Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1895 — Page 2

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JAPAN IS CONFIDENT.

THE MIKADO IS SUSPICIOUS OF CHINA. Turks Avert Investigation of Armenian Matters —Famous San Francisco Resort Burned Everything Quiet in Georgia. Flushed with Victory. The Japanese Parliament was opened by commission. The speech from the I throne briefly referred to the victories achieved by the Japanese troops in every engagement, and says they are steadily pressing forward in the enemy’s territory, adding that it is especially satisfactory to note that in spite of the cold and hardships the forces are more than ever distinguishing themselves by their valor. The relations of Japan with the neutral powers are more friendly than ever. The revision of treaties on long cherished desires has been accomplished with some | countries and with other States the negotiations for this purpose are making fa- i vorable progress. In conclusion the speech says: “Having been placed in such a glorious situation we wish more | than ever to promote the civilization of the country, and enjoin Parliament to i take notice of the state of affairs at I home and abroad, and by securing bar- I mony between this Government and the ’ people assist in the furtherance of the . imperial wishes.” The Government is still skeptical in regard to China’s peace ; overtures. HARVEST FOR BLACKMAILERS. Take Advantage of Lcxow Investigation to Bully Officers. The wholesale terror in which New Yorkers hold the Lexow Committee is the capital stock of a now kind of blackmailer. .Some persons are threatened with accusation before the committee, | while others are to get subpoenas as wit- j nesses if they refuse to pay. Nor are the police escaping. When they subscribed ed toward the traveling expenses of Katie j Schubert and Mrs. Thnrow, others who know the damaging facts were inspired to ask for free transportation or its equivalent in coin. A police captain told a reporter that he had been bullied or threatened by more than twenty keepers of disorderly houses. The women told him if he refused to pay them money they would go to Johr. W. Goff and the I.exow Committee and accuse him of receiving bribes in return for protection. The captain said the practice was becoming general, and that he had a number of fellow sufferers. GEORGIA WAR IS OVER. Troops Ordered to the Scene Find Everything Quiet. The trouble in Brooks County. Ga., is over. The Valdosta Videttcs were ordered out by the Governor. < kiptain Cafferty, Lieutenant Peoples, Dr. Bass and Sheriff Thrasher at once visited the scene »f the trouble. They found peace restored and the citizens assured them that there would be no more trouble. The killing of the negroes was entirely uncalled for. They were killed because they were supposed to know the whereabouts of Waverly Pike, whose crime was the original incentive to lawlessness. Good citizens of the county will do their utmost to bring to justice the men who are responsible for the trouble.

SULTAN BARS HIM OUT. Says Jewett May Not Investigate the Armenian Atrocities. The Sultan Monday evening made a final reply to the application of United States Minister Terrell, at Constantinople, for permission to have Consul Jewett make an independent inquiry into the Armenian troubles. The Sultan positively declined to allow the Consul to accompany the commission. This refusal was not unexpected at Washington. The reluctance of the Turkish Government to accede to.'the request is accounted for by the formidable proportions to which the agitation in the United States in favor of intercession on behalf of the Armenians ’n Turkey has attained. FAMOUS HOUSE DESTROYED One of the Great Resorts Near San Francisco Wiped Out by Fire. The Cliff House, located about seven miles out of San Francisco, was destroyed by fire Tuesday night, entailing a loss of $20,000. The Cliff House had a worldwide reputation, as it overlooked the sen rocks and was part of the possessions of Adolph Sutro. The buildings were frame structures and were used as restaurants, saloons and curio shops. In addition, there were wide balconies from which the seals could be viewed. The new saltwater baths, capable of holding 20,000 people, were not burned. Disastrous Fire in Cleveland. At Cleveland fire broke out in the new four-story brick block, owned by the Doan estate and Marius Adams, and destroyed It -quickly. The loss on the building is $30,000. The occupants, the K. I). Box Company and the French Delicacy Company, lost SI4O,OCX) and .$07,000, respectively. The old wooden Empire Hotel, across Water street, caught lire and burned down, loss SIO,OOO, and the cable railroad waiting-room adjacent to it, worth SI,OOO, was also consumed. China Wants to End the War. Minister Denby cabled the State Department that the Chinese Government has appointed two peace commissioners, Chang Yin Huan and Fhao, who will proceed at once on their mission from Pekin to the Japanese capital. Storm on the Channel. The telegraph lines in the northern part of Great Britain are still down and the full amount of damage by the storm is not known. It is estimated, however, that from 50 to 100 persons lost their lives in various manners during the progress of the gale. Only Two Lynched. Late advices from Brooks County. Ga , ■re to the effect that only two negroes were killed in the rioting there, instead of ■even as at first reported. Two Bad Fires. The Babbitt Block, a 4-story structure in winch were the First National Bank and Raise’s clothing store, was burned at Morristown, N. J. The total loss is estimated at SIOO,OOO. Fire at Napoleonville, La., destroyed seven blocks, including most of the business portion of the town. Loss, $125,000. Legs Poisoned by Stockings. Miss Eva Dooley, of Boston, Ind., had both legs amputated. The amputation was made at the knee, and was made necessary by the poisoned condition of her legs, resulting from wearing red stockings. Her recovery is doubtful.

SENATORS FROM NEW STATES.

