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I 1 '*>' " fyt-l "' ' * ???????? f AT CHICAGO. The ConTention of the National Republican Party. The Organization, with Portraits ol Republican Leaders. " JAJtKS BLAINE, OF MAINE. Tha Republican National Convention opened in the new Exposition Building at Chicago on Tuesday. Describing the scene at the opening, a dispatch say It was like a transformation from a barren plain into fairyland. With its myriads of electric jets in arches, in stars, in diamonds, in pheres, in almost every conceivable design or art, witf? its olios, bannerets, bunting tyt.?' * I JOHN SHERMAN. OF OHIO. itreamers of one thousand hues, the immense interior was a symphony of color, a magnificent spectacle of the art decorative. The Chairman's platform was simply a floral bower. Nothing could be seen of the front of the' desk, on which, eight years ago. descended the gavel that announced the nomination of Gar||1w v BI3TJAMI.V HARRISON, OF INDIANA. field, and four years later the success of Jas. Gh Blaine. It was one huge bank of roses? jacqueminots, marechal niel, hyacinths, violets, and lilies?and it shed its delicate perfume far and wide To the'right and left the American flag was patterned in floral shields, while on the jS)\ . R. A. ALOKR, OF MICHIGAIT. top of either end two huge and artistically arranged bouqnets attached to a rches of imilax, which in turn connected with the American flags which entwined the pillars and combined to make the stand an Arcadian VA?i/in Directly beneath tbe chair were pictures of Gens. Logan and Grant, wreathed in immortelles, while from the first balcony portrait* WILIXUf B. ALLISON, OF IOWA. of all the Republican Presidents, from Washington down to Arthur, looked down upon the delegates. After Chairman Jones, of the National Committee, had called the assembled delecrates to order.the Rev. Frank W. Gnnsaulus, of the Plymouth Congregational Church, made a short prayer. Secretary Fesaenden then read the call for the Convention, after which Chairman JOSEPH R. HAWLET, OF CONNECTICUT. Jones made an address, concluding with the presentation to the r- \.i *. - ' WALTER Q. GRESHAM, OF INDIANA. convention of John M. Thurston, of Nebrasbra, as temporary Chairman. Mr. Thurston was greeted with applause, and made a long address, in the course of which he made the following allusion to Blaine, which was greeted witn the wildest kind of cheering: "That gallant leader, tbe chevalier of American politics, the glory of Republican- j iim and tne nightmare of Democrats, our Henry of Navarre, is seeking in foreign travel the long-needed relaxation and rest from the wearisome burdens of public life and service. With the fublime magnanimity of his incomparable greatness, he has denied us the infinite pleasure of supporting him in this convention. Desiring above all things partv harmony and success, he has stepped from the certain ladder of his own laudable am, bition that some other man may climb to power. As his true friends, we cannot, dare not, commit 'the political crime of disobedience to his expressed will, j We cannot place him at the head of the [ ticket, but we make him commander-in-chief at the head of the forces in the field, where he will be invincible. "And though James G-. Blaine may not be our President, yet he remains our uncrowned king, wielding the baton of acknowledged leadership, supreme in the allegiance of nis devoted followers. Honored and respected by all honest and loyal men, the greatest living American and the worthy obbject of our undying love." [ Mr. ThurBton also paid a glowing tribute to WILLIAM H'KISLEY, OF OHIO, the memory of the late Gen. Logan. He also spoke flatteringly of .the various candidates for the Presidential nomination, and thought that from this splendid galaxy of political store the Convention could not choose amiss The key note of this campaign, the speaker, said, would be protection. At 1:23 Mr. Thurston finished amid tre mendous applause. The officers of temporary organization were read, and as they became seated in their official positions the band struck up "Marching Through Georgia," and the audience joined in the refrain. At 1:33 P. M. Senator Hoar, of Michigan, took tbe floor and presented a gavel 3\ WILLIJLM WALTER PHKLPS, OF SEW JERSEY. made of the oak from the tree under which the Republican party was organized July tf, 1854. Chairman Thurston stated that the National Committee had recommended that Dakota be allowed ten votes during the preliminary proceedings of the convention, and that Washington Territory be allowed six. Kansas delegates offered resolutions of sympathy for General Sheridan. They were read ana carried by an unanimous rising vote. A petition from ex-Union soldiers requesting an admission to the Convention was reaa and referred to the National Committee. General Fremont was presented to the convention at 1.55 p. m., and he was greeted with great and prolonged ap frank hiscock, of new YORK. plause. Ho was introduced as an old hero, patriot and statesman, and the Republican party's first candidate for Prey dent. General Fremont made a short ad. dress, and was followed in an address by