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THE WOHANS BDILDM. EXHIBITS OF WHICH THE SEX HAT WELL BE PROUD. The Ladles Play a Conspicuous Part at the Chicago "World's Fair? Their Building Contains Not a Single Thinpj Made by the Hand of Man?A Magnificent Display. In no previous exposition has woman played so important and conspicuous a part as she is called upon to perform at the great Columbian Exhibition of 1893 at Chicago. At no time in her history has she been accorded such a place as she now occupies as an integral part of a mammoth display of the achievements of mankind. It seoms fitting that contemporaneously with her advanced position as part of the world's force, she should display the benefits which her emancipation has worked, and that side by side with the products of man's brain and energy, woman's should be placed for comparison. The Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia and the Cotton Centennial in New Orleans were greatly aided by the participation oi women, who created what they termed the woman's department, wherein was installed a collective exhibit of all the interesting and meritorious work by women that could be brought together. This woman's department proved so useful and attractive that the cooneration of women in exDQsition work was recognized as a valuable addition, and in consequence, the original act of Congress providing for the celebration of the quadroeentennial created an official organization known as the Board of Lady Managers. When the board first assembled to organize its work for the Columbian Exposition it was found, declares the New York Times, though the previous work had been most effective, tho impelling law of progress demanded a different plan of action for the exposition of 1893. Established precedent had to be thrown aside and new methods of unselfishness created. This proved to be necessary because of the strong sentiment among those most interested against taking the exhibits of women from the genozal buildings and plr. *ing them apart in a "Woman's Department.'' Women who were doing tho most creditable work in the arts and industries .strenuously opposed such a separation, and Insisted that their exhibits should be so placed as to compete with the best and most successful productions in all departments of classified exhibits without regard to sex dis tinj.tion. As in some classes of work women are not credited with having arrived at a degree of excellence equal to that of men, a com pt^UlUU UiXlUJLL? Tyumou VU1J nvum *vow>v the award of premiums to articles which would not necessarily have been successful if entered in ,a general competition. In an international competitive exhibition the object is to honor the highest grade of work only, and thereby give it an international reputation and added commercial value. This intention might therefore be entirely defeated in case of a competition restricted o woman only. 3SK VIEW FR02T GALLERT OF MAIN Women. therefore, have exhibits in every department of the fair in every line of industrial, scientific, and artistic work. One of their cherisrr' ideals is to remove the impression that ^o?en are doing little skilled labor, or littlVpuady and valuable work, and that they consequently are not to be taken seriously into consideration when dealing with industrial problems; that they never learn to do anything thoroughly well, and that therefore the small compensation given them is a just and proper equivalent for their services, because it has no abstract commer,?lll Viol ? til UC. XV11 vlivl W IV 1JX UC U1UUO IV \JL\3L?X\JJLk strate that their labor is a fixed and permanent element and an important factor in the industrial world, and must be carefully studied in its relations to the general whole. The Woman's Building is an additional agency for the exposition of woman's work. It is tne inspiration of woman's genius, and provides all the comforts and conveniences for women during the exposition. The design was selected from a number of competitive sketches substituted by women architects. It is 400 feet 'ong by 200 feet wide and oost $200,000. It has land and water entrances and a big rotunda, around which MBS. POTTER PALMER. mns n gallery which 13 devoted to an exhibition of the most Oistinuuisued works of Women. A roof garden is Supported by caryatides, which was modeled by a woman ; the statuary above the roof line, relief compositions, mural decorations, structural decorations, carved waincoating and balustrades for the staircases, open carved screens, ornamental iron and brass work, decorative tapestries and panels are all the work of women, and illustrate the rank which they hold as artiBians and designers. The building has social headquarters, parlors, leading, writing and committee rooms, and a great congress hall. The building ha* many rooms, which are variously occupied? as a library oi te7 uomen, records and SiatiHMJ* OI ...3{#ruyin^io lu nuuv.ii nuuicu re ar^tgt L * kis^tpirten room, model kttcha#, sst.. >* c! !??, embroideries, fans, jeweto, ettre. -ad oth?r women's work, and hospital fer.o tralftiag school for nurses In ^operation. la the % not a single thing j made by the hand of man. Everything is by women, and the hope is that they will clear away misconceptions as to the originality and inventiveness of women, and will demonstrate that while they have been largely occupied as home makers and not trained for industrial or artistic pursuits, their adaptability and talent have enabled them to surmount the barriers and limitations which have hemmed them in. Women, among all the primitive people, it is alleged, were the originators of most of the industrial arts. While man the protector fought or bunted, woman constructed the home, ground the grain, dressed the skins j and fashioned them into garments. She inI vented the needle, thread, and the shuttle, and was the first potter. She originated basket making and ornamental work, and all of this will be demonstrated in the ethnological display. LOGGIA OF WOMAN'S BUILDING. Portraits