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1 van tt.iret» , - rV^Wm xixiKom PREVENT A PANIC. w . * IK •••; $B&'y VISITORS BARRED FROM EXPO- TV . «TION ROOFS. ^ • «fe«Hd Knira at Nowburff. 3C. "TVtththe ' Vnt Shore--Chicago Firemen's Fond U rowing--S*6« a Kalnmaker for HI* Peaalon. • • ^ $ $•. ' To Avert a Pule. \ ***'«#» i VISITORS to the Pair will no longer i» able to promenade on the roofs of Manufactures • and Transportation £ Buildings. The Council of Adminis­ tration has issued an order stop- the elevators which run to ? the roofs of the two buildings men­ tioned and the balconies and gal- ' * ieries of Administration Building •ill also be closed to the public. This v 4 #rder was made upon a written report ; ' from Director of Works Burnham, who Informed the council that he thought : ' gfc unsafe to permit visitors to visit > ^ those places as they have done hereto- •* lore. The fire in the Cold-storage ' Warehouse had its influence with Mr. Burnham, but the chief reason was to ! - ' avoid a panic. The promenade on Manu- - " lacLures Building is 250 feet high at.d i there is no moans of getting down ex- oopt by the elevators. On one occasion v \ " tjhere were 3,000 people on that roof. It , v tbok several hours to get them down, t In the event of a panic, which would le created by even a sligh t blaze in the big . - Iftnllding, there would be a catastrophe. .. J- Over 980,000 Raised. /* OVER $20,000 has thus far been raised to form a fund for the widows and or- , . fihans of the brave firemen who per­ ished in the cold-storage warehouse • fire at the World's Fair grounds. And, -a Chicago correspondent says, from i. present indications this is but a begin- ?; aing. Seldom has such a general im­ pulse to give swayed the people. Times •re hard and a financial spasm has left Its effects, but that does not prevent donations. The bravery of the us poor ; fh-emen who perished like heroes is a Constant subject of discussion. Z-'- . . Death on West Shore Koail T \ _ A TF.RRTBT,K accident occurred at /"I '*> ®Tewburg, N. Y., Thursday. The ' Weetrbound West Shore train, due i St 12:04, ran into an open switch . :: • lialf a mile south of the depot, and a bad emash-up was the re­ sult. At the time the dispatch was sent out four bodies had been taken out of the wreck. A large number of |»adly injured were taken in all kinds Of conveyances to the hospital. It is Aid there are from eight to ten killed and over a dozen injured. NEWS NUGGETS. * • f t t a s t r u s t e e s o f L a n e S e m i n a r y h a v e Accepted the resignation of Rev. Henry " Preserved Smith. AN explosion of gasoline caused the jleath of Mrs. C. P. Vanarsdale and 'llary Hogefelt, at Beatrice, Neb. S JAMES TOWNSEND, of Indian Terri­ tory, was despoiled of 81,000 by three jjien, supposed to be the Rally brothers. > DR. BERNARD J. MCQUAID, of Roch­ ester, N. Y., celebrated the twenty- fth anniversary of his creation as ishop. . . . P RESIDENT C LEVELAND has ruled ' J two of the applicants for the -Berlin 2 Consulate out because thev do not speak German. 9 . ROBERT RUSSELL, a non-union sailor, 4-/, sitho had been missing since June 29, was found dead at Eureka, Cal. * It is .' • ^believed to be a case of murder. . A BALTIMORE pensioner, whose disa­ bility has been removed by an opera* L { tion, has returned his voucher and de- ii/r t. - * alines longer to accept a pension. Y s. TILMAN JOHNSON, an escaped pris- f'<:~ * #ner and alleged poisoner, was recap- ' tured at Waco, Texas, after a des- •' ^ perate resistance behind barricaded ; . * moors. V THE Chamber of Commerce at Hot ^Springs, Ark., has eent an invitation to President Cleveland to come and ^bathe in the city's waters and be cured §)f rheumatism. EXPORTS from the Ottawa district to the United States during 1892 amount- to $2,562,708, chiefly lumber in va- >us shapes. This is an increase of '",000 over 1801. companies of the Kansas militia ^ , Jiave 1i$en cliebanded for offensive ppr- 'iisansh.lp>,. because they failed to sup- &. % !'. : t U ' i i S'-fv^ mtm -'port the Populists in the legislative ^ ^ trouble last lanuary. RAJNMAKE&£. B. MONTGOMERY, of * Woodland, Kan., ^aimed the credit for the recent storm in that section, and t.< iSy^iSnbw ft farmer who^# crops were de- A- • ;»troyed has sued him fOt; damages. ' AT Taeonia, Wash., thd Grand Jury *h '% * the Rev- Thomas Sing for at- r " tempting to land thirty Chinesp labor- ^ era from the steamer Mogul im the X" pretext that they were actors fw> the r v / V ' - W o r l d ' s F a i r . . 