Democratic Sentinel, Volume 14, Number 52, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1891 — Page 2

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A NEWSY MELANGE.

DOINCS OF OUR NEIGHBORS AT HOME AND ABROAD. Events of Interest and Importance in Every Quarter of the Globe—Religious Intelligence Crimes and Casualties— Industrial Notes —Personal Mention. DOESN’T WANT FREE COINAGE. “ Speech in the Senate by John Sherman Against the PropositionAfter the reading of the journal in the Senate Mr. Morgan, on behalf of Mr. Colquitt, gave notice of an amendment to the financial bill abolishing the tax on State hanks. A bill was passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Red River of the North at Drayton, N. 1). Also hills for the erection of public buildings at Fresno, Cal., $75,000. and at Joliet, 111., SIOO,OOO. The Senate then resumed the consideration of the financial bill, and Was addressed by Mr. Sherman. The Stewart amendment, he said, was a radical proposition which changed the whole character of the bill and excited his feelings somewhat. He thought that under tiie circumstances he was justified in all he said the other day, and what lie said then he repeated now. But now he wished to discuss the measure as a business question which affected the rights and property of every citizen of the United States. It would be perceived that the amendment was a proposition that the United States should pay $1.29 for every ounce of silver bullion that might be offered from any part of the world. Not only was the United States bound to purchase all the bullion offered at $1.29 per ounce, but it had no option as to the mode of payment. The option was in the hands of the owner. This proposed measure gave a preference to silver or gold; not only this, but (whether intended or not) this amendment was offered in such a way that it was not open to further amendment. The price was fixed at $1.29. To-day the value of silver in the markets of the world was something about $1.03 an ounce. Here was an offer to pay 24 cents an ounce more than the market price. No work of importance was dope in the House. PEACE NOW AT HAND. The Hostile Indians at East Surrender to Gen. Miles. Gen. Miles has triumphed. The greatest Indian problem of half a century inis been solved. The commanding General has received the absolute submission of all the chiefs who have been the disturbing leaders among the Brules. The red are pocketed in a ravine within two miles of the Pine Ridge Agency with the troops on all sides of them. Kicking Bear, Short Bull, and Two Strike now say that the war is over and they are willing to do just what Miles orders. The General has told them that in future they will not be robbed, but, on the other hand, they will get absolutely honest treatment at the hands cA’ the War Department, represented by Capt. Pierce. Miles has said nothing to the chiefs about disarmament, but with the force at his command he can carry outthut policy if he so desires Col. Henry, with his Ninth Cavalry and the commands of Carr, Summer, Sanford, and Wells, are within speaking distance of the reds. Genoral Brooke is on a hill to the left of the camp, and Is in communication by signal flags with Miles. The reds have sent In word that they are hungry, and wagon-loads of provisions have been sent out. The General commanding has declared that the Cheyennes who were on that reservation must go to join their brethren on the Tongue River. The raiders that have fired the ranches along the valley in the front of the troops have been driven in by Wells’ command and are now mingled so thoroughly with the others that they cannot be distinguished. The only trouble to be apprehended now Is the firing of an accidental shot.

Nine People Drowned. A terrible accident, by which nine foolhardy persons lost tlierr lives, occurred in Paris. The Seine, with the exception of the center of the river, has been frozen over for (some time past. The whole river was covered witli Ice, the middle of the stream, however, being hidden by what the police Judged to lie dangerously thin ice. Consequently the authorities forbade people to attempt to cross the river, and the police were instructed to enforce the order. In spite of this a number of venturesome men and boys attempted to cross the Seine on the ice. As they neared the middle of the stream the ice gave way and precipitated a crowd of people into the freezing water. Nine persons are known to have been drowned. The Pope and the Schools. Cardinal Gibbons’ attention was called to the information cabled from Rome to the effect that he had written an important letter to the Pope on the political bearings of the school question in the United States, the same being In answer to the Pope's desire for the Cardinal’s opinion, a number of communications having been sent to the Vatican regarding the famous educational discourse of Bishop Ireland. Cardinal Gibbons admits that he wrote such a letter, but states it is not for publication at present.

