Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 February 1893 — Page 2

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CASE OF SINK OR SWIM.

CHICAGO STREETS LIKE MAM. MOTH SEWERS. Kansas Bleeds Again -Synopsis of Gladstones’s Measure for Irish Home Rule— Chicago Hogs to Compete with Those in the East. J Chicago. When Samuel Pllrusoll, the English member of Parliament was in Chicago, some two years ago, he was loud in his praises of the city, but he declared the sky-scrapers made the streets look like open sewers Without any water in them. If he had been there on Tuesday -he would have had to omit the portion of the remark about 'the water, for there was actually enough In many of the thoroughfares to float a boat of moderate draught It was fortunate that the street and sewer departments, taking warning from the thaw some days before, were partially prepared to meet the emergency, and in the downtown district no serious damage was occasioned by the water. FOR IRISH HOME RULE. Gladstone Presents His Bill in the House of Commons. Amid scones of remarkable interast and accompanied by exhibitions of great enthusiasm on the part of his Irish supporters Mr. Gladstone in Parliament, outlined his bill granting home rulo for Ireland. The aged Premier spoke with power and with apparent-confidence in his ability to bold his followers in line for the measure which is to furnish the climax of his remarkablo career. Though England's Prime Minister Claims for h s plans the same general features of those of 1886 they possess far more coherence than when presented just before his former overthrow. The relations which are to exist between the Imperial Parliament and the Irish legislature do not wear the ghostly garments of the Impossible, as they formerly did. A hasty and Imperfect view of Mr. Gladstone’s idea leads to the opinion that it is feasible and not beset with appalling difficulties. The first thing which strikes one on this side of the ocean is the care with which Mr. Gladstone, so far as possible, has followed American models. Ireland, in fact, is to govern itself much as one of the States of the American Union Is governed by its own citizens. Still, there Is to be a viceroy, who, however, will hold office for six years without regard to changes of imperial government. There is to 1)6 an Irish legislature on College Green, consisting of a legislative council and a legislative assembly elected by the people of Ireland. but for different terms and by different constituencies. The much-discussed matter of Irish representation in tbo Imperial parliament also meets with a full solution at the hands of the Premier. He would reduce the representation from 103 to »0 to make it conform with the proportion of representation iu other parts of Great Britain, arid would limit Its power of voting strictly to Irish and imperial questions, with no voice in matters purely British. The contribution of Ireland to Imperial expenses is fixed at a net sum of £2,370,000. Matter- of religion, of commerce, of coinage, of foreign relations and others of strictly national import are kept wholly out of the hands of the Irish Legislature.

RIVAL TO ,THK FORK TRUST. Philadelphians Expect to Compete with Chicago with a Capital of 9300,000, Chicago’s mammoth pork (rust will soon have a competitor in the shape of a big syndicate in Philadelphia. Arrangements have already been made for the starting of the concern, and a contract has been closed with the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad which will give material aid to the venture. The gentlemen backing the new Industry, who are nearly all Philadelphians, have raised a capital of t 300,000 with which to begin. The concern has also made arrangements for shipping Its products directly to the continent of Europe, and expects to reap a big trade from this source, especially in view of the withdrawal of some of the foreign restrictions on the importation of American pork. HUGH O’DONNELL ON TRIAL. The Work of Impaneling a Jury Begun at Pittsburg—Court Room Crowded. At Pittsburg the case of Hugh O’Donnell, the first chairman of Homestead’s famous advisory board, was called for trial before Judge Stowe Monday morning, O'Donnell Is charged with murder during tho riot of July 0. The court-room was packod long before the officers made their appearance. O’Donnell stood while the indictment. Charging him with the murder of T. J. Connors, a Pinkerton, the same upon which Clifford and Critchlaw were charged, was read to him. In response to the u«ual question, O’Donnell replied firmly: “Not guilty. ” Kansas at a Crisis.

