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CHOLERA IS HERE. ~ Brought Into New York Harbor by the Steamship Moravia. "The Progress of the Plague in EuroDe and Asia. Th?? cholera scourge which has been alarming Europe has reached the Port of New York at .ast. Its advent was by no meau< unexp?cte,l, and the wonder wa3 that it ha 1 been delayed so lontr. It reach? i there 01 board the namliurs.-American ;t"amsiii > Moravia, which vossel caine into port with her pas^nzer list of 351 oersons depleted by twenty-two deaths during the voyage from Hamhurr, Germany. Th<? Morav.a Wt Hamburg with 380 passengers on boar J. Th*y were all steerage passengers, an 1 man/of the:u had beeu in Hamburg for several davs prior to the sail ing of the steamship. Most ot tnom werj from Poland, but there was a strong representation oE Prussian Hebrews, Austrian.* and Prussians. The Moraria ha 1 been scarcely thirty-sir hours our. ?>c port when a little gill was stricken with diarrjoea and nausea. Sh3 was remova l to the ship's hospital. A tew mmu es Jater another case was reported. Some of the more int?)li?ent of the passengers had beeu informed before they left; Ham bar; that cholera had reached tha city, and intsmmh as thay knew that an epide uic of some kind had broken out on board, th?y became very much alarmed. "The first patient died on the second day out -* ; t.ho cii'irt ana wasimiueun;cij _ with scant ceremony. A few hours later the second death occurred, and then for eight days death rale i the ship, and the pas seniors became almost panic-stricken. The ship's surgeon, Dr. Israel, and the ship's officers strove to stem the spread of he p.ague. but day followed day and it beoom* almost a necessary inc dent in the dailv routine of the boat to push out the plane and sea l a cauvas-coverei and shotted fi;ure xlidin? into tne oceau with just a few pravvrs by tho Captain as a inittir of form. Finally the steamer's ofJlpars succeeded. by aimost superhuman ef forts, in c mfiniu? che plague totli? Uos jital and that part of tin vessel which had beeu isolated especially for the sick. Of ih s twenty-two passengers who died at sea, twenty were children and two were adults. The pia?ue-ship came u> through tha Narrows and dropped anchor off the Qaarantin-J Station under the heights of Fort Wadsworth. Her formal report of arrival and of htr voyage was sent off and at once telegraphed to New Yorn City. Nothing in the report <;ave any indication of the true state ot affairs on board. So heswun? all night at her anchor, and in 1 " Talmorlflfj nna of thft cue eariy inui um^ \ji . Health Officer's deputies, went on board her. Two uiinut?sJ conversation witu the ship's doctor cau?d t o deputy to send the Quarantine tui: foaok to the saore torDr. Jenkin?. Dr. Jenkins at once orJerecl the Moravia to get up tier anchor ani go down to the Lower Hay. She went out through the Narrows flying a yellow flag which showed j that sha was quarantined and warneJ all craft to keep away iron her. In tbe Lawer Bay she anchored off rioff nan Island. During, the day the vessel's passengers Trere .-nost rigidly inspected, but no traces of cholera wera found among them. Two women, who Jookel as though they had passed through a recent illness were sent to the hospital as suspicious cases1. Thft shin was thoroughly disinfected and fumigated Than the passengers and crew were re turn sd on bj^rd the puriflrl ship and detained there to await developomts. The Plague in ISurops. A cablegram from Hamburg, Germany, -says: There is uo questioning the fact that the present cioler.t endemic is the worst that lias ever visited Hamburg, an 1 every hour the situ itiou becomes worse. The people are dyiug on every hand and the plague is spreading. To night's raports to j the B >2rJ of Health are: 713 fresh casjs and 276 death?. The writer uas seen in the military driilehed tlie bodies of 400 victims awaiting burial. Owing to red tape it is impossible to bury all the dead under the usail regulation-. Every person who can possibly do so is fleeing the city. Those whose duty, how ever, calls them to attend the sufferers, phy ' sicicns, and those wuo ha^evoiuucereasaeir i services, are doiu$ a work that require* the extreme of heroism. The ordinary form of burial will soon have t5 be abandoned, and trenches filled ' with quicklime will have to be resorteJ to. The ambulance service is altogether too small to attend to tbe demands made upon it and sixty iandaus have bedii hired as auxiliary ambutauces. Into these vehic:es the patients are place:!, each lan lau taking tour victims, and they are driven to the hospital?. At the Eppendorf Hospital there are 800 patients suffering from various maladies. The number of doctors is absolutely inadequate to the demands maie upon them. When cholera patients are taken into the hospital the ordinary patients are removed ? ' Tli** I into one room 10 mano sjhh? iw wui, .uv writer declare* that he saw 200 dead bodies. * In tho dirty, neglected passages a reporter stv bundles ot clothing lying on the floors awaiting disin ection. Among the packages lay a number of bodies of those who had <died from cholera. The doors of the wards opening on these passages are left wi<ie open and the sick can I see the ever growing number of the dead, j To get into the wards the people have to step over the corpses and the piles of infected clot hi ne. The cholera in Teheran. Persia, has at present apparently ruu its course an 1 the epidemic is now decreasing. The daily deaths from the disease amount to 200. This is a high mortality, but it is a decrease of 600 compared with the deaths reported ten days go. The official returns show that during four - days fifty-one persons suffering from choler me were taken to the hospitals in Paris, France. The deaths during the same period were twenty-one. The number of patients still under treatment was 122. The official cholera returns show that since the last report there have been 8L44 new cases and 2741 deaths in Russia. Tfce number ot new cases of cholera reported at Havre was sixty-five. The deaths numbered thirty-three. There is no denyiDg the fact that tha peonle of En^lan l zeuerallv are beeinniac to be nervously apprehensive that, cesDite the quarantine regulations at the various ports?, the country is doomed to undergo another siege of cholera plague. The disease now appeared at Dover, one of the chief oorts of communication between England ?ni tbo Continent. One of the two cholera sufferers in the v itv road die! in the morning, (ireat indignation exists over fc*ie belief thac tho first case of choiera that arrived in England was that of a sailor who came ou a German fcramu steamer load* 1 with bascing. GEOPGE WILLIAM CURTIS. The Distinguished. Author texoires at His .