Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 5, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 February 1894 — Page 2

SljeJcmocrattcSentmel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. /. W. McEWEN, - '-** PußLtSHxa.

DA GAMA NEAR DEATH

REBEL ADMIRAL IN A CRITICAL CONDITION. SafTering from Severe Wounds Received Daring the Battle of A rmacao—Embezzler Armstrong Gets Away at Kokomo— Death of a Noted PianistRebel Deader May Die. Admiral Saldanba Da Gama, the Brazil* Jan rebel commander, who was wounded in the neck and arm by Mannlicher bullets during the battle of Arraacao, is in a critical condition. It was at first supposed that the Admiral’s wounds were insignificant; but it Is now said that he is so seriously injured that ie tnay die. Every effort is being made to save the Admiral’s life Admiral da Gama jwas not one of those who originally rebelled against President Peixoto’s authority.’ Previous to September of JgsJ year there had been revolutions of eon* 6iderable proportions in Rio Grande do Sul und other provinces, but the insurrection Es ainsT TeTxoTo’S wis precipitated Tjy Adfniral de Mella 1 hie jatt3* was in command o£ the GovjtfivdStfieet, and his defection deprive! Pqixoto of his entire najal force. MURDERED WIFE AND SON’. St. Louis Millionaire Dr. Arthur Duestrow Commits a Double Crime. Dr. Duestrow, of 1724 South Compton avenue. St. Louis, walked into the reservoir police station the other evening and surrendered himself, stating that he bad accidentally shot his wife. At the house It was found that the child w as dead, with a bullet in Its heart and one In its head. The mother had received two bullets In her head, and was unconscious. Her recovery is impossible, so the physicians say. The exact leasons Arthur Duestrow has for committing the deed is not known, but It Is said that for some time past he had trot been living happily with his wife. From a wound on the prisoner’s head it Is thought that he attempted to kill himself after shooting the other members of his family.

BROKE OCT OF KOKOMO JAIL. Calvin Armstrong, the Emlwzzllng County Cashier, Makes His Escape. Calvin Armstrong, Tipton County’s Deputy Treasurer, convicted of embezzling $43,003 of the public funds, escaped from jail at Kokomo, Ind, the other evening. While the jailer was feeding the prisoners he pretended to be asleep, and while the Bheriff was In a remote part of the jail he slipped out a bar previously sawed off, ran down the corridor to the street entrance and was gone. He was not missed until morning. Watson Pitzner, of Tipton, who was in the conspiracy to release Cal before, was arrested suspected of furnishing him money and a saw while attending the trial. Armstrong was to have been taken to the prison on the day of his escape. COMMERCIAL CONGRESS. Delegates from Transmisslssippl States Meet at San Francisco. Delegates from all United States territory west of the Mississippi River and of the portion of Louisiana lying east of that river assembled at fan Francisco in the sixth annual session of the Transralsslsslppl Commercial Congress. The object of the Congress is to consider questions relating to irrigation, arid lands, the silver issue, mining laws, public lands, matters relating to the department of the interior and to the Pacific and Gulf coasts, as well as the question of the Nicaragua Cana!. Over twenty 6tates wers represented. W. J. McConnell, of Boise City, Idaho, was the President of the Congress. Death of Von Bulotv. Hans Guido von Bulotv, the distinguished German pianist and composer, is dead, in Cairo, Egypt Von Bulow’s career is one of the most remarkable among those of the great modern masters of music in Europe. He was born at Dresden, Jan. 8, 1830. Unlike many other famous artists und creators in his field of art he did not give In early childhood the slightest indication of the remarkable gifts with which nature had endowed him. It was not until after a •erious Illness of brain fever iu his ninth year that he evinced a taste for musical study.