War Is on In real earnest between the two bouses of the Kansas Legislature and blows were exchanged. There are now open threats by the Populists of Senatorial hostilities, and at any moment there may be something more than the talk which has beep so long indulge 1 in. The Republican house ordered the arrest of the chief Populist clerk, and iu the attempt, which was unsuccessful, a lively fight occurred. Both sides are feeling very ugly. Welssert a Candidate. The Siftwaukee Journal prints a telegram from Providence, B. Instating that It developed there during the official visit of the Commjinder-ln-cbief of the U. A. R. that be Is a candidate tor re-election at Indianapolis next September. The paper verifies the repoM by interviews with local members of the order who say they have known of Colonel Weissert’s candidacy for some time. Judge Lindsay Elected. Judge William Lindsay, of Frankfort, L-'j., has been elected to succeed J. a Carlisltin the United States Senate. Death of Bruce Carr. Bruceoarr, ex-Auditor of Indiana, and a horse breeder and Secretary of the Indianapolis Driving Club, died at bis home of erysipelas. He was distinguished as the *>ungest Indiana soldier In the late war, enlisting as a private when a boy of 15. Favor Three Bonds. The Senate Finance Ow.mittee decided to report favorably Senatdvß berraan . g blu authorizing the S3cretary of\h e Treasury to iasne 3 per cent five-year keep up the supply of gold In the treaty. . Forty-four Perish. The insane asylum of the Strafford G un _ ty workhouse, about four miles from Dov> r> SL IL, was destroyed by fire ThurwtiJ night and forty-four of the Inmates were burned to death. The building was a twoatory wooden structure, 130 by 130 feet, •cd burned like tinder. , Cholera Spread* In Marseilles. Twelve deaths, from the choleraic complaint prevalent in Marseilles were reported Friday. Among the fresh cases is «ue te Yelette, a suburb not Infected bejoea . Zirar authorities continue to give rieae fclU* of her Itb to vessels leaving for

WORLD’S FAIR HEARING. Representatives of the Different Boards Before thq Appropriation Committee. The representatives of the Columbian Exposition were given a hearing Friday by the .Senate appropriation committee. There were present besides the committee President Palmer, General St Clair, John Boyd Thacber. Commissioner Harris, Mrs. Potter Palmer. Mr. Willetts, and Lieutenant Taussltr. They explained the items In their budget, as they had done before the House committee and the Senate subcommittee. General St. Clair spoke for the commissioners. Thacber for the Board of Awards, Wlllitts for the Government Board, and Traussig for the Naval Exhibit The sums asked for are: Board of Government exhibit $201,750 Extra for manning brick warship 40,000 Awards, medals. Judges, and diplomas. G 70.580 Commission 148, 000 Deficiency 27,000 Mra Palmer will ask for ninety odd thousand dollars, making the total about sl,000,030. Republican Employes Must Go. Thoro is no longer any hope among the Republican employes of the Senate, telegraphs a Washington special, that they will be able to hold their places. “Tho election of Populist Democrats in Kansas and Nebraska remove i all doubt about the ability of tho Democrats to reorganize the body. There are now of holdover and newly elected Democrats in the 6enate forty-three members There are five Populists, all of whom will undoubtedly vote with the Democrats on reorganization. The Republicans will have forty votes If the minority in Montana prefer, rather than have W. A. Clark elected as a Democrat, to allow the Governor to appoint Colonel Sanders. With the votu of Vice-President Stevenson and the assistance of the Populists the Democrats will have a working majority.”

Says His Wife Is a Drunkard. A surprise was created In Denver when it became known that Edward B. Holden, tho well-known politician and smelter owner, had filed a petition in the courts at Greeley for divorce from his wife, Mury E. Holden, on the ground of habitual drunkenness. He also asks the custody of their child. Mrs. Holden lias been in New York for several years, though tho cause of separation was never known. Mr. Holden Is u leading populist and came near receiv. jing the nomination to Congress last fall. Spectators at a Frize Flglit Under Arrest. A sensation has been caused by the arrest of seven prominent moil of Redwood Falls, Minn for witnessing the ThurberPhelps prize fight in Renville County last fall. It was thought that the matter had been dropped, but the Grand Jury has been busy getting out Indictments. Over 300 sports irdm Redwood Falls took In the affair and a great deal of anxiety prevails. Condition of Trade. 11. G. Dun & Ca's v. eekly reviow of trqde says: Two imrortantevents. the defeatof antisilver legislation in the Senate and House and tho concerted deposit of gold by the New York banks in the Treasury in exchange for legal tenders, have directly opposing but powerful influence upon tbe markets, and it is yet too early to determine what the net result may be. Aged Mrs. Shea, of Boston, Burned. Mrs. Catherine Shea, at Boston, was going down a, flight oi stairs with a lighted kerosene lamp in her hand, when she lost her balance and fell. The blazing oil flow all over her prostrate form and she perIshod. She was 76 years old and a wealthy widow.

