Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 4 December 1891 — Page 1
Diamonds,
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Jewelers
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Our Holiday Stock
Will mako friends, please everybody, and Bell itself on its merits. Don't wiiiI. The Beautiful displny or
Fine Jewelry. Watches, Silverware, Clocks, Bronzes, Etc.,
Tr iu-\v ideas, vnriotios, oddites, pretty conceits, unique conceptions and
siens is now ready. Chrno nod make your selections and have them ?"!™ida tor Christmas. Whatever your wants may be we can meet them with „?iul and appropriate selections, for we claim for our stock General Kxcel^uc" in Quality, Immense Variety 1 Reasonable Prices.
KLINE&GRAHAM
and. Optician, Main Street, Opposite Court House
A Btiocial invitation to the Ladies to examino our beautiful line of Royal Worcester and Redalstadt Art Porcelain Ware, something beautiful indeed.
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We have just received a Largo Assortment of
TRIMMED CLOAKS
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The newest thing out in Light and Dark Colors.
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Do Not Delay
For our Stock is Large, our Goods New and Prices Low. Wo tinke
business of Making bargains in
The Latest in Style. he Finest in Quality
Have l*Mn combine'! bv us in one migbty effort f«T the trade.
Our Winter Offering
Will not and can not be surpassed.
You will find we Deal Fair and Save You Dollars.
D. W. Rountree
Do You Want
Oysters and Crackers, Celery aad Cranberries, Fresh Groceries and
Country Butter, Then see
SEERING & SON,
AT PZ.XTM ITXBBT SBPOT.
First Class Lunch Counter, 0|on Day and Night.
126 West Main Street.
$10, $12 AND $13
SPECIAL BARGAINS
IN-
Stoves and Furniture
Larco stock to Sclcot From and at LOW PRICES.
We All Eat to Live
AVD LIT! TO BAT
Therefore when wanting first class groceries, Cofl'ee, Sugars, Tea, Apples, Pickles, Jersey Sweet Potatoes, New Sorghum Molasses, Fresh Bulk Oysters, celery, cranberries, etc. call at
Cash Fry's,
TheCrawfot dsville Transfer Line,
... R. O. WAMtUP, Proprietor. ...
Passengers and Baggage transferred to hotels, depots or any part of the city. OMNIBUSES, CABS AND HACKS. Leave orders at the stables on Market street, or at the branch office at C. A. Snodgrass' store on Washingpon
street-. Telephone No. 47.
Call anil Inspect before buying as 1 Can Save You Money
Alex C. Mahornev,
West of Court House.
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The Empire OL. I
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THE CITY OF P11IX IN (il(E\T IT.RIL.
Iteln'ln Miirrliing on tlie Cajilliil, Which llim Only tint (irnnt Wall tu Piolcri It—All ICuropu Iii iTi'Ht i'tl i" the Situation.
A CIIINI'SF. IIKVOUTION.
LONDON, Deo. 4.—A telegram received Thursday at the forcijrn otlin- from the Uriti.sh ambassador at IVkin nnnounees that an outbreak has talceM place to tlu: west of .li-hol beyond the ureal wall (if (."liin«. Tho revolt is led by brigands who are always present in the northern parts of the provinee if I'ecliill, assisted, 110 doubt, by the secret societies and possibly by Chinese Mohammedans •'rom Mongolia.
Towns Cn|itiir«il liy Kt ijrls. The rising is said to have attained certjtin proportions. Two or three important towns have ibeeii*apturcd and hundreds of natives murdered, anions them many Christian converts, but there is 110 reason for believing that the lives of any Europeans have been sacrificed as yet. Six thousand picked soldiers, commanded by the, chief otlieers of the province, have been sent by the government to suppress the rising and the authorities are confident that this can be done. The soldiers should now be near the scene of the outbreak and should be able to deal with it. A British gunboat is stationed at Tientsin and another has now ascended the Yang-tse river to Icliang.
