BIG FIRES IN NEW ORLEANS. Sixty Thousand Bales of Cotton and Eleven Blocks Burned. The Total Loss of Property Esti | mated at $3,600,000. The two largest fires ever known in New Orleans a few Ia., began almost simultaneously mornings ago, destroying eleven squares of property and 63,000 bales of cot Each result of carelessness, and the ton, and causing a loss of 5 the great de ) O00), fire was due dry There struction is drought, causing a condition houses and cotton was a strong breeze blowing and the Fire Department, which was reorganized in January from the volunteer to the paid system, has been cut down to about one-tenth of its former meme I'he new men had not got accus- ton thoroughly to their duties and were una ype with the fires I'he first fire began at five minutes to 10 yelock in some red on the pave ment in front of the fireproof cotton on the corner of Robin and Front streets. It is usual to allow cotton to be so stored, but the stock on hand there is so large we than 500.000 bales—that the law a t stori tton on the pave- ment was yne a dead letter, | sd cigar dered and to a long cotton st press not in passing t tton, a blaze small that first id to it, and it easil The cotton the the x urst int h J WHS § 1 flames ead rapidly, 8 press were 12.500 bales of cotton inside, soon ignited and made such a and heat that it would have been folly Iremen to bave attemptad to grap and itself. to event its spread to the presses, but the wind stiff breezs and carried * to the Shippers’ press, in which neighboring blos a the re, but nearly n was burned, and 1D three and sweeping every- » Magazine strest to a better 185 — —— 'EWSY GLEANINGS, INATous on it soareity f Mex Republi ation tin mmuni Mexico is flooded Iars and halves ft x in f Br ading f the World's Fair at Chi CAO Is now eatim ated at $232, 00,000 ¢ » Chey none reservation is | " : ONO SOK of tish Columbia are afraid { sending vessols Re 1 Mong than a thousand women votal at the school elections in Bloomington, Lil, exporting between three and four | if wit every week, Ise Directors of the Chicago World's Fair A spent ¥230. 000 already in postage Hatirax, Nova Scotia, Is to bs made a general cattie-shipping port for all Canada, Tuene are six Plute indians taking the regular course at the Carson (Nev.) Business Institute A peviore of over 51,000 bales is reported March movement of cotton as against ast year Iowa has forwards! to the Eastern sea. board 22,000 tons of corn and flour for the relief of starving Huossians CANADA'S intarnal revenus for 1501 was $7,000,000, or $800,000 Jess than in 155), the Aecrease from spirits being over $1,000,000, THOUSANDS of entitle have perished from cold and storms in Oklahoma and Indiay Territory. ‘The loss Is thirty or forty per went , TRE people of Naples, Italy, are again in dread of an eruption of Vesuvius The flow ol lava is redder than usual an | other signs indicate danger, A LAWYER'S surely company has been formed in New York City with a capital of $500,000, Its business is to furnish bon » as warety in law suits, shes in the France, arrived in New York from Paris, ac- | had just arrived home after un absence of { bad a | hearty welcome and congratulate him on his | service on their arrival at Quarantine, ! and somewhat trying work was » MINISTER REID AT HOME, Ho Ta:ks Abont Treaties Negotiated With France, WHITELAW REID, Whitelaw Reid, United States Minister to companied by Mrs, Reid and their children, Heo n the French steamer La Champagne, pearly two years Many of his personal and political friends mbled at the pier to give him a atic achiovements in the country's Some other of his friends had gone iown the bay the night before on the teamer Laura M. Starin to serenade La Champagne and her distinguished passenger liplot Mr. Reid looked sunburned and healthy His voyage had rested him, after bis hard in closing the negotiations for the reciprocity and ex- tradition treaties, Copies of these impor- tant treaties ho brought with him, ’ 0xX- tradition treaty was signed by Mr. Reid and Mr. Ribot, the French Minister of Foreign fairs, and a fow hours afterward Mr. Roid was on his way to America. Of the his efforts to bring about better understandings between the countries | the extension of American trade with France he spoke with modesty Mr. Reid said he did not know who would be his suc r. At present the legation is in charge etary. fa i th en i FUCOesS