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THE NEWS EPITOMIzElI
Eastern and Middle States.

THE Rhode Island House of Representatives
by vote of three to thirty-one has passed
ballot Reform bill, based on the Australian
system.
THE discovery of the register of the burned
Park Central Hotel in Hartford, Conn.,, dis
pes many painful uncertainties as to the loss
of life. A summary of the results OF the dis
aster shows that there were forty-two per-
sons in the hotel, of whom twenty-five are
dead, ten are injured and ten escaped un
harmed.
GEORGE SMITH. seventy years Old, was
torn to atoms and much property was
damaged by premature blast in New York
Two buildings of2Wesleyan University, at
Middletown, Conn were badly damaged BY
the explosion OF dynamite bombs by fresh
men who were celebrating Washington's
Birthday. Nelson G.. Hubbard, freshman
was dreadfully in. .ured.
WILLIAM BAssETT, builder, Of Boston
and Everett. Mass. has gone into insolvency.
His liabilities are stated at $G74, 600.
A DISASTROUS fire broke out in Warren,
Penn, and, owing to the severity of the
weather. resulted in loss Of over SIo,OU0 TO
the town and the destruction OF block.
Mrs. JAMES WEsrcoTT, the. young wife
of q prominent citizen and lumber merchant
at Hazards, Penn, and servant, Jennie
Walters. were burned to death.
A BUILDING in Bristol, Conn.,, was wrecked
by an explosion of powder.
Mrs FRANK LESLIE, of New York city,
has sold her Illustrated Newspaper, both
English and German editions, to w. j. Ar
kell, proprietor of Judge, for 500, OOo.
CURTIS CRoMLIcH, as he was about to enter
the church door at Carlisle. Penn. placed
revolver close to his head, fired, and was
killed instantly.
JOHN LEHMAN, a young German groom,
was kicked to death in New York city by
Richard Yarwood, riding master, who ac-
cused him of getting him discharged from
riding academy.
TIE reign of terror in York and adjoining
counties OF Pennsylvania has Lecome so great
on account of numerous singular confiag..
rations that Governor Beaver has been called
upon by committee Of citizens for advice
and assistance. Thus for eighteen buildings
have been burned within the past four
months.
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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

