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©he Ilcmortiit DKCATL'K, INI). N. BLACKBURN, ■ - • Itm. « ikil TROPHIES OF A CHASE AFTER THE FLEETING ITEMS OF NEWS. Tlio I'rreMonl mu<l Oongreir* In Furor of • i,li<> Annexation of Uw Hawaiian Is- - Powder Explosion Im a I’lroworka Faalory - Moxico Without Fir® ln"uraueo. , I.AID TO RENT. Funeral of Jamon G. Blalno at tlio Nnth»n*N Capital* Washington special: Mr. Blaljiecould not have a private funeral. Every effort was made to corn pl v with his own undorsto..d wishes and witlr tire expressed desires of his family in this regard, but the surging wave of public interest sttept over the barriers imposed, aad made his private funeral one of the most impressive of public demonstrations in honor of the dead. The most eminent men in the nation stood around his bier. All business in the Nation’s Capital was suspended during the period when the funeral services wore in progress. The presence of the President and Cabinet and Supremo Judges and high officials of Congress and the Diplomatic Corps was not more significant than the. homage of the waiting crowds, who in respectful silence lined the streets through which the funeral cortege passed. The ceremonies at the house were impressively simple. Tl»e Presbyterian Church ot the Covenant. where Mr. Blaine was a pewholder, had been surrounded by a rope to exclude all not specially invited. Ihe relatives and pall-bearers occupied the first eight rows of seats In the main irfste. Behind them were seated the President, Vice President. Cabinent officers, Speaker Crisp and members of the Supreme Court, with their families. After tho services, conducted by Rev. Br. Hamlin, the remains of James G. Blaine were borne away by a solemn eertogo to the grave on a sunny slope at oak Hill Cemetery in ancient Georgotaw a. THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS. Tho President and -Congress in Favor ot ! Annexation. Washington special; There are some fnrportant developements in the Hawaiian situation. First, it is pretty clearly indicated that the administration is not in any way lukewarm in the matter as was at first supposed. Secondly, the action of the commander of the Boston agamst which Great Britain is about to file, or has filed a forma! protest., has received the official approval of the President and fcis cabi-' act. It has been reported that President Harrison is in favor of the annexation. There is in support ot this statement the President’s well known policy of Americanism, which has for its object the enlargement of the sphere of usefulness and activity of this nation. His action uaon the part in the revolution by the United States officials and forces may also be regarded as proof of the correctness of the report In the Senate there Is a distinctively American feeling on the Hawaiian question, which is not confined to any party. There can be no doubt that a majority of the members of the Foreign Legation Committee look with favor upon~-the establishment ot American domination upon the islands, but in just what shape is a matter of detail that has not yet been considered. POWDER EXPLOSION. Henry Horne Killed and Three OUie.s Radiy Injured. Cincinnati special: A terrific explosion occurred the other morning at the Deihl fireworks plants in Reading, a suburban village, eleven mites from this city. The charging house was completely shattered and blazing timbers shot into the. air setting fire to the surrounding buildings. Heury Horne, aged 18, was instantly killed; Gus Gerwin, aged 24, fatally Injured. Ollie White and Tillie Matt, boVh of them about eighteen years old, ware seriously burned. Many otaers were more or less injured. The cause of the explosion is not known. The men and women employed in the charging Jbome-bsd-* bec.»at work but a short ’ time when the powder let go. The works are owed by the Consolidated Fireworks company of North America, ot New York. Fifty persons were employed at the phnt.

Cost *503.000,000. St. Paul special: It is now estimated that the deep water canai proposed to run from Lake Superior to Lake Erie will cost $500,000,000. The canal would be, 345 miles in length, have thirty locks and a large number of costly aqueducts. Tho canal will have to be thirty feei deep and 300 feet wide. Mcrxiixt Without Fire Imturance* Monterey (Mex.) special: Al) the foreign insurance companies doing business in this country have instructed their agents to discontinue doing business in Mexico, as the recently imposed tax Ins rendered it Impossible, to do business under the. present circumstances. in a Coal Mine. Michael Davidson, Michael Halley,and Joseph Smilii were in.star.tly Killed in the Peter itvan coal mine al Streator. 111., bv the falling of a huge juass of rock, Their bodies were terribly crushed and have not yet? been recovered. houiiil Detul. George G. Grover, British Royal Commissioner tu tlio World's Columbian Exposition, was found dead in his room at the Virginia, House, Chicago. Heart disease is supposed to be the catuse. Boiler Explosion, The, boiler in bte.warts factory at Pontiac. Mjcii., exploded about 7 o'clock the other qvorning aud,destrovod the entire woilis. Four Dll'll were seriously bruised and injured. Had the explosion occurred llftr-en minutes later the. iossof Hie would have been great. The injured arc: Archie Mi-Coy, 'UI '.ibor.t the head; FretbWilson; night Watchman, fneopwin-:, fullyrturrieil: Gen, I'.aiurrott, engineer, burned about the fare, ami a boy, num# unknown, cut and t.ium-j Indiana’s Gerrymander Case. By the action c.< the Indiana Supreme Court in its decision in which opinions are rendered by Justice’Coffey and Judge Howard, the apportionment (gerrymander)’ease, Benjamins. MaUi ex rcl. Simcm T. Powell, is at an end. The petition for a rehearing, filed by Atorney-General Smith and Morgan Chandler is rejected. It now becomes the duty of tiiq Legislature, by the act of the Court, to reapportion the State for legislative purposes. The derision of the Henry Circuit Court was that the present apportion nieni ot senatorial representatives is In conflict with U»e coustilutiOL aud invalid. The

