Ten per cent, of the cases prove fatal. The hospitals are overcrowded. The Turkish authorities in Macedonia have arrested fourteen persons on suspicion of murder. Four of the prisoners died under the torture which attended judicial examination. Princess Victoria, sister to the Emperor of Germany, was married to Prince Adolph of Schaumburg-Lippe in the chapel r>f the Alto Schloss. at Berlin, Germany, bj Dr. Duyaneer, court chaplain, assisted by the clergy of the Dom Kirche. The Queea of England was represented by the Duke of Connanght and the Prince of Wales by the Duke of Clarence. Lady Rosebery, wife of Lord Rosebery, the English Liberal statesman, is dead. Her ladyship, the only daughter of Baron Meyer Ani6chel do Rothschild, was married in Match, 1873, and was the mother of four children. SIX KILLED. Desperate Fight for the Possession of a Church. AtBostritz. Transylvania, a fight occurred between the opposing members of one of tho nhiirohas in that nlace. The difficultv arose out of the opposition of Saxon members of the church to a recently appointed Roumanian pastor. Upon the new priest's attempting; to enter the church he was resisted by the Saxons. The friends of the priest caoio to his assistance and attempted to fight their way into the edifice, whereupon a fierce conflict ensued. When the battle was over it was discovered that six persons had been killed and | sixteen wounded. STOLE $350,000." Extensive Forgeries by Broker Smith in New York City. The Junior Partner Wrecks an Old and Wealthy Firm, Albert H. Smith, of No. 204 Columbia street, Brooklyn, junior partner of the brokerage firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, of No. 95 Broadway, New York City, is locked up at Police Headquarters on a charge of forgery amounting to 1350,000. Smith acknowledged his guilt before his arrest, to which he submitted voluntarily, and transferred all the property he possessed to W. A. Watson for the benefit of nis creditors. Mills, Robeson & Smith also made an assignment for the benefit of their credititors late that same afternoon. The discovery of the forgeries, which cover a period of six years, was accidently made by Mr. Watson, who is a stock clerk in the employ of the firm. Smith in his confession says that he used the money to reimburse customera of the firm who had lost money upon his suggestions. After making an open breast of his doings to his associates in the firm, he said he had made up his mind to surrender himself to the ai ? T ? YT701 lrar Ts\crar\ f.hft flfc. auiaonwta. juanjci > , ? torney for the firm, accompanied Smith ti his residence, No. 204 Cumberland street, Brooklyn, and thence to Police Headquarters. Acting Chief Byrnes, to allay possible excitement and wrong impressions, yesterday considered it proper to make public the facts of the case. Smith's method was something akin to that of Charles Bedell, the dishonest clerk in the employ of the law firm of Shiptnan, Barlow, Larocque & Choate. The loss resulting from Smith's misdoings will fall upon the firm of Mills, Robeson & Smith, which has been in existence since 1872, and has always been known as a reputable firm. About six years ago Smith became embarrassed and to make his way out of the difficulty adopted the scheme which finally led to bis downfall. How he managed to evade discovery for so long a time seems strange, but it is supposed that as he was a member of the firm he was beyond suspicion on the part of the employes. His modus operandi was quite simple. He would buy seven, eight or nine shares of first-class stock and by adding a unit or the letters "y" or "ty" raised them to seventy, eighty or ninety shares. These he deposited with the firm as a private account, thus making his partners responsible. Smith's crime is forgery in the first degree, and as he has confessed his guilt he cannot escape a long term of imprisonment. Twenty per cent, of the total' amount of Smith's forzeries will be recovered by the firm. The stocks which have been raised are not a total loss, and less than ten per cent, of their market value was borrowed upon them. This would make the total loss to the brokerage firm about 1270,000 The firm of Mills, Robekm & Smith is irretrievably ruined, however. The home of Albert H. Smith, No. 20J Cumberland street, Brooklyn, is a handsome four-storv, brown stone dwelling, overlooking "Washington Park. It is sumptuously furnished. His wife died last August and three years before he lost his daughter, a beautiful girl of eighteen years. He is President of the Brooklyn Riding and Driving Club. Smith had been a member of the exclusive Oxford Club since its organization, but was by no means a frequent visitor at its house. He was, too. Secretary