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SOYEIOBS INSTALLED.
THE CEBEMONIES IN NEW
YORK AND MICHIGAN.
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Cbt New Regime Takes Control In
Hew York City A. Brilliant
Scene at Albany Michigan's
PnMIn Tnanmirn Mnn?finv
era or Rich's SecontJ Term.
heri p. Morton was formally Inaugurated as
orernor at Albany, N. Y., and in New York
k '^V Qty, Mayor W. L, Strong, Recorder John
/ . j W. Goff and Sheriff Tamsen were installed
!' | ti office. The firs)- formal inauguration
; Mrwnonles ever held in Michigan were con'
4?cted at Lansing, Governor Rich beginning
kb second term as Chief Executive of the
Kate.'
At Albany inauguration day broke cold
ndeleur.ond the streets of New York's Capital
very early enlivened by the gay uniforms
Kaff and military officers on the way to
tbe Capitol; Although the inaugural cereMonies
were set for 11 o'clock, the Assem
governor levi p. k0bt05.
Chamber was comfortably filled an hoar
be>ore that time. The chamber was
nry handsomely decorated. Over the.
top of the* Speaker's desk, , extending
rat Into the well nearly to' the stenogmpher's
desk, a platform had been built, and
this and the entire wall of the chamber had'
keen completely decorated with the red,
while and blQe of America. Extending along
the balustrade of the ladles' gallery was a
tap^ry of American flags, festooned Over
mob other, so as to carry out the Idea of a
paint id g. The two- heavy pillars, one on
?Mh aide of the Speaker's desk, had been
covered with flags, stretched from the
ailing to the base. Governor.
Viewer reached the Executive Chamtor
at 10.30 o'clock, having been
/ corted from the Hotel Eenmore by
Ida staff.. In uniform. Governor Morton's
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1IAT0B WILLI!* L. STBQSO. ^
staff met him at the Executive Mansion, and
thay were escorted to the Capltot In carxtege*
by the Tenth Battalion, headed by
Dorlng's Band, of Troy. The Albany Beyabllcan
Leatnie In carriages formed a
Ertlon of the ? escort. It was abont
35 o'clock when the signal of
tip approach of the Governor's!
party was given. The band played
"Hall to the Chief," and as the party
ntared the scene was one of splendor
and brilliancy, the gay dresses of the ladies
Bd the glittering uniforms of the staff officers
blending well with the handsome
decorations of the chamber. The inaugural
exercises in the Assembly Chamber opened
with a band of must?. The Bight Rev. W.
firosswell Doane, Episcopal Bishop* of
Albany and Begent of the University, made
the official prayer, and, with Its Amen
ehoing through the chamber, Governor
Flower stepped forward on the flag-draped
platform and delivered an address of welcome
to Governor Morton. Secretary of
Stale John Palmer, who was by virtue of
kla office the presiding offloer of the occasion,
nxcoanxs john w. aorr.
with the completion of Governor Flower's
address at once proceeded to administer the
ath of office to Levi P. Morton, which mad?
ktm for tbe next two yean the signer of
fttwlamations and the possessor of the veto
power overthe Legislature. The oath taken,
Governor Morton took the position at the
Iront of the platform vacated by Governor
jVlower and made his first speech as Governor
of the State. At the conolutlon of the
fepeeoh Bishop Doane pronounced the |benedJctlon,
and the crowd that filled every
>ook and corner of the chamber began to
snrg? out the door* Into the main corridor
and lobby in front, while Governor Morton
and staff bv the rear exits reached the Exec
ntlve Chamber and took possession. Here
Governor Morton began ni* first New Year
reaction. Ex-Governor Flower and his
eld staff, aftei the Inaugural ceremonies, re- i
paired to the Executive Chamber and greeted
the new Governor. After them, the populace,
State officials, women and children
urged through the ohamber and
ibook hands with Governor Morton. Gov- j
ernor Morton, with Mrs. and the Misses i
Morton, then begun receiving at the Execu- I
five Mansion. Governor Flower retired to
his Kenrhore apartments, where he and Mrs.
flower were to Md farewell to their ;
many friends and official acquaintances.
At New York City,a new city administration
came in wtth the new year, and for the first i
Hme in thirty-two year* New York Is governed
by a Republican Mayor. William L.
ftrong was Inaugurated Mayor at 12 o'clook
oon, with brief and simple ceremony. He
will be Mayor for three years. Mayor
Strong went to City Hall shortly before
v vooc. acoompsnled by his Secretary, Job
K. Hedgee, and a few friends. He was met
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by retiring Mayor Gllrov, and the party retired
to the private room off the Mayor's office.
There were flowers for the new Mayor,
Inkstands, paper knives and ornaments for
his desk, everything new. At 12 o'ciook
Strong and Gllroy entered the main
office arm In arm, and made their way
tnrough the crowd over to the Mayor's desk
In the southwest corner of the room. There
was some applause and the face of the new
Mayor flushed slightly with pleasure. Facing
Mayor Strong In front of the desk, the
retiring Mayor,In afew words,formally turned
overtnecityto niscare. He presented tne Keys
of the Mayor's office and d^k, congratulated
Mr. Strong and wished him success. Mayor
Gllroy at the conclusion of his remarks
Stepped back and became ex-Mayor Gllroy.
Mayor Strong thanked the retiring Mayor,"
made a brief address, and the ceremony of installing
a Republican Mayor was over.
