Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 31 January 1899 — Page 2

Bepublican Progress. 8LOOM1NGTON. INC W. A. GABE, - Editor and PartIlher. 1899. FEBRUARY. 1899.

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i CIRCLING THE GLOBE f CONCI8B HISTORY OP SEVEN

DAYS' DOINGS.

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BAB FDUi POWERS. AnlatMa Gl Authority to Be eUr War AzalMt tke Halted Mates. A special from Manila, yla Hong Song, njK The Kepublica, the official organ of the Filipinos, annonnoss tint the Congrew at Malolos has adopted the Philippine eons ti ration, panel a Tote of oonfldenoa ia AjrnnaJdo and empowered him to declare war on the Americans whenever he mar deem it advisable. Ate Mas meeting of women at Cavite, the pa pars add, It waa enthnsiastieally re.

sot Tea to pennon Againaiao lor permisshm to take the men's plaeea in defence of independence and to bear arms, if necessary. Pmterno has asked for, and, it appears, has been granted the privilege

of "taking a prominent plaoe in the line

ox name against we Aaaerioans." A Terrible Accident. At Mt (Hire, 111., by a coal oU explosion Pater Norsk's 6-year-old boy and 4-anoatfas-old baby were roasted to death. Mrs. Hovak and her daughter were fatal iy horned about the faoe and boZy. The little girl's eyes were destroyed. Novak as serioasly bsrned about the arras and bead. Two boarders who hastened to the assistance of the Novaks were slightly aeorehed. The accident was caused by pouring oU upon supposed dead ooai Is a

Jacmlta of Soldier-. Inquiry at the War Department Into the reports of the rapid increase in the number of smallpox eases among the ABKiicaa soldiers at Manila elicits the assurance that the sick reports sent boot twice a week by Gen. Otis, exhibit the fall extent of the dread disease as far as officials themselves know. The mortality rate is not excessive, bat of aonrse it is not denied that the soldiers would be safer at home than they axe at present in

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A special from Crystal Falls, Mich., says: The Claire iron mine, which recently passed into the possession of Ogleby Norton, the well-known iron ore man of Cleveland, is to be started up again. It Is understood that large preparations have been made. The Claire Joins the Young-town mine, owned by the Federal Steel Company, and it is believed this mine will also start up. The two nines will employ 603 men.

Withoat War

Former Attorney General Augustas H. Garland was stricken with apoplexy while addressing the United States So-

KHJOnrt at 12:18 o'olocE Thursday

afternoon and died within ten minutes. The occurrence came with startling and traffic unexpectedness, changing the usual calm and dignity of the court into temporary confusion, while the dying man was carried from the chamber in a futile effort to alleviate his condition.

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Aaaerlca Pro teats to Geraaaox. The State Department has forwarded to Ambassador White, Berlin, full InstrnetioM as to the presentation be Is to make to the German Minister for Foreign Affairs relative to the indignity reported offered the Chief Justice of S-imoa by the German officials at Apia. The department also has bad some exchanges with the German Ambassador here on the snbjeet. Cashier Comfeasea. W. H. Fen land, cashier of the defunct First National Bank of Asbevilla, N. C, who was indicted, together with W. E. Breeze, President, and J. E. Dicker-on, one of the directors, for embezzlement, h is made a foil confession. Bis trial is set for February IS. The bank closed Jury 21. It is thought the otter two indieted persons may eon less. Offer S5.000 Seward. The New Yore Evening Journal off to $5,000 reward for a cine or information which will lead to the arrest anl conviction of the poisoner of Mrs. Kate Adams and H. C Barnett. The Journal says the pollen believe a certain man guilty, but he is so hedged about with legal ability and wealth that positive evidence, cannot pa secured.

Another Crank. Sr. J. "V. Gregory has made the startling announcement before the Royal Geograpbieal Society in London, that the earrh is not round, but has four laces, according to the position of the oceans, which meet on edges. . Stain by a Maniac. Ira Crandall, aged 70 years, a Mind farmer near Corry, Pa., was pounded to death whs an ax wielded by Emmet BoutjBt SO years old, a crazy resident of that Will Res-ore tke Merrlasac The Navy Department has finally deelded to remove the Merrimac from the edge of the channel in Santiago Harbor by means of explosives. Lieut. Blow, who was in charge for a time of the wrecking operations there, has reported that the vessel is not worth the money it would east to raise bnr, and recommended destruction of the bull by explosives.

Pattl Married.

Madame Adelina Pattl was married at Breaoon, South Wales, to Baron Coderstrom of Sweden. Children Coasted Into Car. Jennie Joyce, 7 years old, was kflM. and her brother Thomas, aged 3 years, Iras injured in a coasting; accident at Beranton, Pa. Their sled ran into a trolley car. The girl's head Was crushed beyond recognition and her body was horribly mutilated. One of the boy's legs was brokenTwo Swords for Philip, Commodore Philip, former captain of the Texas, now the commandant of the New York navy yard, is to be presented with two jeweled swords. One of these is to be given by citizens of New Xork City. The other will be presented by the gnaday school children of Texas. Disbarment Case In Cleveland. The Circuit Court of Cleveland, Ohio, overruled the demurrer to the disbarment charge against Judge F. B. Dellenbangh. The court held that it had jurisdiction in the ease and that the charges were sufficient. If proved, to justify Judge DellenbaugVs disbarment. Church Expels Mayor. Mayor P. C. Hesser of Fort Scott, Kan., . . - .--.lied fmra Orace Eoisconal

Church by public announcement because

of his failure to maae au euon lv Klvac kus saloons of the city. His wife thereupon withdrew. Hesser was elected as a Pro-hitttioajst.

