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THE CANADIAN CRESCENT.
FREEMAN E. XILLEB, Editor fc Fnb'r,
Summary
The college lacrosse championship at
Princeton, N..VJ., ,reqently was won, by
Princeton, the latter beating Harvard by a
score of 2 to 1.
The President and Mrs. Cleveland at-
tended a reunion of "North" and 'South'*
Presbyterian delegates at the residence of
wis tar Morris, near Philadelphia, recently,
In the course of his address the President
said to his hearars that he could not under-
stand why his religious brethren should
keep up these political distinctions when
business men had obliterated them as being
of the Daily News. J unprofitable.
Pennsylvania Democrats were in con-
vention at Harrisburg on the 23d and made
CONGRESS* I the fcllowing selection: Presidential
business was transacted in electors at larga, ex-Congressman Spear
the 21st. A mumber of minor [ an¿ ^ p> Keating, of Pittsburgh. Dele-
püblished every thursday at
CANADIAN. - TEXAS
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Vert little
the Senate on
bills passed, and Mr. Fiye. from the Commerce I „ateB at large t0 St."Louis: L. C. Cas sidy,
iaa J Un.K^f Kill I n n r _ * \
of Philadelphia; Charles F. Boyer, of
Washington County; William T. Mutcbter,
of NortnamptQn, and William L. Scott, of
Erie. Judge J. B. McCallcim, of Susque-
hanna County, was nominated for Supreme
Committee, reported the River and Harbor bill
with amendments. Adjourned.... la the House
the Senate amendments to the Pension Appro-
priation bill were non-concurred in and a con-
ference ordered. Much time was consumed in
referring to appropriate committees Senate
bills that had accumulated during the tariff de- I Judge.
bate. On motion of Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, the Dr. I. W. Joyce, of Cincinnati, was the
bill to enlarge the powers of the Department name of t'e third new Bishop elected by
of Agriculture was passed under suspension of the Methodist General Conference at New
the ruies. It creates an- executive dé- York. In the balloting for the fourth
partment to be known as the peP^rt* Bishop on the 23d a sensation was created
culture under n 1 * ■
griculture, awl
ment of Agriculture under control of a
Secretary of Agriculture, awl transfers the
weather servicé from the war to tlie new de-
partment. The Diplomatic and Consular bill
was considered and passed without material
amendment. The District of Columbia bill also
passed. Adjourned.
After the morning hour in the Senateon I Church, North and South, was celebrated
the 22d an executive session was held, and when at Philadelphia on the 24th.
by the discovery of two fraudulent votes.
By a fire in a rag shop iu New York City
the other day, three female pickers were
forced to jump by the flames and w^ré se-
verely hurt. <Lf
The centennfe! oí the Presbyterian
the doors were Opened the House bill to estab-
lish a Department of Labor was taken up and
after agreeing to several amendments the bill
passed. A message was received from the
President returning Without his approval the
bill for the relief of L. J. Worden, late post-
master at Lawrence, Kan., amounting to
for extra clerk hire, on the ground that the
Drs. Newman and Goodsell are the names
of two more of the new Bishops elected by
the Methodist General Conference at New
York.
A farewelt, recep* ion was given to Sir
Thomás H. Grattan Esmonds. M. P., at the
Academy of Music, New York,, on the
allowance for clerk hire is fixed by regulations I nigUt of the 25th.
of the Post-office Department, that in this case j Ex-Mayor W*. R. Grace, of New York,
application for extra allowance had been announces his intention to go before the
twice refused and the bill set a bad Democratic State convention to make a
precedent. A number of bills passed contest against Governor Hill for the nom-
the only one of general interest being the bill inati0n for Governor
increasing the appropriation to «00,000 for Frank m of Califcrnia, a sub-fresh-
equipments and arms for the militia... In the | man q{ H irv&;a Coeighteen years
House the day was accorded to the Committee
on Labor, and Mr. O'Neill, of Missouri, called
up the bill to confine the sale ot the products of
convict labor to the States in which they are
produced, and addressed the House in its sup-
old, died at Boston recently from the ef-
fects of excessive opium smoking. With
two companions he obtaiued some pires
and indulged m the vice, and, it is said,
port. A long debate followed and after th$ smoked several pipefuls in rapid succes-
previous question had been ordered the House sion and was made very ill. His two com-
adjourned before taking a final vote.