Boom for tlie Loggers. Telegrams received by loggers from Glidden and other points in Wisconsin Indicate that there has been a general revival of activity iu the pineries caused by three inches • of snow along the Central and Sault Ste. Marie roads. Up to date loggers had been In great straits, and many at" last reports were hauling ice on to their roads and pounding it up. There have been many millions of logs skidded, and they chu now be moved to the streams. Warmer Weather in Europe. The long-continued frost in England has been followed by a decided thaw, and reports received show that it is general throughout the country. Disastrous Fire in Bombay. A disastrous conflagration has caused much suffering in Bombay. Over 200 houses have been burned to the ground, and hundreds of families are rendered homeless. lona Farmers Meet. The annual meeting of the lowa Agricultural aud Industrial Association was held in Des Moines the other day. The meeting V*-s composed of delegates from agricultural societies, dairy associations, horticultural societies, farmers’ alliances, and fc'ther organizations. The association's objk't to to promote Industrial education by means of farmers' Institutes. The sense of the meeting was in favor of a State appropriation to carry out the project, with a State bureau at Des Moines to manage the earae. The d’gy was spent In discussing •Doe* Farming Pay?” _ 1

INDIANS BEGIN SHOOTING. SuMler* and Redskins Firing at Each Other Near Pine Ridge. A dispatch from Pine Ridge Agency, S. D.. says: Firing has begun to the north of tbs agency. The linlia*6. that have broken away from the main baud are trying their best to Spread terror among the friendlies here. At Capt. Dougherty’s quarters, just north of the agency, within 2,000 yards of headquarters, pickets have been exchange ing shots since early dawn. The reds are burning buildings near the agency. From the outer line of pickets burning cabins, both to the right and to the left, could be seen all day, and shot's were heard in the direction of the burning buildings. The pickets have been doubled In number. It Is evident tbat the frenzied element of the young bucks is bent on breaking loose and doing what harm they can to settlers before the main band has a chance to reacli the agency. About thirty Indians reached here this morning. The bucks were disarmed Just beyond Dougherty’s and Camphell’s camp. One fellow concealed his gun beneath his blanket and got in. He was disarmed by ah Indian scout before he could fire the shot intended to rouse the friendlies. Of the thirty who came in a part were Brules. They have been separated from the Ogallalas, but it is hard to tell now which branch of the Sioux is most vicious. The main body of reds has moved one mile. They are camped once more and a present of a wagon-load of tobacco under a policy of peace will probably keep them there until It is used up. In the meantime the young bucks are going on raids and burning every house that they come across. THE INDIANS KILLED HIM. Eieutenant Casey Shot Through the Head by the Reds. A dispatch from Pine Ridge, S. D.. says: Gen. Miles nas just received official information of the killing, near the hostile camp, of Lieut. Casey, of the Twenty-second Infantry, who bad ventured too near the savages. He was shot through the head. Gen. Brooke, who sent tills startling information, also reports heavy firing in the direction of the hostile camp. Lieut. Casey was one of the brightest young officers In the army. The hostiles, according to the reports of scouts, have nearly completed their rifle pits on the bluffs, thirteen miles north of the agency. Every old Indian fighter here says that if Gen. Miles were not hampered at Washington he could end the trouble ffi two weeks. While it is an actual impossibility to surround the Indians in a way that will effectually prevent some of them from getting through the cordon of troops, yet at the same time, so army officers here say, the reds could be so crushed by a central movement of the troops now around them that the mischief done by the escaping few would be reduced to a minimum. This was beef day at the agency, and at a little after nson four bucks, six squaws and eight children came in from the camp of the hostiles. The bucks came In looking penitent and so declared themselves, hut a noticeable feature of their “got up” was that they had no weapons. These they had left behind for the use of their hostile brethren, and there is little doubt but that after the returned bucks get their fill of beef they will Je off to the bluffs again.

