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THREE DIPLOMATS MED. I Cleveland Sends In a Batch of Appointments. The Senate Confirms a Lot of Nominations. President Cleveland sent the following nominations to the United States Senate: James B. Eustis, of .Louisiana, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to France. Theodore Runyon, of New Jersey, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the Uoited States to Germany. John E. Ris^py, of New York, to be En oy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Denmark. James 6. Jenkins, of Wisconsin, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Judicial Circuit. Walter D. Dabney, of Vireinia. to be Solicitor for the Department of State. i Charles B. Stuart, of Texap, to be Judge of the United States Court for the Indian Territory ( David T. Guyton, of Mississippi, to be n I United States Marshal for the Northern district of Mississippi. 1 William H. Hawkins, of Indiana. United 1 y lltates Marshal for the district of Indiana. nf Ant-nncnc TTnitAfi States 1 Marshal for the Eastern district of Arkan- J James J. McAlester. of Indian Territory, to be United States Marshal for the United States Court for the Indian Territory, v. Frank B. Burke, of Indiana, to be United States Attorney for the District of Indiana. Clifford L. Jackson of the Indian Territory to be Attorney of the United States Ccnrt for the Indian Territory. James W. House, of Arkansas. United States Attorney for the Eastern district of Arkansas. Ernest P. Baldwin, of Maryland, to be First Auditor of the Treasury. Thomas Holcomb, of Delaware, to be Fifth Auditor of the Treasury. Wade Hampton, of South Carolina, to be Commissioner of Railroads. James B. Eustis, appointed Minister to Prance, is a native of New Orleans, La., and is fifty-nine years old. Attended Harvard Law School, 1853-54. He was in the Confeder ate service first as Judge Advocate on Gen* ral McGruder's staff, later, to close of war, on General Johnston's staff. Served in State Legislature prior to reconstruction. Was United States Senator from December 10, 1877, to March 3, 1879. Then became Professor of Civil Law in the University of Louisiana, but was again elected to - * -* frtr tha W? U 111 leu Obaics uouavo term ending: March 3, 1891. Theodora Runyon is one-of the prominent figures of New Jersey Democracy, end a man of pronounced ability. For ten years he was Chancellor of the State, and has twice been its candidate for Governor, at ene time daring the war. Early in the war he took command of a regiment of New Jer ey troops and served with distinction. He ' lives in Newark. John E. Risley is a brother-in-law to Sentor Yoorhees, of Indian*, and a lawyer of ? high standing in New York, where he became well known through his practice be- b lore the Court of Alabama Claims as a member of the firm of RUley & Flagg. He is 0 about forty-nine years of age. He was born in Knox County, Indiana, near Vincennes, and nearly twenty-nine years ago went to a Sew York. He is a man of means, with a n handsome country seat at New Rochelle. James G. Jenkins, appointed Judge of ' Tn^iAial f niti-f. ia a native of I MID UO V Oilbu V UUIVMM wut V, w ?. Hew York, and comes from a fine old family. He is the grandson of Chancellor Wal- ? worth. His brothers are like him, all law- a y?T, one of them practicing in New York and another in Louisville, Ky. Judge ! Jenkins has resided in Wisconsin for the J past thirty years, ani has been for much of that time one of the foremost lawyers of tbe Bute. S The appointment of Walter D. Dabney, of P Virginia to be Solicitor of the State Depart- a menr, is but the transfer of an official from one department to another. Mr. Dabney S bas been connected with the Inter-State cl Commerce Commission for some time and 1 bas conducted the legal business of that commission. & Thomas Holoomb, of Delaware, appointed a Fifth Auditor of the Treasury, is forty-eight p years old, and has been a lawyer all his life. This will be his first office. He has always ^ been active in politics. : vyade Hampton, appointed Railroad Commissioner, was born in Charleston, S. C., p March 28, 1818. In early life he served in each branch of the State Legislature. He " resigned from the United States Senate to ? enter the Confederate service; was elected " Governor or South Carolina in 1876 and re " Las-raH 1-n 1K7R- rnttirned to the United States Senate m 187U, aad continued there tl until March 3, 1891. it The Senate has confirmed the folio win:; et boeu. nations: tl Josiah Quincy, of Massachusetts, to be Assistant Secretary of State. b, Isaac P. Gray, of Indiana, to be Envoy 01 Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary jc of tbe United States to Mexico. p James B. Eusti?, of Louisiana, to be Minister to France. . Patrick A. Collins, of Massachusetts, to be Consul of the United States at London. * Robert A. Maxwell, of New Yorlf, to be c Fourth Assistant Postmastar-General. ? Wade Hampton, of Soutb Carolina, to be Commissioner of Railroads. Id William McAdoo, of New Jersey, to be G Assistant Secretary of the Navy. te Dale J. Grittenberger, to be Postmaster at ft Anderson, ind. Charles H. Long, Postmaster at Tipton, Iowa. b! Stephen H. Smith, Postmaster at Tama, g sc " Ul DE LE8SEPS IS GUILTY. ol Baihuc and Blondln are Also Con- ^ victed ot Bribery. u When Maitre Domenge had concluded his m address, at Pari?, in behalf of Aatonin Proust, accused ot corruption in connection with the Panama scandal, the jury retired to oonnder their verdict. After a short fr absence they announced that Charles Da Lesseps, accused of corrupting ex-Minister of Public Works Baihut to support the Panama Lottery 6ond9 bill had been found H guilty; that M. Baihut, who had confessed his guilt in open court, had also been found