Decatur Democrat, Volume 36, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 December 1892 — Page 6

©he DECATUR, IND. M. *LAOKBUBN, ... 1802 DECEMBER. 1802 Su Mo Tu We ThlFr Sa 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14, 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 © « ® ® ® © ®_ EPITOME OF THE WEEK. . PHILIP D. ARMOUR’S GIFT TO CHICAGO., Indiana on the Warpath -Jay Gould's Will Filed—Beaten by Bandlte — Prot Smith Guilty of Heresy—Printers' Strike »t Kansas Clty-Mgr. Satblli Recalled. ABMOUB’S GIFT T<i CHICAGO. • The Groat Pork Packer Does the Hand* noinest Thing of His Kite. Chicago special: Philip D. Armour has started for New York, on Ms way to Europe, leaving behind him a Christmas gift of over §1,500,000 to the City of Chicago. Absolutely unknown to the public, work has been going on for a year past toward the construction of a magnificent five-story building on Amour avenue, and it is now all but ready for occupancy. The building will be known as tho Armour Institute This building is but a small part of the gift. In addition to it Mr. Armour gives §1,400,000 for its support. All that money and brainsand labor can do will be done toward making it the greatest institute for manual training, science, and art in this country. Tt will be a school good enough for the richest and it will reach out for the poorest. Mr. Armour’s wealth came to him in Chicago. He desires now to do Something for the young men of that city. Upon his return from Europe he will to a large extent go into a sort of partnership with the young men and young women who have, or desire to have, a future. He conceived this idea years ago and tho plans have been carefully goneover with George W. Childs, John C. Black, and Mr. Armor’s sons Ogden and Philip. He desires above all things that his millions may aid in making life beautiful, inspiring, and useful to the deserving young men and women of Chicago. Tho school will probably be opened next (September. During the next few months the most complete apparatus obtainable for every branch and a library bearing upon every Hne of study will be secured. Denies the Charge. Robert Beatty, In jail in Louisville, Ky., as one of the members of the poisoning conspiracy at Homestead, Pa., denies the charge of being Implicatedin tho poisoning of the non-union workmen and says he was arrested at the instance as the Pinkertons to keep him from bringing forward witnesses to prove that the Pinkertons on the Little Bill fired first He says he came to Louisville to see his wife, who lives at Twenty-first and Bank streets, and incidentally to look up witnesses. He says that an attempt was made to arrest him at the Pittsburgh wharf for assault and battefv, but he left the boat he was on and look a skiff, boardin? the boat after she had left Pittsburgh. ■ < V Beaten by Bandits. Laredo (Tex.) special: The other night a band of Garza revolutionists, ■umbering 140 men, crossed from the Texas side of the river, three miles, above here. They were headed by Entrigo Rwmar., the right hand man of Caterina Garza. Two companies of Mexican •avalry met the bandits and were routed with several killed. The bandits burned the barracks and drove the soldiers into the woods. Reinforcements have gone from Nuevi Laredo, and the United States government has ordered two companies to pursue the revolutionists on this side. Gaiza was not in the party. . (Indians on the Warpath. Helena (Mont) special: A dispatch from Agent Simons, of the Belknap agency, to Governor Toole reads: “Send troops at on<;e and notify the Secretary •f War at Washington. Several Indian soldiers have been wounded; one killed.” It is believed here that other Indians have become excited, and joined in tho defense of the Indian who wounded Agent Simons. t ■ “ y ' A Light Sentence. At Davenport, lowa,Georgo I. Bagley, the messenger, who stole SIOO,OOO from the United States Express Company Nov. TB, was sentenced to two and a halt years in the penitentiary. Bagley pleaded guilty. Judge Waterman gave as his reason for imposing a* light sentence, the prisoner’s previous good character and his prompt action in restoring the stolen money. Jay Gould’s Will Filed. Jay Gould’s will has been filed for probate atthe surrogate’s office in New York. The value of the estate is stated by ex-Judge John F. Dillion to be $72,800,000. The bulk of the property goes direct to the six children, and the inheritance tax of 1 per cent will bring $720,000 into tho city treasury. Printers Strike. Every printer on the Kansas City Mail, including the foreman, struck and walked nut of the office. The trouble arose from the employment of non-union printers on some extra work. The proprietor of the Mail says he will no longer recognize union labor and that he will publish in foture with non-union printers. An Office for Susan. Miss Susan B. Anthony of Rochester, N. Y., the well known woman’s suffrage advocate, has been appointed manager •f the State Industrial School by Gov, Flower. ProUKmlth Guilty of Heresy. On the second and third charges Prof. Smith of Cincinnati, was found guilty. They pertain to his views on inspiration. An Atrocious Crime. Oklahomo City special: Details have Inst reached here of a most atrocious outrage committed one mile and a half northwest from here. In which two men were killed and two more probably fatally injured. George Denton, a negro who is well known to the authorities, became intoxicated in the morning. At 9 p. m. be went to the Eldorado saloon, a •Sough resort, and pulling out a gun dectaanded that the bartender give him k drink. This the bartender refused to do until Denton showed the necessary coin, at the same time making • move to get his gun. At this Denton Bred, the bullet lodging in the barten-

