Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1892 — Page 2

gljcilcmocratitSehtincl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. 3. W. McEWEN, - - • Publisher

“TVVAS A FEARFULBLAST

FIVE TONS OF GUN-COTTON EXPLODE. Success of the New Election law—Legislative Measures Killed In Committee— Another Wonderful Product of Kansas May Knock the Coal Trust. At Washington. The time ot the Senate was consume! On the sth hy consl ler.it, on of the bill proposing to assign t> array officers the duties of Indian agents It was r.-vealod that one of the causes of Indian turbulence is that different lots of bacon. 185.000 pounds In all. have been unfit for food when distributed. '] ha House Chinese bill was referred tQ tjie proper committee. In the House, the time was passed over the free wool bill, and nothing was accomplished. SHOOK TOE WHOLE CITY. Who Explosion of Five Tons of Gun-Cot-ton In St. Petersburg. 8t Petersburg was thrown ifcto - a slate of Intense excitement by a terrific explosion. Bo much has bgen heard there lately of the fiendish work of Anarchists that, for a time, every tno believed thut they ha I attempted to destroy some of the i u illc streets. It was soon learned, however, that the explosion was due to an acciSent at the state factory for the manufacture of smokeloss powder, where, loj some unknown manner, five tons of gun-cotton had explo led. Tho shock of the explosion was tremo-idous. The whole city was- shaken, and houses swayed on their foundations as though from the effects of an earthquake. The building In which tho gun cotton had been stored was nowhere to bo soon. It had been blown Into splinters. Nine workmen were In the building when the explosion took place, and every one of them was blown to pieces. A search was made for the remnants of their b dies, and some of their limbs were found 250 yard i away from the building. Houses a mile and a quarter away from the scene wert mado to tremble by the shock of the explosion.

ALLIANCE HILLS SHUT OUT. Senator Sherman Reports Adversely Measures Introduced bv Peffar and Others. Senator Sherman, from Iho Co:: mittcc on Finance, reported adversely to the Senate a number of Alliance financial schemes. They included Senator Peffer’s bl 1 for paying pensions, sorting Idle la! orers to work, and preventing crime among tkopocrnnd vice among the rich, and tho undue influence of alien lebrr by a graduated system of incom) tax. wh eh. Senator Sberpoan ■aid, provided a princi; lo of taxa'lon which it was not in the power of the Senate to originate. Also Senator Kyli's bill to repeal the power of ihe Secretary of the Treasury to anticipate the payment of Interest on the public dobt; Senator Call’s bill to prohibit national banks from receiving or paying interest on deposits made hr national banks, and Senator George’s resolution Instructing the committee ilo report a bill requiring the Issuing aud ■ keeping la circulation of United States Treasury noiel Jo the extent of StO per capita of popuiutlji - siu-'ri* ' EX-SENATOR CLAIR AND CHINA. The New Hampshire Statesman Says He Has Heen Misrepresented. Ex-United States Senator Henry W. Blair, of New Hump-h're, was asked if ho ha i anything to say In refe-.enie t) t ie present th ne e situa'ion. Mr. Hlair said: •I do not know as lou ht to sa ' anything •bout it ju.t at pnss t andwrnd rather have' m re time to pi-epuio a statement. My oiineci-ion with tho Chluose has b>en the subjic ct much misrepresentation, both lunocent and willful. I have repeat«diy asked the department to make ptbllc the corresfon'ien e to atlve to my re. cotton as Minister to China. Thus far it has been without avail, although It would be a simple matter of justice to myself, w ho have been placed in a false position l.ofore the public. Unlc s this is done so m I Intend ! to take action In the malt r myself and let the public know the Inside hlslo yof the cas ;.i A GOOD LAW. The Australian Hallot System Is Proven a Grand Success. , From all the Ftates holding elections milder the Australian ballot system comes commendation of the new law. Voters generally understand Its provisions, and Uked it. In Chicago Its bonefits were most noticeable. The rtngsters were totally unable to destroy the secrecy of the ballot or to control the.voters, and as a consequence • l.tof boodlers are now out of au aldermanic job. „ » Ran Into a Shower of Mud. The through ex pres i on the Union Pacific Road, when It re. chcdj&anuis Cl y, had h most remarkpJ>le' J aspearaucc. -d e ng covered with mud to the depth of fully an Inch. The headlight was completely covered an.d- the engine and coach windows ware so plastered over t iat they were dark. The trainmen say that at 110 svlUe, Kus., near Topeka, the ttal i ran Into a shower of mud. which cam) down for some time from the clouds. It Is supptsod to have been takes up by a water-s out G Smith Helped to Bury Ills Victim. John Smith and W. H. Reynolds jeslding near Campton. Ky., met In tlfaroad near the residence of Ira Drakes. Reynolds’ father-in-la v. Tuey had a few unpleasant words, when Smith struck Reynolds twice' on the head with a piece of wood, from the effect, of which he died within' six hours. Smith helped to dsg a grave and asdstod the neighbors in the interment, after which be was arrested and Is now in the Sampton Jail, bail being refused. Disapproves the Reading Combine. Governor Abbett, of New Jersey, has announced his disapproval of the bill to legalise the Reading Railroad combine, and filed a memorandum setting forth his, reasons therefor. He que,lions the constitutional 1tjf of the act Flfiy Persons Poisoned. At a church 1 inch In She b/viile Trnn., fiftz pers n; were poisoned by eating ice cream. H. li Dyer, a pioutient firmer, C. W. Russell and John W. Ruth, m:r-cfca-its, :o e her with n number of young people, became dqn e -ou-ly ill and I a I a desperate fight o life It Is suppose 1 time the pot oa came from the linin' of ti.e freezers. Three Cases of Typhus. Three new cases of typhus were discovered In Key York Monday, and the victims were Imwed a ely tout to North Brothers Island. Charges of Bribery. Postmaster B. F. Myers, of HarrDburg, Pa., has given out an open letter addre s d to the Democrats of Pennsylvania, In which he charges all sorts of things against Secretary of 6tste Harrlty. and declares shat the administration should remove him. Aatong other things lie accuses Harrity of tmibery. Wisconsin Rank Looted. Yhs City Bank at Elroy. Wis., was blown apse by burglars and about $11,500 secured, n* robbers escaped, and it Is supposed they left on the south-bound train, either fia Chicago or Milwaukee, where detectives an aa the watch for them