0 - r OP 420 members constitating the i|/; I Italian Senate 130 are charged with t;- C . " complicity direct or indirect in the £f' 1 bank scandals. About 100 of the mem- p • r" f ' bars of the Chambar of Deputies are i1- f- similarly implicated. ;, THE Ck^orado silver convention has •^ issued a statement declaring that the '/•[ depreciation of silver has been caused a conspiracy, with England back of it, dnd demanding free coinage in place , *. of the Sherman act SECRETARY HOKE SMITH recently visited Fort Totten Indian Agency, l'V North Dakota. 'J, Two NEGROES were lynched, one at Oeala, Fla., charged with criminal as sault, uid the other at Columbus, Miss., charged with murder. ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., was shaken : by an earthquake. EMILY VADEEB, the actress, whe wm for some years leading support for Edwin Booth, has become insane from i'!, estate office of Milton S. ' ̂ 1 t Wl®|isiss ^ Patchogue, L. I., was J*. • broken into. His big safe was blown < onan fiKkOOO in cash, bonds, stocks S^K^lipBrlties stolen. \:K ' ' REV. B. PENMAN, rector of II;; the Presbyterian Church at Irvington • N. Y., has resigned his pa«t irate be '% cause of his "inability to longer sustain ij ? , n4 subscribe to the system of dcotrine i 1 «f the church." I * : ; J OHN L YONS and Joseph Beschoff, of ̂ . ^Pittelmrg, Pa., were drowned Sunday I#* 6ft. « *, 4-mmbmt. VAN BEROCXTJK, the enibesaUn^~ISI$| ui the Buffalo (N. Y.) fli1# missioners, was arridgnod and mat to jail. If the full penalty were applied Van Brocklin could be sent to prison for 16,500 years. His stealings may reach $60,000. Miss EDITH DRAKE, daughter of a wealthy resident of New York City, disappeared for some days, and police aid was invoked; but it was only the old story of "Love and the Locksmith," for the young lady is now Mrs. Samuel D. McGibney, wife of an honest artisan at the carpenter trado. JUSTICE SAMUEL E. BLATdtrroRii, of the U. S. Supreme Court, died at his cottage in Greenough, Newport, R I., at 7:20 o'clock Friday evening. /Death seemed probable for three days, but it was not until 3 o'clock JMday afternoon that the family realized that it was at hand. From that hour Judge Blatchjord R«uk rapidly, passing away as if asleep. Mrs. Blatchford and Ap- Eleton Blatchford, the only son; also >r. F. H. Rankin, his physician, were with him when he died.. Justice Blatchford arrived at his cottage about June 12, and three weeks ago Friday suffered two slight paral^tio strokes, which his physician described as par­ tial loss of motion. The effect was general in character, and not upon any part of the body in particular, leaving the patient wea*k but in full possession of all Ms faculties. For a time he transacted some business, but about' a : week before his death this became im- possibie, ,:> | •; ^ _ * Iff,* .. IV •' Tiv THE union bricklayers employed on the Whitley Malleable Iron Works at Muncie, Ind., quit work Tuesday be­ cause an apprentice named Oscar Sav­ age was working on the job as a full- fledged workman. A YOUNG man named Butler received a ducking at Knightstown, Ind., by some residents who do not approve of intoxication. It is said a court of in­ quiry will be held, as all the people concerned are highly respectable in all other respects. THE mangled body of Arnold Graff, an unmarried Swiss aged 45 years, who was working on a farm west of Tiffin, Ohio, was found on a side track. Graff had crawled under a freight car to es­ cape the rain and was ground to death under the wheels. THE Platte River, a few milee «»8t of Leavenworth, Kan., is bank full and* in some plaoes running over. Hun­ dreds of acres of corn have bpen inun­ dated and almost destroyed. A further rise of a few more inches will inundate thousands of acres of rich bottom lands. BY the capsizing of the yacht Chesa­ peake, in Chicago harbor Sunday, four of nine persons were drowned. It is believed the yacht Seashell. with ten people, also foundered. During the same s$uall; the captive balloon at the World's Fair burst. Wo one was hurt. THOMAS RUTH, School Fund Com­ missioner of South Dakota, has discov­ ered big frauds in the loaning 6f the State school funds by County Commis­ sioners. About $400,000 has been loaned out this year, and out of thirty- six loans made in one county thirty- four were in violation of law. No more loans will be made, though $100,000 is on hand. A HAIL-STORM almost totally de­ stroyed the grain in two townships six miles east of Wheaton, Minn., Monday night. Reports indicate that from 5,(X)0 to 10,000 acres were totally de­ stroyed. At Morris, Minn., tho storm destroyed growing crops and ruined, it is estimated, at least 2,000 acres of grain. The church in the, town of Synnes belonging to the Nof-wegian Lutheran Synod was struck by light­ ning and burned to the ground. THE Jonathan Mills Manufacturing Company, of Columbus, Ohio, is