DUN’S WEEKLY REVIEW. The Business World Said to Fear the Effects of Free Coinage. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: The year opens with tho expocted improvement in the mpney markets and in collections resulting from annual disbursements which have been larger than usual. The hopeful feeling in most branches of trade continues also, and the railroad outlook is improved. It is becoming clearer every day that the one great obstacle to prosperity is the fear that debasement of the dollar may produce violent contraction, withdrawal of foreign investments, collapse of credits, and a disaster which will be felt by every branch of trade and industry. The iron and steel manufacture has been so rapidly extended that shrinkage of credits has forced sales in many cases at prices below cost. On the whole the prospect Is considerably less bright than it has been for many years in tills Industry. Reports of trade from different cities are still much influenced by reviews of last year's groat business, but generally indicato a large volume of traffic in progress for the season, with marked improvement since the monetary pressure abated. Boston notes larger sales of boots and shoes and of leather, and stronger hides, firmer wool, and quiet lumber. At Philadelphia the leather and shoe trades are dull, wool is in little demand, some uneasiness is seen regarding obligations in tobacco, but better collections in paints. At Chicago receipts.of grain equal last year’s; Increase is seen ita butter and cheese, hides and wool, but decrease in dressed beef, cured meats, and lard; dry goods and clothing sales exceed last year’s, with excellent payments, and the shoe trade Increases. TRE WHITE HOUSE. Senator Stanford Thinks He Has a Good Chance of Occupying It. Senator Stanford wants the White House made larger. He has a notion that he may yet be its tenant with a four years’ lease, and accordingly he lias Introduce! a bill providing for its extension. Senator Stanford has the Presidential fever worse than any other man in public life. Ho really believes that the Republicans will be forced to nominate him in 1892 to secure the support of the Farmers’ Alliance, and if they don’t do it he expects to be the Alliance candidate on a third party ticket. His candidacy is based on his farm loan bill, which proposes that the Government shall loan money to the farmers on their land at 2 per cent, interest. As most of the farmers pay from 0 to 12 per cent the scheme on its face Is an alluring one. Stanford also expects to' gain popularity by not pretending to be wiser than others. The other day in the Senate he told ills colleagues that he was for whatever the people wanted. He was/fbr loaning them money by the Goverfiment because they wanted it. and if they wanted anything else he said that he would 1 e for that also.

LAMAR IS GROWING FEEBLE. The Justice May Be Forced Soon to Leave the Supreme Bench. , Justice Lamar's growing feebleness is remarked by all frequenters of the Supreme Court. At the President’s New Year's reception he appeared with the other Justices, hut most of the time he appeared to beinone of his old-time reveries, forgetful of all his surroundings. It is said that he flndw'the routine work of the court irksome and often only gives his attention to the arguments going on by the greatest exercise of will power. Since President Cleveland put him on the bench to gratify a personal friendship Justice Lamar has never lightened, the labors of the court much, though he has faithfully sought to perform the work assigned to him by the Chief Justice in writing opinions. In the not improbable event of Justice Lamar's retirement within the next year or so he would not be able to enjoy the pay of a Supreme Court Justice because he would not have had ten years’ continuous service on the bench. Nor would he have reached the age of 70. But he has a comfortable private fortune. THE BATTLE AT WOUNDED KNEE. Official Reports Reach Washington—The Case of Col. Forsyth. The official report of the battle at Wounded Knee Creek has been received at the

War Department. The report comprises Col. Forsyth’s own account of the battle, those of his captains, including maps showing the scene of the battle and the location of the troops, and the Indorsement of General Miles thereon. These papers will not be made public till they have been examined by the President, Secretary of War, the commanding General, and other officials, who will probably be called upon to examine the maps, and determine whether or not the troops were so stationed as to cause them to he shot down by each other, as represented to the department by Gen. Miles ten days ago. It Is understood that Gen. -!.Jliles adheres to the affirmative opinion after an examination of the maps referred to. WIEE SACRIFIIE THEMSELVES. A Hundred and Fjity Men to Give a Portion of Tlieir Cuticle. A week from next Sunday at the Emergency Hospital in Chicago a scene will be witnessed more dramatic than was ever presented on the stage of a theater. This will be ihe cutting off of portions of the skin from the bodies of seventy-five or one hundred citizens and grafting the severed pieces of cuticle on the naked flesh of a brother Mason in order to savd his life. John Oscar Dickers jn is the parson whose life is to be saved by the partial self-itn-molation of so many of his friends and comrades. A surgical operation required that a good portion of the skin and flesh should he cut away to remove a cancer, so much, in fact, as to render it impossible for the exposed edges of the skin t.o unite and form a complete surface covering by natural growth. The piece of skin to be taken- from each peison will probably be cut from the arm and will he about an inch square. As soon as removed by the razor in the hands of the surgeon it will be placed on the exposed flesh of the patient, and the wound of the original owner of the skin will bo quickly dressed, which will require little else than a piece of plaster over the spot from where the cuticle was removed. RAILROADS GET WHAT THEY WANT. They Are to Be Given the Privilege of Pooling. The action of Senator Cullom’s interstate committee in deciding to amend the interstate act shows unusual hardihood. The committee was reasonably unanimous in agreeing on the amendment of the fifth section so as to permit the pooling of the traffic, and the opinion was heard that It could be got through without much opposition. This will hardly turn out to he the case, for if the bars are let down and the work of amendment to the law to meet the wishes of the railroads is begun there is no telling where It will end. Following the New York agreement the impression created is apt to lie that if the roads only stand together they can get whatever legislation they want from Congress.

