A PRINCE BISMARCK'S RESIGNATION ACCEPTED. THE CAUSE OF HIS RETIREMENT. BerLiN, March 18,5 P. M.—It is just announced that Prince Bismarck’s resignation of the Chancellorship was accepted by the Emperor at noon to- day, All the members of the Imperial Ministry resigned at the same time Bismarck tendered his resignation, The report is repeated to-day that the Emperor proposes to appoint Gen~ eral Von Caprivi, who is now com- mander of the Tenth Army Corps, to the Chanceliorship, It is stated] in well-informed political circles that the present difference be- tween the Emperor and Prince Bis- marck is irreconcilable, It arises from the Chancellor’s refusal to accede to a equest made by Dr. Windthorst, the leader of the Clerical party in Germany, to restore to the Duke of Cumberlaud, the claimant of the throne of Hanover, the larger portion of the Guelph fund. The attitude of the Emperor in oppos- ing Prince Bismarck in this matter is taken as an Indication of his desire to conciliate the Clerical party. If the (vovernment is to secure a working ma~- jority in the new Reichstag it cannot well get on without the party of the Centre, which Dr. Windthorst con- bros, Lonpon, March 18, —The following despatch has been received at the Lon- don office to-pight, via Cologne, from your Berlin correspondent: The great question discussed is who will be Dismarck’s successor. Most men incline to the idea that Dr. Hinz- peter will be the man, Ile ls known to be in sympathy with the Emperor's social reform and to entertain political views in direct opposition to the Chan- cellcr, But even if the Chancellor goes, there is scarcely a doubt that Count Herbert Bismarck will retain his posi- tion as the head of Foreign Affairs, Herbert Bismarck will retain full power, while the Chancellor will be retired with all the honors of war, Hereafter the Emperor will bs his own Chancelior, If Hinzpeter does succeed Bismarck he will be little more than & private secretary to the Em- peror. : The immediate cause of the crisis is obscure, but It is believed to be the Smperor’s Socialist policy, which is paving a great effect in internationa weil as domestic affairs, The Emperoricajobes where Bismarck favors the cudgel. Another despatch says: The belief increases that Count Ier- bert will remain. dence at the Bourse von Doettioner is CUnancelior'sisuccessor. The World Haute Finance of Berlin is not In the least anxious aboul the future, BeErLIN, March 19.— T he authenti reasons for Prince Bismarck’'s retire- ment are these: The Emperor asked him to remain as Chancellor, but to resign the Presidency of the lmperigl Ministry, so that each M nister should be directly responsible to the Crown for his own department. This, ot course, meant thal the Emperor in- tended to be his own Prime Minister. An answer was demanded by Mon. day night. None, however, arriving, the Emperor sent an aid-de-camp for Prince Bismarck's reply, which ar- rived the same night, in the form of a complete and absolute resignation of all his offices, Thereupon General Caprivi became the Chancellor, but vot the Prime Minister, Eulengberg, whom Bismarck had displaced, got an important post. Waldersee, the Chief of Staff, suddenly started for Italy, to the immense surprise of everybody, The Emperor's severe criticism on his work as the General of the Staff 1s supposed to be the reason of his de- parture. Prince Bismarck packed up and quited the Capital to spend his birthday at Friedrichsrube and to be- come & country gentleman. The Voss Zeitung remarks on all this, that not a hand was raised nor a pen stroke drawn to induce the great Chancellor to re- main in office; bitter satire on the fidelity of Bismarck’s former par- tisans, in us Calses con Herr the Ts . iS to-night, pamed as -—— John McCann, Charles Harris and Thomas Gallagher, prisoners in the jail in Montevista, Colorado, recently overpowered the Sheriff when be went to give them their evening meal, and escaped. The Sheriff and a posse stated in pursuit, and upon overtak. ing the fugitives were fired upon. The Sherif! returned the fire, and all three of the escaped prisoners were killed, None of the Sberiff’s posse were ine jured, —Near Hot Springs, In Madison county, North Carolina, a few days ago, a lwelve-year-old son of 8. DD, Chambers accidentally shot and killed his mother. The father had just re- turned from Hot Springs with a valise containing some articles for the family, He put down the valise and stepped out when the boy looked into It to see what his father had brought