But little business was transacted in the
Senateon the :8d, that body adjourning that
members might attend the funeral of the wife
it Senator Sawyer In the House the Senate
bill authorizing the Leavenworth Water Com-
pany to purchase a portion of the Fort Leaven-
worth military reservation passed and the
House went into Committee of the Whole on
the Post-offlce Appropriation bill, consideration
of which was pending when the House ad
Journed.
In the Senate on the 24th Mr. Stewart
called up his resolution for a constitutional
amendment providing that a majority instead
of a two-thirds vote shall be sufficient to pass
pauious wore reported dangerously sick.
THUS WEST.
Paul Grottkau, the Milwaukee Anarch
ist, has been released on a writ of habeas
corpus after b$ing in jail a few days. He
was sentenced for a year and the court
seemed to think the time had expired while
his lawyers were fighting for a new tria!.
About twenty chiefs and commissioners
of various bureaus of statistics cf differ-
ent States assembled at Indianapolis, Ind.,
on the £¿<1. Hon. Carroll D. Wright, chief
of the National bureau and president of
the organization, was unable to b í present,
SxVe*°^ 1 and F. A. Fowler, chief of the Wisconsiu
bureau, ca led the convention to order.
length in its favor. Senators Vest, Plumb,
Manderson, Cullom and Coke were appointed
the special committee to investigate the meat
product* (the Chicago beef pool) and after
agreeing to the conference report on the Pen
sion Appropriation bill the Senate adjourned
After passing several bridge bills the House re-
sumed consideration of the Post-offlce Appro- 1 Six*y-five
priation oill which finally passed and the [ $19.900.
Legislative Appropriation bill was taken up.
The Dakota bill also received another install-
ment of political repartee, and after agreeing
to the conference report on the Invalid Pension
bill the House adjourned.
In the Senate on the 2oth a bill for the
confinement of inebriates in the Government In
sane Hospital was reported and placed on the
calendar. Senator Blair introduced a joint res-
olution amending the Constitution so as to pro
hibit any State from maintaining any law re
spectiner any religious sect or prohibiting free
exercise thereto. The Revenue Deficiency bill
was then taken up, discussed and passed. After
an executive session the Senate adjourned un
til Monday Private business was laid aside
in the House and consideration of the Legisla-
tive, Executive and Judicial Appropriation bill
resumed in Committee of the Whole. The de-
bate, however, was mostly of a partisan char-
acter, and continued duriog the day. At the
evening session fifty pension bills passed.
Carroll D. Wright was re-elected presi-
dent.
At a sale of Polled Aberdeen Angus cat-
tle at Dexter Park, Chicago, recently, the
attendance was good and bidding spirited.
head were sold and brought
Illinois Democrats were in session at
Springfield on the 231 and elected the fol-
lowing delegates at large to the National
convention: Wiiliam R. Morrison, William
C. Goudy, N. E. Worthington and James S.
Ewing. Alternates, Alfred Orendorff, S,
S. Marshall, A. A. Goodrich and C. E.
Crafts. .A resolu'ion was adopted thank-
ing President Cleveland for appointing
Hon. M. W. Fuller Chief Justice of the
United States. John M. Palmer, of San-
gamon County, was nominated for Gov-
ernor.
Heavy rains recently washed out bridges
over a creek on parallel tracks of the
Hannibal and Wabash near Kansas City,
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causing the wreck of two freight trains.
Two brakemen and three tramps were
killed and four others were seriously in
jured. The loss amounted to considerable,
many box cars beiner smashed.
Charles E. Judson, president of the
Chicago Consumers1 Gas Company, oa the
witness stand in the cilice of Master in
Chancery Bass recently, testified that the
company was cr-
WASHINGTON K'OTES.
The seventy-fourth meeting of the For-
eign Missionary Society of the Baptist
Church began at Washington on the 21st.
Hon. George A. Pillsbury, of Minneapolis, 1 company made a fraudulent issue of $823,-
pre sided. .000 worth of bonds in excess of $8,000,000 in
Ihr Senate Committee on Finance has J bonds issue J. when the
ordered an adverse report on the Fractional c^nized.