in­ formed that Judge Sage, in the United States Coyrt at Cincinnati, has held in its case against M. C. Whitehurst, that a device used by the defendant, called "Flier Blades" m a flour bolting ma­ chine, is an infringement on a patent held by the Mills Company. This was a test case, and as there are over 100,- 000 of these machines in use in the United States and the owners can be made to pay a royalty, it means millions to the plaintiff. FREDERICK T. DAY, President, and William Plankinton, Vice President of the defunot Plankinton Bank, Milwau­ kee, Wis., are among the officials of the bank against whom indictments were returned Tuesday afternoon by the grand jury, which for more than a month has 'been engaged in an investigation of the Plankinton Bank and Lappen failure. Frank A. Lap- pen is also indicted, but the names of three others said to be officers of the bank are withheld until the capiases thefr ^irosta can be served. The indictment against the bank, offi­ cials charges illegal banking in receiv­ ing deposits while the bank was insol­ vent. The indictment of Mr. Plankin­ ton will occasion general surprise. Mr. Lappen, it is said, is now in Mexico. At last accounts Day was in a sanitar­ ium near Chattanooga--nearly a physi­ cal as well as a financial wreck. Under the9 treatment that he received there he may have sufficiently recovered this time to travel to some for- «ii >y t i elgn clime. The grand jury was origin­ ally called to investigate the origin of the many mysterious fires which oo- curred in the city during the winter. In its report the jury says it investi­ gated 305 fires, of which 885 were satis­ factorily explained, leaving but ten to mysterious origin. These, the jury concluded, were started by the self- confessed incendiary, Thome, now serv­ ing a term in State prison. SOUTHER*^ weathcwTwyeiL may 2airly"be belated crop to will reduce the yields stili further. A few seotions in Florida and Louisiana see&ttflM %aMpttftffc*ii.the fate tgiit has tfvertaken the ectiton territory gen­ erally, but1 they are ' not extensive enough to make any material difference in tbe^rop as a ^hole* .. * -0; 5}" KwksSiu&foii :̂ IT is stated that the present adminis­ tration has appointed 4,242 fewer post- raaet-ers than Harrison in the same length of time. . SECRETARY MORTON is considering how. to reduce thfi^-coet ^of si^far^jcperiT ment stations ip Kansas, on wfawh .the Government expenaitsiro has now been more than $60,000. ' • , SECRETARY LAMONT has decided that officers detailed as Indian agents are not entitled to mounted pay, and directs them, if their duties require them to be mounted, to apply to the In­ terior Department for mounts. APPLICATIONS for a post chaplaincy have been pouring into the War De­ partment since the announcement a few weeks ago that Chaplain Tully had been asked to resign because of in­ temperance and other unministerial conduct. iA, i."ifORBIQW. !M li CAPftivi had'assured the Kaiser tnat ' he ootiuidd & "majority of .25 to 30 in-' the German Reichstag in favor of the a r m y b i l i . ^ • : - ; ̂ ADMIRAL FLAMORNAIX,of the French flagship Naida, has - Bailed away from St. Johns, N. F., threatening to avenge the seizure of some goods, imported by his countrymen, for the non-payment ofduties. WHEN the new Reichstag met in Berlin Wednesday for the first time for J the consideration of regular businessi nearly all the members were in their" places. Immediately after the opening of the house Chancelor Von Caprivi ascended the tribune and in & long speech introduced the amended army bill. He stated that the present form of the bill reported the minimum that the government would accept in men or money. The government's demands were the lowest possible con^iste^| with the safety of the empire. !' ^ -, IN GENERAlj^'" PLACES OF INTEREST TO THE #HiOAQO VWtTOjp i'fWl Post a* Vod Kwridu, tibai 8«» Alt Institute (id tho LifoHSavtac Worthy a VUlfc tfa* Tha WorM* Mr <HtVt ' ' visitor who has yduMMted groups of attractions suoh as the p«arks, the theaters, tho prin­ cipal buildings and the like, need to tome particular line or art. MIMMM, Or popular Utility. Afnong aotauy, the Art Institute OhiMffo, iui mimy hdurs, even a whole day, xSay be pleasantly and profitably •pant under the roof or this great in- Vtltatian, which, scarcely oom^leted, has thrown its doors open to all who fo*e %he beautiful in its most eloquent forms. It has beoome a spot of wide favor with citizens and strangers alike, tad its accessibility, beinglooated on treat whlcti, wlwia oomple«»d,kWill b« dbrhtein miles in _ htana jdottsd witti tMMtial man­ sions and radiant gardens. Fort Sheridan is located within less than an hour's ride from