Democratic Sentinel, Volume 12, Number 6, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1888 — Page 6

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THE WORLD IN A WORD.

The Latest Intelligence, Domestic and Foreign, Transmitted Over the Electric Wires. Political, Bailroad, and Commercial News, Accidents, Fires, Crimes, Etc., Etc. THE VERY LATEST BY TELEGRAPH. A LONG STRIKE. C., 11. & Q. Engineers Idle—l’assenger and Freight Traffic at a Standstill. What promises to be one of the most reremarkable str.kes ever known in this country began at Chicago on' Monday morning. The strongest labor organization in existence hastened war against the largest railroad corporation in the West, and one of the greatest in mileage and wealth in this country. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers has ordered its men to quit working for the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Bailroad Company. The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers numbers about twenty-five thousand members—the total number of engineers in the country being in the neighborhood of 30,000. At the head of the brotherhood is the greatest labor organizer and manager in America, P. M. Arthur. In April the' brotherhood will be twenty-five years old. From twelve members It has grown to 25,000. In eleven years (his is the first strike Mr. Arthur has been unable to settle. The elevated-railroad strike was not under his direction, and was inaugurated in defiance of the rules of the order. It was not successful The policy of the order has always been pacific. Chief Arthur has the respect and admiration of every lawabiding citizen in the land because of his wise and prudent management of the difficulties that have arisen from time to time between his men and the railroad companies. The order is the richest in this country and best able to maintain a long struggle.

WILLIAM K. MOKRISON A CANDIDATE. He Wants to Run on the Ticket with President Cleveland. A Washington special says that “William II Morrison, of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has decided to become a candidate for Vice President on the ticket with Mr. Cleveland. Some months ago Assistant Postmaster General Stevenson was thought to be a candidate, but he is now concentrating his efforts upon the Governorship, and is said to be working in harmony with Black. The entrance of Col Morrison into the field will make matters lively. ” In Foreign Lands. London dispatches announce that Mr. Gladstone, in an article in tho Contemporary Review, makes another appeal to tho Conservative party regarding home rule in Ireland. The war cloud is still threatening, aud tho powers are making preparations for war, but m the meantime there is a protracted comedy of negotiations which will precede tho tragedy of war. The gamo of diplomacy is exceedingly interesting to outsiders. A ItussoFranoo alliance is said to have been consummated.

The silver wedding of the Prince and Princess of Wales bids fair to dim the splendor, if not eclipse the effulgence of last summer’s rejoicings. That the popularity of the future King and Queen of Great Britain is in no way on the wane is made quite apparent by the extensive preparations which are being everywhere made within the realm to celebrate the event in a royal and befitting manner.

Home Again.

The Presidential party arrived in Washington at an eafly hour Sunday morning from their trip to Florida and the South. Owing to the unseasonable hour of their arrival there were no persons at the station except the railway employes and a few drowsy travelers awaiting the departure of their trains. The members of the party immediately entered the carriages which were in waiting, and were driven to their homes. They are all well and in good spirits, but are naturally quite fatigued from their journey, and spent j the day indoors enjoying much needed rest ! The reception given to the President and Mrs. ; Cleveland and the party, both on their jour- ! nev to and through the land of flowers and on their return home, was hearty and enthusiastic. They were delightetf with their trip. ' * The Corcoran Estate. Mr Cobcoban’s will was offered for probate on Tuesday. It is underetood that he changed it many time 3. His estate foots up something less than $4,000,000. Much of this is in real estate in Washington. The Corcoran building is worth at least $500,000 and the Arlington Hotel property as much more. Mr. Corcoran’s residence is willed to his grandsons, and will be kept by them as their home. The land in the rear of Connecticut avenue and I street will be sold for buildißg sites. Mr. Corcoran signed a check for the last time about a week before his death. He retained intimate knowledge and control of his large affairs until the very last He was a remarkable mam Telegrams In Brief. Belle Coea Fellows, of Pierre, D. T. will marry Chaska, a full-blooded Indian in March. Bobebt LntDWABM, of Milwaukee, sat down on a railway track, having a whisky bottle for company. He had taken the pledge and broken it, but will never break it again. A deadly feud is reported between the brothers Chesrown, at Mohican, Ohio, for the possession of their father, and two constables who were sent to take the father from some of the sons were shot

WEEKLY BUDGET.

