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a THE BLAND BILL PASSEI THE HOUSE ADOPTS TH SEIGrNTOKAGE MEASUKE. Speaker Crisp's Vote Makes a Que rum and tbe Silver Coinage Me Win ? Twenty-One Republicai Vote for the Bill and Fifty Den ocrats Against It. The long struRgle in the House of Repr entatives at Washington over the Blar bill for the coinage of the silver aeignioraj and the silver bullion in the Treasury wi ended by the passage of the bill by a vote < liiT to 130, a majority in favor of the bill < 37. An analysis of the vote shows that 1! Democrats, 21 Republicans and 8 Populisi voted for it, while 50 Democrats and 80 R< publicans voted against it. The total vol iWas: Yeas, 167 ; nays. 130. The special order to bring the bill to a vol ,was adopted by a bare quorum immediate! after the House convened. This broke tt opposition of the filibusters, and they wei powerless to do anything further to place a obstacle in the way of the bill. All the amendments offered to the measui by its opponents were defeated, the or wM/iVi rtAllail fho mnaf trntaa hfiinc Mr. Outl waite's amendment to strike out tbo secon section. The bill as passed was in the natui of a substitute for the original text of tb measure. The changes do not affect the materlt features of the bill, which provides for tb coinage of tne teilver seigniorage in tb Treasury, the issue of silver certiflcatf thereon, if need be, in the discretion of tb Secretary of the Treasury in advance of tb ooinage and thereafter the coinage of the ti mainder of the bullion as fast as practicabl and the issue of silver certificates thereon t take the plaoe of the Treasury notes issue under the Sherman act, whloh are to be r? tired and canoelled as rapidly as the coinag takes place. The changes made in the sul stitute simply make specific the fact that tb seigniorage is to be coined and that this bi nball not affect the redemption of the Treai urv notes ander existing law. Tho following is the text of the bill whic pnssed* 8ection L That the Secretary of the Trea; nry shall immediately cause to be coined t fast as possible the silver bullion held in tb Treasury purohased under the act of Jul 14, i?au, entitled, "An act directing me pui chase of silver bullion, and the issuing < Treasury notes thereon, and for othpr pui poses," to the amount of the gain or selgi , lorago of suoh bullion, to wit: The sum < fifty-five million one hundred and flfty-si thousand six hundred and eigbty-one do 'lars, and such coin and silver certificate it issued thereon shall be used in &e paymer of public expenditures; and the Secretary c the Treasury may, in his discretion, If tb needs of the Treasury demand It, issu silver certificates in excess ot such coinagt provided that said excess shall notexcee the amount of the seigniorage as here! authorized to be coined. Sec. 2. After the coinage provided for i the first section ot this act the reqxainder c the silver bullion, purchased In pursuance c said act ot July 14, 1890, shall be coined int lesal tender standard silver dollars as fast a possible, and the coin shall be 'held in tb Treasury for the redemption of the Trea: ury uoues lwuoum me purcnuso 01 sum uui hon. That as fast as the bullion shall b co <1 for the redemption of said notes th not*s shall not be reissued, but shall be can celled and destroyed in amounts equal to th coin heldjat any time in the Treasury derive from the 'coinage herein provided for, an silver certificates shall be issued on such cot in the manner now provided by law, provide that this act shall not be construed to chang existing lawrelating to the legal tenderchai aoter or mode of redemption of the Treasur notes Issued under said act ot July 14, 189C That a sufficient sum of money is hereby ap propria*?d to carry into effect the provision of this act. The following Republicans voted with th Democrats and Populist3 in favor of the bill Messrs. Attken, Bowers, Broderick, Curtli Doo little. Ellis. Funston, Hart man, Her - burn, Herman, Lucas, Marsh, Murray, Pica ler, Post, Settle, Sweet, White and Wilson, 1! The following Democrats voted with th 'bulk of the Republicans against the bill. Messrs. Barnes, Bar wig, Beltzhoovei Briokner, Cadmus, Campbell, Causey, Clan ey, Cobb. Compton, Coombs, Covert, Cun mings, DeForeet, Dunphy, Everett, Erd man, Fielder, Geissenhainer, Griffin, Hainei Barter, Johnson, Lapham. Lookwooc Xynoh. Magner, MoAleer, McEttrick, Meyoi Mutchler, O'Nelil, Outbwaite, Figott, iiya* fichermerhorn, Somers, S perry, Straui ' 8tevens, Talbott, Traoey, Warner, Welii Goldzeir, McKaig, Page and Sickles, 49. After the House adjourned silver men sal that the result of the vote would lead to as other free coinage fight. A majority c thtrty-sevon was more than had been ei pected by even the most enthusiastic silve man. Mr. Bland has a free coinage bill be lore his committee. UNCLE SAM'S FINANCES. ,The Public Debt Statement for tl ! " * ' Month of February. rC* " ! The public debt statement shows then increase of the public debt during Fooruai was $40,064,215. The interest bearing de amounted to $625,872,000,which is 3n increa W* i of 40.831.910 durine the month. The de on which interest ceased since maturity d creased $13,610, and the debt bearing no ii terest increased $1,395,189. The ca( balance shows an increase of $54,580,26 The interest bearing debt is shown to hai been $825,872.000; the debt on which intere ha9 ceased since maturity, $1,871,020. ai the debt bearing no interest, $379,612,99 making a total of $1,007,356,015 of intere and non<aierast bearing-debt. The certificates and Treasury notes offs try an equal amount of cash in the Treasui aggregated $609,909,907. a decrease for tt month of $2,145,274. The total cash in tl Treasury was $787,075,834, an increase < $49,955,681. Of the total cash in the Trea nry $107,029,805 was gold coin, $70,432.9 gold bars, $503,570,076 silver, $84,722.1 paper and $15,320,823 in bonds, minor coi . . etc. At the close of business the net gold intl P>{.; Treasury was $106,527,068 and the cash be anee $38,662,364. The amount of customs duties received Wow Vrwrlr rltirirxr P?hrnarv wnfl S7.424.09 of which 7.2 per cent, was in gold coin. C in silver coin, 0.5 in gold certificates. 