finnremo Court decided Hint tho act. of 1891 was invalid bv reason of nncons tutmnallty, and tho act of 1879, under which the plaintiff' asked relief in tho case, was also Invalid for the same reason. Those acts being Invalid, and tho last possible atop In tho courts havi Ing boon taken, It remains for the legislature to makn a now apportionment. DROPPED THE BABB From tho Fourth Story of a Burning Build lug. A firn broke out in the cellar of tho tenement house, 505 Grove street, Jersey City. Tho flames ate their way up tho stairs to a drug store, and thence through the ballway, cutting off the escape of the families. Those on tho second and third floors were rescued by the firemen. They could not reach tho fourth floor, however, in which lived Matthew BHgb, the owner of the building, his wife, and three children. His wife ran to the roof taking the children with her. Bligh dropped the third child from the window, and she would have been killed but that Horman Shalk, who lived on the second floor and who was loaning out of tho window, caught her as she fell. Then Bligh either fell or throw himself from the window. He struck tho awning and bounded into tho street. His leg was broken and he was internally injured and will probably die. Policeman Pl®u:k Mahoney made his wav up the stairfWul rescued Mrs. Bligh and the two children. All were burned, and the youngest child, Marie, aired 6, who inhaled the flames, will probably die, * ■ THE DATES Os the Western Trotting Circuit Settled. At a meeting of representatives of each city composing the Western Trotting Circuit, held in Chicago, arrangements were completed which insure to Chicago the greatest meeting ever hold in America and make the Western Circuit. of which Chicago is a member, the strongest circuit ever organized. The dates as finally agreed upon are as follows: Sturgis, Mich., July 31 to Angust 5. Grand Rapids Mich.. August 7 to 12. Fort Wayne, Ind., August 14 to 19. Independence, lowa, August 21 to September 2. ) Columbus, Ohio, Angust 21 to 26. Columbus, Ind., August 18 to September 2. Indianapolis. Ind., September 4 to 9. Mason City, lowa. September 4 to 9. Chicago. September 4 to 16. St. Joseph, Mo.,September 18 to 23. Terre Haute, Ind.,September 25 to 30. Evansville, Ind.. October 2 to 7. Nashville, Tenn , October 16 to 28. No change was made in any of the rules made at the last meeting of the circuit and the rules governing entrance fees, etc., remain the same. DO WE WANT IT? The Request for Annexation Presented to President Harrison by the Hawaiian Minister. Washington special: An interview between Secretary of State Foster and Dr. Mott Smith, the Hawaiian Minister, continued for some time in the diplomatic room of the State Department At ts close Secretary Foster went over to theWhlte House and had a conference with President Harrison. While of course no statement of the policy- to be pursued by the United States in the matter will be made, at least until after the arrival of the commissioners from Hawaii who are to present the request for annexation to Hawaiians will hardly be succssful if the purportthereofhas been correctly stated. Aside from the innovation upon thepolicy of the Government since its organization which the annexation would be, the interests of other countries in tho Sandwich Islands are too large to permit on the part, of the Government of those nations an acquiescence in such annexation. It would involve consequences that the United States would not care, and which its long settled policy forbids to assume.

Fatal accident. Over a Score of Men Killed In a Mine. A fatal accident occurred in tho Conception mine at Atorce, in the Slate of San Luis Potosi, Mexico. Fire broke out in the main shaft, which caved in, occasioning a heavy loss of life. Thirteen corpses have already been recovered. The fire still rages underground, and at latest advices other workings had collapsed and further subsidence was momentarily expected. This destruction of property and the consequent paralyzing of work will entail the loss of upwards of a million dollars to the company. Conception is one of the historic of Hexicd. and has-yielded fabulous quantities of sliver. It was considered the “show” mine of Mexico on account of the completeness and perfection of its equipment.

