Historical Newspapers of South Carolina

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Finite it W m i b C EXHIBITS OF THE WORLD'S 5 AGRICULTURAL RESOURCES. J C Practical Illnstral Ion of the Progress ? 31a;le in the Cultivation of the Soil t ?A Huge Assortment of Food Pro- dnets and Farm 31achincry Under r One Roof. I The Agricultural Building at the World's c Fair is almost surrounded by the lagoons that iead into Jackson Parle from the lake r and is admirably situated, standing directly 1 to th" south and across the great basin from J tli#? Manufactures Building. i It? general design is at once bold and I heroic. On either side of the main entrance c are mammoth Corinthian pillnrs fifty feet in 1 heighth. while on eaca corner and from the * centre of tho building pavilions are reared. c The corner pavilions are connected by curtains, forming a continuous arcade around * the tor) of the structure. The rotunda is * surrounded by a mammoth giass dome 130 * feet in height. All through the main vesti- r bule statuary has been placed illustrative of * the industry of agriculture, while similar de- 3 signs are grouped all around the grand entrance in the most elaborate manner. e At first sight of the interior of the building, i owing to the great variety of displays made, r the visitor gains the impression of a mighty s inmViio nf onl.irs?.1 vast fair in which each t exhibitor has sought to outdo his neighbor t in the matter of brightness of adornment, j The "world, says the New York Herald, has v been ransacked for every imaginable article 3 of food stuffs, and more than half the space t und?r the great roof is takeu up with thu t contribution of foreign Nations. 1: The visitor's desire for something huge r *' *vill be gratified: he will arraat stacks of t B*lBt .'.MATtO OHOUP IN THE A product piled all around him and reaching 1 hi^h in the air; mountains of food stuffs on c ail sides. All varieties of tastes are catered ( to in the individual display, but the ensem- f li!p ic tlof alfncKflfhRr r>lfla?ins?. It is Onlv from the east and west galleries that the visi- t tor r-an obtain an idea of the immensity of t the general display. Mosques, towers, cas- s ties, temples, pagodas and structures embrac- ( ing every known variety of architecture ? crowd upon each other in pleasing confusion, f and offer to the beholder a vision of what has 3 been in the buildine line since the world be- e gan, and what may be expected in years to i come where the laws and regulations regarding such things are lax. c The main floor of the great hall is divided 1 between foreign countries and the States s composing the great American Union. Other t Nations than the United States occupy the a space north of the grand or central aisle, g which runs east from the main entrance, and t the various States are to the 8outh of it. t There is no reason why the visitor should be t dazzled by the multiplicity of displays if he will but keep the plan of arrangement in his l head. When he gets to the galleries it will c be somewhat different, for there he will come f ncrous exhibits o( every conceivable kind, t representing work of thousands of prl- g vate individuals and representing a bewil- r dering array. c But -as totho displays of the Nations from p over the s??a. , The mighty countries of the j European continent are here prepared to as- 1 sert themselves and claim the attention they a consider their due. Great Britain, France, j Russia, the wheat field of Europe, and Germany have been given the largest areas, and these have been divided to the beet advantage. Brightness is a characteristic of th9 English section, gaudy showcases oi every description abounding, bearing in gilt letters the names of exhibitors and the wares to be displayed. A feature, however, that does not come under the head of shopkeeping exhibits is the model of the stud farm of the husbaud of the Baroness Burdett-Coutts, at Higbgate, not far from London. Every detail in the model, from the clock tower over the stable to the horses in the stalls, has been faithfully reproduced. This farm is one of the largest of its kind in the world, and breeders will view the model with much more than ordinary interest. The greater part of the space allotted to Australia has been appropriated by New South Wales, which has constructed a pavilion almost entirely of bales of wool. This structure claims no particular originality of deeign. its chief merit being the unique character of the material composing it. It is apnronriate. however, as N?w South Wales is a famous sheep raisin? country. Inside of this t woolen rampart there is an exhibit, tastefully i arranged, of all the agricultural products of ( the most advanced of the great divisions of ( the island continent. A feature of the pavilion is a large anl solid ox wagon, con- ( strutted for travel iu the bush. < Canada's pavilion Is rather an imposing 1 uJj (tt.tt'I <'.wT|W'f * y ?i? u? i|i i|i t|i na LIVK STOCK odlfl:e. being topped by a mammoth stuffed j ( deer, whose many brancned antlers stretch I < out far and wide. Beside this monarch of j i the glen stands the plow. ,In the centre the j I Dominion trophy rises to a'hight of twenty- | frrn * feet, with the Canadian arms emblaz- I ! oti"iJ on the front. There is a lavish use of bunting, which tends to give the pavilion a ? very tray and picturesque appearance. At i the sides are rows of shelves upon which < stand Ion? lines of sample jars containing i the products of the Canadian soil. Each < provin :i In the Dominion is reprinted, j The soowing in each instance being a credit- ' i . able on". Like the parent soimtrv Canada has soma- ; thing in the chees? line itself, consisting of a v.' cheeseweighingtwenly-sixtbousandpounds. The milk of ten thousand cows has gone to make up the bulk af this monster, and it was I - 4. ?r4l...ilAA? I necessity to srrrtnsjciieu th;? pan ui iui ?wi upon wnich it rests. It stands nlone in j point of slzi anil weight and acknowledges , no rivai whatever. Whoa the exposition ] comes to an end th } leviathun. with appro- | priate pomp and oor.imoay. will bo cut iuto ' slices and those who choose to buy portions ' of it may do so. | Ontario. Quebec and the Northwestern I provinces of the Dominion have erected i trophies in the large pavilion, which will be i | filled with the products of the various dis- i trlets." 