Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1894 — Page 2

6(je|lemocraticSeiiliiifl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. i. W. McEWEN, - - Publish™.

BISKED HIS OWN LIFE.

OARING FEAT PERFORMED BY A FIREMAN. Liberally Applauded for His Heroic ActThe Eagle Screams at Rio—Carlisle Can Issue Bonds—Whole Family Perish In a Blizzard. Rescued a Woman. One of the most daring rescues 6ver attempted by a fireman was accomplished at New York the other night by Fire Patrolman Owen Daly. Mrs. Lottie Hogan was discovered at a window in the apartmonts on the top floor of a four-story tenement, fire bad been discovered and it was supposed everybody had left the building. Mrs. Hogan was attired in her nightdress, and was crying “Save mo! Save mei” Patrolman Daly leaned through a window on the fourth floor of the next Bouse and tried to reach the woman, but she was four feot a-ay. Getting on the sill, he grasped the shutter of the window , where he stood and swung himself 10 g | dm in- 11l no wMeh stood mldrs- v : ■gy J L. between an- —l* ns he grasped the pipe the shutter on which he hid just balanced dilmself gave way and fell to the ground, leaving Daly suspended by Tne band in the air. Pulling > himself up he changed his grasp on the pipe from tbe right to the left hand and caught the shutter of the window at wjiich the woman stood Reaching the window he took Mrs Hogan in his arms and carried her down a ladder, which bad just been brought to the scene, to the street. The crowd cheered Daly for fifteen minutes, and after the fire was extinguished iris captain told him he had made tbe bravest rescue be bad ever witnessed. -7- 1 . CAN ISSUE THE BONDS.

judge Cox Denies the Knights* Application to Restrain Carlisle. Judge Cox of the District Supreme Court declined to grant the application of the Knights of Labor to compel Secretary Carlisle to show cause why he should not be enjoined from issuing 550,000,000 of bonds as proposed in his recent bond circular. Treasury officials received with unfeigned satisfaction the decision of Judge Cox dismissing tbe petition of tbe Knight? of Labor for an injunction against Secretary Carlisle to restrain him from issuing bonds. The claimants will appeal to the Court of Appeals and when that body decides against them to the United States Supreme Court. Secretary Carlisle declined to make for publication any statement of tbe. results of his trip to New York. It was officially stated at the department that the statement, attributed to tbe Secretary while in New York that if the subscription ran np to 175,000,000 he intended to sell that many bonds, was incorrect It is said that if the Secretary had wanted that amount of bonds be would have so stated In his circular inviting proposals for them. FIRED ON THE REBELS. American Admiral Jtenham Calls I)a Gama to Time with a Shell. Rio Janeiro advices say the insurgent war-ships have had a narrow escape from being blown out of the water by the American fleet under Admiral Benham. A complete backdown alone averted tbe annihilation of the rebel force in that harbor and the finding of the wholo Brazilian war. As it is, one of Da Gama’s gunboats has an American shell in Her stern post as a reminder that Admiral Benham “meant business” when he declared that be would protect American shipping. Admiral Da Gama opened fire upon the American warships in the harbor. Admiral Benham, the American commander, vigorously responded, and after a short, sharp engagement Da Gama surrendered.

NEW NAVY MUST WAIT. House Not Likely to Vote Money for Near Ships at This Session. There Is little probability that the House Naval Committee will report an appropriation for new ships at this session. The committee ha 9 had all the chiefs of the various bureaus before it except tho commandant of marines and the head of the r.aval observatory, examining them as to the amounts necessary for tbeir respective needs. When this examination shall have been finished the question of new ships will come up for consideration. At tho present time the leading member.? of the committee believe the House will not agree to any bill Increasing the naval establishment no matter what tbe appropriation may be, and for that reason it is unlikely that any such measure will be reported. Death in a Snowslide. Advices from White Bird, an isolated settlement in the mountains of Idaho! Rive the particulars of the death of four girls in a snowslide. Two men stopped at Thompson’s ranch for the night, and slept In the daughters’ room upstairs, while the young women made a shakedown bed on the floor below. The suoxvslido went through the side of the house, throwing the boards down on the women as they slept, and all were either crushed or smothered,

Perished in a Blizzard* A family of emigrants, consisting of two children and fattier and mother, on their way to Texas, traveling in a canvas-cov-ered wagon, were caught in the recent blizzard while several miles frctu Clarendon, Ark., and were found by passersby. The children were frozen to death and the father and mother were so badly frozen that they will probably die. j Dubuque Farmer Taken In. Edward Chapin, a smooth, gray-bearded stranger, went to Dubuque, lowa, with a combined ladder and truck for wagons and sold the patent right for lowa to Peter Kremer, a substantial farmer. Chapin accepted $75 as a token that Kremer was in earnest t Five Reported Killed. The boiler of a portable sawmill at Brown’s Valley, nine miles from Owensboro, Ky., exploded with terrific effect ut 6 o’clock Tuesday morning. The concussion was plainly felt in Owensboro. It is reported that five persons were killed and that several are badly Injured. Appalling Loss of Life. Advices by the steamer Belgic, from China, include the announcement of the complete annihilation by an earthquake of the town of Kuchan, Persia. Twelve thousand per Sons were killed in the awful dis•ater. * Khedive Backs Down. The Khedive of Egypt has acceded to the demand made upon him by Lord Cromer, the British diplomatic agent here, that he publish a formal retraction of the strictures be recently passed upon the army and taeue sn order praising its condition and the efficiency of the British and Egyptian officers St. Louis Church Burned. Fire »t St Louis destroyed the Bethlebes Evangelical Lutheran Church. It was the largest and finest Lutheran Church in the West and, was completed at a cost of r*.m and dedicated on Oct 99 last The km is **.•»; covered by insurance,

