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COLUMBIAN CELEBRATION.
Anioriea's Discovery Fitly Observed
in New York City.
A DescriDtion of the Land and
Water Parades and Pageants.
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COLUMBUS MONUMENT.
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Thi six days' celebration in New York
City in bonor of tho four hundredth anni'
versary of the New World passed off with
all the eclat and brilliancy that the ComOrto,
ITimsfonH who VinrJ cnAnfc a full
mivico vi vu0muuvmwm ?? mw M ?.?
year in preparation therefor could desire.
There were military, naval and school parades,
fireworks displays, banquets, art exhibitions,
singing festivals, speechmaking
and sufficient other thinzs in the way of celebrating
to keep every Now Yorker and the
. 800,000 visitors to the city busy from beginning
to end.
It was the longest holliay that New York
has ever known, and the sum of $1,000,003
was expended to make it thoroughly enjoyable,
ot which amount tho city contributed
5100.000, the State $50,000, the World's Fair
Commissioners $10,000, while the remainder
was made up by private subscriptions and
the salo of seats from which to view the
parades.
The city was a mass of bunting, an artistic
combination of colors such as no sun
ever shown down on before. From the top
of the tallest office building to the cellar,
and from the ton window of the topmost
story of the tallest tenement down to the
lowly peanut stand, patriotism, such as
could be displayed by bunting, ran wild.
Tho Mayor asked the people to show theirf
patriotism by flying ttie scare ana ernpes
during the celebration. The people mor?
than responded to his appeal. I* early every
building along the route of the land parades,
from the Bowling Green to Central
Park, was gayly decked in flags, shields,
banners, bunting and National emblems.
Naturally Columbus and everthing thai
appertains to the discovery were features ol
the decorations?Columbus's bust, pictures
of the landing, the numbers 1492 and 1893,
the orange and red-bordered Spanish flag,
the red, white and green Italian flag, and
Che American flag.
Broadway, uptown and downtowD, Wall
street, Fifth avenue and Third and Sixth,
Fourteenth street and Twenty-third were
long vistas of red, white and blue waving
flags of ail Nations, banners and bunting
ana streamers of every hue.
Public buildings, like the Postoffice and
City Hall, were radiant in the National
colors, and on many of them, as upon the
fronts of hotels and great business houses,
were mammoth pictures, gracefully draped
with flags, giving; scenes from Columbus's
lifs, and engravings o: colored lithographs
"presenting the familiar features of the great
mariner were everywhere.
Tho errant, mtnil ??t .res uofcown were fairlv
covered with bright colore. There seomed
to be a great deal of rivalry among them as
to which should have the most brilliant and
artistic display.
Downtown all sorts of business house
were beautified more or less, and the res: dent
streets also showed liberal displays,
'PI*** fr?TTL>*? fnr t.incr ?nr1?H nvpn
K-, to the people of the tenement districts, and
in nearly every house some patriotic inmate
expended afew cents, if 110 more, in putting
a flag or a two or a few yards of bunting at
-the window of his little hat.
The Sandlord White arbor, through which
the paraders passed in Fifth avenue et
'Twentieth street, was a beautiful copy of the
white marble original in Spain. It was 100
feet long, forcy-two high and had a fortyfoot
span. Its six white pillars, trimmed
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with evergreen, a&i its roof, Jaced with
green vines, made a beautiful effect, 'i he
arch was double, having a cross passage a'
Twenty-second street.
Among the notable displays along the line
of the parade those at the National Headquarters
of the respective political parties
should be mentioned.
The Manhattan, the New York, Union
League and Democratic Clubs decorated
their houses elegantly. The decoration display
culminated at Fifth avenuo aud Fiftyeighth
in the Herts Arch, a graceful, stately
piece of work in imitation of marble and
granite.
Sacred melody, brilliant eulogies and
widespread devotion in fcll the synagogues
of the city ushered in the opening uay of
the great Columbus celebration. mo xiebrew
Sabbath was given over almost entirely
to tho festive occasion of the week.
All the places of worship were decorated in
a mc*t patriotic way. Festoons of bunting
in the National colors nearly concealed tbo
f pulpits, galleries and entrances to the synagogues.
Potted plants and masses of cut
;flowers perfumed the air. Tho services con'
sis tod of song and sermons, with the dis?
-covery of America and Columbus as thf
leading topics. In many of the synagogue!
the school children sang, and in some the
services closed witn the singing of Handel'!
Halleujah c&orus. In Brooklyn the synagogues
were also filled with celebrants.
These religious services were continued 01
the second day of the celebration in th
Christian churches, with many sermons am
music appropriate to the time. In th
Roman Catholic churches, as befits a celt
hration of the voyage of Columbus undertaken
with the Pope's blessing and with the
patronage of the "most Catholic" sov
?r\, ereigns of Spain, mass was sung with sumptu0,.
ous ceremonv. At Trinity, among th(
Protestant churches, the communion offlc<
was snng.
i " The day was ushered in by the tolling ol
bells at sunrise on all the churches in town
The chimes on Trinity Church and Graci
Cbarch were rung early and late.
Commemorative services were held at th<
Young Men's Christian Association rooms
Twenty-third street and Fourth avenue.
As a part of the i naueural ceremonies oi
the Columbian festivities, a erand sacrel
orchestral and vocv oncert took olace it
the evening at 8:30 at. the Lenox Lyceum
Madison avenue an', Fifty-ninth street.
Th^re were elaboMt-1 xoocial Columbian
services at nijrht in scores of churches.
The scenic celebration be^an on the third
day of the festivi ties with thu school aud
college narade at t ;n o'clock in the moraine
Over 30.0(10 mpils took part and thf
line of march was t hronged by vast crowds
of delighted spectators. The school children
had b3eu drilling in the armories and in the
up-town streets for a week or two, and their
alignment was almost perfect and their
marching was the admiration of everybody.
