A HUNDRED YEARS.
Celebrating th Oni Hundredth An
niversary of the Inauguration
of President Washington.
A GALA DAY IN NEW YORX CITY.
St cn a nnd I n Idem Attending the
1 'i r l Inaugural Inn l Waslis
lugtoii aft t'rcs tlcuU
?uc citiTii or oik lini'inLic.
The .nth of April, IT'.', mark one of the
rcat ejxlm In American history. It was
lij:i tlmt :ny tint l.entral Wiidiington
l k theoatliof ..t!'M ni tlm first Ir"iInt
f thi United States. That art wn nothing
leas ttinn t ho cs-nilishmenl of tho K.dcral
Constitution.
Tbe last emigres of tlio Unit 1 State ui
dirthe o.iiflcin'inn nd.ptisl it resnlutbti
declaring t tint mi tli llrst Wednesday in
January, 17i, presidential electors should Id
chosen in tlif several States, tUt on the lir t
Wednesday in February the cl-e.ors should
chose a presi lent, and th.it on the llrst Wed
tic lay in Mmch coi.gn should meet, the r a
Miotic inaugurated, n 11. 1 1 tit heels of ti v-eromt-tit
Uvm to turn. '1 In- first Wednesday in
March, IT-'.' njstlir fi iirth tlnv of the month.
Thia i tli" leison why c mr isiotial mil
presi ii'iitiul 'erms liegin mi I end on March 4
rUUUi 11ALL. WHERE tt AU1.1UTO.N WIS
" lNAlllf KATEI1,
Put tlioiK'h th government was tioru o i
March 4, IT"'.', it 'ti 1 ii"t lr;ii active ixist
ence until several we-ks Inter. SrevnlHut
were Ii t drnm-d of the.i, un 1 rsilnavls did
not Dim- into beit.g u-itil half a c-ntury In
ter. Traveling w is alow ni:il tiresome work,
ti' Congress wn long in coming together.
Ibe H ut'o! U pre-entat ve- '111 nit gd a
inrun until Marc i II J i day niter th-
dat net apsr: for it s opening. The S.ustedi 1
dot ori;aiii7." until April (.'migrww th i
roU'iti tin- v..t nu 1 itc urn I ti irn VusU
mton !- -1 - i I'r-l Ix.it il l 1 Juhn A lninx
Vic l'rcti l 'iit. S i it c oni" tlmt ttie c-ntMi
mul aiinivfiM ,rv oT tli" i iHiuurn'ioii of th
ftrnt l'rts.J"iit of tlin L'mt-I StAtM ntortslit
eJ to April mi'l that
fiie one bun Ircltli nniiiwriuiry of tint
day muriin tl- l-riiinini; of one of
the pr'ntt c-jiftir iti in of lus'iry.
Th- tlrt in iiuur .tio-i of Wn:ii o:i innk
h1 tln l i'tti of i ur imti'inn. r-i.nlnic. t'olon:uI
bni pr" incitl A nTi'' i 1 1 1 tx it, ii'i 1
nati "i.iu Ani"ri 'i lv'n
Tli- u iiu.Miration o' I i.r;' Washington
mas rf"nii'il on tlif luli-ony of ttiu oll
t'vWrnl 11 il., April IT.', on Uiv it n w
wcupifil t'' the l'niti-1 S;uU' Nii'tr 'Usury,
t Wull unJ ?n.Miu htrwts. Yr of
T-' was little like the great city of t i-iluy.
The primitive city of revu'.uti mary tiin- an I
of lh-puriol when Wo.ihnii,'t in t k the oath
of fiioe, was cu.efly cjnUTel Ix'I jw the pres
ent City 1111. Ill- population u Ijelwevn
if.KH'unl M",u il'; Imt uii'l-r the impulw of
wttlel politic' alTaii's u nl I hi new governs
tnent, the i i;y U-tfu i i" pn- r.
