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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE.
The Vacancy Created by tlic Death of
Vice President Hendricks
I'rovnllliis Opinion Ttint Itlr. TMmuiulv
Will be III SucrcNor
Vthcr Xante lltat Arc SlcnltoneJ,
Washington dispatch: It is customary
lor tlto vice president to nlncnt hiinself
from tlio sessions of tlio senntf" before an
adjournment in order that that body mnv
elect a president pro-tempore, who, under
tho constitution, i in lineal succession to
tlio presidency of tlio United Stntes. Tlio
democrats bad a majority in thosonnto
when Mr. Arthur wna vico president, and
he did not follow this custom, ho that
when Garfield died be was ithout a legal
successor. Mr. Hendricks folloned the ex
ample ol Mr. Arthur ut the special session
of the senate last prins, and did not per
, niit tho republicans to elect a president
pro torn, so that Mr. Cleveland now stands
alone; but there ate only two weeks bofore
tV.o U'.ff-tinp of the senate, when the repub
licans will elect a vice president.
It is pretty certain that Mr. Kdmunds
will lie tho man. He has been the active
vice president since David Davis occupied
the chair of the senate, and it was general
ly understood that the republicans would
eject i iiim as president pro teni, as soon as
Mr. Hendricks nvo them a chance. There
bus been no talk of opposition to him, but
now that the position assumes great im
portance, there being but one life between
itnnd the presidency of tho United States,
there may bo some rivalry.
Mr. Kdiuiiuds does not' care particularly
for the honor and did not seek it before,
and, according to his usual custom, will
probably maintain an attitude of indiffer
ence now.
Mr. Sherman would liko to bo president
oi uio senate, tisiu will ucclcctcdii iidinuuiis
is not.
There is some talk about the hotels to
night, about Logan, and tho democrats
think tlio republicans ought to select him
as acting vi.e president as a matter of con
sistency and to carry out the expressed
will of the party. Logan's friends talk in
the same wny and it is probable that ho
"ill make a light for the place, but his pop
ularity in tho senato is not such as to justi
fy him in expecting success, llo is at his
residence on Columbia Heights and cannot
be seen to-night. The prevailing opinion in
the hotel lobbies and among senutois who
are in the city is that Kdmunds will bo
chosen.
Senator Conger said that he believed it
would be Kdmunds, but the latter had ex
pressed a preference to remaining on the
lloor and engaging in the debates, and espe
cially to perform his duties as chairman of
the judiciary committee; that he had no
taste for the duties as presiding ollicer, and
did not covet the honor, but in Mr. Con
ger's opinion the senate could unite upon
hint better than upon any other man. Jin
thought it would be Sherman if it was not
Kdmuiidii.
The death of Mr. Hendricks, leaving as it
does but one life betiveonthepresideneynnd
a vacancy in the ollico to which no one un
der the law can succeed, will undoubtedly
impel congress to pass the bill which
which has been pending so long to pro
vide for a legitlar succession. Several
times has such a bill been lenorted
from committees of both houses, and once
a measure for the purpose was passed by
both, but they were unlike in. the most es
sential features, anil the eonntors and rep
resentatives were not able to adjust their
differences. This event will renew the dis
cussion, and it is to be hoped that some
plan of succession will be decided upon.
At the cabinet meeting last night thosub
ject was introduced by Mr. Uayard, who
gave tho history of congressional action
upon it, and (uite a longdisciissiouenstied.
The president had no intention of referring
to this matter in his message, but the pain
ful reminder or the uncertainty of human
life coming as it does with direct force to
him p rsonally will cause an addition to
I hat document in which ho will urge con
gress to act at once.
THE DEATH OF HENDRICKS.
J'lie Vice President of the United States
Pusses Suddenly Away.
Jim. IleinlrleliH ICrlelly Leaves ISis
Ifcilshlo and Hel uriilu-; Find
Him Head.
Flags livei'ifirliere tit llaif-Mnst.