A Mammoth Fence. St Louis detectives arrested Mr 3. Mary Mayhew, proprietress of a house, and found In it sealskins and other goods valued at over $5,000. Foity pawn tickets were found in the bosom of tho woman’s dress, which represent almost as much more. Won by Silver Men. By a vote of 152 to 143 tho House Friday declared that it would not take up and pass a bill for the repeal of the Sherman silver law. This result settles conclusively, so far as this Congress Is concerned, the fate of the proposed repeal. It will uot be carried. Texas Town Nearly Wiped Out. Belcherville, a small town about forty miles west of Gainesville, Texas, was nearly wiped off the earth on Wednesday night Vy a fire that broko out at twelve o’clock In a row of frame buildings on tbe past side of the main street Willful Jessie. Jessie Friend, a 10-year-old girl who was arrested at Fort Wayne for passing counterfeit money, was taken before tho grand jury, but refused under threats to toll tho name of the person who gave it to her. M. B. Curtis Gets Another Bate. ' At Sgn Francisco, Judge Murphy set the next trial of Maurice B. Curtis, for the murder of Police Officer Alexander Grant, to begin March 20. Tried to Poison a Rival. John Gassutt is under arrest at Guthrie, O. T., charged with administering poisoned whisky to a rival In the affections of a young lady. Masoulc Heathen. New Orleans is to have a Masonic lodge, the members of which will all be Chinamen. It is the first of the kind organized in the South. His Spouse Shot Him. Loren McCoukey, a Columbus, Ohio, barber, was shot and probably fatally wounded by his wife. The Casus Belli. George Young shot Fred Glover at West Elgin. Out. because Glover’s dogs chased his turkeys.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.25 @ 6.25 Hoos—Shipping Grades 8.50 © 8.75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring nX® .7514, COBK—No. 2 43 & .44 Oats—No. 2 .31 @ .32 RTE—No. 2 62 @ .64 Butteb—Choice Creamery. 27!4@ .2814 Eggs—Fresh .24 @ .26 Potatoes—New, perbu 95 @ 1.05 INDIANAPOLIS. C. - i'TLE—Shipping 3.25 @5.50 Hoos—Choice Light 8.60 @ 8.75 Sheep—Common to Prime 8.00 & 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 67)4@ .6814 Cobs—No. 2 White 42 @ .42^ Oats—No. 2 White .35V>@ .36)4 ST. LOUIS. Cattle...... 3.00 @ 5.00 Hoos 3.00 @ 8.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 , @ .70 Cobk—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 ■32 l 4@ .33^4 Rye—No. 2 54 @ .56 CINCINNATL Cattle 3.00 @ 5.50 Hoes 8,00 @ 8.75 Sheep s.oo @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red .71 @ .72 Cobk—No. 2., 43 @ .44 Oats—No 2 Mixed 33 @ .34 Rye—No. 2 57 @ .69 DETROIT. Cattle..... 3.00 @4.75 Hogs , 3.00 @ 7.50 Sheep..... a.OO @4.60 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 73 @ .74 Cobk—No. 2 Yellow ?.... .44 & .45 Oats—No. 2 White .37 @ ,38 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 73 @ .74 Cobk—No. 2 White. 43)4@ .44)4 Oats—No. 2 White 35)5® .36.3, 8ye...., 57 @ .59 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.60 @5.50 Hogs—Best Grades.. 4.00 @ 8.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 82 @ .83 No. 2 Bed 77)4® .78)4 MILWAUKEE. Yheat—No. 2 Spring 71 @ ,72 «BN—No. 3.:.. 42 @ .43 i-Jrs —No. 2 White..... Ss)i@ .36)4 g*fNo.l 69 @ .60 ®**9EY—No. 2 62 @ .64 POBK-jiess 19.50 @20.00 r . ’ NEW YORK. Cowr—Xdd .. <a 60 Pomx-New 30.75 @21.35

GEORGE WASHINGTON.