Vacancies Can Only Be Filled on the Date of the Regular Election. Some question has arisen as to whether the Senators to be chosen to fill vacancies in the States of Montana, Washington, and Wyoming can be elected upon the first day the legislatures meet or w hether the elections will have to be postponed until the prescribed time when Senators are elected to succeed sitting members whose terms are about to expire. Senator Dubois, of Idaho, has been looking up the matter and has found that Senators elected to fill vacancies must be elected in precisely the same manner as those to fill terms to expire in the near future. This will prevent theelectionof Senators to fill the vacancies until the time when the regular Senatorial elections would occur. Another matter which he ascertained in looking up the case was that when these Senators are elected they will not draw salaries until they qualify, which is not the case in the election of Senators elected for full terms. In the latter case, whether they qualify on the 4th of March or not their pay begins. Idaho was admitted on July 3. The Senators elected began drawing pay from that date. Since then a provision has been inserted in an appropriation bill prescribing when Senators elected to fill the vacancies shall begin to draw salaries. WANT STRICT DISCIPLINE. Managers of Soldiers’ Homes Meet at Milwaukee to Discuss Reforms. Representatives of the various State soldiers’ homes in lowa, North Dakota, Nebraska, and Michigan met in conference at Milwaukee for the purpose of considering reforms in the management of these institutions which it is proposed to bring before the different legislatures at their next session. The conference has been promoted by the Board of Trustees of the Wisconsin Veterans’ Home and its tendency will be toward a more rigid management of the institutions, especially in the matter of suppressing insubordination. It is claimed that political orators and others are in the habit of claiming on the stump that there is nothing too good for the old veterans and that they ought to control the institutions in which they are sheltered, and that as a result more or less demoralization is injected into the institutions. FORTY PRIESTS MASSACRED. Twenty-Three Armenian Villages in Ashes and Others Pillaged. The Cologne Gazette publishes a letter from Armenia telling of fresh horrors there, including twenty-three villages laid in ashes, eleven other villages pillaged and forty priests massacred. An Armenian paper published in Tiflis has advices from Moosh, Turkish Armenia, showing that since the appointment of a commission to inquire into the outrages Turkish oppression has greatly lessened. Many Armenians who had been arrested have been liberated. The Kurds have been held in check, and a Kurdish chief has been summoned to Constantinople. STARTED THE FIRE WITH OIL. Elyria Mun and His Wife Burned to Death and Their House Destroyed. J. B. Cook, a well-known resident of Elyria, Ohio, attempted to light his kitchen fire with coal oil, when the oil can exploded in his face, the blazing oil running down his body, burning all his clothes off. Mrs. Cook, who ran into the room, also caught fire, and the two appeared outside a moment later enveloped in flames. The flesh was burned off their bodies. They lived but a few hours. The house was destroyed.

Feeding Wheat. The feeding of wheat to animals has become so general throughout this country that requests are now constantly received at the agricultural department for information as to the best methods of feeding that grain to cattle, hogs and other animals. In discussing the subject Secretary Morton said: “Wheat value as an animal food is great. But the wheat must bo used carefully, and with due regard to the habits and environments of the animals. and the forage feed accompanying it. Growing and fattening animals are found to thrive upon it. The profit in feeding wheat when that cereal and corn are at the same price is greater than in feeding the latter. Wheat weighs 7 per cent, heavier than corn. Wheat is, weight for weight, equally good for fattening animals and better for growing animals. The pork from that feeding is pronounced superior to any other. The feeding should be begun by giving very small quantities to the animal. It should be mixed with chopped hay or with other grain. Perils of the Deep. San Francisco dispatches say there are now ten ships overdue in this coast and 300 lives are at stake upon their fate. The vessels are: Steamer Montserrat, fourteen days from Nauaimo; steamer Keewenaw, thirteen days from Nanaimo; bark Germania, fourteen days from Seattle; bark Columbia, fourteen days from Port Blakely; ship J. B. Brown, seventeen days from Nanaimo; bark Sea King, sixteen days from Nanaimo; schooner Mary and Ida, sixteen days from Shoal VA ater Bay; ship Red Rock, fourteen days from San Francisco to Portland; ship Gleniui, sixteen days from San Francisco to Portland; bark Dominion, fifteen days from San Francisco to Puget Sound.

Insurance Law Is Invalid. At Denver, Col., Judge Graham has decided that the law prohibiting insurance companies from writing policies on the lives of children under 10 years of age is unconstitutional and void. This ruling will be far-reaching in its effects, as there have been a large number of convictions for these offenses. The passage of the law was procured through the efforts of the Colorado Humane Society. The Prudential Insurance Company of Newark, N. J., was the principal concern affected by the law, which was passed in 1893, and it was in a case where the manager, Fred G. Ladder, and a substitute agent, Charles Seigert, had been arrested that the decision was secured. Swift for Mayor. Alderman Madden of Chicago announces that he will not be a candidate for the Mayoralty nomination before the Republican convention next spring. The announcement occasioned great surprise among the politicians of both parties outside of the Alderman’s intimate friends, who have known of his intentions respecting the Mayoralty for several days. Aiderman Madden's declination, it is generally conceded, means that George B. Swift will have a walk-over for the Republican nomination. Had Madden remained in the field the contest between the two men would have been close. Sheriff Short in His Accounts. Ex-Sheriff Charles H. Miller, of Berkeley County, W. Va., is short in his accounts with the State and county $21,000. Suit has been instituted by the State. “Bat's” Case Is Desperate. Petitions were filed with Governor Flower requesting him to commute the Sentence of “Bat” Shea from death to imprisonment for life. He is not apt to interfere. Nova Scotia Colliery Burned. Fire at Sitting Hill collieries, Halifax, N. S., throws out of work 400 men and involves a property loss of about SIOO,OOO. Contains 3,000 Acree. The bill creating a national military park out of the battlefield of Shiloh has

passed both houses and only awaits the President’s signature to become a law. The bill as it passed the Senate appropriated $75,000, and provided for a park of 3,000 acre% It authorizes the Secretary of War to acquire possession of the land included in the proposed limits either by condemnation of otherwise, but provides that the present occupants may, under an arrangement with the Seretary, i remain upon their premises, in which case | they are to protect all landmarks either i now existing or to be hereafter erected. , The park is to be in charge of three cotti- ' missioners, one of whom shall have i served in the army of the Tennessee unI der General Grant, another in the army ■ of Ohio under General Buell, and the , third in the army of the Mississippi under I General A. S. Johnson. The general I purpose of the bill is set forth in the first section, and is declared to be the preservation on the ground where they fought of the history of one of the most memorable battles of the armies of the Southwest, as has been done for the armies of the East at Gettysburg and for those of th“ Central West at Chickamauga. SHAME OF NEW YORK. Capt. Schmittberger Makes a Clean Breast to Lexow’s Committee. Maxmillian C. Schmittberger, captain of police and now in command of the tenderloin district in New York, made a confession before the Lexow Committee Friday to the effect that the entire police system of New York City, with the exception of Supt. Byrnes and a few others, was rotten to the core; that blackmail and bribery, extortion and corruption were common crimes in the department, and that mercenary methods alone actuated his fellow officers. His charges implicated Inspectors Williams and McAvoy, ex-lnspector Steers, Police Commissioners James B. Martin and John C. Sheehan. Capts. Price. Gastlin, and Martens, ex-Capt. John Gunnor, and Wardman Dunlap, Robert Vail and James Gannon. Capt. Schmittberger is under indictment for bribery. He had previously refused to testify before the Senate Committee. Friday, however, he was rearrested and his bail increased. Then he took advantage of an offer of immunity from punishment held out to him by Counsel Goff and made a clean breast of it. HANGS IN THE SENATE.