Hon. Thomas A. Hendricks, vico presi
dent of tlio United Stntes, died very sud
denly at bis residence in Indianapolis at
It'lo o'clock on tho evening of tho LTith,
under circumstance that were particularly
distressing to his family and friends, in ho
much as they had not anticipated tliofatal
termination of bis brief illness, and nobody
was with him when death came. The dis
patch giving tho particulars says: Hero
turned from Chicago last Saturday and
since then has been complaining somewhat
of pain in bis head and breast, but nothing
serious was thought of it. Last night he
and Mis. Hendricks attended a reception
given at tlio rcsidciico ol lion. .John .1
Cooper, treasurer of state, returning homo
in their carriage about midnight, Mr
Hendricks had taken off his heavy clothing,
which ho usuully woro, and put on a dress
suit of lighter material and before begot
homo ho complained ofchilliuess nuu a cor-
tain degree of exhaustion, but attributed it
to malarial influences, llosatby tbolirean
Hour or moro before rctu nig, but declined to
send lor a physician, although urged to do
so. Ho slept restlessly until about 8 o'clock
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nun nun mug, wnen no arose, ui t'sseu juut
self and ato quite a hearty breakfast, say'
lag lie lelt much bottor and intended to
attend to considerable delayed business
during tho day. He nnd Mrs. Hendricks
walked out for nearly half an hour, and ho
had apparently regained his physical vigor
and cheerfulness. An hour later, howover,
ho begun to bo troubled with pains in tho
region oi uiu siomncii, ami .Mrs. Hendricks
sent for the family physician, Dr. W. C.
Thompson, a life-long confidential friend of
the vice president. As the pains in the
stomach continued to increase ho was
given an emetic, and nrterwards an injec
tion, and relief came in tho natural wav.
Ho aroso from his bed, in which ho had laid
only a few moments, and rend tho morning
papers, talking cheerfully with his wife and
an old houso servant. Just beforo noon
ho hud a. relapse, however, and the
physician was again Htimmoned and
administered the usual remedies,
lwsidcs bloeding the jmtlont, and
Hendricks again expressed liimsolf
as being c,toatlv relieved. He remained in
his room all afternoon, occasionally rising
from his bed, to which he was compelled to
return by iv recurrence of tho abdominal
pains. To callers who came, and thoy
were numerous, he sent word he was indis
posed but would be glnd to toe them to
morrow. About -l:!50 p. in. Mrs. Hon
drickb, who bad been at tho beside all day,
went to tho iiarlor to too a caller who
called to consult with her regarding tho af
fairs of a refounilory of which sho was one
of tho managers, and she remained with
him about tuimtv minutes. Tom. a col
ored servant, and Harry Morgan, Hon
drioliH' nephew and page in Washington,
rwnained with him. The servant went out
ami Morgan stayed. Hendricks tossod tin--I'HHiljr
n Ids bed, complaining of great pain,
but suddenly it seemed to cease and hesaid
to Irs nephew; I am fnv at Inst; send for
Khza," meaning bis wife, and tlieso worn
ins last words, and tho j 011113 man, not
realizing the urgency of the message.
did not deliver it nt once. Just before 5
o'clock Mrs. Hendricks enme into the room
and found that her husband wasdead. Tho
end of a long nnd eventful life had coma
peaceful?,- and quietly. He lny in bed out
side of tho covering, only partially dis
robed, with his eyes cloyed as if he were in
a gentle sleep. On his face were no truce
of pain or suffering, but n pallor had como
over it Unit inilicnleilonly too plainly that
he had passed away. It needed no closo
examination to tell that he was dead, and
Mrs. Hendricks screamed nnd ran down
btairs. A servant was dispatched to tho
residence of Dr. Thomas, adjoining, nnd lie
came immediately but bv tlio time he had
reached tho bedside tlio limbs of the distin
guished dead were becoming cold and rigid,
nnd to Mrs. Hendricks' pathetic appeal,
"Oil, doctor!! can't youdosoinething?'' Ho
was obliged to answer. "It is too late."
Washington dispatch: Tlio announce
ment of tho death of Vice-President Hen
dricks has cast a deep gloom over the cap
ital. Hendricks' health had improved so
much during tho last year or two that his
friends looked for bis continuance in public
life for many years, and the news of his
sudden death camo with a shock. The
llrst news of the sad occurrence was an as
sociated press bulletin from Indianapolis.
The president and members of the cabinet
wore informed nt once, and the president
immediately culled a meeting of the cabinet
to take suitable action.
The cabinet meeting to-night wns attend
ed by all tho members except Secretary
Manning nnd Attorney-General Garland.
It was decided that the president and mem
bers of the cabinet should attend the tuner-
nl of tho vice-president. When tho cabinet
ndjourned tho president issued tlio follow
ing: To tho Peoplo of tho United States:
Thomas A. Hendricks, vice-president of
the United States, died at 5 o'clock at
Indianapolis, and it becomes my mourn
ful duty to announce the distressing fact
to his fellow countrymen. In respect to
the memory and eminent and varied ser
vices of this high ofllcial and patriotic pub
lic servant, whose long career was so fall of
usefulness and honor to his state and the
United States, it is ordered that, the
national Hag be displayed at half-ninst
upon all public buildings of tlio United
States, that the executive departments in
the city of Washington be closed on the
day of the funeral and be draped in mourn
ing for tho period of thirty days, that tho
usual and appropriate military an naval
honors bo rendered and that on all lega
tions and consulates of tho United States
in foreign countries tho national Hag shall
lie displayed at half-mast on the reception
of this order nnd tho usual emblems of
mourning be adopted for thirty da. vs.