The puhli" tiuil'lnij.'s of New York loj year
UK" ere pritiutivi', iis co:niu-rcittl imir
Lnii'' La t aic'ly iiiiMU-l upon the (iej ie
nf tue countn ii nl ti e (i"Veriiiueiit itelf wui
ui irifdiiey ,
WAMIIM.To.N t Jiil'UM.V.
fieri. nil WttshinU)!! left M u it Vern iii
for ,Ni' York on th"! inornin,; of Ajiril l'
lief, re bis fenirtuiv In1 wrote to Henry
Knox tl:at hu "feeln K1 WHre not unlike tUo.
of a cu pnl g'Htig to the pl e;-e of xecutiuu,'
Wui-liii'Kt"ii wuliel t iiidk-i the trip U
iew Y 'rk tt i l.etly a'nl with u liltie tin
a "S-,lL..e, Imt he m foUII'l tllttt tills v
( at of th" (U'-K'.ioii, omhi to the pitrl'rtH
kislor tutt w ntlniiie everwh-re, aii'l th
liitei.ke liuiiiutioii for the noble chiellnin ; w
that hi Journey, intes'l of Im-ui; ilevoiil ol
mt. TciuiuK. Boar or w ami moron.
iuo dent i il lUtlloii, hii ciiiirueteriX i.
I.y the w ilciett entbusiviii of the ci' iz 'lis, ell
Uie way from 41 unl 'ei oon U K -luril II ill
Towns aiel cii,.- alo i tti r iu om in lh
bihnt pilch of ptlriotx' ft.'ite neiit, ami
vil wiin eHi a ut er in h nori i liw hero o
IU miihiiUm Miii Utelii; m uiuiul vl
W 1
ww v'
rV m iHn
i 1 1 h F7 nf jt "lun-.'i i 'Hi mum
GEORGE WASHINGTON.
ppfii'eful lepiiblic.
Ketween til ilnte nf W'liHlilnjtO'i'ii nrrivnl
ami hl Iniuguritiuii, th t city wm o.rriM
with vmitoM mt'l .ijjlit.soer from nil pirutof
th euintry. All th.i hotel nil I even privn'e
niaimion wiTJ crow-iloil Kx'itemnnt mil
high. ThiTO wm nn insn.intle ilcsire prevn
lent to get a look nt WashliiKt-ui, who hu l
lxyn describeil n the nohliwt, graii'Iest mnn
liuninn eye ivernnw. people express m1
their reclines t ilio after having wioo een
the Drst Prcsi'l'iit
THK INAflifllAI. rilKMi)Mr..
Vice IVbshI 'lit A Uim, whilinl taken th
onth of oltlci n lew ilnys prev o lily, met
WastiiiiKto i at thi entrnncei nn l i-corti.l
.liiin to tlm I'rini'l inl'i chs.r. HnriiiK inn.l
n formal intri!uftlon, thn Vic I'ri lent
turmsl 1 1 Washington un.l gravely a IJresacil
llllll Its follows;
"Sir, the Senate mill Ilniscof riprsntn
tives of tln I'mteil Stitesare renily tonttoml
you to take th-oath rcpiiie I by the fi! uti
tution, whioli wi.l , ntmins crl by tha
chancellor of the State of Now York,"
"I am ready to r ceel," won the grafe res
spouse.
Vice rreahlent Ailarin roortel Wnsliing
bill to the b tic my, necotnpanie 1 by csngre
nu n ami ilittintfuislitsj oIlicinK Wall and
Itroa I afreets and wiinluai nnd houetoM In
every il;ri.vtion were rrowde I. The tumult
censeiL
A profound sileno, that wa.s nweslnspirlnj
ami almost appillini;, broslnl over the scone
immediately pric-ling the administration of
the oath.
In thrnti r, Is tHwntwo pillars, itixxl the
ronim indinj; figure of Washington. He wore
a Continental cont, dark brown knee-l reechee,
white bilk ktockingi, mid low shs-i witbaiU
Ver biickela. IIu hair was pow t-rel and
tiisl U hind. Cn one si lo of hiuiktood CTinii
roor Livings!') i, in a full clerical unit of
black; oil the other Vice I'p'sideiit Adams
Iresse. mote ahomly than Washington. 1 1 .
tneen Washington and the chamvllor kbsl
Secretary Otis, of the S. iiHte, a miall sbcrt
man, holding a Iiibl" on a crimso;i cushi m.
The Iliblu upon w hie i tlm oith was taken
iscirefully pr-s-rvei by St. Jjlm' Mas ml
Lodge, No. , of .New York Suite. It bear
this iiiw ription :
' In this anered volume, on t'ie fiirt ieth day
of April, ITs'.i in tnecity of .New Y"rk, whs
administered to ft rgo s uh .njiiw, the tlrt
president o! tlie I'll lej St te of Ainene, the
on tn tosu port the c jnstitulo.i of llor Uuited
St iti.