Currency bill, but in its place a bill will be The switchmen of the Southern Pacific
reported reducing the fee upon postal notes road at Los Angeles, Ca'., have struck be-
for less than a dollar to one cent. cause the company is gradually getting rid
Minister McLane i^tumed from France of the men who struck two weeks ago.
recently on a visit to tne United States.
General Philip Sheridan was reported
quite sick at Washington on the 22d.
The Department of State is advised that
the French Government has taken posses-
sion of the islands of Huahinek, Raitae and
Borabora, in the Pacific. The lives of sev-
eral natives and a French ensign were lost
at Borabora.
Secretary Fairchild has recommended
that Congress appropriate $95,000 for light
houses at various unprotected points on the
Pacific coast.
Lawyers recently met at Washington to
form a National Bar Association.
Prof. E. B. Elliott, who for many véars
had held the office of Government Actuary
in the Treasury Department, died very sud-
denly recently at Washington from a stroke
of apoplexy.
The corner stone of the divinity building
of the new Catholic University at Wash-
ington was not laid on the 24th, as ex-
pected, rain preventing. Exercises were
held, however, President Cleveland being
present. Miss Caldwell, the donor of
$300,000 for the university, was presented
with a gold medal from the Pope.
The President has approved the follow-
ing acts: Authorizing the President to ar-
range a conference between the United
States of America and the republics of
Mexico aud the South American countries;
to restore a part of the Uintah valley In-
dian reservation to the public domain; to
limit the hours that letter carriers iu cities
shall be employed per day, *
General Sheridan was reported critical-
ly sick on the night ot the 24th and was
unconscious.
of the heart.
Crop reports to the St. Paul Pioneer Press
from ail parts of the Northwest are ex-
ceedingly favorable. The rain in the Red
river valley has been of incalculable ben-
efit, and the condition of the wheat in
Southern Minnesota is much better than
was thought possibLe a month ago.
Charles James, of St. Louis, has been
elected president of the National Butchers'
Association.
THE SOUTH.
A train leaded with live stock destined
for St. Louis was wrecked on the Iron
Mountain road near Longview, Ark., re-
cently, by falling over a bridge into a
creek. The fireman was fatally injured and
the engineer had bo h his legs broken. Tne
cattle were terribly mang cd and killed.
The cyclone which passed through the
town of Brookston, twenty-five miles east
of Bonham, Tex., recently, destroyed three
churches, one school house and seven resi-
dences, Rilled a colored woman and seri-
ously injured eight persons. The damage
in the town amounted to over $12,000, while
the losses to growing crops and fences
couli not be estimated.
James W. Schooner, colored, of Louis-
ville, Kv., has been admitted to practice be-
fore the Kentucky Court of Appeals. He
is the first colored man so honored
The Louisiana Legislature in joint ses-
sion on the 23d, chcse R L. Gibson to suc-
ceed himself as United States Senator.
At the Mississippi Democratic Sta?e
convention a resolution indorsing President
Cleveland was unanimously adopted. The
«• .. Mills bill was also approved.
His trouble was an affection . ..
A destructive hail storm ravaged the
farms near Sulphur Springs, Tex., recent-
ly. Heavy storms were also reported at
Corsicana. Tex.
Municipal elections in'Virginia on the
24th went generally in favor of the Demo-
crats.
The story of a terrible negro riot in Ton-
galoo, Miss., proved to be unfounded.
EAST. ^
Carriages containing a wedding party
on their way to a preacher's house ot Plym-
outh, Pa., the other evening, ran over and
killed a little girl. The whole party were
arrested, and the marriage did not take
j)lace.
GENERAL
a full sized piaster uiouel of the bronze
statue 'of the explorer De La Salle, pre-
sented to the City of Chicago by Mr. Tree,
is on exhibition at Brussels and attracts
much attention.
The Canadian Parliament was prorogued
on the 22d.
The monsoon has begun at Point Do
Galle, Ceylon.
Seven bandits were killed recently near
Durang®, Mex. The officers having them
in charge allowed them, to attempt to
escape and then shot them down. The
laws of Mexico allow the k lling of pris-
oners attempting to escape.
The election in Southampton, England,
oa the 23d resulted in the return ot the
Liberal candidate. The result of the elec-
tion created a sensation.
Immense swarms of locusts are reported
in Central Algiers.