1 ] No European Nation displays a more com- j I pleto or representative collection of its agri- | ! cultural products than Gormany. Tho pa- | vilion in which her exhibits are shown is a I 1 huge nffhir, the design b??ing that of a quad- < ruple arch. Elaborate mouldings lend an effect ol lightness, and so well proportioned > is the structure and so well adapted to tho i exhibits that it does not sown to be out of place among the lighter and moro flimsy pavilions around it. The Germans, apparently, have not buHf for tho few months of the exposition, but for years to come ; yot. at tno 1 close of the Fair this must go tho way of the 1 iwL I Oreois and Jrutts of every kiu.l ..ion . x'< rlthin tho boundaries of tho (Tertian Empire to ,r> display;'.! iu all forms, rind, as in every in >th?r department of tho exposition, Gar- o\ nany mates a showing of which tho psoplo tb if the Empire have no reason to bo ashamed, m ["here is on-; feature of the exhibit, though, tb hat strikes one as somewhat strange. A3 cc ach foreign country mak'js a special feature th >f its chief staple, one would naturally r.i issoeiate C?rmauy with the brewing in- bs lustrv. Yet Germany does not vaunt her | w )oer. but makes a special feature of h?r w aiaeral waters. H->r malt liquors an dis- sc >!ayed, as a matter of course, but for every rallon of beer she offer* two gallons of rater from her famous -springs. Wheat in all forms is the prevailing characteristic of tho ' Russian display, dthough her other eerea'.s and her fruits aake an excellent showing. The interest aken by the Empire of the Czar in the t?x>osition is clearly shown in this department, vhere it enters as a competitor of the United States as a wheat growing country. Tho lussian pavilion is not so gaudy as some >thers. but it is filled with interesting ' aaterial for those who wish to study closely he differences existiug between the products >f this country and those of its great rival. France has a beautiful pavilion, for her Jommissionprs could not bear the thought hat Germany should surpass her in anyhing. It is complete in every detail and nost elaborate la finish, while the manner of he arrangement of the exhibits is decidedly irtistie. The Island of Ceylon has one of the most J ilaborate and ornate pavilions in the buildng. situated near the corner at the left of the 'I nain entrance from the west. A dozen dark kinned carpenters spent weeks of patient la- 3 lor upon it, and it is indeed a thing of beauty, leing fashioned in the highest style of the ~ oiners art. There was a time when Ceylon va3 famous for her coffees. Now she claims p peclal distinction because of her teas and ^ lard woods. The latter are shown by the m irnbfers in her pavilion?curiously carved pil- P! ars of ebony, satinwood, kumbuk, pailu. lt: nargosa and other native woods. Some of f* he cur vines reoresent high gods, others are -T' gi g* /? 1 b ? fl GBICULTURAL BUILDUfd. W o: eaf tracings, while ^st others seem the out- hi :ome of the weirduess of Oriental fancy. Ceylon's merchants look for grjat results 3j rom this display. ti Erazil. now a sister Republic, sends tha en- n; ire National display from last year's exhibi- P ion at Rio Janeiro. Coffee is naturally the m taple of the exhibit, and it is in evidence A. rom the berry to the liquid in the breakfast mp. Tho entire process of its production la rom first to last i3 elaborately illustrated, 1ind a series of samples will show the differ- 3' >nt varieties. It is the moat complete 3how- ^ ng Brazil has ever made. ti Now the stunted, little considered Kaffir ti :omea to the front from Capa Colony, but the 'e lisplay is more of an ethnological than an 01 k?ricuitural character. Ornaments that deck he persons of the dark skinned savages on 3C laints' and fast days, a3 well as state occa- T ilon3. are shown in the greatest profusion, di ogether with necklaces that form a com- *i >ined gown and crlnolin9 for the maids or t; natrons who wear them. w The stork of Denmark has taken his roost lard by the South African ostrich. perched ?n the roof of one ot the two cottages that orm the Danish pavilion. In contrast to he showy and 'elaborate edifices on every jj lide of them, these cottages, whose quaint oofs are covered wlthth3tch and whose winlows contain picturesque diamond shaped >anes of glass, present quite an old time ap- r kefcrancfc, and diffuse an atmosphere of the ODg ago. In fact, such dwellings a3 these " ire a grateful relief from the brilliancy and ti jarishness that is the characteristic of so jj nany of the pavilions. Denmark's display a, s a very complete one. 3C Mexico, being immediately to the south of w is, feels it her bounden duty to give to the f0 >eople of this country a correct idea of what 01 he really is and can do, and, therefore, for g he purpose of housing her display, has ti irected a pavilion more solid and substantial ^ han that of any other country. Ornamental ei ron gateways form the entrances, and the ame metal furnishes the material for much ^ >f the interior furnishing. Since American iuterprise invaded the land of the Montezunas Mexico has made great progress in both 5, igriculturo and mining, and it is this ad- t.i ranee that is now being shown. w France's colonies, Anam and Tonquln, i), lavo a pavilion of their own, ana ao not i nake their display with the home Govern- y nent. This pavilion is in the form of a huge 0 lome, surmounted by a star and crescent. j] So lar as taste is concerned Holland is not h; >ohind any of her biff sisters in th9 design of tJ] ler pavilion. Its front is h broad archway, -p vith Columbus on either side, creating an aJ (ffect that is piensing. Italy, although she came in late, has made ^ he best of the time afforded her, and is well jt aprssented, and the same may be said of ej Jraec?e. Paraguay, Honduras and numerous ^ >thar countries. Japan has a clever display, consisting r( chiefly of teas and the methods used in that ^ rouutry for the cultivation of tho silkworm. L'he kingdom of the Mikado is better reprasint- p ej l> l/vivft ill, :: [ in" l"""l | p ^ BflMfltet S 'I' '! ?'1-pirfUjJLIULILIl || PAVILIOX. ;diu otherbuildingsthan in this,although her 11 exhibit in this is extremely creditable as far 1 is it goes. Japan's contribution to the ex- i a [libit of silk culture is a valuable one. I r' The be^t illustration of silk culture Is mado 11 l>y the Woman's Silk Culture Association, of Philadelphia. This association has been