Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 26, Decatur, Adams County, 11 April 1895 — Page 2

Oanocratic Press. DECATUR, IND. Democratic Pre«a Vo., • Publisher*. TROPHIES OF A ( H ASE AFTER THE FLEETING ITEMS OF NEWS. Many People Killed and Injured by the < <HLap*e of a Building —Fatal Railroad Wreck in Canada Crop Prospects in the Went. BURIED ALIVE. Two Building* Collapar at Wheeling. W. Va. Wheeling AV. Va.) special: At x“2O o’clock Tuesday morning one of the most fearful disasters in the history of Wheeling occurred. Two of the handsomest buildings in the city fell in wfch scarcely a moment’s warning. burying a dozen men within the mins. The structures were each five stories high and were occupied by T. T. Hutchison A Co., wholesale dealers in leather and hardware and W. H. Chapman A Sons, dealers in painters’ and builders' supplies. The Chapman building was commenced last fall and was nearing completion when the accident occurred. The two buildings are adjoining, the Hutchison lx*ing on the corner of Alley 9 and Main street. At the hour mentioned the employes heard an ominous crackling, the big structure gave a convulsive tremble anti with a crash the south wall fell in. tearing down the flooring and structural work. At the salui lime G. W. Ciiftoii, a cai ]»viiiei at work m C hapman’s, noticed the sand falling out of the wall separating the two buildings. He immediately gave the alarm and started for the door. Before he had reached it bricks and mortar were falling down in showers, ami just as he got outside the crash came. William 11. Chapman, Walter Chapman, and Newton Wilson. the proprietors, also escaped w ithout injury other than being bruised by the falling bricks. The following men have been taken out dead, or are known to be lost: Father F. 11. Park, vicar general: W. s. Pritchard, merchant, Buckhannon. W. Va.: Eugene Burke, an employe bf Hutchissun A Co.; Robert Wmcher, boy, employe of Hutchisson& Co.: Harry Cowl. Western Union messenger, ami Micnael Horan. A dozen or more persons were injured, some of them seriously. The cause of the accident was the defective cons-LUvtkrti of Ihe HutchisMHi building which was weakened a year or so ago by the addition of two stories. The loss will lx* at least $150,000, as both the buildings and stock are total loss. The Crop Prospects. Indiana—Pasturage, wheat, and other crops improved by warm weather and rain: oat seeding and plowing for corn advanced rapidly: oats nearly all sown: eloverand timothy are coming up nicely. < thio—Showers and warmth have advanced growth of wheat and grass; oat and clover seeding and plowing for corn in rapid progress: early i>otatoes being planter!; more rain needed. Michigan — Sunshine below normal; plowing and seeding progressing in southern portion; fruit buds and winter wheat reported ia generally good condition. Fatal Wreck. A south-bound Boston train was wrecked half a mile north of Smith's Mills station. Que., at a spot known as “the cut." The engine was thrown down the embankment 6ut the baggage cars and coaches kept the track. Engineer Roney and Fireman Emerson were taken out from under their engine. both dead. The accident was caused by a large boulder which had become dislodged by the rain and fell on the track. Fraudulent Postage Stamps. About $750 worth of counterfeit postage stamps have been captured by government officers at Chicago and other places. It js thought that these stamps were made at Hamilton. Canada. It would not seem that any great fraud could be perjx-trat.il in this way, as stamps are usually bought direct from government offices. Private parties bavin, a quantity of them on sale, quickly tali under suspicion of having acquired them wrongfully. taw!* Collide. The schooner Josiah R. Smith collided with the steamer Lone star, at Vineyard Haven, Mass., and was sunk. She had 1,000 tons of coal from Baltimore for Boston. The Smith’s crew were rescued. She was valued at JHO.OOO with but little insurance. The Lone Star was considerably damaged, but was prevented from sinking by a water-tight bulkhead. Severely Shocked. During a terrific thunderstorm that raged at Elwood. Ind., lightning struck the residence of A. Wiseman, in the outskirts of the city, and demolished th° room where four of the family were sleeping, hurling them from their beds and shocking them terribly, but not killing them, and they will recover. The whole end of the house wastorn out. Between Car and Pole. John Reed, an inspector in the employ of the Citizens' Street Railroad Company. Indianapolis, was caught between a ear and one of the poles that sustain the electric wire, and was crushed so