Recorder John W. Goff went to the new
Criminal Courts Building about 12.30 p. m.
and called on District-Attorney Fellows,
with whom he exchanged New Year's
greetings. Me. Goff took the oath of
office some time ago. Accompanied by
Colonel Fellows, the Ricorder went to call
on Sheriff Tamsen in the County Court
House, After a briefl interchange of remarks,
the v Recorder and Colonel
Fellows went to the City Hall
to congratulate Mayor Strong. The
entire complicated maohinery of the
Sheriff's office, New York City, changed
hands at noon, when Edward J. H. Tamson
superseded John B. Sexton. Sheriff TamBen
had been sworn In before Justlce^Patterson,
and the turning over of the keys to the
office was the only necessary formality.
Michigan's Governor Inducted.
At Lansing, for the first time in the history
of Michigan the inauguration of a new
State Administration was acoompanled by
formal ceremony. The exercises were very
tlmple, vet solemn, Impressive and dlgnlflort
nnn Trill h? momornhln. Oenftr&F R.
A. Alger presided, and Representative
Hall In the Capitol was filled with
distinguished guests, including 3II the membars
of the Legislature, several Congressmen,
many ex-State officials and the American
Consuls in Michigan of Sweden, Venezuela,
the Netherlands and Franoe. The
new officers, Justices of the Supreme Court,
Governor's staff and distinguished visitors
occupied seats on the platform.
The Rev. Clarence F. Switt invoked
the divine blessing. The Lansing
Quartet rendered a vocal selection and then
:Chief Justloe John W. McGrath delivered the
address of the day. At the olose of his adi
dress Justloe McGrath administered the oath
to the new officials, beginning with Governor
Rich. He Introduced each to othe
audience, and each was applauded. Governor
Rloh, Lieutenant-Governor Mllnes and
.Secretary Gardner responded to calls for J
[impromptu speeohes. The exercises closed ;
with a song and benediction. At night Gov- ;
ernor Rich gave a reception to the Legisla- j
ture and citizens. It was largely attended 1
and was a brilliant affair generally.
A%*T*Tn*Tm T\T1AT>T ?
ritumiJNijjN i rjtjurLr.,
Patti. the eantatrioe, is now In her flftythird
year.
Kiko Hchbebt opened the Italian Parliament
with a ten minutes' speech. ,
Ex-Govzbxob Abbett. of New Jersey, left
a fortune estimated at $800,000.
David Chbistie Mubbat prides himself on
being able to write a three-volume novel -in
Ave weeks.
It is said that President Cleveland Is planning
to visit Europe at the expiration of his
official term.
Lobs Wolselt, who is now a field marshal
in the British Army, has received hla
baton from the Qaeen's own hands.
Ebastus F. Beadxe, the publisher of dime
novels, died at his country home in Coopers*'
town, N. Y., aged seventy-four years.
Although Jules Verne's works have earned
untold fortunes for his publishers, they have
brought to the novelist only t&OOO a year on'
anaverage. ?
Pbofxssob Fbedebiox W. Boatwbioht,;
who has just been elected President ofBlohmond
(Va.) College, Is only twenty-seven
years of age. ?
Congressman Habdsos, ot Alabama, is ?o
very like Dr. Parkhurst in faoe, form and
manner that he might very easily be mistaken
for the great reformer.
The death Is announced In England of the;
Bev. Solomon Caesar Malan, the greatest j
linguist of the age. He .was thoroughly
familiar with more than eighty languages.
N. A. Mozley, a Missouri Republican, will'
be the youngest member of the next House j
of Representatives. He Is twenty-eight years
old. He is a lawyer, and has been a school
teacher. *
James Whitcomb Riley has made himself;
extremely popular with the children of the
country by his poetry, and he gets many]
letters from them, not Infrequently asking
for pictures.
At Dresden recently a great publio meeting
resolved that an imposing monument
should be erected to Prince Blsmarok, and
that the cost should be defrayed by voluntary
contributions.
Vice-admiral Bbi>*e, retired, served flfty:
yearn under the British flag* His first en-!
gagements were against Chinese pirates. He
has done service in Mandalay and on the
east coast of Africa.
Prince Kuxo.who has been put In supreme
command in China, is said to be a physical
wreck from opium smoking, to wnloh he1
took to alleviate his grief, when his enemies
caused his overthrow some time ago.
PERKHEDInTHRE.
rhree Lives Lost in a Tenement j
House Blaze.
Three lives were lost by a fire In the tenement
house at Nos. 25 and 27 Pitt street, New
York Citv. The dead are Lena Leeman, .
twenty-four years old; Sadie Leeman, two j
years old, and Henry Leeman, two months ;
v?u, # y
Policeman Pox, of the Delancey street station,
ran into the bulldlnt; when the alarm
was given and found smoke pouring up the
stairway. Fox rushed thronsjh the house,
Bhoutlncr to the occupants to flee. From the
second floor Fox carried two ohlldren out in
Bafetr.
Policeman O'Neill, also of Delancey street
station, rushed Into the house. He carried
Lena Jacobs, aged six year?, from the third
story to the pround. Twenty persons were ,
forced to escape Irom the house by means of f
the fire escapes.
