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I. VJN S .YIE, €«H*r »«* *iMls»er. IrtBTflNRt, ' iFREIGHTS IN A WRECK. ^RM«T ON A BRIDGE AND VfB 'NT DOWN TO DEATH. ta Mllwankm, with Ei|» of -XkMth of • Prominent Itov York MU, Dtwltt C. UMhdohn. Pln|H( Into the Rlwr. c Collision of two freight on the Wabash River bridge 'of ill* Big Four Rt Terre Haute, Ind., Fri­ day morning broke the bridge epan and *«rfed two engines and a dozen cars in- «o the water" with an engineer under- jfcesth. A Ireight tra n had pulled partly «• the bridge to make room for a sec­ ond to enter the siding, when the through fnn-'ht, with Engineer Vestry MlLliison at the throttle, entered the fridge from the west For some reason fhe , rapidly moving engine could ttot be checked, and the collision followed. The engines came to­ gether with a crash which was lieard a mile. A second later a second crash followed, not PO loud, but which Carried greater ter or to the hearers flpian the first. * The bridge had broken • and b.»!h engines and a number of stock ««rs went crashing m'o the river cavity. Ungiacci Allison went down with the Week: Joseph Hart, a brakeman, had a leg injured. Engineer FJynn, of the ' West bound train had s miraculous es- eape. He got on the pier I eneath the fsrejk just lefore the collis oo Four Ours loaded with live stock were in the fiver, and the noise of the frightened and crippled animals was fearful. .iwsgon shops, Bwrathold op's **t»les» Snd the {Jar*»t gouse at HummetftlQJKfi, Pfc.v-i*h^vbtu<|ed in a lire cauwd by boys SBHftlng cignrettes. Fire eompwftes t»*er-tty 'towns were sent, to Tho to­ tal loss was $80,000.' ' AT Huntington, !»«,» two Italians Working in a stonequarry made.an at­ tack bn two Kussian quarrymeu named Ifichael Stone and Lawrence KrutQta. Krutikft was shot through the heart and Instantly killed and Stone was stabbed and is in a dangerous condition. The murderers escaped. THE first long distance telephone message ever sent from Chicago to a daily newspaper was received Fri­ day by the Brooklyn Standard Un­ ion. Not only were the words of the I correspondent distinctly heard, but his voice was as clearly recognisable as If he stood in the office when the message was reoeived. Wlm, I • yawppi^BWH^IHMN. that district, ia» for the first tlm« FCLLCRRR stlne. Fla., at the school e«|*i|Btt#liii/^f}0>r Columbus day Prof. KnHMta md the following prayer, saM to words vitrei up b$ ColufltlMS when he landed on the Island of San Salvador. This prayer the Span­ ish Kings ordered to be used by Balboa, Cortes, ind Fizarro when making new dieooveriee. it is said to be the first translation ever known to the Ameri­ can toiifue, and was sent from the old cathedral at Seville, Spain, by Mies A. If. Brooks, who is now engaged in com­ piling a Spanish history of America. It is as follows: "Lord God, eternal and omnipotent, by thy sacred word thou hast created the heavens and the earth and the sea. Thy name be blessed and glorified. May thy name be praised, known, and proclaimed in this othei ! part of the world." §»«.***- CXTOS ID ORATORS LAN D. Una W«H4. > ' t L,. Cltjr la Flamm. R'I~Y A PORTION of Milwaukee's business •strict swept by fire Friday night. More than eleven blocks were burned #rer, and over 1,000 people rendered homeless. Several lives were lost and autny people fatally injured. Mauy | kuiWings were blown up with dynamite ly the firemen, materially aiding to check the flames. During the blaze the Wind was blowing furiously at the rate fifty miles an hour. Losses are esti- Mt«d from $6,000,030 1o $7,000,000. Chicago, Hacine, Kenosha. Sheboygan ted Waukesha sent aii, and by their fee fire was under control at Ay- «lreak in the morning. r A PHILADELPHIA dispatch says: A passenger train and a locomotive on tho Philadelphia and Beading Railroad col­ lided at Flat Rock, near Manayunk. Ten persons were killed and fifteen in­ jured. The wreck took lire and the fire department of Manayunk was called upon. All of the dead and injured have been removed from the scene. Both tracks are blocked and All trains are being dispatched via the Germantown and Noriistown branch. The accident was caused by the engi­ neer of tne north-bound locomotive disobeying orders. The south-bound track being occupied, the engineer was ordered to wait at Pen'.oyd until the eOutu-buiiau «j£pr©S5 lfOiii Siiamukiit, due at Broad" and Callowhill streets, Philadelphia, at y.-30 a. m., had parsed. Disregarding this he moved northwaid and just north of Manayunk tunnel met the express. A fearful crash followed. The dead and wounded have been taken to St. Timothy Hospital, Roxborough. 'WE£ FOREIGN. Wyoming Cattle War JCot Over. , Ax.!, reports from Wyoming agree Chat the cattlemen's war yet smolders, »ni that the situation is critical. Par­ ties w o arrived at Rapid City, S. D,, Rafter making a trip through Johnson County, say that every ranchman, :s*mall s'ocimen, and every cowboy x"*they met carried a Winchester and wore sidearms. All strangers are regarded With suspic'on, and the settlers claim to :*ltye is <eon=tant fear of their lives. { , y WBSTEKM. fifrtrT^as filed in the Circuit Court a Indianapolis, Monday, to set aside the will of the late James H. Rice. The complaint alleges that the will was not executed by Mr. Rice, and that even if it should be proven genuine the testator at the time of its execution was not in condition to make a will. DrnixG the pyrotechnic display at Washington Park, Chicago, George Conkling was suddenly taken with an epileptic fit When removed by the police ambulance he told the officers that he had no friends there, was a stranger from New York visiting the celebration, and was subject to fits • three times a week. ( A RICHLY attired woman about 35 t years old, giving the name of Mme. G. L. Desseous any, and who is believed to I be a wealthy St. Louis woman, arrive4 in St. Paul Tuesday, bringing Witt ter ( an infant two months old. She disap­ peared, abandoning the infant at the I Clarendon Hotel. A most elegant ai>d . costly baby wardrobe was left with the ' child. | | THE Indiana Supreme Court rendered a decision declaring unconstitutional I the registration law. The case was ap- THH Kothsehilds have secifeu St,1 000 worth of bullion in London for Rus­ sia without applying to tiie Bank ot England. A strong demand for gold still exists. » MESSRS. JAWB AND BUXTON, mem­ bers of Parliament, and Mr. Long, an