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COUNT DELESSEPS DEAD. THE CREATOR OF THE SUEZ CANAL PASSES AWAY. He Mas Been in Feeble Health Since the Panama Canal Exposures? His Splendid Achievement and His Disastrous Failure?Review of the Great Frenchman's l^lfe Count. Ferdinand De Lesseps died, a few afternoons ago, at the'Chateau La Chesnaye, near Paris, France. The sacrament was ad mimsrerea 10 aim. ana nis pnysmiaus remained in attendance all night, and until the end camp. His health had been exceedingly precarious ever slnoe the Panama Canal scandal, In 1892-93. About a year ago he had a severe illness, which it was believed he would not survive. Sketch of His Career. Count Ferdinand De Lesseps was born In Versailles, Franoe. November 10, 1805. He was the eon of Jean Baptist Barthelmln, Baron de Lesseps. At the age of twenty years he was appoictod Attache of the Frenoh Consulate at Lisbon, and was afterwards engaged In the commercial department of the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs. In 1823 he was made attache of the Consul-General in Tunntu, and in 1831 became Consul to Alexandria. When tbirty-flve } ears of age he was made Consul at Botterdam, and in 1839 negotiated a treaty with Spain in behalf of French commerce. He was made consul at Barceloni, but In 1844 returned to Alexandria. Thence he went back to Barcelona, and in the last davs of the reign of Louis Phlllipe, Citizen King, was made French Minister at the Court ot Madrid. FEKDHTAXD DE Z.ESSEPS. After the revolution of 1848', which overthrew the King of the French, he returned to Paris, and was sent by the new republican Government to represent It at Borne, rh?n crovernad hv Mazzinlo. His first eon ception of the idea of the Suez Canal came with a visit to the Egyptian Khedive In 1854. When DeLesseps visited Alexandlaln that year the Viceroy gave him a residence in that city and enlisted him as a companion in his joorney across the Libyan Desert. Daring the journey the project waS conceived and placed before the Viceroy, who approved it and granted the first concession In that year. A company was formed and snborlptlon books were opened in Paris November 5, 1858. Despite the hostility to the project, thown by England and leading engineers,' the stock was all subscribed for before November 80. Subsequent concessions were secured In 1856,1863,1864 and two others in 1869 and 1876. Actual work on the canal was not be* gun until 1859, and in 1869 it was opened to the world. Its total length is a little over ninety-nine statute miles of navigation, of which sixtyfix are actual canal, formed by outting fourteen miles made by dredging, and eight miles required, no work, as the natural ..si ant h tKa 1 o Iro arAao/lan fhnf A# f)io nana I vja iu&u WAWVUWU iuiti V4 iuo vouaw The amount of earth and sand excavated was 80,000,000 cubic yards.' The navigable depth is twenty-tive and one-half feet and the width at the bottom seventy-two foet. The total cost of the construction was $100, 000,000,-much of It due to early British ob ijtruotion. In 1870 the Canal Company found Itself ir difficulties, and the Khedive advocated placing England in control of the waterway. Id "1874 negotiations between Lord Derby and Finance resulted in the transfer to England t- of 177.642shares in the canal for $30,000,000. For his share in this great undertaking De Lesseps wns decorated by nearly every Government of Europe. His own interest in the 8uez Canal constitutes the fortune that De Lesseps leaves. It was late in the seventies that De Lesseps conceived the idea of a canal across the Isthmus or Panama. Lieutenant Luclen Bonaparte Nyse went to Bogata and obtained a concession lor a canal -across the Isthmus. This concession was purchased by the , -Canal Company in Paris. It was 1881 before ubeorlptions for stock were taken, however. and onee opened the "woollen stockings" of France poured forth their hoards in a golden snonrer. The history of the canal -and the waning faith of the French people in their god, "Le Grand Francais,-' is a mattei VI UiOkVfcf* Alter (260,000,000 bad been beguiled from the "Woolen Stockings" and expended Id bribery and extravagance of the wildest . tort, the Panama Canal Company In December, 1888, was declared bankrupt. The subsequent investigation and revelations astounded the world, and nearly overthrew the French Republic. They were followed by prosecctlon* of nearly every person of prominence connected with the formation of the Panama Canal Company, including De Lesseps.and nis son Charles. That the old Count had himself been cognizant of the corrupt use of money in connection with the affairs of the Canal Company was not absolutely proven, but he was ?o seriously involved that, with the other defendants, he was found guilty and sentenced to Ave years' imprisonment and to pay a fine of $600. Before the beginning of the trials, however. De LesseDs's health had elven way and be was conilnod to bis house. All newspapers were kept from him and he never knew the facts of his conviction and sentence. His sentence was never carried oat and he has remained since his trial a broken old man oblivions to everything but his past. At the age of sixty years he married Mile, de Bragard, who was but nineteen years old. The alliance was remarkably prolific of ohildren. There have been eleven In all. The last was a daughter, born In 1835. De Lessepd .visited this country twto*; th^ first time in 1880, when he went to Panama to Inspect tha Isthmus, and cgain with Bartholdi, in 1886, wnen the Statue of Liberty was set un on RmUoh'h laland. NEWFOUNDLAND CRISIS, The Big Fish Dealers Involved In Ruin. The Commercial Bank of Newfoundland, at St. John's, suspended payment owing to the failure of several large fish exporting "houses to respond to their liabilities to tjje bank. This involved other banks and crip pled at least tea ol the largest concerns there. Four of them have closed their premises and others will ciosi?. Small depositors are demanding gold from the Union and Savings banks, an 1 th? gold reserve is befnsr