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ST A TIIIOO F Q BNE UAL ROBERT B. LRB, RICHMOND, VA. Ofie^ToGfe (Pftaracter of. ^en-iRoGert <9 For a thousand years tho legend of King Arthur has stirred the noblest Impulses of the British heart; the princely character of chivalry 'sourest knight has been tho mystic Ideal of the aspiring youth of England? he, the great King who wore the whlto flower of a blameless life and In his character combined tho courage of the lion with tbo purity of tho maiden. But King Arthur of the Table Round Is a hero of romance and of poetry; ho Is not a real historical character; It remained for America and for t hr? South ? the beautiful civ ilization of our ante-bellum life find ing In him at last Its perfect flower? 7 lo furnish the real King Arthur of history. Nowhere in the world's long line of warriors and statesmen do we find another man who better com bined greatness and gentloness, 110 *mn whose full-rounded character Is more worthy of being held up as a model for all tho generations that come after us, than that of Robert Edward L^e. A hundred yeara have passed now since hlu birth; and sinoe his death ono generation of men and women have c^ine Into the world and lived their day and diod. We are able, then, to speak somewhat definitely now of the platfe that ho shall hold iu history ? and the calm verdlot of the twentieth century, passion-cleared and sober-minded, is voiced by the Chief Executive of the reunited Na tion in declaring Lee to be "the very greatost of all the great captains that tho English-speaking peoplo ,Uavo brought forth." > And yet there Is no doubt but that the great Confederate chieftain would havo cared less for this acknowledge ment of hlB geniuB ? this recognition Of him as the Toremost military loader in all the long centuries of Anglo Saxon history ? than for the now uni versal recognition 0 i the moral grandeur of the man. "And better than all, he Is a Christian gentle man," said Lee of Major Robert Stiles ? and bo we might say of Lee him* self: a Christian gentleman without nhow or pretense or oant or affecta tion, a well-rounded oharaoter, a great hearted king among men with p flno sense of humqr and a deep |n? ^eroBt in everything human. It were almoet worth a war to have through all tho yea;s to come euch a hero at 5 model for Southern boyj. In this connootlon a Quotation from John B. Wlae'a charming autobloe-', rftphlcfll work, "Tho End of an Bra/' oome? vividly to mind: General Leo as often rodo out to consult with his subordinates as ho General Robert K. Lw. As Colonel in U. 8. Armjr. lent for them to come to him. The sight of htm upon the roadside, or in the trenches, was as common as that of any subordinate in the arm?: When he approached or disappeared* it was with no blare of trumpets or nctvolc of-vqnipmenta. Mounted upon 1 his historic war-horse, "Traveler," he ambled quietly about, keeping his eye upon everything pertaining to the caro and defense of his army. "Trav eler" was no pedigreed, wlde-nos trlled, gazelle-eyed thoroughbred. Ho was u close-coupled, round-bar reled, Wealthy, comfortable, gentle man's Baddle-horse. Gray, with black points, he was sound in eye, wind aud limb, without strain, sprain, spavin, or secretion of any sort; ready to go, and able to stay. When General Lee rode up to our headquarters, or elsewhere, he came as unostentatiously as if he had been the head of a pmuluiiou, riuiug over his fieldb to Inquire and give direc tions about plowing or seeding. He appeared to have no mighty secrets concealed from his subordinates. He assumed no nlr of superior author-' lty. Ho repelled n'O kindly inquiries, and was capable of jocular remarks. He did not hold himself aloof In soli tary grandeur. His