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!! Ill?irr.ii wi n i?pm? ' wT~ MINERS DROWNED. jy An Engineer's Mistake Results Wm *n a Frightful Disaster. Two Score of Men Perish al I ^ Jeansville, Penn. j HS" Eighteen men entombed in watery graves mark the result of the most awful mine horror that has ever occurred in Hazleton , (Penn.) coal region. Jeansville, the pretty little mining ullage of J. C. Haydon & Co., j two miles across the mountains from that place, is the scene of the disaster. At 10:30 o'clock on a recent morning two miners, Patrick Coll and Charles Boyle, were I at work in a breast of the niino of J. C. | Hayden & Co., at Jeansville. They were drilling a hole and struck a vast body of water. In a few moments tha entire slope was flooded, and eighteen min had perished in tho rush of the waters. 1 There were twenty-tive men at work in the slope at the time of the accident. One of the seven who escaped said that at first there was a rumble like the sound of an approaching train. In a moment there was a ( fierce blast of wind and the lamps wore extinguished. There was a cry: "For God's | sake run for your lives!" William iireslin, who escapad, said he cri?d out to a companion named James i Griffiths to run. Grlffitbs's light went out, and that was the last Breslin saw of him. I Breslin tried to run for the bottom of the slope, but made slow progress in tho dark. Then Boyle and John N el Ins came running out of the gangway toward him. Nelins's lamp was burning, and by its aid they reached the bottom and then clambered up the slope. The water came on with a rush, and in less than five minutes the water bad raised 034 feet to the mouth of the slope,the pitch of which is eighty-three degrees. John Wntkins and John Morgan also escaped. They heard the cries ot Boyle and Coll to fly, and with great presence of mind they ran to an old air course and bursting open a brattice inside, made their escape. They dragged a frightened Hnu with them and saved his life also. He was too frightened to make a move tc escape, and with great courage Morgan and Watkins dragged him along at tho risk of the.'r own lives. Boyle and Coll, the two miners who tapped /1a?/11w Aa/vI ctranflralr flnnn crh vVAT*A 1>UV UTOlUjr JIVWI, "?.w ' saved from death. The water forced them Along, and at last, as they were being shoved r post an air way, Boyle pulled Coll in and | the two managed lo escape. The names of the drowned men are as follows: Bernard McCloskey, single; Patrick Kelley, smgle; Jamas VVanl, wife and eight, children in Ireland; Laurence Retd, wife and five children; Edward Gallafher, wife and two children; Samuel orter, single; James GrilDths, wife and one child; Harry Ball, wife and six small children; ten Hungarians?WariI 1 Friuko, single; Joseph Matuscowitz, mari ried; John Tomasoski, Thomas Jake, John Burns, James Balacki, Michael Mith, Miko . PalasbalJ, anil one unknown. The scene of the disaster was in the lower lift or working of J.C. Hayden & Co.'sNo. 1 slope. The upper gangway was worked out ? five years ago, and eighteen months ago the I pumps were taken out. The workings gradually tilled up with water. Many of the old I * 4.1. ~ I miners Knew ujl iud [;icdcuv;o v/t mc m water aad trouble bad been feared. Nona of the workmen bad had any S idea that the lower workings were driven f ' so close to tho water. As quick as the news of the disaster reached the surface hundreds of people flocked to the mine, but as there was nothing to see tbey soon left, and the scene around the mine was totally , different from the heartren ling scenes usually witnessed on such occasions. It will take at least a week to pump out the wator, the colliery owners say, but experienced minora think that it will take a month. Pumps are now taking 15D0 gallons a minute from the mine. The accident is charged by some people to the oversight of the mining engineers in not notifying the workingmen of tncr proximity of such a great body of wator. ?. C. Hayden & Co. are very wealthy operators. Tho game company operates miues at Mahanoy City, Penn. FIFTY-FIBST CONGRESS. / In the Senate. 4T)th Day.?The Senate passed the bill creating the oflice of Fourth Assistant Postmaster-General with a salary of a j year....The Apportionment bill was passed i without amendment, on a strict party vote....me Army Appruprmuvu um nao ' taken up. 47th Day.?The Senate adjourned immediately after the reading of the Journal, as a mark of respect to the late Secretary Windom, who was formerly a member of that body. 48th Cay.?The Vice-President laid before the Senate the credentials of Mr. Cameron for his new term....Mr. Cullom presented two resolutions of the Housa of Representatives in tho Illinois Legislature. He said that they instructed the Senators from that State to vote for tho Free Coinage bill and against the ''Force bill".... The Army Appropriation bill was then taken up and laid aside.... The Fortification Appropriation bill was then taken up; but it was laid asido informally and pension bills on tlia calendar were proceeded with There were 110 bills passed, among thom bills firing pensions or $50 a month to the wiJows of General Baell, ,<3eneral Starkweather, Major Gordon, of the Fifth Cavalry; General Pelouse, Lieutenant Colonel Lee, Brigadier-General Abraham 4k Duryee and General Edward F. Noyes. Also tho House bill granting a pension of $100 a month to General Frauz S:gel. The bill to pension Mary Anne Dougherty was objected to and went over. i'Jrn Day.?The Senate met after the funeral of Mr. Windom....Mr. Turpie introduced a joint resolution proposing an amendment to the Constitution for the election of United States Senators by the direct vote of the people of the several" States.... Tho Fortifications bill was considered, tho defencelessness of the country coming up for debate....The Hawaiian Ireaty and its relations to the Tariff bill were discussed. SOtii Day.?Tile House bill extending the time to thirty days for which the President may designate a temporary succession in the Cabinet was passe J... .The Fortification bill was discussed and some amendments were adopted... .The Senate concurred in tho House amendment to the Senate bill for a public building at St. Paul, Minn., reducing tbe amount from $1,500,0(0 to $*590,000. 