. phengmemd Itlt‘t‘css he achieved to his
TH E SENTINEL. l
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~l.
SOI‘TII N Ult\\'AI.K. NOVEMBER
._._ .
(‘omincnling upon the death of Archer,
the famous English johkcy, noted turf—
tnen have with one voice attributed the
courage. lat‘ericc, aptitudc. integrity
and good ,iudgmcnt. 'l‘he llctroit Fre:
l‘rm thinks that “these qualities, if to
them be added Opportunity, which they
arc/indeed themselves bound to make,
when united will gain succesu in any
aphcrc of life, whether it be on a horn. 3‘
back. on it farm, or in the forum. There
is nothing rcniirkable in the fact that
they were productive of good results; it
would be remarkable if they were not."
Miss llose lilixabctlit‘lcvrland. who is
much iiitcrcstrd in , ewry phase of
g
NE ws SUMMARY
Eastern and Middle States.
A muss of earth and rocks became do
tached by the heavyraius and tumbloddovm
a pncipiw forty fret upoua passing ex
train on the outskirts of l‘ittsburg, loan.
“no I‘nllman slceior was nearly detnolislial
and two others were badly damaged. Eight
persons wen seriously inmmd.
A \ “moat: which swe it through iortions
of the Eastern and Midd 0 States t to othcr
day caused a great. dcal of damage to
irois‘rty. The loss was particularly
cavy in the mining region surrounding
\\' il kcsbnrre. l‘enn. Kingston.
Penn. a now Catholic church was
totally destroyed, causin ' a I(\\\‘ of fill“).
Lightning struck the J. 4. Thom \solt‘s Sons
chemical works at \Vntorvliet. .'. Y.. and
they were dcstroved. Six of the eight per
sons inside were dly injured by escaping
_v triol. The tecnniary loss is 340,01”.
TIIK testimony of Aldermen Fiillgratl‘ and
Duffy closed the case for the people in the
=trial of :‘Ichinde. the indicted how York
"bin-die“ Alderman. For the defense ex‘
Alderman O‘Neill. also under indictment,
murmured and swore that the testimony of
Fullgratf and llntfy was false.
DR. GEHRUl-Z B.\l‘ER. a scientist at Yale
g L‘Qllt‘gy. was injured by the explosion of an
1st ri h egg \vei :hing thrc‘ and a halfpounds
.hat li . was openingfi-r tho purpose of in—
f cumin l. unit
The Ex-President’s Sudden Death
in New York City.
Account of His Last Hours, and
Sketch of His. Career.
Ex‘Prosident Chester A. Arthur died on the
morning of the 1m at his residence. 1233 IA :~
ngtron avenue. New York City. His health
had not'boen good for the last three years,
and he had been under the doctor‘s care most
7 of that period. He had been suffering from
a complication of ailments, of which the
most formidable appeared to the medical
man to be Bright‘s disease of the kidneys.
Up to Tuesday night, the 16th. he had ro-
taincd all the physical improvement which
was manifest since his return from New
London on October 1. and his dost-or was
well mtisfiod with his general condition. At
to be in. if anything. better health than
usual. and after spending the evening dens-
; antlydie reu‘roitorest at. half~past twe ve.
3
an»
Slfimt,‘ no wn< paid in. dividcndx and
woman‘s“ ork. has kindly furnished the
pup‘ils'uf the ctr-non School of. Journal-
ism within motto whit h shall inspire
\ t srigation.
~".'":‘ _Anxu'r, .IR.. Member of Congress
ind lnllllull‘ilrt‘ banker, died a few days ago
n Elmira, .\. \ .. aged fifty-six years.
them to do good work. In it letter to
the director DI the scliOol, Mrs. M. L.
Ilnyue, the lady says: “'5:
I admire your enterprise and St‘! in it
a great gm d to ll'flll)‘. To suggest a motto
to kc -p in sight of tiiusc good girls I am
imagining you to be training into s) slclliall.‘
mctliwb of journalistic \\ orlt lct inc be; you
torcmind tlicni'tlins: Good work is never
wasted; it l-t‘itlgs‘ l-nk to.you the em ‘t
worth of what you put int i it. It is, there-
(ere, the only safe imoxtmeiit in the world.
liusc Hunter-sin t‘i._i-;vi:i..\xn,
—-—_—.—_
A peculiar comcidcine is that related
by a proteasur in an Eastern" Collegc.
“'liilc in londun he had been trying to
make a cullrctiun of English coins. and
had'rnct with much success IIt‘ still
lacked, howevercn half-farming. and all .
the means that he had put forth to se-
cure one had failed.
walked iiiongastreot, it being dark and
he Sulllc“ but lanic, he stumbled. Uri
putting forth liis bind to break his {all
he placcil it upon '21 hard, round sub~
stance. \\ hiuh he had the curiosity to pick
It proved to be a small coin, but it.
was so marked that he could not discern
its denomination. Arriving at his hotel,
muclrto his wonderment. hc found that
it was the coin he had so much desired
-—a litilszirtliing. ii
—_____,_____
The Manh uttan l‘llcvatcd
llailroud
Company of New York, with its four i
linesuf road, curried 115,II|‘J,5UI pus-
Iciigcrs during tho yrar ending Septem-
ber :20, li-‘Sti. This is cqiiivnlcut to 300.-
DUU lit‘f‘tillt‘tddll)". ‘l‘lie numb ~r of pns- .
wagers girtiidby all the surlni'c roads i
The clw ‘
for the year was lnl, USSJHI.
vatcd roads re ~ci\el an average of a
little over six ccnts tor each passenger,
their gross carniugs bring $7,433,2ltl.
and the it“! comings $11,900,101. ' From
the liittcr $1,3:l1,l|s‘u was paid for llllt‘l“
eat and rentals. and $274.!iim for taxes
and on structure. The 7 snug sum of
$99.13 it carried to the surplus lb count.
The reads Could well afford to pay at
large sum annually for thcir valuable
franchise. '
The headlines in ,, (‘liicagiipapcr run
in follows: “Sinfuli ‘Ss of London——
Eating, Drinking and “‘ickedness lluiv
ning lliot The l’eop‘o \Ktllly Swallow
Sodium (non, 2,000,000 Head of Shg't‘p,
.20 LON) (kilns, 300,000 Swine, S,(Nl.|,’imo
Head of Fowls, .50“,000,l OJ Pounds of i’
Fish. the Saint: of Uysturs, and Any;
Quantity of Other Stull', Washed Down )
with ‘JUU‘CNIUJIOU Quarts of Beer.“ A -— i
cording to the last census report London l
had a population of about 4,(m0,il00 in |
roundnumfifirs. On this basis of coin-
putation it Would appear that each citi—
zen of the metropolis consumes every ;
several breasts of veal, a gUOtLSLG Ilium.
two chickens, it hundred or niilrc pullDdS.
of fish, the same of oysters". to say noth—
ing of vegetables and other things. and ,
worst of all he drinks fifty quarts of l
be:r a day. It is difficult to understand
how furninc can exist under these cir—
'cunistiinccs.’
“
day one e‘glith of an ox, half a SIlt‘Cp, l.
l
l
l
Baldness is rapidlyincrcasing through-
out civilimtion, -particularly in thiscpuir
try, owing. no doubt, to the Ctllllpllt‘llit‘tl
and exciting modes of life, which zing-
nient c'crcbral action, thcrcby augment-
ing the tendency of blend to the head.