ex-member of Parliament, have- been appointed a committee to investigate the expenditure of General Booth's "IN Darkest England" fund. FKAULEIN DORE, -a favorite foncj bareback rider in Germany, has been killed by an accident in the ring at Munster. She was thrown from hei hcrSv, «uu, failing uauur tu© Suluial'iS feet, had her skull crushed by a blow from ite hoof. THE State Department is in receipt o! a cable message lroflo Minister Scruggs reporting that arrangements for the recognition of the new Government ol Venezuela unatr Gen. Crespo by the United States were concluded Got. 18, and that the formal ceremonies of. rec- egniticn took pistes Sundsy lh.c 23d A DEPUTATION from Deptford waited 'upon Herbert Gardner, President of the English Board of Agrioulture, and urged him to repeal the prohibition against the importation of live cattle. Mr. Garner replied that through the op­ eration of the prohibition England was almost the only European country that is free from foot and mouth disease, and he was, therefore, compelled to re­ fuse to grant their request. TpF o? ths Director of tiic Vet" erinary Department of the British Board of Agriculture contains some interesting facts ih regard to |he American cattle trade, especially in view of the present renewal of excitement over alleged cases of pleuro-pneumonia in recent consignments. The report says that out of three cargoes, consisting of 4,281 tattlej forwarded from Baltimore, Bos­ ton and New York, four animals were affected with pleuro-pneumonla. The total imports of cattle for the year were: From Canada, 108,286, and from the United States, 314, "38, » • . . . . . £• ' Several Person* Killed. 8BVBKAX< perscn? are reported to have been killed by an explosion at nitro- glycre.ne f^-.'tory No. 2, near Lima, p«,aie(i fr0m Hendricks County and the Dhio. An explosion following a small jlre in the mantel and grate warehouse •f A. Teachout on Michigan street, Cleveland, occurred Friday. Several persons are reported t>adly injured.. . Fatally Stabbed with a StUleto^ . § ? AT Pittsburg, Pa., Salvatore Caten- •* sara, a Sicilian, was found in a dying, jjp; condition cn Duquesne way. 'He had K;'"been stabbed in the left side with a • 4Milett3, but by whom is not known. | NEWS NUGGETS, : BBSIOXATIOX of the Portuguese Cab- ; '*•"*': Inet- is anticipated, in which event Serpa : , Pimental will ba commissioned to form .i new ministry. AN attempt to obtain from the Iowa •*:y : State Baptist Association an indorse-' ft- fluent of the Prohibition party was ^ voted down Thursday. * BBOCKTON, Mass,, was visited by a .^ •70,000 fire. The fa Tories of the Broek- . toll La«t Company, the largest in the United States, were destroyeid. The in- & \ Surance"was light. * .THE case against Webster Flannigan, ^Collector of Customs at El Paso, Tex., -v... h 7:i%; Accused of assisting to smuggle Chlna- f- \ inee into the country, fell through when A; ^ it was called for trial in the United tstates Court on Thursday. ^ THE Pabst Brewing Company at Mll- waukce has absorbed the Falk, Jung £4- Boahert Brewing Company. The #7* capital has been increased to $10,000,009. i-' * This makes the Pabst Brewery the | largest by all odds in the worlds DB. THOMAS NEILL, CKEAM, under ecntence of d a h in England fcr poi­ soning. has confessed that he killed a number of dissolute women in Canada ©rior to h's residence in Chicago, and that the cause of their deaths was never suspected. THE Hawafan Cabinet was ousted October 17th on a vote of want of con- s fidence by the Legislature. The editor , Krf the Bulletin has been amstcd on a ^ charge of criminal libel preTerrad by -United States Minister Stevens. The • 'Bulletin charged the minister with being tardy in sending the cruiser Bos­ ton in search of the sa lore lrom the wreck of the ship William A. Campbell. DEWITT C. LITTLEJOHN, who was "Speaker of the New York Assembly In ; 1855, 1857, 1859, 1860 and 1861, died at ; his heme in Oswego, Thursday, in his ' 7?th year. He was a member of the Thirty-eighth Congress, and took the One Hundred and Tenth Regiment to the front as i's Colonel. He was ap- ; pointed United States Consul to Liver­ pool by President Lincoln, but declined. He built the old New York and Oswego Midland Kairoad, now the New York, ,Outario and Wertein Railroad, and was Its first President. \ FIBE bro'ie out in the Koblitz Bro's. rag warehouse at Cleveland, Ohio. 5 Thirty-five girls and seven men weie ; working in the store at the time, ail of ;• whom escaped without in ury. The building WAS valued at $2'),000 aud the stock about $10,000. Both are almost a total loss. THE village of Temochlc, inhabited by nearly pare Aztecs who have been in , open rebellion against the Mexican government, has b"en annihilated by 1 order of President Dliiz. The male in­ habitants were «all murdered by the troops, who lost killed in the battle. " ^ EASTERN. ^ ^ *i*BCB forest fire is*~now raging^ near Riggsville, three miles south of Pleasantville, N. J. Much timber has already b »en destroyed and the loss Will be heavy. • A COLOKBD boy In the New .Jersey re« form school is fasting for fifty-five days in order to cure himself of Indigestion. He has already gone without food for forty-seven days. DTJKIKO the bicycle meet at Point Breeze track, Philadelphia, William H. - Ifarrjtett, aged 66 yaaj% dropped dead r-i A , \ dkrc ' A1' decision of the lower court was affirmed. Tho registration features of the law were made to a'pply chiefly to commer­ cial travelers and residents of the State absent in the employ or the government. The grounds on which the law is held to be a violation of the Constitution is that it is class legislation. A TERBIFIC Wihdstonu swept over the northern portion of Hamilton, Ohio, causing great destruction. It approach­ ed from the West, and first struck the pulp mill of the Louis Snider's Sons Company. The entire west end of the building was blown in. The bricks and timbers fell on five men who were work­ ing in the pulp-room. The roof was torn to pieces and carried some dis­ tance. Two were: fatally injured. The storm also struck Cincinnati, and two men were killed. . . TEN coal.mines north of Denver, Col., have enter«*l into a combination. They are the Caledonia, Cleveland, Excel­ sior, Star, Spencer, and Simpson mines ot the northern part of the State and soqie of the Canyon City, Trinidad, and Williamsburg mines south. The