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ivscy. wijuii 'un m --- . j i mi J . . a R If; & S a i ; BED CLOUD CHIEF A. C. HOSMER, Proprietor. BED CLOUD. - NEBRASKA. CURRENT COMMENT. A trust has been formed to control the Florida orange trade. The cotton crop of the Chickasaw Uation is the best on record this year. Rain in the valleys and snow in the mountains have finally quenched the forest fires in Montana. Mrs. Maybrick has been placed in the infirmary of the prison at Woking, Eng.t because of ill health. The Swiss Government has insti tuted proceedings against the authors of the recent Anarchist manifesto. Serious floods are reported in and about Tampico, Hex., and many fam ilies have been forced to leave their homes. ' A cave of unknown size has been discovered by well diggers near Rome, Ga. It promises to surpass the Mam moth cave. Colonel William W. Burns, As sistant Commissary-General of Sub sistence, has been placed on the re tired list of the army on account of age. A flan to establish a line of com munication between Chicago and Cen tral America by way of Tampa Bay, Fla,, has been abandoned by the Chi cago Board of Trade. Mexican fortune hunters are exca vating near Coyoacan, Mex., in search of the supposed treasures of Monte zuma, buried near there at the time of the Spanish conquest. Advices from Geneva state that the Swiss Federal Council has expressed regrets at the recent arrest of four Americans on suspicion of being pick pockets and declare that necessary steps have been taken to prevent a re currence of such an act in the future. Chakir Pasha, the Governor of Crete, has issued a proclamation an nouncing that the Turks have occu pied the whole island for the purpose of restoring order, and that any per son guilty of resisting the Turkish Authorities will be severely punished. TnE Inter-State Commerce Commis sion has extended for fifteen days the time allowed the Chicago & Alton Railroad Company to make answer to the complaint of the Inter-State Rail road Association and the Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railroad Com pany. Mrs. W. E. Christian, nee Jul in. Jackson, the only child of Stonewall Jackson, died at Charlotte, N. C, re cently of typhoid fever. Her husband is editor of a weekly paper called the Charlotte Democrat. The remains were taken to Lexington, Va., for in terment. The General Land-office has decided that certain lands formed on the western coast of Washington Territory by action of tide waters, sflLce the original surveys were made belong to the United States and that any lands so formed along the tide water at any point would also belong to the Govern ment. The Comte de Paris has issued an electoral manifesto. He declares that his object f s to snatch power from an oppressive faction. . He counsels union of the Conservatives and tolerance of the Boulangists, whose programme of revision, he says, will release France from servitude and restore religious peace. William H. Lowden, a shoe dealer, and John Russell, a tanner went hunt ing near Middletown, N. Y. recently. They became separated and Russell mistook Lowden's hands, which he raised to drive away mosquitoes, for a squirrel. He shot at the supposed squirrel and the whole charge landed in Lowden's hands and neck. There tras hope of his recovery. Abraham Likes and Jude Spring, of Clark's Flat, just over tho Idaho line from Utah, who went into partnership ranching last spring, recently fell in love with the same woman Jemima Trauts. Unable to settle the matter amicably they went to the brookside with six shooters and there settled the matter by fatallywounding each other. They were buried where they fell, cide by side. The British schooner Pathfinder was boarded by the United States revenue cutter Rush in Behririg sea July 29. Lieutenant Tuttle took 854 sealskins that were on board and all the guns and ammunition, and then placed the quartermaster of the Rush on board with instructions to take the schooner to Sitka. The Pathfinder, .however, headed for Victoria, despite the pro test of the prize crew. A monument to the memory of the Confederate dead who fell in battle near Manassas, Va., was unvailed re cently. State Senator E. E. Meredeth made a short speech, presenting the monument to the Ladies' Memorial Association of Manassas, through whose efforts tho monument was erected. The monument is built of plain brown stone taken from the bat tlefield. The orators of the day e5? Senator Daniel and General W. H. F. Tee, son of Robert E. Lee. NEWS OF THE WEEK. Gleaned by Telegraph and Man. PERSONAL AND FOUTICAI- Colokkl R. N. Hudsok, a leading Ia diana veteran, editor