Democratic Sentinel, Volume 18, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 December 1894 — Page 2

SliegtmocrflttcStntintl J. W. McEWBX, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

BACK FROM THE DEAR

STRANGE STORY OF A CHICAGO WOMAN. Thrifty Immigrants in North Dakota Come to Grief—Kolb Bent «n Trouble —Dynamite Does Terrible WorkFire Loss in Omaha. Romance in Real Life. By losing his liberty two weeks ago for an alleged infringement of the Lakeside Directory Company’s rights E. A. HartBig. of Chicago; gained a mother whom he had mourned as dead. But the discovery, to E. A. Hartsig, his three brothers and his two sisters, is perplexing to his father, who had married again, believing he was free to do bo, and who now resides in Chicago with his second wife and their littfe daughter. Mrs. Hartsig No. 1 was a lunatic when she disappeared nine years ago. Unable to find her, her family gave her up as dead. What seemed like positive proof of her death was' discovered a year after she was lost sight of. Then her husband remarried, her family scattered, and when she recovered her reason her mind was a blank on a portion of her life and she could remember but a portion of her name. She drifted to Evanston, where she has prospered. Reading in the daily papers that E. A. Hartsig had been indicted by the grand jury and arrested, she investigated and found her family. STOLE THE BUILDINGS. Russian Settlers Carry Of! Government Structures at Fort Lincoln. Indictments have been found against Russian farmers from Emmons County, N. D., for stealing and carrying off Government buildings at Fort Lincoln, five miles south of Mandan. Russian settlers have been stealing lumber and outbuildings for some time, making their visits mostly during the night, and all efforts to catch them have failed. During the last few weeks, however, they have grown bolder, and oil Saturday a hundred men appeared with forty-five teams. Major Gooding, who has charge of the fort, protested, but the hoodlums drove him away with bricks and stones and demolished the buildings. Even the old Custer House, which the people of tho slope have endeavored to preserve, was not spared. Deputy United States marshals arrested eight of the thieves and secured the names of forty others. Of the 117 buildings at the fort very few remain. .

BURNS EVINCES SURPRISE. Member of Parliament Amazed at the Swiftness of American Bricklayers. John .Burns, M. P., with his colleague, is making a tour of New York City. Among the comments he made were: ’‘On our way to Central Park we walked along Fifth avenue and looked at the mansions of the rich. One thing that forcibly struck me was the great number of churches there are in what I gathered to be the richest part of New York. I was astonished at the swiftness with which the American bricklayers laid their bricks. One foreman said the building in which he was working was not as strongly fixed as he would wish, but said he: ‘They want the work here run up bo quickly that we have to drive the men, and it is not as good as it should be.’ ” EXPOSITION~HALL BURNED. Omaha Has a $175,000 Fire-First Baptist Church Destroyed. At 5 o'clock Tuesday morning fire broke out in the Exposition Hall, Omaha, covering three-quarters of a block on Fourteenth and Fifteenth streets and Capitol avenue, and destroyed it, together with the First Baptist Church. The exposition building was partially occupied by the Fifteenth Street Theatre. The firemen succeeded in saving a few residences on the northeast corner of the block, but they were badly damaged, as was also the Delione Hotel. Nothing was saved from any of the stores in tho exposition building or the theatre. The total loss is estimated at $175,000, with Insurance probably about one-half., Fortune-Teller Dead. Mrs. John P. Crowe, known as Congressman Brookshire’s “fortune teller,” died at her home in Crawfordsville, Ind. She was born in Lexington, Ky., seventythree years ago, but has lived nearly half a century in Montgomery County. Her fame as . a fortune teller has spread far and wide, and was all the more interesting because of her frequently verified ability to locate lost articles, divine the future and delve into occultism generally. * Sell Babies by the Pound. Babies sSH for 50 cents a pound in St. Louis, and the supply is not equal to the demand. Mrs. Holson and Mrs. “Dr.” Smith both had “ads” in Sunday’s papers asking for someone to adopt a baby boy and a girl. When seen at their homes and asked on what terms the babies were disposed of they replied $6 for a 12-pound girl and $5 for a 10-pound boy. Motion Was Denied. In the United States District Court at San Francisco, before which Main and Cassidy, American Railway Union men, are being tried for conspiracy, their counsel moved to have both the United States District Attorney and his assistant removed from the case on the ground of biases and undue friendliness for the Southern Pacific Railroad. The motion was denied. Two Fatally Hurt by Dynamite. The second terrible dynamite explosion In less than a month happened in the Flint Creek sewer at Huntington, Ind., Tuesday morning. Two men were fatally injured, while three others were so badly hurt they will not recover for some time. Five Lives Lost. A dynamite explosion occurred in Hull, Quebec, Tuesday. Four *nen and a boy were killed and several were wounded. The men were thawing the dynamite. The woodwork near by became ignited and while extinguishing the flames the men forgot about the deadly explosive until it was surrounded by flumes. « . Probably Murdered. The body of Capt. Peter Doolev was found Friday npar Laporte, Tex. There was a cut in the head, and physicians ex-* press the belief that he had been murdered and then thrown into the water. Refineries Closed. Orders were issued Wednesday to close all the sugar refineries at Boston, New York and Philadelphia. This will make 60,000 men’idle. The trust claims to have been operating at a loss, but it is claimed the closing is intended to produce a scarcity of sugar, and thus force up the ’ retail price. Warehouse Caved In. At Tacoma, Wash., a second section of the Northern Pacific Puget Sound freight warehouse caved in. This section was 120 feet in leng th, and it leaves but 45 feet of the warehouse remaining, just north of the sectton which went when the tidal wave struck it.

