WORLD'S FAIRS OF THE PAST. ree HISTORY OF ALL THE GREAT ——ree Industrial Expositions Since the Idea Was Launched Over Forty Years Ago. eee Credit for being the originator of world’s fairs must be awarded to the late Prince Albert, consort of Queen Victoria of Great Britain. The first world's fair was held in the Crystal Palace, London. in 1851, and it was Prince Albert who suggested the enter- prise and helped largely to make it a suc- cess. The total number of exhibitors was 13,037, of whom 499 weré. Americans. The receipts at the gates amounted to $1,780,000 and the net profits were $750,000. In 1858 international exhibitions were held at Dublin and Néw York. There were..|- 4.190 exhibitors at the latter, more than balf of whom were foreigners. The receipts were only $340,000, and there was a Joss of .000.” Horace Greeley, who was one of the directors, while on a visit to Paris, was arrested by one of the French exhibitors for damages incurred to his exhibit. In 1855 Paris held an exhibition, in which there were 23,954 exhibitors, only 144 of whom were Americans, The receipts were §644,110 and cost $2,257,000. - Between 1854 and 1862 exhibitions mainly of local interest were held in sever- al cities, among them being those at Mel- bourne and Munich in 1854, at Brussels in 1856, at Lausanne and Manchester in 1837, at Turin in 1858, at Hanover and Athens in 1859 and at Dublin; Edinburgh and Florence ip 1861, In 1862 a great exhibition was held at Yendon—the receipts of which were $1,600,000 and expenses $2 300,000. The next World's Fair, that of Paris, was the most splendid the world had yet seen. It was held in the Champ de ars. There were 50 226 exhibitors, of whom 533 were from the United States. In 1872 the Vienna Exposition took place. There were 70,000 exhibitors, 654 being from the United Btates, The cost of the buildings was esti- ated at £7,85),000. Then came the famous Centennial Exhi- bition at Philadelphia in 1876. The build- ings then erected comprised a main build- ing, covering an area of 870,464 square feet; a machinery hall, covering an area of 504,- 720 square feet; an art building covering 76,650 sq. feet of floor space and 88.869 5 feet of wall space; a horticultural hall & teet long. 160 feet broad and 65 feet high; an agricultural building covering 117,760 equare fect and 8 women's department building 208 feet long and 208 broad. The fair was opened on May 10, 1876, and re- mained open for six months. During that time it was visited by 9,910,936 persons, of whom 8004294 paid admission fees amounting to $3,813,724 49. The largest number admitted on any one day was 274.- 919. The total number of exhibitors is esti- mated at 40,864, of whom 8,175 were Ameri- cans, 3,822 natives of Spain and her colonies and 3,584 subjects of Queen Victoria. The total number of awards was 13,104,0f which 5.364 were granted to American exhibitors and 7,740 to foreign exhibitors. The United States Gorernment manifested special in- terest in the Fair by appointing a commit- tee 10 see that the condition of the different Government departments was well repre- sented, for which purpose it appiopriated the sum of $728,500, Paris again came fo the front in 1878 and showed Europe that an imperial form of government was not necessary for the suc- cessful establishment ofa World’s Fair. The Champ de Mars was again selected as a site. 100 acres being appropriated, of which the main building covered 54 acres. The totai number of exhibitors was 40, 366, of whom 3,774 came from Great Britain, 1,229 from the United States and 19.472 from France. The Fair was cpen from May 1, 1873. to Cctober 10 of the same year, and during that time the number of admissions was 16,032,725, The total receipts from visitors were estimated at $2,531,650. In 1879 an exposition was held at Sydney, New South Wales, at which there were 9.345 exhibitors, 310 of whom were from the United States. The next year the Mel- bourne exposition was held, at which thes were 12,792 exhibitors, 366 being from this country. . In 1883 a foreign world’s fair was held in Boston. It was a novel exhib‘tion, for two reasons—first, because it was only open to exhibits from foreign countries,and second, because