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t lOAlsilta Mrs. Mary Scott Lord Dimmick B( comes His Bride in New York City. EX-PRESIDENT'S QUIET WEDDIN United In the Presence of Only a Fe Frlenils?The Brhlegroom Attend! by General Benjamin F. Tracy?XI Chnrch a Bower oT Flowers?Depar ure of the Couple for Indianapolis. New York City, April 7.?a private we< ding of great public interost was that i General Benjamin Harrison. ex-President i the United States, and Mrs. Mnrv Scott Loi Dimmick, in St. Thomas's Church, Fifl avenue and Fifty-third street, yesterdf afternoon. Only thirty-six witnesses of tl marriage ceremony were admitted to tt church, but several hundred persons waitc In front of the church more than an hour, i the hope of getting glimpses of the bride an bridegroom, and the services of lOOpoliceme were required to keep the crowd froi getting too near to the church portali General Harrison's son and daughter an other near relatives remained away from th wedding, thus suowinp opposition to hi "??-? rv; i-1. ic n ninnf* C union w:tn airs, jjimumin, ?uu ?.= > the first wife of the ex-President. The mm nage ceremony was performed by the Re^ Dr. J. Wesley Brown, the rector of SI Thomas's, at 5.30 p. m. Half an hour late there was a weddiDg reception for Genera Harrison and his bride in the home of Mi and Mrs. Gilford Pinchot, at No. 2 Gramei cy Park. Most of the guests at the churc attended the reception, which lasted a hour. From Gratnercy Park the newly mai ried couple were driven to the Desbrosse street ferry, in time to reach Jersey City be fore the departure of the 7.50 p. m. train, t which the private car for their weddin journey to Indianapolis had been attached The wedding was simple and prtvat TTTP RPTI \V. A enough to satisfy the modesty of the groom and it was beautiful enough to win approva from the bride. Within the church th florists' men built an entrancing marriagi bower from the altar to the first line of pows Against the oaken reredos they placed i snowy cross of Easter lilies nine fee In height, the white accentuated b; the lance-shaped lily leaves. Th< choir and vestry sides of the chance were smothered behind a veil of blossominj foliage, palms and lilies and white Ilia* trees, stretching from altar rail to the bot torn of the chancel steps, while two mound; of blossoms helped to make a floral avenui for the welcoming of the bridal party. Th< effect was rich and beautiful. In a big house in E ist Thirty-eighth streei Mrs. Dimmick, the bride-to-be, was preparec for the ceremony by Mme. Mathie, who actec as chief dresser, and s-aw to it that the Pari! wediiiog gown and its adornmente wen placed iu most alluring fashion. At frequenl intervals the doorbell rang and packagei containing tasteful wedding gifts weri opened. The present of the bridegroom wa: a magnificent striug of pearls. There wer( hundreds of other presents. General Harrison passed a quiet day at th< Fifth Avenue Hotel. He saw a few intimate friends, and received many cards of con gratulation. About 4 o'clock General Trac} called, and an hour later they embarked ir a private carnage and drove to the churon which was reached at 5.05, with plenty oJ Hm a hftfnrtt t h? warirHnor Ten minutes later a murmur ran through the waiting throng. Two carriages drove up the avenue. In the first were Mrs. Parker and Mrs. Dimmick's maid. In the other, drawn by a pair of splendid bays, was the brfde and Lieutenant Parker, on whose broad shoulders fell the graceful office ol giving her away. General Harrison's face lit up with a proud smile when he first caught sight of his fiancee In her bridal rainment. It was his first glimpse of her in this attire. She looked remarkably pretty in her silver gray wedding gown of heavy faille. The skirt was very full and severely plain and hung in full folds all around the back from the sides, where the ''flare1' began, after the style of the newest petticoats, which no longer bulge in front. It showed a short, graceful train. The bodica was built on thjj lines of a Louis Seize coat, rippling over thu hips and opening in front to display a short blouse effect, "Gilet," of white chif- .tfon. Tucked in its soft flufflness was a knot . dl turquoise velvet, resting on a twist of the -Mine material, a bit suggestive of a very diminitive Empire Rirdle. Framing fKlo tmof TttAMii Viwnn/) ^ Vli. ttDl "CiO Wivau, fJlUUlCU IV jfSfS, draped with rara old Honiton lace hall a yard wide, an heirloom of the bride's family. It was carried down both sides of tht ,coat in front and draped underneath ovei the hips. Another touch of blue was Riven to the dress by a crushed velvet collar, finished with a big bow at the back of the ceck. A knot of blue also appeared on hei . small gray bonnet, set off by an immense bunch ol "Gfhite aigrettes, pianted directly on top- S'ne wore long white glace mousque -taip, gloves, which met her elbow sleeves -"0\1 carried neither prayer book nor bouquet, <^ier only ornament in the way of jewels was a string of exquisite pearls, one of Mr. Har rison's gifts to her. Inside the church the guests were rsceivec by the ushers. General Daniel M. Ransdel and General Harrison's prrvate secretary, E F. Tibbett. They were seated In the iron pews. The guests were: Governor Mortoi and his military secretary, Colone SeUen E. Marvin; Senator and Mrs Stephen B. filkins, John W. Fostei ex-Secretary of State; Senator Red field Proctor, ex-Attorney General \V. H. H Miller, Chancellor Alexander T. McGlll an Mrs. McGill, Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Plnchot General and Mrs. Fitzjohn Porter. Major an Mrs. Richard Parker, Mr. and Mrs. Charle H. Leeds -tad Miss Leeds, Mr. and Mr George Hull, Miss Hattie E. Brings, Mi; Maud Dimmick and the Misses Porter. In the tower room tin bridal processio formed in the following order: E. F. Til bett and Daniel Rams.leli, ushers; Mrs. Din mick and Lieutenant Parker, and proceede to the chancel, where