Prince Henry, second son of Emperor
Frederick, was married to his cousin, Prin-
cess Irene, at Charlottenburg" on the 24th.
The Emperor was present. The bride and
groom are grandchildren of Queen Victoria,
Irene being a daughter of the late Princess
Alice.
A terr'ble explosion took place recently
in Merlot's cartridge and fire works fac-
tory, France, by which seven buildings
were destroyed. Eleven dead bodies were*
taken from the ruins and twenty persons,
all more or less injured, were rescued.
Some interest \^¡as created in London
shipping circles recently when the steamer
Rosedale cleared irom that port for Chi-
cago via the Welland canaL
TnE Supreme Court of New South Wales
has granted writs of habeas «corpus to the
Chinamen offering the poll tax, and has
also ordered their release, on the ground
that the Government has no power to ex-
clude foreigners from the country.
Americans have forged and put in circu-
lation fort}*-five counterfeit five hundred
franc notes of the Bank of France.
Lord and Lady Linsdowne and suite
sailed for England from Quebec on the
24?.h.
The directors of the Mexican Central
Railroad Company have voted to increase
the capit il stock $2,000,000.
General Lawton,United Stages Minister
to Austria, and his wife are on their way
home to America on leave of absence.
President Spencer, of the Baltimore &
Ohio railroad, denies in most positive terms
the stories of the alleged sale of the Phila-
delphia branch of the r®ad.
The number of forged Bank of France
notes in circulation proves larger than was
at first supposed. The panic increased and
public confidence is shaken owing to the
refusal of the directors to reimburse hold-
ers of the forged notes. The police have
no clew to the forgers.
Several of the wealthiest merchants of
Moscow have been convicted of adulterat-
ing tea. One of them was deprived of his
civil rights and banished to Siberia for life.
The others were sentenced to different
terms of imprisonment.
A desperate conflict occurred recently
on the Grecian coast between large parties
of Greek and Italian fishermen. Thirty of
the participants were wounded and many
boats with a quantity of fishing tackle
were destroyed.
The will of Matthew Arnold, the great
English writer, was dated July, 18S3, and
left every thing to his wife. His estate
was valued at £1,0401
Galician papers report that the Russian
Government has offered the contractors
who are erecting barracks at Warsaw,
Prague and Skierniwicz a bonus of 10 per
cent, if the structures are finished by the
end of August.
THE LATEST.
Terkiblh rain storms, accompanied by
bail, were reported from maNy points in
Kansas, Nebraska and Missouri and as fai
east as Ohio en the 26;h. Crops suffered
greatly aud considerable live stock was
lost, but only two or three persons were
killed, which was remarkable considering
the numter of washouts reported.
At Washington on the 28th it was not
'bought that General Sheridan could live
for twenty-four hours.
The Pop j's rescript was denounced by
delegatesof the Irish Catholic societies of
Chicago on the 27th.
The Senate was not in session rn the
23th. The House debated the Judicial Ap-
propriation bill until adj >urument.
All employes of the Milwaukee road at
Mitchell, Dak., were recently notified that
they have been assessed one-third of then
pay for the first six days of the month tc
help the company pay damages sustained
through tha Q strike. Much indignation
resulted.
Boston Corbett, who slew John Wilkes
Booth, made his escape from the Topeka.
(Kan.) Insane Asylum recently, where he
l¡ad beca confined for some time as s
d-ingerous maniac. Corbe't was in the
grounds taking exercise with the other in-
mates and seeing a horse saddled and
bridled suddenly broke from the ranks and
mounting the animal was off before hi?
astonished guards recovered from theii
surprise.
An Italian boarding house at Pittston,
Pa., was burned the other morning. Tbr^e
children of the projrietor, Christoj hei
Sarageni, perished and several men were
hurt, soiútí fataily.
Colonel Eli Slifer, formerly State
Tieasurer, died recently at L wisburg,
Pa., from injuries received from being
thrown from his carriage.
The loss by the recent fire at the Chat-
(Teun.) stove works amounted tc
$200,000.
Captain R S. McCauohrey, the boodle
county commissioner, of Chicago, has been
granted a p irdon by Governor Oglesby.
An aeronaut named Fish was thrown
from his ballooa near Cleveland, O., re-
cently and fatally hurt.
