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' CARNOT'S DEATH The FreDcb President Slain in Lyons by an Italian. STABBED IN A CARRIAGE. The Murderer Was Arrested and Narrowly Escaped Lynching. President Carnot Was on His Way to the Theatre When the Assassin Plunged a Dagger Into His Body ?Intense Excitement Throughout France?Messages of SympathyCareer of Carnot. THE LATE PRESIDENT CABN'OT. H. Sadie-Carnot,.the President ot France, was assassinated at 9.30 p. m., while driving through the streets of Lyons. He was stabbed near the heart by a youns? Italian, Cesare Giovanni Santo, who would have been lynched on the spot by the enraged ipectators had not mounted guards charge J the mob with drawn sabres. M. Carnot died at an early honr in the mornins*. The murderer displayed no bravado when twken to a police station and answered questions coolly, ?ut refused to tell his motive. A Cabinet eoancil was summoned to consM?r the situation. The most intense ex?>*ment was caused everywhere in France. T > describe the excitement in Paris would b < almost impossible. The President was visiting Lyons in conaection with the International Exhibition. Upon his arrival a reception was tendered i to him at the Prefecture, after which he isitnd the exhibition. After spending some time there he proceeded to the Palais de Commerce, where a banquet was given in his honor. At 9.25 o'clock he started for the theatre, where a gala performance was to be given because of his presence La the eitv. Srv ?ral carriages were in the procession, the first one bein? occupied by the Presides. II. Carnot's carriage was driven ?low.v along in front of the Palais de Comment. and then turned Into Rue de la Repuolique. still following the facade of the palace. When half way down the street, which was lined with enthusiastic crowds i>f people who were loudly cheering, a man rosned out of the crowd and sprang upon the step of the President's landau. Jus: at this moment JL Carnot was waving his right hand and saluting with his hat in his left, in response to the cheering crowd. The people close to the carriage saw that the man on the step bad a knife in his hand. The blade flashed brightly in the glare of the electric lights a* the p-ssassin's arm descended. President Carnot was seen to fail back in bis seat, nis race aearniy pais. 5L Rivaud, Prefect of Lyons, who was seated beeide il Carnot, immediately struck the assassin a blow full in the face and knocked him from the step. Instantly eries o f'The President has been assassinated !" "Lynch the assassin!" were heard onev?ry ride, and the crowd in the vicinity of the carriage swelled to enormous proportions, every member of it seemingly intent upon killing the assassin. He was grasped by a dozen hands, and his life would have then and there paid the forfeit of his crime had it not 'been for several sergeants de ville, who eized him and attempted to draw him away. This was found to be impossible, as the Infuriated populace were determined to lynch the man, and th9 efforts of the sergeants availed nothing beyond savin? him from instant death. Blows were sainei on kis face and head over the shoulders of the police, who had by this time received reinforcements. At last the police succ2eded in driving the bowling mob back a foot or so. buf to get the captive through the crowd as a physical impossibility Sews of the attempted murder had spread with Iightnincr-liko rapidity, and mounted guards were S9nt to the aid of the struggling policemen. With drawn sabres tlie guards rode down into the swirling crowd, heedless of whom their horses trampled. The crowd slowly gave way, and at last V aUa<I T?U.?r? the centre ot me uioj was rowucu. aucu a cordon was formed around the ten almost exhausted policemen and their captive, and the march to the station began. Even thus surrounded, the prisoner was not safe, for men in the crowd made frantic en deavors to reach him. The guards repelled these attacks with the flat of their swords, at the same time keeping watchful eyes upon the crowd to prevent the prisoner from being ihot. Maledictions were hurled upon the assassin, and never before has such a wild | indignation against a human being been seen in Lyons. In the meantime physicians were hastily summoned to attend the President, who almost immediately had been conveyed to the Prefecture. After examining the wound all the physicians in attendance' agreed that an operation was necessary, whereupon Cr. Oilier immediately proved tbe wound. While this wa3 being done M. Carnot came to his senses and said feebly, but distinctly "How you are hnrting me." The doctors, however, continued to 3ttend the wound, the outward bleeding of which had stopped. 8hortly after midnight the Archbishop of Lyon3 was summoned to the / bedside of the dying President to administer the last rights of the Church. He was in the room but a short time when he emerged and retired to an adjoining room. ** until 19 5?n tchpn XI ore kiKj aoujmaaoit he was again summoned to the President's room, where he Administered to him tha sacrament. M. Carnot remained conscious to the la?t. He realized that his life was rapidly ebbintr, and twice lie said: "Where are my friends.'* Doctor Poncet leaned over the bed on vhich the President was lying and said to im "Your friends are here. Monsieur le President." M. Carnot replied: "I am grateful for their presence," and in less than a minute he gasped for breath, there was a convulsive shuddering of his body, and the President of France was dead. The announcement of the assassination caused a great sensation at the Grand Theter, which wa3 filled to the walls with the elite of Lyons. All were waiting with impatience the arrival of the President, an I all were unable to understand th? delay. Suidenlv a man entered the theater, crying at the top of his voice: "The President has beon assv-sinnted." The most intense excitement followed thts abrupt announcement. Women screamed and several fainted. Many men. without waiting to secure their hats, ran out of the building in order to confirm the news. Suddenly through the throng sped a landau conveying Adrien Dupuy, a brother of Prime Minister Dupuy. Deputy Chaudey and Prefect Rivaud, the crowd falling away before it as it dashed into the Rue de la Republique, preceded by four mount od gendarmes. The crowd, thinking now that the report of the assassination was untrue, and that the President was in the carriage, boated ''Vive Carnot! Vive laRepubllque." The carriage was stopped and