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BLECTOKAl VOTE COOK
Congress Formally Declares McKinley
and Hobart Elected.
THE CEREMONY IN THE HOUSE.
Senators Met in Joint Session With tht
Representatives?Vice-VreaitJent PreKi<le:l
Over the Important Formality?.
McKinley, 271; Uryan, 170>: Hobart
"71; Sewnll, 149; Thomas K. Watson, 27.
Washington. D. C. (Spwial).?For the
twenty-seventh time in the history of the
United States, Senators and Representatives
met in solemn conclave Wednesday in the
Hall of the House of Representatives to deolare
the vote which silently transfers the
Government of i ho Nation from one set of
rulers to another.
The Capitol was crowded in anticipation
of the ceremony which was to mark the day,
but excellent arraugements prevented eonfusion
or intru.-ionof uninvited visitors. The
spectators of the count were largely the
memL>ert of Congressmen's families and
COUNTING THE
their intimate irienas, me Kni.er.ea, uy irov
lation, having been reserved for their use,
One section of about 200 seats was thrown
open to the public.
The Executive and Diplomatic galleries
were reserved for thos^ entitled to occupy
them under the rules. For the accommoda
tiou of the Senate and its officers 100 additional
cbaire had been placed on the flooi
of the House.
The members of the Senate appeared at
the north door promptly at 1 o'clock p. m.
headed by Vice-President Stevenson, Sergeant-at-Arms
Bright and Secretary Cox,
and their presence was formally announced
to the House by Doorkeeper Glenn.
Th? Rnnreoontativt s rose to their feet, and
remained standing until the members of the
upprtr hou'e had found the places assigned
to them. Ne::t oame two Capitol policemen
bearing the mahogany box in which the
certificates of the result of the eleotioa in
the several States had beeu placed by the
Vice-President as they had been roceived by
him from the messengers appointed to bring
them to the Capitol.
Vice-President Sfevonson, according to the
terms of the Ihw under which the joint convention
assembled, oocapied the Speaker's
ohair. Mr. Reed sitting at his side.
The tellers for the House were Mr. Grosvenor,
of Ohio, and Mr. Richardson, of Tennessee;
for the Senate this duty was performed
by Senators Blackburn, of Kentucky,
and Lodce, of Massachusetts.
Tho Vice-President with coremonious
solemnity unlocked the electoral box and
took out the envelopes containingthe certifl
C8C63 OI Tilt* ?/iectorai ^untJiica, cotu vu >?>v/?>o
Being signed by all the electors of the several
States, and securely seale 1. As each certificate
was opened the vote of the State was
announced and tally was kept by the tellers
of both Senate and House.
8enator Blackburn read the certificates.
Senator Lodge alternated with him in the
reading process. As the count proceeded
and the House tellers, Messrs Grosvenor
and Richardson, took a hand, th? reading of
the full text of the certificates was abandoned,
the tellerscoflllning themselves to a simple
statement of the result as disclosed by the
documents before them.
The official count was announced at 2
i o'clock as follows:
For President of the United states?\v imam
M<?Kinley. 271: William J. Bryan, 176.
For Vice-President ol the United StatesGarret
A. Hobart, 271. Arthur Sewall, 149;
Thomas E. Watson. 27.
The Vice-President thereupon declared
Wtlliam MeKinley and Garret A. Bobart respectively
electe.i President and Vice-President
of the United States. The Vice-President
added that this declaration was in law
sufficient, and that the joint session was
.-r.a.4 x hnrcf nf hnndnlaiinini? fol
lowed this statement.and the groat audience
quietly dispersed.
ROBBED OF $30,000 OF SILVER.
A I'ack Train La-lea With Bullion Overco'.no
by Hobbet;.
The owners of the Julio mine at Sombrerete,
Mexico, have just sufTered a loss ol
about ?30.000 by the robbery of a large pack
train of burros loaded with silver bullion.
The pack train was on its way rro:n Sombrerete
to San Fe ipe, from which p'ace th?
bullion was to be snipped by the railroad to
market. A mo'.iote i guard of armed mer
accompanied tho train,as is the custom there.
While passing through the mountains
twenty miles from Sombrero??, a baud ol
robbers attacked the conductor. Several
members of the guard assiste 1 iuthe capture
of their companions aid the robbery. The
burros were driven iuto the mountains with
,k"l' hntvlnn ;iml havH lior Vf?t been
found. The faithful members of the guard
were bound and left lying by the tr.-iil,
where they were found several hours later.
FASTEST TORPEDO BOAT.
The Test of No. 0, <*H" the Harbor of Newport,
showed Great Results.
United States Torpedo Boat No. G prove]
herself to the naval officers in a trial run ofi
Newport, R. I., uo; oaiy to oo a remarkable
craft, but also probably the most speedy in
the wor.d. when coutiuuous racnin^is taken
into considera'ion. The true official figure'
on the run give her a speed of only 23.72
to 28.73 knots, but it was quite apparent tc
those nn board that the boat was not forced
to hf-r limit, and that she might be rated a*
a thirty-knot boat if in the hands of a trained
<rew, for at no time was the steam limit oi
225 pounds reachel. nor did her propellei
reach 400 evolutions per minute, while there
was ev?*ry indication that she was equal t(
much above this.
Prohibition Restored in lo?va Citio*.
A great sensation has been caused at De;
Moines, Iowa, by the decision of the Supremi
Court that the Mulct Liquor law does no
apply to cities under special charters
Tnis restores t he prohibitorv law in Daven
port, Dubuque, Cedar llaplds, Keokuk am
several smallor cities.
Woman ^uiVra-^e in Ma??achuHett9.
The Massachusetts L-gislaUvo Corami'.tei
on Constitutional Amendments voted to rc
port a:: amendment to the Constitutioi
striking out the word "mate," thus giving ti
women the tull right of suffrage.
