Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 April 1892 — Page 2
ffiljc Uftiiorrnlic'Scntiiicl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - - Publishes.
KENOSHA'S GREAT LOSS.
THE WISCONSIN TOWN SEVERELY SCORCHED. A Precocious Boston Swindler— Seismic Disturbances in California —A Noble Vil-lain-Valuable Horses Killed by Lightning—Fate oi a Moonshiner. The Lawmakers On the 19th the Senate ratified the convention providing for a renewal of the existing modus vivendl in Behring Sex The bill to amend the act of June 25, 1890, approving th) funding act of Arizona, was taken up and read. A provision that the interest on the bonds provided for in the Arizona funding act should be payable “In gold coin of the United States.” was amended to read “in lawful money of the United States. ” and the bill passed. Mr. George's resolution relating to the low price of cotton and the depressed condition of agriculture was then takeu up. amended and agreed to. The joint resolution to pay to the State of west Virginia the amount due to it under the “direct tax refund” act was then taken up and passed without any discussion, in the House the well advertised contested election from New York of Noyes against Bockwell was taken up. and c< nsumed the whole time without definite action.
BIG FIRE IN KENOSHA. Several Blocks Lett In Ashes by the Flames. Fire broke out in the factory of the Northwestern Mattress Company, in Kenosha. Wls, on the lake front, close to the Government pier. The fire was soon beyond control, and completely destroyed the mattress works The factory had a frontage of 400 feeton the lake by 150 feet in width. The flames then spread to the works of the Kenosha Crib Company, completely destroying them and the Baldwin coal yard on the river bank. From there the fire jumped to the Head & Sutherland yards, which cover four squares. Two engines from Racine, two from Milwaukee, and one from Waukegan, with the local engines. fnally got the fire Inchock. The loss Is roughly estimated at $250,000. The Northwestern Mattress Company had $58.000 insurance on its plant. The company lost between six and sevin million feet of dry maple lumber, upon which it is estimated there was an insurance of 8103.009. COAST TOWNS SHAKEN. Northern Part of California Visited by an Earthquake. The whole northern p mtion of the State of California was visited by a severe earthquake shock at an early hour Tuesday morning. The villages of Dixon and Vacaville, in Solano County, and Winters, in Yolo County, are said to have been demolished. but as all wires connecting with these points are down the rept rt cannot be verified.' and no particulars of any sort are as ye/ obtainable. The shock struck Bnk .Francisco. It awakened everybody, and many people rushed into the •treets in terror in th dr night clothes, expecting the houses to tumble about tbeir heads. Clocks stopped all over the city, many of them being thrown down. The long rows of bottles in the drug stores Were jostled violently against each other, in many cases cracking them and spilling the contents. Some of the oldgr and frailer buildings were badly racked, and considerable damage was done to business houses and dwellings in course of construction.
PRECOCIOUS IN CRIME. A I®-Year-Old Boy Successfully Worked the Malls for Fraudulent Purposes. In Boston, William 11. Cozxens. whose father said he was but 16 years old, was held for trial by United States Commis■loner Bellett. He is charged with having worked the mails for fraudulent exchanges la all classes of goods, principally stamps and bicycles Ihe young prisoner has been a very skillful operator In four different towns. He advertised in boys' papers as H. W. King at Framingham E. B. Atwood at< Medfield, Charles B. Purdy at Natick, and Henry Hartson at South Framingham, and offered to exchange all kinds of articles for stamps from $1 to $6 in value, or for other goods He received remittances from all over the country, some of them as far west as lowa, and from north to south, even to the Gulf States. When he got the stamps it is charged that he did not remit the articles he promised. On the Diamond. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations: NA I'INAL LEAGU3. W. L. «c| W. L. tfc Louisville... 3 1 .751’Pbiladelp'a. 2 2 .530 Boston 2 1 ,t67iC.hicago...... 2 3 .401 NewYork...2 1 .067 Cleveland... 1 2 .33.3 I Pittsburg*.. 3 2 .6 0 Waßhingt'n. 1 2 .333 Brooklyn..'.. 3 2 .fr’O St. Louis.... 1 3 .25 > Cincinnati .. 4 3 .571 Baltimore .. 1 3 .259 WeSTKBN LEAGUE. w. L. pc. | W. L. y>c. Milwaukee... 2 0 LOW St. Pau1..... 1 1 .510 Columbus... 