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The statement made this week by Representative- Bayner, of % . that Wall street infiuencesare being used to secure the repeal of the rta*-on State bank currency^ because money can be made btr showing W$, notes that would then be issued^ has not improved the chances of the repeal bill. Mr. Bayner says a care-ful canvass of the House made by himself and Representative Springer, of III, shows the passage of the tow. tobaan impossibuity, unless there is a change of opinion on the part i of a number of members. I t is un-derstood that the populists will vote solidly against the bill; also the re-p t!>! cans.

touineuudv i-s a long ways from the truth sis to the present tariff bill situation Although Secretary Car-lisle an'. uncedv the first of the week that a compromise had been arrang-ed that would make the passage ~of the amended bill certain, Senators still deny it vehemently and even call each-other ugly names about i t r Senator Voorhees, caairman of the Finance committee, says the income tax has got to stay and that he Will make no further concessions in the interests of trusts.' Senators Hill, of N. Y., and Smith, of New Jersey, make it very plain iJ at they will refuse to vote for the bill with the income tax in it, no matter what other changes may be ra tde. Sena-tor Teller is the only repul Mean who has openly declared in fav^r of the income tax, although it is lelieved that five or six of them will* vote for it when the motion is made to strike it out of the bill, but o the final vote on the entire bill the re-publicans will probably vote solidly against it. As may be inferred from the above the Situation is decidedly mixed, and it will probably remain so until the democratic Senators settle upon their program.

$TOBSDAY, MAY 10,1894.

. . WE DON'T WANT I t .

We Are Mot Willing to Pay Double Pr ice For Newspapers and

Periodicals. . ^Parties are going about represent-ing to business men that publishers are a favored class, and do not pay a s high a rate of postage as they should. The claim is made that if postage on newspapers, magazines, etc., is increased seven cents per pound, then letter postage would be reduced from two cents to one cent for each letter. Such statements are not true, but they cause businww men to fed dissatisfied, hence Cv~ gress has been urged to increase postage on printed matter. As a result the lower, house of Congress, on April 10th, adopted an amend-ment raising the rate of postage on certain kinds of periodicals. If .the people do not enter their protest, this will prove a death blow to cheap literature in this country, a s pub-lishers will bo compelled to charge over double the present price for a great portion of the printed matter, because of increased postage. The increase of seven cents a pound for postage is over double the price f nearly all the paper used at the present time.

This forced increase in the price of literature will in reality fall on those people who live in small towns and m the country, because they re-ceive most of their reading matter by mail. The publisher's profit is already down to the lowest possible limit, hence an increase in the price of reading matter.

As this will cause a vast majority of the people to pay over twice as much for their reading matter as they do now, or curtail the amount over one half, we urge leach and everyone of our leaders to write a letter at once to the Congressman from his district, and also a letter to each of the United States Senators from his state, and demand that the postage shall not be increased on any class or kind of printed matter. Tell your Representative in Con-gress that you do not live in a large town or city, where they have free delivery of mail by letter-carriers, which costs the postal department about Twelve Million Dollars ($12,-000,000> a year, therefore you de-mand as an offset to this great expenditure which benefito only a small portion of the entire popula-tion, that all kinds of printed matter, including books in paper covers, be carried in the mails at the same rate of postage as the last five years.

Col. W. C. P. Breckinridge made his opening speech for a renomina-tion from his district to Congress. The Louisville Courier-Journal de-clares that he-should be beaten and says: "The situation in the Ashland district unfortunate as it is unpre-cedented, makes it imperative that every journal "which has the good of the party at heart, which cherishes the honor of its state and which appreciates its obligations to society, snail protest .with all its power against the re-election to congress of Colonel W. C. P. Breckinridge. We do not underrate what he has done for his party and the cause of tariff reform m the past. But even if his ability for future usefulness were not destroyed, by the miserable scandal which has darkened his name, the party could not afford to accept his services at the price it would be forced to pay. It is idle to attempt to obscure the issue with sophistical distinction between Colo-nel Breckinridge's public and private life. The case has gone far beyond the possibility of that. The ques tion simply is, do the people of Ken-tucky propose to send as a represen-tative to Congress the man Colonel Breckinridge confessed himself to be in his testimony before a Washing-ton jury? It is a question which transcends the limits of the Ashland district and of Kentucky itself. It STif question in which the people of the entire nation are deeply interest-ed. That part of his speech yester-

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Good Prospect of An International Boat Race..