General Harrisoi an his best man, General Tracy, received tfc bride. As the bride and bri'legreom stepped fo ward to the altar rail, where Dr. Br:>\\ awaited them, the ushers stepped bad Then the organ, which had been pealing tl wedding march from Lohengrin, breathed hallowed blessing from Mascagni's Cabal ler interraizzo while the marriage service w. and the blessing pronounced. It wi just 5.45 when General Harrison, taking tl ring from Mr. Tibbett's baud, placed it < the slender flager of his bride. Then the great organ spoke again, and the stately measures of a march from Tan hauser. General and Mrs. Benjam Harrison, their faces radiant with new-found joy, marched down the ais In the handsome home of Mrs, Pinch* No. 2 Gramercy Park, Mrs. Harrison put her traveling dress c * gray-blue chevii I with *:lk blouse of black and crimson plaia, and i 'ack straw Bolero hat. trimmed with U I crimsou flowers. Mr. Pinchot is a close per- jjJ[ sonal friend of General Harrison. Soon aft?r G o'clock the bridal pair and their quests, the same who had been present at the ceremony, sat down to an elegant vet U-, simple luuch in the handsomely decorated nui , dining room. This was merely preliminary to the wedding supper, which was given In President Harrison's private car on the way to Philadelphia. The luncheon table was Q elaborately decorated. When It was con- | n eluded the members of the wedding party drove to the railroad station. A big crowd had assembled there, and when the tall w bride and the short bridegroom stepped out, The )(j arm in arm, upon the platform, they were j greeted with a hearty volley of applause. l? Then they boarded the train and were soon t- speeding away. ? a_ AMERICANS WIN AT ATHENS. w Successful Opening Game* of the 776tfc yesf Of Greek Olympiad. vota "d The 776th Olympiad, in which athletes ^ k from several countries participated, took ?' place at Athens. Greece. More than forty 16 thousand persons were admitted to the 10 station, including the King of Greece, the RePi k1 Duke of 3parta, the Crown Prince and other opin r?f ?ha rnvAl family, the members 01 WfLT ? SelDipiomatVc Corps and many other prominent persons. >n In the discus throwing, Robert Garrett, of eom< m Princeton University, won. His throw was the s. considered something phenomenal by the gtati d spectators. He threw the discus 29.15 neut o metres, defeating the Greek champion, acoo is Para9kevopoulos. by 19 centimetres. ents if The first heat of the 100 metres race wag 3tat< won by F. A. Lane, of Princeton, in 12 1-5 ?<i r. seconds. Szokoly, a Hungarian, was second, ces < t. The second heat was won by T. P. Curtis, by tl r of the Boston Athletio Association, who* for t il time was 12 1-5 seconds, the same as Lane'* Oubi M. Chalkokondylis, an Athenian, was aM* Tb ond. agai h The third heat was won by T. E. Burke, of % Ar n the Boston Athletic Association, in 114-5 Bcnl - seconds; Hoffman, a German, was second. oilh s In the hop, step and jump James B. Con- Lafe i- nollv, Suffolk Athletic Club, covered 13 7-10 Pool o metres; Tuiferi. a Frenchman, was second. n. 1 5 In the first heat of the 40j metres race H. Wrfg . B.Jamison, of Princeton, was first, and the Ky.; e German, Hofiman, was second. Va.; Va.; crat; Th <i) Ther ND BRIDEGROOM. to be ? -? derei A UN.QUE BATTLE PARK. ^ b resol Report on the Chlckamau?a and Chatta- grow noopa Reservation. currf i Representative Grosvenor, of Ohio, has or ^ ' submitted to the House, at Washington, the ^ g report of the Joint Committee representing lar r< | Congress that participated in the three days' necti ? dedicatory exercises of the Chickamauga and 'ast 1 0 Chattanooga National Park in September - last. / NE 3 The report says the event is without pre3 cedent in the history of wars, and one which _ ? 3 would not be possible in any other country 1 than our own, for there were found gathered t in enthusiastic comradship the most distin. a a | guished surviving leaders of both sides, and _.tal 1 many thousands of the rttok and file of the p i once contending forces. en"8 3 The park itself was also found to De with- logic t out precedent, being an impartial recon- Thar 3 struction of prreat battle Gelds by the vlctori- Morr 3 ous, in which in every respect, both great for C( 3 and small, the utmost impartiality has been jowei 5 observed in marking lines of battles and in eleve preserving: upon monuments and tablets the years 3 accurate history of every organization en- jwo ~ 3 gaged upon the extended fields. doub " body t OUR CONVICTS AND PAUPERS. appll while f Half of Them Are Foreigners, According to Representative Danford. jje oc Representative Danford, of Ohio, reported great to the House from the Immigration Commit- ^^ ; tee the Stone bill providing for the inspec* easy , tion of immigrants by United States Consuls- tion [ Statistics show, says tho report, that with a 'n se foreign population of 14.77 per cent, more een L than half of our white penitentiary convicts 1 and more than half of the inmates of our PI : poor houses are foreigners, proving that of the immigrants coming here during the last Will* ' few years too many of them are deficient in ' morals and are incapable, physically, of self L supr ort. Ex< Tne committee urges that the measure ia occoi self enforcing. form, A number of members of the committee . \ are opposed to tho bill, and it is probable a ! ; minority report will be made Kh Three Italians Asphyxiated. leave Francesca Russo, thirty-five years old, ar- * i rived in Pittsburg from Naples and was met ^ nu - by his brothers-in-law, Giacento Grucio the g ; forty-five years old, and Felice Grucio at 2 f twenty-six years oid. After spending tho placi: ' evening together, they applied for lodging out ii at an Italian boarding-house. N?xt day womi 1 their dead bodies were found in the room snaki ' they occupied, all in one bed. Death had blo^c i resulted from asphyxiation, they having evi- to st Gently blown