M. Chaudey and Rivaud in tremulous tones snid: "Don't shout, ttie President has been the victim of an outrage." The cheers were Instantly turned to impre Emperor Francis Joseph, of Austria, has wired Premier Duf 'ly. expressing his deep sorrow at the death of President Carnot. Telegrams of sympathy poured in uponth* late President's family and upon tho Qervern ment. These messages of condolence cam* from all countries of the world, showing that France is not alone in her sorrow at the death of her President. Carnot's Career. M. Marie Francois Sadi Carnot. the fourth President of the third French Reoublic, was universally beloved by his people. H-i was a grandson of that Lazare Carnot, who. politically speaking, created Napoleon Bonaparte. His father, Hippolyte Carnot, was a Senator of France. Sadi Carnot first saw the light of day in the town of Limoges, in the year 1887. Showin? in his childhood an aptitude for mathematics, his father sent him at the proper ago to tho School of Mines to study ensrineerin?, from whence he was graduated with high honors. Pursuing a professional career with brilliancy, the Franco-Prussian war found him a State Engineer, and one of the foremost in France. He organized the defenses of Normandy with great skill, and was then made Prefect ol' the Lower Sene. At the close of the war, the Cote d'Or returned him as Deputy. He joined the Left Center ranks and then drifted to the Opportunist side. He was elected Secretary of the Chamber and was appointed Under RnorPtarr of Public Work in M. Ferry's ? / cations and many and lond were the cries for veneeance. The landau proceeded to the theatre, where M. Rivaud and Chaudey went to the President's box. As soon as they were seen the whole audience rose and, amid profound silence. 31. Rivaud said, in a voice broken with so**: "The President has just been assassinated !" This announcement was received with a terrible explosion of fury as the audience, when tbe first report of the assassination was received, had. though exeatiy excited, generally discredited it. When silence was in a measure restored M. Rivaud continued "In the Rue de la Republique a miscreant, nnder the pretext of presenting a petition, stabbed 31. Carnot with a dagger!" 31. Rivaud was ajmin interrupted with shouts of "Death to the murderer"Re venge!" "Revenge!" The audience tnen left the buildintr. A later dispatch says : Immediately after the President was stabbel, the horses attached to his carriage were started on a pallop for the Prefecture. The President lay limp in the carriage. His eyes wpre closed and he was apparently lifeless. His clothes had been loosened, so that the red sash of the Lesion of Honor was displayed. Oa his left side near the waist a wet red spot told the whole story of his wound. He was lifted with the greatest care from the carriaze and was carried to his room on the first floor. There he was laid on the bed in which he had slept the night before, and Dr. Gailleton. the Mayor of the city, examined the wound. The city illuminations were immediately quenched and all festivity was stopped. The youn? assassin's full name was given by him at the police station as Cesare Giovanni Santo. He is nearly twenty-two years old, has a very small mustache, and wore a light brown suit, with a peaked cap of the same color. On his way to the station he held his head down and glanced continually right and left, as if looking for some possible means of escape. Upon being'interrogated he gave his name, but professed to know too little of the language to say much more. His inability to speak much French is rather peculiar, as he has lived In Cette for the last six months and is believed to have been considerably longer in the country. An official note was immediately issued calling upon the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies to assemble in Congress at Versailles, for the purpose of electing | a new President. The French Con stitution requires tnat m mo bvbui ui the Presidency becoming vacant by death or otherwise, the Chambers must meet within three days of the time the vacancy occurs. In the mean time the Ministry directs the public business. [ Maae. Carnot, accompanied by her son?. Francois and Ernest, arrived at Lyons from Paris at six o'clock a. m., by special train. She was met at Dijon by Premier Dnpuy, who informed her that all was over. There were very few people at the Lyonnaise station. Mme. Carnot and her "sods entered the carriage and were driven immediately to the prefecture, where the body of her hus; band was lying. Her sons and the officers of the President's household accompanied her to the bedside. Mme. Carnot stood trembling as she gazed at the face of the dead, but shed no tears, though all about her were weeping. The officers retired, leaving the widow and her bom with the dead husband and father. The body of the dead President was transferred from the bed upon which he died to the Prefect's bedroom. The body was fully dressed, and upon the breast was placed the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor. There was no post mortem examination, Mme. Carnot having expressed a strong desire that the body of her husband be taken to Pari? as sson a3 f)ossible. It was arranged that the, body eava for Paris during the evening, arriving there before daybreak. A catafalque (chapel ardent) was prepared for the reception of the body at the palace of the Elysee in Paris. The fact that the assassin is an Italian gave rise to the most dangerously bitter feeling against Italy and Italians, and several Italaan flags, aispiayea oui ot sympathy with France's loss, and drapel with crape, .were hooted at and, in at least one instance, palled down and torn into shreds. In every quarter of Paris fierce demonstrations against the Italian residents took place, and, as a result, nearly all the Italian cafe3 and restaurants closed. But if the feeling against Italians was strong, the sentiments of hatred with which the majoritv of the people regarded Anarchists was still stronger. Our Government's Sympathy. The following official messa-e was sent by the State Department at Washington, on the receipt of Ambassador Eustis's official notification ot the death of President Carnot. "Executive Mansion. Washington, June 25. "Eustis, Ambassador. Paris, France: ' Express to the Minister of Foreign Affairs the profound sorrow with which the President and the American people have heard of the atrocious- orime which has robbed the sister Republic of its wisa humane