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THE TRE ASDREE7S BEPOBT
OPERATIONS OF HIS BUREAU i
FOR TEE YEAR,
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t
The Exports of Gold Were $tOS,- c
000,000, Most of Which Was
Drawn Out of the Treasury?Av- ?
erage of Money Per Capita Higher
Than Ever. y
The Hon. D. S. Morgan, the Treasurer of
the United States, has submitted to Secre- f
tary Carlisle the annual report on the opera- 0
tions and condition of the Treasury.
The net ordinary revenues for the fiscal r
year were 3385.919,628.73. an increase of ?
$30,881,844.54 over those of tho yenr before.
The net ordinary expenditures were 3383.477,554.49.
an increase of 538,454,633.91.
There was therefore a decrease of $7,572,- r
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7/y.O/ III luw >urpiu3 tctcuuw. 4VW?V.MQ
them to ?2,341,674.29. Including the public c
debt, the total receipts were 3732.871,214.78, a
and the total expenditures 3773,007.998.99.
The publio funds, on June 30. 1892, o
amounted to 3786,351.895.71. and on June30, p
1893, to $746,538,655.58. After setting apart Ik
those sums of gold, silver and United States t'
notes which were held for the redemption of
certificates of deposit and Treasury notes, ti
there was left a reserve, or general fund, of r
'8187,012.740.71 in 1892,and 3168.167.391.53 in j,
1893. These amounts, however, included cer
tain sums of certificates of deposit, bonds,
And coupons, which were unavailable for any
other purpose than the settlement of the *|
Treasurer's account, and which, if cancelled,
"would have left an actual available working i "
(balance of $165.945,436.60 and $156,395,-1
v '696.84 on the two dates respectively. By Sep- ft
Itember 30th this balance had been diminished p
jto $149,250,268.72, owing, of course, to a de- K
\flciency in the revenues. e
At the und of September, 1888, the Trea- c
pury IWd $332,551,306 of gold, the largest r
amount ever reported. The largest amount n
of free gold ever held wa9 $218,818,252,
Sn March of the same year. The lowest
jpoints touched since then were $160,763,581
of total holdings, and $81,551,- r
385 of free gold, on October 19. In April,
for the first time since the gold reserve
reached the sum of $100,000,000, it fell bellow
that figure, and on the 14th of that J
U1Uill LI IUO lOOUD VI gViU vv*kMwvraw> ,r
suspended, as required by law. The loss of
gold was caused partly by deficiencies o:
in the revenues, but chiefly by the C
jpreeentation of legal tender notes for re- tl
ademption in the coin. In seven months, r<
{beginning with last December, upward w
of $81,000,000 was drawn out of the
Treasury in redemption of notes, and the jj
jgold reserve was reduced during the same ^
jperiod by $29,000,000. During the next three ^
(months, with light redemptions and a de- jj
'flolency of $19,000,000 in the revenues, the tI
[Treasury lost $15,000,000 of gold, but the re serve
fell off only ?2,000,000. ?
The amount of gold exported during the
fiscal year was the largoet ever taken out of w
the country or brought into it in any like 113
period, being upward of $108,600,000, and it
is noted that $102,000,000 of it was drawn
out of the Treasury by the presentation of legal
tender notes, .most ui iuo g"iu ***
former years was supplied by the Treasury
in exchange for gold certificates, and it is si
the first time that any considerable sums of bl
notes have been presented for the metal.
With the exception of an increase of $45,- v
5C0.000 in the amount of Treasury notes is- a,
su ad in the purohase of silver bullion, and a p
decrease of $80,000,000 in the combined volume
of gold certificates and currency certificates,
there has been no important change in
tne public debt.
According to the revised estimates the total
stock of money of all kinds in the country on
June 30 was $2,323,547,977, or nearly $51,- hi
000,000 less than at the same time last year, p
This contraction took place, notwithstanding ir
tho addition of $43,500,000to the stock of silver
and an increase of $6,000,000 in the out- ti
standing bank notes, and was caused, of *
course, by the exports of gold. In July, how- gi
Kur.on a hfuiw rwturn movement of
iuo*w
the metal, supported by a rapid expansion of
the bank note circulation. By the end of dl
September the stock of gold was restored to r<
what it was when the exports began. The m
total increase of the effective stock of money 01
in the three months was no lees than $95,000.000,
bringing It up to a figure much ol
above the highest ever before reached. This it
sudden contraction and expansion within tt
' the space of eleven months affords a striking le
illustration of the degree of flexibility pos- oi
sessed by the currency.
The revised figures for the amount of Vi
money in circulation, that is, outside of the z<
Treasury, on June 30, place it at $1,596,846,829,
or about $6,000,000 less than it was
av year before. During the four months
ending with October there was an increase
of $125,000,000, a record altogether without 11
parallel in the history of the country. The
aggregate of money in the hands of the peo
pie and the average per capita were tnus in
brought to a higher figure than had ever be- C
lorn been reached- w
The redemptions of United States paper ol
currency have been unusually heavy, r<
amounting to $377,000,000 in the fifteen
months ending with October. h,
v Daring the past two fiscal years there was ni
recoined nearly one-fifth part of the whole 3l
estimated stock of subsidiary silver, an iznprovement
that is expected to increase the
popularity and usefulness of this part of the
currency. Contrary to expectation, the Columbian
souvenir coins have not proved popular.
Some of them were never taken out of the tr
Treasury and others have been returned for c<
redemption. An arrangement has been in
contemplation under whioh the half dollars "
In the Treasury will be recoined at the ex- *
pense of the management of the Exposition. CJ
It has not yet been decided what disposition ^
is to be made of the quarter dollars of this
coinage not disposed of. D
v The Treasurer concludes by urging that tt
the vaults and safes in his office be put in w
better condition, in accordance with the recommendations
made in the report of the ^
, Commission appointed to investigate the $
present methods of this kind of construction.
BIG FIKE ATCOLUMBUS. S
A Hotel and Theatres Worth a Million
Dollars Destroyed.
While tha orchestra was playing the openng
overture at the Henrietta Theatre at Columbus,
Ohio, fire was discovered in the
rear of the stage. The manager appeared
before the curtain and asked the audience
to withdraw, saying there was no danger.
The theatre was emptied quickly and
without a panic. The flames spread rapidly,
and. though the building was supposed to p
be fireproof, the theatre and the adjoining ,
auditorium were beyond saving when the st
firemen arrived. '
Andrew Thompson.-who worked in the
loft over the stage, appeared at a window in *
the third story, and was told to jump, that
he oould be saved. He went back into the tc
building ana was not seen agam. m ieo? |
than forty-live minutes from, tho discover}- ej
of the flames the walls were failing.