out the gas. view i recei A T>! Sffaann. tOUCl t Late advise from St. Jchns, Newfound- W1 S' land, state that the steamer Hope has arrived i there with a broken shaft and only 2 00 seals, her usual cargo being 30,0 0 seals. One man ( ' was drowned. Advises from Cape Breton re" port that the schooners Ireland and Nimrod, fishing in the Gul' of St. Lawrence, are with- J. | out seals. This destroys the last hope of the gu|j( 1 fishery being even fairly successful. Inetc * A Family of Five Drowned. log t I Five persons were drowned by a cloudburst the 1 i. in Mulberry Gap, Hancock County, Tenn. The names of the unfortunates are: Mrs. ^aw [ Uriah Anderson, age seventy; Oiy Anderson, j0 y age twenty-eight, her daughter-in-jaw: d Charles Anderson, ago live; Hattie Anderson, tract i age thirteen monihs, grandchild, and Mary f^e d Flecker, age thirteen years, grandchild. j)0jn S . _ ? g|x | 0;>eii8 His Mill With Prayer. a spi A Tacoma (Wash.) man opens his oatmeal base n mill every morning with prayer. All of his >m employes are church members, and none of l* them is excused during the few minutes of | grayer before the work of the day begins. ^ le | A Love Tragedy. for i r. i Miss Sallie E. Owen, of Tulbatton, Ga., utho n | was shot and killed by her rejected lover, \\. | L. Itider, who wounded A. P. Persons, bis I {t ta ie i successful rival, and attempted suicide. | nnj Seni iu The Revolution In Nicaragua. jjj (] jjjj President Zelaya's forces again met tho aim ie Niearaguan revolutionists in a battle, which won )n lasted el?ht hours. Prisoners report that * ' | tht. insurgent situation is desperate. to u u* Cuban Kel>eU Win a Ilnttle. A column of Spanish troops under Colonel 0ffl, le< Tasquez was surprised and defeated by in- tati' >t, suryents in Santa Clara province, Cuba. JJ^d on Their leader and many of his men were 'rfet 3t. killed. llot ' C.Ui 6 MAJQBUr FOB COM." use Overwhelmingly Adopts the Concurrent Resolutions, E PRESIDENT ASKED TO ACT, Resolutions as Originally Passed by ;he Senate Go Through With a Rash .?Do Not Reqnlre Approval or Dlsirniroral by the President, Who May let Upon Them or Not as He Chooses. ashington, D. C., April 7.?The Hojwe erday afternoon by the overwhelming i of 244 to 27 adopted the concurrent an resolutions previously agreed to by Senate. ie resolutions are: Resolved, by the Senate, the House ot resentatives concurring, That In the" Ion of Congress a condition of public exists between the Government of Spain the Government proclaimed and for s time maintained by force of arms by people of Cuba; and that the United as of America should maintain a strict rality between the contending Powers, rding to each all the rights of belllgerIn the ports and territory of the United ?s. tesolved. further, That the friendly offlof the United States sbouM be offered ie President to the Spanish Government he recognition of the independence of a." ie twenty-seven Congressmen who voted nst free Cuba were: nold, R. L; Atwood, Mass.: Black, N. Y.; telle, Me.; Daniels, N. Y.; Draper, Mass.; stte, N. Y.; Glllett, Mas?.: Grout, Vt.; ver, N. Y.; McCill, Mass.; Moody, Mass.; e, N. Y.; SlmDkins, Mass.; Wadsworth, ST.; Walker, Mass.; Walker. Va.: and ;ht, Mass., Republicans; and Berry, Black, Ga.; Culberson, Texas: Ellett, Elliott, S. C.; Lockhart, N.JD.; Turner, Tucker, Ga., ana Tyier, va., jjemijle general understanding that the final would be taken at noon attracted to the tol one of the largest audiences of the on. Long before 8oeaker Reed pounded Is desk for silence and called the House der, every seat in the public galleries occupied. soon as the Journal was read Chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relai, called for the regular order, which to vote on the Cuban resolutions. When ker Reed put the question, the aves were st unanimous. Speaker Reed was about eclare the resolutions adopted by acation when Representative Tucker, of inla, in opposition, demanded a roll call, o, no, no!" shouted members on both of the House. et us make it unanimous," exclaimed al members in chorus. . Tucker insisted on his demand for the and nays, so Mr. Hitt remarked, "Let ve him a roll call," and acccordlngly a :ient number of members arose to warthe Speaker In ordering the roll call, e roll call was devoid ot special inci, although stveral members followed ailing clerk closely. When the call was jleted several members gathered around lerk and waited for the official ancement. There were twenty-seven ! against the resolutions. e result was greeted with cheers and : applause. There were many explana* pending the announcement of the vote, e was an anxiety on the part of members i recorded, so a recapitulation was orI after all the paira had been declared he personal statements concluded. e resolutions are concurrent, not joint, utlons, and under a practice which has n up in recent years in Congress, ccn:nt resolutions do not require approval approval by the Presid-nt, who may pon them or not as he chooses, but in ase is called upon to sipn them. Slmljsolutlons adopted by Congress in conon with Armenian affairs on January 20 emain unacted upon by the President. EDLE IN HIS BODY 42 YEARS. uck Oat of Morris's Breast and Wai Easily Removed. limplo operation performed In the hosat the Ohio State Prison, at Columbus, a most interesting surgical and pathoal history. Prison Hospital Surgeon p removed from the body of James is, a Federal prisoner serving a term junterfeitlng. a needle which was swali by the patient when he was a boy n years old. A a he is now fifty-three i old, the needle was in his body fortyyears. In that time it traveled untedly through nearly every part of the below the waist. He had made several cations to have the needle removed i in the prison, but it could not be lo1 with sufficient accuracy. Not long t was in his right knee, and he said that >uld feel the point of it. He suffered ; pain from It all the time. Finally he ie point of the needle projecting from reast just below the heart. It was an At ? a.