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??????? THE MOTS GUESTS. The Duke of Yeragua and Suite ' Reach New York. ' He is the Eleventh Lineal De- . J scendent of Columbus. DUKE or VERAGUA. Don Cristobal Colon de la Corda, Duke da Veragua, Marquis of Jamaica, and Admiral and Adelantado Major of the Indies, the lineal descendant of Christopher Columbus, chief of the Yvoricrs rair v/ouimu?iuu u wu e Spaia, arrived at New York on the Ameri- c can Line steamship New York*. He was met there by Commander W. Dickins, United ( States Navy, the official representative of v this Government, and by the special com* i roittee of citizens aDpointed by Mayor Gil- p roy to receive the distinguished guest and a his suite, aud extend to him the freedom of I the city. Besides the Duke there were on board his . wife, the Duchess; the Hoa. Christobel Colon 3 Aguilera, the Hon. Carlos Aguilera and the ? Hon. Maria del Pilar Colon y Aguilera, the a Duke's brother; the Marquj3 Barballes and 8 his son and the Hon. Pedro Colon y Aguil- 0 era. 11 The Duke of Veragua came here as the guest of the American Nation at the invita- e tion of Congress to be present at the open- t ing of the World's Pair ia Chicago. He was s welcomed to the United States by three ii different committee.1'. . e The first represented the Nation, the sec- c end the city of New York and the third a committee of Spanish Americans. Besides ( these there were members of the Citizans' 0 Committee and the Honorary Reception ^ Committee. s The first person to greet the Duke on his r arrival at Quarantine was the regre.-enta- ? tive 01 me r f^ierai uuvoruuicuv, wmiuuuder Francis W. Dickins, U. S. N., who was accompanied by his wite. He delivered an address in Spanish to the Duke. The Duke replied briefly in Spanish, thanking the United States Government for the display of its courtesy on behalf of himself, his family and the Spanish Nation. An address was also delivered by General Horace Porter in French, presenting the Duke with the freedom of the city. The Duke in a low, clear voice, replied briefly iu French. The party were taken to the Waldorf in carriages. The Duchess is a tall, well-formed woman of perhaps forty yeari, with a round, pleasant face and dark features. The Duke isa little, dark man of about forty-five years. He wears closely clipped whiskers. e His daughter the Hon. Maria del Pilar Colon y Aquilera, has a slender figure, dark complexion and vary dark ey es ana hair. The Hon. Christobel Colon Aquilera is a sturdy boy of sixteen. The Duke of Verc^Bfc Marquis of Ja- 1 maica and Admiral aofcAdelantado Mayor J of the Indies, was born in Madrid in 1837. < He is the eleventh in descent from Christopher Columbus. _ A genealogical tree of \ the descendants of Uolumous snows mat iaa \ line of descant is as follows: First?Cristobel CoJon. discoverer of the New World and First Admiral of the Indies, married FbiUippa Moniz. Second?Thair son, Diego Colon, married Marie de Toledo. Third? Cristobel Colon, Diego's son, married Anna de Pavia. Fourth?Their daughter Francisca Colon?this being the first; break in the male line of descent?married Diego Ortegon. Fifth?Their daughter, Josef a Ortegon, married F. de Paz de la Serna. Sixth?The issue of this marriage was again a daughter, Josef a de Paz de la CJerna y Ortegon. who married Martin Larreategui. Seventh?Toeir sod, Diego Larreategui y de Paz de Serna, married into the Carvajal family. Eighth?Francisco de Larreategui, the offspring by their marriage, married into the Anguilo family. Ninth?In this generation their son, Pedro Isidore de Larreategui y Augui'o, married into the Jimenez de Embrua family. TenthMariano de Larreategui y Jimenez de Embrua married a daughter of the Ramirez de Baquedano family. Eleventh?Pedro de Larreategui y Ramirez 1 /*<? Rannnriann married into the de la Cerda 1 family. Twelfth?Wo have as Columbus's eleventh direct descendant the present Duke de Veragua or Cristobal da Laureates ui y da la Corda, who married into the family of Azmlera. A son was born to the Duke on September 12, 1878, who is Christobel de Larreateguiy Aguilera. ALEXANDER IS KING. Bloodless Conp d'Etat ot Servia's Youthful Monarch. A bloodless coup d'etat was affected at Belgrade, Servia, the other night, and King Alexander I. the youthful ruler of Servia, who had heretofore governed the country through Regents, now rules in his own name. A grand banquet was given at the paiace to celebrate King Alexander's success in passing the examination prescribed for Servian students. II. Ristics and General Beliinarkovic, the Regents, and all the Ministers of State, were present, as were a large number of friends and supporters of tne Regent?. Unsuspectingly the Regents and Ministers attended the banquet, and while they were enjoying themselves at the palace detach- ] meats of soldiers and bodies of police took possession of the Ministers' houses and occu piea ine ^xovernment DuiiainRS. At midnight, while the festivities were still in progress. King Alexander proclaimed that he had obtained his majority and that he had assumed, with the bkupshtina, the government of the country. As a aatter of fact the King had not attained his majority. According to the Servian law he does not become of age until he is eighteen years old, and as he was born August 14, 187c$, he will not be eighteen for considerably over a year. The King and his advisers acted with great promptitude, and soldiers, who were in waiting, at once placed the Regents and Ministers under arrest and they were sent to rooms which had been prepare i for theai in the palace, where they were placed under guard. The Servian army is loyal to the King. CRUSHED TJNDfiB A CANNON ' l it Fell While Beiiijr Hoisteil at tho World's Fair. 1 Sergeant Warwick and Corporal Kernies were acciieataily cnishe I uader a large piece of modern onin inc? forming parb o? < the United States exhibition while it was beins; hoisted into ulacj by thjmsalves an 1 , a squad of their coaira ies. Tae weapon , weisns f >urt3sn tou=s. _ , YVarwic* was flattened into pulp. KeraieK < was n'.t so badly crusu^i by tae immensa ( mass, but his injuries were pronounced fatal. 