Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 May 1894 — Page 2

Clje Jemocrtitk Sentinel RENSSELAER, INDIANA. J. W. McEWEN, * - - - PUTLIFHDL

PEACE IS DECLARED.

GREAT NORTHERN STRIKE NOW SETTLED. Numismatics Sadly Upset by a Connecticut Find Lawmakers Make a Nasty Muss in the House, Yet They Kick on the Ventilation. And the Wheels Go Round. Alter being tied up for eighteen days almost completely from end to end. the Great Northern Railway system has resumed work, the great strike being declared off Tuesday night. It Is practically a victory for the American Railway Union and President Debs, although the committee from the commercial bodies of St. Paul and Minneapolis was largely responsible for the result, 'lhe Governor had tried mediation, suggesting arbitration, but his action did not meet with success, and two other similar attempts to bring about arbitration failed. The union leaders finally said they were willing to have the matter submitted to the citizens' committee and would be governed by their decision. Various conferences were held by that committee with President Hill and with the labor leaders. Mr. Hill was in favor of arbitration all along, and agreed to any system of arbitration if the men would resume work. Finally the committee got them to meet Mr. Hill, and the result Is that the strike was declared off. The conference went over all details thoroughly and Mr. Hill made great concessions to the men. The strikers gained mbst of their demands, while the company secured a settlement through arbitration, as President Hill desired. The 4,500 miles of track was opened for business at once by over 5.000 employes.

106,000 HALF-CENTS DUG UP. Curious Hoard of a Connecticut FarmerCoin Collectors May Be Interested. Most of the employes in the Subtreasury were babes in arms when the government was coining the copper half-cents which were called in with lhe “red cents” In 1857. The clerks tn the redemption department were at sea last week when a consignment of $530 in the half-cents 106,000 of the coins—was received from a Connecticut bank for redemption. As the half-cent weighed 84 grains, 106,000 of them weigh 1.542 pounda It turned out that an old farmer In Connecticut hoarded $3,000 and buried it in an arbor. His executors found the treasure the other day, and United States Treasury Department is to be asked to redeem the haif-cents which formed a part of Jt. Visitors at the sub-treasury helped redeem them to the extentof a cent's worth apleck The market value of the half-cent as a curio is likely to bo decreased by the unexpectedly large visible supply. The total coinage of half-cents from 1793 to 1856. inclusive, was In value (30,926.11, or In number 7,985,222. WEARY OF THE STRUGGLE. Borne Leading Democratic Senators Want Tariff Debate Closed. Washington special: That the rank and file of the Democratic party In the Senate Is becoming Impatient at the delay In the consideration of the tariff bill was shown by the circulation of a declaration in favor of closure of debate. The paper was prepared by Senator George and was quietly circulated, being handled only to the most Influential Senators It was not signed by all to whom it was presented, some of the Senators expressing the opinion that it was too early to attempt a closure, and others declining on principle. The paper recites tjjat it has become apparent that the Republican opponents of the tariff are determined to resort to filibustering to prevent the proper consideration and passage of the bill, and commits the signers to a simple declaration in favor of cloture It makes no specification as to how the change shall be brought about, whether through the presiding officer or the committee on rules, leaving that point, as well as whether It shall be a modified or an absolute cloture, to be decided later.

FLOOR A HI GE CUSPIDOR. Condition of the House May Account for Some of the Proceedings There. An alarming condition of affairs so far as the House of Representatives is concerned is shown in a report made by experts to tbe Committee on Ventilation and Acoustics The report says that the good air which is forced through to the main floor of the House passes through gratings that are practically cuspidors and receptacles for bits of paper and other cast-off matter. There are a large number of documents on the lower floor, many of which are in a condition of decay, and the carpetsof the House flour are saturated with tilth and tobacco juice and need cleaning. The experts recommend that air be pumped in from above the hall instead of from below, as now. MERRYMAKERS PERISH. Over a Hundred Thrown Into the Water by the Collapse of a Pier. A terrible accident occurred at Brahllov, feoumanla. While the pier was crowded with people in holiday attire, ‘bound for Galltz, on the Danube, waiting for tbe steamer which was to convey them to that place, the pier gave way and threw about ISO people into the water. Many of tbe excursionists are believed to have been drowned. Hattie Blaine Weds. Miss Harriet Blaine, tbe remaining single daughter of the lata James G. Blaine, was married to Truxton Beale, ot Washington, formerly Minister to Persia and to Greece. The wedding took place at the Blaine residence on Lafayette square, in Washington, where tbe Maine statesman died, and It marked'the ending of the period of deep mourning for the fatally. ■ "T—< — Duestro w Trial Begun. Tbe trial of Arthur Duestrow. son of Millionaire Louis Duestrow, -for the murder otublsiwife sad: child wns commenced in St Lpuls before Judge Hirzel Tuesday morning. The murders were of an unusually brutal character, and tbe high standing ,ans wealth of the criminal has made the" case a veritable cause celebre. |, io _ Military Surgeons Meet. ... The annual convention of the Association of Military Surgeons opened in Washington with an attendance of over 400 delegates, representing the army, navy, State militia and marine hospital service Die on the Gallows. Thomas Crumpton was hanged In the District jail at Washington. D. G. for the murder, Jan. 11, 1891. of George Fhanklin, a teamster. In that city. Both men were colored. At Fayettevlll. Ark.. Samuel F. Vaughn was hanged. Vaughn's crime was the hiring of Thomas Hamilton to kill Andrew (Hge, a farmer in Huntsville. Failed for •1,600,000. Henry Newman 4 Co, Importers of clothtag supplies at 628-630 Broadway, New York, have made an assignmd&f to Nathaniel Myers, of 45 Wall street The firm is Ue largest In the trade ahd the failure M said to to voire U, 500,004

