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If TfflH WlHimili THE TEXT OF THE CONVENTION LATELY NEGOTIATED. The Two Governments Desire to Cooperate In Prohibiting the Immigration of Undesirable Chinese La borers?The Provisions Concerning Americans Residing In China. ? J 1 -1 nAMAftAfa/1 fvonffl XUtt IOAI U1 IUO reucuilj UC^UIlatcu uuut; With China was made public at Washington with n view to checking the formation ol opinions about its provisions based on the more or less incomplete and inaccurato reports that have appeared in the newspapers. It is: Whereas, on the 17th dav of November, A. D., 1880. and of Kwanghsii, the sixth year, the tentn moon, fifteenth dav, a treaty was conoluded between the United Stales and China forthe purpose of regulating, limiting, or suspending the coming Chinese laborers to and their residence in the United States; and, Whereas, the Government of China, in view of the antagonism and much deprecated and serloos disorders to which the presence of Chinese laborers has given rise m certain parts of the United States, desires to prohibit the emigration of such laborers from China to the United States; and, Whereas, the two Governments desire to co-operate in prohibiting such emigration, and to strengthen in other ways the bonds of friendship between the two countries; and. YYIierO&9, lilt) IWU uvvoiuuiuuko ?iw uvsirous of adopting reciprocal measures for the better protection of the citizens or subjects of each within the jurisdiction of the other: Now, therefore, the President of the United 8tates has appointed Walter Q. Gresbam, Secretary of State, as his, Plenipotentiary, and His Imperial Majesty the Emperor of China has appointed Tang Yu, Officer of the Second Bank, sub-director of the Court of Sacrificial Worship and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleninotentiary, and the said Plenipotentiaries havuig exhibited the resistive full powers, found them to be in due lortn and good form, have agreed upon . . the following articles: A ride 1. The high contracting parties! agrn<i that for a period of ten years, beginnluc with the date of exchange of ratification of this convention, the coming, except un ier conditions hereinafter specified, of Chinese laborers shall be absolutely prohibited. Artiole2. The preceding article shall not, apply to the return to the United States of any registered Chinese laborer who has a lawful wife, child or parent in the United States, or property therein of the value of tlOOO or debts of like amount due him or pending seiuomcui. novcilactoo?, v?u*j such Chinese laborer shall, before leavinuthe, United 8tntee, deposit, as a condition of his return, with the Collector of Customs of the dlntrict from whloh he departs, a fall description in writing of his family, or property, or debts, as aforesaid, and shall be jurnished by said collector with such certificate of his right to return under this treaty as the laws of the United . States may now, or hereafter, prescribe. and not inconsistent with the provisions of this treaty; and should the written description aforesaid be proved to ? be false the right of return thereunder, or of the continued residence, at th?ir return, shall in each case be forfeited. And 9ach right of return to the United States shall be exercised within one year from the cVate of leaving the United States; but such rl?l>t of return to the United States may be extended for an additional period, not to exoeed one year, in oases where, by reason of -Uirnaaa a? AtKnp Annan r\f HlflflWHfr hA. yond his oontroL each Chinese laborer shall be rendered unable sooner to retarn?which facts shall be fully reported to the Chinese Consnl at the port of departure and by him oertifled to the satisfaction of the collector of the tort at which such Chinese subject shall land in the United States; and no suoh Chinese laborer shall be permitted to enter the United States by land or sea without producing to the proper offloer of the customs the return certificate herein required. Article 3. The provisions of this convention shall not affect the right, at present enjoyed; of Chinese subjects, being officials, teachers, students, merchants or travelers for curiosity or pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to the United States and residing therein. To entitle such Chinese subjects as are above described to admission into the United States they may produce a certificate from their Government, or the Government where they last resided, vised by the diplomatic orconaularrepresentatlveofthe United States in the country or port whence they depart. It is also agreed that Chinese laborers shall oontinue to enjoy the privilege ot transit across the territory ol the United States in the course of their jour neytoor from other countries, subject to such regulations by the Government of the United States as may be necessary to prevent said privilege of transit from being abused. Artiolo 4. In pursuance of article S of the Immigration Treaty between the United States and China, signed at Pekin on November 17, 1880, it is hereby understood and agreed that Chinese laborers, or Chinese of any other class, either per manently or temporarily residing in th< United States, shall have for the protectioz of their persons and property al rights that are given by the Jhws o the United Statos to citizens of tb? most favared nation, excepting the right t( become naturalized citizens. And th< Government of the United State* reaffirms Its obligation, as stated in said article 8, tc exert all its power to secure protection tc the persons and property of all Chinese sub Jects in the United 8tates. Artlole 5. The Government of the United States, having by act of Congress, approved May 5, 1892, as amended by act approved Hay 5, 1893, required all Chinese laborer! Awfully within the limits of the United 8tates by the first named act to be registered ai in said acts provided,with a vlewofaffordint . them better protection, the Chinese Govern ment will not object to the enforcemeni of such aets and reciprocally the Gov einment of the United States recognize the right of the Government of China t< enact and enforce similar laws or regu lations for.the registration, free of charge of laborers, skilled or unskilled (no merohants, as defined by said_ act: of Congress), citizens of tbe Unlte< States in China, whether residing within o: without treaty