Protection Tor Kiiropi'.iim Di'iimmlcit. It is said at Shanghai that the Trench minister has made an imperative demand 011 the Chinese government for the punishment of the rebels ivho perpetrated the massacre of the Belgian priests and nuns and also the exemplary degradation and punishment of the Mandarins who feasted and encouraged the riotqrs. The minister, it is said, stated that Trance would hold China responsible for the outrages and that it was necessary for his government to know whether China was unable to protect foreigners residing in its territorip^. The Chinese profess their ability to punish all who were engaged in the massacre and are summoning' the Mantchji garrisons from interior towns where there are no signs of disturbance to strengthen the force sent to oppose the rebels. Desultory skirmishes are reported between flying bands of the rebels and the imperial troops. Orders have Wen given by the government for the immediate execution of all prisoners, except the leaders, who are to be reserved for flaying alive and other tortures, provided they are caught*
No oonfldence is placed there in the Chinese protests of the insignificance of the outbreak, which is believed to embrace the greuter part of Mantchuria. It is said that Iranga, governor of northern Mantchuria, is a fugitive at I'ekin.
Kuropt! Is Ucconiluj Intorostorf. The situation in China is attracting great attention in political circles in all the European capitals. This is not only due to the fact that several of the powors have made demunds upon the Chinese government regarding the treatment of their respective subjects in that country, which the present condition of ul'airs prevents being settled, but because of the extreme importance attached to the reports that England has come to an understanding with China by which mutual aid will be rendered in the event of oertain contingencies. ltamored Anglo-Chinese Alliance.
The correspondent of the Paris Figaro cables from Shanghai that pour jifcrlers have been opened to bring about an alliance between England and China for the purpose of coping •1th Russia. The correspondent adds that China is sending troops to the Pamir to check the Russian move rftepts in that part of the world, China claiming that Russia is encroaching on her territory.
A semi-ollioial dispatch to Reuter's Telegram Company says that the Paris Figaro's story about an Anglo-Chinese ulliunce is a canard and is without foundation.
More Mnsmicrc* Are Hoporlcil. The Chronicle's correspondent at Tein-tsin telegraphs: "It is reported that a band of rebels have murdered a Mongolian prince. Some more villages Ijave been sacked and looted and all the naiive Christian residents have bfeen found massacred. The Mandarins arc not attempting to stop the butchery, which is being oicecutod by an organization called a temperance league, with its object the extermination of foreigners and Christians. 'the senior British oftieer has received a message from Siuohang stating that the revolt there ^as been suppressed and the rebels dispersed. A laconic dispatch from ChiBese sources announces that a number of the rebels have been summarily beheaded." ltebola Doreiitml in Untile.
A pispatch from Pekin says: The Chinese government has received an official report from Hrig.-(«on. Nieli, commanding the troop^ in the ivinchow district, announcing that he had engaged and defeated the rebels on November and 2S, killing their leader and lion men. The general commanding the imperial forces at .Telio also announces a successful engagement with the rebels.
Mfirchlnp: on r«Uln.
According to the cable dispatches th have been received from Peltin an. Shanghai the rebellion began to the south of the military headquarters of Mantchuria Oirin ann when last heard from /lie rebels were iu the province of Shoug King, and within 400 miles of Pekin. This being the case the groat bulk of the northern Chinese army is far beyond th? present advance, anil presumably as yet unacquainted wiUi tho
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revolt, it not in aetu&l sympathy with I it. It seems that a second reWl army is marching ou i'ekin from Mongolia, a vast district inhabited for the most part by uncivilized noi^ads.
Mantchuria has a population of 12,000,000, while Mongolia is credited with 1 2,000,000. The defense of I'ekin will depend upon Li Hung Chung, the viceroy of l.e-(.'hi-lii, whom (leu. Grant styled the Hismarok of China. He has a population of 35,000,000 under his rule, and his army is the best organized and drilled in the empire.
Will riRlit nt the Willi.
The great struggle between the Chinese army and the hordes is expected to take plaee at the great wall. The marvelous work of defense was built by Chi-ll w.-uig-ti more than 2, noil years ago for the purpose of keeping oil' the Tartars. Hut the ail is
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more oc
cupied by troops. In the towers there are generally guns mounted, but t'liey are. of ail antiquated pattern and would be almost useless for repelling troops armed with modern weapons. The height of the. wall varies, including tho parapet, from 26 to "(i feet, and depends
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the char
acter of the slope that it is built upon. The breadth of the outer parapet is 14 feet on the top, with a gradual increase toward the ground, both aspects of the wall having a considerable slope. Each tower has four embrasures, which are used as lookout places. The wall is on the whole in good repair. It passes within 30 miles of I'ekin. If the forces of the empire which still remain loyal be. concentrated near to where -the rebels must pass the wall they may make use of this clumsy, antiquated bulwark of defense and save China from the perils attending a usurpation of the throne.
