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copy of these resolutions, and an assurance of the heartfelt sympathy of the House in the sorrowful bereavement which is alike hers and the country's. The resolutions were adopted, and accordingly the House adjourned. The following general order was issued today: War Depatment, \ Washington, D. C., Feb. 10,1886. > With profound sorrow the Secretary of War announces to the army that Major-general W. S. Hancock died yesterday at Governor’s Island, in the harbor of New York. He was a soldier without fear, a citizen without reproach, a patriot without guile. He will ever be a noble and impressive figure in our history, and his countrymen will always accord with pleasure the honor due his name. For nis meritorious and conspicuous service in a great and decisive victory he has received the gratitude of the American people and the thanks of Congress. The flag will be placed at half-mast at all military posts and stations, and thirteen minute guns will be fired on the day after the receipt of thefce orders, and the usual badges of mourning will be worn for thirty days. Wm. C. Endicott, Secretary of War. By- command of Lieutenant-general Sheridan. Lieutenant-general Sheridan will act as pallbearer at General Hancock's funeral. Majorgeneral Schofield will also attend.

THE LOYAL LEGION. Adoption of a Memorial—Eloquent Address by Ex-President Hayes. Cincinnati, Feb. 10.—The annual meeting of Ohio Comrnandery of the military order of the Loyal Legion to-day assumed unusual interest from the very large attendance, and from the fact that General Hancock's death, yesterday, leaves Gen. R. B. Hayes senior officer of the order. The gay drapery of the Burnet House, where the meeting is held, was all festooned with black to-day, in token of mourning for General Hancock. At the business meeting an event of unusual interest occurred. General Sherman and Gen. Lew Wallace made application for membership, and, by suspension of the rules, were immediately elected and invested, amid the wildest ap.plause of the companions. Gen. J. D. Cox, from the committee, read the following memorial tribute to General Hancock: •‘The death of Gen. Winfield Scott Hancock is a personal grief to every companion of the Loyal Legion, for every one of us has been proud of him as our senior commander, and all who have known him personally have been devotedly attached to him as friends But he has been more; he has, through a whole lifetime been the unblemished type and pattern of an American soldier. He entered his country’s service in boyhood as a cadet in the Military Academy, and continued, not oniv faithful, but brilliantly efficient, in the service to the day of his death. His loyaly did not waver in the dark days of 1861, but he earnestly pressed into the foreground of the struggle and so bore him self that his name became proverbial for both dashing leadership and manly nersistent courage. “Withoutundue ambition or personal self-seek-ing, ho won his way to fame by splendid conduct in an unparalleled series of battles, the tonfldence of brother officers and soldiers outrunning his advances in rank and applauding syery step he gained in promotion. When jealousies and intrigue were rife in the great army tio which he belonged, neither his devotion to the flag nor his zealous subordination to his commander were ever questioned. “He lived only to do and dare greatly for his country; he inspired his brother officers with a pure and noble emulation in heroic deeds, and his soldiers with an enthusiasm of courage which doubled their power. In the supreme crisis of the war, when Vicksburg and Gettysburg permanently turned the tide in favor of the national canse, he reached the full maturity of his course, and in the great battle in Pennsylvania was fortunate in the bearing of :-?reat responsibilities in such a way that victory was, in a large measure, due to his broad military judgment and his conspicuous bravery. Severely wounded, he made haste to resume his duty with his troops, and from the Wilderness to Appomattox the long series of fierce engagements made each battle name anew decoration of his soldierly renown. “His last appointment in the war, to be eom mandant of the veteran corps, fully indicated "the universal judgment that there was no one better qualified. “Whilst he had political convictions and attachments, from which the citizen soldier is not excluded, he carefully avoided every act which could be construed into improper partisanship, and always set an honorable example of the conduct in this regard which best becomes those who wear the Nation’s uniform. As an officer and a gentleman, a citizen and a soldier, he was literally without fear and without reproach. His name ought to be. and will be, cherished as a national pride and treasure.” A copy was ordered sent to the family of the deceased. Following the business meeting a pleasant social reception for Mrs. R. B. Hayes and the lady members of the order was held. At 9 o’clock the diniug-hall was thrown open, .and the members, to the number of nearly three hundred, entered and took their places. General Sherman’s commanding figure was beside exPresident R. B. Hayes at the head of the table. 'Yhen sapper had been enjoyed. Commander I ‘ayes called attention and spoke as follows: “Companions, and Ladies and Gentlemen— The third annual festival of the Ohio Comrnandery of the Loyal Legion is suddenly and sadly changed. A meeting which was to have been a joyous social reunion of old comrades of the war, has become the memorial service in honor of the beloved commander in-chief of the military order of the Loyal Legion. In the presence of many who have served on most intimate terms with General Hancock during the long years of severe and trying duty, I shall not attempt a full and adequate sketch of his life, service and character. 