The Baltic causes that generate insanity, l
apoplcxy. paralysis«~evr-ry form of pre- ‘;
mature decay and sudden dcath—gener-
ate early baldness. ' “‘omcn are not i
nearly so apt to lose their hair as men, 5
and when they do they have ways of '
hiding the loss that we have not. A pos~
itivcly bald Women, however, is unusual,
aspcciallyrbeforc she is forty. But'n c
are frequently hold nowadays at things,
wmetimes at. twentytive. Baldness, ’
which ought not to come until fiftydive
or latter, has long ceased to be regarded
u a Sign of age. In a company of a dozen
anon, whose ages will'not average forty, l
we or three will generally be found
more or less bald. As a rule the bigger
and more enterprising the city,the larger
the number of bald men. New York and
Chicago have. it is s-iid, more bald men
in proportion to inhabitants than my twc
cities of the union, and Philadelphia and
Boston come next. Americans are prom
to think that they altogether exceed
other nations in capillary decay; but g
when they go abroad they discovcrthat
the English, French, and especially the
”Germans, are very formidable rivals.
London, Paris and Berlin nuembliea look,
to far as the tops of their heads are con-
cerned, very much like New York assem;
lilies. The German: are about as bald
prematurely as we, having greatly in.
creased that Money in the last twenty
i’llt‘ cvcning as he '
A FIRE at (‘:ipe'May Point. .\’. J.. de-
itruvcd a hotel. a number of ixittagos and
)thcr property. ‘nusiug an. aggregate loss of
about SWAIN ‘
CHARLES Fluxcrs Aunts. the aged
statesman. s‘n of President John Quincv
Aduiih and grandson of President. John
A Innis, dic I on the L'lst at his home in Buss
ton. Mr. Adams was born in Bust-u in
INN. studn‘l law under llanicl \\'et~stcr,was
a number of th: State gislntnre. run for
Vicwl'rcsiduut ml the ‘rco Sui ticket in
lSl‘. clot-ted t \ Congress in lS'iS‘ as .n liepdb~
li-ini. appointed l‘nitod States Minister to
England in hill, returning to America in
iri‘. and represented the I'nitui States in
England in the arbitration settlement of
“ lhtil growing out of the civil war claims.
South and \Vcat."
Orr-trial. returns in (‘alifornia give Bart
Ii-tt, ii'cnioi-vuti for Governor. (.1: plurality.
l‘lie la-gisluturc is Democratic-by ten major
ity on joint ballot.
Tin-2 i bit ago District Assembly of the
Knights of labor have passed resolutions
do during thcir belief that the Anarchists re-
, .enily sentcn ed to death were unfairly con-
! Vii'ltd.
Eritovr-zuxon Jon); S PHELPS, of Mia-
souri. diet a few days ago in St. Louis. tic
n-rved ct; litccu years in Congress. and was
Governor of Missouri from hit} to 1“".
l..\1i~:it reports state that during tho recent.
liruty storm on the Great Lakes thirtysone
vessels and tliirtydiine lives were lost.
“‘aahtngton.
Jolly: Moutui. Lieutenant t‘vlonol and Air
lstant Medical l‘urvcvor. hasbeonappointed
. Silrgcou-‘Henei‘al of the Army.
AlililTluNAl. appointments by the Presi»
dent: Joseph K. Roberts to be Collector of
Internal Ilevrutti‘ fur Maryland. and Joseph
i (,‘. llr'lirorty to be ('ollrs-tur of Internal liov~
eune'fnr New Mexico.
. I‘l‘llth the past fiscal year $3,444,733 “as
‘ [aiduut for Idlllt‘xl Stato; army expenses
12
. Foreign.
filii‘ii‘i-‘s have been received in London to
; Iht' cll‘oct tint a ship crowded \v.th native
t laborcrs returning from Queensland planta~
i lltllh’ foitlhlrroi in the Pa ‘tic Ocean and that
Hit llvcs were lost. ,
l‘iti2sint-zsr Iil-IXEILAL Sitsros, of t‘m.
guuy. South Articricn. has resigned his post.
l (lsunaxv will greatly strengthen her
. army in anticipation ot European war
‘_ tronb‘es
(inst-nut. Harnnxns. Russia‘s special
represcntntive in' Bulgaria. and all the Run»
.‘iun Consuls in Bulgaria and Eastern Row
ni ha. have been withdrawn on account of
the maltreatment of Russian subjects
Dox Tunas, a l‘ubun who died recently in
Paris, left a fortune of sum (H.000.
l..l'l‘l2ll Nails.
Avoriirtn furious storm has in en raging in
tliu \\’i-st and Xt-rtliwcst.
ll.-\i.i~\\ ix \iAKllle-th, a San Francisco
stuck broker and I'i‘vdilellt of tho I'tti‘lfii'
Stock Board. has disappeared, leaving linbil
itics of stood!“ and no assets:
'l‘iii-z schooner S. J. I‘onwiiy. bound from
in a storm. The captain and four sailors
were drowned.
IN a collision between two trains near
Clininpaigu. lll..fo:tr men were killed and
three scriuuslv injured.
M. H. BELL. Supervising Architect of the
; Treasury. in his annual report says that or.
I tivo operations w=re prosecuted during the
year on eighty-one buiidings in various parts
of the country. varying in rust of construc-
t on from snow-.1 to $3.3.MJIKL The total
expenditure durin; the your upon new build—
? lugs aggregated $3,us‘3.-HT, and the expcnse
of l‘ttznil‘i on old buildings. c:c., was $311!,-
ll'). making a total expcndituro of $2,403,230.
'l‘iir: Appropriations Committee of the
House of Representatives met in “'ashing-
ton on the L‘Sd pursuant to the call of
'1 Chairman Randall. and assigned the appro~
printion bills to the same sutm‘omniittees re-
spectively which had trout in charge last
sassion.
EVIPTION processes aro being served on 3‘00 '
tenants on the Castlebar astutes of Lord Dil‘
1011‘ in Ireland. .3 ,,
Ri‘ssia has intruste 1 France with the pro~
tection of Russian subjects in Ilulgaria.
THBHiiKTIONAt GAME.
Drxnox, the deaf mute pitcher, has been
engaged by the Syracuse club. _
llxxa’xrr, of the Dotroits. had a higher av-
erage than any other catcher in the country.
Tull. I‘ittsburg club has signed all of its
men 10“ iiextsi-uson. an i outside of the bat-
teries, $1,500 was. the highest price paid.
Burn the Newark (X. J.) and Utica (3.3L)
clubs have lost all their host playm, through
the invasion of the two leading associations
NEARLY every Leagua and American As-
sociation club will start- out next. season with
sixteen or Seventeen ball players on its tab,
ary list.
Tun average usefulness of a baseball player
is said tale about ten years, and for the law
who outlive that time hundreds drop by the
wayside. ‘7 .
PniLanRLI-nia,made such a great showing
in the Lea no this season the probability is
there wil no charges made in the team
next year.
Tn: Cincinnati club will open next season
I with no hm than nineteen men under con-
tract. six of them being catchers, live pitch~
ers and eight fieldois.
A Jots'r committee of the National League
and Anniricun Amiation, at their- recent
clangrs in the playing rules. . ,
DURING the past season the Chieagos led in
hasn—ruunin with l’hiladelphinsecuud. Bus~
ton third. n Detwit, New York, Kansas
City, St. Louis. “‘ashington.
In the League. last season the Chi
made most l'xrhase hitsnnost threebare hits
most home runs; the Detroits made most
Singles, the St. Louis made most double plays.
J. M. Want), Captain of the New York
‘ League club, has been elected President of
the National Brotherhood of Baseball Play-
ers. an organization of professional baseball
players banded together for mutual protoc-
ion.