it contained exhibits from a larger number of foreign countries than were ever represented in any previous world’s fair. There were 680 exhibits, comprising 10,000 articles. The latest and greatest exhibition was opened in Paris on May 5, 1889, and closed on Cctober 31 of the same year. The total cost of the exhibition was $8,300,000 and the total receipts were $9,900,000. The number of exhibitors was 55,000, more than had appearid at any pieviors world,s fair, and us these about 1,730 hafled from the United Staies. The awards to American exhibhors comprised 52 grand prizes, 189 gold medals, 2i3 silver medals, 220 bronze medals and 27 Honorable mentions. The total number of visitors has been estimated as bigh as 5,000,000, and as low as 3,000,000. Thz regu- lar price of admission was 1f., but owing to 1he lottery system many persons were en- abled to enter at half price. The number of admissions between May and November exceeded 28,000,000, and it is estimated that on the last day no fewer than 400,000 persons were admitted. With regard tn strangers it may be confi- dently said that fully 1,500,000 visited Paris during the fair, as the registers kept in ho- tels and apartment houses bear ample testi- mony to that effect. ~The number of en- tries to the fair certainly showed an in- crease of 11,000,000 over that of the fair in 18 8 and 18,000,000 over that of the Phila- delphia fair in 1876. The Champ de Mars was again selected as the site for the fair, the total space occupied being 173 acres. The Machinery Palace was the largest building, being 1,378 feet long. 405 feet wide and 166 feet high. Its cost was £1,500.000, and it covered 11 acres. No object ut the fair attracted so much atten- tion av the famous Eiffel Tower, raised to the reat height of 984 feet. A FIERCE STORM IN OHIO. A Cyclone Wrecks Many Buildings at Wilmington. A cyclone of terrific proportions struck Wilmington, Ohio, Fridav afternoon. Trees were but as straws and few are left standing that encountered the storm. The City Halll lately remodeled, is badly damaged, the roof being blown off and the interior soaked with water. Every church in town except the Presby terian was badly wrecked. The heavy bell on the Christian Church was blown “some distance into the street and the spire was: blown off and crashed through the roof and ceiling. The Catholic church spire was left standing, while the remainder of the building was demolished. ’ it is miraculous that no one was killed outright. The large bookstore of Hildebrant & Hil- liard was crushed like an egg shell and the contents drenched with water, The busi- nes houses of Campbell, Hamill & Co., H. G. Cartwright & Co., J. W, Sparks, Benja- min Farqubar, F.S. Miller, E. F. Marble and many others were badly wrecked. The dwelling houses of W. W. Collins, McNa- mara, two belonging to C. W, Austin and several others were demolished and num- bers of others were unroofed and otherwise damaged. The wind blew so furiously that small sticks and siraws were found imbed- ded in the weather-boarding of houses. Four Sailors Drowned. A two-masted schooner. supposed to be the Brave of Dear Isle, Me.,, went ashore near the Xnobs life Saving station, Plum Jsland, Mass. Soon after the spars fell, and with them four men, who are supposed ic be all there were on board. Tor vam Rei - 2 we “ rd fi Tie = i ow 2 Ro ML i EEY TO BIRD'S-EYE VIEW OF COLUMBIAN EXPOSITION, 1—Railway Approach. 2—Machinery Hall, 17.4 acres. 3—Agricultural Building, 15 acres, 4—Annex to Agricultural Building. 5—Administration Buildiag. 6—Hall of Mines and Mining, 83{ acres. 