Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 June 1890 — Page 2

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NUGGETS OF GOLD.

IMPORTANT i HAPPENINGS IX EVERT QUARTER OF THE GLOBE. The Latest Intelligence Received by Wire from Distant Lands and at Home—The Cream of the News Gathered from All Quarters of tlie World. CRUSHED BY A FALLING BRIDGE. Twenty-five Persons More or Less Seriously Injured in a Cleveland Park. A Clevelaud (Ohio) dispatch reports a serious accident at Beyerles’ Park, a summer resort in the southern part of that city. At least five thousand people had assembled to see a man jump from a cable stretched across a miniature artificial lake. "People stood all around the lako and a hundred or more wore on a rustic footbridge about ten feet above the ground and extending from a bluff across the lake. The jumper made the descent, striking the water near the shore, and the people on the bridge made a rush for the place. Nearly all of them were massed on a thirty-five-foot span adjoining the bluff. The structure fell with a crash, going down in the middle. The foot- paths under the bridge were crowded with people, and upon these the timbers fell, while those on the bridge were thrown in a heap in the center of the span where it struck the ground. At least twenty-flvo persons ware injured more or less seriously, but only eight were hurt so badly that they had to go to a hospital. Following is a list of the seriously injured: James Sanford, 52 years, 240 Lake street, right leg fractured and" internal injuries, probably fatal; Rudolph Woodrick, 28 years, 43 Louis street, right leg fractured an.d head bruised; Mrs. Rudolph Woodrick, spine and shoulder hurt; Jesse Caldwell, 17 years, ankle fractured and arm badly injured; Bertha Hunter, 15 years, 18J Clark avenue, right hip fractured and Internal injuries? Anna Thoman, 13 years, 831 Clark avenue, right anklo hrukeu; Mary Thoman, 22 years, back and head injured; unknown one-legged man, leg broken. Had the bridge broken over the lake the list of deaths would have bjen heavy.

BASE-BALL. Relative Positions of the Various Clubs In tlie Leading Organizations. National. W. L. sc. Players’. W. I;. c. Cincinnati .29 13 .690 Boston 27 16 .627 Philad’phia2B 15 .651 Brooklyn.. .26 20 .565 8r00k1yn...25 17 .595 New York. 23 20 .534 Chicago.... 23 10 .589 Chicago... .21 29 .512 Boston 20 23 .465 Philad'phia22 21 .511 New York.-. 19 25 .431iPittsburg...l9 22 .403 Cleveland..l3 26 .333 Cleveland. .16 22 .421 Pittsburg.. 9 31 .325|Buffalo ... .12 25 .321 American. W. L. f c.i Western. W. L. c. Athletic 27 14 .058 Minneapolis. 23 15 .605 Rochester...2s 17 .595|Denver 23 15 .605 louibville.. .24 17 .585'Milwaukee. .22 16 .578 St. L0ui5....22 20 .523 Sioux City.. 19 16 .542 Columbus... 19 22 .461 Kansas CitylS 17 .514 Toledo 16 23 .410 Des Moines .20 20 .509 Syracuse.... 16 23 ,410|Omaha 15 24 . 384 Brooklyn.... 13 26 .333,5 t. Paul 10 27 .270 111.-lowa. W. L. ¥ c.l Interstate. W. L. so. Ottawa 22 12 .045 Burlington. 27 11 .710 Monmouth.2l 12 .030 Evaußville.23 W .657 Dubuque.. .20 12 .625 Terre Ha'te. 19 16 .542 Ottumwa.. 22 14 .611 Peoria 13 18 .419 Aurora 17 16 .515 Quincy 15 22 .405 Cdr RapidslS 18 .454 Indiau’p'lis 8 25 ,235 -Sterling.. ..10 25 .285 Joliet 7 25 .218 MARRIED ON A EAST TRAIN. A North Dakota Jurist AVeddod on a Northern Pacific Car. A Casselton (N. D.) dispatch reports the marriage of ex-City Justice C. E. Foster to Miss M. McCormick, of Billings. Mont. The ceremony was performed on board the eastbound train on the Northern Facilic. The bride came from the West on that train, being jo'ned at Cassolton by the groom with a clergyman and a large party of friends. They were assigned a car and the clergyman proceeded at once to business, uniting the couple while the train was running at a speed of forty-five miles an hour. MURDERED AND BURNED TO ASHES. Charred Bones Reveal the Fate of a New York Farmer. What appears to have* been a horrible murder has been unearthed near Lake "Wood, Tioga County, N. Y. Protruding from beneath a log. a man’s leg incased in a boot was found. Of the remainder of the body there were only the charred bones. The boot identified the man as Isaac Doe, a well-to-do farmer. He is supposed to have been murdored and his body burned. Mrs. Burnett's Son on His Deathbed. Little Cedric Hodgson Burnett, the blueeyed, curly haired son of the authoress of “Little Lord Fauntleroy.” is slowly but surely passing away among the leafy glades and beautiful dells of picturesque Wayne, Pa. Dr. Cohen says that little Cedrio is in a slow decline. He may last for some time yet, but he is doomed beyond all the power of human skill and science.