-. if Tf muofho fntpn uiuuur iv rcuiuvi; u. At hiw miv .m.? of the prison physician to use the X ray arching for the needle if it had not found so soon. JBLICLY WHIPPED BY WOMEN. ?y Was Tied In Front of the City Hall and Thrashed. cltement ran high at Bertrand, Neb., on int of the whipping of <H. H. Willey, a 3r Justice of the Peace, and a man with je family, who, it Is charged, made pi?s to the seven-year-old daughter of A. ill, of Bertrand. Willey was ordered to town, and while preparing to do so irrested by Constable Clark Clayton on rrant sworn out by the girl's mother, ruber of women, led by the mother of irl, covered the prisoner with a revolver ). in., and after tying his hands and ng a strap about his neck, marched him a front of the City Hail. There three un at a time thrush ed him with black 3 whips until he was dripping with I. Constable Sandstrom ordered them op. The whipping took place in full of the prisoner's home, and, while he ved little pity, public sympathy was led by theeries of his children and He left for Iowa. KINC WASHINGTON'S BIRTHPLACE Sliaft of the Monument at Wakefield, Va., Put in Position. M. Wilson, Superintendent of Public lings and Grounds, received at Wash in a telegram from Wakefield, Va., sayhat the shaft of the monument to mark birthplace of Washington was put in ion recently, and that the monument ! is now complete, without a single or blemish. He will make a visit Wakefield in a day or two to inspect work before accepting it from the Conors, John Crawford & Sons, of Buffalo, obelisk will be protected by a sharpted iron fence eight feet high and thirtyfeet square, within which there will be ice of twelve foet from each side of the , which will be sodded aud parked. No Qgements have been made for the dedi>n of the monument. Hat-Nuisance I.aw I'assed. ia Fosdick bill, making it a misdemeanor iny person to wear a hat ia a theatre or r au litoriu n where any theatrical or tacuiar |><'riormanw is wiun kivuu, ed the Ohio Senate and is now u law. as kes effect immediately on its passage, no amendments were mad 5 in the it<>. There were but two negative votes 10 Senate. The new law is, of course, ?d at the big hats anil headgear worn by nen at theatres. It provides as a penalty le of from $2 to $10, but no iinprisoc>t. C. T. U. at St. Louis November 13. has been officially determined by tl?? ers of the W. C. T. U. to accept the invlon tendered by the St. Louis W. C. T. U. seconded by the Mayor and Business i's League, to hold the National Conven1 In that city from November 18 to 16, inlive. . THE NEWS EPITOMIZEDWa?liinjrton Items. Senator Turpie spoke in favor of the C resolution to send United States warships Cuba and ridiculed the management Cuban matters in the Senate. Senator Teller introduced a bill compelll National banks to keep their reserve fui In their own vaults, instead of loaning th to banks in commercial centres. The Cuban resolutions passed by Coner were sent to the President; he held a lc conference with Secretary Olney on the si ation in Cuba. The Postofflce Appropriation bill \ J passed in the Senate. The sentence of E, B. Chapman, broker who was convicted of contempt the Senate Sucrar Tru9t Investigating Cc mittee, was affirmed by the District of i lnmbia Court of Appeals. Terrell, United 8tate9 Minister at Const; tinople, arrived In Washington and repor at the State Department. He refused to < cuss affairs in Turkey. Bain prevented the children of Wasbi ton from observing the quaint custom of r Ing eggs down the grassy slopes of the W1 House crrounds on Easter Monday. A si iar misfortune has happened for several a cessive seasons. Secretary Olney has demanded from Spanish authorities transcripts of the app papers in the case of Julio Sanguily, 6 tenced to life imprisonment in Africa conspiracy against the peace of Spain. The President has approved the joint re lutlon authorizing Benjamin Harrison to cept medals from Spain and'Brazil. Orders have been issued by the War ] partment to break up the army pur has station at Los Angoles, Cal. Major Willi A. Elderkin, the commissary in charge, 1 been ordered to San Antonio, Texas, to ti charge of that station. The House Committee on Public Buildii and Grounds unanimously ordered a favo ble r eport to be made on Bepresentat Quigg's bill to build a $4,000,000 Cust House in New York on thosite of the pres< 8enator Hill has givon notice of an amei ment he proposes to offer to the Sundry CI Appropriation bill, appropriating 8117,20C be used in making the proposed change! the widening and deepening of Wallab Channel, in Brooklyn, the said channel to 808 feet wide and twenty feet deep. The Treasnry Department monthly circ lation-statement shows a trifling decrease the circulation last month, amounting only $112,594. The conspicuous chanj were decreases of 88,170.091 in greenba circulation, $2,345,584 in silver Treasi notes and $1,496,947 in silver dollars a minor silver coin. Domentlc. The bill whlca requires all railroad co ponies to transport the bicycles of passeng ns baggage free of charge passed both flou of fh? New York Legislature. The schooner Martha, that left Key V( Fin., with arms and ammunition for Ci vras seized by the Collector of Customs violating section 4337 of the Revised Statu of the United States by having departed foreign porta without first obtaining a cert cate of register. At Dougiassvllle, Ga., the Eden Park C< ton Mills were destroyed by fire. Loss $12 000. One hundred hands are thrown out employment. Justice Beekman decided that the proh itory clauses of the Raines bill are In fo; against all holders of liquor licenses in N York. The United States battleship Indiana 1 the Port Royal (3. C.) dry dock und p ceeded to sea. It was learned that the Easter sermon the Rev. Dr. D. Parker Morgan, of t Church of the Heavenly Rest, New Yc City, was almost exactly the same as one the