The new Chittenden Hotel." imnjjediately
east, caught next, and in half ^n h'bur was
in ruins: A brisk wind blew from the west, rt
and it was certain that the whole'square
bounded by High, Spring and Front streets, o
and the flrst alley north of Spring street, tl
was doomed.
Just north of tho Chittenden Hotel-stood k
the Park Theatre. Gray and Stephens's n
trained dogs and ponies wpre giving a
performance there. The curtain whs &
rung down abruptiy and the audi
enoe escaped hurriedly but without
c panic. In halt an honr the building
was in flames. Both the Felix Morris Com- J1
panyaud the Gray and Stephens Company "
lost noarly all their wardrobes, several of
tho pertorinere boing driven out in stage h
attire. Tne guests of tho hotel all escaped b
mnur rtf f)iam ?,,v?l their effects. The n
los9l*s are placed at $1,000,000.
MELLO'S GREAT REVERSE,
His Ironclad Ship Javary Sent to the ?
Bottom of Bio's Bay.
The Brazilian Lsgation in London has received
a despatch from Rio de Janeiro, 3ay- S
ing that the insurgent war ship Javary had a
been sunk by the Nictheroy battery. The
,^rew of the vessel went down wiUi the ship. P
The Javary was an iron turret ship of 3640 ?
tons displacement. 8he was 240 feet Ion*?, ^
(iffy-eight feet beam, and drew elovan feet n
four Inches of water. Her engines were of
?500-horse power. She carried four twenty- ^
ono-ton guuB. besides an auxiliary buttery. I
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THE NEWS EPITOMiZtii).
Eastern and Middle States.
Mart Powell, aged twelve, of Prospect
'lains, N. J., was frightened to death by
ler brother. As she was coming out of the
ellar ho shut the door and made a frightful
toiso. The little ;;irl screamed. When her
irothor opened the door he found Mary dead
m the floor.
ETT tfoina WOPS mnrArl fit various
loints on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, notwithstanding
the strike.
Three boys, Garfleld Michaels, aged twelve
ears, and Thomas Maschal and John Willarns,
both aged ten years, broke through
he ice and were drowned while skating on
he Marsbwood Colliery Dam, five miles north
f Scranton, Penn.
President Wilbur, of the Lehigh Raiload
Company, refused the offer of three
owerful mine owners as mediators in the
trike, in which neither side had then gained
ny great advantage.
Faxnie Styeb, a servant who had been arested
on a charge of stealing spoons, comlitted
suicide in a police station in New York
U) uy uruwum^ UUiaca 1U a nmot
bove the cells.
Congressman Charles O'Neill. " father
f the House," died at his homo in Philadelhia.
He was born in Philadelphia on
[arch 21, 1821, and was therefore seventynro
years old. He was unmarried.
At Sprinarfleld. Muss., before 30,000 specitors
the Yale Eleven defeated the Harvard
Hub at football by the score of sis to nothig
Walter W. Fish, aged sixty, while diging
a srrave for the body of his stepdaugnjr.
in Rochester. Penn., fell into it and broke
is neck. His body was found in the cave
'hen the funeral procassion arrived.
The disagreements between the hat manu
iccurers 01 .uautrary, uduq., nuu ucu dmloyes,
which have existed for nearly a year,
rowing more pronounced when the presnt
dull season began, culminated in the
losinR of nineteen of the biggest hat factoies
in the country and the discharge of
early 4000 workingmen aad women.
South and West.
GustavTbtjhw, a'well-to-do farmer in Bush
iake township, Minnesota, billed his wife
ad child while in a fit of insanity.
At Cheyenne, Oklahoma, Tom O'Hara, a
exas ranger, shot and killed a Cheyenne
adian named Bed Moon.
The United 8tates cruiser Olympia started
a ber official trial trip from Ban Francisco,
si. SHe made ner run on rue nrst trip over
le course, averaging 22.2 knots. On the
Jturn a bolt in one of the auxiliary pumps
as broken and the trial was abandoned.
Jesse 0. Smith, formerly,a merchant of
Kankakee, 111., shot and killed his divorced
ife, Ella Haughn Smith, and her friend,
[rs. Catherine Graybill. He then turned
is pistol on himself, sending a bullet
irough the top of his head.
Rats have taken possession of the World's
air grounds. They are there in droves, and
here they came from is a mystery. Worklen
who are daily tearing down the popcorn
ad lunch booths find regiments of the rats
uddled under the floors, in the walls and
>rners. The Administration Building seems
> be a favorite haunt.
Thk Mississippi is frozen from shore to
lore at Oalena, 111., formingthe earliest Ice
lockade in t wentv years.
The New York State Building^ at ^ the
if oriel's i'air, wnico cost ?iou,wu, una itctju
old to the Chicago House Wrecking Comany
for $1200.
The epidemic of yollow fever at Bruns1ckf
Ga., is over.
Washington.
Sitpkbintendent of Imigration Stump
olds that steamship companies cannot apeal
from decisions ordering the return of
nmigrants.
Secretary Hoke Smith issued his requlsions
on the Secretary of the Treasury for
9,700,000 for the payment of quarterly penons,
due December 4, 1893.
The Secretary of War issued a general orar
placing General William P. Carlin on the
(tired list of the army. General Carlin's
lilitary record is given, and he Is highly
llogized.
The new regulations as to the registration
[ Chinese issued irom the Treasury.Depart
tent provide that all Chinese laborers in
le United States must register before a colictor
of internal revenue before May 3 next
r else be subject to deportation.
President Cleveland bas appointed
'ashington Heesing. editor of the Staats
eitung, Postmaster of Chicago.
Foreign.
Eioht persons were killed by an avalanche
t the department of Basses-Pyrenees,
ranee. "
The report of the commission investigattg
the bank scandal was read in the Italian
hamber of Deputies : many prominent men
ere severely criticised ; there were scenes
t wild disorder; the Cabinet will probably
sign.
A fatal accident occurred at the BurnDne
Collierv. Durham. England. While a
Limber of miners were being hoisted to the
irface the rope by which the cage is lifted
roke and the men foil to the bottom of the
laft. Four of them were instantly kilted.
A meeting of the Italian Cabinet was held,
id the situation arising from the reading in
ie Chamber of Deputies of the report of the
>mmittee appointed to investigate the bank
andals was most thoroughly discussed, and
te Ministers decided that their usefulness
as at an end. In accordance with this desion
the Cabinet tendered its resignation
i a whole to King Humbert.
The French Cabinet, headed by Premier
upuy, has resigned. In trying to get rid of
ie Radical element Dupuy wrecked the
hole Ministry.
