Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1892 — Page 2

iljejJemocrotit Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. w. McEWEN, - Pui usher.

SILVER MEN MUST WAIT

THEY ARE OUTNUMBERED IN THE HOUSE. A Small Majority of the Members Are Against Unlimited Coinage, and tho Number Is More Likely to Ineroa.se than to Diminish. At Washington. In the Senate Mr. Sherman’s credentials were read and placed on file, on the 17th. Mr. Vance,-from the Finance Committee, reported buck adversely the bill introduced by Mr. Gibson, of Louisiana, to provide an Income tax to pay pensions and the salaries of postmaster.-'. Mr. Pfeffer nnved to increase (lie item for the census work for the “division of farms, homes, and mortgages” from $50,000 to 8100,000. and the bill was passed. It adds to the 1200,000 deficiency for the census $."-0,000 for the “division of farms, homes and mortgages.” It Increases the item for subsistence of the Sioux from $115,514 to $143,914. The Senate from then passed the following bills: Appropriating SOO,OOO for the construction of a military store house and office for army purposes at the Omaha military department. Appropriating $500,000 for a public building at Salt Lake City, Utah. In the House, on motion of Mr. Montgomery of Kentucky, the Senate bill was passed extending to Sandusky, 0., the privilege of tho act for the immediate transportation of dutiable merchandise without appraisement

PASTOR HALL IN TROUBLE. A Council Bluffs Preacher Has a Row with His Congregation. Rev. L A. Hall is again in serious trouble at Council Bluffs. He called a meeting Sunday night and summarily bounced four influential members of the flock. They and their many friends met Monday evening and decided that those excluded should be reinstated, and Thursday evening after the regular prayer meeting was set as the time. The room was crowded. It was announced by one of the flock that In response to a petition a business meeting would be held! Hall was on his feet In a moment and loudly declared that no such meeting should be held. A chorus of voices responded that it should bo held. Hall announced a hymn and pronounced the benediction and said: “Let me urge all who love tho church to leave the room at once. Let the mob take charge of this place if it will. It will only be for a few moments, for we shall break up this meeting if there are any police to do it.” The janitor was ordered by the irate pastor to extinguish the lights, but they were relit at qnce by the opposition. Hall rushed out and called on the police, but they failed to Interfere. A council will be called at once to adjust matters, and it Is probable that Mr. Hall will be relieved. The affair Is creating much interest throughout the State.

PLOT TO WRECK A TRAIN". I Details of a Dastardly Conspiracy Overheard by a Fanner Boy. A dire plot to wreck a Pittsburg. Fort Wayne and Chicigo passenger train was unearthed at Fort Wayne. Ind. The discovery was made by accident- The station at Areola is deserted at night. About four o’clock the other morning, while a farmer lad was in the waiting-room waiting for a train, two men entered. They did n)t see the boy owing to the darkness, and openly discussed the details of a plot to wreck the train which leaves Chicago at midnight. ' The deed was to be done on Thursday night near Areola, where the train Is due to arrive about 4:30. The boy slipped out of the station when his train came along, and reported the conversation to the railway officials. Portions of his story have been substantiated. The train carries many passengers, and had the conspiracy not been discovered many lives would undoubtedly have sacrificed. STVAM AsHORK WITH A LIFE-LINK. A Heroic Sailor Rescues the Crew of a Wrecked Schooner. A thrilling story comes from St. Johns, N. F., of the rescue of the crew of the Prince Edward Island schooner Avenger. Ehe was driven on the rocks twenty miles from St Johns in a blinding snowstorm. 'While she was pounding to pieces the boat was launched and Immediately swamped. Murdock Mills volunteered to swim ashoro with a life-line. He was carried ashore on a big wave, but could not land, the coast being so precipitous. He was drawn baqk on board the vesse', where he rested an hour, and then tried again and successfully. He drew himself up from one point of rock to another until he reached a place where he could fasten a line. Then ho drew ashore a larger line, by means o[ which the captain and crew all got safe'y to shore. C, Discussing Free Coinage. The possibility of killing free coinage upon a direct vote In the House is being discussed with a good deal of Interest among the Democratic opponents of tho measure, says a Washington dispatch. The fre9 coinage men keep tip such a noisy beating of tom-toms that It might appear to the avorag; observer that they had the House aud tbo country overwholmlngly with them. Tho opponents of free coinage say, however, that this is not the fact, and that the prevailing sentiment among the Northern members Is against any fooling with the currency at the present session. So strong is this feelinr. they say, that fully two- thirds of the votes of tho Northern Democrats, to say noth'n : of the Republican members, will be cast against free coinage. Got Away with •300,000. Gol. J. B. Simpson, who has been at the bead of a dozen business firms in Dallas. Tex., is missing and numbers of creditors are looking for him. The Grand Jury, it is reported, has found several Indictments against him. an 1 the air is filled with suxnors of crooked transactions. It Is believed that Siaipson is on the ocean cn route either to Europe or South America. It iscstlmated that he got away with at least 1300,090 in cool cash. Flames In a Lunatic Asylum. Ihe State Lunatic, Asylum, nearly two north of Jackson, Miss., burned. The fire originated in an attic room where a 'lunatic named Brown was confined. He escaped recently and was brought back, audit is sup; o-ed he set his bedding on ire. He was burned to death. About onethird of the immense building, besides the kitchen and store-room, was saved by the firemen. The inmates were all removed to the new addition for colored Insane. Dr. Mitchell, the superintendent, was injured l>y a falling ladder. The loss will be about 4300.000. The Leg tala' u re. which Is now in •ession, will provide for rebuilding. Is Not a Candidate. A tendon correspondent says: Cable dispatches from the United States having freely mentioned the name of Robert T. Lincoln In connection with the nomination for the Presidency, Mr. Line In denies in the most positive terms that he is or Intends to be a candidate. Violated Postal Laws. At Boston. Mass.. warrants bare been placed in the hands of Deputy United States Mnrehal Gallupe for the arrest of John A. Morris, Paul Conrad, and eleven other eAcinln of the Louisiana Lottery Company, who bar* been indicted by the United •bates Or cult Court Brand Jury.