When Engine Company No. 17 arrived on j
the seene Fireman George H. Leforest, to- ;
gather with several other firemen, went into J
the building. -'On the third floor Lelorest
was overcome by smoke, and Fireman Rlef- J
ner dragged him out. Leforest, however, ;
soon recovered.
After the flre was put out the firemen I
found three bodies on the third floor. The
bodiss were those of the Leemans?mother
and two children. The damage 1b $25,000. 1
PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT. '
Obligations Swell and the Gold Reserve
Dwindles. t
The monthly statement of the public debt 1
just issued from the Treasury Department' ]
shows that on December 81, 1894, the pabllo i
debt, less cash in the Treasury, amounted to '
910,903,695, an increase tor the month of c
(81,320,775. Following is a recapitulation of i
the debt: Interest bearing debt. $679,168,- .
130, increase during the month, $10,025,100 ; (
|debt on which interest has ceased since maturity,
$1,825,800, deorease during the month .
;$1130; debt bearing no interest, $383,247,315.
[increase during the month, $126,780 ; total .
;debt, $1,654,375,379, of which 1590,134,104 ,
are certificates and Treasury notes offsot by ,
an equal amount of cash in the Treasury.
The cash in the Treasury Is classified as
fnllnma /"Inl^ 417Q ADA QR1 ai Ivor .
t504.035.456 ; paper, 8122,914,759 ; general
account, disbursing, officers' balances, etc.,
$16,197,719; total. $782,754,289, against,
which there are demand liabilities
amounting to $629,416,709, leaving a
cash balance of $153,337,579, of which $86,244,445
is gold reserve*. Advices received
from the New York Sub-Treasury state that
$1,500,000 in gold was withdrawn for export,
which, with the $300,000 already withdrawn,
leaves the true amount of the gold
reserve $83,944,445.
morassob j. b. GFbat, principal of the !
public school at Picton, Texas, and Wilmar
Randolph, a pupil, fatally stabbed eaq?
other In the schoolroom, as the result of an
attempt on the part of the principal to did- (
dpline the boy with a lash. , t
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TEN NEW AND'TWO EE.
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L W. H. TJpham, of Wisconsin, 2. Silas
Bosiel, of New Hampshire1 4. 0. Vincent (
Hastings, of Pennsylvania. 6. James H. Bi
Mlohlgan (re-eleoted). 8. John Gary Evans,
Delaware, 10. A. W. Mclntlre, of Colorado. 11
Kelson, of Minnesota (re-olected).
LATER NEWS.
Gxoboz 0. Clausen, President of the Park
Board, and Excise Commissioner Bushe sent
their resignations to Mayor Strong, of New [
York City..
Two young children of John Glover were
burned to death in a canalboat in Newark,
N. J', where they had been locked In a
cabin by their parents, who had gone to a
watch meeting.
A man named Burgeon, his son and daughter,
were killed at Keene, N. H., while trying
to cross the traok In front of a train. They
had'been sleighing.
Ax eastbound passenger train struck a
sleigh a halt mile east of Willard, N. Y., eontalnlng
Mrs. Hughes,-her son and Miss Larkin,
of Ovid. All three were killed.
Bet. Db. Chasleb H. Pabkhcebt Issued a '
statement In New York City scoring Superintendent
Byrnes and charging the Lexow j
Committee with having entered into a deal
with the Superintendent whereby the latter
would be protected by the committee when ,
he appeared before them as a witness. PresI- I
uanc iuaruu,oi mo rumo jjvmu,
hls Intention' of sending In his resignation to
Mayor Strong.
Jajtes Blub, a white man, acquitted of a
charge of murder, was lynched by a Kenlucky
mob at Mount Sterling.
Babbett Sctrrr, defaulting Treasurer "ol
Holt Count}*, Nebraska, was abducted by I
vigilantes, and, it was thought, was hanged >
by them. , !
At Lancaster, Ky., the Mailer Hotel, a I
three-story brick building, and three persons,
E. A. Pascoe, his mother-in-law, Mrs. !
Lesters, and his little child, aged about |
three years, were burned.
Diplomats, army and navy officers, mem- J
bers of Congress, and Justices of the Supreme
Court, attended the President's New 1
Year's reception at the White House. J
The body of Sir John Thompson, the late
jrremier ui uouaua wuu iuou
rived at Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the British
cruiser Blenheim.
Govebsob Mob.tox'b first message was
read in both Houses of the New York Legislature
at Albany. Senator Lexow intro- ;
duced the bill for consolidation of contiguous
territory into a Greater New York. 1
Hamilton Fish was elected Speaker of the '
Assembly, and 8enator O'Connor chosen
President Pro Tempore of the 8enate. (
Wobxmen began to tear down the great i
walls ot the Delavan ruins,Albany, N. Y.,pre- 1
paratory to beginning a search for the ,
bodies of the fifteen hotel employes who
perished.
United States Senatobs Wolcott, ol 1
Colorado, and Mctf illln, of Michigan, were ;
chosen to succeed themselves by Republican i
caucuses at Denver and Lansing. i
"Bob" Moobe and George East, both of j
whom were suspected or Having been impii
cated in the Canadian (Texas) express rob- *
bery, and the killing of Sheriff McGoe; have
been killed In Oklahoma. !
Postmaster-General IJisbell made pnblio
the report of the commission which investigated
the New York Postofflce. It recommends
an Inoreased allowance of $70,000.