bearing way that of a friend having a common inter est la a common venture with the person addressed, and as if he as sumed that h|s subordinate was as deeply concerned as himself in Its success. Whateter greatness was ac corded to him was not of his own stfriclng. He was less of an actor than any man I eyer saw. But the Impression which that man made by ! his presence, and by his leadership, upon all who camo In contaot with him, can be described by no other term than that of grandeur. When I have stood at evening, and watched the great clouds banked >a~>the west, and tinged by evenltij^ sunlight; when, on the Western plains, I haVe looked at the peaks of the Kocky Mountains outlined against the sky; when, In mid-ocean, 1 have seen the limitless waters encircling us, un bounded save by the infinite horizon ? tho grandeur, '^the vastness of these have Invari^biy^euggested thoughts of Qeneral Robert E. -L.ee. Of General Leg's military great ness, absolute or relative, \ shall not speak; of h)B mora) greatness | need nqt. The former, In v|ew of tljercon dltlqns w}tb which hp was hampered, must leave a great dea) to speculation and cpqjocture; the latter la ackocwl edgod by all tho world. The man who could so Btamp his Impress upon his Nation, rendering all others in significant beside him, and yet die without an enemy; the soldier who could make love for hit poraon a sub Btltuto for pay and clothing and food, and could, by the coqgtrftint of that love, hold together (V naked, starving band, and transform it Into a fight ing army; tho heart whioh, after the failure of lta great ondoavor, could break In silence, and die without the utterance 01 one word of bitterness ? Buch a man, such a soldier, such a heart, must have been great indeed ? great beyond tho power of eulogy. In tho offlcl.nl record of tho war between the States, taken from Union and Confederate sources, and pub lished by authority of Congress, may be. seen the following dispatches: Headquarters Army of Northern Vir ginia, February 24. 1865. Honorable John C. Breckenrldge, Sec retary of War: General Early reports that Lieu tenant McNeill, with thirty men, on the morning of the 2 1st entered Cum berland, captured and brought out Gonerals Crook and Kelley, the Ad jutant-General of the Department, two privates, and tho headquarters' flags, without firing a gun, though a considerable force Is station In vicin ity. Lieutenant McNeill and party deserve much oredit for thiu bold ex~ ploit. Their prisoners will roach Staunton to-day. .<* ' R. E. LEE. Cumberland, Md.. February 21, 1866. ? Major-General Sheridan, Winchester, Va.: - This morning about three o'clock A party of Rebel horsemen came up on the Newer eek road, about sixty la" number. They captured the picfcfU Capturing Crook. Tho Story of On* of tha Most A 've:.t;roiJS episodes of tho ( I. -II Wai, Resulting in th? S Lure of Two UrflonG.n rals. ? and rotfo qulotly Into town, went dl* rcctly to t ho headquarters of Generals Crook and Kelley, sending h couple of men to each place to overpower the headquarters' guard, when they went directly to the room of General Crook, and without disturbing any body else In the house ordered him to dress, and took him down stairs and placed klm upon a horse ready saddled and waiting. The same was dono to General Kelley. Captain Melvln, Assistant Adjutant-General to General Kelley, was als.? taken. While this was being done, a few of fhem, without crwTMng any dis turbance, opened one or two stores, but they left without waiting to take anything. It was done so quietly that others of us who were sleeping In adjoining rooms to General Crook were not disturbed. The alarm was given within tt m'nutes by a negro watchman at tho I liQtel who escaped from thorn, and