THE EASTERN STATES. Josef Hofmann, the boy pianist, will not play again thiß season. His father and mother have determined to stop the series of concerts which be has been giving under the management of Abbey, Schoefel & Gran, in New York, who express much dissatisfaction at their action. Thi New York Senate Committee began operations on the Sugar Trust, in the city of New York, on Tuesday. It was a lively session and much important testimony was elicited, showing how a deal had been made to the detriment of the public. Theodore E. and E. O. Havemeyer were present, and were represented by John Dos Passos and John E. Parsons. The Cotton Trust had a special stenographer present Mr. Henry O. Havemeyer was examined at great length. He declined to produce the “trust” agreement, on the ground that it might criminate him. Graff, Bennett & Co., iron manufacturers of Pittsburgh, have failed. The failure was a great surprise, as nothing of the kind was looked for. In 1883 the firm failed for $1,200,000 and were granted an extentioa Since then they have paid about two-thirds of their indebtedness and were supposed to be doing well The cause of their failure was the mvestment of all their profits in the extension of their plant. No statement has yet beja made, but it is understood that the secured liabilities are about $600,000, and the unsecured liabilities from $600,000 to $830,000. George H. Corliss, the eminent enginemanufacturer, and one of the most prominent and wealthy men of Rhode Island, died very unexpectedly at his residence in Providence, of paralysis of the heart In 1875 Mr. Corliss submitted plans for an engine of 1,400 horsepower, to move all the machinery in the Philadelphia exhibition. Engineers of high repute predicted that it would be noisy and troublesome, but it was completely successful, owing to the care of Mr. Corliss, who spent SIO,OOO upon it above the appropriation for building it

THE WESTERN STATES.

People of Mount Vernon, 111., are recovering from thoir shocked and dazed condition, and order is gradually growing out of chaos, says Thursday’s advices from the stricken town. * Efforts to improve the deplorable condition of affairs are shaping into systematic form, and to-day shows a marked chango for the better. The debris has been cleared away from most of the wrecks about the square, and little shanties here and there serve for storerooms for the merchants whose stores were demolished. Every available workman in the city is at work repairing damages, and the work of clearing away the debris will occupy the remainder of the week. The injured who aro not considered fatally hurt, as far as heard from, are generally improving, and many who have heretofore been reported as seriously injured are to be seen on the streets. All the patients in tho court house have the best possible attendance, the ladles of the various churches vying with each other to ba of the most service to the unfortunates. The body of George Persons, colored, was found yesterday in the ruins of the schoolhouse of which he was janitor. Just before tho storm he was heard playing the organ in the east school-room. He had evidently endeavored to escape, but was overtaken at the main entrance by tho falling debris. Trains continue to bring people from all over the country. Relief committees are all doing good work, and all those who have been left homeless and destitute are being tenderly cared for. Many families have moved away or gone to friends, and some have moved onto farms. People that come from adjoining towns bring food with them, as it is hard to get into the hotels or restaurants. All visitors carry off whatever they can get as souvenirs of the disaster—bricks, stones, and all. The subscriptions received thus far will aggregate nearly 810,000, and reports have been received promising additional contributions of rnonev and provisions to the value of $3,000. The Louisville and Nashville Railroad Company will transport supplies to Mount Vernon without charge.

