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IV iBtwoia LKHI NIWS by Telegraph fromAII Parts of the v / "W-v* World. < Railroad Mftal Mention, and Occnrreaeet •f lesser Note. LATEST DISPATCHES. OOHDrnONOF TRADE. I^wti from the Business Centers. BlUUP8TBKKT's (Nyr Tcork) reports: "Weather conditions favored the New York Ijflfjb this «Mk, bat the aggregate business failed te reach expectations. The of the demand, botii with agents had a weakening effect mmj QIMSM of cotton goods, general- ' hoVerer, on low priced and slow , grades. dry goods good.* A Chicago telegram "The spring contracts of the and farnaces have come to be index to the prospects of the hob tradefor the year. Beckoned on such j Imil the iron trade business is now in ttkOSrtftin and backward state. The „ jnarket is steady under a good de- ; sterling exchange is quiet: the trade Investment securities is small: stocks higher and the produce : markets are ;j:,4|»0i»»3*ive.* ______ 4 LIFE JN IRELAND. fappresslnp the Lpajrne--More Convictions-- , Darnell's Arrears of Rent Bill. THE Irish Privy Council has decided to proclaim the National League meetings which it was proposed to hold Sunday. Father Kennedy and sixteen farmers of CSoonty Cork hare been convicted of at- tumdinc a National Leagne meeting in a proclaimed district and sentenced to three ^c.tpfmths' imprisonment. Mr. P smell's f H^Murs of rent bill provides that all pro- •eedings of the removal of a tenant for BOB-payment ofrent shall be staid, on ap- ition tor revision, until a decision has given. No eitra rent is to be charged (•mats' improvements. The bill re- theclausee of the act of 1870 direct- the court to consider the length of a tenant has been benefited by im- in reducing the amount of oQfBpensatian. HE IS ON THE RETIRED LIST. Wi mwam game of eriokel ' flMOOBwwty" la John M mm Wmm W HM mKfmm1 IMF teat Ommmmtorn I* Hew Yotk. Tfce CoffeeWhiteHevse, vfcolsa «i»4a- Me oftheeoBafs»ee«4a latter to OM of the ladies ptwwt aft the her of her iatwest ia the accepting the tendered prseidsaay A New York dispatch aanoanoes the death of Jake Sharp, the chief defendant in the "boodle" prosecutions. Jaoob Sharp »caaM into national prominepoe on Movant of the heavy bribes, amounting to mre than $200,000, which he paid to the Board of Aldermen in New York in 1884, for the passage of the franchise for the Broadway street railway. LIGHTNING strack an oil tank owned by the National Transit Company at Parker, Pa., and its 35,000 barrels of oil -earned. WEST. Xaj.OHB. ferry Allowed to Leave His Active Miles--Gen. Crook tOSncceed Him. Tax formal order relegating.Maj. Gen. AJfied H. Terry from the active to the te» iiat of the army on account of disa- was issued from the War Depart- at Washington last week, and, in less twenty-four hours thereafter Preei- nd sent to the Sfc&ate the SM?. Gen. George Crook, to be Mpera), and Col. fJohn R. Broods. Third Infantry, to h$ brigadier ^en- Dymnite for the Czar. Loifoo* dispatch:/"A sensational story is reported tma Mbnow. The beautiful tented had jpeared door.Wfeefeupottt Ihe lady a window and was mortally te CROP reports from Dakota indicate that jtmder the most favorable conditions no ^ seeding will be done before the iatter part •of April. Everything is very backward also in Iowa. Indiana winter Wheat reports are not very encouraging. The weather keeps cold and the ground does not dry out. NEAB New Hampton, Iowa, the engine, tender and three coaohes •ef a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul .passenger train plunged into the Wapsie River, tae bridge spanning which stream had been carried Reports from the \ away by floods. Five persons lost their trade are gener- | lives and over twenty were injured, some of them quite seriously. Tbe names of the killed are: Willard Anderson, Le- mont, Wis.; Gons Martin Cftristianson, Denmark, ticketed to Dell Rapids; John Buclus, ticketed to Kimball, Dak.; James Scagel, engineer, Mason City, la.; and the infant daughter of Mr. Herdecker. The night was dark, and it was impossible for the engineer to see any distance on the track. The train had pulled over the first bridge and was a short distance from the main bridge, when the engine struck a ;|arge cake of ice that had floated down the Stream and had lodged directly across the track. The engine left the track and plunged down an embankment of about six feet into the river. The tender tore loose and plunged ahead of the engine into the river. The smoker kept the track until it was thrown over on the tender, and, roll­ ing down the embankment, was soon sub­ merged. The two passenger oars left the track but were not badly wrecked and none of the passengers were seriously injured. The sleeper was the -only car left on the track. A SPRINGFIELD (Ohio) dispatch says: "A day or two ago the 9-year-old daughter of Prank Dent died suddenly under cir­ cumstances which indicated arsenical poi­ soning. To-day two more of Dent's chil­ dren died, and it has been discovered that they were poisoned by drinking water from an old.well, into which rats poisoned with arsenic had been thrown." A Sioux CITY dispatch says the flood on the Missouri immediately above Sioux City has been the highest and most disastrous since the memorable inundation of the spring of 1881. BOOT, SIBONQ & Co., wholesalers of dry goods at Detroit, hare madejm assign­ ment r : , " 1 , m Had era* Moscow, me oeaut sr of aRfispin army officer rei ia that c»yaad rtMestfrsha MMassion of tt the police sopet SOUTH. *wo intended for the par- Mary Smith, of Wanemic, ,,ms making whisky, the pot contain^ feU into the fire, the whisky blazed Setting fire to her clothing, and burn- to death. Her three children, Who : p$M to save her, were fatally burned, and her husband is said to have become insane When he heard of the accident. Frightful Explosion. A HITBO-GLYCEBINE lank at the Powder Company's Works at Miller's Sta­ tion, on the Lake Shore and the Baltimore a»d Ohio Railroads, in Lake County, Iltaiena, exploded with terrific ef- wefc The building was totally wrecked, and three men were instantly killed. The shock was felt for many miles. Xinor Telegrams. HEKBTTILLARD has sailed for Europe. Ba is said to be veiy sick. A FIRE at Amesbury, Mass,, swefft away $800,000 worth of property. Jijut WORTZ, living near Elgin, HL, aoeidentally shot and killed his brother. Boscoa CONKLING is seriously ill with aaabsoess inhis right ear. He is badly hroken4own by nervous strain ami broken rest. B. F. DiiiLEY and father. Butler DiUay, who went to New York to bqy presses for their paper, have disap­ peared. T. V. POWDEKLT has written a com- aonmcation to a labor journal denouncing association controlling the Pennsjl- Tania«oal mines. ,v- A Day lit Caagrm't. "• " ] TBE Ml! creating a bureau of animal iadoa. fcpy to facilitate tbs exportation of live stock 1 .aafl its prod ucte aod to extirpate co&tasious •afo-gneumonia, w4s diBcussed by the 8en> ? . **" inst., but no actiou was readied. * MMiate passed tails for a public building at aruu, Ark., and to prevent obstructive4e- to New York harbor. A rasolu- introduced by Mr. Kiddleber- ,2?