der’s shoulder. Severn mon who wore In tho saloon at tho time remonstrated with Dentou, who thereupon became crazed and pointed his gnn at the crowd fired several times. When tho smoke cleared away two men wore found to bin dead and one fatalfif Injured. INDIANA ROAD CON GUESS. It Prepares an Address to tho Legislators. Indianapolis special: The committee of the Indiana Road Congress appointed to prepare resolutions which should be a guide to the coming Legislature has made Its report Tho revised icport which was ultimately adopted, provides ■‘for tho abolition of the recent system of District Supervisors and requires in their stead the appointment by the County Commissioners of a competent person who shall have the aupcrtntcndcncy of the highways of the county. Tne compensation is fixfffi at $5 per day when actually employed. A township supervisor is also to be appointed and bo subject to the county superintendent and these shall meet oncojcach year for the purpose of determining what. Improvements shall bo made. Tho free gravel road law shall be so amended that bonds shall be issued under the laws now in force, payable one-tenth atNiually at 4 per cent, interest per annum; that such bonds be exempt from taxation and that such bond bo paid out of the taxes assessed against tho real estate within two miles of such road and that in such assessment tho real estate owners shall be compelled to pay no more than 4 per cent, on their said assessment, thereby giving them the benefit of the exemption of such bonds from taxation. And, further, that all railroad property located within two miles of the line of such free gravel roads be subject to assessment tho same as real estate within two miles. Governor-elect Matthews addressed the body and a permanent organization was effected as follows: President —Mason J. Nibaek, "Vincennes. Secretary—Evans Woolen, Indianapolis. Treasurer —Louis H. Gibson, Indianapolis. One Vico President for each of the thirteen congressional districts was also selected. * The Congress adjourned subject to a call from the President. STILL IN FORCE. A Tresity Affecting tlio Presence of Armed Vessels on the Lakes. Secretary of State Foster has transmitted to the President a report in answer to the inquiries propounded in a Senate resolution of April 11. 1892,which has been laid before the Senate. The questions related to the treaty of 1817 between the United States and Great Britian respecting the maintenance of armed vessels ou the great lakes. The Secretary says that tho terms of the treaty are held by tho Department of State, to be still in force and that neither power is maintaining armed vessels on the lakes in violation of the treaty. The report shows that subsequent to the notification by President Lincoln in 1865, ratified by resolution of Congress in 1865, of the desire of the United States to withdraw from the treaty, diplomatic correspondence ensued, with the result that on March 8, 1865 the United States Minister at London was instructed to withdraw the pre- I vious notice. This was communicated i to Sir F. Bruce, British Minister, by Secretary Seward, June 16, 1865, at which date correspondence in regard to the termination of the treaty of 1817 ceased. Since that time it has been regarded by both governments as continuing in force and effect.

Uta AND EXPLOSION. Four Persons Reseuesl from the Koof— Nothing Known of the Origin. Milwaukee special: Recently fire was discovered in the Light Horse Squadron Armory on Broadway by Officer Shan•non. Before he could give the alarm there was a loud explosion breaking nearly all the front windows, and a momcht later a great mass, of flames, was issuing from the center windows on the second floor. The fire department quickly arrived on the scene and hardly reached the building when the cries of a boy were heard from the roof calling for a ladder. The Hayes ladder was raised to the roof and two of the firemen and one police officer rushed up to the top and found huddled on the roof four persons, who were rescued. The persons saved were: William Milter, janitor of the building, Mrs. William Miller, his wife, little Geo. Miller and Jacob Fitzpatrick, who was primarily responsible for tbe safety of the others, for he had awakened them from what would otherwise have been a sleep of death. Roush estimate of the damage to the building is placed at 82,000, and loss on contents 815,000. Nothing is known of the origin of the fire. Dreadful Accident. Five men were badly scalded with boiling beer at C. Bauerlein & Co.’s Brewery, at Millville, Pa. Their names are G ■ Bauerlein, J. F. Heyl and W. A. Hoyl, of the firm; William Wurnster, the foreman, and Bernard Swerkhert,’ one of the drivers. They were standing in the vat house when the valve of a bop jack gave way sending a flood of scalding beer uppn them. No one knew of the danger until the sound of the bursting tank, in which were 115 gallons of the scalding liquid was heard. The steam which surrounded the men blinded them so that escape was impossible. Their screams brought assistance but not until the hot fluid had reached up to their knees. ’’’After their terrible scalds were dressed the men were taken to their homes. The scalded men will not be able to walk for several weeks.

