Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1894 — Page 2

EljePemotratirSfntinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - Pubushko.

HOLD OUT FALSE HOPE

MANY ARd! SWINDLED IN THE CHEROKEE BOND SALE. Landsharks Sell Land at Ridiculously Low Prices When They Can't Give the Shadow of a Title—Militia Force of the United States. Dupe Many Victims. Chief Harris of the Cherokee Nation find United States District Attorney Bead had a conference at Fort Smith, Ark., the ether day relative to an extensive swindle that is beine perpetrated upon people in several States by uuscrupulous attorneys In Arkansas. These latter are sending out circulars announcing that any person having Indian blood In his veins can be admitted to citizenship in the Indian Territory in • time to share in the 16,000,000 from the sale of Cherokee bonds on payment of a good fee to the lawyers. Then there are 7.000 squatters on 100,000 acres of the best ljnd in the Territory who are also sending out announcements through these same lawyers •fferiqlg to sell the lands at ridiculously when they cannot give a shadow of title to an acre. Many people who have been victimized by this double swindle are flocking to the promised land only to find themselves deceived, and Chief Harris and Mr. Read are doinf ail they can to expose the swindle. , UNITED STATES MIEITIA FORCES. Figures from the Reports to the Adjutant General of the Army. Secretary Lemont, of the War Department, has transmitted to Congress an abstract of the militia force of the United States, according to the latest returns received by the Ad jutant General of the army. The returns show, that in all the States and Territories the aggregate of enlisted militiamen is 112,190—Alaska, Utah and" Oklahoma alone having no military organizations. The total number of men available for milltargfUuty in the United Stat&s, Is 8,223,997. This force, if organized, would make an army nearly five times as large as the famous army of Xerxes, Of the enlisted militiamen. 19,320 are non-com-missioned officers. The commissioned officers number 9,278; among whom are 93 generals and 1,212 staff officors New York lcad9 In the size of militia forces the enlisted men In that State numbering 12.819. Pennsylvania is noxt with 8,614, and Ohio ranks third with 6,125. Massachusetts has 5,566 militiamen and South Carolinla has 5,440. California stands sixth wijb 4,944, and Illinois ranks seventh, her militiamen numbering 4,777. There are 5 generals in the Illinois militia and 51 staff officers. The regimental and field officers number 68, and the company officers 223. The commissioned officers are 347 and the noncommissioned officers 767. There are 96 musicians and 3,567 privates. The number of men In the State available for military duty is estimated at 650,000.

LOSS BY FIRE OF #500,000, Blaze at Savannah, Ga., In Which Several Buildings Are Burned. Fire caused a loss at Savaunah, Ga., ol $500,000, Several valuable buildings are total wrecks. William Tilton was hurt by being run over by the hook and ladder truck. Arthur Tosback, a fireman, fell from a ladder, but was not badly injured. The fire started at 10 o'clock in the morning In the guano warehouse of Wilcox, Gibbs & Ca, and from there spread to the Savannah Grocery Company's six-story brick building, which was totally consumed. The store of the Savannah Grocery Company was worth $180,009. It was insured for $130,090. The firo next extended to M. Ferst’s wholesale grocery, three stories high. The stock Is worth $150,000; Insurance, $125,000. The building belongs to Wilcox, Gibbs & Ca, and is valued at $100,000; Insurance, $68,000. The guano warehouse Is valued at SIO,OOO. M.4RDI GRAS OPENS. Gorgeous Carnival Passes Through the Streets of New Orleans. The carnival procession In New Orloans was unusually beautiful and notably free from accidents and violence. It was 11 o’clock In the forenoon when Rex appeared. The King was greeted with the utmost enthusiasm on all sides. Rex this year has taken from the great poets and storytellers of ancient and modern times materia] to make up his theme of literature, and his pageant, glittering in color, shows the effect of many months of patient and artistic work. There were nineteen floats in the procession and probably ninety characters were necessary to assist In the telling of the story. The decorations were brilliant In the extreme, and the costumes most gorgeous and striking, and brought out In all their beauty by the rays of the sun. Threw Her Children Out. At midnight the other night In Cincinnati, 0., fire was discovered on the ground floor,of a tenement A man that discovered It threw a boulder through the secondstory window and awakened the occupants, who were Mrs. Combs, her son Marion, aged. 4. her daughter Stella, aged 6, and Miss Coleman, a friend. Mrs. Combs threw her two children out of the window on the stony pavement twenty feet below. The boy was fatally hurt; Mrs. Combs will die. Etella is unhurt and Miss Coleman jumped, escaping with slight injuries Did Fire on the British. The Governor of Sierra Leone has telegraphed a confirmation of the report received at Liverpool to the effect that there had been another engagement between the French and Britisu forces on the frontier of Sierra Leone and that six men had been killed. The governor In his report says that several men were killed on both sides and that the French attacked the British, whose force was entirely composed of natives. Farmers Meet at Topeka. * At the meeting of the National Farmers’ Alliance and Industrial Union in Topeka, about forty delegates were present. Gov. Lewelling and John F. Willets delivered the addresses of welcome. “Farmer" Dean, of New York, and Mann Page, of Richmond, Va., responded.