Gnovjiit cLkvul.vni).
13y the president:
T. F. lUv.um, secretary of state.
The following wns sent to tho secretary of
tne senate:
To lion. Anson G. McCook, Secretnry of
tho Senate: lam directed by the president
to niloria you that lie has received intelli
gence of the death of Hon. Thomas A. Hen
dricks, vice president of tho United Stales
and to convey to you his suggestion that
you take immediate steps in conjunction
with the house of representatives to secure
further representation of congress at the
funeral of the deceased. Very respectfully,
JJANIKI, M. lAMO.NT,
Private Secretary.
AS TO THE SUCCESSION.
Ex-Senator
lie;
Tlinrnian (Jives His Views
arding f lie .Matter.
Tlie Theory ol" the Senate ts That it Is
u I'ei pelnal Hotly.
37ie Act of Congress of JTW'J
Columbus (Ohio) dispatch: Kx-Senator
Thurman was called upon to-day for in
formation concerning tho succession nnd
as to who would succeod to tho presidency
in tho event of Mr. Cleveland's denth.
Judge Thurman did not desiro to go into
an argument out or respect to the memory
of Mr. Hendricks, of whom ho spoke in the
warmest terms, and his death tlio cx-seu-ator
regarded as a public calamity. Mr.
Thunnan, in speaking of the succession,
said, in substance, that "tho theory of tho
senato is that it is a perpetual body. Tlio
senato before the commencement of tlio
present vacation failed to elect a president
pro tempore, ns is usually tho case a few
days beforo tho adjournment, nnd this fail
ure leaves tho country without a vico pres
ident nt this time. If the president should
die beforo the 7th of December an inter
regum would exist in the ollico until tho
senate, which meets on that date, should
elect a president of tho United States and
continue to discharge tlio same until an
other election for president and vico presi
dent was bold. In tho meantime tlio
secretary of stato would notify tlio govern
ors of the several states, who would order
a new election, which, however, could not
lupoid until next November. As showine.
now uio election ol a president pro torn ot
tho senato operates, tho statutes were re
ferred to, which showed Hint in April, 1871),
Vico President Wheelerabsented liiniKelf.and
senator illlirmiin who was n eeteil nrrwi.
dent appeared, which ended Mr.Thurnian'a
term as president pro torn. On April 1
1880. tlin Vice Tlt-OMIrlmif Uu orf.l,', ul.jnnl
and Mr. Thurman wns again elected presi
dent pro teni., discharging tho duties until
.May (tli, when tho vico president roturned,
and this ngaiu put an end to Mr. Thur-
man's olllce. Speaker Carlisle's term as
presiding ollicer of tho houso of ropreseuta
tives having expired with tlio Forty-eighth
congress, leaves this nlaco vacant, nnd
there is no one tinder the present laws who
in eiigioio io mo presidency.
Judgo Tliuriiiun also called attention to
tho fact that an act of congress approved
March 1, 17!12, provides that in caso of a
removal by death, resignation, or inability
of both, the president and vice-president of
tho United States, tho president of tho sen
ate pro tempore, nnd in enso there shall be
no president of tho senate, then thospeakor
oi uio nouso oi representatives lor tlio time
ncing snail act as president oi tho United
States until tho disability bo removed or a
president bo elected. In tho event of tho
ouicos ol president and vico president both
becoming vacant, tho act referred to pro
vides that the secretary of statoshall forth-
witnnotiiy tno governor of every state,
specifying that electors of tho president of
mo united cjtatos snail Do appointed or
chosen within thirty-four days preceding
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tin.- mot it t-uiit'suay in jjecumuor men next
ensuing. "There shall bo tho space of two
months between the date of such notifica
tion," says the act, "nnd the said first
Wednesday in Decoiubor, but if there shall
not bo tho space of two months, and if
tho term for which tho president and vice-
president last in ollico were elected shall
not expire oa tho third day of March next
ensuing, the secretary of stato shall spocify
In tho notification that the elector shall
be nmointed or chosen within thirtv-four
days preceding the first Wednesday in De
cember in tho year next ensuing. Tho oloc-
tors must meet on the Wednesday designa
ted and give their votes, proceeding as di
rected bv law at tho usual nrosiduatial
election.''
