Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 27, Decatur, Adams County, 18 April 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATUR, IN 13. iMunocrallc Preu « 0.. . Publishers. DOINGS OF THE DAY. SUMMARY OF THE NEWS OF THE WEEK. Eventful Happening* in Every Kno.rn Hemisphere - Fires. Accidents. Crimes. Politics. Religion. Commerce and Crops. San<lwicheti with Minor Affairs. PENALTY Must Be Affixed to All Who Have Not Made Their income Tax Return**. The following instructions have been sent to internal revenue collectors: In case of incorrect income tax returns now filed in your office, you will notify the persons who filed such returns, that they must ap|»ear w ithin reasonable time, specifying the date ami place for their appearance, and correct or explain said returns, and on failure to ap|s‘ar and make said corrections, you w ill correct and increase the amount of such returns, stating the particular corrections which shall be made and the amounts by which said returns will be increased. Where persons and corporations liable to make return have' neglected or refused to make returns, and where in your opinion, false* or fraudulent returns have been tiled, you will give notice of form 869 to delinquents, to those who mad* such false or fraudulent returns, to appear and show cause why the penalties shall not be assessed against them. All returns made by taxpayers for 1894, except such as are delayed by reason of appeals, must lie completed and forwarded to this office not later than the 15th day ofjMay next. EXCOMMI NIC ATION. 1« ihe Fate of Those who Disoltey the Papal Order. Winnipeg (Man.)special: Nothing since the beginning: of the Catholic school struggle in this country has created a greater sensation than the announcement of the Catholic archbishop that those Catholics who henceforth lend aid and influence to those who would abolish Catholic parochial schools will be excommunicated. Archbishop Lange has received a papal encyclical on the question. This encyclical views the entire school matter, and points out that the eases in the United states and Canada are not aualagous. In Canada, particularly in Manitoba, it jiointsont that CathoUe.schools were guaranteed by treaty and constitution, while no such guarantee was given in the states. Arehbishop Lange, tn speaking on the matter, was most emphatic. These were his words: "The hierarchy of the Catholic church has spoken and all those who do not follow the hierarchy are not Catholics. We will stand by the constitution of the country, but we will have no Godlees schools." The Bottom Dropped Out. Columbus special: state Mine Inspector Hazeltine has received a telegram from F. M. Osborne, a coal operator at Cleveland, stating that the Stribley mine, at Salinev ille, Columbiana County. Ohio, owned by the Oliio and Pennsylvania Coal Company, is flooded by a creek. It seems that excavations were made in operating the mine until a tunnel reached partially under the creek. The bottom of the stream dropjied out. and the water rushed in with great violence. The mine where the accident occurred is connected w ith several others, and the information received by the state Inspector is to the effect that they also are flooded. Mr. Osborne, who sends the telegram, is interested in an adjoining mine, and says that his property is being destroyed by the water. The State Department has sent a special inspector to the scene. In Ashes. The Hotel Raymond at Pasadena, ten ! miles from Los Angeles Cal., was totally | destroyed by fire. Net a stick of the famous resort is left. The hotel was crowded with tourists, but they all escaped with their lives, although wardrobes ami other property were entirely consumed. The cause of the tire is not known. The Raymond was one of the most famous health resorts in the United States. It was a very large structure, built entirely of wood, and was located on a hill, commanding a magnificent view of the San Gabriel Valley. Butter From Whey. Washington special: The officials of the agricultural department are satisfied with the general result of experiments made at Cornell University, which have shown the possibility of making butter from the whey left after the manufacture of cheeseThe only other question to be determined is whether it can be made in such quantities as to pay It is said to be good nutter, qualified judges being unable to detect it from that made from milk in the first place. Hurled to Deatn. M. Muzzy was killed by a special train on the C . 11. and D. Railway at Connersville, Ind. He was about 60 years old and very deaf. He had lieen to the dejait. and was going baek heme via the railroad bridge. He was walking along the ties with his head down, when the locomotive struck him. and he was hurled 30 fist into the stream nelow. Nearly every bone in ins body was broken. An Oft-Repeated Tale. At Rnrgin, Ky th.