-taren Island Home. tJeor^e William Curtis died at his residence in Livingstone, Staten Islan 1, N. Y., at 2:30 a. m., a few days ago. Sir. Curtis had been ill for several weeka, but had rallied eufficiently to give hope of his ultimata recovery. Gior^e William Curtis was born at Providence, R. I., February 24, 1824. In lS4\i ne -J *1 Rrw^l- I?..-., I.. joineu lilts IIUD Klllio lauivuj wivm rui.u lustitute at Roxbnry, Ala*s. In 184H hi? visited Europe and Asia. re.nui>iit g abroad until IbiO. On his retara to tais country he beca?ne connected with the liew York 'fribane and Putnam's Monthly and published a series ot pa:>ers and sketches reiattug to his travels. He also lectured on social and aesthetic topics throughout the country and wrote for many of the leadia? magazines. fie was appointed Regent of the State University of New York in 1857, was ma le Presidential elector on tbe Republican ticket in 18(58. He was a warm supporter of -Mr. Hayes during tne memorable campaign of 187G, and was offered a foreign mission for his services, whicil he declined. He strongiy supported Cleveland in 1881. He was the author of a number of popular books of travel and sketches, and an extremely popular orator. For many years be edited Harper's Weekly, and contributed to Harper's publications. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. I Eastern aurt Middle States. A parade two miles long, a banquet, ball rttnl fireworks wound up the bl? celebration in honor of the two hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Gloucester, Mas?. a cloudbl'bst at Sherman, N. Y., wrecked a lar^e iron railroad bridge, the structure dropping: into the stream below, a distance of fifty-nine feet. Several small b-idges were also smashe I to piece?. United States Senator Dawes, of Massachusetts, has written a letter aunouncinvr tbat he will not be a candidate for reel^efion when his present term closes. President Harrison male a short ad('.r^ss at a recaption given in his honor by the citiz-fns of Ma'.one, X. Y t r? ??j, v. ????, 1 > .Mks a. .uur.iua \uuiuieu| *> aa nau^uu fit Camdeu, N. J., for the murder of Mrs. Lydia A. iVyatt, a seventy-three-vear-old colore l woman, who had willed him half her property. After murdering his victim he took her money. Captain Wood kick, of the steamship Caracas, which has arrive! at New Yor< from Venezuela, where a revolution is in. progress, reports that six Venezuelan Conpressmen, political refugees who had taken passage on board the vessel, intending to cime to this country, were forcibly taken hack to land by soldiers under orders of General Urdaneta. Furman Schenck (colored), better known as Barnutn's fat boy, was buried the other J ?- ? * "M T T.ocf. onrinrr Uttjr ai< iibw ui uinniM, ?. wt,. . in his fortieth year, he weighod 470 pounds. The Futurity Stakes for two-year-old running horses, the most valuable horse-racing priz9 in America, run off annually at the Sheepshea'i Bay track near Coney Island, were won this year by Morello, a Virginia bred horse. The stakes are .worth about $45,000 to the winner. _ The Erie Railroad called on the Mayor^of Buiiaio ana tne snenn or Lne ^ouunj iu> better protection of its non-union crews, who it was charged were being stoned and otherwise interfered with by the striking switchmen. Secretary Charles Foster, of the United States Treasury Department, addressed the National Service meeting at Asbury Park, If. J. '1 he two remaining regiments, the Seven(r.fnnuli iinH S?vpn fT-flf th. were with cfrawn from guard duty at Buffalo, N. Y. A convention of the Socialist Labor Party, held in New York City, nominated Simon Wing, of Massachusetts, for President and Charles H. Matchett, of New York, for Vic.:-President. Five States were represented. Rev. Henry C. Masten, forty-five, pastor of the Methodist Episcopal Church at B^llvale, Orange County, N. J., was killed at Chester in getting off a moving train. John W. Foster, Secretary of State, and E. W. Hal tord, the President's private secretary, were among President Harrison's visitors at Loon Lake. Professor Wood testified in the Borden case at Fall River, Mas?., that ha found no poison in ine muracrea coupie s blu.uuuus, and r.o blood on the hatchets taken from the bouse. South and West. The Idnho Democratic Stat? Convention at Boise City nominated John M. Burke for Governor. A large number of additional miners engaged in the recent attack on stockades oc[ cupied by convicts have been captured by Tennessee troops. H. J. Snively has been nominated for Governor by tha Washington Democratic State Convention at Olympia. D. B. Monroe, of Coal Creek, Tenn., lender of the miners in the attack ou the stocK&dee, has been held for trial without bail on the charge of murder, inciting to riot and releasing convicts. A fire in Augusta, Ga., destroyed businncc r.mn?rhvJnrinrlinc the Dailv Chronicle office^ valued at $400, OOU. Whil^ a train was crcssinqj a trestle near Elb?wLake, Minn., the structura gave way, carrying down two coaches tilled with passengers. Four were instantly killed and , thirty injured. Maurice Milled, 4,Bob" Carter and John Carter were killed in a fight at a dance at HsughtoD, La. l'he trouble arose when Wilier sta.rtei to dance with Iia filkinton, whom "dob" Carter claimed as his partner. Dr. Samuel A. Henrt and Dr. J. W. Henry, rival physicians of Berlin, Ohio, quarrelled over charges of cutting fees, 'l'he former shot three times at the latter, missing him Dr. J. W Henry knocked him out with a bric:r. The next day Dr. J /lnnnna.4 Afl Aft* oauiutji uetujr a lavuci uivj/yvu v>v?? count of the disgrace and that eight the son committed suicide with poison. George Foss, a chop-house cook, killed himself and Laura Day at Orfiaha, Neb., iu a quarrel over the possession of a gold waich. He tired three bullets into the girl. Louis B. McWhirter, a prominent attorney of Fresno, Cal., was called to his door and assassinated. There was no clue to tne assassiu. E&ward Huntley and Jjhn Davis