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uLOWN TO ATOMH.
Terrible Explosion AT BIN rwa k,,cr
and several Injured

'''''''' @ sdd ss,et a "a 5 i9 Neer
whitney roxas, August % -Nbom
o'clock THIS morning ucergo u. Slnr,lsg
GIN IN Iiospue couniy. nlhe milos Sest OF
| inns place, wiu blown up. ON ARRIVING al
| the scenc ms afternoon The reporter
round the wreck ana RUNS horribly cam
: plot'. Two mcu were killed outright one
iataliy wounded and four hers we're mora
or loss injured by hylug limbers scattered
rock, fragments of machinery and acnld-
ing water Two mules we're killed ana an
"iitr baply crippled.
The stones thai rnruHpd tho hoil., .n,,f
M'lkllnE MY 20 seventy -liyo pounds were
plo"h ~ every dtructiun FOR hundreds of
3h'us' me mead 81 HE boiler lies 2DO yards
hNhlt Whlir huuthor portion Weighing 800
or "V pounds Was found over "A quarter of
wreck.
me body of Jim carmareh,u w,,or
hHhloI, whp was KILLED, VAS FOUND 100 feet
away with his righi arm nearly torn from
iiH h"rh"i legs aud arms broken, a wound
IN ihe rlehl nigh MAI indicated either a
l@Nk or p.eee Of timer hAu been blown
,htlr"iy through II. lie lived perhaps AN
Charles Lisntner. colored. was blown
nearly thfiy Zee, aud clear through i,vo
',u conduls@ts, lrgs. arms ana h,spi
, ,a, aud trishifuily scalded. Killed in
,oosv,ar. Maxwell. engineer. a white boy
'"pui ~ yHhia Of age. ii frigbtfuiiv
ohided has one Icy bpken In two plncas.
,ts'Ies s'N thl cher serious wuu(s
re ihs been uiacohAclous since tho Ac,i-
/, NJ aud can not possibly recover
y 'hk ttfhtTon' carpenter. co.3rr'. ~
- n"efously wounded about the head aud
san Brown. white. and Allen Bob ani
rank Lockftt, culdrea, WIRE NOR. -
rs injured, Loekett perhaps soriousy.
ar htrriH owuef OF the KIN wna
'stliy injured He snys he can MOI nv
Iunt for tho FNplorlon IN any other way
,,rp thny were making IL change In tho
aver Tor bpller purposes al tile Tins
!. lhnk having gone dry They we're
hhg II win creek water. and f.iys ha
~ jifs Il few minutes before peraonniiy
spoctfd the engine ana boiler and every
'nR was m perfect shape. Had on only
out eighty pounds of steam pr~parI
~ to tintilng up again, having checked
me Central wiros. running about i50
rts instant. crossed by the lar
ne fNIlpA On, sounding likr a distant
les. '""' Wv ""
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uorsToN's BUFFALoEs,

The Houston team w,n probably reach
here today from San Antonio aud remain
here until tomorrow. when they 20 In
that Houston has not played wInnitg Nh
Whtn thty could, and Two Of tn. direct
ore Of the association stated last nighr
ffht the matter would be investigated
men The .eAm reiurng. The games TINS
week viii he of considerable lnteses, and
n Houston IOses u is desired ttat the
sct. - OF the Galvestonians shall be
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Mrs, Arthur Sewall, the charming wife
nr shr democraiic nominee for the We
one ,s "tE, shrlnks from publicity aud is
, rar,, ! nat 8 the reason she pers silently
FUSED to rye her PICTURES 10 The new =
n"pets, soon. however, she found She
tr2its that in no w.se flnttered her haes,n
70 appear, and AZ last she succum6rd
WIN me best grace possible and SAX for
ner pnotosraph for publication This pc
uu,e was ,aken since Mr. SeWa!.'s noini-
naton, and is hcr latest Photograph. The
we OF the Maine candidate was Mis-.
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]. " LtcGy. the ropulst nominee for
governor OF Kansas. was born on farm.
reared on q farm. and has followed aFri-
cultural pursuits during the ioriy-seN"n
county ohio, but I was not urul lNl that
he tried Kansas. IA th1i year ne bought
a farm IN cdftee county, ana about three
wears az ne moved up 70 Leroy and went
into lyn stock dealing. When the MS
souri, F4c.nc brought rs lines INTO mat
uart Of the state Ar Lee y was enI-
nleyed in the construction department If
TX rnud M Leedy $ recent addition
10 the ranks OF the r.'iiic.ans. tnrl four
Years ago he took small interest IN lccsl
or National affairs, contenting himself
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LILY WHITES.

