—— i wo rw 3 ean Hubert Herkomer, the famous English nter, sees the beginning of a splendid ature for architects in Amvrica, There is great complaint of the adul- teration of food in the City of Mexico. Even the bread is tampered with, It is predicted that $50C,000,000 ov English and Irish capital will be invested in this country within the next four years, They are attempting to acclimatize American oysters from Connecticut in several places along the coast of Sweden. So far the oysters thrive well. There are in the Treasury vaults at Washington nearly a pinot of diamonds and other precious stones that were pre- sented to various Presidents by admiring friends. sh : a system by which regular soldiers improve the com. forts of army life—never too great at the best—has been introduced in American srmy posts with great success. A man in Chicago threatens suicide it that city does not prove to be larger than Brooklyn. His fellow-citizens care what he does, Free Press if he will only live long enough do not comments the Detreit to be counted. General Sherman has offered a prize of $100 for the bes army officer of the on the subject of Leavenworth, Kan., essay written by chool of application the Fort has had civil influence on the ization of the surrounding country. In the United States Army there are eight per cent. of officers and ninety-two per cent. of men out ofa total of 27,167, and in the English Army there are four per cent. of officers and nir SIX pes cent. of men out of a total of 210,105, The Washington Star says that the dis covery by the ornithologists that a war upon the pestiferous sparrow, in order to be succAsful, must be carried on by Canada and the United States in concert, for furnishes a new argument union be tween the two countries, of the At the close completed and in course of construction past year there were in this country eighty-five electric rail ways, comprising about 450 miles of track, aud the reports show that during the first year over 18,000,000 passengers have been carried over these lines. The United States Supreme Court has repeatedly said that a man's right under his patent for an invention is as absolute as under a patent for lands, and no one would say that one should lose the right to his house because some one else saw fit to take possession of it against his will. A Keftuckian shot himself with sui cidal intent, the other day, and died af- of ter several hours intense suffering. Being asked how it happened that with his known skill with the pistol he did not kill himself instantly, he said he wished to live long enough to be for given for his act. Says Harper's Basar: “The fignre 9 in our dates is with us and has come to stay. will ever date a document without using a 9. It now stands right-—-1889, Next year it will be the second place—1890-—and there it will stay for ten years. Jt will then moveup to third place—1900-—and rest there for one hundred years,” No man or woman, mow living, on the extreme If any persons have been frightened by recent ramors of a coming deficiency in the beef supply of the country, they ean find reassurance in this year's report of the Agricultural Department on farm animals, To put the statement in round numbers, there were 25,000,000 in the United States in 1560, 338,000,000 in 1880, and 50,000,000 in 1888, the year covered by the last report. re — No Treasury in the world ever econ tained so vast a sum of money, boasts the San Francisco Chronicle, as that of the United States. The last statement shows that there is in the Treasury vaults over six hundred millions in gold and silver coln and bullion. Of gold coin and bullion the amount is 308,504,519; silver coin and bullion, $315,343 180, Dy the side of this vast accumulation the teensures of other countries, and those recorded in history, sink into insignifi. oo ——————————————————————————— A curious question of etiquette will the Shah of Persia from visiting the Sultan of Turkey at Constantinople, The latter is too fuil of pomp and dig: C—O SS 5 an | 1t is now announced that Commissioner Morgan has determined to substitute as rapidly as may be possible on the Indian reservations, non-partisan public schools under the supervision of the Indian Bureau, for the schools under charge of several religious tem, parently learned, peared in Western newspapers to the ef- fect that the level of the great lowering, and that a period of low water | is beginning. These theories, according to the New York 7'ribune, have been up- | set the past month by the rise of the | level of the lakes and the shallow places of large vessels conveying One propeller, the Corsica, passage over big cargoes. has just passed through the lakes carry ing