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Occas oii 3IarJied \ y the 1'rcsenee oj
31any Distinguished Slot ,
Boston special : This is tho closing anc
the greatest day of tlio Harvard celebra
tion , and great and distinguished men from
f .r and near , who owe more or less of tlieii
uccess in life to tho instructions they re
ceive in tho world-fnmed college , aro gather
ing af , Cambridge to do honor to the occa
sion. President Cleveland arrived hen
fjhortly before 8 o'clock , and was welcomed
by the governor and a throng of Bpecta
tore. In Sanders * theatre , where the liter
ary exercises were to take place , every foot
of space was speedily occupied , and thotiS'
ands were unable to obtain admission.
After the address of Dr. Lowell and the
reading of Dr. Holmes' poem , which was
greatly applauded , the chorus sang a selec
tion. Honorary degrees were then con
ferred upon alarge number of distinguished
persons. During the ejercises President
Cleveland TOKO and bowed acknowledgment
at every reference to his name. After the
exercises the company repaired to Oe ban
quet hall , where the viands were amply dis
cussed. An hour was passed in speech-
making. Judge Charles Devens first deliv
ered an address of introduction , afterwhich
President Elliott responded to tho toast ,
"Tho University. " Governor Robinson
then spoke to ' TlioCommonwealth. " Pres
ident. Cleveland was then introduced and
received with great applause. He said :
"Mr. President and Gentlemen I find
myself to-day in a company to which I am
much unused , and when I see the alumni ol
the oldest college in the land surrounding
In their right of sonship , the maternal
board , at which I am but an invited guest ,
the reflection that for me there exists no
-alma mater gives rise to a feeling of regret ,
which is kindly tempered , only , by the cor
diality of votir welcome , and your reassur
ing kindness. If the fact is recalled that
only twelve of my twenty-one predecessors
in office had the advantage of a collegiate
or university education , proof is presented
of the democratic sense of our people ,
rather than an argument against the su
preme value of the best and most liberal
education in high positions. There cer
tainly can be no sufficient reason for any
space or distance between thealks of the
most classical education and the way that
leads to political place. Anv disinclina
tion on the part of the most learned and
cultured of our citizens to mingle in public
-affairs , and consequent abaudoinent of
political activity to those who have
but little regard for the student
and scholar in politics , aro not favor
able conditions in a government such
as oura. and if they have existed to a dam
aging extent very recent events appear to
indicate that tho education and conserv
atism of the land aie to be. hereafter more
plainly heard in the expression of the pop
ular will. Surely the splendid destiny
which awaits a patriotic effort in behalf of
our country will be sooner reached if the
best of our thinkers and educated men
shall deem it a solemn duly of citizenship
to actively and practically engage in politi
cal affairs ; and if the force and power of
their thought and learning shall be will
ingly or unwillingly acknowledged in party
manacuinent. If I am to speak as the pres
ident of the United Stales I desire to men
tion as the most pleasant and character
istic feature of our system of government
the nearness of tho people to their presi
dent and other high officials. A close view
that is afforded our citizens of the acts and
conduct of those to whom they have in
trusted their interests serves as a regu
lator and check upon temptation and press
in office , and is a constant reminder that
diligence and faithfulness are the measure
of public duty , and such a relation between
preside t and people ought to leave but
tittle room in popular judgment and
conscience for unjust and fnlse accusa
tions , and for malicious slander invented
for tliepurpost' of undermiuins the people's
trust and confidence in the administration
. .of their government. No public officer
should desire to check the utmost freedom
of criticism of all official rights , and every
right-thinking man must concede that the
president of the United States should not
be put beyond the protection which A i eri- .
can love of fair play and decency accords
to every American citizen. This trait of
our national rharacter would not encour
age , if their extent and tendency were fully
appreciated , the silly , mean and cowardly
lies that every day are found in the col
umns of certain newspapers , which violate
every instinct of American manliness and
I with ghoulish glee desecrate every sacred
relation of private life. There is nothing
in the highest office that the American peo
pie can confer , which necessarily makes
their president altogether selfish , scheming
and untrustworthy. On the contrary , the
solemn dutes which confront him. tend to
a sober sense of responsibility. The trust
of the American people and an appre
ciation of their mission among the na
tions of the e.'irth , should make him a
patri tic man. and the tales of distress
which reach him from the humble and
lowly , needy and nfflirted in every corner
of the land , cannot fail to quicken within
him every kind impulse and tender sensi
bility. After all it comes to this : The
people of the United States have one and
all a sn cred mission to perform , and your
president , not more surely than every
other ritizen who loves his country , must
assume part of the responsibility of the
demonstration to the world of the success
of pomilar government. No man can hide
Lis talent in a napkin and escape the con
demnation which his slothfulness deserves ,
nor evade the stern sentence which his
faithlessness invites. . Be assured , my
friends , that the privileges of this day , full
of improvpmentnnd the.enjoyments of this
hour , so full of p'easure and cheerful en
couragement. will never be forgotten , mid
in parting with you now let me express my
earnest hope that Harvard's alumni may
always honor the venerable institution
whch has honored them , and that no man
who forgets and neglects his duty to Ameri
can citizenship will find his alma mater
here. "
At the conclusion ol President Cleve
land's speech , which was received with great
enthusiasm , Judge Devens introduced in
turn Secretaries Bayard , La mar , Whitney
and Endicott. who were each greeted with
deafening rheers. The president and the
cabinet officers then withdrew to attend
the Faneuil hall reception. Among the
first to greet the president were P. A.Col
lins. Leopold Morse and John Boyle
O'Reilly. The first man in line to pass and
shake hands with Mr. Cleveland was Capt.
