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gjr | * * HQl'tNUAGAIKSTODDS.
Uufk Whs further Detail * of the Dreadful Mine Dtias-
Gg2 * ' for at Nanalmo.
JSi | Nanaijio , B. C , May 5. Over one-hnl'
jBi the miners employed at the Vancouver coal
HR1 mine , where tlio explosion occurred yester-
B | 4 , ' dayhad families. Below arc the names
raj of tlio killed and injured. Tho dead arc :
pi "William Craven , Fred "Watson , and Samuel
Bgf , Hudson , of Wellington , "who was foreman
WM of one of the rescuing parties , died from tho
Kpn Vtx effects of after damps. Seven Chinamen
Jffigu I iNwere brought up dead. The injured arc
i ll' ' George Davis , John Jones , J. Stove , Sr. ,
y John Lonch , and ; Jules Michael , Itichard
L Gibson , overman of the mines , miraculously
PPF g _ -escaped with a few cuts about tho face.
r ) a Ah near as can be ascertained now there aro
* * y \t imprisoned in tho mine twenty-nine men
4it the No. 1 level , twenty-three in the new
, slope and twelve in the No. 5 level. Theso
• arc all white men of different nationalities.
There arc besides lifty to seventy-live
' 'Chinamen in tho mine. It is feared that
-Jill the imprisoned miners , who number
-aliout 120 , will perish of suffocation. Jules
Michael , one of the injured , was sitting in
| - , -a cabin at supper in the No. 2 shaft when
lie felt the concussion. All scrambled out.
Only one was saved of his four companions ,
-whose dead bodies enmo up in the cage
I -with him. Several hardly appreciate their
J escape , owing to the dazed feeling which
| -characterized all who came out from tho
| deadly pit. Michael represents the cxplo-
' /i sion as something terrific. It in impossible
A to get thcimprisoned men till the fire is sub-
* • ' \ \ allied , for if more air were sent in it Avould
Kfc. I force the gas into the fire and cause a sec-
Bj A ond disaster. Even now fears are enter-
B ; ' 1 tained that the whole place will be blown
f
B * js lip , and old miners say the result is possi-
B * lTc. If so the catastrophe would be the
HI' * • greatest recorded in the history of coal min-
B t ing. All lhat can be done is being done to
B t ' reach the imprisoned men. It is thought
B- "this morning that the lire in the air shaft
B has been extinguished and that a small
Br "body of llame exists between the air and
B the main shafts which may be conquered.
Bf -when an attempt will be made to bring air
B' in to begin the work of the rescue. - _
Bf The late shift that came up reported hear-
H inn ajPk striking on the opposite side of
Jl. the wfniJt There is u feeling that wlicro
JJ there is lite there is hope , but that hope is
Jt unfortunately , very faint.
K The lire is considerably abated in tho
JF juincs. A dense volume of steam arises
B from the air shaft but until the fire is com-
B pletcly subdued it is impossible to enter
JB V ' "t"0 w'oi kings to ascertain whether the un- '
JE fortunate men shut in are living or dead.
JM Fresh relays of working parties are being
JB brought from "Wellington. The miner
B ships in the harbor have also supplied about
B .sixty men who arc worksng nobly.
H' DISASTROUS FLOODS IN MAINE.
BH Great Destruction of J'rapcrty in the l'ine
BV Tree State.
B t . Eaxgok , Me. , May 5. The water re-
H mains at about the same height. The
BB\ bridge piers are being slowly undermined.
B 'Last night the pressure at the dam broke
BBg • the connect ing rod of the main pumps in
H the water works , completely • disabling the
H . rotary pumpwhich is kept for emergencies.
B It is being used , but only one-eighth of the
BB7 city water supply is available. All the
HB elevators Avhich run by water or steam have
HBb heen shut down. Officials think they
E3 will be unable to start a train
H for St. John under two weekswashouts at
HB Castigan , Kingman and Mattawa continue
H v to grow larger. Houses are starting from
BBBJ their foundations all along the river , and
R thousands of dollars worth of household
5 property has been washed away causing
BBbi much suffering of families along the banks.
Bl Farmers will be weeks behind with their
Bl erops. All the trestlcwork supporting the
Bv railway at Stillwater has been torn away
Bftwt and the houses there have floated down the
B | river. Business is suspended on the
B | Bangor and Kathadin Ironworks
BBV road , where there are many washouts.
BBW | Piseat-quis river rose twhnty-five feet ,
Bi " " " making highways impassible. Boats are
BBt | used to pass along the streets , and hardly a
Bi building has escaped. A great woolen mill
Bl owner is the heaviast loser. His damages
Bt will be over § 150,000 , it is thought , and
B | two mgnths will be required to get the fac-
| t tory running again. A car load of mail
BBV * matter for provincial eastern Maine ann
BBBj Aroostook paints which were forwarded
BBW from here to Portland yesterday to go to
BBS Eastport and St. John , has been returned ,
BBW the steamer refusing to take any but the
BBV most important letter mail. Stone houses
BBV for mail sacks will be required if the block-
BBV ade continues much longer. Great damage
BBV has been done at Dexter to woolen mills ,
B and operations there will be suspended for
BBV some time. At Bradley • this week town
B meeting was held to which the voters went
B in boats.
