STATE LECTIONS EXCITING CAMPAIGN ENDED IT WAN A WELL FOVfillT BATTLE OX ALL SIDES. HILL DEFEATED IN NEW YORK RANDALL'S DISTRICT REPUBLICAN Tho Lowest Vote Ever Before Pollod In Several States. - - According to thn table of rcsnlts of the election, Ills shown Hint tho I'oniocrnts will Imvo a mnjiirlty of delegation Hi twelve Klntra: Ilif llopublh tins lu 2; tho populists In 8, nud In ono do party has a majority. Ju tbo present houso llioru am !il licmocrnts, l'Jfl Heptit.llouns mill l:i Populists, i'ho Iomoernts have a majority of tin- delegation Of 2t Hi II til, till' llopill'llonUS of la, tho 1'opiiltntH of H, anil no pnrty a mnjority of ono. Tho ltcpiibllciiu gain on tliu basis of those figure Is H4. Not slnco war time hnvo the Republicans Swept the eastern etntcs as they illil nt the polls Tuesday. Tho size ol tho victory grows a fullor returns eonio In. In no stnto nmt In no city have tho i lomoernt Loon nblo to ehei'k tlio stumpcdo of votora to tho itopub llcun stondard-hcnrcrs. In rook-rlbboil lto puhllcun states like Pennsylvania, enormous jlurnliil"s hnvo boon piled up, uud In stnto states liki' Sow Vork anil Now Jiwy, whioh nro tisunlly classed In tbe Dcmocniticcolnmn, the Itcpubllouns have made olonn sweep. Iu tho 111 1 1 li 1 to mini eastern state Democra tic congressmen Boom to hnvo nltnoHt entire ly disappeared. J11 tho six Now England state tlioro In nipnrontly only ono Kemo erat elected to ('nagi-eys Fitzgerald, of Bos ton, Now York llvo uiid 1'cnnsylvnnln two, totnl of 8 liemoeruts out of 100 monition. In Connecticut uud 1'cluwiiru big Hopu'ilf. cnn gains havo beeu iniido. In Wont Virginia Wm I.. Wilson, ohnlrmuu of 111 11 ways mill monns committee, has been d"fontod. Even Teunessoo bus gono Kopuhllcini nnd (lov. Tiiriioy lit dofont"d by H. l iny Kvntis. in Now Jersey, tho statn legislature, with tho oxooptlon of four liemoornts, appeal to hnvo boon onpturod by tto llopunltciius, nnd John It. Mcl'horson will bo succeeded by u ilopiiblli'iin lu tho L'nitod HlntoH Hoimto, Soiia Heuator Cnmden, J)om of West Virginia, will also hnvo a Itepulillenn successor, 'i'ho noxt senate, as woll as the house, will bo llo publican, - - WEST VIRGINIA. The Voters of the Panhandle State Turn Out to a Man. The vote of the state is the largest cvor east, and will probably foot up 176,000. OwIuk to the remotoness of many precincts from tologrnph olllcoe, and tho total absence of snob moans of communication iu some sountlos, returns will be very Into. Tho republicans carried Wheeling and Ohio county by 1,700 plurality a Republican pain of 2.000. It is the tlmt time for many year the city has gone Republican. Complete returns from 10 counties iu Wil son's district mid estimated returns from ( others give Dayton a majority of 2.617. Later returns will not change these figures much. With the legislature having fifteen Uepubll eau majority on Joint ballot, the electlou of Btephen II. Elklua to succeed J. N. Cumden as United Htntea senator is generally coo eeednd, Elkins managed the campaign against Wilson, as well as the legislative can vass. Republicans are elected lu all four of the congressional districts as follows: Plrst B. if. Dovner, 4.82S. Hecond Alhston (). Dayton, 2,000. Third James II. Hilling, 8,500. fourth Warren Miller. ii.OuO. Minnesota. There has been a falling off In the Demo cratic vote and a gain for both the Republi cans and Populists, the Inttcr gaining the most, it seems likely that (lovernor Nelson, Republican, Is re-elected by an Increase over bis pinrnllty of 14,000 two years ago. The labor vote has chiefly gone to the 1'opullsts, and that party has held most, if not all, of its former strength throughout the state. Nelson the republican nominee for gover nor, Is elected by 80,000. The entire re publican state ticket baa probably been elected, although the republicans concede that Werinann, the democratic nominee for state auditor, ran considerably ahead of bis ticket and it Is barely possible that be has won. Colorado, The state has gone Republican. Every candidate on the state and congressional tieket has beeu elected by large majorities. In Arapahoe county the Republicans have a plurality of about '20,000, and the state tlnkut, It Is estimated, will eome to Arupaboe county by 10,000 The latest estimates give the Republicans the legislature by a considerable majority, and there seems to be no boubt that Thomas M. Bowman, the Republican candidate foi congress in the Hecond district, is elected over Bell. Two years ago Bell had a plurality over bis competitor of over 