i £ k £ £ £ + { mission?”’ Sn LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS | EEA RL BOTH FROM HOME AND ABROAD. ee Titat is Going On the World Over. Important Events Briefly Chronicled. rf Washington News. Congressman Springer, of Illinois, is radi’ ~d with having secured another posi- tive ruling from the administration, this time from P#stmaster General Bissell. Mr. Springer is said to have put the casein this manner: ‘I understand, Mr. Postmaster General,” he said. “that you have deter- mined to retain Repubiican Po-tmaste:s the full term of four years when nothing can be proved against their character or ability. But suppose tha a postmaster appointed by Mr. Harrison served three years and died, aml a Republican successor was appointed, wiil this man be allowed to serve four years, dating from the issue of the original com- mission. or will he be allowed to serve four years dating from the issue of his own com- “He will 1e allowed.” said Mr. Ris ell, slowlv and positively, ‘to serve out four years of his own.” Internal Revenue Commissioner Mason submitted his last monthly report, the new Commissioner, Mr. Miller. relieving him to- morrow: For the nine months of the fiscal year ending March 31. 1893, the aggregate receints from Intérnal Revenue sources were £120.510.016 95; a gain over the corre- sponding period of 1892 of $7.208,078. The principal items of increase were: Spirits, $3,959.707: tobacco, $1,170.71; fermented liquors. $1,833,949; oleomargarine, $266,- The aggregate receipts for March were $53,863 5+ greater than for March, 1862. i Disasters, Accidents and Fatalities ' The twine mill of Benjamin Moons, near Providence, R. I. was destrcyed by an ex- vlosion. Emory Clark and Samuel Peery were killed outright, and Amos Farrington was fatally hurt, Others were seriously injured. An explosion occurred in the Rusk-Ivane mine at Denver, Col., in which four men were killed and four injured. The identi- fied dead are: George Young, Collin E. Rolley and P. McGovern. Clark Robinson and Benjamin Dowe were killed at Lima, O., by a nitro-glyce- rine explosion at the glycerine works, The glycerice caught fire from friction. A cyclone at Lyndon, Kas., Tuesday night blew down the court house and jail and the Methodist church, killing Henry Hirsh,who was standing on a street corner. Daniel Erickson, of Bradford, Minn. went home late at night intoxicated, and in attempting tostrike a light, set the house a fire. His wife and two children were cremated. L. D. Reithman, an old and wealthy real estate man of Denver, Col., was killed while shoveling snow off his roof, by coming in contact with a live electric light wire. ee Fires Cossville, the county seat of Barry County, Mo., was visited by a disastrous fire. entailing a loss of over $200,000, on which there is about $30,000 insurance. The ~ business portion of the town was cleaned out. At Plymouth, Mich., one business block. Loss, $60,000. At Enon, near Springfield, O., the Colum- bian paper mills. Loss $70,000. Insurance $40,000. Near Denver, Col., three acres of build- ings on the Windsor farm. Loss $40,000; covered by insurance. The Ocean View hotel and a number of business houses at Rendondo, Cal, were destroyed by fire. Loss about $60,000. Forty houses at Slivno, a village of Bo- hemia, have been destroyed by fire. Four persons were killed and 4C injured. Warden, Wash., has been wiped out by fire. It contained 1,000 inhabitants, most of whom are shelterless. Li agi Crime and Penalties. Three persons were killed at a serenade near Ness City, Kansas. A young man named Anderson was married end a crowd of neighbors serenadei Anderson and his bride with tin pans, cowbells and shotguns A drunken cowboy fireda load of buck shot into the cottage where the wedding was being celebrated slightly wounding the bride. This angered Anderson and he tired both barrels of a shot gun into the crowd outside. * Two men were instantly killed and a third fatally injured. en Judicial. Marriep WoMEN's Ricars.