Chilian Indemnity. The Navy Department has refused to make payment of the Chilian idemnityto any ono except the sailors of the Baltimore themselves and —in case of tho two deceased sailors—their legal heirs. As far as the department officials are concerned the beneficiaries will bounder no obligations to pav attorney fees. The department considers the indemnity in the nature of a present to the injured sailors and not as the payment of the claims originally filed in the State Department by San Francisco lawyers. The sum of 810,000 each is the amount recommended by the Naval Board to be allotted to the legal heirs of the two doceased sailors. Gresham lor t>ecretary ot Htato. A Chicago special says: It is settled almost beyond the shadow of a doubt that Judge W. Q. Gresham will be Secretary of State in President Cleveland’s .Cabinet. For several days part New York dispatches stated that negotiations have been pending between Presidentelect Cleveland and Judge Gresham. These negotiations have been going on for over a week- They arc finally concluded. Judge Gresham has decided to accept the premiership. The fact is anown to only a few of the very intimate frieuds of the distinguished jurist A IluHbantl's Vengeance. A highly sensational double murder occurred near Pikeville, Ky. Isaac .Mcoro. a wealthy lumber merchant shot and killed William Kelly and then sent a ball through the body of his (Moore’s) wife. Moore had gone home and found his wife with Kelly. The latter ran Moore out. of the house. In the yard the fleeing man stopped, turned on his pursuer, and sent three pistol balls through him. Mrs. Moore then attacked her husband with a butcher knife and received a ball in tier abdomen In retnrn, Moore surrendered and is in jail. A Veteran Motfcer. Mrs. Daniel living north of Brazil, lud., has given birth to a fine, healthy girl baby. The mother is 68 years old, while.the father is 69. Mrs. Lenhart has a daughter 47 years bld, who lias children with children, making her a great grahd-mother and tho tew torn baby a great-aunt to a number of children. The Father Is a veteran, and a pensiouer of the late war. Vain lOght lor Life. j At Columbus, .Ohio, J’erry Juengst, a boy ot 12 years, was drowned in tfießei-

nto River, and his brother iTlarry, about the same ego, narrowly escaped a similar fate. Tho boys were crossing the stream on tho Ice. They broke through, and after a desperate struggle for life Perry succumbed to tho Icy water. Harry managed to cling to a cake of Ico antil rescued with a boat. Snnitnrluui Burned. Dr. J. R Holmes’ private sanitarium at Romo, Go., Including tho main building, surgical ward, and drug store, with all their contents, wore destroyed by fire. There worn seventy-flvo inmates in the building when the fire broke out, and tho flames spread so rapidly that they barely escaped In their night clothes. It is believed tho fire was tho work of an incendiary, as the building was fired In three different places. The total loss Is SIOO,OOO, with $60,000 Insurance. The sanitarium will bo rebuilt. Fatal Colli nI on. A collision occurred on the Erie road at Wallace, N. Y., between passenger train Na 113 and a freight train. Matthew Rolsengnr, fireman on the passenger, was crushed to death, and William West, fireman on the freight, lost a leg. Tho freight was standing on aside-track, thoswitch to which was left open. The passenger train dashed into the freight partially wrecking the passenger engine and a portion of tho freight train. None of the passengers were Injured. Kentuoky’s New Senator. All the candidates for United States Senator from Kentucky, to succeed Mr. Carlisle, have withdrawn, leaving the field clear for Judge Wm. Lindsay. Tho new Senator is a typical Kentuckian in manner and appearance, about fifty-five years of ago. a lawyer by profession; served on the State Supreme Bench, and has for Years been a State Senator as well as Kentucky’s Commissioner to tho World’s Fair. Crushed His Skull. Kay Clemons, a switchman on the Detroit. Lansing <fc Northern railroad, met a sudden and horrible death at Grand j Rapids, Mich. He was coupling cars in | the yard and stepped between two cars ; loaded with lumber. The lumber was piled so that the ends projected over the ends ot the cars. When the cars came together his head was caught between tM lumber and crushed beyond all recognition. Opium Smugglers. Niagara Falls special: Special Agent GE. Lewis of this city, and Special In- i spector George Carter of New York, ar- ' rested S, J. Henry and C. J. Bend, the j colored porter and conductor of the ; sleeping car “Salmon River,” for opium.' smuggling. Forty packages of opium | were found under one of the seats in t'<ie I car on its arrival in this city. The Car is a Toronto-Now York sleeper. A Young Girl Foully Murdered. The body of Ella Ford,a comely young 1 colored girl was found murdered in the cellar of the house at 809 Locust street, Philadelphia, occupied by herself and her aged lover, George Morris. The body was buried face downward and the bead had teen battered In with a hammer. Morris is IX) years of age, and as he cannot be found he is believed to have committed the crime. An Anarchist's Trick. London special: Christopher Davies, a leader among Birmingham [anarchists smashed a jeweler's window in New street, Birmingham, and snatched two handfuls of watches and rings. When a policeman started toarresd him, Davies threw the jewelry into tho gutter but did not run. The watches and .rings were valued at S7OO or S6OO. Her Head on Fire. Burglars searched John Katus' house at Mendota, HL. and finding no money went into a room occupied by a blind daughter, stripped her of all clothing, and set fire to her hair. Her neck and shoulders were badly burned and the unfortunate young lady is,prostrate with fright and suffering. Horrlb’.c Accident- 4 Mr*. Sarah Johnson, aged 51 years, of St. Louis was burned to death. Mrs. Johnson was a paralytic, and, while alone in the house, in some unaccountable way her clothes caught fire and, in her helpless condition, she was burned to depth before discovery. Played I><ieL At Niles, Ohio, Willie Harper, a boy 15 years of age, was accidentally shot by Willie Lewis, a companion 16 years old. They were playing gfiiel, and, not knowing it was loaded, Lewis pulled the trigger and the ball era<he<l tn to Harper’s forehead- Harper CSnndtTive. Killed by an Iv'cle. .Thomas Pearson, 17 years, was instantly killed at Kokomo, Ind., by a huge icicle falling upon him from the ' roof of the Opera House. The block of ice weighed over 1,000 pounds, and fell a distance of sixty feet. -■ Email-Fox in Chicago. A case of small-pox was discovered at the Chicago House of Correction, locally known as the Bridewell. There are 1,100 prisoners in the institution. American Slain. Albert Gurney, a well known Atnertcan, was waylaid, killed, and robbed by a party of brigands nearTopioln the Slate of Durange, Mexico. THE MARKETS. ‘ CHICAGO. Battlx-Cotuxot to I’riiuc .... fs.Ti ff 6.09 Hook—Shipping Grades st-’O ft 8.00 SHEEP—Fair to Choice 3.00 0 5.75 Wheat—No 2 5pring........... .73 & .74 Coen—No. A2 0 .43 0at5—N0.,2.....' si 0 .31)4 Rye-No. 2 £3 0 .» Butteii —Choice Creamery 32 & .S 3 FkkjS—Fresh 29 0 .SO Potatoes—New, per bn gs rt ,tr> INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE- Shipping. 8.25 0 5.52 Hogs—Choice Light 3.60 .0 7.73 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 0 6.09 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67)60 Co bn—No. 2 White.... .. ... .40 0 .42 Oats—No. 2 White JK & .34 ST. LG’JIS. Cattle. s.to 0 6.r0 Hogs. 3.W <S 7.76 Wheat—No. 2 Red 08 <ti .os Corn—No. 2 38 0 .30 Oats-No, 2 -32 0 Rye—No. 2- 5« ® .63 CINCINNATI Cattle... r.oo 0 5.25 Hogs 3.00 0 7.76 Sheep.... SMO <0 G.rti Whvat— No. 2 Red 73 44. .7.1)4 Coen—No. 2 <3 w .44 OATS—No. 2 Mixed 35)40 .36)4 Rye—No. 2, . * 62 & .« DETHCIT. Cattle.. —r.co <34.39 Hogs ~. M» 0 740 I Shew t.co 0 4.»b Wheat—No. 2 Red 71 @ .7S> COEN—No. 2 Yellow 43 M .44, Oats-No. 2 White TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 7S <3 .735 J COBN—No. 2 White.... .43 0 .43)4 Oats—No. 2 White 34i4<gl ki’H M Hg .61 BUFFALO. | ftATrLß—Common to Prime 3.0# 0 5,25 S Hoos-Best Grades 4.00 0 8.09 Wheat-No. 1 Hard 82 0 M Com.—No. 2 Yellow 44 it .45 MILWAUKEE. Wheat No. 2 Spring 08 41 .44 COHN— No. 3 4J 0 .41M Oats—No. 2 White....; 43 4* : Rye-No. 1. 41 « .62 Baklet-No. 2 “ ,S 4 0 .63 Pobk- Mean 18.60 01248 NEW YORK. € Cattle Lt* 0 5.W Boos 8.00 0 8.00 SHEBF 3.00 0 iM Wheat—No. 2 Red 60 0 .80 QOHN—No. 2 .54 9 M Oats—Mixed Western .88 0 .41 Buttek Factory H 0 M VWiB-Xe* Mess J 8.25 018.78 ‘