Kickapoos Have the Craze. During the last week or ten days many people have visited the Indian Mission, eight miles northwest of Wetmore, Kan., to witness the Indian pow-wow, which has been In progress nearly every night for several weeks. Although a more civilized tribe than the Sioux, witli which the ghost dance originated, tho Kickapoos have caught tiie messiah craze and are making things lively. The dance has been watched with considerable interest by visitors and citizens living near the reserve. However, from the beginning, no outbreak has been feared. ll'ore Land'for Settlers. The Comrnisssloner of the General Land Office lias issued instructions for the restoration of all land heretofore withdrawn and not needed in the satisfaction of the grant for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Company. These lands embrace about 100,000 acres, scattered over the northern part of Wisconsin and lie within the Ashland and Eau Claire land districts. Upon the expiration of tho ninety days’publication all lands not claimed by previous purchasers will be open to entry under tho settlement laws by the first legal applicant. Capt. Speer Removed. Tho Board of Trustees of the lowa State Agricultural College adopted a resolution removing Capt. R. P. Speer as director of tho experiment station, on tiie ground of insubordination. The board also decided to offer the Presidency of the college to Prof. W. M. Beardshear, of Des Moines, and will ask the Hon. Janies Wilson, of Tama County, to accept the chair of agriculture. The agricultural course of, study will be modified so as to make it more comprehensive and more in harmony with the general purposes of the college. A Letter from Cardinal Manning. The Viiiytiemc Siccle, a new Paris review, devoted to Christian social economy, contains a letter from Cardinal Manning. In this his eminence says: “Hitherto we have been strangled by exaggerated Individualism. The coming century will show that human society Is something greater an.d nobler than anything purely individual. Politicians and economists of the modern school have had their day. The twentieth century will be altogether for the people, for laws that will insure a common prosperity under a Christian regime.”

Buried in a Sewer. A frightful accident occurred in St. Louis. While a number of workmen were excavating a public sewer in the alley between Olive street and Washington avenue and Boyle and Newstead avenues they struck a bed of gravel at the depth of twenty-five feet and one side of the embankment felj in on them. Thyee men—Patrick Moran, Edward Prangle, and Patrick Ryan—were buried under six feet of dirt. Their fellowworkmen were half un hour in extricating them from their awful position. They were dangerously hurt. Eloped'With His Friend's Daughter. Pretty Bertha Neff, daughter of one of the wealthiest men iu North St. Louis, has eloped with J. B. Nichols, a prominent politician. Both disappeared New Year’s Pay, but it was not until a week later that their intimacy was known, Nichols was a married man and a frequent visitor at the Neff residence. Nichols took the girl at first to his own house, but ills wife ordered her away and the couple left for Chicago. Shooting Match at Algona. A pigeon shoot between C. W. Budd, of Des Moines; Charles Grim, of Clear Lake; and J. G. Smith, of Algona, took place at Algona, lowa. Budd got sixty-three birds out of seventy-five. Smith fifty-nine, Grim fifty-four. Budd formerly held tiie championship of the United States for two years and has challenged the present champion, M. A. Elliott, of Kansas City, for a match. What Railroad Earns. Earnings aiyd expenditures of the Canadian Pacific Railway for the month of November, 1890, were as follows: Gross earnings, 51,734,489.57; working expenses, 8939.419.33;’ net earnings, $795,070.25. From Jan. 1, 1890, to Nov. 30. 1890, gross earnings were 816,004,038.13; operating expenses, 89,279,960.28; net earnings, 55,724,071.85. The

