Democratic Sentinel, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1891 — Page 2

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DARING RAID ON A CHICAGO MAIL WAGON. De»(lly Assault Upon an Illinois Judge— Enorftioug Purchases of Indian Lands Congressman Mills Seriously 11lBatlier Drastic Measures in North Carolina. Congressional. In the Senate, on the 15th. the Vice President announced the appointment of Mr. Morrill, Regent of the Smithsonian Institution, to fill a vacancy. After tho Introduction of several bills, Mr. Morrill introduced a joint resolution, which was passed, to till vacancies in the board of regents of the Smithsonian Institution in the class other than members of Congress. It appoints William Preston Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut, resigned, and renews the terms, to expire on Dec. 26 »ext. of Henry Coppee. of Pennsylvania, wnd M. C. Meigs, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Quay offered a resolution (which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations) instructing that committee to inquire whether the acquisition of those portions of the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, that lie north of the 20th parallel, is practicable and for tho interest of the United States. MIL MILLS VEJRY ILL. The Texas Congressman Threatened with an Attack of Pneumonia. Roger Q. Mills has the grip, lie is confined to his bed in Washington and is threatened with pneumonia. Since the close of the Speakorship contest he has been ill, and has now been compelled to take to his bed. I)r. Sowors, tho President’s

ROGER Q. MILLS.

physician, was called and remained with him all night. In the morning he was no better, and Dr. Ilyatt, a specialist in lung diseases, was called, and after a long and careful examination said that tho Congressman’s lungs were affected and that pneumonia might result. Tho physicians have issued positive orders that; no one be allowed to see the sick man. INDIAN LAND SALES. Twenty-five Million Acres Purled With in Three Years. Few people, says a Washington special, who have not examined tho figures in detail can appreciate the extent to which the purchase of lands from the aborigines for opening to general settlement lias been carried on within two or three years. In general terms It may bo explained that areas sufficient to make, in tho aggregate, five States like Massachusetts have, since tho spring of year before last, been pared off from their reservations by the Indians for sale to the Government. This, it should he understood, is surplus land, for which they have no use, and what they retain makes about four times as much as what they have thus parted with. A bargain is now pending for still another slice of Indian domains, equal in area to a sixth Massachusetts, with Rhode Island thrown in. The American Indian Is the great real estate dealer of the present dav. LADYBLGB FOR AFRICA. Thomas Louw Going Home After Fulfilling a Novel Mission. Thomas Louw, a prominent legislator and horticulturist of Capo Colony, Africa, who was sent to this country by his Government to procure ladybug enemies of the cottony cushion scale and look into the agricultural and horticultural interests of California, has left for homo, lie obtained a supply of the ladybugs to take hack with him. and he also made arrangements to have a number of orange trees consisting of several varieties, which do not exist in Africa, transported to that country in a miniature hothouse.

HELD UP UNCLE SARI. Flvo Robbers Ritlo a Hail Wagon in til© City of Chicago. Five men robbed a United States mail wagon while it was on its way to tho Chicago main office with registered letters and other valuables. The extent of tho r_»bbery is not definitely known, but it will probably reach many thousands of dollars. The rifled pouches were found two hours later. It was one of tho most daring pieces ot work ever committed in the city. Will Cruise on the Lakes. Owing to the numerous complaints of illegal fishing and the use of the destructive gUI nets by American fishermen, the Canadian Government has decided to maintain a cruiser on the great lakes, and a new boat intended to he used for that purpose has been launched at Owen Sound, Georgian Bay. She Is of steel throughout, of light draft and wide beam, so a 3 to navigate the shallow waters of the lakes where fishing is carried on. Tried to Kill a Judge. At Mattoon, Ilk, a desperate attempt was made by a crazy Inventor named Frank W. Hornish to assassinate Judge Horace S. Clark, commander of the Grand Army of Illinois, an avowed aspirant for the Republican gubernatorial nomination, and one of the most prominent men of his section of the State. The Judge received a number of severe wounds, but fortunately they are not likely to prove fatal. ' All on Account of a Kiss. Bev. J. T. Abernathy, the Snow mil, N. C., minister who was shot by W. T. Grimsley for kissing Mr.-. Grimsley, met the inJured husband on the street, and both opened fire with revolvers, four shots taking effect about Abernathy's face and one la Grimsley’s thigh. Both men were seriously wounded. Florence's Last Will. The will of Actor William J. Florence, executed May 5, 1876, was filed for probate, It leaves his entire estate to his widow, Anna Teresa Florence, whom he also makes his sole executrix. Kot a Drink for the Alligators. Lake Lamonie. Georgia, was a body of Water covering 40,000 acres, and was fourteen miles long and three wide. It has now gone completely dry, with the exception of a sink hole twenty feet across in the center, leaving vast quantities of turtles, alligators and fish floundering In the mud. Another Revolt In Brazil. A Rio Janeiro dispatch says: “It Is reported from Campus that there was a revolt against the Peixotto government. Ten were killed and forty wounded In a conflict with the government troops. The reports are conflicting as to which party Is now in con-