lies to Tho -
at Fort u iitvpnpiican Convention
asnt Texas. Az. A"g ',,g'l "a p.,..,,.
al Of Chairman /, n,-r,,
lite faction -, iii'llps the
b. m 9'''oh of jefferson county re-
@ met at tho op,r, bo,,so ,.a,
. select Celeps,os "ouSe last
u Convention r.ni- ''e 9l"'e re-
s4pa,,t. "n'lh meets in Fort
b shou, " i've" and .. There were
seyer.i twenty, among the uumbeI
Ct fonr lisitors to tho cIty ana
fie den,e,n,aaHeHs who claimed TO be
L assi S,HPlcrais but now sav mo- inc nc
se a. IN Inc election of NrKinIav
Tr"e The foreigner n." mi III me
rssilssuom Interest on our dchts ''N
!, H. was organizcd nv iGo o,oo
phn,n"s {. Averill chajrn,a'r ~ Ia
1ee,te ~ airy. after which 4
l. +. 6,.S ANerili, j, V. Arm
tecled dG'gncn and l.. Il. Hoadlo
| Leon I',esates ana j. NJ lin
I'd Ii ~, j, +, Grub. Alev
ahy.n,,o Hanson alterultcs ia ~ IN
hlogip5oon' ~ ''''
introass' which Is a sor, of nuz
'"1ced and adonted os " ~ , pu%
| ake NH q es0'
| Nj +, tnls campaign corsi.,o..
eonlns ee ms TO Us nenesSs,n.' , dau
aus ots State convention 'hat
'la the r rpS i,honld put the state
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Emily Duncan Croker and the dauchtcr
~ one of Baths most respected cfizens
., was educated abroad and has spent
wide reader and Of more than ,riinnrw
culture Mrs, Sewalrs ancestors were
among the tnrl.est settlers Of Brlnsvici,
~ INA she lows to visit ;he scene OF
h'r ancient home. She IS clover anna
ttuf pho' pgrap her. loves Towers. de, ehts
N Iood literature and - not averse ia
music. Mrs. Scwall agrees with nor Inns
nRhu IN politics.. Their son. Harold Nj.
publican. ~ II s''"ch re
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nrLLpozING EMpLoYrs

New Orleans T!mes.Democrat.
The big corporations throughout the
North aNa not only for Mckinley. but
have made themselves his special cham
p'ons aud advocates. apparently ignoring
the TACT that by dttng 50 they are bring
ing about tho very result they pretend
70 he anxious TO ayod--to bring the cor
nerations In direct aniagonisDi with tho
Pc pie.
Tbs Chicago City railroad, for Instance,
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pnsrpnNEMENT ASKED.

Dallas, Texas. August 5o.-J. 6. McNeal-
us. secretary Of the county democratic e.
ecutivn committee, today wrote TO W. L.,
Sergeant of Creenville, state organizer of
democratic clubs asSlng him TO pos tpono
the Sta.e asscmhlage Of clubs in Dallas
from september 10 70 september ~ as on
the latter date u grand democratic rally
VIII be neld here,
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Caldwell, Texas. August 3o.-rhe exec
utive committee Of the popuisi PARTY IN
Burleson county met here last evonlns
and appointed q pol tical Camp fhrehtE
10 he hcli at Buffalo camp sI1uni Tor
three days. beginning on september H.
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BRYAN AND SEWALL CLUB.