re- c' iponsible in a great degree for the general sl interest taken in this country in the raising >f silk worms aud the production of raw is iilk. Silk worms are shown in their differ- a ent conditions, together with all the appli- S linces used for reeling silk from the cocoons h :?nd preparing it for the manufacturer. d France and Spaiu have also made tine show- 11 ings in this department. r In a style no less magnificent than that which characterizes the displays of foreign u Nations, the various States of the American J Union have come forward with exhibits. New York, propsriy enough, has been given ri th? greatest amount of space, and while the 1 Empire State has not seen lit to erect a pa- > vllion that vies in gorgeouaness with those of v some of the Western States her showing is a k reniarlca'jlv koo.1 oue. and a comprehensible one also. The State exuibit includes ^r.iin, srassi's. cereals, animal aal vegetable Mb res. r root crops, tobacco, hops an I honey. She S also has a handsome display in the dairy de- e partmant. Of indlvidu.il exhibits there are g agricultural machinery in the anna.-:, food preparations, canned goods, tobacco, cigars. j liquors, conf^ctioncry. chocolates anl nu- * merous other articles. it Nearly every State has its pavilion, al- 11 though the Western States, naturally ii enough, will make the most complete exhib- o its. To visitors from abroad these combined t; inhibits will bo a revelation, illustrating as i' they do the infinite variety of soil capacities o between Maine and California and Canada o and the Gulf. n Illinois has a huge pavilion with wheat, a corn and oats fancifully arranged in all parts w of it, the idea evidently being to attract all 8i the attention possible. Ohio has a gable ended a building in which to show her c mnsyiVcUivU. iias oceu^io.i tue space aliolt lier with ;i dome covered edillce. In ma K the round* of the State pavilions, hen rer. there is more or less monotony, even o variety offered,. unless tho visitor cares ake a careful study of tlio displays made I ie different States. The wheat jjrowin im producing States, in the main, presei 10 same features, although differently a ,a?ed and put together. perhaps; tho t icco and cotton State*. and all the othe hieh have a specialty, offer a surfeit, ould be better ware there not so much i ^e. ' -V " ' r wu. \ u AX OLD DUTCH WIWDMtl.L. In the southern annex to the Agricultur uilding is a display of machinery represec g the advances made from the time wh< en due: into the earth with sticks to pr ire it for the reception of crops. The prit [ve plow is there, and by its side is the la (t product of the inventive genius of ma here are also machines which gather up tl ain, thrash it, bind it and do evorythir se save make it into bread. No one cs tally understand what has been done in ti ay of the improvement of agricultural m linery until he has seen and studied this e: ibit. The southwe3t section of the gallery is d >ted to the exhibits of tobaccos, miner aters and liquors. Biscuits, sugars at infections make a toothsome display in t! jrthwest section of the gallery. Louisiai is a flne showing of cane sugars, and Ve ont, Ohio and Wisconsin vie with eai her in setting before the world the meri t their maple sugars. Makers of confe onery come out very strong in this secti< _ j 1 4-Kaf will mob fhrt mAllf Ill Uiivw uiafuija L lie. L n?i >ui?v v?. ! the feminine and juvenile visitors wat >pioualy. The candy man have from t! )ry first shown their eager desire to make editable display of their wares, and in th srtion of the gallery 33t apart tor them is 3 found sweetness in every coneeivat ?rm. Chocolate manufacturers have be< ipeclally active m their preparations, ai ae New York Arm exhibits a coloss atueof Columbus, weighing 1700 pound lade entirely of chocolate. The brewers ot malt liquors have not bei ahind in their demands, a3 is evidenci om the fact that they occupy tho onti est gallery for their display. Malt liquo tall grades are shown here, principally jttled form. Of more thau passing interest to tho publ : large is the agricultural experimental st on ori the main floor in the southwest co ar of the building, constructed upon tl lans adopted by the United States Gover :ent for its stations throughout the countr Imost next to it the French Republic h rected.au agricultural teaching station sin >r to those found at every agricultural c< ige in that "country. These two stations co itute one of the most valuable exhibits le agricultural department. The model si on of the United States is the suggestion ta National Association of Agricultural C< iges, and is under the personal supervise E Professor Henry E. Alvord, Chairman le Executive Committee of the National A >ciatlon. It is complete in evory deta here is a fully equipped laboratory whe illy tests will be made to determine the U iifcy of soils for anaiy8i3. The milk and b*. ir ?-nai-? in cnnnocHon with tho dairy exhil ill also be conducted within the laboratoi FOE $15 A WEEK, latlmated Cost of Seeing the Colun Man Exposition. A few days spent at the World's Columbi ^position has given me sortie ftUr conoe on of the vastnd&s of the magnificent stri ires that compose this white city by La ichigan, writes a Washington Star con >ondent. I shall not attempt any long d :ription of the thirteen palatial building hose names indicate clearly the purpos >r which they ware designed. I will, ho rer, in passing, refer to the Administrate uilding with its glided dome rising abo te surrounding buildings, a gem of arohite iral grandeur, aud one of the jewels of t itire Exposition. One of the notable features connected wi lis building is cno statue ot uuiuuioi anding upon a pededtal fourtoea feet hig irectly ia froat of the east entrance to t uilding. The ligure represents Columb iking possession of America. This stat as begun by Louis St. Gaudens, but tlniah y Miss Mary Lawrence. Passing from this building, I entered t 'oman's Building, erected for the special u f woman and her work. It was designed I [iss Sophie G. Hayd^n, and indicates t urmony of grouping and gracefulness of d til which evinces the architectural achols o her was awarded the first prize of $10 ad also the superintendence of the desiR In one of the vast rooms connected wi le building will be found exhibits of paii igs, ceramics, art work, manufactures, li ral arts, fancy workt embroideries, Ihci Sc., iii snort, the