Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1894 — Page 2

SljciPcmocraticSfittmel ,1. W. McEWEX, Publl»hor. RENSSELAER, - - • INDIAN#

THE CITY TREMBLED.

VIOLENT EARTHQUAKE AT CONSTANTINOPLE. Sensational Developments of the Strike — Mcßride Will Not Call Out the Miners— Treasury Officials Report an Increase in the Gold Reserve. Sultan’s City Rocks. Two violent earthquake shocks were felt at Constantinople Tuesday. Each shock lasted about twenty seconds. The Inhabitants were greatly alarmed, and fled from their houses In anticipation of further and more serious disturbances. The earthquake shocks did much damage to the City. All the public offices, the bank 3 and the bourse have been closed. Two disastrous fires occurred and telegraphic communication was interrupted. The disturbance was undulatory and the course followed was from east to Another shock occurred at a quarter past four and considerably more damage was done. Numerous cracks are to be seen in the walls of the Ottoman Bank and other buildings Several houses fell at StambouL In Galata the shock was severe and the near quays were reduced to a ruin. The shock was felt in its full severity In all the villages bordering on the Bosphorus and the Sea of Marmora. Most of the buildings In these places suffered damage, and a number of houses were ruined completely. The people have sought shelter In the fields outside the villages It Is believed that fifty persons have lost their lives, and that the number of Injured far exceeds that figure. The loss to property will be very large There have also been severe shocks of earthquake in Smyrna, the Island ol Scio and In the Dardanelles. TREASON ALLEGED. President Debs, of the A. K. U., indicted by the Grand Jury. Chicago and the country were treated to several sensations Tuesday, in the great strike Under instructions from Judge Grosscup, the Grand Jury, just assembled, within three hours after the matter was presented, Indicted Debs, Howard, Kellher and Rogers, respectively President, Vice President, Secretary, and a Director «f the American Railway Union, for alleged conspiracy against the laws of the United States. The respondents were all released upon SIO,OOO balL General Miles was informed I hat the Postofflce and subtreasury were to be looted and destroyed. Private detectives claim to have arrested an unknown man at the Pullman Building, who had an Infernal machine and was looking for Vice President Wlckes, of the Pullman company. News camo that Sacramento, Cal., was In the control of an armed and riotous mob, and that Federal troops and artillery had been ordered there with Instructions to Instantly quell the uprising. And, to cap the climax, orders wero Issued by labor unions to precipitate the longthreatened general strike of the National Federation of Labor, to go into effect gradually and with cumulative force.

MINERS STAY IN. President Mcßride Says lie Has No Power to Call Them Out. President John Mcßride, of the United Mine-Workers, said that he would promulgate no order calling the miners out to cc- ; operate with the American Railway Union. “I have no such power,” ha said. ‘Oily the executive board of our order has the right to order a strike. No meeting of the board has toen called, and as matters now stand none Is likely to be called. There Is little need of calling a strike of miners Where the coal roads are tied up by the American Railway Union the miners i are idle as a necessity. No coal can be shipped and so the companies are not at work mining coaL I will say this, however: Such is the feeling of the miners against ’blacklegs' that they will strike of tbelr own volition whenever a railroad : company succeeds in getting nonuniou | labor to take the places of striking union j trainmen, no matter what the cause of the •trike may be. ” GOLD RESERVE INCREASING. The Tide Seems to Have Turned aud Money Plows Into the Treasury. The net Cash balance in the treasury atJ the close of business Monday was 8121. - 1 503,222, of which £04,241,105 was gold reserve. This- is an increase in the cash balance since June 27 of nearly $7,500,000, and an lucreass in tho \ gold reserve since June 25 of nearly $2,250,- 1 000. The Treasury officials are greatly en- i couraged at the seeming cessation of the gold-export movement and the great in- I crease In internal revenue receipts, and ! are very confident that these conditions,: added to the probable early passage es ! the new tariff bill, will result in a large ! Increase of the cash balanco and the gold i res“rvq One Is Dead and the Other Injured. At Jackson, Tenn., a family horse attached to a buggy containing two children, i Rufus and J. D. Mullins, aged 10 aud 0 | years, respectively, became frightened ! while the children were out driving, and running madly up street turned a corner suddenly and threw the occupants against the stone curbing, killing the elder and Injuring tho younger about the head and body in such a manner that it will die. Russian Town Wiped Out by Fire. The town of Plunjau, Russia, has been completely destroyed by fire. Three hundred and seventy-five houses have been burned, and over 2.000 persons are without shelter, tome children and a number ol cattle perished in the flames. Alive with a Broken Neck. William Minor, of Table Grove, 111, about two weeks ago fell from a hammock to tho ground and broke his neck. Physicians were summoned, but could do nothing for him. He is yel alive, although one side of his body Is completely paralyzed. Whirled to Death on a Shaft. At Zanesville, Ohio, Walter Wortmnn, fireman at Jones’ sewer pipe factory, got caught In a belt He was drawn up,,to the ■haft, which is eighteen laches above the floor, and whirled around at the rate of 100 revolutions a minute. Nearly every bone In his body was broken. He was 25 years old and unmarried. Fatally Mangled by a Mower. Thomas Montgomery, a farmer residing west of Brazil, Ind.. was killed while mowing crass. He fell in front of the mower and was cut so badly that be died In a few minutes. Status of the Strike. The strike situation Thursday morning bad not materially changed. Federal troops were In charge at Blue Island. Trains were still running irregularly, and freight traffic In Chlcagq was completely blocked. The only hopeful feature was that the etrlke had not spread perceptibly. J»y Cooke’s Summer Bouse Robbed. Burglars broke Into the summer residence of Jay Cooke stGlbraltar. near Put-ts-Bay bland. Friday night,and stole several hundred dollars’ worth of silverware, chlaa, etc. The thieves carried the goods •way Is a boat, and are supposed to have fiooe to Canada.

