THE NEWS, News comes from Hancock county, Tenn, « that Mary, Lula and John Hstfleld were burned to death in a mountain cabin about five miles from Sneedville, Their mother, who Is a widow, had gone to a neighbor's house, looking the children in the house, The Knickerbocker Trust Company cabled to Queen Olga, at Athens, $1,000, which was sont to Mrs, Theodore Ralll, treasurer of the Greek ladies’ committee here, by an Ameri- can woman, whose name is unknown, to help the Greek cause, A Citizens’ Sunday Car Assoclation has been organized in Toronto, Ontario, for the purpose of agitating the proposition to operate street-car lines on Sundays, Emil Sohlern, a saloon-keeper at 197 Wells street, Chicago, was shot and Instantly killed just before midnight Wednesday night by one of three men who entered the saloon for the purpose of robbery. Twenty men were in the place at the time, drinking, but none of them made any effort to capture the robbers. Senator Orville H. Platt, of Connecticut, was married to Miss Jennie Poyt, of Upper Montclair, N. J. The wedding was at the home of the bride. Very few of Benator Platt's colleagues were aware of his Intended nuptials, and the announcement of the marriage was quite a surprise, A special from Newkirk, O. T., says, Ed, Newcomb, leader of a noted band of outlaws, has been caught and lodged In jail, and the band broken us. The story of his capture reads like a dime novel, Floyd Meyers, who killed Willlam Alton and William Herrington at Rathboneville, N. Y., on Christmas Eve, was convicted of murder in the second degree, and sentenced to imprisonment for life in the Auburn pen- itentiary. The village of New Millport, 14 miles from Clearfleld, Pa., was almost destroyed by fire, The postoffice, the M. E. Church, and a number of other buildings were reduced to ashes, The loss is estimated at £15,000 with little insurance. James Fleming, who killed his brother-in- law, John Reed, atthe home of the latter, In Jersey City, on New Year's night, was con- ¥ioted of murder in the second degree and sentenced to imprisonment for 20 years, In Chicago Thomas Redmond, alias “Texas Tom," formerly a well-known race track follower, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of John Stuart. i John Beattle has been appointed receiver of the assets and property of the Liberty }Oyole Company, of Bridgeport, Conn, in proceedings brought by William F. Wilson, a stockholder and creditor. The company was Incorporated In January last with a cap- ital stock of 2100,000, The suspension of F. A. Phillips, of the Consolidated Exchange, New York, has been announced. The fallure was attributed to the recent marked decline in wheat, The court-martial trial of Paymaster John Corwine, United States Navy, charged with embezzlement, making false and fraudulent official reports, scandalous conduct tending to the destruction of good morals and deser- tion, was begun in Washington, At separate meetings of Commercial Exchange and the Maritime Exchange, Phil~ adelphia, resolutions were adopted urglog Jongress to the Tariff bill, now ander consideration, that the provision for irawback on tin plates will be refncorporated shereln, The Obio medical law has heen declared sonstitutional in the lower courts. It re. quires physizians to register and hava certl- deates based upon practice or examina gion. The body of an unknown German, wh shot himself dead in Windsor, Ontario, was fally identified as that of John A. Dittman who last week killed his mistress, Nellie Bergin, in Detroit, and escaped before his erime was detected. Dittman had been working in Windsor as a gardener, Robert Downitig bas purchased the pro- duction rights of “David,” a play written by (ieorge 8. Johns, a 8t Louls (Mo. news paper man. Mr. Downing says he will play che piece exclusively. At Glasgow Junetion, Ky., Bob Loeke and Al. Maddox quarreled. Maddox attacked Locke with a scythe blade, cutting bis bead aimost off Maddox is in jall the 80 frame CURRENT EVENTS. The falling waters of Kern River have been made to furnish electric power for the town af Bakersfleld, Cal. Wages at Clondike, the new gold region in Alaska, have been as high as #15 a day, but this price will undoubtedly be lowered by the arrival of the parties now en route, A prominent horseman