ports. And the Governraen of the United States agrees that within t welvi months of the date of the exchange and rati flcatlon of tbis convention, and annuall; thereafter. It will i*arnish to the Govern ment of China registers and reports: showing the fall name, age. occupation and number o the place of residence of all other citizens o the United States, Including missionaries residing beth within and without treaty port of China, not including, however, diplo matte and other officers of the United State residing In China upon official business, to getherwith their body and household ser rants. Article 6. Tills convention shall remain it force foe a period of ten years, beginnlnj with the dote of the exchange of ratifications and If. six months beiore the expiration o the said period of ten years, neither Govern ment shall formally have given notice of iti termination to the other, it shall remain li !? lull for'ce for another like period of tej years. Signed in duplicate, this 17th day o March, 1894. Walter Q. Gbesham. Yaxo Yp. PLUCKY FARMER HALL. Cut He Gave Up $5000 After Losinj Both Hands and an Ear. . Basil D. Hall, a rich farmer and lane owner at Great Bend, W. Ya.. recently sold .* farm for $5000 in cash, which he kept it concealment about the house. Thieve entered his house and threatened to kil Hall if he did not deliver that amount t( them. Hall told them he had sent hi money to the Bavenswood Bank, but the; tied him on a chair with ropes and then be gan to torture him by holding a burnini Lamp under the palms of his hands. Although they were burned to a crisp Hall refused to give up hls?money, and thei the robbers forced his head down over th lamp and fairly roasted one of his ears. The: Hall turned over the $5000 in money, alonj with a gold watch and other valuables. TEE NEWS EPITOMIZED. Eastern and Middle States. Both Houses of the New York Legislator > passed a blanket ballot bill, bat differs on the "pastor" feature. Justice Newton, of Gravesend, N. Y. concerned in recent election uiaiiuuoutcg plead guilty and was sentenced to nln months' imprisonment, and Constable Jamfc eon was found guilty of perjury. Membebs of the socalled "Democrat! Senate" in New Jersey joined the lawfu Senate; Governor Werts sent in severs judicial nominations which were confirmed Bridoeton, N. J.,was visited by a tornadc A large brick car shop, which had just beei | finished for the South Jersey Traction Com pany, was wrecked. Nearly all of the com i pany s cars were in the building and wer much damaged. Other property in the tow; was damaged. Sultana, the African lioness in Noah's Ar! Trained Wild Animal Exhibition, while ex hibiting in Brooklyn, gave birth to five cubE Mobe than $1,500,000 was paid to corpora tions of New York State by Comptroller Chapin, Wemple and Campbell as rebates oj interstate business under an erroneous in terpretation of the taxation laws. Bain spoiled New York's annual Easte parade of wealth and fashion in Fifth ave nue, and only a few persons dared the ele ments by appearing in their spring finery. Ex-Justice Richard Van Brunt Newton of Gravesend, N. Y,, who pleaded guilty ti violation of the Election law, began his nin months' term In the Kings County Peniten tiary. 1 Sixteen of the indio??d Gravesend (N. Y. election conspirators pleaded guilty, om pleaded not guilty and one was discharged This completes the list of MoKane's'indlctei henchmen. A. S. Jamieson, the convlctei Gravesend constable, was sentenced to eight een months in the penitentiary. Governor Werts vetoed one of the mos important racetrack repealers passed by th New Jersey Legislature. New York Custom House officers found i diamond bracelet concealed in a book o: Bible characters, intended as a wedding gii to Juliet Morgan, daughter of J. Plerpon Morgan. The authorities said it was smug gling. Mr. Morgan paid $450 duty and go the bracelet. William T. Zell, who as Treasurer of th Lehigh and Wilkesbarre Coal Company em bezzled more than $90,000 and abscondei last January, walked into Police Headquai tors, New York City, and surrendered. H says he played the races and is poor an< Borry now. South and TV"o?t. A fierce blizzard taged in the West am Northwest. Sheriff E. L. Hexeoan attempted to ai rest two men nAtnea Jtteea ana xvusaeu, sua pected of being professional safe robbers, a Eutaw. Ala. They resisted and opened fire which was returned by the Sheriff. Both o the supposed cracksmen were killed, an< Henegan was fatally wounded. A STEAiiEE reached New Orleans, La. bringing news that the British are still h possession of Blueflelds. A riBE near Norfolk, Ya., did damage t< the extent of $500,000. "Buft" Hiooins was hangeu at Chicagi for the murder of an old man. Coxey's "Army of the Commor, real' moved from Massillon, Ohio, to Canton eight milee; of the seventy-five men wh< started one-tnird dropped out before night The Colorado Supreme Court sharply con demned Governor Waite for calling out th< militia, and Denver feared he would carr; out his threat to attack the City Hall witl his 1000 armed deputies. Skow is drifted twenty feet deep fn Wyo ming. Fruit is killed in Southern Ulinoi and Indiana. The residenoe portion of Ford, a growing lumber village in Kentucky, has been wipei out by Ore. The Masonio Hall was first de stroyed and then the fire spread to othe buildings, destroying eight dwellings, on business block, a church and a saloon. The United States Government has selzei the Unaka tobacco works at Greenville Teon., lor violation of the Internal Kevenu laws. i Washington. Harvard University has asked the Wa Department for the detail of an army offl cer as Instructor in military science anc tactics. The department has selected Lieu tenant Wirt Robertson, of the artillery, wh< Will report at Boston tnis summer. Harvari will be the first of the large universities add ing military science to its course. Admiral Walker's assignment to the com mand of the Paoifio Squadron is interprets to mean that the United States proposes t( , occupy Pearl Harbor. W. T. Lm, of Texas, has been appolnte< ! Commissioner of Immigration for the porti > of Quebec, Point Levis and Halifax. ' Ambassador Paunceiots Informed Secre 1 tary Gresham that the British Governmen is prepared to negotiate a new modos vlvend with reference to seal poaching. . President Cleveland promised a delega Hnn nf Vlrdnlans tr> attend. if nossible. th dedication of the Mary Washington Monu I ment at Fredricksburg, Va., May 10. Hi . said he could not promise the attendance o . Mrs. Cleveland. Postmaster-General am , Mrs. Bissell and Secretary and Mrs. Smit! { have promised to attend. [ Several thousand children took part 1] i the annual egg-rolling festivities in the Whit > House, grounds. > 5 } President Cleveland suffers from an al ' tack of rheumatic gout. | Secbetaby and Mas. Lamont, Genen Batchelder, Dr. Bryant and wife and Cap . tain George W. Davis started for the Sout I from Washington. They are going alon | the Mexican frontier. ? 