The work of rebuilding is under full headway, says a Mount Vernon (Ill.) special. Every man that can handle a hatchet, trowel, ax, or shovel is employed. The wounded are getting along very well There are thirty wounded now at the Supreme Court House. The doctors attending the wounded and the relief committees have divided the city into districts to facilitate their work. Contributions are coming in liberally from all over the country. The work of reroofing the Supreme Court House is completed. ‘ The United States court-room was crowded Thursday afternoon with lawyers when Justice Harlan read the decision in the famous “lake front” case, says a Chicago special:

Most of the counsel connected with the case since its commencement were present, and leading members of the bar droppe in to bear one of the most important decisions in the history'of the State. Intense interest prevailed, and when Justices Harlan and Blodgett took their seats there was not a whisper in the crowded room. As Justice Har!arifc>roceeded to read the decision counsel leaned forward and with riveted attention followed the paper to its close. The reading occupied nearly two hours. Divested of legal phraseology, the old Fort Dearborn reservation is declared to have passed forever from the control of the United States, which has no standing in court in this case. This affeots not only the vacant lots on the east of Mlohigon avenue nut also Dearborn Park. The Illinois Central is confirmed in the ownership of all its property and vested rights north of Randolph street, but its main contention—viz., that under the 1869 act it owned one mile in. width obthe bed of the harbor—is set aside. The repeal of the l®9 act by the 1873 legislature is declared to be valid, as the company did not lose any vested rights thereby, but was simply relegated to the rights and privileges of its original charter. The riparian rights remain in the city, with the consent of the State, not only the natural shore, but where filling-in has been done by the railroad. The three blocks between Randolph and Monroe streets, where the company intended erecting its new depot, remain in the control of the city, the contract of 1869 having been made void by the company withdrawing its denosit moneys. The deoision is a substantial viotory for the city and State. Untold millions’ worth of property, present and prospective, are involved in the litigation, and the confirmation of the ownership aud control to the city of Chicago instead of the Illinois Central Railroad Company is a matter of vast consequence.

The grand jury at Chicago has found an indictment against William B. Tascott charging him with the murder of the late Amos J. Snell, besides five additional indictments charging burglary. At this writing Tascott is still at large, but the Chicago police are firm in the belief that he will yet be captured. He is the most widely advertised fugitive in the world at the present time, and it would be hard to correctly estimate the vast number of persons in various portions of North America who are on the lookout for him. An unlooked for and peculiar explosion of dynamite took place at a rock oat in Dnlath, Mina., oa Wednesday morning, just after a gang of sixty men had started to work in the quarry. Six men were fatally injured and

■even others were more or less seriously hurt A heavy blast consisting of twentysix stioka of dynamite waa pnt in a hole which had been drilled sixteen feet into the rock and fired. The explosion wae light and ineffective. Another parcel of dynamite wae pnt in and fired with very much better results. No one bad any idea that any dynamite could possibly remain unexploded in the hole and the following morning the men began drilling for a new blast The heavy irons had not struck more than half a dozen blows into the cutting when the crash came. The men were thrown in every direction and great pieoes of rock were torn away and hurled to a distance. The air was full of debris and dust, and when it settled down seven meD, bleeding and mangled, were lying about on the jagged stone floor. One of them had been ihrown against the side wall and another was pinned to the earth by a great fragment of rock. Four men died as the result of the injuries received Two others are perhaps fatally hurt, while seven received serious injuries. The syndicate of BUgar men to fight the Eastern trust has been completed at San Francisco, and has a capital of $10,000,030. Several Eastern men in Boston, Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia are members of the syndicate.

The United States grand j ary at Cincinnati has returned indictments against Means, late President, and De Camp, late Cashier, of the Metropolitan Bank, and they will be vigorously prosecuted The Grand Army of the Republic of Indiana met in annual encampment at Indianapolis last week, with the largest attendance in its history.. The Commander’s report showed that there were now on the muster rolls of the State the names of 24,464 comrades. The posts number 476. The gains during the year were: By muster, 4,346; by transfer, 451, and by reinstatement, 3,510, making a total gain for 1887 of 8,307. The losses were: By death, 243; honorably discharged, 107; by transfer, 730; by suspension, 4,297; dishonorable discharge, 46; delinquent reports, 11. The net gam in membership during the year was 2,873. The Kansas G. A. R. encampment at Wingfield was largely attended There was a gain of sixty-two posts during the year, and the total in tho State is 459. There was an increase of 1,007 in the membership, which shows an aggregate of 20,139 comrades. The Assistant Quartermaster’s report shows a balance on hand of $1,201, with $391 stilt due from posts. The G. A R. Encampment Association of Missouri, Kansas, Colorado, Arkansas, Illinois, lowa, and Nebraska was organized at a mooting of the Grand Army men in Kansas City. The organization will be perfected at Trenton, Mo., March 13, the day before the encampment of the Department of Missouri.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.

