Crawfordsville Daily Journal, Crawfordsville, Montgomery County, 16 December 1891 — Page 1

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bountiful

Our Holiday Stock

Will uinko friends, plenso everybody, and

Our Winter Offering

John,

These

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Wa hftTC just reoeived a Large Assm-lnn-nt

FUR TRIMMED CLOAKS

WI ATHKR IlKPOItT— Fair, Co h'

Do Not Delay

itseir on Mh

Don't wait. The Benutiful display of

Diamonds, Fine Jewelry. Watches, Silverware, Clocks. Bronzes. Etc,

idons, varietios, oddities, pretty conceits, unique conceptions and

designs, is now ready. Chme and msiko your selections and have them

iwido for Christmas. Whatever your wauts may bo wo rim meet them with

imd appropriate selections, for we claim for our stock General Kxoolenee in Quality, Immense Variety, and Reasonable Prices.

Jewelers and Optician, Main Street, Opposite Court Rouse

A Special invitation to tho Ladies to examine our benutiful line of liov ,) •'Worcester mul Kedalstadt Art Porcelain Ware, something beautiful indeed.

Foronr Stock is Largo, our Goods New and Prices Low. We nnke

business of Making bargu!nB in

CLOAKS

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The noweet thing out in Light and Dark Colors.

1 he Latest in Style, TheFinesl in Quality

Have boon combined by us in ono mighty effort for the trade. fjysif

Will not and can not lw surpassed.

You will find wo Doal Fair and Have You Doll arc.

D. W. Rountree!

A FAMILY

HAPPY HOME.

night Oram down the curtain early and the wind rocs about whjMliiw to keep itself warm the question, nv»w to spend best the evening hours becomes as familiar as the hrcplace in evcr home. *apa* what''11 we do for fun after tea

wish I had something nice to read/

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more than among the individual members of a family. One will \\ant ..

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do more than to smile incredulously*

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ENCYCLOPEDIA 1IRITANNICA there is something j^.T/rMJ^vorU icri.' arc

ever was in the world. Within the twinfrfive vo umcs °f I'''i4„l hisiorv lacr.v

*wi^KCUl ^^*l^^t\MC^^d»nic8^u8in^CIioVKivenyotuCideas ?nd information for' use in vou'r daily oU enough

Picl"r«for the bahy of the family there is a liberal' ^ucati.m YuuLrc nu-rk" io

Khool there are stories, hints, suffocations and rcLi|.cs nf nualuaum

YOUNG, NONC

POOR, NONE SO RICH,

J*1"', and cannot get, if they want it. the *NCVCIOFEIIA 1IRITANN^ICA, fir it v»u absolutely nothing. It la to ha given sway aa glg»ntlo nilti.rtlMBsi.nl.

advertiser will call and explain. -fcV

VOL. VI—NO. 266. ORAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER, 16, 1891.

CHAIRMEN CHOSEN.

Republican Senators Who Will Loud Various CommitteGS-

SESATE PROCEEDINGS OX TUESDAY.

Sovoral of an Interesting Chariiotor I til C|iili*n Delny an a rroour-

HOP of War.

NAMKJ) r»»K C'HAIUMKN*.

\VaSillN4 TON, I Km lii.—Tilt? member* ships of the impnrtiiiit t-oniinitiros ol the somite ns ivarruntfod aiv as follows:

A^rlculuu-H uml forostry. ukluH: appropriations, AHIoii:

cuimis,

civil service

and roLrvnebinuut, Wuk-ott ulalins, Mltchcll court lofcn.nOH, JJolyh commerce, Kry« District of i'oluinuiii, McMillan elueatloti and labor, ('sinjy ciiKrositMl bills, not yet chosen. will bo a democrat citroHiM bills, Sanders epidemic diseases, nM y«»t chosen, will be a democrat to examine the branches of the civil service, Power: lluance. Morrill fisheries, Stock bridge foreign relations, Sherman: immigration, ChundUrr: improvement of the Mississippi river and tributaries. Washburn Indian affair*, Hawes: interstate commerce, Cullom: irrigation and reclamation of arid land Warren: judiciary. Hoar library, Quay manufactures, military atlaiVs, Haw-

