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^ESIffi CENTENARY. One Hundredth Annirersary of ? the Founder of Methodism. < ? A Statue to the Theologian Unveiled in London, England, ; i The centenary of John Wesley's death wat ; celebrated with appropriate ceremonies by J Methodist churches generally throughout < Europe and America, and the life and work ' ?f the apostle of Methodism were eulogized fey the ministers in their sermons. In London, England, a statue erected in ' fcia honor was unveiled, in the presence of ? large number of people, in front of the City ! ' Road Chapel, the headquarters of the Wesleyans. The Rev. Frederick William Farrar, Archdeacon of Westminster, took i oart in the ceremonies attending the unveil- i lag of the statue, and afterward, with Sir Robert N. Fowler, one of the members of / Parliament for London City, addressed p meeting in the City Road Chapel, extolling toe virtues of Wealey. Arch d?acon Farrar delivered a long and eloquent eulogy of John Wesley, in the course t of which he said that he regretted, as a Churchman, that the Church, 100 years ago, had not the wisdom to assimilate with the * mighty enthusiasm which gave momentum 1 to the Weslevan movement. It seemed, Irl the Archdeacon, shocking and dis [graceful in Christians, bound by a common Christianity, to treat each other with mutual coldness. John Wesley himself, he [ added, set an example of splendid tolerance. The Archdeacon, in conclusion,reminded the oongregation of the words of William Penn, that the humble, meek, merciful and just are all of one religion, and will so recognize one , another when in another world, with the , mask off. In New York City a number of clergymen connected with the Methodist churches v assembled at the Methodist Book Concern to celebrate the one hundrodth anniversary in an appropriate manner. Rev. Dr. S. Parsons presided at the meeting, which opened with prayer at 11 1 (/clock, the hour that John Wesley expired. ' Rev. Dr. John Atkinson, of Jersey City, delivered an address, after which Rev. Dr. George Lansing Taylor read a poem on the death of Wesley, Rev. Dr. Edwin Wilson, * of the Reformed Episcopal Church, presented an autofjraph letter written by the reformer in 1770. In Boston, Mass., services in commemoration of the one hundredth anniversary of the ' famous theologian and revivalist," were held in Wesleyan Hall. The exercises were under the auspices of the Methodist f preachers' meeting, Rev. W. N. B rod beck, I). D., presiding. After devotional exercises Rev. H. C. Sheldon, D. D., of the Boston University School of Theology, and Dr. r Daniel Steele addressed the gathering on Wesley's life and work. ' In Philadelphia, Penn., the 100th anniversary was celeDr >ted by an experience meeting of the Methodist ministers of the city. There were a large number of ministers and laymen present at the meeting, and the anniversary of the death of the great founder j -of their church was marked by most interesting services. John "Wesley's Career. John Wesley, the founder of the Metho dist Church, was born at Epsworth, in England, June 17, 1703; graduated at Oxford with distinction; became a deacon in 1725, a Fellow of Lincoln's College in . 1728, and was ordained a- priest of the Church of England in 1728. He became deeply im- ( pressed with the necessity for changes and j reforms in religious matters, and at Ox . ford associated with his brother and ( - others who from their devotion were termed j in derision, "Methodists" and the "Godly 1 Club." John Wesley adopted habits of great , austeritv, and studied and fasted to such an extent tliat he seriously injured his health. In 1735 he went with nis brother, Charles Wesley, to Georgia as a missionary to the Indians. During the voyage he became ac- 1 quainted with a number of Moravians ' with whom he subsequently coB ?Derated. Returning: to Europe, he ] rfoited Count Zinzendforf at Herrnhut in i 1788, but, owing: to some difference, sepak fated from the Moravians in 1740. Prior to this ho had commenced preaching in tl? pen air, and at Bristol, England, had la'l file foundation of the Methodist Church which is now said to embrace in England and . America at least four million members. He possessed great powers of endurance, [ traveled extensively on horseback, and, continuing bis system of field preaching, delivered several sermons in tne course of one day. He was very benevolent, and was the author of numerous religious works. He died March 2.179L "SENATOR GEORGE HEARST. The California Millionaire Dies After j. a Lingering Illness. ^ Senator Hearst's long illness came to an end with his death at 9:10 on a recent night In Washington City. For many weeks it has been apparent that a fatal termination was Inevitable, and the wife and son of tho California Senator have been with him con- e stantly. t His illness has greatly puzzled his physi cians, having been attributed to cancer of nie si/ULuauu auu u*uuer 01 iu? colon, out It IS agreed that the immediate cause of death j, was ursemic poisoning. He was taken ill in ? Chicago during last August while on his way East from California to attend Congress. Though able to be removed to Washington, he has taken no part in the sessions of the Senate, having been confined to his house c ver since his arrival. r George Hearst was born in Franklin j County, Missouri, on September 3, 1830. His father had gone to that State from North Carolina in 1819. The son received only such " a limited education as the common schools afforded in that dav. He worked on his a father's farm until 1850, when he caught the gold fever and went to California. C For several years he was a miner and I prospector, and subsequently, by location u and purchase, he became the owner of s valuable mining interests and a large em- c ployvr, having at one time as many as 3000 men at work in his mines alons and opera- c ?xing quartz miiis mat crusnoa 1000 tons of j oreper day. b The increase of hi3 wealth was steady and b rapid, and for sorce years past his income has been something like $1000 a day. . fie had .been for a long time chief partner I in the extensive miuing firm of Hearst, ? Higgins, Lewis & Co. He owned about 40,OW acres of laud in San Luis, .