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l1 J I if 1 ; Li !!.) Ii III Ik .- Ik r- J I VOL. XXXIY-XO. 52. INDIANAPOLIS, SUNDAY MORNING FEBRUARY 22, 18S5--T W ELYE PAGES. WHOLE NO. 10,118. filier Wäfy i! W I L I 1 1 1 III BORN I. CO. FflMfire, Stoves WeesiYand Monthly Payments 97 East WßEhlncton St. August Erbrich, eol2 age:;t fob AURORA LAGER BEER, Xjl X3C ff ni3.d UottloÄt 220 itA 222 nonth Dolavrara GL Til lilll GIVEN AWAY FREE! Commencing MONDAY, February 23d, and continuing, for OME WEEK ONLY, The Great Atlantic Will Present to each purchaser one of those Beautiful Art Gems, THE PRIDE OF A1ERI0 A! Wo would suggest an early visit in th3 weak as pis aiblo, in order to secure one of those Souvenirs, as we may run short of them before the week has gone by. So remem ber, first come first served. THE GREAT ATLANTIC Importers, Coffee Boasters, Wholesale Dealers, and Retailers, -4 33n,tes Houc iOloolv. 1G4 East AVjxHliiiiton Street. CS 150 Stores in the United States. UL. M. WILLIAMS, 302 S. 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GAS STOVES Of All Descriptions on Exhibition and for sale at cost at the oce cf the INDIANAPOLIS GAS-LIGHT & COKE CO, lo. 49 Sooth P(2sIf2cia Street. We aell to cub cnatomert only. COAL OIL I tn rrtrmSra at n net Cirjimd, Drtrca GAS ENGINE WHEN INDICATIONS. rOR SUNDAY Fair weather, followed by local rain and northeasterly wlmli In i TruDtittt and winds If tin tr northeast erly in Ohio Valley; alight rite In tempera tore DO YOU" NEED ERY? i If so, is price any object? You can find more than I Two Hundred Patterns and Qualities, ranging from 5 to 50 cents per pair, at the S3 4 to H JL v2 ! Clothing Store. Warranted to be below competition, or money re funded. 10 k Pacific Tea Co, ADD PACIFIC TEA CO INDICATIONS. Wamiingtom, Fe. 221 a. m. For tbe Ohio and Tennessea Valley Fir weather, followed by local rains, northerly wla Js in the Tenne6Eee and wind ßhiftinst to northeast erly in the Ohio Valley, fllsat rise ia teaperature. For the Upper Lake Region Siizhtly warmer, partjy clon ly weather, light locat mows, winds fihiftics north aud east. SENTINEL SPECIALS. Lnfayette Items. Spetial to the Sentinel. Lafayette, Ind., Feb. 21. Hon. Kllhu B. WAh- burae, of Cbicaso, was mow-bound wltiia our limits last eve-Ding, and stopped at the Lahr Housa until the weather permitted hira to proceel. In an interview with a Courier reporter in regard to the Senatorial contest in Illinois Mr Washourne expressed himself delighted with Mr. Lo?an's chances.and thought the latter wonld sax'eed him Felf. Mr. W. wa bound for Florida, and to-day continued his journey. Jamea Dyer was sentenced to the Northen Peni tentiary for two years this morning for attempted blackmail on one Mot-es Loveless of Clark's HilL Martin Earheart, an aped and respected citizen of this place, died at the residence of hia son yes terday afternoon at 4 o'clock after a Ion lllnes. Ieceaed wa at one time Justice of the Peace in tbisrtty, and during: Grant's administration held an oflice In one of tae department at Washington. Funeral Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock. A Hatch of Mishaps. Sreclal to the SeDtiaeL Lo;aN$ ort, Ind., Feb. 21. Atwater Barnett, a foimer croprieter of the new Barnett Hotel at this place, fell down a 6ixty foot shaft in the hotel last night, and had a mlra-alous escape from death. His injuries are only slisot. A large fire destroyed the Haymaker Carriage Factory lat night. Losa SS.CQO; insured for $3.500. CharUs Cummin. a bridge foreman, fell from the top of 6 new brid?e, at Deaa's Fori, in thi connty, at noon to-dy. and sustained what are feared will prote fatal injuries. Fallvd to Azree Dropped Dead. Special to the Sentinel. Fbankfobt, led.. Feb. 21. The jury in thecae of the State against David F. Allen, cüarged with ae ault and battery with Intent to kill Iüic G. Ccok. after deliberating twenty-four hours, tailed to agree and were discharged. The jnry stood tea to two for acquittal. Josnua J. Aughe, an old and respected citiz3n, while at his brother s, attending the funeral of a niece, dropped dead this afternoon. Neuralgia of the heart im conjectured. Sotntf Good In a Tramp. Payton, O., Feb. 21. The special train of Vice President Walte, of the Cincinnati, Hamilton and payton Railroad, was saved from dltchin? to-day by a tramp, who saw a broken rail and flagged the tTAln. The tramp was rewarded with a positioa on the rosa. Qectioax Trmnds Verdict. Chicago, Feb. 21. The jnry In the election fraud conspiracy case at 5 : 33 returned a verdict of fullty aiaicit Macxln, Oallaxherand Gleason. lot re f Bit was received with c?&eral satisfaction. HOS 7 kMlm DEDICATORY KITES Olserud at the Washington Monument Dedication The IMeasnrfs of the Event Mama bj Cold Weather. Thö Various Speeches aud Incidents Tnat Took Pinea on the Mera orr.bla Occasion. THE TVASIIIXUrOX MONUMENT. Its DedlcMlon Cfcreruoa! t'rforDied In ! HQ Atuiu'plier of Almost Arctic I Clilüinees. WahiN' TON, Feb. 21. With the iterciry Jirvn almcst to zero and with a ncrthtr'.j breeze -sThich lore a msse-etion of its Arctic origin, the sprink ling of ticket beareri who be?an to flil up the sei ol the grand stand at the ba. 0! :fce Washington Monument at 10 o'clock, this mornias, did not ap pear to be bent upon psea-sure, but with their up turned collars, ran.::l chin?, an 1 quick nervous movements, seemed as if inspired by a ttera ?euse of cuty aioac. The first Jistingu'sbod arrive! wa an o'.i gentleman witü white hair, whose Srca, c H features bewray; 1 possitle re'.atlcrisnip to the father of bis country. Tickets' I am cue of Washington's klndreJ, but I will show iny ticket" It wai Ebentzer Burgess Ea'.l, of Loudon County, Virginia. 