and politician, died at Terre Haute, Ind., the other day. Miciian. Davitt writes denouncing the abandonment of a single plank of the home rale platform for a mesa of Catholic university pottage. He declares that the stand taken upon this question, together with the vote of the Irish members on the royal grants, forms a very sorry exhibi tion of Parliamentary opportunism. Johx C McCoy, an old pioneer and the last of the original town company, died at Kansas City. Ma, on the 2d. He was born in Vincennes, Ind., September 28, 1811. Tbc announcement is made that the new Chinese Minister will soon bring bis wife and family to this country. This is the first instance in which a woman of high caste has ever left China. She will see little it any society. Telegrams from various points In tne Third Louisiana Congressional district in dicate the election of Andrew Price. Dem ocratic candidate, by a good majority, over H. C Miner, Republican. A cablegram received at the Navy De partment announces the arrival of Com mander Sumner at 8t Nicholas Mole, Hayti. Admiral Gherardi, on the Kear sarge, is also at St. Nicholas Mole, ia com munication with the Navy Department. It is probable that the Kearsarge will come north soon, bat that will be left largely, if not entirely, to the Admiral's discretion. Caftajk R. H. Botd has been selected by Secretary Tracy as supervisor of the port cf New York. A dispatch from Berlin says: Dr. Peters has been recalled from East Africa, The expedition for the relief of Emia Bey has been abandoned. The Boersen Zeitung reports that Dr. Peters baa retreated to Vituland. PcsRSTLVAMA Democrats, at Harris burg on the 4tb, nominated Edward Bigler for State Treasurer. Massachusetts Prohibitionists,at Wor cester on the 4th, nominated John Black, of Springfield, tor Governor. The President left Deer Park, Md, on the 4th for Philadelphia to attend the celebration of the "Log Cabin" College. A COXCEKTED movement among the drugeists of Iowa has been commenced to cast their vote for the Democratic party this fall provided that party will pledge Itself to amend the stringent Pharmacy law. The Paris Figaro says that Prince Victor Napoleon has declared that he will not issue a manifesto in connection with the approaching general elections, for the reason that they will not decide the ques tion of the form of Government. J. W. Jcdd, Associate Justice of Utah, has sent his resignation to President Har rison. Associate Justice Henderson, who has been on the bench many years, has also sent in his resignation. Both are very popular with the citizens of the Territory. The cause for their action was on account of the small salary. Legitime, ex-President of Hayti, ar rived at New York on the Stb. He was en route to France. It was rumored in Ottawa, Out, that the Behring sea dispute would be left by the English Government for Canada and the United States to settle. Miss Jexnie S. Chamberlats, second daughter of Mr. Chamberlain, of Cleve land. O., was married recently in St George's Church, London, to Captain Herbert Nay lor Ley land. Three Frenchmen, accused of foment ing an anti-German agitation in Alsace Lorraine, have been expelled by the Ger man authorities. The Regents of Servia have warned ex Queen Natalie not to attempt to establish a residence in Belgrade even as a private person. General Bovlaxger has made public a manifesto, in which he attacks his politic al enemies in bitter and vigorous terms. He claims the right to a trial by court martial. MISCELLANEOUS. The first of the bear failures, which has been expected on Wall street to follow the recent advance in the stock market, was announced on the 3d. The operator who was forced to the wall was T. B. Mutgrave, of Musgrave & CtK, 39 Pine street. Lia bilities, $100,000. The children of Mrs. Maybrick have been adopted by a wealthy couple residing in London, the consent of Mrs. Maybrick and that of the relatives of her husband having been obtained. The children will assume the name of their foster parents. Newspapers of the City of Mexico ac cuse the Italian Minister of importing goods as a Minister free of duty for mer cantile speculation. George Dilhof, of Cincinnati, died the other night from the effects of chloroform administered prior to a surgical opera tion. Br the capsizing of a sailboat in the lake off Chicago recently, a man and two boys were drowned. United States Treasures Huston on the 4th signed two warrants aggregating $38,000,000. They were drawn to cover expenditures already made by him. Heavy floods prevailed at Tetecala, Mexico. Several lives were lost A large bridge was also swept away. Tha flood at Tampico was