Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 April 1893 — Page 2

BljelemofruttcScntintl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. yW. McEWEN, - Ppijjsheb.

PICKED RICH PLUMS.

ASSIGNMENTS MADE BY PRESIDENT O’ RV r ' A MD. Chicago C{i o ®sej Carter H. Harris.;.. World’s Fair Mayor—An Office Seeker Who Want to Intrude Upon tho President’s Time# ■ f._ . . T Tuesday’s Nominations. The full list of nominationi sent to tho Senate Tuesday is as follows: Jumes 0. Broad head, of Missouri, to ha E ivoy Exy traordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Switzerland; Bartlett Trip, of South Dakota, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United State, to Austria-Hun-gary; Eben Alexander, of North Carolina, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary of the United States to Greece, Roumania and Servia; James E. Neal, of Ohio, to be Consul at Liverpool; James M. Dobbs, of Georgia, Consul at Valparaiso; Q. O. Eckford, of Mississippi, Consul at Kingston, Jamaica: David N. Burke, of New York, Consul at Pernambuco; Edgar Whidden, of Maine, Consul at St Stephen, N. B. ; Henry F. Merritt of Illinois, Consul at Barmen; Asa D. Dickinson, of New York, Consul at Nottingham; Benjamin Lenthier, of Massachusetts, consul at Sherbrooke; Charles E Inzersoll. of Pennsylvania, to be Appraiser of Merchandise in the district of Philadelphia; Paul F. Faison, of North Carolina, to be an Indian Inspector. VERDANT OFFICE HUNTERS. One Man Inclosed Ten Dollars to Fay for an Appointment. Very ingenious methods are used by some of the office-seekers, says a Washington correspondent telegraphing to his paper. But some injure their future prospects by indiscratlon. To-day a letter was received at the White House from an applicant for a small postufflea The writer of the letter evidently wantod an appointment; badly. He was a modest, but evidently unsophisticated place-hunter, for, in addition to offering a profuse apology for bothering llie President with such a trifling matter, he inclosed a $lO note. In explanation he said he knew that the President’s time was occupied with other more important matters, and if he stopped to consider the subject in question, he would probubly deprive the country of his services during tho period so occupied. The $lO, it was explained, was to defray the expense for any time lost by tho President in the transaction.

BEHRING SEA ARBITRATORS. Many American Ladies Present at the First Business Session. The Court of Arbitration to pass upon the differences between Great Britain and America regarding seal fisheries in Behring Sea began its session in Paris Tuesday. Many American ladles were among the audience Sir Charles Russell, the British Attorney General, opened the argument by moving that Mr. Campbell should furnish a a copy of the report of Sir Henry E.liott on the Behring Sea question. Ex-Attorney General Webster spoke in support of the motion, and Mr. Phelps and J. S. Carter, of counsel for the United States,delivered addresses in reply. Mr. Phelps said in his argument that the United Stales communicated the original report in February. Mr. Carter continued that tho United States would be justified in refusing to produce the report asked for, but would produce it in order to remove the causes of British caviling. TO FIGHT THE CHOLERA. Every Precaution Is Being Taken All Over the State of Kansas. All the cities in Kansas are actively moving in tho work of preparing for a probable visitation of tho cholera. In addition to the appropriation made hv the Legislature, the powers of the State Board of Health were great enlarged, and that body was given special authority to act in the border cities should there be any appearance ol the dreaded disease. All the larger cities have commenced the work of cleaning streets and alleys, and have Instructed the sanitary officers to make personal Inspection of all premises in their jurisdictions, and to provide teams for hauling away refuse. The water supplies of the cities are being carefully looked after, and in some instances analysis of the water has been made. Carter H. Harrison Wins. Carter H. Harrison was elected Mayor of Chicago on the Democratic ticket, Tuesday, by a plurality of nearly 20,000, .4n_ a total of over _ 200,099, over Samuel ™. AUertoS Republican- C it i - D. C Cregier, Lajferj and ghrenprles, Socialist. He ~ was Opposed sty every newspaper in tho city except the Evening Mall and the morn’ng Times—the latter his own paper. The Herald, Inter Ocean, Tribune, News, Record, Dispatch, Staats-Zeltung, and a scjre of lesser papers all bitterly opposed him. The entire Democratic city ticket was also elected. A Day in the SenateIn the Senate Monday Senator Hoar presented petitions bearing on Ady’s claim to Martin’s seat and on good roads and a resolution touching Senatorial elections. Senator Stewart presented remonstrances against the government acquisition of the Central Pacific Railroad. The case of Lee Mantle was taken up, and Senator Turpie addressed the Senate in support of the report of the Committee on Privileges and Election a