They marched from Fifth avenue anc
Fifty-seventh street down the avenue tc
otrventeentn street, ttience to Fourth avenue.
to Fourteenth street, to Fifth avenue,
toWas ington Square, to Waverly Place,
to Fourth street, where they disban-led.
The pupils, each carrying an American flag,
-were arranged in twenty regiments, containing
202 companies of fifty each.
The public-school division, 10,100 strong
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was commanded by John D. Robinson. Prin- <
cipal of Grammar School No. 94. Follow- 1
ins: this was the division of Roman Catholic
schools and colleges, containing 5509 nupils l
and led by General James R. O'Beirne.
Major Franklin Bartlett followed with the 1
eoilesje division, about 30 0 strong, while
scores of private schools brought up the rear. i
The most striking feature alon? the line 1
of march was the hua;e American flaz on |
the stand at the Reservoir, Fifth avenue and 1
Forty-second street, composed of sixteen
hundred school girls costumed in red, white ]
and blue, and so arranged that they formed
a perfect representation of the Stars and 1
Stripes. On tho stand at the east side of (
Union Square were sixteen hundred girls '
from Catholic schools, similarly arranged.
Each group of girls sang patriotic airs as 1
the parade passed. 1
On another stand at Union Square three
hundrod children from tho Children's Aid
Society waved small American flags as the
column moved by.
The 353 Indian boys from the Carlisle
'Pann i Industrial Instituta were taken to
Ellis Island, where breakfast was served.
They then were taken by ferryboat to the
foot of West Tenth street, whence they
marchei to their position in the line. They
received great applause all along: the lin9 of
march.
In the evening; S. G. Pratt's cantata, "The
Triumph of Columbus," was sung by a large
chorus in the Carnegie Music Hall." Beginning
at S:30 at night there was a brilliant
fireworks display, costing over $4000, on
Brooklyn Bridge. Niagara Falls in fire was
represented. There were 500 feet of fire
falling a distance of 180 feet from the roadway
of the Bridge to the river.
Tha tops of the towers were illuminated 1
with huge prismatic lights. In all there 1
were fifteen displays ana each was marked ]
by great flashes of colored light from the
towers produced by burning fifty pounds of
colored fire composition. There was a steady
running fire of six-pound rockets, of shells, I
bouquets of magnesiuo), Roman candles,
whistling rockets, floating meteors, and
other devices known only to a manufacturer j
of fireworks. The two hours' display opened
and closed with the discharge of 10) giant i
shells 111 groups or irom twelve to twenty.
The river was thronged with all sorts of
craft, crowded with delighted spectators.
There were no decorations on the Washington
Arch, but six powerful search lights,
furnished by the Edison Electric Company,
were arranged about its base, and their rays
were thrown upon the beautiful structure,
and this, night after night, produced a
beautiful effect, which was novel as well.
On the fourth day of the Columbian observances
New Yorkers and their vast number
of guests saw the greatest naval parade
that ever occurred in America. Over two
hundred vessels were in line, including
American, French, Spanish and Italian
men-of-war.
The parade formed in Gravesend Bay and
the Narrows at 12:30 p. m. The course wa3
up thr> bay and North River to and around
a buoy above Grant's Tomb and return. i
The director was Nicholson Kane, of the
New York Yacht Club. He sailed at the j
head of the column on the United State3 ,
torpedo boat Cushing, and following
him on the Philadelphia came Commodore
Henry Eroen and staff j
?Via rnminiffno of One Hundred.
Then followed the United States steamships
Miantonomob, Atlanta, Dolphin and Vesuvius.
Next in line were the French flagship
Aratheuse, and the Frenc- man-of-war
Hussard, the Spanish cruiser Infanta
Ysabel, and the Italian cruiser Bausan, followed
by the naval militia of the State of
New York.
The others in the parade were fifteen municipal
vessels, seventeen steam yachts and
102 merchant vessels, divided in eight divisions.
One of the sights -n this parade was a
series of gigantic floats, upon which were
shown scenes illustrative of the remarkable
advance in shipbuilding since Columbus discovered
America. In addition to the fleet
in the parade there were a number of free
excursion steamboats for the benefit of the
women and children of the tenements.
The war ships proceeded in three columns
with the foreign vessels in the middle. They
rendezvoused in the lower bay, and as they
passed up through the Narrows they were
saluted by the forts. The other vessels
fell in after the head of the column
had passed. Thence the column passed
up the North River to a point opposite
Grant's Tomb, where the warships came
to anchor and the rest of the fleet returned
down tbo river in double column on the op,
posite sides from which they passed up. The
parage attracted thousands of persons to
every avauaoie piacaon ana overiuutuuK bus
bay where it could bo seen. s
In the evening, at seven o'clock, the parade i;
of the Roman Catholic societies took place.
It was over the same route as the school p
parade of the day before, and was reviewed t
at tho Cathedral by Archbishop Corrigan. a
As soon as night had fairly set in thero h
was a grand illumination of dwellings, t
hotels, clubhouses, public buildings and
business places. Prisis were awarded for c
the most effective displays, three for the
best arrangement of lights?gold, silver and t'
bronze medals, in order of merit?and three j
for decorations. a
The parade consisted of 25,000 Roman
Catholics in line under command of Father
Keefe and Victor Dowling. Some of the f
organizations in line were trie Society of the 1
Holy Name, 8000 strong: Catholic Benevo- 0
lent Legion, 600C; Young Men's Catholic 7
Society, 3500; Catholic Knights of America. a
2500; Catholic Mutual Benefit Society, 1500, T
and St. Viucent de Paul, 5000.