Premier Thicoopis announced that Greece
as no longer in a position to fulfil her
aancial engagements with foreign powers.
General Perez. the rebel, routed the
[exican federal troops in a sharp battle in a
tountain pass.
THE LABOE WOBLD,
Paris locksmiths got $2.80 per day.
France has had 300 strikes this year.
St. Louis, Mo., has 101 union grocew.
Sicilt has 300,000 union agriculturists.
Chicaoo has 30,000 idle clothing workers.
Commerce employs 15,620,000 An ericans.
Co-operative agriculture is thriving in
ranee.
Illinois' weekly payment law "is unconitutional."
^hey say 3,000,000 men aro idle in the
nited States.
Florida reDorts 1300 tramDS on the road
) Washington.
Kansas' Eight Hour law has been delated
unconstitutional.
The Commercial Club of Indianapolis,
ad., andthe Board of Trade have started a
lovement to aid'tho idle.
Colorado is sending her unemployed men
t Texas, and Texas fee<ls them and sends
Jem on from town to tc wn.
The Brooks Locomotive Works at Dunirk,
N. Y., which usually employs 1500men,
ow has only 100 on the rolls.
Buda-Pesth, Hungary, reports a strike of
500 on account of the discharge of a man
>r being a member of the union.
A scmber of large iron mills in the West
ave resumed work, and many woolen mills
l New England have started up again.
Married men and residents of the city will
ave precedence when Seattle, Wash., shall
amn thn nrnrt on loful imnrnvaments to
rovide work for the unemployed.
KILLED BY HIS WIPE.
Irs. Schell Was Playing With a Revolver
When It Was Discharged.
A special from Buchanan, Ga.. says William
choll, a prominent citizen of Bremen, was
ucidently shot and killed by his wife.
Mrs. Schell Dlcked up a pistol and was
laying with it and a tiiirteen-months-old
aby, when the pistol was discharged, the
all passing through her husband's body
ear the heart.
The only words he uttered were in reply to
or question it he forgave her. He replied,
I forgive you," and expired.
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1 PfiOMItfflNT f?,OfLE.
The Czar of Russia has presented to President
Carnot six splendid thoroughbred horses.
Ambassador Thomas F. Bayabd has leased
a houstt in Princess gardens, Londoo, for a
term of years.
W. Clark Russell, the writer of sea tales,
forced by rheumatism to keep his sofa, dictates
all novels.
Sir Geoboe Lewis, recently knighted on
the recommendation of Mr. Gladstone, is the
most prosperous solicitor in England.
Bismabck is an omnivorous newspaper
reader and subscribes for many of the important
English and Continental journals.
Pere Hyacinthe, for whom the French are
collecting a popular subscription, has been
obliged to take pupils in order t? earn a live|
lihood.
The autopsy in the case of Prinoe Alexander
of Battenberg showed that the original
cause of his illness was the lodging of a '
cherrystone in the vermiform appendix.
The railroad chapel car evangelist, the Rev.
j Boston Smith, is meetina with great success
! in the Northwest. Mr. Smith wa3 the first 1
missionary to utilize the railway car as o 1
chape). '
Chief Justice Melville W. Fuller ol
the United States Supreme Court is to de- j
liver the oration at the celebration of the. <
centenary of Bowdoin College, Maine, in |
June next. J
The oldest living representative of the arte- |
tocratic Creole regime in Louisiana Is Judge j
Gayarre, of New Orleans. He will be eighty- <
nine years old next January, is erect and (
sprightly and his memory is very clear.
- - ? ? - a O AU X a miik li in ftt?_ t
senator oheumam, CH UUIU, Willi uu amenty
odd years, is as strong and active as he
was when he entered Congress nearly forty
years ago. His health was never better and
mentally he sSems to grow like a school boy.
Secretary Jarng of the Korean Legation
at Washington is an ardent student of the
English language. He takes his lessons ia
the most practical way, learning about things
he has to handle each day in the affairs of
the household.
Robebt Louis Steven'son, the novelist,
says a private letter from Samoa, published
in London, is "immensely wealthy, immensely
feared and immensely liked and
venerated" in Samoa, where the title of
"Your Majesty" is invariably given him.
Miss Esnrx Steiseb, who for eight years
has been the only lady leader of an orchestra
in the United States, and who is the composer
of an opera and numerous minor musical
works, has been lecturing before women's
clubs and leagues in New York. She began
writing a grand opera at nine years of age.
She isnowat work on an opera to be called
"The Viking."
Robkbt Taylor, better known in Tennessee
as "Bob" Taylor, ex-Governor of that 8tate,
who fiddled himself into the Gubernatorial
chair, has entered the lecture field as a permanent
attraction. His success on the stump
inspired bim to prepare a lecture on "The
Fiddle and the Bow," out of which he made
considerable money. He is delivering a new
lecture now entitled "The Fool's Paradise."
Thz man chosen as body guard to the
President is Benjamin Rhodes, a well-known
detective of the police force, who has been
detailed as a bodyguard for Mr. Cleveland
ever since the tragic death of Carter Harrison.
Mr. Rhodes goes out erery cabinet
day to escort his charge to the city and follows
the carriage closely when business ia
finished for the day. The detective wears
plain citizen's clothes, and there is nothing
in his appearance to indicate the nature of
his mission.
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QUIET IN HAWAII ;
There Have Been no Late 9ensational j
Developments. ,
The steamship Alameda has arrivsd at *
San Francisco, Cal., from Honolulu. She J
brought news that ail was quiet there, and g
that there had been no change in the politi- [
cal situation. Up to the time the Alameda
sailed Minister Willis had made no intima- I
tlon to the Provisional Government as to the ?
nature of his instructions. ,
A letter brought from Honolulu says ,
"Minister Willis has been so non-committal ?
that no ono can guess what are his purposes. t
His latest declaration is that be will take no
decided action until he gets advice from
Washington. On rhe other hand royalists
and some naval officers claim to have information
tbat the Queen will be restored. r
"Between these different rumors the excitement
is very great, almost equalling the
feeling jnst before the Provisional Government
was firmly seated. Tbe patience of both <
sides is becoming exhausted and any event is
liable to lead to street flgbtinc. Some of the
annexationists believe that the royalist c
brae; about the Queen's restoration is merely i
a blind to cover a bold design to recapture i
tbe Government and hold it, if only for a c
day, so that Minister Willis could then c
legally recognize them as the existing t
Government. To provide against thf t
possibility .of sudh an attempt, a s
force of sharpshooters has been per- s
manently installed in the Government t
Building and the regular gufrl has beec y
strengthened. It would be incpossiblo now t
for any except a large and determined force t
to get possession of the building before the ij
reserve force of four hundred men could be $
summoned. . f
"About the only significant speech made t\
by Minister wans was m response to <t u
mitteo of the newly organized protective
association known as the American ii
League. The committee tendered Willi? jj
their aid in case he should need it in t|
carrying out his instructions, but they de- "
clared plainly that they supported fullj [
the Provisional Government, The new Minis- , b
ter responded by aayingtbat he would like 'tc n
see the Stars and Stripes, under certain con- h
ditions. floating over Hawaii, as well a3 ovei y
all the other islands of the Pacific.' Then he y
added that nothing which ne could say or dc ?