him. Ie found a pistol and said to his mother, “Ses what pa brought home,” The pistol was discharged, the ball striking fils mother in the breast, — A despatch from Cleveland, Ohblo says that Arthur Heory, the station agent and telegraph operator at Harts- burg, on the Nickel Pate Road, was murdered on the evening of the 15th, The office is in a store, and Henry slept there, A burglar gained an entrance to the store, and, on Henry's refusal to open the safe be shot him. Henry Leggett has been arrested in Bedford, lows, for murder. His wife and daughter, aged 12 years, were arres. ted for complicity, The murder for which the arrests were made wes com- mitted in Page county, near Sham. baugh, in 1886. The victim was the father of Leggatt's wife, who lived with his daughter, The crime was commit. ted for the old man’s effects, which ey —Mr, and Mrs, Lemuel Eastburn were killed on the 16th by their teain being struck by a train as they were crossing the Reading Railroad at Bridgeport, Pa, Eastburn was & pros- perous farmer in Upper Merion town ship. Henry Purdy, accompanied by his wife and daughter, was driving across the tracks of the Michigan Cen- tral Road, in Jackson, Michigan, on the 15th, when the wagon was struck by an engine, and all three were killed, Henry Does was killed, and his wife fatally injured, at Holland, Michigan, on the 15th, by being struck by a tralo, —On the morning of the 15th a land- New York, swept away the two-story brick residence of Patrick Canfleld, and demolished the one-story frame dwel- ling of John Laurenson., Four fami- lies resided in Canfield’s house. Mrs, Margaret Noonan and her daughter, Mrs, Johanna Hogan, both widows, and Annie Burns, 11 years old, were killed. Mrs, John Ahearn and infant, Thomas Laurenson and Mrs, Pat, Canfield, Jr., were injured, but not seriously. — Reports received from the tobacco growing counties in western North Carolina show that at least one-third of the plants in the beds have been killed by the cold weather which pre- vailed on the evening of the 156th and 16th. The peach and apple crops are almost wholly destroyed. The mer- cury stood at 10 above zero on the morning of the 16th ~The bodies of two Yale students, Edwin Rowe, Jr., a member of the senior scientific class, and Jarius Ken- nan, & member of the freshman scien- tific class, were washed ashore at West F sven, on the 17th. On the morning of the 16th, they hired a small sall boat and went to Milford, about eight miles down the sound, They started for home about 5 o'clock in the afternoon against a strong wind and a heavy sea, Their boat was dashed against the breakwater and Lhe young men thrown into the water and both of them were drowned, —Secretary Proctor, on the 18th, authorized the Mississippt River Com- mission to expend $100,000 for the protection of levees along the Missis- sipp! river in the fourth district, which extends from Warrenton, Miss , to the head of the Passes, a distance of 4584 miles. This is in addition to the §20,- 000 allotted to the Morgansea levee, —The Mississippi river one-tenth of an loch at Vicksburg in 24 hours, and seven inches since the 15th. At Lake Providence, Loulsiana, it is falling at the rate of Ij inches in 24 hours, The crevasse at was, on the 19th, Of 12 deep, rose 10 inches at Clarendon on the eve- of the 17th, and has since been ris- ning town of Clarendon is inundated. ern Railroad, in Colorado, over the Cumbres Mountain, on Lhe evening the 17th, alter several weeks' effort. The snow along track for miles is ten to thirty feet deep. The opening t raliroad of the of Lhe will bring relief to the people of some of the interior sowns, who were begin- ning to get short of provisions, —Sacretary Proctor has authorized an additional expenditure of $350,000 for the protection of the levees on the Mississippi river, in the Third and Fourth Districts, making the total allotment for this purpose $170 000, siana, says that all west of there is a vast sheet of water to the hills Bayou Macon, flowed section 3 not rising so rapidly, as it is finding Its natural outlets, and Pacific Raliway has several feet to spare, and there of through traffic being suspended, —Josaph Nodak and his brother-in- agreement in Daaidwood, Illinois, the evening of the 18th, was drunk, crept up to the window of on was sleeping, instantly killing daughter, Statsa Sokoloski, aged 14 years, — An epidemic of Miphtheria is raging in portions of Luzerne county, Penna. Its centre is the district around Lehman township, ten miles from Wilkesbarre, and