NATURAL GAS PRODUCTION. Consumption, Outside of Indiana, Being Confined to Domestic Uses. The growing confinement of the consumption of natural gas to domestic uses is noted In the annual report of Special Agent Joseph D. Weeks of the United States geological survey. The only State in which its use for manufacturing purpo-es increased In 1893 Is Indiana. The total value of natural gas consumed in the country in the year was $14,346,250. against $14,800,714 In 1894. Higher prices charged for the gas In 1993 was the cause of the decrease The greatest value of the gas consumed in any one year was $22,029,875, In 1888. Since that, time there has been a gradual decline, with an aggregate of about $8,300.00) less for last year than 1888. All gas States show a falling off in the value of coal or wood displaced by the use of gas. The most important gas field in any State is in Indiana, where the estimated area of productive gas territory Is about 2,500 square miles. While the supply is falling far below the demand in other large gas fields. It is declared to be well sustained in Indiana. The value of the/product consumed in the State in 1893 wds $5,718,000, against $4,716,000 in 1892. The report shows that gas Is also found in commercial quantities in New York, Illinois, Kansas. Missouri. West Virginia. Texas, Arkansas, New Mexico, Utah, Tennessee and Wisconsin. MOB HANGS FOUR MEN. Wholesale Lynching of Murderers in Madison Parish, La. Nine men have met violent deaths in Madison Parish, La., in tlie last week, and eight of these have been lynched by Infuriated citizens. The last four were hanged Thursday night. Thursday the Boyce assassins were hunted down by bloodhounds and finally located in the Buckhorn woods. Sheriff McClelland sent for volunteers to increase his posse, and a force of 200 men finally surrounded the assassins in a negro cabin. 'J he four were I‘otnp'Claxton, the leader of the assassins. Shell Claxton. Scott Harvey, and Tory McCoy, all colored. They were promptly placed under arrest and Sheriff McClelland detailed a party of twelve to take them to Tellulah, while the Sheriff and the rest of the party started out to try to capture Tom Griffin, who had separated from the others. As the deputies with the four fugitives got near Milliken’s Bend they were met by a erpttd of 200, who overpowered the guard and captured the four prisoners, 'lhe prisoners were escorted to the Crescent place, where their fiendish murder had been committed, and there strung up to the limbs of several treea

ATTEMPT TO KILL M’BRIDE. Infernal Machine Sent to the President of the Miners' tssoctatlon. President Mcßride, of the Coal Miners' Association, received by mall from Pennsylvania a suspicious package which he gave to the police. 'lhe town postmark was Illegible, but It was a short name. The stuff came to Columbns, Ohio, In a normal school catalogue so cut as to admit of a deposit inside, over which paper was pasted, lhe Idea being to operate the contrivance when the book was opened. There was evidence of gunpowder, but what the substance beneath the pasted paper was has not been decided. The police threw the package Jnto the river without examination. CHOLERA AT LISBON. Spanish Authorities Now Admit the Na4, ture of the Disease. The special sanitary inspector, sent to Lisbon by the Spanish government to Inquire Into the epidemic (classed as cholerine) which has prevailed there for Some time past, after a long investigation and consultation,,_wlth the eminent specialist. Professor Sousa, deciares that the outbreak Is one of true Asiatic cholera The sanitary Inspector also traces the source of the epidemic, saying that it was Imported to Lisbon from the Cape Verde Islanda Greece Seems Fated. At 9:25 o'clock on Friday night, during the usual Epitaphion procession in the cathedral at Athens, a violent shock occurred that seemingly shook the building to its very foundations. The duration of the shock was fifteen seconds. The cathedral was crowded with devotees, who, when the shock began, were on the verge of a panic. Every exit of the cathedral was hurriedly thrown open, and the people dispersed. M. Bouphldes. Minister of the Interior, hurried to the central telegraoh office He learned that the earthquake had been felt throughout the country. Including the islands of Syra and Zante and that Immense damage had 1 een done. The shock was felt with the greatest severity at Thebes and Atalanta. both of which places were extensively damaged by the last shocks. Both lhe cities were completely destroyed, not a single house being left standing. Incalcuable damage was also done at Lamia, Larissa, Volo, Chalcls and Patraa At Lamia the walls of the prison fell down, and many of the uninjured prisoners made their escape in the confusion. In addition to the many persons rendered homeless by the previous shocks, there are how thousands of others who will have to depend on the government for shelter and sustenance. There is little doubt that there has been great loss of life.