Frederick Douglass, the colored orator. After a list of the committees of thf various States and Territories bad -ceen read, the question of the contested Virginia delegation came up. The Chairman of the National Committee ^ fo^ ' decided to temporarily seat the delegatesat-large headed by William Mabone, and recommend that neither set of district delegates be allowed to * vote during the temporary organization. Hon John S. Wise opposed the selection of the Mahone delegates, and ex-Senator Mahone spoke in favor of his delegation. After an exciting debate between the two men,the chair decided further discussion out of order, and at 3:3:? p. m. the Convention adjourned till noon of the following day. I \ In the .evening the Committee on Ferma < ' ? ' /"< v""v t." . j-. . r* mm ' ^.v : - -v;- / ; '' , "'v *r,/"/*" . . ' ! raanent organization met and got tbrougn it* work in short order. Morris M. Estee, of I California, was select*! as Permanent Chair[ man, and the secretaries and other officers of the temporary organizations were continued in their positions. CHAtTNCEY IS. DEPK W, OF NEW YORK. Second Day's Session. TTa Convention was called to order at 12$3 by Temporary Chairman Thurston. Rev. Dr. Stephen A. Northrup made a short prayer. A number of resolutions desired to be embodied in the platform were referred to the Committ e on Resolutions. Mr. Hamill, of Colorado, moved an adjournment until 6 p. m., but his motion was not entertained. The report of the Committee on Organization was read and adopted. The I report named for Permanent Chairman Hon. it. M. Estee, of California, who was conducted tothe Chair amid applause,and mode a short address. His remarks were devoted almost entirely to the protection issue and criticism of President Cleveland's Administration. Two gavels, one of gold and silver, and the other made from a desk in Grant's Galena (III.) tannery, were presented to Chairman Estee. A protracted debate occurred over the report of the Committee on Rules. The report was finally adopted, and at 2:10 the Convention took a recess until 8 P. M. The evening session began at 8:20. A resolution of sympathy for the German people in their affliction in losing Emperor Frederick was adopted by a rising vote, as were resolutions deploring the deaths of General Grant, Senator Logan and ex-President Arthur. I While waiting for the Committee on Cre< w n Rradlav. of I UUUUKUO IU iCpV 1 U \JVUV1 U4 ? v. v , Kentucky, and Governor Foraker, of Ohio, addressed the Convention. Then Chairman Hepburn, of the Committee on Credentials, reported, saying there had been ten contests, all unimportant exceptVirginia. The majority report gave Wise fourteen of the Virginia delegates and Mahone eight A minority report favored the admission of more Mahone delegates. After a long and somewhat acrimonious debate the majority report was adopted, and at 11:80 the Convention adjourned until 10 o'clock the next morning. THE NATIONAL GAME. The Chicago players call Krock and Flint : the blonde battery. i Charley Snyder, the catcher, has been made Captain of the Cleveland team. President Nimwick of the Pittsburgs in tired of baseball, and is going to retire. | It is said that President Lyons of the Louisville Club will manage the club himself. i Elmeb Foster, of New York, is a success i as fielder ar.d base-runner, but not as batsman. Boston is certainly the baseball city of the country. The attendance up to June 7 was 65,m | Philadelphia's new second baseman, Delahanty, bas stolen eight bases in ten games. t Welsh is New York's great pitcher this season. lit ten games he allowed hut eighteen earned runs to be scored off his de- ( livery.v Dalrymple has made only one error in twenty-two games played in left field for Pittsburg. i ^ ?- -4 T> 1_1 1. I I riTCHKK lyAKUTUXIU?, UI DrWUlVH, lllttue two home runs off Bakely in a Brooklyn- ' Cleveland game. Tom Lynch, of Birmingham, leads the Southern League in batting. Monk Cline, of Memphis, is next. Dun lap, Pittsburg's second baseman, has played seventeen consecutive games this season without an error. The Western Association umpires are better than those of the League, and they receive $SO0 more pay. Nash, of Boston, had thirteen plays on second base in the last Boston-Detroit game, and made only one error. Harry Wright, manager of the Philadel.phiaa, will push the movement for a double umpire system next season. "Don't get married to that base," is one of the expressions now used by the coachers when a player is "hugging" a bag. A nine has been organized out in San Francisco made up exclusively of Chinamen. They are not much as base runners. Washington ought to be pretty well used to shut-outs now. It has been whitewashed oftener than any other League team. Kansas City has not yet got over the wild Western habit of throwing money to its favorite pitcher and bricks at the umpire. Governor Hill saw the Detroits whip the New Yorks in the first of the series of four games on the Polo Grounds in the Metropolis. It is said that McPhee, of Cincinnati, has never yet been tinea by umpire or manager. That is a record few or uo professionals can equal Taor, N. Y., has a Gentleman, and