7—Electrical Building, 93{ acres. DEATH ON RIVER AND RAIL! TWO ‘FCARFUL ACCIDENTS, Causing Msny Deaths and Fatally Ine juring Many Persons. Steamboat Ex- plosion and Runaway Train. One of the worst catastrophies which has occurred in years took place on the DMssis- sippi river at West Island, 24 miles below Cairo, Iil.,, Sunday morning, A rear end of one of the boilers of the steamer Ohio, a Cincinnati and Memphis packet, blew out, filling the deck cabin with steam and boiling water. Several of the deck hands and deck passengers, who were eating breakfast at the time, were literally cooked alive and a large number received serious burns Following is the list of the dead: William Hurstman, colored. fireman, St. Louis. Hampton Collins, colored, Memphis, Thom- as Woods, colored, residence unknown. Cyrus Meyers, white, mate, of Cincinnati, jumped into river and was drowned. Two colored men, unidentified. Following is a list of the injured. man of whom will diez R. W. Crews, Danville, Va.; Fred Neal, Columbus, Miss; Charles Jackson, fireman, Cincinnati; James Howard, Roebloom, Mo.; Gilbert Childress, fireman, Nashville: Colder Tate, Memphis; William Jackson, Washington, Pa.; William Henry, Memphis; Albert Robinson; Cincin- nati; C. J, Patterson. white cook, Memphis; Wiltiam H. Dickey (white), deck passenger, Newport, Ky. The wildest consternation’ reigned on board the boat and the screams of the pas- sengers and the groans and appeals of the victims made the scene a terrible one. The boat could proceed no farther and for several hours it lay atthe bank while the unfortunate victims lay on the deck writh- ing in agony and calling aloud for aid. At last the tug Aegeus hove in sight. She was hailed and the sufferers, 22 in number, were transferred to her deck, and she im- mediately sailed to Cairo, Word had been telegraphed and every physician in town was on the wharf to meet her. The suffer- ing of the victims was alleviated as much as ossible, but before they could be removed ‘rom the boat four of them weredead. The remainder were transferred tothe Marine Hospital. Another one died soon after reaching there. and the surgeon declares ig 10 of the 16 now inthe hospital will a6€ A PECULIAR FATAL ACCIDENT. The Big Four passenger train which left Chicago at 8:40 Saturday night, in crossing the Wabash river bridge at Lafayette, Ind. at 1:30 Sunday morning, got away from the engineer. The air brakes would not work, The front cars Jeft the track after reaching the depot, tearing down the sheds on the eastside of the track. The engine, bagga e. mail and express cars were thrown oil the track, hurled some distance and broken to ieces. The list of Killed is as follows: Michael Welsh, the engineer, of Indianapolis; John Lenon, of Lafayette, driver of mail wagon; Thomas McMahon, of Cincinnati, express messenger; Charles Meyers, of Lafayette, hack driver;Charles Schaille, of Portsmouth, Q.; Fred Schele, fireman, found dead be- neath the wreck, left leg torn off at the thigh; Otto Gesselson, Montreal, Can.; Con- rad Weissel. of Shelbyville, Ind.; William Chadwick, of Shelbyville, mail clerk, is missing; Joshua Long, mail clerk, Lebanon, nd. Following are the names of the badly hurt: James Carnaban, home unknown; Charles Myers, Cincinnati. postal clerk; Thomas Vickery, home believed to be in Cincinnati, hurt internally. The above were all in the mail car service. The seriouslv injured are: William Place, of Frankfort, Ind.; Jefferson Reese, of Kempton, Ind. All the train men were killed, but none of the passengers were injured. Astheengine left the track it struck and instantly killed three men standing on the platform. They were Otto Gesselson, of Montreal, Can- ada, who had purchased a ticketand was waiting to board the train; Charles Myers, a 'bus driver. and John nnon, who was in charge of the United States mail wagon at the depot. The dead that lay under the immense pile of wreckage were not removed for three hours after the accident, a wreck- ing train being necessary to do the work. fad the engine left the track a minute sooner the entire train would have been tnrown into the Wabash river. Owing toa sharp curve in the track on the west side of the river, the air brakes oould not be ap- plied until near the bridge. When the en- gineer tried to apply the air the brakes would not work and the train dashed into the station, as stated above. — rr A Tennessee Cyclone. At Gainesville, Tex., a cyclone did con- siderable damage to property. Many resi- dences were unroofed and several business houses had stocks of goods ruined by wa- ter. Three miles south of Gainesville Mr. and Mrs. Blackburn was prcbably fatally injured by their residence coilapsing. Near Fair Plains on the Santa Fe, a train was completely lifted from the track,. with the exception of the engine. The train bad come to a stop and was hurled into a ravine 30 feet away, Brakeman Gunn was killed out- right. Conductor F. A. Taylor was badly cut over the eye and will probably die, and others were seriously injured. Othes mear- by towns were partially wrecked. 