Chioago, on the Ohioago and Northwestern Rail­ road. It oontaina many buildings, many eoldiors and a large landed are*. It is well worth the time devoted to Inspect the quarters and paraphernalia of the oamp, the evolu­ tions ol the soldiers beilng particularly interesting. The structures of the post are massive aiui of pewnanent sU- biUty. The barradka and water tower building Is 1.006 feet in length, the armory mess hall 176 feet. There are five fine edifioes, resembling private reeidenoes, and used as quarters for the field officers, oaptains, lieutenants, non­ commissioned offloert, and administra­ tion building. The cavab^drttl hall and stables are, together, over 500 feet in length, and the chapel, guard-house, and pumping station, which is to have Emu pat, • * • • * * » JiMMoaANu'wAnA SKMII Mtrtuvs. *** FOLLOWING is the standing of clubs of the National League: w. Phlladelp1a.il Bostona. ...3V BroeMyu.. ,05 Plttebur**. .81 Clav«lasi4«:I81 OlncinaatU.Si .ISINCW Yorks..JB J2fl;33«Jtimores..a7 J74 Sfc. Lonis... ,f7 .6£f>iWraabl'ct*BB.W J&4. jOhlMgW M . WC* j l«enl«TlllM..17 the »0. .400 .443 .410 GOT. TURNEY has declined to call an extraordinary session of the Tennessee Legislature to consider laws relating to foreign fire insuranoe companies. THE injunction made permanent; the law declared unconstitutional. Such is the tenor of a dispatch received from Darlington, S. C., giving the result of the hearing in the application before Circuit Judge Hudson for an injunction restraining J. B. Floys, who had been appointed liquor dispenser for Darling­ ton, from opening the dispensary. Judge Hudson said that the law is clearly unconstitutional and that no one can open a dispensary without vio­ lating the law. Dispenser Roach will not open the State grogshops in Colum­ bia, as he bad been instructed to do by the Board of Control. It is very doubt­ ful if the entire amount of stuff sold by the dispensaries so far reaches •2,000. REPORTS which cover thoroughly the whole cotton-raising section of the United States make a very discour­ aging showing for this year's orop. It is already certain that the crop has been badly damaged by unfavorable .. , ,~c r vjp If*""" "" * 5, / THE total available stock of wheat in the country is 100 per cent, more than last year. Glowing wheat reports from the Northwest w^ro s surprise, snd. & decline of ftearly 1 oent was noted at Chicago Saturdav. Corn advanced al­ most 1 cent. Shipping demand, chiefly for export, was the factor; also light receipts. There a healthier tone in the provision pit, although pork Was practically ignored in the trading. De­ sirable native cattle ruled higher. Hogs were active and higher. Sheep were fairly active at unchanged values, Kansas crop reports show that oorj». is doing well. Tne yield of wheat will be less than was expected. R. G. DUN & Co. '* Weekly Review of Trade says: Tb« tone in basinets circles has percept­ ibly improved. This is partly because banks have been made more hopeful of an early fluaaclal rattteoient by the calling of an extra Msston of Congress, partly because of some recovery In prices fro«i the sudden depression which followed the deeiBlov to ctMeitthft lndla mlnK and partly bec%uee crop pto^oecta have ele&vly improved, in spite of dismal fepprts from some section* Ota: the wbole, there lias been 'a little better distribution 61 goods to consumers, aad perhaps the eouater- maading of orders given some months ago is not quite as frequent me it Was last week. The more hopeful symptoms are gladly noted, but wftlle the causes ot depresekm remain n- -woald be vasli to eticjal ,tbat difficulties will not reappear. Soon large sums of moasy will be required to move the crops aad in the present state of mouey markets some stringency is not Im­ probable. IT may be an unfounded rumor, but the assertion is made upon the author­ ity of a neighbor of President Cleveland at Buzzard's Bay that the President's illpess which confines him to his cot­ tage is due to an operation performed by Dr. Bryant last Saturday to remove a cancer. The report first came from Buzzard's Bay and later information was received from Washington before the Buzzard's Bay report was received there. How much truth there is in the startling assertion cannot be learned, because Dr. Bryant, Colonel Lamont and other persons near the President will not discuss the President's indls- Sosition otherwise than to declare that e is suffering from a slight attack of rheumatism, which will keep him con­ fined to his room for some time. In the light of circumstances previously de­ clared trivial, however, the report is accepted as having some basis of truth. - '^ilARKBT REPORTS. - - '<A' CHICAGO. CATTLE--Ooinmoa