12,000. Missouri. Complete returns from the hereto doubtful Hecond and Ninth cougressiounl districts of Missouri show the electlou respectively of U. H. Hull (l)em.) by 1,6H3 plurality uud William U'relonr (Rep.) by m plurality. According to the face of roturns the Republicans have curried the First, Fourth, Heventh, Eighth, Ninth, Teutli. Eleventh, Thirteenth, Four teenth and Filloenth districts, while the Democrats have been successful only In the Hecond, Third, Filth, (Sixth und twelfth. The legislature will be Republican on Joint ballot. ' Delaware. Delaware complete: New Castle county, 050 Republican majority; Kent 10U Demoorutio majority: Huasax, 860 Republican majority, a net Republican majority of 1,200. The Republicans elect governor and con gressmen and local tickets lu two conntics. The next Legislature will stand: Donate 6 Democrats, 4 Republicans; House 14 Repub licans, 7 Democrats. Joint ballet IB Ilopub liuaus, 12 Democrats. This insures a Repub lican successor to 0. S. Benatur Wiggins. Mew Jersey. Allan L. HoDermftt, chairman of the Demo cratic state committee, says that Htevens lein., will be elected to uongress Irom the beveuth dlstrlot, and that the Democrats will elect the 11 assemblymen Irom Hudson by bout 2,000 plurality. He says the rest of the atute will not be worth bearing from, and concedes the legislature to the Republicans North Dakota, Retn.nsso far show Allln, Rep. elected for governor, running ubead of the ticket. The opiibllcans guiu iu Fargo, Oraud Forks, Bis niarok and all other large towns, whlleiukome country precincts the Populists guiu slightly. Alliu's eleolioa by 6,000 plurality Is olulmml by the Republican central comuiltfi, Tuo Democrats uouwde it by l.oou. Alabama. Official returns show the election of Demo cratic aougrossniau iu all districts but the Heveuth, wuwtf Howard, 1'opulist. was sua. ocssful, PENNSYLVANIA. The Largest Beaablioan Majority Ever Given In the State. The latest roturns from all tho counties In tho Htato indicate a plurality for (Jon. Hast ings for (lovornor of 2H0.O00. Ho carries moro of tho (17 counties than worn ever won bv any candidate In Pennsylvania, while the biggest plurality given to Singorly Is 8,0 in Berks county. II ho total Republican vote ol tho slate Is about equal to thut cast for Har rison in 1X02. wm DASIKI. 11. I1ASTINOK, GOVKllXOH-KliECT Of VF.SNHYt.VANI A. Complete returns have now boon reeoivod from every congressional district In tho Htato and tho result Is that tho Democrats will havo but ono of the .10 representatives from this .Mtnto In the next house. This lonely Homo, prat Is Erdman, of tho Ninth district, who is ro-oloetod by n mnjority of 2.830. His ma jority In 1h'.i2 wns IOiM. In tho Inst House die lioinocruts hnd 10 members from I'cnn tylvanln. tVAT.Tr.B I.YON, MEtT.-flC;. -ELECT OF PESNSYT.VAXI A. The Democrats have only elooted five fltatn Honntors In Pennsylvania, who with Hcnator (Iroen, of Berks, the only hold-ovor Deuocrnt, will give that party six in the noxt Legislature. The winners are: Harry O. Htiles, Hlxtoenth district; E. H. Laubach, Eighteenth district: Lafayette Rowland, Twenty-second dlstrlot; J. Henry Cochran, Twenty-fourth district; Harvey H. Haines, Twenty-eighth district. John H. Fow Is elected assemblyman from the Heventcenth Philadelphia district and is the only Democrat eleoted In the city. Pennsylvania in the Next House. 1st District H. H. Bingham R. ; 2 Robt. Adams, Jr., B.i 8 Fred. Haltorman, 11.; i Jno. E. Royburn, H. ; 6 A. C. Harmer, R. 6 Jno. B. lloblnson. R.i 7 Irvln P. Wag ner, It.t B W. H. Klrkpatrlck, R.; 80. J. Erdman. D.; 10 Marriott Broslus, R.; 11 Jos. A. Scranlon, R.; 12 John Lelsanrlng, It.; 18-0. N. Brumm,ll.i 14 E. M. Woonier, II. 1 15 M. B. W right, R.( 10 F. C. Leonard, R 17 M. H. Culp, R.t 18 T. M. Mahon, II.; 10 J. A. Htahle, Ii. : 20 J. D. Hicks, 11.; 21 1. B. Holuer, B.; 22-John Dalzell, R. 1 2.1-W. A. Htone, R.; 24-E. F. Aoheson, H.i 25 T. W. Phillips, R 2(1 Mat.rlswold, R.1 27 C. W. Mono, II.; 28 W. C. Arnold. R. Coiigreaameu-nt-Large, Oalusha A. Grow, R., Oeorge F. Huff. R. 0HI0 The Republican Majority Larger than Ever Before. Ohio has broken her record on Republican pluralities. The largest plurality heretofore was when John Brougb, Ropubllcan, for gov ernor, In 1Hi3, bad 101,000 ovor Clement L. Vallandigbam, Democrat, the latter being exiled at the time In Canada. Last yeur (luvornor MoKinley carried the state by over 80,000, but no such plurality had been previously known since the noted Brough-Vnllandigham cauvass when all the Ohio soldlors In