Democratic Sentinel, Volume 13, Number 11, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1889 — Page 2

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LATEST TELEGRAPHIC NEWS FROM ALL PARTS OF THE WORLD. Political Gossip, Railroad Rumblings, Personal Mention, Conflagrations, Accidents, Crimes and Criminals, Minor Occurrences and Events. DON’T EIKE HALSTEAD. The Senate Refuse to Confirm His Appointment. The executive session of the Senate lasted two hours on the 30th ult., being devoted almost exclusively, for the time, to the case of Murat Halstead, nominated to be Minister to Germany. Senators Sherman, Hawley and Blair spoke in favor of his confirmation, the two last named being listened to with especially close attention. At the close of the remarks a vote was taken on the motion to reconsider the vote by which the nomination had been rejected. The motion was lost by a vote of 25 to 19, Messrs. Evarts, Ingalls, Plumb and Teller voting with the Democrats in the negative, and Messrs. Blackburn and Call with the Republicans in the affirmative. The Republicans named explained their votes on roll call, saying that they had no personal feeling in the matter, no antagonism against Mr. Halstead, but thought it right to defend the Senate against such attacks as hivl been made upon its character by him in his paper. A number of Senators were paired, among them Mr. Cullom against and Mr. ■ Farwell in MVor of reconsideration. The President sent the following names to the Senate: To be delegates to the conference between the United States of America and the republics of Mexico, Central and South America, Hayti, San Domingo and the Empire of Brazil, to be held in Washington in 1889; John B. Henderson, of Missouri; Cornelius N. Bliss, of New York ; William Pinckney Whyte, of Maryland; Clement Studebaker, of Indiana; T. Jefferson Coolidge, of Massachusetts; William Henry Trescott, of South Carolina; Andrew Carnegie, of Pennsylvania; John R. G. Pitkin, of Louisiana; Morris M. Estee, of California; J. H. Hanson, of Georgia. The following nominations were confirmed: Robert T. Lincoln as Minister to England ; John Hicks, to be Minister to Peru; George B. Loring, to be Minister to Portugal; Allan Thorndyke Rice, to be Minister to Russia; Thomas Ryan, to be Minister to Mexico; Patrick Egan, to be Minister to Chili.

□ TERRIFIC WIND-STORM IN OHIO. Houses Unroo"e<l, a Church Building Wrecked, and Other Damage Dune. A terrible gale, accompanied by light rain, passed over Cincinnati, Ohio, from the southwest to the northeast between 4 and 5 o’clock on tiie 31st ult. Its maximum velocity as measured at the signal service office was forty-four and a half miles per •fiViur. Many houses in the southwestern and northern parts of that city were unroofed, and numerous fences were prostrated. Covington and Newport suffered in the same way. At Dayton a March cyclone whistled over the valley all day, causing anxiety for exposed structures on the hilltops, like the Soldiers’ Home and Lunatic Asylum, but no special damage is reported except to the uncompleted Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Dayton. The heavy timber frame work for the dome, towering forty feet above the roof, tottered three hours in the storm and then fell with an awful crash into the church, wrecking ev» erything under it.

DARING HIGHWAY BOBBERY. An American Sheep-Buyer In Canada Held Up and Relieved of His Money. ,An American sheep exporter, J. C. Biggins, of Palmyra, 111., went to St. Thomas, Ont., for the purpose of purchasing breeding sheep for export West. He visited a number of farmers and returned to his hotel at night and told of the coolest and most daring case of highway robbery ever reported in Ontario. Biggins says that as he was passing apiece of woods two miles north of St. Thomas, a man standing on the road asked for a ride. He 'Stopped hii horse, and the man grabbed the linos and pulled a revolver with the remark: “Sit still, or I’ll blow out your brains.” Biggins had SSOO in his pocket, and the robber seemed to know just where to find it, and he immediately got it. ‘ Ho then made for the woods, an 1 Biggins drove to the police station and told his story.