5 in silver certificates, 20.5 in United Stat notes and 15.5 in Treasury notes. T amount received on the new issue of bon to date is $57,427,906. DYNAMITE^ IGNITED. / ;? Three Lives Lost anu Many Pcrso Injured by an Explosion. A heavy rain, whicu began falling at ;V o'clock a. m., prevented the total desln tion by Are of the town of Cullman, A The loss will aggregate *100,000 ; insurax small. The Are started a: 10 o'clock p. ra., York's '.ivory stable, and before the flair ' x were subiuad the entire business part of t town, including McMinn's Opera House a twenty stores, was swept away. While t fire was in progress a large quantity dynamite, stored in Coopman <fc Gerd warehouse, exploded, instantly killl two clerks, 0, F. Mitchell and G. Dinkelberg, and fatally injuring P. Ailiaon anl A. P. Leich. Twelve other pi sons were wriously injured. The three-ye; old daughter of the Rev. Mr. Lee was stru by a flying missile from the dynamite exp siou, and died from her injuries. The Are was undoubtedly of incenlia origin." Two men were seen to leave t hayloft of York's stable a little before t fire was discovered. Their identity is u known. Fifty horses were roasted to dea in York's stable, and ten others in Coopm k Gerde's stables. Among the buildings < stroyed were the Methodist Church and fo handsome houses. r.EPB?SBNTATrva iSRVAN, ot Mebrassa, iroduced in the House a bill to amend i !Bevifl?d Statutes so as to permit in ci ?a?es the verdict of three-tourths of the ji ?rs constituting the jury to stand as t verdict of the jury, and such verdict to ha the same foroe and effect as a unanimc i- trecdiot . '. ' t 1 ; TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED. I Eastern and Middle States. _ Chables Saltabds was hanged in Carlisle, Jj Penn., for murder. John- Cabbebbt, of Newark, N. J., died after thirteen weeks of suffering from hiccough. John T. McKawe, the ex-boss of Gravesend. was taken to Sing Sing (N. Y.) Prison. !n He was shaved and put in convict's garb. 1 ? ?- i? i.~?? xi^v iio is nenceiorm uu wm uc uvnu ? hu. third tier. The flvfl miners imprisoned by water neat Ashland, Penn., were rescued alive. Seven ? slate quarrymen were buried under a fall of id slate in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. One ?e was taken out dead and two were rescued ' fatally injured; the other four were given 19 up for dead. Fbaxcis Fbte, eighteen years old, living of at Green Lane, Penn., was drowned in the Perikomen Creek. His father was crossing )8 the ice and bad broken through. The son ts went to his rescue and succeeded in saving e- his father, but perished himself. >e In* New York City Ex-Bridge Policeman Lally pleaded guilty to electioneering wit lite in prohibited limits, and was fined $250, ly Michael S. Fay, the Republican Election In10 spector who connived at the Tammany 0 frauds with James J. Dooley, the Wigwam Inspeotor in Police Justice Divver's district, was sentenced to five years' imprison e ment. A number of others who pleaded 10 guilty were fined, and the bonds of several i- more of the election cheats were forfeited. The barrel mill of the Moosic Powder Com* pany at the village of Moosic, Penn., exploded with a force that was felt several , miles in every direction. The victims are t Thomas Weir, engineer, scalded to deathj " Wesley Stanton, died from wounds j Archie ' Dymond, badly burned. ie Lithuanians who were parading at Wilkesie barre, Penn., in celebration of a Lithuanian j. holiday, were stopped by the police and comle pelled to strip drapery from the American 0( flags they carried. ' d' James M. Bailey, the "Danbury News I y-' man," is dead. if] The police census shows that there are 1 J 56,676 unemployed persons in Brooklyn. j 11 Republicans won in the city and town i j.' elections in Maine. t Fritz Nolte shot and fatally wounded flf- t h teen-year-old Clara Freund in East New ' York, and then killed himself. H. C. Wiltshaw was arrested in Buffalo. 1 10 N. Y.. on a charge Of embezzling $82,000 1 ? from the United States National Bank, of | 1 J JNew iorK *Jicy, two years age. jj The residence of Mrs. Brophy, at Moshr. olu, N. Y., was burned to the ground. The . fire was caused by a lamp exploding. Mrs. .? Brophy and her grandchild were burned to death. They were both in bed at tha j_ time. it South and West. >' Thousands of men have been thrown out ? of work by the closing of the mines in the 9 Ohio coal district. j Natubal gas broke loose and did great n damage in Tiffin, Ohio. Pbisoneb3 in the Maryland Penitentiary n contributed $435 to the fund for the relief of the poor of Baltimore. >f A jttbt at Jacksonville. Fla., found James 0 J. Corbett not guilty of engaging in a prize s fight with Charles Mitchell. ? Mas. Alice Ireland, a society bride of Cin1 cinnati, Ohio, shot herself after spending a l" lortune and forging a note for $500. <5 . _ ? , H e hunters ioun<i JLen rye. a coiorea man, * . In the woods of Harlan County, Ky., with a 1 0 girl he had stolen, and it is alleged, skinned g him and let the girl start the fire that roasted s ^ him to death. t n Albert Moss shot three 'of the Coleman d family at Eugene, Col., because theysym- fl e pathized with his lather, with whom he had fi > quarrelled. y An attempt to Are another World's Fair J building, Chicago, resulted in the arrest of [ the supposed incendiary. 3 Columbian Countt, Obio, is bankrupt. * The treasury is empty and Treasurer Martin t has been compelled to stop payment of all ( orders for want of funds. -The courts will g '? be suspended until the treasury is replen f_* iabed. t A past of the business portion of Dead- t 0 wood. North Dakota, was wiped out by Are. a Thirty-seven buildings were destroyed, caus- \ r in? a loss of $200,000 on buildings and $125. c 000 on stock. ' _ . l I- Washington. 