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PROMINENT PEOPLE.

PRESIDENT HARRISON receives over 100.
600 letters q year. ssssSsf
HAM-AND.sprNKcH is faverite din q
President Harrison.
LORD TEsNYsoN has, in his old age. become
an inveterate novel reader.
LADY TFNNYsoN has composed the music
for thirty of her husbands lyrics.
GovERNoR-ELEcT BROWN, Of Rhode lsl-'
and. will receive only $1,000 year Tor biz
services.
WILLIAM WALDORF AsroR, the New York
millionaire, is writing book on society IN
the sixteenth century.
PRINCE BsMARCK's physician has selected
Eeryi, Italy, as a place OF future winter:
residence for the eI-Chancellor. s
JOHN RUSSELL YoUSe, journalist and dip
lomat, has been appointed Fourth Vice
Presidento OF the Reading Railroad.
SENATOR CARLISLE recently received q
S25 600 fee for winning suit involving
$500, 600 before the Kentucky Court OF APP.
psals.
SENATOR LELAND STANFORD, OF Califcr
mia, is rapidly losing all power oflocomotton.
and he can scarcely walk across room
without assistance.
EX-SENATOR EDMUHDs has lately been the
euest of Senator Blackburn, In Kentucky,
and surprised some Of the good people theros
by his thorough knowledgs Of horses. 5e
Sir EDWARD WArK1N. of London, aged,
seventy-two, was recently married to MRS,
ingram, aged eighty two. Watkin Is rail-l
way king and his bride brings him SOUL
600. 80
ARCHBISHOP IRELAND was an Irish emi.
grant to this country forty three years ago.
Part OF his clerical education was received IN
France. he was chaplain Of a MinnesotA
regiment during the Civil War.
DEAN BRADLEY, of Westminster Abbey.
London, has decided that there Is no ROOM
for the proposed monument to James has.
sell Lowell, but has suggested . msmoriai
window in the Chapter House where MrY
Lowell delivered some OF his addresses. S7
SPEAKING Of Chauncey NJ. Depew's boy.
hood, one Of his classmates says that ne yas
not conspicuously bright, but he was stldi.
Gus and methodical. The ono thing th4t ne:
seemed to have his mind set on was % nes
come a sneaker. he had no natural oratorf-
cal gifts, but he practiced recitation con-:
stantly. sE ss
MRS. JOHN SHERWOOD, Of New York
City. the popular writer on ettqgette, de
lightful parlor reader and society leader. y
said to be past seventy, and although suher-
ing much from rheumatis n and forced by
re7erses of fortune to support herself and
invalid husband, is always cheerful, gracious
and entertaining.
EDWARD PARDRIDGE, the grain s1plung-
ar of the Chicago Proauce Exchange who,
in the opinion Of "Old Hutch Is the most
daring speculator ON the short side Of the;
market in the United States, Is . native OF
New York State, and was, not many yeaxsa
ago, dry goods merchant, in Buffalo. He:
is careles. in mis- dress, almost 10 the point of'
sbabhiness, and has q duhslooking but Do
.ermined face. a.
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Washington.

