A PALACE OF PRAYER.
(Laying the Corner Stono of a
Great Cathedral.
Ut Will CoBt $10,000,000 ana
Take Twenty Tears to Build.
The corner stona of th Cathedral of St.
John tt Divine, In course of contraction
at the corner of Mornlngsid anil Amster
dam area tier, New York City, hai Juit been
laid with simple bnt Impressive ceremoniee.
When Completed thli cathedral will be one
of the moat magnificent and costly sacred
itructurea in America.
The ceremonies were held under a tent,
which the aeverlty of the weather ma le
Decenary, erected in the shape o a cross.
The day was particularly appropriate tor
the laying of the corner stone aa it in known
In the church calender as the dry of 81.
John the Evangelist.
The oorner atone stool iu the central
are of the tent under a peaks 1 r.xif
twenty feet high. Around it wan built a
platform four feet hlh on which were
Bishop Potter, the visitini bishop, the
elergy of the dioc?e and prominent Invito 1
gueeta. The platform could atvoinmo Inte
exactly 1013 persons and Ju.t tnat number
ot tickets were iuue I .
lnaide the tent win a stesm-heatln j plant,
nd ten radiators made tbe temperature
comfortable. Tne services beitaa with a
procession to the platform, in the following
order:
Tbe Church Choral Hociety, students o:
the General Theologicil Seminary. Trustees
ot Columbi. College, Trustee of St. Lu .'
Hoepital; tha clergy; Areiiteot Ueni'jo U
Heint; Havid H. King, Jr., builder; Tru
tees ot the Cathedral; the visiting bishops;
Bishop Henry C. Polter.
As the proceuion ascended the platform
passages from tbe Psalms were rent by the
clergymen and bishops. Tneu followed a
special service arrauao for the occasion Oy
Bishop Potter, iu wuich the niuuc.il fea
tures, which were prepared ny the Kev. Dr.
buntington, were particularly elanoraie.
An address was deli verei by the Right
Rev. Dr. William Duane, Bishop of Albany.
The corner stone was tlitn laid by i5i 10,1
Potter, In which he ue I a bndo ne silver
trowel.settling maul ot oak, square, level an I
plumb. The services close t with a rect
ekinal hyuiu.
In the stone was placsi a large, pewter
box contaiuiug a copy uf tin Biol', tVote -tant
Episcjpai prayer boo., bv uui of tuo
ANOTHER MILWAUKEE FIRE.
TUBES FIREMEN KILLED
And Many Injured. - Two Big Tanneries
Destroyed by Incendiaries.
i
fflwmm "UmNi
Milwaukee, Wie., was visited by? another
disastrous lira Tuesday morning. The big
tannery of ConradIlros. was totally destroy,
d. and also tha greater portion of tbe
WilliamBecker Leather Company's tannery,
Fireman Julius Huebner was so overcome
by tbe smoke that be fell to the ground and
was killed George Heichtuan, of the fir
patrol, was suffocated by smoke. Thomas
tSullivan, a fireman is mining and bis re
mains are supposed to be In the ruins. Two
iher fireman were seriously injured.
Tb Becker Company's loss is (23,0(10;
insurance 1176,000, most of which is on tbe
warehouse and stock which were saved.
Conrad Bros.' loss is (200,000; insurance
3,000.
' During tbe past year tbe tanneries have
been operated by non-union men, unionists
having gone out on strike last winter.
Much bitterness has been engendered by
tbe situation, and as late as last June it
was n feces sary to keep t squad of police on
duty about tba tanneries all tbe time to
prevent rioting and assault. Tbe opinion is
that tbe fin wan Marled by incendiaries.
Mexico W tiling to Take Tbtru.
Efforts will be mad by the Mexican
Government and through other agencies
. to turn the tide of migration which has
bean flowing from Europe to tbe United
fUates into this country, in view of tbe
probable passage by tho United Htatet Con
sjress of laws further restricting immigra
tion. .
church, loornale of the Oeneral Convention
?P,htr,OCM" of V" York ,rom o
ISx History of the Diocese of New
York, church almanac, various coins,
copies of the Churchman, tho LIv.
,n5i.t. Cburon ' d the Standard,
and the morning and evening dally papers
and a brick from tha first church built by
Columbus In America, bearing the insorlp
tlon: "Prom the mini of the first Christian
city of the new world, where the flint church
w1 T?$.hy Christopher Columhus, 1493
Isabella Hispaniola."
