Democratic Sentinel, Volume 17, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 December 1893 — Page 2

®l)f JJcmocroticScntincl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. 1. W. McEWEN, .... Publisher.

TWENTY-SIX PERISH.

SHIP JASON WRECKED AT EASTHAM, MASS. Nothing Startling from the Islands—One of England's Great Met Dies—Fatal Locomotive Explosion The Avery Made One Trip Too Many. Ship and Crew Lost. The British ship Jason, Captain McMillan, Calcutta for Boston, went ashore Tuesday night off Eastham, near Highland Light, Mass., and but one of her crew was saved, and lie was washed from the rigging and brought ashore by the tremendous seas. At 3 o'clock in the afternoon the Jason made the land off Cape Cod, and for the rest of the afternoon she struggled valiantly to weather the point, The captain had lost his bearings in the blinding snow and when land was sighted he was so near that it soon became apparent that his ship was lost. At 10:30 p. m. one of the ship’s masts swent by the board, and she was breaking up. The life-sav-ers, after several unsuccessful attempts, succeeded in shooting a life line over the doomed ship, but the sailors in the rigging Were not able to secure it. There were twenty-seven in the Jason's crew. She was built at and hails from Greenock, Scotland, and is 1,540 tons burden. NEWS FROM HONOLULU. Proceedings Are Delayed Because of “Unexpected Contingencies. - ’ The news from Honolulu by the barkontine Klickitat, which arrived at Tort Townsend Monday, is four days later than that by the steamer Alameda. In an interview published in the Honolulu Evening Star, Minister Willis is reported to have said: “You are authorized to state that no change in the present situation will take place for several weeks. I brought with me certain instructions from the United States Government on the Hawaiian situation, but since my arrival contingencies have arisen, about which neither the United States Government nor myself were aware when I left Washington. I have thought best to submit these matters to Washington before proceeding further to j carry out my original Instructions. Noonc j weed fear trouble and no lawlessness will : be permitted. ” Mr. Wilder, the Hawaiian ' Consul in San Francisco, whep asked what j unexpected contingencies Minister Willis ! had found in Honolulu, said: “I think he i found that the men composing the Pro- I ■visional Government of Hawaii were high - i minded, law-abiding citizens, instead of filibusters, such as be had been led to beUeTe them to be. 7l - ty DEATH OF JOHN TYNDALL. The Great English Scientist Passes Away at His Home in Surrey. That great English scientist, Prof. John Tyndall, passed away at his home in Haslemere, county of "Surrey. His death was hastened by a severe cold, though he had been ailing for a long period. There was scarcely a department in physical research with which Prof. Tyndall was net familiar, though perhaps he was best known for his deep learning in the science of light and teat 3 he Professor was the son of poor parents, and was born in the village of Leighlin Bridge, County Clare, Ireland, in j the year 1820. He attended a local school and then went to work for a merchant of his town. At the age of 10 be obtained a i position as assistant to a surveyor, and j this proved his real start in life, giving an ■ Impetus to his Datural inclination to sci- j ence. Among his works are: “Light,” ! “Sound,” “Faraday f.s a Discoverer.” and ] “The Forms of Water in the Clouds and j Rivers, Ice and Glaciers.” |

„ STEAMER AVERY BURNED. Teasel and Cargo Destroyed in the Straits ! of Mackinaw. The steamer Waldo A, Avery, Chicago to Buffalo, with grain, burned in the Straits , Tuesday night. The burning boat was ■beached at McGulpin’s Point, five miles i West of Mackinaw City. . Both steamer and Cargo were totally destroyed. The crew! all escaoed in safety. The burned boat was owned by Hawgood k Avery, of Bay City, and was valued at $30,000. Her cargo consisted of 70,000 bushels of corn, which was to be held on board for winter storage au Buff ala Will Reduce the Debt. Xt is understood that the reorganization 3lan of the Western New York and Pennsylvania Railroad Company, which will shortly be published, will provide for a redaction in the outstanding funded debt of about 15,400,000 and a reduction in fixed Interest of about $400,000. The capital stock will also be reduced from $30,000,000 to $30,000,000. The stockholders will be called upon to pay an assessment of $3. 50 per share, and give up 25 per cent of their holdings in stock of a par of SIOO. Perished in the Flamefl/ At Langdon, Pa, fire swept away six dwellings Four were occupied. Jacob Gunnly’s 6-year-old child perished in the flames. In one of the houses Mrs. Joseph McGuire lost $1,500 in cash. The loss on the buildings is $30,000. Eehigh Strike Is Declared OK At 2:45 a m. Wednesday, the Lehigh /Valley strike was declared off. President Wilbur says an official statement will be made. He has not receded from his position taken early in the fight. Hornblowcr Renominated. Judge Horn blower has been renominated tor Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. This more on tho President’s part had been expected. Three Men Killed. A locomotive on the Texas and Pacific exploded shortly after noon Monday about A mile west of Eastlands, Texas The engine was running at that time at the rate of about eighteen miles an hour. Charles F. Elliott, engineer; Jesse Beaver, fireman, And Frank Spencer, were instantly killed. ' Freight Train Falls into the River. The north span of the Louisville and Hashvllle bridge, over Barren River, one mile north of Bowling Green, Ky., gave army as a long freight train was crossing. Thirteen freight cars went down, leaving the engine and caboose safe on the ends of the unbroken spans No ODe was hurt. McDonald’s Notes Protested. Two of the three notes given by Director 12. Y. McDonald to the Madison Square Bank, of New York, in payment of 1,000 shares of the capital stock of that institution, have gone to protest They were Sot 950,000 each. Took Advantage of Kindness. George Day, under sentence for two years ta the Guthrie, Q. T., penitentiary for obtaining money under false pretenses, was granted permission to go and see his fain- ' * Hy. and while en route he broke away from the guard and escaped before the oMcer could draw his revolver, which was buttoned under his overcoat Ft * . i Frustrated by a Thanksgiving Dinner, i Nearly 200 prisoners In the Columbns (Ohio) penitentiary were incapacitated for Work two days by illness, mostly the effect a Thanksgiving dinner of turkey, cranberry sauce, mince pie, and the usual side HPv;. 4V ’’

