Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1894 — Page 2

hbm; —r . _ |t gljtlltniocrfitlcSfiiliucl J. W. McEWEX, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

THEY DIE LIKESHEEP

OVER 6,000 DEATHS FROM ' . BLACK PLAGUE. ~ Aa miaois Town Burned-War Is On Between Japan and China—De;;t*i Comes Many In Varies! Forms Forests - . v Ablaae. £ ▲adltlonal information regarding (black plague in China has been received at the marine hospital service through the Department of State. Minister Dunn, •writing from Tokio unler date of June 22, 1 •ays that up To Jurje £ ’ bcour.-ed In Hong a:i<\. / 6eycraT European. had died of tTo Avery •mall percentage 6niy of tnosg •ho tacked recover. Latest kdvlces from Hong Kong report a slight abatement of the epidemic. He Ctate Department a notification by lha Japanese government which requires cltlaensof the United States In Japan and the commanders and master.! of naval and merchant Vessels arriving at Nagasaki,. ' Kobe, Yokohama, and Hakodate to con* form to the Imperial ordinance for the regulation of the inspection of vessels arriv. tag from cholera-Infected ports. CHENOA, ILL., IN RUINS. Ihm Wipe Out the Business Portion of the Town. . ,The business portion of Chenoa, 111., was destroyed by fire Tuesday afternoon, entailing a loss estimated ut from $5110.000 to 4608,000. Fifty-four buildings and nearly •II of the stock the/ contained were swept •way in a ro%-j.\ig cyclone of flame that aeemed to broak out ail over the feontness district at once and gave no tirno ta nave anything. More complete devastation cannot be Imagined, 9he only bust•eas establishments left lu the town are •wo saloons. Pal bach’s dry-goods store and •ho office of the Chenoa Gazette. The general opinion Is that the lira was Ignited hy sparks from tho south-bound Alton <ny express falling in hay at Ballinger's livery barn. The conflagration •ptwnd over tho district that was devastated a few years ago, and where wore many elegant two-story brick structures. Thn postoffice was destroyed and a large •mount of mall matter burned. J. T. SlcKeever, a merchant tailor, leaped from a Mound story and was Impaled on an iron feoce. A sharp picket ran half way through his body und ho will die.

BIG GUNS BEGIN TO ROAR. Asyftnsw Cruiser Sinks a Chinese Transport In an Engagement. A dispatch received in Shanghai from Nagasaki, on the southwest sldo of the laland of Ivloo-Sioj, Japan, says that a detachment of Corean trops at the lostl•at lon of the Chinese attacked tho J upon•so garrison and suffered defeat. A later telegram suys that a Japanese cruiser and • Chinese transport have been engaged In action, and that the cruiser sunk tho transport The British consul has rocelved • tolegram from the British charge d’affaires at Tokio stating that the Japanese have undertaken to regard Shanghai as outside of the sphere of operations. Tho price of coal has risen 43 per cent on account of the largo demand made upon the supplies for use aboard tho war-ships, transports, etc. WORKMEN BURIED ALIVE. Caving In of a Cistern Wall Results In Tholr Horrible Fate. By the caving In of a cistern wall at 'Winona, Minn., Tuesday three men und a boy were burled alive. The work of rescue waa at once begun, and the body of the hoy, Henry Griesback, was soon recovered. After six hours of digging the men were reached and found to be alive. Just then • second cave-in occurred, owing to tho CtewA pressing around the spot, and the men were again burled After another hoar’s digging they were again reached. Joseph Schneider and Thomas Stanek were takes out dead, and Michael Kulas was ao badly Injured that ho will die.

KILLED BY AN ELEVATOR. rM Men Meet Death and Two Others Are Injured In a Brewery. 1 uesd&y afternoon three men were in•tently killed and two others seriously Injured by the breaking of an elevator drum •tkhe Clausen k Price brewery, New York. They were all tub men employed In the brewery. They got on a large grain elevator ten feot square, which was loaded with kegs. They started from the sixth floor to go down into the basement. The flrum of the elevator broke, and the kegs and men went down with a crash. The three men were killed by the shock. SIX FEOFLE DROWNED. Three Women and Three Men Lose Their Lives While Bathing. Five women went bathing In the San Joaquin Elver near Fort Washington. Col. One got beyond her depth and, in attempting to rescue her three of the others were carried to an eddy and. drswned, Three young men were drowned while bathing In the Snake Elver telow Tawa. Wash. One called for help and the other* swam to his assistance. All three grappled in the water, sinking slmultaue- **** _____ ''nAui- Bought Death by Fire. 4t St Louis, Augusta Koch, 71 years old, 'waurled by her nearly three-quarters ol a rwutury on earth, strapped herself in a C sal oil saturated sheet as a shroud, and *ken setting it on fire, perished. Her reaaala* were frightfully burned.

Bank Clerk Steals 535.000. William Melville, the correspondence Clerk ot the Bank ol California at San Francisco, has made a confession that daring the past thirteen years he has •tolen $35,000 of the hank’s funds Ho Is oeder arrest H aa»ed”for Murdering a Jailer. Joseph Walwltz was hanged at Trenton. K. 4., for the murder of Deputy Prison Keeper James B. Llppincott Forest Fires at Duluth. Forest fires are doing considerable damaxe around Duluth, and have now appeared Inside the city limits. At Amnicon, *weuty-two miles away, a bridge pn the Northern Pacific Eoad, 150 feet long and 50 feet high, were destroyed. It will delay trains for several days. I Montreal Badly Scorched. Fire destroyed twenty-six tenemonthonses In St Jean Baptist village, in the northern part of Montreal Thursday. The damage Is estimated at $60,000. Four peoPle were dangerously Injured. j St Paul Striker* Indicted, i la the United States District Court at Ft Paul the Grand Jury reported between «fW-flre and sixty Indictments against -striker* and others for interfering wlih •nail* daring the recent strike on the va*l- ««* Northwestern roads. Bench warrants Were Issued, and until the arrests are made no names will he given out. 4*Men Can Come Back. Placards wers posted on all the gates lodlng to the Pnllman car Works at 4 •'dock Wednesday afternoon announcing flfcnt.Uw oompany would begin business as ■oon as it got enough workmen to start all

