mmmf VOL. III. LINCOLN, NEB., TUUKSDAY,- DEC. 24, 1891. NO. 2a r or the r ABM ins' Alliance. Dear Trees Adieu. Dear Uvea. der tree, when I am rone Will others love jour waving (been? And traveler! ling while aaMlng on With bird! that build 'mid walla of given? Sweet trees sweet trees, yea are my owe. Ye seen to plead and call to me; Tho" to sd wiods sweet hopes are strowa re are a blest 'Mnemosyne. , My trees, my trees, let not a tear CCn Your iEcgean isles be sbed; Let ma embark without a fear And no outspoken word be said. Green trees, greea trees, I love youjetT Tho" far and dim asy pstk may run; 1 view your rose and violet Ere June's gar bridal is begun. Dear trees, dear trees, I oft shall drem And walk sgain your lanes among; Mcmosyne's white band shall gleam To lead me where my children suBg, Tair trees, fair trees, sing sweet to those Who follow down my way and yours ; Hock other babes to that repose My own found 'mid your leafy lures. Drown trees, brown trees, thro' icy sheet Sing on a last farewell to me; My heart lies buried at your feet, ' Its shroud wrought by Mnemosyne. Mart Baird Finch. Clearwater, Neb., Dec. 15, 181. rhe goddess of memory. NEBRASKA NOTES. A rbapter of the Eastern Star has been uml'uted at Superior. Two kegs of beer fell on James Norstedt at Fremont and be was probably fatally hurt. A crossing war between the railroad and i st reet railroad company is in progress at Norfolk. A suit brought at Fremont under the sight-hour law has been decided in favot of the plaintiff. The Nebraska State Teachers' associa tion hold its annual meeting in Lincoln during the holidays. Kemnha county fourth class postmast ers held a meeting and decided to ask fot an increase of salary. Farmers of Knox county report a larget proportion of soft corn this year than the average of other rears, i Flora Van Buren, an Omaha servant girl, became insane on religion and took poison, but will not die. Will Drake, a conductor on the B. and M. railroad, was killed by the cars one half mile east of Hampton. Charles Thotyer was held up by footpada at York, stabbed in the face and breast with a knife and relieved of 121. Judge J. H. Broady was tendered a com plimentary banquet at Beatrice by th members of the Gage county bar. Joseph H. Austin, one of the oldest set tlers in the state, died at Union. He wai an old soldier and an Odd Fellow. Harvard people were treated to a mirage the other evening and saw the electric lights of Grand Island, thirty miles dist ant. The grocery firm of J. F. Swartz & Son, 418 Court street, Beatrice, was closed by creditors. The failure is thought to be complete. The population of Knox county, as given by the census of 1P90, Is 8,582, as against 8,fi68 in 1880. The ratio of increase ia 134.1 percent. Burglars effected an entrance into the store of C. M. Stebbins, Fremont, and took a large amount of silks and jewelry valued at $500. H. J. Shaw of Holmesville raised seven bushels of peanuts this year as an experi ment. He will go into the business exten sively next year. Joseph H. Auston, a pioneer of Casa county, died at his home in Union. Ha was a veteran of the late war and a prom inent Odd Felloe. Mrs. Emma A. Warner, superintendent of Boyd county schools, has organized fifteen new school districts up to date and there Is still a demand for more. Since Sept. 1, 142,000 bushels of wheat have been shipped from Elsie. The local elevators and mill are now full of grain and cars can not be had to ship it. Repnblic-iTi will hold an election at Falls City to select a postmaster. The candidate receiving the most votes will be recommended by Senator Paddock. A. C. Williams, one of the county com missioners of Keya Paha county, has re signed and William Connell, commissioner-elect, was appointed to fill the vacan cy. The jury brought in averdict in the casi! of Cuming county against Ragoss, ex county clerk, for $4,789.84. This, with the verdict of last spring, makes a total judg ment against Ragoss of $7,116.84. The firm of Wilder & Hilton, dealers in dry goods at Miuden, has failed and filed a chattel mortgage for1 14,030. The total liabilities are about $8,000 and the stock will probably inventory Marly $8,600. Rev. J. H. Bross, superintendent ol home missions for the state of Nebraska for the Congregational church, dedicated ,n new Congregational church at Calhoun. ' The church cost SI .000. It is clear of all in debtedness. Henderson Bailey was arrested at Ne braska City by the sheriff of Mills county, Iowa, charged with larceny. The alleged crime was committed at Glenwood in 1S8S, and the officers have been on hi, truck ever since. The United States marshal from Omahn arrested Reuben P. Wissler, who buy grain for the Omaha Elevator company at Brady Island. Wissler has been runniup a kind of saloon without a license for sev eral months, it is alleged. George Lloyd and family had a narrow escape from death at the Weeks bridge, ne.