The German singing societies of New J
York and other cities gave a mammoth en- t
tercainraent that evening at the Seventh h
Regiment Armory. Tho choruses aggre- C
jrated 5<K)0 voices, and the entertainment I
wur a lengthy one. t
The citv's display of fireworks from the v
n T>_:j J .t m.Qrt V, m ft:
i JDruuKi.yu onu^ovAxuucuav xv.w y. ?-**
was one of the grandest features of the eel- _
. {^ration. It comprised grand illuminations J
from the tower?, consisting of Chinese suns
each six feet in circumference and of suf- j
i ficient brilliancy to be seen for a distance of
twenty-five miles. They showed the American
and Italian colors. Aerial bouquets were
I fired and the "Falls of Niagara," that ere- ,
ated such a sensation the night before, was A
reoeaterf. g
The fifth was the most prominent day of e
I the entire celebration. It had been made a
lez?l holiday, and was generally observed.
There were salutes bv the First Battery, ,
under Captain Louis Wendel, at daylight,
church bells were rung, and flags hoisted at ?
. the Battery pole and on the old fort in :
Central Park. j
The military narade which occurred on ;
this day was a gigantic affair and nossibly '
the largest of its kind ever held. General j
Martin T. McMnhon was the Grand Marshal.
The line of march was from the Battery, *
up Broadway to Fourth street, around *
Washington Souare to Fifth avenue, (
. thence to Fourteenth street, to Fourth
5 aveDue, to Seventeenth street, to Fifth
s avenue, and at Fifty-ninth street the signal
, was given to disband. Soldiers of all sorts
5 took part. There were regulars, militia,
. privnte military organizations and thousands
of mounted men. At least 6000 milij
tiamen from neighboring States particiB
pated. Teere were at least 10,000 men from
j other States, and every available United
e States Array regular, including a regiment
j. of cavalrv, were in line.
General Schofleld and his staff participated.
The column was in ten divisions. The
first was the Brigade of the United
' States Army, under Colonel L. L.
? Lingdon; the second was the United
States Naval Brigade; the third the
. National Guard, First Brigade, Genoral
Fitzgerald; Second, General McLeer; the
Third Division included New Jersey,
Georgia, Pennsylvania and Washington
military organizations, Governor Pattlson
and Governor Russell and their staffs and
the Connecticut troops.
, The Fourth Division was composed of
[ 7000 veterans of the Grand Army of the
Republic, Colonel D. S. Brown. Marshal;
1 the leltar carriers formed the Fifth Division;
tae New York Fire Department, the
Sixth; the old Volunteer Fire Department,
i the Seventh; the Italian military orgxnizit.ons,
the Eighth; the German unitormed
s.-viol-.ipa tha Ninth, and a host of unclassi
tied independent uniformed organizations,
the Tenth Division.
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' x ne parade took nearly six nours to pass
a piven point. At 4 p. m. Mayor Grant un*
veiled the monument of Columbus erected
by the New York City Italians at Eighth
avenue and Fifty-ninth street. He was
assisted by the Italian Minister, Barou
? Fava, Consul-General Riv^, Carb Barsotti,
> and the officers of the Giovanni Bausau.
The statue is of marble and bronze lrom
drawings by Rossi. The base reliefs at the
base of the column are symbolical of the
Genius of Geography.
But the grandest of all the parades was
the night pageant, which moved from the
Battery in the evening and followed
exactly the same line of march as th? military
parade in the morning.
It was beyond doubt the most magnificent
night spectacle ever seen in this country.
There were sixteen beautifully arranged
Boats, an army of bicyclists, 5000 Red
Men in costume, six military bands
and a score ot civic bands. The
titles of the floats were as follows:
"Fame," "Prehistoric Americans," "Toltec
Sun Worshipers," "Homage to Columbus,"
"The Santa Maria," "Liberty," "The Capitol."
"The Press," "Poetry and Romance,"
"Music," "Science," "Wealth aud Commerce,"
"Supremacy of American Women,"
"The United Ocaans," "Columbia?Car of
State," "Car o? Electra."
The floats cost $24,000. There were 300
women, 400 men and 600 horses employed in
rh? nnrraanh
One hundred men were stationed at
various points along the route to announce
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WASHINGTON ARCH.
the coming of the pageant by exploding red
fire fifteen minutes before the head of the
procession was due.
On this night there was also a modest exhibition
of fireworks in the City Hall Park,
Madison and Union Squares and Reservoir
Square. The balance of the fund left over
Awkikiflrtnn An 4-l-ie\ Prnnlrlrrn
LI 17III tuo iny CAUIUII/IUUO VU uuo JUI vv/oiju
Bridge on previous nights being expended
in this way.
The aim of the committee was to make
the night pageant a gem of color and glare,
and this was accomplished to the satisfaction
of all beholders.
The banquet held fn the Lenox Lyceum
jn the night of the sixth day brought the
celebration to a close. Over four hundred
men of National prominence in Statecraft,
;he Bar, the Church, the Exchange and
jvery walk in life were present as the guests
)f the Committee of Arrangements, and
;here were many speeches by many noted
nen.
PROMINENT PEOPLE."Ootda."
has written twenty-seven novel*
LociS Kossuth has finished bis memoirs.
President Harrison is fond of billiards.
Ex-Empress Eugenie is numbered
among the noble army of vegetarians.
Ex-Frivate Iaus, of Homestead courtmartial
tame, is now a clerk in a Pittsburg
store.
Thomas Spurgeon, a * son ot the dead
preacher, gives promise of becoming a
famous pulpit orator.
Dennis Murphy hts superintended the
reporting of Uniitid States Senate debates
tor forty-four years.
Sir Lton Playfaip., just elevated to the
British Peerage, married in 1876 an American
lady. Miss Edith Russell, of Boston.
Sir Julian Pauncefote, British Minister
:o the United States, Is a musician of ability
ind also has published a number of original
compositions.
The first physician Milwaukee Wis., ever
lad recently died at the age of eighty-three.
This was Dr Enoch Chase, who settled on
;he site of Milwaukee fifty-seven years ago
Eugene Field says that William 8. GiJ>ert,
the librettist, in his professional and
tocial relations with mankind is as arrogant
ind disagreeable a person as ever wore
rousers.
