Democratic Press, Volume 1, Number 31, Decatur, Adams County, 16 May 1895 — Page 2

Democratic Press. DECATI'K IND. DveejCH rat.ir PreM 10.. - Publisher*. NEWS BY TELEGRAPH BOILED DOWN FOR OUR INTELLIGENT READERS. Blchwir».a Baid a Cbiraco Gimhlin* H<wjw A titata Senator shot to Death by H. Miatreo. at M. Loots—Cnbaa Insurgent* Wtn a Battle—The Income Ta* So. to toedA Su Lout* Murder. State Senator Peter R. Morrissy was murdered wh • .cep in bed atx»u: 3 o’clock the oiler n><mins, by Maud Lt»e, at her borne. 2.01!* Washington street. st. Louis. The woman sent a 38-calibre bullet crash.ng through Momssy's bran, placing the muzzle of the pistol against the sleeping man's left eye before pulling the trigger, sbe also shot him in the mouth. Decea.—«l was 32 years of age, single, and leave* a father ar..f ’’•'•iro a sister and brother, fie was one of the best known Democrats in St. Louis and was .ust entering on his fourth year in the state Senate. Morrwsy and two companions were drinking anil late at night he went to the Lew is woman’s house and retired. They Lad lived together for years and the woman is of a jealous nature. It is supposed she killed him as the result of a quarrel. Held Km Cp. Three men entered the gamb’.ng house of Powers A O’Brien, at 178 Madison street, Chicago, and with drawn revolvers held up the players. Eight men were in the room playing poker. All <A the players were made to bold up their band* while the robbers went through their pockets. One hundred and thirty dollars of stake money was raked off the table and about s2>.< more was extracted from the pockets. The robbed men were so astonished that it was several seconds before they made ar. effort to chase the robbers. When they did start there was a hot race around the down-town streets. John Erazee, one of the robbers. »e cangbt.but the other two escaped and had with them all of the plunder. A Runaway Engine. An exciting runaway took place on the Lehigh Valley road at Drifton. Pa. A big <x«al engine was run out of the roundhouse to the ash-pat. It was left there while the attendand went back to change the turntable. In some way the throttle valve o,<ened and the engine started off. It reached the main line, increasing in speed momi-ntar.ly. The Freeland tram had just passed the switch ahead of it, and stopped al the depot, where the runaway was brought to a sudden halt by plunging into the rear car. There were only three people in the coach. They escaped with *ligbt4»nu*cs. The coach and engine w ere wrecked completely. A Moot Serioua Cbarre. Assistant Deputy United States Marshal Daniel Herring, of Deputy Aldrich’s staff. Buffalo. New Y ork, has been suspended U[on charges of gross misconduct, pending an official investigation. The complaint was made by Deputy Marshal Kane, who alleges that Herring with intent to frustrate efforts to capture a gang of su-pected opium smugglers, gave the latter warning, thereby enabling them to escape. Three People Shocked. At McArthur. Ohio, A storm struck the Christian Church, tearing away part of the steeple. Lightning set fire to the building winch was saved by prompt work. The Christian Endeavor Society had a meeting I me. Miss Cooney and Charles Barison were shocked and injured. Squire Sage was struck by the cunent and his whiskers and Lair burned. He is now lying critically ill. Voa-tniim Glass-Worker Aaenulted. Joseph Willard, a non-union glass worker, was assaulted at Martin s Ferry, Ohio, and terribly beaten. He was found unconscious, partially covered with blood, carried to H«pi’ drug store, and attended by two physicians. A cut on his bead will probably cause brain trouble. One rib was cracked. Charles Zeicber. an orphan boy empioyed by the Buckeye, was also attacked. Injured in a Wreck. A dispatch from Walkerton, St. Joseph County, Indiana, says that