Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 24, Decatur, Adams County, 28 March 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press.} DECATUR, IKIX •morra'lr Pres* to., - rnbliwhrr*.

ABOUND THE WORLD. I •TTELLIGENCE FROM ALL PARTS OF THE GLOBE. Inn. from Foreign Shore*- I>ome*tie Hap•Mdncv— I’rnonal Pointer*—Labor Note* -PrlJrira! Occurrence*—Firs®, •nnw* E*n» A BIG BLAZE. 9tU stmlu* Suffer* a Loa* nf Over 000 by FireFMv'broke out in the building at the corWes Grand and Fourth streets, Milwankw. It spread rapidly, and the hr-s will about $1,000,(XX). The building was oc- \ by the A. F. Renner Furniture i tosupany ami Lind itir & Co. Before the! •re department arrived on the scene the whole block was one mass of flames, and *kh it ten minutes after the alarm was ■ ■nod in the walls fell with a terrific crash. I Al least twenty firms stiffen'd losses, and * b impossible at this hour to estimate the ■dividual losses. 'Som of the losses are as follows: Landanr Bros., loss on stock, $J50.0' | 0. A. K. Rennet & Co., furniture and house- *»! 1 goods, $30),000. Milwaukee Storage Company, SJi.OT). Itariing & Co., gents’ furnishing goods, •».00<i. Joseph Amschler, saloon. $5,000. Coebell A Reiubardteart goods and pictars, $25,000. Collateral Iman Rank. $5,000. M>sd Humes, millinery. $1.0)0. A. Mueller, boots and shoes, SIO,OOO. Wm. Foster, build ng, ss).oi>. Kase, Krause & Kolien, wall paper. $lO,Young Men’s Christian Association. $25«C Columbia Clothing Company. $H 000. Benedict <t Co., wholesale clothing, SJO,Mathews’ block, $150,000. A FJig Biun Irr A defect has been di.-eovercd in the fcdiana fee and salary act which is exiting wemsid rable apprehension. Under a misOklen provision in Section 128 it is first ■adv obligatory upon the Auditor, Treas■rer, Clerk, 'sheriff and Recorder to collect •res sufficient to offset the salary before <tai- ’.'.ill be entitled to the full conpensation ■ stated under the law. In other words,' if ths fees fail in th" aggregate to equal the ■l.t r. Hied in ieiiey e.uiiiiii otherwise be ' aui | ird. Byway of illustrating, the salary ■ Uiv Auditor of Marion county is $21,000 |ht atanam. l ut the fees of the office do not run *.OOO Under Section 12i> unless the fees topegßte $21,000 he cannot receive the ■ataxy promised him by the same law. It mevidr.id Unit the framer did not include to- Treasurer and Auditor, but. that this *btion was enacted for the Clerk, Sheriff Recorder’s benefit. Every county in i •hcauale is interested, and the fear is quite £tkeral that the defect may prove a (naifliwomc one. A Negro Plot to Seize Ovana Key W ent (Fla.y special: A passenger | •cm Havana who has just arrived say ? (Rat only by pldmpt action Captain-Gener-ACallajanairowty averted a serious up-! ■ung in Havana. .Situs.-the imprisonment ■ Lorn z. then ..role ier. 1: -ynipathiz.-r---kiv fx-cn very much incensel, and work* d ■Pa scheme to at>;« tin- Palace. Tie up t men for tl.. :> t.i. , was Sunday : liw (.iweriirueut h-arned of ti.e to lending trouble, however, and tl. • toptae>-General i,. tru • 1 I .-i.flh. s t--> ».,■ every jos-lole precatitfOn. The guards I •ttwidiho I'niii'• were doubled amt 1 ersstationed ip-id-.-. XtF'.cay patrol Cis heavily i:.- -4. If,- ne.gr - toanng nf the-'i prt -. .ar up tl:> •- it is slid that the plan was to; •m .-ole purpose in releasing Goinei. Ohio tli* Scene of a llurrlcan v A windstorm of gr fore■ • enued con- 1 ■Merahle damage at DTiv. are. old). Fntv ’ of the Long Distance Telephone j *>ni:iany were blown down and the brief! tare: ivv-house of W. E. Krncl: was badly toroaged, bi'.vTil people, were injured, tail Lime seiiuusly. At Creston, Ohio, the side walls of a twoto>r> brick building m the course of erecfcsei for Griscon Bros., were blown down Be th* wind. Jacob Wentz, contractor, ■is killed; Andrew Baird's scull was frae(jrod and crushed, and Martin Murray in•irnally injured. Wentz