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The Ex-President's Sudden Death In New Vork City. Account of Sis Last Hours, and Sketch of His Career, Ex-President OUestor A. Arthur died on t'u« morning of tlio 18th at his ronldonce, 128 tex- ngton aveiiuo, Now York City. Bis health had nob been good for the.last three years, and ho had been under tho doctor's caromost of that ported. Ho bad boon suffering from a complication of ollmoutu, of which the moat formidable appeared (o the medical wen to bo Brlght's dlsoaso of tho kidnoys, Up to Tuesday night, tho 10th, he had re- tained all tbo physical improvomont which was manifest since bis return from New Loudon on October 1, and hla doctor was well satisfied with his general condition. At bodtime on Tuesday he seemed to his family to bo in, if anything, better health than usual, and after spending the evening pleas* autly lie retired to rest at half-past twelve. At half-past six Wednesday morning his, attendant outorod his room and at once per- coived that somothlng was wrong, and it was soon evident that the ex-Presldont was suf- • ferlng from a serious attack. Dr, Peters, his medical adviser, was at once sent for, and on his arrival pronounced ttuvpationt to be suf- fering from an apopletic stroke. His right side was at tho time quite paralyzed. He was unable to speak, but he scorned to be able to recognizo people. All dav Wednesday his condition kept growing worse, and nis immediate family then iu his house knew that he could not sur- vive much longer, Wednesday night he was quite unconscious, but ho lingered during the night andsuceiimbed at 5 o'clock Thurs- day morning. Bis sinters—Mrs. McElroy, of Albany, and Mrs. MeCaw—were at his house during his ill- ness and at the end, as were his son Alan and his daughter Nellie. Mrs. Hainswortb, another sister, and his brother, Major Ar- thur, were telegraphed for, but did not ar- rive in time. Tho News in Washington. The first oOlolal information received by the President of the ex-President's death was conveyed in a telegram from Mr. James C. Reed, the latter's.corifidential secretary. The President was affected at the intelligence, and at once indited the following telegram of sympathy to Mrs. McElroy, the ex-Presi- _ dent's sister: \EXEOOTIVB MANSION. \Accept my heartfelt sympathy In your personal grief aud the expression of my sor- row for the death of one who was my kind - and considerate friend. The people of the country will sincerely mourn the loss of a I citizen who served them well in their highest trust, and won their affection by an exhibi- tion of the best traits of true American char- acter. GltOVEItCl^VEIJAHD.\ The flag on the White House was placedat half mast immediately oh receipt of the news, and soon the flags on all the public buildings in the city were placed at half mast. The work of draping the White House was begun at once. All the members of the Cabinet arrived at about twelve o'clock. The death of General Arthur was the only subject of discussion at the Cabinet mooting, and it was agreed' to issue an executivo order announcing the death of the ex-President, and directing the Government buildings to be draped in mourn- ing for a period of thirty days, and also that public business be suspended on the day set apart for the funeral. The President in tho afternoon issued the following proclamation: \To the People of the United States: \It is my painful duty to announce the death of Chester Alan Arthur, lately the President of the United States, which oc- curred after an illness of long duration at an early hour this morning, at his reddence in the city of New York. Mr;'Arthur was called to the ohairof Chief Magistracy of the Union by a tragedy which cast its shadow over the entire Government, His assump- tion of the grave duties was marked by an evident and conscientious senseof his respon- sibilities and an earnest desire to meet them in a patriotic and benevolent spirit. With dignity and ability ho sustained the impor- tant duties of his station, and the reputa- tion of his personal worth, conspicuous graciousnoss, and patriotio fidelity will long be cherished by his fellow-country- men. In token of respect to the memory of the deceased it is ordered that the Execu- tive Mansion and the several department buildings be draped in mourning fora period of thirty days, and that oh the day of the funeral all public business in the depart- ments be suspended. The Secretaries of War and of the Navy will cause orders to be issued for appropriate military and naval honors to be rendered on that day. \Done at the city of Washington this 18th day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six, and of the independence of the United States of America the one huudreth and eleventh. By the President, _ \G-itovjsB CLEVELAND. \THOMAS F. BAYARD, Secretary of State.