many deaths have occurred, the disease being of a malignant type. J. L. Sterrett, of Sterrettania, Penna, left St. Louis on the evening of the 10th, with $2300 in his inside pocket, On the train be met an honest. looking man who said he lived near Mr. Sterrett’s home, When the train arrived at Cleveiand, ou the 20 h, the stranger snatched Mr, Sterreti's pocket-book, and escaped. Sterrett is an old man, and is said to be left pen- niless by the robbery. ~A heavy storm raged at Long Branch, New Jersey, on the 20th, and before noon the telegraph wires, bolh North and South, were down. The surf ran high and strong all day, and Ocean avenue bluff was badly damaged in several places, — A freight train on the West Penn- sydwauia Railroad ran into a rock near Bagdad Station, Pa., on the evening of the 19th, Conductor Riegis was badly and several other train hauds slightly injured, ~Dr. M. A, Rust, a prominent phy- gician, in Richmond, Virginia, fell from a ladder on the 20th, at his resi. dence and was instantly killed, «The new eity directory in Balti. more contains 5033 more names than last year, indicating au inerease in popu lation of 16.5687 souls and a present population of 518,888. This is figured on the basis of 3 persons to each name, ’ ~A telegram from flavana, Cuba, says that the sugar crop, though much smaller than expected, will show un merease of 10 per cent. as compared with the previous crop. A largely in- creased sien was davoted to cane cul ture last year. Ob some estales at 8iana the crops are jrom 40 to 45 per ~ Frederick Jones, 19 years of age, a erayon artist, was arrested in St, Joseph, Missouri, on the 20th, for wounterfeiting United States $5 Trea- sury notes. Jones's method of couns terfeiting was peculiar, He used no dies, but made crayon coples of the genuine notes, The counterfeits are pronounced by the officers to he excep- tionally deceptive, Miss Jessie White, aged 10 years, committed suicide in Joliet, Illinols, on the evening of the20th, byshooting herself through the heart. It is stated that she had been persecuted by anony- mous letter writers, — Edwin Cooper, ex-Treasurer of Greenfleld, Wis., on the 20th, pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree, \ and was sentenced to 20 years’ lmprison- ment. He killed his brother Peter a few months ago. ~~Benjamin Grewell was lynched at Robinson Station, Kentucky, on the evening of the 19th, by a mob of about 20 persons, Two years ago Grewell defrauded the farmers in that locality by buying stock and paying for it with bogus checks, He then fled to the mountains, but ventured back, vainly thinking that his evil deeds had been forgotten. ~—Thomas Halloran, a saloon keeper in Stamford, Connecticut, shot and killed ‘I'homas Plankett, in a drunken row on the evening of the 19th. E, B. McCurdy, conductor on the Louis- ville and Nashville Railroad, was on the 20th, shot and dangerously wounded by a colored man named Daniels, and in return shot and killed his assailant. The tragedy occurred on a train al Bay Minette, Alabama, and grew out of an attempt by the con- ductor to eject Daniels for refusing to pay his fare. ame A blst CON GRESS,~First Session, SENATE. In the U. 8. Senate on the 17th, Mr, Cockrell to present a pelition against the Extradition Treaty with Russia, but the Presiding Officer held that petitions relating to business pending in executive session should be presented in executive session, After debate, the Chalr subinitted the ques. tion whether the petition should be received In open session and It was de- cided that it should be. Mr, Voorhees offered a preamble and resolution declaring it the highest duly of Con. igress in the present crisis give prompt attention the adoption of i such measures a8 are required for the relief of the farmers and other over. taxed and underpaid labors of the Uni- ted States, The Educational bill came up as unfinished business, and was :d- vocated by Mr, Daniel, of Virginia, and opposed by Mr. Morgan. ‘he hill then went over, The Urgent Deliciency bill was considered, pending which the Senate adjourned, In the U. Senate, on the 18th, Mr, Sherman, from the Finance Commit- tee, reported a substitute for his Addti- Trust bill, and it was placed on the calendar. The Urgent Deficiency bill was passed with amendments, one of TORe to to ~ the relief of the Turtle Mountain In- dians, Mr, Hawley spoke in opposition to the Blair Education bill Alter { passing 11 pablic building bills, mak- 000, the Senate adjourned, in the U. 8 Senate on the 19th. A