Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 February 1893 — Page 2

Stye fcmotr otic Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - •; - Publisher.

WAHBURN IS VICTOR.

THE SENATE PASSES THE ANTIOPTION BILL. President Harrison's Views on the Hawaiian Question —European Paupers Coming Over as Second Cabin Passengers— Fatal Fire at West Newbury. Washburn's Bill Passes. 1 Mr. Washburn’s anti-option bill went through the Senate Tuesday by a vote of 40 to 29. The majority, though seemingly large, was much smaller than Mr. Washhum anticipated and considerably less than the measure would have received had the vote been .taken six weeks ago. The hill now goes to the House, and as the Hatch anti-option bill, already passed by that body, differs In several respec's frem Mr. Washburne’s measure, a conference will be necessary unless the House accepts the latter without change. Mr. Hatch, the author of the House hill, is perfectly willing to accept the Senate bill in order to make sure of the enactment of an anti-option law, but the opponents of both measures will insist upon certain amendments. If they succeed In getting the House to stand by a single one of the provisions of the Hatch hill not Included in the Washburn bill, a conference will be necessary. That would mean inu ‘h delay and the possible defeat of the whole anti-option scheme.

HARRISON SPEAKS OF HAWAII. Says No Foreign Power Shall Forestall the United States. “We cannot allow any other country to take possession of Hawaii, and so long as I am President of the United States we shall not do sa” President Harrison thus replied tj a close personal friend who called on him to discuss the all-absorbing topic of the day. The President has not fully made up his mind on the question of annexation. He has an opinion based on the telegraphic reports, but nations do not act on reports except they he official. He said further: “In settling this Hawaiian question this government has certain duties to discharge. It should discharge those duties without regard to the wishes of Great Britain or of any other power. In short, this government should act as if there were no other power in existence. My opinion is that wo should guarantee to the provisional government a protectorate until we can make a careful examination into the whole affair. If we should find that the natives are qualified, they should be allowed to vote en the question of annexation. I hear, however, that they are not qualified. If that be so, then we should, I think, endeavor to revive the old relations which ended with the dethronement of the Queen, but upon a permanent basis. If that be impractical or unsafe we should favor a permanent protectorate, with the Queen nominally roinstatad, and if that, too, be deemed unsafe, we should, without hesitation, annex the islands At all events we cannot allow any other country to take possession of them, and so long as I am Prosidentof the United States we shall not do so. ”

STRICT WATCH FOR PAUPERS. Officers Boarding Vessels Are Given New Instructions. An order has been posted In the Immigration Bureau at Ellis Island 1o the effect that boarding officers hereafter must exercise extreme care in the examination of second-class passengers on incoming steamships. This order is the outcome of the capture of paupers and contract laborers in the second cabin of the steamship Waesland a few days ago by Chief Gilhuly of the Contract Labor Bureau. Since the first of the year the association continental steamships h#e been carrying no immigrants, and, as a re* suit, the second cablDS are generally well filled. The association, which Includes the Hamburg-American line, the NetherlandsAmerican. the North German Lloyd, and the Red Star, decided to await the action of Congress in regard to Immigration, and in the meantime to cease bringing immigrants to this country. The English steamship companies followed the same course so far as the transportation of Immigrants from continental ports was concerned. This has made the registry of immigrants at Ellis Island very light during the last week and has also had the effect of increasing cabin passage on steamships. £ BURNED IN THEIR BEDS. r Father and Son Believed to Have Perished in a Fire at West Newbury, Mags. K The dwelling bouse of James Addison at West Mras., "was liurced early Tuesday morning. Mr. Addison, aged 40, and his son 'William, aged 16, probably perlsbed In the flames. The house was in settled with only a fetj neighbors near. How’ the fire" originated no one knows, as when first seen by a neighbor the house was all In flames. At Cincinnati the American Book Company’s plant was damaged by fire shortly after midnight to the extent of 870,001. The blaze was confined to the bindery, which occupies the upper floor* of the building, while the lower floors are filled with the finest of machinery used In the manufacture of books. The fire is supposed to have started from au explosion of chemicals In the bindery. Insured.

