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JEFFEBSOH DAVIS, She Tenerable Patriot, Soldier and Statesman, Bipo in Tears and Sich in the Lore of Bis People, Passes Away from Life and the Great Immortals. Joins Ee Died at 12:45, Friday Deo. 6, 1889, Snrrottnded by Mourning and Belatires. Friends Tie 8tory of a Typical American. Iiraruin tf naA nta AVS In death flftAjm mlnnta twfnr 1 O'clock this morning, surrounded by all of his friends and relatives wkowen within call.

T6 liAndaome and characteristically 1 .1 Tnst. rhilaa TT fAn. bmiii i nanrii msiucuuu us. as uuaan mssw vw aer, at tbe corner of Flrt and Camp streets, la at present an object of Interest to every friend of Mr. Jefferson Davis, because It la In the pleasant- finest-chamber of this elegant home that the beloved old confederate chieftain passed a way.

The Feaner residence, built by Judge yenner's brother-in-law, J. U. Payne, is of the most comfortable and Interiorly artlstle in all the city. It is of brown stone stuooo, two stories high 'with broad reran- das and set In lovely grounds, where carae-, Ua bushes axe with bloom and ranges nans; in clusters on the trees. The house has a wide, hall running through the center with drawing-rooms on one side, a library on the other and on the rear corner of the house In a lovely and cheery apartment, into which the southern auft streams nearly all day, lay the patient and DISTntGUISHED rafVAXID.

It Is a wonderfully pretty room, with a rich toned, Persian hued carpet on the floor, shades and delicate lace curtains at the four windows two fronting to the east and two to the Pictures are on the walls and there are a lounge, easy Turkish chairs and pretty carved tables and a huge carved oak Victoria bedstead on which the ex-president of the confederacy ues in toe emnraoe oz death. His constant attendant has been Mrs. Pavls.wb.ohas never left his bedside since bis' fllnesi began. In comfortable home Istrant was always at the invalid's side, and If she left him for a moment he asked for her and was fretted or uneasy until she re-: torned. EIS -WOT BT HIS BEDSIDE.

Friends constantly sent beautiful flow- era. of which Mr. Davis was very fond. but these were not allowed to remain In the sickroom for any length of time. At the outset, Jellies, fruits and all manner of In Tallda delicacies were proffered, until Mrs.

Davis was compelled to decline them. The sick man's food was only milk. Ice, beef tea, and rarely a broiled chop. I -T1 by his wife and the capable quadroon hired finru Lvdia. and Mrs.

Davis own littla brown-eyed handmaiden Betty, who at all times had entree to the sickroom. But little talking was allowed, and newspapers, let- "ers and telegrams were tabooed. On Wednesday afternoon a reporter of the Picayune was fortunate enough to have a few moments' conversation with Mrs. Davis. She was worn and wearied with service at the sick bed.

but which she would not allow to any other, and her step was lagging as she came Into the dining-room. She was very hopeful, however, of her husband's ultimata recovery. husband's i DXTTJCATS mSCOVSKT. "Mr. Davis has! always been an exceed- mgij temperate man, saiu alts, Aavis, and no one could have lived more moderate- ly than he.

Of course all this is In his favor. I do not mean to say that there would be no dancer if a doer were left pen or the fire in his room allowed to go out. He is as frail as a lily and requires the most exquisite care. That he has. I believe he would not be alive to-day had this Illness -cams) noon him at Beauvoir where he- oonld not nosalblv have had the constant care of such physicians as Dr.

Bick- ham and Dr. Challle, and the Intelligent love, tenderness and lnxurv that surround him in this home." i THE LAST BOCKS. Mr. Davis seemed much better during the early part of yesterday, and his lm- proved condition was remarked by the doe- MU9 1UU UaS XUUIJ. X1B UOU a pain IB MO bowels dnrinar the Jit.

bnt th urlnm feature appeared Just, a few minutes be fore o'clock. Then the Illustrious patient was stricken with a severe congestive ohllL The doctor were not present at the time, but Judge Fenner" family and Mrs. Davis Aid everything to soothe the sufferer. US IXMT COV8CIOU8KESS after the chill and never sensibly recovered nis raMi iTiaa was 7 o'clock before Dr. J.

Blck-. ham, vloe president of the board of administrators of the charity hospital, and Dr. 8tanford dean of the medl-' eal faculty of Tulane University, and two of the. most famous practitioners In the south, arrived and consulted over the whuioi ox uio pauenb HIS CHJLSGB WAS STTXPKISS, totally unexpected by even those In con-eta-st attendance, and the skilled eyes of 1 5 i-f-Heal men saw In It the beginning the end. They eontinued with the pa-.

until his death, however, and made every possible effort to avoid the lnevi- table. v. -oavis remained In a eomstoM mniu tionandthe attendanu could see no signs of consciousness. Davis said she occasionally fdt a return of the pressure of the hand- she held, although he tanu neither speak nor make a This was the scene tn the sick -chamber, 19 the hoars passed. The only variation tie arrival of Mr.

Edwin H. Farrar, -v and of Mr. Davis' niece, and of Judge nr. 1 Mrs. Charles E.

Fenner, who had been Ei-t or at the opera. y- XT THB BXDSIDB i.cn t- tni came were Mrs. Davis, Mr. J. U.

rarne, tlx. and lira. Judge Charles E. Fenner, Mr. E.