increasing and .people were leaving ineir nomes. lany oi usm were destitute and hungry and an appeal for help has been issued. The editor of the Paris Cocarda has been sentenced to four months' imprison ment and fined 500 francs for purloining court documents. The London police on the 4th fired upon a crowd of strikers who were molesting some men at work. One man was fatally wounded. At the Dundee (Scotland) Trades Union Congress a report favoring eight boars for a day's labor was rejected by a vote of almost two to one. The largest bar of gold ever cut in the world was turned out at the United States assay office at Helena, Mont, recently. It weighed 500 pounds and was worth a little over $100,000. The Mexican Government has revised article 1 of its customs tariff, wherein liv ing animals are made free of duty, and has imposed heavy duties on imported cattle, swine, sheep, mules and goats, a measure that can not fail to have a most disastrous effect on the business of sup plying Mexico with meat from the United States. The United States authorities havs waived their claim on the notorious Northwestern bandit Holzhey and he will be tried in Michigan for murder. Max Jacobson, sob of an Austrian Count but a man with a bad criminal rec ord, has been arrested ia Chicago for em bezzlements from the Fidelity & Casualty Company of Chicago. The amount stoles was large. Jacobson had been general western manager The South of Ireland macketsi fishery this year is declared a failure. Orb assaying 89 ounces of silver to the ton, and considerable gold has been struck at a depth of 100 feet ia the Eastern View mine atSau Pedro, N. M. The Government of San Salvador, Cen tral America, has obtained a loan of 300.000 in London for the purpose of ex tending its railroad system. Three sealers have arrived at Victoria, R. CI. with over 5.500 sealskins on board. TI.ot .wttAl ttvar ttlAV ua. nntHIn t9 1 U!7y ICJIViWI ..." .. .... MW.M... w i .1 TT:..J C. ..A........A A,AaMn.B Dil.ll m0 UIIIICU OiaKatcicuuv sicauiut Attinu. H. P. Ferry, a telephone lineman, was instantly killed by an electric shock from a wire on a street in Buffalo, N. Y., the other day. Jacob Scoll was smothered to death in Purcell'd grain elevator in Chicago re cently by the giving way of the door of a bin. Three brakemen have been killed in the past week by a low bridge near Brim field, O. Its removal has been ordered. Twenty-four prisoners from the Indian Territory, all sentenced to long terms, have been placed in the Ohio penitentiary. The officers of the Treasury Department are considering the advisability of chang ing the present form of the debt state ment so as to restore the $100,000,000 fund held for redemption to the column of assets where it stood before the change mide by Treasurer Jordan. Heavy frost fell throughout the North west on the night the 4th. The anthracite coal mine, No. 2 of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company at Scraaton, Pa., caught fire recently. Ef forts to subdue the fire were unavailing. Ftre In Laird. Norton & Co.' lumber yard at Winona, Minn., recently de stroyed 22,000,000 feet of lumber, 7,000,000 shingles, a three-story brick warehouse and contents, consisting of doors, sashes, glass, eta, together with sheds, tramways and other property, making a total loss of $314,000, on which the insurance was $170,- sea The town of TIacolula, in the State of Hidalgo, Mex, has been entirely de stroyed by floods. The people in the flooded districts are in great distress. The Streator (III.) miners have resumed work at the reduiel rale of 12 cents per ton. The Western Waterways convention at Cincinnati adopted strong resolutions urging Congress to improve the rivers. An unknown woman committed suicide at Niagara Falls the other morning by jumping into the water above the falls. She was about twenty-five years old, bad red hair and wore a black dress. She was alive when she went over the falls, aa she was seen to raise her head. While the Government lighter was blowing up a schooner in the St John's river near Jacksonville, Fla., a can of dynamite exploded prematurely, tearing the lighter to pieces, killing It T. Moore, son of the captain, and a colored man named Powell and seriously injuring En gineer Dunn. Ax exploion occurred in the ironstone pit of the Maurice Wood colliery at Mid lothian, Scotland, recently, bixty miners were imprisoned. Four dead bodies were recovered and it was thought the others were dead. Attorney-General Hogg, of Texas, has instituted suit to declare $1G,000,OJO of mortgage bonds issued by the Interna tional & Great Northern Railroad Com pany null and void. It 'was