within- an Lour wo had a party of fifty cavalry after thorn. They tore up the ( I telegraph lines, and It required al- | ; most an hour to got thfm In order, i ! Ab soon aa Newcroek could he called, ; I order a force to bo ?ant to.Homney, j and It started without nil) unneces sary delay. A second -force has gone from Newcroek to Mooreflejd, and a regiment of Infantry has gone to Newcroek to supply the place of tho cavalry. They rode good horses and rode at u very rapid rale, evidently fearful of being overtaken. They did not remain in Cumberland over ten minutes. From all information, I am Inclined to bollovo that Instead of Itossor It Is McNeill's company. Most of tho men of that company are from this placo. . I will telegraph you fully any further Information. ROBERT I\ KENNEDY, Major and A, A. (). These dlrpn'ches chronicle what la now a?? almost forgotten event In the history of the war. When Southern Valor Won. General Sherman's army was a|H proaclilng Fayottevlllo, N. C., op posed by only a few hundred Con fed? erates. These wero holding tho en emy In chuck while General Ilea uro gard, who commanded tho Confeder ate forces, was withdrawing his troops to the opposite sido of Capo Foar ltlver, upon tho southern bank of which the city Is located. A long LIS 15 AT "AltMNGTO.N" AND "DERWENT." Tho two pictures nbovo are eloquent of the havoc that war worked upon the South. Tho flrBt citizen of the Confederacy, tho commander-in chief of Its armies, had lived, before tho war, on tho splendid estate at Arlington, which Is now the National Cemetery for the soldier dead. He bad lived In all tho state and comfort which this boino, still standing In the cemetery, Implies. After the war his position was merely typical of the South. Arlington was In tho hands of tho Fodcral Government! Aa an exile from his home, without means, bowed by his own defeat, and dis couraged by the distress of all the South, ho accepted the hospitality of a. friend and lived ip "Derwent," a little four-room cottage, In Powhatan County. There he remained until he accepted the post of president of Washington and Lee University. ? Colllor's. -WINNIE" (VARINA ANNE) DAVIS. - Berlin haa adopted luminous street signs. wooden bridge spanned the river. In order to get possession of this bridge and thus cut oft the retreat of the Confederates who wore opposing hi* advance, the Federal commander sent a force of mounted men who made a detour far to the right, entering the city from the cast and making a sud den and determined dash (or tne bridge, which tho Confederates had already prepared for the torch. Gon. Wade Hampton, with his escort and Eomo staff officers, wa9 still In the city, as was also a commissary detail of fifteen Kentucklans from Colonel Breckinridge'* Brlgado. WltU these, the latter volunteering their services, General Hampton, In a oounter charge, mot the oncoming oolumn, and In a moment the gray and tho blue were mlxod In deadly strife. But revolvers, sabars, clubbed rifles, and Southern valor won, and the Yankees were whipped and driven from the city with heavy ,os3 and the Confed erate skirmishers were saved. General Lee on "Traveler." HUNDREDS MEET DEATH III THREE OftYS' SUM Atlantic Coast, Central and Southern Stales Swept I CROPS RUINED DY FRO^i Heavy Wind cud Unit in Many H.iitrt I-'eilomnl l?y- a Tempest Left n Trail vt Death (iiid Dai ruction I'jipieredemcd in J'hl i < otuury. Chicago, III -- -On top of the ter rific storm whieh hit* uwept i ho Cen tral and Southern S .at >; ior direr day*., Jen\ln-; r. t r i- i ! of I'.ath ;?"! ?l ? i KtrilCllCl), l .UNO i? lit *,v c - 4? ^ ? -V v' I tempest. rpiiin*; live de:;: "t |!tt ta y. total ct nearly fc 0 J . P/opiriy wor.ii ; will! us ha* i; ,\ (oirtily ?'