HOTEL GUESTS IN PERIL. Barry Morning Fire In Sherwood House at Cincinnati. The Sherwood House, on the east side tf Wehant, above Sixth street, Cincinnati, took fire, probably from an overheated furnace, early the other morning and in a very brief time the house was so filled with smoke as to endanger the lives of the sixty or more sleeping guests. Many of the guests were members of theatrical companies. Very soon the upper corridors were filled with shrieking, hysterical wornen in night robes. The male guests had difficulty in restraining the women from jumping from the windows. The firc nen were active in carrying out the wouen and most of them were rescued by the stairway, but several were taken down by the ladders and by the tire escapes. F. H. Munch, a traveling salesman from New York, was among the last to bo rescued. He was found unconscious, with a wet towel over his face, bnt by the aid of physicians lifts saved. The entire fire department was called out and the fire subiued before the building was destroyed, the money loss will not exceed $10,000, fully insured.

MAD STAMPEDE AT DAWSON CITY. Tales of New Discoveries Cause Wild ExcitementSickness and Poverty. Advices from Dawson arc at hand by steamer Alki. During a single week there were three big stampedes out of Dawson. Three men came in and reported that they had taken out $20,000 from one of the Klondike tributaries near the headwaters. They would give no further details, but the maddest rush in the history of the camp followed. It was generally believed that the newly discovered creek was 130 miles up the Klondike, &nd for this place the wild crowd made with all haste. About 300 men participated in the other stam

pedes. One was to German creek, a branch of Twelve-Mile river, where a good discovery has been made. The number of sick is said to be increasing and the six hospitals are full. The mounted police have donated for the help of the poor Borne $30,000 in cash from their treasury. One minister told his congregation on the Sunday before this party left that he knew of six dead men within sight of the church.

AMERICANS HELD IN SLAVERY. Q Hz ens or United States Compelled to Work in Russian Mines. Ex-Assemblyman J. M. Bassford and his brothers of Suisun. Cal.. are inclined to believe the story that their brother, Frank Bassford, is restrained of his liberty on the peninsula of Kamchatka, as told by Sailor Morris, who returned from Manila two weeks ago. Morris says there are several Americans illegally and cruelly detained as prisoners by the Russian authorities. When at Yokohama he was Informed by Barney Fox, a seal hunter of unquestionable veracity, that there were to his knowledge eighteen Americans held on the peninsula named, and that they were forced to work in the salt mines there. It is thought that the efforts now being made through Government officials regarding Bassford will do much to remove the curtain covering the inhuman treatment of American seal hunters and others in northern waters.

The Outlook Is Promising. The state of trade is thns viewed by Bradstreet's: "The continued strength of staple values, accentuated this week by further advances in iron and steel and other metals, in cotton at the South and in lumber at some Western points, has undoubtedly added to the confidence with which the outlook for the ensuing year is regarded. That this confidence has a fair business in fact will be gathered from the reports received from the iron and cotton goods trades, the firmness in cotton goods being of considerable interest in view of the depression ruling throughout the larger part of last year. The iron trade situation remains, as for some time past, a feature of absorbing interest. Large as the production of pig iron is, eager buyers are found apparently for every ton offered. A strong side light upon the strength of iron and steel the world over is offered by the statement that iron In Glasgow this week reached the highest price noted for ten years past. Little change is reportable in the market for cereals. There is a perceptible improvement in the demand for dry goods, particularly cotton fabrics, at New York and Boston, where late advances are firmly held. There is also more doing in dress woolens at those markets. The lumber trade at most markets is in a satisfactory condition. The strength of prices is unimpaired, and advances in white pine

are reported from the West, while i-a hard

woods values and confidence are alike

unchanged. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate 5,10S,C71 bushels, against 5,647,071 bushels last week. Corn exports for the week aggre

gate 2,928,191 bushels, against 8,207,072

bushels last week."

Report on Hawaiian Religions. The American board of commissioners

for foreign missions in Boston has received an interesting report on the pres

ent condition of the Hawaiian Islands. The report is from Rev. J. Leadingham.

After stating that drunkenness is min

ing scores and hundreds of the natives.

Mr. Leadingham says that heathenism

also is a foe which Christianity must still encounter there. Besides the lingering remnants of Hawaiian heathenism is that

which is imported from China and Japan. Shinto and Buddhist priests are active in the support of their faith among the Japanese laborers in some places in the isl

ands. On a recent trip to the Island of

Hawaii Mr. Leadingham saw on one Ride

of the road a building in front of which

were some peculiarly shaped banners at

tached to tall poles. A pathway leading

up to the building had been cut through the steep bank by the roadside, and the

banks on either side of this pathway were stuck full of short pieces of bamboo, at

tached to which were strips of paper cov

ered with Japanese characters. The building was a Shinto shrine, and the strips of paper on the sides of the pathway were prayers. Here was real heathenism from Japan. It is no uncommon sight to see a hack loaded with Chinamen and having with them a nicely roasted pig, on the way

to the cemetery to pay their homage to

their dead ancestors.

Winter Output or Klondike. P. H. Hebb. who is part owner of f rty

Klondike claims, brings news that Domin

ion creek has just jumped into prominence as a gold producer of the first rank.

excelling Bonanza and equaling Eldorado.