stetJily drained. If they are able to meet the rt:n, everything is safe. . . The chief danger Is tha difficulty in getting more gold into the country. Business men of all classes are trying to effect an arrangement with London bunker* or with Canadian concerns which will be urged to extend business to St. John's. A cbusade for reforming the music hall and other stages of New York City, is, it is alleged, is to be inaugurated immediately by Miss Francis Wiilard and the ladles ol the Women's Christian Temperance Union. The Becretary ot War has made such a point ot scattering all the young army officer* and sending them to frontier posts, that he has caused a great break in the ranks of the young bachelors at the Capital. '' . "V ( THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, r Eastern and Middle States. The National Women's Indian Association met at New Haven. Conn. ( Andrew J. Campbell, Republican Conpressman-elect from the Tenth District, New York City, who defeated General Daniel E. Sickles at the recent election, died at his home. Mr. Campbell was sixty- * six years old, and was a native of Newark, N.J. Myron Sherman, his wife and grandson were struck by a train between Ashvllle and Lake wood. N. Y. The child was instantly killed, Mrs. Sherman fatally mangled and ner nus^nnu recoivou sovero internal injuries. The horsa was killed and the buggy ti smashed. ^ Sis young boys, ranslng from eitjht to twelve years of ag?\ ventured on the lea in the dam of the Lackawaxen River at White f Mills. PeDD. Two of them, Willie Rodlne )i and Joseph Hill, were drowned. c Heney Stokes, asred seventy, of Pittsbura", Penn., committed suicide on his wife's a grave. c The three hundredth anniversary of the birth of Gustavus Adolohus, Sweden'9 Reformation warrior and King, was commemorated in New York City and elsewhere in the Lutheran churches. Folice Commissioner John C. Sheeha v, indioted for contempt of the Lexow Committee, surrendered himself at the District Attorney's office and was admitted to bail lr $1000. South and West. The official vote of every oounty In the State of Tennessee, certified to by county officers, shows that Evans is elected Governor by n plurality of 841. the vote standing Evans (Rep.), 105,167; Tarney (Dem.), 104,826. Three robbers held up a train within eight miles of Fort Worth, Texas, and were Bald to have erot away with plunder amounting to 8140.000. Stewart Cravens, aged twenty-four, a student at the Culver Military Academy, Maxinfcukee, Ind., died from an injury received in a game of football played threo weeks before between the cadets of the academy and the Indianapolis High School team.. Bcrqlars blew open the vault of the First National Bank at Marcellne, 111., and secured ?6000. Miss Evangeline Droeqe, of Carthage. Ky., drowned herself shortly after having been given $59,000 by her father. p( California. Republicans have begun a pi contest to prevent Governor-elect Budd lrom pi taking office. Si Adry Hayward confessed at Minneapolis, tt Minn., that his brother instigated the mur- H der of Catharine Ging and that Engineer di Biixt fired the fatal shot. All mystery sur- c* rounding the murder of Janitor Barnes, in st ChicaRo, was dispelled by the confession of w Annie Mahoney. tl Chicago police believed they had arrested Seely, the defaulting bookkeeper of the J* Shoe and Leather Bank, of New York City. The prisoner corresponded almost exactly fj to 8eely's photograph and published do- ' scription. " The convention of the American Federa- -ot tion of Labor opened in Denver, Col.; Presl- e dent Ciompers read bis annual report. bi The northbound Bock Island train was C held up In Kansas near tha Indian Territory bi border. The express car was looted*' di ?? m Washington. J? The President nominated Francis. H, cj Woods lor Postmaster of Albany, N. I. The House Appropriations Committee tr agreed on the Fortifications bill for the next ei fiscal year. It carries an appropriation of tt $1,879,057, being $5,478,616 below the estl- w mates on which It Is based, and 9547,916 less fc than the appropriation for the current fiscal nt year. Id The Pension Appropriation bill, as re- b2 ported to the House oarrles an approprla- a' tlon of $141,581,570, being $200,000 less than tb the estimates and $10,200,000 below thd ap- P< proprlatlon for the current fisoal year. r Secbetaby Heebebt notified the Cramps of the preliminary acceptance of the cruiser <1 Minneapolis, and directed them to deliver her at once to the Government. p[ The Chinese exclusion treaty was ratified ol In Washington. Pbzsidext Cleveland has intimated his 111 willingness to allow an American represen- oc tatlve to accompany the proposed Armenian It commission in an Independent capacity. in Ex-SnaoEos-genebal Bbowke. of the ?' United States Navy, died in Washington. jj? Mb. Ovjthwaite, of Ohio, Chairman of tho pc Committee on Military Affairs, reporte d to E: the House tne Military Academy Appropria- th tion bill for the coming fiscal year. It car- f0 ries an appropriation of $457,676. PC The President's complete restoration to S< his usual good health was demonstrated W when, in spite of the inolement weather, he it< drove in from his country home to attend to Sc public aff.'iirs at the White House. He also in resumed his public noonday receptions in m the East Boom. be Pbofessob Lanolet's flying machine was fo tested near Washington. It flew a short dla- P1 tance. The President nominated General J. 0. Black to the Chicago District-Attorneyship. The United States Court of Clalaw handed down judgments in 225 lettae carrier cases in favor of the carriers fqr+axta. pay for overwork under the elghfr-fconr law. The judgments ranged from $11 to $990 each. Sxobetabtof thx IrtebiobSxith ordered Agent Day to fo'?x?w the Utes into South- J western Utah and take them back to the i reservation. , Secretary Carlisle and Comptroller of the Currency Eckels gave their views on currency reform to the House Committee on Banking and Currency. Foreign. TJxited States Ministers Dan and Denby ?. were reported to have cleared the way for . peace negotiations between Japan and A China. ? As exoiting scene occurred In the Reich- m Btajr, Berlin, caused by the refusal of the m Socialist Dnputles to join in oheers for the th Emperor of Germany. There was an up- it roar In the Belgium Chamber, the Conserva- m tives cheering for the King, and the Social- w Ists for the people. T Five American citizens, returning to Ar- tc menia to visit relatives, were thrust into a d< Turkish prison and then disappeared. v< ' The French have begun hostilities in Mad agascar. * " The Chinese Government will immedl- ]u ately appoint an Embassy to proceed to tc Japan to treat for peace. lE Beblik treaty powers have suspended o: diplomatic relations with Turkey pending b; an exchange ot views about Armenia. C WHITE MEN LYNCHED. S Three Members of the Meacham Gang Shot in Alabama. e, It Is reported that three white men? w George Brunson, Charles Smith and Le3 yi Brown?were lynched at Coffeeville, In tt Clark County, Ala. e: The vlotlms ot the lynchers were members of the notorious Meacham gang of moon- tc shiners aad desperadoes, who were driven e3 out of the country into Mississippi last year, aj after a flcht In which ten of the Meachamites were klllsd. 0) P.eoently the members of the srant? have been returning one by one. About ten days ago Murphy Fink, who was one of the lead- jc era jn driving them out; was assassinated. tl He lived Ion? enough to proclaim Branson, Smith and Brown as his murderers. The ?| men were arreste i and jilled, and the citl- m zens took them out and shot tnem to death. 11 k C. Alexander, of Paris, Ky., has sold to d> M. Goldsmith 545 head of Durham cattle, el Averaging over 1890 pounds, the lot bring* si ing about $60,000. They were Bhipped to F Paris, France, and London and Liverpool P tor the Christmas market. ai o: o The Centurj Road Club of America has ri accepted the long dlstanoe bieyole record ni made by R. P. 8earles. He rode from Chi- li cago to New York in six day9 live hours \> and thirty-four minutes. Mr. Searles has w been presented with a gold medaL o ? tl The people of Logan County, T7est Vlr? n glnia, have voted for a division of tha v county, the new portion to be nam?d Kenna, alter the late United States Senator, 1 m pit nrpnxiTiiDL tREAT southern display AT ATLANTA IN 1895, 'orcign Xatlons Will Take Part? <iatcs Wir Open September IS ?nd Be Closed December 31? Twelve Exhibition Buildings and a Midway Plaisance. Tae Now York Times has a new3r illustrasd account of t^e great Exposition ot Southru products and progress which will be held t Atlanta, Ga., iu the latter p ut ot 1995. 1 'hrough the courtesy of the Tlmas we repubsh its illustrations and make the following xtracts from its interesting article: I Varied and wonder.'ui as were the exhibits . t the World's Columbian exposition at Chi- i ago, which closed a little over a year a?o( i 1_T^P I RkbdI |B"??1 li'l WOMEN'S B To Contain the Exhibits or Han uwor.c t was, and still is, a matter of regret on the t art of the management of that great enter- a rise, and ot every visitor there, but more J artieularly on the part ot the people of the C auth, that there was not a larger display of t le products of that very resourceful part of d le country. The reason for this incomplete isplav at the Chicago Exposition was be- ii nise 'of the peculiar provisions in the Con- t itutions of most of the Southern States, i hioh prevented the appropriation of any of i te public money for such purposes. s To mate up for the loss of the display b hich should have been had at Chicago, it a is been decided to hold an exposition at tlanta In 1895, beginning September 18 and i osing December 81. This exposition will 1; ,ke the place ot the Cotton Exposition ii hich is usually held la the South. It will a i called the Cotton States and International c xpo3ltlon. It is not intended that it shall s ) a merely looul or provincial affair, as the I otton States Exposition has usually been, t it it will be an exhibition .of all the pro- d sets of the South, as well as of Interesting p aterlal from all American countries and v om as many foreign countries as can be e iterested in the project so soon after the I c;Ing of tbe World's Fair at Chicago. I In view of the fact that American conn- p ies are to be particularly Interested in this [position, it was at first proposed to call it h ie Pan-American Exposition, but the favor c Itb which the idea was received by some a reign countries seemed to give it an inter- n itlonal character. The exposition has been p idorsed by the United States Government, i f the Governors of all the Soatnern States, c id by all commeroial bodies interested in ii ie development of the South. It la ex- | V jctedthat the Southern States will be fully r (presented In the exhibits and that there 111 be many displays from Northern States, P htle the amount of material that Is pledged ti om South American countries is large c tough to assure an interesting, if not com- s ete, exhibit of the resources and products b ' these countries. b Although the exposition was at first out- a led something after the plan of the usual i; >tton exhibitions, it grew so steadily that p has now become universal in plan. It was o last February that a mass meeting of the ii tlzens of Atlanta was held to take steps to augurate the plans of the exposition, ti }llowlnar so closely upon the World's Ex- t jsftlon and the close of the Pacific Coast p ^position, at San Francisco, it was felt v at many large exhibits could be obtained Ii r Atlanta with very little trouble and at t mparatively small cost. The fact that the ? >uth was so little represented at the ii rorld's Fair, and that the bulk of the vis- t irs there came from theNorth, because the tl mthern people were unaole to attend, ow- ti g to the business depression, seemed to o ake it almost imperative that there should a ) ii well-organized movement to provide a r the attractive display of the wonderful ti roducts of the South. n Atlanta, which is the capital of Georgia, is t THE ART Now Bilnjr Built for the Display ! Fi tuated on high