NKW PACK IN' rilK SKNATE.

loy tuitios nn«l mining, Stownrt naval alTairs, ain» ron: cxf-oulivc »h*j'5trtm»:iits. Hlscock imtonts. Dixon pi'ttslons, Davis post ottlcen and po^t ro iK Sawyer: printinj.', Mandorson priva'.t* land ciaims, not yet chosen privileges and elections. Teller public buildlugs and grounds, Stanford publie lands, Phmib railroads, Carey: revision of laws. Wilson revolutionary claim*, not yet chosen, will be a democrat rules, Aldrieh: territories, I latt transportation routes to the seaboard. Squire woman sufTrage. not. yet chosen, will be a democrat relations with Canada. Allon: Indian depredations, Shoup: ttuadri-CcuteuniulT Tettlgrew.

Cutieiis Keport Adopted.

WASHINGTON, Iice. l(i.—The republican Kenutorial eaueus has approved the report of the eoininittee eharped with the arrangement of eominittee inetnbership and the deuiocratie manaiders have been furnished with the list as adopted. Some assignments yet remain to be mailu—notably in the case of Senator Kyle, the alliance senator—but tho caucus committee was authorized to arrange them, after per-sonal-consultation with the senators concerned.

S.'imto I'I-.M'.MMIIMKH.

WASHINGTON. Dec. lti.—In the senate the vice president announced the appointment of Senator Morrill (Vt) regent of the, Smithsonian institution, to fill a vacancy- Ainonjrthe bills introduced and referred were the following:

For the purchase of a site for a building for the supreme court of the United States for a bronze statue of Christopher Columbus in Washington and tin removal of the naval monument to a new :-ite to promote and encourage the display of the flag1 of the United State-: for the survey and sale of islands in the l'latte river, Neb.

Senator (Jnay (Pit.l ollered a resolution for an inquiry as to the feasibility of purchasing the slates of Sonora, Chihuahua ami Coahuila. Mexico. Senator Cullom (lii.I introduced bills to amend the interstate commerce law and to provide for the adoption of some Uind of autoiuati cur-coupler for freight trains. Senator Hoar (Mass.) spoke of the necessity for congressional action on this ear-coupler question.

Senator Davis (Minn.) presented a memorial of the legislature of Minnesota ill favor of tli«- passage of a law declaring October 1:1. the anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus. a day of national thanksgiving'.

Senator Vilas (,W'S-) introduced a bill amendatory of the act of the last congress repi-iilinfr the timber-culture laws, 'l'he first ameiidmentstrikes out the requirement in section 1 of the act that a person must be an actual, bonafide resident of the slate or territory of the land which he seeks patent for is located, to be allowed to make limil proof. The amendment strikes out the provision that no person shall be entitled to make the entry on desert land except he be a resident of the state or territory in which the land sought to be entered is located.

At l:ti") the senate adjourned. t'lilh's Looks Wurlikc. .WASHINGTON, Dec. III.—The navy department is in a warlike mood. From the talk heard everywhere in the department it appears that plain word.' have been rce.-hvd from good authorities in and about Chili to the effect that the Chilians are delaying theii respon.-e to our demand for information concerning the Valparaiso incident for the express purpose of L'aining time to make preparations for war with this country "I he inference is that if Chili can pcrsti-id.' the United States to wait until the most form dable new war vessel of the I.hili.ni fleet, the Capitana Pratt, is completed and equipped for action that country will then be in a much more favorable pnsitic to wage wat success fully.