51st Day.?Tho Fortifications Appropriation bill was passed Tho Senate then proceeded to tho consideration of tho Military Academy bill. There was only one amend- ! ment (and that one to tho amount of ?5000) -offered to the bill. It was agreed to and the bill passed The Pension Appropriation bill was then takou up and went over as the unfinished business. In (lie House. 44m Day.?Tho Military Academy Appropriation bill was debated Aftar a rather ; stormy scene between tin chairman (Mr. McComas, of Marylan 1,) an! Mr. Breckin- 1 ridge, of Arkansas, pertaining to a question 1 of recognition, tho committee roso and reported the bill to the Houss. No quorum 1 appearing in the House, that body, without 1 disposing of the bill, adjourned. " 1 45th Day.?At 12:10 o'clock the House as < n mark of respect to the late Secretary Windom, adjourned. The Speaker appointed t the following committed to attend tho t funeral: Messrs. McKinley, Mills, Dunned, t iiclmau, U'lS'eill, of Pennsylvania; Forney, t Yandeveer, Blount aud Snyder. 46tii Day.?The Military Academy Appropriation bill passed without opposition, ? ... .TL>o House thou went into Committee of tho AVhole on tlie Diplomatic aud Consular Appropriation bill Public business being 'j suspended, the House proceeded to pay f tribute to the memory of tho late Lewis t Wntscn, of Pennsylvania. ? 47th Day.?Tiio House met after the * funeral of Mr. Windoni Mr. Ownbey was beforo tho House and explained why ho neglected its summons to testify beforo tho r Silver Pool Committee....The House passed c a bill amending tho Revised Statutes so as to 1 give tho President thirty days, instead of c ten, in which to nominate a successor to any Cabinet place rnado vacant by death or resignation. c 48th Day.?In the debate on tho Consular ? bill the Mizner and lleiter affairs came up Ifor discussion....The Sundry Civil Appro- t priation bill was roportod. I 40th Day.?The Diplomatic and Consular J Appropriation bill was passed. I ' THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. By the premature explosion of a blast at the Bangor Excelsior Slate Company, Belvid?re, N. J., A. E. Rowland, Superintendent, and James Rowland, workman, were instautly kilied. Both were married men and icavc laiiuue^* I Hughes and Buttner, tho bogus divorce lawyers of New York City, were sentenced to Ave and seven years' imprisonment respectively. William W. Kingsley, on9 of ths officials iu the Custom House in Richford. Vt., recently committed suicide by hanging in his barn. Despondency was the cause. The bill providing for Rapid Transit in New York City was passed by both Sonata and House at Albany, and sent to th3 Governor for approval. Barker Bros. & Co., bankers of Philadelphia, Penr., who assigned during the recent stringency in the money market, effected a settlement, and resumed business under the firm name of Barker & Co. Governor Hill signed the bill giving Rapid Transit to New York City. Frank Butler, ex-tax collector for Rilley Township, Delaware County, Penn., has fled, and a deficit iu his accounts of $710J ha3 been discovered. An accident at the Pennsylvania Steal Work3, Harrisburg, Pean., caused tho death of John C. Beck, a boss rigger, and John Engleman. They were m a cage eighty-five feet from the ground, placing in position a quarter section of a lip riug weighing 2UOO pounds, when the cable snapped and the caza dropped. Both znon were almost instantly killed. Alaska Colliery, at Mount Carmel, Penn.,the Reading Coal and Iron Company's largest mine, suspended operations indefinitely, throwing out of employment 70) hands. Bellmore and Morris Ridge mines have also been compelled to suspend, owing to a scarcity of cars. George M. Bradlet, who was lh2 first patient in this country to receive the Koch lymph inoculation, died a few days ago ut New Haven, Conn. Governor Pattison has vetoed the joint resolution of the Legislature instructing the United States Senators from Pennsylvania to support the Federal Election bill. This is his first veto. The Manhattan Elevated Railway, of New York City, secured control of the Suburban rapid-transit line. The Philadelphia & Easton Railroad, which is projected to run from New Hope, Bucks County, to Easton, Penn., has passed ^/\n+fr*1 nf f.ho PoqHincr Rnilrnqrl Fires in Brooklyn, N. Y., destroyed the Heela Iron Works and Wallabout Sawmill, causing a loss of over $590,000. In the Legislature at Trenton William C. Heppenheimer was choson Controller of New Jersey, and George R. Gray Treasurer. South and West. Colonel George S. Mann, a veteran of the Mexican war, died a few days ago at Sau Francisco, Cal., at tho age of ninety-three years. In the Nevada Legislature Senator Jones was re-elected United States Senator for the third time, receiving fifty-four votes out of sixty. Ar Jefferson City, Mo., the Senate passed a resolution similar to that adopted by the r 1 House a wess ugu, pieugmg t ui auui uuu to appropriate any money for the World's Fair should the Federal Election Force bill become a law. The Government Board of Control selected a site for the Federal exhibit at the World's Fair, Chicago, 111. The buildiug is to be placed upon a plot of thirteen acres on the lake shore in Jackson Parle, opposite Fifty-ninth street. The main building will cover four acres. The structure will he of stone, iron and glass. There were but six men under ground at the time the fire broke out in the Chapin mine at Iron Mountain, Mich., and four were saved. Jeremiah Bennett and Thomas Edwards were found by the rescuing parties, but died shortly after being brought to the surface. A disastrous fire visited Charlotte. N. C.. and the entire business portion of tho city narrowly escaped destruction. Loss about $100,000. The mother of Senator Daniel W. Voorhcedied a few days ago at Veedersburg, Ind., r.t the age of eignty-nine years. Mr. Witter, Speaker of the Republican House In Montana, is dead; his death leave* the House a tie politically. The riots at Carbon Hill, Ala,, are st;ll ?i: progress, and two companies of State troophave been ordered to the scene by Governb. Jones. Not le3S than eight or ten colore 1 men have been killed. Burglars entered the Diamond Palace at San Francisco, Cal., the other night an1 stole ?7500 worth of diamonds without disturbing the sleeping watchman. There is no clue to the thieves. The flour mill of Everett, Augenbough & Co. and the two store houses of tho company at Waseca, Minn., were burned. The fire originated in a hot bed. The loss is ?100,000. As an oil well shooter was on his way to a well near St. Mary's, Ohio, with a load of nitroglycerine, it