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THE NOMINATIONS.

Summary of the Work Done by th'
Senate Special Session.
OF the $50 nominations sent to the Senate
during the specalsession by President Harri-
son the following were rejected:
Murat Halstead to be Minister to Germany.
Isadore S. Loventhal to he Postmaster at
Modesto, Cal. =,
The following remained unacted upon land
therefore died. at the end of the session:
William H. Whiteman to be Associate JUS
tice Of the Territory of New Mexico.
Edwin l. Kursheedt to he Marshal for the
Eastern District of louisiana.
Postmasters o. Haiders at Minot,
Dak.; Carl c.. Crippen at Eustis. Fla; Burt
c. Drake at Gainesville, Fla; Robert F.
Bebout at Rushville, Ind; George E. Nichol-
son at Ness City, Kan; Samuel c. Moore
at Findlay, Ohio.
President Harrison's nominations were
contained in :S4 messages During the spe-
cial session of the Senate at the beginning OF
President Cleveland's term he sent to the
Capitol 4lS messages. Eighteen of his nomi-
nations failed to receive confirmation, but
there were no re iections. At the last session
of Congress during Hayes's administration
the Senate failei to act on 1OG of his nomi-
nations, and rejected three-an unequaled
racor1
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SbinTtOn,

THE President has appointed Joel B. Er-
bardt Collector at the Port of New 4orE'
Colonel Erhardt was the Republican candi-
date for Mavor of New York last November
and is a prominent party leader III the Me
Topolis.
CORNELIUS VAN CoTT was appointed Post
master of the city of New York by the
President. Mr.. Van Cott is State Senator,
and like Colonel Erhardt has been for years
a Republican leader in New York city poll
tics.
THE Secretary of the Navy has formally
accented the gunboat Yorktown.
A PARCEL post convention between tho
United States and the Leeward Islands. mas
heen signed by Postmaster General Wanna
maker.
SCHUYLER DURYEE has been appointed
chief clerk of the Patent Office. He is forty
two years OF age and was born In New Jer-
sey.
A NEW Chinese Minister has been appointed
to Washington. His name is TSin kook Van.
He is q man of scholarly attainments, and
holds high rank as member of the Imperial
Academy of Peliin.
THE President and Mrs. Harrison enter
tainet, Governor and Mrs. Alger, of Michigan.
aud the First Assistant Postmaster General
and Mrs. Clarkson at dinner at the White
! House.
! ASSISTANT SEPGEANT-AT-ARMs JAMES
! CHRISTIE of the United States Senate, has
lust died OF pneumonia. Ee had been
Senate emplo ovc for twenty-five years.
SECRETARY WINDOW ordered the dismissal
of Captain Herbert Beecher, son of Henry
| Ward Beechcr. from the Government ser
! vice. In 1885 Cleveland appointed him Col
!lector of Customs at Fort Townsend, Washing
! ton Territory.
THE President made the following appoint
ments: Eben E. Rand of Maine. to be Ap..
praiser of Merchandise in the District OF
Portland and Falmouth, Me-; George y.
Sturgiss of West Virginia, to be Attorney OF
the United States for the District Of West
Virginia, and Hugh B. Lindsay, of Tennes-
see to be United States District-Attorney Tor
the Eastern District of Tennessee.
COLONEL H. L. SWORDS. formerly Ser
scant-at-Arms to the Republican National
Committee, has been appointed Inspector Oh
Furniture in the Treasury Department
BY direction of the President the Secretary
of War has ordered that the new military
post near Denver, Col. shall be known as
Fort Logan, to honor the memory of the
late General John A. Logan
THE President has designated Assistant
Secretary Bachelor to act as Secretary OF
the Treasury in the absence of Secretary
Window and Assistant Secretary Tichenor
to act as Secretary in the absence of both
Secretary Window and Assistant Secretary
Bachelor.
HAROLD II. SEwELL. removed by Secre-
tary Bayard from the office of Consul,'en-
eral in Samoa. has been appointed by Secre-
! tary Blaine the disburSug agent 10 tne
, Samoan Commission at Berlin.
ADAM c. TANNER, Of Canton, ONO, mas
ern appointed Chief of the Appointment
| division, Interior Department.
THE President has made the following ap,-
pointments: Frank Phimley, to be United
States Attorney for the District of Vermont;
George A. Knight, to be United States
Marshal for the Northern District of Texas,
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Exciting Adventure With a Whale.

