IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD. DECORATION DAY OBSERVED IN MANY CITIES, Grand Foreign Sallors and Others Parade in New York, Brooklyh, Philadel phia and Washington —Eulalia General Grant's Tomb, Mem eel! nt wrinl Day of the rated in New York and other cities by parades of Grand Army veterans and by the decoration of graves and parted soldiers, monume In New York City the parade of the Grand | Army was witnessed y thousands on thousands of people. The line wreh from Fifth avenue and Filty-seventh streof to Washington Square was through streets lined with spectators and bes tween rows o buildings the st windows and wis of which crowded, and corated with un The parade was reviewed at Madison Se by Governor Flo David 8, Bros Chairman of the Memorial Committees o Grand Army of public, offi H anta Ysabel, and the Italian i prominent oitizen The Spanish and Italian officers were in full uni- form and attracted a great deal of attention, They were kept Ih constantly ing their military hats in response to t salutes given to them by the van offios ors ISY I fT, all ix were nearly 6000 men in line, 11% o'clock when the passed the Mad Guard immediat the Go rs back to the proceeded to t Grand Marsha disbanded It was nearly paracds vern eteries t ers their des The River of U. § of General Gra the it ri B. ¥ ot 8 Soke Ef 4 B et TW . J awton in Rev, Dr ree L. Spinney, of New York, delivered an oration In the ( nal Cemetery, and J. Madison Couts spoke at Battle Come. tery, the f Jubal Early's attack on Washington An incident of the day was the decoration of the graves of Generals Rufus Iogalls and W W. Belknap by Major W. C., Duxbury, an ex-Confederate Pre nt Cleveland spent the day, up to the : " Comets by Wiliam E. Simonds pov ) reas hf Lal time of his departure from the city, at the White Hous Hecretarios Gresham and Her bert went to Arlington Cemetery, BNeeretary Car'isle spent the day in Baltimore, Beerotary Morton in Nebraska, Attorney-General Olney in Boston and Postmaster-Genernl Blasell in suffalo, Secretary Smith remained in town The departments wore closed In New Jersey Decoration Day was appro- priately observed, One of the most promi nent observances was the unveiling of the monument, built by popular sabscription, to the late member oft ongress, Edward F, Mo. Donald, of Hudson County, in te Cem etery of the Holy Sepulchre In New. ark The shaft is fourteen font high asad of polished Quincy granite, In Jersey City thers was 6 joint parade of the militia, the police and fire departments, and several independent organizations, The absence of the Geand Army posts attracted attention, The day was very generally ob porved In Hobolen, There was ho parade but the Grand Army posts docorated the graves in the differeny otemeterios Fully fifteen thousand persons gathered at Asbury Park to participate in the dediostion of the monument erected by the joeal Grand Army post tothe memory of the soldiers and satlors who fell in the late war, The monu- ment Is an imposing shaft of granite, rising thirty feet from the base and surmounted by a life size status in brouse of a soldier at tparnde rest,” On the Getysburg battlefield Memorial Day was observed by Impressive exer in the presence of thousands, morning the colored school decorated the graves of the soldiers, to tha the shuinoon there was a parade fo commtory, where at the Roldiary' Monument, the ofioers of the local post read the Grand Army services, ! parade wore the Ninth Ward { of New York City and Army Men, Regular Troops, | | G. ALR, Columbian year was | ¢ ) . Vermont, delivered a Memorial address, nts of de. | Then the children of the publio schools showered the graves with flowers, At Rutland, Vt,, Mavor Mead deliverad tho Soldiers’ Memorial Hall to Post Roberts, G, A, RB, Colonel George W, Doty, « ot the department, assisted by the post, dedicated the hall, At Bridgeport, Conn., among the visiting organizations which participated In the oneer Corps George B. McClellan Department of New York ommander members of Post No. 002, At Northampton, Muss., General Horatlo C. King, of Brooklyn, d¢ livered the oration, The graves of soldiers in all the were decorated, At Montreal, Canada, Governor Fuller, cometerioy is the first Ume an American Governor e spoke on Lritish soll, At Paris, France, about flve hundred per sons, largely Americans, wera present at the locoration of the tomb of the Marquis Lafayette, In honor of his services the cause of American Independence, Mem