four men. names unknown, -ere seriously, if not fatally injured. in a freight wreck near that place. Two sections a freight train came together with terrific force, piling up fifteen cars in a mass of debris, and burying the men under the wreck. Tbe In«arjrent« WinTampa (Pla.) special: The latest reports from Spanish papers relate that a fierce engagement took place at Arroy o Hondo, in the province of Santiago, on the 10th instant. The Spanish force numbered 300; Cubans, 1.290. Several Spanish officers were killed. Members of the best Santiago families are joining the insurgents. A Schooner A<hore« South Haven (Mich.) special: During a heavy southwest gale the schoener H. M. Avery, Capt. David Smith, missed the pier and went ashore. The life-saving crew rescu'd the crew without !e— of life. She lies easy on the first bar, and can probably be taken off when the weather moderates. Sustained. The Supreme Court has reached a conclusion in the income tax eases. The opinion will be announced soon. Justice Harlan is writing a majority opinion sustaining the law. It is estimated that the law as now sustained will produce over $20,000,000. New Commissioners. The President has made the following appointments: Jobn A. Harlow of St. Louis. Mo., and Col. William G. Rice of New York, to be Civil Service Commissioners. A C loud - Burst. Sargent (Ky.| special: A cloud-burst on Beaver Creek did great damage. The large splash dam, owned by Hall Bros., was completely swept away by the rushing waters. Tlie report says several houses were flooded, while two or three lives were lost. Two families made their escape from the floating buildings unhurt. Killed Mil Brother. At Plainfield, Ind., Herbert Carter, 13 years old, was accidentally shot and killed i j !.i- brother. Palmer Carter. 19 gears «!*•

•VRNACK MEN QUIT. twelve Hundred Illinois Steel Works Men Go Ont-Dispute Over Waxes. About 1.200 men employed in various ri parities at the blast furnaces of the li.;noi* Steel Company at South Chicago 1 went on : trike Tuesday. The laborers, greasers and helpers at the same company’s shops in Joliet are on strike. Altogether 4.500 to 5.009 men are affected by the strike. The sinkers of South Chicago demand a reduction in their hours of labor and an increase of pay. They hare been working twelve hours a day and heir pay has been 31.60 per day. They rzmand a ten-bonr day and the restoration of the former schedule by which they were able to earn $2.10 a day. The Joliet men ask for an advance of pay ranging from 10 per cent up. The laborers, who have been paid 11 cell’s an hour, or 31 10 a day, ask 31.35 to SLSO a day. but it is expected they would be satisfied with $1.25. Thus far there has been no sign that the company w ill accede to the men’s demands, and the strike may prove a serious setback to the revival of business which seemed to have begun. Men in other industries are said to be infected with the same desire for more pay. and the strike may spread both in South Chicago aud Joliet. A serious riot occurred Tuesday afternoon at South- Chicago, in which ten poi.ee and forty or fifty strikers were hurt. VICTIM OF A CONSPIRACY. Gov. Brown Claim* His Son’s Death Mas the Result of a Plot. ’’’be sensation attending the Gordon double killing is not ever yet by half, say - a Louisville dispatch. The prosecution wilt attempt to prove that Arch Dixon | Brown s death was due to a deep-laid plot ■ to assassinate him; a trap, es the prosecu- : tion believes, fostered and planned by one. who, for reasons best known to himself. was afraid to do the work and used Gordon as the tool to carry out his de- ■ •igns. These statement* come directly ■ from the prosecution. James A. Scott, ■ the Frankfort attorney employed by Gov. Brown to prosecute the case, said: ’“Gov. ; Brown is now firmly convinced that a