William Wilson Corcop.an, the millionaire philanthropist, died at Washington, on (he 25th of February, aged 89 years. He left an estate valued at ma ly millions of dollars. He has given over $3,000,000 to his fellowmen in tho last fifteen years.

THE POLITICAL FIELD.

The National Democratic Committee met at Washington, Feb. 22, for the purpose of selecting the date and place for holding the next Democratic Convention to nominate candidates for President and Vice President There was a full attendance of delegates, the only vacancy being that caused by the death of Hubert O. Thompson, of New York. The vacancy was promptly filled by the election of William Steinway. Senator Gorman offered a resolution fixing the date at July 3 next This was vigorously opposed by Congressman Scott, of Pennsylvania, who advocated holding the convention May 22. Another proposition was made to fix June 5 as the date for holding the convention, but this was objected to by Senator Gorman. A ballot was then taken, and the committee, by a vote of 28 to 19, agreed that the convention should be held on the 3.1 of July. Next came the fight over the location. The claims of Chicago, San Francisco and St Louis were set forth in eloquent speeches. Ten ballots were taken, with the following result:

12J 3466789 l 0 S’n Francisco 16 Is 15 15 15 15 18 18 19 l 7 Chicago 13 15 16 16 16 16 15 15 14 15 St. Louis 14 14 15 16 16 16 14 13 13 1* Cincinnati... 111 00 201]! New York.... 2 ‘2 t 0 t 6 l 0 6 0 At the conclusion of the teuth ballot, no choice having been made, the committee adjourned for the day. The Rhode Island Prohibition Convention for the nomination of State officers assembled at Providence on Wednesday. The following ticket was nominated: For Governor, George W. Gould, of North Providence; Lieutenant Governor, H. T. Scott, of Newport; Attorney General, John T. Blodgett, of Providence; General Treasurer, John T. Perry, of South Kingstown, who is the present incumbent. The Tennessee State Prohibition Convention, in session at Nashville, chose twentyfour delegates to the National Prohibition Convention to meet at Indianapolis, and instructed to vote for Gen. Clinton B. Fisk as the nominee for President. A State convention was also called for May 16, the same day that the State Republican Convention meets, to nominate a candidate for Governor. The nomination of full county, Legislative, and Congressional tickets was urged. The Republican State Central Committee of Missouri decided to call the State Convention for the election of delegates to Chicago on May 15 at Sedalia. The election for Councilmen at Pittsburg resulted in the return of 33 Republicans and 13 Democrats.

Mabquette (Mich.) special:* “Returns received from the official canvass Tuesday Bhow the following pluralities: For Breen—Alger, 25; Baraga, 193; Delta, 128; Houghton, 682; Iron, 11; Luce, 11; Mackinac, 154; Ontonagon, 56. For Seymour—Grand Traverse, 558; Keweenaw, 102; Leelenaw, 60; Marquette, 630; Schoolcraft, 158. The doubtful counties, with the exception of Manitou, have all been heard from and the figures assure Seymour a plurality of about 500 in the district”

The Republican State Committee of Oregon haa called the State Convention to meet at Portland April 1L The North Carolina Democratic Suite Convention will meet at Raleigh on May 30. The Demceratic State Committee passed resolutions in favor of abolishing the whole internal-revenue system. The contest in the National Democratic Committee has resulted in a substantial victory for the administration, says a Washington telegram. The convention is to be held before th) Republican Convention, and it is not to be held in San Francisco.