Description n tho Killflce.
Tho )rte of rearing a great Protest mt
cathedral In America, aroording to t le Nw
York Advertiser traa Ht mnMiM I u i
by the late Bishop Horatio Potter, an uncle,
of the present Bishop. When, In le.li,
ijunuu roller my ay in 7, nut little
CAIHEDIUL OF gT. JOHN THE DIVINE.
had been done, an 1 only nine ot the original
(ev.'nteen tlutn were living. 'i'hoe nine
men were tunimoned to the bedside of tne
dying Bishop, and were plalgel by him to
go on with tne worn. With the elevation
of the present iihop Pottjr to his hitrh
iillliw work benn anew, an t ovjr 1,UK),IX)J
has alrea ly been collected for buililmg tli3
raihelral besides the thVI.OU pud for the
tbrei city blocks in thi centre ot whic i the
entice will st inl. Tnis property, iyiug be
tween llilt.i an I 113th street, Am'sierJam
avenue an I Uorninside Drive, wasfor.nT.y
ownett by the I.e an I IVutti Orpnan
House. It in the highest groun I on Maii
hnttin Island, anl overloads tlie country
tor ina.:y miles.
As a result of the priajs oflered for ths
best designs for tne cithe rxl, tne let.liin?
arcnitects of the uountrv sulimittel pltns.
Tne design of Heinsau I Lifarg w js c jmen,
and Ueoi-e U Hems was deumre I tin ar
c.ntect. I'lia c.t:io Iral, wnic is o.' the
roun I arch Uothic type, with mo lifii-atio is,
will take about twenty ye tri t- build anl
will co i, aboit 1(1,00 1, OK). The tlrst pirc
ot the editlco to be co lrilote l t ie cuoir
will t ike several years to llnisti, an l will
CJttl,IKX,,OUU. It will seat Kbout twenty
Hve hundred people an I will bj use I lor
worship during tne completion of the re
msin ier of the worn. The finished building
will seat between ten au 1 twelve thousand
pj.iple. lu it will be seven chapels, in
which, every (Sunday, tbe Uospel will be
pivacned in seveo foreign languages to uon-j'nlisu-speakin;
wtniiipers.
The Cathedral wdl tie ) reet in length,
iff.) teet wide through tbe transepts and the
hvigot of tne centrul tower will lie 445 feet.
i he W i I i f F1 (if Ihnniin i 1 1 .111 .....
wm ,iuu mil ue t it. i or t ,
the beig Hot the front gable Ibi feet, of tne
"-..en .-.t iwv, ui vue nanaing towei-s
1 ' feet, and of tbe interior ot tne dome 'i
leet . Tne nave will be 9i feet wide and the
span of the c-ntral tower Wl feet.
These nimensions will plaos the Cathedral
of Mt. John tbe Divine far ahead of any
i.ibtr cathedral of the Western World in
THE CHHI8TM AS CELEBRATION. I
Reports from all over the to 1111 try inili
caie that Christmas was observed even more
than usual. The weather at nearly all
points was very cold, and In many places
snow fell all day.
The newspapers and merchants of Titts.
burg raised a handsome fund for the suffer
ing strikers at Homestead, and carloads of
clothing, supplies and toys were distributed
there to tbe starving families, muking their
Christinas a happy one. ,"
( BIlIHTMA IB NXW YoUK.
Jnat enough snow fell to prevent New
Yorkers having a green CliriHiuns Tlis
churches were never so thronged at Christ
ine services as they were to-i'uy. Kpecial
services were held in all Ifomsn Cutholic and
Kpiscopal churches and in most of the
churches of the other denominations. Many
churches were beautifully decorated and in
nearly all there was a special nvisirul pro
gramme. At all the prisons, mission houses
and charitable institutions substantial
Christmas dinners were served to tbe in
mates. AT PITTSBfBO.
The yule log. if it was dry enough, conld
have I een used to good purpo-e in almost
any fire place in Pittsburg on liristuiua duv
for the weather was the coolest it has been
on Christmas for years. The teruiieratui-e
got down to 8. degrees, which is lower tbuu
it waa at any time lust wint-r. it was an
Old-fashioned Chrintruas. During the day
an inch and a half of snow fell, und, added
to that already on tbe ground, made good
sleigbing.