10—Landing Pier. 11—Transportation Exhibit, 183¢ acres. 12—Horticultural Hall, 624 acres. 13—Villages of all Nations. WORLD'S FAIR NEWS. — THE BIG FAIR CLOSED SUNDAY. THOUSANDS OF CHICAGOANS SPENT THE DAY IN LOCAL PARKS. The Sunday closing rules were strictly enforced Sunday at Jackson Park, and no one was admitted to the grounds except workmen and the guards. The Chicago parks were visited by no less than 200,000 people, who wandered along the drives and graveled walks, rode in the boats and stretched themselves on the grass. It was a notable fact that not one of these zodless Sabbath breakers did anything that sould shock the average Congressman. The men and women were well dressed and well behaved. The park policemen had absolut- ly nothing todo. In the crowd were thous: ands of strangers, and many foreigners whe wondered why Jackson Park should be zlosed to such an intelligent bodv of people. At Humboldt Park, Garfield Park, Douz- lass Park and Washington Park great crowds passed the day promenading the boulevards, filling the benches and rowing on the ponds. Even the little parks were full of men, women and babies. [t is, therefore, perfectly safe to estimate the number of people who visited the parks yesterday at 200,000. "It probably exceeded that some. Three-fourths of them would have visited Jackson Park had the gates been open. RECORD OF ATTENDANCE. So far the paid admissions, although light, have exceeded those for correspond- ing days at the Centennial. For last week the figures are: Mayil. official..... co. i000, 128,965 May 2, official.. 13.883 May 3. official...... ...... ..31.274 May d.estimated.....coucereninnnacan. 18,500 May. 5, estimate@.......v vessnvsnens 14,000 May Gestimated.......uauvecanranann. 55,000 A FATAL FXPLOSION IN MACHINERY HALL. A terrific exp'osion startled everybody in the west end of Machinery Hall on Friday. A header on the big 16-inch steam main blew out and James Glas-ford, a switchman, was blown 60 feet and fatally scalded. Two other laborers were also scalded, but not fa- tally. No cause can be assigned for the ex plosion. MUSIC UNDER DIFFICULTIES. . The open air concerts in Administration plaza were poorly attended Friday morning, owing to the chilly atmosphere. ~ The play- ers did the best they could, muflled in their heavy coats. but found it difficult to render finished music in an unfinished stand to the accompaniment of carpenters’ hammers on the roof. : A WORLD'S FAIR HOTEL FAILS. The World’s Fair Hotel Association made an assignment. Assets, #11,870 50; liabili- ties, £11,9 5 6). The failure is assigned to a non-payment of dues on the part of the stockholders, —ONE result of theWorld’sFair is that last month 10,756 alien cabin passengers were landed in the port of New York. more than twice the number for April, 1892, esr 12,000 ACRES OF WATER. A Dam Breaks and It Goes. No Lives Lost, But Much Property Destroyed. The Lewiston, Ohio, reservoir broke Wednesday night and turned an immense flood of water upon its residents along its course. The break was in the northeast corner of the reservoir, where a wasteway 620 feet in length is located. The break was 200 feet wide and the water came rush- ing down in a great flood. The artificial bank of the resorvoir is five miles around, and the bottom of the reser- voir itself is at least ten feet above the im- mediate country below. The water averag- ed ten feet deep over the whole reservoir, so some idea can be imagined of the great vol- ume that came rushing down on the coun- try below. The reservoir is located five miles northeast of Huntsville, Logan coun- iv. O., and contains 12,000 acres of water. Hundreds of families left their homes and fled out of reach of the coming torrent. So far no loss of life is reported. but the dam- age 1n Logan county is estimated at 850,000. Many farmers will lose everything but their land,and they will be financially ruin- ed. BrLLEFONTAINE-The latest reports from the scene