The situation thus outlined is discussed ith eagerness and the opinion is freelv and generally advanced thai President Harrison will) in all likelihood take measures to checkmate Cliili in this matter by Gondii"

special message to congress within the next two weeks, rcciting the fact that explanation and repara* tion had been demanded of Chili without avail, and proclaiming the necessity of informing Chili that this country will make a hostile demonstration if the desired response is further delayed beyond a reasonable and specified time in other words, that congress will be asked to declare war against Chili, instead of waiting for Chili to declare war agaiust us at its pleasure aud convenience. •Seretary Maine has received a long cable message from United States Minister Egan at Santiago, Chili, but refuses positively to say anything about it. It is understood to convey the substance oi the comments of Mr. Mattu, Chilian minister of foreig affairs, on the recent official utterances of the president and the seeretury of the navy in regard to the Valparaiso incident.

Woods Likely to Ho Appointed.

asiiixoton, Dec. 10.—The appointment of Judge Woods, of Indianapolis, to he judge of the Indiana circuit of the United States court, embracing Illinois, Wisconsin mid Indiana and sitting at Chicago, will probably go to the senate at once.

YOUNG FIELD~m~OAIL.

After SxnuriiiK Hall on One Kcrlout Charge lie Ii. Arreted on Another. Jnkw Yokk. Dec. 10.—Edward M. l'"ield was indicted by the grand jury shortly after 1 o'clock p. in. Tuesday on the eharge of grand larceny. He was brought down from police headquarters to the district attorney's otlice. lie spent the night in Inspector Ifyrnes' "museum," and, according to the inspector, slept pretty well. Nevertheless he presented a very careworn appearance. His face was remarkably pale and he seemed to fully realize his position, notwithstanding the reports of his insanity. The indictment, which was found under sections .V2S and f»:t0 of the penal code, charges the misappropriation of fifty shares of Union Pacific, Denver and f.Julf railway stock of the par value of SI,000 each.

Mr. Field was arraigned later in part 1 of the court of general sessions before Judge Cowing. His council entered a plea of not guilty to the indictment and lie was admitted to bail in 82"),000. .1. Pierpont Morgan and John T. Terry quaiitied as bondsmen.

While at the bar Mr. Field kept his eyes east down and big tears trickled down his cheeks. As soon as he left the courtroom he was again arrested upon an order of arrest in civil suit brought by R. H. Dietz, who charges Field with hypothecating securities deposited with the latter's firm for a loan of Sl'-Ti, 000. Field was taken to Ludlow street jail.

WANTED HIS LIFE.

A Former Friend Attempts to Murder lion. Itoraco S. CInrk. Coiikmilildor In Chief of tlin Department of tlie IlllnoH

O. A. K. Mattoon, 111., Dec. 16.—As Judge II. S. Clark, of this city, was going to his home Tuesday evening Frank Hornisli shot at him four times, three balls taking effect. The first grazed his cheek, making a slight flesh wound. The second passed almost through his right leg, ubout midway between the. knee aud hip. The third entered the left arm about 3 inches below the shoulder. As liornisli fired the first shot Clark grappled with him. Hornisli is an eccentric young man and the patentee of a boiler cleaner now controlled by a local company. He has been in much litigation and was at one time in jail in Decatur on a charge of forgery, at which time lie was released on a bond signed by Mr. Clark. Hornisli is known to have made threats against C'lar*'s life and also that of Mayor TCern, who is a stockholder in the Hoiler Cleaner Company. Hornisli has a wife and one child. Judge Clark is commander in chief of the Illinois department, f!. A. R.. and is a candidate for governor of the state.

LYNCHED THE WRONG MAN.

Murder for Iratli at a

A Dying Man Cnnfcasc* to Which Another SuhVred Mob'r* Humid.

Ottvmwa, la., Dee. 10.—A new phase has been given to an old crime by a deatli-bed confession which has just been made at Jllakesburg, this county. It is reported that Dan Miller, the Albia defaulter and wrecker of the Monroe county bank, who is now on his death bed, has sent for Mrs. McAllister and confessed that it was he who murdered her husband, and not Pleas Anderson, who was taken to the scene of the crime by a mob which believed liiin guilty and hanged him to a tree.