Its claims are not as rich as a limited

number on Eldorado, but its length is greater. Dominion and Eldora together

will produce from $10,000,000 to S lli.OOO.-

000 at the spring clean-up. A conserva

tive estimate puts the winter output of the Klondike at $30,000,000, doubling the output of last winter. Pythian Sanitarium for Hot Springs. The committee representing the Grand Lodge, Knights of Pythias of Missouri, Arkansas, Illinois and Indiana, which has been in Hot Springs, Ark., investigating

me TJ'ncmuiuuL But; it, r u iiuiitMiai I ylllian sanitarium recommend t,he establishment of the institution in that city. The location of the institution means an investment of $500,000. Wages Cut In Maine Mills. A reduction of 0 per cent in wages hns been ordered at the St. Stephen cotton mills at Calais, Me. The carriers, who refuse to accept the rut-down, have struck. The mills, .t is said, will be able to run with one-third the tis ial number of carders. Fatal Explosion in Toronto. A boiler explosion occurred in the Knickerbocker icehouse works in the east end of Toronto, Ont., killing one man and fatally injuring two. The ihreo were found lying on the ground mutilated and scalded almost boyotid recognition.

temporary, those who are in a position to know of what they speak declare that he will never return to the throne. King

Oscar has made this movement on the ur

gent demand of his physician, who assured

him that any further participation in the affairs of state might prove fatal. King

Oscar s condition bus been made worse by the rebellious spirit which his Norwegian

subjects have exhibited of late. For years

his niajesly has tried to pacify Norway

and has acceded to most of the demands

of the liberals, which are regarded as un

patriotic and unreasonable by the Swedes

Most bitter to the king was the act of the

Norwegian storthing before the close of

lost yenr in adopting n Norwegian nag

without the union emblem, though his ma

josty has refused to the last to sign the

law." WOMEN AND ChTlDREN SAVED. Massacre of All Spanish Officers at Balabac Is Confirmed. The steamer Lnbuan, which hns arrive nt Labuan, British Borneo, came froir the island of Balnbne. thirty miles south of Palawan, Philippine Islands, and not from Palawan, as previously cabled. Thf murder of the Spanish officers which she reported occurred at Bnlnbac. The La bnan brought sixty-live women and chil dren. They had been robbed of every thing, but otherwise had not been ill treated. The Solus assisted the Bala lines in killing the Spanish officers. Th Spaniards have left Palawan, where thi natives were fearful of the Stilus. Stores had been looted, business was at a standstill, and the nntives were armed ami ready for mischief. NEW BELGIAN PREMIER. M. Llebaort Succeeds M. Smet Di Naeyer, Resigned. A royal decree hns bf?n published at Brussels, accepting the resignations of thi premier, XI. Smet de Naeyer, and the min ister of industry and labor, M. N'yssens. The same decree appoints MM. LiebaoH and Coorcman, both members of th chamber of deputies, to succeed MM Smet de Naeyer and Nyssens. M. Smet de Naeyer has been appointed minister ol state. The resignations of the ministers were caused by differences with King Leopold on the question of fie introduction of the uni-nominal electoral system, which the king advocates.

SMALLPOX ATTACKS THE ZUNIS. Disease Threatens to Exterminate the New Mexican Tribe. The powerful tribe of Zttni Indians whose reservation lies in the western portion of New Mexico, is threatened witl extermination by smallpox. The population of the Zuni nation is estimated at 1,700, and since last summer there have been 217 deaths from smallpox. Over 00C of the Indians are now sick with the disease, which continues to spread rapidly. Dr. Knapp, a special Government physician, and a corps of nurses arc attending the Indians, but they seem powerless to stamp out the disease.

Seismic Disturbances In Southern Greece. The Peloponnesus, in Greece, was shaken by earthquake five times in fifty minutes. From the Gulf of Corinth to Cape Matapan, and from the Ionian sea to the Bay of Argolis, no portion of the Morean peninsulfc escaped some sort of manifestation of the seismic commotion, and in Corinth, Nauplia, Tripolitza, Kalamata, Navarino and Pyrgo and the vicinity of those towns the heaving of the earth was violent. Texas Is Lrged to Secede. In the lower house of the Texas Legislature a sensation was created by Dudley G. Wooten of Dallas, who is regarded as

the House leader, introducing a resolution favoring Texas withdrawing from the Federal Union because of alleged injustice and violation of the State's rights through the policy adopted in enforcing the war revenue law. Safe Blown Up with Dynamite. Burglars forced c-pen the rear door of the postoffice at Napoleon, Ohio, drove in the combination spindle on the safe with a sledge hammer and punch stolen from a shop near by, then blew open the inner safe and money chest with dynamite. The postmaster admits that the loss is a large one. Burglars Get $3,000 or More, The Bank of Arthur, III., was robbed at an early hour the other morning. The robbers carried nwny in gold, greenbacks and silver from SS.000 to $G,0O0. The bank officials admit that the sum is in excess of $3,000. Six men blew the safe open with dynamite. Fire Loss In Tennessee. Fire broke ont in the building occupied by the Maury dry goods store in Columbia, Tenn. In three hour? four of the handsomest storehouses in town were in ruins and the contents burned. The loss is fully $73,000, about two-thirds insured. St. Louis Hat Factory Damaged. Fire broke out in the seventh story ol the building nt 701 anil 703 Lucas avenue. St. Louis, in the hat ami cap factory of Gram & Glass. The contents were destroyed and the seventh story of the building was badly damaged. Hungry Wolves Kill a Tr'ar. A dispatch from Bucharest, Roumania, says that a pack of wolves, emboldened by hunger, recently attacked a monastery at Lopevean, in the Moldavian mountains, and killed a trior. Framed First Mil e Law. Judge B. W. Woodbury, who framed the first prohibitory liquor law enacted by the Maine Legislature, is dead at his home in Bethel, Me., aged SI years. Burning Oil Costs $73,000. At Olean, N. Y., a still burst at the Standard Oil refinery, throwing burning oil over the adjoining works and causing a fire that caused 75,000 loss. Decides lo.- Brlnsmode. The Supreme Coirt of Ohio overruled the motion of Attorney General Monnett to oust Master Commissioner Brinsmade in the Standard Ol! case.