House Free Sugar Bill Can Be Taker. Up at Any Time. Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means Committee, says no consideration has yetjjeen given to further tariff legislation which would overcome the disagreements between this country and Germany, France and Austria, as a result of the differential duty on the sugars of those countries. After the German ambassador had made a vigorous protest against the duty, Germany closed her ; ports against American meat products. I Denmark followed suit, and a genera! i commercial warfare between the United 1 States and sugar-produciug countries has I seemed imminent. Under these circum- ' stances it was believed that Congress ‘ would take off .the differentiaj>duty, and thus restore commercial harmony. The subject is ready to be taken up whenever the Senate considers it necessary to get up an independent measure dealing with the differential against foreign countries, j ST. LOL’IS BREWERIES CLOSED. ! Labor Leaders Claim the Credit for Their Boycott. The breweries of St. Louis owned by an English syndicate are preparing to concentrate their output in a portion of their property, and with that end in view it is understood that four breweries in their control will soon be closed. The Liberty has already shut down, the Chouteau is being turned into an exclusive ice plant, while the Phoenix and Excelsior will probably be closed shortly, being already on short force. The Beer Drivers' Union officials claim that this move is because of the boycott which labor organizations have been enforcing upon syndicate bee' having reduced the sales. i Tortured and Killed. The body of Mrs. A. D. Matson, stiff and cold and lying in a pool of her own blood, was discovered in her home at Topeka, Kan., Thursday afternoon. To all appearances the woman had been dead about ten days. It is undoubtedly a case of murder, with robbery as the incentive. Mrs. Matson lived alone, and it was generally supposed she had considerable money about the house. Investigation showed the most brutal treatment had been dealt the woman before her life had been taken. Chinese Empress Expresses Joy. The Dowager Empress of China, through Tsnng-Li-Yamen, has conveyed to Charles Denby, the American minister at Shanghai her thanks for the gift of a New Testament sent to her by the foreign ladies resident of Pekin. The Empress sends valuable silks and laces to Mr. Denby to bo given to the ladies who made the present to her. New Orleans Strike Settled. The stevedores' strike at New Orleam was settled Thursday night, the white and colored organizations agreeing to divide the work and restore rates, the ship agents concuring in the re-establishment of pence and prices. Not Convinced of Fraud. The jury could not agree in the cast of Darragh, charged with receiving deposits after he knew the Kansas City Deposit and Savings Bank was inso) Tent. Will Go It Alone. The Colorado Silver League resol vea not to affiliate with any party that does not nationally declare for free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.7&gfi,10; hogs shipping grades, $3.50 @4.37; sheep, fair to choice, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, 53@53%c; corn, No. 2, oats, No. 2, 29@29i/ l c; rye, No. 2, 48@48%e; butter, choice creamery, 23@ 23%c; eggs, fresh, 18@19c; potatoes, catlots, per bushel, 45@48c. Indianapolis —Cattle, shipping, s3@ 5.75; hogs, choice light, [email protected]; sheep, common to prime, [email protected]; wheat. No. 2 red, 52@53c; corn. No. 1 white, 43@ 43’/>c; oats, No. 2 white. 33@34c. St. Louis—Cattle, s3@6; hogs, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, 51@51%c; corn, No. 2, 44@44%c; oats, No. 2, 29%@30c; rye, No. 2, 53@55c. Cincinnati—Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, 54@54%c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 44@44y>c; oats. No. 2 mixed, rye, No.*2, 54@56c. Detroit— Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, s4@ 4.75; sheep, [email protected]; wheat. No. 1. white, 55@55%c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44@44%c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34c; rye. No. 2. 51@51%c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 54@55c; corn, No.. 2 mixed, 4G@47c; oats. No. 2 white, 33@34c; rye. No. 2, 50@52c. Buffalo—Cattle. [email protected]; hogs. s4@ 5: sheep, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red 57 @sßc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 46@47c; oats, No. 2 white/85@36c. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring. 55@ sbc; corn, No. 3, 44@45c; oatsi No. 7 white, 31@32c; barley, No. 2, 53@55c; rye, No. 1, 49@51c; pork, mess, SILSO@ New York-Cattle, [email protected]; hogs, $3.50 @5; sheep, [email protected]; wheat, No. 2 red, 61 @6l%c; corn. No. 2, 51@52c; oats, white. Western, 3S@4lc; butter, creamery, 22@ 24c; eggs, Western, 19@21.

LOOKING BACKW ARD

Review of the Year That Is Past. AT HOME AND ABROAD Epitome of the General News of the World. Chronological Recital of All the Important Events in Legislative, Judicial and Commercial Circles—Startling Deeds of Crime—Stirring Incidents in Military Matters—Record of Disasters on Land and Sea —Devastation by Fire and Pestilence—The Year of ’9-4 Made History Rapidly. Below will be found a concise recital of all the eveqts at home and abroad which go to make up the history of 1594. In America, as in Europe, there has been experienced a period of severe financial depression. The year was marked by the most stupendous'disturbance of labor circles in the history of the country, necessitating the employment of government forces for its suppression. Political contests have been nearly as stirring as a national election. The world has been thrilled by tales of horror from devastating forest fires, and death has claimed many illustrious men. The year will be long remembered as one of the most notable of the century. Abroad, the theater of news has been principally in the Orient. There is at present raging the war between Japan and Chinn, and to the astonishment of all civilized nations the island kingdom has worsted its mighty foe in every contest of note. Fort after fort has fallen before Japan’s forces, and three separate armies are marching upon the capital of the Flowery Kingdom. The Chinese empire, if not fallen, is humbled, and has already taken initiatory steps to sue for peace. Continental Europe has been at peace, and Russia mourns the death of her Czar.