BISMARCK now weighs only 1G5 pounds
Ii HI is the name of the King Of Corea-
The active career of NJ. de Lesseps is over.
Mrs. JAMES G.. BLAINE has turned sixty.
JONI BRIGHT is in his seventy seventh
year.
The Hon. Lambert Tree has resigned as
Minister to Russia.
BArTENBERG, husband of Princess Beatrice,
is to LIE made Duke.
|. CABANEL, the French artist, left fortune
Of moro than 100000.
JAY GOULD is said to te completely under
the thumb of his son George.
THE annual income Of the young German
Emperor is estimated at 81, ,00J,0JO.
CARL ScHURz seems to have regained his
youth since his return from Europe.
GENERAL BouLANeER grows stronger in
popularity and real power every day.
CONGRESSMAN w. l.. SCOTT, of Erie,
Penn, Is worth probably $lj,0OO,OO0.
QUEEN VICTORIA saves more than $780,
900 per annum from the civil list alone.
DR. GATLING, the inventor of the famous
gun by that maine, is a North Carolinian.
Mrs. LEVI p MonToN speaks and writes
German, French and Spanish with ease and
correctness.
THE Duke of Sutherland has bought
property i'll Florida, and renamed il Suther-
land Maj or.
COLONEL FRED GRANT is getting very
much like his father in appearance, although
he is taller and heavier.
GENERAL LEG1TIME, the Haytian Presi-
dent is described as looking like a. Sara
Soga hotel head waiter"
ANDREW CARNEGIE. the millionaire iron
founder, began his business career by sweep
ing out an Office in Pittsburg.
THE growing influence in Germany of
Count Wa!derSce has brought him into
prominence as rival of Bismarck
STANLEY BRowN, who married Miss Moll;e
| Garfield, will soon take a position in tho
| Geological Survey at Washington.
JAY GOULD, Of New York, has resigned as
director of the Delaware, Lackawnnna and
Western Railroad, owing to i'll health.
A WHITE marble figure of the late Emperor
| William, similar 10 the figures of his parents,
has been placed in the Charlottenburg mauso-
| leum.
WILLIAM SUNDAY q well-known member
| of the Chicago Baseball Club, is conducting
/ Sabbath revival meetings in the Western
| metropolis.
Mr.. II. H. JOHNSTON, the African ex-
plorer, is now about forty-five years old:
small, wiry man, with bright eyes and
bronzed face.
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Hardly had the train came to stop when
the sea Of humanity that had been held back
by the iron fence suddenly rolled inward and
filled the entire space. The first persons to
board the train were the members Of the
committee appointed by the Legislature to
extend to General Harrison an invitation to
visit the General Assembly and afford the
statesmen an opportunity to pay their re-
spects. He sent his thanks to the House for
the compliment.
1t was his intention not to make speech,
but urged by Colonel Bean, who succeeded
in calming the excitement by wave of his
hand, General Harrison consented, and said:
My friends: l want to thank you for this
friendly demonstration. The State OF Penn
sylvania has an especial interest to me among
tie States. Not many miles from here, in
one of your beautiful valleys, near the town
of Mercerberg, was my mothers birthplace.
am glad this morning to receive at the hands
of my fellow citizens of Pennsylvania this
cordial greeting. 1t is very pleasant to
know that l shall carry with me to Wash
ington the gool wishes of SO many people.
(Cheers.) thank you again for your friend
illness and will beg you to excuse the attempt
to speak further In the midst Of so much con-
fusion"
After the conclusion of his remarks three
hearty cheers were given for the distin-
forward to shake his hand. The train pulled
out Immediately. General Harrison played
with the children nearly all the way between
Harrisburg and Baltimore. There were very
few incidents of interest till the train reached
Baltimore. where the people all seemed to
have turned out to do honor to their coming
President.
The station was one mass of people. The
bridges spanning the railroad track at
Charles Calvert and st. Paul streets were
loaded down by an eager, restless throng Of
PEOPLE, all waiting for chance to greet the
new President.
The crowd numbered almost 10000 people.
AS the train burst suddenly out Of the last
tunnel and came into the station the en-
thusiasm of the crowd found relief in one
mighty shout of welcome, which was repeated
again and again.
Mrs Harrison, Mrs Mckee and the others
re-en.ered the car, but General Harrison re-
manned on the platform, bowling and s1nil-
ing to the shouting crowds until the train
was swallowed up in the tunnels At Full
ton station Oh the outskirts of the city and
at the Frederick road station there were
equally enthusiastic crowds But the train
sped right along until Washington was
reached.
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ELEVEN MARINERS PERISH.
A Bark Goes Ashore and the Helms
man Kills Himself

The British bark Josie Troop, of st. John,
New Brunswick, Captain W. e. Cook, with
q cargo of chalk, from London to Ph:ladel-
phia, with a crew Of seventeen men, went
ashore in a gale near Chicamacomico,
about twenty IN les north of Cape Hat
teras, N. G., at seven O'Clock III the evennS'
and became, with her cargo total loss.
Nine of the crew and the captain were
drowned, one of the men committed suicide,
and the rest of the crew were saved by the
life saving corps. The vessel has gone, to
pieces and the fragments are scattered o"
the beach.
The seaman, George Williams, who was at
the wheel when the bark went ashore, and is
supposed to have been asleep, was SO horri-
fled at the result when he saw so many OF his
messmates perish that he committed suicide
by cutting his throat with his sheath knife.
Albert Williams, one of the crew, was
badly injured about the neck while being
transferred from the wreck to the lifeboat Of
the station.
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A Speech at Harrisburg.


The run through Ohio, West Virginia end
into Pennsylvania, was made at rapid rata
of speed; SO rapid, indeed, that frequent
stops were necessary to allow the pilot train
Atlantic expreSsl to get out OF divisions ap-
preached by the special in accordance with
the rules of the Pennsylvania block system,
which prohibit two trains running in the
same direction from occupying one division
ut the same time.
There was no demonstration OF any kind
at PittsburC, the only parsons in the train
shed being railroad employees and rev ne-
lated or early passengers who CHANGED 10 ne
in or about the station.
From Pittsburg to Altoona, the hrSt
division on the Pennsylvania road proper the
run was made without accident. Thirty
minutes of the lost time was made up. 10
provide against delays or accident an extra
engine followed the official train in order 10
be on hand should the other become dis
abled.
The faint gray streaks of dawn met the
eyes Of the early risers on the train rs they
dashed over the summit at the beautiful park
of Cresson and then there was an awakening
by a majority Of those aboard in order to
witness the beauties of the famous horseshoe
bend. The Presidential party were still
asleep.
Russell Harrison. the last of the Generals
party to retire, was the first to make his ap-
pearance just after leaving Altoona. Anime
o'clock the day had fairly begun in car No.
100, and General Harrison and his immediate
family sat down to breakfast, whence they
viewed tho gatherings OF people as they
seed along toward Harrisburg. The
party in the press car took breakfast as the
train ran its way along the banks Of the
Blue Juniata, the beautiful scenery adding
much to the delights of the meal. The table
was adorned with a handsome bouquet of
,oeas 11b,cb oopoa with the commitments or
Mrs. Harrison. Superintendent McClellan's
promise that the train should reach Harris
burg on time was redeemed, the cars rolling
into the depot promptly at 1880, in the
presence Of great assemblage Of people,
who kept outside the gates. ....
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Washington.