TELEPHONE COMPANY DEFEATED. A Restraining Order on an Electric Street Railway Company Refused. The first ease in court involving a conflict between electric street railways and telephone companies, in regard to their respective rights to earth and air on city thoroughfares, has been decided at Akron, 0. Judge Green refused to grant tho Central Union Telephone Company an injunction restraining the Akron Electric Street Railway Company from extending its lino in that city. The telephone company claimed that induction from the electric railway wires makes it impossible for many of its subscribers to use their instruments. The latter gave notice’ of appeal.

CLAIMS HALF THE BABY. Queer Lawsuit in Minnesota Based on the Lease of a Fann. A novel proceeding in law has been commenced at Herman, Minn. H. H. Schram, a wealthy farmer, leased his homestead to Alex. Weir, it being stipulated in the lease that all the increase by live stock on the farm should be equally divided between tho lessor and lessee. Before Schram could remove from the place his wife gave birth to a son. Weir now claims that by virtue of his lease he is entitled to one-half of the baby, and has instituted proceedings to prevent its removal. GOULD FAVORS CO-OPERATION. Remarkable Offer He Is Alleged to Have Made to the Central Labor Union. At the meeting of the Central Labor Union, in New York City, a communication was read, purporting to come from Jay Gould through Washington Davis, a railroad contractor, saying that Mr. Gould was willing to hand over to the union sll,000,000 in gold, if the Central Labor Union would be willing to adopt a plan for cooperative industry proposed by Mr. Gould,

HARRIET BBKtMER STOWE. The Reason of the Famous Authoress Said to Be Dethroned. A special from Hart'ord. Conn., reports that Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe has recovered physically from the attack of sickness which last last summer threatened to cut short her life, but her mind is shattered and intellectually she is but a child. Her friends will not say that she is insane nor that ahe is an imbecile, but* her mind is almost completely gone. Her memory is that of a baby. When former dear friends visit her—people whom she has known for years—she greets them with a vacant stare, so indicative

HARRIET BEECHER STOWE.

a sympton of cases of that kind. Her whims are treated with the utmost tenderness. For some time it was given out that Mrs. Stowe did not recognize her friends because of failing eyesight, but this excuse is no longer alluded to, and the fact that she is now no longer mentally capable is recognized by every one. It was also for a long time thought to be an attribute of genius when Mrs. Stowe showed these idiosyncrasies, but the genius which made “Uncle Tom’s Cabin" the most popular book of the century has departed. The father of Mrs. Stowe, the Rev. Lyman Beecher, passed the closing years of his life with a cloud resting over his mind. His symptoms were greatly similar to those of Mrs. Stowe.

DEATH OF JOHN BRIGHT. The Great English Statesman and Philanthropist Succumbs to Long Illness. John Bright, the great English philanthropist and statesman, is dead, his demise occurring in London after a long illness. The remains were interred in the Quakers’ burying ground at Rochedalo. John Bright, the son of a Quaker, Jacob Bright, was born Nov. 16, 1811, near Rochdale, ana received a thorough English education. In 1839'

JOHN BRIGHT.

cause. In 1867, after a decade of great work in that direction, the friends of reform triumphed and Bright entered Gladstone's Cabinet in 1868 as President of the Board of Trade, but resigned the office in 1871 on account of ill-health. When Gladstone returned to power in 1880 Bright became Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, but resigned in 1882 when the Government began war in Egypt. Ho had always been an uncompromising champion of Irish rights, and justified Irish turbulence and disorder in view of the treatment of the nation by the Government until the franchise bill brought eighty-six Irish members into the House, when he became completely alienated from the cause, and proved one of "..he most powerful opponents to Gladstone’s scheme of home rule. Mr. Bright was married in 1839 to Elizabeth Priestman, of ‘ Newcastle. His wife died in 1841, and ho was afterward married, in 1849, to Margaret Leatham, daughter of a banker of Wakefield, Ho leaves four sous and three daughters.