-f HARD ON COXETITES. ' Two Hundred Confined at Fort Sydney In a Terrible Flight. A special from Fort Sydney, KeU, says the 230 members pf the Denver contingent of £he Coxey army* who are there under arrest grq liable Jo be pffllcted with an epidemic of typhoid fevsr The symptoms aye already manifest, and there jrj least three well-defined cases of. scurvy? caused by their present food and ~Burrcuifclngg. —hi tniu rave bee" than ggygmg’tuM. igSujgg enongh to lecommodate half tbelr jQtgiber. Many of the prlsofters have no blankets of other covering from damp night air, and are compellel to sleep on the bare floor, which Is overran with vermin. The men are guarded by about forty Deputy United States JJjU’.&als. who allow no outp/sf isyiyjp»£g Slven, generally cbp<Stin£ of boiled beef, tainted, an 1 so-called coffee, ometiraes ‘gtew n U given, con-* slstlng same beef, with an" oulSli and fek)dT potato yej man. Generally the 'mess Is badly scorched lij, footing "aud tastes like Burned hair. Tho men were arrested at Big Springs, Neb, June 15, and were herded in this pan of Jllth for two weehfi before a trial tfaTgranted. „ THE FENSION tfUBKAU. Result of the FirsJ Complete Investigation of the OtUce’s Records. The Commissioner of Pensions some time i ago Issued fc, circular directing Assistant | Commissioner Murpfiy to make a thorough i examination Of the records of tlje I Office, with a view of showing the P?j>6ni | status of the bureau. For the "llist lime since the establishment. of thg Tension j Office an accurate, complete and comprehensive 'lnvestigation ./ has thus been made, and the results are regarded as vory satisfactory. The work was carried up to July 1 of i this year, and It shows that there are now i 019.027 claims pending, against 711,150 on July 1,189 a, or a uocrease of 92,123 clulrns. The total number of claimants was 514,414, representing 019,027 claims. Of the total number of claimants, 227,205 are already on the pension rolls, showing that there I were only 287,209 claimants who were not | receiving pensions Commissioner Lochren ; sees before him only £87.209 claimants who | are not receiving pensions, and he proposes to put the whole clerical force of J the office at work adjudicating these claims. LIQUOR MEN BARBED. Sensation Caused by Satollt's Indorsement of Bishop IVatterson’s Decree. Mgr. Satolll’s ruling sustaining the dej cree issued by Bishop Watterson, of Coj lumbus, Ohio, that no person engaged In j the manufacture or salo of Intoxicating | liquors may bo admitted to membership In societies affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church, has, according to a Chicago dispatch, produced a profound sensatlonln Roman Catholic circles throughout the country. Tho pastoral letter sent out by Bishop Watterson and now Indorsed by the papal delegate was most sweeping In Its | condemnation of all persons concerned in tho liquor traffic. It withdrew the episcopal sanction from all associations of whiclt a saloonkeeper was un officer, and it declared that no ono engaged either us principal or agent In tho manufacture or sale of liquor could be admitted to such societies. J his was the most radical utterance on tho liquor question ever delivered by a Roman Catholic prelate In this caunj try. and Its approval by the representative of the holy see makes It tho law for ! the faithful

SENATE STATEHOOD BILLS. Arizona and New Mexico May Not Be Admitted at This Session. While tho Sedate Committee on Territories has virtually decided to report the bills for the admission of the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico, the prevailing opinion about the Senate Is that they will not be considered during the present session of Congress unless the session should be prolonged beyond the expectal Hoe of a majority of Senators. Senator Faulkner, Chairman of the Committee on Territories, has expressed the opinion that consideration of the bills will be deferred until tho short session. If, however, tho tariff bill should cause adjournment to be deferred for some time this calculation might bo upset. Big Stockyards Fire. Fire destroyed the largo wholesale market owned by Nelson Morris & Ca, Nos. 4121 to 4123 Halsted street, Chicago, Wednesday. Tho damage was $58,000. The lire was supposed to be of Incendiary origin. An officer on the corner turned In the alarm. Ho said tho fire started with an explosion, followod with a blue, smokeless blaze, liko burning oIL In ten soconds tho back of the building was In a mass of flames. Three refrigerator cars filled with meat were also found to be on fire and beyond saving. Six men of the Sixth Regiment, I. N. G„ were on guard at the corner. Tboy saw three tnen running away from behind the cars a moment after the fire start3d. They called to the men to halt and then fired six shots ut them as they disappeared among the cars down tho track. The police took up the chase, but the men escaped. A dozen tough looking men had been hanging übout the place all the evening and were closely watchel by the police The Nat'onal Game. The c’ubs of the National and Western Leagues stand as follows lu the championship race; National league. , • Per Per It W. L. oen6. W. L. cent. Baltimore.. 4o 23 .807 Pittsburg.. 40 35 ,fsj Boston 50 23 .667 Cincinnati.B6 89 .438 New York. 43 SO .533 St. L0ui5.,3.1 08 .434 Cleveland..4o 81 .663 Chioago... .29 44 .397 8r00k1yn...39 31 .657 Louisville. 24 61 .320 Phil’delp’a.B7 52 .586 Washlngt’niu 6* 270 WESTERN LEAGUE. Perl Per j W. L. cent.l W. L. cent. Bloux Cltv.4s 21 .6 2 Grd RaptdsSS 38 .500 Toledo 40 29 . 580 lndlan'p'lis36 37 . 493 Mlnne p’lisss si .585 Detroit.... 29 4t .414' Kansas C'y.3s 35 .500 Mllwankee.l9 44 .303