and patriotic Chief Magistrate. "Gbebham. ' The President took notice of the sad tragedy in the lollowing message to Congress "To the Senate and House of Representatives "The shocking intelligence has been received that the President of the French Republic met his death yesterday at the hands of an assassin. This terrible event which has overtaken a sister Republic cannot fail to deeply arouse the sympathies of the American Nation, while the violent termlnai tion of a career promising so much in aid of liberty and in advancing civilization should be mourned as and affliction ot mankind. "Groveb Cleveland. "Executive Mansion, June 25.r* The death of President Carnot was the sole theme about the Senate, and was re ferred to in a prayer, marked by deep feeling, delivered by the Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind Chaplain of the Senate. Immediately after the prayer Senator Morgan, Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, offered a resolution Expressive of the sympathy of the people of the United States with the Frencti Republic and tendering sympathy to Mme. Carnot and her family. The resolution closed by declaring that the Senate adjourn out of respect to the memory of the dead President. Senator Morgan made a brief speech, in which he referred to the patriotism of the people of the French Republic and the cor diality of the relations between the two Republics. Senator Sherman also spoke briefly, and the resolution wa3 adopted unanimously, after which the Senate immediately adjourned. The House took like action and adjourned. All Europe Mourns. Chancellor Von Caprivi called at the French Embassy at Rerlin to convey an expression of the sorrow and sympathy of the Emperor of Germany. Hundreds of carriages containing callers with similar messages continued to arrive at the Embassy during the morning and early hours of the afternoon. The Italian Chamber of Deputies was crowded when Premier Crispi announced the death of President Carnot In a voice which gave evidence of strong emotion. During the announcement every member of the Chamber arose to his feet and remained standing until the Premier had ceased speaking. The President of the Chamber then said : "Italy will join France in her mourning." A. proposal was unanimously approved that the Chamber should observe an appropriate torcn of mourning throughout the session. The Chamber, after charging the President to convey to the French Government and Parliament an expression of the sentiments of the Italian Chamber, adjourned. After adjournment of the Chamber of Deputies all of the Ministers and a lar?e majority of the Deputies proceeded to the French Embassy, where they left their cards. The flags on all the municipal buildings were lowered to half mast. "The Pope was deeply affected by the assassination of President Carnot. His Holiness advised his entourage to offer prayers that complications between France and Italy might be averted. Following the precedent adopted at the time of the death of the late President James A. Garfield, the British Court will go into mourning for a week, out of respect to the memory of the late President Carnot. The news of the assassination caused much grief at the White Lodge, wh9re only the day before the Duke of York received a message ot congratulation from the late President concerning the birth of an heir. The House of Commons adopted, on Sir William Harcourt's motion, an address to the Crown, expressing sorrow, indignation and abhorence of the murder of President Curaot, and sympathy with France In her bereavement. Cabinet. He haid this portfolio until 1982, when he was made Minister of Finance under M. M. Brisson. a post to which ho was reappointed January 7, 1886, in the De Freycinet Cabinet, A year after his enforced resignation, December, 1888, under the Goblet Ministry, there was much perplexity concerning a successor for M. Grevy. When the names of all others had been canvassed and rejected, that of M. Sadi Carnot was proposed. His integrity in the days when few men withstood temptation from the Elysee, and his sterling worth were remembered and recognized. On December 3,1887, the Chamber of Deputies elected him President of the Republic. Since then his careful hand has safely steered the French ship of state through many dangerous passages. M. Carnot took frequent occasion of showing his friendly feeiing3 toward America, and was invariably courteous, and more, in his reception of American visitors. He always traveled with somewhat of a bodyguard, but this was not more than a matter of form. He was the last man for whom any apprehensions of personal safety would be entertained. It Is difficult to predict the immediate outcome of the assassination of President Carnot, but as the explosion of Vaillant's bomb In the Chamber of Deputies last year wonderfully strengthened the hands of the Casimir-Perrier Ministry, so may the bloodstained knife of Santo strengthen Republican France and rally around a strong, patriotic government all that is good and lawabiding in France. The late President of France was Grand Master of the Legi >n of Honor, as Chief of the State, and had also been honored with a number of foreign decorations, including the Russian Cross of St. Andrew, bestowed upon mm oy cut) t-a.ir m 189L A President of Franco is elected for seven years by a majority ol votes, by the Senate and Chamber of Deputies united in a National Assembly or Electoral Congress. President Carnot came into power on January 1, 1888, and would, in the natural ordet ol things, have retired on January 1,1895. Lying In State. The funeral train bearing the remain* of M. Carnot arrived at Paris at 3.10 a. m. The Prefeot of the Seine, M. Poubelle, and his staff; the Prefeot of Police, M. Loze, and his staff; the railroad officials and General Saussier. the Military Governor of Paris, with his staff, met the body at the station, which was heavily draped with crape and other emblems of mourning. The ceremonies at the railroad terminus consisted only in the formal tranfer of the remains to the Prefect of the Seine. The coffin was placed in a Learse and escorted to the Elysee Palace, followed by Ave carriages, including a landau, which was occupied by lime Carnot ond her three sons. A crowd composed of several thousands of people had gathered about the railroad station. Every person present stood with uncovered head until the funeral cortege passed on its way to the palace. At the Elysee the body was received by the officers of