bill increasing the appropriation for a public building in Troy, New York, to | $500,000 was reported aad placed on the calendar, Mr, Voorhees made a | speech on his resolution in reference to | agricultural depression, The Blair Eductional bill came up as unfinished i business, and Mr. Evarts spoke in sup- i port of the measure. The McKinley Administrative Customs bill was re- {ported and placed on the calendar. { Adjourned, ! In the United States Senate, on the { 20th, Mr. Cockrell presented a protest i from the Pork Packers’ Association of St. Louls against the bill for the 1in- | spection of meats, which was referred {to the Committee on Foreign Rela- | tions, Mr. Sherman said that the as- that the bill required an | inspection in all cases where the meat {had been salied sixty days before exportation “was an entire missppre- hepsion.” A vole was taken on the Educational blll and it was defeated — the yeas being 31 and the nays 37. Mr. Blair changed his vote to the negative, and entered a motion to reconsider, After an executive session the Senate adjourned, ~ | sumption HOUSE. In the House, on the 17th, a motion to suspend the rules and make the Dingley till, abolishing compnisory pilotage, a continuing order for Mareh 27th, was lost—yeas, 112; nsys, 122, ills were passed, under suspension of the rules, providing for a ceusus of tbe Chinese in the United States, transferring the revenue cutter service to the Navy Department, and creating the offices of Assistant General Super- Intendent and Chief Clerk of the Rall- way Mail Service. Adjourned, In the House, on the 18th, on motion of Mr, Merrill, of Kansas, a resolution was adopted asking the Secretary of the Interior for data relative to the payment of pensions, and sn estimate of the amount of money that will be required to pay arrearages in case the limitation of the Arrears Act Is re- pealed. The biil to repeal the Timber Culture laws was considered. The Pension Appropriation bill was con- sidered Im Committes of the Whole. Adjourned, > In the House, on the 10th, Mr, (’Nelll presented a remonstrance from business men of Philadelphia against an increase of the duty on oranges and lemons. The Marviand contested case of Mudd ve, Compton was discussed, pending which the House adjourned, In the House on the 20th, a bill was passed tor a public building in York, Penua. The Mudd-Compton contes- ted case, from Maryland, was taken up, and Mudd was declared entitled to the seat by & vole of 150 to 145. The Hoar gent into Comaities of the on Pension bill, but the commities ou rose and the House adjourned, — — Grandmother's Walting. EHEN B. REXFORD, GRANDMOTHER'S face Is wrinkled, And her eyes have grown so dim That she cannot read her Bible Nor follow through the hymn, And her hands sre often idle, For knitting tires them so, But her bram is always busy With thoughts of Heaven, I know, Grandmother's waiting, walting, To hear God's summons given And dreaming of her dear ones Gone o'er the hills to Heaven, t always thrills me strangely To think of her waiting thers, At the gates of God's white city, With its sun on her silver hair, To meet her husband's kisses, And to bear him softly say: “1 have walted a long time, darling, For this happy. happy, day!” Grandmother's waiting, waiting, 10 hear God's summons given And dreaming of her dear ones Gone o'er the hills to Heaven. I think, sometimes, as I wateh her, That she sees them, for a smile Ireaks over her face, as she whispers. “Yes, dear, in a littie while.” Only a little more waiting This side of Paradise, And grandmother will be young again With her dear ones in the skies, Grandmother's waiting, waiting, To hear God's summons given, And dreaming of her dear ones Gone o'er the hills to Heaven, ——— THE LUCKY -BONE. the drooping orchard boughs, absently Harriet Redford, albeit she was acxnowledged belle of Broad Oaks, He knew that in the neighborhood he and Harrlet had long since been allotted to “suitable match; and few months past that he had come to situation, QO8BID each other as a it was only a serious’y consider the RI tried hard to persuade hb warmer for the clever, and confident girl, ciently imself into a handsome, whose lik- feeling mani fest to be fattering to his vanity, had he possessed of any. The attempt, however, was suddenly cut short by the discovery that he had, aud almost unknown Gracie without an effort to himeelf, fallen King, the saucy, ¢ ether charming maiden who had come » summer farm adjoining y Ww had in love with wjuettish and aito to spend