DAMAGE BY THE ICE GORGE. "Will Probably Go Over »200,000—Ohio Fall of Floating Ice and Snow. A conservative estimate places the damage caused by the Ice breakup at the Pumpkin Patch, near Jeffersonville, Ind., at (200.000, but It Is thought that It will be greater. Captain J. T. Duffy lost thirteen loaded barges and three boats are now sinking. At Cook & Hoffman's twelve loaded barges were lost and the remainder at that landing are badly crippled and sinking. At Howard’s ship yard logs and lines valued at 92,500 are a total loss. The steamer Hotspur was caught In the gorge and abandoned by her crew. Ship Calkers Killed Instantly. At the Chattanooga, Tenn., shipyard a barge fell from the skids supporting it. crushing three men, two of whom—Joseph Smith and Henry Anderson—wore instantly killed. Charles Divine was badly hurt They were at work calking the bottom of the barge. All leave families. Society Radies Are Indicted. A special from Catlettsburg, Ky., says the Grand Jury now in session there found indictments against a number of prominent society ladies of the to»n for playing pedro for prizes. General Donbleday Dead. General Abner Doubleday died Thursday evening at his home In Mendham, N. J. General Donbleday, who was 74 years of age, had been suffering for some time with Bright's disease. He leaves a widow, but no children. General Doubleday was a Lieutenant in the Mexican war. Left to Attend Tamar's Funeral. Chief Justice Fuller, of the Supreme Court of the United States, and Asspclate Justices Blatcbford, Brewer and Brown, and Marshal Wright, Clerk McKinney and other attaches of the court went from Washington to Macon, Ga., to attend the

REFUSED TO DISGORGE. Nervy Young Man Holds the Fort Against Masked Bank Robbers, Late Friday afternoon an excising scene was enacted in the office of the Home Savings and , Loan Society of Toronto, Out. Four masked men entered the office near closing time One covered the teller, who had 87,600 oh his desk, with a revolver and demanded the money, while the other three attempted to terrorize the clerks. The teUer, Mr. Wallace, who Is a powerful young man, absolutely refused to surrender the wealth, and the robber climbed on the top of the teller’s cage,, but could not force the bars. He then got behind the cage and to foecs the door, but failed, as Wallace held his . back against It. Meanwhile the other three men attempted to climb over the counter, but were foiled by the determined resistance of the clerks, though one of the latter wa9 seriously wounded by k blqw on the head from the butt end of a revolver. At length one of the clerks managed to get to the telephone room and rang for the police, on hearing which the"korglars made their escape.

big Steal on the santa fe. Conductors, Brakemen, and Agents Arrested for Many Extensive Robberies. At Raton, N. M., a gigantic system of robbery which has been carried on on the New Mexico division of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad for the pas. six months was brought to light Friday night, and the Implicated employes are being arrested by the wholesale. Engineers, firemen, conductors, brakemen, and even agents are placed under arrest as fast as they can be found, many of them being taken from their trains and put in jail For many months the company has been missing large quantities of silks.velvets, cigars, tobacco, clothing, underwear, and almost every class of the most valuable merchandise, and the secret service department has been quietly at work accumulating evidence slncprthe beginning, and has succeeded Ip Setfcl r ki£'BVidi»nee that will convict at least twenty-five or thirty employes in all branches of the train service.

REVOLT IN HAWAII. Provisional Government Will Ask for Annexation to the United States. The Queen of the Sandwich Islands has been deposed, a provisional government formed, and Saturday morning a deputation arrived from there at San Francisco, en route to Washington, to negotiate with the United States for annexation. Ono United States war vessel was in Honolulu harbor when tho revolt took place, and landed 300 marines, taking such measures as were necessary lo protect American residents and prevent serious outbreak. Immediately upon receipt of the news at the State Department, two more United States war vessels were ordered to the scene, and the general impression, induced by utterances at Washington, is that the Hawaiian kingdom will soon be a part of the United States.

ROUVIER IN THE TOILS. True Bill of Accusation Found Against the Ex-Minister. Magistrate Franquevuille, of Paris, found a true hill of accusation against Deputy and ex-Minister of Finance Kouvler, Senator Albert Grevy, brother of the late President of the Republic: Senator Beral, Senator Dives, Senator Leon Renault and Deputies Fanconnia and Proust on charges of corruption in connection with the Panama Canal Company. Ho absolves from accusation Deputy and ex-Mlnister Jules Roche and Senator Theveuet and Deputy Emanuel Arene on tho ground that there Is no evidence warranting their prosecution. The proceedings against the above officials originated through the discovery of the so-called Thierre checks, which were supposed to have been burned. Money Easier, Future Uncertain. R. G. Dun Si Ca’a weekly review of trade says: There has been some increase in, the distribution of products during the last week, and the demand for manufactured goods is distinctly larger, so that business has perceptibly Improved at many points. Yet the outgo of gold, expected to exceed 83.000,000 this week, reduces treasury reserves, causes Increased nervousness about the future, and renders men more reluctant to engage in new undertakings. The liquidation of some great speculations has set free large amounts, so that money everywhere Is comparatively eapy and cheap, but nevertheless there is more sense of uncertainty about the future than appeared a month ago,