WHOLE VILLAGES PERISH.
Frightful Reaulta of tha Famine Raging
in Bnow-Bound Finland.
Tba famine in North Finland is increas
ing, and there is a movement in Sweden to
renew the subscriptions of last year for tbi
id of the starving Finlandera. Many Til
lage ar snow-bound, and it is feared that
whole communkies have perished, as noth
ing ha beea heard of them for number
fdar
sir and grandeur, and will place It In th
rront rank among the greatest cathedral! ot
the entire world. The meet noted chnrchee
of America at present are the Gothic Cathe
dral In the City of Mexico, which is MO feel
l-f ?,l?).,eSt wld "n'1 wb,ch from
l.i3 to 1407 to build; the Oothlo Cathedral
of Notre Dame In Montreal, 211 fort lone b?
ISi feet wide, with tower. Uia feet nigh; Ist,
Patricks Cathedral In thU citr, fUJ feet
long, 1T4 feet wide and with tower a feet
high; and thecathedral In I.ims, Peru. 320
feet long and 18 ) feet w Ida.
St. Peter's, In Rom. h.znn In 14V) an I
dedicated In 1'W i, in Hi r rer. bin 44t'
fct wide and 411 feet hign to the top ot the
cross. It was 17.1 years In huildinr. and lit
the greatest churcli in the world. The
Cathedral of Mlinn i v; feet long, feet
wide and 3V. feet h.g.i t., ( i Df the
spire, being infer.or in is,to the Cathedral
of Rt. John. The caleliritl PiMilr.il of
Klnren. wnich tioK from l'2:s to 1441 to
build, is lint Jill feet I0114 an 1 :!)ii fe-'t wi le,
and slightly a miller thin fie iati -dral to
be built in New Vor. I'lie t'athedrnl of
i ningrne. bemi 1 abo.it I '.o I an I llnili . I l.i
1WI, is 511 feetliinf, ill leet wile, an I tin
towers are Ml fet hixn. Itsurises the
i-ouiMirui 01 -t. Jonn only In tlie height of
ii spires. 1 ; great uant-r..urv Uitue 1r.1l
in Eoland is oi4 reet loin 'n I I II teet wi le,
being 13? feet narrower than tnat of Ht.
John tue D.vine.
lh silver trowel anl o her imoleineits
ussl by Bishop I'nttsr in laying tue corner
stone of tbe Cat le Iral were nresenteil by
Till inv & Co. Tnevonsst iif a ti-nwel
mallet, level and sq 1 tre, anl ths nisterials
nseliu 10sk.ru tn.s.n wire sterllux s.lver
anl golden e'Hiny, lln latter selected fro.11
i. iecn.i C'-t proluctsof t ;e nlltoriua lor
est', an I remarkab'.e tor th lieauiilui gold
lute veins runnin ; ibrou rn t ie w.i 1 1.
The pr.ncipii piecj, tne Ir wel, i of ster-
nn ; sliver witn eb iny b indie. 1 ue euxrav
ing ot tlie inscription on tun f u-j of the
trowel is an appropriate text, and a iiiece of
art wor in useit. 1 ne millet Is of irl ln
e siny w.th p.ain silver iii'iuut.inx . Tne
level, wnicu is nltesu nicies lnu. is also of
gxmej eo uy, wnue tn spirit tuos is set 111
s.erllng silver, th wjatre is n sod 1 hiecj ot
silver inoielei alter a regular masiu's
squire, wittt all t ie orrea; ineaur4inuut'.
lue eutli j set is incased in a haudso ne oaK
caest, sici 17x1ft and inches deep. It is
line! with o.rel cut. Thj iiiou itiius, luck,
handles, etc.. of the cheat nrj all nf srei-iin
silver. Inlaid on top, in proper form, arj
the arms of the Diocese of New York.
ine instruments will be caretuuy store!
in tin property-room of the catueural and
use.! ac tne laying of the corner stones of
any future building that may Iw erected in
connection with toe cathedral pro ier.
T.irou.n the courtesy ot the New York
iv earner we are enabled to print theaccom
pa tying cut ot the new cathedral as it will
ap,i.-ar when c Jin pitted.
GRADE CROSSING HORROR-
Carelessness the Cause of Another Chloa-a-o
FatalityFour People Killed and
More Will Probably Die.
