Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 December 1890 — Page 2

C&egtmocrttticSentintl RENSSELAER, INDIANA, fW. McEWEN, . - - fPMJgan.

AROUND THE WORLD.

INTELLIGENCE FROM EVERY PART OF THE GLOBE. News from Foreign Shore*—Domestic Happenings— Personal Pointer*—Labor Motes Political Occurrences Fires, Accidents, Crimes, Etc. SENATORS ABSENT THEMSELVE *. The Sergeant-at-arms Has to Help Secure a Quorum. The small attendance of Senators on tho 22d attracted the attention of the Democrats, and Mr. Harris demanded a call of the roll. Thirty-two Senators responded to the call—twelve less than a quorum. The Bergeant-at-arms was directed, on motion of Mr. Hoar, to request the presence of absent Senators. In the course of half an hour a quorum made its appearance.' Mr. Cockru'l. from the Committee on Military Affairs, (sported, and the Senate passed, a bill to establish tho Record and Pension Office of the War Department. Mr. Dawes presented, and the Senate [adopted, the conference report on the Sioux Reservation bill. Mr. Cullom, by request, Introduced a bill to incorporate the Pan-American Transportation Company. Referred. Mr. Spooner submitted various conference reports on public building measures. The reports were agreed to. The bills authorize the construction of public buildings at Sioux City, Iowa; Kansas City, Mo.; and Stockton, Cal. As agreed upon In conference, the bills are left as they came from the House, which struck out tho clauses making appropriations. Nothing of Importance was done in the House.

GRANGER lOWA HEARD FROM. Significant Speech at a Banquet of New Fork Cap tallots. A significant speech was made by Mr. A. B. Cummins, of lowa, atthe New York banquet of the New England Society, In response to tho toast, “A Message from tho Grangers.” The society is composed mostly of the wealthy capitalists of New York. Mr. Cummins said: There have been times when the yeomanry of lowa were synonymous for honesty and fair dealing the world over; but In recent years confidence lias been withdrawn, ,$> and they are now the objects of cold distrust and severe displeasure. More than this; I speak to men who have closely observed tho ~ progress of affvirs during the last decade, and I but revive your memories in saying that It has witnessed a gradually deepening struggle between the great corporate interests and the people of the Granger States, between those who have money and those who have It not, which must always Lave been regarded with anxiety, but which has now grown to an Intensity that may well excite alarm. I may be, I hope lam In this instance, incapable of correctly estimating the importance or sequence of events; but 1 am driven to the bel*ef that the breach alreay opened may become so vast an abyss that inta it may fall the prosperity of tho whole country. We. may well beware of that evil day when the farmers of the West, Irritated by constant warfare, soured by reckloss Injustice and borne down by poverty, shall be seduced Into the ranks of those adventurers whose only hope Is anarchy, and who even now menace the stability of government, the supremacy of law and the orderly administration of .ristice. INDIANS GIVE IT UP. 1 Sitting Ball'* Band or Hostile* Finally Surrender. Sitting Bull’s band of 150 warriors, led by Big Foot, have surrendered to 001. Sumnor, who with 200 soldiers succeeded in surrounding them lu the vicinity of Standing Rock while they were making for the Bad Lands. The Bad Land leaders counted upon 800 Indians from Standing Rock including Sitting Bull’s band of 200 Indians from tho heyenne Agency, and Hump and Big • -i’oot’s braves at Cherry Creek, and accessions from northern agencies which would have swelled the hostile camps to over 1,000. “Had the conjunction been effected,” said Gen. Miles, “these Indians, In the absence of military protection, could have massacred as many whito settlers as the • Sioux did In the Minnesota troubles of 1862.” Col. Sumner In his dispatch announcing the capture of Big Foot, says: ‘‘This cleans up the Indians along the Cheyenne.” He has orders to take the Sitting Bull and Big Foot parties into Fort Meade, or if more practicable to Pierre. Gen. Brooke wires that Turning Bear with his band, the advance of the Pino Ridge delegation to the hostile camps, has arrived at the Bad Lands. Gen. Brooke has sent word of the surrender of the Bull people and Big Foot, and thinks this* 1 pews will aid his ambassadors In their work of hurrying In the recalcitrants.