Mr*. Goodwin Gets a Verdict for $5,000. At Cedar Rapids, lowa, in the case of Mrs. Artie Goodwin of Chicago against the Providence Savings Life Assurance Soci. ety of New York and the Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association, also of New York, to recover on policies held by her husband, Matt Goodwin, amounting to $5,000 at the the time of his death in Chicago in November. 1891, the jury returned a verdict of $5,000, with Interest amounting to S6OO. The trial occupied two weeks and eminent counsel were engaged on both sides Kissed by a Widow. A sensation was developed in the Haley murder case at Dubuque when Mrs. Fanning, a widow employed in the bberiff’s office, was discharged for rushing upon Hugh Robbard in the courthouse corridor and kissing him, at the same time presenting him with a bank note and a basket of fruit, in the bottom of which was found a letter- The scene occurred while Robbard and Halley were being taken from the crowded court room to the jail. Robbard is under life sentence for murdering Policeman Frith. Bonanza on a Farm in Indiana. Two experts from Chicago, who have been in Brazil, Ind.;"for the past few days examining the ore''found on M. W. Carpenter’s farm, south of the city, claim It is rich with gold and silver. In examining the location where the ore waq found they discovered that the ground was fullof the precious metal, which means thousands of dollars for Mr. Carpenter. Burled In a Coal Pit. Thirteen lives were lost in a mine at Plymouth. Pa. The men were caught by a cave-in. All the victims, with the exception of two. have families. One of those lost his wife only a month ago, and four little children survive them. Consequently the disaster may throw eleven widows add thirty-six children on the world's charity Turkey Concludes to Yield. Constantinople advlcessay that United States Minister Alexander W. Terrell, after taking a.-vigorous stand in the matter and threatening to ask the United States Government, to send one or more war ships to Iskanderum. Northern Syria, 3 ' Bushwhacked Farmer Ford. Twenty miles from Brenham, Texas, Wednesday night, Peter Ford, a well-to-do farmer 60 years old. while sitting in his house was fired upon and killed by some one In the dark outside. Son-in-law Andrew Washington, who has long desired to get possession of Atbe old man’s property, has been arrested!Uiarged with the crime Frwoeh Buffer Defeat. A dispatch received In Paris from the Governor of Senegal states that a French lying column is reported to have been surprised by the Tawregas, near Tlmbuotoo, and defeated. No further details are «toe»

PLOT TO KILL PEIXOTO. Reported Conspiracy to Murder the Brazilian President. Advices have reached London from Rio Janeiro that a plot had been discovered to assassinate President Peixoto. Many per-

sons were arrested on ai6hargeof being concerned in the conspiracy and several o f them have been shot. The insurgents in Rio Grar.de do Sul are reported to be approaching Porto Allegro, the 'capital of that state It is dcclarel that the decision of Peixoto to issue n decree calling for

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a Presidential election, as well as for an election fpr members of Congress, was only reached after the Pro-ldent had been badly frightened by the dl-covery of the potto uiurier him. Influential people. Including several officers, aro said to have bccu among the conspirators. The police arrested the rihg! aders. whose trial Is said to have loilowed closely upon their arrest.

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<-u „-*» -w- -sdecatrs were put to do iijj The bodies of the conspirator* were nastily placed in >he graves by the soldiers composing the firing party, the earth was shoveled upon them, and the soldiers were cautioned not to Sr.y a word about t! q affair under the threat of being shot if they did. The circumstances wete thus kept from the ear of the general public. A number of implicated persi ns, besides those who were killed, were sentenced to long terms of Imprisonment, and those who had property were notified that it had been confiscated for the use of the Government. TRAIN WRECKED 11V ROBBERS. Texas Desperadoes Ditch a Passenger Train and Fire on the Crew. At the high bridge over White Oak bayou, near Houston, Texas, train-wreckers removed the rails and -fish-plates on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad. When the passenger train came along the engine passed safely over, but the baggage and mail coaches jumped the track and rolled down the bank, followed by the smoker, which landed on top of them. The wreck presented a frightful appearance. Joe Elliott, a brakeman was sent back to flag a freight train which was soon due. He had not proceeded a hundred yards when a volley from ambush was fired upon him, Four bullets took effect In his body. The crew in the meantime, aided by passengers. were at work extricating the men buried in the wrecked cars, and feared to go to the flagman’s rescue He, however. crawled, bleeding and wounded, back to the train. In the mail car was Lou Morris, the agent, badly braised, and with several bones broken. 11. Hatton, the express messenger, was found In his car with his ribs broken and in a critical condition. J. W. Carter, baggagemaster, was injured about the head and Internally. INGALLS IS CONVERTED. Sam Jones' Preaching Touches the Heart of the Ex-Senator. A special from Nashville, Tenn., says; There was a striking scene In the Gospel Tabernacle here Thursday night The Rev.

Bam Jones, the noted Georgia evangelist, is preaching there, and in his audience was exSenator John J. Ingalls, of Kansas. The ex-Sena-tor was deeply interested in Mr. Jones' remarks, and when the. call was made for thoso who had repen ed and wanted to lead better lives to come forward and shake bis hand, the first to respond was the ex-Senator. “Mr.

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Jones,” he said, “your sermon has moved me. I indorse every word you have said.” “May God bless you,” was the evangelist's response, and the dramatic scene closed.

SAYS WAR WILL ENSUE. Wllliar-. Uses Strong Language in Urging _ Acceptance of Russian Treaty. Berlin advices say that the statement is made by a leading National Liberal who was present at Chancellor von Caprivi’s recent soiree that the Emperor’s language in urging the necessity of the Russian treaty was too strong to be reproduced in the Berlin papers. According to the Associated Press correspondent’s Informant the Emperor said that if the treaty was not adopted Germany would have war with Russia before three months had passed. Russia, the Emperor continued, waff bent upon the treaty aud the Czar was identified with it and would not stand its rejection, now that ho regarded the recent action as an inimical step upon the part of Germany.