value of plants on the lands is $67?,259.39; lands owned in fee, 4250,000; leases on leased lands, $100,000; total valuation, $1,023 .259.39. The combined output will exceed 500,000 tons per year. AT the annual meeting of the Traffic Association of California, held in San Francisco, Manager Leeds, in his report of "the work accomplished by the asso­ ciation, said: "The organization of the Grace line of clipper ships is now an assured success. Their lourth ship is now on the berth in New York. The result has been to fix a rate by sail around Cape Horn at least $1 a ton below the figure of five months ago. A reasonable estimate of goods now afloat at these reduced rates by rail have prevailed for some months and a largely increased volume of tonnage has moved that way." THE Mutual FuejL Gas Company Hyde Park,a OjMeigo suburb,is extreme­ ly likely to find itself in serious trov$fe. Within one week, six people have died of asphyxiation by the,company's odor­ less product The pressure maintained is 6o variable that jets which have been left burning go out. When this happens in a sleeping chamber the occupant is almost certain to die, as the returning flow will fill the room with gas. That is the manner in which all six victims were killed. Their names are Curtis Goddard, John Glass- ner. Thos.' Cole and wife, and A. B. Collin and wife. SOUTHERN. IN GENERAL PRESIDENT DIAZ, of Mexico, has ap­ pointed Antonio Mier, General Mona, and Joaquin Casasus as delegates to the Brussels monetary conference. The first two named are already In Europe. THE trial trip of the steamer City of Washington, to prove if she was quali­ fied to carry the United States mails to Cuba, took place Tuesdav. It was com­ pletely successful and pleased the of­ ficers of the line very much. REV. DB. JOHN HAIII< and Rev. Dr. Robert Russell Booth have resigned from the Board of Directors of the Union Theological Seminary as a result of the complications following the seminary's dispute with the Presby­ terian Church. .. A DISPATCH from Victoria, B. C., places the seal catch of that province at 4£,000 skins, against* 52,995 last year. The average selling price has dropped from $15 to $11, as compared with 1891, which will reduce the aggregate value of the total seal catch of British Colum­ bia this year about 37 per cent, com­ pared with last season. THE banking schooner E. B. Phillips, owned by George More, Hearts Con­ tinent, Newfoundland, is supposed to have sunk in the gale of August last at anchor at Newfoundland banks. Captain Howell, of a vessel belonging to the same firm, has raported having picked up gear belonging to the Phillips, evidence that the schooner had met her end. Her crew numbered fourteen. The Phiiiips was an American vessel 4boUt 30 years old and had been reported in an • unfit condition for bank fishing. AN accident occurred on the construc­ tion line of the Great Northern Road, resulting in the death of seven men and fatally injuring five more and seriously injuring six others. The track-laying crew had fin'shed work up,to the Wenatchee River, and started to lay rails across that stream. The east approach and first span were ' crossed safely. When the* middle, at { •he second span, was reached, the false * rk under the bridge collapsed and J e track machine, together with two carloads of ties and three cars loaded with rails, fell into the , river sixty feet below. The men were thrown in every direction and some buried under ties. Worktetftlt --y Th» Tk^PtMldMfl aps»rt|. yiee-Preaide&t Morton accepted the CoHHrtlan KJ$oaltion building* and dedicated the great undertaking in tit- ting, well-ohoeea words. He said: DM0iadMd,B«ftbe tho Bor­ row whtoh prohibit* the Prwldent of the United BUktM from ImIbs tUftoentnl figure In ttaHflmquwdik Rf*lislnK from thM« ramp- tuoM lunudfin. Mm extent of adequacy ot twwllwi end tlx vast•eeeel re- neoteawttli tkii fleet work, •olinked le the peek eM M tht mmt of Ainerloa. J With what eloquent weMe he would here epoken of the bevolo achievement* end radiant ntare of hie beloved eouatry. while notnady •Mnlehed la hi* noet tender eaiwly efteo- tton, he would ntt hateua delay or falter In theee afdtoaloty cervices and we can only offer tQ|Boyport Me ooarage by a profound ana unl- The Ktattw of ora whole country and ot all peoplee elsewhere conoerued in Industrial pfcotreMis te-dayflxedupon the city of Chi- CMO. This is dne not only to the CmwaMan Exposition whioh marks an epoch, but to the marvelous growth and energy: of the seoond commercial ctty of the Union. I am notliere to recount the wonderful story of this olty's rise and advancements These are known of all men. X am here in behalf of the Government of the United State*, in behalf of all the people, to bid all hall to Chicago, all hail to the Colnmblan Exposition. What a spectacle have we here! Look upon these naegnlfloent erections and consider their beauty and rapidity of realisation. They seem to be evoked atawlsard'a touch of Aladdin's lamp. They are worthy shrines to record the achievements of the two Amertcaa. Columbus is not now in chains, nor are Columbian ideas in fetters. Wc may not anticipvt? the character and value of onr national exhibit. Bather may we anticipate that a conservative award will be made by the world's criticism to young nation eagerly listening to the beckoning future. We can easily predict those who will come from ev^ry region of onr country to make the ex­ hibit. They will be the descendants ot the sturdy and venerable immigrants; of many of the men of his time who made their mark in history. We are near the beginning of another cen­ tury. Mid if DO Mtlviin C hange Occurs lit our present growth in the year 1!