A — In the reign of Queca Victoria Eag- land had fifteen wars, The enormous growth of the city of London is shown by the fact that its present population is given at 5,670,000, or considerably that of Paris, Berlin, Vienna and Rome com- bined. greater than There are 0636 authorized guides in the Alps. of them have taken a regular course of in. One hundred and ninety-four struction in their profession and have re- ceived diplomas. Thirty-five of them are between sixty and seventy years of age and six are over seventy. Africa treasure to civilization, announces the New York Press. plant, the about the Equatorial promises another It is a much scented branches of which carried person will frighten away mosquitoes. The smell of the plant is neither unpleasant nor unhealthy, but its no mosguito will venture within Tange. To use the phonograph for recording the chatter of monkeys and to attempt from such a record to evolve the lan- guage of the simians is something which in Chronicle out-Darwins Darwin. San Francisco With we ought to get the opinion of the such methods as these hold of the missing link before the end of the century. Sig. Henri Bosquet, of Buenos Ajres, Argentine Republic, says there are some sixteen men ‘to one woman in that very foteresting South American metropolis, and that any newly arrived, fairly good. for looking candidate matrimony can readily have a choice of f Bu thing of a ually fifty eager swains, COwDOy capi evidently frontier period of woman passe 1 the Why c Picayune, some able designer get up the that looks something like that glorious bird? The spread-wing idea is unmatural and ab- surd. that it is tolerated. An eagle that would asks the New Orleans representation of eagle It is only because of its antiquity spread its wings and legs ,in an atten pt to symbolize peace and war deserves to be shot, eagle at rest, perched on A fine design of an American a crag or hmb of a tree, would not be our silver coins. A man by the name of George Hulce, at New Haven, Conn., was named as an Whea the will probated two witnesses, through an hoa- executor in a will. was est mistake, swore that he was dead, and the court had an order to that effect en- tered upon the afterwards Hulce turned all but he has been declared to be dead and is 85 in law until the record is records, A short time up right, legally changed. This cannot be doae without reopening the case, which will cost some he any in- money. This, Hulce declares, will not pay, and as no one else has terest in the matter he will probably re- main legally dead as long as he actually lives. The depreciation of farming lands in ) England Boston Cultivator, that in many localities has gone so far, asserts the they are worth only half what they were twenty wheat, countries ia products, is responsible for much of this years ago. The low price of and mpetition rit other meat and decrease in price, though part of it is due The United States now leads all ¢ ya petitions to a succession of bad seasons. fa wheat production. But it is certain that after a few more years American Increase in population will taks all the wheat we When that time comes, not only English but other wheat growers will increasea prosperity of farming that must every- where preval. can grow. share in the The census bulletin giving the popula. ticn of Texas by minor civil divisions shows some wonderful percentages of ia. erease of population, notes the Louisville Courier. Journal, The 1880 in the whole State equal to 40.44 per cent,, increase over was 643.774, which is itself a healthy perceatage, though quite in- significant compared to the growth in populat on Qaly sixteen counties show of somes of the counties, decreases, Armstrong County shows an Increase of 205.10 por Childress, 4000; Collingsworth, 5330; Hardeman. 7708; Randall, 6133.33, and Floyd, 17,538.33 per cent. The effect of these magnifl- oent percentages is somewhat impaire] by giving the figures upon which they are bared. Armstroag, for example, had only thiriy-one population in 1880 and P44 in 1800—an immense relative but very moderate positive increase, Child, res increased from twenty-five in 1850 to 1175 in 1890; Collingsworth from six to 357; Hardeman, from fifty to 3004; Randall, from threo to 187, and Floyd, from three to 520, There are still counties in the State the population of which is put down at3, 4, 7, 9, 14, 15, 10 respectively, cant. § a bad one for | | Within the last three years the Ameri- ean Indians have disposed of 25,000,000 acres of their land, Old Red Cloud, who was deposed from his position as Chief of the Bioux to make way for American Horse, a younger man, is now a pitiful spectacle, it is He frequently visits the Chadron agency and weeps and wails He rapidly growing blind and seems to be