that he died a short time later. Reed was 31 years old and leaves a wife and child. Smallpox at Cleveland. People living in the southwestern part of Cleveland. Ohio, have been thrown into a state of frenzied excitement by the discovery that Miss Anna Stetina. a Bohemian girl 17 years old. living at No. 27 Milford street, was the victim of a virulent attack of smallpox. Reheaded by a Street tar. Joseph Mauer, a young man of Toledo, Ohio, attempted to jump into a passenger express wagon. The driver struck at him with his whip, when Mauer jumped back and fell beneath a passing street car which completely severed his head from the body. Mnrders Hi* Own Son. John Stephens, a farmer residing in Marion Township, Noble County, Ohio, murdered his son by striking him on the head with a club. The son refused to give his father two dollars upon demand ami this Jed to the crime. Gen. Grant s Army Chaplain Bead. The chaplain of Gen. Grant’s regiment, the Rev. E. D. Wilkins, died suddenly at Lincoln, 111., of heart disease. He was prominent io the G. A. R. and Methodist Church.

CNDEK WSIU. Many Live* Leaf by au •*. New Orleans. An explosion of powder took place in a ship chandlery establishment run by Charles Salathe. New Orleans. The store was located in a three-story building which was completely destroyed. Salathe. together. with his wife, one child, three servants and a clerk were caught in the falling walls and killed. A saloon run by Emile Bon let. situated next door, was crushed by the tumbling rums and five or six fishermen, who were in the place at the time, were buried in the debris, together with several persons who were sleeping up stairs over the saloon. The ruins caught fire, but the fire department soun succeeded in extinguishing the flames, and the search for bodies was commenced. Two children belonging to the Salathe family, who, fortunately, were in a portion of the building remote from their parents, were saved. As no sound can be heard from the ruins, those buried are supposed to be dead. A late estimate of the killed places the number at fifteen. The force of the explosion was terrible. Drivers were hurled from their vehicles and the wares on the market stands across the street were blow n to the four w in* The explosion is thought to have been caused by gun powder, twenty or thirty pounds of w hich was always kept on hand uj Salathe for sale to hunters and fishermen who makes their headquarters in the neighborhood of the French market. TEN ARE DEAD. Another Frightful Mine Explosion. A special dispatch from New Whatcom. Wash., says: New >of a terrible explosion in ti e Blue Canon coal mine has reached here. There were twenty-five or thirty men in the mine at the time of the explosion. Ten dead bodies have been taken out up to the time the word was sent, and it is supposed that the rest of the miners have met death. The mine is on Lake Whatcom, nearly ten miles from Whatcom. Every effort is being put forth to rescue the imprisoned men. A steamer has left New Whatcom w ith Superintendent John Donovan, two company physicians and other doctors for the scene of the disaster. A corps of miners also accompanied the expedition and the work of rescue will be begun at once. The mine was inspected a few weeks ago and pronounced safe. There is no telegraph communication from this city to the mine and the telephone wires are down, owing to the explosion. Express Train 11.-id Five men stopped a Rock Island train near Dover. 1. T.„ and made a desperate attempt to secure the contents of the sa’e in the express car. Express Messenger Jones bravely refused to open the door.and was shot through the door, sustaining a serious wound. The robbers w ent through the cars, which were well rilled w ith passengers. and compelled them to empty their pocket-books, securing in this way about $350. six watches, two diamond rings.and other articles of value. After getting all the passengers had, they apologized with the remark that times were hard, and made their escape. They neglected to go through the sleejier. A posse of determined citizens of Kingfisher. under the direction of Deputy United States Marshal Madsen, mounted upon horses capable of standing a protracted chase, are now in hot pursuit of the train robbers and but an hour and a half behind them. The railroad authorities at Kingfisher are positive that they know two of the robbers and they expect soon to have all in custody. His Reply Exasiie. Madrid special : Admiral Beranger. Alinister of Marine, in the Chamber of Deputies, replying to a question as to whether or not the commander of the warship Conde de Venadilto. which fired on the