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. FROM THE WORLD 'S FAIR iNAUG. , URAL ODE. Over the wi d e un k n o wn , Bar to the shores of Ind , On through the dark , alone , I like a feather blown by the wind; Into the West , away, Sped by the breath of God; • Seeking the clearer day . Where only His feet have trod , From the past to the future we sail , We slip from the leash of Kings; Hail! Spirit of Freedom , hail! Unfurl thine impalpable wings! Eeceive us , protect us , and bless Th y knights who brave all for thee . Thoug h death be thy soft caress , B y that touch shall our souls be free. Onward and ever on! Till the voice of despair is stilled; Till the haven of peace is won And tae purpose of God fulfills! Columbia! Columbia ! Men beheld thea rise A goddess from the misty sea! Lad y of hope , sent from the skies , The nations worshiped thee! ? Thy brows were flashed with dawn ' s firet light. By foamy waves with stars bedi ght Thy bine robe floated free. Now let the sun ride hi g h o ' erhead , \' Driving the light from shore to shorel His burning tread we do not dread , For thou art evermore. Lad y of love , whose smile shall bless , Whom brave deeds win to tendernes s Whose tears the lost restore. Lady of hope thou art! We wait With courage thy seren9 coalman 1. Throug h unknown seas toward undreamed fate We ask thy guidin j hand. On! Thoug h sails quiver , in the gale , Thou at the helm , we cannot fail. On to God' s time-veiled strand. Lady of beauty! Thoa shalt win Glory and power and length of days. The sun and moon shall be thy kin , The stars shall sing tby praise. Lady of joy, lady of beauty, laiy of love , all hai i ! Sow onward be thy ways. La , clan on clan , the world' s great nations Gather to be ONE ! Clasp hands , as brothers , ' neath Columbia ' s shield— \U praise her banner to the shining sun] Along her blessed shore , One heart ,. oneson g; one dream— Man shall be free forever more. And love shall b s supreme! —Harriet Monroe. AIT ODD COURTSHIP , J i Unr/n ^ x J >m » i. T iF ^^ jL, OLLT WIGGINS jf l / m& !& ^ - ant * - Ebenezer ^^ sf| s r\ w eS y ^ \ )Ot k n8t ' Te resi\ eR a s i &i ' ^ E a kS Vi ^* ase on tnenortp * ^ j y HHLj tf ll s \ Erie. Ebenezer was V^ l ^^W i . ^^^i »for l ^ -five , a mille? i tig bachelor from choice. Pollj ' i 9 i ra s a maiden of thirty-seven— every body dec l ared that was her age , c thoug h all bad seen an i r ead these words by Polly ' s own fingers in the sand on the b each , time s without number , Polly - Fidelia Wi ggins , aged twenty-three. \ r Ebenezer l ived all alone , in a lonel y hous e near the mill ; Polly lived with her sister , and was the onl y milliner , dress- m aker , and general seamstress the place could boast of. One afternoon when the sun was streaming down over the hills , Polly threw asi de the shirt she was making for Ebe nezer Stiekney, and tak i ng her sis- ter k children , went down on the beach for a walk. Half an hour a fterward Ebenezer was walking in the same direc- tion. He had been kept away from the mill all day b y a felon , which neither hot l ye nor lemon , nor half a dozen poul- tices could drive from his thumb. He walke d, along over the shingly beach , holding the afflicte d thumb ten- derl y in his palm. At length throug h * n opening in a cluster of elders , he discovered Poll y Wi gg ins. It -was a raw day in early spring, but for all that Polly ' s hat was -— gg gg j c fa > was bowinga a d gesticulating, and apparentiy ^ engaged in earnest con- versation. \Polly is either going crazy or else she ' s try ing to perform like th em theatre folks we saw when we took that excursion to Buffalo. \ So say ing, Ebenezer crept cautiously op to the intervening bushes. He par- ted the bus hes carefull y and peered throug h , chucklin g to himself with de- li g ht , while the pain in his thumb was entirely forgotten as he watched Poll y go through one of her surprising bows. But the broad sm ile disappeared from the listen er ' s face , leaving a look of blank astonishment as he heard Poll y s a y: . \Yes , Eben ezer Stiekney, I consent to marry you on four conditions. \ ' . . \ He saw her g lance timidly, not at the ; : whiskered face among the bushes , b ut at a stump; then , as if she had been asked what those conditions were , she went ; on: \You must quit wearin g that snuff- : colored , p i ge on-tailed coat that your * grandfather was married in. You must smoke cigars , if you can ' t live without smoking, instead of always haying that old , black , Dutch p i pe in your mouth. Then yon mnst shave off those old-fash- ioned , grizzl y- g ray whiskers , and raise a mustache , and quit riding that- dingy- white * bobtailed , mean loo king, racka- bones o f a horse everywhere you go , and wit h your c o at tai ls h a ng ing down to coyer hisjibs , too. That old pi geon- tailed coat! it looks bad enoug h any - tune , but ten times worse when you ' re on horse back. \ . Ebenezer looked sober enoug h now , and hong his head like a scolded boy. ¦ He was T ery proud of his personal ap- I pear s nce ^ and if ten said to himself ishe unu s ed his collar before the glassj \There isn 't a marr ied man around that can compare with me for starchings and sl a ckness. \ And if there was a time when he thoug ht he looked particularly grand , it was when he wa s dre s sed in his Sun d ay suit and mounted on h i s faithful white horse. He was try ing to make up his mind whether he oug ht to step out and call her the bi ggest sim p leton i n all cre- ation , or go off about his business , when Polly began talking again in a tender , chiding tone , as if her feelings had been , hurt: \Oh , Ebenezer 1 how can you ask if I love you? Didn ' t Jim Winters pack off to California just because I wouldn 't have Mm? Didn 't Ruby Oake3 try to drown himself becau se I mittened