late Rev. Dr. Putnam, of Roxbury, Mas published several years ago. Timothy Mahony, a New York City Po office package clerk, was arrested and cc fessed to systematically robbing the mails; large quantity of goods was recovered. The Red Line steamship Frlesland cat into collision in New York harbor with t steamer Ballarden, and the latter beached on Staten Island to keep her frc sinking. Ex-President Harrison and his bride i rived in Indianapolis, Ind. Edna 'Whitmore. twenty-two years old, Newark. N. J., killed herself by taking ci bolic acid because her mother drank to e cess, Tho TlhnHn Tqlnnrt General Assemblv 1 convened. Governor Ltppltt, Lieutenai Governor Allen and Secretary of State Be nett received congratulations on their i election. A serious riot occurred in St. Landi Louisiana, over the registration. Two c< ored men were killed, six or seveu were se: ously wounded, and twenty or more we severely whipped. William and Alice Johnson have be< burned to death in a prairie Are in Mcrt County, Kansas. Chairman Hinkley, of the New York Dei jcratie State Committee, said the Democral State Convention will probably be held i June 23, in Saratoga. The Board of Aldermen of Mount Verne N. Y., have found City Clerk Pease guilty misappropriating oity funds to the amou of more than 33000. He has been remov and his successor appointed. Ahlwardt, the anti-Semite agitator, w ittacked and badly beaten near a lectu ball in Hoboken, N. J. His assailants we lischarged; he was locked up for the nigl Diamond thieves raided the Flagler hotel 3n the east coast of Florida. securing get ralued at nearly $30,000. The heaviest los Is paid to be Mrs. Henry M. Cutting, of N< Uork. By the burning of the training stables the Buffalo (N. Y.) Driving Park twee valuable horses were burned to death. Flames destroyed the spring factory Washburn A Moen at Lake Quinsigamou ilase., causing a loss of -S175.00 Emanuel Ninger, ox' Flagtown, N. J., h made a fail confession to the secret servi Dffloersof his manufacture of the pen a: Ink counterfeit Treasiyy notes. Arthur Bradley killed Richard Ingram ii ring fight near Haverhill, Moss. The m< were friends. Prominent steel manufacturers met New York City and agreed upon an advan Lu prices. The revenues of the General PostofHce New York City for the vear ending March' 1896, were $7,681,788.86. For the fiscal ye 1893. the Rreatest previous year on recoj the revenues from this source amounted 57,869.260.52. Mrs. Annie Morton. Assistant Postmistrr at West Newfield, Me., accused of the e bezzlement of Postofflce funds, plead guilty and was held for the May Grand Jui A well-dressed man. about forty years ftget committed suicide by jumping from t Adams street bridge, Chicago. He arriv in the citv a few minntes before at the Uni Depot. Hundreds of persons saw him. C. L. Magee gave $100,000 to the city Pittsburg for u zoological garden. Foreign Notes. American tourists are hastening ont Srain on account of the threatening asp of affairs in that country. London sympathizers with Armenia urj the Biitish Goverument to step in to previ the expulsion of Christians from Turkey. A cable despatch from Havana, Cuba, s< the rebels have agaiu male raMs in pla< only a few miles from the capital. A despatch from Suakim, Egypt, says tl a body of friendly Arabs have routed t dervishes near Abu Uamed, killing seve of them. The IUissinn Government dccided to s? a party of Red Cross members to workamo the Abyssianian troops. An outbreak occurred in Korea resulti in a number of murders, including the k ing of the King's fathor, the Tai-Won-Ki It is reported in Massowah, Abyssinia, tl on the command of General Baidissera Italians have evacuated both Kassala a a ffr.riint tho Khalifa will not attack Kasss but intends to concentrato this dervishes Berber. lllot and d;:ath followed tho announcom of President IJ.ippot vto's death InHayti. Spanish "-ursliips prevented the landing Cuba of filibusters on board the Amerii schooner Murtha, which was driven bacfa Key Fla. _ T1B1ST1L1M (W !all to ' ?f Insurgents Gained More in March Ins ti ? ids i nan lvci uciui e, em __ ? WEYLER IS A GREAT FAILURE, >ng tu- * The Hopes of the Patriots Aro Bright, the vas Rains Are Near and the Spaniards Are the Perishing Like Sheep?Reports of the ?* Excesses Committed by the Spanish >mCo Soldiery. Havana, Cuba, April 4.?Army operations te(j have been pushed with <rrea(t rigor for the lis- past month. General Weylor ha3 given officers and men no rest. His orders have nsr- been peremptory, and many a General has jj'-f* incurred his displeasure by tardiness. The mi? result of these active movements has been to uo completely tire out a large portion of the army in the field. the The insurgents have been kept moving, gn_ their camps have been destroyed, and a for dozen of their hospitals have been burned during the month that has just passed, but so- the Government has not forced a single ac- battle upon them. The only serious engagements have been De- those in which the insurgents, having the Ing advantage of position or numbers, as at Cayam ajabos and Candelaria, assumed the offensive lias and defeated the regular troops of Spain. ike There have been many rear guard skirmianes whioh appear In the Spanish official reports jgg an battles and victories for the Crown, but ra- upon investigation, a number of them apive pearod to bo massacres of unarmed citizens, om and there have been more tales of horrors ent committed than battles fought in this island of Cuba during the month cf March. . If one hundredth part of the stories that reach here of the operations of the columns V* of General M'.lquizo and Bernal and of jj? Colonels Molina, Tort, Segura. and others out ? bp innu cf 2 t,t. A M1LITAEY ST( 5.