C haiicellor I.ivingstin a luiinistor 1 the
oath ill slow, distinct words. hen the Iliide
woi-1 aiwl, un l a Washington liowel t-J kiss
if, he suid grav. ly, "I awenr,'" ailing revels
ently, with close-l eje, "so help meUod!"
"It ik doiie, ' m. I tbe fbaneel or ; mi l then
turning to the l.bi uml tin oi g 1 1 1 iw , bi
exciainil, "I.jt.g live(ierge Washington
1'resnlent of th I' ntel States!''
IIAE'.TIIA W AMIINijT'-N.
Ibis wan litekignul I' T l he omonisl ol Lin'
'iit up J 'V and iulri'itisiu. Aburrictoeof
kliouU rent the air, mid with the waving of
II igs and baum-rs Usd f r k.-vural minutes.
A II 'g imineliaiely disp'ayed over K'-l
rial Hall a a sign that the oreuioiiy bid
been performeil, and iiiatautamsjusly all th
bells ill the city rang out Iriuinpliuiitly, while
gun boomed fiuiu fort and I! mi', in every ill-
ectioo,
vahingtoo bowed low to tbe vust, c hetr
ing aasemblage, and then retind V tlie Se i
ate e'lamber, where be dnliverel a abort In
augural nl lien renin kib for its uioiesty,
dignity and wisdom.
A fur bi addruM, I'residenl Washington,
atten lsl by the 'n:e I'reaideut, Cbay.-ellor
l.ivmgsUn, c ibiuet otll r, and o'bur bg-liiurn-s,
went l St. I'dUi'a liaeil, whi-r.t
piuyeis were read by Itisbop J'rovirst, o .e of
the cbttplaiiu of C jiigr .. Tb church wa
crjwdil and tlie aerviots very iniprjssive
Alter tney wi le ovur tbe reaideut was t
col Ivi to l.l i vkiduitue.
S's)nd auly to the immortal Washington
in American history will aland the nmiea of
the inetiiUi.- of the first cbinot Tuotmn
JcIT tsoii, Sis-ri arjr of Stite, Alex, in tor
II .iiiiHuii, Secretary of the Treasury ; Gin--nil
Henry Knox, Secretary of War ami the
Navy, and Klinund Kandolpli, Attorney
(il'lllTal.
Gut ii t in:cottTi;i).
llic MetropoIU Iteaiitillo l for tbe
Great Kvrnt.
The city was literally clothe I in fligsatiil
bunting, an I on all sides wera evi once of a
lavish exH'iidituri) of money in decorations.
Of tlm buildings below City Hall the mod
le tii'i'dUe are those immediately opjosito th
Kipntnbln Iluilting, the Drexil-Morgau
l'.iul ling, the Custom House, the various ex
change and tho Sub-Treasury lluilding.
mm
TRIClfPltAt. ABCn, WASniNOTOM IHJfAHs.
iaken as a whole, the scene was very
pretty. The chief interest seemed to center
at the Washington Square end i f the avenue,
where tl.e first pri nt arch stretches from
curti t curb between tbe I'.hirelsnder resi
Hence and that of ex-Mayor Conp-r. Th
arch was built entirely of wood, and orna
tii 'iit-l with a frier. i of garland and laurot
w re at t in p ipier in n he. It was painted ivory
white and surtti'Mtito 1 by a carved woj I
s'alue of Washington 10 feet high.
Ibis slutun i aid to have lieen first erecte I
on the battery in WM. At th.i foot of tho
statue was a large trophy of rational fligs,
and then from the four corners o( the arch
streamers extended to thn cornices of tha
neighboring resi lene-s. Four large trophies
of fl tga were o:i eocS si e, n d up in either
k-ystone p-rcU-1 a line spsciinea of the
American eagle.
t'p at the corner of Kourte'titb street the
old Gran 1 Arm ry II at atti acted attentioi,
with a trophy of 11 .gs owr ea"h wiud'jw and
a fl g dral on every sill.
'I be Union C ub was Is-uut.ifu'ly decorated.
Tbe window lu Iges w-re covere I with hang
ing II igs, the c 'riiicca bright with bunting,
und long streamers extend s from tbe tip of
tbe I'Uilding down t ) the b lo nim.
