RRS Ri ar UNDER THE AMERICAN FLAG epee THE OCEAN GREYHOUNDS. —— Wew York and City of Paris Have Been Adopted. Stars and Stripes Float From the New York’s Staff. ites An important achievement of President Harrison's sdministration—the naturaliza- tion of two European built Atlantic ocean liners—was accomplished at New York City on Wednesday. The City of New York, of the Inman line of steamers, celebrated ‘Washington's birthday by hoisting the stars and Stripes to the peak. Her sister ship, the City of Paris, will follow her example on March 11. Both vessels are rechristened, dropping the “city” prefixes. These two great ocean liners have heretofore been fly- ing the British flag, but Congress not long ego pranted them American registers pro- viding they hoist “Old Glory’ and become a part of the auxiliary navy of the United States, and provided further that the Inman line, to which they belonged, at once in- pp. a nie held and the speech making had. Over 506 guests listened to this part of the program. Governor Flower and staff, who were ex- pected, found it impossible to attend. In his speech President Harrison said: It gives me pleasure to consummate here to-day, by the act of lifting this flag, legis- lation to which I gave my hearty support. 1 have felt, as a citizen and as President, the mortification which every American must feel who examines into the standing of the United States in the merchant marine of the world. “I believed that we had reached an epoch in our development when the great work of internal development was so far consum- mated that we might successfully take up the work of recovering our fair share in the carrying trade of the world. [Applause.} ‘‘We lift the flag to-day over one ship, a magnificent specimen of naval architecture, one of the best afloat on any sea, That event is interesting in itself; but its interest to me is in the fact that this ship is the type and the precursor of many others that are to ficat this flag. [Apvolause.] I deem itan entirely appropriate function that the Presi- dent of the United States should lift ihe American flag. St GEG N oR ( creases American shipping by building two more big ocean greyhounds like the Paris "and New York, A mighty cheer went up from the guests on the steamers when the President arrived and ascended the gang plank. Everything was ready for him. The President took the end of the halyards and in the most informal fashion hauled away. The flag, which had been held by two sail- ors, was then broken out to the breeze, and the President hoisted it to the peak of the staff, declaring the first vessel of the only American trans-Atlantic line in commis- gion. At the same time the Union Jack was hoisted by sailors on the jib boom staff, the English ensign was hauled to the foretop- mast, and the new house flag of the line, an immense blue eagle on a white body, was sent aloft to the maintop, and the new mail flag was floated to the mizzentop. It wasa most unique and informal ceremony. Simultaneously with the appearance of “Qld Glory’ over the taffrail, the guns of the Chicago began to talk, firing the national salute of 21 guns, The navy yard in Brook- lyn also responded with 21 guns. It was stormingall this time and the trip of the New York down the bay was canceled. After hoisting the flag, the President was escorted to the main saloon, where a banquet was HISTORY OF TEE INMAN LINE. The Inman Line service on the North At- antic Ocean originated in 1850. Richardson Bros. & Co., of Liverpool, England, and Richard, Wilson & Co., of Philadelphia, had been the owners ofa line of sailing packets trading between Philadelphia and Liverpool. In 1550 they started a line of first-class steamships between these cities, subsequently changing the: American port of departure to New York. The late Wil- liam Inman was a partner in the Liverpool house, and managed the shipping depart- ment. He was Managing Director of the company from 1854 to the time of his death in 1881. ; In 1886 the old company dissolved and a new one was formed, called the Inman and International Steamship Company. The steamships City of New York and City of Paris were constructed by Messrs. James and George Thompson, of Clyde Bank, near Glasgow. The two ships cost $3,000,000. The City of New York came in from sea on Thursday morning and went up to her pier in the North River, completing her last voyage from Queenstown and Liverpool. As soon as she had been made fast in her berth, scaffolds were slung over her bows and stern and workmen set to work erasing the ‘City of”’ in her name. The job wasan artistic one, and on its completion no one was able to discern any evidences that the name was ever any more extensive than ‘New York.” BELIEVED TO BE INSANE. An Atlanta, Georgia. Women Murders ; Her Two Sisters. At Atlanta, Ga., on Saturday afternoon Mrs. Julia Force, 38 years of age, shot and killed her two sisters, Florence, 30 years of age, and Minnie, 26 years old. She then walked to the police station and gave herself