Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1894 — Page 2

®je gemorraticSentintl RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, - - Pubushmk

THEY DEFY ALL LAWS

' SITUATION IN COKE REGIONS IS VERY GRAVE. Blood Flows In Kansas City Streets—Fierce Election Blots Chicago's Aldermanle ' Board—Soldiers Favored in Homesteading—First Disaster In Lake Navigation. Will Use Dynamite. , A Connellsville (Pa.) dispatch says the Situation In the coke region Is now at the most critical stage At first it was thought The Frick men would remain at work, but •this impression was dispelled when the men at Trotter came out. Th« company has made no attempt to resume, and will probably not do so until the strikers cease hostile demonstrations. The feeling among the foreigners throughout the entire region is very bitter. They are said to be well supplied with dynamite, and will not hesitate to use it if the occasion presents itseln CHICAGO BOAT SINKS. Steamer William H. Barnum Uoes Down Off Freedom. Mich. The steamer William H. Barnum, which left Chicago Sunday noon in the van of the grain fleet, went down off Freedom at the west end of the Straits, of Mackinaw. The crew was rescued after a thrilling fight with huge waves and the ice, but the boat now lies in eleven fatboips of water and is a total loss. The cargo consisted of 55,003 bushels of corn, shipped by Irwin Green & Ca for export via Port Huron. With the opening of navigation the Barnum led the grain fleet out of Chicago, bound for Port Huron. Captain William Smith of Marine City, assumed command of her for the first time and preparations were supposedly made for a rough trip. The steamer was not Ln the best of condition, however, and , the severe weather down Lakd Michigan was apparently too much for her. Water "began to pour into her soon after she entered the Straits Sunday night Strenuous efforts were made.to check the inflow by placing canvas over the holes battered intu the boat by the Jce. But the hardest ■work on the part of the crew seemed to have little effect upon the steadily Increasing flow of water. So fast did the water enter the hold that an attempt was made to get the steamer on the beach, but the Barnum began to sink. Benumbed, cold, exhausted by labor at pumps and nearly frozen and covered with ice, the rescue of the crew was accomplished with the greatest difficulty.

KILLED AT THE POLLS. Fatal Clash Between Opposing Factions tn Kansas City. Bitterly opposed in both religion and politics, two Kansas City, Ma, factions came together in a bloody conflict at the polls Tuesday. It cadnot be stated which Aide letnesponsible for the affair, as the partisans of each loudly charge the other with "being the full cause ot the trouble. More than a hundred shots were exchanged between the combatants in less than as many seconds,and when the ' firing ceased men were lying dead, dying, or injured on the pavement. The riot was the culmination of a bitter feeling which had been manifested by actions and words ever since the polls opened in the znornlng. The two antagonistic elements were solidly divided in their choice of candidates for Mayot The aggressive support that each side gave to its candidate during one of the hottest campaigns ever known in the city engendered a strong sentiment It was, therefore, In no amiable mood that the workers of the respective factions came together at the different polling places throughout the city, and that these workers came expecting trouble to occur before the day was over was apparent from the number of deadly weapons that were drawn when the first pistol-shot was fired. The riot thut resulted so fatally was the climax of a series of smaller riots that took place at other points earlier in the day between the same opposing religious factions. PANIC AT A REVIVAL. Fire Near By Causes a Stampede in a Hall at Leavenworth. A revival meeting in Leavenworth, Kan., the other night wastlyown into a panic by a fire. An immense crowd was in ChlckerIng Hall. Just as Mr. Patterson, the evangelist, completed his sermon, which »%s mainly about the world to be destroyed again by fire, flames broke out in an old livery stable near by. As the fire department rattled by and the flames shot up close to the windows, the people in the hall became panic-stricken, and a rush was' made for the doors. By the efforts of some cool-headed persons at the head of the stairway the crowd was checked from passing down. While the excitement lasted many women fainted. SOLDIERS* HOMESTEAD RIGHTS. Favorable Report on Kyle's Bill Exempting Them from Six Months’ Residence. The Senate Committee on Public Lands has agreed to report favorably Senator Kyle’s amendment to the sundry civil appropriation bill providing that any honorably discharged soldier of the late civil war, not now the owner of 160 acres of land, and who has not availed himself of the privileges under the land laws of the United States, may acquire title to 160 acres of land by making, application therefor in person at any Government land office and paying the minimum price of 11.25 per acre. The law now requires a residence of six months on the part of the exsoldlers.

