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I VAN t/.YKE, Editor ««d Pufelfttir. •' WfciXKHtlTj - ^ ^ . " ,Il,LTWOtS KILLED BY ROBBERS. MURDER FOLLOWS A RAID UP­ ON A KANSAS BANK. Mtan Firms named Omt In Chletfo-- Fmldtst Harrison's Pro«to«i»tIon-De- tftoit Lom Her High School Hulldinr- 'fkmbto In the Ohio Insane Aiylum. £>5 f r r f ?V • tfc X ; t '.i-t :&K $ f * £s&~*' ' v ;v , IB Approved Dal^iR VMhion. 3 o'clock Friday afternoon the Sank of Waverly, Kan., was just pre­ paring to "Close. Cashier Duval and Assistant Cashier Converse had already started to balance up the cash. Sud­ denly two masked men, leveling re­ volvers, compelled them to hold up their hands. One robber cov­ ered both "with a brace of re­ volvers, while the other robbed the cash drawer and had gone into the vault when T\ H, O'Neil, a merchant, entered, Cashier Duval called out to him to run. The robbed on guard dropped his aim And, turning, fled. The robber in the vault, grasping the situation, followed suit. In the meantime Merchant O'Neil had run froa| the bank and had given the alarin. Quickly mounting their , horses in the alley in the iear of the bank, the robbers were just leaving; A.. P. Ingle- man, at the head of three or four men, ran down the alley on foot. One of the robbers, turning quickly in hia saddle, raised his revolver and fired. The bul­ let struck Ibglemaii over the heart and piercing his body produced instant death. The robbers heading their horses west soon left the town behind. A mounted posse, however, was soon on the trail. Two miles from Lebo the robbers were captured after their »d of advertising reached the most peo* pie. Htt had circulated thousands of little dodgers, giving notice of the meet­ ing, and he asked those who had seen them, and had been moved to come through that mesn^ to ri«« Th« hall was packed as tull as it could hold, and of the entire number about fifteen rose. Then Mr. McDonald, asked all who read the notices In the newspapers and had been influenced by them, to rise, and ike effowd^oae in a body, ^ . WESTERN. .PADEMAII PEAK, near Abiquiu, N. M., Is in eruption, after lying dormant since 1820. ' THE City Council of West Superior decided to offer $65,000 as an induce­ ment for the location of the sixth Nor­ mal School of Wisconsin. JAMES DOWNS, a farmer living near Terre Haute, lnd., reached home with his skull badly fractured and soon died. It is thought' that he was murdered. THE S-year-old son of John Mahoek, of Chicago, died from the effect of mor­ phine poisoning. The morphine was sold by mistake for quinine by Alfred W. Grewerten. NEABLY two thousand conversions resulted from B. Fay Mills' meetings in Des Moines, Sunday. More than one thousand Sunday school children were among the number. S ' . . - A - j i -- ; :v 4wAShiNdToi| IS 1 Death Finally Domes to the Statesman ! A NOBLE COMBAT WASHINGTON rumor says that Mgr. Satolli will receive a cardinal's red hat before long and that he will be suc­ ceeded as Apostolic Delegate by either Archbishop Ireland or Bishop Keane. MR. BLAINE'S physicians have changed their diagonsis and now at­ tribute his illness to arterial degenera­ tion. Mr. Blaine continues very weak, and Mrs. Blaine is of the opinion that the doctors are at sea as to the nature of his ailment. THEKE have been many stormy ses­ sions of the House, but they have gen-, . , ,, A . -- prallv he#>n hold whon a. matter nt nn period of intense mental labor incident THE President issued the following - or per8onal hag I to the seizure of the Chilian steamer la Memory ol Blaine. AMERICA MOURNS HER BRILL- SAN? *>lpl AT . * - • t '"t* • VviV-• 1 I - , m CE LAMA* DEAD OF Ing wife and family he tfSHfW and the spul ^of one of the greatest statesmen the world ever knew passed beyond the veil and made its entry into the realm of the unknown. * Throughout Thursday night the end was hourly expected, but the man who had achieved so much in his life seemed ready to give death a battle, be it short and against him. The devoted physicians remained until the end. Ready* to ad­ minister any stimulant that would ex­ tend his life, they found themselves baffled by the insidious disease. When the extraordinary strength of will Mr. Blaine has shown began to suc- oumb to coma, the last of fatal Bymp- , , and Mjt wasimbeoken. D*r- lag his first term ln€ongt*ss he made onty on* extendedspeech. This was Ml axffitineati In f»vqt ofthe assumption of the Stat* war debt* 7 the tansr&l government and ccnUrftBss that to carry on the war to a tin*! eonolnskm. Be broadened in this ar­ gumentative Held, however, and gained a repatation M au effective debater. Ilia Career in Congn*i< His career in the National Congress was an eventful one. His antagonism to the Stevens reconstruction bill in 1M7 crest d a stir in the nation, and after a seeming deieat hi* amend­ ment modifying this proposed military law in the South was can led through both House and Senate. In lww Mr. filalne was elected Speaker of the House, acting in that capacity for six successive years. His career in the Expired Willie visiting at the Bom* of a I Relative in Georgia. Justice Luc'us Cuintus f!inein»»g|of Lamar died at Macon, Gs., on Moiidav evening. His sudden death, was a great shock to the community. The Judge i bad been in poor health for some time, but seemed to be menuing'during the last two weeks. About eight o'clock, Bays a dispatch, he took his overcoat, Intending to come into the city from th6 residence of W. H. Virgin, whero