Didn't Know What tV.m In the lluttl«. Dknvki!. Col., Dee. IB.—In the Graves case Tuesday Mrs. Worrell, Jr.. was recalled and testified that after the fatal package had been brought home from the livery stable where it had remained all night in the buggy it was placed on the. dining-room table, where it remained for a day b-fore the women drank from it. The prosecution will use this as a point to show that the Worrells did not know the contents, for if they had they would not have placed it there where anyone could have drank of it.

Large liiHtirance Transactions. Kfav Yokk, Dec, 18.—1'. 11. Armstrong, president of the Mutual Fire Insurance Company, of the Fire association and of tlie Armstrong Fire In surance Company, all of this city, has stated that the entire business of the three companies, aggregating S'200,000,000, has been reinsured in the Lancashire of Kngland, and the reserve fund, amounting to over 81,000,000, had been paid in cash to the Lancashire. Mr. Armstrong retires from the business of fire utulcrwri/ing.

Art'hduko MBlsinund Dead. Vikksa, Dec. Hi. The Archduke Sigisinund died here from influenza, lie caught a severe cold while attending the obsequies of liis brother, the Archduke Henry, who died from pneumonia a few days ago.

BOLD THIEVES.

They Commit a Darin? Robbery in Chicago.

UNITED STATES MAIL WAGOX HELD UF

Five Men Torce the Driver to Ilotl IIta TcAin While They Itilte the 1'ouctiei of Sum Kstimated at

Over 90.000.

KOIIIIKD ON T11K STHKET.

Chicago, Dec. 10.—A United States mail wagon filled with registered and other matter was stopped by five men and robbed of its contents Tuesday night. The robbery occurred on Mather street, between Desplaines and Halstcd streets, and was so quickly and quietly done that before the affair was reported to the post otlice officials the robbers had half an hour's start This they made good, and the efforts of the entire city police force have so far failed to do more than to unearth in a manure box on the North side, :l miles from the scene of the robbery, the mail pouches, cut open and their contents rifled. llov the Thieve* Worked.

Tlie wajjon was on its way to the main post office with mail from the stock yards and s»uthwest stations. It was in charge of «7ohn Crcighton, an experienced driver, who, after collecting his valuable freight, drove down 111ne Island avenue to Halsted street and then turned east on Mather street He was half way to Desplaines street when live men sprang from the sidewalk. One seized the horses by the reins while the others covered Creighton with revolvers and commanded him to keep quiet. The team \va then led to the alley extending north from Mather street and there, while oiil» of the men covered t'reigliton with a revolver, the others forced open the door of the wagon, and. hastily selecting the registered pouches from the others, made thronyh the alley. Creighton's guard Kept the captive covered for five minr.t.v-, an then Wt him.

I uiiml the ItllVd

There was little clew for the police to work on. Creighton, in the dark, was unable to distinguish the features and scarcely the forms of the robbers. Shortly before 10 o'clock Paul Kolamar. a boy living at No. U-25 Wells street, run into the Kast Chicago avenue station and told tlie desk sargeant that he had found some mail-bags in the manure box at the rear of his father's barn. He found a number of letters in the bottom of the box. The police on arriving at the barn found five registered mail pouches, which had evidently been inclosed in the two larger bags stolen from the wngon. Besides the bags were numerous letters which had been rifled of their contents.

A HI|C Haul.

As nearly as can be estimated the robbers secured SS,000 in currency and S'i00,000 worth of non-negotiable paper sent by the Drovers' and the Stock Kxcliange national banks.

TO DIE FOR-BURGLARY.

North Carolina .fury luillrtn

I'UIIIMKI-

nifliit Which DOOM Not Fit the Crime. Ciiaki.ottk, N. C., Dec. Hi.—Alfred Downs (colored) will be hanged in this city Friday next for burglary. Downs last October broke into the residence of James W. Wads worth, a wealthy citizen, and stole as3-ringe. He made no attempt to injure any of the inmates of Mr. Wads^vorth's house and was captured without difficulty in a neighboring yard shortly after the burglary was committed.