Cleveland, Ohio, has a Goodfeliow on its respective nines. The former is a pitcher and the latter a catcher. A comparison of Richardson's work with that of the famous second basemen of other teams, Bhows iNew York's modest little player to be the greatest of them all. The Mikado of Japan has issued an edict against what he calls "the pernicious game of baseball, which the foreigners are attempting to introduce into this country." During a game at Buffalo, n. Y., recently, a foul ball struck by Reidy, hit a citizen in the graud stand in the vest pocket, igniting a lot of matches which he had there. Hi$ vest was wrecked. Kelly, of Boston, says there is no reason why a player should be hit by a pitched ball. He has not got a base that way this season. Not all ball players are as quick as Kelly, however, nor no plucky. , Pitcher Neal, whom Savannah sold to Louisville as a phenomenon in lb86, is again launched on the sea of success by his good pitching for Columbus. He is a right-hander, ,with a wonderful drop balL Harvard begins to loom up as the probable winner of the collegiate pennant. In order to tie them Yale will have to win the last three scheduled games, one of which is with Princeton and two with Harvard Pittsburg expects to secure twelve new players within a few weeks. Two of them are League men. Dalrymple and Smith will be temporarily suspended because they cannot bat and Maul will become a regular pitcher. Adrian C. Anson*, the famous Chicago baseball captain, is thirty-six years old and has been a ball-player since he was nineteen. In the twelve yeare that he has been with the Chicago club it has won the championship six times. national league record. Same or Club. JTon. T*H. Chicago ^0 14 Detroit 27 17 Boston 28 20 New York 25 20 Philadelphia 23 21 Pittsburg 15 27 Indianapolis 15 29 Washington 15 30 american association record. XameofClub. Won. Lntt, Brooklyn 35 14 St. Louis 29 13 Athletic 28 18 Cincinnati , 20 20 Baltimore 23 23 Cleveland 16 29 Kansas City 13 31 Louisville 13 34 The Queen Begeut of Spain ha9 given $10000 to the poor of Barcelona. Her Majesty I also gives *303 to each boy and $101) to each girl born on the opening day of the Spanish exhibition. i 'V.-v. .. . -iv" , -y' ;-V. , . ' ' v,,: ''* ? A NEW GERMAN RULER. / Death and Funeral Services oJ the Emperor Frederick. The Crown Prince Succeeds His Father as Emperor KMFZROR FREDERIC IN CIVIC GARB. Emperor Frederick of Germany died In the royal palace at Potsdam at U o'clock Friday morning. At his bedside were Empress Victoria, Crown Prince William, Prince Henry, Princess Victoria, Princess Frederica, the dowager Empress Augusta, Prince Bismarck, Or. Morell Mackenzie, and the assistant physicians, besides many other members of the household. Lockiaw set in early Thursday afternoon. rendering futile all 8ir Morell Mackenzie's attempts to feed Mm by means of a long tube. Moreover, the pulmonary affection, which had for some time past been a constant source of dread to his physicians, supervened, both lungs being attacked. Suffocation several times was most narrowly averted, and he completely lost his power to clear his throat by means of coughing. Hour by hour the little remnant of strength which had remained after his long illness, ebbed away. With the exception of a few moments on Thursday, when he revived sufficiently to be able to write on a slip of paper a few words of farewell to Prince Bismarck, who was standing beside him, be was almost the whole day in a comatose condition. Towards Thursday evening, however, terrible fits of convulsion succeeded by swoons supervened, following each other in rapid succession. The Emperor, though never unconscious during the last hours of his illness, was in a state of stupor. An occasional flitting smile showed that his last hours jvere painless. The last nourishment taken by the Emperor was an orange. The last present, which he received with a grateful smile, was a basketful of wuterliliet, such as he was wont to nna m the Havel when he bathed there every sum- j mer. The dying Emperor's head was raised on large pillows; his wan hand rested on the coverlet. Dr. Mackenzie stood between the bed and a table covered with instruments $nd raedicjnes. The Crown Prince stood opposite him. .? During the administering: of the sacrament, and indeed even to within fifteen minutes before his death, the Emperor appeared to be quite conscious. He showed by the expression of his eyes and by the movements of his eyelids that he still recognized all who approached the bedside, relatives and others. A touching scene occurred at the bedside iust before the Emperor's death. Bismarck had called to bid his dying master a last farewelL The Emperor was thoroughly conscious, and taking the hand of the aged Chancellor in his own feeble grasp, and motioning to the Empress to draw nearer, he took her hand and joined it with that of Bismarck, thus giving a silent and pathetic token of his desire for a reconciliation of all differences between his wife and the Prime Minister. During the last hour the Empress held the Emperor's right hand, and the Crown Prince J and Crown Princess stood on the left side of J the death