ALBERT g. PORTER, Minister to Italy, has
been instructed by Secretary Blaine to re.
turn to Rome.
The Secretary of the Treasury was in
formed that the mill at Pittsaeld, Mass,
where is manufactured the distinctive paper
used by the Unitsi States Government tor
paper currency, had been destroyed by fire,
and that all the stock Of paper with the e1.
ception of 24O, ,OOO sheets Of note paper and
10000 sheets OF check paper had been burned.
The stock Of paper now in the hands OF the
Department is limited.
THE Chief Postofflce Inspector has pre-.
pared statement showing that 104 arrests
were caused by postofics inspectors during
the month of March, 1892, for various viola
tions OF the postal laws, which is an un.
usually large number.
THE Secretary of State and Mr.. Von
Hollenben, the German Minister, have e1-
changed the ratiications of their respective
Governments of the copyright agreement
concluded between the United States and
Germany at Washington on January Is,
1892.
THE Presidents wife has recovered from
her recent illness.
CryII, SERVICE COMMISSIONER THOMPSON
presented his resignation to President, bar,
risop. Mr.. Thompson has been elected
Comptroller of the New York Life Insurance
Company.
NICHOLAS vsDDER, Rrevet Lieutenant
Colonel and Paymaster United States Army,
died in his seventy fourth year. He was
General Sherman's chief paymaster on MS
march to the sea-" during which time ne
disbursei s52, 2,OOO,O0O. Chief Engineer
Charles F. Devalin, United States Navy, re-
tired, died in Washington, on the same DAY; +;
of apopexy. He was placed on the retIred
list on Apri! II.
Miss HENRIETTA LOUISE BREWER, daugh-
fer OF Justice Brewer. OF the Suoreme Court
and James Lawson kerricx, of Bostoa were
married in st. Johns Churca. Tne orloe
was given away b. her father.
CHIEF ENGINEER NATHAN b: CLARK.
United States Navy treTired,. died nt MS
home in Washington. wnere he had osen
almost totally disl oled for years with rheu'
matism. He was the inventor OF the denec-
tive armor now ussd on war ships OF all ma
tions.
THE House passed the Naval Appropria-
tion bill, which provides for only one ao'
ditional armored cruiser for the new navy.
Propositions for the construction OF mora
than one were defeated.
THE cattlemsn's trouble i'll Wyoming was
discussed at Cabinet meeting at the "hite
House.
THE United States War Department Ia In
formed of slight revival ot the tara IN.
surreotionary movement iu Texas, aud tnA'
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WORKMEN BLOWN TO BITS.
The American Forcite Powder Mills
Near Port Morris, N. j., Explode.


An explosion in the nitro-glycerine depart.
ment Of the works of the American Forcite
Powder Manufacturing Company at Hopat..
cong Landing, N. J.. near the lower end OF
Lake Hopatcong, killed six men and seri-
ously injured several Others.
The works consist Of forty small wooden
buildings on the lake side Of Rockaway Hill.
The buildings are about fifty feet apart.
Nitro .glycerine was made in four of them.
The explosion occurred about 2:45 clock.
Superintendent Smith had just made the
rounds of tbs buildings, and had .gone to
the nitro-qlycsrine department.
In the place where the explosion had taken
place there was big hole in the side of the
hill. Not vestige OF any Of the four build
ings in the' 'nitro-slycerne department. re-
mained. Other buildings near were
explosion all the men employed in
the works who had escaped gathered at the
foot Of the hill. Then it was discovered who
had been killed. Then men set to work to
look for the bodies In a pool OF water,
fifty feet in front of the nitro-glycerine
buildings they found two bodies.
The upper part Of the head and the right
leg of one were gone. and all that remained
OF the other was the head and trunk On
Lne urSG DOUY ~ero CnoSG pIOGcCUOI duu
undershirt and a white shirt. DR.. Taylor,
the powder works physician, recognized the
chest protector as one he had given to Su-
periutendent Smith. The face OF the other
body was but little bruised, and it was easily
recognized US that Of Godfrey Waller. Smith
was married.
Waller was Swede, and unmarried.
Carlston and Johnston were Swedes and
married. Pierce was an American, and
married. Bath, the youngest OF the killed,
was unmarried, aud was an American. The
bodies of Smith and Waller were placsi in
room Of the office OF the works. Coroner
Fancher visited the place shortly after the
explosion.
Captain Evans one of the officials at the
works, Superintendent the search for the
bodies. One Of the workmen told him that
a minute bsfore the explosion he saw Super
intendent Smith and Carlston standing
in front of the house in which the
nitro-glycerins was stored. The other
men supposed to be killed Captain Evans
said he had learned Were in the other houses
OF the nitro -glycerins department when the
explosion occurred Cashmere, the only
one severely injured. was on his way down
the hill. ami was struck by the flying pieces
of glass and wood.
me explosion was felt for thirty miles
around the country. The windows in train
on the Delaware, LacEawAnna and Western
Railroad. coming into Hopatcong landing.
were shattered. Windows in several houses
in the neighboring to vns were broken.
Representative OF the company, who was
seen after the explosion, said that it would
be impossible to ascert lin what caused the
explosion.
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THE EXPRESS HELD UP.