Charle3 W. Frendsnvoll has been seected
by the widow and daughter of Patick
S. Gilmore as leader and business man
tger of the famous band. He was born in
Joston in 1853.
In Boston,, a few years ago, they spoke of
'Billy" Russell as the son of the Hon.
3harles Theo lore Russell, but now they atude
to the Hon. Charles Theodore as the
'father of the Governor."
Dvorak, the Bohemian composer, who
oo i\t fno Nufcirmal
Conservator? of Music at New York, with a
alary of f15.000, started his musical career
a The Prague at J9 a week.
The German Kaiser's uew daughter is a
art.cularly welcome addition to his housetold,
for the reason that, previous to her
ppearance on the scene, eightv-four years
tad elapsed since a Queen of Prussia gave
lirth to a daughter.
Alvis Claiuc, the last of the big telesope
builders of that name. Is quoted as sayng
that he would probably not undertake
o ouua mure luaa uuw uwuei ^loai toicacu^w. %
le is now getting ou toward three-score,
ncl such work requires several years' time.
Professor E. E. Barnard, of the Lick
California) Observatory, now famous as
he discoverer of J upiter's fifth satellite, is
nly about forty years old. Only a few
ears ago he was ''earning a scanty living
s a clerk in a photographic gallery in Nash-'
ille, Tenn."
Baptists, the Indian pilot, known by all
Lmerican tourists who have passed down
he rapids of the St, Lawrence, died at hi?
tome in the Indian village of Couzhnawaga,
Canada, a few days ago, aged e/ghty-two.
le was the first Indian to ruu a boat down
he rapids, and every one felt safe when ho
fas in charge.
tfUCH MONEY AND STAMPS.
* ? *- ?n Und Dnnaail
report 01 i nc fuitcui
ot Kn^ravinff and Printing.
The annual report of Captain William
d. Meredith, Chief of the Bureau of Engraving
and Printing, for thd fiscal year
mding June 30, 1892, says that the Bureau
iccomplisbed another successful year's
vork. There were completed and devered
durin? the year 13,728.494
iheets of United States notes, Treasiry
notes, gold certificates, silver cer.ihcates,
bonds and National bank notes,
laving the enormou? face value of $709,r60,800;
36,466,196 sheets of internal-revenue
itamps, containing 1,042,806,244 stamps and
laving a value of over $154,000,000; 298,625
sheets of customs stamps, containing 2,05},J50
stamps, and 2,015,123 sheets of drafts,
ihecks, certificates, etc., together with miscellaneous
work for the various deoartmente
>f the Government, costing $83,579.12.
The number of securities, stamps, etc.,
ielivered during the fiscal year 1891 wa3
larger than for a period of fourteen yaars
prior thereto. The number delivered rtur- 1
ing the year 1S92. howev&r, exceeds that
number by 6,135.057 sheets, or slightly more
than thirteen per cent., while the expenditures
for 1892 exceed those of 1S91 by only
four per cent. This large amount of work,
representing in the aggregate a value of
aver 1863,000,000, was handled throughout
the various processes necessary to its completion
without the los3 to the Government
of a single dollar.
WINDLE'3 FAST BIDE.
He Breaks All Records for a Mile on a
Bicycle.
The ascendancy of the bicycle orer the
horse was again demonstrated on the Hampden
Park track, Springfield, Mass., when
W. W. Windle made a mile from a
living start in 2:02 thus beating
the trotting record of 2:04 made by Nancj
Hanks. It was not au ideal day for recori
breaking;. A St in Dl"dPZ9 was uiuwmg 11 uui |
the north, but the plucky rider was determined
to smash a record, and it went.
Windle bad as pacemakers W. F. Murphy,
Harry Wheeler aud W, S. Campbell
on a triplet wao tcok him around
the first half, when he was picked up
by Charles Dorntge, Riverside Smith,
and H. B. Arnold, also a triplet, who
took him to the three-quarter pole. At that
point he was met by E l Nelson. who finished
with him.
The time by quarters was: First quarter,
0:'2'J 2-5; half. 0:5:) 4-3; three-quarters, 1:30
4-5; mile, 'J-.C'J J-5.
Our new treaty with Chile provides for a
commission of three, one chosen by each
tiovernmjnt and the third by the first two,
to whom all claims are to be presented.
Their decision shall be final.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZED.
Eastern and Middle State*.
.At the continuation of the 250th anniversary
exercises o? the settlement of Woburn,
Mass., Secretary of State Poster represented
the President and delivered a
speech in his stead.
Secretary of the Treastxrt Foster
has approved the selection or the site at
Walnut and Seventh streets, Philadelphia,
Penn., for the new United States Mint. The
property will cost $800,000.
_ George Schaefer, an engineer, and
Richard Johnston, his nreman, were sunocated
in a mine at Sandy Creek, Penn., by
smoke from their engine and foal air.
The Columbian Art Loan Exhibition at
the National Academy of Design was formally
opeued in New York City by Mayor
Grant.
Senator She r man, of Ohio, addressed a
mass meeting: of Republicans at Cooper
UnioD, New York City.
In his charge to the Grand Jury in the
case of the Homestead (Penn.) Advisory
Committee, Chief Justica Paxson held that
defiance of the law and seizure of property
by violence constituted treason against the
State.
South and West.
JIns. William Sharpe, an insane woman,
of Cootesvllle. Ind., poured coal oil on her
husband while he slept, and then applied a
match, burning him to death. Sharpe en- )
deavored to escaDe, but the woman opposed
his efforts and was herself fatally burned.
- The Canadian Pacific steamer Willimette
was run down by a steam collier in Puget
Sound. Washington, in a fog, and five of
her passengers lost their lives and seventeen
were injured
Just as a freight train was passing a
curve at Bennettsville, S. C., one of the cars
jumped the track carrying another with it
and wrecking the train. Boyd Parley, John
Mitchell and Charles Owens, employes of
the road, were killed.