Arrested After Many Years. Henry Hickok. a Columbus (O.iio) saloonkeeper, was arrested for grand larceny said to have bean committed in Carroll County, lona, Boventeen years ago Ills dlscardbd wife Is the Informant. He stole, she says, 1,700 bushels of wheat and four horses. Two Innocent men were convicted of the crime und served their sentences in State prison. Chief of Police Pagets telegraphed to Carroll City asking for Instructions, and was requested In- u prompt reply to hold Hickok. City Marshal Kills Two Thieves. Marshal Ryan, ot Eist Point. Go., arrested two negro chicken thieves. On the way to the station-house one of the prisoners shot Ryan In the breast, hut the bullet struck a bone and glanced off. Byan shot the negro dead. The other prisoner broke and ran up the railroad track. Tho marshal pursued him. firing as ho ran. After running a few hundrod yards Hyan fired two bullets through tho negro and brought him down, desperately wounded. Kills Father and SonNear San Antonio, Texas, James Craney went to the house of a usd named Lawton, where he mhi John Crate ind son. In a quarrel between Craney and Crain and son Craney drew a pistol and shot and killed both. Craney has not been apprehended. Waite Not a Candidate. Governor IValte, of Colorado, has announced that he is not a candidate for the United States tenate and will not allow hi* name to be used In that connection. Old Fort Pulaakl Burned. An explosion of 400 pounds of powder at Fort Pulaski, Savannah, Ga., at 0 o’clock

Friday morning, thook the earth, fatally wounded Ordnance Sergeant Wm. Chinn, seriously Injured Mary Washington, his mother-In-law, and set fire to the fort, causing Intermlltegt explosions of ammo- j nltlon and doing much damage Just after breakfast Sergeant Chinn went Into the storeroom. Ha did as he had been la the Dibit of doing for some time during the summer montkl_—took J Jjandful of the one oT tha ones' wyt lt j »t the pump, and p’ieod It :n the middle 01 gui fojmN He Ignites it la order to 4£!j£4>ut the which had been abundant Tt sce-ns tLat Ju carrying the oj {Sorter"from tbj cask he had left a {fail of dry powder from the middle of the floor right up to Hie cask. As soon as he had ignited the powder It burned along the trail alid49o pounds exploded. wages. - “ Judge Caldwell Writes a Letter to Hansas Employes of the Sants .- The Committee of the Santa F Cnlmoyes of the Wichita dlv r<r-‘ all,, »y apjSblnted To prileit to /udge^Vwell ajsajns* BT , V J "oelved an «nto* graph letter ✓ 4 CaldweU, “in which he says \ he m atter haw been referred to the Tb* receivers. th f » re exper'encla* the great- , , h y Vln securing funis swfficlent to 1 d dama 't 0 d °ne by t*>e strike, and u s, i»l,’or a month tho earnings have Jw a cut off and thousands of dollar-,’ ..orth of the road’s property has been de- | stroyed, but notwithstanding the deplorable condition of the road tho men must be paid as soon as It Is possible raise tho funds.»

Foreigners Going Boms. There was trouble at New York on th» docks of the ocean steamship lines Wednesday. ho many steerage passengers had taken advantage of the rate war to get back to Europe that ship* could not accommodate all those to whom passage had been sold. Hundreds could not bs taken aboard even with the crowding'of the steerage quarters to the utmost. Only once before. In 1873, has thore been an opportunity to get a steerage passage from New York to Europe for $lO. This la the rate now, and It Is likely to be further reduced unless nn agreement is soon reached by the rival llnet Ball Fight In «r. Ohio Town. At Beaver Dam there was a genuine bull fight. Two farmers lived In the nlghborhood. One had a Durham bull and tho plher a Jersey bulL For some time post they havp Indulged In a great deal of bandying as to who had the better animal It was finally arranged that they pit the bulls against each other In a ring on the main street of the town. Ten dollars a side was put up, ar.d a large crowd gatherod to witness the contest. After an hour and a half of hard fighting the Jersey bull came out victorious, having killed his opponent Both of them were torrlbly cu' up. Heat Drops Down In Chunks, In New York, Friday, tho heat dropped down In chunks and everything wilted, ’there were many casos of sunstroke. The official thermometer marked 94 degrees, and on the street It was ovor 100. Seven persons succumbad to the heat during tho (lay, while In Jersey City there were two fatal cases of sunstroke. In Brooklyn, eight persons were prostrated, and of these two are likely to die. Terrified by a Big Snake, The big snake which Is said to exist It. the neighborhood of Carter’s Lake, Barry County, Mich., and known as “Carter’s snake,’’ has been seen again, this lime by Henry Marble. The snake Is variously reported a 9 fifteen to twenty feet long. Marble was terrified and wont to Sexton MeElwaln’s with Ills horse on the run. Hunts have several times been organized to kill the snake, without results.