2 1 .667 Omhha f’.l .500 Minneap’lis. 1 1 .too Toledo 1 2 .333 Kansas City. 1 1 .SOoilndtan’pTu.. 0 2 .000 Struck by Lightning. A flash of lightning during a storm did $59,000 worth of damace at Charleston. Ind. In the conflatration that ensued albetdoode 1 hordes were burned, together with valuable farming imp'ement . The casualty occurred at the stock farm of Elisha Carr, cne'of th,a best-known turfmen In foutbern Indiana. Lightnin; struck the stable and It was burned to the ground, together with Kentucky Ruler, a trotter valued at 825.003, and eight other blooded horses. Thera was ho insurance on tte live stock. One Moonshiner Killed. A fight between the United States authorities and a band of moonshiners took place near Big Bay, Ark., in which T. C. Bryant, ohe of the moonshiners, was killed. ’1 be Marshal’s posse captured several stills and a quantity of beer and whisky. Foster a Winner. Fostas, the Democratic untl-lottory candidate iu Louisiana, is chosen Governor by 8,000 plurality. Lawsuit Between Mormon Factions. Kansas City dispatch: The taking of depositions In the suit tor the possession of Temple Lot. In Independence, began Monday. The organized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is plaintiff, and the Church of Christ, bettor known as the Hendrlklte Church, which is backed by the Church of Utah. Is defendant The Hendrlkites will endeavor to prove that the organized church Is not the true successor of tbe church as founded by Joseph Smith fa 1850. ‘<he suit is pendin; In the United States Court .and will be tried the aext term. , Double Murder in Florida. Robert Stevenson, paymaster of the Empire State Phosphate Company, and Mr. Payne, the mall carrier, were murdered near Hernando, Fla. Stevenson was in Ocala making up his pay-rolls and took back the money with him to pay off the next <Uy. He draw SI,BOO out of the bank and the murderers got it Ordered Baek to Italy. Albert G. Porter, Minister to Italy, recalved a telegram from Secretary Blaine requesting him to ipturn to Rome at his earliest convenience. Minister Porter expraooes satisfaction at the settlement and aaja it means the return of Baron Fava.
LOOTED THE EXPRESS. Chicago Train on the Central Held Up Near New Orleans. The crew of ihe New Orleans fast mall train, which arrive! in Chicago Saturday morning over the Illinois Central Road, had an exciting experience with train robbers Thursday ni;bt At Hammond, a lltt.e station about seventy-five miles out from New Orleans, four masked men. heavily armed, Covered the engineer and fireman vl.h cocked revolvers in regular Jesse James style, looted the express car, and successfully made their escape, while the Intimidated passengers shivered in the conches. Several sheriff’s poshes are following the track of the rubbers with keen-scented bloodhounds. After recurltig what money packages they could, the robbers compelled the engineer and fireman to resume t heir places on the engine and back the train about two hundred yards soutlu Robber Na 1 then showed his saracity by tying a coat belonging to Engineer Jarvis oter the locomotive's headlight, making the surroundings as dark as pitch. Then they ordered Jarvis to pull out fast, as they had finished their business with the train. Tha robbers then disappeared under cover of the darkness. Jarvis removed the blind from the headlight and brought the train to McComb, where he and Conductor Har- | bertson, who had taken no part in the affair, reported to Trainmaster Higgins. The robbers did not disturb the mail at all. and made no attack on any of the passengers. No shots were fired, and the entire stroke of business vat done quietly and in order. 3he amount of money taken is known < nly by the officials of tire Southern Express Com any, who are the sole losers. Vari us estimates place the loss from $3,000 to $5,000.
RUSSIA’S GRATITUDE. Many Mementos of Fsteem Brought Buck by the Indiana. The Russian relief steamer Indiana. Captain Sargent commander, has arrived at Philadelphia Captain Sargent proutiy displayed many mementos ol Russia’s esteem towurJs the United States. Among them was a silver urn fifteen inches high, surmounted by a reindeer head, and t'lo Imperial crown in solid gold. The Imperial coat of arms and the Provincial coat of arms of Libau were presented by the Mayor of Libau There were also several souvenir wooden spoons and a pair of moccasins from the peasants of Libau. Captain Sargent has several large plain meal cakes, on the top of one being affixed a silver salt cellar to represent that the country of the Czar sends to our land “salt and bread,” and apiece of bread that was consecrated by the Bishop of the Greek Church at Libau. Sophia Stehrbatbefa. a prominent Russian lady interested in the relief of the native sufferers, sent a fiamed painted.portrait of herself. DASTARDLY ANARCHIST OUTRAGE. Bombs Thrown Among Holy Thursday Paraclers and Several PeWou.4 Hurt. The Holy"'Thursday possession it Cadiz. Spain, was turned into a panic-stricken rout by the diabolical deed of some anarchists who threw missies among ti e people. evidently with the intention of causing loss of life./The bombs explode! with a great noise. The whole procession was thrown into confusion, an 1 for a time it wasstfppos id that a number of people had been killed. Some women fainted and other shrieked, while the grsans and cries of the injured added to the dismay and confusion. When the excitement was allayed it was found that while several persons had teen hurt, some by the explosion but more in th: panic, no one was killed and probably no one fatally injured. This terrible interruption of a sacred occasion in which all classes jol i bus added to the horror and indignation with which the anarchists are regarded.