bed. Tbe laurel wreath, placed after death on the body was given to the deceased by his father after the battle of Woerth. The body was placed on the iron bed on which the Emperor expired. It was enveloped in a white shroud. Only the upper half of the face was visible. On the breast lay a wreath of laurel. The hands were joined and rested on the hilt of a cavalry sword. I The features wore an extremely peaceful expression. After a poet mortem examination the bodv was clothed in tbe uniform of a field marshal. Prince Bismarck announced in the Federal Council the death of the Emperor Frederick. His voice was choked with emotion; his words were almost inaudible, and at times 1ia pnnld hardly articulate. By order of the Evangelical Church Conncil the bells will be tolled at specified hours for fourteen days succeeding in all the Protestant churches of the kingdom. The Emperor's Career. Frederick William Nicolas Charles, King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, was the eldest son of the late Emperor William, succeeding him on March 4 He was born at Potsdam, October IS, 1831, and, entering the army, he attained the rank of General He took a prominent part in tbe war between France and Germany. In the latter part of 1870 he was on the Rhine frontier and commanding the Third German Army, a force consisting of 200,000 men and 500 guns. ! In 1878, when the Emperor had been wounded by the assassin Nobeling, the Crown Prince was appointed Regent until his father's recovery. On January 25, 1858, he married Victoria Adelaide, Princess Royal of Great Britain, by whom he had seven children?Frederick William Victor Albert, born Jan 27, 1859 (commonly called Prince William); Victoria Elizabeth Augusta Charlotte, born July 24, 3800; Albert William Henry, born Aug. 20, 1862; Frederica Amelia Wilhelmina Victoria, born April 12, 1866; Joachim Frederick Ernest Waldemar, born Feb. 10, 1868; Sophia Dorothy Ulrica Alice, born June 14, 1870, and Margaret Beatrix FeMore, born April 22, 1872. In person the Crown Prince was an exceptionally distinguished-looking _ man^ ^He wore a full beard, wmcn, during part of his life, had turned from brown to gray; his face was purely German in type; massive head, light eves, square jaw and a rather large mouth characterizing him. In bis youth he was slight and described as sickly, but he grew to a tall, stalwart manhood. Frederick III. was in an almost dying condition at the time he succeeded his father, and, although conflicting reports of his improvement nave appeared since then, there was never any chance of his recovery. The Emperor's Funeral. A special cablegram from Potsdam to the New York Sun gives the followinz graphic account of the Emperor Frederick's funeral: Before daylight the people were ranged in double rows along the fine of march. As the morning wore on the crowds erew until the people stood thirty-two deep by actual count in front of Jny window. The bells tolled constantly, and the streets were strewn so thickly with laurel that it looked like a green carpet, and the scent was strong in the air. Endless rows of white-clad uhlans lined the route and gorgeously caparisoned officers frequently galloped to and fro. The most notable feature of the day was the extraordinary good nature of the crowd. It was wonderfully different from the crowd that watched Elaperor "William's funeral. On that occasion solemnity was everywhere, and many of the people cried as though they had lost a dear friend as the old Kaiser was carried by. It was all very different to-day. It might have been almost a holiday but for the fast showerings of rain and bedraggled crape. The route of the funeral procession was decorated by an endless amount of black crape, and though the rain left it bedraggled and stringy, the general effect was gloomy and solemn enough to satisfy the most punctilious observers of Court etiquette. Many people besides the workmen stood out all night in the rain to gain advantageous places for viewing the funeral, and the clanging of all the bells In PntcHom At .1 nVfrwlr t.hin moraine was a relief to them, for it showed that their houra of torture were ended. The procession started early, before 10 o'clock, and wound its way from the Friedrichtkron Palace throngh the park and Brandenburg gate to the Church of Peace, where the Emperor's son is buried, and-where he Insisted that his remains were to be placed, instead of in the mausoleum where his fa'mous father lies. The park was entirely surrounded by a strong military guard, and no one was allowed to enter. Forty men of the Gardes du Corps in white uniforms and their magnificent gold and brass trappings,and mounted on black horses, led the procession. They were followed by two royal couriers, old servants of his late Majesty, and after them came the clergy, two marshals, a group of imperial servants, pages of the court, the chamberlains, and following them with slow steps were Sir Morell Mackenzie and five other physicians of the dead Km per or. After the physician&came a group of marshals, and then the insignia of the imperial dignity, the electoral sword, which was carried by Minister Scholz and Count Herbert