Chicago's Election. Republicans made gains in Chicago’s aldermanlc election on Tuesday, and the body stands 42 Republicans and 26 Democrats, instead of 38 to 30 as formerly. Political lines, however, were not closely drawn, and the positions of Assessor, Collector, Supervisor, and Clerk, in the- various towns, are filled by men in many instances who do not belong to the leading partyThree Children Perish. A fire in which three children, aged two, elx and twelve years, lost their lives occurred at Calumet; a small station on the Nickel-Plate four miles south of Hammond, Ind. The victims Were children of Edward Price, section foreman of the road. ■ '1 Mrs. Bissell, wife of the Postmaster General. who is said to possess a wonderful , wolce, sang Tuesday afterpoon at a concert Washington D a, for the benefit ot the Home for Incurablea ‘ 1 . . Subject for Judge Lynch. 1 The vlllage-of Rllavlile. Fla., is greatly excited over the murder of Mrs. Turner, an aged woman, and Miss Roney, a 15-year-old girl The girl was discovered in the road in front of the house with her brains beaten out Old Mrs. Turner was, found dead in the house, her head having also been beaten to a Jelly. Water Tower Bursts. The moot appalling disaster Peoria. 111. bas known since the wreok of the steamer Frankie Folsom, three years ago, occurred 1 Friday morning. jAn immense standpipe I belonging to the Peoria Water Company suddenly burst, causing terrible damage

SAVED THE TOWN. Two Firemen Found a Big Lot of Dynamite at a Most Fortunato Time. At Youngstown, Ohio, several tramps who applied for lodging at the police station were sent into the basement to clean up a lot of old rubbish and dispose of it Away back in a corner under a lot of old lumber and other rubbish they discovered a dust-covered box which contained a number of sticks of what looked like putty. They carried it out into the basement of the new fire department building, intending to burn the box and contents in the fire under the boiler, just as they had disposed of the other rubbish. They were delayed for just a moment when two firemen discovered the dynamite, The box had been kept at the police station since last fall, when it was found in a park. It had been stolen from the Ohio Powder Works ENCOURAGING GAIN. Approach of Spring Compels Dealers to Replenish Their Stocks. R. & Dun & Ca’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The more active tone in business is due to several causes, Slowly, but yet quite perceptibly, the force at work increases. 'J he advent of spring compels the dealers to replenish stocks, and the aggregate of orders, it smaller than usual at this season, is distinctly larger than tn January or February. Except in speculative markets, prices do not recover, and In some Instances have gone lower, but the absence of sensational records Inspires hope that the bottom may have been reached. Business, though small, is exceptionally cautious and safe, and its slow gain is more encouraging than a heavy expansion. Failures for the week number 238 in the United States, against 166 last year, and thirty in Canada, against twenty-eight last year. CHINESE CANNOT VOTE. Judge Dallas Holds that They Cannot Be Naturalized. Judge Dallas has made an opinion in the United States Circuit Court, at Philadelphia, holding that Chinamen cannot be naturalized. The court held that it is necessary to refer only to the act of Congress of May 6, 1882. entitled “An Act to Execute Certain Treaty Stipulations Relating to Chinese. ” By Its fourteenth section it is enacted “that hereafter no State cobrt or court of the United States shall admit Chinese tMLcltlzenshlp” Its first section, and for the section, approved July s**B4, relate only to “coming of Chinese laborers to the United States.” The fourteenth section <forblds the adrhlsslon of Chinese to citizenship at any time after the passage of the act It is still in force and is determinative of this case. Vetoed the Bland BUI. The Bland bill for the coinage of the seigniorage silver bullion has been vetoed. The President’s objections to the bill, in brief, are that the bill is loosely drawn and would rob us of our gold. Ho says he believes the coinage of the bullion seigniorage might be safely and advantageously done provided authority were given the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds at a low rate of Interest He expresses a hope for a comprehensive adjustment of our monetary affairs in a short time In a way to accord to silver its proper place in our currency.

Row Over a Settled Question. The Maple Creek Lyceum closed sine die at Beaver City, Neb., In a stormy session. An attempt was made to discuss the question, “Resolved, that the South had a right to secede.” As In 1861, argument was abandoned and the disputants went to war, but this tlme'tbe South was victorious. The furniture was smashed up, and some of the members were badly Injured In the fray. Colorado Coal Mine Burning. A Louisville. Cola, dispatch says: The Hecla coal the largest in the Northern Colorado coal district, is burning fiercely In three or four places. The fire broke out two weeks ago, but was kept from the knowledge of the 150 miners until an explosion occurred. Now the miners are all out, and an attempt will be made to suffocate the fire. Carried Over the Falls. At Spokane, Wash, John Horton, a carpenter. fell from the new Post street bridge into the Spokane River above the main falls and was swept down to death. He made a gallant fight for life, cheered by 400 persons on the shore and bridges, but it was hopeless. French Governors Killed. The French Government has. received Information that Poule and Desmoy, respectively, the governors of the French stations at Bassam, Upper Guinea, on the gold coast of Africa, and Casamanza, in Gambia, have been murdered by the natives. Saw Bars and Break Walls. Four prisoners of the Anderson County (Texas) jail made their escape by sawing away the bolts of the corridor door and digging a hole through a brick wall. All are colored, and among them is Josh Jackson, a murderer. Against the Gulf Road. Judges Caldwell and Sanborn, of the United States Circuit Court at Omaha, decided the famous Union Pacific-Gulf case against the Gulf Road. Crisp Declines. Thursday it was reported from Washington that Speaker Crisp declined the nomination by Gov. Northea as successor of Senator Colquitt from Georgia. A Murderous Blast. Four men were killed, one fatally hurt, and three seriously hurt, by an explosion of natural gas at Alexandria. Ind., Saturday.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

„ CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 ®4 n Hogs—Shippixg Grades 4 oo & 500 Shbep—Fair to Choice 8 00 @ 4 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red6o ® 61 Cobn—No. 2 86 @ 37 Oats—No. 2 31 @ 32 Rvx-No. 2 40 ® 51 Butteb—Choice Creamery .... 21%® 22% Eggs—Fresh io ® 11 Potatoes—Per bu oo & eo „ a. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE*-Shipplng 300 @ 4 50 Hogs—Choice Light•. 300 ®5 00 Sheep—Common to Prime 250 ® 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red.... \54 @ 54% Coen—No. 2 White. 37%® 38% Oats—No. 2 White 33%® 34% ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 00 ® 4 so Hogs a 00 ® 5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 56 ® 57 Cobs—No. 2 34 ® 35 Oats—No. 2 ... 31 ® 82 . Rye—No. 2 ■.•...&£!? so ® 52 CINCINNATI Cattle s 00 ® 4 50 Hogs 300 ® 5 25 SHEEP 2 50 ®4OO Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 ® 58% COBN—No. 2.;.. 39 ® 40 Oats—Mixed 34%® • 35% Rye—No. 2 55 ® 56 „ DETROIT. Cattle 300 ®,4 so hogs 300 ® 5 00 HHKKP.. 2 50 ® 3 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 58 ® 59 COli.s—No. 2 Yellow 38 & 39 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 85 ® 36 I TOLEDO. W HEAT—No. 2 Red 58 ® 59 1 COBS—No. 2 87%® 38% Oath-No. 2 Mixed 32 ® 33 Rye—No. 2 so @ si „ BUFFALO. ’ Wheat—No. 2 Red. 66%® 61% Cobn—No. 2 Yellow 42 ® 43 Oats—No. 2 White 37%@ 88% Rye—No. 2 53 @ 55 „ MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2Spring... 57 @ 58 COBN—No. 3 .;. 37 ®' '%B Oats—No. 2 White. 34%® j 35% Rye—No. 1 48 ® 49 Babley—No. 2... 55 ® 56 POBK—Mess 11 25 ®U 75 NEW YOR&. Cattle 8 w ® 4so Hogs 3 75 ® 5 so Sheep 300 S 500 Wheat—No. 2Red ....1. 63 ® 64 COBW-N0.2... 45 ® 46 Oats—White Weetern...3B ® 42 Buttes—Choice. 20%® 21% PoBX-Mesa. 12 » ®l3 25

A LIQUOR LAW RIOT.

CITIZENS SHOT DOWN IN SOUTH CAROLINA. Two Spies Also Killed—Others Pursued by an Angry Mob—Three MlUtla Companies Disband Rather than Support the Obnoxious Law. Tillman Calls It Rebellion. All South Carolina Is in. excitement over a bloody riot at Darlington Friday, as a result of an attempt to enforce the ’ dispensary liquor law by constables, otherwise known at spies. Two citizens and two Constables were killed, and three citizens seriously wounded. Others were slightly hurt. After the fusillade the Constables took to the woods. The feeling of th,e people of the town is shown by the following telegram: U a McCullough and all available are after the murderers, pursuing through Country. Our efforts are to catch them. Dabgan. Mayor. This was received in answer to a teleeram sent by citizens of Columbia inquiring if assistance was needed. By the new law the State conducts bar rooms and forbids under severe penalties the sale of liquor by other than State dispensers. As a result places where liquor is illegally and secretly sold have sprung up in every nook and corner. To suppress these and render the State monopoly of the traffic complete a large army of spies is maintained, who scour the State from one enjd to the other. Whenever a place is suspected of being a blind tiger spies are congregated in the town and

suddenly present themselves at the door and make a search. The cities to which the spies confine their operations regard the new liquor law as an inroad on their liberties. Gov. Tillman at Columbia was annealed tc before the battle by the con-

GOV TILLMAN.

stables, and ordered three companies of State troops to the scene. But the militia refused to move, and one company disbanded, amid the cheers of the people of Columbia. But the Sumter light artillery responded to the Governor’s orders, and a special train carried them to the scene: When they arrived everything was quiet, and they returned to Sumter. Meantime the constables were being closely watched, and resolute citizens, thoroughly aroused, were determined that they should not go forth to raid private houses. Resolutions were adopted to the effect that a man s house is his castle, and as such the citizens declared they would defend theirs. Squads of men had been sent from Florence and Sumter to assist the citizens, if need be, and the first movement of the spies was likely to be the signal for an outbreak. These spies had been re-enforced at the time the military company had been conveyed to Darlington, ana numbered twenty-five, armed with Winchester rifles. What was the spark that fired the magazine does not clearly appear, but near nightfall in Columbia the exciting news was received by telegraph that bloody fighting was in progress. When Gov. Tillman heard of the trouble and was told that the spies had taken to the woods, he said he could not blame them when there were four or five hundred men after them. The Governor blames the Columbia and Charleston newspapers for the outbreak, as they have persistently advised citizens to resist any attempt at search of private residences. Florence Dispensary Looted, A mob entered the State dispensary at Florence, S. C., and destroyed the entire stock of liquors. Three companies of State troops have disbanded under the general pressure brought to bear on them rather than obey the Governor’s order to go to Darlington. The excitement in consequence of this action is at fever heat.