NATIONAL WAR ON CIGARETTES. Petitions for Congress to Tax Them Too High for Children to Afford Them. A Washington dispatch says: Representatives Cockran, Cummings, and Stablnecker of New York all have in their possession bills providing for tho suppression of cigarette manufacture by imposing an internal revenue tax of $lO per 1,000 on all imported or domestic cigarettes sold in this country. Accompanying the memorial is a statement whlcjt says; Clippings taken front papers throughout the United States show that during the last year there have been about one hundred deaths of young men, mostly nnder sixteen years of ago. from the effects of smoking paper-wrapped cigarettes: in some cases there lias betn an analysis of the stomach, and in most instances there have been found acid, phorphorns, and arsenic, which are largely used in the manufacture of cigarette paper. Also the same clip- ings will show that about one hundred men have been consigned to insane asylnms from tho same oanse. The internal revenue tax Is now 20 cents per I.COO on paper-wrapped cigarettes. To accomplish wlmt the different States have been and are attempting to do-prohibiting young people from smoking paper-wrapped cig-arettes-a law should be passed by this Congress making the internal revenue tax 810 per 1,0 0 on all paper-wrapped imi>orted or domestic cigarettes. This would place th mat a price that children could not pay, and go further than any State legislation cau do, and meet with tho approval of every man ami woman in the country. Following the statement are the names and former addresses of over two hundred people of the United States who have during the last year died or grown helplessly insane as the effects of their pernicious habit

R. G. DUN & CO.’S REVIEW OF TRADE. Fair Trade Throughout the Country—Business Failures on tho Decline. R. G. Dun & Ca’s Weekly Trado Review says: Reports from cities indicate a general improvement in trade. At Boston trade Is on the whole satisfactory. Jobbing trado is active et Cincinnati, especially in provisions, and at Cleveland business compares favorably on the whole with that of last year, though reaction and a light demand appear in iron ore. At Chicago the volume of merchandise sales Is greater than a year ago, and diminished receipts appear in cured meats only, a fair increase in lard, cheese, and butter, a third in flour, corn, oats, barley,, and hides, 50 per cent, in wool, while receipts of rye are double last year’s, and wheat and dressed beef four times'last year’s. Trade at Milwaukee Is good, although collections are retarded because farmers hold back their crops. At St. Paul prospects are brighter, and at Minneapolis business has increased, as also at Kansas City, while trade is fair for the season at Omaha and Denver. At St. Louis It is also stronger, and there Is much confidence as to the future, though the depression in the cotton regions is still felt. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seven days number 276, as compared with totals of 319 last week; for the corresponding week of last year the figures were 297.

DYING BY THOUSANDS. Horrors of the Russian Famine—Horses Killed for Food. A dispatch from Penza, capital of the Government of that name, in the southwestern part of what is known as Great Russia, says that tho thermometor registers 58 degrees below zero, and that there is terrible suffering among the peasants A number of men have been frozen to death on the high roads, and so intensely cold Is It that birds drop dead from the trees In which they had sought shelter. None of the children of Penza are allowed to go to school. A quantity of grain for the famine sufferers has arrived at Penza, but it Is im-po-sible to distribute it among the peasants in the surrounding country owing to the fact that nearly all the horses have been killed for food or sold to procure money with which to buy the absolute necessaries of life. Five thousand horses have been killed In Penza alone, and it is estimated that several million draft animals have been killed throughout the empire since autumn. Typhus fever, smallpox and diphtheria are decimating the Inhabitants. Around Penza 200 of the peasants have died from these diseases. The dispatch adds that in the Governments of Samara, Saratov un<l NlJni Novgorod, the condition Is far worse than In Penza. TYPHUS FEVER SCARE. Eight More Cases Discovered Among Immigrants at New York. Eight new cases of typhus fever have been discovered in various parts of New York, thus making, with the fifty-seven cases unearthed previously, sixty-five cases In aIL The victims are nearly all Russian and Polish Jews, who recently arrived on the steamship Massilu from Marseilles, and who on landing, although the ship was said to be Infected, found sleeping accommodations In some of the lowest tenement houses on the East Side. All the victims have been removed to North Brother Island, and the places they were taken from carefully fumigated and quarantined. Tho hospital on North Brother Island is filled to its utmost capacity, and the physicians there will erect a large wooden pavilion to accommodate a number of patients.