of the Lafayette family arrived at the cemetery in Jandaus sent by Colonel Adams and General Read, representing Lafayette Post, of the Gr and Army of the Republie, of New York, The Hon. James B., Eustis, American Am. bassador, who was , made a speech in which he rel to the / Lafayette in beha A} } was an entire + de to stra Vevmisoe is Philadelphia's winning ch Washington y LAIR deaf m outfield learning t Ewixa, of in base Cleveland, running w rules have now been | iie likes the ob Philade i "YOAAD ) Baltimor I — WRECK OF A CIRCUS. Men and Animals Mixed in the Debris of the Cars led and ten I | Wa r Mains « , 6 hall-past ute to Lewistown from ginonr ntrol of the . wn nntain and track when going at a spond 3 hour, throwing thirteen « over a thir wot embankment Three sleepers used for traveling coaches by the performers and leading members of the organization remained on the rails, Every other car, cage and Wagon was utterly dew motished and mixed up in a tangie goreams of the wounded men, the hideous cries of the injured and terror-crazed animals arose in chorus into the night, From menagerie section the lons, tigers, leopards, hyenas, wildeats, wolves and other animals were Hberated and soon sonttered to the cover of the woods, were 175 persons with the circus and 173 horses Ths bodies of the dead men and those severely wounded were first taken out of the wreck As soon as the Injured and killed were eared for the living started out tocapture the escaped animals, The elephants made little trouble, but the members of the big oat fam- ily were out for liberty or blood, In the eap- jot the n he | ture of some of the smaller brutes, several ol the employes had their clothing nearly stripped off, and were clawed and bitten, gaveral of the larger animals refused to be taken allve, and having tasted the fruits of | frondom and of some of the farmers’ live | stook in that vicinity had to be killed, One of the tigers killed a valuable Jersey | sow under the owner's eyes, a man named ! Thomas, who J two rifle bullets into the d tiger, which od from their effects soon afterward. The entire hunting population of the sur rounding country turned out for the chase, armed with Winchester shotguns, revolvers, and even Ploberts, In several instances the recaptured animals were tethered securely to the trees, while the hunters kept up their pur suit, Iwo injured saored oxen wero killed to but them out of their misery, Theres llons escaped | one was captured fm. mediately, another was lassond and tied to a tree. The other lon remained at large. A tiger, water buffalo, hyena, bear, alligns tors, and a large collection of snakes got away, but were captured, The slephants and oatrole wore uninjured. Almost every ring horse was killed, The total number of horses killed was forty-nine with all the othprs out and brafsed, The elreus is a complete wroek, The loss Is estimated at $100,000, EE — Tur tots visible sapply of o ton for the world Is 8,400 432 bales, of whih 2,851,652 nro American against 5,008,540 and 3,185. Inst yoar., Hoceipts st ull at. 0.00401, plants tions, 9813. Crop in The { exhibit were a There | | GATES OPEN ON SONDAY. THE NEW ORDER ENFORCED AT THE EXPOSITION. ot the State Government Build Ing andthe British Sections Closed Where the Sightseers Went, Nearly Grounds 125,000 People at Musie of the Day Structures, After much determined opposition the World's Fair dete he exposition on Bunday, and a notice to hat effect was officially promulgated, The sabbath Chicago special to the New York Tribune, Directors rminad to open in was but two hours old, says n come into the port ation when the people bogan to rounds, All of trar I fon rought thelr quot om the steamer mo ers and the railroads came long lines of ple. But the not begin srrive until afternoon Beginning about 2 o'clock the multitudes flocked Into t grounds at every gate, and by 4 o'clock "inside the enclosure, the entire aftern flowed into Midway FPlals ow was crowded, unt had been elevated t wore Ig @ | pi I I ASH Ole wer y Kept on coming nark dark the grounds gether with other len attracted still more, crowds were about i vo estimate place ening ot 120 s the dav Sop 1 at the entratuy the announ waa closed Marines | a fow Lars wore soo) but no favored ship nt that ivilians on —— IMMENSE SEAL HERD. A Schooner Sails For Twenty-four Hours Among Them. Captain F. A. Green, of the hooner St Lawrence, while erasing off the const Roattle, fishing » few lays ago, fell in with an herd