WATER TOWER BURSTS.

A Huge Stand-Pipe at Peoria Collapses with Terrible Effect. One killed, fifteen injured, at least three of them fatally, and the destruction of $40,0 j 0 worth of property, is the terrible sequence of the collapse of the West Bluff tower of the Peoria (Ill.) Water Company. It was at 10:20 Friday morning that the accident happened and its exact manner is perfectly inexplicable. In 1889 the city disposed of its waterworks plant and granted a franchise to the Moffitt, Hodgkins & Clark ComSany, which afterward disposed of its olaings to the reorganized Peoria Water Company. Four years ago, according to one of the provisions of its franchise, the company erected two stand-pipes, each of a capacity of 1,500,000 gallons. The one that fell was 120 feet high, with a diameter of 20 feet. It was constructed of steel plates t of an inch thick at the base and tapering to lat the top. A few days ago it was discovered that there was a slight leak about half-way to the top, and a force of five men was set at work to repair the damage. They were still at it, when the great structure toppled over. There was a succession cf reports as of pistol shots, followed by a general collapse, the water rushing in torrents in all directions. The neighborhood is densely populated, and when the cracking noise was heard the residents, who surmised what was happening, rushed to the doors only to be met by a solid wave of water several feet high. The scene which followed was horrible in the extreme. Death and destruction was on every hand,, and it would be hard to conceive . more complete desolation,. Houses were crushed to pieces as if constructed ,of pasteboard, big trees were torn up by the roots, sidewalks were washed away, and big steel plates —portion of the stand-pipe were hunted a hundred feet away. Boy Killed by a Falling Plate. The report of the falling structure was heard for blocks away, and within an incredibly short time the neighborhood was thronged with an excited crowd bent on rendering aid to the many who had been killed or injured. Poor Frank Hagan, a son of Barney Hagan, for many years a member of the paid fire department, was the only one to suffer death, i outright. He was 14 years of age, and [ with a number of companions, all school boys about his own age, was engaged in playing base-ball within a few feet of the base of the tower. One of the large plates, hurled with terrific force, caught him and pinioned him to the ground. It was fully half an hour before his body was dug out and removed to his home, less than a Block away. All his companions were injured, but their escape from instant death is little short of miraculous. The employes of the company who were at work on the tower were all badly hurt, and many persons residing in the im-

mediate victnitv were seriously injured by falling detyjs.

DECLINES THE HONOR.

Speaker <w Decline. Promotion to ■ Senatorship. Speaker Crisp has decided not to accept the offer of the Senator sb ip tendered to him by Gov. No.-then, of Georgia. This decision was reached la’e Friday night, and <he Speaker seti forth his rea ons for declining in a letter which he has written to the Governor. A Washington dispatch says: It is seldom in the history of the country that a public man has felt called upon to decline a position in the United States Senate, but the reasons which have impelled Speaker Crisp to do so are extraordinary. He does not ex-

SPEAKER CRISP.

press all of them in his letter of declination, for the reason, yerhaps, that it would not be politic to do so. It may be stated, first of all, that Speaker Crisp well lealizes the desperate situation of affairs in the Hcuse and the effect which his retirement at this time would perhaps have ucon the fortunes of the party. In his telegram Speaker Crisp says a very large majority of the Democratic members of the House have united in the request that he continue to serve as Speaker for the remainder of the session, and although deeply grateful to the Governor, and although sacrificing a cherished ambition, a sense of duty impels him to decline the appointment. The present senatorial term expires on the fourth of next March, ants the Senator for the long term elected by the Legislature which meets the cOpaing winter. Mr. Crisp will undoubtedly be a candidate at that election.

INTERESTING FIGURES.