-r Fairbury. His team backed off the bridge, in consequence of a led horse beini! frightened and exciting the team. Oni! horse was killed. The occupants of thf vehicle were bruised. , The farmers around Madison have or ganized the Madison Grain and Live Stock company, with a capital of $15,000. The plan is to commence building an elevator as soon as the material can be procured and have it completed within thirty days, weather permitting. Thirty head of horses on the Rankin? ranch in Blnine county have died recently from some mysterious cause. The owner lielieved the animals were maliciously Hisoned, but a veterinarian who made a post mortem declared that some poisonous weed caused the mortality. Alvin Pfeffer, station agent and tele graph operator at Davey, has been noti fied by the railroad company that he must sever his connection with the Order oi Railway Telegraphers or he would be dis missed. All the operators along the Elk horn have received similar notices, and e trike is feared. Banquet Given by the New York World's Columbian Commission. DINNER AND SPEECHES. Chauncey M. Drpew'a Eloqueut Address. K Yorker Wholly Over Their Dis appointment and Will Aid Chicago, DUtiuguUhed People Present. New York, Dec. 22. The dinner given at Delmonico's by the New York com missioners of the national Columbian exposition, consisting of Chauncey M. Depew, John B. Thatcher, Horton W. Alton and J. Seaver Page, gave evidence of its intention to do what it ran to make the exposition a success. Every name that stands high in our city and many throughout the state were repre sented either personally or by letter. It was a spontaneous and generous upris ing of the citizens of the metropolis to the assistance of the younger city of the lakes, a warm assurance of their friendliest feeling and a recognition of the national character of the exposition. The speakers were all enthusiastic. The scene was inspiring. The tables were loaded with flowers, and the fruit urns an the speakers' table were decorated with red and blue ribbons, with the rtars and stripes on top. The menu cards were equal to Tiffany's best. Every guest was given a handsome exposition portf olio, with a Giovio portrait of Colum bus in the left top corner, and some offi cial prospective views of the buildings being constructed. Letters of regret, were received from ex-President Cleve land. Vice President Morton. ex-Mayor Hewitt, Senator Daniel and Richard Crocker. At the speakers' table were the following gentlemen: C. M. Depew, Hon. T., W. Palmer, Hon. fteorsre R. Davis, Hon. Thomas M. Waller, Major M. P. Handy, G. W. Allen, Hon. T. W. Baker, (president of the board of alder men) John R. Arnold. Charles .Smith. J. Seaver Page and J. B. Thatcher- After dinner, when the cigars had leen lighted, Chairman Depew rapped for order and said: The New York commissioners' are very glad to welcome vou here tonight. The national committee for the promotion o? the world's fair, or Columbian exposition, consists of three members from each state. The New York members have invited you to consult with them as to the proper pro visions which should be made for such a representation of our state at the exhibi tion as would be worthy of its position among our sister commonwealths. This exhibition is destined to be not only the most phenomenal presentation of the in dustries, the arts, the sciences, the educa tion and the civilization with us and other countries, but its character, in all respects, , is purely ' national. The success of tho Columbian exhibition must not be im paired or retarded by local ambition or 1 jealousy anywhere. So far as New York is concerned she has none. She has not acted before in this matter because tho time had not yet arrived. She is now pre pared to do her part in her own imperial way. Whenever a new state is organized there is always fierce competition among the rival cities for the position of capital of the commonwealth. When tho selection is made, controversy is forgotten and the fortunate place becomes the cen ter of official and executive life of the Btate. New xork was the first capital and continued so for many years. The south and the west fiercely contended for tho change, and, of course, the result of the controversy was that New York lost. The great west beyond the Alleghenys which hud made such marvelous growth in the lat half century in population, in agri culture and industrial wealth, demanded and secured the world's fair for the city, which is in itself the most phenomonal exhibition of American enterprise, knowl edge