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The decline in land values still con
tinues in England
The latest estimate places the United
States Senate at a valuation of $139, 000,
000. More than a million colored children
in the Southern States never enter a
school-room.
More oranges, lemons, bananas, figs
and raisins are consumed in the United
States than in any other country in the
world.
The New Orleans Picayune has sug
gested the importance of establishing in
that city a technical school for instruc
tion in the manufacture of sugar.
The cremationists have lost fifteen per
cent, of their strength in the last year,
and it is believed by the Chicago Herald
that another year or two will finish them.
London is to be fortified by a girdle
of forts on its south side. The defenses
will in many cases take th,e form of in
trenched camps, in which large forces
may be gathered. Does John Bull fear
an invasion?
There has been a bill introduced be
fore the Michigan Legislature making
it no longer incumbent upon the woman
to mention her age in the wedding
license. That, explains the gallant New
York Commercial Advertiser, is in defer
ence to the blushes of sensitive women
with younger husbands.
A curious novelty wa3 introduced to
help a man find his cab in the wilderness
of the vehicles during the Harrison and
Morton inaugural ball. A stereopticon
screen was erected on one of the corners
of the Pension Building, and when a
gentleman desired his carriage he gave
his number to the operator, who flashed
it out where all the hackmen could
see it.
An English writer says that we no
longer produce remarkably gifted men
because our average of intellectual
power has vastly increased. Fifty years
ago our statesmen, poets and orators
loomed up among the first of the world.
Where are they now? The intellectual
average has risen to such a height that
the genius of half a century ago would
now seem commonplace.
The well-informed Joe Howard asserts
in the New York Press that "in spite of
its splendor, in spite of its wealth and its
mad round of pleasures, Fifth avenue
does not hold the happiest homes in
the city. You can see the glare and the
glitter of the false metal all around you ;
but if you would find the pure gold of
domestic happiness you must seek it in
more modest sections of New York."
The enterprising Washington corre
spondent of a Western paper recently
telegraphed to his paper an imaginary
interview with Dr. Wharton, the
acknowledged authority on international
law. When he saw the paper the next
morning he was horrified to learn that
Dr. Wharton had died early the previous
evening at the time when he was repre
sented as chatting with the corre
spondent. "The original Harrison man" has at last
been found, and he's a woman. A well
known Indianapolis woman has pro
duced a letter written ten years ago
and addressed to her son, at that time in
Montana, introducing to him Russell
Harrison, who was The n going to the
same Territory. The letter incidentally
remarks that Russell Harrison should be
received well on account of his father as
well as for himself, "for General Harri
son is a great man, and is going to be
President some day."
The present year will witness the ad
dition to the United States Navy of at
least five new vessels, the Vesuvius,
Yorktown, Charleston, Petrel and Balti
more, with the possibility of the Con
cord and Bennington joining the num
ber. The Philadelphia and Newark
will also be launched this summer from
Cramps's yards, so that the coming fall
will see the trial of naval vessels follow
ing one upon the other in quick suc
cession. The work on the Concord and
Bennington is being pushed steadily
forward, and it is expected that both
vessels will be launched before July.
THE NEWS EPITOMIZLBr
Eattrn and Middle States.
The big car and paint shops of toe Central
Railroad of New Jersey at Ashley, Penn.,
were totally destroyed by fire. About
two hundred rait were employed in the
shops. Loss, over $ 100,000.
Juliana Mutter, wife of Ferdinand Mut
ter, a well-to-do farmer. living near Newark,
N. J., was murdered by Joseph Saltzman, a
Swiss farm hand, with a carpenter's ham
mer. Simon Jennings, of Deep River, Conn.,
proprietor of the Jennings Bit and Auger
Works and worth $500,000, has been removed
to a private insane asylum. He is a member
of the Connecticut Legislature.
The Republicans of Rhode Island as
sembled in State Convention at Providence
and tendered a re-nomination to Governor
Taft. He declined to accept it, whereupon
Herbert W. Ladd, of Providence, was
unanimously selected to head the State
ticket.