The ofllcial count gives Huron, for state
capital of Dakota, a plurality of 2,131.
A Pittsburg paper publishes the state
ment that eastern nail manufacturers are
aiding tho striking nailers in tho west and
have ugrml to continue the contributions
until the strikn ends.
(5ENEHAL SEWS AM) SOTES.
James l'arrell, who has bc.Mt iiinrine ob
server nt Sandy Hook for thirt v-three
years, died on tho "5th from heart disease,
llnrglars entered the Aurora, lnd., post
ollico Monday night and stole $701) in
money, besides a larg'j quantity of stamps,
Captain John H. McGniness, snperinten
dent of the Kast St. Louis? Connecting rail
road, was killed by falling undo a freight
tram.
Tli visible supply of grain, as compiled
by tho Xew York produce exchange, is:
neat, oi.oii.i.y i;i bushels; corn, 4,110,
bushels.
Will It. Jackson, who robbed the Amori-
rus (Ga.) postofllco last month, while as
sistnnl postmaster, and tied, was arrested
at l.os Angeles, Cal.
Henry lllnckenburg, a farmer living near
Warren, Oiiio, committed suicide by tying
a gun to a tree and nulling the trigger by
means of a string, the shot penetrating his
neart.
At tho Southern hotel, New Orleans,
Chnrles L. Davis, proprietor of a circue,
shot and killed his wife or mistress, known
as Anna Wigeriuan, and then shot himself
(lend and fell across the woman's body. A
nephew of Davis, who saw the shooting.
suys tho first shot was accidental. Tho cir
cus had been prolitlois.
Thomas Stanton, whilo cooking supper
over a lire in tlieoutskirts of San Hernado,
Cal., was approached by four Indians who
demanded whisky. Having nono to give
them, ho wns unmercifully beaten, and then
held over his firo and roasted alive. His
legs were burnt to a crisp. He catpiot live.
'the Indians, if found, will bo lynched.
liiisinesa failures occurring throughout
ihe country during tho last sewn days ns
reported to 11. G. Dunn fc Co., on the 28th
Number for tho United States 1!K and for
Canada 15, or a total of 2Ut. as comimred
with a total of 210 last week, and 22J1 tho
week previous to the last. Ksoept that
lanures nro increasing in tho south nnd on
tho Pacific coast, there is nothing special
to note.
At the last presidential election two dem
ocratic judges of tho Fourth precinct of
Fayette county, Tennessee, named Jack
son and Mosby, allowed tho ballot-box to
bo carried on whilo the count was in pro
gress. They were indicted in the United
States court and the trial was concluded
at Memphis. They woro found guilty of
allowing tlio ballol-boc to bo tampered
with anil each lined 5100.
At Sling Town, Texas, six workmen en
tered a va.-ant houso four miles north of
this town, used by section men ns a rain
house. It was built of ties with earth roof.
The men built a lire and went to sleep. Tho
posts supporting tho structure caught llro
and tho building tumbled in, killing three of
the men outright and seriously injuring the
other throe.
A terrible accident occurred at Mer -itt's
Corner, N. V. Whilo a number of workmen
were descending the shaHt of the new aquo
duct, the guard slide caught when but r.
short distance from the stop, throwing out
one of tho occupants of the cur, named Kd
wards. In his fall ho struck against a
bucket which was coining up the shaft, and
which contained scores of workmen. Tlio
concussion threw John llurke, Michael
Doyle and an Italian, name unknown, from
tho car, and they with Kd wards fell to tho
bottom of the shuft, i distance of lot) foot.
All were killed instantly except tho Italian,
and ho sustained injuries which will proba
bly prove fatal.
Commissioner Coleman's unnual report
has been mndo public. It says tho ono
great need in tlio agricultural interests o
the United Slates is a better understanding
and more intiiuato relation hot neon the
several agricultural experiment stations,
nnd ii more practical co-operation between
tlieso institutions nnd the department of
agriculture. Tlieso colleges, endowed by
congress, are separately carrying on expe
riments without any central head through
which to report and coinnuro results. Ho
submits that his department should have
full authority and ampin means to avail
itself of the advantages offered bv these in
stitutions. Ho favors a law uiithoriniug
tho department to slaughter auimnls
affected by ploiiro-jmeiiinouia and strongly
advocates tho institution of Arbor Days in
all states.
The English court goes into tlirco weeks
mourning for King Alfonso.
A convention lias been signed, settling tho
French claims against Venezuela.