Vinal of Scituate , Mass. , who had been
waiting for the opportunity to present the
president with a cane made from a piece of
the hull of the frigate Constitution , which
the president received with a cordial ac
knowledgement.
IXTERlfAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
WASHIXGTOX , Nov. 9. The total collections
of Internal revenue from the time the present
system was organized , July 1 , 1SG2 , up to June
S > , 1SS6 were $3,348,290,455. The states in
which the aggregate collections reached over
$100OJO,030 were : New York , $006,700,000 ;
Illinois , $426.630,000 ; Ohio. $32,600 : Pennsyl
- " vania , $ a3S,900,0)0 ) ; Kentucky , § 201,40,1,000 ;
SL" Massachusetts , $1D3 , < 1)0,000 ) ; M.ssouri , 127.500-
. 000 ; Indiana. $118COJ.OOO ; Virginia , $105,000-
- * 000 ; and NCW Jersey , $104-700UOJ.
"The asgreeate receipts from Internal reve
nue , " remarfo-d n officer of the ttvasurv to-
dav , "we e sufficient to have paid the e'ntlre
public debt at Its highest figure , $2,756,431-
871 and leave a balance of S'WljSoS.SSi if they
had been applied to that purpose. "
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PERSONAL AXD OTHER XOTES. .
Mr. Howells is to pass the winter a' '
Washington.
PresidentClevelandnotinfrequently joini
liia wife in singing sentimental songs in tin
evening.
Bishop Ellicot , of the church of England
is a crack billiard player , and paints excel
lent pictures.
George Francis Train announces that he
has now quit talking tochildren. [ He writes
as much as ever.
t
Wade Hampton's health grows better ae
ho crows older , and his old wounds now
cause him little pain.
Congressman Smalls ( colored ) , of Soutl
Carolina , has had his daughters educated
in Massachusetts seminaries.
Henry Ward Beecher declares that he
will not cross the Atlantic again until there
is a bridge spanning its turbulent waters.
Andrew D. White , ex-president of Cornell
university , has a library of over thirty
thousand voUimes , wnich he intends to
leave to Cornell.
Loririg Pickering , editor of the San Fran
cisco Call , has just become father to a vig
orous , boy. Mr. Pickering is 70 years old ,
and some time ago married for the third
time.
Senator Vance's summer home , "Gom
broon , " is in the wildest part of the Blue
Ridge and Black mountain country , 2,700
feet above the sea and eight miles from any
railroad.
Prince Bismarck hns resumed his little
dinner parties.He invites a few geritlemeu
to each , prefers to see them informally
dressed , insists upon frank talk , and gives
them two wines only , a good red wine first
and a very dry champagne afterward.
Miss Kate Field , the charming literary
lady , snys she is tired of the world and
would be glad to live apart from the fash
ionable bustle. That is where she differs
from the majority of her sister ladies , who
evidently like to have to have the bustle
about them all the time.
Robert Grant read at the latest meeting
of the Papyrus club in Boston a clever skit
satirizing both tlic idealists and realistic
extremes in fiction , through a dialogue be
tween representatives of the two schools ,
who were endeavoring to collaborate in a
short love story of the people.
A. PRISON SENSATION :
The Physician in Charge Mixed Up With
Crooked Transaction * .
Jackson ( Mich. ) dispatch : The board
of state prison inspectors this evening sus
pended Dr. W. H. Palmer , the prison phy
sician , until an investigation of the charges
preferred ngninsthim in connection with
his office. The action of the board created
tho liveliest sensation , and although the
inspectors refused to divulge the nature of
the charges madeagainst Palmer , they
were easily obtained from a reliable source
and added to the excitement. Among the
things the doctor is accused of is using his
position to secure the release of convicts.