of Oregon says that there are absolutely no good young horses in that State. He says that within five years a good horse will be very expen. sive along the coast, A Kansas City doetor hired an armless maa to watch his instrument ease, thinking that a man without arms could no steal it, The guard, however, hired a bootblack to steal the case for him, A peculiar digease, thought to be some trouble of the kidneys, is affecting the cattle of Washington. They look well and eat heartily and seem to be all right, but wii, apparently without cause, lle down and never rise again, The increase in the sales of bieyeles in Michigan has lately been phenomenal, It is estimated that nearly balf the population will bs seen on wheels this summer. The roads all over the State are being improved and numerous bicyele paths constructed, It will interest summer visitors to Maine to know that the fight between the guides and the law of that State is growing warm. The law says that every guide shall pay a license of 840 or give up hizs business. The majority of guides have flatly refused to pay the license, A message said to have Leen dropped from the airship in Cripple Creek, Col.. stated that one of the passengers was Plerre Humbert, of Boston. A reporter of the “Herald,” of that city called at Mr. Hum- bert's office and was told by that gentieman himself that the story is pure fiction Sm ——II — sisi iis VIOTIMSA OF A CYCLONE, A Man and His Wife Blown Siaty Feet and Fatally Hart, A special from Omer, Arenac county, Mich,, says a cyclone struck that town about 5,80 In the ovenlng, completely demolishing the store of BR. W. Clowston, whoss resi. dence was also blown down. Mr. and Mrs H. B. Haziey were biown sixty feet into the alr, and both were fatally hart, Mr. Clow. ston is thought to ba fatally injured. Mrs Soha T, Balkie and her brother, John Can nally, of Port Huron, were in the upper por- tion of the store building when it collapsed, They were buried under the debris, but es. 4p wilous injury. Hagley residence was blown to pleces, and not a board can be found within two hundred fe t of its former location, The church was also damaged, TRIBUTE 70° A HERD m——— Grant's Tomb Dedicated with Splendid Pageantry, SERVICE AT MONUMENT. Roar of Helching Guns and Tramp of Thousands of Soldiers Attended the Cere- monies that Mark the Transfer of the Union General's Dust to the New Tomb ~ New York Was Thronged with People The dedication of the Grant monument on Riverside Heights, marked an epoch in the history of the country, for on that day brave soldiers of the gray united with gallant vet- oerans of the blue in honoring the memory of the man who, great in battle, was greater in the hour of triumph. The decorations, especially along the route of the parade, were elaborate and pletur- esque, striking arrangements of flags, bunt. ing and portraits of Grant appearing on both public and private houses. The best feature of the decorations was that they were not conflued to the line of march, but were common throughout the town. Even in the residence sections, including the so- callod tenement districts, more or less pre- tentious displays of flags and bunting wers made, The hotels, theatres, business houses and other bulidings put out their colors, and the day decorations were augmented at night by brilliant electrical displays. Office bulld- ings and buildings belonging to the great orporations caught the infection and cov- ered the grim and business-ilke outlines of the behind patriotic elouds of bunting. The first public with the dedication oe bulidings function in connection urred at sunrise when the enormous flag which is forever to float alongside the tomb was hoisted by G. A. RR, Veterans, Then occurred the formal cere. monies at the tomb, after which followed the land and naval parades. The day's ob- servances were concluded at night by a re- of the President and Vice President, At the massive tomb, during these prelim. inary exercises, surrounded by all the tho sands who could fiad seats or footholds there, were the President of the Unit States, the Vice-President, every member of the President's cabinet, the Justices of the Supreme Court, nearly all the United States Senators and Representatives, and Generals of the Army, active aud retired, and