> little two-year old girl of George Cay s wa< accidentally shot by John Baker. The latter was playing w ith her, and had a pistol in his hand, and net know ing it was loaded pointed it at the baby, at .the same time snapping it and saying tie would shoot her. The liall struck her in tl mouth and lodged in the back part of her head. It is thought she will not live. The Papers Are Signed. Secretary Gresham has received a cablegram from Minister Dun. at Tokio. confirming the signing of the peace convention papers between China ami Japan. The Standard will ProtectS. C. T. Dodd, general solicitor for the Standard Oil Company, is quoted as say ing in regard to the income tax: "The Standard company will make its return under the income tax law but it will proliably contest the law. It will hold that as oil is a direct product of the land it comes in the same cat>*gory as rent." Death ct Prof. Ihnn. Prof. James D. Dana, of Yale university, probably the greatest scientist in America. | deal at his home in New Haven, Conn. ,

Qt ITK SIOW. Is the Progress or Pusineas Toward Re. eovery. K. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Progress toward better business continues, but it is slow and meets many obstacles. In speculative aspects and in wholesale demand for goods, the week shows improvement. Money markets are undisturbed and a little more active. But among the chief obstacles is the anxiety,of operatives to secure better wages, even while many manufacturing worke are running w it bout profit and others at the risk of loss. Ina number of establishments better w ages have been coneeeded. thus increasing tlie purchasing power of the people, but strikes have largely overbalanced settlements. Several of importance has ing thrown about 12.000 workers out of employment the past week. Retail trade has improved on the whole since Marell, but the distribution to individual customers still lags behind purchases of jobbers and sueh d<*nand for products as springs from building and other investments looking into the future. Crop prospects will greatly affect the course of trade for some months, and tjie government report has little influence to discourage. For consumers, the worst feature is tlie rapid advance in meats. For the first time in a long period, prices of commodities average a shade higher than a year ago. and in Great Britian also, owing to different causes. a slight advance occurred in March. < >n both sides of the oeean the lowest level ever known may naturally be followed by ome rise. CBISHIXG DEFEAT. Capture of Gen. Maeco ratal to Cuban Cause. Havana special: Maceo is captured and Cuba’s last hope is gone. Crombet has been killed. Without these two leaders all is chaos in the insurgent ranksand liberty's most ardent friends admit that tlie Cuban cause is lost. Tlie Spanish authorities are lasting bulletins and the loyalists in Havana are celebrating the ending of the revolution. Without Crombet and Maceo there can be no real war. The Cuban army and the Spanish soldiers met at I’almarito. The rebel forces numbered 2,000 men, while that of the Spaniards was 3.000. A desperate battle followed, and. according to official reports, lasted two hours, at the end of which time the rebels retreated. They w ere pursued by the Spanish troops and Maceo was captured. His secretary was also taken and all the persona! and private paters of Gen. Maceo were confiscated. The battle was hard fought and the insurgents fought desperately against odds. 'Die Spanish soldiers resistiql with remarkable courage the onslaught of the rebels. In the battle, a hand-to-hand conflict occurred, in which a number of Cuban officers, one of w hom was a Colonel, were killed. Maceo was a leader of the reliel forces with Gomez during the former revolution. Though but a youth he achieved considerable distinction. hart hanged. The rautding County. Ohio. Butchery Is Aven iced. Charles Hart was hanged in the annex of the Ohio Penitentiary at 12:09 a. m. Friday, for the murder of little Ashley ami Elsie Good, in IPaulding County. Nov. 4. Is'.d. Hart was an ignorant lad of IS years. Although he made a confession after the arrest, he made a statement on the gallows: "I am not guilty ot this charge." He was baptized in the Methodist faith before his xecution. He died without a struggle,being pronounced dead in 13 l 4 minutes. Hart, after killing Ashley Good, ravished little Elsie and then cut her throat. He then mutilated both bodies with acorn cutter and tried to burn them on a pile of brush. Austria shaken l»y an Earthquake. Venice special: Violent