NEW NATIONAL BANKS. Number Organized Since Lut Year’s Panic larger Than Expected. The number of national banks organized in the United States since the last report of the Comptroller of the Currency, on Oct 31. has been larger than was expected by the officials, in view of the financial depression. Periods of prosperity are usually marked by the rapid extension of the banking system, and the year ending Oct. 31,’90, showed 307 new banking institutions under national charters, with an aggregatd capital of $30,350,000. The number has not been so large in any year since, and was only 119, with an aggregate capital of £11.230,000, during the year ending Oct. 31, 1893 Most of these were organized before tbe breaking oat of the panic In June, aud many applications for new charters which were then on file were withdrawn, and no effort has been made to complete the organization. The past few months, however, has shown a revival in the organization of new banks, and the number authorized from Oct. 31 up to date has been thirty-four. Ten of them have been organized since June 1. Pennsylvania and Illinois show the largest number of new Institutions—four each—and Minnesota comes next with three. Most of the new banks are In the Southern and Western Statea CLOUDS NOT BREAKING. Strikes’ Grip on Chicago Grows Tighter and Alarm Is Great. The strike, up (o Friday morning, had developed new and alarming conditions, at Chicago. Thovgh it Is said the railroad men themselves, as a body, were passive, still it is true that throughout tbe city mobs were In control of the Rock Island tracks, obstructing trains and wrecking and burning railroad property. United States regulars would no sooner clear one vicinity than trouble would break out afresh at other points Re-enforcements were ordered. Governor Altgeld demanded of President Cleveland that he withdraw Federal troops, alleging that tbe State of Illinois was able to handle tbe trouble, and declaring that State troops had not been asked In any instance yet where real trouble existed, though several times they had been dispatched to points where they were not needed. President Cleveland declines to order withdrawal of troops.

ANXIOUS TO SECURE KZETA. Salvadorean Government Making an Effort to Obtain His Surrender. San Salvador dispatch: The Government has sent instructions to Washington to secure the best legal services and do all that is possible to obtain the surrenderor Antonio Ezeta bis associates on board tho 'Bennington. President Gutierrez is greatly annoyed by insulting lampoons, but especially by tho bickerings of his companions in arms, who are Jealous of one another and of him. Tlia popular rumor is that President Barrios, of Guatemala, demands his share of tbe spoils left behind by Ezeta Gutierrez is making concessions to the people and revoking many oppressive decrees of the late government. While people are not satisfied with Gutierrez, there is no sentiment lu favor of the return of Ezeta BLOWN TO ETERNITY". Henry L. Driver Killed at Cincinnati by an Explosion of Dynamite. Henry L. Driver, the'idle and good-na-tured son of an indulgent, rich mother, met with a terrible death at Cincinnati. He was literally torn to pieces by tbe explosion of something in his pocket that must have been dynamite. All the lower portion of his body was blown to atoms Tho bones were pulverized. His right hand was thrown Into a door twonty feet away. The windows and doors of Wellman’s hardware store were smashed to pieces. In Driver’s pocket was a postal card from the United States Mutual Life Insurance Company, New York, notifying him that his life insurance policy for 823,050 would expire at midnight July 4.

OUT OF THE SENATE. Tariff Bill Pazaes by a Vote of Thirty-nine to Thirty-four. The Senate tariff bill was passed at a late hour Tuesday night by a vote of 39 yeas to 34 nays. Senator Hill voted against tbe measure, as did also Messrs. Roller and Stewart, the I’opulists Tho other Populists, Messrs. Allen and Tvyle. voted with the majority. Senator Caffery, of . Louisiana, at first voted “no” as a “protest against an injustice to the people” Qf his State, and immediately chanced It to “yea ” Messrs. Irby, of South Carolina, and Murphy, of New York, voted with the majority. Tho hill will now go to a conference committee, the Senate wing of which will he made up of Messrs. Voorhees, Harris, Vest and Jones, Democrats, and Sherman, Aldrich and Allison, Republicans, MEAT ADVANCES IN PRICE. Wholesalers In Neir York City Compelled to Adv race Rates. The New Y'ork wholesalers notified the ! retailers of an lr croase in the price of fresh meat owing to the strike. The re- | tallers indlgnuntl; denounce this action, i They say Chicago find New York are both | full of meat and t tat there is plenty of it j on tbe road not ticl up by the strike. HEAVY REVENUE RECEIPTS. I Whisky Trust Hr* nks the Record at the Pco ia Office. The whisky iru t Is making hav while the sun shines Thursday's internal revenue receipts brok i ali previous records at the Peoria office, the most important in the United States, being £233,000, or £50,- | 000 more than evsr before. All the old : Republican gauger: have been pressed into I service, and extn men are going from Chicago, Cincinnat and St Louis.