him? Didn 't I refuse Jerry Tail only last Sun- day, fr iust for you? And after I' ve wait e d between hope aud despair all these years , you as k roe Sfiafc. '\ And Polly covered her face with her hands a s if t o conceal either her blu s hes or her tears , but shortl y she uncovered h er face—and a pretty, pale , thoug h somewhat care-worn face it was—and \Let me see , \ said P o ll y, musing l y. \Oh , yes. He wanted us to save him some cucumber seed— \ \It' s flower seed he want s , ever so many kinds , \ interposed Katy. \I n ever promised him any that I know of; didn 't suppose he cared for any such things , \ said Polly, a little sp ite- fully, as she thought of Lucy Murray in connection with Ebenczer ' s flower gar- den . Then she added , meekly: \Your uncle is w elcome to what I hav a left. \ The little g irl received the seeds and bounded away, sa y ing : \The be ds are all read y, and I' m to show Uncle Eben how to sow them. \ Then back she came again : \I f orgot I was to ask you which are the morning g lory seeds. He says you told him they mu s t go b y the window. \ \I neve r told him any suc h thing ; but there they are. \ \Don 't be in a hurry, Katy, \ said Mrs. Carver , persua sively. \So your Uncle Eben is going to get married , is he?\ \Yes , ma ' am. \ \Who is he going to marry ? now , there ' s a g ood girl. \ \Don ' t know , but I guess mother does. She told him she wouldn 't make the carpets unless he told her ever so much . How funny it will seem to have Uncle E bea married !\ \There ' s your mother coming now with her bonnet to be tri m med , and she don 't leave this house till she tells me , \ said Mrs. Carver. \Just as thoug h you didn 't know alread y, \ s aid Mrs. Rice , in answer to t he all-important question. \Hasn 't th e brid e-elect told y ou?\ \Of course not , or shouldn 't have to ask you. \ \Oh , well , then , 1 mustn 't tell , b ut I will say, Pol ly, \ and Mrs , Rice spoke mischievously, \ you ' re very exacting. Plenty of g irls would jump at the chance to marry Ebe n and leave the fix- ing up till afterward . \ \What do you mean ? Oh , how I am insulted!\ Aud Poll y drew herself up proudly and angril y. v \Wh y l didn 't you agree to have him if he 'd fix up smart enough to suit you?\ \No , I never did ; I never told him so , and he knows it; and what' s more , I wouldn 't marry Ebea ezer Stiekney if he was the last man on earth , a n d you may tel l him so , \ and Polly went up to her own little room to cry away her vexation and grief. \Polly come here , ¦ quick , \ said Mrs. Carver , one bri ght morning, as she sat sewing in the window. \Ebenezer is coming down the road as fine as a fiddle in his new buggy, dressed in a brand new suit , too. \Y T eU T Tirete k ite ' s o wuilu ^ toro - after his new shirts likel y. \ Poll y got the 3hirts , and sat with them folded in her lap while she figured up how m uch Ebenezer owed her. \Put up the shirts , Polly; I didn 't come for them , but for you. \ \Come for Polly 1\ exc laimed Mr a . Carver , in astonishment. \ Yes , P oll y, I have come for you. You know you said you 'd marry me on certain conditions. I . havo comp lied with your requirements , and now I want you to fulfill your promise. \ Mr. Stiekney, I never— \ \Hush , Polly, \ said Ebenezer , softl y, as he stole his arm around her waist , while Betsy g lided from the room ; \ call me Ebeaezer , dear Ebenezer , and make me as happy as you did that day on the beach. I heard you , Poll y—beard all you said , and I' v e be en h a ppier since than ever before. So get on your things and come along. The elder is waiting at his house 'to unite us , and several of our friends are there to witness the cer- emony, We 'll take our wedding dinner at our own house , and we mu s tn 't forget to invite Betsy and the children , for the cxtention table is provided. \ This last was said a little teasing ly, and Polly hid her blushing face on his bosom , murmuring : \D on 't , Ebenezer , don 't. \ \We ll , there , so you go and get ready rig ht away, I'll never mention it again. \ Two houra later Ebenezer Jed his wife prou dl y throug h bis newly fur- nished rooms , a nd a more loving bride- groom or a happ ier bride could not hare been found. —New York Weekly. A Ner r o n s Wreck. \I bel ieve that it is possible to kill a nervo x is man without touching him , \ said N. W. Floy d , at the Laclede. \Some years ago I was stopp ing at the old Southern. One ni ght I was out with the boys and did not get to the hotel until day lig ht. I was feeling pretty ? rocky. 1 My nerves were all unstrung, a n d I w a s i n n o humor f or any foolish- ness. Just as I was about to step into the door a fellow , on suicide intent , p lunged down from an upper window an d struc k on h is hea d at my f eet , spat- tering blood and brains all over me. I came near fainting away. I changed, my dress and started down Broadway. I noticed several children p laying on the roof of a-fo u r-story building, and the sight worried me. I felt certain that some of them would fall off. Just as I was passing the building I heard the children scream , somebod y yelled \Look out , ' and the next instant a chi ld , ap- parentl y a year old , struck on the stone sidewalk w ithin a foot of' me aud bounced into the street. It was onl y a bi g rag doll , but I was sick for a week. \ —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Floor of the Pac ific. If the Pacific could be laid bare we should have a most singular spectacle. There would be a number of mountains Ts ith. truncated tops scattered over it , and those mountains would have an ap- pearance j ust the reverse of that present- ed by the mountains we see on shore. You kn a w that the mountains on the shore are covered with vegetation at their bases , while their tops are barren or covered with snow ; but these