Condensed Story of tho Life of Our First President. All the boys and girls are glad when Washington’s birthday comes, for they know that that means a holiday, and who does not welcome that? But how many of them know very much about the “Father of his Country,” as he is called, in whose honor this 22d day of February is kept? The story of George cutting down the cherry tree with his little hatchet and then frankly owning up to the deed is well known, as is also another story ■of much the same kind which tells how he was very fond of taming and breaking in unmanageable colts. One day, however, just as he had succeeded in gaining control over a very valuable colt, it burst a blood vessel and died in a few minutes. But George, With his usual honesty, did not hesitate to

GEORGE WASHINGTON. Sketch from the original painting by James Sharpies.

tell his ‘mother and frankly confess his fault. There are many other stories told about Washington’s youthful days, all of which tend to give one the impression that he was a stiff, priggish little fellow; hut the fact is, that all these stories are without foundation, and very little is actually known about Washington’s boyhood, except that he was a sturdy, athletic hoy, and probably very far from being a prig. In those days in Virginia it is not at all unlikely that he was fond of breaking in colts, and, judging from his character in after days, there is no doubt that if he had caused the death of a colt or had injured his father’s cherry trees, he would have promptly confessed it at once, just as any other honest boy would have done. He was horn Feb. 22, 1732, at Bridge's Cieek, Va. The house in which he was born was a quaint old farm-house, with a high roof sloping down almost to the ground. There were four rooms on the ground floor, with an attic When George was *3 years old this house was burned down to the ground aad was never rebuilt. The family moved to a place on the banks of the Rappahannock River, opposite Fredericksburg, and there lived for many years, in a farmhouse much like the one in which George was horn. There was a large family of children, and a happy time they had, playing about in the meadows which sloped down from the house on the river. George was large for his age and very strong and athletic, and this made him a leader among the hoys. At one point in the river, opposite the lower part of Fredericksburg, it is said he could fling a stone across to the other side, a feat which none of the other boys could perform. His father died while George was still young and his mother was then left with several small children to provide for, and so it was necessary that 14-year-old George should go to work. But It was hard to find work that he could do, and at length it was decided that he should go to sea. The boy was delighted with this prospect, but at the last moment Mrs. Washington’s heart failed her and she could not consent that he

should go, so he stayed at home for a time and went on with his mathematical studies. A few years later Lord Fairfax, a gentleman who owned a great deal of property, and who had taken a great fancy to the hoy, engaged him to do some surveying, and for two or three years he lived and worked in the forests, often wading through swamps and sleeping upon ground, and thus growing hardy

and strong. He distinguished himself by his bravery and wisdom in the French and Indian war, and when our colonists decided to be po longer subject to England, he was made Commander-in-chief of our army. At the close of the war he was chosen to he our first President. He was remarkably large of stature and very strong. He had the appearance of being about 6 feet 6 Inches in height, but was really 6 feet 2 inches. His hands and wrists were very large, as were also his feet. He was obliged to have his gloves made to order, and his boots were No. 13. The following fact will Illustrate his strength. When in camp his tent and poles when rolled up were so heavy that two men were needed to carry them, hut Washington could pick them up with one hand and pitch them into the wagon. In 1799 he died at his home at Mount Vernon of- the croup or something very similar, and his loss was deeply mourned by the whole nation. Mount Vernon is situated on the hanks of the Potomac River, and to this day the boats, as they steam up and down the river, toll their bells "‘when they pass the house where Washington lived and died and the tomb where he lies buried.

WASHINGTON’S PAPER MILL.

