Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 21 February 1899 — Page 2
Republican Progress. I
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LOOMINGTON, IND.
, A. QABC - Editor and Publisher.
189 FEBRUARY. 1899.
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CIECLINGr THE GLOBE
CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN oaVs DOINGS.
I htAtcmteA hv Imnnived Distribution at Re-
tall of Heavy Winter Goods.
The following report Is made by Brad-
Itreet's: "That some favorable effects are
ikely to follow the atmospheric changes
t the week is evidenced by reports of Improved distribntion at retail of heavy
inter goods, while the effect on spring
trade appears to be chiefly regarded as
ne of retardation rather thnn of positive
Injury. In leading staples the strength f prices is still a feature, nil the gains made in January bring sustained, if not further improved. Some reflection of the
?old wave is fonnd In the advance in wheat, showing an inclination to concede
some damage to the winter wheat crop, in
view of claims that snow protection is
lacking in many sections. The strength of cotton, while to some extent based on smaller receipts and a reduction of the
usual 'winter crop, appears maimy due to the cheerful tone of the cotton goods market and the strength of demand and price manifested by those staples both at home and abroad. Wheat, including flour, shipments for the week aggregate
,S70,500 bushels, against 6,58T.s ousn-
els last week. Corn exports for the week
aggregate 3.865.G22 bushels, against A697,731 bushels last week."
latelllsence by Electric "Wire frow my (turter of the Civilised World, JCmbraclnc Foreign Affaire ad Ho e Happening.
An Extra, Session, The President has conveyed assurances 10 mm of the party leaders in Congress that lie will certainly call Congress to gather in extra session if it fail to pass the army reorganization bill at the present session. In answer to .repeated inquiries the Administration has been obliged to decline all propositions looking to the tiding over of the needs ot te army by passing a Joint resolution, Imply extending the appropriations on the basis of the present organization, bOMJng that this deriee would be utterly Inadequate to meet the necessities of the "no status of the volunteers would, it is said, be extremely nnsatislaetory nd then would be absolutely no assurance that the President eonld retain tnem in the service, even when the emergency is pant Tor a Hew Mai no. A year ago Wednesday the battleship Kaine went down in the Havana harbor. Wednesday the keel of the new battleUp Maine was laid at Cramp's Ship Tarda, Philadelphia. There was no cereMay, u is expected it will be ready lor touching by this time next year. The Maine will be a sister ship to the Ohio and Missouri, the contract price tor each St which is 12,885,000. She is to have a speed of eighteen knots with a length on load water line of 3S3 feet and a beam of seventy-two feet two and onehalf Inches. She will have a normal displacement of 12.500 tons and a draught of twenty-three feet, six inches. Her bonkers will be large enough to carry 8.000 tons of coal and her complement of
officers, seamen and marines will be
abomt HO men. Vraace and Eastland May War. The Toulon correspondent of the London iDaily Mail, remarking upon the extraordinary activity at the arsenal tliere and generally in the French naval works, ""It is believed that Mr. L octroy, Minister of Marine, expects war with Great Britain within two years, and it Is notorious that a war with France is being preached in official circles in England. "Troons are being poured into Tunis.
Caasiea and Algeria, and war material is
being dispatched to all the colonies. French officers openly boast that they
will sweep the British fleet oat of the
Mediterranean.'; Preaideat Vanre Dead.
Felix Fame, President of the Republic of France, died at 10 o'clock Thursday Bight; after an illness of three hoars of
apoplexy.
It has been known for some time that
President Fame's heart was weak, but
the first intimation that he was sick was
riven at half past six in the afternoon,
when a message was dispatched by the
family to tne premier, At. impuy, an
nonaelng that he was ill. M. Dupuy im
mediately repaired to the Elysee. All medical effort proved futile, and the
President died at the stroke of ten. Extradition Treaty. The Department of State has received a
report from Ambassador Clayton at the
City of Mexico showing that the Govern'
meat of the United Stales and Mexico have just agreed upon a new extradition treaty to replace that which lapsed about
a fortnight ago. Fugitives from justice
in either country will be disappointed in
not securing the asylum they had expect'
ed, for The treaty will be retroactive so as
to cover crimes committed since, tne ex
piration of the former treaty. Bta; Fire in Akron.
A fire destroyed the Immense plants and office buildings of the Thomas Building and Lumber Company, Akron Ohio. The loss will amount to $100,000 or more, largely insured. The entire business
portion of the city was threatened for
time. Sparks and burning embers were carried for several miles. Several small
ares were started but quickly ex
tinguished. Millions ol feet of lumber
were destroyed. XiMioaarieA Mnrdered.
" Advices from Shanghai say that Chinese
Insurgents captured the city of Chang Lo, January 12, murdered several officials, and it is believed mnrdered a numbei of
missionaries. Many native Christians
have been killed. A Chinese secret so
ciety offers a reward for every missionary
aiara. viceroy inang lias ordered foreign-drilled regiment to the scene. Firemen Injured.
Sight Bremen were injured by falling walla in the Baltimore Barrel Company's
building which was on fire. B. Pistel and Loui Bamterman may. die. Small
raanoiai loss. To Be Court Martlaled.
It Is announced at Madrid that all com'
manders of Spanish war vessels de
stroyed at Manila and Santiago are to be
, co art-mart laioa. Med ml for Anna Gould.
The Senate has adopted a joint resolution admitting Osborne Deignan, the Mer-
rimae hero, to tne Annapolis Navy Academy. It also adopted a resolution pre
senting a medal to Anna (Krald as an ac
kno led ge meat of services to the soldiers
daring the war. Killed by Gaa Explosion;
By an explosion ol natural gas in the
Dome ol Charles A. Fumfur. Marion. Ind
both Pumfer and bis wife were fatally
ioju re a. ine noose, a nve-room cottage,
was i many aestroyca. Seven Years for MuMer.