NEW YORK Herald: “The players inw
duced a new trick in baseball this masonr—
that of tipping every good ball foul until
theysncteed in get‘ their bases onbad
balls. Thin kind of will not hetderated
nextaeason, 'as both tho lead“ organiza~
transmit so amend the rules at ‘ annual
meeting: this winter “to put a stopto such
trickery.” ..
years. All things considered, the opinion
almdj expressed that the coating man
will be a hairless, animal it entirely roa-
Onoftholummin karts claim:
tokavoaoldmoro ultimatum inglo
”mmvhitonthbfiarmntfldoofth
Chlvuguli) Muskcgon, was totally wreckcd'l
meeting in Chicago, made a number of
. Iii-y
,I‘rm‘alcnt unl invnibi rs of his r abiuct
‘idcnt t'levc'nnd
Tilt LAST mus.
ExJ‘residcnt Arthur Laid
ly in the Grave.
Simple Ceremonies in Church and
at the Cemetery.
The funeral vi 9‘, President Arthur in New
.Yurk on the Lt‘d was conducted with core
monies of the simplest character. Largo
cn-n‘ds nppcnrcd in the vicinity of tho Ar.
thur residence on Lexington avenue at an
early hour. I‘rcsidcut (‘lcvclund and I‘ust‘
master iicncrnl \‘ilas arrived in a carriage
the h \usc
Judge William Muller arrived. 'lhey were
followed by tlic Svnutc Committee.
By this time there was an increased crowd
on the uvcniic. and the windows of evcry
house were tillisl \\ itli observers. There \\ as
no scrvwc at tlic Iii-use, llic fcw friends
p 1- cut looked u,(m the face or the dcnd titan
ciu‘ly in the tnui‘nitig.. and the coffin
was cl meal for the Inst‘ tint). .-\t \Iiu
the \‘i‘illll. covered with palmetto Icai‘m,
sprays of \iulut, and \\ months of uhit~
t'usos, was lifted by the nxsistants an l borne
from th‘ Mint“ in which it had rcs'fed and
was placed in tlic Ili‘HN‘. As it came in
view every head was ban-d. There was in.
display nor t‘t‘l‘t‘llb iiy. 'l‘hclirst person to
leave the Ilt‘IlN' nftcr the cotliu was t‘hcs‘cr
Alan Arthur, lIti‘ son of the ex I‘rcsidcnt.
Leaning on his a: in, clad in deep lllulll‘lllll".
was his sistcr Ni-llic. They Ifl‘StKI iltllctl)‘ to
their carriage. a ruin; anicd It} Mr. and Mrs
Mclili‘uy 'l‘hcn I‘:\Illi‘ Mrs. l‘aw, Mrs.
linuncswurtlu and Miss Arthur. tir— sistct‘s ,
of tho cx-I‘icd iciit, l‘ostnmstcr Mastcn and
his Wife of t‘nlmcs, \\ ith tlicir sun and dangli—
ter. I‘i‘csidcut t‘lcvclnnd, I‘USISll:l\It‘t‘-tit‘ll‘
l‘rlll \‘ilus. Ht‘llt‘llll Martin T. 31c“
John If llrnpc ‘ Siwrctni‘ics' Ila} :i
and Lam.- ‘; the tulillaflll‘t‘l'n, c\»I'.i«.r,A
IllllSer-Iifi‘llt‘l'al I:l‘r>lt:tlll.t‘x Sifgctai'ics Lin-
com and I‘llllllilli‘l‘, c\~.\ssi\t:int Postmaster:
iii-ir-rnl Ii‘lilflll. cx~ \ttt-rrivw -\i\‘ll1*l‘:tl lircw-
sti-r. Lieutenant Hour-nil Sli Tidini. ltr. \‘or~
ncliiis It Agni-W. i‘ornvliu‘ .V. ltiiss. [tilt-cit
Ii litin, ticiirrul Him. Ii. Sharpe, t‘lurl s l..
’l‘ill'any. and t‘oi‘ncliiis Vandct'lult. t’liicl’
Justice “Unite. ntid Justices Hi‘ny, Marian
and Illntclil‘oid, Senators Ednzurids, Shor-
niiin, Logan, liuizt‘. llawloy. .‘IJI'I‘KII, Vest.
and tioiiuun. ticncrnl Sti-nc. iiizvcinur ILI.
and otlii-r friends ut‘ the dc ~cased.
The monrni rs tilfcd twentydivo carriages,
but over uric liunii‘cd follow rsl the Iii-arse t -
tli . church, tilled \\ itli friends “lm were nu-
able to enter the house. Tin-carriages past-«I
between long lines of police through Lexings
ton avenue to'l‘liirty~fourtli street, to Ma li-
son menu-n to Fortyscvcntli street. to Fifth
avenue, nrrivmg at the church at For‘ty~:ilth
strut-t nt SW" A. .\l. All along the Info were
unruciisc throngs of p-nplc, who \viiit—d in
resp-ctlul sal rice. li\cry \vin low \vu. iilicl
with spcwtntwis.
.~\s tlic bin ~k~covi rc i cutlin was borne into
the church. pist luctoro niu‘ o‘clock, it “:is
fullowol l_\ llio pull l-c.‘||‘r~ 's. IIl“ faintly. tie
I‘l’t‘ ~
and ex l‘rosidcnt "1) t“
walked together. followed by So. re‘nriug
lluynrd and Lamar, Sccictnruxs \ il:t\ and
\\'li\tney, Iii‘llrl‘fll Sherman and (bio: .lnsticc
\Vaitc. Next came Siiprcuw Court .hi this.
Judges Iilutchfoi‘d, (buy an I Ilai'lun quI
the members if the Senatorial dclcgntzon.
The Army and Navy delegations in tull uni
form were Ilt‘tl lcd l‘t‘SPt‘t‘Ith‘IV by Major
General Schut’cld and llcar Admiral Luce.
‘lIIlt‘l‘ pruiiiiucnt pc-kar present were iii-tr
crals Sherman. liutlcv. and Banks, Jnlnc'sti.
Blaine. Mayor I irm eaiid Mayor—cicct Iii-wilt,
numerous i ongressnxcn. delegations from all
the t‘itv I-Ixcliaiigcs. and many tnorc; in fa t
the church was completely tilled with 1“ ople
‘ of note In the political and social world.
1
The cotlln was met at the entrance to tho
'hurch by the stirpliccd choir of men and
boys and IN the clergy. who were the Rev.
ll. I‘urkcr Morgan. rector of the church; the .
Roy. E. \V. linbiock, axsistnnt minister: the
Ilcv. Dr. \V. S. Ilainst‘ord. n~ctor of St.
George‘s Church; the Rev. Dr. \V. A. Leon-
! ard, rector of St. John‘s (‘hurt h. Washing-
i
l
i
'a
ham lalt Albanian“: Yul-m
tun, II. t‘.: the licv. McKav Smith, of St.
Th‘onias‘s. and the Ilcv. llr. lIiiriiphreys,prc-
rumor of the Cathedral of the Incarnation.
A: the « oilin \\ as borne up the aisle. to be
pla *cd in front of the chancel, the choir song
as the priu essionul hvnin “Asleep in Jesus ’
The 1all~bcnrcts and family, and the oilicitil
' delegations took the seats reserve! for them
near the front of the ~churcli. The opening
sciitcn cs of tlic Protestant Episcui al scrvico
\vct‘o read by Mr. Morgan. and the choir
sum; the anthem. “Lord. let me know mice
cud." The licv. Dr, ltainst‘url read the lcx
son, taken 'f rum 1 Corinthians. xv.. and the
choir and co: gregarion then united in sing-
ing “Nearer. my God, to'l‘hce." The A} ostle‘s
CNed followed. and the choir next. sung
the anthem. “I Heard it \‘oii e from Ilcavcn.‘
After prayer by Dr. Leonard, the choir and
congregation sang hymn 3H, “Art Thou
\\'cary..~\rt Thou languid.“ an i this was {ob
lowed by the offering of a prayer for the
family of the dead by the motor, who‘cous
eluded the service by pronouncing the bane—
tiictlou. ’l‘iio recessional hymn was “Abi to
With Me.“ and tho choir tilid out of their
stalls and marched down the have and back
by' the south aisle to the veslry. followed by
the clergy.