Burned lu the Car. The startling statement is made at Indianapolis by a railroad official, who claims to have the best authority for the story, that seven persons, including passengers and train crew, were burned to death In the case car on the Big Four Road at Alton Junction. The railroad official says that the seven deaths were caused by the original wreck and not from the subsequent explosion of gasoline, Excursionists in a Wreck. The Northwestern lumber dealers, who have been having a business and pleasure meeting in Chicago, were in a wreck at Kent, 111., in which many were seriously hurt, and oue probably fatally injured. Burglars Foiled by Locks. Wheo tho janitor of the Bank of Ottawa, at,Ottawa, Kan., opened the doors Thursday he found the outer safe blown open, but the luuer vault intact Dropped Dead in a Depot. A TO-year-old man dropped dead in the Union Depot at Terre Haute, Ind., Thursday. He is supposed to be I*. O. Saylor, of Tennessee.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO.

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BLAINE IS NO KOBE.

Death Finally Comes to the Great Statesman. MADE A NOBLE COMBAT AMERICA MOURNS HER BRILLIANT DIPLOMAT. Btory of the Life and Achievements of the Bon of Pennsylvania—HU Prominence in Maine and National Politics—The Peer of the World’s Greatest Political Students—Story of His Brave Fight for Life. Will Live In History. Blaine Is dead. The end of his long illness has been reached, and his struggle for existence, so heroically made, has come to its inevitable conclusion.

James G. Blaine, the brilliant Republican leader in Congress and for three terms Speaker of the House of Representatives. then a member of the Senate for the State of Maine, subsequently Secretary of State in the Cabinet of President Garfleld, and the man to whom the nation turned with the greatest confidence in the gloomy weeks that Intervened between the shooting and the death of Garfield, next tho nominee of the Republicans for President of the United States, and again Secretary of State from March 4, 1889, to June 4, 1891, has passed to the beyond. Mr. Blaine’s Illness first took a serious turn in the summer of 1891, after a period of intense mental labor incident to the seizure of the Chilian steamer Itata and the preliminary negotiations regarding the Behring Sea controversy. Mr. Blaine relinquished the aotive direction of the State Department until early last spring, when he returned to Washington still in an enfeebled condition. He resumed his official duties, however, and in their performance displayed something of his old force. He had, however, several spells of severe indisposition, once being attacked while at a public dinner from which he had to be conveyed to his home very much prostrated. During early winter the dispatches made frequent reference to Mr. Blaine’s condition, but until recently these references were of a general and indefinite nature, the only fact apparent being that he was not as well as he had been during the summer. Two months ago, after having kept to his room for a week or more, he went out for a drive. The day was cold and a chill was the natural result to one in his debilitated condition. In spite of the family’s aversion to and efforts to avoid publicity in the matter, it came to be generally understood that there was practically no hope of Mr. Blaine’s recovery, and that his death might occur at any time.

An Organic Disease. The statement given out by Dr. Johnston was the first admission from any authoritative source, however, that Mr. Blaine was suffering from an organic disease. In all of Mr. Blaine’s previous illnesses it has been denied that the sufferer was afflicted in any way that permanently affected his system, and it has been always asserted by those in a position to know that his ailments were due to temporary causes and local conditions which yielded readily to medical treatment. The careful concealment of the real condition of Mr. Blaine’s health both by the family and the physicians in attendance induced the general publio to believe that he would get well, and the rallies that the naturally vigorous constitution of the Invalid had made from all former attaoks led most of his friends to expect his recovery upon this as upon all previous occasions. On the morning of Dee. 18 he had a slight attack of hemorrhage of the lungs, resulting, It is claimed, from the severe cold, and this was followed by a sinking spell, such as afflicted him during his Bar Harbor sickness and upon the occasion of his serious illness in New York some time ago. So severe aDd so prolonged was this attack that It was believed Mr. Blaine was dying. It continued until 1 o’clock, and at that hour the patient, apparently in his last earthly moments, was surrounded by hie fqinlly. It was even by the two physicians present that he was dying, and tho family, giving up all hope, gathered for the final farewell. Sudenly he rallied, and within tali an hour he was apparently much better. The cause of these sinking spells or spasms has always been mysteriously kept secret by the physicians and family, though the publio and press have frequently attributed them to Bright’s diseasb of the kidneys; at other times brain trouble was alleged, but the most frequent conclusion was that Mr. Blaine was suffering from kidney disease of some sort. It is now asserted that the disease which has so long and so insidiously undermined his constitution and destroyed his health is what Is known as waxy degeneration of the kidneys. To its ravages is attributed the general break-down of his physical system, his remarkable pallor during the past few years, and his occasional attacks of Illness marked by severe fainting spells. The following day Mr. Blaine seemed to be considerably better. He sat up up for a short time and talked with members of the family in a very cheerful frame of mind. The sinking spell