> Obispo County. Cal.; a ranch of 100.000 acres of grazing land in old Mexico, 'J stocked w ith a very large herd of cattle and i1 a fine stable of thoroughbred horses. He ? was also interested in a large tract of land near Vera Cruz, and in railroad build- tl ing in Mexico. His fortune at the time of p his death was estimated at $20,000,000. fi Mr. Hearst's political career began with d his election as a Dpmocrat to the California c 'Legislature in 1865. In 1S82 he was a candi- i date for Governor in the convention which t met at San Jose. General Stoneman beat him for the nomination. c In 1885 the Democrats, who were then in a r minority in the Legislature, gave him their , unanimous vote for United btates Senator, and on March 23, 1886, the Governor ' appointed him to fill the vacancy ^ in that body, occasioned by the death of ? : T~u.. T7? u:ii? tl:-* m \ K^uawi uuuu x' . uAJiiei . xiu? usrm ui service lasted only a few months, but he was sub- a aeauently elected to succeed Abram P. "Williams and took his seat March 4, 1884. c . ii CANADIAN TRADE. ? The Balance in Favor of the United States lor Last Year. R c The trade and navigation returns of v -Canada for 1890 have been issued. The ex- c Q ports were $97,749,149, and the imports j #138,858,341. The imports increased last year t by $7,500,000, and the exports increased si about the same. The balance of trade against u Canada was $31,109,093. Canada's exports tha TTnffArl Sfflfoc tvara tirt HAA a?/I Imports 152,000,000. * .?w.wv, t] s A CENSUS bulletin, just issued, gives the ? number of persons serving terms of i?gprisonment of one year and more in the a State prisons and penetentaries on June L, ? 1800, as 45,333, a ratio of 722 to 1,000,000 of 11 Ipopulation, and an increase of thirteen to the 1,000,000 since 1880. b THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern mid Middle State*. The inhabitants of Johnsonburg, Penn., ire fleeing from the town, four deaths fron smallpox having occurred. The ice jam in the Hudson River seriously )bstructed travel on the New York Central , Railroad. 1 A V A-rnlncinn nf era* took dace at th< Potts town (Penn.) Iron Company's stee works. Several tons of hot metal floatet from the converter in which it is kept befon it is turned into the moulds and fell in i shower over the men, painfully burning some fifteen of them. George Townlier anc Charles Rutter were fatally burned. The ashes of Henry Meyer, of Stater Island, were scattered to the four winds fron the Statue of Liberty in New York harbor. | according to his dying request. Fire at Hermon, St Lawrence County N. Y., burned eighteon blocks, causing i loss estimated at $75,003. A high wind prevailed at the time of the fire, and all of th< business portion of the town, except sii stores and one hotel, was destroyed. Thi origin of the fire is believed to have been in cendiary. John Copeland, a wealthy storekeepei of Parnassus, Penn., fatally shot his wift and then tried to kill his two children anc himself, but was prevented by neighbors. Copeland is thirty-two years of age. At Willimantic, Conn., two girls, Margaret O'Brien and Nellie Lynch, were crosstog the railroad track when they wer? Jtruck by the Boston express. The O'Briec girl was instantly killed an i the Lynch giri fatally injured. Both were horribly man gled. Fire wiped out the home and cremate 1 t.ho two Tounz children of Henry C. Roweio the Northfieldf district of Littlefield, Conn. The United States Life Saving Station at Dutch Plains, N. Y., together with the lifeboats, apparatus and all the belongings of tho crew, was destroyed by fire caused by light ulng. John H. Gould, one of the most extensive furniture dealers in Philadelphia, Penn., h(u failed. His liabilities are between $225,000 and $250,000. Amos Davis, accountant for N. D. Chasi & Co., lumber dealers at Haverhill, Mass., committed suicide. He had a severe attack of la grippe. A judgment for $390,000against the Kentucky Union Land Company, at Louisville, Ky., has been obtained by J. R. Todd & Co., of New York City. The fire in the weave shed of the Renfrew Manufacturing Company at North Adams, Mass., entirely destroyed the shed vith the ofn anfnilinfr a. Iocs of mtiumiio* jy oww?, ww , ? --? ? fully $500,000. South and West. Three assassinations in six wesks is tin record at Leon Junction, Texas. While three men were returning from | work cn a hand-car at Santa Cruz, Cal., th< | car jumped the track and passed over theii bodies, killing them instantly. Nearly every building in Yuma, Arizona, has been destroyed by flood. George Bachmann, a wealthy German hanged himself in Chicago, 111., because hii bride of three days, a beautiful Polish girl, had deserted him. The rolling mills at Joliet, 111., havebssn shut down indefinitely, and 1000 men ara thrown out of employment. The company refused the demand of the men for a sliding scale. J. C. Arnold, guard at the United States prison on McNeil's Island, Washington, and two prisoners, Charles Glenson and Charles Barrett, were drowned in tha Sound while attempting to reach ths main land in a sailboat, which capsized during a squall. The cable of tho incline at the coal mines at Whitehall, Tenn., broke on a recent morning as the miners were going to work, and fho mAiintain Twa LLIO V^li UMUCU UV"U vuw u*\^uuwk*t<-? . * >?v men were killed instantly and eleven injured, some fatally. The boiler in the sawmill owned by James Fugate. at Hainley's Switch, Mo., exploded mysteriously. Jefferson Cobb, Charles Cobb ind a man named Dowdy were killed. At Gray's Station, near Barboursville, K!y., Abner Mitchell killed John Woods, and n turn was shot to death by John Ingle, rhe cause was an old quarrel. A fire which gutted the retail dry goods louse of Byram & Sullivan, Indianapolis, [nd., did $100,000 damage to stock and buildngs. Thirty-three cases of diphtheria and nunerous deaths are reported from Baraboo, [Vis. All passenger trains run through with)ut stopping. In the terrible gale which swept the lower rames River a few nights ago twenty-four >ystermen, mostly colored men, were Irowned at points in Virginia just above ind below the mouth of the Warwick River. Diphtheria is spreading rapidly in Milvaukee, Wis. The Australian system of voting has been idopted by South Dakota. At Lima, Ohio, Mrs. Frederick Niehausnver, aged thirty, became suddenly insano hrough worry over a sick baby, and taking he child from its bed jumped into a cistern. Joth were drowned. Bettie Sanderson, an aged colored voman, and her two grandchildren, all livng in Nashville, Tenn., have died from the fleets of poisoning administered by someKxly unknown. The bodies of five men who were frozen in the extension of the Great Northern Raiload in Montana have been recovered. This tiakes seven victims of the storm. The men rozen were all unknown laborers. Washington. The President tranmittei to the Senate opies of papers relating to reciprocity arangements between the United States and Irazil. The President 6ent to the Senate the Lomination of Senator Henry W. Blair, of few Hampshire, to be Envoy Extraordinary nd Minister Plenipotentiary to China. Secretary Foster attended his first Cabinet meeting. At the request of the 'resident he decided to remain in the city intil after the adjournment of Congress. He nirl fV?af. Via nnfininatarl malrinnr trarir fanr iuu vu?w uv uuvtvi^/iaveu uiuaiug ?vt j ion hanges in the Treasury Department. The Navy register, or the register of the ommissioned