.? s-ll ever ik? :..orn? luoUsd.: isivn, t .'a ill J is demoralized ns:d lin.J ef Communlvat.^n ',ht off on ;?!! Kid--. The Atlantic eoaet v^s u I.vavy enfferer, In passiftg one io i .a tlv) fctorm ts 'ciiK'd i ) gain in fury, hu 1 a gale );Kjj i)j ii. j ihu iiuliiuu'ii from ChnrUston, ?. ('., "t > Philadelphia, working guai havoc ut nu<ny point./.. The grei?t likfM \vor?? lashe.1 by an other arm of tha' tempest, many v?; ee's are mining ami tho total of pev Kons lost on the water will not bo Known for many days. In I ha Nort western Stale* the norm took thy lorm of a blizzard, with a snow f:\ll gn at i ii'>?? *-? Ii in bl;>;k roads and hold tip trains'. This con dition khvc way to f ???-*< /.in;; tempera ture, causing Kti ff.e ri tif5 nmnt;.K ani mals and ruin to nop*. 'I Itroii^hout the Mississippi Valley the destruction li enormous.. Snow. iniu_iin.il .and wind ha vi' mad*; tin* devastation of rjf( ips complete, hullillims have been JTlown down and in many casts wholi) towns wiped ouf. In llllmds, Tennessee, Alabama, Arkansas. Georgia, Mississippi, Mia.- \ fputl and !Vnnx>lvunla wild b!izz:'.rd.j have prevailed, with almost zero weather -in many placsa. At Supe rior, Wis,? there was enough snow for sleighing. Many cattle aro dead from cold and exposure in Southern Can- ! nda and ruined orchards add la the desolation in fruit growing regions. Three vessels wrecked, seven lives lost and many alt ins and crews miss ing Is the news of the big gale 011 the great Inkes. The storm has *raged there incessantly for four days with Blot t, rain, hall and snow. Tho cold 1h reported intense aid the dam- j ago to shipping i? i'* ti mated at hun-'l dreds of thousand;* of dollars. The fctorm In tho Mississippi Val ley passed lo tho northwest and was reported In Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Hocky Mountain foothills. Nebraska, Kansas. Missouri and Colorado reported heavy frcstv, (ireat fear is felt for the winter wheat In these States. Six inches of snow fell in parts of Wisconsin, A forty-mile gale, accompanied by snow, struck Chicago, Estimates of that city's loss In tho four days' storm are put nt 92,000.000. The Canadian Northwest Is frozen up and snowed under. From Des Moines It is wired that the ground was frozen two inches about there. Tho grip of lingering winter extends to Oklaho ma, New Metlco and Arkansa?. The greatest loss of life at any one point is reported from Deo Springs, Tenn., where tho death list numbers twenty, Tennessee, In fact, bore largely the biunt of tho storm and tho death loll in tho State Is large. Arkansas sustained tho next heav iest loss of life. Southern Missouri, likewise, suf fered heavily, evidently from the samo storm that swept Arkansas, Temperature , in Southern Missouri, following the storm, dropped almost to freezing point, causing great dam ago to the fruit crop. Mississippi perhaps camo next with its heavy list of dead. At Horn Lako frightful de vastation was wrought, Tvro Htmdrefl Denfl. A tlan ta, Ga. ? The storm which for three (lavs blew with destructive) effect eastward across tho Southern States passed out to the Atlantio Ocuan. The havoc wrought in its path included probably- 200 killed, twice rs many injured and property worth several millions of dollars de stroyed and business -and communica tions well nigh demoralised. ' Late in the afternoon wires, sudden ly re-established, flashed tho now* of thirty-four more deaths in Georgia, lives taken by g storm of th? earning of which Boms of the victims had been reading for two days in tho news papers. Tho Georgia death list by towns an reported is: Buchanan, 13; Albany, fl; Meigs, 1; Cedartowu, 12; BoSden, l; Gainesville, l. Vessels Lost on Lakes. Detroit, Mich. ? Threa vessels lost, one of '.hem with lr?r crew of seven men, and a fourth craft found floating deserted on Lnko Michigan, with the fate of her crew unknown, Is the sum mary of known disasters from storm and ice on the Great Lake3. Scovea of vessels of various sizes are report ed missing and unaccounted for. On the blcnk and rooky shores of ! Huron Island the schooner George Noster, of Detroit, was torn to pieces 1 by th? furious galo tliat swept overt Lake Superior, and all of her crew of seven were lost. On Lake Huron, lashed by the same gal?