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About Dade County weekly times. (Rising Fawn, Dade County, Ga.) 1884-1888 | View Entire Issue (March 12, 1885)
T. A. HAVRON, Publisher. CLEVELAND. While He Walks Into the White House Doors, Chester A. Arthur With Dignity, Steps Down and Out. After Twenty-four Years of Continuous Service, the Republican Party Peacefully Resigns Its Trust Into the Hands of the Democratic Party. Inaugural Ceremonies of the New President. The Inaugural Address. A Magnificent Pageant.—Programme of the Proceaaion, Etc. ’Washington March 4.—Grover Cleveland Ss President. The solemn oath of office, the delivery of the inaugural, the boom ol' cam nons, the waving of flags and banners, the Shouts of the multitude, the loud notes Gif martial music and the marching of thous ands of troops in long procession, attest this. The King is dead —long live (ho King, This morning at It :30 President Arthur rode from the White House to the Capitol to lay down the robes of office. This afternoon at 12:30 President Cleveland rode from the Capi tol to the White House, having taken them up. So simple yet grand are the ceremonies which transfer from hand to hand amt fftiin party to party ttio administration tii the gov ernment of the greatest nation on the earth. The presence at the Capitol, the solemn oath of office, the lips reverently pressed upon the hook, the address to the present thou* sands and listening millions, the return to the Executive Mansion, and the thing is done, and the scepter has passed from the hands that have held it for twenty-four years to those that have been vainly stretched toward it so long. At 10 o'clock Senators Sherman and Itan som, who were to be the escort to President Cleveland, repaired to the Arlington HbteL w here the President-elect was quartered, and escorted him to the White House. Senator Hawley at the same time visited Willard’s Hotel and escorted Vice President-elect Hen* drickstotho White House. After * Snort time spent there they took carriages for the, Capitol, being escorted thither by one divis ion of the procession, tonsistlngof the Regu lar Army. Marine Corps and the: District Militia. Arriving at the Capitol, Presi dent Arthur went to the President s room, where he found most of the members of the Cabinet waiting to transact the last work of the administration, the discussion of the bills being passed by Congress in its expir ing hours, and the approval by the President of those that were thought worthy of ap proval. Tin, House and ereVmte were in ses sion, very busy, winding up the work of the session, the Officers and messengers hustling back aud forth between tho chambers of the two bodies with bills and reports of con ference committees, everything in a hubbub of confusion and hurry, yet proceeding in order. The President-elect was escorted to the Vice President’s "oom, where he was fol lowed by Mr. Hendricks and his escort, the two remaining hero until the moment should arrive for their entrance to the Senate Cham ber. Of course not n tithe of those who desired to enter the Senate Chamber to witness the reorganization of that body cuuM be accom modated. Seats were provided for as many as possible on the floor, and tickets wt'l’e issued to the members of the Senate and House to be distributed, admitting to the galleries as many as could be packed into them. The doors of the galleries hwd b'een opened earlier to those holding tickets of admission, none uot so holding tickets being admitted. At 11 o'clock tho diplomates, who were entitled to seats bn tho floor of the Sen ate, began to arrive. They gathered in tho Marble Room, adjoining the Senate Chamber, and at 11:15 marched into the Sen ate Chamber and were given seats at the t ght of the Chair. They were followed by the beads of departments. General of the Army, the Admiral of the Navy, the army officers and others who have been thanked by Con gress by name for meritorious services. Gov ernors and ex-Governors of States, Judges of the Supreme Court of the District and of the Court of Alabama Claims, the Commis sioners of the District, the Assistant Secreta ries of the departments and Commissioner of Agriculture, and the Supreme Court, and finally by the members of the House, all be ing given scats in chairs upon the floor of the Senate Chamber. The galleries were of course packed. Shortly before 12 the President And the President-elect and Vice President-elect entered, the Senate .Chamber and were escorted to seats reserved for them. Vice President Hendricks was sworn in as V’oe President of the United States and Pres ident of the Senate, and proceeded to ad minister the oath of office to the newly elected members of the Senate, thus, by this simple process, completing the reorganization of that body in « very brief space of time, and the Senate of Ihe Forty-eighth Congress passed away and its place was filled, as if bv magics With the Senate of the Forty-ninth Congress. The new Senators sworn in, the procession form ed for the purpose of escorting tho President elect to