of the Homoeopathic Hospital. For many years he was a member of the Clinton Avenue Congregational Church, but at the death of Dr. Buddington, its long time pastor, attached himself to Plymouth Church, with which he is still connected. Knowing that exposure was inevitable, he resigned from the clubs some time ago. rt?!l.l. - ? ? flrfA An/1 Vioc 1 It? in OU11UU is AUUUb LUl UJ -LLVC, auu uw Brooklyn twenty-eight years. THE THUBMAN BANQUET, The Venerable Statesman Bids Farewell to Public Llie. Ex-Senator Allen G. Thurman has announced his absolute and unequivocal withdrawal from public life. The occasion selected by the venerable statesman for this declaration was the banquet tendered tD him at Columbus, 0.,in honor of the seventy-seventh anniversary of his birth by the political club which bears his name. The banquet itself was a magnificent affair. Nothing like it has ever before been attempted in the Buckeye State. The Fourteenth Regiment Armory had been transformed into fairyland. The rafters of I tbe ceiling ana Its wujvewasuju nano nag hidden from view by thousands of yards of bright colored bunting and silken nags and banners innumerable. Around the floor, rising tier above tier, were the choicest products of the hothouse, while above all towered majestic palms and fragrant exotics. The orchestra was hidden from view in a mass of foliage, in turn surrounded with a curtain of smilax. At the southern end of the hall, upon a platform heaped with palms and roses in bloom, were crayon portraiture statues of ex-President Cleveland and tbe especial guest of the evening. The table of honor rested upon a platform running half the length of the hall. Longitudinal with this there were sixteen tables, each with accommodation for eighty guests seated vis-a-vis. Every chair had its occupant, while there were hundreds more who, finding it impossible to gain a place upon the main floor, were content to view the proceedings from the gallery. It was shortly after eight o'clock when the ex-Senator, arm in arm with President John J. Lentz, of the Thurman Club, appeared upon the scene closely followed by ex-President Cleveland and Senator Joseph McDonald, the cheering was hearty and prolonged. Mr. Thurman sat on the right of the President, his son, Allen W., being next to him, and then in succession Senator McDonald, Don M. Dickinson, W. C. P. Breckinridge, General Thomas Ewing, Governor Bovd. To the left of the chair were seated Grover Cleveland, General R. A. Harrison, Bishop John A. Watterson, Daniel Lamont and Governor Jackson. Nearly two hours were occupied in discussing the elaborate menu. It was after 10 o'clock when President Lentz rapped for order, and in a few well chosen words proposed the toast of "Our Guest." Mr. Thurman, on rising to respond, was greeted with applause, which lasted several moments. The announcement of the next toast, "Citizenship in America," and the presentation of ex-President Cleveland to respond was the signal for another outburst of applause. Other toasts were responded to by Senator McDonald, General Thomas Ewing, Hon. W. C. P. Breckinridge and Hon. Don M. Dickinson. Congratulatory messages were received from Tammanv Hall,the County Democracy, and, in fact, all the Democratic organiza UUUO Ul KUU tUUUVi j WYOMING'S FIRST SENATOR Jafocs M. Carej', llepublican, Territorial Delegate In Congress. Governor Warren delivered his address to the Wyoming Sfiata Legislature at Chey#nne. It shows that the Territorial Government turned over $94,003 to the State. The debt bequeathed ny tna Territory 13 $230,000. The Territorial Election law, which embodies secret ballot, is recommended for re-enactment. James M. Carey was elected United States Senator for Wyoming at noon that sauu day. Forty-six votes were cast, Carey receiving thirty-nine, and George W. Baxter, Democrat, seven. Carey was born in Sussex County., Del., in 1345, was educated at Union College, and was graduated by the Law Department of the University o? Pennsylvania in ISO7, being admitted to the bar in the saino year. He was appointed United States Attorney for Wyoming when the Territory was organized in ISti'J, and two years later he resigned to accept an appointment as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the Territory, which office he held until 1876. He was a member of the United States Centennial Commission, and was thrice elected Mayor of Cheyenne City, and has represented his Territory in Congress as a Delegate since 1884. He is interested in stock raising THE WAK DEPARTMENT, An Abstract of Secretary Proctor's Annual Report. ' In his annual report the Secretary of War renews his recommendations in regard to coast defenses. Under the Fortifications