Ills Gallantry Caused Ills Death. Thomas McCloskey, a well-known Albany printer, while trying to assist a Ihtlo girl to recover hor pocletbook, lost his balance and foil from the Greenbush brldgo Sunday afternoon. Ills headstruck the projecting stones of the pier. His skull was crushed and when his body was recovered from the water a few minutes later life was extinct Lynching Bee In Texas. At Woodville, Texas, a mob of thirty armed men overpowered the jailer and broke down the doors, ’they went to the cell where William Griffith was confined and took him out Proceeding to the Southern Pacific water tank they hanged and shot him. One of the shots fired into his body nearly cut his arm off. Griffith ass suited a little girl John Applegate Killed. John Applegate, a farmer northeast o. Noblesville, Ind., was killed by a runaway loam hitched to a reaper. He was a member of the Knights of Honor and Ancleqt Order of United Workmen, In each of which he carried $2,000 life Insurance. A wife and sevoral children survive. Soldiers Sent Home. General Mlies has ordered the Federal troops out. of Chicago, and Adjutant General Orendorff has told the Second Brigade, Illinois National Guard, to go home. They Can’t Agree. Tariff conferrees reported tholr inability to agree. Chairman Wilson road a letter from President Cleveland favoring tho House bill « i Memphis, Tenn., Is Shaken. Three distinct earthquake shocks were felt at Memphis. Tenn., Wedne-tlay mornlug. The vibrations were from north to south.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

CHICAGO. Cattle—ComfiMhto Prime.,,. 13 50 ®4 75 Hogs—Bbippi*&Grades., tm (<t 6 25 Sheep—Fair to Choice too @ * oo Wheat—No. 2 Red ............. 63f4ci« m>a Corn—No. 2..............42 ® 43'* Oats—No. 2......... 39V. Rye—No. 2......... 44 @ 47" Butter—Cliolc’6 Cbealnery.... 17 ® 17 "4 Eggs—Fresh 9 @ 10 Potatoes—Nety, per bn eo @ 66 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 2 00 ® 4 75 Hoos-Cholee Light. .. ...... .. 400 @ls 25 Sheep—Common to Prime 2 00 ® 3 to Wheat—No. 2 Red 47 @ 48 Corn—No. 2 W”hltJ6. 41)4® • 46}* Oats—No. 2 White 40)4® 41)6 „ BT. LOUIS. Cattle 8 00 & 4so Hogs.... 3 00 & s 25 Wheat-No. 2 Rod 50 ® 61 Corn—No. 2 39 ® 40 0at5—N0. 2..,.. 29 ® so Rye-No. 2..... 42)4® 43)4 „ CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 to ® 4 75 Hogs 400 ® 5 so : Sheep 200 @ 3 50 W HEAT—No. 2 Red 60 @ 61 Corn—No. 2 Mixed 45 ® 4514 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 43 «t 4514 Rye—No. 2. 48 & 60 DETROIT. Cattle 2 60 ® 4 60 Hogs 4 00 ® 6 25 Sheep ....... 200 @375 AVheat—No. 1 White * 64 ® 65 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 48 ® 49 Oats—No. 2 White 40 <a 41 TOLEDO. Wheat-No. 2 Rod 62 ® 63 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 4s <a 49 O^s—No. 2 White 36 ® 37 Rye—No. 2. 12 ® 44 BUFFALO. Wheat-No. 1 White..... 68 @ 58-4 „ N0.28ed.... 60 iui 67 Corn—No. 2\ello4r 43 ® 48)o OATB-NO. 2 White :: Ii 2 Is* 6 MILWAUKEE. Oats-No. 2 White 33 ® 38)4 2 63 & 64 Pork—Mess 12 25 @l2 75 „ NEW YORK. £i 1 T LS 3 00 ® 600 SSSSii 3 76 ® too 2 Red..; 67 <$ *8 Oato-No. 2 White... 42 43

IN NEED OF RAIN.

Weather Bnreaa Report, the Crops Snfferfoe Moisture. The synopsis of the conditions of the crops throughout the country and the influence of weather on growth, cultivatios and harvest, as rep rted by th - Chicago station of the Weather r 4 reau, u as follows: __The week ha. been better t v . / throughout the .oothern por HjTkl country from the middle r W the lantlc coast westward S* s oA AtNearly normal temper? ** Vbe V.clfla New England, New'’ ..r-Se prevailed over and Central Mtssi 'and In the Ohio was decidedly Vaftoys. while it Southern 171' ✓sra |i l ner then usual from sota and »’ .-/fltSflh westward over MlnneExce- 'Dakotas. ly V areas, coothed mostb Souftodrih States, the past week Yeify dry. Heavy rsin* occurred ~ •VSr portion of Georgia and / over portions of Florida, the Carolinas, dftilsi&na. MtmlMippl and but ; there are Considerable area 9 in the Southi, ’em States where but little rain has fallen, while throughout the region from the middle Atlantic coast northwestward, over the Ohio, upper Mississippi and Missouri j valleys and the lake roglon, only very l light showers haTe fallen, and over a great part of the territory named practically no rain has fallen. Tho absence of rain throughout ao much j of the country during the week has greatly Intensified the drought conditions which previously existed, and, while all crops j need rain throughout tlve central valleys and middle and New England States, the warm, dry weather has been espec ally favorable for threshing of wheat Winter ; wheat harvest is now completed as far north as Southern Michigan and thrashing has progres ed rapidly. Spring wheat is reported as considerably i Injured by drought In North Dakota Corn Is reported as in favorable condition in Illinois and Kansas, and as much Improved In Arkausns. It is suffering seriously In Wisconsin and lowa In the ! last named btate It Is reported In critical l condition, and a conilnuatlon of the prevailing drought will greatly reduce the , crop. The general condition of cotton, except over southwest Texas, where It. needs rain, is satisfactory. It Is fruiting well and has j been laid by In Georria and Mississippi, Tobacco is suflering from drought In ! Ohio and Kentucky, but In Tennessee it Is I doing well, though small Cranberries have been Injured by heat In Wisconsin.

LEADER OF SOCIALISTS.

