EMPEROR WILLIAM.
The Aged Knlcr of Germany
Passes Quietly Away.
The Sick Crown Prince Proclaimed
Emperor Frederick III,
EMPEROR WILLIAM I.
Emperor William, of Germany, passed
away in Berlin at 8:30 A. sr. on Friday.
The eii'l had been momentarily expected
since Thursday morning, and around the
bedside of the venerable monarch were as
sembled all tb.3 members of his family, ex
cept the Crown Prince and Princess.
Without was a multitude standing in the
avenues leading through the grounds to
L'nter den Linden" a mighty crowd, but
silent, expectant, fearful for the worst; all
eaer to hear the first news of the climax in
the great crisis which should decide between
life or death for their beloved Kaiser; all
breathless in the dread that the first news
might bo the news that they least wished to
hear. Never in this century has a multitude
.so reat and spellbound with emotions so
profound stood in the thoroughfares of the
German capital. A platoon of cavalry was
on guard about the palace, but their
task was light; no rush of the anx
ious watchers called for check or hin
drance, no disorderly or unseemly
outburst had to be repressed. Many of
the vast throng had been there since mid
night some since the pjevious day and
nearly all since long before dawn of Thurs
day. A thin, cutting drizzle fell for hours
early in the day; the wind was sharp and
bitter, yet the great crowd stood their vigil
through; most of them bareheaded, some
shivering with the ague of long exposure
all speaking, when they spoke at all, in tones
wibdued, and with their faces drawn behind
their hands. This was the scene without.
Within no chronicler was there to draw
the picture of a monarch's deathbed. At the
bedside, however, were Prince William and
the Princess, his wife; the Crown Prince of
Sweden; Dr. Koegel, the Court Chaplain; the
Grand Duke and Grand Duchess of Baden,
and all the other members of the royal family
now in Berlin.
At noon all the members of the' imperial
family, except the Crown Prince and the
Crown Princess, who were at San Kemo,
Italy, had been called into a room adjoining
that occupied by the Emperor. At 12:5
o'clock Chaplain Koegel administered the last
sacrament, though for some time the Em
peror had been delirious by fits and starts.
lri nee Bismarck had been at the Emperor's
bedside nearly all the morning, but at 2:30
o'clock he withdrew, and visited the Reich
stag, announcing that the session of the
Reichstag would close on Friday.
By 5::;u o'clock it was generally believed
that the Emperor could not survive the
night, and at 0:45 a false report of his
death was sent broadcast.
The physicians in attendance had declared
in a bulletin that a tendency to somno
lence, evinced by Emperor William during
the preceding hour or two, was not the re
sult of the injections of morphia which
had leeii administered. From this on
till the end came the waiting multitude hoped,
but knew that they were hoping against the
inevitable. And when the news came that
all was over they went away, some weeping
aloud, some silently ; all heavy with sorrow
for their ruler they had loved.
Sketch of tlie Emperor's Career.
Frederick William Ludwig, second son of
Frederick William III., King of Prussia, and
the celebrated Queen Louise, was born on
March Si, 1717.
As a child William was very weak and del
icate. His brother, the Crown Prince and
heir to the throne, was much the stronger of
the two, and no one dreamed of the circum
stances which eventually placed the younger
brother first upon the royal and then upon
the imperial throne.
Prince William and his two brothers re
ceived military instruction together when
theA' were very young: from an old sergeant
named Bennstein. William knew the drill
pretty thoroughly when he was eight years
FREDERICK WILLIAM, TFIE CROWN PRINCE.
But his military instruction was not al
lowed to interfere with his other studies. He
read historv eagerlv, especially Frederick the
Greats account of the Seven Years' War.
Oa the 3d of October, 1507, ho was made Sec
ond Lieutenant of the Foot Guards. After
this he attended drilll regularly, and took
part in parades. In 1NJ his regiment was
ordered to Kouigslerg, aud he accompanied
it to its new quarters.