He YFill Be Buried Alive. Nevada, Ohio, citizens have raised a fund of SSOO to pay a man named Levi Nye to be huAed alive in a state of insensibility similar to the practices of Indian fakirs. Some of the citizens are trying to stop the experiment To Babe Duty on Wheat. The French Customs Committee has adopteg the proposal of M. Mellne to raise the duty on wheat to 8 francs, rith the proviso that when the price .reaches 20 francs the duty is to be reduced by proKressive4diminutlons of 50 centime!, and tSie duty }s to be removed altogether when the price reaches 33 francs. Santa Fe’s Latest Hove. It is announced that the receiver? of the Atchison system and their legal representatives will, in the United States Court, apply for a receiver 'for the Colorado Midland Bailway and also for permission to receive and pay certain moneys in Kansas.

STATE BANK TAX TO STAY. Bill Is Killed in Committer on Majority of One Vote. The effort to repeal the tax on State bank circulations was beaten In the Committee on Banking by a vote of 8 yeas and 9 nays. The vote was taken on the bill of Representative Cox (Fern., Tenn.), which relieves State banks from any tax on their circulation, but does not extend the relief to circulation issued by private Individuals or corporations The vote in detail was as follows: For the bill—Cox (Tenn.), Cobb (Ala.). Hall (Mo.), Ellis (Ky.), Johnson (Ohio), Cobb (Ma), Black (Ga.). and Culberson (Texas), all Democrats. Against the bill— Springer (I1L), Sperry (Conn.), Warner (N. Y.), Democrats; and Johnson (Ind.), Brosius (Pena), Walker (Mass,), Bussell (Conn.), Henderson (Ill.), and Haugen (Wis.), Republicans. The favorable votes of Johnson, of Ohio, and Cobb, of Missouri, were given with the reservation that they would vote against the bill on the floor of the House. A second vote was taken on a motion to reconsider the motion to lay on the table. This time the lines were differently drawn, although the result was the same. Yeas— Sperry, Culberson, Walker, Brosius. Henderson, Bussell, Haugen, Johnson (Ind.), Springer. Nays—Cox, Cobb (Mo.), Cobb (Ala.), Ellis. Warner, Johnson (O.). Black, HalL Mr. Warner says that his new bill will be designed to securo repeal speedily and with it an elastic currency. Several other bills to secure repeal of the Slate hank tax. with various limitations, are before the committee, but may not be taken up

BIG WAREHOUSE DESTROYED. Cottages Crushed by Failing Brick Walls ill Chicago. The big five-story brick warehouse of Felix & Marston, wholesale dealers In wooden and willow ware, nt Henry street and Stewart avenue, Chicago, wsis totally destroyed by fire and a number of lives endangered. The building, which was 100 feet wide by 175 feet long, extending south half a block to West Fifteenth street, was valued at $60,000, and with the stock, estimated at $75,000, Is a complete loss. Felix & Marston’s loss, aggregating $135,000, Is covered 1 y Insurance Three or four frame cottages owned by poor people were Crushed to pieces by the falling walls of the warehouse, and, according to a dispatch, hard work by the firemen barely prevented the flames from spreading toward Canal street. Eleven employes were In tho warehouse when the fire broke out, and so quickly did the flames rush over tho dry stock of washtubs, towel-racks, but-ter-bowls, broom-handles, toothpicks and other woodenware that tho men scaraaly had time to escape. William (nooks. who was caught on the second floor, where it is supposed the fire started, leaped to tho street below and was Internally Injured. Including the loss sustained by the owners of the cottages which wero crushed by the falling walls, the fire destroyed nearly $140,000 worth of property. WILL CIRCLE THE GLOBE. Dr. Talmuge Planning a Five-Months' Trip Around the World. It has been announced that Rev. Dr. Talmage, the famous Brooklyn preacher, lyis completed arrangements for a tour of the world during the coming spring and Bummer. According to the programme. Dr. Talmage will go overland to San Francisco and will sail from that port the last week In May, taking tho steamer to the Hawaiian Islands. Ho will nlso visit New Zealand, Australia, China and India in the East, In China a large portion of his time will be spent In Amoy, where his brother, the late Bev. Dr. John Talmage, was for forty-two years a missionary. The daughters, well-known missionaries, still live in An oy and continue the work their father began. The journey homeward will bo made from Ceylon, through Europe and across tho Atlantic. Dr. Talmage will he accompanied by his wife and two daughters, and will bo absent about five months, Tho extended trip through Asia and Europe has no connection with the present crisis in the affairs of his church. It was practically determined upon in 1892 when he was in Russia. It Is his intention to preach and lecture In every place he visits while he Is away. An Envious Growl. The action of Admiral Benbam In firing on tho insurgents at Bio Janeiro seems. If we may judge from tho English press, to disturb John Bull. Ihe St James Gazette, commenting on the Associated Press Inter view with Admiral Benham, says: “The procious Monroe doctrine seems to ho construed Into allowing the United Statos alone to Interfere In South American affairs. ” The Globe remarks: “Admiral da Gama tried to bully Admiral Benham and got the worst of It Events show that Admiral Bonham does not tako tho same view of the affair as Lord Rosebery. Tho British Secretary of Foreign Affairs, roplying to a correspondent, wrote that he regretted the deplorable state of affairs in Brazil, but said that tho government cannot depart from Its general policy of non-intervontion In the affairs of a foreign state.” Continuing, the Globe says if the Washington authorities indorse Admiral Benham’s action, England will be at direct variance with the United States on a vitally Important provision of International law. Gets Under Cover. Mrs. Hetty Green, the richest woman in America, and probably she most eccentric, has disappeared. For several weeks she had boarded at the residence of Mrs. A. E Bonta, Na 89 Pierrepont street, Brooklyn. She ’’paid $7 a week for a rear hall bedroom, and is said to have eaten her meals in the kitchen Last week Mrs. Bonta received an anonymous letter which Informed her there was a plot on foot toabduct Mrs. Green and hold ber for an enormous ransom. Mrs. Green, when shown the letter, hired a body guard and the next day left Mrs. Bonta's house very mysteriously. Whether she has merely sought another place of retirement or has been abducted no one is able to say. Mrs. Green Is worth $60,000,000.