of the Lewiston reservoir flood are re- assuring, and it is believed that such pro- gress has been made as will prevent furth- er opening at the present places, brt the entire lower banks are saturated andin a very dangerous condition. Should further rains fallno human power can stay an awful catastrophe. The towns and cities directly in the line of the flood are Bidney, Piqua, Tippecanoe, Dayton and most of the towns of the Miama valley between Dayton and Cincinnati. Telegrams have been sent to the authorities at all threatened points to prepare for the worst as well as they can ay hope for the best. J The Lewiston reservoir is said to be the second largest artificial body of water ip the world. Lal Moody and Sankey at Chicago. Irs D. Sankey, the famous singing evan- gelist arrived at Chicago bringing with him 8 party of English Christain workers. In company with Mr. Moody whois now in the city, he will conduct revival-meetings here at various times during the World's Fair. —Eumas Hurcamsow, a daring Denver horsewomen and rough rider, hes sapplitd to be allowed to enter the one distance sowboy race from Chadrox, Neb, to Chicago. 8—Manufactures and Liberal Arts Building, 44 acres. 9—The Great Peristyle and Music Hall Cafe. 14—Woman’s Building. in 15—TInited States Government Baildin) 16—-Fisheries Building. 17—Life-Saving Station, etc. 18—Illinois State Building. 19—Galleries of Fine Arts. LATER NEWS WAIFS, CRIMES AND PENALTIES. Fannie Korn, a New York woman, gave poison to ber two children, a boy aged 12 vears and a girl aged 6 years, yesterday afternoon, then shot them and completed her horrid work by shooting herself. Antonio Martinez, Antonio Josen Barlos and Victoricn Aragon, three murderers were taken from jail at Las Lunas N. M,, by masked men, and hanged to a tree Half a dozen murders have been commit ted near Las Lunas in the past two months and the citizens took this method of warn ing the vicious element that crime musi cease. The other night three men charged witl murder were taken from the county jail a Los Lunas, N, M., and hanged to a cotton- wood tree, No clew to the lynchers., Cig FOREIGN. The Colonial bank of Australia, which i situated at Alexandria. in the colony o Victoria, has suspended. The town of Kowal, near Warsaw, ha been swept by fire and 118 houses destroyed Eighty persoffs perished in the calamity. 300 families are homeless and great destitu tion exists, An accident, by which 20 persons los their lives, is reported from the province o Saragossa, near Santa Eunlala, in that province. A religious procession was cross ing a river on pontoons when one collapsed len DISASTERS, ACCIDENTS AND FATALITIES Willoughby Compton. aged 19, and hi sister Florence, aged 22 vears, were drown: ed in the Detroit river, Detroit. While in rowboat they tried to cross the towline of : barge which capsized their craft and then into the water. The bodies have not beer recovered. : A freight wreck occurred on the Dayton & Michigan railroad, near Tadmore, O., i1 which five tramps were killed and one fat ally injured. The wreck was caused by : failure to put out rear-end signals. Re RELIGIOUS. St, Bartholomew’s Episcopal Church,New York City, broke the record Sunday morn: ing by taking up a collection that footed ug $81,000. The rector asked for $80,000 to re furnish and refit the church, and the con | gregation, which is a wealthy one, raisec the limit a thousand dollars. This is the church attended by the Astors and Vander- bilts and in the last four years it has ex: pended in charities and regular church expenses $1,005,000. mii CROPS. Reports received at London from th continent show that the drought and hea have spoiled the beet root crop, and that ai enormous rise of sugar prices is in progres In several parts of Austria the cereals hav been ploughed up in preparation for anoth er planting. Grain speculators declare tha all hope of saving the winter wheat i gone. tl WASHINGTON. The gold reserve in the treasury is now pretty close to $100,000,000. Small offers continue to be made to the secretary, and there is a feeling of confidence as to the out look for the immediate future. Secretary Hoke Smith created something of a sensation by dashing