The Turkish Governor of Bltlis has been
assassinated by an Armenian.
rALMAQE LEAVES BROOKLYN
Be Will Preach in New York the
Rest of His Life.
Rev. Dr. T. De Witt Talmage has decided
:o leave Brooklyn and cast his lot among
Sew Yorkers. When seen at his house, No.
L South Oxford street, Brooklyn, he said he
?as desirous of getting Into harness again as
ipeedily as possible. He .was asked if ne had
leclded as to his'future work, and said:
"Yes. It is just now settled. I shall preach
lereafter at the Academy of Music, New (
ifork City, every Sabbath afternoon at 4
j'clook after Sunday, January 6."
"Why the hour of 4 o'clock in the afternoon?''
"Because pastors of New York have writ- 1
:en, saying timt an afternoon service would
aot interfere with their churches. Otherwise
I would prefer morning or evening."
"Why do you deolde upon New York?"
"Because for many years friends there
have been urging me to come, and as it
would be absurd for me to expect the people
Brooklyn to build a fourth churoh, I go
to what I feel Is the largest opportunity in
ihe world."
"Will you continue to reside in Brooklyn?"
"For the present I will. Brooklyn I Ilka
Intensely?not only the people of my own
former parish, but prominent people of all!
jhurches and denominations' are my warra
personal friends. My pastorate here is definitely
ended, after these many years, and
my.time will now be occupied with my new
work In New York."
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The seat in Congress of George B. Mo- 1
31ellan, of New York City, will be contested r
>y his opponent, Robert A. Oheesbrough.
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ELECTED GOVEENOBS.
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A. Holcomb, of Nebraska. 3. Charles 'A.
3offln, of Conneotlcat. 5. General D. H.
ldd, of California. 7. John T. Rich, of
of South Carolina. 9. J. H. Marvil, of
L. Edmund N. Morrill, of Kansas. 12. Knuta
FATAL FIRES.
Lives Lost in Oregon, New York and
Louisville.
Word has been received of an accident at
Silver Lake, Lake County, Oregon, caused
by the overturning of a lamp at a gathering
on Christmas Evo, in which forty-one llyas
were lost, and sixteen persons batflyinjured,
five fatally, it was thought, The gathering
had assembled at the hall above Chrisman
Brothers' store, and consisted of chilAren,
who, with their parents and relatives, were
enjoying What Santa Glaus had brought
them.
The Lakeview Examiner says: "Some one
attempted to get where he could see and
hear better by jumping upon a bench in
the middle of the hall. In doing so his
head struok a lamp hanging from the ceiling,
causing the oil to run out. This immediately
caught fire. While trying to take the
lamp down it was tipped so that the oil
ran out on the floor. From that time onthe
icene was terrible. Some one said, 'Shut
the door and keep quiet and it can be
put out,* while others streamed - and
{relied. The lamp was finally taken
down, but it fell to the floor. In their
attempts to get it outside it was kicked to
the floor,where it lay unmolested, as it could
not be touched on account of the Intense
heat. People were compelled to get through
the flames In order to reach the door and
frantically rushed to their doom." The
killed are:
Mrs. John Buob, Freddie and baby; "Sin.
Owsley, Lillle and Brace; J. J'. Buck and
daughter, and Mrs. Snelling; Mrs. Howard
and two children, Wood Hearst, wife and
Mrs. Coshow; Prank West, wife and two
ohlldren; Ed. Bowen and Miss McCaaley, T.
J. Labrle and child, Mrs. Ward,
Sr.; Mrs. U. F. Absbes and
FranVie Herning, Mrs. Payne, Mrs. Nettie
Williams and child, W. C'ay Martin and
trtfe, Robert Snell, Mrs. Ella Ward -and
ohila, Prank Boss, mother and sister; Roy
Ward's child and Ira Hamilton, Mrs. Gus
Schroeder and child.
The five fatally injured were: Mrs. T. J.
Labrle, Rob Snelling and Sister, Ed. Payne
and son.
The building, a two-story structure, including
the Postofflce and the entire stock
of goods of Ohrisman Brothers, was consumed.
HUttop T.nlrnia (lMr a hnnrtt*nrt milno from
Klamath Falls, and the stage with Lakeview
papers brought the news. 1
Fire Heroes Killed.
Two brave veterans of the New York Fire
Department. Battalion Chief John J. Bresnan
and Assistant Foreman John L. Rooney,
the last named of whom, wore the Bennett
medal, were killed while fighting a Are in
the gas fixture manufactory of Cassldy <fc
Bon. at No. 124 West Twenty-fourth street.
Eight firemen were Injured, and only escaped
death after cutting tbeir way through
a wall of debris which shut tbem in the furnace
where their leaders lay pinned down
and suffocating under fallen timbers.
i Before the firemen realized their danger
the flames had weakened the girders which
held the roof, and, with a mighty crash, a
three-thousand-gallon tank plunged down
from above, carrying the fifth floor with it.'
Chief Bresnan and Assistant Foreman Rooney
were on the fourth floor, near the
Twenty-fourth street end of the building.
The falling tank and the wreckage which
accompanied it held them fast.
bnnnotr wna IrMlnrl ontrlcht hir a. fftlllnc
beam, which crashed his skull. His chief
was suffocated where he la;. John Euch, a
are man, cut his way out.