1 had not, in the army, the privilege of an acquaintance with him that was either extensive or intimate. He was cay commander only during the last few weeks of the active worn of the war. My relations with him from 1877 to 1881 were, however, in some interesting matters, necessarily close and confidential. I cannot be mistaken as to the substantial and sterling elements of his character. If, when we make up our estimate of a public man conspicuous both as a soldier and in affairs, we think first aud chiefly of his manhood, his integrity, his purity, his singleness of purpose and his unselfish devotion to duty, we can say truthfully of Hancock that he was, through and through, pure gold. His death is so recent, and Buch a shock to us all, that I hesitate on this occasion to enter at length on the facts of his career. During many years he has been at the head of the military order of the Loyal Legion. His presence, his prestige, have given to this soldiers’ organization wo know not how much of its prosperity, its interest and its influence. His commanding figure and features—so impressive, inspiring and dignified, were the outward symbols of a cbarac ter and of achievements which left nothing for the most exacting to desire when seeking for the model American soldier, patriot and gentleman. The single battle which, lost or won, humanly speaking, seemed destined to bridge the great conflict, was Hancock’s opportunity. He was equal to the opportunity. Henceforth Hancock and Gettysburg, Gettysburg and Hancock, are forever linked together in adamant. The name of our commander will live in our annals as long as American history is known among men. Brave soldier, noble gentleman, beloved companion, hail and farewell. “We welcome to this annual festival which the companions of the Ohio Comrnandery of the Loyal Legion extend to their brethren of other commander ies, and to all present who, during the civil war. sustained the cause of the Republic—and to their wives, their children and their friends—our welcome so one and all comes from minds -nd hearts better satisfied and more grateful :.han over before that our lives were so ordered that it was permitted to us to serve in the grand army that saved America to Union and liberty, and gave to our Republic the power to be a blessing to all mankind. Since our last annual meeting three of our companions, known of all men —General Grant, General McClellan and General Hancock—have left us. Very sad and very touching aa these dispensations are, yet, upon a large and general survey of the march of events, ire seo clearly enough that whatever hinges on the war of the Rebellion grows more interesting, more inspiring, and more affecting as the

stream of time slowly moves on. Byron, addressing the ocean, says: “ ‘Time writes no wrinkle on thine azuro brow; Such as creation's dawn beheld, thou rollest now* “The twenty-first year is drawing to a close since the war of the Rebellion was ended by the final victory of the Union arms. In no other year hare the great conflicts and its principles gained so much in the estimation of their countrymen. Never since the grand review so fitly celebrating our triumph has the triumph been understood and valued as it is to day. Under the allotment of Providence the final judgment i3 now pronounced in behalf of the living, but the most fortunate of men must wait for death to affix the seal aud to award the crown. “It was Lincoln who watched with unshaken faith. His sad. prophetic and anxious eyes swept over the North and the South, over this continent and over all continents; for the dangers that threatened were in every mind under the whole heavens. It fared with Lincoln, as lone as he lived, as it always fares with those who bear the burdens of their fellow-men. But heaven was gracious; heaven came, and in the sight of tho world, by the consenting judgment of mankind, Abraham Lincoln took his place, to hold it forever by the side of Washington. “For more than twenty years afterward the leader of our armies, our comrade of the Grand Army of tho Republic, our companion of the Loyal Legion, remained and shared with us the good and ill that waits the living. He too, like Lincoln, in spite of his splendid and unmatched service, was misunderstood, undervalued and tortured while life lasted. But, more fortunate than Lincoln, Grant lived long enough to see the mists which had gathered- round him melt away in the presence .of his patience, his heroic fortitude and his boundless forgiveness. His long weeks of suffering were signalized and glorified by labors of such rare quality that they all but proved the pen of our illustrious soldier was mightier than his sword. Instead of opposition and enmity, his last days were cheered by honor, love, troops of friends, and by admiration and gratitude among all classes and sections, and absolutely without limit It was given to Grant more fully, perhaps, than to any other man in all history to see and enjoy the place he was to hold during ages to come in the esteem and affection of mankind. When he passed to his reward the trinity of American heroes was complete—Washington, Lincoln, Grant. “We need not pause to inquire why the heroes of our war, when dead, find their high place in history so promptly and with such infallible certainty. With faculty and character given, the occasion, the opportunity, was in the greatness and goodness of their cause. The strange thing is that we do not think of this while the hero is living.

