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wg flaititlcakr I. VAN SLYKE. tflftor **4 Publisher. KcHENBY, ILLINOIS. 3,549 retail liquor-dealers, a rslight falling Celtic "sovereign citizens"obeyed implicitly I HENDRICKS IS NO MORE nff frnm lost. VPrtr wVipn fliA uroe fKnir Iaa^ai1^ mnnifactn T# matr Ka ikA& I llfcllliniWnw |V «¥ MVVlbl §EE NEWS CONDENSED. II THE EAST. '*• HEoat Atlantic coast was visited by a 7 ' Abstractive storm on the 24th of Novem­ ber, accompanied by one of the highest tides ever known. A New York dispatch «ays: "Old river men in this city compared the tide to the disastrous rise or the rivers in 1854. Great discomfort, damage to •rty, and delay to business were caused the "submerging of slips, streets, and and the flodding of basements and cellars. Ferry-boats stood so high In the slips that teams could hardly get aboard. Along the Jersey coast the «torm was especially severe. Sandy Hook was inundated and the Government station was in danger of falling. The Southern tfew Jersey Railroad tracks were sub­ merged. Two fine summer cottages at Sea- s bright were swept into the Atlantic. Few. Steamers and no sailing vessels attempted to cross Sandy Hook bar to go to sea. Off Ocean Beach the ship Malta, from Antwerp for New York, stranded early in the morn­ ing. One sailor jumped overboard and was drowned. The other thirty-three members of the crew were rescued by the life-saving crew. Walks and beach improvements at Ocean Grove, Deal Beach and Atlantic City are submerged and damaged. Houses are*undermined all along the Shrewsbury River and many families have had to leave their homes. All along the east shore the docks aresubmerged. In Jersey City sewers and basements were flooded. Prisoners in the City Prison had to stay in their sleep­ ing bunks to keep out of the water. A sewer in South street burst, flood­ ing the cellars of the finest resi­ dences on the Heights. The railroad depot floors were under Mater, and improvised bridges were laid for passengers to walk on. Most of Coney Island was sub­ merged. The Brighton race track was flooded and the races were postponed. The water is six feet deep on the Sheepahead Bay boulevard. Hotel property on the island is flooded, but will probably not be seriously damaged. The contour of the beach will, however, be much changed by washing away, and the damage to shore im­ provements is serious. Every house and rammer resort bordering on Flushing Bay is more or less damaged. It is estimated that the losses will foot up into the mil­ lions. " BAIL to the amount of $60,000 each has been given by William S. Warner and J. Henry Work, indicted for complicity with Ferdinand Ward in defrauding the Marine Bank of New York of $70,336.75. The penalty for the offense is a term of from five to ten years in the Penitentiary The West Shore Road was sold at Newburg to J. Pierrepont Morgan. Chaun- cey M. Depew, and Ashbel Green for $22.- 000,((00 The residence of Jay Cooke at Chelton Hills, Pa., was robbed of diamonds and jewelry valued at $2,200 The ex­ ports of product from New York for the week were valued at nearly £5.700,000. CYBCS W. FIELD resigned a Director­ ship in the New York and New England Road and flung his stock upon the market because the bid made by himself and Rus­ sell Sage for $1,800,000 of second- mortgage bonds was rejected by the Stale of Massa­ chusetts. The protest made by Field was answered by an excoriation by Governor Robinson Four children were killed and several wounded in Jersey City by the fall of a condemned four-stoiy building at Ho. 44 Morris street. ' THE WEST* off from last year, when the number was 3,98t), but in Kansas there has been an in­ crease of the retail liquor-dealers from 1,948 to 2,086. In Maine there has also been an increase from 974 to 1,014. Of brewers there are 100 in Iowa and 11 in Kansas; of retail dealers in malt liquors only there are 229 in Iowa, 65 in Kansas, and 80 in Maine. Illinois, has 9,501 retail liquor-dealers, Indiana 5,915, Michigan 6,o98, and Wisconsin 5,982. SECRETARY MANNING has dismissed a clerk because he was impertinent to a stranger who called to inonire about the business of the office, and this prompt action will have a good effect upon all the departments... .Reports received at the Treasury Department indicate a growing scarcity of 10-cent silver pieces in alrparts of the country. Inflhccordance with in­ structions from the Treasury Depart­ ment about $40,000 in (times were coined at the Philadelphia Mint about a week ago. These, however, were found insufficient to supply the demand, and the Superintendent of the Mint has since been instructed to coin into dimes all the nncurrent subsidiary silver coin there may be at the mint.... A Wash­ ington telegram of Nov. 25 says: "There was a full attendance at the Cabinet meeting yesterday. The session lasted about three hours, and was devoted al­ most entirely to the consideration of the President's message to Congress. The document is in an advanced condition, and will be completed several days before the meeting of Congress. One of the ques­ tions discussed to-day was the order in which certain topics should be considered. The President favored the custom adopted by a majority of his predecessors as to the order of precedence, with a few exceptions, and was sustained in his views by all the other members of the Cabinet." OEKE1IAL. matter. A WARLIKE spirit exists among the half- breeds in the Northwest Territory. No sooner did the news of Riel's execution reach the Indians and half-breed French than a movement was inaugurated to secure aid from American half-breeds. There will be no trouble during the winter months, but the pent-up vengeance of the followers of Kiel will probably break out in the spring, and create havoc among the frontier settlers. DrBiNG Jthe month of October 25,918 immigrants arrived in this country, a de­ crease of 6,179 compared with October, 1884... .'The visible supply pf grain,, as compiled by the New- "iork Produce Ex­ change, is: Wheat, 54,535,343 bushels; corn, 4,140,202 bushels. THE Mexican town of Linares, con­ trolled politically by the Federal General Martinez, has joined in the revolt against the State government of Nuevo Leon. . .A physician ordered to investigate hog cholera in Ontario reports himself unable to iind a BARON DE LoBMEhas formed an Ameri­ can railroad company to build roads in China, and in a few davs is to start hence to commence operations... .In the village of Ste. Marthe, Quebec, with a population of 2,000 persons, every adult went to church and took the temperance pledge for one year.... Small-pox caused 186 deathsat Montreal last week. .. .Premier Sir John Macdonald. of Canada, has interested him­ self in the Atlantic fisheries question, and also in the effort which is being made to se­ cure the Asiatic mails for the Canadian Pa­ cific Road... He has left Ottawa for Lon- ^ . = c. o don, to interest the Government in the, "My excellent condition, although the fly their leader's manifesto. It "may be that the Tories will not have a majority in the next Parliament, but they will with the sup­ port of Mr. Parnell, who is virtually "mas­ ter of the situation." The election of his ablest literary lieutenant, Mr. T. P. O'Con­ nor, for an English constituency (Liver­ pool) marks a new departure--a very signifi­ cant one, too--in British politics. Among the well-known people