the late President's civil household, and was conveyol to one of the reception rooms, which nad previously been converted into a mortuary chapel, hung with black cloth and having a catafalque in its centre, upon which, in silver letters, was the initial "C." (Carnot), over the letters "R. F." (Republique Francaise). The widow was so overcome with emotion when the casket was plaoed in the mortuary chapel that she was compelled to retire to a private room. The Cabinet was absent. ' Tha hnHv TO.ia nt first eruarded bv four o> (lets from the military school of St. Cyr, and later place.l upon a catafalque in the courtyard of the Elysee. Premier Dupuy presided at a Cabinet council called to determine upon the arrangements for the funeral of the late President. All the public services, it was decided, would go into mourning for thirty days out of respect to the memory of the late President of France. Among those who witnessed the arrival of the body at the palace were the hea l servants of the President's household, including his coachman. The latter was greatly attached to the President, and was so affected when he saw the coffin carried into the pr.lace that he fell insensible and died from the shock. When the honored remains were being borne to the Presidential palace, some carelessness, some blunder beyond explanation or excuse, resulted in a most unseemly accident?tho heavy casket fell to the ground, rolled upon persons standing near* and did three of them injury. Why Santo Stabbed Carnot. When the examining magistrate at Lyons asked Santo whether he had a personal grievance against President uarnot ne replied: "No, but he was a tyrant, and 1 killed him for that reason." "How did you stab him?" asked the masristratp. "I pushed aside the horse and cuirassier nnrl advanced to the carriage. I had a dagger concealed la my sleeve. I only had to raise my hand. I aimed at the stomach and brought my arm down sharply, shouting 'Long live anarchy!' The cro^l rushed upon me and l&id mo prostrate. I was beaten mercilessly, Is the President deadV" asked Sa/co. As the magistrate made no reply the prisoner took it for granted that his victim was dead. He smiled, and. raising his hand, imitated the act of stabbing the President with undisguised glee. The examination lasted four hours. Forty Italian shops in Lyons were guttej and burned by the mob. The police are either powerless to suppress disorder or else were disinclined to do so. Four rioters were killed by an explosion of petroleum in a store which they were sacking. Many Italian workingmon who have been driven out of Marseilles, Lyons an a Granoble returned to Italy. They tell of outrageous brutalities committed by unreasoning French mobs. They declare that many Italians in French towns have been wounded and that some have died of their injuries, but that the authorities are concealing the facts. t TWINS SLAIN. Tiny Tots Crushed by a West Jersey Train. Twin babies were killed on the West Jersey Railroad at South Vineland, N. J., a few afternoons ago. They were Charles and Annie Back, children of Charles and Mary Buck, and were twenty-two months old. They were playing on the track. The tot9 were near Grant street crossing. At this point the track runs on a bee lin^ for several miles, and the engineer certainly should have seen them for a minute before he struck them. The engineer was Jame3 Hand. Both infants were struck as they were playing with the gravel on the road-bed. The girl was thrown Into the air and landed in the ditch alongside the track. The boy Was thrown under the wheels and ground to pieces. The children's parents are grief-crazed, and Mr. Buck threatened to shoot the engineer. Mr. Buck was struck at the same crossing not long ago, but was not injured. I The slaughter of the children will be thor' oughly investigated. PRESIDENT OF FRM! M. CASIMIR-PERIER ELECTED Off THE FIRST BALLOT. Cheering Crowds Honor the New Chief ? The President Modestly Addresses His Friends?He Asks the Ministry to Remain in Office ?His Life. M. Castmir-Perier has been elected President of the French Republic on the first ballot to succeed M. Carnot deceased. The total number of votes ca3t was 853, of which M. Caslmir-Perier received 451. The announcement of the result was received with loud cheers. The National Congress summoned to elect a President of the French Republic for a full farm nf aovor- vaars was called frn nrdftr In the Palace of Versailles. Paris, by >1. Chal- I lemel-Lacour, at 1.10 p. m. The great hall ! of the palace was crowded and the galleries I were thronged with spectators. At least five minutes elapsed after the formal caU to order before there wag sufficient quiet to enable the presiding officer to be heard. When, finally, the Assembly became orderly. M. Challemel-Lacour announced the tragic death of M. Carnot, and declared the Congress open for the purpose of electing his successor. Scarcely had the President ceased speakIn? when M. Michelin, Socialist, sprang to his feet and shouted "I demand the suppression of the Presidency of the Republic." A tumultuous scene ensued, the uproar being so great that the President could not make himself heard. M. de Baudry d'Asson endeavored to propose a revision of the constitution, but was quickly silenced by the President. Lots were then cast for a ballot, the object being to see which letter the ballot would begin with. The letter "L" was drawn and the name of M. Labarthe, Moderate Republican, was the first called. In accordance with the custom, M. Labarthe ascended the rostrum and, beincr recognized by the Scrutator, placed his tloket in the great urn which serves as a ballot box and descended and returned to his seat. tv ? *>r\A TVorMifina ro'nrtco nnmne lilt} OOUdlUl9 OUU . were subsequeetly called went through the | same ceremony. The voting proceeded ; monotonously In this way. Much confusion prevailed throughout the ?es3ion. Premier Dupuy sat upon the Ministerial bench at the head of his colleagues, and the political parties grouped themselves together in different parts of the hall. Many of the Socialists were compelled to remain standing, as they were unable to And seats. There were no speeches. After all the members of the National As- | sembly had deposited their ballots in the urn , the tellers took the urn to the committeeroom. The Assembly, after a long and impatient wait, was much relieved when the tellers re?? ? J ? J thfl wanilf lurutiu ilU'i UUUUUU^u mo 4 uju.l, The vote 3tood: Casimir-Perier. 451; Brisson, 191; Dupuy. 