NEW YORK, May 5.The ifail and Ex-press says it is an absolute certainty now that Yale and Oxford will arrange an eight-oared race in the near future; if not this season, then assuredly next year. It Rives George A. Adee as authority for the statement. Casper Whitney was deputed by Oxford recently to make arrangements tor a race in England with Yale. He pre-sented hie credentials to Captain Bob Cook, but the latter is said to havf re-marked that Yale would be delighted toar-range an international race with Oxford, but not through a third party. All that Oxford asked was an immediate anSwer, giving as a reason that its crew generally split, going in for double, single and four* dared racing at the Henley regatta, which is to take place on July 8, 4 and 5 this year.

Captain Cook has expressed the view that it will be impossible for Yale to give an answer at once or until the New London race with Harvard has been decided.

The statement is made by ajnan of au-thority in Yale matters, that in the event of the American blue winning the New London race, Yale and Oxford will chal-lenge simultaneously.

Mr. Adee is of the opinion that the ne-gotiations for the race will be successful, and that a meeting of : he leading spirits-of both colle?*-- will be held in a short time to arrive a match for this year or the next.

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tbe jury To-day.

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It is about settled that the handful of idle men now in camp here must be scat-tered! or there will be trouble later. The handful is growing rapidly. No other 'tomy''has joined the Coxey band now here, but it has been receiving stragglers until! the 836 men Coxey had on Tuesday last was 589 this morning, and by to-mor-row night will he folly 700.

Tramps FlpOking In. Tramps are coming into the city by twos

and threes at a great rate. The policemen on suburban post8 report almost hourly of the passing city-ward of little groups of genuine hobos, who are inquiring for Coxey's camp.

Three of-Gen. Calvin's men got here from Pittsburg and went straight to the white house. They demanded admittance, but as their bearing and appearance so clearly betokened their bad character they were refused and made to go away. They said the "army" would be here in a few days. They had eome on in advance.

Officials Realize the Situation.,

The commissioners realize the necessity of doing something. Various schemes were taken under consideration, the best and most feasible being to have the camp condemned at once by the health officer. This will drive the men out of-the dump lot. If they will not go the- police will move them. They will not be allowed to open-another camp in the district Orders win be given to the police to strictly en-force the vagrancy laws, and anyone found begging will be arrested and seat to the workhouse.

Trial of the Leaders;

The trial of Coxey, Browne and Christo-pher Columbus Junes, which' has already occupied the attention of the court for three days, will go to the jury to-day.

There is no denying that the interest the commonwealers have excited in the case caused the officials great surprise. Gen-eral Coxey made a good witness for himself. In the course of his tes-timony he stated that according to the programme the march was to be on the north side of #he capitol, but they were under the lead of the police, and if the army had not been escorted to the south of the grounds the misdemeanor might never have been committed.

Coxey spoke of his efforts to secure per-mission from Speaker Crisp and Vice-President Stevenson to speak on the

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commons on nearly every important divis-ion must be accepted from any but the most extreme partisan point of view as an omenof an early dissolution, anA .few per-sons Ere to be found who regard the situa-tion in any other light. The conservatives, however,| have too hurriedly reached the conclusion that the defeat of the gotvem-mentis inevitable within a-moatb. Such an event [is barely possible, t^fee s^re, bufe it is not i t all probable, wTffiin the shot* space ofj time mentioned. The liber iis while admitting the possibility of a crisis contend that they will be able to hold the ministry together and weather the storm. The truth of the position is that the gov-ernment count'on continuing in office un-til after he divisions on all contentious" clauses of the registration bill have been taken in committee and no longer.