\ the package freighter Rus sia, of Port Huron, yieldeo to tho ' waves after her cargcf had shifted j and went to the bottom. Tho Rud- j sia's crew cif twenty-two mon sue-' Foreign Tariff Agrecmenta to Ceaae. : Tho Stato Department at Washlng ton, D. C., gave formal notice of lta Intention to terminato apodal com* mordal agreements negotiated with foreign countries under tho Dingley tariff law. ' ,? ? ? ? r Largcst Apple Grower l>catl. Foster Udell, of Brockport, N. Y., for many yeara regarded aa the larg est applo grower vfri the State and 'Widely known aa an authority ou flrtUt, I* daad. ... .. * . . * V*" < > ? . ? ..a.*',*,,,,., rm ;*,jw 1 I i i itliltig i V ?' IV i.* fittirill bonis i'tul <e iipiny. llilM l*llt|H?l? It'll' IM'.HU'Ji h l' !?? !';< S ?v.m ning r ? m the not i hern parPof I )'-? city, ;i v. im' ? storm ? f ul I oil' tornado vloUiyp > tin. roofed I'o.i.-t Id w down t:vi .i and teh'K.iq It i?< ?:?'K and did damage timl v. Ill anio tiii i > i ho u v ?) d < <>f ?l ?> I In rv '/In' tm.s. s< ; ioUf, diimage \va;t doi'.o (it tin- neighborhood of Tw.< lit v -four! h >tiTe' and College avenue. llcro half a hx ore <if lu.uu *> were 1 <t i ? I ? < ;>t> 1 1 to the element* Th" ro<?f of one <?f the don iiltory buildings of < ? ? ??;? r?l ('<>':? leg" wi's torn front iu walls and three (nil light tower# were d"inolish< d. (/if Hundred llciul in 'I'liriT KSate7. Memphi.'.. 'J*?* i) it - ))'8paU>hen re ceived from / rkap?a*, We?o ern Ton ne.4- >\o and Northern MiHsUxinpl brim; the total number of hilled *hy th | pterin I > 1 <? ?> and iho injured \o . wjco : that number. ! The i' real est number of d< a 1 ah l Injured, i* report el from He>;> lake. M j at ?? Tli iv tluiilftn bo-l'e? wet-' ; found. The in hived are l laced :?( ! C;?dd<)V Ct \ At!;., . r-t j ? o : t a . wjmilar n ?n?brr of d* d ' j>. :: i'Jo.*.. I j tired A? Fancti viM'\ *i'en?? ?I'v Id a'li ,11st H iduoed at fifteen and the Injured r.t i B/l I WCiMI'N UJLLKD AM) 1 N 1 1 '. i i : I \ l\ iiti .x I vaunt tly;r Crashes 1 1 j t ;? n Cm i iV.ge of lied foi d, Ohio. Cleveland. Ohio. Two woHKjn wort! Willed, a boy injured and iVnv 1 |)or?*oi5f< were bur! wlu a a Pommy',. ( vniiiu liver ran Into a carriau 1 a' Bedford. Iwt'h ' miles trf Olev;* laiul. The dead are: Men. Frod Meyers and M t >\ Charles W'blfe, of West Ue* ; troU. Mich. Tho injured are; Carl | Wolfe. of West Det'ro't. nine \wu. old, BU.ffvjod fatal Internal injuriey; lOriUht W<ftfe, \V on ! Detroit, nine ? yt a i .h ? < 1 d , | injured; M ls? Knitna Hroi-Koiv ri;iYiTnrndr"?iit?!vny lii'IftTofl A. It. Sjio'altnan, Hod ford, nknll fra" It: r,id. TIio wo:n-:a wJi;^ wrre Wiled and tin' rhndivo Itad been vlwitini; tho Sl.ohliuan homo, and wcr" t)>ln^ tnk'n f> a itrttrnird v.iallon to' rolnrn l:'<i:i<* wiicii tliu train struck 'thn rar rlaRe. Mr.?. Mcyerij and Mr*. Wolfe WiTo ^ittlux in tin* tear scat of tlio earriaK>? when If wan struck, Their liodi. ? wery thrown more (hah 100 feet. i LONGW'OIITIJ K.