IMMENSE LOG CUT. Duluth Sawmills Preparing for the Greatest Season on Record. Monday Che haw-mills of the Duluth, Minn., district began operations for the biggest season on record. The log cut for the winter of the Duluth lumber district has bee i a total of 415.000,000 feet, or 140.003,000 feet more than last yea - . This excess will represent about the amount that will be shipped by water to the East during the coming season. Never has the amount of lumber on hand at the opening of the sawing season been so small as now. The demand for the winter from the Red River Valley has been enormous, two or three train loads of lumber frequently leaving here in a day for the West. Most of the district will work night and day during the entire season. One Duluth lumber and sash firm Is now making 55.00(3 windows for a Chicago wholesaler, the lan est quantity ever manufactured under a single order anywhere In the West POWDER MILL BLOWN UP. At Least Five Men Killed by an Explosion at Scranton, Pa. The press and corning mills cf the . Moosic Powder Company near Scranton, Pa. were blown up, killing several men and Injuring a number of others. The killed are: John Gibbons, Edward Vanderberg, Adam Coolbaugh, Daniel R. Carry, Allen Schnale. Twenty men were seriously injured, two of them fatally, named Goerge Ellis and John Green. Less. 570.009. The wreckel buildings caught fire an 1 were destroyed. The <ltlzcns bad cretit difficulty in saving : djoittin? buildings. excitement prevailed. The cause as the, explosion is unknown. A WEAKNESS FOR CRIMINAL LIBEL. \ Arrest of an Editor for Calling the Chief of Police an Ex-Convict. \ Levi' Crasper. editor and publisher of a small Sunday paper called the Sunday Sun, was arrested at Pough'-eepsle, N. Y., on a charge of cr'.miml libel pieferred by Chief of Pi lice McCabe, trasper published In his paper a statement that the 'Chief of Police was an ex-convlct. 3 hero is Indignation throughout the city at the statements made in Craspers paper about nearly every premia jut man in Poughkeepsie. Went Ma i lit the Court-Room. At Glasgow, Ky., Henry Ragland, colored was place! on trial for car breaking. He was one of many colored men indue d to go to work o i a railroad in the Adirpndacks. where lie claims a bro'her was murdered and lie wis brutally beaten. Ragland had scarcely pleade 1 to the charge when he began t> foam aid bark. He win sel. e! with sp isms ami his yells were horrible. He attempted to bite the Ju ige aid others, and caused a panic in the courtroom. He was not tried, and will die soon. Between his paroxysms ft was learned ho was bitten by a rabid dog last August Refused to Rescind the Decree. The Russian minister! of war and the interior have refused their consent to the rescinding of the decree which proh b t< the expo, tof grain. Many failures areex--1 e tei to le suit from their decision. London firms will probably loie heat Uy on advances made by them to Russian deaie s. Get. erat Got r:a has ordered all German colonists who have net passes tJ re.ura to Samara.
Not Tle:l to Anybody. The IVashlnston Republican State Convention elecUd delegates to Minneapolis uninstructed, as dll also tb? Ne.v Mexico Territorial Coaveatlrn. ———(• Damage.! by Snow. Three inches of snow fell Thursday night in New Jersey. Milch dama.e has been done in the farming sections. Burned to Death In Jail. News has been received of a horrible affair at Iron River. Mich. An elderly Polish woman named Mrs. Martin Falkorskl
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| was arrested for Indecency and locked up ■ in the small frame structure used as a jaiL Here the woman was left alone tor the night. In the morning the jail was found to be a heap of ashes: in which was found the burned and blackened body of Mrs. Falkorskh BURIED UNDER SNOW. Many Towns in England Isolated by the Deep Drills. The unseasonable winter we.vhc- continues over Gnat Britain. Snow has fallen heavily lu North Wales and the section of Engltnd adjoining. Many towns a-e isolated by heavy drifts and ar? cutoff fr >tn communication bythedest u tion of te egranlt line-. In the county of Essex. the Slot r. Blackwater, Lea. Rodins. and ether rivers liava been s voile I by the storm-, and in many places the country is flooded. In some parts the situation is set oas. The losses in urred by farmers and fruit-grow-ers wit! be viry great, owin to the vegetables being either washed out of the ground or killed by frost. 1 r.tit trees that were budding and giving promise of un abundant cr >p are now blackened and will yield nothing. Great damage has been done to the crops in the Channel Islands. On the Island of Jersey, where snow and frost are seldom seen, the weather has been very col!. It.is estimated that here alone the loss on the potat.n crop will amount to £’158.003. The cold shows no sign of abatement. In many place: the ground is c >vered with snow a foot deep in some parts of the country tire storms h ive been as severe as anv that occurred during the winter —regular blizzards in fact. The meteorological observations show that the storm now prevailing is traveling in a northwesterly direction, and dispatches announce that it is beginning to be felt in the Baltic. Dispatches from Paris and places in th? north of France state that hail and sleet are falling, and the weather is bitterly cold. It is feared that much damage will be done to the early crops.