exploded and blew the horses, wagon and driver to atoms. The only evidence of tin disaster was a huge holo in the roadway. The town Jail at Friar'9 Point, Miss., was discovered to bo in flames and the prisoners were heard shrieking for rescue. The marshal, who had the key, lived some distance from the jail. and before his arrival the prison was entirely destroyed and threo colored prisoners were burned to death. The prisoners started the fire by trying to burn the door in order to effect their escape. Three Engmark brothers, the oldest not yet twenty-three, have been arrested for systematically robbiug two wholesale jewelry houses in Chicago, 111., of diamonds, watches, ofce. The aggregate of their stealings is thought to be at least ?10,0C0. The Farmers' Alliance at Spartaasburg, S. C.. is in trouble, the Alliance store having faile 1 for $30,000. Crookedness in management is charged. Three ships of the White Squadron, the flagship Chicago, the dispatch boat Dolphin and thi gunboat Yorktown, maneuvered before Galveston, Texas, beforo going to New Orleans. The fleet is in command of Hear Admiral John G. Walker, Washington. The body of Secretary Windoai was remove 1 from the Fit'th Avenue Hotel, New York City, and taken to Washington; flags were at half-mast and different bodies passe 1 resolutions of respect and sympathy. Tho body was met at Washington by the President and Vice-President and the members of '.he Cabinet. Both branches of Congress adjourned as a mark of rospect to Secretary Windom, who hud been a member both of the Senate and the House. The Secretary of the Interior has issued in order directing that all persons engaged in quarrying stone on the Cheroitee strip oe removed therefrom as intruders. He has further directed that all persons not having proper authority be prevented from entering tbe'strip on any pretext whatever. The Navy Department is informed that toe engines or tbe gunboat Concord dereloped 3404.529 horse power on her recent 1 :rial trip, being 4.529 horse power in excess 1 >f tho contract requirements. 1 There was a large number of callers at ;ha family home of the Wiudoms on the !ay before the funeral, and all who desired ! ;o do so were permitted to view the body of he dead Secretary as it lay in state. The War Department has instituted a j ystem of inquiry at tho Indian agencies, j he results of which arj intended to uive the j luthorities a better acquaintanca with the . n-lians. Five army oflicers have been de- i t i _ of. anea as;as innaj tigcuuun w* um? ?o ?uo c**itude of the Indians ami the nature of their ;rievances, as well as to ascertain their tren^th. Since the system of examination for pro- 1 notion has been adopted for tho army, 14'i itllcsrs have been examined, of which num>er eleven have been found physically insapacitated. i The Secretary of the Navy formally ac- ( :epted the cruiser Newark and ordered that i ihe be put in commission at Philadelphia. , Chief Justice Fuller announced that < ;he Supreme Court had decided to grant the >etition of the counsel representing the ] 3ritish Government for leave to file an ap- ' jlication for a writ of prohibition to .present i the District Court of Alaska proceeding to carry out its decree of forfeiture made in the case of the schooner Sayward, libelled for unlawfully taking seals within the waters of EehringSea. The pension charge during the past month was 51,080,570, and for the fiscal year thus far aggregates $70,081,057, against $63,455,718 for the first seven months of the preceding fiscal year. The reduction in the Public Debt during the month of January amounted to S15.835,496. The total debt is $846,51)5,045. The net cash in tho Treasury, including subsidiary coiD, is 870,880,545. The total coinage at the mints of the United States during the month of January was 10,258,123 pieces of the value of $6,503,736.20, of which $3,720,000 was gold, $3,653,936 silver and ?134,800 nickel. The Secretary of War has directed Brigadier General Daniel W. Flagley to assume the duties of Chief of Ordnance of the War Department. Foreign. Through the breaking of its tongue, a sleigh in which were seated Thomas Ripley and Lightholdar Steinthope was precipitated into the river Credit in Ontario, Canada. Both men were drowned. The Scotch strikers have resumed work r?n all the Scotch railroads, with the excep tion of the Ualedoman Jtvoaa. Charles Bradlauoh, Member of the British Parliament for Northampton, who had been critically ill for some time past, died at London. His end was quieb and peaceful. He was born in 1833. He was a noted atheist. Eight gypsies were buried in a sudden snowdrift in Moravia, and two died before relief reached them. Jean Lours Eunest Meissonier, the great painter, died in Paris, France. He was born in 1813. A fierce storm caused considerable damage In and about Dublin, Ireland, and a terrific gale swept over the Irish Sea. A number of small craft foundered during the s&orin m mueeuaiutvu uw uvi. SlGNOR Crispi, the Italian Prime Minister, has resigned. Count Von Waldersbe, Chief of Staff ot the German Army, has resigned at the r& quest of Emperor William, Kino Humbert of Italy has summoned the Marquis A. di Rudini, second of the foul Vice-Presidents of the Chamber of Deputies, to form a Cabinet. ATTraloe, Ireland, Bartholomew Sullivan, a farmer, was hanged for complicity in the murder of Patrick Flahive, an evicted farmer, last August. At Skopin, in the Government of Riazin, Russia, a hospital has been destroyed by fire. Fourteen patients were burned to death. The Spanish election resulted in a large majority for the Conservatives; there was rioting in Barcelona. Of a party of forty men engaged in reopDDing communication with snow-blocked villages between Dimitzana and Tripolitza, in the Morea, Greece, fifteen have boen' frozen to deatn and a number of others hav? been so badly frost-bitten that they are not expected to recover. The King of Portugal has signed a decroa ordering that tha insurgent regiments al Oporto shall no longar be considered as a part of the Portuguese army. Ten thousand shoemakers went on strike at Vienna, Austria. The Canadian Government has dissolved Parliament and will go to the country on the reciprocity issue, the election to take place on March 5. . The latest news from Chili indicates the gradual decline of the insurrection in that country. LATER NEWS, The business part of Richmond. Vt., was burned with a total loss of $30,000. But for help from Burlington and Waterbury the entire town would have gone. Goveii nor Russell, of Massachusetts, appointed Henry K. Braley, of Fall River, Judge of the Superior Court, vice Lathrop, promoted to the Supreme Bench, and John H. Burke, of Boston, Judge of the Municipal Court, vice Curtis, deceasod. Burglars broke into tbo homo o? Banker Cowles at Clark, Neb., knocked Cowles senseless and killed bis wife. They got only ?