During the last six months a number of
convicts have been pardoned out on the
statement that they had incurable disease
and would soon die. The number was so
large that it created comment , yet all may
be straight cases. There have been also
several singular escapes from prison. Con
victs ha e been found armed and provided
with money , and one case has been un
earthed where a convict has succeeded in
flooding the community with counterfeit
coins made by himself , the bogus coin hav
ing been conveyed out of the prison by some
means. A set of dies and a lot of metal
were fonud secreted in his cell. Thesescan-
duls have attracted state attention , and
Dr. Palmer's suspension to-day naturally
causes his name to be connected with them
in curt ent report. Last Saturday Samuel
Payton. a convict and grandson of Com
modore Perry , was discharged on the ex
piration of his sentence. Payton had
served as Palmer's clerk. He went before
the board and charged Palmer with receiv
ing compensation for getting convicts into
the hospital on the score of sickness , where
they did not have to work , and were pro
vided with luxuries as invalids. Warden
Hatch is censured by popular opinion for
the laxity said * o exist in the prison man
agement. He is the same warden who last
spring had a professional opera company
perform light operas in the prison for the
amusement of the convicts. Palmer has
been refused admission to the prison , but
denies all.
COOL XZV THE FACE OF DEATH.
Laredo ( Tex. ) dispatch : Friday morn
ing in New Laredo , Mex. , Pedro Rosendez ,
the Mexican who assassinated his alleged
mistress last Sunday morning in a passen
ger coach of a Mexican national train , was
executed three days after his crime by the
le.al authorities without the pretense oi
any hearing or trial of any character. He
was led from the jail about six o'clock by
a squad of six policemen. He asked them
not to blindfold him , but to permit hhri to
smoke a cigarette. This privilege was
granted and the doomed man , facing the
rifles , deliberately rolled a cigarette , struck
a match , took half a dozen whiffs and then
raised his right hand as a signal for thu
officers to proceed with their work. He
fell , pierced with four bullets. The death
warrant had been telegraphed fromGuerro ,
and was approved by President Diaz by
telegraph. The execution took place unde'r
a law passed by the federal congress
last spring , which declared that anyone
caught in the act of interfering with a rail
road train should be shot to death at once.
This is the first execution on the border un
der the new law.
IN A. STARTING CONDITION.
Washington dispatch : The secretary of
the interior having received from the war
department a telegram from Gen. Howard
saying that Gen. Miles reports that 700
Huidpal Indians , located on a reservation
in Northwestern Arizona , are now in a
destitute condition in a barren country
and must be fed or Starve , has requested
that the military authorities issue two-
thirds rations per day to those Indians to
the extent of $5,000 , the whole of the ap
propriation made by * congress for their
support , and in event that that sum proves
insufficient to subsist them through the
winter months , or until they are able to
provide for themselves ; that the interior
depart men the ad vised of the fact before the
$5,000 is exhausted , when further provis
ion will , if possible , be made for their sub
sistence. The government rationfor an
Indian is three pounds of beef gross and
half a pound of flour per day.
They say a piece of zinc on the coals wEQ
clean a stove-pipe. This is probably cheaper
Uian bavlne It blocked while YOU wait Tuck.
William J. Sexton has been declared elected
to parliament for the western division of Bel
fast The court rejected tho charge of bribery
orefcrred br Mr. Haslett
XHE TREASURY DEPARTMENT.
Vo Change In its Attilurle Because of tlte At
torney General'sOpinion. .
Washington dispatch : It is stated or
authority that the opinion given by the at
torney general , as to the unavailability o
called 3 per cents as a basis of nationn
bank circulation , will make no change ii
the attitude of the treasury department
because this opinion only confirmed tin
rule heretofore followed. The banks havi
shown considerable diligence in acting undei
this rule , and in consequence ofitthej
have withdrawn fromdepostand presentee
for redemption nearly $40.000,000 of i
per cent bonds since the 12th of August
the date of the first $10.000,000 call , and
at the same rate hereafter it is expected
that withdrawals will keep pace very fairlj
with future calls. Againstthe$40,000,00 (
3 per cents withdrawn there havebeenonlj
about $8,000,000 of other bonds depos
itea , so that the total bonds on deposit tc
secure national bank circulation iTave beer
reduced by about $31,000,000 , which con
tracts tho circulation by about $28,000-
000. If these p'roportions are preserved
throughout the changes resulting from fu
turc calls of 3 per cent bonds , there
may be a further contraction of about
$58,000,000 by the time all these bonds
are withdrawn. It is said at the treasury
that this contraction in the volume of the
national bank circulation will not be feltii :
the channels of trade , because nationa
bank notes withdrawn horn circulatior
will be replaced by disbursements f ) i * " the
treasury , and in addition tlio butiKS thai
surrender bonds and reduce their circula
tion receive money for 10 per cent of thf
bonds redeemed and 5 per cent of the cir
culation surrendered , making 14J per cent
upon the face of the bonds. On August 12
the total amount of 3 per cent bonds held
by the banks as a basis for circulation was
a little more than $103,000,000 , so that
when these bonds are all paid their pay
ment will put in circulation S14.500.00C
more than the amount of currency then
outstanding on these bonds. The redemp
tion of national bank notes is a very slow
process. 'I he last report of the treasure !
showed that he was holding $60,000,000
lawful money for the redemption of out
standing bank circulation , and of course
the more rapid the surrender of circulation
tho larger will be the amount required tc
be held in the treasury until the people
choose to send the notes in and take law
ful money instead.