Tragedy in New Orleans. The St. Charles Hotel, on St Charles, Gravler, and Commerce streets, New Orleans, was destroyed by fire Saturday night It is known that several lives were lost, one report putting the number at ten, but It will be impossible to tell definitely until the ruins can be searched. There were 200 persons in the hotel at the time, and most of them escaped, as they were in the front part of the building. The fire destroyed the hotel, which occupied a block, and spread In all four directions, the Western Union Telegraph office room catching fire, 'lhe property loss on the hotel alone will be at least $500,000. The Indiana Ticket. Indiana Republicans, in convention at Indianapolis, were 1,715 strong and the proceedings were characterized by the most generous enthusiasm. Ex-President Harrison was there, and his appearance upon the rostrum and his speech to the delegates were received with cheers that made the convention hall resound as it has not since he appeared in it In 1888. The following ticket was nominated: For Secretary of 5tate.......... W. D. Owen For Auditor ~...A. C. Dailev For Treasurer. ,F. J. Scholz For Attorney General W. A. Ketchum For Supt. of Public Instruction.. D. M. Geeting One Life Lost at Gasport. N. Y. At least one life was lost in a fire at the village of Gasport. N. Y. The fire originated in a meat market connected with the hotel and spread rapidly. Within half an hour the hotel and a large number of dwellings were In ashea Tbe bartender of the hotel perished in the flames Freight Train Robbed. An extensive car biirglary was committed between Buffalo and Angola on the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railroad. Several boxcars were broken open and cases of clothing and general merchandise .thrown from the train and their contend stolen. Children Burn to Death. Three young children of Mr. and Mrs. Philip Schneider, who live near t!he outskirts of Ecranton, Pa, were burned to death in a fire which entirely consumed their home Mr. Schneider waanot at home and his wife was in tbe garden. Blame Themselves. The first move toward settling the great coal strike and sending 125,900 idle miners to work again, was made in Chicago Saturday morning. The step was taken by

operator* In the Illinois and Ind law fields although the men who attended the conference were In constant telegraphic communication with operator* in Ohio, Pennsylvania and West Virginia All of the gentlemen prewst were in favor of giving such an advance in the scale of wages as would Inducn the miners to go to work again. They argue that It is belter to compromise at once on a basis that will be fair to both miners and operators than,to wait until the miners are driven to desperation by huuger and want. Singularly enough, the operators admit that the blame of the present strike rests on themselves They say all the trouble was brought on by the difficulty in adjusting what is known among the mine owners as the “relative scale” This scale varies In different parts of the country, according to the thickness of the coal vein. Where the vein is thick and a miner can bring down a large quantity of ccal, the scale is naturally lower than In sections where the coal vein is thin, and more work is necessary to get out a ton. Thus, in the Hocking Valley, where coal veins twelve feet thick are frequently found, the miners got 70 cents a ton last February, while across the way In Pennsylvania, where c_>al deposits are lighter, the miners got 79 cents a ton. The miners' strike was brought on by a persistent effort In the Pennsylvania fields to cut wages down to the Hocking Valley price. DISASTROUS FIRE. Fourteen Business Houses In Tahlequah Are Destroyed. By a fire which started Friday morning, and which Is believed to be the work of an incendiary, Tahlequah. L T., was threatened with total destruction. The fire originated In the Immense livery stable of John W. Wilson, In the heart of the city. The building was quickly consumed, together with thirty valuable horses. A brlsg wind carried the flames across Main street and the Are spread rapidly. The Uro department being equipped none too well, had an uneven fight, and for a time the whole city seemed doomed. In two hours, however, the wind died out. Soon thereafter the fire was put under control, but not until fourteen business houses and one dwelling-house were burned to the ground, causing a loss of SBO,OOO. The Insurance is light ’ ACCUSED OF ARSON. Requisition Issued for H. T. Decker, For inerly of Dorchester, Neb. >,.lthas leaked out that Governor Crounse haS issued his requisition warrant for the arrest of H. T. Decker, who owned the opera-house at Dorchester, Neb., when tbat'buildfng burned In April, 1892, and It Is the supposition of those who are familiar with tja case that Decker is now under arrest at Fort Collins. Cola The complaint on which Governor Crounse issued requisition papers was sworn out before H. Mallory, a justice of the town of Dorchester, and charges Decker with burning bls opera-house to defraud the Home Insurance Company, of Omaha An officer has gone to Colorado to arrest Decker. The investigation has been quietly prosecuted for over a year.