™* tb® President for copies .. bettrin8 on the recent JtfflBwtwtt ot territory in Venezuela by Great tS ™11' _Aioopg the one hundred and twenty- : wsveu private pension bills passed by the Sen- -: 2S? was one granting SMamonth to !>r. fcary.K Walker, at one time nSSli u!**" r®, .army' The widows JJW?' (I*da<m Kiipatrick, the famous car. Kobert Anderson, the Fort .8amter, receive »100 each par nmita.. The House ipwt yft*hftr day filibaS. taring on As'direct-tai bill. EA81. fULADELPHiA telegram: "The Judges !^_ Incense Court to-day refused more the applications for license to m the Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, H»jrth and Thirtieth Wards. So H*e Wardshave been examined, in Hoenirs have been granted. In «a*ds there are at present 2,147 1 the teeent annual conference of the Church in Philadelphia reso- •were adopted dieprecaling the ea- ; of the native Indian language in ffevaciunent schools. President tfMprritten a reply to the let- ; the resolutions, in which he itiMtse at tbe conclusions ^ lafekimsteis. He defends the of the native vernacular from the M of instruction and the sub. the English language as best i to prepare tbe Indians for their sdr existence, and thinks tbe use jfcdiWB tongue in religious insttuc- Mipwav averv purpose. BREWSTER, Attorney ppf iha United States during Pres- f§ administration, and during laf^oftoe the famous star-route (I to a eonclusions died at iwdpiia,* affsd 71 years. > i'k. X: WHTPE men in North CAROLINA find themselves in trouble as the result of whipping a negro who had oftended them. The negro's employer took the matter in hand, and the two assailants were fined $50 each. They will also have to defend themselves in a civil suit for $5,000 dam­ ages. JrsT before daylight Wednesday morn- Ooagtesstooal va« Ytld at MSnwdMa, at mm aslaetsd as the plaoe /. J^na 13, as tha time for the holding of taa mate Convention. Tin Kew Tark Democratic State Con- nlltok to «lMt delegates to St Louis will ba haldtn New York City May 15. WILLIAM DICKSON and Lawrence Oard- BV, boUl S((dent Cleveland men, have been chosen to raprasent the District of Colum­ bia in the National Dessocratio Oonven- THS BepwbCU r̂Candidate for Governor of Bhoda l^and was elected by a majority of 1,984. tha Legislatare is largely Ke- pnblican. THE platform of the Prohibitionists of California, adopted by the State Conven­ tion at San Francisco, "denounces the prostitution of the grape industry to the manufacture of wine, brandy, and other intoxicating liquors." It favors woman suffrage, and demands Government con­ test all railways and telegraphs. •M LABOR A CHICAGO special «f Wednesday says "the railroad strike is off." Its backbone ia broken, and every affected road in tbe city is making preparations for tbe resumption of regular business. 'Ibis decision was arrived at Tuesday evening. To say that this action on tbe part of tbe strikers surprised the heads of the various railroads which were compromised expresses their feel­ ings mildly. They were jubilant, and they did not attempt to disguise their joy. They knew, however, that the strikers were assembled in convention, and that something of importance wonld result,but tiiev were not sanguine enough to believe that the decision of th^ men -would be of such a golden tint. Still, when the first overtures, with a few hani^ine clauses, were presented by the men the officials retained their former determination aud refused to consider them. In substance, rfn unconditional Bur- render was demanded, trail this in lact was what the men finally conceded. A CHICAGO Bpecial says there is every reason to believe that a bargain has been struck between the Brotherhood of Loco­ motive Engineers and the Knights of Labor whereby the latter organization is to call off its men now in the Burlington ser­ vice whenever the Brotherhood leaders say the word. In return the Brotherhood binds itself to co-operate similarly with the Knights whenever occasion arises. It is an offensive and defensive alliance between two labor organizations that have hitherto acted independently of and to some.axtant tagonisncally toward each othac, • ant FOREIGN. A CABLE dispatch from Tangier says: "Mr. W. Beed Lewis, the American Con­ sul, has received a reply from the Moorish Government, declining to accede to the demands of the United States with refer­ ence to the persons under Consular pro­ tection imprisoned at fiabat. Fears are entertained here that the American Gov­ ernment will adopt rigorous measures against Morooco. The United States steamer Enterprise has sailed from Tan­ gier for Nice, to receive orders from the Admiral of tbe American squadron with reference to the Rabat affair." FRESH complications in the Bulgarian situation are predicted as tha result of the late Emperor William's death. The Kaiser is said to have oordially disliked the ltattent erg princes, while the contrary is true oi1 the present Emperor and his wife, to tJie hand of whose daughter, the Frinoess Victoria, Alexander as­ pires. He is to be in Berlin Bhoitly and have apartments in the Charlottenburg, and so is Queen Victoria, wbo ha* given one of her own daughters to a ISattenberg and would like to see her Getman granddaughter marry another scion of that house. All this is gall and wonnwood to the Czar, who sees ing, says a Memphis telegram, the jail at Friar's Point, Miss., burned and five pris- j in it anothet intrigue to restore Alexander oners perished. They were William Gray I *° the BigmriftB thron* „ tTTT (white), a*s«»d1», under a sentence tn Vho U1 wi^ never -penitentiary of ten. .years for arson and half robbery; Fred Powers (white) a pal of Gray, who was nnder sentence of live years for robbery; Powers (white), under arrest for an assault with intent to kill; Andy Brown (colored j, under death sentence for murder: and a negro boy aged 15, who was crary. There is no doubt but Gray set the iailjm <!