alleged the mortgaged bonds were really watered stock and therefore illegal under the law. Bishop McQuade has excommunicated James Kelly and William Dempsey. prom inent Catholics of Waterloo, N. Y., be cause they brought Dr. McGlynn there to deliver a lecture upon "Father Lam bert, a Priest Who Went to Rome, and What He Got There." Both men belonged to Father Lambert's old parish. The employes of the Santa Fe, who were affected by the 10 per cent reduc tion last spring, have all along been look ing for a restoration, until the recent flurry created by the resignation of PresU dent Strong. It has been given out from official sources that a restoration would not be made, but on the other hand that a reduction of from 10 to 25 per cent is ha minent ADDITIONAL DISPATCH--. The London dock companies have agreed to the demands of the strikers, but the rates of wages to be paid are to continue as at present, the advanced rate not to go into effect until January 1. Steve Brodie. the bridge jumper, went over Horseshoa Falls at Niagara on the 7th, clad in an India-rubber suit He was rescued from below not much hurt from his marvelous exploit The reported trip of Graham, the barrel crank, a week pre viously, was generally regarded as a fake. Brodie's feat, therefore, was unprece dented. Clearing house returns for the week ended September 7 showed an average in crease of 1L2 compared with the corre sponding week of last year. In New York the increae was 16 5. Fannie Bryant, the quadroon accused of complicity with Hawes in the murder of Mrs. Hawes and little Irene, last De cember at Birmingham. Ala., was found guilty. The punishment was fixed at im prisonment for life. Reports from Tishomingo. Chickasaw Nation, are that serious trouble is appre hended in the Nation, growing out of the proposition to reject returns of the recent election for members of the Legislature from one or two counties. A Bomd was exploded on the Barris estate in Ireland the other day, blowing up the cilice and destroying all the furni ture and valuable papers. The Commission appointed to negotiate with the Pottawatomie and Kickapoo Indians in Kansas, for the allotment of part of their lands in severalty and the sale of the surplus has reported to the Indian Office that thus far it has been un successful ia its work. Business on the London Stock Ex change during the week ended September 7 was inactive. Prices were steady with an upward movement At Paris three per cent rentes showed a rise of 75 centimes. The other Continental centers reported matters quiet and firm. During a storm on Lake Winnepeg re cently a boat containing Rev. Mr. Mcy Haffey and a number of mill hands was swamped and it is supposed all were drown. Two bodies were washed ashore. A serious labor and race riot took place at New Castle, Bear Wilmington, DeL, the other night between Irish and Hungarian laborers. One man was killed and five or six wounded, several of them fatally. The men were employed at Morris Tasker ft Ca's iron works and were carousing when the quarrel commenced. Several persons were seriously injured by an explosion at the sugar refinery of Dick & Meyer at Williamsburg near New York recently. The explosion was eaused by a Ore that destroyed the building. Entcs August 4. 1887. when the Govern ment first began purchasing bonds, up to and including the 7tb. the amount of pur chases aggregated $189,706,650 at a cost of $230.8C4,4Sa Had they been allowed to mature they would have cost $274,96e8H. NEBRASKA STATE NEWS. George Soule and Fletcher Wagner were quarreling at Kuser's park south of Omaha the other evening when Soule shot at Wagner. The bullet struck Peter Ruser, inflicting a wound from which he died next morning. Soule was arrested. The other morning a disastrous wreck occurred at the crossing of the Fremont Elkborn & Missouri Valley and Union Pa cific roads six miles west of Fremont. A fr light train of forty cars over the Elk horn road was run into by an east-bound freight on the Union Pacific as the former was crossing the track of the latter. Fourteen cars were derailed, nine belong ing to the Union Pacific and five to tho Elkborn. There were two cars of hogs on the Elkhorn which were wrecked and about one hundred were killed. Two men were stealing a ride in an empty car on the Union Pacific train. One of them, John Shimberger, was killed almost in stantly, and the other, Ethan Allen, had his right arm and left leg broken. In a recent fight over a game of cards at Alliance, in which several shots were exchanged, Fred Bishop was killed by Sam Ditto. The dead man was about twenty-three years old. The other morning Frank C Green, con