J. B. Atkinson, who stood in British Colombia last summer and shot William Patterson, who was on th American side at Blaine, has been sentenced to seven
years at hard labor in the State peniten
tiary. The Canadian authorities gave Atkinson ap to the American officers af
ter the tragedy. Another Great Fire In Chicago.
More than $1,00,000 was lost in a fire which destroyed the seven-story brick warehouse at 12 to 24 West Water street.
Chicago, owned by E. B. Butler of But
ler Bros., and occupied by the Traders'
Storage Company and the Merchants and
Manufacturers Company.
NEW USE FOR CORNSTALKS.
Pith Better than Cotton for Manufacture
or smoKCicss rowoer. At the big powder works of the Da-
ponts at Carney's Point, N. J., Interest
ing experiments in smokeless powder are being made by experts in the employ of
the government. One of the difficulties
that has attended the manufacture so
far is that the powder is not wholly smokeless and that is apparently loses strength through storage. The experiments, it is snid, led to the discovery that cotton could not be ground fine enough to bring about the best results and that the powdered pith of cornstalks gave somewhat better results. This fact Is only partly authenticated. If it should prove of lasting value, a new source of revenue is opened up for farmers, since thousands of acres of cornstalks annually go to waste in the field, although much is being used in the manufacture of cellulose.
MAY BE MISSING CREW.
Story of Prisoners In Siberia Recalls
Disappearance ot a Schooner. A late report to the effect that a num
ber of American prisoners, whose names are unknown, are confined In a certain Siberian prison, undergoing penal punishment, has aroused a hope that among these men may be fonnd the crew of the lost sailing schooner E. E. Webster,
which was last heard from in Bering Sea waters in April, 1800. It has been thought that the Webster either drifted into Asiatic waters or was purposely sailed across the straits by her captain. I. Liebes. ot San Francisco, the owner of the Webster, however, says that there
little or no doubt that the vessel went
down during a severe storm, and that all on board were lost.
Killed Arter Valiant Struggle. Jacob Gerbrandt, night fireman at the
Hunt Stamping works, on Hickox street, near Euclid avenue, Cleveland, was found
dead in the boiler room of the plant, hav
ing been stabbed through the heart. The
case is shronded in mystery. Hie motive for the crime was. evidently, not burglary, for Gerbrandt's money nnd watch
were found on his body. Appearances indicated that the murdered man made
valiant struggle for life. The only
clew fonnd was a woman's knit fascinat
or, which was lying near the body. The theorv is advanced by the police that
Gerbrandt may have been holding a clan
destine meeting with the woman and
that n lover or husband witnessed the meeting and killed Gerbrandt. The mur
dered man was 40 years old and had a
wife and three children.
One Man Killed and Five Injured.
One man was killed and five seriously
Injured in a powder explosion at Moss-
grove, Pa. The victims were members of a construction gang and were blasting rocks near Moesgrave. It is supposed
that a spark faom a pipe ignited a keg of
powder. . Nutht Watchman Burns to Death,
The Delaware and Hudson depot, Swce-
Mf1! Hotel, the Saratoga Company's an
nex and Schaeffer's cafe, in Saratoga, N,
V . were burned. James V. Snyder,
night watchman, burned to death. The joaa is 160,000, partly covered by insor
nous full of smoke and in a room off the kitchen four persons lying on a mattress which had been placed on the floor, all dead, and in the kitchen three other persons in a state of insensibility. The policeman, on entering the house, found a woman sitting beside a table. She did not speak. The officer threw open the windows to cleRr the smoke. Then he perceived an elderly man lying on a lounge nnd a young man sitting in a chair beside the stove. The old man was aroused, but.1 as he could not talk intelligently, the officer went into the next room. On the floor, covering a mattress, were four persons, and the officer found os lie stooped over
them that they were all dead. All were partially undressed. Tn the kitchen was a small wood stove in which a tire was burning, but there was little wood in It. The unconscious persons were taken to
the police station and physicians summon
ed, who gave treatment to save me uvea of the unfortunates.
HALF A MILLION IN ASHES.
Flames Destroy Two Largo Establish
ments at Cincinnati. A fire causing a loss of $500,000 started
mysteriously in the upper stories of the hat manufacturing establishment of Knhn, Fellheimer & Co.. at Cincinnati, and before the engines could get to work the fire hud communicated to the clothing house of H. A. Seinhcimcr & Co. Next to that stood the corner building, occupied by Sanford, Varner & Storrs, containing a valuable stock of clothing and material. The first-named buildings were entirely
burned out, but the firemen succeeded In
saving the corner building at the expense of practically ruining the contents. Tbe
entire fire department was called out, and
a perfect deluge of water was thrown.
Nevertheless the fire fonnd its way into
the rear of buildings fronting on Race street, occupied by 8. L. Weller & Co..
Louis Wald & Co. and Hcins t Metns, all clothiers, and causing considerable loss, although It was checked before the buildings were destroyed.
PLOT TO KILL THE MIKADO.
Assassin Said to Have Been Employed
by the Chinese Government. A remarkable story reached Port Townsend by the steamship Olynipia regarding a conspiracy farmed in Pekln for the purpose of willing the Emperor of Japan. According to this information an assassin was employed for that purpose and dispatched'to Japan. He was under the employ of the Chinese Government. A report of the plot reached Japan and the Emperor's palace is strongly guarded and all strangers are placed und'.r surveillance. Combine of Paper Ba( Manufacturers. A paper bag trust has been floated, with a capital stock of over $25,000,000. One of the firms involved is the Western Paper Bag Company of Bataria, III., which operates a big paper mill at Kaukauna. The trust 1b organised to allow the joint use of patents owned by one of the interested companies. The combine will embrace 85 per cent of the paper bag manufacturers of the country.
News of Andree's Fate.