he had been a guest. He was met at the door by a friend, Dr. Llewel­ lyn, with whom he Ktnry in? •,A • T If* and ftf (KA 8on of Pennsylvania--His Prsssiscaa in Maine and National Polities--The Peer of the World's "Greatest Political Stu­ dents--Story of His Brave Fight for Life. Witt live in History. Bl&lne is dead. The end of h!s long illness has been reached, and his strug­ gle for existence, EO heroically made, has come to its inevitable conclusion. . James G. Blaine, the brilliant Repub­ lican leader in Congress and for three terms Speaker of the House of Repre­ sentatives. then a member of the Sen­ ate for the State of Maine, subsequently Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Garfield, and the man to whom the nation turned with the great­ est confidence in the gloomy weeks that Intervened between the shooting and the death of Garfield, next tho nominee of the Republicans for President of the United States, and again Secretary of State from March 4, 2889, to June 4, 1891, has passed to the beyond. Mr. Blaine's illness first took a serious turn in the summer ot' l»91, after I aiung-'room-:" At St C^and hopeless. Nothing but the original | pi^ed the Democracy in power in the House " "">««« onH Mr Ulainp hpnamo t.ho )on/1o? nf fU publican minority. Preceding the Preafden- tiai content oi 1876 tlie sea»ion o£ the Huusti was a stormy one, and in the steneral am­ nesty bill, removing the disabilities of partici­ pants in the rebellion. Mr. Blaine stood uy lor »ii cAuejiiJou lu tile case of jcnergon Davis. On© Gl m; most iiotnuie speecheB was made at this time under the spur of opposition from Mr. Hill, of Georgia. In 1876 ho was called upon to defend his po­ litical character against charges of bribery from the Union Pacific and other railroad, com­ panies. The Mulligan letters were produced and the stormy scenes of May and .Tune of that' year followed. Junes Mr. Blaine, rising to 5URES CONSIDERED AWL> ?:* VF ACTED UPON. Tiger of Mr. BIsir.s'2 his powers of vitality protracted his life so long. As is usual in such cases, he passed away peacefully as ono sink­ ing into a profound sleep. Little by little the poison crept* through his brain, benumbing his faculties. It was only by constant watching for the cessation of the breath and the stop­ ping of the enfeebled heart that the mo­ ment of death could be determined. To those who were with him at the last he was unable to give any sign of recognition at the end. Shortly before sinking into the fatal and final sleep the change of expression of his eyes ail the afternoon, he was in good spirited At dinner, sit G.G"-, ho ha i a good appe­ tite. Dr. Llewellyn left the house about 8 o'clock, and a few minutes later the -- Justice was seized with violent pains in ! report on the swea-'lng system, and. it wa* (JKA h-aoi4 on/1 caaw a/1 f*- -- if . I nnAn tK» polonHn»» Tlao "•v a»iu WVVU id ou, jl* Ol. U1UU1119 I ~ r"-- ~ • ---- - * -- -- -- back he had been in such health as to fDem >- of MiBsnuri from tbe Committee Q!v at the Nation's Capital--What Ts B*ing Done by thf and Honso--OM • J Matters Disposed Of and New Ones Con- The Sonato and Houso, The Fenate Friday paid an RrtYTftlormt * mark of respe"t to ihe memory of ox-Pres- : Ident Hayes bv adjourning without trans* V/?j acting any miscellaneous business. The- i House also adjourned out of respect to the ' •' memory o£ ox-r resident Tiio gea->-' Aval a mtunnwl ti * Inn hill was «m>- . ported and p'aced on the calendar. Mr. /> Warner (Dem.). of New York, from the f&y Committee on Manafactures, oreseated take no more than a perfunctory inter­ est in the Supreme Court proceedings, j - , na personal explanation, denied the right of con-i; grsss ts compel the production cf Sis private papers.» He expressed his willingness to standi of these letters he declared This purpose" j,o "re« , ' i f f 1 . s % ' " 5 4" lifer •fe-' *45 ' . wi.y.jt.y pnxdamation immediately after the , ( 'fi-t' death of Mr. Blaine: . * tV., . EXECUTIVE MASSIOX, WASHIXOTOS. (jl /' It Is my painfnl dnty to imnounce to the - C?- people of the Ignited States the death of James . S*Gillespie Blaine, which occurred in this city r ' Friday at 11 o'clock. For a full generation, this * "«• , eminent citizen has occupied a conspicuous iniluential position in the nation. His ;J iu»i |iuiuii: ?ci v uxt »111 i-ii-r jjcuifiituuf; Of Ms 8thte. Afterwards for fourteen years he v; was a member of the National Honse of Bepre- • eeatativee. and was three times chosen its ' Speaker. In 1870 he was elected to the Sen- v; ate. He resigned his seat in that body in . 3881 to accept the position of Secretary of S State in the cabinet of President Garfield. ' After the tragic death of his chief, he resigned . ,• from the cabinet and devoted himself to lit- fcr'; ; ' «rary woik,|EivinK to the public in his "Twenty rf t . Years of Congress" a most valuable and endur- " vl a&e contribution to our political literatnro Tn I March. 1H89. he again became Secretary of "Tid con tinned to excrcise this office jbr &£: f.'. v.;nt;5 June. 1802. Kin devotion to the public )r i 'j- -i Interests, his marked ability, and his exalted « . patriotism have won for him the latitude -p.. and affection of .his countrymen and the admiration of the world, in the varied ,*< < pursnits of legislation, diplomacy and • literature his Renins has1 added new \f,' < J> luster t© American citizenship. As a suitable J*.