The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

»a • ammmrnm* fUiuelealcr J. ¥A* SLYKEF Editor and PuklisMr. McHENRY, I " - ILLINOIS. Pv; ?<- N. 3tf' • THE NEWS RECORD. SUMMARY OP A WEEK'S HAP­ PENINGS. Ih* Uhrt News a» Flashed 0«W tht Wires from All Purts of the World--Re­ garding Politics, Religion* Casualtloa* Commerce, and Industry. ^ ftlOTJNQ AT 'FLOREN CB. •^ • The Italian City th« >-e«re of ft Oonfl'ct Be- *.'»«• ' iwc*n IVnpl- nnd Police. ^3"' DURINO the progress of a meeting of fj&J 1 'about a thousand workmen at Florence, \ 1 Italy, a speaker made a most violent Vnd incendiary address, calling upon the f \'h Iworkmen present to plunder the houses V, *>f the wealthy classes. Tho police . . thereupon interfered, and after making J& short, sharp, and determined charge H- : Into the midst of the crowd, arrested " ' * the man who was making these violent j£- . Remarks. A tumult followed, and the S \ rlworkingmen began to hand e the police- •f/ *nen rouzlily in an attempt to rescue tho ' ijprisoner. Finally a squadron of ca>- " fklry charged upon the rioters, causing ^he latter to rush in masses off the • _ isquare. As the rioters retreated down » * Ahe neighboring streets, they broke the •fetore windows right and left along tho ;ift;f¥|route of their flight. : . TRADE HAS PICKED UP. Re-^*1' An Inerpftsa In Volume and Corfi l^ncs £°~. . - ported by Pun & Co R. G. Drs & Co.'s weekiy review of ^ * . "trade says: 'c Business is large in volume and sustained toy general confidence as to the future. t^Wheat and flour exports from Atlantic ll" f l>orts continue far behind those of last year. - And while reports of foreign crop prospects • |Rre not favorable, there is really no reason a'Tk anticipate any shortage or unusual de-tnand from abroad prior to the close of the /I Current crop year. The possible demand I,' jiextyear has to meet it an exceptionally ,#avorable crop outlook. . , BASE-BALL. Steading of the Diff'rent Clabs Accord inr to the Latest Contests U?"" FOI.I.OWIXG is a showing of the stand- I * Ingof each of the teams df the different Associations: NATIOKAI. UUGUX. •**" f . W. L. f»e.! W, sfSf* • iiBostons..... 6 2 .750 Pittsbnrgs.. 4 t'li. ...IClevel&nds.. 5 3 ..625 New Yorks.. 3 , „ • f liicagoi 5 3 .695 Cincinnatia. 2 '^••r^Wlsdeip'a. 5 3 .625 Brooklyns... 2 AMERICAN ASSOCIATION. W. L. ?C. W. Bait (mores .12 4 .75 J i Cincinnati i. 8 JUrai l8Tilles..l3 Bostons.. ...11 St Louis.... 11 .650 Columbns... 7 .647 Athletics.... 5 .57* Wttshingt'B.. 4 6 »c. ><0 .K75 .251 .230 ?c. .•WO .313 .201 f>c. .500 .435 ,aa» .323 Ct ;;- wwi'ma ASSOCIATION. rn . W. L. \'c. w. -i* < IDenvera 8 4 .6Cfi Kansas C'ya. 0 fe ' *>maha8,.... 7 5 .58:! St. Pauls 5 ' .„V ' Hinneap'lls. fi 6 .545 M lliraukees. 5 Bioux Cltys. 7 6 .533 IJncolns.... 4 BETRAYED BY HIS WRIST. A Forrer Reva s His Identity to His Pur- sn-rs by Op»nln{T a Window sj, ;• Tte. R. C. Goonwiy, alias R. C. Hos- 9^, -'."*>"ton, was arrested at Cincinnati by tw o •' private detectives. He reached up to jt -'/.laljust a window handing and thus ex- P#, jwsed his tattooed wrists. The charge Aiinade against him is that of forging checks, Lv/\ FOUND THE SPECULATOR. rj" E P. Ha c iinson Pick»d lip at r.v*ncv"l jlii". P|] B. P. ECL'TCHIJJSON, the m'ssing Board ' , iof Trwle operator, has been found. He , *vasdiscover«i waikiag aim?csily about $4J *he streets of Evansville. Ind As his anind wa^ evidently unbalanced, he was Sfleta'ued by the pe ice until his friends * In Chicago were notified. 'jfc**•> A Trrrap !-u ji'Cfd of lfnrd<r; A WINCIIKSTK!?, Chio, dispatch says: The family of Oliver Morgan a farmer, left him plowing in the field while they /went to Lynn on business. When they returned they found him in an upstairs jroom dead havin? been shot through the jheart A Strang • man giving his nami as Charles McKinney was trai^d to Cin- <inn :ti and placed in jail, accused of the horrible crime PI i Indian* M n»n o* Ktr'k» ' THK Indiana miners' strike is on, and 3,800 block-coal miners are in it. The «ight hour demand seems not to affect tho miners of the Bra/ll district so much as •other questions. One year ago the sca'e iof price* was agreed U|.OD. to last until May 1. 18^1, aud the time having ex- tjured, and no rata established, they came out until such time as an agreement can be reached. A Dwiiif Robber ^ A PASSESOEK on an express train be­ tween Cracow and I^emberg, drew two revoher? and demanded the valuables of his three fellow travelers. The demand was resisted and two of the men were kiiied by the robber, who then jumped from the train and escaped. An Undesirable immigrant ' GESXARO ZUCCAKRELIX), a detained : Italian immigrant, and who is said to be , v an ex-convict, walked out of Supreme Court chambers in New York and es- k,. * ^caped. He was being detained by CoL 4 ! Weber at the barge office until he could ^ be sent back to Italy. ! Fore*tport. N. Y., burhtwl, musing a i ioss of The l'iottieer furnace at Kegaunee, Mich., was ti^maged $4,000 by flames. W. A. Casft <& Sons' copper and sheet-iron works at Budalo, N. Y., were damaged J20,000, on which there was an insurance of 820,001 IT is learned that a P'anl for th© man­ ufacture of gun cotton will probably soon be established in Central Pennsyl­ vania or elsewhere in the interior. Thi9 is not to supersede tho plant at the tor­ pedo station, but to supplement it by a second plant away from the coast and more secure in case of war. WILLI AM BUCK, an industrious Alle­ gheny (Pa. ) workman, who had been sufferingfrom the grip for some time, Eulled a revolver from under his piilow, old it under the bodclotlioj and shot himself dead. As examination was made of the Ninth National Bank of New York, showing a defalcation of $400,000, chargeable to its former President. J THE fiercest and most disastrous for­ est fire in Atlantic County, N. J., for ; thirty years is raging in the vicinity of j Conovertown and Port Republic, and tho ] heavens arc illuminated at night like noonday. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. "B. P. • HrTcniNsox, the most widely kViown of Chicago grain speculators, has fled the town. For two years past hi« mind has been failing, and with it his fortune. Unlucky transactions on the board within the last two months have drained his resources, and his liabilities are estimated at S2< 0,000. It is certain, however, that there is enough left of his once enormous fortune to make good all claims. It is this condition of affairs which 'lends a peculiar aspect to Mr. Hutchinson's disappearance. At seven! o'clock in the evening he was in Phil Conley's saloon, on Pacific avenue. It was his wont to sit there an hour or so every evening. After sitting still a little while, he gazed around the rOOm In a queer way. and walked up to Joe Con- ley. "Good-by," he said; "you'll never see me again " Then he walked rapidly out, and has not since been seen. A TERRIFIC rain, hail and wind storm visited Bryan, Ohio. Hardly a house escaped without some damage. The peach, pear, and cherry crops will bo ruined The same storm struck Tiffin, Ohio. Sells Brothers' circus was ex­ hibiting at the fair grounds. The wind blew down and destroyed all the tonts, but fortunately the main performance was over. There was a panic among the few persons rema:ning, and the ani­ mals in the menagerie'were wild with terror. A DISPATCH from Trentbn, Mo , says that the Howell murder case, on a change of venue from Linn County, has opened there. Howell murdered Minnie Hall and her four children on January 19, 1889, at their home five miles south­ west of Brook field, and then set fire to the house. A souTii-BorxD freight train on the Dayton and Michigan Railway wus wrecked by the explosion of a locomotive boiler as it was rounding the curve at the Narrows, five miles north of Dayton, Ohio. Jack Foley, fireman, was fatally scalded: O. W. Wood, brakeman, had left leg and foot badly scalded; Jacob Ike, left side and leg scalded. HEAVY forest fires are ragingt in Ros­ common, Clare, and Gladwin Counties, Michigan, and large quantities of logs and other property have been burned. The loss will approximate $10p,000. J. H. THOMAS, a "boss" Chicago ope­ rator of green goods, was arrested on the evidence of a man who wanted to get something for nothing. THE jury in the case of Painty Horse, the Sioux Indian on trial for the murder of Lieutenant Casey at the late uprising of Indians in Dakota, has disagreed and been discharged. Wen suffering from Brlght's disease of the kidneys, and finaUy *ueeuiabe<i to that complaint THE Czar is pushing with severity the work of converting non-conformist Russians to the orthodox faith. The preachers of the dissenting Russian sects nave been warned that they are in­ curring the risk of Siberia, and public officials throughout tho empire are mak­ ing a practice of breaking up their meet* ings. THE British defeated 1,000 Manipuris, and are still advancing. THE British troops entered Manipur and found the place totally deserted. In an inclosure were discovered the heads of Commissioner Quinlon and others of the English party. ANOTHER frightful atrocity, similar to thojta committed by Jack the Ripper, is reported from Benthen, on the Polish frontier. The body of a woman was found behind the military hospital in that town. It was mutilated in the usual manner, the ahdoman being cut open from the navel down and other in juries inflicted too horrible to describe. The victim has been identified as the wife of a tailor named Imielau, who has been arrested, but he gave an ac­ count ot himself which frees him from suspicion of the crime. In the course of his examination by the police Irnieau, however, lurnisned informa­ tion which leads to the belief that his wife had been intimate with Dr. Kudelka, a surgeon, in the military hos­ pital. Tho doctor is now under arrest 011 suspicion ot naving committed the murder. He is connected with some of the best familiess and has been very popular as a physician and a society man. A COAL famine is impending in Ger­ many, owing to the strike of the miners. Many manufacturing companies have a.ready shut down. THE influenza epide>mic is now ravag­ ing East Kent, near London. The epi­ demic has attacked the horses in the East Kent hunt stables, with the result that several valuable hunters have al­ ready died from its effects. V'-* iji PRESIDENT'S T0U1L A CRUISS ABOUT SAN FRANCISO . BAY. - M*:;, PRESH AND NEWSY. THIC Chi " • government has notified the United States of its unwillingness to Epidemic of Inflaenxs.' REPORTS received in London from all parts of England show that the epidemic of influenza is still spreading. There are many cases of the disease in Lon­ don. Carp°nt«ra Go Oat- AT Youngstown, Ohio, five hundred carpenters quit work because the con­ tractors refused to recognize other unions in the building trades. The Work nf Flr» ' . FIRE destroyed Higgins' kindling wood lofll at Lopez, Pa., causing a loss of $25,000. George C. Goodwin & Co , whole­ sale druggists at Boston, weie burned oat Their loss is 850.000. The foundry of C. H. Woodruff & Co. at Elgin, 111., was damaged to the extent of 88,000. ' ' ^ FftilUfs for th* W«f-k. £;• business failures for the week 'number 255, compared with 247 last week, and 211 in the corresponding week Of 1890. * EASTERN OCCURRENCES. GROUND has been broken in Riversid* Park, New York, for the Grant monu. ment H. SCHNEIDER, one of the lymph patients at the Montefiore Home, New York, was discharged as cured. Schnei der halt been a patient there for severa months before he received his inocula­ tion Dec. 16 last FIRE in the Center Block at Franklin Pa., destroyed $100,000 worth of prop •rty, on which there was $42,000 insur •ace. A large portion of the village oJ SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A SECTION of a through stock train on the Toledo, St Louis aud Kansas City Railroad, was wrecked at Green town, Ind. The train was running about fif­ teen miles an hour through the town, when it struck a cow at the Main street cfossing, turning the engine and tender over, wrecking them and eight cars. Engineer Isaac Koonerine and Fireman Clyde Young jumped, the latter saving himself with a badly sprained ankle, while Engineer Koonjrine was caught in the wreck and crushed to death. A NEWARK, Ohio, special says that in the Probate Court room in that city Al­ bert H. Bolan was arraigned for exam­ ination as to his mental condition. Bolan startled the court by suddenly hurling a enspidor at a bystander. It missed the man aimed at but smashed the chande­ lier. He was manacled with difficulty. Religious mania is his malady. PHILIP SCHMIDT, of Canton, Chio, who went to Richmond, Ind., two weeks ago, suddenly became deranged at the Hunt­ ington House, and declaring that every Hebrew in the land should bo killed, made a vicious assault on Mr. E. H. Hcilbrun, of Cincinnati, a guest of the hotel. AT White Pigeon. Ind., J. L. Buck knocked his wife down and was about to choke her, when she shot him dead. ERIC PETEUSON, a stove dealer, was drowned off tho steamer Hybernia at Boe'f River, Miss., recently. When his body was recovered it was discovered that his s"kull was fractured, his throat was gashed in two pla e», with a hole in his forehead and a gunshot wound. An investigation has been ordered. A SPECIAL from Pine Bluff, Ark., says: John J. Hooker fatally shot John B. Derreseau.x in a quarrel which began in the fencing-up of a piece of road. NEWS that some parties went to LavJnsky's Mills near Verbena, Ala., and carried off everything except the mill has been received- The property was valued at several thousand dollars. HENRY W. BLAIR. receive the Hon. Henry W. Blair as Min­ ister to China. THE Society of United Confederate Veterans will hold its annual meeting at Jackson, Miss , June 3, the date of the unveiling of the Confederate monument. THE Treasury Department has ordered _ a duty of 25 per cent, on Mexican lot­ tery tickets sent in through El P*so by express. SOME difficulty has been experienced by the army engineer officers in securing the title to property near the south end of the projected Hennepin Canal, and a number of the papers in the case have been sent to the Attorney General hy the War Department for an official settle­ ment of the question. AN ironclad sent • to the bottomNby a tooedo is the latest Incident in a strug­ gle between the Chilian insurgents and the Balmaceda government, NeWs of the action and its result was received in a cable dispatch from Valparaiso, which briefly announced that the Blanco En- calada had been sunk by the Almlrante Lynch in a fight near the port of Caldera. THOMAS MADDERX, of Tonganoxio, Kan., has just returned from Port Natal, South Africa, and a trip to the interior of the Dark Continent. He says that Stanley has exaggerated many things, and that the missionaries do more harm than good. TIIE deputy surveyor of customs at San Francisco seized 1,200 pounds of opium concealed on the steamship China, from Hong Kong, Tho opium is worth $25,000. AMERICAN wheat and grain dealers may be interested to learn that cereals can be imported into Venezuela free of duty. This information is officially pub­ lished in La# Ncrveiladzx of New York. , THE Empress of India, the first of the' new Pacific Line steamers, arrived off the harbor at Victoria, B.' C., exactly 10 days 4 hours and 30 minutes from Yoko­ hama, making the best time on record. MARKET REPORTS. tt* W on Qr«at Number* of (iayly iMooratvd ( raft--The P«lat;lal Hom« nn W heel* in H Iilcli tlie President and Iil» Guests Are Trave'luff. The mornin? of President Harrison's marine excursion lrora San Francisco opened with a fog enveloping the shores of tho bay, but as the forenoon wore on the fog lifted and left the harbor spark­ ling in sunlight. Notwithstanding tho announcement that the invitations to a-company tho President were limited to five hundred in number, the committee having charge of the excursion wero besieged with ap­ plications from fully 5,000 persons who, being unable to secure coveted billets, crowded tho steamers Ukiau and Garden City and numerous smaller craft which dotted the bay, so that at the hour of the President's embarkation over 10,000 persons had left the shore to accompany him on the trip. At 10:30 o'clock the Pu 'bio steamed out into the bay from Broadway wharf and was soon followed by the warship Charleston, the Govern­ ment steamers