The Pension Laws. The House Commitfiee on the Revision of tho pension laws created on the closing day ot the last session has, during the recess, accomplished a great amount of work and will probably report to the House soon after the Christmas holidays. Mr. Fletcher Dennis, the clerk otothe commission says that tbe work of codifying the pension laws has gone on and the results will soon be made public. There has been some talk and some misrepresentation in regard to the purpose of the committee, including the assertion that it would recommend restriction or hampering of claims for increases and the reduction or abolition of attorneys’ fees. Such representations are false. Tho Ohio BoHlng Mill* to Be Sold. A syndicate of capitalists in New York are pushing a deal to purchase the entire rolling mills and blast furnace property located in the vicinity of Youngstown, Ohio. Tho property includes the mills and furnaces of tbe Brown-Connell Iron Company, the Andrews Iron Company, the Briar Iron Company, the Mahoning Valley Iron Company, the Ohio Iron and Steel Company. the Andrews <fc Hoichill Company, and the mills ot the Youngstown Iron and Steel Company, located at Youngstown and at Warren and Girard. The total amount to be paid for the property is $7,000,000. May Not Be Admitted. If the bill for the admission ot New Mexico; now on the Senate calendar, was passed Delegate Joseph would fight it in the House because of a provision

contained in It that nothing but the English language be taught In tho public schools. Mr. Joseph savs that the people of tho territory would not consent to come into the union under an act containing that provision. There uecms to \be little probability of tho Senate striking it out, and this fact Inclines tho Democrats not to try to admit the territory during this Congress. The course followed as to Now Mexico will probably be followed as to Arlzonla. Mure Famine In Jtussla. St Petersburg special: The Governor of the Province of Voronezh has psked tho Imperial Government for 5,000,000 roubles with which to purchase food for the peasants in that province who arc suffering from famine. The Governor of tho Province of Toula asks for 2,000,000 roubles to bo expended for tho same purpose, Tho newspaper* are obliged to keep silent regarding tho famine, but it is known that in tho provinces of Vqronozh, Toula, Riazan. and Bessarabia tho situation is worse than it was last winter. Razed by lipwmlte. For some time the residents of tho little town of Burlington, Ind., just west of Logansport, have been agitated over tho I presence of a saloon in their town, of which .John Graham was proprietor. Some time ago an attempt was made to burn the building, but it failed. Tho other morning the saloon was blown up with dynamite. The building was razed and the fixtures were reduced to atoms. Nobody seems to know who placed the bomb and no arrests have been made. Tho town is highly excited. Noone was injured. . r ° Starving. Homestead, Pa., appeals to the country to succor its starving. Nearly 1,000 persons embraced in 218 families, are destitute and in immediate need of food, fire, and clothing. The Citizen’s Relief Association of Homestead has issued a formal plea for aid for the unfortunates, who arc all victims,directly or indirectly, of the stubbornly fought strike just ended. Many of these poor are actually starving, while many others are without sufficient clothing to cover their bodies and protect them from the cold blasts of winter. Serious IT True. Pittsburgh special: The assertion is made that some, of tho labor organization officials bribed thecook, whose duty it was to prepare the meals in the Homestead mill, to put poison in the food. It is said that six men have died from the effects of the poison. The cook, .whose name is not given, is now under arrest and has made a confession. Other arrests will probably be made. The cook was to receive $5,000 in case the plot proved successful, to snch an extent as to frighten* the non-unicn men from the mill. A Big Plumb. Washington special: It appears altogether likely at this time that Col. William E. McLean of Terre Hante, Ind., will be Commissioner of Pensions under President Cleveland. He has been assured of the cordial support of Senators Voorhees and Turpie, and tho Democratic members of the House from Indiana. Futhormore. he will be indorsed by the loading Democrats of the State in private life. It is understood that Mr. Cleveland has already indicated that be will appoint Col. McLean. Operatives Starving. London special: There are 30,000 nonunion cotton operatives out of work in Lancashire. The deepest distress prevails among them. Already everything available has gone to the pawnshops, which arc filled with pledges of all kinds. The majority of the sufferers are unable to obtain credit, and are foodless and fireless at a period when the weather is unusually inclement They are reluctant to apply for public relief, nevertheless the poor law officials are busy doing what impossible for the destitute. Jay Gould's Will. Gould's will is given out for publication. The value of the dead financier’s estate is about $90,000,000, which is kept in tho family. Mr. Gould’s two sisters and brother are given $25,000 In cash and $2,000 each annually. The remainder of the vast estate except $5,000,000, which is given to George Gould for "faithful services,” is divided equally among the testator’s six children Tho estate will be managed by a trust, of which Judge Dillon and Russel Sage are the principal members. Dana for Senator. The New York Herald demands that the new United States Senator for New York, soon to be elected by the Legislature, shall be some gentleman who has made himself a part of New York City; who has fought for its welfare, who has shown the quality of his Democracy by his public acts and the mettle of his integrity by an unblemished record. The editorial proceeds to nominate Charles A. Dana, editor of the "Sun, for Senator. Big Fire at Canton, Ohio. The works of the Canton Steel Roofing Company, at Canton, Ohio, the largest in the country, was totally destroyed by fire, the loss being SIOO,OOO. The flames spread to the Canton tile works, which were also destroyed. The loss there i 5525,000. A number of Surrounding buildings were badly damaged. The fire started from an explosion of gasoline In the paint shop pf the Steel Roofing Company. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Primes3.2s @ 5.00 Hoc.S—Shipping .Grades 3.50 & 6.50 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 & s.oo « Wheat—No. 2Spring .71 @ .72 Corn—No. 2 ti @ <42 Oats—No. 2 30 0 .30)4 Rye—No. 2 to @ .47 Butter—Choice Creamery 28)4@ .21114 Eoos—Fresh23 ® .24 Potatoes—New, per bn6s 0 .75 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.26 Hogs—Choice Light 3.60 @ 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime...... 3.00 @4.60 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67 & .68 Corn—No. 2 White4l @ .41)4 Oats—No. 2 White .35)40 .30)» ST. LOUIS. Cattle. 3.00 @ 5.25 Hoos 4.00 0 6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red6B @ .60 Corn—No. 2 37 ® .'is OATS—No. 231 @ .32 Rye—No. 247 0 .48 CINCINNATI. Cattle ; a.oo @ s.oo H00*... 3.00 @ 6.25 Sheep xoo @ 4.73 Wheat—No. 2 Red—7o 0 .70)4 Corn—No. 2..43 @ .44 Oats—No. 2 Mixed .30 @ .36)4 Bye—No. 263 @ .65 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 fi 4.t0 H 008...... 3.00 0 6.50 o Sheep 3.00 0 4.J6 Wheat—No. 2Red.73 0 .74 CoBN—No. 2 Yellow 44 0 .45 Oats—No. 2 White 37 & .37 TOLEDO. WhEat—No. 2... .74 & .75 Corn—No. 2 White 43 @ .<3)4 Oats—No. 2 White .34 0 .34 (4 Rye 62 & 112)4 ■ BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to firlme 3.00 @ 6.00 Hoof-Best Grades.. 4.00 0 6.26 Wheat—No. 1 Hardß2 0 .83 Cobn—No. 247 0 .47)4 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No.2Spring .47 @ .67)4 Corn—No. s « @ .43 Oats-No. 2 White ,35 0 .36 Rye—No. 1 .62 0 .63 8ar1ey—N0.2.....66 @ .67 POBK-Mess 15.00 @16.60 NEW YORK. CATTLH. 3.60 @5.25 HOGS 3.60 @6.26 Sheep 3-00 0 4.75 Whkat-No_2 Red,... 79 .80 Corn—No. 2L w @ .w Oat*—Mixed Western M » .38 Buttbb—Western .17 0 .24 Poax-New Mess l4.2s 014.74

ABOUT OUR FINANCES. ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY FOSTER. Iterennos anil Kxpsndltarea of tho Last Fiscal Year-Election Modifies Figures— Repeal of Sinking Fund I-aws Keoom- ( mended—Redemption Itcserve'fihould Be Increased. The Country's Cash. The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the government revenues from all sources during tho last fiscal year Were $125,868,260, and the total expenditures $115,953,806, leaving a surplus of $',',914,453. With tho cash balance, the national bank redemption fund and a few small items added, this surplus was $40,750,488, which was applied to the payment of the public debt. As compared with tho fiscal year 1891 the receipts for 1892 have fallen off $32,675,972, the principal losses being customs receipts, $42,069,241, and in profits on coinage, $5,681,479. On tho other hand, there was a gain of $8,284,823 in internal revenue receipts, $4,998,690 in postal service and in sales of District of Columbia bonds of $3,412,744. In the ordinary expenditures there was a decrease of $10,349,354, which is

Recounted for by diminished pa y - meats for discount tuxes, refund for excessive customs, deposits, drawbacks, census, qu ar term aster’s supplies and interest on tho public debt, the decrease in the last item alone, being $14,169,019. For the present fiscal year tho revenues are estimated as fol-

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lows: From customs, $198,000,000; from internal revenue, $165,000,000; from miscellaneous sources, $20,000,000; from postal service, $80,336,350; total estimated revenues, $463,336,350. The expenditures for tlio same period are estimated as follows: For the civil establishment, $108,000,000; for the military establishment, $49,000,000; forthenaval establishment, $31,000,000; for the Indian service, $9,0.00,000; for pensions, $158,000,000; for interest on the public debt, $26,000,0(MI; for postal service, $80,336,350; total estimated expenditure, $461,330,350; leaving an estimated surplus for the year of $3,930,000. The available cash balance in the treasury at tne end of the present fiscal year is stated at $120,992,377. The revenues for tho fiscal year of 1894 aie ; es.ti-.,. mated at $490,121,365 and the appro--priations required $457,261,335, exclusive of the sinking fund, or an estimated surplus of $32,860,030, which, with the cash balance above g Id reserve, would make the available balance $53,852,407, and deducting accrued or accruing obligations (mail contracts and redemptions), would leave the balance $47,852,407. Chargeable against this are unexpended river and harbor and ordnance appropriations, amounting to $44,006,"00, and no account is taken of the sinking fund requirements, amounting to $48,600,000, beyond redemptions estimated at $5,000,000. Estimates Based on the McKinley I.aw. The estimated receipts, says Secretary Foster, are based upon conditions prevailing prion to the late election. Public opinion having decreed a change of policy, particularly in the tariff laws, tho altered conditions resulting therefrom render it impossible at the present time to estimate the annual income with any marked degree of accuracy, and it is impossible to predict the effect that such proposed 'radical changes would have upon the future revenues of the government. The secretary further says that he will not estimate further, but that the inevitable result of the tariff reduction agitation will be a falling off in importations and in revenue, the extent of which no one can measure. He says, however, that ail the facts fully justify the opinion that the large increase of receipts ascribed to the marvelous prosperily of the country under the present revenue system would, if continued, enable the department during the coming fiscal year to meet ail obligations without the slightest impairment of its cash, and thereafter continue to show