guilty, and that M. Blondin, the go-bet wean lc in the bribery or Baihut, was also guilty. ? The other defendants were declared not o guilty. v Tne Court, after due deliberation sentenced M. Baihaut to imprisonment for five tl vftorc tr% nou ft fina nt Hfi * 000 anrl tha land H of civil rights for Ave year--'. ]i M. Blondm was sentenced to imprisonment c< for two years. b Charles De Lesaeps to imprisonment for one year, the one year to run concurrently I with the five yaars* sentence already imposed d upon him. ^ All three of the convicted prisoners were o condemned to pay thi costs and damages p demanded by the civil parties to the proceedings. r The Court alto ordered M. Da Lesseps. M. o Blondin and Baihut to pay M. Monshicourt, the liquidator of the Panama Caua', $75,000, the amount taken fro.n the treasury of the eotnpany and paii to M. Baihut for h>s influence m favor of the Lottery Loan bill. I( jitEADFDI, REVENGE. rc bi A Miner Blow* to Atoms Himself and ^ Six Comrades. A miner named Boebme purposely exploded ten pounds of dynamiti in the iron y mine, Volkmarskeller, iu the Harz District ft ch vxtji ujcixj^ u.*? auu 91&. ymer miners were lli torn to atoms. Upon leaving home that 01 morning Boehrae gave his wife a letter ?c which he said was not to be opened until f;, aoon. The letter said merely that he would n?ver > return. His motive is supposed to hare P* keen revenv*. as he had had trouble with the Superinten -at of che mine and was constantiy qu reling with his fellow worJr ?ea- ? re Y Chile iim. signed a treaty with Bolivia di describing che territorial limits of the two f! ret ualio, ling an old boundary dispute. a JULES FERRY DEAD. Tbe Eminent French Statesman Passes Away Very Suddenly. J (TLBS FKRRT. Jules Ferry, the newly-elected President >f the French Senate, died suddenly at Paris a few days ago. The news of his desist was a great shock, as few knew that he lad been ill. Jules Ferry ?u born at Saint Die, in the fosges. on April 5, 1832, and became a memDer of the bar in Paris in 1851. He was jrominent among the young lawyers who jffered constant opposition to Napoleon ILL tnd was condemned at the famous trial of :he Thirteen in 186*. In 1869 Ferry was ilected to the Corps Legislatif and took his eat among the members of the Left. He iras one of the few deputies who voted igainst the declaration ol war against Pruslia, and was one of tbe members of the Gov>rnment of the National Defence in 1S70. Alter tbe resignation of Marshal McMahon n l8rS) President Grevy made M. Ferry Minister of Public Instruction. It was as such that Ferry brought forward his iamous bill to keep the Jesuits from teach ng or managing schools, in isau cne jrrime Minister, M. De Freyciuet, authorized an insertion in Ferry's bill of the clause leveled igainst the religious orders. This led to ;he expulsion of the Jesuits from . France tnd the resignation of three Cabinet minis:ers. The Ministry was upset on Septem ber IS#, 18S0. Ferry's ministry was upset by the ittacks upon the Tunis expedition. After ;he fall of Falliere's ministry Ferry once nore formed a Cabinet, whose principal >olicy was the colonial expansion of France, imbodied in the invasion of Tonquin. Ferry yas overthrown by a vote of the Chambers n 1684 and only reappeared in public lift rhen elected President of the Senate. THE LABOR WORLD. Thk plasterers' National boly favors Intiative and referendum legislation. Thk Brotherhood of Section men is a new rganization formed at Savanna, III. Thk United States Marine Engineer^ lenefloial Association has 10,000 members. Thk stonemasons of Portland, Oreg^_ nve secured eight hours and $4.50 per aay'. Only naturalized citizens will be employed n the Philadelphia public works hereafter. Thk Chicago railroads have refused the dvanca wages demanded by the switchlen. Thk strikes organized by the unions in -?i iof?< At OZTV ttUU LOVL CUSv lUt? Wttgt) OtW UC13 OWUt. 0.000,000. The varniahers have a National union rhich has only been in existence one year nd has fifteen local branches. Bkhjjlmin B. Lacet, of Raleigh, baa been lected Commissioner of Labor Statistics by tie North Carolina Legislature. lx San Juan de Costa Rtoa there is an oranized workingmen's party whioh has some rospects of electing the man of its choice to tie Presidency. i Secretary Herbert says he will follow ecretarv Tracy's policy and not make hangas because of politics among the Navy fard mechanic?. There are 17,039 male and 9149 female [ mployes in the Government Departments t Washington. The number of women em- j loyed is increasing rapidly. Iir the Argentine Republic there are oon? j bant labor troubles, and in Chile the work- < lgmen resort to violence on vary slight ] revocation In the large cities. The Chicago railroad men have been fore* < rarned and in case of a strike of switch- t ien, during the World's Fair, say they 1 ave enough new men on hand to run e rains. c The organizad miners of Great Britain in ' le last three years gained forty per cent, lcrease in wages, while non-unionists in the * ime period received reductions aggregating . lirty-flve per cent. : 1a Indianapolis, Ind., the labor reformers ave organized a system of Sunday sermons r a economic topics. The pastors of the var- f ius churches take turns in granting theii' E ulpita for that put'pose* c About two hundred and fifty colored men *om the South are at Brenton Station, enn., as laborers in the Carnegie Steel ompany's Works. A thousand others ore c pec ted to replace the Slays. A toono girl in Montreal, Canada, named tary Parker, for deserting the service of eorge E. Small was found guilty and sen* ( meed to five minutes' imprisonment and aed five cents, or eight days in jail. 1 The Spanish peasant works every day and 1 ances half the night, and yet'eats only his 1 lack bread, onion and watermelon. The ? myrna porter eats only a little fruit and i >me olives, yet he walks off with his load t 300 pounds. . Thkrk is a general movement on the par? j t the National labor organizations oc the ! juntry to establish a general labor head* 1 uartera at the "World's Fair city, making ' hicago labor's capital, with a labor temple 1 irpaartng anything heretofore erected. 