the heaviest cargo ever shipped on a lake vessel. Apparently John Chinaman has his vanities well as men of other The New York Jewelers’ Weelly says that ¢‘the only cernament worn by the Chinese as races, of the lower of laundrymen class is a wristlet, a polished translucent ring of white or greenish stone, large just enough to slip over the hand They are quite 3 inferior dull white specimen to 850 for expensive, ranging from ¥3 for an the green rings that are most highly prized. They must be entirely free from imperfections and emit a clear, sonorous ring when struck a light blow, During the last session of Congress the sum of $200,000 was the establishment o The selected, It 3 den at Washington. DECeSSAry sits for it has now been prises about 150 acres, lies to the the the White Rock Creek, and is said to be admirably west of city, about two miles from House, along the banks of situated and in every way well adapted for its purpose. fore ments will be It is expected that be next winter the necessary $0 "far advanced that the animals now inappropriately housed in the grounds of the Smithsonian Institu. tion can be moved to their new quarters The promising, scientific proposition of t Tre: greatest and most useful, as well 2 country and day, declares the {N.J.) American is that for and storage of the tributary waters Upper Mississippi, $0 that they may Iw used for the irrigation of the arid plains of Idaho, and their absence floods the along the Mississippi. mitigate the which devastate low lands It was a of irrigation that converted Salt Lake City into a garden. and if the vast area of the sterile system fields of Idaho can be brought into cultivation and production, it would in many ways repay the National Govern ment for any amount of financial help that it might give the enterprise In sending to Professor C. V. Riley, of this country, the insignia of a Knight of the of M. Fave the French Minister of Agriculture, writes this high French Republic indebtedness for the Legion Honor, “In conferring distinction the sought to show its upon you, has important services which you have ren dered to the general agricuture of all countries, and particularly to France, by your labors and discoveries. a personal honor to have had the occasion to confirm to our Chief Magistrate the ex cellence and importance of your ser M. Tisserand, Director of Agri- culture, wrote at the same time to Pro- “It reward for your services, and would have vices.” fessor Riley as follows: is a small been granted long ago if you had not de- clined to accept the honor. but paying an old debt of gratitude, and France is I am most happy in knowing that the im- | portance of your work is thus nized.” The New York Tribune says: “Will he coming man drink The contemporaneous man uses a large quan. tity of it in spite of Dr. ce water? gists of Boston ix decidedly favomble to the beverage. The Boston thirty-eight doctors what they thought of it. Sixteen pronouned it very beneficial; twelve agreed that it was very good if not taken to excess; three were non- committal, and only seven of the thirty- eight advised that it should be left alone, The druggists did still better by this popular drink. Forty-six of them were viewed ; twenty-six of them regarded it as very beneficial; none reported that it ought be left alone, while the other twen- ty certified that it was very beneficial. It 1ooks from this as if a Prohibition amend. ment aimed at ice water stands no chance bodies— Presbyterian, | Methodist, Episcopalian, Quaker, Roman | Catholic—which have received Govern | ment support since General Grant's first | administration under the contract sys- | arguments have ap- | lakes is | I consider it | [ ciated by General Schofield | the subject of much thought and discussion recog- | cacy and be presented to Congress fond A Hammond's dier fosling dies out and he deserts at the philippic, and it is joteresting to note | that the opinion of the doctors and drug- | Globe asked | KILLED FOR A SLAP, Judge Terry Shot After Insult- ing Justice Field. Tragic Sequence to a Famous California Divorce Case. A dispatch from Ban Francisco, Cal, says: | One of the most sensational tragedies that | ever startled the people of the Pacific const | . ” | occurred during the morning at Lathrop, For several years past learned, or ap- | the Bouthern Paciflo Railroad, a few miles from Btockton, in San Joaquin County. David 8 ex-Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of a small town on California, sisyer in a duel of United States | Senator David ©. Broderick, assaulted United Btates Supreme Court Btephen J. Field is a public dining room at the railroad station, and was shot dead by United States