COMPROMISE TARIFF BILL. Senator Brice Says it Has Been Agrees On and Will Be Passed In June. Senator Brice is authority for the statement that a compromise tariff bill has been agreed upon, which is reasonably certain to be adopted by Congress early in June. It will take the form of Senate committee amendments to the pending bUI. Senator Brice would not Indicate any of the changes the amendments will affect further than that It is the alm to secure a reduction of about 30 per cent, from thr McKinley law. Not a Drop Spilled. The crisis at the Toluca, HL, mlnei passed without bloodshed, and troops, though ready at several points, were not summoned. Acting Governor Gill and several officers of the union met the strikers, and by good counsel succeeded In persuading them to abandon their project of at--tacklng the working miners and burning I the mines. However, the strikers seem id have gained their point, for the workers at the Toluca mines were bo alarmed over the demonstration that they laid down their tools. Fatally Cru-hnd Under a Freight. At Hammond. Ind., us Joseph Piels was leaving the Lakeside nail mills he was run over by the local freight on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad and both feet near the ankles were cut off. One of bls legs were severed a second time near the hip. The freight crew Kt once unfortunate man to his home at Colehour, where he died. Piels was a mechanic In the employ of the Lakeside Company. The National Game. The clubs of the National League stand a* follows in the championship race: Per Per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Bostons.... 6 2 .76; Pittsburg*. 4 4 .too Clevelands. « 2 .760 Louisville* 4 6 .444 St. Louis... 6 2 .750 Brooklyn*.. 8 5 .37: Pniladelp'a 6 3 .6*7 New Yorks 3 6 .876 Baltimore.. 6 3 .62; Washlugt'n 2 7 .222 Cincinnati. 4 4 .wo Chloagos.... 1 8 .111 Benjamin Armstrong Dead. Benjamin Armstrong, widely known as a St Louis sporting man, dropped dead of heart disease. He was getting off a street car when a horseman him suddenly, and the shock given and his effort »o get out of the way precipitated the fatal attack. He was 45 I years old. ,d : Odd Fellows -Celebrate. Thursday was the seventy-fifth anniversary of the establishment of Odd-Fellow-ship. and all over the Union the day was fitly celebrated.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 so ©4 75 Hoos—Shipping Grades 4 oo ffISM Sheep—Fair to Choice 3 oo 4 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 @ 69 CORN—NO. 2 38 @ 39 Oats—No. 2 33 @ 34 RYK—No. 2 47 & 60 Butteb—Choice Creamery 18 @ 19 Eggs—Fresh io @ n Potatoes—Per bu 80 @ so - INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping. 300 <1*450 Hogs—Choice Light 4 00 @ 6 »o Sheep—Common to Prime 2 co & 400 Wheat—No. 2 Red 64 & 65 Corn—No. 2 White 40 ® 41 OATS—No. 2 White '36 @ 37 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 300 @ 4 75 Hogs 300 @550 Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 @ 64 Coßn—No. 2 37 & 38 Oats—No. 2 33 @ 34 Rye—No. 2 53 @ 65 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 59 @ 4 so Hogs ..; 4 00 @ a 50 Sheep...... 200 @4OO Wheat—No. 2 Red ss @ sou Cobn-No. 2 41)4® 4214 Oats—Mixed 36 @ 37 Rye—No. 2 52 @ 54 DETROIT. ■Cattle 2 so @4 59 Hogs 400 & 5 60 Sheep 200 @ 4 09 Wheat—No. 2 Red 57 @ 58 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 42 @ 4214 Oats —No. 2 White ,38 @ 39 TOLEDO. Wheat—No, 2 Red.... . 57 @ 68 Corn —No. 2 Yellow 40 «e 41 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 @ 84k, Rte- No. 2 49 @ 61 .... BUFFALO. Beef Cattle—Prime Steers... 300 @4 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red so @ so'fl Cobn—No. 2 Ye110w.... 44 @ 45 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 87 ® 38 MILWAUKEE. White—No. 2 Spring so @ so*to Cobn—No. 3 39 @ 40 Oats—No. 2 White 3514® Rye—No. 1 49 @ 61 Babley— No. 2 55 @ 67 POBK—Mesa 12 25 @l2 75 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 75 Hogs 3 75 @ aSO Sheep 3 00 @ sOO Wheat—No. 2 Red 62)t@ sin Cobn—No. 2 44-43 4514 Oats—Mixed Western 40 @ 42 Butter—vreamery 19 @ 21 Pobx—Mess 14 00 @l4 W

TROOPS TO HELP HILL

SENT TO RESTRAIN STRIKERS FROM VIOLENCE. United States Regular* Take a Hand !n the Greats Northern Trouble Bridge* Have Been Burned -Kuinor that the End Is Near. Must Not Stop the Mails. Federal troops and United States marshals are scattered along the line of the Great Northern Kailway to guard trains and other property against violence by strikers. Several companies of regulars from Fort Snelling have been started westward, and at vaiious points along the line Uncle Sam's soldiers are prepared to oppose interference with t. e mail service. A special train Ixjaring four companies of United States troops arrived at Grand Forks, N. D., and immediately went into camp with a guard about the train. There are 2JI men in the detachment, under the command of Major J. H. Patterson. The companies are A. B, D, and G of the Third Hegiment, stationed at Fort Snelling. They were rationed for ten days, and will make Grand Forks their headquarters for the pre ent. The train met with no accident, although there were several missiles thrown at various points. At St. Cloud one soldier was hit in the head with a b -ick, and another was hit in the pit of the stomach with a coupling pin. At Crookston someone fired a shot at the engineer that flew wide of its mark. The train carried a pile-driver and two bridge crews to rebuild burned bridges west of Minot. As soon as these are repaired it is expected the train SHll ba sent through to the coast. Serious trouble is feared on the Montana Central and possibly at Devil’s Lake, N. D. A special from HiAckley, Minn., the junction point of the Great Northern and its branch, the Eastern Minnesota, to Duluth, says that a mob of 200 men is waiting to prevent any train from going through, and trouble is feared there. Very little progress has been made in the attempt of the Twin ( ity business men's proposal for arbitration. The strikers seem unwilling to consent to arbitration in any form. President Debs declares that he has inside information to the effect that the management • will soon yield. President Hill, however, denies this and talks as firmly as ever. President Debs claimed to have receivedinformation from both firemen and engineers that they would stay by the union notwithstanding the raise in wages promised to the brotherhood committee, but the company claims to have telegrams from the engineers and firemen along the line announcing their determination to stand by the company.