said, about his fall from power. is now dying from a broken heart, His aged squaw remains faithful to him, aad he is popular with the Sioux Nation. Alaska’s gold products are constantly and numerous, reports growing more from the gold fields are of the most en- couraging nature. True, the adventurous miners must brave dangers and hardships in order to reach the remote mining regions, but their reward is gold, and for gold men will risk their lives and even their souls, With gold as their reward, thousands of prospectors Alaska, the make Alaska as popular in "02 as it did California in '49 says the Port Townsend will settle in and precious metal may (Washington) Leader, American, the immigration of the “scum” of England. Bays the Treaton (N. J.) Australians are protesting against t is not so long since the chief inhabi- tants of Australia were English convicts; but, after all, they were no worse ‘eame with and than the robbers who over there are glad from t to- William the Conqueror,” many persons who would trace their descent } . ti . But the Australian objection is based LO model Loe figures for foman's Building of the World's Fair, Chicago, Ill, had a no introduction to the art in which she has since become so proficient. She was walking in San Francisco with her big animal jumped into the Rupert upset a recently Rideout hasten nd finding no one there se with her limited knowledge o pair the damage done. 8o successful was she that when the sculptor entered he recognized her talent and persuaded her to learn modeling. Em ——————————————— Atlantic for route A usiform route across the for all steamers leaving Liverpool New York, and for steamers leaving New York for Liver another separate been regarded by by } | pool, bave long ympanies, and A conference cipal companies trading from Liverpool to New Y the American, has resulted in an rk, relates Scientific wreement upon such routes, , and the steamers of the Canard, White Star, Inman and In. National The tracks ternational, Guion and come panies will now follow them. being fixed by common ex yarses which 1 wisdom and experien es adopting them can suggest, do not materially affect the § miles between January and July, to the le ng massage, which will vary from miles between July and January, w the North Atlantic is free from icebergs, comparatively The preacher must be a man of fine presence, awe inspiring, aad, if possible, philosophical and pensive, logical, po- etical and fanciful, asserts a writer in the Bt. Louis Republic. Ho see the humorous side of things, and be must also the center of the social circle, and must likewise porsess the ability to touch the feelings. He must not oaly weep with those that weep but must make those who do not weep at least moisten their dry orbs. Beyond this ke must the have Cause half. started, mirthlul smiles to glisten on dried tears that he may He must in his ¢ loquence be a Cicero, He must be pious without seeming to be mote obnox- so, for there is no offense ious than cant and long-facednoss, though he may employ the undertaker tones at funerals, Smartness and novel- ty must be possessed, even if they trench on sacred associations. He must not be oblivious to the funny side of serious things, for he must draw like a poultice, developing the fisancial side of the church, The pews must be filled. Rail. way companies and banks and corpora. tions of every kind may refuse to pay dividends, but the church must pay through good and bad times. The pas- tor must be ove of those nondeserip financiers who ean do better pecuniarily for everybody else than for himself, as it is commonly understood to be “the prerogative of divine grace to keep him humble aud of the church to keep him poor.” | mainly | and | all blackened, ] pedited the rescue had by this time rea | great was the prow FATAL NINE DISASTER. Scores Killed by an Explosion in Indian Territory. Many Bodies Recovered Charred Beyond Recognition, A dispatel from South McAllister, Texas, says: The lives of about 290 miners working in shaft No, 5 of the Osage Coal und Mining Company, situated at K rebs, Indian Terri- tory, have been lost by explosion which occurred there about 5 o'clock in the after nn noon. The dav men bal just and the night men, with kettles, had gone down to hours’ work Suddenly come to the shaft thelr lamps and take up thelr ten a loud, rumbling report was heard and the earth shook as th igh by an garthquaki This was followed a minute Intter bv the escape of a large puff of smoke from the mouth of the main shaft The day men already up had not yo! started for their cottages. and they realizad at ones that the « splosion was in the mine Their first though was to rescus the 340 poor fellows who were known to be in the pit, A frightful difficulty was met at the out- sot. The