- > e expression of the national approbation of his ®>T ? great public services and of the general sor- •g; "isg?. • row caused by his death, I direct that, on the >, ' , day of his funeral, all the departments of the jtep- '&$£•' executive branch of thie Government at Wash- &*>• , v . Ington be closed, and that on all public build- ••' lags thronerhont the United States the national ! be displayed at half-staff; and that, for a period of thirty days, the Department of State be draped in mourning. BENJAMIN HAKKISOS. > draped in mourning By the President: JOHN W. FOSTEB, Secretary of State. f'r t!."- 'Bot Fir*' b Chicago. " Oirti rf ^e worst-looking Qre% the [if * Chicago department has had to handle " In some months broke oul at midnight Frid&y O'aht in the six-story brick build­ ing Nos. 62, 64, and x j', street. 66 South Canal Nearly $150,000 worth of damage was done. Fifteen manu­ facturing firms were burned out. A quantity of gasoline and inflam­ mable oils appear to 'have been stored there, as two explosions occurred at •short intervals, each serving to increase F ft a the flames, which were bright enough f * £ to light the skies like a beacon and hot ^ V . ' enough to blister the paint on doors a U' > block away. "" . !"?;* " j5-".^ 1 1 ii'i ^ '•"] High Stliool Burned. V S Thb Detrolt" Mich., High 8ehool "if'/"1 -1 ®*>Hding, corner of Griswold and State ^ , streets, was destroyed by fire, which " 8tarted at 4 o'clock in the morning. /./» I.1"' " The building has long been denounced f<'/' as a tinder-box, and the way in which I, ||4 the flames spread showed that the de- nunciations were well deserved. The building was erected in 1875, and it was the intention to use the structure for high-school purposes only until the new Central High School Building was erected. The loss is $100,000. The origin of the lire is supposed to hav<* been the explosion of chemicals stored la tfce'b&senrn^ imMit • MEWS NUGGETS. 'Is going to have statue J at the World's Fair. It will I»e marble. The model will be Katie Brown, of Pas- adena. H. P. NICHOLS, ex-town marshal, » was shot and killed at Dyersburg, Tenn., by a man named Butler. Biitler escaped. ^ - • THB sudden death of the son of Pree- 7 Went Hlppolyte, of Hayti, has aroused '$•' ,-i8u6Picions that he was poieoned by his ^ : 1 lather's enemies. E': THE Bussian Government has de- l,;[, cllned to grant the request of the Bus- '. elan railway companies that they be al- '£)tf. " lowed to buy material abroad, •JF '• ABNOLD MORLET, Postmaster Gen- eral, and his brother, Samuel Morley, |'I have been awarded $700,000 by an En- Rlish jury in their suit against the V Longmans for obtaining money under - ftilse pretenses. A BAXTIMOBE man paid five cents to K, " ride on a cable train. After going half . a block the train stopped and the con­ ductor refused to refund the nickel. The passenger sued and has been awarded •judgment for $5 and costs. COMPLETE success attended the final contractors* stake. Barely has a more boisterous meeting been heid over a nonpartisan and nonpersonai measure than that of Monday. Members were at cross- purposes over the quarantine bill, lis Most earnest supporters be­ lieved that it did not go far enough, and while they acquiesced in some of th© amendments made by the New York members they did so under protest, and in the belief that if they did other­ wise the measure would meet a linger­ ing death through filibustering. After many parliamentary wran­ gles the bill was finally Sassed. On motion of Mr. Warner of ew York an amendment was adonted extending the provisions of the bijl to immigration and importation across land boundaries as well as across sea boundaries. The object of this amend­ ment, as explained by Mr. Warner, is to pro|$$& the Canadian and Mexican frontiers. "POLITICAU" THE Republican caucus of the United States Senate has voted to favor the ad­ mission to statehood of Oklahoma, Utah and New Mexlc6, but left Arizona out in the cold. THE President sent to the Senate the nomination' of Frank C. Partridge, of Vermont, to be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Venezuela. LATEST Cleveland cabinet slate: State, Thomas F. Bayard; Treasury, John G. Carlisle; Varv Patrick A. Collins; Navy, Daniel 8. Lamont; Interior, E. C. Wall, of Wisconsin; Postmaster General, William F. Harrity; Attorney General, John Bandolph Tucker; Agriculture, Hugh C. Wallace, of Washington. FOREIGN. CARDINAL JOSEPH ALFRED FORLON, Archbishop of Lyons, is dead. EIGHTY miners were killed and scores injured by an explosion in the Tari- schritt mine at Dux, Austria. THE Egyptian situation is becoming very grave. Lord Bosebery has received telegraphic advices from Lord Comer, saying that the Khedive had intimated his intention to refer to the Turkish Sultan and to the treaty powers the ac­ tion of England in causing the dismis­ sal of the Fakhri Cabinet. Other ad­ vices from Cairo say that the natives are greatly excited. The multitude takes sides with the Khedive. IN GENERAL TKS Beacon Lamp Company at Boston, in Its defense against the in­ junction suit brought by the Edison company, has set up a claim attacking ut" 'yh Z1® Qrai0uea' "wmi'n, ??'11 -the validity of Edison's patent for in- ^ .,e^ Itata and the preliminary negotiations regarding the Behring Sea controversy. Mr. Blaine relinquished the active direction of the State Department until early last spring, when be returned to Washington still in an enfeebled con­ dition. He resumed his official duties, !«CTrcvci*i szid in thsir jpsrfornis-sic® displayed something of his old force. He had, however, several spells of severe indisposition, once being attacked while at a public dinner from which fye had to be conveyed to his home very much prostrated. During early winter the dispatches made frequent reference to' Mr; Blaine's condition, but until recently these references were of a eral and indefinite nature, the only faot apparent being that he was not as well as he had been during the summer. Two months ago, after having kept to his room for a week or more, he went out for a drive. The day was cold and chill was the natural result to one ia' his debilitated condition. In spite of the family's aversion to and efforts to avoid publicity in the matter, it came to be generally understood that there was practically no hope of Mr. Blaine's recovery, and that his death might oc­ cur at any time. An Organic Disease. The statement given out by Dr. Johnstcn was the first aditnlssioh from any authoritative source, however, that Mr. Blaine was suffering from an organic disease. In all of Mr. Blaine's previous illnesses it has been denied that the sufferer whs afflicted in any way that permanently affected his sys­ tem, and it has been always asserted by those in a position to know that his ailments were due to temporary causes and local conditions which yielded readily to medical treatment. The careful concealment of the real condi­ tion of Mr. Blaine'8 health both by the family and the physicians in attendance Induced the general public to believe that he would get well, and the ral­ lies that the naturally vigorous con­ stitution of the invalid had made from all former attacks led most of his friends to expect his recovery upon this as upon ail previous occasions. On the morning of Dec. 18 he had a slight attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, resulting, it is claimed, from the severe cold, and this was followed by a sinking spell, such as afflicted him dur­ ing his Bar Harbor sickness and upon the occasion of his serious illness in New York some time ago. So severe and so prolonged was this attacx that It was believed Mr. Blaine was dying,.' It continued until 1 o'clock, and at that hour the patient, apparently in his last earthly moments, was surrounded by his family. It was believed even by the two physicians present that he was dy­ ing, and tho family, giving up all hope, gathered for the final farewell. Sud* denly he rallied, and within half ail ' %. tl v " y ? " " \ JAMES GIIXESPIE BLAINE. •"Straw LAMWH. i"V- P'A States practice Vessel Bancroft. JUPGE METZO^SB, of/the Lycoming trial of the new' United jisse ~ JEJB, (Pa.) County Court, has rendered an opinion upholding the legality of the Beading combine. CHARGES of malfeasance as trustee of the Ohio Asylum for the Insane have been filed against Secretary of the Treasury Foster. Secretary Foster is alleged to be largely interested in a company which supplies the institution EASTERN. A PRIVATE telegram received at St. Louis from a high ecclesiastical author­ ity In New York said that news had reached there from Rome that the Holy See had chosen a coadjutor for the arch­ diocese of St. Louis and named Mgr. O'Connell, rector of the American Col­ lege in Rome, as the man. A NEAT illustration of the value of newspaper advertising was given at the Portland, Me., Young: Men's Christian Association meeting Sunday, when Gen eral Secretary McDonald stated that he had some curiosity to know what meth- Q '*'• In­ candescent lights. B. G. DUN Jb Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Severe weather appears to account in part for somewhat general shrinkage in business, in many branches checking pur­ chases, and in others output or deliveries, 'there is a somewhat general increase in complaints about collections, although money at nearly all markets is compara­ tively easy, and in supply adequate for le­ gitimate demands. MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. -..ITLE--Common to Prime.... Hoos--Shipping Grades SHJBEP-- Fair to Choice WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 "" KYE--No. 2... *.* BUTTER--Choice Creamery.*... EGOS--Fresh J POTATOES--New, per bu !.. INDIANAPOLIS CATTLE--Shipping. HOGS--Choice Light 8HEEP--Common to Prime# WHEAT--No. 2 Red Coax--No. 2 White OATS--No. 2 White 8T. LOUIS. CATTLE a.oo Hoos 8.00 WHEAT--HO. 1 Bed .m COBN--No. 2 ??.. 38 OATS--No. 2 82 14TE--No. iU .68 CINCINNATI. CATTLE 8.00 HOGB..... S.00 BHEEP 8.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red. n COBS--No. 2 43 OATS--No. 2 Mixed .85 RIE--NP. 2 02 DETROIT. CATTLE). 3.00 HOGS 8.00, SHEEP 3.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red .7* COBN--No. a Yellow .48 OATS--No. 2 White My TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 ,% ;... .72? COBN--No. 2 White * .4» OATS--NO. 2 White .8*> K*E 4K> BUFFALO. CATTLE--Common to Prime 8.00 HOGS--Best Grade* 4.00 WHEAT--No. 1 Hard .81 COEX--No. 2 Yellow * .44 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT1-N0. 2 Spring .88 CORN--No. » . . . 4!) OATS-NO. 2 White.;...;."!.".'"" '.U RYE-NO. 1 ; tZ BA BLET--NO. 2 \ki POBK--Mess j. " i#25 NEW YOBKl' CATTLE 8^> HOGS,... . 8.00 SHEEP sun WHEAT--No. 2 R^'.'.'.'.'.V.V.V.V.V. '.80 COBN--No. OATS--Mixed Western .38 BUTTE B--Western 94 POBK--New Mess W.K 13.29 <9 6.25 3.80 & 8.00 3.00 & 6.60 .73 @ .74 •31 & .32 .eo & .52 .32 & .33 .28 & .29 .65 & .75 S.26 & 8.50 8.80 <9> 8.0Q 3.00 @ 6.00 .07 0 .09 .«0 9 .41 M m M The cause of these sinking epells o f spasms has always been mysteriously kept secret by the physicians and family, though the public and press haVe fre­ quently attributed them to Bright's disease of tho kidneys; at other times brain trouble was alleged, but the most frequent conclusion was that Mr. Blaine was suffering from kidney disease of some sort. It is now asserted that the disease which has so long and eo.insidi- ously undermined his constitution and destroyed his health is what is known as waxy degeneration or the kidneys. To its ravages is attributed the general break-down of his physical system, his remarkable pallor during the past few years, and his occasional attacks of ill­ ness marked by severe fainting spells. The following day Mr. Blaine seemed to be considerably better. He sat up up for a short time and talked with members of 'the family in a very cheer­ ful frame of mind. The sinking spell showed that he recognized Mrs. Blaine and the physicians. But he was unable to give any further sign. CAREER OF JAMES G. BLAINE. Striking Features of the Lire of the Famous American Statesman. James Gillespie Blaine, second son of Eph- raim L. and Maria Olllespie Blaine, was born at the Indian Hill Farm, Washington County, Pennsylvania, .Tan. 31,1830. The old stone house in which he was born was the first structure of the kind ever erected west of the Monongahela River. It was built by the great­ grandfather of Mrs. Gillespie Blaine in 1778 and It now stands within the city limits of West Brownavllle. From his father the son inherited the hardy, energetic Qualities of a^Scotch-Irish ancestry. Kphratm Blaine, hie great-grandfather, was Commissary General of the American army from 1778 to the close of the revolution in 17P3. This great-grandfather was possessed of ample means, and during the trying times of depriva­ tion in Valley Forge the continental army was materially aided from his private purse. The grandfather for whom young Blaine was named, first chose & political career. A pro­ tracted stay in Europe, after lie had finished his studies, estranged him from his early am­ bition. He returned to America in 1793, and as a special bearer of dispatches, delivered to the American Government a treaty with some foreign power. Afterward he retired to private life. The father of James G. Blaine was born and reared in Carlisle. In 1S18 he removed to Washington County. He had inherited con­ siderable wealth, and owtjed landed property in the western part of the State. These lands, however, had not beefe developed, and a large family made heavy drains upon his means. In 1825 he deeded to the Economites a tract of land noiv occupied by the site of Philadelphia. serve nothing. He stood up In the house hold­ ing the letters in hts hand. "Thank God," said he, "I am not ashamed to show them. There is the very original package. And, with some sense of humiliation, with a mortifica­ tion I do not attempt to conceal, with a sense of outrage, which, I think, any man in my po­ sition would feel, I invite the confidence of forty-four millions of my countrymen while I read these letters from this desk." At this time Josiah Caldwell, one of the ^-- BLAINE'S BAR HARBOR BOMB. MRS. BLAINE. 6.25 BLAINE'S BIKTHPLACK. of the previous day seemed to hav« lost its effect, and the reaction apparently i left the invalid stronger than before. From this time until the end came lit­ tle remains to be told concerning the great statesman's illness. For nearly another month he lingered on the very brink of the crave. The ablest physi­ cians were almost continuously at his bedside, but their attendance was of no avail other than to make restful the suf­ ferer's last days, for it was well known that he was beyond the aid of medical skill. It was a constant struggle with death, and grim, unconquerable death was the victor. Breathes Hit Lint*. The end came at 11 o'clock Friday - 4 - , *:_ -,vs morning, 1.. Surrounded Other lauds, since found rich In minerals, were sold for almost nothing. Mr. Blaine's mother was a woman of strong character and superior intelligence. She was a devout Catholic, but the son adhered to the Presbyterian convic­ tions of his paternal ancestry. The son James received every advantage of education. In 1*42 Mr. Blaine's father was elected prothonotary of the County Court of Washington County. The father was then in poor circumstances and his removal to the county seat enabled him to send the son to college. James entered the freshman class of Washington College in November, 1843. At the age of 17 years and 8 months he was graduated In a class of thirty-three, sharing first honoris with John C. Hervey. who was afterward 8u- jWrintWMtent ol Public Instruction at Wheel- Beginning of His Career. Soon alter graduation Mr. Blaine became a teacher In the Western Military Institute at Blue Lick, Ky. Here he met Miss Harriet. Stanwood of Maine. Miss Stanwood was a teacher in a seminary for young ladles at Mil- lenburg, and the two were shortly afterward married. Mr. Blaine returned with his wife to .Pdnnsylvania and became a teacher in the In­ stitute for the Blind at Philadelphia. Instruc­ tion was chiefly oral and the young teacher was given charge of the higher class in litera­ ture and science. For two years Sir. Blaine was associated with the school. In 1854 he moved to Augusta, Me., where he has since made his home. He purchased a half Interest In the Kennebec Journal and became its editor. He had a ready faculty for the work, and with­ in three years was a master spirit in State politics. He engaged ardently In the formation of the Republican party, in i860 he was a delegate ta the first national convention of the Repub­ lican party which nominated John C. Fremont for the Presidency, it was shortly afterward, at a public meeting, when he first "claimed at­ tention as a public speaker. At this meeting he rendered an official report, stammering in confusion at the outset. But as he proceeded he gained confidence and wound up in a man­ ner which called attention to him'as a public orator. In 18JS7 he broadened his newspaper field by assuming the editorship of the Port­ land Advertiser. His political genius, how­ ever, had eclipsed the Journalist within him. In 1858 he was elected to the State Legisla­ ture and was afterward successively chosen for four years. The last two years in the House he served that body as Speaker. At the begin­ ning of the civil war Mr. Blaine gaineddintinc- tlon In the debates which «rew out of that crisis. At the time of his election to the Leg­ islature he was made Chairman of the Repub­ lican State Committee, and for twenty years he held that office. l)urinor this time he led and shaped every political campaign in the K<> State of Maine. He was elected to Congress in hi* *• til WHERE HIS FIRST SCHOOL DAYS WERE SPENT. ing of the present national administration he entered the President's Cabinet as Secretary of State. His distinguished career in that posi­ tion is well remembered. The Pan-American Congress, the reciprocity treaties, and other striking incidents, rendered his work remarka­ ble. Owing to personal differences with the President he resigned his position In the Cabi­ net a few days before the meeting oi the Na­ tion Convention of his party. Though a shoit time before he had declined in set terms to be a candidate before the convention he permit­ ted his friends to use his name. On the first ballot, however, President Harrison was le- nomlnated. Though in bad health Mr. Blaine wrote a letter and made a speech for bis party during the campaign lateiv closed. HKBCUIIILE, the new French explo­ sive, is so powerful that half a pound of it, in a recent test, displaced a stone weighing thirty tons.--Peoria Journal. originators of the Little Pvock and Fort Smith Railroad, was traveling in Europe, and efforts had been made at Mr. Blaine's suggestion to reach him by telegraph. After reading these letters Mr. Blaine turned to the Chairman of the Investigating Committee atd demanded to know if any answer had been received from Mr. Caldwell. The Chairman returned an evasive answer when Mr. Blaine turned upon him, charging, as within his own knowledge that the Chairman had received such a dis­ patch, "completely and absolutely exonerating me from this charge, and you have suppressed it." Of this scene General Garfield once said that it exceeded anything he had ever aeea ia Congress. As » Candidate Tor President. June 11 was the time of the Republican Na­ tional Convention, The previous Sunday he had been prostrated by the heat, and fears were entertained for his life. In the convention, however, his frienda stood firm. On the first ballot lie received 233 votes out of the total of 764. The remainder were- divided between Sen­ ator Morton, Secretary Bristow, Senator Conk- llng. Gov. Hayes, and others. On the seventh ballot his vote rise to 381, lacking only 28 of a nomination. A combination upon Hayes, bow- ever, defeated him. Mr. Blaine entered the Senate some months later. Again in IHHO his friends ot four years before stood by him in the national conven­ tion. The first vote stood: Grant, 304; Blaine, 2*4; Sherman, ys; Edmunds, 34; Washburne, 30; Windom, 10, and Os-rflpld, l: On the final bal­ lot, however, the Blaine forces united on Gar­ field, who was nominated. After his election Mr. Blaine was made Secretary of State. He was in the Cabinet ten months. After Gar­ field's death Mr. Blaine retired from the Cabi­ net. On his retirement he was for the first time in twenty-throe years out of public station. He took up his well-known his­ torical work, "Twenty Years of Con­ gress," and issued the first vol­ ume in January, 1884. In this year he was again before the Republican Convention for the- nomination to the Presidency. On the fourth ballot he received 541 of the 813 votes and was nominated. President Arthur was his chief competitor. This campaign was a peculiarly hitter one. The result hinged upon New York, which went Democratic and elccted Grover Cleveland. He returned at once to his history and completed the second volume in IrtfcC. Later he traveled extensively in Enr6pe, his health being much broken. At the time of the Republican Convention' in 1888 be refused to accept the nomination, cabling from Scotland to the Chicago (fathering to that effect. Several months earlier he had written a letter refusing to be considered a candidate. As Secretary of Stat*. He worked for the success of Mr. Harrison in the succeeding campaign and at the begin- but he t >ok his seat the usual decision day. He left Washington for the South about a month ago. Since then he had missed the sessions of the court, his ab­ sence causing some delay in the de­ cision of the lake front case, wherein the city of Chicago and the Illinois Cen­ tral Railroad were the participants. Ke- c^ntly Judge Lamar was thought to have considerably improved. L. Q. C. La­ mar was the most conspicuous Southern man in public life. A native of Georgia lor thirty-five years a resident of Mississippi, he had been closely identified with the varying fortunes ol his section throughout its ir.ost event­ ful period and until his death h« more than any other man typified to the American mind the best there it In Southern culture and Southern statesmanship. His career was a va­ ried and an interest ng one. He had been lawyer, journalist, college pro­ fessor, legislator, planter, soldier, and diplomat, but was chiefly distinguished for the eloquence of his oratory and the breadth of his scholarship. DEATH OP BISHOP BROOKS. . Succumbs to an Attack of Diphtheria After Four Days' Illness/ Bishop Phillips Brooks died at hit home in Boston of diphtheria, after at illness of but four days' duration. In the death of Bishop Brooks, says 1 Boston correspondent, the Protestani Episcopal Church loses one of its most brilliant and progressive divines. The Bishop has occupied advanced ground among the liberal thinkers of his church ever since he was ordained to the min­ istry in 1859, and his "low church" views were so pronounced as to make him conspicuous. He frequently pHirvLirs Bneotea {nations, and his brilliant pulpit ora lory made him powerful for good. His remarkable ability was early recognized. He was the object of fre­ quent .cells, was .offered a Harvard pro fessorShip, and in lfr6> declined the office of assistant bishop of Pennsylva­ nia, to which he had been elected. A conscientious toller In the spiritual vineyard, he chose to remain with his Boston parish. In 1891 Phillips Brooks was elected to succeed the late Bishon Paddosk, of the diocese of Massachu­ setts, and his selection was indorsed with enthusiastic pleasure by church goers of all denominations. Bishop Brooks was a man of magnificent phy­ sique. He was six foet four inches tall, and of proportionate build. Conspicu­ ous among men . both mentally and physically, and endowed with a-heart that matched his other attributes, he was a commanding figure whose de­ parture from life will be widely mourned. . He was in his 58th year. SENATOR BY DEFAULT. Sail to Be Probable that Perkins Will Hold Oyer In Kansas. * •. Topeka (Kan.) special: So chaotic has the senatorial situation * become that it is improbable that any legal election will be brought about during the present session, in which event the present incumbent, Bishop W. Perkins, will hold over. The opinion of the best legal authorities that can be obtained on the subject is that If a joint session of a constitutional major­ ity of the members who were originally given certificates of election by the State C a n v a s s i n g B o a r d can be had the per- majority of the votes cast In such joint session will be legale ly elected. No one of the three parties has a constitutional majority, and neither of them can muster a quorum. Unless a combination. oanc be made by either Republicans or Populists with the Democrats neither can elect. the Election of President, etc., reported a bill to repeal the sections oft he. He vised Statutes concerning supervisor* of elec­ tions. • « . The new Columbian postage stamp waa rigorously attacked in the Senate Satur-j Say by Mr. Woleott, of Colorado, After- transacting routine business, Mr. Wolcotfe< tailed up the joint resolution introduced by him some days ago to disconMnno thft.' sale of the Columblkn postage' Rtampsu He was at a loss to understand, he said, why those stamps bad ever been manufactured.' He noticed that the rottanttor General suggested in his annual report tbut .he expected to receive $1,509,000 extra prof-, Its out of their sale • to stamp collectors.! That was a trick that miffht 'suit tome . of the IHtle Central American states when they were a few thousand! dollars «shy," but the United Staies waa too big a country to unload a cruel and ' unusual stamp upon stamp collectors. The feature of tbe session of the House was the consideration of the national quarantine bl'L It was ashored li> bjr Eu aluqutni SDeech from 'Congressman Fayner, of Maryland, who depicted the danger which was Imminent to the people of this country from unrestricted immigration, and who urged upon the House the necessity of agreeing to some national law which would protect ihe United States from an invasion of its most deadly enemy--cholera. Mr. Chandler (N. H.) diverted the Senate Monday by arraigning two Republican Sen­ ators, Me.-srs. Hoar (Mass.) and Piatt, (Conn.) for putting forward against the anti-option bill u constitutional argument that would be equally strong in its appli­ cation to the tariff law. At the conclusion ®f Mr- Chandler's speeth the anti-option bill went over without' action, ai) agree­ ment havinz previously been reached when tbe vote on that bill should be taken. Cer­ tificates of election of Senators Cockrell (Mo.) and Duvis (Minn.) for their new terms _from March 4, 1893, were nresented svn« placed on Ble. The nouse, after a lenethy parliamentary discussion, suc­ ceeded in passing the quarantine bill. Early Tuesday a communication from Chief Justice Fuller ot the Supreme Cour% to the Vice President, announcing tho death of Justice Lamar, was laid before the Sen­ ate. Messrs. Walthall (Miss.) and Gordon (Ga.) made brief remarks, • payin? . warm tributes of respect to the memory of Mr. • Lamar, and Mr. Wilson (Iowa) mov*di as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. La­ mar, who was formerly a member of tbe Senate, that the Sennto adlourn. The mo­ tion was carried unanimously. There was but little business transacted in the Houso because of the annonncement of t.ne death of Justice Lamar. On motion of Mr. Alien (Miss.) the House adjourned as a mark of respect to the memory of the dead Justice^ Neither the anti-option bill nor the.Cher- okee outlet bill--which have the alternate, right of wav in the Senate--had any show of consideration Wednesday. The hour of the session was taken up In routine mat­ ters. The only exceptions were the fntro- "' duction of a bill for tho admission of Utah as a State, and an amendment reported from the committee on naval affairs and referred to the committee on appropriations looking to a further increase of the navy. The remainder of the session was passed behind closed doors and was devoted to tho question of whether the nomination of Mr. McComas as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia should be or not be confirmed In the House filibuster­ ing against the bankruptcy bill was inaugu­ rated by Mr. lvilgore, of Texas, fie wad' •isfably seconded in his endeavor to defeat the bankruptcy hi 1 by Mr. Pierce, of Ten­ nessee. who supplemented his everv motion' with another which was calculated tJ pre* vent action, and the fi ibustering contin­ ued. "Another wasted day" wae the com­ ment of the Republicans, and their com­ ment was echoed, by a majority of the Democrats. But the few Democrats op­ posed to the bankruptcy measure held firm, and the House adjourned without action, thus exhausting the two days assigned t» , tbe Judiciary Committee and the bank­ ruptcy bill, The Houso Thursday resumed in com* < ,mittce o t the wLo'e the cjnsideration^f the sundry civil appropriation bill. rPend- ' Ing a vote the committee rose and ihe( > House without cm ludlng the bill a'l- :|jourued. in the Senate Mr. Cullom (111.)' 1 (introduced a ^oini ie«'lutiot nqnesting khe municipal authorities of Philadelphia to lend to tbe United States Government tbe liberty bell for exhibition at this, World's Fair and asked to have it, mir. ujrots its passage. he joint resolution was ie-.„l ferrod to the c mm it tee on the library. Mr. Cassy (N. D.) moved io*ake up and pasS"* Hen ate bill for a cimmsslon of five per-':* sons (at 110 a day ana necessary OK pea­ ses), with stenographer and clerk, to make a thorough investigation cf the alcoholic liquor traffic. Mr. Ve*t (Mo) - HrifuCd against the bill, declaring himself utterly opposed 10 all such legisla­ tion. Tbe question was one that w,-ts. beIng preached upon, written upon, and prayed upon (in both forms of tbe word) in every part of the civilized world, and especially in tbe United States. How conld a com­ mission, be asked, advice Coogre-s on such a matter? After further discussion tbe morning hour expired wlthaut further ac­ tion on the bill. 1 here were not many Sena­ tors in the chamber durlnsr the debate on the anti-option bill, but those nho were present witnessed the remarkable circumstance of the St a es* rights Democrat, Mills (Tex.), | having his argument against the constitu­ tionality of the bill sustained by the stal­ wart Republican. Hlscock (N. Y.). In the, course of his argument Mr. Mills said if by. an india-rubber system of construction of the constitution commerce had a right to regulate commerce in States--as pro­ posed in the pending measure--It coutf go further and regulate the production of the specified articles. Mr. Hlscock op­ posed the bill. The great volume of wheat,' corn and cotton vould not be diminished or Increased by such legislation, and yet the proposition w«s to tako possession of the markets of New York, Minneapolis. Chicago and Now Orleans, and to controf the manner in which contracts, shall be made. He believed that all legislation like that proposed was vicious, and he be­ lieved that if the bill were crystallised iuto law It would become the basis of the rae*ti gigantic trust that ever existed tn the United States. V B. W. PERK IMS. son receiving a Currencies Condensed* THE eldest son of President Hlp­ polyte, of Hayti, is dead. ABBOTT'S brewery at Brooklyn, N.Y„ burned. Loss, $75,000. COBA TANNEK, the actress, will sa« for a divorce from Col. Sinn. THE Czar of Russia will a£2 the tltU Emperor of Asia to his name. THE Northwestern College at Albany, Mo., was burned. Loss, $45,000. GERMANY'S machinery for the "World*t Fair exhibit has arrived at Baltimore. IT is said the Earl of Aberdeen will «f €«ak»d». TERRIBLE EXPERIENCE AT SEA. Skip's Crew Exposed to the Elements tor • Threes Day. *" *' Capt. Lent, of the schooner Minneola of Windsor, N. S.. his wife and five sailors were rescued at sea and brought to New York by the ship Carlton, bound froni San Francisco. When the Carlton sighted the Minneloa she was full of water. The people on board had been three days without provisions and were on the verge of succumbing to their fate. For three days and nights the captain't wife had been on the top of the deck house, clinging for life. She had to keep watch while the crew la­ bored atthe pumps to keep the schooner from sinking. Mrs. Lent was more dead than alive when taken on board the Carlton. The Minneloa was aban--ii doned. . J| Brieflets. THE 4-year-old-son of 'William Her- back waa. frozen to death at Laraml^, Wyo. SEVENTEEN new cases of cholera hafpi^ occurred in the Nietleben Asylum 4* Berlin. THE latest Information is that France will tend nine naval ships to the Colum­ bian naval review, Bussia seven, Ger­ many six, Italy five, and the remaining IIAVAM ItMVM ama *** *V--" ' W - i