Cyciins Notes.
Connecticut has Sj.ojfi bicycle riders.
Although Dr. Charles John Ellicott, th
Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol, England
is in his eighty-s-venth year, ho i3 an on
thusiastic wheelman.
Several of the vouncer officers on the (las
ship New York have bicycles ou board, whiel
they ride between decks on a course abou
one-sixtoenth oi a mile in circumference.
News comes from Itus-ia thai cycling i
rapidly superseding skating.
i Many of thl? year's tandems will t>
equipped with a central front chain, thereb;
narrowing the thread and dividing thestraiii
A mud suard under the tube prevents th
oirt thrown by tho front wheel from reachin
the chaiD.
Edley martin ball,
line*. Beautiful Decoration!
S Tint trtltllv Dance*.
The much-heraldod fancy dress ball ^tvec
by Mr. and Mrs. Bradley Martin took place
at tho Hotel Waldorf, New York City
Wednesday night. rreachers had discussed
it in their pulpits, and other preachers had
given interviews to the press about it,
Social reformers had expressed their dis>
proval of the event because a half-cillioi
dollars was tc? be spent for one night's
pleasure of a thousand wealthy men and
> women, In fact the social function at one
. time threatened to become an international
issue.
The ball began at midnight and ended at I
, o'clock a. m. Tho cost,tho hostess whs aboui
$125,000. and it will go down in history as i
i not or coior ;iua aispiny. 11 win i'e uiasocv
vrith the Schermerhoru fancy dross ball ol
' nearly haif a cenfury aco, the Prince o:
i Walos's ball and tho Vanderbilt ball. But 11
ELECTORAL VOTE.
ecupsea au 01 tne3f>. u i= me crowning giory
, of the social life of Now York of this century,
i It may not be surpassed In another hundred
years. It was a gorgeous, superb and woni
derful spectacle.
Twelve hundred invitations had been issued
for the event, but little more than half
the number of those invited were In attendance.
Of those that came. also, quite a
number loft early.
Many seemed to bave put in tvn appearance
simply out of curiosity, to witness the really
superb decorations of the ballroom and the
unique speotaele of a large number of per[
sons, prominent in soci.-il circles, urrayed In
the picturesque costumes of two, three, and
. four centuries ago.
i Outside the hotel the crowds became so
dense that at 10 o'clock the police, who were
t present in large nurucers, were ooiigea ro
i clear Thirtv-third street, in order to allow
. the carriages of the guests to deposit their
i owners and make an exit quickly. In Fifth
avenue tbe crowd was even greater, and
; a great mass of people stood packed
together to look at the carriages. The
guests began to arrive at 11 o'clock, and
thev had not all arrived at midnight, the
i hour when the first quadrille was announced
to begin.
The guests alighted at the door of Mr.
Boldt's residence, west of the hotel, where
the sidewalk was canopied for 100 feet. The
econd | floor oi the house wfts given
over to dressing rooms and hairdressers,
maids, valets, armor bearers and ladios
in waiting on the kings, queens,
princes, princesses, courtiers ana otner representative
of past century life who were
Mrs. Martin's guests. "Costumes of the
sixteenth, seventeenth and eighteenth centuries''
were demanded in the Invitations to
the ball.
The time of Louis XV. and Louis XVI., the
gayest ADd most profligate regimes of the
court at Versailles, whs oest represented.
The Louis XV. epoch was in Mrs. Martin's
mind when arranging the floral and tapestry
decorations. In no raoro appropriate way
could the lavish display of pink roses, garlanded
and in loose profusion, have been
used.
The costume of Mr. Bradley Martin himself
was a court dress of the time of Louis
XV. It was made of white and pink brocaded
satin, with knee breeches and white and silk
hose. Diamond buckles were on his low,
red-heelod shoes. Mrs. Martin's costume
was a copy of an old painting
[representing Mary Queen of
Scots. She wore a Iodr robe of black velvet,
made full on the hips and with a long,
. pointed bodice, with a petticoat of embroidered
white satin. A jeweled stomacher and
black velvet pointed cap, trimmed with
i jewels. Mrs. Martin were* many o! her
. wonderful diamonds and pearls.
It was after midnight when Mrs. Bradley
Martin, dressed in her Mary Stuart costume
had received her guests. Immediatelyafter
ward the first quadrille, led by Mrs. Martin
and John Jacob Astor, was begun.
tTtah's Now Free-sllvor Senator
1 risi mII
TO'EPH t. RAWLINS.
i (New Free-Silver Democratic ^eantorj fron
i Utah, elected by one majority.)
> Canal Bill Withdrawn.
j Senator Morgan, who has been in charpt
[ of tho Nicaragua Canal bill, formerly with
' drew it. It was, therefore, displaced ou th(
1 Senate calendar and cannot be taken up this
t session. Mr. Morgan prefaced his with
' drawal of the bill by a bitter attack on Grea
> Britain, whose influence, he asserted, hai
> been actively exerted to prevent Amerieai
control of the canal.
Greece Beards the Turk.
5 Greece despatched her torpedo flotilla, un
i der command of Prince George, to Crete
' with instructions to use every menus to pre
vent the landing or Turkish troops ou tha
- island. Italy is concern rating her warship
i and may convoke the Chamber of Deputies
California Orange* for Ktor!ria.
Shipments of California navel oranges t<
e to Florida have begun from Pomona, uea
" Los Angeles. Orders havo been roceive*
i for a weekly consignment of oranges unti
> March 15. L.;rnoos are also being sent in
large quantity to Florida.
rro:ttit:ent I'cr>;?!e.
Governor Foster of Louisiuua is making i
,, p lea .sure trip through Central America.
, Professor Koch, the great Gorman scient
- ist, has gone to India to study the plague.
Katzuo Hatoyama, a graduate of Yale ii
- the class of '7S. has been elected Speaker o
ti tho Japanese Parliament.