LOYAL TO GRbVEIL The Minnesota State Democratic Convention Indorses Him for President. The Minnesota State Democratic Convention was held In St. Paul, and from first to last was an enthusiastic Cloveland-in-corsement meeting. Every mention of the ex-President’s name was received with cheers, and the platform. Instructing the delegates to the national convention to vote for him from first to last, was carried with a vim that greatly delighted the oldtime Cleveland supporters. The delegates also are all enthusiastic for Cleveland. Ex-Senator M. S. tVHkenson presented the following resolutions: That wo present the name of Grover Cleveland for the Presidency and we expect our delejatz's In the National Convention to be hereafter prepared to use every honorable means by their united voices and votes lo’assist In his nomination. That in their vote In said convention the delegatisn shall vote as a unit, a majority of the delegation determining what the vote of the entire delegation shall be. That the dolegation shall continue to vote and work for Grover Cleveland as long as there Is reasonable hope for his nomination. These resolutions were adopted hy a rising and cheering vot/rhnt was vigorously unanimous. ROBBED THE MAIL CAR. A Georgia Pacific Passenger Train Hold Up Near Birmingham, Ala. The pass ngor train which left Birmingham. Ala, at mllnight Wodnesday for Atlanta on tha Georgia Pacific Railroad was held up by masked robbers near Weems. As the train moved away from the station a robber boarded the engine and covered the engineer with a rifle, compelling Iplm to stop the train 500 feet away oa a trestle. One man stood guard over the engineer and fireman while several others opened fire on the Inside of the train In order to frighten the passengers. Another robber knocked on tho door of the mall car, demanding entrance, which was refused. He then broke open the door, firing at the postal clerk, who was slightly wounded. Every registered letter in the car. sapposed to contain about $2,000, was taken. Tho express car was not molosted. The entire robbery was done in a few minutes. during which time several of tho gang kept up a'continual firing and Flagman Quincy Adams came near being killed. The engineer says the robber on the engine was a white man, and the postal clerk says the man who robbed him was a mulatto.

LEAVE OF ABSENCE TO EGAN. The Chilian Minister and Consul Me Creery Coming Home. At Washington. Assistant Secretary Wharton frankly said that Mlnls'.cr Egan and Consul McCreery had been granted leave of absence. He said: “It Is true that the leave of a' sanCe has been granted and that Minister Egan Is expected to return to this country. He has not been in America since be went Into the diplomatic service thre; yeais ago. and it is quite natural that ho should desire lo return home. His work there has been anything byt, easy, land I have no doubt that he feois the nfeed of a vacation ” “Does this mean, Mr. Wharton, that tho United States Intend sever diplomatic relatlonsw ltli Chill?” was asked. “Not at all, not at all,” he said. “Any such assumption would bo totally unwarranted. Our diplomatic relations with Chili are thoroughly satisfactory, and tho only question now at issuo between the two countries Is oue of Indemnity for the Baltimore affair.”

FOUR MILLION' FIRE. A Day of Death and Destruction for Now Orleans. Tho two largest fires ever known In New Orleans broke out almost simultaneously Sunday morningj de* ( rojrlig eleven squares of ground, 62,0 10 bales of cctio.i, and over 111,020,000 In property. Both fires were the result of carelessness, and the groat destruction was dt;e to long drought, tho dry condition of houses. cotton, etc. The strong breozo that was blowing, and tl.o insufficient size of the fire department, which was reorganized in January from the volunteer to the pay system, reducing the fore.: to about one-tenth its former size, contributed to the spread of tho conflagrat on. Be-Ides the ruen had not become thoroughly accustomed to their new duties and were greatly overworked by two big fires.