'Tly Rraadinother," he "6iiJ, "was George Washington's niece." The military arrired betimes, the brü-ä bands were marshalled to their places, the troops come rest, and Senator Sherman, Chairman of the Joint Congressional Cooiia'ssion, from the center of the stand at 11 o'clock called about 30 people to order, and said something about the people keep irg their hats on. These remarks weregreetei with lr.vly stamps, for the opportunity waä a l one to Tutore circulation to chilled lioibs aud ex tremities. Senator fcherman ttien proceeded tu pak as follows : The eommisfiou authorized by the two nouses of Congress to provide miubie cereaoaies for tne dedication of tho Washington Monument direct me to preside and to announce the order of cere monifs dteiaed i roper on tnls occa-!oa. I neerl not Fay any thine, to impr-?s upon you the dignity or tee eTciit you have me: to celebrate. Tue monument sptaks for itself. Kiraole in form, al rnirable in proportion, composed of enluring marble aud granite, resting upon fouudatioiiH broad and deep, it rices into the skies higher than any work of human art. It i? tbe most im posine. costly and appropriate monument ever ertcted in honor oi mm. It has its origin in the profound conviction of the people, irrespective of party, creed or race, not only in tnis country but in all civilized countries, that the name and fame of Washington should be perpetuated by tae mcs: Imposing testimonial of the Nation's grati tnde to its hero, statesman and father. This uni versal fentiment took form in a movement of pri vate citizens, associated under the name of tie Washington Natioaal Blonument Association, who, on the 31st of January, Ibis, ecured from Congrefs an ct authorizing them to erect trie proposed monument on this ground, seiected as tbe most appropriate sJte by the President of the United States. Its corner stone was laid on the 4th of of July, ISIS, by the Masonic fraternity with im roaing ceremonies In the presence ef tne chief of ficers of the Government and a multitude of citizens it was partially erected by the National Monument Association with the means furnished by voluntary contributions of the the people of ilie United ötates. On tbe &th of Jaly. lS7t. one hundred yeari a fter the declaration of American independence. Congress, in the name of the peo ple of the United Mates, formally assumed and di rected the completion o! fe iaouument. Since then the foundation has been strengthened the shaft bas been sttadily advanced, and the u w completed structure stands before you. it Uatit mt'inorlal of tbe greatest character in hurnin history. It Iooüs down upon the scenes moit loved by him on earta, the must conspicuous object in tbe laudcipe iull of objects deeply iuteresun to the American people and all eyes turn to it: ail heart feel the inspiration of iia beautv, symme try and grandeur. Strong as It is, it will not en dure as loo,; as the memory of him la whose honor it waa r utlt. But while it stands It will be an evidence to many succeeding generations of the love and revereuce of thi generation for the nemeand fame of Georgo Washington, rirt iu war. tint In peace. an1 Orot ia the nexrts of his countrymen. More even thau this, tne prototype of purity In manhood and patriotism far all lau U and all time. Wlthrut farther preface 1 proce i to diseharge tbe duty assigned me W. V. Corcoran then described at length the part taken in tbe initiation of the project and construction of the monument by the Washington National Pdonument Socletv.Jand in conclusion said: 'It Is glory enoueh ior tbe Washington Monument Society, that Its pious labors, as put to the proof of time, have issued in the majestic structure wnicu stands before us to-day, and It was glory enough fcr tbe leelslative and executive departments of tbe ooveruoed that in assuming aua directing the completion of tne monuineut on a foundation laid by tbe people, they have at once redeemed a sacred rational pledge, and bave tuldlled a sacred national duty, by giving to this great obelUt the culmination and crown with which it towers above the earth, and soars heavenward like the faire it commemorates " The Marine Uand then p!aved a short plecs of music, which was rendered almost inaudible by tte continued mmping cf the salverin open air audience. Prayer was orTVred l-y Kev. Mr. loiter, of CbrUt Church, Alexandria, Va. The remarks of the various speakers were inau dibie, but pints of steam from their mouths whs evidence that the proceedings were being carried on according to programme, and at every little in termission the auditors stamped approvingly, fOLONEI. I AiKY'9 PltKSENTATXON. To Coionel Thoraa L. Caser. of tho United States engineers, was a-Maned tne duty of pre senting the part taken by tbe eeneral government in the construction of the monument and of d iiverineit to the President of the United State?. He gave an ecr mnt of tae first proceedings in Congress with a view to completing the monu ment, and described each successful step In the construction of th work until the setting of tbe capstone finished the great undertaking. lie then said : Although the dimensions of the foundation base were originally planned without due regard to tbe tremendous lorces to be brought into play in building so lar?e an obelisk, the resoviress of modern engineering science have supplied the meana for the completion of the greatest monu mental column ever erected in any ase of the world. In its proportions the ratios of dimen sions of the several parts of tbe ancient Kyptlia obelisks have teen Cirefallv followed. The height has been made slightly, greater than ten timei the breadth of the base, producing aa obe llsh tbat for grace and delicacy of outline is not est-plltd ry any of the larger Egyptian monoliths, while In dignity and crandenr it surpasses any that can be mentioned. And. Mr. President, for and in behalt of the joint commission for the completion of the Washington Monument, 1 de liver to you this columu. PRESIDENT ARTItrit RECEIVES THE JIOSfMEST. President Arthur, in accepting the mouument, said: Fellow Countrymen Before the dawn of the century whose eventful years will soon have faded into the past, when death had but lately rubbed this Republic of its most beioved and illustrious citizen, the Concress of the 1'nited States pledge! tße iaiih of the Nation tfat in this city, bearing his honored name, aud then, as now, tne seat of the General Government, a mouumeut should be erected to commemorate the ereat events of bis military aud political life. The stately column that stretches heavenward from the pliin whereon we s. and bears witness to all whi behold it, that the covenant whicn our fathers made their chil dren have fulfilled. In the comple tion of this great work of patriotic en deavor, there is abundant cause for na tional rejoicing, for while this