American steamship Alliauca off cape Mays!, had been tried by a Court-martial and cast.iered. denied the report. He said that the commanding officer of the Conde de Venaditto was not in Cadiz at the time of the trouble between the Spanish warship and the American steamship, and that in reality the first officer of the Conde de Venaditto was in command of the vessel. The question asked Admiral Reranger H similar to that asked of Senor Castellanos, .Minister of the Colonies—a question that Senor Castellanos declined to answer. The news received here that bands of insurgents have appeared in the center of the Island of Cuba is disquieting, as it w as thought that the rebellion was confined to the eastern coast. Xo Faith in Banks The other night five masked men entered the home of Jonathan Stiles, a wealthy farmer, living thirteen miles northeast of Sidney. Ohio, with the intention of robbery. Two of them covered the younger members of the family w ith revolvers and the other three bound and gagged Mr. Stiles.cHe fought bitterly, and only gave up w hen he found it necessary to save his life. They then started to ransack the house, but were frightened away before getting anything, the little sun having slipped over to a neighbor and given the alarm. Mr. stiles was seriously beaten over the head. The robbers evidently knew Mr. Stiles’ disposition, for he is known to keep large sums of money at his home, not having much faithjn banks. Fatally Burned. Fire broke out in George Hubbard's residence at Corunna. Mich. Mr. Hubbard succeeded m rescuing his wife and one child uninjured. Then he went back to resw his other child, who slept on the second door. The house was all ablaze, and Hubbard was gone so long that his friends rushed in to find him. They stumbled over his inanimate form at the foot of the stairs and dragged him and the child out. The child was safe, because Hubbard had wrapped the little one in a flannel blanket, but Hubbard himself was insensible from smoke, and so fearfully burned that he cannot possibly recover. His hands and arms were literally charred in keeping the flames away from the blanket wrapped around the little one. Fatal Railroad WreckAt Wbigville. a small station four miles from Zanesville, Ohio, on the Bellaire. Zanes , die <fc Cincinnati railway, an awful wreck took place recently. A coach on the west Ixiund passenger train jumped the track just before reaching a trestle which spans a small stream. The structure is built <>n a curve, and the coach after running along the ties until almost across it, dragged the engine from the rails and the trestle went down. The engineer was instantly killed and the fireman fatally injured. The engineer was Eli Lucas of Zanesville. A wife and several children survive him. A Schooner and Crew Lost. Gloucester i Mass.) special: The schooner Mildred V. Lee. one of the staunchest vessels of the New England fishing fleet, with a crew of s vixen m -n, is now u> be added

to the already large number of Gloucester’s lost fishermen. Mie sailed from this pert vu a fresh halibut fishing trip to the Great Banks January 30, and it is supposed was lost in the great storm of February ft. Attempt to Treasurer* Orttce. The dour in the vault iu the County Treasurer's office at Elyria. Ohio, was plugged with nitro glycerine the other night by robbers, who then attached a fuse. The floor was covered with half a dozen horse ' blankets. The outer door and window had been forced and a complete kit of tools was found near the vault, which contained *17,000. The fuse appeared to have been lighted. The sheriff telegraphed for an I expert to open the vaulL being afraid that ; the nitroglycerine will explode if tampered with. Frightful Fate of a Lad. Eddie Coy. 10 years old. was literally torn to pieces at a sawmill, in Fairfield, Ohio. He and a playmate were under a rapidly revoliug shaft about 7 feet above i them. A rope was lieing used by the boys i to pull themselves up and lower tlmln by means of the friction on the rope. In some way the rojie became fast and. as Eddie had it tied around his boots, he was whirled around at a terrible rate. One leg and arm were tom off and the leg thrown 150 feet away. He only lived a few moments. No Extra Session. The President, on being asked whether, in view of the decision of the supreme court on the income tax law. an extra session of Congress would be called, said that neither he nor the Secretary of the Treasury saw any necessity for such action and unless there was an unexpected change iu conditions, he had no idea Congress would meet again before the time appointed I for its regular session. A Riot at (’ hivaco. A small sized riot occurred at the comer ot 1 wenty-second and Grove sts. Chicago, caused by the General Electric Street Railway company attempting to run a ear across the tracks of the Chicago City railway company. Over 200 employes of the latter company seized the car. and. after derailing it, chopped it to kindling wood. None of the participants iu the roit were seriously injured. Carl Browne Arrested for LibeL Carl Browne, the Coxeyite, was arrested at Massillon, Ohio, on the charge of criminal libel, and after appearing in eourt, was held under bonds for his appearance. He tried to indulge in one of his harrangues in court, but Judge Foiger suppressed him, saying: "The court does not propose to indulge any man in his desire to pose as a martyr.” Two Mangled Corpses. Tiie bodies of two well-dressed men, who arc believed to have been William Merchant and Janies E. Lutton of East Liverpool, Ohio, were found lying by the side of the railway at Ashland. Ohio, in a badly mangled condition. It is impossible to tell how they happened to have lieen killed, and there are suggestions of foul play. Express Robbers Captured. The two men who on the night of March 29, robbed tiie express office at Arroyo Grande, were captured at ■salina. Cal. The robbers, with two tramps, were caught in a box ear headed south. A fight ensued iu which one of the robbers was wounded and died three hours later. He claims to have been Harry Bishop of Cincinnati. Work of Fiend*. Striking miners at Minersville, Ohio, 1 attempted to blow up a family boat in I which lived a miner named John Forbes | and his family. The boat was badly shattered, but the wife and children were unhurt. Forbes took the place of some striking miner. Planning an Attack. Hong Kong special: Forty Japanese transjierls’are anchored off the I’eseadore Island. It is rumored that an attack upon Canton is contemplated. Torpedoes have lieen placed in the river for of the city. _____ Fell on Some Scissor*. The 5-year-old son of David Bepler, while playing with a pair of scissors at the home of his parents, near Flat Kock. Ind., fell on the point of tiie scissors, which penetrated his brain. He will die. May Soon Sec ure Peace* Yokohama special: Native papers state that peace negotiations are likely to be concluded this week. Seven of the eight conditions inijiosed on China by Japan have already been settled. Killed by a Fall. While walking on a porch Mrs. George Anderson of Morgantown, Ind., aged 92, I fell, her head striking a stone, crushing I her skull. . Death of Gov. Marvil. The illness of Gov. Marvil of Delaware, terminated in his death at 9:15 Tuesday night. THE MARKETS Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $6.50 hogs, shipping grades, $3 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2-5U to $5: wheat. No. 2 red, 54c to 55c: corn. No. 2. 45** to 46c; oats. No. 2,29 c to 30c; rye. Nc. 2. 55c to 56c; butter, choice creamery. 20< to eggs, fresh. lH*c to 12L_»e; potatoes, car lota. p*-r bushel. 75c to 85c. Indianapolis -Cattle, shipping. $3 to $6 25; hogs, choice light. $3 to $5; sheep, common to prime, $2 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 54c to 55c: corn. No. 1 white, 45c to 46c; oats. No. 2 white. 33c to 34c. St. Louis —Cattle. $3 to $6.50; hog*. $4 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 54c to 55c; corn. No. 2,42 cto 43c; oats. No. 2. 30c to 31c; rye. No. 2. 57c to 58c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $6.25: hogs. $3 to $5.25: sheep. $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2,59 cto 60c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 mixed, to 32Cjc: rye. No. 2. 58c to 60c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.25; hug*. $4 to $5; sheep. $2 to $4.75; wheat. No. 1 white, 58c to 59c: corn. No. 2 yellow, 45c to 46c; oats. No. 2 white. 34c to 35c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red, 56c to 57c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 45c to 46c; oats. No. 2 white, 33c to rye. No. 2. 54c to 56c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.50; hogs*. $3 to $5.25; sheep. $3 to $5.50: wheat. No. 2 red. 60c to corn. No. 2 yellow. 49c to 49*£c; oats. No. 2 white. 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 56c to 57c; corn, No. 3. 46c to oats. No. 2 white. 32c tu 33c: barley. No. 2, 52c to 54c; r»e. No. 1.55 c ‘io 57c; pork, mess. sl2 to $12.50. New York —Cattle. $3 to $6.75; hors. $4 to $5.50; sheep. $3 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, G2c to 63c: corn, No. 2. 51c to 52c; oats, white Western, 37c to 41c; butter, creamery, 14c to 22c; eggs, I Western. 13c to 14c.