—Justice Blat- ford, for the Supreme Court of the United States, at Washington, delivered an opinion as to the powers of married women in dis- posing of real estate. It was, in brief, that a married woman may not dispose of prop- erty the title to which vests in her name under a power of attorney given to her husband, although he joins in the deed executed by him as such agent or attorney. Te Cholera Advices, Paris—Cholera has broken out again in the lunatic asylum in Guimpor, department of Finistro. Five patients have died of the disease. St. PeTERSBURG—The official cholera sta- tistics show that from March 13 to March 27 there were 460 new cases and 120 deaths in the Government of Pocolia, and from March 27 to April 13, 113 new casesand 33 deaths in the Government of Oofa. Else- where in the Empire 15 new cases and sev: en deaths are reported. rea Legislative. The New York Assembly has passed the Anti-conspiracy bill directed against em- ployes. The vote stood 69 to 54. The bill to prohibit combinations formed to advance the price of necessaries of life was passed in the New Yorx assembly and now goes to the governor. Capital. Labor and Industrial, All the plasters in Buffalo, N. Y., with the exception of About 40, went on strike to enforce their demand for 83 50 a day,which the master masons refused to grant. Work js stopped on nearly every building in course of construction. —— Miscellaneons. A live bald headed eagle from the Rock- jes was present the other day when Carter Harrison was inaugurated World's Fair Mayor of Chicago. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. The Hohenzollern palace at Sigmaringen, on the Danube, was partly burned and many priceless works of art destroyed. ‘Tne Dowager Duchess of Sutherland was committed to Holland prison under a sen- tence of imprisonment for six weeks for contempt of court. The failure is announced of the Austra- lian joint stock bank with liabilities amounting to $65.000,000. The deposits amount to $55,000,000. The bank has 20g branches in Australia. The failure was due to the heavy withdrawal of deposits, ee Ae THECONDITION OF BUSINESS. The Volume of TradeH as Been Retard- ed by the Weather, While the Fi- nancial ‘Conditions Have Acted as a Damper R.G. Dun & Co's “Weekly Review of Trade’ says: Monetary doubts have over- shadowed all other influences at New York, but have not greatly affected trade at most other points. Wheat receipts have been 2,200,000 bushels at Western ports in four days, and Atlanta exports not 600,000 bushels. The stocks and receipts seem to have broken the Western corner and forced heavy liquidation. At Chicago, navigation opens with heavy shipments, and though weather retards business, its volume is fair and collections are saiisfactory. Currency does not return as was expected and larg sums are tied up in Fair preparations, so that bankers are conservative. Reports from other cities show extensive embarrassment from severe storms and the backward spring, with some signs of shrinkage in trade from other causes, The tardy spring makes clothing quiet and the advance in shoes retards uving. The building trade is active and the demand for lumber large, but sales of wool are moder- ate. ; Pig iron is a shade firm for foundry, but Bessemer is weaker at Pittsburg and Birm- ingham. No. 2isoffred at $9, Trade in bar is dull, with the price as low as ever, and a cut to 1.6 cents in beams and chan- nels is reported. Collections throughout the country are at most points slower than usnal. The business failures during the last seven days number, for the United States, 180; Canada, 28; total 208, as compared with 209 last week, 223 the week previous to the last and 201 for the corresponding week of last year. THE BURINESS BAROMETER. Bank clearings totals for the week ending April 20, as telegraphed to Bradstreets, are as follows: New: York............. .$706,610,098 I 26.5 i ... 111,577,086 1 24.6 . 104,635,720 I 13.0 Philadelphia ...o0vvveee. 74,709,774 D 17.7 St. Louis... eines 26.2271715 1 1.5 Pittsburg. . 16,713,100 I 10.6 Baltimore.... .... . 15613470 1 1.5 San Francisco ........... 15,674,371 I 10.0 Cincinnati . ide. lvoe a. 34,115,580 'T 5.0 Cleveland ..... ana vabees 6,237,611 I 10.0 (I indicat2s increase, I) decrease.) The aggregate of clearings of 80 of the principal cities of the country is $1,242 015,- 634, an increase of 18.6 per cent. The totals exclusive of New York City amount to $535,405,546, and shows an increase of 9.8 per cent. Official Crop Bulletin. The Department of Agriculture at Wash- ington has issued the following Weather Crop Bulletin: The past week has been cooler than usual, except in the South At- lantic States, and in the vicinity of the low- er lakes, where a slight excess in tempera- ‘ture was 1eported. The greater portion of the wheat belt, which was deficient in moisture at last report, received during the last week from one to two inches more than the usual amount of rain rall, and although some damage