MITCHELL WELL-PAID. Tta Said He Made a Tidy by Beln ( Knocked Oat by Corbett. However much It may be argued tha “Charley” Mitchell, of England, is not ■ prizefighter, it certainly caanot be urgec that he is not a financier, 3he opinlor obtains among some of tbe sporting men. save a Jacksonville dispaicb. that, although physically knocked out, Mr. “Charley’s" pursestrings are considerably strained to accommodate die size ol his winnings by suffering that ignominy. By appearing in tbe ring he won 51.000 from Brady, tbe manager of Corbett, the California brute who hammered him into unconsciousness, and only he and bis eminently respected father-ih-law, “Pony” Moore, know how much more. The late Squire Abingdon put up the SIO,OOO original stake money to make the match, half of which wax withdrawn to be added to Mr. Mitchell's bank account. Then the Duval Club allowed him $5,000. The aggregate of the wiiy Brit'sh pugilist’s winnings from these three sources Is SIO,OOO, quite a tidy sum for being knocked out. The previous methods of Mr. “Charley” convey the Idea that he bet more money on Corbett than to did on himself, and if this thedty is correct ho probably made more (ban “Gentleman Jim.” his opponent. The hitter, aside from the betting. Is 525,000 better off than be was before tbe fight Rqw much better off Mr. Mitchell Is In a financial sense will never bo knowa, but be ftypbably wouldn't px. Change if'&rcetC. * FROM PEST-HOUSE T 0 SUICIDE. Royal Dnnd, Exposed in Chicago, Kills Himself at Bryan, Ohio. The suicide of Royal Doud at Bryan, O , is reported. Doud, a youth of 18 years; in company with a fellow named Wilkins, happened to be ia Chicago and in the crowd at the City Hall when a small-pox patient passed through the crowd. The youths were not aware at the time of their exposure. They returned to their hqmes, which are at Defiance, 0., aud in narrating their adventure? told about being at tbe City Hall that day. Tbe authorities at Defiance remembered the reports of tho wholesale exposure? and deemed it prudent to quarantine the boyi for a week or two. The seriousness of the officials greatly frighten ed the young men. Doud became greatly excited with fear and finally escaped from the pest’uouse. In the bitter cold ho started for Bryan afoot. He was half crazed with fear, hunlor and exposure He wentjnto Robbins' saloon and offered to patfn a revolver bo had succeeded In getting at Ihe pesthou-e for whisky. Tha bartender refused to accommodate him. Doud then quickly turned tho weapon toward his temple and pulled tho trigger. He was dead in a few minutes.

MR. HARTER IS DISGUSTED. Will Retire fitom Congress, Wearied of the Office-Broking Work. Representative Harler of Ohio, in making a last appeal to the House Committee on Rivers and Harbors for aq appropriation for the improvement of tho,Lorain harbor at the mouth of Black River, on Lake Erie, incidentally disclosed the fact that tills will be his last term as a memhei of the House. Tills arises partly from choice and partly from* necessity. A year ago or more Mr. Hunter told his people that ho would not be a candidate for re-election, and since then has changed bi 9 residence to Pblladolpii ja In order to be near his daughter. Speaking of the matter Mr. Harter said: “I expect to servo out the rest of my term In Congress, but shall then abandon political life. A Congressional career has many attractions, but more drawbacks. It does not suit me tobeniuetenths an office broker apd one-tenth a legislator.” >• , SIX MEN ARE DROWNED.

Swamped White doing from Sullivan Island to a Life-Saving station. Charleston, S. C„ dispatch: A boat containing six white men left, fulllvnn Island on Monday last for the life-saving station on Morris Island. Afterward the bodies of two of the men were found bn the shore of Morris Island. One 6t them, B. B. Campson. is a member of the lifesaving crow on Moore's Island. The other, Fred Miller, was a resident of Sulllyqe Island. Hie other four men are missing, and are supposed to be drowned. Nothing Is known of the cause of the accident. 1 y Fighting a >iew Classification. Eastern railroads have the fight of their lives on hand. They ire now opposed by 30,0(KPassociated shippers'of the Unitod States, acting through the (,’hicago Freight Bureau and the National 'transportation Association. Both these onga'iizatlons always act in harmony with the railroads where possible. Their hioqi valuable work is done in quiet conference and argument. In the present fight the law will be appealed to immediately, and In every possible way the interests of the Eastern roads will be opposed until they yield to the demands of the shippers. The fight is because of the new official classification which the Eastern roads nj:ide effective Jan L The new classification provides that a uniform bill of lading shall be used by all roads It contains hot only the obnoxious provision regarding its non-negotiability, but ten other stipulations regarded as almost equally objectionable. The new bill of lading has printed across Its face, in large typo, the words- “Non-negotiable.” This destroys its commercial value and completely revolutionizes existing methods of doing business. As an illustration, it need only be said that of the 248,000,000 bushels of grain forwarded from Chicago last'year over 200,000,000 bushels were forwarded on bills of lading against which drafts were drawn and Immediately cashed by Chicago banka, the bills of lading being accepted as security. The new bills of lading eliminate the business of more than nine shippers out of ten.