To Protect the Public, The Chicago authorities are “after” certain stockyards packers whoslaughter diseased cattle and place the meat on sale. It has come to the attention of the city health department that the present method of inspection is faulty in the extreme. Persuasion and threats have alike failed to provide sufficient protection to the public in the matter of i reparing meat for the market. As a last resort the city has taken up a big cudgel that will bring about the desired result or stop the slaughter of cattle. The license of every violater of the law will be revoked by order of the Mayor, and there wijl be no discrimination. For years the city has had to fight this evIL It comes up regularly for discussion. Previously the matter has been publicly agitated. This year it has heen considered quietly. About a month ago Governor Altgeld and Health Commissioner Reynolds visited the stockyards to investigate for themselves They found that lumpy-jaw cattle were being killed and the meat sold to retailers by certain unscrupulous stockyards butchers About this time the live stock exchange took up the subject and appointed a committee to report on it The investigation proved that the city and* State officials Were right in their complaints.

Near to a Panic in India. The London Financial News, commenting upon the silver situation, says that the Indian Government must see that if it persists in its currency policy ruin to the commerce and credit of India will be the result. The closing of the mints was a colossal blunder. The small quantity of bills sold at the end of the export season Implies, if continued, that England’s credit will have to be employed to avert the bankruptcy of India. Sheriff Found STO of Assets. The failure of the Exchange Bank at Seville, Ohio, owned by Weideman, Shaw & Co., will, a dispatch says, involve more than was at first announced. The liabilities will reach $50,000. The Sheriff made a levy on the bank Wednesday and found only S7O in the vault \ Big Demand for Steel. The Iron Trade Review this week says: The market for soft steel has furnished further encouraging indications, the past week, and an advance of from 50 to 75 cents over the lowest prides' touched has taken place. 1 Parisians Smothered. By the explosion In Paris of a large carboy of snlpburet of carbon eight fireme n ••re Instantly smotbared and burnsd to

death and seventeen workmen were seriously Injured. The men were called oot to a fire in a building on the Rue de Neulliy. The fire started in the basement, which contained much Inflammable material, b-sldee a large quantity of drags, chemicals and ollt Ihe firemen broke Into the basement and with the workmen wera bard at work removing goods in order to give them a better chance to fight the fire. They had succeeded in getting an opening and were playing on the fire with a line of hose when the carboy exploded. The stuff ignited at once and filled the basement with flames and suffocating vapors. Pieces of broken casks flew in every direction and added to the horror. The eight men working with the hose line were completely envelop ‘d by the flames and vapors and were all dead before assistance could reach them. Other workmen, many of whom were nWar the carboy, were horribly burned and disfigured. FOUR FROM ONE FAMILY. Secret-Service Men Capture a Gang of Brooklyn Counter eitent. The special agent of the United States secret service, with the assistance of two deputy marshals, raided a counterfeiters’ den at 022 Atlantic avenue. Brooklyn, and made fout arrests They took into cus•oJy Carlo Buanadonna, and Josephine, Annie and Dnffield Lament, the lust ihreo being mother, daughter and son. Duffield Lamont Is only 1> years old. In ihelr apartments in the. rear of a “dummy” barber shop the officers found thousands of counterfeit d mes and quarters, plaster molds, crucibles, and nil the necessary Counterfeit paraphernalia. The prisoners *Vr« arraigned before United States Commissioner Mor’.e, In Brooklyn, and held in $2,500 hail for examination. shey were compiHlcd to Street jail The agent theft Tvcht t 6 New York City and ar- J rested Albert Lamont, another sort of Josephine, In his father’s grocery store. These persons have beou vutebed by agent and his men for several weekst Their victims were all small store keepers. Albert Lamont Was taken to Brooklyn and locked up with his alleged confederates This Is the third gang of counterfeiters captured In Brooklyn within a fortnight.

SMALLPOX STRIKES THE SISTERS. Faithful Attendants at the Chicago PestHouse Fall lIL The faithful Sisters of Charity who have been nursing the patients at the hospital for contagious diseases in Chicago have been themselves stricken with smallptx. Two aro down with the disease, one being so seriously sick that her life Is despaired of, the other quite ill, but not dangerously so. These sick nurses are Sister Kate fchleich and Sister Albina Hummert. Sister Hutncnert has the disease in Its worst form, and it is very doubtful if she will recover. Sister Schleich Is not as HI as her comrade, and It Is thought she will recover. There are now ninety-one cases of the disease In the hospital, not including the two sick Sisters. There were 342 cases of the disease In the hospital during the month of January. Daring this month the average number of ne w cases per day has boen about four.