«>_ WASHINGTON. THE House Invalid Pensions Commit­ tee has appointed Messrs. Matson, Walker, and Morrill a sub-committee to consider the various bills looking to a repeal of the limitation clauses in ihe arrears of pen­ sions act. Commissioner Black estimates that it will take between, $200,005,(100 and §300,000,000 to pay all claims for arrears of pensions should the limitation clause be repealed. THE reports about the condition of Chief Justice W site's estate are understood to be true, says a Washington special. Instead of $200,000, which was once supposed to "be his private fortune, the Chief Justice left his family practically nothing except the house in which they live. Among the friends of Mr. Waite who know the cir­ cumstances a quiet movement has been started to raise a fund. DTJBINO tbe month of March the public debt was decreased to the extent of $11,- 686,559. THE bill granting a pension of $2,000 a year to the widow of John A. Logan has passed both bouses of Congress. pounca V THE California Democratic State Con- £ vention will be held at Los Angeles May 15. THE Illinois Democratic State Conven­ tion is called to meet at Springfield, May 23, to nominate candidates for Presidential Electors, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secretary of State, Treasurer, Auditor, Attorney General and three Trustees of the Illinois University. The convention will also choose forty-four delegates to the Democratic National Convention. DELEGATES to the National Convention were chosen by the Vermont Bepublican. State Convention at Burlington. Sympa­ thy with the Prohibilionists and hatred of Democratic tariff reduction were the salient political features of the convenlion. The delegates are understood as favoring Blaine first of all, and after him Depew and Sher­ idan. ADMIRATION of President Cleveland's administration, approval of his tariff- revision policy, advocacy of Ihe forfeiture of unearned railroad land grants, and of the election of United States Senators by a direct vote of the people were among the declarations of the Oregon Democratic Convention. John M. Gearin was nom­ inated for Congress and John Burnett for Supreme Judge. ONE HUNDBED AND FIFTY colored and twenty-five white delegates composed the Mississippi Bepublican Convention at Jackson. John B. Lynch, the colored ex- Ccngressman, heads the delegation to Chicago, which goes uninstructed, but is understood to be for John Sherman first, last and all the time. A PKOVIDENCE dispatch says "the re­ turns indicate the election of Taft, Bepub­ lican, for Governor of Bhode Island by a majority of 1,989. The entire vote will not vary much from that of last year. The llepublicans claim tbe election of forty- Seven Senators and Bepresentatives, not counting Providence, Pawtueket, or New­ port, and estimate a Republican majority of five on ioint ballot. The proposed amendment to the constitution abolishing the real-estate qualification tor foreiam- born voters will probably not get the neces­ sary two-thirds vote. A MEETING of the Wisoonsin Bepub- tolerate the return of Prince Alexander, more particularly if he should return as the son-in-law of the* German Emperor. Beports are current in Berlin that Bis­ marck threatens to resign unless the "match is declared off." ADVICES from Bokhara say that the Grand Vizier of that state has been mur­ dered by a native. The Ameer ordered the murderer and his accomplice to be executed and they were hurled from a tower 180 feet GENERAL. A HOG belonging to Dennis Jacobs, a farmer near Elkton, D. T., was buried in a straw-stack about Dec. 18 last. March 20 Jacobs began digging into the stacft, expecting to exhume a dead porker. The hog, however, turned up lively and savage, having loot fifty pounds of fat during his ninety-three daj-a' imprisonment. , CROSS and White, the absconding officers of the State National Bank of Baleigh. have been indicted for forgery" and will be extradited. They telegraphed from Toronto to the North Carol in ̂ au­ thorities that they would voluntarily in­ tern. I \ IT took just one month to count tha $158,575,645.85 in the York Spb- Treasury. ^ \ /' AN inoendiaiy fire destroyed "the^ bull­ ring at Celaya, Mexico. The place was thronged at the time, and the panic caused^ by tbe fiames was frightful. Eighteen fcomen and children were either burned or crushed to death, but not a man lost his life. It is said that many persons became insane from the shock. THE MABKET8. CHICAGO. CilTLi--CI ilee to Prime Steers Good Common to Fair Hoos--Shipping Grades SFIEZP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed...'. COBN--NO. A OATS--No. 2 "... BARLEY--NO. 2 BCITEB--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy , <CHKBSK--Full Creaui, flat EGGS--Freah POTATOES--Choice, per bu...... POBK--tfeu MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White RYK--NO. 1 J) BARLSY--No. 9 PoBK-UeM „ TOLEDO. WHEAT--Cash CORN-- May ...: OATS -May CL.OV£R SXED „ ST. LOUIS. WKKAT--No. 2 Bed CoBN-Mtxe4 OASTS--Cash Rn BARLEY Pou--Mess MEW HOBK. OATrLS HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--NO. RIM Ho. 1 White CORN--No. 2 OATS--White FORK--New Mess DETROIT. CATTLE... Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATS--Na 2 White INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Fair to Prime Hoes SHEEP LAMBS. BUFFALO. 