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Some Sensational Speeches In the House Yesterday.

LAST DAY OF THE DEBATE.

Ropreflentutive Sibloy Make* a Characterititio Speech for Which He Is Applauded—Muoh Confu^lou and Excitement— Tom Johnson, of Ohio, AIho Creates a Sllr—Cox, of Tennessee, Supports the Hill—Carlisle Hopeful. Washington, Jan. 0.—This was the, last day of tho general debate on the currency bill in the In-use, and the opponents of tho measure had their innings. All the siK-akers except Representative Cox tTenn.) antagonized tho bill. The feature of the day was the speech by Mr. Sibloy (Deni., Penn.), who made an attack on the president and arraigned the Democratic party generally for

Found In the Ruins.

LOVE AND DISAPPOINTMENT.

Blood H«*r%f*atl» the Window of HIh Sweet-

heart and Blew His Brains Out. New Yokk, Jan. 9.—A story of love

i'*|< •••' • • • who.- gran ipa; 'nt- are I ari-'d tier:*.

C«h*» Presttir** still sirong.

El.wood, Ind., Jan. 9.—The Ini'.iaa-

tlns was. However, Air. Jcmnson explained why he believed the bill, if it should be enacted into law, would prove a monstrous failure. He denied that the bill was designed to take the govern-

ment out of the hanking business and Victims of the Dohivan House Fire

asserted that no bill could be devised for sound currency issues which would not place them under government supervis-

!Sr«ilVJr^e^eJlirnt te Ttt2 TWO PERSONS IDENTIFIED. I house ’ </ Anton' SENATE CAUCUS POSTPONED. WhUe workmen w, .Arngage.! in more

and disappointment ended yesterday Sl)Caker>hib Contest Get!in" Reduced a P olis fils eoc.r.i.uiy, which hi.. :',0ih' when Charles Ha-.-fiiu, a young dancing ' .. n acres of valuable gas lauds leased in this master, stood beneath the window of ^ loser I.HIIlt.'. vicinity, has completed 12 gas wells. the woman he loved and blew out his None of the wells register less than 22a brains. The man foil dead beside the pounds pressure o, ttw -qu.iro mob

S-rvoBfonth street. Young Haefliu was

the office of the government to furnish

money. This bill proposed to confer on I born in a village on the side of the Alps,

banks without limit a right that couxu Bone, amt Manglml Trunk* At the time of the expose of the Tweed Wln " l, ‘ S»iUh Murder Trial Two Day*

Mak» i.ientiHeation Generally impo*. ring, when Richard Connelly, formerly •Mile Two fiodie* Diaoovered Together comptroller, ran away, he hid in tlio ; on a Mattreas—The Work of Removing Cottage of Ilaeflin’s mother. There he the Beinaina Stopped by Darkne**. \ ^ as visited by W aldo Hutchins, f-)mi-

j erly surrogate, and David Fithiau, the \

Albany, Jan. 9. The charred and; prominent politician. When Waldo

only bo conferred on a monopoly. It gave them a monopoly or it was a fail- j

ure.

He attempted to demonstrate that the bill would confer the same monopoly on the banks that the Dank of England and

firmly packing a well, ftie gas broke the fastenings and escaped with terrific force, tho noise being heard several miles away. Five hundred feet of easing was blown out of the well fully 300 feet into the air. The men were hurled

idmtiQed -injured sian Awarded Dam- m every direction, and all were more or

agns —State Brevities. less bruised.

Ai-runging the .lury An Ancient Pear Tree That Still Hear* Fruit Dead Mtui

Indianapolis, Jan. 9.—The Denison

tCxpurtiug llor*e*.