rolling land, bordering tho llegbany ranare, and is 1100 feet above the s ia. It has many fine sites for an exposition e ko the one contemplated. Of these, Pied- n ont Park, which Is situated two miles from n le center of the city, was finally adopted, f s beautiful landscape features made It the n iosi suitable of the numerous sites which t ere suggested by the enterprising citizens, v he grounds slope from the hills on one side > the line of the railroad on the lower bor- C er, and were possible of development in a t jry artistic manner. v A part of thU park was du<? out so that an t ilaud lake, twenty acres In area, was pro- j lded,and around this lake, as around the I r .goons at the World's Fair, It was proposed | g ? croup the principal buildings. The lay- | c ig out of the grounds and the arrangement 11: [ tne Duuaings ana meir location was aone s y Grant Wilkins, of Atlanta, who was made u hief of Construction. Mr. Wilkins is well r nownto the South as a railroad and bridge c instructor, and has been very successful in ) lying out the grounds for the Atlanta Ex- p ostion. . . s Although it was at first proposed to have \ alyone building, which was to be large ( lough to contain all the exhibits which it \ as thought it would be possible to obtain, c > much interest in the exposition was de- c sloped in the South and in other countries a iat the scope of the enterprise gradually etended until it was found necessary to n rovide ten buildings for the exhibits alone, c here will also be the Government Building, t ?build which and for the installation of \ chlbitR the Government has appropropri- c :ed $200,000, and the Administration Build- f. t?, wnich, - in addition to holding the { [flees of the exposition, will oontaln an au- < [tnrlum that will seat 4500 people. n Mr. Wilkins gave to the building set apart c ir the fine arts the location on the top of r lehill in the most conspicuous part of the e round?. The Government Building will t Iso be near by, on a high plane of ground, t he other buildings are all grouped about t le lake. In the centre of the park Mr. YVil ins provided for tropical nortlcuituriu garuns, in the centre of which there will be an ectric fountain similar to the ones on each de ofMaoMonnies fountain at the World's air. The Terraces, as the Midway laisance of the Atlanta Exposition is called, re a winding street along the southern end f the parte, which is broken by n bridge ver a lagoon near the centre. The tetices are situated where the old trenches r* still visible. Piedmont Park contains '9 acres. It will thus be seen th.it there Is .snty of room for the buildings and for the rinding paths, horticultural gardens and ther landscape features, whloh, even in leir present incomplete state, promise to lake the park one of the most beautiful in rhlch any exposition was ever situated. Bradford L. Gilbert, of New York City, is le architect of ten of the exposition build- : ines. The Fine Arts Building was designed by Walter T. Downing, of Atlanta. TheFint Arts Building will b* covered with staff, like thnt used bo excessively at Chicago. Tho other buildings will be built of Georgia pine covered with shingles. 8ome idea of the extent of the principal buddings can be ob? tuined from tne dimensions,: Fflet. Manufactures and Liberal Arts 216x371 Mtohinery .100x500 Minerals and Forestry 80x220 Agriculture 150x300 Electricity 91x25'i Transportation 126x413 Fine Arts Building 10Jx245 Negro Building ; 100x30 J The Government Building Js of Romanesque architecture and has a lloor area of about 50,00) squire teet. A turroted tower surmounts the structure, having at its apex a platform for rhi exposure of the instruments of the Weather Bureau. The Navy Dapurtment will operate a time hall and electric search light on the roof of this building. Ample provision is made for the requisite offlues. toilet rooms, staircase', etc.. whioti ure situated in the projecting pavilions at r Wmtrrnw jffijjgr tobsb HP Er^ar UILDIKO. ' >y Womon at the Atlanta Exposition, he entrances, thus leaving the .floor space iv tlluble for the exhibits. In the act approbating the money for the exposition, the Jovernment included a clause providing for be admission of foreign exhibit* tree of lutv. The architectural idea of Machinery Hall 3 that which prevails throughout most of ho buildings?the Romanesque. The buildnz is deslened to cive a arreat deal of SDace oslde, bat little room being taken up b? tairways and ottices. It la sixty-five feet tigh In the Agricultural Building the .rchitecture is pyramidal in character. The Electricity Building will be brilliantly llurulnated. It is situated at the foot of the nice, wtiere its towers and arches, outlined n rows of light, will be particularly notlce,ble. The building designed for forestry and alnerals Is to be erected of natural wood, omething after the style of the Forestry iulldinsr at the World's Fair. In the inerior It will be festooned with Southern qoss and greens. The spaces between the >osts and braces, which are of natural trees, rill be covered with bark. A roof promeiade garden, with an area of 26,000 square set, will be one of the features of this bulldog. Its sides will be formed of palms and almettos. In the Woman's Building there will be exlibits of books written by women, musical om positions, patents and Inventions and rtistio work. Special attempts will be aade to secure a large collection of oil i&intings, etchings And water colors, arohlQCtual designs, sculptures, and models in lay, wood carving, embroideries, plaln_sew Qk*, ceramics and c&lna painting, xnere rill Also be a cooking school and kinderarten. The Fine Arts Building Is of the Italian tenaissance, with a tendency to the Florenme school. It is proposed to make the'eduational exhibit better in every way. if pos? ible, than the one at the World's Fair. It as not yet been decided to have a separate uiidlng for .this exhibit, but as the space coorded to it at Chicago was inadequate, it ? probable that a building will have to be rovlded. It is proposed to have a sample fthe work of every pupil of every school a the South. The most unique thing about the exposlion is the fact tnat the wcrk cf the negro In he South will be acknowledged nnd hm? a ilace. A special building has been provided for the negro exhibit. It is 100 by 800 be:, and it is intended that the best work of he negro in every department of labor, hewing the progress made in education ana a industrial pursuits since his emanclpnion, shall And a place there. RepresenraIve colored men have become greatiyln? ?