In 1S1:, when the Napoleonic war broke
Out, he was made Captaiu, aud went with hia
regiment to the field. Oa the 1st of January
he crossed the Rhine, near the mouth of the
Neckar, and while crossing witnessed the de
feat of the French on th- opposite shore. lie
was present at the battle of La Ilothiere, the
first defeat of Napoleon by German troops on
French ground. At Bar-sur-Aube he acted
as Ad jutant, ind was frequently in the thick
of the fray. After this battle he was decor
ated with the Iron Cross for bravery, and re
ceived, as a further acknowledgement of his
courage, the proprietorship 0f tne Uegiment
Kaluga from the Emperor of Russia. He
followed the army in lrI-". and alter the bat
tle of Waterloo went to Paris.
He was married on June II, to Au
gusta, the daughter of Charles Frederick,
Grand Duke of Saxo-Weirnar-Eisenach. The
day oc the wedding illiarn and Augusta
distributed 4.000 thalers among the poor of
Berlin. His son, Frederick William Nic
olas, the Crown Prince, was born on October
IS, 1831.
Between then and 1?10 his life passed as
usual amid military pursuits and other stu l
ies. The army he regarded as the backbone
of the, nation, and he did ail in his power to
strengthen it and make it efficient.
On June 1U, li'.f. an attempt w as made on
Prince William's life. He was driving from
Nieder to Ingelheim, and on parsing a field
of grain two shots were fired from the field
in rapid succession. One of the horses and
the coachman were injured, but the Prince
escaped unharmed. Several arrests were
made, but the person who fires the shots could
not be identified. While miiitarj Governor
he was frequently summoned to Berlin to
consult on important matters of state.
On Jan. l-w57. he had been in tharnir fT
years, ma tne event was celebrated at iserlin
by an appropriate military display. In Oc
tober of that year, his elder brother, King
Frederick William IV. was incapacitated by
illness from carrying on the Government,
and Prince William was appointed tem
porary Regent. When on the 1'th of October,
185, it became apparent that his brother's
mind was irreparably impaired, he was
made Regent of Prussia, with the title of
Prince Regent. In the mean time his son
Frederick William Nicholas Charles was
married to Victoria Adelaide, Princess Roy
al of Great Britain. In 1850 his daughter
Louisa was wedded to the Grand Duke Fred
erick of Baden.
On January 2, 1301, Frederick William
IV. died, and William ascended the throne
of Prussia as King William I. He at once
inaugurated a firm and determined policy
which aimed at consolidating Germany un
der Prussian leadership.
On July 5. 1S01, a second attempt was
made on the King's life. He was walking
with Count Fleming from Carlsrule toward
Lichtenthal, when they met a well dressed
young man who bowed politely. After he
passed a shot was fired, and a bullet grazed
the King s neck. Turning, he and his com
panion saw the young man who had just
f)assed facing them. In the grass near by
ay a pistol. He made no resistance when he
was seized by people who had seen him fire.
The King continued his walk unperturbed.
The efficiency to which King William had
brought the I'russian Army was first seen in
18G4, in the war against the Danes, whose
King had proclaimed Schleswig a part of
Denmark. Notwithstanding Austria's jeal
ousy of Prussia's growing power, King Will
iam's diplomatists prevailed upon Austria to
unite with Prussia in this war, which resulted
in the total defeat of the Danes. The Prus
sian soldiers and their leaders behaved with
remarkable bravery, and after this war
Prussia assumed a position among the first
military powers of Europe.
Difficulties now arose between Austria and
Prussia concerning the occupation of Schles-wig-Holstein.
On August 14, 1805, the treaty
of Gastein gave Austria sole occupation of
Holstem, Prussia the occupation of semes
wig, and annexed the Duchy of Lunen
burg to Prussia. Soon a new difficulty
arose. On January 23, ISoO, the Austrian
Governor of Holstein allowed an anti
Prussian meeting te bo held in Altoona.
This led to an acrimonious diplomatic corre
spondence, and finally Austria submitted the
Schleswig-Holstein question to the Federal
Diot. Prussia regarded this as a breach of
tlie Gastein convention, and marched her
troops into Holstein. On June 14 the Diet
called upon all the States of the confedera
tion to arm against Prussia. This was the
beginning of the Seven Weeks' war, so called,
because in seven weeks Prussia completely
postrated Austria and her allies.
In the North-German Confederation,
formed after this war. Prussia had full con
trol of foreign affairs. All troops were
placed under King William, and it was
voted that every able-bodied man should be
obliged to serve in the army.