the platform In front of the Capitol, where he was tx» be sworn in and deliver his inaugural. It formed in the following order: Marshal of tho District of Columbia and Su preme Court. Justices of the Supreme Court. Sergeant-at-Arms of the Senate. Coimuttteee of Arrangements. The President and President-elect- Vico president find Secretary of the Senate. Member* of the Senate. Members of the Diplomatic Corps. Heads of Departments. General of the Army and Admiral of Navy. Those receiving the thnnks of Congress. Members and Members-elect of the House. Governors and ex-Governors of States. Officers of House and Senate. Ml other persons admitted to the floor. Vll persons admitted to the galleries. This procession moved through tne C ap tol, from the main door of the Senate Cham ber to the rotunda and thence through the main door at the east front of the Capitol bull ling to the great platform that had been ere( fed. upon which the oath of office was to be r''ministered to President Cleveland. In front of the Capitol as they emerged they found a sea of people. The gret i space in front of the building was packed with a mass of peo ple, thousands and thousands, from whose throats came'a mighty shout as the proces sion and the President appeared. Marching forward to Ihe platform, upon which the members of the press had already heen seat ed, the President and President-elect took seals at the center, well in front, assigned them by the committee, those following them filing right and left to their seats as as signed. As the new President took his seat there was a pressure forward by the great crowd, a hum of voices and .a struggle to get sight of the man who was then and there to as sume the duties of the greatest office in the gift of the greatest union on earth. Those who were near enough to gratify this desire saw in him a man whose face seemed familiar bv reason of the events of the last six months, faultlessly altired in black his familiar features a trifle pale from the suppressed agitation of the great part in the drama in real life which he was to play. After a moment's delay the inaugural ad dress whs delivered, after which he was sworn in. the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court administerng the oath of office. The Inaugural Address. Pfi.T.ow Citizens: —In the presence of this vast assembly of my countrymen, I am 4bout to supplement and veal by the oath shad take the manifestation of the etli a Breat and free people. In the exer ctse of their power and the right of self-gov ernment, they have committed to one of their ei i°'u" cl \- Zens supreme and sacred trust; and he here consecrates himself to their service. This impressive ceremony adds little tosol respuhSibility with which I con a!o 10 "ttty I owe to all the people of 11.I 1 . \ °an relieve u.e from anx iety lost by any act of mine their interests may sutfer, and nothing is needed to strength e!i m >' resolution to engage every faculty and effort in the promotion of their welfare. AiiiKl the din of party strife the people’s choice was made; bUt its attendant circuin „ U demonstrated a new- strength and the safety of government by the people. - e! i < ; * succeeding year it more clearly up i ears that our democratic principle needs no apology, and that in its fearless and faithful application is to be found the guarau t( e of good government. But. the best results in the operation of the uovernmrri, wherein every citizen has a snare largely depend upon the proper limi tation of purely partisan zeal and effort and a correct appreciation of the time when the neat of the partisan should be; merged into the patriotism of the citizen. To day, the Executive branch of the Government is transferred to new keeping. Uut this is still .ue Government of all the people, and it should be none the less an object of their af fectionate solicitude. At this hour the animosities of political strife, the bitterness of partisan defeat and exultation of partisan triumphs, should be aupplalited by Ungrudging acquiescence to the popular will, and so by couscientious concern for the general weal. Moreover.il' from this hour wo cheerfully and honestly abandon all sectional prejudice and distrust, and determine, with manly confidence in one another, to work out harmoniously the achievements of our national destiny, we shall deserve to realize all the benefits which our happy form of government can bestblv. On this auspicious oemission we may well renow the pledge of our devotion to the Con stitution which, launched by the founders of the Republic, and consecrated by their prayers and patriotic devotion, bos, for al most a century, borne the hnp<*s ‘and aspira tions of a great people through prosperity and peace, IJJs the duty of those serving the people in public place to closely limit public expendi tures to the actual needs of the Government economically administered, because this bounds the right of the government to fixfiet tribute from the earnings tit labor or the property'of its citizens, and because public extravagance begets