and warrant officers of the lavy and of the Marine Corps, which has >een in the press since the first of the year, as just been issued. Henry L. Bryan, Private Secretary to fr. Bayard while he was in the Senate" and t the head of thr Department of State, has ?en appointed Secretary of the new Bureau f the American Republics. Senator McPherson's house in Washigton was rot'bed recently. After diDner ewelry valued at $1400 was missed from Irs. McPherson's dressing-case. ahk i-resiaent is3uea a general oraer to i tie Army, fixing a maximum limit for the unisliment of enlisted men in time of peaca or all crimes and offenses within the jurlsiction of courts-martial. The egulation ontemplates a uniform degree of punlsh ent throughout the service and the inlibition of excessive sentences. The United States Supreme Court has deided in favor of the Northern Pacific Raiload in the big land cases. The President made the following nomilations: Henry C. Ide, of Vermont, Land Jommissioner of Samoa (vice Henry B. Itherton, declined)- WillardD. Tillotson,of Vashington, United States Consul-Geuoral t Kanagawa. The public debt s^tement shows an inrease in the debt o" $2,994,750 during the nonth of February. Tho surplus in the "reasury is $<<3,413,777, a decrease during the ast month of about $0,509,000. The Postal Subsidy bill passe.1 by Con;ross authorizes tho Postmaster-Geueral to Anfronf rtp a >.?nnw.nn ??itu buc vTTijoiaui nuiciiuait uuuu essels, officered by American citizens, for arryitvj the mails. The contract is to ba quitably distributed between tho Atlantic, |acitic and (Julf of Mexico. An appropriaion of $1,250,000 is made for the paymentof ubsi-lies to vessels with which contracts are aade. Mrs. Harrison's plans as to the r??novaion and enlargement of the White Housd uggest the use of tha present mansion as a rivate residence and the erection of an flicial wing on the west side, the addition to ie a counterpart of the original structure nd connected with it by colonnades and onservatories. The cost of the proposed mprovements will amount to 1950,000. The Postal Subsidy bill is a law. It has ?en approved by the President. * The Senate, in secret session confirmed the following nominations: Consul General? W. D. Tillotson, of Washington, at Kanagwa; Consul?S. W. Love, of Nebraska, at San Salvador; United States Attorney? C. C. Cole, for the District of Columbia: Land Commissioner in Samoa?H. C. Ide, of Vermont. Thb Treasury Department monthly statement of the circulation issued shows a net decrease during February amounting to $7,516,933. Foreign. The Portuguese Government has signed a provisional contract with a syndicate of bankers for a loan of $50,000,000. guarantesd by a tobacco monopoly for thirty-five v e#ra, for the consolidation of the floating debt. Empress Frederick,of Germany, reached London from Paris; precautions "had been taken to prevent trouble at her departure from Paris, but no hostile demonstration was made. The Roumanian Ministry has resigned. There is a deadlock in Hawaii between a r iiii?i?u.i s i?M VjJuetJLl JiUiiutlKaiaui auu uci vauiuov, nuu have refused to resign at her request. As a consequence she has not yet named her successor, Princess Kaiulam. The Peiraraca pine forest, near Mentone, France, is on fire. An Alpine battalion made unsuccessful attempts to extinguish the flames. A sergeant and two privates belonging to the battalion were suffocated. A revolt against Portuguese rule has broken out in the island of Bissao, once tha stronghold of the Portuguese slave trade in West Africa. The French Chamber of Deputies has decided to suppress every kind of betting on races. Both the selling of Paris mutuels and bookmaking will be forbidden. The decision has caused a tremendous sensation among sportsmen. Dr. Arm and Jeansoutot, of Paris, France, claims to have cured 600 patients Buffering from tuberculosis by giving them daily inhalations of prussic vapor and thus poisoning the bacilli. The German Government has dismissed from its powder and military equipment works at bpandau 1300 employes. There are 8000 men, women and children at present employed on the relief railways in Ireland. The state of siege has been resumed in Rnorino Anw business in tha Argentine is at a standstill. Sweeping economies are proposal by th9 new Italian Ministry. Three battalions of infantry and the entire Fourth Regiment, forming part of the Chilian Government troops stationed near Pisagua, have shot their officers and declared in favor of the revolutionists. The laborers on the relief railroad works at Clifton, Gal way, Ireland, have struck for an increase of wages. The banking firm of Gayette & Dulard, at Bercy, France, has failed with liabilities of $1,200,000. Ship owners have been warned by the German Government not to send any raw material to the Chilian insurgents. TTTP T A "ROT? WHPT.TV X XX XJ XJ UJJU1V II v.1.VUVI Otra mines employ 300,000. A Scotch 6trike cost $3,000,000. Colored miners are increasing. Germany had 1131 strikes in 1890. 6an Fra:v cisco has a girl bootblack. New York marble cutters now work eight hours. St. Paul (Mitn.) clerks have called a mass meeting. The labor struggles are entering another acute stage. The floods throw 30,000 out of work at Pittsburg, Penn. North Carolina will have a State Femala Industrial School. The Coimelisvillo coke strikers lost $227./ 500 in wages in ten days. Ohio retailers want a law allowing ten per cent, of a debtor's wages. May 1 will b3 marked by oight-hour demonstrations throughout Europe. Fresh strikes have broken out in Belgian coal mines in tho province of Hainant. Tjiere is a great scarcity of stenographers in Savannah, Ga., and a constant demand for them. Ten* mills have 6hut down in Blackburn, England, stopping 10,000 looms and throwing 30J0 weavers out of work. The Railroad Coal Operators' Association, in Pittsburg, Bonn., demanded a reduction of ten per cent, in miners' wages. Miners want ten p?r cent, advance. The labor organizations of Toronto are making it hot for the city authorities, who have been discovered to have distributed light-weight bread to the recipients of public charity. ;One million and a half men work in the coal mines of the world. Of these England has 5115,000; United States, 300,000: Germany, 285,000; Belgium, 100,000; France. 