ductor on the B. & M. between Columbus and Atchison, was terribly burned at Columbus. He had emptied the tank of bis gasoline stove into a large pan for the purpose of repairing the stove, when it accidentally caught fire. In attempting to throw it out of doors tho wind blew the blazing mass upon aim, burning his face and hands to the elbows ia a most horrible manner. The two-year-old child of Thomas F. Potts, a farmer living one and a half miles northeast of Williams, drank concen trated lye the other evening and died next day. The lye had been prepared for scrubbing and was left sitting within the child's reach. The threshing machine of Brock Bros., of Gothenburg, caught fire the other day from some unknown cause while it was ia operation and was entirely consumed. A man giving his name as Alexander Harvie, claiming to be a .capitalist and carrying a letter of introduction from a Philadelphia preacher, was received with open arms by Geneva people a few weeks ago. After purchasing a $10,000 farm on credit, letting the contract for a new building and obtaining a small amount of money from confiding friends, he myste riously disappeared. The letter of intro duction proved to be a forgery. The Scotts Bluff Irrigating Company, capital stock $500,(00, with principal place of business at Gering, has been organized. Within .ninety days work will be com menced on one of "the largest ditches in the State. Fire started in the ba-ement of an old building at Lincoln the other night The building was occupied by Leopold Barr, a jeweler, and H. A. McArthur, druggist There was a three-story brick adjoining occupied by Barr & Parker with a large stock of boots and shoes, while the second floor was used for offices and the third as a ball for the Knights of Labor. The fire originated in the base ment and so weakened the joists and sup ports that about two o'clock in the morn ing the buildings collapsed, burying be neath the ruins five firemen and two others. The firemen and one citizen were liberated in a few minutes without serious injuries, but Dr. Kelso, who was on the second floor of -the brick building, was caught between the floor and the ceiling and held over three hours, bead down ward, before he could be rescued. He was not seriously injured though badly bruised and shaken up. The loss was estimated at 40.000. The barn belonging to Rev. Andrews, of Blue Springs, burned the other after noon and two children of David Gay, aged three and four year?, who were playing in the barn at the time, perished in tho flames. The supposition was that they were playing with matches. The Supreme Court has granted a re spite to Haunstine the Custer' County murderer who was 'to have been hanged at Broken Bow on the 6th. Proceedings in error have been begun and nothing fur ther will be done in the matter until the Supreme, court passes on the case. John Richardson, a highly esteemed and prosperous farmer residing ten miles south of Beatrice, fell from his mowing machine while returning from near Blue Springs the other afternoon, and was run over, sustaining injuries which resulted in hie death next morning. The other afternoon a man was found lying in an insensible condition beside the Union Pacific track eight miles west of Fremont He was lying in a ditch and was nearly obscured by the grass and weeds bending over him. He a taken to Fremont and died the same night On h's person was found a roundtrip ticket from Portland to Chicago, $1G in money, gold eye glasses and a gold watch, and also some cards bearing the name Dr. Albert Pole, Portland. Ore., the name also being on the ticket When found he bad on a skull cap but no coat nor shoes. The supposition was that be was a passenger on the train passing through Fremont and that be bad fallen off the platform of the sleeper, and remained where he had fallen fourteen hours before being discovered. He was about sixty years old. It was reported that frost on the night of the 5th did some damage to corn in the vicinity of Plattsmouih. A man living near Madison has struck a boiling well at a depth of a little over sixty feet and hopes are entertained that gas will be discovered. The other day J. W. Kincaid, who lives eight miles north of Blair, went to town and drew $1,000 from the bank. When just at the edge of town three men came out from a cornfield and pointing revol vers at him demanded his money. Hav ing his money in two rolls, aad not desir ing to lose all, be handed out one roll of $500 and was allowed to depart George Lane, a Stanton batcher, mys teriously disappeare 1 recently. J. M. Lee has received bis commission as postmaster at Oxford, and forwarded