REUNION AT SHILOH. GREAT GATHERING OF VETERANS ON THE HISTORIC FIELD. Famous Battle Ground Now Turned Into a Fine Park-Some Account of a Memorable and Bloody Conflict Gen. JohiiHton** Death. Story of the Fight. The recent reunion of the survivors of the battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing. on that historic field, was the largest gathering of veterans held in the South since the war. The reunion was under the auspices of the Shiloh Battlefield Association. which was organized three years ago to purchase and turn into a park the historic ground where the great conflict took place. Col. E. T. Lee. of Monticello, 111., is founder of the association and has worked most successfully in its behalf. The recent gathering was for the purpose of marking the positions of the various commands during the fight. The account of the battle of Shiloh is one of the most exciting pages of the civil war. It was not intended to fight a battle there, but Col. Albert Sidney Johnston determined to surprise the Federal troops, encamped on the spot, and so precipitated the struggle. Gen. Grant was eating breakfast at Savannah, seven miles away, in the Cherry mansion, when he heard the first cannon that opened the battle. Mrs. W. IL Cherry was in the act of handing him a cup of coffee at the time. He immediately arose, saying: “We must go to the

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front, the ball has opened.” Gen. Johnston had made his order of battle, and had formed his army in three long parallel lines. The Confederate army moved forward in solid column under the personal command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, striking Gen. Sherman’s division at the Shiloh Church. He struck Sherman like a cyclone, rushing his line of battle right on to the batteries and throwing many of the new troops who had never been in battle into great confusion, capturing several pieces of artillery and the camps of the Union army, with all their provisions. The tide of battle rolled on, striking Prentiss and McClernand and driving them Q L * ' ' GENERAL DON CARLOS BUELL. back to the line of battle formed by Gen. Hurlbut. at Peach Orchard and Hornets’ Nest. About 10 a. m. there was a concentration of the Union forces under the direction of Gea. Grant, who arrived on the battlefield about 9 a. m.. and the further progress of the Conft*derates was itopped. Death of Gen. Johnson. A terrible struggle took place later on the crest nf a hill at the Hornets’ Nest. For five hours brigade after brigade was in vain led against the Union forces stu-

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tionefl here. M hen Gen. Johnston came up and saw the situation, he said: "They are offering stubborn resistance here. I shall have to put the bayonet to them." He sent Gov. Harris, of his staff, to lead the Forty-fifth Tennessee Regiment. Gen. Johnston rode out in front and slowly down the line. His hat was off. His presence was inspiring as he sat on his thoroughbred bay. His voice was persuasive. His words were few. He said. “Men, they are stubborn. We must use the bayonet.” When he reached the center of the lino he turned and said: "I will lead you," and moved toward the Federal lines.