up to the White House on horseback to attend a cabinel meeting. \ a CAPITAL AND LABOR. All the furnacemen, numbering about 300, employed in the Penusylvania stee works at Duquesne, Pa., have had notice of a 20 per cent reduction of wages, en pis PERSONAL, Joe Jefferson is seriously ill and wa obliged to cancel his Cincinnati engage ment. —A wodAX in Brenham, Tex., Mrs. Julia R. Lastenhow, who was bitten by a centi- pede, will die from the wound, She shows a disposition to crawl and otherwige imitate the actions of the poisonous insect. Foreigners in France Must Register. The French Chamber of Deputies adopted ts measure requiring foreigners resident in Trance to register, but rejected the proposi- -on to impose a tax upon foreigners. Base Ball Record. The following table shows the standing o the different base ball clube np to date: . Lo Pot. Ww. L. Pct Clevel’'nd, 5 2 .714|Philadel’a 3 3 .5 Cincin’ti.. 6 3 .667|Boston.... 3 ¢ .4 Wash'n... 5 3 .625/Chicago... 4 6 .4O St. Louis.. § 3 .628|Pitésburg. 2 8 .40¢ New York 4 8 .871|Baltimore 3 5 ,3% Brooklyn, 3 3 .600iLoulsyle. 1 5 .16 VISION OF COLUMBUS. The following poem, written by W. Croffut of Washington city, §was read in Chicago at the dedication of the World's Fair buildings. Sadly on Columbus watched the nascent moon Drown in the gloomy ocean's western deeps. Strange birds that day had fluttered in the sails, And strange flowers floated round the wandering keel, And yet no land. And now, when through the dark The Santa Maria leaped before the gale, And angry billows tossed the carave's As to destruction, Gomez Rarscon came With Captain Pinzon through the frenzied seas, And to the admiral brought a parchment scroll, Saying. “Good master: Read this writing ETC An earnest prayer it is from all on board. The crew would fain turn back in utter - fear. No longer to the pole the compass points; Into the zenith crops the northern star. You saw but vesterday eve an albatross Drop dead on deck beneath the flying £cu The devil's wind blows madly from the e Into the land of Nowhere and the sea Keeps sucking us adown the maelstrom's maw. Francisco says the edge of earth is near And off the Erebus we siide unbelmed. Last Sunday night Diego saw a witch Dragging the Nina by her forechains And wildly dancing on a dolphin’s back; And as she danced the brighest star in heaven Blipped from its lash and sprang into the se a. Like Lucifer, and left a trail of blood. 1 pray thee, master, turn again to Spain, Obedient to the omens, or. peréhance, The terror-stricken crew to escape their doom May mutiny and—"" ’ ‘‘Gomez Rascon, peace,” Exclaimed the admiral: “Thou hast said enoug Now, prithee, leave me; I would be alone.” . Then eagerly Columbns sought a sign In rea and sky, and in his lonely heart Finding instead of presages of hope The black and ominous portents of despair, As thus he mused he paced the afterdeck And gazed upon the luminous-waves astern. Btrange life was in the phosphorescent foam, And through the goblin glow there came and went, Like elfin shadows on an opal sea, * Prophetic pictures of the land he sought. He saw the end of his victorious quest, He saw ablaze on Isebell’s breast A string of Antillean jewels rest— The islands of the West. He saw invading plenty dispossess Old poverty, the land with bounty bless And through the wretched caverns of dis- tress Walk star-eyed happiness. He saw the Bourbon and Braganza prone, For ancient error tardy to atone, Giving the plundered people back their own And flying froin the throne. He saw an empire, radiant as the day, Harnessed to law, but under freedom’s . Bway, Proudly arise, resplendent in array, To show the world the way. He saw the celestial peace in mortal guise And, filled with hope and thrilled with high emprise, Lifting ite tranquil forehead to the skies A vast republic rise. He saw beyond the hills of golden corn, Beyond the curve of autumn’s opulent horn, Ceres and Flora laughingly adorn The bosom of the morn, He saw a cloth of gold across the gloom, An arabesque from evolutions loom. And from the barren prairie's driven spume Imperial cities bloom. He saw an iron dragoon dashing forth Along an iron thoronghfare—south, north East, west—uniting