EGYPT'S NEW KHEDIVE. Abbas Formally Installed on the Throne of His Fattier. ♦ The investiture of the Khedive tvok place Thursday at the Abdin Palace, Cairo. The ceremony was celebrated with great pomp.
All the British and Egyptian troops were massed in Abdlu Square, fronting the palace. Tribunes had been erecie! on the sides of sqdare, and these were filled with officials and others. The firman of investiture was read by an official, who also read a telegram from the Sultan conferring upon the Khedive the
KHEDIVE ABBAS.
administration of the Sinai Peninsula. Upon the conclusion of the reading the assembled troops thrice saluted the Sultan and a bund played the Turkish anthem. After tills the troops saluted the Khedive three times and the Egyptian anthem was played. Then a salute of 10.3 guns was fired. VOLUME OF TRADE BIG. More Business Being Done This Y’ear than Ever. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: During all this year business news has been rtrongly sectional Western cities are gaining almost without* exception, doing tbe largest business ever known, and Inclined to resent tlie suggestion that it is In any decree below expectations 'ihe South all t oo year has Veen struggling with unfavorable conditions, doing less business than a year ago. and looking In vain for a material change. The East has been doing a large business, rather less than a year ago on the whole, but especially less than many traders expected to do this year. This, with very thin pro Its. makes the season disappointing to many. 1 best conditions continue, and are reflected in returns this week. Yet the volume of trade In tbe whole country has been larger than In any previous year.
HERR MOST’S TIME OUT. Anarchists Preparing to Welcome Theb Leader's Return from Sing Sing. There Is unusual excitement end animation In New York anarchist circles. This is because Chief Apostle Johann Most, who has been serving a sentence of one year's imprisonment in the penitentiary for preaching a revolutionary sermon on the uttnlvertary of the execution of the Chicago bomb-throwers, has been released. The steamer John S. Brennan was chartered to convey Most across the river to the foot of Fifty-sixth street, where a tremendous crowd of his followers met and escorted him to their headquarters, where a reception was tendered. Must intends to resume the editorship of the German anarchist sheet known as the Freiheit. He may also take a trip t? Europe next month. BLOWN INTO FRAGMENTS. Seven Employes of p Powder Company Lose Their Llfes. The works of the American Forclte Powder Company on the shores of Lake Hopatcong, about a mile itelow Mount Arlington, N. J., blew up and seven men were blown to atoms. Water and Death In a Cylinder. At Lima, Ohio, F. W. Henry, Frank Josett and Dave Hogan had been given a steam cylinder to repair and placed it In a furnace to heat It, It contained water, which was converted into steam, and caused the cylinder to explode killing the men and completely wrecking the building. New Opera House for Winona. A new opera house is to be built in Winona, Minn., at a cost of £50,000, by A. B. Youmans and H. Choato. Belligerent Legislators. A night session of the Ohio House of Itepr.sentatives broke up in a free fight.
MARKET QUOTATIONS.
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WILD RACE FOR HOMES.
SCRAMBLE OF HUNDREDS OF BOOMERS FOR CLAIMS. leene* Attending the Race Across the Lt no—A Good Deal of the Land Still Left for Settlers—The Situation in Oklahoma. Opening or SiMeton Section*. S<iys a dispatch from Brown's Valley, Minn.: The sharp, clear noteof a bugle at noon-Friday, the almost simultaneous erack of a carbine, then a Volley from the whole far-reaohing line of cavalry as the signal was taken up and carried in a reverberating report to thousands of waiting ears, a few more halting shots, be oming fainter as the distance increased, and the Sisseton reservation was at last open. Tlie military withdrew from the border and rejoined their companies. From the brush along the there of the Minnesota River, from ravines hitherto hold to be unpopulated, from every conceivable spot bordering on the reservation that could shelter a jnan, horse or Wagon there sprung hordes of home-seekers. There were ail sorts nnd conditions of men. Some who hail never passed a night out of doors in their lives slept on the damp ground with naught but the starry sky nbovo them. The west shore of Lake Traverse is the border line of the reservation for almost its entire length. A fleet of rafts and other hastily improvis 'd craft laden with household goods-so that their gunwales came within a few inches of the Water lay along the shore awaiting the stroke of 12. Many of their o?cupants had not tasted food for twenty hours. Hundreds lined the way all alon£ the border from Hankinson south. At iVheaton was the greatest crowd, for It was the nearest point to the desirable It was b spectacle not easy to forget. With the crack of the carbines horses dashed madly forward, urged to desperate speed by their excited riders. Struggling along to the rear came loaded wagons, with from two to six horses on each. They were lashed unmercifully by their drivers. The cracking of whips, the dull thunder of hoofs in the damp sod and the yells of the drivers ns they struggled for the lead filled the air with on unwonted din. Still farther to the rear came those without conveyances, struggling forward with their kits of tools until the reserve was dotted with them. The mounted crowd was soon
WAITING FOR THE WORD.