Tho latest returns show tho election in
England of I'M liberals, 11 1 tories and IS
Paruellites, a net tory gain of 20 seats.
Homy W. Calvin and Osnian W. Roper,
who woro convicted ot conspiracy to de
fraud by cstabl'shing a bogus nrodiico firm
at Soinerville, Mass., in tho iiaiuo of M. A.
Durbauk ifc Co., were sentenced to three
years each in tho houso of correction.
Near Itural Hotroat, in Wytho county,
Virginia, two men named Sultz and Wisely
got into a dilllculty. Dining tho dispute
Sultz's throat was cut, killing him almost
instantly.
Loiters of administration wero granted
upon tlio estate or John McCiillougli, the
nctor, to the Guarantee Trust and Safo
D.iposit company. Iho property is valued
at; o j.i.ooo, oi lYiiicii .jui.wuu it, in per
sonal effects. Mr. McCullough died intes
tate. Tho United States grand jury at Now Or
leans indicted John II. Auf do Mot to, Into
redemption clerk in tho sub-troasury there,
for tho embezzlement of over 25,000 of
punuc iiinus.
Tho officers of tho Lincoln institiito have
mirchnscd ten acres of ernnnd nnnr Vnwli
town, Pa., upon which to erect a house and
school lor Indians,
Tho grain elevator "C," of Goorgo Law
rence, on Grovo street near Twenty-second
street. Chicago, burned. Tlio elevator con
tained lou.uoo hushols of wheat.-
FOItEKJX lyTELLIGKNCE.
Tho Journal do St. Petersburg snys:
Upon Ilussia's initiativo tho powers uro
promoting a scheme for tho suspension of
hostilities in tho llalkans and hones nro
entertained that Sorvia and Uulgarm, al
though incapable of rasisting tho prompt
ings of passion, will become sensible enough
to sue that it is to tho popular interests of
both countries that they, on their own
accord, sheath their swords.
K dispatch from Sofia says tho city is
wild with excitement over news from tho
front stating that Piinco Alexander, nt the
bond of tho Bulgarian troops, has followed
up his victories and is drivini; the Hoi vlana
slowly but surely from Bulgarian territory.
The latest dispatch says Piinco Alexander
stormed tho hoights of Tzaribrod and oc
cupied tho city. Tho prince mndo a tri
umphant ontry into the city and was re
ceived with enthusiasm by tho populace.
A London dispatch snys tho nomination
of Miss Helbu Taylor, who is contesting tho
'parliamentary division for North Cumber
laud, bus been refused bv tho returning
officer. Miss Taylor h:n nrntostod ncalnst
the allot; M arbitrary action of the olllcers
She received letters from a number ot emi
nent person in various parts of Europe
and the United States, including one from
Henry George, encouraging her attempt to
put to the test the feeling of the country as
reirds feinnle representation. It Nutated
that the nuthorities admit there is no
positive enactment against the return of a
woman to parliament.
The statement that llulgnrinns raptured
Pirot, after being twice repulsed, wns in
correct. It appears thut the entire Bulga
riniunrniy mndo an attempt on Pirot. A
prolonged struggle ensued, during which the
Servisn artillery rendered such effective firo
that tho Bulgarians wero repulsed. Tho
losses of tho Bulgarians uro reported to
have been very heavy.
The Servian government has called upon
every man in Xissa, under pain of being
shot, to provide himself with threo days'
rations and prepare to defend Pirot and
Mssn. Fifty thousand Servian troops are
disabled. The army is sullen. As a lust
resource Col. Kcrvilovileh, tlio Servian
minister ut St. Petersburg, who is an able
strategist, has left, the city to take com
mand of tho Servian forces. Tho inhabi
tants of Koumella liavo sent a collective
telegram to Princo Alexander, urging him
to continue tlio war with Servia.
The body of King Alfonso wns received
in Madrid with great pomp. Tho queen
and her daughters occupied a carriage,
which followed imiuediutclv utter the fu
neral car. There wero 2,000 carriages in
tho cortege. The queen was deeply veiled
in order to conceal her emotion. As the
procession passed through the streets the
populace wept. Occasionally a cheer was
given for tjueen Christina. On arriving at
me paiacu tua casket was carried liv
grandees from tho cars to tlio hall of the
palace, where tho body laid in stato until
tho day of the funeral.
A serious rebellion lias broken out in tho
kingdom of Xepaul. A large number of na
tive insurgents attacked the royal palace
at Khatamouda nnd obtained possession
of the citadel. Prime Minister J11112 llalia-
dura, the real ruler of tho kingdom, was
captured and put todoath. The muhauja,
Dliirai Suraudon Calmdar. who is a minor.
is a prisoner in thehnndsof the rebels. Tho
uritish resident. Mr. C. E. 15. t rVestono.
is absent lrom Khartomaudu on tv tour of
inspection.