Wabash, Ind., Jan. 9.—The Wabash

Wimm. “! k?;-SeiH IH : SESrs IE

There were but $175,000,000 of these bodies in the shape of fleshless bones notes. \N hen they were deposited for und mangled trunks there was no possicmmlatum the monopoly would be com- We meau9 of i(lnll tift t , lt ion, were it not Mr. Johnson sketched a scheme by ,or th '* almost extraordinary fact that, which a dishonest man, entirely within nemtiie almost totally consumedfragthe terms of this bill, could make $52,600 j jmBs of human beings were found to ™?r7 k ha. br ,““£,"^“.«d« .h,i - «'»">"« «•><»»>

led to identification. One was Simon

drifting away from its traditional moor- pr ,.*, Ilt lawr a8ktMl Mr springer. .

iiiK s - He made a characteristic speech, ‘•No sir,” replied Mr. Johnson, “be- Meyers, the coffee man, identified by his and was applauded when he said: | cause he mu«t deposit 1114,000 worth of vest, which lay near the iron cot on

prerogatives of the people, it is ueede.l Springer, returning to the assault.

for him who has attempted to usurp “No,” replied Mr. Johnson, "oecanse identity of the poor mangled fragment this entire government to himself. The j ( ’ a, » a, h»n system is a government that could hardly be called a bodv. Two time has come when there should be ° ^ mn<t T , h< „ Up the of them were discovered together on a something more than brains, belly and Mr Morw , (Rep _ MaK8 ) mado a brief niA,,tvss at northwest corner of the

speech in opposition to the bill, and 1 excavation, but the upper part of them then Mr. Bland, tho leader of the silver were pinned under some he avy iron Democrats of the house, took up his beams on which rested a pile of bricks

cudgel against it. He spoke with great 30 feet high.

fading. | The work of releasing them was not This bill, he declared, was an attempt accomplished when darkness compelled

and gave him Ins first start in life. The tU(le of candidates for the various places. £nd Belirium s ill next week ship 36 boy entered the navy in 1890 and left in who ari . trying on active campaigns, and Bol * lum - wlU ,1, ' xt w, , k * hlp 36

April, 189-1, with a splendid record. an . niakinK life a burden to the lawmak-

Then he was employed in the dancing . . , t

academy, and there met the daughter of ( ' re ’ altho i u « h th,, bl,st of h^tor seems

Anton Schourman, a wealthy cigar j to l )rev;u * everywhere,

manufacturer. The two grew to love ^ The speakership is still the important each other, and everything ran smoothly j contest. Some of the candidates have till Doc. 19, when there svas a reception dropped out, those still in the field beat the Scheurman home. Haefliu at- ing J. C. Adams of Marion; F. D. Merteuded, and on that evening was told ri tt of Lagrange; J. F. Statesman of

that he could see Miss Scheurman no / , . .. . ...... . .

more. He has been melancholy over ■ Lass and Miami; 11. W. Willoughby or since. Early today Mr. Scheurman | Knox; F. E. Holloway of Vanderbnrg;

heavy draft and coach horses to Belgium. This condition of the horse trade is unprecedented, and is only explained by the fact that the substitution of electricity as a motive power for streetcars has thrown so many horses on the market that the animals bring more in

Europe than tney do here.

black dress served as a guide to the heard the report of a pistol under his George B. Cardwill of Floyd and Thomas

I ' v,, “ low ' He went down to investigate x MooPe of p utnanl . Some of these

candidates do not pretend to have miv'h.

and found Haeflin dead m the street.

brass to this government. ’

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conoiikssman siblet.

He referred to George 1IL and said ^ that it had In on given out that any one /'who voted against the bill would incur the displeasure of the king. Four days after the repeal of the Sherman act members had told him that they had

to temporize with a great issue. He tl m m,m to desist from their labors. The cnlleu attention to the Democmlic plat- . , , , , . form of 1892, the pledge to settle this other body was discovered when it was financial question on the lines of hi- tri0 fb "" t0 ro,uove * t - l * le ho lies

Given it Denth Sentence.

Frf.epokt, Ills., Jau. 9.—In the Altemier mnnler trial a verdict was rendered which caused considerable excitement. Th re were five indicted, ur.M Thomas Beverly, the principal in th affair, was found guilty, and awarded the death penalty, while his brother-in-law, Otto Herbig, was given a sentence of 18 years in tin penitentiary. Sophonia E 'vorly, Edward Keyes and Thomas Al Knight wereacquitieil. Thiwas the first lioie a man had been found

support, and they intimate that later on they will get out of the way. The strongest men in the contest appear to bo Adams, Merritt, Statesman and Holloway. No combine seems to have been made and it is a free race. The fight will bo ended tonight at the caucus, when the other house ofli rs will also

be chosen.