Washington.
The expenditures for nensions during the
last quarter were $40,377,574, which "indicates
a total of $160,000,000 for the year.
The United States customs receipts for
September jumped from $14,120,940 in 1891
to $17,209,947 this year, and the receipts for
the quarter endinz September 30th increased
so nnii nm ?nit maiin t,hn?a for ths laafc
^jr,WU,VW HUM ? ??? ?
quarter 1100,0 IX),000.
The War Department has decided to abandon
Fort Duchesne, Utah, and to transfer
the two troops of cavalry there to Fort
Logan, Col., and an order to this affect has
been issued,
President Harbison was presented by
John Joy Erison, Chairman of the Citizens'
Executive Committee, with a handsome
souvenir medal of the late G. A. R. encampment
in Washington. The madal, which
was struck especially for the President, is
made from the metal of condemned cannon.
The contest for the position of professor
of modern languages at the West Point
Military Academy, a position which carries
with it a salary of about $4030 per annum
and the rank of Colonel, has ended in favor
of Captain E. E, Wood, of the Eighth Cavalry,
the present assistant professor of
Spanish at the Academy.
Mr. Solohon Hirsch, United States
Minister to Turkey, called upon the President
and tendered his resignation. It was
accepted.
Minister Eoan had an hour's conference
With the President at the White House in
regard to the relations between Cnile and |
tug uuiuxi oujtwa.
Foreign.
An explosion in the eleotrical works in
the Llcenstrasse, in Koeniijsberg, Germany,
wrecked the building and set fire to the
ruins. Several workmen were injured severely
and two were killed outright. A
tenement house next door caught fire and
burned with such rapidity that twelve of tbe
tenants had to save their lives by jumping
from the third story windows. An old man
named Teike and nis three young grandchildren
were burned to death. Of the
twelve persons who jumped four broke legs
or arms.
a new agreement between Chile and
Peru settles tbe differences concerning the
guano beds. The agreement bas to be ratified
by the Chilean Congress.
In Toluca and Zacatecas, Mexico, there
have been hundreds of deaths from starvation
and exposure.
Special Envoy W. H. Curtis and Minister
Snowden presented the official invitation
to the Royal family of Spain to go to Chicago
to assist in the ODeninj of the World's
Fair. The Duke of Veragua has recovered
from his illness and will accept the invitation.
Parnell's memory was honored in Dublin,
Ireland, by a monster procession.
Gexeral Joaquin Crespo entered Car- ]
acasand was proclaimed provisional Presi
dent of Venezuela. Ee appointed bis Cab- ,
inet. Villegas-Pulido and his Ministers e3- I
caped to Martinique, West Indies. I
The Queen Regent of Spain and the little
King arrived at Huelva from Cadiz to take
part in the Columbus celebration; there was
a naval parade at Cadiz.
Colonel Nicolas Smith, American Consul
at Three Rivers, Canada, hasN been
mobbed because in a consular report he
severely criticised the sanitary condition of
the town.
LATER NEW?.
The Rho3e Island Democratic Starts Convention
was called to order at Providence.
A platform was adopted indorsing Cleveland
and Stevenson, and the utterances of
thA Nntinnnl nlatfopm and the Cleveland
letter of acceptance. Presidential Electors
were chosen and the convention then ad- |
journed.
Philadelphia, celebrated the Columbian
anniversary with parades and banquets
A statde of Columbus was unveiled at |
Baltimore, Md., and Cardinal Gibbons made
a speech.
An* unprecedented snow, rain and sleet
storm prevailed !n Colorado. All communication
by telegraph co towns was entirely
interrupted the entire day.
The colored man, "Pail" Young, who
murdere 1 Walter Glass, was lynchbd naxt
day near Palmyra, Va
Governor Peck, of Wisconsin, issued a
proclamation convening the Legislature in
special session on Monday, October 17tb, to
reapportion the State into Senate and Assembly
districts.
Celebrations in honor of the four
hundredth auniversary of the discovery of
America were held at Chicago, 111.; Detroit,
Mich., Dayton, Ohio, and Kansas
City, Mo.
The resignation of Smith A. Whitfield as
First Assistant Postmaster-General has been
accepted by Postmaster-General Wanamaker.
The annual report of Brigadier-Gbneral
McCook, commanding the Department of
Arizona, has been recaived by the War Department.
He dwells at length upon the Indian
depredations.
Ceremo.vies in honor of Columbus took
place in Madrid, Melbouruj Berlin and
various cities in Europe.
JONES IS RE-ELECTED.
Aijain Chosen as Governor of the
Choctaw Nation.
Wilson Jones, the present Governor of the
Choctaw Nation, has been declared elected
in session at Tuscahoma, Indian Territory,
as Governor for the two ensuing years, he
having received a majority of seventy-five
of all votes cast.
Everything is quiet at present, but no
one knows what the outlook will be, as
there is sure to be some dissatisfaction from
the opposition party, and if any outbreak
should occur all the military forces in tha
Territory will be powerle3it to prevent serious
trouble between the two parties.
CONDITION OF CROPS.
Monthly Report of the Statistician
ot Agriculture.
The Average Yield of Wheat,
Com, Oats and Potatoes,
The October returns of the United States
Agricultural Department give the State
averages oc yieia or wneac at uona six to
twenty-two bushels, and the average at
thirteen bushels. The averages of the principal
wheat-growing States are as follows:
New York, 14.3; Pennsylvania, 144; Texas,
12.3; Ohio, 13.2- Michigan, 14.7; Indiana, 14;
Illinois, 14.7; Wisconsin, 11.5; Minnesota.