As thacollin was borne out. of the church to
the hoarse there was a roll of muffle-.1 drums.
and the military and naval escort presented
arms The escort then wheeled into column.
and the funeral procession slowly pascal be-
tween two compact linos of police to the
Grand Central Depot, while crowds of spec—
tators stood upon the sidewalks.
At. the Grand Central depot it took but a
few moments to transfer the cofilu from tho
hoarse totho funerab arnnd have the family
and friends take seats in the three following
parlor coaches imposing the special train.
{it exactly want do oek the train started on
its Journey to Albany. Neither President
Cloyeland, . Ida—President- Hayes. nor Mr
Blaine accompanied ths remains to the State
capital. ,
- he funeral train arrived at. Albany at. 1:?)
r. 3., and aftera short pause pnxveded to
the cemetery station, which it reached at
1:40. A hearse, carriage and several liuu~
dred poo were there in waiting. Drawn
up on cit r side of the car door were four
soldiers and foursailois of the regular army,
and in line with the but so won: the pull
bearers. Between the lines they formed ti.o
porters bore the cottiii.
Nearly
grave in Rural Ccmetcry where General Ar-
t‘uuv‘s wife is buried. It was precisely 23:15
Quict— ;
2 unable to speak, but
- recognize
3m pemnus had gathered at the 4
At. ua‘irW“ Lflincsday Warning his?
l attendant entered his room and at on c per
ceived that something was wrong, and it. was
soon evident that the ex»I’rwideut was suf—
fering from a serious attack. Dr. Peters his
medical adviser. was at once sent for, and on
his arrival pronounced the patient to be suf-
fering from an apopletic stroke. Ilia right
side was at th 3 time t uite paralyzed. lie was
a seemed to be able to
peo le. .
All dav “‘ednrs lav his condition kept
win worse, and is immediate family
t on in is house knew that he could not sur-
vive much longer. Wednesday night he was
uite unconscious, but he liugcrcd during
t a night. and succumbed at 5 o‘clock Thurs»
dnv morning.
His sisters—Mrs McElroy, of Albany. and _
bedtime on Tumday he seemed to his family ’
i phia, who was the Marshal of the District of
. . . cost was $4.3m; 06.10. an incrzase of 33:3,-
icl‘flgfliéll‘LAfilUTTW‘7‘J’Q‘EU'E‘mWWW
cabin in Fairhcld. l-ranklin count). \ t.. on i cc; of mail n‘attcr handled was
Uctobor 1. 1831'. His father. Dr. “'illiarn Ar- fi‘H‘JI'i‘M .q, an ir‘r‘ so of‘ "(H “‘3, ~
thur. was a Baptist minister. He studied at ' “ ‘ “““ "a“ ‘ " ‘ .
Mrs Mct‘aw—Were at his housedurmg his ill- ;
ness and at the end. as were his son Alan
and his daughter Nellie. Mrs. llainsworth.
anothcrsister‘, and his brother. Major Ar—
thur. weretelegraphml for, but did not. ar-
‘ rive in time.
direct from the train nt ‘32 t A. 11., and entciol '
soon after thucrnor llill midi
‘ RCDH".
The News in \Yashlngton.
The first official information received by
the President- of the cx-l’rosidcnt‘s death was
mnveycd in a telegram from Mr. Janus L‘.
Reed. the latter‘s confidential secretary. The
3 Scott in lx‘u‘.‘ for President.
‘ appointed Collwctor of the Port. and on July
President was affected at the intelligenw, ‘
and at once indited the following telegram
of sympathy to Mrs. Mckllroy. the ex-l’rmd
dent’s sistor:
“Exncrrivn MANSION.
“Accept my heartfelt sympathy in your
personal grief and the expression of my sor
row for the death of one who was my kind
and considerate friend.
i
The people of the ,
country will sincerely mourn the loss of u ;
1 citincn who served them welljn their highest ,
Q trust, and won their atfectiuu by an cxhibi- ,
l tiou of the best traits of two American chars .
GR ivtzn CLEVELAND."
The flag on the “flute House was plats-d at
: half mast Illllllt‘dlnh‘l)’ on receipt of the
buildings in t he city wem placed at
’ half must. The work of draping the
' W I)". House was begun at once.
All the members of the Cabinet arrivcd at
about twelve o‘clock. ’l'ha death of (icnci at
Arthur was the only subject of discussion at
‘ the Cabinet mNIIIIK. and it was agreed to
3 issue an executive order announcing
3 death Eof Chester Alan
th;I
‘7 that of an athlete. .
' term as l'rc ident he Shaw“! a considerable
death of the ot-l‘rosldcnt, and directing the :
Government. buildings to bcdmpisl III mourn-
ing for a period of thirt ; .lnvs, and also that
publio‘busincss be, suqugidal on the day set
apart for the funeral. .
The President in the afternoon issued the
following proclamation;
“To ”Ir I‘coplcuf Mir ('uised Shifts:
“‘It is my painful dutv to announce the ;
Arthur,
Preaidt‘tit of ‘ the I'nitcd States, which oc-
latcly the '
‘ t~ one of the finest in the. country.
; curred after an llllletlsttf long duration at an '
: tho city of New York.
early hour this nioi'nang. at his residence in
called to the chuirof Chief Magistrncy of the
Union by n tragtxly which cast its shadow
over tb entire Government. llis assump»
tion of , Jo grave dunes was marked by no
evident .nd conscientious sense of his res ion-
sibilitie— and an earnest dasirr to meet t iout
in a intr'iotic and benevolent spirit. _ \\ ith
dignitv and ability he sustained the impor~
taut duties of his station. and the reputa-
tion of his personal worth, conspicuous
graciousness. and patriotic tideldy Will
long be t hi‘i‘ishol by his felli-wun-untry»
men. In token of respc t to the memory
of the «lei-cased it is Orilt‘lt‘ l that the Eve u-
tive Mansion and the several department
buildings be drapcd in mourning fora period
of tli:rt_v days. and that on the day of the
funeral all public . ‘
nients be suspended. Th3 Secretaries ut
“'nrnnd of the Navy will cause orders to be
issuisl for appropriate military and naval
honors to be rciidcrol on that dav.
"Done at the city of \Vihlllttgtoll this lSth
day of November. in the year, of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and mgbty six,
and of the independence of the l nzted
Stntcs of America the one hundreth and
elo venth. By the President,
“Gnovxn (‘I.lt\‘1-:i.asn.
“Trionxs F. BAYARD. Secretary of State.“
The following order was issued from the
War Department: . .
“In compliance with the instructions of the
President, on the day of the funeral at each
military post the troops and cadets will be
paraded and this order read to them. after
which all labors of the day will cease.
“Tho national flag will be displayed at half-
mast. _
“At dawn of day thirteen guns wrll be
minutes berm-en the rising and setting of
thesun a single gunnnd at the close of the
dav a national salute of thirty—eight guns.
“"The officers of the army will wear crapo
on the left arm and on their swords, and the
colors of the Battalion of Engineers. of the
toveral regiments an I of tho I'llllt‘rI .Statss
Corps of Cadets will be put in mourning for
the K‘I'ICMI of six months. >
he date and hour of the funeral “‘1“ be
:ommunicatd to department commanders by
telegraph, and 'by them to their subor-
dinate commanders -
“By command of lieutenant-General Sher~
idan.
“R. C. Dnru. Adjutant-General.“
President- Clevcland and several of the
mornlersof the t‘abinet announced that they
would attend the funeral. The following
Senators were also appointed to attend the
funeral on behalf of the Senate: .John Sher-
man, Georgo F. Edinunds. John A. Logan,
Wm. B. Allison, M. C. Butler, James D.