were fatally shot whila trying to escapa from the , penitentiary at Jacicson, Mich. William Knes, cashier of the Mount i Jackson (Va.) National Bank, committed I * u ? iharl I BUIC1UB UV ta?iu, Dbl jr uuuiuu, overdrawn bis salary about $700, an t also forged bis uncle's name to a cliect for $250. Nebraska. Democrats met; in State convention at Lincoln and nominated J Sterling Morton tor Governor. The Northeastern switchmen's strike, which has been on in New Orleans, La., since August 14th, took a serious turn a few nights a:;o, and terminated in four employes and one striker being snot. Washington. The Postoffice Department has instructed Postmaster Van Cotf, of New York-, to confer with the city's health officers for the purpose of talcing proper precautions to prevent; the introduction of Asiatic cholera in this country through the mails. The ninth annual convention of the Association of Official Agricultural Chemists of the United States has just beau held in Wasaington. The State Department announces that Thomas Woodley, consular agent tor the United States in (Joriu, is dea<J. Orders have been issued trom Washing ton to taSe steps for ths removal or iw,uuu i cattle, said to be on the Cherokee Outlet and Strip. Coloael Wade, who commands the troops in that territory, will be instructed to carry out the orders. Korei/ari . Hqn. John Morley, C. ief Secretary for Ireland, whose seat lor Newcastle in the House ot Commons became vacant upon his taking office, has been- rt-ilected by an increased majority. Asiatic cholera has entered Ea^land, General Urdaxkta has declared himfsp i i/icvor o' 'Wnrzu^H. forma 11 j: -.1... i r. ... ..,,1 JiMi, 'II^SUIVCU UuUgi on.*, auu hiicjuwu i>v.iwi?*> Senators. Within ten davs sixteen pardons hire committed suicide at Trieste, Austria, whiie laboring under mental derangements brought on by the excessive heat. The International Peso Congress held in Ferne, Switzerland, voted to hold its next meeting in Chicago in 1893. An explosion stopped un and set fire to a coal mine at Bridgend, Wales. Of the 150 miners entombed alive, forty-one were ro3cued, the rest perished. Two of the rescued men have also perished. Nearly 1000 houses, inclulinj the Got eminent buildings, nave oeen ournea in Borlssov, Russia. I.ucia.xo \Tzvnozt '>iro >1ec!ari"l Uim??lf oi Venezuela and expellei ex-PmsU Cent Villegas. 'ho kr.v ma^e its appearance in Bremsn nml ?5-rlio, Germany; t.hera was a death I Irom the rlisea-e a.5 Dundee, and cases were reported from other places in Great Britain; tVre was an apparent abatement of the plague in Hamburg; sixty new cases and twenty-four death-; were reported in Havre; tiie pestilencs is'still raging in Russii. The Moorish trooos defeated the main body of the insurgents, after burning tour village*. A banker of Berlin, Germany, named Broks and two guides, who were accompanying bim, fell over a precipice while ascending Mont Grivola, in the Aorta Valley. Italy, and all three were dashed to death on the rocks below. The Marquis Ds Moras and tha four seconds who acted in the duel in which the Marquis kill ad Captain Majar, hare been acquitted at Paris, France. Cholera, has appeared in London and t.hftPA wm a remarkable falling off in tho severity of the plague in Hamburg; there were sevanty-one new cases and seventeen deaths in Havre; the disease appears to be spreading in Antwerp; 150 cases and forty-one deaths were reported in St. Petersburg. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The Eiiperor of China recently began to I learn the English language. Masrhal McMahon, ex-Pre?idenfc of I France, although eighty-two years old, is as robust as at fifty. Jonas Wolfe, the newly elected Governor of the Chicasaw Nation, is a full blooded Indian and can speak no English. Francis Long, one of the few survivors of the Greelv Relief Expedition, is assigned to duty on Mr. Dunn's staff in New YorJr. Baron Fairfax is a practicing physician in Virginia, but be does not mount his coronet upon his prescriptions or put his lordly coat-of-arms upon his bills. Muley Hassan, Sultan of Morocco, has a dash of Irish blood in his veins, his greatgrandmother having been a blue-eyed daughter of the Eaierald Isle. Mrs. Hetty Green's millions number thirty-two. Mrs. Green is fifty-five years old and is the daughter of a New Bedford whaler, who left her $9,000,000. Ernest Longfellow, son of the poet, is tall, somewhat slender, and has a few streaks of gray in his thick, dark hair. He is said to look much as his famous father did in his young days. William T. Adams (Oliver Optic) has written altogether more than 100 books for -? tl-L A.t boys, and is now busy at woru witu auowo. Mr. Adams is seventy, but well enough pre served to last thirty years to come. The oldest member in the House of Commons is Charles Villiers. He is ninety years old, and has been in Parliament flfty-3even years, though in ttiis matter he is beaten by Mr. Gladstone, who came in 183*3. Professor Peter E. Tarpt, prominent hi New York's journalistic, educational and political circles, has just had a grand banquet given in his honor by some of the most distinguished residents of the Metropolis. A fink specimen of the educated colored man is Doctor Blyden, the LIberian Minister to England. He is sir feet tall and well proportioned. He is the anthor of several oooks and holds a number of honorary college degrees. Taine, the famous French author, is devoted to cats. He likes to sit with one in bis lap, and often knesla before a chair in which one of these creatures is lying and talks to it affectionately. He has also composed sonnets to them. Andrew H. Burke, who has just been renominated for Governor by the Republicans of North Dakota, was once e New York newsboy. He wk a homeless, barefooted orDhan when he secured bis first situation at an errand boy thirty-five years ago. WORLD'S FAIR NOTES. Miss Sictcls has returnel fro-n Washington witu a very encDuraging report as to progress in the Indian exhibit. . It is proposed that one of Montana's contributions to the Exposition, to be made by wo.nen of the State, shall be a fountain made of.natural ore. The Chicago Schuetzan-Vere in ha3 issue 1 an invitation to the sharpshooters of the wnrlH tn rmrfcir>in%te in a cr?at international sharpshooter's contest in Chicago in counec. tioa with the Exposition next year. William M. Sixgirly, of