extravagance among the people. We should never be ashamed of the simplicity and prudential beonomies which ate best suited to the operation of a Republican form of government and most combßtnble with the mission of the American people. Those who are selected for a limited time to manage public affairs are still of the people and may do much by their example to encourage con sistently with the dignity of their official functions that plain way of life which among their fellow citizens aids integrity and pro motes thrift and prosperity. The genius of our institutions, the needs of our people ill their home life and Hie attention which is de manded for the settlement and development of the resources of our vast territory, dic tate the scrupulous avoidance of any departure from that. foreign policy commended by the history, the tradiU'nn and the prosperity of our,Ref üblio. It Is the policy of itidenenHeh'cb, faVoied by our po sition and (defended by our known love of justice aud by our power. It is the policy of peace suitable to our interests. It is the policy of neutrality, rejecting any share in foreign broils and through the shock of for eign conflicts and the perils of domestic strife and vicissitude. By the father of hiS country our Constitution Was eonnnehded for adoption as “the result of a spirit of amity Hind mutual concession.” In that same spirit it should bfe adminis tered, in order to provote the lasting welfare of the country and to secure the full meas ure of its priceless benefits) to us and ta those who will succeed to the blesritlgs of our Na tional life, .TJhe large variety of diverse and competing interests subject to Federal con trol persistently seeking the recognition of their claims need give us no fear that “the greatest good to the greatest number" will fail to be accomplished, if, in the halls of national legislation that spirit of amity and mutual concession shall prevail ill which the Constitution haditsbirib. If this involves the surrender or postpohment of private in terests fihil the abandonment of local advan tage's, compensation will be found in the, as surance that, thus the common, interest, is subserved and the geneWtl Welfare advanced. lii the discharge of*iny official duty I shall fendeiaVPi' to be guided by a just and un strained construction of the Constitution, a careful observance of tho distinction be tween the powers granted the Federal Gov ernment and those reserved to the States, or to the people, and by a cautions appreciation of those functions which by the Constitution and laws have been especially assigned to the Executive branch Tit the Government. But he who lakes the oath to-day to pre serve, protect and defend the Constitution of Ihb United States, only assumes ttie solemn obligation which every patriotic citizen on the farm, in the work shop, in the busy mart# of trade and everywhere should share With him. The Constitution which prescribes his oath, my countrymen, is yours; the govern ment you have chosen him to administer for a time, is yours: th‘e Suffrage which executes the will of freemen, is yours; the laws of the entire scheme of our civil rule, from the town meeting to the State Capitols and the National Capitol, is yours. Your every voter, as surely as your Chief Magistrate, under the same high sanction, though in a different sphere, ex< rc.ses a public trust. Nor is this all. Every citizen owes to the country a vigilant watch and close scrutiny of its public servants and a fair and reasonable estimate of their fidelity and usefulness. This is the people’s Will im pressed upon the whole framework of ouf civil policy—lnuhiCipal, State and federal— and this is the price Of DUr liberty and tho Inspiration of our faith in the Republic. It is the policy of Monroe and Washington and Jefferson, “peace, commerce and honest friendship with all Nations, entanging allian ces with none.” A due regard for the interests and prosper ity of all people demands that our finances shall be established upon such a sound and sensible basis as shall secure the safety and confidence of business interests, and make the wage of labor sure and stead,y and that our system of revenue shall be so adjusted as to relieve the people from unnecessary taxation, having a due re gard to the interests of capital invested and workingmen employed in American indus tries, and preventing the accumulation of a surplus in the Treasury to tempt extrava gance and waste. Care for the property of the Nation and for the needs of future set tlers requires that the public domain should be protected from purloining schemes and unlawful occupation. The conscience of the people demands that the Indians withoutour boundaries shall be fairly and honestly treated as wards of the government, and their education and civilization promoted with a view to their ultimate citizenship, and that polvgamy in the Territories, destructive of the family relation and offensive to the moral sense of the civilized world, shall be repressed. The law s should be rigidly enforced which prohibit the