Earnings of Mexican Railways. The following reports of 'railway earnings have been made: Mexican Central, second quarter, or March, $147,056; Mexican Vera Cruz Bailway, eleventh week of the current year, $56,153, against $58,618 in the same week last year; Mexican National, second week in March, $65,599, against $73,897 for same week last year. Inter-oceanic Hallway, week ending March 18, $45,508. Quarantine in Texas. Gov. Hogg of Texas has issued a proclamation establishing quarantine on the Texas gulf coast and Rio Grande border, to take effect May 1. It applies to vessels, persons, and things coming from ports and places infected with yellow fever, smallpox, or cholera A Short Reprieve* N. B. Thompson, the murderer of Mrs. John Bllghtsen at Arlington, P. D., the Fourth of last July and In Jail under sentence of death, has a new lease on life by the postponement of argument on the writ of error. Doxey Theater Is Burned Down. Doxey Music Hall and Theater, at Anderson, Ind., burned Thursday night. The building wa* located on Meridian street, in the business heart of the city. The loss Is total and amounts to $70,000, with $25,000 insurance. Thomas Denny was serlouslcut on his head by falling timbers. Building Association League. The building and loan associations of Missouri were organized into a league at a meeting of the representatives in Sedaiia, Mo,. The organisation is for mutual protection ami will be known as “The League of Missouri Mutual Savings, Building, and IjmAZI AS&OCi&llOaih i

FOUND DEAD IN THE WOQDS. Son of a Chicago Barber Thought to Have Committed Suicide. Everett Hlne, the 14-year-old son of Wm. Bine, a barber now residing in Chicago, was found dead in the woods near Binghamton, N, Y., with three bullet holes In bis body. He had been searching for wintergreens with several companions, and produced a revolver, with which they practiced. On leaving the woods the Hin« boy lingered behind, and t"o shot! were i heard, to which no attention ’-»§ jpaitL ' aid not return liiiJe, ah'! 5. '-iicu was mad» w ith the above result Ho was very precocious, and became enamored with a girl of his age, threatening to' shoot her 11 she proved u ifaithfuL 1 his Is assigned as a cause for suicide. l;at Is scouted. nine’s father deserted hV family some monthg ago. Bloodstf*o is nikiShSt. Federal Troops 'A'rdercl trt Protect thf Peace hi the Cherokee Nation. Secretary Hoke Smith has received a telegram from Commissioner Gibbons, at Athens, I. T-, saying that unless steps are immediately taken to prevent a collision between the two rival factions of Choctaw Indians, bloodshed is imminent Secrotary Smith at once communicated with the Secretary of War, with the' result that the officer in command of the United States troops nearest the scene of the threatened trouble has been instructed to promptly iuform himself of tho exact situation and take such action as it seems to warrant Agent Bennbtt, at Muscogee, has also beet directed to proceed at once to the locality and report upon the situation. FATHER MOLLINGEK’S ESTATE. To Be Transferred to Father Duffner by th« Holland Heirs. The chapel, dwelling-house, etc., at Pittsburg, of the late Father Molllnger art about to be formally transferred to Fatbei Duffner, the present pastor of the Churct of the Most Holy Name, by the Holland heirs. A cablegram from the heirs was received accepting the terms offored. The price to bo paid is $30,000 and it include the real estate above mentioned and alsc the relics and furnishirent of the chapel. A valuation of 5250.000 was put On the chapel and relics by Father Molllnger, but later the relics were appraised at less than $13,000 and the chapel is of little value except for the purpose for which it was erected.

ALL GOODS IN DEMAND. Increased Distribution Is the Feature ol Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade zays: The fact of largest influence in tho record of the last week lias beon the increased distribution of goods. The stringency often seen about this time does not appear nor are other money markets close. But while imports greatly exceed exports, it Is not safe to calculate that outgoes of gold will not again disturb confidence. Hence the break in important speculations has its hopeful sida Instead of rising after the close of the Lancashire strike, cotton fell %, which may accelerate exports though stocks of American cotton in Europe are still a third larger than usual at this season. Think It. a Hoax. The officials of the White Star ■Steamshrj Company regard us a hoax tho message found in a bottle on tho bead) of (Jcear View, Vu., and purporting to have been an account of the destruction at sea of Hit White Star steamship Naronlc. Tho officials state, as to the signature of “Join: Olsen, cattleman.” appended to the lottei in the bottle, that there was no persou named Olsen on board llio Naronlc. Hill Buys tho Albany Argus. One of the biggest political sensations o; the year was caused at Albany by the report that the Argus, for over half a century the recognized organ of tiie regular Democracy of tbo State, was soon to pass from the control of its present managers to that of tho friends of Senators David B. Hill and Edward Murphy. Ever since 188 i the Argus has been a strong Cleveland paper.