beyond the range of vision, and as they disappeared they were considerably strung out, the leaders evidently saving their strength for a hard run at the finish. Ida Burnett, graduate of the University of Minnesota, a strikingly handsome girl, is possibly the possessor of the choicest quarter-section about the town site to the northwest. She has just a suspicion of Indian blood in her veins, and Is a descendant of the Sioux race, She has been allotted land on the reserve. Behind the fastest tearnrobtalnable she was drawn to the town site from the agency. The start was made at gun-tire and the girl was first on the field. She staked out her claim and straighway went to work on the erection of a shanty, assisted by her driver. Governor Mellette had 250 deputy sheriffs on the reserve, heavily.armed and Instructed to maintain order, peaceably If possible, forcibly if necessary. They checked several rows before serious results ensued. The .si.neton Reservation. The Sisseton Indian Reservation surplus lands that have been opened to settlement are located in the northeast corner of South Dakota, covering most of Roberts County, lapping over on the edge of Marshall and Day Counties, crossing the pan-handle of Grant, and
THE DREAM.
the sharp point of the triangular-shaped reservation extending down to the center’ of Coddington, a few miles from Watertown. The northern base of the triangle extends over into Sargent and Richland Counties in North Dakota, and for that reason filings may be made at Fargo. The lands aro rich, and numerous lakes cover the entire extent of the reservation, a good portion of which is wcoied and of a hilly character. In fact, the character of the lauds reflects much credit on the judgment of the Sisseton Indians, who chose this land as their reward for their help to the settlers in the Indian war of 1862. For nearly thirty years they held the reservation intact, but finally concluded they would prefer to have their lands in severalty and live like whites, so the matter was soon arranged, with the aid of a commission, and a scramble for lands was the result. The Indians have selected many of the best lands on the reservation, but it is estimated that enough for about four thousand claims of 160 acres each still remained up to’ the hour of opening. , Oil the Oklahoma Border. The excitement over the Cheyenne and Arapahoe lands is quieting down, due principally to the fact that new arrivals are materially decreasing. The boomers in tlieir wagons continue to pour in all along ttjp border, but the crowd coming in by rail is not as large as that which moved on the Oklahoma country three years ag , and as the time for the opening draws near it begins to look as though the crowd that, will go in will not be nearly as great as that which entered Oklahoma. Thie is due to the
feet that three yean* ago ihenaatu!* X people who wore not former* rushed to Guthrie, Oklahoma City, and the other towns, thinking that they would secure town lot* that In a few year* would make them rich, while the new towns In the Arapahoe and Cheyenne country will all be miles from any railroad, and do not Invite this kind of immigration. Many of the boomers, even those who have horses and wagons, do not seem to have any cash, though most of them have flour and bacon. The soldiers stationed along the northern border estimate that there are 3,500 people on that line cast of Cantonment and about 1,000 west. There are perhaps 12,000 people ready to go in from the east and 7,000 or 8,000 in ihe Washita country, while about 3,000 Texans are drawn up along the south line. There are not many pe pie on the west line.
THE AWAKENING.
On the north line, about ten miles east of Cantonment, there are 1,500 people from western Kansas camped in one bunch.
A Boy Reporter.
The reporter’s pencil has trained many a hand for the novelist’s pen. It trained Charles f Dickens, who, at the age of nineteen’years, did reporter’s work of such excellent quality as to draw from the late Earl of Derby, then Lord Stanley, a prediction that the stripling reporter was destined for a great career. Young Dickens had reported the last part of Lord Stanley's speech in the House of Commons against O’Connell, When the proofs of the speech were sent to Lord Stanley that gentleman returned them with the remark that the first two-thirds of it were so badly reported as to be unintelligible; but that if the gentleman who had reported the last part of it so admirably would call upon him he would repeat his speech and have it reported again. Young Dickens, note-book in hand, made his appearance at Mr. Stanley’s, and was reluctantly shown by the servant into the library. When the master of the house came in he expressed astonishment with his eyes as well as by his words. “I beg pardon,” said he, “but I had hoped to see the gentleman who had reported the last part of my speech.” “I am that gentleman,” answered Dickens, turning red in the face. “Ohl indeed!” said Stanley’, turning to conceal a smile. Sir James Graham then came in, and Stanley began his speech. At first he stood still, addressing one of the window-curtains as “Mr. Speaker. ” Then he walked up and down the room, gesticulating and declaimiug with all the fire he had shown in the House of Commons. Sil - James, with a newspaper report before him, followed, and occasionally corrected Stanley. When the proof of the speech had been read by the orator, he returned it to the editor with a note predicting the future success of his young reporter. Many years afterward Charles Dickens, the popular novelist, was invited to dine with Lord Derby. The guests were shown into the library, and Dickens, though he had forgotten the incident of the speech, felt a strange sensation, as if he had been there before. At last something recalled the reporting adventure, and he reminded his host of it. Lord Derby was delighted to recognize in the popular novelist his boy reporter.—Youth’s Companion.