exhibit is pronounced t tost beautiiul over collected. Ladies >yal birth have contributed to this depa: mnt; the Quoeu of England and her dau<> srs. and tue Empress of Russia, the El ress of Austria and the Queen of Italy ha ?ch contributed to makq the woman's ci artment wonderfully attractive. In this building ample space has been ; >tted for the National Council of the W lan's ChristianTemperance Union, Womai ;?lief Corps, the King's Daughters, Youi Roman's International Christian Associ on, Woman's Columbian Club, the Emt fillard Society, Homo for the Incurab! ad numerous other woman societies whicl innot now enumerate. And now, perhaps, I ought to speak of tl - u tensive (jrop^crttkiuu* X>IKU UUIM^V ?? u<l3 to acoommodata the millions of paop hom she expected would visit the "Work air." I have been astonished to notice t reat number of hotels and boarding nous lat have been recently erectod; hundreds lese I do not think will ever be filled. The rj three hotels within a block of where m boarding, and each of them has 200 to 4 urns, and 1 am informed that not one ism has boarders to any extent. The question is ofte?i asked, What, will ost to visit the Columbian Exposition ai pend a week there?" I need not speak of the railroad fare ; tb i well known ; but, re/erring to theexpens fter reaching Chicago, I have found thai ood room, comfortably furnisaod with n< lrniture, can be procured for $1 to 81.50 ay. In some cases a double bed will be ft !sned, so that two persons can occupy t Dom. thus making the expense of each lei These are prasent rates. It may be th ext month there will be an advance, bu oubt it. It will thus bo seen that tha price of aom is very reasonable. Of course t gures above'do not refer to the old porti f the city, but to the new?that is, in t icinity of the Fair grounds?which, as y now, are eight miles from the center of t itv " J 1 am .itayin? on S-svsnty-sooond street a id* to tha iHiirau<aa at Sixty-fourth str; ate, eight squares away, for five cents lo'jtric cars. Tha location is pleasaut ai reatly preferable to the old portion of t rowded city, at least in my estimation. And now I have given you the expanse room I will oiose by adding the oth ems. First, tha entrance foe to the Fa fty cents then you wdl ueod a lunch, eo: lis' from twenty to forty cents ; your supp n returning home nsed not cost over twe >r-tive cents : what you spend on tha groun l addition to tha above will be at your o\ ption. You will probably want to aee sot t the attractions in the ' Midway Plaisanco lost of tuem will costyoutwenty-flve cant ad then you will want a 1-guide book 'hich will cost you twenty-flve conts. ' urn up. a weak can be spent hero comfo bly and the enticj ospaaditure need not c 3?d oc {120. ___ = BARRICADES IN PARIS." in -? ? v AN ANGRY COMMUNE STARTS ! S A REIGN OF TERROR. ,r- ' or' Desperate Fighting Between the Mob j ^ and the Police?Troops Concen- t tratcd at Paris?Agitators Take Advantage of a Students' Row to * Stir Up Strife. I A cablegram from Paris says : After twenty- 1 two years the Commune has again built barricades in the streets of Paris. Every effort is being made to incite insurrection. What , was at first a street fight between the police < and angry students has become an uprising 1 with which thn civil forces and the whole | military garrison of Paris are deemed inadequate to cope. Three or fout persons have been killed and many wounded in several desperate encounters be- 1 tween tbe mob and the soldiers and police. ' Several streets where these battles have taken place look as they did in the dark days of 1871. No glass remains unbroken. No i I lamp posts or kiosks are standing. Dozens i of street cars and omnibuses lie in ruins j if where they were upset for barricades. Even < fb the pavement in soma spots have been torn i jfl up. to furnish weapons and barriers for the < A mob. These facts would be terribly ominous in > Paris under most circumstances. There is, j however, no danger of a revolution; that is, \ ? not yet. There is reason for fearing more disturbances. The past few days have deep . it- significance. The disturbances have not J beeu students' riots in any sense, since the . ?" flWt Or second day. There is evidence of u* sinister efforts to use the death of young t- Nuger and other acts of police < Q- violence, to foment the angry populace 10 against vested authority. The motive is not J >g far to seek when it is considered that the 1 ia elections are only six or seven weeks off, and ' 10 that the Government is in weak hands. 1 a" There is danger, therefore, that the killing of s* the unknown young man at the hands of the stupid and brutal police will furnish a more e- powerful weapon to political conspirators j *1 than did the greatest scandal of modern j id times?the Panama affair, last winter, lie There is no denying that very deep publio resentment has been aroused, and the Gov- . ir" eramect has good reason to be greatly j -h alarmed; but its enemies do not desire its it3 overthrow just yet, and tbey would not pu3h ,c* the popular rage to bloodiest revenge if ' 3n they could. : Even if the disturbances should not be re- ' newed, next month's emergency has been 1 made t en-fold more serious. A. bitter feud has 2 1 a been engendered between the people and the ' police, and it will almost surely break out again on the slightest provocation. Troops l have been hurried in from Vincennes, Ver- e en sailles. and Fontaineblouu to reinforce the I a(| Paris garrison. At night the street* ring with i ia' the clatter of hoofs and sabres. Thousands of cavalry are massed in the disturbed dis- ( tricts, and the officers have orders to show ? no mercy to rioters. A heavy rain during the . night did more than the troops to disperse ' ra the mob, but the ugly feeling has by no F3 means been quanchei. Probably a half million people are on the streets of the Latin quarter ' every night. j 'l0 A mob in the Boulevard St. Michel assumed J a* a threatening attitude and the police charged J uponthe crowd. The mob made a deter- 1 ho mined stand, showering stones and every n" kind of missile on the police. A hand-to- ( y- band fight followed, and the struggle con- [ 'V tinued until the police were reinforced by a 5 large force of Republican Guards, when the I >1" rioters were dispersed. n" In the meantime a body of police and Republican Guards had driven off the turbulent ;a" crowds