Round Rock, Texas, August IA
Bryan and sewall club was organized
here last night by the election as tenn
porary chairman Of H. II. Sheppard, ard
secretary. W {. Parsons. The compile
ton oil permanent organization VIII oc-
cur next Friday night. Up 10 this writing
about fifty names have been cnrclcd
The members expect to enroll 100 uaIucs
by tho next meeting.
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pA1l.nnAp MEMS CLUE.

Big Springs. Texas. August &.-The
railroad employees mat at the court house
last right and orean,zed a railroad mems
sound money club and elected j. I. Snt.
ton president. O b. Lee ,,ecreiary aid
j. Potion treasurer. The c!uo starts out
win an enrolment of eighty-hve m' m
bere and WIN meet every Tuesday even
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STRUCK out ten Nlo,;r.nn,. nm, r,,,,.
'chter and right hrldcra r.sn"''h,i,,'
n anI al the ground in ther nirdc9s
a,mI rnch made a grand stand c1t,'n ~
f oiinwsst. I''s' sooIc by innings IL as
ASudiloriums %. ...o0o2oO0oI
'inS'uii'on1 -. ,..-' I os00s % Is
, ,"' NlloS NMileS, NcEnus. Hinton and
''oh@hiy" for tho Audilotiums. Nr,vf"u
ana IullIch Tor NeAn1nn,lt w"
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Ma on the INTERNATIONAL and Great
I'M and the Galveston, houston aud
.ron arrive at and depart from the
E,,ional depot, foot of Congress owe
fNlssourI. Kansas and Texas trains
AZ Katy depot at the foot of Mont
svsnue. north side of the bayou:
ion, La Porte and houston aud al!
nads except those mentioned use
hand Central depot.
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WON Ia GAlNNSNIIIlr

"Aln'Fvillc Tcshs. August ~. rn,s
evening Norons aud Gainesville crossed
n'ls mere and the score stood Id TO q i'm
i"Npf OF the gainesville team. ~
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Earned runs Austin 2.
Two base hits-Woikart, Icydon C).
Left on bases BY Austin ., by Calves
ton IL.
Struck out BY Smith T. By Wcllner 3.
Bases on called halls--On Wclnor 3.
Double plays--We Nart ana Hoffman,
Weik1ri aud Herman. Hoffman. kiernan
and Weikart.
Batter hii-Collflower
Passed hail-lieydun.
Time of game-i..5.
zone out when winning run was made.
Gonding out. hit by bated ball,
IImpirc--Cl1rk.
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.Erifnrd runs san Antonio $. Houston
- Wo base hits Rcckcr 60. O'Coutlnr -,
Elsey Cote, Slasle w.
Three base ht~Cote
Lrti on bases by san Antonio II. by
struck out ~ rArvin s. by Roach
- liaS,s on called balls on Parvin : of
Double plays Griffin Weber ana o'ron-
s n%, , siaSle ana Cote, Peoples. Rcrd and
Stos"n bases O'Connor Griffin, Stan.
nnl,'ofN mt Lawrence ana Wockheckor.
mnlia-- Nntk
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VICTORY FOR THE AMERICANS.

| The Americans defeated the Colts yes
| terday afternoon by the score OF u 10 7.
The Americans outclassed their orpo-
nenls at all points, and after the second
inning ga ned such a lead as 10 deprive
the game Of ali interest Roper he'd the
Colts down 20 seven hits and struck out
eleven men. Wlgr'n. as usual. caught "A
good game Kazc did the hesl playing
for the Colts. The L. T, DIS. and the
leeds viii play this afternoon. The game
viii commence at $3.50. The Colts pro-
tested the game on the claim that the
Americans played members Of the funks
team, which is violation Of the amateur
agreement.
Gq a,.,..,a. .......".99ssts22s!Lsii j i
Summary:
Two base hlt-Mprmlon.
Struck out--By Roper II, by Hogan l. by
Hodgson l. hy Lyons /.
Bases on called balls-On Roper 2, on
Hogan /. on Lyons l.
Double plays-White and Mcdonald,
Drensdon and Mcdonald.
Batters hi Preston, McG0wan
Passed balls--Wiggin ]. O'Briea g.
wild pitches Roper !, Hogan 2. Lyons ].
Time OF game-2.l0
Notwithstanding.
batteries Roper. aud WlRRin; Hogan,
Hodgson and Lyons and o'Brien'
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WERE MERE PLAYTHrNGs