\ The following order was issued from the War Department: \In compliance with the instructions of the President, on the day of the funeral at each military post the troops and cadets will be paraded and this order read to them, after which all labors of the day will cease. 'The national flag will be.displayed at half? mast. , \At dawn of day thirteen guns will be fired and afterward at intervals of thirty minute* between the rising and setting of thosun a single gun and at the close of the day a natlonal'salute of thirty-eight guns. \The officers of- the army will wear crape on the left arm and on their swords, and the colors of the Battalion of Engineers, of the sevorat regiments and of the united Hiatus Corps of Cadets will be put la mourning for . the period of six months, \The date and hour of the funeral will be commuuicatd to department compandors by tolograph, and by them to their subor- dinate commanders; \By command of Lioutonnnt-Gonoral Sher- idan, \R. C. Dntru, Adjutant-Genera!.\ President Cleveland and several of the monitors of the Cabinet announced that they would attend the funeral The following Sonators wore also appointed to attend the funeral on behalf of the Senate: John Sher- man, George F. Edmunds, John A. Logan, Wm. B. Allison, M. 0. Butler, James I). Cameron, D. W. Voorheo/), Warner Miller, George (i, Vest, A. P. Gorman, Joseph R. Hawiey and James K, Jones. t A gentleman who formerly occupied an official position very near to Mr. Arthur during his occupancy of the Executive Man- sion, in commenting upon the news, raid that he was surprised to note the length of time the ex-President had borne up under his fatal affliction. Although possessed of a strong constitution and a magnificent physique, his habit of life was such that a complete wreck of bis health was Inevitable. It had been Mr. Arthur's practice, said this gentleman, not only-while holding the Pres- idential office, but for many years prior, to turn night into day. He never retired be- fore 2 o'clock in the morning, and, beginning his work late in the afternoon, continued it through tho midnight hours. During the last six weeks of his residence at the White House his health was in a deplorable condi- tion, a fact which he fully realized, Governor Hill's Proclamation. News of the death of General Arthur was received at Albany with profound regret. Governor Hill immediately telegraphed his condolence to General Arthur's son and is- sued the following proclamation: STATE O» NEW YOWC— Proclamation by the Governor: By the death of a distinguished citizen the. people of the State are again called to mourn. Chester Alan Arthur ontsred into rest at nu residence in New York city early this morn- ing. He had always made his home with- in our State, and from his early man- hood bad o-'cuniel within it places of official distinction. As a citizen, of Now York State ho was elected Vice- President by tho whole people. Upon the death of President Garfield he became Presi- dent by succession, and with dignity to him- self and with honor to the country he filled that highest office in our government; In all his life ho bore without abuse the name of gentleman. Remembering the services and admiring; the character of President Arthur, it is fit- ting that we should, by such action as may be deemed appropriate, express our sorrow in his death aud show respo -t for the high official position which he held by choice of his countrymen. Done at the Capitol, in the city of Albany, on this eighteenth day of November, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eighty-six. DAVID B. HILL. By the Governor: WILLIAM G. RICE, Private Secretary. The Funeral. It was announced that the funeral would take place on Monday, the 32d. at the Church of the Heavenly Rest, on Fifth avenue. New York city. Colonel McMichael, of Philadel- phia, who was the Marshal of the Dlstriqt of Columbia under Mr. Arthur's administra- tion, was placed in charge of the funeral ar- rangements. Thesurviving