Is Darwinism a Failure?
Since the Darwinian theory of the origin of man made its first victorious mark, twenty years ago, we have sought for the intermediate stages which were supposed to connect man with the apes; the proto man, tlie pro anthropos, is discovered. For anthropological science the pro anthropos is even a subject of discussion. At that time in Innspruck the prospect was, apparently, that the course of descent from ape to man would be reconstructed all at once; but now we cannot even prove the descent of the separate races from one another. At this moment we are able to say that among the peoples of antiquity no single one was any nearer to the apes than we are.
At this moment I can affirm that there is not upon earth any absolutely unknown race of men. The least known of all are the people of the central mountainous district.of the Malay Peninsula, but otherwise we know that the people of Terra del Fuego quite as well as the Esquimaux, Bashkirs, Polynesians, and Lapps. Nay, we know mere of many of these races than we do of certain European tribes; I need only mention the Albanians. Every living race is still human; no single one has yet been found that we can designate as simian or quasi-simian. Even when in certain ones phenomena appear which are characteristic of the apes—e. g., the peculiar ape-like projections of the skull in certain races—still we cannot say that these men are ape-like.—Prof. Virchow, before the late Anthropological Congress in Vienna.
Bees.
There is a question in the minds of most beekeepers whether or not the acts of the bee are governed by instinct or reason. On this subject some take the position that the acts of the bees are governed by intelligent thought. To prove this they cite the fact that bees gather honey only in climates subject to winter weather. If our bees are taken to Australia,' where the summ’ers are perennial, they learn in a few years to store up no honey, gathering it only as they need it for sustaining life. The only way the Australian can get honey is to import queens from cold countries every few years, they not having learned that the storing up of honey is unnecessary.
SOLDIERS IN WYOMING.
TROOPERS RESCUE THE BESIEGED REGULATORS. Cattlemen In the T. A. Ranch Surrender to CoL Van Horne, or the Sixth United States Cavalry—Blood May Yet Flow— Cause of the Preaen t Trouble. Rescued from Rustlers. A terrible state of affairs is reported to exist in Johnson County, Wyo., on the eastern side of the Big Horn Mountains. The owners or managers of the big cattle ranches in that region have long suffered from the depredations committed by organized bands of thieves, technically known there as “rustlers,” and took up arms in alleged self-protection. Forty of them were surrounded at the T. A. Banch by about 300 of their foes. The Acting Governorof Wyoming telegraphed to ashington, briefly stating the facts, and requested that troops be sent at once, as the disturbers of the peace had grown so numerous as to be beyond the control of the State officials. Senators Carey and Warren at once called on Acting Secretary of War Grant. General Schofield was summoned, and the party at midnight repaired to the Executive Mansion, aroused the President, and after a consultation the President directed that the necessary Iroops be dispatched to the scene. General Schofield at 1 o’clock Wednesday morning sent a telegram to General Brooke, commanding the Department of Dakota, ordering him to send troops frqm Fort McKinney at break of day to the scene of the trouble. • Accordingly, Col; Van Horne’s command, consisting of three troops of cavalry, received orders to march to the scene of battle at once. About 3a. m. the sound of “forward march” rang out clear on the morning air, and th * bluecoated troopers started out of the fort and galloped toward the “A" ranch. The distance was covered by daylight, and the commanding officer and Sheriff Angus held a consultation. The Sheriff reported that he had orderc d the men to surrender, but they had refused and had opened fire on his men. Col. Van Horne found that the rustlers, small stockmen and the Sheriff’s posse had completely surrounded the ranch and cut off all means of escape, so that the stockmen’s forces were entrapped. However, the military had no trouble in inducing the stockmen to surrender. The only provision that was exacted was that they be taken to Fort McKinney and not be allowed to fall into the hands of Angus or his men or the rustlers. Colonel Van Horne consented, and under the protection of the cavalry the stockmen’s forces, consisting of sixty-flve men, quickly saddled and bridled their horses and rode to Fort McKinney, where they are now confined under guard. The Sheriff’s posse and the forces of rustlers and small ranchers rode ahead to Buffalo or dispersed to their various farms. Just what the next move will be cannot be said, as the feeling on both sides is intensely bitter. The settlers for many miles around the scene of the trouble are fleeing for their lives, and not without reason. Stage coaches have been stopped, and men shot down in broad daylight. To make matters worse, a band of Crow Indians have left their reservation, and are helping the rustlers by running off cattle and horses from the ranches, while it is intimated that a prominent Sheriff in the neighborhood is in sympathy with the thieves. The trouble is one of long standing. A number of small stock-growers and others who tried the doubtful experiment of farming on the arid lands have been injured