beaumont. Texas, August 3.--The Audi
tor ums Of Houston were mere play hngs
In the hands OF the Beaumont team to-
day ard the locals won by score Of ~
TO g. slim" manager Of the visitors,
HE'D himself 10 secluded spot early IN
the game and kept out Of sight nntil the
ninth inning. when he went TO the bat in
the place Of Waties aud assisted his team
scoring their thlrd run. The locals
played a beautiful game In The field ard
ba tied the ball all over the diamond.
Newton, the locsi pitcher. was worse than
a fifteen puzzle TO the visitors. they finding
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NEW HuTcHINs HOUSE.

4 ktbcr & Gue-in.
~ 4 ger, Proprietors.
MA Remodeled and
;yUHs4 newly furnished.
EltMd$S!M tnequaled In all
nllhNNlEss,sH Its appointments
UIlHlims IN the STATE OF
HM Thu Leading
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Appointed by IreslIeut Cloyollnd o succ,
Int eric
, 1896-04-14
THE OLD MAN.
Its Significance ns Applied % the Head of
the Business House.

Its Significance rs Applied . the Heal oil
the Business House.
We're l the head of u large concern
or the responsible executive officer of Il
great corporation, whether my age were
81 Or ~, i should want all Of my en-
ployees or subordinates to call me 1.-The
Old Man. Not, of course, to my face
or when they were addressing me, hut
among themselves or when they spoke
of me to their friends.
Ellis Majasly," Ills Royal High-
ness, His Excellency" and the like
all indicata thit tlia persons to whom
they are APP I'D posses power, but iii
this commercially democratic ago and
cour'r7 thu orp rT,o'lc.iol Of undiSput-
ed au;uglacy Is ''1hn Old HIN"
Applied to the head Of a concern it
frequently indicates love, generally 70
spect and always complete submission
to authority. 1t is ns free from my soy
gestion of age as is reverend. l. IL
never given when there is Il quss..uH Of
authority or Il smoldering rebellion
against it.
When 1.-THE Old Man SAYS n thing.
that settles it; there are no questions to
be asked; there is no comment to be
made. When 1.-The Old Man" does ONE
thing, or fails to do something, there is
no criticism 10 be INDUCED in.
"The Old MGn" is the DIG person
| about the establishment who is absolute.
ly his own master, whose coming in
and going out are unhalnpered, whose
encouraging word carries real weight,
and whose reprimand indicates real dan
ger, to whom sir" is IA right and not
q courtesy.
Long I've 1.-The Old Mani" And
when, through his half closed private
office door, he hears the boys term him
thus kindly. let him congratulate him
self that loyalty is in his service and
that he has attained the acme of dignity.
-Trnfh
, 1896-04-14
OF CLERKS.

Washington. April 13.-The house
and senate conferrees on the legislative.
executive and judicial appropriation
bill have held several meetings, but
have not agreed upon a complete com
promise. and a disagreement has been
reported or several of the most i'm
portant points Of difference. The
house couferrees have refused to ac-
cept the senate amendments to raise
the salaries of the United States dis
trict attorneys and marshals.
There has been a somewhat bitter
discussion over the senate amendment
to increase the s~alaraies of clerks to
senator's from $1,000 to $500, which
the house conferrees took a stand
against as being what they term the
extravaganza of the senate in provid-
ing for itself. Representatives are al
lowed clerks whose salaries are 800
per month during the sessions of on
gress and some do not avail them
selves Of this allowance, while each
senator has a clerk at an annual salary
of 81, 200.
, 1896-04-14