1 FOUR SAWYERS KILLED. ] 'atal Result of a Boiler Explosion ] in a Sawmill. l A fatal accident has occurred at a saw- , till on the Skunk River three, miles north ( ? Lockridge, Iowa, whereby four men have J ?t their lives and several were injured j un/uulu Tho anorinfmr harl allnwo I nna f the boilers of the engine to run out of j rater. A workman noticing the danger and , linking to avert a calamity, sealed his own ) oorn and that of his fellow workmen by in- , acting cold water into the boiler, causing it o eXDiode with a fearful report, tearing the { uilding to pieces and blowing him to atoms. , The dead were: John Adams, saw tender; t Ingineer Gate?, Assistant Engineer Bal- j oozier, a boy of the name of Eshelman. , Lrnong the injured were: Michael Hov#rn, , wner of the mill; Theodore Lily blade, both t irobably fatally hurr. "t The bodies of the dead men were all hor- j ibly mutilated and in some cases only rec* enized by their clothes. ?1 BREEDING ANIMALS. i sirinsent Hegulatlons Made bj Secretary Carlisle. Secretary Carlisle has issued a circular in j 'gar.l to the importation of animals for ....II........... i.u *u :_j. 0 l ocu&ii? j'ui "uiuu uiUJiuca tuo ir.vioL 13 regulations by making them in some re- , >ects less stringent. I The previous requirement of "four too c osses" is reiuced 10 "three top crosses." Whenever the required certificates cannot be n lrnished at the time of arrival of the ani- u als and the Collector is satisfied from other L ridenee that the animals would be entitled ? free entry, they inay be so admitted ou c >nd for the proauctioa of the required cer- 0 Scate. a A new list of recognized registries has a sen promulgated for the guidance of col- t ctors or customs. 1. t Comptroller Mt*rs has issued a state- 'j lent ot the bonded indebtedness of New a oric City, showing that the total funded ij sbt amounts to 9l5o,918,143 9i\ of which 167,283.92 is in revenue bonds, 'ine amount f I ca?h in the city treasury is 95,274,331.07. 0 IT WRECKED A VILLAGE. Fatal Explosion of Flonr Dust at Litchfield, III. The Mighty Shock Felt Miles Away From the Scene. At 3:30 o'clock a tew mornings a?o firs .r&s discovered in the big Keeler flouring mill in Litchfield, III., and, despite the efforts of the employes, it quickly spread throughout the building. . While employes and firemen were fighting the flames a terriSc explosion caused oy flour dust occurred, and tbe immense struc ture was Diowa to fragments. John Cowle, head millwright, living at Waterloo, N. Y., waa Instantly killed, and several employes were seriously injured. The expIo3ion wrecked nearly avery business house In the village. Many persons were badly hurt by flying bricks and falling timbers. The damage to the mill alone will reach $1,030,000, and other property was damaged over 8150,000. The shock was felt in the neighboring Tillages oC Clyde, Butler, Gillespie and Hillsboro. In many of these places tha con* cussion was so great that plate glass windows were broken. When the fire started the citizens were awakened by the ringing of fire-bells, and before they could dress, many 'of them were half stunned by the shock of the explosion. The next moment they found the walls of their homes falling upon them. It is estimated that ?5W) worth of glass was destroyed in the town. Houses in Litchfield were shaken from their foundations and the machinery in the Litchfield Car and Machinery Companies' works was so jarred that work had to be suspended. Western Union Telegraph wires were also prostrated. It is believed that a spark from a passing locomotive ignited the dust in the mill and caused the explosion. The large elevator standing immediately acro33'tne Wabash track, west of the mill, and containing some 250,000 bushels of wheat, was quickly in flames and, together with its valuable contents, burned to the ground. Ten or twelve cars of wheat standing on the ho?ise track were burned. A large pile of debris about ton or fifteen feet high fell on the main track of the Wabash Railroad, and, as a consequence, traffic on that roaa is badly impaired. The mill was the property of Kehlor Brothers, of St. Louis. Tbe capacity of the Litchfield mill was 2000 barrels of. flour d&ilv. It employed 150 men and wan. it is claimed, the largest flouring mill in the United States. THE NAE0NIC LOST. Two1 ot Her liUe Boats Are Picked Up at Sea. After long-continued anxiety regarding the fate of the White Star line freight steamship Naronic, which sailed from Liverpool on February llth for New York, and which had not since been heard of, news ha? been received showing beyond a doubt that the vessel is lost. The British steamship Coventry, Captain Wilson, from Fernandtna reports that at 2 o'clock on tbe morning of March 4, she passed a lifeboat nainted white bearing the name Naronic. The boat was floating keel upward. At 2 o'clock in the afternoon of the same clay another lifeboat from the Naronic was passed. This boat gave evidence of having encountered Heavy weather, rue mast ana oars of the lifeboat bad been lashed together and attachftd to the painter and then thrown overboard as a sea anchor to keep the boat's head up to the wind and sea. J urging from appearances ndith?r of the boats had long been adrift. The position of the drifting boats was about south by west of Sable Island, on the banks of Newfoundland. All doubt as to the fate of the Naronic has been dispelled