11.7; Iowa, 11.5; Missouri, 12.1; Kansas, 17;
Nebraska, 13.5; South Dakota, 12.5: North
Dakota, 12.2; Washington, 18.4; Oregon,
15.7; California, 12.8.
The general condition o* corn is 79.8
against 79.6 for last month. The absence of
frost has been favorable to the ripening of
the late and immature areas. The
tamperature of the last week in
September was especially beneficial.
During the past ten years there ware three
?1883, 1887 and 1890?which reported worse
in Ditt/thAl* QTlH mq^A O THAW rtf
twenty to twenty-two bushels per acre.
The range of yields of ten years has beeu
from twenty to twenty-seven bushels. The
present condition indicates a yield below the
average.
The average yield of oats is 24.3 bushels.
The last report of condition was the lowest
in ten years, that of 1890 excapted, tbe average
being 64.4 against 76.9 this year.
The average of the estimated State yields
of rye is 12.7 bushels.
The condition of potatoes has declined during
the past month from 74.8 to 67.7. Low
condition is general in the Eastern, Middle,
Central and western States. It is highest in
tbe Rocky Mountain region and in the South,
where the crop wai gathered early in the
season.
The condition of buckwheat has declined
since the last report from 89 to 86. ^ It is 83
in New York and 90 in Pennsylvania.
Tha condition of tobacco kas improved 3
or 4 points, now averaging 83.
The statistician of the Department of
Agriculture reports a reaucaon 01 o>$
points in the general percentage of ooudition
of cotton, from 70.8 in September to
73.3 iQ October.
THE LABOB WORLD,
London has 4000 letter-carriers.
Aobicultuhz employs 3,000,009 Italiai
women.
Fifteen thousand Clyde (Scotland
sbiDbuilaers are out ot work.
Chinese manufacturers and laborers con
trol almost the entire shoe Industry of California.
The Temescat tin mine in California hi!
paid off its thirty-five employes and shuJ
down for good.
The strength of the Brotherhood of Lo
comotive Firemen, according to the latesl
report, is 26.000
Luring the last financial year a profll
was made in the Scotch prisons of $20,165
out of the labor of the prisoners.
?? ? Timn.
JLtflS year bUC UCImau'Auic? ivmu J rgraphin
has had fifty per cent. more unemployed
members to support than last year
Hose3 Boyd, iged seventy-eight, is conductor
on a suburban train from Dedham,
Mas?., to Boston, and is probably the oldest
conductor in tue country.
It is stated that there have been ovei
7( 0 workmen killed on the World's Pair
grounds. 342 having met death in the con
struction of the Fine Arts Building.
Fifteen thousand cotton looms in
Ohenr, Belgium, have been stopped in consequence
of the stagnation in trade. The
stoppage will cause great misery among the
worxing people.
A banker at Melbourne. Australia, was
recently tined $25,00J and sentenced to ten
yearo imprisonment for swindling working
people out of their earnings by land dealings.
Another got a dose of $2500 and four
years.
Various railroad organizations includ*
ing the Brotherhoods or L<ooo motive r iremen,
ftailway Conductors and Switchmen,
have organized a Railway Employes' Industrial
Banking Union, with a guaranteed
capital of $100,000.
In Austria the wages per week of seven
days average as follows: Men, women and
young people over fifteen years old, $1.86*
males (men and youn? people), $2.3t"; men,
12.45; females (womeu and young women),
jl.43; women, $1.49.
BUBIAL OF TENNYSON.
The Remains of the Poet Interred in
Westminster Abbev.
The remains of Lord Tennyson were laic
in their final resting place, beneath th<
pavement of Westminster Abbey, London.
The congregation comprised men eminent in
all walks of life, statesmen, clergymen,
authors, artists, members of the dramatic
profession, men whose names are household
words wherever the English tongue i:
known.
Many of those who entered the building
carried wreaths, which were placed in the
Jerusalem Chamber with those already deposited
there. The Jerusalem Chamber contained
a mass of most beautiful flowers, including
300 superb wreaths and crosses.
Among the tokens was a beautiful design
sent by Princess Louise, composed mostly of
aram lilies and stephanotis.
Mrs. Gladstone sent a wreath on behalf of
her husband and herself. It was composed
of sweet smelling leaves t'rom the gardens at
Hawarden and was made bv Mrs. Glad
stone's own bands.
The Queen senc a wreath composed of
, laurel leaves, tied with a broad bow of
I white silk ribbon. A card was attached to
[ the wreath, on which, in the Queen's own
handwriting, were the words: "A mark of
sincere regard and admiration from Vic
toria, R, I."
Her Majesty also sent an everlasting metallic
wreath of laurel, with the letters "V.
R. L" in gilt worked into a monogram, and
bearing the words:
"A tribute of affectionate regard and trua
admiration from the sovereign
The pallbearers were Mr. Henry White,
Secretary of the American Legation; Lord
Salisbury, the Very Rev. Henry Montagu
Butler, air James Paget, Lord Roaebery and
Professor Froude. The choir sang the
dead poet's, beautiful lines, "Crossing
the Bar," and "The Silent Voices," the
latest poem written by Tennyson, the music
of which was composed by Lady Tennyson.
ine Deneaicxion was piuuuuutou uj u?
Archbishop of Canterbury.
! Toe trustees of Shakespeare's birthplace
sent a wreath of laurel from Shakespeare's
grave to be placed on the coffin of Tennyson.
FOUR DEAD.
Passengers on a Kansas City Cable
Car Killed.
Four persons lost their lives in a cabl<
car accident at the intersection of the Santa
Fe tracks and the cable car tracks at the
" *- *- - a?? ? IT?\f?
r uieeuin sireou si^i/iuu, iuuuu w.uj,
A freight train ran into the grip car of th<
cable train and four of tha eight persons on
the grip car were killed, the others escaping
injury. The dead are: William Barbe,
gripma'n, Cynthia Revise, Edward McKinney
and Jefferson Secrist.