, o , JANUARY. I— ,V, p r n S? of Mam liester, Eng..ship canal. ■ OVI t< ‘ r ' R ston. burns; $1,000,000. , - Six killed In liuek Island wreck at Lin1 , K * n --.-Rlot at Dayton, la.; one I “ I’’’J- ,r<x, Ps summoned. . 3-41,300,000 tire at Toledo; $27-0,000 at De- ' of°s“(l6<>o raDk “ n tJro ' e ' ll *” ® a, ik robbed 5—51,200,000 fire at World’s Fair grounds. ....Gov. McKinley inaugurated at Colum- ■ bus, Ohio. I 9—Two Senates claim existence in New i Jersey. .John L. Sullivan's wife slugs him I with an Indian club. i 11—Jackson inaugurated Governor at Des Moines, 1a... .Sherman Wagoner, wife murderer. lynched n<*r Mitchell, Ind. klllei by collapsed bridge nt Brooklyn... .Six drowned in Baltimore harbor. 13— Three men lynched nt Russell, Kan., for murder. .. .Schaefer beats Ives at billiards by one point. 14— Six sailors from Dutch steamer Amsterdam perish in vain attempt to rescue crew of wrecked fishing schooner Maggie E. Wells. In the Atlantic Ocean. Ain® killed on tile Lackawanna near Hoboken, rear end collision. .. .Ghar nominated for Senator in lowa. ... Hornblower's nomination for Supreme bench rejected bv the Senate. 17—John Buchner, colored, lynched at Valley Park, Mo., for assault. 15— K. C.. St. J. & ('. B. train held up at Roys Branch. Mo.; big booty secured Secretary Carlisle calls for bids at 177.22 for $50,000,000 5 per cent, bonde. 19—Ernest Loeore hanged at Joliet. 11l • Baumberger banged at Cando, N. D. 23 Severe cold and storms in northwest .. .Banker Koettlng convicted, at Milwaukee.... Boone County, la., insane asylum burns, eight perish. 24 Severest cold of the season general. 25 Corbett defeats Mitchell in the prize ring at Jacksonville. Fla., in three rounds. 26 George 11. Painter hanged at Chicago for murder of Alice Martin; rope broke double hanging necessary... .Public reconciliation of Kaiser and Bismarck; Germans wild with joy. 27 Han Francisco Mid-winter Fair opened 29 Roslna Yokes, actress, dies in England. 30— Admiral Benham cows the rebels at Rio. 31— Rioting Pittsburg miners forced to eat dogs. FEBRUARY. 3 Geo. W. Childs dies at Philadelphia. ... Big fire nt Omaha. 4 -Valliant, the Anarchist, is guillotined at Paris. 5 Attempted lynching at Lebanon. Ind. 7 Senate repeals Federal elections law. 8— Wreck of old corvette Kearsarge on Roncador reef; crew rescued. 9 Blizzard over whole northwest. ll Terrible blizzard in southwest; nianv die In Oklahoma. J 12— Chicago literally snow-bound by fiercest storm ...er known; wind reaches 84 miles per hour; storm wide spread. ... Lincoln’s birthday. .. .Another bomb thrown in a Paris case 13— Von Bulow, the pianist, dies at Cairo 14— Death of Mrs. Myra Bradwell at Chicago. 16— Murderer Stone, slayer of Wrattan family at Washington. Ind., hanged at Jeffersonville. ... Bandits wreck and rob a Southern Pacific train at Roscoe, Cal.; two men killed, and large booty secured from the wells-Fnrgo Express C 0.... Senate rejects Peekham’s nomination to Supreme bench . .. .Explosion on German warship Brandenburg at Klei; kills 39. 1 ID—Senator White, of Louisiana, appointed nnd confirmed Associate Justice. .. .Norton Bros', can factory. Chicago, burns; loss $250,000 ... .Death of Jos. Keppler, Puck caricaturist. . . .Boss MeKane sentenced to six years in Sing Sing... .Gov. Rich, of Michigan. removes salary grabbers... .Bandits Evans and Worrel captured in California 22 Washington’s birthday... .Guatemala suspends payment. 23 Four Michigan State officials Indicted by grand jury for fraudulent salary grabbing. . ‘ 25 Steel Mackaye, dramatist, dies on a Santa Fe train... .Terrific snow storm in the South. 26 Interstate commerce law decided void .... Fierce storms in the East. 27 Double lynching at Mountain Home Ark....80y lynched for murder of a sheriff upon his mother's orders at Sherman AJa 28— News of drowning of 18 Cape Ann' Mass., fishermen, Jan. 12.... Murder and burglary in Exeter Township. Monroe County, Mich. .. .Miners’ riot at Eagle, W. Va • troops summoned MARCH. 1— Bland’s bill to coin the seigniorage passed. 2 Gladstone recommends Roseberrv for Premier. .. .General Jubal A. Early" dies at Lynchburg. 3 Gladstone formally retires from the British Premiership. 4 Death of Ed Williamson, the famous base-ball player. 6 Sugar fluctuates 18 points on New York Exchange; Senators charged with speculation in the stocks. 7 Serious illness of Gladstone announced 8— Daniel Coughlin acquitted at Chicago of Dr. Cronin's murder. 12— DaGama. Brazilian rebel commander, a refugee on a Portuguese vessel. 13— Brazilian Insurgents surrender . House of Commons votes to abolish Lords 15— Denver in possession of troops because of quarrel between Gov. Waite and police board. 16— Mulct nnd local option bills defeated in lowa. .. .Exceeding mild weather. 26 Death of Louis Kossuth, Hungarian patriot. 23 -Judge Chetlaln, of Chicago, stays execution of Prendergast pending trial "for insanity; his act excites widest criticism and consternation. .. .“Buff” Higgins hanged at Chicago, 24 Temperature in Central Northern States drops to near zero. 25 Extreme cold kills fruit in Northern States; mercury marked zero... .Coxey’s “army" marches from Massillon, 0., toward Washington. 70 strong. .. .Death of Senator Colquitt, of Georgia. 27 Death of Major Nevans, famous bandmaster. at Chicago... .Furious snow storm in Northwest. 29 Gov. Northen appoints Speaker Crisp to succeed Senator Colquitt of Georgia.... Cleveland vetoes Bland selgniorago coinage bill. 30— Four killed, many hurt, in liquor laxv not at Darlington. S. C. .. .Speaker Crlsri declines a Senatorship. .. .Peoria, 111., water tower bursts; oue killed, many hurt.... Big fires at Barry. 111., and Traer, la. 31— Four killed, many hurt, by natural gas explosion at Alexandria. Ind. .. .Borden, lud., sxvept by fire. „ „ APRIL. 2—Connellsville, Pa., coke workero strike and riot. i B—Catholic and A. P. A. riot at Kansas