BIG FIRE IN LOUISVILLE. Four Business Houses Burned Out. Entailing a Loss of #300,000. Louisville, Ky., has been visited by a series of fatal fires by which at least eleven lives were lost and probably half a million dollars’ worth of property destroyed. The first fire was discovered in the store of the Boone Paper Company on Main street. Before it was subdued the entire place was gutted and the stock destroyed, entailing a loss of $65,000. Five firemen are believed to have lost their lives either in the flames or by being buried under the falling walls. They are missing and it seems impossible that they could have escaped. The city had not recovered from the effect of this last horror when another conflagration, more awful in its destruction of human life,added fresh fuel to tho popular grief. The latest fire, by which five young girls and one man burned to death, was in the four-siory candy and fireworks factory of Meurie & Co., at 517 West Main street Tho firm was gotting ready for the Christmas trade and employed an extra number of girls to wrap and pack confections. They were all at work on the fourth floor. The origin of the fire is unknown. There was a tremendous explosion from tho second floor, followed by a crash of glass, and thousands of fire-, crnckers roared and cracked, while almost countless sky rockets and roman candle flew hither and thither across the street and into the air. A moment later and a sheet of flame burst from the windows. Before the employes knew of their danger the skylights burst and the panic-stricken help ran to the stairway. Three of them, Lillie Greenwell. Trecy Ilohlhuus and Katie McGarvey, reached tho third floor just as the stairs leading to tho fourth floor caught fire. Behind them came tho five other girls, but before they could reach the bottom a wall of fire cut off their progress and they fled back t,o the top, where they were burned to death. Fifteen or twenty brave men rushed into the building at one tlruo to rescue them, but were driven back by the flerco heat. Tho -crlos of tho imprisoned girls soon ceased and tho floors fell, one after another, until finally nothing was left of the building but tho tottering walls. In the rear were assembled the mothers and fathers of some of tho girls who were burned to death inside, and their manifestations of grief were pitiable in tho extreme. They Implored tho firemen to save their children, and they had great trouble in keeping some of the more frenzied ones from walking into the (lames.

CHILI ON HER DIGNITY. Her Minister of Foreign A flairs Indulges In a Little Rlietorle. Tho circular letter prepared by Minister of Foreign Affairs Matta for distribution among the Chilian legations in Europe and America makos strong denials of President Harrison's statements in his message, and sharply arraigns Minister Egan’s conduct in tho negotiations over tho Baltimore affray. The docuinont is anything but ctnclllatory. Among South American firms in London there is a pronounced impression that war is impending between the United States and Chill. That opinion is not based so much on tho tono of President Harrison’s message as upon advices from Valparaiso that leave no doubt us to the temper of the Chilians. A dispatch received by ono of tho leading London houses cautiously warned the firm to look out for trouble within a few weeks, and to keep its business transactions within consorvutivo linos. It seems to bo in tho air among the South American colony in London that Chili's greatest struggle since her war of independence Is not at a great dlstunce. und this sort of barometer has never failed heretofore in South American matters. RESCUED BY HEROES. Thrilling Story of Shipwreck During the British Storm. The list of disasters to shipping by the recent storms which swept over tho British Islos continues to receive additions. Ono of tho most exciting stories of shipwreck and heroism comes from the North Sea. During tho recent gnlo the British slop Enterkin was driven ashoro on tlie Galloper sands and will most likely become a to,tal loss, while, so far as known, ull her crow, thirty-one hands, with the exception of one apprentice,have been drowned. Tho Enterkin was sighted by tho fishing smack Britons’ Pride, belonging to Ramsgate. Tho Britons’ Pride, in the face of tho terrible gale blowing, and though she was frequently swept from stem to stern, plunging repeatedly through heavy green seas which threatened to engulf her, for hours made most gallant oforts to reaeli tho doomed Enterkin in tho hope of being able to save some of her crew. A few of the latter could at first bo seen cjinging to tho damaged masts and yards of tho ill-fated vessel, hut one by one they were swept from their places of refuge und disappeared. YELLOW JACK ON BOARD. Steamer Advance from Brazil Loses Two of Her Sailors. The steamer Advance, which arrivod at New York from South American ports, and is now detained at quarantine, had as a passenger Captain Alexander Rogers, Untied States army, World's Fair Commissioner (o Brazil, and also had on board tho germs of yellow fever, two deaths having occurred among her orew during the voyage. The Advanco left Santos Nov. 10 with merchandise und twenty passengers. On Nov. 17 William B. Thomas, ship carpenter, died of yellow fever, and was buried at sea. On the 29tli O. H. Nelson, the quartermaster, died of tho same disease, and was also buried at sea.