leaves -idow tad three children. Tieunion ot Coxeyltrs, The survivors of the invading army that ■arched to Washington under Gen. Coxey wear ago, had a reunion at M issilli n flfc.o Carl Browne lectured at length, ano made the startling announcement that ■tor. the troops wore in the heart of the WBMjthenies a conspiracy was hatched for toe capture of the newspaper coirespontopi' and Die execution of those most ■fcusrve to the reincarnated reformers, jirvw no says that he held the destroying tend, avid the reporters were permitted t< , ■tax An Awful Deed. A ierrfMe scene was enacted In (’ornelim Jtawnyoin’K be-lroom, at. (tester, ImL Sing his family into the room he pcllr-d thorn by threats of instant deatl witnesses to a dramatic suicide. He' ylatxi the barrel of a 44-caliber revolvei ■ainst the side of his head and fired, the tadi passing through his head immediately btaund the ears. Lamenyon was a wealthy tormer. The motive which led to his act • mot known. Bold Bank Rohbera. The Newcomer Bank at. Mount Morris. •£_. was entered by robbers, and aftei ■filling into the vault and breaking the ■■r . dynamite was use to blow up the safe, ■early wrecking it. The robbers escaped. Ap unknown amount of money, about toi,ai>, was in tire safe. The damage tv toe ran it and sale is $1,50). A Bolter Exploded Theboflorm Amos Hutchins’saw mill, Mt the turnpike near Van Wert, Ohio, topici--d killing Blakley bhaw and Frei tßutebms and badly injuring E. Melvillr ‘tore. Isaac Bowman and Neil Fassett. *t> mill took fire and with a large quantity «Bkimwer was destroyed. The dead met ■tor ■tarried and both leave families. Flaree Fir*. AS fiTedaryrillo, Ind., fire destroyed five tosw-v placiß and a residence, causing r torn w( SBMOO.

BEVOL.TTION ENDED. A Go*ernuieiit formed Down in Sooth American. Buenos Ayres, sjiecial: Advices from Peru arethat President Caceras has resigned and a provisional government was formed after the conclusion of an armistice between the government and insurgents, which preceded Gen. Caceras' resignation, and consists of representatives of both belligerents. The provisional government will issue a decree ordering the holding of new elections. A dispatch has been received by Secretary Gresham from Minister McKenzie, in Peru, in reference to the recent revolution there. According to McKenzie, there had been bitter fighting in and around Lima for three days. At the end of this time, over 1,000 dead bodies were lying unburied in the streets, and both sides were exhausted. An armistice was agreed to to ]>ennit the dead to be buried and wounded to be eared for. After this was finished negotiations were still continued, and finally an agreement of some sort was reached by the leaders of the contending factions, but the details of this were not learned by the minister. Some sort of a provisional government now seems to be in control. FIENDISH. The Torture Inflicted On an Aged Couple by Masked Robbers. Three masked men tortured and robbed Mi rrit Childs and his venerable wife at their home at Palmer’s Mill, in the Melvin Creek Valley, Pennsylvania. The couple were preparing to retire when a rap on the door attracted Mr. Child’s attenlion. He opened the door, and as he did so was knocked down by a blow from the fist of a masked man, who, followed by two others, entered the house and bound and gagged Mr. Childs and his wife. They put Childs’ feet against a stove until his wife d vulged the biding place of SSO) in bills. She insisted that that was all they bad. Then they pushed her bare feet against the hot stove, and she told them where to find another SIOO. The robbers refused to believe that this was all the old folks had. and tortured both of them again. Thirty cents was all this produced. The robbers then went away. Mrs. Childs’ condition is dangerous. She suffered so much from fright, shock and burns that it is doubful if she w ill recover. Many Killed.