and civilization. The plain duty of each state is to do its best to promote the enterprise which means so much for the industrial, agricultural and educational interests in this, our country. Mr. Depew was followed by W. T. Baker, who reviewed the history of tho organization of the fair. Among the guests were: W. T. Pal mer, president of the national commis sion of the world's Columbian exposi tion; W. T. Baker, president of the world's Columbian exposition; George Davis, director general of the world's Columbian exposition: Perry Belmont, Hon. H. J. Grant, mayor of New York city, and Thomas C. Piatt. Thomas M. Woller, Ambrose Snow, J. S'oat Fassett, Samuel Sloan, John King, E. P. Wilbur, C. P. Clark, Warner Miller, General Horace Porter, George M. Pullman, Frank Thomson, Georgo S. Gould, George B. Roberts, and many presidents oi railroads, boards of trade, and like in stitutions. New England Society. Brooklyn, Dec. 32. The New Eng land society of this city gave its annual dinner at the Academy of Music in cele bration of the anniversary of the land ing of the pilgrims. Ex-President Cleve land in his speech spoke of the patriot ism that was necessary in a great coun try like ours. In referring to the ques tion of immigration lie said that those who came to it with monarchial ideas were certainly not desirable, but those who came with the intention of obeying the law of the country of their adoption were always welcome. It was claimed that as he had been born in the state of New Jersey, he was an alien and a for eigner, but the fact remained that hu father was lorn in Massachusetts, which should entitle him to membership in tho society. Grout Monument Fund. New York, Dec. 23 Hamilton Fish has resigned as vice president of tha Grant Monument association. This ac tion, coming npon the resignation of W. R. Grace, as president of tho body, indi cates a state of affairs in the organiza tion which plainly points to dissatis faction with the way matters are going. Appointed ly Krl. Kansas City, Dec. 22. Receiver Erb, of the Kansas City. , Wyandotte and Northwestern railway, telegraphed from New York the appointment of Charle? F. Brotherton. formerly chief clerk ot the general manager, to succeed General Manager Sutuiuerfield, resigned. JEROME I CASE DEAD. Diabetes Carries Away tho Well Known Manufacturer ui.il nomnaa, Racine, Wis., Dec. 23. Jerome L Case died here at 1:45 a. m. from dia betes. His fame as a horseman was na tional and his reputation as a manufactur er extended all over the world. He was born at Williamstown, Oswego county, N. Y.i Dec. 11, 1819. He removed to Racine in 1842, where he established tho thresher factory which has made him enormously wealthy. To those outside of the business world he is best known as the owner of the phenomenal trotter Jay Eye See. He leaves a wife and grown up family. Captain Baker Suicides. Racine, Wis., Dec. 22. Captain Ed ward L. Baker committed . suicide by shooting himself through the head. Ho was trustee for an estate valued at $2, 000,000 and had mdo unfortunate in vestments, which is believed to be the cause of his suicide. The late J. L Case was one of Baker's bondsmen. PIRACY ON THE ARCTIC. The Steamer Hattie Gago Charged with a Multiplicity of Crimea An Ad venturous Voyage. San Francisco, Dec. 23. When tho little steamer Hattie Gage reaches hero today from Sitka, it will be plastered deep with libels. The men on board of it seem to have been carrying on a pirati cal cruise in the Arctic, and are not only guilty of mutiny but have robbed a mine, a church and a supply depot ot the Alaska Commercial company. It sailed from here last June in com mand of Captain Downs for Cold Har bor. On board were two men named Tibbey, as passengers. Tho first row occurred at Victoria, whore the 'fibbeyn wished to smuggle aboard liquor. At Coal Harbor the Tibbeys propose.1 a failing cruise in Behriug sea. They in veigled Captain Downs ashore and aban doned him. Then with Mate Andrews in charge they sailed away for adven tures. They stopped at the deserted vil lage of Nieholaski, in Alaska, and roblied the Greek Church altar. While on the Bohring sea they did not find a single seal and the second day tho Alert warned them out. They then vis ited the gold mines at Little Squaw har bor and took material and lumlier worth $7,000. Among the plunder was a rail road for carrying ore, which they took to Coal Harbor and set up. A fortnight after they raided the Alaska Commercial comnanv s storehouse at Portage bay, taking provisions and hardware. Tho i i o j n . v.. .1. - uage was seizeu ni oaiux jrumi. uy mo cutter Corwin and taken to Sitka, where it was released. The captain and five of the crew are here and will libel the ves sel for wages.while