of Sappho and Hypatia and other women of the Massic and medieval times are shown, with what remains 01 tne textile iaorlc, drawn work, rare tapestries and laces. The old Bayeux tapestry made by Matilda of Flanders, reproductions of the statues made by Sabina von Steinbach for the Strasburg Cathedral; the book of Abbess Herrad, which contains a compendium of all the knowledge of her day, and a long list of similar products by women are shown. Naturally a field as extensive as this must bear much fruit, and the Woman's Building ranks very close to the more pretentious expositions in the interest it will arouse. Great Britain, America and Germany make the best exhibits. The former shows every kind of work in which the women of England, Scotland, Ireland and Wales are engaged. Notable are embroideries by Princess Louise, the Royal School of Needlework, of which Quesn Victoria is a patron, and the Countess of Tankerville; sketches by Kate Greenaway and Gertrude Bradley; table napkins made from flax spun by Queen Victoria; a table cloth embroidered by Princess Helena, and a straw hat plaited by tho Queen for Princess Victoria of Schleswig-Holstein. Tho English lace display is very fine, and its paintings are numerous. Of the American exhibits one of the most beautiful is the library decorated and furnished by the New York lady managers, under -rs IsiM I jj! *" | | lipjpjpj ' BALL IN WOMAN'S BUILDING. Mrs. Candace Wheeler's direction. The ceiling is painted by Dora Wheeler Keith, Mrs. Wheeler's youngest daughter. The theme is "Science, Imagination and Romance." It la of Venetian design and in five sections. Mrs. Candace Wheeler superintended the interior decoration of the Woman's Building, and much of the success of the woman's exhibit is due to her. Of f-nnrap thn TTnifprl Statpq Is nhpaH of either Great Britain or Germany. It ia enough to say that the country has been ranacked from one end to the other for woman's work, with the result that the Woman's Building is an enormous lesson in itself and one which will not be lightly learned. Of the women who have made the exhibit a success the President of the Board of Lady Managers, Mrs. Potter Palmer, of Chicago, Mrs. Susan G. Cooke, of Tennessee, Mrs. Ralph Trautman, of New York, and Mrs. Candace Walker, of New York, are specially notable, though they hsve had intelligent and untiring assistance from each of the other lady managers, of whom there are two from each 8tate. NEWSY GLEANINGS. Paris is full with visitors. England is suffering from a drought. riPTninf \fo ahinQ trpoa tn Italy is adopting co-operative farming. France is building twenty-five warships. In the United States 5,500,000 lives are insured. Lowell (Mass.) mills vero damaged by floods. The great naval parade at New York cost about $-j?0,000. A n ew Punama-New Orleans steamship line will be established. China's tea crop promises to be large and of excellent quality tuis year. Cold and frost have made necessary much replanting of the cottou crop. Theee is a revival of interest in Doctor Browu-i'enuard's elixir of life. Mrs. A. Habrioan, wnile resting on a sofa at linstol, Penn., rolled off, dead. The increase of population in the whole of Australia last year Is placed at 85 000. The railroad traffic and receipts throughout the entire country are rapidly increasing. Pottsvillk (Penn.) soldiers made a satisfactory test of a new and quick cooking stove One hundred and fifty-one new National oanks have been authorized since the llrst of the year. A wholesale expulsion of Hebrews from j Poland has been ordered by the Russian Govi ernment. During iast year 1046 eiK. were killed in Norway, and 1072 in Sweden, about th- aver' age number. ' A bich gold strike has been made within a mile of Central Point, Oregon, and the greatest excitement prevails. The cold spring and late rains !ti Egypt | have compelled the cotton planters to sow their cotton over again. The crop will be a, month late. A girl, seventeen years old, has been rescued at Bogorodska, near Moscow, Russia, after being buried in the snow llfty-one days. She subsisted on snow and a few crusts of bread. Tm- Pnhnn risinc aDnears to have oeen au utter tiiisco, and the ieaders easily yield?4, having, it is said, been bought over. All danger of a rav^tion ia now considered at an tad. ' " / " * ; ' . , Chinese exclusion law. THE SUPREME COURT SAYS IT IS CONSTITUTIONAL. Three of the Eight Justices Read Dissenting Opinions?Justice Field Denounces the Law as Brutal?It Will Cost $6,000,000 to Deport the Unregistered Mongolians. The Supreme Court of the United States at Washington has affirmed the constitutionality of the Geary Chinese Exclusion and Regis tration act. The opinion was announced by Justice Gray, Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Field and Erewer dissenting. The announcement that a decision in the case was expected attracted a large attendance of spectators, and the fact that it was the last day of the term accounted for the presence of an unusually large array of attorneys within the bar,including Attorney-General OJney, Solicitor-General 'Aldrich, and Senators Pugh, Dolph, and Cockrell, Ex-Justice Strong and several members of the Diplomatic Corps were interested spectators. Justice Gray, in announcing the judgment of the court, said that the power of this Nation to restrict or prohibit the immigration of any aliens into the country, or to require such aliens already in the country to remove therefrom, was a well settled principle of international law, and was confirmed by an unbroken line of decisions in this court. The legislative power of the Government had not transcended any of its constitutional limitations in the act under consideration. It was within its power to determine the regulations under which these aliens should be permitted to remain in the United States, or, failing to observe these regulations, thoy should be required to leave the country. The provisions of section 6 of the act, which are the part of the law particularly at issue, were not Inconsistent