Philadelphia will bring his big steer, the largest in the world, to the Columbian Exposition. The steer was sired by a pure bred Holsteiu, and its dam is a pure bre 1 Durham cow. Tin animal is six years old ani weighs 330'J pounds. . Mr. Esteban Caride, the manager of the Museum of Natural History in Buenos Ayres, proposes to send to the World's Columbian Exposition a Corrienres alligator, a Pamna Central eaele. the (arnous woite bird ' pajaro bianco," or Mirascal of the South, a blind "piche" (a very rare specimen of the armadillo), and a "mataco." California is to be honored by having a section of one oC her famous big trees made a prominent feature in the Government building at the World's Columbian Exposition at Chicago. The section of tree will be twenty-three feet in diameter and thirty teet long. This will be divided into thr6e parts and these will be placed in their natural position, one above the other and so arranged as to form something like a two story house. Ex-School Commissioner John H.Thiry of Long island City, N. Y., is preparing a display of his penny school banking; system (or the World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago. In 1835 Mr. Thiry, who is a Frencaman, first intro iucei the system in the public schools of Long Island City. Since then it. has been tauen up in 300other schoo.s in various parts of the country. According to Mr. Thiry's statistics, more than 28,100 scholars during the past seven years have deposited and savei panniea amounting to $140,000. A huge octopus or devilfish has been captured outside the Golden Gate, Cal., by some fishermen. It measured fourteen feet from the end of the body to the end of the longest tenacle, and has eight arms, and as is usual with the fish, there are over 800 suckers on the arms.. The body is nothing but a huge sack, and is soft aud daboy; it is about two feet long. There are two eyes about an inch in diameter, and a faint resemblance to a beatc and mouth. This specimen is one of the best in the country, and will be preserved aud sent to Chicago tor exhibition at the Exposition. An interesting exhibit is to come from the Black Hills, 8. D., which will display, in novel form, the minerals found in the Hills. This exhibit, when arranged, will b9 in the form of a two story and a half cottage, with towers and gables. The foundation will be made of pure white limestone headed with a layer of Buffalo (Jap "calico" stone. Th? first story will be veneered with pink quartz. Above that the handsomest rocks obtainable will be used?copper, mica, schist, needle, spar, garnet, etc. The lower part of the tower will be made of rubies ani the upper part with some sparkling substance. The windows and shingles are to be of mica, and the steps of marbie. A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION.Three Powder Magazines Struct by Lightning In Texas. Three powder magazines belonging, one each, to the Duoont, Rand & Hally and Hazard Powder Companies have blown up at Gainesville, Texas. There were about ' 600 keers of powler in the magazines. Lightning had b;en darting through tea skies all the forsnoon, and at 1 o'clock a bolt struck one magazine which exploded, at once wiping the others from the face of the eartb. The concussion was terrific, the earth trembled, and men, women and children rushed to the streets. The shook broke windows and in some instances ruinel houses a mils distant. The explosion was heard fifteen miles distant. Cattle crazing near the magazines were killed and terribly mangled. Every house within a mile was badly damaged and the inmates seriously injured. Half a dozen persons were dangerously wounded by broken trees and falling timber*. The total loss will amount to $150,00J. NINE DKOWNED. A Lake Schooner Cap si 7,0 (I in a Gale and All on Board Lost. The schooner City of Toledo, belonging to the Manistee Lumbar Company, was caught in the northwesterly gain and driven on the beach of Pierport, Mich. She turned completely over in a few minutes and all hands were lost. She was commanded by Captain John McMillan. His two eldest daughters were on board with him. The crew consisted of six men. There was a heavy sea when the boat went out, so much tnat the crew nai to take to the rigging. Three hours afterward she was sighted with her flag at half mast making for the beach. Too vessel now lies bottom up about titty rods north of Pierport. : DEDICATION CEREMONIES. Formal Consecration of the World's Fair Buildings. Imposing Exercises at Chicago 011 OA 01 anil 0.0. VUbUUVl JJVj a J. uuu ?j*>. When the Congress of the United States authorized the commemoration of the Four Hundredth anniversary of the discovery of America by an International Exposition to be held in Chicago durinjj the summer of 1893, it also provided that the Exposition buildings should be dedicated on the twelfth flay or Octobar, 1892, with "appropriate ceremonies." Subsequently, by act of Conpraes, the date was caan?eri to October 21, 1892. The following is toe programme oi the dedicatory ex seises and incidents connected therewith: Tbe evening; ol Wednejday, Octobsr 19, a grand reception will be tendered the President of tfte United States, his Cabinet and other distinguished guests at the Auditorium. After the close of the coremonies on each of the three succeeding eveninzs, there will be magnificent pyrotechnic displays. October 20?The Clric Celebratlop. me lirbt UIJ will mi/Ucsa au nu^wiii^ procession, indicative of peace, contentment nnd prosperity. participated in by civic organization?, which will be reviewed by the President of the United State?, his Cabinet, the Congress and other honored guests. In the evening:, at Jackson Park, ami^ myriads of electric lights and other displays, a water pageant, "The Procession of the Centurier," will move through the beautiful water-ways of the Exposition grounds. Illustrating with beauty and historic accuracy some of the great facts of history connected with the. discovery of America, such as the condition ot the country p /ioi' to the landing of Columbus striking events in tbe life of the great discoverer; important epochs in American history and the worid's progress in civilization. The vessels upon which these tableaux will oe represented vary from forty to flf ty-three feet in length, modeled after the naval architecture of t>* period represented; for exam pie, ''Columbus before the Court of Spain," will be represented upon a vessel modeled after the lines of the Santa Maria. The following su?j*cts will bs illustrate 1: 1st. Aboriginal Age; representing tha American Indians. 