George W. Sessions, owner of the mine at Little Squaw har-. bor, will also libel it. CABLE CAR CASUALTIES- , , Two Men Caught Beneath the Wheels and Killed at Denver. . Denver, Dec. 23. J. J. Gangloff, aged 67, a mining operator at Alma, Colo., was run over by a cable car and both of his legs were cut off. He died from the effects of his injuries a short time after the accident. Another cable car accident occurred about an hour later, and but a short dis tance from the former one. Joseph S. Hensley, a flagman in the employ of the Cable Car company, while attempting to alight from a car, was caught beneath the wheels and instantly crushed to death. Death of Katherlne Rogers. New York, Dec. 22. Katherine Rogers, the actress, died at her residence in this city after a long illness. She was born in England and attained promin ence as an actress in that country before coming to America. Her early years on the American stage were passed in Wall ace's stock company. Subsequently Mrs. Rogers played leading parts in the Un ion Square theater, then under the man agement of Shook & Palmer. After leaving the Union Square Mrs, Rogers became a star. During the last years of her life she was a member of the A. M. Palmer's stock company. Two of her four daughters are actresses, Eleanor Moretti, a well known leading lady, and Katie Florence, of W. H. Crane's company- Large Gas Well at Muncle. Muxcie, Ind., Dec. 2'.'. Probably the largest gas well in the state was struck here by the Central Co-operative Natur al Gas company. Its capacity is esti mated at 15,000,000 cubic . feet a day. When turned in the pressure was so great as to twist and burst a two-inch steel pipe that was warranted to stand a pressure of 400 ponnds. The well is within close proximity to another well of much loss capacity. Virginia Bank Collapse. StalnTox, Va., Dec. 22. Private banks at Waynesboro. Gordonsville, Warrenton and Newmarket, Va., all suspended. Shirley and Rosenberger were owners of the Waynesboro and Newmarket banks, and were associated with C. F. Myers at -(Jordonsville, and with Spillman at Warrentown. It is believed depositors will be paid in full. India Hi for the Army, RcsiiviUjE, Neb., Dec. 2. Fifty Sioux Indian recruits, forming com pany I, Second infantry, enlisted at Pine Ridge within tho past five weeks, left here for Fort Omaha in charge of Lieu tenant Pickering. Ten squaws and a number of papooses are included in th3 party. A Colored Woman Ilo.nted Alive. St. Joseph, Mo., Dec. 22. Betsy Scott, a colored woman, aged 102, was burned to death in her home, at 2007 Water street, about midnight. She attempted to hasten the fire with coal oil, when the blaze communicated with the can, which exploded, enveloping her in flames. Be fore assistance arrived she was roasted to death. In Charge of tho Sheriff. Omaha, Dec. 22. Two suits, aggre gating nearly f 110,000, have been insti tuted in the district court against the American Water Works company, and on attachments which were issued the sheriff at once took possession of the en tire local plant of the company. Testimony of Witnesses to Whom Defendant Graves Confessed. VICTIM OF A MOB'S WRATH. Three ITiaonen In an Arkauua Jail Rid dled with Bullet by Gang of Masked Men An Iowa Bomb Thrower , The Crime Record. Den"Ver, Dec, 22. --Charles Lincoln, the Providence correspondent of the Boston Herald, was called to the stand. He said he had hold an interview with Dr. Graves the night the latter arrived from Denver, April 27 last. The doctor said he knew much about Mrs. Barnaby, but for the sake of her daughters he kept quiet, but he did not think he could remain quiet any longer. Mrs. Barna by, the doctor said, had many, lovers, and then he spoke of her alleged inti macy with Bennett. V When court reconvened in the after noon Mr. Lincoln continued his testi mony of the interview which he had had with Dr. Graves. Dr. Graves had told Mr. Lincoln that he was in New ton, Mass., when he heard of Mrs. Barnaby's death, and con sidered it was his duty to go to Denver and take charge of the valuables and re mains of Mrs. Barnaby. Ho at once started for Denver, and had proceeded as far as Chicago, when it occurred to him he had an undo in Sterling, Ills., and he determined to "visit him. After staying at Sterling a few days the doctor went to Cedar Rapids, la., and from there to Denver. In this interview Dr. Graves told Mr. Lincoln that Mrs. Barnaby had died from a shock, and that there was no doubt bnt that she had been murdered. Dr. Graves knew that Mrs. Barnaby had made a will, and that it was in his favor. Mr. J, H. Conrad, daughter .of Mrs. Barnaby.. next testified. She told how. she met Dr. Graves on the evening she left Denver for the east with her moth er's