a material improvement in its condition. Touching the gold reserve, the report says, the Treasury has difficulty with the limited amount of cash on hand above the $100,000,000 redemption fund to keep a sufficient stock of gold, and if the shipments continue as large as they have been during the last two'years, the gold in the treasury will be diminished below the reserve line. The maintenance of silver at par has also increased the possible charge upon the gold reserve and therefore the Secretary suggests that the reserve for the redemption of Government obligations should be increase! to the extent of at least 20 per cent, of the.amount of treasury notes issued or to be issued under the act of July 14, 1890. In regard to the monetary conference he says; “This conference is now in session. As yet little is known as to what its action may be beyond the general fact that tho subject of the better use of silver as a money metal is receiving Its earnest attention." On tho subject of publio buildings, the Secretary says that the expenditures during the year ended Sept. 30 last were $6,741,286, and the outstanding contract liabilities $2,834,408, making a total of $9,575,694. The subject of the World’s Fair is briefly dismissed with the statement that satisfactory progress has been made in the preparation of the department’s exhibit, in the arrangement of the customs laws and regulations, and upon the Government buildings. Speaking of the subject of immigration, the Secretary is clearly of the opinJbn that only by a rigid examination, made at the place of departure, can the prohibitive features of the law be executed with any considerate degree of COST OF ENFORCING THE CHINESE ACT. Variously Estimated at from Slo,ooo,<fioo to *BOO,OOO or Less. Representative Geary doos not believe the cost of deporting the Chinese of the United States will reach $lO,000,000. The census shows a Chinese population of 107,000, and under the law those who do not register and sit for their photographs must be sent home at Government expense. Upon this basis it 18 calculated that more than 100,000“ of them will have to be deported as soon as tho year of grace expires on May 6 hext. The cost of sending them back to China is estimated at SIOO apiece. According to Representative Geary's reckoning, the cost of deportation need not be more than S2O a head. That is more than it cost these same Chinamen to come to the United States, and the California member says they might as well be sent back in the same style in which they came. Again, he thinks the Chinese residents of this country are only waiting to see whether the Government authorities are in earnest If they find that the law is to be i igldly enforced, they will nearly all march up and be registered and photographed before the year of grace expires. Already ■

I between 406 and 500 have availed themselves of tho privilege accorded them by tho law and are preparing to stay. "I do not believe there will be 10,000 Chinamen left unregistered on tlio 6th of Mny," says Mr. Geary. "Even if wo had to send that many l ack at a cost of S2O apiece or $200,000, it would bo getting rid of them very cheaply." Mr. Geary suggests that tho United States tiaval vosstfls might carry them back to China. This would 1< seen tho cost of deportation to tho Government and at tho same time give tho navy something to do. ROADS FOR FARMERS. The ConureM at IndliuiupoUz Attack* the Question with Energy. The second day’s session of the Indians Road Congress at Indianapolis, was attended by 400 or 5000 delegates. While the congress is divided as to whnt steps should be taken to secure better roads it is apparent that tho outcome will be at least a healthy public sentiment in favor of good reads, which will result eventually in some desirable legislation. The farmers who nre in a majority in tho congress have not had a great deal to say, but whenever they have spoken they have opposed any movement which proposes to increase their taxes or odd to their bonded indebtedness. At the opening of tho session Rufus Magee of Logansport offered a resolution that tho World’s Fair bo opened on Sunday, jha resolution was laid on tlio table by tho congress without discussion. Tho Illinois Highway Improvement Association sent a tetter of greeting to the congress, and stated that for twenty years it had been trying to reform the road laws of Illinois, and now began to see daylight !'he letter stated that the Governor-elect and a majority of tho members of tho Legislature were pledged to road reformation. The first paper of the day was by W. P. Carmichael, of Wellinglord. It dealt with “Some Criticisms of tho Present System of Road-Making in Indiana." In the discussion of the paper Mr. Brown, of Fayette County, said that there are in the State about forty thousand miles of road. He estimates that the roads could all bo put in good condition at a cost of SB9O a mile. Tills would entail an expense of $2.50 an acre for the land in the State. This cost could be distributed over ten years and would cost the owners of the land 25 cents an acre each year. He thought that this expense would not be burdensome. Mr. Martindale said that the idea prevailed that Indiana was behind her sister States in the construction of roads. That was a mistake. The supervisor system, he said, was defective in itself. It had not been executed as it might have been. It was established at a time when it was necessary to go from village to village. The best that could be done with it was to use it in keeping the next roads passable. He said that if the delegates came hero with the intention of “ripping up” the present law they were on a mistaken mission. The thing io do was to amend tuid better the present laws. Prof. W. B. Johnson, of Franklin College, in an address, said that the toads of the State were faulty in the essential particulars of good engineering. Roads, too, ho said, were faulty as .to construction of bridges and drainage, which was tho most important factor. The natural soil, clay, was