the. Dolus and hospitals of the south voted. At that time over 40,000 soldiers outside the state voted for Brough, and less than 8,000 for Vallandlgham. During the last 20 years the parties have alternated In carrying the state, the Democrats electing Governor Bishop In 1877. Ooveroor Hondley lu 1884 and Governor Campbell in lH.tl). More complete returns indicate that the Republican plurality for secretary of state will exceed 150,000. The present Ohio dele gation In congress consists of eleven Demo crats and ton Republicans. The newly elected delegation cousists of nineteen Re publicans and two Democrats, as follows: Congressmen elected were as follows; First district. Charles P. Tuft, Republican; Hecond, J. H. Bromwell, Republican; Third, l'nul J. Horg, Democrat; Fourth, F. C. Layton, Demo crat; Fifth, F. B. DeWltt. Republican; Hlxth, Oeorge W. Hulick, Republican; Huventb, George W. Wilson, ltopublioau; Eighth, L, M. Htrong, Ropubllcan; Ninth, J. 11. Houth ard, Rnpuhllcau; Touth, L. J. Fauton, Re publican: Eleventh, C. II. Grosvouor, Ro publlcan; Twelfth. D. K. Wutsoa, Repub lican; Thirteenth, B. H. Harris; Ropubli. can; Fourteenth, W. H. Herr, Republican; Fiftoouth, H. C. VauVorhis, llnpiibllcnu: Hixteenth, H. F. Dmifoid, Republican; Hoveuteontb, A. H. MoClure, Republican; Eighteenth, R. W Taylor, ltHpuhliuuUi Nine teenth, H. A. Northnay, Kepubllcnui Twen tieth, C. II. Bunch, llupublicuu; Tweuty-flrst, T. E. Burton, Republican. The Republicans do not concede the elec tion of horg lu the Third and Luyton in tbe Fourth districts, their pluralities being loss than 100. Tennessee. The next general assembly of Tennessee will stuuu: Huunte Democrats. 20; llo pobliouut, D; Populists, 8. One district miss ing will oertaluly return a Kepublionn: The house Demucruts,67: Republicans U4. Popu lists 7. There Is a district nilsalug which is expected to return u Democrat. Wisconsin. Complete returns show the eleatlon of 10 Republican nud 4 Democratic Htate Houators, which make the Henatn Bland Republicans 20, Democrats 111. Tbe election of 82 Republi cans uud 18 Democrats will make the Re publican majority in the Assembly (ii. South Dakota. Returns from all portions of the State Indi cate that the ltopublioau tluket, including two Uougressmon-at-Large is elected by But less tbail 12,000 plurality. Kansas. Returns thus far received from Kansas, In dicate the election of Morrill, Republican, and tho entire Republican state ticket. Tho Republicans probably carry all but two con gressional districts, and the legislature Is been olectod. An unusually largo vote has been polled the weather having been pleasant probably Ropubllcan on Joint ballot. Illinois I.ato returns show that the Republicans havo elected their Htate tloket by a plurality of at least 00,000. Cook county goes ltopub enn by majorities ranging from 26,000 to 40, 000. Tho new Legislature will bo Kopubll ran in both branches. This practically in sures the rc-clectlon of Cnlliim to the Henate. For Congress the Republicans have captured 20 and possibly 21 of the 22 districts. Mississippi. Dispatches from all quarters of the State Indicate the election of the Democratic can didates for Congress in evory district by largo majorities. Georgia. Of Georgia's 11 Congressional districts, 10 certainly elect Democratic nominees, The Seventh IbbIbo probably Democratic. - Virginia. Virginia's congressional delegation stands nlno Democrats nnd ono Ilopubllcan, the lat ter being Gun. James A. Wuikcr, of tho Ninth district. TO BECOME AN EVANGELIST Talmage to Resign as Pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle. Dr. T. DoWitt Tnlmngo, pastor of the Brooklyn Tabernacle, has written a letter to the elder of his church tendering his res ignation. Tho doctor enys his congregntlnn luring his pnstomto having built three churches, each of which has boon destroyed by tiro, ho duos nut foci disposed to ask tbcm T. tf. WITT TAIMAO. to build n fourth. In regard to his future. Dr. Talmage says: "As for myself, I will, as providence may direct, either lake an other pastorate or go Into general evangolis tic work, preaching the gospel to nil people without money nnd without price" The church session met Dr. Talmage and agreed to ropiest the Brooklyn prosbytory to dissolve this pastoral telatlons now existing. This Is a practical accentam-e of the resigna tion. Dr. Talmage will in the future devote himself entirely to evangelical work. F'or n year at lenst he will make pastoral visits through the country. startiugearly In Jnn inry. The manager of his busincssnfTnirs