During the recent storm the ravages of
the wind and wives were very severe along
the New Jersey coast, particularly at At! an
tic City.
The City Hall at Dover, N. A., was de
stroyed by era Several near-by buildings
were also damaged. Loss nearly $100,000.
Robert Craven, of Philadelphia, the
Secretary and Treasurer of the Philadelphia,
Wilmington and Baltimore Railroad Com
pany, has stolen over $10,000 and fled.
Ex-Private Secretary Dan Lamont has
been chosen President of the Houston, West
Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad Com
pany of New York city by the unanimous
vote of the directors.
Emily Schenckle was Albert Lindstrom's
sweetheart four years ago in Sweden. She
refused to marry him after he paid her pas
sage here, and in Worcester, Mass. , he shot
her, injuring her fatally, and then killed
himself.
Ex-tjnited States Senator John Scott,
President and one of the receivers of the
Allegheny Valley Railroad Company, died
at Plttshlircr nf nnMimnnio in hie aiT-f-.ir.nint.h
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year. He was identified with a large number
of financial and industrial institutions in
Pittsburg, and was one of the originators of
the Edgar Thomas Steel Company.
Sontfi and Wegt.
Half the business portion of Colfax, IIL,
was destroyed by fire. The losses amount to
$30,000.
A colored man of Winston, N. C, was
seen to take one of his children off into the
wood and return without it. He then took
another child and held it in the fire, literally
cooking it alive. Search was made for the
first child. It was discovered some distance
in the wood with its neck broken.
Ex-President Cleveland and his party
were received with fireworks and brass
bands at Jacksonville, Fla.
The Republican members of the West
Virginia Legislature refuse to obey Governor
Wilson's call for the assembling of that body
in extraordinary session.
George R. Carlton, bookkeeper for
Smith Brothers & Co., of Seattle, Washing
ton, has disappeared, leaving a shortage of
$30,000.
Gus. Werner, a tailor, shot and fatally
wounded Joe Spendlove, a pawnbroker, at
Topeka, Kan., and then took his own life. A
quarrel over the rent was the cause.
Two Mexican raiders who crossed the bor
der into Texas with objects of robbery were
killed by American officers. Three of the
latter were wounded.
A girl named Ada Lebrecht lost her life
in the burning of the Standard Bagging
Factory at St. Louis.
Dan Ward, sixteen years old, shot and
killed Ed. Burke, two years his junior, at
Birmingham, Ala. Burke asked Ward for
a cigarette and the latter replied he had
none. Burke called his friend a liar, when
Ward shot him.
The mill of the Chicago Lumber Company
at Denver, Col., was burned. Loss, $75,000.
Goldberg Brothers, of Milwaukee,
Wis., dealers in laces, have failed for $110,
000. WaBkinfftoii.
Mr. T. E. Byrnes, of St. Paul, Minn., has
accepted the position of chief of the Appoint
ment Division of the Treasury.
Mr. Thomas, the newly-appointed Minis
ter to Sweden and Norway, reported at the
State Department a few days ago and took
the oath of office.
The committee appointed to examine and
report on the new United States gunboat
Yorktown accepted her. The committee ex
pressed the opinion to Secretary Tracy that
she was one of the best war vessels of her
class owned by any Government,
Postmaster-General Wanamaker has
issued an order directing all clerks in the
office until otherwise directed, to begin work
at 8: o0 o'clock a. m. , instead of 9 o'clock, as
heretofore, and to remain at their desks until
6 o'clock p. M., instead of 4 o'clock.
Secretary Tracy has ordered the
steamer Thetis to proceed to Sitka, Alaska
The President has issued a proclamatio
forbidding the killing of any otter, mink,
marten, sable or fur seal, or other fur -bearing
animal in Alaska. Penalties fixed for its
violation are for each offence $200 to $1,000
fine and not more than six months" imprison
ment, or both, and the vessels will be con
fiscated. The President has signed the proclamation
opening Oklahoma to settlement. May 1 is
set as the date for opening the Territory.
Judge Chandler, of Independence, Ma,
has accepted the place of First Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury.