well-planned trap was laid for his son I and that information was furnished of his coming by some one in Frankfort to another man in Louisville, who, for some motive, advised and actively assisted in what Gov. Brown considers a foul assassination." GOT THE $60,000 LEGALLY. W. W. Taylor Had That Amount to His Credit in a Chicago Bank. W. W. Taylor, the absconding treasurer of South Dakota, drew $60,000 in cur- ' rency from the American Exchange National Bank of Chicago Jon. 8, just three days before his embezzlement was made • public. When he obtained the money he said he would take it home. It developed iu the trial at Pierre that Mr. Taylor was accompanied by H. M. Benedict, hi* brother-in-law, when he got the cash. I Mr. Benedict is now being prosecuted for larceny by Attorney General Crawford, i of South Dakota, and, as soon as the larceny case is completed, he will be rearrested on a charge of conspiracy to defraud. H M. Orr, assistant cashier of the j American Exchange National Bank, said: I "Mr. Taylor drew $60,060 from our bank I Jan. 8. He had the money to bi* credit and obtained it legally. That is all there ’ is to it.” Affairs in Hawaii, The Hawaiian Legation at Washington has received the annual blue book of , Hawaii and the report* of the various g verument branches. The population of the islands is 89,990, of which there are: Natives 34,000 Half-caste 6,18(1 Hawaiian-born foreigners 7.500 j American* 2.00 U 1 Portuguese 8.600 Chinese 15.300 Japanese 12.1X.*' While the American population is small its interests are great. There is $18,500,900 of American capital invested in sugar corporation*, out of a total of S2S‘O".OOO. There is an investment of $25,000,000 of American capital in various enterprises, in a total of 336,000,000. The Hawaiian export last year was almost entirely sugar. of which there was a third of a billion pounds, valued at 310,200,000. All of this, except an insignificant amount, came to the United States. The public ’ debt of Hawaii is given at $3,417,459, and the assets from government lands, etc.. $7,594,601. During the last year Japanese immigration to Hawaii had increased, the excess of the arrivals of that class of persons over departures being 2.2 w. The Chinese and Portuguese are leaving the islands. Race for the Pennant. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National Baseball League: Per Clubs. Played. Won. Lost. cent. Pittsburg .... 17 12 5 .706 Chicagol9 12 7 .632 Boston 15 9 6 .600 Cincinnati .... 19 11 8 .579 Cleveland .... 16 9 7 .563 Baltimore 13 7 6 .538 Philadelphia ..14 77 .500 New York.... 15 7 8 .467 Brooklyn .... 15 6 9 .400 8t Louis2o 7 L 3 .350 Washington ..15 5 10 .333 Louisville ....16 5 11 .313 Elid of the War at Hand. The end of the Cuban war is at hand. The rumor is confirmed in al! well-inform-ed circles. The chiefs of the insurgent* have abandoned their cause in despair. CapL Gen. Martinez Campos has ordered that the work ou the port of Santiago bs begun at once. Railways and telegraph lines are to be built, rebuilt and improved, through Manzanillo, Bayamo, Puerto Principe, Sama Cruz, San Luis and Soriano. Summer Money Taken. Two masked road agents caught a stage load of San Franciscans on their way to the summer resorts of Lake County and stripped them of their valuable*. The robbers secured about $1,300 from the passengers and looted the Wells-Fargo treasure box. Sugar Famine Threatened. A sugar famine is threatened in St. Louis and wholesale grocers are frantically trying to pick up even a barrel or two Not a grocer in the city has to exceed ten barrels of granulated and many have none. Chicago on the Broiler. Thursday was the hottest May day which Chicago has ever seen. The temperature ranged from 73 degrees in the morning to 90 degrees at 4 in tie afternoon. One case of sunstroke was reported.