B The Fate of Three Sheep Herders.
BBB Ai.buquekque , N. M. , May 6. Cum-
K berso Mesa , seventy miles west of Albu-
BBE querquc on Atlantic & Pacific railway , is a
j B rugged upland occupied by countless flocks
B of sheep , which are cared for by herders ,
B who follow their flocks day and night un-
B seen by the owners for weeks at a stretch.
B On Tuesday Cnberto Gonzales , a large
B sheep raiser , rode over the range to inspect
B his ilocks. Jveaching the Mc-a at 3 o'clock
B p. m. he climbed to the top of a high rock to
B scan the country in search of his herders.
B At that moment the sky became overcast , a
B low rumbling sound seemed to approach
B from thesouthwestand then a slight tremble
B shook the rock upon which he was perched ,
B followed immediately by a loud report
B nnd severe shock which made the rock sway
B to and fro like a ship at sea. He was
B -overcome by a deathly sickness which al-
B most caused him to fall from the rock.
B Becoveting , he started by the path he had
B climbed , but found that the rock had been
| R ' Tent iu twain , leaving a fissure ten feet
B wide which accounted for the report heard.
B Hemanaged to regain the ground and
B -onmounting his horse rode rapidly in search
B of his herders. He found some sheep scat-
B tcred and bleating with fright but no
B /i. herders were in sight. A short distance
B i i , further on he was horrified by finding the
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B body of one of his men stretched upon the
B ground dead. Instituting search for the
B- - other two he found them a mile away both
B dead. The bodies had no mark of
B violence or injury of any kind and they
B were scarcely cold , the flexibility of the
B Iambs indicating that death had overtaken
B them all within the time that Gonzolcs
B had been in the mesa.
B The Pacific railway commission Thursday
B took the testimony of Charles Francis Adams
B T in regard to the management of the Union
B * Pacific company for the past three years. He
m ixpressed tbe belief , from careful scrutiny ,
B tbnt Jay Gould and Sidney Dillon had always
H Seen more than fair to the company. He re-
H ported the taxes annually paid by the road at
H jM.IOO.GOO.
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THE K.ISSAS JPACIVIO STOCK.
An ICjrjilauatlon of How It Came to be A'o
Valuable in a Short Simr.
Nkw Youk. May 5. In the Union
Pacific inquiry to day , James M. Ham ,
treasurer of tho Kansas Pacific up to 1880 ,
testified. Judge Dillon asked if the securi
ties accepted by tho Kansas Pacific for Den
ver stock proved profitable. Ham replied
that every one of them yielded income.
\lmon Goodwin , the lawyer who conduct-
d the suit to take the Denver-Pacific
ock out of the mortgage trust in 1880 ,
stified that he was employed by Sage &
Jould and was urged to proceed as speed-
• ly as possible. Sago instructed him. The
Kansas Pacific asked to have the stock re
leased. He and Gould were the trustees ,
however , and desired to have it ascertained
if they had any right to it and added , they
did not want to do it unless it was for the
best interests of tho stock and the bond
holders of the Kansas Pacific. "Witness
consulted his partner , they examined the
matter and concluded that it all was right.
Goodwin remembered that he cross-
examined Sidney Dillon and that
Dillon testified that this stock was value
less , but could be made valuable if certain
things happened. "Is it not true that
within a very few days the 'things' which
Sage , Gould , Dillon did with that stock re
sulted in their realizing substantially
$ : $ ,000,000 ? " asked Indersou. The witness
had heard something to that effect.
Albert S. Bosenbaum stated that he had
a suit with the Union Pacific last year. He
read letters from the Union Pacific offering-
him a very small price for certain income
bonds of the Denver extension , and claimed
that mismanagement of the road was the
reason for tiie depreciation of values.
Roscnbaum had been a California shipper
twenty years , He cited , among acts of
the management damaging to the values ,
the issuancer of acircula to shippers saying ,
in ellect , if they dared to ship around the
Horn , their freight rates over the Union
Pacific would be doubled. This had the
effect of driving Bosenbaum out of busi
ness.
ness.The
The cross examination of Roscnbaum
brought out the fact that his bonds h d
been bought at from thirty to par , and he
had finally got ninety-live for them. Ho
had had Grand Island bonds that he paid
§ 3 or § 4 for and he got par for them.
Therefore he ought to have more for these.
Kosenbaum states that he had had in 1878 ,
§ 150,000 first mortgage bonds of St. Joe
and Western ; $150,000 second mortgage
bonds and § 2,000 shares of stock in his
safe , ne had advanced § 9,000 of them.
After a time their owner came to him and
offered him the whole lot for another
§ 1,000. Adjourned.