MORE CRONIN BRIBERY, Sensational Disclosures Made in the Celebrated Case. Sensational facts and still mote startling rumors marked Friday’s brief session of the Coughlin trial in Chicago. Juror F. G liehm was charged by Attorneys Wing and Donahue with having committed perjury on his examination and his dismissal was requested. He may be arrested. Foiled in their efforts to secure a jury favorable to Coughlin by means of an improper venire, the unknown men whose pow erful influence has been so remarkably exhibited in every phase of the Cronin case, aro now endeavoring to buy off the prosecution and thus secure the acquittal of the ex-detective. It was positively stated Friday morning that one of the men approached was Kickham Scanlan, the attorney called into the' case for the prosecution by state’s Attorney Kern. According to the story given out, a well-known man, an acquaintance of Mr. Scanlan and a citizen whom he had always considered above reproach, called at his house Saturday evening and intimated that if the attorney would drop out of the case or would so manipulate the conduct of the trial that the Jury would be compelled to find a verdict of not guilty, be would insure him the payment of £10,003. AFTER PEIXOTO’S LIFE. Rumor of an Attempt to Murder the Brazilian President. It was reported at tho Brazilian consulate at New York Friday that an attempt had been made on the life of President I’eixoto, of Brazil. It was said tdat no cable dispatch in reference to the matter had been received. Until the consulate was notified officially they would not give any credence* to the rumor. At the office of Charles R. Flint, who has charge of the arrangements for supplying the Brazilian government with war vessels, no news of the attempted assassination of the President of Brazil has baen received. They place no faith in the story. A dispatch from Kio Janeiro says that the insurgent admiral, Melio. has finally succeeded in forcing a passage past the forts guarding the entrance of tho Bay of Kio Janeiro and that his flagship, the Aquklaban, is now on the high seas. The passage was not effected until some desperate fighting ha.l been done.

A COLD DAY AT ST. TALL. Mercury Touches* 40 Degrees Below with No Prospect of Speedy Relief. St. Paul dispatch: The predicted colder weather seems to have arrived—at least, there has been heard no grumbling about excessive heat. 3he weather bureau’s report gave Helena, Mont,, with zero weather, as the warmest place in the Northwest and Swift Current, Canada, with 23 degrees below, as the coldest This morning the Weather Bureau’s St Paul thermometer touched 20 degrees below, while other thermometers in more exposed places about the city went down much lower, 38 and 40 below being the coldest yet reported. Such cold weather this early has not been experienced for six years and this cold spell is almost phenomenal. The mercury has hovered fondly about the zero mark for nearly ten days and weather officers can promise no speedy relief, LANGAN WAS HIS RUIN. Cashier of a Suspended Ohio Bank Indicted at the Instance of Its President. Frank Langan, Secretary of the Minneapolis Rolling Mill Company, has been int dieted by tho grand jury for embezzlement on two counts at his former home at Lima, Ohio. Langan was cashier of the Lima National Bank, which suspended about a year and a half ago Langan's indictment is said to be at the lnstanco of B. C Faurot, President of the bank, who claims that Langan conspired with others to bring about his ruin. Faurot Is said to have been a millionaire previous to the bank failure. Langan was also secretary of a epneern known as the Mexican Investment Company, of which Faurot was president., and tho latter has begnn an action to recover ?CO,OOO from Langan in this hcnnection.

WHIPS A YOUNG ROWDY.