U. Farrar. Miss Smith, a rnnil niece of Mr. Davis. Mr.

H. D. Fenner. a son of the Justice, Dr. CJ.

Eictham and Dr. 8. E. Ciallle, 1 Tie lamp of lira waael low as tho hour THE DAILY PICAYUNE NEW ORLEANS, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1839. JEPFERSON BEA VOIR, 1884- of a Tlved, nor did it flicker into the brK'htfiexa of ooneclousness at any time.

agerly yet tenderlv the watchers gazed at the face of the dying chiei'taln. His face, always calm and pale, gained additional pallor, and at a quarter of 1 o'clock of the' morning of this 6th day of December, DEATH CAXB to the venerable leader. There was nothing remarkable about the deathbed scene. The departure of the spirit was gentle and utterly painless. There were no dry eyes In the little assem bly about the bed.

and every heart bled with the anguish which found vent in Mrs. Davis' sobs and cries. Immediately after the death Mrs. Davis was led up stairs to the bedroom of Mrs. Fenner.

where the ladles tried to assuage her grief. She bore the awful blow bravely, but her. breathing was labored and her condition so weakened that the two doctors consulted her. They pronounced her weakness to be only that consequent on the strain and the grier, and said that nothing was to be feared. IS THB MBAITWHILB the body was being stralarhtened and bathed.

It will be embalmed early this morning. i In the limited time of last night no ar rangements for the funeral oonld be thought of. Mrs. Davis signified her wish that Judge Fenner and Mr. Farrar should take entire charge of all matters connected with the burial.

It Is probable that the municipal authorities acting conjointly with civil associa tions will decide to-day upon the ceremony. the funeral procession, and the plaoe of burial. BIOGKAPHICAX. SKETCH. The Busy Ufa of the Great Soathern leader.

Jefferson Davis was born In Kentucky on June 1808; in what was then Christian county. His birthplace now forms part of Todd county. la this country men born and bred to equality "smile at the claims of long There Is pardonable pride, however. In tracing anoestry to the men who created the republic, shed their blood in consecrating American soil to lib erty and perpetuating their principles in the generations that came after them. The ex-president of the confederacy was oast IN SUCH A MOLD.

Mis father was Samuel Davis, who served in the Georgia cavalry during the revolu tion. While Jefferson was an infant his family removed to a plaoe near WoodvUle, Wilkinson county. Miss. After careful home training he entered Transylvania College, Kentucky, and remained until 1834. He did not complete tne course tnen.

aitnougn a oniiiant stu dent, but aecepted an appointment from President Monroe to the United States Military Academy at West Point. Mr. Davis was contemporary with Robert E. Dee. Joeenh Johnston.

Leo id as Polk. Jonn B. Magruder and Albert Sidney Johns ton, and learned to know the value of his future co-workers. Cadet Davis was thus described by a fellow-student "He was distinguished In the corps for his manly Member of the Cabinet of President Pierce, 1853-6. bearing: his high toned and lefty character.

His figure was very soldier-like and rather robust his step springy, resembling the tread of an Indian 'brave' on the war path." When he reached his maloritr he was bv birth, training and education fitted to be one of the representatives of the HIGHEST TTTES OF SOUTHERN MANHOOD. After his graduation from West Point, in 1828, he was assigned to the First Infautry ana served on the-frontier, takine nart in the Black Hawk war of 1831-3 He was Sromoted to flrst lieutenant of. dragoons on larch 4,1833, but after more service against the Indians 4ie suddenly resigned on June SO, 1836. He laid down his sword npon the altar of affection. The soldier found his Ideal woman in the person of the daughter of Zachary Tarlor.

then a colonel in the armv. The wmnU inftlAi1 mnA down near Vicksbur. and Mr. Davis became a cotton planter. Mrs.

Davis lived for several years. About fortv-three vears Mr- married atraln. Mrs. Varina Howell Davis survi res her great husband, and to her loving and Judicious care is attrib- extfint hl loas resistance to ud the ravages of time, "wi ot tu Plantation afforded Il l6 opportunity to indulge his love of study aiT thoucht. He becanse ttoroaghly acquainted with the great subjects discussed belore the country, and mastered the PROBLEMS OF OOVERKMKNT nntll he could speak with authority and Justify the convictions he formed.

Although an active and useful citiien. he did not come into prominence again until lij, when he entered politics lu the midst of an exciting gubernatorial ranrass in Mississippi. He naturally asm med a leadership at once. He was elected a delegate to the. state convention of the Democratic jparty, nnde a sim-'' n-i tng John C.

Calhoun as th -oond choice of the state for the presidency, and from that moment Mississippi and the country recognized theadveut of a man of mark umong the many claiming the attention of the people of the nation. In IBM he was on the Polk and Dallas electoral ticket, and established his fame as a popular speaker in the canvass he made. The campaign was followed by his ELECTION TO CONGBEbS In 18i5. and he took his seat In December of that year. He immediately became one of the foremost advocates among the states' rights Democrats, and was an ardent sup- itnrtnr of th war nnlicv of the administra tion.

He was well prepared to defend" his principles in debate, although there were so many great men in the hall of the national assembly, and spoke with power on the tariff, the Orejron question and military matters, especially with reference to the nreoarations for war with When that war seemed imminent Jeffer son Davis thought he oonld serve his coun try better in the field than in the forum. In June, 18M5. he resigned his seat in the house to become colonel of the First Regiment of Mississippi Volunteer Rifle, which nad unanimously eiectea mm to tne posi tion. He came direct to jnew Orleans ana joined his regiment and led his soldiers for ward to re-enforce General Taylor on the Bio Grande. Colonel Davis was CONSPICUOUS FIGURE In the war whieh followed.