Went to Meet Her Lover. At 2 o’clock one morning a Pittsburgh police officer saw a young girl dressed In her night-clothes and barefooted In the freezing air standing at the corner of Fifteenth and Carson - streets. She turned out to be Louise Llebenderfer, aged 19, who was sleep-walking. The girl had walked down the Knoxville incline on the Icy ties—a sheer 1,000 feet of almost perpendicular height. The girl acknowledged she was in love with a young man and ■was going to him. Her mother declares she swam the Kanawha River three times one winter night while asleep. Miss Louise is In hod suffering from exposure, but was not seiloasly Injured. An Outlaw’s Escapo* .Tohn Turlington, the condemned muderor of Sheriff Cramer of Booneville, Mo., who recently escape I and was recaptured, contrived to cut a hole in the top of his cell, which adjoins the roof, and by soaping his body crawled through and by means of a rope made of one of bis blankets reached the ground. He stole one of the Sheriff’s horses and rode off. Ho was discovered near Ottervllle coucea'cd in a corn-shock. Kobbotl by Masked Men. While a special train on the Peoria. Decatur and Evansville Railroad was stopping at Olney, 111., for the locomotive to take water, two masked men entered the caboose and robbed Conductor Hampton and the brakeman of their watches and considerable money. The robbers caught them dff their guard and covered them with their pistols. Driven Crazy by White Caps. The Rev. Milton Lee, of Danville, 111., has become violently insane. Last summer some unknown persons threw Into his dooryard a bunch of hickory switches, a white cap and a letter In which he was warned that If he did not treat his family better he would be tied up and whipped. Lee worried him - cel t crazy over this affair. I Spotted-Fever In Texas. Fairfield, Tex., is In a (state of Intense ex ’ rite merit over the scourge of spotted-fever or, perhaps, ncwingltls. Nearly all the Stores are defied.

THE BUSINESS WOULD UNSETTXJtD. Trade Continues Largo bat Thar* fa a Want of Confidence. ft. c. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade •Ays: Business continues large for the season, but there Is perceptibly less confidence. The causes appear to be: First, prospect of important monetary legislation, the effects of which arc not clearly foreseen; second, frequent failures and greater difficulties In making collections; and, third, less satisfactory conditions in some large branches of industry. Probably more people are affected as to business undertakings, often unconsciously, by uncertainly about financial legislation and its effects, than by any other cause. Though the rate for money on call is lower than a week ago, and money is easier at Boston and Philadelphia, there is still stringency at most points throughout the country. Complaints of slow collections have rarely been more general, and in many cases settlements can be made only with notes pr renewals. But In all quarters there Is hope that after Jan. 1 things may improve In this respect. If legislative prospects do not meanwhile cause greater shrinkage of credits and curtailment of purchases. At Chicago receipts of wheat and wool are a third below last year’s, of hides larger, and of other products about the same. Sales of merchandise exceed last year’s, money is firm but regular business supplied, and there Is confidence In the Immediate future. At Milwaukee and Detroit trade Is good, at Cleveland fair, and at Cincinnati quiet in wholesale lines.

FOUND A CUKE FOR LOCKJAW. Dr. Landos. of Philadelphia, Makes an Important Discovery. While the civilized world is ringing with praises of the Koch lymph cure for consumption, Dr. E. 11. Landes, of the Veterinary Department of the University of Pennsylvania, has been making a number of successful experiments that leave no doubt in the minds of gentlemen of broad experience, that he bus discovered the bacillus of that always fatal and much-dreaded disease known us lockjaw or tetanus. The investigations of Dr. Landes date back to 1889, and were first brought about by the fact that in 1888 the Fourth of July toy pistol did so much to cause fatalities among the junior population of Philadelphia. It was during this period lockjaw prevailed to such an extent as to almost amount to an epidemic and there was no case cured, Dr. Zulll, one of the surgeons In chief of the veterinary school, said to a reporter; ‘•I have no doubt that Dr. Landes has found the bacillus that causes lockjaw, and I think his experiments, with which I am perfectly familiar, prove beyond a doubt that It Is the same germ that has been found by Dr. Parke, of Buffalo, N. Y., and who has demonstrated the fact that it Is the bacillus responsible for tetanus.”