France Has Good Cause to Watch Every Movement of M. Valllant. The recent •anarchistic demonstrations in r'ranee, which 'began .years ago, re ttc h/vl. -am. ;al a i-re i ns:£ to t e 'in ithe

IrwmbMjh rowing of a lew months ago, anti culminating in the assassination of Garnot, makes M. Vaillani the leador of the Socialists in the Chamber'*! Deputies, a man on whom many eyes are turned just now. ‘ Vailiant is a man in thep ime of life, with n personal appoarance that is supposed to go with the ideas he

M. VAILLANT.

represents. Ho was born in Paris, imd took an active pa?t in the stormy scones procodi g the establishment of the republic. He i’ the idol of tho Socialists, a man of great ambition and not a little genu no ability. Prance has good cause'to watch intently his every movement.

CHOSEN TO FORM A CABINET.

Deputy Augnste Burdean, a Particular Friend of France’s New President. M. Casimer-Perier, tho new Pre-i----dent of Prance, has chosen Deputy Auguste Burdeau, who is his particular friend, to form a Cabinet. M. Bur-

deau has already had considerable ministerial experience. He was Minister of Marine in the Loubot and Ribot Cabinets in 1892, and Minister of Pinance during the premiership of M. Casimer-Perier, with whom he wont out of office. When last in the ministry he was violently attacked by the Radicals ar,d So-

cialists for the part ho took in the negotiation between the Government ana the Bank of Prance. He was also accused by the anti-Semites of being an agent of the Rothschilds.

Brieflets.

James Hogan, of Brooklyn, beat his son nearly to doath. Forest fires are raging near Egg Harbor, N. J., and are causing heavy losses. The whaling bark Abram Barker was wrecked in Behring Sea. The crew was rescued. In a quarrel at Columbus, Ohio, over a game of cards, John Williams was shot dead by Benjamin Fasit. B. F. Gentsch, ex-postmaster of Buffalo, N. Y., committed suicide by shooting. Business troubles caused tho act. Gray Whirlwind, the Sioux brave, used tobacco and cayenne popper as a lotion for a sore eye. He lost the sight of the eye. Misses Bember and Halverstone, American missionaries, wore attacked by a mob in Canton, China, and the latter may die. The Attorney General of Indiana will bring suit again-t the Eastern Illinois Ri ad for payment of a $25,000 incorporation fee. Exports of merchandise for the year ending June 30 were $802,111,280, and have been exceeded but twice. Imports were $054,835,873. Giovanno Perna shot into a crowd of merry-makers in a PhiladelDhia garden, wounding twelve. A lyn hing was averted only by a constable's bravery. As the result of a quarrel T. J. Gillespie shot Bernard McNutt, near Columbia. Mo. He then knelt in the road and offered a prayer for his victim's soul. The good government club) of New York City are seeking the aid of the newspapers of the State in the movement to separate the municipal and national elections. Unknown persons, supposed to be strikers, loosed the brake chains on a Big Four freight at Indianapolis and it dashed d wn an incline into a brewing company’s stables. Miss Portia Wellington, the 16-year-old daughter of Mr. Wellington, a wealthy planter, wai assaulted and murdered by an unknown fiend near her father's home, at Pierson, Tenn. Minnie Palmer, the actress, ie defendant in a suit for divorce. Her husband names Sir William Rose, a rich Fnglishman, as corespondent. The phy icinns and authorities in St. Petersburg are serif udy alarmed by tho spread of the cholera. Elaborate ( anitary precautions have been taken to prevent the further spread of the disease. The safe containing $12,000 stolen from the Great Northern Ex ress Company was found cached in the bed of a mountain creek, about five mile i from Wickes, Mont. The robbers had buried it and made their ■escape on horseback.

SENATORS IN DANGER.

SU ,4AR scandal may possibly LEAD TO ARRESTS. ftuM Prominent Statesmen Said to Have Perjured Themselves In the Recent InYeatlcation—Talk of Criminal Proaeca* tlon and Exposure. Sagar Bomb May Bnrut. It is reported here, on what is said to be good authority, says a Washington correspondent, that, despite the doniais of speculation and the sworn statements of Senators who had been called before the investigating committee, it would be proven that in three instances at least speculation had been engaged in, and that the three Senators re erred to had been guilty of perjury. An interesting story is going the rounds— a story so startling in its details that it is almost past belief. It is said there is a man in Washington who has in his possession the original broker's contract whereupon one of the Senators —a prominent one at that —contra 'ted to buy sugar when it was down to just before its phenomenal rise. It is said that interested persons “short” on sugar, and who had bien “squeezed” in the process of manipulating the market, or because they did not have the “inside tip,” had lost an immense amount of money, and had determined so break the sugar schedule at all hazards. The most interesting part of the story is the way in which they intend to set this schedule aside. It is by no other pro< ess than bv the arrest of a certain Senator on a charge of perjury. In a criminal < ase of "this kind, it is said, stock b okers would be compelled to show their books in court and the persons back of this scheme say they can prove, not only by the evidence they now claim to have, but by what they could 1 trios lay bare, that somebody has been doing some tall lying before the investigating committee. It'is thought this particular’ Senator, rather than submit to such proceedings, would'Undo the"wo:-k it is said he has as9is:ed in doing, and through the influence he is said toyield, sugar would •be placed on the free 1 st. and the men -v short” of the stock would recoup their capital dropped while they the •rong side of the mal’ket.