that had gathered in the neighborhood of the Labor Exchange, which is now f >1" occupied by troops. At il o'clock there was ' 311 a sanguinary encounter on the Rue des } Ecoles. The Republican Guards charged ? upou the rioters with drawn swords, and the 11- police opened Are with revolvers. One man < ir? was killed on the&pot by a cut from a sabre. )r" Another mob upset and set Are to a tram- t it- car on the Rue Mongo. The car was burned < to ashes by the time the firemen arrived on t y. the scene. An assistant brigadier of police was found i drowned near the Crenelle Bridge, and is supposed to have been thrown into the water ] by the mob. i Threfl nolicemen were thrown into the ] Seine by the mob during the rioting. It is i supposed that they were drowned, as they nn have not since been seen. The French . Government lias ordered to Paris reinforce- : ,p" ments from the garrisons at Versailles, lc* Melun and other places ke Forty-two poliosmen and sixteen Republican Guards were wounded during the io. lighting. Eighteen kiosks were burned and < ,u lorty-flve othera ransacked. ' >W? * J (OS t PROMINENT PEOPLE. ve The late Leland Stanford made his first bo money peddling horseradish to country merchants. FEBDtNA.yD,DE Lesseps spsnds his time j fr? in a covered chair in his garden and takes no interest in what goes on about him. ' U3 Hobatio J. Spraode, of Massachusetts, U1) who represents this country at Gibraltar, is 0d the oldest Consul in continuous service. His commission dates from May, 1843. he Doctob Kohh, who was some time ago se raised to the richest archbishopric in Europe , ?4-K?4- rv# Almuff?4a fha artn r\f n^iiaanf.u .in?i ' h? his life has beea one of great pjv.^rty. 'c*. The wealthiest nun in Maryland is J. | Jf- Tome, of Port Deposit, who is said to be j worth nearly $3,000,000. Ha is ei'jhty-aight ( a- years old, but a weU-prasarvad old gantle- | t" man. Ismail Pa9ha. the famous ex-Khedive of ' L Egypt, now aged sixty-three, lives in regal . h' splendor in his palace on th?> shoras of the < _# Bo9phoru9. His wealth amounts to about $25,000,000. h- EDWAttDC.PoTT2a,the83ulptor, hasbought i m- a fine bay horse at Springdeld, Mass., for ( ,va $300, which ha will U3e as a model in his da- j i?. sign for the equestrian monument of Oanaral Grant to be erected in Fairmo unt Park, Phila- ( ii- delphia. o- Ghxeoal Habbisox has not gone into l's society in Indianapolis, and is rarely seen on i ag the streets The ex-Pre3ident has a dask in ia- the office of his old confidential clerk, na Howard Cola, and transacts his private !es business there. ** The millionaire, Baron Hirsih, is preparing to maka a visit to the Argentine BelC public, wiiera, for two years past, he h:ts J3 been striving to establish Hebrew colonies, . and where he has purchased a good deal of . * * land for colonizing purposes. 1 ies William Hetwood, who died recently at 0( Lancaster, N. H., in his ninetieth year, was ? r,, engaged in the active practice of law until j about six months ago. His name appears as < qq ' counsel as far back as 1835 iu the Supreme Court reoorts of Vermont, in which State he < 1 was admitted to the bar in l?3i. ld A. J. DREXEL DEAD. iat es The Banker un<l Philanthropist a Victfm of Apoplexy. a A private cablegram to the (lrm of Drexel A Company, Philadelphia. Penn., announces 9S lho dentil at Carlsbad, Germany, of Anthony iat J. Drexel. tlie head of that well knowu bank' I lug house and a member of the (lrm of Droxel, Morgan A Oo., of Nuw York , J. S. a Morgan A Co., of London, and Drexel, liarhe jos A Co.. of Paris. Apoplexy was the cause on of itealh. The news of his death caused widehe spread sorrow iu Philadelphia, where, as a ou public benefactor, a philanthropist and a he public spirited citizen, he is no less well liuowu iiiiui u? a inaiiuguLiiiun iiuaui-irr. I i a 1 Anthony Joseph Drexel whs born in Phila- ; >et delphiu in 182(1 ;inti it tha -ige of tliirteeu | by entered tins banking house of bis lather. and ai of which ho has been for many yours tho . ha head. He has been prominently associated 6 with tho philanthropic work of his native 5 of city, ami has mad'J libera! contributions to 10c charitable and elomosynary objects. Two , ir, years ago be founded, in Philadelphia, and : 3t- endowed the Drexel Institute, an iustitutiou er patterned alter Cooper Institute, Now York, j in- in it young men and women may receive free ' da a tochnicnl education in many branches of vu human labor. Its buildings cost three quar- ! n? tors of a million dollars and the endowment ' is sufficiently large to insure its continuance. ( 9; Mr. Drexel was tho intimate friend of Mr. 1 George W. Childs and his partner in many l'o works of charity. JJorn of a father who lett t rt- millions, Mr. Drexel has largely increased g x- his patrimony, and his wealth will probably < exceed thirty million#. I THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. PiF.Tno Bncctziu has been handed at Readhg. Penn. He killed a nurse in the hospital n which he was being treated. The steam tug having the Viking in tow collided with a canalboat between Amsteriarn and Fultonville, N. Y., on the Hudson, rho Viking's crew left the tug in a sinking condition, came ashore and towed their ship ;hree miles to Fultonville by hand. A babe abandoned in a doorway and reglsered as "Jobn D je" died in the arms of a jurse in the Court of General Sessions, New Kork City, w.hile two Italians were being tried tor deserting it. The Pennsylvania Chautauqua hold its opening exercises at Mount Gretna. Penn. Ex-Pbesident besjaiiix Habrisoh arrived in Now York from Indianapolis, accompanied by Mr. and Mrs. McKee and their :wo children. They were on their way to [Jape May, N. JM where they will spend the summer. The eighteenth annual boat race at New l\r?nHnn f!nnn hfitw?pn Vol a nnH TTarvarH fvas won by Yale, with Harvard three lengths behind. Yale's time was 25.01; Harvard's, 25.15. The Kings County (N. Y.) Grand Jury made a presentment censuring Mayor Boody md the Aldermen of Brooklyn1 for the manner in which railroad franchises were granted. The Grand Jury says it regrets the law ivill not allow it to present an indictment Against these officials. The Harvard Baseball Club defeated the ifale team at the Polo Grounds, New York Dity, by a seore of six to four, thus winning the championship. A foot bridge over the canal at Cohoes, !T. Y., Hlapsed while William Fryer, John