Elder Dinsey. of Indianapolis, a Believer in Muscular Christianity. An exciting scene was witnessed at Ashboro, near Brazil, Ind., at a revival meeting. Elder Dinsey, a noted divine of Indianapolis, was conducting the services, when the congregation became greatly stirred up over a general fight which was going on outside tho church door. The minister ceased preaching and attempted to stop the altercation. He was assaulted, but came out on top by badly heating up his assailant, a young man nantfed Ellis. Ellis filed charges against the minister for assault, and the minister retaliated by filing charges against him for disturbing religious meetings. Chicago Playhouse Damaged. Fire gutted the three upper floors of tho five-story Haymarket Theater Building at Chicago Friday. For two hours thirty companies of firemen fought as fierce a blaze as has visited the West Side of the city since John M. Smyth’s big establishment across the street was destroyed. The bitter cold air and stiff west wind, mado active work almost impossible, but tho firemen succeeded in checking the flames before they reached the auditorium.ps stage of the playhouse. The entire ambunt of damage done by the flames and water reaches SIOO.OOO. When tho fire was discovered about 9 o’clock, all the occupants of the building were beginning to start in the day’s work. A panic seized the persons on the upper floors when the firo rushed along from room to.room with frightful rapidity, and it was feared that lives would be sacrificed before all could reach a place of safety. Charles E. Boyer, thq elevator conductor, bravely stood at his post and made several trips to the fourth and fifth floors through the smoke and flames, and savfid the lives of several who had given up all hopes of getting out alive. Young Boyer performed deeds of heroism which few men would have undertaken. Time and again he shot the elevator up to the upper stories and carried down fainting women and panic-stricken men. Not until the elevator cable got so hot that he could not handle it did Boyer quit the machine, and ihen he had assured himself that nobody remained up-stairs. His last trip was made to carry up a company of firemen. At the second floor the cable parted and the passengers were thrown to the bottom of the shaft. Fire Marshal Campion and several members of engine company 7 and truck 2 were cut about the head with broken glass.

Tramps Strip a Man of HU Clothes. Three tramps stopped Mr. Schedell, of Ligonler, Ind., late at night and stripped him of all hi 3 clothing but his shoes. The night was bitter cold, and in this plight Schedell ran to the county infirmary, half a mile distant, whera he was cared for. Tho tramps escaped. Penalty for an Idiotic Performance. Three of a party of young men living near Admire, Kas, have died from the effects of drinking whisky and beer. Twelve of them bought two kegs of beer and one of whisky and indulged in a wild spree. Station Agent Beaten and Robbed. George Keller, Bertrand, Neb., agent of the Burlington and Missouri Railroad, was sandbagged and robbed of an express package containing SI,OOO. The robbers escaped with their plunder. Chicago Snow-Bound. Vale humanity in Chicago passed Sunday in the service of the snow king. He' did not have a chance to worship at any other shrine and about the city an army of 20,009 hired ahovelers heaved away

from dawn to dark on the deep drifts which the gale of the day before had piled against front steps and along the walks* The municipality alone put on 500 extra men in the district about the City Hall, and this force, with 2po teams, made hardly any hole in the great furrows of slush and soot which banked the streets from curb to curb. The street car companies sent out every available man who applied for work and even then the tracks were kept ready only for uncertain service. It would take at least a week to get the downtown avenues Into passable shape. The cloudburst complicated matters beyond any previous experience, and even In times of widespread idleness the corporation found itself unable to get enough men to do the cleaning as rapidly as the business interests demand. Every applicant was accepted, and those who did work Sunday were paid for two days that their energy might h? pushed to the very last limit. Horses and wagons were at a premium, aud late in tho day the street department had out scouts looking for more laborers. Appeal was first made to several groups of Weary Waffles, Dusty Roads and Wayside Willies who were toasting their shins in the corridors of the city hall, but these gentlemen were not in search of real work, and disdainfully scorned the offer to earn an honest cent; DESERT THEIR TRAINS. Wyoming Division of the Lehigh Said to lie Strewn with Wrecks. Wrecked engines, smashed cars and disabled cabooses are strewn along the Wyoming division of the Lehigh from Coxton to Packerton, while freight trains are stalled in many places along the mountain, having been deserted by non-union crews. Tho new men uppe'ar utterly unable to run the trains with any degree of safety. It is snowing on the mountain sides, and It is predicted by competent engineers and many of the strikers that the first real cold snap will drive every non-union engineer and fireman from the road, as these green men cannot control the trains on the steep mountain grades, some of which are ninety feet to the mile. Wrecks have become so numerous that the officials are declining to give out any information, and it is impossible to learn from them any but the merest details.