the Ad- mirals of the Navy, active and retired, the members of the Legislature of New York, the Mayor of New York City and the Alder- men of New York and Prookiyn, together with all the members of the Grant family, The procession that was reviewed by tho President, at the con clusion of the dedica- tion ceremonies from an elaborately deco. rated stand beside a triumphal arch that spanned Riverside Drive, was composed of f the largest bodies of armed wen that has ever been gathered together iu this country in time of peace. There wers 2.500 soldiers of the Regular Army, 1,500 saliors and marines from the warships {in the river and the Navy Yard, 25.000 soldiers in the Nations! Guards of the various States, 10. 000 veterans of the Grand Army of the Re public, 4,000 armed and equipped cadets, and 10,000 civilians, Tae grand total re above 53,000, and the line took nearly five hours In passing the reviewlug stand. In the Hudson River, off Riverside Park, North At- one o were anchored the vessels of the iantic squdron, the President's flagship Dol. pbin, and warships represestiog the Govern. ments of Spain, Italy, France and Great Britain, In the evening came the brilliant recep- ton to the President and Vice-President at the Union League Ciub, and on the follow- log evening a grand bail was given ia honor of the officers of the war vessels at the Wal dorf. it is estimated that the parade was viewed Ly at least 1,000, 000 people, AT THE TOMB, Ceremonies Were Simple and Included an Address by the Fresident. Owing to the length of the parade, it was impossivle for those ia charge of the cere- monies at the tomb to delay them until the bead of the marching column reached Riv- erside, hence they began at eleven o'clock. personal frisnd of Gegeral Grant and his pastor in Washington when he was Presi- dent, offered the opening prayer, after which General Horace Porter, as president of the Monument Association, delivered an address, presenting the monument to Mayor Htrong, who received it on behalf of the city. President MeKinley then spoke, and Arch- bishop Corrigan pronounced the benedic- tion. The oratory was interspersed with the singing of patriotic songs by a chorus of one thousand velces, accompanied by an orchestra of one hundred pleces, under the direction of Waiter Damrosch, and the vast assemblage joined when the Doxolugy was auncunced, The order of exercises were: 1. Hymn, “ America—My Country, "Tis of Thee,’ 4. Prayer by Bishop J. P, Newman. 8. Hymna of thanks, “Old Netherland Folk- Song.” 4. Address by the President of the United States, 6. Oration by General Horace Porter, President of Grant Monument Association, 7. Acceptance of the monument by Mayor Btrong. 8. Hallelujah chorus from Handel's *‘Mes- slab.” 8, Doxology. The Doxology was sung by the chorus under Frank Damrosch, aud the assemblage in the vieinity of the moun ment joined in. THE LAND PARADE, A Georgeous Spectable Made by Reguiars, Veterans, Militia and Civi. lane. The land parade began to move at half- past ten o'clock sharp. One-half hour be- fore that time President McKinley was driven over the line of march to thetomb of his great predecessor in the Presidential chair. With him were Mayor Strong. whe recefved the monument for the city; General Borace Porter, Ambassador to France, the erator of the day, who made the presenta- tion, and Admiral George Brown, of the navy. Behind the Presidential party rode Mrs. U. 8. Grant and family, They were es- corted by four comrades of the Society of the Army of the Te four Compan fons of the Loyal Legion and four veterans of the Grand Army of the Republic as a guard of honor, Bquadron A, led by Gea. eral Danfel Butterfield, formed the general escort for this party. At the head of the military division and of the parade rode General Grenville M. Lodge, the Grand Marshal accompanied by ‘distinguished alds. Next in line wore the United States forces, under the command of Major-Goneral Wesley A. Merritt, He was surrounded by a brilliant staff, followed by the First Brigade, U. 8. A., led by General William M. Graham. Under his command among other hodles were the gray-costed corps of cadets from the West Point Military Academy; the engineers from Willets Point, the Thirteenth and Ninth Infantry Regi- ments and