shocks of earthquake were experienced throughout Southern Austria Tues.iay night, the manifestations beginning at midnight. At Laibach, thirty-five miles northeast of Trieste, twenty-one shocks were felt tietween midnight ami 7:30 o'clock in the morning. All chinches, public buildings and business houses and residences in the town weredamag- d. Several personswere killed by falling walls, etc., and a large number of persons were more or less seriously injured. At Velden ten shocks were felt, and at Trieste four. Shocks were also felt at Avbasezzia, Arco. Gorizia, Cellir and other places, in all of which buildings were damaged. The direction of the disturbances were from Southeast to northwest, slight vibrations were also felt in this city. Communication between Liabaehand Trieste is-suspended. In many of the districts between the two towns, as well as tn the sections visited by the shocks, the people are earaping out in the fields. Cvlifu.loii at I rkin. Vancouver iB.C. i special: The following mail advices have been received by the steamer Empress of Japan, which has arrived at Vancouver:^All is confusion in the city of Pekin and threatens tojculminate in a panic. Scores of cowardly officers, fearing the apiiearanee of the Japanese army, are asking for leave to visit sick and aged parents. The government has refused them all. Two American ladies were w alking on Legation street, in Pekin, when they were assaulted by soldiers, while a native guard posted on the street for police protection, looked on and grinned. The ladies' garments were badly torn, but they managed to free themselves and ran into a house of the Russian legation close by. The soldiers who assaulted tlie ladies were afterwards beaten to death by the angry husbands of the women. The Pt kin authorities have allowed the two ladies assaulted to have a guard of Russian soldiers to guard them in their walk. Indiana Fteh Law Stands. Indianapolis special: Attorney-General Ketcham has sent an opinion to the Secretary of State in regard to the fish law which was passed by the senate but defeated in the House by a vote of J 6 to 6. In some way the bill was enrolled and signed by the presiding officers of the two bodies and then approved by the Governor. As the journal of the House show s the defeat of the bill the Secretary of state wanted advice as to printing it in the acts. The Attorney-General holds, virtually, that the law is operative by referring the Secretary to the recent decision of the Supreme Court in. which that body refused to consider anything but the enrolled act. saying that the signatures of tlie presiding officers were the guarantee of the regularity of the passage. The law ’ will appear in the acts, notwithstanding its defeat by the House. Treaty of I‘isire Signed. The London Times' correspondent in Shanghai says: "Li Hung Chang's son-in-law telegraphs that the treaty of peace was signed in Shimonoseki Tuesday last, and that the terms are: First, the independence of Corea; second. Japanese

retention of the conquered places; third. Japanese retention of territory east of th« Liao river: fourth, permanent cession ol Formosa: fifth, indemnity of $100,000,000; sixth, an offensive and defensive alliance between China and Japan." Closed Down. Brazil tlnd.i .special: A# number ot mines have been closed down in this district reeeuln. and it is thruughl by many who are in a position to know, that a strike is being talked of by the miners, and in all probability the mines will be closed down for an indefinite period, throwing thousands of men out of employment. The miners are dissatisfied with the present scale of wages paid, and the operators claim that the demand for coal this season has been the smallest for many years and they cannot afford to increase the miners’ wages. / Hushed Ashore. i Valparaiso <lnd..i special: Wreckage from the Chicora is coming to shore on the shore of Lake Michigan, at the north end of this country. A great deal of furniture and boxes of merchandise from the ill-fated vessel have been found. The beach is literally covered w ith tmttles of medicine marked "t *>;<ago and Rockford. 111. I. Tillotson, a business man, picked up a finger ring in the rubbish that had a large seal with the letter "B" on it. Constant wateh is being kept for the bodies. Rehearing Denied. The Indiana Supreme Court has refused to grant a rehearing in the fee and salary ease. Sometime ago Hie court field the law invalid as to treasurers, sheriffs and recorders, la-cause the law failed to fix the salaries of these three officers in the county of Shelby. The court's decision is an answer to a petition tiled by Attorney General Ketcham, asking tlie court to restore the bill as originally engrossed and which was without error, thus making the entire law constitutional. 