A ministry starting out with a composite majority of 36 and descending rapidly to 14 cannot be expected to survive long, nor do they expect to. Though the liberal news-papers keep a bold front, they are merely bluffing out the situation, and this fact is perfectly plain. The weakness of the gov-ernment lies in the difficulty it has in keeping together the rag-tag coalition of sections constituting their original major-ity. The division in the house on Sir Ed-ward Clarke's amendment to the registra-tion bill showed the absence of seven Mo-Car thyites, five radicals and eight Parnell-ites, "allot whom were originally supporters of the government. As several of the lib-erals who voted with the majority threaten to oppose the government on some,5f*the clauses of the bill, the ndnisteriarwhips are very much in doubt as to their ability to find a sufficient force of voters to carry the bill through. Altogether the govern-ment is skating on thin ice.

The unionist leaders, recognizing how rapidly the strength of the government it crumbling away through internal causes, prefer to remain in inactivity rather than make an attack upon the government of such violence as to cause the'cussentiEg members of the government party to re-unite against the common enemy, whica they unquestionably would da At a re. cent meeting at which Lord Salisbury, Mr. Balfour, Mr. Goschen and other conserva-tive leaders discussed the line of tactics to be followed by the opposition, it was de-cided not to oppose the second reading of the budget bill, but rather to watch the bill closely in its subsequent stages, and when the discord among the government supporters should give the unionists a

grounds. He went on to tell how, after" chance to deal the death blow the latter will

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day devoted to the'seandal- ia- whteirf cemsT he has figured was better passed over in pity. I t is a strange exhibi-tion of-marvelous effrontery, wretch-ed taste, and mentally and morally oblique casuistry."

-The National Capital. Washington, D. C , May 4, 1894. Coxey's army has gained notorie-

but it has dearly paid for it, and the men are allowed "to remain in

their present camp many of them will surely pay for it with their lives. If the authorities had con-doned four hundred criminals to be imprisoned in the enclosure that .Coxey's men now occupy the human-itarians of the country would be up in "arms about it. Why Coxey took those men there is a mystery. A more unfit place could not have been found, and Coxey knew it, because the Health Officer told him. It is alongside of an old canal into which empties a number of the largest and filthiest sewers of Washington. And that is not all by half, the soil is made up of dumpings of filth and inside the.enclosure are pools of stagnant water covered with green scum an inch thick.' Already a number of the men have been taken to hospitals, and if they are allowed to remain there they .will soon be-gin to die like sheep. Coxey, who stops at a hotel and lives on the best, talks glibly of the. men's being there being an "object lesson", but the men don't seem any more anx-ious to die than any other men. When Coxey failed in his very mdd attempt to speak from the Capitol steps and together with JBrown and Jones was arrested, the movement collapsed; but he still insists that he intends to keep these four hundred men here until they grow into four hundred thousand, when he will again make the attempt. He charg-es an admission fee to the camp, but only he and Browne know where the money goes. He says it is used to feed the men, but* the men are get-ting mighty p/wr feed.

The question of legislation that will make some sort of a definite settlement of the debts due the Gov-ernment from the Pacific railroads isn't making much noise i n Con-gress but it is -exciting the deepest interest, and the Congressmen know it. Tfie money spent within the last decade in the employment of high-priced legal talent by the vari-ous interested parties would have gone a long ways towards paying the interest on these debts. Several propositions are being considered by the House Senate Pacific Railroads committees, ranging from practical-ly presenting the roads with the amount of their indebtedness to the Government's taking possession of the roads and running them. Wis not yet certain what will be done, nor even what will be recommended by the committees. These railroads have never yet failed to head off in some way ail Congressional legisla-tional that they did not approve, but they .will find the job more dif' fiealt this time.

Senator Hansbrough, of North Pakota, says he has always favored Government ownership and control of all telegraph lines, and that he

Troubles of a German Lieutenant Implicated in Gambling.