FATAL SUPERSTITION. A Sick Girl Falls to Recover Because of tho “Thirteen” Superstition. A young woman named Barbara Mallhouser, who died in Now Haven, Conn., a few days ago, was a victim of tho thirteen superstition. A short time before her illness she attended an evening party at which thirteen people were present. Afterward, when she became ill with typhoid fever, though not seriously ill, she recalled the party of thirteen, told her mother and the physician of it, said that she was the first to notice the fatal number, and that, therefore, she was the one of the thirteen to die. Thereafter the physician's remedies did not avail, and the young woman, giving up all effort to live, soon died. SEA COVERED WITH COTTON. The Steamship Proptlug Passes Through Hundred of Bales. Tho British steamship Proptius, reported at Newport News on her way to Liverpool from Galveston, had an unusual experience on her voyage to that port. The vessel passed through a large number of bales of cotton floating in the water. As many as three or four hundred could be seen at one time, and throughout the day the sea in the Immediate neighborhood of the ship was virtually covered by them. The bales were clean ana did not appear to be at all damaged by fire or In any other way. They had apparently been In the water only a short time. During the remaining two days of the voyage Single bales of cotton were frequently passed. BIG BOVS KISS THE TEACHER. But a School Visitor Tkkes the Job of Spanking Them All Around. Miss Margaret Belger, school visitor in Morris Cove, a suburbof New Haven, Conn., has caused a sensation. The school boys there are an unruly set A short time ago a young lady teacher resigned her position because all the big boys kissed her. Miss Belger had a grievance against these boys and brought matters to a iCrlsis. Just as the teacher had finished reading the regular chapter of

the Bible in bounced Miss Belger. She rushed across the room, seized the largest boy, and, after spanking him, proceeded down the line until every toy in school had been cuffed, choked and spanked. The little girls screamed with fright and the teacher fainted. The visitor delivered a lesson on deportment over tho prostrate body of the teacher, who had not revived from her swoon, and left the room. ___________ ENGLISH FARMERS’ ALLIANCE. Important Conference Called by the Liberals in Session at London. One of the most important conferences In tho history of the Liberal party of England opened In London the other morning. Officially, it Is termed the “National Liberal Federation Conference;” in fact, it is a conference under the auspices of the Liberal party of tho farmers, yillugo artisans, agricultural laborers, and others directly or Indirectly connected with rural life, a sort of English farmers’ alliance, having for Its object the outlining of legislation calculated to bring about reforms in rural matters and an improvement in the condition of the out-of-town communities. SEVERE GALE IN ENGLAND. Vessels Wrecked on the Coast and Houses Unroofed In the Towns. Another severe gale lias swept over the British Isles, causing an immense amount of damage almost everywhere. Houses were unroofed, chimneys blown down and a number of wrecks are strewn along the coast. Happily, there has been no loss of life reported, but there is much additional suffering among those who have already lost by tho half-dozen serious storms which have marked the past year as being an unprecedented ono in the weather history of that side of tho Atlantic. LYNCHED BY A MOB. Two Leadors of the Varno Riot Taken from Jail and Shot. Tho Ware County. Ga.. jail was broken into by a mob'of fifty masked men, who went to the cell containing Welcome Golden and Robert Knight, leaders of tho Varno riot, and shot thorn dead. Tho sheriff attempted, with tho aid of his assistants, to drive the mob off. but fallod. lie then sent word summoning the military company, but by tiie timo It arrived tho ruub had completed its work and departed.

