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The annual report of the Chief Of Chemical

The annual report of the Chief of Chemical
Division of the Agricultural Department,
just issued, contains an account Of a process
recently perfected at the department with
reference to the manufacture of sorghum
sugar.
THE President sent to the Senate the FOL-
lowing nominations: Horace W. Metcalf, of
Maine, United States Consul at Newcastle,
England: John B. Jackson, of New Jersey,
Second Secretary of Legation at Berlin, Ger
many.
The Secretary of the Treasury submitted
to Congress the draft of bill proposing i'm
portant amendments to the laws regulating
Shipping and navigation, in accordance
with the recommendations of the
International Marine Conference.
SECRETARY TRACY has decided to send the
Alert and the Marian to re-enforce tho
Asiatic squadron.
The bill to increase from $500 to $1,000 a
year the pension of the widow Of General
Custer, who lost his life in gallant fight
with the Sioux at the battle of Little Big
Horn, was ordered to be favorable reported
to the House by the COMMITTEES on Invalid
Pensions.
MEMBERS Of the Board of Control of the
Centennial Exposition appeared before the
House Judiciary Committee and urged the
favorable consideration of a bill to enable
the financial affairs of the exposition Of be
closed up and the Board of Finance dis.
solved.
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TINE.MAKING IN AMERICA.

Wine-making in this country assumes larg,
and increasing proportions. The Special
Agent OF the Census for wines and grapes, in
recent interview with a representative Of
the New Yok Sun, states that there are in.
vested in vineyards and wine-cel. ars in the
United States over $155, 900, 900. There are
IN round numbers 400. 900 acres Of land in
this country planted to vineyards of which
800 900 were in bearing this year. This is an
increase during the past ten years OF 220. 0)O
acres in the vineyard area, and of over SlO-
0G0, 900 year in the capital invested. Cali.
fornia alone has 150, COO acres Of vineyards,
including $4,000 of raisin-srapes. Its total
capital invested in wine-making Is nearly
SIS, 900, OC0. 1t is stated that between 30,-
OO0, 600 and 10 600, 600 gallons of wins will bs
made III the United States this year, of which
Gallo, MIA will pT5duess- more than one.hals'
&c. is also stated that sevsScelsntns OF tne
sraptS tha+ .f foTa California go to the wne-pEess
all the rest Of the hoI Tue s+srsI g+spe he
use.
This large and increasing productioa Of
American wines. with tho very large aggre-
gate of capital already invested, and increas-
ing during the last decade at the rate of SlU,-
600, 0O0 year, should suffice to arouse oil
friends of temperance throughout the land to
full realization Of the Importance OF
genuine and general revival Of
total abstinence temperance teaching, eS-
pecially among the young With consump-
tion of wines, native and foreign, amounting
70 nearly gallon year, and CT beer about
twelve gallons, for each Of our 62, 0N.OE
Ieople, there is indeeu most urgent nsed
y an~effective popular appeal against all
leverage use of intoxicants. ts.-Nattonat Ienl'
perance Advocate.
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WADE HAMPfsaN BEATEN
j. l.. M. Irby Elected Unitesd States
Senator From South Carolfifas.

The election Of J. L. M. Irby to succeed
Wade Hampton as United States Senator
from South Carolina has fallen like thun-
der clap out Of clear sky.
The General Assembly on the second bal
lot cast the following vote for successor to
Senator Hampton: Irby Farmers Move
ment,, 66; Donaldson (Alliance mani, 53;
Hampton, 81; Hemphill, l.
On the fourth ballot j. L. NJ. Iroy was
elected. The vote stood: rby, le5; Donald
son, 10; Hampton. AZ.
John Laurens Manning Irby WAS born at
Laurens, S. c., September 10, 1854. He at
tended the University Of Virginia and after.
ward Princeton. Leaving there, he read law
for three years under Judge Mclvers, but
practised his profession only two yeas;
Since then he has lived on his plantation and
farmed successfully near Laurens. He took
part in the memorable Hampton campaign
Of 1876. When he entered the political
arena four years ago he at once became
prominent leader. While giving proper at.
tention to his farming interests he espoused
the cause of the farmers moveWent at its in
ception, and was an ardent admirer OF Cap
tain B R. Tillman.
A great many people have Grape on theii
coat sleeves at Charleston and 'Columbia
mourning for Hampton's defeat and lrby's
election.
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AFRAID OF HIMSELF,