AFTER THE DIVIXE SAH All.
Minneapolis , May 4. At the Hennepin
avenue church this morning Sam Small
preached the sermon after calling down the
blessing of God on the daily papers. He
paid attention to "The Divine Sarah" in
tho following language : "Suppose you
know two of your neighbors whe had two
tickets for Bernhardt to-night , how would
you go to work to get them to give them up
and go to the exposition to-night ? And
how about the one you've got in your
pocket yourself ? Don't you know
that ticket endangors your salvation ?
Now can yon give np your § 3 and the
privilege of telling your neighbor that you
saw Bernhardt , and go to the Exposition
to-night and pray for the salvation of your
sou aud daughter ? Common deceney
should keep everybody from the opeia
house to-night , to see a woman whose only
notoriety is filthiness , aud yet thousands
will pay § 3 to § 10 to see filthiness. Out of
all who see her there aren't a dozen
who would allow that woman , in
her infamy , to cross their thresholds
yet she goes around this country flaunting
her skirts of infamy in the faces of decent
people. Suppose tlio paper to-morrow says
Dr. Yananka and wife occupied a box at
the theatre last night ? Yet he has got as
much right there as you have. He took no
stronger oath than you did when he joined
the church. God won't send you to hell
for going to the theatre , but He will for
perjuring yourselves before Him , for you
said you would honor Him aud serve
Him. "
THE ltAII.noAD INVESTIGATION
It is Continued in AVjo Yorlt oy Ute Govern
ment Commissioners.
"WashingtonMay 5. The Civil Ser
vice Commissioners have submitted to the
President amendments to the civil service
rules so long under consideration. These
amendments , in the judgment of the com
mission , are as important as original rules.
The main object is to apply the principle
of examinations to promotions in the
executive department , and ultimately in
the government service generally. An
amendment to rule six provides for exam
inations for promotions from grade to grade.
It is expected that the examinations will be
of a practical character. Literary tests will
be reduced to a minamum. The examinat
ion will naturally be restricted to offices
in which they are to take place. The com-
missiou expect that the rules will be at once
tried in the War department. Secretary
Endicott heard the proposed changes and
has signified his desire to have them put
in force in his department at once. The
rules which the President has approved are
in substance the same that were submitted
to him by Commissioner Oberly six months
ago and more. They have been modified
and improved in many respects , but are in
principle the same.
OK TO BEIiLIX.
PAEIS , Mayo. The anti-German demon
strations continue to be made in various
sections of this city. A procession carrying
a banner inscribed "To Berlin , - " ' to-day
marched to the palace of Elysees , the resi
dence oi " President Grevy , where it was dis
persed by the police. Twelve of the per
sons who took prominent parts in this
demonstration were arrested.
The government has decided to prosccuta
the pnblisheis of the paper , La Revanche , i
for publishing an article entitled "Down
With the Germans , " and calculated to
arouse war-like feeling among the French J
people against Germany. j
AFJFAUtS IK IRELAND.
Dublin , May 5. Mr , Parnell's health
is better. His physician says he hopes
Parnell will be able to be in his place in
the House of Commons to-morrow evening.
An application for the release of Father
Keller , priest of Yyughal , who was impris
oned in Kilmainham for refusing to testify
regarding his connection with the "Plan of
Campaign , " hs been dismissed. .
It-m-i-T niiim.iMHMitirtnrti'i
A MAS WHO IS A FTER EARTH.
He Will Sue for OOO Acres in Ute Heart oj
Omaha.
Tacoma , W. T.May 5. George Francis
Train , in a' long letter to the Tacoma
Ledger , which will appear to-morrow morn
ing , says : "My private secretary Bemis is
in Omaha , and he is likely to start the ball
rolling on this visit provided his prepar
ations are fully matured. I cannot prevent
him from acting in a cause destined to at
tain to such great celebrity. " Train who
is still under the charge of being turn compos
mentis , gives the history of his arrest under
that charge and says his agent will sue for
the recovery of o'OO acres embracing G' .OOO
lots in the heart of the city of Omaha , as
follows : "When District Attorney Phelps
employed officially Surgeon General Ham
mond as expert dclunatko iiupiirendom
December and January , 1882-3 , to ex
amine me in cell 5G of the tombs , New York ,
signing a certificate of unsound mind ,
though harmless , I at once called a sher
iff's jury. The jury , after seventeen
days examining witnesses , without leaving
their seats , awarded 'sane and responsible
for his acts. ' Then came the trial for the
first arrest. Again Dr. Hammond wis
called. 'Did you , ' asked Judge Noah
Davisr 'testily that the prisoner was un-
unsound of mind , though harmless ? '
'Yes , ' responded the witness. 'Daes the
same condition continue ? ' asked the judge.
'Yes , it is continual , ' said the expert.