BRITAIN BACKS DOWN.

Bluefielda “Incident” Will Be Settled by the Diplomates. The British lion has fled in dismay from the angry scream of the American eagle, and the Bluefields “incident” that threatened to involve England and the United States in a most serious quarrel is in process of swift and peaceful settlement upon terms which will be entirely satis factory to this country. The State Department is not yet in receipt of official information from Minister Bayard, but from the tenor of preliminary negotiation it is satisfied that the British are about to formally renounce all pretense of right to mix into Nicaraguan affairs and .raw off permanently. The electric suddenness of the protest of the United Slates against what was felt to be a dangerous and untenable claim on the part of the British Foreign Off. lie, hateful to every patriotic American instinct, startled the phlegmatic Englishmen into unusual activity. Swift denial of hostile intent ensued, followed quickly by unofficial but authoritative notice of retreat from the position sought to be occupied, and the war cloud is passing away. The details of the proceeding only remain to be arranged, a diplomatic process that will take time, but it is safe to assume that England has already abandoned hope of being able to utilize the Mosquito strip as a club to hold over the projected Nicaragua canal. The bluff was made and called, and the incident is already considered as good as closed. This most happy conclusion of the Bluefields matter has caused a smile to suffuse the face of the administration.

DOLE’S GOVERNMENT SOLID. Hawaiian Republic Formally Recognized by Eight Great Powers. The Hawaiian charge d’affaires at Washington, Frank P. Hastings, has received in his current mail information that since the establishment of the republic in Hawaii, on July 4 last, the oflicial recognition of the following governments has been received: United States, Great Britain, France, Russia, Italy, Belgium, Mexico, Guatemala, and also notice of intent from Germany and Peru. On Nov. 15, the day after President Dole’s return from a visit to the Island of Hawaii, the British commissioner at Honolulu called at the executive building and presented an autograph letter from Queen Victoria, announcing the recognition of her government. The tone of the letter was most cordial. ENVOY CALLED BACK. Japanese Premier Declines to Receive Mr. Dietering. A Yokohama dispatch says that Prime Minister Ito has decided not to receive Mr. Dietering, the envoy sent to Japan to negotiate a peace. In the meantime Mr. Dietering has been recalled to China by Li Hung Chang. Mr. Dietering had a brief interview with the chief secretary of the cabinet, who arrived from Hiroshima before the envoy took his departure for Tien-Tsin. The native press ig generally indignant that Chinn should send a foreign agent to negotiate for peace. PACKING PLANT INJURED. Fowler House at Kansas City Partially Destroyed by Fire. At Kansas City, Mo., fire broke out in the beef house of the Fowler Packing Company’s plant, and one-third of the building was completely gutted. This ! department includes the butterme, canning and tin departments, but these will not be materially interfered with in consequence of the blaze. The loss will not exceed $50,000. Fully insured. At one time it looked ns though the entire plant would go up in smoke.

More Torpedo Boats. In connection with the strong presentation by Secretary Herbert es the necessity for the procurement of a number of new torpedo boats, a proposition has been made to him whereby the navy may be made very popular in the vast interior of the United States, where it is now almost unknown, and, more important still, the navy may hold at its disposal a large force of trained sailors, particularly expert in the torpedo service, which there is now no adequate opportunity to develop. The plan iu brief is for the Government to build a large number of torpedo boats, and to lend them to the States’ naval militia to be used at any point on the river, lake, or even canal, where water may be found, to navigate them. There are very few States where the smaller boats of this kind may not find some water to navigate, and with the inducement of the free use of such craft it is not doubted that naval militiamen will be forthcoming in States where there is no other means of drilling them. Competent engineers and ordnance officers would be detailed to instruct the militia in the use of these boats, and the men would be free to avail themselves of them for drills and even for excursions, with the understanding that they should employ no outside help, but would perform every office on the boat themselves, steering, firing and running the engines. Treat Indiana Honestly. The anual report of Secretary Smith of the Interior Department deals largely with Indian affairs, and he presents some practical suggestions for the development and civilization of the Sacs. Besides giving a succinct history of the progress of the Indian Bureau during the last twelve months, the Secretary reviews the problem of effective work for the advancement of the Indians. He discusses the subject of education, and of allotment of lands in severalty, and urges that the education of the Indians should be for the purpose of fitting them to perform (the particular responsibilities most likely to fall to their after lot. He presents the possibilities of the reservation as land to be improved and developed to which the Indians could be taught to apply those modes of agriculture recognized in civilized life. Their education should fit them for this work, and they should be led on with the assurance that the Government dealing with this land will treat the Indians with perfect honesty and make no further effort to trade them out of it for the benefit of those who wish to settle upon it.

