Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1893 — Page 2

gljc JlcmocraticStutincl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. jW. McEWEN, - - Publishes.

ITALY IS SATISFIED.

SHE SENDS FRANCE A POLITE MESSAGE. Senate Listens to Mr. Voorhees—lndianapolis Bankers in Trouble—Cherokee Strip Not All Good—Fatal Riot in a Pennsylvania Town. The Amende Honorable. According to a semi-official announcement made at Borne Tuesday evening, ♦“Admiral Brio, Minister of Foreign Affairs, has Instructed Signor Kessmann, Italian Ambassador to France, to Inform the French Government that in view of its spontaneous dismissal of jthe Majfor of Algues-Mortet the {ltalian Government, appreciating the Eiendly disposition thus Bhowu, and placg complete confidence in the efficient and Impartial action of the French magistracy for the punishment of the guilty parties, Is happy to be able to consider the incident satisfactorily closed.” The Italian Government is taking steps to punish the officials who are held responsible for not preventing rioting in Borne. Signor Glolotti, the Prime Minister, issued a decree ordering the suspension from pffice of Signor Gaelenda, Prefect of Rome, Signor Sendri, Chief of Police, and Signor Majnettl, Inspector of Police in the district In which the French Embassy is situated. ONE MILLION A WEEK. World's Fair Now Having a Great and Genuine Boom. Success has crowned the efforts to make the Columbian Exposition “popular.” The attendance has grown steadily and largely for the past ten days. The number of paid admissions his gone away ahead of the 100,003-a-day mark. It is estimated that the total attendance for tha current week will approximate very closely, if it does not exceed, one million. The public seems to have just awakened to a realization of the fact that the greatest wonder of the century is here at Chicago awaiting their attention, writes a correspondent Surely but somewhat slowly the people have been learning the meaning of the term, “World's Columbian Exposition.” Now they seem to have grasped Its import, and they are coining hither by the tens of thousands to gaze upon the vision of beauty. The bulk of the crowds that fill tho park are visitors to Chicago. They come from other cities and from towns and hamlets, from the shop and from the farm. They will come every day for a week, and when they return to their homos they will tell the story of this palace of delights and other hundreds of thousands will come in theii places, and so it will go on to the end ol the chapter.

THEY DEFY TIIE LAW. Bloody Resistance to a Cor porn tlon In the Streets of Gilberton, Fa. The other night citizens of Gilberton, Pa., in tho enforcement of a borough ordinance, tore up the tracks of the Schuylkill iTractlon Company, and tho following morning a large force of men, all armed, to relay the tracks under the [personal direction of Assistant Superintend -dent Richard Amore. In the collision that (ensued James Parfltt, aged 25, and William 'Hughes, citizens, were killed, and Evan [Davis and Richard Amore of the company [side were seriously Injured. WlllO’Con. inor was also shot in the hand and foot. Others are injured. Everything quieted down when the railway company's force •was withdrawn, and outside of an excited {populace talking over tfco disturbance nothing has transpired to cause any repetition of the trouble. THE CHEROKEE COUNTRY. Portions Unfit tor Settlement Work of Schemers Thwarted. The surveyors who have been working In the Cherokee country report that the [Western portion of the strip is unfit for settlement, and that the rush will probably be concentrated on the more dosirable lands located farther east It has been discovered that some entorprising persons [obtained advance information about the {lntended location of the coqnty seats, and |had organized companies to take possession jot the sites and resell them after the openling. Tho officials, to thwart the scheme, [have quietly relocated the county seats by moving the sites a certain distance in another direction. President Cleveland .has Issued his proclamation opening the strip to settlement at the , hour of noon, 'central standard time, Saturday, Sept 10.

VOORHEE9 SPEAKS IN SENATE. Gentleman from Indiana Supports His mi] with Strong Arguments. Senator Voorhoes, of Indiana, Chairman of the Finance Committee, opened the silver battle by addressing the Senate In a lengthy argument In support of the silverpurchase cessation bllL The speech received unusual attention, and, according to a Washington dispatch, was concise and ably delivered. Nearly every Senator was In his seat Many members of the House occupied the sofas In the rear and the galleries contained the largest crowd of the session The presiding officer was obliged to threaten to clear the galleries In order to repress the applause called forth by Mr. Voorhees’ affirmation of alliance to Cleveland and other strong points. Bankers Under Arrest. The sensational developments In connection with the failure of the Indianapolis -National Bank have finally led to the arrest of President Theodore P. Haughey, of ithe bank; his son Schuyler, president of the glne company; Francis A. Coffin, president of the Indianapolis Cabinet Company, and his brother, Porcival B. Coffin, treasurer. and Albert S. Reed, bookkeeper of the latter concern. President Haughey Is Charged with embezzling bank funds and the others with aiding and abetting him. They are each placed under $5,000 bond. Forty-nine Japanese Must Return. The steamer Walla Walla arrived at San Franoisco bringing fifty-nine Japanese from Victoria, B. C. The Immigration Commissioner decided that ten are actors and will be allowed to land, while the remaining forty-nine are contract laborers and will be sent back. Redmond-Barry. William Redmond, the actor, was married in New York after his arrival from Europe to Mrs. Thomas Barry, widow of the comedian and stage manager. Mr. and Mrs. Redmond starred together for several seasons Fearful of Passenger Cars. Just east of Milton, Va., on Wednesday morning at 2:50 o’clock, two passenger coaches and a sleeper fell through a trestle sixty feet to the creek below, killing seven persons outright and wounding a number of others The hurts of none of the injured are likely to prove serious Fatal Result of a Long Quarrel. At Gleason, Teas, l K. Polk Alexander, one of the bo« and most prominent cltlxen* In that section, was shot three times. STwiiJm! Gtoaxoa^vuson had been at o»«a for about oas yaw.