WORK OF THE STORM. Many Fatalities Reported Iroin Kansas, Illinois and Texas. Fearful reports come from many quarters of the fatal v ork of winds, Friday. At Chicago a seven-story brick was bio-.n down, crushing a frame dwelling and killing seven peop’.oi The village of Towatidu, Kan., was entirely wiped from the face of tiie earth, not a building escaping. Augusta, some few miles distant, was buffeted out of all semblanco to Us former self. At the two places, over twenty were killed, and the Injured aro counted by scores Reports of damage come from Missouri and lowa, while at Santa Anna, 'J exas, several fatalities occurred. At many points on the Mississippi and Ohio rivers, boats were driven ashore and subruerge.d. Thirty Building* Destroyed. At Greepvßter*Mlas., fire was discovered lit the' opera house. It .'dvas situated cent r of the ffinest block of busiooss buildings In the city, which soon caught tire, owing to a high wind. Spack-s from the fire :cattcro;l In all directions and ultimately produced a blaze in anothiftquarter which was also disastrous. There were in all about thirty buildings destroyed. The total lnsuranco foots up ?2<>,700 and the loss Is over SCO,OOO, although many place the loss at over 8100,020. Three Men Aspliyx'ated. An accident occurred at the capitol, I Washington, wlHch almost caused tl.o death of two hou : se emp'oyea A leak was discovered irt a- gas-pipe under the western terrace, and In ’trying to repair it two men were asphyxiated. ' Their names were Fitzsimmons aud Mills. Anbth&temploye, Taylor, seeing the prodicamoiitof his comrades, eudeavore 1 to resdue them, and was In turn overcome. Taylor and Mills are out of daugor, but Fitzsimmons is in a critical condition. Fatal Fire in Boston. Clark’s Hotel in Boston was tally damaged by fire. The guests awoke to find themselves enveloved In smoke and became panic-stricken, and three of thorn were injured. Ernest W. Perry, of Leomiulster, Mass., received interna' Injuries which resulted ib his death soon after he was taken to the hospital. Tbos. I W. Southward, of Canibridgeport. had both i legs broken; Mr. Stock we 11, of Laconia. N. H.. had one leg l-rskeu. A number of other guests were bruised. Negligence Caused tho Crash. Negligence caused a wreck on the Louisville, Evansville and St. Louis railroad Tburday morning. Train No. 74. going east at a rate of twenty miles an hour, ran on an open switch at Becks siding and dashed Into some freight cars. The engine and I nine cars wore completely demolished. Five were hurt. t Charles D. Brahe Cremated. The body of Charles D. Drake, formerly Chief Justice of the United States Court Df Claims, was cremated In London Park Crematory, Baltimore, In o: edience to the terms of the will left by Judue Drake. In cne hour and a half the body bad been re- , iluced to ashes. i High Water in the Susquelimma, The Susquehanna River at Wflkesburre, Pa.. Is sixteen feet above low watermark. Boats, afe being used to convey .people to Kingston. Fight with Oynler Pirates. Battles have l>ren waged during the last week between the oystir dredgers and

tongsmen along the eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay near! Onancock, Va., and on« man has been killed and several Injured. The b.ittlo ground was Tangier Sound, anc two slooploads of hardy Tangier Islanders armed with old-fashioned muskets, are salt to have roulod a superior force of dredgers backed by the repeating lisles and cannot of tho Virginia oyster police. A fleet o: Maryland pirates also raided the Vlrglnlt oyster grounds, but were driven off by tin Islanders, who rigged up a piece of stovepipe for a Quaker gun and tqrrlfied thi well-armed raiders. LIVED A LIFE OF CRIME. Has Not Been Out «1 Jail .for Two Con tinuous Years Since He Was Sixteen. Charlio Ward, one of the most uotor. lous criminals of the United States, will b< released from the Ohio State Pe-iltentiarj In a few days. Ho Is over seventy years ol age, and according to his own story, Trhlcl is corroborated by the prison annals, be ha: not enjoyed two years of continuous llbertj since he was sixteen years old. He waborn in Scotland, and claims to bo the sot of a Presbyterian preacher. He has beat an Inmate of nearly all the State prison: from Missouri to the New England States He is well known as an expert forger, safi blower, confidence man, kidnaper, anc hotel thief. He has b;en the companion o such notorious criminals as “Blinky” Morgan, “Blank Hank,” “Dutch George” am other stars in crime. Ward’s striking face with Its long white heard, is conspicuous ij the principal rogues’galleries of this country and Europe.

tVAK ON THE JESUITS. Prohibited from Holding a Conference a Dortmund. The feeling In Berlin against the Jesuitaroused during the struggle over the primary education bill, when It was chargee that one object of the measure was to Introduce tho Jesuit! Into tho Prussia) schools, has not abated. The antboritie of Dortmund, Prussia, a strong Lutherai town, have prohibited the Jesuits froa holding an Intended conference at tha place. The Jesuits and ultramontane: generally aro very Indignant, and Fathoi GranderaUi, the noted Jesuit, will. It L said, appeal to tho relchstag against what Is claimed to be nothing short of rellgloui persecution. DUSTIN IS DEAD. The Veteran Soldier and Polltlclai Passes Away ut Carthage, Mo. General Daniel Dustin, Assistant Uniter States Treasurer at Chicago, died Wednesday at Car.huge. Mo., where he hashed for a week visiting his daughter. Genera Durtln was taken ill while engaged in thr campaign of 1888, nnd ever since his healtl has not been robust Two years ago hi was appointed Assistant Treasurer of thi United States at Chicago. For somr months he had been scarcely able to attonr to his dutios, and being advised by hli physicians, went to Missouri to recuperate. Tho trip was pleasant, but tho day after his arrival ho began to fall.