It. G. DUN & CO.’S WEEKLY REVIEW. Decrease in the Average Prices of All Coin;modities. R. G. Dun & Co.’s review of trade for last week says: The general tendency of reports indicates that trade is both improving and hopeful. At Omaha business is very good, at Kansas City and Chicago fair, and at Cleveland larger than last year, though profits are smaller. Rapid growth of tributary regions accounts for improvement at far Western points. All the interior money markets are well supplied. No material change appears in collections. Two considerable failures at Milwaukee are attributed to bod collections. In the woolen trade there is some increase in demand and wool io more firmly hold. The firmness in cotton goods abates with the termination of the great Fall .River strike. The iron trade is weaker. The coal market is pronounced the dullest for ten years. At Pittsburgh closing of the Monongahela mines for a fortnight is contemplated, and the trade has been bad and grows worse. The glass business is also depressed. Another decline in wheat, 3’ij for the week. Corn and oats are unchanged, and pork products a shade strong. Sugar is in active demand. Coffee is unchanged. Cotton, has risen a shade. Once more the week shows a - decrease in the average prices of all commodities, which are a third of 1 pei - cent, lower than a week ago. The supply of money is ample. Foreign trade in February showed an increase of nearly *’ per cent, in exports. The weakest point of lace has been the stock market, which has declined about $1 per share for the week, with rumors of receiverships, and large selling by investors on account of past mismanagement and losses. The selling on foreign account if long continued would affect the monetary prospect, and it is growing clearer that the interstate law as amended has not increased the confidence of security-holders. The business failures numbered 240, as compared with a total of 249 last week and 261 for the previous week. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 223.

ROBBED A DENVER BANK. The Successful Plan of a Cool and Daring Western Thief. The boldest and |most successful bank robbery ever reported in the West was perpetrated upon the First National Bank of Denver, Col., by which the robber succeeded in getting away with $21,000. An unknown well-dressed man entered the office of President Moffat, of the Denver & Rio Grande Railway, and informed him that he had heard of a plot to rob the First National Bank, of which Mr. Moffat is also President. The latter told his visitor he was busy, but would see him a few hours later at the bank. The meeting took place in the President’s p -ivate office, the stranger showing a revolver and telling Moffat that he must haves2l,oooor he would kill him and then blow up the institution

he became a personal friend of Richard Cobden, and gained distinction as an orator of the Anti-Corn Law League. He was elected a member of Parliament in 1843 gand was returned in 1847, & luring which time he a pacific forpeign policy and electoral ’reform. For opposing : the Crimean war ho was I defeated in 1857, but was elected the same year by the Liberals of Birmingham. Billing the civil war in the United States he sided with the Union’s

with a bcttle of nitro-glycerine, which he pulled from his pocked Thus menaced, Mr. Moffat filled out a check and had It cashed; and the unknown, taking the money, backed out to the front door, raised his hat to his victim, and disappeared. The many clerks in the bank seemed bereft of action at the time. Three men were arrested. but neither proved to be the right party.

THE COATING CENTENNIAL. President Harrison Asked to Issue a Proclamation for Thanksgiving Services. The New York Centennial Committee has sent the following telegram to the President: The committee on the centennial celebration of the inauguration of George Washington as President of the United Stales respectfully asks that you issue a proclamation calling upon clergymen to hold a special service of thanksgiving in the churches throughout rhe country at 9 o’clock on the -morning of April 30, the same hour in which services of prayer were held in the churches of this city on the morning of Washington’s inauguration 100 years ago. rhe clergymen of New York, through a special committee, have issued an address to the clergymen of the United States, suggesting that a religious service be held similar to the services on April 30, 1789. Our committee would respectfully ask you, inasmuch as the day is a national holiday, to suggest in your proclamation that the day be luade memorable throughout the United States by the decoration of buildings, the display of fireworks, and the meetings of patriotic citizens.

TEMPLARS OF TEMPERANCE. The Supreme Council Elect Officers for the Ensuing Year. Tho Supreme Council, Royal Templars of Temperance, in session at Buffalo, N. Y„ elected these officers: Supreme Councilor, the Rev. R. D. Munger, Waterloo, N. Y.; Supreme Vice Councilor, the Rev, J. N. Emery, Newcastle, Pa.; Supreme Chaplain, the Rev. A. M. Phillips, Toronto, Ont.; Supreme Secretary, Samuel Nelson. Buffalo. N. Y.; Supreme Treasurer, John Lytle, Buffalo, N. Y.: Supreme Medical Examiner, Dr. G. W. Grosvenor, Buffalo, New York; Supreme Advocate, J. H. Tatom, Grand Rapids, Michigan; Supreme Herald, George A. Lewis, Kentucky; Supreme Guard, F. M. Huntington, New Jersey; Supreme Sentinel, J. W. Wilson, Illinois. The Council voted in favor of substituting two degrees for one in subordinate councils.