The Fatherland Rejoices. . The reconciliation between Prince Bismarck and the Emperor has set the Fatherladd wild with enthusiasm. Friday the Prince journeyed from Friedrichsruhe to Berlin at the Emperor’s invitation. The route from the monument to Frederick the Great to the palace gates wee lined with members of the veterans’ guilds, firemen, rifie unions, and turner societies. Most of the bouses along the route were decorated with flags. The entire population of Berlin, swelled by thpu-ands of people from all parts of (Jerhiany, had apparently turned out to Welcome the return of the Prince, and the younger element in the crowds cheered themsqlyes hoarse as the state coaeh passed along. Dr. Schweininger rode in a cab at the rfear of the procession. Wlien the party arrived at the castle Prince Bismarck and Prince Henry descended from the ’ stateneouch and entered. The Empegor; whp Was standing at the foot of the stairs to roepive his guest, wore as a special .mark qt ijonor the uniform of the Cuirassiers. His reception of the old statesman was of the warmest and most cordial nature His Majesty embraced' the Priileo with the utmost heartiness, abd a klssi pressed on the old man’s cheek sealed the) reconciliation between the Emperor an<} the greatest of his subjects. Brine? gravity of demeanor during tats, reception by bis Majesty was much commented upon.

, Tried to K,lrt ikypjjollte. Walter F. a 1 cWfee planter of Jacmel, who arrived In' New York from Haytl, brings word that />an attempt to assassinate President Hyppolito was made Jaa 1Z /lie Bwept % FliiAie. The most destrdetf+b AW* l In Bath, Me, for half a century BWept fkk ay a large portion of the business section, block after block succumbing to the fiamev The fire, apparently a small affair when discovered

at 9 a. m, started in a stable In tbe rear of tbe Sagadahoc Block. The fire department responded promptly. To the amazement of the firemen and citizens it was discovered that the waterworks system was useless, a blf break in the main line having occurred. Tho fire destroyed the Sagadahoc block, containing the largest hotel In the city. Sagadahoc Bank, Marine Bank, book store, drug store, ciotblng store and barber shop; Granite block, occupied by the largest dry goods house In the city, Knights of Pythias hall and a broker's office; Union block, occupied by a crockery store, Red Men’s hall, drug store, and Order of Forester', Savings Bank block, occupied by the People's Twenty-five-Cent Savings Bank, boot and shoe store, doctor's office, book bindery and editorial rooms of tho Bath Times; Fuller's Block, occupied by a cigar store, saloon and lawyer’s office; Central Block. In which were the, Central Hotel, two fruit stores and a barber shop. One block, containing a cigar store and a book bindery with dwelling on second floor; a large tenement house, occupied by six families. The total loss is estimated at 5503,000. on which there is about one-half Insurance.

A GOOD SHOWING. Report of the Cotton Crops from SeptAl to Jan. 26, Inclusive. The New Orleans cotton crop statement from Bept 1 to Jan. 213, inclusive), is as follows: Pert receipts, 4,778,063. against last year, aid 5,330,731 year before last; overland to mills and ihtoadß, .*78,577, against 620,634 la't year, Btt!i 532--i 74 year before last; Interior stocks in excess of Sept 1, 333,173, against 314,184 last year, and 615,424 year before last; Southern mill takings, 390,058, against 381,776 last year, and 340,603 year before last; crop brought into sight during 148 days to date, 6,088,813, against 5.263,694 last year, and 7,096,032 year before last; crop brought into sight for tho week, 182,918, against 99,284 for the seven days ended Jan. 26 last year, and 113,006 for the same time year before last; crop brought into sight for the first twenty-six days of January, 669,161, against 473,149 last year, and 650,846 year before last. Comparison in those reports are made up to ttie corresponding day in ’93 and year before, and not to the close of the corresponding week. Comparisons by weeks would take in 140 days, against only 148 days. STEADY REVIVAL. That Is the Prospect lu Store for All Trade Circles. R. G. Dun & Ca's Weekly Review cf Trade says: Secretary Carlisle’s decision to tesuo bonds, and the early reports of large bids for them, helped to accelerate the recovery of industries and trade as was hoped. The sale of the amount offered will check anxiety about the maintenance 6f note redemption, remove the ouly pretext for further Issues of paper, and thus give a solid basis for greater confidence regarding tho financial future, 'J be revenue Is still small, from customs reported thus far 810,805,501, against $19,935,635 last year, and from internal taxes $9,487,979, against 511,068,498, and the volume of domestic trade is still small. The increase in number of hands employed adds to tbe purchasing power of tho people, and dealers’ stocks are so reduced that any sign or larger consumption quickly gives mills more orders. In short, the conditions are such that if not Interrupted by adverse forces they would naturally bring a steady revival of business.

