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^ESIffi CENTENARY.
One Hundredth Annirersary of ?
the Founder of Methodism.
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A Statue to the Theologian Unveiled
in London, England, ;
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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
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