Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 September 1893 — Page 2

®ljeJlfmocraticSciilmci RENSSELAER, INDIANA. t. W. McEWEN, - • - Fublisheb.

AN OLD BOY AGAIN.

OLIVER WENDELL HOLMES’ 84TH BIRTHDAY. Germany at War with East Africans— France Not Yet Through Plucking Siam —Colorado's Roster of Idle Men—Ann Arbor Case Settled. Cong Life to Holmes. At Beverly Farms, Mass, Oliver Wendell Holmes, the autocrat of the breakfast table, Tuesday celebratod his 84th birthday. He was In the best of health, and as ho sat in his study, surrounded by tokens of love and friendship, he opened letters and telegrams and received all calleM with a cordiality of manner and elegance of stately old-school breeding. “I believe that if a wild Indian should call to-day I would invite him to enter and smoke his calumet,” suld Mr. Holmes, with a twinkle in his eye. He talked for an hour, easily leading the conversation upon many topics. He spoke of Sarah time Jewett and exhibited a volume of her stories that he had received from her as a birthday gift lie spoke decidedly of the old Julian Haw-thorne-Russell Lowell controversy, but “would not have the opinion ho expressed printed for SSOO. ” He referred touchingly to old Harvard days, and that spirit was stronger in those days than now. A cablegram was brought in dated London. England, from the three sisters of John Lotiirop Motley-Lady Harcourt, Mrs. Sheridan and Mrs. Mjldray. A wild storm raged till noon, when the sun came out and with it a stream of callers that lasted till night

FRANCE THREATENS SIAM. Gunboats to Re Returned to Bangkok to Force Compliance with New Remands. In. order to exerclso greater pressure upon the Siamese government and compel compliance with their latest demands the French are threatening a return of their gunboats The foreign residents are loud in tbolr indignation at the policy pursued b/ the French government A report received to the effect that the French are fortifying Chantilun tends to increase the anxiety with which the situation is viewed in Bangkok. The German gunboat Wolf, sailing thence, will leave tho port w ithout a single foreign gunboat, causing serious alarm on tho part of the foreign contingent

. Outwits n Lynching Party. A mob of 100 men from Wlngo, ro-en-forced by 100 more, arrived at Mlddlesboro, Ky., Monday night on time lo lynch tlio Marler Brothers, who fired into tlio Belt Lino train, but Sheriff Colson and Chief Conway had left with the prisoners. The mob began a systematic search. A more determined and orderly sot 6f men could not he found. Every hiding place was searched. Tho mob went through the Knoxville, Cumberland Gap and Louisville train and also searched tho Louisville and Nashville train which arrived from Norton, but the ofileors outgeneraled them. The prisoners wero hid in the woods and guarded by a poss”. Finding their endeavors fruitless Iheniobruietly dispersed at daylight War in German East Africa. A telegram received in Berlin from Dar-es-Salaal, the chief seaport of German East Africa, announces that active hostilities have been begun between tho German forces and tho natives. r J ho dispatch states that a German contingent commanded by Gov. Scheole stormed a fortified camp of the Sultan under command of Chief Meli at Kilimanjaro. Foiir hours of severe fighting followed. The Gprmamloss WHB a lieutenant and four native troops killed and a sergeant and twenty-three natives wounded. Meli is tho chief who in June, 1882, defeated a German force under Baron Bulow, who was killed In tho engagement. - Army of L'nemployed. State Labor Commissioner Brentllnger, of Colorado, estimates from returns received front leading points in the State that there are 35,000 unemployed men in Colorado as the direct result of the recent closing of tho mines. Not all are miners, or course. He estimates that ihe army of unemployed will bo augmented by 15.000 ipen within thirty or sixty days Many of these men are now employed by farmers or fruit raisers. The work of discharging tho farm laborers has already begun. Chief Arthur to Settle. Judge Ricks has made an order allowing the receiver of the Ann Arbor Railroad Company and Chief Arthur, of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, to settle the $300,000 damage suit brought by the railroad company against Chief Arthur during the late trouble Arthur agrees to pay $2,500 and the cost in this case, and also the costs In the case of the Ann Arbor against the Pennsylvania and other connecting lines that were brought into the affair.