>35, in the lifetime of many now in manhood, the English-speak­ ing republicans of America will number more than iH0.OOO.OOO. This transcendent feature in the character of Columbus was his faith. That sustained him in days of trial and darkness, and finally gave him the great discovery. Like him, let us have faith in onr future. Mr. President, in the name of the Govern­ ment of the United States, I hereby dedicate theee buildings Mid their sppurtenances, in were on endear Psrsian.SkOTUsn. Grecian « l̂ tetlQM ofawn.for oopquest and yolved creatioD rather a enree thaa a blessing, wasthefactor lnthegovernmentofthe whso was the •oui»e Midest*tenoeof svttSomy both by toward the' Wfet tUMtor1tiieT3fl@Bbeleftiffe wavdirom Calvary, with its revointitmwy in- flvenee upon old lMtitutioos, to the AOautio Ocean. Cohambus carried it westward across .the.M#*. The emî ants fttwn ̂Enĵ wtd, Ire- Denmi3t"jCrom •mmL, featland, awTWales, PftM. fipom Sweden M /xaoee and Itity, have, under Its gnidanoe and insjtoition, moved west and again west, build- s$a?ar" ̂ cities until the Pnotfie w their march. The exhihltlon of erts S î eetences, ot industries sad invention*, of edmcatipn and oivtlisatlon, whioh the republic ef the United States will here present, and to whioh, through its Chief Magistrate, it Invites all nations, condenses and display* the flower and fruitage ot this transcendent miracle. Fifty years before CoOumbua sailed from Paloe, Guttenbarg Mid Faust had forged the hammer whioh was to break the bonds ot KU perstitlon and open the prison doors of the mind. They had invented the printing press •nd movable types. The prior adoption of a cheap process for the manufacture of paper IH. O®®®, utilised the press. It* first service, like all its aucct>odlnM won for the peo­ ple. The universities and schog^bnen, the trtrlvllMMrf f>ta fow «,# were Itmging for the revelation and preserva- of the classic tresaurcrs of antiquity, •lav**, represented i peril sad reseue freei was the pMKtaot of «u t» stima- equal laws, were a little b •gainst every form TM Uann of Unit the Dectso^o ̂bntependbeiMe, Ubeniodthe slaves.and founded that free onammwultts which form the Bepubiic of the Unlted Ptatrs The eoope and limitations of this Idea «f freedom have neither been misinterpreted nor misunderstood. The laws otnlUwetetMr application to the rise and recognition of men aocordlng to their mental, moral, aptritsal̂ ai physloal endowments ate left ufldletuibed. The sum of human bapplnese has been infin­ itely lner«MMd toy the minions from the old world who have improved thelx eondltionfs in the new. and the returning tide of lesson and experience, has Incalculably enrlohed the Fatherlind*. The divine right of kings has taken its plafee with the instruments of medi- I seval torture among the curiosities of the i antiquary. Only the shadow of kingly au­ thority stands between the Government of themselves, by themselves, and the people of Norway and Sweden. The union In one empire of states of Germany la the symbol of Teutonic power and the hope of German liberalism. The petty despotisms of Italy have been merged into a nationality which has centralised ̂its authority in Its ancient eapitol on the hills ot SbiuS. ciauSi Was (uiS$!i IVUKU uvn biio sullen submission of centuries to intolerable tyr»n®y by her ""Miers returning fiom servic tended by the Congress of tfie United 8tates for the use of the World's Columbian Exposi VICF PRESIDENT MORTON. *' m16 f" I «e THE Tennessee congress of the M. E. Church South subscribed its quota, amounting to $7,680, of the general mis­ sionary debt of the church. WYLIE TOLLIIVER. who was shot in the Tolllver-Howard feud in Elliott County, Ky., October 23, died. Another victim, Sam Howard, is barely alive. 8 ix of the eight perrons accused by Mr. Kolb of egg-throwing at a political meeting at Gordon, Ala., have been put under $1,000 bonds to appear for tiial. AN attempt was made to wreck the Illinois Central train bearing Gov. Foster, of Louisiana, near New Orleans, La. Fortunately the engine pushed aside a bar of iron which had been placed on the track. « A VERDICT for $10,000 damages for breach of promise of marriage was re­ turned. in the United States District Court at Graham. Texas, in favor of M|ss Mary Etta Peale, of Cincinnati, against Dr. G. A. Cristler, of Texas. THE last ben days have been favorable for the cotfon crop in Southwest Texas so far as weather is concerned. The late yield is exceeding the expei tations of its planters, and It is of an unusu­ ally good quality. In the Valiey of the Rio Grande, however, there has been much rain and the worms in some sections there are c../nmitting se­ rious ravages. In the famous Laguna district, State of Coahuila, Mexico, the planters are preparing lot the next 3.00 3.00 300 MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTI.1--Common to Prime..., F HOGS--Shipping Grades........1 SHEEP--Fair to Choice......... WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. 'i OATS--No. A RTE--No. 1 BUTTEB--Choice Creamery Eoos--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping HOGS--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Red. COKN--No. 1 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBK--No. 3 OATS--No. 2.... R*E--No. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTLE. HOGS.. SHEEP.. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed RTE--No. 2 DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS I SHEEP | WHEAT--No. 2 Red. .V CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--NO. 2 COB*--No. 2 White. OATS--No. 2 White RYE BUFFALO. CATTLE--Common to Prime..... Hoos--Best Grades WHEAT--No. L Hard COBN--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring...., COBN--NO. 3 OATS--NO. 2 White R*E--No. 1 /. BABLEY--NO. 2 POBK--Mess NEW YORK. CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red. CORN--No. 2 ..t........ OAIS Mixed Wester* BUTTE*--Creamery.. POEI-Utw Mess............... tlon to the world's progress In art, in sclefaoe, In agriculture Mid in manufactures. I dedicate them to humanity. • God save the United States of America . Henry Watterson's Oration. *£#•'.£ Among the wonders of creative and 'OOti- structivegenii?.