The senate went into caucus in parlor D at the D nisou Hou • la.->t night, but soon adjourned without transuding any busiuois, further than fixing tho time

metallism. Step by step he traced the were (h-covered within a space of about g U u ty „f murder, with tho death penal- for holding the llnal ineeting tan: lit course of those who he alleged were 1‘- feet s inure in tho cellar immediately 1 ty added, in this county, an i there was r ... a.. .? \i i

carrying out a conspiracy—first, there- under the hotel kitchen and bakehouse 1 a heartrending scene between the

peal of the silver purchase law and now and at the point waere th • r- ir stairbecame n law that greenbacks would The staircase, wide enough only for one disajij.ear, and to secure the gold stand- person to barely puss another, evidently ard silver would be entirely eliminated. ;is i, a ,i :i fj u , the elevator shaft, and

escape was out of the question for either those in the attic or those in the cellar, and the fact f hat nearly iill of the bodies have been found on bedsteads leads to ! tho suspicion that they were suffocated

SEN ATK FINANCE (OHM! IT EE.

Finamriul ComlitlfHi of the County Con-

HlJered—No ItnntMly Hu^ftHMletl. W ashingt in, Jan. 9.—The finance

committee of the senate held a meeting

yesterday and discussion was directed "’bile they slept. The search continued

toward the financial condition of the today.

country. It was intended for a prelim- GUILTY OF EMBEZZLEMENT,

iuauy consideration of the currency bill

pending in the house. Tho greater part ' ,,lr y R, ‘turn* » v. r.i.n of Guilty Aft.-r of the time of the meeting was con K Night’* Deiux-ritUoii*. . j Burned by tho Democratic members, of ^ Pehry, Okla., Jan. 9.—George A.

been promised revenue colloctorships if f|ies(i Senators Vest and Voorhees fisl Beadier, who was appointed postmaster they would vote for repeal. the discussion. They dwelt upon the at Oklahoma City four years ago, and “That gentleman makes a very broad condition of the treasury and upon the who resigned l ist winter, was convicted assertion,” interrupted Mr. Coombs importance of congress taking initne- embezzlement in tho United Stares (Dem., N. T.), and he asked Mr. Sibley diate action looking to an improvement, court. Tho jury went out yesterday tn mpi'iHnn nun e« They did no suggest any specific rem- evening and returuod a verdict of guilty

. . ' 1 . edy for the evils which they recognized this morning. A late grand jury re-

“I went three days ago to a member and no nlan was offered f<. r th« solution 1 , - ! . , . . • ' . i, i

and asked him to allow me the privilege | of the difflcXes e U ™ W !.“‘ g /.

cased and relafiv ■- when the result of the jury’s delibt iaiions was mail,

known.

F»*Il Iv m I •* 11 by

Lacon, Ills., Jan. !).—Illinois river fish are dying by the tons. Imprisoned beneath the ice, tb. y are killed by the gases from the sewage and tar draine.l off the 11.1 hois and Michigan canal. On the fi.-di being fried they emit a nauseous

Leedy of Marion and Newhonse of Decatur withdrew from the speakership race late last night. This leaves only one candid'to from Marion county, which is g' li-rally conceded will greatly

aid Mr. Adams m his race.

CL \ It 1* SENTENCED.

Funr Y.-ar-

(sier and taste of tar. Fisli dealers from

In l'r--nil to I'h.v a Fine

of M I.OOO.

Lafayette, Ind., Jan. 9.—Peter J. Clark appeared before Judge Taylor I yesterday and was sentenced to four

Henry, Uhilheothe and Lacon will enti r ! years imprisonmeut. and to pay a fine of •protest b re the fishcommis- |s,000. The oharg t him wu MoniTs. I tn* only romiuiy topn^.*rvo jtgsault and battery with intent to murcauaL ! ° 0iX ' !U " g 0t the driaua « ( 'j der George Radolph at the time of the

riot here. He was taken to prison to-

EXCITING ENCOUNTER.

ler, some for embezzling postal cards and some for perjury. Beadier is a very prominent man in Oklahoma, having recently bet-a elected recorder of deeds in Oklahoma county, and has some en- prominent relatives in Chicago. The case was a very hard fought one. Beadier came from Illinois to Oklahoma. He

has not been ’sentenced vet.