strong enough to support any load placed upon it. Along tho roads were deep ditches, but they do not carry water. Drainage under the road is almost wholly unknown. The present supervision of roads, he averred, was faulty. Supervisors were generally intelligent men, but they lacked technical knowledge of road-builc.lng and maintenance. It was desirable to have a trained corps of men to build roads and keep them in repair. J, A. Robinson, of SheJby County, a People’s party man, said he had reached the conclusion that any effort to tamper with the present road law would result in the getting of no law at ail. He believed with many farmers that entirely too much money was spent inside the court houses on the road questions. Ha said he believed that any report which looked to the increase of the bonded indebtedness of the farmers would receive a black eye in the Legislature. It seemed to him that there were men who were always ready to put additional burdens on the farmers. The men who had built this nation Were the farmers behind the plow. Progress, he said, declared that the people who supported this nation had a right to demand that tiie general government come out here ?<nd assist in m iking good roads. Mr. Robinson made a long plea for the farmer. The congress was furnished a statement from the State Auditor in the afternoon showing that the total road tax in Indiana in 1892 was $2,269,673. This sum, it was stated, did not include taxes raised for free turnpikes or for bridges. Many of the delegates expressed the opinion that this amount of money, if wisely spent each year, ousrht to build a great many good roads. FARMERS ARE ANGRY. British Agricaltnrists Seek John Bull's Protection, A national conference of British agriculturists was held in the St. James Hall, Picadilly, London, in conformity With resolutions adopted by various chambers of agriculture throughout Great Britain, to the effect that some decisive step should be taken at once to relieve the distressed condition of British trade in general and of British agriculture in particular, and also declaring that: “No permanent good can be attained without some stringent measures being adopted by which the British producer shall be placed upon a footing where he can compete with the foreign producer upon fairer terms, especially as regards manufactured goods that can be produced in this country, and that relieving the land of a portion of its burden will i only partly meet tho case.” Representatives were present from nearly every Chamber of Agriculture In the United Kingdom, and, the report say*, doleful tales were interchanged among the farmers present of farms deserted, the soil untilled, and agriculture brought to the verge of ruin. There was a general consensus in favor of protection for agricultural products. Ncw*y Paragraph*. Senator Gibson; it is now thought, will recover. William Nichols, a Cleveland mechanic, has Inherited $2,000,000 by the death of his grandmother in England. The story that Senator Hill is to be counsel of the Equitable Life at a salary of $25 600 a yerfr is said to be untrue. A revenue cutter has been sent to the Oregon coast to capture the British schooner Cornelius, which is preparing to smuggle sixty Chinamen into the United States. The Italian Consul has demanded an investigation into the killing of Francisco Carazzo, an Italian, by two Cincinnati policemen. The Italian was intoxicated and stabbed both officers. The Rev. Dr. J. B. Lowery, of St. Louis, preached a sensational sermon, in which he attacked the lives of Emma Abbott, P. S. Gilmore, P. T. Barnum, and Jay Gould; claiming that their influence had been bad.

THE WAY THINGS KUN "W " IN THE GREATEST OF GREAT STATES, INDIANA. Thing* Wlilnli Hnvn Lntaly Happened Within It* Bonier*—Noma Pleasant and Sonia Sail Bead lug. Fur the Care of Federal Building*. Secretary Foster h»s recommended to Congress that appropriations bo made as follows for tho care of Federal buildings in during the next IlseaJ year: Indianapolis—Janitor and other help, $6,320; fuel, light, waters, ice, etc.,56,876. Lafayette—Janitor, $600; fuel, etc., $545. Evansville—Employes, $2,500; fuel, etc., $2,388. Terre Haute—Employes, $1,980; light, eta, $1,980; fuel, eta, $1,353. New Albany—Help. $1,680; fuel, eta, 81.195. Fort Wayne—Employes, 83,990;’ fuel, eta, 82,018. For Improvements of tho ground about the Evansville Marine Hospital 82,000 Is recommended. Minor btato IleniK. An 800-barrel oil well has boon drilled in near Portland. Kokomo people object to paying the high natural-gas rates. Shelbyville people arc again kicking about iinpqro drinking water. The First Christian Church of Muncie" will build an elegant new bouse" of worship. Gas escaping from a stove nearly asphyxlatca tho family of VVm. Wareham in Valparaiso. Grave robbers stole tho corpse ot Miss Emma West, an 18-yea.r-old girl who died recently at Brazil. Rev. Thomas Rosa, an aged minister of Anderson, was struck by a train and perhaps latallv injured. T*e extensive.window glass works in Muncie are tied up. The employes demand a now scale of wages. O. E. Murry of Losantville, had his arm nearly severed from his body by a circular saw in tho spoke factory. Mrs. Betsey Coons, an old woman near Greenfield, was found dead in a cornfield near her home. Heart disease. The liquor war is again on in Fairmount Another saloon has opened and the teototalars of that good little town are furious. Rev. J. W. Porter, for the past two years editor and proprietor of the Plainfield Progress, has disposed of the plant to L. C. Cooper. Spencer is to have bottling works, the object being to bottle and place on sale, throughout tho United States, the mineral water of that town. Louis Hartman, aged 22, a son of Joseph Hartman, near Valparaiso, was run over and instantly Allied by a train on tho Illinois Central track at Chicago. Tom Southard, who was overcome by escaping natural gas While sleeping in an undertaking establishment at Crawfordsville, Is comoletely paralyzed in his loft arm. Charles Blackstone of Martinsville, for years foreman of the Dally Reporter, office, has qnit newspaner work, having bought an interest In a sanitarium at