DOGS WORTH $10,000.
Home of the Valuable CMUIIH** on Kxhilil* tion at Kockfor^* 111* Roi.KKonn, 111., Dec. 4.—The sixth annual exhibit of the Northern Illinois Poultry and Fat Stock association opened Thursday evening. The exhibit is larger than ever before. Many valuable dogs are displayed. Among the canines shown are the South liend kennels' smoothcoated St. Bernard valued at $10,000. The collie champion Rosslyn Dandy, from Seminos' kennels, Philadelphia, valued nt $10,000. The English setter Monk of Furness, owned by Paul 11. tlotslau, of St. Paul, valued at S10.000. Another English setter, Minnesota, also owned bv Mr. (lotslau, and valued at 85,000. The Dane Imperator, owned by the Imperial kennels of Chicago and valued at S10.000: the cocker spaniel Say, ownetl by (I. Bell, of Toronto. Ont., and valued at S10.000 the pug champion Bob Ivy, owned by M. H. Cryer, of Philadelphia, and valued at $10,000. There are ten other dogs valued at $5,000 each and dozens worth from SlOfl to $400.
A YEAR OF MOURNING.
All I*ojanl Will Sorrow for I^ois of Inde* peudencc. Sr. PETEitsnuitG, Dee. 4.—Next year will be kept as a year of the deepest mourning throughout Polnnd in memory of the loss of her independence. July 17, 1S92, will be the hundredth anniversary of the splendid fight of Kosciusko at Hutierka, which was the one great and noble event of a year ol wavering, weakness, treachery and utter submission, and the last year that held any real hope for the Poles. The disasters of 179'J were never redressed, tho wild dash of despair two years later only making the humiliation and division of the nation more rapid and complete. All the women of Poland, from duchess to peasant, will wear nothing but black all the year, and the large firms who deal in gown and dress materials, millinery and jewelry, are ordering everything black in preparation for this universal demand.
Mcxlcun Mnrket Tor American Farmers. CITY or MEXICO, Dec. 4.—The bill grunting the president power to decree the suspension "of duties on all food stufFs coming from foreign countries to meet the emergency caused by the loss of crops in various states has passed the chamber of deputies without a dissenting vote and was at once sent to the senate where unquestionably it will be pushed through with haste. The passing of- this hill will furnish the farmers of the west a good market for their crops.
Ill) Itcleiiso of MortKHgc* In Nebraska. IJI.NCOI.N. .Nob., Dcc. 4.—The state bureau of industrial statistics has made public a compilation of figures on Nebraska's big crop $r 1892. During the month of October in eighty-five counties farm mortgages to the amount of $1,348,523,07 were released of record. This docs not show the entire amount paid, as many were held in distant lands and the releases did not get here in time to be placed on record during the month.
Milrilur Without rroTocatlon. INDIANA, Pa., Dee.- 4.—A most cowardly murder was committed in Black Lick by William Clark, a young colored man. The victim was J. M. Palmer, with whom Clark had quarreled. Clark saw bis adversary walking down the street. He ran up behind him and shot Palmer in the back, inflicting a mortal wound. Clark was arrested.
\Yor*t in ItM lllfltory.
PhAiNFiKi.u, N. t)., Dee. 4.—This oitj was visited" Thursday night by the most disastrous fire in its history. Tho total loss will foot up between 5150,000 and S*j00,000. The I'.oyce estate loses fully SICO.OOU: covered one-half by insurance.
Humeri to Donth*-
CANAXDAIOI.'A, N. Y., Ilee. 4.—About 1 o'cloek Wednesday morning'James S. Crawfordhouse on Wood street wan huracil and the only oecupant, Mrs, Surah Gibson dc bomoskeoy, was cremated
1 rire in Chicago. CfllflAoo. Dec. 4.—A loss of $28,000 •was rinsed by fire, started by a dust explosion, in the drug mill o! Murriy & Nickel! in tli's ci»,y.