Mr*. Itu sell Harrison Hart. Mrs. Russell B. Harrison and her babj bad a narrow escape from death on Broadway, near Fifth avenue. New York. Thej were nearly run over by a truck and Mrs. Harrison was knocked down and somewhat injurqd. 'J ho baby carriage was also overturned, but the infant was unhurt Behead Their Prisoners. The Now York Herald’s correspondent ai Valparaiso cables that paper that Gen. Telle’s forces have arrived at Bage. A deserter from Gen. Saralva’s army say; the wounded were left to psrlsh In tin sand. The revolted are beheading thf prisoners whom they capture. Ten Men Asphyxiated. By the explosion of a lamp in the hand; of a Hungarian, ten men lost their lives tji the Nellson shaft, near Shamokln, Pa., Saturday morning. The 111-fated miners were all residents of Shamokin or Springfield, e village adjoining the borough. Branch House of the Armour Company. The P. D. Armour Packing Company, oi Chicago, purchased property at Mansfield. Ohio, upon which it will erect a three-story storage house. The object i 9 to make a branch home at Mansfield to supply neighboring towns. Sold to the Standard for #200,000. E. L. Rose & Bra, owners of the Victoi oil works, the largest producers in the Sistersville (W. Va.) oil field, sold out theii interest to the Standard Oil company foi $200,000. This purchase gives the Standard entire control.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime $3.25 0 6.25 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 7.60 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 75 @ .76 COBN—No. 2 40 @ .41 Oats—No. 2 29 @ .2954 Rye—No. 2 46 & .48 Butteb—Choice Creamery 29540 .3054 Eggs—Fresh ,u @ .15 Potatoes—New, per bu 70 @ .80 INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE—Shipping 3.25 <S 5.50 Hogs—Choice Light 5.50 & 7.50 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62 @ .6256 Cobn—No. 2 White 41 @ .4154 Oaib—No. 2 White 35 0 .36 ST. LOUI& Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 8.00 <9 7.u0 Wheat—No. 2 Red 64 @ .65 Cobn—No. 2 .34 @ .35 Oats—No. 2.. 30 @ .30'4 Rye—No. 2 51 @ .53 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hoos 3.00 @ 7.75 Sheep 3.00 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 66 @ .67 Cobn—No. 2 41540 .4256 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 & .35 Rye—No. 2 55 & .67 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs. 3.00 @7.25 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 & .70 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow..* 4156@ .4256 Oats—No. 2 White 37540 .3854 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 68540 .6954 Cobn—No. 2 Y r ellow 42 @ .4254 Oats—No. 2 White • • 33?4@ .3454 Rye 55 0 .57 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime 3.50 @ 6.50 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 @ 7.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 79 & .80 No. 2 Red 74 0 .75 „ MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring .66 @ .6656 Cobn—No. 3 3854@ .39 1 * Oats—No. 2 White. 34;.j@ .3554 Bye—No. 1 .53 @ .55 Babley—No. 2 62 @ .64 POBK—Mess 16.75 @17.25 „ NEW YORK. Cattle 5.50 @ 6.00 Hogs 8.00 @ 8.00 Sheep 3.00 @ 6.50 Wheat-No. 2 Red. 76 0 .77 Cobn—No. 2 51 @ .02 Oats—Mixed Western. 2)7 @ .41 fOBH—New Mess 18.75 <S«»4»

WILL OPEN ON TIME.

PRESIDENT CLEVELAND TO SET | THE FAIR GOING, CoL Davis and Director of Works Burnham Say the Gates Will Be Thrown Wide Open May I—Extortlnate Charges Will Not Prevail. The Week at JaHiiEß Park. Chicago VdrretfoV>n#<&tiS!: Tiie Wortd l l Columbian Exposition will.b'e r'eiAdy for business May 1. PresWeiit Cleveland will touch the electric Wt&h, if he lives, and the spindles will Tvhtrl, and the great wheels revolve, and fevery door in every department will swing open so that all the world through its representatives hi&y enter and behold the acres of exhibits which will be in place on that day. The cannon will boom across tho inland sea; the flags of all countries will float in the air of a Chicago spring; the bands will play; the electric boats will dart along the lagoons, ahd the gondolas will move dreamily over the waters and loiter In the shadows of the great buildings. One country will vie with another in exhibits which will at that time be displayed in the most attractive manner by men of the world who have made effective beauty a study. The