to Prime.. Hoos--Shipping Grades...;.. fcHESP--Fair toCholoe... Whs at--Ko. 2 tepring........... Cosx--No. 2 OATS--KO. t RYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery E<M8--Fresh POTATOES--N«W, per brl itffilANAPOLte. CAT IXE--Shipping HOGS--Choice Llsht SKEKP--Common to Prime..... WHEAT-NO. sRed.. OOSK--No. 2 .White OAT6-N0. a WhiU... . ' BT. LOUT& CATTLE... HOGS.., WHEAT--NO 2 Bed...... Cokk--Ko. 2 OATS--No. 2 BTE-NO. a.,.....: ' CINCINNATL CATTLE.... Hoos BHEEP WHEAI-- NO. 2 Red OOBM--No. 2 OATB-NO. 2 Mixed RIB--Ko. 2. . DBTROI¥. CATTLE. Hooa RHEEP.. WHEAT--Ko. 2Bed. COBK--No, 2 Yellow OAIS-NO. 2 Whitfc. „ TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2, COBN-No. 2 Yellow OATS-NO. 2 Whit*. EYE..... BUFTALO'.' * CATTLE--Cksromoo to Ibme.... Booe--Best Grades WtfEAT--No. 1 Hani ^°'21^LWAuiSsii' WHEAT--No. 2 $»xing coax--MO. OATS-NO. 2 White BTB--No. 1. BABLEYr*«, IL CATTLE. Hoos .; Wheat^Ko. "t fced.'.V.V.VfiV.V." Coax--lie. 2 i, OATS--Mixed Wei tern BUTTM--Crsamery.-... POBK«-l(«ir rrw ^7" i -t _ • ' , (he lake front at the foot of Adams street, its rare architectural exterior, and its fine galleries combine to draw a throng ana gratify the senses and en­ lighten the intelligence. ChMfego counts a greater number of resident artists than any other metrop­ olis in the West, according to the di­ rectory of 1892, and there are in the city numbers of very fine picturoH, The Art Institute is a recent acquisition to the fraternity. The structure is the only building on the lake front as far south as the park extends, and occu­ pies the. original site of the Industrial Exposition. It is massive in appear­ ance, and divided, as to interior, so as to carry out perfection in convenience in behalf of the students and the pub­ lic. The average attendance of pupils is about four hundred. Its object is to maintain a school and museum of art, and the building will be found to con­ tain a large and carefully selected collection ox casts, sculpture, pictures, drawings, marbles and a library of works on fine art. There is abundant material for studv, good models and life-like objects in profusion, and a practical idea of the details of art in conception and execution may be gleaned from a stroll through the im- EZFTRANCB TO TBS ART INSTITUTE. mense building, devoted to arts dear to the public heart. A pleasant visit be- §un at the Institute may be prolonged y a brief ride to the Vincennes Gal­ lery of Fine Arts, a handsome struc­ ture nearer tho World's Fair, This in­ stitution is open at all times to visitors, without admission fee, and contains a large number of noted paintings and other works of art. The main gallery is claimed to be the finest west of New York. In a similar field. In a way, to both these institutions, is the Chicago Historical Society, temporarily occupying quar­ ters at the corner of Dearborn avenue and Ontario street, precedent to the completion of its new magnificent home. Any person interested in local, State and national history may here observe relies connected with many notable event® and pereons of the past. The original collection of the society, including over 100,000 books, news­ paper and manuscripts, was destroyed in the great fire of 1871, the original draft ol the Linooln emancipation proc­ lamation being also lost, but the Insti­ tution has partially recovered, and a vast aggregation of historic value is now on free exhibition, the paintings Indian relics being particularly an imposing tower in connection, are models, of architectural beauty , And utility^ j The tlfe-fiarlBf Matioau . ' The sight-seer on the way to Fort Sheridan or return may soore a point in the way of pleasure and instruction by stopping off the train at Evans ton, a suburb some ten miles north of Chica­ go. The model village.ox the section, Evanston is of itself worth being seen, with its palatial houses and magnifi­ cent university buildings, but it is also notable as being one of the principal life-saving stations along Lake Michi­ gan. Those who wish to in­ spect the workings of the serv­ ice nearer at home, however, may do BO at the pier just beyond the Randolph street viaduct, where a similar life-saving crew is stationed. These men are a drilled, sturdy set of fellows, whose mission is fraught with peril aiuu heroism, «nd the uppG«r<iiiC6 of their home ana environment is sug­ gestive of many a famous nautical epi­ sode in history. The station includes buildings with a tower, from which with his fieldglass the lookout con­ stantly scans the surface of the lake for any craft in distress. The finest lifeboats and every accessory are ready at hand--the rockets, the life-lines, baskets, beacons and the like, and, in