by the sighting of her lifeboats. Tbat she is now at the bottom of the ocean cannot ba disputed, but the cause ot the disaster is, of course, still a matter of conjecture. It may be, judging from the latitude and longitude in which the boats were seen, that the steamship struck either a derelict or an c?berg, though it is still rather early in the season for ice to be adrift so far south as the Banks. Mr. Kersey, the agent, figures the number )f persons who were on board the Naronic it seventy. This ba3 been considered too nsr hpairina hur nraw nt HAvanfrr officers md men she must have had at least twenty >r twenty-five cattlemen on board returning ?this country. She was the largest freight-cirrying tteamer afloat and registered 6591. Her >ther dimensions were: Length, 470 feet; jreadtb, fifty-three fcefr; depth of hold, ;hirty-five feet six inches. She was fitted with two sets of triple exjansion engine?, driving twin screws. On ler main decs she had the most approved iccommodations for carrying 1050 head of ait tie. BY A SHARPSHOOTER.A. rrlrate "Who Had Killed His Gnard Shot While Escaping. A.s the result of a row at Fort Russell, [our miles from Cheyenne, Wyoming, the bodies of two privates ha<l to be placad in I h-5 garrison morgue They were those of Privates Herman Cngerer and George Jones. The latter murdered the former, uid was killed while attempting to escape. Ungerer was doing guard duty, and had Jones and Spaulding, another prisoner, working in a corral some distance from the fort. Suddenly Jones gave a yell, and brandishing an army revolver which he had been rrying under his shirt, rushed upon Unjerer, saying: **7ou have been trying to ;et au excuse to assassinate me." Un?erer brought his rifle up and fired, ivith Jones not twensy yards away. The bullet whizzed over the prisoner's head. Jones rushed on, and at fifteen yards shot >U> ix iv\ r\f f Ua aa/4 mo ?IMU U Hi iuo uouui? ui vuo Wi^urou. Tones then rushed at Spaulding, who ran to [be fort. When th& alarm was given Jones could be ;een in the hills. He was striking into a :ountry full of barbed wire fences. Captain Robert?, offic?r of the day, put a dczm narksmen on the trail, and the Sheriff of Cheyenne sent fire deouties out. After an xciting chase two of the soldier?, "Yanlc" tteyer?, of the army rills team and 'Frencoy" Robinson, c?me upon Jones four nile??roin Russell. They calle l to him to lalt. and he turnei au 1 drad at them three :imes. Mayer*, who is weighted down with medits captured at tne butts, tirsd first and nissec'. Robinson toak careful aim and r?n*s lell. He was dead in two minutes. Robinson had cut the jugular vein. They nade a lion out of Robinson at the fort. 3"me of the Fore Russell people say that lones wa3 crazy. He was about to leave on i furlough.and was taking away a saddle he iad stolen. BLOUNT OFF FOR HAWAII. rhe Revenue Cutter Hush is Taking Him to the Islands. Ex-Representative J ames H. Blount, Commissioner to Hawaii, accompanied by rlrs. Blount and Ellis Mills, a stenographer if the State Department, as secretary, irrivedat San Francisco, C*1.. from Washngtou and shortly after noon started for lonolulu on the United States revenue utter Richard Rush. Commissioner Blount was seen for a few ainutes before boardinz the Rush. and. ipon being requested to say something about us mission, repliei: "My mission, so ?fr a3 the instructions onnected with it ara concerned, is a secret me, aud in regard to those instructions I ,m absolutely unab'.e at present to impart iny information to th9 public. I would like odoso, but I can't." When asicftd if he hid any idea as to how ong he would be away he said: "I imagine hat I may be absent about tnree months, 'he Ru3h will probably remain at the isl,nda as long as I am there and I shall very ikely return in her." Captain C. L. Hooker, commander of the lush, expected t) mike tUe trip in about ight days. jtbe news epitomized. f Eastern and Middle States. The body of Charles T. Odiorne, another i rictlm of Boston's big fire; has been found in the ruins. This, it was believed, completed the list of the dead, which numbers Are. Johit Zavatzkas and John Gaydos were I killed by a fall in the Stockton colliery at Hazleton, Penn. Mrs. Elizabeth Hinklky, the thirteenyear-old wife of sixteen-year-old Henry T. Hinkley, of Bridgeport, Conn., and Mrs. John T. Pohlman, of New Haven, Conn., have given birth to triplets. St. Patrick's Dat was celebrated in New York, Brooklyn, Boston and other Eastern cities and towns by unusually large processions, by services in Catholic churches and by dinners and dances. Two large three story frame houses were burned to the ground at Bristol, Penn* Mrs. Margarette Brooks, eighty-three years old, the mother of Mr. Brooks, and two adopted bovs were all burned to death. | There was an explosion a mile east of Scarsdale, N. Y., by which two Italians, John Nicholas and Joseph Bartilono, were instantly killed. It occurred in a shop on the Harlem Railroad. Trkmont Temple in Boston, Mass., ths famous place of worship of Baptists, was totally destroyed by fire, and tne Parker House, which adjoins, was damaged $50,000 hy water. The Iobb on the Temple was $400,000. a. b. Schooled, thirty-two, committed suicide by leaping 100 feet into the Schuylkill River from the North street bridge at Wilkesbarre, Peno. He lost heavily by the failure of Rockafellow's bank. Carlyle W. Harris was sentenced at New York.City to be electrocuted in the week beginning May 8, for the murder of Mary Helen Neilson Poets Harris. He addressed the Court for an hour and a half protesting his innocence auu denouncing those who prosecuted him. The City Treasurer of Holyoke, Mass., has toundthe missing certificates of stock of the Hoiyoke and Westfield Railroad owned by tne city and which have