of calling him up here,” replied Mr. Sibley. Ho said, ‘Mr. Sibley, you will

place mo in a bad position with my Fifteen Soldier* mill Two Town Mhi-hIihIn constituents,’ hut,” continued Mr. Sib- ^ ilnv* » Fracas, ley, “within 10 feet of me sits a man | Chicago, Jan. 9.—An exciting who heard him make the statement that counter between 15 soldiers stationed at he had boon offered federal offices for his Fort Sheridan, and two village marvote.” j shals, occurred at Highwood. As a re"Do you consider it fair,” asked Mr. suit of the fracas three of the soldiers

Coombs, with perceptible tremor in his voice, “to make so grave a charge

against the administration and not give ' The injured are:

names and places in order to permit a Private Edward McMahon, shot iu the the work house yesterday. Ottieers were defense?” neck and right sidt; seriously injured. hereto take him to ( hicago, where he • man is guardian of his own - Private* Edward W hite, severe scalp robbed Berthaur s jewelry store of conscience,” declared Mr. Sibley. “Al- I "o'™ 1 " ^‘■ 000 worth l,f Roods on October 30.

are confined iu tho hospital and the village marshals are nursing severe wounds.

Diamond Thi«*f Kscupcn.

St. Loits, Jan. 9.—Frank Smith, a notorious diamond robber, escaped from

Private John Houeh, shot through right He had also served a term in the Ohio

‘pstoo long, and 1 intend to throw them , Charles Genian, village marshal, severe the'chiciuuatL Hamilton' 1 and 'Dayton

indy tho padlocks have been on my I

“When were the padlocks put on your lips?” interjected Mr. Outhwaite (Dem.,

(O.

ConfiiMioit nnd KirrlfA»r»"n*.

There was great confusion and excitement following the question: "I have not thrown them off u-f.ir.-,” continued Mr. Sibley, “b-.vau.se i hoped to see the

scalp wounds and cut on forehead. Marshal t’auley, deputy village marshal, cut, in the face and -i-ii!!; wound--. The shooting occurred shortly after

10 o'clock n,i the niuin street of the village. The soldiers claim that tho shoot-

ing which was done by Marshal Gordon bo we- :n the yu.d he disappeared. Was unnrovoked. the olhei hand, * vouo ® u w “* Marshals Gordon and Cauley clahn to Findlay, O., Jon. 9.—At midnight

railroad in which he secured $20,000. Pending tie- •irrivnl of exirauition papers orders were given to keep Smith at the ivoikhouse and not let him get out of his cell. In defiance of the orders a guard tfiok him out to dinner. While

Mine \T *»rkvrs’ Oinventloti.

Pittsburg, Jan. 9.—The annual convention of district No. 6, United Mine Workers, opened iu this city yesterday Most of the day’s session was taken np with hearing reports and miscellaneous business. Today the wage question was taken up and tho miners will outline a policy to be pursued in the face of the great reductions that have recently been

made.

LhiIIph Cplubrate JauIcNon Day. Nashville, Jan. 9.—Tho Ladies Hermitage association celebrated Jackson’s day last night with a mugnificicut reception and the annul hall of rhe association at the Nicholson House. The attendance was large including members of both houses of the legislature, Governor Turney and staff. The ball and reception were the only public observance of the dav. JiM'kMOii i).»y at N**w Or!(Mins. New Orleans, Jan. 9. — Yesterday being th • anniversary of the battle of New Orleans, a legal holiday, banks, courts and the city hall were closed and Jackson square was decorated with flags. By direction of the governor a national salute of 21 guns was fired from the head of < ’anal street n f nonu.

day.

Peter J. Clark was the street commissioner for Lafayette. According to the evidence, as brought out by the state in the trial, Clark was the ringleader, or one of the lea l "rs. of the riot which took place at the Lafayette opera house ou the night of January 2(>, ls:»3, when expriest George P. iiufl'ilph was mobbed, shot at and Ids meeting broken up. Clark was shown to ho in s -veral places altout the building during the evening. His trial took place in the latter part of April, 1893, the jury reaching a conclusion on the morning of May 2, 1893. They adjudged him guilty of assault and battery, with intent to murder j George P. Rudolph, and fixed his pun- ; ishmontat fouryears in the penitentiary j and to pay a fine of $2,000—the verdict being just double the sentence meted out to Bartholomew J. Murphy, another j of the lie'll imaged in the riot, and who was afterward pardoned by Governor

Mat the wu.