moun- ta ins would be perfectl y bare at their bases , and alL round - their tops they,, woultl be covered with beautiful vegeta l lion of coral p olf o es. —Yankee Blade. continued : \You ' re very kind and thoughtful , Ebenezer , to ask me about fixing up y our house. Where you ' ve lived so many years can 't hel p being a happy home for me ; but 1 mi g ht su g g est one or two little improvements , seeing you asked me. You mi g ht just cart the rub- bish out of the front yard—the switt- barrel , and ash-hea p, and grindstone , and such—and make up some p osy beds. I' ve got lots of seeds , and jou can have some of ' em—h oll y hocks , and china - asters , and marigolds , and double pop- p ies , and sweet-williams , and four- o ' - clocks , and morning-g lories. They 'll want to go by the window , an d you 'll have to move the p i gtroug h. Then your square ro om would be more like some- thing if it had a carpet , and a sofa , and a p icture or two , and a cent er table— and , above all , curtains for the win- dows. \You haven t got many dishes , I s ' pose , but I'll bring a host. * I' ve got two whole sets of blue stoneware , all except the slop-bowls , b es i de s th e best p art of a g ilt china set. You ' ve seen ' em , I guess. The house wants paint- ing, too; I never saw so brown a house for a white one. Then we 'll want an extension, table , s o whea Betsy and her children visit us they can sit down . Don ' t be offended , dear Ebenezer; I shouldn 't have said all this , for the world , but you know you asked me. \ E b enezer didn 't know whether he oug ht to be offended or not. He was nat tered and yet mortified. Poll y put her hand m , her pocket and broug ht out her handkerchief , and with it c ame her tattin g shuttle and .thread . The si g h t of these broug ht her mind back to the sober realitie s of life. It was stitch , stitch , stitch , with poor Poll y from morning to ni g ht , with no one to love her or care for her as she merited. So she sat down w ith her back to the bushes , and when E benezer knew by the low sob s that reached him that she was crying, he let go the bushe3 carefully, so as not to disturb her , and walked off home. He lay awake until long after midni g ht that ni g ht. His thumb pained him a little , but his sle ep le s sness was not caused wholly b y tha t. He was thinking of the time , many years back , when Poll y Wi gg ins , then a rosy g irl of ei g hteen , was very dear to him. He remembered how she had gone to Dame Chadwick' s \ app le-cut \ one ni g ht with Jim Winters , and that she flirted with him all the evening. He re- mem b ere d , too , how angry and jealous he was about it , and that he treated her coldlv and never soug ht to woo her after t hat. \ . He made a resolve at last , and then he closed his eyes and went to sleep—to dream of tables of all kinds , with sofas and p ictures , and blue dishes , and rolls of carpeting, and poppy and mari gold seed b y the bushel being p iled pro- miscuousl y in his front yard , and that he was giving to the house a coat of white paint. Then he was stretching and tacking down a carpet in the garret , an d— He awoke with a groan. He muBt have been hammering away at his sore thumb , for it was throbbing and acting terribl y. Sleep was out of the question now , so Ebenezer got up and li ghted a candle and walked the bare floor till daylight , wondering why he had nev e r felt so lonel y before , and thinking,, as he had never thoug ht before , that a bachelor ' s life was a wretche d one. A few days after her walk on the beach Pol ly sat knitting in her sister ' s best room , when that lad y came in from the store , w hither she had gone for a roll of butter. \Sake s alive , Poll y, you will never believe it J Ebenezer Stiekney is turning everything inside out and upside down at his house. They ' re painting the house outside , and papering and whitewashing inside , and he ' s got Jim Black there clearing out the yard. I didn ' t think much a bout all that , for the L ord knows the p lace needed it; but just as I le ft the store what should stop in front of the miller ' s gate but two loads of brand- new furniture. T hen said I to myself , th at means something. I spoke to Sall y Brown about it , aud we both say there ' s a wedding ahead . \ Mrs. Betsy Carver was so excited over this piece tf i news that she did not notice how pale Polly had grown , nor her h an d tremble so thaf she dropped half the stitches off her knitting needle . She rattled away: \I re ckon I know who he 'll marry T ha t b r az e n faced Murray g irl that sit s , rig ht in front of him every time he goes t o Yittoria to church. She ' s had h e r cap set for him these two years , Sall y says , and at last she ' s trappe d him. \ . Polly ' s face was flushed < o crimson now. She made no rep l y, but bent over her wor k , nervous l y ta k ing up the stitches she had dropped. ~ If she loved Ebenezer Stiekney, her sister did not suspect it. Just then Katy Rice , Ebenezer ' s little niece , c a me in ., \Please , M j ss Poll y, Unc l e E b en sent me down after the seeds yro said he could have. \ THE NEWS EPITOMIZED. TWO BBOTHERS LYNCHED Ra s tern and Middle Stares, The 7\ ilice Board of New York City, on recommendation of Superintendent Byrnes , resolved to abolish the long police club , adopt a very short one in its place and use whistles for si gnals. Ahchie Dill , William Temple and John Barclay were killed by a runaway car ' which dashed into a crowd \ of passengers at the railway station , Huntington , Penn. Twenty-five stores and houses in the heart of Callery Junction , Penn.. were burned. The loss was estimate! at $50 , COO , with little insurance; About one hun dred people were left homeless. The bank at Phoenix 1 ; N. Y ., was ent e r ed b y thieves and $3900. was taken from the safe. . - ¦ . / ¦ • ¦ ¦ . ¦ . • \ ¦ ¦ J oseph Leeheb , well a known hatter , died of heart disease in Danbury , - : Conn., a few evenings ago. At thVs a me . hour his brother Charles , also a hatter) ' . - - .dropped \ ' dead in Newark , N. J. The latiar ' s death: # as also caused by heart disease;; , . : V. ' . ;;;; '\ - ' . _ ; - ¦ • ; . Consul General p ' oHnf s o J j T Rviz , of Ecuador , has been discharged from arrest in New York City on the charge of forgery. Mrs. Bertha Laws , accused of the same crime , has been held for trial. The people of Rhode Island held a series of daily prayer meetings for rain. Three men , the cook' of the tug Colonel E. D. Grubb , lying in the Erie basin , Brookl yn , N. Y., and two guests who were passing the night on board , were parboiled by an explosion of the tug ' s boiler and they died 60on afterward. . South and West. An explosion of hitro-glycerine near Lima , Ohio , killed three men. The National Convention of the Women ' s Christian Temperance Union met in Den- ver , Col . - A northwest gale at Chicago , III., caused great havoc in lake shi pp ing . Two Jives were lost and boats worth over $1 , 000 , - 000 were wrecked. At San-Francisco , Cai., James R. Bart- lett , one of the survivors of the Jeannette Arctic expedition , shot and killed his wife ' s neice, Lottie Carpenter , shot his wife in the shoulder , and then shot and k f llei himself. He was insane. An attempt to assassinate the State Auditor of Worth Carolina at a political meeting at Burnesville , led to a desperate battle with bowie knives and p istols , in which five men were lulled and more taau a dozen seriously wounded. The work of rebuilding the buraed dis- trict of Milwaukee , Wi s. , was begun. The s ale - of the great English thorough , bred stallion Ormonde ' to William O. B. Mc- Donough , of California , was settled by cable , the Californiaa sending an order for 5 150 . 0C0 to the Kothschilds. Cha r leston , S. C., has celebrated the fifth anniversary of recovery from the earthquake . Vast crowds assembled in a city a blaze with the National colors. Th9 war shi ps , Vesuvius and Dolp hin , helped the pageant. The southbouud express train was held up just south o t Piedmout , Ala., by two nmslceti men. They made the messenger deliver $705. They then went into the mail car and got a lot of valuable packages. The whole thing was done in three minutes. - ' Washin g ton , . i . . : ^ The new postal car J with~ - ~ p1ffa ; repiy ' has been p laced on sale by the Postoffice Depart- ment at all first class postoffic s s throughout the country. E. C. OBrie ' s , Commissioner of Navi ga- t ion , has just submitted advance copies Of his annual report to the Secretary of th9 Treasury. The steam chimney of the Wakefield , a river steamboat , blew off fifty miles so u t a of Washington. Two men were killed out- right; one was blown overboard and drowned , one was missing and three were injured. The President and the members of his private and official family who accompanied him to his wife ' s funeral at Indianapolis re- turned to the National capital at 5 o ' clock next afternoon. They proceeded direct to the White Ho \ ise. The President resumed his official duties at the White House and devoted most o£ the time to the consideration and dispatch of routine matters requiring his action , a great deal of which had accumulated. President Harrison issued a proclama- tion extending the benefits of the American Copyri ght law to Italy. The Hon. John D. Washburn Envoy Ex- traordinary and Minister Pleni potentiary o£ the . United States to Switzerland , has sent in his resignation to the President. The cause is business engagements. Geobge S. BATCHELi. T m called at the De- partment o£ State and tendered to Secre- tary Foster his resi gnation of the office of United States Minister to Portugal , which was accepted. Foreign. The steamer Louvre was wrecked at Pen- march , Fini s terre , and seventeen persons were dro wn ed . A ferryboa fe capsiz a l in fcha R i ver Douro , Portugal , and elwen people n ere drowned. The Queen of Spain has expressed her gratification at the kindness of the Ameri- can Congress in honoring her with an invi- tation to the Columbian Exposition and ex- pressed her regret that the Constitution o£ S pain prohibited her from accepting, but; said sh9 should send a representative. It is probable that the Infanta Isabella , sister of the late King will attend. O t GA , Dowager Queen of Wurtemberg, is dead . There is a serious revival of cholera at Baku , Russia. Henry B. P i ,td er , formerly. United States Consul at Copenhagen , Denmark , has been convicted of thef ^ fraud and perjury, and sentenced to eig h teen months ' imprison- ment at hard labor. Twelve bandits made a successful raid on a store in a Mexican town; the Govern- ment rurals attacked them , wounding three latally and capturing three others. Wittenberg honored Luther ' s memory in great style. Emperor William of Ger- many at the banquet which followed the services and procession delivered a notable speech . The Fre n c h f orces , again defeated the Dahoman army in Africa. .. • . ' A cable despatch from Hamburg, Ger- many, announces that the cholera epidemic is at an end in that city. Order has been comp letely restored in the city of Santiag c del Estero , Argentina BepubJic. The rebels have been disarmed by the Federal troops. In the Island of Sardinia , floods destroyed 248 houses at Sans Perate , and 100 persons were supposed to have been drowned. The British Central Chamber of Agri- culturehas decided to hold a National con- ference on the depression in the agricultural industry. T he conference- will take place on December 7 . ' ' :¦ ¦ ' ' ¦ ¦ ¦ An Attempt of S lurderers to Escape Causes Two More Murders. Two brothers named Burgess who were n jail at Lebanon , -Russell County, Va., charged with the murder of Oak Suther- land , attem p te d to e sca p e a f ew n ights ago. This so incensed Sutherland' s friends that they \took the prisoners from the jail , hand- cuffed them together , hanged them and then riddled them with'buUete. ^ ^ ' ; _ir ^ __ MILLIONS IN ASUS ffiiliran1r.ee j W is./S w epfc Over ty a Terr ible Conflagration. Twent y-two Blocks Laid Waste by the Fierce Flames, NATIONAL FINANCES Milwaukee , Wis., has been visited by a great conflagration which did millions of dollars ' worth of damage and was the most serious fire in the West since the great Chi- cago conflagration. The fire started at 5:30 o ' clock in the evening in the Union Oil Com- pany ' s store on East Water street , and soon threatened to destroy the entire wholesale business section of Milwaukee , east of the Mil- waukee River , bel«w Huron street. 