BLAISE’S BIRTHPLACE.

of the previous day seemed to have lost its effect, and the reaction apparently left the invalid stronger than before. From this time until the end came little remains to be told concerning the great statesman’s illness. For nearly another month he lingered on the very brink of the grave. The ablest physicians were almost continuously at his bedside, but their attendance was of no avail other than to make restful the sufferer’s last days, for it was well known that he was beyond the aid of medical skill. It was a constant struggle with death, and grim, unconquerable death was the victor. . - Breathes HU Lut , The end came at 11 o'clock Friday morning. Surrounded by his sorrow-

ing wife and f&mllv he ceased to live, and the soul of one of the greatest statesmen the world ever knew passed beyond the veil and made Its entiy into the realm of the unknown. Throughout Thursday night the end was hourly expected, but the man who had achieved so much in his life seemed ready to give death a battle, be it short and against him. The devoted physicians remained until the end. Ready to administer any stimulant that would extend his life, they found themselves baffled by the insidious disease. When the eitraordinnry strength of will Mr. Blaine has shown began to succumb to coma, the last of fatal symptoms to manifest itself, efforts becafne hopeless. Nothing but the original vigor of Mr. Blaine’s constitution and his powers of vitality protracted his life so long. As is usual in such cases,-he passed away peacefully as one •* sinking Into a profound sleep. Little by little the poison crept through his brain, benumbing his faculties. It was only by constant watching for the cessation of the breath and the stopping of the enfeebled heart that the moment of death could be determined. To those who were with him at the last he was unable to give any sign of recognition at the end. Shortly before sinking into the fatal and final sleep the change of expression of his eyes

showed that lie recognized Mrs. Blaine and the physicians. But he was unable to give any further sign. CAREER OF JAMES G. BLAINE. Striking Feature* of the Life of the Famous American Statesman. James Gillespie Blaine, Becond son of Ephraim L. and Maria Gillespie Blaine, was born at the Indian Hill Farm, Washington County, Pennsylvania, Jan. 31,1830. The old stone house In which he was bom was the first structure of the kind ever erected west of the Monongahela River. It was built by the greatgrandfather of Mrs. Gillespie Blaiue in 1778, and it now stands within the city limits of West Brownsville. - From his father the son inherited the hardy, energetic qualities of a Sootch-Irish ancestry. Ephraim Blaine, his great-gTandfather, was Commissary General of the American army from 1778 to the close of the revolution in 1788. This great-grandfather was possessed of ample means, and daring the trying times of deprivation in Valley Forge the continental army was materially aided from his private purse. The grandfather for whom young Blaine was named, first chose a political career. A protracted stay in Europe, after he had finished his studies, estranged him from his early ambition. He returned to America in 1793, and a* a special hearer of dispatches, delivered to the American Govemmeht a treaty with some foreign power. Afterward he retired to private life. The father of James G. Blaine was bom and reared in Carlisle. In 1818 he removed to Washington County. Hi hgd Inherited considerable wealth, and owned landed property in the western part of the State. These lands, however, had not been developed, and a large family made heavy drains upon his means. In 182 S he deeded to the Economites a tract of land now occupied by the Bite of Philadelphia.

MRS. BLAINE.