ALLOWED TO DISMISS THEIR CASES. The Peters Actions Against the Kansas City Live Stock Exchange Are Ended. At the annual meeting of the Kansas City Live Stock. Exchange, E. W. Peters and W. G. Peters were allowed to dismiss their cases against the exchange on'the payment of costa This was virtually the last act In the disposal of the celebrated American Live Stock Commission Company’s charges, which has been running the course of the courts during the last few years, and which has in every instance'proved to be a signal victory for the exchange. It was tho caso wherein the Peters Brothers, representing the American company, sought to enjoin the exchange from enforcing the rule against dividing commissions. Insane Woman at the Throttle. Miss Emma Moulton, of Findlay, Ohio, while temporarily insane from the effects of an attack of tho grip, jumped out of bed, throw up a window, and leaped to the ground, a distance of some ten feet. Before she could be stopped she bad clamberod over a fence, run almost half a mile into the yards of the Ohio Central Railroad, and dashed Into the cab of a yard engine, which was temporarily deserted by its crew. The insane woman pulled on a lever, and started out of the yards toward Toledo. She evidently did not understand the working of the locomotive, for she was unable to send the engine forward at a high rate of speed, and was overtaken before the engine was far out of the yards.

Victoria Still Reigns. Queen Victoria, who is temporarily sojourning at Osborne House, heHresldence on the Isle of AVight, is enjoying good health. An unfounded rumor In some manner gained currency and was widely disseminated that her Majesty was dead, and from all parts of the world inquiries have been received. Tuesday evening she gave a large dinner party at which were present Empress Frederick of Germany, the Prince and Princess of Wales and their daughters, Princesses Victoria and Maud, and Prince and Princess Henry of Battenberg. No doctor has been seen in attendance upon the Queen for some time except her household physician. Dr. James Reid, who was prosent at the dinner last night. Girls Are Going to Carry Canes. The young ladles of AVesleyan College have created a mild sensation by announcing that they will carry caues. Many Deaths from Cholera. There has been a recrudescence of cholera at AVarsaw, and many deaths have occurred.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 @5 so Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 oo & 5 60 Sheep—Fair to Choloe 2 25 <0 4 oo Wheat —No. 2 Red 68 gj 69 CORN —No. 2 24 35 Oats—No. 2 29 & so Rye—No. 2 44 47 Butter—Choiqe Creamery..... 26 @ 28 Eggs—Fresh is & 15 Potatoes—Per bu 50 <0 60 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 300 @5 00 Hogs—Choice Light 300 10 5 so Sheep—Common to Prime 200 0 sSO Wheat—No. 2 Red 55 0 56 Corn —No. 2 White 34 @ 35 Oats—No. 2 White 31 <a 32 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 00 Hogs.... 300 @550 Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 @ 64 Corn—No. 2 33 0 34 Pork—Mess 13 00 @I4OO CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 75 hogs 3 oo @ 5 60 Sheep. 200 @ 3 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 58)6 Corn,—No. 2....: 33 @ 87 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 0 32 Rye—No. 2 i so 0 52 „ DETROIT. Cattle...., 300 @475 Hogs... 300 09550 Sheep 200 0 350 Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 0 59 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 30 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 White 31 0 32 . TOLEDO. Wheat-No. 2 Red 57 0 68 Corn—No.-3 Mixed 31 ® 35 Oats—No. 2 White 31 (99 32 Rye“-No. 2 ; ■ 49 0 5j BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 Hard 71 $ 72 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 401409 41’6 Oats—No. 2 White 35 0 36 ' Bye—No. 2 63 @ 55 „ MILWAUKEE. 1 Wheat—No. 2 Spring ss @ ru Corn —No. 3 33 09 34 Oats—No. 2 White 29 30 Rye—No. lj 417 <6 10 47 Barley—No. 2 48 @ so Pork—Moss..... 1225 @1275 „ NEW YORK. Cattle 300 @ 5 w ft ooß -- s 76 «9 000 Sheep 200 @350 Wheat—No. 2 Red 92 o< 64 Cobn-No. 2 ”” 43 « 44 Oats—White Western 89 „« 41 Butter—choice 25 i« 20 Pork—Mess » 7# Sl4 £

MILLIONS IN BONDS.