With • mighty shout the line moved forward with a charge. A sheet of flame and a mighty uproar burst from the Federal stronghold. The Confederate line withered, but there was not an instant s pause. The crest was gained. ar.« Gen. Johnston had his horse shot in four places. His clothing was pierced with bullets and his boot soles cut by tninie balls. The Federal soldiers kept up a continuous fire as they fell back on their reserves and delivered volley after volley as they suddenly retired. A minie ball from one of theae did its fatal work. As he sat thero after his wound, Gov. Harris returned and finding him very pale uked him, “General, are you wounded?** He answered in a very deliberate and emphatic tone. “Yes. and I fear seriously.” These were his last words. AH next day the roll of artillery and infantry was heard all along the lines, and every foot us ground was being contested, as the Confederates were being pressed back from the battlefield. The losses had been fearful on both sides. The Confederates were driven from every position until they reached the old Shib»h Church where the battle had commenced on Sunday morning. They still held the ridge which had been charged and recharged time and time again. Gen. Grant came up and, seeing the situation, he selected Veatche’s brigade of Gen. Hurlbut’s division, with other regiments, and formed them in line for the final < k harge. “Well do we remember." writes Col. “when they took off their hats and gave three cheers for the Union and the old flag. Then sweeping up the slope and over the ridge .they disappeared dow n the decline, carrying everything before them and

driving the Confederate army from the field. Cheer after cheer went up as the I last shot died away in the distance and Shiloh was won.” I Gen. Beauregard, in his report made after the battle, places the Confederate loss at lO.tiUB. From later facts derived ■ from the regimental, brigade and division • ■•'•inlanders, it has Seen ascertained to 1 I have been much larger. Gen. Grant plac- ' ed the Union loss at 13,047. which in the i ■ judgment of many is far below the actual • I loss. ' There are buried in the National Cemetery at Pittsburg Landing. Tenn., almost • 4,000 Union dead, besides the great numi ■ 1s t that were taken north by their friends I and buried in the cemeteries at home or who died at the various hospitals and | were buried in the National cemeteries in ■ the North. The correct figures will show j a loss of killed and wounded and died of wounds of not less than 30,000. TWO FATAL WRECKS. Four Persons Killed by on Accident, at Summerfield, Ohio, Four persons were killed outright and a fifth fatally injure! in a wreck on the Bellaire, Zanesville and Cincinnati narrow gauge at a trestle five miles west of Summerfield, Ohio. A coach jumped the track as the train was approaching the trestle, which is situated on a curve. The eoaeh ran on the ties half way across, and then the engine also left the rails, carrying down five lients of the trestle to tbs ravine fifty feet below. A fearful wreck occurred at Wood river . bridge, on the Chicago and Alton cut-off. . about half a mile north of Alton, 111. A long, heavy freight train was coming • down the grade when the middle of the • train bulged out, and fifteen cars were i piled on top of each other. Four men were killed outright and two fatally ini jured. None of them were known, but are supposed to be tramps who were stealing a ride. The wreck was caused i by the train being too heavily loaded behind. and when the brakes were put on the 1 front cars the weight behind was thrown • on to a flat car in the middle of the train.