between $4,000 and $4,000 Taken
by Robbers Near Independence. La.
The Chicago train OF tbs Illinois Central
was held up at 9:3O p n. by four men at
point just below Independence, La.
Two men boarded the train at Hammond
station, and, covering the engineer and fire.
man, ordersi them to go ahead and take the
siding at Independence so that the down
train could pass.
After the down train had passed two other
men, who were standing on the track, joined
their confeierates and ordered the train
backed to the seventy.sevsn mile post. The
men then at the point Of pistols made the
engineer and hremen go back and open the
express door. !.
They robbed the Southern express safe OF
several thousand dollars, estimated from
s5OOO to $40, ,OGO,a lot Of New York exchange
and package OF tickets. The authorities
at Jackson were notified, as we'll as those OF
adjoining towns, and bloodhounds were
placed OH the track o. the robbers
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TERRIBLE WRECK.

Seven Sailors and the Captains Little
Son Victims Of the Surf
The German brig Felix, hailing from Stet-
tin. went aground in the slest and wind off
Gore Point. near Brancastsr, England.
Heavy seas swept over her and carried away
her masts.
The crew tried to get away in q small
boat, but it capsizsd and five men were
carried away and drowned. Two liteboats
were started out from the shore. but re-
turned, as the occupants said they could not
live in the sea.
A third boat was almost at the scene OF
the wreck when the Felix was struck by a
tremendous sea. which drove her of the
rocks and capsiz,d her.
Two more sailors were drowned, but the
captain chung to piece Of wreckage. His
little boy, who had accompanied him on the
voyage, was drowned when the brig cap
sized. :.' -. s.. ''a.'-', ....,''''':7'.
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DROWNED IN A MINE.
A Flooded Mine Bursts Though the
Walls and Eight Men are Drowned.

A Flooded Mine Bursts Though the
Walls and Eight Men are Drowned.
Late the other afternoon a number Of men
lost their lives by the flooding Of the Lytle
colliery, Minersville, Penn, by body Of
water that burst through the old workings.
The accident occurred just about the tim,
the shifts were changing. The colliery off,
cials say that eight men were drowned.
The place where the accident occurret is
new coal operation that is being opened on
big scale by the Lytle Coal COMPANY.
The works are on Primrose Mountain,
several miles northwest OF Minersville, and
tap the great Wolf Creek colliery. which
has been idle for several years. owing to
large accumulations Of water.
Twoyears ago the present operators begun
the reopening of the tract and have spent
many thousand dollars in pumping and
opening up new slopes. Gangways are being
pushed out from these slopes on all sides Of
the new workings. The old water lies in it.
and it is the bursting through OF one Of these
deposits without warning that caught the
miners.
They were surrounded on all sides by
water Some of tne men swan out, while
others are said to have been heard talking
as if they had reached a high point above
the water.
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A FIRM of English shlp-builders is
coming to America, and New York
paper reports that MIR. John D. Rock
efeller will become a member OF the
firm, putting in $40, 900, 900 for his
share of the capital. If Mr.. Rookie
feller contributes such sum he must
be the firm and the other fellows the
company. The little dot Of $40, ,OOO,-
900 would build a very respectable
ship yard Of itself
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A REMARKABLE BILL.
Il Provides tor the Establishment O!
"Composite Dollar"

II HrOVlQeS lot tue Establishment Oh
"Composite Dollar"
Senator Kyle, of South Dakota, by request
has introduced the most remarkable tinan.
eial bill of the session. 1t provides for
The establishment OF a composite dol.
R" The chief clause OF the bill
snys that the composite dollar shall
be established in the following manner:
designate so much OF wheat, rye.
cats, corn. barley, beans potatoes, cotton.
uool, purter. eggs, -four, sugar, lard, pork.
beef, t,bacco salt. leather, hemp, cement.
eotton-seed. brick, lead, pig iron. coal
and copper az shall be conveniently
near to one dollars worth of
each in the New York market,
70 arranging quantities that the sum total o.
the value OF thirty arrlcies snail be thirty GoI.
larx and that one-t -thirtieth Of the SUN total OF
the articles Designated shall be termed the
eompo. ite dollar OF che United States" Other
clauses OF the bill provide that an accurate
monthly average record shall be Kept o. tle
daily price OF thess articles, and that it shall
be lawful for any person. or corporation +"
engage, receive or deliver composite dollars
base0 on this security.
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EsrIN EAsHA has been welcomed
back to his province Of Equatoria
with booming Of cannon and such
violent hand-shaking that his arm Is
sore. He had better rally cohort OF
his followers and rescue Stanley from
the wild Australian audiences With
whom he Is herolcally eontendlng.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1892-05-04
FAMINE IN TEXAS.
Great suffering Caused by Drouth
in Six Counties.