TURNED A GATLING ON THEM. Guards at a Convict Camp Return the Fire of Drunken Miners. It was learned at Knoxville, Tenn., that on Thursday night, about 10o’clock, a number of drunken men, thought to be miners, fired upon the pickets of the State troops at the Coal Creek convict camp. The Gatling was turned on the men and two of them were crippled. Several houses in Coal Creek were filled with leaden missiles, and the tenants wore badly frightened. Commander Anderson has telegraphed Gen. Carnes at Memphis for more ammunition and arms. Americans Found Dead. A Mexican, Francisco Mariano, In driving i herd of mules dowa from New Mexico Itopped at an old adobe building, near El Paso, to rest and on looking inside the door beheld the dead bodies of two Americans. The bodies were naked and covered with blood. Some believe the murdor to have been done by renegade Indians, who are reported off the Mescallero reservation. Will Invite Hatch. Members of the Chicago Board of Trade are thoroughly alarmed over the anti-op-tion hill, and the directors have decided on a master stroke of policy. An effort Is being made to get Congressman Hatch and some of his backers to spend a day or two In the Chicago wheat pit Whether the Congressman will fall in with the idea or not remains to be seen.

A Sew Rule Concerning: PokeT Deb s. The latest rule on poker was formulated by the Kansas City Court of Appeals, and It will surprise poker players the country over. The court held that if A, B and C sit down for a social game of poker, and A should lose all his money to B, who In turn should be skinned by C. then A can sue C and recover the money which he bet Emphatic Denial. On Secretary Blaine’s attention being called to the story telegraphed frjm Washington that he will shortly retire from the cabinet, he emphatically said: “The story is false There is not a word of truth in it » Guilty of Extortion. The verdict of the jury in the case of James Wyman, Mayor of Allegheny, Pa. charged with extortion, has been handed In. The Mayor is found guilty on two counts. Took a Big Tumble. Wheat tumbled 4 cents in Chicago the other day, caused by the report that Congress was likely to pass the anti-option bill. The market generally was shaken. A Northwestern Farmers’ Elevator The directors of the Northwestern Farmers’ Protective Association met at Grand Forks, N. IX, and Incorporated the North-

western Protective Elevator Compaoy. The purpose of the company Is to erect an elevator at West Superior or Duluth, to be controlled by Dakota men. The Railroad Commissioners and tho Alliance Prosklent, Bhortrldge.have been heretofore working for the same end through different channels. The company has $200,000 capital, continues twenty years, and no stockholder can own more than forty of the 8,003 shares. Officers were elected to serve until the annual meeting in June.

AVAR ON THE NAVAJOS. Fierce Battle Between Cowboys ami Indians In New Mexico. A dispatch from Albuquerque. N. M., says that the Navajo Indians opened fire upon live stock In sight of the cowboys near C'oolidge Station, on the Atlantic & Pacific Railroad, the other aftermon. Tho cowboys determined to stand the outrages uo longer and. gathering In as large a band as possible, attacked the redskins. The NaVajos greatly outnumbered the cowboys, but the latter were better armed. Four of tho Indians are said to have been killed, und many of the cowboys and ranchmen wounded. The telskins have been stealing cattle by wholesale. One <ommi-sary has lost 15,000 animals The Indians wander all over Western New Mexico In squads of twenty-five to fifty, killing cuttle wherever they fin l them, and leaving the carcasses on the plains The cattlemen are determined not to stand this without res stauce, and have taken aggressive measures. HE BOUGHT THE GOLD URICK. William Hendricks Mourns tile Nephew Who Took Him In on That Game. William Hendricks, a well-to-do farmer residing over the State line from Portland. Ind., has taken the bait In that old-time swindle, the gold brick racket, and In consequence thereof his bank account is short just SSOO and ho Is nursing a chunk of brass. A few days ago a smooth young fellow visited Hendricks and claimed lo be his nephew. Harry Owens, whom he had not seen for fifteen years. The latter told tho old man that he had been with a mining company in Colorado and that he was with Creede when he discovered his mine. He also said that Creede had given him a gold brick for his assistance, which lie claimed was worth $5,000. The yarn had worked Hendricks up, and wlion the brick was offered to hjm for SSOO he snappcl it up. After securing the money and remaining justlong enough to allay suspicion, Owens left.