these and to secure > R fe) of the » —— - PROMINENT PEOPLE. the ~ wdge had | J ware draw Tue A i sympathy nV 1 0 lows of | her grands aner. He has transmitt { India a letter | ntaining or ) ances of 1 oct and A got is maid to bo a specimen { Oriental work. | t is of pure gold and weighs more | A lowed in . on mos manshij than a pout ’ heat KiLu Ome oO CONONERAMAY ne, of Texas, Is said t» have surprised the staid and easy: | going equestrians of Washington by dashing along the intry roads at reckless speed on | horssback and leaning from hissaddle to pick up pebbles from the ground as he flaw by. Though fifty.six years old and white-headed, Colonel Kilg rides the vim and vigor of a « MEXICO'S CONGRESS OPENS, The Address of President Diaz Pros perons Condition of the Country. th all The Mexican Congress convened at the City of Mexico, In President Diaz roferred at some length to the prog perous condition of the country’s industries, his speech railway improvements, ani the progress in the 4 ning of the various harbors Among the important statements male by the President in his speech were: Engineers are reestablishing the de stroyed boundary posts on the Northern frontier: the mixed boundary Commission's work has not commenos because the United States has not granted funds for her Commission, Mexico will make a ocraditable showing at the Chioago World's Fair, Congress has voted funds for that purpose, and the work of pr ring the exhibit is well under way, The War Department will make a magniil- cont exhibition at the Fair, Asto Garza, the President says: “A band of outlaws, organized in a foreign country, have made two incursions, but fle! when pursued by our soldiers. To avoid a rep etition of such raids cavalry barracks will be established on the line of the Hio Grande, This outlaw band has received 00 much prominence from the American pres” Masome Doxaouxn, Shelby Ind, died of consumption after A the | containing flesh of seven dogs as an alleged sure cure, WORLD'S FAIR NOTES, Mone than 708) carloads of building material have been received on the Exposi- tion grounds, + AN Bast ludian village and exhibit will pecupy 200,000 square feet of space on Mid. way Plo sance, * Tue World's Fair appropriations by for. eign countrior, ns far as reported, aggregate more than $84.00 MixNESOTA will supplement its World's Fair appropriation of $50,000 by §100,000 raised by subscription, | O00 Tue Italian Government has selected its | war ship, Americs, to convey to the United States the Italian exhibits to the Exposition free of charge, Trae Canadian Pacific Railway will ex- hibit at the air a model passenger train, and also models of fine steamers io that company's service, Tae Bilk Association of America Bilk Industry Association have combine in making the finest bibit of silk goods and products ocean and the decided to possible ex- A Cnonar building, 16) by 200 costing $100,000, will be erected un cultural Hall, It will be devoted to musics attractions, chiefly large choruses, AT an expense of §70 been let for furnishing of 10.000 horse > sition coal 300 contracts have be Fair with bollers power capacity, I'he Ex power plant will burn oll instead of OXxE of the attra exhibit at t! at the Sldney, Ne tive features of the Aus Fair will be tree ferns South Wales. These viways been a popular exhibit at Lou the World's Fair Tar Ex tio 00 to G00 ar About inmp ngating., 100.0 its will also mtracted for dos yet been ox A HE} ywn at birds, native » by a skilled taxi Ris ana RGIANS ilving in Ch swchusetts has d as od Lhe 3 iS bad already apor priateol. PERISHED IN THE FIRE, Escape Cat Off by a Powder Explosion Phat Wrecked the Bailding Shortly after midn startled Fort Madis covered that the fra market nen were ox S180, efforts of the firemen could the victims Sa i Ki Meimeyver, got out ¢ h horrible condit The bodies of Mrs od the baby wereso other's arms that they difficulty It is ight work f an incendiary, ani IH came from a keg of powder | story The explosion wrecked ti andgpreventad escape 8. V. Kitchen, aged thirt Vv Kit thirty: Samus twenty: three child en, aged five; Mrs Day. aged gust Meimeyer, boarder Henry Meimaver, boarder tement became int chen and Hen building, but ws that they Kitchen, ' ghtly clas were separated with the of the 8 On M ine aa In u . Day, “a \ th thn "ae ax Oosion The v hen, two Hy iney elighton aged weg aged eighte THE LABOR WORLD, ult formed | Tis fan opm nnderzarment nun n Ts Dave Ine window glam factories in the United States decided to shut down May 31 Turner are 4175 men employed on the grounds of the World's Fair, at Chicago Ine Princess Vischhegrandsky is at the bead of the Russain peasant lace industry, ue lumbermen and planing mill workers nf Pennsylvania have formed a State organ fzation Errcermorry in its ve plication is said to 5. 