Cnxtsing Imtwiei the twj grand stands ou
the wear, ai le of M uli in Kijuru, one bad a
clear tl-ldup Kilthave .ui uguiu-
Tlie Victoria Hotel preaonteil another pret
ty effect. Next come tbe decoration at the
Knickerb s'ker Clu', and the great portal of
the Ho le I ml ling wa liandsomely draped.
A Uunpje d.sig'i was bite seen at No. 'JVi
s lnTf I r my i h ul, the tailors, outline!
tt.cir entire fruit with colored elect ri
libt gl iwe-s an I kurmou ited it with ail il
liiminattsl shirld QAiiked by tbe numbers
IT"'.'- lvj'.t.'
XII K S.W'M VAH.XUK
A Grand pert arte on I be Water Wit
ill's. U by I be I'rckideut.
The orrangeineiit for the naval pirade
Mui.day were can i d out to the letter.
At k. veil oVlm k the ktealner Uispitc'b,
having on Lojrd Admirl Porter, General
Schontleld and reiesentivi of tbe Ceuten
i nil Ci'inm I lev, left tbe f.ot of KttstTweutys
sixth s ruet, un l, gay with fluttering fligs,
sleamisl down the Kut river ou her trip to
hi ziU'thp'irt, where she was to meet Prasi
deiit Harrison und bis ptrty. Crowd bad
ga h.-r.st at the p er, and cheered tbe Il
pat- h a abe sluwuiid away.
by thU time tbe harbor wo litorally alive
with sailing ciaft of avery diawrlp lou, wbls
lies Mundei and guns boomed salute as the
lb-pitch picked her way on her course. Hall
a l no uieiisof-war were anchored in tbe vi
cinity of Governor' Isluud and Kills Islaud
awaiting the return of the President' boat.
(in the arrival i f tbe lJiU-li in the East
river, off the loot of Wall street, a berg
mam ed by a crew of ship-muster from thi
Murine Society of the ort of New York,
with Cojitaill AuibrotM Hnow, Preaideut of
i he so l ly, a coxswain, put out touaut Uer,
and trow th Presl leot aahore,
Tbe craw of the barge that row 1 PreaU
dent Washington frjm Elixabethport to tha
foot of Wall street were member of the
same society.
While the Tresldeit was belnit taken from
the Dbmatch Into th I barge, th E alius Wl
manand 8irlu landed their piasenger at the
foot of Wall atreet. Then c inn the Preaideits
Hal lxirg, mvinel ljr a sturdy crew of grlx
cly.h.ireJ men, many of whom hid not pulls
ed an oar in year, but wlioae atronrf, stea ly
stroke attoated that the prof! Hwcy they h id
attained a generation ag ) had not lieen lost.
The pier whre thoTres dent la idel waom
of the moat brilliantly dacorater in the rity.
To the left of the pier waaa'.taclied fie floit nl
which the Ik at containing the l'lenidi ntia
party emptioj its distingulshwl wisengar
The fl eit was handaimely carpet. d an t th
stairs leading to tbo pier were covered with
ranopyof bunting, streamers were strum
acrias the river from Wall strwt (pier 1."
to I'lne street (pier 17).
Tbe President was icceive l n In step.
nihore by Governor Hill, .Mayor Urntit, II nil
lltou Fish, President of tlm Centennial Com
inlttee, at.d Wm, O. Hamilton, Cliairiiinn ol
the Committooon HtaUvs, and with the othot
gueata, in carriiig-s, wnsiK-oi ted t ) the Kipil
table Hull ling, where n reception and colla
tion woa tender.sl them by th Committee on
States,
THK Ci;.M b.MAIj U.Vt.U
It Sorpasac all Kroorila In Itcnuty ol
Dccorat lona.
Tho Metropolitan Op"ra House was thrown
OIn at Adock Monday night for the centen
nial ball. Ion la-fore that hour, however,
IJroadway and Seventh avenue in the vicinity
of the ( per I House were literully packl with
curious spectators, and the police hid tin
greatest difll ulty In kwpiii jwisanguwnys
open for the cirring.-a of thoaj ru.mIs who,
bent upon avoiding the crush thtt
came later, endeavored to lie
among the first t arrive. Mayor
Grant, as host and chairman of the Commit
tee on the Centennial Celebration, arrive I
shortly after 10 o'clock and a little after lu;.'I0
President Harrison arrive), accompinied by
Mr. Harrison, Vice President Morton and
Mrs. Morton, and Lieutenant Governor Joiu
and Mrs. Jones. The manager of the ball, It.