'Utah Adds Another Star to Old Glory’s Blue. By a few strokes of his pen Grover Cleveland made operatic e the bill which provides for the admission of Ltah ito’the Union as a State. By the conditions of admission this, fortyfi th State, will have full powers of statehood upon the commencement of the next session of Congress—that is, she is to send no Representatives or Senators to the present Congress. Utah, with an area of 84,476 square miles, had in 189 a population of 207,600, which was greater Ihan that of either Delaware, Montana, Idaho, No th Dakota. Nevada or Wyoming. Utah is divided into twenty counties. Salt Lake City is the capital and largest city. Utah is divide 1 into two paits by the Wahsatch mountains. The west part belongs to the great basin, its waters having no outlet to tho ocean, while the eait part is drained bv the Colorad > River of the "West. This river is formed by the junction of the Grand and Green, and flows southwest into Arizona. West of the Wahsatc i Mountains are several lakes, of which those with no outlet are salt or alkaline. The largest of those and the most famous is the Great Salt Lake. South of this lake. Into wh eh it flows through the Diver .loidan, forty-five miles long, is Utah Lake, a sheet of pure fresh water abounding in fish. In tho valleys the climate is generally mild and healthful, with little snow. On the mountains the winters are severe and the snowfall is more abun ant. Much of the soil of Utah is iertile, and by thorough irrigation can be made to produce good crops. But the plains in their natural state are for the most part hard, dry and barren and frequently covered with a sa ine incrustation. ” Tho principal agi ieultural products are wheat, oats, barley, potatoes and other root crops. Apples, pears, peaches, plums and grapes grow well. Grazing is conducted on a larger scale than is agriculture. Ulah so ms part of the territor ; acquired fr m Mexico in 184' 1 . It ‘ was settled in 1847 by the Mormons under Brigham Young. Utao— named from a tribe of Indians of that name—was organi od as a Territo y in 1850, and embraced 21:0,196 square miles. Within its limits were portions of what have since become Co'orado, Wyoming and Nevada

M. A. BURDEAU.

Letter from Him Indorsing the Wilson Bill Read in the House. A Washing:on dispatch says: Intense interest was created by Mr. Wilson’s announcement in the House Thursday that he had a letter from President Cle eiand, which the latter had permitted to be make public. The letter was then sent to the desk and read, amid profound silence. Tt:e letter was in the Presidents v>go ous sty e, and was a stirring tribute to the Wilson bill and a direct blow at any surrender to the Senate bill. The letter was-ac-companied by a tpeeeh ftv m Mr. Wilson. He oenounced the Senate and the manner in which the House members had been treated in the conference. With unmistakable suggestion he declared that,, should it beproied that the sugar trust had corruptly influenced legislation, it was the duty of Democrats to make a bitter reprisal on this conspiracy by sweeping aside the d_tv on reSned sugar.

The cost of the census up to this time is $10,265/567. IT is proposed to erect a monument to John Brown on the site of the historic enginehouße at Harper's ferry. Dynamite was placed under a railway bridge noa • South Enid, Ok., and the structure was partly demolished. Dynamite was placed on tho Northern Pacific tracks at Sauk Bapids, Minn.,and exploded under a train. Ths cars were wrecked, but no one was injured. John William?, colored, was shot and kil eu by Benjamin tassott at the Columbus (Ohio, barracks. Both were recruits. A. E. Ferte, s creta y of the sink, ing fund trustees of Winnipeg, is charged with ombe.zling upward of $7,000. A<>' REGATE banknote circulation still stands at .$207, ,‘i0T, in spite of the pletho a of loanable capital at financial centers. Ex-Juuge Thomas M. Cooley, the distinguished const'tut onal lawve \ has written Pro ilent Cleveland* indorsing tho latter s course in . ending lederat troops to Chicago.

OUR FORTY FIFTH STATE.

GROVER SPEAKS OUT.

Sparks from the Wires.

WRITES OF THE TARIFF.

Fall Text at President Cleveland’* Letter to Chairman Wilson. Following, is the letter written by Prwsideet Cleveland to Chairman Wilson. The letter was under date of July 2, and was a private communication, to the publication of which the President only gave his consent recently: Executive Mansion,' Washington, July i To the Horn. William L. Wilson: Mi Deab Sib The certainty that a conference will be ordered bet* am the two houses of Congress for* tne purpose of adjusting diffirmces on tb* subject of tarilf leeslatlon makes it also certain that yon will be again called upon to do hard service In the cause of tariff reform. My pnbllc life has been so closely related to the subject, I have so longed for its accomplishment, and I have so often j r imised its realization to my fellow countrymen as a result of their trust and confidence in the Democratic party, I hope no excuse is necessary for my earnest appeal to yon that In this crisis yon iCTeumifisly insist upon party honesty and good faith, and a sturdy adherence to Deruo-jr-tio principles. I believe these are absolutoynSslSs»jy conditions to the continuation of Democrats existe-ce. 1 cannot rid myself of the feeling that this conference will present the best if not the only hope of true DemwSracy. Indications point to its act ion as the reliance of those who desire the genuine fruition of Democratic effort, the fulfillment of Democratic pledges and the redemption of Democratic promises to the people. To reconcile differences in the derails ■comprised in the fixed and well-defined lines ot principle will not be the sole task of tho conference, bnt as it seems to me its members will also have in charge the question whether Democratic principles themselves are to be save'l or abandoned. There is no excuse for mistaking or misapprehending the feeling and the temper of the rank and file of the Democracy. They are downcast under the assertion that their party fails in ability to manage tbegovernment, and they are apprehensive that their efforts to bring about tariff reform may fail, but they are much moie downcast and apprehensive in their fear that Democratic principles may be surrendered. In these circumstances they cannot do otherwise than to look with confidence to you and those who with you have patriotically and sincerely championed the cause of tariff reform within Democratic lines and guided by Democratic principles. This confidence is vastly augmented by the action, under your leadership, of the House of Representatives upon the bill now pendlDg. Every true Democrat and every sincere tariff reiormer knows that this bill, in its present form and as it will be submitted to the conference, falls far short of the consummation for which we have long labored, tor which we have suiter d defeat without discouragement. which in us anticipation gave us a rallying cry in our day of triumph, and which in IWi promise of accomplishment is so interwoven with Democratic pledges and Democratic success that onr abandonment of the canse or the principles upon wliloh it rests means party perfidy and party dishonor. One topic will be submiited to the conference which embodies Democratic principle so directly tbit it cannot be a compromise. We have in our platforms and lu every way possible declared miavorof th : free importation of raw materials. We have again and agalu promised that this should be accorded to our people and our manufacturers as soon as lhe Democratic party was invested with the poiver to determine the tariff policy of the country. The party has now that power. We are ss certain to-day as we have ever been of the great benefit that wonld accrue to the country from the inauguration o: this policy, and nothing has occurred to release us from our obligation to secure this advantage to our people. It must be admitted that no tariff mca ure can accord witli Democratic principles and promises to bear a genuine Democratic badge that does not prov.de for free raw materials. In these circumstances it may well excite onr wonder that Democrats are willing to depart from this, the most Democratic of all tariff principles, and that the inconsistent absurdity ot such a proposed departure should be emphasized by the suggestion that the wool of the farmer be put on the free list and the protection of tariff taxation be pla. ed around the iron ore and coal of corporations and capitalists. How can we face the people after indulging in such outrageous discriminations and violations of princ p e? It Is quite apparent that this question „f free raw materials does not admit of adjustment on any middle ground, since their subjection to rate of tariff taxation, great or small, is alike violative of Democratic principle and Democratic good faith.