Freight Traffic Falls OJT. Freight traffic into Chicago does not increase in volume as time goes on and the roads are lamenting its lightness. Eastbound shipments show a still further tailing ofT for last week as compared with the previous one and for the corresponding week last year. Last week they aggregated 43,903 tons against 14,832 tons for the previous week and 54,948 for the corresponding week last year. Lumber. Destroyed by Fire. Bllnka & Sackla’s sash and door factory at 49th and Paulina streets, Chicago, was destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $22,000 to the owners. Marie Prescott Dies in New York. Mrs. B. D. Ehepherd, known on the stage as Miss Marie Prescott, died at the. Hospital of the Good Samaritan in New York. She had undergone an operation for the removal of a tumor, and was not able to recover from the effects. Sho went to New York with her husband, whose stage name is R. D. McLeanJoseph Haworth Dangerously 111. Joseph Haworth is lying dangerously ill in Boston, suffering with softening of the brain, as alleged. He was taken with the hallucination that a picture of himself in the lobby of the Grand Opera House was Lester Wallack’a Since then he imagines that he is constantly playing “Hamlet." Oyster Crop Uninjured. Oysterruen have Just completed the examination of the beds near Bridgeport, Conn., and find a very promising crop, larger than usual It was thought that the entire crop was a- loss. j Harried a Street-Car Conductor. The facte In connection with a romantic St. Louie elopement that took place laet Saturday havo just become public. The groom is William Bull, a street-car conductor on the Broadway Line, and the bride is the daughter of Ferdinand Meyer, the millionaire bank president James Ayars Is Dead. James Ayars, president of the Chicago Fir« Underwriters’ Association, and head of the firm of Ayars A Mag LI, died saddens ly at Devil's Lake, Wia, from a complication of diseases arising from inflamatory rheumatism, with which bo hsd suffered

BOIES GETS A SOLID VOTE.

Bestow Again the Banning Mate of lowa's Governor. For the third successive time Horace Boles, of Waterloo, was Wednesday noml-

nated by the Democrats of lowa for Governor, and for tho third time, also, Samuel L. Bestow, of Charlton, was chosen for the second place on the ticket. Tho platform upon which these men stand declares for local option. and the reform of State Institutions. Gov. Boies had published an open letter

oov. BOIES.

declinlng to make the ruco for a renomination, in tones so strong that by many he was supposed to be out of the possibilities. But ho couldn’t stand Ihe pressure brought to bear. And when it became generally known among the delegates Tuesday night that Boles had announced that he would not decline if It was the will of tho convention that he should run, all talk of other candidates subsided. Bestow, who was tho only man who was making a fight for tho nomination, pulled out of the race when he saw the drift of things. When the delegates were called to order there was not one among the 1,114 occupying seats on the floorwho had a candidate outside the present occupant of tho executive chair. He was nominated by acclamation. For Lieutenant Governor George B. McFall, Mayor of O3kaloosa, was the only contestant with S. X. Bestow, but the latter won on the first ballot by 6C2 to 440. HILL ON CLEVELAND. He Accuses the President of Being a Mouometalist. Friday’s event at tho Capital, says a Washington correspondent, was the speech of Senator Hill, which was a long and caro-

fully prepared effort on tho silver question. The Seuator made no direct political attack upon President Cleveland, as had been expected ho would. He accused the President, however, of being a gold monometallst and said that in his recent ho overdrew Ctlie picture of financial in tho interest -of tho creditor classes. 11111 announced lilra-

SENATOR HILL.

self to bo a bimetallist and urged the repeal of the Sherman law because It stands In tho way of bimetallism. He said that President Cleveland was not a bimetallist, and added that ho would not follow the gold path marked out by the administration. Here is what ho said on this point: I shall refuse to follow In the footsteps of any administration that seeks to place the Democratic party in a false position, that seeks to lead it away from its traditions, away from the currency of our fathers, away from the party of safety, away from the Democratic principles and platforms snd into tho very camp of tho enemy. Tho President must rely upon Republican votes to carry out any such suicidal policy. I shall not believe, however, that any such course will he taken by the President of his own volition, or even under the inspiration of indiscreet advisers, until clearer evidence shall be furnished than now exists. OFF TO WHEAT FIELDS. Foreign Fair Commissioners Leave for the Northwest. Fifty or moro foreign commissioners to tho World's Fair, foreign correspondents and jurors left Chicago ovor the Chicago, Mllwuukeo and St. Paul Road Wednesday night to visit Minneapolis and St Paul and tho whoatflelds of the Northwest They will travel In a magnificent special train and be absent from Chicago about teu Says, receiving the hospitality of the cities they visit and inspecting greater farms than most of them ever saw before Thoy will live in their train and be on the go most of their time. Tlio excursion was organized by William E. Curtis, of the foreign affairs office of the exposition, on tho special Invitation of the St Paul and Great Northern Railroads, ovor which the party will travel. It was the original desire to take only agriculturists and foreign newspaper men, but the pressure from others who desired to go was so great that the Rccomnu dations were considerably expanded, and any foreign commissioner who desired to go was provided with a place. The foreigners wish to take a poek Into tho great Northwest, and tho promoters of this excursion want them to have 1L