There was no braver or abler soldier under the stars and stripes. At Monterey he charged on Fort Leneria. his men armed with rides without bayonets, and led his men through the streets nearly to the Grand Plaia, amid a storm of shot, and arter the victory served on the commission for arranging a surrender of the place. At Buena Vista his rerlment was charred bv a Mexican brigade of lancers, greatly its superior in numbers, in a last desperate ef' rort to oreaK toe American lines, loionei Davis formed his men in the shape of a letter open toward the enemy, and thus covered his foes both front and flank lire. President of the Confederate -1861-5.

States, utterly routed them, though he was unsntw ported by any other troops. He wa severely wounded, hut remained 'n the saddle until ti close of the njrht. and was complimented for coolness and gallantry in the commander-in-chiefs dispatch of March 6, 1847. The regiment was ordered home on the expiration of its term of enlistment, and on Mav IT. 1847.

Colonel Davis was ap pointed by President Polk a brigadier general, but declined the commission on the ground that a militia appointment by the federal executive was unconstitutional. The act was auite characteristic of the man. Her returned to Mississippi WITH BRIGHTEB LAURELS and with more enthusiastic welcome than any of all the many young men who won their spurs In that glorious war. In August, 1847, the governor of his state appointed him to fill vacancy in the United States senate. In January, 1848.

the legislature by unanimous vote oondrmed him as senator by formal election, and in 1850 he was re-elected for a full He distinguished himself in the senate as he had in the house. He was made chairman of the committee on military affairs, and was also active in the discussion on the various phases of the slavery question and the important work of ho session. Including the fugitive slave law and other compromise measures of 1850. Senator Davis proposed the extension of the Missouri compromise line to the Pad tic. and continued a zealous advocate of tate rights.

In lssi. after his re-election to tne senate. his party called him as the only man capable of opposintr Henry B. Foote. the whig candidate, for governor.

He resigned and made the race as the states rights or "resistance" candidate. Although the campaign proved unsuccessful, by his personal opuiarity ne reaucea tne wmg majority from 7500 to 999. Mr. Davis remained a year In retirement and then came before the people again as an active supporter of Franklin Pierce In THB PRESIDENTIAL CONTEST OF 1853. General Pierce became President Fierce and tendered the portfolio of war to Mr.

Davis. Tba latter accepted ana became a member of the cabinet. As secretary of war Mr. Davis made a record No man who held the etnoe in time of peace made more reputa tion than he. Among other changes he proposed the use camels in the service on the western plains, introduced an improved system of military tactics, iron gun car riages, rifled muskets and pistols, ana tne use.

of the minte Dau. our regiments were addea to the army, the defenses on the seacoastandfrontter were strengthened and as a result of experiments heavy guns were cast hollow and a larger grain of powder was adopded. While in the senate Mr. Davis had advocated the construction of a Paolno railway as a military necessity and means of preserving the Paciao coast to the union, and he was now put in charge of the organization and equipment of the surveying parties sent out to examine the various routes proposed. He also had charge of the appropriation for the extension of the capitoL.

MR. DAVIS LEFT THE CABINET at the close of President Pierce's term. In 1837. and was almost immediately re-elected to the United States senate, where he added to his world-wide tame, and came nearer tLUing the plaoe of pre-eminence held by jonn u. uauioun tuan naa any salesman before or since.

opposed the Frenon Doliatton bill, advocated the soutuern route for the PaciUc "Railroad" and opposed the docUio of "popular sovereignty" in the territories, often encountering Stephen A. Donglas in debate on this question. After the settlement of the Kansas contest by the passaee of the Kansas, conference bill, in which he bad taken a chief part, he wrote to the people of his state that it was "the triumph of all for which we contended." Mr. Davis was the recojroized' Demo-cratie leader in the thirty-sixth congress. He made a tonr of the eastern states in 1853.

making speeches at Boston, Portland, Kew York and other places, tuatiuir a profound impression as an orator and statesman. All over the country his name was mentioned as a DEilOCBATIC CANDIDATE FOB THB FBK8- 'W-; IDKKCT, and he received many votes In the nominating convention of. i860, thoueb his friends announced that he did not desire to become a candidate. Among those who urged his nomination was none other thau General B. F.

Butler. Whatever southern sentiment may be with reference to Butler's other acts, many azreed with him that Jefferson Davis' election would have averted impending dangers. Describing his own course at that convention. General Butler says "I saw a statesman of national fame and reputation, who led -his regimcat to victory at Buena Vista, a Democrat with whom I disagreed in some things, but with whom I oonld act in some. Lv'mg his country lirst, his Section next, bnt lust to all so that through his Massachusetts obtained from Ihe general government her just dnes, deferred for forty years, of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

a feat which none of her asrents bad ever been able to accomplish. Besides, his friends were not pressing his name before me convention, so mat ne was not a para sau iff the personal strife their going on I thought such a man deserved, at least, tne poor compliment of A VOTE PKOX MASSACHUSETTS, and therefore I threw my vote for Jefferson Day is of Mississippi; and I claim, at least, that that vote was guided by intelligence." Before conn-ess met. In the autumn of 1860. Mr. Davis was summoned to Washing ton by members of President Buchanan's cabinet to suggest some modifications to the forthcoming message to conirress.