The fishing schooner G. A. White
has returned to Port Townsend,
Washington, from halibut cruise in the|
North Pacific. Her master, Captain
Charles johnson, relates all exciting ad1
venture with a whale. The vessel was
anchored on the Flattery Banks, seventy
FIVE miles from shore, with all of the
crew out in five dories catching haibut,
when a school of Eye black whales came
alongside. One of the school got en- 4
TANGLED in the vessels cable, the anchor
parted and the vessel, in tow of the|
monster, was taken at rapid rate to the|
westward, the only person aboard being
the Captain and the cook, who were un-
able to stop her.
The whale became exhausted and
brought the schooner around in circle
within fifty miles from where they started;
The windlass was rugged and the vessel
hauled alongside of the whale. Ad
measured over eighty-four feet. VIII
one turn the cable became disentangied
on the whales flank, and the whale Gus
appeared beneath the water. The Capj
tain and cook hoisted sail and returned
for the boats, where the crew was ssfeiy]
found twenty-four hours later. The ex1
perience was the most exciting that mas
ever occurred off Flattery Banks. The|
story is vouchsafed for by all the crew.
San Francisco Chronicle.
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APRIL THANKSGIVING.
The President Recommends RcHg.
ious Services on Centennial Day.

The President Recommends RcHg'
ious Services on Centennial Day.
The following proclamation has been issued
by the President:
A hundred years have passed since the
Government which our forefathers founded
was formally organized. At noon, on the
30th day Of April, seventeen hundred and
eighty-nine, in the city Of New York, and in
the presence Of an assemblage Of the heroic
men whose patriotic devotion had led the
colonies to victory and independence George
Washington took the oath Of Office as Chief
Magistrate Of the newborn Republic. This
impressive act was preceded at nine o'clock
in the morning, in all the churches OF the
city, by prayer for Gods blessing on the
Government and its first President.
The centennial of this illustrious event in
our history has been declared general hoi.
day by act of Congress- to the end that the
people of the whole country may join in com.
memorative exercises appropriate to the day.
In order that the joy Of the occasion may
be associated with a deep thanfulness in the
minds of the people for all our blessings in
the past, and devout supplication to God
for their gracious continuance in the future,
the representatives of the religious creeds,
both Christian and Hebrew, have memorial
ASk
prayer and thanksgiving on that day.
Now, therefore, I, Benjamin Harrison,
President of the United States of America,
in response to this pious and reasonable re.
quest, do recommend that on Tuesday, April
80, at the hour of nine o'clock in the morning,
the people Of the entire country repair to
their respective places Of divine worship to
implore the favor of God that the blessings
Of liberty, prosperity and peace may abide
with us as people, and that His hand may
lead us in the paths of Righteousness and good
deeds.
In witness whereof I have hereunto set my
hand and caused the seal of the United States
of America to be affixed.
Done in the city Of Washington this
fourth day of April. in the year of our Lord
one thousand, eight hundred and eighty-nine,
and Of the independence of the United States
the one hundred and thirteenth.
BENJAMIN HARRISON.
By the President.-Jalnes g. Blaine, Secre
tary of State.
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and James Mcdowell, to be Register of the
Land Office at Huron, Oak.
FOREIGN,


The 6OOO tusks of ivory, which the Afri-
can explorers Stanley and E1nin Bey are re
ported to have with them, are valued at
100000.
A NEPHEW of Guzman Blanco, ex-President
of Venezuela, who committed forgery to the
amount of S23, 600, has been arrested in
Mexico while trying to escape to the United
States.
A NEW Peruvian Ministry has been formed,
with Pedro Aleiandrino de Solar as Premier
HUNDREDS of houses have been destroyed
by fire at Surat India. The loss is placed
at 81 ZOO, 900.
The Dowager Duchess of Cambridge aunt
Of Queen Victoria, is dead, aged ninety-U"o'
CONSIDERABLE distress prevails along the
Panama Canal There are still over 3OOo per-
sons on the line of the works who are In a
destitute condition. Some deaths from
starvation have already been reported.
THE Ameer of Bokhara is about TO send
his son to Russia to be educated The State
Bank of Russia will open branch IN
Bokhara.
The Persian Government has ceded the
districts of Kelat and Kederi to Russia.
OVER Ii. 900 persons We're rendered home
less by the great fire at Surat India. 10
add to the prevailing distress cholera has
broken out in the town.
THE rumor that Stanley and Enin Pasha
were marching in the direction of Zanzibar
was an Arabian invention.
A WINE store at Sill, Hungary, was en-
tered by thieves. The proprietor surprised
the robbers at their work and was seized and
crushed to death in a wine press. Ihey
caught the blood in a cup and forced pass
er-by to drink it.
KING JOHN, of Abyssinia, before his death
appointed as his successor his nephew, Daglac
Mangacia.
The French Chamber of Deputies has
passed the bill regulating the procedure OF
the trial of Boulanger by the Senate. War
rants have been issued for the arrest Of Cen
eral Boulanger, Dillon and Rochefort.
Copies of them have been submitted to every
police station in France.
THE Indian pearl fisheries are failure ow-
ing to the prevalence of cholera. The failure
involves loss to the government of about
50 S00,000
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