City election; four kilted. 4—Prendergast sets another «tay of execution to July 2 .9 killed In riot. In <x>ke re 8 1o °-•• bill defeated. r>„. u Ven S. ,Ue<l flreworks explosion at Petersburg, U. . four killed by boiler explosion near Bourbon, Ind 9—Nine firemen killed at Davidson Theater Are, Milwaukee. .. .Six sailors lost off Massachusetts coast.... Seven men killed on logging train at New Era, Mich. 11— Thirty Inches snow at Buffalo' fearful blizzard throughout the east; many Ilves lost and vessels wrecked on the coast. 12— 11,000,000 Are In Buffalo; 13 perish. 18—David Dudley Field dies at New York. 14— Gen. H. W. Slocum dies at Brooklyn ••' £. en “'. or Vance, of North Carolina, dies at Washington.... Miss Pollard wins her suit against Congressman Breckinridge of Kentucky. ~l7—H eurv S. Ives. “Napoleon of Finance,” dies at Asheville, N. C. 20—Riots at Omaha over Kelley’s army. „21—coal miners’ strike Inaugurated.... Earthquakes in Greece kill 160. ,23— live negroes lynched for murder In Mississippi.... Death of Jesse Seligman, New York banker. 25 Contingents of Coxey’s “Commonweal Army” are marching all over the country. especially in the West; trains captured and cities closely guarded... .Federal troops recapture a train from Hogan’s army In Montana; one man killed... .Great loss of life on Ireland's coast: 26 Striking miners march on Toluca, 111. 27 Celebration at Chicago aud Galena of Grant’s birthday. 28— St. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, burns; four lives 105 t... .Missouri Valley, la., marshal killed by burglars. 29 Coxey’s army reaches Washington; no demonstration. 30— Death of Senator Stockbridge, of Michigan; at Chicago, and Editor Frank Hatton at Washington... .Murderer of Missouri Valley's marshal lynched near Council Bluffs. MAY. I— Riot at Cleveland. 0....C0xey and Browne arrested while attempting to sneak from the capitol steps at Washington. .Great Northern strike ends In favor of employes. 4—Fatal riots on Mesaba Range and In Pennsylvania coke regions. 8— Coxey, Browne aud Jones are found guilty at Washlugton of disorderly conduct. ...Coal strike raises price of soft coal 100 per cent. 9 Cloudburst at Stillwater, Minn... Health officials declare Chicago sweatshops full of small-pox. * 11—Meeks family four people, murdered at Milan, Mo. 13— Talmage’s Tabernacle at Brooklyn burns for the third time: loss 52.000.000.... Thirty people burned badly at Bradford, Pa., by exploding tank car. 15— Half million loss, 180 dwellings burned and 3,000 people homeless by fire in Boston . ...G. A. R. encampment at Rockford. 111. ....Tremendous storms and cloudbursts in Northwest. I^l6— Hottest day in May, in Chicago, since 17— Five killed by cyclone at Kunkle. O. ... .Temperature drops from 85 to 35 degrees within five hours at Chicago. 18— Snow in Chicago... .Schooner Cummings and crew of nine lost at Milwaukee; nine schooners and eleven lives lost at Chicago; schooner Shupe aud six lives lost at Port Huron... .Storm most furious known In years... .Heavy snow In Northern Michigan. 19— Seven killed In a tunnel collision near Princeton. Ky.... Frost damages crops In several States. 29—Great floods on Susquehanna River.... Half million fire loss nt Philadelphia. .. .Six inches of snow at Carlisle, Ky. 24 Riots and bloodshed at Pennsylvania and Illinois coal mines. 25 Militia sent to several Illinois mining points. 39—Six killed in a wreck at Manville, Wls. ....General observance of Decoration Day exercises. 31— Tremendous floods In Pueblo. Col., and Canadian Northwest. JUNE. 3 fire at Ottumwa. la. 4 Four rioting miners killed by Indiana troops: troubles continue In Indiana, lowa and Illinois. .. .Pullman strikers sorely in need of aid. .. .One million dollar failure in St. Joseph. Mo. 5 Anarchy and riot at McKeesport, Pa. G—Fatal riots and arson near Peoria, 111. ....Rosebery’s colt Ladas wins the English Derby and £5.909. 7 Twenty Coxeyltes drowned near Brighton, Col. .. .Death of Prof. Whitney of Yale. ....Activity of troops of Illinois, Colorado and Ohio. .. .Battle at Cripple Creek, Col 8— Apparently authentic report of the death of Outlaw Bill Dalton. 9 Illinois troops called to Pana. .. .$475,009 fire loss at Dubuque, la. 10— Four strikers shot by deputies at Lemont, Pa. ll Columbus conference ends the coal strike. .. .News of death of Muley Hassan, Sultan of Morocco, aud succession of his son. 14— Death of Lord Chief Justice Coleridge at London. 15— miners killed In Austrian Silesia . ...Erastus Wlman found guilty of forgery at New York and recommended to the mercy of the court. 16— Death of William Walter Phelps, diplomat, at Englewood, N. J. 18— Troops quell riots at Mount Olive, Ill.; 100 arrests made. .. .Hottest June dav ever known in New York; many people prostrated and nine suicides because of the heat; mercury 91 degrees. 19— Great damage by wind at Chadron Neb. .. .Destructive floods in Penn Valley’ Pa.. Prussia and Austria... .Fortv-five excursionists drowned In Samara. .' .Erastus Wlman sentenced to 5% years Imprisonment 20— Gold reserve touches $64,703,047, lowest point In its history. .. .Severe windstorms in Northwest. 23 Rey el Santa Anita wins American Derby at Chicago. 24 President Carnot, of France, assassinated by an Italian. .. .Thirty-one men drown on a capsized tug off New York harbor. 25 — excitement and anger at Italians in France; cases and shops looted. 26 A. It. U. boycott on Pullman cars ties up Illinois Central. 27 Minnesota and South Dakota stormswept. .. .Railroad strike spreads rapidly.