HOW YOUR UNCLE SAM BORROWS MONEY. All About the Recent Flfty-MUllon-DolUr Loan The New Issue of Two Kinds, Coupon and Registered-Great Fortunes Invested. Odd Things in Securities. Washington correspondence: The new 5 per cent, bonds will soon he scattered alrover the United Stales. They are but a drop in the bucket with what Uncle Sana has borrowed since he began business a little more than one hundred years ago. The total amount of bonds sold by the Government Irom the beginning of the Union down to the year 1880 was ten billion sir hundred and ninety million dbUirs, a sum which makes the mind dizzy, afid which would buy up a dozen of the small monarchies of Europe. This vast sum includes the bond issues of the United States up to that time. Many of them were made to fund previous loans, but interest was paid on every one of

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these dollars, and tho gold which has been spent in this way by Uncle Sam would gild the great departments of Washington and leave enough to make a solid gold statute as large as that of the Goddess of Liberty which stands on the Capitol dome. Fifty years ago if a Secretary of the Tieasury had made the statement that in half a century the United States would be borrowing money at 3 per cent, he would have been looked upon as a fool and a madman, but there is no security in the world better to-day than that of Uncle Sam, and it is believed here that a 2 per cent, bond could be floated. Every one wants these bonds. They feel that their money is safe and that this $50,000,000 in bonds is surer than safe deposits of stocking under the rafters. Have you over seen a Government bond? It is only a piece of paper, but it is often worth its weight in diamonds. The bonds of the present issue are in denominations of SSO, SIOO, SI,OOO, and SIO,OOO. The bonds are of tne same size and the difference is shown by the figures on their faces. These bonds run for ten years and they bring in 5 per cent, interest. A Valuable Commodity. The new 'bonds aro of two kinds. One class is of registered bonds and the other coupon bonds. The coupon bonds are payable to bearer and to them at e fastened a number of detachable coupons about the size of an old Kt-cent shinplaster. The interest is payable quarterly, and every three months you clip off these coupons and cash them at the Treasury of the United States or at the banks. Any bank in the c untry knows just what they are worth and will pay you the interest on them. You can use the coupons and the bonds in business deals and their value is so well fixed that they could almost pass as money. The chief danger is that no identification will be asked at the bank by the man who presents it. As to the registered bonds, these are of a somewhat different nature. They have no coupons and are pay able to the person whose name is written on the bond. In the office of the register of the treasury at Washington there is a record kept of the men who hold these bonds, and about a wagon lead of ledgers and journals are devoted to this purpose alone. As soon as a bond is sold an account is opened with the person who buys it between him and the government, and in this is stated the amount he paid for the bond and the rate of interest Every three months the clerks go through the books and make out a set of accounts. They notify the Treasurer of the United States to pay all the interest due to the persons who hold these bonds, and this money is forwarded to them in the shape of a treasury draft. As soon as tho bond is redeemed the account is closed. These registered bonds are the safest investments known to the United States, and rich men put large sums of money into them. Vanderbilt once owned $45,000,000 of these registered bonds. The largest denominations of bonds now outstanding are those of $50,000. The fortunate possessor of one of these draws_s2,soo interest every year and his original investment has increased in value about $7,000. This denominaof bond is held by trust companies and millionaires. There are a great many bonds outstanding of the denomination of SIO,OOO. The holders of these draw SIOO interest every three months upon each bond. The largest issue of bonds ever made by this Government at one time was in 1877, when a total of $741,000,000 was issued. Of course the public debt was not increased to that extent. as a Dortion of the bonds redeemed others outstanding at the time. They had fallen due and Uncle Sam was not prepared to meet the obligation with ready cash, so he did what you would try to do if your note in bank should fall due and you had no

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money to take it up—you would give another note in its place. This was a very popular loan, drawing 4 per cent, interest, and was negotiated without trouble. „ An Enormous Sum. There are lots of Interesting things about these valuable bits of paper Unci* Sam issues. If any reader of

this pap»r could have the biggest bond given out by the Treasury Department he would he rich beyond the dreams of avarioe. This bond is nowin the Register’s offioe of the Treasury at Washington. It has been redeemed and canceled by the Government It is the only one of its kind ever issued and it was engrossed by hand. It represents the enormous sum of $15,500,000 and it was given out when the Geneva award compelled Great Britain to pay this country $15,500,000 on what was known as the Alabama claims. The money was paid to Hamilton Fish, then Secretary of State. Congress had made no provision for the disbursement oi this sum. and pending legislation upon the subject Secretary Fish invested the money in Government 5 per cents, receiving one bond of the face value of his investment. The oldest bond now extant is also in the possession of the Treasury. It is a faded document about the size of a $5 bill, dated Feb. (5, 1777, by which the Government acknowledges the receipt of s3oj frcm John Bonfield, which it agrees to repay on Feb. fi, 1780, with 4 per cent, interest. A cancellation, mark on the face shows that Uncle Sam redeemed Lis prepare to Mr. Bonflgld, Uncle Sam has, however, had his money troubles in times past. Hi 3 credit was once quite low, and just be-

forg ancj during the' war the &oney lenders were not so greedy for fcjie government cribs. The first bonds that were sent out were sold with some difficulty and the financial skies looked dark. Many, of the banks Jiad little faith in ttie future of the government and tho

treasury had, to call upon bankers and capitalists to help them in placing their bonds. It was the faith which Jay had in the government that made his great fortune. Jay Cooke & Co. at the beginning of the war did a great deal for the United States treasThe firm possessed the confidence of Salmon P. Chase, who was then Secretary of the Treasury, and they made a great deal of money by taking the bonds from the government in big blocks and dealing them out in smaller lots to purchasers. First Issue of Bonds. The history of the United States bonds is interesting. The first loans ever negotiated by this government were with foreign countries, France, Spain, Belgium and Holland furnishing the money in several small sums. The first issue of anything like a bond for home investment occurred in 1785, when the government negotiated wbat were then called loan office certificates. It was in 1790, however, that the first