would alter the policy of the United e
States, which had been fixed. He said he
was an executive officer, delegated to carry q
out certain instructions, and at th6 appointed
time theso instructions would be exe b
cuted and no local power would be permitted a
? / > intarfara Ff? plnaftH hv Havincthftt Ameri (1
cans would have nothing to regret over th< ft
action of the United States, and that if hie
instructions had conflicted with hi? si
own personal views he would nevei tl
have accepted the office of Minis a
ter. This address, which was delivered t<
under pledge of secrecy on the part tl
of all present, has leaked out, and each sid T
takes a radically different view of it. Thf hi
annexationists look upon it as a sign that a si
protectorate will be established over the p
Provisional Government, while the royalists y,
see in it a declaration that a protectorate c<
will be declared over the restored monarchy.'
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JUMPED TO THEIR DEATH. I
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Disastrous Results of a Big Blaze la ol
Detroit. r(
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Shortly after noon the immense wholesale tl
dry gpols establishment of Edson, Moore <Sr
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ucuupyiuj? IUO uuiiuiu^
at No?. 194 to 204 Jefferson avenue, De 0
troit, Mich., was burned to the ground. p<
with an estimated loss of $750,009. Reiford c<
Dunning, a porter, aged forty-four, and pi
James McKay, aged thirty-eight, were killed
by jumping from the top story of the burn
ing structure.
Three othec men were reported missing
and were supposed to havo lost their lives in J]
the flames. Their names are Edward Zoit;
order clerk : Edward Genther, entry clerk,
single, twenty-etgnt years oia, ana i-ai
Mnrkey, thirty-two ye;irs old. A fireman r,
who was forced to jump from one of the win
dows was seriously Injured. "
The burned building and stock were amply tl
insured. An explosion oa the top ilo?r is ,1,
supposed to have started the fire. r(
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NEWSY GLEANINGS.
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Chicago has a deficit of $1,300,000. ^
The unclaimed funds in the English courti ?
amount to $339,262,410. "
A Government medical school has bocc ^
established at Washington. j
Twextt-fxve thousand horses aro used io ?
the carrying trade of London. x
A Philadelphia tailor is making an over- *
coat for a customer which 1b to cost $800.
Tacoma, Wash., claims a population ol
52,329 on thestrength of anewcity directory.
It has been decided to remove the Bureau ?
of Awards of the World'9 Fair to Washing- _j
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REPORT OH AGB1CDITDEE!
THE YEAR'S WORK REVIEWED
BY SECRETARY MORTON.
xue jporce jrceaucca oy ou.i Men?
Free Distribution of Seed?Work
of the Animal Bureau?Improved
Efficiency of the Weather Bureau?Recommendations.
Secretary of Agriculture Morton says in
his annual report that he has been able to
reduce the force of his department by 503
persons whose services were not needed,
leaving him with a force of 1994. His estimates
show a savins of $369,656.94 over the
appropriations for the current year. The
Secretary asks for authority to direct disbursements
of money appropriated for State
igricultural colleges and experiment stations
and suggests that reports of the misuse
3f such funds be investigated.
Careful comparison of meat exports for
L893 and 1892 sbow3 that mioroscopic lnspecion
has not increased foreign sales and the
Secretary thinks it does not pay The in
/lAfit fho rtrtn nt?lf o( Y nvwl n V? r? 1 # nan
tvoi i"d wuuiij' 9ia uuu a uau
;ent. of the value of meat exports to thecounrica
demanding it. The Secretary asks for
tfgislation compelling the immediate
iestruction of any animal or carcass conlemned
by the United'States-inspectors ; for
in extension of the work in regard to tuberculosis
in co-operation with local authorlies
until danger to human life has been reluced
to a minimum: and for a civil service
examination for inspectors and assistant
nspectors with the requiremeat of a diploma
rom a regular veterinary college.
The completion of experiments in sorghum
lugar is announced on the ground that a
it age has been reached when "individual en- .
prprise can and should take advantage of 1
vhttt the department has accomplished." On t
he advice of Professor Wiley some further t
sxperiments with sugar beets and with sugar r
sane in Florida are recommended.
The Secretary has, during the first quarter
>f the fiscal year, reduced expenditures, in
lomparison with the corresponding quarter
>f last year, by over $56,000.
Tbo distribution of seed at the public ex- t
)ense is reviewed at length, and It is shown ^
hat considerable saving has been effected in
he purchase and the distribution of the seed t
his year.
XUtJ WUtiV Ui IUO DUlOttU VI AUIUini UlUliy
ry is reviewed in detail. The result of the *
fexaa fever regulations is pronounced to be .
lisrhly satisfactory; but to increase their
ifflciency. it is suggested that a penalty "
hould attach for violation of the department r
egulntlons by railroad companies transportuk'
infected cattle. A further reduction, it
s said, has been affected by vessel inspection
n the percentage of cattle lost at sea, the
alio being for the last year less than one- (
lalf of one per cent. The law at present ->
loes not provide for the inspection of horses j,
m ported into the country, and an amend- t
aent in this respect is suggested.
Promiscuous free distribution of publica- .
ions is condemned, and the suggestion is t
nade that, after supplying certain copies t
ree to libraries and educational institutions, Q
i moderate price should be charged for the ?
emaining copies.
Of the Weather Bureau, it is stated tnat c
he work has been carried on with Improved t
sfflcicncy and economy, a reduction in cost L
f maintenance of nearly ten per dent. j
>elng effected, and estimates for the fiscal t
nn.r hninir oorreaDondinarlv reduced. Are- It
urbanization of the bureau has been J
>&rtiaily effected, designed to modify ox- t
) nses and magnify the value of the service j.
o agriculture, commerce, and the people at j
urge. A system of exchange with the de- c
>artment and the Central Meteorological ^
)bservatory of Mexico is announced, on j
erms similar to those in operation with ^
Canada, while the desirability of full telegraphic
reports from the Bahamas is em- (
>basized.