Where the Father of Ills Country Marie a Sheet of Paper* George Washington's visit to Long Island in the spring of 1790 appears to be a matter of special interest to the paper-making industry*- Herewith is given a sketch of Hendrick Onderdonk’s paper-mill, where Washington, with his own hands, made a sheet of paper, which was for a long time retained by Onderdonk and his descendants, and may be in existence to this day. Only a small hamlet was there when Washington visited the place. The natural scenery has undergone In a southeasterly direction in the near distance is Hempstead Harbor Hill, 384 feet high, the highest point of land on the island. Mill ponds, supplied by abundant springs, at the foot of the wood bluffs, which rose on either side of the hay in all their picturesque beauty, then, as they do to-day. The old mansion honored by the presence of Washington still stands in excellent repair. It is owned and occupied by Dr. J. H. Bogart, who, writing recently of this bit of Washingtonia, said: “The main portion of the present paper mill was built about one hun-

little change since then. From the lawn of the old mansion Washington may have overlooked the bay, known then, as now, as Hempstead harbor, extending six miles northward to Long Island Sound dred years ago, but the west wing was built previously. The whole building as it now stands shows the effect of weather and age. The other mill was older. It was probably the one in which Washington 'made the sheet of paper. That it was running as a paper mill at least seventeen years before the visit of Washington is made probable by the following advertisement in a New York paper Oct. 11,1773. It is as .follows: , “ ‘The printer of this raper, in conjunction with two of his friends, Henry Remsen and/ Hendrick Onderdonk, has lately erected a papermill at Hempstead Harbor at very great expense, the existence of which entirely depends on a supply of rags, which are too often thrown in the fire or swept out of doors and are now much wanted. “ ‘He therefore most humbly entreats the assistance of the good people of this province and city in particular to assist him in this undertaking, which will be a saving of some hundreds per annum to the colony, which has been constantly sent out of it for pap.»r of all sorts for the past forty years, the manufacturing of which has but very lately originated here. The highest price will be given for rags by the public’s servant, Hugh Graine.’ ”

GEORGE HAD AN EYE-GLASS.

He Also Carried a Sunshade, and Hotli ot Them Were Affairs. George Washington was not a duilish young man. Yet the Philadelphia Inquirer cannot help a thrill of surprise on seeing the eye-glasses and the sunshade which he always

carried with him. The eyeglasses were of silver, cunningly carved, with Washington’6 name engraved in the middle of the handle. They were much like our lorgnettes, except that they would not close, and the lenses are perfectly round. Washington used to hold them lust as ladies hold lorgnettes nowadays, and when not in use they were hung upon a little

WASHINGTON'S EYE-GLASSES.

curved pin which was fastened to the lapel of his coat. His sunshade was a queer little affair with an ebony stick. The shade was of yellow silk, with a tiny fringe around it. and was always carried when the father

of his country went for a drive. In those days men did not wear broadbrimmed straw hats.

Jewish Colonization.

The Jewish Colonization Association's first report of the progress thus far made in settling Jewish refugees, cliieiiy from Russia, in hospitable lands, shows that up to the 20th of last September some £300,000 of the original capital of £2,000,000 had been expended, half of it in the purchase of land and the other half in settlement of families on the land. The colonies have chiefly been established in the Argentine Republic. One has been formed in Canada, 330,000 acres of land in all have been purchased and about 1,000 families have been settled. The council of the association believes the undertaking can be made self-supporting, and established on a financially sound basis. Five hundred families will henceforth be settled every year, and it is believed that when the success of the scheme is clear there will be a large emigration of self-supporting families. Each of the families settled by the association receives 100 acres, and £l6O for building, plant, etc., which they are expected to repay in ten years. Comment is made, that while all this is excellent, Baron Hirsch’s noble scheme can make, scarcely a perceptible impression on the mass of Jewish distress in Russia. It would take, it is urged, an emigration of 60,000 Jews a year merely to keep down the natural increment of population, if calculated at one per cent, per annum.

Plant Diseases.

One of the best evidences of the work of the Agricultural Department Is the interest taken by farmers in combating plant diseases. Plant diseases are now classified, and expressed in plain language, and but few farmers who receive the bulletins fail to take advantage of the information given, especially in the application of remedies. Fungicides and insecticides are now as much a portion of the farmer's supplies as his fertilizers. Terra del Fueqo (the land ot fire) was-so named by Magellan from the fact that as he moved through the straits which bear his name he observed fires lighted by the natives at many points along the shore. Very generally, but erroneously, the name applied to a number of islands is supposed to indicate the existence of active volcanoes, when, in truth, there is not a single volcano in all Fuego, nor has there been one there since America was discovered.