immigrajicn of a servile class to compete with American iahor, with no inten tion of acquiring citizenship and bringing with them and the retaining habits and cus toms repugnant to our civilizattion. The people demand reform in the adminis tration of the Government and the applica tion of business principles to public affairs. As a means to this end Civil Service reform should be in good faith enforced. Our citi zens have the right to protection from the incompetency of public employes who hold their places solely as the re ward of their partisan service, and from the corruptive influence of those who promise and the vicious methods of those who expect such rewards, and those who worthily seek public employment have thought to insist that merit and competency shall be recognized, instead of party sub serviency or the surrender of honest politi cal belief in the administration of a govern ment pledged to do espial and exact justice We all men. There should be no pretext fur anxiety touching the protection of the lreed men in their rights or their security in the TRENTON, DADE COUNTY, GA.. THURSDAY, MARCH 12. 1885. employment of their privileges under the constitution and its amendments. All dis cussion as to their fitness for tho places tie corded to them as American citizens is idlfe and unprofitable, except as it suggests the hecessity for their improvement. The fact that they are citizens entitles them to all the rights due to the relation and charges them with all its duties, obligations and fpspon. sibilittes. These topics and the constant and ever varying wants of an active and enter prising population may well receive the at tention and the patriotic endeavor of all who make and execute the federal law. Our du ties are practical and call for Industrious ap plication, an intelligent perception of the claims of public office,and above all a firm de termination. by united action, to secure to all the people of the land the full benefits of the best form of Government ever vouch safed to man, and let us not trust to human effort alone, but humbly acknowledge tho power ana goodness of Almighty God, who presides over the destiny of nations and who has at all times been revealed in our coun try’s history. Let us invoke His aid and His blessing upon our labors. The ceremonies over, the President and Vice President were escorted to their carri ages and driven toward the White House, which is to be his abode for the next four years. The Procession. The procession which followed was the fea turn of the day most eagerly looked fbrby many. The avenue where it was to pass was thronged with people, thousands and thou sands upon stands and in windows, aud tens of thousands filling the sidewalks for the miles over which they stretched. At the front of the White House the President, from the grand stand reviewed them as they passed, the officers saluting as they passed, and the troops bringing their arms to a “carry” in passing in front of the President. The Inaugural Ball. President Polk was inaugurated in atheater on Pennsylvania avenue; General Grant’s second inaugural ball was held in temporary frame building near the City Hull; General Garfield’s was held in the Greek cross-shaped National Museum; and it was reserved for President Cleveland to open the noblest ball room in all the country with his inaugural. The court of the new Pension Building, when finished, will hereafter he the scene of ail future inaugural balls. It was, however, bill}' by the exercise of the most indefatiga ble energy and persevering attention on the part of the committee and the decorators that the fairy scene of to-night was evolved fro"™ thb uncompleted structure and the chaos of a few short weeks ago. The interior of the building consists of an extensive court 316 feet long by 116 feet wide, surrounded by two tiers of columns supporting galleries. The plan is modeled oil the monasteries of Rome, only in this casothe court is covered. The temporary trussed roof rises from the Upper gallery on either side to a point in the center, with a pitch of twenty-eight feet, and the rafters are sivty-flve foot long. This vast space affords a fine opportunity for the ar tistic decc rator, and it was improved with gladsolUe effect. The roof was hung with finest bunting in the shape of half moons, while from the collar beams flags were sus pended arranged in the form of open fan?, Thirty-Six gay. new pennant#, seventy-two feel job*; swtihfi- gtacefuUy from the peak, fill'd were caught and secured at one end in the gallery. Small flags of various colors and forms fluttered in rows from ropes of rigging, and among them all hung wreaths and garlands of fra grant flowers and long chains of cedar and the smooth leaves of the fabled laurel. The eight Corinthian columns that divide the floor into three sections and grate fully break the continuity Of the vast Stretch of floor, were covered with whitfe muslin and twined with wreaths of cedar. Thu terfa cotta basis of the pillars arc en riched with designs in . which the fasces and