-- in course of preparation for this festival of the nations, whose formal and official Inauguration has brought us together, will presently be witnessed upon the margin of the interoceaii which gives to this noble and beautiful city the character and rank of a maritime metropolis, a epetftatorium wherein the Columbian epic will be told with realistic effects surpassing the most splendid and im­ pressive achievements of the modem stage. It traces the strange adventures ol the Genoese seer from the royal camp of Santa Fe to the very moment that beholds us here, citicens. freemen, equal shareholders in the miracle of American civilisation and development. Is there one among us who does not thank his Maker that he has lived to join in this univer­ sal celebration, the jubilee of mankind? We look before and after and we see through the half-drawn folds of time as through the solemn archways of some grand cathedral the long procession pass, as silent and ae real as a dream; the caravels, togging upon Atlantic billows, have their sails refilled from the east and bear away to the west; the land is reached, and fulfilled is the vision whose actualities are to be gathered by other hands than his who Slanned the voyage and steered the bark of lscoverv. We look again and we see in the far north­ east the old-world struggle between the French and English transfeired to the new, ending In the tragedy upon the heights above Quebeo; we see the sturdy puritans In bell-crowned hats and sable garments assail in unequal bat­ tle the savage and the elements, overcom­ ing both to rise against a mightier foe; we see the gay but dauntless cavaliers to the southward join hands with the roundheads in holy rebellion. And, lol down from the green-wMled hills of New England, out of the swamps of the Carolinas, come faintly to the ear, like far-avay forest leaves stirred to music by autumn winds, the drum-taps of the revoliMoat the tramp of the minute men, Israel Putnam riding before; the hoof-beats of Sumter's horse galloping to the fronl;<ftbe thunder of Stalk's guns in upirit- bawle; the gleam of Marlon's watch-fires in ghostly bivouac; and there, there in serried, sstnt-like ranks on Fame'B eternal camping- ground, stand • v "The old continentals, * In their ragged regimentan< '*"/ ""' Yielding not." as, amid the singing of angels in heaven, the scene is shut out from our mortal vision by proud and happy tears. We see the rise of the young republic; and the gentlemen in the knee-breeches and powdered wigs who signed the declaration and the gentlemen in knee-breeches and powdered wigs who made the Constitution. We see the little nation menaced from without. We see the riflemen in hunting-shiifc and buckskin swarm from the cabin in the wilderness to the rescue of country and home; and our hearts swell to a second and final decree of independ­ ence won by the prowess and valor of Ameri­ can arms upon the land and sea. And then, and then--since there Is no life ot nations or of men without its shadow and its sorrow--there conies a day when the spirits of the fathers no longer walk upon the battle­ ments of freedom; and all is dark; and all seems lost, save liberty and honor, and, praise God, our blessed Union. With these surviving who shall marvel at what we see to-day; this land filled with the treasures of the earth; this city snatched from the adhes to rise in splen­ dor and renown passing the mind to precon­ ceive t Truly, out of trial comes the strength of man; out of disaster comes the glory of the state! We are met this day to honor the memory of Christopher Columbus, to celebrate the 400th annual return of the year of his transcend­ ent achievement, and, with fitting rites, to dedicate to America and the universe a con­ crete exposition of the world's progress be­ tween M'J'i and No twenty centuries can -be compared with those four centuries either in importance or in interest, ss no previous ceremonial can bo compared with this In its wide significance and reach: because, since the advent of the Son of God, no event has bad so great an in­ fluence upon human affairs sa the discovery of the western hemisphere. Our republic represents the letter and spirit of the snblUne declaration. The fetters that bound her to the earth are burst asunder. The ra^s that degraded her beauty are east aside, monastic celfS-and &th ,̂£ri£n "wvolSfiST ThS ̂ wUd^es vteJf';iPZnth5 0,fHthe T?" ot th6 ni*Dot terr0* th« revenges and ^ *1 „ these primitive print- excesses of a people who h&d discoTewd their S? 0 fi,e p ItMble. J power, hnt were not prepared foritshenefloent and •« w n\ Gp?ce I use. She fled from herself into the arma intellectual training i of Napoleon. He, too. was s produot ^ Ahe modem world came j 0f the American experiment. He played with kings as with toys, and edu-afterwards, through the same wondrJUS ma­chine, The force, however, which made possi­ ble America, and its reflex influence upon Europe, was the open Bible by the family fire­ side. And yet neither t,h« enlightenment of the new learning, nor the dynamic power of the spiritual awakening, could break throuah tne crust of caste which had been forming for cejituries. Church and State hadso firmly and aaxterouf ly interwoven the bars of privilege and suthonty, that liberty was impossible from within. Its piercing light and fervent heat nfUst penetrate from without. God always baa in training some command­ ing genlns for the control of great crises in the affairs of nations and peoples. The num­ ber of these leaders are lees than the centu­ ries, but their lives are the history of human progress. Though COBS ax and Charlemagne, anaHildebrand, ancVLutber, and William the Conqueror, and OUvtr Cromwell, and all the and contributed to the result, the lights which flllnmlne our flrmanent to-day are Columbus the discoverer, Washington the founder, and Lincoln the savior, Neither realism nor romance furnishes a more striking and picturesque figure than that of Christopher Columbus. The mystery about Ms origin heightens the charm of his story. That he came from among the toilers of his time IB in harmony with the struggles of our period. Forty-four authentic portraits sot him have descended to us, and no two of 'them are the counterfeits of the same person. Each represents a character as distinct as its canvas. Strength and weakness, intellectual­ ity and stupidity, high moral purpose and *brutal ferocity, purity and licentiousness, the dreamer and the miser, the pirate and the puritan, are the types from which we may select our hero. We dismiss the painter, and piercing with the clarified vision of the dawn of the twentieth century, the veil of four hun­ dred years, we construct our Columbus. The perils of the sea in his youth upon the rich argosies of Genoa, or in the service of the licensed rovers who made them their prey, had developed a skillful navigator and intrepid mariner. They had given him a glimpse of the "possibilities of the unknown, beyond the high­ ways of travel, which roused an unquenchable thirst for adventure and research. The study of the narratives of previous explorers, and diligent questionings of the daring spirits who had ventured far toward the fabled West, gradually evolved a theory, which became in his mind so fixed a fact that he could