the fiercest of storms, the crew sally forth to aid and rescue distressed mar­ iners afloat. A visit to this station of the Bervice involves only a brief walk, taking in a splendid view of the lake and harbor. Strangers preferring to see the one at Evanston may go thither by boat for a small fee, the trip consuming a few hours, and enabling a view of the fine residence frontage on the lake shore drive, the crib, the water-works and Lincoln Park. ONE OP DEPEW'S SPEECHES. It Was Composed Amid tha Bash and Boar of Broadway. . _ The death of Kev. Thomas Edward Vermilye, who for fifty years was Chap­ lain of the St. Nicholas Society, recalls an incident in which a well-known Brooklyn man and Chaunoey M. Do pew figured. Dr. Vermilye had for many years spoken to tne toast "Holland" at the annual dinner of the organization named. Some eleven years ago. on the morning of the day set for the banquet, he was taken ill, and notified tho dinner committee that he would be unable to make his wonted oration. At 4 o'clock on the same day Depew entered the office of John A. Nichols, of New York; wearing a worried expression and a per­ spiration-bedewed forehead. "Nichols," he said, "I'm in a fix, and want you to help me out. These St. Nicholas people have just wired me that in the absence of Dr. Vermilye they look to me to respond to 'Holland.' X don't know the first thing about the subject, and it's 4 o'clock." •"Well?" said Mr. Nichols. "Now," went on Depew, "just you take me by the arm and walk me up Broadway to Twenty-third street. Don't talk to me, and don't expect me to tafk to you. Just steer me clear of people, mind I don't get run over at the cross­ ings, and go' slow. That's all I want you to do." Mr. Nichols d'd as requested, and tha lot 0tn S CO m 1 26 S W $ 4 25 ~ «0 (§ S B0 63H9 H 10 26 Urc.§»^f«; §TW]-fsr{ fins, and worthy of close and extended study. * Fort Sheridan. A most interesting point in the vicin­ ity of Chicago'is the new military post at Fort Sheridan, recently adopted and improved by ihe Government. To those who nave only read of these homer of our regular soldiery, and are curioufc to see how they live, and to those as well who have visited other similar posts, Port Sheridan will appeal strongly, for in beauty of situation, of grounds, and of buildings it has no equal in the United States, and no su­ perior in the world. The extent and aplendor of this post are augment­ ed by the natural picturesqueness of the hifh bluffs lining the lake, exohange a word until stroet was reached at ; alr did not 'wenty-third 5:15 p. m. "Thankee," said Depew, as he parted with his friend; "I guess I'm ail right." At 7:30 p. m. the first thing that the eye of Mr. Nichols met as he sat down at the dinner-table was the bland, un­ ruffled, smoothly shaven face of Depew. The speech that he made later is yet t delightful tradition in the annals of th< 8L Nicholas Society. It was chock ful. of wft, fact, figures and sentiment. Nobody but Mr. Nichols dreamed that it had been conceived, shaped, and born amid the riot and roar of Broadway. BARNUM WON HIS WIFE. fNiE^Barniiia' 'JiffMitory was certainly the " ^ JSL It is said to tMiil % Mttled theory with him that pedpl* like to be humbugged, and if his acquisition of several dis­ tinct fortuneamav be taken as any indication the facta sustain this theory. Few people would imagine that even he could carry his theory so far in his private life as he is said to have done in securing for a wife' the estimable lady who Is BOW his widow. . > , Barnum waS Mayor of Bridgeport and a widower. He was lonesome, and his beautiful home, Waldemere, on the shore of Long Island Sound, was not much visited except by sight­ seers. He became interested in the beautiful daughter of John Fish, of Southport, England, a retired manu­ facturer, and solicited her band in marriage. Barnum was well ad­ vanced in years and knew his fame as the prince of showmen was not suffi­ cient to win the prize. In fact, that fame might have hurt his suit rather than nelp it, for Miss Fish greatly disliked the notoriety attached to the "greatest show on earth," and after she had married its owner always managed to hold herself aloot from the publicity her husband loved so well. But the old showman's knowledge of the English love for official cele­ brity lert hira to play a winning card. He had his photograph taken, with Waldemere as a background. The picture represented him seated in a Bhowy landau, harnessed to four beautiful black horses, his coachman on the box and two footmen up be­ hind. Under the photograph were the words, "Lord Mayor of Bridge­ port. " A copy of this picture was forwarded to Miss Fish, and Barnum always thought it "did the business." Mrs. Barnum probably never re­ gretted if she ever knew the little trick that had been played on her. Life at Waldemere became all gayety after her advent, and there was com­ ing and going of distinguished people continually. Mr. Barnum's will pro­ vided very liberally for his widow. Besides an income of $40,000 annually for life*and $25,000 in cash he be­ queathed to her Waldemere^tbe name of which she has changed to Marina, and considerable other real estate. She thoroughly enjoys her good fortune, spending a crreat deal of her time riding, driving, and walking with all the fondness of an English woman for out of door life and devot­ ing an hour or two daily to her piano. She is an exceptionally clever woman and has done considerable writing for periodicals both in England and America. Who Spoils the Sousf Men are reproached for allowing their daughter to grow up unbusiness­ like and incompetent, and to the father should truly be attributed this failure upon the part of the daughter. But upon the other side much may be said. If fathers neglect their duty towards their daughters in this re­ spect, to the mother alone, is most due the spoiling of the sons. Just why this should be no one can tell, but the fact remains. "It is women," says some one, "who in the retire­ ment of home, serve their sous and husbands into a state of helplessness that etinnot distinguish a hair brush from a clean shirt at twenty paces." The woman who trots up and down after her sons, giving them tn!s, find­ ing them that, saying all the time to her frieuds with that deprecating smile which is so exasperating to the outsider, "Men are so helpless," is. not only taking a great many unneces­ sary steps, but is laying up future trouble for ail concerned. When a young man has been so trained that he cannot find his own pocket hand­ kerchief when it is lying directly be­ fore his eyes in his bureau drawer, when he goes into business how can he be expected to be of any real serv­ ice to his employer, who probably re­ quires an alert, observing assistant? If his mother and sisters wait upon him for every little thing, how he is fitted for noting when those over him require his services unasKed? What training has he had which would tend to make him of any real value to an employer? Women are preached to and preached at, and are exhorted to so train their girls that thev shall be desirable wives; but we would like to add a word of exhortation on our own account upon the other side, and beg our mother readers to look to it that their sons are also trained to be thoughtful, kind, desirable husbands. "--Leisure Hours. ** It in Type, Any She was a young newspaper wo­ man, and one day early in her career in a oertain newspaper office in this city she brought in some oopy for the 'Sunday issue, says the New York Times. It was late for use In the depart­ ment where her work appeared, and it was remarked to her that it would have to wait over. She was anxious it should go in for some reason, and urged it a little. ' There isn't anybody upstairs now to set it up," she was told, "and, be­ sides, that page is all made up." This was rather vague to ber, ex­ cept that a typesetter was needed. She hesitated, then a bright thought struck her. bhe turned away, and the man to whom she had been talking thought no more of the matter. In about an hour she came back with a couple of proofs of her copy. She had taken it down to a little job printing office 6hc recalled having seen in her traveling about the neighborhood, had it set up and a couple of copies run off« and these she brough t proudly back to the editor, thinkiug that she had successfully overcome all obstacles to its immedi­ ate use. It 1b not recorded what the editor said. .. A Bright Detective. Inspector of Police--Why didn't you report at 11 o'clock as I told you? It is after 12 now. , Detective--COntound it. sir, one of those pickpockets I was shadowing has stolen my watch. f t The of th* ciety •17. DR. CliAttK. s a n i were^?] every territory Union, . ^provinces of Can­ ada, England, nearly every * , China, Japan and Africa and Australia, are represented. A society pi^eli^ lo- cal to the place of its orgttaiiggmli." Portland, Me., uhtil the fall* Ol 18H, it now has twenty-two thousAld BOC&ties and a membership closely approachi&y a million and a half. It knows no de­ nomination for clergymen, represent­ ing no less than twenty-five evai*. gelical sects will spealc from its platform during this meeting. Among1 those were some of the mouu noted re­ ligious workers of the present day,, Rev. Dr. Clark, the originator of the Endeavor, arrived on the opening <Laj£"- .WL CiiArK'S HOUSE AT FORTLAKDi BIRIHPLACK