BLAINE IS NO MORE. Death Finally Comes to the Great Statesman, MADE A NOBLE COMBAT AMERICA MOURNS HER BRILLIANT DIPLOMAT. Story or the UTe »P<l AchleremenU of the Sea of Pennaylvanhi Hl» Prominence In Maine and National Pollt lo»—The I‘eer of the FoliMeal Stndenta—Story at Hl» Bnire Fight for Lire. Will IJre In lltatnry. Blalno Is dead. Tho end of h ! » long illness has been reached, and his struggle for existence, so heroically made, has come to its inevitable conclusion. James O. Blaine, the brilliant Republican leader in Congress and for three terms Speaker of the House of Repr - sentatives. then a member of the Senate for the State of Maine, subsequently Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Garfield, and the man to whom the nation turned with the greatest confidence In the gloomy weeks that intervened between the shooting and the death of Garfield, next tho nominee of the Republicans for President of the United States, and again Secretary of State from March 4, 1889, to Juno 4, 1891, has passed to the beyond. Mr. Blaine’s illness first took a serious turn in the summer or 1891, after a | period of intense mental labor incident I to the seizure of the Chilian steamer Itata and the preliminary negotiations regarding the Behring Sea controversy. Mr. Blaine relinquished the active direction of the State Department until early last spring, when he returned to Washington still in an enfeebled condition. He resumed his official duties, however, and in their performance displayed something of his old foroe. He had, however, several spells of severe indisposit ion, once being attacked while at a public dinner from which he had to be conveyed to his home very much prostrated. During early winter the dispatches made frequent reference to Mr. Blaine's condition, -but until recently these references were of a general and indefinite nature, the only fact apparent being that he was not as well as he had been during the summer. Two months ago, after having kept to his room for a week or more, he went out for a drive. The day was cold and a chill was the natural result to one in his debilitated condition. In spite of the family's aversion to and efforts to avoid publicity in the matter, it came to be generally understood that there was practically no hope of Mr. Blaine’s recovery, and that his death might occur at any time. An Organic Disease. The statement given out by Dr. Johnston was tho first admission from any authoritative source, however, that Mr. Blaine was suffering from an organic disease. In all ot Mr. Blaine’s previous illnesses it has been denied that the sufferer was afflicted in any way that permanently affecteil his system, and it has been always asserted by those in a position to know that his ailments were due to temporary causes and local conditions which yielded readily to medical treatment The careful concealment of the real condition of Mr. Blaine's health both by the family and the physicians in attendance induced the general public to believe that he would get well, and the rallies that the naturally vigorous constitution of the invalid had made from all former attacks led most of his friends to expect his recovery upon this as upon all previous occasions. On the morning of Dec. 18 he had a Blight attack or hemorrhage of tho lungs, resulting, it. is claimed, from the severe cold, and this was followed by a sinking spell, such as afflicted him during his Bar Harbor sickness and upon the occasion of his serious illness in New York some time ago. So severe and so prolonged was this attacK that It was believed Mr. Blaine was dying. It continued.until 1 o’oloel..3lnd&t that hour the patient, apparently in his last earthly moments, was surrounded by his family. It was believed even by the two physicians present that he was dying, and the family, giving up all hope, gathered for the final farewell. Suddenly he rallied, and within half an hour he was apparently much better. The cause of these sinking spells or spasms has always been mysteriously kept secret by tho physicians and family, though the public and press have frequently attributed them to Bright’s disease of the kidneys; at other timee brain trouble was alleged, but the most frequent conclusion was that Mr. Blaine was suffering from kidney disease of some sort. It is now asserted that the disease which has so long and so insidiously undermined his constitution and destroyed his health is what is known as waxy degeneration of the kidneys. To its ravages is attributed the general break-down of his physical system, his remarkable pallor during the past few years, and his occasional attacks of illness marked by severe fainting spells. The following day Mr. Blaine seemed to be considerably better. He sat up np for a short time and talked with members of tho family in a very cheerful frame ot mind. The sinking spell lIHIIUM. nr.AiNß's birthplace of the previous day seemed to have Jost its effect, and the reaction apparently left the in valid stronger than before. From this time until the end came lit- b tie remains to be told concerning the ■ great, statesman’s Illness. For nearly ; another month he lingered on the very brink of the grave. Tht) ablest physi- j eians were almost continuously at his bedside, but their attendance was of no avail other than to make restful the sufferer’s last days, for it was well known that he was beyond the aid of medical skill. It was a 'constant Btruggle with death, and grim, unconquerable death was the victor. .J. Breathe* His L*o The end came at 11 •'eloek Friday , morning. SurroiWed by his sorrow-