structure endures it shall be to all mankind atron token of the affect onate and fervent regard in wnicrt,'thls people continue to hold the memory of Wash ington. Well may he ever keep the foremost place In the hearts of his countrymen. The faith that never faltered, the wisdom that was broader and deeper than any learning taught in schools, the courage teat shrams from no peril and was dismayed by no defeat, the loyalty that kept all elfish purpose aubordinated to the demand! of patriotism and honor, the sagacity that displayed itself in camp and Cabinet alike, and, above all, that harmonious union of moral and intellectual quail ties whicn baa never found its parallel among men these are the attributes of a charac ter whicn the intelligent thought of tali country ascribes to the grandest figure of history, fiat other and more eloquent lips than mine will to day rehearse to yon the story ot hli re markable life and its glorious acnive ments. To myself lias been ?:pnfd the simpler tnl more fomal duty in the fuciilmer.t which I do r.ow, as leideu: of the Ur.ited States, and in behalf of tho pojüe, ie-ceivt-s this 'uionument from the Lauis of it builder, and declare ;t dedicated from t hi timi forth to the immorttii narae and memory of George V'hincton. Tte President rea l his aidres in a rm tone. At its conclusion cheers broke forth ana they were Ltarly and prolong?!. MA-ON":'.-rrTVAi. ,n: emf.lev. Tnp Macnic ceremonies cf He Grand I-o'ce r.l the riKt'i :t of Columbia, which then followed, wer? trief. The proper functionaries crlarel that the S quare, the level and the plumb bad been a; plied to the obelisk and its corner wcra found to be t .-uare, its course- level. Its wais skillfully erected according to the plan. Grand il ister Myron M. Parker then scattered corn and poured out wine and oil, emblems of nourishment, refreshment, and joy. In tbo course c! the myitie ceremonies he brought into se cer tain historic relics with whica Generaf "W aslin? ton was intii.istciy connected. Tne ?üvel u.set was oc-prerared and ued by General W"ahln? t"n as srand roaster pro tecrs. in laji:ii the corner ftoneof taeNa'.iosdi t'apiiol oa tne Ma day of ter.it er. 18 the sacrtd volume blongin to Frf.dricksbTir? I.odce, No. 1. of Virginia, uprj which V. Ri-hinpton took thf first vows of Misonrv: tfcatboion:liiP)r-t. John's Lode, No. l.o! te city of New York, upon which, on the 30th dav of April. 17- ?. ho took the oith of c.Wig es te Mrt i'je id nt of the United fctates; the "Gre-ii Light" bek r.2irg to Aiexaniria Woj-hincton Lv!ze. No. 22. AUibndrla, Va., upon which he, a Worshir lul Master. rece:vtd the vowsof initiates; the apioa wem by hi;.i, which was worked i Mr-. Lafayette: a solden urn containing a Irx'w c I his hair, telonttg t." tbe Orantl I-le ol Müchu- setts: ite ''lcKrli2hUM one of the three Kpcrm candles borne in Washington's funeral pro:eion, wfre exhibited. Upon a sigral from Senator Sherman t.e mili tary wtVd into li-jp. th civic bodies tnl dis iineu5?hd particlr-ants in the proiee-lina of the oey tiiinDi int".r carriages, ana tae i-rr.CiSion, '..tdtrtliecarsaaMnnof Geceril SaenCia, toDfc up Its line of raarch to the Capitol. Ticket of adinissioa to thi scilerig! tho House of Representatives issnea to bctwe.-u i l und 100 persons, wlio havj farnisha 1 s.itisf ictory evidence of relationship with the onsloa! Uorga Washington family. aker and tne Chaplin, end the jourhal of yesterdaj was rca'd. Mr. Dorsheimer oilered a resolution fcr the ap pointment of a committee of three rueJabers to notify the Penate that the House wa? nw ready to receive the Senate and proceed with the cere monies which were appointed to occur in tae hall of the Iloiif-e. Tbe resolution having been adopted, the Sneak er appointed Dorsheims, Tucker and Camcro.i as that Committee. At 2:10 the National T.v;isriington Monument As sociation was announced, and it nnrehe.4 in and took tho sot assigned it in front and a ii:tle to tie left of the Speaker's destt. Shortly afterward General Sheridan and saf? entered amid loud clapping of hands, and their brilliant uniforms tended to lend an air of gaiety to the scene. The President and Cabinet next anreare l. and the laree aserabla?e ruse and heartily aptliuded as tbe Chief Executive and hia adviser" passed down the main aile and were aslzncu seats In the space directly in front of the Speaker' de-k. 1 he supreme Court, the Judiciary of tne District aud diplomatic corps followed and Canked the Presidential part), and at 2: 3d the Sin ate, preceded by Its o2';cers was escorted to the space reserved for it. Its presiding officer, Mr. Edmunds, proceeded to tne Speaker's des, where the gavel was courteou ly handed him hy Speaker Carlisle, In calling the assemblaze to order Mr. Elmunds Faid: "üentlemen, jou are assembled pursuant to concurrent order of the Houses to cel ihrte the memorial cccasicn of the first i'residsnt of the United States." The dedication oration prepared by Hon. Rob ert C. Winthrop, of Massachusetts was realty Kx-Governor John D. Lone, the anthor beln-r con fined by Illness. Mr. VMnthrop delivered the oration on the occasion of the iayin? of tne cor ner stone in 1845. HON. ROr.F.ET C. WISTHKOP'S ADDRESS. By a joint resolution of Conresa, you have call ed upon me to address you in the rlali to day, ou the ompletion of yonder collossal monument to tte Father of bis Country. Notnmg les impera tive than your call could have bro.ight me before you for such an effort. Neirly ssvea aud thirty jcars have par-scd away since it was my-privile to perform a similar service at the lfuMn? ol the cotufcr-toue of that monument. Ia ttS prfiue of manhoca, and in the rrideof official station.it waanot ditiicult forme to speak to assemhled tbeufands In the open air, without notes, under the scorching rajs of a midsummer sun. But what was easy for me then ia impossible for me now. I am here to-day, as 1 need not tell you. iu far other condition for the service you have as signed me changed, chaujred in alraoit every thing, except an inextinguishable love for my country and Its Union, and an undjine reverence for tbe memory of Washington. On these a'.one 1 rest for in spiration, assured that, with your iuduigenee and the blessing: of God, which I devoutly invoke, they will be