nine batteries of artillery. Then followed a regiment of orack United States cavalrymen, The 8econd Brigade of United Htates foroes was made up of three battal- fons of marines, headed by the Marine Band of Washington, and five battalions of blue Jackets from Admiral Bunce's White Bquadron, Governor Frank 8. Black and his gold- laced staff led the Second Division, compos- ed of the National Guard of the State of New York. . Brigadier-General Louis Pitzgerald commanded the First Brigade of this divis- fon, which included the Seventh, famed in war and peace as the best drilled militia regiment in the United States, The Third Division may be called the Gov- ernors’ Guard, for ten Chie! Executives of sister Commonwealths had places in it, First in line was Governor D. H. Hastings, of Pennsylvania, followed by a provisional brigade picked from the National Guard of the Kgystone State, Now Jersey's Governor, John W. Griggs, acted as brigadier of the soldiers of that Htate, Nextieame Governor Cook, of Connecticut supported by a soldiery batallion, the Gov- erpor's Horse and Foot Guards, of Hartford and New Haven, They were followed by the erack New Haven Grays. The next brigate in line was headed by Roger Wolcott, Governor of Massachusetts, the Cadets as escort. Behind them Ancient and Honorable Artillery, of Boston, founded Lowndes, trod upon the heels cf the Bay The Goversor was escorted erack regiment of Maryland, the The National Guard of Virginia, led by Governor Charles O'Ferrel, followsd, The Governor was escorted by the Richmond Blues, composed now of brilliant young men typloal of the New South, Then marched the soidier boys from Ver- commanded by Governor Josiah Grout, Next came Governor supported by picked cavalry, infantry and artillery Buckeye National Guard, Governor John R. Tanner, of Illinois, headed & detachment of the Guard of his Stata, Then detachments © the from rode Governor Hampshire, escorted by the pride of Hiate, the Amoskeag Voleran The National Guard of the District dumbia, representative of every State Granite Corps, of « in the Union closed the strictly military sec- tion of the parade, The Cadets of the American Guard, of the public schools, uniformed, and equipped, and the boy soldiers of schools and soademing, had the right of Hoe of the next division, mars! 1 by Cap- tain Zalinski, U, 8 A. retired. All and nationalities were represented In this division, for there was a ese students, fully equipped, as crack colored cadet corps, With General 0. 0. Howard riding ahead the veterans of the land and sea forces of the Union Army next eral Howard had a staff of 100 erans behind him, and ten th armed the reeds yf Chin- mMpPAnYy « well as a ant Hn Cred 5 wet » inted vel. itis isand old veterans and sderate velorans FARADE ON WATER, the Hudson, The exercises at the tomb were concluded at about the time the head of the parade ap- as it last Presi. dent MoKinley went aboard the Dolphin, President boarded bis flagship the When the dential salute twenty-one guns, President McKinley was acoompanied on the Dolphin by the Cabinet, the foreign Am- bassadors and Ministers, Admiral Brown, The ships were dressed in rainbow fashion signal flags, which were strung from the bows over the trucks of the masts the veasals, The men-of-war, United States and for. eign, were anchored in double column in midstream, abreast of the monumeft, off Riverside. Below these, riding in double flest of revesus cut. The merchant up the river. In the vessels saluted by dipping colors. This division rounded a boat and proceeded down stream again, heaving to and forming in double column just below the cutters and light- bous« boats. Then the vessels awaited the Presidential review, As the Dolphin started down between the columns the North Atlan- tie squadron and the foreign warships blazed forth a Presidental salute of twenty-one guns, The men of the merchant marine manned the yards and gave three hearty cheers as the reviewing party moved past, The steam river craft gave vent to thelr ane thualasm through brazen and fron-throated whistles, THE GHANT MONUMENT, Description of the Magnificent Mausoleum on Riverside Drive In New York, The Grant Monument on Riverside Drive is an established fact, grand in its sim- plicity, inspiring in the