TO ABOLISH WAR. in International Peace Conference Held in Chicago. The Arbitration and Peace Congress Legion, which met in session at the Art Palace, Chicago, is engaged in a noble work—the substitution of international arbitration for international warfare. The abject of the meeting was well expressed lathe speech of the presiding officer, Hon. Joslah Quincy, First Assistant Secretary of State. Mr. Quincy said: “Public opinion Is now a more distinct and concrete thing than It has ever been in the p: st. and governs the civilized world to a greater extent than ever before. It Is ibis public opinion that we are here to endeavor to effect, to shape toward the belief that in the present siage of the development of mankind wars between nations are barbarous and unnecessary. The people are now at last educ ated to think and to understand, and 10 grasp the fact that they have the power 10 rule themselves The modern growth of the press and the general and constant discussion of questions of public interest which it makes possible are developing the reasoning nowera of the people and giving to in elligent thougbt a force it lias never I core possessed. If we can increase by ever so little that body of intelligent thou ht which is now making itself felt against all International warfare, then »e can claim a practical result for this con.ress in th“ highest sense of the word ” Nearly every nation on the earth was ropresen od at tho conference.

MOB IN POSSESSION. Government Troops at Bombay Powerless to Keep Order. Government dispatches say that Bombay is in possession of a mob and that the troops are powerless Every mosque has been destroyed and many persons massacred. Europeans are panic-stricken. Troops are now protecting only the public bpildln :s. The governor has appealed for help, asking for instructions. Tho troubles began on Aug. 12, when a number of encounters took place between fanatical Hindoos and Moslems on the streets. The day was one of religious observance of both these religious and racs enemies and both were allowed to celebrate simultaneously. The Moslems raaao tho first attack and were routed by the Hindoos. Troops were hastily called from outlying posts and vete massed in the chief native centers. Guns were trained upon the principal streets, the inhabitants being ordered to stay wlthiu their dwellings At ilrst they obeyed, but soon tho fighting began again, when more troops wore called in, but they found it impossible to cope With the native factions. Early in the riots the business houses were forced to close up’ through fear of being looted by tho rioters. Those 'who know the fierce race hatred between the Moslems and Hindoos say both sides will fight to the death.

SENATE REPEAL BILL. Finance Committee Frames and Reports a Measure. The bennte Finance Committee has at last responded to the pressure of public opinion and done something. This something consisted in udoptlng tho following repeal bill, which Senator Voorhees introduced in tho Senate: Be it enacted by the Rcnalo and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, that so much of the act approved July 14, ison, entitled "An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and issue of Treasury notes thereon and for other purposes," as directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion to the aggregate amount of 4,500,000 ounces, or so much thereof as may be offered in eaoh month at the market price thereof, not exceeding It for 371.25 grains of pure silver, and to issue iu payment for such purchases Treasury notes of the United States, be and the same is hereby repealed; and it is hereby declared to be the policy of the United States to continue the use of both gold and sliver as standard money, and to coin both gold and silver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to oe secured through international agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in valno of the coins of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the market and in the payment of debts. And it is hereby further declared that the efforts of the government Bhould he steadily directed to the establishment of such a safe system of bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of every dollar coined or issued by the United States in the markets and in the payment of debts.

Outlook Much Brighter. Reports received by Comptroller Eckels from various parts of the country Indicate that a better feeling prevulls in hanking circles The number of failures the past week has boon small compared with the corresponding week In July, and the month of August has been comparatively free - from panic. More national banks failed In July than in any month In the history of this country, and the record for the current year has been most appalling. It is believed now that the worst Is over, though failures in various sections may still bo expected. It Is known that In New York and some other places several of the banks that are still treated as solventare technically Insolvent, Inasmuch as In souie Instances they have failed to pay cash on good checks or to honor In full the drafts of depositors, though still pretending to do business, but In view of tbe general stringency that still prevails Mr. Eckels Is not Inclined to close institutions that. If treated with some leniency, will weather the storm and shortly return to a rigid observance of all the technical requirements of the law. He believes that such a course will be better for the depositors and business communities where the banks are located. Nearly 150 cational banks have closed their doors during the summer, but more than half of them have already-reopened or else arranged for an early resumption of buslnesa Just twen-ty-two banks have actually reopened. In each Instance their capital was unimpaired, and in nearly every case the deposits haVe been returned in full to the bank upon reopening.

Twelve Passengers Are Hurt. Twelve persons were Injured, none fatally, by a collision on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St Paul Railroad a mile below Dubuque, lowa, at 3 o’clock Thursday morning. A freight train crossing the main track to a switch was struck sideways by the east-bound passenger train, which was thrown down the bank and within twenty feet of the river. The coaches landed bottom up, and tbe lamps having been extinguished the passengers groped In the dark until the trainmen broke open the doors. A switchman who gave the passenger train the signal to proceed was to blame Walked 2,000 Miles. John Treadwell. 12 years old, who started last spring to walk from Nebraska to Hlgganurn, Conn.. 2,000 miles, arrived at Higganum Wednesday ntgbt, completely exhausted, ragged, and half starved. His father, John Treadwell, formerly lived there, bat died lu tbe spring of 1887, and the mother moved to Nebraska and died in the spring of 1893. The boy, who was left destitute, started off without a cent He bad two uncles living a mile out of Hlgganum Village, but was too weak and died before reaching them.