1 |? Thb number of national bank notes out- J ' standing during February was $207,334,183. J The total coinage at the mints during 1 February was $12,049,500 ; gold, $11,543,400. e 3, Secretary Herbert submitted te the Sen- e ate Committee on Naval Affaire abllltorthe ] d reorganization of the navy. The Carnegie Steel Company paid the ' ?" Government $140,48194 damages for not ' furnishing armor plates of the highest stand- 1 * ard. Bepresentative Dunphy wrote a letter ( from Washin^toa resigning from Tammany Hall, in which he denounced the fraudulent j election methods of its leaders, and said , Richard Croker tried to defeat the Wilson . Tariff bill. l? Gai.csha A. Grow was sworn in as Con- i Rressman-at-Large from Pennsylvania. . Thirtj--one years ago he was Speaker of the < House. i ^ Mrs. Cleveland gave a reception to the < bt Alaskan Esquimaux who are visiting Wash- i 3e ington. She was assisted ki entertaining 1 bt them by all the ladies of the Cabinet and a ( ?* number of children. The fur-clad strangers , n- were presented by Secretary Morton and j ?h Secretary Herbert, and during their visit 5. sang missionary songs, in which many of Mrs. Cleveland's party joined. The House amended the East River Bridge, New York City, act of 1887 so as to make the lowest part of the superetrusture of the bridge 135 feet above mean high water, et President Cleveland returned to Wash-y ington from his hunting trip. He killed flftyie two birds and is looking as it his outing had ie done him good. , of ?- Foreign. * ry> Wayne MacVeaqh, our Ambassador to * Italy, has presented his credentials in Rome. Mr. Gladstone, In the British House of 39 uommons, aaia tuu uuvuruuieui wuuiu null :ept the Peers' amendments to the Parish Councils bill, with the hope of soon revers- at iag them through an appeal to the country; the Radicals threaten to desert the Liberal (.1 Party unless a Commoner be chosen to sue- i ;.2 :eed Mr. Gladstone as Premier. es Brazil, in the midst of war, peacefully i he elected a Preside;.:, Vice-President and memds t>ers of Congress. i Mr. and Mrs. Gladstone arrived at "Windsor from London, and stayed over night at the castle. Mr. Gladstone had an audience with the Queen before dinner, and told her of hi? intention to retire from office. Queen Victoria expressed regret and offered him a ns peerage, which he declined to accept. The Brazilian insurgents were defeated at 2 ** Sarandl, with a loss of 400 killed and many nc. wounded; Senhors Moraes and Pereira, cani didates for President and Vice-President, respectively, received heavy majorities in Rio. lc* The Pope celebrated his eighty-fourth oirthday and the sixteenth anniversary of Id his coronation at Rome. iff The engagement of M. Patenotre. the _ j French Ambassador to the United States, and Miss Elverson, of Georgetown, D. C., was 0j announced. e's More than 300.000 persons joined in a deng monstration in Buda Pesth, in Hungary, in O. favor of the Civil Marriage bill. M, The Sultan of Morocco will pay Spain the 9r- full amount claimed?$4,000,000. The British Parliament was prorogued by j" _ a short speech from the throne. Tellow fever is killing many political ry prisoners in the crowded prisons of Rio h? Janeiro, Brazil. ? Italy's Foreign Minister said pleasant chings of America and Americana at a banaQ juet in Rome to ex-Minister Potter. ie- m tur Bbadsteet's report of embarrassed banks, bv classes and States, for the calendar year 1893, shows a total of 593 (exclusive of South in- Dakota) owing $170,000,000 and having :he $184,000,000 assets. Nearly one-third, or vil 193, have resumed business, liabitities havnr ing been only $66,000,000 and assets $95, he 000,000. The remaining banks, whose doors ive are still closed, number 406, the aggregate )Ud debts Deing $104,000,000 and assets $89,000,, 000.. MR, GLADSTONE RESIGNS. - T] LORD ROSEBERY SUCCEEDS AS THE ENGLISH PREMIER. ? The Grand Old Man Announced His ^ Determination to Retire at a Formal Dinner With the Queen?The Operation Which Made This Step frc Imperative. ' BOCD BOSEBEBY, At Queen Victoria accepted Mr. Gladstone's gr resignation as Prine Minister of England and t01 hen offered the Premiership to Lord Rose jerry, who consented to take the oCice. A cablegram from London says For the ne 'ourth and last time Mr. Gladstone has de- ce; ivered to his Sovereign the privy seal,which 3 the highest emblem of national au* a f hority, and, declining all honors of posiion and title, stepped back into the be anks as Enzland's greatest commoner, of iVhen the political strife and turmol! ( irhich the premature news of his retire- gii nent creates have subsided, English- Gc aon will turn to the more gracious duty po >f acknowledging the splendid services $2 ;o the country aid humauity now fin- ] shed. Long as Mr. Gladstone's with- Yo Irawal has been expected, the fact has some with the shock of a sudden catastro- un >he. His retirement marks the end of an >ra as the close of no other human career has lone, unoro is, rnereiore, a goou aeai 01 (onfusion and a pood deal of panicky talk ^ rhich still distract attention from Mr. ?tz Hadstone's personality. It was an imjresslve scene in the throne room at Windsor mi Jaatle. Ih a few day3 the country will 001 ealize that, after all, Mr. Gladstone has been r >romoted; that he has become, in a sense, Sti ?rime Minister emeritus, and that his lofty on alents are still available for his party and his pe lountry. The official announcement of the ret premier's resignation was not made until lrc lext day, and, of course, nothing will be al- lei owed to be made public of the details of his bo ast interview as Prime Minister with the cit Jueen. The American Ambassador enjoyed the rivilege of being a member of thu'memor- B tble dinner party at which Mr. Gladstone ?a3 the principal guest of the Queen on the jj ast evening of his Premiership. It is undertood, however, that the occasion was not addened by any allusions to the close of he career of the venerable statesman. The ceremonies were all of a formal charicter. The meeting of the Privy Council to la irrange for the prorogation of Parliament aj tad nothing to do with the Premier's resigtation. That ceremony took place at the r? >rivate audience with the Queen after the Jouncil dissolved. . It is wrongly announced that Lord Rose ery received a summons from the Queen tor he purpose of instructing him to form a J? Cabinet, that evening. This would have been i gross breach of royal etiquette, of which , he Queen would never be guilty. It was not intil Mr. Gladstone officially placed his resig^r? Hat. Mnioafv'a hanHa *hnt aho CAnf tn invitation to Lord Bosebery the man vho, all the world knew, would succeed his ihlef. p Lord Bosebery practicaliy finished the ask of Cabinet making on the evening of lis acceptance of the Premiership. He was g' iommissioned to do this, not in the U3U.