Struck Oil in a Churchyard.

Three months ago the Forest Grove Presbyterian Church at Chartiers, Pa., was a modest little affair with a debt and a meager attendance. Some of the elders, after a hard fight, succeeded in getting a permit to drill an oil well on the premises. Oil was found in abundance, and the little church has been sold out bodily to the Standard Oil Company for $92,009 cash.

Heavy Loss by Fire at St. Louis. Fire in Mansur & Ttbbett’s farm machinery store. 515 and 517 North Main street, St, Louis, completely destroyed the buildings and their contents, causing a loss on the stock of 550,003. and on the building of $50,000; insured. The Shapleigh Hardware Company’s store adjoining on the north side was damaged by water to the extent of $50,000; fully insured. Met ,I)eatli by Drowning. Lizzie Murphy. Nellie Mahoney and John Xaboney, aged respectively 20, 17 and 11, were drowned in Rum River near Anoka. Minn. They were in bathing and the little boy got beyond his depth. In trying to save him the girls went under and they were all drowned together.

COSTLY RAILROAD WRECK. Eight Men Killed in a Collision on the Wabash. Eight persons were killed, twenty-two injured and fifteen valuable horses killed or crippled by a wreck of two Ireight trains which occurred on the Wabash Railway, one mile west of Warrenton. Mo. The west-bound train contained five cars, race horses on the way from Cincinnati and St. Louis to the Kansas City meetings. The wreck was caused by a mistake ot the telegraph operator in sending out the running time of the race train fl;ty minutes instead of five minutes. Both engines and seven palace horse cars wore completely wrecked. The loss to the company will reach $200,030. Both crews were running under orders received. The following were killed: James Kelley, of Chicago; Frank Kelley, of Chicago ; William H. Thomas, a colored bov, of Cynthiaua, Ky.; Henry Stone, trainer, of ilarrodshurg, Ky.; Ed Simons, trainer, of Lexington, Ky.; Morris Green, colored, of Frankfort, Ky.; Sam Davis, jockey, of Islington, Ky.; Frank Martin, of New York. The injured are: Thomas Mulligan, trainer, of Chicago; William Campbell, of Chicago; William Teller, colored, of Covington, trainer for Kelley; Lewis Thompson, colored, of narrodsburg, Ky.; George Woods, a colored jockey of New Orleans; Loe Parsons, Wabash fireman; P. H. Bhevelle, Wabash engineer; .T. E. Norton, brakeman; William Thomas, colored, of La Grange, Ky.; P. H. Shaw, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; Arthur Allen, of Tobia, Neb.; William Adams, of Memphis ; Louis Augustus, colored, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; Lloyd Baxter, of Frankfort, Ky.; Frank Givlnsou, of Covington, Ky.; J. H. Washington, of Spring Station, Ky.; M. Smith, colored, of Cynthiaua, Ky.; George Hurley, of Cynthiana, Ky.; Mike Jenkins, of Harrodsburg, Ky.; R. C. Colliston, colored, of Cincinnati; L. A. Brown, of Louisville, Ky.; Merritt Johnson, ot St. Louis.