said: "Dr. Talmage believes be Is called upon to preach tbe gospel and not to plan how Interest on a big church debt cnn be raised and bow im patient creditors can be appeased." NEW STATCS A FACTOR. Ctah, New Mexico and Arizona in the Next Senate. A point that has been overlooked in com puting the completion of the next senate Is the admission of Utah with two United Mates senators. All the formalities should be com pleted In November, 1805. This would make In nil 90 senators, and as the next senate now stands the politics of the Utah senators would cut an Important figure. Another probability which arises In the ad mission of Now Mexico and Arizona, which may be accomplished In time, so that four more senators would participate In the organ isation of tlio next sennte. It is there fore quite likely that the battle for the control of the senale will yet be fought out In Utah. Now Moxioo und Arizona next year. The admission of these new now states would mako a total of 04 senators and any party to control would need 4H for a majority; with the vice president the Dem ocrats could control the sonnte with 47 sen ators. MAJOR GENERaTm'COQK. . A Member of the Family of Fighters Re ceives Promotion. Brigadier General Alexander McDowell MoCook has been appointed Major General of the United Htate Army, vice General Howard retired, and Colonel James W. Forsyth, of the Seventh Cavalry, has been promoted to Brigadier General to succeed McCook. Brigadier General McCook, who becomes a Mujor Guueral and Is nt present In command ol the Department of Colorado, has been 47 years In the military service, and Is one of thntfumous family of warriors "the fighting Mcl.ooks." He is a graduate of tho West Point Military Academy, which he entered as a cadet in 1M47. He was a Captain In the regular armv at the outbreak of the war, from which he emerged with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. But, in addition to this ho had at the beginning raised a volunteer compnuy as Colonel of the First Ohio Infan try, und one year later received his volunteer commission as a Mujor General. For gallant service during tbe war he was brevetted a Mujor General In the regular army iu 'C5, thus antlolpatiug by 20 years the good fortune which bus fallen to him by this appointment. TEN NEW VESSELS Put Into Commission by the Government Last Tear. The annual report Oi Admiral Rnmsnyt Chief of the Naval Burouu of Navigation, is unusually short and Is conHued to a recapit ulation of tbe work done In his bureau dur the year. Ten vessels were put in commls ion the Columbia. Cincinnati. Rulelgh, At Inutu. Murblehend. Montgomery, Essex, Machius, Castlue and Alert and the three American merchuut steamers were examined uudor the subsidy act. Hoveu hundred men 104 apprentices deserted during the year.The number of eullsted men in service was 1,824. CHILDREN CREMATED. Bad Been Left in the House While the Mother Was Milking. Bt Chussell, Mich., two children of Alfred Hindstrom were burned to death. The mother was milking the cow nud bad left bar little ones in the house. When she re turned the bulldlug was In flames nud no liuinau uld could suve tho culldreu. The eldei was a boy 8 years uld uud tho younger a girl of 1H mouths. It is supposed that the fire wns caused by the explosluu of a lump. The fiauilu mother could scurcely be restrained from rusliiug to ber own destruction lu Hi J viilu attempt to suve bur ubildreu fsK NEWS FROM THE CAPITAL. PREPARING HIS MESSAGE. The Annual TaskJLald Before tho; Frost, dent. President Clovolnnd has begun the prcporo llon of annual message to Congress nnd will ilve little llmo to other public business dur ing tbe month until It is completed and out of the way. He retired from the White House to his country home on the outskirts of tho city, and remains there busily nt work rropnrlng tlgures and gathering data which he will use in tlio message. The annual re ports of the cabinet are behind linml, and un til they are lioforo the President but Utile pro gross cnn be made owing to tno fact that ha proposes embodying many of their rocornmen' .Intlona lu thn message. Hi-cn-tary Herbert has boon rngajed with his report since the middle of October and has about completed tho consideration ol the main features of the bureau chiefs' report Which be proposes to endorse. Hecretary Lament has been unable to begin his report. The greater part of Its prepara tion will be loll o the Assistant Secretary of War, upon whoso shoulders has fallen this elnss of work since his nppolnlinent. Heore lury Grosham makes no