The other firemen, who were getting lines
of hoSe Into positron when the tank fell,
were hemmed in by the falling timbers of the
flftfr floor. All was smpke and darkness,
indthe fire was creeping nearer them momentarily.
Then John Tackney, of Engine
No. 14, hewed away the stairway which had
out off their retreat, and they squeezed
through the opening, scorched and battered,
but allvo.
Firemen Hurt In Louisville.
A fire which started on West Main street
in tha four-story building ^ocoupled by
BtucKey, ureal <z ?jom jjouidyuis, a;,, i?m
not nnder control until -S o'olock p. m. About
I o'clock p. m. Chief Hughes, of the Fire Department,
fell in the middle of the street
from exhaustion and exposure, but he refused
to leave his post. At last his men carried
him to Seelbaoh's Hotel and placed him
under a doctor's care. Several firemen were
hurt, but none seriously. The loss is probably
half a million dollars.
MURDEBERS KILLED.
One Shot In a Cotton Field, the
Other Lynched.
Jake Copp, aged seventy-five, a highly respectable
citizen, with his aged wife, lived
near Perklnsvllle, Mfss., a small village,
where they conducted a country meroantlle
store. A few nights ago two shots were fired
through the windows of the house, in which
:be pair were sleeping, instantly killing
Copp. The murderers then pillaged the
store and attempted to burn it and the restienoe.
Neighbors were soon in search of the
jullty parties. Suspicion pointed to a colled
man named Dan McDonald and a halfDreed
named Will Carter. McDonald atempted
to escape when he espied the armed
nen, but was riddled with bullets. The
lalfbreed was tafcen ta the swamp and
langed.
scpekintendesr Bybnes Issued an order
>rohlbltlng the police of New York City
rom riding free on elevated or street cars.
Chey are forbidden to accept any free trans>ortatlon
or franking privilegea.
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MA'S PEACE MM.
JOHN W. FOSTER ENGAGED BY
THE CHINESE.
Bt la Requested to Go to Japan to
Aid China's Plenipotentiaries In
Their Negotiations for Peace?The
Japauese Minister Approves of
the ApDointment.
This important announcement was made
at Washington by ex-Secretary of Siate
J. W. Foster s ^
"flir. jonn w. roster nas oeen rtquasieu
by the Chinese Government to go to Japan
pnd meet the plenipotentiaries of the former
Gove rnment, to aid them in their negotiations
for peace. H<r has. tvccepted the invitation,
and expects to leave Washington
within a da/ or two, sailing
JOHN W. 70STZB.
from Vanoonver for Yokohama us
less Informed of a delay In the departure of
the plenipotentiaries. The Japanese Government
has been advised of the appointment,
and its Minister in this city has expressed
his satisfaction with it Mr. Foster
desires to have it understood that he goes to
'Japan purely In a private capacity, as an adviser
of the Chinese plenipotentiaries. He
{has no authority to represent or speak for
(the Government of the United States."
1 Mr. Foster said, when pressed for farther
Information, that he had nothing farther to
jlmpart to the press.- Mr. Y?n Shing Ho.
Secretary of the Chinese Legation, deolined
|to express an opinion on the subject. At
[the Japanese Legation it was announced
that all the members who talked English
welfe spending the evening out. In official
circles the announcement was taken to mean
that from now until the peace negotiations
are formally begun there woald be a complete
suspension of all hostilities between
the armies of Japan and China.
: The immediate effect of Mr. Foster's appointment
will be to delay the beginning of
the peace negotiations. State Department
officials had been confident from Minister
Denby's despatches that the Chinese
representatives were already on their way
to Japan, and it was their understanding
.that the formalities for peace would be
concluded as rapidly as possible, the preliminaries
having been practically arranged
in advance through /the good offices of
Ministers l>on and Denby. Mr. Foster's mission,
however, Is taken as an indication that
the Chinese expect to gain more favorable
terms from Japan than has hitherto been
considered probable. As Mr, Foster did not
Intend to sail for more tlua a week, and aa
the voyage across the Pacific will consume
two weeicQ more, nearly a month mast elapse
before the peace negotiations are fairly begun.
It Is likely that one of the first things the
commissioners will do wben the peace negotiations
have been began will be to announce
an agreement for an armlstioe pending
a formal settlement. Japan's commissioners
in the peace proceedings have not
jet been named*
GLADSTONE'S BIRTHDAY.
The "Grand Old Man" Is EightyFive
Years of Age.
At Hawarden, England, the Bight Hon.
William E. Gladstone has just celebrated
the eighty-fifth anniversary of his birth, and,
as usual, he was inundated with congratu
laiory telegrams.
Miss Helen Gladstone, the veteran statesman'#
daughter; the Rev. Stephen Gladstone,
son of Mr. Gladstone, and his wife;
ihe Rev. Harry Drew and his wife, formerly
MisJ Mary Gladstone, also a daughter of the
WTLLTAM EWABT GLADSTONE.
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nc-Premier, and Mrs. William E. Gladstone
?ere vvlth Mr. Gladstone at Ha warden. The
jtev. Stephen Gladstone Is reotor of Hawarlen
and the Rov. Harry Drew la the curate
>f Hawarden.
The Amerloan people will be glad to learn
hat the "Grand Old Man," the champion of
luman rights,is in almost perfect health nnd
ible to read ten or twelve hours daily. Mr.