1 Andrew Carnegio is very hopeful of thi
general business outlook, and looks for i
s slow but sure improvement.
Mulhall, the noted statistician, spent ovei
e forty y.^ars in accumulating the material foi
y his onts volume of statistics.
' The Sultan of Turkey decorated Sir Ellfc
0 Ashmead Bartlett, M. P., in recognition o
K his support in the British House of Com
mona.
/
.the news ep\tomized ||
1 TVBBhJnrton Items.
The Pan-American Medical Congress has'
l presented a report to tho United States
( Senate asking for Government and State aid J\[
in bettering the public health.
[ Tho Republican members of the Ways and
Means Committee decided to fix the tariff on
1 nails at half a cent a pound.
The Agriculture Appropriation bill wa9 r/
^ passed by the Senate. ''
} Tho Navy Department received a report
I from Admiral Bunco ou the heroism displayed
( by officers and men of the Maine in the great in
1 gale of Saturday.
Spain to reply to the intercession of the
> State Department, has consented to release
t Julio Sanguily.
1 Tho State Department has ended the Kol|
lett incident, it has filed all the papers eon'
nccted wilh the alleged "outrage" committed
' upon the United States Vice Consul General
t at Bangkok by Siamese soldiers, and has de- E t
termined to let the matter drop. w'
The Senate in executive session, began 4o
consideration of the arbitration treaty after pr]
rejecting Mr. Hill's motion to discuss it In .
public. ll'
Republican members of the Ways and '?'
Means Committee decided to make no change '
in the tariff on steel rail?. Mf
The Civil Service Commission made Its ^
annual report to President Cleveland. . ?
Colonel Robert E. A. Crofton, commanding . "
th?Fifteenth Infantry, United 8tates Army, !
has been placed on the retired list by the
President, under the sixtj'-two-years-of-age ft'1
law.
Senator Aldrich and other friends of tho
Nicaragua Canal bill have had conferences ,v*
with Speaker Reed and other House leaders |U
during the day regarding the possibility of .
the bill being brought up in the House in
I case it should pass tho Senate. The result
has been the bill will bo abandoned ia the 111
Senate. ,lr
ii
Uoineitlc. i.U
It is estimated that It will take three 3?
weeks and cost $50,000 to repair the damage ~
to the cruiser Brooklyn. ^
A. L. Garford.of Elyria, Ohio, was elected
in New York Cltv President of the National ,jt
Board of Trade of Cycle Manufacturers. 36
Armand Cnstelmary died on the stage of 3e
the Metropolitan Opera House, New York 5a
City. He was playingTristnno In "Martha." w<
His fall upon the stage and subsequent mo- Ih
1 tions were applauded by the audience, who T1
supposed the veteran French singer was CI
i. acting. Be
A cartridge exploded on the battle-ship
Maine. Three men were hart, two of whom tu
are painfully Injured. ^
John P. Green was promoted to be Firs*
Vice-President of the Pennsylvania Railroad jij
Company to succeed Frank "Thomson.
, The east-bound fast mail on the Union th
Paoiflc Railway was wrecked at Omaha, dl
Neb. The fireman was killed and the engl- itv
neer fatally hurt. No passengers were in- wi
jured seriously.
George Davies, a commission merchant, on
was shot and Instantly killed by his wife at I sei
the r home in Cleveland, Ohio. The shoot- |
i ing was the result or oue or maay i.imiiy
quarrels. aD
Genera! Campos says he approves the
spirit of the reforms proposed by Spain,
though thoy ousrht to be more liberal, and is Jr
willing to return to Cuba if ho can hasten
the ending of the war.
1 Troopers Leahy and Howard, of the United ^
; States Cavalry, stationed at West Point, N. tr
1 Y., fought a duel with sabres for the nand of
the blacksmith's pretty daughter, Katie ^1
Medler. Leahy was severely wounded on ca
( the hips. ju
i The sheriff levied on the village property av
in Port Richmond, 8tatenJLsiand, tosatisfy a Mi
judgment. K<
A bill was introduced In the Assembly at Wl
Aiuany, n. i., pruvium^ iunuc luauuiawiuig
of 6alt by the State.
The annual snow of the National Board of
Trade of Cycle Manufacturers was opened at
the Grand Central Palace, New York City. '
A sppcial committee of engineers reported 0D
to tbo Brooklyn Bridge trustees a plan for ha
running trolley and elevated railroad care (h
on the structure. ftD
The worst storm of the season raged at fr<
Ouray. Col. All the roads and mountain s:i
trails are blockaded and impassable. Three hi
sleds loaded with over llfty men bavo been
sent out to open the road9 to Revenue and pc
other camps, but it is believed the storm will hi
drive thorn back to the city. to
George Tscban, of Jollet, III., flrei turee
bullets into his wife's breast, hPad and arm
and then shot himself and slashed his throat
with a razor. Both are dead. Jealousy is
8aid to have been the cause.
Five of the California rr.nohes of the late
Senator Stanford, worth half a million dollars,
are to be sold by his widow.
Torpedo Boat No. 6 made a record of ?o
I twenty-nine knots an nour in a ouuuers tn
trial at Newport, R. I.
The battle-ship Indiana left Admiral
Bunco's loet and returned to Hampton j*
Roads. Va.. on account of trouble with her
turrets in the heavy sea off Hatteras. { "
Prominent financiers favoring monetary
1 reform met at the Chamber of Commerce to g
organize the New York City branch of the _
National Sound Money Loague.
Andrea Manro, an Italian, was arrested in
New York City on a charge of swindling a
Now Orleans diamond broker out of $10,000
with the aid of two companions.
An entirely new plan of prison management
is proposed in New lork State whlob.
includes the paroling of llrst offenders with
a view to their reformation and their separation
from criminals sentenced for second,
and third offenses.