A. G. SPALDING, of Chicago, and his party
Of baseball players who left San Francisco
last fall arrived in New York city after a
tour around the world.
ISAAC RICH & Co.. the oldest fish house in
Boston, are financially embarrassed: Their
liabilities are placed at $500, 600. The firm
was part owner of the steamer Haytlen Re
public, which was seized at Hayti. The
troubles at Hayti are said to have had much
to do with the firms trouble.
DowSs & FINCH, shirt manufacturers of
New York City, with large factories at James
burg. Bordentown and HightStown n. j.,
regarded as the leading firm in the business
in the United States, have failed for $500, ,0GO.
Ex-PREs1DEHT CLEVELAND has returned
to New York city from his trip to Cuba and
Florida and resumed the practice of law.
A RECEPTION was given to Secretary
Tracy by the Brooklyn Club in Brooklyn.
ORDERS were issued for the entire Pennsyl-
vania division of the National Guard to go
to New York and participate in the cere-
monies incident to the centennial OF Wash
ington'S inauguration.
THE extensive ax, shovel and saw factories
of Hubbard & Co., at Pittsburg, Penn, were
totally destroyed by fire. The loss will be
fully $500, 000
I. ULRIc ALTON, of Greenvile, n. H., was
killed while driving across the track at
Fitchburg, Mass.
SECRETARY TRACY paid his first official
visit to the Brooklyn Navy Yard and i'll
spected all the vessels being built and re-
paired there.
THE All-America and Chicago baseball
teams were warmly welcomed home by their
friends at public dinner at Delmonico's, In
New York city, and their trip around the
world was celebrated with toasts, words OF
wit and praise and applause. Among the
many speech-makers were Chauncey NJ.
Depew, Mark Twain, Erastus Wiman and
Daniel Dougherty.
JACOB SANDT, a well-known and respected
grocer of Easton, Penn, Commander of Hugh
Payne's Commandery, committed suicide by
hanging himself from rafter in the garret
of his home.
AFTER shutdown of only a weeks dura-
ton, the coal miners along the Monongahela
River, Penn. have resumed work. About
G000 men in all were affected by the resump-
ton.
THE Boston freight houses of the Boston
and Maine Railroad were destroyed by fire.
Loss over S500,000.
MAYOR GRANT, Of New York, has ap-
pointed Fire Commissioner Richard Croker,
the leader of Tammany Hall, to the office of
City Chamberlain. recently resigned by
William NJ. WINS. Mr. Croker was promptly
sworn into Office. The salary is $685. QUO
year.
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FOUR WERE KILLED.
Pathetic Details Of a Railway Collis-
ion in Illinois.

Passenger train No. on the Chicago
Sante Fe and California Railroad was run
into and badly wrecked at Lorenzo, ILL.,, az
$50 o'clock in the morning.
-Four people were killed outright, hve were
badly scalded and several others received
serious wounds The train was running on
time, and the extra freight, through some.n-
excuSable error of the train dispatcher, was
allowed to follow her. The engine crashed
into the private car, driving it upon the steps
of the Pullman car Santa Anna.
The fireman of the freight engine jumped
and escaped, but the engineer was crushed
against the boiler head. In the private
car was J. L. Hart, director OF the Calf
fornia Construction Railway. He lives at
Brookline, Mass. Both his legs were
broken, and he was badly scalded. Ills
son and daughter, who accompanied him,
were killed instantly. Henry w. Lamb, also
in the private car, was scalded about the
face and body. Palmer, the freight brake
man, was hurled over the freight engine int ;
the mass of debris, and he escaped with
bad scald on his face and both hands were
terribly burned.
One of the Saddest features or the accident
is that Miss Alice Hart was killed WITHIN
few feet of the man who was soon to be her
husband. She was engaged to be married TO
Henry B. Lamb, and the young couple were
on their way East to be married when the
accident occurred.
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A CENTENAR1AN DEAD.
Death of Chevreul, the Distinguished
French Chemist.