is reported from floods in Tennessee tbe increased moisture is likely to prove favorable in this region. The spring wheat also received about one inch more than the'normal rain fall, but in this section the moisiure was aiready in excess. Generally the week was co'd and not fa- vorable to farm work throughout the prin- cipal agricultural States, except in the east portion of the cotton region, where the weather was generally favorable for farm work, but where tain is needed, Special telegraphic reports: Pennsylvania—Cool, wet weather delayed work generally; little progress in northern portion; in southern portion crop growing finely; good stand of wheat and grass; out- look favorable. Tennessee—All crops looking well; low- lands badlv washed by floods on 13th and 14th; some damage to corn by cut-worms tobacco plants improving since rain. Kentucky—Excessive rains retarded farm work; grasses and meadows improved. Missouri—Frelds generally look fair, but work retarded and ground too wet and cold ior germinating. I1linois—Oat seeding complete. Frit in- jured by frosts, especially in southern counties; wheat improving; meadows and pastures good in southern portions. : Indiana—Rain fall excessive; tempera- ture and sunshine deficient; favorable to crops but not to plowing and seeding; wheat itaproved. Ohio—W€heat, oats, clover and grass made splendid growth; farm work, plowing and seeding stopped by heavy rains. Michigan—Crops have advanced slowly owing to high winds and cool nights; plow- ing for oats general; some potatoes and early vegetables planted; meadows and pastures in fine condition; fruit prospects excellent. Wisconsin—Little farming done during the past week owing to freezing weather. The season is, however, ten days early. All crops and conditions are favorable. Cran- berry vines wintered well. Minnesota—Snow on the ground in the northwest. Nothing done and . little pro- gress made elsewhere, The soil is too wet and cold. Potatoes are being planted in the southern counties. The weather during the week was very unfavorable for seeding. Jowa—In the southwestern district dry, cold winds have injured winter wheat. Seed- ing is practically completed. Plowing is in progress. Corn planting has begun in the southeastern district. A FATAL MINE EXPLOSION. Three Men Killed and Two More Will Probably Die. A most disastrous fire occurred at Tower, Minn. J. B,Kattles, who leaves a wife and four children, was instantly killed. Charles Nelson had a gas pipe driven through his chest and died afterwards. He leaves a wife and five children. Jacob Kashavir was killed by having both legs blown off. Nine others were seriously injured, of whom two will probably die. The fire Was caused by “aq explosion of dynamite. IMITATES A DOG. An Iilinois Woman Goes Mad Bite Ten Years Old. Alton, Ills., has a curiosity in the nature of a woman affected with hydrophobia to such an extent that she imitates the action of a dog. The woman is the wife of Rich- ard Isom, colored, and ten years ago was bitten by a dog. She barks at intervals and before being tied crawled about on all fours The authorities are in a dilemma to know what shall be done with her. From a ‘HOME RULE VICTORY JOHN BULL LOCOMOTIVE AND TRAIN. The famous John Bull engine, with its antique passenger coaches, which have so long done duty as chicken houses. arrived in Chicago on Saturday for the World's Fair, after an eventful irip from New York city, over the Pennsylvania lines. Thousands of people congregated at the different stations to watch the old train pass, arid at many Several weeks ago it was taken to the shops near Je of its eventful existence. As the iliustration shows, essential principles of locomotion by steam is the same in ble features ot the John Bull is the pilot, commonly known as the cow-catcher. pilot attached, but when tne engine was pilot in order to assist the machine in taking Mr. Stevens set himself the task of planning one, first pilot was a frame one made of oak, eigh it from Stevenson, the English inventor. curves. v r t by four feet, pinned together at the corners. wheels 26 inches in diameter, while the other end was fastened to an extension of the axle outside of the forward driving-wheels, as it was found that a play cf about one inch on each side of the pedestal of the front wheels was necessary in order to get around the curves. Robert L. Stevens, the founder of the Camden & Amboy 1ailroad, was responsible for the importation of the engine, as he ordered