The Amazon il the king Of streams.
From fret I O last it receives yer 1, 200
tributaries, Of which more than 100 are
large sized rivers and rise so far apart
and havc their floods and GIBBS at such
different seasons that the Amazon IL at
about the game height the year around.
At some points Oh its lower course one
bank is invisible from the other. The
beholder seems to be looking on a great
yellow sea Of fresh water. When discov-
ered, some tribes of Indians on the low
o. portion knew nothing Of the existence
of the opposite shore ind did not believe
that it existed, saying that "the great
river flowed all around the world" Its
mouth. including that Of the Para, il
1870 miles in width, and it is navigable
for large sized ocean steamers for 1000
mike from the sea, and so vast IL the
flood that the ocean is tiDged yellow for
400 miles from tho coast Of Brazil.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat.
, 1896-04-14
CALLING THE STATIONS.
little Mistakes That sometimes Occur In
Their Frequent Repetition.

little M!stIEss That sometimes Occur In
Their Frequent Repetition.
Occasionally" said n man, lone
hears a guard on the elevated road call
the next station back instead Of the one
ahead. Coming down on the Sixth ave-
nue. road, for instance, he might, Oh
leaving Grand street, look in and say,
THE next station is Blocker street,
when he meant Franklin. Still, this is
rarely done, not nearly so often as one
might think it would be, by men call
ing the stations over and over again all
day long. To be sure it might seem that
the names wouid be by frequent repeti-
ton so deeply craven Oh their memory
that there would be the less danger Of
calling them wrong, but what l sup
pose happens is this-that sometimes
tho mind unconsciously switches over,
and the guard calls from the up list ill.,
stead of h down, or vice versa.
"Sometimes when a guard miscalls u
station he let's it go-perhaps he doesn't
think of it himself. Sometimes he cor
reefs in a mild tone of voice, as though
the least said about it the better. Some.
times he sets it straight clearly and I'M
m~istakably. ! rode up town the other
day Oh Il Sixth avenue Harlem train
with !: guard who, as the train left For
ty- second street, looked in and said,
'Fiftieth next, Fifty eighth street train,
change there for Harlem.' But the next
minute he looked in again and said.
with equal if not greater distinction and
\ 80 .ErI .- 1l--
, 1896-04-14

Miss Clara Louise Kellogg tells the
following story Of her introduction to
one of tho British ~aristocracy. She was
very young ut the time of her first trip
abroad. A gentleman who felt All inter-
est in the talented young American took
her to call on the dowager Duchess Of
Somerset. Miss Kellogg says that she
had never before seen a duchess, and
that she fully expected the lady to come
into the room attired i'll velvet and er-
mine. and wearing a coronet on her
head. She was quite bereft OF speech
when Il very ordinary looking person.
wearing u black bolnbazine gown and
prunelia shoes. appeared on the scene.
The gentleman who had brought Miss
Kellogg told the duchess that she would
be glad to sing for her. to which her
grace responded:
But l have no piano.
This was the finishing touch to the
young singers childish ideals regarding
persons of high degree. A duchess who
wore prunella shoes and did not W q
piano!
Later Il musicale was given by her
grace at which Miss Kellogg sang-to
the accompaniment of a hired piano
choosing for one of her songs all ar
raugement of T~ennyson's Tears. Idle
Tears The verses We're quite new to
the duchess, who had ''heard Of Tenny-
son, but had never read anything that
he lad written The next day the gem
tleman who had introduced Miss kel-
logg. and who, by the way, was an
American, bought a copy Of the poems
and sent it to her grace.
, 1896-04-14
AN SCHEME.
How 1t is Said the Democrats Are to
Win the Presidency.

Chicago, April ia special to the
Post from Washington says democratic
leaders have matured a plan to capture
the presidency next fall by organizing
a split in Chicago. putting two tickets
in the field and tren bringing the two
wings Of the party together in the cleo
toral college.
The silver leaders have been schem-
in on the proposition for months and
very lately passed it along for the con-
slideration of the managers of the
sound money element, by whom it has
teen received with open favor. The
White House has been the scene of
several consultations on the matter
within the last four or Ave days,
friends of sound money, not'only in
congress but from any other financial
and commercial circles have had hasty
summons ito meet and discuss Ques-
tons of supreme concern to the party
welfare. The result of all this palaver
is that a thorough understanding has
been reached and that democratic
hopes are brighter at this writing than
they have been in two years.
Many of the silver leaders of the re-
publican party are fully advised Of the
democratic program and they are
watching developments with the great
est interest. The arch plotters among.
the democrats fondly hope that the re
publicans may be induced to pursue
similar tactics.
, 1896-04-14