George Washington—And to think that I whs reprimanded for cutting down on« little tree.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

measures Considered and ACTED UPON. At the Nation’s Capital—What Is Being Done by the Senate and Bouse—Old Hatters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. The House Tuesday made fair progress with one of the great appropriation bills. That legislative bill appropriates upward of $21,500,000. Aside from a review of the condition of the treasury by Messrs. Dingley and Dockery—divergent views—and an attack on the civil-service law by Mr. Dearmond the proceedings were uninteresting. Senator Chandler managed to give a political twist to the debate In the Senate on the automatic-coupler bilk He brought up a resolution In the National Democratic platform which denounces the Republican party and the Republican Senate for not having provided legislation for the protection of railroad employes, and he insisted that the position of so many Democratic Senators against the bill was 'nconsistent with their party fealty. He twitted them with the fact that only seven of them had voted to take up the bill for the repeal of the Sherman act, knowing the declaration of the National DemocratlcCon ventlon on the subject of silver, and knowing the entreaties of the President-elect to have the Sherman act repealed before March 4. Mr. Wolcott, while arguing against the automaticcoupler bill, said that no other Senator than Mr. Chandler could have found a political advantage In It. After a great deal of talk back and forth no action was taken on the bllL On Wednesday the Senate resumed consideration of the rallwuy car-coupler hill. Mr. Peffer took exception to some remarks made by Mr. Wolcott, reflecting, as Mr. Peffer thought, oa the farmers and workingmen of the country, and he hoped that the bill would pass, no matter how much It might cost the railway companies. He had no qualms of conscience on that point Mr. Gorman argued that the organization of railway employes could accomplish more In the way of Improvement than all the legislation that could be piled on the statute book. Mr. Cullom declared it had got to he a question whether Congress would put money against the blood of railroad employes, and whether money was more valuable than the lives of these men. Various amendments were offered, but without action the Senate, after an executive session, adjourned. The Speaker laid before the House the House quarantine hill, with Senate amendment, and Mr. Raynor moved a concurrenca A few moments before 1 o’clock Doorkeeper Turner announced the presence of the Vice President and Senate of iho United States, and the vast assemblage rose with one accord to do them honor. The Vice President took the chair assigned to him at the right of the Speaker, and the Senators occupied the first four rows of the seats to the right of the presiding officer. The counting, of the electoral vote was then proceeded with, and at Its completion the Senate returned to Its own hall. When the Senate retired the House resumed In committee the consideration of the legislative appropriation hill. Without disposing of the bill the commltteo and the House adjourned. Thursday was silver day in the House, and the friends of silver were victorious In the fight by a majority of a They sustained tho demand for the previous question on the i-esolutlon setting apart Thursday and Friday for the consideration of the bill repealing the Sherman act. The whole of the day's session of the Senate after the morning hour was devoted to a discussion of the railway automatic car-coupler hill. At noon the Senate went into executive session. rg'.d the doors remained closed for more that* half an hour. When they wore reopened the unfinished business, the automatic car-coupler bill, was taken up, but. without concluding tho consideration of the hill the Senate adiourned. The time of the House Friday was taken up by the pension debate. The hill proposes an expenditure of 5160.000.000, a cut of $0,000,000 from what was asked. Mr. Mutckler argued In support of the changes in the pension laws recommended by the committee. There were, he said, thousands and many thousands of men who were on the pension rolls to-day who had never heard tho whistle of the bullet or yet tho roar of artillery. Mr. Grout admitted that the amount of money required for the payment of pensions was p large one. But it must be remembered that the hulk of It was for invalid veterans or for the widows of men who had lain down their lives for their country. He was opposed to the transfer of the Pension Bureau as proposed by the bill. Without closing the general debate the committee rose and the House took a recess. The debate In the Senate on the automatic carcoupler bill was not of an enlivening or even an Interesting character. The Vice President presented the memorial of the Chicago Chamber of Commerce favoring the anexatlon of the Hawaiian Islands, and It was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. The bill 1o provide for sundry lighthouses and other aids to navigation was passed as It camo from tho House. The calendar was taken up and several minor hills were passed. The conference report on the bill to restoro to the public domain a portion of the White Mountain Apache Indian Reservation was presented and agreed to, and the Senate adjourned. The bill to promr.tj the safety of employes and travelers upon railroads by compelling railroad companies to equip their cars with automatic couplers and continuous brakes, and their locomotives with driving-wheel brakes, was finally disposed of In Die fena'e Saturday. The substitute for the House hill of last session was agreed to and the bill passed—yeas, 39; nays. 10. Tho only other Important piece of legislation done was the agreeing to the conference report on the fortifications hill and making the Nicaragua Canal hill the unfinished business. The session of the House was not without interest, hut It was without result. The attempt of the Democrats to limit the time for debate on the pension appropriation bill was firmly resisted by the Republicans, and the strong minority came out victorious. The result was that, without termination of general debate, tho House adjourned. The Senate chaplain bad the unique experience Monday morning of beginning his prayer for a legislative body not a single member of which was present to get the benefit of D. Ia the course of half an hour there were enough Senators present to constitute a quorum. The Senate refused to consider the New Mexico Statehood bill In the morning hour—yeas. 14; nays 30. Senator Cullom Introduced a joint resolution to transfer to the State of Illinois at the close of the Columbian Exposition the naval exhibit of the United States Government as a naval armory for the use of the naval militia of Illinois, and asked to have it considered and passed. Senator Cockrell objected, saying that, this was simply the entering wedge for Chicago to get everything that would bo sent there for exhibition. The resolution was referred to the committee on naval affairs. Tho Senate then took up Ihe Nicaragua Caual bill and Senator Frye addressed tha Senate in support of the measure.