The cause of the accident is said to have
been the absence from his post of duty of tht
watchman, who was attendins to his lan
terns.
Assistant Secretary Nettletoy has
informed an inquirer that out of an issue of
4000 ten-thousani-dollar legal-tender notes
there is but one note uow outstanding, and
that there are but three five-thousand-dollar
notes outstanding out of a total issue of
130,000,000.
Jack Prince, the Omaha bicycle raesi-,
won a ten-mile race with two pacing horses
at the fail1 grounds at Omaha t.ie other day.
Each horse went live miles. The time was
thirty-two minutes and twenty-three seconds.
. , * ' : ' 0N?
A GOOD SHEPHERD. S
What b meant by a good shepherd? *
The man that succeeds is a good shep- *
herd. He has learned to be an expert. ?
He has become familiar with all the de- 3
tails of sheep raising. He always has 1
time to attend to their wants; is never 8
too tired, never forgetful, never fails to 2
anticipate their wants or oaprices. He 1
loves his flock above himself. A good ^
shepherd is known by his flock; they *
are not afraid of him. A good shepherd y
is born, not made.?American Farmer. J
f
<1TT rr$ fTTTTT trr.T>QV k TJiTJT ^
I Nothing so refreshes a tired animal, a
biped or quadruped, as a bath. The a
profusely perspiring horse discharges an .
enoimous quantity of waste matter t
through the skin, and the odor of it is t
as bad as that of the manure, being j
strongly ammoniacal. This attracts the f
pestiferous stable fly which so disturbs ^
the rest of the horses at night. A a
drenching of cool water and an immedi- f
ate rubbing down of the skin will be a c
double relief to the wearied animal. It a
will refresh him and relieve him from his j.
tormentors. A covering of wire gauze, c
on the windows and doors of the stable, a
and a cooling of the floor and walls with g
water, with a clean bed, i3 the least any t
conscientious man should provide for his c
faithful horses. Street car horses are r
sprayed at each rest.?American Agri- j
culturist. a
t
NEW ENEMY OP WHEAT. r
1 A great deal of mysterious damage 8
( was done to the wheat in the Northwest, c
particularly in Minnesota, the past sea- t
son.. The heads filled up poorly and the a
stems broke off before the grain was ripe, *
as though beaten down by hail, which a
> .my thought was the case. The Ento1
aiologist of the Minnesota State UniverItati
-ttiof /^ia/>/woro^ VirvarOTTzar thflf
31LJT UUO JUOU UiOV/VIVlVUf uv V V4 ) ?UM?
[ the mischief was done by the "Frit ^
Fly," an insect more destructive in its
l ravages than the Hessian fly. This little
' pest mates in the early spring, and the 4
female deposits her eggs at the joint of
the wh^at stem. As each female lays r
about 1000 eggs on an average, and only
one or two in each stem of wheat, from E
500 to 1000 stems will be killed by a
single fly. These eggs hatch small mag- j.
gots, which bore themselves into the ?
center of the stem, and destroy the
joint. The maggots soon reach full size
and turn into a cocoon, which resembles ?
1 the flaxseed, and they are found over
the first j,oint of the stem. Stems infested
by such worms, while they grow i
to full size, do not head out perfectly, t
but are still heavy enough to cause
breakage at the weak part. By tie time' i
breakage occurs the maggots have turned I
to flics and thus make their escape
through the ruptured stem.?New Or- <
leans Picayune. I
MOLASSES FOR THE 8T0CK. |
The low cost of molasses should bring i
this valuable feeding substance'to the
notice of farmers who arc feeding cattle, ,
either for fat in the flesh or in the milk. ,
The price of it at the present time is two t
cents per gallon ot twelve pounas, in
New Orleans. This is equal to $3.33
. per ton of 2000 pounds. As it contains 1
only l?t per cent, of water, and as *
much as eight per cent, of albuminoids,
and 64? of carbonaceous matter, it has
a feeding value of $18.40 a ton.
It has long been used by the English '
' stock feeders for fattening cattle and has I
been found very economical, not only for 1
1 its own nutriment but for its useful effects
; on the digestion of other food, and the \
stimulating result on the appetite of the j
1 animals. It is mixed with the water by 1
'which cut feed is moistened ana it may \
; be easily mixed with ensilage. Cows in
the dairy may be fed with economy a g
daily ration of it, and as it all goes to e
support the vital heat, of course it re- r
leases the fats of the food from this ser- \
' vice and thus lends to an increase of the
, butter in the milk. It is now being
burned in the furnaces of the sugar- |
houses, and this waste of valuable food a
is to be seriously objected to. Although g
, it is a liquid, it contains only three per
cent, more water than clover hay and
two-thirds as much of albuminoids and
[ nearly twice as much carbonaceous di- 1
gestible matter as the best kimi of this ^
hay.?New York Times. 1
BCLB3. S
In making a selection of house plants '
1 for winter growing the differ&nt kinds of a
bulbous plants should not be overlooked. f
Probably the most beautiful and fragrant P
i of the Holland bulbs which are noted for
1 their ease of culture, are the hyacinths, t
These can be grown either in earth or t;
i water. When they are grown in earth a t
1 single bulb should be set in a five or six o
, inch pot. Use common garden soil p
mixed with sand, in proportion one1
third. Press the earth down around the tl
bulbs until the upper part can just be t<
seen. Water well and set aside in a eel- p
lar or unused room or attic. Allow d
them to remain in this way for a few tl
weeks until they arc well rooted. If
i planted by the first of September these
bulbs should be well started by the _nid;
die of November, and should bloom in
k about three month?. ^
, It is much easier to bloom hyacinths t|
in water, using the familiar bulb glasses
j made for that purpose. Let the bottom
i of the bulb just touch the water, and ?