report, nnd, there fore. Is no busier now than usual. The re mainder of tho cnblnct will all have long re ports to prepare setting forth In detail tho work accomplished by their departments In the past year nnd containing recommenda tions for Improving the service nnd nu ex tension of systems now in use. There hnvo been fow callers nt tho White House since theelectlons, nnd those who have come wero principally to seo Mr. Tliurber upon ninltera n! Interest to thom before tho President. Hundreds of messages have been received from different sections of thocountry assuring tho Preiidont that the defeat of tho parly is In no wise laid to him, as observed Irom tbe sender's standpoint, nnd not a few of them have beeu rather iu the nature of messages of condolence over the loss of the House nnd the defeat of several Democratic Henalors.whoso successors will bo elected this winter. Few of these mesfnges will ever rench tho President. While there is n illreel telephone communication between the White llnuso and the count y house. It is but rarely used, although It Is said that very important business has been transacted through the medium of this wire In Favor of The Worklngmen. Tho right of employes to form organiza tions for tho mutual bencllt nnd protection ol members is nlnimed in an Interesting and lori'ible letter written by Attorney-General Oluey to Judge Dallas, ol the Uultotl Htates Circuit Court, before whom tho controversy between the Heading lluilroad receivers and the Brotherhood of Kailroad Trainmen Is pending. Last August the general superin tendent of thn Heading Bond nuuounced that tho employes of tho road must lenvo tho brotherhood as a condition of retaining their places with thecompany. The men protested against the order, nnd as the recelvors declined to withdraw It they appealed to the court. Attorney-General tiluey, by leave of the court, submits on ar gument in which he espouses the side of the brotherhood and supports the right of its members to mnintain their organization. He holds. In substnnce, that labor unorganised Is practically powerless: that workiugmen have the legal right to combine for their promotion of their interests nud that it Is a legul right ol which they caunot be deprived. A Place for Ex-Gov. Russell. The President has appolutod ex-Governor William E. Russell, of Massachusetts, a mem ber of the Board of Indian Commissioners. The office has no salary, but the expenses ol tbe bonrd when In session are paid by tbe Government. A SINGLE TAX COLONY. Five Hundred Families of Unemployed Start Ons in Alabama. Five hundred families of tho unemployed Oj the rullman works at Pullman, III., will ar rive la Alabama during this week and estab lish a single-tax colony nfter the ideas el Henry George, noar Blakoloy in Baldwin county. They have secured 2,000 ncrcs of flue liiud nt 45 per acre, along the beautiful Tensas rives. Mobile Is 12 miles ncross the bay Irom Blakely and will be the market for what surplus products tbe colony produces. For three months tho colonists expect to experience hardships, as thuru will bo llttlo Income for them. Alter that llmo, however, the laud will yield abundantly of thn trulls nnd vegotnblos. Hawmlll nud brick-innklng machinery have been bought on tituo, and It Is believed here that the co-operation colony will prove a success. A Lutheran minister, named Van Kooch, formerly of Ohio, but now of Alabama, is tbe orlgiuator of tho en terprise. The colony will be located about 10 miles from the Gulf of Mexioo. CRUSHED BY A LANDSLIDE. A Little Settlement in Vancouver Com pletely Wrecked. The steamer Princess Louis, Just down from the north, brings Intelligence of a terrible di saster nt Bhushartia bay, at the northwest end of Vancouver Island.wbich completely wreck ed the settlement recently established there known as the Caaadlan" Co-oiieratlve Com monwealth. Early last Monday morning a landslldetore down the mountain side, crushed a log build ing and carried It and tbe ground on which it stood about 100 feet Into tho bay. Four of Inmates were killed. Harry Kipling of Victoria was buried up to the waist In dirt, Jammed between two logs, nnd before he could be released the tide had reached his mouth; then as a lust resort the others bad to cut him out with axes, amputnting both legs. Ue dlod the following afternoon. A BRECKINRIDGE MURDER. A .Dupporter of the Congressman Does Blaody Work. A bloody political tragedy occurred in Lexington, Ky., when John Traynor. mar shal of Atheus, Ky., cut Lewis Sharp, proba bly fatally, and shot Isaac Davidson