A MIDNIGHT BLAST. THIRTEEN PEOPLE HURT IN A CHICAGO EXPLOSION. Brazil Will Issue Paper Currency Upon Gold Standard — Big Freighter Cayuga and the Old Joa. L. Hurd Collide and Sink* Blown Up by Gaa. By as expksak*® of yw st 1 o’H/wk Saturday anonuAC in the building 10 Sherman street. Chicago, thirteen persons were terribly burned, some of whom will probably die. The lower floor of the building was occupied by August Meischall as a saloon and the two upper floors as a boarding bouse. Meischau jiUßficd out of a window on the third floor an 3 received injuries that will probably result fatally. Mrs. Meis*?hall and her two children were bad’y burned, one of the children fatally. When the rescuers reached the second floor they found several mea and women rushing frantically along the hal!. their bodies bleeding and torn by the explosion. Everybody in the building was in bed when the explosion occurred and the night cloth.ng was burned off some of them. They were carried down by the firemen and pvllct. and those mo?* seriously injured were taken to hospitals. The explosion w%? ao terrific that it was heard at the central police station, mvre than a quarter of a mile distant. It was raining at the time and the officers a: the station remarked that the report was a loud clap of thunder. GOES TO THE BOTTOM* Big Freight Steamer Cayuga Sinks Near Mackinaw City, Mich. The Cayuga, of the Lehigh A a Transportation Company, one of the finest and largest freight steamers on the great lakes, sank early Friday morning pposite the Skolagallee brht. n-&r Mackinaw City. Mick, after e: Hiding with the steamer Joseph L- Hurd, bound for Chicago with lumber. According to the first advices received from Mackinaw City, a heavy fog hung over the lake at the time of th* 3 collision. The Cayuga, laden with merchandise, was bound from C'hicago to Buffalo. Both vessels sank, but both crews were picked up by the Minnola. of the Minnesota Line, except the steward of the Hurd. George Johns'-n. who was drowned. The Cayuga disappeared be- | neath the waves, but the Hurd did not . sink completely, owing to her cargo of i lumber. The Cayuga went down in sis- i teen fathoms of water about midway be- i tween Skzilagaliee and Waugoshahcv lights. She had on I*»ard tons of | flour from Milwaukee valued a: $70,000, and >f oats, va’.uv-d at SS.- .»». In ad lit: a there were a number of minor jtems. which wCi bring the total value of her cargo to about fIS« '*■* ’. The lost steamer was in cammand of Captain Graser, and this was ius third season. The Hurd, which is on old-timer in lake business, was by Captain Charles E. Wilson.. This is the first sea- , son she has been in commiasi -n for sev- I era! years on acc''?unt of dull freights. GOLD BASIS FOR BRAZIL. Government Loan Intended to Re- ' deem Outstanding Paper. The republic of Brazil is having an experience in finance much like that of . the United States Senor Mendonca, the Brazilian minister in Washington, has received copies of the recent decree for an j internal loan of 100,000,000 contoes, or SS«j,OOOXMiO. Part of this was taken by the people, in the form of a popular loan, much as Senator Sherman urged as the most desirable manner of floating bonds. Os this $10,000,000 was at once used in redeeming paper money, and $15,000,000 more will be used for the same purpose. The important feature of this step is that Brazil has begun to strengthen her gold ; reserve and reduce her pap**r money, with i a view to bringing her two forms of currency—gold and paper—to an equality. It will not be bimetallism, as Brazil has lit- . tie silver except for subsidiary coin, but , it will inaugurate the unique system of gold and paper circulating side by side on | an equality. Old So! Lets Up. Between 2 o’clock Friday afternoon ' and 6 o’clock Saturday morning the temperature in Chicago fell 43 degrees. The highest temperature of Friday was 86 degrees. * »ne man was prostrated by the , heat. The fall in temperature of 32 de- ' gre»s in twelve hours at Fort Robinson. Neb., brought on a snow storm Friday , morning which lasted half an Lour aud made the hillside white. Vote to Resume Operations. The miners employed iu the Kranse mines at Massillon, Ohio, held a meeting and decided to resume work at the 60cent rate until the State per ton has been established. Many of the miners feel that dhtricts in the State will establish their own prices, and have asked the local operators to pay 60 cents for the ensuing year. Chinch-Bug at Work in Nebraska. Farmers in the extreme western part of Nebraska report chinch bugs in rye and barley fields to an alarming extent. Their presence is njost marked in those sections where no heavy rains have recently fallen. They are injuring the plant, which is prematurely advanced. China in Need of Funds. A dispatch from Shanghai says the Chinese emperor has written to the czar and President Faure asking for financial assistance to meet the war expenses, and promising to grant special commercial advantages to Russia and France in return therefor. Pittsburg Bucket-Shop Fails. The Pennsylvania Commission Company, one of the largest bucket shops in Pittsburg, suspended. The proprietors, Spunler & Frazier, gave as a reason for quitting business the rapid and continued rise- in all the speculative markets. Many Adulterations Discovered, The annual report of State Food Commissioner McNeal to Gov. McKinley, filed at Columbus, 0., reflects severely upon the commercial honesty of the day. Out of 1,321) samples of foods analyzed 846 were adulterations. Jealousy Prompts a Double Crime, About five miles south of Wellborn, Texas. Matt Bai<v shot and mortally wounded his wife, then went across the country tea miles aud shot Gus Roy a, severely wounding hm. He was jealous. The murderer escai»ed.

