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VOL. VII—NO. 280. CRAWFORDSVILLE, INDIANA, W EDNESDAY, AUGUST 23.1893.

DENOUNCED BY DAN.

Senator Voorhees Argues Against the National Bank System.

OPENS THE SENATE SILVER DEBATE.

The Indiana Senator Strongly Favors Unconditional Repeal —He Outlines a Flnaoolal Mellennlum-Other Doings of the Senate.

VOORHEES' VOICE RAISED. WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Immediately

after opening Senator Voorhees (dem., Ind.) chairman of the finance committee, addressed the senate in advocaoy of the bill reported by him last Friday, discontinuing the purchase of silver bullion. A synopsis of the principal points in his argument is as follows:

The senator said that for five months had (one up the voice of the prophet of financial evil: from the great money oenters had emanated oruel edicts contracting the eurrenoy and resulting in panto, and yet no one believed there was want of confidence in the governmeat oredlt or in the stability of its ourrenoy.

Effect of the 8herman Law.

Having Illustrated the power and duty on the government In furnishing sound and reliable and constitutional money for the people, Senator Voorhees at this point said he was confronted by a law without precedent or parallel in Amerloan history: a law which for months past had been the theme of all tongues and pens, and In whose name flnanolal panto, alarm and distress had been iavoked, and for whose repeal this oongross had been oonvened. This law resulted from a compromise, and In an evil hour, the worst and darkest that ever betel the cause of bimetallism or the honor and existence of silver money, this pernicious compromise was acocpted. The act was not Intended In good faith for the coinage of silver at all. On the contrary, It emanated from the enemies of sliver money, and its purpose was to degrade, dishonor and disgrace this, one of the preolous metals, until it could no longer hold Its place with gold as a part of the speoie basis of this country and of the world. In reducing silver to a merchantable commodity, on a level with the products of the field and farm, and issuing treasury certificates pn it according to Its market value, there could be but one effect on the dignity and stability of that great money metal. It reeled and staggered under the blow, until now its enemies predicted with Joy its speedy and total destruction.

Not an Knemy of Silver.

Senator Voorhees said he voted against the passage of the Sherman act, and for the same reason he would vote for Its repeal The outery, In certain quarters, at this time, that those who vote for the repeal of this measure, are enemies of silver as money, and In favor of its demonetisation, was Dot only false so far at he wis oonoerhed, but A the light of what had happened 'in the past, it was absurd. lie (Senator Voorhees) would at once eradloate this confessed evil from the body of our laws, with no other condition than his right and free agency to support and to seoure by an independent measure the oolnage of silver on an equality with gold.

Fower of Concerted Capital, The bitter and determined assault which has been witnessed on the present administration to eompcl an enormous Issue ot government bonds, had not gone unheeded by the American people, nor had the authors of the assault, nor those Interested In Its suocess, escaped widespread and intelligent observation.

The campaign of capitalists seeking a new supply of Interest-bearing government bonds, did not confine themselves to any one point of assault while they operated to break down the gold reserve, and to that extent impair the public oredlt They startled the country and thrilled the world with the cry that American gold was running away from the silver-blasted country, •based out by sliver money, and that there was no way to lure it back except to bait plentifully with government bonda. The Sherman act was made to do double duty, and was charged With grave ofrencea In which it had no part The gold shipments wore to be accounted for as part of the plan to saok the treasury, which was to be accompanied by a concerted outory from terror-strlokea business circles and from the whole national banking system that nothing oould restore confidence and credit save the issuance of 300,000.000 of bonds.

A Menace to the People.

He had no desire to assail the national banks. It was the system he arraigned, and not the individuals who conducted It. The unrestricted, unrestrained and unbridled power of these banks, whereby the circulation of money In the hands of the people can often be and has been suddenly fluctuated' from a prosperous maximum to a stunted and distressful minimum, constituted a standing and frightful menace against the safety, the welfare, and the happiness of the great and most useful body of the Amerloan people.