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issue of bonds to any considerable extent was made. It was-Jouni then that the indebtedness incurred by the war of the revolution was a matter of grave importance. The indebtedness was in many forms and on numerous accounts. Alexander Hamilton came to the front with a plan, which, after a long and heated debate in Congress, was adopted. It was decided to fund the revolutionary debt by means of a bond issue. The bonds ran in three series, the bulk of them drawing 6 per cent interest, the total issue

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stock being issued to the amount borrowed, and the revenues of the Government pledged for its payment. Other loans followed at intervals between this time and the beginning of the civil war. It was in 1861 that the Government made the largest loan in its history up to that time. In consideration of the difficulties surrounding the situation and the critical conditions of the times, that negotiation may be classed as one of the signal feats in the financial history of the United States. Uncle Sam borrowed $150,000,00 J on this deal. From time to time since the war the Government has made loans to recuperate its cash balance or to fund previous loans. The interest-bearing debt of the Government on Jan. 1, 1891. exclusive of the Pacific Railroad debt, was $585,639,315.

National Capital Notes. The increase in the public debt during the month of January was $7,830,061. Solicitor Walker, of the World’s Fair, protests against a transfer of award money to the National Commission. A tin box to Mr. Wilson created a dynamite sensation among House messengers. It contained candied fine sugar. Attendance at the White House receptions demonstrates the inadequacy of the building to accommodate the crowds.

The Court of Appeals of the District has reversed the decision of Judge Bi adley in the palmetto trade-mark liquor ca e. Re-establishment of a military department of the South is contemplated, with probable headquarters at Atlanta, Ga. Should Asiatic cholera reach the United States this year, the government has $700,000 left from last year’s appropriation for fighting it. Reports from American Consuls at Sheffield, Barranquilla, La Paz and Cairo show that American Hour is regarded at those places with little favor. There is a possibility that the Senate will pass the George anti-options bill, which seeks to prevent dealing in options and futures by making it a crime. Assistant Secretary of thf Interior Reynolds holds that where several applications are filed for a pension claiment at different times by different attorneys, based on separate disabilities, the several applications pending shall bj considered at the adjudication as one claim and allowed tu such.

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amounting to about $64,0iXi,000. The scheme proved to be a success, and Hamilton lived to triumph over those who had opposed it. In 18i2 the Government wis again compelled to borro w money. This time ,a loan of $11,000.000 was negotiated,

Massacre of a Column of French Troops Under Col. Bonnier. Details of the disaster to the French troops in Timbuctoo have been received in Paris from Capt. Philippe, the commander at the scene of hostilities, and transmitted thrcugh the governor of Soudan to the French government. The Tuarges were armed with lances and knives, which they used with terrible effect, against the French native troops. Reports are conflicting regarding the number killed, but official statement admits at least nine French officers, including Col Bonnier, two European non-com-missioned officers, and sixty-eight native soldiers were slain in battle. The inofficial reports, emanating indirectly frcm the War Department and the Colonial Office, say that the loss in killed and captured is at least 300. Opposed to an enemy estimated to number about 4,000 to 10.000 the French had but 300 men in the intrenchments at Timbuctoo, supported by six small field-pieces. The news of the disaster to the Bonnier column has caused a decided sensation in Paris.

WRECKED BY A WIND.

GREAT DAMAGE DONE ALL OVER THE WEST. Housci 17nroofed and OU Derrick* and Tree* laid Low in Ohio and IndianaDeep Snow at Omaha—Flood* In the South. Storm Wan General. A terrific windstorm swept over Northern Ohio, leaving a trail of destruction in its wake. In Seneca County fences were laid low, forest trees and orchards destroyed and building’s unroofed, but thus far no person has been reported injured. Telegraph and telephone wires have been blown down and Ihe service is badly crippled. In what is known as the Black Swamp region greater damage was done. At Hicksville the storm raged in all it 3 fury, over the southern portion of Defiance County, destroying tie homes of Janies Jones and Jasper Blighter, their families barely escaping with their lives. The oil field was also the scene of destruction, and the large seventy-foot derricks erected over the wells were but playthings before the tornado. The storm wa9 accompanied by a deluge of rain—almost a cloudburst. A i mall frame rcho; lhouse two miles south of Hicksville was caught by tho storm and carried from its foundation. The teacher was just dismissing the scholars. Several of the childien were badly bruised, but no.i.cseriously injured- T h e storm followod the line of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad across Indiana and Ohio, and traveled at the rate of forty-five miles an hour, as repo, ted by the telegraph people. Tho clouds were scattered as soon as they had gathered, and within ten minutes after the fury of the stirm theru was a clear sky. Damage In Indian PERU.—Considerable damage was done here by wind from the west, which was almost a cyclone. Several buildings, numerous trees and factory chimneys were blown down. Store fronts were also blown in. Fort Wayne. —At 3 o’clock in the afternoon Fort Wayne was visited by a terrific windstorm. Fifteen minutes before the heavens were clear and the weather was like spripg. Clouds began to gather overhead and the afternoon became almost as dark as night. The wind blew a terrific hurricane. Rain and snow came down in torrents. In twenty minutes the hurricane was over. Signs, fences and trees were blown down, but no serious damage or loss of life has been reported.

