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f$c§teiivg flaradcalM • v ; < \ • ^ * *• - • ' <! W^'; 1. VM tLYKE. Editor at PuMMtsr. MoHKNBY, ILLINOia T R A D E I S I M P R O V I N G . ITALIANS ARE ACQUITTED L R NEW ORLEANS. AT A Tenn«MM Mob Lynch Uvnry Snmlers-- Six CraKjr People Born-d at Nashville, T«nn.-- Other News of Mur* or Lens Im- yrrt>nc», PROSPECTS ARE BETTKRI JBftsty Section of Country Reports Marked Im* provem^nf In Trad*. 1 R. G. Dtm & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Foreign influences have again disturbed , the money market a little. But tliere is more active speculation in breadstuff's, pork products and cotton, which haye all advanced, and the outlook for farmers has rarely been better at this season than it is BOW. Of the great industries nearly all are expanding and employing labor fully, but the coke strike and other causes have pro­ duced a remarkable shrinkage in the out­ put of Iron. The prospect , for the building trades is rather dull in New York, but at other cities, particularly in the West, it is remarkably bright. The wool manufacture is doing remarkably well, 'though theN prices of goods do not advance.; the mills engaged on dress goods arid knit goods are especially active, and the worsted works are on full time, with fair prospects. In the boot and,shoe industry shops are all fairly employed. West of Chicago heavy snows and bad weather have had much in­ fluence, impeding the lumber trade. Re­ ports from the entire South are a shade better, because cotton has recovered slight­ ly in price. The business failures occurring during the last seven days number for the United States 23!', and for Canada 34. or a total of 27-'!. as compared with a total of SU last week. For the corresponding week Pf last J^&r the figures were ?52. Pennsylvania, were killed at Blackstone, Mas.«. They wore engaged in taking down the woodwork which had neen used in constructing an iron bridge, when the structure suddenly gave way. A HKAVT explosion of gas blew out the entire rear of the J. R. Wcldin <fe Co. Building, at Pittsburg, Pa. Every stream at the command of tfto city was turned on without avaiK and Allegheny was called to her aid. The entire stock of fine stationery, pictures, etc., is a total loss. Several offices were also for misbehavior. She shot and fatal!? wounded herself with a revolver. She says she is innocent of the charge and could not stand the disgrace. Charles Shirtlieff, a young man, committed suicide, at Lima, Ohio, by hanging himself in liis own door-yard. The cause is thought to have been despondency from failure to secure work. Amelia Walford, aged 24, died in the Women's•--Christian- Association- Home in Kansas City from the effects of j an overdose of morphine. Owing to | sleeplessness, the physicians prescribed j morphine, and she went to a drug store and procured a grain of the drug and took all of it. v IN Blount Comity, Ala , Jeff Van Horne shot and killed his father-in-law, Fred­ erick Patrick. Van Horne married the old man's daughter against his wishes, and replied to his reproaches with a double-barreled shot gun, killing him in his own yard. The murderer has served a twelve months' term in State's Drison. AT Corpus Christi, Tex., Mrs. John Dunn shot and killed a Mexican. She claims that he burglarized her residence, and after she had tracked him half a mile she came upon his camp. The man made for her with an ax, whbn she shot and killed him instantly with a Win­ chester. ^ HENNESSY UNAVENGED. V , Sicilians Held Guiltless of the Murder of Nfw Orleans' Chl«>f of Police. THE Hennessy case--the trial of nine Sicilians for the assassination pf Chief of Police D. C. Hennessy at New Orleans on the ni^ht of Oct. is--which has occu- 9l JLaJi?r's Criminal blstq^^Court since Feb. 16, isconcluded, •4JJ<T jury bringing in a verdict of not ; guilty as to six of the accused, and fail­ ing to agree upon a verdict as to the r oji^er thr< e. ?' When the jury handed in their verdict, ; there was apprehensive silence. The pris­ oners stood up and there was a look of in­ finite woe pictured on the face of Mecheca and some of the others. Every spectator in the court-room was on his feet. The State's attorneys sat at their tables. The jury .. looked more concerned than any one present in the room except the prisoners. • ; Chief Clerk Scriven did not keep the verdict long. In a voice that could be heard in all v porls of the silent court-room, he spoke the words tl<at freed six of them, as far as the i present case is concerned, and virtually ac- quitted the other three. As the verdict was read each person in the court-room ( turned to tlie person next to him, and there was an audible expression of surprise and > dissatisfaction. When the jury appeared - on the streets they were followei by a i iJSifiOiWd of yelling and hooting tuea. BCRNING OP THE FIVE STOKV WJEUDIH BUILDING. located in this building, which was Sup­ posed to be fireproof. The Board of Trade Building, just opposite, contain­ ing the It. G. Dun agency, the Germania Bank, the Custom House, and other of­ fices, was also destroyed. The Weldin Building is on the same site as the ill- fated Willey Building that was blown down by a cyclone one year ago last summer, killing thirteen persons. The loss will amount to fully half a million; Insurance, §113,000. TIIE coke strikers held a secret con­ vention at Upfontown, Pa., where they deliberate^ on several offers of com­ promise The Clcaffield miners sent in S750 to the strikers* support, Mid other region* axe contributing liberally. AT Castle, Pa., Mrs. Ida Elder, a handsome young woman, was arrested on the charge of mui'lcii"? her step- motner, Mrs. Levi Repman, Ttt ttftK"- pum, Pa., in July 1889. It is alleged' that "Sough on Rats" was given to Mrs. 1 Repman, who, it was stated, had died of heart disease. Mrs. Elder is the wife of a locomotive engineer, who lived with her just one month after their marriage. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. . . Ix the Arkansas House of Representa­ tives at Little Rock E. C. Mitchell, of Boone, and II. C, Head, of Little River, fought. The lie was passed, and ink­ stands, spittoons, and other articles that were calculated to do injury were ex­ changed between the two gentlemen. No one was injured'during the. fight, but several members were well bespattered with ink and tobacco juice. MEMBERS of the Ohio Legislature learn that they have been shadowed all win­ ter. Hints havo been made that a por- I tion of the public works were to be i abandoned and the property sold to the highest bidder. It is known that a num­ ber of gentlemen interested in natural gas and oil have been anxious to secure control of a large tract of land border­ ing on the Miami and Erie Canq,l, ceded to the State by the tJovernment, and vrtifCLh at the present timfl is regarded as the Richest field in Ohio. Friends of those interested have been in Columbus most Of tlW Fiai?r, and Jjhe /prces of the Sfcanaard Oil Company's Agents ai lhent AFTER one of the most memorable Sen­ atorial contests in the history of the country, Gen. John M. Palmer was chosen United States Senator by the General Assembly of Illinois on the 154th ballot. Messrs. Moore and Cock- rell, F. M. B. A. members, joined the 101 Democrats, thus giving Palmer 103 votes--exactly enough to elect him. On this ballot the Republicans cast 100 votes for Cicero J. Lindley, President of the F. M. B. A., and Taubeneek voted for A. J. Streeter. are prom- i . STRUNG UP TO A TREE. A TennMse* Hob Waited Till Their Victim (, Q it Well B»>fnr* Hansring Him. THE sequence of a fearful crime took place about four miles north of Lavina, Carroll County, Tenn. Last Christmas Miss AngieBelton. a 16-year-old girl, was dragged from her horse and criminally assaulted by a neighbor named Henry Sanders, aged "0. A posse was organized to <Jynch Sanders, but he escaped to Texas, where he remained till a few days ago. He was taken sick while in Texas and came home in ofder that he might receive the care of his family. The rel­ atives of the girl waited until lie had recovered from his illness; a mob went to his home, dragged him from his bed, Mid hanged him to the limb of a tre* within 200 yards of his house. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. F. A. GAI.E, a heavy operator on the Chicago Board of Trade, committed sui­ cide at Sioux City, Iowa, by shooting him­ self through the head. He left four letters, one explaining the rash act. In it he said: "I have lost all of my fortune on the Chicago Beard of Trade and do not care to live any longer." A year ago Gale was said to be worth ?150,000. Many years ago he started a bank at Canton, S. D., under the firm name of Gale & Ward. Th1s~wa§\the foundation of the handsome fortune which he lost In speculation on tho Chicago Beard of Trade. He was at one time a prominent figure in South Dakota politics, was Mayor of Canton. $nd Colonel on Gov. Cligriirs staff. . He was one of the best- known men of that State and the North­ west THE Grand Jury, at Colnmbus, Ohio, returned two indictments each against W. J. and P. J. Elliott for murder in the first degree. Th% are jointly charged . with killing A. C. Osborn, one of the j &ank in the harbor. Her paddle box completely smashed. The mail- Fatal Asylum I'ir". FXBK broke out at the Central Insane Asylum, seven miles from Nashville, Tenn. The male wing was destroyed. There were twenty-eight patients in the wing, and six of them were burned to death. The other patients are now in the main hall and under guard and there is no further danger of loss of life. At St. Cloud, Minn., the new silverware factory was burned. The plant was nearly ready for operation. There had been no fire in the building for several days, and the origin is a mystery. Loss, 930,000; insurance on building, §S),0u0; on machinery, £9,000. No Fx*n « for Traps AT Nashvil'e. Tenn.. the police raided the gambling rooms and arrested twenty- five men. Eleven were playing stud poker and thirteen craps. Judge Bell said there was some excuse for men playing the seductive same of poker, but none for craps: and ha would make the distinction by lining the poker play­ ers $10 and the crap players §25. *. ss* • • •. FOREIGN GOSSIP. A TERRIFIC blizzard prevailed through­ out the southwest portion of England. The storm was the severest on record in that part of the country. Many small vessels were wrecked oiT the coast. The loss of iive stock is also reported to be heavy. A snowstorm raged in Scotland and the north of England for a week past, while in the south of England tho weather was mild. Then the gale, which was totally unexpected, advanced in a northeasterly direction across the Bay of. Biscay. In London it was fearful; there was an unusual rise of the tide. All the Channel steamers had boisterous passages. The Dover mail boat nearly sr- *%• -. 1rl- IF?