MET DEATH IN THE STORM. Trees Blown Down Upon Picnicker: Causo tho Death of Four Persons. Word lias been received of a singular ani distressing accident near Cove, Ark. I appears an Alliance picnic was held Saturday, which drew together a crowd of poopli numbering 200. In the afternoon a storn came up. The wind was very strong, levelin| everything in Its path. Wbpn 1 struck the woods la which tho picnicker! had gathered, trees were bio a n down In al directions, one of which caught and kllloc two por-ons, and morta'ly wounded tw< others. Several persons wore dangerously hurt by pl;ces of flying timber, Discovered a Baby Farm. By tho arrest of Annie B. Fisher and be: daughter Mary, at Saugus. Mass., a babj farm has been brought to light. The women were arrested on a charge of taking t( board more than two children at one time without notifying tho Board of Health The dead body of an Infant four month: old, wrapped In a tattered pillow slip, wai found Wodnesday by Chief Clark in thi edge of tho Woods near an old and squallc farmhouse occupied by the Fishor women An Investigation of tho house reveuloc ample evidence of the criminal occupatlot of Its inmates, - A Mad Dog In tho House. A water spaniel belonging to Honrj Jones, of Cincinnati, Ohio, wont mad. anc drove the entire family t> an up. or floor After an hour a hoy Was let down with t rope from a thlr.l-story w n-dow. Hecallec the police, who, aftor a sharp light, killec the bi ut;.

Earthquake at Valparaiso. A serious earthquake occurred at Arlca Chill, and camel’great’ alarm among Iti Inhabitants. It was accompanied by i heavy tidal wave The shock Was felt ai Valparaiso and Santiago. Fifty Horses Burned. Fifty head of horses, some’ef them valuable blooded animals, were burned to deatl Tuesday night at the stock farm of Pientisi Brothers, one and a half miles southwest o; Downer's Grove, 111. t Editor Ford Brutally Beaten. Smith M. Ford, editor of the Kansas City. Me. Evening Mull, was brutally baaten anc klckod by D. 11. Collins, bother of a candidate who was ut;acked In Ford’s paper. Ford’s Injuries are pronounced sorlous. Ex-Chief Justice Drake Bead. Charles D. Drake. ex-Chlef Justice of tb« Court of Claims, was found doad in his bed. His deatli was entirely unexpected. Judgt Drake was 81 years old.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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CULLOM HAS EECLINED.

HE IS NOT A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE NOW. Finding Ho Cannot Get a Solid Delegation From liUnola the Senator Writes a Letter of Withdrawal and Makes Mr. Harrison His Political Legatee. Harrison His Choice, Senator Cullom has withdrawn from the Presidential race. He has just made public a letter, which is as follows: United States Senate, I Washington. D. 0., March 28. ( To the Hob. John A Roche, Chicago, Ill: Mr Dear Fhiknd!—Your favor of the 25th, In which you Inquire concerning my wishes In reference to the selection of a delegation to bo chosen by the Republicans In the several Congressional districts and by our State convention to represent the party in the national convention to be held at Minneapolis In June stent, has. been received, and I take pleasure In answering you frankly as to my position. I bave said to the Republicans who have written to me and to the gentlemen repre-

senting the press who have Interviewed me, that I would esteem It a hlghhonor to have the support/of the Illinois delegation lu the National Republican Convention for President of the United States, and #tiuld [be pleased to bave such delegation do all that honorably could be done lo secure for me the nomination. I have had many letters asking me to leave my post of duty and come to our state and take part In the campaign

SENATORS. M. CULLOM

coming cai there between candidates for the several State offices, and also to look after my own interest In the selection of delegates to the National Convention. I have declined to do so. and, as I am situated. I do not feel at liberty to leave my official duties to take part In any campaign for myself or anyone else; aud would not now do so for any office. To the people of the State of II imls, who have honored mo repeatedly with their confraenco and whom I have served officially for many years. I'-am grateful. I desire, however, that my name shall not be longer used oa a candidate for the office of President The people seem to favor the renomlnailon of President Harrison, whose administration has been able, clean, courageous and patriotic. I am a Republican: I believe In the principles and p- llcies of tho party, and I expect always to do my part, as I may be able, in upholding It while In power and securing for It victory. We have before us in Illinois and In the nation a great and stubborn battle. We must have harmony In our ranks If we are to ho assured of success either in the State or natioh. Our State and national conventions sh uld be wise in the selection of candidates who aro most likely to give our party success In the State and nation, and by succesigive appearance of the continuance of our present wise, str.ng and patrioßc ‘foreign policy; a wcll-considnred fiscal policy, the feu -elation of which is honestmonev for an honest people: a revenue polity under which American trade nnd industries will be carefully fostered and American labor Jealously protected; of an Internal policy that will make navigation safe and sure on our great rivers; that will give commerce between tho States protection from extortii ns nnd unjust discrimination; that wilr give the country a pure and competent civil service; that will compel regard f. r the rights of overy citizen In every State; that will make the government, puissant in Its parts and Invincible In ihiir unity. With respect, I am very truly yours.