-* ? ?- li n ?> if KnArMmnc tl
cnauge me wawi ?utu n.
colored. The bulbs should be set away 31
in the celUr, as is reccmmeuded when
> grown in earth. ^
' , . Hyacinths require an even temperature "
o? from sixty-live to seventy degrees, and ^
after being kept in seclusion until rooted,
need plenty of water, light <*nd air. o
Other buli)3 that may be ?>own liku si
the hyacinth in either earth r* water are si
the crocu., polyauthui, uarcissus and ss
narcissus trumpet major. Tulips do well s;
iu pots, but cannot be grown in water, g
?Cottaae Hearth. a
i a
VAKNYaMDS. I
Baroyards, as usually arranged, are ^
1 about tw:ce the size needed for the cco- ^
comical saving of manure, aau that *
hould be a consideration of vital interest.
Ajb generally managed, very much
>f the accumulations of barnyard manure,
eft exposed to the elements while in the
rard, are reduced in value, in conaeluence
of the exposure, or from being
cattered thinly over too large an area,
inri tramnlpri into thp anil ri urine Inr.lfi.
neat weather. There is often connected'
vith a barnyard a lane that leads back
o other fields of the farm, or to a creek
vhere the stock obtain their water sup*
>ly. To this lane the stock often have
ree access, and wander up and down this
ivcnue hundreds of times each winter,
o pick a little gra?s that may be exposed
ilong the fences, sometimes because they
,re driven there by their stronger commnions,
or to sun themselves during
>leasant weather, or simply to exercise
he freedom offered them. Many dolars'
worth of the most concentrated farm
ertilizer is thereby lost to the farm each
'ear, and to all the remedy is plain and
imple. Instead of throwing the manure
rom the stables out under tho drippings
?f the eaves, it should be thrown under
, permanent or temporary shelter, and
lauled to the field' at any time, winter
>r spring, and placed in heaps over the
urface of the farm. There should be J
ufficient shed room or a basement com*
aodious enough to shelter all the stock
lomfortably, and keep them spending
aost of the winter under said shelter. A
>arnyard large enough for the straw
lack and aiifteeu foot space around
bat, before the fences or buildings are
eached, i3 of sufficient dimensions for
ill practical purposes. When buildings
lo not border on tbe yard a high tight
>oard fence should be constructed, to
,ct as a wind-break, and prore a grate*
ul shelter to the stock, saving both feed
nd manure.?American Agriculturist.
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.
: . '
Fruit, when picking, should be
:andled precisely as an egg.
In proportion to its weight the goat it
he best manure maker on eartti.
As a rule getting a yearling fat doea
tot materially hasten its maturity.
Mill feed and skimmed milk are-good
aateriala to make growth in pigs.
First or last we have to employ fer- *
ilizers, and he that geti them tint gets
[rat money.
Among the best trainers toe weight!
?1 AIaboaH amAnrr tiiA
iUU UCttVJf 0UUC4 aio WUH9WVI wnwn>Q ,
>ack numbers.
One time to sell is when everybody
vants hop. Buy when ail are anxious
o part with them.
Close planting on fairly rich laud fi
equired for a good crop of brush fitted
for making fine brooms. ..
Asparagus beds can be made in
October to advantage and will be ready
to start at the opening of spring.
Never send out a package of batter
that you are not proud to have your
lame and address on la plain letters.
If jou are going to make an? repairs .
jn your poultry bouse do not put the
pork off until cold weather, but do it as
iooq as possible.
If you have a square plat of land and
i little spare 'time on you hands plant
tome things which can be used as winter
:ood for the poultry.
A dairy cow is one of the most ecolomical
producers of human food known.
3he will make three times as many
)ouads of solid food in a yeai as a steer
will of beef.
The Philadelphia Farm Journal ad*
? ""i"" r\rraw thn frnoq rmfhtH lut
riaca w?v* wuw gtwv. .?.,
rear and calling out the shoots that are
tear the grafts and likely to interfere
vith their growth.
If you want to make money, breed ,
;ood and extra good horses. Tnere are
enough medium to poor horses in the
narket to lose all the money that
>reeders have to spare.
A slight dent in the surface of an ap)le
made by a fall of only a shore disance
will not cau3e it to rot; but the
>Dot will dry the apple around it and
poil the appeal ance of the fruit.
Too much attention cannot be paid to
lorses which are running at pasture, as
hey are liable to accidents at any time.
l.ook after them every morning and
light, and thus be sure of their safety; <
Scaly legs are eyesores, and with such
imple remedies 3s applying vaseline or
ard, to which a few drops of carbolic
,cid has been added, there is no excuse
or their presence in a well kept flock of
loultry.
The Northwestern Agriculturist states
kof Q otrnnrr onlnfinn nf nlum ?nd
UUU C* OV& vug wvi V>>>VM
annia dissolved in water will toughea
he back and breast of animals liable to
>e galled in the spring work. Wet the
ilaces night and morning.
A harness should be so arranged that
be traces can be adjusted up or dowa
3 meet the line of draft. Thus the
ressure upon the shoulder may be evenly
istributed. This is very important if
ae team is to do heavy work.
The American Cultivator thinks there
i not much doubt that lack of available
lineral food is the main reason why
lany orchards are unproductive and
rees do not live a9 long as they did in
ae early settlement of the country.
The fungu? of the potato rot appears
rst as blackish spots on both sides of
lie leaf, and on the under side there is a
ilky or wooly appearance surrounding
tie spot. The spot increases around the
order. Spraying with the Bordeaux
lixture is the remedy for the potato
light.
Bee paralysis is becoming so common,
f late that it threatens to be quite &
irious affair. From quite a number of
aurces comes the report that common
lit is a specific remedy. Ernest Root
lys that in the home yard, where the
rass was kept down with salt, no cases
ppeared, while iu the out-vard, where
o salt was used, there were two cases.
have almost always kept the grass
own with salt in front of ray hives,and
ave never had a case in my apiary, says
he editor of the Bee-Keeper's Review, j