DISTRESS IN JAPAN.
More About tho Woo Caused the Lato Earthquakes.
by
FIGl'lti UP THS LIST OF THK DKM).
Act-onMntc to tho lt**t Sourer* X.ovo I WVre I.OHI, IVrson* Were Itujnrttl MIH1 OVER 4 10,000
I.eM liomeleAt.
TIII: IH'MCIAI.
VANCiirvK.it, I!. Dec. 4.-Thc steamer Kinnivss, of China, has arrived from Yokohama. She brings further tit'us of the Japanese oarth* quako». The ofli*ial report places tho number IdHoil at an-l tho injured at JO, l:'0, one-third of whom will die, witli buiMii'tfs wholly and tis,. 0:J.*i partly destroyed. Over 440,000 people have been rendered homeless and destitute.
Much SleknexA Followed.
Besides this terrible death-roll resulting from the earthquake, the sickness following the disaster and incidental to it will lie responsible for fully as many more. The amount of damage done cannot be estimated, even approximately, and while the native and foreign element in Japan go hand in hand in all existing rl:..tress, the most that can be done is ut iittle. The foreigners at Yokohanr: iiione contributed ov r$80,000 to f:e relief fund. Those :it TToba we?!' not ehind thwn in generos'ty. a id l'total amount subscribed b.v the f.»roi -n will bo close up to $100,000.
Tlir Work "I lipHturntlon.
The government of Japan has appropriated ^J'10,000,000 to tlie re-t oration of the watercourses and other public works damaged by the great convulsion of nature. Imperial aid luis also been liberally bestowed on tho sufferin''- viet.ins of the disaster.
MET VIOLENT DEAIHS.
Chokf.DutMp iind liiu Kill Many People In Lomlon Mini Gcrumny. LONDON. Dec. 4.—A futal accident occurred Thursday in the Agrecoat colliery near Manchester. Tliittv men were working in the pit, which gradually became filled with choke-damp. When the men became aware of the presence of the gas they made a rush for the entrance. All of them with the exception of six succeeded in making their escape uninjured. They \jere overpowered by the choke-damp. Two of them were rescued, but their condition is critical. The other four were suftocaWd.
A dispatch from .Sunderland states that a lire occurred in a drinksliop there Thursday which resulted in the death of three women. The Haines, fed by the spirits in the place, burned with intense heat and spread with frightful rapidity. When found the bodies were burned out of all semblance to humanity.
Eight kilns in a "briquette'' factory at Ivuppcrhuininer, nerr Halle, exploded Wednesday. Five workmen were killed and a number in lured. Nix of tlie latter are in a critical condition.
GASOLINE DID IT.
An Kxploitlon of the Treacherou* Stufl Kills Two and Severely uru» Three Members of an Iowa Family.
CHKSTON, la., Dec. 4.—The members of the family of Jasper Mans, consisting of father, mother.and three children, were burned Thursday morning by the explosion of a can of gasoline that had been stored iu the oven of a cook-stove and forgotten. The dead and injured are: Walter Mans, aged 8, dead Bessie Mans, aged 2, died Jasper Mjins, burned on face, arms and body will die. Mrs. Mans, burned about her head, arras and back recovery doubtful. Carl Mans, aged 7, hands and face burned may recover. When the accident occurred the entire family were gathered around the stove. All doors and windows were still locked and neighbors who were called to the rescue were obliged to break in the doors. The small room containing the stove was a mass of flames when opened. The two younger children lived but a short time.
THREE MEN KILLED.
A Kant Kxpromt Huns Into C.rnvol Train —Many Injured. PENNINGTON, N. J., Dec. 5.—The fast express train on the Baltimore & Ohio road, which left Jersey City at 4 o'clock p. m. Thursday, struck a gravel train on which were a large number of laborers, near here. The train was running at a high rate of speed and a number of graV'el cars were knocked to pieces.
Three men on the gravel train wore killed and fifteen injured. The engineer of the express train, Frederick Rodriguez, was obadly crushed 'and scalded and was taken from the wresk in a dying condition.
lliflhnp. on the Iloartl.