Tokio special: Details of the capture of j New Chwang have l>een received After a ■ contest of several hours the Chinese were ’ driven toward New Chwang within the fortifications of which city they established themselves apparently determined ' to defend tlie position in earnest. Ihe attack was made on March 4. Two points ; at north and east were assaulted at daw n i and at 10 o'clock the gates were forced and breaches made in the wails. The resistance was stubborn but nut until 11 o’clock at night was the struggle ended. Eighteen hundred of the Chinese were killed liefore 1 the streets were cleaned and victory was proclaimed. Five hundred prisoners were j taken and the balance of the beaten army escape*} in the darkness, sixteen large guas and an immense quantity of other war material were taken. Latest advices convey ' the impression that the capture was effected by the troops of the first army from llai Cheng. Uncle Stun Fooled 'Em. Two cargoes of coal for the N avy Department have arrived at Kingston, Jamaica, according to information which reached I New York rwvntly. When the United , States cruiser New York reached Kingston ' a short time ago, short of coal, the Unit« <l States Government had to ]>ay $11.5) a ton. In anticipation of doing a good business the coal merchants imported a large quantity of coal. The United Stales Government saw what was going on and I sent four cargoi's of coal to Kingston. The j bark Golden bl.eaf, of Portland, and the! four-masted schooner Jennie S. Butler have arrived there. The Kiug'ton coal : merchants do not know whit to du with vae supply they have on hand. Injured Daring a Fire. While one of tin- girls employed by the I <’ juare Match Company, at Union and Erie streets. Chicago, was puling out a , cr; te of matches, one of them ignited, setting fire to a box, ai d m a moment the fae- ! lory was in Hames. The empkyes, mostly • gals, Iv. am -panic stricken, and a num- I b;*r of t.iem jumped from a second-story window. Four were injured in the crush | or by jumping, H e most seriously being , Annie Hans, whose back was sprained. , The fire was extinguished before much damage was done, the total loss being uudfcr $2,500. A New Treaty. Preliminaries are being arranged for the framing of a new treaty between the United States anil Great Britian concerning Bearing sea seizures. The negotiations ' will lie carried on in Washington. Sir Charles Tupper, minister of the marine and fisheries for Canada, and other leading | statesmen of the dominion, including prob- I ably Minister F ter.willconietoco-oiierate ! with Sir Julian Pauncefote, British ambas- ’ sador, concerning the terms of the treat). j The meeting will probably be deferred ; until late in the summer or fall. Secretary Morton on the Apple Crop. The foreign demand for apples grown in the United states has always been in excess of the supply. Great Britain alone, during the nine months ending September, ls‘.4. paid the orchards of the United states $2.5 tO.ikid. in view ot the fact that Ihe ei. tire apple crop is sometimes threatened by tlie worms that infest the trees. Secretary Morton has had the matter investigated, and finds that spraying w ith a solution of Paris green is a simple and effective remedy, which he urges all fanners and horticulturists to try. Fartiiauake’s Horror*. Rome special: A very tieavy earthquake occurred at the town of Comacchio, located in the province of Ferrara, in the midst of the marshes of Valli Comacchio, three miles from the Adriatic. One of the churches and a number of houses were damaged at Mirabella in the province of Catania. The wall of the church fell burying a number of worshippers. Up to the present time six bodies have been recovered. A Woman Raid, a Bar-Room. Mrs. Michael Cotterman. wife of the leading shoe merchant, and prominent in church work, while angry because Samuel Villard, saloonist, of Apple Creek, Ohio, sold her husband whisky, armed herself with a hatchet and b gan smashing in the plate-glass front to Villard’s saloon. When the hatchet flew out of her hands she finished the job with her fists and a broom. On the War Path. Tacoma (Wash.) special: The Puya! lap »" i N isqually Indians have deokldd to go m the war path and avenge tlie kiil.fi,' of dedicine Man Jim Boucliette, who vias ... übied Uy Jerry Doiuinitk, of tbo