South Chicago Scorched. Fire swept ono of the most populous portions of South Chicago 'ihursday afternoon, and before its progress could be stopped 250 families were made homeless and 131 houses wero burned to the ground. This was the estimate made by the police pn the spot, and it is considered a very conservative one. It was owing principally to the fact that the fire broko out in the afternoon that a long list of victims was not .added to the financial loss. So far (is is known the terrible fire which destroyed eight half blocks from alley to alley on each side of Ninety-first street did not catch any of the inhabitants sleoping. Conflicting rumors that several women and children wero missing caused a search to be made among the homeless ones. SevBral firemen wero injured in the efforts to prevent the flames Bpreuding. Some of the people who lived within the fire-swept district wore burned slightly. The loss in the destruction of houses, churches and stock of several concerns is estimated at 1500,000. Two churches were burned down and the lifesaving station was leveled to the water’s edge. South Chicago did not allow its homeless people to wander about without ihelter. Before the fire was out doors were (.hrown open to those who had been driven from their homes by the blaze, and further efforts will be made to help those who lost everything in the fire. The fire was caused py two children burning bits of paper, and & blazing piece blowing under a bouse Cuban Leaves a Million to Depew. * Chauncey M. Depew recolved a letter Irom Paul Hartchez, a rich Cuban planter, tt which the foreigner says that be is suferlng from an Incurable ailment and that n his will he leaves to Mr. Depew one-half if his estate, valued at 12,030,000. This is n return for S3OO which Mr. Depew loaned ilm eighteen years ago with which to derelop an invention for crushing cane sugar.

Treasury Fays Gold. , The Treasury Department at Washington began paying out gold Friday for ull checks presented. Redemption of pnper money is made in the same class of money presenttd. The treasury has exhausted its paper toney. The treasury books show $97,000, - POO gold reserve and a net halance of sll,000,000, this balance being composed almost pntirely of subsidiary coin. 1 I Union Seaman Shot at Detroit. . Delegate O’Brien, of the Detroit Seapen’s Union, was shot and killed while leading an attack on the non-union crew of jhe schooner Reuben Doud, lying at a dock in the harbor. Manufacturing Resumed. At Providence, R. 1., the Brown & Sharp Manufacturing Company, one of the largest, tool-making concerns the country, will resume operations after a shut down of four weeka Life Lost in a Factory Fire. An explosion of a pot of varnish in the Johnson chair factory, at Chicago, terminated in the loss of one life and the destruction of nearly $15,000 worth of property. Mob Attack French Residents. At Naples, a mob attacked the French residents Thursday. Three persons were killed and ten wounded by the police in the dispersing of the mob., i Most Revise Their Assets. Kansas State Bank Commissioner Breldeathal has Issued a circular to all State mad ml rate basks la Kansas U TkVch he

calls attention to tho refusal of New York banks to pay drafts, except through tbs clearing-boose, and declares that this action would Indicate that the banks are Insolvent, the United States Supreme Court having declared Insolvency to be inability to meet obligations In the usual ordldary course of business, which, applied to banks, means Inability to pay the demands that are made upon them, not In clearing-house certificates, but In cash, lawful money. He calls attention to section 13 of tho Kansas hanking law, and continues: “In view of these facts, balances (}ue. from New York City banks, in excess of 2 per cent of your profits, will not be considered as a part of your legal reserve until such banks shall again resume payment in lawful money of the United States.” MANY HEADS.BROKEN. Chicago Police and Unemployed Paraders in Seriovs Collision. In a short but bloody battle Saturday afternoon between a score of Chicago policemen and an angry mob of nearly 1,000 idlo men tho bluecats put their assailants to flight and scattered thorn to the four winds with broken heads and braised limbs. Tbe battle was fought within the shadow of the City Hall and was the climax of the dally paradesof unemployed men that have been taking place for nearly a week. Tho last parade, which culminated In a bloody rlof, was entirely broken up, and no more will be permitted. Five officers were injured in the riot At least a dozen of the rioters were badly beaten by the officers’ billies. Two of the ringleaders. Victor Horovltz and Joseph Wenzel, had their scalps laid open by policemen’s clubs and were captured. Four or five of the rioters wero captured, but refused to give their names. Within ten minutes after the outbreak tho mob was dispersed und Invisible, and beyond a small army of bluecoats In the vicinity of tho city hall there was no sign of tho recent battle. The trouble was precipitated by a U. 8, mull wagon trying to cross th'e line of purade

POLICE SHOW REVOLVERS. Unemployed Poles at Detroit Try to Drive Men from Their Work. A crowd of Polish laborers clamoring for work filled tho corridors of tho Detroit City Hall. , The Board of Public Works had no work for thorn and tho crowd repaired to Grand River avenue and attempted to force tho laborers employed on a pavlug contract to quit work, so they could go to work themselves The mob mado demonstrations with their shovels and many personal encounters took place between members of the two factions. One man was struck on the head with a shovel and seriously hurt. A squad of policemen at the point of revolvers finally managed to disperse tho molt