C. Stanton, met the President at hi. carriage
and conduct! him Into the building, w here
the Mayer gave an informal reception, the
member of the signal Corps and of tu Sec.
ond Hittery being drawn u; In line in the
vestibule as the p-irty passl through.
At the conclusion of the rccption, the
guests ahove named were c inducted to the
ball room In the following or-b r, escorto I by
a guird of honor: The Prod lout, with G v
ernor Hdl on his right, and Mayor Grant on
his left Following thorn wero Vic Pr.si
.tent Morton and Mrs. Hirrlsin, Lieutenant
UovernorJoi.ee and Mis. Morton, Hamilton
Fish and Mr Jones. Thegii's's crost'd the
lior to the Presid int' box, which bs l been
erecte.1 at the back of tho stajo,
Ininie lively after this h nl b;i done the
opening uidi illo wa formal and tbo bill
was in full splendor. The musio wis furnish
ed by Bandmaster L:n. lor, who hid provl lo.1
i string and reed oicheslrA of bX) picked mu
sician. The I Jral deoorat'oiu were of the raxt
laliorate order. Over the President's box was
large brass petulant displaying the word
" Wiishlng'on ," and at either eud the dates
KM) and PW) in brilli tntgns J 'U Tbe box
itaelf was draiel with cloth of gold,
fine lacs,embniel velvets, flgueed silks and
flag, festooned with fl iwers. Theolher boxrs
weio de orato i win plush , silk lace and silk
fiigs. Ten car loads of evergnena, 2,'H
Kacimcii of ax ileas.s.'HA) forns, 1,01)0 palms,
5,M pins.ei. 10,0 K) tullpsand hyacinths and
4, 'WO other plant wero us d in tho decora
tions, which, together with other decorat
ing materials, cost t- ,00.
The quadrille was watched with intense in-U-rest
and the ai teri in littln k's;ial drams
which lias created ko tunny heartliurniiigs,
played ti e r parts w. . After it was over,
fie II or quickly Ik-ch'ii- rrowde 1 as the gen
eral dinci ig Ih' hi. The sc me wianowouo
of In illiuni-y keld mi equaled , and th j g tiety
coiitiiiued until long after diu.
waaaisTUTOw'a ooajiu,
llaniliie Cupiurjd.
Th ten prs uu, seven men and three wo
men, captured ou Su'idny, near M irkleys
burg, Fayette county, Pa. , supos d tibea
sjrtlon of the g.ing of McC.ell ill itowu rob
liers and desera Ioim, were l.rought to H int
ernet iu charge of S lentT Kyle a i l u poo o;
forty men. The prii- ier are accuse I of
committing the outra;.i u;ni Chnstia i Yf
der, near Meyerad lie, a few week a;o. Two
of them h id been pievious y ill rcsle I, but es
carl. (Ja Saturlny last ex-SlienlT Kyle, of
MyerkdaleiTgnizei a hsiw. The rendezvous
of the outlaw was lurif. l two miles fron
Murkleyshurg and suirouu lel. Uii Huudi
evening the p irty wwiug th -y c uld not us
c pe aurreiid ire I. They w.-r taken to Co i
Hueiice, pl'ice I on a mi inight tram, Tho
w hole town turun I out un I esc .r:e I tin prta
jne s from t ie at iti in to the J ill.
The name of th s are: C larle i.jwis,
Jack and M lurbsi Snlliv in, I) oitur Tssker,
Manna Thorn is, Clure icn Anders in, itill
Hill and wife, N.-t Sullivan and L until
TeaU.
Illgli IdceiiM! In Host on.
This year lins the enforcement of tho li
cense law, wbic i limit tlie nuuiU-r of li
pen id place fi Tn), and as there are over
l.Ojt) applic nits, therj are nearly 1,.VX) dnnl
Ing pi ice that must claet by May 1. Ill
bat of rejected applioit-'o 'I incbi les aoiun of
the moat prominent deler within the city
limits. There I not a sporting bout iu towu
except Councilman II I y Mahoney's p ace,
nu Lsgrsngektio.it , thut has been granted a
license.
Joba Wayne, of beading, hns a leaden
jar oOU years old, in which bis meals
K'at grandfather us' d to keep t jbstco,
ijold, tic.
STATE OF CHAOS.
OKLAHOSIAITKS ARB A SOnilY
SET.