Cameron D. W. \‘oorhaoa, \\ aruor Miller,
G G. Vest. A. 1’. German, Joseph It
Ilawley and James K. Jonas.
A gentleman who formerly occupied an
official position very near to Mr._ Arthur
during his occupancy of the Executive Man-
sion, in commenting upon the news, said
that he was surprised to note the length of
time the err—President had borne up under
his fatal affliction. Although possessed of a
strong constitution and a magnificent
physique, his habit of life was such that a
complete wreck of his health was inevitable.
It had teen Mr. Arthur‘s practice, said this
gentleman. not only while holding the Pros
tdeutial (mice, but for many years prior, to
turn night into day. Hanover retinal be~
tom 3 o clock in the morning, and, ‘
his workvlato in the afternoon, contained it
through the midnight hours. Dunn _ the
last six weeks of his residence at the \ hitn
House his health was in a deplorable condi-
tion, a fact which be fully realized.
Governor Hill’s Proclamation.
News of the death of General Arthur was
received at Albany with profound re rot.
Governor Hill immediately telegraphei' his
condolenm to General Arthur‘s son and his
sued the following proclamation:
Star: or Saw Yonx—Pi‘oL-lamatioa by the
Gorerr: or: . ‘ .
By the death of a distinguished citizen the
people of the State are again called to mourn.
i Chester Alan Arthur entered into rest athh
residence in New York city earl thin morn-
r. M. w_l.en the funeral procession reached ing. He had always made his 0 with-
tho burial plot, and it was but the work of a ; in 031‘ $3th and M “3' 0“ m
fow moments to take the culliu from the I hood I! “ o‘cupiu within it I“!
hearse, pla o it. in the rough box, and lower _ of official distinction. A: a '
it intotic grave. The Right Rev. “‘illiam ; of New York State he was elected \iQO-
Croswell Donna, Bishop of Albany, clad ’-
in full canonicals, stood at the head of
the grave. At his left were Miss Arthur,
submitted by her brother. The brief but im-
prmsivc Episco l hur'al set-vice. was said by
the Bishop win a depth cf feeling and int-
preosn‘enem that touched every heart. Then.
after a brief prayer and the benediction. the
earth chili—tiger mud hinged by the even
greens—wore top upon 0 codin.
During the afternoon man hundred pom
visited the cemetery. x
the membersoftha fatal , and pull
sauna.
* .._,
z, 1
.aa .
Q
President b the whole a. U the
death of Praysidont Gallegos mm-
dent by succession, and with dignit‘to him- ‘
0 filled
self and with honor to the country
that highest office in our government. . In
all his life he hora without abuse the name of
tloman.
“Remembering, the mice- and admiring
thecharaator President Arthur, it isflb
. that should b' such mtion ulna]
Wawmrhza minurmw
tn’hisd'a‘ath and. my be
scion the high
branch- of
business in the depart~ '
find and afterward at intervals of thirty.
inning.
2 Sides his son and
‘bh-tln-r. Major “'illiarn Arthur. 1'. SA.
smoorwarohonsoon
bythoSt-telaw.
Tat Colonial Exhibi ' of mm
been {13.1.1 $312“ numboalp'; visitors
was " it I?” m.
I'”W&M,s ._ ..
. Satin in Hub, and pisae l two or three week!
Mr. Arthur was .
, M-~t‘uvr, a widow; Hrs. Amelia Huston. wife
.of James II Masteri, of Calves, and Miss
; Annie P. Arthur.of r‘whena‘tady.
. tcr,’ resulted on the second day in a highly
Plano at the Capitol. in the city of Album
on this eighteenth day of November, in
year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred
and eightysaix. DAVID B. 1111.1.
Bv the Governor:
'Wiuiau G. Rica, Private Secretary.
The FuneraL ,
It was announced that the funeral wool 1
take place on Monday, the 33d at the Chur. ii
of the Heavenlv Rest. on Fit avenue. New
York city. Colonel McMichael. of Philadel-
L‘olumbia under Mr. Arthur‘s administra~
tion. was placed in charge of the funeral ar-
ran meats Thesurviving members of Mr.
Ar ur’s (abiuet. seven in all. and five per-
sonal friends, were invited to act as palb
bearers. The surviving members an: Masts.
Gresham, McCulloch, Lincoln, Chandler,
Hutton, Teller and Brewster. Two of Mr.
Arthur‘s cabinet, Jud Folger, and Mr.
Frelinghuysen, are dear .
Major—General Schodold, commanding the
Division of the Atlantic, offered the six bat—
terios of artillery stationed in New York
‘harbor as a guard of honor to the body. The
offer was amcpted. It was announced that
no othei‘ civic or military bodv would pa-
rade. and that after the funeral services the
body would tn conveyed to Albany, and
buried in the Arthur family plot in the rural
cemetery near that city.
_.
The lit-President‘s Career.
Union College, under Dr. Eliphalet Nott. and .
in order to defray the expense taught school.
He graduated in INS, and then b gun to
study law. He came to New York in 1N1),
and entercl the law office of Erastus 1). (‘nl-
ver. In is“ he funnel a partnership with
Mr. Henry D. Gardiner, and soon after that
married .\Iis< Herndon. daughter of the late
Lieutcnant H 'rndon. of the l'nitixl States
navy. Twu children. nsou and a daughter.
“’t‘l’fi born to them Mr. Arthur‘s most noted
law case was the Lean in slave case in 1S5}.
The donision in this case was the first blow a
in the courts against the slave—holding rower. i
In lh‘i‘t‘n Mr. Arthur entered into a new Eur;- g
ncrship the firm being Arthur. Phelps. ne- 3
vals & ltansom. Previous to th: war he was ,
Judge Advo ~ate of the Sx-onl Brigade of '
State militia. Earlv in 15131 ho was ap—
Minted . Engineer ianhief on Governor .
hit-man‘s staff. and on January 2?. lSfi‘J.
was promoted to Quartermaster-lSenoral. His
first vote was given for General \Vinficld
In I‘ll be was
21, 1‘75, was suspendcl from otlico by Mr.
Haves, with whose administration he had
not turn in accord. In Into he was Chairman
of the Republican Szatc (‘.tnltlllll&9, and ws
uominatml for the \‘icerl‘roaideu‘y at. (‘hi~
cago in June. taxi, (in the death of Prett-
deut Garfield 01 Sept-ember 11', lSSl, he be-
came I‘ri-sidcnt. After retiring from the
\Vhito House Mr. Arthur resumsd his coir
noction with the law firm of Memrs Knevals
8 Ransom. but owmg to the condition of his.
health he never took active part in the bush
ut‘Sfl. '
Iu personal opportune General Arthur
was a notable man. He was slightly more
than six feet in height. and has physique was
A'tcr he had served his
gain of limb. but the sick “sq, which was
> A, . , , , 5 soon to prove fatal, removed this indication l
”8““ u“ soon the “lg“ on all the publii ; of health. out when he was last seen in pub- :
hr. at the meta last scrum. he showed
all the signs of ylivsical decay. He was i
hotel for his ta~t~ in fo‘lowing the i
fashion. and to him fmpiently wa: f
ancwrded the double distinction of lead 5
in: the policy of the government and the i
fashions at the same time. A; an epicure he
was in nally IIIUI‘MIHIIIVI his dinners at tho 1
“'liitc Ionsc. guezi to personal friends or to l
urticcis of the government, were known as j
the finest or or g.‘vcn undcr its n of. In man—
ners the ex—I‘rosidcnt was a gentleman in
every afllull. his attention anl re rd for
ladies being 1 hi\ alrous to a degree 2 at won
for him an instant regard from his newest
not naintnnco,
i-ciicrul Arthur was an ardent fisherman.