'Then the case is stopped , 'said the bench ,
'and I wilL sign an order for an asylum. '
The order was signed under my protest ,
and while being escorted by officers of the
court , Lawyers Howe and Hummel I took
me before Judge Fancher under a writ of
habeas corpus , who at once discharged me.
That left me out of the case , out of court ,
out of jail.out got" the Tombs , but only set
me at liberty ; it did not remove Ham
mond's official certificate of the court of
Oyer and Terminer. " Train was asked by
the Ledger interviewer , "As you had
no trial after that and the non comjiox
7ncntis certificate was not received you
could not act if you wished regarding your
. " He ' not. '
property. replied , 'Certainly
No signature of mine could hold , no deed
give good title. No claim would be con
sidered good. What then ? Of course the
state then is the agent , trustee , manager ,
guardian , or whatever legal term is requir
ed. The original settlers of property can
only claim as time don't court original
notes , the principal and interest , taxes and
all legal charges arising from non-payment
in case the land or property is more than
sufficient to cover these debts. The state
protects in law the party who has been de
prived of protecting himself. As my GOO
acres , G000 lots , in Omaha are said to be
worth ten millions , and all expenses not
over one hundred and fifty thousand , it
leaves a large margin for the jury to act
upon. If § 1,000,000 it would be a good
nest egg for the lawyers , § 8,500,000.
TRANSCONTINENTAL TRAFFIC.
Chicago , May 5. All the great prob-
leu > 3 of transcontinental railway traffic
were given an entirely new aspect at the
meeting o'clock.'i"
was composed of representatives of each of
the various overland railroads , and was
assembled for the stated purpose of secur
ing harmonious action in establishing rates
and avoiding competition. The proceed
ings began by the election of Traffic Man
ager T. L. Kimball , of the Union Pacific ,
as chairman. After a general discussion
regarding the object of the meeting a com
mittee was appointed to draft a plan of
organization and report it to the meeting
to-morrow. Then came the important de
velopment. It was nothing less than an
expression of willingness of the Canada
Pacific company to join with the other
roads and become a member of their asso
ciation. Heretofore that road has stood
aloof , preferring to light for busiuess to and
from California by cutting rates below the
tariffs of American roads. It now agrees
to come in , providing it is allowed freight
and passenger differentials to compensate
it for its disadvantages as the long route.
Its terms will doubtless be acccpred if an
agreement can be reached as to the lesser
rates it will be privileged to charge. Pend
ing the report from the committee on
organization the meeting adjourned until
to-morrow.
STEVE liTlODlE , THE JU3IFER.
Cincinnati dispatch : Steve Brodic , tho
celebrated jumper , dropped from the sus
pension bridge at 4:23 p. m. into the river ,
a distance of eighty-five feet , and waa
picked up by the tug Silver Star , Capt.
Cook commander , six minutes afterward.
His pulse when taken into the boat was
190 ; five minutes afterwards , 160 , and
twelve minutes afterwards 120. One and
one-half ounces of whisky and a dram of
spirits of ammonia were given him , and
save severu fatigue and some contusions
on tlio back lie was uninjured. The wind
carried hi * feet from under him and he
alighted partly on his back. Owing to a
mistake , the captain , supposing that it
was merely a swimming match , the boat
did not put off as soon as possible and
Steve was nearly drowned.
PETITIONING THE COMMISSION.
"Washington , May G. The secretary
of tho Inter-State Commerce Commission
to-day received a petition from the New
York Central railroad , Lake Shore & Mich
igan Southern and Pittsburg & Lake Erie
railroad , asking that they be relieved from
the fourth section of the Inter-State Com
merce law. Up to this time forty-four rail
road companies have filed with the Inter
state Commerce commission formal peti
tions asking to be relieved from section four
oftthe Inter-State Commerce law. Proba
bly as many have been received and re
turned for funhcr inf • nuation. A much
larger number have been received from
trade organizations , private corporations
and individuals , protesting against the
suspension of section four in particular
cases.
"LET HER GO. "
LAS Yagas , N. M. , May G. Theodore
Baker was hung in the jail yard here this
afternoon in the presence of sixty persons ,
for the murder of Frank Uuruh , near
Baton , N. M. , December 14. On the scaf
fold he was perfectly calm and collected , '
protesting his innojjpnce to the lust. After
the black cap was put over his face he said :
"Gentlemen , I am sorry it ends thus. "
Then , addressing the sheriff , he added :
"Let her go. " The trap was sprung at
seven minutes to 4 , and he died without a
struggle. The pulse ceased beating at pre
cisely 4 o'clock.
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THE EXAMINATION RESUMED.
Ute Committee Again Commenco Inrcsllga-r
tton of Union Pacific Aflulrsi
New Youk , May 4. The examination
into the affairs of tho Union Pacific rail
way was resumed by the government com
mission to-day. Hon. David T. Littler ,
of the Illinois
whoso duties as a member
legislature detained him from the former
sittings , is present. Artcmus H. Holmes ,
one of tho counsel of tho Union Pacific ,
was a witness. Ho related the manner of
construction of the Uniou Pacific. There
were originally four roads the Kansas
Pacific , Denver Pacific , Northern Pacific
and Oregon railroad. In tho fall of 187G
the Kansas Pacific became one of the com
bination of bondholders. Mr. Holmes said
tho total incumbrances on the roads in
1877 was bonded for § 22,181GOO ; interest
§ 4,585,759. This covers the whole road from
Kansas City to Denver. The stock of the
road was valued at about § 10,000,000 at
the time. The Government lien was $ G ,
301,000. The capital stock of the Dcnvei
Pacific was about § 1,000,000. A receivei
was appointed for the Kansas Pacific in
187G. From 1873 to 187G the Kansas Pa
cific was as low as § 2 or § 3 and Denver
Pacific § 40 , while other of these securities
named were practically valueless. Begin
ning in 1877 marked and decided im
provements were noticed in tho business
and prospects of the Union Pacific through
development of the country which had
been considered worthless previous to that
time. The mortgage on the Denver ex
tension was sued in foreclosure and tho
time having arrived when the interests of
the Union Pacific and Kansas Pacific roads
were evidently identical , a consolidation
was effected and the mortgage set
tled , the Union Pacific assuming con
trol. This was in the spring of 1878.
Holmes related how it was that
in 1880 the 29,080 shares of Denver Pacific
3tock in the hands of Gould nnd Sage ,
trustees of mortgage were released. Holmes
was directed by Sidney Dillon to draw a
complaint in the matter and served it on
the trustees. It set forth that Denver Pa
cific stock had no market value and added
nothing to the value of the securities held
in the hands of trustees. The answer
virtually submitted the complaint to the
court and the stock was released on a stipu
lation that other securities take its place.
H. M. Buggies was appointed referee on
Holmes' suguestion and Kusscll Sage secie-
tary of the Kansas Pacific and others were
examined. Iiuggles reported January
21 , 1880. Holmes examined the referee's
report and declared it not the hand writing
of Buggies , but could not say whose writ
ing it was. The decree was dated twenty-
four hours after the findings and the stock
was released. Holmes said he did not
know at this time that articles of con
solidation of the Union and Kan
sas Pacific were in preparation
though they bore date January 21 , the
day after the date of the decree. Dillon
did all of the business of the consolidation ,
and Holmes knew nothing nbout it till
afterwards. * The Denver stock was trans
ferred to Gould , Sage and others , and later ,
after the consolidation , was exchanged for
consolidated stock at par , and later the
stock was saleable at 100 cents on the
dollar.
Mr. Anderson asked why the Denver
stock , which Dillon had sworn January 17
was of little or no value , had not been
transferred to the Kansas Pacific direct so
it would get the benefit , instead of going
through the hands of Gould , Sage ,
Arkins , Frederick L. Ames , Dexter
and their associates on Union Pacific ,
when the day after this decree waa
made the transfer was made and it imme
diately become of full value. Witness ex
plained that Gould exchanged the Kansas
Pacific bonds on cross country branches for
this stock , then put in for equal shares of
consolidated stock after the con
solidation. The value of stock
became § 3,000,000 immediately , aud
holders whose names had been given , drew
0 per cent dividends on it up to 1885 ,
when the Union Pacific ceased paying divi
dends.
TOO MUCH WORLIiLINESS.
St. Paul , Minn. . May 5. The West
minster Presbyterian church has developed
a fight between its members and pastor ,
the Kcv. C. C. Harriott. The most serious
charge against Mr. Harriett is his desiro
for eaithly giins iu buying and selling real
estate has almost wholly forgot bis minis
terial mission. He is said to have given it
out on Saturday to one of his leading mem
bers that he had cleared § 9,000 in real
estate profits , and then on Sunday he told
his congregation that they ought to give
one-tenth of all they made to the Lord.
They say , "He doesn't practice what he
preaches. " The handsome little study
which is erected adjoining the church for
the use of the pastor in preparing his '
sermons , is said to have been created by :
Mr. Harriot into a real estate office with "
every modern appurtenance necessary to r
the business except a gilt lettered sign
over the door. The old janitor of the
church testifies that Mr. Harriott seemed
to be doing a rushing business and that the
study was a frequent rendezvous for the
buyers and sellers of choice properties.
Mr. Harriott is on trial before the pres
bytery.
HOME ItAT orSCLOSURES.
Philadelphia ( Pa. ) dispatch : The Even
ing Telegraph to-day says that the ap
praisers appointed by the court to ascer
tain the amount of liabilities of the in
solvent firm of John & James Hunter have
been engaged in the performance of that
duty for nearly a month. Disclosures
made to them in the prosecution of their
work have proved of a startling character.
S nee entering upon their task they have
had returned to them over $ SO0.00O of
outstanding paper issued by James Hun
ter. This enormous liability has come
from every conceivable channel of trade
and finance , nnd tells in emphatic language
th story of James Hunter ' s awful per
plexity and utter ruin. In the meantime ,
if James Hunter had been swallowed up in
an earthquake , he could not have more ef
fectually obliterated all traces of his flighr
ind present whereabouts.
A Genuine Compliment.
A western man who had been charmed witb
the oratory of the late Judge Thomas Uussell ,
iu his own town , chanced to be in Boston one
evening when the judge was to speak in Tre-
mont temple. Starting from the Kevere house
he met a little man , to whom he said : ' 'I want
to find Tremont temple , which they say is on
this s-treet , and hear Judge Russell speak.
He spoke once in my town out west , and he Is
a ripper. I would irive $100 rather than miss
hearimr him to-night. Where is that Tremont
temple ? " The little man said : "I am going
to heir Russull myself , and will show you the
temple. " Some pleasant conversation ensued ,
and tiie two parted at the door. Whatwas the
westerner's amazement , after being seated a
few moments , at seeing in the speaker the
courteous little man who had shown him the
temnle. Boston Gazette.
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J SAFE , STRONG ANU'lIKiUiTim
Thus is Cleveland's Athiititlttration Charac
terised by Mr. CarlMe , of Kentucky.
Louisville special. ' The-CouriervJburnnli
prin ta-a long iutorvlcvr with JohnGi Car
lisle , who-arrived hero yesterdaytoattond
tho coming domocratic convention. Tho-
roportor asked :
"What do you think of'the prosppcf of a-
reduction' of' tho tariff * hythe next1 con
gress ? "
"I can only givayon'iny * opinion bo far
as tho hoiiHO is concerned , tho senato being
a republican body. No * one can say with-
accuracy what it is likely to do.Lbelievo
tho next'houso will unquestionably pass a
bill to reduce very materially tho customs
duties. I do not' however , expect to seo
the passageof such a bill as revenue reform ,
democrats would liko to have , but I think ,
there will bo u substantial reduction. You <
see , we have now arrived at a point in
tariff agitation whoro tho reduction'
or taxation is abHolutely necessary.
The large and growing treasury sur
plus makes it necessary. There is no
possible way to escape it. All the methods
proposed in that direction aro for tho most
part , absurdities. The sentiment for a re
duced tnrirt is growing tttundily and rap
idly in the northwest and now coupling
this growing Hcntimont with tho absolute
necessity for reduction , I think it requires
no powers of political prophecy to assort
with confidence that the reduction muib
come. Still , reducing the tariff must bo
pasf-ed , however , with the help of tlio re
publican vote. The defection in our ranks
caused by Randall and other protection
ists will put it out of the power of the
democrats to pass a tariff revision bill un
less they are aided by tariff reformers from
the repu'ilicnii ranks , ft will not bo diffi
cult to obtain uullicient recruits iu my
opinion. "
"In there any likelihood that the Hchemo
to repeal internal revenue taxes will bo a
success ? "
" 1 think there will be no repeal of inter
nal taxes , and there certainly ought not
to he. Yet it might occur. In theeffort to •
get through a bill reducing tho tariff Homo
compromise should be made. Under tho
circumstances with the opposition of the
Benate and with a division of opinion
among democratic representatives a com
promise that was fair would be honor-
aide. "
"I presume , Mr. Cnrlilse , " Raid tho re
porter , "that Cleveland's administration
is now old enough Tor intelligent observers
to form an estimate of it. I would bo gladi
to know what you think of it. "
Said Mr. Carlisle : "President Cleveland' '
has given to the country n. safe , strong ,
clean and healthy administration. Tho
complaint that he has not turned outre-
publican officeholders as rapidly as-ho-
dhould are exaggerated. Ife has acted an •
ho honestly believed , for the best interests
of the country and his party , and you .will
find upon investigation that ho is very
strong with the people. He has made us a-
good president. I think he ia-tlicj most in
dustrious I ever naw. He certainly works <
too hard , but it all comes from his honest ,
desire to make his administration satisfac
tory to himself and the people. Mr. Clove--
laud desires nothing more than. tho ap
proval of his own conscience and the. just'
commendation of-tho countryi-which. , hoy
can't fail to have. "
Stories of the Chase Family.
A Washington correspondent of The Phil
adel/iyia I'rcs writes : The Chase mansion at
the corner of E. and Sixth streets , was so
named when Secretary Chase enlarged and.re
constructed it. hut he disposed of it to his
soti-m-law. Governor Spraguc , when he pur
chased "Edgewood , " his residence in the
suburbs. It was , however , known as the
Chase mansion uutfl this winter. Mrs. Chase ,
with her eldest daughter , Miss Ethel , has
passed the winter at Edgewood , which is a
lanrc house , elegantly furnished and adorned
with many works of art and other mementoes
of the Chief-Justice. His family Bible con
tains the entry of her birth , oil the 10th of
August , 1S4 ( ) , and he added : "The babe is
pronounced prettv. I think it quite other-
wise ; it is , however , well formed , aud I. am
thankful. M y God give the child a good un-
derstaiulim : that she may keep his command
ments. " The child , now almost forty-seven
years old , is one of the most graceful ami
beautiiul women hereabouts , with a slender ,
graceful , symmetrical figure and fair com
ploxiou , violet-colored eyes and auburn hair.