up, saying she had committed a crime and desired protection. tis believed that the women is insane. She has been considered irresponsible st times and had trequently threatened to kill members of her family. She says that she has for a year been writing out a statement of the family troubles, ana just completed it. To-day when her mother was absent from the house she sent the servants out on errands. ''hen going to the room where Lier sister Fl rence was sick in bed she plac. d a pistol to her right temple and shot her dead. Going to the kitchen where her other sister was she shot ber in the same manner. None of the neighbors heard the stots, Miss Force calmly locked the door and went to the police station as described. The bodies of the two women were found by a brother, to whom she had sent a mes- sage to the effect that her sister Florence was worse. In response he went home to fiind the bodies of his dead sisters. FUNERAL OF THE SISTERS. The funeral of the Misses ¥orce,who were murdered by their sister. took place from their Atlanta home Sunday afternoon. It was probably the largest In Atianta’s his- tory. The Episcopal and Fresbyterian min- isters officiated, one of the dead women being an ardant worker in the Episcopal church, the other in the Presbyterian. ——————————— Eighteen Men Held Up. Wednesday night at Adair, I. T., three desperadoes confronted the station agent and robbed him of §8,700. Eighteen citizens who appeared were made to hold up their bands, and marched to one of the principal stores, which was robbed of £300. — eo —ONE of the finest private cars ever built has just been completed at Chicago for Pres- ident McLeod, of the Reading. It cost $50,- wh. - DEATH AT A CARNIVAL DANCE. The Grim Monster, Beckoned on by a Child’s Hand,Works Horrible Destruc- tion. Over 30 Killed. A carnival dance was given on Monday evening in Duestch Pereg, Austria. Atll o'clock when about 100 persons were danc- ing in the hall, achild playing in the cellar dropped a lighted taper through the bung hole of a cask of petroleum. The cask ex- ploded, killed the child. toreup the dance floor and scattered the burning petroleum among the dancers. A dozen persons enveloped in flames ran for the windows and doors, spreading fire and panic among the rest of the company. Half the people in the hall were at the end from which there was no exit, and were obliged to run the length of the blazing room toescape. Ten persons fell through to the cellar and were burned to death. Seven more, whose clothes had caught fire, died shortly after reaching the open air. Three were tramp- led into unconsciousness in the panic and were burned as they lay on the floor. Five men and seven women whose clothes were half burned from their backs, are’in a criti- cal condition. Many others have fractures or burns. Out of ,the 100 only about 35 es- caped uninjured. rnd EATING HORSES AND PETS. Fearful Straits of the Ramine and Fever Sufferers of Finland. In consequence of the destruction of crops by frost last summer, famine and disease are now prevalent throughout Finland. More than 200,000 persons are dependent upon charity. Towns and villages are thronged with beggars. At leas 5,000 peasants are barely able to find the means of subsis- tence. They have eaten most of their draft animals and their domestic pets. Typhus fever is carring off hundreds daily.! CLEVELAND'S CABINET. His Official Fumily Announced Before the Inauguration. Biographical Sketches of the Pres- idential Advisers. : In defiance of numerous precedents in the case Mr. Cleveland removed the ban of secrecy which usually makes the composi- tion of the Presidential cabinet a mystery until the inauguration, and as fast as he had chosen his advisers and their acceptances of the positions were received official an- nouncement of the fact was made from the ‘Little White House’ at Lakewood; N. J. The list of appointments as thus givan out, supplemen by a biographical sketch of each cabinet minister, is as follows: Secretary of State—Walter Q. Gresham, of 1llinois. . _ Secretary of the Treasury—John G. Car- lisle, of Kentucky. Postrmaster-General— Wilsca S. Bissell, of New York. Secretary of War—Daniel 8. Lamont, of New York. Secretary of the Navy—Hilary A. Her- bert, of Alabama. Attorney-General—Richard Olney, of Massachusetts. Secretary of the Interior—Hoke Smith, of Georgia. Secretary of Agriculture—J. Sterling Morton, of Nebraska. Secretary of State. WALTER Q. GRESHAM. Judge Walter Quintin Gresham, who wil occupy a seat in the Cleveland Cabinet a: Secretary of State, was born on March 17 1832, in a queer old farmhouse near Lanes ville, Harrison County, Ind. His father, William Gresham, was Sheriff of a back woods county, and when Walter was twc years old the father was shot while attempt- ing to arrest an outlaw by the name o! Spies. Judge Gresham was then next to the youngest of fivesmall children. His mother was poor and owned a -small farm. She managed by hard work to keep the family together, and, as a