KVhittaker and two companions were crossing. Fryer and Whittaker were drowned. New York Da.? was celebrated at the field )f Gettysburg, Penn., by the dedication of he State's monument to its fallen soldiers; Grovemor Flower, Bishop Potter and General Sickles made speeches; monuments were ilso dedicated to the Twelfth' Army Corps ind the Excelsior Brigade. South and West. Reports from Tennessee, Mississippi and Arkansas show that tho growing crops are n good condition, but beginning to need rain. Governor Altoeld was hanged in effigy >y the people of Nap9rville, 111., for pardonng the Chicago anarchists. In Reyno'ldstown, a suburb of Atlanta,Ga., rom Fagan.an imbecile youth, nineteen Fears of age, killed his mother by cutting ler head off with an axe, and then split her jead open and otherwise mutilated the body, yirs. Pagan had been ill and was confined to tier bed. Senator Stanford's will was filed for pro)ate in San Francisco, Cal. All his wealth, (xcept real estate and $2,500,000, is left to Urs.Sanford. The $2,500,000 goes to the Stanford University. Georoe S. Crawford, President of the >awford Mtil and Lumber Company, comnitted suicide at Cincinnati, Ohio, by taking )oison. This he did to avoid the disgrace of in arrest on the charge of forgery. Canadians celebrated at the World's Fair be anniversary of the passage by Parliament >f an act which united the provinces and ormed the Constitution of the Dominion Government. The Canadian pavilion was he centre of attraction. Edward M. Powell, lessee of the Lowndes bounty (Miss.) convict farm, was shot and tilled by his brother, James C. Powell, near Dlbbe station. The killing was premeditated. 3ad feeling had existed for a year. Washington. Secretary Carlisle has received a telegram from Portland, Oregon, announcing he arrival there of the Haytlen Republic ivlth 500 Chinese aboard. The vessel was leized by the United States Treasury agents. The President has appointed Scott Wike, >f Illinois, to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury ; James F. Tillman, of Tennessee, ;o be Register of the Treasury; Overton [Jade, of Louisiana, to be Superintendent of he United States Mint at New Orleans; Theodore 8. Wilkinson, Collector of Customs it New Orleans. The President left Washington immediatey after issuing his extra session proclamation for hie summer home on Buzzard's Bay. He will remain there about three iveeks. The President, before leaving Waahlng;on, signed an order reorganizing the military Department of Arizona under the name jf the Department of Colorado, with headquarters at Denver. Robebt P. Pobteb, Superintendent of Census, has resigned, to take effect immedl Italy. Mr. Porter recently completed busiiess arrangements with a New York enterprise which demands his early attention. The bureau will hereafter be in charge of Chief Clerk Wardle. Foreign. Nellie Hendebsox, aged four years, and aer aunt. Isabella Early, aged twenty-six, tvere killed by a Canadian PaoLflc ttain at Renfrew, Canada. Ix consequence of the scaroity of hay, Baize and fodders, caused by the long-con;lnued drought that prevailed throughout Sermany, the Government intends to prohibit the export of those articles. Two convicts named CayetanoOlivaresand Vlnrcelino Garcia made an attack upon a number of fellow prisoners in the prison at Pueblo, Mexico, with shoe knives, killing ;hree of them and wounding seven others, [t required the efforts of several guards to jvsrpoT-er the two convicts. They are said to be insane. The survivors of the British battleship Victoria reached Malta. Admiral Tryon is &jc1 iu uttvw auuiilicu. yriwio via: went down, that the collision was his fault. Ma. Gladstone's resolution that the Home Rule bill should be reported by July 31, and jhould be closured in four sections, was sarried in the English House of Commons by i majority of thirty. Bear Admiral Markhax has sent his official report of the Mediterranean collision to the British Admiralty. All the evldunc^ points to'Tryon s responsibility for tha disaster. TEE LABOR WORLD. Canada needs farm hands. Enqlasd has 1,500,000 union men. Fr?;nch railroads have women satemeo. Boston has 1000 uon-union female compostors Seattle's labor convention indorsed ilni?le tax. Eighteen States have a ten-hour law for :hildren. San Jore (Cal.) bricklayers get $D.50 for sight hours. A.v Elkhart (Ind.) band instrument factory iharea proilts. New York has fifteen unions of Brotherlood Carpenters. Wednesday is half holiday for Toronto ^Canada) grocers. Fobt Watne find.) street oar hands get Uteen cents an hour. A dhiox organization of farm laborers Is )eing effectad in Kansas. Swede* intends to pension workingmen yho hove reached sixty years of age. Reading, Viu, has an orgacization of 4000 mrdware workers who will camp for four lays in July. Sr. Paul and Minneapolis street car handj yon a strike against being liable for acjileuts and breakages. A-Boston the Central Union Is considerrj a proposition that will ?rive union m^a ihoes at wholesale rates. Each man is to i my 32 a year. At Denver, Col., men are numerous ap>licants for situations at housework and ihirt ironing. The latter position pays from B12 to $1G a week. A convention of labor delegates at Seatle. Washington, declared for State or city imployment bureaus and in favor of Governnent control of railroads, telegraph and tele)hone. St. Paul (Minn.) union bakers created a lensation by exposing the conditions under vhich bread is made in underground shops. Irocers and the Mayor are inveetigatlng tho natter. Attobnet-Genebal Olnet declined to ake action against the Tonawanda (N. Y.) itriking lumbar ahovera who were charged vith interfering with the trade of the imjortere. i W^mm. A SUMMARY OF REPORTS FROM 700 LOCALITIES. Wheat Badly Damaged and the Crop Short?The Yield of Cora Will be Enormous-Oats, Barley and Minor Crops Promise an Average Yield?A Great Hay Crop. The New York Worid presents a detailed report of the condition on July 1st of the crops in the Western and Northwestern States, the Pacific Slope,. Canada and Manitoba. This report was obtained by telegraph from correspondents in nearly 700 cities, towns and villages scattered over the great wheat and corn growing districts. The World's report shows: First?That the wheat crop will be much below the average. Second?That the corn crop will be enormous. and. it weathor conditions continue Rood, will probably be the