There was a frightful collision between a
I itn-burg, Ft. Wayne it Chicago passenger
engine and a heavily loaded streetcar at
Clucugo. The list ot killed is oa follows:
John lllura, dfawn U neaili the wheels of
tie locomotive anil Irichtfnll j
Archibald McAndrews, head crushed und
In body toin and cut; John Hubert, niitht
iipemteudeiii of the T. K. Wells Pac king
Conipuny, Urribly mangled; unidentified
woman, suppmxsl to bo Minnie Carson, died
of interim! injuries while being conveyed to
Mercy Hospital,
The seriously injured are: John Uriski,
Ellen Coiiwiiy, will ptobab.y die. J.J. Cue
le.lo, Ceorge Cliirk, Henry Umber, Michael
Kolui, .Minnie Kudel, Wiilium Keisler, I 'at
rick O'Neill, 'i huiiias liiordun, Patrick Shan
ley and Joseph William.
'Ihcbluiue for the accident seem to lie
iiion SJianley, the driver of the car, He
whipped up his horses and attempted to
irons ihetiuck without wuiting lor Ihe sig
nal from the conductor that no train was
approui-hiiig.
CHOLERA GAINING GROUND.
Caaea Multiplying In Hamburg. On
Hospital Treating 38 Victim.
Two children living in the Borgtech
strasse, Hamburg, fell ill of cholera on
Thursday, and on Monday two more in the
same bouse with them were stricken. The
Eppendorf Hospital I treating 38 cases of
cholera, of which eight ar of an exceeding
ly virulent type. There was on death from
cholera at th hospital on Monday, With
out doubt the disease is making steady pro
gress. Th life insurance companii ar
aid to b already curtailing busineea.
TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS
18 The World Over.
O LEANINGS OF INTEREST TERSE
LY TOLD. BOTH DOMEbTIO
AND FOREIGN.
Mashltieea Kews.
The treasury ilt pnriment I gradually re.
snverlng the gold lost by the recent heavy
ihlpmenta abroad, having received (I.TOO,.
)X) from New Orleans and (1,000,000 from
Philadelphia. The heavy disbursements,
however have reduced the net cash to (38,
500,000. Pension payments continue th
:b!ef source of drain, (13.6 0,000 having
been paid out on this account this month.
Pension payments will reach (14,000,000
before tbe month Is out. This rate, If con
tinued, will make tha pension pay
ment (ICS, 000,000 er annum.
Mr. Blaine still shows Improvement, Dr.
Johnston, however, maintains a conserva
tive attitude In regurd lo talking at length
about his patient, and cannot he drawn into
discussing the probability of Mr. Blaine's
recovery. A long a Mr. Ilinlne holds hi
own, the family are hopeful that his lire
may be spared for a lung time to come.
I Ires
At Nan Antonio, Tex., fire gutted the
Rlmnbcring block, Total loss, (40,000.
Tbe village of Wyoming. N. Y., was vis
ited by a severe fire Monday. Nine families
are left homeless, six stores and a church
were burned. The loss I estimated at (100,
W0 and entirely covered by Insurance.
At Snonliill, Ala., every business house
in the town but one. I.os, I2000; Insur
nice about one-hnlf.
At Diuulin. Neb., lire started lu a small
building on f'ontli Thirteenth street, mid
hefote it wiissiilnliieil It hud destroyed Hie
S. H. Orchard block. The lo will reach
(.vm.onn, with nn Inturnnce of about (iM.V
m
Fire at Stutesville, N. C, has destroyed
I7."),IS) worth of buildings, Including the
i'arolina hotel and busiiitss block and the
'tatesville armory.
. . .
Ilnllrnnd Nessn.
During the past ye:ir 4,000 miles of main
track have been added to the Immense rail
way mileage of the I' tilted States, according
to the Chicago Hnilroutt Atjv. Tills mileage
consist nearly altogether of extension of
old roads and the construction of brunches
snil feeders, In addition to till 4,000 mile
truck-laying Is In progres on 500 more. In
Pennsylvania 210 tulle have been built und
ihls Is exceeded by only one oilier Htute.thnt
if ashington, whose record I 420 mile.