A 8tampd for Home) or Anywhere
Kleo.
Chsos reigns, not only In Oklahoma, but
In the entire tributary country. The rallroid
Is prostrated and communication are en
tirely cut riff. The Western Unlo i, with its
crush of train disp.itchinjr, would not touch
a message of a ly other char icter In the Ter
ritory, though the earth swallowe.1 a town
site. Guthrie' bick seems broken, ami
there Is a furioui stampa lo to get out Peo
ple there are wild fromtbs privations that
lack of shelter, w ibT a;iJ food imjiose apon
them. To these riiitres-ei are added the miss
fortun.e of tempest, heat and tbe absence of
means of flight,
When the c.n-rispind mt reached Yellow
Spring-, from the Diamond Itir ranch, he
learned from thedlapatchrrs that noithnr the
north nor tbe southbound paenger trains
l ad lieen hear 1 f ro n. An hour of waiting
passed whett a train of twenty cattle car
crept up from th outh. The cars were
loi-ke.1, t ut upti the roofs, tho buff rs, amid
the ciMilon ti e bonier, on the pilot and gang
way of the loc 'inotivo, an I packed In Uon
the ciUoa, was a dense nu I miwrablo
throng of men. The train from Guthr.e had
started with it strange loa I at six o'cl ck In
theevenlng. It was ln !e t at tempt to
enforce lawsr.-striclive of railroad traveL
Fleclnu for Tliclr Lives.
The people were fleeing practically for their
lives, They bad ald d to long perlo.1 of
privation the au (Tiring of s-reiteou hours
without f'M I or prot-ictlou from t'ie old. No
train ha I pa-enl them, and none was In sight
behind. They hal loft a howling mob in
Guthrie, b I".) I In its efforts to J tin In the
flight Theuselessnes of procee bn to Gutb
rie was spp irent, and tho correspondent ses
cure.1 a footing for one foot and returned
with the laggard train. Since
dark other freight tr tins hare follows 1, bav
ing made the eighty-fire miles from Guthrie
lu from 0 to 14 hours. The cars are piled
with fugitives, thirsty and famine strickon,
snd Arkansas City is crowded as it was be
fore the dcac nt
Some exp-ricnoe are pltful. A terrllde
storm one night raised the miseries of On brie
to almost a horror. A violent wind arose a
Ihe sun sank, and filled the air with the
stifling red alkaii dust that str aws the pi tin.
A deluge of rainsucceedul, and throughout
the lil;ht bent upon tho thousands of shelter
less. .Tho railrou 1 is utterly incompetent In
the emergency, and is delivereing bsgg ige
and express bio slowly to be of u-e to tho uus
protoe'e I. The fugitives cheer with Joy as
they alight bote, and rush to the hydrants
Hid eating houses. Curses are heaped upon
the region and Goverment. Mai aha is Need
le and Jonoa are execrated without stint for
theft of tho land, and the railroad is denounc
ed for its feeble s rvice.
Gu'hrie Is without form. The origlnnl
streets hive dinp-arj I, and new sections
ai'e being plowed every hour, and c infldonce
I st alow ebU Those who are not going home
announce their intentions of moving upon the
Cherokee Strip, and report that hundred
of boomer In wagon have already done
Scores of men urrendered their cl thus to
lots in Guthrie without an effort to preserve
or dispose of them. The south bound p i
senger finally arrlvod, crowded with pilgrims
for Guthrie, and few could be diMiuided by
the lamentations of the fugitive. It i im
possible to predict what tbe next few day
villd.velup inUu bria.
The litest tr im Olclabnm is thai Col, D. P.
Dyer, of KansisCity, a Ropubliotn lu poli
tics, an I an Indian agent uider President
Arthur, baa lieen elected Mayor of Guthrie.'
One of hi first acta was to give the gamblers
twenty-four hour to leave, and the next
train Nurtti took away a 0'jd many of them.
Another Oklahoma, Doom.
1'he oHning of the big Sioux rcHTvation
will lie a mattir of greater imp ruincj tn
Northern people, and especially to the piople
of the Northwest, than the settlem mt of the
OUluhomi and Clnrjksi stri; cwitry can
be to h ansa and the Huluve.terii rilites.
1 he 1 ind to be omii to settlement willuc
c immoiliteUiroe or four tm s inun pui
ple aUsdahom i, and, a a rule, it will gain
settlers o ' an rX'Vp'.io ml sturdy dim, sincj
the T.vr of the I) iko'. t c'im ito is culitulaled
to reie!, ill ex vptthi hardy nnd tlnitty.