in beneficient girth Remotest ends of earth. He saw the lightning run an elfin race ‘Where trade, love, grief and pleasure inter- ace And absent ones annihilate time and space Communing face to face. Hesaw relief through deadly dungeons grope. Foes turned to brothers, black despair té ope, | And cannon rust upon the grass grown slope And rot the gallows’ rope. He saw the babes on labor's cottage floor, The bright wall hung with luxury more and more, And comfort, radiant with abounding store, Wave welcome to the door. He saw the myriad spindles fiutter round The myriad homes where jocund joy is found " And love is throned and crowned, He saw exalted ignorance under ban, Though panoplied in force since time be- gan, And science, consecrated, led the van, The providence of man, The picture came and paled and passed away And then he aid to Pinzon in the gloom— ‘Now, Martin. to thy waiting helm again; Haste to tpe Pinta; westward keep her TOW— For I have had a vision full of light— Keep her prow westward in the sunset's wake From this hour hence and let no man look back.” FARM WORK RETARDED, a The Cool and Wet Weather Has Damag- ed Growing Crops. Fruit Killed in West Virginia. The unusually cool and wet weather is having its effect on the crops of Pennsyl- vania and West Virginia. The rainfall for the past week has been a half inch above the normal in all parts of Pennsylvania,and the temperature has been lower than usual in all sections except in and about Pittsburg. Sunshine bas been deficient all over the State. Farm work has been greatly retard- ed. The official crop bulletin says: In the Northern counties little has been done on spring work. Snow banksstill lie insome places, and freezing weather oceur- red during the week. Winter fgrain is re- PO in good condition. Grass looking fairly well. In the Southern counties farm work has progressed slowly between rains. Everything is backward, but a8 yet no serious injury has been done. Grain and ass look well but make slow growth. ruit trees budding and propects of a good crop. West Virginiareports that a heavy frost on the 24th was damaging to early fruits, ex- cept apples, vegetation of all kinds checked. Light frosts occurred on the 28th, but no damage was done. Wheat, oats and grass Aire reported as doing well, and corr has been retarded + the wet weather. Small fruits ave been killed on low la nds, apples slightly injured in some localities, pears not a led, and peaches seem to have been injured ly. 'obacco is progressing favorably, potatoes were damaged slightly and faves vege- tables were injured in some localities, but warm rains have improved them. ~—J. N. Brite, 8 prominent turpentine operator,was brutally murdered near Willa coochee, Ga., by a negro employe. The negro demanded pay for work before it was done and Blitch refused to pay him until Eaturday night, the regular pay day. LATE TELEGRAPHIC JOTTINGS iene! BOTH FROM HOME AND ABROAD. What is Going On the World Over. Important Event: .riefly Chronicled. ig . Capital. Labor and Indnarrial, g At Ishpeming, Mich.; the Lake Superior Iron Company’s 1,200 employes! +n work on the eight hour plan. The bave been reduced from 10 to 8 and the vw .ges untouched. The miners prouise to accom- plish as much in eight hours as they have been doing in ten. ETT Nineteen thousand working people em- ployed in the jute mills at Dundee, Scot- land, have gone out on strike. Monongahela. Pa., advices are that the strike at the Calhoon mines isstill unsettled. Only two men are reported to have gone to work on wagons loaded for 62 bushels. The strikers want to be allowed for 75. The striking Welshmen at the Irondale, 0., tin plate mill have returned to work, The Welsh say thatthe company granted them all they asked, and the company’s officials have nothing to say. The trouble was over;the American apprentices, ‘whom the compan y were uying to introduce. The Welshmen are determined to ullow mo Americans to learn the trade. LA The slaters and tinners of Akron, O., al went out on a strike Monday morning be- cause the contractors refused to advance their wages ‘15 per cents. In the Pennsylvania house the bill secur- ing to mechunics and laborers the right to file liens