1 Foreign. J Students of Budapest mobbed thethf f atres which kept open while the city wa - mourning for Kossuth's death. The body c t Kossuth was burled at Budapest, and dl * not touch Austrian soil en route from Turk 3 Italy. ^ * ? ?" ? I ri a nVi n r/iVi ( /I JBUIXLB n<? CAJj/IVUOU tu n wuuivu * Grenoble, France, causing many wome ' and children to be injured in the panio whic J followed. 1 Five members of a wealthy Hebrew fam r ly in Smorgoni, Russian Poland, were mui t dered by peasants and then robbed. 9 Jean Mobeac. a farmer and his son, age - sixteen, were both instantly killed at Qu Ir bee, Canada, by the sudden fall of a tr< which they were chopping. It was feare I Mrs. Moreau would lose her reason in coi f sequence of the terrible shock, ' President Peixoto, of Brazil, has revive '? the imperial decrees authorizing the ex< 9 culion, without formal trial, of all rebe ' aud persons who have aided and abette ? them. Mobs of students and citizens were di persed by troops in Buda-Peeth; many sf aents were wounded; there was a lively d 1 bate In the Cbnmber of Deputies over a mi \ tion relating to Kossuth. I Thh Belgian Premier insisted on the resii . nation of himself and his Cabinet, despii 9 the King's urgent protest. l Six schoolgirls perished during a fire in l convent seminary at Laon, France. Admibal Mello has been proclaimed her f of tin insurgent Government at Desterr Brazil. He is reported to be determined i continue the struggle against President Pel oto. Bbazilian rebels captured a vessel oarr ing munitions of war for President Peixoti Aeboxaut Wilton went up in a carle ? balloon at Cannes, France, clinging to a rop lost his grip, fell 1500 feet Into the Medite ronean and wa3 instantly killed. i x Thibtt persons were killed by the explc sion of dynamite in Santander, Spain. . The Portuguese war ships, carrying A' miral da Gama and his staff of insurgei a Brazilian officers. arrived at Buenos Ayro * Advices from Berlin indicate that tl Kaiser, Emperor Francis Joseph and Kin y Humbert desire to induce the Cair to joi them in securing a reduction of the expend ture of European Governments for militai j purposes. 8 Socialist meetings were held in Belgiu a at which resolutions were passed demandlu g the abolition of royaltyandthe establishmei of a Bepublic. BANK CASHIER KILLED. * SHOT DOWN AT HIS DESK BY A DESPERATE CRIMINAL. '? e h Futile Attempt to Rob a Branch of the San Francisco (Cal.) Savings H Union by William Fredrlcks, an il Ex-Convict, Who Was Wanted L for Murdering Two Men. ' A man entered the branch office of the San n t. Franoisco (CaL) Savings Union at 9.30 a. m., i- and handed a note to Assistant Cashier A. 0 CTawUIf A ffoi- arQm{nlno? nnto MV TTop. a riok banded It back. The visitor then shot ^ Herrick dead. > The porter tried to disarm the murderer, ' who immediately turned his Are upon him, but missed him. The assassin fled from the 3 bank pursued by policemen and a crowd, a which had been attracted to the scene by the shots. He had only gone a short distance before he was captured. He gave the name r of Fred Borneman, and the police say he had just arrived from Denver. The note handed to Cashier Herrick was written in red ink. In it the murderer said that if he were not given money he would r? blow up the place with nltro-glycerine. On 0 the bottom of the note was drawn a skull 0 and orosa-bones. The first shot fired by the assassin went wide of its mark. Herriok reached for his ) revolver and shot, but missed his man. The 3 assassin's second shot took effect in thfe cashier's head, killing him instantly. C. E. 1 Melvin, the paying teller, shot twice at the 1 crank, wounding him. The cashier was thirty-flve years of age. The note which the crank handed to it Cashier Herriok road3 as follows: e "Mr. Cashier:, After considering mydeSlorable condition I am convinced that this fe is not worth living without desperate a means, and therefore I am resolved to make t one more effort to seek help to sustain my t miserable existence. Should you not comply with my demand, I'm compelled to employ t my last remedy?a bottle of nitroglycerine ?and to bury myself under the ruins of this building, blasted to everlasting nothingness. Yours respectfully, "A Despebatx Mas." When the assassin left the bank he jumped e Into a wagon and drove several blocks. 3 Finally he turned into a blind alley, and was forsed to abandon the wagon. He jumped i over a fence into a yard, and crawled into a j vacant lot. There the officers caught him. i When the prisoner was examined there I were found on him two forty-flve-calibre pis- < tols, a belt full of cartridges, a dirk knife, a < razor and a fuse such as is used to ignite dy_ namite. 1 t It was also found that Mr. Melvln had , aimed better than he thoaght. One bullet i f had out the murderer near the left eye, and 1 the other was lodged in the left shSulder. The police recognized In their prisoner i the notorious Fredericks, ex-convict, and a < ' desperate criminal, for whom the authorities throughout the State had been search- i ing for some time. Fredrlcks was 3 for a long time a confederate of I Chris Evans. He killed Sheriff Paa i 0 coe, subsequently killed Benjamin Bruce, a Northern Pacific brakeman, nnd ii is the man who supplied the arms to George I Sontag and his companions at the time they i ' made their futile attempt to escape from I prison. EBASTUS WIMAN. : r . 