1 For an hour; the Fire Departmen t stru g g led bravely with the elements , whioh were fanned by a gale that was blowing at the ' rate of thirty- six miles an hour. Chief F oley kepfc the fire con fine d to one block on Easfc Water street until 7 o ' clock , ¦when it got away from him and leaped across the street and began a rap id m w s H toward Lake MichigaD , six blocks away, cutting down in short order the stores of F. Doh men & Co., wholesale drugs ; M. Bloch , ¦wholesale liquor ; Bub & Eipp ' s seven-storv furniture f actory ; Roundy, Peckham & Co., wholesale grocers ; Jacob Wellauer & Co., wholesale grocers; Johnson Brothers ' branch of the American Biscuit Company, and the National Distilling \ Com pany. At 8 o ' clock the flames had crossed Broad- way, between Buffalo and Detroit streets , taking numerous wooden structures , and then advancing to Milwaukee street. At 8:15 the flames had reached Jefferson street , three squares from where it broke out , and began burning private residences. The course of the fire changed at 8:15 o ' clock , and it soon seemed l ikely to consume the territory between Broadway and Jeffer- son streets to the east and west branch of the Milwaukee River. The fire reached the river , and the big Angus Smith grain eleva- tors were next to fall. The Fire Department was powerless to stay its progress. Not onl y was the fire ad- vancing with the wind on its mission o * de- struction , but it commenc s i to back up at the point it began , where there was no means o ' E staying its progress. The freight yards of the Chicago and Northwest Roads were reached , and whole trains of cars loaded with merchandise , live stock , and grain were soon burning. An appeal for hel p was telegraphed to Chicago , and CriieE Sweenie rep lied that re- inforcements would be in Milwaukee as soon as steam could get them there. In hal E an hour several Chicago companies were on their way there. Several fire3 in other parts of the city broke out , but there were no engines to re- spond. The entire lower part on the Third Ward , which isinhabitel largely by poor Irish families , was next devastate d. About 300 cottagbs were destroyed , aud the occu- pants were wanderiril ' vin the streets , loudly lamenting their l ossjif Alarms were coming in every few minutes from parts of the city widely saparat&d , and it -was thought that firebu g s were helping in the work of destruc- ti on. The fine residence of L. F . Hodges , a member of the Board at Trade , at Ninth and Cedar streets , two miles from the fire district , was destroyed. An alarm was also rung in, from the House of Correction , - > iff y u> 9 O' uiock- only t mu iaiaiiues nan been reported . One fireman , it was learned , wiis killed and a woman suffocated. The gas works caught fire , and frequent explosions occurred that shook the whole ci ty. The li ghts then began to go out over a large part of the city. The department used dynamite in an effort to stop the ad- vanc a of the flames , and several buildings were blown up. Many ot the scenes of the great fire of 187 1 in Chicago wer9 re-enacted. The d yna- mite exp losions , the leaping flames , and the crumbling walls added to the terror of the homeless Third Warders. A report came from the life-saving station that femr of its crew , who cama up Broadway to lend assis tance to the Fire Department , had been buried by a falling wall at Weisel & Vilters ' s machine shops. A buglar passed down Broadway at 9 o ' clock , calling together members of the Li ght-Horse Squadron and Fourth. Battalion to assist the police in guarding property. The first help from other cities came in the shape of one engine from Racine , Wis., and one from Wa u kesha , W is. H ofc a gaslight was burning in the city at 10 o ' clock , and some portions of the city, where there were no electric li g hts , were in total darkness. Up to it o ' clock the fire had lapp a d up everything in the territory bouuderl on the west by the north branch of the Milwaukee .Kiver , \ on the east b y the lake , aud ou the south by-the harbor branch of the river— twenty-two solid blocks , five of which were occupied by wholesale houses , factories , dis- tilleries , et c., and the rest by residences. This did nob include the yards of the Chi- cago and Northwestern Road , which covered many acres. Hundreds of cars were burned. At this hour not evea a veteran fireman would have ventured to estimate tbe final extent of the fire. It was then extending south oE Broad way bridge and backing up Detroit street at the river front and at the lake. It had swept clear through to the lake ,, a distance of about eight blocks , or one mile , and was burning v fiercely along the great elevators of the city at the mouth of the river. At 11 o ' clock the fiercest fire was just west and north of the gashou s e. East o£ the gas • house the fire had consumed everything, and there was nothing more in that locality for It to feed on. West of the gashouse the