Forced Contraction of Currency. Had the men in business and the tolling millions who suffer most been tempted in their distress to say that thtlr was no longer money In thlB country! The books showed that something more th*a 11.600,000,000—nearly K4 per eaplta—were In circulation within the past year and should be in circulation to-day. The government was not in direct contact with tho citizens on thlH subject. Tho national banks were between the government and the people, and In their vaults to-day lay hidden millions and hundreds of millions dedicated to circulation, held there by the cowardly unpatrtotlo fear which has always haunted great earthly possessions. Could any one be blind to the fact tbat the banks had not only without cause, except their own Interest, turned their keys on all business prosperity, but that they had also attempted to seise the government itself by the throat and to play tjully aud mastiff towards those highest in authority.

Another Evil.

A condition of the two extremes of vast oon* solldatcd wealth on one hand, and absolute poverty on the other—both very dangerous—was rapidly culminating In this country. Every proposition to put mora money In circulation aud within reach of the people's dally toll was always tearfully denounced by those Interested In minimizing the wages and the exchangeable value ol property. Every dollar which tended to make the people Independent of the banks, the usurers and taskmasters was looked upon with aversloq.

Even the pension rolls ol the government— those records sacred to the blood and tears of millions—shed tor the existence of the American union—had not escaped determined and vlndlotive assault The fact that the amount ef money in circulation is largely lnoreascd every three months In the year by the payment of pensions, that It Is done without the agenoy of the banks and beyond their control, has exolted the open and bitterest opposition ot the great money oenters from the very beglnnln our present pension system. Senator Voorhees said that It was clear to his mind that pension money, amounting to over (100,000,000 per annum, perhSps, and going everywhere, was oue of the greatest sources of relief now left to tne people In the way of currency, Independent of the contracting, retiring power of tho banks.

Future of the National Banks. Turning again to a discussion of the national bauktng Bystem, Senator Voorhees asserted that the banks were entering In a final fight for a prolonged furture exists euoe. They intensely realized that the present supply of government bonds for banking purposes must bo very largely Increased wlthla the next five years, or they would be forcad to commenoe winding up and retreating from the theater of action in which thay have so long appeared. Fourteen years hence, In 1807, the last bond on whloh the banks had lssaed their currency would bavo been redeemed and canceled Long before

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Ibis the quostlon of a perpetuation of tho national banking system would be pressed peremptorily oh congress. In view of the reoent action of the banks, congress oouh) not (BO 4Qon oonslder what system the government should adopt in the near future In furnishing a circulating medium to the people. Senator Voorhees took his stand against 1st existenoe, the increase or the perpetuation ol the national debt for the purposes of natiohal banking, and oalled upon the millions who constitute the great army of laborer! to \|}(Q tiotloe ot thil lam from this tlmt that will not down at any man's bldoTnji

Sena» Voorhees than proceeded to outline his Idea ot what was to fo}low the national banking system, and (Ma flat when the democratic party aeolsred ft its national platform for the repeal ot the government tax on the Issue ot state banks a hue and cry was ralsett Qf fepubllcan leaders, af

as If a piibUo enemy under arms was about to Invade the squatty, Investigation of tha subtest, howevs* showsd that no one had ever lost a dollar ue depreciation of the

Its tailuri gold so. resting on deemablo, Istenoe by a

.failure to tLde0 lta or nlver mi sailed it was tblt kin ol oirtsulati

currency in upon to do listing medium, always reout of exlnslncere mode

I Ipeett 4m|9 Ind wat Was driven spurious.

of taxation for the benefit of tho pational banks. Senator Voerhtes dQaTW thfe oflastltutlonallty of the 10 pes oent, tax oa state bank circulation, even though a majority of court had reached suoh a oonoluslon.and argued for the right ol the state to provide its oeoplo with a circulating medium through the agency of state banks.