To Limit Enlistments. The House Military Committee has ordered a favorable report on the biU introduced by Mr. Curtis. < f New York, limiting enlistment in the army to three years without any provision for three months’ extra pay. The bill further provides that no soldier shall be re-enllsted whose record is not good; who is not a citizen of the United States, or has not declared his intention of being such; who cannot speak and read the English language, and who is over thirty years of age. Eire Sweeps Fifty-two Farms. A disastrous conflazratlpn occurred near Neisse, in Prussian Silesia The fire burned over fifty-two farms, destroying the woodland and all the dwellings, outbuildings, barns, etc. Ihe people weTe forced to flee for their lives, the flames spreading with great rapidity, and were able to save but of their possessions. All thoir provisions, hay, grain and other products were consumed, and this loss has entailed great misery. The damage is placed at 2,000,*00 marks. Serious Blot at Bogota. A dispatch from Bogota says that serious riots have broken out In that city. They are a protest against the monopoly in tobacco. A mob of over seven thousand men attacked thtf government officers In spite of the efforts of the police. The troops were called out at last, and they charged the mob. Mnay persons were killed. * Bland’s Coinage BUI. Me Bland, of Missouri, chairman of the House Committee on Coinage. Weights and Measures, submitted to the House, accom-

panted by a report recommending tta passage, hls bill directing the coinage of allver bullion held In the Treasury. The report says that the measure provides for the Issue of silver certificates in amount equal to the gain or seigniorage that may accrue on the coinage of the silver bullion now in the Treasury purchased under the Sherman act of July, 1890. This aeigniorago Is stated by Secretary Carlisle In his last annual report to he $55,156,861. The object of the bill Is to make Immediately available for the current expenses of the Government this amount, "ihe certificates are authorized to be Issued on the bullion in advance of the coinage, should the exigencies of the treasury require it. It Is not likely, however. that this will be necessary, since the bullion may be coined at the rate of $8,000,000 or (10,000,000 per month if necessary. The bill In no respect alters the final result that would be obtained by the execution of the law of 1890, authorizing the purchase and disposition of the bullion bought under it. It does not change the terms of the law In this reapect, bnt simply hastens its execution. INDIANS ON THE WARPATH. An Outbreak Causes Much Excitement at Mammoth, Arizona. News comes from Mammoth, A T., that Indians in that vicinity are on the warpath. On Wednesday afternoon, Ilualpla Clark, a prospector, was attacked by four Indians. He easily evaded hls assailants. and at once started for Mammoth, twelve miles away, for re-enforce-ments. Coming In, he found the camp of William Emerson, another prospector. looted of valuables and food. Emerson was not found, and Clark believes him killed. He was a man 55 years old and unmarried. Clark got to Mammoth at 11 o’clock. He at once aroused the camp, and was soon at the head of a party bent on capturing tho Indians. About twenty men are now on the trail of the Indians, and a capture Is expected. Clark l9of the opinion there !s a general outbreak of Apaches from the reservation. Neither event would surprise him, He says the scene of the supposed killing of Emerson is where the “Kid’s” parents killed John Diehl six years aga

BURNED TO DEATH IN THEIR HOME. Terrible Fate of Two Little Children at Meadville, Pa. Two children wero cremated and their mother frightfully burnod at Meadville, Pa. Mrs. James Scanlon, of Atlantic avenue, had stepped to the street to call her little boy, leaving her babe tied In a rocking chair In the dining-room and hls 3-year-old sister at play In tho sittingroom. When she returned by way of the dining-room five minutes later sho was driven back by flames and terribly burned before she rail around to the front door, which was locked on the inside. Seeing her little girl trylng.to got out through a front window, the mother ran to'help* her, but just as she reached tho window Mrs. Scanlon Was overcome and fell In a swoon, and lh another moment the child fell hack Into the flames. Help was within fifty yards of the scene of the fire when the mother fell, but could not reach tho scene In time to be of service, and both children wero burned to a crisp. The mother will recover, but may lose her mind. The origin of the fire Is unknown. MINING OPERATORS IN DANGER. Arm Themselves In the Kanawha District and Fear the Worst. Montgomery. W. Va., dispatches say that (he situation the Kanawha mine district Is threaten in Three meetings w ere held, and on each occasion resolutions denouncing the operators were passed. At the last meeting the men agreed to do nothing to save the property of any coal oporator In case It was attacked by striking coal operatives. The latter are thoroughly alarmed and are arming themselves to repel attack. If made Several cases of Winchester rifles and ammunition have been shipped to the mines up the valley. Sheriff Sillman Is In communication with the operators and Is prepared to suppress any uprising. He will call upou the governor at once If any move Is made. Mexico's Gobi Coinage. The official report of the production and coinage -of gold aud silver in Mexico during the fiscal year of 1893 is out. It shows the production of $1,400,000 iu gold and (48,500,009 In sliver. The mintage for the year was $301,672 in gold urtd $27,160,876 In silver. The low amount of gold coined arises from the faci that the monetary system of Mexico is now operative practically on a silver basis People Starving In Spain. At Cadiz the Governor reports that thousands of people out of work and starving are tramping through the country and that In consequence he anticipates disturbances in the rural districts, a Passed the Houses By a vote of 204 to 140 the Wilson tariff hill passed tho House of Representatives after a three hours’ debate. Concerning the lee Crop. Wisconsin is expected to harvest 2,000, - 000 tons of Ice this season. Indiana’s crop is expected to fall short. » Killed the Peach Buds. Peach buds were killed In Southern Illinois by the recent cold wave. Less than one-twentieth escaped. To Prevent Prize Fighting. A bill to prevent and punish prize fighting in lowa was passed by the lower house of the Legislature Surrounded by Ruffians. The private car of Mrs. Leland Stanford was surrounded at Sacramento by ruffians,