In 1S70 King William fulfilled his mother's
command, given to him and his brother after
the defeat of the Prussian army by France
during the Napoleonic wars: "Remember
this defeat when you are men, to throw off
the shame of it and to reconquer the glory
France has snatched from us.'' When Prince
Leopold of Hohenzollern refused the Spanish
crown Napoleon HI. demanded a guarantee
from Prussia that no prince of this house
should ever be a candidate for the crown of
Spain. The King refused to give such a
guarantee, and Napoleon made this refusal
a pretext for declaring war. He relied upon
the support of Austria and the South Ger
man States, which had fought against
Prussia in 180f: but Bismarck, in whom King
William placed implicit faith, had formed
alliances with thern, and as a result Napoleon
found all Germany united against him. The
King himself took command of the German
troops.
PRINCE WILLIAM, CROWN FRINCE SECOND,
HIS WIFE AND SON.
During the siege of Paris the King of Ba
varia requested Kins William to restore the
German empire. The other German States
united in the request, and on January 18,
1871, William I. was proclaimed Emperor of
Germany at Versailles, Bismarck reading the
proclamation. Definite peace was concluded
with France at Frankfort on May 10, 1V71,
and provided for an immense indemnity and
the annexation to Germany of Alsace and
Lorraine.
Two attempts on the Emperor s life were
made in 1878, but although wounded once he
escaped serious injury.
By Empress Augu-ta, who survives him,
Emperor William had two children, the
Crown Prince Frederick William, born Octo
ber IS, 1831, and the Princess Louise, who in
lSoG married the reigning Grand Duke Fred
erick of Baden. Ml
March 22 last the Emperor was ninety
years o'd, and the civilized world unite! in
doing him honor, and the series of public ap
pearances which the Emperor mad- at that
time were almost his last. Until the Crown
Prince's illness took on a probably fatal
hase "Unser Fritz, as he has long been
ovingly known, was universally looked upon
as the next King of Prussia and Emperor of
Germany. But since the development of the
cancerous disease hot-headed, warlike Prince
Wilhelm, the pet of Bismarck, has been
recognized as the next successor to tlie
throne. Anxietv for the nation and grief at
the sufferings ol his eldest son embittered
the la-t days of Europe's most distinguished
sovereign.
j The Crown Prince Made Emperor.
! ! Crown Prince Frederick was a few hour
I after the Emperor's death proclaimed by the
; German Reichstag Frederick III. Emperor of
Germany and King of lYussia. The new
Emperor and Empress immediately left San
: Remo for Berlin.
; The new Emp?ror forwarded from San
Remo the following ordinance to the Minis
I trs of State at Berlin on the subject of pub
i lie mourning:
! 1 "With regard to the national mourning
. which bai heretofore been customary,
we will not order any provision, but
j will rather leave it " to every Ger
j man to determine how he will give
j expression to his affliction at the death of such
i a monarch and how long he will deem it ap-
propriate to restrict participation in public
entertainments."
' Eye witnesses of the scenes at the death of
j the Emperor state that during the last few
! hours of his life he suffered no pain. Shortly
! after S o'clock all the members of the family
; staying at the palace, the court dignitaries,
; generals, and ministers of state, were sum
j moned to the chamber in which the Emperor
j lay dying. The Emperor was in a half sitting
j position on a camp bedstead. All the mem
j bers of the Royal family took places at the
i bedside. The room was crowded Prince
W illiarn stood nearest the Emperor, half
bending over the couch. He earnestlv
watched the face of the dying monarch until
he expired.
The Emperor's remains lay covered with a
white cloth on the bedstead on which he died
in the Imperial Chamber. The body was
surrunded with candles. The expression of
th face was extremely peacful and placid.
Divine service was "held in the mortuary
chamber Friday night.
At the opening of the Lower House of the
Prussian Diet on Friday Herr Voa Puttka
mer, Vice-President of the Prussian Minis
terial Council, arose and said: "I have the
sad duty to make a most Dainf ul communica
tion to the House. It has" pleased God to call
his Majesty, the Emperor, in the twenty
eighth year of his glorious reign, from his
earthly existence by a peaceful death at 8:30
o'clock this morning. You will not expect at
this most solemn moment, when sorrow and
care so deeply stir our hearts, to attemot
to depict the feelings with which the
whole nation is filled through the loss of our
most beloved, exalted, and venerable ruler.