ST. LOUIS, Dec. 4.—For nearly an hour at noon business on the floor of the merchant's exchange was at a standstill. The occasion was a reception tendered to the members of the Catholic hierarchy in attendance at the jubilee celebration. An audience of noarly 3,000 people were present and listened to addresses by President Bernhe'mer, of the exchange, Cardinal '.Jiblionf, Archbishops Ireland, of St. Paul, Ityan, of Philadelphia. and Bishop Keen, of Washington.
Tlmo liring* St.ranire Change®. STOCKHOLM, Dec. 4.—Count de la Miranda, the husband of Christine Xilssen, has been appointed to tlie court of Sweden-Norway. Thus the great singer will be the wife of the Spanish ambassador in the city in which she was born a poor girl.% Mme. Nilsson is to be received with special honors in her new exalted position.
To lie Kleetroeuted.
NKW YOHK, Dec. 4.—Warden Brown, of Sing Sing, has sen* out invitations to witness the next experiment with electricity as a mode of inflicting the death penalty. Martin fi. Loppy, the con demned murderer of his wife, will sit. iu the fatal chair early next week.
Ills ltc4'oiniii(ii(l:iltoui Cent Costume, Hunil Telegraph, Teleph ami Suvlntj.H I'utikn.
Highest of all in Leavening Power.—Latest U. S. Gov't Report
J&iSSSgM
DRIVES OUT.
Lottery Bushic-gs Practically Ellm« iiiHtocl from tlio Mails.
mi WAXAHARER'S AN HAL REPORT.
Itegunlhig On«* *iee Delivery,
•, IM I.I-: SAM'S MAILS,
WASHINGTON. Dee. 4.—The postmaster generul s'aiinual report, made public Thursday, shows that in spite oi the faet that over "1,000,000 worth ol lottery revenue has been lost drcing the last year the. postal deficit of Sii.000.000 is surely disappearing, provided the same rate of revenue and expenses obtains on July 1, lSXi. It appears that all of tliu lottery mail has practically been driven from the mails, and the fidelity of the department iu trying to enforce this almost unanimous wish of congress is shown.
The Careless l'uhlic.
It is shown by figures that ninetenths of the cuuscs why letters go wrong nre dtie to the enrelessness of the unblie, .and Mr. Wannmaker not only\hows how the work of the deudletter ottiee may be reihieed but reeommends the establishment of brunch in San Franciseo. He announces changes in the postal guide which will make it eoutain popular information and enable it to be sold for one cont instead five.
The postmaster general Tencws bis recommendation for the division of the country into postal districts and adduces many reasons why the refor would be beneficial. He aunounees that the extension of thennerit system of promotion, so successfully put in operation in the department lately, to the large post oflices and the railway mail service has alread3' been begun.
PoAtal Telephone hi Wefl ha Telegraph The postmaster general recommends the adaptation of the telephone as well as the telegraph to the postal system, showing that it is not only the constitutional privilege but tfie duty of con* gress to utilize all the means of modern science for quickening the transmission of intelligence. He says: "One-eeni letter poRtii^e. throe-cent telephone messages umi ten-ccnt telegraph mes suges ure all near possibilities under an lightened and compact postal system using the iicwest telegraphic inventions. The advantage of tying the rural post oniec bj a telephone wire ro'iuiriiiK no operat^i to the railroad station must be obvious. The benefits arising from telephonic connections with the post offices will easily suggest themselves in a hundred ways to those who wnnt the entire people to
a
share In common
privileges. Tho rural population would be the greatest gainer. A telephone message from the post otllee to the railroad station miles away to ascertain if expected freight had come wonld save the farmer many a needless trip over had roads news of approaching frosts could bo promptly spread over country districts and fruit-growing regions and many a valuable crop saved. The day's market prices for cattle and graiii and wool and product may be obtained by the farmers direct by inquiry from others than the buyer who drives up to the farm in his buggy. All these tnay seem homely purposes to dwellers in cities, but country life would lose some of its drawbacks by the extension of such fnoil. ities to those who bear their full share of the burdens of the government and receive, in postal respects at least, less than their shuro of its benefits."
