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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.