Freitrlit Hates in Nebraska.
The following is taken from a table pro
pared bv the railroad commissioners from
the into sheets of tho different roads doing
business in this state. Tlio rates on grain
re per hundred pounds. The rates on salt,
lime, cement and stucco are per hundred
pounds, except on tho 15. !c M., where they
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OYER A MONTH OF SLIDIHER.
,11 1 n n I o Dixhiier In tho T!ilrt7-fc-tli
luy or.llykterioim Sleep.
Columbus (Nob.) Special to tho Omaha
Iloralu: This ends tlio thirty-sixth day of
Minnie Dishncr's sleep, and still she shows
no signs of awaking. Tho excitement is
lessening witli tho general public, although,
of courso, to tho medical mind each addi
tional hour of roposo in "lifo-dcath" is
inoro wonderful and moro hallling to scien
tific knowledge Tho fact is, this promises
to hii tho most mysterious case of the ago,
and oven thoso who have soon tlio sleeping
maiden nearly every day since tho begin
ning scarcely rcalizo that she Is In tho sec
ond month of her slumber.
Thero is a movement on foot hero to in
vito some prominent physicians of the largo
cities of tho east to Columbus to thorough
ly examine tho caso. ,
Minnie still partakes of small quantities
of mill; and wine, but it is evident to a
close observer that sho is becoming slightly
emaciated as day succeeds day.
Tho parents liavo nppuroully become
reconciled to tlio mysterious condition of
their dauyhtor and tlio anxiety and grief ol
the first few weeks, tho annoyance of Hu
morous visits, tho receipt of hundreds ot
letters and tho answering of inquiries us
best thoy enn do not seoiu to annoy them
us early in the poriod of Minnie's sleep,
Thoy aro in receint of remedies from all
sections of tho country, most of tnom non
sensical on their face. Faith cures of va
rious kinds havo been proffered find ner
vous claiming supernatural powers in all
cases of physical and mental ailments have
requested to bo called to the sleencr's bed
side for a slight coiuj)cnsati?t ol course.
Things Compressed.
Tlio finest church in Buenos Ayrcs is
called tlio Church of the Henieinbriuico
It is of puro ltomnn architecture, in
Italian marine, nnd cost about S2f0.
000. It is tho property of Scnor Don
umos uuerrero, n wealthy citizen
who erected it ns a nioinorinl to hid
daughter, who was murdered hy a re.
jecreu lover tioout ten years ago.
An alarm ngninsb violent exerciso is
sounded hy tlio medical and surgical
examiners. Thevsavit mnv ho ac
cepted as a truism that any nature or
amount of exercise that will cause tlio
heart to jump or thump against tho
cncst-wail iu exerciso carried to an ex
ccssivo and alarming extent. Tho
athlete and the shmeer, for this ten-
son, aro short lived.
Aorristown iieraui: "Tlio new
special delivery service, is a great
boon," said a Norristown young lady
recently, sticking a 10-cent stamp on
a letter directed to a lemalo friend in
Philadelphia, sttid missive conveying
tlio important intelligence that tlio
writer was out riding with Cliarlev
nnd had an invitation to attend a
wedding.
The manager of a circus which has
recently visited Canada says: "No
where elso in tho world aro audiences
so interesting to tho performers. In
Quebec, Montreal, Hamilton, and Lon
don, notablo fugitives from United
States law such as Eno. Mother Man
delhaum, nnd I suppose not less than
f)0 more are pointed out to tho ring
peoplo by somo resident person
Tlieso exiles aro sure to go to the eir
cus to relieve tlio tedium of lifo in their
uncongenial cities; and thoy aro inter
est ing to showmen, jtut as big finan
cial rogues aro to all Americans."
Tho Now Orleans Picayttnosays: "A
queen boo lays from i?,000 to 8,000
eggs in ninety-four hottts. It is nob
necessary to ask 'How doth the littlu
busy bee? Sho doeth well, and should
ho a shining example to the lazy hen
that can only bo induced to lay ono
egg in twenty-lour hours, and then
only when eggs aro cheap."
It is worth remembering that dur
ing tho first visit of cholera at St,
Petersburg, in IStJii, says Iron, a firm
of iron founders employing five hun
dred men informed them that all thoso
who would not tnko a teaspoonful of
powdered cliarcoal on entering tho
works in tho morning must leave their
employ. Tho conscmtcnco was (hat
they did not loso a single man when
myriads wero dying around them.