It was completed in May, 1831, and arrived in Anierica three months later. points perfect ovations were given. : rsey City, overhauled and placed in a condition for the most momentous trip the engine presents a strange contrast {o the magnificent locomotives of the present day. While the the old and new, the mechanism is entirely different. One of the most nota - As originally constructed in England there was no placed in service on the Camden & Amboy road it was found absolutely necessary to provide a and although it was a crude and awkward affair, it served the purpose. The Under the forward end were a ir of Isaac Dripps, a young mechanic, made the first experimental trip, and after many trials considerable change was made in the machinery. Wood was originally used for fuel. The John Bull weighs 22 000 pounds, exclusive of the tender, Jocomotive in use on the Pennsylvania railroad at the present time weighs 176,000 pounds, or more than’ five times as much as its origi- nal predecessor. The curious contrivance, resembling a poke bonnet, which surmounts the tender, was called the ig-top. brakeman, who not only kept a sharp lookout for other trai occasion required, and worked the brakes on the locomotiv was no bell-cord nor gong on the locomotive, 0 all commu these original features are rerained in the restored engine. Hardly less unique than the locomotive itself are the passenger coaches on the historic train. South Amboy bought one of the discarded coaches of the old Camden and Amboy railroad. ing it on posts in the ground, converted it into a chicken coop. tive of the Pennsylvania railvoad, looking for relics, farmer. realizing that lapse of time had endowed his interest on the original purchase-money, but the matter was adjusted, and tbs passenger coach of en coop is once more fixed upon its trucks, and went to Chicago us a part of the John Bull train. pristine glory of its palmy days. so romantic. It was found some years ago in a lumber yard in a N away in the Meadows shops by a far-sighted official of the company, refitted and reupholstered, so that it appears requisition some day. he Penusylvania Hu ¥ (0 now in all the New Jersey town and 32,200 including the tender. ns approached on the same track, but signal e and tender by a long lever which extended up between the knees. nications between engineer and brakemen was by word of mouth. All It served in this capacity until a few happened upon it. and entered into negotiations hennery with increased value, demanded a The ordinary standard passenger In it sat the forward ed tothe rear brakeman when There Some 25 vears ago a farmer neat He removed it from its trucks, and, plant. months ago, when a representa tor its purchase. The thrifty price which represented compound 30 years ago transformed into a chick After its recovery the coach was The history of the other coach is not quite } 8mong a mass of rubbish, and quietly tucke: who foresaw that just such an occasion us this would bring it inte teople claim the John Bull to be the first locomotive in running service in this country. IT PASSES SECOND READING. ————ee Balfour and Mr. Gladstone Made the Closing Speeches. Great Enthusiasm, Mr. — ees The members of the house of commons rushed to their seats on Friday for the final encounter over the second reading of the Irish home-rule bili. Prime Minister Glad~ stone, as soon as be arrived, was presented with a beautiful bouquet of flowers sent from Ireland and accompanied by the inscription **All blessings and power to the friend of poor and distressed Ireland. May God pros- | per you.” Upon the opening of business in the » house Wm. O'Brien (Nationalist), member from Cork city, asked if Mr. Gladstone had received a resolution adopted and signed by the mayor and alderman of Cork approving the establishment of an Irish parliament in Dublin. Mr. Gladstone replied: “Yes. I had much pleasure in receiving the resolution, all the more as 1 am informed that it expresses the uniform views of all corporate bodies in Ireland,” : Mr. T. W. Russell, the Liberal me-nber who opposes home rule for Ireland and who represents the south division of Tyrone, asked if Mr. Gladstone knew that half the members of the municipal council of Cork were absent when the resolution was adopt- ed. Mz. O'Brien sprang to his feet and with considerable vehemence said: ‘That is not a fact. Mr. Gladstone ca'mly replied to Mr. Rus- sell’s question: **The resolution expresses the feeling of a great majority of the