1 jtal Runaway. While Rev. and Mrs. J. I‘. McQueen and children, who reside at Flat Rock, south of Shelbyville, Ind., were driving along the pike, their horse became frightened and ran away, upsetting their rig, and the occupants were thrown against a barliedw ire fence, cutting the mother and a 13-year-old son in a fatal manner. Mrs. McQueen's infant, which was in her armes at the time of the accident, was found dangling from the fence and uninjured. Ignored Her. The Columbian line steamer. Allianca, ( apt. Crossman, has arrived at New York from Colon, ( apt. Crossman reports that on the homeward voyage, he passed w ithin five miles of the Cuban coast. The officer on the bridge sighted tlie same barkentinerigged .Spanish gunboat that tired al the Allianca on bei previous voyage. This gunboat was close under the Cuban coast, heading westward. She paid no attention to the Allianca. which steamed along on her usual course. Ship canal. Warren (0..> special: The preliminary survey of the ship canal to connect Pittsburg with Lake Erie has progressed so far that the engineers in ebarge of the work are free to state that they have found the proposetl canal perfectly feasible, and that an abundant supply of water can be secured. The survey will not he completed before June 1. however. According to the engineers the most available route is through the Mahoning Valley to Levittsburg, and thence to the lake. Murder In Prison. Harry Gibson instantly killed a fellow prisoner named King, in the Michigan City penitentiary, without any provocation. King went to Gibson and asked him for a dollar which he claimed he had won from him. Gibson said he had no dollar, whereupon he instantly pulled a knife. King was a seven year man from Indianapolis. Two Robbers Get Away with 916.000. The mail and express wagon which connects with the Midland Terminal railroad at Grassey. was bearded about two miles from Cripple Creek. Col., by two men. who overpowered tin: driver. Robert Smith, secured an express package containing $16,tXW and escaped. Shot a Tramp, James Riley, a tramp, was shot and killed by Si-ecia! Officer Stacey, of the Pennsylvania Company, at Canton. Ohio. Riley was running away from tlie officer Stacey was arrested on a charge of manslaughter and gave a bond of $3,000. Decapitated by Cars. Grant Rose of Ronceverte. W. Va.. was run over at Hinton by C. and O. Train No. 2 and instantly killed. His head was found 20 feet from his trunk. Crushed in a Rolling; Mill. Win. C. Fullei. an empluye at the ruilihg mill, at Brazil. Ind., was crushed ro death while at work, by being suuuk with ? heavy crane. THE MARKETS, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, hogs, shipping grades. to S 5 50: -ffieep. fair to choice. $2.50 to $5: wheat. No 2 red. 54c to 55e: corn. No 2, 45e to 46c; oats. No. 2. 29c to 30c; rye. No. 2. 56e to 58c: butter choice creamery. 20e to 2<> , -j<-: eggs, fresh. IPj-.- to potatoes, ear lots, per bushel, 75c to 85c: brnom corn, per Th, common growth to fine brush, 4c to Iloha iimoi i|i«—Cattle, shipping. $3 to $6.35; hogs, choice light. $3 to $5; sheep, wmmon to prime. $2 to $4.75; wjjeat, Xo. 2 red, 55c to 55V»c: corn. No. 1 white, 46* t<» 4»l\«»-: <-ats No. 2 white. Xie to 34c. Sic Louis—Cattie, $3 to $6.50; hogs, $4 to $5.25: wheat. No. 2 red. 54c to 55c; corn. No. 2 4X- to 43 eats. No. 2. X K e to 31c: rye. No. 2. 57c to 58c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.5h to $6.25: hogs. $3 to $o -•<>: sheep. $2.50 to $4.75: wheat. No. 2,55 cto 56c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 4.« to 4S-; oats. No. 2 mixed, 31 to 324 c; rye. No. 2. 58c to 60c. Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.25: hogs, $4 to $5: sheep. $2 to $4.75: wheat. No. 1 white, 59c to 60c: corn. No. 2 yellow. 46e to 46Ch . oats. No. 2 white. 35c to 36c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red, 56c to 57c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 46<• to 46%c: oats. No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; rye. No. 2. 54c to 56c. Buffalo—Cattle. $2.50 to $6.50; hogs. $3 to $.».!.»: sheep. $3 to $5.25: wheat. No. 2 red, 60c to corn. No. 2 yellow. 49c to 50c; oats. No. 2 white. 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 57c to 58c; corn. No. 3,4 -to No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; barley. No. 2. 52c to 53c; rye. No. 1.55 cto 57c; pork, mess. sl2 to $12.50, New York Cattle. $.3 to $6.75: hogs, $4 to $.>.50; sheep. $3 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn, No. 2. 51c to 52c; oats, white Western. 37c to 41c; butter, creamery, 14c to 22c; eggs. Western, 13c to 13 1 . _-c.