The address was listened to with crowing interest, and when, at the close, the name of Sherman was announced an ovation followed. When the applause had subsided General Sherman began his address upon the illustrious commander-in-chief of the order, General Hancock. He said: “Ladies and Companions in the glorious cause —General Grant records on the front fly leaf of his book that man proposes and God disposes. We feel that here to-night. Yesterday we hoped to have a jolly good time, and yet the telegraph wafted over the wire the sad intelligence that that glorious man, your former commander-in-chief, who has done more to sustain the Loyal Legion than any other man on earth, lies dead, and waits but a few hours until he will be buried at his old home in Pennsylvania. It is right and fit, ladies and gentlemen, that we should pause and do this glorious subject national honor. Without record and without notes I must speak, and will be as brief as possible. I knew Hancock well, for my memory goes back to the time when he came to West Point, a tall, slender boy, with fair hair and blue eyes, and a cheek with the down of the freshly ripened peach. I have seen him from that time until a few months ago. He made a food name in the Mexican war. When I got to St. Louis, a captain in the commissary department, I found Hancock there, developed in manly beauty, streugth and character, a regimental quartermaster still, with the rank of first lieutenant, a young eroom of a beautiful bride. And here permit me, ladies, to speak of that good woman, who now is a widow, for I know her well. She was the child, herself, of an Ohio lady. Her parents came from Zanesville, Ohio. Russell Bynam and Russell Bennett, two young men living in Zanesville as buTo, Ulm in a store. found in two beautiful creole girls their wives. These two young men took their young girl-brides to St. Louis, and by labor, industry and thrift, rose to great eminence as merchants. When I went there the house of Russell Bennett, of which Mrs. Hancock then was the ornament and the pride, and Hancock a handsome and elegant gentleman, was envied by all, and that house was the very abode of happiness and hospitality such as I have never seen surpassed, even if equaled. From that time on General Hancock rose steadily in the estimation of his fellows, and when the war broke out there was no hesitation there—not a bit. He was a Union man—he was a soldier. There was not one quiver of the eyelid, notone tremble of the hand. Hancock was a soldier, a man, and a very splendid man, too, as you who have seen him can bear testimony. He went into the war with his whole beart and soul, and carried with it experience and the teachings of West Point—the teachings of the army, the teachings of tho field. He knew the soldier from the heel up to the top of his head, and he sympathized with the soldier, and was himself a soldier in every walk of life. Now, when the time came for battles to be fought, here was a man who was qualified and capable, sustained by friends at h ome, encouraged by admiring companions. When the battle of Gettysburg came Hancock was the impersonation of the defense. I have stood upon that very spot, behind the very stone wall, not during the battle, but afterwards, aud there was pointed out to me the place where Pickett's division came up and where Hancock stood and fell; and if there ever should be a monument erected on earth to him that is the spot “He had the confidence of General Grant, of every man who ever had Hancock on his command. myself included. He was the most loyal, the most obedient, the most completely satisfactory of soldiers, never questioning an order, loyal to the backbone, generous to a fault, and willing to execute any order, whether he approved it or not. I will go further, and say that I knew Hancock on the plains, where there was no chance for glory, no hope of fame, nothing but abuse and hardships, and he was the same conscientious man. anxious to do right, anxious to fulfill the orders of his government, anxious to complete a job upon which he had been dispatched, snd he was generally successful. “Now, General Hancock is dead. The big, strong nervons man lies dead in his house on Governor’s Island, and we, his companions, may well shed a tear here to-night. It was a sad piece of news which came to us yesterday. Oh, my friends, when that woman sat at the gates of paradise, disconsolate, and appealed to the heavens what she should bring to admit her into the gates, she went back and forth, and finally returned with the expired spirit of a soldier patriot, and the gates of heaven were opened to her. If the gates of heaven will be opened for the poor girl, how much more will it be with the manly soldier. The gates of heaven will remain ajar until he enters; and yon and I, each and every one of us are the better for the life which this man led. Our country is better for it; our boys in school are the better for it. You yourself can point to this man, born of humble parents, reared at the common schools going into life with very little help, and rising by being a true, honest and brave man and soldier, beloved by everybody, and mourned by everybody. I say, ‘Hancock, you are rewarded.’ I would not recall his life if I could. He has filled his life with a full measure. He will be honored by all mankind, beloved by all mankind, and beloved by all womankind; too.” Before the speaking began the ladies wero admitted, and were seated among the companions throughout the hall, a fact which General Sherman twice referred to in the course of his remarks. Following General Sherman, General Lew Wallaco spoke of tho teachings and results of the war. General Fairchild, of Wisconsin; General William E. Armstrong, of Chicago; General King, of New York; General Char.es H. Grosvenor and Lieutenant-governor Kennedy, of Ohio, also spoke. It was very late before' the very pleasant and successful meeting closed. THE VACANCIES. Speculation Among Army Officers—What Gen. O. O. Howard Bays. Washington, Feb. 10.— The death of Majorgeneral Hancock and the retirement of Major-