A CAR-LOAD OF TRAMPS. Ohio Officers Make a Successful Raid on Vagrants at Stark Siding. The Canton (Ohio) police force had another conflict with tramps quartered at Stark Siding, on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad. and took twenty-one of them on a charge of vagrancy. The raid was conducted by Penns lvanla Railroad Officer Stacy, who was assisted by two Alliance officers and four Canton officers. The officers went to tho place in a box car with the yard shifter. Tlie tramps, about thirty in all. took to tlieir heels when the train arrived, and the officers opened lire. Probably fifty shots were fired, but no one is reported injured. All that could be caught woro hustled into tho box car and taken to tho city prison. Eight People Burned. ’I he building on the Boone County (Iowa) Door Farm in which tho incurably iusaue were confined was burned at 10 o’clock Tuesday night and eight of the nine inmates were burned to death. Only one woman, Mrs. Hibbard, escaped from tbe burning building and gave the alarfci to the steward, Holcomb, who was in the main building, adjacent It was then too iate to save tho insane people" aud the main building was saved only by the greatest efforts. Ibo steward says he banked the fire in the furnaco about 9 o’clock and does not know how the fire originated unless from a defective flue. Hanged for an Unprovoked Murder. Jerry Mu in ford was hanged at Josup, Ga., for the murler of James Roberts. Mumford asked Roberts to go to a well and get him some water. Roberts refused and Mumford shot him dead. During his harangue on the scaffold Mumford complained of feeling cold and he w as taken to a fire and allowed to warm himself before the hanging proceedel. Miners in a Riot. Brledevllle, Pa., was the scene of a running fight between rioting coal miners and officers and citizens. Near Mansfield three rioters were wounded, one of them fatally, in a battle with the owners of the Beadling Brothers' mines. Resulted in a Riot. An attempt to euforco the dlspecsary law led to a riot at Charleston, & G, in which the lives of tsvo spies were sought

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 <lB 5 75 Hoos—Shipping Grades 4 00 @ 5 75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 26 @3 7r> Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 60 Corn—No. 2 »5 @ os Oats—No. 2 so @ ai Rye—No. 2 « @ 45 Butter—Choice Creamery 24K>@ 25y. Eggs—Fresh 17 18 " Potatoes—Per bu 50 @ 00 INDIANAPOLIS. SITTLE— Shipping 300 @625 008—Choice Light 3 4)0 @ 5 75 Sheep—Common to Prime 200 @ 3 75 Wheat-*No. 2 Red 66 @ 67 Corn—No. 7 White 34 @ :6 Oats—No. 2 White 1 si @ 31 u ST. LOUIS. Cattle s 00 @ 500 Hogs 300 @575 Wheat—No. 2 Red, ; <6 @ 06H Corn—No. 2 33 @ 34 Oats—Nu. 2 30 & 31 Pork—Mess.... 13 75 @l4 25 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 00 Hogs 3 00 @6 78 Sheep 2 00 @ 3 75 Wheat—No. 2Red.... 68H@ 5914 Corn—No.2 ....J 37 @ 33 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 @ 32 Rye-No. 2. £i ® 53 DETROIT. Cattle 3 co @4 73 Hogs / 300 @ eOO Sheep 200 @ 3 75 At heat—No. 2 Red., 69 @ 60 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 37 @ 38 Oats—No. 2 White. 32 @ 33 TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 89 @ co Corn—No. 2 Yellow 30 @ sejt Oats—No. 2 White. ..4 28't@ -‘id'?, Rye—Nu. 2 49 @ 61 " BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 71 @ 72 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 40lt@ 4116 Oats—No.,2 White 83,'2@ 34U Live Hogs—Good to Choice... 500 @OOO : 3 MILWAUKEE. . Wheat—No. 2 Spring co @ cojt Corn—No. 8 34 @ 35 •Oats—No. 2 YVhite... 28)a@ 2916 Barley—No. 2 48 @ 60 Pork—Mess 13 00 @l3 80 NEW YORK. Cattle 300 @ 6 60 Hons 3 75 <a e 60 BhkEp.. 200 @ 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Bed c# <a *7 Cobn-No. 2 44 @ 46 Oats—Whit* Western 36 @ 40 Butter—Choice 2554 Me*a 14 to 015 d

BONDS ARE ALL BIGHT

SECRETARY CARLISLE SAYS THEY WILL BE LEGAL. Foreign In the Pennsylvania Mine# Attack Their English-Speaking Fellow*— Drive Them'from Work and Destroy Mach Valuable Property. Make* Public Statement. John tz. Carlisle, Secretary of the Treasury, has made public the following statement: It has been erroneously published in some newspaper, that the Committee on the Judiciary of the Honse of Representatives had agreed to and reported a resolution denying the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue and sell bonds, as proi osed in his recent circular, and these publications have evidently made an unfavorable Impression upon the minds of some who contemplated making bids for these securities. The only resolution in relation to this subject that has been before the aammittee Is as follows: “Resolved, That it is the sense of tho Honse of Representatives that the Secretary of the Treasury has no authority under existing law to issue and sell bonds of the United States, except such as is conferred upon him b - the Set approved Jan. 14,187.?, entitled, ‘An act to pfovfde for the resumption of specie payments,’ and that the money derived from the sale of bond ß !“*ued under that act cannot be iawfullv applied td pny pnrpsrc except those specified tJjarpfn.” t uii 1 seen ‘hat this resolution assUTiC? that the authority to issue bonds was conferred upon the Secretary of the Treasury by the act of Jan. 14,1875. and that snch authority still exists; but it asserts that the proceeds of the bonds can not be lawfully used except for the purpose of resumption. The telegraphic report of the proceedings'ln the committee when the Secretary appeared before it last Thursday shows that his authority to issue bonds was not questioned by any member, the only question being whether he could use the proceeds for any ot’ er purpose than the redemption of United Stktss notes. Mr. Bailey, the author of the resolution, distinctly admitted the existence of the authority. Addressing the Secretary Mr. Bailey said: "The resolution does not impeach your right to issue bonds: it expressly recognizes it, but questions your right to apply the proceeds to any purpose except those sjjecificd in the act." The Judiciary Committee of the House examined and reported upon this same question during theLUd Coogress, and it then conceded that the authority existed under the act of 18:5. The question as to the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to use the money in any particular manner or for any particular purpose is wholly distinct from the question as to his authority to Issue and sell bonds. No matter what he may do with the money the validity of the bonds will not be affected and there is. therefore, no reason why any one should hesitate to invest in those securities on the ground that the proceeds might possibly be used lor other than redemption purposes.