Mrs. Van Demark, of Kingston; N. Y., died
from the effocts of injuries inflicted by a dentist.
Wayland Trask and his partner, A. N.
Rankin, wore arres od in New York City on x
a charge of hypothecating securities. ^
Cyrus E. BreJer, cashier of tho First National
Baak, of Bethlehem, Penn., is a !ugi- *
tive from justice.
Burglars robbed the Postofllce and rail- !
road station at Goo ispeed, Conn., and tho |
j station was wrecxea oy an explosion.
The damage to the United States cruiser
Brooklyn is confine! to a bad rib on the
port side.
At Cassopolis, Mich., Mrs. J. K. Ritter, a ~
Director in the First National Bank and
prominent in religious circles, committed A
suicide by hanging while temporarily insane. (.'
A. W. Linderstrom, a farmer living near
i Tacoma. Wash., went home late and in a fit ~
of anger took down a shotgun an.l blew out ?
the brains of his five-year-old son. Ee then ?
killed himself by shooting. f1
tc
The New York Legislative Committee to ^
3 invest igate t rusts hear! Theodore and ^
Henry Ilaverueyer an i John Arbuckle. Thi:
s sugar magnates admitted they controlled ^
, the output and price of sugar inthiscoun- g
try. Mr. Arbuckln said he was threatened jI
with extinction if he did not buy sugar of v
j the trust. jj
) Since the burning of the State Capitol at ac
Harrisburg the Pennsylvania Legislature p
has been holding its sessions in a church. tl
Foreign Note*.
The Yaquis, of Mexico, are on the war'
path, and are attacking Mexican settlements.
01
' Archduke Otto of Austria arrivod iu Bor- w
lin and was receivod by Emperor William ?
and I he royal Priuce9. ' ?
The British Niger Expedition has captured V
Bida. capital of the Fottlah tribe; one Brit- ? '
* ish officer was killed In the assault. ^
r Pilgrimages across Russian territory have
1 been forbidden because of the Indian plague.
' Emperor William at a banquet urged an C
increase of the strength of Itermau Army st
and Navy. d
Rundf of hostile Yaqui Indians are cans- P1
in;: much terror among the settlera iu the
a Y.iqui River Valleveast of Urts, Mexico. Oue
baud of over l' O Yaquis attempted to pillage
the ranch of Pablo SencUo. and the latter
made resistance. The Indians then mur- ..
dered Sencho, his wife, and two children ,
^ and then burned the ranch. "
It was reported at Athens that a union of ,>]
Crete and Greece had bcon proclaimed at q
0 Halepa. It was rumored that the ships of a]
1 tho Powers were bombarding Canon. At
Berlin it was believed that war between jn
Greece and Turkey was inevitable. ^
r United States Ambassador MacVeagh gave
a ball iu Rome, at which the King and Qtie?n
i of Italy wore guests.
Five thousand refugees have embarked p
from Canea, Crete; 2000 refugees are oai jt
board the British warships. d
?AE FLHBT I PHBH
Jmiral Bunce's Squadron Battle
With a Terrific Gale.
)UR JACK TARS PERISHE[
ve United States Wur.ihlps Arrived i
Charleuton, 9 C., After a Trying E*
perience Off the North Carolina ConstHeroic
Attempt of a Landsman o;i tti
Maine to Save Ills Drowning Com 'art
Charleston, 3. C. (Special).?Admir;
mce's squadron of United States war ve
Is arrived hero Monday after a terriflo 01
nnter with a cyclone off Hutteras, durin
lich foar lives were lost, eight men wer
jured seriously, and all the V033^1s su:
Ined minor injuries.
The ships of tho squadron consist of th
*w York, Maine, Columbia, Amphltriti
,d Marbiehead. The Maine lost throe <
r crew and the Marbiehead lost one an
id eix injured. Three men wore Mwej
erbnard from tho Maine and three jumpe
terthem. Tho last three were rescuei
le boat that went after the men who wei
rept overboard oapized, but all rf tt
scuing crew wer- sawd. One man was ii
red on tho New York.
All five of the vessels are now at aa"h(
tout two miles off the bar. The squidro
n into the teeth of tho storm on Frida
ght forty miles off tho North Caroiinn co:u
id well below Haiteras.
The Maine's death list consists of I. C
jzel. apprentice, dashed to death a?ain
rrets and body lost at sea; John Urowi
amaD, washed overheard and dro.vnet
idy not recovered: A. B. Nelson, privnl
aited States marines, vasbed over boar
id drowned, body lost.
Tho Marbiehead lost Ship's Car]>ontc
rawhat, who was dashe 1 to death ty tb
a. Hie body was secured an i buried f
a on Sunday. Seven of the carpenter
;ng, who were at work on the sea aiichoi
are nuriea a^niasc iao superairuuimo
e ship by the sea and more or loss Id urac
iey were: Dennis Ryan, black ;mltl
larles Osborne, shipwright; apprentice,
anlan and Resjaa and Hlcker acd tfl
hers. Hicker sustained a compound frat
re of the skull, and hhi condition Is suriou
When the storm began to gather o a Fr
\y night the Admiral squalled fro a th
sw York for tho ships to stand to; ethei
le storm was blowing from the soulheasl
steadily increased during the nig it an
e four ships were separated. 80 heavil
d the New York roll that the big eighi
oh guns in the turrets wore lashed dow
ith heavy hawsers.
The boatswain. William Anderson whil
1 the forward deck, was struck frcm h
at by a sea and Injured by being lashe
t. Naval Cadet Castleman, while on tl
rward quarter deck, also lost hU iootln
id was about to go over the side w'?en t
nnaged to seize a life line and save b
m life. When the sea was shipped a9tet
e sounding apparatus was knocied t
nders, and one of the officers was nearl
shed over the side.