OPEN TO THE WORLD. THE RESULT OF JAPANESE CONQUEST OF CHINA. The Immense Empire to Be Throw. Open Io Foreign Commerce and Her 400,000,000 Inhabitant* to Compete with European Labor. Condition* of Peace. The Japanese minister at Washington confirms the reports from Tokyo that his Government has made the opening of China to foreign commerce and immigration one of the conditions of peace, which will make the country the most attractive spot on earth for investment and speculation during the next fifteen or twenty years. The interior of China, and, as a matter of fact, the entire empire, except the treaty ports, is 2,000 years behind the age, judged by comparison with France or Great Britain or the United States, but with its marvelous soil and 400.000.000 of a naturally ingenious and industrious population it is capable of almost any degree of development. Its advantages over Japan in this respect are very great, and the latter country has shown what progress a people can make when they accept modern ideas and methods. The conditions of peace include the free admission of machinery to all parts of China and the establishment of factories by foreigners under the protection of the Government. Tuis has hitherto been prohibited outside the treaty ports, and :here is practically no machinery in China. The abolition of the “iinkin tax." as it is called, is also insisted upon. This is a local duty or tax that may be assessed upon foreigners or foreign goods by any province or municipality to such an imount and as frequently as the local authorities desire. It is in effect a blackmail upon foreign trade and has been the cause of a great deal of trouble and constant complaint. Another condition is the granting of free concessions, charters and privileges to Japauese and other foreigners for the construction of railways after the manner of civilized nations. There is only one short railway in China, and that belongs to the Government. It is understood at the Japanese Le gation at Washington that all of these conditions have been accepted by the Chinese envoys, and that the only point at issue now is the cession by China of the peninsula known as the Regent’s Sword, at the point of which stands the citadel of Port Arthur. Therefore it may be assumed as certain that the wall which lias kept foreigner* out of China is to be i thrown down within the next few months. The motive of Japan in exacting from I China the conditions described is the sub- i ject of much discussion, but it is generally assumed that it was done in compliance with the suggestions of the European nations which desire to extend their markets. It is also a question of serious discussion among diplomatists whether it is a wise policy to encourage the indiis- ■ trial development of China by educating file masses of the people in mechanical pursuits and the use of labor-saving machinery. The extraordinary capacity of the Chinese in all forms of fabrication, their great ingenuity and facility of imitation, their ability to labor fourteen and sixteen hours a day on a few handfuls of rice, and their willingness to work for wages that would not pay for the tobacco consumed by an American mechanic, will make them dangerous competitors in all lines of manu- I factures. particularly in the production of i silks, cottons and other fabrics. If they ■ should enter generally into the manu- | facture of textiles with cotton of their j own cultivation they would effectually | close the mills of Manchester, which have ; already been seriously crippled by the development of the industry in India, where ] the increase of spindles during the last ■ ten years has been greater than in any other part of the world. China is now the largest market for ; British and American cottons. \Ve send to that country very little else except pe- | troleum. Our exports last year j were valued at $5,855.458. of which S 2- : 854.220 were cotton cloths and $2,435.tj36 petroleum. Our imports from China amounted to $17,135,028. of which $3,IG3.GS4 were silks. $7,397,253 tea. SSO7,635 matting; and about $1,000,000 worth of furs and skins. Our exports to Japan were valued at $3.986.515, of