One Frenchman Kill* Another. Ottawa. 111.. Dec. 1(1.—A cold-blooded murder was committed here Tuesday. Two Frenchmen from Dayton, I'aul Grissol and Joseph llen/.o, met in Fred Miller's saloon and entered into an argument in regard to their prowess in the French army, when Ilenzo pulled a revolver anil tirefl, hitting (irissol's boot An answer to the. effect that "You're no shot" resulted in 1 lenzo firing three shots into Orlssol's body, either of which would have proved fatal, llenzo is in jail.

Will Not Kmploy OrgMiiized l.uhor. Dixox. 111.. Dec. 10.—The Grand Detour I'low Company Tuesday night culled in all its employes and notified them that it would under no circumstances employ anyone connected with the society of Knights of Labor about to be organized. The managers of the Riverside shoe factory have also taken the same action.

Kilted in a llear-Knil .itllHlon, Otti:jiwa. la., Dec. 10.—William Welsh, engineer, and Thomas Mel!overt!, fireman, are dead as tlie result of a rear-end collision which occurred on the main line of the Chicago, Burlington A. Quiney road Tuesday morning 16 miles west of here. Twenty cars were ditched.

To t'nlte All the Churche*.

Jackson, Mich., Dec. 10.—The conference of the local evangelical alliances of the state of Michigan was held here Tuesday with nearly a hundred delegates in attendance. The object of the new movement is to substitute cooperation for competition among the churches.

Ileet Sugar rroiliictlon.

.Sax Fiiancihco, Dec. 10.—Three beetsugar factories in this state have closed down for the season, and statements of the amount of sugar made sent to I the revenue office. The production from the three factories was 8,070,ISO I pounds, and the total bounty to be paid is 81(11.400.

lltiuiel Ui'el.M't.id fenatcr.

Kiciimonii, Va.. Dec. 10.—John W. Daniel was unanimously reelected United Mates senator by the lcgisluture Tuesday for the term beginning March 4, lt'ji.

'olored Murderer Hanged. lo.svi'.n. Col Dec. 10.—Charles Smith, a colored murderer, was hanged Tuesday at Canon City.

LIVING ISSUES.

They Are Discussed by President Gompers at Birmingham.

EXTRACTS FROM HIS ANNUAL REPORT,

Objects for Whieli Trade* Union* Should Work I'ointed Out—Atlantic l'»rltic Teiegra hers Oil Ou a Strike.

(Hl.MI'Kits O N I.AflOR.

nntMiNuiiAM, Ala., Dec. 10.—President (.Jompers, of tlie American Feder* ation of Labor, in his annual report, reviews the growth of the organiza-! tion. lie set forth the history of the 1: eight-hour movement which had been proposed to be put in effect by the miners the first day of last May, and expressed his chagrin at the failure of. the movement. He impressed upon them the importance of the movement and cited many instances where it had been a local success. The report recommended the election of a delegation to visit the trades union congress of 5reat Britain and the trades union congress of Germany to be held iu 181*2 and other labor conventions. He recommended holding an international labor congress in Chicago in September, 1892, or in Ma3% 1898. He recommended the per* soual visitations of a representative of the American Federation to all parts of the world in order to insure full representation at the Chicago convention. He opposed political action as a body, and urged national legislation making the first Mondaj* in September, Labor day, a legal holiday in the territories as it is in most of the states.

Important Topic* Dincmiied. Mr. (rompers criticises the employment of convicts in the mining regions, dwells on unfair immigration, denies that the federation as a whole has taken political action, deplores the condition of woman labor owing to lack of organization and condemns child labor. He says 270,000 organized workingmen have signed a petition iavoring woman suffrage, condemns .recent attacks on free speech and assemblage, recommends closer atHliation of labor organizations, favors a permanent census bureau and says the several state bureaus of labor statistics should be more intimately associated with the one at Washington.