Greenbacks and St%te Bank Money. Supposing that their state bank tax had been repealed, Senator Voorhees asked, what, In tbat event, would congress dot He did not expect the government over to abandon a national ourrency, though It would abandon the system of national banks, but ha did expeo: at no very distant day that United States notes, such ns are aow and have been in existence for thirty years past, their payment guaranteed by the honor of the government, would supersede all other national money except gold aad stives, and that without jar or friction they would otreulate in the hands of the people alongside ot the well-guarded, safely secured ourrenoy Issued by the states and guaranteed, according to the constitution, by both the preolous metals. Those who live to witness the adoption of this policy would, Senator Voorhees thought, look upon the safest, strongest and most beneficial system of finance ever known tn American history. 'It had In It the elements with whloh to accomplish the paramount and indispensable features of all sound financial legislation.

A Financial Millennium.

A sufllolent volume of ourrcncy at all times, state and national, on practloally a specie basis —guaranteed also by publlo honor—with which to transaot the growing and expanding business developments of the country. & The absolute denial and destruction of all power In the hands of individuals, corporations, or syndicates to oause fluctuations in amount of the different currencies In circulation, thus rendering panles and business distress impos tlble for the future. 8. Every dollar In circulation, whether gold or silver, auto bank paper, or United States notes on a strict parity and Interchangeable with every other dollar, thus securing to tho people the beneflts and advantages of both a state eurrenoy and a national currcncy, circulating in harmony atid uniformity, and performing all the functions of money at home and abroad. 4 The settlement of the vexed question of sliver money at once and forever, by authorising It to form Its portion ot the specie bests required by the constitution for every ohartered bank In the hnion by recognizing it whan defining the powers of the states, to make legal tender money, thus making the* use of sliver, coined late money, as imperative as will he useful to the great body of the people. *. The total and complete overthrew of the dangerous oentraltsatlon of the money pjwer aow existing at a few money oenters and In the hands of a few Individuals, by giving to the people of the States the right of home rule on the subject of money and thereby securing to them a reliable, non-fluotuating home circulation.

To these five propositions Senator Voorhees added but one more: A oarefully adjusted and graded Income tax—a most equitable and upright measure la providing government revenue and demanded by old-fashioned eternal Justice.

Dubois for Bimetallism.

Senator Voorhees was followed by Senator Dubois (rep. Idaho) in opposition to the bill. There was not a senator on the floor, he said, who had not been elected on a platform wnich pledged him to blmetelllsm. No national party had declared at any convention in favor of monometallism, and, his judgment, none ever would. He insisted most earnestly tbat no representative of tbe people had a moral right by his vote or on bis own judgment to put the oountry on a gold standard. It would be a betrayal of the people.

Palmer for Kepeal.

Senator Palmer (dem. I1L) argued in support of the bill. It could not fairly be asserted, he said, that the president did not favor the use of both gold and silver as the standard money of the oountry, nor did it follow that, because the presldont had failed to say a word in reference to bimetallism in his recent message to congress, he would disapprove of legislation providing foi^ooinage of both metals that would be of equal exchangeable and Intrinsic value. He (Palmer) believed, howover, that In tho present state of the market it was beyond the power of any finite mind to fix the ratio of silver to gold, bocause tho market value of silver was in a state of chronic fluctuation. The present ratio should be adhered to, the Sherman law repealed and the use of silver ooln encouraged by Judicious laws, and then tha lnfluenoe of events upon the relative values of tho metals might be oalmly watched, with the hope that by the use of effeotlvo means the country might at no distant day reaoh the point where both gold and silver could be coined and used without discrimination between them.

National Bank Bill Considered. The case of tbe Montana senatorship was laid before the senate, but a motion to lay that matter aside Informally and to proceed to the consideration of the bill to Inorease the national bank olroulatlon waa made by Senator McPherson (dem. N. J.). This motion provoked oolloquy, tn the oourse of whlcb Senator Voorhees gave notloe that If It should turn out that the national bank bill was to be used to delay actios on the bill to repeal the Sherman act he should move to sldetraox It. He thought It better that senators should be frank with each other. Senator Mcpherson's motion was agreed to—yeae, 40: nays, 10—and the national bank circulating bill was accordingly taken, up,

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question being

011 tho amendment offered by Senator Cockrell (dem. Mo.) for tbe redemption ot such per cent, bonds as may be offered and lor payment lu a new Issue ot treasury notes.