his resignation as Representative of the Sixty-fourth district to Governor Thayer. Several towns along the Elkhorn road are placing exhibits of farm products on their respective depot platforms for the inspection of harvest excursionists. Joe Ames, the young son of a wealthy farmer, recently went oa a lark at Blair with several disreputable women, and while the party was returning home he hot himself aad was found in a dying condition. Two men. John Donovan and George Vancil, who were recently hauling sand at Kearney, got into a dispute over a trifling matter when Vancil struck Dono van with a hoe, causing his death ia a few hours. The residence of John Holding; at Shel ton. was destroyed by fire recently, the result of a defective flue. The first annual reunion of tho Grand Army posts of Bart County will be held t Tvkamah September 25 to 21 THE OLD LOG COLLEGE. Celebration Commemorative of the Foandincr of the OIt Los College, tha Cradle la Which America Breabyte rlanUia wsm Rocked, and From Which Sprane Princeton Taa President' Tria to the Scene, Hh Reception Kn Ronte anil tit Exercises at the Old Lo- Col lege CSrounds. Philadelphia. Sept. 5. Although to day's celebration coramomorativo of tho foundation of the historical old lorj col lege in 1720. by William Tunuent was distinctively a Presbyterian celebration in its inception, the event called oat per sons of every religions denomination, and the speaker and others takin: prominent port in the exercised were of all shades in polities. Shortly after eight o'clock his morning President Harrison, with Governor Beaver. Governor Green of New Jersey and Postmaster-General Wanamaker started in car riages from the country home of the latter at Jenkintown. nine miles from this city, for the sceue of the cele bration on the old Tennent farm, near Hartsville, Bucks County. The greeting given to the President by the people along the old York road, irrespective of politics or religion, was a fitting prelimi nary to the celebration itself. As tho The Old Log Uolleije. carriages containing the President and the other guests of Mr. Wanamaker passed along the road the people ranged themselves by the roadside in front of their homes and other advantageous points cheering and waviug handker chiefs as long as tne party could be seen. As the procession proceeded it became more and more pretentious, for in almost every case the inhabitants of the houses by the roadside had horses and wagons ready to fall in behind the presidential party. Noble station, on the Reading road, was covered with flags and bunting, and from that point to Abington, half a mile dis tant, the road was lined with flags placed twenty feet apart, and the handsome couutry residences were decorated and flags were flying from tho lawns. Just before (entering Abington village the party, halted at the Abington Pres byterian Church, founded in 1714, in whose bury in?-ground lie the remains of several of the original instructors and students of Log College, their graves being marked with flags. Spanning the entrance to the church ground was an arch bearing the inscription: "Abington Church, founded 1714. Greeting to our ruling elders who rule our country." The greeting refers to the President, Mr. Wanamaker and General Beaver, all of whom are ruling elders of the Presby terian Church. Across the Abington village street was a triumphal arch thirty-five feet high and sixty feet span, where the street was flanked by two stand-?, each seating three hnndred people. As tho President passed under the arch the band of the First Regiment played "Hail to the Chief," all the church be.'ls were rung. and the Abington re ception committee presented flowers to the ladies in the carriages of the pres idential party. Three miles beyond Abington the party passed through tho village of Willow Grove, where the build ings were all decorated, and at Hatboro, two miles further on, Fisher Post G. A. R with a band, escorted the party through tho village. Tents are erected on the Tennent farm, the site of the old Log College, and an immense crowd from the surrounding country and Philadelphia, besides promi nent Presbyterian divines from all parts of the country, are present Tho celebra tion, which is under the auspices of the Presbytery of Philadelphia, North, while commemorating the foundation of the Log College by Wm. Tenueut in 1726, is really commemorative of the founding of the Presbyterian church iu tho United States, and it may also be said that Princeton College sprang from tho primitive institntion of learning estab lished by Tennent A long programme of exercises was arranged, divided into two