Bismarck; the electoral hat, carried by Minister Von Gossler; and the chain of the Black Eagle, worn by Von Boetticher; the imperial seals, in charge of the Von Friedberg, and the various other accoutrements of the dead Emperor's exalted station. / A group of Ministers of State and etfeer imCrial assistants of the late Emperor walked a motley grdup behind the emblems of royalty. After them came the catafalque drawn ty eight horses, each of which was led by a Colonel of the Guard. Four Generals of the army, with theii breasts loaded with the highest decoration* of the Empire, carried the four corners of the robe which covered tbe catafalaue. Twelve Major-Generals held the black robe of the canopy which covered the coffin. Six Lieutenant-Generals followed in the wake of tbe catafalque, and at tbe side marched twelve Colonels, who represented the different body regiments of the Emperor, some wearing the sombre dark blue of the Prussian Infantry, other* the showy light bine, green and gold of'the Hussars. The Emperor's favorite horse which he rode at Sedan came next The Imperial banner was borne aloft by Field Marshal Von Blumenthal, after whom came the Emperor* William and the KJng of Saxony, Prince Henri of Prussia, the Prince or Wales, looking very much aged since his last visit; the Grand Duke of Hesse, Prince Leopold of Bavaria, and hundreds of other princely personages. The foreign Ambassadors followed, and two squadrons of cavalry closed the procession. The troops formed a continuous file from the castle to the church on both sides of the street, making living , walls of soldiers, through which the funeral passed. When the cortege reached the church the physicians ranged themselves on either side of the entraaca Tbe imperial ensigns were placed on benches near the coffin, which was lifted from the funeral car by the twelve Colonels and carried to the altar. It was followed by the royal family, Princes and Ambassador* The choir intoned a hymn as the imperial remains were carried into the church, and the court preacher, Koegel, pronounced the benediction whilst the infantry and artillery fired the royal salute. The New Emperor of Germany. Frederick William Victor Albert, the new Kaiser, was born at Berlin January 27, 1859. At his birth the accoucheur was so unfortunate as to wrench tbe infatat's left arm, so that it has remained ever since, almost palsied, hanging uselessly at his side. His face shows dogged determination, plnck, perseverance and an indomitable will, A. THE HEW KAISER AHD CROWH PRINCE. but he is said to have goodness ot heart He is the most intelligent among the prinoec of the royal family. He adores the army and the army returns his love. The new Emperor was placed in the public gymnasium at KasseL, in 1873, where, with nineteen other pupils of all stations, he was put through a thorough preliminary course. The young Prince was Headstrong and willful, and quite frequently settled bis differences with his companions by flit fights. He took his punishment like a little man. In 1877 the Prince was placed in the university at Bonn, where he proved himself an Ufl romgirorl thprfl Until the a{/u Duuuiai, uv spring of 1881, when be was commissioned in the army as a second lieutenant of the Guards. He was rapidly promoted to a Captain and then to the command of the First Regiment of the Hussar Guards, the celebrated Bradenburger Regiment. His celebrated speech to this regiment last winter when he said, "We fear no one, save God and the Emperor," made bim the most popular soldier in Germany. At the time of his father's death William waa a brigade commander, and held commissions as major in both the Russian and Austrian armies. Soon after his father ascended the throne in March last. William was appointed temporary regent. His habit has been to ride out to Charlottenburg every morning to visit his imperial father. His appearance in the streets is the signal for unbounded enthusiasm. The young soldier rides moodily on. looking sullenly on the faces of his devoted countrymen, acknowledging their demonstrations with au occasional military salute. William was married in Berlin on February 27, 1881, to Princess Augusta Victoria Amelia Louise Marie Constance, the granddaughter of Duke Frederick, of SchleswigHolstein?Sonderburg?Augustenburg. The ceremony was performed with great pomp in the chapel of the roval castle. A jrrand court reception was held afterward in Whitehall, followed by a State banquet at which the Emperor toasted tbe bride and bridegroom. The new Empress is a few weeks older than her husband, having been born at Dolzig, October 22, 1858. She is a strikingly handsome woman. She is charitable to a fault, and in religions matters very iioerai. The imperial couple have four children, viz.: Prince Wilheim, born in 1882; Frederick, 1883; Adalbert, 1884, and August, 1887. The new Crown Prince, Frederick William, is six years old and is a bright lad. He has already mastered four languages, and for a boy of his extreme youth is well versed in military tactics." He will be a soldier like his father and ancestors before him. It is said that when the new EmperOr was asked about the boy's