act | of last session, he says, positions for forty- 1 eight mortars in three groups of sixteen each and for three of the new long-range guns 3 will be prepared in New York harbor; for 1 one group of mortars and one gun in Boston harbor, and for one group of mortars and < two guns in San Francisco. ( In the matter of armament a fair and promising beginning has been made. The manufacture of the forgings for eight-incb, ten-inch and twelve-inch breech-loading 1 guns by the Bethlehem Iron Works is pro? ? ? Jan/1 if avna/ifiu) fhof \ UOBUiUg eaiiOiCHiWiUj^'A iww gAuvv-?tu uu<*u the contract will bo completed by November, 1893. The sum appropriated will procure about sixty-one guns. The art o? modern gun-making is now well inaugurated in this country. Relative to our Northern frontier (the Secretary calls attention to the treaty with Great Britain signed in 1817 which limits our navy on the great lakes to three small armed vessels. Since that time our Westara country has become a vast and populous empire and the Canadian canals have been enlarged until fifty British war vessels could reach our large and defenseless lake cities. The Board of Fortifications has already recommended the construction of an elaborate system of defenses. This Secretary Proctor thinks is not necessary. He agrees with General Schofield that with land forces properly disposed we could doubtless ward off any danger from this source. The number of desertions is steadily decreasing, owing to improvements in the condition of the service. He recommends legislation which will make it still more attractive, particularly in the direction of lessening the great difference between the relative rank and pay of non-commissioned and commissioned offloers and a change in the system of promotions which will remove the opportunity for favoritism and leave promotions open to competition. A bill embodying the War Department's suggestion? on the latter point will be submitted to Congress. During the year the licenses of forty-two post-traders nave oeeu revoneu, ttua vmy mu j new traders have been appointed, leaving t the total number at present thirty-four. In 1 the early history of the West, when military posts were generally upon the extreme fron- 1 tier, post-traders were necessary. Now towns and cities have grown up in the closa / vicinity of posts, and it is believed to be wise i policy to dikontinue po3t-traders as rapidly i as possible. < Secretary Proctor is heartily in accord 1 with the efforts to increase the efficiency of t the National Guard and to bring them into ] closer relations with the War Department, and recommends legislation toward that . end. He also recommends a detail of seventv-flve army officers to serve as military in- ( structors in agricultural colleges and other > educational institutions. No action has been ( taken toward procuring the pedestals for ^ the statues of Generals Sheridan and Logan, ] for the reason that the character and size of the statue3 Live not been fixed upon by the committees having the matter in charge. There is no provision for a statue of General ' Hancock, and the Secretary suggests \ that the law appropriating $40,000 for the pedestal be amended so that any ! balance not required for the pedestal may be onniiaH toward the nurchase of the statue. 1 A suitable pedestal qan probably be procured ( for about 525,009. He recommends an appropriation to effect a systematic exploration and surrey of Alaska. The estimates for the next fiscal year ending June 30,1892, are as follows: Salaries and contingent expenses $2,074,430.00 Military establishment; support of the Army and MiliJary Academy 26,160.991.77 Public works 10,709,288.93 Miscellaneous objects 4,805,220.07 Total $43,749,936.77 THE0UGH A TBESTLE. Disastrous and Fatal Wreck Near Salem, Oregon. Shortly after 8:30 o'clock on a recent night the overland Pacific train, southbound, went on to the north end of a long trestle over Lake Labish, about five miles from Salem, Oregon. The trestle must have given way as soon as the engine struck it. and the train and trestle all went down together. The engine was overturned and half buried in tne mud, and following this were the tender, mail, baggage and express cars, smoking car and tourist sleeper. All were broken to pieces. The following is a list of the killed: McFadden, ?, engineer; McNeal, Timothy, fireman; two unknown men; C. Griebel, of Milwaukee, Wis., making five dead in all. The total number of deaths from the acci dent will probably reach as high as ten, as many may have sustained what, it is feared, would prove serious internal injuries. The train carried over 100 persons, nearly all of whom were more or less injured. The bridge is about 600 