Muski’ishoot reservation three weeks ag< I because three of his children had died aftet Jim treated them. There being no witnessses, Jerry has lieen dismissed by the authorities. This will be the first uprising iu forty years. A Mob Liberates Prisoners. A mob broke into the jail at Woodward, O. T.. over]M>wering the guards and deputies. and three prisoners. Will Blackshear, Tom Vest and Edw in Lahr, were liberated. The jail is a mere shell, and the mob had an easy time effecting an entrance, but the guards made desperate resistance, succumbing only to overwhelming numbers. No one was seriously hurt so far as is know n, and not a shot was fired. The guards claim to have recognized some members of the mob, as few wore masks. George Gould IloppfuL George J. Gould believes that the better times haveset in. Uesaysof the situation: "1 am confident that there is a general improvement under way. The earnings of tire Western Union Telegraph Company are a good index of business conditions, and receipts at test offices show increases of about $10,030 each week. This advance will continue, 1 think, and I should like to see a tendency in railway earnings to increase as compared with corresponding perionds last year.” Crash on the B. and O. The westbound Fairmount passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, while running thirty miles an hour, collided with a gravel train at Oakdale. Pa. Engineer Wm. Bradley anti Fireman Geo. Hutchinson, of the passenger train were dangerously hut. Engineer Kerrins.of the gravel train also sustained serious injuries. The passengers were not seriously hurt. The w reck occurred on a sharp curve and the occupants of both engines had no tune to jump. Killed by Lightning. During a terrific thunderstorm whleh passed near I’m- Hill. Monroe County, Ala,, lightning struck the residence of Jeptha Williams, a prominent farmer. The lailt ran down the chimney, instantly killing James Williams, aged 19, who sat before the grate. The boy’s mother was hurled across the room and killed. Williams, who wa. standing in the doorway, was rendered totally blind. A 2-year-old child playing near her father alone escaped unhurt. Another Blooiy B. A O. Box Car Mystery. In a Baltimore & Ohio box car. which reached Toledo from Detroit, was found a I>ool of blood and several bloodstained stones. The root and sides of the car v ere bespattered with the same colored fluid and a bloody collar and necktie were also found. Prints of bloody fingers on the car floor showed that the victim had been thrown out probably by two men. Attackeii Ily a i’erreL ” The two younger sons of Mrs. R. L. Hudson of Delaware, Ohio, are suffering from a fierce attack made upon them by a ferret while the little fellows are asleep. Only by accident did Mrs. Hudson look into their lied-cliani: er to see if the boys were awake or not, and. to her surprise, saw that one of them had Ins nose nearly eaten off by the animal, and the other’s cheeks were badly lacerat.'d. Kilted by a Sweeper. A group of children persisted in playing about the street-sweeping machines at Indianapolis, which were preparing for the | night work. After the machines started I one of them clogged, and upon investigaI tion it was found that Frank, the 6-year-i old son of Albert Whittlin, had been drawn into the sweeper and crushed to death. Presidential Appointments.