gain in net earnings over same month last, year for November is $60,287.56, and from Jan. 1 to Nov. 30, $136,247.20. Was Determined to Die. An extraordinary suicide caused a panic in the Church of St Michael, at Havre. A man entered the building with his clothes soaked in petroleum, a rope around his neck, and kindling wood bound round his body, ne poured a quantity of petroleum on the ground beneath ids feet, set lire to it, and in an instant was completely enveloped in flames. The unfortunate man quickly fell down dead, his body being burned beyond recognition. Miners Wages Cut Down. The proprietors of -the Iron mines of Marquette County, Michigan, have decided on a 10 per cent, reduction right through. Few men will be discharged, but the reduction in wages has been found necessary in view of the present demoralizecLcondition of the ore murket. On the Menominee and Gogebic ranges several thousand men have been discharged. A Sleighing Party < omes to Griet. v '- A sleigh containing thirty-six young people from Scranton, Pa., overturned on a hill at Rendiiam, in the lower part of Lackawanna County. Thirty-two members of the party were hurt, eleven of them seriously. The most serious injuries were received by Miss Annie DcLacy, who had her shoulder and collar-bone broken. Wheat Is Lower. Reports f,r the week show that speculative operations continue wholesome, though inactive. Wheat is 1% cents lower, with sales of only 11,000,000 bushels; corn, cotton, and pork unchanged; oats and hogs higher, and oil 2% cents, but Coffee a quarter lower. The most active center of speculation at present is the Stock Exchange. Mysterious Murder. The dead body of a farmer named Daniel Couglilan was found In the River Arobeg, near Buttevaut, in the County of Cork, Ireland. The corpse was loaded with heavy Irons, which were chained about the neck. The affair is at present shrouded in mystery and the police are making inquiries into the matter. Fifty Farmers Emigrate. Op Feb. 24, a caravan of McLean County " (Illinois) farmers will leave Hey worth for Webster City, lowa. About fifty farmers will move to lowa, most of them having purchased land near that city. The Caravan will consist of two special fast freight trains, going over the Illinois Central Railroad. Young Highwaymen Found Guilty. Victor Pefolski and John Lavinski, Di-year-old boys, were tried by a jury in Judge Shepard’s court in Chicago and found guilty of highway robbery, They assaulted and robbed Felix Larch, a lad of 14, and took Sfi. ills week’s wages. The youthful prisoners will be sentenced by the court.

Afraid of Wolves. The severity of tho weather Is causing wolves to become dangerously hungry, says a Berlin dispatch, especially in the case of those which are beginning to infest the woods near many villages In the northern part of Hungary. Bears have appeared In the Styrlau Mountains. Lumber Business on the Saginaw River. During the season of 1890 there were manufactured by the seven Saginaw River (Mich.) mills 808.079,715 feet of lumber, 221,839,000 shingles, and 129,731,000 pieces of lath. There are on the docks 337,207,157 feet of lumber, of which amount 03,000,000 feet are sold. Disgusted with the Railroads. There is no prospect of a settlement of the railway strike in Scotland, and the general public is becoming more and more disgusted with the railroad companies. Tho North British Railroad Company has employed another batch of non-union men. Arrested for Killing a Child. Warrants have been issued for the arrest of Benjamin Locnstein, of Cincinnati, and Langlotz, hi# engineer, on the charge .of manslaughter. The basis of the charge is carelessness In running a steam engine so that it exploded and caused the death of a child. The Pope Will Be Heard From. A prelate of the Yatlcan asserts that the next consistory, will take place in February, when his holiness the Pope will pronounce tiie most important discourse of his pontificate. It will be a manifesto of the highest moment. It Calls for 3,000 Tons of IronThe contract for the structural iron to be used in Chicago’s new twenty-story Masonic Building has been let to the Columbia Iron Company, of Pittsburgh. The contract calls for about 3,000 tons of structural shapes. The price will approximates3oo,ooo. Tffit Gets » Third Term. At the regular Democratic caucus of the Missouri Senate and House of Representatives, Senator Vest was unanimously nominated for Senator, thus insuring him a third term.