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general Pope, which will take effect on the 9th of March, will cause two vacancies in this grade of general officers, and promotions all along the lint*. There is already considerable speculation in regard to the principal vacancies. The general impression now is that Brigadier-general Howard and Brigadier-general Terry, who are first aud second respectively in the line of seniority, will be made major-generals, but the friends of Brigadier-generals Crook and Miles feel that their chances for promotion are equally good. The following officers are applicants for promotion to the grade of brigadier-general: Colonels Ruger, Eighteenth Infantry; Otis, Twentieth Infantry; Merritt, Fifth Cavalry; Carlin, Fourth Infantry; Hatch, Ninth Cavalry; Carr, Sixth Cavalry; Bradley, Thirteenth Infantry; Brookem, Third Infantry; McCook. Sixth Infantry; Wilcox, Twelfth Infantry; Black, Twenty-third Infantry; Potter, Twenty-fourth Infantry, and Ayres, Second Artillery. Most of these applications were filed in anticipation of the retirement of Major-general Pope, and before the death of General Hancock. An Omaha dispatch says: General Howard said General Schofield now became the senior Majorgeneral of the United States, and it would doubtless be optional with him whether he would remain in Chicago or go to Governors Island and take charge of the Eastern command of the army or go to San Francisco. “I think I will be promoted to fill the vacancy caused by the death of General Hancock,” said General Howard, “as I am the senior general next in rank. It will depend entirely on General Schofield which division I will be given to <*>mmand. If he prefers to remain in Chicago I will probably be eiven the Eastern division. If meral Schofield takes the eastern division I wil ,ake his place. I am inclined to think that General Hancock’s successor will be named at once." “Terry will succeed General Pope in command of the-Pacific division?” “It is hard to say about that I would prefer to go to San Francisco, but if I should succeed General Hancock there would bo no option in the matter.” GENERAL FOREIGN NEWS. [Concluded from First Page.] will manage the monopoly. Wholesale agents aud retail sale dealers will be appointed by the various governments. Almost simultaneously with the introduction of this bill in Berlin a similar measure was laid before the National Assembly of France. The Cologne Gazette says that the real object of the proposed measure is to relieve the financial misery in the empire. The communities, it says, are overburdened with school and poor taxes and real estate and building taxes, while public officials are poorly paid. The proposed measure, it says, will relieve all these, and closes its article by saying that those who oppose this should mature a better scheme for relief.” FOREIGN MISCELLANY. Parnell on O’Shea’s Candidacy—A Parliament for Scotland. London, Feb. 10.—Mr. Parnell, in an address to the parliamentary electors of Galway, yesterday, in response to appeals to have his candidate withdrawn in favor of Mr. Lynch, the native candidate, used the following language: “Having agreed to support Captain O’Shea, we will not deviate a hair’s breadth from the course decided upon. Captain O’Shea will vote with the Irish party. If he be defeated, it will weaken my hands.” A meeting of Englishmen and Scotchmen in favor of Irish home rule was held ties evening, Lord Ashburnham presiding. MesCTs Joseph Cowen and Justin McCarthy, members of Parliament, made addresses. The meeting adopted a resolution to form an association for the purpose of advocating the granting of a Parliament to Ireland. Subscriptions to the association’s fund were received to the amount of £4OO. Fighting Near Suakim. Suakim, Feb. 10. —Sir Charles Warren, the new commander of the British troops, has arrived. Osman Digna has occupied TamaL A strong attack was made by the rebels upon the British patrols, 2,000 yards from Suakim, today. _ Again Ordered to Leave. Berlin, Feb. 10.—The Amwcatj, D. An . Jens, Jureensen andJessen, have again been ordered to leave the island of Foehr.

Cable Notes. The reports current in England and America that Ellen Terry is suffering from cancer in the throat, are declared without foundation. United States Minister Cox has obtained a furlough on account of poor health, and has gone to Egypt with his wife. The Servian government has ordered the inhabitants of the parishes through which the Servian army marches to place supplies of grain at the disposal of the troops. The United States consul at Brest telegraphs that the balloon which recently ascended from that place, and which had since been missing, was seen passing over that town yesterday. Nothing further has been received with reference to it William E. Forster, Liberal member of the English Parliament for Bradford, and ex-Chief Secretary toy Ireland, who, for some time, has been confined to his room by serious illness, yesterday suffered a relapse, and is sinking rapidly. When the bill for the expulsion of princes of former French reigns comes up in the Chamber of Deputies, Premier De Freycinet will announce that he will consider the adoption of the motion a vote of want of confidence in the Ministry. Negotiations tor the withdrawal of the motion have been unsuccessful. OBITUARY. Hon. John G. Thompson, Formerly Sergeant-at-Arms of the House of Representatives. Columbus, 0., Feb. 10.— John G. Thompson, land claim agent of Washington Territory, died at Seattle this morning. Colonel Thompson held the position of land claim agent in Washington Territory by appointment of President Cleveland, and has been engaged there since last summer. He was fiftythree years of age, a native of Ohio, having spent his early life on a farm. He was afterwards encaged in the dry goods business. He held a number of local offices, and was a member of the Democratic State central and executive committee from 1860 to 1883. During fourteen years of this time he was chairman of the executive committee. He was elected Sergeant-at-arms of the House in the Forty-fourth Congress, and served three terms. Colonel Thompson leaves a widow and four children, all of ace. Tho romains will be brought to Columbus for burial. Other Deaths. New York, Feb. 10.—Col. E, C. Kemble, a well-known journalist, and for some years past the representative in this city of the California Press Association, died at his residence in Mott Haven, to-night, after a two-weeks’ illness from pneumonia. Syracuse, N. Y., Feb. 10.—John J. Crouse, mayor of Syracuse in 1876, wa3 found dead in bed this morning. Heart disease was the cause of his death. Troy, N. Y., Feb. 10.—Laura Don, tho actress, died at Greenwich this morning. Condition of Henry Watterson. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 10.—Hon. Henry Watterson continues very ill, but a restful night and quiet during the day have aided him very much, and there is strong hope that he will speedily begin to recover. His powerful constitution and never-varying cheerfulness are strong factors in his behalf. Proposal to Tax Sleeping-Car Companies. Louisville, Ky., Feb. 10.—Mr. Meyer offered a bill in the House of Representatives at Frankfort, to-day, to compel sleeping-car companies to pay annually S3OO for twe hundred miles or less, and when the distance operated is more, SSOO. Failure to comply will impose a SI,OOO fine. I have been selling Athlophoros and It has greatly relieved some who have used it for rheumatism and neuralgia. I recommend it to my customers and think I am doing them a benevolent act. R. G. Nelson, druggist, EddyTilie, la.