\ I'KCTS AN JIICIIl. He IS ax I.enscd a <*ottaKe Near Taft's Snnnner Home. Jh'verly, .Mass. ? ? Ilepresentall vo and .Mrs, Nicholas J-ongworth, for* nurly Alice Roosevelt, havo leased a cottBBO here for the summer In an tjelpatlon of tho arrival of an heir in the near future.' The cottage, which 1h only a abort cliHtance from Woodbury Point, where President | TaTt's family H expected to arrive about Juno 5, will bo put In or del' at one?, and tho Lougworths will tuko possession as soon as the repairs are completed. The property is at Mingo Bench , and iu owned by Mr. Longworth's mother, Mr*, ltoosevelt Is exjiected to visit hcf daughter during the sum mer. VOW8 HK (SHOT HIMSICLK, ."Man Dead? Woman Arrestert While Taking an lee Cronni Hoda. Cleveland, Ohio. ? With his wlfo locked tip on the charge of shooting him, L. H, Bingham, an automobile machinist, vowed a few moments be fore h 1 9 death In a hospital horu that ho had shot hlmBelf. A charge of mftrder has been made against the woman. The police say that Mrs. Bingham called pollco headquarters by tele phone and informed them that she had shot her husband, She was ar rested a few minutes later whllo seated with her three-year-old daugh ter in a drug store near the scene of tho shooting, partaking ot an Jco cream eoda, JILTED MAN KILLS CilltL. Ml*?i Maiden, Student at Smith Col lege, Shot by Dartmouth Graduate, ^Northampton, Ma3s. ?Helen Aver Marden, of fiomervllle, Mass., a senior at Smith Collego and one of the most popular young "women ofvher olatfB, * was shot on tho collego campus by her rejected suitor, Porter MttcDou gal Smith, a traveling salesman, of Chicago, and a graduate of Dart mouth. She died four hours lfttor In Dlck onson Hospital. After waiting Just leng enough to bo ccrtaln that he had fatally shot her Smith turned hi* smoking revolver upon hlmeelf find pulled the trigger, DentU camo in. ctnntly to htm* PfllSOX FOR JAMKS If, IIYDK. On6 Month's Sentence For Running Into 1'aris Cut), Paris, France. ? James llazeu Hyde, of New York City, former vice presidf nt of the Equitable Lifo Assur ance Hoclety, and his chauffeur. Lad wioe, were condemned by default, Mr. Hyde to one month's imprisonment and a Ane of $100 and L.adwlco to a month's Imprisonment and a fine of ?30. They wcro ?harged with running into a public, taxlcab last October and injuring a passenger.^- The complain, ants charged that after tho accidcnt Ladwieo sped away. ' Under a law passed last July flight" after an accident Is a special offense. Kx-Congrcssnifln Ruljcock Dead. Ex-Congressman Josep'n W. Bab cock, of Wisconsin, (lied ftt Jila homo tn Washington, D. C. Boy Commits SnlciUo in Cbarclt. Brooding over a quarrel with hit sweetheart, Alexander Jennings, twenty-one years old, son of wealthy parents, threw the congregation at a crowded country church In Little Hickman, Ky., Into a panic by firing a bullet Into his brain. Worshiper* fled from the chutch. New England Mills Thrive. Mills throughout New England plan new construction to cost in the* aggregate 180,000,000. Latest News. UY WIRE!* MmHifat'tmci' Killed by I. lit. I Alhmtowp. Pa. - Silas A; Lontjr, <>>!?? of the owihts <>f a 9)100 iunnufR?. hiring company, was i iiHt tin 1 1 v killed In 111*' elevator yhflft in hid plant. * C?ul< n I' liclows ll(?|)Hnl. Calveston, Texas.- John W. Oatei l.aa provided nn endowment of $600.. 0D0 for the maintenance fit a hospital he oreeted at Port Arthur, Texn*, in Hut memory of Ms mother, recently yr?il . Jt In to bo known 114 the/ Mmy (fates Infirm iiry, Jali Wanks i^ijs Pasadena Ijoncp ^ P.v :u1. IK-, (VI- -Charles W. Fair 1'nu'Kf, fo'/m. r YIe<vPreidd6Ht, eon cbuUd thro'i-i'i axon's a deal for thy pureba^ cf 'n C 'S VOOU r<>HltU*:icQ# In lVs.ii*. 11 a. ' .... "IS I.au'on Again .lailed. W'H-riiimt <;?)', n< I. ? "Profe?Hor" Oao/jf ? J.awpon, who hai Jiint hi^eut 11 } in v l.i Jl a i 1 for Illegally prae ilcinc: r.i' 'Hcliif. 