sufficient toVistain me in servinz as a medium for keeping up the continuity bet ween the hearts and hands whicn laid the foundation of this gfgr.nlic structure, and those younger hearts and baDds which have at la3t brought forth the capstone with shouting". It is for this you nave summoned me. It is lor this alone I have obejed your call. Meantime, I can not whollv forget that the vent rable ex-President, John Quincy Adams at whose dea'h-btd, in my otiicial chamber benevn tbi roof. I was a privileged watcher thirty seven years ago this very day had beea orUimlly deiignated to pronounce the corner-stone oratio.!, as one who had received his firtt commission. In the long atd brilliant career at home and abioad which awaited him, from the hands of Washington himself. in that enviable distinction I certainly hare no share: but 1 may be pardoned for rcmembsrlng that, ia i calling upon me to supply the pi ice of Mr. Adams, it was borne in mind that I had but lately taken the oath as Speaker at his hauds and 'from his lips, and that thus, as was sug gested at tbe time, the electric chiin. though lengthened by a single link, was fetid unbroken. ltmehcpe that the magnetism of tnat chain may not even yet be entirely exhausted, aud that 1 may still catch something of its vivifying and quickening power, while 1 attempt to bring to tne memory ol Washington the remnants of a voice which is failing, aud of a vigor whicn, 1 am conscious, is ebbing away. It Is now, Mr. President, senators and Depre fen'aiives, more than half a century since a vol ts ry association of patriotic citizens initiated the project of erecting a National Monument to Wash ington in the city which bears his name. More than a whole century ago, indeed in that ereat year of our Lord which witnessed the Treaty of l'eace and Independence, 17S3 Congress bad ordered an equestrian statute of him to be executed, "to testify tne love, ad miration, and gratitude of his countrymen;" and again, immediately after his death, in 17S9. Congress had solemnly voted a marble monument to him at the Capital, 'so designed as to commeroora e the great events of his military and political life," riut our believed country, while yet injlts in fancy, and, I may add, la its indigency, with no experience in matters of art and heavily weighed down Ly the ereat debt of the Revolutionary War, knew better how to vote monuments than how to build them, or, still more, how to pay for them. Yorktown monuments and Washington monuments, and the statues of I don't know now many heroes of our struggle for indepndenca, ma Jo a line bow on paper in oar early records, and were creditable to those who ordered them; but their practicable execution seems to hive l'ten ir-döiinitely postponed. v c We are just entering on a new oivmpiad of our National history the twenty-üfth olympiad since Wasninstoa first entered upou tbe administration f our Constitutional Government. 3 $ V. S V , Most happy would It be If tbe r.0th of April, oa which th? first inauguration ot Washington toak place in lS7i. could henceforth be the date of all future inaugurations, as it might be by a slight amendment of the Constitution. giving, as It would, a much needed extension to the short ses slrns of Congress, and letting the f ecoad centurr of our constitutional history begin where the first century began. lut let the date be what It may. the Inspiration of tte centennial anniversary of that firsi great inauguration must not be lost upon us. Would tnat any words of mine could help us all. old and youn?, to resolve that the principles and charac ter and example of WashiDeton. as ie came for ward to take theoaths of otnee on that day, shall once more be recognized and reverenced as the model for all who succeed htm, and that his disin terested purity and patriotism shall be the su preme test and standard of American statesman ship! That standard can never be taten away from us. Tbe most elaborate and durable monu ments may perish. Bat neither the forces of na ture, nor any fiendish crime of man, can ever mar or mutilate a great example of public or private Tlrtue. Our matchless obelisk stands proudly before us to-day, and we hail It with the exultations of a united and glorious nation, it may, or may not, be proof against the cavils of critics, but nothing of human construction la against the casualties of time. Tbe storms of winter xaust blow snd beat upon it The action of the elements must soil and discolor it. The lightnings of heaven may At precisely seventeen minutes past 1 re ranisie s gavel called the LIoue to order, Saturday's session was opened with rravtr b". s.ar and l'acken it. An earthinake may shake its-foundations, wm? mighty tornado, or resia: ess cyclone, may rni Its massive b-ocks aE'in der and hurl h ige fragments to the eround. But the cheracer which it commemorates anl ilius tra;s ! seen it will remaia unchanged and unchanteab'e in all Its consummate purity and spk-rdor. aDd will more and more command the ho-aeof succeeding ages in ail regions of the earti:. jiri'tr?s rv noy. .'ohn i-aniei-, of virgin: a. Solitary and xloneinits grandeur stauli forth the character of Washington in his'ory: solitary and alone, like sott e TK-aa that Las no itl.o .v in the rri05nts.ia range of sreatness. "WashfEcton." vsvs Gcizot: ,,Wahins1ou d:d te two greatest thincs which In politics it is per mitted to man to attempt. He maintained by Ttace the independence of his country, which be fcd conquered bv war. He found? 1 a frte tovernment in tbe name cf the principles ot order, and by re-mabiishlsR tr.ea sway." Washington did in deed do tnff-e ihiDg?. 