The suggestions were made, and were adopted. In the ensuing session Mr. Davis made, on Deo. 10. 180, a speech in which he carefully distinguished between independence, which the states had achieved at great cost, and the union, which had cost "little time, little money and no, blood." He was ap- Dointed on the senate committee of thirteen to examine and report on the condition of the country, and, although at first excused at bis own request, linally consented to serve, accepting his apiointmeut in In Revered Old Age, April, 1888." speech In which he avowed his willingness to majte any saennoe to avert tne IMPENDING STRUGGLE.

The committee, after remaining In session several days, reported on Dec. SI their in ability- to come to any satisfactory con- elusion. On Jan. 10, 1831, Mr. Davis made another sneeon on the state oz tne country.

asserting the right of secession, denying that of coercion and urging the withdrawal of the garrison from Fort Sumter. Missis sippi seceded on an. tne oay oerore. Mr. Davis received official notice of this action on Jan.

34. and promptly withdrew from the senate ana started lor notne. trio took leave of his associates in a speech in which he defended the cause oi the soutn. ana in closing begged pardon of all whom he had ever offended. It was his last appearance on the floor of the United States Senate.

Before he reached home he had been ap pointed bv the convention commander-in- chief of the army of Mississippi with the rank of maior general but on Feb. 18, 1861, he exchanged this office for that of PBESIDENT OF THB CONFBDBBATB MATES, to which the provisional congress at Montgomery had elected him on the trth of February. On Feb. 18 he was inaugurated at Montgomery, and began at once to organize the new government. xootmng was more natural ana proper than the selection of Jefferson Davis to head the southern movement.

As one of bis biographers says "In -selecting him for president, the south presented him to the world as the best and wisest exponent of herrelf, her completest representative citi zen ana statesman, eucn ne was ana so bl-'frry will write him down." The history of Jenerson uavis as presi- deutof the confederacy is too well known to every man and woman in southland to need repetition, and besides that the nar rative wouia mi several volumes, enoruy after his being chosen chief CAPITAL WAS CHANGED from Montgomery to Richmond. President Davis removed initner ana was met on nis way with many marks of popular favor, each station swarming with people massed to do him honor. Soon after his arrival, the tine residence of James A. Seddon was bought and put at Mr. Davis' disposal by citizens of Richmond.

On Sunday. April 2, 1865, while seated In his pew at 8t. Paul's church, Richmond, he was handed a telegram from General JLee. announcing the tatter's speedy withdrawal from Petersburg and the consequent necessity for the evacuation of the capital. That evening, accompanied by his personal staff, members of the cabinet and others, he left by train for Danville.

The latter place was abandoned In less than a week, and after a conference at Greensboro, with Generals Johnston and Beauregard, in which his hopes of continuing the war met with little encouragement, he went to Charlotte, where he heard of 'THE DEATH OF MB. LINCOLN. Mrs. Davis had preceded him with a small escort, and it was Just after he had overtaken her, while encamped near Irwins-viilo, Gs, that the whole party were captured, on May 10, 1865. President Davis was taken to Fortress Monroe, where he was kept in continement for two years.

He was indicted by a federal grand Jury for treason, but the case never came to trial. On May 13, 1867, he was brought beiore the court at Richmond- on a writ of habeas' corpus and admitted to ball in the amount of sioo.ooo, the first name In his ball bond being Horace Greeley. A nolle prosequi was entered by the government In AFTER HIS RELEASE in 1867, and an enthusiastlo reception at Richmond. Mr. Davis went to New York, then to Canada, and In the summer of 186a visited England.

After his discharge he became president of a life Insurance company in Memphis, Tehn. In 1879, Mrs. sarah A. Dorsey, whose husband was. like herself, an intimate friend and admirer of the ex-president, bequeathed him the beautiful residence at Beauvoir, within sight and sound of the waters of the gulf.

There Jefferson Davis has LIVED IX BBTIBEMJENT and study, retaining to the last his keen Insight into men and affairs, his wonderful memory and his accurate knowledge of current events- Only once in a long while, when almost forced by the people who worshiped nlm to aid in some great charily or take part in some celebration in memory oi men or events in the war in which he figured so conspicuously, did be come forth from bis lovely retreat. Some such events were the unveiling of the confederate monument, the dedication of the Albert Sydney Johnston monument by the Army of Tennessee here, the reception of the "liberty iiell," en route to the Sew Orleans exposition, and a few other such occasions. HIS WITS AND HIS DAUGHTER were his constant companions, and were generally beloved on their own account as well as their relationship to the illustrious dead. Mrs. Davis was with her husband day and night during his last illness.

Miss Winnie Davis is traveling in Europe for her health. Mr. Davis retained bis erect figure and dignified and graceful bearing to the end. GOD SFABED HIM. LONG LIFE as an example to the men who come after him, and to allow his lite to become its own vindication.