1 TUBemi. ration iroiu Ireland continue.-) to ( aho>v a u?. .- use. lha u umbel* ot emigrants t... i ireluni m is'jj ls otHciany 1 stated to i. .. <3 Uueti 3l,u0i, u^siinst 5S,435 la j 16Ui. 'l... ..ecr<;dse m tua nainoer o? eau- i grants fro... me Province u. Leinster was 312S, t com ji. a aster -ttiwb, aud Ulster li'J'J, wuue Cud .Aagat snoivs ad increase ot 1-1 as I compare^ ...tu too previous year. PROMINENT PEOPLE. Herr Kropp, the German gun maker, has in income of over $1,000,000. ' Assistant postkaster-g-exsrat, MaxWkll was a devoted fireman in hia youager lays. John* C. Rockefeller, the millionaire . sil magnate, is a great advocate of physical J sxerclse. The Duke of Oporto, brother of the King >f Portugal, is one of th9 finest flute players n the world. Florence Niohtixoale (who took her irst name from the city of h?r birth> is j ieventy-three years old. ' s Josiah Quinct, the Assistant Secretary i >f State, is a strong believer incremation as ] l means of disposing ol the human dead. . Loud Shannon, of England, is known . imoag his friends as the "Cowboy Peer." 3efore his succession to the title he served >n a ranch in Manitoba. ; Prince Rola-nd Bonaparte, who is de- c roted to science, is going to make a study >f the Indians of Mew Mexico and Colorado luring his World's Fair visit. 9 The heir apparent of the British throne, t rttnce George of York, has paid a visit to i iiome, and has complimsnted both the King if Italy and the Pope with a call. f Albert B. Osborne, Mayor of Corry, c. 3enn., is but twenty-six years old and the roungest Mayor of any city in Pennsyl- E 'ania, or probably in the United States. ' The highest sa'ary drawn by a diplomat* c st is that of M. Waddington, the French Embassador to London. His salary is $60, X)0 a year, besides which he has a large >rivate income. Clara Morris, the actress has acepted an invitation from the World's Confess of Representative Women at t'na Vorld's Fair to speak on the subject, 'Women on the Stage." M. Turpin, the inventor of melinite, >egged for one more night in jail, when he vas recently released from a French prison mder pardon. He was busy writing a scintific treatise and wanted to finish the hapter he was engaged on. Mr. Prtor, the oldest clerk in th9 Pension n )flice, at Washington, has returned to ?ork after an absence of over a year. Ha 0 s ninety years old and has been in the de- g lartment for forty years. He is an y uthority on the history of soldiers in the f, levolutionary War. 3j There died in Jamaica. Lonsr Island. N. ^ a few days aeo Thomas J. Wayne, [randnephew of "Mad Anthony," wno Dora * . striking resembance to that Revolutionary * ;eneraJ. Mr. Wayne was ninety-two years " Id and is surved by his third wife, whom he 8 named six years ago. Lady Aberdeen a few days ago made an g xcursion by moonlight to Blarney, and here, by candle light, kissed the "Blarney jj! tone" in order to qualify herself before go- a Qg out to the Irish village at the Chicago xhibition, where she is to be "at home" r Qost of the time in a cottage. The twin brothers, Darius and Cyru3 Z Jobb, of Boston, who are fifty-nine years z 'Id. look so much alike that their own chil* fi Iren often mistake them. They married isters. Darius is a sculptor $nd Cyrus is a is ainter. William Hunt, the artist, once d tyled them "Serious" and "Delirious." d Governor John E. Osborne, of Wyom* a ng, is the youngest Governor in the United * Jtates. He is only thirty-four, a doctor by irofession, very good looking, of pleasing ddress. and went from Vermont to the Vest some fourteen years ago, though a naive of .New York. In his gubernatorial ace he carried every county in the State, are one. The late Doctor Andrew Peabody, of larvard, according to Doctor Eaward Sverett Hale, was looking over some acumulated papers one day, when he discovred that he was $40,000 richer tban he was be year before. Thereupon he wrote ta he assessors of Cambridge, Mass., asking hose officials to impose a tax on his property iccordingly. WOBLD'S FAIR NOTES. More than $16,000,000 has been paid out thus far by the Exposition Company alone m preparation of the Pair. An expenditure yt six or seven millions more will be made. The numerous restaurants and cafes ia the World's Pair buildings will be supplied from a common kitcheD, situated in the loutti part of the grounds, and measuring L25 by 325 feet. E Italy, which for a long time declined to jarticipate in the World's Pair, has made an , ippropriation of 277,500 lire, or about $55,- j 500. for its representation. The Italian Chamber of Commerce and other financial nterest* have also supplied funds with liber- f ility. t A rare model of Windsor Castle, built to >cale from architectural drawings, will be n exhibited at the World's Fair. It is believed * x> be the largest in existence and the only >ne architecturally correct. The model 1 jovers an area of 45x18 feet and stands six- a :een feet high. It is built upon a stand, th? nside of which is a work of art in saloon lecoration. t The statue Germania, which is to adorn the imperial portal of a new German Par- p llament building in berlin, will be shown at c the World's Fair. Through the efforts of 0 Berr Wermuth and the consent of Emperor William this masterpiece of German sculp- f< ture will be exhibited at Chicago. It will t be placed in the Manufactures building, as the crowning piece of the German section n there u Tax women of Mi3sissppi, who are patrijticaily endeavoring to hare their State t creditably represented at the World's Fair, will build a fortification of cotton bales on u the grounds, representing Vicksburg during the siege. One hundred bales of cotton will r be used in building the fort, and on the in- 0 tide will be exhibited all the products of the $ zreat staple. The women will ornament t their cotton fort with numbers of historic :annoD, flags and other relics of the war. t Bp.etros Effendi Hklweh, the famou3 a ? 