Tlie National Game. The clubs of the National and Western Leagues stand us follows In the championship race: NATION .L LEAGUE. P r Per W. Ji. cen W. L. cent. Baltimore..* 1 18 .6 5 Cleveland..3o 29 .608 Boston 43 21 .6 2 Cinoinnatl.27 33 .46(1 New Y0rk..38 24 .( ;S Bt. Louts ..27 38 .415 Phirdelp'a.3s 21 .(>3 Ohlcazo... .21 41 .349 Brooklyn.. 35 25 .Ms Wa*hlncfnl9 45 . 297 Pittsburg.. 36 28 LoulsTlUe..l7 45 .214 ■WESTE !N LEAGUE. Pirj Per W. L. cer t.} W. L. cent. Bloux Clty.43 18 .7 9 Grd BapldeSO 85 . 462 Toledo 36 24 .6 oSlndlan‘pTle27 35 . 435 Kansas C'yß3 27 . 5 OiDrtrolt 24 36 .400 llinne'p’lls33 27 .M|Milwa , kee..H 39 .204 Talk of a Secret Agreement. The London Telegraph, commenting on the Corean question, says that the hidden peril of the situation Is In the allegation that Russia and, China have concluded a secret agreement, contrary to the treaty of 1885. It will. It says, cost Great Britain the price of another naval squadrou If Russia Is ever allowed, through China, to occupy Corean ports. It Is England’s plain policy, consistent alike with honor and Interest, to support Japan In the just action Bbe Is taking to guarantee Corea against the IntrUues and per.ls which threaten its security. Says War Will Occur. In an Interview, the Japanese Minister. Viscount Kawaso, Intimated that It was probable that a conflict would take place batween China and Japan In Corea. The minister said that negotiations are proceeding. but, In auy event, Japan is determined to insist upoa much needed reforms In Corea and to protect Japanese rights In every respect, as well ns to protect the Integrity of the kingdom of Corea. Indians Are Great Riders. Indian police have succeeded in overhauling and stopping the Lower Brule Bioax who left their reservation without

permission from the Indian agent The first party of Indlaus that started away headed south for Rosebud agency, ostensibly to vUlt'with tbelr friends, but in reality to strive to remain there, as many of tbe Lower Brules have always expressed the desire to take up their residence with the Rosebud Indiana Spotted Horse, chief of the Lower Brule police, and three of his men were sent in pursuit as soon as the flight of the Indians was discovered, and while engaged on thi9 duty performed, a feat of rising that entitles them to a place in the list of foremost long-distance riders of the West, and which will be the talk of the reservation for some time to come. Spotted Horse has always had the reputation of being one of tbe most tireless riders on the Sioux reservation, but on this occasion he broke bis past previous recorda To intercept and return tbe stampeding Indians it was necessary to ride but a trifle less than 150 miles, and Spotted Horse and his three comrades traveled this distance without once stopping to rest or feed their ponies. On their return to the agency with the prisoners It was learned that still another party of Lower Brules bad stampeded and were headed for the Yankton agency. After a brief rest Spotted Horse again set out with a force of his men to overhaul and capture them. This he succeeded in doing on Ponca Creel:, In the extreme southern part of the State and but a short distance north of the Nebraska line. About one hundred miles was the distance traveled while on this second expedition after wandering Indians, making a total of about two hundred and fifty miles that Spotted Horse and his companions rode In comparatively a brief space of time. This Instance shows the efficiency of the Indian policemen, and that they will perform their duties regardless of consequences or the hardships incident thereto. STRIKE STILL GROWING. Chicago Under Martial Law by Order of President Cleveland. While the of the strike in far Northwestern and Wesleru cities was alarming enough Saturday and Sunday, the situation at Chicago was the center of interest, for there it appeared to he growing in force, and the lawless element was more demonstrative. At different places troops and deputies fired ou the mobs. Three men and one woman were killed and over twentyfive hurt: from New York, Pullman had flatly declined to arbitrate: "front Washington, President Cleveland had declared the city under martial law, and representatives of trades employing over thirty thousand men had met and declared their sympathy with the Pullman strikers and Jtheir American Railway Union allies. Deputy marshals have arrested several A. 14. U. leaders, alleging interference with interstate commerce and United Staten mails. Hammond, lud., was the scene of u fatal conflict between regulars and tbe mob. Much violence had been done there.