He lived to see a returning sense of Justice assert itself among those who were once bitter in hatred. And he cannot have failed to read the signs of the times aright and knew, "as he stood by the I borderland, that his place in history will be true to his snotless life as he lived it. and friend and foo alike will sendhlm'down among the generations to come. as he was and is, a great and stainless man." G0THA3I GOSSIP. BOUGH VOTAGB OF THE ETBTTBIA OJTB PAS-6EXGEB KILLED ONE FROBTKATED BT rXEUMOMA THB MAWTMB LABOR EXCUAKOB AND ITS OBJECTS tTXDEE THB BXB OF CCSPBCTOB BYR2TBS A CHINESE tAtTCTDBT TRUST DUTT OJT GLASS DISKS" DENOUNCED HEBER XKW-TOSf OK CIVII, 8ERVICB REFORM DEATH OF KX-COKGRESSMAH MEADE MBS.

JAMBS O. BLAISE, NO BETTER FILLING Up THE BASKS OF THE WOMAN'S FBESS CLUB JEANNE TCRNURE SOT ENGAGED TO THB INDIAX J-RINCB. Special Correspondence of the Picayune. New York, Dec' 1889. The steamship Etruria arrived from Liverpool last evening after oue di the rough est passages on record.

She had au almost uninterrupted succession of westerlv sales that knocked her about like a Cork and" kept her well under water most of the way. One passenger, who 'disregarded wornlnr and Insisted upon taking cure of himself, was felled oy a nuge wave auu nad nis neck broken. John' J. Townsend. president of the Union Club, wus prostrated by pneumonia wnen tne steamer two uays out.

his wiie carea ior mm uereicauy during the fearful voyage, but he is soiow that his condition is critical in the extreme. Among his fellow-passengers were Senator William E. Chandler, Mr. and Mrs. Bradly Martin.

Mrs. Arthur Fatret, Senor Don Luis Yarza, C. Deliuonico and Mme. Albanl- Gve. A maritime labor exchange has been organized at as Albany' street, with the object of amalgamating all the mariue trades, establishing a labor bureau, assisting needy members and protecting the in terests of all.

The international unions oi sailors and tire men of New York, Brooklyn, Jersey City and Hoboken the Internation al Boatmen's Union and the Doekside Laborers- and Longshoremen's Union have pledged their support. The new organization will invite John Burns, the leader of the dock strikes in London, to come over and organize the dock laborers, longshoremen and freight handlers in tMs country and will support the demand of the Inter national Boatmen's Union for the adoption of a state law licensing freight scalpers. It will also make immediate complaint that the law to prevent the landing of pauper Immigrants has been systematically vio lated Dy tne regular steauisuips uringuig larce numbers of paupers shipped express ly to evade the law as Are men and sailors and landed as such. It is said that the Etruria brought a lot of these spurious hands. Xhe man Hammond, who is supposed to dow all the prominent people connected with Loudon's latest scandal.

Is In New Vork. and under the surveillance of In- sicctor Byrnes. When ha left London for Paris he was accompauied by a Scotland Yard detective. Xhe name he uas assumed for traveling purposes is Boisinan. The off enses'alleged against him In England are not extraditable.

The Chinese laundry trust here will soon be an accomplished fact. There are now nine competitive companies engaged in the business. These are to be consolidated under the control of Wong Sway win, who will bo the principal sockholder and gener-al-in-chief. The laundries will be ruu independently, but the prices will be nxed and made uniform at headquarters. Outside laundries or those of newcomers will be either frozen out or bought in.

All em ployes will be required to pay a fee of as a year and will receive a pro rata snare or the protlts. Their wages will remain as at present, $1 in winter and $3 in summer with John R. 'Rees. professor of astronomy at Columbia College, denounces the recent order of the treasury department levyingan ad Valorem duty of 46 per cent on glass disks imported lor use In the manufacture ot optical instruments. These disks, he says, have heretofore been admitted free under the provision of the act of 1883 bearing upon unwrought or practically raw material.

The Messrs. Clark make the finest lenses In the world. There is one other similar establishment in Pittsburg, but neither concern casts the lenses necessary for large telescopes. This Is done only at establishments in Paris and Birmingham. The.

imported disks are not wrought material. They must be polished to nud out their flaws; otherwise thev would be worthless. The lenses of the Lick telescope were worked upon by Clark Sons for a year or more before they were ready for use. and it tooK six years oi. trial and labor on the other side before they were ready lor tne uiarRs.

ad tne duty been in effect then there would probably have been no Lick telescope. Tne cost of the lenses was 965,000, and tue ad valorem would have brouicbt tnein up to JO.ooo. This ruling will tend to discourage scieutino re-searcn in America. It is an absurd measure, productive of no good whatever, protecting no industry, and absolutely unnecessary from every point of view. in his new au douls' onurcn, at maaison avenue and Sixty-sixth street, Kev.

Heber Newton has this to say on the subject of civil service reiorm it is demoralizing to our public life to have our irreat pur ties solemnly affirm principle which tney laugh at out of the con vention pledge themselves to carry out a reform wuioh they pooh-pooh when the votes have been pocketed; empty the greatest trusteeship oi tne tana oi an sense oi its Doing a trust for the people, at large, and turn it into a business for personal reward and pront. Among all good citizens there is a growing sentiment lor the enforcement of that which has been demanded aud that which has been promised. Tue tendency of our modern world is to closer concentration and oompacter organization. The necessity of the state's inspection and superintendence is kto wing more and more urgent in cities, commonwealths and nation, aud it be" comes now an imperative necessity tnat we should put tne enure civil service upon a a-entuue business basis, aud oriramze aud administer it as capably as private business is organized and administered, ior tue saRe of the mass of out- people, that, enormous population which is to be upon our shores beiore the end of this century, so that the most favorable conditions may be secured for their welfare of body, mind aud soul. Ex-Congressman eawiu.

a Meade aiea oi paresis last wees at tue insane asylum on Ward's island and his remains, which were taken to -the morgue, would have been buried in the potter's neld but for the Inter vention of a lawyer who knew him. Meade came here from tue Interior of the state in 187U and in 1874 was elected te congress from the Fifth district. He was one of John Kel ly's intimates and it is said that if Samuel J. xiiden nad uvea longer ne would nave been made a judge oi tne supreme court. Mrs.