\1 ? ^ay at an audience with the Queen, but by p he written command of Her Majesty, in a etter delivered to him by Sir Henry Pon- T lonby. The new Premier received the privy gj leal from the Queen's hands at Buckingham t{ Palace. \[ The only changes in the Cabinet were as . q 'ollows : Lord Kimberly relinquishes the Inlian Office and becomes Foreign Secretary. . tfr. Marjoribanks, chief Liberal whip, becomes Secretary for India. Mr. John Morley, ifter a long interview with the new chief, :onsented to remain Secretary for Ireland. . The Radical revolt against Lord Rosebery s rapidly dwindling in importance. Members , )i the Badical party declare that not more j, han two will join Mr. Labouchere in opposng the Government in a division in the obbies. . The operation to which Mr. Gladstone will * submit in a few weeks, the necessity of which was the principal reason for his sudien resignation, is one of the most common in modern surgery. It is painless, and with \ skilful operator is almost invariably sue- J. seasful. The patient is not anaesthetized, cocaine being used to render the eye insen- g lihlo It involves removing the natural lens from tho eye with the cataract. Its place is supplied by glasses of high magnifying power. Mr. Gladstone has been assured that after three to six wseks' confinement in pi a dark room he will find his eyesight equal io to all ordinary demands. Relying upon this hi assurance he will not resign his seat in d( Parliament, at present at least. p ANNAPOLIS'S CENTENNIAL, } tr The Place Has Been Maryland's Cap- d ItalforTwo Hundred Years. The "Athens of America," as Annapolis, ^ 5Id.. wa3 called while the Colonial Govern- ja ment flourished, celebrated its bi-centennial w as the seat of State Government. Two hun- c< dred rears .icro the caDital of the State o was removed from St. Mary's to An- 0: napolis. The city of St. Mary's was tt the oldest town in the colony of Maryland. gt founded in 1634. In sixty years there were e sixty houses erected. In Annapolis the first d playhouse in America was built. It pos- c< sessed certain other claims to distinction. In c 1845 Annapolis had, after nearly two hun- w dred years of growth, increased to 3000 in- b habitants. It how has about 7000 inhabi- u tants, exclusive of the Naval Academy con- p tingent. The city was in holiday attire. At 1 o'clock, p. m., the parade formed in three divisions. The city's officers. ex-Mayors, clerjry, legislative committees, public school ^ children, St. John's College cadets, United States marines, secret societies, firemen, and historical and patriotic societies were in the procession. At 4 o'clock exercises under direction of St. John's College were given at ?' the Masonic Opera House. Historical ad- tc dresses were interspersed with national ^ music. _( At night Thomas S. Baer presided over the ^ meeting on the part of the city and State in the Hall of the House of Delegates. Elihu , S. Riley, the local historian, read a paper, K and Professor Alfred P. Dennis, of Princeton ^ College, delivered the oration. The day of pleasure concluded with a masquerade parade, in which Lord Baltimore j and other colonial characters appearad. It ' was followed by a charity ball at the Assembly Booms. w TIE BIBLE A SAFE CHART. j? Annual Presentation to the West j.' Point Graduating Class. A committee representing the American ? Tract Society presented a teachers' Bible to 0 each member of the graduating class at the h West Point (N. Y.) Military Academy from " the fund for this purpose, which is under the j care of the society. u The cadets were all gathered in theohapel. ^ and the presentation was made by ltev. David J. Jiurroll, of the Collegiate Reformed Church, of New ifork City, who, speaking ol p the defective charts of the wrecned Kear- ? sarge, said {hat the Bible was a safe chart to ^ go by. PROMINENT PEOPLE. The President's Private Secretary, Mr. lurber, Is greatly admired In Washington. The death of Joseph Keppler, of Puck, moves one of the world's greatest cartoons. Queen Lillioukalani's father was a barr in Honolulu, and a good one, so they y. 8ib Charles Russell, the famous English torney, has an income of $100,000 a "year jm his practice. The father of President Sandford B. Dole, the Hawaiian Provisional Govertiment, is a chairmaker in Maine. Mies Maud Boubke, of California, is to *rry Prince Poniatowski. She has $20,000,0 and he has a Polish title. "Little Lobd Fatjntleboy," son of Mrs. ancis Hodgson Burnett, has grown old ough to enter Harvard College next fall. Mrs. Elliott F. Shepard, of New York ty, is endeavoring to carry out every enrprise that her late husband was interested Nobma.k L. Monroe, the millionaire book iblisher, died at New York City after an eration for the removal of the vermiform pendix. Queen Victoria has returned from the le of Wight to Windsor, seemingly more able than usual. Abthub Balfour, the British political ider, occupies his leisure with investigate of hypnotism and other subjects of ycbical research. Cosobessman Cockbell, of Texas, a brothof the Senator from Missouri, is the bigst man in the House. His voice is about large as his physique. The portrait of Mrs. Harrison presented the Government by the Daughters of the nerican Revolution, has been hung in the een room of the White House, WaahingQ. Mas. Pbiscilla Spooneb, of Kent, Ohio, 10 was one of the little girls that formed a procession at George Washington's fural. celebrated her 100th birthday reQtly. Empebob William, of Germany, is giving jreat deal