NO USE FOR MORTGAGES. How Kansas Fanner* Take Back Their Property on Which Creditors Havo Foreclosed. Thomas Guthrie, his wife and four children, and the father and mother of Guthrie, 75 and 71 years old. respectively, living on a, farm In Evans Township, Kingman County, Kan., were Sailed upon early one morning by masked Alliance men, about sixty In number, and forced out of their home, and without household goods were escorted flf teen miles southeast and left near where they resided for some years until recently. Guthrie was a tenant on a quarter section which fell Into the hands of Jarvis, Conklin & Co., by foreclosure proceedings last August. It had formerly been owned by John Cassidy, a prominent Alliance man, who soon after the Guthries were moved away was accompanied back by an Alliance crowd to his former home with his family and effects. Tire Alliance say they do not propose to allow any of their members to lose their homes just to benefit mortgage companies. L. W. Clapp, agent of tho mortgage company concern, said that he was getting the names of all those Interfering with his business and would give them the benefit of all the law that would apply to them. He says ho will have possession of the property soon, and hold it If ho Is compelled to maintain a military company.

ANOTHER BIG BANK FAILURE. S. A. Kean & Co.. One of the Oldest Banks in Chicago, Goes Under. S. A. Kean & Co., of Chicago, one of the best known banks in the Northwest, has failed, and Samuel A. Kean, head of the house, and George B. Warne, the cashier, are under arrest charged with receiving deposits only a few hours before the failure, and when they knew the bank was insolvent. This is a grave charge, and, if proved, constitutes the crime of embezzlement. The schedule of assets as estimated by the assignee foots up a total of $497,500. The liabilities are figured at $1,500,000. MEXICO IN HARD LUCK. It Is to Be the Future Home or «ie Mormon Church. A large real-estate deal, which also includes the transfer of the headquarters of the Mormon Church from Utah to Mexico, has been consummated by Mr. B. C. Faurot, President of the Lima (Ohio) National Bank, and John W. Young, elder son of Brigham Young. The deal comprises the sale of 8.000,030 acres of land in the northern part of Mexico.

Squatters on Reserved Lands. Nearly every valuable tract of reserved land In the Eau Claire, Wis., district has been occupied by squatters. In a few days they will come to the Land Office to make entry. The applications will, of course, be rejected in all cases where entry has already been made, and appeals will be taken. There were about forty entries accepted Saturday, and doubtless each will Involve a contest. Some of the squatters have occupied the land for years. Couldn’t Attend His Child's Funeral. The Rev. James Campbell, a Methodist preacher of Columbus, Ind., has been found guilty of committing a criminal operation upon Annie Huntsman, and was sentenced ta a term of three years In the State Prison. His child, a girl aged (5 years, died the day before he was sentenced to prison and the court ordered that Campbell should he permitted to attend the funeral, but the Sheriff positively refused to obey the Order. A motion will be made for a new trial. Murder and suicide. Dr. F. O. Vincent, Fresno, Cal., secured a a hack the other day and was driven to the residence of his wife, from whom he has been separated for some time. Shortly after he, entered the house three shots were heard by the neighbors, who rushed In and found Mrs. Vincent dead. Three wounds were discovered, one of which passed through heart. Dr. Vincent was arrested and tajten to Jail, where he soon fell Into unconsciousness, having apparently taken poison, Negroes Paying Their Poll-Tax. Two hundred negroes that have not heretofore paid their poll-tax have gone to the Sheriff’s office at Jackson, Miss., since the collection of taxes commenced and settled up. It Is estimated that this number will hie more than doubled Id that county alone.

Reports from other portions at the State am to the same Effect. The rcasdn for this is that the new congtffutlon requires the production of a fiefl-tax receipt as a prerequisite to vote. Aa Old Man fine* for Damages. A novel divorce case came up in court at Dubuque the other day. Dr. William H. Seeley, a man over 80 years old, wants separation from his wife, who is 10 years old. He alleges adultery and cruelty, bu tthe strongest claim made by him Is that they never were legally married. The woman coaxed him to marry her while her husband was on his dying bed and the ceremony was performed two weeks before he died. Heir to a Million Dollar*. Nina Stark, who registered at the Benison House, Indianapolis, the other night has inherited by the death of her fatheb-in-law an estate valued at nearly a million. She and her husband went to Colorado for tho benefit of his health, and a couple of months ago he sent her home,evidently with the intention of deserting her, as she heard from him no more. He has since died and his portion of his father's estate.falls to her.