2d. Tha Stone Age, representing the Cliff Dwellers. 3d. The Age of Metal: representing the A ztecs, their religious rite?, manners and customs. 4tfa. Columbus at the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella. 5th. Departure of Columbus from Palos. 6th. Discovery of America. 7th. Columbus before the Court of Ferdinand and Isabella; representing natives and the strange products of the new country. Sth English Cavali>rs and the settlement of Jamestown. 9ch. HenJrici Hudson; discovery of the Hudson River; Dutch settlement of New Amsterdam. lOch. Landing of the Pilgrims, nnd illustrations oearly Puritan life. 11th. Ferdinand de Sota; discovery of the Mississippi. 12th. The French explorers. Pierre Marquette. Chevauer La Salle and the Nortuwest. iOAV w?u: j u;? 1 JULIX. it csuiu^iuu an i uio ^ouutma. azhu* Signing of the Declaration of Independence. 15th. Union of the colonies; tlia thirteen original Statas; the sisterhood of the Great Republic, welcoming the territories to the constellation of the States. 16th. "Westward the course of empire takes Its way." 17th. The genius of invention; application of steam, etc. 18th. Electricity and electrical appliances. 19th. War; represeating valor, sacrifice, power, death, devastation. 20th. Peace; representing tranquility, security, prosperity, happiness, feist. Agriculture. 231 Mining. ' -3.1. Science, Art and Literature. 24th. The Universal brotherhood of man, equal rights, law of justice; Liberty enlightening the world. October 21?Dedication Day The National salute at sunrise will inaugurate the ceremonies of Dedication Day. The President of the United States, his Cabinet, members of the Supreme Court, members of the Senate aud House of Representative*, distinguisaed foreign guests and Governors of tlie different States and Territories with their official staffs, will be escorted by a guard of honor composed of the United States Army, detachments of the United States Naval forces and regiments from the various State National Guards, to the Manufjciuras and Liberal Arts building, in which the dedicatory exerI oi'qac will Ha holH At one o'clock in tho afternoon in this building; the followiag dedicatory programme will be carried out under the direction of the Director-General: 1st. Columbian March. Written for the occasion by Prof. John K. Paiue. 2d. Prayer by .Bishop Charles H. Fowler, D.D., L,L.D.,of California. 3d. Dedicatory Ode. Words by Miss Harriet Monroe, of Chicago, music by Or. W. Chad wick, of Boston. 4th. Presentation of the master artists of the Exposition and their completed worlc, by the Chiec of Construction. 5th. Report of the Director-General lo the TT Ui lU O VU1UU1UUU WUIIII130iVt>* Cth. Presentation of the buildings for dedication by the Presideut of the World's Columbian Exposition to the President of the World's Columbian Commission. 7th. Chorus, "The Heavens are Tailing'' ?flnydn. 8th. Presentation oC the buildings for ded? ication by the Presi'.'aat of the World's Columbian Commission to the President of toe Uaited State?. 'Jth. Chorus. "In praise of God"? Beethorer. 10th. Dedication of the buildings by the President of the United State?. 1 1 dallAlniak AhnniD frAifl jiah"?Handel. 12tfa. Dedicatory oration, Hon Win. C. P. Breckinridge, Keutuclcy. 18tli. "Tile Star Spanglsd Banner" and "Hail Columbia," with lull chorus and orchestral accompaniment. 34th. Columbian oration, Chauneey M Depew, New York. 15th. National salute. At the close of this programme a special electric and pyrotechnic di^olay will ba given, with a repetition of "The Procession of the Centuries." October 22?Military Celebration. A series of military manosuvmi and parades will constitute the main portion of the day's programme. In the evening attractive and appropriate celebrations will be provided, followed by a magnificent dis-1--. pic?j Ml monvinci A number of brilliant social entertainments will bo given by the citizens of Chicago during the thret evenings ot tiie tied: cation celebration. A MOTHER'S LOSS. Three Children Killed by a Rattlesnake, the Fourth Drowned. A Madison County (Ga.) farmer named Wilson went to the mill, leaving bis wife and four children contented and happy. Two hours later he returned to find his wife lying on the floor insensible, with the four dead children about her. When restored to consciousness the mother said she ha.i taken the baby to tbe sprinsr, leaving the other children in the bouse. Hearing their cries she put the baby down and hurried back to the house, where she found two dead, the other dying. The living one saiti they had been poking their fingers through a crack in the floor and a hen had been picking at them. The mother went back to the spring after her baby and found it had fallen in the spring an 1 been drowned. The third child hail died when she got back to the house and the mother swooned away, investigation showed that the supposed hen was a rattlesnake. .RECKLESS DUELISTS. One oi the Principals and Two Chil dren Killed. As a result of an old fued, Humphrey Best ana Jonn uampbell fought an impromptu duel at Paint Lick, ten miles from Lancaster, Ky. Best was killed and Campbell received two bullets in his breast. Two little children playing in the road were struck byitray bullets and both were killed. LETTER OF ACCEPTANCE. The Prohibition Candidate Pop President First in the Field. The letter of acceptance of General John Bidwel!, of California, nominee of the Prohibition Party for President of the United States, has bean given out for publication. I General Bid^ell says the danger of monopolistic tendencies menacing the GovernI ment is not so great as that of the destructive results sur? to come irom the liquor traffic. It is the constant menace of Laoor, Passing to the question of woman suffrage, he urjjes immediate emancipation of women. The Nation that first gives wom?n equal rights with men, he says, will earn a crown of imperishable glory. H9 fears delay, as England will lead On the question of finance, he says the whica creates the wealth ot toe nation, auu tho traffic Is now sapping and impoverishing the very foundation of the National fabric. T TAOV TiTnWJCT.Ti. position