37 Jtn.sim IX TitK Kt-Aiuxn Comiiink. The
Philadelphia ami Heading liailrond has sent
in Its report to the Secretary of Internation
al Affair, which show that they operate
is railroad, and nf these 14 ure directly un
der It control. The gross earning for the
past fiscal year were I.TJ 11.11, ,'IHl, and a sum
of (1t,8.r:i,!8H wn required lo operate It.
Illesiers, Arrlilenis anil I nilllles
l.illle Power, u (lumestlc at llirmlughan,
Ala., went to bed drunk und smoked a
cigarette. The bed clothing caught fire
ind she wn burned to death.
A train on the Mexicin Southern rail
wny nn derailed and four person were
killed and a number were Injured.
Flagman J. A. lloiisekuecht, of Brad
ford, Pn., and III nkemu 11 J. O Connor, of
Wellsviile, X. V., were killed lu a railroad
wreck on the llindlonl branch of the F.rie
railway near ltutchin station, Pa.
-
lavlml. I. alinr nn4 Industrial.
The employes of all the glassworks in
Leeds (England) have received notice of a
reduction in wages of :l shillings n week,
l'he cause of the reduction I dullness Id
trade. The men intend to re-ist.
The mil, llesseiner, converting and pud
Jling mill of the Bethlehem, Pa., Iron
I'onip.iiiy 1 shut down for an indefinite
period. Twelve hundred men have been
thrown out of employment. The cause of
tin; stoppage is luck o( order, the steel trade
beltiii very dull.
Nine hundred workmen are idle in Ilrad
lock, Pa., been 1 1 e the mills are shut down.
Klnmii liil ssil ('Miiiierclai.
Fir insuiunce rates In Brooklyn have
been advanced per rent! by the New York
tariff Association because of the alleged in
efficiency of tbe Brooklyn lire department.
Die Increased rule I to go into ellect-at
3iu:e on all risks.
I'rrsuiinl.
Mrs. I.angtry is somewhat better, but not
et out of danger. It she recover she will
lake a longs. a vornge, and tbe stage will
not see her aguiu for a long time.
tlUi-rtliineae-
Dartmouth College, Hanover, X. H has
reieivcd a legacy ot 1400,000 from Dr. Kulph
llutterrlcld, of Kansas City, for tlie purpose
-if founding a uharituble institution In
archieology and ethnology.
There wn filed uf the Bureau of Vital
tulitics, New York C ty, the death of Mrs.
I.ieil lsc.ynski,- aged 121 years and 0
months. The cerliliciteststed thnt she was
a widow, b -rn in lius-la, who lived only
1 wo years in the l'nite.1 Stutes.
Three more convicts, victims of th mys
terious po noting at Helena. Ark., died,
making 1:1 who have died since the fetal ar
M'liiu stus mixed with their food.
Tbe lit Indian who were made prisoners
in the awful massacre ut Tomachio, Chi-
liauhuu, twoiiMititliH a;o, have been brought
lotheCiiyof Mexico and will be shot after
they have been closely questioned as to de
tails of the uprising they took part in, and
which is not yet quelled
The first and lluul account of th estut
of th lute Congressman Samuel J. Randall,
Bled at Philadelphia showed that, ha left
property valued at (7eU 74, while the fees ot
undertakers and pbyslciuus who attended
hi in wet (1,1114 13.
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
Ktahvixo In (Swim: The famine in tbt
Government of Uleabory, Bweden.lhreutent
to cause an exodus of th poorer people,
Hundred hav gone to th coast of tht
Oulf of Bothnia, to seek means of emigra
tion. Uleabory City is crowded with starv
ing peasants. In the interior the people are
reported to be dying by score.
An exciting fir took place at 0 private
bom In the Wnsscrgnsse, Oermany. There
were 14 Inhabitant In the building, all of
whom took reiuge on the roof. But two
perished before they could be rescued.
Eng'and 1 having severe and trying,
Christma' weather. The poor are suffering
terribly in London. 'I he privation among
ihe unemployed Increases with th advance
of winter, Advices from Lancashire state
that the lockrd-out employe in the cotton
manufacturing districts had a hungry holi
day, thousands of them being dependent
tibou cliaritv for sustenance
LATER NEWS WAIFS.
1 hosau
All hoieof the recovery of Lilly I.angtry
(who I seriously III at London) ha been
abandoned by her physician. She may
live a week, a month, or a year, but per
manent recovery is out of the question.