Man-Hunt in Indiana. The Sheriff and posse of Madison, tnd., with many Hanover students, were out nearly all Sunday night, scouring the country In search of the two tramps who assaulted Miss Morse at nanover. A skiff was stolen below the city and abandoned on the Kentucky side of the river. It is supposed the perpetrators of the outrage thus escaped A posse is now In Trimble County, Kentucky, endeavoring to flud their traU. Showed How to Kill a Chicken. James Hannon, while showing a funeral party at Peoria, 111., how to kill a chicken, broke the neck of Patrick Lyons, a man 60 years of age. The entire party were sitting in a saloon after the funeral, and Hannon gave tho old man’s neck a slight twist. The fact that the old man was dead did not develop until several hours later when the party rose to go home. The practical illustration had broken his neck. Shot by Hi* Brother-ia-Law. Philip Maloney, a farmer living near Antlgo, Wls., was shot by his brother-in-law, Walter Mosher. Maloney and Mosher had some trouble over property, and Maloney stopped at Mosher’s house to talk the matter over, and as he left the house Mosher fired through tho window. The ball passed through Maloney’s abdomen. He cannot live.

A Strange Disappearance. Searching parties from Bearsdale, Macon County, 111., are looking for Jesse Cowgtll, a farmer who has been missing since Monday morning, when ho started for Decatur to make Christmas purchases. It is believed that Cowgill has been murdered for his money. Boy* Sentenced for Stealing Liquor. Ingwald Bakkcn and Frank Giroux, for stealing a case of liquor, were sentenced by Justice Hoffman, of Black River Falls, Wls. Bakken goes to tho State Reform School till he attains his majority, and Giroux is to pay SSO and costs or go to tho county jail for sixty days. Capture of a Counterfeiter. The St. Louis police have made a good capture of a counterfeiter. They arrested John Edwards, who has served several terms for counterfeiting, and on his premises found all the implements, dies, plasters, etc., needed for the counterfeiting of silver dollars. Plot to Munlir the Czar. The Paris Figaro publishes Russian advices stating that another plot to murder the Czar has been discovered. The conspirators are members of a noblemen’s club. Several Polos have been arrested for complicity in the plot and the club-house has been closed. a v, An Independent Refinery Gone. The Standard 071 Company has gobbled another independent company, the concern being the Delaware Oil Company, who sold Its refinery, tank-oars, etc., to the big monopoly. The sale of the Delaware leaves only two independent concerns in operation.

Decision in a Big Land Case. The Minnesota Supreme Court has handed down a decision settling tho celebrated swamp-land litigation which assures to tha Duluth and Iron Range Road the title to between 3,000,000 and 4,000,000 acres of land in the northern part of the State. Trying the Lymph on Lepers. Two lepers have received injections of the Koch lymph at Berlin. The experiment is boing made at the request of the patients. Jumped in Front oi a Train. Thomas Plummer, a farmer living near Wichita, Kas., committed suicide by jumping In front of a rapidly moving passenger train. Found a Robbers' Cave. A genuine robbers’ cave has been discovered at South Haven, Mich., In which a quantity of goods stolon at the time of the d sastr»Bb fire in that place was found.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.25 @ 5.50 Hoas—Shipping Gra.es 3.09 @ 3.50 ““EBP 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 lied ‘<2 (c$ 93 Corn—No. 2 .52 @ !53 Oats—No. 2 41U@ .42 Rye—No. 2 67 @ ,67’4 Butter—Choice Creamery.. 20 @ .29 Cheese—Fall Cream, flats U)’4@ ,iov Loos—Fresh. 23 @ .24 Potatoes—western, per bu 85 @ !oo INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.50 @ 4.75 Hogs—Choice Light SJXi @ 3.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 8.0.) @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 94 «ts [9414 Cohn—No. 1 White 50 & ,50V, , Oats—No. 2 White .43 @ .48',, ST. LOUIS. Cattle t 4.00 @ 5.50 Hogs.... 3.u0 & 3-50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 95u @ <J6V> Corn—No. 2 48 @ 49 Oats—No. 2 43 @ ‘44 Barley—Nebraska 72 aa 74 CINCINNATI. Rattle 3.00 @ 4.50 H lo * 3.09 & 3.75 £? EEP 3.09 @5.25 Wheat— No. 2 Red 99 @ .990 Corn—No. 2 52 @ 501^ Oats—No. 2 Mixed 46V, <4 471/ MILWAUKEE. ' 3 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 87 @ 88 Corn—No. 3 4814@ '49U Oats-No. 2 White .43 @ M* Rye—No. 1 67 @ .68 Barley—No. 2 65 @ oe „ DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 g scq £ ogs 3.00 @ 3.5 J 5heep........ 3.00 ((t 400 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 93 @ 99 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 52 «* '53 Oats —No. 2 White 45&,<t 46 TOLEDO. ' Wheat..... 96)43) .97U Oats—No. 2 White Am <t '46>! „ BUFFALO. ‘ * Cattle—Good to Prime. 4.00 @ 509 Hogs—Medium and Heavy 3.50 a 175 W’heat—No. 1 Hard 1.93 @ 108 V, Corn-No. 2 K EAST LIBERTY. 2& Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 & 475 HoGS-Light.... : 3.25 ■'< 3*75 Sheep—Medium to Good. 4.00 @5 25 NEW YORK. bnKEP 4,00 @5 75 Wheat-No. 2 Red 1.06 @ Corn—No. 2.... 63 a 65 Oats—Mixed Western 47 @ '59