Hallway Tout
Mr. AVnnamaker believes iu the full parcels post, but does not recommend it at present. He urge-s the abolition of personal suretyships of postmasters, as they are too frequently under obligations which damage the service, lie proposes to extend the money-order system everywhere. It appears that nearly K.OOl miles of additional railway post oflice service Ijave been established, 1.300 miles in the Pacific coast states, 21,500 in the otb western states, *2.400 in the southern states and about 1,000 in the northeastern states. Some idea of the exteat of the service in the west may be obtained from the statement that 145 mail trains arrive and 144 depart from Chicago every day.
I'neunintic Tube System.
Mr. Wanamaker describes the pneumatic tube system of Berlin and London and strongly recommends their adoption in this country. He insists that they would pay ami records several attempts at beginning such a service. A wonderful canceling machifco
which prevents the delay of letters in the post oflices in stamping has been employed, and a still more wonderful automatic electric stamper is in process of examination.
Rural Free Dnllfery.
Arguments why this scrvicc ou^ht to be continued and enlnrpert are adduced, and it is shown how muoh .similar efforts to extend the free delivery into the country are to be made alon^ star routes and by means of suburban electric roads. Mr. Wanamaker recommends the passage of a bill to entitle towns of population between 5.01)0 and 11,099 to the free delivery, and shows that the special-del ivery servicc in cities has increased one-third this year over the average of the last four years.
Fir I'ostul SAvlngft*
Ho urgucs strenuously for postal savings. He reiterates his plan of lasl year and adds: "Another plan, qijlte simple uud thoroughly practical, would be to Issue at tho post offices noil-uoKOtUiblc ccrtlflcntes of postal deposit In sums ol tlo,!»SiO, uml tiOO, bearing Interest at the rate ot half a cent a day on the dollnr (tl.&K per year) after tho tlrst of the mouth following the date of dcpolt,.and the pHuctpu' ut Intetfcst payable, on ijffnuiig
Powder
A&SOU/TELYPURE
any njcney order onico fey proper fotforsemootf und identification under regulations of tho post* master general.
One.Cont rostnge.
On the question of one-cent postage the report says: "According to a careful estimate, based on the count of maii matter made in lSOO.-thero passed through the mails during tho year euded June 1WH, 4he following pieces of letter mall, to wit: 703.189,408 letters to other postoffice* $Ctt.9rt3,7BS 12
2$9.r.VM4.f
let!- lor local dfcivery 5,71)1,063 W
37,037,349 divt« icitrrs 376.OT3 49
Total postage *11.13'J. 129 'To reduce hitler postage to a uniform rate of one cent moans that the department will lose one-hull of this amount' of receipts. Oue-balf would be 1*0,7 UU.MJ1 73. We huvo
therefore to face this urflW^ni, assuming that it is ripe for solution by IH9JI, a clear loss to the revenue of not less than 521,tJOO,000 under present conditions, whioh, if the department were to reueivo its dues in regard to the credits belonging to It, would be reduced tolUo deficit of from *UUXXM.lo to $11,000,IXI'J. •i have heretofore stated that one cent pontnge will be rtueeesMully demanded iu time. 1 believe that time is not far off. It certainly ought not to be asked for as long as any deficit appears in the revenues or the postal service and here 1 wish to reiterate the further statement that iu my judgment it ought not to be usked for then until many improvements and extensions of the MTvioe are provided for.
I'nir I'II.V lor ICntploycs.
Mr. Wanamaker says he believes clerks in post oilices, letter carriers, railway postal clerks, fourth-class postmasters and other employes of the department. should be fairlv paid and ought not to be overworked. This can never be done, however, so long as a deficiency in the postal revenues stares an fae «ln« Past uml Future.
appropriation committee in. the
An interesting comparison in the past is made with the present in these words: "In I Ml tho I'ulire revenue of the department was tS,.'ll,.),V.»." jr.iel the expenditures were $13,600,7r»9. With as.jK't pont onicos thou, tho deficiency was over fcVi-V.OiO, or nearly a* much as it was la^Rl year. To-day, with reduced postage and move than twice as many post ortlees and 5,'tfi per cent. mon» milen.of mail service uud an expenditure ot $7**,069,114.5ft, the department produces all its needs without prnctically in creasine the dHlclt. before the war. The future oflhepost.il service is very bright. The post oflice. department is the one common mectinp £rouud of all the- people. It seems to me thai there Is enough in it to be done to be worthj the careful thought of the best men in the nn lion."