bands, emblems of Unit} - and strength, are conspicuously Used. These columns rise seventy-five feet to the roof, although uot in any way support ing it, and are twenty-five feet in circumfer ence. The lonic pillars of the upper gallery were surmounted by the eoat-of-arms of the various States, richly emblazoned, and these were duplicated around the hali. Beneath these'shields were satin banners, each stripe of the finest ribbon and each .star of cm broifierect silver, aim thP CbluinilS urnped with smilnx aud flowers. Around the railing of i.he gallery was hung a drapery of the Unest maroon silk velvet, woven with cold thread in a conventional pattern. Under ties, on a white muslin back ground. were traceries, outlined On wreaths of smilax, and sprays of flowers. This was mot by the silk tapestries that were festooned over the full center arches of the cloister bo neath. The lower tier of the columns are Ro man liorle. and they were garnished with American shields four feet across, and sur rounded by a semi-circle of six American flaps, with pointed spears, covering a radius of ten feet. The entrances of the supper, re ception and ante-rooms, which open out of thecloister, were hung with rich silk damask, and the walls were embelished with the storied arms and national ensigns of the twenty-two countries holding friendly rela tions with the United states. I'l‘esifletit ('levelaiin opened the bfilt with a The President was escorted by two members of the Reception Committee. He bowed right and left, and shook hands with those who reached out Co him. For half an hour after his arrival an infor mal reception was held in the reception-room set apart for President Cleveland by the com mittee, and at one time the room was crowded with many of ths most distinguished men of the Nation. Miss Cleveland was escorted by members of the Deception Committee and Senator Eaton. Miss Cleveland wore an exquisiff} toilet of white silk, with low cbhsagci find court train, garniture of point lace and nar row white ribbons in cascades. Mr. Manning followed with Mrs. Hoyt. Vice President and Mrs. Hendricks fol lowed. Mrs. Hendricks wore a peach-colored velvet and brocaded court train, pompadour corsage and diamonds. Colonel and Mrs. Lament. Mrs. Lament, white satin and brocade court train and Medici collar, edged with pearls. Mrs. Hoyt, sister of the President, prime colored velvet, over-gray brocade corsage, a la pompadour, corsage bouquet and Jacque minot roses. The Gcrinanla Orchestra, of Philadelphia, with one hundred pieces, furnished the dance music, and the Marine Hand, led by Com poser houssu. provided the promenade mel ody. The resulting effect of a multitufth of efforts gave ft scene of marvelous and consummate brilliancy; the fragrant mosaic of the flowers perfuming all the air, flags thick as leaves in Vallambrosa. fluttering aloft, and below inclosing the interior soft light from high swung golden cresents mellowed every outline; the exquisite tdik-ts and the dazzling beauty of the women, and the sterner cotn pellness of representative men from every portion of our great country, combined to make a picturesque whole that will linger long in its beholders' memories. —An English lady—“ Yon Amei'icans make a ffreat fuss about your sweet po tatoes, but I don’t see how you can en dure them; I think them extremely dis agreeeble.” Bei g asked where she had eaten any, she replied: “Oh, 1 never saw any, but I had some mashed potatoes cooked with plenty of sugar one day, so wo could see what your sweet potatoes were like, and all disliked them exceed ingly.”—A*. Y. Sun. — r l'he investigation into color blind ness among railway employes in Ger many shows that 998 persons out of 139,452 hud no idea of color whatever. Of 115,154 men engaged in the general work of the service, 4t5 were completely and 278 partially insensible to differen ces of color. Among 18.618 engineers, only one was completely color blind, and 27 partially so RAILROAD STRIKES. The Strike on Texas Lines Approach ing a Troubulous Crisis. Tranp* Refused by the Governor—Strike at Hansas City-Wabash Men Firm. Dallas, Tex., March .8.-- Passenger trains on the Texas Pacific arrived to-day from opposite directions without interrup tion. Railroad men admit that the strike has reached its most critical juncture. A report is current that Governor Ireland has been asked to send troops to break the dead-lock along the Texas Hseific, but refused to comply for the same reasons given /or not calling the militia into action for the suppression of fence cutting. The mass of the people of North Texas sympathize with the strikers and their methods. If necessity arose for immediate action it is doubtful if the militia would respond. Palestine, Tex., March B.— The strikers, at another meeting this morning, deter mined to hold out against the recent reduc tion in wages. Order prevails. Fort Worth, March B.