COMPTROLLER UKELS' REPORT, flbows a Healtby Improvement in Businesa Throughout the Cauntry. Washington d-spa’ch: Comp trover Eck- ■ els reports a healthy improvemeiit in buai- . Dess id all quarters, a condxtx>a that is re- I fleeted in his advice* from the banking in- | terests Id every State in the Union. Evi- j deuce* of revived activities are confined to any line of business or any dozen or twenty line*. They are general and far-reaching, as reflected in the demands for banking accommodations. Tens of thousands of men who have been lying low daring the period of depress: u ars eC’Emug out of retirement ready and anx ions to embark in new enterprises or extend themselves in fields already occupied in perfunctory, half-alive fashion. The inquiry for funds is especially active from manufacturing interest*, thus confirming what has been said about a general revival in the industries —a declaration that is often receive! with open tichaa, but which. neverthelesA. has sub stantial foundation in facta. Merchants ire preparing to spend m ney in enlarg.ng their trade and in increasing their facilities in every way. Construction projects that have been held in abeyance for a eouple of years are being dragged into light. Buying Up the Gold. A Washington dispatch says the treasury officials are greatly excited over the discovery that there is an actual basis fvf the report that the Morgan-Rothschild j bond syndicate is conspiring to corner the j gold market- The st ry has been circulating in a semi-confidential manner for a>me days past and was at first regarded as a foolish canard. It is a fact. h< w- « ever, given out by the very best authority, that brokers representing this syndicate of money “sharps” have been paying a ; premium for the refined gold output of the , private refineries throuebout the W est , drring the last two months and that they j are accumulating fine gold at the rate of } s2.f<sto s3.<* «»•»•> per m nth. which represents fully two-thirds of the ; entire gold output of the United States The attention of officials of the Treasury j Department was first attracted to this peculiar business by the sharp falling off in the deposits of g<*]d at the mint*, and inquiry %ery soon developed the fact that private parties were buying the product of the refineries. Further inquiry revealed the additional and tery suspicious fart that the metal thus purchased was drifting to New York, where it is being put in store to the credit of the Morgan-Roths-child syndicate. Ohio Preacher Wins. The award of SSOO for the prize essay offered by the trustees of Darmouth College. Hanover, N. H., under the will of the late Richard Fletcher, has been assigned to Rev. Washington Gladden, of Columbus,'Ohio. His subject was: “In What Way Ought the Conception of Personal Life and Duty Be Modified?” Relief to Destitute Miners. At Columbus, 0., R- M. Rownd filed his report of the commission for the relief of the destitute miners of the Hocking Vai- j ley. It shows that the cash receipts w*re $4.1)48.87; the disbursements. $3,936.55 The value of the clothing. etc_ donated was $32,796.65, all of which waa distributed to 2,722 families. Woman Kills Her Rival. Mrs. Frank Collins, wife of a Monett. Mo., gambler, shot and killed Annie Snodgrass. of Fort Smith, who walking along the street with Coilins. The couple had registered at the Attaway Hotel and when they stepped out upon the street Mrs. Collins was in waiting for them. Oscar Wilde Released. Oscar Wilde was released on bail in London, after furnishing • personal bond f r and two sureties in $6.25u each. His sureties were Lord Douglas, of Hawick, eldest surviving son of the Mar ;. * f Queensbury, and Rev. Stewart Headlam. Howgate Out on Bail. Capt. Henry W. Howgate, who has been in jail at Washirgton for »>me time awaiting trial on an indictment charging him with the embezzlement of Government funds, has been released on $15,000 bail. Nebraska Town Destroyed. The entire business portion of Cereseo, Neb.. wa« destroyed by fire early Thursday morning. The post office, bank*, hotel and every store in the place were consumed. Big Explosion in Mexico. At San Carlo*. Mexico, by the explosion of twenty dym mite • artridges in a store several people were killed and many persons badly injured. MARKET QIOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $&50; bog*, shipping grades. $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, fair to choice, 52.5 n to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn. No. 2,50 cto 51c; oata. No. 2. 