Secretary Wisdom has appointed James
H. Windrim, of Philadelphia, Supervising
Architect of the Treasury, vice Will A
Freret, resigned by request.
Foreign.
Sir Thomas Gladstone, Bart., is dead.
He was the only surviving brother of the
Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone, and was born
July 25, 104.
Mr. Matthews, the Home Secretary, has
announced that Mr. Parnell's counsel would
be allowed the same freedom of access to
convicts in Irish orisons as was allowed the
counsel Tor trie Loncon T7;r.e3 m worsnng up
its case for presentation before the Parnell
Commission.
Prime Minister Von Tisza was hooted at
and pelted with stones as he was leaving the
Hungarian Chamber of Deputies.
The daily average of deaths from yellow
fever at Rio Janeiro, Brazil, is about fifteen.
Two fishing boats were swamped in a gale
off Stornoway, England, and the twelve
occupants were drowned.
Fourteen of the largest paper-makers in
England have formed a syndicate for the
purpose of raising: prices. The capital of the
syndicate is $TU,uO'J,00O.
So far this year there have been fifteen
duels and sixteen suicides at Monte Carlo,
the great Italian gambling resort.
It is estimated that the losses due to the
collapse of the French copper ring amount
to $30,000,000.
A white book on Samoa has been issued
at Berlin; Prince Bismarck repudiates the
acts and utterances of Consul Knappe, the
German Consul at Samoa.
England has demanded of Morocco $250,
000 indemnity for the massacre and pillage
at the Mackenzie factory at Cape Juby in
188
The barracks in the citadel at Halifax,
Nova Scota, were burned, and ttie city was
endangered for a time by the proximity of
the fire to the powder magazine.
An expedition of 6000 Mahdists proceeded
in steamers and barges against Emm Pasha.
Emin defeated the dervishes near Bohr, kill
ing most of them and capturing their
steamers and much ammunition.
There have lately been sixty sudden
deaths in a hospital at Florence, Italy, all
preceeded by intestinal disturbance. Some
newspapers attribute the deaths to bad foal,
others to cholera.
The Government has taken steps to pre
vent the introduction into Mexico of Ameri
can lard, owing to the official announcement
that it is detrimental to health.
Count Peter Schuvaloff. the distin
guished Russian diplomat and General, died
at St. Petersburg, aged sixty-one.
The town of Pi risk in Russia has been de
stroyed by fire. Six persons were burned to
death.
A French torpedo boat has foundered off
Cherbourg in a hurricane. Her captain and
fourteen of her crew were drowned.
Minister Heemskerk has been appointed
Regent of Holland.
Cholera has broken out at Zamboanga,
in the Philippine Islands. There have been
five hundred deaths so far.
PBOMINENT PEOPLE.
Jay Gould has taken to wearing spec
tacles. Ex-King Milan of Servia is quite an
orator.
Secretary Blaine is the only college
graduate in the Cabinet
The hair of King Otho of Bavaria re
cently turned white in a night.
Henry George, the land tax advocate, is
making a great stir in England.
The Princess of Wales inherits her unfor
tunate deafness from her mother.
Secretary Wisdom had his early training
in good old-fashioned Quaker schools.
Robert Bonner, proprietor of the New
York Ledger, is sixty-four years old.
Postmaster-General Wanamaker has
four children, two sons and two daughters.
The Governor General of Canada, Lord
Stanley, has seven children all boys but
one.
Jesse Grant, the youngest son of Genera
Grant, has bought a large farm in Cali
fornia. Mr. Balfour, the Chief Secretary for
Ireland, has bought 4000 acres of land in
New Zealand.
Thomas Nast, the artist, has accepted a
place on the San Francisco Examiner as car
toonist extraordinary.
Mrs. Nellie Grant Sartoris, under the
will of her father-in-law, comes into a for
tune of about $750,000.
Michael Lee, the new President of the
City Council at Omaha, Neb., was formerly
a hotel porter and bootblack.
The grief of the Emperor and Empress of
Austria over the death of their son Prince
Rudolf, is said to be uncontrolable.
Ex-Senator Tabor, of Colorado, began
life under Secretary Proctor, working for
some time in his marble quarries in Ver
mont. John D. Archbold, of the Standard Oil
Trust, who has a fortune of $10,000,003, was,
twenty-two years ago, a poor laborer in the
oil fields.
Chauncey M. Depew, President of the
New York Central Railroad, has accepted
an invitation to deliver the oration at the
Yale Law School commencement in June.
Signor Crispi, the Italian Prime Minis
ter, is short, compactly built, white-haired,
gray-mustached, with around, well-balanced
head, a firmly set mouth and a pair of keen,
quick eyes.
Redfield Proctor, the Secretary of War,
is the father of four children, the oldest of
whom, Colonel Fletcher D. Proctor, is his
father's right-hand man and the superin
tendent of his business.
At the London Stuart Exhibition the
other day: "If I had been Mary Queen of
Scots," said the Empress Frederick, of Ger
many, "I would havo been beheaded three
times over during last year."
Parnell, the Irish leader, pays strict
attention to his diet, avoiding meats as far
as possible. At luncheon his only refresh
ment very often is a glass of hot water into
which a lemon has been squeezed.
The Empress dowager of China, who still
remains Empress Regent, has ruled China
for twenty -five years. She is now over fifty.
Sno is a skilful archer, she boxes and in
other ways exhibits her independence of
character.
Baron Reuter, the famous telegram
magnate, has surrendered his concession for
the construction of Persian railways, and has
obtained instead a concession for an Im
perial Bank of Persia and for the unap
propriated Persian mines.
Mrs. Harlan, wife of Justice Harlan, who
has taken Mrs. Logan's place at the head of
the Washington ladies who have charge of
the Garfield Hospital, is tall, quite stout and
a lady of commanding presence. She has a
fine face, dark eyes and gray hair.
General James M. Longstreet. the
oldest Confederate officer, is living in Wash
ington. He looks like the late Emperor
W illiam, having a fine figure, imposing
presence, broad face, high forehead and flow
ing, snow white side whiskers and mustache.
NEWSY GLEANINGS.
The Maine Legislature has adjourned.
There are 5530 lawyers in New York
A universal salt trust has been formed.
The ice has moved out of the Mississippi
River.
Austria is preparing for a war with
Servia
Nicaragua offers liberal terms to immi
grants. The foreigners in Switzerland number
238,000.
There are fourteen Indians in the Kansas
penitentiary.
Riots have occurred in Wales over the
collection of tithes.
A new treaty has been concluded between
China and Germany.
The Servian Cabinet has decided to reduc
the army by one-half.
New York city is largely supplied with
cabbages from Denmark.
The homicides in New York city during
1SSS aggregated fifty-three.
Flour sells at $50 a sack in the new gold
fields of Lower California.
An African Anti-Slave Trade Association
has been organized at Vienna
The Pennsylvania Legislature is consider
ing a compulsory education law.
The Turkish naval force is composed of
30,000 seamen and 10,000 marines.
Chinamen in New York have contributed
over $1300 to the Chinese famine fund.
STANLEY MATTHEWS.
Death of a United States Sn
preme Court Justice.
Action of His Associates and
Sketch of His Career.
The Hon. Stanley Matthews, Associate
Justice of the United States Supreme Court,
who has been seriously ill for some time past,
died at 10.30 o'clock in the morning at his
home in Washington City.
Mr. Matthews had been sick for three
weeks, although his original illness dates
much further back. For two weeks before
bis death his condition had been considered
serious. Dr. Johnson was in constant at
tendance, and during the latter part of his
illness Dr. Lincoln was in consultation with
him. On the night of his death Justice
Matthews was so much worse that Dr.
Johnson remained with him during the
night. He passed away peacefully. All of
his family, with the exception of his son,
were present at the death scene.
When the Supreme Court met the chair
which had been occupied by Justice Mat
thews was draped in black. When the Jus
tices had taken their seats and the Marshal
had opened the court, Chief Justice Fuller
announced that the court had just heard of
the death of Justice Matthews, and that
therefore no business would be transacted
that day. The Marshal declared the court
adjourned until the following Tuesday.