MRS. MARSH’S FORTUNE. She Dies Intestate and Her Sister and Brothers Divide Her Money. It lias just been discovered that Mrs. B. F. Marsh, who died suddenly at her home in Cincinnati, Ohio, a few days ago, has left no will, and as a consequence her brother, John Fox, of that city, Mrs. George Middlecoff, of Paxton. Hl., a sister, and George Fox, another brother, late of Tuscola, 111., but now of Paxton, also inherit the $800,003 which she left. As they are the sole heirs, the sum of $267,000 goes to each of them. Mrs. Marsh was the widow of B. F. Marsh, the Cincinnati millionaire, who died four years ago, and W’ho accumulated his fortune through the manufacture of oil of vitriol.

PLUNGED THROUGH A BRIDGE. A Deadly Wreck on the Ottumwa Division of the Wabash Road. Two Moberly men were killed and two others injured in a wreck on the Ottumwa Division of the Wabash Western Railway, near Moberly, Mo. The killed are John Arthur, engineer, and Luther Chamberlin, fireman. Charles Hisle, mail agent, had his back injured, and W. L. Skinner, express messenger, had a leg badly bruised. No passengers were hurt. The wrecked train was No. 8, the St. Paul and St. Louis express, which wont through a bridge at Queen City, Mo. The piling had been burned out, and the engine and three coaches were piled up in the ditch, which was eight feet deep and three feet wide. POLITICAL POINTERS. Interesting Happenings of More or Less Importance in the World of Politics. The bill providing for reciprocity in wrecking on the lakes has been defeated in the Canadian Senate—34 to 26. Henry W. Raymond, editor of the Germantown (Pa.) Telegraph, has been appointed Private Secretary to Secretary of the Navy Tracy.

The Postmaster General has appointed the following superintendents of railway mail service: Norman Parkins, Tenth Division, St. Paul: 8. P. Lindsey, Seventh Division, St. Louis; J. S. Weaver, Eleventh Division, Fort Worth, Texas. Judge McCue, Assistant Treasurer at New York, has resigned.

CONGRESSMAN MAHONEY DEAD. He Passes Away at Washington as the Result of Exposure at the Inauguration. Ex-Congressman Mahoney, of Brooklyn, N. Y., died at the Arlington Hotel in Washington, D. C. He was born in New York in 1848 and was once engaged in the dry goods business in that city. He was elected to Congress from Brooklyn on the Democratic ticket in 1886 and was re-elect ’d in 1888. His death resulted from the cold he 'contracted on inauguration day. The remains were taken to Brooklyn for interment.

Among the Honored. Among the nominations sent to the Senate by President Harrison on the 2<th ult., were the following: Robert T. Lincoln, of Illinois, to be Minister to Great Britain; Murat Halstead, of Ohio, Minister to Germany; Allen Thorndyke Rice, of New York, Minister to Russia; Patrick Egan, of Nebraska, Minister to Chili; Thomas Ryan, of Kansas, Minister to Mexico; John Hicks, of Wisconsin, to be United States Minister to Peru; George B. Loring, ofMassachusetts, Minister Resident and Consul General to Portugal; Chester A. Wilcox, to be Postmaster at Quiney, 111. Another St.- I.nui * Hotel Mystery. An pjderly, well-dressed man and woman regisu.ot *at the Hotel Parle at St. Louis, Mo., as S. M. Waite and wife, of Florida, 1 The man claimed to own an orange grove in Florida. During the night Waite drank a good deal of beer, and had supper'served in his room. Next morning the woman left the hotel and did not return. Later Waite

was found in his room dying, with a bottle iof morphine near him. Soon after being taken to the city hospital he died.