which $2.226.247 was petroleum. Our imports from Japan amounted to $19,426,522. of which over $10,000,000 were silks, and $5.5u0,000 tea. The Chinese market for manufactured goods will never be much greater. The wants of the people are few. and it will be generations before they are educated to the need of luxuries. Therefore the demand for foreign merchandise will in no wise compensate for the competition they will offer. The opening of the country to manufactures will occasion a temporary market for machinery, tools, railway construction material and supplies and improved agricultural implements, but the Chinese are such clever imitators that they will soon be able to supply themselves. RUSSIAN BEAR GROWLS. May Interfere with Japan's Scheme of Squeezing China. The St. Petersburg h'ovoe Vremya says that if Great Britain has approved the territorial demands of Japan in regard to Manchuria and Corea, Russia wili consider herself relieved of the obligations of com-no-i action and will oppose Japan on land and on the sea. Referring to this a Washington correspondent says: The unmistakable threat against Japan held out by Russia in the short notice in its semi-official organ, the Novoe Vremya, has caused much surprise in diplomatic circles here. It was supposed that Russia had a good understanding with Japan as to the terms of peace to be held out to China; that there was an entire agreement upon the propositions touching Corean independence, the acquisition by Japan of Formosa and Port Arthur and the exaction of an indemnity. As to Great Britain, which now appears to be reproached with failing to maintain a stiff front against Japanese demands where they involved the acquisition of territory, it has all along been understood that she was the one power that was disposed to resist aggressions. and was only prevented from actual interference through inability to secure the co-operation of Russia in such a movement The Russo-Japanese agreement was understood to include the con- ■ ssion to Russia of a right of way through Corea for the Siberian railroad to

afford b winter terminus, and it 11 Bur gested that the change in her attitude may be accounted for by the possible failure' of thia part of the program by tha Japanese undertaking to guarantee tha absolute independence of Corea, thua preventing the acquisition of the needful territory for the right of way and the terminal facility. An authoritative statement of the Fenns of peace being negotiated between Japan and China has been secured from official sources. The statement is made in order to clear up much misapprehension arising from speculation as to the terms of peace. They are five in number, as follows: 1. Independence of Corea. 2. Permanent cession of the island of Formosa to Japan. 3. Indemnity of 300*000,000 taels (Chinese coin worth $1.33). 4. Permanent occupation of Port Arthur and the immediate contiguous territory. 5. A new Japan-China treaty opening the interior of China to commerce. THE SOUTHERN DEAD To Be Honored by a Monument in UakwoOd* Cviiivtery, Cliicago. Union and Confederate veterans will unite Memorial day in the dedication of the monument to the unknown dead of the Southern armies in Oakwood* cemetery, Chicago. All the South will be there in spirit, and the 7,<Ak) graves will be strewn with arbutes blossoms from the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee, tiger lilies from Georgia, roses and moss from Florida. And the shaft of the monument will rise from a bed of flowers gathered by daughters, wives and sisters of those who fought and fell on Southern soil in the woods and fields for which they died. Gen. John C. Underwood, who went to Georgia to secure the flowers, has sent word that his mission has been successful. They will be sent to Chicago in refrigerator cars. While the veil is being lifted from th* monument generals of the Union and Confederate armies will stand by. shoulder to shoulder. From the Southern side will be Gen. Fitzhugh Lee. Gen. John B. Gordon. Gen. W. W. Cabell and others, and from the Federal ranks will be Gen. Schofield, Gen. Flagler. Gen. T.»wler, Gen, Palmer and others. Hundreds of