93 ; General Fevrier, 53 ; Ara?o. 27; Scattering, 32 : total. 853. The combined membership of Senate and Chamber Is8Sl ?390 Senators, 531 Deputies. Of these 877 were present, bat 24 dla not vote. Casimtr-Perler had been awaiting the re- j suit in the salon of the President's chamber. When the news was brought to him he tried to speak, but no words came. He mastered his emotion and was conducted to the salon of the President of the Republic, and the members of the Congress and others hastened to offer their congratulations. Dupuy and the other members gave the President verbal notice of their resignation? according to the custom. All then took their departure for Paris. The new President urged them to retain office under him. Instead of taking the state carriage the President had the horses attached to the one In which he had driven from Paris, and the members of the Cabinet used the official coach. The departure was marked by one annoying incident. As the carriage were leaving the Court of Honor at the Palace, some one exploded a small firecracker under the coach occupied by the Ministers. There was no panic, however. The drive to Paris occqpled just an hour. The President was cheered lustily along the entire route. The shouts of the people out- | side the city were ''Vive la Kepubllque!" and "Vive la France!" but when the city was entered the cry changed to "Vive Casimir-Perier!" Paris itself welcomed the new President with almost frantic joy. The scene as the carriage passed down the Champs Elysees was one of magnificent enthusiasm. The President established his j headquarters temporarily at the Foreign Office, where he at once assumed the direction j of executive affairs. Sketch of His Career. M. Jean Paul Plerra Casimir-Perier was born in Paris on November 8th, 1847. His | grandfather was President of the Council j under King Louis Paiiippe, and his father was a Minister under the firJt President of the Republic, M. Thiers. During the FrancoPrussian war M. Caslmlr-Perier served with distinction with the volunteers of the Aube, who were called to the defense of Paris. During the siege of Paris he displayed so much bravery that he was mentioned in the order of the day and decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor. In February, 1871, he became Chief of the Cabinet to his father, the Minister of the Interior. who, in order to open a political career for him, resigned as Counselor-General of the Aube in April.'1874. At the general elections of February, 1876, as a straight Republican, he was elected to represent Nogent-sir-Seine, and voted constantly with the majority formed by the Left Centre and the Republican Left, which refused a vote of confidence in the Broglie Ministry. In the elections which followed the dissolution he w:vm re-elected, and wQen tne ttapuoucan Cabinet of December 14th was formed he was appointed Under Secretary of State 111 the Department of Public Instruction. Later he became a member of the Republican Left, and in 1881 he joined the Republican Union. When the Chamber ndoptod the law excluding all members of former reigning families from public oiflce resigned his seat, being unable to rec onclls his family duty and his Republican santiments. Later on he was reelected and became Under Secretary of State in the War Department in 1893. In 1890 he became Vice-President of the Chamber. Only a few w^ok < ago he was Prime Minister, but his Cabinet was defeated upon a labor question and resigned. He then was elected President of the Chamber. He is regarded as a strong man and forsom) time has been regarded as the most prominent rival of M. Sadi Carnot. VENGEANCE OF A MOB. A Girl's Assailant Beaten to Death In Illinois. There was a sensational scone in Justice White's court at Spring Valley, ill., ronowea by a mad rush on the part of about 300 enraged foreigners upon the prisoner, William Pinkerton, who was on trial for an assault on Anna Baroski. Pinkerton made a leap out of an open window, but was soon overtaken and beaten to death by the mob. The rush occurred during the testimony of. the glri, her description of the outrage committed by Pinkerton inciting her friends and neighbors to avenge the wrong. The justice and lawyers made their escape soon after the trouble began and Pinkerton was left to his fate. iszTR are very picntmn anon: arsenvine, Me., hardly a day passing without lro:n ono to a dozen being seen on some of the tarms near the village. A large moose got into a wire tenco within half a mile of the Greenville postoflice a few days ago. He pulled up four posts and drew every staple from one post, leaving the barbs of the wiro covered with hide and the ground covered with bunches o; hair. it is stated that there naa been in the last few year? a wonderful increase in the number of cotton mills in Japan. As illustrating this fact it is said that tho imports of raw cotton into Japan for 1886 were 4,400,000 pounds, and have how increased to 104,000,000 pouads a year. The promise of a plentiful fruit harvest !n England has seldom been more hopeful than this sei^son. The show of bloom on pears, apples, plums, cherries, etc., has been enormous. LATER NEWS, Joseph Whitsett, of Vineland, N. J., la a erazy fit d?:ove a blacksmith's file into hie wife's back. Then he got a razor and slashed bar and his daughter in a frightful way, locked himself in the house and set Are to it He had to'bo dragged from the flames. Amy and Ellen llonsall, of Newington, while walking the railroad tracks at New Britain, Conn., stepped aside for a freight train and were struck by an express train running fifty miles an hour on the other track. Both were instantly killed. About 6000 persons attended the convention of the Republican National League in Denver. Col. Supebistendent Cltke, of the Carnegif Works, before the Congressional Committee admitted the truth of the charges o falfsifyI intr the armor-plate records. President Cleveland's comments on the financial situation were made the basis foi an improvement in the stock market. Charles De-Kay, of New York, was nominated by tho President to be Consul-General at Berlin. A provisional government has been formed in Salvador, but it was expected that Riva9 wonld shortly become President. An explosion occurred in a mine at Legalidad, Asturias, Spain. The dead bodies of eight miners were immediately recovered, leaving fifty-seven still missing. Williah M. Sinqerlt was nominated by the Democratic Convention at Harrlsburg, for Governor of Pennsylvania. The