2:1 he did more. Out of disconrccted frspments be moulded a whole and made it a country. He achieved his country's iEderendtace by the sword. He maintainei tnat icdeiHiidrnce by pence a by war. He finally es te.MUbedboth Lis country and Its freedom in an ccdnrinz fame of constitutional government. fasLlcned to uiate Liberty and Union one n 1 inseparable. These four things together consti tute the unexampled achievements ot Washing ton. Ihe world has ratified the profound rennrx of Klscer Ames, that "he changed mankind's idas of political gteatntss." it has approved ine ; opinion of Edwerd Everett, that ha was "th" l creates; of good men, and the best of crat men." 1 It bes felt for him with tr'skine: "an awiui reverer.ee." It fcas attested the deciamtiaa of Kroußham that "he was the greatest man ot his own or of et age." It i matter of faot to dav a when General Hirniinn I acnourrlne his death to the athiysaid: "i-ie i voice of praise would in vain endeavor to exalt a I name unrival'ed iu the lists of true dory." i America still proclaims him. asdid Colonel Henry l ee in the House cf Keprecntativea: "The mn first in war, first in tcace, and lirst in the heart ot his countrymen." And from beyond the sea the voice of AlCerl, breathing the soul of all lands and all peoples, still pronounca the bless ing: "iiappy are jou who Dave ior tne suoiiiue aud permanent basis of your giory the love of cc'irdry demonstrated by oe-sds." Tell me, ye who have unrolled the scrolls that tear the ie?ords of the riband fall of Tiitio is ye before whose eyes has moved the pmorami of man'6 strucule, achievements and progression, lind you anywhere the story or one who-e life work is more thsn a fnement of that which ia bis life is tet before you ? t' .C'jUerers who have stretched your scepters over toundlcEs territories: founders ol Empires who have held your dominions in the reiaru of law; reformers who have cried aloud in the wilderness of oppression; teachers who have striven to cast down false doctrine, heresy and schisms; states men whose brains have throbbed with mighty plans for the amelioration of human society: tcar-crowned viliings of the sea, illustrious heroes of the land, who have borne tbe standards of siepe and tattle-come forth in bright array from your glorious fanes, and would ye be measured by tre mes&ure of bis stature? Jiebold you not in him a mere illustrious and more venerable presence? Statesman, soldier, patriot, sage, re former of creeds, teacher of trnth and justice, achiever and preserver of liberty -the first of men founder and savior of bis country, father of his peop'e this is he, solitary and unapproach able in his grandeur. Oh ! felicitous Providence that gave to America ur Washington I High soars into the skv to-day, higher than the pyramids or the dome of St. Paul's or St. Peter's the lortiest and most Imposing structure that man has ever reared high soars into the sky to where 'Eaitu highest yearns to meet a star," the munument which "We the people of the United States' have uplifted to his memory. It is a fitting monument, more biting than any statue. For his image could only display him in someone phase al his varied character, as the commander, the statesman, the planter of Mount Vernon, or the chief magistrate of hia country. To art has fitly typified bis exalted liie in you piain lofty shaft, buch is his greatness, that only by a sym bol could it be represented. As justice must be blind in order ta be whole in contemplation, so history must be silent tbat by this mighty sign she may disclose the amplitude of her story. it was fitting that the eminent citizen who thir ty i even years ago spoke at the la? ingot the corner stone should be the orator at tee consummation of the work which he inaugurated. It was Massa chusetts tfca; struck tho firit blow for independ ence; it was her voice tbat made the Istones of teston to "rise In mutiny;" it was her blessed blood that sealed the covenant of our salvation, Tbe tirmanent of onr national life, she has thickly fown with deeds of glory. Jol n Adams, of Massachusetts, was among the first to urpe the name of Washington to the Con tinental Congress when it commisjioued him as Commander iu Chief of the American forces; it ws upon her soil that he drew the sword which v as sheathed at Yorfctown, and first gave to the battle breeze the thirteen stripes that cow float in new Fa!axiC3 of stars, and meet it was that here in tie Capitol of the Republic, at tbe distance of mere ttan a century from its bfrth, the eloquent ecu of thatillustiiousStatehould spiu thacham with bis brids a of geld, and emblazon the final arch of commemoration. And I fancy, too, that in a laud where the fac tious tongues cf the older nations are being hushed at last, and all rival straics commingled in the blood of brotherhood, tbo accomplished mission of America finds fittirg Illustration in the sige descending from tbePilerims crowning ttfe hero sprung from the Cavaliers. Ci f 4 In the name of the people of the United States, their President, their senators and their Repre sentatives, and their Judges, do crown to-day with the grandest crown that veneration has ever lifted to the brow of glory, him whom Virginia gave to America, whom America has Riven to tne world and to the ages, and whom mankind with univer sal suSrece has proclaimed the foremost of the founders of empire in the first dezree of great nes. whom Liberty herself has annointed as the first citizen iu the great republic of humanity. Encompassed by the inviolate seas stands to-day the American KepubUc which he iounded a free (Jrcster liritain uplifted above the powers and principalities of the earth, even a s his moaumeat is uplifted over roof and dome, and spire of the multitudinous city. Long live the Kepublic of Washington! Re spected by mankind, beloved by all its sons, long may it be the asylum of the poor and oppressed of all lands and religions long may it be the citadel oftbat Ii Deity which writes beneath the eagle's folded wings: "We will sell to no man, we will deny to no man. right and justice." Long live tte United States or America! Filled with the free magnanimous spirit, crowned by the wisdom, blessed by tbe moderation, hovered over by tbe guardian angel of Washington's example: may they be ever worihy in all things to be de fended by the blood of tne brave who know the rights of man. and shrink not from their asser tion may they be each a column, and altogether, under the Constitution, a perpetual Temple of Peece, unshadowed by a Cesar's palace; at whoso altar may freely commune all who seek the union of Liberty and Brotherhood. Long live our country: Oh, long through the undying ages may it stand, far removed in fact as in space from tbe Old Wond'a feuds and follies solitary and alone in its grandeur and its glory, iUelf the immortal monument of Ilim whom Providence commissioned to teach man the power ct truth, and to prove to