Base-Ball Record. The standing of Ihe clubs of the National League is shown by the following table: W. L. s9c.| W. L. Fc. Bostons. ...68 2a .701 Brooklyns..46 60 .479 Pittsborgs..69 38 .603 St Louis... .44 63 .464 Clevelands. .64 40 .674 Baltlmores..43 64 .443 PhlladelpTa.66 41 673 Chicago*. ...41 66 .423 New Yorks. .60 45 .626 Louisville*..B6 66 .886 Clncinnstls .44 49 .484 Washl’gt'ns.33 63 .344 Burglars Rob a Freight-House. Burglars entered the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company’s freight-house at Nebraska City, Neb., and secured $4,000. Wild Work of Winds. There was a terrific tempest in the reeloa of Somerville, N. J., Saturday night

which cost bt« lives and caused great loss of property. Storms from the north and south seemed to meet over the place and resulted LI a deluge, a destructive shower of hall and death-dealing strokes of lightning. The rain lasted until after midnight and the people had no chance to see what damage had been 'don# until morning. They found then that the path of the storm had been half a mile wide. Just in the edgo of the path was what was supposed to be the strongest building in that part of the ttate, the wholesale grocery warehouse of Tunison & Losier. It was a three-story brick building. The roof had been cut off clean and was lying, a mast of wreckage, fifty feet away. Id the whole town there were not more than halt a dozen windows with a northwesterly exposure that had not been smashed.

SIGNS OF IMPROVEMENT. Come from the Good Sense and Kemper* alive Power of the People. R G. Dun & Co.’a Weekly Review oi 1 rade says: There is a rift in the clouds. Faint and yet detiulto signs of Improvement aro all tho helttr because they come, not from possibly delusive hopes or from momentary foreign aid. but fiom the good seose and the wondeifui recuperative power of tho people themselves. Business is trylug to go ahead without waitng for Washington imported gold—*o,oou,ooo or more duiing the week-does not go to the right spot, bu the people are creating a home-made currency for themselves by using certified checks in paying hands, selling local accounts and put chasing grain and cotton. he batik circulation bus Increased $2,000.0110. but tlio decrease on depo its of national hanks alone Irom Mt.y 4 to duly 11 w.is $103,160,538, and during the last month withdrawals have also been heavy. Little money comes back as yet from timid hoards, and the paralysis of exch nine is nearly as complete as ever, but that very fact | ushes each section and City into relying more on Itself and lesson Government and Wall street. Many concerns are falling or closing, but resumptlms aro now bee* tiling somewhat frequent, and In the very shrinkage of production men seo evidence that demand must soon overtake supply. Wheat drags near the lowest iigtgesever known, in spite of decrease supply, for, though western reCelpfs are'hot large, stock on band is far beyond the power if speculators to carry with money inarkeutlti their presenheondttion. The movement of corn is decidedly large, with crop prospects improving.

CHOWDER CAUSES A SCRIMMAGE. I)eer Island Trimmers Object to It anil Resist the Uhl ice. The Deer Island Prison broke loose Friday, and pandemonium reigned for two hours Quiot was restored by a squad ol Boston bluecoats who clubbed them into submission. The casus belli was the fish chowder which was served for dinner that day. There are more than 1,000 prisoners on the Island. The dining-room will accommodate only 330. so It is necessary to divide the prisoners into four gangs Tho regulation Friday noon repast is fish chowder, and Friday's meal whs prepared accordingly. It was good chowder, too, but tho first two relays ate it all, and water with a fishy flavor was served to the third squad. The waiters, who aro themselves prisoners, gave these the tip as to ho.v the chowder had been doctored and then there was a howl. The prisoners throw the chowder upon the iloor and cursed the cook.