WEST FACADE OF AGRICULTURAL BUILDING.

natives of the various States of the Union will go to their State buildings and renew their allegiance in such manner as may seem best to them, and then turn to gaze with wonder at the work which has been done in Jackson Park for over a year and a half. So it will be with those whose mother countries are under other flags. The buildings of most of the countries of the East and South which will exhibit will be ready tor the reception of their children. Even Midway Plaisance, that strip about which

CRORAGIC MONUMENT.

people outsido of Chicago know so little, will bo ready. In one day the visitor may wander or ride, as he may be prepared, along this great highway and see how the people of countries which the tourist seldom visits live and dress. So much has been written and said about this Columbian Exposition that those who are under its walls scarce realize that the time is almost at hand for the penetralia of its wonders to open. On the eve of the opening of the

SOME TOWERS AND MINARETS, MIDWAY PLAISANCE.

gates at Jackson Park a thousand benedictions will fall, and from the altars of the world there will ascend the incense of thanksgiving that the work about which the nations of the earth will assemble In confraternity Is completed, for the day before the opening of the World’s Columbian Exposition will be Sunday. 'The Plain Truth. An impression seems to prevail in some quarters that the Columbian Exposition Is to be cut up in some way into sections, and that the fifty cent entrance fee will hardly do more than admit the visitor to the vestiblhe. The truth is, on the contrary, that that one entrance fee will give the visitor free aocess to every building erected by the Exposition Company, and to all the State and foreign buildings, including all their exhibits. Every exhibit proper may be seen without any further entrance fee. The false impression in question is due to the fact that there will be some side shows, some of them in Jackson Park, some in Midway Plaisance. and some elsewhere. Those in Jackson Park ana Midway Plaisance are under the supervision of the exposition management, and a certa'n per cent, of their receipts will go to the management. Of course the World’s Fair Company has Ho control of what may be erected and maintained outside of their own grounds. If some circus company should establish a tent alongside the Manitoba Building, and there is plenty of vacant space for it, the World’s Fair would none the less be open in full on the payment of fifty .cents. The best of the side-shows will be of very small importance as compared with what will be shown in any one of the regular Exposition buildings. Not only will every requisite of health and comfort be provided without cost to the visitor, but the management has gone so far as to sterilize the drinking water, a sanitary precaution of great Importance to the health of visitors. Again, the women of Chicago have

organized a creche, where mother# may leave their infants In charge of compe- i tent nurses while they explore the treasures and curiosities of the build- 1 ings. The youngsters will be provided with toys and games for their amuse-

“THE CIOER PRESS." SCULPTOR CLARKE’S EXHIBIT.

ment; hammocks and cots will be furnished in which they may swing or sleep when tired of somping; good food will be provided for them; for these services a very trifling charge, not yet determined, will be made. But chil-

dreu accidentally separated from their parents and temporarily lost on the grounds will be conveyed to the creche and cared for and fed without charge until claimed. As to charges outside of the grounds, let it be clearly understood that the best hotels have said plainly that they will not charge more than their usual prices, and the hotels of lesser magnitude will be' oompeliod to do likewise. Chicago is full of enterprising people, and really enterprising people know that extortion ruins enterprise. There will be mililons of visitors to Chicago during the exposition season, and lor that very reason there will be fierce competition for their custom. There are now hundreds ot restaurants in this city at which a satisfying meal can be purchased for from 15 to 25 cents, and the number of such places will be greatly increased during the year. The scramble for the patronage of visitors of moderate means will be furious. It is quite possible that the prices of the restaurants that cater for the people of small incomes will be reduced by reason of excessive competition, and it is certain that they will not be increased. In short, it will be very easy fqr a rich visitor to spend $26 or SSO per day, and it will bo quite as easy for an economist to find a room at the rate of $2.50 per week and to feed himself for 75 cents per day. The great Exposition is for the delectation of the people of the world, but specially for those of the United States, therefore attendance upon it will bo'mnde to be within the reach of all. The rich can enjoy all the luxuries that money can buy, the person of slender means can live well at slight cost. Everybody is invited to come. Everybody will be welcome. Nobody shall be imposed upon. This is Chicago’s pledge to the nation and to the whole world. Admisftion Ticket'. Three hundred and seventy-five thousand tickets of admission to the Exposition have arrived and have been placed on sale down town. As already published the engraved entrance cards will be handled in the principal hotels, at the Randolph street and Van Buren street stations of the Illinois Central and at the Exposition Treasurer’s office, in the Rand-McNally building. Fifty

cents is the price of a ticket, and ths installment just received will be good at any time from the date of purchase until the close of the Fair. A good many Chicago merchants have placed advance orders for tickets with Horace Tucker, superintendent of admissions, Who is sanguine enough to estimate a