Senator Stewart (rep. Nov.) set out to antagonize some of the positions taken in Senator Voorhees' speeoh. He compared the position of the Indiana senator to that of a Missouri Judge who, In a deoialon on a fugitive slave case before the war, was said to have "given tho law to the north and tbe negro to the south."

After a brief debate the bill and amendment went over without action. A resolution was offered by Senator Peffer (pop. Kan.) and wen'tover till to-day, calling on tbe secretary of the treasury for a report as to whether national banks In Boston, New York and Philadelphia were being conducted in violation of law whether they were paying depositors' checks promptly In lawful money and whether they were demanding rates of Interest higher than those provided by law for loahs of money or for tba discounting of notes. After a short executlvo session tho senate adjourned.

Beforo Senator Voorhees began his speech Senator Potior offered a resolution, which was referred to tho finance committee, providing for tbe reduction of salaries of all government officers from 11,000 and upward by IS and 20 per cent.

Albert S. Spatildlng, a banker at Palatine, 111., made an assignment Assets and liabilities are placed at 125,000 eauh.

STILL TALKING.

Members of the House Oontlnuo to Discuss the Silver Question.

POINTS MADE IS TUESDAY'S DEBATE.

Ei-Sollrltor of tlm Treunury Hepburn OpItopcat of the Sherman Law— Able Speeches Made by Otli,er* on Both Kitten.

TO AID THK MIDAVIXTEU TAIR. WABIII.VGTO.N, Aug. 23.—The house has passed the senate bill in aid of the Colifornia midwinter international exposition. The bill passed the senate Monday. It simply permits the removal of dutiable goodB and of European workmen from Chicago to San Francisco. No money was asked from the government

Mr. Johnson (rep., O.) introduced his incontrovertible bond bill and had it referred to the banking and ourrency eommittee, with leave to report at any time after the silver debate. Mr. Brickner (rep., Wis.) spoke in favor of the repeal of the purchasing clause. Mr. Mallory (dem., Fla.) spoke inoppsltlon to the unconditional repeal of the purchase clause.

Party Lines Ignored.

Two Illinois congressmen, Hopkins and Lane, took part in the financial debate. They spoke from widely different standpoints, Hopkins being a republican who believes in upholding Mr. Cleveland by an unconditional repeal of the silver-purchase law, while Lane is a democrat who does not believe in upholding the president by a repeal bill. It indioates to what an extent party lines have been obliterated by Cleveland's demand for repeal of the silver-purchase law.

Mr. Hopkins said that the republicans took the president at his word when he said in his message that the silver extremists were a menace to tho whole country. Under such circumstances the republicans were ready to act like patriots in averting the menace, and they would do their full share in assisting the president in his patriotic purpose. He urged that unconditional repeal was the first step to be taken and after that the country would expect the party in power to make a comprehensive revision of the financial laws. In this step, also, the republicans would assist Mr. Cleveland. In particular, Mr. Hopkins urged a system of gold and silver certificates issued to anyone depositing gold or silver bullion in tha treasury.

Ho was followed by Judge Lane, who shook up the house, and pnrtioularly tho silver men, with a red-hot speech for the white metal. Judge Lane spoke on general principles and did not try to present any particular "ideas" on the subject. He told several anecdotes to show tbat the derided silver dollar was very useful to the bankers and those who assailed it

Bynum for Repeal.

Mr. Bynum (dem. Ind.) in advocating the Wilson bill said: Unquestionably the vast majority of people believed the Sherman law was responsible tor the evils described by the president. Slnoe the passage of the act the price of silver has gone steadily dowa By tnls fall tbe government was losing more than 110,000,000 a year. Gold was being exported in large sums. Ho highly eulogised the action of Secretary Carlisle for his refusal to issue bonds. The time had como when oant and subterfuge should be driven from these hails and judgment and reason restored. [Applause] The United States could not open its mints to free cuinagc at any ratio, with the mints of all the otlfer civilized nations closcd against It. Free coinago here meant a silver monometallism ana no ono was arguing to destroy the silver metal more utterly than tbe advocates ot the Bland amendment Should free coinage be decided upon he would bid farewell to any hope for tariff reform.