>0 in cash. A prisoner named Harvey, while being taken to "Wichita, Kan., on a fast running train, handcuffed, sprang through a window of ths car and was killed. The business portion of Winnebago, 111., was partially destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000. An epidemic of smallpox is raging in Rusk, Texas, and the surrounding country. The International American Money Commission had its second session at Washington, and Senor Romero, the Mexican Minister, was elected President. Commissioner Mitchell, of the Bureau of Patents, submitted to Congress his annual report. Secretary Blaine has purchase! the old and historical mansion which he has occupied since becoming a member of President Harrison's Cabinet. Two years ago the Secretary leased it with the privilege of purchasing it auy time for $65,000. The English Postmaster-General has -* 1 promisocl to taDuiaie me arrival uui* uopiuturo of Americau mails. The people of Siam arj suffering greatly owing to the failure of the rice crop. The Portuguese Government has failed again in its negotiations for a loan from Paris bankers. Kino Humbert, of Italy, has summoned General Vial, Minister of War of tho Crispi Cabinet, to form a new Cabinet. In tho British House of Commons Mr. Gladstone moved tho second roading of the bill removing religious difficulties; the motion was defeated after dobate. An earthquake nearly destroyed tho town of Ivaua in Java. Other parts of Java also suffered severely, and twelve persons were killed and seventeen injured. Nine artillerymen were fatally injured by an explosion of dynamite at Moutpcllier, France. A HORBIBLE ACT. A.n Insane Widow Kills Her Two Children and Herself. A dispatch from Horton, Kan., says: "News reached here of a horrible act of an insane woman who has been living on a farm seven miles west of here. Mrs. Henry Wysong was left a widow two years ago, with three children, the youngest four years of wnnfop clia Kinn a 1 mr?cf rlaefi. tute. The fear of starvation so preyed on her mind that she attempted to kill her children and herself. The oldest, a boy of twelve, escaped from hor alter she had cut his throat with a knife, and then ran to a neighbor, giving the alarm. Tho neighbor hurried to the house, which he found in Elames. Tho woman had killoJ the remaining two children, and after inflicting fatal wounds ou herself had set fire to the house, rhe three charred bodies were found. The boy who escaped will live.'" TRIPLE SUICIDE, Tragic Results From a German Ofll clal'.s Dishonesty. The story of a triple tragedy, the result of in official'3 dishonesty, has reached Berlin, Sermany. Mayor Radogast, of Anhalt, was recently convicted of the chargo of embozsling municipal lends, and fled to Leip dc. The wife and father-in-law of the Mayor were unable to mar the burden of bis disgrace aud both committed suicide, rbe Mayor, on learning of their death, was >o greatly shocked that he irtllpd himself. ' | DEATH Af THE FEAST. I Secretary Windom Suddenly Expires in New York City. Falling Back Dead Just After He Had Made an Address. WILLIAM WINDOM. William Windoin, of Minnesota, Secretary of the Treasury of the United States, died at eleven minutes past ten o'clock a few nights ago in a small serving room adjoining the banquet hall at Delmonico's, in New York City, where but a few minutes before he had finished delivering the speech of the evening at the annual banquet of the New York Board of Trade and Transportation. The scene was the most dramatic and tragically sensational ever witnessed at an occasion of festivity in that city. Secretary Windom, after finishing his sp?ech, standing in front of the table of the guests of honor in the glittering banquet hall, sank slowly into his chair, the seat of ViAn/M? Knmrr fKa flrtjf. M t.ho rirrhf. nf fho President of the Board of Trade and Transportation . Few noticed that he was affected in any unusual way. Applause in hearty rounds for his speech was still at its height. The Secretary had spoken with particular energy and clearness. His form was erect and his face aglow with what seemed the flush of health at its best Id ripe manhood. Every modulation of his voice and every gesture indicated the speaker who had himself aud his subject under perfect control. After the Secretary had gained his seat he sat for perhaps three minutes as if half dazed, and then his head sank slowly for wara. Dr. S. A. Robinson, of "West Brighton, Staten Island, who sat facing the Secretary atone of the longitudinal tablra,was the first to notice the change in the Secretary's condition. Secretary Windom's head had meanwhile sunk almost to his breast. His eyes were opening and closing spasmodically. Dr. Robinson stepped quickly over to the Secretary, but before he reached Mr. Windom's side the Secretary swayed in his chair and then slid from it half way to the floor. Mr. Windom had lighted a cigar just before sitting down, and the cigar dropped from his hand. Others in the room now noticed the condition of the Secretary. There was an involuntary movement of those sitting nearest to start forward, and Jud~e W. H. Arnoux, who had begun to speak after Secretary Windom, stopped suddenly. He and ox-Secretary of State Bayard, who sat next to Secretary Windom, sprang to his side. Every one of the 250 and odd gentlemen at the tables was now aware that something unusual had happened. One moan came from Secretary Windom's lips as his startled friends strove to relieve him. He stretched forth his hand, seized a tumbler filled with wa*er and hastily swallowed a mouthful. It was probably nis last conscious act. He gasped for breath. The glass fell from his nerveless grasp. So intense T?as the silence that reigned in the chamber that it seemed almost as loud as a death knell upon a church bell. Thea followed another painful gasp; his head dropped forward further. Secretary of the Navy Tracy, who sat near by, had by this time joined the others who were at the stricken man's side. They lifted him to his feet, deathly