I may, however, safely and confidently say
on this day of sore trial that the Prussian
people and their representatives will now,
more than ever, be penetrated by the con
sciousness that the sorrows of our exalted
sovereign's house are theirs, and that the
deeper the universal pain at the decease of
our ever-remembered King4, the stronger and
more indissoluble will be the liak uniting
Prussia's Sovereign House and Prussia's peo
ple in good and evil days. I leave it to your
selves to take such resolutions as are suitable
to the gravity of the situation."
Herr Von Koller, the. President of the
House, closod the sitting with the words:
"God protect the Royal House and the
Fatherland."
Messages of condolence to the remaining
members of the Emperor's family were sent
to Berlin from all the European Govern
ments, and from the President of the United
States.
Viewing the Emnqror's Body.
After the announcement "of Emperor Wil
liam's death the asect of Berlin became in
dicative of the national mourning. Officers
and soldiers all wore crape on t heir uniforms.
The dense crowd assembled in Unterden Liu
den watched the court carriages conveying
persons of high rank to and from the palace.
Windows and balconies throughout the city
were draied, aiid most of the shops were
closed. Mourning wreaths were displayed
everywhere. The German Court has gone
into mourning for three months.
The coffin containing the remains of Em
peror William as they lay in the Cathedral
was covered with purple velvet, with gold or
naments. On each side of the catafalque
were three large candelabras, with lighted
wax tapers. Tabourets covered with white
silk worked in gold were placed alongside the
coffin. The lody was clad in the uniform o f the
First Regiment of the Guards, under a gray
cloak. The only decorations on the breast
were the Star of the Black Eagle and the Or
der Pour le Merite. The Grand Cross of the
Iron Cross was suspended from the neck. A
laurel wreath was placed at the feet. An un
broken column of people dressed in mourning
passed through the edifice for a last look at
the dead monarch's features.
A UNIQUE PETITION.
Ijengtliy Protest Against the Ad
mission of I'olygamus Utah.
A petition presented to th? Senate from
citizens of thirty -threa States and Territories
protesting against the admission of Utah into
the Union as a State while a ma jority of its
citizens is composed of the adherents of
Mormonism, is quite a unique document. It
contained the signatures of 102,070 citizens,
and the whole series of papers were
pasted into one long roll, which, if
spread at length, would have made a
circumference of the Senate chamber.
This long strip of paper was rolled
up on a huge reel, the framework and han
dle of which were bound with ribbons of red,
white and blue. On the top of the roll, which
was as large as a tub, was pinned an exquis
ite rose, also made of ribbons of the national
colors, and giving the solid documents quite
a jaunty appearance. It remained upon the
Secrecary's desk during the morning hour,
and was then carried out of tke chnmber by
a page, who, after getting his burden as lor
as the door, was compelled to roll it along
th9 floor to the files room.
EANDALL'S TAEIFF BILL.
How the Pennsylvania Congressman
Pioposes to Reduce the Surplus.
Congressman Samuel J. Randall's long
expected Tariff bill has at last been intro
duced in the House. It is voluminous twice
as long as the Tariff and Internal Revenue
bills submitted by the Ways and Means Com
mittee. The till rrop-ses to repeal existing
taxes upon tobacco in all its forms, even tc
the license tax upon wholesale and retail
dealer's. It repeals the tax on fruit brandies,
reduces the tax on whisker from ninety cents
p?r gallon, the present rate, to fifty cents and
makes alcohol for use in the arts free. Tht
existing tax on sugar and woo! is not dis
turbed. and that on iron and steel is slightly
reduced. Tea and coffee are placed on the
free list. A large number of articles here
tofore free are made dutiable. 31 r. Ran
dall estimates that his bill would reduce
the total revenue about $'..", 000,000, of which
70,000,000 would be taken from internal
taxes and $25,000,000 from tariff duties.
SUMMARY OF CONGRESS.
I Senate Proceeding.
1T li ay. A bill to credit the late Col
lectors of the Port of New York, Robertson
and Heddn tthe former iJ,3Ji and the
latter 3,073), for moneys received by a d i
honest clerk as duties on t oks was pass!. .A
bill was introduced to provide more elficient
mail service between the United States and
South and Central America and the West In
dies. ..A bill to fix tlie sea-pay of Ensign in the
Navy at 170o per annum, their shore pav at
$ 14Xl and waiting order pay at $10 O was re
ported favorably Tlie consideration of the
Urgent Deficiency Bill was continued with
out the matter being dirM of.