Confederates will be present, and Grand Army posts will participate in the dedicatory exercises and afterward will assist the Confedw , I ••ST, - L. CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. erates in strewing flowers over the graves of their dead comrades. Surrounding the monument will be four cannons, which were appropriated by a special act of Congress. They have not yet been placed in position, but will be before Decoration day. They were captured from the Federals at Chickamauga and were afterward used with great effect by the Confederates in the battles of Missionary Ridge. Dalton. Resaca. Kenesaw Mountain. Peach Tree Creek. Atlanta and Franklin, and were captured still later by the Union men at Nashville. When the veil falls an imposing monument forty feet high with pedestal of Tennessee marble and statue of bronze will lie seen. The figure will be recognized by every old Confederate as that of a typical Southern infantryman. In tattered clothes, badly worn shoes, with stockings drawn over the trousers, he stands with folded anus, having no musket, and looks down as if in sorrow on the field where many of his comrades sleep. The face of the monument will show a bronze seal of the Confederacy enlarged, with the inscription : : Erected to the Memory of 6.000 : : Southern Soldiers. Here Buried, : : Who Died in Camp Douglas Prison, : : 1862-65. . The words “Confederate Dead" are on the base in large letters. On the eastern face is a bronze pauel representing “a call to arms." The return of the soldier to his home is pictured on the west face. On the south side the soldier's last sleep is illustrated. SHE IS ABLE AND CULTURED. Lucie Faure, Daughter of the French President, Soon to Wed. Mlle. Lucie Faure, whose engagement to Paul Deschanel, a member of th« Chamber of Deputies, ia annonseed, is one of the most brilliant Parisian society leaders. As daughter of the President of France, she plays an important part in the social functions given at the Elysee, where a hoepitality. with a princely show MLLE. FAVRE. M. DESVHAXEL. not equaled since the days of MacMahon. is extended. Miss Faure is a lady of great natural ability, cultivated, fond of poetry, somew hat of a philosopher and an author. A little book of hers, dealing with an excursion into Algeria, has been favorably commented on and holds forth the promise of more pretentious labors. ’oshua H. Stover, ol Staunton. Va has been sentenced to the penitentiare for life f r stealing three and a hal’f pounds of bacon worth corns. Stover is a white man, a carpentej, and a confirmed thief.

BIG DEARTH OF BEEF. rise in price of meat due to NATURAL CAUSES. Packer® Deny that a Combination Haw Been Formed to Corner Ihe Product —Lons Drought Han Proved Destructive <>’* Kantfea in the West. Eighteen months from the present time, when the frisky calf of to-day is ready fur the slaughter houso and the packing industry ur an exhibit on a butcher’s marble slab, there will ln» a fall in the present high price us beef, whether purchased un he hoof or at retail. This assertion is yorne out not only by the assertions us the nterestod packers of Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis and Kansas City, but by the statistics prepared quarterly by the Government concerning the shipping, receiving and killing of cattle in the four American ?ities which control the delivery of beef dressed or un the hoof to the remainder of the country and Europe. The statement that a combine among the four principal packers of the West has caused the in.reased prices is indignantly, denied by them. Clay Robinson A Co., from the Union Stock Yards of Chicago, have issued a circular referring to the cattle scarcity, in which they estimate the shortage at 40 per cent, for the whole country in comparison with 1894. The same estimate is made by Cal Favorite, of Armour & Co., and is partially sustained by the figures □f the Gwcrnment given out in January" of this year. These figures show the number of cattle in the United States, being a comparison us January, 1895. with January, 18!M. In beef cattle the decrease in the whole number in the country was 2,243,953, or 6 per