HER MANIA FOR CATS. Officials at Dedham, Mass., Disturb the Flans of a Crazy Spinster. Tho attention of the Dedham, Mass., Board of Health has been called to a certain smell emanating from a tenement in the building known as the Crystal Palace. In the rooms occupied by an aged ward of the town. Hate Walsh, the trouble was located. Officers visited the premises Investigation revealed the body of a huge cat carefully covered up and resting across the seat of a chair. This was removed and the room was disinfected. There were found in the attic over a hundred live cats. Tho rooms were alive with vermin. Miss Walsh is demented, her mania being to collect cats. Rescued from a Sinking Vessel. Two little children, hold aloft in tho arms of their parents from the deck of a water-logged and fast sinking vessel, attracted the attention of a passing craft during the awful October gijles, and, after an experience such as mortals seldom suffer, tho crew of the Newfoundland barkentine. Lady Elibank, were on Th'ursday landed at Philadelphia from tho British steamer Sledmure. The rescued party consisted of Captain J. M. Congdon, his wife and two small children and eight seamen. Will Not Go to Italy. James J, Van Alen has refused to represent the United States as ambassador to Italy. While vague rumors that such was his intent have been occasionally heard, little credence was placed in them, and tiie announcement of his positive declination of the position tendered him created genuine surprise. He says he gave £50,000 to the Democratic campaign fund from pure patriotism, and will not accept any position under the suspicion of his fellow citizens.

Millions of Dollars. Tho co,inage of gold at the Philadelphia mint during tho past two months was one of the largest in the history of Uncle Sam’s money-making institution, about $15,000,000 being coined. Under orders from the Secretary of tho Treasury two months ago, the mint was required to turn out $15,000,000 in gold by Doc. 1. All tho presses were put to work, and overtime has been made, the operators working at night in order to comply with the Secretary’s mandate. Sues Her Father for Damages. An unusual case has been placed on trial at Warren, Oliia Elizabeth Ivibbee, of Bristol, sues William Noble, her father, for SI,OOO darnagos for having, as she alleges, maltreated her and turned her from his house. The defendant claim* the plaintiff’s conduct was such as to warrant him in moderately chastising* her, and some sensational testimony touching upon that point has been Introduced. Killed His Wife and Himself. At Grand Rapids, Mich., Myron A. King shot his wife and then himself. Sho was instantly killed and he died a tew hours later. King was an old soldier, 55 years of ago and quarrelsome. H. R. Kist Spotted and Arrested. H. R. Kist, formerly manager of the Western Union at Coffeyvillo, Kan., has been arrested, charged with stealing money from the telegraph company. For Mayor of Chicago. Republicans of Chicago have nominated George B. Swift for Mayor, and Democrats have choson John P. Hopkins. The light Is now on.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

ts CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.,.. $3 so @8 75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 03 @5 75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 25 (r® 4 25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring u2}s@ G3J$ Cobn—No. 2 35 @ 36 Oats—No. 2 29 ® 31 Rye—No. 2 47 @ 49 Buttee—Choice Creamery 26 & 27 Eoos—Fresh 23 (<4 25 Potatoes—Per bu 65 @ 65 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 00 ® 5 50 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 @ 5 75 Sheep—Common to Prime 2 oo ® 3 oo Wheat—No. 2 Red 57 @ 5S Corn—No. 2 White 36 ® ss'i Oats—No. 2 White 31 sm ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 00 @5 50 Hogs 4 00 <3 5 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 @ 60 Cobn—No. 2 34'2 Oats—No. 2. 28 @ 28 l a Rye—No. 2. 46 <8 43 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 no Hogs 3 00 @5 75 Sheep 200 @375 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 ® 69^ Cobn—No. 2 39 ® 40 Oats—No. 2 Mixed si <3 32 Rye—No. 2. 63 @ 55 DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 75 Hogs 3 uc <3 6 00 Sheep 200 <3 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62 @ 63 Cobn —No. 2 Yellow... 33 @ 33:4 Oats—No. 2 White 32 (3 33 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red. 62 ® 63 Cobn—No. 3 Yellow 35 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 White 2> @ 31 Rye—No. 2 49 ® 61 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 7iy@ 72 : Cobn —No. 2 Yellow. 42 "<j® 43 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ 35 ItYE—No. 2 64 <ls 66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 67 ® 5S Cor.N—No. 3 34 ® 35 Oats—No. 2 White 30 & 30>$ Rye—No. 1 46 @ 46>ts Babley—No. 2 49 @ 61 * Pobk—New Mess 14 00 @l4 50 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 50 Hogs 3 75 <3 6 25 Sheep 2 25 @ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 69 @ 70 Cobn—No. 2 45 @ 46 Oats—White Western 36 (3 41 Buttkb—Choice 25 @ 28 Pobk—New Mess 15 00 @ls 76

WORK OF HOKE SMITH

REPORT OF THE SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR. He Offers Defense for His Coarse In Pension Matters—Starvation Stalks Abroad In Michigan and Wisconsin—Comptroller of Currency Makes Report. Interior Department Report. ■Washington dispatch: Hoko Smith, Secretary of the Interior, in his annual report reviews the work of all

HOKE SMITH.

mote settlement and develop the natural resources of the public lands. Legislation providing for a wise and comprehensive forestry system is recommended. The Secretary discusses at length the opening of the Cherokee outlet. He says the hardships incurred by applicants was an unavoidable result when so largo a crowd, far in excess of the land to be obtained, was preparing to rush madly upon it. Referring to the Cherokee Indian allotments, the Secretary states that he sought unsuccessfully to dissuade those representing the Indians from seeking to select town sites for speculative purposes. In order to defeat the plans of the Indian speculators he approved the allotments made, but fixed town sites in such a way as to thwart their schemes. The Secretary recommends the passage of legislation to protect the people not settled in those towns from this discrimination. The work of tho Indian Bureau shows that they are steadily advancing in civilization. Tribal wars and wars with the whites having ceased, they aro increasing, and there are now more than 250.000.