returned to Parlia­ ment are the Rt. Hon. David R. Plunkett, First Commissioner of Works under the Conservative Cabinet; Mr. E. T. Holmes, Attorney General for „ Ire­ land, also under the Conservative^ Cabinet; Thomas Burt, labor can­ didate; the Right Hon. George Trevel- yan, Chief Secretary for Ireland under Mr. Gladstone's administration; Col. F. A. Stanley, Colonial Secretary in the Con­ servative Cabinet; the Bight Hon. Henry Campbell Bannerman, Chief Secretary for Ireland under Mr. Gladstone's administra­ tion; Mr. Justin McCarthy, the novelist; Sir Charles Dilke and Ashinead Bartlett A NTMBEB of Carlist chiefs are making preparations for a Carlist rising in Spain. Marshal Serrano, the well-known Spanish General and statesman, died in Madrid, aged 75... .Caceres, tho Peruvian revolutionary General,has defeated the Government troops, and is reported to be marching on Lima. MWITIOSAL SEWS, CABLE dispatches report that the entire army of Bulgaria attacked the Servians on the 27th of November and was repulsed with heavy loss by artillery fire. Large bodies of Servian troops were hurrying to the front. Widdin was still under bombard­ ment. A rumor was sent out from Vienna that King Milan had secretly visited that city ta secure assistance from the Em­ peror. ' . j, V . - -V . . THE Tory organs in Lpndon deny thftt there is an Understanding between the lead­ ers of that party and Mr. Parnell. Tliif is held to indicate, that the Tories feel strong enough to be independent of the Irish vote in Poiliament. Mr. Parnell's late mani­ festo is said to have saved the Tories at least a dozen seats. TELEGRAPHIC reports from the winter-B wheat region to the Chicago Times show a lessened acreage^ in Illinois, but the pros­ pects are regarded as the best for several years. Michigan has sown the usual breadth, and in the main has a thrifty crop. Indiana reports a larger acreage and gener " . REV. DB. CLINTON LOCKE, of Chicago, hu been requested by a clergyman of Gal­ veston to receive contributions for the suf­ ferers by fire in that city. Jay Gould, the New York millionaire, was among the first to contribute for the relief of the sufferers, the amount of his donation being $5,0Q0. C. P. Huntington gave a like sum. THE great three-cornered billiard tourna­ ment at Chicago between the world's cham­ pions, Schaefer, Slosson, and Vignaux, re­ sulted in a tie, each man winning two and losing two games. ADVICES from Salt Lake say that the Mormon Church agents have for months been engaged in employing members of the demi-monde to entrap prominent Gen­ tiles and break the force of the prosecn-1 tions under the Edmunds law. One San Francisco adventuress received $700 as a retainer, and secured a writ­ ten contract, by the terms of which she was to get $1,000 for every Fed­ eral official who might be compromised through her arts Lucius A.; White' pleaded guilty at St. Louis to forging Brazilian securities, subject, however, to a future decision as regards the constitution­ ality of the law under which he was in­ dicted. MRS. WILLIAM DUNLAP was convicted at Delaware, Ohio, of cruelty toward her step-children, and sentenced to be impris­ oned for sixty days, be fed on bread and water, and pay one hundred dollars fine. She had suspended a little boy in a deep well by a rope, while she had covered the body of his little sister with soft soap, then placed her under a pump, and scrubbed her with a broom. | A MOB at Ellis, Kansas, took from jail and strong up two Union Pacific brakemen suspected of robbing a safe. On their confesssion $400 was recovered, when they were banished from town with a parting volley from revolvers. The Circuit Court at Cincinnati de­ cided to grant the prayer of the Republican Senatorial candidates from Hamilton Coun- S', and has instructed the Clerk of the anvassing Board to issue certificates of election W. B. Smith, a teller in the Second National Bank at St. Paul, Minn., has absconded, and his accdhnte show a shortage of $4,500. u*v. tr* THE SOUTH. t jPLANTEB named Hammersly, of , bell County, Va., was murdered and robbed while returning from Lynchburg, where he sold a crop of tobacco... .1. B. Jones was fined one cent and imprisoned one hour at Richmond, Va., for,ending a challenge to light a duel The Governor of. North Carolina has respited to Dec. 7 four men who were under sentence to be hanged for burglary. AT Atlanta, Ga., Henry C. Pope proba­ bly fatally shot Colonel Albert Howell, brother of the editor-in-chief of the Daily uttitutionCo. Pope had asked questions regarding the arrival of a train, and How­ ell answering that he knew nothing about Pope called him a liar. The Colonel men knocked Pope down with an inkstand, •nd the latter upon rising fired the fatal j&ot. _ A TRAIN on a narrow-gauge road in North Carolina was thrown down an embankment •ear Gastonia and twelve passengers were •teriously injured. Another train was sent into the river at Warm Springs, by which ap engineer and fireman lost their lives R. L. Fulton, Mayor of Galveston, as­ saulted Colonel R. G. Lowe, managing ed­ itor of the News, with a large ebony cane. Both were bloody when separated* by the r spectators. WASHINGTON. REPORTS of special agents of the Land ffflce show that cattlemen are not paying ijjny attention to the President's order com­ manding them to remove their fences from public lands.. The Internal Revenue report shows that Iowa has isli8# •si n, -L W;.> -V -, |A. ' POLITICAL PRESIDENT CLEVELAND has made the following appointments: Newton S. Barnes to be postmaster at Fair­ mont, W. Va., vice Thomas Read, commission expired; William A. Beach, of New York, to be Collector o{ Internal Revenue for the Twenty- first District of New York; Bartlett Tripp, of Yankton, Dakota, to be Chief Justice of the Stv- premeCourt of the Territory of Dakota; Georga W. Miller, of Washington, Pa., to be Mar­ shal of the United States for the West­ ern District of Pennsylvania; Elijah Gates' Of St. Joseph, Missouri, to be Marshal of the United States for the Western District of Missouri; George N. Baxter, of Faribault, Minn., to be Attorney of the United States for the District of Minnesota; Benjamin F. Ledbet- ter, of Summerfteld, La., to be Surveyor Gen­ eral of Louisiana; Thomas J. Butler, of Ring­ gold, La., to be Register of the Land Office at New Orleans; Andrew H. Ward to be Special Examiner of Drugs, Medicines, and Chemicals in the District of Boston and Charlestown, Mass.; Wni. Smith, of lied Falls, Minn., to be Register of the Land Office at Crookston, Minn.; Win. S. Austin, of Seattle, Washington Terri­ tory, to be Register of the Land Office at Van­ couver, Washington Territory. To be Consuls of the United States--Preston L. Bridgers, of North Carolina, at Montevideo, Uruguay; William H. McArdle, of Mississippi, at San Juan del Norte, Nicaragua; Joseph W. Merriatti (a citizen of the United States i, at Iquique, Chili; William C. Emmett, of New York, at Smyrna, Turkey. APPOINTMENT CLERK HIGGINS says he is not a candidate for Doorkeeper or Ser­ geant- at-Anjis_ He says he is "too good a Demcjpr£ft» holfl one office and apply for another. Hdwefrer, if they elect me it would be a different; thing".... Senator Cockrell has for years enjoyed great popularity in Missouri, says a Washington dispatch, and he is one of the very best political man­ agers in the country, but some opposition to him is being developed. His