Tho Ilavlford Times has tlio follow
ing interesting paragraph: "Jay
Gould's ancestor, Nathan Gold, was
tno richest man m irairneld, Ut., in
1 070, and was an Assistant of his
colony (an ollice. answering to Senator
at tho present day), llo died in great
honor and respect as 'Tho Worship
ful Major Nathan Gold, Esq.. in 10SM.'
His son, Nathan Gold, died in ollico
as Assistant Governor of Connecticut
in 17211. Tho latter was grandfather
of Colonel Abraham Gold or Gould
(Jay Gould's great grandfather), who
was killed at tho battle of Itidgelield,
jn 1777, tho place where ho full being
shown to tho present day."
In 180.$ tho llov. Nowton Chance, of
Texas, killed an editor in Sherman
and moved to Mississippi. At that
timo ho was a lawyer, but becoming
converted, ho entered tho ministry.
Iteecntly ho loturned to Texas, and
whilo on a visit to Sherman was ar
rested for tlio murder committed
twenty-two years ago. j
Sir Arthur Ilass (of Uass's alofamo)
has ptnehased Chesterfield House, for
nearly ono million dollars. In tho
Hands ot a famous architect it will bo
restored to its old-timo glory, and
among tho restorations will bo tlio
famous mantelpieces which wero taken
by Lord Chesterfield to iJrotly.
"That Presidential Grub."
When Vicksburg fell, President Lin
coln wrote- to General Grant, '-I now
wisli to mako personal acknowledge
ment that you wero right, and I was
wrong.
This frank avowal wns
prompted by tho fact that tho Presi
dent had doubted tho success of
Grant's campaign, though lie had
wisely kept his opinion to himself un
til then. Hut an anecdote, told by
General J. 11. Wilson, in tho October
Century, brings to light tho fact that,
magnanimous as was tho letter, tho
captttro of Vicksburg brought a new
anxiety into Mr. Lincoln's mind.
! Mr. T. H. Jones, United States Mar
.shal for Northern Illinois, nnd a warm
friend ot General Grant and of Prosi
'dent Lincoln, was present at tho sur
render of Vicksburg. Soon after tlio
marshal's return to Chicago, tho Presi
dent telegraphed bun to como to
Washington. On his arrival, ho was
met nt tlio station by tho President's
carriage and taken directly to tlio
Wlnto House.
Mr. Lincoln, havinggreetcd him cor
dially, led tho way into tho library,
closed tho door and said:
i "I havo sent for you, Mr. Jones, to
know if that uiuu Grant wants to bo
President."
' "No. Mr. President," replied Jones.
"Aro you surer'
"Yes," said Jones, "perfectly sure;
I havo just como from Vicksburg; I
.havo seen General Grant frequently,
and talked freely with him, about that
nnd every other question, and I know
helms no political aspirations what
ever, nnd certainly nonofor tho Presi
dency. Ilia only desiro is to sco you
re-elected, and to do what ho can un
der your orders to put down tho re
bellion, nnd restore penco to thocoun-
try."
"Ah, Mr. Jones." said Lincoln, "vou
have lifted a great weight oil my mind,
nnd dono mo an immenso amount of
good, for I tell you, my friend, no
man knows how deeply that presiden
tial grub gnaws till ho has hud it him-
U."
Till SISLKTltrc PASS.
Tlio Tii(lohtrilnes ciftlio CanatlUn I'nrlflo
ton Mliiiiitsotiiin for tho Discovery of tlio
l'ass.
Prof. 0. M. Grant of the Qiiepn'ti
University, Kingston, Canada, gives
an interesting account in tho Century,
of his trip over the Canadian Pacific
Itailroad from Montreal to Ptiget
Sound, and of tlio desperate search in
former years for a feasiblo pass over
tho Selkirk Mountains, and how after
all other engineers had failed, tho
pass was finally discovered in 1881
by Major ltogers, nn American en
gineer, a Minnesotian, and brother
of lion. H. E. Rogers, of
Watcrville, Waseca county. It is
a thrilling narrative of nerve, endur
ance and final success. Tlio following
is quoted from Prof. Grant's article:
"In February, 1881, tho syndicate
appointed nn Ame'rican, Mnj. A. 1).
