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L M MOLTKE DEAD. ?/ Germany's Great Field Marshal * I Expires Suddenly, 1 I A Sketch of His Long and Event| ful Career. i I ? T r ItlBWni i COUNT VON VOLTES. ] ' A cablegram from Berlin announces that j Count Von Mo'.tke is dead. He attended the Session of the Reichstag during the last after- ' boon of his life. His death was extremely ' Sadden, and the physicians who were summoned announced that it was caused by , f lailuro of the heart. He died at 9:45 p. M., < k passing away quietly and painlessly. The news of the Count's unexpected death caused great sorrow in Berlin. Sketch of His Career. > Bismarck alone remains of the great trio 1 which gave imperial Germany her greatness. ftnci tne "iron re tin 01 wm wu i?u in the obscurity of a country estate, stripped Of his power. In the death of Count von Moltke?the "silent one"?Germany loses < her greatest general, and the science of war- i tare its greatest exponent of strategy. Dur- ] tng tbe threatening days of the terrible < ttrugzle with France. Von Moltke was the (nan "upon whom old Emperor William relied, and in whom centered the hopes of the people of the Fatherland. Helmuth Karl Bernbard Freiherr von Moltke was born October 36. 1800, in the - town of Parchim. Soon after his birth his parents moved to Lubeck, where the Von Moltke residence was burned in the year 1806, and the family then went -to AugustBnhof, in Hoistein. There the future famous Field Marshal spent his boyhood and youth. As a youth he I ' ? ? *? 1 r-ii kim 1 lovea stuav, sua ou latuci snuu mui > to the Land Cadets' Academy at Copenhagen, and he became an officer at tha early age of eighteen. Through the good of> Pees of the Duke of Holstein he was enabled to go to Berlin, where he passed his examina- , - fcion and was appointed to the infantry. He Was dissatisfied with the opportunities of- j fered by the Danish service for advancement, and King Frederick VL granted him , permission to ioin a foreign army for a sea- ' ion, in order to perfect his military education. He begged his Ring to grant him three paonths' pay as "travel money." " If His Majesty will concede my request," wrow VonMoltke, "I trust that I shallacquire such i knowledge and capacity in the Prussian lervice as shall hereafter enable me to repay j the King and Denmark." His Majesty refused this modest request, < and Von Moltke left the Danish service for< over. He entered the Prussian service at the ago of twenty-two. In 1S32 he was appointed on the general staff and in 1835 he was allowed , ; to go to Turkev for the purpose of reorganizing the Turkish army. In 1839 he took part in the Syrian cam- ( " '"ii ooroincf. Mnhnmpt All of EcVTJTL and * at tke cTosa of the war he returned to Prus da. After spending some time in travel he was . appointed Chief of the Grand General Staff of the Prussian Army in 1858 and Lieutenant-Gen eral in 18-59. During the AustroItalian War in 1859 he sp9nt much time with the Austrians, gaining practical knowledge which he found useful in after years, and in 1864, when the war against Denmark broke out, he formed the plain of campaign and as- | sisted in its execution. Two years later, when the morement against Austria began, he di reeled tDe movements or ine troops unu iou them to victory. When war wjth France was declared - against Germany Von Moltke was unmoved. It is said of him that when he first heard the news he was in bed and he roused himself for a moment and said to the mas Banger: "Oh, very well; the third portfolio on the left." In that portfolio were found all the necessary plans for tbe impending campaign. Bismarck tells a characteristic story of Von Moltke. A.t the decisive battle of Sadowa when victory was dubious for hours, Bismarck, tormented by doubt and fear as to the result, rode to the side of Moltke, who sat silent on his black charger. His mind was intent on the ttruggle aud it was impossible to attract his Attention. The great Chancellor had a little case in his pocket containing two cigars, one of choice and the other of inferior qual- I tty. He offered the case to Von Moltke, who, | without speaking,carefully examined the two j cigars ana took the good one without a word of thanks. But Bismarck understood him, and putting spurs to his horse, returned to bis post. He thought that if Von Moltke Could calmly make choice of a cigar at such a moment, it meant that all was going on right. It is said that no one ever saw Moltke excited. At Sedan he was the coolest man on the entire field, although the whole responsibility rested on him, with the fate of tht two greatest nations in Europe awaiting decision at the cannons mouth. His intellect was cold and scientific, more constructs than creative. Nothing was left to chanca or accident. Everything was provided for, and his plans were so flexible that they could be changed in an instant to meet any unforosAan emereencv. For his services m this war with France Von Moltke was created a Count and appointed Chief Marshal of the German Empire, and in 1872 was made a life member in the Up per House of the Reichstag. From this time on Count Von Moltke devoted himself to bis studies and to the teaching of military matters to the young officers and soldiers of the - 'German Army. He attended to his dutiej in Parliament, but seldom showed any inter est in matters not connected with military affairs. His declining years have been spent in tha auiet home life which he loved so well, and aeir surroundings formed the peaceful twilight of a busy life. He was born with the century, and has been one of its greatest characters. His memory will live forever in the hearts of his countrymen as one of the greatest of soldiers, a scholar and a states- ' man, | MANIPURIS SUBDUED. I Twelve of Their Villages Burned by 1 British Troops. Information reached Simla, India, that i the British columns advancing on Manipur, under Generals Lockhart and Turner, when within sT\it of a large native settlement in the Bhagri Valley, halted and sent scouts forward to inform the Manipuris that the British Generals were awaiting proposals of peace from the insurgent tribes. The rebels, Bowever, refused to answer this peaceable suggestion and the British troops were ordered to advance. The British columns pushed forward and burned twelve villages which had been occupied by the rebels. The latter, in great force, retreated to the hills. The British force then shelled the hills with shrapnel shells, killing and wounding large numbers of the enemy. The latter is now believed to have been completely cowed. m PRKSIDE5T HARRISON and msiaeQC JJiaz 9 desired to meet at ?1 Paso, Texas, but it was discovered that the Constitution of Mexico K forbids the President leaving that country, and that for oof President to leave the sacred soil of the United States would be ?auivalent to his resignation. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. A.v abandoned woman, found murdered ind horribly mutilated in a Water street live, pave rise to the belief that "Jack tne ittper," the butcher of Whitechapel, was at arge in New York City. The police hare a lescriptioa of the murderer. Two Italian laborers were killed and four >thers seriously injured in a railroad colision near Rock Point, Penn. Mrs. Martha Hall, aged sixty-five, of Lowell, Mass., who had one leg and her aose broken and her snine injured in the Old Colony Railroad accident at Quincy, was awarded $11,000 by the arbitrators. Walter Tice, twenty years old, and Dharles Christie, as;ed eighteen years of !?oum lamaen, n. were arywnwu m u?*cr t Delaware River. They were ia a sailboat j with twelve other young men. John Powers and John Bulger were fatally stabbed on the streets of Newark, N. J., by Michael Rosa, an Italian. Ex-Park Commissioner Stearns, of Brooklyn, a veteran of the war and comraanderof Harry Lee Post, 0. A. R., committed suicide by stabbing himself through She heart, at his home. He was fifty years jld. and for several months had been suffer,ng with insomnia. A lamp, suspended from the ceiling in the house of Mrs. John Conrad, at Fort Washington, Penn., exploded, fatally injuring Mrs. Conrad and her two daughters, aged fourteen years and twenty-oue months resnof?firolr 1 Ywv?..vV . Soke unknown perscn broke into the stable of Jacob Kernierer. near Murraysville, Peun., the other night, and poisoned four imported stallions, valued at $10,000, and then cut up the carriages and harness. Rarrisville, N. Y., a thriving village on the route into the Adirondack forest, was practically destroyed by fire, the loss being estimated at $100,000. Deacon J. Ellery Piper, a wealthy resident of Hyde Park, Mass., was killed a days ago by a train. The Centre Block in Franklin, Penn., waa destroyed by fire. The losses aggregate IICO.OOO, partially insured. It was the largest fire that has occurred there for ) ccu d. South and West. The Detroit (Mich.) Street Car Company backed down. It appointed two lawyers to confer with the strikers' committee, and they agreed to the demands of the men. The city presents a holiday appearance in consequence. Chief of Construction Bcrnhan, of the World's Fair, Chicago, III., appointed C. B. Atwood, of New York, designer-in-chief. Nelson Bray, a desperado awaiting trial for arson and burglary, was shot through the head and killed by Jailor Hall, while attempting to escape at Versailles, Ky. Waites Martin, colored, was hanged in the jail yard at Columbia, 8. C., for the nf A 1 ir?a Mnf-oAn a whitx* wnmnn I Bill Miles, colored, was executed at Pickens, S. C.j for tbe murder of Jake Griffin. Edmund Holioway, also colored, was hanged at Mailning, S. C., for the murder of John W. Dubose, white. Mrs. Betty Harbison- Eastox, sister of President Harrison, was mortally injured, and Miss Moore, her niece, badly shaken up near Cleves, Hamilton County, Ohio, by a buggy accident. General H. P. Van Clete died at his ; home near St. Paul, Minn. He was born in Princeton, N. J., on November 23, 1809, was educated at the United States Military Academy and served with distinction in the Civil War. Mrs. Josephine Barnaby, widow of J 0k Barnaby, of Boston, who clied suddenly at Denver, Co)., was killed by drinking from a bottle of poisoned whisky sent from Boston by some unknown person. Mr. Barnaby was i wealthy clothing dealer. Fully 2000 of 3000 men employed at the Michigan Car Company's Works. Senator McMillan's big concern in Detroit, Mich., struck, and were smashing everything they could lay their hands on when the police appeared. The strikers then attacked the steel and spring works, to compel the employes to quit. The latter refused, however, and a pitched battle ensued, ending in the withdrawal of the strikers. Tcrxkey Tehrer shot two prisoners who were attempting toescap9 from jail at Monroe, Mich., killing one iustantly and fatally wounding the other. The Traders' and Farmers' Bank of Montgomery City, Mo., is closed, and the cashier. Captain H. W. Covington, has disappeared, leaving a shortage in his accounts of $0300. Is the Methodist Church at Buriington, N. C.. the pastor dropped to the pulpit floor and died ui the midst of his sermon. He was the Rev. R. R. Ricks. He hid about half finished his sermon when he suddenly turned very pale, ceased talking, and Sink down behind the pulpit. Mayor Waskbcrn-e's first official act on entering upon his duties was to issue an order to the Police Department to close up every gambling house in Chicago. Bcsin"ERS at Zanesville, Ohio, is paralyzed, owiug to a general strike in the building trades. Poncho, the famous Piute Indian, who piloted General Fremont across the- Sierra r*evadas, died a few days ago at the ryramid reservationn in California. Poncho was a Mexican veteran and wore a bronze medal presented to him by the Government. A serious wreck occurred on the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad at Gaithersburg, Md. A west bound express train ran intc an open switch and into aside tracked freight train. Two postal clerks ani several pas seugers wore killed. Washington. Superintendent Porter, of the Census Bureau, published a bulletin about the relative economy of cable, electric and animal motive power for street railways. It states that electricity is cheaper than cables or horses for street railways. Sexor Manuel de J. Galvan, formerly Minister to Washington from San Domingo, has returned to the Capital in the capacity of a special Commissioner to endeavor to negotiate a reciprocity agreement between San Domingo and the United States. Building Inspector Entwistle reported to the District Commissioners that it will cost about $50,(XW thoroughly to repair and l'PPniKfminf. thu ShnraHom Vir?a_Praci^??n# Morton's hotel, the stairways of which re centlv gave way. The hotel will have to be closed for several mouths. Judge Elias S. Terry died at his residence in Washington, aged eighty-four years. He came of a Huguenot family which settled in South Carolina. Judge Terry was born in Charleston. The 4'^ per cent bonds redeemed by the