When morning came Iho Maine was Jlghtf
id spoken. The battle ship bad tbe mo
pine experience of the fleet. The npprei
se Kosel was struck by a terrible !iea an
- /># klm The Tirafo
a 1:10 W<u UIUJOU UUi VI UlUi. n...
rried his body overboard. Two mc
mped after him as he was bain# earrit
cay. They were 8earaen John Bro vn ar
urine Alox Nelson. In tryiog to sa^
>zel they lost their lives, for they. to<
ire carried out into the mountainso ' wate
Charles Haikell was washed overboard 1
e same time. When these four men wei
erboard William J. Croalman, a laa Ismar
is standing on the poop deck. He saw tt
(turned face of Kosel flouting by.
Creelman dived over the stern andetnic
it to save htm. Meantime two lifa bsio1
id been thrown over. H.iskel got on ) 1
em. Brown, Nelson and Kozol dtsappoarei
id the brave Creelman wad struggling fi
Dm the buoy Intended for him. Hn3k
w him and reached him in time :o sai
3 lire.
On board the Maine a board of inquiry r
irted on the loss of the three men The
grhly commended Creel man's brave attem;
rescue Kozel. He will bj recommendt
r a life-saver's medal of the first cl:as.
EX-GOVERNOR LONG ACCEPTS.
> be Secretary of llio Navy in HcKlnley
Cabinet.
The formal acceptance by ex-Ooverm
ihn D. Lonpr, of Massachusetts, of I he poi
lioof the Navy was received at Cantoi
lio, by Major McKinley, a few days ag
has been koown for two weeks chat e;
Dvernor Lon? was to be iu tlio Cabinet, b*
e exact place ho was to recslvn hai been
>ubt, and was not finally settled ill ne;
? tmd of last week, when a letter to thi
feet was sent him.
JOHN D. LOSfl.
John D. Lons is a type of a solf-mai
merican. Ho has represented his Sta
dassnchusetts) in Congress, aad tbr
mes filled tho chair ot' Governor of th
oramonwealth. He is a resident of I
>wn of Hing'uam. Mr. Long win born
uckfield. Me., October 27. 183^; enter
harvard University at the oarlv up* of fou
sen years, and wan graduated in 1857. M
oner became principal of the Aeidemy
rostrord, Moss. In l^fil ho was admitt
?the bar, and after practising a short tin
i his native town established himself
oston in 1862. He was olocted to t
LVIIIth Concress, and re-elected to t
LIXth, serviug from December 3, 18513,
.'arch 4, 1897. Governor Long's tastes <i
holarly, and ho varies tho activities
rofcssional and official life by thu study
to classics and some literary wotk.
Sngnr Trust Aflalm.
Jo!;n E. Searles, Secretary and Trans ur
[ the American Sugar Refining Compac
as a witness in New York City before t
egislative Committee to luvestiga
rusts. He said, among other tuint
tat the company produces eighty p
mt. of tne* reflnel sugar used
lis country; that '.he issue of $71
50,000 of certificates represents If
tan ?20,000.00.) of actual val'VJ; that I
nid 3350,000 for stock on tho Nirih Uiv
ompany and received for it t!595,00!)
ock in the American Omnpauy, and th
ividends of about seventcou to twenty-tv
ir cent, were paid.
Hanged tor !5ur ;l:?ry,
Monroe Johnslou, colored, was hangol f
urglary in tho County Jail in Charlott
. C. Johns'on was convicted cf burgla
: the house of Cowan Shi?lds oi tho uig
f January 8. i8!?6. Miss Shields was awa
led by sorno one fumbling over her lie
n making an outcry she was shot at twi
ad thrown over a trunk. Dovnstairs tl
urglar shot and wounded Mr. SI iolds. T
itter recognized the voice and identified t
ice as that of Johnston.
The BuHinesA Koviva .
Three of the steel works in Pittabur
enn., have resumed business, and the Wei
ishouse Ele.tric Works are i uiininn <
ouble time.
SWITZERLAND'S NEW PRESIDENT.
Jr Dr. Artolph Dzncher Attain Chief Erecu- i
tlvo of the Little Republic.
Dr. Adolph Douehor, the newly-eloetoJ
- Prpuiilont nt thp RnnubHo of Switzerland. ,
J5 .
does not go into this important office us a
tyro. The doctor once before serve I as the
Chief Executive of the stanch little Republic ,
in the Alps. That was six years ago, aud his
J administration was pleasing and satisfactory
to the Swiss. Dr. Deucher is a native of |
Steckborn, in Thurgau, and was born
in 1831. He went abroad for his
!t studies find Heidelberg turned him out
an M. D. He finished his medi
3. DB, DEUCHER, PRESIDENT Of SWITZERLAND.
i .1..a:*-. n<- '7m?m/*Vi Pmmi 14 nrnl Vipnnn.
Jf (JUL Siuuic? ai uuuuu, a lu^uv, ..Wv. . ...
1. Ho was chosen a member of the Canton
o Council in 18G8, and in 1879 was sent to the
J prefecture of the Council. From 18GS
until 1873 he was German member o." th<;
>r National Council. He then retired from
e public life and devoted himself to his proit
fession till 1879, when he was re-o!eoted tc
*s the Council. H i wa3 President of the Counts,
cil from 1882 until 1893. Tan years ago
)f Dr. Deue.her was elected to the Federal
1. Council of his country, and last year was
i; made Vice-Presidont of that body, whicb
9, is equivalent to tho Vice-President of the
ro Republic. Switzerland always rewards its
Vice-Presidents by promoting then to the
p. highest office, and all the Swiss knew that
i- the doctor would again All the office he so
e well filled before. As President be retains
"? A??k ^9 A I.
r. tne direction 01 tne uopanmoui u. ^uvu.t.
tnre and Industry as a Federal Councilor,
d and the enlargement of his office will serve
y to assist him materially in the functions of
t- these important internal services,
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le RIOTING IN HAMBURC.