New York Prohibition Convention nominated a ticket headed by Francis E. Baldwin, of Elmlra, and declared for woman suffrage and against sectarian appropriations. The Democratic State Convention of llli nois met in ttie hall of the House of Representatives at Springfield and Franklin MacTeagh was nominated for Senator on the first ballot. The Republican League Convention, al Denver. Col., finished its work and adjourned. Meagre reports from Southwestern Minnesota indicate that a tornado passed through that section. At Sleepy Eye four people were killed, and at Windom. two. Great damage was also done at Renville, Collegeville and Aberdeen. South Dakota. Attorney-General Olney asked for an additional appropriation of $50,000 for United States Marshals, etc. So far the Coxey army disturbances havo cost the Department of Justice more Iturn ?52,000. The bodies of 263 miners have been recovered from the Albion colliery in Wales. PROMINENT PEOPLE. At Washington, ex-United States Senator Bishop W. Perkin, of Kansas, expired sad' denly a few days ago. Da. J. B. Pioda, Secretary of the Swiss Legation in Rome, has been promoted to the post of Minister at Washington. Senator Habbis, of Tennessee, Is said to know more about Parliamentary law tUan any other Senator on the Democractic side. The oldest ex-Governor in the United States is Alpheas Felch,'of Michigan. He lives in Ann Arbor and is ninety years of age. "Sailob Joe" Skebbett, who was recently promoted to the post of Bear Admiral, is said to be the best navigator in the American navy. William Deebino, the harvest machine manufacturer of Chicago, has given 850,000 to the Medical School of the Northwestern University. William Habt, N. A, the well-known landscape artist, died at his residence,Mount Yernon, N. Y., a tew days since, in his seventy-second year. TT-vrpcunw Wtt.t.tav of (VrmnriT. hnn had suitable apparatus risged up ia the palace at { Berlin and practises the movements of row- j ing every morning. James Stokes, of New York Citv, was made a Knight of the Legion of Honor by the | French Government, for his services la estab- I lishing the Y. 31. C. A. In Paris. Joss F. Andbews, of Rome, N. Y? now in his ninety-first year, claims to be the oldest i living ex-Congressman. He represented the | Steuben District from 1837 to 1839. The honorary degree of D. C. L. was conferred upon Captain Alfred T. Mahan. of the United States cruiser Chicago, by the University of Oxford at its commemoration festival. Hebe are the ages of four notable New York men: Roswell P. Flower, fifty-nine years ; David B. Hill. Qfty-one ; Edward Murphy. fifty-six, and Grover Cleveland, fiftyseven. The Emperor of Germany has a new gala ?.? 4-un?- la itnvifad kt? olonmnifu on/4 VUn lU^O lUrtl 19 It^UiVU UJ V.?VW.4V.V CMV* with the harness studded with tiny lamps. The carriage Is also covered with little lamps. Mb. Gladstone Is finding a solace In the quiet and darkness necessitated by his falling sight, in translating, with the aid of an amanuensis, the odes of Eoraoe ir*fc> English verse. Sib Johx Duke Colebidoe. Lord Chief Justice of England, who ha9 just died, has been for many yeare ona of the most prominent men in England. His father was a nephew of the poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge. T. W. Davis, of the Dickinson College Prohibition Club, who was Ave yeare ago picking slate in a coal mine and could neither read nor write, won the first oratorical prize at Williamsport, Penn., a few weeks since. It is expected that Dr. El ward Nettleshlp will receive 810.000 for his ooaration on Mr. Gladstone's eye. Moreover, he is almost certain to become the fashionable physician of London, and it is not unlikely that lie will be made a baronet. Columbus Delano, who was <?ent to Congress in 1344?the year Major McKinley w.13 born?and was Secretary of the Interior under Grant, is able, <it the age of eishty-stx years, to take saddle exercises on his farm near Mount Vernon, Ohio. John VV. Goff, of New York, is making so mu3h of a reputation as counsel for the Lexow Investigating Committee that he is talked of as the probable successor of Recorder Frederick Smyth. He started out as salesman in a clothinsr store and obtained his education at Cooper Union between business hours. Governor Gbeenhalge, of Massachusetts, who was for several years President of the t rrlimine fried tobuv ahorsa In Boston iho other day, but wan told at every place he visited that it was next to Impossible to obtain an animal with an '*un? docked" tail. "Then," said the Governor, "I will walk." W. C. Fitts. the Democratic nominee for Attorney-G>>n?ral in Alabama, and W. 8. Beese. the JefiVrsoninn (or Kolb) nominee, are both less than thirty years of age. Thoy were born within two days of each other, entered the Statu University on thesameday and Kot their law diplomas on the same day. They are said'to be personally the best ol friends. PKENDERGAST',3 LAST HOPE, Must Hans Unless IIo Has Kccoino Insane Since His Last Trial. In the Prendergast insanity hearing at Chicago Judge Fayno announceJ that he will instruct the jury that the defense must prove that the assassin of Carter H. Harrison has become insane since his last trial otherwise the former verdict must stand, even though Prendergast be found to be insane a: the present time. The prisoner tried several times to address the Court, and was finally put on the stand and examined by Judge Payne. Prendergast's testimony was incoherent in the main, but his answers at times were surprisingly shrewd and sarcastic. ENGLAND'S BOYAL HEIR. He May One Day Wear the British Crown. Vyi DOEE OF YOB2. The Duchess of York, wife of Prince George, Duke of York, the heir presumptive to the throne of Great Britain, was safely daI llvered of a son at 9.55 p. m. at White j Lodge, Richmond, England- Telegrams I ware sent at once to the Queen, the Prince and Princess of Wales and to Homa Secretary Asquith, who was staying at Losely Park, with Henry White, awaiting the call to represent the Government at White Lodge. The Princess of Wales left London at once and the Prince followed her a little later. Mr. Asquith at once took the special train which had been waiting with the engine's steam up for more than a week, and within forty-flve minutes he was at the house. An official was kept at the telephone almost without interruption through the day to inform the Queen of the Duchess's progress. The first news of the Prince's birth reached Her Majesty before ten o'clook, or within five minutes after the event The National Observer, writing before the event, said that Queen Victoria would defray all of the expenses of the confinement of the Duchess of ^**?