CRAZED BY THE GOLD CURE. Frank Harthold Brought Home from Marysville a Maniac. Says a Steubenville. Ohio, dispatch: The bichloride of gold cure for inebriates has secured a black eye here since the return of a patient who lived In this city. Three weeks ago Frank Barthold, a p astcror by trade and a son of George Barthold, a wealthy resident of this city, was taken to the bichloride of gold institute at Marysville, Ohio. lie was treated three tirnos daily and was cured of any desire for Intoxicants, but as euch day wore along ho became bereft of reason, and recently was brought home and an application granted for his admission to the Central Insane Asylum at Columbus. Physicians here think that the cure was a failure in that it did not make up for the loss of liquor stimulants, and also because liquor stimulants were taken away from hint too suddenly. CHEER FOR GOVERNOR HOYD. Nebraska Democratic Celebration at tho State Capital. The Nebraska State capital was In possession of the Democrats Monday, delegations from every county being present to congratulate Governor Boyd on Ills resumption of the executive chair. Organizations with flying banners and brass bands paraded. Governor Boyd In his speech said: “lam Governor of Nebraska, put there by the sovereign will of the people, expressed by them through the ballotbox and vindicated from the highest tribnal In our glorious republic. The period of servlco remaining to ffke as an executive is limited, but I hope In the few months remaining to be still able tp do something to vindicate the expressions of your will.” HELD UP A STREET CAR.

A Fresno Driver Robbed and One of His Passengers Shot. In Fresno, Cal., a street car was held up by two men. One man stopped the horses and the other mounted the car, at the same time holding a revolver at the driver's head and demanding hts money. Driver Kerr showed fight, but was overpowerod by the second man and gave up what change he had, about $5. Throe pussengers were In the car, ono of whom, an Armenian, thrust his head out of the window to see what was going on. He had no so ner done so than one of the robbers placed a pistol to his head and fired, causing him to fall back Into the car. The wound Is thought to bo fatal. The robbers made their escape. Hedspelh in Custody. Marion C. Hedspeth, the leader of the gang that robbed the St. Louis and San Francisco train near St. Louis the night of Nov. 30,1891,was arrested at San Francisco. To Shut Out Typhus. The Senate has passed a resolution authorizing iromed'ate joint investigation of the Hebrew typhus-fever stricken immigrants. Died ot Heart Failure. James G. Fair, eldest son of ex-Senator Fair, died suddenly, at San Francisco, from heart failure. Colonel Grant Dead. Lieut. Col. James Augustus Grant, C. 8., C. S. 1., F. It. 8., F. L. S.. LL.D.. the African traveler, died at Nairn. Scotland.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle —Common to Prime.... $3.51 @ 5.75 H os-Shipping Grades 350 @ 5.M Bheep—Fair to Choice 3.0) #5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Ked 81 @ .00 Corn—No. 2 *0 @ .41 O ts -No. 2 2j a* .31 Rye—No. 2 64 & .83 Butieb—Choio) Creamery 28 @ .30 Chhese—Full cream, fats 12 & .13 Eggs—Fresh 22 @ .24 FoiA.OEs-Car-loads, per bu. ■.. .30 @ .35 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle— Shipping 325 <§ 5.00 H gs - ChoiceLigut 3.D0 @5.(0 Sheep—Common lo Prime i.OO @ 5.23 Wheat—No. 2 Red 90 @ .9.1 U Corn No. 1 white 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 White 32 @ .33 ST. LOUia Cattle 3.50 & 455 Hogs 3,51 @5,0) Wheat—No. 2 R d.... . 91 @ .92 Corn-No. 2 36 @ .37 Oats-No 2 3)JA(4 .3iu Rye—No. 2 79 *@ 81 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.53 @ 4.53 Hog a 3.0 J @ 5,00 S HK E p 3fi>o & 5,25 V heat—No. 2 Red 93 @ ?> .Corn—No. 2 .41 @ Oats—No. 2Mixed Si © 33 DETROIT’. Cattle 3.00 @ 4."5 Ho is 3.0, @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 lied.... 93 @ .94 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 4:pa@ 14414 Oais—No. 2 White 34 @ .33' i OLE DO. Wheat-New 9SV,@ ,9G!4 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 41 .g .4-4 Oats—No. 2 White .31 © .33 © .85 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle..... 4.01 @ 5.71 Live Hogs ... 3.75 © 5.50 Whkat-No. 1 Hard 98 (a> 101 Corn—No. 2 4, (» '47 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 87 @.S 3 Corn—No. 3 33 <a .39 Oats—No. 2 White 31 © .33 Rye—No. 1 , 81 @ .84 Barley-No. 2. 53 @ .5; PoRK-Mess n. 75 @l2 25 NEW YORK. Cattle. 3.50 @ 5,00 Hogs 3.90 @ 6.50 Sheep 4.(10 @ e. 50 Wheat—No. 2 Bed, 1.07 @I.OO Cobn-No. *.... 48 « .50 Oats—No t White S7J4* .3816 Butter—Creamery @ ,31 P°BK-tfMS 3.75 #10.50

SARAH ALTHEA INSANE.