Uepburn Surprises the Hoase. The surprise of the day was the speech of Mr. Hepburn (rep. la.) who was solicitor of the treasury under the Harrison administration. He disagreed with his party colleagues and emphatically declared against the repeal of the Sherman law. lie said in substance:

He was opposed to tbe repeal of the Sherman law and he protested against the shifting process of legerdemain by which the democrats attempted to place the responsibility of the repeal upon republican shoulders and to make the republicans admit that the Sherman hill contained all the Iniquities whloh the democrats. In their enthusiasm oharged that It du*. [Applause.] The banks, the boards of trade, tbe ohambers ot commerce, tle moneyed institutions, did not rule the business of the oountry. Their business began where the business of the produoer ended. [Applause.) He believed that the Sherman act In its operation was beneficial at all times and It was not harmful to-day. The true way to solve tbe financial question was to compel by wise and judicious legislation the balance of trade to be In our favor. [Applauee.l Let us boy loss abroad let us patronize less the labor fields of other lands and more of our own. [Applauso.] Let us. by Judicious measures, Inorease the merchant marine let UB secure by proper methods (of subsidy or bounty) the production of all the sugar we need. [Applause.) All bankers were monometalllsts and they recognized President 'Cleveland as one. The banks were the power.

Tbe metropolitan press assumed to speak for the oountry and assumed to say that the people made the demand for the repeal of tbe Sherman sot Ho knew of but one representative who had received a petition asking for the repeal. The republican party was asked to admit that all the evils that affiloted the country came from tbe Sherman law. For one, he would not do so. [Applause.]

Now for tha Tariff.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—The house ways and moans committee will mtet to-day to consider what its course shall be relative to the immediato consideration of the tariff. It is understood that tho committee will take up at once the preparation of a bill regardless of whether the present session is to be a continuous one or not, as it can work equally well in the recess of congress, and Chairman Wilson thinks he can have the bill ready for consideration in the house by December.

Killed In a Mill Explosion.

STANTON, Mich., Aug. 23.—The boiler in J. W. Willett's sawmill in ISushnell, this county, blew up Tuesday forenoon. W. N. Eckhert was instantly killed and two other men fatally injured. The mill was wrecked.

Italy has accepted the dismissal of the mayor of Aigues-Mortcs as an ovidenca of France's (rood faith.

THE PROMISED LAND.

Settlors May Locate 011 the Cherokee Strip September 10.

THE PROCLAMATION IS ISSUED.

Land Offlcci to Be Open for the Convene lence of Intending Settlers on September 10—How a Person May Secure Valuable Lands.

TO OPKN* THE STITLP.

WASHINGTON, A up. 23. President Cleveland has issued a proclamation opening to settlement and homestead entry on Saturday, September 16, 1893, at 12 o'clock noon, central standard time, all the lands, except those especially reserved, recently acquired from the. Cherokee Indian nation and the Tonkawa and Pawnee tribes in the Indian territory, known as the Cherokeo outlet.

Comprises Seven Counties.

The lands now open to settlement are divided into seven counties. After reciting the law and the treaties with tho Indians under which the land was ceded to the government, the proclamation describes the tract reserved for county seats of the several counties. In each of these county seats four acres are reserved for the site of a courthouse.

A strip of land 100 feet wide around and immediately within the boundaries of the lands now oponed is set apart, and entrance upon said strip is permitted prior to the day for the opening of the lands. Upon this strip booths are to be loeated and clerks from the general land office detailed to take charge of them. The booths will be conveniently located upon the regular lines of travel—five on the northern and four on the southern boundary—and will be open for business at 12 o'clock noon September 10 and be kept open each business day from 7 a. m. to 12 o'clock and from 1 to 6 p. m. until discontinued by direotlon of the secretary of the Interior.