lower portion of the shaft hat be come blocked by a masse of debris huried from the siding when the shot was fired which ignited the gas and caused the terrible blow-up As many of the men who had been relieved had congregated near the cage ready to come up they were coversd by the debris, and thus jammed up the only avail able means of exit After awhile a few of the survivors wore able to relieve the pressure from the shaft, forty of them being subsequently brought to the surface in buckets by those who ware outside of the shaft While this was going on about eighty others reached safety by means of an old tunnel. They were terribly Hsfigured and some of them wers so badly injured that they could soarcsly or move walk & woon as the reached the adjoini gathered near the of the disaster villa viiage a bg ero outh of the pit, hel composed of other relative ries 1s th ren who their fathers Eariy that ‘a Won a temporary cage was made and started in operation of the wen who ha imprisoned in the § be crowd aro we pl , and so that a line had tw the sorrowing and 1 mitted to go thereafter. Every man res was infared and all described thei horrible suffering walle hemmed in by debris and compelled to breaths the sick ening, choking gas The names of the injured could ertainsd with anything lke accuracy, ow their scattering among the village houses, Of the men in the mines about 150 osoaped, the remainder being in the worescued, on the evening of the ax fay after the explosion Many of the men effected their escapes by limbing up through the sirshaft. Ope of the men who escaped in this way fully 450 feet with a broken leg. those who climbed to the ton were burned, in some cases the flesh oir from their hands as they grasped the Urous ware not cued not be as rd 7 ing to climbed Many of badly THE LABOR WORLD, Wersn eollier a ’ INDIA « has 9 ing miners, wd aoenmasers Brooxiyx IENSA, Aus Mas | mn undertaker Won « vention WARNDG) oon e, resolved of five per cent, Warre girls have takon the plac of colored waiters in the dining-room of America Hotel at Tampa, Fia LOXDUCTORS on the St. Louis and Sar Francisco road protest against giving $5 for the taituful performance of tasir work. Tur members of the Women Shoofitters Union, of San Francisca, Cal. pass their evenings singing and danciog in their hall SINCE 15% the number of calldren under fourteen years working in the factories of Germany bas increased from 18,716 to 27,500 or about forty seven per cent BroogkrLys (N. Y.) granite cutters have brought into the union a big concern that has bean non-union for years Nome of the employes had to pay #75 fine before they were admitted to me nbership THE average expenses for life insurance tothe family of a wageworker in this coun try are £18.13, and in Europe $12.4, Ex. penses for dues to labor organizatioas in the United States average $7.20, and in Oreat Britain #3. 72 The King of Belgium will entertain at supper 500 worsmaen wh have besn en gage | in the recoastraction of the Royal Chateau at Lacken. It was destroyed by fire In 180, The King will himself, preside at the supper, which will be laid in the conserva. tory of the chateau, Ta: forty-three British Trades Unions favoring povitieal action comprise a mem- bership 0 S045. The smaliest of thes or. ganizations is the Shipper Makers’ Union, of Newonstle, with about one hundred mem- bers, and the largest is the Mine Workers Union, with a membership of 217,000, ALL THE PAMILY DEAD, Four Adults and Two Ohildeen Sac cumb to the Grip, A German family consisting of siz mem bors have bean found dead In their fsolatel dwelliag near Helhwelsen, In the Budetic Mountaine, on the Bohemian froatier, Evi. dences existed that the four adult membars had died of influsasa, having been unable to scours medical attendance, and that the two children peris od from starvation, psi ckdesiion nineteen} Eros Israxn, New York Harbor, is now Beane oe Offios having been abandoned, Siri of | injure THE NEWS EPITOMIZED, ——— Eastern and Midd '~ States, BY the terms of the will of Mary Macras Stuart, who died a few nights ago in New York city, upward of $4,000,000 of her estate in left to various colleges and charities of the Presbyterian Church, The Lenox Library receives hor magnificent library and collec tion of art works in addition 10 $300,000, Boru branches of the New York Legisla. ture were organized by the Democrats. Wal« ker, from the Twentyseventh Senatorial district, was seated, and Governor Flower's first message was rend, Robert H. Bash was electod Speaker of the Asombly, Edwards, Independent, acted with the Democrats, A nEAD end raflrosd collision mile north of Bmyrna, N, Y,, resulting in the killing of Froderick A. Young, engi neer, of Utica; Martin Bheady, engineer, of Oswego; Albert Cady, fireman, of