SAID TO BE DRIVEN CRAZY BY SPIRITUALISM, The Noted Litigant Imagines She Hears Voices from Hie Other "World Through a Handkerchief— Placed Under Gentle Restraint by Friends. Now a Physical Wreck. Sarah Althea Terry, who gained such notoriety by her divorce suit against exSenator Sharon and her subsequent marriage with Judge Terry, has become insane over spiritualism. She has been very eccentric ever since Terry was shot down ’by Officer Naegle at the Lathrop eating station the moment after he slapped Justice Field’s face. The fact that the court held Naegle blameless drove her nearly insane, and this feeling was aggravated by troubles which she had with her attorney in Fresno. She claimed this attorney made love to her a*nd she produced several amatory letters he had written. This enraged him, and when she called at his office to get her law papers he brutally ejected her. To the disgrace of the Fresno courts they held that his action was justifiable. The doctor says it is a clear case of dementia due to worry over her affairs and dabbling in spiritualism. She sits for hours in one place with a pocket handkerchief rolled up and placed to her ear like the holder of a telephone. She says she gets all kinds of messages

SARAH ALTHEA TEREY.

through this handkerchief from her friends in the spirit land, aud she handed the handkerchief to a reporter who saw her and asked him if ho didn’t hear whispers coming through it. She looks very old and haggard, and her pale face is flushed with fever. Her pulse runs high, but she seems insensible to heat or cold. At night Sarah becomes very violent and calls loudly for Judge Terry and for Porter Ashe, whom she says she loves dearly, as his father, was a losom friend of Terry in early days and was arrested and confined by a vigilance committee for opposing them. Porter Ashe married Amy Crocker, but she secured a divorce after much scandal. He is well known on the turf, as he is the owner of Geraldine and other fast horses. Ho’ befriended Mrs. Terry after the shooting of her husband and is about the only one of Terry’s old friends who has been able to endure her caprices. The poor woman is a physical and mental wreck, although she is not over 40 years old. She had only a remnant of property left, Judge Terry’s estate having ben heavily mortgaged and badly managed When the Sharon divorce suit began in March, 1884, she was a remarkably handsome woman, and since then she has been almost constantly before the public. Some months ago Mrs. Terry reported to the police that $7,01K) worth of silks and laces had been stolen from her trunk. It was found that sho never had any such goods. Unless her brother, Morgan Hill, intervenes she will be sent to an asylum in a few days. No intervention is probable, as she was disowned by all her relatives long ago, and, besides, her mania is of too violent a type for her to be at large. Once handsome, in a dashing, brilliant way, Mrs. Terry is now a wreck in body as well as mind, and bears on her face lines that tell of fierce passions, a life of storm and violence, and of bitter defeat.

TO IMPROVE THE MISSISSIPPI.

A Bill Appropriating 813,000,000 Approved by a Senate Committee. After hearing from engineers, officers of the government, and delegations appointed to lay the matter before Congress, the Senate Committee on Commerce has decided to recommend the adoption of a most liberal policy for the improvement of the great internal waterway furnished by the Mississippi River. It was decided that the bill recently introduced by Senator Gibson, of Louisiana, was better adapted to secure satisfactory results than any other. As it will be x-eported to the Senate, the bill makes an appropriation of $15,000,000 for the improvement of tho Mississippi River, whereof $10,000,000 shall be expended under the direction of the Secretary of War, in accordance with such plan of tho Mississippi River Commission as may be approved by the chief of engineers, to build, repair and extend the levees, dykes, and other works on the river from the passes to the mouth of the Ohio and for the payment of the salaries and expenses of the commissiofl. There is a proviso that not more than $2,000,001) of this appropriation shall be expended in any one year; that it shall not be expended longer than the State and local authorities continue their present contributions for levee improvements; and that hone of the money shall be used for the purchase of .sites for levees or damages for their construction. The second section of the bill provides that $5,000,000 of the appropriation shall be expended by the Secretary of War on the same section of the river, in accordance with the plans of the chief of engineers, the yearly allotments not to exceed $1,000,000. The bill commits Congress to the levee system of river improvements. It was reported to the Senate by Senator Gibson, its author.

Masculinities.

The wrath of brothers is the wrath of devils. The recording angel never strikes a balance on his books by what is said of a man on his gravestone. Albinus, the Homan, at one breakfast ate 500 figs, 100 peaches, 10 melons, 100 small birds, and 400 oysters. No matter what its profession may be, the love that halts and turns back when it sees danger coming is a sham. The man who begins by walking arm-in-arm with the devil will soon have to carry the old fellow on his back. A French officer has invented a hlppometer which will register the paces and ground covered by a horse. If some men could only be convinced that it pays to be good, they couldn’t be kept out of the church with a gun. Evert man who does not labor and lay up a fortune may cause absolute suffering to his daughter’s future husband. Napoleon,.like everybody else, had his like#and dislikes. He was fond of sensational novels and abhorred oats. The Shah of Persia has more than $35,000,000 worth of ornaments, gems and precious stones in oue strong room,

MARKETS IN A PANIC.