Deputy Marshal David Nagle, who was traveling as Mr. Field's body guard. The shooting coourred in the presence of about sixty or seventy people, and created a scene of the wildest excitement, | of the shooting was the well known quarrel | existing between Judges Terry and Field, which grew out of the latter rendering a de- cision adverse to Sarah Althea Hill, plaintiff | in the famous Sharon divorce cass, w ho dar- | | ing the litigation became the wife of Terry, Dispatches from Lathrop, Cal., state that | upon the arrival of the Southern overland mail at 7:20 a. M. Justice Field and Marshal Nagle walked into the dining room for break. fast and sat down side by side Judge David 8B, Terry and wife, who fig. pred in the Sharon divoros case, came in also. They were going to another table when | Mr. Terry recognized Justice Field, and im- mediately retired to the train, As soon as she had left the dining-room and before she had reached the train, Judge Terry walked over to where Justice Field sat, and, sto over him, slapped his face Deputy Marshal Nagle thereupon arose nd shot Ju ige Terry th vigh $ r While he was falling Nagle shot again, but mised Terry, the bullel going through the floor Both shots were fired within seconds and before any could interfere Whether Judge Terry's intention was to provoke Justice Field and draw a weapon be fore the latter oom known, as Deputy N Field, prov : resulting in the death « After 11 shoot Maret agle ba png a few one ented this n Niates wall of the dining i warned every one not to arrest him, saving he was a United States officer in the discharge of his duty. There was po seanblance of an attempt to molest him at any time, Constable Walker took Deputy Nagle from the train at Tracy and proceeded with him to Stockton, where he is pow in room at District Attorney White ordered the arrest of Justice Field upon his arrival at San Fran cisco, and telegraphed the order iff of Ban Francisoo Justice Field mantained his « or, and replied to a pees rep when asked to narrate the particulars of fhe shooting, as follows “lean tell you the story inna few w For the last few months all manner of re ports, both public and personal, have r fed me that Judes Terry had threatensd to sul Jeet me to some form indignity ‘ should happen to meet m 11 Phe | ol States Marshal to de up vide such protection as he could during my stay in this State When 1 started for Los Angeles to bold court, Deputy Nagle aoomn panied me He seemed to be & quist manly official, though 1 only met kb while away from Los Angel in that city when | intended to return accompanied me, taking a seat Ing car opposite to me We morning that J on the train, but paid When woe the cating a seat at td sat on one side of me came into the room soon aftes As as she saw me'she went it of the room afterward learned, returning 0 the « her satchel that he tatiy esentative, rls is fact ide to pro. cent) gentle sige Terry and y attentis Lathrop station to get breakfast talile wi Nagle Terry and his wife we enterad I took arrives at ¢ end of the sm an | ar for Judges Terry rose and 1 supposed intendsd aocompanying ber, Instead of doing so, he walked beek to me, and struck me a heavy slap the face | was completely astonished, and, seeing he was makin ready to strike again, Nagle cried on ‘toy stop but Terry did not desist, and as be was raising his arm a time, Nagle shot at him, the bu entering his heart. He fell to the floor, Nagle shooting a second time, but the second shot did not strike him That is the complete story =o far as I am aware of the facts,” said the Justice in conclu son Protection was accorded to Justice Field, it is claimed, by authority of Attorney. Genera) Miller, who telegraphed from Wash ington to the Marshal of the district to se that the person of the Justice was protected at any hazard ARMY DESERTERS. The War Department Alarmed at the Increasing Number, The War Department officials at Washing. ton are greatly exercised over the number of | desertions from the army, especially as they are increasing in numbers every year During the six months ending June 3 last | the records show an inoreass of 155 over the | number reported for the corresponding per. | tod last year. For the past six months of the present year there were 1467 desertions | aginst 12200 for the same period in 188% Fully seven-eighths of the desertions took | place during the first year of enlistment The importance of these figures is appre This has boon lately, and some plain action which will look toward modification of existing articles of war will receive the General's earnest advo. A number of officers bollove that one of the | lost ways of breaking up desertion in the army would be