ing wife and family ho ceased to live, and tho soul ot one of the greatest BtartcHnien the world ever knew passed beyond the veil and made its entry into the realm of the unknown. Throughout Thursday night tho end was hourly expected, but the man who had achieved so much in hla lite seemed ready to give death a battle, be It short mid against him. Theilevoted nhyalclauH remained until tho end. Ready to administer any stimulant that would extend hla life, they found themselves ifaflhd by tho insidious disease. When the extraordinary strengtliof will Mr. Blalno has shown began to succumb to ooma, the last of fatal symptoms to manifest itself, efforts became hopeless. Nothing but tho original vijjor of Mr. Blaine’s constitution and hla powers of vitality protraclod his life so long. As is usual in such , cases, he passexi away poaoofully as ono sinking into a profound sleep. Little by little the poison crept through his brain, benumbing his faculties. It was only by constant watching for tho cessation of the breath and the stopping of the enfeebled heart that tho moment ot death opnld bo determined. To those who were with him at the last he was unable to give any sign of recognition at. the end. Shortly before sinking into the fatal and final sleep the change of expression of his eyes

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showed that he recognized Mrs. Blaine and the physicians. But he was unable to give any further sign. CAREER OF JAMES G. BLAINE. Striking Features of the I.lfe of the Famous American Statesman. James Gillespie Blaine, second son of Ephraim L. and Maria (Hllespie Blaine, was bora at the Indian Hill Fann. Washington Connty, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31, 1810. Tho old stone house In which he was bom was the first structure ot the kind ever erected west of the Monongahela River. It was built by the greatgrandfather ot Mrs. Gillespie Blaine in 1778. hud it now stands within the city limits of West Brownsville. From hie father the son Inherited the hardy, energetic qualities of a Scotch-Irish ancestry. Ephraim Blaine, his great-grandfather, was Commissary General of the American army from 1778 to the close of the revolution in 1783. This great-grandfather was possessed of ample means, and during the trying times of deprivation in Valley Forgo the continental array was materially aided from his private purse. The grandfather for whom young Blaine was named, first chose a political career. A protracted stay In Europe, after he had finished his studies, estranged him from his early ambition. He returned to America in 1793. and as a special bearer of dispatches, delivered to the American Government a treaty with some foreign power. Afterward he retired to private life. The father of James (4. Blaine was bom and reared in Carlisle. In 1818 he removed.to Washington County. He had inherited considerable wealth, and owned landed property in the western part of the State. These lands, however, had not been developed, and a large family made heavy drains upon his means. In 1326 he deeded to tho Kconomites a tract of land now occupied by the site of Philadelphia.

