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mJmi i-.'i.* Slid'the jiff* If 3P a* •M'T ^Empire a. All the newspapers published tributes to the worth and genius of Bismarck. The opposition papers praised the chancellor's efforts during ihe present and recent years to main peace among the nations and to lfill his duty to the emperor and to German nation. «., readiness :«ith which Secretary Lamar falls in with the- prospectus in dicates that the-labor bureau will re main in Mr. Wright's charge for at .least ay ear. The commissioner intends 'f, ito devote the coming months to an in Bpquury into the cause and cure of "hard ^^times.- which.as he says,.is-"the con 5 '"f 5%ttitution al disease so far as the labor ^quesBon dooncerned.". So long as the f-•«» prosperous and busirfess is g^is^JSbrisk, labor shares in the sunshine, -^^^But then come darker.days trade falls' ""/joff, shops are cloned, wagenare reduced ftiVi ^animosities are excited between capital w^trafflabor, there are Btrikes, horned.. OOin fonifin ^. a great ies takenup'hy- whioli^ad come- to present all classes of the Ger from all parts of the [f&r Commissioner of Labor Wright has ^eik^tched out the plan of work he pro poses to undertake the coming season, Cleveland, was damaged i^ the extent of #50,000. inmAteB&ncl servants bad n&rro' none were seriously injured. Mats ION #l$00a- violence S^and distress. It will be the first inquiry of the bureau to seek the reasons for £tliese industrial depressions and discov !?ifiter, if possible, their remedy. For -this .vtsspurpose the" bureau will study the po St litical, social and moral questions in-. ^'x voJived in labor depressions both in ^Jhis^nt^ and in others. Henry Ward Beecher, now on a lect uring tour at the southj has given ut terance to his views concerning the re lations between -whites and blacks While firmly maintaining equal rights under the laws for both races, and es pecially thoseguaranteed to freedmen, he was explicit upon one or two points. He" said, -he did "not think it wise that whites and blacks should mix blood, yet it is their right and liberty to do so if tlieychoose. But.it is to be dis couraged on the grounds of humanity. The slaves are free they must come under .the universal lar. -As to their social position, no legislation can put ignorance and knowledge on a level, I'S'olence and industry, virtue and vice, rudeness Snd Tefinement. Thejttoase liold is to be free tofefioose or refuse its -company no obstruction -should be pu£ in the path of educations All oppor tunities for development should be sa credly kept open to every class, every encouragement given .to industry, -'v*aS4AJ|pdthI refinement and good citizenship. ter that, society most be free, so far legi»lation is concerned, to choose its partnerships. «?2&SS!S The old Windsor hotel hi Huron, Dak., now occupied by the wholesale grocery house of S. A. Donning & Co., and offioes and ntnse_ rooms on fhe upper floors burned recbntty. Dnnnlng's loss ia fully 95,000. M. F. Wright, Who owned the building, will lose about 93,000. Fire destroyed the Park hotel, at Pierre, Dak., the property of Mrs. E. McGowen of Chicago, Corwin and Stickney proprietors, whoBe loss is (1,600, W. A. Fridlo.v, 9500 Dr. John Harcourt, surgical Instruments, library, anatomical specimens, etc., 94,500 F. O. Drako, #250. There was no insurance except on the hotel which was insured in the St. Paul Fire and Mar'ne for 91,500, and Hartford, ol Connecticut for 92,000. U', 5i PERSONAL MENTION. Ex-President Arthur visited his former secretary of state, Mr. Frelinghuysen, but the dying man Was unable to recognize him. Gen. Forsythe, formerly of Gen. Sheridan's staff, is. to be married April 33, at Port Bowie, to Miss Beaumont, dapghter of CoL Beaumont, and niece of the late Admiral Beaumont. It Is stated at the war department that Gen. Wesley Merritt, superintendent of the academy at West Point, will be relieved next August Muoh speculation is current as to his suc cessor. Ex- Gov. Edwin F. Noyes of Ohio, ex-minis ter to France, will present a full-size portrait of himself to Dartmouth college, from which institution be was graduated in 1657. It is the work of Hiss Lizzie Gardner, a celebrated artist of Paris, and a native of Exeter. Xtfst Saturday Dr. Barker said: I do not notice any decided change in Gen Grant's condition, one way or the other. He is about the same as he was the day before. His pulse is varying, however, and is now at seventy-two. That does not indicate anything, though. I have not heard the statement that he has been delirious, and can say nothing about it Miss Coghlan has so long been identified with Wallack's theater Now York that its fre quenters will doubtless find it hard to appreci ate the fact that, except On the stage and on the theater programme, she is no longer Miss Coghlan at all. She is now Mrs. Clinton G. Edgerlv. Clinton