Funeral of Justice Matthews. Funeral services over the remains of tho late Associate Justice Stanley Matthews were held at tho family residence in Washington. D. C., on the 25th ult. A large number of prominent persons were present, including President Harrison and all the members of his Cabinet, Vice President Morton, the Justices of the Supreme Court, many Senators and other distinguished persons. The remains were taken to Glendale. Ohio, for interment.

Six Naval Vessels Wrecked. Dispatches from Samoa of the 29th ult. say that the American men-of-war Trenton, A andalia. and Nipsic, and the German men-of-war Adler. Olga, and Eber were driven on a reef during a violent storm and totally wrecked. Of the American crews four officers and forty-six men were drowned, and of the German crews nine officers and eighty-seven men lost their lives. A Prospective Duel. It is reported that a duel is shortly to take place on the old Hackettsville dueling grounds between two prominent young men of Washington, D. C. The cause is an alleged uncomplimentary remark made by one young man regarding the other’s wife. The weapons to be used are rapiers,

A Wealthy Corporation. Reports from Florence, Ala., are to the effect that Abram S. Hewitt. Edward Cooper, and other New-Yorkers have purchased a controlling interest in the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Railway Company, which is said to be the largest and wealthiest corporation in the South. Killed His Wife and Two Daughters. W. A. Harvey, a bookkeeper at Guelph, Ontario, was arrested for embezzling $4,000 from his employer. J. W. Lyon. He was released on bail, and, going home, shot his wife and two daughters and then disappeared. A Toronto Swindler. A man, who registered at the St. James Hotel, Toronto, Ontario, as F. Barnet, was arrested on the charge of swindling, his chief victims being jewelers. His game was to impersonate a Catholic priest looking for a present for the Pope. He is supposed to be an old offender. A Murderous Waiter. At Newton Highlands, Mass., Nicholas Mead, a waiter, attempted to murder Mrs. Samuel Tuckerman and her three children, shooting the woman and her 14-year-old son in the head, the former being badly wounded. Mead then shot himself dead.

A Storehouse Burned. The storehouse of the Consolidated Oil Tank Line, of Cincinnati, Ohio, was destroyed by fire at Lafayette, Ind., causing a loss of from $12,000 to $15,000, on which no insurance was placed. Four tanks containing 2,003 barrels of oil were sated. Suicide of a Pennsylvanian. John Maider. a wealthy resident of Allegheny City, Pa., told his wife that he was going out for a walk, went straight to the river, cut his throat from ear to ear, and then jumped into the water. No cause for the suicide is known. The Bell Telephone Company. At the annual meeting of the American Ben Telephone Company at Boston the old officers were re-elected. The report states that the company earned during the year 24.45 per cent, on the stock, and has assets of $258 per share. Michigan Climate Not Congenia’. Martin R. Goldsworthy, an agent of the Standard Oil Company at Hancock, Mich., has gone to Toronto by way of the "Soo,” leaving a shortage of $6,030 and debts amounting to a larger figure.

Murder and Suicide. Ten miles west of Creighton, Neb.. John Rosenberger shot and killed Andrew Castaline. He then set fire to his own house and burned it to the ground, after which he killed himself.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime SI.OO @ 4.75 Good 3.50 @ 4.00 Common 2.50 & 3.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.50 @ 5.00 Sheep 3.50 & 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 98k>@ .99 Cobn—No. 2 34 ~@ .35 Oats—No. 2 25 & .25% Rye—No. 2 42 @ .43 Butter—Choice Creamery 22 @ .24 Cheese—Full Cream, Hatll @ .11% Eggs—Freshlo @ .11 Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu 24 @ .26 Pork—Mess 12.25 @12.75 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 88 @ .89 Corn—No. 331 @ .32 Oats—No. 2 White27’4® .28% Rye—No. 1 43%@ .44 Barley—No. 2 58 ® .59 Pork—Mess 12,25 @12.75 DETROIT. Cattle 3.50 @ 5.Q0 Hogs 4.25 @ 4.75 Sheep 4.00 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .95 Corn—No, 2 Yellow 33 @ ,34 Oats—No. 2 White2B @ .29 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ .96 Corn—Cash 34 (a; .34% Oats—May'27U@ .23 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs 5.00 @ 5.50 Sheep 4.59 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 90 @ .92 Corn—No. 2 44 @ .45 Oats—White 35 @ .49 Pork—New Mess 13.25 @l4 00 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 4.50 Hogs 4.50 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 93 @ .93)4 Corn—No. 228%@ .29 Oats—No. 2 25 @ .26 Barley—Canada 70 @ 78 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 3.59 @ 4.2 i» Hogs 4.59 @ 5.99 Sheep. 3.59 @ 4.75 Lambs 4.99 5.59 CINCINNATI. Hogs—Butchers’ 4,00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 95 @ .95% Corn—No. 2 35 @ .39 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 27 @ .28 Rye—No. 2 .46 @ .48 Pobk—Mess 12.50 @13.00 KANSAS CITY. Cattle—Good 3.75 @ 4.59 Common 3.00 @ 3.75 Stockers 2.50 @ 3.50 Hoos—Choice 4.59 @ 4.75 Medium 4.00 & 4.50 Sheep 3,59 @ 4.59