to death, Hlinrp and Traynor are Democrats, Klinrp being an Owens mail and Trayuor a Breckin ridge supporter. Hburp accused Traynor of havlug voted for Deuny. the Republican candidate for Congress. Jraynor denied It when Hbarp called him a liar. Truynoi struck hlinrp, who Is badly crippled by liuv lng been snot In the knee dining the war. The blow knocked Hburp to the sidewalk, and before ho could got up Traynor drew a knife and began cutting tbe old soldier. Patrick Tourney, a yuung friend of Hhiirp, rushed to bis assistance aud knocked Tray nor down. Isaac Davidson Jumped in and tried to separate tbe men. traynor scrumbl ed to bis feet aud apparently trylug to gel nwny. started down tbe street witn two pis tols lu bis bauds. He soon relumed, however and fired the bullet striking Davldsou lu th stomach. Davidson dies lu no hour, hlinrp wus taken to tne uospnui, wuore ne is buiic lug greatly aud It is likely he will die, .Tray nor was lucked up. Davidson was u well knowu distiller. Owens Has a Small Plurality. The official count gives W. ('. Owens.Dem., 101 plurality over George Denny, Rep., In the Ashland. Ky., district. Judge Deuny charges fraud nud suys he will curry the con test to the bouse. Colson, Hop., is elected to congress from the Eleventh district. TELEGRAPHIC TICKS. Chile's Cabinet crisis continues, Horvy snow storms have fallen on Mt Popocatupetl. The Mexican volcano of Collma Is In active eruption. East African natives hnvo captured Kll wnklwlndjo from German regulars. , Tho City of Mexico will substitute electric for horse power on Its street railroads, Thoro has lately been a large exodus of French Canadian families to England. Hamburg Importers are badly worked up over thn prohibition of the Importation of Amorlcan cattle. Goo. R. Davis, Director General of the World's Fair, will contest with Senator Cul lom the Illinois Rcnntorlal plum. Rev. Dr Parkhnrst has boon unanimously cloctnd an honorary member of the Union League of Now York. The Frst National bank of Pan Bernardino, Cnl., closod Its doors after a quiet run nil day Wednesday. After 40 years service MaJ. Gen Oliver II. Howard has hcen retired from actual service of the United H'ntes army. Tom Keys, of the firm of Keys ft Plnston, of Axloyd, La., was found In his store with his throat cut from ear to ear. Gcorgo Gould's exponsosthls season In con nection with tho yachts Vigilant and Atlanta hnvo been nearly 4400,00J. Tho controversy between tho Amalgamated association nnd tho tinned plate manufac turers In rognrd to what wages shall bo paid has reached no culmlnntiiig point ns yet. The "Westminister Gazette." (London) gravely makes "the return of Coxey to Con gress" the occasion of a wtrm eulogy from that gentleman. The appeal of the Empire Theater, Lon don, ngnlnst tho refusal of the County Council to grant nliipior license, has Veen dismissed. The Hpnnish const steamship I'ernnndo fouudered Tuesday morning 20 miles north of Bnhla Hondo. Ten of her passengers and crew were drowned. At Benton Hnrlor, Mich., nn earthquake shock was experienced. Wludows rattled aud clocks stopped as tho houses shook per ceptibly. A bill has passed both Hotc-os of tho Chcrukea Legislature making it treason for a Cherokee citlr.cn to sell real eilnlo of that nation to a non cltlwn, naming as a penalty for so doing death by hnnglug. 1'he Emperor of Germany Is ngnln suffer ing from the trouble In bis ear caused by n wart which Is grewlng between the tympa num aud the cartilage of tbo ear. It Is a terribly painful affliction, and produces ex treme nervous excitability. A most daring daylight robbery was com mitted iu Grant county, Ark. Mrs. Tolbert Hcultz, who was afraid of banks, wont to church, leaving (0,000, the savings of her dead husband, locked up In the house. While she was away somobody broke in and stole tbe money. No clow. FOR OHIO IMPROVEMENTS. Cincinnati Will Ask an Appropriation of $10,600,000 Annuilly. Tbe commercial interests of Cincinnati have taken up the Ohio river Improvement ubjoct In a business like manner aud a well orgaulzed movement has been Inaugurated directed toward obtaining an appropriation of (10,600,000 annually for 10 years to mako the waterway navigable at all seasons and for the execution of the gignutiu plan of slack water dams proposed by Colonel W. E. Mer rill in 1H74. The Davis Island and Beaver dnms nre a part of the general project of the Ohio Im provements which hnvo been ninppod out partially. Tho work Is so vast that tho de tails have never been considered by tho Gov ernment engineer beyond