RATIFIED THE TREATY.

Senators Approve tho Long-Considered Treaty and Vote xvlth Unanimity. The treaty or convention providing for arbitration in tlife settlement of the differences between Great Britain and the United States over the jurisdiction of Behring Sea has bse-n ratified by the Senate by a unanimous vote. The treaty does not stipulate the language in which the proceedings shall be conducted. Mr. Sherman spid that the suggestion that they be conducted in English had been communicated to Sir Julian Pauncefote, the British Minister, who replied that he had no objection, but preferred to communicate with his own government before agreeing to it. This he did, nnd Lord Salisbury approved. After Mr. Sherman had made tliis statement tho treaty was amended so that English should be the language used in conducting of proceedings. The time allowed ihe arbitrators for decision was extended to four months and the treaty was ratified without the passage of any resolution (by a yea and nay vote), and resolutions informing the President of its ratification and removing the injunction of secrecy from the vote were adopted. Officials of the N-orth American Commercial Company, to whom the contract was awarded for taking seals on the Pribylov Islands for a term of twenty years, were notified that arrangements should be made'for this season on the basis of a catch of 7,500 skins, the same as last year, under the provisions of the modus vivendi still in force. Information to this effect came direct from the State Department, coupled with the statement that, with the exception of arranging a few deals, the,United States and Great Britain had practieally.reached an agreement to continue last year’s p opcsition in force during the scaling ‘season-of 1592.

LYNCH LAW IN OHIO.

Joseph Lyttle Taken from the JhU at Flmllay and Executed hy a Mob.

Joseph Lyttle was taken from the jail at Findlay, Ohio, by an angry mob and lynched. Lyttle evidently anticipated death, for Ir> loft a note asking that his body bo turned over to his brother, with tho request that he be buried beside his mother. As the mob entered the jail Lyttle called their attention to the cell he was occupying as tho one they were looking for. It took thirty minutes to batter down the cell door, when the doomed man was dragged out and thence to the Mu in street bridge. After the first attempt was made to hang Lyttle he was dragged by the. neck through tho street to the fatal telegraph pole, and shots from two score revolvers were fired into the lifeless body. The mob is said to have been composed of the best citizens, but was poorly organized and lacking a leader. The crime for which Lyttle was lynched was a most brutal one. Lyttle was an old soldier whose wife obtained a divorce, from him some time ago on the ground of cruel'y. He went to the Soldiers’ Home at Layton, but returned Sunday night and tri d to get his wdfe to live with him again, and she permitted him to stay at the house a few dayß. His grown daughters were bitterly opposed to this move, and this Lyttle resented and threatened to kill the girls if his plans were interfered with. Tuesday night, after a wrangle of this character, the old man went upstairs to b ‘d, but got up about 6 o’clock the following morning and, go ng to the kitchen, got a hatchet and attacked his daughter Dellia as she came into the room, splitting her skull and mutilating her head horribly. Tlhe eldest daughter, Emma, came to her ai6ter’s rescue and met the same fate, baing frightfully injured, but is yet alive. The mother, hearing the affray, came into the room. Lyttle began cutting hep he£d with h s hatchet, inflicting six ghastly wounds, which will prove fatal, although the woman j$ yet alive. Lyttle has served one term to the penitentiary for inhumanly treating a oh.i'd. Hia whole life

has been one long story of cruelty te his family and all with whom he came in contact. Mrs. Eyttle and her youngest daughter cannot possibly live until morning, but Emma, the eldest daughter, will possibly survive her fearful injuries. Lyttle confessed that he came home from the Soldiers’ Home on purpose to kill his daughters.

Lobd Salisbury Is the champion pettifogger of the day.—Cincinnati Com-mercial-Gazette. Lobd Salisbury %as evidently partaken of a digh of American crow.— Cleveland Leader. Lobd Salisbury's last note is nothing more nor less than a British surrender.—lndianapolis Journal. It is as complete a surrender as it is possible to make in a diplomatic point of view.---New York Recorder. Ehpebob William backs down, Premier Salisbury backs down, but Uncle Sam’s back is still up.—St. Louis Star Sayings. Pbemieb Salisbury is backing down, reluctantly and ungracefully perhaps, hut he is backing down. —St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Give Lord Salisbury time and he will let us live on in peaceful possession of our seals, our lives, and our sacred honor.—Minneapolis Tribune. The British lion isn’t nearly so ferocious as he was a few days ago. Your Uncle Samuel is something of a liontamer.—Wheeling Intelligencer. Lobd Salisbuby has “come off his perch” and is willing to renew the “modus vivendi” on terms that are more reasonable than at first proposed.— Cleveland Plaindekler. Lobd Salisbuby is in the position of the small boy up 9 tree. Uncle Sam has called him down and he will come, but he wants to take his own time {ibout it. —Topeka Capital. Lobd Salisbuby has not increased his prestige by the zeal he has shown in behalf of Canadian adventurers who deserve little more consideration than pirates. —Omaha Bee.