March of Pestilence.

In the small-pox pestilence of 118? over 1,000,000 died. Plague broke out in London in 962; 50,000 persons died. In 954 “swollen throat” plague destroyed 49,000 lives. First general plague in the world took place B. O. 767. In 1361 a fever in Loudon and Paris caused fearful mortality. About 890 small-pox spread all over Europe and North Africa. Terrible pestilence at Constantinople in 746; 200,000 perished. A long-continued plague in Europe, Asia, and Africa in A. D. 558. “Black mouth” in London In 1094; one-third the population died. In 1172 Henry 11. forced to evacuate Ireland on account of plague. In 1204 Ireland was almost depopulated by famine and pestilence. In Chichester, England, 772, “sore throat” carried off 34,000 people. In A. D. 427, mysterious pestilenoe in Arabia; men’s eyes dropped out. The “black death” appeared in Italy in 1340. Spread all over Europe. In A. D. 250, 5,000 persons died daily at Rome. Total deaths, 1,000,000.

OVER THIRTY INJURED.

Passenger Train Ditched by a Broken Bail —The Wreck Burns Up. The Big Four passenger train which left St. Louis at 7:55 Tuesday night waswrecked by a broken rail one mile east (>f Pana, 111., at 11:10 the same night. Baggageman Charles Kessler, of Indianapolis, was killed and thirty-one-passengers were injured. The train consisted of eight coaches, including baggage and mail car. The accident occurred on a small trestle which spans a creek. The engine passed over in safety, but all the rest of the train leftthe rails and immediately caught fire. The mail tar, which was next to the engine, was the first to ignite, and split completely, in two. The. express car and the' two following day coaches were thrown from the trestle at least thirty feet. The remainder of the cars were saved by an embank- ■ raent on the opposite side of tho ditch, otherwise the death roll would have been horrible. The passengers in the dfty coaches-were rescued with great difficulty by the trainmen and uninjured passengers. All the bed olothingiu the Bleeper was utilized for the comfort and warmth of the wounded women and children. Baggageman Bessler was pinioned between the mass of trunksand burned to death in sight of the trainmen and passengers, who were unable to rescue him. A Mrs. Laughlin was tiaveling with the corpse of her husband, which was in the baggage,car. The corpse was cremated. Mr. Laughlin’s four children were slightly injured. The weather was bitterly cold, and the wounded suffered greatly from exposure in addition to their injuries. The Ohio and Mississippi Railroad sent a special train of two cai’B lo the wieck and brought the Injured passengers to Pana.

COUNT OF THE VOTES.

