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a Si'LENDfD SITE

Selected by Chlcnso for the Worlds Fair
Buildinss-A Grand Location.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2G.-Lake Front Park
will almost certainly be the site Of the
Worlds Fair. The Daily Meus this
morning announces authoritatively that
go far the Chicago sub committee on site
and general plans can decide, the ques.
ton OF the location OF the fair is settled.
The scheme provides for widening the
park out to the lake from 500 to LOO
feet. This will give 2G5 acres for the ex-
hibition buildings, promenades, depots,
etc. The illinois Central railroad tracks
now skirting the present waters edge.
are to be lowered below grade and cover.
ed with a grass plat. AS u permanent
improvement, tho proposition will in
crease tive times the space of Lake Front
Park and provide the largest park in the
world located in the very center Of a
great city. The site, as outlined, is lust
twenty-five acres larger than the grounds
OF the PARIS Exposition. The lake front
is the focus OF the street car lines, and ia
on belt line railway that crosses every
railroad track entering Chicago. The
site also has direct water communication
with all the points on the great lakes,
and all foreign ports whose shipping can
pass through the canal. A grand central
railway union passenger depot is de-
signed to, be erected at the foot Of Msdi-
son street, on the lake front,
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STILL UNDETERMINED,


A bloody Prize Fight For tho Hand of a
Girl Ends In n Draw.
AKRON, O., Feb. 2G.-News has reach.
cd here OF bloody prize fight which oc.
Cured in Northampton township, six
miles north fthis city, under very Pc
culiar circumstances. Vincent Libes,
aged 20, the son Of prosperous farmer
OF Northampton, and Henry Simmonds.
aged 81, arc suitors for tho hand Of the
same girl. Libes md Simmonds are
warm personal friends except touching
the object OF their mutual affection.
They could come to no satisfactory
agreement on this point, and finally Dc.
cided to leave the result to trial OF phy-
sical strength in the prize ring.
The two men were evenly matched in
appearance, Simmonds being trifle
heavier than his antagonist. No gloves
were used and the fight was to be TO a
finish under Marquis Of Queensberry
rules.
Forty-two stubbornIy contested rounds
were fought. Neither man displayed
much science, but both were accustomed
to hard manual labor, and were in good
condition and the fight soon settled into
question OF endurance. It was game
fight from beginning to close, and neither
man at any time seemed 10 have a
decided advantage. In the forty.second
round, both men were tired out and so
eroggy that they could scarcely stand.
Their seconds pulled them apart and the
fight was declared draw. Both prin-
cipals were terribly punished, their
faces being bruised aud battered in bad
shape. In the meantime, the question
to have been settled by the Gght is still
undetermined.
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IT WON'T De A FAILURE.
All join Hands to Make tho Worlds Fair
L ----- u NrnnM National SuccasA

WASHINGTON, D. O., Feb. 20.-The
special House Committee on tho Worlds
Fair met this morning to begin the con.
sidcration OF the second stage OF i.s
work, that is tho completion OF the bill
to give effect to the decision Of tho
House. Chairman Gambler opened tho
proceedings by stating that the com.
inittee was now prepared To entertain
suggestions from the Chicago representa-.
tiyes respecting amendments 70 the bill
already reported, necessary to make II
apply to Chicago. :
Mr.. Hit said that Chicago would leave
the matter OF an appropriation TO meet
the cost Of Government exhibit and
Government buildings 10 the House and
would be content TO accept any sum
That, in the opinion Of that body, would
suffice for an exhibit suitable to the
Government. AS to the incorporation
provision, 1t was regarded essential that
the bill contain some provision recop-
nizing the present corporation, which
was organized under the illinois law.
and 1t was desirable that one.h OF the
one hundred incorporators should be
appointed by the Mayor OF Chicago Ia
Dcmocrat), aud one.half by the Republi.
can State Governor. The committee
could be sure that the incorporators
would be selected with impartiality aud
with regard only to fitness aud zeal.
MIR. Flower moved the appointment
OF subcommittee to draft a Chicago
Fair bill, and 1t was adopted without
division. The subcommittee was i'm.
appointed and consists Of the
chairman (Mr. Candler), and Messrs.
Hit and Springer. Upon motion OF Mr., |
Frank, the bill mo. G,SS3) was referred
70 the subcommittee to insert the name |
81 Chicago as the site for the Fair. Mr..
Springer offered resolution, which was
adopted, calling on the Secretary OF the |
Treasury for an estimate Of the sum
necessary for the erection OF Govern.
nent buildings at Chicago and for max.
ng suitable exhibit III behalf Of the
Government. The committee seemed
disposed to deal with the subject in
liberal spirit. 1t appears that before the
leclslon of the House as to the location
II the Fair, the New York and Chicago
representatives had agreed that the an.
OF a million and half con.
aimed in the bill was excessive. The
after believe that an appropriation
'anging from five hundred thousand TO a
million dollars will be sufficient, but
IS already stated, they are willing to
cave the matter to the House for deter
nination. The Chicago men are yery
much pleased with the attitude of the
representatives Of the unsuccessful cities
It the meeting this morning, and say
hat they have the earnest support Of
" parties who have expressed them
elves as desirouB Of doing everything
n their power to make the Fair a sue,
.eSg, Ifl
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A FEARFUL SIGHT.

Tic Rushing Waters from tho Bursted
No. Dam-SGwa Comes III Slowly.
PHOENIX, ARlz., Feb. 26.-News from
the dam disaster, reaches here slowly.
The company camp, three miles below
the lower dam, contained about 1o5 peo.
pie two weeks ago, and there were proba-
bly, that many in it at the time of the
disaster, and fears are entertained for
their lives. A courier who has arrived
from near there, says he was awakened
at about 9 o'clock in the morning by the
shrieks Of the people. The wave was
fifty feet high when be first saw it and
was sparkling in the darkness with mil.
lions of phosphorescent eyes, and with u
terrible roar, it almost instantly swept
away tents and buildings. The canon
that was full OF cottonwood trees, was
swept clean. The lower DANA s.ruc-
ture 240 feet long and 90 feet above bed.
rock, with thirty feet above surface, was
swept away.
A prospector, who was camping on a
bluff, four milee below Wickenberg,
says the sight from where he stood was
sublime in the extreme. At narrow
Just below them, where the canon con-
tracts TO about one.fourth its width be-
tween perpendicular rocks several hum
dred feet high, the waters leaped up a
hundred feet high, with a fearful crash,
and roar, and rushed through the mar.
row gorge like lightning, cleaning out
the last vestige Of everything movable,
leaving the bare hard rock. 49,
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THE WESTMINSTER STANDARDS.

Lines Closely Drawn between tho Now
York md Pennsy1vnnfn Presbytcriuns-A
Probable Result. FN
New YoRY, Feb 2G.-The Times SAYS:
In the struggle over the revision OF the
Westminster standards now going on in
the Presbyterian church, the members
OF that denomination in New York and
Pennsylvania are occupying positions
directly opposed one to the other. The
lines are closely drawn and as the voting
in the Presbyteries proceeds it may be-
come question whether the New York
or Pennsylvania Presbyterians have the
greater influence with the church at
large.
Pennsylvania is the bulwark Of con-
servative Presbyterianism. Without
single exception the ,Presbyteries OF that
State have declared that the standards
Of the Confession OF Faith that have
stood for more than 200 years shall re-
main unchanged. The New York Pres
byterians are almost as solidly opposed
to the old standards. Excepting orly
the Long Island Presbytery, the thir-
teen Presbyteries that have voted on the
question in this State have pronounced
in favor of revised and modernized
Confession Of Faith. Two explanations
are offered Of this somewhat sectional
drawing OF religious lines. One is the
strong conservatism that has always
been shown by the members Of the
church in Pennsylvania and the other
that they hastened to vote on the ques-
ton before fully discussing it.
Under the rules of the Presbyterian
church two.thirds Of 2ll presbyteries in
the United States mus! vote in favor Of re-
vision before the General Assembly will
formally pass upon the question. 'Fiftv,
OF these bodies have already voted. Fit
teen. OF them-ten of which are in Penn
sylvania, have voted against any change
and thirty-Gve have pronounced strongly
in favor Of a more liberal declaration OF
faith. The thirty-fve presbyteries which
have voted in favor Of revision, contain
1880 communicants, while those op
posed have 1l2.775 communicants. ~.
In conclusion, the Times says: "The
question is already getting beyond that
OF mere revision, and those who are we'll
informed on the subject predict that a
new creed and not mere revision Of the
old one, will result" i
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SENSATIONAL DIVORCE SUIT.
A Young Girl who 91nrrlcd m Old Ma,
Now Wants n Separation, 3.

A Young Girl who sInrrlcd mn Old Man
Now Wants n Separation.
FOND DU LAC, Wis, Feb. 2G.-The
most sensational divorce suit ever
brought into this court will soon be
tried in Fond Du Lac. The interested
parties are prominent residents Of She
boygan. Mary Frances Keller, aged 10
years, seeks 4 release from the ties that
bind her to Joseph Anton Keller, who
is 76years Of age. The complainant al
leges that since her marriage with KEEL
Ter, which took place on October /, 1857,
when she was but lG years Of age, she
has been cruelty dealt with and that his
habits are such that she considers it un.
safe to live with him. She also alleges
that since last June, when she left him,
he has associated with other women.
The defendant Is the possessor Of an
estate valued at 100000, and bitter le-
gal fight may be expected, as the plaintiff
sues for share Of the estate. -,
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STRUCK BY A CYCLONE,
Great Damage to Property ut brownsville,
Tennessee. ur

0rent Damage to Property ut Brownsville,
Tennesscc. gT
MEMPHIS, Feb. 20.-Brownsyille Tenn,
six miles from here, was struck by a cy.
clone yesterday. Half the buildings in
the town were unroofed, while some are
In state OF wreck. The cotton compress
was unroofed, the Northern Methodist
church was demolished, and brick mill
was unroofed. 1t next tatruck the haud-
some building Of the Brownsville Say.
ing Bank. The roof was picked of and
fell to the street with a tremendous
crash. Three squares Of buildings across
the street, just north Of the bank, were
unroofed, with tho exception Of the
house Of J. B. Phillips 4 Co. Only one
residence is reported as having been
damaged, that Of Mra. S. a. Raynson,
Washington street. Just following the
cyclone came great lsod OF rain, that
completely drenched the goods in the
various unrooied houses, causing almost
complete destruction in most cases. The
losses will approximate $4,000. Il
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III tho House.

The first business transacted in the
House this morning was the reception
Of a communication from the Senate, an
nouncing that the Senate had adopted
House joint resolution No. 80, providing
for a joint committee to wait upon the
Governor; also that the Senate had re,
ceded from its amendments to the ap-
preparation bill.S On motion OF MIR.
Samuels the appropriation bill, with tho
amendments proposed by the Senate,
and concurred in by the House, was
taken up for consideration and the bill,
as amended, was agreed to by a unani-
nous vote, and on motion Of Mr.. Sam.
uels tho bill was ordered to take effect
from its passage.
The following offered by MI. Parrish
was agreed to: d Z
"Rssolred, That the thanks OF the
House Of Delegates are rendered to the
clergy OF the city Of Charleston for their
kindness in opening the House with
prayer during the present session.
Mr.. Kirk offered the following, which
was agreed to: ,4!, 3,Di .fs b.
! Rsolttd, That J.H. Dougherty, Clerk
OF the Judiciary Committee, be allowed
one dollar per day extra during the
present special session Of the Legisls.
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Voluntarily Surrendered.

LEBANON, ONO, Feb. GA sensation
was caused last August by the flight OF
0. II. Graham, Auditor Of Warren coun-
ty. An examination Of his affairs
showed he was short $4,000 and that
County Treasurer Coleman was also i'm
plicated. Coleman was arrested and is
now on trial, but Graham could not be
found and no trace was had OF him until
yesterday, when twas announced that
he had voluntarily surrendered.
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ture. to be paid out Of the contingent
fund OF the House.
Mr.. Brytte offered the following. which

was agreed to- '
Resolred, That tho thanks Of the House
be extended to J. N. Hamilton, Clerk
W. L. X. Byrne, 0. ]. Wilkinson, J. +.
Engle and a. G. Neal, Assistant Clerks,
and W: Brown Gibbs, Sergeantat.Arms,
Tor their promptness and uniform cour.
tesy in discharging their respective du-
Ties.
A short recess was then taken until 10
o'clock, when Mr.. Hancn offered the
following resolution which was agreed
to:
Resolred, That the Sergeant.Rt.Arms Of
tho House be and he Is hereby author.
lied 10 draw his warrant on the auditor
In favor Of tho committee clerks OF The
House for $l72, less tho amount drawn
by them, the amount appropriated for
them In tho legislative appropriation
bill. ~
Mr.. Jack then offered the following,
which was agreed to:
Resolred, That the thanks OF the House
be extended to the Speaker and Clerk Of
the House for their uniform promptncss
and impartiality in the discharge Of their
duties and to the Sergeant.at.Arms and
pages for uniform courteaies to the mem.
bers, md for the diligence with which
they have disch. cd their duties, and
to the ministers OF the various religious
denominations who have been kind
enough in response TO the requests Of
the Speaker Of the House to be present
and open each day sassion with prayer;
md to the citizens OF tho city Of Charles.
ton generally for the courtesy extended
to the members OF the Legislature during
Its present session. a
Messages from the Senate announced
the passage Of House bills Nos. 81 and
81, the latter being amended by striking
out from and including the sub-head-
Ing "Gubernatoriai Contest Committee"
down to the sub.heading Executive
department"
The bill as a mended wRs taken up
and agreed to, to take effect from its pas
sage.
Mr.. Pugh, from the Joint Committee
on Enrolled Bills. reported that House
bills Nos. SO, 50, "a 80 and 81 and House
Joint resolutions Nos. IA, 13, 10 and 20
were to-day enrolled.
Messrs. Stone, Altizer and Corcoran
were appointed to notify the Senate that
the House had completed its labors and
was ready to adjourn. Subsequently
Mr. Altizer reported that the duty had
been performed and Immediately there.
after y committee from the Senate an
nounced that that body was ready to nd.
journ. Precisely at II o'clock, on mo.
ton OF Mr.. Shaw, the House adjourned
sine die, and the long.to'be.remembered
special session was at an end.
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New YORK, Feb. 2B.-AL noon to-day
William Waldorf Astor and Lawyer
Southmayd entered the surrogate's office
with John Jacob Astor,s will and i!ed
a petition for its probate. The will GOV.
ers only two and a half sheets oi parch-
ment. By the terms Of the will. St.
Luke's Hospital receives 100000; Met
ropolitan Museum Of Art $5O,0CO; the
New York Cancer Hospital 100000;
Astor Library $3.50, 900; Alexander Ham
ilton 1000, and james Simmons Arm
strong $4,000. All the residue and re-
mainder Of his estate goes to his son,
William Waldorf Astor. The executors
are William Waldorf Astor and Charles
+. Southmayd. gst
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CINCINNATI, o., Feb. 2G.-An enor.
nous body OF earth, including several
acres Of surface OF a hill, which rises
abruptly from the Ohio river on the
Kentucky side, opposite Lawrenceburp.
Ind, slipped into the Ohio river yester.
day with frightful sound. The impetus
seat high water across the river. frees
and bowlders were carried away as il
the hill had been upheaved by IN earth
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Postmaster nnd Pensions,

Special Dispateh 10 he lateIli9eacsy.
WARRINGTON, D. G., Feb. 2G.-F. NJ.
Morrow, vice NJ. G. Cunningham re-
signed, has been appointed Postmaster
at Fate Creek, Braxton county. a.
West Virginia Pensions: Original in.
valid-Thomas Tomlison, Moundsville; ;
Albert Wilmington, Mount; James A.
Kelly, Love. Increase-Win6eld T.
Cox, Big Springs; Branson R. Simon,
Troy; John Geldsburg, Barrackville ;
Rispard McMullen, Horseneck; james
H. Wilson, Elizabeth; Samuel ". Glib
spstny so1 Uhar'sstGn Agstin B. Well Park
Samuel 9. Bartlett, West Grafton Nicho.
las Henry, Great Calaponi Willis Nolt,
Guyandotte; John P. Whillharn, Ok.
ford; William Il. Prickett, Fairmont
Eli Park, Smithyille. Reissue-Patter:
son Henry, Parkersburg.
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A Hlr Cnnl Dcnl,

RfMEnsnunG, Pa, Feb. 2G.-The Bell,
Lewis & Yates Mining Company, Of
Buffalo, is here and negotiating for all
the mines along the Sligo branch Of the
Allegheny Valley Railroad. There are
eleven mines all told, and they embrace
at least 10000 acres OF excellent coal
lands. 1t lis the intention OF the COM
pany to make Rimersburg the headQuar-
ters OF the concern, as it is located about
tho centre OF the field.
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Just Like Congress.

BvDA PEsTH, Feb. 26.-In the Hunga-
rian Lower House yesterday there was
renewal Of the violent demonstrations
against Premier Tisza. Tho opposition
moved the rejection OF the eniire bud
get. One Of their number was reproyed
by the President, and therenpen all the
others became terribly excited and sur
rounded the Presidential Tribune, sbak-
ing their fists at the President and men.
acing him with violence r0g7-s
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SloBson Wins.