Lower Tariff in Germany. Official correspondence has been made public setting fortti tho details of the reciprocity arrangement entered into between the United States and Germany whereby the sugar of the latter secures freo admission Into tho United States, and sundry American products named in an accompanying schedule obtain admission Into Germany at rates agreed upon. This tablo shows a reduction in the German tariff duties on wheat of 30 per cent.; rye, 30 per cent.; outs, 37% per cent.; corn, 20 per cent.; butter, 15 per cent.; salted and pickled pork and beef, 15 per cent.; wheat, ■flour, and eorurncal, 30 por cent. Tied to a Tree by Masked Men. Newton County, Ark., is at present tho scene of much excitement. W. K. Nixon, while wandering in the woods, discovered four masked men carrying a corpse. Nixon was halted and taken into custody, blindfolded and tied to a tree. The men then left him. Nixon was discovered four hours later and released. The shoriff has summoned every man in tho vicinity, and a diligent search is being made for thocori so and suspected murderers. Increase In Southern Mileage. During the ten years ended in 1880 in the States of Virginia, West Virginia (exclusive of tho portion north of Parkersburg). North Carolina, and South Carolina the inereaso In railway mileage was3,ooo miles, und tho lncreuso in passenger transportation was about 7,000,000, and in freight transportation about 7.000,000 tons. The total earnings were increased by about $17,000,000. The total expenditures, however, were increased by about $19,000,000. Deceived the Brethren. The congregation of the Central Church of Christ, Thirty-seventh street and Indiana avenue, Chicago, Is stirred to its depths. It Is not from dissensions nor differences of creed, but by tiie fact that the members of tho church havo boon entertaining a wolf in sheep’s clothing—an oxconvict almost fresh from Joliet, an experienced burglar in tho full practice of his “profession. ” Ato a Dog and Lived. But one small dog has been eaten by Samuel Burnett, a consumptive, who xvas at death’s door, and now he is getting fat and healthy. Young Burnett 18 but twenty years old, and is the son of James Burnett, ;l blacksmith of Anderson, Ind. Flayed Foot Bali and Died. At Lawrence, Kan., liarry Hall, of tho senior class In the Kansas Stato University, died suddonly. He took part in a foot hall match between tho seniors and juniors, but no ill effects were noticed until evening. Major McKinley Improving. At Canton. Ohio, Major McKinley is improving aud he Is able to sit up in his room, although all visitors aro denied the privilege of calling. Ills physician has doclarod he must be quiet. Twenty Miners Killed. A terrible explosion recently took place In the Friekings-Hoffnung pit, at Ilennsdorf, in Silesia, killing twenty miners and severely Mounding a number of others. Two Cattle-Thieves Kllle *. Hank Lovett and his partner, two cattlethioves, were shot to death near Custer, South Dakota.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.50 @ 6.00 H GB-Shtpping Grades 3 oO <y. 4.01 Sheep—Fair to Choiee 3.00 5.25 Wheat-No. 2 Red 91 @ .92 Corn—No. 2 53 { m ..'4 Oats—No. 2 32 @ .34 Rye—No. 2 88 44 .go Butler Choice Creamery 25 at .28 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 12M9 ,13'A Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu 35 "@ .45 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.75 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 4 00 Shefp—Common to Prime 3.10 @4.50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed. 93 @ .3; Corn—No. 1 White 4i @ .48 Oats—No. 2 White 36 @ 37 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.50 @ 6.50 Hogs 3.59 @ 4.00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 95 @ .96 Corn—No 2. 42 @ .43 Oats—No. 2 33 @ .34 Bye—No. 2. 92 @ .94 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.5 J @5.00 Hogs 3.01 @ 4.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Rad !6}s@ ,015 t Corn—No. 2 49 @ .51 Oa.s— No. 2 Mixed 35 w, 37 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.00 @ 4.01 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.6) Wheat—No. 2 Bed , 96 @ .97 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 50 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 Wbite ~.. .35 @ .36 TOLEDO. Wheat—New 95 @ .97 C.bn—No. 2Y llow 47 at .49 Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ .35 Bye 91 @ go BUFFALO. Beep Cattle 4.00 @ 5.75 Live Hog- 5.75 ® 4,25 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.03 @ 104 Corn—No. 2 56 @ '57 MILWAUKEE, Wheat—No. 2 Spring .. .93 @ .94 Coen—No. 3 42 @ .44 Oats—No. 2 White 33 @’3 j Bye—No. 1 88 @ ,9t> Barley—No. 2 18 @ 59 Poke—Mess 11.00 @11.50 NEW YOKE. Cat :le 3.50 @5.00 Hogs.' 3.00 @ 4.0 J Sheep..,. 8.50 @ 5.00 Whxan-Ro. 2 Bed LOS @ 1.10 Com—No. 2 64 @ .65 Oats—Mixed Western 40 @ .43 Butte®—Creamery. 90 m .30 Fobs—New Mess 10.23 @11.75

MANY NEW SENATORS.

A GROUP OF SEVENTEEN IN THE UPPER HOUSE. Two-fifth* of the Senate Admitted in the Last Two Yean—Ait Unprecedented Influx of New Men—Tiie Newcomer* Pictured in Portraits and Paragraphs. New Blood and Brains. At the opening of the Fifty-second Congress the Senate received seventeen new members. Two years ago but six new men took sefits Later eight Senators of t 1 e incoming Mates of North and South Dakota. Montana and Was lington appeaei Then followed the a imission of Idaho and Wyoming. Mahogany had to be telegraphed for. the Senat; cabinetmaker worked nights to keep up with the call for new desks and chair*. In two years this staid and continuous old body has been renewed to the extent of two-fifths of Its number by men wholly untried in its forms and methods of legislation, wholly reckless and fearless of its traditions or its dignity. Tho new Senators represent a good deal of diverse talent. At least one is a millionaire, another is a physician, several are printers, one is a clergyman, and a number are lawyer's. They represent all shades of belief. A more motley crowd in this resp -ct was nevei before seen. The Congressional Directory will cla sify the new recruits as follows; Republicans 5, Democrats 9, Farmers’ Alliance 3. The Senate therefore stands Republicans 48, Democrats 37, Farmers’ Alliance 3. Some of tho brightest of the young men come from tho West, and two of these aro so young that they aro hardly

out of their short clothes. Dubois o f Idaho and Hansbrough of Dakota are the babios of the Senate. It is all Dubois can do to raise a mustache and Hansbrough does not look to bo over thirty. Still both of them have, been in tho House, and Hansbrough was editing a paper at Devil’s Lake when the Stato of, North Dakota was ad-

mitted, a d lie became its first congressman. Both Dubois and Hansbrough wero born in Illinois. Hansbrough’s parents were poor and got ho his education in tho printing otlice. He left Illinois after learning

his trade and went to California. There lie pub’lshod a daily at San Jose and worked for a time on the San Francisco Chronicle. He was news editor of tho Chronicle in 1879 and left to go to Wisconsin to edit the liaraboo Bulletin. From Wisconsin ho went to North Dakota about