csllniHllng tbo cost of lDdnius between Pittsburg uud Wheel ing which would cover only a small portion of the distance. The plan was first suggested by C'donn) Morrill In bis report O'-Villlcor In charge of the Ohio river Improvements in 1H74. No gen eral plau has boon subsequently offered, nnd tho movement started In Cincinnati favors Its adoption, Tho design of the dnm is similar to the one employed at Duvls lslnnd. Tbo approximated estimate of the cost of tho Im provement from Pittsburg to Wheeling was placed at 17,474,028 in 1874, but surveys since made have reduced tbe amount. THE NUT GRASS. Southern States Bavs a Mew Infliotion to Contend Wits. The nut grass, or cocoa, Is proving to be almost as much of an Infliction in the Houth as the Russian thistle in the Northwest. For that reason tbe Agricultural Department will soon issue aspeclul bulletin, urging a gen eral campaign against this grass before It getn too firm a hold. The plaut la not a f;ra!is, as Its common name aud appearance ndlcutn, but a sedge. It has many local names in the different relguns In which It has beeu Introduced. The species is of subtropi cal origin, and is said to have reached tiie L'ultod Htates llrst at New Orleans among gnrden plants brought from Cuba. It now extends from Texas to Kouthern Illinois, lu the coast region, to Florida and New Jersey, being most abundant In sandy soils. Tim plan of campaign to extirpate nut grass Is simply to prevent it maturing sood above ground. Nearly everybody thinks that the nuisance reproduces itself from the nut alone, whereas it propagates a thousand ttims more from the seed. Hence, to elTeo tuully and quickly destroy nut grass on any laud Infested with It, tbe soil should bo fre quently stirred durlug the growing period of summer, so as to stimulate each nut tuber and seed to sprout. Tho best timo fur light ing it Is between midsummer aud frost time. MARVELOUS DISCOVERIES Ten Centuries Added to the Known His tory of the Humtn Race. The human tuce is nearly ten conturiei older thnn science hud knowleduo of baforr as a result of un extensive exploration of the rulus of Niffcr, near ancient Babylon, as di scribed In a report to the state department by Minister TVrrel at Constantinople. Thcs explorations are being made at tho expense of I'hlladclphlaus nnd Dr. Peters and Pruf. Jlilpricht of the Uulverslly of Peuusyl vanln have supervised tbe wurk. Many tous of tables, vases, inscribed brick, sarcophagi aud the like have been exhumed, tho seusunl nnd revolting worship uf the god Bel Is mur clearly known, his colussul temple with It I Ml rooms bus boon exposed aud the religiuu; government and customs of men whu lived 4,000 years before Christ has been revealed by the traiwluled Inscriptions. Mlulster Turret suys thut it will require sixty volumes to contain the descriptions ot their uiurvoloun discoveries. THREE MEN KILLED. BY A DYNAMITE EXPLOSION. Many Workmen Injured and a Residence. Wrecked. A frightful explosion occurred nt Hunting ton. Ind.'. Frldny mornlng.nnd resulted In the death ot throe men and the Injury of many moro. The dend nre: JOHN HAItTMAN. NORTON KEEPER. JOHN 1 1. V N.N. All the victims wore mnrrlod. Tho explo. slon occurred at the Flint Creek sewor.whkb crosses the entire city from northeast to southwest. The contractors ore Henry Reef er, of llunilnirtoiiiind ll-nry H. Hallwood, of Columbus, O. Tuo employes wore Just go lo work. Probably 100 men were in nnd around tho ditch on First streot. Home ot (hem hnd built a fire on the bank and were thawing out a llfty pound box ot dynamite, i here wus a thunderous crash nud the entire i-i! y was shaken. KeeP-r, Hnrtmiin nud Flynn were nenrest the lire. Harlinnu was literally torn to pieces. His body wns lilted in the air DUO feet nud fell on tho Mnrket tract sidewalk it square nwny. Ills legs w re blown oR near the nips, both arms torn off, his head holt torn nwny nnd tho body com pletely disemboweled. One of Ilnrtmau's leet wns shot through tho weather boarding of Frank W lndlo's n-sldenco. Koofer was not killed outright. Ills body dropped Into tho sewer. After he was taken out he recovered consciousness for a moment, but died on thn way homo III tho nmbulnnee. His dentil was cau-cd by shock, no bones being broken. Flynn's legs nero both brok en, his nrma broken lu several plnoes, and his head crushed. Ho lived several hours. Every house within two squres wnsdumnged. Hie residence of Marlon Wilbur was do troyed. Tho building wns blown to pieces. Mrs. Wilbur was lu bd, and wns thrown out upon the lloor, but escaped