Glutted with Silver. A spociat dispatch to tho London Times from Calcutta says that the absence of (jemand for India Council bills is attributed there to the onormous importations of silver that were made during the protracted sittings of the Herschell Indian Currency Commission, 'these importations, during the year ending March last, amounted to 15 crores of rupees (150,000,000 rupees), against a normal yearly importation of 8 crores (80,000,000 rupeos). The dispatch adds that a great fall in exchange within the next few weeks is inevitable. Tho readjustment which must follow to bring the ratj to Is 4d. must be severe. —•*■ t" 1 Ti’ ■ ■ • Only Got One Dollar. At West Midway, Mass., two safes in the Midway Savings Bank were blown open witli dynamite by burglars. The explosion shook the whole town and people ran into the street in their night clothes giving tho alarm. Assistant Cashier Woodward pursued tho burglars and was shot at four times. The miscreants escaped. The steel boxes inside the largest safes were proof against the explosive and the cracksmen got but $1 In chango. Escaped in a Car of Lime. James Fildes, a convict at the Northern Indiana prison, escaped, and is still at large. While loading lime a number of follow prisoners covered him in the car, and he was taken away in the'ear containing the consignment. Stole Ice Cream and Is Shot. At St Louis, policeman Fred Bohm shot and fatally wounded Vincent Kllburn while the latter was resisting arrest for stealing ice cream at a lawn party at the Sacred Heart Convent Two Children Killed. Allco Ackerman, aged 5 years, and her sister, aged 15, were run over by a thrashing machine near Wheeling, W. Va., and Alice instantly killed, while tho other girl cannot recover. Victoria is Well. There was no foundation for tho rumor that Queeu Victoria had suffered a stroke of paralysis Racine Bank Fails. The Union National Bank of Racine, Wia, closed its doors.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 26 @ 623 Hoos—Shipping Grades 3 75 @ 600 SHEEP—Fair to Choice 8 00 @ 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 60 <9 61 Corn—No. a 38 <9 39 Oats—No. 2 23)4@ 24 !4 RTE—No. 2 46 <9 47 Butter—Choioe Creamery 23)4® 24)4 Eoos—Fresh 12)2® 133-j Potatoes—New, per bn 70 @ 80 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping s 00 @ 4 76 Hoos—Choice Light 3 60 ® 6 25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3 00 @ s 60 Wheat—NO. 2 Red 67 ® 67)4 COEN—No. 2 White 40 ® 41 Oats—No. 2 White 26 & 27 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE 300 ® 5 00 H 005...., 3 00 @ 600 Wheat—No. 2 Bed 68 ® 69 Corn—No. 2 34 @ 36 Oats—No. 2 23 <9 24 Rye—No. 2. 48 & 60 CINCINNATL Cattle 300 @ 4 75 Hogs 300 « 6 oo Sheep 3 00 @4 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 55 <9 65)4 Corn—No. 2 42 <9 43 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 28 (9 29 Rye—No. 2. 43 @ 45 DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 73 Hoos 3 00 <9 600 Sheep 3 00 @ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 61 <9 62 Corn—No. 2 43 ® 44 Oats—No. 2 White, old 80 31 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Bed 61 (9 62 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 41)4@ 42)4 Oats—No. 2 White 28 ~® 29 Bye—No. 2. 45 <9 47 BUFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 3 60 @ 650 Hogs—Best Grades 4 00 ® 6 60 Wheat—No.. 1 Hard 69 <9 70 No. 2 Red 65 <9 66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 60 @ 60)4 Corn—No. 3 39 <9 89)4 Oats—No. 2 White .• 30 (9 30)4 Rye—No. 1 46 & 48 Barley—No. 2 51 <9 63 Pork—Mess 12 26 @l2 76 NEW YORK. Cattle 9 50 @ 500 Hogs ; 3 00 & 6 25 Sheep 3 00 & 4 60 Wheat—No. 2 Red 6s @ 70 COBN-No. 2 47 0 48 Oats—Mixed Western 31 @ 82 BurrEß-Craamary IT (9 a* PoBE-New Haas 14 60 @u 25

WILSON IS CHAIRMAN.

HE HEADS THE WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE. Speaker Crimp Announces the Fall List— Springer Will Consider Banking Affairs— Bland In Him Old Place— Disposition of Holman—The Great Debate. Crisp Completes Hls Task. Washington correspondence: The announcement of the standing and select committees of the House has been made by Speaker Crisp. Mr. Springer is displaced from the chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee by William L. Wilson, of West Virginia. Mr. Holman is succeeded by Sayers, of Texas, and Bland remains at the head of the ('oinage Committee. Mr. Springer is made Chairman of the Banking and Currency Committee. The chairmanship selections were none of them surprising. In fact all of them have been predicted with reasonable certainty for more than a week. The change in the leadership of the Ways and Means Committ o was part of tne administration's plan, and even Mr. Springer’s warmest friends gave up all hope of his retention before Congress convened. The same may be said of Mr. Holman as Chairman of the Appropriations Committee. The two committees having to deal with the currency attracted the greatest interest, and their standing was eagerly inquired for by hard money men and silver men alike. The retention of Mr. Bland in the chairmanship of the committee on coinage, weights and measures was generally expected, since the House took up the silver question for itself and left the committee with nothing at present to do. The majority of the committee appears to be on Mr. Bland's side, but by no such overwhelming majority as when General Tracy and Mr. Williams made

WILLIAM L WILSON.

tho fight almost alone in the last Congress. The Banking Committee contains a large contingent of members who have not served on it before, but has somewhat the appearance of being made up to report in favor of a repeal of the tax on the circulation of State banks. The known opponents of such a measure are Mr. Sperry, of Connecticut, and the six Republican members, making seven out of seventeen. Mr. Warner of New York, Mr. Johnson of Indiana, and Mr. Cobb of Missouri are counted as opponents of repeal, but Mr. Warner favors removal of tho tax under certain conditions, and it is possible that the other two gentlemen and tho chairman, Mr. Springer, may foster it. The other six members are from the South and are undoubtedly in favor of repealing the tax, among them being Judge Culberson of Texas, who is considered one of the strongest members of the House. Make-Up of Committees.