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.,.. $3 SO @5 60 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 oo @ 6 60 Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 25 @ 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 60 @ 61 Corn—No. 2 86 @8 36 Oats—No. 2... 20 & 30 Rye—No. 2 44 @ 4« Butter—Choice Creamery Eggs—Fresh 13 <§; 14 Potatoes—Per bu 60 a 60 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 00 @ 5 00 Hogs—Choice Light 3 00 a 6 75 Sheep—Common to Prime 2 00 a 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67 a 57!$ Corn—No. 2 White . 85 a 35!$ Oats—No. 2 White 31 a 32 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 Oo <a 600 Hogs 3 00 a 6 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67 a 57!$ Corn—No. 2 33 a 34 Oats—No. 2 30 @ 30)$ Pork—Mess 13 25 au 00 , CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 5 00 Hogs 3 00 a 5 75 Sheep.; 2 00 a 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 49 © 60 Corn—No. 2 37 a 38 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 a 32 Rye—No. 2 61 a 62 DETROIT. Cattle 3 00 a 4 75 Hogs 3 00 a 6 so Sheep 2 to a 3 75 Wheat—No.2 Red.... 60 a 61 Coen—No. 2 Yellow so a * 37 Oats—No. 2 Whitt SO a 32 TOLHDO. 0 Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 a 60 CORN—No- 3 Mixed 35 a 15!$ Oats—No. 2 White >. 81 a 32 Rye—No. 2 49 a 61 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 71!$a 72!$ JCoRN— No. 2 Yellow 40 a 41 Cats—No. 2 White 85 a 36 LiveHeos—Ooodtochoice.... 5 00 a 6 76 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring *1 a 61!$ Corn—No. 3 35 a 3<& Oats—No. 2 White B*!s® 31!$ Rye—No. 1 46 a 48 Barley—No. 2 60 @ 61 Fork—Mess . 12 60 ai3 00 NEW YORK. Cattle., 3 oo a 6 eo Hoas ; 3 76 a 6 25 SBBEP l 2 CO a 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67 @ *8 Cobn-No. 2 .'.t 43 a 44 Oats—White Western .* 86 a 40 Buwer—Choice 22 a 27 Pork—Meta.. liH ®ls 25

G. W. CHILDS IS DEAD.

THE EMINENT PHILANTHROPIST PASSES FROM EARTH. Stroke of Paralysis Leads to the End of the Career of the Great Philadelphia « Publisher—Honors that Have Crowned HU Works. Beloved by the People. George W. Childs, proprietor of the Philadelphia Public Ledger, died at his residence from the effects of a stroke of paralysis, sustained by him two weeks previous. For tome time previous to the day he was stricken Mr. Childs was overrun with work. The service at the lirexel Institute in memory of the late A. J. Drexel was to be held and Mr. Childs was particularly anxious that the occasion should he in every way woithy of his lifelong friend and companion. He busied himself arranging the details of the service and at the day approached he became nervous and worried. The service was to be held Saturday, and Thursday afternoon Mr. Childs was sitting in his office at the Ledger talking with William T. Steele, his private secretary, and I. F. Shepard, night editor of the pa;x>r. Suddenly Mr. Childs began to slip forward in his chair and would have fallen to tho floor it the two gentlemen had not sprung forward and raised him up. Mr. Shepard and Mr. Steele and Mr. Childs himself believed

GEORGE W. CHILDS.