DEATH OF FRANK HATTON.

Famous Editor-Politician Expires at Washington from Paralysis. Frank Hatton, editor of the Washington Post, is dead. He was stricken with paralysis a week previous, and

although hopes of his recovery were at first entertained a sudden change for the worse Monday morning was the beginning of the end. He died shortly after 4 o'clock on the afternoon of the tamj day. Frank Hatton was born at Cadiz,

FRANK HATTON. \

Ohio, in April, 1845. His father was editor and publisher of the Cadiz Republican. In his ninth year Frank Hatton began his journalistic career as printer's devil in his father's office. Later he became foreman in the Republican office and afterward succeeded his father in the editorial chair of the paper. From the place of his birth he removed to Mount Pleasant. lowa, in 186<>. and under the supervision of his father edited the Mount Pleasant Journal. After the death of his father, in 1874. Hatton bought a half interest in the Burlington ilowaj Hawkeye. Only a few years were necessary to make him the" editor-in-chief and sole proprietor of the Hawkeye, which under his management became one of the leading newspapers of the West. Under the Hayes administration he was appointed postmaster at Burlington in November, 187 V, and after the death of Garfield, in September, 1884, President Arthur appointed him First Assistant Postmaster General to succeed James N. Tyner. Later on, when Postmaster General Gresham handed in his resignation. Hatton was appointed to till the vacancy. His public career ended, Mr. Hatton returned to his favorite field of journalism. and was editor successively of the National Republican, the New York Press, of which he was one of the founders, and the Washington Post, of which he was editor and proprietor at the .time of his death. The Post, as the Burlington Hawkeye, owes its success to his iudicious management during a period of five years. Mr. Hatton was a 1. yal party man, an able public officer, and a “family man.” In the civil war he served the Union side in an Ohio regiment, where he remained as a private until the end of the war.

F. B. STOCKBRIDGE DIES.

On His Way to California* Where He Hoped to Regain Health. Senator Francis Browne Stockbridge, of Michigan, died suddenly at the residence of his nephew. James L. Hough-

FRANCIS B. STOCKBRIDGE.

few moments afterward. His last hours were apparently painless. although he had suffered severely from angina pectoris, which had kept him confined ever since his arrival in Chicago, am< nth ago. The body was taken to Kalamazoo, the home of the *St- ckbridges, where the burial services took place. Senator Stockbridge and Mrs. Stockbridge were on their way to California, where he hoped to regain health. They decided to stop a day or two with Mr. Houghtelinar, but the invalid became rapidly worse and could not travel. There was little real hope of his recovery trom the first. . «... Senator Stockbridge was 68 years of age, and leaves a wife, but no children. He was Dorn of New England parents a Bath, Me., in 182!-'. After an academic education he went to Chicago at 1 the age of 24 and engaged in the lumber business. In this he has always been more or less interested, owning mills and timber lands in various parts of Michigan and California. Soon after removing to Kalamazoo, Michigan. he served two terms in the State Legislature. In 1875 he was offered

the appointment of Minister to The Hague. Holland, but declined. In 1887 he was elected to the United States Senate for a six-year term. Re-elected last year, he had been attending the session at Washington until a month ago. when broken health made it necessary for him to seek rest in a milder climate. Deceased was a large man physically, with domestic tastes, and a generous, sympathetic disposition that endeared him to all who knew him. He was especially beloved by the lumbermen of his State, many of whom owe their prosperity to his generosity. When his mill burned, thirty years ago, his employes, mostly Hollanders, brought their savings, *I,BOO, and offered them to help rebuild the plank

Report on Crop Conditions in Twelve Agricultural States. Reports have been received from its special correspondents by the Farmers’ Review in twelve States, on the condition of winter wheat, spring wheat, and oats. WINTER WHEAT. In Illinois it is now evident tbat a crest deal of damage was done by the hard freezes of the latter part of March, but this loss to the crop ie fast becoming neutralized by the good growing weather of the present month. In Indiana the permanent damage was not great, except In a few counties, and the general reports are favorable for the State, In Ohio the condition is not so Sood as before the freeze, but yet no great amsge has been sustained. The condition is generally from fair to good. In Michigan little reference is made to the cold weather in March as injuring wheat. In some counties it has suffered from dry winds, while in others it needs rain. The crop seems to be doing poorest on clay lands. It is better in most f laces than it appeared to be three weeks ago. t has not yet stooled out as much as could be desired. From Kentucky comes the positive reports that the freeze did little harm. In places where the plant had apparently been killed by cold, the warm weather has brought it out of its precarious condition and a fair crop is looked for. The forward rank wheat sustained the most damage. The general condition in the State is good. In some counties in Missouri the late freeze and dry weather have considerably reduced the condition of the crop, but recent conditions are more favorable, and are bringing up the average. In some counties the stand 1b rather thin. The general condition for the State is fair. In Kansas the damage done by the freeze was not great, but what damage was done has not been recovered by later conditions, and the average as a whole is low. In Nebraska the condition is no more than fair, and in some localities the crop is in bad shape as a result of drought. In lowa the crop is in certain counties badly damaged. and seems to be deteriorating. In Wisconsin not much change is reported over last month. The general condition of the crop is good. OATS. In Illinois the early sown oats suffered severely by the March freeze, and the land had to be quite generally resown. The oats that were late sown generally escaped injury. On account of the reseeding it is by no means certain that the disaster will out down the size of the final crop. In Indiana oats were widely injured, in some places the estimate being that one-half were killed by freezing. As in Illinois, reseeding has been quite general, but some of the fields will be put into other crops. In Ohio the crop is only fair, the fields that froze out having been mostly reseeded, but some of them not yet started to grow. Some counties report them very backward. In most places in Michigan seeding of oats has not yet been completed, and at the time of the March freeze not enough fields were up to make the possibility of loss great. In Kentucky the loss to oats was very- great. Numerous reports are received of the entire killing of the oats over wide areas, and there are no accompanying reports of reseeding. Many of the fields will doubtless be given up to other crops. In Missouri the loss has been great and the general outlook is bad. Some, but not all, of the lost area is being reseeded to oats. The loss was great in Kansas, and a recovery does not seem probable. In Nebraska the outlook is fair, as the oats were not developed enough at the time of the blizzard to destroy them. In lowa the general condition for oats Is good, though some localities, where the crop was early, suffered severely. In Wisconsin prospects are good. SPRING WHEAT. Spring wheat is not raised in most of the States covered by the report. In States where it is raised, seeding is not yet completed.