1 a Q mental aecoracor, nas arnvau m uuiw^u from Paris with forty large boxes, contain- '' ing the parts of a wonderful work which is 1 to be displayed at th9 World's Fair. It is to repreient the luxurious splendor fit a I room of an eastern su.tan. It is 3 made of 2,000.000 pieces of mosaic and took lj ten years of Effandi Helweh's life to make o it. It is in the form of a kiosk, the interior c is made up of rich eastern designs and le- fc gends, inlaid with mother of pearl and ricb t woods. When reconstructed the kiosk will be placed in the Tunisean part of the French r section. c Forty-five precious historical documents i relating to the voyages and discovery of i America are to be exhibited at the World's c Fair. The Duke of Veragua, the living de r scendant of Columbus, has agreed to lend r them. The forty-five papers form almost a e history of Columbus's career as discoverer. In the list is the original commission given to Columbus by Ferdinand and Isabella upon his departure for the first voyage. It is dated Granada, April 0, 1492. In it he is appointed grand admiral of the ocean 1 seas, vice-king and governor general of all the lands he should discover. Every document in the collection is either written by Columbus or signed by Ferdinand or Isa- gl bella. tl - _ 7_ _ ti SrECIAL FETE DAYS. J I ti A Prominent and Interesting Feature I j ot the World's Fair. 0 Special fete days will be a proininenc an 1 j interesting feature at the World's Fair at 1 Chicago. The different States, foreign coun- S tries and maay civic organizations will each ?( have a day upon which to conduct special f( exercises or celebrations, and programmes n for them are now being arranged. Follow- u ing are the days already assigned for such 2 celebrations: s Washington, May 17; Wisconsin. May 23; Maine, May 24; Denmark, June 5; Germany, June 15; Nebraska, June 15; Massachusetts, June 17; New Hampshire, June 21; France, .Titiv 14- TTrjih Jinv Q4-- f.ifwiii .Tulv '.!<? I Commercial travelers, July 26; Independent Or<Ser of Forester.', august 12; Hayti, August 16; Colored peoole, August 25; North Carolina, August 18; Austria, Aa?ust 18; t The Netherlands, Aueust 31; Nicaragua, j September 1; New York. September 4; Brazil, September 7; California, September 9; Maryland. September 12; Michigan, Au- k jjust 13 and 14; Kansas, August 15; Colorado. I September 19; Montana, September 20; 6 Patriotic Order Sons of America, Septem- t ber20; Iowa, September 31; Rhode Island, October 5; Spain, October 12; Italian so- 8 aieties, October 12; Minnesota, October 13. 1 EARTHQUAKE IN ZAffi ' The Ionian Island Devastated For the Second Time. t Many People Buried in Ruined Cities and Villages. The Island of Zante, one of the principal 1 [onian Islands, was visited by a most de- f itructive earthquake a few mornings ago, e8ultiag in great loss of life and property. e [n February and March last the island eus- J ?ined a vast amount of damage by seismic 1 listurkances, and a large number of lives verpbgr. j ThU last shock appears to have baen most ( riolent in the city of Zmte, the greater part 8 >f which was destroyed. The people became panic -stricken and the * Luthorities helpless. The streets were impasable, being filled with masses of stone and 1 imDer, the wreckage of the houses which vera thrown down by the earthquake. J The bodies of twenty parsons killed by 1 ailing walls have been removed from the 1 lebris, and it was feared that many more 1 lead were still in the ruins. The number of, t >ersons injured ran up into the hundreds. a Sverything was in. confusion, and the work >f searching for bodies and for the iujured t sould not be pursued systematically. , The greater portion of the inhabitants ( led to the plains back of the city, where j hey wandered about in a distracted manner lewailing the loss of their homes and prop;rty. A. large number of tents that were ' aken to Zante to shelter the people who eere rendered homeless by the former earth- r [uakes have been again set up, and under ^ hem some of the women and cnildren have * aken refuse. . The city presents a scene of desolation, r ,nd it is doubtful if it ever recovers from I he series of misfortunes that have befallen t t within the past three months. There is t ?und to bean enormous amount of suffer- o ag, and outside aid will be urgently re- ii uired to prevent sickness and starvation. I The shock occurred at 7:33 a. m. Most f the buildings tnat stood erect after the j hocks of February and March were either ^ hrown down or shattered so as to be unsafe j>( or occupancy. The Church of St. Diony- q [us and the Government offices were thrown own. Advices from the interior show that the *rhole island has been devastated. Many f illages have been destroyed, and it was ?l 1 Lj- -* '?* ? ' ? ?? 1 lias! Kann trofff nougat mail tub IUW ui ma ut?u j reat. p After the first shock two more heavy ? hocks shook the whole island. The people \ ed from all the towns to find safety on the tl lains and hillsides. All were terror F tricken. Thousands were without shelter, nd few have sufficient food. The Greek Government acted promptly in endering aid to the sufferers. The Greek onclads Hydra and Spezia started for v ianti, having on board a detachment of eu- n ineers, as well as provisions and medicines, g or the survivors of the calamity. It is pointed out that the Zante disaster a i confirmation of the prediction made a few p ays before by Professor Falb, who pre- a icted the former earthquakes, that disturb- a ncea more serious than the recent ones ^ rould occur on that date. g THE LABOB WORLD. o Iron moulders have 307 unions. \ Chicago, 111, has 30,000 unemployed. I America, has had 12,080 strikes since 187i?. ? Canadian sailors are settling in Buffalo, ? S\ Y. These are 20,137 miners in the National j Tnion. ^ QuaE.V3Li.ND. Australia, has 11,503 uu* anployed. t Boston (Mass./ cooks have $700 in tbe v wnetttfund. b Los Anoblbs unions run a free employ- 9 sent bureau. Krupp, the German iron founder, em? ' )loys 25,000 men. J France's 267 strikes last year involved .08,00J workmen* I The organized clerks of thiS country have a linety unions at present. A large number of woman are still em* ? 