JULY. 1— Funeral of Carnot at Paris... .Troops called to quell strikers In Illinois aud Colorado. 2 Tremendous activity shown by strikersno bloodshed yet. 3 Tariff bill passes the Senate. .. .Every road in Chicago helpless from the strike.... Prendergast, assassin, declared sane.... Bloody riot at Ironwood, Mich. 4 $1,000,000 fire loss at Hudson, Hass. 5 Seven buildings at World's Fair grounds burn. Riots In railroad yards at Chicago ....Mayor Hopkins Issues a proclamation ....Gov. Altgeld protests against Federal troops in Illinois. .. .Yacht Valkyele sunk In collision in a race. 6 Three rioters and two deputy sheriffs killed at Chicago; over 1,000 frejuht cars burned; five regiments of State temps reenforce the regulars... .Strikers completely rule the Pacific coast. 7 Bloody riots at Chicago... .Miners’ mobs loot stores at Spring Valley and Lad.f, HI. 8— Riots continue at Cbjeago; threw killed, 25 hurt by troops and deputies. o—Two women aud one man killed by wild firing of militia at Grape t.reek, 111. .. .Strike extends to Toledo. 10— Debs indicted for conspiracy. 11— Thousands join the sympathetic strike ....Four soldiers killed in a wreck in California. 12— Reports of over a hundred killed in earthquake in Turkey. ... President Cleveland decides to appoint arbitrators for strikes. 13— Big strike declared off; A. R. U. defeated... .Prendergast hanged at Chicago ... .Murderous riots at Sacramento, Cal. 16— Four soldiers killed, tnjny people hurt, by exploding caisson at Chicago. ... Race war in Alabama results in killing 7 negroes. 17— Eight miners killed by dynamite at Stockton, Pa. .. .Debs aud his associates sent to jail for contempt. IV—Fires; $500,000 at Minneapolis; $250,000 at El Paso, 111... .Tariff conference committees disagree. 23 Three killed on the Big Four and 7 on the Texas Pacific l>y wrecks. 25 Car barns at Washington burn; $500,000 loss, three firemen killed. 26 War declared between Chinn and Japan.... Day of tremendous heat all over the West: immense damage to crops. 27 — M.any towns in Northern Wisconsin destroyed by forest fires... .Continuance of tremendous heat in Northwest. 28— Phillips, Wis., burned; $1,350,000 loss, 13 people perish. .. .$500,000 fire at Belle Plaine, and $160,000 at Brooklyn, 1a.... Drouth lu Illinois and lowa broken. 30—Half million fire loss in Minneapolis. Jl—Japanese sink China’s finest warship, capture two cruisers, and kills 2,000 men. ... Continuation of fearful heat and drouth in lu Northwest. AUGUST. 1— $2,500,000 fire lu Chicago lumber district; three lives 105 t... .Death of Judge Holt, famous jurist and Buchanan’s Secretary of War, at Washington. 2 Two fires in Chicago do $357,000 damage. 3 Japs defeat Chinese with 2,000 slaughtered. .. .Carnot's assassin sentenced to death at Paris. s—Ex-Gov. Blair,of Michigan,dies. .. .Railroad strike declared off in Chicago. 7—Panic on Chicago Board of Trade caused by drought; corn reaches 60 cents, overselling wheat. .. .Centennial of Wayne’s victory celebrated at Defiance, O. I)—Fourteen lives lost in wreck on Rock Island near Lincoln, Neb... .Vaccination riot at Milwaukee... .Corn crop outlook growing darker. 13—House adopts Senate’s tariff schedule ....Corn still shows remarkable firmness in market; crop prospects growing worse. 15 —Santo executed at Lyons, France. 18— Newsof battlefrom the Orient; Chinese defeated, 2,O<X) slain... .Crop prospects improved by rain. 21—5400,000 fire in Cincinnati.... Sixty-six houses burned in Beeville, Tex.... Bight men drowned in a yncht race at St. Johns, N. 8....G0v. Altgeld asks public aid for starving Pullmanltes. 24 Thirty-seven miners killed near Franklin, Wash.; two at Ashland, Pa.; four at Creede, Colo.

25 Chase and capture of Gordon and Lake, Chicago train robbers and murderers.. .1.000 people jierish In cyclone on east shore of Sea of Azov. 26 John Newell, president L. R. 4 M. 8. Ry., dies at Youngstown, 0... .Lake navigation greatly hindered by smoke from Michigan forest fires, 27 New tariff becomes a law without President Cleveland’s signature.... Many lake vessels stranded because of smoke from Michigan forest fires. 28— Congress adjourns; universal rejoicing ....Enormous customs receipts throughout the country, because of lower tariffs. 31—A thousand Chinamen perish In a Are at Hong Kong. ...Many people killed at Uvalde, Texas, by cloudburst and earthquake. SEPTEMBER. I— Over 709 people perish, six towns destroyed. In Northern Minnesota, by forest fires; property loss several millions... .Six negroes lynched In Tennessee for barnburning. 3 Rains check forest fires... .Tremendous rain fall In Chicago... .Labor day generally observed. 4 Fires renewed in northern pine woods ....St. Paul raises SIO,OOO, Duluth $9,500 and other cities various smaller amounts for forest fire sufferers; Actor Irving, of England, cables SSOO for same purpose. 6 Robert J. paces a mile at Indianapolis In three heats average 2:03 2-3; both rec-ord-breakers. 10—Maine gives 37,000 Republican major!- ; ty. ll G. A. R. encampment at Pittsburg. 15—Owens defeats Breckinridge In Ash- I land, Ky., district. 17— News of Japan’s success in decisive I battle at Ping Yang, Corea... .Destructive cyclone in Oklahoma. 18— Abortive attempt to rob Santa Fe train i at Gorin, Mo.; one robber fatally hurt, one I captured. ...New York Republicans noml- ! nate Morton... .Chinese aud Japs sink three I ships each. 19— Alix trots in 2:03% at Galesburg. 21—Over 80 Ilves lost in a cyclone In lowa ■ and Minnesota. ~ .Madame Fursch-Mahdl, | renowned singer, dies at Warrenville, N. J. 23--51,500,000 fire lu Portland, O'C. 26—Steamer Ohio and schooner Ironton I collide off Presque Isle, Mich., aud sink: five I lives 105 t.... Five sailors drown by sinking of schooner Wm. Home off Manistique.... ; New York Democrats nominate David B. ‘ Hill.