teling, in Chicago. He had been dangerously sicK for weeks. The family were at dinner when one of the nur.-es came down and announced that the patient was much worse. Mrs. Stockbridge and Mr. and Mrs. Houghteling went immediately to the sick man’s bedside, but he expired a

Overflow ot News. Fire at Shanghai, China, according to advices received at San Francisco, destroyed COO houses. Anthony Sweeney, a wealthy insurance agent and real estate owner of Denver, died at Hot Springs, Ark. President Peixoto’s fleet has captured Paranagua, Brazil, the last of the rebel forts there offering resistance. C. W. Carpenter, a New York traveling salesman, ended his life with morphine at a hotel in Richmond, Va. Montgomery Briggs, a prominent young lawyer of Buffalo. N. Y., was shot dead in the street by unknown persons. Robert Salmons, of Dallas, Texas, and James Howard, of Butte, Mont., were arrested in Kansas City, Mo., for counterfeiting.

WHEAT AND OATS.

HOGAN’S ARMY PRISONERS.

Over Three Hundred Men Reach Helena in Charge of Soldiers. Hogan’s armv, numbering 330 men, arrived in Helena, Mont., Monday on a special train in charge of soldiers

from Fort Keogh. The prisoners were taken to the fair grounds, two miles from the •city, and went into camp under military guard. Hogan's is the Northwestern division of Coxey’s Commonweal Army, which seized a train on the Northern Pacific Railway at Butte, Mont. Col. Swaine, who is in command of the Department of Dakota in the absence in Europe of Geu. Mer-

GEN. HOGAN.

ritt, was instructed by telegraph from Washington to use the United States troops to intercept the army and restore the railroad’s property. Acting on his instructions,Col. Swaine ordered Col. Page, of Fort Keogh, to secure a special train and capture the trainstealing contingent. He came upon

HOGAN IN CAMP AT FORT KEOGH.

the army at Forsyth, wheie. after some resistance, the Coxey followers were made prisoners and as such have been taken to Fort Keogh.

LYNCHED BY ANGRY CITIZENS.

Johnson, the Burglar Who Killed an lowa Marshal, Strung Up by a Mob. Johnson, the burglar who shot the Town Marshal, at Missouri Valley, lowa, was lynched Monday night. City Marshal Adna Whitney, of Missouri Valley, was shot and killed at 5 o’clock Saturday morning, while searching for stolen goods in a suspected man's house. Two strangers, Johnson and Davis, were sleeping upstairs. The officers had no trouble in quieting all disturbance below, but as they went up-stairs Davis and Johnson opened fire with their revolvers. One of the first shots fired took effect in the cheek of Marshal Whitney, killing him instantly. .. Another struck J. b" Lyon, inflicting a flesh wound in the side. Johnson was struck by four bullets. In the meantime Davis made his escape into the woods a short distance from the house.

NO TROUBLE AT TOLUCA.

Four Thousand Men March to the Minim and Retnrn Home. The striking miners arrived at Toluca. 111., with the blare of brass bands and drum corps. Taere were nearly

LIEUT GOV. GILL

As soon as the men arrive 1 they assembled on the ommons near Superintendent Duggan's house, but adjourned again to await the arrival of the army from Streator and Kangley. This wimr . arrived later, having marched all the way from Streator. A few minutes previous to their arrival Lieut. Gov. Gill, .Presi-

MAP OF THE TOLUCA MINING DISTRICT.

dent J. A. Crawford, and Vice • President James W. Murray arrived in a special train from Joliet. A conference took place between the men and Charles J. Devlin in the latter’s private car, The miners’ officials wanted Mr. Devlin to address the miners, but he declined, saying he had not invited them there and consequently had no desire to address them. The meeting Ing was called to order by Chairman O’Connor, of Spring Valley, and was addressed by Messrs. Gill, Crawford, and Murray, who counseled’peace and urged the army to leave, and told the Toluca miners to decide for themselves. Finally this was agreed rjipon, and Mr. Devlin at once an angeerfo? a special train to take the army home. It is the general impression there that the Toluca miners will not return to work. If they do not, the mission of the army is successful.