flames attacked the R i edberg Vinegar Works , wh i c h were consumed. . ¦ The fire was now eating its way south to Erie street , and seemed likel y to con- sums everything in that locality. .. . . .. ' . . . - Onl y small buildings owned by the gas company had been burned up to this time , and the firemen were tryiDg to save the main buildings. At midnight insurance men estimated that the entire loss had aggregated $7 , 000 , 000 up to that hour. One estimate placed the loss at $20 , 000 , 003. At 11 :45 Chief Foley an- nounced that the fire ms under control. An Increase in the Public Debt for October. The monthly public debfc statement just issued from the Treasury Department shows a slight increase in the debt during the last month—amounting ^ o $689 , 087. There was a- decrease of $884 , 517 in the surp lus during the month , an increase of (850 in the interest-bearing, debt and a decrease of $196 , - 280 in the non-interest-bearing debt. The surplus or net cash balance in the Treasury, including the $100 , 00 ^ , 000 gold greenback reserve fund , aggregates S131 , - 011 , 401 , against $131 , 895 , 918 a month ago. The National debt , less the cash balance in the Treasury, amounts to . 1835 , 811 , - 833 , of which $585 , 032 , 020 is interest-bear- ing debt , made up ' of 8559 , 667 , 520 fou n per cent anl $25364 , , 500 two per cent , bonds. The Treasury holds $23 , 181 , 990 in. gold certificates , with $180 , 255 , 349 in circu- ]ation; , $2 . 297 , 773 of silver certificates , with $324552 , , 532 in circulation , and $2 , 043 , 810 of silver Treasury notes with $114 , 567 , 423 of them in circulation. Government receip ts last month aggre- gated in . round numbers thirty-two and three-quarters millions , a g ainst twenty- eight and a half millions in October. 1891. T V' omep t are lately joining the National Journeymen Tailois ' Umo u o£ Amend in gi eat numbers , and m several cities they have formed branches oE their; own in affili- ation with the local unions instead of re- mainiug members of the men ' s unions. M l Wr jIARM HOlP S FUNERAL WRECK OF A STEAMSHIP FLOODS IN MEXI00 The Obsequies oi the President' s Wife Simple and Impressive. The funeral services over the bod y of Mrs. Harrison were conducted in the East Room of the White House at Washington at 10 o ' clock in the morning in the pre s enc a o£ the family, immediate friends and a num- ber of notable persons. Rev. Drs. Hamlin and Bartlett officiated and the services lasted about three-quarters of an h«ur. The services wer ' e beautiful and impressive , b ut simple. Inside the house all of the doors connect- ing the halls and adjoining rooms with the East Room were , thrown open. Near the centre of the East Room was p lace the comn. The room was nearly filled with chairs and spfas. There was a profusion of flowers and plants. Some time before the hour set for the be- g inning of the services the personal friends of the family began to arrive and were shown to seats by : the ushers , Commander Cowles and .Lieutenant Clover of the United States Navy, Lieutenant D. A. Fray of the Army, and S. D Miller , son of the Attor- ney-General . The first row of seats at the foot of the coffin was occupie i by the family, the next by the most intimate f riends , and the remainder by the employes and servants of the house, The first row on the north side was assjgnei to the Cabinet and Private Secretary HalfovJ , the second to the Supreme Court , and the remaiuing rows to other frienis , withou t specification. Just be ' ore ten o ' clock Mr . Blaine entered , accompanied by Mrs. Blai ne and his daughter Harriet , and the ex-Secre- tary was seated beside General Proctor . Most of the members of the Di plomatic Corps were also among the early arrivals. In the green room adjoining and openin g into the East Room were stationed the hoys of the choir of St. John ' s Episcopal Church and the precentor and organist. At 10 o ' clock the ho n orary Dill-bearers en- tered the East Room and were seated They walked slowly in the following order: Vice- President Morton and Secretary J. W . Fo j - ter . Secretary Eiki n sand A ttorney-General Miller , Postmaster-General Wanaraaker and Secretary Tracy, and ' Secretary Noble and Secretary Rusk The household followed soon afterwards. Toe President escorted Mrs. Me- Kee , his only dau g hter , his sou , Ru « >ll ,.a n d his wi£e came next, followed by the Rev . Or . Scoti a Mrs. Harrison ' s father , with. Mrs. Dimmick , and the other relatives and mem- bers of the household after them. Toe Rev. Dr. Hamlin repeated a few passages from the Scriptures , beginning \In M y Father ' s house are many mansions , \ and in- cluding several verses from the Psalms, an 1 closed with the Lord' s Prayer. The R* .v. Dr. Bartlett , of the New York .ivenu a Presby- terian Church , who was formerly Mrs. Har- rison ' s pastor at Indianapolis , read a num- be r o£ passages from the Old anl New Tes taments , and the Psalms. The choral selec- tions of the service were \I heard the voice of Jesus say, \ and \Lead , kindl y light. ' At the conclusion of tbe services , precede d by the two officiating clergymen and the honorary pallbearers , the eofliu was borne out of the doorway of the White House , an I as it came into view the throngs on Pennsyl - vania avenu a opposite the mansion stool with uncovered heads. The funeral pro o e j j- sioa was formed behi nd the hearse , anl mcveddown Pennsylvania avenue on th q way to the station. Nearly all the business buildings haa raised the National colors to half-mast . About S0 3 0 pefsoSs had congre- gated at the station , but per f e a t order was preserved by a squad of police. The special funera l train starte i fro u ; tho . statiou at l iilO ' o J hlooklfoK— Indianapolis. Interment , at Indianapolis. President Harrison and tbe members of