Stanley Matthews was born in Cincinnati,
July 21, 1824. He was graduated at Kenyon
College in 1840, studied law and was ad
mitted to the Bar, settling in Maury County,
Tenn. He shortly after returned to Cincin
nati. He became editor of the Cincinnati
Herald, the first daily anti-slavery paper in
that city.
In 1851 he became Judge of the Court of
Common Pleas in Hamilton County, was
State Senator in 1855, and in 1850-01 was
United States Attorney for the southern
district of Ohio.
He served with distinction in the Union
Army during the war, but resigned his com
mission as Colonel in 1863 to become Judge
of the Supreme Court in Cincinnati.
He was a Presidential elector on the Lincoln-Johnson
ticket in 1804 and on the Grant
Colfax ticket in 180S. He was defeated as
Republican candidate for Congress in 1S7C
and in the next year was one of the counsel
before the celebrated Electoral Commission,
opening the argument in behalf of the Re
publican electors of Florida and making the
principal argument in the Oregon case.
In March, 1877, he was elected United
States Senator in place of John Sherman,
who had resigned.
In 1S8L he was appointed Associate Justice
of the United States Supreme Court by
President Hayes, just before the latter va
cated his office. Mr. Matthews"s nomination
was not ac ted on, and he was renominate 1
by President Garfield. His appointment
was confirmed by the Senate on May 12,
1881.
The Funeral Service.
Funeral services over the remains of the
late Associate Justice Stanley Matthews
were held at the family residence, corner of
Connecticut avenue and N street, Washing-
adjoining the reception room on the south,
and tbe apartment was almost filled with
Sowers. The casket was cloth covered, with
silver rails and handles, and on the cover
was a silver plate bearing the inscription :
Stanley Matthews, born July 21, 1824, died
March 22, 1889.
The face and bust of the deceased were ex
posed to view and presented a lifelike aspect.
On the casket were bunches of Easter lilies
and lilies of the valley.
There were in attendance a large number
of prominent persons in all ranks of official
life, besides many family friends in the priv
ate walks of life. Among the earliest arrivals
were the members of the Supreme Court,
who had seats in the room where the bier
stood. In this room were also the President
and Vice-President, members of the Cabinet
and the family.
The services, which were conducted by
Rev. T. S. Hamlin, of the Church of the
Covenant, pastor of the deceased, and Rev.
Dr. Leonard, rector of the St. John's Episco
pal Church, were brief. The remains were
taken to the Baltimore and Ohio station,
whence they were conveyed to Glendale,
Ohio, for interment in Spring Grove
Cemetery.
A MOTHER'S ACT.
Her Husband Dying:. She Kills Her
self and Child.
A few days ago P. E. Rand, a conductor
on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
Railroad, died of consumption at Rock Island,
IIL, next day neighbors noticod that .he
Rand house was unusually quiet. It was
decided to force an entrance. Mrs. Pwand
was found dead in bed, with her children in
her arms in a dying condition. Before re
tiring Mrs. Rand had placed where it could
readily be seen an open Bible with the xxiii
Psalm marked. 2ear by was a note erplain
ing that she was so grief stricken that she
had resolved to take her life and the lives of
her children. She had told them that they
would wake that morning in another world,
and requested that she and her children be
buried in the grave with her late husband.
The prompt efforts of physicians and
friends saved one of the children. The other
died. The woman took a deadly poison and
then turned the gas on. r.he was a young
and popular woman in t.ie society of that
tovn.
General, James M. Longstreet. the
oldest Confederate officer, is living in Wash
ington. He looks like the late Emperor
William, having a fine figure, imposing
presence, broad face, high forehead and flow
ing, snow white side whiskers and mustache-
The first Postmasters to receive commis
sions under President Harrison s Adminis
tration were Lensie L. Sayles, at Malone, N.
Y., and Law son R. Muzzy, Pulaski, !N. Y.
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