BIG STONES FROM WISCONSIN.

revenue of more than $1,000,000 from tickets before the gates open. His estimate is re-enforced by a surprisingly large number of inquiries from souvenir collectors who wish to purchase specimen tickets of every series issued by the admissions bureau. F. Porterfield, cashier of the suspended Commercial National Bank of Nashville, Tenn., has been arrested on a warrant sworn out by Bank Examiner McKnight. Porterfield gave bail in the sum of SIO,OOO. The charges are perjury and making false statements to the department. Miss Lillie Johnson, who was indicted at Memphis, Tenn., as accessory to the murder of Freda Ward by Alice Mitchell, has been discharged, there being no evidence against her. Miss Mitchell is still in the insane asylum at Bolivar, Tenn.

COUNTED BY MILLIONS.

EXPENSES OF CARRYING ON THE GOVERNMENT. One Hundred Million Dollars Paid Yearly to the New Officers - Comparative of Wealth in the Unite " the Money Goes. Washing (despondence; \*4ftfr all ft Is not so remarkable that •rfihYe is something of a demand tor the 'offices. The salaries paid to Govern* ment employes amount in round numbers to sloo,oCo,tioo a year, and in the four years’ term which is ahead of the Democracy, will foot up the handsome total of $400,010,000, or thereabouts. Possibly the figure may not roach quite this amount at the present, but the chances are that it will overrun it before the four years’ term ends, for with the growth of the country ihere is no getting away from the growth in the number of offices and the amount that must be paid in salaried. The talk of a reduction in offices and the salaries of those who occupy them is “moonshine.” It can not be done without neglecting the business of the Government, and as there are 66,000,000 people to pay lor having it done, and wolldone, there is no occasion for a niggardly economy which would prove disastrous in a business way. Probably few of the people who are scrambling for places realize that the total amount of salaries paid to Government employes fonts up so large a sum as a hundred million dollars a year. Yet this is only a dollar and a half apiece all around, now that our population is 66,000,000 people. And this only makes the average salary of the 200,000 people who hold office under {he Government abputfive hundred dollars per annum each. Something of the details of where this money goes may be of interest. The diplomatic service is not so expensive a luxury as would be supposed probable. The salary of Ministers amounts to only $340,000 per annum; Secretaries of Legation $40,000 per annum, and Consuls $500,000, while there is also an additional allowance of about SIOO,OOO for clerks and consulates. The salaries in the offices of the Secretary of the Treasury amount to about a half million dollars a year, but this does not include the various divisions in which the salaries run from a few thousand up to more than a half million dollars per annum. The salaries for the office of Secretary of War amount to over one hundred thousand dollars, and those of the Record and Pension divisions of the War Department foot up over one million dollars per annum. The pay of the officers of the line in the army is $2,800,000, and there is added to that $90,000 for pay of officers for length of service. The pay of the enlisted men of the army is $4,100,000; officers on the retired list, $1,122,01:0. The pay table ot the navy is about half as much as that of the War Department, and the total salaries of the Treasury Department, including over two millions in the Internal Revenue Service alone, is about twelve millions of dollars. The Interior Department spends about five million dollars a year for salaries, the Agricultural Department a little over a million, and the Department of Justice about the same. The Postofflce Department, however, is the one which piles up the total of salaries, Even in the Postofflce Department in Washington the salaries amount to nearly a million dollars a year, and when you branch out into the postal service all over the country it becomes appalling. The appropriations for the fiscal year just about to end allotted $15,250,000 for postmasters and $10,764,000 for the free delivery service. There should be added to this $5,000,000 for carrying the mails by star routes, most of which is for salaries; mail-mes-senger service over a million dollars, and railway postofflce clerks $6,631,000. Even Congress is a somewhat expensive luxury. The pay of Senators amounts to about half a million dollars a year and that of Representatives about $2,060,000 a year, to say nothing of the amounts paid for the employes, clerks, stenographers, and messengers who assist them in their duties. Nothing better and more happily illustrates the growth of this country and prosperity of the people than a comparison of the conditions at this time with those which existed when Mr. Cleveland came into office eight years ago. That the country has been prosperous under the two administrations which are represented in thpse eight years is evident. Then there were 7,750 banks, now there are 10,000. Their capfial stock thejg was $750,000,000, now it is over a Million. The people ihen had $2,700,000,000 laid away in the banks “for a rainy day,” now they have $4,700,000,000 so deposited in the Our national wealth, which then was $48,000,060,000, is now $69,000,000,060. The average per capita of wealth in the United States, including property and money, then was SBSO for each individual, while to-day it is in round numbers SI,OOO.