Gladstone entered pablio life sixty-two years
igo and for morn than half a century he has
)een one of the prominent figures In British
politics. For nearly half a century he haa
wen the leader of the British people
In tneir progress from the bondage of
feudalism to the independence of manhood
mffrage and equal rights. Although' Mr.
Gladstone has retired from an active sharo
In politics, his venerable personality 'over)hadow3
all his contemporaries, it is well
mat ttiaastone snouia live, ana 11 is 10
oe hoped that he will live for years to
some, to remind the people of England by
lis presence among them of the victories
iron under his sagacious, fearless and cautions
direction, and to animate them to new
achievements In the cause of liberty and
progress.
BLIGHT UPON FLORIDA.
Fruit Crop Ruined, and tho Loss Estimated
at $5,000,000.
The cold wave has been very destructive
to the orange and vegetable crops in Florida.
No section of the State escaped. Oranges
on the trees are frozon soltd, and It is said
that there is now not a sound box of oranges
In tho Stat p. Pea9, tomaioos and other vegetables
are ruined.
Despatches from the east coast say that
the pineapple crop is ruined. It Is estimated
that there were 2,500,000 boxes of oranges on
the trees, and that 2,000,000 of them are a
total loss. You 113 orange groves are reported
ruined. Old trees may pull through.
The total loss will likely reaoh 15,000,000.
The cold whs more disastrous than the
memorable one of 1886. The average temperature
over Florida was about twenty degrees.
Know la reported at Quincy, something
hitherto unheard of.
Fboji January 1 to Deoembor 15 of 1894,
the Canard line of steamers Drought 18,690
steerage passengers to this country and took 1
19,245 away.
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THE LABOR WOELD.
A tjkion of porters Is being organized In
"rooklyn.
Ths Singer Sewing Maohine Works at
Slizabetbport, N. J., have suspended work
.'or a month, the longest period since 1873.
Pbesidext De Absiit has declared at Pittsburg
that there would be bloodshed and anarchy!
(the miners' wage difficulty was not
settled.
Pittsbttbo railroad coal operatdrs declare
they will not recede from their determination
to pay only flfty-flve cents a ton for
mining.
The American Federation of Labor, in session
at Denver, alter a struggle for two days,
finally rejected the Socialistic plank of the.
platform.
A HAXD605nc building has been erected at
Dunkirk. France, for the use of British sea
men. 20,000 of whom are discharged there
every year.
The International Furniture Worters'
Union has issued charters to a varnishers'
union in Baltimore and to the mattress
makers in Boston.
The Scotch miners have gone to work at
the same wages after a strike Jof seventeen
we'eka, during which their loss of pay foots
up $6,900,000.
Lobd Salisbitbt has written denying the
report that he had said trade unionists were
brigands with whom no honest man would
have anything to do.
Thebe is rejoicing at Gloucester, N. J.,
over the announcement that the cotton mills
there, which have been closed for several
months, will shortly resume.
Bubal labor In some regions is so cheap in'
winter that a former with a small crop of
grain can have it flailed out cheaper than he
can have it thrashed by steam.
The most Independent class of people in
Oregon and Washington are the cooks and
servant girls, who oharge New York prices
nnd can pick their own places because good
servants are so few.
A Pittsbubo steel manufacturer is author*
Ity for the statement that the Japanese
Government has placed a contract with the
Carbon Steel Company, of Pittsburg, for
lignt armor plate for torpedo bOE.ts,
At Its recent conference in London tbe
Women's Trade Union Association decided
to establish on. non-political and non-sectarian
lin^s a central council to undertake
a systematic inquiry into the conditions of
women's work and wages In the United
Kingdom.
The wage scale for 1895 for the Carnegie
Steel Company's works at Homestead, Penn.,
makes a reduction so that the wages will average
about $2.20 a day. The average day's
wages before the strike of 1892 was $2.43;
for 1893, $2.44; and for 1894, $2.24. The
men say they will have to stand the reduction.
Tbe company claims to have reduced
rents and cost of fuel to compensate them.
A Fhench railway station master has just
officially complained that his duties "exceed
the limits of hrfhan force." He Is sixty-two
years of age, and he has to do the whole
work of the station?to deliver tiokets, keep
trie books ana papers, register the baggage,
load and onload it, and at times he has to
superintend the switching of freight cars,
attend to the signals and keep the lights in
trim.
John McBride declares that the miners of
the United States must take what can be obtalned
and wait in patience for an opening
for a successful movement. "Our miners,
he says, "are getting wages Just above the
starvation point and some are menaced by
another reduction for whloh no one has expressed
a desire." MoBride suggests that
perhaps the true solution of the miners'
problem will be found In the extinction of
coal districts like Masslllon and enforced
reduction of mining population, thereby insuring
steady work and'fair pay.
INCOME TAX BULLETIN.
Postmasters and Other Officials Not
to Collect the Impost
Secretary Carlisle issued the following
circular to postmasters and disbursing officers
:
"The regulations relative to the income
tax, approved December IS, 1894, provide
that all salaries or compensations paid
to officers or persons in the employ
of the Government of the Udited
States in and for the calendar year
1894 .shall be lnoluded in the annual returns
to collectors on form 365 of such officers,
and persons In statements of gains,
prodts and income subject to lnoome tax for
lllUb y Oilt, 09 IUO 1UUU1UO ioa vu ouwu oumries
or compensation will under the provision
above quoted be paid directly to collectors
by the persons receiving the same you
will, therefore, not deduct and withhold
the aforesaid tax or any'part thereot from
the salaries or compensation of any such officer
or emp'cye In and for the year 1894.