THEY’RE GOOD INDIANS.

FOUR RED MURDERERS CONE TO MEET +HE MESSIAH. They Start on tho Trip to the Happy Hamting Ground* by tho Kope Boats—A History or the Crime* for Which Thsy Paid the Penalty of tho Law. The greatest hanging that ever took place in Montana, says a Missoula dispatch, occurred Friday morning, Dec. 19, at 10:45, when Pierro Paul, Lalasee, Antley, and Pascal, the four Indian murderers, were executed. All died game. They took their places on the trap without trembling, and when the caps were being drawn over Antley’s and Pierro Paul’s faces they smiled. Pierre Paul and Pascal said they were guilty and were to die like men. The trap tell at 10:45 and the necks of the four were broken. In twenty minutes the bodies were cut down. They were buried on the Flathead' Reservation.

The executed Indians, belonged to the Flathead tribe, whose reservation Is In

CHIEF ÆNEAS.

committed by them for the purpose of robbery. The Flatheads are mostly Catholics and partly’ civilized. The Jesuits commenced work among thegiabout fifty years ago, and

they cultivate the soil and practice the simpler trades, while the boys and girls’ schools are well attended, and some i of the leading members of tho tribe'have amassed wealth. Chief ASneas Is reputed to be worth SIOO,OOO. Under the present agent, Peter Ronan, who was appointed twelve years ago, the tribe has made rapid progress. He is a kindhearted man, firm and

courageous, and he thoroughly understands the Indian character. The Flatheads soon learned to know him,and to understand that their treatment depended entirely upon their conduct- He succeeded in establishing a native court among them for tho trial of offenses committed by Indians against members of their own tribe, and It has worked very satisfactorily with Chief .Eneas as judge. But there were some among the Flatheads who were not amenable to the influence of thelr-own chiefs, tho priests or tho agent.

They were idle and fond of “firewater,” and becume a burden to their own people and a terror to travelers coming to the neighborhood of the reservation. They became so unpopular in the tribe that .they spent most of the [time wandering beI tween the reservation and the British possessions. This section is rich In minerals and is much frequented by

LALLACEE.

prospecting parties. During the last three years many men who started out singly on prospecting tours in the neighborhood of the reservatlon_mysterlously disappeared, and investigation revealed the fact that these Indian outlaws had formed themselves Into a band to rob and murder travelers found In Isolated places. The bodies of the victims were left to be devoured by wild beasts. The bodies of some of the murdered whites were found, and, through the confes-

sions of Indians, the guilt was fastened on the murderers. The body of an unknown man was found on the I bank of the Kootena I River, and shortly as-1 ter those of two pros- \ pectors were discovered. These were victims of Lallacee and Pierre Paul. It was proved that Antley, with others, had ambushed and murdered three prospectors, Ben Tomp-

kins, Dan McDonald and Bill Suley. His fellow murderers were captured and lynched. Pascale confessed to some Indians who testified against him that ho had murdered James W. Dunn, of lowa, who was on his way from Post Falls, Idaho, to British Columbia, with $2,000 on his person. He crept up behind Dunn and shot him in the back. He buried part of the money and afterward asked the aid of the Indians who gave evidence against him in securing it. Sheriff Houston, of Missoula County, organized a large party and went to the res-

PASCALE.

and covered them with their Winchesters, so that resistance was useless. Antley and Pascale were later found on the reservation and delivered up by Chief JEneas. The trial lasted a week.

HOW THEY BEGAN.