United States Treasury amouut to a total to date of $16,055,950. Commodore Folger, Chief of the Naval Bureau of Ordnance, has just completed the preliminary arrangements with tha Dupont Powder Company for the erection at Newport, R. I., of a plant for the manufacture of gun cotton. The Duponts will erect the plant free of expense to the Government according to the naval designs, and are pre- < Dirinz to make the new smokeless powder in large quantity. S. D. Miller, the son of the AttorneyGenera!, has been appointed to the p'.ace lately vacated by Mr. Tolinan, Chief or the Division of Requisitions and Accounts of the tYar Department, and has been designated as his private secretary by Secretary Proctor. Tub convention of the Association of Medical Superintendents of Insane Asylums began at the Arlington Hotel in W ashington. The Chinese Government has informed the Government of the United States, through the Department of State,of its unwillingness to receive ex-Senator Henry W. Blair as Minister to China from the United States. Attorney-General Miller has received the report of District-Attorney Grant at New Orleans on the killing of the Italians in the Parish Prisou there last month. He immediately sent the report to Secretary Blaine. Foreign. The miners' strike at Dortmund has assumed gigantic proportions. Tea thousand men are out. Disastrous rain storms and floods have visited Peru. Rev. Ionacio Lkon Velasco, Archbishop of Bogota, is dead. Portugal has yielded to Great Britain's ultimatum, and has consented to the free passage of the Pungwe River, in Africa. The body of Field Marshal Von Moltke lay in state in Berlin, Germany, and was viewed by the public. Influenza is epidemic at Christiania, Sweden. Over three thousand persons have been afflicted with the disease. The death rat? has increased ten per cent. A number of schools have been closed, the theaters are deserted and the staffs of the police and the postal departments are greatly reduced in strength. The death of the Grand Duke Nicholas, an uncle of the Czar of Russia, took place. He was a field marshal in the Russian army. He was born in 1831, and was married in 1856 to Princess Alexandria of Oldenburg. The Chilian insurgents1 monitor Huascar has been sunk by a torpedo. The striking weavers at Bradford, Eng- 1 land, have returned to work. 1 The French Ambassador to Russia has 1 tendered his resignation. The influenza epidemic is becoming of an alarmingly severe type in Yorkshire and , Lincolnshire, England. In many of the villages of these counties every household has , been attacked by the disease, anl deaths are becoming much more frequsut. ?r?rl ai^r man amnlntraH in f.ha inc< luauu^ci alA iuwi* VMV iron works belonging to tha Rothschilds at "Wilkowitz, Bohemia, have been killed by an explosion. The Regent of llanipur, India, has taken to the hills, and the British troops have taken his capital. Minister carter bas resigned from the Hawaiian Cabinet, and the people are clamoring for a republic. It is saia that the life of the Queen is in danger. Ho.v. C. C. Colby has resigned the portfolio of President of the Privy Council of Canada. Advices from Samoa state that ex-King Tamasese is dead. He had been suffering from Bright's disease. It was Tamasese who was declared King by the Germans when Alalia*-/ war dpnoifid and Mataafa took his place as tho representative of bis family in the rivalry for tbe crown. This was the origin of tho famous Samoan conference at Berlin, in which the United States played so prominent a part. The funeral services over the body of Field Marshal Count Von Moltke took place in Berlin in the ball-room of the General Staff Building, in which building the veteran died. Emperor William, the members of the Royal families of Germany and the German generals followed the hearse to the railroad station. An explosion occurred in a dynamite factory at Cengio, near Genoa, Italy, by which five girls were killed and fifty persons were injured. TALMAGE'S TABERNACLE, The New Structure Dedicated With Imposing Ceremonies. The Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage's new Tabernacle,at the corner of Greene and Clinton avenues, Brooklyn, N. Y., was dedicated with three imposing services, in the morning, afternoon and evening. Immonse crowds attended ail three. The entrance in the small tower on Clinton avenue was opened at 'J o'clock in the morning, and the pewholders were admitted first. After they had made a thorough inspection of the building, persons holding tickets were admitted in the same way. THE NEW TABERNACLE. The crush became 30 great that at 10 o'clocs tho principal doors in the corner tower were thrown open, and ticket-holders were allowed to pass through. The immense edifice was filled in short order, and men and women were standing three or four deep in the lobbies back of the pews. Every inch of space in the galleries was occupied, and people considered themselves fortunate to be allowed to stand anywhere. Just before 10:30 o'clock the large folding doors separating the church proper from the Sunday-school room were thrown open, making one immense auditorium. About 1000 persons crowded into this room, where, though they could not see very well, they could distinctly hear everything that was said. At 10:30 o'clock it was estimated that there were fully 7500 people in the building. Half as many more remaiued on the outside, being unable to gain admission. The Tabernacle is by no means completed. A great amount of work remains to be done, and it will take two or three weeks to finish it. It was after midnight Sunday morning when the last workman left the ' ** : i-t- .i.t. DUUaing. I no muompiews staw ui mo cui- i flee did not in the slightest interfere with the comfort of the audience. The rostrum was handsomely decorated with flowers. A large bank of roses placed under the reading desk attracted a great deal of admiration. The word "Resurrection" was worked in red roses on a white background, and a very pleasing effect was had. The memorial table was one of the principal attractions. It is constructed in part of rough blocks of stone from Mount Calvary, Mount Sinai and Mars Hill, near Athens, on which St. Paul preached. Before and after the services crowds surrounded it and listened to Dr. Talmage's description of the scenes whence the relics came. The family of Dr. Talmage occupied a pew in the center aisle, and near tnetn wen) seated Trustees John Wood, James W. Birkett, P. W. Taylor, Dr. Harrison A. Tucker, * * ?