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The price was 910,000 in the shape of a certified cheok sent to N. E. Yonng, the Leagne Secretary, who at once promulgated the transfer. For a month the Bostons have been offering from #5,iwu.np to |7,000. They at last grew a&xtoua anu raised to #7,50u. opaiding began to grow serious and sent a hp** query to Anaon at Now Orleans aitking the famous kicker's ail vice. The old captain gave it as his opinion that «10,U00 was about the figure, sad Mpaldmg held out for that •u™ natU he got it. Ciarkson has always wanted to play with the Bostons, aud some time ago announced that he wool d not play this year unless permitted to join the iiui> CiuU President A. G. Spalding, associated with Captain Anson and cue other gentleman, will next fail take to the antipodes two crack ball teams, not so much through any expectation of making money out of the enterprise itself, but for the purpose of showing the Aus­ tralian people the beaut es of the American game in oraer that it may become established there npon the same basis of public favor that it has enjoyed in this country for years past The ideals not the outgrowth of'impulse with President SpaLlm^, but i . the result of some mouths or thought and careful in­ quiry. "Ia my judgment," said he to your coire-spoadent, "such a trip would prove a losing venture to any man who undertook the journsy with auy expectatioa of making money out of the gate receipts of hiS games. In undertaking BUCII a trip 1 do so more lor the purpose of extending my sporting goods business to that ^quarter of the globe and creating a markm for goods there, rather than with any idea of realizing any profit from the work of the teams I take with me. We have shipped a few goods to Australia during the past three years, and the trade from there has been growing so steadily that I feel confident of being able to build up a baainess there, as the result of my contem­ plated venture, that will, in the end, repay me. "Do you realize^" said I, "that Australia is 11,000 miles from Chicago, and that it will cost a barrel of money to take twenty-two men out there?" "Yes, sir. I realize all that fully. It will take, at the correct calculation, $3J,000, and that amount o( money will be deposited in bank for expenses before we leave here." "Tell me your plans," said I finally, when I had begun to grasp the importance of the un­ dertaking. "Very well Z am honest with you when I tell you that I have litt;o if any expectation of paying our expenses by means of our ex­ hibition games on Australian soiL I have tried to introduce the game upon foreign soil in years past" (Mr. Spalding referred to his $rip to England), "andl know something of the difficulties to be surmounted. As it iB, how­ ever, I shall ba perfectly willing--for my judgment tells me that 1 can easily afford it-- to spend a few thousand dollars to the end of establishing branch houses in Sydney and Melbourne, and that ia principally what takes me there. Three months ago I mat a theatri­ cal man who has been around the world sev­ eral times, and who has managed some of the leading dramatic stars of thiB country and England, having taken two or three of them to Australia. He has a large and influential acquaintance throughout the principal cities upon thiB continent, and is just the man 1 wished to secure in the interests of this en­ terprise He left 'Frisco last month to secure the most advantageously located grounds at every point we shall visit, and to make other arrangements for our reoeption and stay in Australia." This gentleman your correspondent saw ten days before he sailed for Australia, and learned from him the plans of the projected trip. Ho is a thorough man of the world, speaks several languages,'knows every square mile of toe inhabited Bection of Australia, » riumetrtuu people in each of tha principal cities there. * "I presume," 1 suggested, "that the teams w. 11 indulge in a farewell trip through this conntry?" "Yes, but to no point east of Chicago. In the first place, understand that this enterprise will be conducted upon the broadest possible gauge. We want to let the Australian people know in good time that we are coming, and we shall make noise enough in this country so that they will haV3 no difficulty in hearing Of us long before we reach their shores." "Have you decided as to the make-up of your teams yet?" "Only in a general way. We have decided, however, that every player wo take with us must be not only a ball player, but a gentle­ man in appearance, intelligence, and dress. Full dress suits will, I fancy, be almost as re­ quisite to each player as his base-ball uniform will be, for I intend to have our party received in royal Btyle at Sydney and at Melbourne, and they will doubtless be generously enter­ tained by many people of high social and official position during our stay." "What route have you decided upon?" "Well, if our present plans are not altered, We shall leave Cnicago as soon after the cham­ pionship season as possible--probably about Oct 15. We will p'ay the first, of our series of farewell games upon the Chicago grounds. We may then go to Milwaukee, and after that may touch in the order named, at St Paul, Minneapolis, Des Moines, Omaha, Kansas City, Topeka, Denver, Leadville, Colorado Springs, Cheyenne, Salt Lake, Sacramento and San Francisco On this trip, you may rest assured, that tho arrival and departure of dftir party at each point I have named will be a not-to-be-forgotten event, while the se­ ries of games we shall piay in 'Frisco, just v before leaving, I anticipate, will be the big- sgeBt events in base-ball that have yet taken place on the Slopa We shall sail from'Frisco pbout Nov. 10 or 12. The line of steamers 'now running from that point to Sydney is a splendidly equipped one; the Pacific Ocean is as smooth as a mill-pond, an*; the voyage cannot be other than a delightful one for each mem­ ber of our party. We shall rifyip some kind of an arrangement on sliipooarv so that our batteries can keep in condition, and so that the teams may also practice a little cricket, for we intend to show the Australians that baso-ball is not the only game Americans can play. There are always a greater or less number of pleasant and wealthy people going across, so the boys may rest assured that time will not hang heavily upon their hands during the voyage. It is just 8,2(K> miles from 'Frisco to Sydney, aud our first stop will be at Honolulu, the capital of the Sand­ wich Islands. We stop there from twelve to fifteen hours, and during our Btay will man­ age to call upon King Kalakaua aud bis court, and see a good bit of the country and its famous sugar plantations. Leaving Hono­ lulu we take a southerly course, passing many beautiful islands in tho South Pacific Ocean. Tbe boys will have all the time they will want to take in tbe ocean scenery, as we shall be just twenty-six days in all at sea "We shall stop but a few hours in Sydney, Melbourne being our objective point Wheth­ er wo will make tho journey from Sydney to Melbourne overland or by Bteamer I do not know yet, but in either case we shall be given a royal welcome at the Melbourne end of the route. I can safely assure the boys of that. They may anticipate--for I shall reach Mel­ bourne a month ahead of them--a banquet at the hands of tho