Business was restricted on the London
Stock Exchange during the week ended
May 26. Prices weie generally firm, ex-
cept Americans, which showed a slight
shiinkage. Business was quiet in Paris.
At Berlin and Frankfort prices were firm
with a fractional advance.
Clearing house returns for week ended
May 26 showed an average decrease ot 5 2
compared with the corresponding period
of last year. In New York the decreas-3
was 7.2.
The t fficial Gazette^ of Madrid, publishes
the text of an agreement between Spain
and the United States prolonging the ex-
isting commercial arrangements between
the two countries, pending the conclusan
of a more com* rehensive treaty.
Congressman William D. Bynum ba^
been renominated by acclamation by the
Lemocrats of the Seventh Xa iana district.
THE CHICAGO CONVENTION.
Arranging Retails and AUoting Seats—
The Tickets For Distribution.
Chicago, May 22.—The sub-committee of
tbe National Republican Committee has
been in session in Chicago for two days,
arranging the details of the convention,
and decid ng upon the distribution of
tickets and the allotment of seats to the
press and other matters of detail. The
seating capacity of the ha 1 is 7,000, thus
necessitating a smaller apportionment of
s?ats than heretofore. .The committee de-
cided to give to each delegate, three
geueral tickets for distribution, and
one press ticket to eacn delegate,
thus enabling the delegates to take
care of the local press in their dis-
tricts and State. One hundred and forty-
seven working seats at tables are provided
for each of the larger daily newspapers, as
will make and send out from the hall
special telegraphic reports t o supplement
the verb itim report of the Associated
Press. No other papers exceptiug those
sending out reports can be given represen-
tation at these tables. In the 147 seats are
included the seats required by the Asso-
ciated Press and official stenographers.
The local press committee was directed
to carry out these provisions and
also notified that the largest number
of working tickets or seats given to any
paper should be three. The gre iter por-
tion of the daily papers taking reports will
have but one seat. Alternate delegates
will have dq tickets except{their, own or
none for distribtUien; It has been tbe
usual custom to give to the city where the
National convention is held fifteen per
cent, of the tickets. The committee has
reduced this lo)r this convention tot ten per
cent. The remaining tickets will be di-
vided between the press, members of Con-
gress, Governors of States and other dis-
tinguished guests.
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METHODIST BISHOPS.
LOAN ASSOCIATIONS.
A BLACK BRUTE.
THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY.
The General Conference Voting For Addi-
tional UighopH.
New York, May 22.—A vast thronsr was
present at the Methodist General Confer-
ence to-day. Bishop Mallalieu presided.
The election of Bishops came up iinme Jiate-
ly al ter the reading of the journal. Bishop
Bowman then piaved, aft'er which the
election of Bishops began. The total
number of votes cast on the first ballot
was 447. The number necessary for a
choice was 29$. The vote cást lor the lead-
ing candidates was as follows: Dr. J. H.
Vincent.'2la; Dr. James*N. Fitzgerald,,195;
Dr. J. A. Goodsell, 158; Dr. J. P. Newman,
156: Dr. I. W. Joyce, 145; Dr. Payne, 130;
Drs. James M. King and Earl Cranston,
128 each; Dr. Kynett, 119; H. A.Butts,
115. There were twenty candida es who
received less than 1(^0 votes, and over fifty
who received but one each. On motion the
time in which to elect Bishops was ex-
tended.
At the evening session balloting was re
sumed but on the first ballot of the s3ssi0ii
two Bishops were selected. There were 459
votes cast and S06 were necessary fot a
c lotee. The vote was: Vincent 311, Fitzger-
ald 310, Goodsell 250, Newman *227, Joyce
260, Payne 148, Cranston 143, Kynett 108,
Butts ill and King 71. The others were
scattering. The two B shops were there-
fore Rev.-Dr. J. H. Vincent, of the Rock
River conference, and Rev. J. W. Fitzger-
ald, of the New Jersey conference.
Nothing: Benevolent About Them Accord-
ing: to a Missouri Supreme Court Decis-
ion.