future, how he wished him to be educated, he remarked: "Asoldier first 1 The prince and gentleman afterward." Proclamation of William II. to the People of Germany. Willinm II., the new Emperor of Germany, has is5ued the following proclamation to the people of Germany: 1 The grave had scarcely closed over William before Frederick was called away. Frederick bore his bard fate with heroic Christian resignation and remained faithful to his kingly duties. In the few months allotted to him to rule he exhibited all the noble qualiAivj. ? "7ill i "nnftili'i' ji1 . II" qm or his mind and heart Hii virtues, Mb vicorie* In the battle field will be remembered as long a* German hearts continue to beat I have taken the Government upon myself, looking np to the King of all Kings for aid. I pray God that, like my beloved father. I may be a just and dement prince: that I may foster piety and the fear of God; that I may guard tbe peace and promote the welfare of onr land; that I may be the helper of ' the poor and distressed, the firm guardian of the right, and that I may ever thrive in the execution of ray kingly auties, in unison with my people, vrho, in good and evil dayB, have stood true to their kings. I count upon tbe fidelity of my people in the consciousness that I snail retain it heartily, as a true prince to a true people, both equally ready to make sacrifices for the Fatherland. I derive confidence from this belief. I pray God to lend me strength and wisdom to discharge my kingly office for the welfare of the Fatherland." m FATAL FOBEST FERE. Four Lives Lost and a Village Swept Away in Nova Scotia. The gold mining village of East Rawdon, Nova Scotia, has been destroyed by a forest fire. Two hundred people are left homeless andfour persons losttheir live? in the flames. The fury of the flames was increased by a sharp southwest galo, which drove the fiery*, tongues over the little hamlet and hurried, them on their destructive course, when, in seeming remorse, they hesitated for a moment, loath to attack soma threatened home whence the inmates, mostly mothers and children, taking' advantage of the hesitation of the roaring flames, made a hurried escape. Then on again they leaped, impelled by the furious gusts, and licked up cottage _4l 1 L- 1? aiier uuLiago. leaving umj uumm iuu smoking timbers to mark the spot where but a few brief moments before stood comfortable homes. , Scarcely in advance of the hungry flames and with the scorched atmosphere urging them ortward, mothers fled from beneath their falling roofs with their little ones clinging to their clothes. Mrs - Manning and two children were burned to death in their mad efforts to escape. The husband and five children died from diphtheria last fall and now the entire family is annihilated. John Driscoll saved part of bis furniture, but was burned to death in his efforts to save an old trunk. A lad named Carpenter wrapped his coat around his invalid and half-suffocated mother and carried her on his back, with his little brother under his arm, to a place of safety one mile distant. The mother's head was badly burned and the young hero's hat burned as he escaped with his living treasure. The fire destroyed twenty dwellings and stores, together with the mill crusher and hoisting gear. Forest fires have done enormous damage in New Foundland also, and the beautiful Goulds Valley has been stripped of its splendid timber and left a charred wilderness. A HOBBlgLE DEED, A Mother Kills Her Throe Children and Herself with Strychnine. Early Wednesday morning Mrs. Jo3eph:ne * Marck, living in a tsnement in Allegheny City, Fenn., administered strychnine to her three children, Mary, Helena and Ellen, aged seven, three and four years, and then swallowed a large dose of the poison herself. In less than tnree hours Mary, Helena and the mother were dead, and little Ellen was in the throes of her fatal convulsions. A druggist living near said that Mrs* Marck bad called early in the morning and purchased an ounce of strychnine to kill fininor hnmA went into thft little front room over the hallway ahd there'prepared the fata] dose. The poison was poured into the three pitchers of milk and stirred up. The milk was then brought to the table, and the mother, it appears, took her seat with the rest Around the table were the father, Joseph Marck, the mother, the oldest girl, Mary. 8 years of age. Emma, 4 years of age, and the baby, Ella, 26 months old. The mother gave a capful of milk to each of the children and some to her husband. Twice she took of the' fatal dose herself, and tried to prevail upon her husband to drink of it The latter, however, did not care for milk, and therefore declined, although she urged him to drink, Emma, the four-year-old girl, drank some of the death portion, but did not take as mach as the others. Every evidence indicates that the deed was the result of Calm deliberation, and was not committed on the spur of the moment while under excessive excitement Her intention was to kill her entire family?every member of it?and failed in one instance because her husband would not drink the cup of milk in which lurked his death. Mrs. Marck was twenty-six years