You will Inform all such officers and employes
to whom you may make any payment
for services rendered In the year 1894 of the
method prescribed for the return and payment
of the tax on all taxable salaries and
compensations paid by the Government In
land for said year."
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csAHiUiimiiiN rjCjtLifin,
The British Bark Osseo Wrecked and
the Crew Lost.
The British bark Osseo was wrecked In a
galo at Holyhead, England, and with her
perished her entire crew o! twenty-six men.
Tho Osseo was driven ashore back of the
Holyhead breakwater. Her signals of distress
wero first heard by the coastguard about 4
o'clock in the morning. At that time it was
pitch dark, and great waves were washing
over the breakwater. In spite of the danger,
the guard proceeded along the breakwater,
and, having rigged up the rocket apparatus,
began firing lifelines in the direction of the
wreck. The faint light of the rookets
soon disclosed the fact that the' vessel
had broken in two amidships, and that the
mainmast had fallen, crushing the life oat
of several of the crew. A few survivors
could be seen olinging to each half of the
vessel, and their piteous cries for help could
be beard above the roar of the storm. A:ter
many lauures me ccmaiguuru auuuccucu >u
firing a line over the wreck; but by that
time all on board bad perished. A lifeboat
vainly tned again and again to approach the
wreck.
"SO~SOPTH."
Master Workman Sovereign's Advice
to Laboring Men.
' J. R. Sovereign, Master Workman of the
Knights of Labor, has made a careful study 1
of the advantages of the South for the laboring
man and the man of limited means, and,
in a published letter, writes: i
"I am more favorably impressed with the I
South than any other portion of our country? i
not alone as the most promising place for
the location of co-operative colonies, but for t
the establishment of individual enterprises <
of all kinds. The climate and natural re- I
sources are such as to especially invite i
those of limited means. The South is the l
coming Eden of Americn. It Is a generally <
admitted fact that our large Northern cities
are fast becoming overcrowded. It, therefore,
s?ems to me that owing to the great
inducements now offered by the South,
the overcrowding urban population of the i
North should avail itself of the privilege and
go South, where human life, coupled with a
little Northern enterprise, can be sustained
better with less capital and le3s effort than
any other place on the globe."
EIGHT BURNED,
A Fatal Flro In a Large London
Laundry.
Fire broke out in a laundry on the Edge- 1
ware Road, London, England, at an early
hour in the morning.
The flames spread so rapidly that when <
the building was consumed the charred re- (
mains of its eight inmates were found among
the ruins. '
Spleenitic fever is said to be racing i
among cattle in Mexico. Governor Hogg <
has issued a proclamation establishing a ;
State quarantine against Mexico, and no cat- )
tie will be permitted to enter Texas until in- j
Bpected by an officer of the United States j
Agricultural Department. '
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TIE NEW8 EPITOMIZED.^
Eastern and Middle States.
John W. Goft. before the Lexow Committee,
New York City, examined Polloe Inspeo'
tor Williams, who made some damaging ad?j
missions; two men swore to paying Anthony!,
Comatock $1000 to have a "green goods" indictment
dismissed. '
A etoux did considerable damage about
New York Olty and In the suburbs. The
same storm was especially severe in Northeastern
Pennsylvania aid Central New York,
where railroad traffic was paralyzed, and
business almost suspended.
The dry goods firm of J. Llchensteln ?
Sons, of New York City, failed with llabLll-'
ties amounting to $^80,000.
The Stewart syndicate, of New York CItyJ
the successful bond bidders dissolved, aUeg-1
Jne that the uttarancfls of Seerfitarr CarHala.'
on the currency question make farther!
sales at a profit impossible.
Experts reported to the Brooklyn Board)
of Supervisors that there was a deficit or
$89,696.25 In the accounts of County Treas-i
urer Adams.
Investigation of the Central National
Bank of Borne, N. Y., shows overdrafts of
$57,000.
The Court of Common Pleas dismissed
the charges against Police Justice Diwer, of
New York City.
Mayor S^bong, of New York City, appointed
Colonel George E. Waring, Jr.,
Commissioner of Street Cleaning; Messrs.
J. S. Lehmaier and S. 8. Terry Commissioners
of Accounts; B. L. Burrows, Confidential
Clerk, and E. H. Healy, Mayor's Mar- L s>;
shaL
The historic Delavan House, a hotel at
Albany, N. Y., made famous throughout
the country as the popular resort of pro mi- *
nent people, was destroyed by fire. Several
of the guests were badly injured. ">
Soctb and West.
The old Georgia Capitol building, at Atlanta,
has been burned. It was a historical
building. The Legislatures met there }for
about twenty years. Georgia's last Constitutional
Convention was held there.
Pistols, guns and knives were used in aj
fight over a crap game at Hill house, Miss.*
Louis Allen killed two colored men in-; '
stantly, mortally wounded two others, and. j
being shot by another of the party, fell;
dead on the bodies of his victims.
At Deadwood, South Dakota, Two Sticks,? J
the SJoux Indian, sentenced for a leading;
Eart In the murder of four cowboys, waS'
anged by United States Marshal Miller, ln>,
the presence of fifty people. The Indian'
died easily and quickly.