52d Day. A bill was present! to pro
vide for a joint celebration at Washington by
the sixteen American Republics, in honor
of the centennial of the parent Republic the
United States.. ..A resolution was adopted
for a personal insje"tion by th-? Coramer
Committee of the Staten Island bridge
The Dependent Pension bill was passed bv a
vote of 44 to 1J A bill was referred which
grants pensions to all soldiers who served
three months in the Civil War. . . .The bill ap
plying the eight hour law to letter carriers
; was presented A resolution was offered
j asking the President for information regard
ing the seizure and detention of the A mo ri-
can steamships Hero. San Fernando and Nu
trias, the property of the enezuelan Trans
portation Company of New York, by the
Government of Venezuela.
53d Day. Mr. Beck's bill to provide for
the retirement of United States legal tender
and national bank notes of mall denomina
tions, and to issue coin certificates in lieu of
gold certificates was considered Mr. Hale
called up the resolution for the appointment
of a social committee to examine fully into
the present condition of the civil service in
all branches of the Government, and after
numerous amendments had been rejected the
original bill was pa-J.
House Proceedings.
59m Day. A resolution was adopted call
ing on the lYesident for all documents and
correspondence with Great Britain, relating
to the question of dispute 1 boundary between
the British South American colony and Ven
ezuela .A bill to pension prisoners of war
was reported The bill for the erection of a
battle monument at Point Pleasant, W. Va.,
was referred A bill was referred to the
Committee of the Whole to create a Depart
ment of Agriculture and Labor ... A bill was
agreed to ratifying and confirming an agree
ment with the Grosventre, Piegan.Blackfeet
and River Crow Indians in Montana. Under
the terms of tlie agreement, the Indians cede
and relinquish to the United States the lands
embraced within the Grosventre, Piegan.
Blood, Blackfeet and River Crow reservation
and agree to accept and occupy the separate
reser vations . . . . A bill was also agreed to di
viding the great Sioux reservation into sepa
rate smaller reservations The Outhwaite
Pacific Railway bill was favorably reported.
)0th Day. An appropriation of 10.0(H)
was made for the purchase of ertain swords
belonging to the widow of General Jarne
Shields A bill for the regulation of the
classification, condensation and allowances of
postmasters was referred A bill was re
ported adversely to enable jeople to name
their own postmasters. . . . A bill was referred
to the Committee of the Whole for the
establishment of a postal telegraph
The House went into Committee of the
Whole for the consideration of bills reported
by the Committee on Public .Lands, but no
action was taken.
01st Day. The consideration of the Omni
bus War Claim bill was taken up. and tlie
amendment appropriating ),000 to the
Protestant Kpiscopal Theological Seminary
and High School of Virginia was vigorously
opposed by Messrs. J. D. Taylor and Ken
nedy, of Ohio. After considerable debate it
was asreed to, and the bill passed as a whole
The remainder of the day was consumed
in the consideration of private ension bills
.... At the regular Friday's evening session
thirty-four pension bills were passed, includ
ing one increasing the pension of the widow
of General Robt. Anderson to t 00 a month.
C2l Day. Bills were reported for the ad
mission into the Union of Dakota, Montana,
Washington and New Mexico The Gros-
venor resolution was adopted, directing the
Military Affairs Committee to inquire
whether any unofficial matter has been in
corporated into "he Civil War records. .. .
The Secretary of War sent to the House a
draft of a bill making enlisted men of the
Signal Corps responsible for the property in
their charge.
HIS LAST HOUES.
Another Account of tlie German
Emperor's Deatli.
The strong constitution of the Emperor
caused the struggle at the end to be a hard
one. although for the last fifteen hours ho
suffered no pain. On Thursday afternoon
about five o'clock, his Majesty's pulse ceased
beating for some time. Those around the
bed thought that the moment was approach
ing for them to kneel down and pray for the
departing soul. Suddenly the pulse legan to
beat again, and the Kmieror opened his eyes.