00,000; Austria, 100,000; Russia, 44,000. The world's miners of metal number 4 000,000. A ukase has just been issued by the Czar rvf T> nccio i nrXi f 1 el i n rr f lia omrvlAomonf n t Austrian workmen in Russia either in agricultural districts or in factories. Laborers of Austrian nationality are conducted to the Austrian frontier every day in hundreds. The Japanese cannot do so much work as the Chinese, but they are more oasily managed, and they do not have the same desirt to enter into business and thus cdhie into competition with the natives of the foreign couutrv. In Hawaii they have been found better laborers than Portuguese or Chinese. Although the average quantity of coal mined by the individual miner of Maryland at 785 tons per year is larger than the quantity mined by the man in Alabama 500 tons, the Maryland man's pay is smaller than that of his brother in Alabama, the wages in tha latter State being ninety-four cents per ton against fifty-nine cents in Maryland. Op the $(>5,718,135 representing the output of coal in 1839 in this country the 125,229 miners, foremen, superintendents and engineers received as their wages $39,152,124, making the average for the miners about $1 per day. The coal barons pocketed only |2G,400,041. These are the figures given out by Commissioner Porter, the census man. KALAKAUA'S FUNERAL. The Grandest Pageant Ever Seen in the Hawaiian Islands. Tha funeral of King Kalakaua took place on the 16th of February. The ceremonies began in th3 throne room of tha palaca, ani services were according to tb9 ritual of the Episcopal Church. The Bishop of Honolulu an i all the clerzy of the city participated. The royal family, Judges of the Buprama lCourt, Privy Council, noble3 and other officers of the Government and personal friends of the dead King were the only ones present at the services. The palaca was surrounded by natives. The body wa* taken from the palace to the church, where a second service was held, and the city officials and delegations from the other islands, o2i.'?pj nnil t.hfl mnn from the vessels in tie har bor and prominent resiients were admitted. The funeral pageant was the largest ever seen on the islands. The catafalque was surmounted by pyramidal domes resting on pillars covered with black cloth, entwin >d with ribbons of silk. At the top of each pillar waved a heavy black plume with whita tips. The casket was an elaborate piece of native workmanship. The band from the Charleston headed the processicm and was followeJ by officers and a detachment of marines from tho Charleston, the Mohican and H. M. S3. Nymph, natives and others. At the royal mausoleum ceremonies were conducted the Bishop of Honolulu and Master Mason Phillips, a native choir chanting ?* Tiuninry fU.i nrftrrrAja rvP fhu ClU Jiiivrtais, U Ul tUg VUU [it v^t WW v?. vuv. funeral cortege miuuto guus were fired from the men-of-war in the harbor and balls tolled in the citv. The body of a person found in the river at Lockport, Penn., proved to be a woman. An examination of the remains by the physicians revealed the fact that it was completely petrified, having been turned to stone by the action of the water. It was properly carei for. coffined and sent to Johnstown, as she was doubtless one of the victims of the big tlood of '89. The bodies of two mora victims of the memorable Johnstown (Penn.) flood have been washed from the sand by the recent high waters. CONGRESS ADJOURNS. The Dramatic Ending of the Fifty-first Session. A Summary of the Work Whicl It Accomplished. The Fifty-first Congress closed its secr>- 1 term after one of the most remarkable sessions in the history of the country. The scenes in both Houses during the long hours of the night were unusually devoid of excitement. The crowds that had thronged the galleries up to midnight gradually thinned out, and at 3 a. m. not more than a score of spectators were witnesses to the proceedings in the Senate and hardly a hundred persons were in the House galleries. The President arrived at the Capitol shortly after 9 o'clock in the morning, and from that time until noon he was kept almost constantly busy affixing his signature to measures that had passed both houses. Gathered in the President's room in the Senate lobby, where Mr. Harrison went through his task, were Secretaries Blaine, Proctor, Rusk, Attorney-General Miller, Postmaster-General Wanamaker and Assistant Secretary Nettleton, and they were joined by a number ol senators ana several meiuuers ol me auuiw. As fast as the President would approve a batch of bills the Executive Secretary, Mr. Pruden, would take them to the proper house. Two doorkeepers and a policeman kept the curious crowd outride the Presi dent's room from intruding. In the Senate the Committee on Immigra tion was continued. The House bill was passed to supply artificial limbs to pension ei-8 every three years instead of five years, The Diplomatic bill was finally agreed tc without the Hawaiian cable amendment, anc it went to the President. The conference report on the Agricultura Appropriation bill was agreed to, and a par tial conference report on the Deficiency bil agreed to. A further conference was ordered At f.:15 the Senate took a recess till 9 a. m. Upon reassembling at 9:30 o'clock Mr. Ransom, of North Carolina, offered a resolu tion, which was agreed to, tendering the thanks of Congress to the Vice-President foi the courteous, dignified and able manner it which he had presided over the deliberation' of the Senate. At noon tbo venerable doorkeeper per formed the usual act of turning the Senate clock back amid general laughter. When no other business remained to b< transacted, the Vice-President arose anc made his farewell speech. There was a good deal of applause on the <vn 11r? f +Via /lAnAltlCiAti IlUUi auu in kUD gaugnca u.u vuo wuviu?ivu and then the Senate adjourned sine die. Closing Scenes In the House. For nearly the entire night the House hat been in session, and a very sleepy gatherin; of members stole into the chamber whei nine o'clock, the hour for reassembling had struck. Immediately upon the re sumption of proceedings there was i rush of members to hurry througl Srivate bills, which they desired to be sentt< ie President beforo the allotted time hac expired. The greatest confusion prevailed many representatives, who failed to secun recognition, exhibiting their wrath by peltini those who did with bundles of paper, file and anything else they could seize upon. Thi utmost difficulty was experienced for tw< hours and three-quarters in ascertaining what was really going on. The interesting part of the closing scenes bewail at 10 o'clock when Speaker Reed va cated the chair to Julius Ca?sar Burrows Then every one knew that a resolution ol thanks was about to be offered. Mr. McKinley, of Ohio, offered the follow in?: That the th-.aks of this House are presented to the Hon. Thomas B. Reed for th< able, impartial and dignified manner ir which ho has presided over its deliberations and performed the arduous and impoi tanl duties of tho Chair. Mr. Mills demanded the yeas and nays. The resolution was agreed to?yeas, 152 nays, 116--a strict party vote. The Repub licans immediately burst into a volley o; cheers. While the vote was being taken a larg< bouquet of flowers was placed on the desk ol Congressman Richard Vaux,of Philadelphia, and the Democrats formed in line, and, one by one, shook hands with "the man whc danced with Queen Victoria." Shortly after this Speaker Reed resumed bis place and the passage of bills proceedec until ten minutes before twelve, when Mr McKinley announced that the President hat sent word from his room in the Capitol where he had beeu all morning surroundet by his Cabinet, that he bad nothing furthe; to communicate to Congress. Speaker Reed signified he was about tc make a speech. Every one on the floor took hi< seat, ana when he began to make his farewell address, a silence fell upon the whole cham ber so intense that every cough and sigh wa.