#?*> 4# n flAn Ttrexvcx K/\?*n ha wnnl't I xur&j OllU u. ? ov? ?V .. Immediately be made a peer, probably receivtng.the title of Earl of Kent. if "3^ fit DUCHESS OP YOBK. By the birth of a son to the Duke of York the succession to the British throne in a direct male line from the Prince of Wales is assured. The Duchess of York is the only daughter of the Duke and Duchess of Teck. She is a young lady of splendid physique, who unites with an amiable disposition the great m-irit, in the eyes of her future subjects, that she is an Englishwoman by birth. For this reason she was to have married the late Duke of Clarence, but it has been generally understood at court that she had always preferred the Duke of York, and the Duke of York is said always to have been much in love with her, and to have lived as little in England as possible because he knew her to be destined for his brother. Failing issue to the Duke ol York, the children of the Duke of Fife, whc married the eldest daughter of the Prinoe oi Wales, would succeed to the throne. EOADS TIED UP. * The Pullman Boycott Showed Surprising Strength. As ft result of the flret day of the boycott of the Pullman Palace Car Company by the American Railway Union over 5000 employes of the different roads out of Chicago went on strike. The attempt to run Pullman cars resulted in the tying up of the yards of fifteen railroads centring in Chicago. Of thesethe Illinois Central, Wisconsin Central, Chicago and Great Western, Baltimore and Ohio, Chicago and Northern Pacific and the lines interested in the Western Indiana system were tied up completely, the only trains run out being maJe up and manned by officers of the road. The switchmen of the Pan Handle and Northwestern roads also struck. Strikes were also declared on the Fort Wayne, the Pan Handle and other Pennsylvania lines, the Chicago and Northwestern. Chicago and Alton and Santa Fe. The latter road was partially tied up along the line on orders issued by the union officials, but the men in Chicago were not ordered out. At a conference between President Debs and Yice-Presiient Howard, of the American Railway Union,and Grand Master Sovereign, of the Knights of Labor, the latter agreei to support the Pullman strikers in the boycott, ami in accordance with the agreement Issued a manifesto addressod to all orders of the Knights of Labor. The sensational feature of the strike was the complete tie-up of the roads running out of the Grand Central Station at Chicago, and which include the Wisconsin Central, Baltimore and Ohio, Cnicago and Northern Pacific, and Chicago and Great Western. Each road was left without a single employe in the yards, and although the Baltimore and Ohio succeeded in getting out its passenger trains, all of the work was done by the officers of tho company, who manned the switch engines and made up the trains. A general strike was ordered on the Northera Pacific system by the American Railway Union because of the boycott of Pullman j Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Loco- j motive Engineers, telegraphed "The rules of our Order will not allow us to co-operate with you. We blame Pullman for refusal to ] arbitrate differeneas." John McBride, President of the United i Mine Workers, telegraphrd that his union i would assist the boycott by every legitimate i means in its power. I Vice-President Howard said that it was the , intention of the union to go on with the | light on all lines aad until Mr. Pullman was brought to terms. j LUTED ROOFS FROM HOUSES. , Wind Storm Causes $100,000 Dam- ' age in an Ohio Town. A storm like that of September 8, 1835, visited Washington C. H., Ohio. It camein the shape of a funnel-like cloud in which could be se. r timbers, boards and roofs. CofTcian J;ros.' factor}* was overturned and the Coflfman planinp "mill unroofed. Eli Hooell's kitchen. and all his outbuilding were carried wAy. John Ducy's house w;is unroorod. and one side was taken out. Thomas Cou ihlhx'a tenement house was unroofed* A house occupied by George Holton ( was crushed like an eg? shell. ( The roof was lifted off a house occupied by , W. H. Cruitt and family. Mrs. jC'rultt j started to run to a neienoor s, wnmi sue #i? struck in trie head by flying timbers and . seriously injured. Her little son, Rulus, received an ugly wound on the head from a flying board. The "wind nnroofed James Wolfs house occupied by W. H. Miller, taking the roof p.nd carrying articles from the house a -fcalf ' mile. ! The.totp! loss will be more than $100,000. 1 Only one- of the damaged houses was -pro- 1 tected by svorm insurance. Many lamlll'jS 1 have lost all they had on earth. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, The Senate. 136th Day.?The income tax section of the Tariff bill was taken up, and Messrs. Hill, Higgins and Hoar spobii against it. The Senate voted to limit the operation of the tax to the first day of January, 1900. A graduated Income tax was rejected. Just before adjournment the reDorts of the Sugar Trust Investigating Committee were presented. Mr. Hill objected to their reception. 137th Day.?The bill appropriating $40,000 for investigations and tests of American timber by the forestry division of .the Agricultural Department was oas3ed ; also Senate bill mating the first Mondav tn September of every year (Labor Day) a legal holiday. At 10.30 o'clock the Tariff bill was taken up, the question being on the income tax sections. An argument in favor of the principle of an income tax was male by Mr. Kyle. Mt. Vest, on behalf of the Finance Committee, presented a substitute for the amendments heretofore offered in relation to mutual Insurance and benefit associations. Also an amendment reducing the exemption from $4000 to $3000 a year. Also an amendment for the reduction in the assessment of banks, railroads and other corporations of the "actual operating expenses, interest on bonded debt and lo33es." The measure was then discussed by Messrs. Hill, Sherman, Aldrlch and Hale. 138th Day. ?The consideration of the Tariff bill was continued. All Sir. Hill's amendments to change the limit of taxable Income were voted down. The exemption therefore remains fixed at $4000. Mr. Hill then moved to postpone for one year the time for the income tax to b?gin and to end 1396 and 1901. Rejected?Yeas, 26; nays. 41. Mr. Hill's amendment that tue salary of the President be exempted from the Income tax was agreed to without opposition. 