parts, and at 11:20 a.m. the services of the day were opened by the reading of a verse of Scripture by Rev. Joseph Beggs, D. D.. of the Falls of Schuylkill. Philadelphia, which was followed by a prayer by Uev. L. W. Eckard, of Abington, Pa., through whose efforts the celebration was carried from suggestion to fact. At 11:30a.m. President Harrison, loaning on the arm of Postmaster-General Wana maker, and followed by Mrs. Harrison. Rev. J. IV. Scott, Private Secretary Hal ford and others of the Presidential party, entered the large tent and received a most enthusiastic welcome. The ladies of the party carried beautiful bouquets, presented to them by the Abington com mittee. Governor Beaver camo in for a generous share of the cheering. As soon as the party were seated the first paper of th day was read by Rev. Dr. Turner, of Hartsville, descriptive of the founding of the Log College, and the useful career of its founder, lie was fol lowed by Rev. R. M. Patterson, of Phila delphia, editor of the Presbyterian, who delivered an address on "Log College Evangelists." ' Francis 1L Partin, president ot Prince ton College, was next on the programme, but owing to the death of his son ho was unable to be present, and Dr. Murray, dean of Princeton College, delivered an address in his stead. Rev. Richard Mc Ilwaine, D.D., LL.D., president of Hampden Sydney College, Virginia, read a paper on "The Influence of tho Log College in the South." At the conclusion of this address Presi dent Harrison was introduced. The as semblage at this time numbered 25.000 or more, and this vast audience rose en masse and repeatedly cheered the Presi dent Mr. Harrison, when, the applause ceased so he could be heard, spoke ia substance as follows: I have had Illustrated to me here to-day one of the consistent tenets aad graces of the Pres byterian church. Kothlag, I assure you, abort of a robust embodiment or the doctrine of the perseverence of the saints in the person of oar distinzuished brother, the chair a who has Just introduced me, could hare overcome the diflcalties which seem to be in the way of those who attend celebrations. I have also had lltes trated to me, I regret to say. another of the results of persistent Presbyterianlsm. I never at any time promised to make an address here to-day. lL-ihter. I never authorized any one to do so. There are maay embarrass ing things to be encountered m this life, among them there is noae more embarrassiBg than being associated oa the platform or sittiag at a table next to gentlemea with mans scripts ia their pockets, when one la not similarly provided. Great laughter!. I thank you for your hospitable treatment of me and mine to-dmy. and I must say I have much pleasure i being here, for every Impulse of honest pride which stirs yourbc.iris mnves mine., I am pl:id to stand here"at the soiire; of a threat movement. I have seen the MUsisippt river pouring out its enormous volumes of water into the gulf, anil have h:l the pleasure of standing at the nurce of th great Missouri, but what Is the sourcf ami enorfry implied by these rushlnjr streams when compared with tha movement in augurated here? I am glad to be here to help celebrate oi-kj of tho-.e j;reat impulses spring lnjr from a small beinntn, and yet how far-rcnchinn In Its re-nlt-. and effects. I do not want unduly to ex alt the Presbyterian church, and yet I think historians who have been untouched by partisanship testify that it has magnifi cently pressed onward. Let us t:ke no back ward step. Let us continue to merit tho favor ot Ood and do His worK until the world shall ce.iso in move. Steadfastness is our characteristic. Our enemies have called it obstlnacv. and there are occasions when even that trait and that characteristic have their services. Let us, my friends, continue to be steadfast to the f.ntli nurtured and strengthened oa this .sacred spot.V In concludiughis address tho President said: Let me kindly thankyon forthis most cordial and brotherlv greeting. Let me wish that this day will close as auspiciously as it has opened. Let me hope that the scholarly addresses which you have hoard read from manuscript laughter will convey new thoughts to vour minds, and that you will carry away !rm. here pleasant recollections ot the day's celc brat on. At the close of the President's address there was a scene ot wild excitement. The cheering was prolongod for several minntes. The morning exercises closed shortly after one o'clock with the singing of tho hymn: "Nearer My God to Thee." Tho President and party were then escorted to a tent where a lunch awaited them. At the conclusion of the luncheon, which was entirely