Jefferson City, Mo., May 22.—The Su-
preme Court, in an opinion rendered yes-
terday, sustained the position taken by
Secretary of State McGi ath in collecting
Jrom building and loan associations organ-
ize! in this State the constitutional tax of
S5J on the first $50,000 cap.tal stock and £5
upon every addition il $10,0J0. The Legis-
lature in 1887 passed an act exempting
such organizations from payment of the
tax, declaring them benevolent in their
character, but Mr. McGrath treited this
setas a nullity and demanded and collected
the tax before incorporating them. The
court on this point said in the opinion
"that the declaration of the Legis ature
that they are benevolent does not make
them so when the facts are otherwise,"
and that Usuch legislation legerdemain is
to b3 condemned and not approve!." The
legality of the act in question is not in-
quired into beyond the point that building
and loan associations are neither benevo-
lent nor charitable institutions.
Assault Upon a Wichita Widow by a Negro
Fiend.
Wichita, Kan., May 22.—About two
o'clock this morning a negro entered the
house of a widow named Sophia Stanley,
in the north part of the city, and Committed
a criminal assault upon her. A five-year-
old child was the only other occupant of
the house. Mrs. Stanley was awakened
by a noise at the window only in
time to see the negro jump
through the gauze screen. Before she
could cry for assistance be had
se zed her by the throat. She is a slight
woman and was unable to offer much re-
sistance. The negro's fingers gradually
closed on her throat till she was uncon-
scious. When she regained consciousness
the negro had vanished. The neighbor-
hoods were alarmed and the police notified
but every effort so far has failed to find
her assailant. Three negroes have been
teken before her but she could not identify
any of them as the man. The exci ement
is intense and is accompanied with the
usual talk of lynching.
DePew a Candidate.
Washington, May 23.—A prominent Con-
gressman who is an intimate friend of
Chauncey M. Depew, although opposed to
him in politics, speaking of Depew's Presi-
dential aspirations, said yesterday : UI
know that Mr. Depew is a candidate for
tha Republican Presidential nomination,
but in the event of Judge Gresham's ñonü
nation at Chicago he will accept second
place on the ticket. He will be a promin-
ent figure in the campaign, even though
failing to obtain either nomination, because
he will then be the Republican candidate
for Governor of New York. I am certain,
however, that Mr. Depew prefers Gresham
next to himself." Whether this statement
is m accord or in conflict with the lately
published interview with Mr. Blaine had
by a Buffalo newspaper man is a matter
upon which opinions differ widely at Wash-
ington.
91% If A Ü
Bad Weather Mars an Interesting Event
in the Catholic Church.
Washington, May 25.—The corner stone
of the divinity building of the new Catholio
University of America was to have been
lai'd yesterday afternoon. The downpour
of raiu, however, prevented. CardinaL
Gibbons arrived from Baltimore at eleven,
and was attended by a number of distin-
guished prelates. The Cardinal was driven
at once to the residence of Rev. Dr. Chap-
elle. At two o'clock he accompanied.
Colonel and Mme. Bonaparte in their car-
riage to the university grounds, where
about 3,000 people had ulreadv assembled.
The canvas and bunting which had been
stretched over the grand stand to protect,
the people from the rain but indifferently
answered its purpose. Among the dis-
tinguished prelates present were J«mes
Cardinal Gibbons, Arc hbishops Williams,of
Bt s on; Ryan, of Philadelphia; Eider, of
Cincinnati; Salpointe, of Santa Fe; Ire-
land, of St Paul; Bishops Spaulding, of
Peoria; Keane, of Richmond; Ryan, of
Buffalo; Northrop, of Charleston, S. C.;
Bourke, of Cheyenne: Machebeuf, cf Den-
ver; Brondcl, of Helena; Giluiore, of Cleve-
land; Janssens, of Natchez; Pbelan, of
Pittsburgh; Kain, of Wheeling; O'Reilly,
of Springfield; OVSullivan, of Mobile;
Mcore, Ct St. Augustine; Lebrocuff, or
Washington Territory; Maes, of Coviufc-
too; McGovern, of Harrisburg; Dr. John S.
Fol*y, Bi hop Elect of Detroit; Rob2rt
Fulton, I Si J., Provincial of the Order of
Jesuits of the United States and Monsig^
nor Farley, of New York.
A large number of priests, scholastics
and seminarians were also present. A few
minutes before four o'clock the President,
arrived and was introduced to Cardinal
Gibbons aud the other distinguished di-
vines present, who removed tht ir scarlet,
and purple berettas, and remained uncov-
ered while the President was standing.