ANGRY MINERS RIOT.

One of Them Fatally Wounded and Several Are Badly Hurt. A wave of anarchy in xvhose train folloyjefl bloodshed, arson, and tho destruction of property pa- sed over the Mansfield, Pa., coal region the other day. It began at dawn and at dusk it was estimated that $2i0,000 worth of property had been destroyed. Made mad by fancied grievances and liquor, a mob of several hundred foreigners— Hungarians, Slavs and Italians—swept over the county surrounding Mansfield and through the valleys of Toms and Painters run. They attacked mine owners, miners, cnl a few mattered deputy sheriffs, and destroyed railroad property. Until noon the mob met hardly any resistance. At that time it reached tho mines of tho Beadling Bros., near Federal, on the Pittsburg, Chartieis and Youghiogheny Railroad. Here tho rioters mot determined resistance and were checked. With repeating Winchester rifles in their hands, Thomas F., William and Henry Beadling stood their ground and opened fire upon the mob as it advanced. They fired four volleys in quick succession, fatally wounding one and injuring a half-dozen others. The man fata'ly wounded was Frank Stahle, a i ranchman. Ho was shot through the body. The names of tho other men injured could not be learned. After the fourth volley the rioters turned aud fled precipitately down the hill. At this moment a train bearing Sheriff Richards and forty deputies pulled into Beadling and the oil cars, quickly alighting, started in pursuit of the rioters, firing as they run. The cha-e was a long and hot one, but finally sixteen were overtaken and captured. They xvere marched to the Mansfield jail at the point of revolvers. On the way the party was mot by a posse of citizens of Bridgeville, under <ommand !of Squire Cashe ■ Meyers. They will be held for riot and arson. As a result of tho fighting stated that a demand will be made by the citizens of the Mansfield region that the coal operators discharge all foreigners now in their employ, and hereafter hire none but American workingmen. To avoid similar trouble in the future it is thought this course will be necessary.

BAD YEAR FOR FARMERS.

Report of the Agricultural Department Is Not Encouraging. In the report of the Agricultural Department the total value of the corn crop for 1893 is p aced at $591,©51627, and although tho crop is only about 9,000,0; 0 bushels less than that of 1892 its money value on the farm is $50,500,000 less. The value per acre is $8.21, the lowest figute for ten years, except for the years of 1880 and 188!). The falling off in tho wheat crop for the year is even more marked. The total product, as estimated, amounts to 390,131,725 measured bushels, which falls below the average for the ten years 1880 to 1889 to the amount of 53,553,304 bushels, ard is 84,(48,956 bushels less than the average crop for the years 1890 to 1893, inclusive. There has also been a fall in the price of wheat, so that the farm value of the crcp is estimated at no more than $213,171,381, which is believed to be the lowest ever recorded. The crop of oats in 1893 was 22,180,150 bushels less than in 1892, and the farm value was $21,077,519 less The report also shews a corresponding decrease in the crop of potatoes, rye and barley, not alone in the production but in the price.

MONEY FOR PENSIONS.

A Total of & 151,581,570 Asked For, and Will Be Allowed. The appropriation bill for pensions has been reported to the House by the Committee on Appropriations.. There were no surprises in the recommendations, although mate ial reductions from the expenditures of last year were made in tho bill. The total amount recommended for pension expen es for the fiscal year ending June 30,1895, is $151,581,570, which is practically in accordance with tho la-t levised estimates of the Commissioner of Pensi ns. The total is $14,949,780 loss than the appropriation foe the fiscal year of 185)4. which was $160,531,350, but is more than the sum applied for pensions in any year before 1893, when the amount was $100,581,787, including defic:encies. In detail the expenditures recommended by the commission ate for payment of pensions. $150,000,000; fees of examining surgeons, $1,000,000; salaries of ag*ents, $72,000; clerk hire at agencies, $450,000; miscellaneous, $69,570. The commissioner's original estimate, based on the operations for the fiscal year ending June 30,1893, were $162,631,570, but revision reduced them about $10,000,000. The business of the first six months of the year showed a great failing off in the number of new

pensions granted and of arrears. Nary pensions are to be paid so far as possible from the income of the navy pensicn fund. Some minor amendment} are made a part of the bilL One provides that each member of an examining board shall receive 12 for each applicant when five or less are examined on one day, and 91 for each additional applicant. When more than twenty appear no fewer than twenty are to be examined in a day. No fees are to be paid to examiners not present and assisting in examinations. The amount of clerk hire for each agency is to be apportioned as nea~iy as practicable in proportion to the number of pensioners paid at the agency. Commissioner Lochren’s recommendations, which the bill follows, showed that the amount of first payments for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1893, was $33,"0h,319, and fir=t payments for the six months of the present fiscal year $4,769,310.43. The number of pensioners on the rolls Dec. 31 last was but 130 more than on the first of July. The number of cases pending is 711,150.