the nations that their Redeemer liveth. Though havine his manuscript on the desk be fore him. Mr. ianiel referred to it but once or twice during the course of his orstion. He tpoce In an easy manner, his voice being liuely moia laled to suit the meaning of nis sentences and hia sptech was accentuated and emphasized by grace ful gesture. Many times was he inter rupted by rounds of applause elicited by bis clean-cut and well-balanced periods and by his eloquent style of uttering them. As he closed. Senator Edmonds and Sena tor Sherman. Speaker Carlisle and Representative Long warmly congratulated him. while once more the audience testified their appreciation of the orators eloquence. Alter the benediction by the Chaplain of the House, the dl9tinruihed guests departed, and the speaker callec the House to or der, wen It sdjouraed till Monday. The ceremonies were appropriately concluded by a fine display of fireworks at night in the monument gssunds. An Immense crowd wa3 at tracted by the sight, and it seemed as though the entire population of the city had turned out to do honor to the occasion. The grounds and streets laading thereto were thronged with people and the rcadwvy around the monument was packed with carriages of all descriptions. The crowd was a seed natu red one, despite the keenoesa of the atmcsphere, and almost every piece was greeted with cheers of admiration. Tne President and a number of invited guests.includtngBeveral Cabinet officers, viewed the scene from the windows of the W hite House. The south windows of the State and Treasury Department Buiidihgs were also utilized as points of observation by a large number of person. lne display consisted of fifty let jiecej. It opened with a National salute, consisting of aerial xnoroons fired irom mortars, and explodln c with a loud report at a height cf 300 feet, and closed with a representation of the Temple of liberty. Including an equestrian statute ot Gen. Wash in ton. and figures representing Columbus an 4 the Goddess of Liberty. There were several other tet figures appropriate to the occasion, but the dtsp'.av consisted mainly of bombshell?, bal loon?, fountains of rire, banquets aud lights of all colors. The scene was a triliisrt one at times. Telescope roclets were xploded at an altitude of C00 feet, and dis chsrged showers of smaller rockets over the apex of tte rrcnument. making it appear as thoueh the shaft was robed wiih fire. The outline of the monument was clearly defined acainst the dark bpcksronnd, and so masnlf.ed that it seemed to pierce the cloud. NATURAL (US EXPLOSION. Several Pernonn Terrlbry Mangled nl In stantly Kllled-Many Buildings Damaged. v,"eil5i t?: , W. Va., Feb. 21. A terriSc natural ras e.xp'c&icn occurred this morning by the gas lcakini; into the cellar ot a two-story brick oocu- pied ly K. UeUeslev Eros., cigar make:?. TLis building an l an adjoiniaz one, occupied by Luke Weiler ae a saloon, were blown into atoms. The debris took ure and the intenso cold gave the are sway and it spread rpldly toaljoinla building. Thi shock ot tne txplosiou was si ter- nllo tL&i Mass was bbauered anl piaster staken irom the eilint; in neirly every residence in the town. The inhabitants rn iu all directions terror-stricken. A great many b;;i'd:nes were found badly damped quite a dis tance from ihe txpics'.on. Tne list of the killed so far as known is: Conrad lleilesiey, wife, mother and child. An infant biby of the above and John V? alters are still miasinn. Search Is now going on. The bodies recovered ara terribly mangled Owing to the intense excitement, it U impossible to get individual looses, but they will probably reach a total of ?20,uOO. By superhuman e-dorts the citizens co. thi fire under control at 4 a, m. Later reports from the scene of the gas ex plosion at Wellsburg increase the horrors of the f-iE?ulßr diEaster. Hx lives are known to be lost Mr. Iielsley, his wile, the mother of Mrs. Hels ley. two children of Mr. HeUlev, one aged six years and the other eighteen months. The eldest cf the two children was taken out of the ruins alive, but wa9 so seriously Injured that it died at 4 a, m. The youneest child has not yet been found. .r. Lucas Walters, wife.and two children had a narrow eecape. The mis!n; named are undoubtedly in the ruins. Mrs. Walters sustained tericus injuries, but they arc not con sidered dacgerons. Leonard Esterday, a shoa maker doinn business in a small frame shop ad joinlrgthe Walteis' home, who boarded with Mr. Walters and was asleep in his room at Mr. Wal ters', received injuries rot considered fatal. Tbe firemen are busily engaged throwing water on the ruins and endeavoring to cool off the debris so that a search can be made for the re mains of the two missing children. As to the cause of the explosion it Is reported by reliable persons that Mr. Helsley stated.durin? the day andeveniD?. that tbe eas was leaking In his cellar, and that he had opened up some of the approaches thereto to allow the eas to escape, and retired for the night The supposition is that the escaping gas found its way from the cellar to the upper rooms of the house, and coming in contact with the fire In the crates or some gas jets the ex plosion took place. The Helsley and Walters houses joined, and were two-story bricks, and recently built. Both buildings were entirely demolished, and portions thereof were scattered from 100 to lEo feet in every direction. The house occupied by Martin Brown lee, on the southwest corner from Helsley, an old structure, was almost shaken to pieces. Tue blatksmith shop of George Davidson, opposite the Helsley home, was entirely demolished. Ilia res idence, adioining tbe shop, is almct a total wreck. Two dwellings of Mr. John Fare, and a shoo and dwelling of Andrew Rarth, north oi Davidson's, were badly damaged. The occupants of these bouses were thrown out of their beds, and those who were up were staggered by the 6hock, but none of them were injured. Windows were broken and doors blown open for two blocks and more north, south and west of the explosion. On the houses on Commerce street and up on the hill in the vicinity of the catholic church suffered by having much glass broken. The old brewery of Leonard Hebranfc had nearly every lint of glsss broken. In fact, every house, as