inspire :others with his own passionate beliefs. The words, "that is a Me," written by him on the margin of nearly every page of a volume of the travels of Marco Polo, which is still to be found in a Genoese library, illustrate the skepticism of his beginning, And the first vision of the New World the fulfillment of his faitb. To secure the means to test the truth of his speculations, this poor and unknown ore mer, must win the support of kings and overcome the hostility of the church. He never doubted his ability to do both, though he knew of no man living who was so great in power, or line­ age, or learning that he could accomplish either. Unaided and alone he succeeded in arousing the jealousies of sovereigns, and di­ viding the councils of the ecclesiastics. "I will command your fleet and discover for you new realms, but only on condition that you c onfer on me hereditary nobility, the Admiralty of the Ocean, and the Vice Royalty and one tenth the revenues of the New Wor d," were his haughty terms to King John of 1'ortugaL Af­ ter ten years of disappointment and poverty, subsisting most of the time upon the charity of the enlightened monk of the Convent of Rl- bids, who was his unfaltering friend, he stood before the throne of Ferdinand and Isabella, and rising to imperial dignity in his rags, em­ bodied the same royal conditions in his peti­ tion. The capture of Granada, the expulsion of Islam from Europe, and the triumph of the Cross, aroused the admiration and devotion of Christendom. But this proud beggar, holding in his grasp the potential promise and domin­ ion of Eldorada and Cathay, divided with the Moslem surrender, the attention of sovereigns and bishops. France and England indicated a desire tg hear his theories, and aee his maps, wliilelie was still a suppliant at the gaf&s of the camp of Castile and Aragon, the sport of its courtiers, sad the scoff of its confessors. His unshakeable faith, that Christopher Columbus was commissioned from Heaven, both by his name and by divine command to carry "Christ across She sea" to new continents and pagan people, lifted him so far above the discourage­ ments of an empty purse and a contemptuous court that he was proof against the rebuffs of fortune or of friends. To conquer the preju­ dices of the clergy, to win the approval and financial support of the state, to venture upon that unknown ocean which, according to the belief of the age, was peopled with demons and savage beasts of frightful shape, and from which there was no possibility of return, re­ quired the seal of Peter the Hermit, the chlval- ric courage of the Cid, and the imagination of Dante. Columbus belonged to that high order of cranks who confidently walk where "angels fear to tread," and often become the benefac­ tors of their country or their kind. It was a happy omen of the position which women was to hold in America, that the only person who comprehended the majestic scope of his plans, ana the invincible qualities of his genius, was the able and gracious Queen of Castile. Isabella, alone of all the dignitaries of that age, shares with Columbus the honors of his great achievement. She arrayed her kingdom and her private fortune behind the enthusiasm of this mystic mariner, and pos­ terity pays homage to her wisdom and faith. Tiie mighty soul of the great Admiral was un­ daunted by the ingratitude of princes and the •Bsar WATTEBSOS. 2 I .82*1 12.00 te tbeencimntc i princess in the lcgand, clad in spotless raiment tnd wearing a crown of living light, she steps in the (perfection of her maturity upon the scene of this the latest and proudest of her victories, to bid a welcome j that to the world. From wheresoever he cometh we welcome him with al! our hearts. All na­ tions and creeds be welcome here. The Ameri­ can, loving no country except his own but lov­ ing all mankind a« his brother, bids you enter and fear not; bids yon partake with us of these fruits of 430 years ot American civilisation and development and behold the«e trophies of 100 years of American independence ana freedom! At this moment in every part of the Ameri­ can Union the children are taking up the won­ drous tale of the discovery. H-e-- "Our yormic barbarians all at plav." for better than these we have nothing to ex­ hibit. They, indeed, are our crown jewels-- the truest though the inevitable offsprings of our civilization and development: the repre­ sentatives of a manhood vitalized and Invigor­ ated by toil and care, of womanhood elevated and inspired by liberty and educut'on. God i bless the children ana their mothers! God bless onr country's flag! And God be with us MW <WD*««r. God in t*xe roof-tree's aluul* and ) o tlllty of the people, by imprisonment and g est. He (lied as he was securing the means a id preparing a campaign for the rescue of the xioly Sepulchre at Jerusalem from the infidel. He did not know what time has revealed, while the mission of the cru- s ide •, of Godfrey of Bouillon and Kichtiid of the Lion Heart was a blcody and fruitless romance, the discovery of Ameri­ ca was the salvation of the world. The one was the symbel fie other the spirit; the one death, the other life. The tomb of the Pavlor was a narrow and empty vault, precious only for its memories of the supreme tragedy of the centuries, but the new continent was to be the home and temple of the living (rod. The rulers of the old world began with par­ titioning the new. The northern continent was divided between England, France and Hpein, and the southern between Spain and 1'ortugal, France, wanting the capacity for colonization, which still characterises her, fave up her western possessions and left the Inglish, Who have tne genius of universal empire, masters of North. America. The de­ velopment of the experiment in the Knglish domain makes this day memorable. It is due to the wisdom and courage, the faith and virtue of the inhabitant* mt cated France for liberty, in the pro* ceases of her evolution from darkness to light,*she tried Bonrbon, and Orleanist. and the third Napoleon, snd cast them aside. Now in the fullness of time, and through the train­ ing to the school of hsrdest experience, the French people have reared and enjoy a perma­ nent republic. England of the Maynower and of .James II,, England of George III. sad of Lord North, has enlarged suffrage and is to-day animated and governed by the democratic spirit. She has her