that tho attack was nothing more than vertigo. Mr. Childs lay down, and Dr. J. M. Da Costa, his family physician, was sent for. When Dr. Da Costa arrived he found that Mr. Childs had had a slight, stroko of paralysis, due, as the physicians have since learned, to tho breaking of a small blood vessel in the head and the formation on the brain of a small clot of blood. Another physician was called in. The doctors at the time did not appreprehend any fatal results, as the paralysis was slight and did not greatly affect his limb;, and they had a good basis to work upon in Mr. Childs’ splendid constitution and orderly life. For more than a week Mr. Childs’ condition did not grow any worse, but on the contrary showed slight signs of improvement. The clot of blood on the brain, however, was not absorbed, as often happens in similar cases, and after a week the paralysis began to ) r ogress slowly. Shortly before 10 o'clock on the night of his death Mr. C hilds’ respiration became embarrassed and his pulse began to flag. His physicians recognized the signs of approaching dissolution, and although everything that medical science and skill could do to prolong life was done Mr. Childs sank rapidly, and at 11:01 o’clock the generous heart that beat so kindly for his fellow-men was stilled in death. Except his wife, Mr. Childs had no immediate family. Universally Liked. Few men have filled so wide a niche in modern American history as George W. Childs. He was not great in the tense that statesmen have been great; he was a follower of successful soldiers rather than their leader in the formation of public opinion. He was not a publicist in the sense that Horace Greeley was a publicist. He did not rank or pretend to rank with men like Garrison, Phillips, Everett, Lovejoy and th ■ old phalanx of abolitionists: and the politician’s trade was wholly foreign to his nature. Mr. Childs rat ely sought to lead public sentiment, and never in his career did he so dictate the policy of the Philadelphia Ledger as to makd it an aggressive factor in public affairs. To profit by the accretion already gainod; to build up in conservative ways and to hold on to every element of progress and never lose a point was the chief secret of Mr. Childs’ power-dor good. That he did a world of _ good nobody will deny. He acquired the means to do it, and he used it in a style pf generosity peculiarly his own. ‘ In the death of Mr. Childs Philadelphia loses one of the citizens of which the city vvas most proud and the country at large one of its best-known private citizens. From his early boyhood Mr. Childs’ life was such that it can stand as a model and example to all men for what a noble manhood and an honest, upright, conscientious life should be. From a poor and friendless boy, beginning life as an errand boy at $2 per week, he rose through constant struggles to the position of one of the great publishers of the world and the honored and sought-for friend of eminent men in all walks of life.

FREDA WARD’S SLAYER.

How Alice Mitchell I< Spending Her Days in an Asylum. The second anniversary of the death of Freda Ward at the hands of her girl lover. Alice Mitchell, has passed away. Just two years ago Miss Mitchell killed Freda near the Custom House in Memphis, Tenn., and for this crime she was tried, hut upon her insanity being established she was sentenced to the West Tennessee Hospital for the Insane located near Bolivar. Here the life of the prisoner has passed uneventfully. She rises at 6:30 o'clock every morning and puts her own room in order, though not obliged to do it. She has breakfast—and she usually eats a hearty meal—at 7:30, aids the attendants in cleaning up if she feels disposed, roads a little, and talks and plays games with those of the patients who are sane enough to join in such diversions. Dinner is served at 12:30, and in the afternoon, if the weather is fine, the patien's are taken for a walk over the grounds. After the walk and on rainy afternoons Alice devotes herself almost exclusively to the practice oh music. She is organist in the chapel, takes great interest in the hospital Sunday-school, and is considered the best scholar in the Bible class. Dr. Douglass, the superintendent, says that, mentally, Alice is much imE roved since she entered the asylum, ut he refuses to give au opinion as to whether she is sane enough to be released. In point of fact, it is doubtful If the girl ever leaves tho asylutri, even though she may never evince another symptom of insanity. She has proved herself possessed of a homicidal mania, and miblic opinion will demand that she be kept where a possible recurrence of it cannot work harm toother*,

WILSON BILL PASSED.

GOES THROUGH THE HOUSE BY A VOTE OF 204 TO 140. Seed Mabn a Plea for Protection. While L’rUp and Wilson Defend the Proposed Measure —Wilson’s Admirers Carry Him About on Their Shoulders. « Cnparalleled Scenes. At the conclusion of one of the grandest, most imposing, and most impressive scenes ever witnessed in the American Capitol, the Wilson tariff bill passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 204 to 140. The events leading up to it were almost unparalleled in the annals of this country. Such a vast concourse of people as assembled to hear the last arguments upon the great economic issue about to be submitted for final arbitrament to the representatives of the American people had never before been seen within the pieoincts of the nation's legislative capital. Three hours of debate preceded the vote on the bill. The participants were ex-Speaker Reed, S[ eaker Crisp and Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means Committee. The galleries were filled to overflowing with eager and expectan> listeners. The corridors were packed and long lines of applicants for admission stood at each gallery door. All preparations had been made for a picturesque ending to the long debate and no one was disappointed by the entertainment’. When the result of the ba lot had been announced Mr. Wilson was carried about the chambrr on the shouders of his admirers. Strictly speaking, it was not the Wilson bill that was passed, but what remained of the measure alter running the gantlet of the committee of the whole in a three weeks’ debate. During this discussion some of the main features of the measure prepared by the Ways and Means Committee were eliminated and important provisions added, but the bill will continue to be known as the Wilson bill. Before the final vote was taken the House ratified all the changes that had been ordered by the committee of the who’e, so that the measure as it now stands provides lor raw materials, including, coal, iron ore, lumber, hide*, salt and wool, free sugar, an income tax, no sugar bounty, and no reciprocity features. The vote in detail was a 3 follows:

YEAS. Abbott, Dunn, McKeighan, Aldkbson, Dunpht, McLaurin Alexander, Dubbobow, McMillin, Allen, Edmunds, McNagny Arnold, Ellis (Ky.), Mcßae, Bailey, English, Meredith, Baker (Kan ), Enloe, Money. Baldwin, Epes, Montgomery, Bankhead, Erdman, Morgan, Barnes, Everett, Moses, Barwig, Fielder, Mutchleb, Bell (Colo.), Fithian, Neill, Bell (Texas), Forman, Oates, Beltzhoover, Fyan, O’Neil (Mass), Berry, G’iss’nhain’r, Outhwaite, Black (Ga.), Goldzier, Paschal, Black (111.), Goodnight, Patterson, Blanchard, Gorman, Paynteb, Bland, Grady, Pearson, Boatneb, Graham, I'price, Boen, Gresham, PE’DLE’TN(Tex) Bower (N. C.), Hall (Minn.), P’dlt’n (W.Va) Branch, Hall (Mo.), Pigott, Brawley, Hammond, Rayner, Breckinridge Hare, Reilly, (Ark.), Harris. Richards (O.). Breckinridge Harter R’ch’ds’niMic.) (Ky.), Hatch, Ric’DsoNlTen.) Bretz, Hayes, Ritchie, Brickner, Heard, Robbins, Brookshire, H’nd’bs’n(N.C.)Rush, Brown, Hines, Russell (Ga.), Bryan, Holman. Ryan, Bunn, Hooker(Mlss.),Sayers, Bubnes, Houk (Ohio), Shell, Bynum, Hudson, Simpson , ( abanibs. Hunter, Snodgrass, Caminetti, Hutcheson, Somers. Cannon (Cal.) Ikirt Spbingeb, Capehart, Johnson (0.), Stallings, Cabuth. Jones, Stockda’le, Catchings, Kern. Stone (Ky.), Causey, Kilgore, Strait, Clancy, Kribbs, Swanson, Clark (Mo.), Kyle, Talbert (S.C.), Clark (Ala,), Lane, Talbot (Mo.), Cobb (Ala.), Lapham, Tabnsney, Cobb (Mo.), Latimer, Tate, Cockran, Lawson, Taylor (Ind.), Cockrell, Layton, Terry, Coffeen, Lester, Tracey, Compton, Lisle, Tucker, Conn, Livingston, Turner, Coombs, Lockwood, Turpin, Cooper (Fla.), Lynch, Tyler, Cooper (Ind.), Maddox, Warner, Cooper (Tex.), Magner, Washington, Cornish, Maguire, Weadock, Cox, Mallory, Wells, Crain, Marshall, Wheeler (Ala) Crawford, Martin (Ind.), Whiting, Culberson, McAleer, Williams (Ill.) Bai'is (Kan.), McCREABY(Ky) WiII’ms (Miss) Dkabmond, McCulloch, WiLSON(W.Va), De Forest, McDannold, Wise, Denson, McDbarmon, Wolverton, Dinsmore, McEttrick, Woodard, Dockery, McGann, Crisp—2o4. Donovan, McKaig. nays. Adams, (Ky.), Groat, Phillips, Aitken, Hager, Pickier, Aldrich, Hainer (Neb.), Post, Apsley, Haines, Powers, Avery, Harmer. Price, Babcock, Hartman, Randall, Baker (N. H.), Haugen, Ray. Bartholdt, Heiner (Pa.), Reed, Bartlett, Hendersondll.) Reybum, Belden, Henderson (la.) Robertson(L«, Bingham, Hendrix, Robinson (Pa.), Blair, Hepburn, Russell (Conn.), Boutelle, Herrmann, Kch’p.mehhoen Bowers, (Cal.) Hicks, Scranton, Broderick, Hilbom, Settle, Brosius, Hitt, Sliaw, Burrows, Hooker (N. Y.), Sherman, Cadmus, Hopkins (HI.), Sibley, Caldwell. Hulick, Sickles, Campbell, Hull. Smith, Cannon (Ill.), Johnson (Ind.), Sperby, Chlckering, Johnson (N.D.),Stephenson, Childs, Jov, Stone, C. W. Cogswell, Keller, Stone, W. A. Cooper (Wis.), Lacey, Storer, Cousins, Lefevre, Strong, Coveet, Linton, -Tawney, Cummings, Loud, Taylor (Tenn.), Curtis, (Kan.) Lohdenslager, Thomas, Curtis, (N. Y.) Lucas, Updergraff, Dalzell, Mahon, Van Voorhis (N. Daniels, Marsh, Y.). Davey (La.), Marvin (N. Y.), Van Voorhis Dingley, McCall, (Ohio). Dolliver, MeCleary (Minn) Wadsworth, Doolittle, McDowell, Walker, Drap'er, Meiklejobn, Wanger, Ellis (Ore.), Mercer, Waugh, Fletcher, Meyer, Wever, Funk, Moon, Wheeler (Ill.) Funston, Morse, White, Gardner, Murray, Wilson (Ohio), Gear, Norlands, Wilson (Wash.), Geary, Northway, Woomer, Gillet (N.Y.), Page, Wright (Mass.), Gillett (Mass.), Pavne, Wright (Pa.). Grosvenor, Perkins, —l4O.

Pemocrats are Indicated bv small caps, Republicans by roman, and Populists by italics. National Capital Notes. ~ The deficit in the revenue for the month of January approximates $lO,000,000. Congressman Gorman fell on the sleety sidewalk, injuring his shoulder very badiy. The Republicans in the Senate have decided to make no opposition- to the admission’of Utah as a State. _ ThE District of Columbia appropriation bill was reported to the House. The amount recommended is $4,927,194.97. Last year it was 80,413,233.91. The Secretary of the Treasury appointed a committee of scientific and mechanical experts to report on the best method of safe and vault construction, with a view cf renewing or improving the uault facilities of the United States Treasury. They recommended vaults instead of safes. They testad a number of safes, making experiments with burglars’ appliances, and in only one instance failed in effecting an opening sufficient to permit the robbery of the safe of its contends. They reported the vaults and safes of the great banking and safe deposit companies of New York and elsewhere much better protected than those of the Treasury Department.