- Throughout the fighting territory in and of the troops .have erected temporary stockadi sort of headquarters for tho scouts and plcki ib rce are true, tho reason why General Weyler ew cancelled all passes held by correspondents is plain. Owners of estates report excesses eft committed by detuched bodies of Spanish ro- troops in all parts of the island, and there Is no longer talk of attempting to grind sugar of this year. The problem Is how to preserve u0 the lines of employes and prevent wanton k destruction by the troops. b The insurgents have gained more in - the ' past month than iq any two that have pre' ceded it. Weyler's decree, compelling people to abandon their homes in the interior, has driven many peaceable inhabitants into ,n" the insurgent armies. i a The harsh measures adopted toward suspects in cities and towns have also increased tie the number of recruits from families of the he better class in cities. The landing of four as Important expeditions has given inspiration >m io the insurgents. Their hopes were never brighter. Hot weather is already here and the rains are not far off. The limited time remaining for military operations this spring makes it 01 plain that Spain cannot crush the rebellion ir" before the wet season sets in. nnd the serious IX" problem of caring for the lives of her soldiers presents itself. A Spanish officer says re- that tne losses of the army through fevers it- and other sioknesses have been 12,000 since n- September, and over 25,000 during the year :e- ending March 1. Weyler's troubles with the politicians are just beginning. He has assured the home Dll Government that elections can be held in ri. Cuba, and now he has two parties, tbe Ber0 formistC and the Autonomists, refusing to take part, leaving the Union-Constitutional or Conservative Spanish party alone in the "JZ field. Bumors that Weyler will be recalled are persistent.' J- CUBA IN THE HOUSE, ? tic on A Lively Discussion of the Belligerency Resolutions. Washington, April 4.?The cause of Cuba was again advocated in the House. The resolutions were discused for nearly three hours and only one Representative spoke In opposition. as chairman Hitt, of the Foreign Affairs re Committee, called up the conference report re > and advooated its adoption in a very interestit* ing speech, which was listened to with the Is, closest attention by all the members, and as applauded and endorsed on both sides of the er chamber and in the crowded galleries. He iw was followed by Representative Boutelle, who 9poke for more than an hour in opposiat tion, and in support of his attaok upon the ty proposition for the recognition of Cuba made when the resolutions were first before . the House. Mr. Skinner, of North Carolina, a Populist, secured five minutes just before ,c1, the recess was taken, in which he glorified the Stars and Stripes and expressed the hope as that they would spread the mantle of their ce protectiomover the island now suffering unnd der Spanish oppression. Messrs. Turner, of Georgia; McCreary, of ! Kentucky; Tucker, of Virginia, and others exen pressed a desire to speak in opposition to the resolutions, and it was, therefore, agreed m that the final vote be postpone.! for the day. ce Killed His Wife and Mothnr-In-Law. iQ At Clinton, III., James Polen quarrelled with his wife. His mother-in-law. Mrs. iar :d, William MoMtllen, defended her daughter, to* Polen seized a shotgun and killed both the women. He then attempted to commit euicide by throwing himself under the wheels ? of a passing train. He received fatal in? Juries. Governor Hughes Gives Up the Fight. Of he The contest over the occupation of the 6(1 Arizona Gubernatorial chair is ended, Governor Hughes having gracefully surrend. ered. 01 Scared His Wife to Death, John Ahrens, a fnrmer, living in Kingman of County, Kansas, concluded to celebrate All eot Fools' Day by playing a joke on his wife. Ho dressed as a tramp, put on a mask, and jcd at his door tried to induce his wife to set >nt him a lunch. She was so terrified that she fell to the floor and died soon after. 1VS j'es The Church CermareiU A Coronor's Jury declared that tho Trinity Church Corporation, Now York City, should nil ho C0nsur0(l *or not providing flre escapes iu tho Hudson street tenement, whoso burning destroyed Ave lives. >nd m IU? Tho Labor World. A Brooklyn iodgo of tho United Order of jl? Carpenters was organized. in. A Gorman association of stone cutters has ^nt been organized in New York City, tho Northwestern lumbermen have decided to nd reduce tho lumber cut twenty-live per cent. il?. The Ellis and Lessig Iron Company, of > fit Pottstown, Peun., has raisod wages ten per cent. ent Four hundred coal minors at Palmyra, Ohio, struck against screens, which they - in claim are not of the propor size. :an Beginning April 1, the wages of miners in L to the Clearflold, Baech Creek. Cambria and Gallitzin coal regions was raised Ave cents a ton. ' ; "7-"' tv-'v v ; V - f . - . ? - vi y THE HALLS OF CONGRESS, Representative Cannon estimates the total appropriations of this feeaaon at (506,000,000. Arguments In snpport of the practicability of the Nicaragua Canal were made before the House Committee. The Indian Appropriation bill reported to the Senate carries $7,418,806, being a net reduction from the amount as passed by the House of ?1,006,638, The Senate passed the Legislature Appropriation bill, carrying 521,500,000, and substituting for United States district attorneys aud marshalls' salaries for fees. Senator Hill's bill to remove the relitriction against the appointment, as officers of the army or navy, of persons who held commissions in thi regular army or navy before the Civil War, and who espoused the side of the Confederacy, passed the House with but the diasenting vote of Mr. Boutelle, of Maine. The Senate Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds voted to recommend the passage of the bill appropriating 82,000,000 for a new public building at Indianapolis, Ind,; the bills for Government buildings at Oak land, Cal., ana waterDury,. oonn., and also the bill for the purchase of a site for a building at Salem, Oregon. The