French Chemist.
NJ. Michel Eugene Chevreul, the distin-
guished French chemist, has just died in Paris
at the age Of 102. He was born at Anglers,
August 81, 17sG. he was educated in the
schools of that place. In 1910 he was ap-
pointed professor Of chemistry in the Lycee
Charlemagne. He was awarded in 1923 O
prize Of S2400 for an essay of animal oils.
He succeeded his old master Vauquein in the
chair of chemistry at the Museum of Natural
History in 1870 He was made commander
of the Legion of Honor in 1874. He was the
author of many works on scientific subjects.
In 1886 the centenary Of his birth was ce-e-
brated in Paris
Almost to the last he was q devoted STU
dent, and his intellect and memory were
both unimpaired by advancing years. Els
vitality was amazing, and he betrayed the
liveliest interest in oil current affairs Of the
day. His daily life was one of extreme sim
picity and rigid regularity. Of late years
he was only out of bed for few hours daily,
but this wps only matter of precaution. He
pursued his studies in his bedroom, and re-
ceived his friends with whom he discussed
chemistry and colors, with unfailing anima-
ton. 1t may I've interesting to know that he
never drank, never smoked, and never ate
fish or drank milk except when mixed with
other food. His regular diet was of strong
SOUPS, beefsteak or outlets. and coffee.
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MUSICAL AND DRAMATIC.

ScoTTs 'sMarmion" has been dramatized.
GERMAN opera is to be produced in Boston
MRS. CRABrREE Lotta's mother) is worth
100000.
BERNHARDT is making a tour Of Algeria,
north Africa.
EMMA ABBOTT, the opera singer, was born
in Peoria, ILL.,
THE Buffalo Bill Wild West will open in
Paris May Is.
IT is said that there are 1900 actors out OF
employment in this country.
DEL PCENTE, the tenor, is to be with the
Patti Opera Company this fall.
JOSEF HOFFMAN,, the boy pianist, will re-
| turn to America next November.
NINE. ALBAN1 will head an Italian opera
| company in this country next season.
ADELAIDE MOORE, the English tragedienne,
is to return to this country next season.
PAULINE LUCIA is concertizing in Austria
prior to her proposed departure for this coun.
try.
ERNEST GYE promises us a season of Ital
ian opera with an American prima donna
and chorus.
VICTORIA VoKEs the handsomest of the
Vokes Sisters, will tour the United States
next season.
CLARA MORRIS, the emotional actress, was
taken i'll in st. Louis recently by an abcess
on each hip.
A FLOATING Russian theatre and hotel is
successfully touring the shore towns OF the
Volga River.
ANOTHER American singer, Miss Jeanne
Danisi, has made success on the concert
platform of Berlin.
MARGARET MATHER, the actress, has made
ARRANGEMENTS for twelve weeks tour Of the
| West this summer.
THE 'sPassion Play" will be given at Ober-
ammergau in the autumn Of 1890. The text
and music have been revised.
JOHN DUFF, lessee of the New York Stand
| ard Theatre and an old-time theatrical man.
ager, died recently of paralysis
MISS MARY ANDERSON has sailed for Eng.
kind, She was much improved in health and
will probably resdme her American tour In
October.
FANNY DAVENPORT, the actress, who was
at one time very obese has reduced her
weight from 215 pounds to 16S by the system
of Banting.
In Japanese theatres females are not
allowed to act with men, consequently the
Ophelias Juliets and Perditas are played by
men with shrill falsetto voices.
MAUREL the baritone, is to receive $780,.
600 for forty performances in Buenos Aryes,
while Patti is to be paid $50, 900 for singing
thirty times in South America.
HARRIET MUIR, an ex-English actress and
a fine-looking young woman, was lately ar
rested in London for attempting to enlist as
private soldier in the British army.
SIGNoR MAss1NI, the famous tenor, at his
recent benefit in st. Petersburg, Russia, re-
ceived so many presents that twenty-four
servants were needed to carry them from the
opera house to his hotel
CATEL1N, once popular French tenor and
pensioner of the Societe des Artistes, and
noted of late for his squalid poverty, was
lately discovered dead in his miserable garTet
in Paris Over $1,000 was found by the po-
lice hidden in his wretched mattress.
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FIRE IN SAVANNAH.
Fifty Buildings Burned, Causing
Loss of 81, 100000.