* 5 ~ nvKlkli Qavarul eri'blCU ILL 11X13 j;(UpU30U UJWJX&ISAI. wuvuiuk f them .'ire now traveling through the South rrangini? for exhibits. Tho Virginia and lisslssippi committees are particularly acire. It is expected that this sbowiuarof the egro's progress n*ill be of mutual benefit to lie blacks and the whites of the South. GALLERY. ne Arts at tha Atlanta Exposition. A special effort has also been made to ecure a better display of tobacco than was ver had before. The cultivation, curing, aarketlng and manufacturing of tobacco nd of tobacco products will be shown in all orms and stages. Provision has elso been nade for muslo and lecture halls, and for he exhibition of live stock and dairy prodicts. Mr. Fielder, Chief Assistant to DirectorJaneral Collier, called particular atiention o the amusement features. He said that rhile the Midway Plaisance of the expo3l? Ion had been called the Terraces, it was exacted that the more popular term would be is^d by the visitors. ?':Weshall refuse to accept the applications >f any but first-class attractions. There will le a Mexican village, including a street cene in Mexico, with its cathedral, theatre ind booths, and the grounds will bo ornanented with Mexican plants. A fine or? ihestra will provide muslo for this village. i.mple private capital is back of this enter>rise, and its projectors have been at work everal months collecting material. There rill also be a picturesque exhibit from iuatemala, showing the bamboo huts in vnichwill live Carlb Indians,nut carvers and >ther natives of that country. Exquisite inrvings on Guatemalan nuts, musical tones and other things will be on sale. "There will be a Hawaiian village, with m exhibit from the Royal Museum, deep sea nvere, uuia-nuui uaacers, nun iuo piciutisque huts of that country. A German village rill also be one of the features of this part >f the Exposition. There will be a beer garden and a band to furnl3h music for the >eople wbo assemble there. Instead of sev? ;ral Oriental villages, we expect to combine i thorough representation of Oriental life in >ne village. There will be a model gold nine, an electric scenic theatre, and a beauty ihow. A company has also been organized o secure a concession for a lift on th? oanilever principle, something on the style of he old fashioned teeter. "Efforts are being made to secure for Atanta during the Exposition meetings of .'ommercial and professional societies, so hat their members may combine pleasure ffith profit. "Although Atlanta was the scene of one of :he most destructive and terrible battles of he war, the people there have lost sight of he causes which led to the war, and there s no sectional feeling. Wo do not try to revive war memories. A curious example >f this oblivion of the past is shown by the ippointmentas one of the Secretaries of the jxposition of General J. R. L9Wls, a Union veteran. General Lewis was with Sherman an his march to the sea, when Atlanta was destroyed. Fifteen years ago he moved to the city and he has been one of its prominent citizens ever since. He was Postmaster under President Harrison and is thoroughly Identified with all the interests of the city." LATER NEWS, Repotlxoah3 carried the municipal election In Boston, Mass., eleoting the Mayor and a majority of the Aldermen. Bibqe's wall-paper factory, covering half - of "DnfPnlr* V V two a Haafrnt?aH Kt? Ck S4U010 ail ?UUI*?V| 411 * > vt* fire, causing a loss of about $500,000, and throwing from 500 to 700 employes oat of work. The man under arrest in Chicago, supposed to be Samuel 0. Seeloy, the defaulting New York bank bookkeeper, admitted his identity. Ettsell Adams, a well-to-do farmer living three miles from Florence, S. 0., in a fit of Insanity Bhot his daughter in the head. He afterward shot his wife and then slashed himself to death. All three are dead. The pretty sixteen-year-old daughter of Farmer Enos Dennett, of Flintstone, Md., was shot dead by her thirteen-year-old brother. The shooting was accidental. Secbetabt or thx Tbeasubi Oarliblb presented to the House Oommlttee on Banking and Currency a bill embodying his plan for currency reform, and It was Introduced In the House. Repbesextativi Swakson, of Maryland, and Miss Elizabeth D. Lyons, formerly of Blohmond, were married at the residence of trie bride 8 motner, in Washington. Business In Newfoundland Is paralyzed by the financial and. political crisis. The clipper ship Richard Parsons, of New Tork, with six of her crew, was lost In the Indian Ocean. Ik New York City ex-Police Captain John T Stephenson was found guilty of bribery without a recommendation to mercy. He may get ten years in Sing Sing. Carl Schobz delivered the annual address as President of the Civil Sorvice Reform League at its convention in Chicago, 111. The President and Mrs. Cleveland abandoned their country home at Woodley for the season and moved into the White House. The Goodridge Ministry in Newfoundland resigned on account of the flnanolal crisis. CHIET CLARENCE PENSIONED England's Grant to the Ex-Ruler of Mosquito. Ex-Ciilef Clarence, the former ruler of the Xosqutto Territory, has been granted a maintenance of $22 per day by the British , Government. The Nloaraguan Govern-' EX-CHIEP CLARENCE. feent has Issued a deorea granting amnesty to all the members of the defunct Mosquito Territory Government, with the exception of Clarence. THE LABOR WORLD. It Is estimated that English shops can HMU UUl U1UU iUUWIUUkItwj a jwai, The oldest man in the London postofflce haa been in the service forty-live years. Bbooklys (N. Y.; motormen receive the same wages as the stre9t car drivers of old. The National organization of the Brotherhood of Painter3 and Decorators, it 13 said, 1b likely to be disrupted. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen will remove it* headquarters from Terre Haute, lad., to Psorla, 111. The Belgian Government proposes to introduce legislation for the amelioration of the condition of the laboring classes. Felix Adleb thinks that New York City should buy up some landnnd build tenement houses on it, to be let to laboring people at a low rental. Work at the sugar refineries which were , recently shut down in the Eastern District of Brooklyn was resumed. Fourteen hunsiwAsl man mnirn oaf tttarLr ?*ou muu noio aoi nvrnt Official statlstlos show that the total number of blnst furnaces blowing In the United Kingdom of Gre:it Britain and Ireland Is 274 out of a total of 719. The Park Board has appropriated $50,000 for immediate work on Corao Park, St. Paul, Minn. The object Is to give Immediate work to the unemployed of the city. The Southern Paolflc began a wholesale reduction of salaries. The cut will be felt in every department by practically every employe, from the highest to the lowest. The fishing industry employs a considerable portion of the population of Japan. Returns just published clvo the total value of the "take" as 820,000.000. Fresh water fish represented the value of $1,000,000. C. H. Newton, agent of the'Wabash Road at Fort Wayne, has been elected President of the Yo-ng Men's Christian Association of Indiana. He has done muoh to increase the work of the association among railroad men. A bio Iron plant in Eaarland whioh has been doing business since 1872, has been forced to suspend and the trade and other journals are discussing the matter from the standpoint of the decay of the British iron Industry. John Burns, famous as a member of Parliament, Hnd as the representative of amalgamated labor la England, arrived at New York to attend the Labor Convention in Denver, Col., and was received by Samuel Gompers, President of the Federation of Labor, and a committee of local labor leaders. SELF-SL AINWrTH DYNAMITE Michael Davis Blows Himself Into Fragments at a Quarry. Mlohael Davl3, aon of Joseph Davis, living in Marvin Hollow, near Walton, N. Y., has committed suicide with dynamite, literally blowing his body into fragments. - He left the house, saying he was going to kill himself, and went direct to a quarry and Into a storeh<Kise, built a fire and began thawing out a stick 'of dynamite. This took about three-quarters of an hour. Then, returning to the house, he left his watch and started for the fields nearby. His father, who was In bed, on being informed of what young Davis had threatened, dressed himself as quickly as possible and Just as he reached the door heard the explosion. All that oould be found was a large hole in the ground. The trees and bushes near were covered with flesh, and at a distance and in different directions both legs, oae arm and the head were found. The head Wis 500 feet away. It went nearly 300 feet before it struck the ground the first time, and bounced nearly a dozen times in the Other 200 feet. MURDERED IN COURT. A Judge Killed by a Desperate Criminal, Who Escaped. R. H. Capehart, Justice of the Peace at Velpin, Pike County, Ind., while trying a railroad man, name unknown, for some minor offense, was struck on the head by the prisoner and almost instantly killed. The murderer escaped in the contusion and the Sheriff at once started in pursuit. :s... if, > HEW CHINESE TEE ATT President Cleveland Issues His ftnam lamatlon Announcing Ratification Ratifications of the new treaty betwwa the United States and China were es ohanged at the State Department after offlo hours by Secretary Gresham and Minista Yang Yu. The President then signed thi proclamation announcing the ratification ol and the taking effect of the new Chinest immigration treaty. The proclamation is precisely similar to those usually issued in suoh cases and is confined to a recital of the text of th? treaty, with notice to the publi? of its ratification. The convention was negotiated on Marcb 17, and agreed to by the Senate on August 13. It will remain in force ten yean and unless six months before that tinru notice cf its final termination shall b< given by either party, it continues for a Rimliar period- The convention is designed tc provide reciprocally for the better protection of citizens or subjects of each country wlthir the jurisdiction of the other. Artiole 1 stipulates that, except under con ditions subsequently specified, the immt gration of Chinese laborers to the United States shall be absolutely prohibited. Article 2 excepts from the provisions of the preceding artiole the return to the United States of every registered Chinese laborer who has a lawful wife, child or parent in the United States, or property to the value of $1000, or debts of like amount pending settlement. To secure thi? exception, however, such laborer is compelled, before leaving the United States, to deposit with the Collector of Customs before he departs, a full description in writing of his family or property or debts, and shall in exchange be furnished.with a certificate of his right to return. Forfeiture of the right is provided in case the description is proved to be false. Article 3 continues the right at present enjoyed of Chinese subjects who are officials, leacners, btuuoms, meruuauia, ui for curiosity or pleasure, but not laborers, of coming to or residing In the United States. This class, however, Is admitted only upon 3 certificate approved by the diplomatic or consular representative of this country at the port whence such Chlnpse depart. The privilege of transit of Chinese laborers across the United States in journeying to or from other countries is continued. By article 4, it is agreed that Chinese of the laboring or any other class, either permanantly or temporarily, in the United States, shall have all the protection to their persons and their property that is given to jltizens of the most favored nations, except the right