FIHED ONTHE REBELS.

THE UNITED STATES ASSERTS ITSELF AT RIO. Cruiser Detroit Turns Her Cannon Loose and Brings the Insurgents to Their Knees—Admiral Beoham’s Course Approved—England May Follow Salt. Lesson In the Shot. Uncle Pam's guns have spoken in the bay of Rio Janeiro. By a timely shot fired on an insurgent teasel Rear Ad-

miral Benham, of the United States navy, brought Admiral da Gama and the Brazilian rebels to realize that they cannot with impunity fire on American merchant vessels. The insurgent leader came near resigning and seeking an asylum on board the American fleet, but the younger offi-

ADMIRAL BENH AM.

cers would not yield. The principle has been firmly established that American vessels £re not to be fired on. Admiral Benham, finding that Admiral da Gama persisted in reckless firing that endangered the safety of American merchant vessels, entered a protest. Da Gama paid no heed to this. Furthermore, he notified Admiral Benham that if the three American merchantmen, the Amy, Good News and Julia Rollins, went to the Sandre Piers, as they had proposed, ho would fire on them. Admiral Benham at once replied that the vessels would go to the piers if they wanted to and that he would send the Detroit to protect them. If the Detroit could not furnish sufficient protection every vessel of the American squadron would be employed in the work of protection, and Benham sought to warn the insurgent Admiral by clearing his decks for ac-

THE WARSHIP DETROIT.

tion. Da Gama refused to take this hint. A musket was fired from the Guanabara, Da Gama's flagship, at the Good News. The Detroit at once fired a six-pound shot across the bows of the Guanabara, whereupon the latter vessel replied with what is supposed to have been a blank cartridge. The Detroit then turned one of her guns upon the Guanabara and sent a small shot into her stern p >st, and was on the point of delivering a broadside at the insurgent ship when the Guanabara signaled that she would stop firing. I)a Gama Would Surrender. In the meantime an American citizen, G, M. Rollins, who acted as the agent of Admiral da Gama in the arbitiation negotiations, bal visited all three of the American merchantmen and offered to have them towed at the expense of the insurgents if they would not go to the piers. This the captains of the merchantmen agreed to. This arrangement was report id to Admiral da Gama on board his flagship, the Liberdade. He then said: “It is too late. The glass is broken. I must yield to this foreign fleet of superior force. I will resign and give my sword to the American Admiral.” Later in the day Admiral da Gama called a council of hia officers, expecting that all of them would r seek an asylum on board the American fleet, but the younger officers would not yield. It was stated at the council that Admiral Benham had offered Admiral da Gama and his officers a ylum on board of the American war ships. The situation was extremely delicate when the Detroit was beside the Good their guns loaded and aimed on all the News. The Guanabara andTraJanohad American vessels, w’hile two heavy insurgent tugs were ready to ram the Detroit. The Guanabara and Trajano together have eight splendid rifles, but

THE GUANABARA.

when the Detroit fired a six-pound shell into the Guanabara and Captain Brownson gave warning that if a gun was fired, even by accident, he would sink them and advised that they take the men from the, guns, they weakened. Admiral Benham had the Newark ready to aid the Detroit, while the New York, Charleston and San Francisco were alert to receive the Aquidaban and Tamandare, which were under steam; ’ England Will Follow Example. It is thought England will’follow the example set by the United States. The London Standard says: “The blockade of Rio de Janeiro has been broken up so far as American trading vessels are concerned, and we do not suppose that the American example will be lost upon merchants and naval officers leprerenting other nations in the port. If the blockade is thus forcibly raised the insurgent hope of reducing President Peixofo to submission by starring out the capital is ended. This is the insurgents’ mainstay.

THE TITLE TO MILLIONS.