with the relations and duties of the legislative and judicial departments of the Government. The mode of procedure set forth in the section is similar to that in other well-established proceedings, such as the habeas corpus and naturalization, fixing the requirements of citizenship and the like, In which the judicial branch of the Government accepted the determination of the Executive upon the questions involved. As to the requirements that the Chinese entitled to remain In this country should establish that right by the evidence of one creditable white witness. Justice Gray said that it was within the power of the Legislature to determine the character of evidence that might be received in a case at law and what force should be given to the testimony so offered. Not discussing the wisdom nor the justice of the act in question, which was beyond the province of the judicial branch ol the Government, it remained only to say that the judgment of the Circuit Court for the Southern District of New York in refusing to grant writs of habeas corpus to the several petitioners was affirmed. Mr. Justice Gray said that it had in fhn hrlaf Hma plnnqincr lUipV/OJlUlW) AU V,-, s- ^ _J since the hearing of the argument upon the petitions, to ^prepare in writing the opinion of the court/ It would be filed as soon as it was possible. Justice Brewer said that he felt compelled to dissent from the view of the majority of the court. He read hiB views at some length, declaring in substance that the act of 1892 Was unconstitutional, and that if it were upheld there was no guarantee that similar treatment might not be accorded to other classes of our population- that the Chinese. Justice Field, who delivered the opinion of the court in the first case under the Exclusion act, also read a dissenting opinion. He held that there was a wido difference between exclusion of immigrants and the deportation of alien residents, and he characterized the act in the strongest language as inhuman and brutal, and as violative of the Constitution in every section. He regretted to say that the decision or tne court was to ms mina iraugui with the gravest dangers to the priceless constitutional liberties of the people. Chief Justice Fuller also dissented from the opinion of the court. He denied the soundness of the proposition that the cases before the court were such as the political department of the Government alone could deal with. It was, in his view, a judicial question, and, however reluctant courts may be to pass upon the constitutionality of legislative acts, it was the very essence of judicial duty to do so when the discharge of that duty was properly imposed upon it. He entertained no doubt that the provisions of the fifth and fourteenth amendments were universal in their application, and that while the general Government was invested, so far as foreign countries were concerned, with all the powers necessary to the maintenance of its absolute independence and security, it could not, in virtue of a supposed inherent sovereignity, absolutely deal with persons lawfully and peacefully within its domain. The act before the court was not an act to abrogate or repeal a treaty, nor to expel Chinamen lawfully here, and no such intent could be imputed to Congress. Its object was to prescribe a method of registration, and the deportation denounced by way of punishment was, in his view,- an unusual punishment not authorized by the Constitution. J. HubleyAshton of counsel for the Chinese moved for a rehearing of the case and an argument before a full bench of the next term. At present the court stands five to Af hr* loTtr TnoHna Wftrlan bUlUU U1 VI cuo l?nj w iw-?wv beiag absent. The court took a short re?00" to consider the motion and afterward denied it, so the opinion stands as announced. Secretary Carlisle, soon after he heard of the decision of the Supreme Court, went to the Executive Mansion and had a conference with the President on the subject. He remained for an hour or more. AttorneyGeneral Olney said that, until the line of action to be pursued by our Government was mapped out, he could say nothing on the subject, except that Ihe Department of Justice had no money for deporting Chinese. Conservative estimate places the amount necesaary to deport the unregistered Chinese at $6,000,000. It in estimated that there are 110,000 Chinese in the United 8tates. Reports from thirty-four districts show that 3100 have registered. The twenty-nine districts not yet nearr. irom, it 1a estimated, win increase tne numl)er to 6000, which ia regarded to be the maximum registration. During the present fiscal year 150 Chinese subjects have been deported. The co?t of deportation from San Francisco is 835 per head. Only $16,800.03 of the appropriation for the enforcement of the Chinese law remains unexpended. This amount will go . but a small way toward paying the expenses of deporting the 104,000 Chinese who have not registered. It is not known at the Treasury Department that any other luud can be drawn upon to provide for the expanso of carrying out the requirements of the law. Intimations were heard that Congress might convene to consider the matter. FOR A SUNDAY FAIR. The Local Directory Dccldes For an 1 Every-Day Show. By a vote of thirty-five to two the local directory of the Columbian Exposition decided that the World's Fair should be open every day, Including Sunday, from and after May 21?open in every respect, grounds, buildings, plaisance, and all. The vote showed the opinion of the directors to be almost unanimous. This resolution provides tnat inasmuch as Congress appropriated $2,503,000 for the Fair and then deducted $929,920 for the paymen., of awards, the Exposition Company will return to the Government the balance after the exposition closes, and having thai freed itself from the Sunday closing clause that governed the acceptance of the appropriation, the Fair can be opened without restriction. Gsouos 'Wiu.iaiis, a nrakeman on the Wept Virginia and Pittsburgh Railroad, was arrested at