MILWAUKEE, May 6.A cablegram from Vienna reporting the trial of the gambler Uchtnar, brought the new* that Baron Zedlitz-Xeukirch, a lieutenant in the Ger-man army, had departed for Canada on account of complicity in the Hanover .gambling cases, and that the Geni|n au-thorities are anxious to knov? where the baron can be found. The cablegram caused considerable consternation at the home of one C. G. Neukirch, residing with a hand-some young wife and several children on Astor street in this city, and it has devel-oped that that person is the identical Baron von Zedlitz-Neukireh, who has re-sided here under an assumed name since last November, when he came here from Winnipeg with his family- The baron seemed to have means, but both he and his wtte^ook oosjiksa^thlocalbusinesscon-

iron acting as agent for the A. G. Wright City Directory company and his wife doing duty as a clerk in Gimbel's dry goods store. The baroness was seen at her home by a reporter for the United Press and admitted that her husband is Baron von Zedlitz-Neukireh, declaring, however, that the accusations against her husband are false. When called upon again later the house was deserted, audit is supposed that the baron and his family have left- -^ anticipated as there is great dissatisfac-town. The couple moved in the best Ger-man society circles of the city, and brought letters of introduction from Berlin to prominent Germans.

Hepburn's River and Harbor Joke. WASHINGTON, May 5.Representative

Hepburn, of Iowa, says there is not a river in his district. In the spring, howeyerTthe yearly freshets and the frost springing from the ground occasion more or less in-convenience to the inhabitants. He has figured out that by dividing the appropria-tion in the river and harbor bill among the 865 districts of the country bis district would be entitled to 155,000. He therefore purposes offering the following amendment to the river and harbor bill: "For improv-ing the navigation of the highways of the 8th congressional district of Iowa by the exclusion of water therefrom, 155,600, to be distributed among the eleven counties of said district under the direction and supervision of the secretary of war and the chief engineer of the army with resolute and inflexible impartiality."

The New Comet. SAN JOSE, Cal., May 5.The Mercury

has the following from Mt. Hamilton: "Lick observatoryThe great comet which was recently discovered by Galo In Austra-lia has been observed here every evening this week. It is nearly circular, about 30 minutes off arc in diameter, and to the naked eye looks about like a hazy star of the fifth magnitude. Wednesday evening the comet was in the constellation Mono-ceros, near right ascension 8 hours 10 minutes; south declination 10 degrees 80 minutes. It is moving northeast about 5 or 6 degrees a day and slowly becoming fainter. Its scope both visibly and photo-graphically is found to resemble in every respect that of the bright comet of July, 1893. The comet is therefore composed al-most wholly of incandescent earbon and nitrogen gases. E.g. HOLDEN."

Liquor-Dealing Postmaster*. WASHINGTON, May i.Postmaster-Gen-

eral Bissell says that the interview with him in regard to the-apoehitmentof sa-loon keepers as postmasters, While practi-cally correct, is nevertheless misleading. The postmaster-general doe* not consider the question from a prohibitionist point of view, that in his opinion having nothing whatever to do with the matter of appoint-ment, but from the moral effect that such appointments would have on such an im-mense institution as the mail service.

Warm Welcome to Deb*. TBBBE HABTK, Ind., Maj&Four thou-

sand friends of President Debs of the American Railway union gave him an en-thusiastic welcome whwi he arrived .heme from St. Paul. He made brief speech in which be said the Great Northern victory had no parallel in the history of organised labor. It was a victory for united labor.

Madagascar Goea Back oil Stiver. LOSOOK, May ft.-* despatch to the

Central News from Antananarivo says that an attempt was recently made to force the circulation of a depreciated silver currency in Madagascar at its face value, whereupon the government on March 30 issued de-reethat silver without a gold guarantee Iniiilil In iHiluiiiei in 11 r e t

pushing his way through the crowd he had reached the capitol steps. Two men whom he did not know were at his side the while and he had said to them that he could get through without assistance, but they did not leave him until he was es-corted from the steps. At the steps he saw the police assembled there to prevent his making the speech. "Colonel Bright's right bower" he continued, "said to me that he had charge of 'the capitol and that I could not make an address there. I had a protest in my pocket to present in case they would not allow me to make the petition, but he even would not allow me to read that. I then said to him, "I wish to tender it to you, as being the officer in charge." He replied, "I won't take it. He told me I would have to move away, and wanted to know where I wished to go, and 1 told him to my carriage. I did not want to do anything contrary to law and I went away peacefully with the officers who es-corted me from the steps."

The defense attempted to prove by sev-eral witnesses that the police in rushing upon the crowd forced the defendants upon the grass and shrubbery. " Coxey in referring to the good behavior and law-abiding character of his followers said that throughout their long march "not a feather could be traced to their camp."