For years it was her ambition to see her father
President of the United States , a : l it was
doubtless to aid in bringing this about that
she married in P-KJ Governor William Sprague ,
then Mipi > os d to be a millionaire. After a
bitter experience siie obtained a divorce from
him about five years since , ami has passed
ntuch of the intervening time in. Europe , de
voting herself to the cilucatiou of her three
daughters. During : the last session she oc
casionally visited the Capitol and Sooked down
from the gallery uuon the Senators as if long
ing again to engage in political intrigues and
manage men. Governor Sprague lias been
here this winter with his present wife and her
sister , who is his son's wife. The present Mrs.
Sprague Is-a lady of decided ability.
The JJible of India.
From an articleon ' 'Tbe Yeda" by WL D.
Whitney in the April Utvtury , accompanied
by extracts from the Bibleof India , we quote
• as follows : "The nameYeda has grown to
; be a familiar one in , theears of this gonera-
tion. Every educated , person among us know3
it as the title of a literary work , belonging to
far-off India , , that is held to be of Quite ex
ceptional importance by men who ai-e study
ing some of the subjects that mo6t interest
ourselves. Yet there are doubtless , manv to
uhose minds the > word brings but a hazy ' and
uncertain meaning. For the sake , then , it
may be well to , take a general view of the
Veda , to define its place in the sum of men's
literary productions , and to show how and
why it has the especial value claimed for it by
its students *
"The Ytda is the Bible of xhe inhabitants
of India , ancient and modern ; the Sacred
Book of one great division of the human race.
Now , leaving aside our own Bible , the first
part of which was in like Planner the ancient
Sacred Book of one division of mankind , the
Hebrew , there are many such scriptures iu the
world. There is the Korau of the Arabs , of
which we know perfectly well the period and
author ; the A vesta of the Persian 'fire-
woj > hipers , ' or followers of Zoroaster : the
records of ancient China , collected and ar
ranged by Confucius ; and others less con
spicuous. All are of high interest , important
for the history of their respective peoples and
for the general history of religions : yet .the-
lack that breadth and depth of consequence
that belongs to the Hindu Veda. "
Methodism.
Figures printed in the Methodist Year Book
lhow that on January 1 , 1837. Methodism
throughout the world numbered : i5,00J travel
ing preachers , and 6,320,000 [ members. In the
United States there are 27,000 traveling
preachers , and 4.000.000 members , and a popu
lation of over 15,000,000 , or more than one-
fourth the population of the entire country
5(5,000,000. ( The Methodist Episcopal Church
alone numbers in the United States 12S00
traveling prcaehers and : ? ,000,000 members ,
having 0,000 churches , worth $77,000,000 ;
7,500 parsonages , worth $11,000,000 ; 144 col
lege and 6"ther school properties , worth , in
cluding endowments , § 15,000,000 ; making a
total of S103.000.000.
j tie Illinois senate fias passed a bill to re
strict the right of aliens to acquire real and
personal property.
The authorities of Michigan university are
preparing for an elaborate celebration of
its semicentennial anniversary.
CURRENT i H
Hobon H
Muril H
reach H
arc so in tm H
Deposit. tha H
he by the H
During the month over flve H
drcd German Italian emigrants scttl < H
tho New Castle , H
Over thousand houses ownc H
New York city by the family , who , ( |
a large number of architects constantly bu |
It is proposed to add rink to t H
English college for the blind , since skatlnJ H
furnishes one of the best exercises for the H
It ls < thought at Victoria , B. C , that the |
scaling schooner Active has been lost with alt H
bunds on board , including Mr. Guttmun , oui H
The twenty-four hour system has been fa HH
use on the westernsection of the Canadian H
Pacific for some months , and has worked sa |
well that it willbeadopted on the whole line. |
The bindings oC hooks in the British H
museum have a special significance. If is tori- H
cal works arc in red , theological in blue , H
poetical in. yellow , , aud natural Itlstory in H
A Dresden journal devoted household H
matters aud philosophy says children should H
never be put into a cradle , as the rocking H
of the young , brain has a tendency tc H
Barbed-wire fences arenow used by many |
English farmers to protect their premises H
from the depredations of hunters , who seem- B
ingly delight iu trampling.down the erops and H
destroying fenscs , |
A bird's nest : found , oni a root naar th < |
United Statesmint in Washington was beau. B
tifully lined with gold. The parent bird had |
curried oil.guld dustiii ts funthers and.shaken |
them out iu its tiny home. JBVH
Five ouarts-of petroleum.is sufficient to pre- H
serve a ship in arough sea. Tiie oil i ; JBVH
geuernlly applied to the surface iu canvas BVH
bags filled with oakiuii through which the oil |
trickles slowly. The bags are attached to the BVH
leeward side of the ship by long ropes. JBVH