Other lands, since found rich fn minerals, were sold for almost nothing. Mr. Blaine’s mother was a woman of strong character and superior Intelligence. She was a devout Catholic, but the son adhered to the Presbyterian convictions of his paternal ancestry. The son James received every advantage of education. In 1842 Mr. Blaine's father was elected prethonotary of the County Court of Washington County. The father was then in poor circumstances and his removal to the county seat enabled him to send the son to college. James entered the freshman class of Washington College in November, 1843. At the age of 17 years and 8 months he was graduated In a class of thirty-three, sharing first honors with John C. Hervey, who was afterward Superintendent of Public Instruction at Wheeling. Beginning of His Career. Soon after graduation Mr. Blaine became a teaoher in the Western Military Institute at Blue Lick, Ky. Here he met Miss Harriet Stanwood of Maine. Miss Stanwood was a teacher in a seminary for young ladies at Millersburg, and the two were shortly afterward married. Mr. Blaine returned with his wife to became a teacher in the Institute for the Blind at Philadelphia. Instruction was chiefly oral and the young teacher was given charge of the higher class in literature and science. For two years Mr. Blaine was associated with the school. In 1864 he moved to Augusta, Me., where he has since made his home. He purchased a half Interest In the Kennebec Journal and became its editor. .He had a ready faculty for the work, and within three years was a master spirit In State politics. He engaged ardently in the'formation of the Republican party. In 1836 he was a delegate to the first national convention of the Republican party which nominated John C. Fremont for the Presidency. It was shortly afterward, at a public meeting, when he first claimed attention as a public speaker. At this meeting he rendered an official report, stammering in confusion at the outset. But as he proceeded he gained confidence and wound up in a manner which called attention to him as a public orator. In 1857 he broadened his newspaper field by assuming the editorship of the Portland Advertiser. His political genius, however, had eclipsed the journalist within him. In 1868 he was elected to the State Legislature and was afterward successively chosen for four years. The last two years in the House he served that body as Speaker. At the beginning of the civil war Mr. Blaine gained distinction In the debates which grew out of that crisis. At the time of his election to the Legislature he was made Chairman of the Republican State Committee, and for twenty years he held that office. During this time he led and shaped every politleal campaign in the State of Maine. He -was elected to Congress In 1862 and tee a period of eighteen years h* was

• • mem be* of one or the other houses of Coni nee*. Hie growth in political strength ana Influence was rapid as ft was unbroken. Daring his first term in Congress he made only on* extended speech. This was an argument in favor of the assumption of the State war debts by the general government and contending that the North was able to carry on the war to a final Conclusion. He broadened in this argumentative field, however, and gained « reputation as an effective debater. HU Career In Congress. His career in the National Congress was an eventful one. His antagonism to the Stevens reconstruction bill in 1867 created a stir in the nation, and after a seeming defeat his amendment modifying this proposed military law in the South was carried through both House and Senate. In 1868 Mr. Blaine was elected Speaker of the House, acting in that capacity for six successive years. His career in the House has always been regarded as exceptionally brilliant. The political revulsion of 1874 placed the Democracy in power in the House and Mr. Blaine became the leader of the Republican minority. Preceding the Presidential contest of 1876 the session of the House was a stormy one, and in the general amnesty bill, removing the disabilities of participants in the rebellion. Mr. Blaine stood up for an exception in the case of Joffersou Davis. One of his most notable speeches was made at this time nnder the spar or opposition from Mr. Hill, of Georgia. In 1876 he was called npon to defend his political character against charges of bribery from the Union Pacific and other railroad companies. The Mulligan letters were produced and the stormy scenes of May and June of that year followed. Junes Mr. Blaine, rising to a personal explanation, denied the right of congress to compel the production of his private papers. He expressed his willingness to stand any examination, and having possessed himself of these letters he declared ms purpose to re-

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serve nothing. He stood up In the house holding the letters In hts hand. “Thank God,” said he, “I am not ashamed to show them. There is the very original package. And, with some sense of humiliation, with a mortification I do not attempt to conceal, with a sense of outrage, which, I think, any man in my position would feel, I invite the confidence of forty-four millions of my countrymen while I read these letters from this desk.” At this time Josiah Caldwell, trae of the