of attention to the subject of bijtallsm, and is bringing all his Influence to ar to prevent a further decline in the price silver. Colonel William F. Cody (Buffalo Bill) pes as his reason for refusing to run for >vernor of Nebraska that he does not prose to exchange an income of $200,000 for COO a year. Ex-Senatob Thomas C. Platt, of New >rk. is an Indefatigable worker. He is at > office until 4 o'clock every day and not til after that hour does he give his attenn to political matters. ^hables F. Manderson, the Philadelphlan 10 represents Nebraska in the United ites Senate, and Clinton Furbish, Chief of j Bureau of American Republics, look so ich alike that people in Washington are iltiuuttiiy miskctiuxig vuc xui i.uo uiuoi, The Mayor of Philadelphia, Edwin 8. iart, keep9 one of the mo8t famous seed-hand book stores In the world and is rsonally a collector of rare old books. He :ently came into possession of a law book >m Washington's library. Ex-Mayor Fit-' , of the Quaker City, is also a collector of oks. His specialty is old directories of the y of Philadelphia. IGr TEMPERANCE CEUSADE. esigned to Unite All Countries in a War Against Vice. The World's Women's Christian Tempertee Union has been preparing during the st seven years a monster polyglot petition jainst the traffic in alcohol, opium and gainst legalized vice, to be presented to all ie Governments of tne world. Lady Henry Somerset and Miss Willard ive been appointed as the deputation to invey this petition to the different Governents. The petition itself has now reached ie unprecedented length of more than two illic/n signatures, and witb the attestation ! certain great societies not less than three illions. A first-class steamer is to be immediately lartered, and a party of 100 will be organed to accompany Lady Henry Somerset id Miss Willard in this remarkable crusade. I r. Lunn has arranged with William Pipe, te Chairman's Secretary of the World's Pariment of iteligions, to act as Managing jcretary to this expedition and to accominy the party around the world. The crusade will commence at the annual mvention of the World's Women's Christian emperance Union, to be held in the United :ates- next October. The American delegaon will then proceed to Washington, where le polyglot petition will be presented to the overnment. Leaving New York on October 24, the merican contingent will join the British >ntingent. The crusaders' steamer will ave London on Saturday, November 3, arving at Naples on Monday, November 12. visit wril then be paid to Rome, Athens, srusalem, Cairo, all the principal cities of idia. Ceylon, Siam, Australia, China and ipan. The eastward circuit of the world will be impleted by a journey across the Pacific. : is intended at a later date to present the etition to the Northern and Central Govmments of Europe. IONS IN SALT LAKE CITY. [eavy Snows in Mountains Have Furnished Good Gunning. Mountain lions, ravenous with hunger, rowllng about the streets of a city of 65,000, [habitants, ia the unusual spectacle that as created consternation among the resi. ents of outlying portlous of Salt Lake City, tah, the past few days. These lions, as ?11 rtAWAf/ifl rvffior TiriM nnimfiU hflVA ull oo vvjvico uuu vvu?.ft t? . sen driven down from the mountains by exaordinary snows. The lions are becoming very bold. Tuesay workman on a boulevard in the northern art of the city saw two large lions walking (isurely up the hillside. It was subseuently discovered that they had killed a irge horse and half devoured the carcass, hlch was later discovered near the city jmetery. The other day a large lion came down out t the City Creek canyon, within four blocks f the business portion of the city, and otted witn a bewildered air through the reets to the eastward. He did not offer to lolest any one and his right of way was not isputed. Two hunters a few days ago rejived special permission Irom the City ouncil to kill iions in the Creek canyon, ithln the city limits, and the next day rougbt in the carcass of a beast that measred nine feet in length and weighed 300, ounds. KILLED ONE KEEPER, . Convict's Desperate Attempt to Escape From Prison. A desperate attempt was made to breatt it of the New Jersey State Prison at Tren? in by John Malwitz, a twenty-year prisoner, ho was brought from Union County three jars ago. In attempting to escap9 Malwitz lot and killed Keeper James Lippincott. Malwitz escaped from his cell oy sawing lur of rtie iron bars through. He took eeper James Walters unawares, attacked tm, overpowered him and then bouud him ist so he could not move. Walters, how* irer, managed to give the alarm, and Keeper imes Lippincott heard him and .'iiiicxly ime to the resr.ue. Malwitz grabbed Talters's revolver and <vn-?red Lippincott ith the weapou. Lippincott drew ais own jvolver and ordered Malwitz to surron lor. [alwitz and Lippincott exchanged shots. Ippiacott w:is saotswico in ttwi baok during 10 fusilade of shots that followed. lis w.u illod instantly. The uoise of the shooting aroused tin thor keepers and thoy hurrio.1 in. With lieir drawn pistols In their hanb they vcrawod Malwitz and succeeded in taiciu^ is pistol from him. Then they locked hiui ,p in another cell. It was discovered that lalwitz had been shot ill the Ilea I by one of [oeper Lippincott's bullets, but w.is uot ladiy hurt. The prison physician dressed lis wouud. The assessed valuation of Boston, Mass., rc perty for 1893 was $1,138,348,917 ; the anual assets, $75,881,547 ; number of polls retried for assessment, 145,211. A TERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ;A FARMER KILLS HIS WIFE d AND CHILD'S MURDERERS. d ir A Bloody Fight In the Night at Franklin Park, N. J.?Colored Burglars Slay the Woman and Her Infant With an Axe?The ^ Frenzied Husband's Revenge. There was a fearful tragedy early a few mornings ago at Franklin ~ Park, a small town six miles from New Brunswick. N. J. ^ Two colored men bent on robbery, entered P the house of Moore Baker, a prosperous far- n mar. a Being discovered by Baker's wife, tbey 0 killed her with an axe and slew her sixteenmonths-old