old and had been marHed eight years: j STUNG TO DEATH. An/jry Bees End the Lonely Life of a Connecticut Hermit. Old Tim Williams, the Lebanon (Conn.) hermit who has lived alone upon a small farm amid underbush and thicket his entiri life, was recently found dead in his lonesonu Mf-roaf Wi? nlnon waa sfildom visited. owing to his eccentricities. He was devoted to hu Email garden, his chickens and his bees. These and n cat and dog were his only friends. On the day of his death his oldest and largest hive of bees swarmed upon ? huge apple tree . Just back of his hut. Fearing that the; wonld escape him, the seventy-six-year-ola man climbed tho tree, a distance of twentyfive feet He fell to the ground, stirring up the bees In bis desoent. The bees followed him down and completely covered him is their anger, stinging him hundreds of times. With one leg broken, the cage torn from hii face and too weak to fight the insects, be was practically at their mercy. They literally stumr the old man to death. When he wai found the bees still swarmed upon his body, which presented a pitiable sight, California vineyardists anticipate mucn trouble from vine diseases. Phylloxera is gaining ground, and another disease, root rot, has appeared to assist in the work of destruction. This new comer is well known in Soathern France and also on the Mediterranean. It exists only on low lands and in fUlds whose cultivation has been neglected. THE MARKETS. 26 MW TOBK. Beef, City Pressed Calves, common to prime.... BO 9Jf h? &X r"rx; e @ ix HoHfe 5 5 Wheat-No. 2 Red. Rye-State ? g g Barlev?State ? ?? <| *> Corn?Ungraded Mixed.... Oats?Wmte State. f ? 413* Mixed Western 54 ? Hay-Choice Timothy ? @ } 9? Straw?Lone: Rye ? ? ?> @? ? Lard?City Steam 8 00 @8 15 Butter?8tate Creamery.... f0 @ Dairy *' @ 1 West Im.' Creamery 14 @ 16M Factory ^ @ ML, Cheese?State Factory. Slrima 2 @ <?>$ W eSm*" . .. . . 7 @ 8X Eggs?Station Penn.".... 16*? 17 BUFFALO. Steers?Western..' 4 0J @ 4 75 Sheep?Good to Choice 5 00 @ 6 00 Lambs?Western 6 50 (<9 8 -5 Hogs?Good to Choice Yorks 5 85 @ 5 y5 Flour?Family 4 85 @5-5 Wheat-No. 1 - 0 g Corn?No. 2. Mixed 57 0 57# Oats?No. 2. Mixed o?'4!! H? Barley-State. @ 91 BOSTOX. Beef?Good to choice. 8#<g J Hogs?Live ..." ? Northern Dressed.... 6/fc? 2 Flour?Spring Wheat pat's.. 5 -? (| 0 Cora-Steamer Yellow. ? g> uais? Rye?State 6? ? 65 K WATIRTOWN (itASS.) CATTLE *AUIC*r Beef? Dressed weight 7 (g T-4 Sheep?Live weight 4 @ 4?<' Lambs. 5 @ Hogs?Northern ? @ 7^ PHILADELPHIA. Flour?Penn. extra family... 3 CO @3 25 Wheat-No. 2, Red 9.^@ 9\}( Corn?No. 2, Mixed 58 i# 59 Oats?Mixed...., ? @42 Rye?No. 2 * ? @78 Butter?Creamery Extra... 18 @ 19 Chee?e?N. Y. Fall Cream.. <2 9,V - ' .--j... s' ~' r. . . _, v , | . the hews Efrromzm EmUfd mod Middle Sc&tea. Mb& Mart n. Pbbsoott, poet and ?kthoresadied Thursday night at Nawbrny^ portTMass. She was a stotar of Harriet Prescott Spofford. A butcher killed his son at N. J., while the lad was defending his mother# * Jat Gould has returned to New York, after an extended tour over his railway sy#-. ^ tem, much improved in health. T A German, who from long continued* drinking became deranged, at Springflald, Mass., foiled in an attempt to murder ha family, cut his throat with fat?d effect cell at the police station. Bunker Hill Day was observed atTJoston with two civic paradea The exchangeswere closed and mercantile business was so* pended. Fire destroyed the townot Dubois, Penn., rendering 3000 people homeless and cao?mg" a loss of about *1,003,000. Over three hun- /: rdred houses were burned and an areaa mllO' long by a half-mile wide was laid in ruins. ' One of the most destructive fires ever experienced in Connecticut visited Dahbnrr ... and laid waste twenty acres io the heart or the city, causing a Jose of over $125,0001 . The New Hampshire State Prohibition _ Convention met at Concord. Dr. Edgar L. Carr of Pittofield was nominated for Governor. The twenty-first annual convention of th?= ^ Railway Master Mechanics' Association of the United States has been held at Alexandria. %cz Bay, N. Y. Over 200 members wera present !; Minnie Goodwin, fifteen years old, at- ' >; tempted to start a fire with kerosene at Sharon, Perm. He can exploded, scattering the contents over her olothes, and thegirl was burned to death. Captain "W. A. Andrews has sailed from dos lou on a perilous voyage wmcu ue poses to make across the Atlantic in atwdve- I ^ foot dory named the "Dark Secret"Z: - '**k , South and West. man and himself. ' ^ Horatio Hatfield, aged twalre years, , shot and fatally wounded Thomas J. Allen,, j aged ten, at Excelsior Springs, Mo., on ac-:' j, count of an old quarrel in which he ha4^>> several times threatened to kill Allen. Myriads of grasshoppers hare appeared In , many parts of Southern Indiana, and;tiwy devoured all vegetation as they went They destroy meadows first then the foliage of the trees, and next corn, oats and garden , vegetables. Thousands of acres of meadows have been devastated by thorn Amos Cox and Arthur Hands, of Waukesha. Wk, were, drowned by the upsetting 4 at a boat in, which they were tolling. At Durham, N. C., on Saturday, York Gibson,' Henry Battle, Dan. Simmdns