—The strike here is assuming grave aspects. A solution of the difficulties seems no nearer than several days ago. Ninety per cent, of the popula tion of the city will be indirectly injured by the general stagnation Of business which must result if the trouble continues much Linger. A committee of five leading citizens, appointed at last, night’s meeting, held a long consultation this evening with a number of the strikers, but the interview proved fruitless. The strikers refused to yield a single point. Another freight from the West was seized and side-tracked. The strikers are quiet and orderly. , Arcmsok, Kan., March B.—The Missouri Pacific strikers stopned freight trains to day, permitting cattle trains, however, to go through. They stated that freight trains -arrying emigrants will not-be al lowed to pass after to-day. The coal heavers to-day joined the strikers at Be dalia. Springfield, 111., March B.—The strik ers of the Wabash road held a meeting to day. .Several inflammatory speeches were made, and resolutions passed not to resume work until the recent reduction is restored. Officials, however, deplare that this will notJy« done, and say thefroftd Is not in* convenienced to anv great extent. A pros pect 8f trouble is imminent. Kansas City, Mo., March 8. —Employes of the mechanical departments of the Mis souri P.rilc and Wabash roads at this point, about one hundred and thirty-five in humber, have resolwbd to strike to-morrow morning. Their policy, as foreshadowed, will be the same ss that pursued at other points. Parsons, Kas., March B.—No freight trains were allowed to leave on the Mis souri Pacific road to-day. The leaders of the strike say tha’ if their terms are not granted by Tuesday noon they will allow nothing but engine and mail-car to move. General Grant’s Commission. Washington, March 7. —When the com mission was made oiit ftrt* the of General Grant on the retired list, S£gre-- tary Lincoln retained it at the War*t)e partment, thinking it proper that the new Seehetary should be given an opportunity to countersign it after its signature the President. .Yesterday morning the President sent for it, in order that there might be no delay in making the appointment. Secretary Lincoln took the commission to the Executive Mansion in person, and it to the President, re marking |hat he had not yet acted upon it t becau»' he thought Judge Endicott Would be lleased to attend to it as one of his first wficlal duties. “Thai Was Very thoughtful in you, Mr. Lincoln,” observed the President. “I have no doubt it would be a pleasure to Judge Endicott, still I will sign it myself, that there may be no delay, and then Judge Endicott can countersign it.” President Cleveland there upon affixed his signature. The commis sion, after official record was made, was returned to the War Department. This morning it was on the desk of the new Secretary of War, find the firiit Official act of Secretary Endicott was to countersign it. lißiuar’s Successor. Jackson, Miss., March 8. —General Ed ward C. Walthall has been tendered aud has accepted the appointed as United States Senator for Mississippi to succeed the Hon. L. Q, C. Lamar. His commission will be is sued to-morrow. General Walthall is a leading lawyer of this Htate, and has a large following of devoted friends, Hi» relations with Secretary Lamar are 6f the most intimate Ehafacter: He is a native of Richmond, Va., but has spent nearly all his life in Mississippi. The only civil office ever held by him was that of District Attorney. Entering the Con federate army as a private, he was rapidly promoted, and at the conclusion of the war was commander of a division, with the rank of Major-General, having held with distinction nearly all preceding positions. Panic in a School. ' Boston. March, 6.—A fire on the roof of the Janus |School-house, in East Medford, caused a stampede of seventy-five pupils, who reached the street in safety. Six fire men fell one story, without serious injury. Loss trifling. The Illinois Senatorship. ■Springfield, 111., March 6.—ln joint convention two votes were cast. Haines voted for Bishop and Streiter for Black. Mr. Streiter, in casting his vote, gave no tice that after this week he was determined to vote each day for some one until the election of a Senator was accomplished. He claimed that he had served the party long enough, and woqld vote for a Demo crat until an election, The joint conven tion adjourned. Wallace Resigns. Constantinople. March S. Minis ter Wallace has resigned. PAUPER IMMIGRATION. Happy Result of Low Ocean Steamship Rates. New York, March 6.