4 THE President has vetoed the House bill
to quiet title of settlers on the Des Moines
River lands In Iowa
DIR. D. WILLARD BLISS, who attended
President Garfield during his illness, died
few DAYS ago at his residence in Washing
ton.
PRESIDENT and Mrs. Cleveland gave their
last reception to the public. 1t was the most
brilliant Of tho winters series The White
House was handsomely decked with flowers.
THE news of the signing by the President
of the bill making four new States was re-
ceivcd in those States with satisfaction. A
telegram from Helena says that all Montana
is celebrating, AMI Dakota is really beside
large enough to have telegraph office como
despatches expressive of state of jubilation
bordering on insanity.
GENERAL HARRISON has rented pew in
the Presbyterian Church of the Covenant.
Mr.. Blaine will also worship there.
DIR. FRANCIS WHARTON, Solicitor of the
State Department, and prominent author
of legal works, is dead in his sixty-nlntn
year.
Consul GENERAL WALLER, at London,
England, has sent his resignation to the
State Department, to take effect lmmedl-
ately on the appointment of his successor
THE President has nominated j. Lee
Tucker, of New York, to be Deputy tlfth
Auditor Of the Treasury, vice Alfred +:
Lewis, removed, and James c. Perry, OF
North Carolina, to be an Assistant surgeon
in the Marine Hospital service.
The Chinese Minister and suite have
arrived at Washington from Havana, Cuba.
BENTON ]. HALL. Commissioner of
Patents, has rendered decision in the
matter Of the petitions of Gray and
McDonough to reopen the Bell telephone
interferences. The Commissioner refuses to
reopen the interferences and reattirms tne
award of priority to Bell.
THE President issued the usual procia-
nation convening the Senate to meet az tne
Capitol for the inaugural ceremonies
V1cE-ApMIRAL S. C. ROWAN has been put
On the retired list of the Navy, with full pay
of that grade.
THE President appointed Brigadier- General
Orlando B. Wilcox (retired), Governor OF the
Soldiers Home, at Washington, vice General
Hunt, deceased.
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=, :, NEWssY, GLEE;Al!INlINas. e. :