James G. Blaine. does nut rally from the attack of innauiinatory rheumatism which has kept her in bed now sixteen weeks, and it is feared that if she ever does ret up sue will be crippled for iiie. All her exueuaes are defrayed by Manager Daniel iro union, who has paid out about Ssoou for her since her illness began. She has re ceived uo word of sympathy aud no assistance whatever from her husband or his family.

Mrs. Frank Leslie, Dr. Louise FisRe Bry-son. Prances Williams and Anna Randall Dienl are among the later members of the Woman's Press Club. A parlor or hail will be secured for meetings of the club lor the present.

The Mozart Mannerchor celebrated Its thirty-tilth anniversary with a concert and ball last night. A company has been formed to give a season of French, comedy at Clarendon Hall. Banker Turnure denies that his daughter Jeanne is engaged to Prince Victor Dhuieep Singh. VlDETTaV CRIMES AND CASUALTIES. The Electrlo Sugar Refining Fraud Cases.

New York, Dec 5. Mrs. Olive E. Friend. Mrs.

Emily Howard, Or in A. Halstead and George Halstead, the remaining electric sugar alleged swindlers, eutered pleas of guilty this lore noon in the court of general sessions to an indictment for grand larceny in tne nrst degree. They were discharged on their own recognizance some time ago when they pleaded not guilty. To-day they withdrew tnat plea for oue of guilty. They were remandeaf or FARMERS' AND UNION.

LABORERS' Tho Convention Still in Session at I St. XoOlS. 8t. Louis, Dec. 6.

The farmers' and laborers' convention met again this morning, though no regular business was transacted, several speeches of agricultural character were made, however, aud the time passed pleasantly, it Is expected that the con veulion will get down to solid work this afternoon. The Farmers Alliance held a session at the Planters' House this morning, at which. Mr. Powderly and other Knights of Labor were present and made speeches, but no business was done. ta Joint committee on consolidation not being ready to report.

Two Glaks Door Akmoir Bedroom Sets bt Auction This Dat at 182 Canal street, corner of Dryades. TL D. Chamberlain was yesterday made receiver of the bouUi Carolina iUilroad Company. FOEEIGN AFFAIES. Emiar Pacta Passes "Safely Through the Perils of Africa To Dleet With Fatal Accident IIIIs Return to Civilization.

The' London Gasmen Strike and Leare the City in Darkness. AFRICA. Emin Pacha Fatally Injured. IVMcrrfvr- Den. s.

A dispatch from Zanzi bar announces that Emin Pacha has met with a probable fatal accident. nearsighted, he walked' out of a window by mis take and fell on his nead iractunng nis skull. He now lies at Bagamove in a cnu- nthnnh th rWor. exoent Stanley's physician, declare that.Emin's injuries wfll nmva fimi miuilKr'i phvsloian is hopeful of savins Emin's life, but says that under the most favorable circumstances the pa tient cannot be moved for at least ten aays. Bishop Smithies Journey.

Tiimv rw BishoD Smithies, of the central African mission, has arrived at Mo-cambinue from Ukoma, lake He made the Journey overland rrom Qullllmale, the crew of the boat in which he was trav-r-Hnir havino- demanded higher par and having quit work on their demand being refused. The bishop denies the report telegraphed from Zanzibar that he had been attacked by natives belonging to the Maka- toio tribe. GREAT BRITAIN. Manchester Gasmen on a Strike. London, Deo.

6.Tbe men employed in the Municipal Gas Works, at Manchester, tmwiiii iiwtml notice that the were about to go on a strike. They subsequently attempted to withdraw tne notice, out were not allowed to do so, and they were locked out. Non-union men have been engaged to fill the places of the locked-ous men, ana tbev are fad and lodged in the gas works. The men who are locked out have assumed a menacing attitude. The supply of gas Is not adequate to the demand, ana at nignt the city is only hair ligntea.

The trouble at the South London Gas Works arise from the fact that some of tho union men eniploved at the works have ac cepted a bonus to make an engagement to work for the company for one year. These in on tha nnion men reirard as blacklexs aud It is they who are referred to in the notice given to the company by the gas stokers and conl porters that a strike will be com menced next week unless the services of blacklegs are dispensed with. Mrs. Mackay's Claim for Libel Com- 'promised. London, Dec 5.

The action brought by Mrs. John W. Mackay against the pronrie- wssm n9 rh anolioflTaF 1. amiriAF ft I kl in publishing au artrde charging that prior to her inarriaire with Mr. Mackay.

Mrs. Mackav was a washerwoman in Nevada. was settled to-day by the defendadts apologizing to the plaintitf for tbe publication of the article complained of, and paying the costs of the action, ine defendants aiso agreed to pay a certain sum of money to some charitable Institution, to be selected by Mrs. Mackay. M.