1 - C uoyect la unaergrouna mines la mciia. The American Railway Union wis perma- e lentiy organizjd the other day in ("nicajo. i 8caitdina.v?a.n sailors are said to prelooilnate oa vessels of nearly all national- < ties. j White phosphorus is destroying the J acial boa^s of London girls in match fac- r ories. i J syd.vet, Australia, ha? appointed a com- ? aittee to dad the re&soa for hordes of unmployed. * Adbuh.v, Me., has 33,000 shoe workers, 'hey matte from $15 to a week aai want ? a advance. * In South Africa the Servant Girls' Union | equires mistresses to furnish reference irom p heir last girJ. Tile-making employs 20,003 men at Ichaumourg-Lippe. They gee 8115 for si* ? ion tils' wor*. About 3300 brickworkers leave Canada c or toe United States every spring aai re- V urn to tllOU" uumtw IU uuo auuuiuu. c The eigat hour day i9 in effect for careaters iu forty-seven cities, and nine hours ) tne rule for union men ia 409 towns. g If the letter carriers of the country get a heir over-timo under the eight-hour law, Jncle Sam will have to shell out a cool lillion or so. ? The Pennsyivania Railroad employs 54, 27 men, according to its report to the Fennvlvania Secretary of Internal Affairs. The P leading Railroad has 28,715 hands. Co-operation has been successfully en- 0 ered into bj the locked out granite cutters, bout 500 of whom are working; in thirteen ^ [uarries in the State of Maine, which they t> iA3ed for $1000 five months ago. Since then ? hey have sold stones valued at $97,227. Liberty Dawk Association of Hack )rivers, at a recent meeting held in New fork City, to prote3t against the order of ivery stable keepers that they must shave E ft their whiskers, were assured of the sym- C lathy and support of the waiters, who have fc teen ordered by hotel keepers to cut off F heu- mustaches. ? More than a thousand unemployed workQen, of Milan, Italy, recently formed a pro * ession and marched to the office of the 'refect of the city to dem ind work. The ii 'refect had a half hour's interview with a t ommittee of the men, and promised to hur- o y the plans for the construction of soma r iroposed public works ii order to give them c mployment. I 1 THE SPRING EEP0RT. i i ''>? OnnHldnn at Farm Animals in tiie United States. ? The spring report of Henry Robinson, the batistiolar. of the Department of Agricul- ^ are at Washington, now in press, presents lie following as the condition of farm ani- g i?ls in the United States: Horses?Average d unitary condition, 97.15; ratio of losses to he country at large, L.7 per cent., as against a ? per cent, last year. Cattle?Averaga d onaitiOD, 94.7, as against 93 2 a year ago; si >sses from all causes, 3.4 per cent. Sheep? b Lverage condition, 94.9, as against 90.3 in 892; losses from all causes, 4.4 percent. j Iwine?Average condition, 96.4, the highest i( gure for several years, as against 95.2 for or 18^2; ratio of losses, 0.3 per cent. The ollowiug are given as the approximate lumber of these several classes of farm animls in tba whole* country: Horses, 16,- 1 07,000; cattle, 52,37S,00J; sheep, 47,274,0U0; s wine. 46.095.01)0. t ANTARTIC SEALIN&. { )undce Whaler.* MaKe uemaricaoie a Catches of Fur Sealti. a News has reached Dundee, Scotland, that J he three Dundee whalers which went to the p Lntartlc Ocean last autumn are returning n msuccessfu* as far as whaling is coacerned, tut that they found an enormous number of ? ur seals. One vessel alone is said to have * 10,000 skins on board. It is reported that F he skippers prevented the Bolentists who * iceomponitd the expedition from taking obarvations in order to preserve the secrets of he whereabouts of the sealing grounds. a THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern, and Middle States. John Hill, a colored lad nineteen years )f age, who shot and killed Joseph Dodson, iged twenty-one years and also colored, on Dctober 1(5. has been hanged at Camden, J. The United States cruiser Machias was fiven htr first preliminary trial on the iver at fiatb, Me. Her engines developed 10 weakness or defects, ana her engineers ire well satisfied. She averaged 12]^ knots vith nothing like a full head of steam, and xperts are confident she will make over fourteen knots. During a free fight amoss a mob of Huns ind Polanders, who were all drunk, in Plynouth, Penn., Stani3lau3 Jacoboski was rilled by Michael Pulinski. Two others vere fatally wounded. . Professor Pickering, of Harvard College, made observations of the total eclipse jn the heights of Miua Avis, Chile. It was j i. ?i j _ ;een in an ilb puasas auu luuuj yuvn/graphs were taken. In Honduras the revolutionists ha ve car ied almost everything before them. The Argentine man-of-war Naeve de lulio arrived at New York, from Newcastle. England, where shs was built. Her speed las been ascertained to ba twenty -tnree cnots an hour, and it is claimed that she is he fastest cruiser afloat. After coaling ihe sailed for Hampton Roads, Va. Duke or Veragua and his party on the bird day after their arrival in New York vero photographed and visited several Catholic institutions in company with \.rchbi3hop Corrigan. Old No. I, otherwise John Bull, the first ailroad locomotive in America, imported in 831, startod with the primitive coaches rom Jersey City, N. J., via the Pennsyl'anii route for Chicago and the World's "air. In Grace Church, New York City, at high loon the Rev. Dr. Huntington, assisted by iishop hotter, married Miss Cornelia Marin, dauehter of Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Mar. in, to William George Robert, fourth Earl f Craven, aged twenty-five. Miss Martin 5 but sixteen years and five months old. ler family is very wealthy. Duke or Veragua and his brother, tha larquis de Barboles, held a reception at the Valaorf, New Yorit City, and later were srmally received by the city officials in the rovernor's Room at the City Hall. Thomas M. Barr & Co., of New York !ity, wholesale dealers in