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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
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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