LIKE RATS IN A TRAP.

Ten Lives Go Out In the Bowels of the Earth. One of the most distressing disasters that ever occurred in the anthracite region fbllowed the explosion of a lamp in the hands of a Hungarian employed In the Nelson colliery near Shamokin, Pa. The colliery, which is operated by J. Langdon & Co., is one of the largest and best known in the region, paying superior wages and furnishing work to its thousand employes the year around. Fire followed the explosion, and the smoke which rushed through the air shafts caught ten men who had gone to work in a vein above the scene of the explosion and smothered them to death. The day being a holiday there were not so many men at work as usual. Others for the same reason were late in reaching the mine, and it is owing to these fortunate facts that the death list is not very much larger. The fire started about twenty feet from the bottom of the slope, where there Is an oil-house, which is used by the men to change their working clothes for others before leaving the mines. About 6:50 in the morning a Hungarian was filling his lamD and it exploded, igniting the oil about h*m. He rushed from the oil-house and the flames spread with rapidity. Attempts were made to fight the fire, but those who started to co so were compelled to flee for their lives. They succeeded in reaching the bottom of the shaft and were hauled to the surface along with some belated miners who owe their lives to the fact that they did not go to work at their usual time. * The ten men who lost their lives were at work in the red ash vein, located nearly 10 i feet above where the fire broke cut. Through an airway from the lower vein to the red ash vein the smoke poured, suffocating the unfortunates like rats in a trap. Almost the entire town gathered in the vicinity of the burning mine, from the air passages of which great volumes of smoke were issuing. The scenes were most distress-, ing. The wives and children of the imprisoned men uttered agonizing cries and implored the men in the crowd to rescue their loved ones. ' Although the hardest kind of work was done, it was impossible for the volunteer force to extinguish the flames. Later orders were given to turn Carbon Run Creek into the mine. This w.ll

“ an y m o r e months £Xm- "4 forß the will be in 0011011 to It'S suae operations.

FIVE BURNED TO DEATH.

“iPatal Fire in a Hotel at Bradford. Pa.— “Crow's Nest” Destroyed. Five lives were lost and twenty-two people injured by the burning of the Higgins House, Sunday morning, at Bradford, Pa. The dead are: Mias Georgia Bond, Bradford; Thomas Cullen, Bradford; F. Havelin, Sanberry; George Parks, Bradford; Baby Tucker, ' aged 3, drowned in the creek. The pre- ; vious night 125 persons went to sleep in | the Higgins Hotel, a frame structure three "stories high on the bank of the I Tuna, a small creek. At 4:30 a vigI orous ringing of the big bell on the ! hill aroused the whole town. A brisk wind was blowing at the rime, and it fanned the flames in the hotel and gave them strength and vigor. When the firemen leached the s<eae the whole hotel was enveloped in lire. It was of wood and burned like a vast heap of straw. There was an awful panic in the hotel when the guests were aroused. The men and women rushed from their j rooms into the hallways, filled already with smoke and flame, and jumped from the windows. The jump was a bad one to take. From the upper story it was thirty feet on the west side, with a plank bottom so strike on. On the east ; side was the creek and the distance was | forty feet, but several persons made the | leap fop life into the stream and were , rescued. | Ax Buzzard's Bay, Mass,, Joe Jefferson’s beautiful villa, Crow's Nest, was destroyed by fire which started in the cellar, caused by a gas explosion. So rapidly did the flames progress that it i was with much difficulty that Mrs. Jefferson and the family made their escape. Several of the servants were severely burned, and the cook, Helen McGrath, lost her life, being suffocated in the basement The house cost $30,000, and the pictures, furniture and bric-a-brac represent d an outlay of over SIOO,OOO, though prized far more for their associations.

WOMEN CRUSADERS INJURED.