largest ever raised. " Third?That the acreage of oats, barley, rye and similar grains has increased and that the crop will be large. Fourth?That the hay crop ia everywhere above the average. Fifth?That the fruit crop is generally poor and in many cases a total failure. Sixth?That tho general condition of the agricultural'section Is excellent, the outlook promising,, and the farmers cheerful and hopeful. THZ WHEAT CHOP. The partial failure of the wheat crop has been foreseen. It is Jduechiefly to unfavorable weather last winter. The heaviest damage is in Kansas, where in nearly thirty counties the crop is a total failure. The State's yield will be, it is alleged, but forty per cent, of an average. This means a reduction of over 40,000.000 bushels in the crop in that State alone, for Kansas is the greatest wheat country in the world. Its production last year was over 70,000,000 bushels. Illinois and Missouri wheat also 'suffered L n.. e AA1,aa liCttYUjr JL UUl bUD J>UIiuo vaiMO. Spring wheat has been greatly damaged in North Dakota and some other sections by drought. This has been broken within a day or two and the outlook is improving. Another element in the reduction of the wheat crop is the decreased acreage, due to farmers abandoning its culture on account of low prices and putting in barley, oats and other grains instead. The Pacific States report increased acreage and good prospects. The same is true of Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. In Oanada the crop will be about as usual. It should be noted that on June 10 there was a Visible supply of old wheat of 68,000,000 bushels, 40,000,000 bushels more than last year. Shipments since then have been heavy, however. THE COBN CHOP. There has been much doubt about the com crop, owing to reports of unfavorable weather and damage by insects, but the World reports indicate that the crop is now fairly out of danger and promises to be an immense one. From every section there come the most enthusiastic reports on this crop. The only danger to it is the improbable one of a long-continued spell of generally unfavorable weather. This is the first report that has been made on the corn crop, the latest Government report issued not covering it. v)ATS AND OTH2B ORMN8. Oats promise more than an average crop, with increased acreage. They share with corn the enthusiastic admiration of the rural correspondents. Barley seems to have been planted more freety than usual, taking the place of wheat in many localities, and the yield promises well. Rye cuts a small figure in the grain mar' ket. but the crop will be good. A OBEAT YIELD OF HAT. Clover and timothy, which form the bulk of the vast hay crop of the country, are almost uniformily reported to have made firstclass crops. This may have more widespread importance than will at once appear, should the drough abroad continue and the export Jng of hay, already begun, increase to.any great extent. "Other grasses &ave done well and pasture Is generally reported good. THE PBCIT CBOP. General disaster seems to have come to the fruit crop through the central and .pputharn West. Apples, especially are a failure. Bad weather In the blooming season damaged the buds, and even where fruit formed it is now dropping from the trees. Tobacco in Ohio. Kentucky and Tennessee promises an average crop. Potatoes vary greatly in different States, but the prospect Is for a smaller crop than usual. Other root crops are doing well. From several localities come tidings of great joy as to the watermelon crop. British Columbia, in addition to good wheat prospects, reports a glorious outlook for the salmon and seal crops. A GOOD TOBEXOX UABKBT. With such prospects of an abundant harvest at home it is important to look abroad for information as to whether there will be a market there for our surplus, or whether farmers are simply to get lower prices per bushel for the greater number of ousheis in their product. The outlook there is rroman American business point of view most encouraging. From every country except Russia come reports o( drought and disaster to the crops. Wheat harvesting has begun in South Germany Austria s;i?t JMoyttry, uuu ?v?*ry\vu?w except along the Danube and in Souti.eru HutiI gary the crop is reported damaged bj drought. The official statistics in Russia show that in no instance can tho crops be classified as good. Russia Is discouraging wheat cxf orts, so *hat tbe good orop there will do no less than might be expected to relievo the deficiency in the rest of Europe. FATAL LIGHTNING. Five Lives Lost In a Michigan Farm? house. E. M. Babcock. wife and child, of Fostoria, Mich., went to visit Mrs. Baboock's parents. Mr. and Mre. Allen Roberts, who live in Grant Township, four and a quarter miles northeast of Gagetown.Mich. The family consisted of father, mother and seven children. About 3 a. m. Mr. Roberts's son was awakened by the small of smoke, and found his j bedclothes on lire. He aroused his brother anil UlS guest. weor^ta rrusi, ouvanuuu, Mich., who was also visiting the family. Young Roberts jumped out or the chambsr window on the second floor and rushed to his father's bedroom window on the first floor. He Anally succeeded in rescuing his father, mother and little sister. His other brother and sister al3o made their escape, but Mr. Babcock. his wife and child and George Frost parished iu the flames, as did the seven-year-old son of Mr. Roberts. Of the five persons burned nothing remained but their charred trunks. During the thunderstorm which prevailed early iu the morninsc lightm~?r struck thf house and sat it on fire. Thowimates probably never aroused, and were suffocated lona before the flames reached thorn. This does not apply to Mr. Frost, who, it is supposed, tried to rescue Mr. Babcook and hLs wife, and was overco/no by the heat and smoke. Miss Hannah Roberts bad her bauds and arms terribly burned before she could get out, aud the attending physician thinks she may not recover. Miss Roberts and Mr. Frost wore engaged to be married this fail. The death of Mr. Babcock, wife and child wiped out the whole family. SUCCEEDS ADMIRAL TETON. Vice-Admiral Culrnc-Seymour In runt 1 Hft'llforrunA^II St./ltlOIl* inanu ui iuc . . ? Vice-Admiral Sir Michael Culme-Seymou, has been appointed Commander-in-Chief o the British Mediterranean station, to succeed Vice-Admiral Sir George Tryon, drowned in the Victoria disaster. Sir Michael