before stated, within two and a half ox three blocks is more or less damaeed. Ihe explosion was terrific It was heard for miles in the surrounding country, and many farmers hurried to the scene to ascertain the cause. The concussion was felt In every house in town. Windows, furniture and crockery was rat tled in a way to terrify and be wilder the Inhabi tants. At Lazarasville one and a quarter miles north the concussion was felt. AFFAIRS IX THE S0UDA. The Kamsln Fatal to Europeans London, Feb. 21. The Army and Navy Gazette says the march through the desert, with the karnsin blowing, will Insure to the English forces tb fate of the army of Caiabyesses. I'nder instructions from Lord Wolieley, the Admiralty has given order for the construction of a larse number of steam launches and cutters desUned to be taken to pieces and conveyed vt Ith General Gra ham's expedition from ßauklra to Berber. Their armaments will include ritied mortars, suns aud rockets. They are to be man cd by a naval brig ade, and will be used in operations on the Nile against Berber and Khartoum. Several similar boats will be sent by camel trans- K rtaticn over the Korosko Desert to General eckenbury. It is estimated that the broad gauge railrosd from Suakim to Berber will cost C3.003, 000, and require nine months for its construction. It is expected that General Puller's relief transports from Gakdull will reach Abu Klea to day. It is feared the retreat upon Abu Klea will be attended with heavy losse. Water ia scarce, the camels are dying fron exhaustion and the ammunition is limited. If the Mahdi's advance bhouid be aoceilerated tbe fate of General Buller'i entire force will be Imperiled. Consult Iimael Pasha and ftehlb Pasha. London, Feb. 'Jl. General Graham, who is to command, before his departure for Suakim, bad an interview with Ismael Pasha, ex-Khodive of Egypt, and Rehlb Pasna, both of whom are in London. P.ehib wsrned General Graham tbat if he undertook to so from Suakim In March be would court disaster. The kamsin wind, be said, is fatal to Europeans. It begins in March and blows five weeks. Ismail Fasha advised General Graham to begin the campaign in autumn. He also adviied the eradual construction of the Sua-kim-Berber Railway, which could be greatly strengthened against attacks from tbe enemy by block-houses at short distances apart. GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. Rnaslan Movement in A fgliaalatan. London. eb. 21. The Times states that tae Russians are advancing upon Penj Deh in Kho rasf on. Pen j Deh at present is held by the Ameer of Afghanistan. His outpost, according to the Times, is liable to come Into immediate contact with tbe Russian advance. "The clanger of a col lission bet ween the Russians and the Ameer's troops Is so imminent," says the Times, "that Sir Peter Lumsden, the British Special Com missioner on the Afghan frontier question, bas fallen back with his surveying party, and taken temporary quar ters behind Herat. He did this in order to save himself and party from becoming involved In the impending difficulties." The publication of the above news in the Times attracted serious attention. The Pall Mall Gazette says : "Authorities at the foreign office telieve the Time' statements cor rect and also believe that unlets the Russian ad vance is checked hostilities between the A'gnans and Russians is certain to ensue, resulting in grave consequences." The News expremes surprise that Lessar, the Russian agent appointed to meet Sir Peter Lums den, for the purpose of reaching an amicable ad justment of tbe frontier line dispute, when he sent In a proposal to fix the line eighty miles Eorthof Herat, did not know, or concealed the f set of the Russian's advance. The News thinks that I.ssar's statement that General KomarorT would be ordered only to ad ranee if necessary, made it imperative and extraordinary, in view of the statements made by the Times, Stevens Programme. Pari?, Feb. 21. James Stephens, ex-Fenian Head Center, In an interview, took occasion to severely denounce the use of dynamite for politi cal purposes. He advocated the establishment of a federal republic as the only solution of the Irish question. A Harrowing Suspicion. Lokcox, Feb. 2L It is the opinion la Insurance circles that the British steamer Fernwood, Captain Roberts, which left New York on January 20, for Avonmoutn, has foundered. A Vessel 17 recked London. Feb, 21. A dispatch frem Waterford. Ireland, reports that a large schooner, name not ascertained, is wrecked off that port The crew were Crowned. APPALLING SCENES At the Tine Street Kire, TMI-delphla, At Which Fhe Persona Lost Their Llres. Ten Horses Burned In a Livery Sta bleThe Notorious Cardiff Giant Cremated. THE TIKE KECOUD. DiAtroti Flrea In l'hildlphl Five I'erao&a Loe Tbrlr Ilva at a Fire in I ioe Street. ricLAPHiHA, Fcl '21. fire broke out be tween 6 and 7 o'clock this morning in the houe of John A. Klar, No. l.tZO Pine atreel. The Carae rrade rapid propres? and three dwelllc-rt were de stroyed. Ihe occupants of Kind's rcMeu?e were aroused by the heat and smoke only to dlxcover the urnal means of crcs cut eZ. They ran to the windows and mot of them jumped out. Mr Kins appeared at a fourth story window and was seen to ' make aa effort to iump, but was overcome by tbe heat and fell lack into the fiane. His charred body whs found after tbe Are wh extingaUbed. Three rtop'.e who jnmptd to the srfu:i l tTro female servants and a dicier of Mr. Kl::p also lot-t their lives. Mrs. Kins appeared at tho win dow crylcg for help. A mattreM waa beld by taa firemen, and ehe was told to drop her baby Crn and then jnmp herself. She did to. and raeetved M-vere but not dangerous injuries. Tna baby waa killed. The body of MUs Hamilton, lister of Mrs. King, haa betn recovered. Four people ;n all were killed. The Klntrs were among the most fashionable and popular people in the city. The following is a list of killed and wounded: Killed-John A. Klnsr, a?ed 3i. retired lumber merctsnt, burned to death la a third-story front room: Miss Jennie Hamilton, sped 2 a sister of Mrs. Kin. and oauphter of Dr. Hamilton, burned In the sixth fioor. Her body was cüarred beyond recognition ; John King, 5 years old. was dropped from a fourth story window, and apparently taught all right in a maitre by tne Art men. bat died from the concussion; Msry Burns, aged is servant girl, body burned to a crisp; Mary, color ed, aged so. another servnt, burned toacrlp. Injured-Mrs. Lillian Kin, aaughter of Dr. nam 11 ton. If apod from the fourth story window after ber children, and alii h tea squarely on a icattress. but was severely hurt by the concuüloa. Lillian Kin?, aged three years, severely injured about the body and limbs by beins thrown from the fourth story to a mattress; Catherine , aped twenty, another servant girl, was badly buined. When tte fire wes discovered the neighbors raised an alarm, but two other fire were la proRres8 In different parts of the city at tbe same time, and It was three quarters of an hour before tbe fire engines came. Mean while Mr. anl Mr. King and others of the family con Id be seen in the fourth story, witn all means ot escape cut o?. Mrs. King was in her night clothes, bat was re markably calm, and bade her children bo brave. Khe then called to the neighbors assembled below to get a mattress, and they were not longm spreading the pavement with mattreuet and blankets. Then lifting' her boy to a wliow slll she lold him to be brave and jump. He seemed a plucky little fellow, five years old He jumped and struck tbe mattress fairly and It seemed as If he was safe, but he was so ba lly si-aken that ne died In two minutes. Then Mrs. King poised her daughter. Lillian, three years old, on a window Silland dropped her fairly on the xcattrets. The child was nurt but not killed. Turning for a moment then, to address a word to her husband, Mrs. King mounted the window sill and deliberately jnmped off with a much calm ness as one might jump into a bath. Her llidht through that great distance from tho fourth story seemed to end in safety, but she was found to be unconscious and badly hurt. Her husband was about to follow her, but seemed to be railing cn some one behind him, probably Miss Hamilton, when the soc-ctators were horri fied by the sudden belching forth of a broad sheet of flame, by the light of which Mr. King was seen to throw up his bands and fail back out of slht At the ame time another trjsrd at tbe-acaof the bouse were horrified to witne similar shocking tlghv. Miss Hamilton, having been Crlvtn by tbe Marne to tbe fourth story back window, and being unable to stay in tbe room, and afraid to jump, she bung by her hands out side the window-sill until utterly exhausted. She let go aud dropped to the paved area below. When picked up tne sid of her bojy was badly burned, showing that she had boen literally burued oil the window-silL Livery Stable d1 Horses Horned. New Britain, Conn., Feb. 21. At 3 o'clock this morning fire was discovered in the livery stable of Bailey t Bunting, sitnated in the rear ot Main street. It gained such headway that three occu pants of the stable office barely escaped with their lives, while a fourth, Ed Rowley, was burned to death. The fire spread to a large wooden block on Church street, occupied by W. U. Wading?, furniture dealer; W. II. Allen, baker; IX. Kobern, harness; Lee's laundry, and several tenements and got beyond control of tbe firemen. 1 be fire spread from Church street north to Main street. tome merchants saved their goods but most of them lost everything. Tboe burned out were; P. D. in born, grocer; G. H. Lxcumer, restraaraut: C. U. Smith, fish market On Main street: Chas..-5jy-motir. boots and shoes; W. A. Dwlght. jeweler; F. J. Smith, tobacconist, aud Horace Booth, vari ety Here. Tbe following loee everything: Coisa Miller ard George Kellers, tailors; W. S. Felt, dry goods; K. fcenmidt, tailor: C. D. Loo mi, boo and shoes: Albe Bros., hardware, and J. MorLt, photographer. Th e Central Block, a larg fcur story brick, occupied by the Young Men s Christian Association, attorneys, the Telephone Company, add others, was the last to burn- Loss, J2L0,tU: insured for 1125,000. Tea horsea were consumed. The Market Street Fire. Piiiladeii ma, Feb. 2L A fire occurred this morning in the four story brick building. No. 531 Market street, occupied on the first fioor by Ruih, Bennett & Co., dealers In china and glassware, the two upper floors by Joseph J. Mean y k Co., boot and snoc commission merchants. Tbe stock of both tirmswas detroyed. The flames then spread to the paper warehouse ol L. A. Kuiolph bons 4c Co., the contents of which were destroyed and the building No. &0S Market street, the upoer boors of which were damaged. Thi fl jor and basement were occupied by Llpplncott Son A-Co.. auction eers. The tota. loss on buildings and nocks Is es timated at $l2').00a It was while the Fire Depart ment wes battling with this extensive tire that a fire broke out In Pine atrtel which resulted in the loaol five lives. Fire at Chappaqu nonnlaln Iootltnt. Ciurp-ura, N. Y., Feb. 21. Cbapr aqua Moan tain Institute was eatlrely destroyed by fire at 3 o'clock this morning. The teachars and seventy five scholars were safely removed from the build iiig, although there were some narrow escapes. Many children were carried insensible tnroMgh the smoke and names upon the frozen snow. The institution was started sixteen yar agsua Quaker chool for boys and girls. Tbe btiliatn? cost 8i5.au. Tbe lot Is estimated at fSO.OJO; la innuce, til.OiO. Cardiff JiaDt IJurned. I-i ron. Dak., Feb. 21 A fire this momin; originating in Foshaxge's livery stable destroyed the O pera House, rink, Louis Kearn's commUsloa house, and C D. Hoaghtou's warehouse. Loa. 15,000; insurance. S2.3C0 on Opera House and rink. The Cardia Giant, on exhlbitiou in the Opera House was destroyed. When it crumbled away the giant di close ilanr Iron rods projeciinj from his limbs. Incendiarism. Six Live Lust at a Fire. New York, Feb. 22. At a fire rarly this mora les at Beaver and William streets. ix lives wer lost. Four Persons brlouly Itarned PiTTSEi Ro, Pa., Feb. 21. In an auempt to cits the life of Mrs. Patrick Mulholland. wheca Ct-: caught fire from a stove at aa early hcr tl! morning, her daughter Annie, a womtat Farrel, and a man named Ccrr, wrre f burned. Mrs. Mulholland was hcmfclj - but will probably recover. An Innoceat Ccu - - - some days ago upon ccm?dzt Purdv, who charged bin vritl c" '-- "Z under false pretsnstj In c " years sgo, was discharged ; i