feet long and from sixteen to twenty feet high. It fs supposed that the enginncer felt the trestle give way as soon as his engine struck it. He gave one short whistle and set the brakes. The train moved ahead about fifty yards as it went down. Fires wer.3 built along either side of the train to warm the wounded who had been removed from the wreck, and to light the way of the workers who had hastened to the rescue from Salem, Oregon, and vicinity. Laid out on the ground were the mangled corpses recovered from the wreck; reclining on the improvised beds about the fires were the wounded, while standing about, lending what assistance they could, were those less seriously wounded, and around these and everywhere were the crowdi who had come to helD or from curiosity. THE TREASURER'S REPORT. The National Debt Decreased Over 9100,000.000 in a Year. The Treasurer of the United States, Hon. James N. Huston, has submitted to Secretary Windom his report on the operations and conditions of the Treasury for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1890. m- - ?ii^o^rr mmniifl amounted to 1119 licit J1UU1 J tVTWMM. $403,080,982.63, a sum but twice exceeded iti the history of the Government. The increase over the year before was $10,030,923.79, of which $11,725,101.89 came from the internal revenue. The ordinary expenditures were $297,786,4S6.60, an increase of $15,789,871 over those of the year before. The surplus revenues were $105,344,496.03, of which $20,304,224.00 was paid out in premiums on bonds purchased According to the warrants the receipts of tha Postoffica Department were $<?1.106,041.29 and the expenditures $67,011, 263.64, an increase of betwoen $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 on both sides. The amount of gold in the Treasury increased during the year from $303,387,7i9.79 to $320,339,145.02, and the silver from $315,160,779.5S to $346,821,006.09. The total obligations of the Treasury on all accounts were $1,810,678,475.00 on June 30,18S9. and $1,722,240,163.02 on June 30,1890. The debt, less cash in the Treasury, wa> $1,050,034,603.80 on the former date and $964,325,084.08 oa the latter. Not countiug certificates of deposit, the debt proper, in the shaps of bonds and circulating notes, was re duced from $1,250,043,136.23 to $1,145,400,986.73. This was effected at a total cost of $124,952,243.56 for principal and premiums. Nearly seventy-four million of four per cent, i bonds and upward of thirty millions of 4), per cents were purchased. THIRTY KILLED, A Terrible Railway Accident Xear Salonica. A railway train from Askub. near Sa? lonica, on which were a large number of soldiers whose term3 of service had expired, and who were on their way to their homes, lrillo/4 was aeraiiea. luirtv yeuuua Cio niu? and forty injured, ^be accident was caused by the washing out of the track by the recent heavy rains. Ground has been bought in Philadelphia. Penn.. for an extensive mill, to be built by French capitalists, for the manufacture of lassiineres of the grade known as 150 fine, which are now imported. The mill will be large enough to mploy 3100 hands. The sya* licate has no American associates, -- " . -- ~ " PROMINENTTEOPLE~ "l The King of Holland is insane Queen Victoria is said to be in ./ing health. An attempt was made recently to asssassinite the Sultan of Morocco. The deposed Emperor of Brazil has asked ;he Government to be allowed to return home. The speaker who welcomed Stanley to New York called him the "mo3t illustrious living man." Moltke's coat-of-arms is three white doves )n a silver shield. Eather inappropriate for i battle-thinker. Miss Mary Abell, of Baltimore. Md., laughter of the founder of the Baltimore Sun, will become a nun. H. G. Dulaney, said to have been the wealthiest man in Virginia, died in Welbourn. London County, Va.,~a few days ago. The Count of Paris has sent a present of &12.000 to the Pope by his daughter, the Princess Helene, who is on a visit to Rome. Governor-elect Russell, of Massaihusetts, will be the youngest chief magistrate that commonwealth ever had. His ag? Is thirty-three. Mrs. M. E. Howcorf, of Ntw Orleans, is nid to own more real e3tate than any other Southern woman. She possesses nearly 60,500 acres of timber lands in Louisiana, Missssippi and Texas. thn D. Rockefeller, of the Standard Dii Company, has lots of fun watching his ncome grow. It is said to be $0,000,000 a jrear, or $684 an hour, night and aay, every lay through the year. Robert Burns Wilson, the artist and joet of Kentucky, is a native of Virginia, rat the greater part of his life has been spent n the blue grass region. He is a good-look* ng bachelor, popular in society. Austin Corbin owns about 21,000 acres of and in Newport, N. H. Much of it is irooded, and he is turning it into a magnifl*nt game preserve. Moose, caribou, elk and leer of various kinds already been introiuced, and recently a consignment of wild >oars arrived from Germany for the park. Isaac Bluxoke, one of the most noted nen in California liistorv, died at his home n San Francisco recently of heart disease. 