A gold mine owner named Monastyr-
schin has received a letter saying that a
tribe of Turgusos. inhabiting tbe Timnr
peninsula. North Siberia, recently informed the Russian police chief of the district
that between Komo and Pit, in tbe province of Yeniseisk, they found a cabin con
structed of doth and cordage, apparently belonging to a balloon. Close by were the bodies of three men, the head or one badly crushed. Around them were a num
ber of instruments, the use of which was not understood by the Turgusos. It is believed that the bodies nre those of the
aeronaut, Hcrr Andree, and his companions.
Cleveland Block Burned Out. The Kelly block, on Superior street.
Cleveland, was destroyed by fire. It was occupied entirely by the Globe clothing store, owned by Simon Fox & Co. The stock of the Globe store was flvalued at $50,000. The damage to the Kelly block amounts to $20,000. The Crittcnde nblock adjacent was damaged to the extent of $10,000, while the block west of the Globe
store suffered to the extent of $5,UW. -Nus-
baum & Strauss, clothiers, lose $15,000.
Samuel Barker & Sons, printers and sta
tioners in the Crittenden block, lose $10,000. Total losses are $150,000.
Seven Burned to Death.
Silas Jones and his six children were
burned to death on the Richardson and May plantation at Corner Stone, Ark,
The house and its contents were destroyed
and none ot its inmates escaped. It is thought the house caught fire after its occupants went to sleep. Mr. Jones' wife
whs away from home for the night and
owing to that fact escaped. Body Found In Seattle Bay. The body of Myron Wilson Johnson,
chief cook of the steamer Greyhound, was found floating in the bay at Seattle, Wash. Johnson at one time was a prominent
citizen of Burlington, Vt., where he was
cashier of a bank. Between the years
1889 and 1896 he was cashier and assist
ont manager of the Masonic Temple in
Chicago. Resort In the President's Hands.
President Mclvinley has received the
report of the board that has been investlcatinc the conduct of the war. It exon
erates the subsistence officials of the army
and says the beef furnished the troops
was up to the ordinary trade standard. Train Wrecked In New York.
A Delaware and Hudson train was
wrecked near Cummings Station, N. Y
The engine turned over, and tbe engineer,
W. S. Combs, and his little boy, 10 years
old. were killed. The rest of the tram
hands and passengers escaped. $33,000 Fire Loss.
In Webster Grove, a suburb of St.
Louis, the Allen building, containing the
opern house, 8. Strauss' bakery, Uredell A. Conklins's meat market and F. W.
Farrineton's general store, burned. Loss
is estimated at $35.000. Two Killed by Black Damp.
John L. RuBsell and E. L. Wright were
killed by black damp in the Diamoadville
mine, at Dlamondville, Wyo. ten otb-
era were overcome, but were rescued in
time to save their lives.
Killed In a Cleveland Saloon. John Visocke, a Slav, was shot and
almost instantly killed in a saloon and
dance hall at the cohner of Hill and Cross streets, Cleveland, by the saloonkeeper.
John Skintyck. The killing was the result of a quarrel over a liquor bill, which it is alleged Visocke owed the saloon
keeper. Skintyck disappeared from the
place before the arival of the police, but
was captured.
Big Paper Mills tor Maine. The Great Northern Paper Company,
with a capital stock of $4,000,000, all of which has been subscribed by leading cap
italists in New York and Boston, will be
gin immediately tbe construction of mills
on the Penobscot river, in Maine, with a
capacity of 250 tons ot news paper a day.
Tbey have purchased about Z'MWO acres of timber lands, situated along the Penobscot river. ! Kills Michigan Fruit Crop. Reports from the different fruit belts in
Michigan are of a most discouraging na
ture, especially as regards peaebes. All the growers and experts are unanimous
ly of the opinion that the cold snap has
practically killed all of the coming season's crop of peaches, and thousands ot trees are also said to have been killed.
Miller Takes Hollo.
The United States forces under Brig.
Gen. Miller captured Hollo, capital of th island of Pansy, and seat of the so-called
government of tht Vlsayas federation
after a bombardment. Indlma Village Almost Destroyed.
The business portion of the village of
Plcosont Mills, Ind., was almost totally
destroyed by fire. The loss is about $10, 000. Find Dellenbaugh Guilty.
At Cleveland, the Circuit Court found
Judge F. E. Dellenbaugh guilty as charg
ed in the third specification.
Americans Win at Caloocan.
The 'American forces made a combined attack upon Caloocan, Philippines, and
reduced it in short order.
Fire Destroys a Providence Theater. The Star Theater in Providence, R. L, was destroyed by fire, and several tores in the front part of tbe theater building were badly damaged. The loss is estimated at about $30,000. Famous Breeder Passes Away. Mark Wcntworth Dunham, owner of the famous Onklawn farm at Wayne, 111., and the most extensive breeder of thoroughbred horses in the world, died at Mercy Hospital, Chicago. .St. Louis Firm Falls. Francis W. Bergin, one of the largest mattress manufacturers in the West, tiled a bankruptcy petition in the United States District Court at St.. Louis. His liabilities aggregate $34.000. Governor's Mansion Burned. At Frtfhkfort, Ivy., the Governor's mansion was destroyed by fire, An early lire was extinguished, but it broke out again. Most ot Gov. Bradley's valuable personalty was saved. Coal Mines Closed by Strike. Six hundred and fifty miners employed
bv the Choctaw Coal Company, Indian
territory, have gone out on strike. The
mines of the company are practically shut
down. McClurg's Book Stars Burns,
McClurg's book store In Chicago was burned the other day, entailing a loss of
$502,000. Four Fersons Found Dead.
A policeman who went to a small house in the rear of a shoe factory at Marlboro, Mas., to investigate a fire found the
Spanish Government Will Not Sell.
The Spanish Government has decided
not to sell the Caroline Islands. MARKET REPORTS,
Chicago Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.2f.; hags, shipping grades,
$3.00 to $4-25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.0G
to $4.75: wheat. No. 2 red, 72c to 73c
corn. No. 2. 30c to 38c: oats. ISO. , ac
to 29c: rye. No. 2, 55c to 5c; butter.
choice creamery. 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh
21c to 23c; potatoes, choice, 35c to 45t
per bushel.
Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3.00 t
$5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.25
sheep, common to choice. $2.50 to $4.25
wheat. No. 2 red, (19c to 71c: corn, No
white, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 80c
to 32c.
St. Louis-Cattle, $3.50 to $0.25; hog!
$3.00 to $4.25: sheep, $3.00 to $4.50;
wheat. No. 2, 73c to 75c; corn. No.
yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 30c
rye, No. 2, 55c to 5(lc.
Cincinnati Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hog!
$3.00 to $4.25; sheen, $2.50 to $4.50
wheat. No. 2, 74c to 70c, corn. No.
mixed, 35c to 8flc; on is, No. 2 mixed, 30t
tc 32r; rye. No. 2, 'i-c lo (We
Detroit Cuttle. $2.50 to $5.75; hogs,
$2.50 to $4.25; sheep. $8 00 to $4.
rheat. No. 2. 73t to 7tc: et-rn. No. v yellow. 30c to 38c; oats. No. 2 white, 32c
lo 34c; rye, (lie to 03e.
ToledoWheat, No. 2 mixed, T.ic. !
74c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 80r to 37c; nut
No. 2 while. 2!ie to 81c; ry. No. 2. .".(
to 58c; clover seed, new, $1.10 lo $4.11
Milwaukee--Wheat. No. 2 spring, 70i
to 72c; corn, No. S, 32c lo 34c; oats, N
2 white, 30c lo 32c; rye, No. 1, Due K 58c
barley. No. 2. 45c lo 52c; pork, mess,
$10.00 to $10.50.
Buffalo Cattle, good shipping steers
$3.00 to $0.00; hogs, common to rhoic
$3.25 to $4.50; sheep, fail to choice vctli ers, $3.50 to $4.75; lambs, common I
extra, $4.50 to $5.25.
New York-Cattle, $3.25 to $0.00; hog!
$3.00 to $4.75; sheep. $3.00 lo $4.7
wheat, No. 2 red, 83c to 85c: corn. N
2, 43c to 4(lc: oats, No. 2 white, 30c
37c; butter, creamery, lc to 23c; egg!
Western. 22c to 24c
GEORGE WASHINGTON, the hero, has always obscured George Washing.,... the man. and ioMinsMi. ties of the man made the hero. Whenever the two characters have been distinguished the) h nP studies, with the result that one class of writers ...nke him sublime genius a...! the !'" ' great by circumstances. Washington was as great in wisdom and foresight a..l as as he was as a soldier. His physical endowments, his qualities of mind, his ha bits edu.mon m d ' h? life rnnnd him out nnd develop him into n perfectly balanced man. No one faculty p H-iug .IcvcIo.h, . , e a no l.cr a his . I fe a simplicity that appeared commonplace, but it was the simplicity of genius. Though a man of pro it '' "''" approached. An aristocrat by lineage he was a man of the people. Kuy.noteU,. ojU ! cero-
Though his outdoor life as a surveyor, a souuer mm laiu.i-. , f is
health it did not quench his taste for gay uniforms or Wfn.ouanie , ;" ,V.; habiliments of
in the thirty odd portraits of mmseir, a tew pnimeu in no- ,-u..ik.-... ,. ... .
He was as straight as an Indian, six feet two inches ton, w..n mrge n ....-. '"' n
a No. 1 1 shoe, ami I.iifnyjttc said iiir nanus womu uuvv uceu u .wj
weighed 210 pounds.
IT,
. , . .. a o n rm ,, f 1,1 l ft mir nil 111,1 Mil. . I, fill (1,11
Washington dovoteu n ucn inougm ''''";"''" ""'" ,75.1
was sixteen has several long aim einnoriui- rau "; .......... ..... , ' ., ,i
a "superfine blue broadcloth coat wit 11 silver trimmings, u prs. mr n-i. - - . a Kupirum "mi ' . , ,.,. , lu l the I'nsh on. During
mix d or marine color it suk muse. n i vimi-m u.i ... .. j , , ; mix u i"i ' , . ,i.t.t.,i : ,,,n s.iiin mul nt one of li s levees, he was i lnd
imiiy.
robust
apparent.
a cavalier.
bins: feet large, rcnuiring
This may explnin why he rarely shook nanus
To his clothing
written when he
records having bought
prs. of fashionable
Washington a presidency a cnuer oescrit- mm ". " - ,,- - - ... , ...
"in black velvet; his hair in full dress, powdered mid gathered behind ... a large s.ik nag. " k"? ",,i
inc a cocked hat with a cockode in It, tn? euges nionien nu ........ .... ...... shoe buckles and a long sword with n finely wrought and polished sleel hilt: the scabbard was win e polished leather. WWver he hannened to be Wasliiiigto,, was constantly demanding .1 washrrlndy. The bill of his I, undress for the Wherever n' """I J" f 'tion was fn- "i milled shirts, 2 plain shirts. S stocks, 3 pair silk hose, 2 w-nte hand.. 2 silk h7nd i nr flanl drawers Thai" not,." He d "oil from his residence to the Senate in a cream-colored chariot with richly painted HtoZZa MM t PMh the general's huge boots all the way up-a task performed every morn-ine-and the father of his country beat the luckless darky over the head with them. Washington was hot-tempered. He wanted John Marshall, afterward the famous ji.Mire. to run for Congress and sent forhlrr 1 to exnlain his wishes. Marshall told Washington he was too poor, ho could not afford to give up Ins business and for him to explain n,s wK Iks. Washil gum's wishes Marshall says he never received such a torrent of abuse rnf, life Hi feared Washi g.onT, Id jump him from across the table, but the row ended in Marshall remaining Washta, ,hPn run"irS for Co"RrPSS 0n,, ,M,i"S """""I'- ,Was,hi"K,,n s thoroughly upright JhSiJ hs dealing" with men. James Part on said lie had a genius for rectitude. Jefferson, who did not like In in, id hisTts to. the most inflexible he had ever known and that no motives of friendship or hatred were able to bias his decision Washington was a fnithful attendant at church and was a vestryman, but he took no active part in church affairs outside its business relations.