Congress Performs the Duty of Declaring the Election Kesult. The event in both houses of Congress ■Wednesday was the counting of the electoral vote, and this passed off without any incident of importance. Grover Cleveland was declared to be the choice of the people for the office of President, and Adlai E. Stevenson for the office of Vice President of the United States. As early as 10 o’clock a steady human stream began to flow toward the great white building on Capitol Hill, and long before an hour had passed every available seat in the galleries, except those portions reserved for the executive and the diplomatic corps, had an occupant. In the main public gallery were ladies in fine raiment anxious to witness a spectacle which can be seen but once in four years—that accompanying the counting of the electoral vote cast for the chief magistrate of the nation. A few moments before 1 o’clock DoorKeeper Turner announced the presence of the Vice President and the Senate of the United States. The vast assemblage rose with one accord to do them honor. Preceded by Vice President Morton and attended by other officers, including Capt. Bassett, the veteran doorkeeper, who carried the boxes containing the certificates of Presidential Electors, the Senators marched inio the hall of the House of Representatives. The Vice President took tho chair assigned to him to the right of the Speaker, and the Senators occupied the first four rows of, the seats to the right of the presiding' officers. The counting of tho electoral vote was then proceeded with. At its close the announcement was formally made that Grover Cleveland of the State of New York was elected President of the United States, and that Adlai E. Stevenson of the State of Illinois was elected Vice President cf the United States, each for the term beginning March 4, 1893, and that the fact would be entered, together with a list of the votes, on the journals. The formal announcement of the results by States was as follows:

Cleve- Harri- WeaStates. land. son. ver. Alabama. 11 Arkansas 8 California 8 1 Colorado .. 4 Connecticut 6 Delaware 3 Florida 4 Georgia 13 Idaho .. 3 Illinois 24 Indiana 15 lowa 13 Kansas .. 10 Kentucky 13 Louisiana 8 Maine '6 Maryland 8 Massachusetts 15 Michigan 5 !> Minnesota 9 Mississippi 9 Missouri 17 Montana 3 Nebraska 8 Nevada .. 3; New Hampshire 4 New Jersey 10 Now York 36 North Carolina 11 North Dakota 11l Ohio 1 22 Oregon 3 1 Pennsylvania 32 Rhode Island 4 South Carolina 9 South Dakota 4 Tennessee 12 Texas 15 Vermont 4 Virginia 12 ■Washington 4 West Virginia...’. 0 Wisconsin 12 Wyoming •• 3 Totals 277 145 27 The Vice Presidential candidates received the same number of votes, the totals being: Stevenson, 277; Reid, 146; Field, 22.

COMING TO A CRISIS.

Kansas Legislators Have at Last Grown Weary of the Deadlock. The deadlock in the Kansas house is growing monotonous to both sides as well as to the Senators, and there are abundant Indications that the era of good-natured badinage is drawing to a close. Following upon the stormy scenes of Wednesday comes a resolution introduced in the rump House which is indicative of a determination to prevent a repetition. Here it is: Whereas, The lawless rump house on the south side of the house (meaning the Republicans) Is a menace to the Stare of Kansas; and, Whereas, The further effort of said lawless mob, backed up by the corporations, in usurping authority in the Legislative hall, is disturbing the peace and quiet of the lawful and constitutional House, thereby preventing the necessary legislation for the relief of the masses of the people of the great State of Kansas; and, Whereas, It is well known to the people of Kansas that said minority House above mentioned Is here and maintained here by corporations to prevent legislation in the interest of the people; therefore, be it Resolved, That the Sergeant-at-arms is hereby instructed to clear the hall of all disorderly persons, to keep order, peace and quiet, thereby preventing this, the lawful, constitutional House, from being further Interrupted In the work the people expect us to perform. The Republican Hcu3e was not in session at the time, b..t the members in discussing the matter that evening have resolved for the twentieth time to stans firm should an attempt be male to eject anyone. The Republican Senators think they have at last hit upon a plan whereby the question of the legality of the rump House can be brought before the Supreme Court. Every day the Chief Clerk of the Republican House appears at the Senate with a message and as regularly he is refused recognition. The plan is to mandamus the offi cers of the Senate to recognize him.

Telegraphic Clicks.

The Senate has passed the bill toopen .the Cherokee Strip. Carlisle will say nothing as to the-make-up of the Cleveland Cabinet As soon as spiing opens Mgr. Satolli will start on a lour of the United States.