Immense Interests Affected by Delay to Confirm Peckham. Probably the most important interest affected by the delay of 'the Senate in giving the fulFbench to the Supreme Court is the settlement of the titles to mineral lands along the Northern Pacific Railroad. By its charter this road was given the alternatqsections of land forty miles each side of its track, excepting the mineral lands, but the question has arisen in numerous lawsuits whether the title was for those sections which were known to contain mineral deposits when the grants took effect or also for all lands in which mineral deposits have since beemdiscovered. CR'iliit Court decisions have placed the firsf; construction upon the grants, and there has been the test ease of Richard P. Borden against the Northern Pacific before the Supreme Court for more than a year. This case has been once argued, but is now sidetracked to await the confirmation of a ninth justice. Upon its decision depends the title to all recently discovered mineral wealth along the Northern Pacific, for an eighty miie belt across the whole width of the State of Montana and part of Idaho.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Oar National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Cpon. Doings of Congress. Wednesday In the House the internal revenue bill was placed as a rider upon the tariff bill by a vote of 175 to 56. The entire day was spent In the consideration of amendments which were offered to the various internal revenue features The principal fight came upon the proposal to Increase the tax upon whisky from 80 cents to $1 and to extend the bonded period from three to eight years. These provisions, especially the one looking to an increase of the bonded period, were bitterly opposed by prominent members on both sides of the House, and. despite the opposition, the latter proposition—that is, the increase of the bonded period to eight years—was stricken out, while the increase of the tax from 00 rents to $1 was allowed to stand. Discussion of the bond resolution was continued In the Senate. Messrs. Allen and Hoar argued against the bond issue. The debate on the Hawaiian matter began in the House Friday under a special order. Ihe adoption of the order was preceded by a lively passage at arms between Mr. Boutelle and Mr. Catchings of Mississippi, a member of the Committee on Rules, which resulted in two attempts made by the former to have the words of the latter excepted to by the House in order to subject him to censure. Only two speeches were made. The resolution which formed the basis of the discussion is that of McCreary condemning the acts of Minister Stevens and approving the policy of the President, at the same time expressing the sense of the House that the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands is Inexpedient For this tbe Republicans offered the minority report approving Minister Stevens’ action and condemning the acts of the present administration. The day in the Senate was not an eventful one. After an hour’s debate early In the session tbe resolution of Senator l’etfer was adopted calling upon the Secretary of the Treasury for the names of persons and corporations bidding for United states bonds and the amount of bids and the rate of Interest. The original resolution of Senator Stewart denying the authority of the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds at this time was taken up and consumed the remainder of the day. Tbe Senate adjourned without action on the resolution. The Hawaiian debate was continued Saturday in the House, but nothing particular occurred. On account of pressure for time it was agreed to extend the debate until 3:30 o’clock Tuesday afternoon, with the understanding that the Boutelle resolution should be included In the special order, a vote to bo taken at the conclusion of the debate upon both resolutions. The Boutelle resolution recites In its preamble that the President has Invaded the rights and privileges of the House, and reprobates his action as unwarranted and un-American. Some routine business preceded the Hawaiian debate, though Mr. Bland presented the report on the bill to coin the silver bullion seigniorage in the treasury, and gave notice that he would call It np at the first opportunity. A bill to repeal section II of the Revised Statutes, relating to the accounts of the United States Treasurer, reported by the joint commission to investigate expenditures in the executive departments, was passed without objection. The federal elections repeal bill occupied the whole of Monday in the Senate. Senator Chandler concluded his speech, which had extended through two or three weeks, and vas followed by Senator Palmer, who argued that the law having entirely failed of its purpose and being generally obnoxious should be repealed. An animated controversy of the franchise qualifications of the State constitutions of Mississippi and Massachusetts took place between Senators Frye and Hoar on one side and Senators Gray and Bate on the other. The Hawaiian debate occupied the attention of tbe House, a night session being held to permit speeches by those members who desired to talk, but who otherwise would not have had an opportunity to do so on account of the limited time allowed. Representative Warner (Dem., N. Y.) introduced a bill for an elastic currency. It contains many of the provisions of the bill which was reported by the sub-committee on banking and currency as a measure for repeal of the 10-per-cent. tax on State banks. Congressman McGann tried to secure consideration of a resolution favoring impeachment of Judge Jenkins for issuing his famous injunction restraining the employes of the Northern Pacific Railroad from striking. An echo of the recent act of Judge Jenkins’ court In relation to the Northern Pacific Railroad strikers was heard In the Senate Tuesday when Senator Allen introduced a bill having for its purpose “the prevention of the abuse of the writ of injunction.” The bill provides that it shall be unlawful for any court of the United States, or Judgo thereof, to issue a writ of injunction, mandate, or restraining order against any labor organization, its officers or members in any manner affecting their full freedom to peacefully and quietly quit the service of any person or corporation at any time they may see proper to do so. The Senate did not come to a vote on the Federal election bill, as was anticipated. Several Senators, who had not hitherto spoken, desired an opportunity to be heard on the measure, and by unanimous consent the time of general debate was extended until 3 o’clock Wednesday. The House, without the intervention of any other business except the reference of some unimportant bills, v took up the consideration of the resolution of the foreign affairs committee censuring Minister Stevens, and Mr. Outhwaite (Dem.). of Ohio, addressed the House. The Hawaiian debate was concluded, but the McCreary resolution iwas not passed because of the failure of the Democrats to secure a quorum when a vote was taken upon it The Hitt substitute, the Blair amendment, and the motion made by Mr. Reed to recommit were in turn voted down. When the vote came to be taken upon tbe main question, the Democrats lacked seventeen of a quorum.

Two Confessions.

Mrs. Nuwed —I want to confess something to you, dearest. I deceived you about my age; it is more than I told you. Mr. Nuwed—Then I may as well reciprocate, darling. I deceived yru about my income: it is less than I told you.—Harper’s Bazar.

The World's Smallest Bird.

The smallest bird in the world is the “fly eater” of Cuba. It is one-third the size of the hummingbird.

How She Could Please Him.

Aunt —I wish to do something ta E lease you on your birthday, Charlie, ut first I want to ask your teacher how you behavq at school. • Charlie—ls you really wish to please me, auntie, don’t ask him.

An Old Odd Fellow.

John Hill, of Derby, England, who is nearly 91 years old, was initiated, into Prince Edward Lodge of Odd Fellows Christmas Day, ’1823, and is probably the oldest living member of the order.

STATE RANKS AND PRODUCTS.

Michigan is first in copper, salt and lumber, second in iron, third; in sheep, fifth in hops, sixth in wheat. | Georgia sends out every yeasyabout 1,000,000 bales of cottcn, and cuts every yeai 200,000,000 feet of lumber. Missouri is first in mules, third in hogs and corn, Sixth in iron and horses, j seventh in oats, ninth in sheep. Maine has 20,000 square miles of' pine forests. The lumber industry sends out 400,000,000 foot a year. New Jersey is first in silk manuA factures and zinc, fourth in iron, sixth, in buckwheat, and seventh in rye.