coffee, brokers nd speculators in that commodity, have iilei for about *300,000. The famous i?un "Ling Tom," which layed auch a part in the history of this nunt-rv In fha tirnr nf 1RI2 & rrived at NOW !"ork, tound for the World's Fair, on board tie Portuguese steam3hip Vega, Captain Losa, from Lisbon, via the Azare islands. South and West. William Bond has been hanged at RocklUe, Md. lie was pronounced dead in eight llnutes. He murdered anl outraged Mararet Cephas. The home of Charle3 White, nineteen liles nortn of Jacksonville, Oregon, on touge River,was burned. His son Clarence, gel seven, perished in the flames, and in tcempting to save the boy Mrs. White was adly burned. Alexander W. Quarrier, clerk in the Secretary of State's office, was drowned at Charleston, W. Va., with Miss Ella Young, f Missouri, while out boating. W. L. Gillis, of Chioago, and Mamie Vllaon were found dead at Fisback's Hotel, jouisville, Ky. At flrst it looked like a asa of double suicide, but it turned out hat the woman gave the man drugged rhisky and then shared the deadly poison. The Jean Bart and the Giovanni Banyan, 'Vench and Italian warships, joined the fleet a Hampton Roads, Va. The passenger steamer Ne'ly BIy, owned >y J. F. Fishborn 6c Co., of Winamac, Ind., ras making a trip down the river when her oilerexploded, seriously injuring eight perons. William Siglee, of Lima, Ohio, has conessed that he murdered hia brother six Dai o a^vt i William Hardin killed a Mexican at Kingston, Nevr Mexico, and was pursued by mob and lynched. John Schardt, cashier of the Mechanics' ladings Bank, Nashville, Teon., was diaovered to be short in his accounts to the mount of $40,000, and confessed to having mbezzled that amount of the bank's funds, he bank made an assignment. Auditor Ackeriian made a report at Chicago, 111., showing that the buifriina: of ;he World's Fair had already <!Ost $18,708,126, twice the sum paid for the Paris Exjosition, and more must yet be paid out. ?he snow storms and severe weather nece3I tated an extra expense of $12,000. There ] at present a cash balance of $636,396, and 2,361,203 is due on contracts. Three of four parsons of a pleasure party rom Bay Vi9w, Cal., were drowned in San 'rancisco harbor by th9 capsizing of their tiff. Henry Schroeder ana sister, Geofge teinfeldt and wife were in the party. Mrs. leinfeldc was rescued. Five British warships, a Dutch cruiser nd a French crutsar joinad the fleet at nchor in Hampton Roads, Va. The Mechanics' Savings Bank and Trust lompany of Nashville, Tenu., made an asigntneoc, closed by the defalcation of its ashier. Gkrma.ny'8 two representatives for the aval review, the Kaiserin Augusta and eeadler, arr.vad in Hampton Roads, Va., nd the usual salutes were exchanged. Frva men were killed and four injured In n explosion in the Bush-Ivanhoe tunnel in lolorado. A destructive hail, wiud and rain storm assed through Warsaw, lad., clearing a trip about 200 yards wide entirely across he country. The town of Gravelcon was ompletely wrecked. Charles Pece and Edward McClerg, foremen, were killed by the explosion of lie boiler of J. C. Ketch's sawmill at Green* ilia, Ohio. Washington. The unofficial list of members-elect of the louse oi: Representatives for the Fifty-third longreas shows that of the 858 seats but one i vacant, that caused by the election of Leprasantative Lodge to the Sonata. Tho )emocrats will havo 220 Representatives, be Republicans 127 and the People's 'arty 8. The President made the following norulations: Richard H. Alvey, of Maryland, 3 be Chief Justice of the Court of Appeals, f the District of Columoia; Martin F. Moris, of the District of Columoia, to bo Assoiate Justice of the Court of Appeals, of the )istrict of Columbia; Seth Shepard, of .'exas, to be Associate Justice of tho Court f Appeals, of the District of Columbia; iucius Q. C. Lamar, of Mississippi, to be lecorder of the General Land Office. THE ITeasury Department aeciueu to bcord to the exhibitors at the World's Fair be privilege of gratuitous distribution of aeir sauipies, catalogues, descriptions, etc., ) far as these may relate to the articles ex*. ibited. The absdQce of the Ctir in Crimea was iven in Washington as the reason for the elay in confirming the extradition treaty. The Senate held its last executive sewioD, nd every nomination made by the Present up to date was confirmed, with the ingle exception of Hewson E. Lannon, to e United States Marshal for Delaware. Secretary Carlisle directed the Sub'reasuries throughout th3 United States tc isue no more gold certificates at present, 'he reason is that the Treasury Gold Re;rve is down to the $100,000,1!0J limit. The President has nominated Joseph S. liller, of West Virginia, to be Oonioii*ioner of Internal Rjveuue. He served in his same capacity under Cleveland's oreious Administration; also John W. Rid le, of Minnesota, to he Secretar7 o? the jegation of the United States to Turkey. Thk treaty betwaan the United States nd Ecuador, by which the right to acquire , coaling station on one of the Galapagos sles is given the United State?, failed of atification by the Senat9 because of the irassure of other business. The treaty does iot become void. Emancipation Dat was celebrated at JVashington by a parade of the colored resdents of the district, and by a public mass meeting at Lincoln Park. The colored pubic schools were closed iu hoaor of tiie occaion. Internal Revenue Commissioner Maon's last monthly report shows that for the nine montfls of the flscal year ended March 31, 1893, the aggregate receipt* from internal revenue sources ware $120,510,016.9SL a gain over the corresponding period of 1893 of *7,208,078. The invitation to lira. Cleveland from the Board of Lady Managers to open the woman's department at the World's Fair the 1st of May was presented at the White House by Mrs. John A. Logan and Mrs. Read, of Baltimore. Mrs. Cleveland said it would be impossible for her to attend. Foreign. The strike for the ballot spread throughout Belgium. Gendarmes had to charge the crowds at several points. The