ODD FELLOWS’ JUBILEE.

A Great Celebration of the Seventy-fifth Anniversary of the Order. The celebration of the seventy-fifth anniversary of the founding of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows was fittingly observed throughout the country. The founder of American Odd Fellowship was Thomas Wildey, who was born in London. Jan. 15, 1782. On reaching manhood he was initiated into the order. He came to this country in 1817 and settled in Baltimore. He sought the acquaintance of a few straggling members of the order who had preceded him here and March 27, 1819, he inserted a notice in a Baltimore paper calling for the members of the

BIRTHPLACE OF ODD FELLOWSHIP.

order to meet for the purpose of forming a lodge. Five responded, and on the memorable 26th of April they organized themselves into the Washington Lodge of Odd Fellows at the historic old Seven Stars tavern. The subsequent growth and spread of the order can be seen in the following table of figures made for the annual encampment of 1893: JUBISDICTION MEMBERS. Alabama 4,000 lowa 32,000 Arizona. 750 Kansas 22,000 Arkansas 4,M 0 Kentucky 9,000 British Columbia 2,G00 Louisiana 1,400 California 32,0i.0 Labrador 4,000 Colorado 8,000 Maine 22,000 Connecticutls,ooo Manitoba 2.000 Delaware 3.100 Marylandlo,ooo lAs’t ofColumbia 2.000 Massachusetts.. 49,030 Florida. I,A 0 Michigan 25,000 Georgia. 5,500 Montana.. 3,000 Idaho 1,900 Nebraska 9,100 Illinoisso,oo'j Nevada 2,000 Indiana 41,000 New Hampshire. 12,200 New Jersey2s,ooo Tennessee 6,000 New Mexico..... so' Texas 7.000 New Yorkos.ooo Utah 2,000 North Carolina 4,900 Vermont 4,109 North Dakota.... 2,300 Virginia 6,000 0hi064,0'0 Washington ... 7,6 0 Ontario 20,000 West Virginia... 8,000 Oregon 6,000 Minnesota 14,000 Pennsylvania... .112,000 Mississippi 1,700 Quebec 1,400 Missouri. 24,00> Rhode Island.... 6,500 Wisconsin 17,000 South Carolina.. 900 Wyoming 1,000 South Dakota.... 4,000 Vast as is the growth here shown, it does not do justice of percentage of increase, as only round numbers are given, and thus many lodges are not represented in the figures.

WHOLE LINE TIED UP.

Great Northern Employes at St. Paul and Minneapolis Stop Work. The strike is on at last in St. Paul and Minneapolis. The American Railway Union called out all its men in the employ of the Great Northern Road in the two cities. Telegrams were sent to all unions oh the line to stand by their guns. All efforts to settle the strike failed, and President Debs of the A. R. U. issued orders for a strike on all the Minnesota divisions of the Great Northern. This completes the strike from St. Paul to the coast. President Hill, of the Great Northern, again proposed his plan of arbitration at the last conference between the men's committee and the road, but it was refused. The strike inaugurated in Minneapolis and at St. Paul includes all train employes, yard hands, shop men. anl all other classes ot railway employes, and ties up the system from St. Paul and Minneapolis to the Pacific coast.

Sparks from the Wires.

An army of 700 Coxeyites has been organized at El Reno, O. T. The St Louis, Mo., industrial army has only ninety men enlisted so far. A Coxey reserve army of 250 men will be organized in Crested Butte. Mont. Reports of a small-pox epidemic in Texarkana, Ark., are said to have been exaggerated. Police Officer Austin, of Portland, Oregon, shot and killed an unknown burglar. At Hammond, Ind., William Bard, a Wabash conductor, fell under his train and was killed. W. H. Ogle, Northern Pacific station agent at Belgrade, Mont, was killed by a burglar.

4,500 of them. As they filed into town they were met by the citizens. Although footsore and weary they had not lost any enthusiasm. Most of the colored miners at work at Toluca had left lor other places to avoid a skirmish.

THE NATION’S SOLONS.

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Maker, and What Thajr Are Doing for the Good of the Country— Varies* Measure* Proposed. Discussed and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. T e Senate wrangled all day Wednesdaj over the tariff bill. Mr. Hepburn, after the reading of the journal In tbe House, interposed an objection to its approval and forced tbe yeas and nays on Mr. Dockery's motion for its approval The journal was approved—243 to 0. The House went Into committee of the Mr. Bailey, of Texas, in the chair, and resumed tbe consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill Mr. Warner moved to Increase the rank of tbe consul at Barcelona, Spain. to that of consul general and the salary to 11,500. The motion was agreed to. Mr. Hepburn offered an amendment, providing that all fees of every character* official or unofficial, collected or received by the consuls at Liverpool. Hong Konv, Amoy, Canton, Tien Tslng, Havre, Callao. Prague. Antwerp. Valparaiso. Colon, Chin-Klang. Fucban, Hankow, Bordeaux* Belfast, Bradford. Demarara, Glasgow* Kingston, Manchester. Vera Cruz, Mat an-, za«, Basle, and Montevideo should be turned into the treasury, and tbelr salaries should be tbelr sole compensation. The amendment was defeated—ss to 128. At 5:10 the committee rose and the House adjourned. In the House Thursday the Speaker appointed the following boards of visitors: To the Military Academy. Messrs. Black of Illinois, Hatch of Missouri and Curtis of New York; to the Naval Academy, Messrs. Meyer of Louisiana, Outhwaite of Ohio and Randall of Massachusetts. The House then went into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill Debate proceeded during the afternoon in a desultory manner On small unimportant amendments, none of which were adopted. When the bill was completed tbe committee rose. The bill as passed carried 51,513.538. a decrease of 146,706. compared with the appropriations for the current year. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. The Senate was engaged In Its regular pastime—discussing the tariff.