HOW IT WOULD STAND.
WASHINGTON , Nov. 9. According to tho
vote of Tuesday last the electoral college con
sisting of 401 electors , would stand as follows :
DEMOCRATIC.
Alabama 10 New Jersey 9
Arkansas 7 New York 3G
Colorado 3 North Carolina 11
Delaware 3 South Carolina 9
Florida 4 Tennessee 12
Georgia 12 Texas 13
Kentucky 13 Virginia 12
Louisiana 8 AVest Virginia 6
Mart land 8
Mississippi 9 Total 201
Missouri 16
REPUBLICAN
Illinois Ohio 23
Iowa 13 Oregon 3
Kansas 9 Pennsylvania 30
Maine . ' 6 Vermont 4
Michigan 13 Wisconsin 11
Nebraska 5
Nevada 31 Total 142
DOUBTFUL.
Calafornia 8 New Hampshire. . . 4
Connecticut 6 Rhode Island 4
Indiana 15
Massachusetts 14 TotaL 53
Minnesota 7
3IORMOX FILIBUSTERERS.
Washington special : The Mormons have
commenced a new movement designed to
test the constitutionality of the Edmunds
anti-polygamy law. Snow , one of theMor-
mon leaders , has been indicted , convicted
and sentenced three times. He has served
one sentence , and upon a petition to the
United States supreme court as to the al
leged illegality of some portion of t'.e pro
ceedings , the law has been sustained. He
is now serving a sen tenet under the second
indictment , and still has a third sentence
before him. Application has just been
made in the United States courts to re
lease him on a writ of habeas corpus. This
proceeding is based upon the theory that
the second sentence is cumulative , and that
Snow cannot be twice tried under the con
stitution for the same offense. It is of
course the intention of Mormon leaders to
bringthis case to the United States
supreme court and to have that special
question passed upon. This question was
not raised in the first appeal to the
supremo court which was decided adversely
to SHOW. _
"OAK VIEW. "
Washington special : The president's
country home has been called by vari
ous names , "Pretty Prospects , " "Red
Top , " Annlostan ' and so on , but none
of them have been sanctioned by its owner.
To-day , hoxvever , the president and Mrs.
Cleveland decided to christen it "Oak
View. " This name is particularly appro
priate as there is a very handsome grovf ,
of oak trees near the house , while no otj
who lias driven by the spot can have failed
to observe the magnificent view from it. It
is e'xpected that "Oak View" will be ready
for occupancy in ten days or two weeks.
The president and Mrs. Cleveland do not
intend to reside there this fall , nor do they
at present contemplate living there per
manently at all. Mrs. Folsom will occupy
the house as her home , and it will always
be available for the president and Mrs.
Cleveland to go and come as they choose.
It will be an admirable rest for the presi
dent when he wishes privacy , for he can
shut himself up for any length ol time with
out being intruded upon.
A ai.1IIMA.fM RKRAK.
PITTSBURGH , PA. , Nov. 8. While the Rev.
Father Klowter , pastor of St Phiptoraania's
Catholic church was saying mass this morn
ing an insane Bohemian named Manna Kee-
stratom walked up the aisle , passing through
a side door to tne pulpit Father Klowter had
not noticed the intrusion and continued the
reading of the mass until the intruder walked
up behind him and struck him a terrible blow
back of the ear.
The priest reeled , and turning partly around
staggered from the altar to the steps. Kee-
stratrom followed and struck him again knock-
Inghim down.
The lunatic then attempted to kick the
priest , but a number of male members rushed
up and dragged him away.
The assault caused a panic araons the
women and children and a rush was made for
the door. Father Klowter had risen by this
time , however , and his appearance in the pul
pit restored order.
Keestratrom will be sent to an asylum.
The Rev. Klowter was not seriously injured.
THE GRANT KELIC&
Washington dispatch : The Grant relice.
bequeathed by the Vanderbilt estate to the
government and contained in fifteen large
boxes , were delivered yesterday by Col.
Batcheldor to the superintendent of the
National museum who will be engaged for
several days in completing the inventory
before formally receipting for the same. Aa
soon as the relics are properly classified
they will be placed in cases , to be manufac
tured especially for their recepiton , and ex
hibited to the public.