that city. Saloonists have applied fpr licenses in the towns of Bainbridge and Cloverdale. Tho citizens are up in arms and declare that they will permit no liquor shops to exist Emmki Post, G. A. R. of Wabash, has passed resolutions condemning tho desecration ot soldiers’ graves, and also of- ■ fors a reward for the arrest and conviction of the vandals F. R. Moore of Hartford City, in the employ of the Ft W., G & L. Railway, was Instantly killed at Eaton. Delaware County. Ho attempted to mount an engine, and fell under the wheels. Frank Henisie of Anderson, aged 20, at Alexandria, met with an accident that will prove fatal. Henisie is a brakeman on tho Michigan division of the Big Four, and foil under the wheels while making a running switch. Bert Phillii’s. Conductor on the Chicago & Indiana Coal Railroad, while loading his revolver, at Brazil, was probably fatally injured by an accidental discharge of tho weapon. The ball entered the groin, ranging upward. Frederick Baumgartner, a pioneer resident of LaPorto, died, aged 83. For the past twenty years he was one of the Trustees of the LaPorto Savings Bank, and was Second Vice-President of that institution at’tho time of his death. John Perkins, agent for the Hall Safe Company, had to break open the sale of the late Samuel Goldbach at Jeffersonville, the latter having forgotten to give the combination to his wife before be died. It contained many valuable papers. Marion Lawson, the 15-year-old son of Nathan Lawson, was killed twelve miles south of Wabash,by the accidental discharge of his gun while out hunting. The entire load entered his groin. He lived several hours after the accident. The Crawfordsville police have received instructions from the Mayor is strictly enforce the saloon closing law. They raided a saloon after 11 o’clock amd requested the bartender to close up. He said he would, but tho policemen peeped through a transom and saw him sell a drink. Ho was fined $21.60. A national bank lia% been organized at Elwood, with a capital of 8200,000, one-half of which is paid in. Col. A. L. Conger of Akron, 0., will be President A building for Its use will be erected. Other stockholders are R. L. Leeson, James Ovorshelmer, Dr. 8. W. Edwins, John Deal, J. Meyer and J. F. Rodefor. E. J. Hurley, employed by the natural gas company as inspector of tho pipe-line between Hobart and Ainsworth, is missing. His time-book was found floating in Deep River, and it is supposed when crossing tho river the ice broke through and he was drowned. His home was in Wellsville, N. Y. He has a sister In Chicago, Tho river will be dragged when the ice breaks up. A party of tramps have settled down for the winter in an old shanty near Wabash. The knights of the road came from widely different parts of the country. The natural-gas company at Fort Wayne has cut off all tho manufactories from using gas until cold weather has passed. This became necessary to give private consumers sufficient gas for ’'heating purposes. The gas company is now putting down large additional mains from the Montpelier field to the city, which will be completed in January, when it Is expected to supply manufacturers again.. Patents have been granted to Indiana Inventors as follows: Howard A. Ackerman, North Indianapolis, rack; Samuel Axtell, Elkhart, blotter; George J. Pine, Goshen, sickle grinder; Emil Dietz, Indianapolis, box fastener; Edwin Finn, Elkhart, boring and screw-driving machine; Frank E. Hardman, Indianapolis, elevators; William G Lockhart, Waterloo, spray nozzle; Robert G. May, Grandview, kitchen cabinet; John W. Milter, Bellmore, grate shelf; Marion W. Ryland, Warsaw, assignor to C. J. Keen, Toledo, Ohio, hame tag: William H. Turner, Indianapolis, heating apparatus; James J. Wood, Fort Wayne, electric arc lamp and connecting plat* for djoamps.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS I MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At ths Nation’* Capital—Whnt I* Bain* Done by the Hennto and House—Old Matter* Dl*po*ed Or and New One* Cooaldered. The Senate and House. The Intereat which mirroiind* tho meeting of u new NBSRIou of Congress ha* worn off, and the Bouse on the 7th got down to lt« dull routine ot bustneiM. A bill granting a portion of the Fort Hayes military reservation to the State of Kansas was called up In Hie consideration morning hour, but the House retusod to order the previous question upon It Thon a bill, In effect repealing the law which provides for a reduction In the force of the engineer officer* ot the navy to 170, was brought to the attention of the House. • Should the bill become a law the number ot officers would be fixed at 191, Although the measure received a majority vote, a motion to reconsider was interpolated, and no Until action was taken. Tho remainder of the day was consumed In tho cousldci atlon of a long Senate bill relative to public printing and binding. "I he object of tho measure Is to economize In tho mutter of the printing of public documents and to facilitate their distribution.. An unusual clnldent in the opening proceedings of the Senate was tho offering ot the opening prayer by u Jewish rabbi, Rev., Dr. Joseph Silverman, rabbi of the Temple Emanuel of New York, one of tho distinguished attendants at tho rabbi's convon-; tlon now In progress In Washington. Ho did not follow tho custom of the so-called orthodox Jews by covering his head, bat stood bareheaded during the proceedings On the occasion of the death ot Senator Harbour, of Virginia, funoral services were hold In the Senate by a bishop and priests of tho Catholic church, but this was the 1 first occasion on which a Jewish prelate [ had been invited to conduct religious oxer- j clse.s in that body. Senator Hill introduced a bill to repeal tho Sherman silver purchase act. Referred to Committee on Finance. Tho Senate at 1:15 adjourned, after the announcement