the Ellen tt the Then } with his unt on i Robert fell that his fate was already and from that time had win Gracie's favor. But Paw ny Hg he was 8 qe man, with © ty others : ' in his « all yr whi YW prize { were striving. And she trust her ried WAR Such a urs bie when he Dick she d n with knew that how bh Wilis® handsome met with small favor? St ope 10 BUCK il Le Was sOCIeLy (rrac e's when look or tone, or blush which greeted him, a wild hope she would st and almost con- his heart Of course she iat he loved her; for though b courage Ww her he could see it at times in a certain con- could not but rec- knew ti had never had the in so many words, @ tell sciousness which be ognize, And yet she gave him no encourage- ment, and was often capricious, and sarcastic, and even cold toward him so that now Hobert felt as though he could give half of his estate to know whether she did really care for him, it was to Gracle’s gay volee and light was now listening, as they came float- ing across the garden-hedge, and pres- ently he came in sight of her, as, with uplifted arm and airy pose, she strove to «ateh a gorgeous butterfly, while Dick awkward attempis to assist ber, In her transparent pink dress and fluttering ribbons, golden curls waving beneath the brim of her light garden hat, she reminded Robert Ellis of the little porcelain Wat- city store windows —only that her face and expression, hat. “1 only want awhile, and then let him go. [ lave him at last.” tone which Robert did not quite like, cle! To catch him and let him gol And she looks just like a butterfly her- self, I wonder if she really has a heart!” to this question. “Poor little thing! how his wings tremble! Don’t be afraid, my little beauty. I would not hurt a hair of your head—I mean a feather of your downy wing-for the world, There, fly away and enjoy your little life while you may!” And with a light, soft motion of her hand, she wafted the insect into the alr, “Do you treat men as you do butter fiisa?”’ inquired Robert, as be stood be- side ber, “How?” with an expression of inno cent inquiry, “Why, make captives of them, amuse yourself with them for awhile, and then send them off as you did that poor insect.” “This one came fluttering around me, If men and butterflies hold them- selves aloof, I don’t trouble myself to catch them,” flushed slightly, and she little toss of ber head, ga ve a queer Harrie! glanced sharply at her, and a flush arose to her check also, clear that for some reason, two girls had no affection other, Dick led Harriet aside to look Uncle Ambrose’s beehive. for each at Gracie stood on the garden ing rose, Thursday?’ she asked, looking up at tobert with a half-shy, appealing look, as if in apology for her late speech, I have not thought about it. Shall you go?” “I don’t know, pleasant, Should he ask her to go with lam? { But why should he, when she would no doubt prefer Dick Lowrey’s more agree- | able and entertaining society? He did not wish to force her into an unwilling acceptance of his company, the of hesitating away the tossed them lmpa- patiently into the alr, What | sible creat As the two | they found enjoyi And while he stood girl suddenly tore the rose leaves aud whole a changeable ire si | plazia air, Litt] sleep, was her white “What P48 GY Pet? Was a specia sad horse-shoe shaped rie} Foire ing M1 shiinin the parties was brides. -fnore than thurty ory " and dead I recollec’ as if ay when I put that} door and Billy walking in and stopped under it a min- nit to take off his hat make a bow married less than six TY ® SOAS ne, NOW, pOOT creature, ‘twas yes- ter sone over the parlor Jones came and and they were mths alter. “I dare say he knew about the bone being there,” said Flossle’s grown sis- ter, Lucy, laughing “Well, he always gave out as he twasn't so with nd the other match, That was your aunt Liza's own, We was spending the day at the Wither's and she got bone at dinner, and who should walk right under it but your Uncle Jeems, that she'd never set eves on Then she whispered to me that ber lot was fixed, and she’d have to marry him; and she did.” “1 dare say she’d have married him all the same if there'd been no lucky bone in the case,” laughed Aunt El- {len. “But you can try your fortune in | the same way Robert, and see what it has for you." Flossie eagerly held out her prize and | he took one end in his strong fingers, while she held on to the other with both | hands, A struggle ensued, seeming on her before! bone snapped In Robert's fingers, “I am sorry Flossie" | menced; but she