to become naturalized citizens. Article 5 recognizes the right of China to snact and enforce similar laws and regulations to our Chinese Registration act, proriding for the registration of all American ikilled and unskilled laborers residing in China, and binds this Oovernment to report n thn Oovernment of China the full name. ige, occupation and place of residence of all :ltlzens of the Unltoa 8tates, lnolndlng missionaries, within and without the treaty ports 3f China. PKEMIEB THOMPSON DEAD, Canada's Prime Minister Expires Suddenly at Windsor. Sir John S. D. Thompson, Premier of the Dominion of Oanada, died suddenly at Windsor, England, shortly after tdjournment of the counoil which ho Went to Wind6orto attend. He was acoompanied by the Marquis of Rlpon, Henry Hartley Fowler, Secretary of State for India, and Arnold Morley. Postmaster-General. After Sir John had been sworn in as a member of the Queen's Privy Council, he sat at luncheon with the Marquis of Rlpon and others, when be was suddenly taken lil. Doctor Ellison, Surgeon in Ordinary to the household at Windsor, was summoned, but Sir John was dead before the doctor arrived. He succeeded Sir John Abbott as Premier of the Dominion of Canada two years ago. Sir John Thompson was born in Halifax, Nova 8ootla, November 10,1844, his father, being a native of Ireland. He .had the best education that city afforded, at the public schools and tne Free Church Academy. For some years after leaving school the future statesman reported the proceedings of the Nova Scotia Legislature, ana daring tne intervals between the sessions studied law with Henry Pryor, afterwards Stipendiary Magistrate. He was oalled to the bar in July, 1865, and after a successful practice was appointed a Queen's Counsel In 1879. During this period he was counsel for the United States Government, acting with the American lawyers, before the Fishery Commission sitting at Halifax under tbe provisions of the Washington treaty. He married in 1870 Miss Annie E. Affleck, and became a convert to the Roman Catholio Church. In October, 1873, he was appointed a member of the Executive Council and Attorney General of his province, having run and being successful as a member for the County of Antigonish in 1877. He was Premier and Attorney General from May 25. 1882, to July 25, 1832, when, on the death of Judge Rigley ne resigned, and was made a Judge of the Supreme Court of Nova Scotia. He resigned this office September 25, 1885, and joined tbe Dominion Government as Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, being elected again for his old county, Antigonish. He was reelected againit most determined opposition. In 1888 he was oreated by Her Majesty a Knight Companion of St. Michael and St. George for his servloss in connection with the negotiations of a new fishery treaty, of which the Right Hon. Mr. Chamberlain was Chief Imperial Commissioner. In his ministerial posts he displayed great intellectual force and subtlety, with a keen grasp of the whole political situation. However, with many admirable qualities for leadership, his long judioial training gave to his manner an austerity which was the worst feature In the g-eat Liberal's leadership of the Opposition, e had strong powers ot debate, and a most untarnished nrivate character. He was a most unpretentious and oven, it is said by those wbo knew him intimately, a diffident man, and an easy victim to tne wiles and subterfuges ol the practical politician. , TRAMPS MURDERED. Two 3Ien Jumped oa a Car and Killed Three Men. In a flght between a party of tramps in a box car on a Baltimore and Ohio train three men were killed. The murder was discovered when the train reached Fostoria, Ohio, and a dying tramp told the story of th? shooting. He s>aid that two men boarded the train at Deshler, and leaped from th< train before it reachod Fostoria, and e? caped. They shot the tramps in the car. The men killed in the flght were: Henry Harris, Auburn, Ind., leaves widow and two children ; Henry Reesh, Auburn, unmarried ; Arthur E. Brown, Auburn, unmarried. The men were in search of work, and th? murderers were suppoaod to be roughi driven oat of Oarrett. GOLD PRODUCTION. The Immense Yield In the United - 'States During 1894. The United States Treasury Department has received returns in regard to the production ot gold in the United States during the calendar year 1894 which warrants the statement that the outpat will approximate -343,000,000. The States ot Colorado, Montana, Idaho and California will show an increase amounting in the aggregate to $7,000,000. Of the total production of the year it is H?timated that California will contribute $13,750,000 : Colorado, $11,275,000 ; Montana, $4,575,000, and Idaho, $2,225,000. SLEW FAMILY MB SELF. A Missouri Farmer Murdered His Wife and Three Children. David Sprang, a farmer residing in IIam? llton County, Missouri, cut the throats of two of his children. Their cries brought their mother to their aid. Spragg then cut his wife's throat from ear to ear and she died instantly. The murderer then killed a six-months-old baby in its oradle. After killing the baby Spragg returned t? where his wife's body lay and cut his own throat. He died oa his wife's corpse. ? ? FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. . In the Senate. 4th Day.?Mr. Vest made an effort to gflU np bl9 cloture resolution for action, but was' cut off by a motion to proceed to the. consideration of executive business.-? Mr. Turple occupied about an hour In the presentation of an argument in; favor of making Senators elective by the; people of each State Instead of the Legislatures. Four bills were passed: To exempt from the payment ot duties articles of foreign exhibitors at the Portland (Ore- h Kon) Universal Exposition; extending the time for the commencement and completion of a bridsre across the Mississippi! River above New Orleans; to reimburse thai Washington and Lee University at Lexington. Va.. for injuries done by United State? troops during th<? war ($17,484). and appropriating $20,000 for the dedication of the Cbickamauga and Chattanooga National1 Park on the two battlefields, on September 19 and .20, 1895. The new treaty with; Japan negotiated by Secretary of 8tate Qresham was Bent to the Senate by the President. , 5th Day.?In the absence of the VicePresident the Senate whs called to order by Mr. Harris. Mr. Call offered a resolution < looking to the independence of Ouha.? A Speeches in favor of Government control ofj M the proposed Nicaragua Canal were made by Messrs. Morgan and MitchelL A resolution was introduced calling on Secretary Gresham for the correspondence in the^H Bering Sea damage cases. 