AOSS VI pAtcoo3So0'
The fire which recently swept a number oi
business houses and dwellings at Savannah,
Ca, out of existence, was the most extensive
in the history of the city. The loss is un'
doubtediy over 81, 10000
The fire broke out during the evening and
rapidly assumed proportions of confagra'
ton. The local fire department was made.
quate to cope with the flames, and the Mayor
Of Atlanta was asked by telegraph to send
all the firemen he could spare.
That half of Savannah was not swept from
the face Of the earth is little short Of mlracu.
lous The halt Of the confagration after il
had burned out the Independent Presby'
terian Church and its chapel, to.
gether with three adjoining dwellings, was
not due to human efforts because at that
point not a single engine or stream Of water
was available against the destruction.
The total number of buildings burned is estl.
mated at fifty.
The Independent Presbyterian Church, a
four-story brick building, and the new brick
arsenal Of the Savannah Guards Battalion,
were destroyed.
The fire also swept along the north side OF
South Broad from Whitaker street to with.
in one house of Bull street, the structure left
being a large brick residence owned by Dr.
Daniel Hopps.
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An Oil Kings Luck.

The luck of John McKeon, the oi
kim, continues, his present income from
his wells being $4,000 a month. II
addition to his oil interests, he owns rs,
600 acres of yellow pine lands in Ala
bama one of the largest flour mills il
Minnesota, and business block in Baltl
more said to be worth 81, ,OOO,OOO
Nevertheless he goes about his oil well
from five in the morning until late in tn
evening, in an ordinary workmans dress
-Neo York Tribune.
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STANLEY AND EMIN.
A Report That They are Marching To
Gether to the East Coast.

A Report That They are Marching 10
Sether to the East Coast.
Advices received at Brussels, Belgium,
from Stanley Falls state that Arabs who have
arrived there report that Henry NJ. Stanley
and Emin Pasha were heard from in Febru-
ary. They were then marching toward
Zanzibar, with several thousand men, women
and children. They also had 5000 tusks of
ivory. The Arabs who brought news Of
Stanley and Emin arrived at Stanley Falls in
February. They claimed to have seen STAN
ley several months before that time.
This report, says the New York Post, seems
to be q confirmation Of the rumor, published
recently, that Stanley was on his way to the
East Coast, and it would also indicate that
he had safely rejoined Emin according to the
plan mentioned in the letter Just published,
and that the lattsr-Aad determined finally to
-Fetarn to civilization with all the men,
women and children attached to his COM
mand. This would apparently fulfil the main
object of Stanley's expedition, although there
is a political side to it yet to be explained.
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A NEW SENATOR.
Election of Nathan F. Dixon by the
Rhode Island Legislature.

Rhode Island Legislature.
The Rhode Island Legislature, on the
ninth ballot, elected Nathan F. Dixon to the
United States Senate as successor to Senator
Chace, resigned. Senator-elect Dixon IS
lawyer about forty-two years of age, and IS
the third member of the same family with
the same name. All three have been graduates
Of Brown University, and lawyers: The first:
after serving seven terms in the Rhode Island
Legislature, was elected to the United
States Senate in 1885, and served there
till his death in 1912. The second served six
terms in the State Legislature, was elected
seven times to Congress, and declined further
service; then was subsequently elected six
more times to the Legislature, serving until
his death The third of the name, now
chosen United States Senator, was graduated
at Brown University in 1869, and is at pres
ent member Of the State Senate.
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A Town in Ashes,

: Almost the entire town of Smithfield, in
Johnston County. n. c., was consumed by
fire. The only buildings which remain stand
ing are the County Court House and Jail and
a few dwellings. Every store in the town and
many dwellings We're burned. The fire
originated about o'clock P. NJ, and in two
hours the town was in ashes.
(: The wind was raging at terrific rate and
the flames swept over the town like hurri-
cane. There was no fire department to fight
the flames and the people were powerlesS
to resist the ;1,cc"eouring sweep. The
total loss is estimated at upwalu w
$780, goo. Much Of the property was insured.
The fire originated in the carriage factory Of
s. Z. J. +. Morgan. Its origin is thought to
have been acc''"''"-'
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WAR SHIPS AT SAMOA.

The Three Powers Concerned Agreo
to Reduce Their Naval Forces.
1t is authoritatively stated at the Depart
mcnt of State, Washington, that the three
treaty powers concerned in Samoan affairs
England, Germany and the United States
have reached an understanding by the terms
of which they will each keep but one war YES
sci at Samoa pending the termination OF the
Berlin conference.
The vessel to be sent there by the United
States will be the Alert--a thousand-ton ship
now at Honolulu. The German corvette
Sophie, now on her way out from Zanzibar,
will represent German interests, while Eng
land will doubtless order the Calliope to re-
turn to Samoa from Sydney or will replace
her if she was materially damaged by the
hurricane.