— The sharp reduc tion in the rate of steerage passage, due to the competition of the Hamburg Ocean lines, has opened the eyes of the authorities on the other side, and for the present the immigration Commissioners are rejoicing to find that the boot has been transferred to the other leg, and that paupers are trying to secure homes in Europe instead of impos ing upon the charity of the United States* The German authorities. have been com pelled to issue a proclamation that paupers will not be allowed to land, and the Ham burg American Packet company has issued a circular to its agents in which it say s that the prevailing low rates of passage have been an incentive to a large number of persons to return to Europe, who, having neither means of support, nor funds to reach their destination, have fallen a burden upon the community of the port. In view of this, the police authorities of Hamburg have established a vigorous surveillance of incoming passengers and will not permit them to land, compelling the company to take them back to New York. The same course will be taken with passengers found to have anarchist ends in view. Scrupu lous care is, therefore, enjoined upon the agents, and notice given that the company Itself will scrutinize steerage passengers before admitting them to the ship, lest they may be classed in either of these categor ies. DARING VENTURE. AgPhiladelphian With Forty Thousand Hollars In Hi# Possession Attacked In Daylight by a Baud of Thieves. Philadelphia, Penn., March 6.— Three men were seen yesterday morning follow ing a boy along Walnut street below eighth. On reaching Seventh street one of the men tried to grab a basket from the boy’s grasp and struck him in the face. The assailant and his accomplices walked off without accom plishing their purpose, but the boy pursued them and pointed one of the fugitives out to Policeman Brady, who arrested him. The bhy accompanied the patrolman and the prisoner to the sta tion-house and here stated that hi# name was Daniel Sweeney, his residence at No. 708 Walnut street, and said he was em ployed by James L. Shaw, of No. 715 Lo cust. street. The prisoner gave his name as George Taylor, and his home as No. 708 East Washington Square, a fictitious ad dress. During the evening Mr. Shaw visited the station-house and in formed Lieutenant Skelton that the basket that bad been intrusted to the boy contained bonds and other securi ties valued in all at $40,000, find he had sent them to be deposited in bank. Taylor' was given a hearing by Magistrate Collins this morning, and committed m default of SI,OOO bail. There is no doubt in the minds of the police that the three men we“e ex pert thieves, and that they had “spotted” the hoy/ knowing the valuable nature of his load. Secretary Lamar's Policy. Washington, March 8. —Secretary La rtiaf feeelyed a great number of congratu latory calls yesterday: The Commissioner General of the Land Office, the Commis* sioner of Indian Affairs, and Commissioner of Pensions had prepared their resigna tions, but at the Secretary’s request they deferred presenting them until Monday. One of Secretary Lamar’s first official acts was to reinstate Mr. Hanna as private sec retary to the Secretary of the Interior, which position he had held under Secre* taries Schurz and Teller. Froifi remarks made by the new Secretary, it is evidently his intention to adopt a very conservative l uiirse in making changes in the personnel of the Interior Department, and he is said to be thoroughly in sympathy with Presi dent Cleveland’s views upon civil service principles. Attempted Murder in Court. Berne, March fi.—An attempt to kill Du mur, tlie presiding Judge of the Police Tri bunal of Lausanne, was made to-day. Dn mur was presiding over a civil trial in the Police Tribunal. The defendant, M. Cha vun, while the case was iu progress, drew a revolver, and pointing it at the chief Judge fired. The clerk of the Tribunal and usher attempted to disarm him, but he succeeded in emptying his re volver before overpowered. Dumur was not struck, but Jfie clerk and usher were badly wounded. Chavan said he was not sorry fbr whiff he had done, and declared he had gone into the Tribunal with the in tention of killing the President and all the other judges. Cleveland's First Act. Washington, March 5. —One of Presi dent Cleveland’s first acts in connection with hi* official household was a decision to retain 0. L. Prudeii aS assistant to Private Secretary Lamont. Mr. Prilden was ap pointed by President Grant as bearer of Presidential communications to either bouse of Congress, and during so many administrations has become a familiar figure to all who are connected in any way with affairs at the Capitol. Artificial Gas Explosion. Pittsburgh, Pa., March 6. —An explosion of manufactured gas in the Bakewell Law- Building this afternoon wrecked nine rooms. The caw.se of the explosion was a young man hunting-« leak with an uncov ered light. The loss will reach several thousand dollars. No person was injured, although narrow escapes were numerous. Pension Swindler Sentenced. Philadelphia, Marob 6. —Thomas Law rence, ex-clerk in the Pension Office here, has been sentenced to four years in the penitentiary, He was convicted of pen sion frauds. * - * VOL 11. -NO. 2. THE TELEGRAPH. The Busy Clicking of the Instruments on the Fourth of March. Washington, March —The telegraph has been put to many uses since its discov ery, but the first time it ever helped to move a parade in Washington was on the great occasion of yesterday. It has been a matter of surprise that such a large body of men passed along without stoppage or delay, and this was attributed to the superior military skill