TREATY OBLIGATIONS

Probable End of Oscar's Reign. A dispatch from Stockholm, Sweden, says: "King Oscar of Sweden has abdicated the throne in. favor of his sou, the Crown Prince Gustaf. While it is gonerally reported that the abdication is only

THE MARKETS. Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to S4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.H0 to S4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 30c; oats. No. 2, 27c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 57c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 16c to 17c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, .$2.50 to $-1.25; wheat. No. 2 red. C8c to 70c; corn, No. 2 white, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c. St. Louis-Cattle, 83.00 to $0.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 30c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye. No. 2, 55c to 57c. Cincinnati -Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $1.25; wheat, No. 2, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to Stic; oars, No. 2 mixed, 28c to :i0c; rye, No. 2. 58c to BOc. Detroit Cattle, $2 50 to $5.75 hogs, $2-50 to $4.00; sheep, $3-00 in $-1.25; wheat, No. 2, 70c to 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 37c lo 38c; oals. No. 2 while, 31c to 33c; rye, 58c to 59c. Toledo Wheat. No. 2 mixed, 7tc lo 73c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 37c; osts, No. 2 white, 28c to 2!c; rye. No. 2, 5flc to 58c- clover seed, old. $3.93 to $1.05. Milwaukee Wheat. No. 2 spring, 8c to tlUe; corn. No. 3, Hie. to 35c; oi.ts. No. 2 white, 2!c to 31c; rye, No. 1, 5rc to 58c j hurley. No. 2, 44c to 52c; pork, mess, $'.1.50 to $10.00. Buffalo Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 lo $4.00: sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common to extra. $5.00 to $5.50. New York -Cattle, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $3.00 lo $4.Y5; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2, 4-ic to 40e: oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 30c; butter, creamery, 15c to 29c; egg. Western, 16c to 18c.

THEY ARE NO BAR TO EFFECTIVE MARINE PROTECTION, We ftave No Acrcement with Anj Nation Which Cannot Knsily lie Abrogated In the Interest of a Hcstored Merchant Marine.

To yield Ik to submit: to submit is lo become subordinate; to become subordinate Is lo gpiiernto ii nerveless nationless courage. Such seem In be roiiio of the sequences of the war of 1M2, of the peace treaty nnd conventions following. Knglnnd forced that war, that she might destroy our shipping power. Wo made our light, for "free trade ami snilors' rights," ami our battles won merited better reward thnn failure to secure their object, and to lose our ship Protection besides. England got her desire shaped for accomplishment, not by whipping our armies, or by capturing our ships and seamen, but. by bold and diplomatic fencing with our yielding nnd submissive government. Our shipping power being now reduced to zero. British statesmen patronize nnd flatter us. Our legislators are presented with a rattle: our press is given a straw. All nt. once commercial conventions become snered things. Our flowing courage drips from our finger ends, nnd the prospect of shipplug restoration melts away. When the peace treaty of 1814 came to be considered the battle of Waterloo bad been fought nud Napoleon made n prisoner of war. Great Britain, flushed with victory, would not agree to any stipulation respecting the impressment

parly tin the 20th of October, 1820, or at any time since, in conformity with Us owr provisions. It has been In force over sixty-nine years at least against flic interest of the United states, and for tlm last thirty-seven years to the UngcrLig sufferance, of tin; country. Wiiy should wi longer submit to the winner of an unjust contest? If she insists we shall, are wo to be her siilioriiiiin e forever? A wrong impression Is abroad that a return to l lip early ship protection of discriminating (Itltles Involve n violation of n treaty with Great lirllain. There is nothing of the kind involved. Our agroemen : of July 3. 1815, w as not

j a treaty in the proper sense, but a "i-ii j volition" with a time limit fixed. This j distini ilon Is important. We b.-ive dls- ! cbaio-d every obligation to the full. It

is our right in dor the convention Itself to cease Its t-bservance. Noah Wobsler thus dctlncs a convention: 5. An acrec nent or contract less formal th in. or preliminary to, a treaty; nn informal contn et as between comninudcrs of am ics in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between States: also n formal ngrceneiit between governments or sovereign rowers; us n pnstnl convention between two governments. Whether culled n treaty or convention, ive have no agreement for perpetual arrangements as to eommerco and navigation wl'h any nation whatsoever; but with all tuitions there Is a time limit llxed, with annulment and abrogation provided for cn one year's notice. If we subnt t forever to arrangements that have proved ruinous and degrading, we have only orrselves and our Government to blame. The men or 1815 27 tldod over a difficulty. Wt should have the manliness, with ten ttntvMJ the imputation, wealth

ABSENT FROM THE FEAST.