Michigan City.— What seemed to be a cyclone passed over this city at about 2 o'clock in the afternoon. It ■was preceded by a thunder shower. Then a fmnel-shaped cloud formed over the city and passed northward with a muffled roar. At the northern outskirts of the town the funnel dropped suddenly earthward and, sweeping a pathway through a lumberyard. carrying boards and debri9 of every description, it passed over the Michigan Central and Monon Railway freightyards, lilting half a dozen cars from the tracks and wrecking them. Indianapolis. —This city was swept by a windstorm that blew twentyseven miles an hour for a few minutes. Buildings shook and everything loose was driven on before the gale with threatening velocity. Little damage was done here, but the reports from the State show that ruin is strewn in the path of the wind. I rom the counties north and east of Indianapolis comes tho report that houses were unroofed, fences blown away and in some places stretches of forest trees laid flat. At Elwood D. H. Havens was lifted from the top of a low building and pitched to the street on his head. Damage to property occurred at Marion, Peru, Logansport and Kokomo, where roofs were sent hurling through the night, but no casualties are reported. In Illino'g. Mascoutah. —A furious wind-storm prevailed in this section. Fences were swept away and trees blown down. The artesian well frame on Kojb farm blew down. The workmen barely escaped. I Nashville. —The heaviest and most •destructive wind which has prevailed here in years has been blowing during the entire day, razing fences to the ground and destroying other valuable property throughout the county. | Greenville.—A terrific gale swept through this section, doing much damage to trees and small buildings. At Smithboro the wall of a brick building in course of construction was blown down, and freight cars on the side track I were badly damaged. At Other Points.

Omaha. — By far the heaviest fall of 3now of the season is the one of to-day. It began about 5 p. m. and by daylight everything was buried beneath a foot of the beautiful. Nashville.— The Cumberland River, owing to heavy rains, continues to rise all the way between this point and Burnside, Ky.. the head. "The water is fast spreading over the low lands, forcing many families to vacate their homes. Topeka. —A heavy rain fell all over Kansas. Then the temperature fell and the rain turned into snow, which continued throughout the State six hours. In the eastern part the fall was light, but in Western Kansas the snow is very deep in places. Memphis.— The heavy rains have done mueh damage in this section. The eounty bridge crossing Illinois Bayou, hear Russellville, Ark., was swept away, and two trestles of the railroad bridge broke loose. Fifty boats of the pontoon bridge crossing on the river at Dardanelle, Ark., were carried away. The Ouita coal mines, with an area of over eighty acres under ground, are filled to overflowing.

SLAIN NEAR TIMBUCTOO.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Maker* and What Theft Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Tar ion* Measure* Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doing* of Congress. In the Senate Thursday Senator Perkin* of California presented memorials of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce praying for the annexation of Hawaii, the laying of a cable from the United States toHawaii, and for the completion of the Nicaragua canal tinder government control. A memorial of the wool grower* against the Wilson bill was presented by Senator Sherman. Senator Wolcott presented, without reading, several amendments to the Wilson tariff bill. After the mominjg hour the resolution of Senator Stewart denying the right of the Secretary of the Treasury to Issue the United States bonds and questioning their validity came up as the regular order. ’J ho memorial resolution In memory of Representative Mutchler. of Pennsylvania, who died at the beginning of the present Congress, was then presented. Adresses were delivered by fenatori Quay of Pennsylvania, Mitchell of Wisconsin, Hansbrough of North Dakota, and several others, and the Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House the deadlock on Mr. Bland’s silver Seigniorage bill was broken after four hours of continuous filibustering, when, by a vote of 176 to 4, the Hopse weqti into the qcmmjttee of the! whole for consideration of the bill. On the final vote sixteen Republicans and all the nopulists voted aye, while twenty-two Democrats who were present refused to vole. A bill fron) the joint committee on expenditures In the departments to make upiforip (ho methods of accounting in the departments was taken up and passed. '