“is collection of rods. n‘t‘lS‘. tires and tackle
‘ He was
Restigou ‘ho
one of the originators of the
cverv summer casting flies on the banks of'
the Sagnouav. in Canada.
General Arthur‘s immediate family. be»
daughter, (‘t‘tflr'tiabs of one
.
who is stationed at San Antonio. Texas, and
tire sister'\ ’MN ‘Mary Mel-eroy, wife
of John F. McElroy. of Albany: Mrs.
Maloma annoswm‘th. wife of Henry
J. llayuesworth, of i‘hiadclphia; Mrs. Regina
The estato .
left by General Arthur is valued at $300,000.
-‘BOODLE'7XITDBIEM]€N.
(‘unf‘cssiuu of‘ Twu of tho Indicted
Xt‘w York ()flii‘izlls.
The trial of cx-.‘\blerinan Mi-Qnade. one
of the New York Aldcruicn of the Iioanl of
l\\l charge l \vitli sailing their votes to grant
the Broadway IIJI‘Sl“ \ai‘ company its chur-
ill‘.‘tttl.'tl.t‘ episode. 'l‘wo indicted members—
c\-.~\Ideruicti Fullgrall‘ and Unity —
ap, earn! 0.1 III\' witness st ind
and um f cased that t he charges
were true in every particular. It
will be n‘mcmla‘rul that even merrilorot
the now notorious Aldermanic Iloanl of last
stri- twu was inticiel; that cxrAldcrinan
Waite turned State‘s cvideuwz that Aldcr~
mun Jachuo “as tried, found guilty ani
sentenced t \ Sing Sing I‘t‘ison, -\VI1\‘I‘t‘ he is
now st‘l‘YIllg out hi~ term. and that a nurn~
Lei" of the “Brindle“ Aldermen. as thcv
are called in the Metropolis. tlcd to Euroii‘
and l‘unuda rather than stand trial. Ex»
Alderman Snyles was to line followed
.hu-lmcnt the bar of justiie. but he tlci to
t‘;iii.~id:t.nnd his bond of sin-Irv was forum.“
bv his bondsmun. liis'l-n-tli. Ex Alderman
McQuailo \vns tlic next victim side-tel l-v the
New York District .«t‘ito'ncy to answer .,to l
the-barge of liiibcrv. After considerable?
diillculty in «c as: in; a , jury the ?
trial began. .‘II t:::n‘ of spc in! note occurrrd
until the illllu‘LI'ullx‘l‘ on the “‘lIIlt‘sS stand l
of Liidolph I- Fiillgrntl'. who was cxatnihed
bv Assistant District. Attorney Xinill.
\\‘itncss gave lflrlit‘lllnl‘s‘ of St‘x'lt‘i meet-
lugs held by thirtccn of th‘ Alder-iiicn in
hat ht his o‘licc out at the re‘iiicn 'e of Al
dcrninn McLoughlin for the purpxx-e of mak‘
ing arrniigc‘m -nts to sell their votes. It was
rcsuhe l to accept the offer of the Bri adwav
llm-srst‘ar Company. cni‘h Alderman gcttin‘v
$30.10 l. “'ittlesswl rexeived Slum“, an
the prisoner also re ‘civn! a like amount.
l-Ix~Alde:'m:in Duffy. als - under indict,-
ment, was next called to the Wining stand.
and corroborated Fullgratt‘ in every partisa-
or.
For the defeus> ex~Aldcrmcn O‘Neill and
ltcilly, also unier Illdlallllt‘ul, denied -thc
testimony of Pullgrail’ and Duffy, and sworn
that then.- was no secret the :ting of the Al-
dcrtitcn. and that they had remixed no
money for their votes
NB Y summers
Tun Grant Monument Fund has reached a
total of tlzr. too. _
‘ Tan National Cotton Exchange estimates
the crop at 6.411,!!th bales. 7
Nova SCOTIA ships thousands of barrels
of applts to New’ York every week.
'l‘wns‘rv adjoining farms~ in Greene
County, Ohio, are owned by Widows
Titanic is a falling off in the Carolina rice
crop this year of about 52,000 barrels.
Tn: raising of frogs for the New York
market has come to be a rocognimd industry.
Oxn of the curiosities in Washington is
Senator Stanford‘s $20,000 stable, which has
just nee I completed. » , ,
It cost $17,675,408 to maintain the army
during the last tlseal year, and $6,545,523 to
care for thalndians. ,
an OaLuxs reeelvcr annually about
20,000 bales of moss grown in Southern
swamps, and valued at $175,003.
Tun legislature of New South Wales has
med an act which legalize; cremation in
{if}; colony. Crematoria are to to estab-
As equestrian statue of Washington, des-
tined for the City of lhiladelfihia, has Just
been finished in Berlin. It w l hoshipped
shortly. '
Tun expenditures of the United States
Consular service duriugthe last fiscal car
were motif), being ”9,035 in new the
receipts. »
a“: "M‘s-arc SW; was"
cc 0 n8 _ Pi
undo, is‘ prohibited
‘
- over revenue was S‘..'5t.!
; the purtuf [mutual encrnix-s tv- anuuynnd , played in this bureau. and tho
‘ ofliceboflingmvoidiug any proton .‘e of control
‘ court at which you had duties to perform
, was in stamina.
l. lint thestagcment in your letter showing
THE POSTflFFiGEs
Annual Report of Postmaster-
General \‘llas.
What the Department Has Done in
the Last Fiscal Year.
‘ The report of Postmaster-General Vilas for
the past fiscal year has just been published.
In introducing it Mr. Vilas points out
that the mileage of mail transportation ex-
ceeded by more than :25.(m,000 the service
rendered to any other Government. and the
letters mailed were 10.3,(XK|,000 more than in
Great. Britain, long their-ailing letter writing
nation. During the year 22, .47 postmaster:
were appointed. of which 9.31} were upon re.
movals. Sixteen postmasters were arrested
for fraud, and an or «to are undergoing in-
vestigation. By vigilance on the part of in-
‘tors. 378.5731)! has been reclaimed by
the government as wrongfully taken.
The freerdrlivery system has been ex-
tended to Aurora. IlL; Du‘uth. Mind. and
Newport, Kv. Uf carriers there was an in-
cream,‘ of 4S, making the total in“. The
lSti. The amount of postage on Ioal matter
was SSS-3.13 £2.37. an CX\'€‘S" over Uk‘ 4 0st of
the service of sigmtzmzxt. Mr. \‘i’las re-
peats his recommendation that the scrvicc
be extended to places of NJHIinhsbLtams, or
Simon gross annual reicnue.
the. Money Hi (‘91? S) stem has been ex- l
tended hi3!” additional utfiirs. and during
the year there were imucd TAHOJW‘.‘ domestic
orders for nearly 8! HJMUUO: 5.14"},4‘5 po-t—
tal notes. for $11.:l‘Jl It. and $33.43 intrr~
national orders, tor ST.l2.-,T~Ai.2l. The total
net revenue into the T. easury was $‘L‘uil,.’i»l.‘7.
.\ The Special Delivery Service. Mr. \‘ilas .
says. has l’t‘t‘ll hampered by its limitations, 3
but samba»: has been spent for it. a gross ,
profit of about #3:.“ it.
The financial con lition of the service has
improved. Mr. \‘zlas says. beyond cx vecta- .
than. For instance. the total excese o C-is! Z
3:. In 1‘s; the 2
total excess was 3.5.35.1 5,70. l
The estimate of the rename for tin-coming l
year is s—tLSIIJiiis’i, The appropriations
for the year exilusivc of the cost of tliel
special delivery service exceed this sum by
Sutl‘s‘iJSJJ'J.
The estimated revenue for lS‘S is S‘flfill-
59'1“. and probable disbursements. $55,343;
l:fl'.‘.:|.