successor will be elected by the next Legislature to be chosen in Missouri, and wire-pulling is already going on to secure the election to the Legislature of the friends of Cockrell and hio rivals. Senator Cockrell is a man of much ability and of unquestioned integ­ rity. With Senator Cockrell on one side and Senator Edmunds on the other, it is pretty hard work to get a job through the Senate undetected. But his opponents, or the friends of rival candidates comptain that he;, has been taking too good care of his own and his wife's relatives. It is also complained that Senator Cockrell is too high-toned, and doesn't look after the boys who do the work. The principal can­ didate in opposition is Col. James Burnes, a man of ability, of very great wealth, and the owner of The St. Joseph Gazette. Judge Sherwood, of Southwestern Missouri has announced himself as a candidate. AT a special election in Atlanta, Ga., after a most extraordinary campaign, pro­ hibition carried the day by a majority of 224 votes A Grand Army post of Phila­ delphia has presented President Cleveland with a series of inquiries in regard to the removal of Gen. H. S. Huidekoper from the postoffice in that city, conveying the idea that a Union soldier has been discriminated against in favor of a civilian. has done some damage. Kansas has a greater acreage in wheat, and pronounces the chances better than at the same time last year. In Nebraska, with about the same acreage, the plant looks well, but does not gain in favor. From the limited area in Ohio the crop is reported in better condition than usual. NOTWITHSTANDING the predictions that the Canadian Government would not carry out the sentence of death passed upon the eight Indians concerned in the Frog Lake massacre and other outrages during the re­ bellion, the entire squad was hanged by the neck at Battleford, Northwest Terri­ tory, on the 27th of November. Three others were condemned with the eight, but the sentence was commuted, aud Dressy Man and Charlebois, the Indians who killed a crazy squaw, were respited. Since the sentence of death was passed upon the red­ skins they hail been constantly attended by priests. They all confessed their crimes and expressed their indifference as to their fate. Wandering Spirit, who belonged to Big Bear's band, who was known to be the worst Indian iu the Northwest, was re­ sponsible for the Frog Lake massacre, and when talked to by the priests he remained defiant, and frequently said if he had the chance again he would do the same thing. ... .The total number of failures in the United States reported to BradstxeeVs last week was 225, as compared with 234 the {irevious r week, with 237 in the ike week in 1884, 232 in 1883, 186 in 1882, and 115 in 1881. The total number of failures in the United States from Jan. 1 to Nov. 27 was 10,086, against 10,171 in a like portion of 1884 (a loss of 85), as compared with 8,816 in 1883,-with 7,04'J in 188^, and wilh 5,447 in a like por­ tion of 1881....A subscription list has been opened in Montreal to raise funds for the benefit of Reil's family. It is de­ signed to secure co-operation in other parts of Canada and the United States. WASHINGTON special: In his annual report, Attorney General Garland will strongly recommend the reorganization of the Federal judiciary. He said to-day: "The subject has been agitated for twenty years. It has been urged and argued, but has thus far failed. Now it seems absolutely imperative that some action be taken. The Supreme Court is three years behind with its docket, and is constantly getting further behind." THE Chicago Times is authority for the following: "A traveling American, who recently visited the famous Paris abattoir where infirm and maimed horses are slaughtered for food, that abont 8,()00 horses are prepared for the table at that establishment every year. The wholesale price at the abattoir varies with the condition of the meat, from four cents per pound up, and it is distributed about Paris in wagons with the words 4 Viande de chetaline' printed on the sides, and is sold by the retail dealers for from 20 cents per pound for the fillet down to six cents for the poorest parts, soup- bones and the like. Very tough old horses are ground up into 'Lorraine sausages.^* FOREIGN. THE main body of the Servian troops has been expelled from Bulgaria. King Milan is preparing for a final stand against the victorious Prince Alexander Gen. Jovanoviteh, late commander of the Dan­ ube division of the Servian army, to whose disobedience of orders .is at­ tributed the recent disasters from Slivnitza to Saribrod. arid who Was dismissed, has committed. _~]smcide.'.... In a nationalist convention at Drogheda, Ireland, Mr. Callan demanded the reason of Mr. Parnell's objections to his re-elec­ tion to Parliament, and was promptly in­ formed that it was his drunkenness in the House of Commons. Mr. Callan admitted the charge, and vainly appealed to the electors against a packed convention. The Allan line steamer Buenos Ayres car­ ried small-pox from Montreal to Glasgow, where she has been quarantined. RETURNS of the Parliamentary elections in Great Britain leave little doubt that Mr. Gladstone's party is defeated, and that Mr. Parnell is the author of the defeat. The; Tories have gained in all the boroughs • -- where the Irish had the casting vote. The Ko. l Hard, CATTLE, THE MARKETS. NEW YORK. BEEVES. HOGS WHEAT--No. 1 White No. 2 lied. CORN--No. 2 ' OATS--White POBK--MESS CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. Good Shipping Common.. HOGS .... FLOUII--Extra Spring ' Choice Winter WHEAT--No. 2 Red Winter COWN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RVK--No. 2 • BAULKY--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery Fine Dairy CHEESE--Full Cream, new Skimmed Flat* EGGS--Fresh .-. POTATOES--Choice, per bu POBK.--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--NO. 2 COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 ..' RYE--No. 1.... POUK--New Mess.... TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2.". COBN--No. 2-. OATS--No. 2 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COIIN--Mixed OATS--Mixed POBK--NOW Mess CINCINNATI. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. ft, OATS--Mixed RYE--No. 2.. POBK--Meas DETROIT. BEF.F CATTLE HOGS HHEKP WHEAT--No. 1 White.. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--Mixed OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best. Fair Common Hoos ' SBKXP. BUFFALO. 3.75 .97 .94 . .55 .37 10.25 m 6.00 C4 4.25 & .99 .96 (D .56 & .43 @10.75 5.50 4.50 3.25 3.50 5.00 4.50 .91 .42 .28 .61 .64 .23 & .16 V'i .09>4@ .06 & .19 .48 9.00 % @ 6.00 5.25 & 4 00 C5 4.25 ('«; 5.50 («< 5.25 .93 & .44 & .28 & .69 .66 .25 .18 .10>4 .07 .20 .52 0.25 .88 .42 .28 .61 10.00 .94 .42 .29 .94 .36 .27 9.25 .93 .46 .29 .65 9.75 4.50 3.00 2.50 .92 .44 .83 .92 .85 .88 5.S5 4.50 8.50 3.50 2.25 1.00 .50 4.50 # .88;.i (3 .44 <a .29 & .63 (&10.25 * n .95 & .44 & .31 .95 .38 .28 & 9.75 .96 .48 .31 T? .67 ©10.25 & T>.