The payment of Indian depredation claims is deemed a subject of grave consideration. Under the existing laws the appropriations intended for the support of these Indians will he consumed by the payment of these claims, and a second appropriation will bo necessary to meet their needs, so that the payment of these claims will eventually devolve upon the Government. It is estimated that these claims will absorb many millions of dollars, and the policy of subjecting the Treasury to this strain is questioned. The recent troubles in the Choctaw Nation are touched upon at length. The Secretary urges the prompt passage of the bill now pending before Congress extending tho jurisdiction of tho United States in Indian Territory in order to include the right of removal of all cases, where local prejudice is shown without regard to citizenship. Upon the subject of pensions the Secretary calls attention to the great amount saved to the Government by the stoppage of payment of pensions in Norfolk, Va., New Mexico, and lowa. Where it was, thought that the pensions could not be sustained, and another medical examination was necessary, payment of the pensions was suspended pending the investigation. “This,” he says, “was dono by the Commissioner of Pensions in pursuance of the uniform practice of tho bureau, existing almost from its early organization. It was found that many thus suspended W’ere able to supply the proof when notice to that effect was given. Payment to these was at once resumed.” :

Referring to the work of thf,Census Office, the Secretary states: “I now feel all confidence that every effort is being conscientiously made to bring the census to a close and to render it as useful as possiblo when finished.” It is intimated that the appropriation now available will be sufficient to meet the expenses up to Feb. 1, but that additional appropriations to the amount of $500,000 will be necessary to continue the work from that time In closing the report the Secretary stated that in the estimate of expenditures for the department a great majority of the proposed improvements were rejected, only those actually necessary for tho conduct of public business being adopted.

ECKELS MAKES REPORT. What tho Comptroller of the Currency Says to Congress. The annual report of the Comptroller of the Currency, which was submitted to Congress more briefly than the report usually mado by that officer, differs from former reports in that no tables appear in the "body of the taxt. It shows 3,790 national banks to have been in operation at the close of the report year, with a capital stock of $095,558,120, represented by 7,450,0C0 shares hold by 300,000 shareholders. At the last report of condition the total resources of the banks then in operation were $3,109,503,284.36. The total amount of circulation was Oct. 31, $209,311,993, a net increase during the year of $36,886,972. During the year 119 banks were organized in thirty-two States and Territories, with a capital stcck of $11,230,000, distributed as follows: Forty-four, _ with a capital stock of $5,135,000, in the eastern States; fortyone, with a capital stcck of $2,340,010, west of the Mississippi River, and thirty-four, with a capital stock of $3,770,000, in the central and southern States.

Within the same period 158 banks suspended, with a capital stock of $30,300,000. Of this number eightysix. with a capital stQck of $18,205,000, resumed, and sixty-five passed into the hands of receivers, with a capital stock of $10,885,000. At the close of the year seven remained in the charge of examiners pending resumption. The aggregate liabilities Oct. 3, 1893, the date of the last report of condition, compared with those of Sept. 30, 1892, were $400,531,613 less. The shrinkage in liabilities is accounted for by a decrease between the dates mentioned in the following items: Capital stock. $8,032,677; individual' deposits, $314,298,658; and bank and bankers’ deposits, $181,338,125. The decrease in resources is as follows: Loans and discounts, $327.406,926; stocks, etc., $5,965,564, and due from banks and bankers, $132,054,654. Cash of all kinds increased $36.,968.606, including $8,410,815 in gold. United States bonds held for all purposes increased $40,601,250. The Comptroller reasons from the changes in these conditions that the business depression of recent months was occasioned by the action of depositors withdrawing so much money from the banks, which caused a sudden contraction in the volume of money needed cr employed for business wants. The banks, being compelled to call in loans and discounts to meet the demands of depositors, were prevented making new loans, and it was rendered hazardous on the part of the banks to grant renewals of credit or extensions. The suspension of national banks during the year is discussed, and alsa

that of resumption. Upon the question of resumption the Comptroller says: “With a full knowledge of the general solvency of the institutions and the causes which brought about their suspension, the policy was inaugurated of giving all banks which under ordinary circumstances would not have closed, and whose management had bean honest, an opportunity to resume business. This policy was one which seemed to commend itself to the Comptroller as proper to pursue under the circumstances, and it is believed the results have justified the experiment of its adoption. “In view of the fact that there is now a very great abundance of unemployed currency in the country, as is shown by the daily money returns from the commercial centers, it would seem that whatever needs appeared some months since for enlarging to any marked extent the circulating medium have now ceased to exist, and therefore Congress is afforded an opportunity of giving to the whole subject that careful research and investigation that it 3 importance in all of its bearings demand.”

branches of the department during the last year. He comments on tho inadequacy of legislation thus far enacted to ' provide for the . legitimate procurement of public timber to supply the actual necessities of the people dependent upon It, to pro-

WISCONSIN MINERS STARVING.