1 The Canadian Financier's Quick Rise ] and Downfall. } EEASTT9 WIMAN. Erastus Wiman, sometimes known as the 5 Duke of Statea Island," whoso recent arrest In Now York City and incarceration in tne "xoomos' OQIUB uuttrKtJ ui ivrgoijr yio- J t ferred by R. G. Dun <k Co., caused suoh a i 1 Btlr In financial circles, is in many respects a f remarkable man. - His parents were Americans who had ' e moved to Canada, and his birth in the Prov- ' ence of Quebeo made him by aocldent a < 9 British subject He began life in an hum- < t ble way and without education, but by dint i of industry and genius he acquired great h wealth, mostly in tho mercantile agency business, for ho was u partner of R. G. Dun i * Co. ' a About twenty years ago Mr. Wiman moved to New York and settled on Staten Island, which has become a popular residential and manufacturing suburb, mainly through ] .. his efforts. He has, also, been an enthusl- . astlc advocate of Commercial Union between this country and Canada, and to further that " project he has spent a large fortune. j Unwise land speculations caused his down- . fall, for, it is alleged, that when pressed for ] 8 money he forged the names of his business associates to notes aggregating $230,000, and J it is on this charge that ne was arrested and < released on ball ponding trlaL < ) M < ?i KILLED BY,DYNAMITE, d ' The Acme Works at Black's Run, Penn., Blown Up. a n The dynamite works of the Acme Powdei b Company at Black Boo, Penn., a mile and a half above Hulton, on the Alleghany Valley Bailroad, were destroyed by an explosion Five persons were killed and one was badlj - Injured. ? The works were blown to pieces and build^ tags in the vicinity of the works wrecked. windows broken and the people within a ^ mile of the works terrorized. Of those killed two were men and three women. The names of the dead are; Mollle Bamely, Nellie >d Bamelr, 8adle Bamely, William Arthur and b- Samuel Bamely. Mca. William Arthur was 13 badly Injured. The bodies of the dead were id terribly mangled. a The five killed were at work in the packs tag bouse. Mrs. Arthur, who was injured, a- was In a dwelling ho*?e near the works. The e- house was literally blown to pieces, and Mrs. 0. Arthur was found among the debris. At Logan's Ferry, a mile away, a brick block was badly damaged, and at Hulton, Oakmont and Verona houses were shaken. te Nothing remains of the works except one Bmall building. a The explosion is attributed to a workman entering the building with a light, contrary id to orders. There were 10,000 pounds of o, dynamite In the works. The loss was $15,to 000. The plant will be rebuilt at once. sr YELLOWSTONE IN DANGER. 0. 53 Hundreds of Ptrsons Have Started e? In on th9 Game. rWord just received from a winter photographing party, now in Yellowstone National Park, is to the effect that hundreds y~ have started In on the game in the Park. . There Is no law protecting the game in the ;I" Park. I at The herd of buffalo in the Park was ins* creasing rapid*/, sod there are thousands of ie elk within its boundaries. Unless Congress ' ig protects them it will be almost impossible to < In prevent their destruction. I ^ The improvement in porK paoking is in ' line with the country's general business re- ' m vival. In fact, this industry outranks all 1 L8 others in Increased business. Nearly twice ' it as many hogs are being paoked now as were j last spring at this time. 1 < / FIFTY-THIRD OONQBEBS, The Senate. 63d Day.?The Senate adopted a resolution expressing regret at the death o( Louis Kossuth, and tendering his family the condolence of the Senate. The Fortifications Appropriations bill was reported. ? Tne newspaper reports of the extent to which the illegal coining of siiver dollars is being carried on in Omaha, Neb.t was the foundation for a resolution, offered by Mr. snerman, directing an inquiry Dy tne j uaiciary Committee as to whether the existing statutes against counterfeiting were applicable to the case of simulated coins of equal weight and fineness to those Issued out of the Government mints. The resolution went over without action. The bill tor a site for the Government Printing Office was discussed, and an amendment for the acquisition of the Mahone lot was adopted?27 to 22. A motion to reconsider that vote was made. Mr. Hansbrough'8bill, appropriating $1,000,000 for the destruction and extermination of the Russian thistle, was then taken up and discussed. 64th Dat.?The 8enate adjourned out of respect to the memory of Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, after a very brief session. 65th Dat.?The funeral ceremonies of the late Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, took place In the Senate Chamber at 9 o'clock a. m., occupying only three-quarters of an hour, after which the Senate adjourned. 66th Dai.?The Chinese treaty was favorably reported by the Foreign Committee.? The Senate adopted a resolution asking Secretary Smith whether the sugar refineries complied with the law. A resolution abrogating the Clayton-Buiwer treaty was intro duced. The House. 81st Day.?-The House spent Ave hours In unavailing efforts to secure the vote of n quorum upon the motion to take up tho O'Nell-Joy contested election case. 82d Day.?The House voted an expression ot its regret at the death of Kossuth, the Hungarian patriot, and Instructed the Speaker to communioate to the family or the deceased the respectful sympathy of the House. The Military Academy Appropriation bill was passed.?The House then disposed of the WhatleyCobb contest from the Fifth Alabama District, confirming Cobb's title to his Beat. Bills were also passed protecting the Bed Cross Society in the use of its insignia, and appropriating 810,000 for tho further enforcement of the Geary Chinese Exclusion and Begint ration act. Mr. Patterson, after one attempt to muster a quorum, agreed to let the Joy-O'Neill case go over. The evening was devoted to the consideration of pension matters. 83d Day.?The House considered the Postoffice Appropriation bill, but did not dispose of it. An amendment setting aside 820,000 for free delivery experiments in rural districts was adopted; also one directing the Postmaster-General to report to the next Congress such measures as may be deemed practicable for extending the mail service to rural districts and their probable cost, and another authorizing the rental or purchase of stamp-cancelling machines. 84th Dat.?The House received the report of Secretary Herbert on the armor-plate rrauds at Carnegie's. After passing some bills of minor importance, upon the announcement of 8enator Colquitt s death, the House at 1 p. m. adjourned. 85th Day.?'The House spent the day filibustering over the attempt of the Elections Sommlttee to bring up the O'Neill-Joy contest. 