- - *r~r ??bIaa \f Alexander ^uutiuau, mimics m. utwuiu, James H. Ferguson, Edward H. Branch and F. M. Lawrence. Sixty ushers and the Trustees lookel after the seating of the throng. Many persons were turned away from the doors at the evening service, when Dr. Talinage preached. Ho made special reference to the stones in the wall of the church which lie brought from Mount Sinai, Calvary, and Mars Hill last year. It was announced that $22,00() had been raised at the morning service, and further subscriptions were sought to pay off the floating debt of $50,000. FOUGHT THE SHERIFF. Rioting and Bloodshed in tne Pennsylvania Coke Regions. Sheriff McCormick, of Fayette County, Penn., had a desperate battle with the coke strikers on a recent morning at Leisenring No. 3, also known as the Monarch works of the Frick Company. The Sheriff and his deputies had made twelve evictions when the Sheriff was attacked by a Hungarian woman Darned Glashgo. She fired at him with a revolver several times, wounding him in the leg. He closed with her, and after a desperate struggle took the weapon away from her. The woman became infuriated, and acted like a mad person. She caught up an ax and attacked the Sheriff, cutting him seriously 1 on the foot. The Sheriff then shot the woman, inflicting perhaps fatal injuries. As soon as the woman fell a Hungarian caught up another ax and tried to kill the Sheriff. The Sheriff shot this man iu the mouth, wounding him severely. He was then I attacked by other Hungarians, but was rescued by his deputies after he bad shot another Slav in the thigh. The Glashgo woman, after being wounded, forced her way into a house where an eviction was in process, and renewed her attack, this time on the Sheriff's deputies. She was knocked down with a club. One other man was shot Ave times by the deputies, but was not fatally hurt. Company C. of the Tenth Regiment, came to the aid of the Sheriff, and the disturbance ceased. . . I THE PRESIDENT'S TRIP, Progress of the Party on 1 Pacific Slope. Receptions at San Francisco i Other Places. The President was accorded a magniflc reception on his arrival at San Diego, C on tne morning of the tenth day out fi Washington. The train proceeded rectly to Coronado Beach, arriving theri 7:30 o'clock. At Hotel Del Coronaao, wt breakfast was served, the party was recei by ex-Governor Murray, Mayor Gi and members of the San Dietro Receol Committee. Governor Torres, Chief Ej ative of Lower California, and his staff, i resenting the President of Mexico, were troduced to the President as he ent the hotel. Carriages were then ta by the visitors and the Recep Committee for the ferry, wtiere steamer Coronido was in waiting take the party across San Diego Bay to city. The route of the procession lay al the principal streets to tne plaza, in the < ter of which a grand stand, fairly cove with calla lilies and bunting, had t erected. School children to the ni ber of 2500 liberally' provided with c lilies and roses were formed along the 1 and as the President passed by they showc t%~%A ertoM-iiraH hlnacu 11UU WiliU buo uu TT Oi O ovt* vv?*uw v.vww, beneath the feet of his horses so that passed along a continuous floral pi way. As the procession passed army barracks the regulation sa] was fired. The exercises at 81aza were brief. Mayor Gunn m ae address of welcome, to which the Pi dent briefly responded, and was hear cheered by the large crowd assembled in square. At 11 o'clock the President party left by train for Rivereide. The President and party eaw a bsaui floral display on the eleventh morning ol ? *wa KniirJ HHva t.hrniiffh jauiiv wiumg 14 w??v uwu>u w ?- ? ?Q? principal streets of Pasadena, Cal. President and Mrs. Harrison and Ma Luckens occupied a carriage decorated v acacia blossoms and drawn by four bo wearing feathery plumes. Just be; the President left the hotel he waa addre by a curly-headed four-year-old boy, wh( patiated on the fertility of the valley gave the President and his party permis to take away any of the produce that mi suit their fancy. On Marengo avenue procession passed under a large arch c posed of California lillies and hai a base of rare tropical plants, large portrait of the President was played at the keystone. About 2500 sc children were assembled about thi3 arch they showered the President and Mrs. 1 rison with a profusion of bouquets. Those followed passed over a bed or flowers, t afterward the procession passed tbroui gate of flowers. It was opened by two i girls. At 11 o'clock, the .Presidential train s ed on its way to Santa Barbara, where the E spent the afternoon and evening. J irrison was in danger at Riverside. President had just concluded a brief adc to the children, when the horses attached carriage containing Secretary Rusk, ] Harrison and Mrs. Dimmick took frigh the shower of flowers, and dashed a crowd of children in the open r A panic eusued. There were four h< to the carriage, and the leaders trippei the traces and fell down. Secretary ] had jumped out of the carrhge at the alarm, and was at their heads in a mon and with the assistance of some bystar soon had them under control. The President and party arose at 6 o'cl on the twelve morning while their train ' crossing the Tehachapi Mountains of C fornia on the way to the valley of the f Joaquin, and had a splendid view of thee bratei railroad loop at that point. The) stopping place of the day wa3 Bakersfii where tne party arrived at 8:30 o'clock, train remained there ten minutes. The P ident reeeiv<?d a cordial welcome. ? ?? introduce 1 to the oeoDle Judge A. B. Conkling, and was at to respond when he was assa by such a shower of bouquets that he forced to seek shelter in his car. Seeing 1 the President did not desire this treatmenl people stopped whereupon the Presi( again advanced and addressed them. Tu] Cal., was reached shortly after 10 o'clock the President and party, which now inclu Governor Markham, ex-Governor Per. Mr. Stump aud Mr. Crocker, race an ovation. A national salute fired, during which the party escorted to a gaily decorated stand, base of which was the stump of a c moth redwood tree. This was surrour by a guard of honor, composed of the 1 militia and Grand Army Posts. The Pi dent was introduced by Governor Markh The President shook hands with all people who could get near him. has practically recovered the use his right hand, and anticipates no ther trouble, notwithstanding the 1 that the middle finger, which was jured near Santa Barbara the other afi .?. i j tj?u HOOD, IS Still 1U DHUlUjei. x i cmuouu u rison was welcomed to San Francisco t! night by a great display of enthusiasm. 