In conclusion the Secretary says: "A a
rear from this time, it is hoped, after con- .
ultation with, the Congressional com- J
nittees and other representative forces
fhich are endeavoring to educationally de- a
relop and define duties for this department, .
iseful progress in the right paths may be J
ruthfully reported." t
INTERNAL BEVEME. \
rhc Annual Report of Commissioner !j
Miller. I
The annual report of Joseph 8. Miller, 1
Commissioner of Internal Revenue, makes t
10 recommendations. The bulky volume a
>f oyer 200 pages (not including tables) &
9 made up entirely of statlstieal infor- ,
nation. No mention is made of In- , *
some tax, or increase in the rate J
if taxation on distilled spirits, malt liquors, J;
olra jco, or any other products coming under _
he scope of the InteVnnl Revenue laws. Asuming
that rates of taxation will remain the
ame, the Commissioner estimates the probate
revenue from internal revenue for next
ear at $150,000,000. This is $15,000,000 les? han
last year's estimate, and $11,000,000 less
hnn the actual yield last year, which wae
jlul,000.000. Tnere has Been a decrease or
(5,519,000 in the first three months of this
Iscal year. The ohief oolleotions have been l<
rom distilled spirits, and next to that malt cl
iquors and tobacco. bi
There has been a decrease of over $90,000
a the amount collected for chewing and smok- f;
rig tobacco, which is attributed to the operaIon
of the law permitting the sale of tobacco w
in hand",by farmers and retail dealers. a.
n cigars, cigarettes, and snuffs there has
?ea an increase'Of receipts. Nearly four P
nd a half millions more gallons of whisky ?
lave been withdrawn from bond during the I?
ear thau last year. Most of it was Bourbon
rhisk}-, and the reason for its withdrawal J*
rus that the bonded period had expired and a
Sorts to obtain an extension failed.
In regard to sugar productions the Com- 0
lissiouer says: ?
The operation of the law in relation tc the 11
ounty on sugar has had the effect, so far as 11
ane sugar is concerned, to increase the proaction
and to lessen the number of sugar ~
-i /? /> winn rt W/^nnfl "
IVIUUI'9 VI pivumicio.
In the district of Louisiana, where cane
ugar is principally ciade, there were during 0
je first season in which the law was inopartion
(that of 1891-2) 627 producers licensed n
> manufacture sugar, and the product of P
lat period aggregate-! 357,875,557 pounds. ?
henumb?r of producers licensed during the 0
^ason ef 1892*3 was 618, and the amount of r
igar produced aggregated 445,857,840 _
oiinds. an increase of 87,982,283 pounds,not-: _
'ithstanriing a reduction of over eleven per u
ant. in the number of licensed producers. 3
It is estimated that -2,000,000 have been .
ivested in Louisiana in improved ma- ?
trinery for making sugar since the begin- ?
ing of the present year, the full effect of
hlch will not be seen and appreciated until .
le conclusion of the coming season. These 11
tiar.ges in the machinery of sugar factories
isult in a more economical manufacture ot ^
igar and indicate a gradual departure from a
ie primitive and more wasteful methods 0
jrmerly in use.
The production of beet sugar in the States
f California and Nebraska and the Territory
t Utah showed an increase of 15,000,000 T
ounds. Sorghum sugar decreasod on ac- (
>unt of the ravages of "chinch bugs." The
reduction of maple sugar had increased,
g
T. V. POWDERLY OUT, *
?
lis Successor as Hetul of the Knights *
of Labor Is J. R. Sovereign. ^
The General Assembly of the Knights of M
auor nas jusi ciosen ui i-uii?uoi[mm,i-eiiii.,
le most exciting; session it ever held. For of
io first time in fourteen years T. V. Pow- be
wiy is not at the head of the order. His
;signation wa* accepted by a vote of fweu- j?
f-Jive to thirteen. '
Juims R. Sovereign, Labor Commissioner
f Iowa, was elected to succeed him by a ?c
ote of twenty-three out ot thirty-four oust, !*{
owderly getting two votes, T. I}. McGuire,
ne, and James Campbell, of the windowlass
workers of Pittsburg, eight votes.
The following anti-Powderly men, wio
rerennmod by General Worthy Foreman ,
tishop while acting as General Master Work
jan pro lem., m're oieciwu iu ma joxecuuva
toard: H. B. Martin, Minneapolis ; C. A.
'rench, Eoston, and J. I. Konny, Omaha. m
'he result has caused a split iu the order. 69
ea
of
The cholera in Russia Is less virulent. The th
fflcial statistics show that from May to Sep- th
imber, 1892, there were throughout the Ein- th
ire 433,643 cases of the disease and 215,107 he
aaths, and from January to November, 1895, PI
5,167 casee and 30,284 deaths. pe
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Ppf I "i-y |
THE PATRIOT SPY.
The Nathan Hale Statue Unveiled 1b
New York City.
THE NATHAK HALE STATUE.
Thfc unveiling of the Nathan Hale statue
n the City Hall Park, New York oity, wai
nade a beautiful and impressive ceremony
>y the patriotio efforts of the Sons of th?
devolution, aided by afrmy. and navy brigades
and delegations from many ancient
,nd honorable civic societies. The occasion
ran also the anniversary of the British evaclation
of the city, thus making it an especially
appropriate day to commemorate the
leroio death of the patriot spy who wat
mnged near the spot where his statue
tande, when caught in an attempt to learn
he movements of the English troops.
On Broadway near Mailstreet, facing the
eiled statue, a stand wis erected to accomaodate
the speakers, offloials. and a number
if guests, and to this Mayor Gilroy led from
he City Hall the little procession composed
it these persona, including some "Colonial
tames." when tne head of the parade WW
een passing the Post Office on Broadway.
First came the army brigade, composed
if batteries from the first and flecond fiagiif
Av+411ai?v TOnrrinAAPK iinH fTnflnitnl
Jorps, commanded by Colonel Langdon.
?hey swung into Mall street and
lalted there, facing the park. Colonel
^angdon and his stuff, Major Brown an4
lieutenants Bailey and Hunter talcing postion
at the southeast oorner of the park. In
he rear of the Broadway end of this
irilllant line stood the Hospital Corps, a hit
>f bright green color for that side of thr
dcture.
The light battery of the First Regiment,
ommanded by Captain Diilenbock, did not
urn into mail street, but kept to the pla&i
n front of the City Hall. They enivened
the picture by unlimbering and
lacing their breech-loading pieces in
tosition. Following the light batery
into the plaza came the marines from
he ships in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. The
iluejackets are great favorites with New
fork crowds, and as they rolled into place,
- ii.Al? ^na ?a 4# wam /innatun
ttrryiii^ LUCH ?W *4 kuoj no4<B vouov<?w
lan, they were eheered. Captain Black
Jnited States Navy, commanded the naval
irigade.