SENSATIONAL DirORCE CASE.
A London T.atliH'anls Separation on the
Ground of Intimidation.
London special : The cnse of Mrs. So
bright , a well-known Southern beauty
against her husband , Mr. Arthur Sebright
for divorce on the ground that force ape
intimidation were used in obtaining her
consent to the marriago to the defendant
was opened to-day. The petitioners
counsel admitted the marriage in the regis
trar's office last January , but claimed tha
the contracting parties had never lived to
gether. A money transaction , the counse
said , had caused the marriage , and not nf
fection. ' The judge thought it would be
impossible to nullify the marriago for the
reasons stated , but said he would hear the
evidence in the case.
J Mrs. Sebright was called to tho witness
stand and deposed substantially as fol
lows : She had inherited a large sum o
f
money from her father when quite young
Mr. Sebright had been a welcome visitor tt
her mother's house , but was nob received
as a suitor for her daughter's hand. So
bright finally proposed marriage to the pe-
i titioner , and was referred to mother , who
refused her consent. Subsequently the pe
titioner , without the knowledge of her
mother , engaged herself to Sebright and ho
persuaded her to sign some papers admit
ting tho engagement , which she afterward !
found were not what they were representec
to be , but were bills amou ting to 3 325
These she refused to acknowledge , anc
action was taken to recover the amount
When the writs were served Sebrigh
told her the " only way by which
she could "save herself from finan
cial ruin was through marriage
with him. Incensed at the vjllinny of the
man who pretended to love her , she re
fused to marry him. Sebright persisted
and later , under promise to have the writa
cancelled , he took her to a place unknown
to her , where the cancellation was to bo
made. Arriving there , she found herself in
the registrar's office , and attempted to
leave , but was prevented by Sebright's
threats to shoot her if she showed the
slightest unwillingness to marry him then
and there. A ring was forced upon her
finger , but she drew it off and threw it on
the floor. She wasthen compelled to sign
the register , which she did unconciously
Shc'heard no legal form read , and was too
much frightened to realize all that occurred ,
but was certain that nothing was read
aloud. After leaving this registrar's office
the petitioner was taken home. Her mar
riage was never consummated. The rcgis
trar deposed that petitioner was some
what agitated on the occasion of her mar
riage to Sebright , but repeated the declara
tion and went through the form of mar
riage withouthesitation or dissent. He
corroborated Mrs. Sebright's statemenl
that she throw the ring upon the floor , bill
testified that she afterwards signed the
register without demurring. The peti
tioner's mother and two physicians testi
fied to the mental collapse of the petitioner
after the ceremony in the registrar's office
The hearing then adjourned.
' DAIRY PRODUCTS.
27ie Jlectiny in Chicago in the Interest of
Pure Goods.
Chicago special : The National Butter.
Cheese and Egg association finished its ses
sion to-day. The report of the committee
on preserving , packing and transporting
eggs was read and discussed at some
length. The report expressed the opinion
that packing eggs in cases was preferable to
shipping them in barrels , although in New
York the demand is for barrels , because
the empty barrels could be sold again. In
regard to the preservation of eggs , the re
port 8/iys that no absolutely satisfactory
way would ever be discovered until they
first learned to prolong human life in
definitely. Boles of Boston said that deal
ers in his city preferred cases very much to
barrels. When an examination of the mat
ter was made they would find that cases
were not so much more expensive than
barrels.
A resolution was adopted asking con
gress to innke an appropriation early in
the session to enforce the oleomargarine
law. A resolution to change the name of
the association to fie National Produce
association was referred to a committee ,
who will report at the next annual session.
The election of officers resulted in the
choice of II. 13. Gurley. of Illinois , as
presidentand 1J. M. Litter , t * Illinois , as
secretary and treasurer. A resolution was
adopted requesting nil mtinufaclnrers and
dealers in pnru dairy product to withdr.iw
their sunpnit and aid to the various
organizations throughout the country
that have persistently favored the illegal
tr-iflic in oleomargarine , and who have
aided the manufacturers and dealers in
spurious butter by exhibiting and dealing
in such was as to assist in its fraudulent
Bale.
MUST CLOSE ON SUNDAY.
The Supreme Court of Massachusetts on tho
Sunday Laic.
Boston special : Frank Dexter , of Wor
cester , a barber , was recently convicted of
keeping his shop open on Sunday , and ap
pealed the case to the full bench of the su
preme court. The court this afternoon
; ave an ojiinion in the case , overruling the
defendant's exceptions and affirming the
conviction under this decision. Barbers
in the future will keep their shops closed on
Sunday. The decision , as announced , re
affirms the old statute forbidding the keep
ing open of shops on Sunday , and the doing
of any work on that day , save work of ne
cessity or charity. The matter will now
be taken to the legislature , and efforts will
bo made to secure an amendment to the
statute , which has breti a dead letter for a
long time. It probably would have re
mained so but for the effort of a portion
of the barbers to secure the closing of all
barber shops on Sunday. Until the legisla
ture takes action those who feel disposed
to prosecute druggists , bakers and barbers
for keeping open on Sunday can , under this
decision , carry their point. No serious ef
fort in that direction is , however , appre
hended by anybod } ' , except possibly in
the case of barbers.