of the parcy inac iae money saoma be gold, silver and paper, issued only by the Government, is fair and broad. On the question of labor he says: "In order to relieve the labor of the country of its abnormal and often congested condition, there should be the earliest possible revision and restriction of the immigration aud nacturalization laws of the Unifei States. These laws, so inimical to American Labor and the bests interests of all, if cot pur* posely enacted, have doubtless been kept in force for partisan considerations for fear of detriment to partisan interests, till our country has become the almost daiiy scan? of riots, lawlessness and bloodshed, and not infrequently on such a scale as to portend, if permitted to go unchecked, the possible supervision of all authority. The discord between capital and labor cannot safely be allowed to continue. No matter what the cause, it is imperative to remove it. If it is nocessary to have organizations ?iS & Q8I8US0 Ul Wiupgviu^ labor, such organizations should be author* ized and regulated by law." Oa the tariff he says: "We must concede that all Nations have the right to levy tariffs. As Americans, we are in favor of protecting all American interests. The tariff proposed by the Democratic Party and that of the Repuolican Party differ only in degree; both are sufficiently high to be . termed protective. "The establishment of a system of income taxation," he says, ,(could work no hardship and do no harm. When the Union needed money most dnring the Rebellion the Income tax was imposed and worked like a charm. It helped them to save the Union and will help to save the Natiou now in another rebellion?the masses against the classes." ? , n if He advocates uruvciLimouv vuuuiv/t, uuu, * . necessary, the Government ownership of railroads. On the question of public schools, made prominent in the platform, he says: "The teachings of the American public school should be in accord with American ideas and with American civilizition, which, of coarse, is a Christian civilization; but they must be strictly and absolutely non-sectarian." On the question oc immigmuua, uu oaya the doors mast be closed in self-defense. "We do not want to war against foreigners," he continues; "we do not ask foreigners coming to this land of freedom to change their faith; we do not proDose to Protestantize or Romanize, or in any manner sectarize them. But we do insist that they shall not destroy our liberties by any attempt to foreignize or anarcnize us or our Government) that they should appreciate our libnnri nrivilpfrpw that are a condition of citizenship; they should learn to soeak out* National language and to raad and write it lairly well." NEWSY GLEANINGS. This country makes 55,000 watches a week. An immense glacial field is reported in Idaho. The world's railways are worth $30,000,000,000. A canal is to be built across Ireland to cost twenty million dollars. Light crops of sweet potatoes are reported irom many sections of the Soutb. A nugget of gold worth $15 was pickei up the other day in the diggings at ByroD, .Dae. * The New York morgue revived 9651 bodies last year. Of these 107 were never identified. More United State3 vessels visit the Mexican ports than those of all other Nations combined. Twelve hundred miles of railroad ars to be built in Mexico. It will extend to tfau Diego, California. Three hundred lawyers were candidates on one side or the other tor seats in the present British Parliament. A census bulletin just issued states there are only 97,000 female persons to inn firm miin th? ITnitBil States. According to a recent can sus thsre ara about 80,OJU paupers ia LonJoa, not counting insane persons in Asyiii ns and .vagrants. The census of India, just complete!, shows that country to hav.* a population of 280,000,000, a gam of eleven per cent over 1881. A water moccasin sit feet Ion? was lately killed at U cica, III. When cut open sixteen frogs were found, several of whicn were alive. Grasshoppers are Going an immense amount of damage in Ohio to oats and other growing crops. Whole fields of oats have been destroyed. The pension agency ia Topeka is the largest in the country. It pays out annually $16,000,000 to the veterans of Kansas, Missouri and Colorado. The Marker Ranch, near Lovelocks, Nev., comprising 17,00!) acres of the best land In tha atate. was recently sold at sheriff's auc tion for a- trifle over $100,000. Samples of tea grovrn and cure J at Sumraerville, S. D., hare been recjive.i in Baltimore, w.iich expert tea dealers have pronounced superior to East India tea. The Fisheries Department has received advices to the effect that the mackerel catch of the New England Ashing fleat to date is 22,000 barrels?exactly twice as much as last year. According to a census bulletin, the 150,333 families in Maine are divided by the census offlc3 into 62,122 families occupying farms ?i oj o<w occuoviaz homes that AUU UJ,-w ^ are not situated on farms. The Japanese are coming to Mexico in large numbers. Several lar^e colonies have been established in the coffee district oti Oazaca, and the rich sugar lands of Sinaloa, during the past few mouths. During one we3k in April 313 car loads containing 3316 tons of grean fruit wera shipped East from California. So far this season tf,000,000 more pounds of fruit have i been shipped than last year. Tijk most recent estimate of the capital invested in the electrical industries in the United States is $700,000,000, and of this amount $350,000,000 represents the proportion which electric lighting and power have attained; $100,000,000 is also the estimated Investment in electrical supplier of which the electric lighting and railway appliances oonatituto a lar.