Irish municipal councils,” and added that the home-rule bill was certain to pass its second reading to-night and that it would go to the committee on May 4. This statement was received with cheers by the supporters of the measure. Sir Henry James, Liberal Unionist, spoke in opposition to the bill during most of the session. Early in ¢ghe evening the debate was monopolized by minor members, At 10 o'clock Mr. Gladstone entered hurriedly and was greeted with cheers. The members began to return rapidly. At 10:30 Mr. Bal- four was received with cheers. All the mem- bers had taken their places and the house waited expectantly for the heavy guns of the final debate on the second reading. Mr. Balfour rose shortly before 11 o'clock He made a long, elcquent and impassioned speech in opposition, closing with these words amid cheers: “If you commit this great political crime you make yourselves responsible for an irre- pairable national disaster and all hopes of a peaceful and united Ireland will vanish forever.” Mr. Gladstone rose and the cheering was * repeated, but not by the same throats. Like Mr, Balfour he was in splendid form. His voice was clearer and fuller than before during the session and his movements have evidence of unusual energy and earnestness He said: “You cannot be surprised that we have undertaken the solution of this great question, and. as on the one hand it is not the least of the arduous efforts of theLiberal party, so, ou the other hand, it will have its place in history—aye, and nct remote, but early historv—as not the ieast durable, fruitful and blessed among its accomplished acts. Before the cheering ceased George Bart- ley, Conservative for North Islington, rose to continue the debate. Mr. Morley, chief secretary for Ireland, moved the closure and it was adopted. Then the members divided and soon foliowed the announcement that the bill had passed the second reading by a vote of 347 to 304, which was the signal for more cheers and hat waving. There was another demonstration when Mr. Gladstone left the house. Crowds had gathered out- side the building and as the prime minister rode away he was followed by their cheers. The division was taken on strict party lines. Every Nationalist member voted with the majority. The dissident Liberals, to a man, went with the opposition, The prince of Wales remained until the result of the division was announced, DETAILS OF THE ZANTE CALAM- TY. The List of Dead Increasing. Sufferings of the Homeless. The details of the calamity that has be- fallen Zante show that since the beginning of April there have been a total of 100 earthquake shocks, averaging five every day. When the terrific shock came on Monday morning last, the city of Zante was practically wholly destroyed.There are not in the city 50 houses that are gafe for people to live in. It is now known that 150 persons lost their lives in the disaster and this list is likely to be added to when the ruins are cleared away, if thisis ever done, H. Dra- gumaii, Acting Minister of Interior,who has made a journey through villages lying in the vicinity of the capital, reports that he found scarcely a house standing. The suf- fering among the homeless people is great. le A MESSAGE IN RHYME, The Mayor of Lancaster, Pa., Gives His Inaugural in Doggerel. The Hon. H. W. Carpenter, Mayor of Lancaster, Pa., has perpetrated an innova- tion. His inaugural address is in poetry. Here is the remarkable document : To All Whom It May Concern: “We've never in Lancaster had an inaugural, So the first one wehave is given in doggerel. 1 have studied and pondered and thought twould be nice . To give the saloonists a little advice. It is cheaper than fines, and, I trust, effective— : : And as to my office you know it’s elective— Bo I hope in the future you'll close up your more oors. The first time it’s my fault, the next time its yours That you opened on Sunday, or after the our Allowed by the Council—I'll apply all the owers Contained in the State or municipal code And 'twill be your own fault if you're sent o’er the road. I believe to start early; be open and frank, So I'll not be compelied to give you a yank That will quite incommode you in person and purse, And I know after one dose that you'll get no worse. Don’t fool with the “cops’’ or entice them to drink, Or from any duty to skirmish or shrink. T'm a friend to saloonists, one, each and all. And for my sake and yours don’t one of you a Into the belief that ‘Carp’ will be easy, For if you depart I'll make it quite breezy Both in your neighborhood and that of the all. Now i you presume that I ever will quai Or throw up my hands when once well in ine, For I think to be right is both just and divine. 