of seamen, nor to any definition of neutral rights as to blockades, but insisted that the treaty should be followed by a commercial oonventlos that should establish a policy of "maritime reciprocity" an "open door"' to freighting under which the present state of our marine might be brought about. Wo had to treat with our enemy or fight him single-handod-so we treated. To enable the Executive to meet In "convention" our exacting friend, of tho "firm and universal peace" just ratified, Congress passed the first act for

stripping off our ship Protection, March I

3. 1815, as follows: That so much of the several acts imposing duties on the tonnage of ships and vessels, and on goods, wares, merchandise imported into the Vnitcd States, as imposes a discriminating duty on tonnage between foreign vessels and vessels of the United States, and between goods imported into the United States in foreigu vessels and vessels of the United States, be.

and the same are hereby repealed: such j repeal to take effect iu favor of foreign j nations whenever the President of the I United States shall be satisfied that the j

discriminating or countervailing duties of such foreign nation, so far ns they operato to the disadvantage of the United States, have been abolished. tmst for the Public Kyc. The assumption that any discriminating duties of foreign nations "operated to the disadvantage of the United States" was false and absurd. Besides, the British system of ship protection consisted for the most part of prohibitions, as already shown. Several of these It was not expected they would give up, nor did they. We had no prohibitions, but were to give up all our system; the British only part of theirs. We have had historians whose account of our submission to fnte veils the truth. The experience of twentysix years had proved that our discriminative duties were highly protective, much more than offsetting those of other nations; and especially effective in securing to our vessels cargoes In foreign ports for carriage homeward. On this security of employment abroad rested the whole advantage of our ship Protection. This It was that Great Britain wanted removed. Only the prohibitions of foreigu nations obstructed our navlgafion. These the act of 1815 did not touch. The only gain from the convention of July 3. 1815, at London, was the continuance of the peace provided for by the treaty of Dec. 24, 1814. at Ghent. That is to -say, our ship Protection as agalust the British was cast away as the price of pacification. The "convention" of 1815 provided ns followsj Article I. Freedom of commerce and navigation, as to "the territories or the United Stntes of America, and all the territories of his Britannic majesty in Europe," but not elsewhere. Article II. No discriminating duties on imports, exports or vessels; equality of duties nnd drawbacks, and reciprocity in freighting: but intercourse with the West Indies unsettled; prohibition iu force there. Article III. American vessels to be admitted "at the principal settlements of the British doininious in the Enst Indies," but cargoes must be carried to the United States nut elsewhere and in time of war prohibited articles nut. to Ik- carried at. all. The coasting trade in the Indies reserved, Article IV. The "convention" to be binding for four years from signature.

More "Conventions." There wns a second "convention" nt , London, Oct. 20, 1818, respecting fish-i cries, boundary, etc., thai by Its fourth I article extend"(l the lime of the reel ; proe.lt. v convention for ten years: and j by n third "convention" at London, . Aug. ii, IS27. the time was 'further in- ! definitely" extended by Its first article i "from the date of the expiration of the j said ten years;" but Article II. follow- i

Ing rends thus: It shall be competent, howpver.ro either of the contracting parties, in fuse cither should think fit, lit any time after the said ten years that is, after the 2'"Mh of October, 1828- on giving due notice "f twelve mouths lo the oilier contracting party, to annul and abrogate this "con vent ion;" and it shall, in such case, Im accordingly entirely annulled and abrogated, after the expiration of the said term of notice. Thus the "convention" might have been annulled nin'. abrogated by either

and power, to resume our right and perform our duty. It is a remark of Jefferson that, "AU exiierlenee hath shown that mankind arc more disposed to suffer while evils are suflferable, than to right themselves by abolishing the forrjs to which they are accustomed." This is all there Is In the talk about "treaty" hi-adrance to the proper protection of American shipping.

Rise in Farm Lands. Tnose Northwestern Iowa farmers who are refusing $45 an acre spot cash for their lands have not apparently caught on to the great depreciation of property that the political doctors tell ns aliout. The tenant farmers who are anxious to rent land nt rates that pay an adequate remuneration on these high values are evidently insensible to the fact, tint producers no longer have u chance In the land owing to the iniquitous industrial and commercial system under which the people are suffering. These things are happening every day in this region. Lands here are relatively cheaper thnn they are further cant. The upward movement, whose progress was checked by the late panic anil depression has lieen resumed and wl.I go on until a fair level Is reached. Men are seeking the lands for Investment. Tenants are after them for occupancy. The result Is a steady appreciation which gives the lie to the lugubrious wailings of the dolorous doctors. The towns are taking the cue from the general agricultural prosperity and enhancing vnlues and improvements are tlw order of the day. There is no question that the outlook Is bright for the farmers o!' the country, ns well as for nil other classes, and In this part of tho country the feeling nnd nil the developments of t he situation are especially encouraging Sioux City Journal. The Lnush Is on Them. One thiag which Is moving protectionists to mirth just now Is the spectacle of two or three of the fiercest free trade newspapers in Massachusetts setting forth unanswerable demonstrations that the foreign commerce of Great Britain is and long has been at n, standstill, and that the scepter of mercantile supremacy Is swiftly passing over to the United States. This Is a monumental truth which lias been proclaimed In the Boston Journal's editorial columns time and time aguiu for these hf.if-dozen years and It never failed to turn these same free trade newspapers purple In the lace with fury. Tley have published reams of "copy," endeavoring to refute exactly what they now assert as an original discovery In their new-born zeal against "Imperialism," It strikes U8 that the Journal rather has the laugh on its headlong contemporaries. Boston Journal.