been lost for nearly twenty years. They represent $225,000. The certificates were lound in the Mayor's office, wnich is used as a storehouse for old papers. At Providence, the Republican Convention in Rhode Isiand renominated D. Russell Brown for Governor; the Democrats nominated David IS. Baker. South and West. Hiitobbson* Skits, aged 119, died at Quincy, ill., a few days since. He was bora in Virginia in 1774, and at one time was ia the employ of George Washington. Labor men became greatly exelfeed over the action of Judge Riclcs in Toledo, Ohio, in enjoining the Brotherhoods of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen not only from ordering a strike and boycott on Ann Arbor freight, but from quitting work individually without notice. The Court ordered Cnief Arttiur to declare t&e rules of tne Brotheraood of Locomotive Engineers of no effect. , Ex-UirrrBD States Sknatob David H. ' Abkstbono died in St. Louis, Mo., a few days since. lie was bora ia Nova Scotia in 1812. Jjbssb Jowbs, one of a crowd of desperadoes concerned in the murder of Sberiff Burnett near Newcomb, was taken irom jail in Jacksooro, Tenn., by iyncners and oaaged. "William Chakdlkb. a student of the Agricultural College, and Owen . Brown, a pressman, were killed by a falling wall at a lire in Atnens, Ala. In an alley at St. Louis, Mo., known as Eagle Nest, Scott Jones, a white man, and a colored woman wera gaoi ana insmuuij killed by Loais Kemnade, a wmta bartender The trouble originated over a game of cards* World's F*ir stock went beegiug on the Chicago ?jXcoange. ; Washington. HOWARD JirrOED SCHPTBIDKR W M hanged in the district jail at tae ounkirtd of Vvashingtoa for the murder of his wife on January 31st, 1893. Be was indicted also for tbe murder of her young brother at the same time and place, Due taia was not brought co trial Princess Kailttxai, of Hawaii, with her chaperon, Mrs. JJav.es and Misa V7hattoff, paid a social call on Air* Cleveland at the White House. The following appointments were made in the Department of Justice by Attorney General Olney: W, C. Endicott, Jr., of Massachusetts, Secretary to the AttorneyQenaral; Frank Strong, of Arkusa?, General Agent of the Department of Justice. Mr. Eudicott is a son ot W, C. Endicott, Secretary of War in Mr. Cleveiaua's first Cabinet. A iiAHOELT atten Je J meeting of the bar ot the United States Suprauie Court was held in the court room to express tne regret of the bar at the daata of the late Justice Lamar. Senator Vilas presided. Senators bteorge Waltnail and MitcaeU, of Oregon, and Kepresentatives Uatcning* and John JRaadolpn Tucker, of Vlrgimu, delivered eulogies. The first conscience contribution received under this Administration has just reached the Treasury Department. It came from Mifflinrnn P?nn. and amounted to 125. C. E. Dexter, of Three Rivers, Mich., has been appointed Chief Usher of the Executive Mansion to suoceed the late Gap* tain Deosmoro. Mr. Dexter is au ex-soldier and was Sheriff of his county. He is a mao of good address, courage and discretion. ' The newly appointed Assistant Secretary of the Navy?Sir. McAdoo, of New Jersey? assumed charge of that office, relieving Mr. Soley. The ten days' statement issue:) by the Treasury Department gavo the gold in the Treasury as 1106,575,000, a gain of 14,003,000 within tea daye. 1 Foreign. Twelv* men were buried in a land slid* on Th* Mountain Division of the Canadian Pacific Railroad, near Winnipeg, Manitoba. Two were taken out dead. A dtkamits bomb exploded in the official residence of United States Minister Porter at Rome, Itair;noone was injured, and little damage was done. A DESTaucnv* hurricane swept over the New Hebrides Islands and New Caledonia, destroying many villages and causing great loss of life. Large numbers of the natives perished, aud extensive aiscncw were devastated. St. Johns, new Foundland, was visited by the worst blizzard it bad experienced in twelve years. The streets were snowed under to the extent of three feet. In the country the snow was ten feet deep in places. At Salmonier five men were drowned by the swamping of a herring skiff. Ik a coal pit naar Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, while the cage was descend ing it suddenly fell to the bottom of th( shalt and eight miners were killed. The Italian steel cruiser Etna sailed for New York to take part in the naval parade. The Columbus caravels Pinta and Nina reached Havana. Cuba, under convoy of the Newark and Bennington. They will proceed to New York to take part in the naval parade. Senator John D. Morgan, United States representative in the Bering Sea arbitration, recovered from the accident be met with recently on the steamship New York and left London for Paris. Qtteen Victoria left Portsmouth on the royal yacbt Victoria and Albert for Italy. She will spend the spring near Florence. The Mayor of Moscow, Pwiissia, was shot in the abdomen with a revolver oy a man | named AdricanofF. He died shortly afterward. Adricanoff was arrested. Great alarm was felt in Roma on account of the work of dynamiters, eight bomb8 being found or exploded during one day. Jksss chtrffith, a bachelor, died ia Huntington, Ind., four years age. leaving J6J0.000. One of the heirs was John Graves. Attorneys started a hunt for him, and newspapers the country over advertised for him. Over a hundred persons claimeJ to be John Graves, but were proved frauds. The other day Graves appeared after twen ty-one years absence, and wa< may /dentfled. It is reported that large amounts of old wbeat are held ia all parts of Eascern Pennsylvania, especially la near-by counties, awaiting high prices. LATER NEW?. At the Redington (Penn.) proving ground of the Bethlehem Iron Company there was a test, the success of which resulted in the acceptance of 503 tons of armor for the battleship Texas by the representatives of the Government. Princess kaittlani.of Hawaii,sailed from New York for England on the steamship Majestic with her party, among whom were her guardian, Theodore H. Davis, Miss Davis and Miss AVhattoff. John Terrt and Benjamin McCoy, colored, robbers and murderer?, were hanged atUazlehurst, Mire. In the Cheyenne Country. Oklahoma, whole townships have been swept by p.