3e was the celebrated "No. 33," Secretary of ;he Vigilance Committee of 1850, of which William T. Coleman was President. Mr. Bluxome was born in New York City in 1823. John Brisben Walker, the Cosmopoli'/? ?' i-iTT.nrintv-ir ;? onvornl times a million tire, and made all his money mining and -anching in Colorado. His wife u the laughter of the artist David H. Strother, setter known as Forte Crayon. They have (even sons and no daughters and live in a big place at Orange, N. J. Ex-Govzbnor Long, of Massachusetts, possesses the remarkable ability of recollecting what he has written without reading it iver even bv himself. It is said that during ais most animated speech he has in his mind's 3V? a vivid impression of his manuscript, so that he knows where every page and every line ends, and even where there are interlineations. Richard Watson Gilder, editor of the Century, is thin and slight, with long, gray bair, a piping, reedy voice, delicate features and a manner of nervous modesty. Mr. Gilder's sanctum is the handsomest in New York. It has an open fireplace, brass and irons, with rugs, hangings, draperies and pictures in the hi chest stvle of art. It is full of greens at Christmas," of flowers at Easter. In it Mr. Giiier is altogether charming. MAKING GBEENBAOKS. Report of the Chief of the Bureau of Engraving and Printing. Thereport-of Captain William H. Merfr dith, Chief of the United States Bureau of Engraving and Printing, for the last fiscal year, says that it wa3 decided, on account of the restrictions imposed upon their use by Congress, to discontinue permanently the use of steam presses in plate printing. The bureau intended to gradually substitute the use of hand presses for the steam presses, but was unable to execute a contract, on the terms specified by Congress, with the owners of the steam presses. Some inconvenience was caused thereby, and by extensive prevalence of the "grip" in the winter; but by working the force overtime for an hour to an hour and a half daily, the Bureaikwas enabled to meet all the demands uponnt with* out serious embarrassment to the operations of the Government, every sheet of work actually needed in the public business being furnished. The expenditures during the year were $1,010,270, leaving an unexpended balance of $7179 on hand at the close of the fiscal year. There were comdeted and delivered during the year 8,702,320 sheets of United States notes, gold and silver certificates, bonds and National banknotes, with a face value of $227,583,050; 26,610,088 sheets of internal revenue and customs stamps, containing 737,002,012 stamps; 1,200,311 sheets or drafts, cnecKs, ceruncares, etc., a large amount of miscellaneous work for the various departments of the Government. The amount of work to be executed during the fiscal year 1891 is nearly fifteen per cent, greater than the amount delivered during the year 1899, and nearly eight per cent, greater than the amount executed during the year 1889, in which were made the largest deliveries during a period of thirteen years. The bureau expects to meet all demands promptly. NAVY MEDICAL SERVICE, Surgeon-General Browne's Annual Report Filed. Surgeon-General Browne, in his annual report to the Secretary of the Navy, takes occasion to comment with regret upon the fact that vacancies which have existed in the Medical Corps of the Navy since the Civil War are vet unfilled, and that Congress has failed to adopt the department's suggestions looking to the improvement of the oondition and pay of assistant surgeons. Although a Medical Examlng Board was convened at Mare Island, uai., oniy iwu candidates for appointment as assistant surgeons appeared, and the Board was discontinued. During the year 2937 pension cases were acted upon by the bureau, leaving 207 on hand on June 30. The number of persons examined for the naval service, including apprentice boys, in 1839 was 13,444; of this number 4352, or more than one-third, were rejected for physical disqualification. The number of patients admitted to the sick list under treatment during the year was 12,029; of this number 8102 were on vessals afloat and receiving ships, 1595 in hospitals, and 2332 at navy yards and shore stations. The total number of deaths in tbo Naval Service during the year was 205; of thisnumbar 111 deaths occured on vessels afloat and receiving ships, seventy