Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 February 1889 — STRICKEN IN THE HOUSE. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

STRICKEN IN THE HOUSE.

Congressman Burnes Attacked by Paralysis, and Dies in a Few Hours. Representative James N. Burnes of Missouri was stricken with paralysis at the

National CapitoL The first symptom of the approaching attack w as experienced when Mr. Butterworth, in the House, called Mr. Burnes’ attention to , a passage of the sundry civil bill then 'under consideration. *Mr. Burnes remarked that his tongue appeared to be affected so that he had great difficulty in speaking.

Noticing that his face appeared to be somewhat drawn on the left side Mr. Butterworth assisted Mr. Burnes into the fresh air. Mr. Burnes in a short time felt better and lay down upon a sofa. He soon began to breathe in a labored manner and to lose consciousness. Physicians were called and he was removed to his hotel. His condition grew worse rapidly, and about midnight he died. His son. D. B. Burnes, was at his bedside. Another son. who lives at St. Joseph. Mo., was notified. Mrs. Burnes, an invalid, was at her Missouri home. Joseph Nelson Burnes was born in Indiana in 1832, and at the age of five years he was taken to Platte County, Missouri, where he received a common and high school education. He afterward studied law at the Harvard Law School, and graduated with the class of '53. After graduation he practiced actively for twenty years. In 1856 he was a Presidential elector and voted for Buchanan and Breckinridge. From 1868 to 1872 he was Judge of the Court of Common Pleas. He was elected to the Forty-eighth and Forty-ninth Congresses as a Democrat, receiving 14,451 votes, against 11,964 for Dunn, his Republican opponent.

THE PULLMAN MONOPOLY. The Control of Over 150,000 Mlles of Road for Palace Car Service. The negotiations between the officials of the Pullman Palace Car Company and the Union Palace Car Company, which absorbed the Mann Boudoir'Car Company and the Woodruff Palace Car Company, have closed at New York City, and an agreement executed by which the Pullman Company obtained control of the opposition corporations. The purchase involved the expenditure of about 82,500,000, and leaves the Pullman in control of over one hundred and fifty thousand miles of road for palace-car service. As soon as the agreement was signed the holders of the Union Palace Car Company stock delivered their certificates and received checks at once. President Pullman says no increase of stock is necessitated by the purchase. After the consummation of the deal the following officers for the Pullman Palace Car Company were elected: George M. Pullman, President; T. H. Wickes, Vice President, and E. D. Adams, John H. Inman, John G. Moore, Edward Lauterbach, John P. Marquand, G. M. Dodge, C. Latterbury, Job H. Jackson, John Jay White, and Howard Mansfield Directors. The purchase of the Union Palace Car Company leaves the Pullman Company with only one competitor—the |Wagner Company—in the field. That company has its cars on the Vanderbilt roads and is owned by the Vanderbilts.

DULLNESS IN TRADE. The Transactions, Though, Are Unusually Large, According to Dun & Co.’s Report. The review of trade for last week, as reported by R. G. Dun & Co., is as follows: The state of trade is unusually perplexing, for with general complaint of dullness there are evidences that the volume of transactions is large. The payments through banks last week were 25 per cent, larger than for the corresponding week last year at New York, and 16 per cent, larger at all other cities. Railroad earnings also show that the traffic is large. The demand for money is sufficiently active nt nearly all interior points, moreover, to indicate that a large business is in progress. Yet it is undeniable that the prevailing temper is one of disappointment at the result of business since the new year began, and this is not wholly explained by the steadily declining prices of products. At Southern Soints, after some depression, trade appears to e improving. In the Northwest trade is fully equal to that of last year and at some points clearly larger. The supply of money seems to be everywhere ample for legitimate demands. There are no indications of general unsoundness or overstraining of commercial credits. In the great iron industry consumption for all other than railroad purposes appears to be larger than ever, but ihere is serious disturbance. A decline in the price of coke is considered probable, and the anthracite coal market continues weak. The decline in wueat continues, the price having fallen cents for the week. Corn has fallen a ceut, and oats are lower. Pork products have also declined, mess about 5j cents per barrel, lard 23, and hogs 10 cents per 100 pounds. Cotton is a snade lower, with sales of 421,0J0 bales, and coffee % cent higher, with sales of 2)3,000 bags. There is little activity in groc« ries, but the sugar market favors holders. The exports of merchandise from New York show a gain of 11 per cent, for three weeks. The stock market is nevertheless so firmly sustained that the average decline in prices has been only €0 cents per SlvO for the week. The business failures numbered 342, against a total of 387 the previous week.

JAMES N. BURNES.