The President has made the following appointments: Joseph 11. Outhwaite, of I Ohio, to be a member of Ihe board of ordi- i nance and fortification, vice Byron M. ! Cutcheon, resigned; Julius G. Tucker, of I Texas, consul of the United States at ' Martinique, West Indies. Judgvt* App >inte 1. Wm. M. Spnngei of Illinois, has been appointed Judge of the Unite 1 states Court of the northern district of the Indian Territory, and Constantin ■ Buckley Kilgore of ' Texas, .Judge of ihe Unite 1 States Couit of I tne southern district of the Indian Territory. The Reina Regente. The Spanish government is officially informed that all reports that Ihe warship Reina Regente has been found submerge! in the straits are w holly without foundation, and also that neither wreckage nor bodies from tlie ship have bei n washed ashore. A Town Burned. Almost the entire business portion of the town of Fort William, Ont., was, burned. Sixteen buildings were destoryed, among them Spharr s hotel, the Woodbine hotel, (•’Connor’s hotel, the Ontario house, Ingall’s block and several residences. Warehouse in A«he«. The Charles Lieb chair factory warehouse at Rockport, Ind., burned. Loss, s4,wo; partially insured. THE .MARKETS. Chicapo—Cattle, common to prime $3 7.V0,G.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 6/5 00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 fa 5.0»>: wheat. No. 2 red, 53(£r54c; corn. No. 2. 4U</45c: oats. No. 2. 2S>'2Dc; rye. No. 2. 55fd57c; butter, choice creamery. TD*?z l'j J oc, eggs, fresh, potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 7(Mfßsc. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping. S3JXV<j 5.75; hogs, choice light, t mc sheep, common to prime. $2.(XX&4.50: wheat. No. 2 rod. corn. No. 1 white, 45'<z43M > c; oats. No. 2 white. 33 (</:.4c. Nt. Ixiuis—Cattle. hogs, wheat. No. 2 red. 53tfz54c; corn, Nu. 2. 42'i43« . vat.-. No. 2. 30V-jc: rye. No. 2. 59@61c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50<f?."».75: hogs So.OOtQo.OO; sheep, $2.50td4.75: wheat. No. 2. corn. No. 2 mixed. 46 oats. No. 2 mixed. 31@32c; rye. No. 2. 57(?i59c. Detroit—Cattle. <4.4.75: sheep. $2.01X44.50; wheat. No. 1 white, 57@58c; corn. No. 2 yellow. <s4r>tZjc: oats. No. 2 white. 33(ji34c; rye. No. 2. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 5<V4-VPAc: com. No. 2 yellow. 45@46c; oats No. 2 white. 33ftt33%c; rye. No. 2. 54<$z56e. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.5046.50; hogs. $3.00 <45.0); sheep, $3.00(4,5.25; wheat. No. 2 • red. 60460yc; corn. No. 2 yellow. 506 i oats. No. 2 white. 35®36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. ST/f? 56c; corn. No. 3, 44@45c; oats. No. 2 white. 31@32c; barley, No. 2, 527/54c: rye. No. 1. pork. mess. $11.75@ 12.25. New York—Cattle, $3.0046.50; hogs. $ 1.604.5.25, sheep, $3.00(45.50; wheat. No. 2 red. 61(4'62c; corn. No. 2. 527z53c; «it« white Western, 377/41c; butter, crcj jiery, c; eggs. Western, ! l(ic.