interrupted him. “Well, I'm glad, | enough yet to get married, and you are, | patlor door, and you'll be sure to marry | the first ove that steps under is, { He laughed at the prophecy, 5 i into his vest pocket as larriet and Dick Lowrey came up the steps, Then he forgot about it until an hour later, Dick Lowrey, who was to drive Har riet home, had gone out to see about his buggy, and Harriet was upstairs with Lucy, having a few moments’ confidential chat before parting, Robert Ellis and Gracle were alone in the parlor. He drew out his watch, and with it came the lucky-bone, “Ah, I had forgotten my promise to Flossie,” he sald; and reaching up, placed the charm above the door, : “I wonder how that foolish nation came to be so popular?” smd Gracie, with a little half-scornful smile, “Irobably from the resemblance in shape to a horseshoe, which the super- | stitious place over the housedoor, fot luck,” he replied, And just then light footsteps were heard coming down ths stairs and ap- proaching the parlor door, The eves of both turned thither, and Robert did not see how his companion’s | cheek changed color, and she seemed ito be ber | breath. Lucy passed the door, followed, paused and scemed enter, Aunt Ellen's { heard calling to her, and she i on, “There!”” you have jus | your fate!’ said Gracie, la ng. “Perhaps it is only postponed,’ he lightly, *‘But you will ex- cuse me while I step out and deliver a | message to Dick for Squire Willis? It | will save the squire a long ride in the morning.” The buggy was coming round to the | gate, and Robert stood on the porch | and waited for it. Involuntarily his eyes turned to the | parlor window, through which, himself invisible, ha could see Gracie sealed as | he had left her, How pretty sne was, with her eyes bright and her cheeks flushed with a i changing color. He saw her rise and stand for an instant, hesitating, and balf fearfully around. Of what was she afraid? But watched swiftly across the room looked herself — he unconsciously holding tt 11 . dik 21ATE when HONK IDE 00KIng while he she glided to the door al most on tip toe, up, and de erately placed exactly the lucky-bone, At first Rober Lis own eyes, the sud: of surprise 1H. ¥Vith a step as lig stood before JOY, Calne Ha impul fortunate 4 nuage Cape | ape bh her own he in a low» earnestness, rracie!l” he sald, that trembled in its you know where you are standing? whon you Know that it is you sent to me, Tell me, d ciaim yours What could s ils was tie belwe UR about the time of Rober 7 t's wedding always sald,” remarked Cousit i 38 she knitted a toliet-tady nt, ‘1 always did hold theres virtue in A tell comes about; but atch that I've kuown by a Jucky-bone, The ¥ e folks don’t bry It body can’t how it the third m br uer frequently hit std ugne on that ti 8 Las 0 ye Yifference Between The Two The of tho the , New York and Philadelphia are in close proximity—oniy about two hours apart, with an imiense differ- ence in their respective business lives, New York may be likened to a I Hive with its vast multitude of busy workers who, during business hours do not take time to eat, All is a rush and excitable activity, while the element of Philadelphia a slow, casy mans per, and does not feast on its perv- ous vitality, The Philadeipiuian eats slow, lives slow and dies slow, while the New Yorker eats fast, lives fast and dies fast. The average business man of Philadelphia takes one hour % eat, masticate and relish his noon meal, while the New Yorker only takes from | five to fifteen minutes to gulp down his, | and is at work before his fool has had | time to settle. No ‘wonder the New | York press is full of adverlised reme- dies for dyspeptics and nervous wrecks, jargest cities in Union lee an business moves ia SOPRA Population In the South. Recently gathered statistics sbow | that the present population of the southern states is 19 489,150, as against | 14.638,036 in 1880, being an increase in | ten years In the whole south of over 33 | per cent. The white population of the South has increased a little over 3,200,- | 000, being now 12.218. 43), while the | colored population shows an inercase in ten years of about 1 600,000, being at this time 7,270,720. Contest of Colors. Up in the red man’s country, in which representatives of nearly all races appear to have congregated, there was a fistie contest between Messrs, Blue and White, and strangely enough before a white man, It was not a war of races or of color, Io A little girl, § old, has ar. Pas jation, « J., having trav.