pale. He wiis carried into the serving room behind the banquet hall, and everything was I done to resuscitate him. It was fruitless. At eleven minutes past ten ne was pro- i nounced dead by Dr. Robinson and Dr. Du? rant, who had come to the former's R5sist<yuce. The tears coursed down the cheeks of exSecretary Bayard. Mr. J. S. Colgate, the banker, Secretary Windom's lifelong friend, wept like a child. Mr. C. M. Hendley, Mr. Windom's private secretary, was completely unnerved. For five minutes th9 Secretary lay on the table without a sign of life. At eleven minutes past ten o'clock, just eleven minutes after Secretary Windom had been stricken down, Dr. Robinson, whose ear had been pressed close to the breast of the inanimate form to catch tho faictest sound of the beating of tha heart, stepped back and said in a tone of in* expressible sadness: 'He is dead." A tablecloth was spread over the face of the dead man to shield it from obtrusive eyes and the group of watchers left the room. Then Judge Arnoux returned slowly and sadly to the banquet hall and announced that Secretary Windom's voice had been heard lor the last time in that or any other gathering. The assemblaga broke up in confusion. Ttin Vmrc Hpffiwil In Washington. I The gay world of Washington was assembled at the hom j of tho Postmaster-General when news came of tha death of Secretary Windom in New York. This was about 10.30 P. M., and within a few moments the reception had come to an abrupt close, and be guests, with the exception of the per. onal friends, all departed. There was great consternation among the larcft crowd in the two parlors of tho Wanana&kor mansion when tEe newTcame, ahdono of the first guests to hear it was Mrs. "Windom, as the President sought her side at the earliest possible moment, and broke the sad tidings to the bereaved widow. While they were leaving the housa the news of tho Secretary's death was spreading like wildfire about the city. Official notices were 6ent to all tho public officials, and a hasty conference was called at the White Hoiwa. Notices of the deutb wore posted In the telegraph offices, where they were read as theatregoers passed up Fifteenth street after tho play. In ten minutes the news was In overy hotel and public placs in the city, and knots of people were soon on the street. Mrs. Windom's daughters and Miss Colgate, of Now York, accompanied her to the Wunamaker reception, and it was just 11:15 when these ladies returned to their home on Massachusetts avenue, where Chief Clerk Brackett of the Treasury Department wai awaiting them. Tn ton minutes tho Presid&n\ Secretary | Proctor and Postmaster-General Wanamakor dashed up and entered tho house. Soon many other friends came and endeavored to calm the grief of the widow and orphans. Tho utmost surprise was expressed by everybody unacquainted with the Secretary's private life, as Mr. Windom was tho last man in public life in Washington who was thought likely to die suddenly. He had every appearance of good health; ho was temperate in his living and habits and very domestic in his tastes. It is well known to his intimate friends, however, that for several years Mr. Windom had suffered from heart disease, and for* many months ha had been under treatment by a Philadelphia physiciau. It is also a fact that for several months the" Secretary had been fearful that he would be attacked by disease, and therefore he was accompanied constantly by his Secretary, Mr. flendley, who never failed to walk with hira to and from his office, and ut all times to bo by his side. Tho Secretary's family consisted of a married son and two youn? daughters who have but recently made their bow to society. The con lives In Washington, and is in tho office of tho Supervising Architect of tho Marine Department. A few months ago his littlo son tlied and tho residence of the grandfather was therefore closed for a week. It nas smco oeon roopensrrto mo social woinr, and on tho day of her husband's death, Mrs. Windom held one of her most crowded and brilliant Wednesday afternoons. j Mr. Windom's Career. I Mr. Wisdom was a short, stocky man, J ' ' ' * ?'*' ; . nearly sixty-four years old. His parents bad lived in Virginia, but migrated from there early in the century to Belmont County, Ohio, and there the future Republican politician and financier was bora. He was brought up on a farm, went to tbe common schools, and then the academy at Mt. Vernon, Ohio; studied law and was admitted to practice in 1830. Two years later he was chosen Prosecuting Attorney for Knox County. Three years after this he moved to Winona, Minn., and from that time until a few years ago Minnesota was the State in which he made his home and found the political support that nut him in high office and made him, according to Roscoe Conkling, an available candidate for the Presidentialnomination of the Republican party. Soon after settling in Minnesota young Windom joined the KepuDiican party anu made himself well known as a stump speaker. In 1858 ho was sent to the House of Representatives at Washington. His services there extended over a period of ten years, much of his work being done in the Committees on Public Lands and Expenditures, as Chairman of the Committee on Indian Affairs, and on the Special Committee on the Rebellious States. In 1870 he was appointed United States Senator to Ml an unexpired term, and twice afterward he was elected for a full term. He held the office until 1881, when President Garfield made him Secretary oi! the Treasury. Upon the accession of Arthur to the Pres- 1 idency, Mr. Windom resigned his Secretary- f ship and soon after was elected by the Mln- i esota Legislature to fill bis unexpired term in th? Senate. A strong opposition was nmafa/t naainet. him however, in his own party* and his leadership in Minnesota and { general influence as a factor in Northwest politics were bitterly attacked. His enemies ( triumphed and he was defeated for renomination. . . From comparative obscurity, he emerged when President Harrison invltol him to takt the portfolio of the Treasury Office. Funeral Services. Funeral services over the remains of tha late Secretary of the Treasury, tho Hon. William Windom, were held at the Church of the Covenant in Washington City. The vast concourse comprised mo/e officials of President Harrison's Administration than have ever before gathered together in one edifies. The scene was impressive in its solemnity and awe-inspiring