OCTOBER. 2 Little Rock wrecked by a cyclone.... Special meeting of British Cabinet called. 3 Death of Prof. David Swing of Chicago ~. .Flurry of snow in Chicago. 5 Six men killed in a fire at Detroit. 7—Death of Oliver Wendell Holmes, of Massachusetts, and Ex-Gov. A. G. Curtin, of Pennsylvania. 10—Terrific storm on the Atlantic eoast; over 250 lives 105 t.... Nine killed by falling building In New York. 12—Train robbers in California and Virginia get $100,900. 17—Two killed, ten wounded by militia repelling attempt at lynching at Washington Courthouse, Onio. 20—Death of Historian James Anthony Fronde at London. 24—Four Nebraska counties swept by fire; many lives lost and thousands of cattle nerish. AD CHRON 27 Sixteen perish lu a boarding-house Are at Seattle, Wash. 28— $500,000 loss In freight-house Are at East St. Louis. .. .Three killed by dvnamlte in a boarding-house at Laurel Run,'Pa.... 'three killed at Lima, 0., and three at Corydon, Pa., In wrecks. .. .Steamer Wairapa and 112 lives lost off New Zealand. 30—Seven perish by fire at New York. NOVEMBER. 1— Czar of Russia dies. 2 Earthquake destroys New Hebrides towns. 6 Something dropped in political circles. I 7 Six killed in a B. & O. wreck. 8— Death of Mike Kelly, famous ball player. 10—Tremendous storms on lakes and In 1 Eastern States. , 11—Death of Rufus Ramsey, Treasurer of > Ilinols. 12— $500,000 fire at New Orleans.... ' Lynching of the son of Bob Younger, the outlaw, and another alleged murderer, at : Floyd. La. 13— Issue of $50,000,000 U. S. bonds order- I ed.... Gen. Cassius M. Clay, aged 84, mar- 1 ries bis ward. Dora Richardson, aged 15, at i Lexington, Ky.... Death of Charles E. i Strong, general manager Chicago Newspaper Union. 14— Nows of slaughter of 10,000 Armenians by Turks. 16— Death of Dr. Jas. McCosh, ex-President j of Princeton College. ... Robt. C. Winthrop: dies In Boston. 17— Ives defeats Schaefer at billiards.... | Turks slaughter 2,000 more Armenians in | their religious war... .Earthquake in Italy kills scores. 20—Seven killed by explosion In a West Virginia mine... .Death of Rubenstein, the composer, at London. .. .$1,000,000 bank failure at Portland, Ore. 22—China makes overtures of peace to Japan; Port Arthur falls. .. .Gen. Booth.of Salvation Army, received by 4,000 people at Chicago. .. .New York banks take all of the $50,000,000 bond Issue. 24—Discovery of robbery of Shoe and Leather Bank, New York; amount, $350,000 ....Yale wins at football from Harvard, Ann Arbor from Cornell. 27 Czar Nicholas and Princess Alix mar rled at St. Petersburg. .. .Syndicate pays 117.077 for entire issue of bonds. , 28— tire at Toledo, 0... .$190,000 loss by burning of coal shaft nt Spring Vai- , ley. 111... .Tremendous sensation in China, I caused by petition to Impeach LI Hung ' Chang. 29 Ann Arbor wins at football from Chi- I cago University.

DECEMBER. 3 Congress re-assenibles. .. .Kolb has himself sworn In as Governor of Alabama; no disturbance. 4 $275,000 Are in New York, $175,000 in Omaha. 6 Bandits secure SIOO,OOO in a Texas Pacldc hold-up. 7 Horrible murder of Alfred D. Batnes in Chicago... .Death of De Lesseps at Paris ....Elopement of Rev. Hauey and Mrs. Brandt, of Chicago. 8— Death of Robt. Louis Stevenson In Samoa. 10—Capture In Chicago of Seeley, the New York bank embezzler... .Two killed, 20 hurt in a Chicago street railway tunnel wreck... .Henry Spragg, a farmer near Hamilton, Mo., kills his wife, three children and himself while Insane. 12— Death of Sir John Thompson, Canadian Prime Minister... .Death of John Worthy, Chicago capitalist. 13— Civil war in Peru... .Meadowcroft Bros., Chicago bankers, convicted of embezzlement, sentenced to one year In prison. 14— E. V. Debs, A. R. U. strike leader, convicted of contempt of court at Chicago; six months’ imprisonment.... Van Leuven, pension swindler, convicted at Dubuque... .Alleged lynchers acquitted at Memphis. 16—Council Bluffs bank clerk wounds two detectives and kills himself. 18—Bell Telephone Co. defeated by Government... .Five killed in boiler explosion at Bay City, Mich. 29—Jones County. la., calf case settled after 16 years of litigation. 21—Capt. Scmittberger, of the New York police makes full confession before Lexow committee, implicating many high In authority. .

Oldest Scythe in the World.