boy, Walter followed the plow and studied by night. When sixtees years of age he obtained a clerkship in the County Auditor's office, and with the money earned defrayed his expenses ai school and at Bloomington University. Returning to Corydon he studied law mn the office of Judge W. A. Porter. Wher twenty-two years of age he was ad mitted to the bar, In politics he was a Whig, and joined the Republi can Party when it was organized. Hi: partner wasa delegate to the convention which nominated John C. Fremont in 1 and voung Greshan stumped the State fo the Pathfinder. In 1869 Gresham was elect ed on the Republican ticket to the legisla ture. When the war broke out his constitu: ents wished him to return to the Legislature but Gresham wouldn’t have it, and enlisted as a private in the Thirty -eighth Regiment Almost immediately he was made its Lieu tenant Colonel. At Leggett’s Hill, befor: Atlanta, he was shot in the knee, and he hat never since that time recovered from the effects of the wound. After the surrender of Vicksburg Grant and Sherman recommended that he be made a Brigadier General, and shortly after he received his commission. In 1865 he was brévetted a Major-General. After being musterad out he started to practice law at New Albany, Ind. Two positions were offered him under General Grant as President and he retused both. He ran for Congress twice and was defeated by Michael C. Kerr. In 1862 he was appointed United Utates District Judge for Indiana and accepted. He was Post- " Lamont, amo rostmaster-General, WILSON 8S. BISSELL. ‘Wilson Shannon Bissell, who succeeds Mr. Wanamaker as Postmaster-Greneral, isa Bu!- falo lawyer. He was born in New London, N. Y., December 31, 1847, and when he was six years old his parents removed to Buffalo. He studied in the schools of that city, and then enterei Yale. At the age of twenty-two he had graduated and was studyi law with P. Lansing, woo subsequeatly formed a faitmereni with Mr. Cleveiand and Oscar olsom. In 1872: Mr. Bissell formed a part- nership with Lymaa Bass, and a year later the firm became Bass, Cleveland & Bissell, The firm dissolved on the removat of Mr. Bass to Colorado and the election of Mr. Cleveiand as Governor. Mr. Bissell re- organized the firm with new partners and built up a lai'ge practice. He is regarded as an able rajlroad lawyer. He has been Presi- dent of two or three small railroads in the western part of New York State and Penn- sylvania. He is also a director in a number af corporations. He is a man of strong con- victions, but is uniformly good natured. He is President of the Buffalo Club, and Mr. Cleveland is very fond of him. When Mr, Cleveland was married Mr. Bissell acted as best man. Secretary ot War. DANIEL SCOTT LAMONT. Daniel Scott Lamont, who is to be Presi- dent-elect Clevelani’s Secretary of War, is now forty-one vears old. He was born at Cortlandville, Cortland County, N. Y. For thirty-five years, up to a short time ago, his father was a storekeeper in a Cortland County town callel McGrawville, Mr, La- mont’s first work was performed as his father's clerk, and at the. same time he at- tended school. He entered Union College in 1872, and even bafore his graduation was something of a politician. When he was nineteen he was Deputy Clerkin the Assem- bly, and at twenty, which wasin 1871, he was a delegate to the Democratic State Con- vention at Rochester. When Lamouat was twenty-one he was nominated by the Damo- crats for County Clerk of Cortland County, but lost. In1874 he ran for Assembly and lost by a few votes only. He then became Deputy Clerk of the Assembly at Mr. Til- den’s request. Subsequently hs was ap- pointed Chief Clerk of the State Depart: ment. When Governor Tilden organized the party in the State he called upon young others, for assistance. In 1875, during the State campaign, he was Secretary of the State Committee. He was master-General under President Arthur, * actively engagel in every campaign up to At the close of President Arthur’ term he was made Secretary of the Treas- ury, but only held the position for a short time. Subsequently he became United States Judge for the Seventh Judicial Court. In 1865 he made some remarkable decisons in the celebrated Wabash cases. He was s candidate for the Republican nomination for President in 1884 and again in 1888. He seceded from his party 1n the last compaign and announced his intention of voting for Grover Cleveland. JOEN G. CARLISLE. Jobn Griffic Carlisle, who resigned his seat in the Senate in order to accept the po- sition of Secretary of the Treasury, is 2 na- tive of Campbell (now Kenton) County, Kentucky, where he was born on September 3, 1835. He received his schooling from the common schools of the county and subse- quently became a school teacher at Coving- ton. He began the study of law, and in 1858, at the age of twenty-three, ha was admitted to the bar. He began practice at Covington and met with almost immediate success, When the war opened he was a member of the Kentucky Legislature. After