Edison was a telegraph operator. P. T. Baknum kept a country store. Henry M. Stanley was a reporter. Justice Miller clerked in a drug store. Garfield walked the tow-path of a canal. Gen. Grant was a tanner and a farmer. Gen. N. P. Banks began life as a factory boy. Mark Twain was employed on a Mississippi River boat. Senator Stanford was a country lawyer in Wisconsin. Blaine and Cleveland were teachers in schools for the blind. Gladstone has had no occupation but that of a student and politician. Ben Butler once supported himseft by making chairs at 30 cents a day. The Rev. Dr. Meredith, who, next to Dr. Talmage, preaches to the largest audiences in Brooklyn, was a sailor boy., Gold is very sectile—that is, can be cut and shaved with A knife, like a piece of wood or horn, while pyrites and other worthless minerals will crumble under tho knife-blade like a lump of sugar.

Missoula County.and is, on account of its fine situation -and plentiful stock of game, much frequented by tourists Ifrom the . IJast and Ifrom Europe. The crimes by which the pfour bad In dlan* forfeited their lives were brought fully home to them, but were probably only a few among many deliberate murders

ANTLEY.

PIERRE PAUL.

ervation to capture the murderers or ascertain their whereabouts. Chief JEneas was Willing to help him, but the culprits had fled, and were only overtaken by the Sheriff’s armed party within a few miles of the British line. They came upon Lallacee and Pierre Paul suddenly as they were breaking camp in the early morning

A BAD RAILWAY WRECK

TWENTY PEOPLE KILLED IN A CANADA HORROR. An Entire Train Hurled from a Bridge Thirty-five Feet to the Ground Below—°ver * Score Killed and Many Pacsengers Injured Beyond Hope Of Recovery —How tho Accident Occurred. [St. Joseph De Levis (Que.) dispatch.] A terrible railway wreck occurred here to-day, on the opposite side of the river from which the town is built. The Halifax express, No. 33, going to Montreal by the Intercolonial Railway, was due at 11:15 o'clock this forenoon, but was reported twenty minutes late. On approaching the town, and when a few yards from the bridge which crosses the principal street near the parish church, the entire train, with the exception of the engine and baggage-car, was precipitated over the bridge into the street below, carrying with it ali of its occupants. So far as can be ascertained, the number of killed will exceed twenty. The names are not all obtainable, but the dead bodies which have so far been extricated number fifteen. Among the dead recognizable are: Captain Belanger, of Bathurst, New Brunswick; Joseph P, Blais, Kamouraska; Joseph Leclaire, Levis; Blaunlein, brakeman: Lecierc, a boy of Levis; Dronne, Gauvln, Winner. Tho last three belong to Quebec. * The following received injuries: Mr. and Miss Fuller, of Halifax, severe internal injuries; Mrs. Fuller, fatally hurt; Mr. Cote, of St. Gervais Rimouskl, internal injuries; Newsboy Michaud, of Levis, badly bruised; Thomas Foley, of Halifax, large hole in his head, and badly bruised'about tho body; Miss Foley, itfs daughter, slightly bruised; Michael Le* Bet, aged 78, of Kamouraska, fatally injured; Brakeman Peaulcu, fatally injured; Everißto Coyett. St. Claire, seriously injured about body and Internally; Mrs. G. Gagnon, Levis, right leg badly crushed and internal injuries; Dionne,'

merchant from St. Denis, contusions about Read and body and interal injuries; Simpson, MQjjtrpal, -insensible when seen, bruised In face and legs; Mr. and Mrs. Peaulcu, from St,. 1 , Anne de la; Pocotlere, severely injured; T. Wilson, from Nova Scctfa, right leg fractured and bruises in faisd; Mrs. Beauchemln, from St Perpetue, idjured Internally, leg broken, and face horribly mangled; Yermigetide Gagnon* from St Felicite. leg broken and head cut In several places; E. J. Farrell, Dundas, Ont., internally injured, removed to Jeffrey Hale Hospital; Halstin of Nova Scotia, bruised; Dr. Morrissette, fi;om Stj. Henedine, bruised; Alfred Dobson of Oampbellton, N. 8., legs broken; Thomas Pelltetier, 3calp wound; Dr. Tanuauay, from Gervais, bruised In face and on legs; Abel Migncault of Sandy Bay, rtbs broken and other internal injuries; dying; Aresencault of Levis, badly bruised; the Rev. M. Gerneau, cure of Beaumont, slightly bruised; O. Brochu and M. Plante, slightly bruised; a priest of the Redemptory Order, badly cut about the head; Alfred Anson, leg fractured In several places; Mrs. Caron, of St Claire, scalp wound; George Walker, conductor of the train, bruised face; Ferdinand Marceau, of Levis, scalp wound and broken fingers: M. Lavoie, baggageman, dislocated shoulder; Eugene Robetaille, of Lorette, hands mashed and fractured leg. Tho cars which went over the bridge turned completely over on top of each other and were smashed to splinters, having fallen a distance of thirty-five feet. Crowds of people gathered round tho scene, and at once set to work to clear up the wreck. The piteous lamentations of the wounded and dying and their feeble attempts to extricate themselves from among the debris were affecting in the extreme. Those of'the passengers who had miraculously escaped gallantly set to work to aid their suffering fellow travelers. A special train from Quebec with a staff of doctors scon arrived, and as one by one the’ Injured and mangled were brought fbOm the wreck they wore attended to and their wofmds dressed.