1 Presidential train arrive! at Oakland ab 7 o'clock, and the party boarded the fe steamer Piedmont, which steamed aroi the bay slowly to enable the Pr dent to witness the brilliant illuminatic As the steamer left the wharf at Oaklan signal rocket was sent up from the bow i instantly bonfires blazed from the twin pe of Telegraph and California street and a dozen other elevated points San Francisco. Long lines of stre brilliant with electric lights and red were alsa plainly visible trom tne flee* ol steamer. On reaching San Francisco party entered carriages and drove out 1 ket street to the Mechanics' Pavilion, wl a reception was held. The President and Mrs. Harrison acc panied Mayor Sanderson and Mrs. San son to the First Presbyterian Church in Francisco the thirteenth day of the tri Sunday. The remainder of the dayPresident spent in his room at the Pa Hotel. A number of persons called du the day, but ha generally asked to excused on the ground that he ne? rest. Postmaster-General Wanamaker dresse 1 Calvary buuday-schooi at noon, in the afternoon he addressed tho Yo Men's Christian Association. All the la of the party drove to the residence of Si tor ana Mrs. Stanford in the afternoon. The fourteenth _.... ? the Presid outing- opened t right and warm upon party in San Francisco, and at 9 o'clocl Presidential visitors drove from the Pt Hotel to Vanness avenue, where the pi school children were assembled. The dren were drawn up in line, and tha in< tion was confined to a d up one side and down the ol When Golden Gate avenue was reac after both lines had been reviewed, the p was driven direct to Golden Gate Park, stop was made at the Conservatory, w was closed to all but tho Presidei pun-y. rrom me parte tne anve v. as to Cliff House, whara Adii'nh Sntrn charge of the party and tsco them to the Heights, where luncl was served. Thence thj party ] ceeded to Presidio and reviewed the tr< stationed there. The President and his ps returned to the hotel from Pre&dio lat the afternoon, much refreshed by the es arating breezes from the Pacific. In evening there was a reception in the par of the hotel to the foreign Consuls, Ar Navy and National Guard officers; Feile State and city officials; Senators members of Congress, and invited citiz Prior to this Zeta Phi Fraternity ent?rtai the President for half an hour. At the ception Mrs. Harrison receive! a souvc from the ladies of San Francisco. It wa< elegant suv^r earn nay msieiuuv uesizi The reception lasted until eleven o'clt vhen tae entire party retired. A reception was held at the Palace Ho San Francisco, by the President before left on his marine trip on the morning of fifteenth day of the journey, which was tended by over 100 clergyman of all den< inat.inrw of that citv and vicinitv. P< master-General Wananiaker, previous the trip, inspected the Poatoflice and 1 introduced to the officials. The letter < riers were also reviewed by Mr. Wa maker, who made a brief address. He ^ then driven to the steamer and accompan the President on the excursion. Shoi before 10:30 President Harrison and pa boarded the steamer City of Pueblo atrip around the bav. Promptly at t hour the steamer left the wharf j started in the direction of Alcatraz Isla near which were stationed the Chariest the Hassler, the Madreno, the Corwln i the Rush. In passing the squadron Presidential salute of t?renty-one euna ' tired, and then the cruiser and the cuttei fell behind the Pueblo and tae naval pr< 1 cession moved slowly toward the Golde Gate. Ten thousand or more persons left tb shore to accompany the President on hi the trip. The yacht clubs of San Francisco an neighboring cities and towns decked thei boat houses with flags and bunting. Tt prnieor Pharlpch-in wns miA nf tha most COI epicuous objects, and was resplendent in he IflfJ new dress. The steamer City of Puebl( which was to convey the Presidential part on the excursion, the steamer Haytien {I public, and other large vessels were deci . rated from stem to stern. The Presidei , during the evening received a dispatch froi om kis injured sister, Mrs. Eaton, saying st ^ was much better, and requesting that e change of plans be made by the President o lere account of her injuries. ved President Harrison and party left Sa lnn Francisco by train at 9 o'clock in the mori tion ing of the sixteenth day absent from Was] [ec- ington for Palo Alto, where several houi ep. were spent at the Palo Alto stock farm an in. the Leland Stanford, Jr., University. At red o'clock the train started for Monterey. A ken the Palo Alto stock farm the stock was ii tion spected by the visitors, and trotting exhib the tions were given by blooded horses. Tt to President and Mrs. Harrison planted tre< the of the gigantic species, and then luncheon W? on? served at the Stanford mansion. The retur * * * * to tne station was cnougu uie esiutcs uw ;rflj ator Felton. the late J. C. Flood and other 'ppn At 3:30 P. M. the party took a train for Sa ,im. Jose, arriving there at 4:30 o'clock. After nl[(t short stay the trip was resumed to Montere; ;np which Tvas reached at 7 o'clock. The part (red proceeded to the Hotel Del Monte, wher Jm8 after supper, they retired for the night, ho ^ the grant monument. lute the Ground Broken for It at Riversid Park, New "Xork. resitily The sixty-ninth anniversary of the blrtl the day of General Ulysses S. Grant, has bee ^ commemorated by the breaking of groun for the monument that will rise in Riversid ;iful Park, New York, where the body of th Federal commander has lain since the J?e mer of 188$. The ^yor OS I IF I I'm bwt 11 u gj? Iress into oad. Drsea THE GRANT HOXTOCCTT. | i? Before the time for beginning the esr< ^U9? monies the posts of the Grand Army or tfc firl' Republic gathered at the upper end of Rilent, ersi,io Park, and were massed In and aroun iden tije p]^ where the monument is to stand. On the river opposite the tomb the wai ock ship Yantic was anchored decorated wit was flags and bunting, and at 2 o'clock a salut ali- of twenty-one guns was fired by her. Tb 3aa platform near the tomb was filled with mem 01?