TRADE IS DEPRESSED. Effects of the Strike Felt All Over the I Country. R. G. Dun & ctx’s Weekly Review of Trade says: The Interruption of business by the i railroad strikes has been such that the j u-ual signs, whether bright or gloomy, i have little valae. The Senate has passed j the tariff bill, but In such shape that no j one ventures to risk much on its final pas- I sage without further alteration. Specula- ! tion in products has turned largely upon temporary uncertainties, but meat products have been higher with a threatened famine and the probability that large quantities will be spoiled at Chicago, while improved crop prbspects have depressed wheat 1% cents. The crop year ends with narrow exports, though a little larger than of late, and the aggregate for the year has not been far from 105,000,000 bushels, flour Included, though at the lowest average price ever known. STEAD ATTACKS PULLMAN. Declares that the Magnate Makes Philanthropy Fay Dividends. The Westminster Gazette, London, prints an interview with W. T. Stead on the subject of the Pullman strike. Mr. Pullman, he declares, is an industrial czar, who makes his philanthropy pay dividends, lie (Mr. Stead) would not be surprised if the present struggle should show how easily an Industrial war can develop into a civil war. The railway Is the Achilles' heel of capitalism, and America depends upou the railway to an extent totally beyond conception in Groat Britain. Tho Chronicle, commenting on tho state of anarchy in Chicago, says the lesson of it ail Is that modern conditions demand some collective control over the gigantic capitalist combination. Milling Company Assigns. James W. Duguenther, President of the Midland Maze Milling Company, at Milwaukee, made an assignment. Joseph C. Hevman was named as assignee, with a bind of $10,003. This mill dealt? in the products of corn. Suicide of Ehle Allen. Ehle Allen, who a few weeks ago killed John 11. Clapp, at St Paul, Minn., in a row over a woman, and who was indicted for manslaughter in the first degree, committed suicide at Lake Minnetonka. Eight People Are Killed. Two dozen victims of patriotism and fireworks on hospital ccts and eight persons dead is the accident story of the 4th of July celebration throughout New England. Bolivia's Ex-President Killed, Advices from Bolivia report that exPresident Arco has been assassinated His body was horribly mutilated by his murderers.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime... $3 60 @ 6 00 Hoos—Shipping Grades 4 00 @ 5 75 I Sheep—Fair to Choice 2CO 0 4 oo Wheat—No. 2 Red 55 @ s ; Coen—No. 2 40 @ 41 Oats—No. 2 37 & o» Rye—No. 2 46 ca 60 BUTTEB—Choice Creamery 17 ® 18 Eggs—Fresh 12)6 Potatoes—New. perbrl 2 73 @ 3 25 i INDIANAPOLIS. ! Cattle—Shipping 2 oo <n> 4 so | Hogs—Choice Light., 4 oo 0 5 25 : Sheep—Common to Prime 2 oo 3 50 1 Wheat—No. 2 Red 65 # 55H | Corn—No. 2 White 44 @ 44 V ! Oats—No. 2 White 47 @ 47S | ST. LOUIS. • Cattle 3 oo ® a oo Hogs 300 0 6 so Wheat—No. 2 Red 63 44 64 Corn—No. 2 39 <4 41 Oats—Nc. 2 35 <4 40 Rye—No. 2 60 0 62 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 60 at 4 75 Hogs 400 @5 60 Sheep „2 00 0 3 73 Wheat—No. 2Rf d 56 @ 6556 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 45)6@ 4616 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 46 @ 49 *■ Bye—No. 2. 6i @ 63 DETROIT. Cattle 2 60 44 4 60 Hogs 4 00 @ 5 25 Sheep 2 00 (4 3 75 Wheat—No.' 1 White 48 @ 69 Corn —No. 2 Yellow 0 51 Oats—No. 2 White 49 @ 50 TOLEDO. Wheat—Nd. 2 Red 65 (4 66 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 45 @ 47 Oats—No. 2 yVhite 43 0 48)6 Rye—No. 2.. j 60 a- 62 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 1 White 62 @ 62)6 No. 2 Red. 69 (4 60 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 4"36@ 48’a Oats—No. 2 W'hite 60 60)5 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 54 <4 84)$ Corn—No. s tiy,® 42)4 Oats—No. 2 White 46 "(4 4T Barley—No. 2 63 <® 65 Rye—No. 1 49 @ 51 Pore Mess 12 26 <412 75 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 @ 5 50 Hoos 3 75 @ 6 00 Sheep. 300 44 4 60 Wheat-No. 2 Red so @ «) Corn—No. 2 46 & 47 Oats—No. 2. ; 60 <4 81 Butwer—Creamery 17*@ JB>4 Eoos—State l&X,# 14*

DEBS UNDER ARREST.