G. Edgerly is a young law yerof Boston, where he is well known. He is the only son of Col Edgerly of New Hamp shire, the manager of the Massachusetts Life Insurance company. Death has claimed another metnberbf the Illinois legislature, this time the victim being Henry Shaw of Beardstown, Cass county. The clerk of the Hotel Palace at Springfield missed Bepresentative Shaw at dinner, and not having seen him during the morning went to his room to call .him. Receiving no answer he looked over the transom and saw him lying as though dead. The door w»e broken open, and upon examination, Dr. Kerr gave it as his opinion that the representative had been dead The deceased has been ailing Beveral hours. during the whole session, but not so that lie could not attend to his duties most of the time. Mr. Shaw was over sixty years of age, and served in the Thirty-second general as sembly, this being his second term. He has been an unswerving democrat, and thus thare occurs another break in the ranks of that party. This makes the third death during the session. rOEEIOH NEWS GOSSIP. At Ottawa it is believed that there will be a general uprising of Northwestern Indians. James Ellis & Co., flour merchants, of Brad ford, Eng., have failed, with liabilities amount ing to 9800,000. Count Herbert Bismarck, son of the chancel lor, has been honored with the title of prince, with the predicate of "Princely Grace." Employes of the National line of steamships state that the English government has bought the America, paying £250,000 for her. UCfeKiJ,-, •rs. The oonferenoe upon laile Granville declared tfiai solved that it was impossible l.-} continuance of diplomatic dlseuesiou-... sia, unless Englandgnaranteedfiecnrity as'., haying the results of the controversy'imperii^ by collisions ou the disputed frontier. sUeli aa had occurred on the'Kushk. England, LWd Granville said, must refuse to acsept Russia's assurance that she desires peace, unless the as surance was aocompanied by the withdrawal of troops to a line drawn from Tapi to Saria Yazi. At the German and Russian embassies here, the opinion is expressed that the dispute between the czar and Great Britain has actually reached its final phase in diplomacy. CRIMES AND CRIMINALS, Ex-Mayor B. V. Pullen of Paris. Ky., com mitted suicide recently by taking laudanum. President Cleveland commuted to imprison ment for life the death sentence of Frank Mi nor, who was twice convicted of the murder of his wife in October, 1882. In justioe court at Devil's Lake, Dak., Lieut. Creel, charged,with the embezzlement of 980Q at the instance of E. J. Hodson, was held to answer to the grand jury, arid furnished bond* in the sum of 9300. Creel mado good the shortage to the amount of about 9300, but crim* inal action was not withdrawn Miss Carrie E. Brown, daughter of ex-City Treasurer Horace W. Brown of Itockford, m, committed suicide by deliberately walking in to the Rock river. The deceased was a univer sal favorite in tho city, and was soon to b« wedded te Fred. W. Lee of Des Moines, Iowa Miss Brown was haunted by fear of insanity and probably was out of her head at the time of the suicide. Mrs. MoDaniel, widow of Louis McDanie] who was cowardly assassinated last November near the town of Ashland, Or., was arrested on the charge of complicity in the orime. It ia elaimed a cine- has been discovered that will surely implicate her with berparamonr, James O'Niel now under sentence ot death for the crime. It is currently reported O'Niel has made full confession to two fellow prisioners implicating Mrs. Dauiels, and the prisoners now being at liberty have given him away. GENERAL NEWS NOTES. Gen. Harry Smith denies that he is authority for stories reflecting on Gen. Grant's habits before the war. A Winnipeg rumor to the effect that Ameri can Indians are on the war path in the Turtle mountain region ia denied at Fort SnelHng. Morris Weil, a junk dealer of West Cester, Pa., has received word that he is heir to ah es tate in England valued at 9W,000,000. James E. H. Love of Hot Springs, Ark., has brought suit in Pittsburg to recover from the exeeutors of James Brown, the millionaire, balance of 92.000 of 958,000 lost at poker at tho springs. All the debt was paid but 93,000. The largest woman of Ohio, Mrs. Michael O'Connell, was buried three miles north of Dresden, a few days ago hefweight being over 300 pounds.' A casket was made for her. It was six feet long, three wide, and 28 inches deep. Gen. Grant received 93,000 a few days ago from a Western man who borrowed it just af ter the general's return from abroad. Be imp posed the man dead and had given up all hops of getting the money. The full amount, with interest, came to the houso the other day with a long letter apologyzing for the delay. It is stated that a few days ago Gov. Hoadly of Ohio, received through the null a small wooden box, from which hung a stung. Ths governor's suspicions being aroused, he caused the cover of the box to be removed, and an infernal machine, loaded with dyna mite, slugs and spiked, were disclosed. Ths string had been so adjusted that to have pulled it, the governor would have caused an explosion and doubtless lost his life. V... tion':^ ler CoLiui. 