Rush and Marono carry- | fetters: ing tho Federal officials, and the revenue | cutters Rush and Corwin with the Cus- | torn House officials As the Pueblo passed these vessels, which had formed a line about 300 yards apart, a salute was fired, and the band, which had been sta­ tioned on the Pueblo, played a patriotic air. After the Government vessels had swung into the lino other steamers and craft conveying unofficial excursionists made haste to follow, and, with the iwhite sails of the yachts skimming the I OS THJB PLATFOHM OF THE «VACUNA.» POLITICAL PORRIDGE. SEXATPR JOHN H. REAOAN has ad­ dressed a letter from Palestine, Tex., to Senator Richard Coke in which he says: "I have been induced to accept a place on the Texas Railroad Commission and have notified Gov. Hogg of my resigna­ tion as United States Senator, and I have also apprised the Vice President of the United states." STEPHEN B. ELK INS is authority for a statement to the effect that James G. Blaine will shortly announce his de­ cision not, under any circumstances, to allow his name to be used at the next Republican National Convention as a candidate for President It is Baid that Mr. Blaine's letter or announce­ ment will bo so positive as to admit of but one construction, and that is that he will never again be a candidate for the Presidency. The Hon. Smith M. Weed, although a Democrat, has certain busi­ ness relations with men of prominence who are Republicans, and he also has/ said two or three times lately that when the time came Mr. Blaine would be found positively declining the nomin­ ation. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime $3.25 Hoos--Shipping Grades bHf.KP VTHKAT--No. 2 Ked COMJ--No. 3 OATH--No, 2 RTE--NO. 2 BUTTER--( holce < re&mery CHEBBR- Full Cream, flats Boos--Fresh POTATOES--Western, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--SHIPPING Hoos--Choice .Light SBKKP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Ked CORN--No. 1 WlUte. OATS--No. 3 White BT. LOUIS. CATTI.B Hoos WHEAT -No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OAT»--No. 2 BARLEY--Iowa CINCINNATI. CATTLE. Hoos SHEET WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--NO. T OATS--No. 9 Mixed DETROIT. CATTLE Hoos HPREP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORK--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--Caah OAT»--No. 1 White CLOVER SEED EAST LIBERTY CATTLE--Common to Prime <?? 6.50 3.00 <a 5.00 3.50 <$ 6.25 1.00)4 « 1.(17". .ea @ .70" .62Vl & .82 .20 .12 .13 1.05 8.50 8.00 8X0 1.09 .73 .67 4.00 4.00 107 .65H@ .02 <gl .75 & .88 .24 .13 & .14 & 1.15 ® 6.00 & 5.25 @ 5.25 # 1.11 <3 .74 & .59 & 5.75 5.00 & 1.07 SJ •66 ' a .53 .(50 3.00 0 5.75 8.00 & 5.2> 4.00 & 5.60 1.18)6® 1 14Si .74 .80 8.00 8.00 8.00 1.16 .78 .60 1.12 .68 •54 4.10 FOREIGN GOSSIP. ADVICES received from Samoa state that ex-King Tamasese is dead. He had Hoaa--Light SHEEP--Medium. LAMBS MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--No. 3 /OATB-- NO. 2 White ' Bt?-No. 1 BAA^EY--NO. 2 PoRk--Mei« NEW YORK. CATTI/E^ Hoos BHKKP WHEAT-NO. tRed COBN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western BTTTTBR--Creamery Hoos--Wet tern PORK--Meca 4.00 8.25 4.00 8.00 .75 <9 .58 ffl 5.03 @ 5.00 & 6.60 & 1.17 f .74 .00}$ @ 1.12)4 & .70 & .56 & 4.20 & 6.25 & 6.50 « 6.50 9 4.60 1.07 ® 1.08 f .89 .56 0 .86 ® .75 @13.25 .65 .84 .74 18.00 4.00 8.23 5.00 1.1« .U M .28 < IM.*" 0 6.50 9 5.75 & 7.25 @ 1.19 m .83 & .62 <8 .29 •IS* •1160 scene, the pageant, from a marine point of view, had never been excelled on the Bay of San Francisco. During the whole time that the Pueblo was steaming down the bay the Presi­ dent stood on the bridge with a pair of "marine glasses, through which he scanned the various objects of interest which wore pointed out to him. He was con­ stantly surrounded by a group of army and navy officers, and apparently found great enjoyment in the trip.- He re­ sponded to the salutes of different ves­ sels he passed by removing his hat and bowing. About 2 o'clock the Pueblo headed for the Union Iron Works. The vessels which had been lying in the stream wait­ ing for her got under way and followed in her wake, making a marine procession several itiitys in length. At tho L'nion Iron Works the Pueblo was received with the blowing of whistles at the factory and on all steam vessels lying there Tho cruiser Charles­ ton, which had followed tho President's steamer all day, anchored a short dis­ tance from the Pueblo. The President was taken otf in a tug and paid an offi­ cial visit to the Charleston, being re­ ceived with a national salute when he boarded the vessel and also when lie took his departure By this time tho bay for a mile in every direction from the Union Iron Works was studded with vessels of every description, upon the decks of which there wero fully 20,000 people, who had come there to witness the launching of the armored coast de- fen e vessel Monterey. In addition to those on vessels there wero probably forty thousand people who witnessed the launching from tho shore. Every housetop and street and every hillside overlooking the iron works yard as well as the yard itself was lit­ erally covered with people. Never was there such interest taken or such en­ thusiasm displayed at any similar event in this part of the country. On the shore and on the bay there was a perfect sea of flags and bunting, and for some time before the launching occurred there was a continuous screeching of steam whis­ tles, to which was added the music of a score of bunds on excursion steamers. A small platform had been built around the bow of the vessel, and on this were the Presidential party and ^othcr distinguished guests, and also a band from the navy yard. At 4:30 Mrs. Harrison pressed an electric button, which sent the vessel down the ways. The navy yard band played a national air as she glided into the water, and im­ mediately there burst forth the greatest noise from i^team whistles, to which was added the thundering sound of the Charleston's guns as she fired a national salute: cheer after cheer also arose from shore and from the vessels. The launch was entirely successful. The President and party then returned to tho Palace Hotel. When the Presidential party arrived at San Jose a national salute was fired and a large crowd gathered at the sta­ tion cheered lustily. The visitors were escorted to the Hotel Vendome, where an address of welcome was made by Mayor Ruckor, and responded to by the President as follows: Mr. Mayor and fellow-citizens, I am aarain surprised by this large outpouring of my friends, and by the respectful Interest which they evince. I can not find words to express the delight which I have felt, and which those who Journey with me have felt, as we have observed the beauty, and more than all the comfort and prosperity which characterize the great State of California. I am glad to observe here as I have else­ where that my old comrades of the great war for the Union have turned out to wit­ ness afresh by this demonstration their love for the flat? and their veneration for Ameri­ can Institutions. My comrades, I greet you every one affectionately. I doubt not that every loyal Slate has representatives here of that great army that subdued the rebel­ lion and brought'home the flag In triumph. I hope that you have found in this flowery and prosperous land, in the happy homes which you have built up here, in the wlvqs and children that grace your firesides, sweet contrast to those times of peril and hardship which you experienced in the army, and I trust above ail that under these gonial and kind­ ly influences you stlfl maintain that devo­ tion to our institutions, and arc teaching It to the children that will take your places. We often speak of children following In the footsteps of their fathers. Nearly a year ago at tho great review of the Grand Army of the Republic at Uoston, after those thousands of veterans, stricken with years and labor, had passed along, a great army nearly as large came on with the swinging step that characterized you when you car­ ried the flag from your home to the field. ' tlons are safe, and that thft' botkor U(1 fiery of the flag will be maintained. We may | quietly go to our rest when God shall call us In the full assurance that Ills favprlng providence will follow us, and that In your chljdren valor and sacr'^ce for the flag will always manifest themselves. Monarchs have traversed land and sea and history has recorded the magnifi­ cence of many a royal eou'page, but no emperor over had opportunity to ertJoy sue h luxurious traveling accommodations as havo been conferred by ingenious and comfort-seeking man upon the President of the greatest republic the nations of. the earth ever behold. There have been many fino; specimens of the car-builders' art previous to the creation of this "Presidential special," but it is questionable whether there is In railroad anna's a more elaborately com­ plete vehicular aggregation than the one which was prepared for the Journey of the chief executive and his gue3ts. The great pan-American excursion train was rejarded as being the acme of perfection, but that made its pilgrimage a year and a half ago, and there have been many important improvements since that came to a close. First in the string of fivq cars is the combination baggage, smoking, and library-car, Aztlan, upon the forward panels of which is inscribed in large gilt "The Presidential Special." In one of tho corners nearest the engine is a perfect incandescent electric light plant, with a noisy little dynamo in fre­ quent operation. In tho same compart­ ment the baggage and a reserve stock of supplies is stored away, all in the most admirable order and looking as litt'e like tho ordinary everyday baggage car as could be easily imagined. A narrow doorway, generally occupied by a swinging door, separates the bag­ gage section from the smoking-room and library. The upholstery is of olive plush, and the furniture is of a charac­ ter thxt cannot fail to contribute to the comfort of those mortals who are priv­ ileged to use it. Two bookcases, one on each side of the car, contain a couple of hundred standard works, and beneath ea -h of the cases is a desk and a supply of writing material. Between the cases and alongside of the clock is an electric sorew-fan which faces a twin contriv­ ance at tho opposite ond of the apart­ ment; these, when in operation, will keep the atmosphere fairly clear and reasonably cool. "Colorado" is the name of the dining- car, and a more nearly perfect creation in the shape of.a restaurant on wheels could not easily be found. The furnish­ ings of the dining-car proper are su­ premely icsthetic. Cleanly Waiters, clad in spotless white raiment* are not least among the attractions. The kitchen lacks nothing, and is presided over by one of tho most experienced Afro-Ameri­ can chefs. Next tho commissary headquarters is tho President's