< discernible. At the close of the speech, wher Reed announced the House a''jorned sine die, ,the Democrats united with the Repub .licans in the uproar raised. Some of thi musical geniuses among the Republican [started the war song, "Tramp," Tramp jTramp, the Boys are Marching," to whicl , the press gallery responded in full choru . with the long metre doxolygv. The Housi applauded and followed with "M; 'Country, Tis of Thee." The pres : gallery then sang several popula songs in succession, closing with "Home Sweet Home," and "Reed's a Jolly Gooi Fellow." Uood humor ruled everywhere and the parties which have been wagin war to the knife upon each other to two years, and the newspaper rep resentatives who have been firing ho shot into both, joined iu a fraternal ex change of cheers and hand-shaking, varie gated with such "horse pi ay" as bombardiuj each other with paper balls and showers oi torn sheets of paper. A scene so nearly ap rvan/lamAninm Vina npnhflhlv TYAVftl tjeen witnessed within tbo waifs of the House and the 2000 strangers looked on wit! mingled wonder and alarm. A Remarkable Congress. The Fifty-first Congress in the opinion ol many veteran legislators, has bean the most remarkable Congress sinoe the war. Its actual working time exceeded that of an; of its predecessors and the nominal working time of all except the Fiftieth Congress, ana in tho numbar of measures brought to its attention and the number, variety and importance of those actad on it likewise surpassed all previous Congresses. Even in its mortuary record the Congress was remarkable, the call of death having summoned no fewer than twelve of its Representatives and three of its Senators. The list contains the name; of Senators Beck, of Kentucky; Wilson, of Maryland, an 1 Hearst, of Calfornia, and Representatives W. D. Kelley, Samuel J. Randall, and L9wi3 F. Watson, of Pennsylvania; S. C. Cor, David Wilber, and Wilber J. Nutting, of New York; Rich' ard Townssnd, of Illinois; J. M. Burnes and James P. Walker, of Missouri; James Lair.l, DT i>eorasiia; jiiawaraj. way, ul ujuuiwu, and James Phelau, of Tennessee. Many of the bills enacted into laws appropriated an unusually large amount of money, and the expenditures authorized will exceed those of any "peace"' Congress since the foundation 01 the Government. The total appropriations made by the Fiftieth Congress were, during the first session,$305,337,516, and during the second session, $422,62d, 343, or an aggregate of $817,935,859, while the appropriations for the first session of the Fiftyfirst Congres3 were $400,627,697, and those of the second session will probably bring tba total appropriations for the Congress to a billion of dollars. A comparison of the work of the Congress just closed with that of its immediate predecessor makes the following exhibit: Bills Introduced?In the Hous3 in the Fifty-first Congress, 14,033, against in the Fiftieth Congress, 12,654, an increase of 1379; joint resolutions, 279, an increase of 10; Senate bills, 5129, against 4000, or an increase of 1129; joint resolutions, lfi9, an increase of 24. Bills Passed?By the House, 1748, of which 1513 became laws, and by the Senate 13U5 bills, of which (173 became laws, making the total number of laws during the Fifty-first Congress 2166, as against 1824 in the Fiftieth Congress, an incroase of 362. The Senate also postponed indefinitely 610 Senate and eighteen House bills, this being equivalent to a defeat. During the Fiftieth Congress 161 bills were vetoed, and during the Fifty-first Congress fourteen. In addition to this work there were eighteen contested election cases. The Houso seated.eisht of the Republican contestants. FIFTY-FIRST CONGRESS, In the Senate. 70th Day.?The House amendment to th< i Direct Tax bill was laid on the table for the E resent... .The Sundry Civil Appropriation ill was passed.... Among the bills reported from committees and placed on the calendai were the following: Senate joint resolution authorizing Brigadier-General Thomas L. L Casey, Chief of Engineers, United States Army, to accept from the President of the French Republic a diploma conferring the d<*5oration of Officer of the Legion of Honor; Senate bill authorizing brevets for gallant services in Indian campaigns: House bill to pension the widow of Admiral Porter. 71st Day.?The Legislative, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was passed ... Progress was made on tho Indian bill... .Mr. Stewart presented papers in support of the claim of William H. Clagetb to a seat in the Senate from the State of Idaho for the term beginning March 4 (the seat for which the rrrwlfintials of Mr. Dubois are alreadv on file), and they were referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. 72d Day.?The privilege of the floor was given to Mr. Claggett, claiming to be Senator-elect from Idaho, pending the decision of his claim The House bill giving a pension of $2500 a year to the widow of Admiral Porter was passed.. ..The House amendment to the Direct Tax bill was agreed to At 8 p. m. the vote was taken on the passage of the Indian Appropriation bill, and it was passed without a division, and Messrs, > Dawes, Plumb, and Call were appointed. 73d Day.?Mr. Manderson, of Nebraska, was elected presiding officer pro tempore, succeeding Mr. Ingalls....The Houae Postal Subsidy bill was adopted... .The Agricultural Appropriation bin was parsed?An appropriation of $1,250,000 was included in the Postoffice bill for the foreign mail service.... House bill relating to the treaty of reciproc. :.ty with the Hawaiian Islands was passed The credentials of Jamts Henderson Kyle as Senator from South Dakota, beginj oing March 4, replacing Mr. Moody, were I olaced on file... .The credentials of John B. Gordon as Senator from Georgia, replacing I Mr. Brown, were placed on file....The . House joint resolution appropriating $1,000,l )00 for the improvement of the Mississippi River, to be Immediately available, was jassed. 