LIKE A BANK’S DRAFT < i NEW MONEY ORDER TO BE OF SIMPLER FORM. r It Will Be Used an Soon *• Arrange- f mentsCan Be Perfected for Printing ihe Design*-Will Supersede the Old ; Order a» Rapidly as Po**ible. Design* to Be Used. A new form of money order will bt used in the Postoffice Department as soon as arrangements <an be perfected for printing the design shown herewith. Thenis a marked difference between the oh! form ami the new money order, the latter having been condensed until it is more like a bank draft. This was agreed ujxm by the postal authorities as the most convenient and business-like order, and it will sniierscdv the one now in use as rapidly as possible. \\ bile the old ’ oiders will not be called in by the Post ’ office Department, no further issue* of 1 them will be p<rmitted. their places be- > ....... MiP 1 Id i l e ’fl 1 1 •LL! i W i[TJ t i 1 3 - 5 ? z in fl ** 5 hIS i ? ? 1 I ’“ i ? ' i 1 Hb : 5 MFW? 1 I i ■ l ' H r H I THE NEW POSTOFFK E MONEY ORDER. ing taken by the new forms. It will be ! impossible for any collusion between |>os- i » tai or other officials in raising figures, for ; | the face of the order must conform to i , the letter of advice and the figures which , will be used in auditing the Postm.-c-tor’s ! accounts are attached to a coupon at the | left of the sheet similar to the forms used ■ by express companies all over the United I I States. | There will be important and noticeable ■ changes in the next issue of silver crrtili- | i cates by the Treasury Department, par- j ticularly on the ba< ks of these notes of Uncle Sam. Instead of having a plain i green or gray back, as the case may be, | each side of the certificate will be orna- | minted with a portrait of some distin- ! guished American. There is so much work necessary on this certificate that counterfeiting will ‘ be well nigh impossible, and it will undoubtedly be found the most elaborate piece of bank-note engraving ever attempted in this or any other country. There is no particular hurry at the Bur nu of Engraving and Printing in these matters, and it may be that six months will elapse before the new issues will be ready for the public. —’ N HE winter’s almost ll past an* soon the j J w . n... r w i n <1 s • - ‘■ i ' r will blow. v The snow’ll melt, ,be br ° ° k s ’ n break away, tramps’ll come a-beggin’ full nf whisky and of woe. The robin triil his merry roundelay. An’ then there’ll be a spedl o’ mud—there always is, but still It won’t take that so very long to pass, An’ when it does, the buds’ll be a-burstin’ with a will, An' the butter be a-tastin’ o’ the grass. The cows’ll harp a twinkle in their peaceful lookin’ eyes, To see the medders gettin’ green again: An' the haughty, struttin’ rooster be so full o’ pleased surprise. That he'll crow real kind o’ crazy, now an’ then. The violets will be peepin’ jes’ ez bashful ez can be, The dandelions a-sproutin’ bold ez brass. Together with the daisies an’ the temptin’ cherry tree. While the butter keeps a-tastin’ o' the ( grass. The pigeons will be eooin' in a sentimental style A-nestlin’ on the barn in lovin’ pairs; , An’ the landscape all a-bloomin* in a broad an’ beamin’ smile, Wiu' a sort of funny fragrance everyOh, yes, I know the sultry <la\s'H toiler mighty dore. j An' Nature then he jes* a molten mass; ’ Still I’m feelin’ awful frisky—’tain’t no use to be morose When the butter is a-tastin* o’ the grass.

CARRIES HIS HALL WITH HIM. j lowa Evangelist Constructs a Mora. ble House for Religious Services. One of the most unique bouses of worship ever erected in lowa, or possibly in this country, stands at 1448 Most nue, out on Weet Hill, says a Burlington dispatch. It is Missionary J. B. Crawford's movable tabernacle, which was dedicated Inst Sunday with unique ser- ■ ■ Till: MOVABLE TABERNACLE. i: is. The sii-ii,-Hire is made of iron and wood on a steel frame. It is built in sections. each section being hinged so us to fold into a small space. The outside of this unique edifice is of corrugatisl iron, snd the interior is lined with hard pine. The walls and aides nre ereebal on a steel frame, which can itself be taken apart mid placed in a small compass. The interior of the building is lighted by windows, which slip into the lining of the sections while being transported to prevent injury to the glass. The interior of the building is heated by two stoves, so arranged as to take in all the piping during transportation. The building has folding benches which will seat about 500 people. Everything used in the erection of the building is turned to some good account. Even the derrick, on which the frame and sides are raised, is afterward turned into a rostrum for the speaker. When the building is in pieces this derrick forms the wagon bed on which the sections are loaded for transportation. Mr. Crawford, who invented and constructor the building, has been in the missionary work in Iles Moines County for fire years, having graduated from Moody's institute in Chicago, and came directly to this field, and has been doing . some excellent work since. He has found iu his travels through the county many i places where the people wanted services, but had no hall or room large enough for the purpose, and in many cases no room at all. The idea of such a building ns the one herein described occurred to him, nnd fe; was not long in drawing tip the plans and putting them into execution, iir. Crawford MJH this building will settle a very perplexed question of evangelical work in the poorer portions of the cities, where rents are high. The building can be transp »rted to some vacant lot, set up and the services held with very little expense, and he thinks his idea will be adopted by other missionaries in n short time. The cost of the building was about SSOO.