<m @ 3.75 3.75 & .94 & .48 & .85 & .98 & .87 & .99 & 5.75 <$ 5.00 & 4.90 @ &75 & 3.00 & LOT 9 .51 & 6.75 The Vice-President Dies Sud­ denly at His Indianap- - OH* Horn* '• ' M'1" He Was Alone in His Chamber When the Grim Messenger Summoned Him. ; How the lews Was Received Through­ out the Country--The Presi­ dent's Action. The Details of a Distinguished Oazeer --Important Political Questions Raised. Death fell with appalling swiftness upon Thomas A. Hendricks, and the Vice-Presi­ dency of the United States, in which vacan­ cies have occurred with greater frequency than in the office which the place supple­ ments, is again untenanted. The facts in connection with the deceased statesman are few, for he passed away alone in his bed room, where his devoted wife spent most of the day with him. He had attended a re­ ception party at Indianapolis the evening before, at which he wore a light dress suit, having discarded heavier clothing for the occasion. Upon returning home he com­ plained of being chilled. After retiring he slept restlessly, and in the morning com­ plained of pains in the abdominal region. The family physician was called, and tem­ porarily relieved the sufferer, who, how­ ever, was later compelled to lie down, and tossed uneasily on his couch. About 4:30 Wednesday afternooon he complained of great pain, and at this time was attended by his nephew and a colored servant. Sud­ denly tho Vice President exclaimed, "I am free at last; send for Eliza" (meaning his wife), who was in another room. The nephew retired with the message, and when Mrs. Hendricks entered the room she found her husband dead. . THE DEATH-BED SCENE. Particular* of the Vice President's Sadden Collapse. Indianapolis telegrams give the following particulars of the death of the Vice President: Last night Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks attend­ ed a recept on at tho residence of the Hon. John J. Cooper, Treasurer of State, returning home in their* carriage about midnight. Mr. HendrickB had taken off the heavy clothing which he usually wore and put on a dress suit of litfht matt'rial. Before he got home he complained of chilliness and a certain degree of exhaustion, but attributed it to mala­ rial influences. He sat by the fire for an hour or more before retiring, but declined to send for a physician, although urged to do so. He slept restlessly until about 8 o'clock this morn­ ing, when he arose, dressed himself, and ate quite a hearty breakfast, saying that he felt much better, and intended to atteud to consid­ erable delayed business during the day. He and Mrs. Hendricks walked out for nearly half an hour, and ho had apparently regained his phys­ ical vigor and cheerfulness. An hour later, however, he began to be troubled with pains in the region of his stomach, and Mrs. Hendricks sent for the family physician, Dr. W. C. Thompson. As the pain continued to inprease, he was given aji emetic, and afterward an injection, and finally relief came. Ho arose from his bed, in which ho had lain only a few minutes, and road the morning papers, talking cheerfully with his wife and an old house servant. Just before noon he had a relapse, however, and the physician was agajn summoned, and administered the usual remedies, besides bleeding the patient. Mr. Hendricks again expressed himself as being greatly relieved. Ho remained in his room all afternoon, occasionally rising from the bed, to which he was compelled to return by the recur­ rence of the abdominal pains. To callers who came, and they were numerous, he sent word that he was indisposed, but would be glad to see them to-morrow. About 4:30 o'clock Mrs. Hendricks, who had been at his bedside all day, went to tho parlor to see a caller, who had come to consult with her regarding the alfairs of a reformatory of which she was one of the managers, and she re­ mained with him about twenty minutes. Tom, a colored servant, and Harry Morgan. Mr. Hen­ dricks' nephew and page in Washington, re­ mained witli him. The servant went out, and Mr. Morgan staid. Mr. Hendricks toBged uneasily in his bed and complained of great pain, but suddenly it seemed to cease, and he said to his nephew: "I am free at last; send for Eliza," meaning his wife, and these were his last words, for the young man, not realizing the urgency of the message, did not deliver it at once. Just before 5 o'clock Mrs. Hendricks came into the room and found that her husband waB dead. The end of a long and eventful life had come peacefully and quietly. He lay on the bed, out­ side the covering, only partially disrobed, with his eyes half closed, as if he were in a gentle slumber. On his face there were no traces of pain or suffering, but a pallor had come over it which indicated only too plainly that ho had passed away. It needed no close examination to tell that ho was dead, and Mrs. Hendricks screamed and ran down-stairs. A servant was dispatched to the residence of Dr. Thompson, adjoining, and he came imme­ diately, but by the time ho had reached the bedside the limbs of tho dead Vice President were becoming cold and ligid, and to Mrs. Hendricks' pathetic appeal, "Oh! Doctor, can't you do something V" he was obliged to answer, "It is too late." Mrs. Hendricks became almost distracted with grief, and it was an hour or more before she was sufficiently composed to give any information about her husband's last moments. Tim family servants, two of whom had lived with them for years, ran about the house crying and moaning, and there was the utmost confusion for a time. Dr. Thompson says that in his opinion Mr. Hendricks died of paralysis of the brain. For several yearn he had not been a robust man, and was subject to frequent "bad spells," as ho call­ ed them, (luring which sometimes he would be prostrated for <lays at a time. About two years ago he was confined to his room for several woeks by a gangrenous affection of the foot which it was feared would result in blood-poison­ ing. The news of • Mr. Hendricks' doath spread rapidly throughout tho city, and there was a general expression of sorrow over it. Those who were his politically enemies here wero his personal friends, and to everybody who called on him or met him ho always hail a dleasant word. There wero crowds around tho bulletin boards down town all tho evening, while in tlio vicinity of his residence there was another crowd, all anxious to learn the particu­ lars of bis sudden demise. The evening papers could not net out extras fast enough to supply the demand. Ho had been dead but a few min­ utes \\ hen forces of men began draping the Ktate, County and Citv Buildings in black, and throughout tho night similar emble ins were placed on nearly all the prominent business houses and residences, so that by morning tho city will have put on a general garb of mourn­ ing. Mr. and Mrs. Hendricks had lived in Indian­ apolis for nearly thirty years. Mrs. Hendricks, who is u brilliant and accomplished woman,was of groat aid to him in his political career. Since her liusbund's serious attack two years ago, both of tlicm hayo been apprehensive of a sudden end of his life, and the attachment between them has grown very strong--almost senti­ mentally so. So intense had this become, in fact, that ho would not consent for his wife to be away from him for any length of time. Only last week while in Chicago he accompanied Mrs. ^Hendricks even on her shopping expeditions. They had frequently talked over his condition and the probabilities of his early death, and it is evident that for several months past there has been a growing fear of this kind on his mind. Mr. Hendricks has no near relatives except a brother, who lives in Shelbyville, Iud., and a sister, the wife of Dr. Winslow K. Pierce, of New York. He owns considerable property in Indian­ apolis. but his entire fortune is estimated to bo no mors than 9100,000. It is known that it was his Intention to abandon politics at the end ot his tenn as Vioe President. Only a few days be­ fore his death, in a confidential talk with a friend, he said: "The newspapers say I am a candidate for President in 1888, but it is not true. I Bhall not be a candidate under any circumstances. I was not a candidate for the position I now hold, but it was forced upon ine, and now my political ambition is fully satisfied. I mtuii to retire and rest for the remainder of mv life." The funeral will be held 'at St. Paul's Cathe­ dral, Indianapolis, Tuesday noon, and the re­ mains will be laid in Crown Hill Cemetery. The .body has been embalmed. Mrs. Hendricks de­ clines to permit an autopsy, feeling certain that it was paralysis of the heart. Telegrams of condolence have been received from Samuel J. Tilden, David Davis, Senators Dawes and Ed­ munds, the Japanese Minister, Mrs. Gen Mc- Clellan, and many others. About twenty Senators assembled in the Judiciary Committee-room at Washington, and selected the following com­ mittee to attend the funeral: Edmunds, Sher­ man, Harris, Allison, Voorhees, Pugh, Cullom, Gibson, Conger, Blair, Dawes, Camden, and Vest There was also a meeting of about twenty- five members of the House in the Speaker's room, at which the Clerk of the House was authorized to request the attendance at the funeral of tho following, as representatives of tho House: Carlisle, liandall,. Hiscock, Long, Phelps, Hepburn, Browne, Bynum, Morrison, Goddos*'Herbort' Blunt> Barbour, Hewitt, and THE CAUSE OF DEATH. Opinion of the Family Physician. Dr. W. C. Thompson stated in the course of conversation that it was bis belief that Gov. Hendricks died from instantaneous paralvsis of the brain and heart. As he lav in bed his posi­ tion was perfectly natural and peaceful, as of one in sleep. His position was exactly that in which Mrs. Hendricks htul left him a few inin- utes before, when she had tucked the bed- clothing about him and went to the lower hall. Dr. Thompson said that, save slight cyanosis of the lips and a lividity of the sides of the jaws, the color of the featureB was perfectly natural. But there was a slight, although sig­ nificant drawing aside of the lower lip to the right side, as is Been in facial paralysis of the left side. Mr. Hendricks had suffered for a longtime with slight paralysis of the left hand, and Dr. Thompson had often noticed a timidity and carefulness in the use of it in public assem­ blies. Mr. Hendricks had often told the Doctor that w hen ho died ho should like to go off with paralysis, as it was a painless death, and took one off without knowledge or foreboding of the inevitable hour. Dr. Thompson spoko of the great physical and mental strain to which Mr. Hendricks had subjected body and mind during the last eight years, particularly in the last campaign, in which he not unfrequentlv Bpoke three or four times a day, and traveled over tho entire country. He bad warned him of the dan­ ger to one of his habit and constitution of over- worry and overwork. Only tho day before his death Mr. Hendricks had said to him: "Mrs. Hendricks is mv best friond, and I want her by me every moment." THE NEWS AT WASHINGTON. Meeting of the Cabinet--The President Is­ sues a. Proclamation. No event since the election of Cleveland has created such a sensation in Washington as the death of Hendricks. Tho President was just sit­ ting down to dinner when a telegram was hand­ ed him conveying the startling intelligence. The President was greatly shocked at the news, and at once sent the following to Mrs. Hend­ ricks : Tho sudden and lamentable death of your husband excites my profound sympathy for you in this hour of your great bereavement, and I sincerely mourn the loss of one so lately asso­ ciated with mo in the execution of tho people's highest laws, while the nation mourns the loss of an honored citizens and a faithful public ser­ vant." At a Cabinet meeting it was decided that the President and the members of the Cabinet should attend the funeral of the Vice Presi­ dent. When the Cabinet adjourned, the Presi­ dent issued tho following : "To tho People of the United States • "Thomas A. Hendricks, Vico President of the United States, died at 5 o'clock p. m., at In­ dianapolis, Ind., and it becomes my mournful duty to announce the distressing fact to his fel­ low-countrymen. In respect to the memory and tho eminent and varied services of this high official and patriotic public servant, whose long career was so full of usefulness and honor to his State and to the United States, it is ordered that the national flag be displayed at half-mast upon all the public buildings of the United States ; that the executive mansion and the several executive departments in the city of Washington be closed on the day of the funeral and bo draped in mourning for the period of thirty days; that the usual and appropriate military and naval honors be rendered, and that on all the legations and consulates of the United States in foreign countries tho national flag shall be displayed at half-mast on the reception of this order, and the usual emblems of mourn­ ing bo adopted for thirty days. "GROVEA CLEVELAND." KIND WORDS FOR THE DEAD. Expressions of Sorrow--Tributes from Lead­ ing Men. The announcement of the sudden death of Vice-President Hendricks was received every­ where with general expressions of regret by Democrats and Republicans alike. At his old home, Shelbyville, Ind., there was a feeling of jrofound grief. All tho bells in the city were wiled. A feeling of Badness pervaded every heart, and many of Mr. Hendricks' o'd friends wept bitterly when they heard tho news. In many cities and towns public meet­ ings wore called to give expression of Borrow over the sad event. At Columbus, Ohio, Gov. Hoadlv ordered tho flags on tlio Capitol placed at half-mast, issued a proclamation, and sent a personal telegram of condolence to the bereaved widow. At Cincinnati all the flre- bells were tolled. At Zanesville, Ohio, where Mr. Hendricks first saw the light of day, there was a deep feeling of sadness, and arrangements were made for a memorial meeting. Public men, without regard to party affiliations, every­ where expressed' regret at the death of Mr. Hen­ dricks, and were outspoken in praise of the high personal traits of tho deceased. Hon. John Sherman said: Mr. Hendricks was a man of upright character in private and public life, and stood high in the estimation of his friends. Ho was a statesman of marked ability. Jay Gould.--He was a great man and an able lawyer. Hon. David Davis.-- And so poor Hendricks is dead! He waff an ablo and conscientious man. [JSecretary Bayard.--^The news of Mr. Hendricks' death is painful to us oil, but the condition in which the American people are plocod by his death through the failure of Congress to pass proper laws regarding the Presidential succes­ sion--the fact that there is now but one man's life between the American people and no Presi­ dent--is more painful to contemplate. Ex-Miiiistir John W. Foster.--Ho was emi­ nent at tho bar, and no man can be that without a broad and comprehensive intellect. In all his personal and social relations he was a man of the higest integrity. His private character was spotless, and tho people of Indiana had great confidence in his honesty of purpose and his re­ gard for the public good. Whenever lie was a candidate for office he got votes fronr Republic­ ans, because, in spite of political differences, they liked him and respected him as a man, and they believed that he would do what ho believed to be right, and that he was beyond the reach of sordid temptations. Senator lien Harrison.--He has succeeded in acquiring and retaining the confidence of his party friends in a very high degree. His per­ sonal character I always regarded as exalted and blameless. His death was a very severe shock to me indeed. Him. John C. Nvir.--My acquaintance with Mr. Hendricks began in 1841, and since that time our relations have been of the most friendly character. In politics we never agreed, but that in no wise interfered with our personal relations or my kind feeling for him. His private char­ acter was without reproach, and his official career, saving as a partisan, is blameless. He was ono of the most eminent citizens of the State, and a man of whom Indiana has reason to be proud. Senator Daniel W. Voorhees.--I have known Mr. Hendricks intimately for thirty years. I never linew anything of him that it would not bo becoming to nay of a dead man. Ho was a man of very great ability, of high character, and a man of great influence. He was a man whom the people trusted. They always knew that he was in sympathy with them, aiid they were al­ ways for him. He was a man of unbounded moral and physical courage. He nought no con­ troversy, but when pressed--When circum­ stances compelled him to--ho was one of tho best fighters I ever saw. He was eminent as a lawyer, and as a political speaker he swayed nien as few others have been alilo to do. "Ho was a great, strength to hiB party in his Stato and in tho country. Senator Eiltnwuls.--I have always had a per­ sonal regard for him. I regret exceedingly his death. THE PRESS ON MR. HENDRICKS. How tile News of the Vice President's Death Was Received. New York Herald.--The distinguishing feature j of Vice President Hendricks' politicul position at tho time of his death was bin opposition to tho progress of what is called "civil-service re­ form," aud the motive which led him to take this position and make himself the rallying jH>int of all tho Democratic opposition to President Cleveland's reform policy sprang from what he understood to bo the average sense of tlio peo­ ple. He did not believe that they wished for anything of the kind. He convinced himself that they wished the "KJKIIIS system" to be con­ tinued, and therefore lie was a champion of its continuance. If he had been convinced that the iKipular sen3e is the other way, so would also lave been his conduct. It remains to be proved whether his understanding of the people'B wish is accurate. Chicago Inter Ocean,-- No public man was more completely identified in every fiber of his nature with tho party to w^ich he belonged than Thomas A. Hendricks. His private life was honorablo and conscientious, and it is only fair to assume that this mergence of himself in his party was due to the conviction that his party was right in all its fundamental purposes, if not absolutely perfect in detail of action. New York World.--The death of Vice-Prcsi- dent Hendricks falls upon the country »o unex­ pectedly and with such awful suddenness that it will be a Bhocktas well as a cause of deep grief to the people. It leaves a blank in the structure crf^gOT^MAa^asinthe.ocialcircle^^ and by the demesne health. LouitviUs Covrier-Jottrnal.--Mr. Hendricks waa less conspicuous for brilliant talents than for a level head, cool judgment and a heart. He rarely lost his balance. He was a steady parti­ san, but neither implacable nor extreme. His powers of persuasion were very great. He im­ pressed an audience with his sincerity and his amiability. A more plausible, votc-catehina speaker has seldom appeared in our political annals. In personal relations he was courteous and tolerant to the last degree. It may be doubted whether he leftaa enemy behind him for, despite his strong points of intellect and character, malice could not but pass him by. Chicago Times.--For many years, more than a generation, Mr. Hendricks has been bright and prominent in the political constellations of the American sky. Few there have been of the stellar host whose light has been more steady, enduring, than that radiated from the heights on which he stood. • » * He was an influen- i tial factor, than which there was none more ' potent, in his own State. At his death he had no peer among his own particular people. He was apparently less great from a national stand­ point. He possibly lacked somewhat of the nerve necessary to manage a great army, while I as a corps commander he was unequaled. New York Tribune.--Of conciliatory ways and winning manners, Mr. Hendricks was probably the most popular man in his party, and came the nearest to representing its true views and honest wishes. Tho fact alone had much to do with the repeated defeat of his efforts to secure a presidential nomination, as the time had not arrived when the Democratic leaders saw tho way open to success with a candidate who pre­ sented no aims other than those popular with the masses of the party. New York Sun.--There was no eccentricity and no compromise in his political ideas. The doc­ trines of Jefferson and Jackson were his doc­ trines, and he held fast to the traditional states­ manship of his party. He belonged to the people, and knew nothing of that pharisaic and feder­ alist pretension which holds them in distrust and contempt. His political speeches were filled with this spirit, and, like his forensic arguments, commanded respect by their breadth, elevation, vigor of reasoning, and catholic comprehensiveness. Neiy York Times.--Mr. Hendricks was a type of the sincere and earnest partisan Democrat, of upright personal character, and considerable abilities, whose sympathies were too narrow, and his views too restricted to permit him the place in political history to which he aspired. Chicago Tribune--Mr. 'Hendricks was esteemed by all who knew him personally as a man of upright character and a genial nature, being possessed of many social graces and remarkable for his attractive qualities of mind and heart. By tho mere force of his personal character and his success in making friends he had ob­ tained a prominence in the politics of his own State which probably no man, with the single exception of Oliver Morton, ever possessed be­ fore or'Since. BIOGRAPHICAL. Brief Sketch of Gov. Hendricks' Long and Busy Life. Thomas Andrews Hendricks was born near Zanesville, Ohio, Sept. 7, 1819. On the maternal side he was of Scotch descent. His mother, Jane Thompson, was a grand-daughter of John Thompson, who emigrated from Scotland to Pennsylvania before the revolution, and, by his representations of the advantages of tho coun­ try, induced a large following of Scotchmen, by whom Cumberland was chiefly set­ tled. Thomas' grandfather was one of tho pioneer settlers of Westmoreland County, Pa., and held various township and county offices, and was a member of the State Legis­ lature. John Hendricks, the father of Thomas, was born in Ligonier Valley, and not long after his marriage moved to Zanesville, Ohio, and on a farm near that place Thomas was born. When he was six months old his parents re­ moved to Madison, Ind., then the residence of his uncle, William Hendricks, who was succes­ sively a member of Congress, Governor of tho State, and United States Senator. In 1832 he removed again, and located a homestead in the then sparsely settled county of Shelby, and the county town, Shelby ville. is on part of the old Hendricks farm. In this home Thomas A. Hendricks passed his boyhood till 1837, when he entered Hanover Col­ lege. at Hanover, Ind., from which he was grad­ uated in 1841. His brother, Abram Hendricks, went through the course at the University of Ohio and at Hanover, and became a Presbyteri­ an clergyman. Thomas went to Cliambersburg, Pa., studied law in the office of hiB uncle, Judge Thomson, -was admitted to the bar in 1843, and returned to Shelby ville to practice. fHis success in his profession was phenomenal.' In 1845 he married Eliza C. Morgan, and their only child, a son, died in infancy. In the same year, at the age of twenty-six lie was sent to the State Leg­ islature, where ho served one term, but he would not accept a re-election. In 1851 he was elected without opposition a mem­ ber of the convention that was called to revise and amend the State consti­ tution of Indiana, and was prominent and effi­ cient in that work. In 1851 and again in 1853 he was a member of Congress from the Fifth District of Indiana. At tho close of his second term he intended to return to his law practice, but Presi­ dent Pierce appointed him Commissioner of the General Land Office, and he served in that ca­ pacity for four years, administering the affairs of the office with great ability. In I860 ho was nominated as Democratic can­ didate for the Governorship of Indiana, but, was defeated by the Republican candidate, Henry 8. Lane, who became Governor by 9,757 majority. In the same year Mr. Hendricks removed from Shelbyvillo to Indianapolis, where, in 18(i'2, ho formed a law partnership with Oscar B. Hord, extended in 18!1C to Mr. Hendricks' cousin, Col. A. W. Hendricks, under the firm title of Hendricks, Hord & Hendricks. From 18'iM to Murcb, 1869, Mr. Hendricks was a member of the United States Senate from In­ diana. He served efficiently on the Committee on Claims, the Judiciary, Public Lands, and Naval Affairs. In tho Democratic National Convention of 1868, in New York, on tho twenty-first ballot he received 132 votes as candidate for the Presi­ dency, standing next to Gen. Hancock, who re­ ceived 135!$; but on the final ballot Horatio Seymour was nominated. In the autumn of that year he was again a candidate for the Gov­ ernorship of Indiana, but was defeated by 341 majority by tho Republican candidate, Conrad Baker,,who afterward became a law partner of Mr. Hendricks. At the close of his Senatorial term he re­ turned to Indianapolis, and resumed tho prac­ tice of his profession. In 1872 ho was elected Governor of Indiana, defeating the Republican candidate, Thomas M. Brown, by a majority of 1,148. Iu July, 1874, he was made permanent Chairman of the State Democratic Convention at Indianapolis. In tho National Democratic Convention at St. Louis in Juno, 1876. he re­ ceived li^1*. votes for the Presidential nomina­ tion, and when Samuel J. Tilden was nominated he received 730 out of 738 votes as candidate for the Vico Presidency. In 1877, and again in 1883, accompanied by Mrs. Hendricks, he made a brief tour of Europe, as a relaxation from his arduous professional pursuits. He was a member of the National Democratic Convention at Chicago in July, 1884, and in behalf of the Indiana delegation nomi­ nated Joseph E. McDonald for the Presidency. After the nomination of Grover Clpveland, Wil­ liam A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, nominated Thomas A. Hendricks for the Vice Presidency, and the entire 816 votes cast for him made hiin the unanimous nominee of the convention. Mr. Hendricks was five feet nine inches in height, weighed 185 pounds, and from his irre­ proachable habits through life possessed u strong and vigorous constitution. He was a con­ sistent member, of the Protestant Episcopal Churca, and his private life was without a stain. THE Kllie IS DEAD! Alfonso of Spain Passes Away, and the Has Been Appointed try and mw- a turned to Power--Ho Danger of Bevolntioau THE SUCCESSION. Probable Political Eft'ect of Mr. Hendricks' Doath. Washington special. « There is no constitutional or statutory provis­ ion for the succession to tho Presidency should the disability of President Cleveland occur. There is no President pro tem. of the Senate.and there is no Speaker of the House of Representa­ tives, and neither branch of Congress is iu session. Several efforts have been made of late years to make some provision for such an exigency as now exists, and always with­ out success, because the exigency seemed remote, and therefore Senators and Con­ gressmen would give no attention to tho matter, or the situation was such that any provision that could be made would give an ad­ vantage to one political party that the other would not consent to. The House is not a con­ tinuing body, so that for nine months in every alternate year there is no Speaker. But the Senate is a continuing body, and it might always have a substitute presiding officer on hand. In former years a good deal of care was taken to have a President pro tem. in existence, but this provision for the future is wholly in the hands of the Vice President, and the last two Vico Presidents liavo neglcctod or refused to al­ low the Senate tho opportunity of electing a ( substitute. It was formerly regarded as obliga- tory on a new Vice President to absent himself from tlio Senate ono day, so that the Senate could have a chance to elect, but it was very generally remarked on that in the special ses­ sion of "tho Senate in tho spring of 1881 Vice President Arthur occupied his seat every day and gave the Senate no chance to elect. At the special session of tho Senate last spring the samo thing occurred. The Vice President occu­ pied tho chair every day. and when tho hen ate adjourned tlioro was no President pro tem. The propriety of allowing the Senate to elect a President pro tem. was suggested to Mr. Hendricks, but he referred to the precedent established by Mr. Arthur, and followed it. When the Senate meets, it will be called to order by Gen. Mc- Cook, the Secretary, and the first question will bo whether a President pro tem. shall be elected first, or whether the senior Senator pres­ ent shall administer the oath of office to the two Senators-elect, Gen. Logan, of Illinois, and Mr. Mitchell, of Oregon. It is entirely immaterial which is done first, for the Republicans will have forty Senators and the Democrats only thirty- four. At tho special session of the Senate after the death of President Garfield the Democrats insisted on first electing the presiding officer, and they carried their point and elected Mr. Bayard, who immediately administered the oath of office to the Senators-elect. Thereupon the Republicans acquired a majority, and tho noxt day elected Senator David Davis President Ero tem. The presiding officer so chosen will ave tho right of succession to tho Presidency incase of Mr. Cleveland's death untij a special election can be had. Who will be elected Pres­ ident pro tem. is abroad y a subject of gossip. Mr. Edmunds will expect it because he has had the office last, and to elect some one else would be considered aa a slight to him. At early age of twenty-eight- Francesco de