THE BOSTON JTA'JGHTS AROUSED.
Boston dispatch : There has been con
siderable excitement among the Knights of
Labor in this city recently over the dis
covery that quite a number of member * of
the order had gone to Chicago to work in
the packing houses in which labor troubles
are at present existing. The Executive
Board of District assembly. No , 30 of the
Knights of Labor to-day issued a circular
bo all Knights in the district , calling their
attention to the packing house troubles
and forbidding them under penalty , to go
to Chicago to work in those houses until
the troubles are settled.
SOCIALISTIC EMBLEMS SEIZED.
BER'LIX , Nov. 11. At Hamburg to-day 6,000
workmen attended the funeral of two masons
who were killed in a building accident They
formed a processiouthe socialists carrying
numerous red flags , floral c wns and labor
mottoes. Police stationed at the cemetery
entrances seized the emblems. Tlic workmen
made an attempt to resist , but the police were
reinforced and dispersed the crowd. Several
arrests were made-
THE CZAR DISSATISFIED.
He Declines to Accept tho Election of Prlue
Wuhletnar.
JONDOS , Nov. 11. Reliable advices frou
v icnna says that the czar declines to uccep
the election of Prince Waldemar , but will no
oppose Prince Nicholas of Montsnesrro.
PESTII , Nov. 11. After the election of Prlucc
Waldemar to the Bulgarian throneesierday
the Austrian and German ambassadors at St
Petersburg were Instructed by their govern
ment to Inquire of Russia the uamef.f thu can
didate she favored as Prince Alexander's uc
cessor. If Russia refuses to accent the elect
on of Prince Waldemar or to nominate anothe
nndidate , It will he considered that she en
crtaius designs against Vulgarism Indvpcnf.
nice , and. In that event. England , Germany
Austria an.l Halt will arrive at an understand
Ing similar to the one that extends among
them at the period of the Berlin congress.
BEUI.IX Nov. 11. In political circles here i
is considered certain that Prince Waldemar
will decline the post of Bulgarian ruler
Prince Bismarck is inclined to favor the prince
of Mingrclfa as a candidate for the throuu o
Bulgaria. Be has an especially good society
reputation in Berliu as well as iu St. Peters
bunr.
TmxovA , Nov. 11. Prince Waldemar has
sent a telegram to the regents , expressing h-s
grateful sense of the honor conferred on hiu
by the sobninj1) electing him prince of Bul _
garia. Hetites , however , that the dccitioi
as to his acceptance rests with his father , tht.
king of Dcunmik , and adds that other duties
m"i" prevent his assuming the rulershlp o ;
Bulgaria.
'Ihe wince. ' * reply is considered to prcsaza
"
Ins refusal of the "ihroiio. .Nevertheless the
Bulgarian deputation appointed to couvcy to
PrinceValdeinar ollicial notification of lib
election by thu soUranjij to succeed Prince
Alexander "departed todafor Cannes , France
where the princu : s sojourning.
The sobranjj teh'uraphed" the kingo
Denmark : skuigtis \ cbn.-cut 10 PrinceWalde -
mar's acceptance of the Bulgarian throne
and adjourned until Satuadav to await a re
ply.
ply.The Danish papers'generally advise Prince
Wahlfinar to rtifu-e the liulgariuu tliroui- .
The Gazette also sa\s that K ng Guorsic o :
Greece w.ll havtAthens if h.s brother , Pr.ncc
Waldemar , accents thu Bul jiriiii : throne.
ST. PKTEKSH KG , Nov. 11. Barou Mohren
deim is about to re-urn to Paris to resume his
duties.as Russian : unla > : idor to France 0.
his way to tie French capital he will stop a
Cannes in order to have a conference will
Prince Waldeiiiar.
Prince Nicholas of Miugri-li.1 whoisfavorei.
by the czar as candidate for the Bulgaria !
throne- , a Russian subject and a member
of the orthodox Greek church. He is a son-
in-law of Count Abelberir and is said to'be
u-illiug to accept tinpo > t of Bulgarian ruler.
FOUGHT THIRTY-TWO HOUNDS.