Prince William bent ov er him, and asked if
he wished to take anything. Upon his an
swering in the affirmative, he handed him a
plate of so;ip. When he asked him if he
liked it he said: "I cannot exactly say I do."
They then gave him a glass of champagne,
which he eagerly drank, and his pulse beat
stronger again. Prince William inquired if
he kneAv that he had taken bold of the hand
of the Empress, to which he replied: '"Yes."
Chaplain Koegel then related a verse in
order to find out whether the Emperor was
quite conscious. His Majesty related the
words and remarked that they wera very
beautiful.
A remarkable thing during his last hours is
that after the long silence which was so omi
nous, the Emperor's first remark was about
military matters. Later on he conversed
with Prince Bismarck and gave orders for his
funeral procession to proceed from the Royal
Chapel. Prince Bismarck answered: 'Ve
have not got so far as that, your Majesty,
and it will be some time before we do, and
besides, thesa things have leen thoroughly
settled by your Majesty." The doctors were
much astonished to notice this change for the
better, but said that the temporary improve
ment was by no means proof of the crisis
bdng past. Prince Bismarck and Count von
Moltke were more hopefuL
Toward 6 o'clock Friday morning the Em
peror became unconscious, and after that
time was not able to recognize an Vly. 'I he
Empress had been led away from htr bus
bands bedside before this, and the Grand
Duchess of Baden was so overcome that he,
too, had to leave the deathbed. Suppressed
sobs were heard throughout the room. I Vine
William stood during the whole time at the
bedside, and never once took his eyes off hi?
grandfather. All at once the Emperor n:ovd
his arms, as if trvinr to raie tiimv-lf ; hi?
chest heaved : with a deep sigh he fell back or
his pillow, ar.d all w as over.
Those present then kissed the hand of th?
deceased, and the court chaplain H-ssed him.
The room in which Ernptror William died
is very narrow.-and contains oniy the iix'.t
necessary furniture, including th- iron cam;
bedstead" on which he died, a wa.htand. ai)!
a small table. The whoh is marked with tht
utmost simplicity. In one eomr of the
room are the Emperors loots. At the fcot
of the bedstead is a movable shelf and a
writing case. The latter contains all the late
Emperor's orders.
LATER NEWS.
A NCSJBER of ve-srls were wahl a5ior
at Iwi, Del., and twenty Gro lires werty
reported lost-
A premature explosion of dynnmit at
Bremen, Ga., killed t'ire. convict- wo.-k.n;
in a quarry.
The town of Towwntown, Md. .a suburb
f Briitinioiv, has b?n c aip!et?ly de!rov-l
ynre.
Mr. BiTTEr.KiKT.il. f w York, has la
appointed Connlto Ghent.
The Chines- treaty his l-n i?nI. It
prohibits th- en?r:iiv of Chines ltH.r int i
the country ilur:-i a p':i.l of twelve ye.ir.
and gives an indemnity of ,.'7j,fM for vio
lence to the Chin"- -.
The great sno.v ft, rm left Washington
pra-tically cut o.T fr.vn t'!graphi ci:v.niti
nication with tie r-t of tic world for v er
al days, many wires an I i "!$ !"lng Mown
down.
The steamer City of Exeter hn fo m J"rvl
in tlu Engli-h Channel, and vf tli-j lrg
crew onlv one was ..ivi I
KILLED BY WOLVES.
A Farmer and Hi Son I'nfen by
llavonouH Animals in Dakota.
A horrible story comes fro:n Poplar Grove,
I a small town thirtv miles s-.uthex.t of Fort
j Totton, Dakota. A farmer sent his son out
I to ciear a pam io a nay siacK several rout
away. He had leen shove. m snow for half
an hour w hen his cries were heard in the
house.
The old man soir-cd his shotgun anil ruihod
out in time to sic his b-y surrounded by a
pack of wolves, which were killing him.
After firing both larrels without e.Teet, ht
clubbed his nun and made a most desperate
effort to defend himself. But ho was power
less against the wolves. Fioruthe win low
of the house his agonized wif j and children
witnessed the onesided fight. The n-sistan x
did not last long, and then for an hour tin
wolves feasted ujon their victims.
The woman dared not leave the hou. and
remained there until neighlon tame.