The administration would have preferred a still earlier date and Chicago, but set. Louis and June 5 are good enough for it. When the committee met Thursday morning one vote was taken, which'showed that the situation was the same as Wednesday night. Then Mr. Scott moved to suspend the order of business with a view to reconsidering the vote fixing July 3 as the date. On this he was defeated by a vote of 23 for and 2i against. Then another ballot for location was taken, which gave San Francisco 18, bt. Louis 13, Chicago lri, ana New York I, The committee then took a short recess, and alter coming vo order again the question was speedily settled in favor of Bt. Louis. The proposition to reconsider the vote fixing the time of the convention was then voted on and carried by a vote of 26 to 21, and the time was fixed at June 3 by a vote of 29 to 17. • The call for the convention is as follows: The National Democratic Committee, having met in the city of Washington on the 22d day of February, IbBB, has appointed Tuesday, the sth day of June next, at noon, as the time, and chosen the city of Bt. Louis as the place, for holding the National Democratic Convention. Kach State is entitled to a representation therein eqnal to double the number of its Senators and Representatives in the Congress of the United States, and each territory and the District o$ Columbia to have two delegates. All Democratic, conservative citizens of the United States, irrespective of past political association and differences, who can unite with us in the effort lor pure, economical, and constitutional government, are cordially invited to join us in Rending delegates to the convention. William H. Barnuh, Chairman, Frederick O. Prince, Secretary, National Democratic Committee.

THE WORLD AT LARGE.

Fire at Minneapolis, Minn., damaged half a dozen firms on North Washington avenue, with a total loss of $50,0(X). The President and Mrs. Cleveland, Secretary Whitney and his wife, and D. S. Lamont and his wife, left Washington Tuesday morning, Feb. 21, on their visit to the subtropical exposition at Jacksonville, Fia. The party occupied a special train, which made its first stop at Savannah, Ga., where it arrived Wednesday morning. The party remained there an hour, and took a drive over the principal thoroughfares. They arrived at Jacksonville at one o’clock in the afternoon. A visit was made to the exposition, and a reception was held by tho President [and Mrs. Cleveland in the evening. The next day was spent in St. Augustine, where another reception was held. The Presidential train was the second section of the Southern fast mail Oa the first section were a number of Senators, who reached Jacksonville a few minutes in advance of the second section. This party was in charge of Senator Call, and was made up of himself and a number of senators and their families. According to a Boston dispatch to the Daily News, thb new fisheries treaty is not lik jd in New Eng and: At the Merchauls Exchange in Gloucester almost all avow that the rights of fishermen have been sacrificed to the interest of Canada. The President and Secretary Bayard receive much criticism at the hands of many fishermen, who declare that the treaty is a disgrace to all American statesmanship. It is in the matter of the headlands that the fishermen are dissatisfied more especially because they are practically excluded from Fortune bay. Moreover they object to paying $1.50 a ton for licenses for tho privileges which they claim the treaty of 1818 has already given them. A Warning ton telegram says “the outcome of the treaty promises to bo an unlooked-for gain to tho cause of commercial union. The treaty is sure to b 3 rejected. The scrutiny of Mr. Bayard’s diplomacy which has followed lie publicity given the treaty make 3 this certain.” Business failures in the United States and Canada for the week numbered 270, against 213 the previous week. II G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for the week reports that both legitimate trade and speculation continue duller than is usual at this season. Efforts to settle railroad wars have not succeeded, but new,cuts cause much disturbance. The sugar trust meots unexpected oppoiition, threatening its existence, and operations of other syndicates or corporations make it impossible to forecast the future in many trades.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Cattle $ 4.50 <3l 5.50 H°os 5.00 @ 6.75 Sheep 500 &7.00 i Wheat—No. 2 Spring 89 & .89% No. 1 Red 92%<* .93*4 Corn—No. 2 Go%@ .61% OATS-White .42 @ Iff Pork—New Meis 15 00 M 15.75 CHICAGO. Cattle—Choice to Prime Steers 5.03 <gt 5.75 Good 4.25 & 4.75 Common to Fair 3.75 © 4.53 Hogs—Shipping Grades 5.00 w 5.75 Sheep 5.00 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 80 %® .81 Corn—No. 2 48 ® .49 Oats—No. 2 28 & .30 Barley—No. 2 78 © .80 Butter—Choice Creamery....! .26 ® .28 Fine Dairy! 23 <§ .25 Cheese— Full Cream, new 12%® .13 Eggs—Fresh 18% <5 .19% Potatoes—Choice, per bu 85 & .96 Pork—Mess ....13.50 (314.00 TOLEDO. Wheat—Cash 84%@ .85% Corn—Cash 60 © .51 Oats—Cash .33%® .34 Clover Seed 3.95 <<s4 05 KANSAS CITY. Cattle 4.25 ® 5.00 Hogs 4.75 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2 79 © .79% Corn—No. 2 43 © .44 Oats—No. 2 .30 © .30% DETROIT. Cattle 4.25 © 5.00 Hogs 4.75 $ 5.50 £” ekp 4.75 (3. 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 85 © .86, Corn—No. 3 Yellow 5914 « ,51% ' MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 73 @ .76% fcoßN—No. 3 \i6%® .47% Oats—No. 3 White 33 & .33% Rye—No. 1 © .63 * Barley—No. 2 76 © .78 Pork—Mess i3!50 ©14.25 •nr „ ST. LOUIS. Wheat— No. 2 Red 80V 9 .81W Co: v-Mixed 45% v .46% Oats—Cash 29% ® .30% " YE 57 & .59 Barley ; 76 & 78 Pork—Mess 14.25 <a 14.75 _ BUFFALO. ? OGS 5.00 & 5.75 Sheep.. 5.25 ,<4 e.OO Corn—No. 3 Yeliow 55 © 55 _ „ . east LIBERTY. Cattle—Prime 4.50 © 5.25 Common 8.75 © 4.00 Lambs 5.00 0 8.75