- fv " A8sa«sira*ion of Balmacda AT London, whiie there has been no • ^official confirmation of the rumor that President Balmaceda ha* been assassin­ ated by the Chilian insurgents, the re­ port is generally credited. A Buenos Ayres dispatch says that the family of Balmaceda is safe in the Argentine Re­ public. Bishop Katwr Appointed. h, •" THE Papal brief, accompanied by a ® better of explanation, appointing Bishop Katzer Archbishop of the Diocese of Milwaukee, reached him from Rome. .Theceremony of conferring the pallium will take pla-e in Milwaukee in a few weeks, and will be conducted by Cardinal Gibbons. ; Bnrtwl Under Falling Walla. £ •. Tms walls of the Grand Opera House, at Rochester, N. Y., which was gutted by fire a few weeks ago, and which have since remained standing, fell outward Into St. Paul street during a terrific storm. At least two persons are thought m Jo be juried under the fallen debris. ; , Death of a liwarf 4 i THOMAS D. HALL, who has held a po­ sition in the United States Treasury at Wftsnington since 1862, died. His height W»6 only 87 inches. -- - EASTERN OCCURRENCES. .THE steamship Saratoga arrived at Hew York from the West Indies with Captain Robinson, the mate, and four­ teen men of the British ship W. G. Rus- aeil, wrecked near the Isle of Pines, Feb. % . The Russell was bound from Rio Janeiro for Pensacola. THE entire front of a hotel at Will- fev tomsport, Pa., in course of demolition, % collapsed and four of the workmen were s buried beneath the debris. They were % -weedlly rested, but are badly injured. DAiHE#eRowj.EY and Charles Hose, i employes of the Pencoyd Iron Works in principals in the recent tragedy, and W. L. Hughes, an innocent spectator. AT Evansville, Ind., Henry Schwartz, a leading jeweler, dropped dead while attending a dance. He was about 50 years old, and leaves a wife. Ho was a Captain in the Confederate army. TnE Bohn sash and door factory at Omaha, Neb., was destroyed by fire. Loss, §200,000; insurance. $130,000. The enterprise was the largest in j-be West." The proprietors have beconwrfamous for vigorously opposing the/trust, which, has endeavored to Absorb the plant. The origin of the blaze is a mystery. MICHAEL OVEKMYER, for many years a well-to-do farmer near Rochester, Ind., was robbed and murdered. Over- myer married only three weeks ago, and had just completed arrangements to go to Huntington to reside, lie went to Rochester accompanied by his bride. The latter went to the home of a* friend on the outskirts of the town where the husband was to join her. The report of a pistol was heard near the Citizcn"s Cemetery, and Overmyer was found lying in the middle of the road with a gaping wound in his breast. Near the body wa? Overrnyer's revolver. A pocketbook containing 8300, which he had carried in his inside vest pocket, was gone. SOME of the officials of the Columbus (Ohio) prison believe th&tGeocge Elmer, a Van Wert County prisoner, serving a term for arson, is Tascott, the murderer of Snell, the Chicago banker. The fact that Elmer knows a great deal about Chicago, is a criminal with quite a record, and resembles Tascott person­ ally, has led the prison official to think he is the missing murderer. W. W. CLAPP, United States Deputy Marshal, who had been on the trail of John Wilder, a noted desperado and mountaineer, for several days, ran him down at Cumberland Gap, Ky. Wilder drew his revolver, but before he could use it the Marshal's posse opened lire and Wilder went down, dying almost in­ stantly. SETTLERS 'in Douglass and Lincoln counties, Washington, are greatly an­ noyed by raids of an organized band of cattle and horse thieves. A prominent stockman says no less than twelve thou­ sand head of cattle have been stolen in the past year, besides several hundred head of horses. could not cross the was service steamer Channel. * I.v the Dixon Irdh Works' in Glasgow, Scotland, a condenser used in the manu­ facture of ammonia exploded with ter­ rific force awd fatal effects^ The mangled remains of seven of ihe employes were recovered. _FRESH AND NEWSY. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A MOB at Mt. Sterling, Ky., came near lynching the Wiggington family, com­ posed of John Wiggintdn and his four sons, for the poisoning of William Fer­ guson and P. C. Watts, his son-in-law, both of whom died, and Miss Boyd, a granddaughter of Ferguson's, who is still in a critical condi­ tion. The Wiggintdns were suspected, and after the arrest the boys, the young­ est of whom is only 10 years old, con­ fessed. Their father bought ten cents worth of arsenic, and sent two of his sons to Ferguson's house. One of them slipped into the. kitchen and put the arsenic in the coffee pot after supper. Next morning the cola coffee was used with fresh coffee and the family was poisoned. The Wiggintons and Watts had raised tobacco together last year and there was a dispute between them about $17 of the proceeds. On this ac­ count the Wiggintons war tod to kill Watts. AT Baltimore, Md., General Isaac B. Moore was found dead in his hotel with a frightful lodging pistol-shot wound in hfs head. The General had been ill for a few days, and he killed himself in a fit of despondency. The G. A. R. will take charge of the body. At Virginia, Neb., | Belle Preusch, a 15-year-old girl, was suspended from scho'l for thirty days THE following property was destroyed by fire : At Omaha, Neb., the printing house of Gibson, Miller & Richardson; loss, $100,000; fully insured; at Mon­ treal, Louis Fortier's stationery store; damage, $H3,000; insurance, 824,000; at Shelbyville, Tenn., warehouses valued at 850,000; at Boston, the works of the Samttrel Hano Company, book-binders; loss, 509,000; at Albany, N. Y., the tele­ phone exchange; loss, 830,000. AT Listowell, Ont, two masked men seized the night watchman at Hess Bros.' furnituro factory, bound and gagged him, and fired the premises in several places. The fire was not discovered till it was beyond control and the watchman was discovered only in time to save his life. It was found that the pumps in connection with the waterworks had been rendered useless, the fire-alarm Wire cut, and that oils used in the fac­ tory had been turned on the floors. The loss will amount to 850,000. FATHER GKATOX, a Catholic priest, of Regina, Man., was found dead five miles outside of that city, having perished from exposure. J. C BAILEY, a rich English tourist, left New >tork on the steamer Alene, and disappeared shortly after getting out to sea, and no trace of him could bo found. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.. HOOH--Shipping Grades SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BYE-- NO. 2 BCTTEB--Choioe Creamery CHEESE--Fall Cream, flats EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Westorn, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shi pping HOGS--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime v\ HEAT--No. A Red COBN--No. 1 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Hed Coax--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BAULKY--Minnesota CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos...... ; BUMP. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed DETBOIT. CATTLE Hoos SHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bad CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--Cash OATS--No. 2 White.. CLOVES SEED EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime Hoos-- Light SHEEP--Medium to Good. LAMBS J. » MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO 2 Spring CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White KTE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 POBK--Mess NEW YOBK. CATTLE HOOFI; BHKKP „ WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2.............. OATB--Mixed Western............. BUTTKH--Creamery Eaos--W estem toRii--New Megs PALMER IS VICTORIOUS. TIIE FIRST TO ACCEPT i V* • ' msma •M ELECTED SENATOR ON THE 164-TH BALLOT. Tn« lUintr Votes I?rlny About Bit Hm. ttnn--The Basalt Ends One of the Longest --Seiiaioriui .rights in th» History of ths Country. General John M. Palmer is a United States Senator The contest in the Illi­ nois joint assembly continued through seven weeks tQ a day. and took 154 bal­ lots. It was known early in the morning by everybody that Palmer would be elected unless some accident interfered, and all Springfield went to the Capitol to try to secure admittance to the House floor and galleries. Those who could not get in­ side remained in tho rotunda and satis­ fied their curiosity with echoing the cheers inside. The Republicans knew they were beaten, and accepted their de­ feat with complacency. No attempt was made in either house to do any business. The members sat about in groups, telling stories, singing songs, and exchanging experiences. There was good feeling everywhere, Republicans and Democrats mingling on both side ?. TWCP hours before the joint assembly met, tho galleries and the floor of tho House began to fill. An hour before the battle there was a dense crowd packed in every spaco sat apart for visitors. The Republicans who were in their seats began to sing, "We Are Going Home." They then switched off to "Marching Through Georgia." The Democrats sub­ stituted a campaign song to the same tune. The singing continued until almost time for the joint assembly. The Palmer banner was carried into the hall and planted on the Democratic side. • It was greeted with cheers from that side. At the same moment tho procession came slowly moving down the center aisle hke a funeral train. Doorkeeper Brown and several assistants opened tho way, while four men carried in a stretcher on which lay Senator Weils, so ill that his friepds had protested against his leaving his bed. The doorkeeper Announced t he Senate, ?nd shortly after tliM £>ody una admitted PRANCE AT THE COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION. ..a 3.25 @ 6.00 <® 4 00 & 0.25 C4> 1.02 (0 1.15 & 8.75 & 5.75 (FFL 5.25 @ 8.75 LOlfe® 1.02« @ 5.00 & 4.00 3.01 @ 4.75 8.U0 & 4.01) 8.00 & 6.00 1.01 ;&<$ 1.02* 60 <8 61 61 ® 62 1.01 lit® 1.C2J4 .62 # .6# .51%® .62)4 4.60 & 4.70 GEN. JOHN M. PAT.MER. the vote was taken. The Speaker an­ nounced the result as follows: "On this, the one hundied and fifty- fourth joint ballot, the whole number of. votes t:ast is ~T)4. Necessary to a choice, 103, of which John M. Palmer has re­ ceived a total of 103, C. J. Lindley, 100, Stjeeter, 1." , The Speaker then formally declared General John M. Palmer elected Senator^ to represent the State of Illinois in the United States Senate for six years from March 4, 1891. Senator-elect Palmer tUei\ introduced, and delivered a short speech. Jolm M, Palngy wa§ I>orn in Scott County, Kentucky, Sept. 13. 1817, Be cast his first vote Jji JJlinois for SlepheA A, Douglas for Congress, but ho was always an anti-slavery man in feeling, and left the Democrats when the Mis­ souri compromise was repealed. Then he became a Republican. In 1856 he was Chairman of the Re­ publican Statn Convention at Blooming* ton. He ran for Congress in 1859, but was defeated. In 1860 he was a Repub­ lican Presidential Elector for the State at large. In 18(51 he was appointed one of the five delegates (all Republicans) sent by Illinois to the peace congress at Washington. When the civil conflict broke out he offered his services to his country, and was elected Colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois Volunteer Infant­ ry, and participated tn tho engage­ ments at Island No. 10; at Farmington, where he skillfully extricated his com­ mand from a dangerous position; at Stone River, where his division for sev­ eral hours, Dec. 31, 1803, held an ad- ' vanced position and stood like a rock, and for his gallantry there he was made Major General; at Chickamauga, where his and Van Clece's divisions for two hours maintained their position when they were cut off by overpowering num­ bers. Under Gen. Sherman he was as­ signed to the Fourteenth Army Corps, and participated in the Atlanta campaign up to a date in August, when he asked to be relieved because Gen. Sherman ordered him to report to Gen. Schofield. In February, 186">, Gen. Palmer was as­ signed to the military administration of Kentucky, which was a delicate post. General Palmer was nominated for Governor of Illinois by the Republican State Convention which met at Peoria May 6, 18U8, and his nomination would probably have been made by acclamation had he not persistently declared that he could not accept a candidature for the office. The result of tho ensuing elec­ tion gave Mr. Palmer a majority of 44,- 707 over John R. Eden, tho Democratic nominee. Since the expiration of Governor Pal­ mer's term, while he has been somewhat prominent in Illinois politics, he has de­ voted the most of his time to the prac­ tice of his profession. In 1887 and 1888 he was the candidate of his party for the United States Senatorship, but was de­ feated, the iirst time byChas. 13. Farwcll, and the second time by Shelby M. Cul- lom. The Democratic State Convention held in 1888 nominated him again for tho office of Governor. lie carefully can­ vassed the whole State, and was de­ feated by Joseph W. Fifor, the present incumbent. He received the indorse­ ment of the Democratic State Conven­ tion held in June last for the office of United States Senator, and the instruc­ tions which every Democratic Senator and Representative elected in November last received were considered as obligat­ ing him to vote for no one for United States Senator but John M. Palmer. Gen Palmer has been twico married. In 1842 he was united in mari iago to Malinda Neely, who died in 1883. He was married to his present wife in the spring of 1888. 4.00 3.25 4.00 4.60 @ 5.50 & 4.25 (C» 6.2S & 0.50 .96 <& .67^® .61 >4 0 .96 & .68 & .97 .68)6 •62hi .97 .64 9.76 @10.25 4.00 M 5.75 3.25 <«J 4.0J 6.00 W «.75 1.14 & L.M .71 «« -7FL .6# & .69 .21 <GB ,S5 .17^® ;18!$ 19,75 <011.50 SOME instructive data concerning the comparative cost of Incandescent light­ ing have been published. The average cos.t of maintaining a 10-candle power lamp for twenty-four hours was shown to be 6.82 cents. A careful study of these data should bo made by the owner of every office building, as- it will un­ questionably be to his intefeit to havo an electric light plant in^talTC(^ith a view to giving his patrons the addition­ al inducement of tbe electric light. The total yearly average cost pe!* lamp in a modern office building should not ex­ ceed $4, including every possibreexponso, aside from electric or combination fix- j tureu. _____ NO vol Suft by PARISIAN Firms--Tho EST. BsqJ. H. raddock, Episcopal Bishop of . NMHUIHUMTTLU K rnir» « -- O F _ A NoU»<l Kxil«<l Russian. France is the first foreign Government to accept an invitation to participate in the Exposition. The acceptance is cor­ dial. The correspondence is as follows: LEGATION OF IHX UNITED STATES, J PABIS, Feb. 1. I Tbe Hon. James G. Blaine, Secretary of State: SIB--On receipt of tho instructions In your No. 22!>. I at once communicated 10 the French Government through the Mlnls- ter-of Forelffn Affairs, in the name of the President of the United States, the formal invitation to participate In the Exhibition at Chicago in 1893, commemorating the 400tli anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. M. Ribot promptly acknowledged this and said that he would communicate the invitation to his colleagues and advise me of the result. Late Saturday evening I received the formal reply of the French Government conveying in cordial terms its acceptance of the invitation. The substance of this was at once forwarded to you in a telegram, of which a copy is hereto appended. I in­ close also a copy and a translation of M. Ribot's note. I shall feel obliged if you will kindly send me twenty additional copies of the printed documents annexed to your circular No. 229, a? M. Iiibot expresses the desire of having ten more copies. I have the honor to be your obedient servant, WNITKTIAW BEID. Minister Ribot's letter is as follows: l'Aitis, Feb. 14.--Mr. Minister: Referring to my letter of the 10th of this month, I have the honor to announce to you that the Government of the republic accepts with the greatest pleasure for France the invita­ tion which you have transmitted to it in the name of the United States to take part in the Universal Exposition which is to take place at Chicago in 1893 in commemoration of the fourth centenary of the discovery of America. The Government of the republic is al­ ready occupying itself with the measures necessary to insure tho participation of. French artists and manufacturers in this international celebration, and as soon as the Commissioners to represent it shall have been designated I will take care to Inform you. Accept, etc., etc., RIBOT. UNCLE 8Aq[n*«NI HED, Two Paris Jewelry Firms Trying to Re- ^ cover Diamonds. A (jilfiftr move was made on behalf of two Paris jewelry* firms to recover valu­ able diamonds alleged by the Govern­ ment authorities to have been smuggled into this country by Jacob Kronfcld, alias G. Lange. From the iirms of Veuve, L. B. Citreon & Co., and Henri Kamin- ker <fc Co., of Paris, it is alleged that Kronfeld, alias Lange, who was re^ent!y arrested in Chicago, procured diamonds worth $7,000, and in return gave drafts. Before the paper became due Kronfeld disappeared and the firms heard nothing of him until they saw his name in the papers in connection with a diamond seizure. The Government officials took possessionw the stones and held them. Attachments suits have been com­ menced by tho Paris diamond iirms to recover the valuables, and the District Attorney, tho United States Collector, and others at Chicago have been served with garnishment proceedings. Tho District Attorney says he will pay no at­ tention uo tho garnishment, as he holds the diamonds by means of an order <iC court. Attorney Newman was asked the reason of his bringing the attach­ ment suits in tho State courts on bohalf of the. jewelry firms. "Suppose they can't prove that tho diamonds were smhggie'd to this country," ho said, "If they can't then we will enforce our suits and recover our property." DEATH OF THK i*,£v. isenj. h. PAD. "DOCK, !hw Episcopal niHtiop of Massachusetts Breathes His Lost. I The Rev. Be njamin H. Paddock, Bishop j of tho Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Massachusetts, died at Boston} ag»ad 63 years. He had boon ill for seV<ert!t\ Weeks, | and during tho recent d^ys had hung be- i tWeen life and death. lie was a naiiT'o of Norwich, Conn.; & graduate of Trini­ ty College and of the General Theologi­ cal Seminary of New York City. He taught for, a short time, but in 1852 ho took up his life work, becoming then as­ sistant minister at the Church of the Epiphany, New York, while he was a deacon. In 1853 he was chosen rector of St. Luke's Church in Portland, Me., but withdrew after three months on account of tho climate. For seven years he served as rector at Trinity in Norwich, Conn., and then from I860 until 1869 had charge of the Christ Church parish in Detroit, Mich. For the four years preceding his bishopric he was rector of Grace Church, Brooklyn Heights. He was elected bishop in 1873. Bishop Paddock was the author of a number of articles in reviews and peri­ odicals--canonical digests, sermons and charges--among which were "Ten Years in the Episcopate," published in 1883; "The First Century of the Diocese of Massachusetts," published in 1885; and "The Pastoral Relation." HE COMMANDED THE CZAR'S BOOT GUARD. * Death In Philadelphia of a Man with a History. Therfc died in a Philadelphia hospital a man with a history--Matthew Zaleske- vlex, a Russian lefugee He was born in Kostronia, near Moscow, fifty years ago, and, entering tho army, rose rap­ idly until lie became coimnauder of the body-guard of tho Czar, the present ruler's father. Ho then resigned to undertake commercial pursuits, and soon became one of the leading grain mer­ chants of the Russiasand obtained much renown as a philanthropist. Through the malignity of a discharged servant a charg£ of collusion with the Nihilists wa^ brought against him, his Immense estates were confiscated, and he was thrown into prison. His excel­ lent military record saved him from be­ ing sent to Siberia, and after suffering four years of solitary confinement he escaped and made his way to Odessa. From thero he was carried in a sailing i vessel to a Mediterranean port and thence made his way to London, where [for a time he worked^as a laborer. Friends In this country induced him to come to America, and he arrived in New York in December last. The rigorous j winter proved too much for a broken- down constitution. Three weeks ago he went to Philadelphia, and, his ailment increasing, he fiitatiy--drifted penniless and hopeless to the Philadelphia hos­ pital, whero he died. In •' A. Miner" Key. . Pressed for time--mummies. Jardin dos Plantes--tho cemetery. The road to eternity issues no return tickets. A matter of courso--table d'hoto bill of faro. How to become fore-handed--evolute back to the monkey. It is quite natural that there should be judges at a bench show. How much information there is in the world that is not at all informing. Tho flag-bearer of a regiment prefers to be judged by his own standard. Painters are not of a military turn generally, yet they stand by their colors. Never believe the man who says he had forgotten all about that little loan you return. Millionaires competed for a running prize at Tuxedo Park recently--a well- to-do race. EAS DESTRUCTIVE. ALMOST LIKE AMERIC. VESSELS LOST Qfl THS * * . BRITISH COAST* Pall in Argentine Seenritln* liepcnU ,s Prench House--Lineal Descendant of Columbns to Attend tho World's Pair --Hlrsch Pund Invented. At London information Is received of terrible damage done to shipping by the recent storm. Wrecks are reported all along the coa^t and news has just been received that the steamer Trinidad was lost during the storm and all her crew and passengers drowned. So far eighty persons are reported drowned. The British ship Dryad, Captain Thomas, bound from Shields to Valparaiso, has has also been wrecked off Start Point Her crew, consisting of twenty-four men and oificers, have been drowned. The Dryad was an iron vessel of 1,035 tons burden. She was built at Liverpool, and was owned by J. B Walmsley, of that city. A foreign steamship, the name of which is unknown, was wrecked off Start Point, near Dartmouth, Devon­ shire, England, during tho recent bliz­ zard. All the crew and passengers were drowed. Among the schooners lost off Start Point was the Luncsdale. Four of her crew were drowned. Her captain was saved. The schooner Lizzie Ellen was also lost, and two of her crew were drowned. Cornwall continues isolated from the rest of Eng'aud. Many wrecks are reported to havo occurred on that coast, and at Land's End a number of people have been frozen to death. La­ borers numbering hundreds have been sent to clear the railroad lines in Devon­ shire and Cornwall, whero the snow­ drifts have piled up so heavily that cut­ tings twelve feet deep have to be made. Tho .oss to farm stock is enormous, and will entail much suffering among tho farmers, who have already lost consid­ erable money byvtho terrible weather experienced at the \nd of last year. bANK OF FRANC \tho t( s end of jflIN ] THE BREACH. A Great Finanelal Honso of Paris Badly Embarrassed Is Tlde<l Over. 4po(her great European financial honse has been caught by the fall in Ar­ gentine securities, and the effect was felt in London in an uneasy feeling on the stock exchange. The Societe des Depots et Comptes Courants, of Paris, a lead­ ing monetary institution of France, was forced by its erabarra^flHoiits to appeal for aid lo the government. The society now has only $4,000,000 on hand to meet obligations amounting to #17,000,000. M. Rouvler, Minister of Finance, was ap­ pealed to, and to him it was stated that the sum of $13,000,000 was needed to carry the concern through the crisis. M. Rouvier called a meeting of leading financiers to devise means for relief It was finally arranged that the Bank of France should advance Slo, 000,000 to tho society, which sum is guaranteed by the bills of the society, and the latter calls for .$100 per share from its stockholders, and tho financial houses jointly guaran­ tee the sum of §4,000,000 to the Bank ( f France. The assets of the society will be assigned for the payment of advances. The report of the society's embarrass­ ment caused a heavy run on its funds, but all demands were met. The shares of the institution have fallen $30, shares being now quoted at $97. One hundred and sixty thousand shares are owned by 3,800 people. Tho situation, as stated by friends and directors, is as follows: Sight and seven-day deposits and cur­ rent accounts, $15,000,000. The society iftd on Jan 31 in its treasury $25,000,- 000 in paper or in current accounts. There was also a sum Qf .<jf25.oool000 pf unissued stock whtch was availablo at call, for only £20,000,000 had been paid up, and it was only a question of the yalue of the bills and tho chances of im- ge<U»tely realizing upon them that the ank 61 Fraqce made the guarantee it has given to the five houses aiding tho society. Last Descendant or Cdlumbus. There Is a project on foot to have, tlie great Columbian Expedition openfed by the only living descendant of Columbus, A sad but interettfln^ reminiscence of tfeo late Dr. ThomaS Weston, of the Depart­ ment of Publicity and Promotion, is the following letter on the subject Which he addressed a few weeks before his death to Major Handy: HEAR SIR: The last living member of the Columbus family is the IMke of Seragua, of Madrid. He was recently reported to bo dying, but.1 think ho has recovered. He is a literary man and an artist of some repute. Of the twenty-nine autograph letters and books annotated in the hand-writing of Columbus, he possesses sixteen or eighteen. In early life lie was obliged to appeal for help to keep bt dy and soul together, and pensions were granted him by Cuba and Costa Rica, which he now enjoys. He has held a portfolio in the Spanish Cabinet, and is a Vice President of the "Americanlstes," of which Dom Pedro, ex-Emperor of Brazil, Is honorary President. His collection of auto­ graph letters, Columbiana pictures, and lithographed portraits--many of the latter his own work--Is unsurpassed outside tho walls of the Louja. in Seville, where are. as yet unexamined, the manuscripts of the Spanish Government, the accumulations of centuries. I am of the opinion that, if overtures were made to the Duke of Ser- agua, he would loan his collection, and, perhaps, attend himself. Believing that this comes under the head of promotion, might I suggest that, should other arrange­ ments not have been made, the "last of his race" should touch the lever that sets the machinery of tho World's Columbian Expo­ sition in motion. Respectfully submitted, THOMAS WESTON. Hy.t About Easter. Easter this year comes on March 29. The earliest and latest dates upon which Easter can fall are March 22 and April 25. In 188(5 Easter fell upon its latest date, which had not occurred be­ fore in tho nineteenth century, and will not occur again until 1943. The last time Easter fell upon its earliest date, the 22d of March, was in 181$, and this will not happen again in this .century nor in tho next On turning back to previous centuries we find that such a late date as April 25 for Easter Sunday has occurred once every hundred years, with one exception --that is, in 1734, lt56G, 1546, 1451, 1204, 11C0, 1014 and 919. The earliest day for Eastei" occurfed in 1761, 1693, 1598, 1573, 1478, 13S3, 1146, 1041 and 946. This time the thir­ teenth century is passed over instead of tho fourteenth. In the remaining years of this century Easter will coipo on the following dates: 1892, April 17; 1893, April 2; 1894, March 25; 1895, April 14: 1896, April 5; 1897, April 18: l8'.;8, April 10; 1899, April 2; .1900, April 15. Money for Prisons, but No Sites; A piece of Imperfect legislation enact­ ed by tho late Congress in its closing hoursiias come to light. The discovery was made that the act approved March 3, providing for the erection of three United Statics prisons and tho confine­ ment therein of United States convicts, is rendered absolutely inoperative for the purposes intended through a blunder in drawing the bill. Its intention was to authorize the Attorney General and Secretary of the Interior to purchase three sites and eause to be erected on them suitable prisons for the incarcera­ tion of United States prisoners convicted' of crimes by any courts under the juris­ diction of the department of justice. Not a cent, however, is appropriated for the purchase of sites, and the entire law is therefore useless. ENGLAND VISITED BY A GENU* INE BLIZZARD. , jhrfftNrtWts BTorkaded by an '•'" » --The <:i»*u*»el MUrnt Turn uons for Twenty Yearsr and Lives sti' Property festroyed. The severest storm known in the Brit­ ish Isles, and on the adjacent seas, fear twenty years, raged for two days, re­ sulting in the loss of many lives, the de^ etruction of a vast amount of property, and an unexampled blockade of travel. In London traffic was impeded, tho streets piled up with snow, and the wintf blew a hurricane. Railways were blocked and telegraph wires down in all directions. The snow covered the south of England in some places to the depth of eight feet. From Plymouth, Dover, Sheerness, and ports along the easir coast as far north as Newcastle, come re­ ports of wreck and disaster. Five fi»hv ing smacks have been wrecked off Hastings, and three persons drowned. A coast-guard boat, while attempt­ ing to effect tlie rescue of the distressed seamen off Sandgate cap­ sized, and seven of tho; e on board wer® drowned. At police headquarters sev­ eral persons were reported missing, and it is feared they perished in the snow­ drifts. A rumor was in circulation that a channel, steamer had gone down be­ tween Dover and Calair, and that all on board were lost Tho Channel service was suspended, and no communication was had with Paris for thirty-six hours." The tremendous force of the wave.3 breached tho sea wall which supports "r the tracks of the Great Western Railway ( between Dawlish and Exeter, in DevonV shire. An engineer who left the loco­ motive fast in a drift and attempt­ ed to reach a place of shelter was almost frozen to death before he was discovered and rescued. The blizzard extended from the Channel to< tho North Sea. Several manufacturing establishments were compelled to shut dotfn 6ri "account of tho snow blockade. All field work was abandoned, and the loss to farm stock will undoubtedly be immense. The banks of tho Thames from Richmond down wpro in united; the wagons Tn Covciil Garden MarJcet were so snowed up as to be inaccesstW#^* and in consequence supplies became scarce. In the poorer quarters of the city this caused serious suffering. On the docks work was partially suspended. Tne yaclit Sapphire, from Flushing for Harwich, while making the latter* port at midnight, struck on a rock, and Mr. Macharr. of Glasgow, her owner, was washed overboard and drowned. The steamship Victoria's pas^ag» across the Channel was a memorable one, and the weather was the worst known in tho history of tho stormy twenty miles of water which ssparates France from Dover. Forty-nine passen­ gers were booked to cross from Dover in the Victoria, but of these twenty-eight determined to remain on terra firma when they saw tho sort of night it was, Among these passengers wero her royal and imperial highness the Duchess of Edinburgh and Lady Rothschild As soon as the stsamer left the harbor she began to experience the £ull force of the blizzard, while the snow, as it whirled around, was almost blinding. Tho storgi rose rapidly and tho huge seas which' swept the decks reached even as far aa the ladies' cabin. To make matters^ worse, the officers lost their bearings, and tho engines wero slowed down, as the Victoria was then believed to be near Capo Grisnez. Suddenly sho grazed a sandy bottom, although tho soundings showed that she was in fifteen fathoms of water. The engines were continued running slow until in the morning, when The loTTzzard was at its height, and the anchors yero ca5t> Shortlytor this a' mammoth s;a broke of£, timl flooded the ship, which remained anchor un­ til the weather cleared and it was found she was near Calais. The passongors all suffered severely from tho cold. f ' --v--:-- -- Moral Suasio^ 'j 'Sttn man noticed five men on a ^.Yu'h in Battery Park looking iixedly at lone man who occupied a bench on the other side of the walk, and when it had continued for seven or eight minutes, and the man had seemingly fallen asleep, he beckoned to one of tho five and asked: "What is wrong about that man over there?" "He's trying to bilk the crowd." "Do you know him?" "No." "What's his game? If he isn't right why don't you call an officer?" "Why, it's just here. He chews to­ bacco. So do all of us. He wants a chew tho worst way, but he's afraid to take out his plug fo» fear we'll ask for a nip, which, of course, we should do, not having any ourselves." "But why doesn't he walk away aod take his chew?" "We'd put him down for a sneak." "Well, he's gone to sleep." "All put on, sir. He's only pretend­ ing. Wants to tire us out, you knowT but he can't do it. By-aud-by, when he can't stand it no longer, he'll out. with the navy, and it'll bo a chaw all around. That's the, rule vand the custom, and he mustn't g# agin it. It's what they call moral suasion, sir, and I never knew it to fail."--Neiv York Sun. Birth of a Bison. The female bison at the Zoological Gardens has just given birth to a fine calf. This is a matter for some rejoic­ ing, since the American bison Is getting very rare. It is even now as rare, or nearly so, as its European relative, tho aurochs, and not so very long ago it was- abundant on tho plains of North AmVn,ca. The calf is a reddish-brown color,like the calf of an ordinary domes­ tic cow, and not a bit liko its black, shaggy mother. If the theory is truo that every Shade and variety of color has its meaning, this fact is vory extraordinary. ' If the colors of tho adult bison have a relation to its usual surroundings, why should the calf be colored differently? One would have thought that what was sauce for the gooso was also sauce for tho gosling. It has, however, boen suggested that such differences between the parents and their offspring are to facilitate recognition, and it is noticeable that the young of many animals are, as in this case, more brightly colored "than their parents, and, therefore, more conspicu­ ous in the dusk or twilight.--London Daily News. Never Speak* to the Groom. Between the coachman and the groom tliere exists a chasm in the social regime of the department of the back stairs as^ wide as is tho gulf between 400 and 401. With tho footman it is different. The latter is a house servant--the especial equerry of hfe mistress. The footman never joins the coachman on the front scat unless his mistress rides within. Ono of his duties, in fart, is to take her ladyship's orders and issue them to his companion who holds thft reins. Hl» wages will rate almost with tho coach­ man s. Tho latter mav converse in a guarded way with the footman; with the groom never. Ho orders that worthy to alight and open tlie door with an air of immense superiority As for hack: men and cab drivers--for their lack of style in driving, for their want of finesse in personal appearance, and compara­ tively dilapidated ensemble, ho can only assume an air of lofty indifference a«d unapproachable severity. c