The Foot-Ball Scores. University of Michigan defeated the University of Chicago at foot-ball by a score of 6to 4, at Chicago. The Chicago Athletic Association eleven defeated Dartmouth College team by a score of 4 to 0. Eastern games resulted: Pennsylvania 18, Harvard 4;Cornell 10, Lehigh 6; University of Virginia 34, North Carolina 0. Western games: University of Illinois 10, Pastime Athletic Club, of St. Louis, 0; Illinois College 8, Illinois Normal 6; Albion College 22, Notre Dame 12; Rush Medical 18, Monmouth 6; Adelbert 24. Case 0; Purdue 28, Depauw 0; Stanford 6, University of California 0; University of Nebraska 36, University of lowa 0; University of Kansas 18, University of Missouri 12; Knox College 0, St. Albans 0; Des Moines Y. M. C. A. 6, lowa College 4; Kentucky State College 38, Central University 10. Kansas city Theater Sold. The Auditorium, the largest play house in Kansas City, was sold under foreclosure of mortgage .to the National Bank of Commerce for $75,000. The Life-Saving Service. Washington dispatch: The cost of maintenance of the life-saving service during the fiscal year was $1,258,221. The number of disasters, 594. was greater and more destructive of vessel property than

In any previous year since the tfctroduetion of the present system. Thia fact is due to the large number and extreme violence of the tempests which ravaged both the sea and lake coasts. The following is a summary of the statistics of the service from the introducti-mof the present system in 1871 to the close of the fiscal year: Number of disasters '.. 7.625 Value of vessels. ..- $ 84,922,075 Value of cargoes. $ 38,039.774 Value of property involved. .$122,961,849 Value of property saved.. ..$ 93,155,522 Value of property lost $ 29,806.327 Number of persons involved. 61,422 Number of lives lost. ...... 724 Number of persons succored 11.221 During last year the telephone lines of the service have proved more emphatically than ever before their indispensable value as an aid to prompt and efficient life-saving operations, and the lines have been extended and improved as much as possible. The sysiem continues to attract foreign attention, and during the year the details of its operation have been examined in person by the representatives of a Royal Commission of Great Britain who treats of it in his report with warm commendation and recommends its adoption in his own country. PROTECTION ON SUGAR. Spreckels Declares that American Refiners Are Hqlpless. In reference to the Associated Press interview with H. O. Havemeyer, president of the sugar refining company, Adolph Spreckels, director and secretary of the California Sugar Refinery Company, said: “I have read that Havemeyer interview and I understand the exact condition of sugar refining in the Eastern States. Havemeyer and his people control the sugar trade of all the country east of the Missouri River, and the California refinery controls pretty much all west of the river. I think Havemeyer is right when he says that closing his refineries will throw 50,000 people out or work. The reason they are to close is this: They cannot compete with foreign sugars. German granulated sugar is laid down at Nev.' York nt $3.56 the 100 pounds, and raw or crude sugar costs, laid down there, $3.50 the 100 pounds. This leaves a margin of six one-hundredths of a cent per pound on which to pay refining expenses and make profits. The thing is simply absurd. In the East they pay refinery hands $1.50 per day. In Germany the wages are but $1.13. The trade cannot stand the difference.”