BURNED TO DEATH.
Two Children Near fJinu, K, und a Mother inul Iter It the :il Denver, Col Perish h.v I'lre.
LIMA. ., Dee. 4. Mrs. Clarence Kitts, who lives in Shelby county, southeast of this city, left her two children at home Thursday morning and went to a neighbor's house. During her absence the house took fire and the two children *were burned so badly that one of them died upon being resetted and the other soon afterward. The mother was seriously burned while attempting to rescue them.
DKNVKH. t'ol., Dee. 4, Mrs. (George Martin and her son, aged I1-., years, were burned to death Wednesday night. The child pulled a lamp ovei on itself, and the mother in attempting to extinguish the ilatnes was burned beyond recognition.
Western Noriimt Collcgo lluriied. SHHNANDOAH, la., Dec. 4.—The Western Normal collage burned at II o'clock Wednesday night. Presidenl Croan and sixty students rooming in the building escaped. The loss is SCO,000: insurance, S'JK.uOO. At a mass meeting of citizens Thursday it wa? resolved to rebuild. The origiu of the lire is unknown.
AV111 l(e I'rcHiillMItllll Oftlrex. WASHINGTON, Dec. 4.—The following Illinois post otlices will be added to the presidential list-January 1, the salaries running from 81,000 to SI,S00 per year: Albion, (Jolconda, Greenfield, Oakland, Dartville and Staunton.
AN Kx-CoiigrcHniuiti DKAII.
JACKSON, Miss., Dec. -1.—Wiley* IV Harris died Thursday night, aged 7C years. He was a member of congress in the 50's and has for forty ynars been a prominent figure in this state.
To Try Dr. Gravo*.
DKXVEK, Col., Dec. 4.—After nine days of hard labor the suspense is ovei and a jury has been selected in the Graves-ISavnaby ease.
Colored Politician Jllllml.
Los ANGKI.ES, Cal., Dec. 4.—George H. fiaxter shot and hilled J. B. Ramsey in a quarrel, lioth are well-known colored politicians.
THE MARKETS.
(iraln, Provisions, Ktn. CHICAGO, Deo. .1.
FI.OPB—Quiet. Spring Wheat Patents, !4.H
tatents,
5.00 linkers, $1.7538.90 Winter Wheat Floui U.50®4.60 straights, lf.25(Jt4.40. WHEAT—Wus quiet and seady. No. 8 cash and December, fSOftQBOHc, and May, 87j&87Ho.
COHN—Was fairly active anil firmer. No. 1 and No. 3 Yellow, 47!4o No. 3, 40c No. 8 Vel low, 49o December and YW 47Q47&0 Jan uijry, 48H®8MC May, 4SX&48
OATS—Lower. No. 2 caBh, i)lVi®S19e DA ceAbor, 31K&319I0 May, 32',i®S3Kc. Sample) Steady. No. 3, soafflk No. 8 WEtto, 3Sua3ciNo. S, 3«a33)ie NQ. 9 White, 83K®»Hc. hYE—Wefk und lpfrer. Hj. cash, 88144189c Decembor, 8%e0c May, MHOiiPAVlo.
BAIU.KV—Ruled sternly. Poor, unsound, 863 Mc copitnon mash tnalttng, 4$^44o fair good, 43^Ma: choice heavy and bright, 582&8e, and fanoy, 60®61c.
MRSS Ppnk-Market moderately active and prloes lower. Price's quotihjo at »&10©8.12H for caqti SS.05®8.10 tor tjeoemher SiO.MXa 11.02H for January, apd «ll,SJftill.4S for M|v.
LAftD—Trading moderately active apd prltei lower. Priccs ranged at t£.8SM&5.9 4 for cath fci«7H(&5.B0 for Qe9cqibert H.05&S.07M foi January, and 18.405,8.484 for May.
POULTRY—Live Chickens, SMSSUE per lb. Live Turkoys, f*&7o per lb. Live Du«)s, «08 fer lb. Live Qeqie. l3.OOaB.iJO{Ter'doisi.
AtftrEn—Creamery, 90®88o Dairy, 173)450) PaoVlnt slock. li&iBCj.