Statistics as to the Aggregate Wealth of Seven Great States. Special census bulletins have just been issued, giving the final statistical figures of the agriculture and wealth of the eeven States Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, lowa ana Nebraska. The total wealth of the seven States is given by the census, as amounting to a sum equal to about 30 per cent, of the total national wealth of 1890, while the population of the same States was no more than 26.25 per cent, of the whole population of 18 I JO. It follows that the financial condition o' the population of these States was considerably above the average. This great wealth was distributed among the several States as follows: 111in0i555,066,751,719 Ohio.' 3,951,382,384 lowa 2,287,348,333 Indiana 2,095,176,626 Michigan 2.095,016,272 Wisconsin 1,83)1.308,523 Nebraska 1,278,685,514 These aggregate figures are obtained from the fo.lowing groupings of sources of wealth: Real estate: Illinois, $3,294,042,440; .Ohio, $2,530,255,013; loWa, $1,261,701,010; Indiana, $1,288,163,737; Michigan, $1,149,290,454; Wi5c0n5in,51,098,350,591; Nebraska, $708,413,098. Live stock and} farm implements: Illinois, $214,888,(500; Ohio, $145,657,036; lowa, $243,104,557: Indiana, $114,533,677; Michigan} $91,747,585; Wisconsin, $82,j)54,3Fi; Nebraska, $109,440,987. Mines and quirries: Illinois, $22,014,193; Ohio, *59,637,259; lowa, $7,676,126; Indiana, $15,102,409; Michigan. $77,608,518; Wisconsin, $8,388,551; Nebraska, $2,089,177. Gold and silver: Illinois, $77,890,194; Ohio, $60,430,088; lowa, Indiana, $35,640,877; Michigan, $34,418,789; Wisconsin, $27,934,44y; Nebraska, $18,961,494. Machinery and industrial products: Illinois. $2t5,552,266; Ohio, $182,640,892; lowa, $29,938,530; Indiana, $54,920,942; Michigan, $86,490,421; Wisconsin, $81,874,031; Nebraska, $14,946,6b3. Railroads: Illinois, $521,464,517: Ohio, $424,107,906; lowa, $442,694,783; Indiana, $310,172,144; Michigan, $375,484,286; Wisconsin, $294,209,054; Nebraska, $272,129,695. Telegraph and Telephone Lines, Shipping and Canals: Illinois, $23,344,205: Ohio, $35,698,555; lowa, $8,218,284; Indiana, $9,117,116; Michigan, $38,723,391; Wisconsin, $14,738,945; Nebraska, $4,292,140, Miscellaneous: Illinois, $667,524,404; Ohio, $518,955,630; lowa, $263,636,718; Indiana, $267,525,614; Michigan, $241,252,428; Wisconsin, $224,801,510; Nebraska, $145,412,330.

VILLA FABBRICOTTI.

Where Queen Victoria Will Spend Her Spring; Vacation. The Villa Fabbricotti, which will be occupied by Queen Victoria on her continental tour during the early spring, is a large and well-arranged palace

VILLA FABBRICOTTL

situated in a most' romantic regi >n, a short distance from Florence, Italy. The villa was built many years ago by a nobleman in the days 'of Florence’s greatness, but was sold some years afterward to a wealthy family. Fabbricotti, to repair the broken fortunes of the nobleman. The grounds were extended and beautified, and valuable pictures anl works of art were procured to adorn the interior of the building. IN the days when lectures were so popular in the United States, a quarter of a century ago. the highest priced man on the platform was Professor Agassiz, who was paid SSOO a night. Sumner, Gough, Beecher, Emerson, and Curtis commanded S2OO. Of late years the big card was Stanley, who •received SI,OOO a night. At the present time the pre-eminent Success on the rostrum is Stoddard, with his stereopticon. . I Seven HUNDRED recruits forCoxey’s army seized and tied up several Southern Pacific trains at Findlay, Tex. Rev. Jambs G. Ryan, a pioneer Catholic priest of Nebraska, died very suddenly at his residence in Omaha.

BLAND BILL VETOED.