Is
id \ Serious Outbreak Among; the Defeated
10 Dock Workers.
g
A big riot occurred in Hamburg, QorIs
many, between the defeated striking dockn
men and the poiice. Two men wera killed
jy and nineteen seriously wounded. Among
the latter are five policemen.
id The flghtiug became verv serious, revolst
vers anil sabres being freely used. The porj.
lice were rapidly getting the worst of the
,d contest, being greatly outnumbered by the
raging mob of rioters, whose members were
,n quickly swelled, not onlv by genuine worked
iugmt'n, but by the hordes of vicious idlers
about the harbor, wno were oniy too unsious
f0 under the circumstances to engage with
0l their natural enemies, the police.
r' Eventually reinforcements were hurried
to the scene, and finally the rioters were dispersed
with great difficulty Later crowds
of workingmen gathered in 8:inct Pauli.
ie Wilhelmsburg and Altona, all of which
places are practically parts of Hamburg, and
jk threatened vengeance on the police. Ninety^3
one of the rioters were arrested.
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TRAIN HELO UP IN ARIZONA.
el
q One of the Robbers Killed and Registered
Mull Stolon.
a~ Two robbers attempted to hold up the
westbound passenger train on the Santa Fe
sd line, sixty miles east of Kingman. Arizona.
After stopping tht* train they made the fireman
get off the engine and uncouplo the express
and mail cars. One of the robbers was
standing near the engine ami Messenger
, Sellers fired at him at short range. The
robber fell dead. The other robber then
compelled the fireman to get on the engine
or again aud run the engine and express and
mail cars up the road, whero if. was stopped
and the robber made an unsuccessful attempt
?? to t?et into the express car. The mail car
o. was then ontered and_soveral registered
x. packages wore taken. rne rooDer ineH aisat
appeared in the darkness.
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J[ PICKED UP UNDER AN ENGINE.
_ Carried 300 Yards Before the Train Could
Be Stopped, Yet Only Itraised.
Dennis Hamilton, an employee of the Erie
Railroad, was walking on the track just above
tho station at Hornellsville, N. Y., when a
fast passenger train came up behind him.
The pilot of the engine knocked him down,
and he was pulled up under tho engine, between
tho pilot and the front pony trucks,
and carried in this dangerous position over
switches and frogs for nearly 300 yards.
When trio train was stopped ice engine uuu
to bo jacked up to allow him to be takon
out. He oscaped with but a few bruises,and
was able to walk home. The train was d3layed
half an hour.
L. DROPPED DEAD IN THE PULPIT.
Wife of a Revivalist Dies While Exhorting
a Congregation.
Mrs. William I. Lee. the aged wife of tho
Methodist evangelist, tho Rev. William I
Lee, dropped dead whilo exhorting the con?
gregation in I bo Methodist Churck at Forte
fieity, Ohio. She was assisting her husband
,ta *n his revival work, as hail been her custom
efl for years.
at Women screamed and men wept at the
h? eight of the white-haired evangelist who lay
in dead in the pulpit before thorn. The couple
celobratod iheir golden wedding a lew
;r- weeks ago at Piqua.
[r.
a! Drowned Herself anrt Children.
OJ .
ae At Big Timber, Montana, tho wife of John
'u Cort threw her throo children into tho Yellowstone
River and then jumped in after
tr them. All wero drowned, ana the bodies
' nave not yet been recovered. The cause of
. the tragedy is said to be domestic tinhappi.
ness. The three children were under two
yoars of ago, two being twins.
Women Suffrage Defeated in Nebraskn.
Thetill in the lower house of the Nebraska
?r Legislature providing for a constitutional
amendment givinu women the right of sufbfl
fraije was defeated, a motion to indefinitely
te postponed it being carried by a vote of 56
V, to 36.
IHt
ill Over the President's Veto.
fjj The United States Senate by a vote of 57 '
lie to 1, passed the Texas Court bill over the
er President's veto. A question was raised over
?t the power of Congress to recall a bill which j
had boon sent to the Presidtut, but no decis- .
k*o (on was re;icl!Od.
Sleel Mall l'ool Diasolvoil.
0r Tho Steel Rail Tool, eompos J l of tin Car- I
e negie Steel Company, of l'iitnburg; the Cam- I
rv bria Iron Company, of Johnstown; the
ht Pennsylvania Steel Company, of Harrisburg;
|;. the Lackawanna Iron and Steel C'omnany,
j, of Scratrton. and tho Bethlehem Iron Works,
Ce of Bethlehem, has gone to pieces,
he
ht. I'oliccmau Killed by Slaakoil Itobber*.
In Central City, W. Va., three masked robbers
shot to death Policeman Alex. 31cClarkey.
The robbers had just hold up two
? men and relieved them of valuables and Mc'
Ciarkev was in pursuit. A volley of bullets
"" was fired at the officer and he fell with fatal
311 wound3
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FANATICS ROUT THE FEDERALS.
Six Thousand Man Create a Reign of Ter.
ror in Brazil.
Tho maatical Brazilian insurrectionists,
under Consellieiro, hava now 6000 wolU
armed men, organized and concentrated in
Bahin. The people in the rural towns are
dow helping the fanatics with arms and
money. Whore thi* Help is not given the
vengeance of Conselhelro's band falls upon
Ihe settlers. In this manner more than sixty
rich plantations have already been destroyed.
The Government has been informed that
several foreigners have joined the fanatics
ani are pushing forward a more scientific
military organization among them. Two
small towns were pillaged aud burned by the
fanatics. In several skirmishes wit h the federal
troops the latter were defeated.