Norwich, oth engines exploded sooa after they struck, and were blown into twisted Craps of iron Tue United States revenus cutter Galla. tin weat ashore on a ledge off Manchester. by-the-Sea, N. H, All hands were saved ox copt J. Jacobson, a COrpon ter The vessel Is a total Joss. The fault sesms to have been with the pilot, who lost his reckoning. Tur New York Chamber of Commaros de clared in favor of a State appropriation of $1,000,000 for New York's exhitit at the World's Fair GoveERxor Russern, of Massachusetts was inaugurated for his second tera at Bos. ton. In his message to the Logislature he wondemined the cumbrous system of State executive commissions occurred a AN explosion of gas atthe Nellson Collier Shamokin, Penn., killed Philip Desert and Paul Crunzie and injured six others. CHARLES 8B, QUACKENBUSH, on of a for ner Mayor of Albany, N, Y. fatally shot ie wife and killed himsell in Newark NJ South and West, SIX men were killed outright, two I, and many others badly hurt ralirond collidion at Aladdin, Mo, Four men were killed by a raitiroal tra leaving a trestle at Dyke Ridge, N. C. I XN Springhield, tl ounty, unty seat o Kan Sheriff an leputios wera Killed by a mob of for who wore in ssnbush The attack 1 nt to kill Th ticial District STIRS } ETATES troops defeated a bani i Mexican rebelsat the La Joba (Tos of the Rio Grande River shot while Was One be rebels was swimming river, Laer oaptured and an Mexican teroog also alls Niates cavalry « men ae Texas and County Treasurer of Hast ip his office and a shortage t { $20,000 was discovered {is bondsmen made 18 good, Foun men were killed in a running 4 with outiaws near Springfield, Kan. Hamny Mitizn, son of Joaquin Miller, the poet, was, at San Frances Cal. sen tenoed to two yeary' Imprisonment for “holding up” a stage in Mendocino County Ome weeks ago. AT Polling, Ala. a biller of the sawmil f Milner, Caldwell & Flowery Lambe ompany exploded, killing Eaginesr Coop and three others, and wounding four more The mill is a total wreck: loss, $25 G00 Tur Tennesses Logislature, in session at Nashville bas refused to make an appropria tion for the World's Fair at Chicago A MEETING of cotton planters of the South was held in Memphis wera ( Hoate enn LARK, reps English ew Yous 4 a { ow senting an twenty-three, or all ills in Utal The 0,00 for the plants w on hand A mulatto r the murder they will make 1 Ntlates Valthall Neonat ors 18¥ Nenators | . theen Tux § broken won by boul one bu took Cal F ani Ho lorad men, coarged with the murder of a and ange! them to a tree Was pared ivyachars, who Wd Dishason, two FH oahrew peddior The prissaery near the jail i their gut, Washington, Paesioest Hannisox sent ty Tras A message touching the relief of the famine in Russia, Tur President sent to the Benate the fo! lowing nominations: Interstate Commercs Commissioners— James W, MeDill, of Iowa, vice Thomas M. Cooley, resigned: William M. Lindsey, of Kentucky, vice W, L. Bragg, deceased; William R. Morrison, of 1ilinots a reappointment) Fourth Asdstant Post master-General KE, G. Rathbone, of Ohio William B, Hess, United States Consul General at Constantinople; William D MoCoy, of ludians, Minister Rasident anda Consul-General to Liberia: Andrew FP MeCormick, of Texas, United Btates Cireait Judge for the Fitth Judicial Cirouit; Abra ham J. Neary, Govern Territory of Okla homs. Tue acting Secretary of the Treasury sont to Congres: a fron Robere PF. Porter, the Superintendent of the Census, accom panied by a deficiency estimate of ¥1,000, 0 for continuiag the work of the census which appropriation, It is asked, be ma is in tae Urgency Deficiency bill, BRORETARY oF Stare BLAINE was seized with an acute attack of indigestion and was oblige! to sussend work for the day. He recovered in a few hours, Tug Prosident sent the following nomina. tions to the Nenate: Walter yman, of Missouri, to bs Superv sing Surgeon-Ueneral of the Maris Servier of the Unithd States; “ M of [Himols, to be Burgeon in the Marioe Hospital Service of the United States, Gexenar Jonx Invixe Gaeoo, a distin guished soldier of the war with Mexico and the late war, died at his residence in Wash. fngton in hie sixty-sixth year, BRECRETARY BLAINE sent notices to the diplothatio representatives of countries that have not entered into reciprocity agree Ronty that uid be aooned. clause of the aril act would be I the Provident on March 15, 4 Rea Apsvmar Cumisrornen Rav. MOXD Prrny Ropoens, United States at 4 (retired), died a few days sinos in ington, was the son of George Washi Maria, sister of bora in 1819. ote wittan, | garrison BRCRETARY BLAINE recovers] from recent toes and atten Jol « Cabinet Ing at the White House BECRETARY NonLe ling received fn from a man at Boston, Mass ; enciosos his pension check and