PRESIDENT DECLINES TO INDORSE THE MEASURE. Bin la Ketorned to the House Without HU Approval Seljnlorsge Might Be Coined on an bane of Low Interest Bearing Bonds. Would Bob 11 of Cir Gold. PrAident Cleveland has vetoed the Bland bill Long before the House was called to order Thursday morning the news had spread over the floor that the teigniorage bill had teen vetoed, and later, according to a Washington dispatch, when the positive announcement was made it caused little excitement. The President’s objections to the bill, in brief, are that the bill is loosely drawn and would rob us of our gold. He says he believes the coinage of the bullion seigniorage mighj bj saf -iy and advantageously done provided authority were given the Secretary of the Treasury to issue bonds at a low rate of interest. He expresses a hope for a comprehensive adjustment of «ur monetary affairs in a short time in a way t j accord to silver its proper place in our currency. In his veto message the President says: “My strong desiie to avoid disagreement with those in both houses Of Congress who have supported this bill would lead me to approve it if I could believe that the puolic good would not be thereby endangered, and that such action on my part would be a proper discharge of official duty. “Inasmuch, however, as I am unable to satisfy myself that the proposed legislation is either wise or opportune, my conception of the obligations and responsibilities attached to the great office I hold forbids the indulgence of my personal desire and inexorably confines me to that course which is dictated by my reason and judgment and pointed out by a sincere purpose to protect and promote t.ie general interests of our people. The financial disturbance which swept over the country during the last year was unparalleled in its severity and disastrous consequences. There seemed to be almost an entire displacement of faith in our financial ability and a lass of confidence in our fiscal policy. Among those who attempted to assign causes for our distress it was very generally conceded that the operation of a provision of law then in force which required the Government to purchase monthly a large amount of silver bullion aud issue its notes in payment therefor was either entirely or to a large extent responsible for our condition. This led to the repeal, ou Nov. 1, 1893, of this statutory provision. We had, however, fallen so low in the depths of depression and timidity, and apprehension had so completjly gained control in financial circles, that our rapid • recuperation could not be reasonably expected. Our recovery has, nevertheless, steadily progressed, and though less than five mouths have elapsed sluce the repeal of the mischievous silver purchase requirement a wholeseme Improvement is unmistakably apparent Confidence in our absolute solvency is to such an extent reinstated, and faith in our disposition to adhere to sound financial methods is so far restored as to produce the most encouraging results, both at home and abroad. The wheels of domestic industry have been slowly set In motion, and the tide of foreign Investment has again started in our direction. Our recovery being so well under way nothing should be done tc check our convalescence, nor should w* forget that a relapse at this time would almost surely reduce us to a lower stage of financial distress than that from which we are just emerging. I believe that if the bill under consideration should become a law It would be regarded as a retrogression from the financial Intentions indulged by our recent repeal of the provision fbrclng silver bullion purchases; that it would weaken If it did not destroy returning faith and confidence In our sound financial tendencies, and that as a consequence our progress to renewed business health would be unfortunately checked and a return to our recent distressing plight seriously threatened. 111-Advised and Dangerous. I am convinced that this scheme is Illadvised and dangerous. As an ultimate result of its operation, treasury notes which are legal tender for all debts, public and private, and which are redeemable in gold or sliver, at the option of the bolder, will be replaced by sliver certificates which, whatever may be their character and description, will have nope of these qualltlea In anticipation of this result, and as an Immediate effect, the treasury notes will naturally appreciate in valpe and desirability. The fact that gold can be realized upon them, and the further fact that their destruction has been decreed when they reach the Treasury, must tend to their withdrawal from general circulation, to be immediately presented for gold redemption or to be hoarded for presentation at a more convenient season. The sequel of both operations will be a large addition to the silver currency in our circulation and a corresponding reduction of gold In the Treasury. The argument has besn made that these things will not occur at once, because a long time must elapse before the coinage of anything bv.t the seigniorage can be entered upon. If the physical effects of the execution of the second section of thio bill are not to be realized until far In the future this may fiirnish a strong reason why it should not be passed so much in advance; hut the postponement of its actual operation cannot prevent the fear and loss of confidence and nervous prostration which would immediately follow its passage aud bring about its worst consequences.

Overflow of News.

Prof. Jones, of Portage la Prairie, was frozen to death in a snow storm. Dr. O’Reilly, of Detroit, has been summoned to Paris to testify in the Parnell fund contest. George Miller, a New York sa-loon-keeper, is under arrest charged with poisoning his wife. Fire wiped out the village of Money Point, Va., causing a loss of $300,000. Only six houses are left. By the explosion of a paraffine lamp, in a London dwelling-house five persons were burned to death. Milt Johnson was murdered atJoliet on the Chicago canal. He is the tenth victim in two weeks. Lillian Willis killed her father at Homer, Ga., in defense of her mother, and was acquitted by a jury. R. C. Brickel has been appointed Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court, vice Stone, deceased. Rev. James G. Ryan, a pioneer Catholic priest, of Nebraska, died very suddenly at his residence in Omaha. Countess DeCalyo was found in the street at New York violently insane. Alcoholism caused the attack. London papers profess to be much mystified by Cleveland’s action in establishing a naval station at Honolulu. W. S. Ferrell, a wealthy West Virginia land owner, was shot and killed by one of tue notorious Riddle brothers. It is said that Mexico is endeavoring to secure an international monetary conference to settle the fate of silver. Emma Carlson was arrested at St. Paul charged with robbing Richard McGovern at Tacoma, Wash., of SB,OOO.

FLURRY IN WHEAT.

v ""’"W 1 PRICE GOES UP THREE CENTS A * BUSHEL INCHICAGO. Startling Crop Damage Talk and • Harder Freese Coming Create a Panic Among Buyers—Enormous Business and Great Bxeitement oa the Floor. Mad Scramble in the Pit. There was a waking up of the wheat trade the first hour Wednesday morning, says a dispatch from Chicago. On fear of still colder weather over the wheat belt the May price started ic up, gained fc in the first half hour, when all offerings ceased, and shorts got excited and bid prices up 2c furs ther in a few minutes. May from 58} @sß*e Tuesday night went to 61}c. Corn for May was up fc to 37t@37i0 the first hour. Oats gained ic to 31io May. Pork gained 10c in sympathy. Receipts for the day were very light at 24 cars wheat, 96 corn, 118 oats. Hogs were posted at 29,000. After months of weary waiting on the bull side of wheat, and after decline and depression such as never before recorded in the trade, there was a great upheaval in the market and a jump of 3c in the speculative price in less than an hour. The great pit, which has bee'n afflicted by that “tired feeling’’ for weeks and months, at onoe became the scene of great excitement. May wheat, which closed 58}(a5840 Tuesday night, started at 58ic, and in