2K to 29c; rye. No. 2. 64c to 65c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 12c to 13c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 50c to 60c; broom corn, per Tt>, common growth to fine brush. 4c to 7c. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.75. shf-ep. common to prime. $2.00 to $4.50: wheat. No. 2. 64c to 65c; corn. No. 1 white, 50c to SObjc: oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 33L|C. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.50; hogs. $4.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 66* to 67- ; cons. No. 2. 48c to 49c: oata. No. 2. 290 to 30c; rye. No. 2. 63c to 69c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; h--gs, S3.HO to $4 75: sheep, $2.50 tn $4.75; wheat. No. 2. 69c to corn. No. 2 mixed, 55c to 57c; oata. No. 2 mixed, 31t*jc; rye. No. 2,62 cto 64c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00: hogs. $4.00 to $4.75; sheep. $2.00 to $4 75; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 50c to 51c; oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 34c: rye. 65c to 67c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 51c to oats. No. 2 white, 33c to 33|4e; rye. No. 2,66 c t» 68c. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.50; hogs. $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 1 hard. 71c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 54c to 55c; oats. No. 2 white, 35c to 36c. Milwaukee—Wheat. No. 2 spring. 64c to 65c; norn. No. 3,50 cto 51c; oats. No. 2 white, 32c to 33c; barley. No. 2. 48c to 51c; rye. No. 1,64 cto 65c; pork, mess, $11.75 to $12.25. New York -Cattle. $3 00 to $6.25; hogs, $4.00 to $5.25: sheep. $3.00 to $5.00: wheat. No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn. No. i 56c to 57c; oats, white Western, 38c to 41c; butter, creamery, 12c to 18c; eggs. Western, to 13Vsc.

SMALL GRAINS SAFE. — — — damage by the frost is not SERIOUS. Cheering Report* from Fifteen Western State* Fruit, and Vegetables Pinched by the Cold -Slight Injury Otherwiu in a Few Section.. Severe Fall in Temi>erainre. Reports from throughout the Northwest indicate severe damage to small fruit* and vegetable crop* in almost every »ccton bv the frost of Saturday night The rraia crops, however, are reported safe. Wheat *O-1 oats re aped uninjured, because neither had begun to joint, and where cut down by the frost or heavj rams will sprout again. Corn wa» slightly hipped bv the <s-ld in a few States, Inn e.,.ugh to occasion the *.igb»e*t alarm that the yield will be affected to anv noticeable extent. In a genera' way this states the condition of the thre-great , staple* in the Missiwippi valley. There is np longer any ground for a ware in th« face of these fact*. On the contrary, the outlook i* said to be better th»n >t May 1. when it was unusually promising. On the whole, the new* from the fifteen States v - ted by the fr st .» of a cheering nature. ' Illinois fare! best of al! the States. . e, - ret are Garrard, of the State B-»aro ■ vrienlture. attributes the death of million. t of chinch bugs to the heavy rains, and , say* the ground needed just such an amount of moisture to make the future of the crops more promising. 1 rom but , two points m the State have the signal service officers received report, of dam- , age by the sudden fall in the temperature. | Wisconsin dispatches »how that con- j siderable harm ba. been done to sma.l fruit* and gardens. North of Green Bay ’be froat worked the greateat damage Baraboo and Bos>»bel will send few strawberries to market, and Pine River will have * shortage on potatoes and ' corn. The snitbern and western portions , ■>f the State e>'a;ed the blight, and in ■ no part of the State has any damage to | wheat, oats or corn been reported. Some Damage to Fruit, Fes is are expressed that here has been much injury inflicted upon tbe fruit region of Michigan, especially on the highlands. A stiff « nd saved tbe peaches, apples and strawberries along the lake *hore t and the warm weather had pushed fruit so rapidly that it was hardy enough to withstand the frost in most sections. 