Crushed bones, fleshless, and clothing torn to
shreds alone showed where tin battle h
taken place. That part of the Territory la
sparsely settled, and the eople, thoroughly
terrorized by the occurrence, have armed
themselves.
NEWSY GLEANifl US.
An "ink lake" has been discovered in Colo
rado. There are 307,919 acres of artificial forost
in Kansas.
De Bhazza, the explorer, has returned to
Paris from Central Africa.
The latest census of the Russian Empire
shows a opulation of 10s, 7s?,'J
Thehi: is a movement to have Congress
issue $75,0UO,OOO fractional currency.
Mem are deserting by the hundreds now
from the great European armies.
A violent sand storm has been racing in
Egypt, stopping trallic on the Suez (Jan il.
Seventy olllcers and men aro imp'ieited
in the robbery of Government t res in Ion
don. It is said in England that the. Russian
wheat crop this year has been better than for
ten years.
It is proposed to reorganize the United
States Signal Corps and accomplish a saving
of $120,000 annually.
Extreme activity prevails at all of tha
French arsenals, and a fighting lleet is being
prepared for active service.
Farmer Hanna, of Indiana, buried two
pounds of dynamite with his daughter's re
mains to keep oil body snatchers.
The German Government will tako part
officially in the Paris Exposition by sending
exhibits to the fine art department.
THE 31 ARRETS.
10 NEW YORK.
Beef, good to prime 8f8
Calves, common to prime r3i K
Sheep 5 (Hi (4 0 75
Lambs : 7.", C5 7 V)
Hogs Live 5 40 (.? 5 7-
Dressed
Flour Ex. St, good to fancy 4 40 ( 4 IT
West, good to choice .'J f) 4 15
Wheat No. 2 Red '.1V
Rye State M C -V
Barley State J (4
Corn Ungraded Mixed.... ol li3
Oats White State 40
Mixed Western 3S ($ 40
Hay MeL to prime oil '
Straw No. 1. Rye s7;.j3 '
Lard City Steam 7; 7 W
Butter State Creamery L'O ($ !
Dairy J0 (jj 1S5
West. I m. Creamery ott
Factorv 17 (h &
Cheese State Factory VSi-i) l'J?
Skims on 10
Western Jl"' 12
Eggs State and Penn 13iC- W
BUFFALO.
Steers Western 4 ." (3 4 S
Sheep Goxl to Choice 5 . 5 .VI
Lambs Western 4 5) Oi 0 50
Hogs Good to Choice Ycrks 5 Si (f, 5 40
Flour Family 4 oo o$ I 50
Wheat No. 1 HI
Corn No. 2, Mixed W, ;ivjj 57
Oats No. J, Mixed r$ .ir
Barley State. VJ
BOSTON.
Beef Good to choice 11
Hogs Live irA 6
Northern Dressed. ... rl 7
Pork Ex. Prime, per bbL..H 75 oil! 75
Flour Spring Wheat pat's.. 4 70 ol 4 'J5
Com High MixeL CJt
Oats Extra White 4" 40
Rye State GO t
WATERTOWN (MASS.) CATTLE UATMKT
Beef Dressed weight 7 9 7V
Sheep Live weight 5 04 T
Iamoi (Lj 7
Hogs Northern 7 e 7)
PHILADELPHIA.
Flour Penn.extra family... 3 75 Gb 3 fc5
Wheat No. 2, Red Ul Oh 'Jltf
Corn State Yellow hi 57'
Oats Mixed , ',! 0$ :Zl
Rye State 52 55
Butter Creamrv Extra... 1TJ u .l
Chees N. Y. Full Cream.. 3 13
FL'I-S AND SKINS.
Black Dear IS 0) (J,2r 01
Cubs and yearling 0 )0 al5 (O
Otter, each 7 00 ifclO 0
leaver, medium 4 00 'a 5 51
Mink 40 fa 'M
RM Fox 1 -.0 r 1 0
Grey Fox 'Ji fa) 10
Ra -coon. each 75 foj 10
Skunk, black 1 0 to 1 15
t-kunk, half-striped V to 75
Sxunk, striped 3) to IV,
Skunk, wnite 15 to
Or osum. lar?e, cased .'iS to 4-'t
Opovurn, medium and open. 20 fa 'Si
Mu-dcrat winter c to H
-lujkrat, fall... 13 a Li.