Oar Merchant Marine. The carrying trade of the United States now conducted by foreign sailors and credited to foreign bottoms is estimated nt $1,000,000,000. and that credited to American bottoms at $100,000.000. In 1SC0 the trade of American liottoms was estimated at $507,247,751, and foreign Imttoms at $225,040,708, but stneo then there lias been a steady nnd uninterrupted decline of American bottoms and a corresponding increase of foreign bottoms. All of which demonstrates the soundness of the Republican policy to re-establish mu- merchant inurino. Allegheny (I':i.i Record. :-troriK on Generalities. The Democrats take pleasure In calling the Dlngloy act. a "prohibitive tariff." If they rend the treasury reports they will discover their error. Bui, they never care for facts. They arc only strong on glittering gcin-i-iilitli-s. Wilmington (Iiel.) News. The lurgest room in Hie world, under one roof and unbroken by pillars. Is at St. Petersburg. It Is t;2" fe-t long and ISO feel wide. Its roof Is a single arch of Iron. Tills room Is used lor military display::, nnd a whole battalion can maneuver in It. Salt I not salt at ail. ami has long been wholly excluded from ihe class of bodies denominated salts.

The Senate listened further on Thursday to n discissiii f the idiey of expansion. Mr. Tinner lYVjsh., Top.) delivered a carefully prepared speech on the est resolution. Tho speech was for the most part :i constitutional argument in which Mr. Turner look issue with Senator riatt nnd Senator I-'ornker upon their recent utterances. At the conclusion of Mr. Tinner's .'ii-giiinent Mr. l-'oroker took some sharp exceptions to statements made in the speech, especially those referring to him personally. The Nicaragua canal bill was under consideration nearly three hours. Alter much debute n substitute presented by Mr. Morgan (Ala.) for the bond amendment offered by Mr. Allison was adopted. It' provides that tmnd payments shall not exceed S2O,n0O.(Xl in any fiscal year. The amendment as nniended was then adopted. 41 to 10. The last hour of the .session was occupied tn discussion of several nmcinWicnts offered by Mr. Caffery of Louisiana, all of which were defeated. The House practically decided the It row n -Swan son contested election case from the Fifth Virginia district in favor of tho sitting member, Mr. Swanson, n Democrat, by declining to consider the case. Tho postoflice appropriation bill was then taken up. The greatest surprise of the day was the ndoption of two amendments striking out of the hill the appropriation of $171,000 for the fast Southern mail nnd $25,000 for special mail facilities from Kansas City to Newton, Kun. The pr-ireeilings in the Honsi? were enlivened on Friday by u wnrdr duel 1tween Mr. Grosvcnor of Ohio and Mr. Lewis, Democrat, the uicmber from Washington. It occurred during the debate on a private bill to refer to the court of claims the claim of Cramp h Sons, the Philadelphia ship builders, for damages from the Government for delays incident to the hnilding of the wan-hips New York. Massachusetts. Indiana and Columbia, due to the failure of the Government to deliver armor plnte nnd other materials for these ships on time. Tho postoffice appropriation bill was passed. At 4:30 p. m. the House recessed until 8 o'clock. Ths evening session was devoted to private pension legislation and adjournment was taken to Monday. The Senate was in session for five hours and a half, hut the session was practically barren of results. Senotor Morgan's Nicaragua canal bill passed the Senate Saturday afternoon by a vote of 48 to II. As a matter of fact, it was passed twice, once by a viva voce vote an. I the second on a roll call. The opposition had been dwindling away for several days. Friends and foes or the anli-scalping bills were also lined up in the Senate the same afternoon. The supporters of those measures wen their first victory. By a vote of S3 to 21 they succeeded in having the Senate bill taken up for consideration. Discussion of the policy o exnnnsion

occupied nearly all the time r f the Senate

in open session on .Monday. Mr. White of

California addressed the Senate in support of the aiiti expansion resolution intro

duced hy Mr. Vest tOem., Mo.l und an

other resolution offered by Mr. Bacon

UJcm., i.) declaring that the Philin.,;,,

ought to be free and independent. Tilt

rjenaie at J:l p. m., oil motion of Mr.

ciiMUMiMn oi ine '-oiumittee on Foreign Relations, went into executive session. After the executive session Mr. Chandler called up the bill to restore to their original status officers of the navy and marine corps who lost their status by reason of the promotion of other officers

ny reason or conspicuous conduct in battle. The bill went over on objection.

The debute on the army leorgauization bill opened in the House on Tuesday mider an agreement by w hich the general debate is to run fifteen hours, exclusive ol

ttiree night sessions. Mr. Hull and Mr.

Mct.li ilan in support of the measure and Mr. Hay of Virginia in opposition dividi-d the honors. The other speakers were Messrs. Parker tRep.i of New .Tersey and

nrown iiicp.i or iiino in favor and

.Messrs. I ox (Detn.l of Teniiessee. R,.

Pop.) of Colorado nnd Latham (Dem.) ol Texas against it. At the conclusion ol routine business in the Senate Mr. Lodge

i uep.. .uass. i iieiivcrcn Ills announced

spee-ch upon the policy of expansion. At

the conclusion of Mr. Lodge's speech Mr.

liner (i oi l niniressed the Senate unon n

question with respect to the -nnstitfitiotial

powers ol the .overiiincnt in the terri tories. Mr. Hay (tin.), one of the Hem

ocratic Senators who expects to vote fot

the i utiliiattnn of the treaty of peace, then addressed the Senate on the general question of territorial expansion. Not since the stirring days before th; declaration of war Inst spring has the House witnessed such an exhibition of ex cltement and such scenes of u.ibounderenthusiasm as occurred in Wednesilaj when Ihe two Republicans, Mr. Johnson

the Indiana member, and Mr. Dolliver ol Iowa, locked horns on the question ol

expansion. The army lull was under debate. At the night session Mr. Crum-

packer iRep., Itid.l supported the bill aud

advocated annexation. Mr. Rixev (Dem..