The fanatics have obtained steam launches
nnH nAm r\a?t*s\l fV*r* t?a*a nn*4 a*ni1) ?v?o in fho
districts where they fire strongest. In this
way the range of the devastation committed
by them is extended, and the utmost terror ?
prevails in that region. The press of Rio 5
Janeiro now demand that the Government t
immediately send a much stronger force to \
Bahia to overcome the fanatical movement. j
The Society of Spiritualists of Rio Janeiro
has sent a commission to Babia to Attempt
to convince the fanatics that it will be well
for them to submit to the Government in
temporul matters. It is again charged by
the press of Brazil that the enemies of the
Republic are the Instigators of the outbreak. g
REDUCTION IN PENSION ACENCIES. V
Number Cat lrom 18 to 9 and a Saving;
of 8150,000 Effected. E
The President signed an order reducing
Ihe number of pension agencies in the United
State3 from eighteen to nine. Secretary gi
Francis demonstrates that tho cost of dis- t>(
bursing pensions can be reduced by at least |j(
$15u,000 per annum.
The following ajre the nine agencies remaining
and the number of pensioners paid
thereat under the new order. Boston, 94,- .
357; New York, 93,833; Philadelphia, IOC,735:
Washington. 140.265; Columbus, 104,402;
tndiananolis, 116,066: Chicago, 125,123; St. P1
Louis. 161,709; Sun Francisco, 23.098; total, ?
970,678. m
All pensioners of the United States residing J
in foreign countries and now numbering ?
3781 will continue to be paid from the Wash
ington agency.
NEW JERSEY POSTOFFICE R033ED.
Tbleves Blow Open the Safe anil Secure
$2000 in Stamps, and Some Cash. C
Burglars entered the postofflce at Irvingjon,
N. J., and blew open Ihe snfe. Tbey
Dbtaiaed $16 in casti aad $2000 in postage
stamps. After robbing the postofflce the
;hieves carried the prooeeds to George Ray- p
mond's produce store, on the opposite Hide
of the street, where they apparently divided _
It. as thev left some DaDers taken ?
from tho safe on a table "id the store.
Mrs. Calvin B. Van Cleeve is the postmistress.
Before entering the postofflce
the burglars entered the blacksmith shop of t
0. England and stole a crowbar, n sleige
hammer and a brace and bit, which th?y
used in forcing the safe. Blankots were laid
jn the floor to deaden the noise. Tho Dost- ?
jfflce was robbed in April, 1894, but the ^
ourglare obtained only $100 in stamps.
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INCREASE IN PUBLIC DEBT. b
Poor Showing Portly Accounted tor by tl
Pacific Bond Redemption. O
Q|
The statement of the puolic debt issued ^
February 1 shows the debt, less cash in tbe r;
Treasury, on January 31 to have been "
$1,007,008,317, an Increase for the month of :
$14,078,735. l'
The Increase is accounted for by a decrease
Df nearly $13,000,000 in the cash on hand. ?:
The deereasn in the cash is the result of the
redemption of $9,586,000 in matured Pacific p
railroad bonds, which will be held as a debt
against the company, and the interest pay- jj
ments for the month, which amounted to
$6,784,036. *
The debt proper, independent of the cash D
on hand, was Increased during the month by ?
12.120,776. which is chargeable to the in- f
urease in the amount of NationgJ bank notos D
outstanding.
BIC RIOT OF DOCKERS. F
Police Clear Hamburg Streets and Make i
Many Arrests.
The riot3 at Hamburg. Germany, which
followed the recent collapse of ttio dockers' a
strike, were serious. The workmen. Incensed i
at the failure of their cause,-attacked the p
laborers as they emerged from the dock on j
Saturday evening at Altona and St. Paul.
Knives and revolvers were used. Several
persons were injured, including innocent onlookers.
Nearly 100 arrests were ma le by
the authorities.
It was 2 o'clock Sunday morning before
tho large force of mounted police succeeded
in clearing the strests and quieting tho people.
PLAGUE CETTINC BEYOND CONTROL
\
Even the Vultures Aro Dying on the
Sombre "Towers of Silence."
A dispatch from Bombay, India, says:
"Tho plague is getting beyond all control.
Saturday 114 deaths were reported. Even
the vulturos on the "Towers of Silenco" aro
dying."
A despatch from Tashkend, Asiatic Russia,
says the Governor of the Transcaspiau territories
reports an outbreak of the plague at
Kaudabar, Afghanistan. A. larjo bony of
lCUSSiaa troops nas uueu Viuucu IV/ ..
cordon around the Amoo-Daria, of Turkistan
region.
TRAIN FALLS INTO A CREEK.
Tee Had Destroyed tho Trestle. Euclneci
Rilled.
The fri-weekly night train on the Cumberland
and Pennsylvania Railroad plunged into
George's Craek, Piedmont, W. Va., the
ice having taken out the trestle.
Engineer John Robert Ross was killed, _
Conductor Thomas Rowe injured. John *
Human Howard braised and scalded, and ?
former Mayor Charles Dayton, of Western- ^
port, Md.,"had several ribs broken. The -1
- - > J _I| a
passengers escappd througn me winuowo, ui>
more or less hurt. J*
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Anti-Trust Law in South Dakota.
Tho Sen:ito at Pierro, South Dakota,passe J J
tho bill prohibiting the formation of monopolies
or trusts within the State, or any for- 0
poration or company in South Dakota acting
as agents for trusts which limit production
or fix price or preveut competition to tho
detriment of the public. The penalty is a
One of not less than $5000 nor more than
$10,000 for tho first offence and not less* thau af
$10,000 nor more than $20,000 for the second fl
offence. o|
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Cubic* S'200,OOO for a Library.
John Nicholas Brown, son of the late John
Carter Brown, tho millionaire manufacturer,
now in Europe, has cabled the trustees of <>1
tho public library at Proviuenee, R. I.. ?200, ,
000 t'ir the new building. There lia I o-oo ,
little prospect of the completion of tile build- ^
ing for several years.