baby. The husband awakening, tl was also attacked. He secured the weapon a from the burglar, and after cleaving the skull of one, shot and killed the other. M The colored men were Willard Thompson a and Benry Baker. Both were young. Thompson worked on J. D. G-arrettson's farm near the Baker homestead, and Baker, who prob- fl ably had the family name bestowed upon t him, had been with the Bakers since boyhood. The colored man Baker knew that Farmer d Baker kept a considerable sum of money in a bureau drawer in his bedroom. He informed Thompson, and the two planned a robbery, v Entrance to the Baker houss was forced fl through the cellar door in the rear. The c burglars went up into the kitchen and can tiously tiptoed up the rear stairway in the 1 bedroom where the money was supposed to t be kept. 0 Mrs. Baker, hearing the stairs oreak, got out of bed. She went to the bedroom door and cautiously opened it. The burglars ap- ii proached Thompson, who was in advance, n carrying an axe in his hand. Before he could utter a word Mrs. Baker gave a piercing s scream. I In an instant Thompson was upon her. ^ With one blow the axe cleaved through the woman's skull, scattering brains and blood in every direction. C Thompson then jumped for the bed. The axe again descended, this time into the body , I of the baby, and it. too, was killed instant- 1 ! ly. His wife's cry of terror had awakened I Baker, and he, realizing the state of affairs, a jumped at Thompson with bare hands. . Thompson swung his axe and the sharp blade clipped off the farmer's nose. Baker then closed on the fiend, and a terrible struggle d ensued for the possession of the nxe. To and T fro the men struggled. The sharp axe cut 1 the hands and bodies of both men and blood t flowed from a dozen wounds. a Finally by a desperate effort Baker socured possession of the weapon. Thompson turned to flee, but Baker rushed upon him e and buried the axe in the murderer's brain. t The other colored man who had been ^ standing by in open-mouthed terror, turned and fled as soon as he saw Thompson fall. Baker hurled the axe after him, but mi9sed. 8 Bushing into another room he snatched up a shotgun. The white man caught his namesake in tho c rear yard. Both charges blazed from the barreis of the shotgun, and the colored man fell mortally wounded. He lingered until c 6 o'clock a. m., when he, too, died. t Moore Baker was badly wounded in the desperate straggle with Thompson, and it was feared that he, too, might die if he had ? been injured internally. Mrs. Baker was the daughter of Andrew W. Evans, of Franklin Park. Ho was a well g to do farmer. She was one of the belles of Somerset County. c Two years ago she married Moore Baker, t and one child, Gertrude, blessed the union. The Bakers occupied a handsome Queen Anne cottage of about ten rooms. William ^ Thompson was big and burly and of forbid- j ding appearance. He was about eighteen / years old. Henry Baker was twenty-two ytiare old., A FAMOUS KANSAN. I Mary E. Lease, the Popular Populist ^ Female Orator. MARY E. LEASE. Mrs. Mary E. Lease, the female orator ' whose husband keeps a drug store in Ate hi- 1 son, Kan., is now making a tour ot the East. ' engaged in a Populist propaganda. Sho r3cently delivered an address before a crowded audience in Cooper Union, New l'ork City, and made a good impression. MORAES'S ELECTION. The Republican Candidate Chosen ( President of Brazil.' Senhor Mendonca, the Brazilian Minister | to the United States, received a cablegram j from the Minister of Foreign AlTairs, read- I ing: "The election wa3 tranquil throughout, ! resulting in the election by a largo majority , of Dr. Prudente de Moraes as President and j of Dr. Manoel Viotorino Pereira as Vice-Pres? ( ident. ' These were the candidates of the Republican (or Constitutional) party. < Speaking of the successful candidates, the , Minister said that the newly-elected President was of an energetic disposition, but j mild, almost gentle, in temperament. He is , about fifty years ot age, a native of the StatH ( of San Paulo, which is represented in the ( Imperial Parliament, after having served a , term as its Governor, being elected as au avowed Republican. The Minister was a fel- j low student ?f Moraes at law school in their younger days. I Dr. Periera, the Vice-President elect, wa3 born in Bahia, and was a member of the faculty of a medical college there until the establishment of the Republic in 1890, when he entered politics and wa3 elected to the Senate. Senhor Mendonca said the term of new officers will not begin until November 15 nexc, but if the best interests or the country | seem to demand it, President Peixoto may | resign in favor of De Moraes when Congress meets on May 3. ' CAPTAIN WILSON'S FATE. !1 The Bones of Thirty-three Men Found i Within a Radius of Klfty Feet. <. A trailer from thfj Shangani Kiver District, in South Africa, who has arrived at Bula- * wayo, says that he found within a radius of fifty feet, at a point where the party under ' command of Captain Wilson is supposed to I ^ have made their last stand before being ' massacred by the Matabeles, the hones of ; thirty-three men. The trader and his party gathered the bones together and buried ' j them. 1 Late advices say that King Lo Bengula died on January 23. His followers, it is said, are trooping to Bulawayo with the intention I of laying down their arms. Great anxiety is I expressed hy them to know where they are i to live and who is to assume the burden of t the support of tho late King's wives and a ohildren. i . r LATER NEWS, JtrLros C.'e.sab Ltjllet, Secretary of tha queduct Board and one of the clerk* of the emocratic State Committee, committed sulde in New York City by shooting himself l the head. He was a bachelor. The new battleship Indiana left Philadelhla for her preliminary trial trip. Moore Bakeb disposed of the relics of the aadruple tragedy in his house at Franklin ark, N. J., for exhibition in a museum in ew York City. In the charter elections of many towns in ew York State the Republicans made lmortant gains. The regular Democrats carled