3’egetables and garden truck growing in the interior of the State were badly hurt Farmers believe the spring wheat and corn are all right. From lowa conies the assurance that both winter and spring wheat, corn and oats are generally safe. While corn was killed back to the ground, it will grow again. Discouraging reports come from all over the State, however, on the condition of fruits and vegetables, and in this respect lowa has probably been the worst injured of ail the States. Minneapolis cereals are reported safe, but corn, vegetables and small fruits were greatly damaged Kansas escaped the frost except in tbe southern portion of the State, where some damage was <k>ne to fruits Missouri and Indiana were not affected by the frost in the least. Y. M. C. A. WORK. International Convention at Springfield. Mass.. Was Very snccemifnl. The International Y. M. C. A. convention at Springfield. Ma«s . has been the most successful gathering in the history of the organization, and as a result of the exchange of opinions and methods, a great increase in the sirope of the work is expected during the coming year. The peeing session in tbe State Street Bap t:.t Church on tbe last morning of the convention was devoted to an exchange of views concerning the duty of the associations to young men of foreign birth and parentage, and also the relation of the organization, to the social-economic questions of the day. The principal speakers were Rev. A. A. Buerle. of Boston; Prof. Graham Taylor, of Chicago, and Cephas Brainard, of New York. Before the reel's* delegates devoted half an hour to a reason of prayer. In the afternoon there were ten parlor conferences to consider railroad work, college work, boys’ work, work among French-speaking young men and kindred subjects. At night there was an immense mass meeting at the city hall, at which Dwight L. M.wdy spoke on the work of the Holy Spirit. Sunday there were special services in the various churches, closing with a great farewell meeting in the evening. SEND WHEAT TO CANADA. Ten Carloads of Red Winter Go Across the Boundary Line. A dispatch from Montreal says that the Initial importation of wheat from the United States into Canada ha. been made. James Carruthers is the importer and the amount brought is ten cars. It is from Detroit, and of course red winter. Mr. Carruthers says the wheat will be consumed by Ontario millers. Now that it has been pretty well demonstrated that the United States wheat can pay the duty of 15 cents a bushel and sell in the same market with the Ontario product, dealers are inclined to believe the prices for the ia.ter have reached the top unless the United States market shows material advances. As high as 85 cents has been paid for Ontario red winter wheat recently and 80 cents for hard Manitoba wheat at Fort William. It is probable that further importations will be made and if they reach hundreds of thousands of bushels, the expectations of many MonDeal traders will be realized. STATES MAY HAVE TO REFUND. Demand Likely to Be Made for Cash Received Years Ago, A very interesting question has been raised as to whether, in view of the depleted condition of the treasury, the twen-ty-six States of the Union, which in 1837 received from the general government dep.sits amounting to over $28,000000 could be made to refund. The first few months in 1836. Congress having refused to extend the charter of the bank of the I nited States, found the Government in possession of between $40,000,000 and $5<J,900,000 for which it had no present Seed uur suitable place for safe keeping. On June 23 of that year an act was passed authorizing the Secretary of the Troasury to deposit, under certain specimxi conditions, all of the money save $5 OCC -

000 with the States on their the obligation nt payment oa demand. Ths sums of money which each of th, twenty-six States received, as stated i, several annua! report* of the Beereta*y of the Treasury, was as follow* (cents omitted): Maine, $955,838; New Hampshire, $669,086; Vermont, $669,086; Mss.achti' setts. $17138.173; ConneeticuL $764_»57Q. Rhode Island. $382,335; New York. s4,' 014.520; Pennsylvania. $2,867,514; New Jersey. $764,670; Ohio, $2,007,260; 1 8 . diaua. $860,254. Illinois, $477,919; Michigan. $288,751: Delaware. $286,571; Mary, land. $955,838; Virginia. $2,198,427; North Carolina, $1.433.1..»7; South Caroline. $1,051,422: Georgia. $1,051,422: Alabama. $669,086; Lonisiana. $477,919; Mississippi, $382,335; Tennessee. $1,433,757: Kentucky. $1.4X1.757; Missouri, $3X2.335; Arkansas. $286,751; tote!, 101.633. In hi* annua! report for 1885 the United State. Treasurer says “that the fiet.,.;;” that there dciwi’s- amounting to s2* 101.633. may some day become available has ceased to be held. It is a singular fact that the records of the Treasury Department do not show that any