of north near Washington, haiibut imn AL] seals on thelr annual migration to the ern breeding grounds In all his salling experience, Captain Green anid, he had never witnessed such a aight be fore. There was not a gun aboard the ship, snd the crew could only stand idly by and watoh the sleek coated fellows bob up about them, The St. Lawrence salled twenty-four hours through the herd and their numbers were estimated at hundreds of thousands The seals manifested no alarm at those aboard the ship for SI0UX WILLING TO SELL. The Government Can Have Thelr Farming Lands for $800,000. The commission appointed ast summer to treat sith the Yankton Sioux in South Da kota for a cession to the United States of thelr surplus lands has submitted its report to Beeratary Hoke Smith, together with the articles of agreement, All the unaliotted lands on the reserva tion are to bo ceded to the Government in consideration of $060,000, of which $100,000 is to be patd within sixty days after ratifies tion of the agreement hy Congress, The re mainder, bearing five per cont, interest, is to be retained in the Treasury, payable at the pleasure of the Government wher twenty-five The coded lands, which are sald to be of a grade for to Dh Krostut oT ultber existing AGIAN DAVIS REINTERRED. The Confederate President Removed From New Orleans to Richmond. The remains of Jefferson Davis, after re- posing in Louisiana for nearly four yours, were removed from Metalre Cemetery, New Orleans, and started on the trip to their final resting place in Hollywood Cemetery at Rich- mond, Va. The specinl train bLearing the ashes left the Louisville & Nashville depot ot 7:50 o'clock In the evening. All day the body ny in state In Memorial Hall, surrounded by the guard of honor, and thousands of people passed through the hall, paying their respects to the dead. Flowers and flags of the Confederacy formed a back ground for the black bier and casket, Half. past 4 o'clock was the hour fixed for the cere- monies Standing around the bier, with their heads bowed, were Miss Winnie Davis, her sister, Mrs, Hayes ; Mayor | an, of Richmond, who is President of the l ntal As- sociation Governor “leran Grovern ko and the t he Virginian avis Monume of Ten- oncluded guard of be onsket h A ap bagrage car, the and a private oar and Mayor Ellys TT oH was 10s WAKE er a litte ARUNDANY shine have Russian bh promise to A pisraron fr Ar says that TH had received a jot wi that Pasha had been killed by slave hunters is said to have been abed at the time Sreor January Ist $60,000,000 in gold have beats exported to Europe and the ex. port movement, natend of having abated seama to have received fresh Impetus A winors village of 681 gaged in an important industry near Bits in Lorraine, Germany, will be dismantied 1 form u practise ground for the artillery Tux class of "98 at the West Point Military Aondamy is the smallest in several years, The presant first olass enteral with a membership of over 100, hesiguations and the pruning knife of professors brought the number dow to fifty-one, SACASA GIVES UP. Nicaraguan President Signs a Treaty of Peace With His Opponents. Advices have boen recolved that President fincas has abandonad the straggle with the Revolutionists in Nicaragua, The Prosident signed a treaty of pense with his opponenta, The members of the Provisional Government have entered Managona and nasumed fontrol of affairs, ‘The transfor of the reins ol Gove ernmant was sfected quietly, and there has bean no disorder of any kind, Hecretary Groatiam raoetved the following dispatoh from James A Borymser, of New York: “President Beas, ot Rioashgua y oe signed Inst night, Rlgna ms oO Mr, Sorymeor is President of tae entral American Cable Company, and this diapatoh was the first Information that the State Dee received indicating partment an end to the war in Nioaraguas. warn improve ryt be fairly sting inkabltants, &n | cause the boss wr | In Minneapolis, + t THE LABOR WORLD. Cnicaco has 400 unlon girl waiters, Turn are 18,000 union horseshoers, Ixpiaxa coal miners get seventy cents per ton, Womex work in yards, Buaziy is importing Chinese labor direct from Asia, Ix Spain factories and stores are operated én Bunday, Detroit (Mich.) brick. A rpoovs order sent Chicago and Northwest ern telegraphers on strike, Corrox weavers at Denver, Col., make, in some instances, only $4.80 a week, Tuene are now over 150 cities in eountry having bufiding trades councils, Warp organizations of have been formed