That it is onlya step from the sublime
to the ridiculous is we'll illustrated by
the following amusing incident that
happened IA few Sabbaths ago in q well
known church, and caused no little mer-
riment among the teachers. The super
intendent was telling the wee small
folks Of the custom in certain countries
Of claiming the prisoners hands and
feet together. "And, :, she asked, don't
you suppose that if some one came and
released them they would be very happy
and grateful?"
It was unanimously agreed that they
would.
"And, continued the superintendent,
cunning to her point, Jesus Vas sent to
the world to release people from their
sins. Are any Of you here bound with
the chains Of sin?" mo-" piped the
4-year-old offspring Of the minister.
"I'm not, but my grandmothsr ia"--
Louisville Post.
, 1896-04-14
4 PROFESSIONAL MENDIcANT.
His Income From Begging Reached $500
n Inv.

my
81 have just walked from the Riggs
House to this hotel. " said Thomas Croft
ton Of New York ut the National. ''and
have only been approached by u
tramp-a poor, w~retched, shivering
devil, whose poverty needed no argu-
ment. | had just finished Il hearty din
Der, an excellent cigar, and my humor
the whole world of suffering. SO l stak-
ed him to II bed and supper. As I'm not
a philanthropist, | don't care whether he
used it for the purpose of lodging and
food or bought some of the f1eeting pleas
ure that IL few drinks Of whisky brings.
Tonight you cannot pass o yard OIL
Broadway without being importuned by
a beggar. Do you know that the great.
est professional mendicant in the metrop-
oils was created through accident? He
formerly had ii position az ~bookkeeper in
some mercantile establishment, paying
$75 a month. One night he found him
self way down town, far from his home
in Harlem, without Il cent of car fare. In
changing his clothes he had neglected
to bring his purse al3ng. Without my
hesitation he approached II gentleman
and explained his situation. The book
keeper was entirely respectable and had
of the earmarks Of n practiced
beggar. which, indeed. he was not. He
got the car fare without difficulty. That
one incident set him thinking and de-
veloped the latent streak of Incidence
he possessed. Every Sunday when he
, 1896-04-14
THE CONSUL RESIGNS.
But Has a Clean Record to His
Credit.
1T WAS NOT CALLED FOR.
- >.
After Twenty-Five Years Of Active
Service the Veteran O@cIaI
Retires 10 Private
Life.
1T WAS NOT CALLED Fol

Washington. d. c.. April 13.-The
president today sent to the senate the
nomination Of Fitzhugh Lee of Vir-
ginia to be consul general of the Unit
ed States at Havana, Cuba, vice Ramon
o. Williams, resigned.
The resignation of Ramon o. Will
Jams from his office as consul general
of the United States at Havana, which
was made public through the nominal
ton of Fitzhugh Lee as his successor,
caused no surprise here. For months
past m have been busy with Mr..
Williams name. and it has repeatedly
been stated since that time that he had
resigned.
Denials obtained from official sour
ces were always SO phrased as to carry
only the statement that Mr.. Williams
was at the time of denial still in office,
and the conviction obtained, based not
only on these denials, but on certain
expressions let fall by Mr.. Williams
during his visit to Washington last
year, that his resignation has been at
the disposal Of the president for some
time past.
1t is known that Mr.. Williams has
been DESTROYS to surrender the office,
having accumulated a private fortune,
being interested in private business
which requires much of his attention.
and, than all, being thoroughly tired of
the Official duties of his place.
Touching the manner in which he
has discharged thos duties. the officials
at the state department are full of
praise, and Mr.. Williams leaves the
consular service with the reputation OF
being the model consul of the United
States. He has been % years in this
service. being appointed in 1874 vice
consul general at Havana and promot-
ed to be consul general 10 years later.
He was born in the District of Column
bia and was appointed from New York.