car, the "New Zealand* " So far as tlie upholstery of the main in­ terior is concerned, this js probably tho least attractive subdivision of tho train. The plush is a dull variety of blue, and the curtains are seal brown. Here and there newspaper representatives are quartered. But beyond the somberly comfortable- appearing draperies is a traveling para­ dise--the drawing-rooms occupied by the President and Mrs. Harrison. Tho apartments, which are en suite, are models of artistic taste. All the wood­ work is enameled in white and decorated with tho choicest floral patterns in gilt moldings, while the seats and sofas are covered with a rich shade %f terra-cotta plush. A more pleasing effect would hardly be possible. Tho "Ideal," which is the car follow­ ing immediately after the Presidential vehicle, differs material.y from the other cars. Its interior is divided into six drawing-rooAs, and each of these sub­ divisions possesses coloring and design distinctively its own. More interesting than any other por­ tion of the train to the millions of men, women and c hildren who will strive to see the President and Mrs. Harrison.dur­ ing the next few days will bo the "Va- euna"--the last car in the train. From its rear end the President will deliver HONOR OF A HERO. 4ygy$y*iO BROKEN FOR A * MENT TO GRANT, PRIVATE APARTMENTS O*'THE PRESIDENT AMD Mi:s. HARRISON. more than a few speeches, and, leaning over the brass-topped bronze fence, must of necessity shakf many a horny hand, to say nothing of the hands that are not even moderately hard. When the train was inspected by Mrs. Harrison, shortly before .the hour of departure, she ex­ pressed a decided preference for the Va- cuna as a day-car, and her judgment wa« applauded by the ladies of the party. The foward end of thp Vacuna contains six sleeping sections, upholstered in blue and metal fitted in brass. In the rear of these and separated from them only by the buffet is the observation compart­ ment, with plusli-cushioned wiliow chairs enough to accommodate sixteen people, provided no one chair is bur­ dened by more than one individual. The windows are large and are made of the finest plate glat s. Human ingenuity may be able to make railway travel less irksome and moro comfortable than it Is now, but ingenuity must strain itself considerably if it suc­ ceeds iu turning out anything moro elaborate and complete than the "Presi­ dential special." They were sons of veterans, literally ing in their fathers' steps, and to I love to think In the hands of this generation that is coming on to take our places our lnstltu- Daputmrnt Commander Freeman of the Ur*nd Army of the Republic Performs the Ceremony--Gen. Horace Porter I>e- livers a Eulogy on the Work aad Charac­ ter of the Great Soldier. Qroand has b,een broken for the monu­ ment which is to be raised at Hivertdde Park, New York, where rests all that is mortal of the great hero of the rebellion, Gen. Grant. The ceremony was per­ formed amid the plaudits of thousands of citizens, the blare of trumpets, the beating of drnms, the booming of can­ non, the melody of children's voices, and the eloquence of orators. There, upon the hillside, gathered the members of the Grand Army of the , Re­ public and a number of other bodies, who, ranging themselves aroond t^e tomb, paid reverence to the memory of him whom all nations honored whilo in life. On the Hudson Kiver, decorate 1 with bunting, lay anchored opposite the tomb the warship Yantic, and at two o'clock her guns commenced to belch forth a salute of twenty-one guns, which were fired at intervals of thirty seconds. On tho plattorm near the mound were gathered the members of the Monument Association, the members of Alexander Hamilton Post, G. A. R., the leading members of the various Grand Army posts, and the orators who had been se­ lected for the occasion. Before the regular ceremonies com­ menced Lawson W. Fuller, at the head of 300 children from the Sheltering Arms institution and a drum and fife corps playing "America," marched past the tomb with flags drooped. Each child carried a bouquet of forget-me-nots, which were cast upon the tomb. The Marino Band played an overture, after which the Rev. Dr. Clark Wright, chap­ lain, of Department Commander Free­ man's staff, offered prayer, and a chorus sang "The Star Spangled Banner." Commander Freeman presided and in a few well-chosen words introduced Gen. Horace Porter, the orator of the day. After sketching his career to the out­ break of the rebellion and pointing out the marked literary ability shown in his dispatched and memoirs.. Gnu. Porter mrfmmrrm ffiir.-.nii r • .Tyy* ) THE British warship Thunderer has received four specimens of a gun, from which great things are expected. The original armament of the Thunderer consisted of two 38-ton and two 35-ton muzzle-loading guns, and one of these burst in the course of practice, inside the turret, with fatal results. It was believed that the gun had been twice loaded before firing. The new guns, two of which are mounted on each tur­ ret, are of 10-inch caliber and 20 tons in weight. The total length is 26 feet 10 inches, the projectile weighs 500 and the full charge of powder now usual, just half that weight. At a range of 1,000 yards it is calculated to pierce twenty-one inch­ es of wrought-iron plate. Isr Sussex, England, a necklace W beads, made from peony root, was placed on the child's neck to assist the opera­ tion of teething and one of was also