* Ders of the Grant Monument Associatioi Irst members of the Grand Army of the Repul I'd, lie, and the speakers. The Marine Ran The played aa overture, and 300 children froi: the Sheltering Arms Asylum, headed by He flfe and drum corD3. marched past the tomb by Each child carried a small bouquet of foi >out get-me-nots, which was cast upon the toint ,iled After prayer was offered by the Rev. Dt "J?3 Clark Wright, Chaplain of Commander Fre< that man>s staff, a chorus sang "The Star-Span? ^the je(j Bonner," and then General Horace Poi IeQt ter, the orator of the day, was introduced b Department Commander Freeman, of the G J A. ft. General Porter spoke at length of th ?e<i life and character of General Grant, an fms! when he had finished the chorus san ived "America." was Commander Freeman next arose to carr; out the great ceremony of the day?tti tae breaking of the pround. The spade whic Q??T he used was a superb specimen of America , handicraft, bearing an inscription contair ing the chief events of General Grant's life resl" Before inserting the implement in the tur a*h General Freeman delivered a brief addres; Vi in which he alluded to the services of Genera ~"S Grant, and concluded as follows: fur '"Now in the preseuce of Almighty Go }"fj." an 1 these witnesses, we, the representative in- ?' Army of the Republic, brea t^r soc* PreParator7 to laying the foundatio P of the monument which shall stand as Lar- . . , .l. i ?? jl sugnL expresaiuu ui liio wvoui i/uo iuiuuu iu -ll3 its chieftain, and shall tell to all the worl 3U(. that the United States of America does nc rry. forget her heroic dead." (Commander Freeman then turned aspadi e3(. ful of earth, and the work of erecting th )Q3 monument was thereby formally inaugu j 3 rated. an(j The Grant Birthday Association held il aks anniversary dinner at Delmonico's, Nei jjjjl York. Over a hundred distinguished citizet jn were present. Hon. Joseph H. Choate pri ^ts, sided, and delivered the opening speecl are Other addresses were made by ex-Seuato the Evarts, Colonel Kyd Douglass, Mr. Fret the erick Tavlor, Hou. John S. Wise andWil lar- iam McMichael. A pleasant interruptio iere to the dinner was the appearance of Mr* Grant in the gallery at the rear of the ha :om- as the talking was about to begin. She wt der- accompanied by Mrs. Sartoris, Miss Vivia San Sartori?, Mi3S Elverson, Mrs. Ganeral Colli ip, a and Miss May Fassett. The moment she wi the seen every man was on his feet, and rigl lace royally was the widow of the man to whoi ring memory all were paying triDuce greecea. > be The memory of Grant was also honore >ded by the Harlem Republican Club that nigl: ad- in a birthday dinner at the Metropolita and HoteL ung ______ ^ A $200,000 THEFT. snt'3 Astounding Story of Robbery Told ii i the a \ew York Court. [>ace A startling story of robbery was brough lblic to light the other day, at New York City cbil- in the Supremo Court, before Judge O'Brien rive Charles H. Holmes, one of the Arm of J. H :her. Labaree- & Co., wholesale tea and coffe bed, dealers applied for a writ of injunction to arty rastraiu Stephen H. Olin and the Unioi A Trust Company from paying $50,000 life in hicii surance money held by them in trust. . ltial It appeared that Arthur C. Gilmao, wh the committed suicide at Flushing, Lon^ Island took on December 15 last, had been taken into rted the company's employ as a clerk at $b i leoa week. He was careful and said to be trust pro- worthy, and was advanced to $15 a week 3ops In 18S4 he was given a one-tenth in teres irty in the firm's business. From that time h< ? ?" uumuienueu a, systematic course ui ruuuer) :hil- After his death it was discovered that hi th3 peculations amounted to 1222,934.53. Th< lors firm found several of his life insurance poli my, cies, aggregating 156,000, pavable to hi: ral, wife, Bessie L. Oilman. These were turnet and over to Oliu with the understanding tha ens. they should go to make good Gilman's steal Ded ing>-, as alleged, if a suit should show tha r.e* was right. * snir Olin collected the money, deposited it ir 3 tiie Trust Company, and awaited developie?* inents. The firm was on the point of fail )c?. ing, when Holmes advanced f 70,000, which saved them. He took an assignment o; tel, the interest of the other partners in he the life insurance money. Upon in IUQ VC3HJJOHUU, iiumico L1U41UA, *v ??ac at- shown Oilman had paid the premiums on tht Dm. ^oliries with the money he stole from tht 3st- hrm. Thereupon Holmes demanded tht to money from Olin, who refused to surrender if anil uc s?Vinr<7<vt Mi'rl ha intamlor) fn t.Iirr ;ar- it over to the willow. Hence the suit for t na- writ <?f injunction. H as Affidavits were submittal by book experts lied showing that (Jiiman's course had been at tjj astounding and systematic one. He had rty robbed the firm from the time he became a for member of it, coveriug up his thefts with hat marvelous s'sill. ind " n(j The Swiss people have thrown ont tij axi a crushing majority (352,000 votes against in(i 94,000) the bill granting pensions for thf the federal employes. Those attached to the iracJ poctofflce were more particularly in view. > THE ETERNAL CITY SHOOK. n ie .? is ?- ? d Explosion of a Large Powder te Magazine Near Rome. i- _________ X y Seven Men Killed and Oyer a' JJ.UliUi.GU. IT VUUuuUi > lt 11 At about 7 o'clock a few mornings ago a J? tremendous explosion shook the city of u Rome, Italy, to its foundations, spreading terror and dismay. The people rushed afQn frighted from their homes into the streets; j. houses rocked, pictures fell from the walb, 3 thousands of panes of glass where broken d everywhere, crockery was shattered, furni o rare was overturned, chimneys crashed it down upon the roofs, and, in some instances, i- toppled over into the street below. 1- Toe cupola of the Houses of Parliament te immediately after the explosion shook vio?s lently and then collapsed with a crash, is which added still further to the feeling of n horror which had spread through Rome, l- People of all ages and conditions were rushs. ing, pale with fear, about the streets, trying ,n to seek consolation from others, who were as a thoroughly terrified as themselves. f, In the houses, doors, windows and cupy boards were burst open, and the tables, chairs e, and other pieces of furniture were thrown crashing to the floor. Rents and cracks appeared in the walls, the plaster fell from the ceilingi, and general desolation prevailed. In many instances people were thrown from their beds by the shock, and cries of terror filled the air as thousands of families rushed 0 out into the streets. Many of them left their homes in their night clothes. Hie opinion prevailed that Rome had been l" visited by an earthquake shock and that a n second shock might reduce the city to ruins. ir ?.n iL.i.i d iuiuy i?u upua muir uumauu |jr?;au aiuuu. e Finally the real cause of