000, 000 persons rioms forms of ap- give employment to In the most advanead Continental glass mantufactories glam blowing is no Jonger done by the mouth but by compressed alr, Apory 25,000 workers are to be locked out by the Ntaffordshire (England) potters, the former refusing to settle disputes by arbi tration Anort 200 employes have been laid off on the Jersey Central and Lohigh Valley rails roads as the first fruits of the Reading combi. pation, Phew! A Rhode Island man made a net profit of 82,700 in six months by raising skunks for market. He solls the pelts of the odorous animals at good figures, and manufactures skunk ; oli, which he disposes of to the druggists for a rheumatic cure, CHINESE MUST Go, Stringent Geary Exclusion Act Passed by the House, The House of Representatives at Wash. ington passed the Geary Chinese Exclusion act by a vote of 170 to forty three The Hereafter no State court or United Ntates court is to admit Chinese ship, and all laws Vision ure repeaio Ald rer now in the United Btates are to apply to the Commissioner of Internal Revenue of their districts within one year after the passage of this act for certificates of residence, and any such pers sons found within one year after the bill shall become a law without a certificate of residences are to be judged unlawfully in the United Btates and subject to the samo fines and penalties as though they had come une lawtully into the country at the first in- stance The provisions of all treaties now in force between the United States Government and the Chinese empire, in so {ar as they, or any of them, conflict with the provisions of this act, be and the same are hereby abrogat, set aside apd repealed. Pers Lo eitizen- in conflict w this pro- hinese Ons THE MARKETS, Late Wholesale Prices ot Country Produce Quoted in New York, 15 BEANS AND PEAS Jeans Marrow, 1801, choice. ¥J Medium, 1901, choles... Poa, 180], White kidney, Hed kidney, Yellow eye ! Cal orsign, media choios 1801, choice choles, choos, ush 159 nmon to good oa, por 1b 5 AND VEGETABLES gay. bulk, bb we and Hebron, » ther kinds, 18) I n bulk, per bbl Bweet potatoes, Jersey, bbi Cabbage, L. | ' Onions nnectiout, red, bbi Urange County, red, bb Lounty, ysuow Eastern, yellow, per bbl Eastern, white, per bbl Squash-L. |. marrow, bbl fl. I, Hubbard, per bbl Turnips, Canada, per bbl Celery — Fla, per doz roots String beans, Fa s por crate, Lettuce, Southern, per bbl lomatocs, Fla. per bush orate, Asparagus, new, per bunch. per 10 per A .e Urange LIVE STOCK, BAVOR. oss cotssirssssrnees Mileh Cows, com, to good, 4 Calves, common to prime... 8 Sheep. [ADE ,.oovnnvines sans Hogs RAV. onus Dressed , EAA AR EARN RRR RR GRAIN, ETO, Flour-—City Mill Extra, .... Patents. ..... Wheat-—-No, 3 Re ‘eo Rye<State ...coovvvinvennns Barley ~Tworowed State... Corn— Ungraded Mixed..... Urta~No, 1 White, Mixed Western. . Hay liood to Choloe. Straw-—Long Rye.... Lard—City Bteam.......... 5.09 FURS AND SKINS, Pastors & Southern # Novtharestern Rowlh west orn, Black bear, ..... 880 00@3) 00510 0@EL 0) Cubeand y'rlings 5 00@14 00 4 00g 10 00 Beaver large.... 800@ 700 5 00@ 600 Beaver, medium, 3 50@ 4 50 35 Beaver, small. ... 1 8@ 200 Mink, dark, fine. 1 50@ 2 8 Mink, brown.... a 1 0 Red fox.... .... 140@ 100 Grayfox.,..... 100@ 115 Raconon, each, Na WwW Skunk, black. ... Skunk bail strp'd Bhkunik, str “ Skunk, white, Opossum, large. m, med, SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON APRIL 17, Foil Lesson Texes Ww ord” Golden Text . Commentary, Works ana 14 Psalm xix, “God's Psalm xix i An Xxvin Faster lesson fs suggested (Math, 1-200, ns optional instead of this, but with anointed eyes we may find an nbundan of resurrection truth in this lesson, for cer- tainly the last five the previou psalm are full of the resurrect of the Messiah 1. We bave in this psalm thre aon, Lt pclence Verse m triumphs s books Cro Beripture, 1] nd ( 14; and these whole lNbrar Hora: M Xi. nnd therefore hers d to, by Par Spirit (1 Cor, xii can y either by day have ni L] “Ya | £4 Vv. 3 be holding the ; His hand “Day unto night unto night is written in Hon power and Godt works of His | the of the every one, referrer aay show nid » the will ( servant Aan : om : t me on all § be I shall be inn it from the great trary mn." One has said that the sine we are only | of samg compared with the count hairs or numbered, and v the biond ostge cleanseth from all sin As tn prosut gins see Deut. 1... 