F. T. DUBOIS.

nlno years ago, and ho comes to the Senate as tho successor of Col. Gil Pierce. He still owns his paper at Devil’s Lake and varies his Congressional work by writing editorials for it. Dubois is a younger man than Hansbrough. Dubois’ parents, were well-to-do and he received a good education. He went to school at Y’ale and ho was there noted as an athlete as woll as a studont For four years he was the catcher of tiie base-ball nine of his class. His ambition grew with his muscles, and after his graduation he found Illinois too small for him and lie moved to Idaho. Ho put his muscle into politics, and during his first Congressional campaign he spoke in every settles ent in Idaho, traveling over its 85,000 square miles of mountainous territory on mules and in stag! coaches and being at times nearly a month away from the railroad. His indefatigable energy enabled him to beat tho older politicians of tho State, and this will make him one of the hard workers of the Senate. Senators lllairof Hampshire and Ilearst of California aro succeoded by

two men who served together in the House o f Represontati ve s. These are Dr. Jacob Galiinger and Charles Fe ton. Galiinger is a bright oyed, black mustached, semi-bald little man, whose frame is packed full of l.ervousactlvity, he is a smart politician and a ready speaker. He began life

poor, and has been a printer, an editor, and a doctor. He lias made money in all his trades and professions, and he is now a wo 1-to-do man. Charles Felton also staged in life with nothing and lie is now a rich man In that Stato of rich men, California This means that ho is a millionaire. He owns mining stocks, railroad slocks and bond-s. and owns the water works of ono of tho best suburban towns near San Francisco. Ho is very raodost with all

his millions, and he is one of the most earnest and practical men in Congresa Ho was born in New York, and at seventeen went to California to make his fortune. Ho studied law. tried one case and then diopped r the law and went into business. He has never been a candidate for office, and his political

C. N. FELTON.

honors have been thrust upon him. Senator Felton is now nearly 50 year; old. Next to Felton, the richest man of tho new members is Cal Brice, who repre-

sents Ohio, hut lives in Now York. Brice’s fortune, however, is a speculating one, and he is engaged in 10 many things that he does not know himself just how rich he is Brice comes from Lima. Ohio, and ho does not look a day older than he did ten years ago. He is in his forties and is full of energy. He is a

man of considerab'e culture, and he spends a great j art of his surplus in fine books, bric-a-brac and pictures. He lias a very bright wife, who is largely interested in charitable work. Senator David B. Hil has selected his winter quarters at Washington, lie will

live lust over where Charles Sumner used to hold forth, and just across the street from where President Madif on lived after ho left the W’hite House, His quarters are bachelor ones, and his hotel Is the Arlington. Hill will be ione of the great charyacters of the Senate. The discusisott of him as a Presidential pos-

D. B. HILL.

sibility and his posit on as Governor of New York have for the last five years made him one of the leading figures of the Democratic party, aud the people will expect more from him as a Senator than they will probably get Men who have great reputations before they get to the Senate often fall there because they do not come up to public expectations and Hill will have to be a geuius to make a great figure during the first

two years. The probability Is that he will speak very little, but his lnduatry will make him a valuable man on committees. and his power of managing men and working the political wires will make his presence at Washington invaluable to his party. Hill is not the only ex-governor among the now Senators. General Gordon has been twice Governor of Georgia, and

JOHN B. GORDON.

vice as a captain, and lie rose to be lieutenant general, an 1 he was commanding h s troops at the tme that Lee surrendered at Appomattox. He was shot all to pieces during the war and hs handsome face beais the scars that he received during its battles Gordon has had experience in the Sonatc in the past. He was elected to t..e

Senate in 1»73 and showed himself a brilliant speaker and debater. Ho was re elected in 1879, but resigned the year following on the grounds that he was too poor to remain in politics, and went back to Georg a and engaged in railroading. He made a fortune, but reverses came and ho lost it. He was elected

Governor of Georgia in 1886 and he hat been in politics more or less all his life. Gordon is one of the fine-looking men of the new members.