I hope that you will Hot consider it intrusive if I say something in relation to another subject which can hardly fail to be troublesome to the conference. I refer to the adjustment of tariff taxation on sugar. Under our party platform and in accordance with our declared party purposes, sngar is a legitimate and logical article of revenue taxation. Unfortunately, however, incidents have accompanied certain stßges of the legislation which will be submitted to the conference that have aroused lu connection with this subject a natural Democratic animosity to the methods and manipulations of trusts aud combinations. 1 confess to sharing in this feeling; and yet it seems to me we ought, if possible, to sufficiently free ourselves from prejudice to enable us coolly to weigh the considerations which in formulating tariff legislation ought to guide our treatment of sugar as a taxable article. While no tenderness should be entertained for trusts, and while lam decidedly opposed to granting them, under the guise of tariff taxation, any opportunity to further their peculiar methods, I suggest that we ought not to be driven away from the Democratic principle and policy which led to the taxation of sugar by tho fear, quite likely exaggerated, that in carrying out this principle and policy we 7/a y iDdirectly and inordinately encourage a combination of the sugar refining interests. 1 know that in present conditions this is a delicate suojcct, and I appreciate tbe depth and strength of the feeling which its treatment has aroused. I do not believe we should do evil that good may come, but it seems to me that we shor'd not forget that our aim is the completion <»f the tariff, and in taxing sugar for proper praarposes and within reasonable bounds, whatever else may be said of onr action, we are in no danger of rnnniug counter to Democratic principles. With all there is at stake thero must be in the treatment oMhis article some ground upou which we are fill willing to stand, where toleration and conciliation may be allowed to solve the problem wii.ho.ut demanding the entire surrender of ltead and conscientious convictions. I ought not to prolong this letter. If what I liave written is unwelcome, I beg you to believe in my good intentions. In the conclusions of the conference touching the numerous items which will be considered, the people are net afraid that their interests will be neglected. They know that the general result, so far as they are concerned, will be to place home necessaries and comforts more easily within their reach, and to insure better and surer compensation to those who toil. We all know that a tariff law covering all the varied interests and conditions of a country as vast as ours must of necessity be largely the result of honorable adjustment and compromise. I expect very few of us can say, when our measure is perfected, that all its features are entirely as we would prefer. You know how much I deprecated the incorporation in the proposed bill of the income-tax feature. In matters of this kind, however, which do not violate a fixed and recognized Democratic doctrine, we are willing to defer to the judgment of a majority of our Democratic brethren. I think there is a general agreement that this is party duty. This is more palpably apparent when we realize that the business of our country timidly stands and watches for the result of our efforts to perfect tariff legislation; that a quick and certain return of prosperity waits upon a wise adjustment, and that a confiding people still trust in o.ur hands their prosperity aud well-being. The Democracy of the laud plead most earnestly for the speedy completion'of the tariff legislation which their representatives have undertaken, hut they demand .giot less earnestly that no stress of necessity shall tempt those they tru-t to the abandonment of Democratic principle. Yours very truly, Geoveb Cleveland.

The Jury System in Germany.

It is impossible for a German jury to be hung, as is so often the case with similar bod es in this country, sa . s a lawyer who ha; been there. Under our plan one ignorant or perverse man can nullify the efforts of eleven intol igent and upright citizens if he wishes to do so. In King Wiuiam's domain, however, such a thing is impossible. Take for Instance a crimina' case in a Gorman court. If, after consultation, the jury stands sx t> s.x so • and aga'nst the priso er. he is ac uitted. If seven jurymen believe h m guilty and liv tare e ually sure of his innocence, his fate ! s decided by the judge win) has presided over the case. If. however, eigit of the jury decide that the accused is guilt/, it am >unts to a c nvict on.

New Requirements for Fire Fighting.

Tho .Union Railway Company of Providence is to maintain wagons equipped to do service on the wires at all fires where the trolley is near enough to be dangerous. These wagons are to be provided with every appliance for rapid work in cutting or unstringing wires and will bo manned by a regular force of men.

DOINGS OF CONODESS.