4 3 He ¢ sin It Ago um “ue and confe yo We may sine Cann tore desires cleansing fron all manifest, small and great when we hats all sin wl rds « 14 Let the wi of my mm my heart ben 1th, and t} table in Thy redesm “We make meditation of O Lord, my strength and my er.” This is like Pax y BAYS it our aim whether at hon or abs well pleasing unto Him” (11 Cor, « Vv tle also said to Timothy Study show thyself approved unto vol” (II Tim, i, 15 Ouly as We seo oursel” = to be dead with Christ, and in His Christ: and know somelhidg of the power His section. shall ne to a like When we can traly » Sod | but ( then filled with His spirit, both words and thoughts shall be pleasing unto Him he Holy Spirit through Pan that we ar not sufficient of ourselves to tnink any thing as ourselves, but our suffi He also tells us that every brought into eaptivity to Christ (LI Cor. 0, 5; x ngny, ¥ wh Mit to be risen rosy ie we 00 tails u God thought i= to be the obedienos of 5. =Leosson Helper CIrenmat antes, Jones—You didn't get out to the meeting last night? Brown-~No, Circumstancos over | which I had no control prevented me. | “That so? What were they?” “Twins. "Exchange. i ney =o smn ———— A cask has recently been built in To. ledo, Onio, which holds 66,000 gallons aud weighs 40,000 pounas, PEXXSYRVANIA has 10,000 brass bands and can put 100,000 able-bodied men on a toot at once. ta E———— Bultalo breeding 4 Lelng attempted | powder, at Monterey, Cal. AFFALIS. 1.8 HOUSEHOLD KEEPING UTENS CLEAN. avs be boiled out and cold water, Then thoroughly wash and they are ready for Bkilleta, griddles, iron pans and wafll i" Iron pots should al first with wood ashes use, ¢ should be w ell iv ura os gem greased and allowed to onee or twice before umng.—New York Jour ul. BREAKVAS One needs a great va resources for the morning mes { big SODeLILe i . b Pp ive Hkely at th) is most and Capricious books are limited ing the changes seasons the appet ould be end that the and general bealt! especially studied to the break {as both relishable and nourisi break fast 1008 not relsn wel. rigor for the wi 1¢ breakfast, an AL neni shoul is sprinkied over using t} tessnooniu hree 1 % the ik] 0 ai to have the liseases. The soothing to disinfectants who preventing has been beater with strawberry or ain 5 low Cake-—~Make a gol and » 4 ie mila Arge TAT appie, ne egg and Ope-two-three-four 1d cup of butter, sugar, three of flour, four eggs (beaten separately), one cup tweet milk and two teaspoonfuls of baking powder. Flavor with nutmeg and bake in pudding or cake mold. Leave in mcld until day, when steam for three-quarte an hour over a kettle of boilin 1 serve with hot sauce. ling «— Ono Sherbets——Orange sherbet is easily prepared and is a favorite ice. For this grate the rinds of four oranges; soak the rind for ten minutes in boiling water; strain a pint of the water upon a P wand of cut loaf sugar; when dissolved add the juice of the oranges and a gili of boiling water; when cold freeze partly, then add the stifily beaten whites of two put into a mold and set in cracked joe to harden, Purity Pre- large cup sweet milk, yolk of one gg, two tablespoons each of sugar and Hour and a pinch of Cook by settwng dish in a sate. pan of bolling water; stir until scalded, remove and let cool and flavor with a lemon. Have crust ready baked, pour in the mixture and spread over top the white of the egg, beaten with one table spoon white sugar, Set iu oven and brown slightly. Nr OP eRR A One salt, Cream Pufle—Two cups water, ode cup butter, put on to bel. Then add two cups flour and one teaspoon baking Stir well; do not sllow any Jumps, When this 1s done smooth aad thick, sdd six eggs, without beating. Drop this batter from a spoon, on but. tered tips, and bake. When done, open top and fill with custard, made of four eggs, ove quart milk, one teaspoon corns starch, sugar and flavoring to taste. a ———————— Mrs, Frank @ is. of the suow cessful women pa ers
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