SL. 8. Watchful Wrecked. London, Dec. 5.

The British gunboat watcniui is stranaea at AKwestoit, county of bun oik. The Watchful is a composite vessel 01 000 tons and mounts lour guns. BRAZIL. I Viscount Preto in Exile. London, Dec.

6. Viscount Pre to, tbe last prime minister of Brazil under tbe empire aud who was exiled upon the proclamation of the republic has arrived at Tenerlite by way of St. Vincent. While at the latter place he had a conference with Dom Pedro, the Viscount Preto has given an account of the revolution which agrees with the details of the movement hereto fore i- THE -A Fugitive from Siberia. New York.

Dec 5. An Ottawa. special says A dispatch received from ancouver. British Columbia, yesterday states tnat on tne steamsnip uatavia toere arrived at tnat port rrom Japan, a Russian gentleman woo naa just escaped rrom biberia, where he had been tn exile eighteen years. The who-had assumed the name of Brant, was eighteen vears asro the editor of a newspaper in Russia.

He was not a nihilist, but his liberal views as expressed In his paper displeased the government and for the oBeiise he was sentenced for life In Siberia. For six years he was In solitary confine ment. Alter tnat ne was twelve rears on parole, going from place to place A few montns ago ne armed to toe seacoast. There he found a British ship. and.

explain- Ing the circumstances to the officers, he was taxen on ooara ana landed at There bis passage was paid on the Batavia by his new found friends. On arriving at ancouver tne omcers 01 tne uatavia pre sented mm witn a ticxet to Washington, U. for which place he started at once. Brant is 45 years of age, but his long Butter ing naa maae nun prematurely 01a. AMUSEMENTS.

very agreeable presentation of Les Hugnenots" was given last evening at the French Opera House to a large and fashion able audience The triumph achieved by Mr. Gullle, the new tenor, in "Le Trouvere" on last Tuesday night was such that the habitues of the opera were particularly anxious to see what he could do as Raoul In Meyerbeer's masterpiece While tho little tenor's voice is not of greatest volume, it Is high-sounding and sweet. Lacking somewhat in the lower register, the recitatif Is not as good as it might be, bnt the clearness and purity of the npper notes enable him to render the score very' effectively. In tbe duel scene and the fourth act he. surpassed the expectations of his hear ers.

Mr. Bt. Jean, the new basso, made nis nrst appearance, and received with much favor. He is of talL slender frame and made a handsome Marcel. Possessing a rich, powerful aud deep voice, the timbre Is most delightful.

He com Dines singing ability with dramatic talent. In the duo of the second act with Valentine he did inagnihcently. He will certauuy become a great favorite with op era goers. Mme. Dauriao as Valentine aud Mme Beretta as Marguerite repeated the very artistlo rendition of their reanoatlvM roiea uenuuure giveu.

xue orcuestra and choruses were in excellent trim aud are deserving of special mention. As a whole tne periormanoe last evening was a very satisfactory one As a concession to the wiBnes ot a large number 01 ladies Rigo- nw wo sung at iue eaturuay matinee and In the evening the opera comiaue baruwa wiu in Kireu ior me nrst, ciuia tuis 'A Possible Case." as cirmatthnnnnit Opera House by J. M. Hni'a Union Hn Tneatro Company, is oue of the Joiiieat comedy performances that New Orleans can expect to see tnis season. 'ine nettle Bernard Chase Company run.

tin ues to "Coquette1 nnjM tj trlth 1 St. Charles Theatre Cora Van 'iasscl and the "Little ftlnner" are getting along well at the Academy of Music Frederick warde. a grand antor. the Academy of Music next bundav nlht in "The Mountebank." The Play at the Avenna Tht lut night was -Tho New Magdalen." This evening Miss Maud Atkinson and her company will present the irreat Jawd, drama called -Leah the Forsaken." Aue penonnauce at the St. Cnarles Theatre this noon, for the benehtof Mmn itfv.

uaud made up by a oombmatioa of all the Srof essiouals in tne city will be a novelty ere, although such benefit entertainments are common in New York. A spectator can see all the actors at one sitting. The Gitmore's Band aud Cauipininl conceits to be given at Washington Artillery Hall, Sunday and Monday nights, will be great musical events, ana large audiences aro assured. The weekiv ehanca of inson's Dune Museum drew good audiences all day yesterday. The fat man, the boy snake charmer and the cannon ball catcher are still in the curio hall, while a new set of performers give interesting exhibitions in the theatre below.

The strong man is first on the list, followed by Miss Thurston with A. A. WWU WALTER tiCOTT. ESTABL.ISHF.T3 on I I I of I by A 18G8. 00 37 Carouilelet Street, Corner Crartcr -Street.

GENERAL INSURANCE AGE! lucjcar j.v tszz: soVTir. Inarrrsneeln AH Its Braiichpn. Ttie rorn ntn C4uinyintheViU. OU W.vui soruiaUy mvitud. songs; P.