Quietly reposing on one of the many well-filled shelves in Flinders Petrie’s private museum in London is an ancient agricultural implement which throws much light on the art of husbandry as practiced by the prehistoric Egyptians. This antique farming tool is a wooden scythe blade, which was found securely imbedded in the mortar of one of the oldest tombs of the valley of the lower Nile. The shaft of the instrument, as already stated, is of wood of some unknown species, the edge being carefully set with a row of flints so as to present their jagged edges in a manner not unlike that exhibited by the teeth of a saw. These flints are of uniform size, the base of each being fastened so as to fit the curve of the wooden blade. The teeth are not set into a groove along the edge of the blade; as one would naturally suppose, but each are firmly cemented in place, the material being of such excellent composition and the workmanship of such superior quality that after a lapse of time closely approximating 6,000 years they appear as sound and perfect as when first taken afield by their original owner. To manage a furnace fire: The fire should be shaken down and raked perfectly clear every morning. A few shovelfuls of coal should be put on and all the draughts opened. The ashes should then be taken up. As soon as the coal begins to burn well and the fire looks clear at the bottom put in coal enough to come almost to the top of the Milwaukee is a variation of Minnewaukee, meaning “rich and beautiful country.” One of the easiest ways to take a cold is to drop asleep without an extra wrap - over the shoulders.

NEW CURRENCY BILL.

SUBSTITUTE FOR CARLISLE’S PLAN INTRODUCED. So Many Objections to the Old One that Mr. Springer and Secretary Carlisle Decide to Submit a New Mcasare—News Notes. Some Important Changes. After conferences between the Democratic members of the House Committee on Banking and Currency and with the approval of the Secretary of the Treasury Mr. Springer introduced a substitute for the Carlisle currency bill. It is substantially a new measure, although some of the sections of the original measure are retained in the new bill. Two very important features make their appearance for the first time in the substitute. The main one will have the effect of allowing the national banking system to run along, without an arbitrary provision that banks must organize under the new system. The original Carlisle bill contemplated that all national banks must reorganize under the new plan. This would have required them to surrender the government bonds which now constitute the basis of their circulation. But the substitute does away with this imperative change. If national banks wish to continue to hold their United States bonds and issue circulation thereon they may do so. It is felt that they will soon discover the advantages of the new system, and will, therefore, adopt it voluntarily. The other important feature of the substitute is that it does away with the unknown liability of banks to guarantee the notes of nil other banks. This feature of the original bill has been much criticised. It contemplated that if a national bank failed its notes would be paid out of its assets and the general “safety fund” made up by all the banks. But if the assets and safety fund were insufficient to pay the notes of the failed bank, then the comptroller of the currency was to make a pro rata assessment on all the banks of the country. The banks said this prospective assessment shouldered them with an unknown risk. In. effect it made them supply insurance on all the notes of banks in which they had no concern. In view of these criticisms the substitute will do nway with the assessment plan. The “safety fund” will bo the limit of the. joint liability of all the banks for the failure of individual banks. They will, however, be compelled to keep up this safety fund by more rigid provisions than appeared in the original bill. The new bill is arranged so as to show the new features in parentheses. The first section is as folows: “(a). That (so much of) all acts and

parts of acts as required or authorized the deposit of United States bonds to secure circulating notes issued by national banking associations (or as required such associations to deposit or keep on deposit United States bonds for any purpose except as security for public money) be, and the same hereby are repealed (as to associations taking out circulation under this act); and such notes shall not contain the statement that they are so secured.” Section 2 is changed so that banks can not only deposit legal tenders to secure circulation, but also “currency certificates issued under section 5193 of the revised statues of the United States.” Section 3 is retained entire, except that •ts provisions are restricted to apply to national banking associations “taking out circulation under this act.” Section 4 inserts “the comptroller of the currency” as the officer to designate the place where notes are to be redeemed. In Relation to the Safety Fund. I In section 5 provision is made for keeping up the safety fund, and in addition to the terms of the original bill it is provided that “the collection of said tax of onefourth of 1 per cent, for each half-year shall be resumed and continued until tho said fund is restored to an amount equal to 5 per cent, upon the total circulation oul standing. All circulation notes of failed national banks not redeemed on presentation to the treasurer of the United States or an assistant treasurer of the United States shall bear interest at the rate of <» per cent, per annum from the date of the suspension of the bank until thirty days aften public notice has been given that funds are on hand for their redemption, and sueh notes shall constitute a first lien upon all moneys thereafter received into the safety fund.” Section 6, allowing the Secrete*/ of the Treasury to invest money in the safety fund in bonds, is the same as the original bill. Section 7 is entirely new and takes the place of a section which has been eliminated. The new section is as follows; “Section 7. That every national banking association heretofore organized and having bonds on deposit to secure circulation may withdraw such bonds upon the deposit of lawful money of the United States, now provided by law, aud 1 hereafter such association may take out circus lotion tinder this net and be entitled to all the rights and privileges aud immunities herein conferred.” Section S specifies that the portion of the national banking act to be repealed is limited to so much of section 12 “as directs the Secretary of the Treasury to receive deposits of gold and to issue certificates thereon.” Section 9 is substantially the same as in the original bill. Section 10, providing for State banks, is also the same as in the original bill, except that in the restrictions on State banks a new provision is made that the guaranty fund maintained by them may include “currency certificates issued under section 5,193 of the revised statutes.” “Section 11. (That any banking association organized under the laws of 'any State may deposit with the Treasurer of the U nited States lega 1 tender noses, and receive certificates therefor in tho manner provided in section 5,193 of the revised statutes of the United States and) the Secretary of the Treasury may, under proper rules and regulations to be established by him, permit such banks to procure nnd use in the preparation of their notes the distinctive paper used in printing United States securities; but no State bank shall print or engrave its notes in similitude of a United States note or certificate, or national note.”

NEW BASE-BALL STAR.

Successor to the Famous Captain of the New York Team. The successor of J»hn M. Ward, the retired captain and manager of the New York Base-Ball Club, is George S. Davis.

He has been a member of the New York team since 1893, and has been playing only about six years. He is 23 years of age and a New Englander by birth. He is an unassuming and popular player, weighs about 160 pounds and is 5 feet 8 inches in height. He was signed by the Cleveland Club in 1890

GEORGE S. DA VIS.

amt remained with that organization until he was engaged by the New Yorks. He is a fine athlete and plays base-ball with pleasing enthusiasm.