Lobd Salisbuby finally descended from his high horse and gave the Britishers this bit of advice: "If you go sealing in Behring Sea you do so at your own risk.” —Pittsburg Gazette. It is supposed that Sir Charles Tapper of Canada is making hasty preparations to fall through a crack in the Tory platform. His big brother Salisbury has given him a hint to collapse.—St. Paul Pioneer-Press. It is pretty evident that well-informed Englishmen renlize that Salisbury has hold of “the wrong end of the poker” on the'seal business, and has no just pretext for a show of obstinacy or hostile feeling.—Troy Times.

Stand abd Oil is not going to die, but will run under a sort of “gentleman’s agreement” instead of a tangible corporation.—Milwaukee Journal. The Standard Oil trust is to disband for the purpose of reorganizing upon a more enduring and grasping basis. Petroleum can never be made to smell sweet, no matter how great the skill of tho refiner.—Denver Times. If the Standard trust takes the course of returning the properties under it to their original independent control it can fairly claim to show a respect for the law in marked contrast to the other trusts that have imitated it. But if it m@,kes a distribution which maintains the joint control, It will seek to evade the law just as the others have done.— Pittsburg Dispatch. Of course this does not mean that the great Standard Oil combination is a thing of the past. It simply means that those concerned will have to consult their lawyers an 1 devise a now method of consolidation. It means a little extra work for the corporation lawyers and some temporary fluctuations in the rating of Standard oil and pipe line certificates, but it doesn’t concern the public" a little bit.—Brooklyn Times.

S. M. CULLDM.

The fact that the Western peach crop has been ruined on schedule time is an assurance that as usual this autumn great measures will be taken for preserving it. —Philadelphia Times. The cheerful liar who always ruins the peach-buds in March and April has begun the relation of his customary tale of woe. He has'opened a branch office in South rn Illinois.—lllinois State Journal. Already has the report of a damaged peach crop come from Delaware. They didn’t even give us time to announce that the report was about due, and all well-reghlifted newspapers keep the announcement “standing," too. —Philadelphia Call.

A proposition is under discussion in certain circles to ask Congress tn enact a law creating a Secretary of Public Health. The Journal of the American Medical Association takes up the idea earnestly. It says: “We hope that every physician who receives this journal will take one hour in which to write to his Congressional Representative and Senator, and ask tfieir favorable and active support of this measure. Direst their attention to the filling of American hospitals, infirmaries, insane asylums, and other public and charity institutions with recent immigrants, and to the fact that from these people spread disease and death. Tell them that a cabinet officer would exercise a great power in the control, of immigrant-carrying vessels. That such an officer would be able to formulate laws and regulations which would prove of the utmost value. Direct their attention to the rapid growth of associate charity organizations in all our large cities and centers of population, whose chief function is to provide for these very immigrants. Tell them of the addition to the tax duplicates in every city, because of the immoral, diseased and defective classes of Europe that more than half fill our jails, workhouses and asylums. Tell your Congressman and Smator this, and tell it to them so strongly that they will not forget it.”

The peop'e of Canada dispose of boodling statesmen in a summary and satisfactory manner. At the la’st election for members of the provincial legislature, although Mcrcier, the late premier, was successful, his party was disastrously beaten. However, the Canadian government was not content to leave Mercier alone, even in a minority. He was notified that unless he resigned from the legislature and abandoned politics, he would be p:o9ecuted in the courts for his crimes. It was doubtless a painful performance, but in order to escape punishment for his corrupt practices while at the head of the ministry, he resigned and issued a letter to his followers announcing his retirement to private life. a - Gladstone is said to be one of the most pronounced believers In the efficacy of stale bread.

Bull Bats Crow.

To Be Blown Out.

The Peach Crop.

OPTION BILL AMENDED.

HATCH’S ANTI-OPTION MEASURE FINISHED AT LAST. Prohibitive Taxes Prescribed for Speculative Dealers and Severe Penalties Provided lor Evasions—License of 81,000 a Tear to Be Levied. Objects of the Bill. The House Committee on Agriculture has formally adopted the report prepared by Mr. Hatch’s subcommittee in favor of the anti-option bill. The measure as agreed upon is the Hat :h bill with some modifications in line with the suggestions made some time ago by Senator Washburn. The bill does not propose to interfere with future contracts for the delivery of actual products, but it levies a special tax on those dealers in options or futures who at the time of making such contracts or agreements are not the owners of the articles to he sold and delivered, or have not by purchase icquired the right to their future possessions. These dealers are required to pay SI,OOO annually as a license fee for conducting their business tint shall also pay the further sum of 5 c< its a pound for every pound of raw or ur manufactured cotton, hops, pork, lard, b ,eon, or other edible product of swine, and the sum of 20 cents a bushel for very bushel of wheat, com, oats, rye, ba ley, grass seeds and flaxseed. Itccordi of these transactions are to be kept by le dealers and by the boards of trade vhcre they may be made, and reports are to be submitted regularly to the C unmissioner of Internal Revenue, whdwill collect the taxes. All dealers in opti ms or futures are to be registered, and al transfers or assignments of contract shall be in writing and signed in duplici be, with the date and length of the op .ion explicitly stated. False or fraudul nt entries are made punishable by a qae of from SI,OOO to $20,000, or imprisonment from six months to ten y?ars, or both. Commission merchants who simply desire to conduct a busiiess of making, transferring or assigiing future contracts or agreenients of he legitimate sort will be required to pay a fee of $2 a year. Failure to make proper reports to the internal revenue, department is made punishable by a! fine of from SIOO to $5,000. Chairman Ha:eh thinks that the bill as reported will prevent “wind speculations” and dealings in puts and calls, which are already prohibited by most of tho boards of trade.