-airie Are?, and hundreds of cattle have perished. J. J. Ewers, a farm hand, beat out the brains of Mrs. Christina Onshott in San Francisco, Cal., and then killed himself. She refused to marry him. J. C. Davis asked Miss May Miller to marry him in Salem, Mo. She refused. When he met her in the street he fired two shots at her, killing her. Then he killed himself. The Senate confirmed Frank B. Burke, of Indiana, to be Attorney of the United States for the district of Indiana; David T. Guyton, to be Marshal of the United States for the Northern district of Mississippi, and William H. Hawkins, of Indiana, to be Marshal of the United States for the District of Indiana. Secretary Carlisle haa reduced the force in the Treasury Department by fifteen employes?the services of five in the Architect's office and ten in the Treasurer's office being dispensed with. The National Association of Democratic Clubs issued from "Washington a no tic 3 recommending a simultaneous celebration on the 13th cf April next of the birthday of 'lhomas Jefferson. The arrival in Havana, Cuba, of the Columbus caravels was made the occasion of great rejoicing. The funeral of Jules Ferry took place at the Luxembourg in Paris, Franc9? ASPEN'3 SILVER QUEEN. Unveiling a Statue Containing $20, 000 Worth of Metal. i The Aspen Silver Queen was unveiled a few evenings ago at Aspen, Col., in the , presence of a large crowd. Mayor Rose, ? Chairman of the Citizens' Committee, made ; a speech of acceptance and paid the de signer. H. L. Johnson, a graceful compliment upon the success achieved. The "piece," including the pedestal, bases, canopy, etc., composed of gold and silver and Aspen ore?, reaches a height of eighteen feet, while the base is ten by twelve feet. 1 The effect produced oy an artistic blending ; of precious stones and metals is beantif uL , The work renresents a typical American maiden sitting upon a throne, modestly accepting the homage paid her. The subject is offered as Aspen's exhibit to the Columbian Exposition. The piece is made in sections, and after a few days' stay at the Armory wdl be packed up and taken to Chicago. The intrinsic value of this work, including ore?, is over *20.00J. A TOWNBORNED. Fvery Store and Residence in Purvis, Miss., Destroyed. The town of Purvis, Miss., on the New 0;J?ans Northeastern Railroad, 103 miles south of Meridian, was destroyed by incendiaries a few nights ago. Shortly after midnight the torch was applied to five buildings in different portions or tne town, and within two hours' time almost every store and residence in the place was wiped out. The people ran panicstricken into the streets, and the greatest excitement prevailed. The "Western Union Telegraph office was burned, but from the passengers who passed Purvis on a northbound train it was learned that the conflagration was the result of a bitter feeling between the white people and the colored people, growing out of the ar- . rest of a colored preacher. The colored 1 people fired the town in revenge. A posse i of citizens left Meridian for Purvis on a \ special train late in the afternoon. EGYPTIAN COTTON. ! Experimenting in Che South W ith a New Variety. The Egyptian cotton sea J. which was purahasdd by ex-3ecretary Rusk through the Waited States Consul General at Cairo, Egypt, has been received at the Department of Agriculture, at Washington. The purpose c! this importation of seed is, with the co-operation of t ie experiment stations in the cotton States, to experiment with a view to producing a cotton o? home growth, which'may serve as a substitute for Che Egyptian, of which during tbe last fiscal year more than $3,000,000 worth was imported into this country. KILLED WIFE AND SISTEE. Then a Mob Took Him From the Officers and Lynched Him. William Frazier, a fniner, lived with his wife and babe at Carbondale, Iowa. A few days ago, on account of Frazier's drunkenness and abuse, his wife took her babe, left him, and went to Hiteman to stay with her sister. Mr?. Smith. When he called next day hs stabbed her and her sister to death and multilated his babe, cuttine one lez nearly off. , A Sheriff's posse captured him io the woods that evening. A mob of miners took him from the offisers and lynched him. SENATOR HARRIS HONORED. He la Elected President Pro Tein. ot the Senate. In the United States Senate at Washington Mr. Manderson tendered his resignation of the office of President pro tem. to which } he was elected two years ago. ? The resignation was on motion of Mr. \ Sherman accepted s Mr. Cockrell offered resolutions declaring Senator Harris, of Tennessee, President pro . tem. of the Senate, to hold office during the t pleasure of the Senate, in accordance with g the resolution of Mirca 1!2, 18J.I. f The resolution was agree.l to, and Mr. Harris*, escorcei oy Mr. Mundersou, took ami * signed the oaib oc office at the Clerk's oesk. i ? t CINGALESE STRIKE. J Workmen at the World's Fair Scorn f $7 a Month. Tdo Cingalese workmen at tha World's ^ Fair, Chicago, II!., went on strike against their employers, who have charge of tha C'eyloa exhibit. The mea were hired in = Ceyl n for thirty rupees per month, whicn , is about $7 in American money. -1 They thought thirty rupee* was a big sum I until they gained an idea of what workmen r received in this country. They have bean * here only two weeks, but they followed the proper programme and struck. t Then they appointed a committee to see a what the boss was going to do about it. s They were offered forty rupees. The largest cattle deal of the sep^on in c Southwestern Texas is reportei from Dim- ; mit County, 13,000 head having been sold by f the Dimmit Pasture Company to J. idu Dobie, of lave Oak County, and W. W. Jones, of Bee County. The price paid for a the lot was 1150,000. The cattle are to oe f shipped to Chicago- ? 