20 states, In 1871 P.esii. tion of Santo Wa its approval. ,/&... five American mew In-.. treaty online subject oi "Alabama, Claims. The lat(o„ taH'courtof arbitration at land, on Sept 14,1872, and tho sum oi 000 was awarded to be paid by the British ernmeut to the United States for damages American commerce by Confederate cruisers* fitted but in British ports. The Ku-Klux bill was enforced by a presidential proclamation. He appoiuted a commission to inquire into civil service and remedy it Ho was renominated and elected to another term in leiTS. In 1874 he vetoed a bill to increase the volume ofcurrency. At-the close of his term, accompanied by his family, he made a trip around the world, and everywhere received with the highest honors ever accorded a citizen or the United States. His return home was a perfect ovation from San Francisco, where he landed, to his home at Galena, whence he had started on his brilliant career. He afterwards removed to New York and en gaged in business, which resulted disastrously. Bis last days were burdened by regret that lus honorable name should go down to posterity with the blot he fancies the exploits of his partner Ferdinand Ward have oast upon it by nis business transactions. In the summer of 1884 Gen. Grant visited St. Paul as ths guest of Henry Villard on the cele bration of the opening or the Northern Pacific railroad. Of all the notables of that auspicious day Gen. Grant was the cynosure of even eye in the vast multitude that throngea tho line of march- On the 8d of February last congress accepted the war relics and mementoos of the famous hero, upon which he had placed a mortgage to William Vanderbilt to secure a loan of 9150,- 000 and which Vanderbilt presented Mrs. Grant, she accepting, on condition that they be presented to the United States. The memen toes will be placed in the government building. On the 4th of March Gen. Grant was placed pn the retired list of the army, with rank and pay of general, and the first official act of Pres ident Cleveland was to sign Gen. Grant's com mission. The Amended Sohool taw. Superintendent Kieliie will issue a circular to county superintendents and school district offi cers, explanatory of the amendments and alter ations of the school law made by the recent legislature The gist of the changes is as fol lows! County commissioners are to appoint text-book agents at their meetings in January, or, failing to do so then, at their next meeting but not later than May 15. The time within which five or more freeholders may file an ap- Slicationthe for a rehearing of any matter in rela- on to organization or alteration of their district is limited to twenty days from the time at which the commissioners entered their order. The superintendent of any county having 175 or more districts may appoint an assistant, to be confirmed, and receive a salary to be fixed by the county commissioners. Parents and guardians shall send children between eight and sixteen years of age to a public or private school, twelve weeks each year—six of which are to be continuous—unless excused by the board for sufficient reason, a fine of from 910 to 950 being the penalty for violation of this provision, School directors and school board presidents are to enforce the law. and if they fail to procure such prosecution within ten days after receiving a written notice from any tax paver, they are liable to a fine of ffom 920 to 950. Annual school meetings are to be held on the third Saturday in July instead of the first Saturday in September, as formerly. Terms of offise in common school districts are to expire on July 31, and in independent dis tricts on the first SatuKiay in August. Dis trict clerks must make their annual reports to *».. Washington tr Hazen court were. cott about two weeks ago,- o, parture for Boston. He locke£runn»~^p his return, but final action by him is looked for every day. A reprimand is expected. The trial, whatever the verdict may be, bids fair to reopen the question of responsibility for the disaster to the}reely. party as well as lead to an effort to improve »y legislation our present system of court martial proceedure. Gen. Ha zen and his friends will make a determined of fort as soon as congress meets next December to have a joint congressional committee invest tigate the whole arctic matter. While Gen. Ha zen feols totally indifferent as to the findings of the recent court martial, it is said that he will appeal to the presideut for a now trial should they be adverse. Whether acquitted or not his counsel, Judge