They Forced Their Way Into a Saloon and Received Rough Treatment. Six of the leading ladies of Kolia, N. D.. are lying wounded and bruised in their beds as the result of a remarkable light Sunday afternoon with saloon men. A crusade was made against the blind pigs of Kolia under the auspices of the Woman’s Christian Temperance Union, and Sunday was the day set for the securing of evidence upon which to base prosecutions. A commit! ee was appointed to make the circuit of ihe joints, and it marched bravely up the street followed by two-thirds of the female population of the town. The first pig they came to was presided over by Lin Bush. He attempted to prevent the entrance of the females, but they were not to be stopped by trifles. Bush was tossed to one side, and for the first time women stood within the precincts of a North Dakota prohibition di#e. An inventory of stock was begun, and several bottles of “hop tea” and several of “XXX porter” were seized. While in the midst of their explorations Landlord Bush returned with assistance and soon the air was full of animated femininity. When the women gathered themselves up out of the street several were bleeding from brutal blows and all were disfigured. They threaten dire vengeance.

Brieflets. Fobest fires are raging near Millville, N. J. Ex-Postmaster General Wanahaker i 6 in the City of Mexico. It is understood Russia will promote its legation in Washington to an embassy. Grave robbers stole the body of Fraser, the murderer, who was lynched at Hiteman, lowa. George I. Seney, the well-known philanthropist, of New York, is ill and his recovery doubtful. Gas escaping from a furnace nearly asphyxiated Postmaster E. T. Hance and family, of Detroit. A gorge of ice thirty feet high has formed in the Missouri River a few miles north of Chamberlain, S. D. Maj. T. M. New son, United States Consul at Malaga, Spain, has died of small-pox. No particulars have been received. Secretary Carlisle has announced that no one who has been discharged from the Treasury Department will be restored. In an encounter between Havana, Cuba, policemen and a gang of burglars, the chief of police was killed and one of the burglars shot. 0. M. Mitchell Post, G. A. R. of Atlanta, Ga,, gave a reception to Gen. .0. O. Howard, who oq q visit of inspection to Fort McPherson. Hugh O’Donnell, the labor leader of Homestead, Pa., Is making an effort to reorganize the Amalgamated Association in the Schuylkill Valley. The bail of Sutlon and Beecher, charged with neeotiating forged whisky warehouse receipts at Louisville, Ky., has been fixed at $50,000 each. The American Press, an organization for the gathering and dissemination of news, has filed articles of incorporation at Trenton, N. J. The capital stock is $2,500,003. By a vote of the stockholders of the Edison Electric Illuminating Company of New York the capital stock of the company was increased from f 6,500,000 to $10,000,000. President Cleveland will open the World’s Fair on the first day of May. He has definitely decided to do this, and will send his acceptance to the Chicago committee in a day or two. Mrs. Adaline Townsend, wife of the wealthy New York importer, R. H. L. Townsend, died from typhus fever. She contracted the contagion, it is believed, during a recent visit to the City of Mexico. It is claimed that many officials connected with the Behring Sea Commission are receiving from $6 to sls per day in addition to their regular salary. The matter is being investigated by Secretaries Gresham and Carlisle. It is said that three years ago Elliott F. Shepard tried to effect $500,000 insurance on h s life. Three companies re i used the risk because of alleged evidence of Bright’s disease, while a fourth company passed him and issued a policy of SIOO,OOO.

Tomatoes Do Not Cause Cancer.

In a late issue of the London Times appeared a letter to the editor conti ining the following: “There is a very prevalent idea that eating tomatoes is an exciting cause of cancer, and for the last two years we have been so inundated with letters on this subject that the medical committee of the Cancer Hospital would be greatly obliged by your publishing in the Times their opinion—Viz., that tomatoes neither predispose to nor excite cancer formation, and that they are not injurious to those suffering from this disease, but are, on th® contrary, a very wholesome article of diet, if properly cooked. We shall also be greatly obliged by other papers making this generally known. ■

SENATE WILL SOON ADJOURN,

The Extra Session Expected to Close Earl] in April. The extra session of the Senate will soon adjourn. There will be five or sis more days of the debate upon the question of seating the appointed Senators from Montana, Wyoming, and Washington, and then a vote is expected to give all of them their seats. The debate, however, is being conducted on nonpartisan lines, and the Intention is tc determine an Important question ol doubt whether a senatorial term shall end on March 3, irrespective of action or non-action upon the part of the Legislature in electing a successor tc the Senator serving, and the Governor can on that day appoint a successor in the absence of an election, irrespective of the fact that the Legislature has not adjourned and may elect a Senator the day following the appointment of cne. In other words it is the purpose to determine whether there is any connection between the appointive power of the Governor and the elective power of the Legislature, and whether the one must have any respect for the other. It is believed 1 also that the - resolution to cleat a Secretary, Sergeant-at-arms and Chaplain of the Senate will, after a little brush upon the part of the Democrats, go over tin the gynate cpmes together gext winter. The programme is to refer the resolutions proposing an investigation into the characters of Senators Roach (Democrat) of North Dakota, and Powers (Republican) of Montana, to the committee on privileges and elections for consideration, with the understanding that they will not be reported. When these steps have been taken the Senate will be ready to finally adjourn. A quorum cannot be kept over a week longer. A call of the Senate Thursday revealed but forty-seven Senators in Washington. Many of them are paired and if a party question had been upon a. vote thero would not have been a quorum.