remains. The doctor appeared very nervous and dazed whilo talking to her. She had received a letter from Dr. Graves, in which he apologized for the indiscreet things he had said about Mrs. Barnaby in the interview which Corres pondent Lincoln had with him. Mrs. Conrad said she had never requested Dr. Graves to look after her mother's inter ests. Miss Maud Barnaby, another daughter of the dead woman, next took the stand, but nothing new was devel oped. Detective O. M. Hanscomb, of the Bos ton Pinkerton agency, then testified. He swore that Dr. Graves admitted to him that he had sent Mrs. Barnaby a bottle of whisky. When Graves told Hans comb this he (Graves) was under the im pression that Hanscomb was John H. Conrad's brother. Dr. Graves, in the presence of Hanscomb and John H. Con rad, admitted sending the bottle of whisky, bnt not nntuoooin nau given him their word of honor that they would not use what he told them as evi dence against Graves in a court of jus tice. Hanscomb and Conrad advised Graves to tell his family about sending the bottle. Graves said he could not do this because ue had already told his wife that he had not sent the bottle. John H. Conrad then took the stand. His testimony was a repetition of Mr. Hanscomb's. . A Triple Lynching. Stuttgart, Ark., Dec. 22. A triple lynching occurred in Dewitt county jail, the victims being a man named Smith, his son-in-law named Gregory and Mose Henderson, a negro. The latter, it ap pears, had been arrested for attempting to assassinate the divorced wife of Smith and made a confession implicating the ex-husband nd his son-in-law. They were arrestee and. with the nesrro. were confined in the iail at Dewitt. A mob of masked men seized the jailer, made him deliver up the keys, after which they went to the cells of the prisoners and riddled them with bullets. Smith was game and tried to save the lives of his fnmnaninns v declarinsr that he alone was resnonsiole for the deed, but the mob would not heed him and killed all three men, A Thrifty Priest. Elkhart, Ind., Dec. 22. Rev. Father Kroeger, for many years the priest in charge of St, Vincents catholic church in this city, has left for parts unknown, leaving creditors to the amount of $17, 000. He operated in business affairs ex tensively outside the church, and aside from running a grocery and dray line, he dealt in real estate and borrowed and loaned money. His congregation had be come dissatisfied with his devoting so much of his time to outside business and had complained to the bishop. Tried the Bomb Racket. Vinton, Dec. 23. A crazy man of this place named Dan Bates, probably influenced by the New York crauk, de manded HMXH) from Dr. D. C. Griffiu, with the threat of taking his life in case of refusal. He appointed a meeting ulace at the nostomoe, and the shonti interviewed him there. He has been taken to the insane asylum. Badly rounded Up. Chicago, Dec. 22. Tommy White, the well-known Chicago lightweight, and Pete Peterson were the principals in a fistic contest. White knocked his op ponent out in the fifth round, after a remarkable disolav of crameness bv tho Swede, whose face at tho conclusion of the mill looked like a humberger steak. WatchiuK the Ghost Dancer. Boise City, Idaho, Doc. 22. Word hr.s leen received at Fort Hall Indian agency that runners from the latter places are now at Walker lake, Nevada, where tht alleged Indian Messiah lives. The au thorities will keep a close watch to prei vent ghost dancing. Failed for Forty Thniivand. Tkknton, N. J., Di)c. 22. -The Tren ton Woolen company has failed, wi'h liabilities estimated at $40,000. The as sets, it is claimed, will exceed that amount. Killed by a Lake Khnre Train. Chicago, Dec. 22. John and Nicholas Read, who lived at Elkhart, Ind., were struck and killed by a Lake Shore train between Michigan and Indiana avenues. A COLORED PRIEST. Ordination of the Firat (tro Ralaed to the Prleathood In America. Baltimore, Dec. 22. The cathedral of SS. Peter and Paul was crowded with representatives of the Catholic clergy and laity, who had assembled to witness the ordination of the first colored man to be raised to the Catholic priesthood in the United States. Cardinal Gibbons officiated, and the ceremony of ordination was preceded by the cele bration of solemn high mass. The name of the new priest is Charles R. Uncles. He is a light-colored quadroon, and was born in this city thirty years ago. Ho will say his first mass on Christmas morning, and early in the new year will be assigned to seclul work among his race. There is one other colored priest in this country, a resident of Chicago, but he was educated and raised to tho dignity at Rome. Young Field'! Condition. New York, Deo. 23. No change Is re ported in the