1 POTATOES AS A MAIN CBOP. i The occasional profitableness of well- 1 grown potato crops often leads farmers j to Dlan how ther mav devote most of 1 r * rf , their land to this crop. No one ever ' succeeds in doing this. -The potato is ' so successfully giown on a clover ley ( with very little manure, that the farmer who depends entirely on purchased fer- 1 tilizers cannot hope to compete. The ' potato crop helps little towards making ] manure. The refuse or small potatoes 1 may be fed during fall or winter, but are ' of little value to make manure. De- 1 pending mainly on clover as a fertilizer, 1 t-vo-thirds of the time this clover must 1 occupy the land if it grow enough to be 1 worth much as green manure.?Boston Cultivator. THE COW'S CUD. There is no such thing as a cow's cud in the sense in which this term is often 1 used as a part of the animal that may be lost. The cud is that of the food which is brought up from the first stomach and chewed over again, after which it is again swallowed and goes directly into the third stomach, where it is macerated in the maaiplies and then passed to the fourth stomach aud finally digested. When a cow is suffering from indigestion 3he may be unable, by reason of the disorder of the stomach, to bring up the food or cud, and this makes her sick, 1 and, if it is continued, she stops eating. The best thing to do in such a case is to give a pint of raw linseed oil, and repeat it if necessary, when the trouble is 1 generally removed. The cud is formed by the compression of a portion of the food in a small channel between the first and second stomachs and connected with the gullet. It is about five inches in length and two in width.?New York Times. KBDICIXE FOB FABM ANIMALS. A writer in the American Agriculturist recommends wood ashes as a valuable medicine for farm animals. After a large experience of twenty years in raising swine he finds that his herds are most effectually protected from hog cholera by keeping wood ashes, rich in charcoal, mixed with salt, constantly i before them in a covered box, with holes near the bottom. The hogs work the j mixture out through these holes as fast is they want it. The idea of this writer is apparently , good. The phosphates which enter into j the comooaition of wood ashes are doubt [ess excellent germicides. Animals inoculated with the baccilli of Asiatic f iholera by means of infected food sur- ' rive the experiment because the germs ire killed or rendered inoperative by the agastric juice. And it is well known that :he power' of both men and animals to resist almost any kind of infection is in* :reased by strengthening the acids ot the itumach. The writer referred to has found that the best^condition powder is i mixture of three parts of wood ashes :o one of salt.?New York Herald. PUT HOT YOUR FAITH IN QUINCES. A friend who has made the culture of ;he quince a lifelong hobby and an ungual success told me he had sold the fruit as high as $14 per barrel, writes a correspondent. "Why, then, does it lot pay?" you ask in surprise. Simply jecauae the barrels are so far apart, and :he prices ate frequently much lower. Some seasons his best brought only $7, while the culls sold at $2.50, and freights ind commissions had to come ouc of I ;his. Even these priccs would not be s poor if the trees would grow and bear t lay one-quarter as well as apple trees. I lave quinces set live years ago which f nake no growth and no promise jet. a Dther orchards that I know of have f itood five to ten years, and yet make no a idequate retufn, and in many cases but imail gain in wood. c My friend has 400 trees, some of them a ;hirty to forty years old, of most j varieties. When they bear he occasion* j illy picks eighty bushels. Considering he time they have occupied the land, yhat it might have produced in other j, :rops, the extreme care and good fer- ? ilizing the quinces receive, their first ^ ;ost and time devoted by their skilful )wner, have they paid? Would not the lame acreage of Oreening9, Baldwins or t us3ets have returned much more at even a iverage low prices? It is much less e rouble to keep apple trees free from a >orers, and their growth is more enenraging. There is uncertainty about r :verything, but wuy spend this brief 1 ife struggling with what is sure to prove \ lseless? To plant a dozen quince trees t or home supply does not come within his category.?New York Tribune. j i raising plants fhom seeds. ( I wonder how many luckless amateurs c vill fail with their seeds again this year r ind how many seedsmen will be udjustly )lamed for such failures? writes a corre- j. ipondent. Many persons think it so s iifficuit to raise plant* from seed that j hey will not make even one effort to do ^ io ; others have been so discouraged by 0 irst failures that tbey are reluctant to ^ nake a second attempt. The pity of it s that most of them who would like to aise flower# from the seed and fail aro 8 inable to purchase plants, and so are :ompelled to do without the beautiful 0 lower evangels altogether. The trouble with many beginners is hat they imagine seeds may be sown in my fashion, watered occasionally, and uceess be assured; when they fail to * ;row under such treatment the seller of 0 hem frequently gets the blame for it. 0 Nothing is more certaiu than if seeds are lot planted as they should be, they