Australian Cricket Clubs say the second night after their arrival there! They may also anticipate a reception of some kind at tho hands of the American Consul, and if he is the same who was there when I made my last trijf to Australia he will enter­ tain our party in great style. The principal theater in Melbourne, the iloyal, ia owned and controlled by an American, a warm per­ sonal friend of mine, and you can rest as­ sured that when he throws open his house to our party, probably upon the third or fourth night atter our arrival, it will be decorated from pit to dome with American flags, for Jimmy (my friend) is a patriotic American and 1 Know will not be able to do enough for us UBder such circumstances. We shall un­ doubtedly have all the invitations tro can fill at the hands of the sportumen's clubs in tbe different cities wo shall visit, and the boys will be able to tiro themselves out, if they cbooso, at kangaroo shooting. "Well, we shall probably remain in Mel­ bourne a fortnight at tho end of which we will depart for Adelaido, going thence to Bu- rabura, Geiong, Balarit, Sandhurst, W'aga. Orange, Bathurat, Sydney, New Castle and Brisbane, all of which are populous, thriving citias. We shall then return to Melbourne and probably play a match game of cricket with a picked Australian eleven. We shall then leave for Tasmania, where we shall play in Lances ton and Hobartown. Then we sail for New Zealand, and play at Auklaod, Thames, Hokatilka, Christ's Cliurch. Wslling- tois and PunediiL Leaving New Zealaad we . . . . r -- _ i s i s t r i p a s nearly ss I can give it to you at this data We shall arrive m Australia || midsuauoer, or nearly so, as December to ths Australians is just about what Juae is to tha Amsrieaaa." "How many people will the party contain?" "Mr. Spalding aad Oaptatn Anson, together with nineteen or Iwanty players--twenty-two in all. Anson will have the management of both teams during ths entire' trip. We shall reach San Francisco oa the return trip about March 1, and will play a game or two in th? principal cities on our return East to Chi. caga" *From what you have seen of Australia and its people^ how do iron think they will take to the game of base-ball?" "Lik« a duck to water. Australians havea'l of that love for outdoor sports and athletics which characterizes the English people, conpled with the push and enterprise of> the Americana. They hare many beautiful cities there, Melbourne especially being one of the most magnificently built towns 1 ever saw. They are, as a people, rich and prosperous; society is as refined and elegant as in the large cities of our own conntry, and the av­ erage Australian would walk five milea to see a sporting eteht of any kind, I bslieTe that they will fall in love with base-ball onoe they see it plaved as we play it here. Wait and see if my judgment is not right in this matter." What I nave written here is merely an out­ line of the plans laid by Mr. Spalding for the carrying out of this enterprise. He has for­ gotten nothing, has thought of everything, and when the farewell game is played in Chicago and the great journey commenced, it is dollars to cents that the enterprise will go through as smoothly as does everything undertaken by Mr. Spalding: I wish I might say definitely who the men are whom Mr. Snalding will ask to go with him. I do not think, however, that any list ha? as yet been considered, for Mr. Spalding has his own ideas of the class of men he wants, and will douotlesg bo able to eelect, when the proper time arrives, two repre­ sentative ball teams composed of American gentlemen who will prove a credit to the gams, to themsolves and to the party. CON CRKOAN. PETTICOATS AT THE POLLS. A Straight Female Ticket Sweep* Oskaloosa, Kansas--A Woman r:;«i Mayor. Yariaw Municipal and Township Elections in the West and Northwest. Municipal and township elections wen held in many Western States last week, the result of which we briefly summarize: Kansas. --The feature of the local elections in Kultaas was the part played by the women, many of whom appeared at the poiln and voted and electioneered for tho ticket* of their choice. At 0_-kaloosa a city ticket composed of wotnen for tha Council and a woman for Mayor was elected by €0 majority. They are representative ladies, and a reform adminis­ tration is looked for. \\. C. McC'ung was elected Mayor of Jewell, chiefly by the influ­ ence of the women, who worked for him at the polls ail day. His election mean* no saloous. At Abilene City, 1GJ women ballots were cast for municipal and school officers and decided the contest in favor of the Repub­ lican nominees. At Leavenworth tho Democrats elected three Counciimen, tbe Republicans two, and the Union Labor party one. The rest of the ticket is evenly divided between the Republicans and Democrats. There were about 5JU votes cast by women, and they were nearly evenly divided. The women were a factor controlling the result of the balloting in many of the towns. Illinois.--In Chicago the Republicans Swept the tie Id, electing ail their candidates for town offices with one exception and captur- ing*eighteen of the thirty new Aldermen. Tho new City Council will be composed of 80 Re­ publicans, 15 Democrats and 3 Indepen­ dents. The Labor party polled 8,957 votes, and the Prohibition party 323 votes. The Republicans carried Spring­ field, electing six of the seven Aldermen. The Prohibition vote was larger than a year ago. In Jo Daviess County the Repub- cans elected 14 of the 23 (Supervisors. The Republicans also carried .a»»- eilifla item tcrwtSTstRticic^ ftianci, ^Molixi6, vauaalia. Sterling, Cerro Gordo, Pnnaeton, liraidwood, Champaign, Paris, Sycamore, Monmouth, Kankakee, Tuscola, Decatur, JBloomnigton, Warren, Tolono, Capron, Piano, Chat- bam, uliopolis, Charleston, and Geneseo. The Femoerats were successful in the fol­ lowing cities and towns: Fiveport, Quincy, Elgin, Urbana, Waukegan, Areola, Belle­ ville, Joiiet, Chjnoa, Shelybviile, Au­ burn, Hennepin, Jerseyville and Minonk. Independent or mixed tickets were victorious in Litchfield, Centralia, Morris, East St. Louis, and Woodstock. License tickets car­ ried the day at Gales burg, Salem and Har­ vard, whi.e tho anti-iicenso people were suc­ cessful m Wheaton, Mount Carroll and Can­ ton In GaleBburg two striking engineers on uie Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Rail- roaa wore ©leofcetl Aldermen "with a whoop. Wisconsin, ---The Fusion ticket, supported by Democrats and Republicans, was elected in Milwaukee by about 800 majority over the candidates of the Labor party. Ten Fusion-- ista and nine Labor men were elected to the City Council. The new election law resulted in the quietest election ever held m Milwau- T e* H. Brown is the Mayor elect In Racine, M. M. Secor, Democratic nominee, was chosen Mayor. At iond du Lac, Alexander McDonald, the Peo­ ple's candidate, was elected over Hoskins. Democratic nominee. A Republican Mayor and a licjiise Council were chosen in Rich­ land Center. Tho Republicans carried Ripon, Menominee, Elkhorn, Janesville, Manitowo<v Fort Atkinson, Beloit and Delavan. The Democratic tickets were successful in Osh- kosh, Watertown, Madison, Appleton, Keno­ sha, and Prairie du Chien. Iowa.