Troy. Charges of flagrant "repeating" re made, one man was killed and three thers shot at the polls. A Coney Island mob, headed by some of le men who were indicted with McKane, ttacked the citizens of Gravesend, N. T., rho were organizing a reform movement, nd drove them out of a hali. Ei-Pbesidint Habbi;ox delivered the ret of his lectures before the Stanford [Diversity, in Menlo Park, Cal. A ctcLOKE near Rich Hill, Mo., did great am age, Jacob Dunsmobe, a restaurant keeper, rent to his home in St. Joseph, Mo., and, ndinsr the doors locked, started to break in. ieorge Hair, a gambler, who was in3ide witb >unsmore's wife, thrust out a pistol, fired wo shots, both piercing Dunsmore's heart, nd he fell dead. Secbetaby Herbert took pleasure in signig the papers which added to the navy a iew ship named after the capital of his own tate. He sent a letter to the Columbian ron Works in Baltimore, formally accept* ag the Montgomery, and directing the buildrs to deliver her as soon as possible to the government at the Norfolk Navy Yard. The Senate in executive session confirmed tie Philadelphia nominations erf John B. lead as Collector, P. Gray Meek as Surveyor, nd General St. Clair Mulholland as Pension Lgent. Secretary Mobtox has just added a new livision to the organization of the Weather Sureau, namely a division to be devoted to he subject of "meteorology in its relation to .gricultural soils." The object of the divison sball be to study the climatic conditions >f heat and moisture under the surface of he ground, and the relation of these conlitions to crop productions. The ice blockade on u-rana Hirer caused erious floods in Canada. Another revolution, it is said, has broken >ut in Costa Bica. Lobd Bosebebt took possession of the ?fflcial residence of the British Prime Miniser in Downing street. The battleship Indiana made a satisfaeory preliminary trial trip off Philadelphia. The new Durkee building in course of contraction in Stoneham,Mas3.,fell with a crash, ausing t he death of Nathan Loud, seventywo yoars old, and injuring several others. John Y. Hallock was arrested in New fork City on the charge of having embezzled '65,000 from the firm of Theodore Pabst <Sc 3o. At Goodwin, Ark., J. T. Walker, Postqaster, was shot and killed by Owen Hensey, of the same place. General Brooke, United State3 Army, tas issued an order in Omaha, discharging Captain Bay's celebrated company of Inlians. The President sent another installment o) lawaiian correspondence 1o Congress. Alj luiet at Honolulu and no Chinese uprising ixpresses the substance of the letters. President Cleveland has promised to reriew the Knights of Pythias at their triennial mcampment in Washington next August. General Schofleld has consented to inspect he Knights. This is the first time the Presilent and the commanding General of the \.rmy have so honored such an organization. The encampment will begin August 27 and ast three days. The Japanese elections have resulted in a ,-ictory for the liberals, who gain twenty leats and a defeat of the anti-foreign policy )f the opposition. A 3ebiou8 flght between Portuguese troops ind English marines and sailors has taken jlace on the Zambesi Biver, in Africa. Admiral Ben-ham has transferred his flag jack to the San Francisco to let the New Fork leave the harbor of plague-ridden Bio, Brazil, for awhile. Ambassador Bayabd, speakinp at a banquet given by London's Lord Mayor, said :hat no other two nations are held together by such a tie as binds England and the ( United States. SOUTHERN COTTON MILLS. Growth of the Industry?North Carolina In the Lead. The location of every cotton mill in the South, with the number ol spindles and looms in each, is published in the Manufac:urers' Record in an article which states that in 1880 the South had 161 cotton mills, with 367,854spindles. By 1890 they'had increased in number to 255 mills, with 1.766,553 spinJles. The South now has 406 mills, with 2,763,879 spindles and 62,052 looms. In adiition to this the mills projected will have between 50,000 and 75,000 spindles. The in:rease in spindles last year was over 200,000. North Carolina leads in the number ol spindles, with 655,000 in operation in 1894, while South Carolina leads in looms, with 16,200. North Carolina has the largest number of mills, but as the majority oi them are small, the aggregate number of their spinlies exceeds South Carolina's by only 34,000. Georgia comes third on the list with 556.000 spindles. The capital invested in cotton manufacturing in the South has increased from $21,976,713, in 1880, to . 597.000,000 in 1894. Thirty-two mills have reported their dividends for 1893, the average oelng 8.8 per cent., In addition to which most of them laid aside a surplus for repairs or extensions. Two mills paid twenty per cent., one eighteen per cent., while the others rauged from tweiv* <md a hall to four per cent. FOUR MINERS KILLED. \ Shelf of Rock Fell Upon Them In a Scranton Shaft. Four men ol a gan? of mine shaft sinkers irtve killed in the Richmond shaft, in the lorthern part of Scranton, Penn. The acciieat was caused by the fail of a shelf of rock rom the side oi the shaft, near the bottom, iu'1 a consequent explosion of a blower ot Tao victims are. Thomas Ho'.wiil, : a,urge man, burned to death : I'ichard Hughes, twenty-seven years oid; James S'ortheru. twenty-nine years old; Albert Kichards, twenty-four years old. All were liugle but Holwill, who leaves a wife and -hilil. They had been warned of the loosened rock. The new Congressional directory spells the lame of the recentlv-eleoted Senator from Mississippi "Abseluni" J. McLaurin. That ? an error, as his name is Anselum," and le is popularly known throughout his State j) "Ance." He haa seven brothers and seven laughters. IOWA'S NEW SENATOR, Career of John Henry Gear, Elected to Succeed Wilson. J0H1KSNSY QEA.B. John Henry Gear, ex-Goveraor of Iowa,' was elected United States Senator by the! Legislature of Iowa in joint session on January 17. He la a native of New York State, and was born in Ithaca on April 7, 1825. In' 1843 he became a citizen of Burlington. Iowa,, engaging