CONGRESSMEN SPURRED UP.

Talk of Japanese Control of Hawaiian Islands May llasteq Action. Hawaiian affairs have come to the front again. The announcement that Japan wants to annex the Sandwich.* Islands is attracting the attention oL Congressmen. Expressions favorable to annexation to the United States are now heard from those who have heretofore opposed the proposition. It is conceded upon every hand that to back down from the position we now occupy on the islands—to lower our flag from the palace—will not only be an acknowledgment that we were in error but that this government is fickle if not cowardly and paltering. It is suspected that the talk of Japanese control is an English move, a*d it is spurring up our legislators, many of whom, aie growing anxious for the report which is to come from Special Agent Blount. It is believed that Mr. Blount will make some kind of preliminary report upon which the Senate can take action before it adjourns, and that the President will not dismiss the Senate until he hears from Mr. Blount. A protectorate is likely. Should any step be taken by Japan, England, or other foreign power to annex the Sandwich islands this government would protest. It is bound to secure at least a neutral administration of the affairs of the islands. More interest is being taken in Hawaii just now than has been, shown since the inauguration of President Cleveland. It is believed that we will shortly make a move in some direction and that our status will be changed.

CHOLERA RAGING IN RUSSIA.

Alarming Reports of the Spread of the Dread Disease. Cholera has made its appearance again in St. Petersburg, and it is known that fatal cases are of daily occurrence, although the authorities have not resumed their policy of last year of making regular daily announcement of the new cases and deaths. At present the authorities are pursuing a policy of suppression and withhold from the public all information as to the spread of the disease. Very disquieting rumors have been received from the interior of Russia, and the Minister of the Interior is taking action which indicates that the Government must possess special information of the gravest character. The Minister has ordered the reopening oi the medico-sanitary stations in the Volga provinces, where the cholera carried off many thousands last year, and special steamers vfith sanitary staffs will cruise in the river, stopping along the Volga to pick up any cholera patient or any dead from cholera-stricken vessels plying on* that stream. The Government is also causing to be formed sanitary commissions which will look after the health of the people at the points to be reached through the railway system of Russia. {

THEY WILL BE IMPEACHED.

Proceedings to Begin Against Ex-Officials of Nebraska. The commission appointed by the Nebraska Legislature to investigate the State officers and ascertain if there was evidence enough to impeach the Board of Public Lands and Buildings, reported to the House unanimously in favor of the impeachment of Secretary of State Allen, Attorney General Hastings and Commissioner of Public Lands and Buildings Humphrey. The commission was composed of representative attorn neys from the Republican, Democratic and Independent parties, chosen by the party caucuses of members of th« Legislature. The impeachment proceedings will now be pushed. Overflow of News. The New York Home Rule meeting netted $14,000. The High School building at Pipestone, Minn., burned. Loss, $20,000. The sash, door and blind trust has made a 5 per cent, advance in prices. The anti-pool room bill passed the Illinois Assembly by a vote of 124 to 7. A large part of the business portion of Toronto, Kan., burned, causing $40,000 loss. Burglae3 secured S7OO from the safe of the Swift Chicago Bepf Company at Sommervllle,- N. J. The Michigan Assembly passed a bill providing for the use of voting machines at elections. The sum of $150,000 was secured on the forged whisky warehouse receipts negotiated at Louisville, Ky., by A. R. Sutton. Secretary Herbert has decided to name torpedo boat No. 2, being built by the Dubuque iron works, the “Ericsson.” The Western Construction Company incorporated at Dubuque, lowa, with a capital of $600,00f. It has a contract for building 200 miles of railroad for the Santa Fe Comp-any in Arizona. The attempt to arrest and bring in the wounded Indians, Two Sticks and White-Faced Horse, who are wanted for the killing of Royce and his three companions at the Pine Ridge Agency beef camp, has failed. The Ohio House has passed a bill placing a tax of SIOO per annum upon retail dealers in olgarettes and SSOO upon wholesale dealers. It is certain to become a law, and will place cigarettes on exactly the same ground as intoxicating liquors in Ohio.