will j v jrobably fail to grow. The proper treat- v neat for coarse, large seeds will smother he life out of tine ones. They are omething like little children, we must n tudy their natures and treat them ac- ti :ordingly, and in this we may profit ii jreatly trom the experience of others, G nstead of waiting impatiently for results i< torn our own haphazard knowledge. I The best soil for seeds is a light, rich, j b andy loam; any garden soil will do if li horoughly pulverized, heated to destroy j a 1 [ sects and noxious seeds, sufficient sand idded to make it porous, and an abuudince of well rotted manure worked into it. There are, however, some seeds ;nat wui ao oeiier iq ratuer poor son, ibronit, verbena, nasturtium and ft few others. Fine seed should never be sown deep, ind if very fine should be mixed with sand, sown thinly over the surface and pressed firmly down without covering st ill. Do not let the soil dry out, keep it moist until tbe seeds germioate, then give a light sprinkling of water every night and moraing. Do not poor tbe water on, use a plant sprinkler, an ordinary household syringe, or a hair brush; I prefer the latter, as it covers ft larger surface at once. Keep the seeds A in a moderately warm place and shielded from the.light until they germinate, then 1 bring gradually into tbe light and sunshine. If too strong a sun is given at first the tiny plants will droop and die. Whenever the weather-permits open the orinrintva and <riro thn nlanf* fraah ftir. or on mild days carry them outside. Shield them trom heavy winds and rains until c the stems begin to grow thicker and take them ia at night until all danger from frost is over. Verbenas, anrirrhinums and zinnias will decay if given too much water. Do oot lose patience and begin to stir up the soil if the seeds do not come up just when you expect them; they are often a little slow abbut starting when the weather is cold. It is better to sow only a pert of each packet the first time, then if they do not grow after a reasonable period put in the rest, first studying the directions carefully. Do not allow the plants to grow too large before removing them to their permanent quartan in the flower beds. "" PAR* AMD GARDEN HOTB3. Select your garden seeds now and order at once. . . ?? Get up the summer's supply of wood before you are rushed with work. Sheep will pay in instalments two or more times a year for their keeping. Start a few plants in the house if yon have not the means to make k hot-bed. Work up the wood while other work bas to stand still becaQse of the spring mud. The Black Lima i3 a black, mottledseeded pole bean, for which big claims ire made. Get things in as compact shape as posrible about the bara and outbuildings and i>e ready for the soft time 6f the season. TTTI 1 1 9 TT UCr6 IB JfUUI |iiuvv f Tf uay wuvuvivu Is it in? Do not wait to find out till ready to use unless you know just how It is. In no cs3e in experiments conducted i>y Professor Goff has the removal of the teed "end of potatoes shown advantage in pield. Select your fruit plants, bushes and trees and order them now, to be sent when safe to transport and the ground is ready to receive them. Regulations have been made governing the inspection of Canadian cattle, by irhich the same may be exhibited at the Columbian Exposition. Have plows, harrows and all tools eady for use?a little paint will not lurt some of them when you have the )olts all in and nut3 tightened. The monthly roses belong for the most )art to that class known as tea rosea, ind their free flowering qualities make hem the most popular of all roses. If you hare fodder yet out in the ield, manure still ia the yard, or wood till uuhauled and the bottom has not alien out of the roads do not wait mother day. Strawberries which hare been thor- * tughlj tested and gained commendation ire Buhach No. 5, Haverland, Charles downing, Michel's Early, May King and Jrince of Berries. A grape-grower, at a recent meeting n Nebraska, recommended as the best ive varieties of grape), for Nebraska the iVordeo, Moore's Eirly, Concord, Perkins and Duchess. The Iris is a hardy perennial plant that dooms during June and July. There ,re many varieties of this attractive pernnial. A paper of mixed varieties will iflord many colors. Some growers nave reporcea excenont esults from nitrate of sod; on strawberry >eds. About 200 pounds per acre is ised, and is applied by mixing it with wo or three parts of soil. Eastern farmers each year increase ? heir supply of chemical fertilizers. tome of them claim that i(grass sod and chemicals make a better and cheaper Iressing for their lands than stable nanure." At tho Vermont Station, where the lot-water treatment has been tested for mut in oats, is claimed a second and mportant consideration in the possible pin, aside from toe destruction of smut, if a decided increase in yield from reated seed. Do not plant flower seeds when the ;round is wet. Mai<e the surface oj fine nd smooth as possible, cover each kind f seed to a depth proportionate to its ize, but never more than three or four imes the diameter of the seed. Press he soil firmly over the seed. tt fiioM ore rnaJ culverts or sluice ravs Dear you that need opening to let II the surplus water of spring rains, do ot wait fcr the "pathmaster" till it is | 00 late. Open them up yourself. This .-ill be doing yourself a good turn as rell as helping your neighbor to 4ibeter roads." At the New York Station, where many ew varieties of strawberries have been ested, the twenty most productive sorts 1 the order named are Beder Wood, Jreeuville, Burts, Enhance, New DorninDn, Sov de Bossuet, Lyons Seedling, 'arnsworth, Middlefleld, Wayfield, Hurlmrt, Hampden, Eureka, Phillip Seeding, Daisy, Haverland, Crescent, Goverior Hoard, Great Pacific and Viola.