Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 19, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 May 1892 — Page 2

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A FOOL AND HIS MONEY.

AS IN ANCIENT TIMES SOON PARTED. Vn. Russell of Eau Claire Found Guilty ot Murder—Don’t Go to Sweden l'or Your Divorce—Two Elves Sacrificed at Dallas, Texas. At Washington. On the 24th the Senate passed several bills for public structures, among them one Srovlding for a $50,000 building at Owosso, [ich. Mr. Mitchell, from the Committee on Privileges and Elections, reported to the Senate a joint resolution proposing a Constitutional amendment providing for the eloctlon of United States Senators by popular vote. He said that the members of the committee were divided on the subject and would make separate reports. The joint resolution was placed on the calendar. In the House, Mr. Stewart, of Texas, from the Committee on Rivers and Harbors, reported back the river and harbor appropriation bill with the Senate amendments thereto with the recommendations that the Senate amendments bo nonconcurred in. The bill was referred to the committee of the whole. The balance of the time was spent on the sundry civil appropriation bill. TARIFF BILES DEAD. Senate Finance Committee Disposed to Delay Action. Washington dispatch: The prospects for further tariff legislation by this Congress are not the most propitious, judged by a discussion on the subject that took place at a meeting of the Senate Committee on finance, Tuesday. The probabilities of taking up *t an early day one or more of the tariff bills passed by the House were tilked over Informally, but no definite Information was given as to the probable policy of the committee In the matter. The Impression left by the short discussion was that If the committee does report the free-wool bill or some other tariff measure. It will not do so for several weeks. Democratic Senators do not seem very hopeful of securing any tariff legislation without the aid of the Finance Committee, which Is opposed to the enactment Of measures placing articles on the free list. BRICK TRICKSTERS FOOL A MINER. Seven Thousand Dollars Secured from an Indiana Man of Faith. George Swygart, a wealthy South Bond, Ind., man and former minor, was worked by the “gold brick” racket A fine appearing man Introduced himself as a nephew from Arizona He told Swygart he had found an ' Indian In Chicago with a gold brick weighing seventy pounds and that It could be bought for $7,000. Swygart secured the money and, In company with his alleged nephew and a gold assayer, alleged to come from Philadelplda, went a mile from town Into Ctoqulllard "woods and met the Indian. Swygart thought the brick genuine and paid over the cash. The swindlers have skipped. -4 ~ • ■ " MRS. RUSSELL GUILTY. Jury at Eau Claire Finds that She Committed Murder in the First Degree. At Eau Claire, IVIs., Mrs. Elizabeth Russell was found guilty of murder In the first degree. Mrs. Russo 1 had been on trial for three weeks on the charge of causing the death of Mrs. Bertha Erickson. Mrs. Russell was In love with Erickson, who had been her hired man, and when the wife died It was suspected that she had been polscned. An autopsy showed this to he the case. Mrs. Russell was accused of administering the poison and was convicted. Strong circumstantial evidence was given against her.

ARKANSAS PEOPLE STARVING. Little Rock Charity Supplying: Food to Hundreds of Families. . The destitution among the fleo 1 sufferers, both white and colored, l etween Little Bock and the mouth of the river, Is slpiply appalling. Pine Bluff aud vicinity are filled with refugees. Ail alpng the rlyep the ootton crop is totally destroyed, "and It Is hard to tell on what the farmers will subsist during this summer. At a mass meeting held at Pine Bluff $1,660 was subscribed in an hour. A flotilla of Government boats is continually on the river carrying succor to the helpless victims of the flood. f’ Thousands Homeless. Govern >r Boles of lowa has returned from a personal Investigation of the devastation at Sioux City. He reports about one thousand homeless and in Immediate need of relief. The loss of property is over 9200,000. He will issue his proclamation to the people of the State, giving the facts and calling for aid to relieve the needs of the flood-stricken districts. Divorces in Sweden Don’t Count. A most Interesting case decided by the Wisconsin Oupreme Court was one In which & divorce granted in Sweden to naturalized Americans was not recognized. The case catne from Sheboygan and contained a touch of romance It was that of William O. St. Sure against Olive St. Suro-Llndes-felt. of Sheboygan. Died at the Age of 100. Mrs. Mildred Ann Clay, aged over 109 years, died In Leavenworth, Kan. She was married twice, and was the mother of fifteen children, all of whom are dead but two. She was born in Virginia, and went to Kansas In 1862. where she has since resided. . Her health and memory were quite good to-the last Two Men Killed In a Riot At Dallas, Texas. Policeman C. O. Brewer was shot and instantly killed by a negro named Henry Miller, whom he was trying to arrest A mob attacked the jail and In the riot two men wer3 seriously shot The mob finally dispersed when they saw that to carry ths Jail meant heavy loss of life. Were Wedded on the Sly. It became known that Miss Jenny Dunbar, the actress, was married last March In New York City to Thomas Wlnthrop Hall, a young Norwalk (Ohio) journalist. Miss Dunbar Is now with the E. H. Scrthern panyBlaine and McKinley. Gov. McKinley's closest newspaper organ. the Cleveland Leader, In a leading editorial article pronounces for Blaine and McKinley as “the strongest ticket that could be made,” and says that “next to President Harrison the only man seriously thought of for the Presidency Is Mr. : Blaine.» Wont Down to Watery Graves. John Moses and Charles Holmes, of Lastport, Mo., started to sail from Indian island to Deer Island. Their boat capsized off Cherry Island and both were drowned. They leave families Young Girl Convicted of Murder. Harriet Smith, a 14-year-old Easton, Md.. colored girl, was convicted of murder In the second degree. 6be poisoned her father, Thomas Smith, about two months ago, by putting arsenic In the teapot. She Intended it tor hor brother Henry, who had refused <0 accompany her to a festival. At Nice, the trial of Edward Parker Deaeoo of Boston, who shot and killed M. AkelUe at Cannes while the latter was with Mra Deacon, resulted in a verdict of willful wounding, and a prison sentence of one

IS A SEA OF DEATH. The Floyd XUver Inundates Sioux City, lowa — Many People Perish. A dispatch from Sioux City says: The Floyd River rose from its banks at Sioux City, and a wall of water three feet high swept upon the lower portions of the city. As a result many residents lie dead beneath the flood, and the city has suffered property damage of over $2,000,000. The loss of life Is not definitely known, being estimated at from twenty-five to one hundred, with the strong probability that the latter figures are correct; The first note of warning was a telegram received from Hinton, twelve miles up the valley, to tho effect that a fourteen-foot rise was coming. Intelligence was sent to the police station. Chief Hawman was notified and Bent at once for an engine, loaded a boat, and started up the Illinois Central track for Leeds. The wave stuck when but a short distance up, and tho boat was launched at once From one house three children were taken, but the mother could not bo rescued and perished. The party narrowly escaped being overturned by a second wave six feet in height. The angry waves nearly made way with the boat From another house seven people were taken who had crawled into the attic. Eight minutes after the house toppled over and swept down the stream. Five people were taken from a tree at Springdale. When the warning came Captain of Police Wlckles and a posse made haste for the flat and warned as many as could be reached before the flood came. Many would not listen to the words of warning, saying they had seen high water before, and stayed and were drowned. PREACHER ATTACKED BY A WOMAN. Extremely Lively Scene In a Wooster, Ohio, Methodist Church. There Is a sensational entanglement In the financial affairs of the aristocratic First Methodist Church at Wooster, Ohio, The Treasurer and the church officers could not agree in their settlements, and this gave rise to rumors in which a $2,000 mortgage was mentioned. A. G. Cooser, teller of the First National Bank, Is the Treasurer. He has moved In the best circles there He has a family of girls, one of whom Is about to graduate from a Paris art school. A church meeting was called at which Mrs Cooser represented her husband, who Is in Chicago. The statement showod Cooser short $2,000, with an offset of SSOO, money loaned the church by Mrs. Cooser. The statement made Mrs. Dooser furious She attacked the pastor In the pulpit In John L. Sullivan style, and the women prosent had to carry her from the church by force. The affair Is the biggest sensation the wealthy, aristocratic college city ever knew. BIG Fillip IN' OSWEGO, N. Y. Mills and Elevators Burned and Others Likely to Go. At midnight Friday a great fire was raging along the Oswego, N. Y., water front The flames, which originated In the big Washington mills, swept with great fury through the line of elevators. A brisk wind prevailed uqd It looked at jnldnUjht as though the Columbia ana Merchants’ elevators would go. The fire department was out In full forco fighting the firo, but made but little headway. At 12:15 a. m. the Corn Exchange and Merchants' elevators wore burning. The firemen abandoned the big Marine elevator, which Is full of corn. A dozen fires were burning on the west side of the river, with no streams of water playing on them. Sheets of flame leapod out into tho river from the burning elevators and all property In line of tho fire on the west side was in imminent peril. The Fulton firemen were summoned. DEVASTATED BY A WINDSTORM. Heavy Damage Inflicted at Jeffersonville, Indiana. A windstorm almost equal In its magnitude to the cyclono that played havoc In 1890 passed over Jeffersonville, Ind., Tuesday afternoon, doing great damage to barns and fences, orchards, telegraph wires and many buildings The cltlzons were almbst paralyzed with fear, and many families residing In the city took refuge In outhouses Instead of remaining in their respective homes, lest the buildings should he demolished. The storm was twenty-five miles In width and lasted thirty minutes, followed by a terrlflco downpour of rain, which caused many of the streets to be flooded and Impassable DEATH TRESTLE. Trains Collide at Crooked Bayou—Eight Killed and Twenty-two Hurt. One of the worst wrecks In the history of the Cotton Belt road occurred between nine and ten o’clock on Friday night on a trestlework between Humphrey and Goldman, some twenty miles above Pino Bluff. The wreck was Indirectly due to the flood occasioned by tho overflow of the Arkansas River. Eight persons were klllod outright and twenty-two Injured.

VESSEL AND CREW LOST. One Hundred and Twenty-three Lives L-ost—Four Persons Saved. The Ironclad Sollmoes, one of the six war ships sent by the Brazilian Government against the rebels at Matto Grosso, was sunk Sunday morning In the harbor of Montevideo. One hundred and twentythree of the officers and crew were drowned. Only five on the vessel escaped. Lias of the Flood Victims. The list of victims of the flood at Sioux City, lowa, so far as known Is, as follows: Nellie West, Mrs. Louise Homers and two children, A. Anderson, Mrs. A. Anderson and child, N. H. Enderson, Mrs. N. H. Enderson and child, P. P. McLarren. William Stone. William Bose, Mrs. Frank Luther and child, daughter of E. Moenard, aged 7 years; George Cox, a child of four years; George 0. Miller, Aaron Johnson, Bobort Harney, Frank Henderson. Mrs. Frank .Henderson and child, Mrs. 11. Fickes, Mrs. Peter Rasmussen and two children, six unknown men, two unknown boatmen. Few bodies have been found, and a few of the above-named may yet be found safe. They are given up as lost, a 1 having been soon in the flood and not since. Corn Still Going Dp. The frost In the West and Northwest sent prices upward with a boom ou the Chicago Board of Trade Friday. The alarming reports and rapid advance of the market created a stampede among shorts In corn and wheat and there was a general rush to cover. Pardridge aud Cudahy were among the first to buy and no attempt was made to disguise the strong bullish tendency of trade. And for the bears this was not the worst of It, for the best-posted manipulators on the floor expect to see prices steadily advance for some time yet. Declared tor Cleveland. The New England Tariff Reform League held its annual' dinner at the American House in Boston, Thursday night. A resolution was adopted declaring that Grover Cleveland was the man best fitted to lead those Interested In tariff reform. Blaine Will Accept. According to a dispatch from Washington, Tom Platt has received assurances that James G. Blaine will accept the nomination for the Presidency If It Is offered him. The exact nature of the assurances cannot at present be learned. The Waters Falling. ' Reports from along "the Missouri from Kansas City to the mouth are that It Is falling slowly, but the recent rains in Kansas are expected to start a rise which will reach the length of the stream soon, and make the rise greater than ever. Terrorised by Mad Dogs. Brazil. Indiana, Is In a ferment of excltemeot over the numerous eases of rabid dogs. Falls t wen tv persons have been bitten.

I Besides this a large quantity of stock was bitten and had to be killed. Saturday night four more persons were bitten and Bert Large was attacked by a rabid Newfoundland dog and terribly lacerated. The Mayor has Issued orders for every canine to be muzzled, and the police force armed with shotguns are slaughtering dogs right and left. _____ DEEMING’S DEATH A RELIEF. Public and Officers Breathe Easier Now that His Career Is Ended. The execution of Deeming, the Australian demon, which took place at Melbourne. Monday, Is a relief to the public. So formidable was the reputation of the monster that many people w*fe in constant fear of his committing some new atrocity and perhaps escaping to renew his hideous career of murder. The officials having him In charge were also burdened with anxiety. The execution was witnessed by 100 spectators, Including doctors, justices, members of the Victoria Parliament, and representatives of the press. When the sheriff entered the coll for the purpose of reading the death warrant he found Deeming In a dazed condition, and he continued that way until the drop fell. The clergyman who stood by him on tho platform had barely said, “Man hath but a short time to live,” when the hangman gave the signal, the bolt was drawn, and Dooming was hanging six feet below the scaffold. RELIEF FOR lOWANS IN DISTRESS. Gov, Boles Asks Sioux City for Instructions as to Appeals for Aid. Gov. Boies, In his address to the meeting of citizens after he had visited the ruined district, plainly put the case with respect to needed relief. He said: “The case can be put before the good people of the State and the situation plainly stated, and then It Is for them to act. I may say, however, from what I havo seen this morning, that I have n > doubt It Is your duty to ask for aid. You have no rlgnt to hinder the relief of such distress as I havo seen. In fact, I would feel disposed to place the matter before the people of the State In any event, and tho only point on which I wish to obtain your sentiment Is whether this appeul should bo made to the State or should extend outsldo tho State. Unless there should be a unanimous opinion against it I havo concluded to appeal to lowa for you. I want to know whether this appeal should go further.” Indiana at tho Fair. The Indiana State Biardof World’s Fair Commissioners has found that Indiana’s building* wili cost 8100,000 more than they could pay out, and. so the State’s enterprising manufacturers have decided to give $70,000 worth of material. In design the Indiana building will he French Gothic, both Inside and out It will cover an area of 100x170 feet, Inc udlng (he verandas that surround It The building will bo furnlsbod throughput with tho best hard wood the State affords. By Masked Robbers. Northbound train No. 14 on tho Jacksonville, Tampa am! Key West Railway was held up at a lonely hummock station five miles north of Sanford, Fla., at two o’clock the other morning by four masked roohors who, in a desperate attempt to secure tho money of the’ Southern Express Company, killed Express Messonge- W. N. Saunders and badly wounded Soliciting Agent I. O. Cox. The robbers fled without securing the booty. Blalno Presents Fava. Italian Minister Baron Fava was received In the blue room of the White House, Monday morning, by President Harrison. He wa3 attondod by tho attaches of the Italian Legation. Secretary Blaine accompanied the Baron to tho Executive Mansion and made the Introductions. After presenting Baron.Fava Secretary Blaine had quite an exiended conference with the President Its nature was not disclosed.

Tom O’Brien Caught. Thomas O’Brien, tho American bunko king, was arrested in Paris, while landing from the steamer Marseilles, which left New Orleans on May 1 for Havre and Antwerp. The fugitive tried to leave the steamer with the cargo, but he was detected and captured. The French police were on the lookout for hltn and one of their best detectives was watching at the wharf. First Sea Serpent of the Soason. Two fishermen near Oak Harbor, Ohio, declare they saw a sea serpent in Lake Erie. It Is described as about twonty-flvo feet long and a foot and a half in diameter In tho thickest part of the body. Its head was large and flat, and there appeared to be several lurgo fins or flippers about five feet from tho bead. It was black In color, mottled with brown spots. '

Train Robbers Caught. Officers have arrested Charles Williams, Benjamin Ward, William Miller, O. L. Buchanan and two other men whose names are unknown, who attempted to rob the south-bound Missouri, Kansas and Texas train and afterward fired several volleys Into It Buchanan has made a full confession, giving away the whole gang. Three Men Drowned. Harry Crock. George Doughty, and Wm. Reilly, three young Cleveland (Ohio) mechanics, went out on the lake In a rowboat The empty boat was picked up by a tug, and it Is believed the men were drowned. Saddle Horses Burned. The Metropolitan Stab!e3 have been burned at Hot Springs, Ark., with forty head of saddle horses; Thirty had been collected for the Oakland Stables of Chicago. Loss, 825,000; insurance, $15,000. MARKET QUOTATIONS. CHICAGO. Cattle - Common to Prime.... $3.50 @ 4.75 Hoas—Shipping Grades 8.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4,00 @ 576 Wheat-No. 2 Spring S4U@ !86)« Corn—No. 2, new... 48 @ .49 Oats—No. 2 7. si @ .88 Rye—No. 2 77 @ .73 Butt eh —Choice Creamery 19 @ Itl Cheese—Full Cream, flats .00 @ 10 Eoos—Fresh 14i*«a ,15V Potatoes— Choice old, per bu... .40 @ 50 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 4.50 Hogs—Choice Light 5.50 4.75 Sheep—Common to Prime B.OC 0. i 75 Wheat-No. 2 Bed .86 @ m Corn—No. 1 White Oats-No. 2 White ” si « 33 „ ST. LOUIS. ■ & St™* 8.00 @ 4.50 itcGS 3,50 (a 475 VPheat-No. 2 Red .... 88 @ SO Corn-No. 2 « g Oats-No. 2 1." ill S ‘S —No, 3 70 @ 72 „ CINCINNATL „ DETROIT, ‘ s*™*- 800 @ 4.26 i ß ;£*g % Corn-No. 2 Yellow gla 51 Cork-No. 2 Whi e. . * 4? S Oats-No. 2 White .....i”; .§ buffalo.'” ,81 ® ,83 SSrSSKr::::™: «IS Wheat-No. 1 Hard g 0 ® *■£ CORN-NO" 2 MIL WALKEK' ’ s;l ® ’ sl S«l 9 ::::: f» fl ;is | 10 & Cat*t*t v NEW YORK. ® 6kkep 8.00 « 8 « Cork-No 8 ” X „ I 'h

CUT OFF BY THE FLOODS

OMAHA’S 810 BRIDGE PARTIALLY GONE. A Portion of the Great Union Pacific Structure Washed Out—No Trains Moving: East—Unprecedented Rain Storm Causes Great Alarm. Damagro by High Water.

HVH HE eastern approach J I ’ to the big Union ") |\ Pacific bridge over -* 1Y the Missouri at fl/ Omaha has, been '“m\ washed out, and there are fears that the entire structure will go. The river is rising rapidly, and all the lower portions of the city are under water, while igSj many small buildajp Ings situated on the H i river front have alalready floated away. * Tho washing away of the approach to

the bridge has put a stop to all trafflo, and it may be weeks before trains will again run from Council Bluffs to Omaha. If the river continues to rise the main portion of the big bridge will likely be carried away, as It has been greatly weakened by the washing out of the eastern approach. People are becoming greatly alarmed by the prospect of still higher waters, and residents of towns along the river are hastening to the higher ground. It has been raining furiously, with the result that the sewers and small streams have poured a flood of water Into the Missouri. The channel has lately switched to the western bank, and as that portion of the approach is formed by trestling filled In with earth and loose rock the current soon began to eat It away, All day long the gnawing at the filling had kept up, and in the evening It waß noticed that the approaches were beginning to totter. As a result all trains were held in Omaha. At 7:30 the bridge began to sway and crack, and a few minutes later with a roar and crash one span went whirling down the river, carrying with It the fixtures and equipments on that side of the bridge. A large force of men was hurried to the break, and carload after carload of rock Is being emptied in, In hopes of turning the current and saving the rest of the approach. The river surrounds the embankment of the Union Pacific for nearly a mile on either side, and it Is feared that the swift current may break through this bank and utterly ruin the bridge and roadway. In the city the flood has played havoe with the lowlands. All the squatters on the bottoms have been forced to flee for their lives. Most of their homes have been washed away and many more will go. The rainfall has been unprecedeptefl and much damage is expeoted on all sides! t No Prospect for Rellwf. . A Washington dispatch says: The threatening aspect of the olitlook for the Lower Mississippi Valley has deepened in the last.forty-eight hours. As regards the prospect for Intensity and duration of the Impending flood with the water now ini sight, matters stand about as follows: There has been a rainfall of 2.2 inches along the Missouri Biver from Kansas City to Pierre, and 2.5 Inches along the Arkansas from Fort Smith to Little Book. The rainfall in lowa, Missouri and Illinois and 'along the Upper

WORK OF THE FLOOD AT OMAHA.

Mississippi averages over one inch. The present high stage of the Missouri at Kansas City—2l.7 feot, a fall of a foot since Monday—will be maintained for some time, and may even increase in the next throe days. The Upper Mississippi at Dubuque, with a stage of 10.9, has risen two feet in the last five days. At St. Loulb the very high stage of 36.3 feet prevails, there being a rise of five feet in the last five days. The rate of the rise has slackened. The prospects are that the rise will continue one foot more and a high stage will be maintained for some time. The Ohio has begun to rise, the stage at Cincinnati being 22.5. The present Ohio rise will not be of much importance. The Cumberland is at a low stage. At Cairo the river is at a stage of 41.8 feet, having risen 5.3 feet in the past seven days. The rate of rise at Cairo has fallen off in the past day. It is not expected the stage will go above 43 feet in the next two days. It will continue stationary, however, at the high stage, and it remains to be seen yet what will occur with the Missouri flood. Breach in the Levee Widening. Wednesday morning the Gypsy crevasse, near New Orleaqp, had widened out to such an extent that all hope of closing it was abandoned. The water is sweeping over the plantations to within a few miles of Kenner. About eight miles of the Mississippi Valley Bailroad track has boen covered and traffic over the submerged portion is abandoned. The location of the break is about twenty-five miles above New Orleans and two miles above where the great BonnelfCarre crevasse occurred in 1874.

FARMERS AT THE FAIR.

The A4jrtcultural Exhibit Will Far Exceed All Previous Displays. The agricultural exhibit at the World’s Fair, it is believed, will be studied with greater interest and by more people than will almost any other division of the great Exposition. Millions are engaged In raising or dealing in agricultural products, and every one is a consumer of them. Recognizing this, the Exposition management has provided accommodations and facilities for this exhibit which dwarf such provision made at any previous world’s fair. The Agricultural Building, an imposing and beautiful structure, situated across the main lagoon, southward from the great Manufactures Building, is rapidly approaching completion, and will be finished even to all details of ornamentation before Oct. 1. It measures 500 by 800 feet, and has an annex 800 by 550 feet, and a connected assembly hall, which has a seating capacity of 1,600. Close by on the south is the Dairy Building, measuring 100 by 200 feet. The northern portion of the main floor of the building will be occupied by the agricultural and other food exhibits of foreign nations, whioh, it is already assured, will be extensive. Great Britain, Germany, France, Mexico, Austria,

Denmark, Sweden, Japan, Paraguay, Canada, and a number of other conn* tries have already been assigned space, ranging from 1,000 to 15,000 square feet each. It is expected that the agricultural exhibits by. those countries will be as comprehensive as those of our own country, and will show some features Which will be exceedingly instructive to Americans. Occupying nearly all the remainder of the main floor will be the exhihit of cereals and other farm products from the States of the Union. Every State and Territory, it is expected, will be represented by its products. Thus, upon this one vast floor, covering nearly ten acres, will be displayed in all their variety and perfection the pick of the farm products of the world. It is believed that the exhibit made by this country, naturally exceeding any other in extent, will attract great attention, also, by reason of its exceptional merit, and the comprehensive information that will accompany it. This great exhibit, or rather array of exhibits, will be made and arranged in such a systematic manner that the visitor, almost at a glance, can tell not only the appearance of each object but what it is, where it came from, and “all about it." For, under the regulations adopted for the Department, Chief Buchanan requires that each exhibit shall be accompanied with the following data - Name of object, name of producer, where grown, character of soil, date of planting, quantity of seed planted per acre, method of cultivation, date |Of harvesting, yield per acre, weight, price of product at nearest market, average temperature, and rain or snow fall by months between planting and harvesting, and whether or not irrigation was employed. On the six acres of floor in the Annex, which is virtually an extension of that of the main building; will be shown every description of agricultural machinery,' Including not only the best and most improved now in use, but also such as will illustrate the progress of tho industry, from primitive times to the present. In the great galleries of the building, which are most novel in construction and perfect in point of availability, will be located on the north front, the wool exhibit; on the west end the apiary display, which will include working colonies of bees; on the south front the dairy implements, and on the great central sections the exhibit of the brewing and tobacco industries, and the wealth of magnificent exhibits of flours, meals, bread, pastry, sugars, confectionery, canned goods, oils, soaps, chocolates, etc.

One of the most novel, instructive, and elaborate exhibits, and one that will undoubtedly attract the attention of every scientific person and scholar interested in any phase of agricultural life, will be that made by the Association of American Agricultural Colleges and Experiment Stations. This exhibit will occupy nearly 8,000 square feet of spaoe, and will be located in the southwest corner Q? tjie building, on the first floor. It will represent the entire work of a model Agricultural Experiment Station, covering entirely the field of experiment and researoh in crons, botany, horticulture, entomology, leeding stuffs, animal nutrition, dairy solids, milk testing and veterinary science, and will include an elaborate and complete botanical, biological and chemical laboratory. In addition to this, the agricultural colleges of the United States will have, in this space, a combined exhibit graphically illustrating the work and special field covered by each college. This entire exhibit is not only unique, but is something that has never been accomplished or attempted at any previous exposition. The exhibit will be put up and conducted by the directors of the different experiment stations and representatives of the different agricultural colleges of the United States, each contributing some part of the exhibit, the whole to be installed in a magnificent manner, at the expense of the United States Government. This will give to every visitor an opportunity to 'witness the methods by which the great ' advances in all phases of agricultural life and researoh are carried on fche colleges and experiment stations of the United States. Outside the building will be shown several magnificent exhibits, put up at a great cost, of the irrigation systems of the great West. On the lagoon just south of the Annex to the Agricultural Building will be Installed traction and portable engines and a wonderfully interesting exhibit of wind-mill machinery. All visitors will be Interested In the agricultural exhibit, but its chief value will rest upon a much broader and more significant fact. The exhibit will afford a vast amount of information to many thousands to whom it will prove of incalculable benefit. The crops best adapted to different localities and the reason therefor, the - most improved methods of cultivation that are being pursued, the best results that have been secured and the manner of their securing, and the perfection of products in every line —all these will be shown and will constitute the more Important lessons which the agricultural exhibit will teach. Through the thousands who learn these lessons and are sure to make practical utilization of them, the agricultural industries will receive such an economic readjustment and impetus as will result in increased productiveness and merit, and general benefit to the entire country.

A Dog Train-Starter.

There died recently at Lowestoft, England, one who is spoken of by the local press as “a very popular member of the staff of the Great Eastern Railway. ” He was a black and tan collie dog, and he was not appointed to the “position” which he held by the officers of the company. Although self-appointed, time and habit brought about his recognition as assistant train-starter at the Lowestoft Station. Through residence at the station he had acquired an instinct which told him the exact time at which each train should start from the terminus on its journey. As the moment drew near, the collie became restless and excited, As the bell uttered its first warning sound, he would sctynper down the platform, and, planting himself close to the engine, bark furiously until he saw the wheels begin to moVe. Having accomplished the starting of the train as he supposed, he would rush to the guard’s or conductor's van, and hurry the conductor to his post. \ As the train passed out of tho station he retired, and was seen no more until the time was near for another train to start. At the end of July last there were 63,500 electric lamps—lncandescent and arc—in use in Paris. At the end of March, 1891, the number was 105,000, so that during a period of sixteen months the number of lamps in use increased by 41,500. Pakis is novWhe best lighted city in the world, and a model for all cities that are bent on Introducing electric lighting on • grand scale. /

PRESBYTERIANS MEET.

IMPORTANT SUBJECTS TO BE CONSIDERED. Hay Xm the Month of Religions Conventions, and Before the Omaha Assemblage ot Methodists Has Adjourned Comes the Convention of Presbyterians at Portland, Oregon. To hold a general assembly west of the Rocky Mountains is a decided innovation for the Presbyterians. But it

DR. C- A. BRIGGS.

capacity of the churohes to supply pastore and places of worship. It is expected that the holding of a general assembly at Portland will stimulate greater interest in the home-mission field. Every great religious convention has some specially burning topics to discuss. This year’s general assembly Is no exception to the rule, although it is confidently expected that harmony will prevail In the end. The Briggs case comes up again and upon it hinges a question of great interest to the church—the status of the Union Theological Seminary. Since the last general assembly Dr. Briggs and the New York Presbytery declared a truce, but It has turned out to be temporary. The delegation from New York to the assembly is what is known as “anti-Briggs” in sentiment. There have been threats that the Union Theological Seminary would promptly withdraw from the Presbyterian fold if Dr. Briggs is to be harassed by heretical charges. The common belief seems to be that the General Assembly will refer the whole controversy back to the New York Presbytery for final settlement. In this event a very Important educational institution may be preserved to the church, as it is thought doubtful whether the case will be again reopened on the question of Dr. Briggs’ orthodoxy by the local body. Then there is a question of the revision of the confession of faith; To most Presbyterians this will appear the

FIRST PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, PORTLAND.

most vital issue with which the fathers of the church have ever had to deal. The conservative traditions of the church have for many years prevented any charge in the Westminster confession. If the American church adopts a revised oonfession It will be the first of the world’s Presbyterian bodies to declare that the letter of a'creed must give way before Its spirit, and that modern thought makes a revision of church standards necessary. The Committee on Revision has completed its labors, and all the presbyteries have declared for or against the changes proposed. The question now comes before the supreme council of church leaders, and Its decision will be awaited with great interest. Besides these special topics there is a multitudinous variety of subjects with which the General Assembly must deal. The union of evangelical bodies is one of these. Church unity is more than a theory in all the leading evangelical bodies, and it may be a question of only a few years when certain lines will disappear In a common effort for the cause of religion. Like the Methodists also, the Presbyterians have pronounced views on practical questions of the day. The General Assembly is certain to make a report on the need of Sabbath observance, and will doubtless make a special report on the World’s Columbian Exposition.

HILL TO WITHDRAW.

The Senator Now Said to Be Preparing: a Better of Declination. According to a New York dispatch, Senator Hill is writing a letter of withdrawal, and that the letter will be placed before the public very soon. It is stated that the Senator has had this matter under consideration for the last month, and after considerable deliberation he has decided to withdraw irom the race at last. To get at the nature of the letter, or even surmise its contents, is a hard matter, but it is believed that the tenor of the missive will be in the direction of promoting harmony in the ranks of the party in Kew York, so as to unite the Democracy of that State on one candidate. Who that candidate will be it is bard to tell. Some are of the opinion that Hill will throw his weight and strength to Cleveland, and will assist in making his nomination unanimous, while others think that Cleveland would be the last man to whom he would throw his influence, and that his strength will go to some Western candidate—ex-Gov. Gray of Indiana or Senator Palmer of Illinois.

The Presidential Term of Office.

The Committee on Civil Service has reported to the Senate with a favorable recommendation a joint resolution propoping so to amend the Constitution as to make the term of office of the President and Vice President six years instead of four, the former to be ineligible for immediate re-election. The change is to take effect March 4, 1897, which will be the commencement of the term of the President who will be chosen four years from next fall. It is not stated in the dispatches whether a Vice President who succeeds to the Presidency by the death of the incumbent of the office is covered by the provision regarding ineligibility. The amendment would lose some of its efficacy if it permitted a Vice President who had filled the office of President for four or five years to be elected President for the six years following. It is stated that this proposed amendment will have many strong friends in both Houses. It is desirable that it should be submitted to the States so that they may express themselves on the subject.

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

BENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. In the Bouse,the 18th. the silver question was the feature of Interest. The Speaker sustained the point of order raised against Mr. Bartiue’s amendment to the sundry civil bill, and the House clinched tho matter by upholding Mr. Crisp’s decision. After the transaction of routine business the House then went into committee of the whole (Mr. tester, of Georgia, in the chair) on the sundry Civil bill. Mr. Smith, of Arizona, moved to increnss from SIOO,- < 000 to $400,000 the appropriation for surveying the public lands. After some debate a compromise was aftived at and the appropriation fixed at $200,000. The Senate resumed consideration of the vessel appropriation ljfil Several amendments were agreed: the bill was passed without a division and the Senate adiourned. In the House, on the 19th, the Chairman of the committee of the whole sustained the point of order against Mr. Bland’s amendment. M r > Watson of Georgia sent up to the clerk’s desk and had read the terse resolution “that the Committee on Ways and Means be requested to report the subtreasury bill." Ho asked unanimous consent for Its consideration, but Mr. Beltzhoover’s demand for the “regular order” operated as an objection. After a fruitless call of committees theHouse went into committee of the whole— Mr. Lester,- of Georgia, in the chair—on the sundry civil bill. Mr. Bland then reoffered his amendment with the proviso attached to it, “that the cost of this coinage shall not exceed $35,000, $5,000 of which shall he for the coinage of subsidiary silver and $90,000 for standard silver dollars. Rejected. and the House adjourned. The Senate spent much of its time in discussing the river and harbor hill. The hill authorizing the Secretary of War to detail for special duty in connection with the World’s Columbian Exposition such army officers as may he required was passed. The hill exempting American coastwise vessels plloted.by their licensed masters or by a United States pilot from the obligation to pay State pilots for services not rendered was passed without a division. The con- , ference report on the hill to provide for the disposal and sale'of the Klamath River Indian reservation was presented and agreed to. Mr. Aldrich offered a resolution (which was agreed to) abolishing the office of principal executive clerk of the Senate, and placing the entire clerical force of the Senate In the Secretarv’s office.

has a purpose. Portland is in the very center of the home m i s s 1 o nary fieltf, says a dispatch from that city. The “Pacific Slope has for years enlisted mission ary effort, but the population has far outgrown the

In the House, the 19th, In debating the sundty civil hill. Mr. Dickerson’s to strike out the appropriation of $150,000 to enable the Secretary of War to complete the establishment of the Chlckamauga and Chattanooga National Park was lost. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, while paying tribute to the courage, ability, and patriotism of General Sherman, raised a point of order against the clause In the hill appropriating $50,000 for the preparation of a site and the erection of a pedestal for a statue of Sherman In the city of Washington. Henderson of lowa and Breckinridge of Kentucky appealed to him to withdraw his point, but he declined. He said: “The rules of the House should be enforced. If the statue should he erected it should be provided for in an orderly manner.” In the Senate, after a long political discussion, the river and harbor bill was'reported back to the House. All the amendments agreed to In committee were concurred lnln gross, and the bill was passed without a division. The following hills were passed: Appropriating SIOO,OOO for a public building in Joliet.'llL; to increase to $125,000 the appropriation for the public building at Lansing, Mich.; to authorize the Illinois and lowa Railway and Terminal Company to build a bridge across tho Mississippi River at Moline. Ill.: to authorize the construction of a railroad bridge across the Columbia River in the State of Washington. The 23d, Mr. Cullom occupied the chair In the Senate. The following bills passed: Authorizing the Secretary of War to procure and present suitable medals to the survivors of the “forlorn hope storming party,” of Fort Hudson, on June 15, 1863; appropriating $15,000 for the introduction of domesticated reindeer into Alaska; referring to the Court of Claims the claim of the Citizens’ Bank of Louisiana for specie taken from the bank by Major General Butler. Passed (with an amendment excluding allowance of Interest). For a commission of three to examine and report relative to the employment of the pneumatic tube system, or other process for the rapid dispatch of mails In large cities. (Appropriating $20,000). Appropriating $15,000 for the purchase of the Travis oil paiptlng of Abraham Lincoln to be bung In the CapitoL Appropriating $20,000 for a statute of the late Robert Dale Owen, of Indiana. In the House the Senate bill granting a pension to ex-Senator George W. Jones, of lowa, was passed. The river and harbor appropriation bill with tho Senate amendments was referred to the Committee on Rivers and Harbors.

Following Is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations! NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. L. *!C.I W. It Vo. Boston -0 7 .741 Pittsburg.... 16 It .oSi Brooklyn....lt 9 .645jNew York. ..13 13 .s ‘oo Chicago 17 U .->B6 PhUadelp’a.lH IS .464 Cleveland... 15 11 JSTI Washlngt’n. 11 15 .428 LouisviUe... 15 13 Louis.... H 21 .276 Cincinnati...l6 14 .533 Baltimore .. 6 21 .229 TEX ILLINOIS-lOWA LEAGUE. W. L. *c.; W. L. Vo. Joliet 13 1 .917!Qulncy. 7 9 .438 Peoria 12 6 .067 R. 1.-Mollne.. 7 13.850 Bockford.... 9 7 .563 Terre Haute.. 5 12 .294 Evansville,..lo 1 .476 Jacksonville. 5 14 .263 WESTERN LEAGUE. * W, L. so. W. L. *O. Columbus. ..‘i" 6 ,"V Omaha 7 11 ,'t9 Milwaukee... 14 6 .769 St. Paul... _ 7 11 .8 9 Kansas Cltv.lo 10 .500 Minnean’lis. 6 11 .353 Toledo 6 10 ,444 Indlan’pTs.. 2 12 .143

The Police Jury of St. Mary parish has made a new departure by contracting with Jules Merquet to keep the public roads of that parish in order for three years for a specific sum. The result of this experiment will be watched with some interest. —New Orleans TimesDemocrat. The road question is one of such importance that the State itself should take up the matter. All classes of people are affected and interested. The work of improvement will be vast, too large to be left to counties or townships. It must be made a State policy.—Keokuk Constitution-Democrat. On the other hand, when road-build-ing is under State supervision, and when the State bears a portion of the expense, it will be undertaken seasonably, will be done in the summer time, and the roadbed will have come into condition to resist the action of the elements before the autumn rains begin to pour. —Baltim ore Herald. The Bowen Chronicle, in referring to the matter, says: “Straw makes a road that is not muddy in wet weather. Don’t burn up old hay or stray; it is just as easy to have it on the roads. There is enough straw wasted each winter to cover the roads of the country.” This is a goodsuggestion, and our farmers would do well to do a little experimenting.— Burlington Hawkeye.

The general tint of. the World’s Fair buildings will be pale ivory. The Salvation Army intends to show at the Exposition, in a complete manner, its whole scheme of moral and social reform. Fifty-five of the counties in Illinois have been organized for Exposition work by the women members of the State World's Fair Board. Pbbsident Harbison has accepted the Invitation, conveyed to him by & conimittee, to attend the dedication oeremonies of the Exposition buildings yfcxt October.

On the Diamond.

Country Hoads.

World’s Fair Notes.