LEADERS OF THE STRIKE ARE INDICTED. Charged with Conspiracy Against the United States -Released In SIO.OOO Ball —Letters and Papers An Seized at the Union's Headquarters. Work of the Federal Grand Jnry. Four of tho genaral officers of the American Railway Union were arrested in Chicago Tuesday afternoon on the charge of conspiracy against the United States of America in interfering with interstate commerce, with the passage of the mails and with govermental officials. They are: Eugene V. Debs, president. George W. Howard, vice president Sylvester Kf.liher, secretary. L. W. Rogers, a director and editor of the order’s official organ, the Railway Times. They were indicted by the Federal grand jury, were taken into custody and afterward released on bail furnished by William Skakel and William Fitzgerald, and will some time next fall be placed on trial. It is under-

stood that the government will press the charge of high treason against the leaders of the union that is attempting to enforce the boycott against the cars of the Pullman Palace Car Company. The general offices of the organization were stripped of their contents which are to bo used in evidence against the prisoners. Mr. Deb 3 was teen during his temporary detention and, after expressing much indignation at the geizure of his private letters and papers, said for himself and his fellows: ’lf we have broken any law of the United States we will take our punishment like men. But this action is without parallel in any strike ever known in the history of the American people, whether on railways or ifot. We shall make no change in our methods, being convinced that they are perfectly legal, and the work will go on exactly as it was begun without reference to these unprecedented arrests.” Washington dispatches say the news of the indictment of Debs and his associates was received with undisguised satisfaction by the President and membow of his Cabinet. The position of the government is that officers of the body which ordered the boycott, Debs and others can be held responsible for whatever has or may grow out of it, whether any member of tho American Railway Unibn is directly involved in acts of violence or not. This much was clearly made known by the language of Judge Grosscup's charge, which, though setting forth in unmistakable terms the position of the Government, recognized the rights of the workingmen to organize for their better advancement. He defined insurrection against government and plainly stated the limit to which labor leaders should go. It is understood that Attorney General Olney himself outlined the plan of procedure. President Debs was not at all afraid of the threatened indictment.

DRINK LEMONADE.

Dignified Senators Get Away with Twentyfive Gallons Daily. Five or six dozen quarts of apollinaris water and about a box of lemons are consumed every day in making lemonade for the use of the Senate in hot weather. The coo ing drink is made in the basement and brought into the cloakroom by the bucketful, and served in earthenware coolers, holding about throe gallons each. Two men ara kept busy squeezing lemons and mixing the juice with the sugar and of apollinaris. This is Uncle Sam's treat out of the contingent iund. There is no alcoholic liquor in this preparation. Every ca- e that a thoughtful country can devise is taken to relieve them of' the necessity of taking jli their clothes in the gpnate chamber. The bath rooms in the basement are provided with every comfort from ice water to TurkoRussian steam, and from violet water to bay rum for an after sousing, and in the sergeant-at-arms’ office are quinine pills for malaria and Jamaica ginger for cramps, and several preparations suitable tc relieve a disordered stomach or an aching head. For any bruis \s that may bo indicted during the session, gallons of witch-hazel are kept in the store room.

Rockefeller’s Money Must Be Paid.

John D. rockefeller, the Standard. Oil millionaire, will have to give his Stint 1 ,000 to Chicago University. When he made the donation it wa,'on condition that the University trustees raise $350,000 to make the sum an even million. This has been done, tho last subscription needed, $15,00J, having b en paid.

Brieflets.

Two large dynamite bombs have been found in New York City. Lord and Lady* Randolph Churchill have arrived in New York. John McHugh, of Cresco, lowa, has resignel a 5 national bank examiner. Cadet W. S. Valentine has been ordered courtmartialed at West Point for hazing. Miners at Spring Valiev, 111., voted to reject the Columbus scale, but at Streator it was accepted by a majority of 175. By a French decision it is declared that Mrs. Parnell and Timothy Harrington have no power over the “Paris fund.” Lawyer M. J. Stein, a New York politician, has been arrested for swearing falsely at tho trial of Michael Donnelly. In i reparation for war with Japan, it is said the registration of Chinese merchant vessels has been transierrei to Germany. An unfinished pavilion in the exhibition grounds in Bucharest, Roumania, collapsed, burying twenty-eight workmen. Four of them were fatally injured.

PASSED THE SENATE.

MEASURE GETS A MAJORITY OF FIVE VOTES. Senator Hill Casts the Only Democratic Vote Against It—President and Federal Judge* Must Pay Tax on Their Salaries— To Take Effect August !• Vote of 39 to 34. In the midst of intense excitement, after having been debated for three months and one day, the tariff bill, amended to take effect Aug. 1, 1894, pasted the Senate by a vote of 34 to 39 '-a strict party vcte, except Mr. Hill, who voted with the Republicans against the measure. The Populist? divided their strength, Kyle and Allen voting in favor of the bill and Peffer and Stewart against it At the very opening of the last day of the great struggle, says a Washington dispatch, Mr. Harris, in charge of the bill, announced that it would pass that day, or there would be no Fourth of July fcr the Senate of the United States. Until evening there were no sensational incidents. A hard, but hopeless fight was made by the Republicans under the leadership of Mr. Sherman to place wool on the dutiable list. Through the instrumentality of Mr. McLaurin ;Dem., Miss.) the action of the committee of the whole in exempting the salaries of United States Judges and the President of the United States from the opeiation of the income tax was re\ersed in the Senaio.