of the death ot tho late Reprosontatlvo McDonald, of New Jersey by Senator McPherson. The Senate spent exactly one hour In session Thursday, and that time was about equally divided between executive and legislative business. The former had ref-; erence to tho pending claims treaty withChill, which treaty was ratified and confirmed. A communication from the Secretary of War was laid before the Senate, showing that a balance of 83.732 was still doo the State of Pennsylvania for moneys expended by that State for the use of the United States In 1K64. A memorial was presented from tho Chicago Woman's Club for tho repeal of the provision of law re- 1 qulrlng the World’s Fair to be closed ! on Sundays. Senate bill to author- t lio the construction of a bridge' ; across the Mississippi River above New Orleans for tho use of the Southern Pacific. Railroad was passed. Tho Senate then, i proceeded to executive business. Half an' i hour later the doors were reopened and a ■ message was presented from tho House announcing tho death of Representative | Warwick, of Ohio. The customary resolutions of regret, wore offered, and tho Senate adjourned till Monday. Mr. Kllgore(Texas) brought to the attention of the House a rule which few of the members know to be in existence. By implication it pro-, vldes that unfinished business com-' ing over from the first session of the House cannot bo considered at the second sesslon'untll after the explra-, tlon of six days. Speaker Crisp Intimated: that the defect would bo remedied. The point made by Mr. Kilgore was entirely unexpected and caused much amusement. Although the rule has boon in the code for many years (except during the List Congress) none of the oldest members can remember when It, has ever before been invoked. The annual report ot the Secretary

of the Treasury was laid before the House and referred to the committee on ways and means. No objection was rals;d to the further consideration of the bill relative to printing and binding, and this consumed the remainder of the afternoon. Without disposing of the bill, the House adjourned. The attendance.in the House Friday was small and the attention listlesa It was with difficulty that a quorum could be roused to vote, and it was by a bare mar-, gin of votes that the printing bill was'll passed. Mr. Catchings (Mias.), from the committee on rules, reported a resolution j amending the rules so as to provide that/business coming over as unfinished from I one session of Congress may be considered |l immediately at the meeting of a sabse-t iquent session of the same Congress. Adopt-1 led. The call of committees for resports was unproductive The consideration of the Senate bill (with House amendments) relative to the publie printing and binding was then resumed. Mr. Holman (Ind.) withdrew his motion, which was pending, to recommit the bill, and. by unanimous consent, the vote by /• which the bill was ordered to a third read- I Ing having been reconsidered. Mr. Holman \ moved to strike out those clauses of the I measure which relate to the office of I Superintendent of Public Documenta The I amendment was agreed to, after half an ' hour being consumed In drumming up a , quorum, and the bill as amended was : passed. Mr. Andrew (Mass.) presented the petition of Phillips Brooks and others asking for the repeal of the Geary Chinese net Ordered printed. The House then ‘adjourned until Monday. TWO BLOWS AT SILVER. Repeal of That Measure Nought by Mr. Hill , and Mr. Williams. Repeal of the silver purchase act of 1890 was proposed by Democrats the lother day at both ends of the Capitol. A ibill repealing the first four sections of I the law was introduced in the Senate by iSenator Hill, of New York, while Representative George Fred Williams, of 'Massachusetts, was making a game fight for a repealing bill in the House Committee on Coinage. Nine of the thirteen members of the coinage committee, according to a Washington correspondent, responded, to Chairman Bland's notice for a meeting, and Mr. Williams opened the battle at once; The bill, which Mr. Williams had ready, simply provides that the Secretary of the Treasury shall suspend purchases of silver bullion under the act of July 14, 1890, Another section provides that the deposits made by! national banking associations forthe 1 ' redemption of the circulating notea', shall, after Feb. 1, 1893, be p’.aced with I the Treasurer of the United States to j the credit of the national banks making j such deposits. Mr. Williams explained ! that the first section obviated some of. the difficulties raised by other bills pro*/ posing the repeal of the whole of thej act of 1890 or various parts of it. 1 The other section of the bill puts a: stop to the dishonest confiscation of the) trust fund paid into the Treasury by the) national banks, when they go into liqui-/ dation "for the redemption of their out-, standing notes. Mr. Williams used; some very strong language about the> section of the act of 1890 which permitted this confiscation and called attention to the fact that these bank notes,, still floating about the country to the amount of $25,(100,000, have absolutely? no specific security behind them. \ Chairman Bland suggested that they I had the general security of the credit of/ the Government. Mr. Williams attacked! this view without'gloves. Mr. Bland was the only Democrat!/ 'L member of the committee who underj’ took the defense of this feature of the| 1 Sherman act The Republican members! did not seem particularly zealous in Iter! defense and no objection was made to j j the resolution which Mr. Williams of- . sered calling upon the Comptroller or . the Currency for information as to th< / amount of money confiscated by til/ i Treasury under this section, the amount > ,' since paid out and received for the re*i demption of notes and the amount now! , due. The resolution was the only tangl- . ble result of the meeting. I The hour of adjournment arrived ! while the discussion was still going on i regarding the repeal of the Sherman ■