and J ; John Justice were sentenced tobesimultaSeven men attempted to rob a train aft } Muskogee,Indian Territory. They killed one '. passenger and wounded the newsboy and mail agent but fled without securing any Four train hands were killed and three passengers injured by the derailment of an i ' engine at Pope's Head, Va. Four men were capsized in a sailboat on Lake Linden, Mich., and two qf tham ; drowned, after hours of sufferings Benjamin T. O. Hubbard has died at Joliet (DL) prison. He was the cashier of the First National Bank of Monmouth,- JR., . which his shortage of $115,000 wrecked in Two men were killed and sfx Injured at Bentwood, W. Va., by an exploaioa.of dyna-;"hj mita Washington. Br direction of the President, ? message of sympathy with Germany in the loss of Emperor Frederick was cabled to United States Minister Pendleton at Berlin. Tbe House of Representatives also passed a resolution of sympathy with the German nation The Sundry Civil Appropriation bill, a* reported to the House, appropriates<33,714,793, being $7,881,278 lesathan the regular anot ' special estimates and $1,208,267 mora than - ^ the current appropriations. General Phujp S. Sheridan at last ae- 'M counts was rapidly recovering firodx his severe : fllnga Miss Flora West, daughter of the British Minister to Washington, has been married at Paris to Gabriel Salanson, Secretary of the \ American French Legation. Commssiower Wright has submitted estimates aggregating $153,540 for the ?c- ;?,o Snses of the new Department of Labor for J b next fiscal year, of which $84,740 is far salaries. The President has approved the act to' promote agriculture; the act for a public build- ; ? Ing at Monroe, La.; the act making lnaugnration Day a legal holiday in the District cf ,"'j\ Columbia. The President has approved the adtfts^^jea erection of a public building at Hoboben, N-J- . Foreign. The French Chamber of Deputies h*s. ;V-," passed a resolution favoring a perpetaat??';;) ?ha Tli.lfari RfaltM ftvr til* settle ? men/of disputes by arbitration. Sbnor Josi Victohoto Lastarria, the eminent statesman and Writer oI Chili,, haadied, aged sixty-one years. He was Presi- . dent of the Supreme Court of Justice of; t?s Chili An autopsy on the body of%he 1 late Emperor Frederick disclosed that he had died of r J a cancer.' Thk new Emperor of Germany, William * IL.has addressed letters to the German army ?"-t and navy, announcing his father's death ana his accession to the throne, and calling upon . S3 the soldiers and sailors to take theoataof. fidelity to the new government. . Frank Davis, mail carrier between Shannonvflle and Read, Canada, was killed by be- ; ing dragged by his horse, which became y frightened at abicycle Hon. Woodbury McLelan has been ap?v pointed Governor of Nova Scotia. During the Bairam feast in Constantino- A v pie the Albanians and Nubians of the Imperial Guard fought ont an ancient feud. ' Eighteen Africans and three Albanians were killed and dozens on both sides were : ; wounded. , 7 No foreign officers will be allowed to afc- ' tend the Russian military manoeuvres this year, and Russian officers have been forbidden to attend similar manoeuvres abroad. , a vrwniTR of houses in the cities of Leon and Silao, Mexico, have been carried away and many persons drowned by a flood in the Leon River. Large numbers of cattle hav* ' also been drowned. The German steamer Nord has been destroyed by fire off Kiel Eight of the crew - we re drowned by the capsizing of .their boat after leaving the bnrning vessel. The nine days' general conference of the . foreign missions of the world, held in Lon- / don. to which the United 8tates sent 168 dels* y gates, bas ended. It strongly urged an increase in the number of missionaries MOBMONS IN MEXICO. An Experimental Colony Established by Them in Chluthoa Solon Humphreys, Judge J. F. Crosby and the other owners of the Great CorraHtes" hacienda,in Northwestern Chiuahua, Mexico, a few days ago sold a portion of the estate for 1500,000 to Andrew J. Stewart sad George M. Brown, both of Bait Lake City. The tract thus sold embraces nearly 500,-. , 000 acres of flne agricultural and grazing . lauii, and has a railroad line projected. It is now disclosed that the buyers are acung m on behalf of the Mormon Church. An ex- I tensive emigration from Utah into Mexico is I evidently contenplated. An experimenttji -B colony was sent out two years ago to th6"vl- I cinity of the tract just purchased, ant) I proved a complete success. Their farming, I gardening, fruit-growing and cattle-raising I prospered surprisingly in their settlements I along the Cosagrande River. They have I built schools, churches and storehouses, and have cultivated a friendly sympathy with I their Mexican neighbors. They appear to I have given up polygamy, and comport them selves as model citizens, although they yield m implicit obedience to their Elders and Bishops. Recently all accessions to their numbers have come from Mormon settle men ts in Arizona. . H The Italian Chamber of Deputies ha* J passed the Penal Code bill making-penal^H legislation uniform throughout the countr>^H after a period of twenty-eight years.