MILLIONS BURNED UP.

Loss of Life and Properly by a Cotton Fire In Now Orleans. Property valued at $4,000,000 was destroyed and a hundred or more persons robbed of their homes by fire at New Orleans, Sunday. Flames were discovered among some cotton in front of tho sn-called fireproof press on North Front street. The department responded promptly, but the wind was so high and the cotton so dry that it burned like tissue paper. The firemen worked like demons to arrest the progress of tho flames, but all their efforts were unavailing. Chief O’Connor sounded a repeated alarm, which brought more engines to the seen?, hut they had no effect whatever. The woodwork cracked and fell to tho ground and the bright flames leaped upward l'rom every part of the compress. After three repeated alarms a general alarm was sent in, all the engines in the city, w.th tho exception of two or three, were called out. The fireproof press had about 10,000 bales of cotton stored in it. This was entirely consumed. In half an hour after the flames had started the fire-proof press was totally consumed and the flames communicated to an adjoining press. In this press was stored 50,000 bales of cotton, some of which was taken out to a place of safety. The major portion, however, was in flames in a short time, and it was impossible to save it. Suddenly a small flame was sqen to leap skyward from a corner of the "Independence press. In a second almost the entire square was ablaze, and the flames formed almost a solid block of fire. In the yard were stored some ten thousand bales. This proved excellent fuel for the flames, and in a little time it was consumed.

The total amount of cottop burned, as near as can now be ascertained, is estimated at 80,000 bales, held by factors and commission merchants, and covered by their open policies. Much of this cotton will be sent to the pickeries and saved, so that the total loss will probably not exceed S3O a bale, making the total on cotton between $2,000,000 and $2,250,000. Loss on presses and shede estimated at $150,000. It is thought the fire started from a cigarette which some person threw among the cotton. While ihe firemen were fighting the cotton lire an alarm was given of another >.t Laurel aud Third streets, about twelve blocks away. The lire began with the sacrifice of two young lives. A little daughter of Mrs. Valentine wa9 fill nga coal-oil lamp when it exploded. The flaming oil was thrown over an infant sister and both children were burned to death. The flames spread out on their mission of destruction making a hute funeral pyro for the unfortunate little ones. Chiof O’Connor sent s :veral engines to the scene, but before they could get down to active work a dozen houses were in flames. Alarms were sent in r.nd every engine on both sides of the river was summoned to the scene. The heat was intense, and for this reason it was almost impossible to get near the burn ng buddings, the wind n many instances blowing tongues of flames across the street. v

The flames spread in every direction owing to varying winds. The fire swept across Laurel street with a rapidity that was at once alarming and soon the section bounded by First, Third, Laurel and Magazine streets, four squares, was ablaze, and the wood&n buildings were devoured as if they were so much chaff. Magazine street staid the march of the des.uctive element westward and acted as ?. barrier on the routh. Every building in the four squares mentioned except four was destroyed. Most of the houses were small, but some very handsome houses on Magazine street were destroyed. Hundreds of people have been left homeless by (he fire and in many cases nothing will be saved. The scene presented was truly one cf desolation. Nothing remains of the many lianksome buildings embraced in the four squares but tall, gaunt-looking chimneys, like huge specfral forms standing guard over the blackened ruins. The losses by this fire are estimated at $250,( 00. It is believed that the buildings a:e mostly insured.