In Starr, Hidalgo. Porticss, zapata' Mex
ieo and Duval Counties, Texas. the season
for planting has passed, and early crops
have been killed by frost. There is no hope
for relief unless summer rains should secure
There is smallpox from Ignaclo to Rio
srande City, Some OF the people are using
Scr food the fiesh of cattle which have dleo
from disease or starvation. The loss of cat
Ia is estimated at eighty per cent. ana oI IN
Hueces County alone g., 900 head have alea.
The famine district contains poPula1ion
sstimated at 5000 to 20, 600 people, ana
fourth OF this number require assistance.
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troops have gone to me scene OF the latest
outbreak.
TIE President sent to the Senate the
nomination OF Colonel Frank Wheaton,
Second Infantry, to be Brigadier. General;
Colonel W Wheaton succeeds Brigadier-t -tienerai
Kautz he is from Rhode Island. Hi
nomination ends long contest.
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THE Chinese Minister at Washington said
that China would sever diplomatic relations
with the United States should the new ex:
clusion eiil become law.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-15
A DISGRACEF I'll SPECTACLE.

If there is one criticism more just than
any other that can be urged against the
government of the United States, it is that
there is altogether too much politics in it,
We do not mean to say that when party
has been placed in power by the votes of
the people the agents it is privileged 10 ap-
point should not be from among those who
are in full accord with the party in prin-
ciple and sympathy. That is to be ex-
pected; more than that, we believe it right
that it should be so. A party in power is
responsible to the people for the exercise
of that power and only those who are in
sympathy with the party can be fully
trusted as its agents. But we go further
than that In admitting politics to have its
influence in the administration of govern
ment; and personal political advantage is
sought within the party in power oy dis
tribution of whatever government patron
age is at its command upon individuals who
either are already, or are willing to be.
come, bound to the personal interest of
him or them who have the
patronage to bestow. In no station
in the government is conduct of this
kind so unbecoming as in the chief execu.
tive of the nation. Yesterday the special
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-15
SHALL WE HAVE WAR?

Captain ScHLEY, of the Baltimore, and
his crew are far too partisan in their ex-
pressions about the Valparaiso affair to DO
relied on implicitly in all things They are
evidently crazy for war, and the testimony
of the sailors sis apparently colored by
their great hostility to the Chilians. The
fact remains, however, that the trouble
about which there has been so much acri-
monious discussion grew out of drunken
quarrel, the responsibility of beginning
which is immaterial as pretended cause
for war between q great nation and a
small one.
No spirited American wishes to permit
q studied insult to our flag, or to
worthy representatives. of our public
service in any sphere, to remain
unatoned for; but IN the case of Chilli it
must be remembered that's at the tune of the
alleged affrout the country was in the
throes Of an internecine war, and under a
different administration from the one hold
ing the relns of power now. The Ameri-
can public, whilst jealous of their rights
and honor, can see no prowess in a policy
of bravado and what is known as lingo
ism.n They do not desire war to add to
their burdens, and will not consent to it If
1t is avoidaole consistently with the dig
nifty of the United States as nation There
is no reason why any differences with
Chill cannot be readily and satisfactorily
adjusted by peaceful arbitration.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-15
BE STRAIGHTFORWARD.