Secretaries Bayard, Vilas, Whitney and
Endicott and Postmaster-General Dickin-
son arrived soon after and took seats near
the President. At four p. m. a choir of 150
voices, accompanied by the Manne baud,
rendered Haydn's anthem: "TheHeavens
Are Telling." This was followed by the
chiming of Psalm 88 by the choristers
from St. Mary's Seminary and St. Charles'
College, of Baltimore. After selections
were rendered by the choir and the Ma-
rine baud, Right Rov. Bishop Spaulding,
of Peoria, delivered an address.
Bishop Keane, Rector of the University,
then stepped forward, aud addressing him--
self to Miss Caldwell, who was seated at
the right and in front of the platform, read
a short letter from the Cardinal to Miss
Caldwell, expressing the profound grati-
tude of the Church for her gift of $3j0,00.>,
which he said entitles her to be considered
the "foundress of our Catholic University.11
Accompanying the Cardinal's letter was
one from the Pope to Bishop Keane, ex-
pressing gratitude for Miss Caldwell's
muuificence, and bestowiug up m her the
Apostolic benediction. Bishop Keane then
handed Miss Caldwell the medal sent by
the Pope. It is of solid gold and about two
inches in d ameter. It was struck by order
ot Leo XIII.. at the beginniug of and in
commemor.ition of the eighth year of his
poutificate. One side contains the profile
of the Pop3. On the other is the represent-
ation of tne genius of history lifted aloft by
angels, with a<n inscription commemorating
the opening of the archives of *t&o Vatican
to the historical researches of the scholars
of the world. Miss Caldwell received the
gift with bowed head.
The ceremony of blessing the site of the
chapel and laying the corner stone was
postponed on account of the rain. These
ceremonies will be performed at a future
day.
SOUTH WESTtRN CROPS.
Xlie Station Agent* of the Fort Scott Sys-
tem Send In Favorable Reports.
Kansas City, Mo., May 26.—The condi-
tion and prospects of the crops along the
line of the Kansas City, Fort Scott & Gulf
road have Ijeen compiled from reports sent
in by the various station agents and make
a very Fatisfactory showing. The reports
are to the effect that the acreage of corn in
the section through which the roud
passes is considerably in excess of
last year, and although in some
localities the lateness of spring and
cold rains have had a retarding
effect, yet the general outlook is excellent.
The reports concerning wheat are not on
the whole so encouraging, but this section
is not regarded as a wheat country, corn
being the principal product along almost
the entire line of the roád. In many places
wheat and oats have both suffered from
the chinch bugs, although their devasta-
tions have been much less serious than
would have b«en the ca^e had they
not been kept down by heavy rains. The
average yield of com will probably be
far larger than lasg yjéar. In compiling, the
following series of questions were sent to
each station agent: 1. What is the esti-
matea average of the outlook of the wheat-
crop in your vicinity? 2. How has the sea-
son been as regards rainfall and other in-
fluences? 3. Give prospects for corn and
other cropp, also feeling among farmers in
your locality? 4. How does the average of
wheat aud corn compare with that of last-
year?
KANSAS LAND* DECISIONS.
A Lady's Proof Cancelled—\ Wichita De
cisión Reversed.
Washington, May 25.—The Secretary of
the Interior has made decisions in Kansas
appeal cases for the General Land Office
as follows:
William T. Jones vs. Amy Lurebléod;
cash entry; involving the right toaquarter
sec* ion of land of Osage Indian trust and
diminished reserve lani, in Wichita land
district. The decision of the Land Office
rejected Miss Lureblood's proof and hold-
ing her filing for cancellation, and order-
ing Jones to make new proof is modified so
as to award Jones the tract in dispute
without further proof.
Jacob Putman vs. W. H. Wi'.kerson;
homestead entry content, involving a quar-
ter section of land in the Lamed land dis-
trict. The Land Office decision is modified
so as to Allow Wiikerson Original cash en-
try, subjéct to contest of Putman as to the
letter's right as contestant being rein-
stated.
Thomas Hick vs. A. R Hamil; cash en-
try contest; the right to quarter section in
Osage Indian trust and diminished reserve
land, Wichita land district, holding Hamil's
entry for cancellation and awarding tbe
tract to Hick, is reversed, ani that ol
Hamil held intact. W
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