Gen. John M. Palmer is a very popular man. He is the o dest of the new members, and with the exception of Me rrill he will probably be the oldest man in the Senate. He was born in Kentucky just seventy-four years ago, and he moved to Illinois at the age of 15. He belongs to that pioneer school of politicians of which Lincoln and Douglas wo to ihe highest types. He was a friend of both, in 1864 ho caine to Washington as a delegate to the Peace Congre s. He had Lincoln’s confidence, and rose to the rank of Ma.!or General of Volunteers. In 1872 he left the Republican party to support the Cincinnati platform and Mr. Greeley. He never returned. Tho two simon pure Alliance Son ators are Judge William A. Peffer, ol Kansas, and John H. Kyle, of South Dakota.

H. C. HANSBROUGH.

W. A. PEFFER.

in California ana emigrated to Southwestern Missouri. In 1862 he enlisted in the Elahty-third Illinois Volunteers, and served until the surrender at Appomattox. Ho derived the title of Judge from his service as Judge Advocate during tho war. This line of duty led him to study law. In 1870 ho movod to Wilson County, Kansas, where he took up a claim and tried farming. Later he started tho Coffeyville Journal and lived in Cotfeyville till 1880, serving one term in the State Senate. Removing to Topeka, he took the Kansas Farmer, of which he afterward became the proprietor. When the Alliance movement bogan he went to work for it with a will. 'I he new Senator from South Dakota, John H. Kyle, is a bright, interesting

young Congregational minister. He was born at Nenia, Ohio, 38 years ago He graduated from Oberlin in 1873, studied theology in the Western Theological Seminary at Allegheny, Pa.. where he was ordained in--1882, and then preached for a year or two in a Congregational church in Salt Lako City. In

1886 ho went to Yankton. S. D , and a littlo later became financial secretary of Yankton College. He has been a member of the South Dakota State Senate. The third Alliance Senator is Col. John Laurens Manning Irby, who takes

J. H. GALLINGER.

Laurens, but in 1878 abandoned the law to engage in farming on his plantation. He is a most energet'c and progressive farmer. He had always been a Democrat until the Alliance movement began, when he joined in its work. Col. Irby is an eloquent speaker. A curious appointment was that of Senator Gibson, of Maryland. Gibson

has been in Congress for several terms and he was about to open a campaign as a candidate for the clerkship of the present House wnen he received a note from Senator Gorman asking him to call at his house He went at! once, and Gorman told him that Gov. Jackson intended 10 appoint him to the va-

cancy in the United States Senate. Shortly after this Gov. Jackson came in. The matter was talked over, and

C. S. BRICE.

E. L. WHITE.

jvuvnouip uuopnar ity and his generosity, and his wife is one of the handsomest and most accomplished women at the capital. The Gulf of Mexico Qirnishes two new men to tips Senate. These are White of

Louisiana and Davidson of Florida Senator White is a lawyer, and is noted for his vitality and nervous energy. He is six feet tall and has a robust frame. He is well educated, speaks French like a creo e, and is very fluent as a> debater. He is quick at repartee, though not, bitter in his remarks.

He is a sugar planter as well as a lawyer, and has a large sugar estate near

General John M. Palmer was once the chief executive of Illinos Both Gordon and Palmer are men of li stores Both serve! with credit in the late war. and Palmer came out of it a major general, having been in some of the [most noted battles and having started in as a colonel. Gordon entered the Confederate scr-

Senator Peffer is a Pennsylvanian, born in Cumberland County sixty years ago. At 19 he joined the Argonauts and made a small fortune gold-hunting in .California. In 1852 he .returned to Lennsylva;'nia, married, and settled on a larm neaiCrawfordsvillo, Jnd. It was not long before he lost the money he made

the seat of Wade Hampton. He comes of old revolutionary s ock long honored ir. South Carolina. Ho was educated in the University of Virginia and attended Princeton College for a time. He stud.ed ■Jaw at his home in South Carolina and was admitted to the lar in 18(57. Ho practiced soieral yeais at

J. M. IRBY.

C. H. GIBSON.

Gibson said he would accept It He then left | tenator Gorman, and I shortly after this Gov- ' ernor Jackson called upon him at the hotel and formally tendered , him the appointment pHis office will last only / for a few months, as , the vacancy which he fills is only a short one. He is noted for his good fellowship, his hospital-

R. H. M. DAVIDSON.

New Orleans He is a bachelor, but prefers his own home to a hotel, and he will probably keep house at Washington with his sister as the female head of the house. Senator Davidson, of Florida, has been in the lower house of Congress (o: years. He is a man of fair, average ability, but with none of the elements of great statesmanship or great oratory about iiim. He is well educated, and ouring the late unpleasantness he won his spurs on ihe Confederate side, entering the service as a captain and coming out a lieutenant colonel. Senator Chilton, of Texas, comes from the State of bold, bad men. He is a straight, fine-looking fellow, and wears

HORACE CHILTON.