House passed Senate joint resolution directing the 8ecret3ry of war to prepare plaDS and estimates for deepening the channel into Portland (Me.) Harbor to thirty feet, to secure a twenty-five foot ship channel 400 feet wide in Provid??iu,3 River and Narragansett Bay from Sassafras Point to the ocean, and to expend 820,000 for walls to the canal locks at the Casides, Columbia Biver, Oregon. ' Congressman Watson, of Ohio, introduced a bill making an appropriation .of 810,000 for the erection of a monument in Washington to the memory of private soldiers and sailors who fought in the Civil War. The Senate Committee on Commerce authorized a favorable report on thq bill construing tbe law regarding the award of lifesaving medals so as to authorize the Secretary of the Treasury to exercise his discretion in all cases. Now he is not allowed to make awards to persons outside of the life saving service. The credentials of George L. Wellington as )CEADE IN CUBA. around Bojucal, in the Province of Havana, es, fortresses and redoubts, which serve as a at lines defending the approaches to Havana. Senator from the State of Maryland, for the term of six years, commencing March i, 1897, were nresented to the Senate by Mr. Gorman and placed on flle. a wu urns nasspd in. the House to reim burse A. P. Brown, ex-Postmaster at Lemars, Iowa, to the amount o? $889 for loss by burglary January 9,1894. The Secretary of War sent to the House'the report of the survey for a canal connecting Lake Superior with the Mississippi River. The cost of such a canal ranges from $7,000,000 to $30,000,000, according to the different routes and the size proposed. The route costing the lea3t 1b decided to be the most feasible. PERISHED IN A CLOUDBURST. Parents and Children Swept Off by a Sad* den Flood In Kentaclcy, The cloudburst in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky caused far greater lo?a of life and property than was at first supposed. The first news was that only the wife and daughter of Wade Marders, of Clay County, were drowned. Word now comes from Owsley County that nine more persons were drowned in Buffalo Creek. The dead are Miss Mary Garrett, George Gepsons, wife and three children, two children of Will Burns and two others whose names could not be learned. The storm passed from Sexton Creek across the south fork of the Kentucky River to ?.1. mu? if, .Duuaio ureeii. luu vauoy as yqcjt unuvn, and the water rose so rapidly that the families had little time to leave their homes. John Crane was getting out logs, when he looked up and saw a low wall of water bearing down upon him. His house was about a quarter of a mile above the point where he was working. He had hardly recovered from his astonishment, when he saw his wife and child floating toward him on some driftwood. Crane is an expert Jogger, and he spiked a big pine log and rowed out into the stream in time to rescue his family. The child was not hurt, but Mrs. Crane was bruised badly. The devastation along Buffalo Creek la complete. Every house on its banks was washed away, as well as all the outbuildings and all provisions for man and beast. The south fork of Kentucky River is higher than it has been for years. FIRE OF HALF A MILLIONBrunswick, Ga., is Swept by a Destructive Corflagratlon. A Are at Brunswick, Ga., destroyed fully a half million dollars' worth of property, cost one human life, crushed one man fatally and seriously injured four mon. The property destroyed includes the wharf property, cotton sb eds, freight warehouses, tracks and part of the freight in the warehouses, all belonging to the Plant system and comprising their local terminal freight facilities; a Dumber of freight cars and be* tween 10,000 and 20,000 cross ties; fully 25,000 barrels of rosin, 1000 barrels of spirits of of turpentine, all the wharf engines, wholesale grocery building, grocery stock and warehouso buildings Of the Downing Company, and various small fish and oyster houses on the water edge of Bay street. On Day street, from Wronk street up, the flames swept everything in their path. Then the flames swept under the roof of the cotton sheds. The wind was blowing fiercely and the firemen endeavored to keep a wall of water between them and Downing's naval store docks, but without avail. At 2 o'clock the rosin had caught and the fierce heat and the dense black smoke drove the people away. i Arms for the Boers. A despatoh from Cape Town says that 2000 rifles were sent from Johannesburg to Pretoria, and, togethor with ammunition, were issued to Boers and railway officials. This distribution of arms caused the wi!de?t rumors, but the general opinion Is that the arms woro given out as a provision against possible developments in the Matabele rising. Railroads Blocked by Snow. Reports from Northern Wisconsin tell of a complete blockade on many railroads. Tho drifts iu many places are from ten to twenty feet deep. liush for Alaskan Gold Fields. There is no abatement in the rush to | Alaska. On the contrary, the exodus is on the increase, and no less than fifteen vesseia, big and littlo, with a passenger list of fully 1000 men, freight and supplies in proportion, have sailed from San Francisco, Cal., for the j golden fields to the north. Less German Emigration. The German official papers express their gratification over the conspicuous diminishing of German emigration to America. Statistics show a decrease of two-thirds in the number of emigrants daring the last flvo years. ' I MIL MB PflSHIOK. I He Writes a Letter Concerning His H Presidential Candidacy. DECLINES TO MAKE A CONTEST.1 I He Would Not Decline a Call, However? H Principles, Not Men, He Say*, the Important Juaei Before the Democratic Convention at Chicago--He Sagtetti a I Platform. j Washington, D. C.. April 6.?Secretary of j the Treasury Carlisle gave oat for public v tlon a copy of a letter to Chairman Long of j the Democratic State Central Committee of Kentuoky, in