TEN DEAD SO FAR. Fatalities Caused by a Kentucky Cloud Burst. During a terrific storm at Bull Creek, six miles above Maysville, Kv., two dark clouds met and burst. The creek jumped over its narrow banks and swept away like driftwood several dwelling houses and their frightened occupants. The stone culvert on the Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad over Bull Creek was washed out into the river and, while the storm was at its height, a west-bound freight train ran into the washout. causing a fearlul wreck. The engine and nineteen ears were piled one upon another, almost out of sight in the creek bottom. Engineer. Roadcap, Fireman Houaker, and Brakeman Eaton were buried beneath the wreck. Conductor W. R. Watts and Brakeman W. A. Lowe jumped from the hind ear and eseapod unhurt. A fast wrecking train on its way to the scene ran over Frank Scott, a colored employe, and killed him. About a dozen persons living on the banks of Bull Creek are reported drowned. The following dead bodies have been fouud: John Buggies, a well-known fisherman; Lucy Pestler. a widow, and her two daughters, Bettie and Julia, and two sons.

MONEY FOR PENSIONERS. One Hundred ami Sixty-seven Millions Appropriated by the House. Iu the course of some remarks on the conference report and the urgent deficiency pension appropriation hill Representative Henderson, of lowa, in the House made the following statement of tho appropriations maue by the present House for the benefit of tho soldier: Regular pension bill $98,427,461 Urgent deficiency 21,613,009 Soldiers’ homes (deficiency) 81,609 Artificial limbs (deficiency) 00,000 Bay and bounty claims 1,123,629 Soldiers'homes 2,601,705 Aid for State homes 400,000 Artificial limbs 402,000 Pay and bounty claims 660,000 Expenses of Pension Office 2,439,153 Records and Pension Division, War Department 837,270 Act for total helplessness 45,000 General pension act 35,000,000 Urgent deficicmcy 3,708,838 Total $167,419,731

BOLD BANDITS IN ARKANSAS. They Wreck a Train, Boh It, and Make Their Escape—One Life Lost. A Texarkana (Ark.) dispatch says: A train on the Texas and Pacific Itoad was robbed at what is known as the “FourMile Junction.” A switch was thrown and the train wrecked. An unknown man who was stealing a ride was instantly killed. Express Messenger Nevlin resisted the robbers as they entered the express car and was fired upon, one of tho bullets piercing his right hand and another cutting his ear. The thieves then robbed the express safe and made their escape. The amount of money and valuables taken can not be ascertained. A posse of men has been organized and went in pursuit of the bandits, but as the latter had a good start it is not likely that they will be overhauled. TERRIBLE WRECK NEAR ROCKFORD A Northwestern Train Derailed by a Broken Wheel and Five Men Killed. A Rockford (III.) dispatch says: By tho breaking of a flange on the truck-whe 1 of the engine of the Northwestern passenger train from Freeport, the train was thrown from the t ack just west of here. Five persons were killed, several seriously injured, and the coaches badly wrecked. The persons killed were; E. AY, Blaisdell, engineer; August Johnson, section hand; John Gustafson, section hand; Eur'l Anderson, section hand; Nils Anderson, section hand. WillSeeor, the fireman, who lives at Freeport, was so seriously injured that it is feared he may die. Many of the passengers were 1 badly bruised and scratched, but all escaped serious injuries.

The Surfdry OiVil Hill. Chairman Cannon, from the Committee on Appropriation's, has submitted to the House the sundry civil appropriation bill. It recommends a total appropriation of 527.849.515, being 513,298,370 less than the regular and special estimates and $2,028,801 in excess of the appropriations carried by the last bill. Among the appropriations for public buildings are: Ashland, Wis., $30,000; Aurora, IIL, $30,030; Burlington, lowa, $30,000; Galesburg, 111., $15,000; Lafayette, Ind„ $25,000; Cairo, 111., $10,000; Keokuk, lowa, $7,500; Chicago. 111., $45,C00 for repairs to Custom House and SubTreasury Building, and $15,000 for completing approaches to Marine Hospital. Czechs to Honor the Martyr Huss. All over Bohemia organizations are iprmlng to do honor to the memory of John