New York dispatchr Bill Davit , . 113
pounds , and Jack Kenney. 120 pounds
fought with two-ounce gloves to a finish
Marquis of Queensbury rules , near Rocka-
way , this morning , thirty-two rounds. The
first seven rounds were spent in carefu
sparring. From then up to the twenty
ninth hard fighting was done bjboth men
In round twenty-nine Davis got in a terrific
right-hander , completely closing up Ken
ney's left eye. In round thirty both men
came up very gropgy , but desperate fightin ;
was done all over the ring. At tho end o
the round the men could hardly walk to
their corners. In round thirty-one they
almost tottered to the center , and at the
call of time they hammered each other ,
abandoning all attempt at science. At the
end of the round both fell down from sheer
weakness , and although both toed the
mark for another round , the referee decided
the fight a draw.
TIRED OF LIVIXG.
SEDALIA , Mo. , Nov. 11. Ctmrlcs Hudson , a
negro , pleaded gu Ity to the charge of luces ;
yesterday and was sentenced to two years ii
the penitentiary. This morning he informed
the jailer that he was tired of living , but u <
attention was paid to him. An hour later tht
cry of fire was raised by the other inmates ol
the jail. Flames burst from the cell occupied
by Hudson and cries of distress rang out Irom
ttie uniortunut imua.e. He was taken fron. .
the cell and the flames extinguished. An in
'
vestigation showe that he.'liad taken the oil
from a lamp , saturated his person and then set
tire to his clothing. His boJy was burned al
most to a crisp and presented : ! revolting sighu
He still lingersbut the ptiysiciaus say "his re
covery is impossible.
A FIEND'S HORRIBLE ACT.
PouTSMOfTH , N. II. , Nov. 11. Daniel Crow-
ley , aged GO years , was arrested here to-night ,
charged with assault with intent to ftill. It is
said that he beat his wife , an aged woman ,
and poured kerosene upon her clothinir and
set it on fire. The woman waterribly burnci !
and will probably die. Crow lev denied setting
her afire and say * she wa bin tied by accident.
FORTUNES IN THE MOON.
More Likely To be Found There Than
In tlie Bank of England.
What are the facts of the unclaimed for
tunes in the Bank of England and in chancery 1
The bank has issued an official statement
which says : "There are no large amounts of
unclaimed stock or dividends standing in our
books. There are few amounts of lXtof and
probably none that exceed this sum by more
than 100 or 200. " So much for the bank.
Statements like this have been issued since the
ilays when James Buchanan , then our minis
ter iu London , made some inquiries about the
mythical Evaus e&tate. As to unclaimed lunds
In chancery , the secretary of our legation pre
pared last year a statement , under Minister
Lowell's direction , In which he said that there
tvas iu the custody of the court only 1OJO-
300 in unclaimed or dormant funds. So much
for the court of chancery.
Where , then , are the Jennens estate ( $500-
300.OTJ ) , the Mosher estate ( ? 32OJOOOJ , ) , the
Bradford estate ( § 122,000,000) , the Lawrence-
lownley or Cbase-Townlev estate ( $300,000-
JUO ) , and all the other enormous estates that
so many persons in America are trying to
jbtunJ Unquestionably they are in the moon.
Those who think they are entitled to real
estate or personal property in England should
Dear in mind the following declaration made
jy our legation and sent"to cougress fast
fear :
"Any attempt to recover real estate from the
: rown or individuals after a lapse of twelve
rears , ( which may be extended to thirty un-
ler certain circumstances ) , and persona
sropertv after a lapse of twenty years , howev-
: r valid the claim of the person making the
ittempt may have been originally , is certain
: o end in failure. "
Persons who have been led to believe that
; hey are entitled to estates or funds in Hol-
and should read a report recently made by
"
Mr. Bell , our minister at The Hujue. He de"
scribes the law of 1852 which provided for the
sscheating of all unclaimed estates within a
ipcciticd time , and adds : "The law has ef-
'ectually and finally disposed of all unclaimed
unds and estates in thjs country originating
srior to March , 1S52. There has , therefore ,
iince 185 , been no such thing in Holland as
in unclaimed estate originating prior to that
late "
If tbuosands of deluded Americans who
[ ream of enormous estates in foreign iands to
s-hlch they are the rightful heirs would only
: onsult an honest and intelligentlawver or dil-
gently read some good newspaper thev ' would
ave some money and a great deal o'f time ,
[ "here are men who for many years have made
; ood livings out of the delusions of these
icople , but , the swindlers can be defeated and
ixposed if those whom they live upon will on-
r ask at the right place for information and
hen use the facts for the enlightenment of
ithers who have been duped. Sine York
Time * .
Disastrous floods have occurred In the south
' * Jl6' doinS much damage to railways
ad bridges.
ENGLISH BILLIARDS.
A. SUly nna Stupid Gnmo Tliat Is OTt > -
bolctc In America.