originators ot the Little Book and Fort Smith Railroad, was traveling In Europe, and efforts had been made at Mr. Blaine’s suggestion to reach him by telegraph. Alter reading these letters Mr. Blaine turned to the Chairman ol the Investigating Committee and demanded to know 11 any answer had been received Irom Mr. Caldwell. The Chairman returned an evasive answer when Mr. Blaine turned upon him, charging, as within his own knowledge that the Chairman had received such a dispatch, “completely and absolutely exonerating me Irom this charge, and you have suppressed It.” Ol this scene General Garfield once said that it exceeded anything he had ever seen In Congress. As a Candidate for President. June 11 was the time ol the Bepubllcan National Convention. The previous Sunday he had been prostrated by the heat, and lears were entertained lor his lile. In the convention, however, his Irlends stood firm. On the first ballot he received 285 votes out ot the total ol 754. The remainder were divided between Senator Morton, Secretary Bristow, Senator ConkUng, Gov. Hayes, and others. On the seventh ballot his vote rise to 351, lacking only 23 ol a nomination. A combination upon Hay/es, however, deleated him. Mr. Blaine entered the Senate some months later. Again in 1880 his Irlends ot lour years before stood by him in the national convention. The first vote stood: Grant, 304; Blaine, 284; Sherman, 93; Edmunds, 34; Washburne, 80; Wlndom, 10, and Garfield, 1. On the final ballot, however, the Blaine forces united on Garfield, who was nominated. Alter his election Mr. Blaine was made Secretary of State. He was in the Cabinet ten months. Alter Garfield’s death Mr. Blaine retired from the Cabinet. On his retirement he was lor the first time in twenty-three years out ol publlo station. He took up his well-known historical work, “Twenty Years ol Congress,” and issued the first volume in January, 1884. In this year he was again before the Bepubllcan Convention lor the nomination to the Presidency. On the fourth ballot he received 641 ol the 813 votes and was nominated. President Arthur was his chief competitor. This campaign was a peculiarly bitter one. The result hinged upon New York, which went Democratic and elected Grover Cleveland. He returned at once to his history and completed the second volume in 1886. Later he traveled extensively In Europe, his health being much broken. At the time ol the Bepubllcan Convention in 1888 be refused to acsept the nomination, cabling from Scotland to the Chicago gathering to that effect. Several months earlier he had written a letter refusing to be considered a candidate. As Secretary of State. He worked lor the success ot Mr. Harrison In the succeeding campaign and at the begin-

WHERE HIS FIRST SCHOOL DATS WERE SPENT.

lng ol the present national administration he entered the President’s Cabinet as Secretary of State. His distinguished career In that position is well remembered. The Pan-American Congress, the reciprocity treaties, and other striking incidents, rendered his work remarkable. Owing to personal differences with the President he resigned his position In the Cabinet a lew days before the meeting ol the Nation Convention of his party. Though a short time before he had declined in set terms to be a candidate before the convention he permitted his friends to use his name. On the first ballot, however. President Harrison was renominated. Though In bad health Mr. Blaine wrote a letter and made a speech lor his party during the campaign lately closed.

Hebculile, the new French explosive, is so powerful that hajf a pound of it, in a recent test, displaced a stone weighing thirty tons.—Peoria Journal.

BLAINE'S BAR HARBOR HOME.