the explosion became known. It was discovered that the im9 mens* powder magazine at Pezzo Pantaleo, *" four kilometers from the city had exploded, and that It had caused enormous damage to the neighboring fort, which was filled with soldiers. Happily, the officer in command a? the fort heara a rumbling sound previous to the explosion, and, hastily ordering the soldiers to leave the fort, ne succeeded in averting a terrible disaster. As it was seven peasants who were in the vicinity of tha Sfcene of the explosion were killed outright^ and a number of others were more .or less injured. King Humbert and his military staff, accompanied by the Italian Premier, tin Marquis di Rudinl and by all the members of the Italian Cabinet, left the city immediately for the scene of the disaster. ^ Around the ruins of the powder magazine and of the fort a cordon of troops was drawn In order to keep back the crowd of people. All the houses within a radius of a kilometer of the scene of the explosion are seriously damaged. Two officers were dangerously wounded and fully 120 civilians have pecn taken to the different hospitals, suffering from wounds or bruises caused by the explosion. : King Humbert, who was heartily cheered Whenever his presence became known to the populace and soldiery, used hia own carriage to convey wounded people to the hospital, a fact which won him redoubled applause. - The shock which caused Rome to tremble did not spare the Vatican. The venerated pile shook with the rest of the Roman buildings when the force of the explosion was felt ' and several of the famous historical stained j glass windows of the old buildings were shattered. The windows in the ancient Raphael chambers and the stained glass in the royal J staircase, presented to Pope Pius IX. by tha King of Bavaria, were also seriously injured. '? All accounts agree that tho loss is very severe, the interiors of many of the old pal. aces and churches having suffered to a greater or lesser extent. Forty small houses have been redcced to heaps of ruins by the shock following the ex" plosion. It has been ascertained that tha magazine at Pezzo Pantaleo contained 2o< tons of powder. I TIE LABOB WORLD. Boston waitresses have a union, y London has 290,000 factory girls, g Nebraska has the Eight-hour law. 1 i the Moiaers' union oas ou.wu moiu g I Women barbers increase in London. | French yards are busy on war ships. ^ Omaha, Neb., will have a trade school. h ' Canadians are howling against Chinese u labor. Indianapolis stonemasons work eight >. hours. '} Australia will have an eight hour movement. South Australia has a Woman's Trade ,1 Union. s Nebraska railroads must use automatic k couplers. n Nashville (Tenn.) harneasmakers use a a union label. A number of New York barber shops now )t keep open all night. The "Minera1 Convention at Paris reoreeented 1,000,000 men. 10 a Brooklyn Plumbers' and Gasfltteri* l_ Union has over 700 members. Labor is more productive at present than at any other epoch of history. IS Pittsburg bricklayers want $4.50, nine hours, and eight on Saturday. i. The colored barbsrs, of Evansville, Ind., r have formed a labor organization. , Sax Francisco builders worth <10,000,- i g 000 have organized to fight the union, j, San Francisco unions talk of a free labor ji bureau and co-operative establishment, is The clerks employed on railroads in Indin ana hare organized an Assembly of Knights is of Labor. The women stenographers and typewriters propose to form an organization for New 10 York City. Chicago park employes want car fare when they are sent to remote parts of the A city to work. Lancashire, England, has 05,000 children who will be affected by the law raising the age of half-timers to eleven years and twelve the year after. Since December, ISM, the laborers employed by the municipal authorities of 1 Buenos Ayres have not received their wages. They are now on strike. t It is said that the wages for shorthani writing and typewriting has fallen from an average of 125 to an average of ?3 per week i. since women entered the field. The Liverpool dockers' strik9 was a telling e stroke. According to the annual report reo centlv published, the Leeds and Liverpool 3 Canal's profits declined $95,000 in consequence of it. German workinsrmen at Cleveland organo ized a union to which only those who can speak German are eligible. It will combine trades unions and have insurance features and take political action. STALWART COWARDS. Fought Each Other lor Their Ltve? While the Girls Drowned. At low tide the water in St. John's (New UafW rnno nil* lilfA a mill TaC0. i """""" */ "? ? t and just at Reed's Point pier, where the ' steamer Dominion lies, are the swiftest eddies. t A boat load of men and girls upset al that place at 2 o'clock on a recent morninz, and two were drowned, the others being rescued t with great difficulty. j The young people had been attending a j dance in Carleton. The gunwale of their boat struck the bow of the steamer and iu a . moment capsized. Lines were thrown from } the steamer. The men fought among themselves for tto 5 ropes, and while the girls were clingiug to the stern and crying tor help a couple of 1 these cowards fastened the lines to themt selves and were hoisted up. Two of the girls, Ethel Allen and Nellie McAllister, were j drowned. i ??? 1 tK London, a few days ago, Frank BraA. ley, a butcher, was cutting up chop3 and 1 steaks with his customary stolidity. Suddenly be leaped from the chopping block, brandished his great butcher's Knife alcft until he bad attracted the eyes of every one ' to him, and then drew the keen blade across : his throat, nearly severing the head from ' his body. The crowd, terror-stricked, fled trom the ahoc. * I - ftjVDnMonanviHBiHnHHVV3^| LATEB NEWS. -:-M Srx doable, two single tenements and s stable in Brooklyn, N. Y., were destroyed & by fire. Forty families, comprising seventyfive persons, were rendered homeless. Loss over $100,000. The annual dinner of the American Pro- - 5 "l tective League was held in Madison '< Square Garden Concert Hall, New York City. More than 500 guests sat at the four- . : teen tables on the floor of the hall. Speeches were made by Cornelius N Bliss, Secretary .'.'