3 And if after two years of quiet and care You make up your minds to oust me from there Put shoulder to wheel, and work with a wi To quit me from office that I fail to fill, Don’t think for a moment that “Carp” is a 00 — You'll make a mistake if you break o’er the rule— A mistake it will be you will find to your SOTrow When you settle up the morn of the morrow. Here’s another good subject: I think the police Need a little attention, instruction and grease” To oil up their jointe and hasten their ways So they get in their thirty instead of ten ays Every month, and take care to let alone booze And try to dispense with their sweet nightly snooze, For I'll be around—I'm not hard to keep, And no one can tell at what hourr I sleep. I'll run the department, or *‘bust’” up the ranch, I'll have no lieutenants or ‘‘reference branch.” There is an old saying''a new broom sweeps clean,” But I give you my word that I say what 1 mean— You “keep up your trace’ and “hoe your own row,’ And I will assure you things smoothly will £0. The closing bell will be rung to-night and regularly hereafter at 11 o’clock standard time. All who are interested in its ringing will govern themselves accordingly, and all who do not interest themselves in its ring. ing, will be governed accordingly. H. W. CARPENTER, April 18, ’93. Mayor, City of Lancaster. NO EPIDEMIC OF CHOLERA. The Opinion of a New York Newspaper, After a Careful Investigation. The New York ‘World’thus summarizes a four column article on the subject of the likelihood of cholera epidemic this sum- mer: The “World’’ has gathered the opinions of the leading physicians of New York and the health officials on the probabilities of a cholera epidemic this summer. On the whole a careful review of what these medi: cal experts say leads to the conclusion that a cholera epidemic is not probable. There is an almost unaniicous belief that wa will bave some cases of cholera during the hot months. The doctors, however, point -out very clearly in the interviews which follow the reason why these sporadic cases are not likely to become epidemic.”’ A Ten Silver Miners Lose Their Lives. At Butte, Mont,, fire broke out in the shaft of Silver Bow mine, on the Butte and Boston properties, near the 500-foot level, Ten men are known to have been entombed on that level and are supposed to be dead. The Eskimos Desert the Fair. The Eskimos have deserted at Chicazo They have flown from their huts in the Fair grounds, and will start an exhibition of their own outside the Exposition fences. They grew weary of their managers. PRESIDENT CLEVELAND SPEAKS He States That the Redemption of Any Kind of Treasury No es Except in Gold Has Not Been Contem- plated. The President at Washington authorized the following statement: The inclination on the part of the public to accept newspaper reports concerning the intentions of those charged with the man- agement of our national finances seems to justify emphatic contradiction of the state- ment that the redemption of any kind of Treasury notes, except in gold, has at any time been determined upon or contemplat- ed by the Secretary of the Treasury or any other member of the present administration The President and his Cabinet are absolute- ly harmonious in the determination to ex- ercise every power conferred upon them to maintain the public credit, to keep the public faith and to preserve the parity be- tween gold and silver, and between all fi- nancial obligations of the Government. While the law of 1830 forcing the pur- chase of a fixed amount of silver every month provides that the Secretary of the Treasury, in his discretion. may redeem in either go!d or silver the Treasury - notes given in payment of silver purchase, yet the declaration of the policy of the Govern- ment to maintain the parity between the two merals seems so clearly to regulate this Jisgretion, as to dictate their redemption in old. Of course, perplexities and difficulties have grown out of an unfortunate financial poli- cy, which we found in vogue, and embar- rassments have arisen from ill-advised financial legislation confronting us at eyery turn, but with cheerful confidence among the people and a patriotic disposition to co- operate, threaten ginal figure-~$100,000,000, A Pret A shoul is clos witho to fa enin;