Louis, this colored workmen by the Boelalists of Bt, Anong stevedores cotton is regarded as | the hardest to stow and rallway iron as the | easiest Wirnix three years we admitted to the American labor market 427,000 Huns, Italians and Poles, Cuanresron (8, C.) stonsoutters struck be- wot pay for tools that had been stolen. {anxess and {lo workers 3 send one of thelr number t urope to the in dustrial question, iE railway have boeey wages of the Minn. “nt, street twenty-eight per « CMAN had gy wos b PROTECTED Miniature TOPS. Fortresses Heads, Sierel at the Mast ' 4) t Fr on ministure el fortrosscs at in adit an equipment of ma t , Are bas fitted out with speaking tubes nnoect with the engine bells and Onally with whe which will enable the officers in the tops steer the vessels from that posit Great strategic advantages are supposed t be made avaliable from this arrangement it will enable the officers directing the n ments of a vessel 10 poe over the dense of powder smoke that hang aro nd the sel during an active engagement, and a in certain to soo above a low ly fog. This is regarded as & considerable in ovement over Admiral Farragut s plan « fring hlmsell lashed to the rigging. ———_—— BRIGGS SUSPENDED. indefinitely Deposed From the Pres byterian Ministry. { CRAG, Sitting aa the Supreme Court of the Pres byterian Church the United Amotion, the General Assembly at Washing. ton formal’'y suspended Dostor A. Drige from the ministry of the Pro byterian Church until he shall gly satisfactory evidence of repent ance to the General Assembly, The reson for this aott “ven by the Assembly, is a violation by him of his ordination vow, ant the judgment is based upon the verdict given the night before as the result of the heros trial, Now it will rest with the New Yoru by to present ite case for aequitting the Pe If it onan Justify its action Driggs may be r instated. If any defect Is discoverad In lis findings then the defendant will remain owt for good, Staten of Charlies CI Twn United States Treasury Department will pay the Chostaw and Chlokasaw claim of 22.9450 with drafts on the Sab Treasury st St, Louis, The Indians want n nrg partion 0 slivhe halfdoliar, a= the money is to v up capita niwong the Indians, and they yp has a ring to it, i tn Ind SABBATH SCHOOL. INTERNATIONAL LESSON JUKE 11, FoR Lesson Text: “The Creator Remems bered,” Eccles, xii, 1-7, 8, 14 Golden Text: Eccles, x11. 1- Commentary. 1. “Remember now thy Creator in the days of thy youth, while the evil EVE come not, nor the years draw nigh, wn thou shalt say, I have no pleasure in In the last two verses of Lhe pres ter Lh young man is warned that there ment to come, in the light of wi ent things should be tested entreated to think of hi of his youth and strength Him who is t giver of es fort gift. Let Bamuel Josiah be studied as exnn 2 While t n, or or the fare Le no Cre hie s return after the rain judgment, as Fev, vill persistent b 1t the Otitent gestive lays of 10 ; Math, xxiv, 29 16, for those wi mercy i B leat Benses Doorn heaven in the soul ne is dark Bring 8 » his b ha wa fight bw the i Il Cor, 29 Fe mes our life and righ 2: Col I, 4 and His love cotgtratning us forth unto Him, rejoicing U wy of God (JI Cor. v., 14, 1 Ep ee we gl 3 14 For God shall bring every Judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or whether # be evil If we are in Christ, we can rejoice that the judgment for our sins Is past, and they shall be remem bered no more (John v., 3M; Bom. vill, 1; Isa xiii, 25). Every believer will, however, appear before the judgment sost of Christ that all his works as a Christian may be tried (11 Cor. v., 30; Bom. xiv., 10; 1 Cor, Hi, 11 15; Luke xix, 11.36), and position in the kingdom will depend upor his Iaithhainess, So in due time and in due order the secrets of all hearts shall be made manifest, and onl those who are in Christ and the works whic He bas wrought through them shall stand, All else shall perish, —Losson Helper — — ——— — $0 ALAnMED are our English cousins at the number of girls picked up in this country, by their marriage able men, at the expense of Briton's fair daughters, that they are said to be thinking of trying to check this fmportation of wives from Columbia's shores. They evidently think this year an especially dangerous one; but what can théy do in cases whea, in the words of thelr own favorite Scots dish bard: «To see her Is to love her, work izto . prefer vomething that | 8
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