TABUED AND FEATHERED. Objection to Ynntiff l oik** Kopping Company KimIh In h Hniltt! WliitdCttpphig;. Evansville, Ind., Jan. 9.—Riqiorts just received from Canneltnn, Perry county, state that vicinity is mneh excited over a wtuL-e.qipiug which oc

Got Dam igpfl. Wabash, Ind., Jan. 9.—In the Grant circuit court the jury in the damage suit of Charles Webb against the Wabash Paper company rendered a verdict for $ii,0iK) against the paper company. Webb stepped over a shaft in the mill and was caught by the wheel, having one leg so mangled as to cripple him for life. He sued for $29,000 here and obtained a verdict for $1,009. This verdict was set aside mid the case was sent to Marion on a change of venue, with the above result. The defense will appeal. • in .11 urtier i a«o. Indianapolis, Jan. 9.—The entire time sine ■ the ois-uin,: of the Winnie Smith murder trial Monday up to 3 o’clock Tuesday was take:! np iu securing a jury. Charles L. Henry mad ■ the opening spe -eh for the sta'e immediately after the jury was completed. Gr at interest is mau fe-ted in the eas • and the courtroom is cro • i" 1 daily.

For lh«» Sc♦Yptoim.

Noblf.svh.t.e. Ind., Jau. 9.—The G. A. R. ami W. It. C. of this city have shipped a carlovl of suaplies to the Nebra-- ;a stiffen rs. The Lutheran church p '.ople of Cicero and Arcadia have also each shipped a carload. INDIANA NEWS NOTES. Fort Wayne authorities are enforcing

the liquor laws.

The Indiana supreme court was reorgan : ized yesterday, Judge James McCabe bc-

i coming chief jus' ice.

Burglars attempted to force the safe In : the county treasure's office iu Steuben

! county, l.o-k only bmkeu.

Several barrels of oil were pumped out of a gas well at Siunmittvillc which had been clogged up. The field is to be devel-

oped.

The 11 o’clock and Sunday liquor law is to be enforced at Jeffersonville. Saloon keepers will insist on all business’ dosing on Sunday. The Populist Press association is meeting at Indianapolis. Efforts will be made to establish at least one Populist paper iu each county in the state. Henry (’. Crosby, near Laporte. lias brought suit against the Chicago and West Michigan railway for ♦5,(110 damage. The burning of an extensive whortlcbern patch is alleged.

DEBS COMMITTED TO JAIL.

Together With Hi* Associate* He Will

Be Inearcerateil at WooilAtock.

Chicago, Jan. 9.—Late yesterday afternoon Judge Woods issued an order committing Debs anti bis associates to the Woodstock jail ii: Henry county. The pri- iners left for Woodstock late last ev ming, their attorneys having requested that they be sent out of the city Unless the s>jj»-,>n,,' cr'nrt of th>■ United States grants a writ of habeas corpus which the defendants will ask

administration redeem its promises, and have acted in self-defense and also say last night three masked men went to

I didn’t wish to utter a rebuke when there was hope of honest performance." Mr. Outhwaite had pushed forward and again uttered his question: “Who

pnt the padlock on your lips?”

Mr. Sibley hesitated for a moment and then with intense earnestness, said. “Let me tell the gentleman that I am not talking today to men who believe in going to hell in a handcar, instead of to heaven, supported by truth. Let me toll him also that I am not addressing

that the soldiers were under the iuflu- the residence of William Ward, a farmcnee of liquor. Sergeant Thomas er, and at the point of a revolver comO’Rourke, who is well known as the polled him to hand over all his money, best marksman in the army, was identi- about $300. fhe old mao resisted until fled as one of the men w ho took part the robbers threatened to burn him on and is now under arrest at Waukegan, the stove. William Weigel was arrested One of the men, it is said, had been as one of the robbers and warrants wore drinking and started to walk from the issued for Thomas Shirley and Charlie town to the fort. ( Watson.