The Sons of the Revolntion and the Old
J-aard marched into the park and grouped
hemselves about the base of the statue, and
II the other civio organizations finding
ilaces on or about the stand the picture was
omplete and the ceremonies began.
The official ceremoniee were brief. Aflei
, prayer by the Rev. Dr. Morgan Dix and the
indentation of the statue to the Sons on belalf
ot the 8tatue Committee by'William Gason
Hamilton, Miss Cornelia Montgomery
ailed, the cord* which released the veiling
tag, and the beautiful bronze stood exposed,
"hat was u signal for the light artillery, and it
hundered out a salute of thirteen guns
'he bands played and the people cheered.
'resident Tallmadge accepted it on behalf
if the society, and in turn presented it to
he city. It was a gift deserving n handsome
.cknowledgHment. and Mayor Gilroy made
t in a brief speech.
There were excellent addresses by Majorrenoral
O. 0. Howard and the Rev. Dr. Edrard
Everett Hale, great-grandnephew of
!aptaln Nathan Hale. Then there was patiotio
music by the bands and the ceremony
ras over.
AN EARTHQUAKE.
hocks Felt in Canada, New York
and Other States.
An earthquake, the most severe in the his>ry
of Canada, visited Montreal. Houses,
lurches and great public and mercantile
qKaaL' t?irtlonf lrr Vnvar hafnrA haH
UilUiU^S ouwa T1VIVUVIJI Aivfva ww,w.v
ich scenes been witnessed in the city,
Ithough there were no fatalities. The
hole population seemed to realize the
nrfnl danger, and almost instantly tho
reels were thronged with terrified
eople fleeing from buildings which
lomentartly threatened to crumble and
ill. Stores, offices, the City Hall, the
aurts. the great Board of Trade buildlg,
Police Headquarters?all were abanoned.
The weak were trodden on, clothes
ere torn, and a prisoner on trial for a serius
offense, abandoned by his custodians,
ained the streets and liberty nnbindered.
[ardly a buildini? has esoaped without some
larks ot the earth's upheaval.
An earthquake shock was experiencod at
t. Johnsbury, Vr., about noon. The.remor
isted three or four seconds and buildings
book perceptibly, as if under tha influence
fsome near-by explosion.
Inhabitants of Barre, Vt., were startled at
oon by a rumbling sound, which at first speared
to be the sound of a moving train,
ut upon investigation it appears to have
een an earthquake. Buildings shook, dishes
attled and doors flew open in all directions.
Shocks ot earthquakes were plainly felt at
rroenlleld, Mass. it was a swayiug uiunuu
s though the earth suddenly slid forward
evoral feet and as suddenly came back.
The towns of Rouse's Point, Plattsburg.
tu Sable Forks, Keeseville, Peru. Port
[enry, Rome and Ticonderoga, in New
ork, all report that they felt an earthquake
isting from five to ten seconds, commencagat
11.47 tu m.
At Keeseville the clerks left Prescott's furilture
store, fearing tho building would rail,
limilar reports come from the small towns
n the west side of Lake Champlain.
A BIG- FAILURE.
he Corporation Which Involved
Cashier May of the Bank of England.
The American Association (limited), the
ngliah corporation which founded Middles>rough,
Ky.. and which is said to have in
jived Cashier May, of the Bank of England,
as placed in the hands of a receiver by
ldge Jiarr in the Federal Court at Louis- (
lie on a suit brought by the Central Trust
Dmpany. of New York, to foreclose a mortice
of nearly a million and a half dollars.
The corporation owns thousands of acre? ,
coal, iron and timber lands, and Middles- j
>rough was laid out for a groat city, hun eds
of thousands were spent on improve- \
ents, streets were shaded for miles, electric j
?his placed in fields, a costly system oi
iter works and drainage canals constructed <
id immense furnace-s built, but tho money |
lally gave out and the bottom dropped out j
uimuitrsuuiuu-^u. a uvv.ii.
But now a stealthy growth haacommonced,
id Middlesborough will probably become
i important iron-producing centre, but the
earns of the English promoters will hardly
i realized.
This season's orange crop In Florida Is *
uch above the average iu quantity, being
timated at 5,000,000 boxes, and Is much i
,ruer inan usual. wmie during tne wnoie
last season some 53,000 boxes were shipped
rough Savannah to New York City, more
an 83,000 boxes have already beon shipped
ere this year. Unusually large shipments
ive also been made to Europe, where
orida oranges are now beginning to comite
successfully with Mediterranean fruit
.y\ /V ;V ;
THE NEW TABIFFISL
THE MEASUBE TO BE PBESENTED
TO CONflEESS.
Chairman Wllaon, of tho Ways and
Means, Issues a Statement Giving
Its Salient Features?Wool, Coaly
Iron Ore, Lumber and Salt on the
Free List.
After weeks ol preparation, Involving an
exhaustive study of tho subject, the new
Tariff bill has been completed, and given to
the public. Tho bill is the work of the Democratic
members of the committee on Ways
and Means, who have jealously guarded its
details. Mr. Wilson, Chairman of the Committee,
in a statement given out with the
bill, briefly recapitulates the salient changes
of the several schedules, as follows:
"In the chemical schedule we have transferred
to the free list quite a number of articles
used in the manufactures; the most
important of which is sulphuric acid, one of
the corner stones of all chemical industry.
"The duty on caBtor Oil is reduced from
eighty-five to thirty-five cents per gallon,
and tne duty on linseed oil. which was raised
to thirty-two cents by the Conference Committee
on the McKinley bill, we put at fifteen
cents a gallon. Pig lead being reduced from
two to one'cent* a pound, lead paints are
correspondingly reduced;
"The McKinley bill increased the duty on
nranovoH amrtHno?
jr>w|n?vu ivt oiuvnmg ?v r? )/viutu
in the vain hope of lessening Its importation.
The Custom House officers on the Pacific
coast declare that this increase of duty has
simply placed in the hands of smugglers the
bringing in of opium to the demoralization
of the customs service, and the loss of over
half a million revenue. The duty proposed
is believed to be collectable and will put the
traffic under Government control ana supervision.
V
'Tn the pottery schedule, substantial reductions
are made. Plain white ware is
dropped from the high schedule in which it
mysteriously crowded itself.