memories that it brings to life. There is no place in New York or vicinity better fitted for it. The Hudson River flows silently within a stone's throw. Directly opposite, across the river, the Palisides loom in a grandeur that has given them world-wide fame. Looking north, the eye may see as far as Tappan Zoe, over a stretch of country which is famed in history. The immediate surroundings of the monn ment itself are very beautiful. In one direction are located the stately buildings of the new Columbia University. Adjoining them, will stand the great Protestant Cathe dral of St. John the Divine, The monument is 165 feet high, and stands upon a promontory 140 feet above the Hudson, The design is original in its execu- tion and conception. The square Doric base is typical of Grant's military oareer; the circular cupola Is symbolie of his civil life, and the stepdome that compistes the struc ture announces that it Is the tomb of a warrior, The exterior is of granite, interior of raarble. On the main floor is arypt, thirty fest wide, where the massive scarcophagus of General Grant. The foundation, which 18 of conorete, is 110 feet by 110 feet at the base, and 107 feet square atthe top, Its depth is twenty-two fost. The top of the foundation is 154 feet, and the top of the dome is 800 feet, above bigth water. The main superstructure is of granite, 100 feet square and eighty-five feet high. At eighty foet from the foundation is the lower edge of the cornice, Huge lon head blocks of granite form a projecting layer abové this, and one more layer of granite biocks completes the main body, The mon- ument feces the south, snd on this side are the only approach and entrance to the tomb, The entrance is through a brazen door. This front of the tomb has four granite columns at the entranocs, but just outside of these is pnother line of fluted columns six in sumber, thirty feet high, seven feet in diameter, at the base and six at the top, They form part of the portico. The portico is in the Ionic style, and Is in itself a figure of great beauty, The approach to the portico is formed by granite platforms 100 fest wide which afford a gradual ascent of forty feet, The completion of this noble mausoleum within flve years Is a lasting testimonial to New York's civic pride, The first meeting of the Grant Memorial Committes was held on April 9, 1802, and over 80.000 American citizens contributed the $700,000 necessary for the erection of the great tomb, EI st se SA CABLE SPARKS. The death of the Dowager Duchess of Bed. ford was announced in London. A spirited debate of Transvaal affairs took place in the Parliament at Cape Town, Col, Jobn H ay, Ur Mial ambassador to Great Britain called at the foreign office in London, The H have evacuated the v} duras robels perasza, they had cap- tured, sputies in The election of proviucial new i system Porto Rie ander the wis attended with many frauds, It was announced in Ce Osman Pashia, the hero of Plevaa appointed commander-dn-chief ¢ ish army. Five snarchists were arrested ralre, France, Inoriminating aud a design of a bomb were | lodgings Peters, the has been ¢ German African uteneed to dism service fo treating ol we issal from ii Africa, it is stated In Londo: int Mme, 3 wiil Bas not ay tun ry att ren f oper apjear atth rand of f L Orurden, the The Greek fo iferod a defeat nds of the Turks, and retreated from iyrnova aod Larissa, The powers are in munication with a view to ending war, and it is belleved an armistios arranged co—- DEATH OF ANTONIO MOLIA Nearly 81,000,000, A despatoh for cons ated iwenty-fiv adm against Bpain 1898 1} $1.00 vy the ih : paymen od at VOLTS Mr. Mora was a A Dalturaliiz ner yathreak « in Cuba, Mora, who aaler, was arrested for being in syn sflar the i the ten : Was Lhe insurgents, tried by he ahot The « his property be escaped 1 where 3 ini Fish, then m before Hamil "| retary of State #8 10 himself and brother at $2 Diplon rreapoudence began, and 1 Ras pain claim to vaild deb ugh deducting ose-hall of the origioal amount demanded by Mora, who, being in need of money, agreed to this reduction. The olalm remained id lor Asarly ten years. More than $100.00 axpended Ly the United States government in collecting the claim, —————— A 82,000,000 FIRE, hi O00 #3 atic i ald : wield