74th Day.?The conferrees were instructed . to insist on the Sherman amendment to the j Copyright bill....The General Deficiency . bill was considered, and several amendments were adopted, including the one relating to ;he French Spoliation Claims; Mr. Plumb's imendment to this bill to transfer the census force to the classified service outright was iefeated The conference report on the Postoffice Appropriation bill was agreed to ... A resolution to pay ex-Senator AfcDonild, of Arkansas, nis pay as Senator from March 4, 1807, till he was paid, was agreed to ....Mr. Manderson, President pro tem., was appointed member of the Committeo on Rules, in place of Mr. Ingalls, resigned; Mr. Casey, a member of the Committee on Agri:ulture, in place of Mr. Blair, resigned, and Mr. McPherson, a member of the Select Committee on the Pacific Roads, in place of Mr. Hearst, deceased.... The Senate bill to incorporate the National Conservatory of Music of America was passed... .The conference report on the Sundry Civil Appropriation bill was agreed to. 75th Day.?The Senate resumed its session at nine a. m., with the Vice-President In the chair The Brussels treaty for the suppression of the African slave trade and traffic in spirits and firearms in the Congo Free State was defeated....The adjournment w*s reached without any incident of importance, Mr, Morton making a speech of thanks. In the House. 68th Day.?On motion of Mr. Quinn, Seuate bill was passed for the relief of the as?' * D TWa T signees 01 iiuuu nuai;u..,,iuo ug^iauiufc, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill was considered... .The Shipping bill was debated, and at the evening session the General ' Deficiency bill was passed. | 69th Day.?After a fight lasting from five o'clock to midnight the Postal Subsidy bill : was passad by a vote of 140 to 130. 70th Day.?The House immediately proceeded to vote upon the motion to ask the Senate for a conferenca on the Postal Sub sidy bill. It was agresd to, 113 to 83 " The Speaker appointed Messrs. Farquhar, 1 Dingley and Springer as conferees on the Shipping bill... .The Speaker laid before the ' House a communication from tho family of L General Sherman, thanking the House* for the resolutions adopted in his honor,... ' Mr. Caswell submitted the conference report ' on the bill to define and regulate the jurisdiction of the courts of the United States, and it was adopted... .The conference report 1 on the bill establishing a private land-claim ' court was agreed to... .Sir. Thompson re' ported the following resolution: That Aleck Boarman, Judge of the United States Dis1 trict Court lor the Western District of the r State of Louisiana, be impeached for high crimes and misdemeanors, rencung toe conJ sideration of the resolution public business f was suspended and the House proceeded to ' the consideration of resolutions eulogistic of the life, character and public services of J the late James Phelan, of Tennessee. 1 The eulogies were unusually touching in their i character and thera was a deep feeling manifested . At the closo of the addresses the 9 House, as a mark of respect, adjourned to 8 s o'clock that night The House met at 8 * o'clock and the Copyright bill, with Senate 1 amendments, was presented. Mr. Payson 3 moved to concur with the Senate amend3 ment. Defeated?yeas, sixty-four; nays, 7 129~this being equivalent to a non-concurs rence. l" 718t Day.?The Speaker appointed the ? following committee to attend tne funeral of * the late Senator Hearst: Clunie, McKinley, N Blount, Geary, Tucker, McComas, Caruth, 0 CKNeil, of Massachusetts, and McAdoo.... 1 The bills for the erection of the New York Custom House on the Bowline Green sit? * and for a new Mint building in Philadelphia * were pass?l....A motion to suspend the ' rules and pass the Senate Meat Inspection i bUl (with amendments) was passed?yeas, ' 101; uiys, seventv. The conference report * on tbe bill as to claims for Indian depredaI* i." ?J Kill fho LAUUS >YOO agIDCU IVi MlUOUUUU KJ111 4V( VUV safe transportation and humane treatment 1 of export cattle from the United 8tates to foreign countries was passed. ...The conference report on the bill to repeal the Timber Culture law was agreed to....Senate bill ! for the erection of a public building at Sagb inaw, Mich., at a cost of $250,000 was passed, i 72d Day.?Mr. Cannon presented tne conference report on the Sundry Civil bill and it was agreed to... .Tho conferrees were ini structed to insist on their disagreement to i the Hawaiian cable project, and in conference the provision was stricken out by the conferrees of both houses....The conference report ou the Postofflco Api propria tion bill was agreed to .. .Mr. Funston, of Kansas.submitted a disi agreeing report on the Agricultural Appropriation bill, and the bill was returned ! to tne conference Tho conference report on the Pension Appropriation bill was agreed to....Mr. Butterworth presented the conference report on the Legislative bill. An agreement is reached on all questions, except the Senate amendment making Senators' clerks annual employes. The report was | adopted and a further conference ordered. 73d Day.?The conference report on tho Legislative Appropriation bill was agreed to ...,Mr. Cutcheoa pnwented the conference roport on the bill for the reorganization of the army, but it was rejected, forty-six to fifty-four Tho disagreeing report on the Deficiency Appropriation bifi was called up, the points of difference being the appropriations for tho payment of the Central Pacific Railroad and for the payment of the French spoliation claims. The report was adopted ... .A vote of thanks was given to Speaker Reed, and was carried on strict party lines; the end of the session was roachekl amid scenes of hilarity and confusion. A UNIQUE ACCIDENT. A Girl Fatally Injured by the Explosion of a Barrel ot Sauerkraut. A fatal accident occurred near Crawford, N. J., a few days ago, which is probably unprecedented. A twelve-year-old girl, named Mary Hennecker, was sent to the Cellar by her parents to get a dish of sauerkraut for dinner, and when she attempted to raise the lid of the barrel the sauerkraut exploded with great violence. A barrel stave struck the girl in the eye and temple, inflicting injuries from which she cannot recover. It is supposed that the gasas accumulated in the barrel until they gathered sufficient force to burst their bonds. George Francis Train says ho wou!d rather feed New York sparrows than be made Mayor ot Tacoma. PRECIOUS METALS. | Statistics Compiled by tho DI- " rector of the Mint. ba Largest Amount of Coinage in the J Government's History. ? Tt Edward O. Leech, the Director of tho at United States Mint, has submitted to Con I gress a report on the production o? the pre- ^ sous metals for the calendar year 1890. The {old product of tha United States was 1,- an 588,880 fine ounces (troy), of the value of ?32,845,000, an increase of $45,000 over the _ product of the preceding year. The silver " product of American mines approximated th &4.5C0.000 ounces, corresponping at the rj average price of silver during the year to .. |57,22o,0C0, and at the coinage value of silver to $70,464,645, against a product of 50,- 1 W0,000 fine ounces of the commercial value jf 146,750,000, and coining value of 164,464,164 in the preceding year, an increase of "E 1,500,000 fine ounces iu the silver product of so the United States last year. The silver pro- w dactof smelters and refineries was 64,920,937 One ounces. Tha total value of the gold deposited at the ]a mints during the calendar year was 158,217.105, of which $31,234,342 was domestic bul- ? lion, $4,352,422 foreign gold bullion, $8,857.