Va.) opposed the bill. Mr. Linney (Hep..

v.) supported the bill. Onlv a briel

time was occupied by the Senate in open session. Mr. Hale, chairman of the Committee on Naval Affairs, reported the

naval personnel lull and mtvc notice that

nt the earliest time possible he would rail it up for consideration. Mr. Culloui (III.)

reported the legislative appropriation bill

Mr. Chandler i.V H.i introduced n bill temporarily creating the iilflce of admiral of the navy. It was referred to the Naval

Affairs Committee. A senate bill providing for the erection of a b iilding in Washington for Ihe department of justice nt tt cost of .SI.OOO.IKK) wna j,.iI(s,,d. Sf.arkrt from tho Wires The John 15. Present I, the largest schooner ever built, has Ih'cii launched at Rockland. Me. "Badger" Moore has been plai-cd it Sing Sing prison, where he will serve hit 10-ycar sentence. A New York girl has been placed in at. insane asylum, the victim of excessivt cigarette .smoking. The Kniperor of Germany appreciate! tlie "loftiness of the (V.: r's peace ideas.' but thinks it advisable tn strengthen hi: own forces. The United Suites grand jury at Perry, Okla.. h:i- rernriied an indictment againsi Thomas Green, alias L. A. Kurd, au 8 year-old ! . on a charge of breaking intt Ihe post., Dice I here. The lute William I'rdii-ott, who die.1 recently at Ueverly, Mass.. was HH yeart old. lie was a direct descendant of Johr Kwliiolt. the famous Puritan lender, i whose old homestead. "Orchard Farm," it lianvers. he was liorii. A cargo of parrots thai arrived in Leith S.-ot laud, w.-is purcliii.-.-d by firm : whisky in ti im! o ' iii'-rs. The birds wen laiitiht ! cry. "Urinl; Blank's whisky,' nnd wen- I hen distributed in gilt rages ti Li verpool a'o.eikeeiM'rs. Tie report ol lni!s for cleansing lln v.-ina. riven out as coming front the Int. Col. Waring, were prepared from hi. imtes by his executors Gen. Jose Gomez, of ihe Cuban conimis Sinn, sifrs that at least $ lll.IKHI.IMKI shoull be appropriated by the United Slates fo the payment of Cuban soldiers. A resolution has been introduced in th. Missouri House of lu-piesentativps re questing tlie eoniniitli'e if the House ol education lo prepare and report a bil "requiring the Stale of Missouri to prill and furnish to the purlls of the State al school books iiecrxsary to be used iu th public schools of the State fres o charge."

STATE LAW MAKERS.

By a vote of 45 to 4i tho bill under which the State authorities Imped to proeed successfully n;:uiust the Itoby race track people ami the persons and concerns wasting natural gas was defeated in the House on Thursday. Tho friends of the tileasure say the clerks made a mistake ill the roll call, and that later the bill will be passed. Mr. Mull and Mr. Manifold gave notice that they would ask that the record be corroded, and if this is not ilohc they will ask for a reconsideration if the vote. Five men who arc recorded ns voting against the bill declare they voted for it. The chief argument against the bill was that it was too drastic. It makes any repented violation of a penal statute a nuisance and authorizes nuy piiblic officer to bring suit for injunction without giving bond. The .uifirRoby race track bill was killed in the House on Friday. A reconsideration of the vote by which the bill was defeated the day before was moved by Mr. Manifold, ami the motion was lost by a vote of (ill to 35. Thi- House by a vote of 83 to !( advanced the bill for the establishment of a county com cil in every county in the State. The third net of the House was to kill the pet bill of Gov. Mount for the teaching of agriculture in the public schools. Moth branches of the General Assembly had half day sessions Saturday morning and adjourned at noun. An attempt was made in tlie House to revive the bill introduced by Mr. Barlow, at the suggestion of Gov. Mount, providing :'or the study of agriculture in the public schools, which was killed iu the House a few days before. Mr. Nenl Introduced a resolution providing for "nature studies" in schools for a limited amount of time a week; anil speeches were made in favor of the resolution by all the leading speakers for the Governor's agricultural ideas. The resolution was referred to the Committee, on Education. A resolution introduced by Mr. Hayes of St. Joseph County, caused considerable friction in the House. It expressed the opinion that the next Republican national convention should declare itself opposed to trusts and monopolies. Most of the Republicans voted to table the resolution. The motion to table prevailed by a vote of 43 to 20. In :he Senate the constitutional rules were suspended nnd the hill fixing the term of the Appellate Court was passed. It fixes the end of the term in March, 1003. S. E. Nicholson of Kokomo, chairman of the committee representing the allied churches of the State, lirortght to Indianarolis on Monday a bill for changes in the di i-oree law. ami it was introduced in each branch of the Legislature. It simply provi ies that a divorced person shnll not remarry within two years after being divorced. The new nnti-Itoby race track bill was also introduced in each house. It confers on the Attorney General only the authority to hring injunction suits without giving bond. The legislation for reform in county nnd township business wos pushed along another notch on Tuesday, the house accepting the committee report favoring the passage of the bill to establish a county council in every county in the State. The comity and township bill will now go to h joint committee, which will report back bills for the consideration of the Republican caucus. The bill to prohibit licensed saloons in residence distiicts met with, favor in the House on Wei' nesday. A majority of the Committee on' Temperance recommended thnt the bill lie indefinitely postponed. The report was rejected ami the bill placed mi the calendar. Ni rthern Indiana members have brought forward n bill providing for the draining o:' the Kankakee swamps. The bill was introduced hy Representative Knotts. It. provides that mil ity commissioners may make drainage districts on petition ef the owners of lands to be drained. The commissioners may let the work of drainage to the highest bidder, or they may p'lrchuso the necessary machinery and do the work themselves. Any land owner in the district is to be permitted to do work at the price bid. The money needed to construct the ditch is to be contributed by the laud owner. His r'cet. The phrase "small vanities" does not seem vague until one has asked several people fo say what they would mean by it. Dickens liked a ml necktie, and other celebrated men have Iwen childishly devoted to certain articles of dress; but that might only indicate their having a sense of the beautiful. There is, however, a kind of precau