Preai lent HiAriia iu hai aptinntxl Ginoril
Gcsiige Crook. ex-G ivoruor Vj er, of O lio,
and ex-Congressma i Warner, of Missouri, a
oommiNS.on totreit with tha Hoot Indian
and uiideaver to effect a purchase of about
half of thi Hioux reservation in Dukota ao
cording to the tirm of the act adoptel at
the last sesilon of congress. If the com
mission sucoeeds in the uu lertsking (and the
iudica'ion ar quite fAVora' le) a strip of ter
rltor live lim lb sixi of 0 ah ma will l
thrown op m ti settle uen t in Dikobt. At
leo-st half the Und whlu'l it is tlimjht th
commission will socm e is go si for the plow,
and much of th remainder is well suited to
graxiug.
To Itratore Capital I'uiiiahnient,
At lousing, Michigan, thn House took
ib'pa Uiwaid restoring capital punishment
by pissing the Abhott Hanging bill in (iin-untu-e
of the Who e. The bill provide for
the death so ally fM niurderers, but before
il can be Imposed rupnrea that every juror
shall sign a verdict rru muueii'Iiiig its intticv
tioo, and i veil then tb Judge may exercise
tils discretion in sentencing the prisoner to
death or to imprisonment for life. A amend
ed the bill suthoris s tbe execution by either
hanging or electricity, and a-ovid that no
uwpiMir reporter shall be allowed to wlt
Ueas eMOUtiou.
l-'actory Wrecked.
A explosion of dynaiuiU aud smtneflilt
oocurred at the factory of th Einmeiislt
Qua Explosive and Ammunition Company,
near H.rrlon, N. Y. Chsrle Anders ui,
flremsu, fiiiploywl at the Works, was proha
ably faulty injure.!, aud Newton Kmmeiis,
sou or tbe owiur of the plaoo, was badly cut
aud buriieiL Tbe fucUiry, valued at IIO.OiK),
was entirely demolished, and two olh. r bud l
ing wiri dUbUy damaged. Tbe exp-isloii
wasoiusal by a lb wbioU driiu itud iu tl.e
ei giu roiiu.
BTATE NEV&
1 . V
Mrs, Boles, of Conemangb tinast
We.lnes.lay night and burned her ii ' S
old child so badlv that It died ai JB?1,
ward. The mother Is not tptn
At Manor station tbadiring .
store was hurglaiswd V'dii.-,-
force aiiantitv nf rliit.lilm, i
" - ' " s'a, su
taken. As some old clothing j(
Uie yard, tramj.n ai being l,lanNJ,j
roooery.
The Confluence and Stale I,j,
to run from a point on tlie Pitul,
"""Hsir,,
tn me i . si or near I ,,..
point on the Yoghiogheny river wkt,'
ter Maryland, was charter-! ,
V es tenia r. with 100.(101 . fj,.. :.
- ,IIAJ , 1
. .... .. v ... .gionviija
.11 ..II .., . . ' ""fl
mvi imn ill, null, WUICO IB aaiil I
J imes Trimble, a Pe;inavTs,,ia
employe, was killed by a tnin ii,ar 0
ourg.
Mr. I. T. Jones, a Inrge m.v.uf,
cotton In I'hilii.lcipMa, his cmt,s
la. J
C HUkj
move his plant In that city, Vnl, u L
- i
i.o.., so noieiice, sin., ntl'l IMh ft J p
Mannrnturiiig Company of Trent,',
. .
nave removrii nil ineir ninel,ji,or j
maiiiifuctiire of hardware, Vulur-U:j-,
to the asms city.
Tho Cathollo Church TenviTmr., s..
i-ninona oorourn, una ii'oilel tipn,
any ja rs ni who sells lupi ir u., ijilu.
Cnmnrin torough.
'i h He Iford County Dj-no-r it, Iut.vI
el their delegates to the next Sac., I
V an Urmer, IL II. Krainir sal (J. jj
man.
John llereran was arrei'el at Pi'Stt. .1
parsing bogus checks on tin Hi i.iV,
Itniik. lleclalmed to b an aga it o( ti f
ylrania Acxtideut Aujulaliiu.