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Deepaninjj tho Erie Canal. P<'
State Engineer Adams, of New York, recommends
the deepening of the Erie Ciual tc
nin" leet lu all places and tho encouragement
of biir transportation companies to do io
business on the canals. cc
The Labor World.
Colorado has a woman miner.
England has 037,000 coal minors.
The office girl is displacing the boy.
Iowa engineers h^ld a Stale convention. m
Business is very dull am oris th 1 buildtug
trades in New York City.
Formation of a Greater New York Socialist
Labor party is under consideration.
International Machinists' Cnion has juris- ^
diction iver 4UJ subordinate lodges.
Striking waiters at Minneapolis (Minn.) Pc
may establish a eo-oporativo restaurant.
The Boston Water Department Union denounces
the attempt to revive tho proposed I
corporal Dunish meat of seameu. * ti<
til
7 'VI
JAMES WILSON OF IOWA.
0 has accepted the office of Secretary-, of
Agriculture in Major McKinley's Cabins* ^
:? .Y 3
TONS OF VIANDS.
aormoaa Quantities for the Inaugural y
Ball Sapper. (
The committee haviacr in oharge the inau- i
iral banquet has decided that no wine shall ?
j served to the general public. There will ^
j no wine list in connection with the mena <
ird, from which orders can be given, even
: an additional charge.
The only wines used on the occasion will . N
i supplied by Carl G. Easner, the caterer*
?his personal guests. He will serve ?
rivate complimentary dinner to the Preai-A ?
3Qt, his Cabinet-elect and such other guests '
i may be invited. The card for a dinner to
hioh the general public will be admitted at /
I each is as follows: S_ ^
Raw Oysters in Ice.
fVinanmmB in CtlDS.
Broiled Oysters.
Oyitera a la Poulelette. ?
Chicken Cutlets.
Sweetbread Patties.
Terrapin.
Uicken. Salad. Lobster Salad. Crab Salad,
Tongue. Smithfleld Ham.
Came Pate. Boaed Turkey..
Pates do foie gras.
Assorted Sandwiches.
Lemon Ices. Roman Punoh. v
Vanilla and Chooolata Ice Cre\m.
ruit. Assorted Cakes. Coffee. v
At the last inaugural banquet 6000 people
ere served, and it is expected that 10,000
111 partake of refreshments at the forthcom- '
id event. '.v
In serving the supper fully 50,000 pieces of
lina, 30,000 pieces of silver and 10,000 nap*
Lji3 will be required.
So far as edibles are conc?rned, Mr. Esser
"is worried about nothing but the terrarin.
He has already contracted with deal*
ra in Baltimore and Washington for the enre
supply during inauguration week. He
as also contracted for 80,000 oyster), whloh^HI
re not to be opened until the evening olg^HHH
Arrangements have been made by
lere will bo served not less than 300 gaHBH
f dressed terrapin, 300 gallons of consoi^H^^H
300 chicken cutlets, 7000 sweetbread
90 gallons or oMcuen saiaa, zuu
>bster salad, 250 gallons of crab salad/^^H^B
)ngao3, 250 Smithfleld hams, 150
irkeys, 10,000 assorted sandwiches, lH
uarts of ice-cream, 250 pounds of assx^^^HH
ikes and 200 gallons of cofTne. In additi^^HQ
: is expected that 100 gallons of
unch will be consumed. XH^H
The total expense of preparing this b^^^H
uet is estimated at $50,000. The tempor^H|^H
itchen and its equipments must be remov^^Ufl
rlthiu forty-eight hours after the supper,
ond having bsen given to that effect. Th^BH
xpense of the special banquet served thHM
'resident and hi.s immediate friends will b^^^f
orne entirely by Mr. Essner. H
'ENNSYLVANIA ROAD'S NEW HEAD, j
'rank Thomson, First Vice-President. Snc. |
ceeds the Late President Roberts. ]
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The Directors of the Pennsylvania Railroad
>t a meeting in Philadelphia elected Frank -I
?homson, First Vice-President of the com- !
iany, President to succeed the late Georgv
). Roberta,
FRANK THOMSON. ' $
Frank Thomson's election to succeed Mr.
toberts is in the line with the policy ot the ompany
to promote its efficient officers to ,J
lie vacancies directly above them. Mr. M
'homson entered the shops of the company
t Altoona when he was seventeen years of J
ge, and has gradually worked upward in E
lie last thirty-eight years of his life to the
ead of the company. }
Mr. Thomson lives at Corkerhill, near
lerion Station, with his family, consisting
f Miss Anna Thomson, who is prominent in
'hiludolohia society. and his two sons, both
f whom are now at Harvard University
IConney Seated by tlie Seiate.
R. R. Kenuey (Dem. Dal.) was sworn In
j a membar of the United States Senate to
11 the existing vacancy, without Republican
pposition, it being conceded that ais credenals
gave him a prima facie right.
Anti-Gold Measure in Illinois.
A bill prohibiting the insertion of gold
auses in notes, bonds an 4 contracts and
[her obligations has been introducad in the
>wer house ot the Illinois General Assem|y.
The Democrats will support the measre,
and they say ther<? are enough Silver
epublicaos in the Legislature to secure its
issage.
Buys 100 Millions ot Corn.
During '06 the Unite I Kingdom imported
3 million bushels corn from all countries,
i m pa re.I with slxty-eijrht millions in '95
id S'jvontv millions in '94.
Convict Art Student*.
Tho class in freohind drawing wasorganed
iu SiugSing (N. Y.) prison with tlfty
ipila aud a convict teacher. J
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Minor Mention.
Chicago has oa hand a cash balance of
1,500,000.
Kansas proposes to^end provisions to the
ior of Chicago.
Montana leads in wool produotion, with a
:p of 21,543,000 pounds.
Secretary Edgerton has called for a Na)oal
conference of Populists at Kansas
ty, Mo.
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