The four most important committees are the Ways and Moans, Coinage, Weights and Measures, Banking and Currency, Appropriations and Foreign Affairs. They are made up as follows: Ways and means—William L. Wilson. West Virginia; Benton McMillln, Tennessee; 11. G. Turner, Georgia; A. B. Montgomery, Kentucky; J. R. Whiting, Michigan; WV Bourke Cockran, New York: M. Stevens, Massachusetts; W.J. Bryan, Nebraska; C. R. Rreckinridge. Arkansas; W. D. Bynum, Indiana; J. C. Tarsney, Missouri; T. B. Heed, Maine; J. C. Burrows, Michigan; H. E. l’aync. New York; John Dalzell, Pennsylvania; A. J. Hopkins, Illinois; J. H. Gear, lowa. Coinage, weights and measures—R. P. Bland, Missouri; Charles Tracy, New York; A. B. Kilgore. Texas; J. F. F.pps, Virginia; W. J. Stone, Kentucky; J. M. Allen, Mississippi; J. H. Bankhead, Alabama; Isidore Raynor, Maryland; M. D. Harter, Ohio; H. A. Coffin, Wyoming; W. A. McKeighan, Nebraska; C. W. Stone, Pennsylvania; W. N. Johnson, North Dakota; Nelson Dlngley, Jr., Maine; Willis Sweet, Idaho; A. Hager, Iowa; J. Frank Alarich, Illinois; J. L. Rawlins, Utah. Banking and Currency—W. M. Springer, Illinois; Louis Sperry, Connecticut; A N. Cox. Tennessee; S. W. Cobb. Missouri; i>. B. Culberson. Texas; W. T. Ellis. Kentucky; J. E. Cobb, Alabama; J. D. Warner, New York; T. L. Johnson. Ohio; J. A. C. Black, Georgia; U. T. Hall, Missouri; J. 11. Walker, Massachusetts; M. Broslus, Pennsylvania; T. J. Henderson. Illinois; C. A. llussell. Connecticut; N. P. Haugen, Wisconsin; H. N. Johnson, Indiana. Appropriations—J. D. Sayers, Texas; W. C. P. Breckinridge, Kentucky; A. M. Dookerv, Missouri; Barnes Compton, Maryland; J. H. O’Neill, Massachusetts; L. F. Livingston, Georgia; J. E. Washington, Tennessee; 8. M. Robertson. Louisiana: E. V. Brookshire, Indiana; J. R. Williams, Illinois; W. J. Coombs, New York; D. B. Henderson, Iowa; W. Cogswell, Massachusetts; 11. P. Bingham, Pennsylvania; Nelson Dlngley, Jr.,Maine; WAV. Groat, Vermont; J. G. Cannon, Illinois. Following are the chairmon of other committees: Elections—O’Ferrall, Virginia. Judiciary—Culberson, Texas. Foreign affairs—McCreary, Kentucky. Interstate and foreign commerce-Wise, Virginia. Rivers and harbors—Blanchard, Honlsiana. Merchant marine and fisheries—Flthian, Illinois. Agriculture—Hatch, Missouri. Military affairs—Outhwaite. Ohio. Naval affairs—Cummings, New York. Postofflces and post roads—Henderson, North Carolina. Public lands —Mcßae, Arkansas. Indian affairs—Holman, Indiana. Territories—Wheeler, Alabama. Railways and canals—Catchings, Mississippi. Private land claims—Pendleton, West Virginia. Manufactures—Page, Rhode Island. Mines and mining—Weadock, Michigan. Public buildings and grounds—Bankhead, Alabama. Pacific railroads—Reilly, Pennsylvania. Levees and improvements of the Mississippi River —Allen, Mississippi. Education—Enloe, Tennessee. Labor-McGann. Illinois. Militia —Forman, Illinois. Patents—Covert, New York. Invalid pensions—Martin, Indiana. Pensions—Moses, Georgia. Claims—Bunn. North Carolina. War claims—Bdtzhoover, Pennsylvania. District of Columbia—Heard. Missouri. Revision of the laws—Ellis, Kentucky. Expenditures In Btate department—Lester, Virginia. Expenditures in treasury department—Barwig, Wisconsin. Expenditures in war department—Montgomery, Kentucky. Expenditures in r.avy department—McMillan. Tennessee. Expenditures in postofflee department— Oates, Alabama. Expenditures in interior department— Turner, Georgia. Expenditures In department of justice— Dunphy, New York. Expenditures in department of agriculture— Edmunds, Virginia. Expenditures on public buildings Crain, Texas. Library—Fellows, New York, Printing—Richardson, Tennessee. Civil service—De Forest, Connecticut. E.ection of President and Vice PresidentFitch, New York. Ventilation and acoustics—Shell, South Carolina. Alcoholic liquor traffic—English, New Jersey. Irrigation of arrid lands —Cooper. Indiana. Immigration and naturalization—Gelssenhalner, New Jersey. Five persons were struck by lightning during an electric storm at Denison, Tex.

HARVEST OF THE YEAR.

gcmmur of the “American AgrlculturUt'e” Annuel Berlew. The harvest of 1893 in the United States is in many respects similar to that of three years ago, but with every prospect that home consumption and an increase of foreign demand will also advance values so as to yield as large a net return to farmers as on the average of recent years. Indoed, the American Agriculturist’s annual review makes a distinctly encouraging exhibit in spite of the* prevalent drought, though it is admitted that the financial stringency may interfere with the early movement of crops and have a temporarily restorative influence on prices. Present indications point to a crop of 1,750,000.000 bushels of corn, contrasted with 1,630,000,000 last year, and over 2.000,000,000 bushels in the immense yield of two seasons previous. But unless abundant rains prevail throughout the com belt in August, followed by milder weather, the production may shrink to 1,600,000,000, and may even drop to the size of the 1890 crop, when we harvested less than in any year for a decade, with a single exception. While the area in com is some 2,000,000 of acres greater than last year in the seven com surplus States, over » million less acres are devoted to maize than was the case two years ago. The corn crop has been greatly injured so far during August, the first two weeks of the month having wrought ten times as muph damage as the whole month of July. Kansas will not raise more than half a crop, having but very little except the eastern quarter, and Nebraska’s crop has been seriously curtailed. The wheat out-turn will not exceed 443,000,000 bushels, compared to 614,000,000 bushels as the average for the past two seasons and 400,000,000 bushels in 1890. Nearly 2,600,000 less acres were devoted to wheat last year, and the bulk ofthis decrease was in the surplus States, which bid fair to have 78,000,000 fewer bushels than last year and 126,000,000 bushels under the surplus States' product in 1891. Available supplies of old.wheat are 40,000,000 bushels greater than a twelve-month ago, but even allowing that farmers also hold 17,000.000 bushels more old wheat now than then, the total supplies for the ensuing year are only 600,000,000 bushels, or 11T,000,000 bushel • less than the average of the two previous crops. Our home consumption has averaged 366,000,000 bushels annually, leaving an apparent export surplus of 135,000,000 bushels, against exports last year of 192,000.000 and the season before of 266.000,000 bushels. This year’s acreage of oats was never exceeded except in 1889, when over 866,000,000 bushels were grown on 27,400,000 acres, compared with 620,000,000 bushels on a slightly smaller acreage this season. This is within 40,000.000 bushels of last year’s ont-tum and Just about an average of the three previous crops.