CAUSED BY REPORTS ABOUT THE ANTI-OPTION BILL. Chicago Board of Trade Member* Extremely Uneasy, Fearing That the Bll] • May Pans—Steps Taken for Relief— Uncertainty I* Felt Everywhere. Took a Big Tumble. Wheat took a big tumble the other day in the Chicago Board of Trade. It began sliding downward as soon as trade opened, and before the leak was stopped it had fallen 4 cents—enough to cause tremendous excitement among the operators. It was all started by a little rumor, which came on the top ol the uneasy feeling that has pervaded the board ever since Hatch introduced his anti-option bill in Congress. This rumor was nothing more or less than that somebody had got a sure “tip” that the Hatch bill would be reported upon favorably by the Committee on Agriculture, and that the bill was pretty certain of becoming a law. This was enough to throw the room into a fever of excitement, says a Chicago dispatch, and in a little while everybody was trying to get rid of his wheat. The situation was aggravated by an announcement from several big firms that they would discontinue dealing in privileges. The smash in tho markets took place in less than fifteen minutes. Business during the entire morning had been marked by an underlying tone of nervousness, due to dispatches from Washington predicting the passage of the bill. Prices had fallen sharply once, and afterward recovered part of the lost ground, with a look of closing higher. Suddenly another flood of dispatches canfe from Washington. In two minutes the newfound strength had given way to weakness, had spread into a genuine panic, and' the entire throng of brokers were screaming their offers to sell at any price. The market had dropped to 89$ cents when the bell tapped. But as the crowd poured down-stairs it continued tracing at still lower figures, and long after the session had closed wheat was quoted at 87 in the corridors and offices. The excitement increased even after the trading was over and members gathered in little knots and discussed the situation. The board of directors met and decided to send another committee at once to Washington to use its influence against the threatened legislation The naming of the committee was left with President Hamill, who will be its _ chairman. A similar committee which was appointed to visit Washington for the same purpose two weeks ago was dismissed. It is understood that its work was unsatisfactory, and it is thought a new committee may bo more effective among the nation’s legislators. Members of the Board of Trade are I thoroughly alarmed at the outlook at Washington. The bill, which, if passed and enforced, would literally drive the Board of Trade out of existence, is reported to be looked upon very favorably in both branches of Congress, and speculators, big and small, are wondering if it can be possible that their business will be taken away from them. Aside from its effect upon the market the bill was v. ry much in evidence all day. It was the sole topic of discussion, and, as is usual with Board of Trade men, there was a wide divergence of opinion as to its effects. By many it was viewed as a menace to a great invested capital. There, were undoubtedly many anxious consultations in commission houses. Several firms, it was said, who had arranged to enlarge thoir facilities, had decided to await events. Wheat was not the only product affected by the alarm. Corn was lower; so were oats; so Were provisions. Cotton at New York, very weak at the best, dropped to 6,89 for May, the lowest price heard of in fifty years; lower than anybody evei; knew cotton to sell since future delivery sales were established.

MOB LAW RULES AT EL RENO.

Oklahoma lot tfutnpers Overrun and Take Possession of the Town. According to a Guthrie, 0. T., dispatch, the last forty-eight hours have witnessed scenes of wild excitement at El Reno which outrival anything ever 6een in the Territory. That town is built upon the claim of Maj. Freeman, all the residents of the place having bought their lots of him; so when Secretary Noble decided that Freeman’s title to his claim was void it left every piece of property in town at the mercy of vandals, for nobody had any valid title to the property. When the news of the decision reached El Reno the town went wild. First the loafers began jumping lots, then others followed, and soon all business was suspended. The Court officers rushed from their offices and joined the mob, which by nightfall had become wild and unruly. Gov. Seay telegraphed to the Sheriff and other officers to disperse the crowds and protect the property, but they did nothing. The following day affairs took a more serious turn. Houses were broken into, people were driven from their homes, and everything possible was done by the excited mob to drive the orderly element out and give the jumpers possession of all the property in the town. Many citizens telegraphed Gov. Seay that their property was being destroyed and that their lives were endangered and demanding that troops be sent to protect them. The mob has taken forcible possession of over SIOO,OOO worth of property and already destroyed or damaged much of it. The latest news from there is that there is likely to be a conflict and bloodshod at any hour. The Governor has called for troops.

The Tender Sex.

Remember that it always takes two to quarrel. Green is still the color rage of Paris for outdoor wear. Only one couple in 11,500 live to celebrate their diamond wedding. WomAn is like a cigar. You cannot judge the filling by the wrapper. A New York young lady has secured a verdict of SI,OOQ damages for the loss of a toe. A boy is expected to love his mother, even though she cuts his hair. Blazay —“Are you acquainted with Miss Bushred?" Rouay—“Just barely; I met her at a ball.” Mme. de Stael was familiarwith seventeen trades, by any one of which she could have earned a living. Some people know a great deal which they will not tell; others tell a great deal which they do not know. Smith College started sixteen years ago with twelve pupils. It has graduated 800 young women and has 570 on its rolls. A Connecticut woman has become insane through the toy known as“ Ouija" informing her that her lover had deserted her. “Mamma, I know what butterflies are for,"cried a little boy, running into the house. “To lay butter," he added, emphatically. “Your son is an actor, I believe?” “Yes; Rupert is on the stage. “Is he a star?” “I imagine so. He’s generally out all night.” The French say that grape fruit was the forbidden fruit of Eden. The marks of Eve’s teeth can be seen where the stem joins the fruit.

RED GLOWED THE SKY.