The resources of a shoe factory in Leicester, Eng., have been immensely increased by the adoption of electric power. The installation is to be further enlarged, and when complete it will include t vo engines of 150-horse power for the driving of the dynamos for light and power. Fifteen hundred people will be employed and the factory will produce 50,000 pairs of shoes a week. Senor Dox Antonio del Castillo says 3,000 tons of meteoric stone fell from the moon in his part of Mexico recently.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation’*, Capital—What Is Being* Done by the Senate and House—Old Matter* Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. f Tho Fpringcr free wool bill was the only subject of dhcusslon in the House of Representatives on the aoth. In the Senate the Indian appropriation hill was resumed, and the discussion which was Tegun lust wto'c on the subject of army officers beinr assigned to the duties of Indian agents was again taken up. After much debate, Mr. Hawley moved to amend the House i rovision by adding to. .t a proviso that whenever the President shall be of opinion that the good of the service especially requires It, he may appoint a civilian. This was agreed to, and without reaching a vot9 on the amendment to strike out tho House provision the Sens'e adjourned. On tho Hist Mr. Morgan Introduced a series of resolutions directing the Committ e o:i Finance to iuqu’re into tho causes of deore.-sion In agriculture and business, and the effect of the silver act of 1890. Discussion, by Mr. Sherman and Morgan. followed, and the resolu** tions were laid on the table until tho following day. In the House the pension inoulry took a decidedly political cast when Mr. Enloe asked Gen. Rnura if the bureau was not used for political purposes. The Commissioner replied that he never wrote a letter to a medical hoard or to examiners requesting the performance of any political act. The most significant event in the tariff discussion w;ns the presence on the floor of ex-Ropresenta-tlve McKinley, mw Governor of Ohio, the author of the law against which all the Democratic speeches were directed. He was warmly greeted by the members of both political parties and paid close attention for a time to the speech of Representative AVheeler, of Alabama, In support of the free wool bill. The Senate accepted tho recommendation of the House that army officers shall ho appointed Indian agents. The Indian Bureau was badly defeated In this matter. After the transaction of routine business, the Ist, the House wept Into committee of the whole<tm : t'he;firiefc wool bill Mr. Cox. of Tennesstee, spoke iti'favor of the bill and In general denunciation of the protective system. Mr. Mcßae, of Arkansas, described the- abuses arising from the protective tariff. Mr.. Watson, of Chicago, expressed the sentiment of the third party on the tariff question. Mr. Dalzell. of Pennsylvania. criticised the Democratic policy and answered the attacks made upon the McKiiriey act. At the suggestion of. lifr. ... McMillin ft> was ordered that the general debate on the free wool hill close with the session of the 2d. Tho ienate resumed consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. Mr.- Hansbrough offered an amendment for a commission to negotiate with the Turtle Mountain band of Chippewa Indians in North Dakota for the cession of the right and interest which they claim in their lands. Agreed to. Finally the hill was reported to the Senate from the committee of the whole. Mr. Dawes moved. 10 strike out of the bill the provision for the assignment of army officers to the duties of Indian Avonts, and consented that the metio i should go over till the 4t-h. On the 4th. at his first appearance In the House since Ills severo illness. Wm. M. Springer of lllino's was greeted by uproarious upn'ause, when he entered with his wire He came to liston t > the dosing debate upon his free wool bill, and his closing s eoch was read by Mr. Bryan of Nebraska. The hill was then taken up ly paragraphs for amendments and discussion under the five-minute rule. The house passed the bill excluding from this country every Chinaman Except diplomatic consular officers and servants. The vote was 179-to 43. In the Senate the silver debate has commenced.

Men and Women.

Uncle Sam boasts two negro women lawyers. To do so no more is the truest repentance. People who have to live alone never find out who they are. Salvation Army women have been forbidden to wear ear-rings. The man who lives only for himself is engaged in very small Business. The woman with the prettiest face is net always the most beautiful woman. , If you want to make a boy work without knowing it, get him a safety bicycle. The first woman to pass examination as a lawyer in Connecticut is Miss Mary Hill. Two ounces of attar of roses represent the refined product of a ton of rosebuds. There are nearly 1,700 lawyers iD Bost: n, with scarcely enough business for 200. When men are the most sure and arr gant they are commonly the most mistaken. “How do you like school, Tommy?” “Pretty well, mother; but it’s such a waste of my playtime. ” The only woman delegate sent to the International Labor Congress at Brussels was from Poland.

Parents tell others a great deal about themselves by the names they give their children. The man who leaves a woman best pleased with herself is the one she will soonest wish to see. Miss Philippa Fawcett has been elected to the Marion Kennedy studentship of Newnham College. A Boise (Idaho) man has discovered, it is said, that good paper can be manufactured from sage brush. A Beckwith (Nevada) man kicked his horse so vigorously and earnestly that he broke his leg in the work. “Officer, there’s a big row going on around the corner.” “Don’t yez think I kin hear it, ye chump? • Move on!” The Grand Duchess Sergius of Russia is so strikingly beautiful that she is known as “The Crowned Ophelia.” Club life is not in the future to be a male monopoly. A new London club has already some SOO lady members.

Mrs. Eider Haggard, the wife of the novelist, is credited with having won three prizes in a recent golfing match. Mrs. J. C. Aver has made a gift of thirty thousand dollars to the Home for Young Women and Children in Lowell; Mbs. H. M. Stanley is urging her husband, it is said, to write a b.ography and to offer himself for a seat in Parliament. The woman who wears diamonds lavishly always seems a vulgar creature to the woman who hasn't any diamonds to wear. Because a Fresno (Cal.) woman was in the habit of mixing dough without first washing her hands, her husband sought for a divorce. In the city of Buenos Ayres it is said there are sixteen men for every woman, and that any decently good-looking woman that goes there can have her pick out of fifty eager suitors, Tiie Standard Oil Company is not going to be a trust any more. It is just going to be a little association of gentlemen who propose to sell every gallon of oil that’s sold in this country if *they have to break some one else’s leg to do it. A lot of modern philosophers are having a great deal to say about a new. science whkth they’ call “thought transmission.”' What is the matter with the newspapers? They are thought transmitters, and there's nothing new in the science, either.