86th Day.?The House adopted a rule providing for the disposal of two contested election cases, but the Republicans prevented final aotion on either by a filibuster. Mr. Bryan argued in support of his resolution for the popular election of Senators. ?0B ELECTION FBAUDS. Gravesend (N. Y.) Inspectors Son* tenced to Various Terms. In the Court of Oyer and Terminer, Brooklyn, Jadge Brown imposed sentence on sixteen more of the Gravesend men who violated the election laws, and who had pleaded juilty. The heaviest sentence was imposed upon Uichael P. Ryan, the Gravesend school prin:ipaJ, who was sentenced to six months in :he Kings County Penitentiary and to pay a Ine of $500. Frederick E. Sadder, jr., was senieaceu iu Ive months in the penitentiary and to pay a line of $500. Benjamin Cohen, the Coney Island saloondeeper, was sentenced to four months in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $500. William Lyons and Victor Bausenwein were sentenced to four months each in the penitentiary. No fine was lm posed in their cases. John W. Murphy, Morton Morris, John H. Brownhill and Conrad Steubenhord, Jr., were sentenced to the penitentiary for three months each. Oattetson Morris, W. J. Tattle. Nicholas L Johnson. John M. Conliffe, William H. Stefart, Harlan Crandall and James H. Crop?ly were sentenced to twenty-nine days in the county jail. Frank T. Clark, the Inspector who pleaded sot guilty, was discharged by Justice Brown ind tho Indictment against him dismissed at the suggestion of Deputy Dlstrlot Attorney aeneral Edward M. Sheppard. STAT FOB PKENDERGAST, rhe Murderer of Mayor Harrison Gets Relief F'rom Court. Prendergast, the murderer of Mayor Harrison, of Chicago, whose execution was axed for Good Friday haa been reprieved. Judge Chetlain, of the Criminal Court, granted a stay of execution in his case until April 6, in order that an examination as to tils sanity may be made. The stay was granted while a jury was being empanelled to decide upon his mental uondition- Before the stay was granted it was considered a race for a life. If the jury could be empanelled, testlmonv Introduced mid a verdict of insanity reached before 11 o'clock on the day of execution, Prendergast would be saved; it a verdict that he was jane were reacheid or if the proceedings were still in progress at 11 o'clock, Prendergast would have been hanged. Lieutenant-Governor G1U refused at 10 o'clock to grant a reprieve after Federal lodges had declined to Interfere. Meanwhile m Insanity trial was demanded, under the statutes, and after much discussion proceeded late In the evening. Finally near midnight a stay was granted as noted. GOVERNOR WAITE WINS. His Appointees to Denver Offices Authorized to Assume Their Duties. The rebuke of Governor Walte, of Colorado. by the 8upreme Court was not equalled In severity by the decision of Judge Glynn In the District Court upon the proceedings for contempt instituted by Police Commissioners Martin and Orr under the writ of injunction Issued by Judge Graham against Mayor Van Horn and the new members, Mulllns and Barnes. By tbia decision the injunction suit is dissolved upon the ground that It was illegally based, and the contempt suit was dismissed. The Court censured Martin and Orr for nrmlng men and placing dynamite In the City Hall to defend the hall from capture by the Governor after they had applied to the courts for an adjudication of their claims. Judge Glynn asserted that Mullins and Barnes were de facto and de jure entitled to the office, and that Martin and Orr had no color of title to the offices. The Governor is upheld at every point. This is a great victory for Governor Waite and his party. BI& WHEAT DEAL. The Largest Single Cash Transaction Ever Made, A big wheat deal was closed at Minneapolis, Minn., between the Peavey Grain and Elevator Company and the Plllsbury Washburn 'CoErpAny. The contract is for all the wheat now in store in the elevator system of the Psavey <k Co. elevators. The aggregate of the whole purchase is 250,000 bushels, and it is to be delivered iVithLn the next four months. The price is lot stated, but it is cash on delivery, and the iggregate makes it the largest cash deal ever nade In the Northwest and probably the argest ever made In this country. LATER NEWS. tfHE racetrack repealer was passed over the Governor's veto In the New Jersey Assembly at Trenton. c Great harm was done to fruits and early r vegetables In the Eastern and Middle States by frosts and freezing weather. ( Ti*cra T. Pinnr iv tha Phlrto cp/\ olorttrlrtlon uajiao ij. jjauuuait wuv viuvugv vtvv<uivuiu who was stricken with appendloltis In Pittsfield, Mass., died at the House of Mercy. Two days after his illnes3 developed Mr. Barclay underwent an operation, which was performed by a New York physician. Wznteb wheat In the West has been seriously damaged by fro3t, according to the crop expert of the Chicago Board of Trade. It was thought In Washington that criminal prosecutions In the armor plate scandals would bo the only effective method of bringing all the facts to light. A new modus vlvendi has been agreed upon between Great Britain and the United States regarding the seal fisheries in Bering 8ea. Insane, idiotic and permanently helpless children of dead soldiers are, by a decision of Assistant Secretary Reynolds, admitted to the pension roll under the law of 1890. Two thousand people out of work pillaged stores In San Lucar de Barrameda, Spain, and were quelled by the military with difficulty. Argentina has demanded an apology from President Peiioto for the capture of an Argentine vessel Geoboe Tickenob Cttbtis, one of the most eminent authorities on Constitutional law and the author of many legal works, died suddenly of heart failure In New York City. Thebe have been ten burglaries of country postofflces ot New Hampshire in two weeks. J Edith and Fayette Horton, children of Mr. and Mrs. John W. Horton, were burned ? to death in a hay loft at Montgomery, Ala. i They were playing wlthmatohes. They were 1 aged seven and five. ? Missoubi Populists have nominated a s State ticket. .1 Neably six inches of snow fell in Chicago } a few days ago. William Clttfobd, a letter eerier, was 1 shot and fatally wounded by Guy T. Olm- j stead, on ex-carrier, in Chicago. An attempt j was made to lynch the murderer. i Govebnor McKixley, of Ohio, addressed the Republican League of Minnesota at | Minneapolis. , i New Ygag physicians advocated in Wash- t ington, Defore the Committee on Commerce, the pastage of the bill establishing a National 1 Board of Health. Asbubakcm hate been given to United I States Ambassador Bayard that the British t Government will carry ont the findings of the Bering Sea Couft of Arbitration with all possible speed. Deaths from yellow fever in Bio, Brazil, 1 average seventy a day. Ftozbal services for Louis Kossuth were held In Turin, Italy, and afterward the body t was started on its way to Hungary. p SENATOB COLQUITT DEAD. I Never Recovered From an Attack of ^ ParalysU in 1892. J f lji njfcTi'.. r ^ j SENATOR A. H. C9LQUITT. 