The accident happened on the loop line running in from St. Charles Junction to Levis, a distance of eighteen miles. At Horlake Junction connection is made with the Quebec Central, an'd from there to Levis, a distance of six miles, there is a heavy down grade coming west, as tho track comes down from the heights to nearly the river’s level. Passing through the village of St. Joseph the roadbed is high above the street on a solid earth embankment, and across the river is an iron bridge about twenty-five feet long and thirty feet above the street. The embankment continues beyond the bridge some distance, and along here the track makes a number of short curves with heavy down grades. At a short distance above Levis the road strikes the bank of the St. Lawrence and then runs along on crib-work at a considerable elevation above the river until Levis Station is reached. The real cause of the accident has not been definitely ascertained, but it is generally thought that it was caused by the breaking of an axle bn the baggage-car and an endeavor ;to make up lost time. The train was mac|e up of baggage and mail car, one second-class, one firstclass car, and-one, sleeper. Fortunately the curve on which they were running threw the cars away fro™ each other, and though tho heavy slebper was carried half the length of the first-class car it ran along side of it instead of crushing through it, as it would have done in a straight line. The sleeper was not so badly smashed as the; other cars. The engine, still drawing the baggage and mail cars, passed over the bridge, the timbers of whichi were badly broken up by the two cars derailed by the plunge of those In the rear. After passing tho bridge the mail car went down the embankment, having apparently turned completely over In its descent The engine and derailed baggage-car continued on, passing over a second road bridge safely, and were brought to a standstill a few hundred yards further on. f

“O, no!” said the giddy young woman, “I never expect to adopt music as a profession: I merely,make ita means of killing time.” “I have no doubt,” replied the unamiable old gentleman, “that in your hands the weapon proves as effective as could be desired.” —Washington Post. • • ' » Clebicus (clinching the argument)— Worth makes the man and want of ljl the fellow. Cynicus—Yes? How much does he have to be worth? —New York Herald. . * • ; “

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Law-Makers and What TheyAro Doing for tho Good of tho Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed,. and Acted UponThe Senate, with a small attendance ofmembers, proceeded 'OB the A7th with theusual routine business of the morning hour.. When Mr. Quay called up the bill.providingfor the sale of the old Customs-House-building at Erie, Pa., Mr. Blair protested against giving time to such unimportant matters while so many hills of national Importance were pending, and said that If theSenate could do nothing else during the present session but change its rules It should do. that, and fhture Senators could theu proceed to do something for the country. After - a long debate the Eou«e passed the- apportionment bill with amendment—yeas, 187; nays, 82. Mr. Flower presented l the claims of New York City for p recount. MV. Washington of Tennessee also argued: in favor of the recount. Mr. Allen of Mississippi thought it a mistake to Increase the House membership. Mr. Tillman es South Carolina spoke In favor of tho bill. He defended the Superintendent of the as did also Mr. McKenna of California. Mr. Blount of Georgia favored the bill. The previous question was ordered and a vote taken on Mr. Mcßae’s amendment to ■ make the membership 359. It was lost—yeas, 113; nays, 145. Mr. Washington offered as a substitute for Mr. Flower’s, amendment (to give Now York one moreRepresentative) an amendment ordering a recount In New York City and county, therepresentation of New York to be made thirty-five If the recount warrants It. Lost —yeas, 123; nays, 148. Mr. Flower withdrew his amendment and the bill was< passed—yeas, 187; nays, 82. It fixes themembership of the House of Reprosentatlvesat 356..