Some routine business was transacted at> the opening of the session of tbe House Saturday. Mr. Lockwood (N. Y.) reported back from the Pacific Railroad Committee the resolution calling upon tbe Attorney General to inform the House whether the stockholders of the Central and Western Pacific railroads were reliable in any manner to the United States for reimbursement, for bonds Issued under the various acts of Congress authorizing the issuing of bonds in aid of said -spends. The House then went into committee of tbe whole, with Sir. O’Neil, of Siassachusetts. in the chair, and took up the army appropriation bill. The bill carries 823,568,284. $6517,355 less than the appropriation for the current fiscal year. Durlug the debate ou the bill the roll was called under the rule and no quorum being developed, the absentees were reported to tbe House, and then, at 3:55 p. m., the House adjourned. The Senate proceedings were a repetition of those of the day before Personalities entered largely into the debate on the tariff bill in the Senate Monday. Senator Turpie made a bitter attack on Senator Aldrich, whom he accused of uttering falsehoods. When the House met at noon Mr. Meiklejohn. called up the Senate bill for the construction of a bridge across the Niobrara River, near the town of Nebraska City. Neb., and It passed. At 12:27 the House went into committee of the whole to consider the army appropriation bill. Mr. Outhwaite offered a committee amendment that no appointment of Assistant Adjutant General with rank of Major should be made until the number of officers in that grade had been reduced below four, and that hereafter there should be only four officers In said grade, and that future promotions in the ad-j jutant general’s, paymaster’s, and smaller branches should be filled from the next lowest grades. The amendment was agreed to by a vote of 49 to 38. Mr. Pickier offered an amendment that no officer of the army should be detailed to act as Indian agent unless the President shculd consider It best to do sa The chairman ruled the amendment out on a point of order. The appropriation for the purchase of machine guns, improved musket caliber,, was raised from SIO,OOO to $20,000. An amendment offered by Mr. Frye, striking out the provision that hereafter no aupointments should be made to the grade of assistant surgeon until tbe number Is reduced to ninety, and that the number hereafter should not exceed ninety, was disagreed to by the vote of 62 to 95. At 5 o’clock the committee of the whole arose, and the bill, with amendments, was reported to the House and at 5:11 p m. it passed. The House then adjourned. In respect to the late Senator Stockbridge, the Senate adjourned Tuesday afternoon, appointing a committee of seven with a committee from the House of Representatives to attend the funeral at K*alamazoo. Mich. The session of the House was brief, also, on account of tbe death of Senator Stockbridge, relative to which appropriate resolutions were moved by Mr. Burrows and adopted, and Messrs. Burrows, Bynum. McCreary, Boutelle. Payne (New York). Aitken. 'J homas and Richardson were appointed a committee to attend the funeral.

To Her Art.

Madame D’Albertin, one of the lesser painters of France, was as conceited about her artistic ability as she was notorious for her’fexcessive use of cosmetics of all kinds. Her face was a study in enamel, rouge and penciling,, and the older she grew the more pronounced it became. On one occasion, a certain count, who held her in muck disesteem. lost a bet to her. “And what will madame choose?” he asked, with mock courtesy. “Something in my art,” she simpered: “sotrething I can paint. ” “Very well, madame,* he replied, bowing’ himself out. A day later madame received a package from the count, which, upon being opened, revealed a life-size drawing of her own face in outline.

Gifts for the Grand Old Man.

Since his retirement Mr. Gladstone has received many hundreds of tributes from admirers all over the United Kingdom, and the gifts are still pouring in. He has received several dozen, walking canes and umbrellas. A number of admirers clubbed together andi sent him a handsome arm-chair, and - many more pretentious presents have> come to him.

Bits of Things.

Smooth taper fingers are generally in the highest degree artistic. Football was a crime in England during the reign of Henry VIII. In the space of one minute the polypus can change its form 109 times. Glass blowing is represented on an Egyptian monument dating 2009 B. C. The frock coat first made its appearance in England in 1540, in the reign of Henry VIII. Henry Pettitt, the English playwright who died recently, left an estatevalued at about $259,000. Antoine Green, of Wyalusing, Pa,, is a man in excellent physical condition and can work as hard as any of his neighbors, but in his forty years of life, his pulse has never beaten faster than 24 a minute. Lawyer Shelly, of counsel for the defendant in the Pollard-Breckinridge suit, is one of the most irascible men in the l legal profession. His temper is of the explosive variety, and goes off by percussion. “The portable whisker” is the invention of a Pittsburg printer. He claims to be able to adjust a beard, mustache or real Galway sluggers to any stereotype cut of a smooth-faced, man with very little and inexpensive alteration..