Husb, who was burned at the stake at Constance on July 16. 1415, for heresy. It Is the intention to make the demonstration the greatest gathering of Czechs ever assembled, and 700 Czechs will be chosen from all parts of Bohemia as delegates to go to Constance and perform a solemn religious duty before the statue of the martyr. Cardinal Manning’s Jubilee. The Loudon dock laborers, in remembrance of the labors of Cardinal Manning in tbeir behalf on the occasion of the great dock strike, presented that prelate with a purse of $750 in honor of his silver jubilee. The Cardinal, in accepting the gift, announced his intention to devote the money to the endowment of a hospital bed for the benefit of tho laborers. He said he desired to live as a priest should, without money and without debts. Fighting tiie Whisky Trust. A report comes from Kansas City that distillers not in the whisky trust are forming plans to erect two immense distilleries with a combined capacity as great as all the distilleries in the trust, one of which will be located in Kansas City. The two distilleries will cost about $2,000,000 each, and have a capacity of 20,000 bushsls of grain daily. Women Can’t Study lor tlie Ministry. The Harvard College Overseers have voted not to allow women admission to the university Divinity School. The matter came up on the reception of a petition to that effect. Ihe Committee on Petitions recommended that the petitioners have leave to withdraw their documents, and tho Overseers acquiesced. One Train Robber Arrested. The Sheriff of Miller County, Ark., has arrested flvo men near Texarkana suspected of having robbed the train the other night. One of the prisoners, named Polish Howard, was identified and is now in jail. His companions wore discharged. It is thought Howard will confess. Posses are still.hunting for tho rest of the robbers. Disastrous Runaway. At Oswego, N. Y., Miss Belle Mitchell, daughter of the Mayor, and her sister-in-law, Mrs. Edward V. Mitchell, were thrown from their carriage by a runaway. Miss Mitchell, who was to have beeu married in two weeks, while her companion, who had just returned from her wedding tour, sustained serious injuries. Confirmations. The Senate has confirmed the following nominations: Frank C. Partridgo of Vermont, Examiner of Claims, State Department; Robert S. Gardner ot West Virginia, lnaian Inspector; W. H. Byars, Surveyor General ot Oregon; Nehemiah Davis, Receiver ot Public Moneys Fargo, N. D.; Charles F. Hapgood. Register of Land Ottico, Marysville, Cal.; J. F. Mcooskey of Ohio, Consul at Acapulco; J.O. Kerbey ot Pennsylvania, Consul at Para.

Tlie Cyclone Was a Small One. The reported destruction of the town of Channahon, 111., by a cyclone proves to be erroneous. A few barns and outbuildings were wrecked and a number of cattle killed, but none of the inhabitants were killed or injured. Two Men Carried Over the Falls. Two men, whose names could not be learned, were carried over the Grand Falls at St. John, N. 8.. while in a small rowboat, and perished. No trace of them could be found by searchers along the river banks at the foot of the falls. llig Providence Failure. The Oriental Mills Company, at Providence, 11. 1.. have .made an assignment to Samuel Ames, attorney at law. The firm became embarrassed a month ago. There are unsecured debts of 5335,000 and quick assets valued at $134,000. Forming an Umbrella Trust. New York patties have been in Norwalk, Ohio, in consultation with Sprague & French, extensive umbrella manufacturers, with a view of forming an umbrella trust. If the deal is consummated, a part of the goods will be manufactured at Norwalk. Portugal Accepts Arbitration. In the British House of Commons Sir Jam*s Fergusson. Parliamentary Secretary for Foreign Affairs, stated that Portugal had accepted in principle the arbitration of the Delagoa Bay railroad matter proposed by England and America. Death of tho “ Silver King.” John Penny, known as “Silver King,” a Scotchman who went to Bolivia. South America, a pauper, and accumulated great wealth, died at his home in that country, aged 58years. An adopted son inherits his fortune. Life Lost m a Fire. The Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Railroad elevator, just completed at West i'emphis, Tenn,, at a cost of $40,000, has been destroyed by fire, G. C. Adams, the contractor, who slept in the building, is supposed to be lest. Mr. Holman Renominated. The Democrats of the Fourth Indiana District met at Brookvillo and unanimously renominated Congressman William S. Holman. It is the nineteenth time he has been similarly honored by his party, Stilson Hutchins Married. Miss Rose Blake Keeling, daughter of the Rev. Dr-. R. J. Keeling, of Aberdeen, S. D., and Mr. Sti'lscn Hutchins, the well-known journalist, of Washington, have been married ait Baltimore. A New Method of Robbery, James O’Dea, an insane man, drew a revolver on W. T. Tyler, of Cleveland, and compelled him to hand over a chock for SI,OOO. O’Dea was arrested while endeavoring to have the check cashed. Rrokeir Fell's Severe Sentence. Broker George H. Pell, who was concerned in the wrecking of the Bixth National Bank of New Y’ork, has been sentenced to seven years and six months at hard labor in ttie State prison. Omaha Will'Be the Place. .The commission of the Methodist Episcopal Church having in charge the location of the next General Conference have