A very important piece of legislation in the shape of an anti-trust law was placed on the 1 ill as a rider without even so much as a division. It was designed, as Mr. Voorhees, Cha rman of the Finance Committee, said, to insure integrity in execution of the law, it being admitted ihat any tariff system afforded abundant opportunity for the formation of trusts and combinar tions. The galleries wers filled to overliowing, many prominent ladies and gentlemen being present to witness the final disposal of the bill, and the scene war truly a brilliant one. • Half a hundred members of the House were on the floor. It was amid such surroundings that the climax occurred, when Senator Allen, of Nebraska, denounced the Democratic members of the Finance Committee and charged them with bad faith in taking advantage of his ignorance of parliamentary procedure to induce him to offer the amendment, thus releasing their Democratic colleagues under the caucus agreement from voting for them. He intimated that he had been tricked. Mr. Vest, on behalf of the committee. hotly denied the charges, and upbraided Mr. Allen. Mr. Manderson, Mr. Allen’s Republican colleague from Nebraska, seemed to enjoy toe plight of bis associate, and warned him to beware before he again allied himself with the Democrats. Mr. Jones of Arkansas also challenged the truth of Allen's statements, and scored him for attempting to place the committee in a false light. For an hour after the excitement caused by this exchange of criminations occurred, the proceedings weie extremely dull 1111 l Denounces Income Tax. As the hands of the clock drew toward the hour of 10 the final speeches began. Mr. Allen, somewhat to the wonderment of the galleries after his outbreak early in the evening, told the Senate why he had concluded to vote for the bill. The most dramatic incident of the n ght occurred when he took his seat and Mr. Hill arose and in ringing and fervid tones entered an eloquent prate-t against the ‘ income tax,” and arraigned his party associates for beihg false to their party pledges and their country. The Republicans drew around him as he spoke, the galleries leaned over as he dealt his sledge-hammer blows. When in conclusion he declared theatrically that he would mot support the bill a wave of applause, quickly checked by the Vice President, swept over the gallery. A final word of pretest followed from Aldrich, Chandler and Manderson. The bill was placed upon its passage and the roll was called. Up n the announcement of the vote. 34 to 39, the galleries cheered, and amid a scene or rejoicing the Senate adjourned over the Fourth of July. Vote on the Final The detailed vote on the final passage of the bill is as follows: YEAS. VLLEN. Gorin in. Morgan, bate. Gray. Murphy. Berry. Harris. Palmer. Blackburn. Hunton. Pasco. Blanchard. Irby. Ransom. Caftery. Jarvis. Roach. Call. Jones (Ark.). Smith. Oockrelli Kyee. Turple. Coke. ! Lindsay. Vest. Daniel. McLaurin. Vilas. Faulkner. MartlD. Yoorhees. Georsre. Mills. Walsh. Gibson. MitchelKWis.). White—39. NAYS. Aldrich. Hansbrough. Pugh. Allison. Hawley. Piatt. Carey. Higgins. Power, Vnandler. nlll. Proctor.' Cullom. Jones (Ncv.). Quay. ,■ Pads. Podge. Gherman. Dixon. McMillan. Shoup. Doljph. Manderson. Squire. Dubois. Mitchell (Ore.). Syewakt. Frue. ' Patton. Teller. GaUinger. L'efff.k. Washburn—3i, Hale. The pairs were a? follows: The first named would have voted for the bill, the others against it: | price with \vlco;t; Butler with Cameron: : Camden with Pettigrew; Gordon with Wilson; Pugh with Hoar; McPherson with Morj rill. Mr. Harris moved that a conference ! committee of seven Senators on the i disagreeing votes of the two houses ! be appointed, and although Mr. Allison | protested against this action, maintainj mg that a i yet there was no disagree- ! ment, the motion prevailed and the Vice President appointed the followi ing committee: Messrs. Voorhees, j Harris, Nest, Jones (Ark.), Sherman, I Allison and Aldrich.

Sparks from the Wires.

Henri Rochefort says CasinirPerier’s Presidency means civil war. Mr. Gladstone will not again stand for election to the House of Commons. The University of Michigan conferred degrees on 689 at its commencement. President Cleveland has signed the bill idaking Labor Day a national holiday. William Davis Gallagher, poet and journalist, died at Louisville, xiy., aged 80. Mormons have secured land and money to establish a col ege at Lamoai, lowa. At New York, Michael Gessner, a tailor, shot and killed Annie Sauter aDd himself. The si le of the steamer Puritan, of the Full River Line, was lipped open in a collision. Mrs. Sallie Chapman GordonLaw, known in the South as “the mother of the confederacy, ” died at Memphis. By means of the Morse telegraph code messages have been sent by an electric flashlight from Sandy Hook to New York City.

RUIN AT THE FAIR.

SEVEN MAMMOTH STRUCTURES SWEPT AWAY. Admin Ist ration's Golden Dome and Corona Pall In Ashes— Manufactures Building Based to the Ground—Large Portion of the Exposition Grounds Devastated. A Sea of Fi t me. A year ago the Court of Honor of the fair “White City” stood in unrivaled splendor upon the shore of Lake Michigan, and thousands reveled in it 9 beauty. Thur. day night it passed away in fiery sp endor, and thousands mourned it 3 fall. Blackened and twisted arches of iron, with their girders sagging under the weight of torn sheets of roofing, rear their skeleton forms where the buildings of the beautiful city once stood. Beneath them lie huge mo nds of smoldering ruins frosted with a waste of snowy ashes. Tangles of wire the mis-hapen hulks of fallen statuary and long rows of blistered columns mark the outlir.es of avenues and drives. The parapets, the bridges, and the wide sweep of f tail-casing which flanked the buildings have been licked up by the fire to the water’s edge. Every other at.ack of the elements, fire, wind, cr water, was as nothing before this all-devouring tornado of liame which swept from end to end and laid low every important building left standing b.v the wrecker. The World’s l*air buildings are in ruins.