THE STRIKING HUNGARIANS. The Strike Now a Question of Endurance —A Sheriff Makes Several Arrests. Mt. Pleasant, Feb. 10.—The coke-region strike, it is thought, will now settle down to a mere question of endurance on both sides. The action of the syndicate in closing down all works and ceasing to turn out coke is looked upon by the people here as a wise move, which should have been taken two weeks ago. The entire agitation among the strikers, with its story of arson, riot and bloodshed, has resulted from the excursions of strikers to compel those employed at the various works to quit. It is thought now that, when the source of the ferment and confusion is removed there will not be such a rally at the meetings, and reflection Among the strikers will supplant the tendency to fight and destroy. The strikers look upon the edict with indifference. They are still perfectly sure in their own minds that the operators must finally surrender. They say that the lack of coke will throw 100,000 men out of employment in other industries, and that pressure will be brought to bear upon the coke producers from that direction even more embarrassing than their own demands. The only trouble now imminent is that which ma/ result where attempts to make arrests aremade, and also where desperation will come for want of food. The people who have contribated have looked upon the efforts of the operators to keep the ovens hot as an indication that they must have coke, and would likely soon advance the price. The shutdown, however, gives the charity business the appearance of lasting a long time, and it is a question whether the committees can afford to keep it up. It is thought uow that no evictions will be made at this time. At Connersville, Sheriff Sterling arrested five strikers, who were charged with having participated in the recent riot at the Henry Clay works. The men offered no resistance. The shut-down has removed a disturbing element from the struggle. The men have no “black-legging” to deal with now, and the men who would work stand on an equal footing with the men who would not, excepting that no relief will be extended to the former. The indications are that the resources of the relief commission will soon be exhausted, and that hunger will sow seed for an uprising, which, it is feared, will evershadow any of ita predecessors. The strikers assembled in groups to day, and discussed the situation, but no united action had been taken upon the latest move of the operators. The arrests made to-day created considerable excitement, and for a time it was thought tho strikers would attempt a rescue. THE FIRE RECORD. The Fire at Princeton Checked After Burning; One Side of the Public Square. Evansville, Feb. 10.—The fire at Princeton, Ind., last night, was not checked until every building cn the side of the %quare where it started was burned. The loss is estimated at from $25,000 to $30,000; insurance, about Among the losses were: Massman & Bros., grocers, loss nearly total; they were in William Jessup’s building, where the fire started. James Bros., grocers, part of stock saved. In this building were the halls of the A. O. U. W., G. A. R. aud F. and A. Masons, and the county library, with a large assortment of books; also, Gud eel’s and McCoy’s law offices; the loss is nearly total. W. H. Mason’s drug store was burned; the building belongs 1 6 Mrs. Kate R. Embree. J. H. Boone’s dry goods store was destroyed; in this building was Land & Gamble’s law office and Esquire Wright’s office. An empty store-room was next * The fire then destroyed Wm. Pfohl’s shoe store, Strain & Bro's. implement and seed store, Nivett’s establishment, R. Emerson’s fur niture store, C. W. Benton’s music store, and M. A. Williams’s dry goods store. In this building were W. E. Downey’s job-printing office, the Leader printing office and W. R. Wright, photographer. The grocery store of C. Schmall and the confectionery of F. J. Heteberg were also burned.

Valuable Hornes Burned to Deatb. Hunter’s Point, N. Y., Feb. 10.—The Hempstead Club stable, belonging to the Meadow Brook Hunt, East Meadow, was destroyed by fire about 3 o’clock this morning. The flames were discovered by a stable boy, who immediately arroused the other help. Every effort was made to save the building. Twenty-four valuable horses stabled in it were burned. Two other stables, one on each side of the burned building, were saved by men throwing snow on them. They were valued at $7,000; insured. The greatest loss was in horseflesh. Many of the horses were well-known steeple-chasers, having made records at Cedarhurst last year. Following are the names, as near as could be ascertained from Mr. Belmont Purdy, master of the hunt: “Hobson’s Choice,” “Royal Flush” and “Trombone,” owned by Stanley Mortimer: “Jericho” and “Laurel Wood,” owned bv Mr. Stokes; “Tomboy” and “Dan,” owned by H. B. Richardson; E. T. Cushing’s “Donerail,” “H. O. Edye,” “Cowboy” and “Pony.” The remainder were valuable hunters owned by Elliot Roosevelt, J D. Beresford, Belmont Purdy and others. The loss in horseflesh is $30,000. The origin of the fire has not been ascertained. Other Fires. New York, Feb. 10.