A coal digger nnnieil Auguv. Shup ,
killed by a fall of sl.ite in tho mi-,, yJ
Chic igo and (.onneilsrille t'otnju iT iti
II- - ...t.i II . . I i ; ...
jio was m,-i..wi.w vbui iu iu U.J
red.
The name of Mrs. Amon, of ShsikWr J
nsar Sharon, has been nolle-1 i. tb
iioae who cwjnwi aii.ori. iro.n tn, j
the psst year. She I the motliai ,j(
bratexl Johnnie Steel , who q i ind-n.n
000,000 during the oil excitement,
Pennsylvania ha nn'urnl i;(ir J
lesorganlxed within her Slate bir lrrt J
burg has TH of them; Greeushur;, J(,J
Ington, 1'J; Heaver, 10; IVrowiisvil,
town, 0; Monongsh'-la t-ify, It, ainl'tJ
jiuce ore scatter! among iivu- j.
Uifferaut towns and cities.
The Sh iroit Council has pnHur
linnce n gainst tlie utiug of sling icsj
bi'yi.
An el lerly lady nnmel Nil,:, i
lb T ing"d, committ'? I aiiici'l.) at .Vj'j ,
h'gift.y luting strychnine.
Hon. A. A. Barker, of Khuni'tifJ
was seriously ill in nshington, D C
fir resiv.n-,sl as to lie able to r-iu.-a :
and bis health W still iintirovm,',
Tlm lurgo piMi mill of the Hal.;
Works will buput in operntioi t.iC'H-.
largoorilor it wis filling when ilinJ
t onde I, and which will tikoslitd
w.s..ks, afior whicii tho ns-ilgue
luouue Ui-poiing of tho plant.
D HONKS AT A DISCODll
Glowing Itcporta r rum thffJusJ
ol the New South.
Tho ilanvfacturtrf litcoid,il
cial rcporis from leading haukeris
South a to the condition ol buu
vicinity, rating th it tho view .1 i
were secured because they ur tt. e
ble authority ou the oouditiJtiof tat
their vicinity.
Tho fcoord says: "In thn North aH
complaint of dullness in th. Hu::
never before equalled is seen in f-7 '
ludustry. The p-ople are tint oa;t ;
tut enthusiastic. The steady pr T I
year bai brought about a keit i: Vr
ity, which ha infuatd now life sou
body, and the whole rVutb is"J
work. Drone are ota dim-'ou it; .i
enterprise csa-'less, t.rls
and push are now the c mTulli ; l1
the Hiuth. Tbe reports of In .t
from Virginia to Texas wi:hu: i
tell of groat Improvement in tiui i j
tlvity iu trade aud manufacture o-j
enthusiasm which p-rva lu all 0'"
Is ns, firmer aud buiinss m Ml
"Thi i prohably tb nioi: ui.
vorable u nmary of the cindt'5!!
lieas iu an area a great u tin S' I
could ever have omu
prop' rity result from thss fi':
South, during tb last tw yri '
10.00J new industrial eitahlutmsM
Inir every iine of iiianufsciur.nl
ing, from making plus to bu 1
lives and the building of neir 1
railroad, aud the produetl-n ( l
nrona evi r raised in this sw'Ujk. '
d fairly good prufl to th !
been reported."
A HrldgnGlv Wsf
lin..'... I,.rl. a ati'ii 11. T ''
the hansts line from Kmio i"
i'rid.e acro-s an artlllriai l-'k-S'''
precipilated utiout seventy (!' t J
keVell f.Mlt of water. Mol "' u
(.Ut T wereiisNisbsl to th.'S i'-r'
..l.l,.., I I.,.. (i.m s 1
. . .' ill,, V, l.U' ..'- - j
four of them seriously. Th'ifj
J. II. I'l eii lorgiat, Mias Mollis I's-'H
uel IMler and K Idio Steve
Tbrouirlia Hurnii.g
An engine and eight csr-,
oil U nk filled with -11. "" ""I
W trrsllaon the Suiibury "1
t..,..lu.,,i. n.llroad. flvst W '
erside. The oil Uaik nre . - ,
tl,. .,lna ,ra dnatroVL
the engineer, and Jsmes lo'l
both of Bunbury, P.,
Injured luternally.
An I'deotlon Tragedy lf1
During m looil nptlou IJ,J
lit, Va., Joe How. I shot sui -
Purler, a Deputy U. B. Ma'
ter died b sliot ll ie l i i '