--The city election at Dubuque re­ sulted in a victory for the fusion ticket by majorities ranging from 25i to 33ft The Knights of Labor, who put up a straight ticket, were completely routed. • Ohio.--The municipal election at Cincinnat- ti was unprecedentedly quiet The vote cast was only about 38,000. The Republican city candidates were elected by an average major­ ity of about 5,000 each. The entire Board of thirty Aldermen, for tho first time in its his- tory, is Republican. Tho Republicans carried Cleveland by 2,000 majority. Sandus­ ky also went Republican In the judicial district embracing Columbus and Franklin County, D. Y. Pugh, Republican, was elect­ ed Judge by from 400 to 600. Martin, Demo­ crat, is elected Justice by 1,600. Pugh pre­ sided in the recent tally-sheet proseontion, and Martin was a prominent witness for the State. Twelve Baloon keepers were arrested at Cincinnati for keeping saloons open during election hours. The penalty for this offense heretofore has been a light fine. Under the present law the penalty is $20J fine and ten days' imprisonment Tho authorities have determined to test the law, Michigan.--In Grand Rapids Ira A Weston, the Michigan member of the Democratic Na­ tional Commit to \ wai elocted Mayor by three votes. The citizsns fused with the Republicans on Mayor of Cold water, aud B. tt Calkins, Republican, was elected by IK)4 majority over It. G. Chandler, Prohibitionist 3?he Demo­ cratic tickets were elected at East Saginaw, Jackson, and St. Joseph. Mixed tickets were chosen at Adrian and Grand Havetk while the Republican tickets were successful at Battle Creek, Muskegon, Big Rapids, Beed Citv, Niles, Kaiamasoo, Holland, Paw Paw, and Dowagiac. Missouri.--H. C. Kumpf, Republican, was elected Mayor of Kansas City ly a small ma­ jority. The other offices are divided between the Democrats and the Law-and-Order party. Republicans carried St Joseph by majorities averaging 400. Nebraska.. --The city election in I/neoln was hotly contested. The Prohibitionists and Dem­ ocrats united against the Republioans. Ths latter carried tne day by a good majority. Over 5,0JO votes were polled. Indiana. --Elections were held throughout Indiana for township officers. Returns from one-half of tho counties of tho State show that tho Democrats have gained thirty-five trus­ tees. There are about 1,000 in the State. Five hundred and fifteen were Republican in 1886 and 475 Democratic. The vote was light The Republicans carried Indianapolis tend Marlon County by about 1,5J0 majority. JTTDGE PUGH, who presided at the trial of the Ohio tally-sheet forgers, has made himself very popular with the voters of tho Columbus (Ohio) distiict. Though tha district is naturally Democratic by a ma­ jority of 1,500 and upward, Judge Pugh has been elected on ths Republican ticket by 400 majority. THE Anti-Saloon Republican National Committee gives notice of a change to May 2 in tbe date of holding the national con­ ference in New York. Work of Hi linrti and tfcp Of Kapi--Htattwaa. OHtoossioir at the Union Pacific railroad fuadlsg bill was resumed in the House. Mr. Aadersosr off lows, rsgatded is ss one «( tbs most important propositions ever brought be- tors Congress. He said that ths. oarssr oi tha PasiAo raUraad eompaaiss hadbsen criminal, aad that they had robbed the Treasury of hun­ dreds of milliona of dollars was, he said, coa- ssdsd everywhere. They bad absolutely domi­ nated the entire western portion of tbe country and extorted over and above what was legiti­ mists in ths way of obarges and rates an amount greater than that which they had taken direet- ly from the Treasury. Mr. Struble, of Iowa, asked unanimous eouient for tbs considera­ tion of the Senate bill for the erection ot a nubile balding at Sioux City. Mr. MeMllltn, of xennessoe, objected. The following bills were passed: Extending the appropriation for a publie building at Los Angeles, Cal., from *300,0.0 to SMJ0,00U. Granting right of way to the Rio Grande and Utah Railway Company through the Southern Ute Indian reservation In Colorado. Abolishing the offioe of United States Surveyor General for the district of Nebraska and Iowa. For a celebration at the National Capital in the spring ot 1889 in honor of the centennial of the Constitution of the United States, Appropriating 130,003 for the establishment and maintenance of an In­ dian industrial school in Michigan. Ap> public building at 000 for a pub- increasing tbe pension of "Mrs. Gen. W. B. Burnett to $100 per month; to remove tbe disabilities of those who, having participated in the rebellion, af­ terward enlisted in the army and became dis­ abled. In tbe Benate, Mr. Voorhees introduced a bill to authorize the issue of specie certifi­ cates redeemable half in gold coin and half in silver bnllion. Bills were reported as follows: To confer brevet promotion on army officers particular^ distinguished by heroic action in Indian warfare; appropriating $20,030 for the purohase from Mrs. Virginia Lewis Taylor of the sword which Washington wore on the occa­ sion ofhis ^resigning his commission at Annapo­ lis atid at his public receptions while President, THE tariff bill, with some amendments, was presented to the House on the 3d inst. 