which he announces that he will not make any effort to secure the Demooratlc nomination for the Presidency. Th?: j letter is as follows: \ Wf/ BECBETAH7 JOHN 0. CABLI3LJ. Tour favor of March 30, In whloh you say, la substance, that many of my friends in Kentucky and elsewhere desire me to be- ' come a candidate before the approaching National-Democratic Convention for nomination for the office of President, and requesting me to Rive "some authoritative or aeflnlt9 expression" upon the subject, was duly received and has been maturely considered. Many communications upon the same sub* ject and of similar Import have been received from friends in different parts of the country, and, while very grateful for these numerous expressions of confidence and esteem upon the part of my Democratic fellow-citizens, I have not been able to reach the conclusion that the existing conditions require me to comply with their requests by authorizing them to announoe me as a candidate for the Presidential nomination. wane i ieei a pruiounu ljuierepi m uio woifare of my party, I am much more concerned. H| about its declaration of principles than In Its selection of candidates, because, in my opinion, its failure or success at the election, BB as well as its capacity for useful seryice to the country in the future depend upon the position it takes or omits to take upon the I public questions now engaging the attentlon of the Deople, and especially the ques- I tlons affecting the monetae system of the country and the character and amount of |^H taxation to be imposed upon our citizens. H| Its posliiou upon these and other subjects having bcenjagreed upon,and olearly and dlstlnctly announced, the convention ought to HH have no difficulty in selecting an acceptable. candidate who will fairly represent its views; and, In order that its deliberations may be embarrassed as little as possible by the contentions of rival aspirants and their friends, I think my duty to the party will be best performed by deolining to participate in a contest for the nomination. HH The obligations assumed when I accepted H| my present offlolal position require me to devote my entire time and attention to the publio interests committed to my charge, and I shall continue to discharge the duties imSosed npon me to the best of my ability and x suoh a manner as will in my judgment most certainly promote the true Interests of the country, and if in the oplnion of my fellow-Democrats in Kentucky mv qorrices entitle me to their commenda tion and approval, I would regard their Indorsement of my public course as au ample reward for the little I have been able to accompllsh In behalf of honest administration and a sound financial policy. flfl THE VENEZUELAN COMMISSION. I Its Work Believed to Be About One-Half Completed. Justice Brewer presided over the first formal meeting in Washington o! the Venezuelan Commission that has been held for HI the past two weoks, having returned from"'^B San Antonio, Texas. All the members were in attendance, and, after careful individual study of the British Blue Book, entered Into' BB a rigid discussion of its arguments and eri- Bfl denoe. ? The session was considered the most important so far held by the commission, which H is now possessed of all the main features of the contention and the principal points upon which the dispute depends. The queetion of sending one or more representatives of the commission to Europe to Bfl verify the accuracy of the documents sabmittodby Venezuela and Great Britain was KB discussed, and, while no definite action was taken, the iaaispeosabllity of the examinetioa of Spanish, as well as Dutch, archives was recognized, and no doubt is expressed that a search will soon be ordered. The commission has now been at work three months, and its labors are thought to be about half completed. Ia the House 3ir. Mitt reporreu lavwntuiy from the Committee on Foreign Affairs the resolution asking the President to transmit to Congress all the correspondence in the Department ot State relating to mediation or intervention by the United States in the atfairs of Venezuela siace December 1,1895, to^^B date, and the resolution was agreed to. Out of tlie Common Bun. Dry goods merchants declare that trade good. 9H A'^entina is now going largely into the^^fl production of flaxseed. A steel plant which will cost $1,030,000 laflH to be erected at Birmingham. Ala. William Miller, of Lancaster, Penn., muis^^H dered his fatherfor $170 insurance which he^^H 1 had on his life. Kentucky tobacco fanners are now agitat-^^fl ing in favor of a reduced acreage. h9|| Hay "in the stock" is selling in Kansas for^^H from seventy-live cents to $1.50 a ton. There are three ex-Mayort of the town in^^H the newly elected City Council of Bath. Me.^^H Fitzgerald, Ga., the new colony of veter-^^H ans, h:is800o iubabitaats and no police lorce.^Hfl The 300,000 miles of telegraph wire in the^^H United States would extend from Boston to^^H San Francisco 100 times. There are more than 500,000 telephones ln^^H use in the United States and they are used^^H ! o nnn nnn rimp<( i1h!I\\ liWUl Ajvvwjwww ? * There is an unusual amount of building^^K going on la Washington and quite u little^^H activity in real estate circle*. Cuba Lhs a short tobacco crop. Berlin has a population of 1,615,032. Miss Frances ?. WiMar.l authorizes the^^H statemeut that tho National Convention of^^H the Woman's Christian Temperance Union^^H for 189C will be held at St. LouLs, Mo. The strong winds the other night carrieH^BH sand from the big sand-hill along the east^HH | shore of Lake Michigan into the interior of^^B I .Michigan, where lake sand was never seen^^u Hj The gavel for the use of the Chairman of^^H the coming Republican National Convention^^H has been made from a piece of oak wood^^H taken from the cabin in which Abraham Lin-^H| coin use 1 to live at Salem. III. It Is hand-^^H somely carved and mounted with gold and^H