LAWMAKERS ASSEMBLE. Congressional Mill Has Again Resumed Operations at Washington. Both Houses of Congress were called to order at noon Monday for the regular winter session. The Senate was ready for business, but the House had no quorum. Interviews with a large number of Senators and Representatives developed that the session would probably include little or nothing beyond the regular appropriation bills. Representatives and Senators say that while nothing is in sight on the tariff or the currency on which the majority can agree, something must be done to provide work outside of the appropriation bills. The Nicaragua Canal will receive early attention, as well as the bankruptcy and anti-option bills, besides which the free silver men wil’ have a number of measures. CHAOS RULES IN PEKIN. American Legation in Danger of Be iug Sacked—Appeal to Washington. “Chaos rules in Pekin. The American Legation in danger of being sacked. Need immediate protection.” That is the substance of a cable received Friday at Washington by Secretary Gresham from Minister Denby at Pekin. Secretary Gresham made an immediate call upon Secretary Herbert of tho Navy and the two were closeted together for an hour and a half. The result was a cable to Minister Denby that steps had been taken to afford protection. The officials of the State and Navy departments refused to discuss at any length the cable correspondence. Li Hung Chang Impeached. Shanghai dispatch: A tremendous upheaval of mandarindom is impending as a result of the disciplining of Viceroy Li Hung Chang. Young Lord Li, ex-minis-ter to Japan, is badly implicated in the Government scandal aud is likely to be the first to feel the Emperor’s displeasure. That the Viceroy will take flight and seek safety in concealment or under Japanese protection is extremely probable, as he and several members of his household have been impeached for high treason in a weighty memorial to the throne. E. St. John Resigns. E. St. John, who for a number of year.--has held the position of general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacific Railroad, with headquarters in Chicago, was elected vice president of the Seaboard Air line, with general offices in Baltimore, which position he has accepted. His resignation as an officer of the Rock Island Road has been forwarded to President R. R. Cable, and a special meeting of the directors will probably be held soon to take action upon its acceptance. New Minister to Washington. The bundesrath has appointed Dr. Pioda von Locarns to be Swiss minister to Washington. He is now councilor of the Swiss legation at Rome. Preacher Confesses Horse Stealing Rev. John Denny, a Springfield, Mo., preacher, pleaded guilty to horse stealing and was sentenced to two years in the penitentiary.

MARKET QUOTA TIONS.

.Chicago —Cattle, common to prime, $3.75@t>.5(); hogs, shipping grades. s4@ 5; sheep, fair to choice, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 rod, 55@55%c; corn, No. 2, 47@48c; oats, No. 2, rye, No. 2, 48@49c; butter, choice creamery, 24 , /4@25|4c; eggs, fresh, 20 Vic; potatoes, car Jots, per bushel; 60@65c. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, s3@ 5.50; hogs, choice light, s4@s; sheep, common to prime, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, 50@51c; corn, No. 1 white, 41@ 41%c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c. St. Louis—Cattle. s3@(i; hogs, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, 51%@52V£>e; corn,*No. 2, 44’/i@4sVic; oats, No. 2, 30@31c; rye, No. 2, 52@53. Cincinnati—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, s4@s; sheep, sl@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 53 @53%c; corn, No. 3, mixed, 45@46c; oats, No. 2, mixed, 32@33c; rye, No. 2, 52@54c. Detroit—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, s4@ 4.75; sheep, [email protected]: wheat. No. 1 white. 56@57c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 44@44J4c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c; rye, No. 2, 49@51c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 54@55c; com, No. 2 mixed, 45@46c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@33 1 / 4c; rye, No. 2, 49@50c. Buffalo—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, s4@ 5; sheep, s2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 58@ 59c; corn, No. 3 yellow, 46 1 / 2 @47y 2 c; oats, No. 2 white, 36@36%c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 59@ 59y 2 c; corn. No. 3. 45@45%c; oats. Nm 2 white, 32@33c; barley, No. 2,' 53@55c; rye, No. 1, 49@51c; pork, mess, $11.75 @12.25. New York—Cattle, s3@6; hogs, $3.50@ 5; sheep, s2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, GJ. @62c» corn, No. 2, 58@59c; oats, white Western, 36@42c; butter, creamery, 2514 @2G&c; eggs, Western, 23@2Gc.

MURDEROUS TURK.

HORRORS SUFFERED AT HIS HANDS BY CHRISTIANS. Unparalleled Indignities Offered the Armenians by Cruel and Ferocious Kurds and Circassians—Land Where There's No Justice and No Lavr. Cling to Their Faith. The recent horrible massacre of the Christians by the Turks in Armenia, * via Minor, draws attention to that high-

ly picturesque but unfor tn na t e and most unhapy region of the earth. Armenia claims the honor of being the cradle of the human race. According to tradition, the Garden of Eden was within her bounds, and after Noah left the ark on Mount Ararat he made his home in the midst of her territory. Armenia is as

MGR. KRIMIAN.

full of famous cities of the dead as Greece or Italy, but the fame belongs to a remoter and less familiar past. There is Bayazed, paved with fragments of sculpture, fashioned when Moses was a boy in the house of the Pharaohs: Ani, the city of colossal ruins, in which the treasures of the King of Kings were preserved; Takhti-Soliman, the reputed birthplace of Zoroaster, where burned the holy fire descended from heaven, and visited forages by the Magi in quest of light for their torches, which kindled all the fires that blazed within the great empire of Persia. Petrifying lakes occupy the sites of other populous cities which flourished when this earth was young, and new cities flourish on the beds of exhausted lakes. Mgr. Krimlan, the head of the Armenian Church, bears the title of CatholIkos. He resides at Etchmiadzin, a monastery near Erivan, said to be the oldest monastic institution in the world. He