'by Mr. Mills, Chairman of the Committee on Ways and Means, and referred to the committee of the whole, the intention being to call it up for consideration In two weeks. The amend­ ments slightly increase the duty on sugar, so as to make the net reduction 20 per cent, below existing duties, and authorize the classification of worsted cloths as woolens. The report of the minority of tbe Ways and Means Committee was prepared by Mr. McKin- ley end ia aigned by all tho Republican mem­ bers of the committee. It denounces the re­ fusal of the majority to receive and consider tbe views ot manufacturers and others affected by the reductions, and charges the Democrat­ ic majority with favoritism toward the Bouth in that it lowers the tariff on but two articles of Southern production--sugar and rice--while heavy reductions are made on everything produoed in the North and Northwest. The Craln amendment changing the beginning of the Congressional term from March 4 to Jan. 1, and changing inauguration day from March 4 to April SO was defeated in the House. The Bond bill was further discussed by the Senate without reaching a vote. The Memphis Bridge bill was passed, with an amendment requiring the bridge to be BO constructed as to allow of the passage of wagons and pedestrians as well as railway trains. THE bond-purchase bill occupied a large share of the time of tho Senate on tbe 3d Inst. The measure was discussed and amended, but final action was deferred. Mr. Riddleberger called un his motion to consider the fisheries treaty in open session, and it was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. There was a struggle for precedence in the Bouse be­ tween the Senate direct-tax bill and the pen­ sions-appropriation bill, but the former finally won, and the House went into committee of the whole for its consideration. Among the bills passed by tbe House was the one for the re­ tirement of Alfred Pleasonton with the rank- of Colonel. By a vote of 37 yeas to 13 nays the Senate, on the 4th inst, adopted Mr. Beck's amendment to the bond-purohase bill providing for ths coin­ age of silver in excess of the present monthly limitation to take the place of national bank notes withdrawn from circulation. Mr. Lawler's bill to establish 100 schools to test the science of spelling was introduced in the Senate by Mr. Palmer The House filibustered all day and all night over the direct tax bill. The climax of obstruction was reached when, after a motion for a recess had been made and was pending, Mr. Breckinridge, of Arkansas, moved that Mr. McMlllin. of Ten­ nessee, be excused from voting. In ruling upon tbe point of order raised by Mr Reed, of Maine, the Speaker lulled that the motion to* excuse fnMa viitiua wu in xuitt tha House. This being the case the question was raised as"t:r what limitation could be placed upon this firm of filibustering. Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio, drew attention to tbe curi­ ous fact that after one hundred years of ex­ perience in legislation and parliamentary prac­ tice the House had for the "first time made the discovery teat it was possible to delay legisla­ tion for an indefinite period. There are 325 members of the House, and with a separate motion to excuse each one, and a separate mo­ tion to reconsider the vote just taken, the ob­ structionists may obtain 650 roll calls on any one question. WHEN tbe Senate took up the bond-purchase bill, on the 5th inst., Mr. McPherson withdrew tbe amendment offered by him the day prev­ ious. Then the substitute as amended by Mr. Beck, providing for additional coinage, to take the plaoe of aui rendered national bank circu­ lation, was agreed to without discussion and the bill was read the tbird time and passed. Mr. Wilson, of Iowa, addressed the Senate on the subject of tho President's Message. The House spent the day in filibustering over the bill to refund the direct taxes, the time being consumed in roll-calls. During the interval in the voting Mr. Hatch introduced a resolution, which was referred to the Committee on Com­ merce, instructing the Int>r-State Commerce Commission to consider what can be done to prevent the loss of life and limb in c< and uncoupling cars, and report to the tbe result of their inquiries. tat in While SpmtatonAra Watdiinf ^» '•••» MMlgkft, ^ 'j *• .* ̂ Iftsettiblare BeeniM UA<*ntrif!»* lable, Many Persoat Leaping „v XroB the Top* . «: MM l£?w Lost and 8cont of ¥«*»' en and Children Sextoosly , J!*-.-. Buraed. . if. oupling House IMiyi (Maalaat Wpra^l- •** Sunday afternoon, about 4:45 o'clock^ ihe boll-ring hers was crowded with spec­ tators of the great national sport. Tho company of bull-fighters from Leon were still playing with the first bull, when a fire suddenly broke out on the sunny sida of tha plaza. A panic seized npon the vast assemblsge and a frightful spectacle was the result. The plaza was constructed of wooden masts, reeds, etc., and it was duo to this fact that the majority of the people escaped without injury, being able to force an opening permitting an exit at different points, but many women and children jumped from the top, a distance of from* two hundred to three hundred feet, and over one hundred of them were seri­ ously wounded. Eighteen lives were lost. The Bides of the plaza being lined with matting as dry as tinder, and there being a slight wind blowing, tho amphitheater was in a blaze in a few sec­ onds. Nine dead bodies, in some caseB so charred as to be unrecognizable, have so far been taken from the smoking ruins. Nine persons were BO badly burned that they died next day, making eighteen deaths in all. Sixty-eight persons were very badly burned, and, though they still live, at least ten of them will dia this week. Fifty persons in escaping were knocked down and trampled upon by tho panic-stricken throng, and are very seri­ ously, but not fatally, injured. The bulls, maddened by the roaring of the fiames, broke loose from their stalls and rushed wildly through the surging mass of human­ ity, tossing aloft and knocking over all who stood in their way. Among the elghtean dead were two women who were first gored to death by the bulls and their bodies afterward burned. The scenes in the neighborhood of the bull-ring were sickening beyond descrip­ tion. Women and children, divested of their clothing, and suffering from their burns, ran aimlessly through the streets and could scarcely be overtaken or collected by their friends. Several persons lost their reason from the severe mental shocks to which they were subjected. . The fire was incendiary. In the Celaya jail were a number of prisoners--army de­ serters, etc.