to put a stop to the soldiers doing #0 much extra work, When a man en- tors the army heex to become a soldier, When he finds that in addition to his duty as a soldier he bas to do all the work around the garrison and the officers’ quarters the sol. very first opportunity A decrease in the number of useless calls, now prevalent at army posts will also, it is | . wid, result in fawor BOULANGER FOUND GUILTY. The Fagitive General Convicted of Terry, | Justice | The cause | THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, Eastern and Middle States, Tur annual athletic exhibition of the Can. nn-Gael at Philadelphia was attended by 25, 000 persons. The profits, which amount to 85000, will be devoted to securing the arrest and punishment of the murderers of Dr. PH. Cronin, of Chicago, Dar, Ary caxver Brows Morr, one of the | most noted of American surgeons, and a son of the famous surgeon, Valentine Mott, died | | at his country seat, near Yonkers, N, Y., of pneumonia, Dr. Mott was born in York March 81, 1826 H, Wene, of Wilkesbarre, Penn., thirty- four years of age, and Herman Newmayor, | of the sane place, forty-five, ' | train at Chain Dam, Penn. Nebhb was in- | Santi killed and Newmayer was fatally art, Tue Riverside and Oswego mills property in Rhode Island and New York have assigned | with habilities of $00 000 Tur steamer City of Paris lowered the ocean record eastward, crossing from New York to Liverpool, England, in five days twenty-three hours and forty-four minutes JUDGE BooxsTavER mon Pleas, has annulled voree granted by him to Mary A. Flack, wife of the Bheriff of New York, The an | nulment is on the ground that the divorce was fraudulently obtained, without Mrs Flack's knowledge or consent Lawyer Wright in an affidavit threw the blame for the fraud on the shoulders of Monell and teferee Mocks, Mocks was foroed to resign his office of searcher in the Court of Com the decreas of di Tue citizens or Danbury, Conn, are great ly excited over repeated attempts which have been made to burn the town, Thirteen fires were started within seven days, burning many buildings and cousing the joss of one dif Jos Hexpersox, of Svracus Bernard McKennon, of Philadelphia $ ’ oO and f N.Y two oO crow of the schooner Mari om Hath Me. for Baltimore verboard and drowned he mm Manso y swept Were i LIGHTNING works at 41 caused heavy loss by fire in Bayonne, N. J AG nent g at Bandy Hook was destroyed xT Hammisox visited tf i Me Winiiam trustee em entional eb] imnG Me. for Wa chester, N. H 2 Lhe mill South and West, the school & y after the elect —— elected to offi J. BB Worrunas, of Winches oot mid {i suicide by shooting through the bend Taree brothers Albert Rill. b Htandf named David rutally murdered Ed sister's husband, five milion ind All were drun & 1 exploded cde Y vey : I henityin by ville, r 1 Tt porth of Noel Ix Mier as An Fy we 11} factory at Dawson, Ky James Jacks Killed and wasly injured. Laton Menor an |, have sis Tux stave wae ax Lp rd Purdy we died who were wor nde Jaxes I. Camrri, senior member of the faculty of the University of Virginia died a few days ago at Overton, Va. He was born in Nelson County, Va, August 26 18 and graduated from the University of Vi ginia in 1853 “Ja” Brooks, colored, was arrested at Orange, Texas, for assaulting a white woman nearly eighty years odd. He was taken from the guards next morning by a mob of five hundred men. who hanged him to a tree and then riddled his body with bullets A ring at Trockee, Cal. burned all east of Bridge street and north of the railroad roundhouse Forty dwellings were burned, repdering many families homeless The loss is about $75, 000 AX engine at the South Omaha (Neb Stock Yards struck and instantly killed James Connelly and Owen MeDonald Ongar damage was done to Western rail roads by recent storms: a flood at Lincols Neb., made several hundred people homeless BULLAVAX, the prize fighter, was indicted on two counts by the Grand Jury in Purvis Miss. and Kilrain was arrested in Baltimore on a requisition from Governor Lowry A GREAT electric storm struck Alle querque, New Mexico. A driver and his teams were killed and many people were stunned. Much property was destroyed in the Tux Burton Building in Chicago, which i | was gutted by fire some weeks ago, collapsed, burying a number of workmen in the ruins Joseph Hopp and Nick Sever were killed. Tur lowa Republican State Convention convened at Des Moines. Mr. Hutchinson was nominated for Governor on the twenty. fifth ballot. On the second ballot Poyner was nominated for Lieutenant-Oovernor Prep Tosuuax, a ssloon keeper, was lynched at Roslyn W qaliingion for shoots ing & man named Thomas him #2 and would not pay it Carraix Pmvar