Senator Colquitt's condition i now con
sidered critical by his physicians. He was
able ten days ago lo walk with some aid
about tbe house, but be is now confined to
his lied and unable to rise, one side being
completely pnrulyzed. Ill wire lies In an
adjoining room parnlyzisl, her brain being
aflecte I. She I not expected to live many
days.
DISSSir.Bs, M 1 IhEXTS AND ATA!.tTIE
Ihe station house at Brighton, Cat., was
destroyed by fire. The remains of Miss K.
A. Ayer, the telegraph operator, were
found in the ruins. It 1 evidently a case
of murder and arson. Miss Ayer was re
Krted to luire l ad considerable money.
Adrian l-'nirchtld, who had Leen employed
nearly 40 year a a diver by tbe dock de
partment, Ne York, wa under water ram
ming a churgo of dynamite Into a rock. The
charge exploded prematurely, and Fuircbild
wai hauled up deud.
Jt'liHHL.
At Boston In the Supreme Court.n petition
wa presented from severnl certillcale hold
ers of the order of the Solid P.ock, asking
for an Injunction against the order. The
complainants allege that Ihe liabilities of
the order ure (;7"),A) land the asset but
about (20,0X1. It is also alleged that It cost
t.W.OOO to collect (.C.ouo.
run King.
The Hamburg senate has forbidden hotel
keeper in Hamburg to receive a guest
traveler coining from JUissian Calleia.
An unknown America at Monte Carlo
lost i'3,.yJ0 belonging to his mother at the
gambling tubles. When the lust coin was
gone he walked quickly out, und 18 mile
from Nice threw himself in front of an ap
proaching train and was killed. Another
unknown gambler lost all he hud and blew
out hi bruin soon after.
Seve 1 person were killed and 29 wound
ed In the recent wreck on the Mexican
Southern Huilroad.
Cholera continues to spread 111 the North
of France. In the town of (iravellne, near
Calais, three deaths and one new case were
reported on Wednoduy, and three
death on Thursday. Several street in
which the disease i especially prevalent
have been closed by the town authorities.
COLUMBIAN STAMPS.
Rich Designs Issued by tha Fostofflca
Depsrtment-Styles, Colors and De
nominations. The new issue of postage slsmps which
the government will issue commencing
January 1 w ill be a remarkable handsome
Issue. The denominations, designs and
colors will be as follows:
One cent, blue Columbus on shipboard.
1 wo ceuts, maroon Landing of Colum
bus. Three cent green The Santa Mo'.
Jour cents.light blue The fleet id Colnm
bus consisting of the auto Mana.the Nina
and the Pinta.
Five cents, chocolate brown Columbus
appealing t-j Queen Isabella.
Six cents, royal purple ( 'olumbu enter
inv llnrrelniiH in Triumph.
Ten cent, Vandyke brown Columbus pre
sent, ng natives 10 tne Spunisii court.
J; ifleen cents, dark preen Columbus re-
",,'." "lory "I ins iliscoverirs.
i hirty cents, sienna brown Columbus nt
La Kubida demonstrating the theory of his
enterprise.
Fit. y cents, carbon blue The reca'l of
Columbus by Isahelle.
One do lur stamp, rnre salmon Isubella
P'wiging her jewels in supp.-rt of ihe pro-
1 wo do'lar stamp, toned mineral red Co
lumbus in chains.
Three dollar stamp, light vellow green
Columbus describing his third voyage.
hour dollar stamp, carmiiit Portraits of
Isabella and Columbus.
Five dollar slump, biack-Portrait in pro
Die ot Columbus.
The portrait of Columbus i the same as
that used on the souvi nir coin, a p astercan
of the same having been furnished by L
treasury department.
A special seiies of embossed stamped en
veloies consisiing of slight dim-rent siz-e,
the coU.r of Ihe paper light cream instead of
white ami umber, and especially water
marked. The denomiiialioiis HiueJ will he
1, 2. ft and 10 cents.
The design is circular in form of some
what large sue, and contains us the princi
pal lesii'.retheheitdof Coliimbiisaud liberty
111 profile, wlih words to indiiute the value
and character of toe stamp. The color will
be the same as ihe Columbian adhesive.
ihe size of the adhesive will be the same
beigblh as the old but twice as long. The
e.d scries will continue to be Uttd.
WHITE BOU8E QUARANTINED,
Health Authoritiea Tack Up tha Dreaded 1
Pink Colored Pasteboard.