--who had obtained permis­ sion from tbe authorities to attend the bull fight. Tbey were accompanied by a strong guard of soldiers to prevent escape, but one of the deserters surreptitiously struck a match and lighted one of the dry mats, and in an instant the side of tho ring was ablaze. In the confusion and excitement tbe prisoners suoceeded ia making good their escape, taking chances to effect their ends. The best society of Celaya was in attend­ ance. It was Easter Sunday, the return of the season of gayety after Lent. There was an unusual number of ladies and little children present, and these, as often ia seen in such events, were the sufferers. No man lost his life. The helpless little ones and tbeir mothers, who would not de­ sert their offspring, were the victims of thie most appalling catastrophe. Celaya is mourning now. On every side is 1 eard the Bound of the wailing for the loved ones, mourning for those doomed to die of suffering, by those whose wounds will not prove fatal. It is the saddest tragedy that has ever occurred in the three- centuries of the city's history. fIF WOMEN IN THE COUNCIL Change in the Municipal Gtof* ernment in a Kansas :• Town. ' D. Lowman Chosen l|r Mayor--Five Women for Aldermen. Sarah E. Balsley, Carrie Im Johnsopt The Bojs and the Bee-Gum. . On© of our most popular preachers tells a "rich one" on some of the boys who "wore the gray," "one of whom ho was whichWhile quartered in North Mississippi they attempted to open ne­ gotiations with a stingy farmer for the purchase of a bee-gum. He refused to sell the honey, whereupon the boys in­ formed him in a chivalrous and sol­ dierly way that they were going to have the bee-gum anyway, but pre­ ferred to pay for it. He still refused and defied them to show their heads about the premises at night The boys, bent on having the honey despite the threats of the old "tight-list." went back in the night, and following the direction of their leader, took the heaviest gum they could find in the yard, having to carry it "turn about" and wade a creek before they reached the distributing point, and just as they were huddling around in breathless suspense, anxiously awaiting with watery mouths their midnight repast on damson's favorite dish, what was their chagrin on the one hand and sup­ pressed laughter on the other, as one of their number "struck a light" and they beheld before them a large gum of ashes, which they had mistaken for a bee-gum. -- Walker County <Ga.) News. Soicnce of the Brain. P*al Broca's discovery that the brain IS a congeries of organs, each having its special function, is being confirmed by later researches. Prof. Mathias Duval has had the opportunity of de­ termining--by the post-mortem exam­ ination of eleven persons who, during life, had been accidentally deprived of the faculty of speech or the memorv of words or certain letters of the alpha- mnmftre °* ®Peec^ an^ j experiment tried for the first time in IS,*?. «o<wr n * MX****. ™ [Oskaloosa (Kanne) syeotatf The result of the election in this city, in which the Mayor and five members of the City Council, all consisting of women, were elected, seems to have attracted at­ tention all over the country, as telegrams are coming in from all quarters asking flMr particulars. The reasons for the some* what remarkable action can be stated in a few words. There has been a vigorous kiok from the law and order element in the city on account of the lax manner in whidh former administrations have managed mu­ nicipal affairs, especially in retrard to the enforcement of the prohibitory law, and so advantage was taken of the State law permitting women to vote and bold office in cities of the first, second, and third claw, and a ticket put in the field and triumph­ antly elected composed of representatives of the gentler sex. Mrs. Mary D. Lowman was chosen as Mayor, and the following ladies were elected as members of the City Council: Hannah A. Mono, Kmmi Hamilton, Millie Golden. As stoted, these are representative^ women, tbe wives of well-known citizens who are prominent in business and pro­ fessional circles. The experiment is not looked upon in the nature of a joke, though there was a hilarious serenade given to all the candidates the nisht of the election, but as the new Mayor had her bangs put up in papers she was unable to appear longer than to bow her thanks, and, therefore, her speech of thanks for the honor will not go thundering down tA ages. Another newly elected CouncilwomaK sent her apologies lor not appearing, be­ cause she was putting tbe baby to bed aa& did not feel like intrusting such duties Us her husband until she had drilled him little more. In fact, the new honors seem­ ed to rest rather leivily upon all ti$| ladies, so that none of them were able <Kgi» made speeches of any length in reply tp the serenade. It is pred cted that there will be man}r reforms instituted, and it is intimated thai a City Marshal will be selected from among the ranks of the women, boriously, how* ever, it can be said that t'.ie ladies manifejjt a perfect willingness to assume their novwii duties, and th«.y will not only have abund* ant encouragement, but it is believed tt# •i'Hpl '* iU i#ii and third convolutions of the brain. In each case examined there had been injury or disease of these convolutions, destroying their functions. Comparing Gambetta's brain with thut of the late Dr. Bertillon, an eminent statistician, Duval and Chudzinsky found that in Feminine Quarrels at the Polle. [Wichita (Kansas) special. | At Yalley Center every woman but voted, and took far more interest in election than the men. Thoy had theii teams,and electioneered with great energ] limin of tlm 4.1 Ii : i The men, in fact, stood back and watche 0* of Several femininf Broca's convolution »-as the speech- a^d two caTes of center is now called--is extremely de- " " * velopod, -while in Bertillon's it is re­ duced to its most simple expression. Oambetta was active and loquacious; Bertillon reticent and retiring--the oratorical qualities of the two men were diametrically opposite, and result is now seen to be due to the physical conformations of their re- (Mfitive brainn ,, _ , (W puliiug and womanly wrangling at thej are reported. There were two candidate^ . one Prohibitionist and the other Anti-Pro* ' hibitionist Two-thirds of the women'! votes went for the former, the remainder for the latter. ' [Wellington (Kansas) special,? # 4? Only about 20 per cent of the women of , Wellington voted, but these were solidlK • for one candidate or the other, and conK. 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