KILLED ROBBING HIMSELF.

Georgia Tax Collector Assumes the Guise of a Nejro Thief and In Shot. A. sensat'onal story has been received from Union County, Ga. Tax Collector Jones, who lives in the wilds of Coopers Creek, returned On SStur* day frcni a tour of the c.unty colleo f * tfVxo?. Tn the evening a peddler well known in tbftt locality stopped at his house, asked for lodging, and was taken in. After Buppei* Jones went out to look after his cattle. While he was gone a disl eputable-looking negro knocked at the front door, and when it was opened stuck two pistols into the faces of tie peddler and Mrs. Jones. He first demanded the peddler's money, and getting that mfide Mrs. Jones bring the tax money. As he got it he turned to go put, when the peddler quickly drew a pistol and firing struck the robber in the head, killing him instantly. It was then discovered that the would-be robber was none other than the tax collector himself, blacked up.

SAT ON THE WOULD-BE ROBBER.

John Dalton Conceals Himself Inside a Stuffed Buffalo. A train-robber named John Dalton was captured by one of the Northwestern express messengers beyond Deadwood, S. D. Dalton had himself expressed on the inside of a stufied buffalo, but his game was spoiled by his removing one of the animal’s glass eyes, through the socket of which he stuck a six-shooter, covering the messenger. The latter, however, got out of range and leaped upon the back of the stuffed animal. The back caved in and he dropped upon the robber inside, and sat on him until the next station was reached, when he was turned over to the authorities. The safe contained $50,(00,’ Evidently Dalton had confederates, wTio were to act at his signal. They have not been apprehended.

THOUSANDS VISIT THE FAIR.

The Paid Attendance at the San Francisco Show Beaches 00,000. Official figures from the Midwinter Fair headquarters show that 72,248 people passed through the turnstiles Saturday, the opening day. Of this number ever 60,000 paEid the regular admission fee of 50 cents. So far there has been little or no agitation to close the fair Sunday and everything on the grounds is wide open on that day. In the management of concessionaires and the general conduct of the exhibition theie was nothing to distinguish Sunday from any other day, and though chaos still reigns in Machinery Hall and all of the exhibits in other buildings aro still in a state of disorder thousands of people on last Sunday afternoon visited the grounds.

BANDITS ROB A SILVER TRAIN.

Kill the Foreman and Get Possession of Much Valuable Ore. The authorities at Durango, Mexico, were notified, of a desperate murder and robbery committed about eighty miles west of there in the Sierra Madt e mountains, the perpetrators being a band of brigands led by the notorious outlxw, Francisco Eeiseda. A» mule train loaded with silver ore from the Santa Maria mine was on its way to t he reducing works when the bandits made an attack upon the guards, killing the foreman, Jose Nillaieel, who attempted to offeresistance. The other guards fled, leaving the burros with their precious cargoes in possession of the bandits, who drove the animals to their rendezvous in the mountains. A force of troops will be sent in pursuit of the robbers.

LOCOMOTIVE AND SNOW PLOW.

Strike a Broken Rail, Throwing the Crew Over an Embankment. A severe wind and snow storm ' prevailed at Como, Col., for thirty-six hours. Trains on the Union Pacific high line are blocked. The rotarysnow plow, i us’ied by two engines, struck a bi one 1 rail near Como and the plow and one of Iho locomotives went over the embankment, rolling overthree times and landing about 150 feet from the track. Engineer Stowe, Conductor Reed, and Firemen Kalahar, Evans, and Mcrdan received severe injuries.

CAMPBELL HAS A BEE.

May Run for Governor In *95, with an Eye on the White House. Ex-Gov. Campbell’s friends have stated that he will be an active candidate for Governor in ’95, with a view to securing the Presidential nomination in 1896. It is claimed by there friends that the machinery of the administration is behind the movement, and the fact that Campbell dictated all the federal appointments in Ohio is quoted in support of this claim.

Telegraphic Clicks.

Thirty-eight 4-year olds won 38.1 races and earned $34:',750 last season, Lamplighter leading. All the Danbury, Conn., hat factories are to reopen. Six of the number will employ union men. American Minister Smythe is said to have made himself objectionable at Hayti by giving advice to the officials’. Additional ad vie as say that 12,000 lives were lost in the earthquake which destroyed the city of Kiichan, Persia. The financial ruin of ex-Go\ ernor Campbell is attributed by his Hamilton. Ohio, neighbors to his political ambition. Associate Justice Bierer tor k the oath of office as Judge of the District Court at Guthrie, O. T., and appointed John Havighorst his elerk. It had been planned to raid gambling houses at Muncie, Ind., and burn the paraphernalia, but t e gamblers moved their property out of the city. Mrs. David Reynolds, wife of a settler in the Cherokea Strip, near Ponca, died from drinking water from a spring supposed to have been poisoned by sooners. The body of Frank Kramer, excashier of the Bank of Lawrence, and later of the Bank of Wekanda, Mo., was found at Lawrence, Kan. He hag evidently been murdered.

FIRE IN A MADHOUSE.