Aesisi Ferdinando Pio Jnan Maria de la Concepcion Gregorio, son of Isabella II. and King of Spain, lias yielded his scepter and sleeps with his ancstors. Robust neither in mind nor constitution, aggravating by his own incontinence the infirmities inherited with his regal rank, this young monarch passed a feverish and unhappy existence. During much of his nonage his mother was in exile, but in 1874 he was called to the throne only to encoun­ ter the rebellion of the Carlists. This sup­ pressed, the nation has enjoyed a large measure of tranquillity, which may disap­ pear in revolution now that he is gone, leav­ ing as his heir only a very young daughter, during all of whose infancy a regent w< be necessary. '-TV'M. THE MONARCH'S DEATH. The Queen Appointed Regent--Political Future of Spain. . {London dispatch. King Alfonso of Spain died at Madrid on tho morning of Wednesday, Nov. 25, of consumption, accelerated by dysentery. Throughout Mondav night the King had spasmodic fits, tho result of fever and debility. Six doctors from Madrid and two physicians of El Parde were in constant attendance upon him. They decided on Tuesday morning that his Majesty was in a dangerous condition. The fits continued throughout Tuesdav, and finally resulted in his death. Tho Pope's beife- (diction arrived before he expired. All officers of state and the Cabinet members, except the Minister of War and the Minister of the Interior, were present at tho death-bed. Tho Cabinet met immediately, and the Queen was appoint­ ed Regent. In accordanco with tho law, the members of the Cabinet have tendered their resignations, but will remain in office pending the Regent's pleasure. Grave fears are entertained of a disturbance, and orders have been given to havo the troops confined in the barracks. It hfas been decided to proclaim a state of siege at Madrid. A large force of military and police id being quartered throughout the country as a precaution against a Carlist uprising. Princess Mercedes, the flve-vear-old daughter of Alfonso, will be Queen under the regency of her mother, Christina. Senor Hagasta will form a new Cabinet. Washington telegram. The Spanish Legation on Massachusetts ave* nue is draped in mourning on account of the death of King Alfonso. Mr. Valera, the Spanish Minister, speaking of the probable effect of the King's death upon the political future of Spain, said to-day: "I seo no rcR,son why it should materially dis­ turb the existing condition of things. It is natural to suppose that the Queen will be ap­ pointed Regent until her eldest child, now five vears old, shall reach her majority. The King had grown in i>opularity ever since his succes­ sion to tho throne eleven years ago. At that time tho republican spirit was very strong,- among a certain portion of thg Spanish people, and Alfonso had many bitter prejudices to over­ come. This he gradually did." BIOGRAPHICAL. . Historical Sketch oi the Deceased Ruler. Alfonso XII. (Alfonso Francisco de Assisi Fer­ dinando Pio Juan Maria de la Concepcion Gre­ gorio, etc.), King of Spain, eldest son of the ex- Queen Isabella II., was born Nov. 28,1857. When his mother was driven from the throne by the revolution of 1868, he accompanied her to Paris, where he resided with her for some time, but subsequently he went to Austria, in order to prosecute his studies in the Theresianum, or nobleman's academy, at Vienna, to which he was admitted Jan. 20, 1872. He remained there three months. June 25, 1870, Queen Isabella formally abdicated her right to the throne of Spain in favor of lior son, but no open steps were taken at that time to secure for him the position which this abdica­ tion left open to him. His pretensions were, however, opposed by his cousin, the eldest Bon of the Duke of Montpensier, and his aunt, the Infanta Lv.isa, but as so many qretenders were calculated to complicate matters, the claim of Louis Philippe's grandson was ultimately waived in favor of the heir of Isabella; Early in 1874 the Prince of tho Asturias, as he was then styled, visited England, was entered as a stu­ dent at the military college at Sandhurst, and witnessed the autumn maneuvers at Aldershot, Dartmoor, and other places in the fall of the year. December 29, 1874, General Martinez Campos proclaimed him King of Spain in Va­ lencia, and a few days later Alfonso, who had gone over to Paris in order to spend tho Jour de l'An with his mother, left France for Spain, arriving at Madrid Jan. 14,1875. He was most enthusiastically received. Feb. 18, 1876, he departed from Madrid to take command of the troops operating against tho Carlists, and the 20th of the following month he returned in triumph to the capital at the head of 25<000 men, having subdued the Carlist insurrection. In the same year tho ex-Queen Isabella returned to Spain, and was received by her son at Santander July 29. King Alfonso married, Jan. 23, 1878, at Madrid, his cousin, the Princess Maria de las Mercedes, Infanta of Spain, daughter of tho Due de Mont­ pensier. (She was born June 24, 1860.) The ex- Queen Isabella was much opposed to this union, and to mark her disapproval she left Spain ana went to Paris before the marriage ceremony took plaee. Queen Mercedes died June 20, 1878. King Alfonso maMted secondly Nov. *29,1879, Marin Christina, daughter of tho lato Archduke Charles Ferdinand, of Austria. (She was born July 21, 1858. Oct. 25, 1878, King Alfonso was fired at in Madrid by Juan Moneasi, a workman, but es­ caped unhurt. Dec. 30, 187!), as tho King and Queen were driving in an opsn carriage through the palace gates at Madrid a youth named Fran­ cisco Otero Gonzalez Igans fired two pistol shots at the royal pair, one passing between them, and the other through an attendant's hat, but fortu­ nately without doing further damage. Otero was tried in February, 1880, and sentenced to death. In 1H83 the King made a visit to Germany and France. In Paris a demonstration was made against him which called out strong feeling in Spain and made the King more j>opular in his own country than ho had ever been before. This jH>pularity "wim increased by his visit to the cholera-infected districts last summer. In the order of succession fixed by the consti­ tution of 1876 Alfonso's children come first, then his sisters, next his aunt, the second daughter of King Ferdinand, and her legitimate descend­ ants, and finally his uncles (tho brothers of Ferdinand \ II.» Should all the lines become extinct "the nation will elect its monarch." Tories Make a Clean Sweep. The latest returns from the elections In the United Kingdom show (hat the reaction in favor of the Tories is unchecked. The enthusiasm is enormous and contagious. Throughout the evening, says a late London_ telegram, the ^streets have been filled«witfi enthusiastic crowds and cheers art; heard, on every side for the sweeping success of the Tories. The Liberals have gained scarcely any new boroughs and have barely held their own in many constituencies which have lonj; been Liberal. Mr. Gladstone is very much chagrined, and has abandoned hope of more than the barest majority at best. Ho has arranged to leave Scotland next Saturday, and will travel by the night mail to avoid awkward demonstrations on the v.ay. The returns show the election of 10'j Liberals. 108 Tories, and 10 Pamejl- ites. This is a total gain of 29 seats for the Tories and 6 for th? Liberals, or a net Tory gain of '23.