Wheeling. W. Va., charged with wrecking a train, a few days ago. Several persons rrere killed and Injured In the accident. His wife, with whom he had quarrolied. was on tho train, and he had made throats that ho would wreck it to get even with her. Sho was slightly injured in the disaster. Pbesident Low, ol Columbia College, haa announced that the sum of $2500 has been placed in his hands for the assistance of meritorious students who desire to visit the Fair at Chisago, bat could not on aocount o! the expanse. THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Lawyer Fbancis H. Weeks, of New York City, who made an assignment reeently, has fled from the city, and is known to have embezzled large amounts from several estates of which he was trustee. The Republicans elected a Senator in North Smithfield, which gives them, with the Lieutenant-Governor, fifty-five votes in the next Rhode Island General Assembly. This constitutes a majority in Grand Committee, and will enable them to elect Republican State officers. The Hon. Robert T. Lincoln. ex-Minister to Great Britain, arrived at New York. He left in the evening for two or tbree weeks' fishing with a party of friends in Ohio. ThAnrm ho nrill trn t.n Phfcapo. and. after spending the summer principally in holiday pursuits, he wiil assume active charge of hia business affairs early in the autumn. The two German warships which took part in the Naval Review?the Kaiserin Augusta and the Seeadler?left their moorings in New York Harbor and after saluting the United States and other vessels still at anchor, and exchanging a parting salute with the forts, passed out to sea. The Russian cruiser General Admiral also sailed for Europe. Two persons were killed and several seriously injured by the explosion of a locomotive at Lebanon, Penn. The killed were: Levi Yocum, engineer; John Yocum, of Lebanon, aged fourteen, a nepbew of the engineer. who had got on the engine to see his uncle. August Wanner, a discharged workman, killed his foreman, Henry Gebhardt, and then himself, in front of the Tremont House. Broadway, New York City. The Brooklyn Handicap, a race of a mile and a quarter for horses three years old and upward, worth $18,000 to the winner, $6000 to the second and $2000 to the third horse, was decided on the Gravesend track of the Brooklyn (N. Y.) Jockey Club. Diablo won, with Lamplighter second and Leonawell third. Time, 2 .-09. Frank C. Aliiy. who killed Christie Warden at Hanover on July 17, 1891, has been hanged at Concord. N. H. The hantring was performed in a bungling manner. The rope wa3 too long, the condemned man's feet striking the floor after the drop fell, and compelling the Sheriff's officers to lift the boi. y up. The noose, too. shifted its posi tion. He was slowly strangled to deatfi. Suit was begun in New York City to compel John E. Risley, United States Minister to Denmark, to account to his former partners in the prosecution of Alabama claims, and to restrain him from going out of the jurisdiction of United States Courts until the case is decided. The body of Thomas Pallister, the murderer, who escaped with Frank W. Roehl from the "condemned cells" in Sins; Sing (N. Y.) Prison on the night of April 20, was found floating in the Hudson River off Sing Sing at almost the same point where Roehl's body was recovered. As in Roehl's case a bullet, which has caused death, was found in the brain, though in Paliister'a pocket was a revolver fully loaded. South and West. In the neighborhood of twenty banks In Indiana, Ohio, Michigan and Illinois susspended on account of the failure of the Columbia National Bank of Chicago. Tbe wrecked banks were all in small towns and were patronized almost exclusively by farmers. They were known in the financial world as the Paris-Dwiggins string of banks. Cbables Lcttbell and John Carlisle were iiangea ui ouermtui, jlcjuio, iui uuiuu. General S. C. Aeststbonq, principal oftho Hampton (Va.) Normal and Agricultural Institute, died a few days ago, agod fifty-eight years. He had been paralysed for the last eighteen months. AddbesSes were made before the Y. M. C. A. Convention in Indianapolis, Ind., by exPresident Harrison and ex-PostmasterGeneral Wanamaker. The United States ship Alliance loft the Navy Yard at Mare Island, California, for Nicaragua. The Scotch Irish Congress met at Springfield, Ohio. Robert Bonner, of New York, the President, occupied the chair. The old officers were re-elected. The Women's Congress began its sessions at the World's Fair. The Mississippi ovorflowed the lowlands near Burlington, Iowa, at Memphis and at Arkansas City, Ark. ; crops in Cass County, Illinois, have been badly damaged by floods. A mob of 100 men took John Turley, ^ho murdered Conductor L. F. Pierce at Seymour, Ind., from his cell in the Bradford (Ind.) jail and lynched him. Fbed Stein* and Warner Briscoe, United States gaugers, and John Feland, Jr., Deputy Revenue Collector, were earning up the Ohio River, at Louisville, Ky., when a gusto' wind upset their boat. Feland swam ashore, but the others were drowned. Lou Thence, who murderod Henry Faedler, was hanged at Brownstown, Ind., Dy a mot) of masked men from Se; mour Gband Lake Levee, in Southern Arkansas, and the protective levee at Point Pleasant, La., have given away. Washington. Djbectob of the United States Mint Edwahd 0. Leech has resigned to accept the place of cashier of the National Union Bank of New York. The Navy Department solicited bids from towing companies for towing the Columbus caravels from New York to Chicago. The routq is more than 2000 miles long, and at the regulation naval speed it will require about twenty days to make the journey. The expense of towing will be borne by the Spanish Government. The President appointed Samuel F. Webb, of Arizona, to be Collector of Customs for the District of Arizona: Consuls-General? Frederick C. Penlleld, of Connecticut, at Cairo, and Irving R. Richman.of Iowa, at St. Gall; Consuls?Edgar L. Givens, of Arkansas, at Winnipeg; Alfred C. Johnson, of Pennsylvania, at