tion over personal detail which seems

to proceed from vanity nitd from nothing else. Maclisp, the artist, once did a fulllength portrait of Sir Edward "Bnlwer Lytton, and a sorry time he hn-1 of it For the author was hard to please; now this was not right and now that. Tin "complexion of the hrind" was to be escciall.v noted, and the painter must be very particular aliout the feet. The feet. Indeed, caused im end of annoyance. Bulwer insisted on having them very small, but. Macllse painted then: the natural size. Then BuIVvcr came to see them, aud would have them (lituiuisUed.

The artist yielded, perforce: but he

had one resource, varnishing day. when

pictures can lie "retouched" so long as Mine will admit. Then ami there he

quietly painted In the feet again of the proper size, and the author had to see them thus on the day of exhibition.

Origin of Playing-card Murks. The murks on flaying cards are snid to have their origin In a symbolic representation oi' four different classes of society. Hearts represent the clergy, spades the nobility (derived from the Italian word "spads." meaning swnril), clubs the serfs iintl diamonds Ihe citizens. Fish that Shoots His Prey. The archer fish can shoot a drop of water live or six feet, HrlkliiK bugs ami tiles that it finds: resting on boughs nliove llic water or tying iu the nir. The blow is so sharp that the prey is disabled anil knocked down, when the (Ish immediately captures it. Hnee Workhouse in Liverpool. The largest workhouse in the world Is at Liverpool, and it has accommodation for no fewer than 5.000 iumates. It is not, however, often tilled. Sailor I toys Tan rht to Sins;. One of the most; curious institutions connected with the British navy Is the oflice of "inspector of singliist." On all training ships the boys are instructed in singing, by tutors, who receive nltout $50 a year for the service. On each of llic ships there is a tunic koI fa class, where the boys are taught to sing patriotic airs. This ability lo slug stirring music litis a very enlivening and Inspiring; Influence upon the crows, and night. In some canes, i-olls-l-lent lily frighten an enemy. Gold and Silver Beetles. The biost remarkable gold beetles in the world are found in Central America. The bead aud wing canes ure brilliantly polished with a luster ns of gold Itself. To sight and touch they have

Ml the seeming of metal. Oddly enough, another species from the same region has the appearance ef being

wrought iu solid silver, freshly bur

nished. These gold nnd silver beetles have a market value. They are worth from $25 to $50. The Hllver beetles are

tit a discount.

NEW QUADRUPED DISCOVERED? Tonah-Hkinncd Animal Resembling; a AntKater Found tn Patagonia. Tn these latter days, when peopie are constantly bearing of the threatened iflnctlon of various tribes of animals, the news of the discovery of an entirely new species of quadruped Is startling. The fact of the existence of a hitherto unknown anlmnl has been brought to light by Dr. Florentino Anicghino, who for some time past has had reports of A mysterious creature of nocturnal habits brought to him by several Indians, and a few years ago the late Ramon Lists, while hunting in the interior of Santa. Crnss, was startled by the appearance of a strange animal, which he described to Dr. Ameghiuo "as a pangolin without scales, and covered with reddish hair." Llsta shot at the creature, but it waa apparently bullet proof, for It disappeared into the brushwood, and although Instant search was made no trace of the animal was to be found. As no further 'evidence was to be found, Dr. Ameghlno was inclined to think that the naturalist had been deceived; but he has just received a skin from South Patagonia which proves lhat Lists was correct In his statement. On examination the ossicles which were embedded in the skin, "like paving stones in a street," proved that Ibe animal evidently belonged to the pangolins or scaled ant-eaters, familiar to naturalists, but instead of being scaly It Is covered with coarse, reddish gray balr, while the skin itself, which Is two centimeters thick, is so remarkably tough that It can only be cut with a hatchet. This explains why tho bullet bad no effect upon It. Londpn Mall.

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Queen and Crescent Route and Southern Railway. 109 miles shortest line to Florida and the West Indies. Henry A. Salxer, manager of the John A. Sni ier Seed Co- La Crosse. Wis., seat his alma mater, the Charles City, Iowa, College, a New Year's gift of three thousand dollars. To Florida.. Queen and Crescent Two Fast Vestlhnled . trains daily Cincinnati to Jacksonville. Mrs. WlnKlow-s Soot n: 0 Sntrr fur CalidfM tretbtnjr : 8olt. na tlie gums, rcnuces iafia.mink.Ua-. alUra pin, cu wind colic aetata bottle.

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