demand has ever been made on the States for the repayment of this money. It seems to be the general opinion that an act of Congress would be neii-ssary before steps could be taken to compel a repayment, but whether such an act will be passed by Congress is extremely doubtful in view of the fact that the representatives of twenty-six States in both house* would be interested in its defeat. EX-GOV. CHASE DEAD. Former Executive of Indiana, Succumb* to Erysipelas. Several weeks ago ex-Gov. Ira J. Chase left Indianapolis for the purpose of engaging in evangelistic work in Maine, and soon after reaching Lubec was seized with erysipelas. Letters from him from time to time spoke of the disease, but he did not apprehend serioua eunsequen n aud no uneasiness was felt by friend* Saturday, however, a telegram was received anncuncing hi* death. Th« disease began in tbe face and was partially controlled for a time, but he grew rapidly worse within two days. Ex-Gov. Chase was 51 years of age and was l-.rn in the State of Illinois, where he grew to manhood. While still young irmy and ■ * rank

of major, but was sent from act;v| duty to the hospital service on account of the giving away of his health. At the close of the war he returned to Illinois and entered a grocery store as a <lerk. and while thus engaged under-

A EX-GOV. CHASE.

to»k the windy of theology, afterward uniting with the Christian Church and entering the ministry. Hr preached f-r several years in Northern Indiana, and ten years ago was called to the pastorate of the Christian Church at Danville, this State. In 1886 he was nominated by the Republicans of the Fifth district for Coni gress. but was defeated by C. C. Matson, the Democratic candidate. Two years later he was a candidate for th* Republican nomination for Governor. bur j Congressman Hovey was nominated, and j Chase was chosen by acclamation as lies- • tenant governor. The Republican th ' was elected, and when Hovey died in ' 1891, Chase succeeded to the guberna* , rial chair. In he was a candidate again for Governor, but wu defeated by Matthews. He leaves a widow and tw* ! children, a son and daughter. MAKES IT A TEST CASE. Nebraska Farmer Sues a Kailroad for Failure to Observe the Law. A Nebraska statute imposes a penalty of SSOO for each failure of a railway company to have its trains whistle at the pub- | lie crossings, and one-half of the fine goes i to the informer. The matter will be tested for the first time. The suit was begun i by Alonso B. Miller, of Lyons. Neb., j against the St. Paul. Minneapolis and Omaha Railway Company. The plaintiff sues fors7B.9<»». Miller resides on a farm near a railroad crossing and has kept an account of such failures to blow the whistle of passing trains between May 4, 1894, and Aug. 9. IsfM. and noted 1,578 > h failures. The petition consists of sheets of typewritten legal cap. •| few Lady Beresford proceeded in the most i business-like manner and didn’t pay a , penny on her new husband until after the goods had been delivered. , Robert Lebaody has subscribed 1.000 i francs toward the prizes for the Bor-deau-Paris and back horseless carriage j race, which will take place on June 1 and following days. Rev. Dr. William Gregg, professor in Knox College, Toronto, since 1872, and a well-known leader in the Presbyterian Church, has resigned the professorship on account of old age. Major Pond says his offer of $3,009 a i night for Mark Twain, which has been standing for five years, still holds good, j Twain has more calls to lecture than any ■ other American citizen. Robert Halstead, a son of Murat Ha - stead, has been appointed managing editor of the Fourth Estate, Mr. Birmingham’s lively “newspaper for newspaper men,” in place of F. 11. Lancaster, resigned. The last miller of Dee is dead, but the Cheater town council has voted to buy and preserve the mills, in order to control the flow of the stream. The original grant of the mills was made by King Edward VI. Albert George Sandeman has been elected to the responsible* position of governor of the Rank of England. He had previously been a director of the bank for many years, and also a director in many financial institutions and insurance companies. Pope Leo XIII.’s hands are nearly use- | less and cause him much suffering. When he writes he must hold his right wrist with his left hand, and what he writes is almost illegible. This is not due to age, but to an attack of ague twenty-five j years ago, when he w as bishop of Perugia.