Mayor of Brussels, Balgium, was sioner of Internal Revenue. He served in this same -capacity under Cleveland's previous Administration; also John W. Riddle, of Minnesota, to be Secretary of the Legation of the United States to Turkey. The treaty between the United States and Ecuador, by which the right to acquire a coaling station on one of the Galapagos Isles is given the United States, failed of ratification by the Senate because of the pressure of other business. The treaty does not become void. LATEE NEWS. The Chamber of Commerce, the New Tork Historical Society and the American Geographical Society united in giving a brilliant reception at the Waldorf, New York City, for the Duke and Pucheea of Veragua and their party. It was carried out on a magnifioent scale. The citizens of Lexington, Mass., celebrated the 118th anniversary of the firing of the "shot heard round the world." The celebration was the most successful the old town has held since the 100th anniversay in 1875. A. tornado at Osage City, Kan., killed two persons, injured several and wrecked 140 buildings.. The Arethuse, the French flag-ship, arrived in Hampton Roads, Va. Crews from the several men-of-war rowed four boat races, all of which were won by the San Francisco's men. Samuel f Pasco, Democrat, has been elected by the Florida Lsgislature, at Tallahassee, United States Senator for the term commencing March 4 th, 1893, and ending March 4th, 1899, by a vote of ninety-five out of 100 in joint sesspn. The ninth annual report of the Civil Service Commission has just been issued. The Commissioners urge that the classified service should be extended as rapidly as practicable. The whole number of place* subject to competitive examination undar th? rules is now 43,923. Secretary Morton ordered the dismissal of forty-one assistant microscopista, one clerk and a bookkeeper, attached to the Bureau of Animal Industry and assigned to duty in Chicago. The reason of the dismissal is the reduced condition of the work. There were more severe earthquake shocks in Zante. Forty houses at Slivno, a Tillage of Bohemia, have been destroyed by fire. Four persons were killed and forty injured. The Infanta Eolalia started from Madrid, Spain, on her way to America and the World's Fair. Don Antonio accompanied her* THE SENATE ADJOIJBNS. Tbe Extraordinary Session at Washington Comes to an Cud. Tbe extra session of the United States Senate came to a close at 6 p. m. a few days ago. It required bard fighting and good management to bring about this result. Most of the time was consumed by Senators Piatt. Mills and Hnwley in a debate over the Roach inquiry resolution. At the suggestion of Mr. Manderson the recent famous decisions of Judges Speer, Ricks and Taft, as to the rights and duties of railroad employe?, were ordered to be printed as a document for the use of tbe Senate. Tbe Senate then proceeded to the consideration of executive business. At 5:30 the doors were reopened and a resolution was offered by Mr. Mandersoa and agreed to, tendering the thanks of the Senate to Vice-President Stevenson for the impartiality and courtesy with which he has presided over the Senate during the present extraordinary session. A resolution instructing the Committee on Contingent Expenses to fix the amounts to be allowed for the several committee investigations was agreed to, as were also the various pending resolutions authorizing euch investigations A motion to adjourn sine die was then made by Mr. Hill and was agreed to without a division. The Vice-President said before announcing the result of the vote just taken: "I beg to express my earnest appreciation of the uniform courtesy shown me by the members and officers of this body during the session now closing. For the resolution, personal to myself, so kindJy adopted by the Senate, I am profoundly grateful. In accordance with the vote just taken, I now declare this extraordinary session of the Senate adjourned without day." A CRUISER LEAVES. Serious Trouble at Grenada and One Vessel Less lor the Big Review. One of the British war vessel* pulled up her anchor and left Hampton Roads, Va., before the final maneuvers and naval parade. on a serious errand. It was the Partridge, Captain McAllister. She was ordered to Nassau by the Admiral. it. ?-oj-rra/i word that there had been an uprising of colored people at Grenada,, and that Captain Taylor, of the gunboat Mohawk, was shot and badly wounded. Grenada is the chief of the Grenad ina Islands. This is a British possession. The Partridge is a full sister to our gunboats Yorktown, Concord and Bennington. A TERRIBLE TORNADO. Seren People Killed and a Town Almost Destroyed. News has been received at Little Rock, Ark., of a fearful tornado in Fourche Valley, Scott County. The town of Bolea was almost entirely, destroyed. Seven persons were killed and a large number injured. The path of the storm was half a mile in vriith. and everything was swept before it. The bodies of a number of the liilied were carried over half a mile by t?ie storm. It has been decided to keep the World's Fair open to the puolic until 11. o'clock. To those who, on account of money consideration^ are unabm to spend much ume at Ctiicago, it will be of ttte greatest importance that the opportunity tor seeing the tair should oe as great as ttiey eau ue maae. Tnev will not mind the strain mvoivea uy so uiauy hours ot sightseeing, xor they cau rest a iter tuey reacu ujiue. Do you take the Texas Agriculturist?" "I used to, but I don't auy more. The editor insulted me." "Ronilv! Tn what wav?" The other day 1 called on him and asked his opinion as to the best way of raising hogs, and he told me to pull myself up with a derrick."?Texas Sittings. "I understand young Briefless is about to marry the daughter of old Bonds, the millionaire." "Yes, so I am told." "Will he give up the law business'?"" "Yes; he will give up the law business and go into the son-inlaw business."