W, MeEixxey was nomi nated for Governor by scclamation by the State Democratic Convention of Virginia in | session at Richmond Brey. Wasrsoneraxn, colored has been i hanged at Jacksonville, Fla, for killing his | wife on the night of April 5 nat, | stroyed one-half of the town Iattor owed | October: From Mexico—General Angel Ortiz Monasterio, Venezmela—mr. Nicanor Bolet Plernza, a distinguished Htterateur and po- litical economist, Presmoest Hanmsox has definitely de- termined not to place the clerks of the Census Bureau under the civil service rules, Tur Commissioner of Internal Revenue has issued a circular from Washington prohibit. ing the refilling at distilleries cf casks or packages previously usd at the same distil | ory Tre light offerings of bonds have resulted N | in a steady increase in the Treasury surplus New | | 000, being the highest point reached since | | October Inst, | present month are estimated at $15,000,000, umped from a | nt Washington, which amonnts to $70,800, The pension payments for the Foreign, A FIRE at Bachsenborg, Germany, bas de- The losses are very heavy, The poor are the chief suffer. ery. Many families lost everything, and the greatest distress prevailed Mus. Maverick, the American convicted | of poisoning her husband, was sentenced to be hanged in London on Monday, August 26 Mr. Lincoln the United States Minister, and man) Americans in London signed a petition | for a reprieve Tie Dukes of Fife declines to permit Ris wife, Princess Louise of Wales 10 accept any share of the recent Parliamentary grant to the royal family Bexor Banpina, who recently kid. napped by bandit in Cubs. has been re. leased on the payment of a ransom of $12,000 in gold vm Ixvesronr THouAs Episos ower at the Yaris ¢ inncheon sat the sumanit from the o} & phonograph roduced the a appointed han a Gra of Italy Toe Emper witness a sha posi A number of present and which sfierward Hu bert f 1 : Line ro WIR Were hing I Offic gril E Austria nt panda faa Ger. TWO EMPEROZS A Royal aT BERLIN, Welcome Ruler of Austria German to the The Emperor of Austria bas arrived in Ber lin, Germany He was met at the station by Emperor Willian, Prince Henry aod Prince the distinguished per. sons present were Count Herbert Bismarck, General von Molike and mB menthal The meoting between the two Emper was of the most cordial character. After Francis Joseph and Prince Heury had ex- changed salutations the imperial visitor shook bands w Prince Bismarck The imperial party took carriages and drove to the onstle by way of the Thiergarten and Unter den Linden Mroops were stationsd slong the route from the station to the ost The houses were decorated with flags and bunting large rowds assembled along the route and cheerad the Emperors as they passed. Sa Iutes were fired by the artillery in honor of the visiting Emperor. The weather Baa Upon arriving st the palace the Austrian Emperor was welcomed by Empress Augusta and ex-F pi. Frederick The Reichsanzeiger, in an especially prom. inent article, welcomes Emperor Francis Jo sph on behalf of the German people, as a friend and ally of Emperor William. The North German Gasetie 2x55 the visit of the Austrian Emperor will further insure the peace of Europe Bismarck Among Goneral + ith whe A TERRIFIC EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed by an Accident to a Threshing Machine, A terrible accident occurred about noon at the farm of Charles Dinsmore, eighteen miles southwest of Aberdeen, Dakota, Three men were killed and several others seriously in jured by the explosion ‘ chine engine Lotler The engineer, Frank Armswoldt, aged twenty-nine years was blown seventeen rods and instantly killed. William Sheelor, aged twenty-three, was blown twelve rods and was dead when picked up. The fireman, whose name is unknown, recently from Jackson, Mich. aged about twenty-five, had his head blown off J. Kritel bad a log broken and was badly sconlded on the other log and body Two others were injured, but not dangerousiy. A ton of horses stiached to 8 walter wagon was blown into the sir and carried several rode. The wreck of the engine was scattered all over the prairie J. Khinsky, the owper of the engine was absent at the time of the accident. It is sup posed to have occurred from a defective boll er which had been used five years and was cracked and rusty. The threshing crew was compos] mostly of Rassians and infor mation is difficult to obtain. f ss threshing-ans NEWSY GLEANINGS., Tux bop crop is a failure Tae trunk loes are at war, Pracues are unusually soarce Tan table glass trust is the latest, Tux Cretan insurrection is spreading ELZCTRIO street cars are gaining favor Tue salt trost has apparently collapmed, SERIOUS rains