THE NATIONAL SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lawmakers and What They Are Doing for the Good.of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussedand Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Early Tuesday a communication from Chief Justice Fuller of the Supreme Court to the Vice President, announcing the death of Justice Lamar, was laid before the Senate. Messrs. Walthall (Miss.) and Gordon (Ga) made brief remarks, paying warm tributes of respect to the memory of Mr. 'Lamar, and Mr. Wilson (Iowa) tpovea, as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Lamar, who was formerly a member of the Senate, that tbe Senate adlourn. The motion was carried unanimously, There was but little business transacted in the House because of the announcement of the death of Jußttce Lamar. On motion of Mr. Allen (Miss.) the House adjourned as a mark of respect (o the memory of the dead Justice.; Neither the anti-option bill nor the Cher-’ okee outlet bill—which have the alternate . right of way In the Senate—had any show of consideration Wednesday. The hour of the session was taken up in routine matters The only exceptions were the introduction of a bill for tbe admission of Utah as a State, and an amendment reported from the committee on naval affairs and referred to the committee on appropriations looking to a further increase of the navy. The remainder of the session was passed behind closed doors and was devoted to the question of whether the nomination of Mr. McComas as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court of tbe District of Columbia should be or not be confirmed In tbe House filibustering against the bankruptcy bill was inaugurated by Mr. Kilgore, of Texas. He was ably seconded In his endeavor to defeat the bankruptcy bill by Mr. Pierce, of Tennessee. who supplemented his every motion with another which was calculated to prevent action, and the filibustering continued. “Another wasted day” was tbe comment of the Republicans, and their comment was echoed by a majority of the Democrats. But the few Democrats opposed to the bankruptcy measure held firm, and the House adjourned without action, thus exhausting the two days assigned to the Judiciary Committee and the bankruptcy bill, The House Thursday resumed in committee of the whole the consideration of the sundry civil appropriation hill. Pending a vote the committee rose and the House without concluding the hill adjourned. In the Sjnate Mr. Cullom (Ill.) introduced a .olnt letolutioi requesting the municipal authorities of Philadelphia to lend to the United States Government tbe liberty bell for exhibition at the World’s Fair and asked to have It put upon its passu e. ihe joint resolution was referred to tlie c,:mmitteeon the library. Mr. Casey (N. D.) moved to take up and pass Senate bill fora c.jmnrssion of five persons (at $lO a day and necessary expenses), with stenographer and cleric, to make a thorough investigation cf the alcoholic liquor traffic. Mr. Vest (Mo.) argued against the bill, declaring himself utterly opposed to all such legislation. The question was one that was being preached upon, written upon, and prayed upon (in ficth forms of the woid) in every part of the civilized world, and especially in the United States. How could a commission, he asked, advise Congre-s on such a matter? After further discussion tha morning hour expired without further action on the hill. ’1 here were not many Seuators in the chamber during the debate on the anti-option bill, but those who were present witnessed the remarkable circumstance of the States’ rights Democrat, Mills (Tex.), having his argument against the constitutionality of the bill sustained by the stalwart Republican. Hiscock (N. Y.). In the course of his argument Mr. Mills said If by an ludia-rnbber system of construction of the constitution commerce had a right to regulate commerce in States—as proposed In the pending measure—it could go further and regulate the production of the specified articles. Mr. Hiscock opposed the bill. The great volume of wheat, corn and cotton would not be diminished or increased by such legislation, and yet the proposition was to take possession of the markets of New York, Minneapolis. Chicago and No»v Orleans, and to control the manner in which contracts shall be made. He believed that all legislation like that proposed was vicious, and he believed that If the bill were crystallized Into law it would become the basis of the most gigantic trust that ever existed in the United States. In the Senate Friday the announcement of Mr. Blaine’s death was made by Mr. Hale, who has been for many years one of the closest personal and political friends of tbe dead statesman His remarks were followed by a motion made by Mr. Cockrell (Dem.) (Mo.) that the Senate adjourn out of respect for the memory of the de- I ceased, and that motion was declared carried. The death of ex-Speaker Blaine also brought the business of the House to a sudden termination. A few committee reports were made, including a bill to repeal the Federal election laws, and then, after brief and affecting speeches by Milliken (who represents Mr. Blaine's old district) and Holman (who served many years with him in the House and who has always been his personal friend), the House, out of respect tg the memory of the dead statesman, adjourned.

Monday Senator Chandler brought the Hawaiian question forward as a distinctively American i*sue. By a resolution which he introduced in the Senate he calls upon the President to enter into negotiation with the Provincial Governments ol the late kingdom of Hawaii for the admission ol the island as a territory of the Unltad States Mr. Chandler had hoped for the Immediate consideration of the resolution, but Senator White interposed an objection, and under the rules tbe resolution went over.

Turkey Takes a Step Forward,

The Sultan of Turkey has made a vigorous break through the trammels of national tradition and has given the order that Turkey shall take a place in the march of civilization. He has granted concessions for the construction of long railways which will open up his territory to the eastythe north and the south, ail having their termini at Constantinople. • One road is to run to Damascus, and another, the Tigris and Euphrates Kailway, to the Persian Gulf.

Oysters and Artificial Teeth.

A dentist of Athens, Ga., has at his office a curiosity in the way of oysters and artificial teeth. The teeth had evidently been lost by someone on board a ship or someone who had been drowned. The oysters hail formed around the teeth and the formation is perfect. A dredging boat found the shell with the teeth attached, and the man who found them sold them for $20., The Smithsonian Institution is now seeking to purchase them, and offers a good price.

Notes of Current Events.

James Campbell, Postmaster General in Pierce’s Cabinet, died at Philadelphia. In a fire at New York Mrs. Kebecca Salmon unci her two children were fatally burned. An unknown man was found murdered at Jonesville, Ind., haviifg been literally cut to pieces with a knife. London is in a furor over the petition of Lady Alice Gooch for a divorce from Sir Alfred Sherlock Gooch. A party of workmen was run down by a train at Wilmington, Del., and J. W. Batson and S. L. Yicinski were killed and John Johnson was fatally injured. Dr. Parbetti, Kecorder for the Propaganda, and Vice Kector of the College of the Propaganda, has been appointed Auditor and Secretary to Archbishop Satolli.