Beginning with the huge weatherbeaten remains of the terminal station at the south of the grounds, the fire sped rapidly nortaward, and in the course of its progress completely destroyed the following structures: Terminal Building. Administration Building. Mines and Mining. Electricity. Manufactures. Machinery. Agricu ture. Stock Pavilion. Philadelphia Case. One man lost his life in the flames and another received burns from which he may die. Besides these a number of persons received minor injuries. Save l by a Cha life of Wind. The firemen made no attempt to save the buildings alter they were once ablaze, but devoted every effort to prevent the fire from spreading. The transportation and government buildings were saved only by tho most jerBistent efforts of the firemen At one time it looked as if all the buildings at the north end of the erreunds wculd be swept away, but a change of the wind from the southwest to the northwest prevented the flames from advancing. A dispatch from Chicago says that a few minutes after (i o'clock Park t oliceman John Reynolds saw two spirals of blue smoke curling lazily upward from a window in the southwestern corner of the Terminal Building. Hastening over to the spot he burst into the building through a broken door. A stifling gust of smoko rolled out. Penetrating t > the center of the building he saw a point of flame 6hoot upward from under a stair-case in the corner. Fanned by tho bre;ze from the open door the whole end of the structure was a mass of flame in less than a moment. Reynolds ran rapidly across to machinery hall and turned in an alarm. When he returned the fire was playing hide-and-seek in the ornamental cornices. It had not yet felt its power. By some stra ige fatality the crew of the World's Pair station was a mile away extinguishing a little blaze at the corner of 71st street and Stony Island avenue. It was a full half hour after the first alarm sounded before the first feeb’e stream broke into spray at tho raves of the tall building. It was too late. The fire had found its power. The walls of the terminal station which still remained standing gaped wide with cracks through which glowed the volcano of fire within. Tho flames lighted up whitely the faces of the thousands of spectators who came streaming out of the park from every street. Some of them shouted “Fire.” “Fire,” at the top of their voices, but they could r.ot be heard above the roar of the flames. The dry building with its lath and staff roof and wooden girders burned like tinder. A billowy cloud of smoke arose slowly until the upper eni o£ the cloud resembled a huge balloon, the top of which was first crimsoned with the rays of the setting sun. Suddenly the northern wa ll of the building fell wiiji and there was an illumination of fire-works greater than any that ever graced a summer evening during the Fair. Nothing could stay the flames, and the / swept on until all thd, buildings in their fiery path were in ruins.

THE HIGHWAYS OF COMMERCE.

Some Interesting: Figures on American Railway Systems. There ai'e more miles of railway track in the United States than in all the other countries of the world combined. These are the figures: -United States, 172,001) miles; FuroDe, Asia, Africa, South, Central and British America and Australia, 167,000 miles. The number of locomotives in use on American railways is 85,000; passenger cars, 25,000; mail and baggage cars, 8,000: and freight and coal cars, 1,200,000. The railways of the United States carry in a year (00,000,00) passengers, and transport 810,000,00,) tons of freight. The disparity between the two branches of transportation i 3 much greater than it is in Europe, for the foreign railways carry twice as many^passengers a- do the railways of the United States, whereas the earnings from freight or “goods” trains, as they are called abroad, just about balance. In this country the earnings from freight business are about three times greater than from passenger business. The railways of the United States earn from all sources of revenue about $L 100,000,000 in a year. About twothirds of this is disbursed in expenses, and the balance, $351,000,090. represents the net profit. Two-thirds of this, however, go s to pay interest on bonds of guaranteed stock, leaving about $100,000,000, or one-twelfth of the whole amount earned, so • the payment of dividends and for necessary improvements.

Telegraphic Clicks.