Reviewing the financial situation from the farmers’ standpoint, the American Agriculturist concludes: The prospect for prices in the early future depends more upon the monetary situation than upon natural conditions, all of which point to causes that should result in higher prices. But the wheat crop is conceded to be over 150,000,000 bushels less than last year in the leading importing countries. Stocks abroad are not materially larger than a year ago, so that the excess of GO.oO’i.OOO bushels in the United States in old stocks still leaves an Indicated shortage on the bread crop of the world of 100,000,000 bushels of wheat. This allows Russia as good as last year. The European rye crop is hardly a fair average; oats are under average, end potatoes are injured by drought. With no extra surplus of the bread crops and an assured deficit of wheat, the United States are likely to he called upon to export as much wheat as last year, if not more. Indeed, exports have been much heavier since July 1 than last season. The conclusion is justifiable that present prices of all grains are abnormally low, as there is little evidence of our ability to spare as much wheat as Europe wants, unless a large underconsumption prevails in the United States. The hay crop is believed to represent a value to the farmers of $1,000,100. Com at 43 cents per bushel comes next with a total of $726,000,000. followed by wheat valued at $300, 000, 01i0, if worth 60 cents a bushel, and oats worth slN\000,000, if valued at 30 cents on the farm. Potatoes promise to net an average of 70 or 75 cents per bushel or a total of $126,000,000. This list is about one-half the prospective value of the cotton crop of 1893, reckoned at $36 per bale.

APPEAL TO WESTERN FARMERS.

Asked to Send Provisions to the Hungry Thousands In New York. The delegates and speakers to the Farmers’ Alliance and People’s Party State Convention at Sylvan Beach, N. Y., issued the following appeal: Farmers of the West: A cry of hunger and starvation comes up from the heart of the great metropolis—New York. It comes from the throat of tens r>f thousands of American citizens who are without work and without bread. It ascends to heaven amid the noise of the call-board on the f took exchange and the jingling of the gold on the money counters of Wall street. It is intensified bv the tears and moans of starvingmothers and famishing elrl dren. Men are becoming desperate from want, and the gaunt specter of famine stalks abroad unheeded by those who hav • grown fat by the pillage of labor and the ravaging of Industry. The lobby approaching the council chamber oi the republic is filled with the paid agents oi the moneyed oligarchy ready to debauch the people’s representatives and weld the chains of financial slavery still more securely on the neck of labor. The money sharks are unrelenting, the Government' indifferent, and the people desperate. By the pangs of hunger, law-abiding, honest men are being transformed into wri ckless wolves, and this is the condition descried by the enemies of the people. They starve them first in order to furnish an excuse to kill them afterward. This must not be. The starving poor of New Y'ork must not become the prey of designing enemies. Farmers, yon must feed them. Well, now, you are poor. We know the labor of your bands Is unreqnitted and your toll and perseverance unrewarded. But these men and women are your brothers and Bisters. Their cause is your cause. Their starvation and your poverty are 1h; ioint production of our common enemy. Serd speedily of your corn and wheat, your potatoes and breadstuff's, that disorder and bloodshed may be averted. Let the president of each alliance call his alliance and act without delay. Ask your railroads to furnish transportation free as you give your substance. Organize relief committees at once and commnnicate with Mr. David Rousseau, 310 Mott avenue, New York City, who has been selected by us as the consignee of relief supplies and who will arrange for their prompt and effective distribution. J. B. Weaver, lowa. T. E. Dean, New York. Mary E. Lease, Kansas. "William J. Kerr. Colorado. Mrs. Marion Todd, Michigan. L. C. Paddock. Colorado. Delegates and Speakers to the Farmers’ Alliance and People's Party State Convention. No Money to Move Crops. The most serious problem which the Northwest find s itself confronted with at the present time as an incident oi the financial depression, is how the crops shall be moved. There not sufficient money in the country tcreend the stream of golden grain flowing into the markets, and aid must come from somewhere. Severn! meetings of bankers and jobbers have been held at Minneapolis, to decide upon a plan of action, but none has been agreed upon. To harvest and move or market the crops requires within the next three months the use of a very large amount of money. It seems to be conceded that the necessary money cannot be cbtained from the usual Eastern sources, and that the local hanks can do but little toward furnishing the needful in actual cash. To meet the emergency, a proposition has been discussed that the banks of St. Paul and Minneapolis should create a local currency by issuing, on the lines of the tried plan of New York banks, clear-ing-house certificates in denominatic(is of $5. $lO, S2O and SSO, which would be loaned to the buyers to be used in payment of wheat to farmers and freights and charges to railways, and thus carry the wheat to market, when the proceeds would be returned to the banks, thus putting them in funds with which to redeem the lccal currency. Notes of Current Events. Thf, Bank of Albany, Mo., has suspended. Malignant diphtheria has broken out in Findlay, O. The German-American hank at St. Paul will resume business. Floods near Beatrice, Neb., have carried away many bridges. Congressman Dunn, of New Jersey, is seriously ill with heart failure. Detroit bankers are issuing certificates of deposit in place of currency. The Sons of Veterans have adopted black belts instead of belts of gold color.