at naval hospitals, and twenty-two at navy yards and shora stations. The ratio was eighteen in 1000 for ' the entire service. IKISH LEADEES TEIED. Patriots O'Brien and Dillon Sentenced to Six Months' Imprisonment. In the Judges' Court at Clonmel, Ireland a judgment of guilty was given agaiust William O'Brien, John Dillon. Patrick O'Brien, all of whom are Members of Parliament; John Cullinane, Thomas Walsh, Patrick Mockler and Mr. Bolton, who were charged with conspiring to induce the tenants on the Smith-Barry estates not to pay rent. William O'Brien and Dillon, who are at present in the United States raising funds for tin famine sufferers, were ench sentenced to two terms of imprisonment ol six months each, but the sentences are to run concurrently. Patrick O'Brien and Cul linane were each sentenced to six montus' imprisonment, and Walsh, Mockler and Eolton to four months each. All the sentences were without labor. Father Humphreys, Thomas J. Coudon, Member of Parliament; Daniel Kelly, and David Sheehy, -Member of Parliament, who were indicted on the same charges, were found not guilty and were discharged. Mr. O'Brien and the other Members of Parliament, who were convicted, sent telegrams to Mr. Parnell expressing their fullest devotion to him. The new Masonic Temple in Chicago, 111., the corner stone of which has iust been laid, will be twenty storks and 300 feet in hoight. ~ TmTmm. \ Baring Bros. Saved From Bain by Timely Aid. The History of England's Greatest Private Bank, The house of Baring Bros., one of the great financial firms of the world, has had a narrow escape from going into bankruptcy. Owing to the heavy tall in Argentine Republic securities, in which Baring Bros, were largely interested, followed by the withdrawal of over $12,000,000 which the firm held for the Russian Government, the concern, notwithstanding its enormous capital and resources, became strained and it wag feared would have to go into liquidation. At this juncture the Bank of England, the Rothschilds and other large European banking houses came to the relief of the Bar * -* ll.?AAfaafw\nka WIS log's ana luo iiuoawucu uixuaiujjm averted. The news of Baring; Brothers' trouble caused great excitement in the world's financial markets, and railroad and other stocks were in a drooping condition. In Wall street several failures occurred, but when it became known that the baring's had been rescued from ruin it was felt that the worst was over and a better feeling prevailed. The London Times, referring to the financial situation and to the heavy losses of the Baring's, says: "'The city has passed through a crisis verging upon a panic. Such a time has not been known since the suspension of Overend, Gurney & Co. We rejoice that we are able to announce that the worst is over. The Bank of England has added to its historic services to the State and the commercial : community by its prompt action in averting what would nave been a lamentable catastrophe. The administration of the bank not only provide! vast reinforcement to its stock of gold to most exceptional de> mands in the event of a panic, but also stepped out of the ordinary routine of business to prevent the downfall of one of the freatest and most respected English financial ouses, which had for some days been in "?V>5/?Vi if it had fallnn Wfnlld DTOb ^CiU OUU ?U(WU| U IV . . ably have brought down in widespread ruin a large number of smaller but important Arms." In another editorial, the Times, referring to the meeting of prominent banker* of London, held at the Bank of England, to consider the position of the large financial house which was in peril?that of Baring Brother* ?says a guarantee fund was formed and thus the difficulties of the embarrassed firm were arranged. The London Pall Mall Gazette says that the Baring's trouble mainly lay in its South American commitments. The sum guaranteed by those who came to the relief of the firm is 156,000,000, each firm, including the Bank of England, contributing $2,500,000. The arrangement had a reassuring effect. The Barings were helped through oy the Bank of England, the Rothschilds and several London joint-stock banks. History of the Firm. - ' The Baring Brothers oate Dacnuvcrauuudred years. John Baring came from Bremen and settled in Exeter, England, early In tha eighteenth century. He had four sons, two of whom, John ana Francis, established the house of Baring Brothers in London in 17701 Francis was born in 1740 and died in 1810. Hi was elected a director of the East India Company, became a zealous supporter of Mr. Pitt's policy, and was rewarded with a baro-jftc j nefcey in May, 1793. His observations onth?