Medical Sanitary Inspector C. J. Osroun,
of the Health Office, and Orlando King, th
colored messenger, visited th White House
about noon Monday and tacked two signs
on th doors, on on the lower and one on
the upper floor, quarantining th Execu
tive .Mansion Against th public. The signs
are pink colored pasteboard and on them ir
printed :
"To remove this plscnra without pcmilstloa Is
unlawful.
Brarlei fevir wlihlu "
Th t igns were ut up because ot th ill
ness of President Harrison's grandchild
Martena. daughter of Russell Harrison.
Th patient is S years old and is suffering
from a well develojied case ot scarlet fever.
It is of a mild type, however, and will un
doubtedly yield to treatment. Th two Mo
Ke children, who were playing with th
liitl paiient when she was taken ill, bav
ben watched carefully, and ar reported a
btlng beyond danger of contagioD. Th
Whit Ho is was closed t th public Monday,
IT WAS A PROSPEROUS YEAR.
THE END OF 1893 FINDS
Business Unusually Good. A Concise
Review of the Condition of Trad
All Over th Country.
R. G. Dun A Co' Wrtkly Ftcinc of
Trad says: The most prosperous year
ever known in business closes to-day with,
strongly favorable Indications for tbe future.
From nearly all points comes the report
that ihe holiday trade has been the largest
ever known and wholesale trade Is re
markably large. Settlements through clear
ing houses, outside of New York, In Decern
' -r were apt nrently tbe largest ever lnado
J any month, exceeding last year's by riotw
ian 10 per cent. For th year the volume
i also about 10 per cent, larger than Inst
year, and the largest ever known, itailtouil
earning in December show an lnrre.ie of
about 3 er rent, over last year, and for th
year nn increase of about 8.8 per cent. For
eign trade has been air.aller than last year
in volume of exports at New York by (7,
8 10.00:) in value, an.l cotton eip irls about
(10,000,000 le, but Imports at New Yoik
have been not for Irom (70,000,000 for the
pst four weeks, with the lurgest inipo'f
and the largest total of exports and Import
ever known In any year.
I'npteceileiited purchase for co!i'inin
tion have resulted in 112 from the uneo 111I
ed crops of 1S!U. sothat manufacturers liov
made extraordinary progress. The year
closes with all woolen, cotton and silk nifl
chinerv fully employed, and unsold Mocks
ot goods much lighter thnn usual, w hile the
demutid lor the coming-season alrendy ex
cetdsthecapucity of many mills. The order
booked for the season in dry goods nre ex
traordinary, while cotton goods are strong,
with a tendency to hiuher prii-es. Sires of
wool at Ihe chief markets have been .'V),-0-JO.Ojo
loiinds, against 2411,000,000 last year,
and foreign imports have been the lnigest
ever known.
The nioi e'nry conference has passed for
the present mid enormous dishiuse
incuts for Interests and dividend about
lauunry 1 are dkelv to make the markets
us;er fur a time. But Is thought that Inr
ther export ot gold may short y follow '.ho
new year '-e:t lenient. The year 1M'2 was
remarkiiole lor 'ewer failure than have oc
curred in liny o her yt-ar since INNi. tho
nunilier lepi'rted bi-wu' 10 .'tl I, or 2.H-") less
than IrfJl. Ihe indebtedness of firm fad
ing wn hut lM,'itl).ii'l in 1"J. ngainst
tig ,0,11.11 1 in ism, and the s;ime in li-.
1 he average ii ibintics of firms failing in
Inij lias been only 1 1,000 the lowest aver-iig.-rcportid
s tice 1M7H. The In g' ly in
cr used number of traders, and the enor
liiou im rniM of Ir.'in-h t3 is for the year,
render tde-e figures most Mgnitic.int. In iM-ll
ori'y one in every IK) traders failed, ncani't
one in every 03 111 lsol, and one in every 102
in lHHi
llttrtl'trttt sny:There have been nostrik
ing changes in Dominion trade circles.
Traveler have not ouc out yet and b'isiiier-s
is uiet. The Nova Scnttii coal miners'
strike i off. Tiadeof late, at St. Johns,
N. H , I. lis been good.
I t'SIXKrS B Ml 'Mt:TEI!.