CONGRESSIONAL.

Woxk of the Senate and the House of Representatives. Mr. Vocrbees introduced a bill in tho Senate appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Lafayette, lad., and teuator Vest reported favorably a bill appropriating SBO,OOO for a building at Helena, M. T. 'Hie beuute committee on public buildings, Februaiy 20, ordered favorable reporta on the bill appropriating $1,200,000 for a postoihee at New Orleans, and on that appropriating $850,000 for a postoffice at San Francisco. The Senate committee on agriculture reported favorably the bill to establish a bureau of animal 'industry. The Senate likewise adopted an amendment to the bill incorporating the Washington Electric Hailway Company, requiring that the rails should bo of American manufacture. When the amendment Was reached Mr. Edmunds suggested that that was in opposition to the President's message aud at variance with ail the principles of the administration, and, in order to have the votes of Senators placed on the record on this indirect tariff question, he demanded yeas and nays. The vote resulted: Yes, 25; nays, 17. Of the seventeen Senators voting in the negative, all are from the South, with the exception of one—Hearst, of California. The Secretary of War sent to the House his answer to the Boutelle battle-flag resolution. The Secretary says that of the whole number captured and deposited with the department 235 were United states flags originally captured by Confederates and recaptured from them and 544 were Confederate flags taken by United States troops, making a total of 780 in the custody of the department. The Secretary states that none of the flags have been removed from the degpxtmentlsince it came under his control. Mr. Blunt introduced a bill to reclassify postmasters apd their salaries. Bills were introduced in the House and referred for the erection of public buildings at the following points: Sterling, Ill.; South Bend, Ind.;. Burlington, Iowa; Opelousas, La.; Canton. O.; Shebovgan, Green Bay and Manitowoc, Wis.; Yankton.D.T., and Oberllu, Has. A motion to suspend the rules and pass the Hoar joint resolution proposing a constitutional amendment changing the date of inauguration day and extending the terms of members of Congress until April 30, was defeated in the House, after a long debate, by 129 yeas to 128 nays. Mr. Simons of New York introduced a bill for the apportionment, on the basis of illiteracy, of $85,000,000 among the States and Territories for educational purposes. A bill was introduced by Mr. Jackson of Pennsylvania to amend the homestead laws so as to provide that only eighty acres can be entered instead of 160, and to permit only citizens of the United States to enter homesteads.