- c 447 foreign gold coin, $558,386 light weight P domestic gold coins, $3,765,364 old jewelry, plate, etc., and $7,449,141 redeposits. Thrt total amount of silver offered for sale 01 to the Government during the year was 68,- tl 130,457 fine ounces, and the amount pur- tc chased 37,594,373.75 fine ounces, costing $39,- hi J91,840, the average cost being $1.06 a fine ounce. ol The coinage executed during the last cal- in sndar year was the largest in the history of -u * mi nm oao the mint service, aggregating Eiecesof the value or 161,054,882.84, as fol>ws: Gold, $20,467,182; silver dollars, tl 138,043,004; subsidiary silver coins, *v 11.159,904; minor coins, $1,884,792. In addition to the coinage. w gold and silver bars were manufactured to the value of *38,593,188, of which $29,498,606 was gold and $9,094,592 diver. Gold bars were exchanged for gold coin, principally at " the Assay Office in New York, of the value of $23,636,865. There was a marked improvement in the price of silver during the last 61 calendar year, the price reaching the high- ii est point in twelve years. The fluctuations covered a range of 26 per cent. At the beginning of the year silver was quoted at 98 " cents a fine ounc9. It reached $1.21 on k August 19, and closed on December 31 at ^ H.04 1-2. The average price during the vear was: In London, $1.04 3-5; in New York, $1.05. At the lowest price reached during the year the value of the silver contained in the silver dollar was 74.08 cents; at the highest price, 92.06 cents; the average F price being 80.9 cents. The total gold imports were $20,379,458; exports, $24,095,168, a net loss of 13,715,713. The total silver imports aggregated $30,782,- w 531; exports, 126,614,003 a gain of silver of n ?4,168,528. " The amount of precious metals used in the I( arts in the United States during the calendar & vearwas: Gold, $18,105,901-silver,*9,231,178. tl The metallic stock of the United states was, a approximately, on January 1, 1891: Gold, n $704,597,128; sUver, $486,545,076; total, $1,- tl 191,142,204. si Owing to the fcrief time since the close of the last calen^ir- y^ar tuS "'Ita d product of gold and silver in the world for o 1890 are not complete. Complete returns, ii however, havo been received from tl Pimm's Australia. South Africa. a British India, Venezuela and a li few other countries, based upon E which the Director estimates, as a mere ap- b proximation, that the gold product of the b world for the year 1890 was $118,490,000, a falling off of 13,007,000 from 1889; and that tl the silver product of the world was 130,650,- a D00 line ounces, an increase of 7,859,875 fine o ounces orer 1889. n TWICE HANGED, ti The Rcpe Breaking, William West d Was Executed a Second Time. ^ twrnt! trr.-t ?l J ?1~- ._J A vv ill lain tt cbi'j cuiuroUj wuu mux udi cu uuuu >Crouch and his aged wife aud their imbecilod * son last May, paid a terriblo penalty for his I crime at Washington, Penn. With blood I oozing from wounds in his neck and I side, inflicted by himself in a last deuperate effort to cheat the I gallows, he was strapped to a plank and carried to the scaffold. When the trap was sprung the rope broke and the wretch fell to tne ground writhing in agony. Then the ^ rope was again adjusted about his nsck and he was slowly strangled to death. He denied 81 his euilt to the last. ai The execution was ahonibleand sicken- re ing affair. West had always declared that st he would not bang, and when the watch waa ci changed on the morning of the execution he tc drew the blanket over his head and inflicted to severe wounds in his neck and side with a bi spike. When the new guards discovered him er he was unconscious and would have bled to ol death in a short time had not his wounds d< been dressed. pi Then a race began between death and tho ai Sheriff, as it was feared West would die in a sa 'a? h/vira hnwnvpr. r?M.ined con ] sicousnoss, and bt half-past twohe was pro- ai pared for death. Ho was too weak to walk tl and had to be strapped to a board to be m taken to the scaffold. Against this he fought re desperately and would not let the guards m dress him. He was overpowered, however, pi and finally after a dose of chloroform had a been administered to him, tied to the board, of and carried, weak, bleeding and almost life- tr less to the scaffold. When the trap was sprung the rope broke and the man fell to the ground m a heap. The wounds in his E neck had been reopened and blood was flowing profusely. It was a sickening sight. Ina few minutes another rope was procured and ol a third attempt made to send the man into ft eternity?one by himself and two by the law ?the first two being horrible failures, but the latter was successful. tl A brother of the murderer, Bazil West, ai witnessed the execution. He had a revolver in his pocket when he entered the jail yard, , but it was taken from him. He insisted " that his brother was insane, as he had been sc suffering from progressive paralysis, bat h? ei made no farther demonstration. w Ml ai PKOMINENT PEOPLE. ? General Banes began life in a shoe fao ^ tory. Secretary Windom left $150,000 to hli di wife sa General Miles is an accomplished bi- in cycle rider. fa George w. Cable, the novelist, is a skil- tc ful ethnologist. ja De Lesseps, the great French canal maker, is now eighty-six years old. Stanley says that lecturing is more tir? some business than exploring Africa. Edmund Ney, of St. Louis, is a grandnephew of the famous French Marshal. P1 The estate of George Bancroft, the histor 01 iaD, is expected to foot up nearly $600,000. cl< George Thomas Kefpel, sixth Earl of a Albemarle, is dead. He was born in 17SJ9. w Mayor-elect Edwin S. Stuart, of Phil cj adelphia, Penn., is a prosperous bookseller. ^ Admiral L. H. Pinzea y Alvarez, com- : mander-in-chief of the Spanish navy, u . dead. Mir.aw will nrohablv be reouested to re- ^ Burae the Servian throne soon* to prevent a se revolution. j Senator Quay, of Pennsylvania, has 0, been informed by his physician tbat he has heart disease. 