Holers, C. E., engineer of the Mountain
Division of the Canada Pacific Rail
way. Ho seemed to he about as unlike
ly a man for tho work of ascertaining
whether the Selkirks problem was sol
uble as could have been chosen, llo
knew little or nothing of mountains;
his previous experience had been in
states where there is no counterpart
to the characteristic scenery and dif
ficulties of ItritUh Columbia. Hut
Maj. Rogers, like a true descendent of
tlio Pilgrim or Puritan fathers, isa
man who goes to thoparticularwilder
ness to which ho may be appointed,
asking no questions. Naturally in
tense, self-reliant, and scornful of ap
pearances, the opposite schooling of
tho old-fashioned Down-East training,
t he rough, experience of engineer and
frontier life have made him so down
right that ho is apt to be appalling to
ordinary mortals. Though between
HO and 00 years of age, hair and heard
now white, no youngster in his party
will plunge into the grimmest mount
ain ranges with as httlo thought of
commissariat or as complete a con
tempt of danger, and no Indian -will
encounter fatigue or famine as stoic
ally.
Tho mnior and his nenhow, Mr. Al
bert Rogers, luring at Kninloopstcn
hiuiMwap Indians lrom tno Roman
Catholic mission to carry their packs.
started in April to force their way to
the cast. Thov succeeded in reaching
the core of tho Selkirk range, bv fol
lowing the east fork of the Ille-t'ille-Waet;
but, like Moberly on the north
fork, they got only to a culdesac,
nnd their packs having become omi
nously light , they heavy with thecon-
M'lousnoss of failure camo to the con
clusion that retreat was inevitable.
Before retracing their steps, howover.
thoy climbed the divide to see if any
break could bo detected in tho range.
es; a vallcv appeared in tho direction
of an unexplored little afiluent or tho
ille-i Hle-W act, and, apparently con
nected with it, tt depression extending
to the east. EVery whore else, all
around to tho horizon, nothing hut
"snowelad desolation." Thcresult of
five or six weeks' endurance of almost
intolerable misery was this gleam of
hope.
Our lourney enabled 113 to under
stand what t hoy must have suffered.
I no underbrush is ot tlio densest, ow
ing to tho ceaseless rain. Black flies
or mosquitoes do their part un
weariedly. What with fallen timber
of enormous size, precipices, prickly
t horns, beaver dams, marshes full of
fetid water to ho waded through, alder
swamps, lakelets surrounded by blulTs
so steep that it would almost puzzle n,
chamois to got over or around them.
wo natl ail wo wanted ol tlio Illo-Cille-
Waet and tho Eaglo Pass. But they
had started too early in thu Benson.
The snow wns not only deep, but ib
wns melting and rotting under spring
suns and rains, nnd therefore would
not bear their weight. Down they
sunk at every step, and often in tho
worst kind ot pitfalls. At first their
loads woro so heavy that they had to
leave part behind, and then, nf
tor camping early, return wcari-
y on their tracks for tho second
load. Tho Indians would havodesertcd
them a dozen times over, bnttheMaior
had arranged with tho mission that if
they returned without a cert memo
they wero to get a whipping instead of
good pay. Nothing but pluck kept
them pegging away; but in spile of all
they failed that year. Tho following
May tho Major made his attack from
tho other side of tho range, and again
ho was unsuccessful. Swollen torrcutu
and scarcity of supplies forced him
back to his base, at tho point whero
tho Kicking llorso River joins tho Co
lumbia. On this occasion, had it nob
boon for tho discovery of a canoe, ho
and his party would havo starved.
Sorely against their will ho had pub
them on half rations, but ho gladdened
their hearts ono morning by announc
ing that it was his lnrthday, and pro
ducing a littlo sugar to sweeten their
tea. f
Nothing daunted, ho started again
the samo summer, in tho mouth of Ju
ly, from tho samo base, and succeeded.
Proceeding up tho valley of tho Beaver,
a largo stream that cntora tho Colum
bia through an opon canon, and then
following tho course of ono of its trib
utaries appropriately colled Hear
Creek, ho at length found tho long-sought-for
pass. Ho saw tho mount
ain from tho summit of which tho
year heforo ho and his nephew had
noticed tlio depression extending to
tho east. Not content whilo anything
remained undone, he mndo lor tho
north fork, ascended it too, to ascer
tain if its headwaters would connect
with a tributary of tho lieavor, and
so perhaps afford something better;
but nothing bettor, or rather nothing
at all, was found. Tho t Selkirks havo
only ono pass, but it is better than
tho western slotio of tho main chain
by tho Kicking llorso. And an Ameri
can has had tho honor of finding that
ono on uenait ot uinaeiai All Honor
to him!
It is stated that tho English spar
row is losing casto in his yntive coun
try as well as abroad, nnd the coun
try papers of England aro filled withw.
discussion hy farmers ns to the beet
methods for his extermination.
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