are reports in England Gueat forest fires are raging in Oregon A waren famine is threatened at enn Tux invasion of Upper Egypt is st an ond AX joo trust has been formed at Savannah, Ga A ryrmotn epidemic is provalent in Chi Lo Fat) Firreex States will this fall choose State officers AERIAL attsntion, THis has been a poor season for Labrador fishermen Thr cotton crop of Texas will be worth navigation l= again attracting RR Sight trust made a net profit last year ae rome Harlem Ri the yer at New York { roan of Construction and Repair | appropriated for the construction | cruisers and two | dence unknown; Farrell, child, OUR NEW NAVY. Condition of the Vessels Built Under Seeretary Whitney, Official Report of the Burean of Construction and Repair, A statement has just been prepared by Commodore T, N. Wilson, Chief of the Bu. of the United States Navy, for the use of Secretary {| Tracy, showing the condition of vessels of i i the | ab tered navy in progres of construction the time the new administration en upon its duties on March 4, last Under the act of March 3, 1555, #1, 505.000 of two runbosts, The Newark, cruiser No. 1, and Yorktown, gunboat No. i, were contracted for with W, Cramp & Sons of Philadelphia at the prices of $1,248,000 and 66,000 respectively. The former is pot to be completed until Octo. ber 27 pext. The Yorktown has been placed on the dock in New York to be cleaned and painted for ber turning trials at Now- port, B. I. The Charleston, cruiser No. 2, was built by the Union Iron Works, Ban Francisco, under a contract for 1.01750, Bhe has had one trial trip, The Petrel, gun boat No. 2, was built by the Columbian Iron Works, Baltimore, price $245,000, and will have a third trial By the act of August 8 1886, #2 500.000 wis appropriated, and the buresn prepared jinn tine nine vessels, Contracts were let as OLIOWE Baltimore, Son, $l November Vesuvius, dynamite crulser Company, New York, $350.00 trial was satisfactory 1 orpedo boat, Herreshoft Company = In process of « owing vessels are being Yaras erviser, No, 8 W. Cramp & 5000, Will ix completed about Dynamite Its steam at, Bris- ih onstruction, narsed th yard to receive poumatic gear. The Puritan, monitor, will ustrocted at Ne "kK of March 8 i tw y eriul 1 Phila- { ramp & Ler n Works, $1428 000. als oncord and 1 d4 NX. F. Palmer 550,000 each, to be completed nuington, gun- Jr. & Co, oaripleted In ME on Oe PORTS SOwW]y Miantonomeh, monitor, i being at the New York Navy Yard and i= completed The construction of the barlsr defense vessel has boon y the Union Iron Works, of San noison, at a contract price of #1 it Is 10 be completed in three yoars. No tod for this vessel FON was BPPTroT riatev] armored crue 02% 45% are hmited t Tx On vous tonper $3 50K O06 rizad by this act will red, and carrying a bat 1 firing guns Plane {or this ves under way, and will soon be The pra be TT onstruction and Repair, re sales. x al Ww plans authorised by the act of March appropriated $4 055000 for construction purposes, besides $140,000 for Bids for these tugs but the con for the ves 2 188 whi lave tracts are not The principal vessel provided for in this jast act is the arm raiser monitor known as the Thomas ship, its gen- eral design baving been suggested by ex-Congrossman Thomas of 1linois Plans for it are nearly completed and ft is estimated tv oot 1.500, - on Two ordisers, or gunboais, ests mated to cost $250,000 each, will be 1200 tons each, carrving batteries of rapid-fire guns Plans for these are well undar way here were also provided for in the act of 15% a harbor ram of the plan designed by Admiral Ammen, and a dynamite cruiser of the Vesu- vins type. Nothing has yet been done to ward the onstruction of these vessels, The crulser is estimated to cost F50,000, but no estimate is made upon the ram The original four ships of the new navy, constructed under acts passed prior to Man 1885 and in accordance to the requiranents of the Naval Boards of 185], are the Atlanta, Boston, Chicago and Dolphin VETERANS IN A WRECK. Rails Spread Under a Pennsylvania Train With Fatal Keo, An excursion train on the Butler branch of red subinerged ne ] | the West Peuncyivania Railroad, loaded with veterans returning from the reunion of the 108d Regiment at Butler, was wrecked at Sarvers, seven mile east of F art, Pean., two passengers being invtantiy killed, three or four others fatally injured and twenty. five more or Jess wricudy burt, The dead are: Mrs, Duff, an old lady, rosi- Butler; W, Powers, Laurenceville, Penn. The wreck was caused w Ao rails spread. ge that spans ing om the end of a small the timbers on which the rails oH lis; ih if it Hl i 21 i ? : i
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