A FINE DISPLAY OF THE AURORA BOREALIS. The Northern Heavens Illuminated as They Have Not Been Before in Many Years The Phenomenon as Seen in Many Cities Marvelous ‘Succession of Iridescent Hues. Shone Over the !Land* The aurora borealis was generally visible the other night, and was witnessed by thousands of people. Many stood stock still in the streets and gazed with all their eyes at the sky, while others looked from their windows until they had cricks in their necks. Everybody talked about it. The cause of all this commotion was not an ordinary; everyday northern lights by any means, but an aurora borealis the like of which nobody but the oldest inhabitant ever beheld. In the first place, it was magnicently large. It filled a full quartei of the heavens, extending over the segment of the circle between the northwest and northeast. Its base extended nearly to the horizon line, and its apexes at times touched the zenith. The rapid shifting of the great tongues of light was an added feature, but the crowning glory of the aurora borealis was its color. Many have been seen, but they have usually been of the clear white light one is usually wont to associate with the crystal seas of the frozen north. This one was a display of gorgeous coloring. The light varied from pure white to the color of a fall sunset. One minute the whole northern sky would be vestal white and the next as angry as the low-hanging winter clouds over a big fire. In fact, at times the tongues died away, leaving only a fierce red glow that made people in the southern suburbs think that a tremendous conflagration was raging down town. Then the glow would soften and lose its angry hue and turn to lovely pink, and ofter passing through marvelous gradations of hue become vestal white again, with tongues shooting to the very zenith. The aurora departed as suddenly as it came, and left the stars doubly serene after such vivid and varied brilliancy. The interesting phenomenon was accompanied by an electrical storm which, while not severe, was widespread. The exact connection between the two and their origin are mysteries which electrical science has as yet been unable to clear up. The appearance of this particular storm was first noticed early in the afternoon, when the telegraph wires between Chicago and St. Poul began to work imperfectly. Its influence was felt in the working of the telegraph instruments for a few minutes at a time. Then they would respond to the operator’s touch in regular manner again, thus indicating that the storm moved in waves. The storm was at its height from 5 p. m. to 7 p. m., during which time it was found necessary to abandon, in some cases, the duplex system, which requires a nice ad justment of batteries, and confine the sending of messages to the single or ordinary method of telegraphing. This was especially true of lines between Chicago and 'Washington and Chicago and Pittsburg. The magnificent aurora borealis was scientifically observed at the University of Michigan by Astronomical Director W. J. Hussey, who reports as follows: “The brilliant red rose aurora visible to-night was not altogether unexpected. In a general way auroras have been predicted for about this time. To-night’s display naturally io’lowsthe appearance of the great sun spot which has been visible during the last week. Other auroral displays may be expected in the near future.” Dispatches show that the phenomenon was witnessed at New York, Louisville, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Toledo, Detroit, Indianapolis, and at Illinois and lowa points, but not at St. Louis, Kansas City, or Menjphis. At Cincinnati it was first supposed that the city of Hamilton, twenty-five miles north, was on fire. Though not seen at St. Paul or Minneapolis, the aurora was plainly witnessed in Milwaukee.

THE GRIP BACILLUS IS CAUGHT.

Shaped Like the Letter H and One-Twen-tieth a* Large as a Klood Corpuscle. According to a Paris dispatch the microbe of influenza has been at last captured and dragged out to the light of day. The discoverers are Profs. Cornel and Chantemesse, who hav® just made a communication to the Paris Academy of Medicine on the subject. The German doctors attributed the grip to a bacillus which permeated the blood of the respiratory organs, but nothing further was known on the subject until now, when these French physicians have succeeded in capturing some of the bacilli and cultivating them in bouillon after the Pasteur method. It is now found that these organisms are formed like the figure H, and the largest are in size barely the twentieth part of the diameter of a blood corpuscle. Experiments have been made on rabbits and monkeys, and the inoculated animals showed every symptom of influenza soon after they had been injected with a preparation obtained by the professors from the cultivation of the microbe. It is expected that the experiments conducted by the French savants will assist the medical faculty in providing an efficacious method for the prevention and Treatment of the malady.

Told in a Line or Two.

Nothing comes out of the mind as it goes in. Schemes are all right so long as they are your own. Most of the things longed for by men have no existence. Did you ever notice how hard it is for two people to get along? Limit the number of your secrets, and you limit the number of your troubles. It is said that a cross, competent woman is the best to live with for a lifetime. It is a very rare man who can’t lay all his misfortunes on Providence or his kin. Every time you do a thing that is worthless, you fulfill the prophecies of those who dislike you. The trouble is that when a man is at the right age to learn, he thinks he knows everything. * A man never knows until after he has married a woman what sacrifices she made in marrying him. It would be easier to love the Lord if men did not know they were loving some one who loves their enemies. How very few people there are who have enough sense to refuse to eat and drink that which they know is not good for them. “1 am willing to admit the depravity of the race, but I am not willing to admit the depravity Of men only.”—Parson Twine. Some men, when they become old, imagine that however busy their acquaintances may be, they are always glad to see them. Sin is like giving a note at a high rate of interest. It is so easy to spend the money you received from the note, and so hard to pay it baclt

THE SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW- • MAKERS. Proceeding* of the Senate and Hou*e of Representative* Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist or the Business. The National Solons. In the Senate, on the 10th, Mr. Squire, from the Committee on Public Buildings, reported a bill appropriating $500,000 for a public building at Heal tie. Wash. Calendar. The joint resolution as to the payment to the State of West Virginia of her proportion of the direct tax again taken up in tho morning hour, aqff after debate went oyer without action. The bill providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public documents went over without action. Mr. Gorman presented the credentials of his colleague. Mr. Gibson. Oath of office was administered to him by the Vice President After a brief executive session t>he Senate adjourned. The event in the House was the report of the Bland free-coinage bill by the Committe on Coinage, Weights, and Measures. The action was not one that involved debate, as the bill merely went on the calendar to be taken up in the order of Its consideration. The House also ordered an investigation of the Pension Bureau, as managed by Commissioner Baum. A bill concerning control of national banks occupied the balance of the session.