'Decorstod ware is reduoea from sixty to
forty-five per cent. Undecorated from fiftyfive
to forty,
"In common window glass, where close
combinations have kepi up theprioes to consumers,
under the shelter of duties averag
inglOOper cent., a reduction of more than
one-half has been made in all the larger
sizes. There is no doubt that these rates
will permit a very healthy growth of the industry
here.
"In pint* glass reductions are made, the
largest sizes from fifty cents to thirty cents
pel: square foot. Of silvered from sixty to
thirty-five cents. In .the iron and steel
schedule we began, with free ore. The discovery
of the immense deposits of Bessemer
ores in the lake region, and of foundry ores
in Alabama have rapidly swept us to the
leadership of the world in the production of
iron and steel, and brought near at hand our
undisputed supremacy in the great field of
manufactures.
"The use of steam shovels reduces the cost
of mining to a point where the wages paid
natural labor am irrelevant. Pig iron we
reduce from $6.72 a ton, wbioh is from fifty
to ninety per cent., to a uniform duty of
twenty-two and a half per cent., a rate
somewhat higher in proportion than the rest
of the schodule because of cheap freight rates
on foreign pig, it being a favorite freight on
westward voyages. Steel rails we reduce
lrom $13.44 par ton, now seventy-five per
cent, to twenty-five per cent.
"The residue of the schedules vary from
twenty-five to thirty per cent, wood screws
being put at the latter figures. Beams and
girders aro thirty-five per cent, because of
the waste in catting beams and the variety of
lengths and sizes, and also of the frequent
necessity of changing the rolls in making
beams and girders, because of the irregular
quantities and lengths and sizes ol orders.
' Tin plate# Are reduced to forty per cent.,
a little more than one-half of the McKinley
rate. This Is a revenue duty, and at the same
time enough to permit any existing mill to
live and flourish. Cheaper grades of poccet
cutlery are thirty-flve per cent.. higher grades
forty-five. Table cutlery is put at thirty-five
per cent.
"These are very substantial rsdnotions
from present rates, which, being specific,
reach in some grades of pocket cutlery as
high as ninety per cent., but with release of
taxes on raw materials, especially on pearl
and ivory for handles, seems ample.
"Both copper or,es. and... pip: copper are
made free; wo being large exporters of the
latter and the duty serving only to enable
the producers to sell higher to our people
than to foreigners.
' Nickel is free. Lead ore has a small duty
of fliteen per cent. Pig lead, one cent a
pound.
"Silver lead ores aro restored to the free
list. Unmanufactured lumber is free. Manufactured
is put at twenty-five per cent., with
the proviso that if any export duties are
charged on foreign lumber, it shnll be admitted
only at the rates now existing.
"Sugar has been a difficult subject to deal
with. Raw sugar was transferred to the
free list by the McKinley bilL
"A strong desire among some members of
the Committee was to put an ad valorem
duty of twenty or twenty-five per cent, on it
->nH tr? afviHah th? fconnfv nt nnw Aftftr
much consideration it was decided to reduce
by one-half the duty on refined sugar and to
repeal the bounty one-eighth each year,
leaving raw sugar untaxed as at present.
"In the tobacco schedule those rates were
sought which would bring moot revenues
Tie jproMAt taxes of 82 and t2 75 a pound
On wrapfecjaaf have blotted out manysmal!
establishments and actually impaired revenue.
We make the rates $1 and $1.25 per
pound on wrapper leaf and thirty-five cents
and fifty cents per pound on filled tobacoo,
unstemmed and stemmed in each.
"Manufactures of tobacco are put at forty
cents. Cigars are reduced from $4.50 pec
pound and twenty-five per cent, ad valorem
to $3 per pound and twenty-five per cent.,
which is believed to be the most productive
revenue rate, and is higher than the law of
1883.
' Liveanimals are put at twenty-percent.
Barley is reduced from thirty cents per
bushel to twenty per cent., whteh is about
twelve cents.
"Breadstuffs, ofwhlch we are immense exporters,
are made free, except when imported
from countries putting on duties on our
like products, in which cas9 the duty is
twenty per cent.
"Fresh vegetables, fruits, eggs and like
food products are untaxed for the benefit of
our own consumers, largely the working peonla
nf m'fIno
"Salt in bulk is free; in packages the salt
is free, but the covering is dutiable at rates
prescribed for like articles.
"The tarlfTon spirits is put at double the internal
revenue rates on like spirits, andsome
slight reduction is made on still wines, malt
liquors, ginger ale and like beverages in the
interest of increased revenue. The duty on
sparkling wines is likewise slightly reduced
for the same reasons, that on champagne being
put up at $7 per dozen quarts as against
$8 in the McKinley bill and $6 in the law of
1QQQ
' In cotton manufactures substantial reauctions'
aTe' ma<3e, especially on cVeap
cloths and prints, and the existing system of
taxing by count of threads in the square inch
is retained.
' Hemp and flax are made free, dressed
line of hemp and flax one cent and 1% cents
respectively. Burlaps and cotton and grain
bagging are put at fifteen per cent,, but
when imported for covering of articles to be
exported are duty free. Wool is made free.
"Cloths and dress goods are put at forty
percent., clothing at forty-five per cent.,
rates higher than the committee desired, but
deemed temporarily necessary bccause our
manufacturers have so long been excluded
from two-thirds of the wools of the world
l Hilt J nay win iijivo iu lu.iru mo art vl mauufaeturing
with free woo!.
"A sliding soalo is therefore added by
svlilch the"rates"~3ii"lhe woolen schedule are
to come down live points with the lapse of
live years.
'Carpets, an industry -in which we will
ioon be independent of competition, are put
rt fifty-five per cent, for Axminster, Moquette
?nd Wilton, thirty per cent, for Brussels,
ivhile common grades go down to twenty per
?ent. The bill provides that the duties shall
>e removed from wool on March 1st and reluced
on woolen goods July 1st.
"In the silk schedule the reduction ofr.itea
s smaller than in cotton or woolon fabrics.
**0.?. .'s.rrsr n i^-iJc'trroi TTT. to n-m
ler cent. Leather gloves are classified ac or<Hng
to material and length, and are unlormly
rated at specific duties, which averige
not over twenty-live per cent, on the
:ommon varieties and near forty per cent, on
he fine lamb and kid gloves. In the sctiedV
r-v/.K?C? >./' i
!.'.' '""> %$? "SESj^V/J. '
' '- ' - , ' ' ',- V " "' -V^
' ' \ *V
ale of 8undfle8~many articles, like hatters'
i plush, are pat on the free list.
"The duty on cut diamonds, pearls and
otner preclouu stone* is Increased.
"Works of art are, I -am delighted to Bay,
pot back on tbe free list
"The above is a rapid summary of the chief
changes made by the proposed bill, and will
give a satisfactory idea, I believe, of its general
structure.