ket. Now Hogg has become Governor, and ha gives his old playmate the best office 3n his power Mr. Chilton is 40 years bid. and a native-bo: n Texan. lie began life in a printer’s office as a “devil," worked up to tho case, and finally started a small newspaper for himself. For years he set type, and supported his mother and gave his sister an education. The two ex-Cabinot officers who come into the Senate attract considerable at-

tention. Proctor, of Vermont, is a mild man, but he is fresh from the great Department of War, and there is fire in his eya Vilas has been digesting the postal schemes in the long walks which ho has taken about his Wiscon- I sin home, and he will trot out new 3 bids for the im-« provement of the two great depart-

JOHN M PALMER.

ments with which he has been connected. The race between the two as to senatorial notoriety will bo equal. Proctor is rathor a business man than a speaker,

W. F. VILAS.

time the war broke out He left his studies to g > into the army as quartermaster and roce to be Colonel, when his health failed and he went to farming. He was farming when he became receiver of tne marble quarries, and he still owns a big farm and runs it Senator Vilas' father was well-to-do. He moved to Wisconsin from Vermont at an early date and young Vi'as was gixen a good education. He went to school at Madison and graduated at the college there at thirteen, and at the age of twenty he had won his first case before tho Supreme Court of his State. He showed himself tiq be a good lawyer and ho has made a his practice. Ho has saved his money and invested it, and his investments have been particularly lucky ones. He made a fortune out of the Gogebic iron region, where no bought a large tract of land before the minoral was discovered, and held It, thinking that the timber o.i it wou'd some day be very va'uable, and that his children would realize out of it if he did not. The iron was found in large quantities and of the most excellent (quality, and the lands became valuable as mineral regions rather than for their timber.

A German peasant family had made all their arrangements to emigrate to the United States. The day before the family was to take its departure, the eldest son, Hans, who was an enormous eater, intimated that he did not care to go West.” “Has some village maiden beguiled thee to remain behind?” asked the father. “Nothing of the kind.” “Why, then, deest thou not wish to go with us?” “I have been talking with the schoolmaster, and ” “Well, what did he say?” “He says that when it is 12 o’clock with us here in Germany that ” “That what?” “When it is 12 o'clock here with us that in America it is 9 o’clock in the evening. ” “Well?” “I don’t want to go to a place where 1 have to wait that long for my dinner.” And the poor fellow completely broke down at the mere thought of it.

J. H. KYLE.

St. Giles, saint, was born at Athens, and died abbot of Nismes, France, in the year 750; he is said to have been so pious that he sold not only his patrimony, hut even his coat, to enable him to bestow charity upon poor Christians. St. Giles became the patron of cripples, in consequence of his refusing to be cured of an accidental lameness, caused by the arrow of a huntsman’s bow, lest he might not otherwise have sufficient means of mortifying himself. The churches dedicated to him have generally been in the suburbs; and at Cripplegate, in London, even before thq Conquest, cripples used there to solicit charity, from the example of the lame man who begged alms of St. Peter and St. John at the gate of the temple. St. Giles is the patron saint of Edinburgh, and the High Church of the Scottish capital is dedicated to him. Many marvels are gravely recorded of him, and he still retains the title of patron of beggars and cripples.

According to a Rabbinical legend, sneezing, as a habit, is only referable to the time of Jacob. Before patriarchal days no one sneezed more than once; for the sufficient reason that the shock was invariably fatal. At Jacob’s intercession this law was abrogated, but only on condition that all races of men should thenceforth employ fit words of congratulation for the sneezer’s happy deliverance.

A PHiuANTHKoric farmer of Mt Carmel, Conn., offered some time ago to “deliver free of expense during the month of October fifty bushels of apples to deserving poor families providing the members of families do not use intoxicating liquor or tobacco or keep a dog." Nine got their apples.

wi en at home a great sombrero. He 1 s a mi ch sponger man than the average, and starting life with nothing, he has made a repu at on as a lawyer and a speaker. Ho sis appointed to t h e Senate by his old friend Governor Hogg. The two were boys together, and they slept under tho same blan-

REDFIELD PROCTOR.

while Vilas has a great reputation as Jboth. Senator Proc- | tor has made a forl tune by his business bia ns. He was made receiver of the Vermont marble quarries and he managed them so that they havo made him rich, 110 is now about 6u years .of ago. He was born in \ erinont and was studying law at tho

Too Long to Wait.

St. Giles.