The lank rleiring to'als for the week
ended l'cccniber 20, 102 ith comparisijiis,
as te.i-graphed 10 Hittilsti-rrt, are:
New York ( 0OI,!SH.-H
Ihi.iipn siiJIKIotl'i I l.'i.lt
llo-ton lisi ISlii.rrJO 1 20.r
I'hilmle pbiu (I2.4l0.2t" I 13.S
St. Louis 21.10M.:IItS I 11. 2
San Francisco 1 1.077 1127 I) 17. f
I incmnati 12,017. 200 1 0.4
I'itt-burg 12.2l2.7tW I B.f
I'.iiltiinore 1I,H2H,.VM D 10..
Kari-as ( ity H,0'.2.277
I'liflalo 7.4!7AH I .V'.
Loui-ville fi.-VldftiM I 42.1
Delroit 0 401 (V4 I 21.2
Milwaukee 7.474,.'..'il I 20,2;
C.evcluiid 0,IIW,:iul I af.N
(I is lor increase; D decrease.)
The grand total of 72 cities shows clear
ings 01 41 0Wi ,'il!,4;l and a net increase of
t .4. In the cities out-ide of New York tho
total clearing were ltil,GI0,.";n, with a net
inciease of 10.2.
PROF. BHJUOa NOT OUILTY.
He Is Acquitted of All the Charges.
Against Him.
Prof. C. A. lirigga, D. D., of Cnion Theo.
logical Seminary, whose triul for alleged,
heretical utterences has attracted the ntten
tion of tlie entire religions world for week
part, wasucrj'iitled by New York Presbytery
of the Presbyterian Church.
On the first charge, accusing Prof. P.rigjrsi,
with teai hing Hint the reason is a source of
divine authority, the vote was a follows-
jo sus'iiin tne cuarge, bo; against sumuiniiur
the charge, 08. "
On the second charge, which accuses Prof
Brigg with teaching that the church is a
source of divine authority, there were Af
votes cat in favor of sustaining the rhiitge
and 71 niriiinst.
I be eb sest vote was on the third char?
thnt Prof, liriggs taught that the scripture
contained error of history and fuet. On
this charge the vi te was us follows, to s 1.
tain tbe luirge, (11 against C8.
On the fourth charge, accusing prof
Brigg with leachin that Moses wa not
the umhor of the Pentateuch, the result
wat Tosustiiin the charge. M; auainst, 72.
The vote on the tifth cliaige,acctiing Prof.
Hrigg with teaching that Isaiah (lid not
write many chapters in the book bearing his
name, wu in fuvor of sustaining the charge
40: ugainst, 70.
Tne vote on the sixth charge, accus'ng
Prof. Brigg of tencliiiia that sanctilicatioiv
is progressive after death, was as follows:
To sustain the charge, 57, against, GO.
The case w ill be apiienled by the prosecu.
ting committee to the general assembly,
winch will ineet in Washington eurly in
the spring.
The friends of Dr. Jlrggs were greatly
pleased with the result.
Dulutb'a Big Lumber Crop.
Purveyor tienerul Ash has just completed
bis olhcial figures of the lumber cut in the
Duluth district tho past yeur. The cut uf
the year is enlarged by J.()fl7,:30 feet in the
Minnesota roud and by 4,7OU,ou0 on the Lit
tle and Big Fork river. These official thr-
ures show the cut in this district during the
year just closed to have been 3M,4'j:,i) feet
of lumber, 175,000,000 lath and tSt),34,i.ijO
shingles.
A ge of th Presidents.
When he is inaugurated next March, Mr.
Cleveland will lack but a few days of being
50 years old, which is precisely the average
age of presidents on their accession, Tlie
nidest president was William Henry Har
rison, who waa 08, James Buchanan waa ('44,
Tuylor. OS: Jackson and Adams, 62; Monroe
50, Jefterson, Mudison and J. Q. Adams. 68:
Benjumin Harrison, 50; Haves. 34; Lincoln,
52; Tyler and Artbur,51; poik and Fillmore,
50; tiarlield and Pierce, 40; Cleveland, 48;
and Urant, th youugest president, 47.
Tt Highest Tip of lb World' Fair.
The Illinois flat building at th World's
Fair gtcunds was finished Wednesday. Th
summit of th flagpole Is lb highest point
on tbe F j position grounds, 85 feetsOVove
dom which teaclus a height of 230 i ,
Inches. Tbe building cost (200,000. VI