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BLOW TO TAX LAW. SUPREME COURT MANGLES THE INCOME STATUTE. Ren*, an'l Bond Interest Declared tc Be Exempt-Buaineae Men Must Pay -So Muet Employe.) While lli s Truet Companies Eecape. Va«t Changes Decreed. A rpeeial diapatch from Waxhinctoz M y, Hint the L’nited Staten Supreme Court in the income tax case has revers. 1 the <!.■• inion of the lower court. The income tax law a- a whole is upheld, but onlv bra divided court. Two important portions of the law, however, have be. n decided to be unconstitutional, and they are so serious as to affect materially not only the revenues of the Govtrnm. nt, but the estimation in which the income tax will be held by the people. Under th.- derision, as reported, all incomes derived from rents are exempted from taxation bv the Fwleral Government and all m comes deriv.sl from State and mum. > bonds are similarly exempted. In otl„ respects the income tax stands as it was passed l ist Kugust, but the result of thn ‘xinsultati-ns in the Supreme Court sh-.u. vert conclusively that the law can. easily lie picked to pieces provided suits are brought to contest each particatar i-int as it cornea up. It is a curious fact, but none the less true, that the law which was paaaed at the dictation of the Populijts has been distorted by the decision of the I mted States Supreme Court in such away tout it will absolutely protect the class of caj-i---talists most ofteiisive to lhe loj.uli.i.. element. The landlords of the country will pay no income tax. The owners of bonds of almost any kind, either federal. State, county or municipal, will also free while the business man. the maim faetiin-r and the salaried employe will, for the present at least, be compelled to contribute to the treasury of the United States Government 2 per cent, ot all tn comes in excess of $4,000 per annum. The decision of the Supreme Court is a matter of deep annoyance. Collection of the tax ha* begun: the Government budget was made out with regard to tr S3n.OO<),OOH or $40,000,000 expected to t derived from this source. 3he exemption of great fortunes and great estates, th* swiping away of a large part of the expected revenues, is bound to create n situation in the treasury that will be embar racing, b» snv the least. Further cause for dissatisfaction will be given to persons who think they see a menace to the rights of the people in the frequent interference of Federal courts in legislative concerns. It is said that one justice even attempted to “legislate building asso. iations into the act. The first mooting of the Supreme Court was held March 16, two days after the conclusion of the argument, but no decision was reached, and it was not until March 30 that they succeeded in agreeing upon the outlines of a decision covering the opinion of the lower court. The court was evenly divided. Justice Jackson was too ill to take part. Chief Justice Fuller and Justices Field. Gray and Brewer were opposed to the law. Justices Harlan, Brown, Shiras anti White voted to sustain the law. FREE PEWS A Failure, Because We "Smile and Are Villains Still.** It was a painful confession of the failure of the free-pew system that was made on Sunday in Brooklyn by the re< t.f of St. Peter's Protestant Episcopal Church. After a free-pew experiment of nine years Rev. Dr. Parker admitted that he had gained a larger knowk*dge than he ever before possessed of the sinfulness, or we may say the wickc<lness. if not even the neionsnesfi, of some of the pc-oplo wh-» art-church-goers. He declared that some of the men who occupied the free pews had no regard whatever fur the moral obligations involved and seemed to him but as religious vagabonds. IL* told of men who would drop a cent in the box, and of others who would break their promises, and of more who seemed to Im* destitute of •ihame. One man, for example, who had hired pew in another place of worship, •leared $250 a year by sub-letting it to another party, while he himself took a <eat in Dr. Parker’s free-pew church. It was a melancholy sermon of Dr. Parker in which he aniiouiiced the free[»ew failure. He spoke of another church in Brooklyn which had tested the frc< pew theory with the result that the deficit in its treasury had to bp made up by the rich members. St. George’s Church, in New Y'ork. is still with the system: but be said that the shortage there was to be made up by the many millionaires who belong to it He did not ‘ know of a single case in which it had been successful After appealing to his listeners to “pay up this time,” he made a startling remark. “I notice.” he said, "that some <>f you smile, which reminds m»* that some can smile and smile and be villains stilt” Not Such a Wonderful Increase. Ihe statement of Librarian Spoffor < that more than 55.000 publications were copy ng lit iu the United States last year, as against 23,000 in 1884, shows an immense increase in the business of his office, and has dicited a great amount and variety of press comment. But there does not ap{M*ar to ho any occasion for alarm. To understand the matter thoroughly, it is necessary to bear in mind the fact that in 1884 the international copyright law had not been passed. Another source ”f increase is the growing habit of copyrighting matter that apjiears in the nt'wspap'■rs. Probably there is ten times as much of this class of copyrighted publications as there was ten years ago. ai.'l the chance* are that it will continue grow. Col. William D. Pollock is lying in a serious condition at his home in Hen I eck, Ind. Several days ago Col. Pollock made a wager that he could suck three dozen eggs at one sitting. He had disposed of two dozen and a half, and on entering upon the last half dozen struck a chicken, which stuck in his throat and almost choked him to death. ' King of Servia has taken up with tm* slumming fad and enjoys going around seeing his subjects without letting them know who he is.