Sullivan and Randall's Armies. WESTVTI,IE, Ind., May 8. Randall's

army of 825 men camped last night about four miles east of here on the Laporte road with Sullivan's army of 212 men about 100 yards west in the same grove. Both camps had out picket lines, which were strength-ened by about 50 deputy sheriffs who met the army at the Porter county line. Each of the deputies was armed with revolvers and cartridges. This village was f ortilied by forty deputies who lined the streets while the armies passed through. The sheriffs posse will accompany the two armies through Laporte county. Trouble

tienover the way General Randall con-ducts himself. He stops at the best hotels and the men claim instead of dividing the money collected, keepsrt himself.

Steamship Bate War Still On. NEW YORK, May 8.The cutting of

steamship rates to Europe still continues between the Hamburg-American, North German Lloyd and American lines. The rate to Queenstown is $14; to Liverpool, 918, and in both cases $4 commission is paid. Passengers to any point in England are forwnrded for H8, practically for. $14, the commission being deducted.

W. New Industry for Saugertiea.

KINGSTON, N. y.,' May aJames Purcell, of Hudson, N. Y., who was awarded by Postmaster-General Bissell the contract for making stamped envel-opes and gummed wrappers for the post-office department, will manufacture those articles at Saugerties, using the buildings of the Sheffield Blank Book manufactory, which has been shut down for over a year. The plant, which is an immense one, is suitable for the purpose for which it will BOW be utilized.

make the most of the opportunity.

Rutgers College Embarrassed. NEWYOSK, May -6.Rutgers female

college, on West Fifty-fifth street, is in immediate danger of being a thing of the past and a memory of better days. The cause of such a thing happening is due to want of cash, which must '63 had at once or the institution must pass away. Th* affairs of the Rutgers female college have been in a chaotic state for half a dozen years, but somehow or other the trustees managed to keep the college agoing until the present time, but now the load has be-come too heavy to carry, and nnless some of the old scholars who have become wealthy since they left the 'college can come forward and give a helping hand the chances are that the old college will close the doors after an eventful career of fifty-six years.

. Prye's Army in Hard Lines. INDIANAPOLIS, May B.-'Gen. TVye's in-

dustrial army left here Sunday for Washington. It is said that the army numbered 500. An appeal has been is-sned to the public, in which the railroads are denounced for refusing them trans-portation, the mayor scored for deuyiag them Work so they may purchase shoes, the American Bible society criticized foi refusing to furnish them with testaments and the local press severely censured lot speaking slightingly of the movement. The army is in hard lines and is kept to-gether with difficulty. They left on foot and in wagons.

Breckinridge Talks. LEXINGTON', Ky.. May 6.Col. Breckin-

ridge opened his congressional campaign with a speech on Saturday. The women of Lexington are out with the following-"The women of Lexington and Ashland district protest against the renomination of W. C. P. Breckinridge for congress. A? you are the voters, we trust that you will refuse to return him as your representa-tive. By so doing you will best subserve the peace and progress of human society, which from every quarter calls for this right and holy action." J

Trade of Four Great Countries. LONDON, May 6.A table comparing the

trade of England, France, Germany and the United States during the period from 1890 to 1893 has been issued by the eminent statistician Mr. Giffen. This table shows that the imports and exports have increased in these proportions: ImportsGermany and the United States, 83 per cent, each; England, 43 per cent.,andFrance6percent. ExportsUnited States 26 per cent; France 14 per cent; England 10 per cent., and Ger-many 15 per cent.

Not Bothered by Trifles. ATFBDBN, N. Y., May 6.When the news

of Judge William's refusal of a new trial was imparted to "Dink" Wilson by Warden Stout, the condemned man's features broke into smOes as he indifferently remarked "We musn't let such little things as that bother us."

La Champagne Floated. NEW YOBK, May 8.The steamer La

Champagne, which went ashore Sunday morning off Fort Hamilton, was floated last night after her cargo had been re-moved. _.

Elgin Batter Market. EiOlN, El., May 8. Butter market

opened this week active at 15c. Twenty-three thousand pounds were sold at 15c; 5,000 at 16.