139th Day.?After passing resolutions of condolence the Senate adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late President Carnot, of France. ' > 140th Day.?Consideration of the incometax sections of the Tariff bill was continued, several amendments offered by Mr. Hill being voted down. 141st Day.?Several paragraphs of the income tax section of the Tariff bill were disposed of. The House. 156th Day.?A.n agreement was reached to close debate on the Anti-Ootions bill at once. Discussion of the measure lasted all day. 157th Day.?Speaker Crisp was still unable to come up to the Capitol, and when the House met Representative Bailey again took the Chair. Favorable reports were made on bills to establish a National park on the battlefield ot Shiloh, and to increase the pensions of survivore of the Mexican and Indian wars and their widows. The House then went into Committee of the Whole on the Hatch Anti-Option bill, two hours being reserved for amendments and discussion under the fiveminutes' rule, and one hour for the author of the bill in whioh to close debate. An amendment offered by Mr. Aldrich to include Hour in the list of artiole3 that may not be dealt in under the bill was agreed to?98 to 33. An amendment offered by Mr. Cox wa3 agreed to?107 to 21?excepting from the operations of the bill sales for future delivery by the owner of the property, or by an agent of the owners, with a proviso added, on motion of Mr. Lacey. th-it where delivery of goods sold was prevented by failure of transportation or other fault of the carrier the penalty of the bill shall not apply. The vote was then taken on the passage of the bill. It was announced as yeas, 150; nays, 87; present and not voting, 1. Mr. Sayers moved that the House resolve itself into Committee of the Whole +VlA rianilMl A fl t* f Q H f* XT A TV. kU Ul/lUlUCi tuo V4 UUViWl 1/VUWiuuwjr i*J/ propriation bill. Agreed to, and Mr. Bynum took the chair. After a brief explanation of the bill by Mr. Sayers. the committee rose, and at 5 o'clock the House took a recess until 8 o'clock.?At the night session the House, in Committee of the Whole, considered fifteen private pension bills and, at 10.30, adjourned. 158th Day.?Speaker Crisp, who has been ill, resumed his duties and the House applauded his reappearance. The day was spent in consideration of the Deficiency bill. Messrs. Cogswell, Hopkins and Cannon attacked the Pension Bureau and Messrs. O'Neill, Enloe and Dockery defended it.?? The Elections Committee reported in favor of the sitting member in the contest of ' Tom" Watson against Mr. Black, of Georgia. A report from the Committee on Ventilation attacking Architect Clarke was submitted. 15!hrH Dat.?The House met and adjourned out of respact to the memory of President Carnot, of France, after passing suitable resolutions. 160th Dat.?The General Deficiency Appropriation bill was disposed of.??The House passed the Senate bill to make Labor Day (the first Monday in September) a National holiday. 161st Dat.?The bill to admit New Mexico to Statehood was considered. The. Presi dent transmitted two letters irom Minister Willis at Hawaii. TAR FOR TARSNEY. The Adjutant-General of Colorado Outraged. Probably the most glaring outrage connected with the recant mining trouble at Cripple Creek, Col., was committed shortly after midnight a few mornings ago. Adjutant-General Tareney, of the Colorado State National Guard, who was stopping at the Alamo Hotel. Colorado Springs, was called from his room shortly alter 12 o'clock and informed that some on9 at Cripple Creek wished to speak to him over the telephone. When General Tarsney appeared behind the clerk's desk to answer the alleged call he was confronted 'oy a masked man, armed with two revolvers, who ordered the Gen 1 h* Tha hr?f-al nlArlr In crai IU aL'uuoi^auj LULU. *>*V ?.v.n ^ the meantime bud been placed under guard of one of the kidnappers. General Tarsney called for help, bat was clubbed Lito submission with a revolver. Suddenly several more of the kidnappers appeared and carried him to the sidewalk where two closed carriages under guard were in waiting. He was hustled into one of the carriages and driven to Austin Bluffs at the city limits. On each of the drivers' boxes sat one of the mob with a drawn revolver,who saw that the hack drivers promptly obeyed orders. Arriving at the open prairie, at Austin Bluffs. General Tarsney was removed from the carriage, stripped, and a coat of tar and feathers was administered. The ringleaders of the kidnappers had previously ordered that the General was not to be abused. This order seems to have been obeyed after tho General was subdued by clubbing at the hotel. After tar an i feathering General Tarsney, the mob wurned him against returning fhu Qn?*lnn?a The outrage, evidently perpetrated by the miners concerned in the recent strike, is attributed in some quarters to their disappointment at the attitude of the militia. As. Governor Waite himself admitted, the militia were sent to the Cripple Creak fields to aid the strikers. They were expected to hamper the campaign of the deputies who were doing effective service in the defense of the operators' property. ( After some clashing the militia joined forces with the deputies and the miners were driven from their stronghold on Bull Hill, and the strike ended. It is believed that they blamed the Aljutant-General tor their final defeat. Farming ia Detroit. Many acres have already been plowed up in pursuance of Mayor Pingree's scheme of utilizing the idle land in Detroit, Mich., for raising potatoes and beans for the poor. Nearly two thousand acres have been loaned, and twenty plows are at work. Those who once scoffed at the idea are now sending in clicks to pay for seeds and plowing. Nearly one thousand of the poor have signified a desire to raise something on this land. A small circus making a two weeks' stand offered to give tho gross receipts of two entertainments to the Mayor's agricultural bureau. The Mayor himself entered the ticket wagon and sold tickets. The President of the Common Council collected H/?L-ofa of nnif Tirnminrtr^ Alifaf* men acted as ushers/ Back to tho Fatherland. Since the llrst of March a tidal wave of home-sickness and -iiscontent seems to hav* swept over the Scandinavian. Italian and Germans residents of Chicago. In somu aeigiiborhooils entire families are packing up their bnlonuiuRS and taking passage for the FatherlanJ.