» -* — - -■* t ■ URS. BLAINE. Other lands, since found rich In minora)", were sold for almost nothing. Mr. Blaine's mother was a woman of strong character and superior intelligence. She was a devout Catholic, but the son adhered to the Presbyterian convictions of his paternal ancestry. The son James received every advantage of education. In 1842 Mr. Blaine s father was elected prothonotary of the County Conrt of Washington County. The father was then in poor circumstances and his removal to the county seat enabled him t-o send the son to college. James entered the freshman class of Washington College in November. 1843. At the a«e of 17 years and 8 months he was graduated tn a class of thirty-three, sharing first honors with John C. Hervey, who was afterward Superintendent of Public Instruction at WheelBeginning of His Career. Soon after graduation Mr. Blaine became a teacher in the Western Military Institute nt Blue Lick, Ky. Here ho met Miss Harriet Stanwood of Maine. Miss Stanwood was a teacher in a seminary for young ladles at Millersburg, and the two were shortly aftertvard married. Mr. Blaine returned with his wife to Pdnnsylvanla and became a teacher in the Institute for the Blind al Philadelphia. Instruction was chiefly oral and the young teacher was given charge of the higher class in literature and science. For two years Mr. Blalno was associated with the school. In 1864 he moved to Augusta, Me., where he has since made his home. He purchased a half Interest tn the Kennebec Journal and became it" editor. He had a readv faculty* for tho work, and within three years was a master spirit in State P °Ho engaged ardently in the formation of the Republican party. In ISM he was n delegate to the flrrt national convention of the Republican party which nominated John C. Fremont for the Presidency. It was shortly afterward, at a public inerting, when he first claimed attention as a public speaker. At this meeting he rendered an official report, stammering in co’nfaslon at the outset. Bnt as he proceeded he gained confidence and wound up in a manner which called attention to him as a public orator. In 1857 bo broadened his newspaper field by assuming tho editorship of tho Portland Advertiser. His political genius, however had eclipsed the Journalist within him. In 1868 bo was elected to the State Legislature and was afterward successively chosen for four years. The last two years in the House ho served that body aa Speaker. At the beginning of the civil war Mr. Blaine gained distinction in the debates which grew out of that crisis. At tho time of his election to the Legislature he was made Chairman of the KepulsMean State Committee, and for twenty years he held that office. During this time he led and shaped every, political campaign in the State of Maine. He waa elected to Congress in 1«2 and tot a period ot eighteen years he was

s wimntxT of one or tfte other houses of Congress. Hl" «c»wu» hi polllloxl atrongth and inllnoutM) wm rsphl m r wkh nubrokea Dnring hlx Hrat term tn Congruaa ho made only one extended apereh. Thia wna an argument In favor of the aaaunintton ot tho Htste w« debts by the general government and contending that the North wm able to carry on tho war to a final oonohialon. He broadened iu thia orgnmontnlive llohb however, and gained a reputation a* an effective debater. Illa Career in Congreaa. Hla career hi the National Congress was an eventful one. HU nut agon Uni to the Htovons reconstruction bill in mi? orekt-d a stir in tho nation, >u«l after a seeming detest hU amendment modifying thia proposed military law In tho 8011th was carried through both House an<l Henato, in laeo Hr. Illaino was elected speaker ot the Honae, acting iu that capacity for atx kuccohblvo yean. Hla career In the House has always been regarded aa exceptionally brilliant. The political revnlalon of 1H74 placed tho Domooracy tu power In the Honae aud Mr. Blaine became the leader ot the Itopubllcan minority. Preceding the Presidential contest ot 1878 the eeudon of ti>e House was a stormy one, and In tho general liraneaty bill, removing the disabilities of participant* In the rebellion. Mr. Blaiue stood np for an exception in tho caw of Jofferaon Davie. Ono of hU most notable speeches was made al thia time under tho spur of opposition from Mr. Hill, of Georgia. In IMO bo w»h called upon to defend hie political character against charge" of bribery from the Union Pacific and other railroad companies. Tho Mulligan letter* were produced aud tho Ktonny aceno* of May and Juno of that year followed. JnnoO Mr. Blaine, lining to a person al denied the right of congress to compel the production of file private ]>apen<. He expressed hla wilHngueaa to stand any examination, and haring posMasod himself of t hose letters be declared bls yarposo to re-

JAMES GILLESPIE BLAINE.