Without Work, Money or Food In a Wild Mountain Region. It was a cheerless Thanksgiving Day on the great Gogebic range of iron miners, where 5,000 able-bodied miners —Finns, Cornishmen. Austrians, Italians, Poles and Irishmen—with 15,000 women and children dependent upon them are out of work. There is no money, there is little food and less clothing, and until the people of the State responded to Gov. Peck's appeal for aid, those -0,000 miserable folks were suffering all the horrors of starvation. For many years, until last spring, the great iron mines of this region have been working full blast. Those were days of prosperity and the miners were flush with money. This spring the

mine owners were forced by overproduction to shut down the mines. Iron ore lay piled all about and there was no one to buy. One by one the great iron mines of the Gogebic range reeled up their hoisting cables until not a pit in the whole" range was working. Then the miners did not know which way to turn. Not one of them had a penny saved for such a day. Some of them had cut wood from neighboring forests and others had raised potatoes to eat during the winter. But the majority of these hardy men were left destitute when the mine superintendents announced that the pits would not be worked for an indefinite period. It is no exaggeration to state that 1,000 children on the Gogebic range are to-day without food, clothing or shoes except for the limited supply forwarded by charitable, people elsewhere. A-nd these poor creatures do not belong to miners alone. For years and years hundreds of men have been chopping wood in the black forests to the nor th and south for the big furnaces at Hurley, Ironwood, Bessemer, Saxon and Ashland. When the mines shut down these woedmen were ordered to stop work, and thus 500 or more men were forced to return to their homes and await the time when the whistles and bells of the shafts should announce the opening of the pits. It has been six months since the bowels r.f the Gogebic range were whacked by the picks of the men who now stand round in the snow and biting winds and wonder whether it’s to be beets or potatoes that the good wife is to cook at noon. The little children running about the bare floors cannot answer the question, for the cold wind from the broken windows drives them into corners and makes them talk about the stockings they should be wearing and the shoes father can not buy. Belief committees at Ironwood, Hurley, Bessemer and Ashland are doing all in their power to relieve tbo distress, but they are scarcely able to take caro of so great a charge. It is not probable that the mines on the range will be opened this winter. This means that 20,000 people must be taker care of if the graveyards in that storm swept section of W isconsin and Michigan are not to bo crossed and rocrossed by the black hearses of the village livery. Then, too, the doctors say that typhoid fever has broken out in settlements along the snow-capped range and that the broken picket fences oi the graveyards must be drawn farther away if the dead are to be kept within the inclosures.

VAN ALEN WILL NOT ACCEPT.

A STREET IN THE STRICKEN DISTRICT.

Almost Was He Persuaded to Be an Ambassador. Correspondence botween J. J. Van Alen, the Department of State, and the President has been made public. It

J. J. VAN ALEN.

The almost embassador denies the charge .that he furnished $50,000 to the Democratic campaign fund—he says the sum was smaller—or that for such a reason his name had been sent to the Senate. In his letter to Van Alen urging him to reconsider his refusal to accept the embassadorship, Mr. Cleveland says: I did not seloot 70H for nomination to the Italian mission without satisfying myself oi your entire fitness for the place. lam now better convinced of your fitness than ever. You know, and I know, that all the malignant criticism that has been indulged in regarding the appointment has no justification, and that the decent people who have doubted its propriety have been misled, or have missed the actual considerations upon which it rests. We should not yield tt the noise and clamor which have arisen from those conditions. Mv personal preferences should enter very slightly into your final determination, but so <arts l have such preference it is emphatically that you accept the honorable office conferred upon you and vindicate by the discharge of its duties the wisdom and propriety of your selection.

Mrs. Emma Van Patton was arrested at Salt Lake, Utah, on a warrant charging her with the murder of her uncle, Soren Neilson, an aged money lender, by poisoning him Oct. 18, at Provo. The dead man kept a large sum of money ab mt the house, but only SSO was found after his death. About S2OO worth of meat was stolen from Kamrath & Hirschinger’s market at Baraboo, Wis.

CONGRESS IS OPENED.