Whatever may be the outcome of the
Home Rule bill and whatever its effect may
be in other quarters, it threatens to cause
our esteemed morning contemporary to
reverse its lifelong policy and to actually
advocate something favorable to Utah. Be-
low is the concluding paragraph of yester-
days Tribune editorial on the bill:
we hope some real friend of Utah in Con-
gress seeing the situation, keeping his finger
upon the pulse Of the cast, knowing how liable
this bill might be TO pass in the absence Of any
one who can intelligently combat it, will intro
duce an enabling act, calling a constitutional
convention at some time in the future to draft a
constitution TO be submitted to the people, aud
if il carries then to ask for statehood in manly,
honorable way, and not advertise to Congress, I'M
der the guise of a desire to serve the Mormon
people, that after all they are not fit to be
trusted for moment; that is, until the senti-
ment of this territory is that the territory is pre-
pared for statehood, to let things rest. For
they are doing just as well as possible; things
are all coming out right; The change is going
on, the territory is prospecting, and there is nc
occasion, in the anxiety 10 obtain lien on the
offices here 10 needessly insult this whole
people.
Our esteemed neighbor has apparently
been daily drawing nearer to the point OF
declaring in favor of statehood for Utah,
and the above would seem to indicate that
the declaration was about to be made. Yet
there is string to the business which
may be pulled at any time and
I'll be dragged back into the
long travelled rat. If the Trib,ln,
wants statehood, why doesn't il
say so in manly and courageous manner
If it means what the above can be inter
preted into saying, why not so declare
and not leave people to read between the
liness If our neighbor is in earnest il
proposing statehood. let it say o,and posi-
bly, others, and those who can help in the
matter, will meet it half way. sThert
are thousands of men hereabouts who are
in no sense hidebound in politics, and they
would not stand in the way of permitting
the qualification Of the ambition of an op
ponent.
THE HERALD invites its neighbor, in thu
Impressive language which CICERO ma.
have employed, ito put up or shut up"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1892-01-15
THE ELECTION BILL.

The bill for an act fixing the time of hold
troduced in the House on Wednesday by
Mr.. MACKAI, seems to cover the ground.
1t provides for the election of all terri
torial, county and precinct officers the
Tuesday after the first Monday in Novem-
Der OF even-numhered years, beginning
with 1892. The officials chosen at that time
are 10 qualify and enter upon the duties Of
their offices on the first day of January fol-
lowing. The terms of the present incum-
bents are extended until auuary l, 1898;
that is to say, from the time in August
when they would qualify under the present
law.
The municipal elections are to be held
on the Tuesday after the first Monday in
May of odd-numbered years, commencing
in 1898, the successful candidates to take
Office on the first day of July following.
The terms of the present municipal officials
are extended until July l, 1893.
If this bill should pass it would reduce
the number of elections by one half and
inausurate uniformity-two things most
desirable. Under the present laws the
people are 10 sooner free from one election
than they are dragged into a campaign for
another. We have an election in August
every year, and another in November of
alternate years, while the municipal cleo
tons are occurring almost every month in
the calendar. Salt Lake will be afflicted
with four elections this year. and some
other counties will be similarly annoyed
A few will get off with three, but none
will have less than that number. Every
one of these elections costs money
and takes lot OF time, and the voting
days come with such frequency that it is
with the greatest difficulty that citizens
are induced to go to the polls and perform
their duty to the community. Business
men and workingmen cannot afford to give
the time that is required to register and
vote, especially since the performance of
these duties has been hedged about by so
many obstacles and annoyances. 1t has
long been the universal complaint that
/ there were too many elections, and one
who goes among the people during the
campaigns understands how earnest the
| complaint is.
Another thing, the most of the elections
are unreasonable. July and August are
the months when the masses are busiest and
eau least afford to quit work, and many
other people-those who can afford it-are
away from home travelling for recreation
or soiourning in the mountains. By No
vember the labor rush is over and people
are at home. 1t doesn't matter so much
with city people when they hold their cleo
ton, but it will be just as well to vote in
good weather, which we always have IN
May, as in February. when we can with
certainty count upon storms, extreme cold
or an excess OF mud.
We like Mr.. MACKAY's bill. True, it con
tinues in Office for few months men who
would be released earlier by the voters
but this will be the case whenever tn.
change in the time of holding elections &C
ours, and it might as well happen now a
two, four or six years hence. THE bill
should be promptly passed.