of the Marshal, General Slocum, and his chief aide. Colonel Urdway. It appears however, that along the route four tele graph stations were established with operators and messengers to send and receive orders, report progress and to give prompt notice of ob structions. By this means the usual delay and confusion caused by sending mounted aides, galloping back and forth with orders, was avoided aud a prompt and comprehensive report of the condition of the whole line was in possession of the Marshal at all times. The most important part played by the telegraph service in the inauguration ceremonies was the trans mission of press dispatches. The Western Union Company not only trebled its usual number of private messages from Washington, but it sent in addition the enormous apiount of 254,000 words of press. This figure has oulyibeen exceeded on one other occasion, namely, the day that Gar field was assassinated. Then the total that company reached was 270,000 words. But it is believed that the amount of press mat ter telegraphed from here on the 4th of March was greater even than that. In ad dition to the press sent by the Western Union, the Baltimore and Ohio handled up wards of 75,000 words, and the Bankers' and Merchants’ sent over 50,000. The Pos tal did a large amount of work, say 20,000 words, and private leased wires to news papers carried 30,000, making altogether over 420,000 words. This is the greatest press-work every known in the his tory of the National Capital, and does not include the Associated Press or United Press reports. A Horrible Affair. Pittsburgh, Penn., March s.—This even ing Frank Kunkle, teamster, living in Grant Alley, Allegheny City, placed on the stove to boil a mixture of turpentine, tar and linseed oil which heihad been told would cure his horse of lameness. In the room at the time, beside Kunkle, was his daughter Annie, aged seven years, a son aged five years, Julia Walters, thirteen years old? ami a .vtzuijpxman named Uijjji.. The mix ture had been on the stove for probably an hour, when it boiled over. Instantly it ig nited, and in a second afterward an explo sion occurred, which scattered the scalding liquid and flames in all directions. Young Dipp, with great presence of mind, grabbed up the can with the burning mixture and started for a door, while Kunkle ran to the rescue’of the children, whose clothes Were a mass of flames. One by one he picked them up and threw them out of the wdndow into the yard, and then jumping after them tore the clothes from their bodies. Assistance ar rived by this time, and the fire being ex tinguished, the little sufferers were carried back to the house. Annie was burned to a crisp, fihd died in a short time in great agony. Julia Walters was also terribly burned, the flesh peeling off her arms and legs. She is still living, and suffering in tensely. A slight hope, however, is enter tained for her recovery. _ ( » The Biggest Dog. IRoehcster Union.] Charles W. Voshall, of this city, brought to the Union sanctum to-day the largest English mastiff in the world. The canine is the property of Mr. G. L. Thomas, of Albany. He answers to the name of Sena tor, is thirteen months old and weighs ItiO pounds. Both father aud mother have taken the first prizes at the bench shows in New York for the last three years. His height is thirty-five aud one-fourth inches over the withers, extreme length, tip of nose to end of tail, seven feet eight inches. He is valued at $1,500. Wooden Keys Free Four Convict*. lonia, Mich., March 6. —This morning, at roll Call in the State House of Correction, it was discovered that four convicts had escaped. Three were serving two and three years for burglary, and the fonrtb five years for outrage. It seems that Ash more, one of the convicts, made wooden keys, with which he let himself and the others out of their cells. Then, by means of saw s, files, etc., which he had, they cut their way through the roof, let themselves down in the jail-vard, and scaled the wall close to the watch-tow-er. They have not been captured. Germany's East African Annexation. London, March The territory'annexed by Germany on the east coast of Africa is twice the superficial area of Prussia. The Daily New* states that the territory sur round* Zanzibar, and the intention seems to be to make the Sultan of Zanzibar de pendent upon Germany rather than Eng land. All the morning papers express the hope that Count Herbert Bismarck’s visit will result in reconciling Germany aud England. ,\ Forger Goes Up for Ten \ ears. St. Louis, Mo., March t>.~ -George A. Vin cent, alias Chss. J. Williamson, also hav ing several other aliases, one of the most notorious forgers, and well known ou both sides of the Atlantic, who was convicted here a short time ago for attempting to cash a forged ch<-ck for a large amount on one of the National banks of this city, was j sent to the penitentiary at Jefferson City, 1 to-day. for ten years. Philadelphia Literatem Dead. Philadelphia, March 6.-T. S. Arthur, writer and publisher, died to-night, aged seventy-six.