The report 51 oaks in favorable terms of
the letter sheet en\e‘iopes. The dead letter
office hanlled 5423.743 pieces during the
vear.
' rt\'hcn the fiscal year I‘m; closed. the post
oflices of the l‘nitcd States numbered 53,6“,
besides t9? branch offices or stations '
, A SUSPENSION REVOKBD.
The President ltcinstatcs Dian-lob
* Attorney Ik‘nton.
The cormpoudencc relatin': to the rein-
statement of If, F. Benton, I'nited States
Attorney for th} “'estern District of Mis~
souri. who wa» snsrmndial fr m um“: for
"u-rnrcious a -tivit;."‘ in politics. has bmn
unidc puldb‘ by the President.
Mr. Benton, on receiving notice of his sus'
li‘llsli‘u. art: to Atturneydicneral Gar-
land a statuncnt of the facts regarding
his \flltlpfliglt spun-hes, the substance of
which was that he .m not allow liislnbors in i
the cartuaign to interfere With his oilicia
dutus, “‘llli‘h wcrc always promptly per
formed l
H.- r (includes by re piesting that his letter i
i
l
l
:
be l‘t‘lt-l’t‘wl to the President. and by saying E yea
that be had n-n idea that making political 3
slam he: was a violation of the President‘s
enters. the l’rxsideut‘s letter in reply is as
Iiilluwsi
Hun. M. E. Benn-n.
“EAR Slit‘ Your letter of the litth inst.
nd-Ircxsul to t‘:-- AttorneydSeiiu-ral. bus been
submitted to we and carefully consideml.
Its frank t are and all 1 know of your char- 5
actor cunvmc 5 “iv that the truth is then-in
related touching the matters which lei to r
your suspension from otlicc.
“‘lieu l issued the warning to officeholdvrs ,
to “hr h you refer as an “order” I expect-s1
to be much llal’tt\\‘t‘d by all manner of base
tIlSJppnlllllllt‘llI. and a deliberate design on l
embarrass concerning the indulgen e by
appointu-s under the present Admit»
istratiun in the ” pernicious n 'tivity “ in
politics against which my warning was di<
rated. I hoped. however. that by a careful
consideration ot the spirit as \\ cl! as the
language of such warning thwsc in good faith 3
intending to respect it might not be in doubt ’
as to its meaning. and “mind themselves an l
ply it to couditmns and circumstances which
it was iinpsssible for me to specify.
1 did not intend to condemn the making of
a political stun-ch by a Federal otlic at to his
neighbors and friends nor at any time and ,‘
plum where it was merely in idental. if the
speech itself wasdex‘nt and fair. But Ldo
not think that so h an utticial can enter as a
business into a gulitir al campaign. and. rou’
seating toa long list of engagements tond— .
dm-s political meetings, yvtdcly separated j
and of daily recurrence. till such engagin-
nients without neglecting his duty. if .e
holds an otlice worth havinc. nor without
taking with him in the c vass his otlicial
power and influence. - Therefore this'izoume
is condemned. The number of speeches that
can be proporlv mad-r cannot b: simitied.
nor the time when. the place whe‘c. nor the
circumstances in whit b they are proper: nor
‘an their churn tor beprcscrila-d. But a cur a
re ~t line of condust can be determined ;
on without difiiciilty. I believe in the light. ;
of a desire to follow the spirit ofrthe adinozr Z
ition given by divorcing the conduct of a
citi. on from the useof otlicial influence in
political ( ainpaigiu illustrating at all timrs
the truth that otiicial duty is yara'nount to
partisan service, maintaining the dignity of
over the {hilllli'al action of other . by reason of
official p ace. and teaching the lesson to the
people that public positions are not. bestowed
or held un Ber a pledge of active partisan
service. A printed list taken from a news
paper and sulunittcd to the contained en-
gagements to speak. ma to by your consent.
daily for quite a long period. and not unfro—
quently twice a day. in ditferent parts of
the State of Mixsouri. and I was lei to be—
lieve that on many of the days spe fitted a
This seemed to me to present
a i use of flagrant. defiant ncgkct of official 7
duty and propriety, and. even with the ex. l
planation given, your cours: appears to be
thonghtlets an ‘1 at least subject to criticism '
i
that you did not permit campaign engage»
ments to interfere with the performance of
official dutv. your satisfactory discharge of
such duty during your term. and a belief in
the truth of your allegation that you hon—
estly supposed you mizht properly do all
that. was a tunlly done. have induced me to
rescind the order suspending you from ofiice
and to reinstate you t \tho sa'r-c. Yours \1ry
trulv. GRuvcn CLEVELAND.
Thor Pres t lent has direct ~d Atto: nay-Gen-
eral Garland to reinstate Mr. Benton.
APALLING LOSSES.
Scores of Yeast-Is and Many Lives
L0a‘ in the Lakes. ‘
The re 0rd of marine disasters on the
Lakes during the recent heavy gale is an no
polling one. Reports received in Chicago
show the following vessels fonndered: Barge
Emerald. near Ken-ounce. five lives
lost: btrge F. M. Dickinson, no ir
Kewanuee; two unknown schooners,
near Port. Sherman: an unknown schooner-
near Hog Island Reef. and barge Star of the
Xorth near East Tawas. tote of the rrew nus
known. The vessels known to have been
driven where are: Barges \‘l‘allao anl
Consort, on Chceo‘ay Beach. east of Mar-
quette, crews probably last: several ve -
sels at l’resque Isle. . names unknown,
many lives 10¢: schooner South Haven. near
Port Sherman, Cawain tnilly injured;
a-hwonor Mary. near Blonhaim. UnL;
schooner Pathfinder, near Twit Rivers, cargo
and vessel is total loss: s--hooner Cnyahoga
and twoswws in North Bay: schooner P. S.
Matshand an unknown srhoonerat St. Ignaso; ..
an unknown schooner south of Muskogon'
P.‘or; propeller City of New York near Che-
boygan: schooner Koltage near Godot-ion,
OnL, all broken up: propeller Nashua. on
Grass Island. Green Ba :bargc Bicsel near
Remus, leaking.“ y: schooner Golden
AMW Chin ch: pt ogdlar, Bulk Croa
and across from Chin‘s Barb:
”boon-v .aidamflamumbamamm
i titratvillyizl.
, during the year, Til?
? rested on their information. property to u.-
‘rvnlue of Sistine”: has be.-
‘ evpended in detected and punishin
i $43,301.
. and frivolous L‘llv's, urlguxntju; in malice or : '85 seized.
THE SIGNAL SERVICE
Snmmrv of the. .-\ In
Chief Sig Ital (bill':“tl‘:‘fl'::d‘t:n 0t
Gonornl \V. B. lecn. Cuie!‘ Simal Officer,
has transmitted to the Secretary of “1: his
annual report showing the (“tenuous of his
bureau during the lzust fiscal ycar. Concom-
ing the work of the luvtxn‘ublgl al division‘
the report says: "Many very important laws
have retently been de lowed th~-.aretrically
and continue l by observations and experi-
,..
1119“».
It is stat d that the plan of socurénz as ob-
servers young men qualitie l by clu ‘ation for
the pulsed. of uremia.- stu lies. and thul-
raisin: the standard of the enlisfcl force of
the Signal Corps. has now been in operation
tivcycars, and or the firs enlistmanzs made
during Phat time ninety seven were wollego
graduates: and it La; provel or benefit to
the service.
Ton-lung the wreath -r for» as‘< and sprig]
warnings issued during the year. it is said
that the increasing domanl for time force
mt; may bct iken :b evidence or tb ur \alua.