MEASURES CONSIDERED ANCX ACTED UPON. — — — '•? At the Nation's Capital —What ta Belas Done by the Senate and House—Old Slabten Disposed Of and New One* Considered. ■ ■ The Senate and House. In the Senate, Wednesday. Mr Carey called up the leuate bill to reserve for tem, years In each of several States 1.000,00V* acres of arid lands to be reclaimed andl sold in small tracts to actual settJers,. and it was passed. The bill applies* to the same States as the desert land! law and also to Montana and Kansas szxcU to the States that may bo forjr.el out of tho Torrltor es- Arizona. New Mexico, Oklahoma aou UtaC, admitted. By unanimous consent bills were passed* by the House authorizing the con--jtructlon of a bridge across thq, Missouri River at Lexington. Ma; also a, resolution calling on the Secretary of War for-a report on tho Gowern — ment improvements at Sauzatuck Harbor— Mich. Under tbe special order adopted 0n.,. Monday tbe remainder of the day was devoted to business reported from the- oommittee on military affairs. Bills- were also passed to regulate enlistments in the army, to authorise the Board of Manatees of the Soldiers'* Home to transfer and maintain theinmates of any branch in case of emergency, to place Major General John L. Green on tbe retired list as first lieutenant, Napoleon .T. T. Dima as-an assistant quartermaster. Dunbar K Ransom as-cap-t-ain, Charles B Stivers «s captain-andi James William Albert as Major. The Senate was occupied Friday In finding out “where it was at” on the tariff question. Because of a very small attendance by reason of greater attractions in the Senate the House was able to transact much business in a short time. Half a. dozen bills were passed without opposition or debalo. Most of the day was devoted to the discussion of the resolution Introduced by Mr. Tucker, of Virginia, to amend tho constitution by taking away from Congress authority over tbe election of United States Senators and empowering the States to prescribe thetime, place and manner of bolding elections for Senators. Before a vote was reached the Honse was compelled, under the regular order for Friday, to take a recess. The night session was devoted to' pension business. The debate on tbe tariff in the Senate. Monday, attracted members of the lower' house, which was forced to adjourn for lack of a quorum. In a speech' which, occupied three hours in delivering Senator Gorman chargod tlie President with duplicity in connection with: the tariff bill. Three of his associates testified to the truth of his charges. Among the nominations sent to the Senate wero those of C, 11. lfohinson for pension agent at Des Moines and E. 11. Hunter for postmaster at the same place. The President’s letter on tho tariff again occupied the Senate on Tuesday. Mr. Hill spoke earnestly in defense of the executive, replying to Mr. Gorman’s attack. In the House, a bill wus passed to reinstate Democratic postal clerks dismissed from service by Mr. Wanumaker lu 1889.

Was the Companion of Lamartine.

There died recently in Paris a woman whose sweet companionship consoled and cheered the declining years of Lamartine. Mile, de Cessia was ore of the many women who are content to live for a few and who never seek notoriety. She was the nieci of the poet, a daughter of his sister, and some time after he became a widower, when he was the prey of financial difficulties of the most trying kind, she took up her abode with him and remained to the last his most laithful adviser, companion and nurse. Of noble family on the paternal as well as the maternal side, she solicited and obtained the dignity of chanoinesse, which also confers the title of Comtesse, and it was as Crmtesse de Lamartine that she ruled her uncles household, acting the part of hostess to the numerous friends and admirers whom Lamartine was always pleased to gather around him. Many of those of a younger generation who wero admitted to the privacy of the aged poet remember with gratitude the warm welcome they received from his niece.—The Queen.

Bringing Up of Mothers.

A young person has been writing an artic e on the bringing up of mothers. Thirty years ago mothers were not brought up; they ;ust grew. They wore caps early, gave up dancing when their children were in short frocks and knickerbockers, and developed all sorts of incorrect ideas about chaperons and flirtations. Formerly the young idea was trained Ihe way it should go. Now the old tree is pruned and pared into shape. Girls have assumed the responsibility ot looking after their mothers. Mothers are kept to see to a well-ordered house, c a c refractory fathers and attend to bores. They must, moreover, be ornamental, look well at the head of ihe table, dress becomingly, keep up with the fashions, look nice when the girls take them out with them, and smile encouragingly at the young men. Nor are their morals forgotten. Frequently one hears a girl say: “It is an interesting show, but not one I d care to take my mother to.”

Eats Eye Stones.

The cat's eye stone, now prized as an ornament, is a very different thing from the ancient cat's eye or eye stone of India, an agate cut so as to show the so-called eye or eyes. It is supposed by some that this latter was used as money in parts of India four centuries ago, aud specimens found to-day have an interest to numismatists.

Hew We Multiply.

It is computed that the death rate of the world is sixty-seven a minute and the birth I’ate seventy a minute, and this seemingly light percentage oj gains is sufficient to give a net increase of population each year of almoit 1,200,000 souls.

Revolutionary Relic.

Tho public library of Eaithampton,, Mass., has been presented with a wedding drpss over 100 years old. The garment is of “changeable silk,” and weighs less than eight ounces.

This and That.

A race horse clears from twenty to twenty-four feet at a bound. It costs Great Britain $20,010 to scrape the- barnacles off the bottom of one of its big men-o’-war and repaint, it, and this has to be done twice a year in the case of nearly every vessel. Before beginning to fold clothes, or even, to hang them out on the line, put on a clean apron' if you wish to have the clothes entirely clean. There is always-a chance of the damp muslin wiping something from anything soiled with which it comes in contact. A simple but graceful and decorative match safe may be made of a goose or duck egg. Break near the smaller end, not being at all particular to make too edges even. Fasten a pieee of sand paper with good glue. Decorate according to fancy. EV£JRY once in awhile something new fc recommended fop destroying the odor of onions. The last thing advanced- in this line it that parsley is absolutely effective. We give the iniormation to our readers for what it is worth, as we have never tried it. This same vegetable is also strongly recommended as a remedy for tired" nerves. It is said to possess great tonffc properties as well.