the war he served in the State Senate and as Lieu tenant-Governor. In 1876 he was elected ta represent the Covington District in Con- gress and was re-elected biennially thereaf- ter up to 189), when, on May 17, he was chosen to complete the term of James B. Beck,’ deceased, in the United States Senate. As a member of Congress he ranked high as an authority on fiscal and economic subjects. He served as Speaker of the Forty-eighth, Forty-ninth and Fiftieth Congresses. He was a recognized leader in the Senate, whera in debate he was ready and sometimes age gressive, When speaking ha was deliberate and undemonstrative, 8 was a careful student and a hard worker. TEE Russian War Department has re- jected half of the output of new small-cal- ibre rifies of 1892. They were made in the Government factories, and are too defective to be placed with safety in the ‘hands of the army. The re-arming of the infantry will | be delaved three years. the time be went to Washington as Grover Cleveland's Private Secretary. When Cleveland was Governor, Mr. Lamont ac- cepted the post of Military Secretary of the Staff, and the position carried with it the ‘ title of Colone!. When in 1889 Mr. Cleve- land retired to private life Mr. Lamont ac- cepted an offer from William C. Whitney and Oliver H. Payne and became associated with them in the projects of the Metropoli- tan Traction Company. Mr. Lamont is of a quiet disposition. He is slow when talking and of modest demeanor. He married Miss Julia Kenney of Cortland in 1874, and they have three children. Secretary ot the Navy. BILARY A. HERBERT. Hilary A. Herbert was bornat Laurens- ville, 8. C., on March 12, 1834. He removed to Greenville, Ala., in 1815, aul was eiueas! ted at the University of Alabama and the University of Virginia. Heis a lawyer b; profession, having been admitted to the bar just before the war. He has served sixteen! years in Congress. During much of his Con- gressional career he has bzen a member of the Committee on Naval Affairs, having been made Chairman of that Committee about the beginning of Mr. Cleveland's former term. During this time he has worked zealously for the interest of the Navy, which has earned for him the title of the Congressional Secretary ot the Navy. At the time the Civil War broke out Mr. Herbert entered the Contederate service as a captain and was soon promoted to the Colonency of the Eighth Alabama Voluateers. He was disabled at the battle of the Wilderness, in 1864. At the close of the war he resumei bis law practice, and in 1872 removed to Montzomery, waich hassincs been his home. In 1876 he was elected to Conzress and re- elecced in 1873, 188), 1882, 1831, 1883, 1888 and 1890. He is a widower, with three chil- dren—a married daughter. a younger daughter whois popular in Washington so-' ciety circles, and a son at scaool. His left arm is shorter than his right, the result of injuries received in the battle of the Wilder- ness. In Washington Mr. Herbert lives at the Metropolitan Hotel. ‘BROKE SMITH. Hoke Smith, of Georgia, named as Secra- tary of the Interior, is thirty-sight years old and was born in North Carolina. His father was H. H. Smith, and the new comer was named Hoke after h's mother, who was a Miss Hoke. The Hokes are an eminent Southern family, and are represented in North Carolina, Georgia and Tennessee. He bezan to practice law in Atlanta in 1876, and he stands well in the profession. Mr. Smith is over six fest tall and weighs about 230 pounds. He has regular features and a deathly pale compiexion, which is not an in- dication of bad health for hs scarcely knows what it is to be ill. In some ways he bears "a forcible resemblance to Mr. Cleveland. His fame has been won as a politician and not as a lawyer. He is the owner of the At- lanta Journal, an afternoon newsoaper, but does not claim to be editor. The income from his law busine# is estimated to ba from §30,000 to $35,000 a year. He is known throughout Georgia and in Alabama as an anti-corporation lawyer, and the big suits against railroad companies which he has won for his clients are numbered in the hun- dreds. Mr. Smith married in 1883 the daugh- ter of Howell Cobb, ex-Governor of Georgia, a Confederate General, who was Secretar of the Treasury uader President Pierce, He bas three children . \ Attorney-General. Richard Oiney was born in Oxford, Mass., September 15, 1833, and is a member of the Massachusetts bar. He was gradu- ated from Brown University in the class of ‘56. He studied law at the Harvard Law School, and entered the law offices of Judge Benjamin F. Thomas, in Boston, in 1859. He advanced rapidly in his profession and was for many years counsel for the Eastern Railroad Company, and after the consoli- dation was retained as counsel for the Bos- fon & ne, a position which he now holds. Hes also counsel for the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe ani Chicago, Burlington & Quincy railroads. In Boston Mr. Olney is known as an old line Democrat, although he was