The Pall Mad Gazelle iuqniros , in
connection with tho bankruptcy of
Cook , tho famous billiard player , wheth
er the English taste for "billiards and
show gatnos" is dyinjj ont Tho facts
in this case are certainly curious. Cook
is one of the best English players , and
occupies a position like that of Schacfer
or Slossou in this country. Yet ho
sworn that while the rent of his saloon
\vas $1,250 and his marker and his
waiter cost him $25 a week the gross
receipts of his place since April had
not exceeded the latter amount week
ly. He attributes his misfortune to a
decline in the popularity of tho game.
Everybody knows that in this country
the popularity of billiards is steadily
increasing. There is not a billiard sa
loon in New York of which the weekly
receipts are so small as that of the sa
loon kept by one of the most famous
plavers in London , while a player of
Cook's rank could here earn a salary
greater than Cook's total receipts by
simply playing every dav in one place
and thus attracting customers to it. In
a general way Englishmen are quite as
fond of games , either of skill or chance ,
as Americans are , and it seems odd
that while billiards aro more and moro
played in tho United States they should
be less and less pla3'ed in England.
The difi'erence must be looked for
in tlte difference between English and
American billiards. The British con
servatism which Emerson described as
"preheusility of tail" is shown in
nothing more strikingly than in the
manner in which the English cling to
the most crude and antiquated forms of
pastime. Cricket is a game which no
body who is duly impressed with the
shortness and uncertainty of human
life has any business with , either as a
player or spectator. It commonly takes
three days to play out a first-class
match , because of the enormous
amount of time wasted in observing the
conventionalities and traditions of the
game , besides the ( ; unount wasted in
absolute dawdling , if indeed this be not
one of the cherished traditions. "The
American people , to almost all of
whom time is of some value , show their
sense of its value by absta ning from at
tendance , in any great numbers , upon
the solemn exercises of an interna
tional match. Jf cricket were to be
come popular in this country it would
have to be so transformed that an En
glish cricketer would scarcely recog
nize it , and this transformation might
be effected without sacriticinjr any of
"
the really admirable features" the
game. The old English game of
"rounders" is the original of base-ball.
The game has been improved bej'ond
recognition , and not thu least improve
ment is the shortening of it , so that a
first-class match can now be witnessed
after business hours. The result is that
probably twenty times as many people
have attended base-ball matches in this
country during the past summer as
ever in one season attended cricket
matches in England.
English billiards suffer under equal
disadvantages with cricket , though the
disadvantages are not the same. The
game is played upon a vast pla'n of
seventy-two square feet , broken by six
apertures at the sides. This structure
requires a space of at least twenty-two
by sixteen feet. The breaks in the
cushion caused by the pockets preclude
the continuous use of the rail and great
ly hamper the play for position which
in fullcivilized countries is regarded
as the h ghest attainment and severest
test of skill.
It was on such a table that b.lliards
were played in this country twenty-five
years ago , and all the changes"that
have since been made in it have tended
to make the game more scientific and
more interestiugaml consequently moro
popular. It is curious to reflect that at
that remote period American billiard-
phi ers not only played a game in which
pockets and carroms were mixed , but
that the color of the ball pocketed or of
thu balls carromed upon made a d ffer-
enec in tlic score. These absurdities
were long ago removed from the Amer
ican game. They survive in the Eng
lish game. The standard American ta-
blo is two feet shorter and afoot nar
rower than the Engl sh table , while a
smaller size still is used very commonly
in clubs and saloons and almost univer
sally in private houses , where such a
table requires about two-thirds the room
needed for an English table. The only
advantage that can be claimed for the
English table over the American table
is that pool can be played on it. But
this is really a drawback , since billiards
is an interest.ng and scientific game
and pool is merely a form of riot. If
we had been as stubborn as the English
in refusing to rat onalize billiards our
best b lliard players might be going
into bankruptcy. If the English had
Followed our example billiards might
ae as popular in England as they are
here , and the English players m ght be
contending with practitioners of civil-
zed b.lliards in Par s or Xew York in
stead ot making dismal series of "spot
strokes against each other. A'eio York
Times.
The Press.
The press sways the world. It is the
great luver by which human minds are
moved ; the moulder of public opinion ;
the elevating and enobling power that
ifts us , work-worn and weary though
we may be , out of the time deepened
ruts of conservatism , and places us
'airly and squarely upon the even and
upward track of advanced thought and
feeling.
Every element that has contributed
o the growth and prosperity of a beau-
iful city , and helped to place her in
the envied position she occupies among
the chief cities of a nation , becomes a
subject of pride to her citizens , and of
merest not omV to tnem , but also to
he great multitude who are connected
with her by social tics or bus ness re-
ations. And among the agencies that
lave brought about this result , none
103 been more powerful than her press.
This is tiie golden age of the press.
. .ong live the newspaper ; verily , it
sways the world. St. Louis Magazine.