decided that it should be held in Omaha some time in 1892. Beaten on a Johnstown Suit. Forney Tar bell, who sued the Pennsylvania Railroad for $53,000 because of thd loss or his wife and children on a train that was swept away by the Johnstown flood, has been defeated. O’Connor Sell* Hi* Paper. T. P. O’Connor’s interest in the London Star has been purchased by his partners in the enterprise, the price paid being $75,030. Mr. O'Connor agrees not to start another paper in London within three years. Ended the Columbus Strike. A compromise has been agreed upon between the Consolidated Street-Car Company. of Columbus, Ohio, and its employes, and the cars have been started again. The company are to take all the old men back. A 55.000.000 Purchase. The Scioto Valley & New England Railroad has been purchased by the Norfolk & Western Company and will become a part of that system. The purchase price is said to have been $5,000,030. Alexander Badly Scared. At St. Petersburg it is reported that the Czar and family have suddenly left Gatchina for tho Peterhof Palace without making any preparation and without taking any luggage. International Typographical Union. The International Typographical Union, in session at Atlanta. Ga., adopted resolutions indorsing tne Chace-Breckinridge International copyright bilk Pugilist Tommy Kelly Arrested. Tommy Kelly, the ex-champion lightweight pugilist who cut Tommy O’Shea’s throat in a fight over John L. Sullivan a year ago, has been arrested at Boston. Will Succeed to Carlisle’s Seat. At Carrollton. Ky.. t'ie Horn W. W. Dickerson, of. Grant County, Kentucky, was nominated for Congress to succeed John G. Carlisle, elected to the Senate. The French Tariff Bill Passed. The French Chamber of Deputies has rejected all the proposed modifications of M. Moline’s tariff bill and passed the measure by a vote of 343 to 108. Silk in Her Bustle. Twenty-five yards of fine silk was found in tho bustle of Mrs. George Kieok by customs inspectors, who examined her on her arrival in Now York from Europe. Unveiled a Confederate Monument. A monument to the Confederate dead has been unveiled in Bradford Cemetery at Petersburg, Va. Ten tUousand persons wore present. Newfoundlanders Emigrating. Many of tho English inhabitant of Newfoundland are emigrating to the Canadian northwest on account of the fishery troubles. Must Answer Census Questions. Warrants have beeu issued at New York for the arrest of sixty persons for refusal to answer the questions of census enumerators. Illinois Drainage law Constitutional. A decision has been rendered by the Illi- 1 nois Supreme Court affirming the constitutionality of the drainage law. Christians Killed in Crete. Dispatches received at London bring news of further outrages in Crete, and state that three Christians have been killed. Strike at Lyons. The eas workers at Lyons, France, have gone on strike. The military and police are taking precautions to prevent disorder. Tlie President of Nicaragua Dead. Gen. Pedro Joaquin Chamoirrie, President of Nicaragua and leader of the Conservative party, died at Granada June 7. • New York’s Flood Damage. The damage by the recent floods in Central New York will amount to several hundred thousand dollars. Stanley’s American Trip. Henry M. Stanley will sail for New York with his wife on Oct. 29.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Prime $ 4.75 @ 5.50 Fair to Good 4.00 & 4.75 Common 3.00 @ 4.00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 © 4.00 Sheep 3.00 © 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 67 © .88 Cohn—No. 2 33 !£ @ .34 Oats—No. 2 27*4 © ,28'4 Rye—No. 2 47J.|# .48's Bhtteh—Choice Creamery...... .13 © .14 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 0716© ,08^4 Kggs— Fresh 11)4© .12* Potatoes—Choice new, per brl. 2.5 ) ~@ 3.00 Pork—Mess 12.50 @13.00 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 86 @ .87 Corn—No. 3 3.3’4© .34* Oats—No. 2 White 29 @ .30 Rye—Nd. 1 50 © .51 Barley—No. 2 46 @ .47 Pork—Mess 12.50 ©13.00 DETROIT, Cattle 3.00 & 4.53 Hogs 3.00 © 4.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 91 © .92 Coen—No. 2 Yellow 35)4@ .36)4 Oats—No. 2 White .32 *© .33 " TOLEDO. Wheat .go © .91 Corn—Cash 35V,@ .30* Oats—No. 2 White 29 ~© .30 NEW YORK. Cattle, 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.75 © 4.25 Sheep 4.50 © 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 94 © .ge Corn—No. 2 40 © [42 Oats—Mixed Western 33 © ‘33 Pork—New Mess 13.75 @1425 ST. LOUIS. Cattle.. 4.25 @5.00 Hogs 3.25 © 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 lied... 89 @ .90 Corn—No. 2 .32 © i32'4 Oath-No, 2 28 © .29* Rye—No. 2 51 © .51 * INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping Steers 3.00 @4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 @ 4.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 © 5.00 Wheat-No. 2 Red ,92* © .9314 Coen—No. 2 White 35 '© .3514 Oats—No. 2 White 30 © 3054 CINCINNATI. Hogs.... 3.50 @4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 © 9215 Corn-No. 2 3s © Oats—No. 2 Mixed 30 © ,31 Rye—No. 2 .54 © BUFFALO. Cattle—Good to Prime 4.25 @ 5.25 Hogs—Medium and Heavy 3,50 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 93 @ 94 Cobn-No. 2 37)4© .38*