Friday the entire day in the House was consumed in debate on the Bland silver seigniorage bill, the speakers being Messrs. Bland, C. W. Stone of Pennsylvania. McKelghan. Harter, and Kilgore. After some unimportant routine business, onmotion of Mr. Bland, the House went Into commitlee of the whole for the consideration of the bill. Mr. Bland explained In a few words that he had never agreed to the striking out of the second section of this bill, which provides for the coinage of all the bullion In the treasury. Aside from tho question of raising revenue ho regarded the second section as more Important than the first. Mr. McKeigban made a free silver argument. A gold basis and a high tariff, he was discriminating against the west In the lnierest of the East. “If I had the power.” he said, “I would strike down the tariff that protects the East and force It into competition with the West, as the East forces us into competition. ” Mr. Harter, of Ohio, then took the floor In opposition to the bill. Mr. Kilgore, of Texas, who made the coneludlne argument of the afternbon. contended that If the Government was In need ol money It was better to coin the silver seigniorage than borrow money and pay Interest upon the loan. The House adjourned Saturday almost, immediately after the reading of the journal out of resoect for the memory of Representative Houk, of Ohio. Mr. Outhwalte, of Ohio, announced the death of Mr, Houk to the House and requested the' appointment of a committee to accompany the remains to Olila Appropriate resolutions were adopted and the House adjourned till Monday. The Hawaiian controversy occupied the principal time of the Senate on Monday. Senator Gray of Delaware opening hts argument in defense of the policy of President Cleveland. Early in the session an Interesting Incident occurred In the presentation by Senator Cullorn of a petition slined by 30.000 wool growers of the West protesting against the wool schedule in the now tariff bill. The speech of Senator Gray In the Hawaiian matter was devoted principally to an attempt to prove the complicity of Minister Btevons with the revolutionists. A message was received from the nouse announcing the death of Congressman Houk. of Ohio. 1 Senator Brice offered a resolution of regret and condolence, and the Senate adjourned. In the House, after the transac-. tlO'i of some minor business, by special order the remainder of the day was consumed in paying a- proprlate tribute to the memory of the lale Senator Stanford, of California. At the conclusion of the eulogies. as a further mark of respect, the limine at 4:15 o’clock adjourned. The Hawaiian resolution was again the subject of discussion In the Senate Tuesday. Senator Gray resumed his. argument In support of President Cleveland's policy and reiterated his charges that the revolutionists were dependent upon the United States minister and the United States forces for support of their movement. The House spent the day in debate on the Bland seigniorage bill, the principal speeches being those by Mr. Culberson of Texas In favor of the measure and Mr. Coombs of New York in opposition. Mr Warner, a Democrat from New York, who concluded the debate for the day. announced himself In favor of permitting the Government to coin and issue all kinds of money.

Terrible Cruelty.

A case of fiendish cruelty has been discovered at Bellefonte. Pa., and Milton Harman and his wife are now in the county jail. They are charged with inhumanly beating the latter’s 10-year-old child. The bov was found lying in a bedroom with bread just out of roach. He had been starved and beaten times without number, and his emaciated little form was covered with bruises, sores, cuts and burns. Part of his upper lip had been torn away by the father. His arms and chest were covered with cuts, which had been inflicted with a butcher knife. Across the abdomen was a horrible burn which the father had made with a red-hot poker. One ear had been lopped off with a corn-cutter, dipped in tar and then stuck back on the head. The boy had been deprived of food so long that he had gEawed his finger ends to the second joints. He is a hopeless cripple. One of his legs was broken several years ago and, as his mother denied him medical attendance, the fracture was never reduced. The child was completely covered with filth, and the police who found him were amazed and horrified at the sight.

Didn’t Understand the Methods.

President of insurance company—l am afraid our advertising man is no good. He sent a shipment of blotters to Philadelphia. Secretary—What of that? President—They don't u c e blotters there; they wait for the ink to dry.— Erooklyn Life.

This and That

Yarn is made of leather scraps. Colorado has 3,000,000 acres irrigat'd. Mexico’s biggest gold nugget weighed 141 pounds. The new bridge over the Missouri River at Omaha has been opened. A new gold field, twenty miles square, has been discovered near Hartzel, Colo. The purer the water the more active it is in corroding and pitting iron or steel plates. When oxygen is in a liquid state it is strongly attracted by a powerful electro magnet. England makes 100,000,000 needles a year, while the United States turn out over 80,000,000. It is proposed by a Maine man to make hoops for orange boxes out of paper. Why not for ban els, too? About 10.000,000 bushels of bituminous coal will be floated down the Ohio ftism Western Pennsylvania on the present flood. An electrical engineer wants to throw advertisements by electric light against the falling sheet of water at Niagara Falla.