in its simple grandeur. Gathered within the walls of the stately te niarbln church w?ta t.hn Nn.Hnn'a greatest statesmen, the most renowned diplomats of foreign countries and the highest officers of the Army and Navy of the United States. Tka x uo uuui uaou i\ji ouo luuctai uoi ouiuuj was 12 o'clock, but by 10:30 o'clock the avenues and streets leadrng to the church began filling with carriages and pedestrians. The Executive departments, District Government buildings, postoffices and public schools were closed in respect to the memory of the deceased. The Supreme Court of the ( United States met and took a recess until after the funeral services. The entire city seemed to be in mourning, the flaes on the Executive departments drooped ( at naif-mast about their staffs, the greatr Treasury Building, the scene of the Secretary's greatest achievements, and all its i bureaus heavily draped in mourning, rea- ' dered the scone about the city decidedly im- ' pressive. \ The Navy 'Department, shrouded in j mourning for George Bancroft, late Secretary of the Navy, and the Department of Justice, draped in mourning for the late Attorney-General Deven3, added to the solemnity of the occasion. At 11 o'clock a private service for the family and intimate personal friends was conducted at the family residence. The Rev. Dr. Hamliii, of the Presbyterian Church of tha Convenant, officiated. At the conclusion of the private servic?3 the funeral cortege moved to the church. Before the remains of Secretary Windom reached the church the doors were opened, and those having cards for reserved seats were admitted. These nearly filled the edifice, and the spaca that was left was soon filled by the public. Upon the platform were placed a number of drooping palms, which was ths only at- j tempt at decoration. At ten minutes before 12 o'clock the remains of the dead Secretary arrived. The casket, borne on the shoulders of eight members of the United States Treasury Guard, was preceded up the broad aislo by the members of the Cabinet, who constituted the honorary pall-beareri followed ; by members of the family, Mr. William D.^Windom and Mrs. Windom, the Misses Windom, Mr. and Mi's. Windom, brother and sister-in-law of the late Secretary; Mr. Charles M. Hendley, Mr. and Urs^ J. P^nley Brown, Mrs. Lucretia Garfield and thj members of the Windom household, the Fresident and Mrs. Harrison, Mr. Russell Harrison and wife, Mrs. McKee and Mrs. Diramic!:. When all were seated the choir sang "Jesus, Loyer of My Soul," after which the Rev. Dr. Hamlin read selections from the Revised Testament. The hymn "In the Cross of Christ I Glory" was then rendered by the choir with excellent effect. Dr. Hamlin, without taking a text, epito- ( mized his conception of tho character of the , deceased. The services were brought to a close by prayer by Dr. Hamlin, in which he basought j consolation for the family in their affliction , and for the President and hie official family. The services at the church lasted one hour, , and at 1 o'clock the funeral cortege started < for Rock Cretk Cemetery. The casket was covered with black cloth. Around it was ( placed a fringe of violets. A silver plate on ( the burial casket contained the simple in- , scription: ( "William Windom. Mav 10. 1827. January 29,1891." -| When the cortege, about half a mile in length, riached the cemetery at 2:30 o'clock, saveral hundred old soldiers, inmataa of the Soldiers' Home, stood with uncovered heads on either side of the entrance. There was no evidence that a grave had been dug, for it was heavily covered over with cut cedar. The casket was placed on a spread canvas, while Dr. Hamlin read the brief services. It was then deposited in its last restipg place, and before the grave attendants began their work, the distinguished mourners had left the cemetery and returned lo the city. ALL ABOUT A CALF, A Quarrel Results in the Killing of Two Men and Two Horses. Fine Gilliand, who killed H. H. Howe January 23, was killed by Deputy Sheriff T. T. Cook and Ranger James Putnam a few days ago about twenty miles from Marathon, Texas. Gilliand opened fire, shooting Cook in tho leg. Cook and Gilliand's horses wera both killed and Putnam's wounded. No house being nearer than fifteen miles to the placa of the shooting Gilliand's body was left ?vbera he fell. Cook was brought to Marathon. The result of a quarrel over a calf has resulted in the killing of two men and f two horses and the crippling of one man and y one horse. 8 MURDER, THEN SUICIDE. ? x A Farmer Fatally Clubs His Sistcr-ic- y Law and Shoots Himself. V V Henry Brchtold, a farmer living near y Smitbton, III., aiscnargeu une concerns ui u shotgun at his sister-in-law, striking her in the leg. When Brehtold saw that She shot had not produced fatal wounds he clubbed tho weapon and struck her on the head, inflicting mortal injuries. After reloading the .. weapon he placed the muzzle under his chin J and pulled the trigger. The entire charge took effect in bis head, killing him instantly. No cause is known for the tragedy. ? t In remote parts of France the rural post s men are refusing to go on their routes foi , fear of being attacked by wolves. Neat jf, Metz tho wolves are very ravenous, and six v teen of the bloodthirsty animals have been t killed. c pi the Census Buroau has issued a bulletin s..? n-u f in OTH ?12 nrnof erallons of **' flistilloJ spirits'were iisad in the arts. manu- u facturcs and medicines daring ttie year end- S1 iajr December 31, 188'J, of which 0,745,15? a gallons were alcohol. w o ? tl A Benedictine priest in Erie, Penn., ha> ci caught smallpox through a letter from a h brother priest in an infected district ia p Texas. ti ^ANSAS'S NEW SENATOBT Sketch of the Career of Senator lagalls's Successor. Wf m w ?M w WILLIAM PFEFFER. William Alfred Pfeffer, who succeeds Senator Ingalls in the United States Senate after March 4, was born in Cumberland County, Penn., September 10, 1831. He is a self-made man. His schooling was obtained between the ages of ten and fifteen, when he attonded the public school seven months of sach year. At the age of fifteen years he boo moJo mooter nt ft small district school. and taught there until he was nineteen. In 1850 he caught the gold fever and went to California, where he remained two years. He tnade considerable money and returned to Pennsylvania in 1852. There he married Sarah Jane Barber and removed to Indiana. He engaged in farming near Crawfordsville. There business reverses impoverished him and he went to Southwest Missouri where be continued a former. At the oreaking out of the war he left the State ind he enlisted in the Eighty-third Illinois Volunteers. He served until June 26. 