WHERE THE PLUMS FALL.

THE UNITED STATES SENATE IN EXECUTIVE SESSION. The Upper House of Congress Transacts Little Other Business than Confirming or Rejecting Presidential Appointments —The Chosen. The Senate was in executive session an hour and a quarter on the 26th ult., and in that time disposed of all' the nominations reported from the committee. The files of the executive calendar were pretty generally cleared of pending convention's and treaties. Most of these were unimportant documents relating to postal conventions and copyright agreements, which were approved pro forma. The arrangement with Mexico relative to the appointment of a boundarv commission was continued. The extradition treaty with Russia was the subject of the most discussion. The foUowing Presidential nominations were confirmed: Zachariah T. Walrong. to be United States Attorney for the Indian Terrritory; Thomas B. Needles, to be United States Marshal for the Indian Territory; James M. Schakleford, to be Judge of the United States Court of the Indian Territory; James Tanner, to be Commissioner of Pensions; Jeremiah Sullivan, to be Collector of Customs for Montana and Washington; David M. Lines, to be special examiner of drugs, etc., at New Orleans ; Seligman Brothers, to be special fiscal agents of the Navy Department at London ; George W. Mcßride, to be Collector of Customs for Michigan; Charles J. Edwards, to be Collector of Customs for Minnesota ; Charles M. Bradshaw, to be Collector at Puget Sound, W. T. Also the foUowing postmasters : George D. Breed, Chilton, Wis.; John M. Higgard, Stoughton, Wis.; Theodore Burr, Lancaster, Wis.; James B. NeviUe, Bloomington, Ill.; W. S. Cullimore, Centralia, Ill.; Allen Chandwick, Armourdale, Kan.; James L. King, Topeka, Kan.; Ed F. Jones, Holton, Kan.; Charles J. Wonser, Tama, lowa. The Senate confirmed the following nominations on the 27th ult.: Francis E. Warren, Govemer of Wyoming Territory; Benjamin F. White, Governor of Montana; Robert V. Belt, Assistant Commissioner of Indian Affairs; Charles C. Walters, United States Attorney for the eastern district of Arkansas ; Oscar M. Spellman, United States Marshal for the eastern district of Arkansas; Walter P. Corbett, United States Marshal for the Southern District of'Georgia. Postmasters : William B. Hodge, Jr., Marshall, Ill.; John P. Yost, North Bend, Neb.; Harper Brosius, Alliance, Ohio ; Charles W. Jones, Martinsville, Va.; Robert E. Milner, Nowman, Ga.; Walter F. Brashear, Russellville, Ark.; James F. George, Dardanelle, Ark.; William L. Pearce, Gainesville, Tex. The nominations of Lewis Wolfly to be Governor of Arizona and of John C. New to be Consul General to London were reported favorably from committee, li.it, under individual objection, they went over until the next executive session.