was previously Archbishop of Jerusalem, and has been Patriarch of Constantinople, but was banished from the Turkish capital and deprived of his rights as an Ottoman subject on account of his patriotic views. He was chosen Catholikos in 1892. The Oldest People. According to their own annals, the Armenians are the oldest people in the world and the earliest Christian nation. They trace their origin back to Haig, the grandson of Noah, who, 2,000 years be’ore the Christian era, established a dynasty of sovereigns that continued to rule until Vahe, the sixtieth in succession, fell In battle against Alexander the Great. In their earlier history they were a conquering nation aud their empire once stretched from the Caspian Sea, on the east, to Cicilia, on the Mediterranean, on the west, and from the borders of Pontus, on the north, to the confines of Assyria, on the south. Then the population was 35,000.000 souls. Though the Armenians are brave and seem to have all the elements of a military people, they have been held under subjection most of the time for 3,000 years. After being made at different times, away back in the dim past, part of tho Assyrian, Medean and Persian empires, Armenia fell under the Greek kings of Syria, about 200 B. C. Since then the land has been conquered or overrun in turn by Romans, Parthians, Saracens, Mongols, Russians, and, last and worst, Turks, who first established their supremacy nearly five hundred years ago.

PEASANTS OF SASSOUN. [These are types of the people who were massacred.]

The country is now parceled out among the three nations—Turkey, Russia and Persia. Through all their vicissitudes the Armenians have preserved their faith intact. They profess to have been converted just after the ascension of the Savior by St. Thaddeus, the apostle. The Bead Fed to Bogs. Since the Turk has asserted his sway over part of Armenia, atrocities almost beyond belief have been common. The sacking of a church, the desecration of an altar and the most fiendish treatment of women are every d'ay affairs, and only attract the attention of the civilized world when, as now, great numbers of people are murdered. It is a matter of daily occurrence, says an American who has traveled in Armenia, to have funeral processions mobbed, the mourners dispersed, the dead taken out,of the coffin and thrown to the dogs in the streets. Wedding festivities are stopped by means of revolvers, and the bride is dishonored. The young Armenian wife and the blushing maiden are entirely at the mercy of the unbridled Moslems; while horses, cattle, crops, merchandise; furniture, and even houses are coolly appropriated by the cruel, ferocious Kurds and Circassians, with the tacit sanction of corrupt Turkish officials. Armenian Christians are not permitted to carry arms, while the Circassians and ! Kurds are armed and are encouraged to hunt them. The Chris-tian-Armenians generally live in the valleys and cultivate the soil, while the Kurds and Circassians are nomadic people and live high up on the mountains where they tend their flocks. Whenever they desire they swoop down upon the valleys, gathering in the fruits of the peaceful Armenians’ labors and carrying away flocks and herds. There » no justice and no law for the

Armenian. An Atmentan is not allowed to testify agaii it a Turk and the latter hardly ever thinks of carrying out any obligation he may owe the Armenian. The tax collectors travel in bands and swoop down upon the vil-ages like harpies, collecting all that is possible to get without regard to rate or value. If the farmer has no money, off he goes to prison until he pays, and the prisons are now full to overflowing with unfortunates such as these. And the shame of these awful outrages lies at the door of England which fails to carry out her obligations tn protect Christians in Turkey.

Secretary Herbert Is of the Opinion that the Navy Should Be increased. The most important recommendation made by Secretary Herbert in his annual report is that Congress authorize the construction of three great battle ships of about 10,000 tons displacement each, to cost,-exclusive of armament, not exceeding $4,000,000 each, and twelve torpedo boats of from 100 to 300 tons each, at the discretion of the' Secretary, to cost not exceeding an average of $170,000. Since his last report five splendid ships have been added to the naval list, three of which are capable of speed in excess of twenty-one knots, while two of them are the fleetest cruisers in the world. The five vessels are the Marblehead, 18.44 knots; Columbia, 22.80; Olympia, 21.69; Montgomery, 19.056; and Minneapolis, 23.076. One important change of naval policy is noted in connection with the advertisements for three new torpedo boats soon to be issued. The Secretary says that no speed premiums will be allowed on these boats; that the premium system undoubtedly had its advantages when adopted, but the department is now convinced that the time has come when, with the experience gained, it may with profit be abandoned. The report shows the number of torpedo boats now on hand in foreign countries is 1,283, and the number building 182. Great Britain has 175 on hand and 64 building, while France is even better off with 214 on hand and 41 building. Of seventeen countries enumerated not one has less than 22 of these boats, while the United States, with more coasts and ports than any nation, has but six, count-

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ing those yet to be built. After calling attention to the urgent n?ed of legislation for the relief of the personnel of the navy, the Secretary recommends that the enlisted force be increased by 2,000 men. In conclusion the Secretary submits estimates for the next year aggregating $27,885,914, exceeding the current appropriation by $5,495,193, caused mainly by the necessity of paying for vessels now under contract. It is stated that after this year the appropriations on this score will rapidly diminish, falling from $13,259,393 next year to $750,000 in the following year.