members of Mr. Arthur's cabinet, seven in all, and five per- sonal friends, were invited to act as pall- bearers. Thesurviving mombersure: Messrs. Gresham, McCulloch, Lincoln, Chandler, Hatton, Teller and Brewster. Two of Mr. Arthurs cabinet, Judge Folger, and Mr. Frelinghuysen, are dead. Major-General S-motield, commanding tho Division of the Atlantic, offered the six bat- teries of artillery stationed in New York harbor as a guard of honor to the body. The offer was accepted. It was announced that no other civic or military body would pa- rade, and that after the funeral services the body would b-) conveyed to Albany, and buried in the Arthur family plot in the rural cemetery near that city. The Ex-Prosident'R Career. Chester Allan Arthur was bornin a log cabin in Fairfield, Fraukiin county. Vt., on October 1,1830. His father, Dr. William Ar- thur, was a Baptist minister. Ho studied at Union College', .under Dr. Eliphalet Notfc, and in order to defray the expense taught school.! He graduated in 1818, and then b->gan to study law. He came to New York in 1850, and entered the law office of Erastus D. Cul- ver. In 1853 he formed a partnership with Mr. Henry D. Gardiner, and soon after that married <Miss Herndon, daughter of the late Lieutenant H'rndon; of the United States navy. Two children, a son and a daughter, were born to them. Mr. Arthur's most noted law case was the Lemmon slave case in 1852. The decision in this case was the first blow in the courts against the tlave-holdiag.rower. In 18155 Mr. Arthur entered into a now part- nership.the firm being Arthur. Phelps, Kne- vals & Ransom. Previous to the war he was Judge Advocate of the Seconl Brigade of State militia. Early in 1861 he was ap- = pointed Engineer-In-Chiet on Governor Morgan's staff, and on January 27, 1863, Was promoted to ; Quartermaster-General.His: first vote was given for General Winfield Scott in U52 for President. In 1871 he was appointed Collector of the Port, and on July SI. 1878, was suspended from office by Mr. Hayes, with whose administration.he had not been in accord, In;lS79 be was Chairman of the Republican Slate Committee, ami was nominated for fheA'lcc.Fresldoncy at Chi- cago in June, 1880. * On the death of Preii- dout Garflold on September 10,1881,ho be- came President. After retiring from the White House Mr. Arthur resumed bis con- nection with the law firm of Messrs. Knovals & Ransom, but owing to tbo condition of bis health hs never took active pact in the busi- ness, In personal appearance General Arthur was a notable man. He was slightly more than six feet in height, and his physique was that of an athlete, After ho had served his term as President he showed a considerable gain of, flesh, but the sickness; which was soon to prove fatal, removed this indication of health, and when be was la-it Been in pub- lic, at the opera last season, he showed all the signs of physical decay, He was noted for his tasto in following the fashion, and to him frequently wai accorded the double distinction of lead- ing the policy of the government and tho fashions at tho same time. As an epicure ho was equally famed and his dinners at the White House, given to personal friends or to officers of the government, were known as the finest ever given under its roof. In man- ners the sx-FresideEt was a gentleman, in every action, his attention and regard for ladies being chivalrous to a degree that won for him an instant regard from his newest acquaintance. General Arthur was an ardent fisherman. His collection of rods, reels, iiiet.and tackle Is one of the finest in the. country. Ho was one of the originators of the Restlgou me Salmon Club, and passed two or three weeks every summer casting tiieson the banki of the Saguenay, in Canada. General Arthur's immediate family, be- sides his son and daughter, consist? of one brother, Major William Arthur, U. :S. A., who is stationed at San Antonio, Texas, arid Ave sisters, Mrs. Mary McElroy, wife of John 10. McElroy, of Albany; Mr.). Mnloma Hayneswortb, wife of Henry J. Hayneswortb, of Phiadelphia; Mrs. Roglna McCaw, a widow; Mrs; Amelia Masten, wife of James H. Masten, of Gohoos; and Miss Annie E, Arthur.of Schenectady. The estate left byGenoral Arthur is valued at SaOOjUOO. • 0UB INTERNAL EEVENU& '•• Figures From Commissioner Sutler's Annual Report. Joseph S. Miller, Commissioner of Internal Revenue, has submitted his annual