—A fire occurred early this morning in the sub-cellar of a seven-story building, No. 748 Broadway, owned by O. W. Potter. The night clerk of the Sinclair House, adjoining, gavo the alarm. Three firms occupied the burning building. They were Underhill, Slote & Cornell, clothiers, on the first floor; Hutchinson, Pierce & Cos., shirts-, third floor, and Fechheimer, Good kind & Cos., manufacturers of fine clothing, all the rest of the house. It is expected that the loss will exceed $50,000. The insurance is nearly $200,000. The loss to Underhill, Slote & Cornell will not exceed $10,000; Hutchinson, Pierce & Cos. estimate their loss at SIO,OOO. Their insurance amounts to over SIOO,000. Underhill, Slote & Cornell are secured by $75,000 of insurance. The damage to the building is about $5,000. Middleboro, Mass., Feb. 10.—Leonard & Barrows’s shoe factory, a four-story structure 105x50 feet, with two large Ls, was burned last night. The loss is SOO,OOO. About 250 men and women are thrown out of work. St. Pawl, Minn., Feb. 10.—Fre destroyed the central barn of the street railway company this morning. The Loss is about $20,000. The horses were all rescued, but twenty-five cars were burned. Insurance, $23,000. A Threat to “Brand” Paddy Ryan. Boston, Feb. 10.—John L. Sullivan last night issued what he says is his last challenge to Paddy Ryan. “I will fight him with kid gloves, just thick enough to avoid the law, in any room or hall he may designate in the United States, within four weeks from signing of articles, for $5,000 a side, not more than five of either his or my friends to be present. If Ryan refuses to accede to this I will brand him as a coward.” Chicago, Feb. 10.—The following telegram was sent at a late hour this afternoon, in answer to John L. Sullivan’s ultimatum to Paddy Ryan: “John L. Sullivan, Boston, Mass.: “If the telegraphic report of your final challenge to me, this day, is correct, I will meet you in private, with kid gloves, for $2,500 —time, place and referee to be agreed upon hereafter. “Paddy Ryan.” A dispatch from Newport, R. L, says that Sullivan has accepted Ryan’s offer. He wants the fight to take place inside of four weeks, the encounter to be private, with five men present on each side. Uneasy Corruptionists. New York, Feb. 10.—The Post says that pewsons connected with the Broadway railroad ease, under investigation by the Senate committee, are growing anxious: that it is reported on good authority that when the committee again assembles, on Friday, a certificate signed by Dr. Thomas and another physician will be presented, stating that it will endanger the life of Mr. Sharp if he ia compelled to submit to further questioning; that he is subject to heart disease, and any excitement may tend to aggravate the

trouble, and that he may drop dead at any time; that the reading clerk of the Common Council, and several members of that body who voted for the franchise, hava gone to Florida, and that the man who is credi/ed with having distributed the corruption fund is ill at his home in New Jersey. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. The total experts of produce from New York during the past week were valued at $5,754,292. Executions amounting to $14,000 have been issued against Wm. Peebles, a Pittsburg hardware merchant Mr. Peebles has made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. Capt G. VY Shouse, of Wheeling, W. Va., who. on Monday, was appointed local inspector of steamboat hulls, was stricken with paralysis on Tuesday, and was reported dying last night At Mecklenburg, N. C., yesterday afternoon, John Springs and Will Austin, both colored, were instantly killed by the falling of an elevator, and Julius Brown, also colored, was badly injured. George Driscoll, a well-known business man of Springfield, 0., was shot And killed on Tuesday morning by burglars, whom he found in his house. A colored man named Harry Slater has been arrested on suspicion. Louis Bouchard, foreman of the Key-stone Bridge Company, fell from the top of the new bridge over the Wabash river, west of Sullivan, yesterday, and was instantly killed. The coroner is investigating the matter. At Marionsville, Pa., Tuesday night, Edward Walton and Albert Nealy had a quarrel over a love affair, the latter having been the favored suitor for the hand of a Miss Dodge, and married her a few weeks ago. Walton shot and killed Nealy. A riot occurred at Ronald, Va., on Monday night Twenty drunken negroes attempted to take the town. The citizens called on Christiansburg for help, which was given, and five of the rioters were lodged in jail. The town is now quiet. Schaefer and Vignaux last night signed articles for a match game of billiards, fourteeninch balk-line, 3,000 points up, 600 points per night, beginning March 2, for SI,OOO a side, the winner to take all the receipts, the loser to pay all expenses. A fatal accident occurred yesterday afternoon on the Munhall branch railroad near Pittsburg. A number of miners were coming down on a coal train, which jumped the track. The wreck caught six of the men, all of whom were taken ont alive and will recover, except one. Thomas Witter, a young farmer in Henry township, Hancock county, Ohio, yesterday quarreled with an aged neighbor named Jefferson Adams, about a boundary fence. Witter struck Adams on the head with a large club. Adams will die. Witter has disappeared. Oscar T. Burnett, for many years a prominent druggist of Evansville, died yesterday morning, after a long illness, of paralysis. He was born in Rockport, in 