England's Postal Service Compared with That of the United States. Tiie report of the Postmaster General furnishes an opportunity to make an interesting comparison between the postal service of the United States and that of Great Britain, and the curious features of each, which will correct some popular misapprehensions. The following table furnishes a summary of the services of both countries: Great United „ , Britain. States, lopulatlon 38,000,000 65,000,000 No. of postofflees.. 20,016 69 085 No. of employes... 74,819 101,090 Ao. of women eni..Ployed ■. 10,908 Unknown No. of money order offices 11,107 19,264 value of orders is$143,604,245 $165,235,129 Total receipts of service $52,120,000 $75,050,479 Total cost Of serd vl £C 838,787,115 $84,324,414 Profit to governT uient $13,332,885 Loss to government " .... S 9 935 Total No. letters ” ' ’ ' x handled 1,911,800.000 2,852,220,000 No. dead letters... 6,259,017 6.953,735 Returned to writer 5,397,866 2,231 516 Sent to original address 116,540 58,895 Returned to foreign countries.. .. 210,310 590,787 Could not be delivered .•- 504,301 4,077,537Ao. of lotte I*B posted without addr’s 34,000 30,939 Posted without address containing a money 2.011 No record Amount contained. $20,000 535.255 Registered pieces, total number..,. 11,742.352 15,050.554 Total number could not be delivered. 207,374 1,642 Great Britain has three-fifths as many people as the United States, but they are confined to an area of 121,000 square miles. We have three and one-half times as many postoffices, but they are scattered over an area of 3,501,-109 square miles, which accounts for the difference in the cost of the postal service. The British Government makes a profit of more than $13,000,000 out of her mails every year, while we lose an average of $5,500,000. The deficit during the last year in the United States was larger than ever before and $2,000,000 more than the estimate of the Postmaster General, which was due to the decrease in receipts caused by the financial depression and the falling off in trade. The deficit in 1890 was $5,048,019, and in 1893 $5,177,171. It will be'noticed, top, that there are many more employes in the British service than in that of the United States in proportion to the amount of business transacted, although they are paid much less. This is accounted for also by the fact that the British postal system includes the telegraph, savings banks, and other extra features. The average salary of the British postal employe is not more than one-half of that paid for the same service in the United States. The 101,096 employes in the United States postal service are divided as follows: Postmasters, 69,805; clerks. 12,674; carriers, 11,736; railway mail agents, 6,881. There is no record of the number of women employed in our service. The British use the money order more than the people of the Uijited States, but it will be seen from the figures in the table above that the two countries write about the same number of letters annually. Representatives of the Senator Stanford estate have foreclosed a mortgage or< property which belonged to the estate of Dr. J. B. P. Stillman, an old-time friend of Senator Stanford. The dress of the 4-year-old daughter of David McCord, living at Odon, near Washington, Ind., caught fire from a grate and she was burned to death.

ASKS FOR MORE SHIPS.

MAILS OF TWO NATIONS.

WRITE FOR FARMERS

THE ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRETARY MORTON Says Wheat Should Not Be Depended On as the Staple Export—More Demand for Barley and Corn—Objections to Our Beef and Pork. Doesn’t Like Silver. The annual report of the Secretary of Agriculture is particularly interesting because of its references to current troubles with foreign governments over the importation of American products. The Secret ar™ reviews the subject of foreign markets and gives figures of our agricultural exports, especially those to Great Britain That country paid during the year 1893 for American breadstuffs, provisions, cotton and tobacco over $324,000,000. Including about $10,000,000 worth of mineral oils with agricultural exports, the United Kingdom took 54.3 per cent, of all exports of breadstuffs, provisions, mineral oils, cotton and tobacco. Of dressed beef Great Britain took from us during the first six months of the year 1894 $10,000,000 worth. Australia is our chief competitor for the trade. Mr. Morton deems it probable that the American farmer will find more advantage from the shipment of dressed beef than from the exportation of live cattle. Referring to the frequent allegations on the part of the European governments that live animals from the United States are diseased, the Secretary expresses the opinion that these allegations are sometimes based on fear of infection, but are at other times made for economic reasons. He argues that if all American beef going abroad *vere shipped in the carcass, bearing the government certificate as to wholesomeness, it certainly could not be shut out on account of alleged diseases. He suggests that if certain European nations continue to insist on microscopical Inspection of American pork and veterinary inspection of beef, with governmental certification to each, the government of the United States might well insist upon such inspection and certification by such foreign governments of all importations therefrom, whether edible or beverages intended for human consumption. He reports a very large increase in the exports of beef and hog products over the year previous, with, on the other hand, a marked decline in the exports of wheat.