INDIANA alone has 375 natural gas wells
BosToN Is to have thirteeu-story business
block. e=sa.. $50 ..,s,i.@= rE.Jz. 4 2.I1
AN American Is to build an arcade railroad
In London. 80.
Coal in large quantities has been discov-
cred in Arkansas. -'"-.-' j" rs5.l.s,
CHINA calls for help for half q million ofsl
her starving people. .. .-.,.--... $50.
NEVADA, has a population OF $1,000, OF
whom more than 5000 are Chinese.
THE effort to establish State lottery in
Nevada has been defeated by few votes
FoRTY-oNE pension bills were passed By
the United States Senate in twelve minutes.
AGIGANT1c scheme for the Development OF
the California natural gas territory y now
in progress Gs;.
II England there are 81, 900 ministers, and
and chapels. ... I. ..-s.., 80. ID, .y:;t-- -
THE Japanese Minister of Education, Wis.,
count Arfnori More, was assassinated by a.
religious fanatic, - =. ..-,. - ~ %
CARELESS packing and unfayorabie
weather have hurt the Florida orange trade
somewhat this season. ~ =. HI>s -
The immigration into the Dominion OF
Carada last year was i74, ,00J, falling on OF
1000 compared with 1887.
AN American railroad conductor has BEEN
imprisoned in Mexico because man 3umpe0lS
from his train and was killed. S4.s
TIE Hessian fly is destroying the wheat
crop in Central Illinois. In some places
whole fields have been destroyed --.sg, ?,
THE Ohio dealer who sells cigarettes to a.
bow makes himself liable to a sentence OF
thirty days in jail and fine Of s25.
THE shortage in the packing in the West
during the present winter is now estimated.
by the Cincinnati Price Current at ,VVo
hogs ~
UNDER the circular of last April the Treas
ury has, ND to recent date purchased Sll7,-:
G6S, $50 United Stats bonds, at cost OF $780,
723,SS9. 80
THE total amount Of green fruit used by
the various Gamers Of California during ther
season Of 1885 is estimated at $500 tons, OF
~, ,4OJ, 900 pounds. '..s -'8 =
In January, 1889, the approximate earn
ings of III railroad lines showed AT increase
of about ten per cent. over the earnings or
the same month last year. o.
AT Colorado, Texas, a we'll has been 6ored
GOO feet deep which throws to within ninety
feet of the surface brine from which ylelds
two pound Of salt to the gallon. Other wells.
will be bored ami arrangements MADE ID
supply all demands for salt
DURING 1888 the distributive sales or
Armour & Co., Chicago, amounted 70 S2S.c
00O. 600. In that time they killed ], l,l4O,ooe
hogs, SCI, 200 cattle, and l64, 54o sheep.
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Foreign.

JAMES G. FLOOD, the California million,
aire, died at Heidelberg, Germany, o.
Bright's disease. The remains Will 10 eHl
balmed and will rest till May in the church.
yard chapel there, when they will be trans
ferred to San Francisco.
PLANTER MoDEsTA RUIZ, who was cap
tured by bandits in the Remedies district,
Cuba, has been released Oh the payment OF a
ransom of S30000.
TIE British Parliament has reassembled
Tho Queens opening speech asked for in
creased supplies for defensive purposes.
FOURTEEN streets, containing 1000 houses,
with temples. schools, and hospitals, in Shd
s1oki, Japan, were recently burned to the
ground. At Yokosuki, fire gutted 5O0 houses
and burned three men to death. On the
same day ten houses at Joctio and fifteen at
Toxic were burned.
CH1L1 has passed law excluding Chinese
immigrants from the Republic. But all other
classes of immigrants find warm welcome
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PEN PASSENGERS KILLED,

A Crowded Express Train Crashes
Thr ough q Canada Bridge So,
The most terrible railway accident in the
history of Canada was reported from st.
George, small town on the Great Western
branch of the Grand Trunk. e ".
The st. Louis express, which passed there
about six O'clock went through bridge Just
east of that station. Ten people were killed
and thirty wounded. .
The train, which is ono of the heaviestrun
on that line, consisted Of five coaches bag
gage, passenger, smoking, Pullman and din
ing cars.
The piston rod Of the engine broke just as
the train passed the station. The engine,
tender and smoker. crossed the bridge IN
safety, but Just as the passenger coach
reached the centre Of the bridge the crash
came. The passenger car went over the
bridge and turned somersault. The FULL
man remained On the bridge. The dining
car only contained seven people besides the
waters. :. a. -.
Supper was being prepared, and if the. acci-
dent had happened five minutes later the car
would have been full and all would have
persisted.
The fireman noticed that all was not right
and jumped into the ravine below, receiving
fatal injuries ..s., -,
The first of the villagers who reached the
scene described it as one OF slckenlng horror:
From out the twisted and broken cars anG
from the death chasm below the bridge could
be heard piercing shrieks of anguish, and
cries for aid, while the means of the. dying
and the prayers of those pinned in by tn,
timbers made the stoutest hearts quail
with pity and banched the sternest
cheeks. At once work OF rescue was
begun. Huge bonfires were lighted at
either side of the wrecked train to
illuminate the scene, fast growing black
with the coming night, while strong men
with axes, saws or crowbar in hand worked
as never had they worked before to rescue
tho suffering passengers.
The bridge is an iron trestle, with stone
abutments about three hundred feet long.
The cars we're hurled down over sixty feet.
One Of them caught fire. ..
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GABRIEL DUMoNT, who was Riels lieu
tenant in the bloody half-breed rebellion,
hasbeen pardoned by the Canadian Govern
ment. and is now on his way to his old stamp
ing ground
PRINCE RUPERT, the eldest son Of Prince
Ludwig of Bavaria, the heir to the Bavarian
throne, is insane.
CARDINAL CHARLES SAccoNI, Bishop OF
Ostia and velletri, in Italy. is dead He was
one of the six suffragan bishops OF the
Roman PontifR and Dean of the Sacred
College.
SrEINITz, of Germany, defeated Tschigo.
rim, of Russia, in the sixteenth game OF the
chess tournament at Havana, Cuba, and
was declared winner Of the match and cham
pion of the world.
A DISPATCH from Pekin announces that
the Emperor of China has been married.
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South and West.