SOLON HAS NO HONOR= Sells Seeds Given Him for Distribution and Will Be Exposed. Secretary Morton's next annual report will set out in detail, with names and accompanying particulars, the facts in a transaction which will make interesting reading. Some weeks ago Mr. Morton wrote to the purchasing agent of the Reed division of the Department of Agriculture informing him that members of Congress hail been charged with disposing of their seeds in away other than w as contemplated by law. and instructing him to either verify or disprove these charges in the most substantia! way. In less than a week the a cent brought to the Secretary the written order of a member of the House of Represntntires for his entire quota of seeds, which he proposed to sell to the department’s acent for $75. The purchase was directed to be miule. and. ins' •*<! of cash, the ngmit gave his cheek, which was properly indorsed by the vendor and the money was withdrawn from bank. So it happens that Secretary Morton now has the seeds issued to this member, turned over on his written order, and also the chwk through which the money was paid, ami bearing the signature of the member who sold the seeds. The department officials decline to mention the name of the Congressman, nr to locate him. but the assurance is given that the whole transaction, names and nil, will appear in the report as a striking example of the evil to which the Secretary has so frequently called the attention of Congress. The full (juota of seeds furnished a member of Congress by the department consists, on an average, of 1.400 packages of flower seeds, 15.000 of vegetable, and eighty-two quarts of field seeds, grasses, etc. The total cost of this quota tn the department is between $225 nnd $245. The department in this transaction got the whole lot back for $75. The Secretary is making an effort tc abolish the free distribution of seeds entirely, for the reason that it has grown into an evil that was never contemplated when the original law was enacted. Francis M. Stanwood, flip new editor of the Boston Journal, is a nephew of James G. Blaine. Mrs. Dominis (Queen Lil) is finally suffering from u complete tie-up and has nothing to arbitrate. Mrs. Lease was so confiedent of her election as Mayor of Wichita that it is said she had arranged to send Mr. Lease to cooking school again. Ex-Congressman “Joe” Sibley, of Pennsylvania. the Presidential candidate of the Bimetallic League, is a millionaire banker, who made his fortune in oij wells. Senator Elkins, it has been reported, will seek the Republican nomination for the Presidency. The Wheeling Intelligeneer says: “This is a sea serpent story.” Rider Haggard is going to the English Parliament. He has been working in tbv field of the picturesque and the unreal so long that a contact with hard, redd facts will do him good. Mr. Allen Jones, colored, of Brewer, Ga.. is entitled to Government aid. Any man, white or black, whose wife bears eight children in three years is worthy of sympathy and support. David M. Stone, the venerable exeditor of the New York .Journal of Commerce, told a reporter the oiuer dav that he had been out of his pew at church Sunday only three times iu twenty-two years.