report to the Secretary of the Treasury. The total re- leipts of internal revenue taxation for tho year ended June 30, 1886, were 5116,902,009. As compared with the preceding year there was a large increase in all articloB of taxation except snuft, of which there was a decrease of 105,747 pounds. The priucipalincroase was in cigars,cigarettes and spirits distilled from grain. Thecoitof collec- tion during the year was $4,209,485, being a'lout 3.0 per cent, of the amount collected; The collections during the previous year cost */,455 430, or about 8.9 per cent, of the amount collected, The receipts during the first three months of the present fiscal vear were #8,901,(104. an increase of $230,441 over the receipts during the corresponding period lastyear. *^ It is estimated that the sum of tH8,000;000 will be collected during the current fiscal year. Eight hundred and sixty-eight violations of internal revenue laws have been reported during the year, 537 persons have been ar- rested on their information, property to the value of 5136,805 has been reported by them for seizure, and $124,020 for assessments for unpaid taxes and penalties. The number of illicit stillsseized was 564. and the number of employes therein ar- rested was 1,314. The seizures were prinoi- pallyin Georgia. North Carolina, Tonnes- ^^\jT'yi\ 1 ? ykginia. The amount expended in detected and punishing persons l 0 w^ lat fe nso 'l n ¥ rn , alrovon «8 laws was a V d Pr °P eri y to the val »e of $386,982 At the close of the fiscal year 195 officers, clerks, messengers and laborers were em- ployed in this bureau, and the aggregate amount paid for their salaries was tmMO. APALLINQ LOSSES. Scores of Vessels and Many Lives Lost in the tmkes. The reror.d of marine disasters- on the Lakes during the recent heavy gale is ah ap- palling one. Reports received in Chicago show the following vessels foundered: Barge Emorald,_ near Kewaunee, five lives lost; biirgo F. M. Dickinson, near Kewaunee: two unknown schooners, near Port Sherman; an unknown schooner near Hog Island Reef, and barge Star of the North near East Tawris, fate of the crew un- known. The Vessels known to have been driven • ashore are: Barges Wallace and Consort, on Ghocolay Beach, east of Mar- quette, crews probably lost; several' ves- sels at Fresque Isle, names unknown, many lives lost; schooner South Haven, near Port Sherman, Captain badly injured; schooner Mary, near Blenheim, Crab; schooner, Fathfindor, hear Two Rivers, cargo and vessel a total loss; schooneg-Cuyauoga and two scows in North Bay; schooner P. S. Matsh and an unknown schooner at St. Igun.ce ; an unknown schooner south of Muskegon Pier; propeller City of New York near Che- boygan; schooner Kolfage hear Goderich, Ont., all broken up; propeller Nashua, on Gross. Island; Green Bay; barge Bissel uoar Kewaunee, leaking badly; schooner Golden Age, below China Beach; propeller Belle Cross and barges across fjom Chin's Beach; schooner Florida on Marquette Beach, a total. loss; barges Buckout, SlcDougall, Baker, Golden Harvest, hear East TaWds; two un- known schooners on Old Makinaw Reef. U TaHSSilON. WHAT M TO BECOME 0|> OIJB CHitDltEN. Text: ''Seeing that his life is bound up in the lad's life.\-Genesis xllv,, 80, Those words were spoken by Judah, as do- icrlptive of the tondemoss and affection which Jacob folt toward Bbiijamln, the voungost sou of that patriarchal family; but they are words Just as appropriate to many » parent in this bouko-siuee \his life is bound up in the lad's life.\ I have known parents who seemed tobavebutllttleinterest in their children. A father says: \My son \just'lopk:out forhlnwelf. If he coines up well, ail right; if ho turns out badly Icanno|6 help it. I am not responsible for his behav- r/' • H ,° mu8t t? ke , th B samo ri »k m l«e that t took.