cent. Larue Decrease Shown. The Government cattle report includes all classes and grades while the estimate of the Chicago packers as to the decrease is in reference only to cattle tit for immediate sale. By the Government report it is shown that th? decrease in cattle in Nebraska has been 18 per cent, since 1894, 16 per cent, sine? Isiu, and 18 i>er cent sence »892* In Wyoming the decrease is 9 p< r cent since 1894 and 29 per cent, as compared with 1892. In Texas a decrease of 7 per rent since 5 per cent, since 1833, and 12 per cent since ISS»2. Montana has lost 4 j>er cent since 18SJ3, 5 per cent, since 1892. The State gained 2 per cent, in comparison with ISJM. lowa's loss is 6 per cent, since 1894, 5 per ‘ ent. sine? 18; 13 and 6 »er (.•ent since Colorado has lost <»* M*r cent, in comparis4»n with IS’H ami zained 12 as compared with 1893. If the coming scarcity of cattle had not Petm foreshadow <•<l by the January Government report data of a similar nature would not be lacking now. For the w*eek ending March 30 the decrease in the receipts of cattle at the Chicago stock yards in comparison with the sanu* week in lsl*4 was 8,58.3 head. Since Jan. 1 there have l>een received at the stock yards 572,857 head, a decrease us 119.068 fur the same period in 1894. Shipments during the <aiuo period of time «iecreased 51,080 bead ind the actual slaughter 66J170 head. The figures are official. On April 11 the estimated shortage in the receipt* °f cattle it the Union Stork Yards since Jan. 1 in ■oinparison with the receipts for the same period in 1894 was 276,000 head. The shortage in pounds of dressed beef for the same period w as < stimated to be 175,000,MMI pounds, ur an average of 2,060,060 >ounds decnuisu a day. On the same day he re<*eipts of rattle at the yards were 1.560 head less than on the same day in 1894, No Combine Among Packcrw. Cal Favorite, shaking for Armour A?o., said: “The Big Four irt a mythical organization. I do not know that it v.x>ts. If you view the situation in th? light >f an actual shortage of niarketaide cattle existing—46 in r cent, less than a year ago in the whole country—it is not diffi?ult to explain why tht-re is a scarcity in beef and higher prices. It is simply impossible for us to get choice cattle ia tny quantity.” P. I>. Armour said: “The Western ranges have been denuded of rattle, and ’ believe it will take four or five years to have a reduction in the prevailing beef prices. The scarcity of cattle, in my ’pinion, will continue for that length of time. Ido not see how it is to he avoided. Months and years win Im* required to restore to the barren ranges the cattle which once kept the supply ahead of the iemand. The situation is the logical end as a series of disasters on the cattle ranges and destruction of crops needed for feeding purposes*" Comparative tables were secured showing the figures «»f the receipts, shipments and killings in the Chicago, South Omaha, Kansas City and East St. Louis markets for the three months ending March 30, 1895, with the same periods in 1891. These are the tables: CHICAGO. Wls. 1894. 1893. »b*”ipt‘- ... 574.652 692,125 763,.'VC8 Shipments ... .185,430 241,684 240.419 Killing 3x5.622 451.013 527.919 KANSAS CITY. 1895. 1894. Receipts e , 11 328.379 376.747? Shipments ~...132.629 189,387 Killing ... . 195.774) 187.858 The ih"i< nse in the killing at Kansas < ity of 189,>ut er that of 1894 is explained by the statement that Swift A Co. and Neison Morris are diverting, for the pres ent, business to that point and East St. Ixjuis and increasing their output. SOI Til OMAHA. 1895. 1894. Receipts 123,753 181.954 Shipmentsss.6l7 58.403 Killing 68.136 123.tH7 EAST ST. LOUIS. Re<f*ipts 168.772 146.897 Shipments 50.245 54.627 Killing 1L5.527 86.270 FOUR CITIES COMBINED. Receipts*.. ..1,194,956 1.391.717 Shipments 426.921 543,501 Killing 768,035 848.218 The Size of Them. Arizona i> almost exactly twice the size of Missouri Asia is the largest continent, 16,000.• 000 square miles. Anan, square miles, is about the size of Idaho. Corea Is exactly the size of Kansas, | 82.0 i mj square miles. I I’vniisyh :mla Is almost three-fourths 1 the Mze of Missouri.