throne, admirably occupied by one of the wisest of sovereigns and best of women, but it would not survive one dissolute and unworthy successor. She has her heredit­ ary peers, but tho House of Lords will be brushed aside the moment it resists the will of the people. The time has arrived for both a closer union distance between tho Old World « CHAtTNCBT M. DIE PEW. and the New. The former indiscriminate wel­ come to our prairies, and the present invi­ tation to these palaces of art and industry, mark the passing period. Unmatched and un­ healthy immigration can no longer be permit­ ted to oar shores. We must have a national quarantine against disease, pauperism and crime. We do not want candidates for our hospitals, our poor houses, or our jails. We cannot admit those vriio come to undermine our institutions and subvert our laws. But we will gladly.thtow wide our gates for, and receive with open arms, those who by intelli­ gence and virtue, by thrift, and loyalty, are worthy of receiving the equal advantages of the priceless gift of American citizenship. The spirit and object of this exhibition are peace and kinship. Three millions of Germans, who are among the best citicens of the republic, send greet­ ing, to the Fatherland their pride In its glori­ ous history, its ripe literature, it# traditions and associations. Irish, equal in number to those who still remain, upon the Emerald Isle, who have illustrated their devotion to their adopted country on many a battle-field fight­ ing for the Union and its perpetuity, have rather intensified than diminished their love for the land of the shamrock, and their sympa­ thy with the aspirations of their brethren at home. The Italian, the Spaniard, and the Frenchman, the Norwegian, the Swede, and the Bane, the English, the Scotch, and the Welsh, are none the less loyal snd devoted Americans because, In this congress of their kin, the ten­ drils of affection drew them closer to the hills and valleys, the iei<euds and the loves associ­ ated with their youth. Kdmnnd Burke, speaking in the British Par­ liament with prophetic voice, said: "A great revolution has happened--a revolution made, not by chopping ana changing of power in any of the existing Staves, but by the appearance ef a new State, of a new species, in a new part of the globe. It has made, as great a change m all the relations and balances and gravitations of power me the appearance of a new planet would in the system of the solar world." Thus was the humiliation of our successful revolt tempered to the motherland by pride in the state created by her children. Ir we claim heritage in Bacon, Shakspeare, and Milton, we also acknowledge that it was for liberties guaranteed Englishmen by sacred charters our fathers triumphantly fought. While wise­ ly rejecting throne and caste and privilege and an- Established Church in theinne w-bom state, they adopted the substance of Knglish liberty and the body of English law. Closer relations than with other lands, and a common lan­ guage rendering easy interchanges of criti­ cisms and epithet, sometimes irritate and of­ fend, but the heart; of republican America beats with responsive pulsations to the hopes snd aspiratious of the peoole ot Great Britain. The grandeur and beauty of this spectacle are the eloquent witnesses of peace and prog­ ress. The Parthenon and the cathedral ex­ hausted the genius of the ancient and the skill ®f the medieeval architects in housing tip •tatue or spirit of Deity. In their ruins fif their antiquity they are mute protests agaiMt the merciless enmity of nations, which forjjd Srt to flee to the altar for protection. The United States welcomed the sister republics ef the southern and northern continents, and the nations and people of Europe and Asia, of Af­ rica and Australia, with the products of their lands, of their skill and of their industry to this city of yesterday, yet clothed with royal splen­ dor as the Queen of the Great Lakes. The artists and architects of the country have been bidden to desien and erect the buildings which shall fitly illustrate the height of our civilisation and the breadth of our hospitality. The pcaoe of the world permits and protects their efforts in utilizing their powers for man's temporal welfare. The result is this Park of Palaces. The originality and boldness of their concep­ tions. and the magnitude and harmony ot their creations are the contributions of America to the oldest of the arts and the cordial blading of America to the peoples of the earth tf come and bring the fruitage of their aga fb the boundless opportunities of this unparalleled exhibition. If interest in the affairs of this v*ld are vouchsafed to those who have gone-fc-sfore. the spirit of Columbus hovers over ns to-day. Only by celestial Intelligence can It grasp the full significance of this spectacle and cere­ monial. From the first century t<^the fifteenth count* for little In the history of progress, but .in tho period between the fifteenth and twentieth is crowded the romance and reality of human development. Life has been prolonged, aaa its enjoyment intensified. The powers of the air and water, the resistless forces of the elements, which la the time of the dis­ coverer were the visible terrors of tne wrath of God, have been subdued to the service of man. Art and luxuries which could be possessed and enjoyed only by tne rich and noble, the work*of genius which were read and understood by tho learned few. do­ mestic comforts and surtoundlng* beyond the reach of lord or bishop, now adorn and Illumine the homes of our citizens. Serfs are sovereigns and the people are kings. The troph.es and splendors of their reign are common we al t hs, rich in every attribute of great States, and united In a republic whose power and pros­ perity, and liberty sad enligntment are the wonder and admiration of the worm. All hail, Columbus, discoverer, dreamer, hero, iind apostle. Wo h*re. of every race and coun­ try, recognize the horlton which bounded his vision and the Infinite scope ol his genius. The voice of gratitude and praise for all the blessings which have been showered upon mankind bv his adventure is limited to no lan- euane, but it is uttered in every tongue. Neither marble nor brass can fitly form his statue. Continents are his monuments, and unnumbered millions, past, present, and to come, who enjoy in their liberties and their happiness the fruits ot this faith, will rever­ ently guard and preserve, from csntuxy |r> century, his name snd fame. MFIR OF MRS. V, HARR180»IM STRUGGLE FOR LIFE. , (JRIis nuaUy at th* B*4sid« When ifcs Summons Came--Conscious to the La*t,; ami r*--gd Peacefully **--y "-f'Wljpy; At 1:40 For tho A. XoM« Woman Gone. Mrs. Harrison Is no mono. a. m., Tuesday, came the end. second time in the Malory of tha^Vhito BMtN a President'* urlfa 1»>,h diaJl£ffehfa| Its walls. Mr g. Harrieon mm'mm wHh the patience and resignation?