by the owners of large herds, or the men who represented them on “the plains.” Some of the little fellows were driven off and felt sore. Their case has been taken up by a lot of lawless characters in much the same way as the grievances of workingmen in London are sometimes made the pretext for mob outrages by the worst classes of the British metropolis. That is why the wicked i ustlers find it easy to operate; they are more or less sympathized with by the aggrieved ones. For this reason juries have failed to convict in cases where the worst of crimes have been proved, the shooting down of men in eold blood being added to the theft of live stock. Then it is said the sheriffs and deputy sheriffs of the thief-infested counties have owed their positions to the votes and influence of the outlaws, and that in one or two cases the sheriffs have personally appropriated stray cattle and have had deputies who were actually i ustlers. Under such conditions the thieves became bold. They not only took unbranded calves and put their own marks upon them, but had the audacity to ryn off by the carload cattle and horses that had been stolen from the ranches of men whom they had intimidated to-the extent of forcing them to leave the place. The ranchmen tried the virtue of association, and adopted regulations for the tracing of the stolen property when offered for sale in markets eastward, as well as for reclaiming the value of estrays. Then the rustlers essayed another role. It is reported that during last year they “did a land-office business in selling dressed beef to army contractors and to the subcontractors working on the Burlington and Missouri grade in the northern part of the State. ” Tney stole hundreds of cattle, either by shooting them down or running them off to be slaughtered for sale to the persons sufficiently unscrupulous to buy the meat at a big cut from regular prices. The fellows guilty of these outrageous proceedings are said to have cloaked their villainy by posing as small stockmen, and actually held a meeting at Buffalo, in the northern part of Johnson County, “where they masqueraded under the title of the Northern Wyoming Farmers* and Stock Growers’ Association.” They then arranged for the annual round-up to suit their convenience in forestalling the reputable cattlemen and in order to get in their deadly work on the “mavericks” (unbranded cattle! before the rightful owners appeared on the scene. This was the last straw. The big ranchers determined to “teach a lesson to the rascals” by organizing an armed force. They were surrounded as above described. It is probable the armed array on both sides will soon be dispersed, but it is not likely that the trouble is over. The sense of injury is too deep seated to be extinguished at once. It will be a work of time to drive out all the bad characters who infest that region, and it is much to be hr ped that the purifying process will I e accompanied by a fuller recognition on the part of the big cattlemen of the rights of those who are striving to make an honest liv.ng in an humble way.
The Umbrella Trust.
Now that umbrellas and parasols are to be controlled by a trust, there should be an increased trade in big hats 'and gum coats. —Pittsburg Dispatch. No umbrella trust, no matter how well gotten up, will ever make it safe for a mfn to trust his umbrella out of his eight in wet weather.—Philadelphia Times. An umbrella trust is the latest reported from New York. It won’t work. We have tried it.' It won’.t bring in returns. No provision lor a rainy day. We’ll trust a friend with anything but our umbrella.—Nashville Herald.
THE NATIONAL SOLONS.
SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lawmakers and What TlieyAre Doing for the Good or the Cosin'ry— Various Measure* Proposed, Discussed*, and Acted Upon. Doings ot Congress. The Senate. »ihAi3tb. passed the following bills: for the betler control of and topromote the safety of national banks; authorizing the Secretary of War to cause an exploration and survey to be made of the interior of the Territory of Alaska: to es abiish lineal promotion throng! out the several 1 n of artillery, cavalry, and Infantry of the armv. For the examination and promotloa of enlisted, men of the army to. the grade of second lieutenant. To increase the pay of certain: non-comniissioaed officers of the army. Appropriating 860,00'1 h. r a public building at Grand Island, Neb To amend the railroad land forfeiture acts so as to permit actual settlers to purchase the lands within three years after lorfeiture. For the relief of purchasers of timber lands and stone lands under tho act of June 8. 1878. To provide for fixing the uniform standard of classification and grading of wheat, corn, oats 1 arley and rye. For the preservation and custody of tbe re :ords of the volunteer armies (creating a record and pension office in the War Department). It was World’s Fair day in the House, and no business was done. In the Senate the llth bills were passed as follows: Appropriating 575.0J0 for the foundation and pede-tal for a bronzes atuo of Christopher Columbus at Capitol ground'. Granting the Topeka Water and Electric Company the right ’o erect dams across the Kansas River in Shawnee County. Authorizing the Quincy Pontoon Bridge Companv to construct a pontoon bridge across the Mississippi at Quincy, 111. 'loauthtrize the Grand Rapids Water and Electric Power Company of Grand Rapids, Mich , to *construct a dam across the Grand River. Extending the privileaos <f the free delivery of malls to cities and towns with a population of not less than 5,000 and where the postofflee gross receipts for the previous year amounted to 55.000. More than two hours of the time of the House was consumed in determining whether Messrs. Stone of Kentucky, Flth’an of Washington, Joh'son of Onio, and Bowman could publish in the Record at the public, expense, and distribute under the Government frank Henry George’s book on “Protection and Free Trade.* Mr. Burrows’ attempt to have the Henry George matte.expunged prove! unsuccessful. The book has been published practically in full in the Congressional Rec. rJ. The remainder of tbe day was consume'! in the consideration of the naval appropriation bill The House had passed a bld to promote the safety of national banks. The bill reached the Senate the 15th. there was attached an amendment auth irlzlng the banks to extend their circulation to the full amount of the bonds deposited by them in the Treasury. When the bill was returned to the House and laid before that body no attempt was made to concur in the Senate amendments; but oh motion of Mr. Blahd the bill was referred back to the Committee on Banking and Currency to be divested of the objectionable amendment The bill for the relief of the heirs of H. H. Sibley (the inventor of the Sibley tent) again proved an obstacle to the transaction of business in the House, and the whole day was consumed in Its consideration. No quorum was present. In the Bouse, on the 18th, a bill to adjust the swamp land grants and to fix limitations for filing claims thereunder was defeated. The naval appropriation bill was then taken up. and consumed the balance of tbe session. In the Senate, the bill to facilitate the disposition of causes in the Court of Claims was then taken up as the unfinished business—the pending question teing the amen Iment offered by Mr. Daniel, requiring the two additional jud'.es provided for to be members of different political parties. Mr. Daniel modified ills amendment so as to make it read: “Both of whom shall not belong to the same political partv.” At the end of a long discussion Mr. Daniel’s amendment was rejected. and the bill was passed—yeas, 31; nays. 18. The House amendment to the Senate bill relating t > the exchange of tbe military post a' Little Rock, Ark., was concurred in. and the bill now goes to the President.
World’s Fair Notes.
Wisconsin will have a $30,000 building at the Fair. A 100-year-old bearing orange tree, from San Gabriel, is one of the exhibits announced from California. Galveston, Texas, has raised SBO,OOO of the $150,000 which it pledged toward the State World’s Fair fund. Fifty public - spirited citizens of Utah have guaranteed $50,000 for an exhibit at the Fair from that Territory. New Hampshire, which claims to be the “Switzerland of America,” has appropriately planned to erect a Swiss chalet for its World’s Fair building. A new Directory was elected by the Exposition stockholders on April 2. With seven exceptions the members of last year’s Directory were re-elected. The Missouri World’s rair Board has forwarded to Chicago nine tree trunks to compose three of the columns of the rustic colonnade around the Forestry building. The Commercial Exchange of Dee Moines, lowa, has resolved in favor of raising $20,000 for the purpose of securing a creditable representation at the Exposition. R. S. Moore, of Newberne, N. C., claims to have fragments of the chain which restrained Columbus when he was in prison, and he intends to exhibit them at the Fair. A number of owners of steam yachts in New York intend to utilize them to transport themselves and their friends to the Exposition by way of the St. Lawrence and the 'Welland Canal. The main Exposition buildings require for their ornamentation 160.678 separate pieces of staff work. Of these, 108,000 have been cast, and more than 59,000 have been put in place on the buildings. Intending exhibitors at the Exposition can get the general rules and regu--lations for exhibitors, and thespecial regulations pertaining to exhibits in the department or departments in which they may be particularly interested, by addressing Director General Davis. The Great Western Railway of England will exhibit in the Transportation building the famous old locomotive, “The Lord of the Isles,” which was built at the company’s works in Swindon in 1851, from designs by the late Sir Daniel Gooch. This locomotive was a notable exhibit at the first World’s Fair in London in 1851. ~ Major Meigs, the Government Engineer, in charge of. river.improvements at Keokuk, lowa, is preparing for exhibition at the World’s Fair working models of the Government dry docks and engine house, the various boats used in making river improvements, and sections of dams, showing the manner of their construction. • ■•< From the reports and estimates prepared by the Exposition authorities for the Congressional Investigating Committee the following interesting facts, among many others, appear: To complete the Exposition and conduct it to its close will require of the directory a total expenditure of $22,246,403. Up' to March 1 the total expenditure was $3,860,934. The liabilities under contracts already maue are $4,692,724. The receipts have been $6,252,404, and the amount due from stock Subscriptions and city bonds, $5,713,051. The National Commission has expended $184,522, and estimates that $1,067,983 more is needed, including s 90,000 for awards. The lady managers have spent $57,811 and think they require $227,574 more up to the close of the Fair.