serve nothing; He stood up in the house holding tho letters in hts hand. "Thank God,” said he, "I am not ashamed to show them. There is the very original package. And, with some sense of humiliation, .with a mortification I do not attempt to conceal, with a sense of outrage, which, I think, any man In my position would feel, I invite the confidence of forty-four lullliona of my countrymen while I read these letters from this desk. At thi" time Josiah Caldwell, one of the BLAINE'S BAR HAIIB'IR HOME. originators of the Little Rock end Fort Smith Railroad, was traveling in Europe, and efforts h»d been made at Mr. Blaine’s suggestion to reach him by telegraph. After reading those letters Mr. Blaine turned to the Chairman of the Investigating Committee and demanded to know if any answer had been received from Mr. Caldwell. The Chairman returned an evasive answer when Mr. Blaine turned upon him. charging, as within ids own knowledge that the Chairman had received such a dispatch. "completely and absolutely exonerating me from this charge, and you have suppressed It." Os this aceno General-Garfield onoe said that it exceeded anything he had ever seen in Congrens. 3*4' As a Cat?<lld:?lc for President- " June 11 was the time ot the Republican National Convention. The previous Sunday he had been prostrated by the heat, and tears wore entertained for his life, in the convention, however, his friends stood firm. On the first ballot he received 286 votes out of tho total of 754. The remainder were divided between Senator Morton, Secretary Bristow. SenatorConkling, Gov. Hayes, and others. On tho seventh ballot his vote rise to ail, lacking only 28 of a nomination. A combination upon Hayes, however, defeated him. Mr. Blatne entered the Senate some months later. Again in 1830 hi* friends of four years before stood by him in the national convtntlon. The first vote stood: Grant. ;«S; Blaine, 2*4; Sherman, 93; Edmunds, 34; Washbume, 3<>; Windom. 10, and Garfield, 1. On the final ballot, however, the Blaine on Garfield, who was nominated. After his election Mr. Blaine was made Secretary of State. He was in the Cabinet ten month". After Garfield's death Mr. Blaine retired from the Cabinet. On his retirement lie was for the first, time in twenty-three years out of public station. Ho took up his well-known historical work, "Twenty Years of Congress,” and issned the first volume in January, I*B4. In tills year he was again before the Republican Convention for tho nomination to the Presidency. On the fourth ballot he received Ml of the 813 votes and was nominated. President Arthur was ills chief competitor. This campaign was a tieculiarly bitter one. The result hinged upon New York, which went. Democratic and elected Grover Cleveland. He returned at onco to hl* history and completed the second volume in 1-06. Later he traveled extensively in Europe, his health being much broken. At the time ol the Republican Conventio n in lasts lie refused to accept the nomination, cabling from Scotland to the Chicago gathering to that effect. Several months earlier lie had written a letter refusing to be considered a candidate. ' As Secretary of State. ~fie worked for the success of Mr. Harrison in the succeeding campaign and at the beginWHERE 1118 FIRST SCHOOL HAYS WERE SPENT. Ing of thel present national administration he entered the President’s Cabinet as Secretary of State. His distinguished career in that position is well remembered. The Pan-American Congress, the reciprocity treaties, and other striking incidents, rendered his work remarkable. Owing to personal differences wfth the President ho resigned his position In the Cabinet a few days before the meeting of the Nation Convention of his party. Though a short time before he had declined in set 'terms to be a candidate before the convention he permitted his friends to use his name. < On the first ballot, however, President Harrison was renominated. Thonghjn bad health Mr. Blaine wrote a letter and made a speech for his party during the campaign lately dosed. Heroulilk, tho ntfe french explosive, is bo powerful thin half a pound of it, in a recent test, displaced a stone weighing thirty tons.—Peoria Journal.