OSCAR EVANS, bark contractor, shot and
killed James Kirby, and mortally wounded
A. L. Hoke, near Romney, w. Va. About
a week ago hoke horsewhipped Evans.
THE highest price ever paid for q horse. in
America was given few days since, when
$1,000 at auction at Lexington, Ky.
The long deadlock in the West Virginia
Legislature has been broken by the.re.elec-
tion of James E. Kenna as United States
Senator.
A HEAVY snow storm has ragged all over
Georgia. More than six and half inches of
snow fell in Atlanta. 1t is the heaviest fall
of snow within the recollection of people
there.
Two children were eaten by wolves while
returning from school in Minnesota.
Tunnel No. II on the Cincinnati Southern
Road, near Sunburnt, Tenn, is on fire, and
in a property sense it is the greatest catas-
trophe any railroad ever suffered. The Off
GERS of the road placed the loss at from S4OO,-
QUO to 100000. Coal seams We're ablaze
which promised to burn for months. The
tunnel is 120 feet long.
COUNTY TREASURER JAMES NJ. LOVE, OF
Circleville. Ohio, has absconded and is de-
faulter in the sum of $4,000
GOVERNOR WILSON and General Goff, leach
of whom claims to have been elected Gov
ernor of West Virginia. effected an under
standing to the effect that the former should
hold over as Governor aud the latter qualify
as such on March 4. The case was then to
be taken to the Supreme Court for decision
HEAVY snow storms and very cold
weather are reported from the South and
the West
D. H. SMITH, colored man who had been
shipping hands to Arkansas, was lynched by
white men at Artesia, Miss
JOHN J. Holmes Mayor Of Iowa City,
Iowa, has committed suicide by shooting
himself through the head. The act was COM
mitted while he was temporarily insane from
continued i'll health.
A BOILER in the saw mill Of Ingram &
Raran. at Summerton, S. G., exploded.
John C.. Ragan was instantly killed. Ingram
and colored man were fatally scalded.
THE residence of Earnest Young, near
little children, boy aged five and girl
aged six, perished.
FIRE destroyed Kelly and Lyle's mill,
Leavenworth, Kan, together with 20J,00O
bushels of wheat; loss 100000.
J. C. CLARKE, fifty years old, who was to
have been married to Miss Florence Smith
at New Orleans, committed suicide on the
day which was to have witnessed his we'd
ding.
FIVE tons of powder were exploded in
Schneider's granite quarry at Granitevile,
Mo-, and the force threw down hill OF
granite fifty-two feet nigh.
THE trial of Governor I.arrabee, of Iowa,
for criminal libel resulted in a triumphant
acquittal.
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A BOY EMPEROR WEEDS.
Vast Sums Spent While Millions OF
People Starve.

Vast Sums SpeHC WHffe
People Starve.
The marriage ceremony of the Emperor
of China, which has just been celebrated
was q most gorgeous, though exclusive,
affair. The foreign diplomats requested the
privilege of paying their respects to his
Majesty, but the tenders were politely de.
clned. They were entertained alta banquet
by the Ministers, however, and received
valuable presents in honor OF the occasion; on
The splendor surrounding the ceremony ana
the vast sum expended in carrying out the
nrooramme is in marked contrast to the fact
that that millions Of people are starving in the
Provinces. .,o,,
wars old. He is q slender, yelloW-faced,
aimond-eyed young Tartar. His wife Is
about fifteen years OF age.
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Br11E STARR, the female desperate re-
.entiv sbot in Indian Territory, was forty
iour years old. She was picturesque figure,
mt she was by no means an attractive
woman. She was below medium height,
.ather feshy and dressed in q rough monde,
lcript costume in which the. masculine ana
feminine features Of dress were strangely
blended. She was a perfect horseW oman'
md celebrated for her daring as rlcer.