In the Senate, on the 11th, the bill to amend the law us to the coasting trade on the great lakes was passed, Mr. Vilas giving the following explanation of its object and effect: The change which it makes in the existing law consists simply in requiring the owner, agent, or master of a vessel touching at any intermediate port, in the course of its journey on tho lakes, to make a statement of the quantity and nature of goods delivered or shipped at that port. Its object is simply to preserve among the various lake ports statistical Information of the business done at these ports. The bill appropriating $200,000 fora public building at Cheyenne, Wyo., was passed. The printing bill went over without action. Adjourned till the 15th. In the House, the old parties came in for a scoring by Jerry Simpson. The principal question was the appointment of messengers. Mr. Simpson’s speech was interrupted by frequent cries of “Put him on the roll.” “Amend the resolution,” and “He saved the .Union,” but the speech of the gentleman of Kansas had the effect of overwhelmingly defeating the resolution. The military academy appropriation bill was taken up and consumed the remainder of the day. Both houses of Congress have authorized an inquiry into the causes of agricultural depression. The resolution directing Mr. Hatch’s Committee on Agriculture to make an investigation passed the House on the 15th. The only d'ssenting voice was that of Mr. Funston, a Republican member from Kansas. , But tho resolution passed and the committee will begin its inquiry early next week. The Senate resolution directs the Agricultural Conjnvtlee of that body to ascertain if anything is needed to improve the existing conditions. In the Senate the inquiry will be conducted by the two subcommittees. Mr. Gibson reported a bill appropriating $15,000,000 for the Improvement of the Mississippi Elver and it was placed on the calendar.* Ten millions of the amount is for the river from the head of the passes, near it mouth, to the mouth of the Ohio River (not more than $2,000,000 to be expended in any one year). and $5,000,000 Is for the river from the mouth of the Ohio (o the mouth of the Illinois. The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill providing for the public printing and binding and the distribution of public . documents. The bill was reported to tho Senate and passed. Mr. Haddock’s bill for preventing the adulteration apd misbranding of food and drugs was then taken up as the special order. After a brief executive session the Senate adjourned.

Death to the Octopus!

There is every reason to believe that the existence of the Louisiana lottery will cease with the expiration of its present charter in 1894. The published statement of John A. Morris, who has long controlled the operations of that gigantic concern, enjoying also most of its ill-gotten revenues, seems to be conclusive that the directors of the company would not accept the constitutional amendment pending before the voters of the State for the renewal of the lottery franchise, even though it should be adopted. The decision of the United States Supreme Court, upholding the validity of the ' anti-lottery postal law, was a death-blow to the Lou. isiana company. The extent of its scheme compelled it to depend for its receipts on more than local patronage, and its success was impossible without the use of the postal facilities of the country. The statutes of the several States imposing punishments for the traffic in lottery tickets might he avoided or rendered ineffective. But the exclusion of the lottery’s business from the mails is fatal to its hopes for further lease of life, without regard to the action of the people of Louisiana. Morris, who is a shrewd man, has been quick to appreciate the sweeping effect of the court’s decision. He gives further evidence of his perspicacity by wisely abandoning a battle in which victory, if achieved, would be barren of profitable result. With the death of the New Orleans octopus there is almost positive assurance that another giant lottery enterprise will never again flourish in the United States. The destruction of this system of robbery is good for the morals of the people. Admitting that here and there a small investment of money in a lottery may once in a great while bring large returns does not lessen the evil., There was a great deal ol truth in the observation of Horace Greeley: “A sad day in any man’s life is that on which he comes into possession of a dollar which he has not honestly earned.”

Short and Spicy.

Uncle Sam prefers peace, and, what is more, he will have it —even if he has to fight for it. It is one of the blessed privileges ol old age to give in first in a quarrel. When youth will not give in, old age should. A verdict of $1,000,000 has been affirmed by a Montana court against the “Last Chance Mining Company.” Prophetic name! A farmer at Marengo, 111., is chagrined over the loss of $1,700 that was burned in a bedtick. Banking in a tick is ticklish. Col. Bob Lngersoll finds himself still unable to overcome the conviction that he’ could make a better world than the Almighty has done. The fact that a judge recently fell dead while charging a jury has not had any appreciable influence upon the way lawyers charge their clients. There are a great many men in the world who keep the fires up at the church while their wives are carrying in the wood at home. A book called “Indian Idyls” is just out. If it treats of the wooden images in front of cigar stores there is a mistake in the spelling. Patti declares that this is not her farewell tour. This statement will make many people fear that this time she doesn’t intend to come back.