S. broken tician the Pescados, muKical i.i and Rosa Moore, vocalists ani u. Salmon and Whitinir, inimical whole concludes with a comic mi, NEWS IN BRIXr. The bundesrath has approrr-i -granting a subsidy to a steauuLin for running steamers to ports i African coast. The president 'yesterday sent several lmnd red nominntlons of r.

pointed to otliee during the rr gress. They were in the depn state. Justice, Interior, war and Secretary Blaine, having reeovi'--his recent Attack of lumbago, duties at the state department It is understood that the dutu-s ot machinery and coke will be other tariff changes made at the cou slon of the Canadian prliamMiL The Minor House, East T.iwsn -burned yesterday. Two charred identified corpses were found in the The total amount of Insurance In In the Thanksgiving day fire In otncially reported to data, is The A. Furst Distilling ttl made an assignment yesterd principal creditors of the eomr i- wholesale whisky bouses la New 0 eago, St.

Louis and Kansas City. Hv an explosion of olnrior nH 61igO Roiling Mills, Pittsburg. Pa day, three workmen Pat liiirnsTb years; James McBeth, aged year John Kellv. about to tmm ttauiy Dumea. injuries fatal.

i "Jimmy" Hope, the noted bank was discharged from custody by tbe i States circuit court in New York yen, and was allowed two days' time to i tbestato. Judge Wheeler dry-ldrd tl prisoner was entitled to his liberty i served imprisonment for the crime i which he was extradited from Califs The Monongahela lionse. Pitt. palatial hotel, burned yehterdny guests and employes escaped la lost most of their personal nmwn A Boston dlspa'ch says: Tbe snr has declared 2 "a per cent dividend. tain Rolla, from Jlasgow A ur.

8 Francisco, has been burned off cp j. A railway train was thrown track at Soran, in Brandenburg, yex. The cars fell down an embank inn three persons were killed and many injured. The tight between Mike Luirle and Carroll, whloh was to hsve taken month, has been reset for Jan. 'ij.

The marine conference was yntor' cnpled with the consideration of ton, nals, and the Pan-American did not i act any business of importance. Bonds to the value of $1,000,000 to the treasury department yeoi i national bank depositaries. This la iu tion to tbe regular bond purcha. During a snow storm in Hungary sous perished on tbe river Wang. A sugar mm in tne village of HwolfT near Prague, in which 1500 tons or were stored, collapsed yesterday, persons were killed and many in in jured.

McAllister's 8-year-old danct. yesieruay louna oruiauy oiitrsgcu mosiaeau near jsoerueeu, miss. Dom Pedro will nass tbe winter at occupying the villa of tiie duchM -Tourhamaubourg, who Is a friend oi empress or Mr. Chas. A.

Dana, of the New Yo; and wife arrived yesterday mornUig 1 New York from Europe. Five steamships yesterday landed 1 migrants In New tork city. ine i-aris xemps learui tnat Fevener the African explorer has at Moxamblaue. He crossed the 001 from Laougo. Tbe rench chamber or depntln 1 validated the election of General b.

and M. Revest In Montauban. M. 1. a conservative.

An epidetnioof lnfluensa Is snren St. Petersburg. Among the promin-sons attacked by the malady fc.i Morler, the British rmbassador. A lartre number of otiiclals of railways In Rassiahave bee a (Itnn their places filled with army oiiio jonn MOdier last nigut saved u.i dren from his burning home, but -tor valuables and was lost. In Ll Famine is threatened in eltht districts of India owing to a total 1 crops.

During tne penoa rrora January ber Germans emigrated to Pond's Extract, for Fains, Arb, etc Its power is supreme orer au 1 that comes within its It uev Try It oncew Fifteen Carpets bt Accnox at 183 Canal street, corner of Dry THE PRIZE RING. The Daly-McAnliffe Fight De Draw. Boston, Dec S. The nfteen-rotn. 1 fight for a purse of 1 1000, winner tot between Mike Daly of Bangor and Aullffe of New Tork, light weights.

1 room ot the Crib Club to-night, draw. MoAultffe was the heavier, to Daly's 139 pounds. Con McAul. Bob Drew seconded the New York, Billy Daly and Danny Gill second-1 The fight was announced to ih-l-. i but there was a long wrangle over cles of agreement and it was after 11 when the men entered tbe rlnir.

1 firs MeAuliCe landed his blows where he pleased und Daly acted ua 1 tensive most of tbe time. In the second round Dalv cot In a right-hander on McAuliife's wind tu ly took hun otr his feet, but mc piled with a blow that spilt Ialy'a 1 in tne tmrarounu mcauiiuo wo: Into his own corner and dealt Dim 1 nrst with his left, then with his lug on his Jaw. In the fotirth and fifth -tfunds I caught off his guard and received blows on the Jaw. In the sixth MoAullffe feinted light, then, swinging suddenly, jmt left with terrlflo force on Daly's tliia, ly lifting hiin off his feet. In the seventh there was som fighting but mostly to MeAuiuie i tage In tbe elchth Daly cot In his seeono Mow on McAulitte's nose but dr blood.

In the ninth MoAullffe can eh the Jaw with his rlifht utasneria 1 Daly recovered and got lu a on McAuiiire's mouth that swelled Up. in tbe next four rounds the leading, and Daly's blows men; MoAullffe countered all' his hi showered blows upon him, in nn' stances nearly knocking hi 111 over In the fourteenth and nteeuta 1 Daly appeared somewhat rogry, gamely at work, and when ttiue 1 uie referee declared tbe conu-t Joe Lannon acted as nnal reicree. A Feather Weight right. The Young Men's Gymnastic CI about matched Tommy Ward of Zau and Tommy MillSr of Indian famous feather weights, to tieht lieiu XKlinst. Dy pepaia Makes many lives miserable, and off a self destruction.

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