POUR BRIGHT PROPHECIES.

MlMionary McCabe Says Great Bo* forms WU1 Soon Occur.

BUFFALO, May-T."We will have no more war* in this country; strikes be-tween capital and labor will be unheard of; the ram traffic will be supressed, and one million souls will be converted to Jesus Christ during the next year through the Methodist church." ' These four prophesies were made by

Chaplain McCabe, missionary secretary of the Methodist Episcopal church, at the final session of the Itinerants' club held a t Music hall last evening.

Chaplain McCabe is considered torbe oae of the most fluent and intelligent speakers in the cause of Methodism in this country. Poring bia address the chaplain took occa-sion to score thfr newspapers as advocates of intemperance*

"How treasonable the press are," he ex-claimed. "Why don't they advocate the Coxeyitea going to the polls and putting down the rum traffic instead of capital. The wayto abolish poverty is to stop drinking whiskey. The Lord can't make yon rich unless you stop doing these things. It i s an anomaly in Israel to have a daily paper tell the truth once in a while. i , Chicago is my country seat. Why didn*t they ask me to come out on the lake front last summer and preach to these laboring men. The Gospel of Jesus Christ will set-tieali the labor troubles in this country. Tberewaibe. s o baying cad telling of

Haroottrt Will Stick. LONDON, May 6.The Derby Telegraph

announces, upon the authority of Sir William Harcourt himself, that the riimo|>. that Sir William is about to resign is un-founded, and that he has not the least in-tention of abandoning his seat.

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Afraid of England.

berg. , Lord Salisbury predicts that disso-

lution of parliament will come like a thief In the nigh^^-

Seandal after scandal is turned up by the search for the assassins of Lawyer GifobiC of Buffalo.

Capt Barends, of the" Normanifla, has completed his hundredth trip be-tween that port and Hamburg;/

Acnot's drapery warehonse and three adjoining- buildings "in Dublin have been burned. Loss $500,000.

The 8tress~of the miners' strilse is so great that even Pittsburg is fofceed to send after coal already shipped.

The British yacht "Valkyrie has started oitejier voyage back to Eng-land. Sbe^mkes no eup with her^

The Federal authorities expect to prosecute more than LO0O Chinamen in New York for perjured registration.

Attorney-General Moloney, of Illinois, has filed a bill to prevent the Tobacco Trust from doing business in that State. . _

Goeckle, the University of Pennsyl-vania's first baseman, has signed to play with fcne Philadelphia" League team.

Gottlieb Grob, a restaurant coofc, was found murdered in bed in lbe tene-ment Jaouse, No. 221 Wiiliani street, New fork, ]

Ex-President Harrison Is epending a week in $ew York city, and politi-cians think he has an eye on the nomi-nation in 1896.

President Cleveland will participate in tine unveiling of fpe Martha Wash-ington monument at Fredericksburg, Va., May 10.

Capt Hank Haft*, the famous skip-per, has been engaged to command the cup defender Vigilant by the Gould Brothers. x

"Dr. Darkhorst," a satirical play lampooning the clerical reformer, has been produced at the GermanLa>Tbea-tre, New York.

Premier Bosebery" spoke confidently at Manchester of soon winning the English people to the supoprt of home rule for Ireland.

The University of Oxford will ac-cept a joint challenge from Harvard and Yale for an International boat race this summer.

The Sheriffs juryTn New York as-sessed the amount of damages to be paid E. S. Stokes by W. E. D. Stokes for libel at 1,000.

Signer Tanlongo, with a few others, accused of plundering the Banca Ro-mana and corrupting Italy's trusted servants, are on trial

Justice O'Brien has signed an order authorizing the Attorney-General to bring suit to dissolve the tinware trust on grounds of public policy.

Supt. Place, of the State Blind Asy-lum at Batavia, N. Y., is charged by fhe physician of the institution with "Brockwaying" its inmates.

Colombia's Government, by seizing a lot of arms beforehand, stole a march on the" politicians who?; *" planned a revolution for election?