How to Secure f.ind.

Each party desiring to enter upon the lands for the purpose of making a homestead entry or soldier's declaratory statement or settling upon a town lot will be required to first appear at one of the booths and there make a declaration showing hiB or her qualifications to make such entry or statement or to settle upon a town lot. If the declaration proves satisfactory to the ofllcers in oharg* of the booth certificates will be issued by such officers permitting tbe party who makes the declaration to yo upon the outlet at tha time fixed let the open* lng. Parties making these deOSvations will be required to (sake oath before the diatriot land offloers or other officer who may take their homestead affidavits that all the statements contained in their declarations are true in every particular. The officers of the United States ave expressly charged to permit no party without a certificate to occupy or enter upon any part of the outlet. The laud offices will be open for business at ID noon OB the day ol the opening.

Troops Have Cleared Cherokee Strip. ARKANSAS CITV, Kan., Aug, 23.—The troops of United States cavalry which have been driving out Intruders from the Cherokee strip preparatory to the opening of that oountry to settlement, have about completed their work. Everyone on the strip has been compelled to move out.

Much Rejoicing.

ARKANSAS CITT, Kan., Aug. 83.— News that the Cherokee strip would be opened September 10 caused the greatest excitement among the boomers. Tuesday night there was a mammoth demonstration with a parade, bonfires and speeches. The people seem to have gone mad with delight

Boomers Driven Out by Flood. GUTHRIE, O. T., Aug. 23.—A number of Cherokee strip boomers camped In the Arkansas valley flats were driven out by a sudden rise of the river, losing their wagons, teams, tents, etc., and it is feared that several of them were drowned. A family which attempted to ford the Salt Fork is reported to have been swept away.

HIS HEALTH IMPROVES. Private Letter Received by Mr. Blseel' Irom the President.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.—Postmaster General Bissell has received a private letter ,-from President Cleveland at Gray Gables which discloses that the president had made marked improvement in. his health singe he Issued his official statement of indisposition ten days ago. The freedom from official care has permitted him to secure his full allowance of rest at night and ho is no longer bothered by wakefulness. If what the president writes to his close personal associate of the cabinet were put alongside hi* lugubrious statements of ten days ago there would be a marked contrast It assures his return to work in much improved physical condition tho latter part of next week.

Charged with Drawn Swords. VIENNA, Aug. 23.—Thousands of Idle men gathered Tuesday evening near Wagemann's factory in the Favoritan quarter and jeered and stoned the police who had guarded the building since the recent strike began. The police tried to drive the roughs away. Their first two charges, made without drawing swords, were repulsod and several po' lioemep were injured with atones.

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Eventunlly the police cha-jred with drawn swords. The strikers held their ground until many had been out ntul several arrested.

Nine Men browned.

LONDON, Aug. 23.—Robert Inglis. marine superintendent-in Liverpool for the Cunard Steamship company, was drowned Tuesday in the Nene river, near Sutton bridge. He and eight, friends were returning in a sailboat from a fishing excursion up the river. A sudden squall upset the boat and all nine men sank before help could reach them. Mr. Inglis had been the Cunard company's marine superintendent for twenty-seven years.

CURRENT EVENTS.

Paid admissions to the world's fair on Tuesday, 182,380 total to date, 8,808,870.

Recorder Whittaker, of Now Orleans, and two clerks have been indicted for misappropriation of funds.

Drought still prevails in Indiana and portions of Illinois and the yield of corn will be materially affected.

Patrick M. Hoggan, a Chicago lotter carrier, has been committed to jail on tho charge of robbing the malls.

In order to move the wheat crop Minneapolis millers and elevator men have decided to use checks and due bills.

William A. Hyde, a oltizen of Grand Rapids, Mich., slnos 1848, was accidentally killed in a machine Bhop.

Residents of Brushy Fork, 111., surround the swamp in which Lou Myers is hidden, determined to starve him out

Returns of Illinois assessors show that the assment of the state in 1803 is $761,230,681, against $745,754,172 in 18H2.