OF THE OBDB& from his trip around the world, and was enthusiastically received by the thousands in attendance. Owing to the immense number of delegated and the utter impossibility ' of securing an auditori um large enough for their accommodation two program® were carried out in as many meetings., one in the Government drill hall ana' the other in a large tent on the parade grounds directly opposite. The ses­ sions proper were preceded by a meet­ ing, of the Executive Committee at the Windsor Hotel, and five preparatory meetings in as many of the largest, churches were held in the evening.. The formal welcome proceedings tow place in the drill hall and were attend^ ed by fully 15,000 people, the great hall being packed to its utmost capacity. . A number of the French Canadian^ took exception to speeches and remarks • made by two of the delegates concern­ ing Catholicism, and, although the con­ vention disclaimed responsibility and, immediately withdrew its sympathy, from the delegate* who had given ut­ terance to the objectionable remarks, the indignation was so great among those who felt themselves agrievea that- a riot was almost precipitated. There was no direct collision, although the police were called upon and had a hard time dispersing the riotous crowd. They charged a number of times and had to use their batons freely, with dis­ astrous results to many of the rioters. In the melee a colored delegate to the convention from one of the Southern States, name unknown, was seriously hurt. A number of arrests were made. The convention next year wiUwfc h e l d i n C l e v e l a n d . . f - * NORTHMEN IN CHICAGO. Loaf Looked For Arrival of the Ship--Now at the Pair. : ( Trailing behind a gunboat, the bravft Norse sailors in their sturdy viking ** i ship reached Chicago Wednesday after­ noon. Their long voyage over perilous seas and through beating storms is at ! an end, and the great populace of Nor- way has executed its pet desire in re­ lation to the Columbian Exposition. The viking ship, which preceded the Columbus caravels originally over the [Atlantic, has followed them through i the canals and down the lake and is ,How safely anchored near the more modern examples of mediaeval naval' ; architure at the World's Fair. The ^ boat arrived off Van Buren street about . !»»«W THE VIKING SHIP. ; * ; •H ki."- FOR extensive ventilation engineer) prefer exhausting to blowing fans. - ' - . I - - * A" ' • >y - ; V"*' * * > . GOVERNMENT is not mere advice; it I* authority with power to enforce 3 o'clock, and here Mayor Harrison gave Capt. Andersen and his gallant crew the freedom and hospitality of the i city. In half an hour the journey to the Fair was resumed, and at 4 o'clock i the great muscles of the sailors plied 1 on long oars drove the boat to the pier. The Director General welcomed the crew and gave the men a luncheon on his launch. This was followed by a re­ ception in the Administration Build- ; ing. A reception to the officers and crew of the viking was given at Cen­ tral Music Hall Friday evening. Nor­ wegian singing societies with a mem­ bership of about 300 took part and prominent speakers were heard. The | proceeds go toward paying the expenses I of the crew while in Chicago and the ; surplus will be sent to aidf. the himit flff. ^ old sailors in Norway. BrleflcM. •, v THE Bank of Florence, at Florence, - Col., closed its doofs. ^ A CABLE car ran away New York, ^ near City Hall Park. It dashed through ? a jam of teams, and seven horses were * killed or badly injured and five wagons 'j were wrecked. ^ GEN. LOUIS CORBEL, the present Governor of the state of Jalisco, will I be promoted to the position of Division­ al General of the Mexican army and appumieu Secretary War. • THE British steamers Elba and Will- •' iam Balls were in collision at midnight * thirty miles off the Humber Estuary on *i the east coast of England. Both vessels 4 were so badly damaged that they tank. i All hands were saved. , J* WHEN Mr. Hitchcock, the new spir perintendent of the Kansas State Re­ form School, took possession of the iifr> stitution he was immediately deserted, jj by the subordinate employes. He alse 5 found the boys in almost open mutiny.; A FRENCHMAN said at a dinner in ? the City of Mexico that English-speak.! i ing people were cowards and liars-' ; Col. Crew Read challenged the French, 1 * " man to a duel. Two shots were fired-1 but neither of the duelists were ia*{ jured. j AN attempt was made to aoasasinalej M. Pobiedonoezoff, a member of the1 % Russian Council of the Empire and of j \ the Tribunal. An ex-seminarist named) . ^ Ghiazintof tried to stab the minister; | with a dagger at his residence, but was! • | nnnnt* amtAct. ail* wmm