A big. tall Westerner staggered into
well-known hotel the other night at about
eleven o'clock, and demanded his money,
which was locked up in the safe. The clerk
bluntly told him that he couldn't have 1t.
.sAin't the monish miner =, asked wrath
fully. Yes; but you can't lave it till lto-mor-
row. You'd better 60 to your room" The
guest begged and threatened and demanded,
but to no purpose. Then he let a bell boy
take him upstairs. When he had gone the
clerk said to bystander: Tomorrow
morning that man will come down here and
thank mefor refusing to lot him have the
money. Whenever be comes to town with
the intention Of going on spree he takes out
of his wallet all the money he wishes to spend
that night and hands me the remainder, tell
ing me to lock it up for him and refuse to
let him have it until he gets seber. About
midnight or little later he will come in and
do as he did just now-try to make me .g4
up the cash. But tomorrow morning he wiG
come down and thank me for refusing. ."-<'
NeW York Tribune. 'T-
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LATER NEWS,

FOUR Hungarian miners were killed by q
fall of coal in the mines near Hazletop
Penn. They were unmarried. The Lshigh
Valley Coal Company has resumed opera
tions at all its collisries, which have been
closed for some tims past. This will cause
the employment of many thousands Of per-
sons.
SENATOR GoRMANs residence at Laurel,
Nd, was burned to the ground. The Sen.
ator's wife and daughter and the other in
mates of the house escaped in their night
clothes
J. C. CALLAsBY, County Treasurer Of
Boone County, Mo-, is short $50, 900 in his
accounts and he has assigned all his property
to his bondsmen.
In difficulty at Pulaski, Tenn, Town
Marshal Charles P Davis was shot and al.
most instantly killed by ex-Policeman Joe
Flippen.
ROBERT BAKER, defaulting bookkeeper,
shot and instantly killed himself in Chicago,
III. The act was done in the presence Of his
wife and Constable Scanlan. The constable
had gone to arrest Baker.
REPORTS were received from Rapid City,
North Dakota, saying that fight had taken
place there between United States troops
and the hostile Sioux in which two officers
and afty men were killed. The rumors were
discredited at army headquarters in Chi
cago, I'LL, and Denver, Col.
THREE HUNDRED civilized Indians on
ranches near Chico, CAL, have begun the
ghost dances. This dance is held every year
about January.
The Secretary Of War transmitted to the
Senate preliminary report Of the board Oh
gun factories and steel forgings for high
power guns appointed by the President un
der on act of the last session Of Congress.
The caucus of Republican Senators agreed
upon scheme of financial legislation, based
upon the report of the Caucus Committee,
leaving out the two per cent. hond scheme,
and also decided to have closure rule re-
ported.
A HOUSE in the native quarter Of Bombay,
India, containing 100 inmates, collapsed.
Thirty persons were killed and many in
jured.
ANOTHER plot to murder the Car has
been discovered at st. Petersburg, Russia.
The conspirators are members of noble
mems club. Several Poles have been arrested
for completely in the plot and the clubhouse
has been closed.
= Mr.. MILNE, the Collector of Customs, al
Victoria, British Columbia, has seized thu
Ger&san schooner Adele, which had just re
turned frSom Behring Sea, where it raidee
the PribylefS. Islands. killing 400 seals.
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A sTc-Y OF JOHN B. aoUea.

On summer night temperance meeting
was held in New Haven, Conn. A gentle
man, standing under the old elms of that city,
saw Cough, partially drunk, vending his
way to q saloon. He touched him on the
shoulder and in o sympathetic tone, be-
sought his 'ehipwrecked brother" to GO
along with him to the temperance meeting.
Mr.. Cough consented, and, greatly inn
pressed by the appeals to which he listened,
he signed the pledge OF total abstinence. Hs
known to the civilized world, The gentle
man who relates this incident says that he
mas never forgotten that moonlight meeting
with Cough In New Haven. Whenever, IL
after years, he heard the thunderous ap
plause that greeted John B. Cough. on TIN
temperance platform, he caught the echo o
that soft tap on the shoulder, under the grars
old elms Of the New England capital.
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TEMPERANCE NEWS A Nd NOTES. -