CHICAGO BOARD OT TRADE.

a few minutes moved up to 590, with no indication of the panic which followed. The Signal Service Agent put the touches on the weather map. The chart showed milder weather only in certain localities, while the Northwest, lowa, Kansas, and other great States of the wheat belt had freezing weather. This was not all. The prediction was fora more severe freeze than on Monday over the whole wheat belt. This was alarming. At the same hour every house on the floor with country connections had dispatches telling of wheat already killed by the cold wave of Sunday and Monday. Tuesday the trade was bearish on the theory that wheat was not injured. Cairo and St. Louis parties after sending out agents reported half the crop in Southern Illinois, Tennessee and Kentucky killed beyond doubt, as it was jointed by the previous warm weather. All this came on the trade, which was heavily short. It was not the shortage of one big house, nor a dozen big houses. The scalpers were short. The tailers after the bear plungers were short. Every big commission house had from 10 to 100 customers short, some small, some large lines. They all wanted wheat. In the face of the weather map and the alarming crop dispatches, there was no one to sell it to them. There was nothing left but to bid for it. This started the panio among shorts. Then came another element of danger, the stop-loss orders. Customers with ten, twenty or fifty thousand wheat short around 583 c or 582 c had protecting orders abound 593 c or 60c. When stop ciders were reached commission men were wild. Once the market got by the stop-order point the loss was on the house. Big houses had all their brokers buying like fury. It was a wild scene and a great, bounding, bull market, with losses for shorts, big and little, right and left. The May price started 58ic, went to 59c gradually, went to 60c with shorts climbing over each other wheat soli ic lower, went from 60c to 61c with commission houses buying on a tremendous scale to save their customers and themselves, and the panic which was on carried the price to 61* c, or 3c over the close on Tuesday. July sold 601 c and up to 63c. Kara ridge brokers sold wheat on the big advance, and the May price went back to 603 c. On a second flurry before midday the May sold 6Hc and , was stopped by enormous selling by ■ Baldwin-Earnum and others. The market became steady at 603 c, 23 c over Tuesday night. The light cars, 166 Minneapolis and Duluth, against 360 a year ago, added to the force of the buying. Millions of Bushels Handled* Hundreds of brokers and speculators were wildly clawing the air and screaming for wheat, says the dispatch. They bid the market up on themselves furiously, and in less than five minutes the price was 61*, and July was 63. From 591 to 61 hardly a trade was made. Everybody wanted to buy wheat, and nobody had any for sale. The tountains of supply were suddenly exhausted. The bears were thrown into a hopeless panio by their inability to get wheat. Nothing so frightens a speculator as to discover that he can I meither buy nor sell, and when thoroughly panic-stricken nobody can skip fractions in his bids like a trapped short seller. At such periods he wants the property and price cuts no figure. >

Telegraphic Clicks.