THE MARKETS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 @ 5.75 H6gs—Shipping Grades 3.00 @ 4.00 Sheep 3.00 0 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 @ .93 Cobn—No. 2 49 @ J9)£ Oats—No. 2. 43 0 ,44 Rye—No. 2 69 0 !71 Bctteb—Choice Creamery 24 0 .27 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09)6® .rpa Eggs—Fresh 22 & .23 Potatoes —Western, per bu 92 0 .97 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.50 0 4.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.00 0 4.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 0 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red Cobn—No. 1 White 49}i@ .SOW oats-No. 2 White ST. LuUiS. Cattle 4.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.00 0 3.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 9416® .95)6 Cobn—No. 2 48910 .49)6 Oats—No. 2 44)6a> .45)6 cables'—Minnesota 73 @ 74 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 H0g5..... 3.00 0 3.75 Sheep 3.00 0 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 97)6® .98)6 Cobn—No. 2 53)6® .54)6 Oats—No. 2 Mixed ..... ,45 0 47 MILWAUKEE. Wheat —No. 2 Spring 87 @ .88 Cobn—No. 3 50 0 [SOV; Oats—No. 2 White .4BW® ,47}A Rsb—No. 1 60 ”0 .71 " Bablet—No. 2. .67 0 69 DETROIT. Cattle 3.000 4.50 Hogs 3.000 3.75 Sheep 3.00 0 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 94 0 .94M Cobn—No. 2 Yellow. 51)6® .52 Oats—No. 2 White 45140 *4O TOLEDO.' Wheat 5)6 @ .90)6 Cobn—Cash 0 .5216 Oats-No. 2 White W® 44^ BUFFALO. ' Cattle Good to Prime 4.00 0 500 Hogs—Medium and Heavy..j... 3.50 0 425 Wheat—No. 1 Hard l.(tt 0 1.08)6 Cobn-No. 2... .58)6 EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 @ 5.00 Hogs—Light 3.25 0 4.c0 Sheep—Medium to Good 4.00 0 550 Lambs •■•••• 5.00 @6.50 NEW YORK. '• 3.50 @ 5.25 Sheep'" * 326 c< * 425 WHEAT-No.'2R<*i;7.";; & S'oe Cons—No. 2 2 'A? Oaxb—Mixed Western.. ...7.7.7* AO

BIG TRUST BROKEN UP.

THE HARVESTER COMBINE IS OUT OF EXISTENCE. -. The Plans of Messrs. McCormick, Desring and Other Manufacturers to Raise the Prices of Reapers Found to Be Illegal, and the Big Trust Collapses. fChicago dispatch.] The American Harvester Trust is a thing of the past It only lived a month or two, in spite of the great things promised about it. When it was organized its capital was said to be $35,000,0C0 —a tidy little sum that would carry most enterprises through all right. The following statement of the dissolution of the trust is given out: “The American Harvester Company states that after securing the opinion of eminent counsel from different States it has been brought face to face with grave legal obstacles to the consummation of the, enterprise for which it was formed. Tli&se are of such a character as that after the most serious and careful consideration the conclusion has been reached that the whole undertaking must be abandoned. In doing so Tt is but adopting the course such counsel have united In iTavising. ” The companies that seceded are said to be the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company, the Deering Company, the Whitman-Barnes Manufacturing Company, and Warder, Bushnell & Glessner. These companies are said to have been dissatisfied with the policy of the trust in raising prices, and also in the consolidation of the interests of the supply houses to the disadvantage of their patrons. They stated their objections at Thursday’s meeting, and that precipitated a fight. The result is that they have withdrawn, and now propose to make it interesting for those who still stick to the trust. They intend to cut prices and made a most interesting war ori their old allies, it is said. All this will be pleasing news to the fanners, as a fight must result in a great decrease in the prices of their supplies. Instead of a trust to put up prices it looks as though it would be a war to put them down. “The dissolution of tho American Harvester Company was due entirely to the fact that the organization is antagonistic to the spirit of the law,” said a large stockholder last night. “We made a mistake in the organization of the company. Wo are all law-abiding men, and after hearing the opinions of the best counsel in the country we decided to dissolve. “There have been reports to the effect that tho company broke up because some of the stockholders advocated a radical advance in the prices of machines. This had nothing whatever to do with it. The matter of prices was not mentioned at all. It has also been told that the Farmers’ Alliance in the Northwest had conspired against us and declared the members would not pay the notes we held. This was not true, as we held none of their notes. “The directors met here to consider what should be done. At the meeting wero a large number of the stockholders and they all took part in the discussion. And on learning that our organization was opposed ta the spirit of the law we decided to separate and continue to do businees as we had done before. This is simply and solely the cause.” Col. A. L. Conger of the Akron Mower and Reaper Works said: “All that we did and our reasons for it are stated in that resolution which we adopted. It is simply this: We went into this project in good faith, expecting to perfect an organization that would be for the mutual interest of the manufacturer and the farmer and everybody whose interests had anything to do with it. But when we got ready to proceed to business and place our bonds we met those legal embarrassments which naturally surround any organization of this kind under existing laws. “There is no use denying the fact that wq had made some mistakes in our organization, that is to say, we found that the laws in some States and the laws passed in opposition to such organizations by Congress made a serious embarrassment to our proceedings. Undoubtedly it would have endangered the investments that were carried into the company. We felt that all interests would he best protected by withdrawing and continuing the separate interests as they now are.' “We intended to make an organization that would be beyond criticism. We sought to avoid tho features of the trust. We could not do justice to the various interests without a largo amount of money, which we could not get on account of the legal objections. “There is no present intention of reorganizing. Whether anything is done in the future is open to question. Nothing has been done in that direction yet.” A Mason City, la., dispatch says: William Deering & Co. have notified their agent here that their company,has withdrawn from the American Harvester Company, which undoubtedly will break up the trust A good many men in this section had been discharged by the company will now resume work. A Dallas, Tex., dispatch says: The agricultural implement men here are rejoicing over the receipt to day from Chicago of a telegram from Aultman, Miller & Co. stating that they had withdrawn from the American Harvester Company, to which invoices had already.been turned over. The Farmers’ Alliance, whose State headquarters are here, claim that they dealt the combination its death blow.