informal, the Presi dent; Mrs. Harrison aad Rev. Mr. Scott entered their carriage and started back to Mr. Wanamaker's house at Jenkin town. Mr. Harrison, it is understood, will remain the guest of Mr. Wanamaker until to-morrow, when ho will return to Washington, remaining thero until Mon day, then going to Deer Park. iMr. Harrison will remain with Mrs. Wana maker until Monday, when she will go direct to Deer Park from Jenkintown. At the afternoon session Rev. Dr. EL Erskine, of Newville, Pa., delivered an address on "Presbyterians of the Cum berland Valley." Governor Beaver next road an address eulogistic of the Log College and its founders. Rev. Samnel Alexander, of Jiew York, who was unable t bo present, sent a let ter, written in 1757, by Gilbert Tennent; son of tho founder of the Log College. which had been in Dr. Alexander's fam ily for over a century. Postmaster-General Wanamakor was introduced amid great applause ns tho man to whom was due the presence of the President to-day. 3Ir. Wanamaker humorously waived that honor and de clared that his business now was to carry letters, and ho bad merely carried tho letters between the committee and tho President. He closed his address with a suggestion that the old Lo College b rebuilt in a form as noariy resembling the original as possible, as a memorial to Tennent, Whitfield and the early Pres byterian heroes. Ex-President McCosh, of Princeton, was too ill to-be present, bnt sent an in teresting letter showing how Princetoa grew out of the old Log Collose. Governor Green of New Jersey also sent a letter, beinar unable, on account f tho pressure of official business, to at tend. President Knox of Lafayette Collego and others also spoke. , Rev. J. W. Scott, the venorablo father-in-law of President Harrison, pronounced the benediction, and the large assemblage dispersed. 4 e a FRIGHTFUL ACCIDENT. Two Knights or Ivanhn Knocked From the Top of a Moving- Train by Cnnt:ire with a Brlds-w i Killed and Horribly Muitllated the Other Fatally Injured. Columbus, (X. Sept. C A frightful ac cident occurred about noon yestorday oa a Scioto Valley train just this side of Chillicothe. A special train bringing the Knights of Ivanhoe to this city from Athens, for their exhibition at the fair grounds, came by way of Chillicothe in order to give an exhibition at that city next Saturday on their return from Co lumbus. The train had freight cars attiched. in which were the horses of the Knights. Two members Winfield Scott and James Caben had occasion to get on top of one of the cars. While their attention was attracted in a different direction tho train passed under a bridge which sur mounts the track. They were knocked off the top of the train. Caben was mangled in a horrible manner and when picked up his remains were found to bo so mutilated that he could only be iden tified by the uniform ho wore. Scott was violently struck, and there are little hopes of his recovery. Winfield Scott is supervisor of tho Athens Insane Asylum, and a cousin of President Scott of the Ohio State Uni versity. Caben was also an employe of the asylum. FROM THE FAR NORTH, r Dronght '! Forest Fire Cassias .Hack D tresa is the rem Uiver Country. CmcAoo. Sept. Si A Times special front Winnipeg, Man., says: Thomas Ander son, factor of the Hudson Bay Company in the far off Pexo river c mntrr, has ar rived from the north. He says tha sum mer has been very dry in the Peso river region and against the growth of a crop. There has also been a frost, injuring the crop everywhere but at Dunvegan. The woods are being destroyed along the south side of the Pexo by the fires which have never ceased all summer. The fires have driven ont the game and destroyed the berries, so there is likely to be more hunger than ever this coming winter. Unless rain falls the fires will be still more destuctive. The Beaver Indians, the natives of the country, are dying oat very fast, but the St. Crees. who are coming in from the Lesser Slave lake and Edmonton, are increasing. AN EXPENSIVE SHOT. Tho Rich Hill (Vo.) Xlaln. Company's Vn. 4 Xiao Shaft Badly IHuaed by Fire. Kaxs-s Crrr, Mo Sept. 5. A shot wa fired in the north gallery of mine No. 4 of tho Rich Hill Mining Company about noon yesterday when all the men wert ont to dinner. This started a fire, and in an instant the flames had passed up the air-shaft and burned out, together witi) tho veatilatiag-horue. Two shot-firers were in the mine, but they escape Steam was forced into the mine and the fire apparently put out, but preparations were made to flood it if the flames should break oat again. Tha damage will reach thousands of dollars. 3 rm nriiT'iirm-ini t