.V'-i?j Noble, Vice-President Morton, Major MoKinley, Senator Aldrich, Senator Hiscock, Senator Dolpb, Congressman Dolliver ?n^ others. B P Hutchinson-, "Old Hutch, was caught heavily in margins in Chicago, 111.. and his trades were ordered closed out. His liabilities are placed at between #2,000,000 -a 3 OO AAA A A/I TT?. u;a AnJtt ;? ' Mini fO,?A/v,vw. j.ao noo at. uia uui^g caitj u? the morning, bat suddenly disappeared. TgE Chicago, Kansas and Nebraska Railroad was sold at auction at Topeka, Kan., to E. M Sheldon, for the New York Trust Company, for $25,232,000. This means that the road has been purchased by the Rock bland- ' - > In the wreck at Waring Station, Ohio, ia _ which five men lost their lives, $17,000 is United States Treasury notes were burned. ' The Joss will fall on the United States Ex- ' ' press Company. The White Squadron arrived in Hampton ,:V Roads, Va., from Port-au-Prince. Twenty acre3 wera burned over in Chat^ vU"* tanooga, Tenn., entailing a loss of $250,000? '*.%& Campbell & Co.'a furniture factory was w] stroyed, together with the East Tonneasea, Virginia and Georgia Railroad Company1* frnio'hf; hiiilriinc and saventv-flvo frei?hit .? cars and several other building3. The private bank of W. T. Cummin?^ 'j Houston, Texas, suspended. Liabilities and ?* assets unknown. MinistzrYe.v, the Chinese represents tira /-j.j at Washington, said that the Emperor's ?? ; fusal to receive Senator Blair as Minister to ?v China cannot be construed as indicacing tak unfriendly feeling towards ihe United States. Secretary Blaine telegraphed ttea situation to Mr. Blair at Chicago, and tha ' latter will return to Washington at once. riiajtia n. tava, son 01 iae itaiuui caMinister, is seriously ill at Washington. A plague of locusts is threatening Aig*? ^ ria and other parts of Northern Africa. The Canadian Parliament was opened ?n<t Peter White was elected Speaker without & opposition. A DisrATCH from Iquique says that tha Chilian Parliamentary forces have occupied s'Jj Copiapo, and 500 Balmacedists defending . ;-'3 the place have fleJ: PROMINENT PEOPLE. Ex-Speaker Eked is at Eome. ' ..> % ** Senator elect Felton, of California, is >-$ worth about $4,000,000. Dubing his lifetime Barnum sold 83,00(\? " 'j 000 tickets to his shows. General Greely finally decided" to retire ^ ; from the Signal Service. Henry M. Stanley is richer by 1110,000 as the result of his lecture tour in America. ? Ex-Senator Inqalls wux soon start a stock ranch a few miles south of Atchison, 35 Kan. Henry E. Abbey, the impressario, began as a cornet player in a theatre at Akron, '" '-j Ohio. Senator Matthew Stanley Quay, al Pennsylvania, earned his first money sawing . ' Lord Stanley.oJ Preeton, Governor-Gen- ,? erai of Canada, is an enthusiastic player of % foot ball. General Hawley declares that he would much prefer a seat in the Senate to a Cabinet portfolio. The most beautiful unmarried roval girl \ in all Europe is Princess Alls, of Hesse Darmstadt. Kino Humbert, of Italy, has sent $100 to S each child left an orphan by the steamship ' 'J3 Utopia disaster. xfr. Trraw* Smfoinrv whr? rsaicnad frcm the British bench a week or two"ago, will ,*>31 have a pension of 117,503. The Sultan of Turkey is reportel as saying that if it were not for hi3 duty to iiig subjects he would emigrate to America. I. R. Greene is still in the active practice V* of the law at Louisville, Ky. He served in - . *; the Black IJawk war, and was admitted to the Bar in lo31. The new Earl Granville is a pale-face lad of nineteen. Be is at present a student at Eton, and caniiot take nis place in the Hons* of Lords until ho attains his majority. Nebeker, the ftew Treasurer of the United States, is a short, atout man, with a round and rather florid face marked by a black mustache. He is abouMorty years old. Bill Ntz and Jamefl Wiiitcomb Riley, :;i who fell out a year or t^o ago while oa ? # lecture tour because of Rltey's over-fondneae for the flowing bowl, met ID Indianapolis few days ago and made up. . ^ Iffljr, When Mrs. Ye Cha Yan, tha wife of the " ?i?of tVnahintrtnn &r> bureau uuoi 50 u o^au w < ? ?? ? -a ?rived in this country a few yaars since aha knew no English. Now she can convert* fluently in the language on any current topic. Hon. David A. Wells, the statistician - . < and writer on political economy, has been J awarded a gold medal by the jurors of th* French Exposition of 1889, in recognition of his contributions to economic science and literature. Ths ]atest freak of the German Emperor. beTorS setting out on his travels, was to bring T"r~^ up tjie torpedo boat Potsdam and manoeuver Iter in person on the Spree, in the presence off ' an enormous crowd of much astonished r ' -? spectators. Henry H. Smith, the journal clerk of the National House of Representatives, is considered the most able legislative expert in tha country, and his knowledge of parliamentary la w is unexcelled. He has held his placa for twenty years. ? AVENGED BY COMRADES. The Lynching of Gambler Hant by Soldiers at Walla Walla. D. J. Hunt, the slayer of Private Miller, who was lynched on a recent evening by sol? diers from the garrison at Walla Walla* Washington, was struck bv sixteen bulleta. four of which entered bis head. Early in th? evening Sheriff McFarland received intelligence that an attempt would be mad* to lynch Hunt, and, in company with Prosecuting-. Attorney BlanfonL be repaired to the garrison and told Colonel Compton what they feared and asked him to assist them. Tbis he promised' to do by having check rolls called after taps. The Sheriff returned and engaged a number of extra guards, but all of them had not ar> r?ved when a crowd of probably seventy soldiers appeared and demanded that the officers open the doors of the jail. When this demand was refused the soldiers began work on the door with hammers and chisels. Finding this slow work, they threatened to us* dynamite. Further resistance being useless the doors were opened and thirty or forty cocked revolvers were levelled at the heads of all Inside, while the keys to the cells were demanded. These were given them, and when U.iMf'a r?all woe chnirn t.hom flflirldr took bini out in the Court House yard and shot him. Excitement was intense, and a crowd of 2000 people surged about the street in front of the jail until after midnight. Immediately after the shooting the soldiers went to their quarters, and it will be difficult to identify those concerned in the shooting, though only a portion of them were masked. The soldiers actually took' charge of the town and would allow no one to pass along the streets in the vicinity of the jail. They compelled merchants to pat out lights. Hunt, who was a gambler, met Miller in saloon. The two began drinking and wera soon involved in a quarrel. Hunt drew tua revolver and fatally shot the soldier.