WHERE HONOR IS DUE.
If you please, you may laud George up to As the man 'who won battles and never told
lies. ... . .,,
rou may tell of Ms virtues m nwu Bow bcnearcfully slf.cd the right from the
wrong: . . ,
Of his wisdom la counsel, nis ur.c,
How hedrove the grim British away from
our snore. . .
You may eherlsli torever n uai And up odthc skies our brave Washtnston Long.'lSns may we hold him an example to
For hones'ty. temperance, courage sod
truth.
While we gsxe with delight on a structure
so grand. . .
Let us honor the bulloer woo arew ouv iu
And adae'd, through years of Infinite ere. Small stone upon stone, firmly llxlng them And though this may be but a girl's point of Let us give credit where It Is certainly And pluck from his laurels one leaf for another, , . So three cheers for our George, and four for his mother. Touth's Companion.
cup on the snueer's edge before Betting it down on the tablecloth. He did it with sueh audible vigor that it attracted my attention, and that of several young people present, always on the alert for occasions of laugh .-r. We were so indiscreet ns to allow our amusement to become obvious. (Jen. Washington took iu the situation, rnd iuum-diately adopted his visitor's riotliod of drinking his coffee, making the scrape een more pronouueed thnn the cop he reproduced. Our disposition to laugh was quenched at onee."
WASHINGTON AS AN OLD MAN.
Ae Found Him Nobly Generous- 1Mbl.ificd at All Time. "You will meet, sir, an old gentleman riding alone, in plain drab clothes, a ':rouil-br: mined white hat, a hickory (.-witch in his hand, and carrying an umbrella with a long staff, which is attached 1:0 the saddle-bow. That person, sir, is i;;en. Washington." This delightful portraiture of Washington in his old age, when the storms had passed and life ran :n quiet proves by the side of bis beloved I'otomac, was drawn by young Custis,
way passed the last years of the noblest mail of his age perhaps of any age.
KNOCKED WASHINGTON DOWN.
Father of His Country Given a Black l.yc by u Virginia 1'nlitlcian. Washington was an eminently fair man, He had a quick temper, but us a rule he kept it under control. Sometimes, bowever, it got the best iff him. This was the case once in Alexandria, Ya., when Washington was knocked down by Lieut. I'ayue. 1'ayne was 11 euudidatu for the
Legislature against Fairfax of Alesnu
STATE LAW MAKERS. The constitution of the State of Indiana will not be revised In 1001. The Senate on Thursday defeated the bill for a constitutional convention to be held in May of that year. Senator Huggs' bill to change the rule of practice in personal injury cases so us to make it conform to that of the United Stnte:i courts passed the House. It is the result of ten years of Dgitntion by organised latior. Under the new rule the plaintiff in personal injury eases will not have to prove that he was not negligent. The House passed the bill, which originated in that body, exculpating the buyer of votes and providing thai the seller be disfranchised for ten years. The two old political parties by enforcing such n law hop,, to take "floaters' out of the market. The bill prepared
by the State commission for a uniform ! system of tiookkccpiug in county offices and for inspections under the direction of 1 he Stale Auditor, which passed the Senate, was killed in the House. By n vote of 03 to 7 the House on Monday passed what is known as the "Wolf Lake harbor bill." The measure grants (he right of way through a neck of land between Wolf hike and Lake Michigan for a waterway, and it is designed to make Wolf lake 11 barlior for t ie city of Hammond. The bifl does not appropriate say money for the enterprise, but the work
is to be done through an appropriation by the general government, uupplemented by fundi) raised among the people of Hammond. The bill to crcnte county councils in every county in the State passed the Senale on Wednesday. The bills for reforms in enmity nnd township government nre now all in the House. Both branches suspended the constitutional rule and passed a bill creating a commission to make plans for taking part in the exp'jsltion to be held at Toledo in 1002. A special committee in the House reported it favor of allowing the claim against the State of $5,000 held by Mrs. Kdwin May of Chicago. The claim is thirty-nine years old and hns been before every Legislature for twenty years. The following are among the new bills introduced: Uy Mr. Artman Concerning the construction of court houses in certain counties. Ry Sir. Artman To prohibit commissioners from giving the right of way over county roads to electric tailroads.
By Mr. Barlow To keep creeks clear
of drifts, etc. Bv Mr. Dilley To authorize county au
ditors to draw on other counties for the amounts assessed against the school
funds.
By Mr. Dilley To amend the law re
garding justices of the peace.
By Mr. Caraway To require electric
aluriii hells at railway crossing.
By Mr. Wilfoughby To maintain day
schools for the deaf.
Bv Mr. Scott of Montgomery To
n 1, lend the art concerning real property,
Bv Mr. Hoots To fix the compensation
of Stale officers.
By Mr. Roots To provide for a fee and
salary commission.
By Mr. Baker of Whitley To amend
the act concerning interest.
By Mr. Lcif To prohibit combinations.
By M r. Baker of aiartm 10 maae post ing of warning notices effectual.
Bv Mr. Scott of Montgomery To
amend the dog Inw.
By Senator Drummond Allowing .suit
to lie brought against the administrator of nil estate on property claimed to have
heen conveyed to him personally. By Senator Early Providing for a uniform to wnship government. Bv Senator Burly Concerning the elec
tion and qualification Jf justices of the
nonce.
By Senator Hawkins Regulating the State inspection of oil and taking the npnnintment of the State oil Inspector away
from the State geologist and giving it to
the Governor.
By Senator Wood To prevent extortion
bv the owners of stock yards.