1850, and.leaves a widow and one child. He will be buried by the Knights of Pythias, of which he was a prominent member. John T. Breathitt threw a snowball at Wilbur Wilson, at Hopkinsville, Ky., yesterday, and in in return, the latter fatally shot Breathitt in the abdomen with a target-gun. The young men were good friends, and it is claimed that the shooting was accidental. Both are of prominent families. By the premature explosion of a blast of eiant powder, at the stone quarry of Charles Moore, near Franklin, Pa.,on Tuesday, Moore and a man named Charles Nitts were terribly injured. The faces and eyes of both men were filled with powder. Nitts’s jaw-bone was fractured, and his t69th blown out He will die, but Moore will recover. Twenty-four hundred pounds of dynamite concealed under a pile of oats in a barn near one of the workings on the new aqueduct. New York, contrary to law, was seized, yesterday, by the fire department, and will be removed to the powder ships. It was considered extra hazardous to life in the vicinity. A large quantity of explosives are believed to be concealed at various points along the line of the work. The Key stone Bridge Company, of Pittsburg, through it attorneys, have brought suit in the United States Court at Evansville against the Henderson Bridge Company for the balance due for building the bridge at Henderson, Ky. The amount due, as shown by the engineer of the bridge company, is $79,000, but the Key stone Bridge Company claim $140,000, $40,000 of which is claimed as damages for delays to which they were subjected. A dispatch from Macedonia, 0., says: “This morning, while John Hoar, a farmer living about three miles from here, was away from home, his hired man, a foreigner, whose name has not been learned here, engaged in an altercation with Hoar’s two daughters, Mary and Nannie. During the wrangle he struck them both with a piece of iron and knocked them senseless. He then went to a large barn and fired it, which was consumed, together with a large amount of hay and grain. The fellow was placed under arrest ”

The Retail Shoe Dealers. New York, Feb. 10.—The annual session of the retail shoe dealers’ national convention began here to-day. The following officers were elected: David P. Lynch, of Brooklyn, president; S. J. Arkush, New York, secretary; vice-presi-dents, John H. Ebbett, Philadelphia, treasurer; W. K. Smith, Indiana; C. H. Bennett, Brantford, Conn.; John Dewey, Now York; O. M. Clements, Sheboygan, Mich.; C. L. Dodd. Cleveland; Thomas F. Pierce, Providence; Mr. Brainbridge, Philadelphia. The by-laws were amended so as to render elegible to membership all who handle leather goods, shoe findings, and goods pertaining to the shoe business. Winter Pork-Packing. Cincinnati, Feb. 10.—The Cincinnati Price Current will say, to morrow, that the number of hoes handled by Western packers last week was 265.000, against 235,000 during the same week last year. The total to date, since Nov. 1, is 5,795,000, against 5,790,000 last year. The movement at the principal points since Nov. 1 is as follows: Chicago. 2.265.000; Kansas City, 593,000; St Louis, 328,000; Cincinnati, 326.000; Milwaukee, 304.000; Indianapolis, 262,000; Cedar Rapids, la., 180,000; St. Joe, 123,000; Louisville 122,000; Cleveland, 68,000. Hungarians Frozen to Death. Wellsville, 0., Feb. 10 —A man who arrived here last night from the Hancock countv, West Virginia, natural gas district, brings information of the terrible fate of three Hungarians who were frozen to death there last Friday night The unfortunate men were members of the gang of Hungarians brought to Gas valley to replace home laborers, who struck several days ago. It seems that on Friday night they crept into a barn to pass the night, and in the morning were found frozen stiff. A Huge Combination. Philadelphia. Feb. 10.—The Record to-mor-row will say: “The syndicate which is to effect the reorganization of the Reading railroad property is also to take under its protecting care the leading anthracite coal companies. The Reading is also to be a partner in this gigantic combination, which is to be formed for the purpose of sustaining prices. The syndicate is to be enlarged, so that capitalists who have been unable to find profitable methods for investing their capital can become partnera” Fatal Boiler Explosion. Oshkosh, Wis., Feb. 10.—By the explosion of a feed-mill boiler here, this afternoon, Walter Follett, engineer, and Reinhold, a laborer, were instantly killed, and several other persons seriously injured. The body of Follett, who was one of the proprietors of the mill, was blown through the building and nearly a block beyond, and was frightfully mutilated. Several men and boys who weVe near at the time of the explosion, which shook the whole eity, received broken arms and limbs. Steamship Mews. Glasgow, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Devonia, from New York. Bremen, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Donau, from New York. Moville, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Siberian, from Baltimorei Queenstown, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Samaria, from Boston. New York, Feb. 10.—Arrived: Scheidam, from Rotterdam. Brown’s Bronchial Troches For Coughs and Cdlds: “There is nothing to be compared with them.”—Rev. O. D. Watkins, Walton, Lad.

THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, A Badly-Organized Rapacity Seeking Office* and Plunder. Special to New York Herald. '*h &t 's the matter with the Democratic party! your correspondent asked an old-fash-ioned Democrat, now out of office, but whfl watches affairs and movements with the eye of experience. “The matter,” he replied, “is that there is no Democratic party. There is a body of men in Congress calling themselves Democrats, and there is an administration which has in it some very true and capable Democrats. A party is an organization to effect certain purposes, to carry out certain political policies. Do you see any such party here? If so, you see more than Ido Look here”—and he teok up from his library table a book he had been reading—“l’ve been looking over “Hammond’s History of Political Parties in New York.” It is an instructive book for men who take interest in politics. I fell upon this passage yesterday, and marked it;” and he read: “An honest and patriotic citizen will, from conscientious motives, attach himself to that party wnich he believes will pursue those measures which in his judgment t are best calculated to advance the prosperity, and happiness, and most effectually preserve the liberty and independence of his country.” “That seems just, but measured in that way can anybody see a Democratic party? To be a Democrat of the sort you find here, old Dr. Hammond’s ‘honest and patriotic citizen' would have to be both for and against an eighty cent silver dollar; he would have to be both a high tariff man and a free-trader; he would have to favor great economy and liberal appropriations—in fact, he would have to be a two-faced creature, and even then he would be torn to pieces by his party’s disagreements. “But wait a moment,” he added; “I have not finished that quotation from Hammond. The old fellow goes on: “ ‘lf vested with the appointing power, it therefore becomes his duty’—the duty of this honest and patriotic citizen, yon understand—*to confer office upon such men as will use the influence created by such office to increase and strengthen that party, the ascendancy of which, in the opinion of the person appointing, is identified with the best interests of the State. Hence, although he ought not, under any circumstances, to appoint incompetent or unworthy men to office, yet between worthy men of equal capacity, it is his doty to select those who concur with him in opinion as respects the measures best calculated to advance the public good.*” There was a twinkle in the old gentleman’s eyes as he closed the book, and he said: “I had a mind to copy that out and send it to Mr. Cleveland. But 1 guess it’s too late. He began wrong, for he never asked the opinion of any man he gave office to. If the man called ’ himself a Democrat and had indorsers who called themselves Democrats, he didn’t stop to ask whether the man concurred with him in opinion as respects the measures best calculated to advance the public good. He didn't care whether he was a silver or anti-silver man, a protectionist or a tariff reformer, a friend of economy or devoted to large expenditures. Mr. Cleveland is a wellmeaning man, but he has himself to blame that he has just now not a party behind him, but a mob howling at his heels. It was his mam business to make a party—a Democratic party. He ought to have seen that the thing which now calls itself a Democratic party, and which did poorly even in the minority, would go to pieces just as soon ns it came into power and was responsible for action. To carry out a policy therb must be men of like opinions. There are men enough of the President's opinions in the country. It was his duty to hunt them out, to advertise for them, and to say to them: ‘You are Democrats; you I will trust and call on to help me. Those who do not believe as I do on public politics are not Democrats and I will have nothing to do with them.'” “What, then, is in the future, as you look at it?” “It is difficult to tell. The thing which calls itself the Democratic party here is, as I see it, only a badly organized rapacity. It wants office and plunder. It will, in my belief, slough off its honest and really Democratic members to go on without them. It will use the poor President as long as it can 'and thiow him overboard when it, has squeezed him dry- I hear it said that he has' his eyes fixed on a renomination; but he cannot give the men who rule his party enough, nor promise them enough, to persuade them to that. They don’t trust him, and, pray, has his course made anything but halting and unecthusiastic friends for him among men who believe in really Democratic policies?” Thus you have several men’s opinions on the situation here. Unluckily, men who speak so freely do not allow their names to be used. But these reports give you the utterances of real and also of important men.

The Plan to Admit Mew States. New York Tribune. Ex-Senator Henry W. Corbett, of Oregon, who is at the Fifth-avenue Hotel, where he will remain for two months or more, said to a Tribune reporter, last night, about the Northwestern State question: “There seems to be a disposition to let in Dakota if Washington is also taken in at the same time, and there is some talk of putting thre States in together—Dakota, Montana and Washington. The Democrats, who are making this proposition, think such a course might give two Democratic States and one Republican.” “What do you think about it?” “Well, I am inclined to think Republicans can afford to take their chances on it. We might be able to carry all three. The tide of emigration is favorable to the Republicans. Washington Territory was carried for Voorhees, Democrat, for delegate to Congress on a railroad question. Tacoma and Seattle were in a quarrel. Voorhees made pledges which were satisfactory to the Seattle people, and he drew largely from the Republicans there. With party success and advantage at stake I think Washington is strongly Republican. Os course, we cannot tell what the influence of the patronage of a Democratic administration might bring about, but I think, all things considered, the State would be Republican.” A Collector’s Departure. Walter Bills, eighteen years of age, employed l as collector in the Vandalia freight office, did not report last evening at 5 o’clock to the agent, as v, as his daily duty. An investigation by Detective Hennessy, of the railroad service, and Captain Campbell, of the regular force, led to uothing definite as to his whereabouts until half-past 1 o'clock this morning, when it was discovered that he had gone to Cincinnati or Dayton on an early evening train. The money he handled daily did not amoun t to much nor is it known that the trip is anything more than an escapade. Had a bilious attack and one of those indescribable cases of constant weariness. Took Suinine and other remedies without relief. Took >r. Jones’s Red Clover Tonic; am strong and well. Asa Thompson, Logan, O. Rost perfect made Prepared by a physician with special regard to health. No Ammonia, Lime or Alum. PRICE BAKING POWDER CO., t CHICAGO. |SOU> O XLX IS CASS.) ST. LOUTS 1 EDCC PRESCRIPTIONS ar *, t I ? rilbh “fftIKNCK f HEALTH*’ tot the speedy cure of Nervous Debility, Lost Energy. Despondency, etc. A copy of this book will be sens A**e, sealed, Address St’IKNCK of HEALTH* 130 West Sixth Street, Cincinnati, Ohia/*^