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

RATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted On—Gist of tlie Business. Ik the course of the debate in the Senate on the 10th ingt., on the silver bill, Mr. Teller became very much excited on the subject of freecoinage, which he said was imperatively demanded by tho people. Mr. Morrill presented the conference report of the two houses upon the bill providing for the erection of a suitable 'postoffice building in the city of Washington, and requested that the Senate agree to the conference report, which, after some little discussion was done : After the conference report had been agreed to, on motion of Senator Edmunds the Senate had a brief executive -session and adjourned. The appropriation bill for the expenses of the postoffice dr partitiont for the coming fiscal year was passed by the House. An act to amend an act ior the relief of settlers on railroad lands was then taken up and passed ; also an act for the relief of settlers on public lands to protect them in actions brought bv land-grant companies, etc.; also a bill gi anting the right of way through the Fort Clarke Reservation, Tex., to the Fort Clarke and Rio Grande Railroad Company. Petitions wore received and referred to the irrigation committee, asking jor appropriations for irrigation purposes. An act to reorganize the customs collection district at Puget Sound and appropriating amounts for the salaries of collectors was then passed, and the House adjourned. Is the Senate, on the 11th inst., Mr. bill to prohibit monopoly in the transportation of cattle to foreign countries was passed, Mr. Vest having consented to the amendment offered by Mr. Hale, iusertiug the words; “Noc already contracted for, in good faith, by persons or parties having cattle for transportation at the date of such contract sufficient to occupy such storage room.” The Senate joint resolution in regard to the export trade In cattle was then taken up and adopted, it requires the President of the Unitrd States to cause correspondence and negotiations to be had with the authorities of Great Britain for the purpose of securing the abrogation or modification of the regulations now enforced which require cattle imported info Great Britain from the United Suites to be slaughtered at the port of entry, and prohibiting the same from being carried alive to other places in said kingdom. The Senate bill to provide for the inspection of live ea tie and beef products intended for export to loreign countries was then taken up and passed. It requires the Seccretary of Agriculture to cause to be made a careful inspection of all live, cattle and beef products intended for export to foreign countries from the United biates, with a view to ascertain whether such cattle and beef products are free from di&oasa. - The Senate hill tor the establishment of a port of delivery at Rock Island, 111., was passed. The folloriug bills were also passed: Senate bill for a public bdilding. at Racine, Wis., cost not to exceed $100,OOu; House bill increasing from $150,000 to $275,000 the limit of cost ior the pc blit building at Duluth, Minn.; extending the criminal jurisdiction of the Circuit and District courts to the great lakes and their connecting waters. Adverse reports were made from the Finance Committee on • Mr. Stanford’s bill ior Govorhuient loans on liens of real estate and on the bill to atolish metal money, and the bills wereiadefinitelv postponed. In the House thojconference report on tne Senate dependent pension bill was presented by Mr. Morrill, of Kansas. Mr. Morrill explained that the committee bad struck out the dependent feature of the Senate bill and the service feature of the House bill. The measure as determined upon was not exactly what he would desire, but it was the best that he could obtain. It would distribute $35,000,000 among the poor soldiers of the nation. Mr. Springer protested against the manner in which the bill was brought bofore the House, and he asked that it go over in order that it might be printed in Tiu Haoord. Mr. Morrill objected and tho previous question was then ordered, the vote being yeas, 115; nays. 27. The conference ccmmittee on the Sherman trust bill then reported, and after a debate extending over two hours it was laid over. At 4 :40 o’clock the House adjourned. In the Senate, on the 12th inst.. Senator Allison reported the legislative, executive aud judicial appropriation bill, which, as it passed the House, carried a total of $23,842,447. The Senate committee added $313,470, making a total of $21,115,917. The bill for the year 1889-’9O appropriated $20,853,725, and tho estimates for the ensuing year were $11,027,250. The bill was placed on the calendar. The silver bill then came, and speeches on the Bubiect were made by Senators Evarts, Vauce and Morgan. Mr. Evarts had a most attentive audience of a majority of the Senators throughout his sieech, notwithstanding the fact that he spoke for over two hours, and the silver question had claimed the attention of the Senate for so long. Among the bills reported from committee and placed on the calendar were two Senate bills 1o amend the polygamy laws, and tho House legislative, executive, and judicial appropriation bill. The House bill for the establishment of new harbor lines in Portage Lake, Mich., was reported aud passed. In the House, the conference report on the Sherman trust bill came up and after some discussion, on motion of Mr. Stewart, of Vermont, a new conference was ordered with instructions to the conferrees to strike out the bill and report the measurs as it came from the Senate. Mr. Spooner, of Rhode Island, presented and the House aereed to the conference report on the military academy appropriation bill. Mr. Henderson of lowa, from tho Committee on Appropriations, reported an urgent deficiency bill, appropriating $3,708,000 for the payment of pensions and $3,075,000 tor expenses of the eleventh census. Passed. Mr. Morrow, of California, presented the conference report on the pension appropriation hill. The report, which is a disagreeing one, was adopted, and a further conference was ordered. The House then went into committee of the whole for the cousideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. The commitiee soon rose and the bill was passed. The House then took a recess, and the evening session was devoted to the consideration of bills reported from the Com.mittee on Commerce.