says he voluntarily relinquishes hig pension, as does not wish further assdstance from Government his meet. letter in which he he the Tur President has remitied the unexpired portion of the court martia case of Commander George was tried in May last for the United States man of war Gale teuced to one year's suspension, Lares } 0% A. Bye in the nell, who a and sen Foreign, Exrenor Francis Josurn, of Austria, dissoived the Hungarian Diet Eiout of a sleighng party of eleven were drowned by the breaking of the ics iu a canal on the Dutch frontier Tux tug Progress, of Bt, Pierre, New Foundland, while eruising off that port fcked up a vessel, bottom up, and towed her in. When she was righted it was discovered that she was a banking schooner belonging When she hen w of sixtesn or to Lacroix, of Bt, Pisrre dried on a dock the bodies of ten found in her. Ble had a crew seventeen, Tar Crear refusss to admit in Russia is widespread, that the famine Yorkshire, The deaths ng in England Muny Many INvLUENZA Is spread Dorset, FEsmex and Kent, in disense is of a severe type, are reported, Tae French revenus returns for 1891 show a surplus of §36,.000.000 over the ex widitures The French Chamber of Deputies has passed the Tariff bill Tue Ygrip” has prostrated half the | of the London (England) General Pos | and many employes of London business banking houses Y xrLrow fever has broken ston, Jamaica, and ths troop have been removed New Castle Hoval to witorms waeatluer, Unit THE FIRST ROPE BR Then the Sheriff Had to Go to Tow Now For a One EIGHT MEN KILLED, A Vatal Georgia Fight Over Cheat ing at Cards Lf men were k rEht & “inch Coy od ina Willinmy's ty, Georgia The fight started f the with a quarrel between men named Ed Willams and hn Parker over alleged cheating in a gam rds Parker begn NE Were 2) the shooting, Willia bed, wreck of the | of course, plas ~ | ond base | has practios THE MARKETS. - KEW TORK. 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The ners are Amos Rusle, “Silver” King Je in Ewing and “Mickey” Welch, The others, with the possibile exception of Bharrott, whose arm is an uncertainty just now, will be released outright w 1 the time , doyle, “Buck” Ewing and a youngster from Jollet, 111 , named Moran, are th nnd Boyle and Ewing will alternats at base in order to have the latter in every In the event of Richardson's return nd while * “Denny” Ly wit COT “Jack™ cutohers, first | game he will, shorty™ Fuller and ma, of last year's Bt. Louis Browns, will cover short and third bse, respectively, John Ward will have a team in that should land somewhere near in the League struggle, He himself, and will about him this galaxy of heavy hitting beauties: Hr base third base: Cor stop; chardson, Griff: “Tom” Brown, outfielders: “Con” Dailey and “Tom” Kin iffinton, Haddock, Hart Brooklyn A wil nave fine >, K In the estimation th the Boston tes is the wtror Manager Beles, not con plons of a year ago, strengthing his Boston or jase mn paper) 1 be well jack of the home pls and “Mike r pitehers has fate Gangel Kel Stivetts, Then , Quinn, % last ves arty @ Lean at Pw with one or 3 sam that her inst summer. “Pat” Tebean ager and will captain Lieveland, the these orniakey has a fom fooked Herris second base; Kethr short stop; Browoiog, mon, outfielders, It will be seen: from this list that Boston, Philadelphia, Brookiyn, New York, Chicago, Cleveland and Clacinnati are remarkably strong, while Pittsburg, Washington, Bait more, 8t, Louis and Louisville have many fine players who, with competent ban ling, oan play winning. ball, New York and Brooklyn are very evenly matched, Weaver Fay and THE KHEDIVE GONE, Egypt's Ruler, Mohammed Tewflk Pacha, a Victim to “Grip Tewfik Pacha, the Kbhedive of Egypt, who had Seen ill with influsnzy for died a few days ago at Cairo attack develope l lunge, with cardiare affections Tewfik was the sixth ruler of the dynasty of Mohammed AK Pacha, founded in 1500. Mohammed All in 1841 Induce! the Sultan 0 make the viceropalty hersditary in bis family Later be rebelled against Su tan, and became sole master of He was suocoeaded in 1849 by his son, Torahim Pacha, wholived but two years snd was succeeded by his nephew, Abbas Pacha In 1864 the Sultan. who had reasserted his suzvainty over Egypt, had Abbas stran gid on a ohasge of treason Raid Pacha, third son of Mohammed AN spe ooaded to the vieeroyalty, but died in 1838 and was succeeded by [small Pacha, second son of Ibrahim, Upon him the Saltan conferred ihe titly of Khedive The descent was then fixed in accordance with the law of primo zeniture, and accordingly when Ismail, in debt and at odds with Sis Sultan, was deposed, his eld. ewiik, succeeded, some time, The of the Egypt at Tm into congestion Egypt,
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