Briefs from Abroad.

Fire in the pianoforte warehouse on the Boulevard St. Martin, in Paris, destroyed the structure. The loss is 1,000,000 francs. The Russian Minister of the Inferior has issued an order for the expulsion of all Jews in the Terek regions of the Caucasus. The Steele of Paris states that the agreement, practically concluded between England and Portugal, relative to territory in Africa, is entirely favorable to the latter country. > Empebob William of Germany has invited the Queen Regent of Holland and Count von Moltke to act as additional sponsors for his infant son. Dispatches received in London from Iquique, Chili, make ao mention of any revolution in that country and say that all is quiet at that port. The TagebUltt publishes a dispatch from stating that Emin Pasha has founded a fortified station at Bukoba, on the shore of the Victoria Nyanza, and that he is now returning to the coast.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings or the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of the Business. • V The financial bill was taken up in the Senate on the 7th, and Mr. Daniel spoke ini favor of the absolute free and unlimited, coinage of silver. Mr. Plumb followed Mr. Daniel. He credited the silver act of last session with having had the effect of preventing a universal financial panic. It had facilitated the purchase of $100,000,000 of American securities that had been sent hack from Europe, and thus the Bank of England! and the other financial institutions of Europe had been able to tide overthe difficulties of the Barings, arising out of South American flnan--cial trouble. Whatever might be said about the silver bill of last session, and aboqt its shortcomings, its effect on the immediate situation had been of a most beneficial character. The House went into committee of the whole for the further consideration of the shipping bill. Mr. Dingley of Maine, reviewing the decadence of American shipping interests, said that in such, a condition as the country now found itself,, with only 12% per cent, of the foreign carrying trade, with Great Britain intrenched on every ocean route, it was obvious that it was utterly out of the power of privateindividuals, without assistance in some direction, to dislodge the shipping of Great Britain. Within five years from the establishment of a subsidy system the steam tonnage of France was doubled. With thewidest extent of coast known to any nation, the United States could reap a benefit from subsidies far greater than any other nation. Italy adopted a subsidy policy in 1885, and in four years its steam marine had increased 4(5 per cent. The maximum expense of the bill the first year would bo 52.000.000. of which all but about $300,000 or 5400.000 would come from postage and tonnage dues. Mr. McConnell, Introduced bills in the Senate, on the Bth inst., for the erection of public buildings at Lewiston and Boise City, Idaho. Referred. On motion of Mr. Edmonds a resolution was adopted calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for information as to what books and documents are in possession of his department relating to the late so-called Confederate States and as to whether there is any legal objection to their being placed among the archives of the War Department. Mr. Piatt gave notice that he would at the earliest possible moment call up the copyright bill for consideration. Mr. Allison gave notice that if the Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture (who was necessarily absent) did not at an early day ask for the consideration of the Conger lard bill he (Mr. Allison) would himself do so. In the House a bill was passed authorizing the issuance of certificates of service to telegraph operators who were with the Union army during the war. Then Mr. Farqubar, of New York, moved to go into committee of the whole on the shipping hill, and suggested that some arrangement should be arrived at as to the conclusion of general debate. Failing to secure any agreement Mr. Farquhar moved that general debate close at 5 o’clock. After wrangling over this point for two hours the House adjourned.