his personal and official family arrived at In dianapolis Ihd., in their special train at 9:30 o ' clock a. m.,promptly on schedule time. They were greeted by thousauds oE sympa- thetic friends. A delay of half an hour in removing Mrs. Harrison ' s body from the train was caused in transferring from the funeral oar the wealth of floral emblems. Everything being at last in readiness , the casket was lifted and slowly and reverently borne out by Johu B. Elam , the President' s law partner; Judge Woods , E. B. Martin- d ale , General Lew Wallace , Dr. Allen and T. P. Haughey. In front of the pall-bearers were Jud ge Nib l ack and W. B. Pisbback , and in the rear Moses G. McJlain and John R. Elder , and follo wing: them the relatives and the Pres- ident' s official family. Tiie cortege proceeded directl y to the church , where there was a beautiful disp lay of floral tributes ming led with heavy hang- ings of mourning crepe. When the proces- sion arrived afc the church a crowd of 5000 people thronged the sidewalks and pushed into the streets. The church services were characterized b y the greatest simplicity. As the coffin was carried up the aisle the organ pealed forth a soft melody. The choir then sang \Lead Kindly Light\ with beautiful effect , and Dr. Haines offered a short invocation and read a selection from the Scripture, The funeral sermon was from the text , \Wherefore , comfort one another with tbe s e words. \ The benediction was pronounced by the Rev. Dr. Hyde. The procession was reformed and moved slowly to Crown Hill Cemetery. With but few exc a ptions all of the private residences along the Boulevard displayed emblems of mourning The cemetery was reached just before 1 o ' clock Here a passage of Scripture was read by the Rev. Dr. Hyde, and a final prayer and benediction pronounced by Dr. Haines. The President paused a moment and looked down into the epen grave , and then with bowed head turned away. T he Roumania Driven Ashore and 113 People Drowned . The Anchor line steamshi p itoumania , Captain Young, went ashore early in the morning at the mouth oE the Arnoya , near Peniche , Portugal, and 113 of the 123 pas- sengers on board wereJost. • The Roumania' left Liverpool four days before-for Bom bay, India. She carried fifty-five passengers , a crew of sixty-seven men and a full cargo of merchandise. She experienced heavy weather . On the third day she ran into a furious storm ; all her passengers were ordered below and were not allowed on deck. The Roumania ran in to a thick fog in about forty-two degrees: north latitude . She proceeded at halrsp s ed , and it was sup- posed was well out from the coast . A violent storm came on after several hours iri tbe ' f og. ' \ v When the storm struck her the Roumania was but a few miles from shore. Toe ship made little progress and the captain was unable to keep her bow to the wind . She went on the rocks almost without warniu p , for up to the last few minutes the shi p ' s oflicers did notrealiz s their peril. \ Heavy seas broke over the shi p ' s decks , and many of the passengers who ran on neck in a \ panic were swept overboard and drowned. Fifty Persons Drowned aud Heavy Damage Done to Property. Further particulars of damage by the re- cent overflow of the Saldo River , in the State of Paxaca , Mexico , have been received. Thousands of acres of coffee and cane lands were inundated , and- fully $300 , 000 da m- age to those crops alone was done. On the hacienda of Pedro Cells , 2000 head of cattle were caug ht in t he torrent of water and swept into the ocean. Fully fifty persons in all lost their lives . Fitteen em- ployes on the Hacienda De Yotta were overtaken by the flood while they were at woim in the fields , and - all were drowned? Hundreds of families were ' inado homeless. THE LABOR WORLD Thebe are 90 , 000 idle workmen in the East ;( # End of London alone. w ' ~ ^& In Bremen , Germany, thetextlle factor l^® are working half time. . - , ' -¦ ' T& Wm t The Printers ' H ome at Colorado Springs ^ * near Denver , Col., has now twenty inmate*. ., \ Pab i s will spend $400 , 000 -annuall y in in* ' . ¦: : ' i creasing the wages of her munici pal laborers. ; - The English congress of ^ railway men de » r~ feated b y a large majority a motion tor an eight-hour day. - ^ ¦ The Miners ' unions in Great Britain are ' ' ¦ * : ' -: discussing a plan to found an orphanage for miners ' children . - - . &i It is said that over 1 , 000.000 workmen in 3' Germany remain unmarried because they 4 cannot support a family. : - * . i The first braneh;of the building trades to « secure an ei ght-hour work day in MassaehuT ^ setts was the bricklayers. . - . ; • ' - ¦ , , ' . ' : : \ ' - - THETrades and labor As re mbly ^i bn fe | i vill e , -Ky., has four women rdelega ^| rep fe « >| ? sen ting- the tailoresses ana shir tmaker s of ^ that city. \ ' V ¦ ' . - ¦;¦ • / . ' . ; M i ^ f; ' r: \ ' : \ • . £ :? Thk whole of the farm work - in%innany, : - 0 practically, is done by womeri ^ and * girte d Their pay is about eighteen cents per day /i i K and they board themselves. • \ . ' -: \ :¦ . ¦¦ \ ' . ¦ * ¦;. ? * The organized railroad emp loyes? of # ; France have demanded that men having- i ^ served twenty years ' service receive \ a pan-; ' i ; sion amounting to one-half of their salary. : - • An important concession to the dock yard hands has been made by the British Admir- alty, to the effect that men on p iec e work are to be paid the full amount of their earn- ing, however much in excess of their ordin- ary-wages. Hitherto men were not allowed to earn more than fifty per cent, above their daily wages. In twenty-two of the largest cities of this country 17 , 427 women , who are worktrg for a living, were questioned by Govefi. ^ men* agents. Of these 15 , 388 were single and the average age was twenty-two years and seven months. They represented 842 vocations aud their average pay amounted to $5.51 per week. • ' ¦• . V The Germans are trying the experiment of introducing coolie labor into East Africa. They recently landed 500 Chinese coolies at Tanga , whence they were taken some dis- tance inland to the cotton and coffee pl a nta - tations at Lewa and Damere. This experi- ment may prove a disastrous failure , as it is not at all certain that the Chinese can thrive under the unfavorable conditions they will meet in equatorial Africa. THE MARKETS , ; . ?; Late Wholesale Prices of Oonntry Produce Quoted in New York. . 