?Texas Sifting*. ... , , /> I WON BY THE PEOPLE. Universal Suffrage, With Plural Toting, Adopted in Belgium. The Strike Abandoned and Further Trouble Averted, A cablegram from Brussels, Bslgium, says: The Belgium revolution has succeeded. The reigning aristocracy has sur rendered, and Belgium will hereafter be governed by the people. The viofcory for universal suffrage cost several lives and serious bloodshed; but, considering the terrible sacrifices which until the last moment it seemed would be necessary, the price paid is not a great one. The right of self-government has not been granted willingly. It was wrung from the present authorities bv a display of revolutionary force such as nad not been seen in Europe since Paris was in the hands of a committee. The manifestation of popular will was imposing and truly terrific. It overawed and conquered the arrogance which had defied it. It has been a day of suspense and /ear throughout Belgium. The entire country was under arms, and business of every description was paralyzed. Th9 terrible nature of the crisis was emphasized as never before when 20,000 Socialists met just outside Brussels, and voted solemnly and without excitement to shed the last drop of their blood to secure the rig'it of suffrage. The leaders advised the multitude to refrain from violence till the decision of Parliament was known later in the day. Tho mob conseated. Their fellows in other places exarcised less self-restraint. Soon came the news that several more had been killed and many wounded in Antwerp. The bloody work was going on again in Mons and other places. Brussels waited. There was unmistakably an air of dread and apprehension upon the city. All tde large places" of business were closed and tbe shutters were up. The residential streets were completely deserted. The public quarters wero thronged, but few women were about. All vehicles, except* few cabs, disappeared. The army and the mob stood and watted. Cavalry and infantry held all the streets within half a mile of the King's palace and the Parliament buildings. There were no hostile demonstrations against the troops. Meantime the Lower ?House of the Legislature assemble? The House voted to sit until the committee agreed on some suffrage measure. It refused to adopt the Government suggestion to act on the budget, which was waiting. Th? members instead went outside to view the strange sight in the streets of the city, which was in a state of thousands of troops filled the streets converging at Parliament HalL Beyond them 4he mob stood waiting. It was nearly 4 o'clock, bnt there had been no collision. The multitude was silent, and not even sullen. There was. however, no mistaking the atti tude of their unnumbered thousands. Members of toe Chamber went back to their seats profoundly impressed. Telegrams poured in telling of renewed fighting in the provinces. A mild bat salutary panic to ale possession of the House. The committee were forced to report. They brought in a measure providing for universal suffrage for citizens above twenty* five years of age, with an additional vow for heads of families, and another for those possessing educational qualifications. It was briefly debated and quickly brought to a vote. The result was 119 in favor, twelv* against and fourteen abstentions. The figures were received with amazement on all sides, indicatingas.it did the panic-stric&o condition of the House. The nows quickly spread, and was received with 1 mmease re-' lief if not entira satisfaction by the people. It was thought that the Senate would act Immediately on the Suffrage bill. EMUT PACHA DEAD. lie Great Aft-lean Explorer Given Up lor Lost. ' >aw pachaA letter received at Zanzibar, Africa, from Tippoo Tib's son confirms the report of the death of Emin Pach>, the great explorer, and all hi* people. Edward Schnitzar vu born in Oppelii, in the Prussian province of Silesia, on March 30, 1840, son of the Merchant Louis Scnnitzer?died 1845?and his wife, Pauline Schweitzer, both of whom wero Protestants. The family left Opoeln in 1842 for Neissa. where the mother and one sister of our friend still reside. After graduating at the academy of the town last mentioned, Edward Schnitzer entered upon the coarse of medicine at the University of fireslau. During the years 1863 and 1S0* he continued nis scuuies m vus uun??>i ?> Berlin, where he tooic his degree. He decided to win his way as a physician in Turkey, and left Berlin at the end of 1S">4. In Scutariahe excited the attention an.l interest ot tha then Vali Ismael Pacha Haqq>, and was attached to the staff of the Turkish dignitary, who waa on a round of official visits to the various provinces of the wide Kiugdom. After having seen in this way Armenia, Syria and Arabia, Schnitzai* arrived at length at Constantinople, where the Pacha died in 1872. Suddenly, however, his old love of wandering seized him afresh. He set out for Egypt when a favorable prospoct had meanwhile presented itself. Thus we see the enterprUing man at the beginning of 1876, entering into the Egyptian service under the name of Doctor Emin Effendi, and offering himself in the south to the Governor General of the Soudan, which was then be i ng raDidiy extended. In 187S he wa3 made a Bey and appointed Governor of the equatorial province. Fr?m 1574 to 1S$3 he had a score of stations and a post fortnightly between them and Lado. The tide of insurrection in the Soudan sw/'pc southward and Emin was imprisoned ir/ his own province until rescuedby Stanley '/i 1S39. Soon after he returned to the heart ol Atrica, where be has just perished. T>ATA\rnr nv TU b.T\V. UU UL AUUV Ul It Continues to Turn Against the United States. The adverse turn of the balances of trade against the United States continues to be shown by the figures of the Buroau of Statistics at Washington. The total exports of breadstuff's for last month were $13, S6G.OOO. For the corresDonding month of 1892 they were $23,072,000, a falling otT for the rnonttt Of $9/206,000. For the nine months ending March, 1893, the exports of breads tuffs were i 145,032,000. For the corresponding niue months in the previous fiscal year they were $233,159,000, a