-e Dronoft ion DECLARED OFF. The Switchmen's Strike in Buffalo Ends in Defeat. Grand Master Sweeney Assaulted Bv an Angry Striker, The switchmen's strike is over. It was officially declared off at a meeting of the Executive Committee of the Switchmen's tissociaiion in session at master owitcnman Sweeney's room in the Genesee Hotel, Buffalo. The immediate cause of the surrender, which is unconditional, was the decision arrived at in the conference of the chiefs of the various organizations of railroad employes?conductors, firemen and brakemen?not to take part in the strike. At 11 >. m. of the day after the strike was declared off, Grand Master Sweeney, of the Switchmen's Union, was set upon by Arthur Quinn, a striking Nickel Plate switchman, and brutally assaulted. Mr. Sweeney and covcmt.v-flvfl switnhmen harl hann attenHinii the investigation ordered by the Stat? Board of Arbitration, and had left the halJ and were standing at the corner of Swann and Mann streets, Buffalo. Quinn approached and told Sweeney ha was responsible for the loss of his job. Before Sweeney had time to answer, Quinn dealt him a fearful blow on the head, and followed it up with several sledge ham mer punches in the face. Sweeney fell tc the sidewalk, and then Quinn kicked him several times. Several bystinJers interfered and pulled Quinn off Sweeney. Quinn ran away, followed by an angry mob of strikers Quinn threatened to kill them if they followed him, and they stopped the chase. Sweeney walked to a drug store and bathed Utn fortA He% frtlH o nrtrva;rwr?^nnf fhaf ha U19 lauCi W*v? ? V-VI * WOJA/Uutuv vuav uu did not know why Quinn had hit him. but supposed it was because he had lost his job by the failure of the stride. Mr. Sweeney said it was the first time in the history ol the Order that he had been assaulted by a striker or any member of the switchmen's organization. He had often heard threats against him, but had never been touched by a man who was disappointed over the outcome of a strike. The assault, he said, was most cowardly and unprovoked. Governor Flower's Proclamation. On the day that the strike was declared over Governor Flower issued a proclamation, beginning {is follows: "In view of the continued attempts at destruction of property and malicious inter lereace wita me running oc rauroaa trains, in certain sections of the State, 1 deem it my duty to direct the attention of the people of the'State to the provisions of the Penal Code relating to such offenses as amended by the Legislature,during the present year." After quoting from the Penal Code the penalties prescribed for committing injuries to railroad tracks, etc.. the proclamation ends in this wise: "I warn all p?r.?ons engaged in the violation of the above law to desist therefrom, and I call upon all sheriffs, magistrates, district attorneys and other civil authorities aud upon all good citizens to ail in the en forcemeat of said lpw and in the punishment of all criminals who are guilty of its violation . "I hereby offer a reward of $100 to b9 paid upon the arrest and conviction of each person who shall during the next thirty days violate any of the provisions of the said sections of the renal Code relating to steam railroads. The failure or omission of any sheriff, district attorney or other civil officer to take the mo3c active steps in his dowerto enforce said provisions of the Penal Code will be considered sufficient came for removal." A Bov Shot. During the morning Michael Broderlck, aged seventeen, was throwing stones at some or the soldiers of the Twenty-second Regiment. He was ordered by the men on guard to stop, but continued to throw the missile?. Then some of the soldiers started to try and capture him and he ran away. He was ordered to halt but failed to do so, and one of the soldiers raised his musket and fired. The hall took effect in tbe boy's stomach, causing a fatal wound. The boy was taken to a hospital and died soon after. Wanted, the Soldiers to Go, Sheriff Beck, of Buffalo, sent ths following letter to Adjutant-General Porter: "The necessity of the presence of the State militia having ceased I respectfully request tbat tbe troops be withdrawn. 4lI desire to thank you, on behalf of the citizens of Erie County and for myself, for the prompt and inestimable assistance of yourself and those under your command. "Yours respectfully, "August Beck, Sheriff.'* It was stated by Governor Flower that the strike having been dec.ared off the troops would be withdrawn pruaentJy under tu? direction of Adjutant-General Porter, who would remain in Buffalo for a while. About 1500 of tbe troops were sent home during the day, and by the followiag day all except the Buffalo regiments hau broken camp. LATER NEWg. Iw the Borden murder case at Fall River, Mass., the defence concluded their testimony. President Harbison' arrivel at New York from Loon Lake, and went to Ophir Farm, the summer house of Whi el iw Reid, candidate for Vice-President. J nay prominent Republicans called to pay their re gpects. The President decided, when the news o* the cholera on the steamship Moravia reached him. to alter his plans, and he went to Washington on the midnight train, instead of going back to Loon Lake. The Connecticut Prohibition State Convention convened at Hartford with about 350 delegates present. Edward P Au*er, of Middletowu. was nominated for Governor. The result of the Democratic primaries in South Carolina gives the State to Tillman for two years more. The Tillmanite3 have a majority of about 15,000 in a total of 60.000. The Wisconsin Democratic State Convention was held at Milwaukee. The present State officers were renominated. Prime Minister Gladstone was at tacked and knocked down by a heifer at Prior I and hilt 03CaD8d SeriOUS uanuiutu^ ? 4 ?- injury. TEA1NMEN KILLED. Two Trains Collide at Burlington, y. J,, With Terrible Kesults. Two trains on the Camden & Amboy Branch of the Central Kailroid of New Jersey crashed together at Whitehall a few I nights ago, and four of the train hands were killed. The trains were No. 3i2, . east bound, and an extra drawn by engine No. lO.'y. The extra consisted of a lot of empty passenger cars en route lor Camien. The road is a single-track one, and neith?r engineer knew of the other's approach until they were within a tew yards of each other. A moment later came the crasi, ami both engines now lie across the track, wrecked into <ili'in*lBvs masse.--. The passen xers on the east -bound train received a severe shaking ud, but fortunately none ot them were injured. CATTLE THIEVES SHOT. Three of the Brock. Band Killed in Utah by One Man. Three of the notorious Brock gang of cattle thieves have been killed by one man near West Water, Utah, just north of the Colorado line. VV E. Davis came upon the band early in the moraine. He was alone, but shot with such good effect that three o( the band were killed, and Broclc himsair was shot through the her.d and mortally wounded. i ' i '?v TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. y|1 Dispatches of Interest From at Home and Abroad. _______ V Oliver Wendell Holmes's EightyThird Birthday Celebrated. 