Mackey, intends to pub lish the trial in book form. The Zsthmua Trouble Bndea Adodral Jouett telegraphed Seoretarv Whit ney, from Colon, aefollows: "The situation of the isthmus is unchanged. Trains run across regularly without molestation." It is the general opinion among officers on duty that the marines who were recently soot from New York will leave AspinwaU on their return home in the next two weeks. Admiral Jouett telegraphs that trains now run across regularly without molestation Officers of the marines apprehend no further diffioulty, and say it is useless to keep so large a force on the isthmus unless the rebels show signs of con tinuing their devastations. Should the ma rines return. Admiral Jouett will have a force of about 600 men to protect Amerioans and American interests. A Sea Koines, Iowa, •mvatioxu Great excitement was caused in Des Moines by Mrs. J. Gould, ^rife of a leading restauran teur, attempting to revenge fancied insults from Dr. Colvin, by attackinghim with a horse whip as he was leaving his office about6 o'clock. The woman's husband pinioned the doctor's arms while she'struck two or three blows. Dr Colvin freed himself, and grasping the whip threw it into the street and pushed the woman off the sidewalk, which ended the fracas. The doctor has been the assaulting party's family physician until recently, and Mrs. Gould fan cied he had been making remarks derogatory to ber character. All the parties are promi nent there. -J-.' Minnesota, Ballroad Commission, The board of railroad commissioners—Gen. J. H. Baker, Mankato S. RMurdock, Mur dock, Swift county, and Gen. George L. Beck er, St Paul—met at their offices in the oapitol and organized by eleoting Gen Baker chair man, and E. E. Warner, clerk. Mr. Warner has been Gen. Baker's clerk for sometime, and was a member of the legislature from Blue Earth county. The board paid its respects to Gov. Hubbard, and devoted' the ^remainder of the day to a careful oondderatiou of the law, tak ing up each section in tun and discussing its soope and intent. Mi /«wai .. again*. ,. and givfis the disadvani.. monarchies. Tlu his preseuce shall o aristocratic caste. TKfe he gives his confidence must won the suffrage of the people the leaders in tbeir Purliament. %. can in any way honor them it is on±, stamping afresh the stamp affixed by tfie popular voice. And with the freedom from frequent elections comes the freedom from a too oxcl naive party patronage, the purity of the civil service, because men possess their offices not for the life of a party, but for the term of their own integrity so long as they do not meddle in political struggles. The idler is alone excluded from the suffrage and the election of judges and the ring government of cities and the purchase of influence are unknown or condemned wherever such things seem likely to be bred. Look where you will, through the long list of national communities in ancient or in modern times, you will find none that have made a fairer use of their opportunities than has the Cana dian.—Lord Lome. Money for Wedding Preaents. From the London Truth. Among the wedding presents sont to the Rev. Stephen Gladstone I notice a couple of checks for £100, given by the Dnke of Westminster and Sir Andrew Clark, respectively. I cannot help thinking that the example of the duke and Sir Andrew ought to'be widely fol lowed, especially when the bride and bridegroom are not ,too well endowed with this world's goods. When a com paratively poor man marries he is gene rally overwhelmed with all sorts of elaborate and useless articles but very few people haw the common sense to contribute in^ash instead of in kind, Surely evertro five-pound note is an ir. definitely Jnore serviceable present than a piece :/•plate which requires constant cleaning or a china vase which is cer tain te be smashed by a careless house* maifl_ |v Stella Clifford of Warren. N. H., la divorce from George 0. Clifford, with "ah* eloped in Fehruaiy. P won faintes is an em hardly a where suchT. than one insta.^ ber of women-.: called ladies—vhA show here latfely w-, nobody knows anyt'. whose* claim to socit just about/as hazy./*j preme l?t ol assuranoe,^ as the .ledgers of the it ment. Decent people ha with the easy conscience woraon of this type to ac social following, to give ties and balls, which nic to be too prudish to stay Clerks at the White The clerical staff of the includes, besides the priva an assistant private secret. -. present is Mr. Pruden, a g, sagacious and courteous who was first appointed by i' There is also a stenograp employed, and four othe clerks. Each department regularly or temporarily,-:' liar with its work to ass? of land clerk is abolish^ that of signing land JK.,. president, is now olerkfor private lar" appointed by the prei ministratiye staff of proper numbers tw. side of the steward^ Washington. Be, Dlo Lewis saysv ting lot