Better Raise Barley and Corn. The review of the foreign market leads him to certain conclusions as to the future of our export trade in agricultural products as follows: “Competition of Russia, Argentina, Australia and other countries favored by conditions which enable them to grow wheat at a low cost, and especially by the proximity of their wheat-growing regions to water communication, warns American farmers to no longer depend upon wheat as a staple export crop. On the other hand, a good market, at fair prices, is to be found in the United Kingdom for barley and corn, which, owing to the great variety of uses to which they may be applied, promise to be in constant and increasing demand.” The Secretary reports the inception of two important scientific investigations, the first relating to grasses and forage plants, the other to agricultural soils and crop production. The Secretary believes that the importance of these investigations justifies the erection of each into an independent division, and he has so provided in the appropriation for the ensuing fiscal year. The work of the Bureau of Animal Industry during the year has been greatly Increased, notwithstanding the reduction in the appropriation. The secretary concludes that the investment is a paying one and may properly come within the functions of the Government.

The Secretary concludes a review of the inspection of export and interstate meat with the recommendation that the law providing for the same may be so amended as to compel the owners of the meat inspected to pay the cost of inspection. If, he argues, the inspection widens the markets, thus enhancing the price of their property, they, as the direct pecuniary beneficiaries, should agree to pay for it. Tue inspection of animals received in the United States has been continued in Great Britain, and it was hoped that, having demonstrated that there is no danger of introducing contagious diseases, the result would be the revocation of the British restrictions upon our cattle trade. No Pleuro-Pneumonia for Two Years. More than two years have passed without the development of any pleuro-pneu-monia or other disease in this country which might be dangerous to British stock Kiterests. The hoped-for revocation, nevertheless, remains unrealized. The scientific investigations of the Bureau have progressed steadily. Special mention is made in the appropriation bill for the current year of tuberculosis and sheep scab as diseases the Secretary of Agriculture is authorized to guard against in. view of the danger to human life from tuberculosis. The sterilization of milk has been thoroughly explained in a leaflet which has had a wide circulation. It appears that sterilization of milk may be a perfect safeguard wherever milk is used. The Russian thistle is made the text for a suggestion that seeds of new grasses and other plants from abroad must be hereafter very carefully inspected. The report concludes with a statement showing that of the total exports of this country for 1894 (fiscal year) farm products aggregated $628,000,000, or 72.58 per cent, of the whole. The markets of the world, says the Secretary, demand from the American farmer the very best quality of breadstuffs and materials. The farmer exchanges his products, the result of his labors, which have specific purchasing power, for money having a general purchasing power. Under the heading, “For Prime Pork Give Us Prime Currency,” the Secretary asks: “Would the $600,000,000 worth of farm products from the United States sold last year to foreign nations have been as remunerative to the American farmer if they had been paid for in silver as they have been paid for in gold or its equivalent? I “When the standard coin of the republic shall be made of metal worth as much after it is melted as it purports to be worth in coin, and the mint values and the commodity values of all metallic money approximately equal it, will not the American farmer and all other citizens become more permanently prosperous? If the American farmer, laborer, and manufacturer are compelled by law to submit to the measurement of the value of the products of their efforts by a silver standare, will not the foreigner in buying those products always use the same measure? With his beef, pork, and cereals the American farmer buys money, and why should he not demand as superlative quality in that which he buys as the domestic and foreign purchasers insist upon in that which he sells? “If those buyers demand ‘prime’ beef and ‘prime’ pork, why should not the farmer demand ‘prime’ currency, the best measure of value, the most fair and facile medium of exchange, in the most unfluctuating money which the world cf commerce has ever evolved?”

BONDS ARE AWARDED.

Secretary Carlisle Al lota Entire Isaue to the United States Trust Co.

ECKETARY CARlisle has acted in the matter of the allotment of the $50,000,000 5 per cent, bonds, bids for which were opened at the Treasury Department He i accepted the pro- | posal submitted by I the syndicate represented by John A. Stewart, of the United States Trust Com-