Free AmieinhlttKe Mini Free Speech. The recent alleged anarchist troubles in Chicago are treated as follows: "Within tho last few years there hus been direct purpose anil what appears to be a tacit understanding among the authorities of our several state am. municipal oftlcem to violate one of the fundamental principles and right* guaranteed to the people. The right of fre° assemblage and free speech haw been won at the sacrlliceof thousand* ot lives and of fortunes untold. Vet the right of free speech aud free assemblage is as much in quest! to day as it was centuries ago. We may have little if any sympathy with the expression of those who aro opposed to our system of government, or we may be their outspoken antagonists, hut we should at all times maintain the constitutional rigl.ts of the people, of free speech and free assemblage. It requires but a stretch of authority to interfere aud break up the meetings of our unions as was recently the cast* with the painters* union of Chicago, and still others reported to us.''

TI IJ: K.\|'IIKKS ho OUT.

Atluntle & l'iirlllc Men .loin in the Southern I'ncillc rromnion. Al.iMTyKmjrK. X. M., Dec. 10.—Kvery dispatcher and operator in the employ of the Atlantic cfc Pacific from this city to Mojave, I'al., has quit work aud all trains are at a standstill. The conductors, engineers, firemen and brakemen of the brotherhood lodges are in sympathy with the dispatchers and operators, and should they agree to stand by the telegraphers the strike will be stupendous and financially disastrous. The ciaim is that the officials of the Atlantic .t Pacific anticipate the issuance tif an order similar to that which caused the Southern Pacific strike. Assistant (irand Chief Kamsey has telegraphed the men there to return to work in case the officials agree not to issue an order boycotting the order of telegraphers.

•IMS I..UIOU KHIIKKATION.

Movement to Form a Comliinntion of All ItaliroHd Kmployen. Sr. Lol ls. Dee. 10.—Representatives of all the different railway organizations throughout the country, with the exception of the Hrotherhood of Locomotive l-'iremcn, are iu secret session here. A resolution was offered stating that it was the sense of the council that a circular letter be issued to all railway organizations asking that their grand otlieers attend a meeting to lie held within the next .sixty days, to decide upon the federation of all railway organizations throughout the l/nited States and Canada. The resolution was adopted and the meeting will be held in St

Louis on February 1. Printers strike in I'lillHttclphia. Piiii.a!i-:i.I'llIa. Dec. 10.—The compositors on the Times, Record, Inquirer ami North American presented demands to their employers Tuesday for an increase in their wages from 40 to 45 cents per 1,000 cms. The Times and North American granted the demand, and an agreement was reached with the Inquirer office by which the men will continue work pending a settlement. but the Record declines to deal with the men aud is working with a new force.

Strike Declared Oil*.

PlT't'siiflKiii. Pa., Dec. 10.—The strike at the Vesuvius works oi Moorehead & Co., which was inaugurated last July becausc the firm refused to sign the amalgamated scale, has been declared off and the strikers will return to work at the company's terms if their pluccs have, not been filled. Originally the strike involved several hundred men, but at the meeting at which the strike was declared off there were less than sixty.

I.OIK, •KOO.OOO.

Fi.oiiKNCK. Ala., Dec. 10.—The most disastrous tire in the history of this place occurred here Tuesday morning. I The loss is estimated at over SUSO.OOO, with only pavtiul insurant*.

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SHORT SPECIALS.

Snow is said to be 18 feet deep iu parts of New Mexico. The semi-annual dividend for tli« school fund of Nebraska amounts tc 5274,538. .15.

It is said that the Illinois Central shops will be removed from Am boy tfl Free port, 111.

There were 1)45 inmates in the soldiers' and sailors' home for Illinois December 10.

Seven men died at ltntte. Mont, Tuesduy us the result of breathing tlie fumes from roasting ores.

C. II. and J. C. Pierce, of Chicugo. Tuesday bought lii,500 acres of timber land in southern Oregon for $100,000.

The Maryland fair commissioners have resolved to ask the state legislature to appropriate 5100,000 for the fair.