By !5enator Lambert Amending the
present, hotfi "(teari-ocat ibw so ns to not
make it prima tncie evidence or intention
on the part of n guest to defraud the hotel
dria. Washington supported F airfax. nnd ! bv removing his baggape.
when be met rayne be made n remark 1 By Senator Inmnn To prevent lynch
ing by compelling tne snernt to arm
WASHINGTON'S SECRETARY.
Tobias Lear, Who Witnessed the First
President's ueatn. When Gen. Washington died on Dec. 14,
1709, his private secretary, lomns tar, sat down and wrote a full account of tin? moUneholv event. His account is a most
Important document to biographers, but j
It has rarely, tr ever, necn puuiww-u full and the manuscript has been supposed lost.
Tohins Trfar was born ot l'ortsmouiii,
N. H., Sept. 10, 1702, and died at Wash
ington. D. C-, Oct. 11. U1. ne "as graduated from Harvard in I7S3. and m
1785 became private secretary i" "- tv.tilnrton. In 1S02 he was appMuted
conBiil general nt Santo Domingo, and ill 1804 consul general at Algiers. In 1S05 he negotiated a treaty of pence with Tripoli. Col. Iiear's manuscript, above re
ferred to, has wen supposed to ne losi, hni- the editor of McClure's Magaxlue has
discovered it in the possession of a descendant of the writer, and prints it en
tirely. Col. Lear describes asuingion s
last moments as follows:
"About 10 o clock he made several attempts to speak before he could effect it. At length he said: 'I inn just going; have me decently buried, and do not let my bods be put into the vault iu less than
three onys auer 1 m i-.
'I bowed assent, for 1 could not speaK.
He then looked at me again and said:
Do you understand me ; "I replied, 'Yes.
" ' 'Tis well,' said he. "About ten minutes before he expired
(which was between 10 and 1 1 o clock! his 1. nl. :n t,M-nmn nnuinr? be Inv nuiellr!
he withdrew his hand from mine, and felt move gently down the stream of life until
us. lce I snw his ennolennnee I sleep with my fathers, was grunreu.
change. I spoke to Dr. Craik, who sat by he fire. He came lo the bedside. The
general's hand fell from the wrist. 1 took
It in mine nnd put. It into my bosom. Ii .
Craik put his hands over his eyes. And he expired without a 1 1 niggle or a sigh.
'While we were hxed in snem grier,
Mrs. Washington (who was silting nt the
foot of the bed) asked with a hrm and collected voice: 'Is he gone?' "I could not speak, but held up my hand as a signal that he was no more. " ' "Tis well,' said she in the same voice; 'all is over, and I shall soon follow him. 1 have no more trials to p;iss through.' "
adopted son of the patriarch, nnd intended to assist the recognition of Washington by I gentleman who had uskeil to be ilirectei'. lo him.
The wish of Washington when old lo
,Vud ' el, his latter days nt .Mount er-
11011 were busy days; for, every morning, ruin or sliiue. be would mount his horse
and make the circuit ot his farms, a dis
tance o: between twelve and Kftccn miles. Not a iHd or orchard, barn or cabin, w ood
or clearing, but what passed daily beneath his wa:ctitul eyes. His journal tells of a morning spent in leaching a rebellions coral honeysuckle vine to entwine the truuk of some stately forest tree; of the clearing away of the underbrush from a grove rf favorite pines; of making drills for the sowing of bolly-hcrries, etc. I'.wh day he gave personal directions to his overseers, regiilatiui: almost with the care of a father the busy life of the negro world, mid sometimes even attending directly 10 their needs and complaints. In a ield of the richest grass and ( lover Mount Vernon could afford, n lull old sorrel horse, with white face and legs, crop-
lied, in its season, the luxuriant herbage
(lOlll)t
Gen. Washington's Courtesy. In the Century there is nn article by Martha Littlelield Phillips, giving "Recollections of Washington and His Friends." The author is a granddaughter of the vouneest daughter of Gen. Nathaniel
Greene, and she tells the following story 1 (r stoml meditatively, in the shud-
in the words of her grind mm her, concern- j cSS dreaming of possed glories. Kv.-iy ing a visit of tbe latter to Washington at ; ,ay w:ile making bis round uf the farms, Philadelphia: Washington never failed to slop liefw "One incident which occurred during ! this Hi Id. lean over the fence iiml call,
Nclsoti, At the sound of his voice the old steed would prick op bis enrs and run neighing n greeiiug, to curve his neck under the caressing touch of his master's hum!. This was tile war horse, "Nelson," whose strong limbs had borne his master safely through tin' cnriinge and tumult ot many a Moody buttle lo the crowning honor nt Yorkti wii. where, sitting on his buck, tbe coiiinu iider-in-cliief of the American armies had received the surrender of Lord Coruwallia. In this uctivc, nuosu-ututious
thnt visit was so comical in itself, ami so
characteristic of Washington, thnt I recall it for your entertainment. Early iu a bright December morning, a droll-looking old countryman called to see the President. In the midst of their interview breakfast was announced; and the President invited the vise or. as was his hospitable wont on such occasions, to a scat beside him at the (able. The visitor drank his coffee from his uauccr; but lest any grief should come to the snowy damask, he laboriously scraped the bottom of uia
that Payne considered an insult, and
Payne knocked him down. The story went like lightning through the town that Col. Washington was killed, and some of his troops who were stationed at Alexandria rushed iu nnd would have made short work of Payne had Washington not prevented them. Ho pointed to his black eye and told them that this was a personal matter and that he knew how to handle it. Every one thought (hat this meant a
duel. The next day Payne got a note
from Washington asking him to come to the hotel. He expected a duel, but went. Washington, however, was in an amiable mood. He felt thnt he bad been iu the wrong, and said: "Mr. Payne, I was wrong yesterday, but if you have had sufficient satisfaction, lot us be friends." There was a decanter of wine and two glasses on tbe table which Washington had ordered to smooth over the quarrel. The two drank together and became such strong friends after thnt thnt Payne was one of the pall-bearcrs at Washington's funeral. TAKING ASTOR DOWN A PEG: Snubbed by a Hucbess and Unintentionally by a Huke's Gardener, William Waldorf Astor. the expstri atod American millionaire, who now resides in London, Is the .subject of a lengthy biographical sketch in Tit-Bits, n publication issued in die British enpil:il. Incidental lo I ho sketch It is reliited how the I indices of Cleveland gently set Him ilowu on one occasion. When his grand estate offices ou the Thames embankment were finished he gave a magnificent banquet to a number of swells. Showing one of the staircases in tbe building to the Duchess, Mr. Astor is allowed to have asked: "Isn't that handsome, your grace?"