Fourteen Met Death. An accident that cost tho lives of fourteen people occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday morning in tho little vil lage of Berlin, near Calvary Cemetery, in the town of Newtown. The Long Island Railroad train that left Manhattan Beach at 11:15 o’clock was overtaken by the train that loft EoCkaway Boach fifteen minutes earlier. In tho frightful collision that ensued the two rear earn of tho five that made up the Manhattan Boach train wero demolished and tho middle car was overturned. Hardly one of the scores of passengers ahourd these three cars escaped. Forty were hurt. Chase a Thief with Bloodhounds. At Caddo, I. T., thero was an old-tlmo bloodhound bluck man chase Sunday morning. A man was seen emorglng from a win - dow of the City Drug Store, who had stolen at least $1,500 worth of jewelry. United States Deputy Marshals Fryer and McLellan securing half a dozen bloodhounds, started them on tho trail. The fugitive had a good start, and was followed moro than six miles before being overhauled. Ho had climbed a tree out of reach oftho dogs, and surrendered when they were callod off. Credit Is Improved. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The improvement observed last week har become much more distinct and genoral. While actual transactions have Increased hut little, the noteworthy. Thero are fewer failures, either of banks or of importantcdmmerclal or manufacturing concerns, than for some weeks past. Many disasters have been avoided by a moro general pooling of resources and a greater spirit of mutual helpfulness and forbearance than were seen some weeks ago. An Obstinate Oklahoma Official. ‘ Several weeks ago Govenor Renfro asked Rev. J. 11. Parker, the Oklahoma territorial auditor, to resign and Parker refused to do so. Attorney General Galbraith has preferred charges of malfeasance In ofHco against Parker and the matter will go Into the courts. Arkansas Sheriff Short 517,000. Captain A. B. Blythe, Sheriff of Miller County, Ark., has been found short In his accounts nearly $17,000. He turned over to his bondsmen all his properly,’ and it is believed that enough will bo realized to pay off the amount due the cqunty. B ed of a Fiend. Charlos 11. O’Connor ran to the assistance of Mrs. Andrew Gibson, whose husband was beating her. at Fall River, Mass. Gibson cut O’Connor’s throat, producing instant death, and then committed suicide. Victoria is Well. There was no foundation for tho rumor that Queen Victoria had suffered a stroke of paralysla

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Gattle—Common to Prime.... t 3 25 @ 5 25 Hogs—Shipping Grade 5........ 3 75 @6 00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 300 @ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 60 @ 61 Cohn—No. 2. 36 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 23 & 24 Rye—No. 2 44 @ 46 Butteb—Choice Creamery 24 (9 25 Eggs—Fresh. 13J4@ 1414 Potatoes—New, per bu 55 @ 63 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3co @ 4 73 Hogs—Choice Light 360 @ 5 75 Sheep'—common to Prime..... 300 & 359 Wheat—No. 2 Red 66 & 67 Cobn—No. 2 White 4) @ 41 Oats—No. 2 White 27 @ 28 ST. LOUia Cattle soo @ 5 oo Hogs 300 @ 6 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 @ 59 Cobn—No. 2 33 @ SI Oats—No. 2 25 @ 26 Rye—No. 2 48 @ 50 CINCINNATI. Cattle 300 @ 4 75 Hogs 3 00 @ 5 75 Sheep 3 00 @ 4 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 58 & 5814 Cobn—No. 2 40 & 41 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 2614@ 2714 Rye—No. 2 49 50 DETROIT. Cattle 300 @ 4 75 Hogs 300 & 6 00 Sheep 300 & 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 @ 60 Cobn—No. 2 42 @ 4214 Oats—No. 2 White, old 29 & so TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 60 & 6014 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow as & 41 Oats—No. 2 White 25 @ 26 Rye—No. 2. 45 & 47 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 69 @ 70 Cobn—No. 2 Yellow 4314@ 4414 Oats—No. 2 White Blla@ 5214 Rye—No. 2. so & 62 Milwaukee: Wheat—No. 2 Spring 68 & 69 Cobn—No. 3 37 <a 38 Oats—No. 2 White 26)4@ 2714 Rye—No. 1 45 @ 46 Babley-No. 2 66 @ 68 POBE—Mess u 75 @l3 25 „ NEW YORK. Cattle s 60 @ 5 00 Hogs. ; 800 & 650 Sp*» 8 00 9 4 00 Wheat— No. 2 Red 6TH& 68)4 Coen—No. 2 45 @ 45 Oats—Mixed Western 88 9 32 Butter—Creamery 21 @ 28 Foil—New Mess. u 88 @l4 18

PISHES AT THE FATE.

MOST COMPLETE COLLECTION EVER SHOWN. Salt and Fresh Water Species from All Climes—Appliances Used in Their Capture and Preparation for Market—Admirable Arrangements for Display. In the Swim. World’s Fair correspondence: A department of tho World’s Fair that in all probability will lead to the establishment of aquaria in different

CHIEF COLLINR. '

much attention at international exhibitions. London had an exposition devoted entirely to fisheries nearly ten years ago that, of course, was finer than tho present display, but in Chicago a very great deal has been done to illustrate the industry, and that, too, without any American precedents. Of all the foreign countries Canada sent the biggest display. There are models of fish, stuffed "fish, and fisheating birds. A seventy-pound salmon from Queen Charlotte Sound, British Columbia, suggests a lot of possibilities to the toller of fish stories. Bark and dugout canoes from the west coast of Canada tell the story of the Indian angler, and a little model of his home and its surroundings shows where he is when not on tho water. A right whalo and a shark, well mounted, show other productions of tho Dominion. New South Wales has a group of Australian seals climbing over spme rocks, and many pictures of her fish

and fish markets. The activity with which the Norwegians ’ search the ocean is illustrated by their exhibit. Real fishing boats that savor of the hardy viking are thero, hearing such names as Aafjord, Avendale, Rahen, and Tromsoe. As far north a’most as Spitzbergen these sharp-prowed crafts part the waves, their masters on the hunt for cod and seal. A model of a viking ship is here to show the little change of model that been made in a thousand years. Norwegian stock fish and cod liver oil are here in large quantities. They give a sea flavor to tho atmosphere, and you can almost see tho fish jumping in the nets and hear tho boat's keel rubbing on the beaoh and the swash of the surf if you close your eyes foi a moment. All sorts of Canned fish from old Norway are piled up, and there is a fisherman's hut from Lofodon showing how two or three boats’ crows bunk in a roughly built pine board box. Gloucester, Mass.,, which is not too proud to own up that its greatness is due to its fisheries, has staked out a lot of space in which it glories in the fact. It tells of the past and present condition of its industries. A model of the town as it was one hundred years ago, with cob wharves and cheap little fish theds, is shown, and then tho town proudly point 3 to a model of a section of the town as it is to-day. How the wharves and the warehouses have grown! The very men who pace the piers in miniature seem to have a sense of their increased worth. Bound to Sight Mackerel. A ship's topmast thirty feet high is shown and on the crosstree is a Gloucester fisherman eagerly looking out for a school of mackerel. Another model is that of a manat a wheel ready to point the ship’s cutwater in the direction of those mackerel, in whichever point of the compiss they are sighted. A fine model of a boat, with the men in it hauling in their herring nets, is in the pavilion of the Netherlands, and there are barrels of herring and photographs on screens of the fishery work. Minnesota tends not only fish but fish-eating birds The only machinery in motion in the whole building is an apparatus shown by a Chicago man for cleaning fish. Bostonians forsake their devotion to beans and illustrate their fish markots and the appliances for catching the principal ingredients for lobster salad, that strange dish for which tho jaded midnight appetite so often yearns. In the Government annex the tanks are arranged in a circle, and within .that; is, another

IN THE FISHERIES BUILDING.

circle, a very effective plan as it turns out. The design of the fishing schoonor Grampus, belonging to the Fish Commission, was the work of Capt. Joseph W. Collins, and in command of that vessel he made many very interesting cruises. The exhibition of salt-water fish and anemones is an experiment which a good many people who knew shook their heads about. At first the sea water was brought to Chicago in carboys, such as are used for the shipment of acids, but this was found to be too expensive and tank cars were substituted. What Sea Water Costa. Sea water in Chicago is almost as expensive as beer. Tbo greatest care is taken to keep it from being wasted. About 70,000 gallons of it are kept on band. Aft?r a quantity of it has been

kept in a tank for a sufficient length of time it is drawn off and is run into a filter in the .cellar made of stones, gravel and sand in strata, as in natural soil. This is to impart new life to it. Then it is pumped back into a tank reservoir over the tanks and used again. The water runs in such a way as to become aerated again. For the use of big Mississipi fish is an aquarium 72 feet long; 5, feet deep and 12 feet wide. It contains catfish, sturgeon and pickerel. The lake fish, which include sturgeon, whitefish and bass, were gathered at the Put In Bay station on Lake Erie. The Atlantic fish were collected at Wood's Holl, Mass. The government steamer Fish Hawk scoured the Southern waters for specimens. At the extreme end of the

parts of America is that of fisheries. Besides the live fish, which include specimens of those that live in salt water, are complete collections of the implements used by all nations in catching and curing them. Fishing has not received

VIEW OF LAGOON, SHOWING WHALER PROGRESS.

main Fisheries Building is the angling annex, devoted entirely to the consideration of fishing as a pastime. There the sporting clubs, the gentlemen fishing liars and the fly and rod cranks can flock by themselves and argue it out. A Now York sportsman’s paper has a pavilion in which it exhibits yacht models and photographs having reference to the art of fishing. Outside of the annex is a reproduction, by the way, of Izaak Walton’s fishing house, in which there is an oil portrait of the old gentleman. An interesting exhibit is that of the American Anglers. It includes fishing boats, tents and furniture, There is a display also of the flies, rods, reels and tackle and some young women engaged in tying flies on the hooks and making fishing lines. Pennsylvania makes an

THE FISHERIES BUILDING.

aquarium exhibit. It has built a small hillside down which trickles a stream. This runs through a fishway and into a pond on the floor. Around the pavilion are tanks, the iron work of which is skillfully concealed, and the visitor has the effect produced on him that he is at the bottom of a lane, the waters of which are kept away from him in the same way as those of the Red Sea wero divided. Wisconsin also contributes some live fish, and both that State and Pennsylvania show small hatcheries in operation. Primitive boats and tackle used by the Indians of the Amazon and the more modern appliances are in the exhibit from Brazil. They contrast strangely with the steel rods and the graceful flies of North America. I have sketched in a general way the most entertaining features of the Fisheries Building. Outside of these there are all sorts of exhibits with Latin names that are of absorbing interest to tho specialist. He can flock by himself and devour the literary works

ENTRANCE TO FISHERIES BUILDING.

of aquatic zoologists and botanists. He can wrap himself up in maps telling all about geographical distributions of fish. Fishermen, if they want to know all about what there is in this building, must study algae (very sticky looking things with arms that wave in the water), sponges, corals, polyps and jelly fish. Some of these forms of life so nearly border on the vegetable that it is a little difficult for a non-ex-pert to tell to what kingdom they should be assigned. But they have such a quiet, easy, Philadelphia way of taking life that they are a standing reproach to the superexcited Chicagoan. Then comes the grand array of worms that dwell under water, and that, spurned by the soaring fishes, get their revenge when they are put on the point of a hook and used as bait. All the bait worms are exhibited, and the leeches. Then are seen the reptiles, such as turtlos, terrapin, lizards, serpents, frog 3 and newts. Some compromise ought to be effected with the United States Fish Commission by which turtle, terrapin and frogs’ legs are not classified with the reptiles. It is decidedly unpleasant to a man of taste. The aquatic birds, mammalia, such as otter, seals, whales and such like live things, are there in minute detail. Fishy Literature. In the sea fishing and angling sections you can find, in addition to those more dramatic and readily discernible items that have been brought to your attention already, books on the history of fishing, its laws and its commerce, charters and seals of fishermen’s guilds, fishery laws of different countries, including that of New Jersey prohibiting shad from- containing bones, reports of and literature of fishes, in which is comprehended some of the most deliberate lies ever told about size and weight, and yarns about the acclimitization of fish. Then there are fishhooks, jigs and drails and gear until you get tired of looking at it, nets and seines, weirs and pounds, knives and gaffs. The implement* ►used in entrapping whales, seals, cod, mackerel, halibut, herring, haddock, menhaden, swordfish, blue fish and the snares for beguiling the wily oyster and the elusive sponge. The only things not shown are pictures of sea serpents, the real bait that no fishing man will leave home without a bottle of, and devices for catching “suckers.” But these are caught everywhere most openly in Chicago, and • would not be attractions at a place where an admission fee is charged. Crooked nails are always an indication of pride, even to haughtiness.

WILSON BILL PASSED.

ALL AMENDMENTS REJECTED ?Y DECIDED MAJORITIES. Fall Atteuilar.ee and Great Intereit Marl Proceedings—Sllverites Discouraged Upon the First Ballot —Reed In a Gandy'SaltNew Member. How It Was Done. Washington correspondence: The temper of the House on the sib ver question was clearly shown Mon- ; day when the voting began upon the amendments contemplating different ratios of coinage, and the Sherman-law-repealing Wilson bili itself. Following are the results: Yeas. Nays. Maj. Ratio of 16 to l la ra ioj Ratio of 17 to 1 100 213 14M Ratio of 1H to 1 102 230 137 Ratio of 19 to 1 103 237 132 Ratio of 20 to 1 119 222 103 Bland-Alllson act 130 213 77 Wilson repeal bill 210 109 131 Most of the members of the House •were in their seats at 10 o’clock. The surrounding corridors and lobbies of the floor were also filled with a throng of people curious to know the outcome of the oratorical contest which has been going on within the chamber for fourteen days. Even those fortunate enough to become possessed of seats in comparative quiet found it impossible to maintain any degree of comfort, for the atmosphere was hot and muggy; heavy clouds lowered over the city, and there was no breath of air stirring. The Leaders Appear. The leaders of the House attracted attention as they came on the floor, Mr. Reed being particularly noticeable because of his suit of Kentucky jeans, enlivened by a red four-in-hand scarf. Gen. Tracey and Mr. Bland were busily engaged in conference with their lieutenants, preparing for the decisive count of votes. Lafa Pence, the enthusiastic populist from Colorado, earnestly assured Amos Cummings, of New York, that the end was not yet, despite the defeat of the advocates of free coinage. Bourke Cockran did not appear until after the Speaker’s gavel fell, but Messrs. Harter, Raynor, and Tom L. Johnson, antisilverites, buzzed and beamed with the anticipation of victory. After the reading of the journal John M. Wever, of New York, who had not before taken his seat, appeared at the bar of t ie House on tho arm of a colleague and was sworn in by tho Speaker.

The resolution contained in tho order of procedure on the silver question was rep ;rted by the Clerk, providing for a vote first upon free coinage of silver at the present ratio of lt> to ], the : ecor,d for free coir a;e at the ratio of 17 to 1, tho third at the ratio of 18 to I. the fourth at the ratio of 19 to 1, and the other at the ratio of 20 to 1. The sixth question cn tho order calls sor A tbe revival of the Bland-Alli-son law cf 1878, which was repealed by tho Sherman law of 1880, and tho last is on the Wilson bill to repeal the Sherman law n terms as follows: So much of tlic act approved July It, 1890, a directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to time silver bullion 10 tho aggregate amount of t.roo.OH) ounces, or so much theicof as may be offered in each month at the market price thereon, not exceeding *1 for 371% grains of pure silver, and to issue in payment for such purchase treasury notes o! tho United States, be and the same is hereby repealed. Rut th s uveal shall not impair nor in any manner affect th i legal tender Quality of the standard silver dollars heretofore coined, and the faith and credit of the United States are hereby pledged to maintain the parity of the gold and silver coin of tho United States at the present le al ratio or such other ratio as may be established by law. \ (,ting on Amendments. The Wilson bill having been read, Mr. Bland offered his amendment—that of free coinage at a ratio of 10 to 1 —and it was defeated by a vote of yea i 124, nays 220, amid applause from the anti-silver men, who had rallied one more majority than they expected. Not nearly as much interest was taken in the second vote, which was cn the ratio of 17 to 1. Tho decisive vote on the 10 to 1 ratio seemed to dishearten the tilver men, an I in place < f the attention which was paid to the first, was sub titutud a listlessness which spread throughout the hall. The ballot resulted in the defeat of tho amendment by a vote of yeas, 100; nays, 240. The Fopulist mi mbers did rot vote. The other standards" were defeated and the • Wilson bill passed in regular order. Tho members who stood bv silver under tho Biand-Allison act, but who finally voted for unconditional repeal wore: Alderson (Deni.', .Black (Dom., Gu.) Brats (Dem.), Brookshire (Dem.), Bunn (Dem.), Conn (Dem.), Donovan (Dem.), Doolittle (Hep.', Edmunds (Dem.), Hare (Dem.'. Holman (Dem.), Hunter (Dem.), Law:on (Dem.), Lester (Dem.), Linton (Rep.', Marshall (Derm.), McCreary (Dem.). MeMillin (Dem.), Meredith (Dem.). Montgomery (Dem.), Oates (Dem.), O’Ferrall (Dem.). Paschal (Dem.), Paynter (Dem.i, Pendleton (Dem.), Post (Rep.), Price (Dem.), Richardson (Dem.), Ritchie (Dem.), Russell (Dem.i, Stone (Dem.), Swanson (Dem.), Taylor (Dem.), Tucker (Dem.), Turpin (Dem.), Tyler (Dom.), Wcadock (Depi.), Whiting (Dem.).

Engineering.

The first society of civil engineers was formed in London, 1703. Clegg and Samuda, in 1838, patented the first pneumatic railroad. There are many stone bridges in China dating from 1000 B. C. IN 1847 all London houses were compelled to connect with sewers. Nearly 100 different machines have been invented for boring rock. The ideas of American bridge builders have been copied all Over the world. There are over seventy miles of tunnels cut in the solid rock of Gibraltar. The first large iron bridge in the world was built over the Severn in 1777. Pneumatic tubes are now in use in most telegraphic and newspaper offices. Cleopatra's Needle was taken from Egypt to England in a vessel built round it. The central span of the St. Louis bridge is 520 feet, the side spans 515 feet each. Levees were erected by the Babylonians and Egyptians, described by Herodotus. The famous bridge constructed by Queen Nitocris, at Babylon, and described by Diodorus, was five furlongs long. The embankment of the Thames was encouraged by James I. The Brooklyn suspension bridge is 5,832 feet long, 1,505 feet central span and 135 feet high. “Engineering is the art of directing the groat sources of power in nature for the use and convenience of man.” The accuracy of the surveying in ancient engineering is marvelous considering the rudeness of the instruments. The first tunnel for commercial purposes was oxecuted by M. Riguet, in the reign of Louis XIV., at Bezieres, France.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress, The House met at 10 o’clock Wednesday morning and the silver debate was opened at once by C. W. Stone (Rep) of Pennsylvania, who spoke for repeal. Mr. Dalzell (Rep.) of Pennsylvania and Mr. Covert (Dem.) of New York pleaded for unconditional repeal. Mr. Fitch (Dem.) of New York followed In the same line. Mr. Hatch (Dem.) of Missouri, In speaking In favor of free coinage, advocated a caucus of the Democrats of the House and Senate to Interpret the Chicago platform—every man of whom would pledge “his life, fortune, and his sacred honor” to abide by the decision. Among the bills Introduced In the Senate was one by Mr. Pasco (Dem.) of Florida as a substitute for the minority bill of the Finance Committee (proposing silver coinage at 20 to 1). The substitute proposes a commission of three citizens of the United states to ascertain and report before January, 1894, the intrinsic relative value of gold and silver, apd that on such report the Secretary of the Treasury shall fix and determine the ratio. The President sent to the Senate the following nominations: Joshua E. Dodge, of Wisconsin, to bo Assistant Attorney General, vice W. M. Maury, resigned; G. M, Brumby, of Louisiana, to be Register of the Land Office at New Orleans: C. P. Johnston, of Louisiana, to be Receiver of Public Moneys, New Orleans: William D. O’Toole, of Washington, to be Register of the Land Office at Seattle. Washington; I. J. Wooten, of Delaware, to be Agent for the Indians of the Nevada Agency in Nevada. Also a number of recess appointments, including the Collector of Customs at New Orleans and a half-dozen Postmasters. The Vice President announced in tho Senate Thursday the appointment of the Committee on the Commemoration of the One Hundredth'Anniversary of the laying of tho Corner-stone of tho Capitol as follows: Senators Voorhees, Sherman Ransom. Chandler, White, Squire and Martin. The House joint resolution, making the act of May 14. 1890. as to town sites, applicable to the Cherokee Outlet, was reported back to the Committee on Public Lands with an amendment requiring the trustees who - are to be appointed to ho residents of the territory of Oklahoma atthe time of their appointment. and an effort was made by Mr. Berry (Dem) of Arkansas to have It passed, but objection was made by Mr. Mander=on (Rep) of Nebraska and the bill was placed cn ihe calendar. Tho sliver debate was then resumed In the Senate, as also In the House.

Saturday, in tho House, ex-. Speaker Reed and Bourke Cochran spoke In favor of tho repeal of 'ho Sherman law. Mr. Bland followed Mr. Cochran, advocating free silver, and was followed by Mr. MeMillin, of Tennessee; Mr. Goar, of Iowa: and Mr. Wilson, author of tho Wilson repeal bill, who all oppose the Sherman latv. The debate In the was ended. The Senate will probably go right along talking silver, as It has been doing for several days. It will do this for two weeks, and probably longer, before the final veto will be taken. The House was occupied Monday altogether with tho silver question. The Senate, by a vote of 32 to 29. decided that Mr. Mantle, of Montana, and Mr. Allen, of Washington, sire not entitled to seats In that hody, and that the Governor of a State has no right to appoint a Senator to fill a vacancy caused by the expiration of a regular term not happening by resignation or otherwise. The House bill to repeal tho Sherman act was laid before theSenato and referred to the committee on financo. The bill allowing the banks to increase their circulation up to the par value of the bonds deposited by them was taken up. the question being on the amendment offered by Mr. Cockrell for the redemption of such two i e • cent, bonds as may be made aud the payment therefor in a new issue of treasury notes. The amendment was re-jected-yeas 23, nays 29. Mr. Cockrell then offered an amendment authorizing the holders of any United States b-nds to deposit and receive in exchange legal tender notes equal to the faco value of the bonds, tho bonds to be held in the treasury subject to redemption in the same amouutof legal-tender notes, which are then to be destroyed, and no Interest to be paid on the bonds while so held In the treasury, but when again withdrawn the interest Is to bo paid, loss V/, per cent, per annum; but without action the Senate proceeded to executive business and soon adjourned. Tuesday In the House was marked by a lively tilt between ox-Speaker Rood' and Speaker Crisp. The latter left the chair to reply to criticisms by Mr. Reed and to sustain his own position. In the Senate a resolution offered by Mr. Stewart, directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform tho Senate whether there is danger of a deficiency In the revenues of the government during the current year, and, if so. what is the probable amount of such deficiency and whether the legislation is necessary to supply such deficiency, was adopted. Mr. Dolph Introduced a bill (which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations) appropriating 5500.000 to enable the Secretary of tho Treasury to enforce the Chinese exclusion act. Sliver discussion Is not yet ended.

FIENDISHNESS UNPARALLELED. Crippled Beggars Manufactured to Order in Austria. The most fiendish cruelty which has ever come to the notice of the Austrian authorities has been disclosed by the arre3t of a gang of men whose profession was crippling young childi on to become beggais. The gang, which had followed this horrible practice for years, was discovered in Biskupitz, Croatia, Austria, and there was found the house which the fiends used for the purpose. The business to them has been a lucrative one. Young children were stolen from their parents and taken to the operating house, located on the outskirts of the town. Then they were bound and subjected to the most inhuman tefrtures. When the police forced their way into the house last week a horrible sight met their eyes. On cots were two girls, between 12 and 14 years of age, suffering frightful agonies. Each of them had both legs broken, which had been done purposely to make them cripples for life so that the profession of begging which they were to be compelled to follow would be the more profitable. Bound on a bed near by was another girl of about the same age. Her i-ight arm was broken, and both eyes had been gouged out.

How the World Wags. The Fourth National Bank of Louisville, Ky., has resumed. It is said that Miss Annie Howard, of New Orleans, will marry Mayor Carter Harrison, of Chicago. A mob of unemployed laborers at Denver drove away seventy-five men who were working on a sewer at $1.20 a day. In an address at Kissingen Prince Bismarck declared himself opposed to the centralization of the imperial power. Georgians express an opinion that Minister Blount will receive the Democratic nomination for Governor of Georgia. Mollie Bigford. a pretty 18-year-old member of the Wilbur Opera Company, died at St. Paul from a criminal operation. Speakers at a meeting of unemployed in New York made anarchistic speeches and the police broke up the gathering. Several encounters occurred at Vienna between strikers and the police. A large number of persons were wounded.