u HUNG CHANG SHOT JAPANESE FANA-'C ATTE’-PTS TO KILL HIM. The Affair Creates the Greateat Excitement— Emperor and Empress Express Their Regret- China May NowGet Better Terms of Peace. tstory of the Aesantt. As Li Hung Chang, the Chinese peace envoy, was returning to his lodgings in Shimonoseki. Sunday, after having attended a conference with Count Ito and Viscount Mutsu, the Japanese peace plenipotentiaries, a young Japanese fired a pistol at him. The bullet struck Li Hung Chang in the face. It is believed that the wound is not serious. Prime Minister Ito telegraphed to Hiroshima asking that Ur. Sato, the imperial physician, be sent to Sliitnonoseki to attend the Chinese Commissioner. The Minister of State and a number of other officials visited Li Hung Chang and expressed their deep sorrow at the occurrence. Every precaution was taken by the police and military to prevent any trouble. The attempt to assassinate the representative of the Emperor of China caused the most intense excitement and on every side there were expressions of deep regret. The would-be murderer was arrested. It is believed that he was prompted to the crime by misguided patriotism. The news of the attempted assassination of Li Hung Chang created much excitement at Yokohama. The Emperor and Empress sent a messenger to Shimonoseki to express to the distinguished Chinese statesman their regrets at the most unfortunate occurrence. Great Excitement in Washington. The news of the assault on Li Hung Chang has caused a sensation in diplomatic circles in Washington. Casos i where an envoy of any kind lias been as--1 saulted in the country to which ho is accredi'.ed are rare, and those in which a i peace commissioner is attacked are almost unheard of in modern days, U'g opinion* z/CJwa p-L ra !■> x ' «»•■'« I fl 4 t i U LI HVXG CHANG. in Washington is that Japan will suffer greatly in consequence of the assault, and that the position of China will be so strengthened that she may be able to secure better terms of peace than she could otherwise have hojaal for. The incident may lead to the breaking off of peace negotiations, which were proceeding so satisfactorily, or at least may postpone further action in this direction until Japan has guarante<Mi the safety of Chinese envoys and made prop- • er reparation. The Chinese legation received prompt notiticatiori ot the matter, but their adrices contained'nothing not in the press dispatches. Minister Yang Yu did not ' care to discuss the subject. It was stated at the legation that it was not believed that it would lead to the total breaking off of the peace negotiations, although it might cause them to be interrupted for a time. The Attack on the Czarowitz. The attack on Li Hung Chang calls to ' mind the attempt made on May 11, 1801, to kill the <■/.;•■••• a iiz. now the E:n>cror of Russia. In November, the vtarowitz, in company with his cousin, Prince ; George of Greece, started on a tour of the world. They visited Vienna. Athens, I Cairo, Bombay, Calcutta, Madras, Ceylon, Bangkok, Siam, various places in ' China and Japan. While at Otsu, Japan, the czarowitz was attacked with a sword by a fanatical Japanese officer and quit® severely wounded. He would in all likelihood have been killed hail it not been for the bravery of Prince George, who sprung upon the would-be assassin and felled him to the ground. The affair caused the greatest excitement, and the mikado traveled to Otsu to visit the czarowilf and express his regret for the attack. MILLION DOLLARS IN ASHES. Big Packing House at Kansas City* Kan., Destroyed by Fire. At G:3O o’clock fire broke out in the hog building of the Reid Packing Company’s plant at Kansas and Railroad avenues, Kansas City. Kas.. and almost the entire group of buildings was entirely destroyed, causing a loss of over $1,000.1 MX). Before the firemen had laid a line of hose the roof had fallen in. The flames from the b«>g building communicated with the engine house on the south and soon wrecked the boilers and destroyed the effectiveness of the company’s fire apparatus. A disastrous explosion was narrowly averted by the firemen who. at the risk of life and limb, rolled twenty barrels of gasoline from the buildings. From the engine building the fire spread to file one-story ice-houses, each 200 by 125 feet. These were rapidly devoured by the flames, and the four-story storage building, which was right in line, fell a prey to the flames. There was SIOO,OOO worth of meats in the basement in this building. The first floor was used as a warehouse, the second was filled with dry salt meats. On the third floor were big hogsheads filled with meat ready for shipment, while the fourth floor was packed with dressed meats. The Santa Cruz (Cal.) Grand Jury has pronounced the local City Council innocent. but foolish. The Council surrendered $350,000 worth of bonds to a New ork firm without requiring security, and the natural result followed. Two pupils of the Washington High School, at Hackensack, N. J., smoked cigarettes. Result, violent sickness. After effect, spanking. A fresh eruption of Orizaba's ancient > volcano in Mexico is roasting the coffee planted within 100 miles around.