thought powerful THE GRANT MONtJMKITT, spoke of the soldier in the most touch­ ing manner, reviewing his brilliant record from the beginning of the war until the time of his death. The chorus sang "America," when Commander Freeman arosa to Initiate the particular ceremony of the day--the breaking of the ground for the monu-ti, ment. Before turning up the sod Com­ mander Freeman said that Greece had its heroes, men who won fame by a single act, or gave their lives to carry out a noble purpose. The world is full of monuments to the great and good of generations past--every nation has its sacred shrines. Rome thus kept alive the memory of hef magnificent conquests and victories and the men who achieved them. Eugland is full of memorials to her distin­ guished rulers, generals, poets, aud phi­ lanthropists. But the sacred shrines of America are dearer to us than any other. We hold with reverence the consecrated Soil of Mount Vernon, lest we may dis­ turb the ashes of our beloved Washing­ ton. We bow our heads in silence and lift our hearts in gratitude at the resting placo of him whose homely features and loving, loyal heart will never fall from meimjry. Our eyes fill with tears as we Stand beside the monument of our beloved Garfield. * * * Almost every city and town has its monument to the brave men who fell in the .battle-field, dies in the hospital, or wasted away in the stifling air of the death-dealing prison, said Com­ mander Freeman. But we come to-day to perform the preparatory work for a monument to the grandest soldier of them all--Ulysses S. Grant Born in comparative poverty, he made his way step by step to the highest honor which this nation could bestow. Without brilliant genius or gifts of oratory, he furnished inspiration for others and pushed right on in his purpose until tho goal was reached. His ashes rest here, but our broad land is his burial place. We call him ours, but the nations of the civilized world vied with each other in showing him honor. "We gather," sa d the speaker, "not simply as tho representatives of the hundreds of thousands of living and dead whom ho led „to victory, but of the entire nation, tho men who wore the blue. Now, in the presence of the Al­ mighty God and these witnesses, we, the representatives of the Grand Army of the Republic, break tho sod preparatory to laying the foundation of the monu­ ment which shall stand as a slight ex­ pression of the love of this nation for its great chieftain and shall toll to all the world that the United States of America doe9 not forget her heroic dead." At tho close of his remarks Command­ er Freeman took the spade in his hands and with it tossed up the earth. This ended the ceremonies and the crowd dis­ persed. Origin of Celery. , Wild celery bus been known from the earliest times. It is spoken of in the Odyssey undet* the name of senllon, and in Theophrastus; but later Dioscorides and Pliny distinguished between the wild and cultivated celery. In the lat­ ter the leaves are bleached, which great­ ly diminishes their brittleness. The wild plant has a wide range. It extends from Sweden to. Algeria i£gypt, Abyssinia, and in Asia from tho Cau­ casus to Beluchistan and the mountains of British India. It grow? in ditches and other damp places, and in Europe it is rank, coarso, and somewhat poison­ ous. Prof. Gray calls it "a strong-scent­ ed, acrid, poisonous plant of the coast of Europe, of which the variety Dulc^ garden celery, is rendered succulent and edible when blanched, and the base of the leaf stalks enlarged, through long cultivation." One variety of cultivated celery, the celerioc, is raised only for the root or base of the leaves, which becomes white solid bulb. This is more commonly called turnip- celery. T smellago, WINTER WHEAT THK OUTLOOK GOOD FOHV;&. BIG YIELD.- I I. *4 rooted celery and differs more than the other from wild larger plants, also called kin to celery and botanically are species of the parsley family.---flood Hou»+ The ia *!>• Crop in IU'no'a Han Improved Mo«t. Willi* Kansas Shows the l**as« Gain-- He*slan Wjr and Wtatar-KllUnr tlm t rop bat Utile--Bnoouraglag Pros­ pect*. The FamuTH* Rcvtctc says: 1 . "The recent rains have materially a#f ^ vanced the prospects of the crop. ThjPiH-!ji Improvement has averaged 73^ per cent, in all the States, Kansas showing th#> least gain and Illinois the greatest. * • " "In Illinois the warm rains have ins*- proved the prospects 17 per cent, esti­ mating on an average crop. Out of the* eighty-five correspondents reporting. only twenty-one report any damage• . from any cause, and in those countie* the loss amounts to only y per cent, on an average. In many sections no spring- wheat is sown, but in those counties, where it is grown seeding is well along* , except in some of the moro northern counties. "Reports from fifty correspondents ilk • Indiana show a gain of 3 per cent, it* the State. Eleven counties report damage of 6 per cent from late freezing and other causes. Seeding of spring wheat is well advanced. "Ohio shows a gain of 7 per cent, on condition, reports being received froai sixty-one correspondents. Only twenty- two report any loss from freezing and thawing and wet weather, and these losses average 10 por cent, for the sea­ son. Very little spring wheat is sown in the State, and that little is nearly all-' seeded. "Michigan nearly keeps pace witi* Ohio, showine a gain of 7 per cent Tweft* ty-eight counties show the prospects tO» be gc