Stuttgart; Charles W. Whiley, Jr., of Delaware, at St. Etienne; Wendell C. Warner, of New York, at Turnstall ; Francois X. Belleau, of Maine, at Three Rivera, Canada ; Anthony Howells, of Ohio, T XTr\ttt V/M.L. at uaraiu ; jullu o. nccuu^i t vi ^ir^rr iul^, ??k Cognac; Peter Lieber, of Indiana, at Dussoldorf; Theodore Huston, ol Illinois, at Pnso del Norte. Chables M. Bell,the well-known Washington photographer, died a few nights since after a brief illness. More publia men sat before his camera than before that of any other photographer, and hi3 acquaintance extended from one end ot the country to the other. William E. Ccbtih, Director of the Bureau of American Republics, returned to Washington from Chicago and tendered his resignation to the President. Mr. Curtis's action was based upon a request made by the President. Pbbsident and Mbs. Cleveland have removed to their country house near Washington. The President has appointed A. C. Baker, of Arizona, to be Chief Justice of the Supreme Court Oi *fae Terv?tory of Arizona; Benjamin P. Moore, of JJew York, to be Co Hector of Customs i"or the District of Alaska; William H. Pugh, of Ohio, to be Commissioner of Customs. Foreign. Genebal Dodds, the conqueror of King Bqhanzin, of Dahomey, arrived at P.iris, France, from Marseilles. An enormous crowd welcomed him with cheers. The Cunarder Campania reached Queenstown Ave days, seventeen hours and twentyseven minutes out Irom New York, breaking the record for the eastward passage : she ran from Queenstown to Liverpool in ten houis and three minutes, breaking another record. The ship Countess Evelyn was sunk of? tho Cornish coast. Ensiand, in a collision with the steamer City of Hamburg. Twenty-flva lives wero lost. The Nicaraguan revolutionists are paJninp; ground ; they have wou two battles and have taken several towns. The Republican members of the Spanish Cortes decided to withdraw from that body as a protest against the Government's action. The Spanish Government will send three torpedo boats to Cuba to assist in patrolling the coast against filibustering expeditions. wheat aesimmon prev.uis in sneeraz, cap.tal of the province of Fairs, Persia, and the famishing inhabitants are malting a riotous demand for bread, accusing the authorities of securing the grain beforehand, in order to sell it at a high price and profit from the miseries of the people v , The Infanta Eulalie and her husband 1 sailed from Havana, Cuba, for Now Yori. Thebe were three more Australian bank failures; on the London Stock Exchange the feeling was panicky; three defaulters were posted. J The Matamorns branch of the Mexican National Railroad at Reyonoso, Mexico, has been washed away in several places. A family of Mexicans named Martinez, consist" ing of father, mother and three children' T were caught in the flood and drowned. A boiler exploded in Roberts's cloth factory in Sedan, France. All hands were at work at the time. Twenty were said to have been killed. Many more were injured. Considebable excitement was caused by the official announcement that a laborer had ^ died of Asiatic cholera at tichiffluck, near Hamburg, Germany. B :e WOELD'S FAIE NOTES. ? la The magnitude of the Exposition is a per- gt petual wonder?a source of ceaseless amazement. Bt Hebe and there at long intervals will be w found completed exhibits. The Austrian w id f?nmnl*?frnH Ami shrinm n Howlini* d< display of Bohemian glass. at The "brick man-ot-war," made of wood on a brick foundation, Is attracting considerable curiosity. Uncle Sam's collection of models w of ships is an Interesting one. M At the Paris Exposition of 1878, which is n considered the most successful in practical ^ results ever held in that country, the greatest ^ attendance for one day was 200,613, which ^ was on June 10. w The World's Fair Directors by a vote of nJ twenty-two to S9ven decided to open the 'W Fair grounds Sundays and charge twenty- m five cents admission. The buildings, how- th ever, will be closed. ai The warm, sunny days are causing the ^ landscape gardeners to turn out in force and cover the immense beds outside of the Agri- " cultural Building and in the wooded island with blooming plante. Chief Bubnham has resolved not to allow v. any processions through the World's Fair T grounds, even though the routes chosen may g( be along roadways on the edge of the Fair. ? This decision is likely to upset all interna- _ tional celebrations. k( In the different buildings many little booths d( have been opened with an endless display of F1 souvenirs. Numerous lunch counters, all w maintaining hicrh nrices. have been onened. tn and altogether the side show feature may now be said to be in full blast. ai Tpk tight shoe store, with a brass band, Is 111 a novelty. When a customer is buying a pair T of shoes the band is silent. It is silent until 8C the shoes are paid for. Then it strikes up a tc giddy waltz, and the buyer does not notice w whether his shoe3 are comfortable or not. 34 Many of the passes Issued to exhibitors who claimed that it would be necessary for them to be continually on the ground have been ^ confiscated because their exhibits are in the y, hands of agents. They will hereafter have to i pay fifty cents each time they wish to visit the Exposition. q Heavy rains have again revealed the ox- ol istence of numerous leaks in the great build- U; ings. In the Brazilian section of the Hanu- T factures Building a stream of water came c< down, doing considerable damage to the ex- fj hibits, and in the Government Building there T was the same trouble. ol The archteological and ethnological exhib- It its are exclusively representative of the North ni and South American continents and are more W interesting than some exhibits in the central pi portion 01 me pars, yet tney nave oeen reiegated to the backyard of the Exposition for T some reason whicn does not appear on the ri surface. 