\ As well might tho shepherd throw a kimb into a den of lions and then say: \Little lamb, look out for yourself 1\ It is generally the esse that even the beast looks aftor its young, I have gone through the woods on a summer's day, and I have jeardagreat outcry in a bird's nest, and I bavo climbed unto see what was the matter. I found out that the birds wore starving and that the mother bird bad gone off not to jome back again. But that is dn exception, it is generally the case that the old bird will pick your eyes out rather than let you come oigh its brpod. The lion will rend you in (wain if you approach too Dearly the tvhelps; the fowl in the barnyard, flumsy-footai and heavy winged, flies fierce- ly at you if you come too near the little group, and God intended every father and mother to be the protection and the help of the child. Jesus comes into every divelllng ind says to the father or mother: \You have oeen looking after this child's body and mind; the time has come when you ought to bo looking after its immortal soul,\ 1 stand •jefore hundred!) of people with whom the question morning, noon and night is: \What Is to become of the child! What will bo its history? Will it choose paths of virtue or t ice! Will it accept Christ or reject Him? Where will it spend eternity!\ I read of a vessel that foundered. Tho boats were launched; many of the passengers were struggling in tho water. A mother ivith one hand beat the waves, and with the jther hand lifted up her little child toward .he life-boat, crying: \Save mxcuildl Save my child!\ The impassioned outery of that mother is the prayer of hundreds of Chiis- tian people who sit listening this morning tvhlle I speak. I propose to show some of the •auses or parental anxiety, and then how that anxiety may be alleviated, I find the first cause of pai ental anxiety in the ihefllcieuw and imperfection of parents themselves. We have a slight hope,.a'il of us, lhafc our children may escape our faults. We hide our imperfections,,and think they will steerclearof them. Alas, there is a poor prospect of that! There is more probability that they willchoose our vices than choose our virtues. There is something like sacred- ness in pareutal.iuiperfei'tlons.wheu the child looks upon them. The folly of the parents is not so repulsive when the child • looks at it. He says: \Father Indulges in it; mother indulges in It; it can't bo so bad.\ Your boy, ten years of age,.goe,s up a back street smoking his ci- gar—an old stump that be found in the streetmnd a neighbor accosts him and says: \What are you doing this for? What would your father say if he knew iti\ The boy says: \O father does that himself!\ There is not one of us this morhing'tbat would de- liberately choose that his children should in ill things follow his example, and it is the eonsciousness of imperfection on our part as parents that makes us most anxious for our children. We are also distressed on account of the unwisdom of our discipline and instruction. It requires a great deal of ingenuity to build a house or fashion a ship; but more ingenuity bo build the temple, of a child's character, and launch it on the great ocean of time and eternity. Where there is one parent that seems qualified for the work, there seem to be twenty parents who miserably fall. Here Is a father who says: \My child shall know nothing but religion; he shall hear nothing but religion; he suallsee nothing but religion.\ The boy is aroused at 0 oVlcok in the morning to recite the Teu Commandments. He is awakened off the sofa on Sunday night to see how much he knows of the Westminster Cat- echism, • It is religion morning, noon aud night. Passages of Scripture, are plastered Dn the bed-room wall, he looks for the day of the mouth iu a religious almanac. Every minister that comes to the house is told to take the boy aside, and talk to him, and tell him what a great sinner he is. After a wbile the boy comes to that period of life when he is too old for chastisement, and too young to know and feel the force of moral principle. Father and mother are sitting ub for the boy to come home. It is nine o'clock at night-— ten o'clock—it is twelve o'clock—it is half- past twelve, and they hea/ the night key jingle in thidoor. They say he 1B coming. George goes, very softly through the hall, hoping to get up stairs before he is accosted. The father says: \.George where have you been?\ . \Been out!\ Yes, he has been out, and he has been down, and he is on. th6 broad road to destruction, for this life and the life to come. Father says: \There is nousein the Teh Commandments; the Catechism seems to me to be an utter failure.\ Ah. my friend, you make a very great mistake. You stuffed tiiat child with religion until ho Could hot digest it; you made that whicih is a joy in many households ah abhorrence in yours I A man in. mid-life raid to me: \I can't become a Christian., In' my father's house I got such a prejudice against religion I dor't want' any of it. My father was one of the ljest men that ever