8 United States Senator Alfred Holt Colquitt, c of Georgia, died at his residence in Wash- ? Ington at 7.30 o'clock a few mornings ago. Around the bedside when he passed away j were Senator Gordon and his daughter, Mrs. 11 Jones; Senator Colquitt's Private Secretary, ' his nephew, Mr. Bunn; his son, Mrs. Col- c quitt, three unmarried daughters and his t married daughter, Mrs. Marshall, of Chicago. As the end approached, the Senator's breathing became very heavy, but he re- t: lapsed into unconsciousness and suffered no c pain. The flag over the Senate Cnamber was 1 raised to half mast when the Senate con- J vened and the sombre emblems of mourning I were once more conspicuous in the Senate. J3 The desk and ohalr of the late Senator were draped in blaok. The House adjourned out of respect to his memory. f Alfred Holt Colquitt, of Atlanta, was born 0 In Walton County, Georgia, the son of the tj Bev. Walter T. Colquitt, an eminent minis- d ter in his day, April 20, 1824. He was graduated from Princeton College in the class of < 1844 and admitted to the Bar in 1845. During the Mexican War he served as a staff offloer, with the rank of Major. He was a 1 member of the Georgia Legislature In 1859 and was elected to the House of Representatives in the Thirty-third Congress. He was a member of the secession convention of r the State of Georgia, and later entered the Confederate service and was commissioned as Major-General. He was elected Governor o of Georgia in 1876 and was re-elected in 1880. a Ho was elected to the United States Senate q for the term commencing March 4, 1883, and I was re-elected in 1888. His term of service $ would have expired March 8, 1895. Senator b Colquitt was stricken with paralysis in July, t! 1892, and since that time had been unable to walk without assistance. He has been r.blp, ij however, to continue in a large degree his at- & tendance on his 8enate duties, being wheeled in and out of the Senate chamber in an invalid chair. 8enator Colquitt leaves a widow, one son, Walter T. Colquitt, and four daughters, Mrs. Marshall, wite of Captain /] Marshall, of the United States Army, Misses Laura. Hattie and Dorothy Colquitt! The funeral ceremonies of the late Senator , were conducted in the Senato Chamber at 9 a. m. on the day after his death. The in- c vited officials of the Government were in tl their seats?the members of the Cabinet, tbo ^ Chief Justice and Associate Justices of the p Supreme Court, many members of the Diplomatic Corps, the Speaker and members s, of the House of Representatives. The ladies of the family of '.he dead Senator sat near w the coffin, which was placed on a bier in front of the clerk's desk. The services were conductod by the Senate chaplain, Rev. Mr. Milburn, assisted by tho chaplain o; the House of Representatives, Rev. Mr. Bagby. The body of the lato Senator was escorted * from the Capitol to the Pennsylvania Station by a squad of Capitol police, followed by the Congressional Committee selected to accompary the remains to Georgia. Tho homo of t! Mr. Colquitt was at Atlanta, but he was j burled in Macon. 0 A flock of twenty-eight swans, caught fn a storm in Irondale, Ohio, after vainly try- t ing to pursue their course, were forced to 3 earth, exhausted by the weight of hall and snow on their feathers. People gave chase, and succeeded In capturing the whole flock. ^ The birds are valued at $400. 1 THELABOB WOBLD. Bookbindebs have forty unions. A kulz driver in Morocco earns ten cents k day. England's Miners' Federation has 206,000 nembers. Bookkeepers in Germany receive from S300 to $800 a year. Tzachebs In Hamburg, Germany, receive rom ?11 to $28 per month. Pueblo (Col.) steel workers' wages have >een cut forty-six per cent. The fonrth annual convention of the tezile workers will be held in Philadelphia in iay. The Seamen's and Firemen's Union of Ca> liff, Wales, has a weekly income ranging torn $1000 to $4800. Shoewobkebs' unions in Massachusetts are ibout to form a combination under the guidance of a general executive council. Stone masons in Baltimore, Md., are now working eight hours per day at $4 each. L'he bosses conceded the masons demands rithout a strike. The National Electric Light Association, ecently in session at Washington, represents 5200,000,000, supports 100,000 employes, and Las 2300 central stations. New Hampshire cotton mills have a capiat of over: 950,000,000 and pay $15,000,000 innually In wages. Over 800,000 yards of lotton cloth are.produoed daily. Fall Biveb (Mass.) weavers say the union rill soon be strong enough to prevent the ncrease in the size of cuts without a correponding addition to their wages. Indianapolis find.) unemployed held a ceeting in tfee Criminal Court room and deilared that the average pay at the stoneyard ras sixty-two and one-half cents a day. Minneapolis (Minn.) unions are prosecutng an employer for threatening to discharge i man because he would not leave the union. Personal liberty is their basis for action. The 300 employes of the Pendleton winlow glass factory, Henderson, Ind., struck or a peculiar cause. They demanded hat the company furnish ice for their drlnkng water. The manager refused. The North of England miners live, on an iverage,three years longer than Englishmen aken as a whole. They live eight years onger than the Cornish and nine years onger than the South \Vales miners. One of the consequences of the hatters1 itrike In Danbury, Conn., has been that the pring trade has gone out of the hands of the manufacturers In that city and about 8000 lnlon men will be out of employment for at east six months to come. The Dee Moines (Iowa) Knights of Labor rant to know bow much property Chief i.rttiur, oi tne iirotnernooa 01 juocomouve Engineers, has. It appears that he owns ibout $85,000 worth, and