Tue otli r is unable t '- cuimvlv with thr nu-
merous reprints rewind from cities, towns
and «orpin‘utluns {or the speanl na'nings
owing t.) the titnitel appropriation for this
branch of the s ‘rui e. Gone a! Hanan
says that the progrrs; ms. 1 -, in indi-
cating the appria h of cold “‘J‘s'ei- hal
. _ . l U .
that pgoiérty to the Ivalue of many mil-
lion; of dollars ha» born saved through the
agency of this scivice. The cold wave sig~
ml is now disulavel at L’t‘J citi -s and towns
in the I'uitxsl States and. frozn the ~c paints
distribute! bv t 'vahnhe and railways tn)
ab tut 3|,tlllsmtions
An appropriation of Kilfllisrecomrnmded
for the evtciisiun’i,~f the ser. inc, all i the urn!»
inn is expressed tha’ nu appropriation would
b.» more acwptabze to t‘ie grmyle til the
Link} cold wave signals disyiavel during the
year. 3.1!. or ‘3.» per t'e'lI. were yu:ti~
rial. (If the utuity of the flood war-m
ing; furnished by th‘ Sunni Sen-ire
the rug-n21 says a, car >fiil e \Iilllfltt‘ 433va that
property valued at $l‘hul' ‘ was sivcl at a
sinzlc st itiun .Xashville. Tenn. - by tin
warnings of the Signal Service on the L‘u‘n-
borland River durizi; 11.1th and tort! of
the current your. The sysre n of s 11 const-
‘ telegraph lines 2s said I: .t he uf great Value,
anl its extensi ~r: alan: th.‘ entire Atlantic
coast is: re mm 11011110 l. .
The rep u‘: Sil,’_‘6€2.< that s ‘1) . siilntaaml
" rr-wnrd shouid b - giv in tn- th-s me "bars of
the Internal-rial l'olar I‘l‘lpelllldll. uni
‘ bio-es that thin-tress at its next: <~..; in will
i t "
recognise the su ‘ enful w vrk rs-rfnriiiel by
Jen pant tirccly out his party lav provid-
ing promotion of the survivors and 3.1; if!
for the ffilllii‘lz‘S o ‘ those wh 3 last thszr lives
while serving With tins kak'dlu ~n.
OUR hunting REVENUE
Figures From Commissioner Miller‘s»
An nual Report.
Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Intern).
isvenue. has submitte 1 his annual report to
he Secretary of the Treasury. Tue total ro-
ioipts of ‘ internal revenue taxation for
he yw end-3.1 Juno 1&56. war.
As compared with tht
)N‘Q‘ding year there was a largo increase in
all articles of taxation except snuff. of which
there was a de. ream 0! 1:13:47 rounds. the
”an 'ipal increase was in cigars-.Cigaretbes and
spiritsdistilled from grain. The tost of collec-
tion during the year was $t.‘:‘.£‘.4«s‘fi, being
your 3.9; per cent. of the amount colloctad.
The collections during the previous year
cost 8‘,¥§.¥K'. or about 3.30 per cent. of tht
amount collectrsl. The receipts during the
first three "moths of the proeont fiscal var
were $L\,i|ilt,i-‘o-t. an increase of 3330.441 Elva
he re eipts during the corresponding period~
tax year
it is istimated that the sum of $113.01),”
will be «tinned during the current fiscal
a 0,
r.
liiwht hundud and sixty—oi ht violation:
of internal revenue laws haxoiaen "portal
peNms. have been an
. n reported by than
for Std-"HY. and $124,020 for mutant- t0!
unpaid takes and penaltim.
The number of illicit stills scirod was 56!,
thenin mm
and the number of emyhvos
rested Was 1.314. The seizures were prim.
pally inGcorgia. Xurth Carolina, Tenn-o
see, Kentucky and Virginia. The W
, per-no:-
wu '-
mas:
At the close of the fiscal year 195 cm
clerkx'mesvngcrs «and laborers were on
. ‘KE‘QZI
amount point for their salaries mSfiEjlflf‘
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A STRONG GALE.
A Six-Starr Building Carried Twelve‘
Foot by the \"ind.
The recent heavy gale completely destroyed
a summer hotel in proctss of constru ‘tion on
“‘alnut Mountain. one mile from liberty,
X. Y. The whole structure was I (ted from
its foundatiuu and carri d twelve feet, fall~
in J!) a mass. It is a total wry-ck.
. .ightccn men were engage! in the build— .
mg at the tinn- putting up partitxms and
c hzmueys. and intro ru.ousl_v escaped nni'n-
juns-iJgii h the one utiuu of one named
“2”" w‘.‘ s-t‘llmtsly urt. The building was
six stories high. 5.0 by ltit foot, and intended
to an‘otnnicdate ‘30” guests.
“'alnut Mountain is the
Sullivan county.
for viola‘ti ms of internal avenue
Property to the value of
highest point in
MUSIEXL AND DRAMATIC. .
Ix spite of his sixtv-cight years Gounod
the cuinpDSt-r is still nit active man.
A DAI'IEIITER of General Buckner. the
ffllllt'iIS‘ Southern srldier; is about to go an-
the stage.
. MME. Carnot—rs PATTI, the sister of Ado-
linu I'attt, is engaged in giving singing let"
sons in Paris
‘ Gamma: opera is flourishing in New York
city. Italian olmra has been a failure there-
so tar this season. ,
Miss Auc: “Eurxxcac. of Chicago. has
been charming London {firs with her clear
and cultivated soprano voice.
Ronsux axn CRANE are to have a new
play from the pen of Bronson Howard. It
will not be I mducel until he (I autumn.
AS entertainment at the Grand Opera
House. San Frfltlt‘l~(‘0, in aid of tin sulfur-
eis of the Charleston earth plate. netted
SIN”-
Morxcr Scum. the leading tragedian of
. France. is a Scttlptur as well as an actor.
Some of his in
marknt-le talent. , ,
Tint Chinee Minister and suite appeared
the other night. in a. box at th) Sew York
Lyceum Theatre to witnoss Miss Form}
impersonation of Mud-W
MR. G. R Sins has written a new play for
Mr. “'ifson Barrett. which that distinguished
' "a are air! to show to-
'l beau-e ouhis r turn to London.
Miss Nuns: Caucasian; the youthfn‘l
American violinist. has n e
Mme: Harm-Ila Seinbn‘ch. to accompany her
in heri‘urthconu'ng European concert tom.
“tam. the composer. is: practical farm.
and is looked upon b the meant: around» '
Sant‘ Agntatsan an oritv on all ma
relating to crops, fruit and Clt‘JB. But ht
works
“‘nlx lira Langu- - was taken ill in Boo-
tonthe other day and prevented from ap-
pearingas I‘m-line. Mist Anne Clark com-
mitted the lines and went on the stage at”
.thrco hours" study.
Mus. l’arri received the handsome sum o;
33:03 to sing at a concert. This is tho '
highest sum, awarding to the Paris Figaro.
that haecwer been received for singing».
single concert in Lon ion.
A Gmtuax paper relates that a very hand.
some young lady in Iripstic «nine t l Rubin-
steinrarzd usirr»i’pe.'misinu to play for him.
After her performance she approafind. m
mam roaml askcl him what he would I‘-
visa her to do. “Get married,” curtly an-
swered Rubinstein.
Containment. traveler} ran-on, almofi coll-
plete stagnation of bushes; in this»; not».
chants are giving the smallest orders post—
ble. and then out wot-n the mime-ink do-
livery of the is guaranteed:
A Cars...“ has just 1:3an for #10,“:
the exclusive rivi c ‘ . tin mm
c loge an s on ”
money is devoted . ‘
hasn‘t-band My to reducm‘ g til-gov“-
mt dobt. ‘
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WWW autumn is for alum tor a
his: honor ankouk 314- W,
Golden Harvest. nca‘r End “was;
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actor will bring forward at the Prince-r,
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