MB. Hoar, from the Committee on Privileges and Eleotions, reported to the Senate, Feb, 21, a resolution authorizing that committee to continue the investigation ordered last session into the events alleged to have taken place in Texas, and set forth in the petition of Btepben Hackworth and others. Mr. Platt introduced a bill to provide for the establishment of an experimental grass and forage plant farm, and for the conducting of experiments relating to grass and forage plants. The President sent to the Senate the fisheries treaty, accompanied by a message urging its ratification. In the House of Representatives Mr. Culberson, from the Judiciary Committee, reported a joint resolution proposing the following amendments to the Constitution : “1. Polygamy shall not exist or be lawful within the United btates, or in any place subject to their jurisdiction. 2. Polygamy shall consist in a marriage relation by contract or in fact existing at the same time between one person of either sex and more than one person of the other sex. 3. Congress shall have power concurrent with the several States to enforce this act," In reporting the resolution the committee say the object is to clothe the General Government with concurrent powers with the several States to suppress the crime of polygamy in tho several Btates.

Among the bills passed by the Senate Feb. 23 were the following: To carry iuto effect th* international convention for the protection of submarine cables; to enable California to take lands in lieu of the 16th and 35th sections, found to be mineral lands ; to provide for an international marine conference for securing greater safety for life and property at sea; to extend the laws of the United States over certain unorganized torritory south of Kansas, popularly known as “No Man's Land;” it establishes the Cimarron land district. The Public Buildings Committee reported favorably bills for erection of public buildings at Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory, SBO,000. and Sioux City, lowa, $250,000. The House passed bills appropriating $300,000 for a public building at Birmingham, Ala., $150,000 for another at Duluth, Minn., and $<50,000 for the improvement of the public building at Newark, New Jersey.

A long discussion took place in the Senate, on Feb. 24, over the point that the bill to incorporate the Maritime Canal Company of Nicaragua does not contain the restrictions and safeguards inserted in bills of a similar character. Mr. Sherman hoped that the bill, which simply incorporated certain well-Known gentlemen who proposed to build one of the greatest improvements of modern times, should be passed without unnecessary delay. He would vote from the Treasury of the United States enough to commence the work, and to complete it, but that was so evidently against the general popular voice that the idea had of course to be abandoned. The House Elections Committee presented a report in the contested election case of McLuffie vs. Davidson of Alabama, favorable to tbe claims of Davidson, the sitting member. Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts presented a minority report .fn favor of McLuffie. Mr. Springer reported adversely from the Committee on Territories the bills for the admission of North and South Dakota as separate States, and Mr. Baker of New York presented minority reports on the same measure. The Senate bill increasing tbe pension for deafness was favorably reported to the House.

Louis XV. and His Paper.

The fact of Louis XY. being a stockjobber was a somewhat unfortunate one for those who fell into his financial clutches. He operated principally in his exchange and loan transactions through M. Bertin, his banker. The latter did his master’s stock-jobbing very profitably, too, by buying on the spot good paper at six and seven per cent., according to the scarcity of money. One day he proposed to the King an operation involving several millions. “Sire,” said he to the royal speculator, “the royal bills lose a great deal in the place; their discount is now considerable ; it is the very moment to buy several millions. I am certain they will rise, and that there must follow a considerable profit to some one in a short time.” “That paper, ” replied the canny monarch, “is not to be depended on; the risk is too great.” It was his own paper of which he was talking, —Detroit Free Press.

A City Without Fountains.

London is a fountainless city. It is not for want of urging; we have before now pointed out that there are many nooks and corners in 1 ondon which would be almost beaut fied by the addition of a little water in an ornamental form. We have, of course, the Trafalgar Square s t uirts. We want something really beautiful and refreshing to the eye, not that miserable sort of thing which has given the nickname of “squirt square” to the space behind the town hall in Birmingham. Fountains can be made per se attractive by the mere arrangement of water.