never actively engaged in politics. He has on several occasions refused to accept public preferenca to confine himself to his aw practice. He has at least twice refused to accept a place onthe banch of the Su- preme Court of his State, Governor Russell aving been desirous to appoint him when the last vacancy occurred. Mr. Olney served one term in the lower branch of the Massa-~ chusetts Legislature in 1874, and once ac- cepted the Democratic nomination for At- torney-General of the State, although it was only an honorary nomination. When the vacancy occurred in the office of Chiet Justice of the United States, Mr. Olney’s name was presented to President Cleveland, put the appointment went to Melville M. uller. y . Sccretary of Agriculture, J. STERLING MORTON. J. Sterling Morton was born in Adams, Jefferson County, N. Y., April 22, 1832. While yet a boy his parents removed to Michigan, where he atténded the school at Albion and subsequently at the State Uni- versity at Ann Arbor. He went later to Union College, New York, where he gradu- ated in 1854. At the age of twenty-two he married Miss Caroline Jay French, and sterted almost immediately with his bride for the West. He located first at Bellevue, but shortly afterward removed to Nebraska City, where he became the editor of the Ne. braska, City News, which position he held {or a number of years A vear after Mr. Morton's arrival in Nebraska he was elected to the Territorial] Legislature. In 1857 he was chosen again and took an active part in the proceedings of one of the most exciting and memorable legislative sessions in the history of the Territory. ln 1858 he became Secretary of the Territory, and a few months later, through the resignation of Governor Richardson, Mr. Morton became Acting Territorial Governor. Mr. Morton no part in Publis life after that for sixteen years. n 1832 he-again ran for Governor against J. W. Dawas and E. P. Ingersoll. He ran afterwar1 in 1834 and again in 1892 for the same office. He was appointed to represent Nebraska at the Paris Exposition, and was one of the Com- missioners at the Centennial Exoosition at Philadelphia in 1878. For many years he was g prominent member and President of the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture and Horticulture, and to him the houor of being the originator of “Arbor Day” has been credited. Mr. Morton has been a farmer all his life. For twenty-five years he has lived on the same farm outside of Nebraska City. He took up land there, he explains, as a squatter, and after holdinz it for two years secured a title from the Gov- ernment. For twenty years he has been connected with the Nebraska State Board of Agriculture. His farm is knowa as Arbor Lodge, and Arbor Day, which comes on April 22, is his birthday, His farm 1s a half mile square, ——ef A Mine Owner Blown to Pieces. William B. Curtis, one of the best known mine owners in New England, was blown to jieces by a mysterious explosion which oc- curred while he was in his mine shanty near Monroe, Conn. The mine was not be- ing worked, and no one was in that vicinity at the time. —PETER JACKSON, an aged colored man of Elkton, Tenn., apparently died. Just be- fore the funeral occurred he terrified every- body by rising in his coffin and inquiring what was going oa. The P'ower of Wcter. ¢¢A Southern Engineer” contributes = valuable article on ‘‘Geology and the Mississippi Problem” to the Engineering Magazine. Init be says: We find in water the only tireless agent that works in the modification of continents; and instead of being the great renovator of the land, as it is pop- ularly conceived. it is the great de- stroyer. The destruction of ancient Rome has been attributed to time. But it was due simply to the moistufe of the atmosphere working throagh chemical agencies, It was water, invisible but penetrating even the very stones of the wonderful city, that caused her to crumble to ruins, and gave to modern Rcme a grade greatly elevated above her ancient grade. But it works not alone in the cities and towns. ‘There is not a hill on earth that bas not been ehorn of some of its altitude by this subtle force, and there is not a mountain on earth, if not fitfully renewed by volcanic action, that has not been ¢rmpelled to lower its peak before this universal leveler of the exalted. It may be a dreadful thought, indeed, but we do not know absolutely that we are not dependent on the earth- quake and the volcano for keeping our continental habitat above the level of the ocean; for water not only destroys, but it has the persistency and force to carry off to its burial place in the sea all that it has caused to perish. It may take a long time at its task, but working either in its gaseous, its liquid, or its solid form, it seems to be the most pez- sistent thing on earth, never perishing, and, however divided and invisible at times, always ready to unite its forces for a supreme effort at the degradation of a continent. 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