1835, 'saving been detailed principally on aetache I duty as Quartermaster, Adjutant and Judge Advocate. During the two latter years of his service he devoted himself "o the study of the law. At the close jf the war he settled at Clarksville, Tenn., practicing law. He remained at Clar isville until 1870, when he moved Kansas, taking up a claim in Wilson County. He moved to Fredonia in 1872 and there established the Fredonia Journal, a weekly newspaper, at the same time continuing bis law practice. Afterward he moved to Coffeyville, Coffey County, and established the Coffoyville Journal. In 1874 he was elected to the State Senate as a Republican and served one term. Ha was a delegate to the National Republican Convention in 1680. In that year he moved to Topeka, assumed editorial control of the Kansas Farmer, and * afterward bought the paper. He has been engaged in the publication of that paper ever since. Judge Pfeffer is an aven six feet tall. Re is quite as slim as Mr. Ingalls, being unusually narrow chested and lank of limb. Thick, black hair grows over bis low, retreating forehead. His black eyes shine deep over a heavy, black beard, which reaches quite to his waist. His manner of speech is slow and deliberate, but not hesitating. THE NEW APPORTIONMENT, How It Affects the Representation iin Congress and the Electoral Vote. TTn/?a? 4-Y*e% nwnm'mAnn a# 4-Ua A v uuc* iuo ui iuu biuu* ment bill passed by Congress the total membership of the House of representatives after March 4, 1893, will be 356, an increase of twenty-four over the present number. No State loses a Representative. One member each is gained by thirteen States, two each by four States and three by one State. This table illustrates the gain by States: Present New State. number. number. Gain, Alabama 8 2 1 Arkansas 5 6 1 California 6 7 1 Colorado 1 'i i Georgia 10 11 1 Illinois 20 22 2 Kansas 7 8 1 Massachusetts 12 13 1 Michigan 11 12 J Minnesota 5 J J3 Missouri 14 li> 1 Nebraska 3 6 3 New Jersey 7 ? 1 Oregon 1 2 I Pennsylvania 28 30 2 Texas 11 13 2 Washington 12 1 Wisconsin 9 10 1 -Of the twenty-four new members, fourteen go to the West. Nebraska's quota of three is doubled. Minnesota and Illinois gain two each. One each is added to California, Colorado, Michigan, Oregon, Washington and Wisconsin. The South profits by the increase, but not so much as the West. If Missouri be counted a Southern State, that section gains a total of six seats. Four of these goto Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, and Missouri and the remaining two to Texas. In the Middle States, Pennsylvania gains two and New Jersey one. Massachusetts, with an addition of one, is the only New England State that shows a change. Under the existing apportionment .the electoral vote is 4G1. Under the new bill :here will be 414 members in the Electoral College, requiring 223 to elect. The gain in slectors by Stat?sis * ? foMows: PrCySui iiew States. number. number. Cain. Alabama 10 11 1 Arkansas .. 7 8 1 California 8 9 1 Colorado 8 4 1 Connecticut G 0 Delaware 3 3 Florida 4 4 Georgia 12 13 1 Illinois 22 24 . 2 Indiana 15 15 Iowa 13 13 idaho 3 3 Kansas 9 10 1 Kentucky 13 13 Louisiana 8 8 foine V. 0 ? . Maryland o 8 *. Massachusetts 14 15 1 tfichlgdij U 1 Minnesota .7 i) ? Mississippi 9 ' ) Missouri If5 17 1 Montana 3 3 Nebraska 5 8 3 Tevada 3 3 few Hampshire 4 4 Jew Jersey !> 10 1 j Tew York 36 3(5 Torth Carolina 11 11 forth Dakota 3 S I >hio 23 23 (regon 3 4 1 'ennsylvania 30 32 2 thode Island 4 4 outh Carolina !' iouth Dakota 4 4 'ennessee 12 12 'exas 13 15 2 'ermont 4 4 rirginia 12 12 Post Virginia 0 Wisconsin 11 12 Washington 3 4 1 Wyoming^,, 3 3 Totals./ 420 444 21 THE SIOUX CAMPAIGN. Nic War in South Dakota Cost Us About $2,000,000. Au estimate just sent to Congress by the lecretary of War to supply a deficiency in bo Quartermaster's Department tells the tory of the cost of the Indian campaign ust closed. The round sum of $1,300,000 i asked for, the principal items of liistli ?rn 405" 01 (\ fnr frniicnnpfoflrtn nf roops nn?l supplies an<i $187,702 for extra lothing, camp and garrison equipage necestry to fit out for the winter campaign; 70,000 to rcplace horses broken down in the ampaitm and for tho purchase of ponies, , ml 687,1100 to cover the difference in cost of applies purchased for troops in the field nil the contract prices at tho post from "hich tho troops were drawn. There wero i ther expenses under the supply department lat will probably bring the total cost of the ^mpaign up to $2,000,000, a sum sufficient to ave given the Sioux the $100,000 annual apropriation promised them for a period of Tenty yearj. : ' tVr'v'v^ . ^^3 : "\ .* - :S? m . 1 PBOMINENT PEOPLE. Kino Kalakaua's name meant "Day of Battle." . 'rj^m Charles Stewart Parnell will ylrit 'iM this country in the spring. Historian Bancroft considered 250 word* ' ss ft good day's work in composition. President Lyman J. Gage, of the Chi-' cago World's Fair Board, has resigned. John D. Rockefeller's income is 1684 per hour, day and night, Sundays included. , > Mrs. Abram S. Hewitt heads an assooiation in New York to enable women to study v ^ Kino Humbert, of Italy, has often said: ^ "I should wish to be a journalist were I not a King." Governor Russell, of Massachusetts, . .1 . rides on boraeback to and from the State < 5 House every day. The late Duke of Bedford owned 86,000 % acres of land in Great Britain, including * square mile of London itself. The German Emperor's youngest son waa baptized recently m Berlin, receiving tip name of Joachim Josef Humbert. Prince Bismarck's present hobby, ao? ---jyjgi cording to an interviewer, is a little wfen,}.:'. ^ which flies about his room and eat out of his . .. Ifqfl hand. Electrician Thomas A. Edison is mid to . regard his deafness as a blessing in disguise.. ' It enables bhn to think and plan in perfect quiet. It is said of Queen Victoria that do other] woman in the world accepts and accomplishes during evory twenty-four hour* so * many tasks as does her Imperial Majesty. Mrs. Mat French Sheldon, who is to lead an expedition to the Congo in Stanley's footsteps, is a physician of no maan ability, and has also won a reputation as an author -/ and sculptor. A f mra knur shin httr Kmthar W ll> * ter A. Abell, was dying in Baltimore, his sister, Mary Abell, was taking the voil in the . . chapel of the Convent of tUb Visitation, in' Washington. Liectenant-Comma.vdkh Bebby, who had command of the expedition sent oat to relieve the Arctic explorer De Long, is now 6tationed at Memphis, Tenn., in charge of J the light-house district. Jay Gould goes to bed every night at ten 1 o'clock, docs not drink tea or coffee, eats J with great regularity and takes admirabto . vl cAre of his health, but the pace of Wall strwt \ has told upon him nevertheless. During the forty nine years of his life tha '*1 Prince of Wales has drawn $16,500,000 from the public treasury of Great Britain, and hi* debts, it is said, now amount to about $8,OOQ^? -*J< 000. He continues to grow stout and gray. ?5 The fortune of Mme. Barrios, the widow . .j? of the Central American Dictator, now . . | amounts to $6,000,000. In addition to har \'j-M monetary possessions she has six children aafrltffl is herself as fresh and youthful-looking as young girl. * THE LAB0E WORLD. ^ Upholsterers report that business is very Cohoes, N. Y., has thirty-four knitting." . ^ Nashville (Tenn.) bakers have abolished night work. Trot, N. Y., has an eighty-three-year-oil raiJroad engineer. Two adjoining cities seldom pay exactly the same wages. The Hebrew trades unions of New York City are fighting prison labor. The efforts of the Earl of Aberdeen to settle the Scotch railway strike failed. Valparaiso workmen have joined the insurgenta in Chili; business is paralysed. The Confederation of Industrial Organises tions finished its work at Washington and adjourned. About 20,000 unemployed men are now in ':-*|g Chicago, 111., and some apprehension is left ,?j over the situation. * The strike of the train dispatchers and con- jiyj ductors on the Chicago and Lake Erie Rail- < road was settled amicably. The labor organizations of Portugal will ' syl participate in the international demoostCBi tion for eight hours on May I, -.y -.V?a| It was decided in a New York court tbafc '-rvwH | ship-owners were liable to sailors tor injuria* received at th? hands of superior officers, In England the gradual reduction of the ; ^ hours ordaily toil haa been accompanied by fhe decrease "of intoxicrffion and a betterment of the moral condition or wage- >5?| workers. ' The pay of hotel bell bo; s varies with th? . <$? experience of the boy ar>J the character of *?3 the house. It is nominal, as the boy is uiri- vjsj formed, lodged and boarded and of course is tipped by the guests. The carpenters and joiners are working v* eight hours in thirty-four cities of this conn- ; &?? try at present; in 210 cities the nine-hoar " "5H work day prevails, while in sixteen cities tha ' 3j -hours are from fifty-three to fifty-nine par > The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen .- ^ has gained 1928 members during six . mouths, and it has a total membership, of ,:-; J 19,800 at present, while the National Brother^ . 7^3 hood of Kailwav Office Employes has 130,09#\ jg members. ' "i..V'js ,S^3a The Swiss workmen's congress has passed ii/jl a resolution affirming the necessity of mak- ' ,$3 ing ten hours' work the Umit of a regular -<'??? working day. The congress also resolved that Swiss workmen should observe May 11 \ as a "labor day" holiday. Tee London carpenters are at present agi- ' v|s tating for forty-seven hours per week, aft . -dejg| twenty cants an hour, overtime to be paid double, traveling expenses on jobs over four miles from the bosses' shop, no subletting nor '.'^3 piecework, suitable places to take meals. ,; j| In Austria women ara employed to carry :< 3a| the mortar and brick to the builder*. They ,>.?? work from seven in the morning till six -at Jgg night, with one hour at noon, and receive r$j twenty cents a day. Most of these femal* hod-carriers are unmarried and homeless. ^ The International Workingmen's Union, -J when revived, will have for Its object the _;?S preventing of emigrants from working for less wages than the men to whose countries 'iiSa they emigrate. Bureaus of information and agitation are to be established in all the prin- J | parts of Eurcp;; ' Labor CommjSSiC-N'er Lee mebiwetiffii?, | of Missouri, has suggested the formation or -"j an association for the protection of laboring 3 men against dishonest employers, installment houses and similar impositions; and the labcr ~ ? organizations of tha State are taking steps $3 to carry out the suggestion. The number of work people engaged in y| American manufactures in 18S0 was 2,730,000, and they averaged less than 91 a day.1. m In the same year 8,000,000 farmers and farm * hands received for their labor the average of .. I asea coueuiiveiy, iue grrat mas) ui - ; American producers received each about ^ eighty-five cents per day. \;:^?5 THREE PERSONS BURNED, 3 A Fire in an Oil Village Destroys Most of the Business Portion. A fire at an early hour on a recent morn* ' ing nearly destroyed the entire business seetiou of the village of Cygnet, in the Ohio oil regions. Michael Slattery, Conrad Ma- i loney, and hu daughter Gertrude were all burned to death. The fire began in a frame building occupied as a millinery store by Mrs. Conrad Maloney, and probably was started from a gas jet which was burning ' near the ceiling. Those who lost their lives were sleeping over the millinery establishment. Mrs. Maloney and a five-year-old child, who were Jj' sleeping in' a rear room back of the store,. escaped in their night clothes. From the millinery store the fire swept aloug the street, destroying tne Darner snop of William Davis, the grocery store c? Herniann D. Halin, the dry goods and clothing store of W. H. Belknap and the hardware and oil well supply store owned by Shaw, Kendall & Co., of Toledo. H -At this point the fire burned itself out for ^ ?.?:-l T_ 1? ?]1 la want ui uiaitutai. xu ueai y ?>i iuo ings clerks were sleeping, and many of tliera ,;-.l had narrow escapes. The total loss will vW about WO.000. with about $30.000 insurance / A statement has been prepared at th? Census Office showing the population of tht District of Columbia by races. The stato w ment shows that of the total populatioi 9 (380,392) 154,352 are whites, 75,927 cotoreJ, If Eg Indians, 8fi Chinese, and 8 Japanese. Th? flj total increase in ten years has been 52,77^ E9 md of this number 36,343 are whites and 16^ M 131 colored, __ - B