01 The camera "fiend" is barred from the ^ Fair. Any one carrying one of these instru- . ments is stopped and the camera examined. If it is a single lense a tax of $2 is levied on . it; if it is a double lense the visitor is not !? permitted to enter. This is to prevent any ^ one from poaching on the preserves of the ^ official photographer. gc a placabd has been placed in the Russia e, section, explaining the cause of the delay as oi due to an ice blockade in the Baltic Sea. Di- as rectly opposite Russia is the Denmark sec- al tion, also a vacant space, in front of whioh is h( the announcement: "Shipment of exhibits ra and material delayed six weeks by ice and ni four weeks by accident to steamer Hekla." lo hi : r " THE CAPTAIN REMOVED. E T Too Tardy in Going to Sea With the M Cruiser Atlanta. The failure* of Captain Higginson promptly to sail from New York with the United States , cruiser Atlanta for Nacaragua when ordered pr to do so by Secretary Herbert has been fol- ^ lowed by the summary detachment of that .. officer from his command. The effect of this action of the Navy Department is an official . dQ censure of Captain Higginson's want of zeal co in an emergency when the greatest prompt- ur ness and fullest obedience were expected. The presence of a ship at Greytown to protect American interests was urgently de- m< manded. pp The officially promulgated naval orders , contain the following announcement: "Captain John R. Bartlett has been de- ' tached from command of the Minnesota and i,n uruci ru lu ^uuiuiluiu mo .iLidUu?f lcuavm^ Captain F. J. Higginson, who is detached and we ordered home and placed on waiting or- Fe ders." vis On the 9th of May the Navy Department telegraphed Adm'xal Gherardi to send tlio Atlanta to Greytown immediately in order to Po protect American interests there. On the on morning of the 10th a reply was received from Admiral Gherardi stating that the ^ Atlanta needed coal. The depart- aw ment telegraphed the commandant of Q0( the New York Navy Yard to furnish the ves- ? sol with coal with the utmost dispatch, also telegraphing to Admiral Gherardi to have < her coaled Immediately and to have her sail as soon as possible. At 8 :30 o'clock on the evening of the 10th a message was received Inborn Admiral Gherardi stating that tubes tuj for the Atlanta's boilers were needed imme- bu diately. . Eariy on the morning of the 11th the department telegraphed Admiral Gherardi: r 'The Atlanta has eiffht boilera, six in perfeet condition and two defective. Ail can be used. She can go around the world with 101 two. Spare tubes for boilers have not been Mi delivered. Supply anything needed by the Atlanta from ships under your command at 1 once. She must not delay on account of ILa tubes. Send her to sea immediately.'' t At 4:30 p. m. on the 11th Captain Higginson sent the following dispatch to Commo- r dore Melville "Please do not let the Atlanta sail without putting boiler tubes on board. We have two j0 boilers out of action by leaky tubes." tcr This telegram, in the face of instructions , telegraphed Admiral Gherardi, showed Captain Higginson's desire to delay his depart- Ini urn ftr The Department of State made the request for the vessel on the 8th, but she did not get away until the evening of the 13th. i sto MINERS KILLED, pc3? Frightful Acclilcnt at the Caliunet ^ and Ilecla Pit.A Houghton (Mich.) dispatch says Ten *m men were dashed to pieces in the Red Jacket perpendicular 3;taft of the Calumet anl QJ Heela mine at noon a few day3 ago. The miners were coming up in the cage xh to dinner and the engineer hoisted the cage against the timbers of the shaft. The coupling pin broke and the men and cage were I dashed downward over three thousand feet j-a, to the bottom. The names of the lulled were as follows:? urD Alfen C'amoron, son of Captain Cameron, of ] who was in charge. James Cocking, single. toa He supported his widowed mother. Joseph q0 Pope leaves a wife and one child. His wife jn ] was at the mouth of the shaft with his ^ dinner and saw the terriblo fall of her q0] hnsband and his comrades. John Rod- . j lam-na a trrifn onH ttflVAPftl ! Johll I a u Hicks, single, aged tvrenty-four; Andrew an(; Edno, aged forty, married; Robert Woupla, ^is leaves a wifo and three children; Michael Lenvitto, widower; James Trevni. leaves a wife and three children , Con 3. Sullivan, / single, aged forty. an: ? Co It Lb proposed to build a big dam 3t Lake cov Albert Nyanza for the purpose of giving Egypt a plentiful supply of water during the ttHd low Nile. 'Eipena Bfythe plan is entirely ers feasible, and the beet yet suggested. V, .'v'. i if.- *> '"r * ! IEATHIN RAGIN6FL00DS. ISASTEBS BY STOEMS AT OHIO LAKE POBTS. ourteear Lives Lost at Cleveland, Conneaut and Ashtabula?Life Savers Drowned While Trying to Effect a Rescue?A Dredge and a Schooder Go to the Bottom. A storm of rain r.nd wind which lasted ree days produced a flood unprecedented the history of Northeastern Ohio. Fouren lives were lost, great damage was done shipping, and the loss to other property nounted to hundreds of thousands of dolrs. There was a Ion# list of disasters by orm and flood from Ohio Lako ports. At Cleveland, shortly after noon, Captain anley Flannigan and Micbael Le Blonde ere going down tho river in a rowboat hich thoy used for peddling milk along the )cka. When near the mouth of the angry >if t.o Rinmln'a oars broke id the two men were left at ie mercy of the waters. Thoy ere quickly carried into the lake, and i It was evident that their frail craft could )t live in the sea that was running, prepoitions were begun for their rescue by the te saving crew. Seven men manned the feboat, and they pulled away toward the ist pier of the breakwater, toward hich point the boat containing Flan[gan and Le Blonde had drifted, lien the life savers were well out of the outh of the river an oar broke and instantly ie cork-like vessel swung broadside to the lgry waves. Before assistance could be renjred the boat was overturned and all the en were thrown into the water. Threo of tern succeeded in catching hold of the overirned lifeboat,where they hung on until they ere rested In a terribly exhausted condition, he remaining four were unable