they think it too nach for a laboring man. Tn* good news conies that business is )lcking up in the New England cotton and voolen indastries; most of the mills are now mining, many of them on full time, with a till force, consequently the distress among Axtlle operatives is abating. Thx Geofge A. Simonds shoe factory at iVoburn, Mass., started after a brief shut* lown following the strike of the girl em>loyee, and the managers announce that in he future girls will not be employed there. Che girls struck because of a ten per cent, eduction in wages. CAN'T BE SAVED. ["he Kearsarge Stripped and Burned to the Water's Edge. The wrecking steamer Orion, which sailed 10m Boston for Boncador Beef, for the purioso of saving the stranded United States rar ship Kearsarge, found that the Kearsarge tad been stripped, set on Are. and burned to he water's edge by the local wreckers, .fter oecomlng satisfied that there was abolutely nothing left of the Kearsarge that ras worth saving, the Orion proceeded on erway. Secretary Herbert was much disappointed n hearing that all chance of saving the old hip was gone, but was not surprised, as he aa had great doubt, after recent reports of * ie condition of the wreck when seen by asslng steamers, that the vessel could be atsed and brought to some port for repairs. The burning of the ship is believed to be ue to the pilfering of natives from the Nicajguan coasts, who docked to the vessel in reat numbers soon after she was lost. While the attempt to save the vessel waa ictated by purely sentimental reasons,there rill be general regret among thousands of eople, as well as many of the older naval fflcers, over her complete destruction. Congress appropriated $45,000 for the urpose of restoring the vessel if possible, 10,000 to be paid the company if their tterapt failed, and the remainder'if the essel was safely brought to some American ort. BANKS SWINDLED. Victimized by Three Forgers, Who Got Away With $20,000. Three clever forgers havo swindled a dozen St. Louis (Mo.) banks out of 520,000. By ome means they secured copies of blank hecks used by Arms and individuals, even opying in red the serial numbers used by he firms. These numbers were obtained by a smooth 'oung man who claimed to represent the iouse doing the printing for the firm. He rould ask a business house cashier to see bis heck book, saying there was some defect in h? nrlnfln? thnt hfl wished to correct if the Irm desirel. In every instance be was successful in getIng a look at the last stub in a partly used heck book and noted tbe serial number, 'hen the lorged paper would be made out a aw numbers in advance of the check books. !ven the minutest characteristics of individals in their signatures were closely lol5wed. So well was the work done that not one of tie forged checka was rejected. The officials f the different banks refuse any informa* Ion on the matter, but it is known that a letective agency is at work on tho case. m BEASTS IN" ARKANSAS. driven From Their Lairs by Flood and Killing Stock. High water has driven hundreds of deer, lanthers, bears and other gamo from their wampy haunts in Arkansas to the uplands, nd losses of cattle and hogs of farmers to n alarming extent nave been tno conse[uence. In the Saline bottoms, south of iittle Rock, the animals devoured not only tock, but several desperate attempts have een made on the lives on people living in be vicinity. Protective organizations have been formed a the bottoms and nightly raids are necesary. SUGAR TRUST WINS, The United States Court of Appeals Decides That It is Not Illegal. The decision of the United States Circuit Jourt in favor of the Sugar trust in tho proeedings brought by the Government to have lie trust declared void was affirmed in the 'nited States Court of Appeals at Philadelhia. The Court decided that the case as pre?nted does not show interference with In?r-State or foreign commerce. The case ill be appealed by the Government to the nited States Supreme Court. GLASS WORKS TIED UP. 3oys Lost Their Strike for Fou* Cents a Day liaise of Wages. The hundred tending boys employed by he Cohansey Glass Company at Bridgeton, f. J., who went on a strike for an Increase if four cents per day in wages, havo gone tack nt the old scale. One hundred glassblowers who were forced 1 o suspend work at the same time have re- 1 umed operations. ' The site for the exhibition of 1896 in Berin has been selected, the prounds covering 60 aorea bordering on the Liohten Se?. : 1 RELIGIOUS READING. , THE PABA.BLE OF THE SPECK). it was not without deep meaning that th? epring-timo was made the "beginning of days to the Jewish people. Their civil year began in the autumn, but when their religious ordinances were instituted t'ao religious year was made to begin in the spring. The new life of man began with the new life of nature. It must be a very cold heart that can see all nature making an effort to put forth new life, to clothe itself in new beauty, and not feel some desire to find itself renewed, and growing into a fresher loveliness. "Now it ia high time to awake out of sleep" is the song of the rivulet newly freed from its icy prison, \ the whisper of the leaves freshly burst from ' their onveloping sheath. The bees hum it as they emerge from their winter quarters, and the butterfly speaks it in every quiver of its airy wings. New vigor, new activity, new earnestness In the business ol lire, iresn beauty in the personality, to this everything around summons us. And with all these calls, these importunities of nature, comes the message of Easter, telling us how this new life may be ours. "Because I live ye shall live also," Is the promise of our Lord. Not simply in the world beyond; this message of Easter has in it more than this. We who believe, do enter into life. Right here and now is it given us to know the power of His resurrection. The power that bursts the lx>nd3 of habit, that melts the ice of indifference, that rouses from the sleep of lethargy and idleness, this resurrective power may be ours today. Not in the spring only may this new power be ours, it is a perpetual gift a lasting inspiration. But the Easter season, the spring-time, is a parable of what all our life may be?a continual bursting of fetters, a perpetual putting on of new, and ever new, beauty; a life of endless fragrance, subtle, all pervading, like the odors wafted from choicest gardens in