od. From eight counties come r«. ports of an avcrago damago or 8 per­ cent. from insects, scarcity of snow and from frost Tho work of seeding sprint wheat not yet bogun at the time of thlR report "Kentucky shows a gain of 10 per cent Two counties show an average loss of « per cent from wet weather. No spring wheat of consequence is sown in th® State. "The improvement in Wisconsin in th# * last thirty days amounts to 4 per cent, . . ; From twelve counties come reports ot damage during the season, averaging 18 per cent caused by winter killing and freezing in the fall. The sowing ©f"; Xt spring wheat is not yet begun, except in a few localities. "A gain of 10 per cent • is reported from Iowa, three counties only reporting any loss from winter killing. In these damage amounts to 12 per cent. The seeding of spring wheat in its various stages, in some counties being all in, in others just commenced, and m others not yet begun. "Missouri has gained 8 per cent IU . condition. From tifty-two counties came flattering reports of the prospets of an • immense crop. Nino counties report*.; loss durintr the season of 8 per cent. on. an average, most of this being duo to- the Hessian fly. Very little spring wheat is grown in the State, but where it grown the seeding is advanced. "From fifty-one correspondents in Kan­ sas gratifying reports are received. Seven counties report a loss of 7 percent. , ffom the.fly, from the dirt blowing off and leaving the seed bare, and frotn other causes. The seeding of spring , wheat is progressing finely, but very lit«>: tie is sown. .. . "From the reports of our correspond­ ents we summarize by States the per-, contage of condition as compared wita an average as follows: Illinois 103 per cent. Indiana 105, Ohio 101, Michigan 98, Kentucky 99, Wisconsin 94, .Iowa 98," Mis.-ouri 103, Kansas 105." FUNERAL OF VON MOLTKE. Crowned Heads Bow Bofore the Remain*: of Germany's Great General. The funeral services over the remaiiiii of Field Marshal Count Von Moltke took place in the ball-room of the general staff building, in which building the veteran died, and where his body had", been lying in state. Emperor William,, the King of Saxony, the Grand Dukes of Baden, Saxe-Weimar, arid Hesse, the principal members of tho royal families of Germany, together with the leading German Generals, were present. The services lasted forty minutes. The casket containing the dea<| Field Marshal's remains was then carrie&witk much ceramony to the hearse, which was , drawn by six of tho Emperor's horses. ' After passing through streets lined with troops and packed with spectators, th$ remains arrived at the Lehrte station and were placed upon a railroad car draped in black, which was- there, in waiting. All Sorts. SOME of the more costly bonbon boxes are of stained ivory, with a miniatura framed in semi-precious stones on the cover. DR. CHARLES F. HEUSEW, an eccentric j physician of Baltimore, who died recent* SI ly, made provision in his will for a nmo* . 7 ber of silver vials, which were to be dis­ tributed among friends after they had * been filled with ashes from his cremated body. MRS. CATHARINE SHARP, of Phila­ delphia, is now in her 114th year, and has a daughter 73 years of age. The old lady is in good health, and expects to live several years yet: She attributes her longevity to the fact that she "never worried about anything." THE annual snowfall in Colorado is enormous. At Dillon, according to the 1 Enterprise, the snowfall there from the first day of November, 188'.', to May 10» 1890, was twenty feet ten inches. At Kokomo in 1864-."), by actual daily meas­ urements, something like ninety-six feet of the beautiful fell between Xov. 1 and June 1. Of course, it kept on settling all the time, and when spring opened up there wasn't more than six or seven feet a on the ground. THE best way to remove the smell of v paint is to first render the room as near* iy as possible air-tight by closing the : windows, doors and other opening* Place a vessel of lighted charcoal in the room, and throw on it two or three hand- fuls of juniper berries. After twenty- four hours the smell will have entirely disappeared. Another method of doinft the same thing is to plitnge a handful of new hay into a pail of water and let it * % stand in the newly painted room. ^ MR SYDNEY J. HIOKSON, an English naturalist who has spent some time on tho Island of Celebes, has made somi" S extensive observations of tho corals of tho Malay Archipelago. In regard tie ' . the food of cora!sl he is inclined to the; belief that many of them may bo vegS* V tabh feeders. No doubt tho water ili - i the vicinity of mangrove swamps is full of the debris of leaves aud wood, which, sinking to tho bottom, must enter tho mouths of the coral animals. It is sug­ gested that this may explain th<? vigor­ ous growths often seen near extensive swamps. THE rapidity with which flies pass through the air is not Hkely to be ap­ preciated by those who see only witST what apparent ease they do it. Flios will keep up with a fast horse, and thai I too, without lighting on him. In an open express car. through which the ^ wind blows, they hold their places, flying this way and that without hitting against; thu sides. They must therefore, ge faster than horso or car. Giro like this proportioned to his siMM a insbir man norso or car. liire man speed like this proportioned to his siz% •nd going around the world wovld be £ matter of only a few hours ---Ai :'.s