to swim ick to the lifeboat, and were drowned, heir names were: Chester Simons, Nicholas jrvaa, John Johnson, Albert Currier, aptain Distell and the other two lifo savers ho e^japed were brought ashore by a tug>at. The lifeboat was found after the accijnt near the east end of the breakwater, lannagan and Le Blonde, the two men hom the life-saving crew were attempting i rescue, were aiso orownea. At Conneaat, Ohio, the tug Walter Rich dson, the dredge Continental, and a scow ichored in the harbor during the night he creek rose rapidly, and at 6 o'clock tho :ow was carried out into tho lake with the tg. In cutting away from the scow the tug's hoe la were disabled and the tug was washed ihore. The erew was saved. The dredge as then carried into the lake and capsized, here were seven persons on board, two of horn were washed ashore on the wreckage, he Ave others perished. The following is a 3t of the lost: W. Wilson, Captain, thirty, f Philadelphia; George O'Rourke, twentyiven, of Detroit; J. Fife, twenty-five, onneaut; Maggie White, oook, forty, f Cleveland; watchman , namo aknown, about fifty years old. he sea was running high, and no bodies raid be recovered. The two men saved omthe dredgo were- terribly exhausted, he" property was owned by J. P. Baldwin, ! Rochester, and valued at $20,000. is nearly a total los3. Two lies of the Shenango Railroad ere washed away, and it was feared a large lece of tBo now dock would be lost. The ridges all along this section were damaged, hero was a current fifteen miles in the ver and the water was rising rapidly, threatling every moment to break the big vessels ose at the head of navigation, and thus do imago to the rest and tako out the swing ridge. At Ashtabula. Ohio, the schponer Pelican Hindered at lier pier during the storm, hree of her crew of seven men were Mofid. and two of those rescued were idly Injured. The lost were: Peter Nel>n, first mate; John Erickson. sailor; John . Knight, sailor. The steamer Ketohum id the Pelican, with ore from Esinaba, arrived off the port during the ternoon, but on account of the gale and javy sea remained at anchor outside itherthan risk entering the piers in the Ight. The hatches of the Pelican became osened, and the water began to pour into 3r hold. She made signals of distress, and 10 tug Sunol went to her assistance. Only ae man was got off before she went down, it three more were afterward picked up. he Pelican was owned by Captain Wiliiam ock, of Cleveland. LATER NEWS. Ttte Board of Foreign Missions of the esbytorian Church, at Now York City, bled their missionaries in China, in view of a decision of the Geary act, to use prunce, and to remain within easy rsach of mmunication in case of retaliatory meases by the Chinese. The Methodist Foreign saionary Society issued an address recommding Sunday, May 23th, as a day of ayer for the protection of the Chinese misinary interests. rnE Spanish earavol Santa Maria, Colnms's flag ship in tow of the tugboat Dalzcll, >nt up the Hudson and anchoring off Dobbs rry, N. Y., was boarded by hundreds of iitors. Immense damage wa3 done in the States of nnsylvania and New York by rainstorms; Lake Erio a number of lives were lost. l immense amount of property was swept ray by the Cuyahog River. Over $1,000,) damage was done at Erie, Penn. Buffalo, Y.. also suffered greatly. six persona lost their Lives in an explosion C. I. Pope's glucose factory at Geneva, . The factory was a large four story strucre, and thero were eighty employes in the ilding at the time, most of whom escaped th only slight injuries. The National Commission voted that rector-General Davis bo instructed to call the resignation of Theodore Thomas as islcal Director of the World's Fair. [iobcnf a. Thueston has bean appointed iwaiian Minister to Washington to succeed Mott Smith. rHE Presidont appointed Robert T. Hough, Ohio, to be Solicitor of Internal Revenue: hn Daggett, of California, to be Superinidcnt of the Mint at San Francisco. }oloHel William P. Caulin, of tho Fourth tantry, was Appointed by tho Presidont igadier-General; Captain William H. Hamr was made Paymaster. i TPnnvrrc nonaul In Tririoli has beon nod by the populace and demands for reration havo been mado on the Sultan of rkey. [ "bench troops havo been defeated by imese on the Ale-Kong border at ?l war is minent. LtfADA'S NEW GOVERNOR, ie Karl of Aberdeen to Succeed Baron Stanley of Preston. t is officially stated at London that the rl of Aberdeen has been appointed Govlor-General of Canada in place of the Earl Derby, formerly Baron Stanley of Pres, who is about to retire from the office of vernor-General.to whiofc he was appointed L888. 'he Right Hon. John Campboll Hamilton rdon, seventh Earl of Aberdeen, was born 1847. Ho is the grandson of the Earl of ?rdeen, who was Prime Minister in 1854, 1 succeeded to the title upon the death of brother in 1870. l school teachers' famine to causing mnoh cinty among the school directors in Greeno unty, Iowa. In fourteen districts in the inty the schools are closed for the simple .son that no teachers can be found to open ir doors. In several districts school teach' salaries have been advanced $5 a montfe 1 a general advance is looked lor. PROMINENT PEOPLE. M. Pastett2, the great French scientist, It the son of a tanner. The Archbishop of Canterbury receivoa a salary of $75,000 a year. Little Queen Wilhelmina is the last of the princely race of Orange in the Netherlands. Rudtard Kipling hag abandoned short story writing to devote his time to longer works of fiction. Sib James Anderson, who was in command of the Great Eastern when she laid the Atlantic cable, Is dead. The Queen of Greece Is President of a sisterhood devoted to the reformation of criminate, and she personally visits prisoners. Ex-Senatob Joseph E. Baoww, of Georgia, is seventy-two years old, and he is reported to be enjoying a "ripe and serene old age." Joseph S. Hahbis, who succeeds Mr. McLeod as President of tho Beading Railroad system, is a cmi engineer oy proiesaicra aaa in early life was connected with