the springtime.? [American Messenger. THE WIFE'S PEAYEB SAVED HIM. Some years ago in a time of financial difficulty, a merchant in Philadelphia had a note of some six thousand dollars coming due, and the source on which he depended for the money failed him. He wa9 in great distress of mind and talked over the matter with his wife very despondently. She was a praying woman, and said, "If there is a power in prayer I will get that money for you. He had little faith that a miracle would be wrought for his help, mid seemed as If any thing short of that could not serve him. The time was very near and no money had yet come. Sitting at his place of business, a man came in against whom he held a mortgage which had yet two years to run. The man came in to ask if he was willing to take the money then and allow him to take up the mortgage. Tery thankfully ne accepted the offer and made the transfer. Still it was much short of the sum he needed. Then the man said he had some money to invest, and asked if he had a good mortgage he would like to sell him. He had, and now the sum was considAonklt* ?Af TTrtf OT? nil l*h fA Ciauijr luwioaocu, vuuu^u uvk jvv vunsuq** ?v pay his note. As he walked toward his home, with spirits considerably lightened, he met another man against whom he hela a mortgage which had yet three years to run. He, too. wished to pay it up now, and this made more than enough for his pressing need9. This account was received from the merchant's own lips, after a prayer meeting service, in which various answers to prayer were stated.?Zion's Watchman. A GUIDED WORD. In the life of the late General Burn, after giving some accounts of answersto prayer, he says: ''At another time I prevailed upcn one of my brother officers, a most notorious swearer, to go to hear a preacher with me, and when we had just sat down I put up a mental prayer that he might be led to say something against swearing that might be useful to my companion,' a*d while I endeavored to recollect some texts of Scripture that was opposed to this vice, the third commandment presented itself with full force to my mind. I thought if this were pronounced* with solemn energy and power, what good might it not do? Accordingly towards the close of the discourse, which, by the by, seemed quite foreign from that upon which we had been moditating. tin preacher began to reprove the vice of swearing, and was fall a quarter of on hour demonstrating with uncommon eloquence, and convincing arguments its sinfulness, meanness, unprofitableness, and dangerous consequences, and at last concluded by repeating the third commandment with 6uch solemnity that it forced the whole audience into the most serious attention, while I rejoiced to think the Lord had graciously condescended to answer my prayer in a manner admirably calculated to impress the conscience of this profane officer." If there were more praying hearers there might I e more guided preachers wh6se words would reach the hearts of sinful men, and convince them of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment to come. TDK TEPTBS OF TtfE BIBLE. I nm glad there is a depth in the Bible I know nothing about; that there is a height there I cannot climb to if I should live to be as old as Methuselah; I venture to say if I should live for ages on the earth I would only have touched its surface. I pity the man who knows all the Bible, for It is a pretty good sign he doesn't know himself. A man came to me with what he thought was a very difficult passage, and he said, "Mr. Moody, how do you explain It ?" I said. "I don,t explain it." "But how do you interpret it." "I don't interpret it." "Well, how do you understand it ?" "I don't understand it." mhot- Ha TTA11 Ar\ with 1^9" UUb nuov UV JWU viv r* .?" . . ' I don't do anything with it." "You don't believe it ?" "Yes, I believe it. There are lots of things that I believe that I do not understand. In the 3d chapter of John, Christ says to Nicodemus, '-If you do not understand earthly things how can you understand heavenly things?" There are a great many things about my own body I do not understand; I don't understand nature; it is filled witb wonderful things I don't comprehend. Then why should I expect to know everything spiritunlly?" But men ask, "How can you prove the book is transpired V" I answer, because it inspires me. That is one of the Dest proofs. It does inspire us.?D. L. Moody. CULTIVATING THISTLES. " ?fl/Vil An fV\r?rna nr flrpta XI gmjjcs ?11C uvi v. fastened to thistles, only fools would be led to plant thorns and thistles instead of vines and fig-trees. Mere outward culture, learning by rule how to behave one's self, and neglecting the inner nature and spirit, is simply fastening grapes on to thorns, or flgs on to thistles?rather it is the skilful making of waxy fruit. When the day of fire tries svery man's works, this kind of fruit will not only reveal itself, but hasten and intensify the conflagration. Many?they must be very thoughtless ones?are at great pains to give, even their children, this outward culture, while neglecting and sometimes opposing the divinely elllcieut he/rt-oulture of practical Christianity. "The lire shall try every man's work of what sort it is."?[Christian Inquirer. What each one ought to give, or the manner in which he ought to give it, is for him to settle with the Lord; the gospel has not prescribed in such matters; it ha< been left with our charity. Justify this conildence * * * Congratulate yourself upon living in a time when occasions for giving profitably are increasing. Biessed is he who can at the same time respond to the appeal of the age. to the appeal of mankind, to the appeal of the Lord, and to the appeal of his own heart, but of a heart animated by charity.?[Adolpha filonod. England's Navv at a Standstill. In reply to a question in the House of Commons the Secretary of the Admiralty stated that England had not launched any battle ships in 1893, while Francs had launched battle ships with an aggregate tonnage of 29,929, Russia 12,190 and the United States 30.600 tons. Chinese Slowto Register. The total number of Chinese registered In the country up to date is 13,2-13. There ire said to be about 110,000 Chinese in the country. They do not seem to be in any hurry about complying with the law. Quaker City Improvements. The city of Philadelphia is about to ex pend $10,000,000 on public improvements.