TEMPERANCE NEWS A Nd NOTES. -
The man who drinks little drinks loo
much.
There are 100000 children in Bands Of
Hope in the United Kingdom
''Shamewater". is an appropriate name
given to strong drink on the DARK ConIn-
ent
Forty Young women of Des Moines, Iowa,
have signed an agreement to receive tne az
tentions Of no young man who drinks, cne"s'
smokes or swears.
One thousand two hundred and ssven
licenses have been granted the last year IN
the CITY of Washington to sell liquors, YIELD
ing revenue of SIS, 800.
TheWomen's Christian Temperance Union,
of Detroit, Mich, has decided that the orlns-
ing of ginger ale. ginger beer, homemade
wine, root er and raspberry syrup "Violaoes
the pledge"
The report of the Edinburgh Royal Asylum
for 1899 says: "We never, except IN 1910,
had so many cases sent here in which tne
assigned cause of the malay was alcohohc
excess as this year"
In the Wesleyan Methodists' Connection
there are now 652 adult Temperance Socie.
ties with 43, ,4Sl members aud 1859 Bands OF
Hope, with 310.6Sl members. An ANU
gambling pledge has been issued.
The Lancet remarks that while England
is taking a very active and creditable part in
the attempt to prevent the importation OF
alcohol into the interior OF Africa, she can
not do better than labo" to abate the al
coholism OF home communities. thriving
and we'll employed but kept back Dy araak-
enneSS.
The recent W. c. 7. U. annual convention
passed numerous resolutions on the usual
subjects. Among. these were Request %
peranca question in the interest Of their rela-
tons and commentator Of the action
of the Government in refusing the use OF
the mails to lotteries.
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SCULPTOR BOEHM DEAD.
Found Llfeless in His. Studio Snf.ail
by the Princess louise.

Joseph Edgar Boehm, the sculptor, died
suddenly in his studio in London, England,
the other evening. He was engaged on bust
Of Princess Louise, and the Princess had called
at the studio in relation to the work. UpoI
entering the place she found the dead body
Of the artist reclining in chair.
Mr.. Boehm was born in Vienna in 1884. He
had resided in England since 1852, and was
elected an Associate Of the Royal Academy
of London In 1878. He executed colossal
statue in marble of the Queen for Windsor
Castle in 1859, bronze statuettes OF the
Prince Of Wales and all the Royal family
and colossal statue at Bedford of John
Bunyan in 1872. He also executed colos.
sal equestrian statue of the Prince OF
Wales for Bombay in 1877, statue OF
Thomas Carlyle and marble statue OF
King Leopold of Belgium for st. Georges
Chapel at Wsndsor. The Government gavee
him the order 70 execute the statue of Lord
Beaconsfield for Westminster Abbey. he
also made statuettes of Thackeray, John
Leech, Millais and Others.
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GENERAL TERRY DEAD.
Connccticut's Brave Soldier Pea ,eful-
ly Passes Away.

Major-General Alfred H. Terry, United
States Army, retired, died at his residence
in New Haven. Conn.,, at o'clock on re-
cent morning, aged sixty-three.
He was a lawyer when the war broke out,
and was given the Colonelcy Of the Second
Connecticut Volunteers, which he led at the
first battle of Bull Run. With his regiment
he was present ut the capture of Port Royal
and at the seige of Fort Pulaski, of which he
was placed in command after its capitula-
tion.
He was promoted for his brilliant sery ices
Io> the rank of Brigadier General on April
25, leo:? in which ca pacity he was present at
the battle OF POcotaliS 81 .-and the demonStra-
tion against Charleston.
During the Virginia campaign of 1864 Gem
eral Terry commanded the First Division
Tenth Army Corps, Army of the James. and
sometimes the corps itself.
His greatest achievement was the assault
on Fort Fisher in conjunction with Admiral
Porter, January 13, 1865, which resulted III
the capture of the place.
On September 1, 1866 he was mustered out
OF the volunteer service and put in command
OF the Dakota Department IN the Military
Division of the Missouri.
In March, 1856, after the death Of General
hancock. General Terry was made full Ma
jor-GeneraI. General Terry was a brother
Of Rose Terry Cooke, the well. known writer.
General Terry was retired about two years
ago, OH his own application on account OF Ill
health.
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Washington.

BYa .cision rendered by the Treasury
Depart mt bicycles are held not to be the
personal effects Of persons arriving in this
country
THE 4 esident has nominated Naval Con-
structo4 Theodore D. Wilson to be chief of
the Bureau of Construction and Repair and
chief Cd ,structor Of the Navy with the rel
ative ras * of Commodore.
The Government now proposes to melt
up the dimes, quarters and half dollars in
the Treasury and issue silver certificates
against them to relieve the monetary sit
uation.
The members of the Senate Finance Com
mittee together with a special committee,
comprising Senators Plumb Hale, Mitchell,
Mcmillan and Power have been named to
confer and frame a scheme for legislation to
relieve the financial condition of the country
PosTaAsTER-GENERAL WANAMAKER is
sued an order appointing Captain N. NJ.
Brooks, the Superintendent Of Foreign Mails
Of the Postofice Department, and William
Potter, of Philadelphia, delegates to repre-
sent the United States at the International
Postal Congress, to convene in Vienna, Aus
tria, Hay 90, 1891.
PENSION COMMISSIONERS RAUM has con-
:luded examining claims recorded to Decem-
Der under the new act. There are III, ,946
original INVALID claims, IS, 1923 original wild
ow claims and 29s,390 claims filed by old
claimants. This gives only 227,O0O new
claims filed under the new law.
A REpoaE transmitted to the House by the
Secretary OF War Is to the effect that the
Connecticut River, from Long Island Sound
to Hartford. is worthy of Improvement. at
an estimated cost Of $3.50, 900.
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SITTING BULL KILLED.
The Willy Sioux Chief Shot by
Indian Police.
"A Sketch of His Turbulent and
= Murderous Career.

The following dispatch has been received
from st. Paul, Mimi: Sitting Bull, the IA
NOUS Sioux chief who has had more to do
with instigating and keeping alive the
widespread disafection among the Indians
of the Northwest than any other of his race,
was killed few days ago by Indian police
8while resisting arrest.
The information comes from two sources
to General Miles. The first dispatch was
from Pierre, South Dakota, and was simply
to the effect that Sitting Bull and his son
had been killed by the Indian police. The
second telegram. from Standing Rock
3Agency, was more circumstantial.
According to this second telegram, Major
8McLaughlin's Indian police went to Sitting
Bulls camp at Grand River, about forty-five
miles from Standing Rock with Instructions
to capture Sitting Bull. They were followed
and supported at short distance by two
troops of cavalry under Captain Fechet, and
khe infantry, under Colonel Drum, followed
n the rear of the cavalry. The move was
hade pursuant to instructions received from
HEADQUARTERS, it having been learned that
Sitting Bull intended leading about three
hundred Indians into the Bad Lands to join
the hostile Indians 1t was deemed advisable
TO arrest him before this movement could be
made, and the Indian police were ordered to
make his arrest at once.
The police succeeded in arresting Sitting
l Bull, but his followers tried to rescue him.
. In the fight which ensued Sitting Bull was
shot and left lying, apparently dead, upon
the ground. Five of the Indian police were
also Shot in the fight
Indian Commissioner Morgan received at
/ Washington from Indian Agent Mclaughlin
the following dispatch, dated Fort Yates,
North Dakota.
Indian police arrested Sitting Bull at his
camp, forty miles from the Agency, this
morning at daylight. His followers
attempted his rescue and fighting
commenced. Four policemen were
killed and three wounded. Eight
Indians were killed, including Sitting Bull
and his SOD, Crowfoot. and several others
wounded. The police were surrounded for
some time, but maintained their ground un-
til relieved by United States troops, who
now have possession of Sitting Bulls camp
with all the women, children and property.
Sitting Bulls followers, probably one hum
dred men, deserted their families and fed up
the Grand River. The police behaved nobly,
and great credit is due them.
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CHURCH DAYS AND CYCLES OF TIME.
ECL1PsEs FOR THE YEAR 1891.

In the year 1891 there will he four eclipses
two of the Sun and two Of the Moon-and
a transit of Mercury over the Suns disk.
l. A total eclipse Of the Moon, May 23d,
Ills in the afternoon: invisible here, but
visible generally throughout the western
part of the Pacific Ocean, Australia, ASIA,
Africa and Europe.
2. An aunular eclipse of the Sun, June 6th
"a in the afternoon; invisible here, but
visible in the western part OF tho Unieeo
States, British America and greater part OF
Europe and North Pole.
8. A total eclipse of the Moon, November
18th; visible generally in Asia, Africa, EI-
rope, the Atlantic Ocean, North and South
America, and the eastern part of the Pacific
Ocean.
4. A partial eclipse of the Sun, Decem-
ber 1st; invisible in North America: visible
in Southern part Of South America and
South Pole.
A transit of Mercury of the Suns Disk,
May 9th; partly visible at Washington; aa ana
visible throughout western portions OF North
and South America.
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AN ALPINE ACCIDENT.

Seven Chasseurs Swept Into a Terrible
Abyss.
The MIS- of horrible accident in the Alps
has been received from Nice. Seven Alpine
chasseurs who were working under command
of an officer at the new for tress on the sum-
nit of Mount Sacharal, between La Briga
and Riviere, were swept, with their superior,
by sudden blast over precipice into ter
rible abyss. Five Of the men and the
officer fell distance Of 25OO feet.
Their bodies have been recovered in a fright
fully mutilated condition. Two Of the men
managed to cling to some rocks and escaped
death.
Three priests, while crossing frozen lake
near Grenoble, broke thr ough the ice and
were drowned.
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NO PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
Annual Report Of the Bureau OF
Animal Industry.

Annual Report Oh TIC oie"" oA
Animal Industry.
The report Of the Bureau of Animal Indus
trv. recently sent to the United State
Senate, shows that during the last
year no discovery has been made OF
contagious pleuro-pneumonia outside OF
the districts which were injected
last wear. The eradication OF the
. disease, SAYS the report, has been most rapid
since April, and a most gratifying improve
ment in the condition of cattle throughout
the country is noted. Regarding cattle
shipped al aLoard, the report says the practically
complete success of the work Of eradica-
ton of the disease from the United States
removes the cause alleged by foreign Govern
ments for the exclusion of American cattle
from their countries. g,
Touching the question of incubation and
the discovery Of bacillus Of tuberculosis
by DR.. Koch, the report says that the posi-
bility of applying bacterial products to
the prevention and cure Of diseases was
first made evident by the Investigations OF
the Bureau of Animal Industry, and that II
DR.. Koch's remedy is Of the nature supposed
his method consists in the application of
principle discovered here.
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THE NEWS EPITOMIzED.
Eastern and Middle States.

EX-SENATOR FRANK B. ARNOLD COM
initted suicide in his Office at Undilla, N Y,
by shooting himself Mr. Arnold since his
defeat last November for Congressman from
that district, has been despondent and at
times acted strangely.
HENRY BLUE, a clerk employed by
Thomas H. Perkins & Co., stock brokers OF
Boston, Mass, has been arrested charged
with the e:nbszzlenent of S17,345 from his
employers.
IN New York City Henry Siebert, tobacco
merchant, failed with liabilities of $3.50, 900;
Venable & Heyman, liquor dealers. assigned
owing nearly $400, 900; Tarlow G. Hutshing,
manufacturers of worstel knit goods, s1s-
pended for $500, 900.
PECK, MARTIN & Co.. the largest firm in
the building material business in New York
City, have made an assignment. The liabili-
ties are $500, ,009, and assets 100000.
THE tugboat Vandercook sank suddenly
without known cause at a Jersey City IN J.)
Gry dock and two of the crew were drowned
in their hunks.
TH1aTY-sIx patients have received in
jections OF Professor koch's lymph at five
different institutions in New York City.
They are doing well.
SECRETARY WINDOW went from Washing
ton to New York City to discuss the financial
situation with bank presidents.
A DISASTROUS fire occurred, at Pottstown,
Penn. A high wind prevailed and the
flames, which originated from an over
heated stove, spread with wonderful rapidity,
and burned out half dozen business firms
and, their buildings. The loss will reach
$50, 900.
MAR1s g. SsuTH, bankers of Philadelphia,
Penn, assigned, with liabilities of $4,000
The Lorillard Brick Works Company, of
New York City, passed into the hands of re-
csiver. The liabilities are 81, 500,00o
Ex-UNITED STATES SENATOR WILLIAM A.
WALLACE's bank at Clearfeld, Penn, closed
its door, The depositors are safe BY a mort.
gage on real estate for three times the
amount Of deposit. The liabilities are $780,
900 and assets $3.50, 900.
WALTER POTTER, Of the bankrupt firm of
Potter, Lowell s. Co., Boston, Mass, was ar.
rested on charge of embezzlement.
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Armament of the New Cruisers.

The policy Of the Navy Department is to
strengthen the armament Of the new cruisers.
This4 been done in several of the vessels.
the last Change being in the 55oo-ton cruiser,
known as Number 6 whose battery now con TG
sists of ten 5-inch and fours s!nch guns. Inc
latter pieces are Of 40 calibre a4sspe oe. @
signed in the Ordnance Bureau. It is 6Ss&
proposed to increase the strength Of the
armament Of Cruisers Z. s; 9, 10 and II by
changing the present 4-inch guns to 5-inch
weapons, and 'lengthening the 6-inch rifles
from 35-calibre to 40-calibre. The 6-inch guns
Of 4O-callbrs were designed by the Ordnance
Buresu and fors ings for two Of them have
already been ordered. The rapid firing
feature that is, fixed ammunition, cartridge
case, charge and projectile in one, will prob
ably not be adopted for this calibre on
account of excessive weight. The Depart
ment has no information that this calibre OF
the 9-inch firing variety has been entirely
successful abroad. The change will make
the armament of Cruisers Z and 8 ten 5.iuch
rapid firing guns and one 6-inch breech-
loading rifle; Of Cruisers g. 10 and II eight
5-inch rapid firing guns and two 6-inch
rifles