Terrible Holocaust at the Boone Coonty (Ion) Poor Farm. Eight incurably insane paupers were cremated alive by the burning of the asylum at the Boone County (Iowa) poor farm the other night. Oniy one of the inmates escaped. The dead are: Mary Tucker, Johanna Sniggs, Anna Sonderberg,Christine Andersen, Christine Peterson, Mrs. Scott. Thomas Leaser, Joseph Craig. Mrs. Hibbard, a half-witted woman, escaped from the burning building and gave the alarm to Steward Hoicomb, who was in the main building adjacent. It was then too late to save the people, and the main building was saved only by great effort. The steward says tie banked the fires in the furnace abaut 9 o clock and dees not know how the firs originated, unless from a defective flue. The institution is situated in an isolated place and out of retch of even such apparatus as the town of Boon a could afford. By the time the alarm was given there was no time to do anvthing. The inmates could not help themselves, and waited for death, crying wildly as the fire burned in upon them. The building burnsd rapidly, and almost as soon as it was known in the city that tfie. e was a fi r e the whole place was consumed. ImmSM&iel? y, party hurried to the scene, bat too late to-agord say assistance whatever. The search for the nodies was begun ag soon as tbe ruins had cooled sufficiently to permit of it, aud the hopes of those who had thought that perhaps some of the inmates had escaped to the fields in t : he neighborhood and had concealed themselves were found to be baseless. Ail the bodies were either found or evidences were discovered lo show that they were in the smoldering ruins. If there had been somebrdy in the place able to force the inmates to leave it is likely that they would have escaped without serious injury, but nobody was at hand. The building burned was an old twostory frame structure, which was as dry as tinder. To add to the inflammable nature of the place many of the partition walls were padded with cotton, and some of the bedclothing was of cotton batting three inches thick. This was because only the incurable insane, who "had been returned from the State Asylum, were kept there. These patients were nearly all violent, and the great amount of cotton batting was to prevent them injuring themselves. The building was heated by a furnace, which was condemned last summer by a local expert as unsafe, but no attention had apparently been Eaid to this warning. It is thought to e certain that the lire started from a defect in the furnace, as there were no stoves in any of the rooms, and great care was exercised that no matches should be allowed in the building. Mr. Holcomb, the steward, says he first knew of the fire when alarmed by Mrs. Hibbard, the only inmate who escaped from the building. He was in the main building, which stands but three feet distant from the “crazy” house. When he got outdoors flames were bursting from all the windows of the frame structure and it was a mass of flames inside. He burst open a door, but was driven back by the flames, which in a few minutes burned the building to the ground. The main building was saved by pouring on water which the heat of tho fire melted frotn a huge snowdrift alongside the building. No one saw the eight people who wore burned to death, and whether they made any effort to escape can never be known. There seems to have been no attendant of any kind in the building where the insane people were locked up. « f. i

A PICTURESQUE OUTLAW.

Chris Evan*, One of the Most Daring Bandits of the West. The most audacious bandit in California is Chris Evans, who has recently escaped from the Fresno State prison, where he was serving a life sentence for train robbery, murder and other crimes. Evans is one of the picturesque class of outlaws of whom Bret Hai-te delights to tell in his stories. For seme years Evans ■ has been at the head of a gang of bandits who roamed through the mountains and valleys of the Golden State, committing depredations of all kinds. Their most daring exploit was the robbery of a train in the San Joaquin valloy. On the night of August 3, 1892, three of the gang, Evans and George and John Sontag, boarded an express train at Callis, a little station out on the plains, blew open the express car with dynamite bombs and then, afler seriously wounding the messenger, escaped, with

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three sacks of gold coin. George Sontag was speedily captured; but it took nine months to arrest the other two, during which time railroad, United States, State and county detectives, Pinkertons, Mojave Indians and amateur man hunters were actively engaged in the hunt. A deputy United States marshal and posse finally surrounded the two men in a cabin near Vi -al’a. The usual desperate battle followed, and during it Sontag was wounded so that he could not move, and Evans so badly that he could only crawl. When darkness came on the bandits still held their position, and Evans saw a chance to crawl awav. Sontag lugged his companion to kill him before leaving, but Evans refused. The posse then captured Sontag, but Evans escaped. He managed to reach the house of a woman he believed to be a sympathizer, but was there loti-ayed. Sontag died. When the time came for Evans’ trial there was no money for his defense. However, his wife and 16-year-old daughter interested a theatrical speculator, a play was written in which her husband s career was depicted, and this the mother and daughter presented throughout California. They drew immense hcuse3, and made money enough to procure for Evans the best legal talent in the State, with the result that he secured a life sentence, instead of death which he so richly deserved. His wife and a waiter smuggled revolvers into the prison at Fresno, and got them into Evans’ hands. The latter immediately held up the jailer and escaped.

Overflow of News.