In the Senate, on the 13th Inst., the resolution offered the previous day by Mr, Edmunds ap-. pointing Edward K. Valentine Sergeant-at-arms, of the Senate, was taken up and agreed to—an amendment offered by Mr. Karris, substituting the name of Henry W. Wall, of Tennessee, hav-. ing been first voted down. The Senate silver bill was then taken up and finally it was agreed, by unanimous consem, that the Senate bill should be laid on the table; the House bill, as amended by the Finance Committee,substituted for it; the general debate to extend till 3 o’clock. on Monday. Mr. Daniel next addressed the Senate. Without concluding his speech, Mr. Daniel yielded for a motion to go into executive session., and after a brief secret session the Senate adjourned. The Houso went into committee ■ of the whole on the sundry civil appropriation bill. Mr. Cannon said that the amount of appropriation carried by the measure was, in round numbers, $26,000,091. The fourteen regular appropriation bills, as reported to the House, aggregated an expenditure of $306,000,000, an excess of $15,000,000 over the appropriations for tne current year. The excess was nearly all accounted for in three bills—pension, $18,000,000; . postoffice, $12,000,000 and naval, $2,160,000. The other $3,000,000 resulted from the expansion incident to the growth of the country. Mr. Cannon then gave a statement of the attitude of the appropriation bills. The following amendments were adopted: Appropriating SIO,OOO for a public building at Cedar Rnpidß, Iowa; appropriating SIO,OOO for an elevator in the public building at Peoria, Ill.; appropriating $30,000 for a public building at Martiusburg, W. Va.; . increasing from $35,000 to $40,000 the appropriation for the public buiidiug at Winona, Minn. .

We Welcome June Because

Her roses never fail. She ushers summer in. She brings the native berry. She is the queen of months. This is"earth’s blooming-time. She is so friendly, generous, and fair. . New bobolinks sing their rollicJfrug songs. With her come visions: ©f nest and va--cation. '