in mercantile pursuits, anj^ecame known in political circles, being one of th? original members of the Republican party is Iowa. He was elected Mayor of Barllngton in 1863, and served as a member of the lows House of Representatives during tka Fourteenth, Pifteenth and Sixteenth General Assemblies of th* Stats. During the last two terms (1874-6) he acted as Speaker. In 1878 Mr. Gear was elected Governor ol his adopted State, and again in 1880 *?; ?1 chosen to succeed himself for a second term. He then was elected as a Representative froor the First District of Iowa to the Fiftieth and also Fifty-first Congresses. He was a candidate at the next election, but was beaten, and" later was appointed by President Harrison to be Assistant Secretary of the Treasury. H? was again elected to represent his district in the Fifty-third Congress. He was a membec of the Ways and Means Committee in the Fifty-first Congress, and is credited with b* ing the author of the free-sugar clause in the Mc Kin ley bill. During his service as Governor he won the title of "Old Business," and as a tribute to his stanch adherence to the principles of protection he was referred to iq thespeech placing htm in nomination as *'the McKtnley of Iowa." TALMAGE WILL STAT.. ??? \ He Announces the Decision HU ron9T?(?at,lnn. - Dr. T. De Witt Talmage has again changed his mind in regard to his resignation of the* pastorate of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Before he began the morning sermon on the twenty-fifth anniversary of his pastorate he told the congregation that he had a few words to say to it. He then read the letter which the Board of Trustees had sent him asking him to reconsider his intention of resigning. The letter. Is as follows Brooklyn, March 3,1894. Rev. T. D. Witt Talmage, D. D.: Deah Pastob We hereby earnestly request that you will reconsider your intention to resign as pastor of the Tabernacle. We feel the life of the churoh depends upon your remaining with us. The financial exigency that arose from the necessity of building three immense churches has been removed. We have reduced the debt by subscriptions, and have made an arrangement by which the remaining bonds against the church will give us no more perplexity. Vrehavea property worth $200,000 over all our Indebtedness ; our income will exceed our outgo, t?r.i with continued confidence in generous responses from our vast congregations we believe the remaining debt will in due time be extinguished, and that you will have nothing to interrupt your work in the future. Again requesting that you will remain with us, we are, yours, etc., the Board of Trustees. Leonard Moodt. President. Theodobe D. Dimok, Secretary. He then read the following reply : Bbooklyh, March 4, 1894. Dear Brethren ef the Board of Trustees of the Brooklyn Tabernacle: Your urgent letter is at hand. I had fnlly resolved to resign my position, not only because twenty-five years of Brooklyn pastorate will soon have passed, but because of the financial entanglement resulting from a series of disasters which would nave crusnea any bank or insurance company, or worldly institution. Now, by the blessing ot God upon your management, our ohurch is put out of all embarrassment, and I believe it has seen its last crisis. Persuaded by what I hear from all sides, and after seeking Divine direction, I now and here declare my intention to remain your pastor. What I have suffered at the anticipation of parting from this noble and devoted flock, and from expected removal from this beloved city, in whose affairs I have always been deeply interested, no one can estimate. And now with more faith and high expectation than I ever bad at any previous point in mr ministry, I join you in a new campaign for God and the world's betterment. Yours, etc., T. De WittTalhaqx. After the applause whi:h greeted this had talnrtqflffl /mnhnilari UiOU airaj, iUl. laiuin^u ' In June I will leave for aa absenee until autumn in Australia and India, but any place will be occupied by distinguished ministers of the Gospel of America and Europe, so that the church will be as much thronged during my ao3ence as during my presence". ATTEK THE FAIR, i The Closing Up of the Great Show is About Completed. Nearly all of the employes at the World's Fair at Jackson Park, Chicago, have been discharged. The working force has been re duced from time to time during the last six weeks until nobody was left but the clerks in General Manager Graham's office, three companies of Columbian Guards and several hundred men in the mechanical department and a lot of clerks who were soiling furniture and other salvage?perhap3 600 in all. All of thes? have been dropped but General Manager Graham's men and the Columbian Guards. "The work is all over, and the big book ia about to be closed," said President Higinbotharn, as he signed the pay rolls laid before him. "We are ready to abandon Jackson Park, the scene of our labors for three years, and bring the few people still on our salary list uptown and concentrate our efforts in the direction of settling the odds and ends of the great Exposition. "Mr. Graham will remain at the park a short time. His clerks will attend to the sale of what salvage is left?very little, I am told, as most of our floating property ha? been disposed of. In a few weeks at the utmost we will linally close the records of our office. * 1 am more than gratified," said Mr. Higinbotham, "by the results of the last four months' work. The success of settling rhe affairs of the Exposition is no less remarkable in its way thai) tue success of the Fair. Itself." TO THE SPIRIT WOEID. Behanzin Kills Ills Mother to Carry News to His Father. A despatch from Dahomey, Africa, says that Kin,* Behan'.in, oa the eve of his surrender. summoned his widowed mother, aad. after teiliaj her of his iateatioa to submit t<? the French, said he must first inform his father, and would therefore have her take hiai a message. Behanzin thereupon ordered that hia mother be beheaded, and, smoking a pipe, calmly looked ca while the atteudanca dee.ipitated her.