In the Senate on the &th Mr. Plumb gave notice of an amendment to the finance bill limiting to SI,OOO the compulsory requirement of deposit of United States bonds for every national .bank. [This not to apply to the deposit of bonds to secure public moneys in the national banks.] The bill was, on motion of Mr. Wilson, of lowa, laid aside informally and the House bill to provide for an additional Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Arizona was taken from the calendar and passed, with an amendment. Conference reports on bills for public buildings at Youngstown, Ohfo, and Fort Dodge, lowa, were presented and agreed to. Mr. Dolph moved to take up another bill, but Mr. Edmunds insisted on the regular order, and remarked that it was duo to those who wanted to discuss the finance bill that they should have the opportunity to do so. The finance bill was therefore taken up again, and Mr. Blackburn addressed the Senate in advocacy of Mr. Stewart’s amendment for the free coinage of silver. Mr. Harvey of Oklahoma called up in the House the bill authorizing Oklahoma City to issue bonds to provide a right of way to the Choctaw Coal and Railroad Company through the city. The bill was passed. The House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. Allen of Michigan in the chair) on the private calendar. The Vice President laid before the-Senate on the 10th inst. the protest of twentyeight members of the Idaho Legislature against allowing Mr. Dubois to take his seat, and it was referred to the Committee on Privileges and Elections; also resolutions of the Grand Army of the Republic recommending certain legislation in regard to civil employments for honorably discharged soldiers and tendering thanks for the liberal pension laws, etc.; referred 1o the Pension Committee. In the House after Mr. Butterworth of Ohio, from the Committee on Appropriations, bad reported the legislative appropriation bill, and it had been placed on the calendar the House went into committee of the whole, Mr. Dingley of Maine in the chair, on the army appropriation bill. Mr. Cutcheon, of Michigan, Chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, explained that the bill was purely an appropriation measure and contained no general legislation whatever. The amount carried was $400,000 more than the appropriation for the current year. In the Senate on the 12th Senator Quay introduced a substitute for the election bill. The principal point of difference between the bill introduced by Senator Quay and the Hoar bill is in the last section, which is as follows: “When it shall appear to the satisfaction of the President of the United States that in any locality the provision of this law cannot otherwise be executed, it shall be his duty, and he is hereby empowered, to suspend the writ of habeas corpus and to employ the armed forces of the United States, naval' and military, for its enforcement, and for the protection of the officers whoso duties are herein provided for. ” In the House Mr. Dockery, rising to a question of privilege, offered a resolution reciting the fact of the reference of his “silver pool” resolution to the Committee on Rules, and the fact that that committee had refused to report the same, and directing the Committee on Rules to report the resolution to the House for consideration. The resolution had been referred the first day of the session. The session was now half gone and nothing had been done in regard to it. The House ought not to adjourn until it had exculpated the innocent and placed -the damnation where it rightfully belonged. Mr. Adams of Illinois argued that the resolution did not involve a question of privilege. By a vote of 148 to 80 the House decided that the question raised by Mr. Dockery was not one of privilege.

For Personal and Home Adornment

Jeweled fringes are used to ornament sashes. The collection of spoons is a recognized taste of the day. Orchid jewelry is causing the light of the moonstone to wane. Cut-glass tableware is becoming a prominent rival to silverware. Nobody thinks of buying anything but a brass or ah iron bedstead nowadays.' 1 New saltcellars, whether of silver or crystal, assume the most original shapes.