falling off in nine months of $SS, 127,000. The decrease in the exportation of hog, beef and dairy products has been almost equally marked. For the month of March last the exports of these products were $8,231,000; for the corresponding month of 1892, $11,523,000, a falline off of $3,232,000. For the nine months ending March 31 the exports of these products were $27,300,000; for the correspondinz nine months of the previous fiscal year $33,933,003, a falling off of $8,tt83,000. MM A SONO OF THRBtS Ware and wind and Speak a speech that no man Tree that sigheth. wind that Wave that blorreth to the Wave and wind and willow Peerless perfect poets ye, H I Sinking songs all songs excel!ia^^^H^^^E|B Fine as crystal music dwelling In a welling fountain free, Peerless perfect poets three. Wind and wave and willow Know not aught of poet's rhymiB^H9|^HH V?t thflv make a silver chiming Sunward climbing minstrel*?, Soother than all soogs that be^sBH^^Hj Blows the wind it knows not Flows the wave it knows not And the willow swayeta hither, Swayeth thither witlessly, H Nothing knowing rave to aigh. fl B ?William ;VI I PITH ANI)_FUiN^H Always on top?The sky. A rash affair?Scarlet fever. A summer reflection?A shadow.? H A trial balance?The judge's cliH H A slaughter pen?The critic's A bone of contention?The A turkey gobbler?The average boy. Time out of mind? Delirious iARH als. Depends on the whother?-The eagsH H ment. m With the lawyer, cases alter circul H stances. . A friend in need ia a friend indeed, Bat a friend, inaeeJ, u never in ? 1'rutaH The outcome of a courtship nowadsfl fl is largely a question of income.?Elmifl H Gazette. _ H^Rfl It appears to us that these meetinjHMB between debtors and creditors are large^^^H over dun. A lady describing aa ill-natured man, j says, 4'be never s.uilej but he feeli1 ' 'v ashamed of it." The Astor baby has a $1000 cradle. It will take lots of "rocks" to keepthat going.?Yonkers Stat esman. "Did you get that bald bead ofyom* from your father, Brown?" "No; mj father never had but one bald head and he's got that yet."?Pnarmaceatical Bra, \!pi What makes you wait for the change ! > < before you select your gloves?" "Be- ; cause there may be some new style before it gets back."?Chicago Inter-Ocean. He looks down on tenement dwellers With a vision fult of gloom; ' But 'tis not with pride or scorn on his sidet For his is an attic room. ?Truth. "Your behavior is most singular, air," said a young lady to 1 gentleman who had just stolen a kiss. "If this is all," said he, "I will soou make it plufal."? Mercury. Young Man?-"I wish your opinion, sir, as to whether your daughter would make me a good wile?" Lawyer?"No, sir. She would not. Five dollars, r.'| please."?Boston Bulletin. Brown?"The facial features plainly indicate character and disposition. In selecting your wife were you governed by her chin?" Jones?"No, but I have been ever since I married." "I wish I was one of my jokes," groaned the humorist, as he picked himself up from the slippery sidewalk. * Whnnerar thev fall flat no one laughs at them."?Indianapolis Journal. _ "I want/' said the astronomer, "an inscription for my new telescope which shall be in the nature of an address to the stars." "How would 'Here'* looking at you' do?"?Buffalo Express. The fat man is not a sincere believer in the ideas of the greatest good td the greatest number. If lie were he would be the first to give up his seat. when1 ladies are standing in a horse car.? Washington Star. Life greatly resembles a basket of apiples You'll find, if to think for a moment yoa stop; The smaller ones are all far down in the bottom, And the big feilo w a congregate up at the top. ?Defiance News. "What means this coolness between Jonson Joanes?is tuere a aiuerence oebetween them?" "Difference? I should say so I Aa much difference as there ia between a gentleman and a donkey." "H'm! But which is the gentleman and which the donkey?" "Well, it is jurt there where they differ."?Boston Tran- ^ script. ii r 1 How Mirrors Are Made. Mercury ia prepared for application to mirrors by being melted simply, and it is applied to the .slaas in the fallowing wa/: A stone table, which is arranged' so that it can be inclined to one side by means of a screw beneath it, is carefully laid over, while it is level, with tin foil. . A strip of gloss is then placed on each of three sides of the foil and melted quick* silver is poured upon it to the depth of nearly one-quarter of an inch. A3 there is a chemical affinity between the quicksilver and tin foil, the latter does not flow off. Then the plate of glass, which has been carefully polished beforehand and is absolutely speckless, is slid from * 1 trie open siae U[iaa me wuitcu U1CIUUI J When :t is exactly iu its placc it is held until one edge oi the tablo has been raised, aud through a groove on one side the superfluous uicrcury is slowly rua off. Then the tabic is placed back again op a level, weights are put on the glass, and it is left lor several hours. It is then turned over on a frame, tho side covered with foil and quicksilver tcing uppermost. As this coating is very ' ' easily injured at first, the mirror has to ( staud for several weeks to tncroughly harden. Somct'mes mirrors are made by coating glass with silver, platinum and * ' ?1 a ? -l~?~ ~l.-i.-o mi*. aluminum, out me nucsi. ?*?rors are made wich tho quicksilver coat ing and tia foil, a process which was invented in tbe Sixteenth Century bj the Venetians.?Chicago Inter-Ocean. Cnslont Founded by Sun Worshipers. How many can tell the origin of tha- ' habit of closing the eyes in prayer? Far bade in the past tho sun was the universal object of worship. As it rose abov; the horizon the devotee thanked it for it3 return to bless the world. As it set ia the west he implored its early return. I lis face was always toward tho tun in prayer, and his eyes were closed, to prereut blindness. The habit has pissed down from father to son for thousivids of years. Though the object of worship has been chaagcd, the custom survives. ?Progress Thinker. * . , V \