New YonH, Feb. 26.-The ninth game
in the balk line billiard tournament was
played this evening before a large audi
ence. The game was between Frank G
Ives, OF Chicago, and Geo. f. Slosson.
The referee was John F. Doovan, OF St.
Louis. The score was: Slosson 500,
Ives 44s. stosson's average was 26, ,G.10,
Ives 23,ll-l0. Highest runs-Slosson,
1856, II, &C. Ives 9S, 81, 81,
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THE SAWTELLE MYSTERY.
Tho Coroncr's Jury Finds that Isaac sn,
tellc Committed tho Murder.

Tho Coroncr's Jury Finds that Isaac Saw
tclle Committed the Murder.
GREAT FALLS, N. H., Feb. 26.-The
Coroner's jury in the Sawtelle case de-
clares that the body found in the Marsh
road woods was that Of Hiram Sawtelle,
that he came to his death by reason Of
bullet wounds inflicted by Isaac Saw
telle while in carriage on Wednesday,
February 5. The theory is that Isaac
drove the team and seeing detached
barn on the edge OF Buffers woods,
there committed the murder. There has
been no evidence before the jury to
show the participation OF an accomplice
in the crime. The verdict insures the
trial OF Isaac Sawtelle in Stratrord coun.
ty for murder.
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BERLIN, Feb. 2G.-The French Goyern-
ment has accepted the invitation OF Ger.
many to take part in the Berlin labor
conference.
Though Switzerland has accepted the
invitation she will not appoint delegates
to the conference until she has seen the
programme. $500. ,g0E4 FJ1-l,
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MADISON, WIS, Feb. 2G.-The Supreme
Court has affirmed the action OF the
lower court in the Jambor bomb.throw-
ing case. Jambor will be obliged to
serve out his sentence OF ten years. i'm
prisonment. The court holds that the
evidence was sufficient to convict and
that the charge Of the Judge was fair.
Jambor, it will be remembered, was
convicted in 1887 Of attempting to blow
up ex.Mayor secor, of.Racine, by means
OF a bomb. The bomb was discharged
and Jambor was slightly injured.
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4 Sensational EilItnrinl.

sT. PETERSBURG, Feb. GA sensation
has been caused by an editorial which
appeared in the NososIi newspaper OF
this city declaring that Austria, by
augmenting her army and by assisting
Bulgaria, to pay the indemnity due from
that country to Russia, is mtnacing the
peace Of Europe and that her action will
provoke the interested powers to adopt
measures to counteract her policy. Tie
price OF the rouble has fallen ia consc-
quence Of the publication OF the Norosli
article. .yE'TS NU 51I7 'F'
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Bismarck HcsitnteH,

BERLIN, Feb. 2G.-It is semi.olIicially
stated that the result OF the recent elec-
tions for members Of the Reichstag has
caused Prince Bismarck to delay his re-
signation from office. tbs believed that
he would undoubtedly have resigned
had the elections resulted in a victory
for the Cartel party.
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Cloud burst in Indiana.

CAMBRIDGE Cry, IND, Feb. GA
cloud.bunt Monday night, caused Mar.
tindale creek, near this place, to rise 80
quickly that a woman and three chill.
dren OF the Hall family were drowned.
They belonged to a party Of gypsies en-.
canped near the stream. Tbs bodies
have not yet been recovered.
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Hermann Won LlnSg Ifoporcd,

Hermann Won Linsg 1IOnOrcd.
MUNICH, Feb. 2G.-The festival in
honor Of the seventieth birthday Of the
celebrated German poet, Hermann Won
Lingg, took place last night at Munchen,
and was an immense SUCCESS. High
honors were paid to the poet, who was
present with his family. W. ,,'f III
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Cyclone Near Memphis.

MEMPHIS, Feb. 26.-A wind storm OF
cyclonic proportions, accompanied by,
hail and rain, swept over this section OF
the country yesterday, doing IN i'm
Mense amount Of damage to property
!Ml anu causing the loss OF at least one life,
Inc storm In Memphis was severe, but
no material damage was done.
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Special Dlspatch 10 the Iniellioencer,

GRAFTON, w. Va, Feb. 20. The
Grand Lodge Improved Order Red Men
met here to-day, transacting some rout'
inc business, and adjoutning to King,
wood. where new lodge will be organ.
lied tonight, starting of with nearly
thirty members. About fifty members
Of the order went from here to King.
wood with tho grand officers to assist IN
the work. Grand Lodge will reconvene
in council here tomorrow and next day,