Herr Ohlendorf, the well-known Berlin editor, is dead. General Emile Mellinet, of the French ai my, is dead. Helen A. Shafer, President of Wellesley College, is dead. The Philadelphia Optical and Watch Company has failed, with liabilities of •259,000.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceeding* of the Senate and House of Representatives Discussed and Acted Cpou Gist of the Business. The National Solons. The amendments to the Iron schedule Wednesday were overwhelmingly defeated In the House, and iron ore remains upon the free list. The remainder of the afternoon was spent In the discussion of amendments looking to the free admission of machinery used In the manufacture of cotton goods Just before the House adjourned the advocates and opponents of the income tax on the Democratic side were arrayed against each other, but nothing definite was dona The Hawaiian question came before the Senate again and after an boar's discussion went over. The result of the debate was to show that there is division both in the Demo-* cratie and Republican ranks as to the wisdom of adopting the resolution reported by the Foreign Relations Committed The bill repealing the Foderal election laws Came up as unfinished business. Senator Lodge to:k the floor in opposition to the bill. Whoa the Senator concluded bis remarks tho Senate went into execu-s. tiro session. At 3:15 the doors were reopened and Senator Coke, of Texas, Called up tbe bill authorizing the Gulf, Beaumont & Kansas City Railroad Company to bridge the Necbes aud Sabine Rivers in Louisiana and Texas was passed, several minor amendments being first adopted. The hill extending the time for tho construction of the bridge across tho Calumet River, Illinois; the Senate hill authorizing tho issue of a patent to the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions for certain lands on the Omaha Indian reservation for school purposes, and the House bill to authorize the Secretary of the Interior to reserve from sale certain land in tbe abandoned Fort Cummings military reservation were passed. The nearest approach to anything of interest in the House Thursday was the repeated attempts of me.mbers of the New York delegation to filihusler against the possible introduction of an income tax amendment to the tariff hill. The amendment was not offered and it seems there was no intention of offering it, so their efforts were wasted. There were a great many amendments to the tariff hill offered, hut only ono of importance, that taking crude opium off the free list and imposing a duty of $1 per pound. This, liko all the other amendments approved by the Ways and Means Committee, was adopted. At 4:40 the House took a recess in order to permit the holding of a Democratic caucus to consider the income tax hllL Tho Senate did nothing of importance. The only amendment ’to the tariff hill adopted by the House Friday was one increasing the duty on cut stones unset to 30 per cent, ad valorem, and taking rough or uncut stones from free list and placing them on the dutiable list at 15 per cent, ad valorem. An attempt to place tin plate on the free list was unsuccessful Tho session of the Senate was devoted to a discussion Of Senator Call’s public land resolution and a general colloquy over the Federal election hills. A strong appeal was made • by Senator Call in favorof the homesteaders of Florida, who, he alleged, were being deprived of their rights by land-grant railroads without authority of law. He succeeded in having his resolution referred to the Judiciary Committee for a careful Inquirv into the legal rights of the question. The Senate adjourned until Monday.

Debate on the Internal Revenuo hill. Including the provision of the income tax, began in the House Monday. Mr. McMillin (Dem.) of Tennessee. Chairman of the sub-committee on Ways and Means on internal revenue, offered as an amendment to the provision imposing a tax of $1 per thousand upon cigarettes, the entire Internal Revenue bill. Mr. McMillin was recognized to open the debate in favor of the amendment, hut as he was about to begin Mr. Tracey (Dem.), of New York, asked to reserve all poluts of order against the amendment Messrs. McMillin and McCreary contended that it was too late to mako a point of order, debate upon the amendment having been entered upon before thepoint was made. The Chair sustained this position and overruled the point of order. Under the call of committees for reports in the House. Mr. McCreary. Chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, reported his resolution expressing the sense of the House on the Hawaiian situation. The minority were given leave to submit their views. The greater part of the time in the Senate was occupied by Mr. Teller in a speech favoring annexation of Hawaii. Mr. Call introduced a resolution inquiring into the influence of railroads and other corporations on the civil service and the press. The bond question came up in the Senate again Tuesday, and. after a long debate, went over by unanimous consent until the following day. 'I he significant feature of the discussion was tho firm stand taken by Senator Sherman in favor of tho authority of Senator Carlisle to issue tho bonds. Arguments for and against the Income tax occupied the time in tho House.

Chinese Officials.

A Chinese mandarin is not expected to have any friendshii's or intimacies outside of liis office, and he cannot encourage visitors within its precincts without laving himself open to a charge of favoritism or comiption. If the inhabitants of a district wish to show their appreciation of an official's administration and testify to his probity, the most effective way in which they can do so is to wait upon him at one of the city gates as he makes his farewell exit, and beg the gift of his official boots, which are thenceforward preserved in some temple as public property.

Notes About the Capita l .

The new pension bill reported to the House cuts down the amount for next year $15,000,000. Material modifications were made in the Sovereign petition for injunction against the new bond issue. Mr. Carlisle is in a quandary. St. Gaudens refuses to put a breech-clout on his World’s Fair medal figure. President Cleveland is said to have settled upon F. A. Crandall, of Buffalo, N. Y., for public printer. Secretary Carlisle has sent a deficiency estimate to the House asking $50,000 moro to deport the Chinese. Warrants of deportation are being prepared for nearly 200 Cuban cigarmakers recently arrived at Key West, Fla. Representative Maguire introduced a bill to increase the revenue by a direct tax on land in the United States. Secretary Carlisle was called to New Ycrk to straighten out a hitch between the Collector and the importers. The appropriation for the District of Columbia recommended is $4,927,194.97. Last year it was $5,413,233.91, and the estimate of the District Commissioners for this vear was $5,381,473.91. Onehalf of the District appropriation is paid by the government, the remainder by the District.

Overflow of News.

Pittsburg dedicated a $25,000 school building. It is considered a model. Customs officers at El Paso, Texas, seized P. de la Sota and foiftid $2,000 worth of opals. , p. \ George Lantis, a Columbia (Ohio) crank, called upon Gov. McKinley with a demand fer $15,000. Pope Leo, speaking in St. Peter's of the Sicilian troubles, said the nation mu6t return to the o’d religion. The Standard Oil Company is sued for the damages by fire at Columbus, Ohio, caused by waste from the company’s tanks. -w-