A correspondent of . .A' 'm. and Queries say : ]
there is little doubt that Dickens took the H
limine of Pickwick from "MosesPickwick , " on VBVJ
many of the stage coaches that plied between |
Bristoland Loudon sixty or seventy years BBVH
age , and.of which.a man by that name wai BBVH
the proprietor. iw HH
A Hudson , N. Y. , man. is experimenting SAV
with rifle bullets. He covers the leaden ball VAl
with copper aud then creases it with diagonal HI
ridges by which a.greater velocity is attained H
and the gun does not become coated with lead H
and requires no cleaning when even as many H
as fifty or one hundred shots have been fired H
Vaccination.is to be-enforced among all tho H
workmen employed on the coming Paris exhi- H
bjtiou. Each man will be vaccinated us soon H
as engaged , and thegovernment wiil not U
only pay for the necessary medical treatment , U
but will continue the man's wages should hi : H
arm become bad.aud prevent him. from work- H
At Albany , N * . Y. . . a few days ago , in a case |
between an architect anil a client , the client * H
having notified the architect to stop work M
after he had ordered specifications , detail ! H
and estimates to be prepared on designs ac- |
oepted by hira , the client was compelled tc M
pay . ' % uer. cent , on the amount the building M
was to cost. . H
The Chinese , as they acouire civilized ideal H
concerning trade dodges , reduce the number H
of crackers in a pack , of which there are . ' i ( H
in a crate. Originally there were one hint M
dred in each , then there were ninety , thee H
eighty. Last year there were seventy-two , H
and now it is still lower than ever , having go ) H
down to sixty. But even , now they are ab M
surdly aheap. M
The one distinguishing feature of the Tom- M
Ri-Jon family at Jersey City , N. • ! . , Is the M
striking names of its members. The eldest M
boy is-callcd Retaliation and another rejoicei M
in the name of Avenger. These titles wen M
bestowed when the father was incarcerated in M
Boston jail for peddling The Lunatic. When M
he started The Vbkano the names of the new- M
born children were suggestive of the paper. |
One was christened Vesuvius and the other M
-3 tna. H
A New York genius has Invented a "vac- H
a-uum car , " with which he asserts his ability H
to navigate the air at a high speed and drop M
explosions with precision upon the decks of H
war vessels or in fortified places. Details of |
the invention arc lacking iu the letter the iu- H
ventor has. sent to the navy department , but H
the matter is deemed of sufficient Importance H
to warrant Inquiry , and an ordinance officer H
has been instructed to communicate in persoa H
with the inventor. H
By the use of a carbide of iron and an im H
proved form of furnace , a resident of Ne- . ' H
York is able to produce sodium at a very low H
cost. If the inventor's claims are found to bt H
coriect in practice , it is difficult to estimate H
the-importance of his invention. Cheap fodi- H
um means cheap aluminium , aud when one * H
aluminium can be obtained at a low cost iti H
application will be infinite. It must not hi H
forgotten that every clay bed is an aluminiuir B
mine. H
Joe Mack and George Allcman , two Penn- I fl
sylvania drummers , recently had a dispute II
over the definition of the word "quire , " which 1H
fintlly led to the former betting $10 that Web- I
ster's dictionary defined it to be "a band of H
singers. " The money was covered by Alle- H
man , a stakeholder selected , and Webster de-
eided in favor of Mack , who took the stakes H
and then Allemau squealed. He went to the
mayor of Youngstown , O. , and asked for a I
warrant for Mack's arrest on the grouud of fl
swindling , but his honor refused to is3ue it.
One of the latest themes of gossip among H
the club men of New York has been a lively B
fracas at the Lot03 club. The participants ia
the affair were a well-known sculptor and the I
publisher of a monthly art magazine. The se- . . I
cret of the difficulty has been so well kept I
thus far that its details have not transpired. I
It is known , however , that an uncomptimenta- I
ry reference to the publisher's religious be-
lief was followed by blows , and it is ever I
whispered that a pistol was drawn. The ,1
sculptor Is no longer numbered among the jl
members of the Lotos.
A leading ready-made clothing establish I
ment in New York city pav3 its designer , ac
Irishman , a salary of S77J0 a year. He wai I
getting § 3,003 a year in Boston when he re- I
ceived the offer of the increase from the Nen I
York house. He Is employed but a few Loun I
a day , but turns out very readily a sufficient I
number of rrayon suggestions , emphasized bj I
shears , to keep ahead of a score of cutteri I
and hundreds of sewing tailors. He is sn ex- I
pert ia coats , vests , and trousers , and fc I
familiar with all sizes of the ordinary every- I
day man He is by necessity original , and hi : I
drawings are made with mathematical pre- I
cision , but in an apparently free and eas ; I
outline style. In his iv.ay he is a genius ti I
which enterprise pays tribute.