6th Day.? Mr. Morrill spoke on "Quac^^H Financial Panaceas," and Messrs. Doip^^m and Sherman on the Nicaragua Canal bill.^^H 7th Day.?Motions to take up the bill pealing the differential duty on refined H and to consider a closure resolution were do^^H feated by decisive votes. Mr. Mitchell ln-^H troduced a bill providing for the abolishment of the death penalty in the army and! w navy and in places where the United States ' has exclusive jurisdiction, except in cases of murder, desertion to the enemy in time of war anu aggravated mutiny. In the House. 1 4th Day.?Speaker Crisp announced ai nnrnber of committee removals aaa assisrnments, made necessary by the changes that! have occurred in the membership of the* House. The Pension and Fortifl-/ cations Appropriation bills were reported to the. House. ilr. Drap-i er offered a bill which makes . it un-j. lawful for any common carrier to haul anyj car not equipped with automatic couplings, j or any passenger coach that is not fitted) with such couplings or any locomotive which has not driving wheel brakes. The debate on the bill to so amend the InterState Commerce law as to permit of pooling! by the railroads was resumed and occupied1 the attention of the House until adjournment. 6th Dat.?The greater portion of the aes-t slon was devoted to a continuation of the. discussion on me dui 10 so smwu iuo u.?i State Commerce act as to permit railway] companies to pool their earnings. A resolution offered by Mr. Wilson was passed distributing the President's message among the! several appropriate committees. On this j resolution the House was briefly addressed by ex-Speaker Grow, who presented his! views in regard to amendments to the Na-i tionalBank act A resolution offered by| Mr. Springer was agreed to. giving the Committee on Banking and Correnoy permission: to sit during the sessions or the House. 6th Dat.?Champ Clark spoke in opposition to the bill providing a retired list for; the revenue cutter service. Under the, speoial order the House took up the bill to jso amend the Inter-State Commeroe law to permit railroad companies to pool their; earnings. Mr. Geary, Mr. Dalzell, Mr. Grow' and Mr. Mahon advocating the bill. Mr. Blair gave notice of an Intention to offer' | at the proper time an amendment proposing that all contracts entered into should be sub {oct to be cbanged, resoinaea or lerauuattju j iy Congress. 7th Day.?The day was devoted to dlsaassion of District of Columbia attain. The Urgency Deficiency bill was reported. It . appropriates $215,095 for the collection of the Income tax. 8th Dat.?The bill to permit pooling by railroads was passed by a vote of 166 to 110. 9th Dat.?Mr. Bartleft's motion to strike out from the Urgent Deficiency bill the appropriation for the collection of the income tax was defeated. Sir. Sickles introduced a bill for a pension of $100 per month to Mary Palmer Banks, the widow ol Major- ! General Nathaniel P. Banks. BUBDEAU DEAD. Tbe President of the French Cham* ber of Deputies. M. August? Burdeao, President of th French Chamber of Deputies, died a lew mornings ago at Paris. He had been suffering from congestion of the lungs. In con sequence of the death of M. Burdoau, Invitations to all official banquets bave been cancelled. President Casimir-Perier end all of the Ministers and foreign diplomats called; at the Palais Bourbon and inscribed their names In the visitors' boolc as a mark of respect to the memory of M. Burdeau. AUGU9TE BUBDEAU. M. Burdeau was horn at Lyons, France, on September 10, 1851, and served during ?.i? ti?OmooiBn m?r Jn the army until IIJU Ii{lUbViiu^.Uu # be was wounded and taken as a prisoner to Germany. In November, 1SS1, be became I Chief of the Cabinet of M. Paul Bert, Minis- I ter of Pablie Instruction. In 18S5 Jr. Bar- I deau was elected to represent one of the I Bhone districts in the Chamber of Deputies. I In 1890 he was one of the four French dele- I gates at the International Labor Conference I opened In Berlin by Emperor William. The I ex-Minister was decorated with the Cross of the Legion of Honor for the gallantry which I he displayed as a soldier, and he is the I author of a number of historical and edu- I cational works. He was elected President I of the Chamber of Deputies in July of the present year. SWEPT BY A "TIDAL WAYE. I Many Persons Drowned In Colombia I and Buildings Overthrown. I r A despatch from Santa Marta, oapital of I the WJpartment of Magdalena, Colombia, I says the town was inundated by a tidal wave. I Heavy rains and strong winds caused I the Manzanares Biver to overflow its banks. At the same time great I V waves of the sea swept over the city, wasu- n ing away houses and forcing the Inhabitants H to take refuare In church steeples and the H loftiest buildings. Many persons perished. H The town of Laira has completely dls appeared and fourteen were drowned there. H Snnta 3Iarta does a largo banana trade with the United States. It Is on the shore ' of a bay of the Caribbean Sea and has a population of about four thousand. TILLMAN A SENATOR J Elected to Succeed M. C. Butler la South Carolina B. R. Tillman was elected United 8tates Senator by the South Carolina Legislature In joint session at Columbia, receiving 111 out of 155 votes cast. M. C. Butler received fl 21 votes; the throe colored members of the H House voted?two for George Murray and H one for W. D. Crum. The voto stood in the Senate, 29 for Tillman, 6 for Butler. In tha Hou.**- >12 for Tillman, 15 for Butler. jH