"Yes. It certainly Is," replied the
I inches. "Isn't it more so t nan any oilier stairwise you ever saw?" Mr. Astor Is reported to have persisted.
At this the Duchess' back very natur
ally got up. "Yes," she said, gently, "I admire It very much. II Is much liner than out old" staircase at Battle nlihey, which has been spoiled these 200 or 300 years by' I ho spurs of those stupid old knights." Battle nliliev la probably 'be grand
est old place in Hnglaiid and compared
with Cliveden, Mr. Asior's country bouse, Is like a battleship to a torpedo
boat. Another story with a similar point Is related In the sajne sketch. Mr. Astor, It is averred, was lost in admiration ol
Hie liuke of West minster's luwn at I'live.leii when lie first saw it und, II Is said, asked the f.:nrdener: "How do you grow turf like that?" "Well, sir," says the gardener, rubbing his chin and looking very iimo cent, "you jest sows yet seed and then 'as it rolled every day. for a hundred years or so. sir." Simple in il iH Taste. George Whiiiglu was simple in his tastes." und during bis youth he was a hearty eater, but was not p.n iii ular as tc what he had. lie wanted plain food and plenty of it. During his later years lit ate very little. His nreukfast at Mount Vernon was f corn 11 lies, honey and tea, with possibly au egg. and after tint, he ate no more till dinner, lie kepi, how ever, a good table, and usually hail friends with him. A book written by Maclay gives bis cvperii-uccs .vhcu he was in thi United States Senate at the time Wash ingtoii was President. Mnclay dined witl
Washington 11 number ot limes, and scat
prisoner in danger of Irs life with a Winchester rifle and a revolver, and if he fails to do so the next of kin to the prisoner
mnv recover $.1,000 from his bondsmen,
Bv Senator Shea Providing for the an-
noiutment of gravel soad superintendents.
By Senator O'Connor Providing thnt where poor persons require tbe services of
nhvslcians they may select tnelr own pny
slcian and the township shall pny the bill.
By Senator Still wel Providing that "no'person having one-eighth part or more of negro blood shall be permitted to marry auy white woman or continue to live with such white woman in this State; nor shall a nv white man lie permitted to marry any
r.egro woman or any woman having ohe-
cighth part or more of negro blood, or con
tinue to lire with su:h woman iu this
State.
Bv Senator Nnsbauin To prevent dis
crimination in rates of charges by ex
press companies. More Rnphonions Dispatches.
William Blue wns p.n engineer in the
employ of one of the trunk railwaylines in this State. One of his duties
was to haul the through freight over
(lie western division, and his pet engine
wns No. 2. fine night he had an acci
dent. One of the fHus in the boiler of Ills pet engine blew mil and he was
stalled, blocking the main line. He reported the matter to the division super
intendent unwittingly as follows:
"Engine 2 blew out tt flue; wliut'll I
do? Bill Blue."
Then he sat down to await Instruc
tions. This Is what came over the wires from the superiutJwdent's tifBco
twenty minutes later:
"Bill Blue You plug that flue in en
Sine two and pull her through In time
lo get ont of the way ol' twenty-two.
This order In stack up In the cab of engine '.- Sinter (Mo.) Index.
Chairman Cannon of tbe Appropriations Committee of the House, in the course ot (he general debate on (he sundry civil bill on Thursday, sounded a note of warning against i extravagant appropriations, and practically served notice that neither the ship subsidy bill nor the Nicaragua canal bill could lie passed at this session. The general debate upon the sundry civil
bill was not concluded. Before it was
taken up quite a number of minor bills
were passed by unanimous consent. Throughout Irs open session (he Senate had under consideration the legislative, executive nnd judicial appropriation bill. The following bills were passed: Author
ing the Sioux City nnd Omaha Railway
Company lo constrict nnd operate a lail-
wny thrnngn the Omaha and Winnebago reservation in Thurston County, Neb, and to restore to their original status as to promotion officers of the navy and marine corps who lost numbers by reason of -the advancement of other officers for exceptional nnd meritorious service during
the wur with Spnin.
During the entire open session on Fri
day the Senate had under consideration
the legislative, executive and judicial appropriation bill. Little progress was made, the time largely being occupied with debate on minor topics. A hill amending an act to provide for the reimbursement of
Governors of States and territories for expenses incurred by them in raising and
equipping the volunteer army in the war
with spam wns reported by Mr. Warren
(Wyo.) from (he Committee on Military
Atrairs. 1 he bill went over to be printed. Mr. Allen (Neb.) offered a joint resolution providing for the submission to the. Legislatures of an amendment to the constitution providing for the election of United States Senators hy direct vote of the peo
ple, i lie resolution was laid on the ta
ble. A special message from the Presi
dent urging action on the Pnci6c cable was received. General debate on the sundry civil appropriation bill was concluded in the House. The speakers during
the day touched a variety of topics, but as a rule the debate lucked spirit and interest Mr. Doekery of Missouri, who Is at the head of the minority of the Appropriations Committee, re-enforced Mr.
Cannon's figures as to the deficiency in the
revenues: sir. ue Arntond of Missouri,
sir. uinetr or Massachusetts and others
discussed tbe policy ot expansion, and Mr.