45 BEANS* AND PEAS. . - _ . * . • Beans-Marrow , 1891 , choice$2 SO @$ 2 52j £ ; Medium , 1893 , chojee.... 2 05 @ 210 , Pea , 1892 , choice 205 . @ 210 Red kidney, 1892 , choice. 275 @ 2 85V ; Red Sidney, poor to fair — @ — ¦ Lima , Cal., per bush.... 205 @ '21O . ' ¦; . Green peas , 1892 , per bb l . /... 170 @ . . — \ \ J BIJTTBR . . • ' . ;. ¦ . V -rViy , Cre amery-St. &Penn , extra 28 ^ @ • 29> i v St. & Penu., firsts....... 23 @ 26 . i; . ¦ Western , firsts ..,.. 26 @ r 28 ¦ \ Western , seconds....... 23 (8: 25 ;. W estern , t hirds......... 20 @ . ' . 22 - : X State dairy—half tubs , and - ' _ ' : ' ¦ . . ' ¦ ' ' ' - ' £ pails ,. extras...v...... i .. r : 25 . ' ¦@ L ' .: - 9l; ? ,j J & Half tubs and pails , Ista. ¦ 22 ^ 1® k24 x% $ 3 Half ' tubs and pails , 2dsV ^ 20-; ®M MW ^ Wels h tubs , ex tras...... CE * 3i^ @ 4 t ?\ * i ' ¦ - ^ . Welsh tubs , Ists;...,...; :v \ 22 S '@. i > ; 247.:? ^ Welsh tubs , 2<is... ., 20 @ 2L ; S f Western—Im. creamery, Ists 23 @ -24 ^ W . Im. creamery, 2ds.. ^ . 18 & 20 v j W . Im. creamery. 3ds... — @ \-v ^ Western Factory, fresb , firsts 17 . @* — ^ , W. Factory, s econds.... 15 ^ 0 • 16 \ ^ W.Factory and dairy, 3ds 14 # @ ;: 15 * ^ CHEESE . \' -; Z : : ' 1 ' Vi State factory—Full cream , - ; 3 m white , fancy ;.... 10} ^ ®:; -r. : ^ Fullcream , colored , fancy — @ 10 J^ : :j Full cream , good to prime 9 & <@ 9% ^ Part skims , choice 6} £ <@ 7 y Part skims ,good to prime 5 @ 6 ; :L ~ Part skims , common..,. 3 @ 3> £ : ; Full skims.............. 1 @ 2 < : EGGS. >, r State and Penn—Fresh...... 25 @ — \ : -^ Western- Fresh , fancy 23 ^ @ -24 ¦ Fresb , prime 23> $ @ 2' i% c FRUITS AND BERRIES- tf RESH, - - k A pp les—Red sorts , bbl ...... 250 @ 350 : \ Green sorts , per bbl ' 2 00 @ 2 75, . % \ r Sweet Tarieties ,p er bbU . — @ — :\. ^ Pears , Bartlett , per bush.... — @ — • j £f c Seckel , per bbl — @ : ; — ¦ ¦> € W. Common cooking,per bbl 2 50 @ 3 00 r - Grapes , up r i v e r , Del., 5 lb. 15 @ 22• • ¦ . ¦ ' . ¦• • •? . ¦ U p river , Niagara , 5 1b. 11 @ 20 ;¦ Up river , Concord , 5 lb . 11 @ 12 ! ¦ Peaches , Jersey, extra , basket. — @ — * Poor to fair... — @ — : * , - Plums , up river , per crate... — @ - -—¦ ' ¦ - ' ' $ State , 10 lb basket — @ ' ~ ¦ :• Cran b err i e s , Cape Co-J , bbl . 300 @450 , ; ; , hops. - ' . ' :V: . ' ' State-1892 , fair to choice... 21 @ 22 . , . 3 891 . prime... 23 @ 24 -w 1891 , common to good.. 18 @ 28 - i Old odds. 5 @' 9 y : LIVE POULTRY. r : : ; ' ' v ^ Fowls-Jersey, State , Penn. 10 @- — : ' Western , per lb 9 % @ 10 : ^ Spring Chickens, local , lb.... 10 @ _ : 10 #£ . Southern per lb........ — & ~~( : : Roosters , old , per lb........ — @ ¦ ¦ ' ¦ & ¦ ' ' :;> : Turkeys , per lb 10 @ 12 r .r ; Ducks—N. J ., N. Y., Penn., ^ - ;i ; : *V per _ pair .............. 60 ,@. . ' ¦ . S5' ^ j] ;; Southern , per pair....,; — @\- . - . — , .;iS Geese , Western , per pair.... 137' @ : lj62 ^ g Southern , p er pair...... — @:i ^£^ || Pigeons , per pair............ 30. . . . . @;XHP-j 5 § ^ DRESSED POTOIRY—FRESH, KMiED.Mos ® |S ; Turkeys-Young- , per lb.... 12 M~ . \ 2#^p l Old mixed weights...... 12 @\ :M ^ Toms , fair to prime..... — @, — . \ Chickens—Phila., per lb..... 12 @ \ 17 ^ J| . L. I. broilers.. -. — @ [. r ^ rj ^ x i Fowls—St. and Fenn. , per lb — @ ; -r - *?? Western , per lb......;.. 10¦ @ > iOV £^ Ducks—Western , per lb .... 9 : ®' ! & $-$ - - Eastern ,per lb ... ...... 17 @; vl8t- * # S pring, L. I., per lb.... 18 < &- p ^ Geese - r-SpringEastern , per lb 18 . @' > rr? 'j g S Squabs-Dark , per doz..... 200; @;2 25 :%; Light ^ pe r doz.......... 3 00 @ ^ 3 , 25 ^ fr ! | ' ¦ ' ;. ¦ \\ .. - ' ' VEGETABLE S. . : ' : ^ - ftS K ^ Potatoes-State ,p 3 r bbl . \ ... 175 , @. 2 (J O S %f| Jersey, prime , per bbl... 1 75 @ 2 00 Jl - ^ i* Jersey, inferior , per bbl . 150 @ 1 624; ^ L. I,, in bulk , per bbl .. 203 @ 2 25 ^- g; Cabbage ^ L. I., per 100...... 4 0,) @: j \ 6O0l ^g On ions—EasterD ,yeUow , bb K 225 @ ' 2?5; ^ | East e rn , red , per bbi.... 2 25 < § ) ; 2 50• ?i S tate , per bbl.......... 200 @. 237 % ; S S S quash—Marrow , per barrel , 125 @ 1 SO v L ^ f . Cucumbers , pickles , per 100J . — @ ' — ?£ ¦ £ Long Island , pe r 1000..... — @ v :- ^ >S | Tomatoes , per crate...... .,.. 1 00 @ l ^i t g Lima beans , fair to p rime , bag 3 00 @ \ * 00V ^ i E ggp lant; Jorsey , p9i* . ' bb l.. ~ — ® - ^ . i?J ^ Sweet potatoes , Va., per bbl. 175 , @ : 2 00: S | — South Jersey, per bbl .... 2 00 ' @ '3 25 ^ Celery, near by , doz . bunches 75 , @;i-25 ; K| = ¦ ¦ ¦ - . ^ grain , etc. ¦ ' ¦¦ • . ¦; ; ¦: ' h % $ i g? FJour - -C ity Mill Extra..... 425 @ 4 35 ^ Patents 450 @ f75 ^^ W heat-No. 2 Red.......... T4 K® ^ IW fp Rye—State.................. 56 ;©,. : <5% ^ g Barley-Two-rowed State... 60 @ tt 65 ^a« ! Corn-Ungraded Mixed. „ .. 49 K @ ^ 50J ^ Oftt s-No. 2 White.......:.. 39 . , @ ^ 39} £ i Mixed Western . — W ^ Mi Hay-GooA to Choice « 0 @ i 85| §^ Str l w-Lon , Rye 50 @ (65jgg | lard—City Steam — @ 8 v ^|^g MV H STOCK. ' 5 ^ § || Be a ves , City dressed 6 @ i 2$ |pl Milch Co wf , com . to good... \5 tt>) ® ^ 0 0 m Calves , City dressel...1 ft&s^ . 8 ® sjl § /al|i Sh«ep, per 103 Ib3 . . ^ r. - ^ . ^w^^m® !f p* !f§§ Hogs—Live , p er 100 ^hp^ M ^^ - ®!^!^! Dressed ,. „ ,?. ' ' ' ^ $ ^^^^^ M