Mary llurgin, of Coldwater, Mich., has obtained judgment for $2,400 against John White for breach of promise. lien. Russell A. Alger was elected president of the American Shipping' and Industrial league at a meeting in Washington Tuesday.

Fireman Matthew llannoti was instantly killed by coming iu contact with an eleetrie light wire at a fire in New Orleans Tuesday.

While Stephen Rowe, of Charles City, la., was operating a buzz-saw the saw broke from its bearings and, striking Rowe, completely disemboweled liim.

Tuesday night the Manknto .t Northeastern railroad, with a capital of 81,000,000, wms organized at Mankato, Minn. The line is to run from Mankato to Farinington, Minn.

Tuesday the superior court of New York decided that Lillian Russell would have to pay $2,'251.88 for breti ing a theatrical contract because she could not wear tights iu winter.

The Allegheny Valley railroad has been sold to P. A. 11. Widener, of Philadelphia, representing the income stockholders, for S:i,000.000, the purchaser assuming the debt of 820,000,000.

The uncompleted walls of (Jermnnia hall, at Itattle Creek. Mich., fell Tuesday, damaging the building to the amount of S.i.000. An adjoining house and barn were injured to the extent of 81,000.

In two small villages in the province of Riazau, Russia, 200 persons are down with the smallpox, and fifty dentin have already occurred. Typhoid fever is carrying off many victims in other provinces.

Michael Davitt, who it was announced Monday would take the place of Mr. ICeane as tho MeCartliyite candidate for Waterford, Ireland, issued an nddress Tuesday pledging himseli.-r to work in parliament for home rule.

llnrdened with Too Mn.-li Money. Ilitt-SSKI.S, Dee. lrt. The llelgian Savings bank is suffering from a superabundance of deposits, which now amounts to ?70,000,000. The government is trying to solve the difficulty, and is considering suitable investment for the? surplus of the people's money.

'J'TiE MARKETS.

83V4C

Crain, I'rovUioiis, Etc. Chicago, Dec. 15.

FI.OIIR—Quint.

Spring Wheat Putcnts, 14.80

Wheat—Ruled

weak and lower. No. 3 cash

and December, eOHBBlUc May, B7®#8c. Coiin Modoratoly nctlvo and weak. NoS and No. i! yellow, GOtfc No. 3 aad No. 3 Yellow, 4iy -ii-.,c December and Year, !0X@

January. 45H®46Jjc February, 43^@ SM3?ic May, 4-j'i@43c. Oath—Busier. No. 9 cash, 22HQ33e January, 89& .1ic May, 33383!4c. Samples easier. No. 3, 30®3S!»c: No. 3 White, 3*&33Hc

ISAiti.UY—Very dull and weak. Poor unsound, 35-2,360 common malting, 38®4So fair to good, 43@60c choice heavy and bright, 53@86c, and Jancy, 58(&02c.

Muss 1'oitK—Market moderately active and prlccs higher. Prices quotable at [email protected],'5 for cash [email protected] for December HO.850 11.00 for January, and »11.58W®il 1.45 for May.

Laud—Trading moderately active and prlccs steadier. Prices iwixo'l at t8.(i3tf for cash &'>.97y{@ft.iX) for December (4).10®0.15 for January, aad M.45^6.50 for May.

Poui.tuy—Live Chickens, 0W@7!4cper lb. Live Turkeys, 6@10c per lb. Live Ducks, 889c per lb. Live liccsc, tS (Wif.tj.OO per dozen.

IlD-n-nit—Creamery. 18u,27'..:c Dairy, 15&85c racking stock, 13@Hic. On-s—Wisconsin Prime Whito. 8c Water White, H'„e Michigan Priino White, 9Kci Water White, 10'Sc Indiana Primo White, #•40 Water White. 10c: Headlight. 175 test, OKc Gasoline, 87 deg's, 14c 74 (leg's, 8^c.

Liguoits—Distilled Spirits remain firm on the basis of tl.18 per cut for Crlslicd xooda.