pany of New York, and others to take the entire issue at 117.077. It is the expectation of the treasury officials that the deposit of gold for the payment of the bonds will be made promptly, and, as the understanding is that none of the gold is to be taken from the treasury, an early restoration of the gold reserve to above the $100,000,000 mark ’will be the result. The bonds, including premium, will realize the government about $58,500,000. The gold balance, which is now in round numbers, $57,500,000, will, if the expectations of the officials regarding the deposits of the gold bonds are borne out, be increased to about $116,000,000. Previously, however, there had been $4,550,000 in gold drawn from the subtreasury at New I York, presumably to be used in the payI ment of the bonds. Assistant Secretary Curtis heard inofficially over the longdistance telephone from New York that $8,000,000 in gold had been deposited in the subtreasury there for bond payments. The bonds are deliverable as soon as the gold is deposited, and ns the bureau of engraving and printing has been busy at work preparing for the issue they will, it is expected, soon be ready for distribution. The denominations of bonds which the syndicate will take are as follows — Coupons: SSO, $25,000; SIOO, $25,000; SI,OOO, $34,950,000, Registered: $lO,000, $15,000,000. The condition on which the bonds are accepted is shown by the original proposal of the syndicate, which is in the following terms, minus the names of the companies composing the trust and the denominations wanted: “We hereby propose, under the terms of your circular of Nov. 13. 1894, to purchase United States 5 per cent, ten-year bonds described in said circular of the face value of $50,000,000, and we agree to pay therefor at the rate of 117.077 and accrued interest per SIOO. This bid is for the whole $50,000,000, but not for any lesser amount. We further agree, upon due notice of the acceptance of this subscription, to deposit the amount thereof in gold coin or gold certificates with United States Assistant Treasurers at either Boston, New York, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington, Cincinnati, Chicago, St. Louis, New Orleans, San Francisco, in accordance with the terms of said circular. “We desire (registered or coupon) bonds In denominations, as stated below, and we wish them to be delivered to us as follows: $40,000,000 at New York, $3,000,000 at Boston, $3,000,000 at Philadelphia, $2,0u0,000 at Chicago, and $2,000,000 at San Francisco, or other United States treasuries, as may be approved by the Treasury Department.” The total sum that the Government will receive for the issue will aggregate about $58,500,000, and as the understanding is that the syndicate will not take gold out of the treasury to pay for the bonds, a healthy increase in the gold reserve will be the result. From the statements contained in the bid made by the syndicate, treasury officials believe that between $30,000,000 and $40,000,000 of the gold will be paid in at the sub-treasury at New York, and the remainder at the sub-treasuries in Boston, Philadelphia, Chicago, and San Francisco.

THE SALVATIONISTS’ FARM.

Where Men from London Slums Are Reclaimed and Tanirht. When in 1890 Gen. Booth of the Salvaiion Army, published his book, “Darkest England,” he asked for contributions that a farm might be established near London where men reclaimed from the slums might have a chance to reform and learn some useful trade. The sum of $425,60 : was raised and a farm, called H d eig , of 2,b00 acres, purchased. Buildings and dormitories were put up and the work succe-sfully started. The men working on the ierm are paid by the week from 15 cents to $2.60 and out of this sum they must purchase clothes, food, lodging and a chance to work is given them. Each man must also save a certain part of his. earnings, which is given him when he leaves the farm. The average number of men is 260 and there are besides 100 permanent oiricials, who are members of the armv. The most extensive industry at Hadleigh is the raising and picking of fine fru.t. bruit picking within reach of London is generally given over to the denizens of the slums, who are conveyed to the scenes of action in train loads, and usually convert the r iral scene into more or less of a slum during their labors. At the colony great care is exercised in the choice of pickers; the mor.d experiment, which forms a large half of the scheme, will not allow of indiscriminate association. For the same reason the colony is as complete in itself as the governor <ai make it, in order to prevent the necessity for much communication with tue village. Even a tobacco license has been obtained, lor though thoroughgoing Salvationists do not approve of tobacco, they find that some conce sion to human weakness is the highest wisdom. Permission to go beyond the colony has to be asked, but as the t act is several miles in length this is not so great a hardship as one might fancy. Games too, are provided for the men; foot-ball, cricket, quoits, tac ng, jumping, tug-01-war, are all encouraged. A visitor to the farm writing of the various industries there, says: A rabbit warren with 1,200 rabbits reared for the market and a thriving poultry farm interested me much. Vv e drove round fields of waving corn, wheat, barley, oats. The rich alluvial ground grows excellent crops. We visited the sawmills, the wheelwright’s sh p , backsmlth's shop, the brickmaking industry. This last is somewhat important. employing forty men. Excellent brick clay is found on the land, and this is wisely utilized. Nearly all the bricks used in the colony have been made at the kiln , and a large and growing market is iound for the bricks both in the immediate neighborhood and in London. The colony has been enterprising enough to build a railway connecting the wharf and brickwork s at an expense of s<o,oop. This wa; done by the advice of a noted railroad contractor, who agreed to build it without any profit to himself. Sparks from the Wires. Joseph Trasky, a tailor, who arrived at Troy, N. Y„ from Chicago a few days ago, committed suicide. Charles L. Routt, who inherited Ihe bulk of the estate of Reuben Springer, the Cincinnati millionaire, died at Jaekvil’c, 111. M. Paincarre, minister of finance, lias challenged M. Bouanet, a member of the French chamber, because of an abusive speech. ' - Mrs. Martha White, having refused to ioave Zionsville, Ind., as ordered after the killing of John Martz, a mob wrecked her home.