the Coast Survey. Ex-Pbks:dext Habeisojt will begin his course of lectures on international law at the Stanford University, California, next October, when the new school of law will be opened. Govebkob Bubseix, of Massachusetts, rail ee on long periods of sleep to keep him In good physical condition. This and his periodical trips to the woods are the secrets of his splendid vitality. . Szcbetasy Skits has brought his favorite saddle-horse to Washington, and may be seen every morning taking a canter on the avenues. He Is at his office desk by 8 JO o'clock refreshed for a hard day's work. In view of the frequency of such accidents to him. it Is of Interest to note that there is a popular superstition in Germany to the effect that the Kaiser will ultimately * meet his death through a carriage accident Ed wis Dun, of Ohio, the new Minister to Japan, is a nephew of Alien G. Thurman. He is a farmer and has never been hoard of in Ohio politics. He has lived in Japan since 187S, and married the daughter of a Japanese y general. Mas. Elise Hegexan Depew, wife of Chauncey M. Depew, died in New York City after an illness from which she had been suffering for about three years. She had never fully recovered from an attack of tho grip three years ago. "Bell Nix's" income is probably the largest of any humorist alive, for besides the immense amount he realizes from his ?mml tours, he has a yearly income from his books of over $20,000?his full income being eeti mated at $50,000. , James Anthony Feoude, the historian, is a tall, keen-eyed, handspma man, of singularly genial manner, with a ruddy, cleanshaven face framed in a close-fitting, irongray aide whiskers. Ho is seventy-four years old and looks t9n years younger. Dootob William Everett, the proaoherpolitician who has just been elected to Congress from one of the Massachusetts dis- * trlcts, Is accomplished in the art of dining, tells a good story, makes a rattling speech and is gifted with some pleasing personal eccentricities. James Whitcomb Riley, the "Hoosier" poet, has a striking peculiarity?he talks in nis sleep. At a hotel where he is known he is always assigned to a room as far away from the other guests as possible. Not long ago on a Southern sleeping car he gave one of his complete lectures in his sleep. He waa awakened by the applause of the other travelers. THE LABOR WOBLD. Massachusetts has 26,735 k. of L. Uncle 8am has 2,000,000 unemployed. London hospitals employ 6000 persons. Bboommakebs will form a National body. Lowell (Mass.) city laborers get $2 a day. St. Louu is to have a $250,000 labor temple. Nxw Yobjc City has a Spanish waiters' union. New Tobk stonecutters get $4.50 for eight hours. Pittsbobo's new Mayor la a union iron molder. Ik Germany ? nday work is general among Iron workers. Brazil is about to undertake publio works , that will attract Immigrants. Wostzy clothing workera in San Franciaoo are paid from $5 to $12 a week. Thf.be are only a few carpenters' unions outside the pale of the Brotherhood. The dhnual eight hour labor demonstrations wero held throughout Europe. Thi Prussian Government has erected 23,000 dwellings for the Government railway hands. At Naples, Italy, 10 0 women cigar workers struck against making cigars without tobacco. At Cincinnati, Ohio, a bureau of justice collects wages from the bosses who fail to pay their hands. ' A cloak which sells for 820 in London shops is sewed by women woo receive two cents per cloak for their labor. * At Detroit, Mich., rodaced rates of fare are allowed workingmen by the railroad company betwen 5 30 and 7 a. m. Thk Lake Shore Railroad will give every employe transportation to the World's Fair and a vacation on full pay when the trip is taken. Ix Germany every emp!oyer of a servant girl is obliged to contribute five cents per week, exclusive of wage3, to provide a sick tuna lor ner. Neab Alfred, Me., thers is a woolen mill that pays twenty per cent, higher wages than any other concern in the State, and the work is correspondingly superior. Sodcabbiebs are on strike in Kansas City, Mo., and several wealthy contractors, who could not get anybody to take the place of their strikers, took up the hod and carried mortar and bricks for several days. A DAIRY TEST. A Six Months' Competition Among Three Breeds ot Cows. The six months' competition among famou3 milk-producing breeds of cows has begun at the Dairy building at the Chicago World's Fair. The chief object of the teet is to determine what breed, all things considered, is the best for milk, cream, oheese and butter production. The strictest rules ever formulated to govern a dairy test are In operation, and only three breeding associations ?the Short Horn. Jersey and Guernseywere willing to submit to them. They have seventy-five cows, representing the pick of their breeds. They will be milked three times a day, each cow's milk being weighed and the specific gravity and solids in the fluid recorded. Records will be kept of the butter produced by oach cow, and the results of the test made known afte r the lair en LAST OF HER TRIBE. Old Jennie, of the Rogue River Indians, Makes Her Burial Robe. Old Jennie, the last of the famous trib-j ot Rogue River Indiana, disd at Jacksonville, Oregon, a few days a$o, aft9r a protracted illness. She was sixty-Jive year.) old. Old Jennie anticipated her death and propped with her own hanis her burial robe, th'e material of which is buckskin, handsomely ornamented with many coioredbeads, sea shells, Indian money. beautiful transparent pebbles, etc. Its wheb weight is nearly flfty pounds. ITALY'S BAD CHOPS. She Must Import Grain Enough to ' Meet the Budget's Deficit. Reports to the Government from the prefects of the various districts throughout Italy show that the drought has caused such damage to the grain crops that Italy wiI11>e compelled to import this year 113,500,000 bushels of grain in excess of the ordinary amount imported. As the duty is five lire on a quialal, the ??celpt8 on this account will prob&bl^ cover , tSae deficit in the Italian budget