INDIANA LEGISLATURE, Senator Onge's bill, Increasing the price ot oonvlot labor to nlnoty-livo oonta per day, was, Monday, referred to tho Committee on Labor. In tho House the ' Ago of Consent bill, changing tho age from I'2 to 14 yours, was passed. Tho Hntiso after mucli debate, passed tho Honeh bill, punishing norsoni who bring stolon property Into tho ntato. Sovornl nr ondmouts wore reported by tho Committee on Constitutional Amend- <- ments. Among tnom wore making tho tonne ot tall County officers four years, and rendering tho Incnmbonts Ineligible for reeloctlon for eight yours; enabling tho Hute to tax gross and net receipts of corporations; to increase tho regular legislative suasion to 100 days. A judiciary ripper bill, cutting the number ot circuits from fifty-four to forty-four, hue boon prepared. The committee investigating tho Prison North affair, return with nothing but praise of the management. At a caucus It developed that the Cullop bill was unpopular and will bo defeated. It provided for tho appointment of boards for public Institution." by the Governor. Both branches of tho Legislature spent their time Tuesday discussing small bills.and the Renato was entirely without feature. The House passed a bill to limit tho powers of township trustee* and another exempting parsonage* from taxation, while it killed ono limiting tho jurisdiction of justices of the ponce, and another ad ling insanity to the statutory grounds for divorce. Mr. Dulman introduced tho same bill brought int > tho Bouate the day before, appropriating $200,006 to the Behooi for FOoble Minded at Fort Wnyno. Os this SIIO,OOO Is asked for anew building and $60,000 for tho purchase of a farm. In the Senate n bill making it obligatory on county commissioners in towns of 5.000 inhabitants to establish work-house* where no city work-house exists, and authorizing the commissioners to puiohaso property, erect buildings and pay for tho same, wits passed. The Committee on Railroiuls recommended tho passage of Senator Chandler's bill asking that passenger trains stop at. all county-seats. The House. Wednesday, passed tho Cullop bill, increasing tho jurisdiction of tho Appellate Court, sending to it all cases involving $.'1,500 or less. After a long argument it killed .McMullin's bill, requiring that school boards be elected by the people, instead ol by tho city councils, as at present, and, after a long controversy, it killed Magenity'e anti-prize fighting bill, which - imposes heavy penalties on all concerned, but defined prize fighting as "fighting with loss thnn two-ounce gloves." Tho Honate Spoeial Committee to rodistriet tho judicial circuits ot the State reported Its gerrymander, of the courts, and, after a long argument, the report was accepted. Tho Senate passed a number of minor bills and one important ono, extending tho term of munfncipal officers to four years instead of two. as nt present. Bepresentative Sulzer of Madison, introduced a concurrent resolution in thft House Thursday, sotting forth that tho law was being constantly violated by tho (Roby 11000 Track Assoo'ation. and that the officials of Lake County were conniving thereat. Tho resolution called for a special joint committee of investigation and suggested a lino of Inquiry. No action was taken, a reference being made to the Committee on Right* and Privileges without debate. Tho House parsed the Union Label bill, introduced nt the instance of organized lilair. This bill is designed to proto it labels and by authority of labor unions from use by unauthorized parties. Among tho new bills was onoloaving it optional with County Commissioners whether I hey issue a license to sell intoxicants in Uie County or not. There was also a bill to prevent the piping rd natural gas outside tho State by limiting the pressure in mains [to 200 pounds per square inch. Tho Senate spent several hours discussing McLain's bill conferring upon the GovBrnor the appointment of the Benevolent and Penal Boards. Tho Mil was ordered engrossed. Mr. MoLnin stylos the bill as "an act to prevent legislative log-rolling." Both branches of the Legislature. Friday morning, adjourned until Monday out of respect to the memory of ox-Socretary James G. Blaine.

The Telephone lu Spain. ‘•The American managers of the telephone have not given your people the full benefit of their invention,” (0 said Seraphtno Yglesia of Madrid “Now, we in Spain have a much better system than you have here, and we use it to a better advantage. We have a grand park there —the Retiro In it we have all the amusements—theaters, toboggan slides, carousals, bull fights, operas, everything. It is of the opera that I want to speak particularly. If you will sit in the stalls close up to the stage you will see just in front of each spotlight a little tin box. You will wonder what it is there for. Well, if you have a telephone at your house you can communicate with the Central Exchange and your telephone will be connected with one of those boxes on the stage of the opera house, and if the weather is bad you can sit there at home and listen to note and hear as plainlyyou were in the opera house. You don't have to ho d the receiver to your car. Oh, no. The system in use there does away with that. The receiver and transmitter are combined in a little shelf of corrug ited metal. You talk '* to it and the sound goes over the wire; you listen and the sound comes from it. Thus you may read your book and listen to the opera ton Isn’t it better than your system?”— St, Louis Globe-Democrat. «V-o-r y Girls and boys, cspcciallygirls.don’t allow yourselves to get into the habit that many grown people have of. [when called upon for an opinion of pomebody or something of whom or (which they Inwardly disapprove, draw- * |i ng out, “v-e-r-y n-l-c-c.” The atfempt to hide disapprobation, envy (a ault to which poor human nature is fiadly prone), and several other disagreeable things under the thin veil afforded by these two words is most transparent Better tell an honest falsehood, if I may use the expression, and accord an emphatic approbation than to employ this weak, halfway one, which is so easily seen through. Or, better yet, come out boldly with the truth. 'Twon’t sting h bit more than “v-e-r-y n-i-c-o."— Detroit Free Press. Expense* ol Royalty. The Queen of England is allowed jn one form or another the sum of jQ $1,929,000 annually. 'JL'he Prince of Wales receives $200,000, his Princess $50,000. Prince Albert Victor receives $50,000; tfmCrown Princess of Russia, $40,000; the Duke of Edin- . 7 burgh. $125,000; the Princess Christian, $30,000; the Duke of Connaught, $125;000, and the numerous others various sums, the grana total reaching the enormous sum of $2,834,000. — A good story, even when the same man continues to repeat It, has a * ' tendency to grow like a rolling snowball. An instance is furnished by a ♦ Germdn paper. “So our friend Bushier went to the top of Mont Blanc?” said one man to another. “Not at all.” “But he said so." “True. Two months ago, when he returned from Switzerland, he said he had been at the foot of Mont Blanc. Since then be has gradually lied himself to the top." >,

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