without Injury. C0LIMA IN ERUPTION. Fifteen Persons Killed by Seismlo Dis turbances in Mexico. Tho volcnno of Collma is In nctlvo eruption nnd the people In tho immediuto vicinity are greatly alarmed, us tho streams of Invn are pouring down the sidi s of thn mountain, tho Harries being visible for many miles. They hnvo nbiindoned their honii-s. Police stations In Mexico city report a totnl of 15 donths ns a result of Friday's earthquake and the subsequent eruption. Transit of Murcury. One of the most Interesting nstronomicnl events of the yenr is tlio transit ol Mercury over tho face of the smi on Saturday. To ob servers using the opera-glass with dark lens It was visible at nny time botweeu 10:50 n. m. nnd 4:111 p. m. The planet appeared ns a black spot entering upou the sun's disc at tho lower left-hand side, the exact moment being forty-thrco seconds alter 10:55 0. m. Tne event occurs every six or seven yenrs. nnd nITords opportunity to observe whether Mercury has an atmosphere, PROMINENT PEOPLE. Johm Waxamakes had saved only (103 at the age of twenty-three. Tns last book rend to Dr. Holmes was Alice In Wonderland." The Empress of Germany rises at six and makes ber husband's coffito with her own hands. rniME Minister Rosesxrt declared for thn curtailment or abolition of hereditary Inglslntlve privileges in an address at Brad ford, England. It Is said Prnddent Cleveland did not register In New York because he was told by bis advisers that he had lost bis right to vote there. By romoval of cataract Gladstone's rich oye Is good lor the finest print, but upon his loft an Immature calaraat prevents his using that eye in reading ordinary type. Oikeral Eli H. PAncan, a full blooded Renocn, Is the only Indian who held a com mission in the Union Army during tho wnr. He is a lineal descendant of the great Chief, Hcd Jacket. DcnnA.it White Stevens, tho American flecretary of the Japanese legation at Wash ington, wns appointed Hecretary of the American legation at Tokyo when he was twenty years old. Ex-rREsiPEST nAnnisos Is to be nllowrd to choose the artist who shall palm: hie portrait to bo hung In the White House, nnd a t'iiOO appropriation, already provided, will cover the cost. Oswold Ottendorfeb formed with Frank Blgol and Carl Hchura a trio of distinguished German-Americans whose activity in the revolution ot 1R4H-9 made It necessary t leave Germany for America. NoTwiTnsTAxmxa his rough nnd unsocia ble character few persons have seen hlin smile, much loss lautrh Verdi, the great composer, Is very obaritnble. Numerous Ehllanthroplcnl works, and In particular the ospital at Bussetto, owe their existence to him. BniaADiER-GENERAL Alexander McCook will be retired next spring on acoount ot age. With tbeexooption ot Oeneral Bcbolleld nnd General Howard, this last of the fight ing "McCooks" Is tbe only officer In tbsj tegular army who commanded an army corps during the Civil War, W. H. SnEPFAnD, twenty Tears ago a poor little boy In tbe streets of Waynesboro, Vs.. Is, at the age of thirty, perhaps the most distinguished colored man In the Southern Presbyterian Church and the only Amenoan colored man that has ever beeu made a fol low ol the ltoyul Geographical Society. The Forbntitou Fruit. Many are tho attempts to Identify the forbidden fruit fcome say It wu the II, others tho trrape, others, again, tho pomegranate; but t hn most 'Arabian Mutitlsh1' description paints. It us un ear of wheat, which looked like a ruby and wo. us big us an ostrich pku, and iirew on a tree whose truak was liko void, its branches Hko silver, und Its leaves emerald. Our 1 rst parents wcro exiiolled about 3 o'clock of the ufteruoon of rrlduy, tho loth of May, having re tided in Kdeu tioven years tw.i months two weeks and three days, Adam was banished to Ceylon and Eve to Mecca, und they romuined upart for 2uu years, Adam, according to somo accounts, Kpent half his time weep Inx, with his face to tbeeai th: others, less charitably, icr that li s solitude was cheered by Llllth, who resumed ber former relations with him. When lie repented and Joined Kve, he bt'URud that eoiuethiiiii might be? given In in from tho huppy maiden of innocence which he hud forfeited, and lo! in aiiswor to his prayer, three mighty archuogcls wore bent to liitu Michael bringing- gold, (iubriel frunklucensc, and 1 upliael myrr.i mystic trlts, In urtor years u-soclutod with tho o He rim; of the Main, whom early Uirlstlun trit.il tiou .deutl ed with Kno'h, Meli'hlscdek, uud Kllus. All tho Year l.ound.
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