At Barberton, Pa., Andro Bartelli threw his baby into the stove because it cried. The Populists of North Dakota will hold a State Convention in June at Jamestown. Burglars carried away everything portable from the Gen. Grant cottage at Elberon, N. 5. It is probable that the street car strike in Toledo, Ohio, will be settled by arbitration. John W. Martin, Treasurer of Columbiana County, Ohio, confesses a shortage of SB,IOO. Miss Emma Adams, of Jeffersonville, Ind., fell on a stove during a fit and was fatally burned. Joe Hartman, agent for the Santa Fe Railroad at Ponca, O. T., was struck by a train and killed. Athens, the ancient capital of Greece, is unable to pay its gas bill The city,is bankrupt, A woman named Sanger was found dead near Chamberlain, S. D. Her body had been partly devoured by • dog.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Maker* and What They Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measure* Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Vpou. Doings of Congress. Wednesday, the House wai engaged with contested election cases, the seat of Mr. Joy (Rep), of Missouri, being at stake. The majority report of the committee bad gone against Mt Joy. The vote on the substitute for the report of the majority of the committee, presented by the minority, declaring Mr. Joy entitled to his seat, resulted: Yeas. 102; nays, 146. 'i be substitute was rejected. Mr. Burrows of Michigan moved to reconsider, and Mr. Springer, of Illinois, moved to lay that motion on the table. Friends of Mr. Joy then precipitated another filibuster by making the point of no quorum on the division. and the roll call was taken. No quorum. On motion of Mr. Patterson the House at 5:45 adjourned. In the Senate Senator Berry, of Arkansas. called up the reaolution authorizing and directing the Secretary, of the Treasury to receive at the subtrSasnry In New York from R T. Wilson & Co . or assigns, the money, amounting to $6,740,000. to be paid to the Cherokee Nation, and to place the same to the credit of the Cherokee Nation. It whs agreed to. Then the Senate proceeded to the consideration of executive business, and when the doors were again reopened took up the McGarrahan bill Senator Morrill of Vermont speaking In opposition to the claim. Mr. Hunt of Virginia followed Mr. Morrill, and argued In favbr of the bill. At 4 o’clock Mr. Hnnton concluded his speech, and Senator Vilas rose to address the Senate. but yielded to a motion for an executive session made by Mr. Pugh, which was carried. At 4:05 the Senate adjourned. The House Thursday renewed consideration of the Joy-O’Neill contest, but It'is still unsettled. In order to get a quorum to transact business, the Sergeant-al-arms was directed to arrest all absentees, and the Speaker counted a quorum, as was done in the days of the Fifty-first Congress by ex-Speaker Reed. Scenes of the wildest confusion prevailed. In the Senate,' The bill prescribing limitations ofj time for the completion of title to certain lands disposed of under the act of Congress known as the “donation act,” and for the protection of purchasers and occupants of the lands, which are situated In the States of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho, was passed by a vote of 40 to 7. The House joint resolution appropriating SIOO,OOO additional to carry out the provisions of the Chinese exclusion act was passed. The McGarrahan bill was passed without division. It refers the claim of William McGarrahan to the Rancho Panocho Grande to the Court of Private Land Claims, which shall report its findings to tfie Secretary of the Interior, who shall Issue a patent to McGarrahan It this decision shall be in his favor. In recognition of the personal sacrifice Speaker Crisp made in declining the Senatorship there was a burst of applause again Saturday morning when he ascended the rostrum to call the House to order. Immediately after the reading of the journal, Mr. Payne, of New York, arose to a question of personal privilege and made an explanation of the Incident which occurred late Thursday afternoon when the Speaker had stated in reply to a seeming defiance of the Chair by Mr. Payne, when the latter was ordered to take his seat, that he would recbgtllze a motion to bring the contumacious member to the bar of the House. Mr. Payne stated that on that occasion the reply which he made—that he would take his seat when he got ready—was In response to something said by Mr. Outhwalte, not to the Chair. Mr. Payne’s statement led to mutual explanations from Mr. Onthwaite and the Speaker. which seemed to clear up the incident. 3he struggle over the O'Neill-Joy contested election case was not resumed, as the day. by a special order adopted some time ago, was devoted to eulogies upon the late Representative O’Neill, of Pennsylvania. At the conclusion of the ceremonies the House, as a further mark of respect, adjourned. The principal interest In the Senate Monday centered In the speech of Senator Voorhees, chairman of the Committee on Finance, who thus launched the tariff question upon the sea of senatorial debate. In the House for five hours roll call followed roll call In an endless attempt to bring the filibuster against the O’Netll-Joy contested election case to a close. b»t at no time was the House able to muster a quorum, and the fight was finally abandoned for the day. Just before the House adjourned Mr.' Patterson gave notice that upon reassembling he would ask the House to sit in continuous session until the case was decided; 170 was the high-water mark touched on any roll-call This is nine short of a quorum. After nearly three weeks of filibustering the O’Nelll-Joy contested election case was finally disposed of Tuesday, when Mr. Patterson, Chairman of the Committee on Elections, Informed the House that he proposed to Insist upon the consideration of the pending election case until a vote was reached', some of the members who have been dodging suddenly decided to help make a quorum. The result was a vote in Which a quorum was shown and thi case was taken np, This action was so sudden and unexpected that even the contestee In the case was absent fro,m the House at the tlma So quickly was It disposed of that when he finally came in he found that he was no longer a Congressman. In bis absence he had been unseated and Mr. O'Neill Lad been sworn in as the rightful member from the North St Louis district. The House then immediately proceeded with the consideration of the English-Hllborn case, two hours being allowed for debate. The resolution declaring Mr. Hilburn elected was lost by a vote of 83 to 136. The quorum failed, and a truce was then declared for the night At 5:30 p. m. the House adjourned. The Senate talked tariff.

A Striking Coincidence.

A pushing medical gentleman who had only been a short time in practice was fetched from his Sunday school devotions by the beadle. The doctor took up his hat, said a short prayer, and the service went on without him. Nobody pretended to have seen the incident, though everybody wondered who was .in trouble or whether the doctor had revived an old form of advertising. A little while afterward the beadle, with the softest step, went to the pew of the chief undertaker in the parish. A short whispered consultation, and away went the man of black. As he put on his overcoat to follow the doctor a broad smile passed over the whole congregation.—Liverpool Mercury.

FACTS IN FEW WORDS.

On the Alps vinegar is made of milk whey. There are 115 missionary schools in Basutoland, with 6,923 scholars. The United States issued four thousand million postage stamps in 1893. Congress adopted the Stars and Stripes as the national flag On June 14, 1777. The leaves of a tree in Dutch Guiana are so rough that they are used assandpaper, The wedding ring is worn on the left hand because, in symbolism, the right hand is authority, the left obedience. - -• " Postal cards were first issued May 1, 1873. The first year’s sates were 91.079,000, while last year over were sold. , There are fifty-two canals in the United States having a total length of 4,468 miles. China alone excels thia country in its canal mileage. Tnfc peach was at one time a poisonous almond.. Its fruity parts were used to poison arrows, and for that' purpose it was introduced into Persia.