The executive session of the Senate lasted between two and three hours on the 28th ult., and was confined largely to a discussion of the nomination of Murat Halstead to be Minister to Germany. Before that camo up the nominations of John C. New to be Consul General to London, and of Lewis Wolfley, to be Governor of Arizona, which were pending, were confirmed A final attempt of the opposition to defeat Mr. New’s confirmation was based upon the assertion that his paper (the Indianapolis Journal) liad published articles reflecting upon the private character of President Cleveland. This charge was warmly denied by Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, and. the nomination was confirmed. The Committee on Foreign Relations favorably reported all the diplomatic nominations of the 27th ult., but in the case of Mr. Halstead the report was not unanimous. On a motion to confirm the nomination the nays were in the majority, Senators Teller, Plumb, Ingalls, Farwell and Cullom voting with the Democrats. Mr. Sherman moved to reconsider the vote, and on that motion a long debate ensued, in the course of which the ground of objection to Mr. Halstead was disclosed. When the Senate refused to enter upon an investigation of the election of Senator Payne, of Ohio, Mr. Halstead, whose paper, the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette, hail strongly urged the investigation, made uncomplimentary allusions to the Republicans who voted against the investigation. The feeling against him on the part of the Senators who fell under his displeasure at that time is very bitter, and one of them is reported to have said to President Harrison that Mr. Halstead could not be confirmed—that the Senators whom he had criticised would not vote for him. The motion to reconsider was pending when the Senate adjourned. The Senate adopted a resolution accepting the invitation to participate in the centennial ceremonies at New York, and providing for the appointment of seven Senators to represent the Senate on that occasion. The Senate confirmed the following nominations : James O. Churchill, Missouri, Surveyor of Customs at the port of St. Louis ; Charles E. Monteith, Agent at the Nez Forces Agency, Idaho ; Second Lieutenant William A. Mercer, First Lieutenant of tho Eighth Infantry. Postmasters Chester A. Wilcox, Quincy, Ill.; William B. Webster, Cresco, lowa ; Jeremiah P. Easton, Warren, Minn.; John H. Welch, Winnebago City, Minn.; 010 E. Wainguild, Rice Lake, Wis.; Osceola N. Servis, Kansas City, Kas.; George Budd, Bozeman, M. T.; James M. Moore, Anaconda, M. T.; John D. Hogue, Tacoma, Wy. T.; Abram W. Lawson, Plattsburg, N. Y.; David M. Jones, Scranton, Pa.; John M. Kinser, Ark. The following nominations were sent in by President Harrison: Robert Adams, Jr., of Pennsylvania, Minister to Brazil; Lansing B. Misener, of California. Minister to the Central American States ; William L. Scruggs, of Georgia, Minister to Venezuela; William O. Bradley, of Kentucky, Minister - to Corea; and others of minor importance.

A Good Time in tile Coal Cellar.

Senator Hearst, of California, doesnot appear to find much * enjoyment in his wealth. His wife, in the family’s Washington mansion, gave a reception which made even the extravagantpeople of the capital open their eyes. It is said that the flowers alone cost $25,000. Moving uncomfortable and alone through the glittering throng, the master of the house met a wellknown newspaper correspondent. Said the wealthy Senator eagerly: “Get a few good fellows together, and we’ll go to some quiet room together and enjoy a bottle of wine and some cigars together. ” There were whispers in the ears of two other correspondents, and then, led by the Senator, the quartette marched through the big housefrom parlor to attic. In every room there was a chattering throng, or a wrap-divesting bevy, or piles of hats and overcoats. With a sigh the Senator turned backward. He descended to the cellar. Beside the coal-hole a colored servant arranged a table and chairs and brought wine and tobacco. “Now,” said the millionaire, with a sigh of relief, “we can have a good time here without being interrupted by thoseidiots up-stairs. I can’t see the fun in my wife’s rackets.”— New York World.

Curious Discovery.

An Ohio poultry-raiser has made a curious discovery. He says that if you go out to feed a flock of "chickens and ■will cause them to wait they will invariably, as they crowd about you, begin a circuit around you from ‘right t© left, in front, and continue this revolution as long as you stand there. Noamount of interruption or maneuvering can confuse them ®r compel them te take the contrary direction at any time. _