©* » dsvout Christian, and her laf£/£.4«rs wore comparativeiy free irom ppifiljfc could hardly be sa'd 1 hat the MM was tmc<»Bik:ious du lag the hoots, for she betrayed some signi of understanding the attempts made to re- lisve her last moments by partially opening her Iparched lips to receive the stimulating fluid applied to them from time to time. But not a drop could she swallow, and the power ot speech had apparently left her frame forever. Ih addition the physiciaa'* experienced eye note! as the evening wof» on an increase in the difficulty ©f breathing, which was regarded as an ominous sign. At last the end came, and surrounding the bedside of the loved one were aJl .the members of the family in Washington. For a few mo­ ments the silent watchers -,were over­ whelmed with grief. When they emerged from the room, the Presfdent retired to his own chamber, and was alone witfe his Ki'oat boivi^veiyient, .*>. Mw. Hurrtooiiv Hnmo ^ iuCiu6iiis liiuwru^rtti'its are toidt «e Mrs. Harrison's home life. Mrs. Httf* rison directed her own household after the most approved housewifely ex- j MRS. rB88lU,.T HARBISON; atnples. Like the Empress of Germany, the granddaughter of Queen Victoria, she was reared and educated in the old- . -fashioned way. „ The housekeeping in the White Houiw Was not a promotion to Mrs. Harrison In ?v a practical sense, as she never before had a house with so few bed chambers in it as has the Executive Mansion. -The Empress of Germany has the min­ utest details of her imperial housekeep­ ing at her royal lingers' ends; so had Mrs. Harrison all the domestic affairs of the President's house within her knowing. She was the head of ths housekeeping and she managed it witb all the care and discretion that she ever exercised in her own house. Housa* maids, housekeeper, and steward wera all under Mrs. Harrison's supervising direction, whose first care was for the comfort of her husband. Mrs. Harrison was a model hostes|^ with a long experience in entertaining both in Indianapolis and in Washing­ ton, in both of whioh places her name is a synonym socially for ail that it graselul and agreeable. When In Wash­ ington during the Senatorial terms of her husband she never assumed th6 cares of a house of her own. but her quiet receptions once or twice ea<gi week, held in her parlors, were fre* quented by the best people of the city. ; Artistically she had what was almoft a hobby for painting on china, in whioh she long indulged, and was very pro­ ficient. Delicate, fragile bits of china, : plaques, and vases paintec. by her bear traces of an aln o^t professional touch. This work, the result of an origins! taste, coupled with constant praoticf^: ? is really charming. . In making her designs Mrs. Harrisdn " was accustomed to gather buds aiid : blossoms fresh from the flower bedff9 , and make her studies directly from nature. Mrs, Harrison was also fond of artistic needlework and embroidery. , As a needlewoman she marked with her monogram each piece of linen if) the house at Indianapolis from bed- clothing to napkins. •? Among the social graces for whioh .. Mrs. Harrison was known, and onie fully tested in the White House, wafc' her practice of seeing each visitor wlpp, , called. She was never known to show irritation or annoyance, and it must be 1 a flagrant case indeed when she refuse^! to receive a caller. In youth she was known as petils, * and daguerreotypes show a slight, girt-- ish figure, with a face so bewitching d* to have almost the appearance of a fan­ ciful ideal. In later years she grew stouter, but her features were still reg­ ular and retained much of the charm for which the owner was once noted, while there was always a mirthful turn , to the corners of her mouth, which cava hor face An inviting and pleasant ex­ pression. The pas.-age ot years de* 8troye;1 iorever the youthful outline 0ft her figure and brought a little gray into the black hair, at one time very dar*. The greatest charm in Mrs. Harrison's disposition was her strong common- . sense, her evenness of temper, her will­ ingness to oblige, and the kindljy; thought for everybody else which don^75 Inated every act. She cultivated thjl . faculty of saying a happy thing of ev­ erybody, and repressed the strong in­ clination to say witty th ngs which al* ways came so easy to her, for fear sly| • might unwittingly offend a sensitive person. Her high position did not . change her In the slightest degree, unr less it were to make her feel more tha|l ever willing to give up her private in* clinations to <Jo that which was expected from her by the public. I The people who knew Mrs. Harrison when her husband was In the Senatii|; could find no change in her when sh* came to the White House, save that the passage of years had silvered her soft brown hair. Mrs. Harrison was ju$t the same--kind and thoughtful fqij|'. everybody, great and small--and thfi friends of her early days in Washington were her friends to the last. ^ ^ -k-Ji She was probably one of the moat lnj-' / •' J dustrious mistresses the White Hou«pl??fc;j,:| has ever had.» Her own method of ll£ y: was so simple that it gave her more time than ordinarily comes to persons in high places to devote to things sh# • - liked best. She was a constant readeif 3' of the best literature and devoted to her brufh. She had been a diligent pit- " J pil for several years in the study of . china painting, and her talent was oftejj* . displayed in the gifts she made her friends rt the holiday period. In carrying out the hospitality of th#V White House she has never been celled. She presided with easy dignity and grace upon all occasions, and omitted no detail that would add to th* pleasure of those attending them. She carried out to the letter the written and- unwritten laws of the house, and did.OS. much more as it was possible within the limits of eaeh season. ' •> ̂*rrr ; -i". M 'i. f :• '.""w