Luke Harrigan, accused of embesEle* merit by Miss Florence K. Clarke^ was arrested after a chase across the At-lantic and montte;of cleve^Jdetectivo work. \ ,"?' -,'t,' fhf-"

The ' :%i ' A|baK"Q|i^V landslide re-" suited id. taeidea'Si" o r the four mem-bers of the Gauthler family only, in-stead of the dozen fatalities at first reported. . -

Arthur Wellesley Peel is said : ^ be about to vacate the chair of Sp%3fcSr' of the House of Commons, which he has filled for ten years with distin-guished ability. ,.

Five Spanish Anarchists, comrades of Pallas and implicated in his at-temut at wholesale slaughter with bombs at a military review in Barce-lona, will be executed.

Gov. Flower has signed the bflls to annex Gravesend, Flatlands and New Utrecht to Brooklyn, and the bill ap-propriating $l,5m0O> for. New York city's common schools. , i

Mr. Gladstone was obliged to re-main seated in.his carriage in London as be addressed a meeting called to ar-range for a memorial to his mte j^y**'"*8 sician, Sir Andrew Clark. ' ;,'

Princess Clementine, youngest daugh-ter of King Leopold IL of Belgium, Is ill with a bronchial affection, which threatens serious consequences. She is in her twenty-second year.

Mr. Balfour told tfce Bimetallic Con-ference in London that it is absolutely necessary to restore tfie monetary functions of silver if business is to be carried on upon a solid basis.

Fire in the tenement No. 401 West street, New York, drove out all the tenants. Some clever rescues were made. Whiskey barrels burst and the gutter&^were filled with blue flames,

Bismarck cannot understand why his enemies accuse him of yearning tor rank and titles when (he is receiving as a private citizen such marks of esteem as no potentate ever got.

Col. J. Ruppert, jr.'s, colt Counter Tenor, a two-year-old, worked a bait mile, with 118 pounds up, in 49 sec-onds at tne.Graveb at Massena Springs for the past three -years, were brought here for burial Sunday. Mr. Marsh died "at the home of his daughter, Mrs, S. R Allen, al tera, short illness, in the eighty-fourth year of his age. The church, m which the funeral services were held, was crowded with former neighbors and Mends, who sincerely sympa-thize with the afflicted family. Rev. M. D. Sill officiated. 5-

RACKET RIVE$ May 8.^-David Delosfa has rented his house and lot anjd also assigned the mail route to MrL Bush. Mr. Delosh*ill move to Cornwall :

The boys are a4er fee white fish BOW and claim the "fishing is better than it has been 'for years. If the law regarding the| milt owners let-ting the sawdust and Tefuse from their mills into the river, could be enforced, you could let the laatives

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convulsions The*e bt mil* x-ntual < te?C~ , a n d l h e s e da5"s a r c those s h e a t h e moon approaches close to tfee earth. The critical da\sg.ven by Prof. Falb for 1894 an- stated in the order of maximum disturbance as^olbws: Aug. 30, Sept. 29, Feb. 20 March 21, Aug. 1, April 6, Jan. 2l' May 5 and Oct. 28. Thus the most Serious disturbance may be looked for^Lug. 30 aud the slightest Oct 28. i_Jn connection with the great scien- -pfLe contest between mother arth aud 4km comet which, to use a phrase current in scientific circles, is to be *-polled off" in 1899, it is recalled ^fet^Jan. 14, 616, ten people were killed in-China by the fall of a ruete-

Er. In the year 823 thirtj -five vil-i&es in Saxony were destroyed by the fall of a meteor, and many men and animals killed. September 4, l51Jv one man and four animals were destroyed by falling metaors near Crema. November 4, 1749, a meteor ptruek the mast of a ship that was jer< ssing-the Atlantic, killing five isenmen. Each of tbese cases can be regarded as the fall of a small comet mpon our world.

I t is a comfort to know that some Vienna scientist* believe the comet is going to get the worst of it, and point to the fact that the comet LeJehY when it went too near to Jupiter, was thrown off its course and sent flying out of our planetary system.Ex.

seine {and net, or there; would still fish in our rivers.

DELICIOUS!

The records indicate that people bay#Jfejeea looking for the end of the woirfd: l*fc ieteJfvals ever sinee the world began, and pedieti