According to Marshal Gordon’s ver-

sion. they were boisterous and filled the air with unearthly yells. Gordon and Cauley started after them to restore

To Be Kteotrocuted.

New York, Jan. 9.—George W. Cram, who murdered his wife Oct. 8,

men who behevc more in a bobtail flush quiet if possible. Private McMahon, it was sentenced to death by electneity. than a contrite heart.” 0Dtau nu is said, struck Marshal Gordon, knock- Beforebemg bronghtiuto court Cram A shout of applause and laughter ing him down. Then, Gordon claims, attempted to end his life by catting his f.^1 ,1... ! :r II several of them jumped "ii him and throat with a glass from his spectacles

kicked him in the head. He drew his and when arraigned at tho bar he was revolver and fired three shots, ail m weak from the loss of blood. Tho time which took effect. When the shots of his executionis set for the week bewere fired, the men scattered and ran in ginning Feb. 2o.

all directions.

Two of the soldiers assisted McMahon, who was badly injured, in getting

greeted the statement. Mr. Sibley proceeded to relate the experience of Diony4 sins, when ho was again interrupted by

' Mr. Outhwaite.

“Was it Dionysius who put the pad-

lock on your lips?"

Mr. Sibley made no reply and proeeoded to address himself to the details

of the pending bill.

Tom Johnson In Opposition.

Mr. Tom Johnson (O.), who followed Mr. Sibley, also created a stir by athrming the proposition that the bill either created a monopoly to issue the legal tender money of the country, or was a failure which would give dishonest bankers opportunity under the law to defraud the government. It was

Woman Cnwlilor Dinupppars.

Somerville, Mass., Jan. 9.—Mabel

away. Yn”the"meaiiVime si verii of them Dodge, cashier for C. S. Batten, A grohad attacked Cauley, and 11 r a lively cer of this city, has disappeared from scrimmage they were driv. > away nt her home, and her employer alleges that the point of his revolver. h iring the her aeeonnts are nearly $9,0G<) short, fray White was struck on llie head iiilh The parents of the girl declare that the th butt end of Cauley’s revolver. The amount will not aggregate more than soldiers declare shat they were attacked $1,000. They do not know where their

without provocation, and that the firing daughter is at present.

was without came.

Cheyenne. Wy.. Jan. 9—In enueris last evening the Republican members of

caustic speech in opjHisition to the mens- ?-‘'? lu ?f h ,our Joys u* children do their (lowers. \Vyoming legislature unanimously ure. At the outset he said he thought Tin our hot^^* iuw*‘Kn'iin-i'.*'i V-irV,‘,h^ selected ex-Scnator Francis K Warren ho owed &u apology to tho house foi mro senator for loiiff term and ex-C ougress-

And crushed their dewy beauty unaware. man Clarence D. Clark, senator fur the

—Dinah Maria Craik. j short term.

speaking on a bill which was as dead as

Lynn, Mass., Jau. 9. Nicholas Web- eurre l there Sunday night. Tho trim- for next week. Mr. Debs will contuiui

her & Son, the largest morocco manu- '* lt, ffrew out of the attentions of a facturcrsiti Giiseity, have failed. Tlieir • fai'iner named it o Tnigolp to Maggie j liabilities are $90,900; assets unknown. O’Niel, daughter of a fai’mer living near A meeting of the creditors will bo held Taigolp’s farm. Taigolp is a Protestant, Friday. The firm has been establisb. -l ; and O’Niel i, a Catholic, and the differhere 25 years. ' uuces) j,, religion was it decided objoc-I,«--I*1n(lvc Economy. tiotl to the Ulliou in tin. eyes of O’Niel. St. Paul, Jan. 9.—The house of rep- He objected to the young folks keeping

here for six and the others for three

nitini hs

MARKET QUOTATIONS. PrcvailiiiK Fries* For (■ruin and Cuttle on .Ian. 0.

Wm: \r -

reseiitativKs yesterday vhosc Captain company, and ordered Taigolp to stay oats :I0(i»;Oc.

liiilianapoU*.

-WVaifcjc. Corn —to 1 ;«/41'..e.

Samuel R. V’an Sant of Winoiiii speaker, in the senate economy was at once in augurated by cutting all minor officers

from $5 to $3 a day. SHORT WIRINGS.