0LIV2K WENDELL HOLMtt. t The genial Autocrut of the Breakfast Table, Dr. Oliver Wendell Holme?, celebrated his eighty-third birthday at Beverly Farms, Slass., his summer residence, a few days &xo. It was a busy day for the aged poet, yet a day of happiness and contentment. "It is the pleasanteet event of this Bort I have had in recent years," he said. He had a chance to rest in the morning, buc in the afternoon his time was fully taken op with visitors. His health is generally good, but his eyesight is faiiing a little ana it interferes somewhat with, his reading ani correspondence. That is the only evidence of advancing years. He had several presents and an avalanche . of letters and telegrams. Ex-Secretary Bayard was among the guests, and the venerable Robert C. Winthrop called upon him a day or two ago to present his congratulations. Among the gifts were a beautiful basket of flowers from his publishers; set of Charles Lamb'r works, beautifully bound, the gift of two lady friends, and a nautilus shell mounted on solid diver. IE was maeea a very preiiy cuacvik. The lares Dautiius shell of exquisite tints and coloring had been set on a standard of. silver. Uoon the silver case was inscribed in script the opening line from Dr. Holmes's well known poem, 'The Chambered Nautilus," the opening line, which runs thus: ) "Thanks for the Heavenly message brought by thee." The delicate and exquisite gift was from Mrs. William H. Aloore, of Chicago, who was one of the early call srs. There was s large frosted cake, heartus? the letters "O. W. H." upon the top, wreathed with a delicate green vine, and surmounting it were twelve tiny candles. This was from a young miss in the neighborhood, Amelia Calif, who claims descent from Robert Calif of the days 01 Lotton joainer. Still another gift was a small bronze piece, representing three corner pillars of temple in the Roman Forum. There was a pincushion, done in dainty fancy work, from a lady admirer, and (here were sprays and bouquets of flowers fro-n many other*. One gilt which he prizes very much came from a friend in ScotUnd, who sent a fac* simile of the first edition Of tbe works of Robert Burns, woich hare now become exceedingly rare. It is dated 1S20. 7 W beat Across the Sea. The Hungarian Minister of Agriculture published at Buda Pesth his estimates oC the world's crops, surpluses and requirements, and according to his figures Europe will require to import something orer 170,000,000 bushels ot wheat this crop year from North America, India and Australia. In some important countries ' fcheM estimates are at variance with those published. At the International Grain Market at Vienua, for example, the Hungarian estimates for Russian wheat are for aj$rgw crop than last year, while the Vienna estimate gives lower percentages than ;last year. Through the courtesy of Messrs. Walter Del Mar & Co., we were enable 1 to pre the complete Vienna estimate for wheat in percentages as follow?; Austria, 110; Hungary,102; Prussia,spring; SO, winter, 103; Saxo ny, sprinjr, 107, winter, 114; Upper ana Lower Bavaria, 125; Bavanau and Hesse Palatinate, spring, 100, winter, 120; Baden, 100; Wurttemberg, spring, 96, | winter, Mecklenberg, 110; Denmark, I n *. ?nrt hwedau. 105: Itatv. 75. Switzerland, 117; Holland, 100; Belgium^ j 102; France, 94; Great Britain ana irefana, 91; Servia, 105; I Egypt, 80; Ronmania, 130; Russia Podo.ia, 75; Bessarabia, '.'5; central, 62; Nortnern. SO; Cherson and E?atenna, SO; Courland and Livouia, 100; Poiaud, 100. The aoove estimates are prepared by the Austrian Minister of Agriculture from special consular reports for the Grain Con.ress. Thrown Into a Thresher. A boy while cutting bundles for a threshing machine near Cato, N. Y., accidentally cut the feeder's han-1, which so infuriated / the latter that he caught the lad up and threw 'him into the rapidly revolving "?1? ?<??Aiin/4 t/? /laafh Ka. Cyjmuer, TVUCI OUO waa ^tuuuu w tore any one present conld raise a band to rescue him. The brother of the unfortunate lad imme* diateiy fell the murderer with a blow from a y pitchfork and then repeatedly plunged the tines of the fork through his body until he was dead.* All the threshing hands stood by and witnessed the terrible affair, apparently para tyzed by horror and unable to interfere. Killed in a Collision. Three passengers were killed and eighteen seriously injured in a collision in the i suburb?, near Dieghen and Schaerbeclr, Belgium, between the express train from Ostend and the regular train to Antwerp. The fireman and engineer of the exprea ? M ?< t-h SAVDMI 1TAPA U K1U O VI uouuuk wv v>v?wW w .. Jatally injured, among them Consul-General Jesslein. of the Orange Free Stat*. King Leopold, of Belgium, was on the next train from Ostend. Owing to the blocking of the line by tbe wreck he had to sake another route into Brusse s. Mipjadgment ot an In-Cnrre, A fatal accident occurred at Lanjford, Penn., during tbo progress of a .game of oasebalL Thomas "Donnelly misjudged an in-curve and struck at it, instead of moving out of the way. The ball hit him in the ear knocking him to the ground. A physician was summoned, .but before- he arrirei the injured man diea. A Care lor Cholera. Frau Froinert. who was the first person in Berlin, Germany, t bat contracted cholera, has been saved bj being inoculated with cholaride sodium, a preparation advocated by Professor Koch. Eleven ol a Crew Drowned. The British bark Newfleld, Captiiu Scott, I from Sharpnose for Brisbane, his be?.) [ wrecked near Port Campbell, Victoria j Eleven of her crew were drowned. THE PATENT OFFICE. Commissioner Simonds Submits Hi* Annual Report. Commissioner Simonds, of the United States Patent Office, has submitted his annual report to the Secretary of the Interior for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1892. The report shows that during the past year there nrarn 4.^ 043 annlifjttinn* for natentS and caveats received There ware 28,626 patents granted, including reissues and designs. Trade marics, 1563, registered, and aix labels registered. 1 wolve thousand four hundred and twenty-seven j patents expired during the year. The re, ceipta during the year amounted to 91,268,I 7^7 and the expenditures were $1, Hi, 134, leaving a surplus for the year of $154,503, 4