THEY DEMAND WORK.

GREAT MASS MEETING OF UNEMPLOYED IN CHICAGO. Nearly Five Thooaand Men Ont of Employment Gather Abont an Express Wagon, Near the Statue of Columbus, and I-isten to Speeches from Their Leaders. Labor Blames Capital. There was a great mass meeting of the unemployed on the Lake Front, in Chicago, the other day. The men decided to march to the City Hall, carrying the banners of their various unions, and demand work of the city. This was presented in the form of a resolution, and was adopted amid ringing cheers. The unemployed assembled near ■ the Columbus statue in response to a call from the Allied Woodworkers’ Trades Council. E. O. Cochran.' business agent of the council, using fin express wagen as a speaker’s stand, stated the object of the assembly to be to con-

CROWD ON THE LAKE FRONT.

sider what the unemployed workmen of Chicago should do in the present hard times. A number of speakers of different nationalities were introduced, who spoke in unmistakable tones. A resolution was adopted demanding the removal of the Haymarket monument, as they consider it a relic of one of the worst judicial murders that ever disgraced the history of civilization. Resolutions were also adopted denouncing the capitalistic class and demanding relief from the present Congress.

DROPPED TO DEATH.

Terrible Accident on the Atlantic and Danville Road Near Milton, Va. A Danville, Va., dispatch tells of an awful accident which occurred at the County Line trestle just east of Milton at 2:50 o'clock in the morning, by which two passenger coaches and a sleeper were precipitated into the creek below, a distance of sixty feet, killing seven persons outright and wounding a number of others. The train bound for Portsmouth left Danville at 1:35 in the morning and was the regular train. After passing through Milton and going over the trestle the engineer, Peyton Tunstal. who says he was running at the rate of ten miles an hour, felt the bridge giving way. Ho threw open the throttle and the engine, tender and a box car got safely over, hut the first passenger car was too late, and the span went down under its weight, the second passenger car and sleeping-car following. The cars were shivered into kindling wood and the escape of any of the passengers was a miracle. The water in the creek had risen to the depth of twelve or more feet, and it is the general belief that the rise had undermined the foundation of the under pieces, causing the trestle to settle. On the train at the time were about sixteen persons, including the trainhands, but only one of the latter—Conductor H. Morris, of Portsmouth—was killed, none of the others receiving serious injuries. In the sleeper were Mrs. Harvey Giersch, two children and nurse, of Winston, N. C.; Conductor J. L. Siser, of Richmond; and J. R. Townes, colored porter. The nurse was drowned and the conductor and porter were slightly injured. Mrs. Giersch was on her way to Lawrenceville to visit friends. The depot agent at Milton heard the crash ana immediately gave the alarm by tolling the bell. The people turned out in full force and went to work at once to rescue the dead and injured from the debris. The 13-year-old daughter of Mrs. Giersch, not realizing the danger through which she had passed, said to the rescuers: “Don’t mind me; I am not hurt: but please take mamma out." The following is the list of the killed: H. MORRIS, conductor, Portsmouth, Va. W. R. ELLISON. Altou, Va. J. G. DAVIES, a farmer of Baskerville, Va. W. H. ELAM, of Durham, N. C. JAMES S. LOWE, a railroad conductor from the West, who was a passenger. THOMAS LEE (colored), of Winston, N. C. FRANCIS JENKINS (colored), of Salem, N. 0. None of the injured are seriously hurt. The dead were removed to the railroad depot at Milton, where they were kept until the arrival of the coroner from Halifax Court House, the accident occurring on the Halifax side of the creek. The loss was heavy to the railroad company, as the cars and a full span of the bridge are a total loss.

MAY RESUME SILVER.

Said to Be Probable that India Will Return to Free Coinage* Private cablegrams from London received in New York contained the important information that the Indian Council or Herschell Monetary Commission appointed by the British Government to readjust Indian finances, had receded from the position it took when it closed the mints of India to the free coinage of silver and was selling council bills below the rate fixed at the time this action was taken. Later cablegrams from London confirmed the report and said that the council had sold 20 lacs or 2,000,000 rupees at 151 pence. The ratio fixed by the council a few weeks ago was 16 to 1; that is. the commission decided that 1 rupee was worth 16 pence, or 32 cents in our money. The sales were at a discount of H cents per rupee of 32 cents fixed valuation. The advices accompanying the announcement of the Council's action were very meager, and the exact significance of the decline in the price of rupee paper could not be definitely determined by any of the bankers seen in Wall street. It was thought by some that it might mean a return to free coinage at the Indian mints, and the theory was advanced that the present decline in the value of the rupee, which is the silver monev of India, might be for the purpose of stimulating trade, which has been at a standstill smce the Indian Council attempted to fix an inflexible ratio between gold and silver.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Washington correspondence:

AN impression is growing- about the Capitol that the present extraordinary _ _ session of Congress may come to an end jgV" about the middle of |gft September. This. |HI appears to bo based Yga* upon confidence in agfa the possibilities of Scftfr'i a compromise being nfjjsßSjentered into within that period upon gygi -the financial question. Nearly all ranrnrr important legislai! 11 1 ii^ on accomplished , in recent years has 1* been the result of

compromise and the outcome of conference committees. Those persons who hold to the opinion that adjournment is possible in September say that .Mr. Vest’s proposition to provide for free coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1 will be passed by the Senate and ultimately will become a part of the bill for unconditional repeal of silver purchase, which, it is expected, will be passed by the House. The likelihood of a veto by President Cleveland of such a measure has thus been discounted by the believers in an early adjournment. They argue that it would be impossible to rally a two-thirds vote in either branch to pass the measure over a veto, and that nothing could be accomplished, so far as the financial situation is concerned, by Congress remaining in session after such a veto was received. It should be added, however, that the more experienced watchers of political events place no confidence in these predictions.

Routine Proceedings. Congressman Bryan made an eloquent speech In the House. Wednesday, In advocacy of silver, winning applause from friends and opponents alike Senator Peffer, of Kansas, Introduced in the Senate, by request, two financial bills, one of which provides for the issue of $600,000,000 of legal-lender money on sheets of aluminum or silkthreaded paper, as the people may prefer. The amount Is to be covered into the treasury as’“surplus money,” and a call for all the outstandlrg interest-shearing bonds Is to be made,and they are to be redeemed at par and paid for from the surplus fund. Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, introduced in the Senate, by request. a “free minting” bill prepared by a banker of Omaha, Neb. It proposes to fix the price of silver at ihe mints in the same manner as parliament fixes the price of gold at the Bank of England, and declares it the policy of the government to maintain all its money on the gold standard of value as now fixed by law. It also proposes the appointment of a “mint commission.” which shall fix the price of sliver and regulate Its purchase. The House transacted no business Thursday, because of the death of Congressman Cbipman of Michigan. But Friday morning the silver debate opened promptly with a speech by Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, In favor qf bimetallism and the Johnson Interconvertible proposition. At the conclusion of Mr. Sibley’s speech, which was listened to with great attention. Mr. Catcbings, of Mississippi, from the Committee on Rules, reported a resolution authorizing the appointment of the committees by the Speaker. Several of the most Important committees are Increased in membership. In the Senate, Senator Voorhees announced that he wotlld ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration of the national bank circulation bill. Senator Allen (populist), of Nebraska, argued In fax r or of his amendment to suspend the payment of Interest on bonds on which the increased issue is based. Mr. Voorhees introduced a repeal bill providing for bimetallism very similar to the Wilson bill. House committees were announced Monday by Speaker Crisp. Wilson Is at the head of ways and means, Springer of hanking and currency and Sayers of appropriations. The silver debate was continued. A large audience assembled to listen to Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Mr. Powers spoke for. tho Wilson bill. Hooker against it. Cooper thought it inexpedient to ndopt free coinage at this time, and Mr. Sperry took the opposite view. Mr. Cox advocated free coinage and Mr. Little spoke In opposition. Other speeches were made at the evening session. Senator Morrill addres-ed the Senate at length In advocacy of the repeal of the purchase clause of the Sherman silver bill.

Currencies Condensed. Prince Leopold, of Austria, is on a hunting trip in the Adirondacks. Chang Foy. a Chinese laundryman, died at New York of small-pox. Maj. M. B. Farr, a well-known Brooklyn newspaper mar, is dead. The Finney County Bank of Kansas was deliberately looted by the officers. A block of buildings burned at Texarkana, Ark., causing a loss of $40,000. The German bark Kelmula, from Newcastle-on-Tyne for Valparaiso, was burned at sea. Banker Kink aid, who disappeared at Mound City, Kan., leaving debts oi $2C0,000, has reappeared at his home. Burglars cracked the safe in the Missouri Pacific freight office at Nebraska City, Neb , and secured $4,000. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union met at Pittsburg and decided upon York, Pa., as the next meeting place. The Southern Distilling Company, of Dallas, Texas, has filed a chattel mortfage to secure claims aggregating 68,500. John Boyd and George Terry resisted arrest at the hands of a sheriff’s posse at Winslow, Ark., and Boyd was shot dead. Fred Stoddard was arrested at Kalamazoo, Mich., charged with cashing a check for $350 in Toledo, Ohio, intended for another man of the same name. _J. B. Bruner, treasurer of the combined Masonic lodges of Omaha, Neb., is alleged to be $1,200 short in his accounts. In several counties in Illinois the deadly anthrax is spreading rapidly among the cattle. The situation is serious. Western Kansas politicians want the capital removed from Topeka to their section. McPherson is the town suggested. The Flack and Osterholt families tried to settle a long-standing feud at Bascom, Ohio, by a fight. Two of the Osterholts were fatally injured. Charles Baker was instantly killed by lightning in Logan County, Kaii. Lewis Bowen, teamster, was buried alive by caving sand at Findlay, Ohio. When disinterred ten hours later he was dead. St. Louis merchants have asked Senator Ccckrell to withdraw opposition to the measure to permit banks to issue currency. Treasury officers have received an appeal from distinguished Frenchmen asking closer trade relations with the United States. The National Bank of South Pennsylvania at Hyndman, Bedford County, closed its doors. The liabilities are $350,000; assets, $450,000