Sneezing.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At tbe Nation’s Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and House—Old Hatters Disposed Or and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House, On the oth, immediately after the reading of the donate journal, the annual message of the President was laid before the Senate. It was read by Mr. McCook, its Secretary. The message was ordered to be laid on the table and printed, and then the Senate adjourned until the 10th. In the House, after the approval of the journal, Mr. Pruden delivered the President's message, which was Immediately read, referred to the committee of the whole, and ordered printed. The House then adjourned until the 12th, with the understanding that a further adjournment should be then taken until the 18th. On the 10th the House was not In session. The Senate broke the record in the way of measures Introduced tn a single day, there having been 612 bills eight joint resolutions presented. Tots Is about 100 more than ever before introduced in one dav. Many of them were relics of tbe last Congress, while others are upon entirely new subjects. Among these is a postal savings hill; one to establish a branch mint at Omaha; another to establish a gun factory »n the Pacific coast; and one to establish a department of public health—the latter by Senator Sherman. In the Senate among tho bills introduced and refemd were tho tollowlng:,To repeal all laws discriminating against the circulation of State hanks: to amend the laws In relation t.i national hanks and to retire their circulation; defining options In •futures” and imposing taxes thereon; to establish a permanent census office and to provide for taking the twelfth and subsequent censuses; to prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese Into the United States, whether they are Chinese subjects or otherwise; to amend the Pacific Railroad acts; to reimburse the several States for Interest paid on moneys expended fn raising troops; for a uniform classification of wheat, oats, rye, etc, Mr. I)olph offered a resolution calling on the War Department for a ieport as to whether the provisions of the last river and harbor hill to prevent the unlawful obstruction of the navigable waters of the United States had been enforced, and if not why not. Agreed to. The Senate then went into executive session, when some nominations were referred to committees, and then adjourned.

OPINIONS OF THE PRESS.

Sage’s Assassin. The only safe lunatics are those who are under rigid restraint.—New York Tribune If some restraint is not put upon the use of dynamite and such convenient explosives aw will soon be as powerless with ns as in Bulwer’s imaginary country.—Louisville Commercial. Russell Sage has probably sold more puts and calls than any other ten men in America, but it was a startling novelty to have a dynamite bomb put at him immediately after a call for a million dollars.—Cleveland Leader-Herald. If a suspicious stranger calls on you and demands' .81.000,060 lose no time In sitting down and writing a check for that amount. In tho light of recent events the Jour: al feels justified in offering its readers this advice.—lndianapolis Journal. The attempt on the life of Russel) Sage in New York sh ws tho necessity of the most rigid togulations with respect to tbe use of such explosives as dynamite, with severe penalties to be visited upon persons found with such articles in their possession unless duly authorized.

Electric Executions. The Legis'ature ain ed to shock, not roast, its crin tna's to death by electricity. — : New Y’ork Commercial Advertiser. Is electrocution torture? This is the question, and science should be able to furnish the answer.—New Y’ork Recorder. The execut'ons by electricity are a monstrous scandal. No civilized co nmunity can permit such dreadful work to go on —New' York Times. The exceedingly brief treatment of the event by the press generally must commend itself to the cranky gentlemen who drew the law under vvh.ch the execution was done —Providence Telegram. The electrocution of the wife murderer Loppy, at Sing Sing, is pronounced a success by the attending physicians. Mr. Loppy's opinion on the subject has, however, not been published.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat,

The Earthquake in Japan. Japan’s home market for earthquakes seems to be overstocked, and judging by the destruction of life and property, the consumers pay the tax.—Cleveland Press ■ The recent earthquake in Japan will pass into history as one of the greatest catastrophes of the century. Over 5.000 lives were lost, 43,000 houses totally dest oyed and 158,000 persons rendered homeless. Japan has frequently experienced seismic disturbances, but none so disastrous as this one. —Quincy Whig. The details of the recent earthquake in Japan show that the disturbance was on a colossal scale and that the resulting catastrophe was full of horrors. To have who e cit es overthrown and fire to follow arid destroy what the earthquake left is a prospect which must appall any people, even one accustomed to earthquakes of the ordinary pattern.—Washington Star. Tlie Onion Upheld. It has been decided in Chicago that a school cannot be dismissed by the teacher because some of the scholars have eaten onions—Phi adelphia Call. The place for the onion-eater is in the so itude of the fields or the bedchamber with the windows well down.— Philadelphia Inquirer. Miss Merrill, a fastidious school teacher in Chicago, is in trouble because she insists upon sending boys home who eat onions before coming to school.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Nothing less than a danger to the health of the school at large will justify sending a pupil away from the schools, which are sustained for the education of the children of the whole people.—Pittsburg Dispatch. A Chicago teacher sent a child home from school? because his breath smelled of onion-’, and the Superintendent of Schools has reprimanded her for "it. Chicago believes in a free diet as well as free schools.—Poston New.-’, The New Congress. Congress presents as striking a change in its persona lty as iu its partisanship. The number of now members is unprecedented —Troy Press. The new Congress has a great deal of new material in its make-up. there being 141 members who appear for the first time on the floor. —Lafayette Journal It is like'y to be a stormy session, but whether it will be or no it will be full of interest, and upon it will depend in no small degree the issues and the lines of campaign next summer.—New York Mail and Express.Tlie Crip. Plenty of the grip in Cincinnati, but not difficult to handle if you keep cool.— Cincinnati Enquirer. The grip in Germany is reported to be far more virulent and fatal than on its former visit.—St. Paul Globe. The grip appears to be on another annual tour, and it will soon be the thing to ascribe every variation of that tired feeling to its grasp.—Philadelphia Ledger.