against real estate for the amount of wages due for work done in and about the construction, alteration or repairing thereof has passed second reading. ) Advices from Shawnee, O., says that ata meeting attended by 1,000 miners il was decided that it was useless to continue the strike in view of the refusal of the Piutsburg miners to suspend work. Reports show that afew small mines have resumed oper- ation atthe advance demanded by the min- ers, but 20,000 men are idle yet. The union dock laboregs of Bristol, Eng., hzve gone out on a strike against the em- ployment of non-union or so-called ‘'‘free’” aborers, and the shipping trade is blocked through the lack of men to load and unload vessels, : yi! i Disasters: Accidents and Faralities Allen Brown, Robinson Caruth, Joe Scott, Sandy Cooksey and Allen Booth, who were employed atthe government quarry, two miles south of Bearcy, Ark., were drowned while attempting to cross the 17iv- er togo to their dinner. The river was very high, and their boat capsized. A piston head in the blacksmith shop of the Cincinnati Southern road, at Chatta- nooga, Tenn., exploded and John Quigley, wife and William Peak, colored, were in- stantly killed. Three others were badly injured. —— Crops. svat The fruit crop of Michigan is the only one in that state that has not been hurt by the hard winter and unfavorable spring. The “Kansas Farmer's” crop report last week from the northern part of Kansas gives the condition of winter wheat as very low. The western third of the state also presents very gloomy reports. There is a jarge area of the State in wiieat and the prospects ar not very favorable. The State produced last year in round numbers 71,- 000,000 bushels of wheat. If this year 40,000,000 bushels are produced the condi- tions must be very favorable from this time until harvest. di Washington News. When asked for an expression of opinion regarding his visit to theWorld’s Fair, President Cleveland said:‘'I was much gratified at the enterprise, skill and taste displayed in the arrangement and appear- ance of the buildings and the results thus far attained bespeak to my mind a great success for the World's Fair.” — le Cholera Advices, \ San Francisco.—Reports from Malacca state that cholera is making terrible ravag- es, as many as 200 new cases being reported daily. A large number of deaths have occurred, Paris.—The cholera which appeared some time ago in the workhouse in Quimper, De- partment of the Finistere, has now spread throughout the town. Ten deaths from the epidemic have been reported in the last three days. af Fires The village of Bailey, 25 miles northwest of Grand Rapids, Mich.. was almost wiped out by fire. The fire was started by the accidental overturning of a lamp. Loss, $30,000. Six Lakes, a villages six miles from De- troit was destroved by fire. rere : Financial and Commercial, The Ceniral Ohio Insurance Company ‘went into the hands of a receiver at Toledo, O., Edward Chittenden being appointed, The liabilities are $100,000 in excess of the assets, Sere Crime and Penalties, At Wolf Lake, Ind., Theodore Pendleton while drunk, killed his wife with an ax. beat out the brains of his6-months-old child and then committed suicide. tf msm. Personal. Ex-Senator J. W. Patterson dropped dead the other night at a prayer meeting at Han- over, N. H. O——— Pee. BEYOND OUR BORDERS. In a conflict between Govern and Indians at San Wateo es ros on Sunday, five Indians were killed and “To wounded. Two officers were killed and several soldiers were wounded, ee Chinese Towns Wiped Out, Mail advices received at San Franeisco from China and Japan state that «the river Honugho, China, has agsin broken jis banks and done vast damage to life and property. In Bhan Tung 2400 villages and hamlets were submerged with great less of life. A MAINE man will send to Chicago. a fir spar sixty feet in length and without a bend or crook in it. 14 would make a fir straight flag staff. nn i | 4 which, i ally foc streams acquaint point to any kin and 1 the sea April, In th showers tric dis and the poured hard bi small ca the wall of a clo In 18 of ‘‘ten wagons effects, drowne! where i uncie lc
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