FIFTY-THIRD SESSION PROMISES TO BE LIVELY. Tariff, Silver, and Hawaii Among the Topic* to Come Up—Gallerie* Crowded by Society People-Incident* In the Sonate and House. Scenes on the First Day. Washington correspondence:

edge off the appetite of curiosity. Nevertheless there was plenty to interest the stranger. He who is present for the first time at an opening of Congress sees below him the men who make the wheels of the nation go round, as it were. He feels that he is at the fountain head of things. He realizes that he is in the midst of big affairs and he is pleased. He has, of course, read cf Congress. To be in its presence, to see it work, to appreciate that here are born measures which grow into laws and dominate the nation, begets a new sensation. He can't help feeling impressed. It is for that reason every one of the several thousand in the galleries pays close attention to all that is done; "for that reason that the thousands in the corridors stand there, the patient ones hoping that in some way they may get in, the impatient struggling, pushing and elbowing, hut with no better result. The crowds in the galleries on opening day are always of a higher order than at any other time. No one is admitted except by ticket; and tickets are obtainabi: from members only, unless some recipient sees fit to give his pasteboard away. There are always many women in the galleries. And most of them wear their best attiro. The Senate is deemed, and is, the more exclusive body. And the very nobbiest of the nots go there, and for form's sake are bored as they watch the slow coaches, while all the time could they but disguise ’ themselves they would much rather be in the House. But lots of nobs, women as well as men, select the House and go there early. They will, at least many of them, come often during this first session of Congress. Much for Congress to Do. Though this session is regular there are many reasons for believing that it will be extraordinary as well. There are bills of groat importance to pass, bills which will give birth not to pure debate alone but to ill-feeling, anger in some instances, probably, and repartee swiftly developing into blunt contradiction, Somo of the debates will furnish a good education in statesmanship before she session is over. The tariff question will bo discussed from A to Z and back again. A great many have already prepared speeches on it. The rest will either prepare them or speak on the spur of the moment. “And I wish the majority would be impaled on the spur,” said a correspondent who has listened to the tariff debate for lo! these many years. Then there is the silver question. One might think that the people had had enough of silver talk and be forgiven for the thought. But not so Brother Bland. He believes that prosperity will never come till the country has free silver. He will seek to obtain the sanction of Congress for free coinage at every opportunity. Then there is the Hawaiian incident, which will serve for discussion. Republicans view it greeiily, and they are licking their chops in anticipation of tho feast. How they will hold the Democratic party, and the administration in particular, up to scorn! How they will tear Secretary Gresham’s letter to Cleveland' How they will rip up the back any reference the President may make to it! And then the war of words. For the Democrats will talk back. Scenes In the House. The chief interest centered in the House on opening day. The scene in the Senate is very respectable; but the scene in tho House is breezier. There is more life in the House. The blood pulses faster. The members are moro apt to do things; and incidents are more likely to happen. The galleries were packed long before a corporal's guard of members appeared on the floor. All but the press gallery. That didn't fill till a few moments before the clock told that the hour of 12 o’clock had come. Then that gallery also was full. In it were correspondents representing almost every newspaper of importance in the country, several representing Canadian papers and a few papers across the Atlantic. As the boyish chaplain rose to offer prayer a stillness fell upon tho House, and from the rooms back of the press galleries came the tick, tick, tick of the telegraph sending the stories of the scenes within the hall throughout the length and breadth of the land. The chaplain’s prayer over, the hubbub of conversation rose from the arena and was augmented by the comment in the galleries. At 1:35 p. m. Executive Clerk Pruden appeared in the House and delivered the President’s message, which tho clerk was directed by the Speaker to read. Meeting of tho Senate. The assembling of tho Senate was tame. That is not surprising. It is invariably tame. The galleries were filled, of course. They are always filled on the first day. This is'due partly to the p:e once cf the families of the Senators, but mostly to tho overflow from the House. Tnere is very little to attract the Washingtonian to the Senate, save when some prominent Senator is to speak or some vote on an important question is to be taken. The Senators file in, or rather come in, on the first day just as they do on every other day.

includes a letter dated Nov. 2C from Mr. Van Allen to Secretary Gresham declining to accept the Italian embassy, one from Mr. Cleveland tc Mr. Van Alen urging his acceptance, and a reply to the President’s letter, dated Nov. 25, persisting in the declination.

The Wuerpel Switch and Signal Company a signed at St. Louis, owing SOB,OOO. Pauline Cushman, the female spy of the rebellion, committed suicide at San Francisco. To secure funds for Bandit Starr's defense masked men robbed two stores at Beaver, Ark. Madison County, Ind., will abandon the Orphans’ Home and sell the little ones at $35 a head. C. A. Block committed suicide at St. Louis. He left a letter attributing his act to a misspent life.

THE 53d Congress is now in regular session assembled. The stars and stripes float over each end of the V* capitol—which sig||l nines that both Pi houses are doing «¥ business at tho old Sffl. stand. The assemSgFj bling of the great joint body was,comparatively speak!wA .inar. commonplace. The interest which ||Fjjrr attaches to such an ''ll ((event was less hell , cause the extra session had taken the

How the World Wags.

HUSTLING HOOSIERS.