*^" establishment of the Bank of England had great weight in the question of renewing its charter. Three of his go as?Thorn ha, Ashburton and Henry?were associated with th*' house of Baring Brothers, but Henry left and associated himself with Lord Macartney in his embassy to China. Sir Thomas,eldestsonof Sir Francis, sat for twe years in the Hons* of Commons. Francis Tnornhill, son of Sir Thomas, entered Parliament. He was Lord of the Treasury for four years, Secretary of the Treasury four years, Chancellor of the Exchequer two years and First Lord of tha Admiralty for three years. Alexander Ashborton Baring was born la 1774. He came to the United States when quite young, and in 1798 married the daughter or William Bingham, of Philadelphia. He returned to England, and in 1806 published a pamphlet relating to the orders in council and to the conduct of Great Britain toward the neutral commerce of America. On the death of his father is v- Vim/1 of the house of Baring and was a Member of Parliament for twenty-three Tears. After haying been President of the Board of Trade and Master of the Mint, he was raised to ths peerage under the title of Baron Ashburtoo. In the House of Commons he opposed the Reform bill and in the House of Lords opposed the repeal of the corn laws. The unsettled condition of the Northeastern boundary question led Sir Robert Peel to send him on a special mission to this coon* try, where in August, 1843, he concluded tbe Ashburton treaty. In England it was assailed by the Opposition, led by Lord Palmerston, and in the United States Mr. "Webster was charged with having been overreached. Public opinion, however, on both sides of the water soon was that it was a satisfactory adjustment of th? controversy which had embarrassed the relations of two countries for sixty years. The negotiations were facilitated by Ashburton's high character and Intelligence and his excellent personal relations with Daniel Webster, then Secretary of State, one of whose sons was named after him. Baring Brothers were the financial agents for tbe united States (Governmentin Europe from the close of the Revolution down to President Grant's administration. THE MAINE LAUNCHED. America's New Battle Ship Glides Gracefully Into the Water. The United States armored cruiser Main* was launched at the Navy Yard, Bf>oklyn, New York, in the presence of Secretary Tracy, Ex-Secretary Whitney and about thirty thousand other citizens. It had been announced that/ the launch would take place at high tide, which was booked to occur at the Navy Yard at 12.-45 o'clock. The minutes dragged slowly as the crowd gazid at the dull red hull. All being iu readiness a gang of men attacked the sole piece with a cross-cut saw. The long steel saw sank rapidly into the tough oak, but it had not cut half through before the timber began to yield. Then, with a sharp crack, it broke, and the Maine was freed. At that moment Mis3 Alice Wilmerding, the granddaughter of Secretary Tracy, who had ' 1 1 "f In ueeu UUlUUJg a wmo w muv -u uu* uutu, broke the bottle over .he point of the raoi, saying "In the name oZ Father NeDtuneand Queen Amphitrite, I christen thee Maine." Then the great ship bc*an to slowly move down the ways. Gathering momentum as she went, she entered the water, driving a great wave before her, and, sliding downward until, like a cork, she rost to the crest of the improvised billows, made her way directly across the river. The flags on board wer? hastily hoisted as men and women shouted and cheered. The launch was in every respect successful, and there was not a hitch nor an accident of any kind. -* "? nnan/1 /innrrltf 1 ae LUgS JU wail/Lug aucituicu ujjouu uiuiuv the cables hanging from the deck. Making thorn fast, they checked the impetus of tha great hull and then towed her to the dock where her armor will be girded on and the engines received. It will probably be a year before this work is finished, and she will then have cost $3,000, (XX). The Maine is a twin-turret ship of tha bolted-cruiser type. The interior, including the engines, the gun machinery, the coal and the quarters of the men, is protected from shot and shell by a belt of armor sufficiently strong to insure stability. even if the bow and stern should be riddled above the protected decks. Of an entirely different build from the Chicago and Baltimore, the .Maine,should she meet a man-of-war, will not be forced to run away. While she was not designed to engage in battle, her armor and her guns will be heavy enough to warrant her in provoking a light. At Port Huron, Mich., It is said there is a scheme to cut a third trmnel under the St. 'Jlair River -to SarnU, to ba used by street cars, foot passengers and wagons. Tha Grand Trunk will begin work on their second vanned soon. J