The bodies of two men, evidently cattle thieves killed by ranchers, were found near Bagtickulo, in tho Chootaw nation.

The National Association of Fire Engineers is in annual session In Milwaukee, nearly 200 cities being represented.

William Hall and Pat Daisy, burglars, esoaped from the Tiffin (O.) jail. A reward of $100 is offered for their apprehension. ff. H. Bostwick, at Cleveland, claims to have knowledge that China will expel all Americana if the Goary law is enforoed.

Several hundred unemployed Milwaukee laborers, after demanding work of Mayor Koch, looted a number of fruit stores.

A .oireular has been issued the American Bankers' assooiatloa which advocates petitioning congrees' to stop silver purchases.

Herman Struck, of Pekin, HI., litis brought suit against Revenue Collector Wilcox lor $9B, wbioh he was assessed for campaign purposes.

AtBearden, Ark., the house of Abraham Jones, a negro, was blown up with dynamite. Jones and his wife and ohild are probably fatally hurt.

Samuel VV. Clark, the leading lumber dealer of Kanesville, 0., has made an assignment. -His resources aud liabilities will approximate Sl,K00,000. •ov. Altgeld has pardoned Joseph Kota, of La Salle oounty, 111. He was Sentenced to the penitentiasy in 1*80 tor forty years for murder and is dj'ing ot consumption.

The raoe horse Doctor R,, 2:15!^, purchased some tlma ago from Indiana parties, haa been seised by tho onatoms Officials at Sarnla, Cnt, on the charge of under valuation.

Alva Morricle, of Mount Vernon, O.,•* was drowned In Gognto lake, near Battle Creek, Mich. He was £9 years old and a member of the training class for nurses at the sanitarium.

It iB said Gov. Osborne will certainly refuse to call an extra session of the Wyoming legislature to elect a senator in the event of the senate refusing to seat the appointed senators.

The Union Paclfio Railroad company has closed a contract for a special train of Pullman cars to convey 100 prominent Mormons of Salt Lake to Chicago to eelebrute Utah day at the loir.

Moro than BOO educators of Wlseonsln are in attendance upon the institute In session at Elkhorn. Profs. E. 8. Harvep, ol Milwaukee, and V*ay and Bnbbell, ol Madison, are conducting the institute.

Baseball.

National league games on Tuesday: At New York—New York, 17 Chio*go, 7. At Boston—Boston, Tj Cincinnati, 4. At Philadelphia Philadelphia, 12 Cleveland, 8. At Brooklyn— Brooklyn, 2 Pittsburgh, 1 (twelve innings). At Washington—Louisville, 8 Washington, I. At Baltimore—Baltimore, 2 St Louis, 1.

THE MARKETS."

Oraln. Provisions, Bte. CHICAGO, Aug. 22.

FLOCH Quiet and unchanged. Winter

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stents, per brl, 12.&0&18ft atralghts, KL7U& Spring patests, N.00 straights, M.MQ&00 bakers', tl.MQlOO.

WHSAI—Qolet and lower. August, FLI® 81Ko September, tlK®62)tc Deoembcr, W/, OtOKc.

COUN—Quiet and easier. No. », S8Mc: No. Yellow, 86!4c No. 8, 37Si©»7*o and No 8 Yellow, 89c August, 880) Septomber. M%a3H*tc Ootober. 8l!£08i)Mo December 38Q89!soi May, 40XQ41O.

OATS—Slow and easier. No. S cash, 23H3 ZSTtc September, t8K&°4o May, 20K&3OC. Samples easier. No. 24®25c No. 8 v\hlte,

Ne. $, 24&toc No. S White, Z7H

•*»c. RYE—Steady but quiet. No S, 46^0. Sain, pie lots, 47&48C for No. and 80@42c for No. 8 September delivery, 4T^4O.

UiKLKY—Still quiet and ao ohange. Cogomou (p gpod quality new Barler. I0&40O: