Democratic Sentinel, Volume 16, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 June 1892 — Page 2

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ONE MILLION LOSS.

BALTIMORE HAS A BLAZE IN WHISKY, Sad Tragedy at Bay City, Mich—South Carolina Representative Dead How Hill Stands in the Race—Many Negroes Leaving Oklahoma. The Lawmakers. On the 14th. Representative Fowler reported to the House from the Committee on the Merchant Marine the Geary bill, granting an American register to the steamship China. The bill, says an accompanying report, grants the same privileges to the ship as have been recently granted by Congress to the Inman steamships City of Paris and City of New York. If this bill be passed the company will not only build a vessel in an American ship yard equal in tonnage to the China as required by the bill, but the committee is assured by the company’s representatives that It will build two vessels of at least 8,000 tons each. The China is a vessel of about 5.000 tons register. General Eli T. Stackhouse, member of Congress from the Sixth District of South Carolina and a prominent member of the Farmers' Alliance, died. He was one of the party that accompanied the remains of the late Col. L L. Pojk. President of the Farmers' Alliance, to Raleigh, N. C., last Saturday. The session of the •Senate was only long enough to receive a message from the House announcing the death of Mr. Stackhouse and tc adopt resolutions of sorrow, and providing for a committee of five Senators to escort tho body to Its place of burial.

FLAMES IN BALTIMORE. Office Buildings and Several Hundred Barrels of Whisky Destroyed. At Baltimore, a fire which broke out Tuesday afternoon among some bales of cotton on the wharf of the Bay Line at •Union dock spread so rapidly that the employes had to run for their lives, and destroyed the entire freight shed, the office building of the line, 531 barrels of whisky, several hundred barrels of rosin, greatly damaging the four-masted ice-laden schooner Augustus Welt, besides much other property. The entire loss will probably reach three-quarters of a million dollars. For hours it was an undecided battle between the firemen and the James, the former taking long chances. Not a stone's throw from the very heart of the fire and directly in its path was an iron tank holding thousands of barrels of turpentine, which might have exploded at any moment and would have killed many. But" the firemen worked on. and after lour hours had the flames well under control. The blase did not spread beyond the Bay line property.

FIGURES AND FORECASTS. Cleveland in the Lead, with Hill in Second Place. A New York dispatch says: Up to date the managers of Senator Hill's canvass for the Presidential nomination have not’given out any figures tending to verify their claim that the Senator has more than an even chance to win at Chicago One day last week a very prominent leader of Tammany said that Hlli would have at least 2CO voles on the first ballot and Cleveland probably 500. There has been a tally kept of the preferences of delegates so far as could be ascertained. A national delegate from the midwinter State convention yesterday canvassed the roll of States carefully with these resulting totals: Total delegates, 89$; necessary to a choice (two thirds), 590; Cleveland. 453: Hill, 336: Palmer, 48. Carlisle, 35; Boles, 16. These results are arrived at by splitting but js believed most of the Slates wTii vote under the unit rule. If they do, Mr. Hill's vote would be reduced to 215 and Cleveland’s Increased to 577, or within 22 of tLe requisite number. .. , v % TRAGEDY AT BAY CITY. George Beaudry Drowns Herself and Two of Her Children. Mrs. George Beaudry, of South Bay City, Mich., jumped into the river Tuesday morning with two of her children, and all were drowned. Mrs. Beaudry rose as usual about 6 o'clock and began getting breaklast Her husband and live children were In bed. A few minutes later she wont to the bedside of the two younger, and, dressing them, started from the house, carrying Victoria, aged 3, and leading George, aged 6. Mrs. Beaudry went to the river and sat down on the dock. She pushed the boy Into the river, and seeing a man coming down the street she jumped In her.elf, with the girl In her arms. The man reached the river in time to sea the mother and children about to sink, but not wishing to risk bis life in aa attempt to save the three, ran back to give alarm. The bodies were recovered shortly afterward. '"\ ELI T. STACKHOUSE DEAD. The South Carolina Congressman Expires Suddenly irom Heart Disease. ' Representative Ell T. Stackhouse, of the Bixth District of South Carolina, died suddenly at his residence In Washington. Mr. Stackhouse was la his seat in the House the day before his death, and answered to the roll-calL but complainiug of tlie Intense heat left the House and returned to his residence. During the night young Stackhouse heard his father breathing laboriously and called to him. hut he did not respond. He never rallied and died shortly afterward. The Immediate cause of his death is thought to have been heart disease.

Missouri River Rooming. Kansas City, Mo., special: The Missouri River is boom ins; here, and reports from up the river say that a big flood is now coming down from the upper country, caused by heavy rains and cloudbursts in the last few days. The present high water here is from the June rise, aud if on top of this come floods from such sources as indicated there is every reason to fear grave danger to the lowlands. Fatally Hurt by a Hull. Bart Griesem. a Swiss stockman living hear Sedalia, Mo., was attacked by an infuriated bull and fatally injured. He was stooping down to get a rock when the bull rushed upon him. The animal's right horn entered Grlesem’s side, and three ribs were torn out A frightful wound was inflicted. Fifteen Y ears for Torture. At City of Mexico the trial of the notorious widow, Guadalupe Martiuez de Bejarano, with her son Mauriclo, for tortaring small children to death, has Just elided. She was sentenced to fifteen years’ Imprisonment in the penitentiary. Stringing Wires to Chicago. The Western Union Telegraph Company, After signing the contract of the Chicago Board of Trade to deliver the grain prices of the board by tickers. In New York, immediately began to string wires between the two cities, and put on a force of men to work on the different circuits Flowers for the Convicts. The Joliet, 111., Woman’s Christian Temperance Union took MOO flowers to the peniteotiary, ISO to the county poor farm, and twenty-five to the jail, and gave them to the inmate*. They have made a practice of giving flowers to the prisoners oflhe ninth of June for years.

SIDNEY DILLON DEAD, Alter Twelve Weeks of Suflerlng He Suc- . chmbs. Sidney Dillon, the New York financier and railroad magnate, died at his residence, No. 23 West Fifty-seventh street. New York, at 11:10 Thursday morning. For more than a year Mr. Dillon has suffered from indigestion. Although attended by eminent physicians he could get no relief and gradually became worse until twelve weeks ago, when te was compelled to take to his bed. Sidney Dillon was born In Northern New York 79 years ago. his parents having emigrated from Ireland many years previous. His father’s poverty was so marked that when Sidney was but 7 years old he determined to strike out for himself, and secured the position of water-carrier on the Mohawk and Hudson Road, then being built between Albany and Schnectady, receiving $1 a week and board. In a sow years he bought horses and carts, and soon had a paying sand and water hauling business. When quite a young man Dillon made his debut In New York City and devoted his attention to carrying out railroad oontracts. Mr. Dillon was known as Jay Gould’s right bower. In 1884 bis wealth was estimated at 825.000,000 in railroad stocks and bonds and a sow million in Government securities, but lately his possessions increased at a rapid rate.

REBUILDING the dams. The Means of Death in the OH Country to Be Replaced. Inside of three years, 5.000 people have lost their lives in floods caused by dams In the commonwealth of Pennsylvania. Over a score of dams held back the waters of Qil Creek and its tributaries above Titusville. It was these dams that hurled to eternity the souls of nearly 150 people and destroyed millions of dollars’ worth of property, left hundreds homeless, and made orphans of mayhap a thousand. With all this lesson, and even with that taught by the flood at Johnstown, where over 3,000 lives were lost In a single night and where there now lie s'eeping two regiments of dead in unknown graves, the people have not heeded. Wednesday a gang of men began rebuilding tho wreck of the Spartansburg dam, which caused the awful loss of life. They were building the same flume and only dumping dirt to replaco that which faded away under the force of the waters

INGENIOUSLY CRUEL TO A CHILD. Essex, Out., Excited Over tlse Wretched Life of Little Florence Harrison. Warrants were issued charging Mrs Brodie. Mrs. Scott, Charles Scott, James Bendlck and John Richardson, all of Essex, Ont, with cruelly beating Florence Harrison. The girl was examined by doctors. The bruised and lacerated condition of her body fully confirms her statements as to the cruelties to which she waa subjected. Tho excitement in Essex is intense. If half the current rumors are true the two women must have had a mania for iuflicting pain on the wretched girL One report has It that a favorite method of torturing the child was to strap her wrists together and suspend her by a rope from the celling, her toes touching the floor. A public subscription lias been taken up to pay the expenses of the prosecution.

lOWA’S THIRD PARTY. Convention of the New Organization at lies Moines. The lowa People’s Party State Convention at Des Moines hail about 290 delegates and visitors. W. H. Robb was chosen Chairman of the State Committee: Richard Olney, Secretary; and M. L. Wheat selected to present the name of J. B. Weaver for President at tho national convention. The platform indorses the subtreasury scheme or something better and 2 per cent loans the Increase of money to 850 per capita, a graduated Income tax. postal savings banks, asserts that laud Is the heritage of all the pooplo and that the Government should own and operate railroads A separate resolution was passed declaring that James B. Weaver Is u proper man to make tho raoe for the Presidency ft, n< l iSnnnmuHa? him to the Omaha cmveution. . .. , - JUST TWO HUNDRED YEARS OP AGE. Old W indham. Conn., Celebrates Its Birth and Bedecks Its Houses. With flags and music, spoeches, poetry and 2,003 people, the town, of Old Windham. Conn., celebrated on Windham greon the two hundredth anniversary of Its birth, The old colonial houses in the Ideal country village were garlanded with flags and swathed In bunting. In two of the dwellings Washington spent several nights, as did the gallant French captains and noblemen. In the time of the rovolutloa The old Standard tavern Is standing. It was a tavern in colonial days, and Its sign of the Brit sh Uuloorn is Still aloft Must Observe Two Sabbaths. Louis Goldsmith, a Toronto. Out, Hebrew. was fined 85 and oosts by tho police magistrate for allowing a number of his employes, all Hebrews, to work on Sunduy. The magistrate admitted that it was a hardship that Jews who kopt their own Sabbath should be compelled to also observe the Christian Sunday, but such was the ‘ law. Henry Cohen, a Hebrew tailor, was also flped for cut.in? cloth In his store on Sunday. Hailstones Kill a Farmer. A disastrous hailstorm visited Canton, Miss., causing incalculable damage. The hailstones were us largo as teacups, and remained on the gr Hind for an hour. Reports from the surrounding country give fearful accounts of tho damage done. The cot.on and corn crops are damaged to the extent of 75 per cent., and fruit has been completely destroyed, Nathan John, a farmer, was killed by hailstones while plowing In hLs field. Stage Robber In the Jury Box. The San Francisco authorities were amazed to find that J. H. Squires, a juror who was arrested in the box and indicted for attempted bribery, is a retired train and stage robber, with one of the hardest criminal records od the ooast

Firemen Fatally Hurt. A destructive Ore visited Niagara Palls, N. Y., involving the loss of nearly SBO,OOO and probable death of two firemen. Four volunteer firemen were badly injured, two fa’ally. The fire was in the Macklen malthouse and elevator. To I)o Away with Convict Competition. Illinois, Indiana, and Michigan master coopers and manufacturers of staves and other coopers’ supplies met at the Grand Pacific, Chicago, to formally protest against the manufacture of barrels bv convict labor. June Rise Reaches Kansas City. The June rise In tho Missouri River has reached Kansas City. No danger from flood is appebeuded. The Missouri River is at present eight feet and three Inches below the maximum of May 2L A Painter's Fatal Fall, At Sedalia, Mo., William Sheehan, aged 30 years and unmarried, fell a distance of eighty feet from the top of a smokestack that he was painting at a mill, and sustained fatal injuries. Cleveland Wins tn Texas. In the Texas Democratic convention a free silver plank was adopted. The question of instructing for Cleveland came up. The delegates stand 16 for Cleveland to 14 for Hill. ’ Suspension of Hostilities. Everything is yet quiet in Buffalo County, Wyo. Round-ups are proceeding harrnoni>usly without event of any kind marring :he peace. The report of the hanging of tour man is a canard The county was

never In' a more quiet or settled condition End no one can account for the sending of troops here unless It be the culminating point of a plot to kill the country’s civilization and prosperity. Private dispatches state that Government troops are en route, and It is tho general belief that martial law will be declared when they are in position.

SIR. PEFFER’S BILL. The Kansas Senator Speaks on His Currency Measure. The bill introduced by Mr. Peffer on May 26 “to Increase the currency and provide for Its circulation, to reduce tbe rates of interest, and to establish a bureau of loans,” was taken from the table and Mr. Peffer addres-ed tbe Senate in explanation and advocacy of it. It provides for the appointment by the President of three commissioners, to hold their office Id Washington, whose duty it shall be to establish loau agencies, one at tbe capital of every State and Territory and at other convenient places—such loan agency to be known as the Central Loan Agency for that State or Territory. Tho business of these local agencies Is to be to lend money to the people on tho plan of well regulated . real estate and loan agencies, secured by real estate. The loans are to be for not less than one year nor lohger than (blank) years. They are to be for not less than SIOO nor more than $2,503 to any one person or family. There Is no provision as to the rate of interest. In order to provide funds, treasury notes are to be issued, equal In amount to 81.50 for every dollar’s worth of gold and silver coin and bullion belonging to the United States —the bullion to lie estimated at its coinage value. No banking firm, company, or corporation is hereafter to receive interest at a higher rate per annum thau 5 per cent for short time or 4 per cent, for a your or longer.,

A HOWLING TERROR. A FVurtui Storm Kills Many People and Destroys Property at Chicago. Never in the history of the signal service In Chicago had the wind gained so great velocity as it did Monday. For two minutes it went driving through tho city at the rate of miles an hour. It carried along great sheets of water and created widespread havoc. It tore against buildings and left a scar; it unroofed the big Democratic convention wigwam on the lake front; It dug into the streets and ripped tlie pavements from their concrete beds; It seized great beams of wood and bore them hurling through tho air; It drove men from the thoroughfares and transformed gutters into rivers. Rumors of fallen buildings, of killed and maimed men and women, went flying through the city for hours uftor the storm had passed on. The first reports largely exaggerated tho loss of life and injuries to persons. An authentic list of tho killed foots up eight, and of the injured fifteen.

FIVE NEW WARSHIPS. Oomlltlon of tho Work Upon Them at Cramps' Shipyard. Work on the cruisers and battloshlps under construction at Cramps’ shipyard at Philadelphia progresses steadily. In spite of the numerous delays' due to changing tho material of the protective deck and rion-delivery of nil armor, tho twin-screw armored cruiser Now York is rapidly approaching completion. She is lying at the wharf, and Is about nlne-tentlis finished. Tlie joiner work Is well advanced, and the four engines are nearly eroctod on board. Outwardly tho vessel does not look much different from what she did when “he was launched. A great part of tho deck structure is in place. The main bridge has recently been erected. On the wharf ure the boilers ready to be put lute the hold. Under a shed In the upper past of the yard are the Iron masts, ready to ship ’J heir fighting “tops,” which will contain machlno guns, are large enough to hold a halfdozen men with comfort.

KILLED BY SHELLS. Twolve Seaman at Mare Island Navy Y’aril Blown to Pieces. A dispatch Monday morning from Vallejo, Cal., says: . ■ —c ' A report which shook this town like a sharp shock of earthquake was heard at 11:30 o’clock this forenoon, and was fob_ lowed by the ringing of alarm-hells at Vue’ Mare Island Navy Yard. When the great volume of smoko at tho yard cleared away, it was found that the explosion had taken place at tho shell- house of the naval magazine. The burned and charred bodies of two apprentice seamen were found on the beach 200 yards from the scene of the explosion. A third body was at the same time on the way to the hospital In tho midst of the ruins were seen bodies scattered here and there. AVhen collected the dead numbered twelve, with Gunner Hittlnger of the cruiser Boston at tlie head. The bodies were greatly disfigured. some being cut in two, and nearly all minus llmba Cyclone In Minnetonka. Orono Point, Lake Minnetonka, Minn., was crossed Monday morning at 7:30 by a cyclone, which formed on the surface of the lake and swept across the peninsula with irresistible force The residence of George A. Brackett was wrecked and all the fine trees surrounding tho house, most of them fifty years’ growth, were uprooted and now lie in tangled masses in the center of tho wrecked cottage Hardly a tree is left standing along the route of tho storm. Three Bitten by a Vicious Dog. At Chicago three persons were bitten by a vicious dog. By a lucky shot an officer killed the animal Just as it was about to attack him. Emin Pasha Reported Dead. The Borlln Tageblatt’s Zanzibar dispatch says English reports via Mombasa confirm the death of Emin Pasha.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

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CROWDED THE HALL.

BIG ATTENDANCE AT THE CONVENTION. Committee on Credentials Submit a Minority Report—Harrison Men Become Greatly Excited—Tlie Light That Failed —Platform Read by Foraker. I Wednesday’s Proceedings. Minneapolis Dispatch: It was close to noon and the hall was crowded to its utmost capacity when Chairman Fassett called the Republican National Convention to order, Wednesday. The proceedings were opened by prayer by Bishop Whipple, of Minneapolis. Hon. E. C. Lockwood, of Idaho, presented the report of the Committee on Organization. A wild scene took place wiien the committee reported Governor William McKinley, of Ohio, for permanent Chairman. Hon. Samuel Fessenden of Connecticut, ex-Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, and General William Mahone of Virginia were appointed a committee to escort Governor McKinley to the chair. A magnificent reception was given the Governor when he stepped upon tho platform. Temporary Chairman Fassett retired amid great applause and there were prolonged and renewed cheers and waving of banners, after which Governor McKinley began as follows: “Gentlemen of the convention;” Here he was interrupted by cries of three cheers for McKinley. The vast audience arose and shook the building with cheers for Ohio’s Governor. After the applause had subsided, Mr. McKinley proceeded with his address. The speech was greet<#l with prolonged cheering. At its close there were repeated cries of "Douglas,” and the venerable ex-slave came forward and bowed his thanks. After Governor McKinley's speech, Mr. Bingham of Pennsylvania submit-

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ted the report of tho Rules Committee making the rules of the Fifty-first (the Reed) Congress the rules of the convention, with necessary modification. Tho report was adopted. The Committee on Resolutions were also given further time in which to report. The roll of States for nominations for National Committeemen was then called. Tho chairman then announced that the next business was tho naming of candidates for the Presidential nomination. There was an excited buzz, and Senator Cullom jumped to his feet and asked that the list of States be read to name honorary Vice Presidents. Mr. Ingalls got up and asked that rule 3be read. Clerk Johnson road this rule, which provided that the reports of the Committees on Credentials and Rules must be acted upon before any nominations were nmde for President and Vice President. Chairman McKinley gracefully accepted the correction and withdrew his announcement., On motion ol Mr. De Young, of California, the convention adjourned until Thursday morning at 11 o’clock. There were cries of “No” as the motion to adjourn was made, and the vote in its favor was small; but the Chairman put it quickly and quickly declared it carried. Thursiluy’g Session. The convention was called to order at 11:22 o’clock Thursday morning, but as the Committee on Credentials was not yet ready to report the convention adjourned, after a sessiog of a quarter of an hour, until 8 o'clock in the evening. Pennsylvania and Ohio were notably in favor of adjournment, while Wisconsin, Missouri and several of the strongly Harrison States were opposed. An Illinois delegate introduced a resolution providing that all Grand Army men shall be admitted to standing room In the house and permitted to occupy all seats remaining vacant thirty minutes after the beginning of each session. This resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules and Order of 1 Business.

The convention was called to order in the evening shortly after 8 o’clock, and continued in session until 1:30 o’clock Friday morning. Almost all the time was occupied in a heated dobate ovor the majority and minority reports of tho Credentials Committee. A test vote taken at midnight indicated a majority of the delegates to be in favor of Harrison. The vote was on the adoption of the report of the Committee on Credentials, but was generally looked upon as a fair test of the strength of the opposition. Tho result of the ballot was enough to start the President’s shouters afresh. They had previously held a caucus and claimed to have the pledges of enough votes to secure Mr. Harrison’s nomination.

Every available space in the great and splendid convention hall seemed to have been tilled up at the preceding session, but it was for the night session to test the capacity of this great hall, and it was packed almost to suffocation. The announcement of the Committee on Credentials that a minority report would be submitted caused considerable excitement and there was painful suspense, while the two reports were being orally submitted, as to what would follow. The majority report reoommended that twelve Harrison delegates in Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana be seated in place of the same number of Blaine men given places on the temporary roll, and the minority recommended that the twelve Blaine men on the temporary roll be placed on the permanent roll. The report of the committee also covered contests In Texas, Kentucky, Maryland, South Carolina and North Carolina and District of Columbia, but there was no political significance in these contests and the report was unanimous on these cases. The majority report susuined the National Committee as to 23 votes and revered the National Committee as to 17 votes. When Chairman Cogswell moved that the majority report be adopted he was loudly cheered by the Harrison delegates, and when Cbauneey I. Filley, of Missouri, moved to substitute the minority report therefor, the applause which followed from the Blaine delegates told the galleries that the longexpected fight between the Blaine and Harrison forces was on. The roil call on the adoption of the minority report of the committee on credentials proceeded. When Texas had been reached in the call of the roll the electric lights in the vast hall began to wane for a few seconds. Had It not been for the faint glimmer of a few scattering gas lights

enclrcjing the room the convention would have been in total darkness. This caused as immediate cessation ot the proceedings, and the band in the gallery played “We won’t go home until morning,” while a messenger was hurriedly dispatched to the plant of the electric company to call for lights. After waiting several minutes for lights Mr. Miller of New York addressed the convention trying to secure an adjournment, but without success. At this point the electric current was again turned on, and hfter the applause caused by the additional light had subsided, the convention proceeded with business. At the conclusion of the roll call, Chairman McKinley said: “On this vote

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for the substitute of the majority report in Alabama, the nays are 4234 and the yeas are 463, and the motion is lost.” Motion to adjourn failed to carry, and the rail was called on the adoption of the majority report on delegates-at-large from Alabama, Pennsylvania having demanded it, and New York and Colorado seconded the demand. The vole resulted 476 yeas and 3654 nays. A mighty yell greeted the announcement of the Harrison victory. Canes, hats, handkerchiefs, anything that could be grabbed, were swung wildly in triumph, while the dome seemed to tremble with the terriilc roars of applause. An attempt to adjourn the convention at this interesting juncture failed. The hour proposed was 10 o’clock in the morning, but it was decided by a substantial majority to proceed with the business of the convention without delay. Mr. Dopew, the leader of the Harrison forces, was asked if he was satisfied with the test. “Yes,” ho replied smiling, “and we will be twenty-five votes strong on the main question. ” Gov. Foraker asked the unanimous consent of the convention to the Reading of the platform as prepared by the committee on resolutions. The platform was read and adopted, notwithstanding a plea from Hiscock to give the advocates of irrigation of arid lands in the YVest a chance to be heard. The convention then adjourned until 11 o’clock Friday morning.

Delicately Brought Up.

“I didn’t even know how to put on my own stockings,” said an aged Virginia lady to a Boston Globe man, “until I was 12 years. People at the North, and especially those of the younger generations, have no idea how thoroughly dependent the women of the South were upon their slaves. We allowed ourselves to he waited upon as if we were helpless infants. When I was a girl if I wished a drink of water some one poured it out and held the glass to my lips while I drank. If I wished my chair moved, even a foot, I rose up and said so and some one sprang to move it. If I attempted to do the slightest thing for myself, which J rarely did, there would he a remonstrance from the colored girls: “ ‘Now. Miss Fanny, yo’ no need do dat. Yo’ father got plenty us niggers with nuffln else to ’tend to.’ “When I look back upon it now I wonder sometimes that it did not make us imbeciles. When I was 12 years old I went to a convent school near Baltimore. My mother brought my maid with her, and she saw me safely in bed. But the rule of the institution forbade any pupil to have a maid, and the girl went home that night with my mother. Next morning, some time after the rising hell rang, one of the sisters appeared at my door. “ ‘lt is time now for you to get up,’ said she. “ -But I can't get up,’ I replied. “ ‘My dear child,’ said she, ‘are you ill?’ “ ‘Why, no,’ said I, ‘but no one has come to raise me up and put on my stockings.’ “She actually had to show me how to put on my stockings, and then my slippers. Further, it required some persuasion on her part before I could lift the pitcher and pour out the water to wash myself, and so on, until I was ready to go downstairs. Now this was not ill-will, you tunderstand, but childish ignorance. I had never done any of these things for myself, and didn’t know how.”

Waves Without Wind.

Occasionally there appears a great wave sweeping across the calm surface of the ocean in the fairest weather and when no wind 'is blowing. There are few perils of the sea more to be dreaded than such a wave. Fortunately they are very rare, yet more than once a ship has encountered one. Only a short time ago the Etruria was met by a wave of this kind, which rolled upon her like a wall of water, and, breaking against her sides, swept the deck with irresistible force, killing one sailor and seriously injuring others. A smaller and less stanch vessel might have been overwhelmed and sent to the bottom by the blow. The cause of these singular waves is believed to be some disturbance of a volcanic nature at the bottom of the sea. Volcanoes exist in the ocean as well as on land—in fact, nearly all the volcanoes known are on or near the sea coast. It is easy to see that an upheaval at the sea bottom may start a billow at the suriace of the water when we remember that huge waves have been 6ent across the Pacific (X‘ean to San Francisco by volcanic shakings of the earth on the borders of Asia. The world under water is not only three times as extensive as that which is covered only with air but it possesses many of the same great natural phenomena on a scale that is perhaps proportionately vast but of whose existence we are made aware only by such indications as the volcanic ocean waves that ships occasionally encounter. I>b. James Mabtineau, famous «.s a theologian and ethical teacher, and no les6 famous, perhaps, as the brother of Harriet Martineau, is 87 years old. Spices smell best when bruised. — Bogatzky.

REPUBLICAN PLATFORM.

AH the Usual Features Disposed Of Much as In’ Previous Years. The following lit the platform as adopted by the Republican National Convention at Minneapolis: The representatives of the Republicans ot the united States assembled In general convention on the shores of the Mississippi River the everlasting bond of an indestructible reEublic, whose most glorious chapter of historj i the record of the Republican party, congratulate their countrymen on the majestic march of the nation under the banners Inscribed with the principles of onr platform ot 1888, vindicated by victory at the polls and prosperity In our fields, workshops and mines, and make the following declaration of principles: Reaffirm Protection Doctrines. YVe reaffirm the‘American doctrine of protection. We call attention to Its growth abroad. YVe maintain that the prosperous con* dltlon of onr country Is largely due to the wise revenue legislation of the Republican Congress. We believe that all articles which cannot be produced in the United States, except luxuries, should be admitted free of duty, and that on all imports coming Into competition with the products of American labor there should be levied duties equal to the difference between wages abroad and at home. Ws assert that the prices of manufactured articles of general consumption have been reduced under the operations of the tariff act of 1880. We denounce the efforts of the Democratic majority of the House of Representatives to destroy our tsrlfl laws by piecemeal, as is manifested by their attacks upon wool, lead and lead ores, the chief products of a number of States, and we ask the people for their judgment thereon.

Success of Reciprocity. YVe point to the success of the Republican policy of reciprocity, under which our export trade has vastly Increased and new and enlarged markets have been opened for the products of our farms and workshops. YVe remind tlie people of the bitter opposition of the Democratic party to this practical business measure, and claim that, executed by a Repulican administration, our present laws will eventually give us control Of the trade of the world. On tlie Money Question. The American people from tradition and Interest favor blmetalism, and the Republicanparty demands the use of both gold and silver as standard money, with such restrictions and under such provisions to be determined by the legislature as will secure the maintenance of the parity of values of the two metals, so that the purchasing and debt-paying power of the dollar, whether of silver, gold or paper, shall be at all times equal. The interests of the producers of the country, its farmers and its workingmen, demand that every dollar, paper or coin, issued by the Government shall be as good as any other. We commend the wise and patriotic steps already taken by our Government to secure an international conference to adopt such measures as will insure a parity of value between gold and silver for use as money throughout the world.

Free Ballot and Fair Count. YY'e demand that every citizen of the United States shall be allowed to cast one free and unrestricted ballot in all public elections, and that such ballot shall be counted and returned as cast; that such laws shall be enacted and enforced as will secure to every citizen, be he rich or poor, native or foreign bom, white or black, this sovereign right, guaranteed by the constitution. The free and honest popular ballot, the just and equal representation of all the people, as well as their Just and equal protection under the laws, are the foundation of our republican institutions, and the party will never relent Its efforts until the integrity of the ballot and the purity of elections shall be fully guaranteed and protected In every State. Southern Outrages. “YVe denounce the continued Inhuman outrages perpetrated upon American citizens for political reasons in certain Southern States of the Union. Foreign Relations.

“We favor the extension of our foreign commerce, the restoration of our mercantile marine by home-built ships and the creation of a navy for the protection of our national interests and the honor of onr flag; the maintenance of the most friendly relations with all foreign powers: entangling alliance with none, and the protection of the rights of our fishermen. YVe reaffirm our approval of the Monroe doctrino and believe in the achievement of the manifest destiny of the republic in its broadest sense. YY’e favor the enactment of more stringent laws and relations for the restriction of criminal, pauper and contract immigration. “We favor efficient legislation by Congress to protect the life and limb of employes of transportation companies engaged In carrying on Interstate commerce, and recommend legislation by the respective States that will protect employes engaged in State commerce, in mining and manufacturing. Home Rule lor Ireland. "The Republican party has always been the champion of the oppressed and recognizes the dignity of manhood, Irrespective of faith, color or nationality; it sympathizes with the cause of home rule in Ireland and protests against the persecution of the Jews In Russia. Popular Education. The ultimate reliance of free popular government's the Intelligence of the people and the maintenance of freedom among men. YVe therefore declare anew our devotion to liberty of thought and conscience, of speech and press, and approve all agencies and instrumentalities which contribute to the education of the children of the land; but while Insisting upon the fullest measure of religious liberty, we are opposed to any union of church and state. Opposition to Trusts. We reaffirm our opposition, declared In the Republican platform of 1888, to all combinations of capital, organized In trusts or otherwise, to control arbitrarily the condition of trade among our citizens. We heartily Indorse the action already taken upon this subject and ask for such further legislation as may be required to remedy any defects in existing laws and to render their enforcement more complete and effective. Reduction of Postuge. YY’e approve the policy of extending to towns, villages, and rural communities the advantages of the free-delivery service now enjoyed by the larger cities of the country, and reaffirm tlie declaration contained in the Republican platform of ism pledging the reduoti»j( of letter postage to one cent at the earliest possible moment consistent with the maintenance of the Poßtofflce Department and the highest class of postal service. Civil Service. YVe commend the spirit and evidence of reform In the civil service and the wise and consistent enforcement by the Republican party of the laws regulating the same. Nicaragua Canal. The construction of the Nicaragua canal Is of the highest importance to the American people, both as a measure of national defense and to build up and maintain American commerce, and it should be controlled by the United States Government. Territories. "We favor the admission of the remaining territories at the earliest practicable date, having due regard to the interests of the people of the territories and of the United States. All the Federal officers appointed for the territories should be selected from bona-fide residents thereof, and the right of self-government should be accorded as far as practicable. Arid Lands.' “YVe favor cession, subject to the homestead laws, of the arid public lands to the States and Territories In which they lie, under such Con* gressional restrictions as to disposition, reclamation and occupancy by settlers as will secure the maximum benefits to the people." The Columbian Exposition. The YVorld’s Columbian Exposition is a great national undertaking and Congress should promptly enact such reasonable legislation In aid thereof as will insure a discharging of the expense and obligations incident thereto and the attainment of results commensurate with the dignity and progress of the nation. Intemperance. “We sympathize with all wise and legitimate efforts to lessen and prevent the evils of intemperance and promote morality. Pensions. “Ever mindful of the services and sacrifices of the men who saved the life of the nation, we pledge anew” to the veteran soldiers of the republic a watchful care and recognition of theft: just claims upon a grateful people. Harrison’s Administration. We commend the able, patriotic and thoroughly American administration of President Harrison. Under it the country has enjoyed remarkable prosperity, and the dignity and honor of the nation, at home and abroad, have been faithfully maintained, and we offer the record of pledges kept as a guaranty.of faithful performance In the future.

A Broad Rebuke.

One day, it is related, a noble count of the old French Parliament was trying to make a speech, and a very prosy speech it was, while all the other members were either chatting or resting. Presently the president of the body rapped slightly with his baton. “If those gentlemen whc are talking to each other,” said he, “would kindly make no more noise than those gentlemen who are snoring, it would be much appreciated by those gentlemen who are trying to listen!” A woman down South who sued for divorce on the ground that the marriage ceremony was performed on a railway train and was therefore illegal failed to secure a decree. The car-coupling held.

THE NATIONAL SOLONS,

SENATE AND HOUSE OP REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the CountryVarious Measures Proposed. Discussed* and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. There were Just twenty-five Senator* present in the Senate during the morning hour, on the Bth, two-thirds of them being on tLe Democratic side. Vice President Morton was in the chair. • A bill to increase to $1,000,000 the appropriation for a publicbuilding at Portland, Ore., was reported and placed on tho calendar. Mr. Dolph read an argument In support of the bill Introduced March 9 providing for the irrigation and reclamation of arid lands, for the protection of . forests, and the utilization of pasturages. The pension deficiency bill was laid before the Senate and referred to the Committee on Appropriations. The members of the House were in a very listless humor and went Into committee pf thewhole, Mr. Montgomery, of Kentucky, In the chair, for the consideration of the agricultural appropriation bill. There was n general debate and the bill was read by paragraphs for amendment. In the House, on the 9tty, the day was given to tho Committee on Judiciary, whooccupied over five hours In discussing measures on the calendar. Among •thebills passed were: Providing that a poor person who may sue in a United States court shall not be required to give security for costs and permitting the court to assign counsel In such cases; punishing by death a killing committed in any place under United States jurisdiclion; punishing murder in the secqnd degree by life imprisonment or not less than ten years; punishing manslaughter by Imprisonment of not less than one nor more than twenty years; repealing the statute requiring every farmer and planter producing and selling leaf tobacco to furnish a statement of sales and the names of persons purchasing the tobacco. In the Senate. Mr. Morgan. Democrat, of Alabama, called up Senator Stewart’s bill for the free coinage of gold and sllvey. After Mr. Morgan finished his remarks, the pension deficiency bill was passed. Mr. Jones, of Arkansas, then spoke ou the Stewart frfio coinage bill, after which the Senate adjourned until tho 13th.

An attempt was made to secure the pasgago of bills on the private calendar In the House on the lOtli, and after two hours devoted to attempts to secure a quorum and repeated calls of <he House, this programino was abandoned. Many bills authorizing tl e building of new bridges were passed. Mr. YVlse (I)em.j, of Virginia, submitted a report from the Committee on Interstate Commerce on the resolution for an investigation by that committee on tlie Heading Railroad combination deal and asked that It be considered on the 13th. The resolution was ordered printed. The House then adjourned until tho 13th.

The House on tlie 13th passed the Senatebill to protect settlement rights where twoor more persons settle on the same section of agricultural public lands before survey thereof. Secretary Foster sent a letter to Speaker Crisp asking for an appropriation of $250,000 for adequate precautions at the YVorld’s Fair for the protection of revenue from customs, and for the supervision of importation. In the Senate the pension appropriation bill, with amendments, was reported back by the committee and placed on the calendar. The bill carries a total of $14(5,737,000. which 16 an Increase of $11,912,000 over the House bill and Is $327,200 less than tho estimate

On the Diamond.

Following tl a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations! NATIONAL LEAGUE. YV. L. T»C.| YV. L. $C_ Boston 34 13 723;New York.. .22 24 .478 Brooklyn....no 16 687 ; Pittsburg....23 20 .470 Cincinnati. ..28 20 .W 5 YVashinirton.2o 25 .444 Chicago 25 21 ,543 Louisville.. .20 26 .435 Phlladelp’ia.2') 22 .532 St. L0ui5....16 32 .333 Cleveland ...24 23 .512 Baltimore...l3 33 .283 • ILLINOIS LEAGUE. YV. L. Jpc.l YV. L. sc. Joliet 2.i 4 ,871 MB. 1.-Mollne.l3 19 .406 Rockford.... 19 12 .613jTerre Haute.l2 21 .364 Evansville. .. 22 14 .ClllQulncy 11 20 .355 Aurora 21 15 .583 Jacksonville 7 29 .194 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. YV. L. fc. W. L. Uc. Columbus...3o 11 .732 Minneap’Hs.l4 15 .483 Milwaukee..l9 11 .633 Omaha 15 19 .441 Kansas City. 18 17 .514 Ft. YVayne. .10 19 .345 T01ed0..... ..10 16 .500'Indlan‘pTs. G 20 .231 WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. YV. L, «?c.| YV. L. fc. Oshkosh 5 l ,830|Marinette... 5 4 .560 Menominee.. 6 2 .750j15h.-heg.... 5 8 .380 Marquette.. 6 3 .6671 Green Bay.. 2 7 .220

TRADE HAS DECREASED.

More Favorable Weather Gives Improved Prospects for Crops. Dun & Co.’s YY’eekly Review of Trade will say: “Floods have abated, and with them much of the estimated losses,, and in river bottoms farmers are busy planting as fast as waters recede. Better weather in most quarters gives decided improvement in crop prospects, but it is still true that wet weather in other localities retards trade and the backward season generally renders distribution somewhat disappointing. Yet the aggregate volume of trade, in spite of all obstacles, is greater than a year ago—about 7 per cent, measured by clearings outside New York and 3 per cent, by railway earnings on all roads reported. Labor difficulties in building trades are passing away, but there is a prospect of a serious contest in iron manufacturing between Western employers and workers. Other industries are satisfactorily active and confidence in the future'is general.”

Here and There.

You must put this and that together if you want to even things up. Women were made before mirrors, and have been before them ever since.. Twenty'million acres of the land in the United States are held by Englishmen. , The bad man’s associate eats redhot brickbat and drinks melted lead for soup. This is a country in which a man must take the lead or he will neve. - get it. There are over 1,100,00<f railroad cars and 33,000 locomotives in the United States. The negroes in the United States nowpay taxes on $264,000,000 worth of property. From 1859 to 1890 Colorado produced $300,000,000 worth of gold, silver, copper and lead. It is said that he who ventures to eat beefsteak pie in a strange restaurant is a hero at heart. The juice of a half a lemon in a cup of strong black coffee without sugar will cure a sick headache. There are 20,000,000 dogs in the United States, and it costs $200,000 per, annum to keep them. The Koumanian orown is made ot metal from the cannon oaptured from, the Turks at Plevna in 1877. Vegetables, stewing fruit, etc... should only be cooked in vessels of graaiteware or porcelain-lined. To prevent the bursting of potatoes intended to be baked, prick them before putting them in the oven. The trouole with the person who istoo smart is that you cannot teach him and are never willing to let him teach you. Two thunder storms occurred near Abbeyville, La., and during each one a young lady was struck and killed bf' lightning. A little chastisement is necessary as a taste of the hot wrath to come, from which you should teach your offspring to flee.