19 Ballington Booth is one of eleven chil- B( dren all heartily devoted to the work of the ti Salvation Army. Professor Palmer is the third graduate of tbe old Western Reserve College to as- ci t?uuic a tuau iu x cuc, . or Emperor William, of Germany, at s Eublic dinner appealed to his people to stantf ce y him in all his efforts. es Murat Halstead, the journalist, has ten pj living children?sevec sons and three daughters?and has buried twx ?ous. Two of Fenimore Cooper's daughters, now old ladies, live in Cooperstown, N. Y., in the very heart of the romantic country that the Ba novelist made famous. th Abe Gould, brother of Jay Gould, will in, have charge of the purchasing department of u_ the Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific Railroads under the proposed consolidation. m ;M ' 'n>S8i ?? ?" ,w*- - . ^ LATER NEWS. i Edward H. Moore, of Machiasport, Ms.,, member of the State Board of Agrlcal-' re, was gored to death by a bull in his; xn. A. disastrous explosion occurrtd near^ ilkesbarre, Penn., in the Nottingham Col-i ry. Reese Jones, Thomas Jones, John Mc-| iney and a Polander were fatally burned, i le damage to the colliery was consider-. >le. At Horse Creek mines in waiter uountyr; la., Dr. TV. J. Matthews shot his wife At? nes, killing her instantly. He was jealous id had been drinking. | The big pontoon bridge across the Missouri'. iver, at St. Charles, Mo., was destroyed by e heavy flood and ice, and swept down th? ver. Four men were carried away with e wreck. ,* The President sent to the Senate on th? lal day the nomination of Richard S. Bert, of Nebraska, to be a member of the Misuri River Commission. The nomination as confirmed. The President, among other bills on th? . pt day of the Congressional session, aproved the Legislative, Deficiency, Indian, onsular and Diplomatic, Sundry Civil, ension and Agricultural Appropriation ills, the joint resolution providing for th? ? ? ganlzation of the Circuit Courts of Appeals, le act incorporating the National Conservairy of Music of America,. the Copyright ill, the act providing for refunding bond* ' the District of Columbia, the act provid ig for printing the agricultural report for 591 and ninety-two private pension bills. Tax French artists who refused to send leir pictures to Berlin are now exhibiting at le Stuttgart Exhibition, Stuttgart, Gerlany. Tbafkic on the railroad between Vienna id Trieste has been interrupted by avanches. The Berlin (Germany) merchants have dfrilled to make an exhibit at the World's Fair 1 Chicago. A conspiracy co capture the Government ras discovered in Hawaii; there is a dead)ck over the appointment of a Cabinet by ien9w Queen. ' <5 AN OHIO FOX " DBIVE." ifteen Hundred Farmers and Their Wives Enjoy the Sport. Fifteen hundred Ohio farmers and thoir ives from Greene, Clinton, Clark and eighboring counties, recently organizad a >x drive in Greene County. They were rmed with fox horns,co"i9ts, election whises, brass instruments, bass drama, tin cans, ad everything else which would make a oise. Divisions were formed, each under 30 command of a captain, and a lins fully x miles in circumference was formed. 2H 2li TT?? o? vuwrjrc ui jr"*4j> er was flreu H2ior an ?T7i! and th$ pGOpIj ommenced leating their drums and blowig their whistles to scare the foxes oat of ieir holes. The din was frightful and 1&3 nimals flew for their lives. Slowly the great ne closed in, driving everything before it. lb horses were allowed except those ridden y the captains of the divisions. Everyody, even ladies, walked. A large number of foxes were started as tie lines closed in, bat as no shooting was llowed they all succeeded in escaping exept in one instance, when a man, deter* lined to make a capturo, threw himself on a ox bodily and nearly crushed it. About 200 ladies participated in the sport nd would all scream when a fox ran trough the lines, brushing against their r esses. . Additional "drives" are being planned,and bey bid fair to become as popular among Ihio farmers as fox hunts are in England. Iverybody can participate, because neither orses nor dogs are required. , THE SACK OF IQtJIQPE. wo Hundred Women and Children Perish in the Rains, > Additional advices received from Chili say mt the bombardment or iquique by cae mirgents was productive of-, .great los3 of lif? id heavy damage to property. When the ibels entered the city they attacked the ores and houses in six of the prinpal squares, and completely wrecked lem. The buildings had afforded shelter i a large number of women and children; it the insurgents, heedless of the rules gov ning civilized warfare, pursued their work ! destruction, regardless of the frantic enjavors of the helpless occupants to seek a ace of safety. It is known that 200 women id children perished in the ruins . of tha .eked buildings. The insurgents seized the custom house, id then pillaged all the principal bouses in le city. After General Soto, the comander of the Government forces, had surndered the city, the rebel leaders landed ore troops from their vessels for the lrpose of holding the place, and dispatched force into the country, with the object ! meeting and engaging tXe Goveranieafc oops. ifc Crop From Two Kernels of Com. ? A Kansas paper says the entire supply E Jerusalem corn in tnat ataie caoiv om two kernels. These produced the :ed from which five bushels were raised le following season, and the next crop nounted to 500 bushels. The plant grows to the height of about iree feet, and resembles broom corn or >rghum. The grain is white and answers rery purpose which is served by Indian )rn. It makes sweeter and better bread, id is delicious when boiled, after the lanner of oatmeal. In wet weather it ins to stalks and grows six feet high, ithout any grain to speak of. It produces best when the season ia ry, and after the plant gets a start it is iid to bo absolutely impervious to theifluence of drought and hot winds. The ,rmers of Western Kansas are preparing > engage in its culture next season to a rge extent.?JVfie York Daily Conti' mt. A New System of Li&htin?. A new system of lighting by means of jtroleum lamps has been introduced ia le of the large railroad stations in Lonon. The system consists in the use of largo tank containing the oil, from hich pipes run to the various lamps, irryingthe oil by gravitation, as needed, ach lamp has a small reservoir for holdig sufficient oil to saturate the wick, the jw of oil bsing regulated by an autolatic valve. The joints in the pipes are ?aled by a material not affected by oil. he wick is lowered or raised by a wiro utside of the lamp, and when the wick lowered a flash light continues to bum, > thai the entire wick can be lighted hen required.?Boston Transcript. Tun Amorican Bobbin, Spool and auttle Company has been organized Portland, Me. It comprises 83 per nt. of the bobbin and shuttle interIVa TT?\i4A?1 o?/I a to ill Luu ^ aiicu VJ baico, u??u ? iid capital of $2,000,000. A prominent New York physician ys that all persons who do not take eir meals regularly are more or less sane. There it is again?anything to irt the feelings of the poor newspaper an. i