Is the Senate, the election bill was taken up again on tho 18th, and Mr. Coke spoke, iin apposition to it. Mr. Cullom (Republican accepted the bill os tho best that could, bo framed to meet the evils complained of, with the understanding that he should favor such amendments as might be offered and might meet his approbation. The bill, s he said, had been opposed on the other side“of the chamber, notably by Mr. Gray and. Mr. George, on the ground that the General Government had no right undertho’ Constitution to control and manage the election of Representatives to Congress, in tho States. But in that objection therewas no virtue. The duty was Imposed upon It by tho Constitution and by the results of the war—to protect the negro of the South. Ip his right to cast a free ballot and to havea fair count; in bis right to exercise, ' without fear of violence and undeterred by threats of any kind, all the political rights of American citi- ' tens. The time was at hand, Mr. "I’ullom declared, when the authority off Ihe Government must be interposed In beittlf of the negroes of the South. In thenorning hour in the House the pending Measure was the Senate bill amending the-literstate-com merco act by providing forthe taking of depositions by notariespublic. The bill was passed. Mr. Farqunar, of New York, as Chairman of theCommittee on Merchant Marine and Fisheries, movqd that the House go Into committee of the whole for the consideration of theSenate bill to place the American marineengaged in the foreign trade on an equalitywith that of other nations, with the House substitute therefor. Mr. Farquhar made a motion that the House go Into committee of the whole on the state of the Union, and the House proceeded to the consideration off the Senate bill to place the American merchant marine on an equality with that off Dther nations.

Mr. Stanford addressed the Benate on. the 19th In explanation and advocacy of his, bill to provide the Government with means, sufficient to supply the national want of a Round circulating medium. Said he: “Thebill I am now considering proposes to put the Government in a condition to issue a supply of money equal substantially to the general demand, and to erect a standard by which the Government may determine what la the amount needed. This has never been attempted by any Government. The money (legal tender notes) will'be issued under the provisions of this bilk upon unimpeachable and practically inexhaustible security, and ita supply is ascertained and determined by the rate which the borrower can afford to pay. Two per cent. Is the amount to be paid to the Government for the loan of Its money, and solong as money Is worth more than 2 per cent., the security being practically Inexhaustible. money will always be borrowed: from the Government, and thus the Government will be able to discharge its duty and supply the general want. As borrowed money Is not expected to lie idle, but to be used, it goes into general circulation to. supply the needs of business, and its abundance stimulates not only the larger but the smaller enterprises and industries on. which so largely depend the steady employment of labor with its natural consequences—general prosperity. The rate ot interest on these loans on real estate is fixed at 2 per cent, in the bill, but in timemay be reduced as experience shallteach. The rate of interest charged by the Government under the provisions o this bill will not necessarily fix thegeneral rate of Interest for business purposes. That always will be determined bylts value in use. The farmer having this best security will borrow for ids own use or the use of others who may bo willing to pay him a satisfactory interest. Tho bankerborrows money from the Government free of interest and loans it at such rate as itsuse commands in the market. No buslnessof importance was transacted in the .ilouse.

Mr. Pettigrew Introduced In the Senate, on the 20th, a bill to prohibit the sale ot firearms and ammunition to Indians on reservations. Referred. A dozen private pension bills wore taken up and passed. Mr, Moody, from the Committee on Indian, Depredation Claims, reported from theHouso a bill for the adjudication of claims arising from Indian depredations. Calendar. Mr. Platt introduced a Joint resolution appropriating SIOO,OOO to enable the President, to take action to obtain from the Germ ad Government a supply of the remedy discovered by Dr. Koch and the formula for the, manufacture of the same. Laid over. Mr. Paddock gave notice that after the consideration of the pending bill sand before It should be concluded, If Its debate was to be, protracted to any great extent) he would ask the Senate to take up the pure food bill, which was demanded by the farmers from, one end of the country to the other. Mr. Edmunds demanded the regular order,, and the floor was taken by Mr. Spooner in. a speech in advocacy of the election bill. In the House Mr. Milllken of Maine presented a number of conference reports on. public building bills. In every case thechango mado In the measure was purely verbal In Its character, and though thisstatemont was made by Mr. Milllken Mr. Rogers of Arkansas Insisted upon the reading of each report In full. The reports wereall agreed to, but a good deal of time was consumed. . ,

BIG THINGS.

The highest waterfall in the world isthat of the Yellowstone River. Trie greatest cave in the world is thoMammoth Cave in Kentucky. The greatest lake in the world is Lake Superior, 430 miles long and 1,000 feet, %’he largest bell in tho world is the sreat bell of Moscow, which weighs 440,TOO pounds. A mortgage on a railroad for $75, 000,000, the largest on record, has just , been filed at Pittsburg.