ITEMS GATHERED FROM OVER THE STATEAn Interor.tinp: Summary of the More Important Doings of Our Neighbors—Wed-* dings and Deaths—Primes, Casualties* and General Imliani hews Notes. Terrible Explosion at Elwood. At Ellwood occurred the most terrific gas explosion ever known in that city. The scene of the explosion was at the plant of the Electric Light and Streetcar Power Company. The gas had accumulated under the floor, and without a moment’s warning an explosion took place, wrecking the building and hurling the sections in all directions. One portion of the structure crashed through the street car barn, situated alongside the power house, and also partially demolished the office of« the Citizens’ Gas Company near by. The ponderous engine and dynamos were lifted from the floor and hurled across the room, every inch of floor being torn from the sleepers and hurled into the air, together with the sides and roof, which then fell among the dismantled machinery, burying four men in the ruins.. AIL escaped with thenlives. The injured are: O. B. Frazier, face and hands burned and badly Lruis .d. Lewis Shively, face and hands cut with flying debris. David Thompkins, injured about head and bedv. Joseph McMahan, several gashes in head, lace, hands and body. All were in the building at the time of the explosion except Shively, who had only moment before stopped outside. Miss Minnie Mitchell and Bert Carpenter, who were employed at the Citizens’ Gas Company’s office, had a narrow escape from the flying slate and timbers. McMahan was blown clear out of the wreck over into an alley, and when found was unconscious. Physicians pronounce the men seriously but not fatally hurt. Minor State Items. r Muncie is to have another company of State militia. Geo. Jordan, a Cambridge City blacksmith, suicided by shooting himself. Despondent because of poverty. Dick Goodman, leader of a notorious gang and who was-shot while attempting to rob a store, is dying at his home at Dundee. William Halfin, an employe of the American tin-plate factory at Anderson, had his arm badly cut and burned in an accident. At Marion, William Mendenhall was thrown from a buggy during a runaway, and injured, it is feared, beyond recovery. Mrs. Perry Laymen, who lives in the oil field eight miles north of Portland, was fatally burned while kindling a fire with coal oil. A southern Indiana paper missed publication one day lately because the editor's wife, who did the typesetting, had gone away on a visit. Herman Uphaus of Richmond, is in a dangerous condition from a drink of embalming fluid, which he took from a supposed wine cask in his cellar. Peru city officials are beginning war on the Wabash strawboard works for emptying rofuse into the river from which the city's water supply is taken.

. A sad case of destitution came to light at Muncie recently. A woman with seven children is trying to feed them all on the paltry sum of $1.25 a week and they are nearly starved. Two burglars ransacked' John Grondahi’s house, near Chesterton, and carried away a lot of jewelry and valuable notes. They were captured at Valparaiso. Henry Blessing, a farmer living north of Fort Wayne, awoke and found his residence in flames. He had just time to throw his wife and children out of a window and leap after them as the floor fell in. Loss, $2,500; no insurance. The remains of John C. Lutz, which were buried at Richmond nearly a century ago, were exhumed recently to be placed in another grave. Upon examination the body and clothes were found to be in a remarkaqle state of preservation. Representatives of the Chicago Rock Face Stone Company are in Muncie negotiating for the location of a plant in that city for the manufacture of their patent product. The proposed plant will employ about 300 people, and it is likely to be located in Muncie. Clifford Ellis, son of the Dublin postmaster, while out hunting lost an arm by the accidental discharge of his shotgun. He was squeezing through a wire fence when the gun went off, the contents passing through his arm, necessitating amputation half way between the hand and elbow. Patents have been granted to Indiana inventors as follows: Samuel M. Brundage. Indianapolis, deflector for ironing machines; Theodore Decker, Charlottesville, assigner of one-half to T. Roberts, Arlington, harness; John A. Grove, Bluffton, wire fence; George I. Harwell, Fort Wayne, folding chair; John I. Hoke,. South Bond, harrow; Henry Stacey, assigner of one-half to M. H. Cain, Indianapolis, oil burner. While their mother was absent from their home, ten miles south of Veedersburg, two little girls, the daughters of Lewis Davis, while curling their hair, accidentally overturned a lamp, the oil spreading over their clothing and igniting. They ran out into the yard, when their mother, attracted by their screams, rushed to them, but was helpless to check the flames. Their clothing was burned off and the charred flesh dropped from their bodies. Qne of them died ere they extinguished the flames and the other lived only a short time. Mrs. Davis was so badly burned that she will die.

The El wood Land Company has been changed from a mere association to an incorporated body, with a capital stock of $250,000; It controls over one thousand acres of the adjacent territory, and holds gas leases upon 100,000 acres of contiguous territory to that city. William Cole, an employe a£ the rolling mill at Brazil, met accidental death while piling scrap iron. He was standing on a sfnall car, and in attempting to remove a piece of heavy iron above his head, his feet slipped and he fell backwards, striking his head against a car wheel, knocking out his brains. The Seymour Democrat says that hunters are having unusually hard' luck. Game is scarce. Redfield Nelson, a farmer living eight miles from Petersburg, was killed by a tree falling on him. The other morning lire was discovered in the store room of the Patton Manufacturing Company at the State Prison South, and for a time it looked as if the entire building was doomed. In one end of the building is also located the offices of the company. The prompt action taken by the officials and men saved the building. The loss will not exceed S7OO. It is supposed that the fire was the work of some of the convicts.