Iientz of Ohio severely criticised the administration for exercising clemency in the case of Gen. Engan.
After n irnorl rlenl nt ilelinfn In fi.
n ... - - - - ... . m ate on Saturday, the legislative, executive nnd judicial appropriation bill was nau-
ed. A bill to amend an act entitled.
ort tr, ml,,, no (tu CnnwnnH m C .
" - - - - -- "- . .... - . uvio ui 01am and Territories for expenses incurred by
tncm in aiding tne untied states to raise and organize and supply and equip the volunteer army of the United States in the existing war with Spain" was passed. The House passed several bridge bills
inn oiner measures or minor Importance At no time durlnir the secatnn Af tk-.
Senate ou Monday was a quorum present, a majority of the members being snowbound at their homes. A sharp debate over the unanimous consent agreement
reached Saturday afternoon to vote on the McKnery resolution was precipitated early in the session. The agricultural appropriation bill was railed up, considered and passed with only n few unimportant amendments. A bill removing the disabilities of certain persons engaged in the civil war was passed. The raging bl lizard caused practically a suspension of b.isiness at the House. At 12:05 Clerk McDowell called the House to order. There were about sixty members on the floor. On motion of Sir. Grosvenor (Rep O.) Mr. Payne of New York was elected Speaker pro tern, amid an outburst ot applause. In executive cession the sundry civil bill was again taken up. After having completed fifty-nine pages of the bill the committee rose, nnd the House adjourned. The unanimous consent agreement reached by the Senate on Saturday th vote Tuesday afternoon on the resolution of Mr. McEnery (Dem., La. 1 declaring the policy of this Government in the Philippines was not vacated. In accordance with that agreement (he vote was taken on the resolution, and it was adopted 20 to 22. The Nicaragua canal bill was offered in the House amu amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill by Mr. Hepburn of Iowa, cho.irman of the committee that reported ;t, and the leaders on the respective sides nre engaged in a desperate struggle which involves the fate of the measure at this session of Congress. The debate lasted two hours and was not concluded. The House on Wednesday settled the fate of tbe Nicaragua renal bill in this Congress hy refusing to override the decision of (he chair, occupied by Mr. Hopkins, in committee of (he whole, when the chair held that the cunal bill offered as an amendment hy Mr. Hepburn was out of order. The reading of the sundry civil bill was continued. The appropriation for the deep waterways commission was increased from $00,000 to $00,000 on motion of the Appropriations Committee. After completing ten nilcitio lal pages of the bill the committee rose and (he House adjourned. A bill extending (he "cordial appreciation' of Congress to Miss Helen Miller Gould for her patriotic services during the recent war ami providing that the President should present to her a gold medal w.is passed hy the Senate. A bill was passed providing for rhe admission to the naval academy as cadet of Oscar W. Deignan, one of the Merrimae heroes. Senators Cullom, Sewell and Teller were mimed ns conferees on the legislative appropriation hill.
- A Deliberate Fellow. "Wns theirs a case of love nt first sight r "No: be didn't find out until a week ir two Intiu' that her father bad money."
Other PcopleV. "Timmlns Is rathtr necuiinr for a poet. He says he Is averse to notoriety." "That Is because of Its ail being gullied by other poets." Indianapolis Journal. Mushrooms as a Vaccine. According to a paper recently communicated to the Acsdemio des Sciences, Paris. M. Phisnllx has found that some kinds of mushroom afford a "vaccine" against the venom of snakes. The juice of (he 1111 shrooin renders a person immune against vlirs for a month or two. The Unofficial Statistician. "The people of the United States," says the Unofficial Statistician, "use about 2311.(100 had pencils each day, of which at b-ast 200.000 are ImrrowtHl." Indianapolis Journal.
Two Fotccs. "Force of habit puts lots of men in Jail." "Yes, but not so many ns the police force." Short-Lived iNotes. The average life f n note of the Bunk of Kngliind is a Hide less than seventy days. Notes are never reissued.
A Wonderful Itoho. There is aw echo at (he old palace of
tered through his diiiry are bits of gossit Simonel. fi.uear Milan, which repeats a about W'ashinctou. iilstol-st v, upwards of sixty times.
Notes ot Current Gventa. The army nppropriatiou bill this year calls for $IKI.(Kl),000. At (Jen. Brooke's suggestion, the collection of taxes in Cuba will lie taken away from the Bunk of Havau. The New Hampshire Legislature has passed n bill prohibiting the dissection of honorably discharged United States soldiers or sailors. Peter Holt of Dickinson County, Tenn., was shot from ambush in his yard, the contents of a shotgun being emptied into his right side fatally wounding him. (Jov. Snyers of Texas has sent a message tu the Legislature approving the request of the railroad commissioner for a law to punish railroads which diseriml na(o in freight rales and give rebates. The penalty suggested is confinement of olllcials in the penitentiary and forfeitnre of the charter of the company. A Boston woman nvertly wrote to the ag'.uit of the five civiliz.nl tribes in the In linn Territory for hall a dozen Indian names, which she wishen: to bestow upon her household pels. The ugent sent her the 111: iocs of Dennis P. O'Flannigan, John W. Brown. Silas Smith. J. Q. Scott, Samuel S. Benton and Asa P. Longfellow, all prominent Indians of the region. A telegram has !oe:i received in Washington announcing that Lieut. Castner, United Stales army, and two enlisted men, who disappeared in the frozen wilderness of the Klondik- Inst August, have arrived safely at Weure, ut (he mouth Of the Tniiana river. There is an oil buoni at the town of Scio. Ohio. Thirty wells have been completed wiihiu the village limits, and not a dry hole has been found. The average is thirty barn-Is to the well. Some of the wells tin drilled in back yards and some nn lav, ns. A Bolivar man has just completed a well on a town lo that started off at l(K) barrels a. day. They run front that dowu to lifleeu InrreU a day.