entered the navy in 1850, became a captain in 1865, a rear admiral in 1882, and a vice-admiral in 13J3. Hi served In the Burmah war of 1352, in tlie B?lt?c an?t Black Seas during the Crimean war, and uj the China war. Mabviw, a New York printer, has been sentenced to a year In State prison and fined 11000 for publishing green goods oiroularo. OFF FOB POLAR REGIONS. J PEAST'S SHIP STABTS ON | HER NORTHERN VOYAGE. The Bold Arctic Explorer, Accompanied by His Wife, Sails Away From Brooklyn on His Second Attempt to Solve the Mystery of the North Pole. After laying in Now York Harbor for three days Lieutenant Peary's Arctic ship, the Falcon, cast off her moorings and backed off Into the middle of tho East River from the foot of Dock street, Brooklyn, bound for the North Pole. There wore fully 200 people on | Excursion Dock, just under the east pier of the big bridge, as the whaler moved away, and * they all rawed th9ir hats and cheered the brave little oraft that is to take an American expedition to the nearest navigable point to . II LIKCTEXAKT PEABT. the North Pole. The Falcon was decked with bunting from'head to foot, and Lieutenant Peary's personal flag hung from the taflfrail. The Eskimo dogs ran abont the- . quarter deck, and the Colorado burros staek A their big ears up over the bulwarks and 1 wagged farewoll to the cheerers. After some- M manoeuvring the bells in the engine room rang "Go ahead," and the queer ship tn started up stream. The big Sound steamers 9| were just rounding the Battery, and as they H passed the gayiy decked Falcon they blew B their whistles three times before going H ahead. The Falcon answered each salute, Q but made no attempt to keep up with *1^0 big H white side wheelers. . Eg , MB 3. PEABT. * ? A Lieutenant R. E. Peary and his NorthGreenland party number thirteen. Lieutenant Peary's yacht, the Fa'.con, is a ship within a ship. Her timbers Are double throughout and her bow is protected with iron, so that it can ram the ice. She has two crows' nests> one on the fore and the other > '?>? mliuii '(??? Tha' aMn in Stt Mm ; .UU VUU U1WM1VU iujnoi,- WW|, v.. . net and 162 foet long. She has twenty-six feet beam and draws seventeen feet of water when loaded. 8h6 was considered the best of the whaling fleet at St. Johns. , . ^ The Fjplcon wJlf carry an interesting cargo. In the hold' Is a house which wilt form the vrintef quarters of the party. It will be- < 33x14' feet and 7% feet high. The walls,. which are a foot thick, will be lined on the Inside with red flannel. The house will contain two bathrooms, as well as a separate ^ sleeping room for Lieutenant Peary, who will - '' V be accompanied by his wife. It is to be lighted with electricity, the enginesupplying power to the dynamo being ran by oil. The stores will be piled In boxes around the house to the height of five feet, and wyi be protected by an extension of the corrugated iron roof covering the house. There will be windows of thick glass in the roof, but they will let in bfic little light, for the house will be entirely covered with snow during the most of the long Arotic winter. Air will be supplied by ventilators, which will extend high above the roof, The exploring pqrtv will consist of Lieutenant Peary, his wife and her maid; his colored servant, Matthew Henson; 8. J. Entreken, of Westchester, Penn., who belonged to the party which went to Peary s ! relief on his first expedition; Edward Astrup, a Norwegian who accompanied him before; Doctor Vincent, F. W. Stokes, of Philadelphia, artist of the expedition; George H. Carr, Chicago; J. W. Davidson, ' of Austen, Minn.; E. B. Baldwin, of Nash' ville, Tenn.; Hugh J. Lee, Meriden, Conn., 1 and George H. Clarke, of Brookline, Mass. The Falcon on leaving New York sailed di1 rect to Boston and Portland, Me.. Lieutenant Peary's home. She will then go to St. Johns, and from there to the winter camp above Whale's Sound. Greenland. The party will a remain in the Arctic regions about two and ona-haif v?ars. The exneiition is expected to cost 825,000, which Lieutenant'Peary has already raised. THE PUBLIC DEBT. A Net Decrease During June o* $i,416,23S.58. The public debt statement, just issued, shows that there was a net decrease of $1,416.253.58 during the month of June. The interest-bearing debt increased $1990, debt on which interest has ceased since maturity decreased $96,950, de'ot bearing no inlerast % decreased $224.162.50. and cash in the Treasury increased 8rt97.135.0i. The aggregate interest and non-interest-boaring debt June 30 was 8961,431,766.13; May 31 it was 8961,750,883.63. The certificates and Treasury notes offsst by an equal amount of cash in Treasury June 30 was $594,553,920, a decrease of 89.977.097. The total cash in Treasury was 8745.004.601.89. The gold r-^srve was 895,485,413, and the net cash balanivj $26,976,877.38. In the month there was a decrease of 83.053.- *" 177.17 in gold.coin and bars, the total at the close being 8188,455.432.59. Of silver tnere was an increase of 85.359.905.69. Of the surplus there was in National bank depositaries 812.032,573.65, against 811.649,142.54 at the end of the previous month. The receipts for the month of June ware 830,933,921.85. and the expenditures* $29.266,451.30. In May the receipts were 830,971,497.64, and the expenditures 830,372,502.79. Customs receipts decreased from 815, 1 424.853.83 to 814,964,390.83. Revenue receipts increased from 813,212,103.42 to 814.003,127.32. The payments for pensions decreased from 814.263.020.35 to 811,411,301.93. A BANKER'S SUICIDE. The Proprietor of Ward's 12a:ik, Forestvllle, >i. Y., Found Dead. The uoors of Ward's Bank, of Iforastvillo, J n. N. V., a private corporation, failed to open a few mornings ago. Wild rumors are flying about concerning the cause. It is thought there was probably 850,000 to $75,000 of doposits. Ward has long been considered ono of ti>e strong men or (Jnautauqua county, and nas been connected with the banks in ForeatviLle since early in the seventies. * When it became known that the bank h^u not opened there was a great commotion ic the village. At once the wildest rumors about Ward began to be circulated It was at flret thought he had absconded, but an investigation led to the discovery of his dead body iii the rear of hia house. It is supposed he ? committed suicide, but whether because of an impending failure of the bank or of temporary insanity is only conjectural.