^It'lslSumatedlhat it will reduoe revenue
on the basis of the importations of
1892 about fifty millions, with an immensely
larger decrease of tax binding to the American
people.
"The administration law is reported with
a few amendments, suggested by experienoe ,
of its operation. That law was chiefly prepared
by Mr. Hewitt when he was in con- gress,
and the changes proposed in oar bill
are to make it more effective, at the same
time softening loibe oif the features added by
thflMcKinley bill."
Under tbe new bill wearing apparel to the
auiuuui yjk <puw vau uo uiuu^rn. w IXCT? vi
doty from foreign shores.
Tin plate is reduced from two and twofifths
cents per pound to forty per cent, ad ,-v'
valorem, which, at present Liverpool pricee.
amounts to one ana one-eighth to one and
one-fourth cents per pound. t Block plates
are reduced to twenty-five per cent ad valorem,
the original duty being one cent per
pound.
The reciprocity clause is eliminated In the
new bill.
The bill provides that it shall go into effect
on March 1st, 1894.
Ill LATEB NEW^ ^
i i
Mbs. Em Pases, stung by her grand*
mother's taunts a ad reproaches, drowned
herself la Pompton Lake, N. leaving an . ; V'Infant
son.
JtTsnok Babwaud issued warrants for the
arrest of John Y. McEane and six otbars,
charged with criminal contempt of court in
connection with the election day outrages
at Gtavesend.N.Y.
WzslxyPabub, a farmer, of Laurel, Mi, t
laughed for an hour, got to hioooughing
and died in two hours.
Aw infernal machine, in a box addressed
to Chancellor von Caprivl, of Germany, was
received at the Chancellor!? in Berlin; it
was sent from Orleans. France. >
Euro Hiticbkbt charged Signor Zanardelli,
President ot the Italian Chamber of Depalias,
with the formation of a Cabinet.
Wiixuk A. Pouchke, ol Oswego, N. Y.r
has been appointed United 8tates Attorney
lor the Northern District of New York.
Has. Eitnnnt Al?e:c!h died a few flays
ago at Rlverhead, N. Y.. and it is asserted
that she was 100 years and four months old.
She was.the widow of Eowell Aldrich, a veteran
of the war of 1812.
That* wreckers killed Joe Foaarty, (Ire
nun, and fatally hurt Mat hew Casey, engineer,
on the Mississippi Valley road near v
Lutcher, Miss.
WakkfieUD, Vz., a town ol 300 inhabitants,
has been destroyed by fire.
Mtxos A. Si.vo, a mvon, shot and killed
his wife at Grand Ilapids, Mich., and then
fatally shot himself. ' The coupia had not
lived happily.
ColonslE. 8. Otis, ot the Twentieth In- * ;
fan try, was appointed Drigadler-General by
President Cleveland
psesmoxt Clsvelaxd has removed Civil
Service Commissioner Johnston from office.
Tex recent examination ot the United
BIS163 cruiser JUCUiag, u in xuu, uug 3uuitu
that the vessel is In a worse plight than was ;
first expected.
As infernal machine similar to that roceived
by Chancellor von Caprivi from Or
leans, France, was seat 10 Emperor Williiurf '
of Germany ;'.an infernal machinorwMfuand v
near a railway terminus in Dublin, Ireland.
The German police are convinced that a corn- Y
bined plan of campaign is being carried out
by anarchists in all thu principal cities of
Europe.
The memorial to James Bussell Lowell was ' }
unveiled in Westminster Abbey, J,00 Jon.
Addresses were made by Dean Bradley,
Leslie, Stephen and Mr. Itay&rd. . > J
MANIAC'S AWFUL DEED.
Be Deliberately Murders His Family
of Vour.
At Uniontown, Ohio, John Foster killed
his wife, his three children and himself.
Foster was forty-four years old and well tc
do. He has been considered weak-minded
'at times by his neighbors, the Inftrmity
growing oat of a wound received In th?
late war.
The hoar of the tragedy was shortly befort
midnight and the weapon used was a revolver.
Mrs. Foster was the first to suffer, being
shot through the heart. The murderer then
went into the bedroom where his children^
two boys and a girl, aged rcapecttvoly eleven,
and seven years, were asleep. From th?
attitude in wnica the eldest boy wu
foand, he must have been awakened bj
the shot which killed nia mocner. ou
hands wen clasped tiliove his head, and
he was kneeling, as if In prayer.
The other two children were shot through
the head as they slept.
Returning to the dead body of his wife,
Foster seat a ballet through his own brain,
and fell prostrate across the corpse.
FOUK BDTuNED TO DEATH, i
A Fatal Fire in Oil City?A Mother's
Devotion.
Flrp, which started at 4% o'clock a. m. at
Oil City, Penn., resulted ia tho loss of
four lives and tho destruction of about
$90,000 worth of property. The district
burned comprises the square in the heart ot
the city bounded by Center street, the railroad
tracks, Sycamore street and Elm street.
The buildings were all occupied as storas,
saloons, markets and the like. They wero
old wooden structures, erected in the early
days of the oil excitement.
The Are originated in a defective flae in
Shield's restaurant ami spread with such
rapidity that it was with diifl.mlty that any
of the Inmates escaped. Mrs. Hugh Shields,
wife of the proprietor, after carrying one of
her six children to ttvj sidewalk in safety,
returned tor the others and lost her life
while attempting their rescue. Her daughter
Fannie, aged fourteen, Charles, aged
live years, and a baby aged seven months
completed tbe list.
ACTIVE ANARCHISTS.
A
K Bloodthirsty Manifesto Sent Out
From London.
An Anarchist manifesto, published iu London,
and printed on red paper, has been
sent to Belgium, France and Spain, predicting
vengeance for the execution of the Chicago
and Seres Anarchists, and expressing
regret that General Martinez Campoa escaped
when Pallas threw the dynamite
bombs at him at Barcelona, Spain. The
manifesto continues:
"But the dynamitewos not lost, as some oJ
the subordinate ruffians of hia suite were
disembowelled. The only unfortunate side
of tho Liceo explosion was the escape ol
Campos and hia family."
OPPRESSION m WARSAW. .
Fifteen Persons Sent to Siberia With
no Publication of Their Offense.
The rumors of tho arrest and banishmenl
of Poles from the western provinces of Russia
havo been confirmed. Eleven priest?
have been suspended from their dutios and
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detained in the citadel at Warsaw.
Fifteen persons, inoludingsome ladies and
young girls, are alroady on their way to Siberia,
although their friends have no knowledge
of their offense.
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