Pay Director Washington is dea l. The Texas legislature convened yester-

day.

The German reischstag reassembled yes- the vision of Taigolp. They took him terday. from the house, tarred and feathered Lieutenant Governor Millard of Califor- him, and whipped him unmercifully, nia is critically ill. then left him to go back to the house as The net earnings of the la-high Valley best he could. The prosecuting attorney railroad were $4,1715,ill 1 list year. is making an investigation, and if the Colonel Reuben C. Benton, a prominent culprits are discovered they will be citizen of Minneapolis, is dead. prosecuted to the end.

The southern chapter of the American

awav from his farm, a warning which | Cattle—Receipt**, 150 head; shipments

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Sunday eieuiug he (ailed on Mi>s $4,15(1/4.25; meditim to ko<h1 shipping Maggie, and returned home about 11 steers, $1.75 /4.15; common to fair steers, o’clock. About 11:30 Taigolp was. «A"<"3.30: choiis* {(ssling steers *;i.-|o.. , , , • . I 3.7o; goiHl to choice beifers, $i.00((t3.75; fair awakened by a knocking at the door. | to ; ile , lium h ei fl . r *, $j,4o,„2.8i); common and be got up to lot in his hired hand, light heifers, si 75«r2.35; good to ehoiec who was out. It was not the hired cow*. *2.50<z(:5.25: fair to medium cows.

hand but four masked men that greeted

Union of Architects is in session at Mem-

phis, Tenn.

The Kansas legislature met yesterday. Governor-elect Morrill will go into office

on the 15th.

Timothy Healy denies that he intends to found a third Irish party iu opposition to Justin McCarthy. f New Jersey Kepuhlicans in the legislature will caucus Monday night to select a

United States senator.

The SCth annual meeting of the Massa- L]

chusetts Womens Suffrage ^hociatian ijhiie feut in circurnfereuee. Not within was held in Boston yesterday, ^ the recollection of the oldest settler has ... Kirk Johnston, gene^l MBerimyd- j j t to bear fruit every

FEAR TREE 100 YEARS OLD. Over Nine Feet In Circumference anti

Alwuyft Hearn Fruit.

Vkvay, Ind., Jan. 9.—On the farm of John Lamsuti, on the banks of the Ohio river, in ibis county, Elands a pear tree iore than 100 years old. The fruit is mSSpiii-sized, maturing early, and

$1. .Ii/*a 3.4(i.

Hons—Receipts s.ikh) head; shipments a.noo head Market slow but steady. Good to choice medium and heavy, $4.30 /it l.-YJ 1 ,; mixed and heavy packing, $4.15(/' 4.45; good to choice lightweights, $1 on., 4.10; common lightweights, $3.85(./LOO; pig*. $3oo. ' t.no; roughs, $3.00i(/ 4.00. Shkef Receipts, 300 head: shipments light. MaVket steady. Choice to extra lainhs, $3.50(d4.00; com moil to good lambs, $2.25(1(3.25: fine export sheep. $2.75(43.25: giMsI to choice sheep. $2 50i<t2.70; fair to medium sheep, $1.75c/ 2.25; rommou sheep. 59c(4$l..iO; bucks, per head, $1.50i/z LUO.

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WHEAT—Mav opened 58e, closed 5Sc.

July opened 5 W 'i.c. closed58%e.

Corn—.Ian. opened Tl’sC, closed 45c.

Mav opened 47 4,1'. elosisl 47 1 *e.

.n.-s.zeu, mai urmg .■ar.y, a.m (U T s-.lan opened JTUe. eloMsl 28',,good in quality. The name is not May opened :io ,„/.«>• qr, closed 30-qc. n. The body of the tree at the Pork — ,’,,-..,1 - f of six feet from the ground is over "i' 5 oP e,1 fd >11 so, closeil $11,92.

1 Lard—Jan. opened $0.92, closed $3.85.

May opened #7.02-0.5, closed $7.02 05.

Ribs—Jan. opened ——, closed $5.85,

May npened $0.(t2, closed $6.05.

Closing cash markets: Wheat 54c, corn 45c, oats 28 , .-, pork $11.65, lard $0.85, ribs

$5,85.

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