A sensation was caused in Kome by the accidental explosion of a squib under the window of the Quirinal. It was supposed at first that it was the work of a dynamiter. John Biggs, formerly of the Seventh Cavalry, died at Denison, Tex. He claimed to have killed Black Kettle when the latter’s village was attacked by Custer’s troops. . ,

NO HOLY TIES IN ABYSSINIA.

Carriages May Be Easily Dissolved—Cermonies Observed at Weddings. Abyssinia is a country where, if marriage is a failure, it can be easily lissolved. There is absolutely no egal or holy tie. When a man is delirous of marrying a 'girl he directly ipplies to her parents. The maidens, like those in many European countries, are seldom consulted on the juestion; the lover arranging with the father or. male, relatives regarding aer ddwer, which-geirerafty means a few beeves, sheep or pi&es of cloth, * md sometimes gold. On the marriage day, says a writer in the Century, the bridegroom presents himself with his best man at the house of liisfuture father-in-law. Much feasting joes on till the bride is carried off by her husband, generally on his shoulders, while the male relatives closely follow, making a canopy of their togas to keep off the rays of the sun, or perhaps the effects 1 of the evil eye. Behind come a crowd of young girls and boys, methodically lifting their arms above their beads and clapping their hands to the measured beating of tom-toms carried by men running along the flanks of the procession, who also blow long trumpets.

The happy couple that I saw married outstripped, their followers, with the exception of their best man, and at last reached the town green, where the groomsmen formed a screen with their cloaks round the happy pair, when the deferred courtship began. It custom for the supporters of the groom, generally six in number, to be present on this occasion, and for many days afterward to go round visiting the houses of the mutual friends of the married pair, extolling the beauties of the bride and the accom plishments of the groom, generally finishing up with a grotesque danpe, which is enjoyed by the enthusiastic neighbors crowding round the open doorway. Though this marriage can be annulled according to mutual agreement of bridej and groom, if, after years of happiness together, they wish to cement the tie more closely, the pair simply attend the holy communion together in church and the marriage is then looked upon as being indissoluble.

BELGIAN DRAFT HORSES.

Excepting the Shire of England They Are the Largest in tlie World. Great care has been given in Belgium to the breeding of draft horseswhich, excepting the Shire horse of England, are the largest drafting horses in the world. They are finely proportioned, having excellent leg& and feet. They are divided into two classes, namely, the heavy and the light draft horse, but differ from each other only in size. The special characteristics of the Belgian draft horse are stature, form, strength and breed. The line on the back isstraight, the rump long and the legs large and clean. He has less bulk and strength than the Clydesdale or Shire but is better bred and has more energy. He has more bulk and strength than either Perctieron or Boulonnais and possesses equally as much energy. In 1850 the Belgian Government established a depot lor stallions, hut this was afterward given up and the Government sought to improve the horses of the country by encouraging local competition for colts and prizes for stallions. The Belgian horses are generally bay or brown-black in color, but sorrel, roan and other colors are occasionally found. They resemble the Percherons very closely and require a second look even from an expert to distin-

BELGIAN DRAFT STALLION, BRILLIANT.

guish them. The subject of our sketch is the draft stallion Brilliant, by Orange, the property of M. Dumont, of Sart-Dame Avellines, Brabant, Belgium.

Other People’s Eyes.

While a due regard for the opinions and convictions of other people is a saving grace of life, there is no greater mistake than to habitually contemplate one’s. friends or acquaintances through, the eyes of other people. With regard to events(the case is quite different. A fact is a fact. An occurrence is largely a fixed and definite- thing, and capableonly of giving a rather definite impression. But the individual is relative. As a musical instrument gives out one degree of harmony or another, or even discord, according to the touch and skill of the player without changing its essential character at all, so in a far greater way does theindividual reveal one set of qualities or another, or different aspects of the same quality, according to the person with whom he converses or with whom'he acts. Character in its fundamental basis is not fluctuating. The honest man does not become dishonest, nor the truthful man false, according to the company he is with; but in all the range of matters pertaining to harmony of temperament —and that includes many salient, qualities—one is to some extent what he is.made by his associates, and so, to keep the true focal vision, one must keep his own. You have found So-and-so to be especially invigorating and helpful In influence, and remarking this to your neighbor, you are told that he is, instead, dictatorial and trying. Which is the truer, or even the true view'? The probabilities are that each is true to the individual wh> sees it. for manifestations of character arerelative, and depend on the action and reaction of temperament.

Imp [?]rtant if True.

Alexander Pope sent over from: England a slip from which it is said the weeping willows of America all sprung. • Poor Things! Most sheep die before they are a. r fear old.