A hot-air tornado was experienced at Chillieothe, Mo. Arkansas Democrats declared for free silver at a ratio of 16 to 1. An investigation was ordered of the action of the Michigan jury in Attorney General Ellis’case. Assets of the Chamberlain Investment Company, face value $2,500,000, sold at Denver for SIO,IOO. Illinois has 6,400,000 acres in corn, an increase of 3 per cent., and its condition is exceptionally good.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation's Capital —What Is Betas Done by the Senate and House —Old MJitters Disposed Of and New Ones Considered. The Senate and House. The event of Interest in the House Thursday was a cablegram of congratulation from the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies to the House of Representatives on the ODe hundred and eighteenth anniversary of American Independence and the reception of the tariff bill. This letter event excited Democratic applause, and the bill was laid upon the Sueaker’s table A joint resolution to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to continue the employment of mechanics and laborers In uavy yards who have been discharged on account of the failure of Congress to pass the noce-sary appropriation bills was passed after some tart remarks from Messrs. Cannon and Reed. Tbe bill to subject to State taxation national bank notes and United States Treasury notes consumed the entire afternoon, and no conclusion had been reached when the House adjourned at 5:15 o’clock. The Senate hold a short session Friday and adjourned at t:35 p. m. until Monday, without having transacted any business of Importance. Tbe bill for the State taxation of greenbacks occupied the attention of the House all day, and It was passed by a large majority. The only point of interest in the day’s proceedings was the taking of tne tariff bill from the Speaker’s table and its reference to tbe Committee on Ways and Means, but this was unattended by any excitement or remarks. Several unimportant bills were passed. The House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session being devoted to private pension bills. In the Senate Monday Mr. Peffer offered a resolution providing: 1. That all public functions ought to be exercised through public agents. 2. That all interstate railroads ought to be brought under one control. 3. That all coal beds ought to be owned and worked by the Government 4. That all money used by the people ought to be supplied only by the Government of the United States, and that the rate of Interest ought to be uniform in all States. 5. That ail revenues of the Government ought to be raised by taxes on real estate. The resolution went over without action or comment. Tbe navy appropriation bill was passed, as was also k House bill to amend the law relative to mining claims. Mr. Blackburn announced the death of Representative Marcus G Lisle, of Kentucky, and after the adoption Of the customary resolutions the Senate adjourned. Monday was District of Columbia day In the House, and a bill to provide for an immediate revision and equalization of real estate values in the District was taken up for consideration Most of the afternoon was spent on this bill, which was finally passed. In the Senate the railroad strike was discussed and the postofflee appropriation bill was passed. The House passed a bill opening the Uncompahgre and Uintah Indian reservations in Utah, allotting lands in severalty to the Indians and restoring abogit 3.000.000 acres to the public domain. Most of tho day was devoted to debate on a bill extending tbe act of 1890, declaring lands granted to railroads not then constructed forfeited to the government. so as to forfeit the lands of rallways whose roads were not completed within tho time specified in the land grants. It excluded from the operation of the act, however, lands acquired in good faith by purchase from railways, confirming such titles The bill Involves about 54,000,000 acres. It was not disposed of. Tho title of Mr. Enloe to his seat as representative from the Eighth Tennessee, which was contested by R F. Thrasher, was confirmed without opposition. tho Committee on Elections being unanimous in the opinion that Mr. Thrasher had no ground for contest.

An African Pest.

With regard to the utility 'of the crocodile there are diverse opinions. It is certainly a scavenger, though when the rapid currents of most rivers a:e taken into consideration the importance of his mission dwindles. The author of “In the Morambala Marsh” says that along the banks of African streams it is dangerous to approach the river edge. Water for domestic purposes is obtained from the top of the banks by means of a cup attached to a bamboo pole twenty or thirty feet in length and in spite of all these precautions the death roll is a most ghastly one. The primitive dugouts used by tho natives for traveling on the rivers are in many cases merely death-traps. While the man is paddling along, barely two inches above the surface of the river, the crocodile seizes his hand and drags hi;* to the bottom. On one occasion I sent down some letters by a Hindoo merchant and a few weeks later heard that both letters and postman had been devoured by crocodiles. At another time I was strolling along the bank, and hearing cries, arrived at tho water’s edge in time to seize a boy whose leg bad been caught by one of these brutes and torn from him. He escaped with his life, thanks to my timely arrival. In some places one sees thousands of crocodiles on a mud bank, most of them scarcely two inches in length, evidently just hatched. A week does not pass but in some river village wails and lamentations are heard for a fresh victim to' the crocodile s insatiable appetite.

Useful Hints for Housekeepers.

An excellent way to wash silk is to use salt water and to iron tho articles while they are still wet. Washing gingham in water slightly thickened with flour starch is said to he an excellent idea.A small box of quicklime kept in the pantry will tend to keep the air pure. f A litt'e ammonia in the water will be found very effective in washing greasy frying-pans and such ware and will restore tho color that has been taken from a fabric by acid. A chalk line drawn around an ai-ticle will ktep away ants. Asbestos mats, which cost but a few cents, placed under pots prevents the food from burning. Grass stains on white goods may be removed by rubbing molasses on the stains and leaving it till the srarment is washed, when the stains will disappear.

HISTORICAL.

Ambition is the mind’s immodesty. Lay figures for fitting on ladies’ dresses were invented in France about 1390. Greek ladies had steel and brass mirt-ors, parasols, fans and smelling bottles Corsets have been found on the mummies of Egpytian princesses of the royal family. In 1516 Francis I. gave to his queen the equivalent of $16,000 in our money to buy a hat. Wire hairpins wore invented in En gland in 1545. Before that time the female coiffures were held in place byline wooden skewers. The postage stamp is nqt much more than a half a century old. On the tith i of May, 1894, it celebrated its fiftyfourth anniversary. The longest train on record was that of Catherine de Medici on the occasion of her marriage. It was forty-eight yards and borne by ten pai -s of pages. It is now well known that, flounders and other flat fishes, whose eyes are on the left side of the head, and which swim on one side, are, when young, perfectly symmetrical, like other fishes.