1/ Jit Jail JjH.ro ?c Ot I MiJJu:: lllti lit Ide, who. ij t\venl>-iwo years his wen lor, vy No \<mv Trlitl l*"cr Unroll'. Irvine, Ky. ? l)<>;irh UnrglH, who w.m r<>nvi' t..l of the murder of hl? frit iter, .) ii<1 .lames If.nrgir, wa? re*, fused ? now trial, Judge Adams son* lenrv I him to life Imprisonment. '* I nft 011 ltahleJleld. Petersburg. Va.-? President Tt\ft'a t>Ja ijh for his vi?lt to Petersburg on May I !> . when he will attend the ded ication of the $50,000 Pennsylvania nmn-mnmt -Fort Mahonr. Yfqrw made known to the entertainment committee hope. A. 1*. Hill Camp, Confederate Veteran#, has been asked Id tako part In the unveiling exer elsr 8, and It Is planned to have a mili tary eseort for the President. O I'l Sugar Trust Pays. New York City. ? The Sugar Trust laid in at the Sub-Treasury $896, 337.35, representing the balance of underpaid duties due the Government and the $13 1,000 fine imposed for using fraudulent RcaleB In weighing sugar Imports. The total amount paid In for Its delinquencies 1b |2,? 133,4-86.83, ' - - V <?/ nnn Michigan Saloons Closed, Detroit, Mich. ? At midnight 585 saloons and ten breweries In nineteen cUUIliii-B Of mtCiiigaii Which VClCtl "dry" at the lust ejection closed their doors. Thirty of the eighty-threo counties I11 the State are now "dry." Stocks have been closed oift at re duced ratesln many instances. JC.vploslon Kills Four Workmen. Tamaqua, Pa. ? Four men wero killed and four were injured by an explosion la the glycorlno packing house of .the Potts Powder Company at Reynolds, Pa., near hero. < Tore Child's Knr Off. Atlantic City, N. J. ? Harry Klein, Ave years old, did not move fast enough from In front of a fruit storw to suit Marino Vennreno, an Italian, who seized the* child by the ear with such force that the ear was torn from the child's head. He was fined $10. Theodore Mlnot Clark Dead. Boston, Mass. ? - Theodore Minot Clark, one of the best known archi tects in the country, died at his home, here after a brief Illness, at, the age of sixty-four yearB. He was in chargo of the department of architecture at the Massachusetts Justltuto of TecU? noiogy. BY CABLE. PnuJsli Prince Married. Berlin. ? Princo Harald of Den* mark, third son of King Frederick, married at the Glueckshurg Castle Princess Helena of gondei'burg* ' Oluecksburg. ~~ _ , To Build Canadian Canal? , / I^ondon, ? Sir Robert William Perks, who leave# here for C a undo, hopes to pbtaln the sanction of thu Dominion Government to the proposal to start work this spring on thg pro jected canal from the St; LawwUSf ttlver to th? Great Lakes, .. - _ :zz.i ? ; Mtii MnrquaiYl n llrlde, London.-? Betty, daughter o t the late Frederick Mavquard, of N*w York, wai married In St. Pettr'n Church at Upper Seeding, Sussex, tf J. Seymour Mellor, ; ? ' . it. : *'4 French Student Jeers Judge. Pa/s. ? A Royalist student wr.a condemned to one year's Imprison* mant for disorderly conduct. When judgment wrh pronounced Hubert cried at the Judge, "Thank youi^J prefer my place to yours." i New Kurdish Foreign Minister. . - " Stockholm, Sweden. ? Count Taubc, the Swedish Minister to Germany, - has been appointed I'lnister of. For eign Affairs In succession to E,. B. Trolle, who will aasumo tlio Berlin . post. Bhmllpox on Pulitxer Yacht'. Gibraltar. ? W. K. Patterson was landed hero from the American yacht Liberty suffering from smallpox and conveyed tdteLhospltal outside of the Vown. Tho Liberty Is owned by Jos? eph Pu !ltrei7"WTsW YrffirCTtr.- ? " New llitss Naval Attache. St. Petcr-jburK, Russia. ? Comma;; der Dmitri Vassllleff ha3 been ap pointed as naval attache at Washing ton to replace Commander Nebohrtne. French Toy Fnctorie* Hum. Parle. ? Several toy factories at Montreull-sous-Bols. near. Paris, wers destroyed by fire. Loss $4/)0,000. Harper Sale Concluded. London. ? The concluding sale ol the Harper collation rallied more than 41300, rt^tSS