Alexaxdeb Williascs found Will Parry;
with his sweetheart at Coalburg, Ala. A
duel ensued, both men being killed.
At Borne, Ga., Dora Williams looked her
three children In her house and went 'visiting.
The house and all the . children were
burned. ' ^
Albert MtTBDOcH, brother of Mrs. Jenks,
the celebrated witness before the Congress
slonal Committee in reconstruction days,
murdered his wife and then committed
suicide at New Orleans, La.
Washington.
Secbetast Carlisle Issued a call for thai . r
United States six per cent, bonds issued to'
the Central Pacific Ballroad Company, due
January 16, 1895, commonly known as "currency
sixea," The amount of bonds to ba>
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Tax President has approved the act to establish
a National military park at the battlefield
of BliUoh. <???
The United States Government Instructed
Minister Denby to demand satisfaction from: -' jf
the Chinese Government for having violated;
the promise given In regard to the surrendered
Japanese spies ot Shanghai.
Tex President signed an executive order
to pay 9200,000 to the Osage Indiana. This ' rM
Is interest on their principal, which amount* . - 4
in round numbers to about 48,500,000. Thlai
Interest money will be distributed per capita.
There are about 1300 Indians In this tribe. . ''"j
Congress having failed to pass the JTrgent. v?
Deficiency bill, there will be some delay la
collecting the income tax.
Foreign.
Thebe were severe earthquake shocks In ? '
Italy and Sicily.
The Pope made gifts to the officers of the
United States cruiser Detroit, which carried ^
to Borne the Vatican World's Pair exhibit
a bomb was expioaea near me omcuu reeideuce,
In Borne, Italy, ot United States Ambassador
Wayne MacVeagh. The exploeloa
took place while Mr. MacVeagh's reception <3
was In progress. No damage was done.
Taqui Indians visited the ranch of Julio
Gardenas. Guayamaa, Mexico, and massacred
the latter and his wife aod two chil- ' w
dren.
The death Is announced of Chamrajendra
Wadiar Bahadur, the Maharajah of Mysore, \V
one ot the most important of the native v
Princes of India. He had been under treatment
In Calcutta for diphtheria.
The British brlgaatine Wooiville, from ,>.
Dublin to Liverpool, has foundered In a
gale. Six of her crew were drowned.
Liu-Kcn-Ii, Viceroy of Liang Kiang, has
been appointed to the chief command of all
the Chinese forces.
Heavy storms occurred off the Colombian *
coast, resulting In great loss of life and prop- . -j?
erty, The village of Ialra. five miles from
Santa Marta, was completely destroyed, the
floods washing away every house and drowning
fifty persona.
PA .T.TTHF.R DF TffF! YEAH
The Total Number of Suspensions
Reported is 12,721.
"Eradstreet's," in its review of financial
and commercial conditions, gitfes valuable .
information as to the failures of this and
other years. It says:
"The total number of business failure In
the United States in 1894 is seen, by reference
to accompanying exhibits, to be 12,721,
as compared with 13,560 in the panio year
1893, which was, of course, the heaviest total . $
ever recorded. These reports, it will be
understood, include only those business embarrassments
in which totals of actutdfcs*
sets are smaller than liabilities. There were
only 10.270 failures reported4n the calendar
year 1892, but this wr ; followed in the panio
year 1893 by an aggregate of 15,560, and that
oy atotal of 12,721 In the year just ended.
"The shrinkage in the number of business
failures in the past year contrasted with the
year before?about ^eighteen per oent.?is,
hnnraror In comDarison with the
falling off in the total volume of indebtedness
of failing traders, which amounted daring
the past twelvemonth to 1149,595,000? * ,
about thirty-seven per cent, of the aggregate
liabilities In 1893. I
"The falling off In total assets of those
railing this year?$79,755.000?is even greater,
the total specified amounting to only
thirty per cent, of the corresponding aggregate
in 1893. From those data it will tffe
Noticed that, while business failures fell
iway about eighteen per cent, this year,
sompared with last, the total indebtedness of
those failing shrank sixty-three per cent.,
md assets, which were unduly expanded in
the preceding year, decreased seventy per
jent."
The annn al report of the number of in- L.
dividuals, firms ani corporations in business
shows a marked but not unexpected increase
in what may be called the commercial
death rate during the past year.
Number Number PerCt.
In Business. Falling. Failing
1894 1,047.000 12,721 1.21
1893 ..1,059,000 15.500 1.50
'on* 1 035.C00 10.270 1.00
1,010,000 12.394 1.22
18901 II......,-. 939,000 10,673 L07
EX-SENATOR FAIR DEAD.
The Famous Bonanza King Succumbs
to an Attack of Asthma.
Ex-Senator James G. Fair, the Bopanza ,
King and znaltl-mllllonaire, died of asthma m
it 11.45 p. m. in the Lick House, San Fran- J
:isco, Oal. '^j
James Graham Fair was born December 3, .
1831, near Belfast, Ireland. He came to this
country in 1843 and in 1867 formed a partnership
with John W. M^clcey, J. C. Flood and
William S. O'Brien, the famous bonanza
Arm. He was elected United States Senator
trom Nevada March 4, 1881. His daughter
Is Mrs. Herman Oelrichs, of New York City.
Mr. Fair waa tho richest man in the Senate
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