condition of Edward M. Field, the alleged insane banker. The Srison officials persist in saying that he is etennined to starve himself to death. Accordiug to them this is the eighth day of his fast. FAMILY BEEF FOR EXPORT The Agricultural Department Detalua Big Shipment of Gnrued Horan Meat for Europe. Washington, Dec. 23. Tho depart ment of agriculture . announces that the inspectors on Long Island have unearthed an abbatoir at Newton Creek, devoted entirely to the slaughtering of broken- down horses. Many of these horses aro diseased and some had glanders. Most of the meat was corned and put up for export as family beef. The secretary of agriculture wired the inspectors at the port or shipment to stop sucn exports immediately and notify the local boards of health. ; The dealer, learning this, changed his label &vA undertook to hip tha stuff abroad as horse meat under the impres sion that he could thus evade tho bureau inspectors. Secretary Rusk, however, did not propose to permit the intent of the law to be thus balked, and he is ad vised that the chief inspector in New York seized an entire lot of seventy-fivo tierces and turned it over to the official clerk. The official record in the bureau of animal industry shows that this ne farious industry has been carried on for some time in the secret fashion. Secre tary Rusk is determined to use all tho power at his command to put a stop at once and for all to the abominable traffic. , . The Late Senator Plumb. Washington. Dec. 22 After the serv ices in the senate the body of the de ceased senator was borne out, to be taken tu thq railroad station. Follow ing tho remains came the senators and representatives, who formed by twos, with Vice President Morton at the head. and accompanied the body on foot to the station. The president ana nis caDinec and other distinguished persons were ushered to their carriages and joined the procession. The funeral cortege reached the sta tion at 2:40 p. m., headed by the' congres sional committee and followed by a large number of senators and representatives. The congressional committee stood in line while the coffin, carriod by the Cap itol police and followed by members of the senate and house, was borne to the train. The train left at 2:45 and will reach Kansas City about 6 or 7 o'clock Wednesday morning. A stop of an hour will be made at Kansas City and the train will leave for Emporia about 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. Mint Suffer Death by Electricity. Washington, Dec. 23. The appeals of Murderers Charles McElvain and Lnci and Nicoli Trezzia. now in prison at Sing Sing, N. Y., awaiting sentence of death by electricity, have been de nied. The petitions maintained that the provision for solitary confinement and other features of the state law were un constitutional. Treasury Matters. Washington, Dec. 22. Net gold in the treasury is $129,650,889, a decrease of nearly $3,000,000 since the 10th inst. The cash balance is $132,200,000, the lowest figure reached this month. The receipts from customs at New York for the first twenty days of this month are $."),32,7fl9, a decrease of $1,704,067 from the same period of last year. No Decision. Washington, Dec. 23. The supremo court of the United States, after deliv ering several opinions, took an adjourn ment over the holidays until Jan. 4. when a decision in the Boyd-Thayer gubernatorial case will bo handed down. In the Senate, Washington, Dec. 22. In the senata over a hundred new bills were intro duced. The nomination of S. B. Elkins as secretary of war was confirmed and a number of postmasters nominations re ferred. TELEGRAPHIC BRIEFS. Walt Whitman is expected to die at any moment. Russell S.we, Jr., is very ill and he is Kradually sinking- Two brothers, John and Xicho1,t3 Hand, were killed by an engine ou the Lake Shore at Chicago. Two men broke into a jeweler's window in Kansas City, gathered everything in sight, and made good their escape. It is said that S.V.White & Co. will shortly resume business. The llrm'sered itors propose to make them m my conces sion. The whaleback steamer C. W. Wetmore arrived at Everett, Wash , its destination in good condition. Mr. Stickler, oue of the world's fair com missioners from Germany, has lauded in Hoboken, and has in his possession what is said to bo the sword carried by Christo pher Columbus, at the time of bis discov ery of America. The lower house of the South Carolina legislature voted to resubmit the bill mak ing nn appropriation for the world's fair. It isso near the end of the session that U is believed the bill is practically killed, and private subscription must be de pended upou to secure representation at Chicago. . 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