Democratic Sentinel, Volume 19, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1895 — Page 2

S^tgtwocroHtStntiwel JIT. W. Mc-t;W JSPT, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - - INDIANA

FIVE WERE DROWNED

BRITISH SCHOONER EAGLE SUNK IN COLLISON. Train Robbers Make a Big Haul in Ohio Two Notable Conviction* Spain Alarmed at Growth of Caban Insurrection. In Watery Graves. The Norwegian steamer Terrier arrived in New York from Demerara. Capt. Berg reports that at 8:30 p. m. on July 12 a schooner was sighted close on Ihe starboard bow. Capt. Berg watched the schooner’s movements closely and at the same time hauled his steamer’s wheel to port, expecting that the schooner would keep on her course. The schooner did so for a time and then suddenly changed her course, running directly across the Terrier's bow. Before the steamer could be stopped or her headway checked she struck the schooner in the port side, sinking her almost instantly. She proved to be the British schooner Engle, of and from Barbadoes, for Demerara. with passengers and crew numbering twenty-nine. Twenty-four persons were saved, twn women and one child being drowned. FIGHTING WITH FIRE. Cuban Villages Burnel by the Insurgent Forces. The situation in Cuba is causing a sensation in Madrid. The newspapers are blaming Capt. Gen. Martinez de Campus for advocating the sending of Gen. Weyler and Gen. Polaviejn, famous for their severity during former Cuban insurrections, to assist in the work of suppressing the present rebellion. A dispatch from Havana says that Cant. Gen. Martinez de Campos, after his recent engagement with the insurgents, entered the town of Bayaiuo on foot. According to the same advices the insurgents intend to occupy Bayamo, which, is sixty miles northwest of Santiago, near the Canto River, and has a population of about 7,000 persons. The insurgent chief Coulet has been killed in battle. On July 13 the insurgents under the commaud of Mendieta burned the village of Guamo and the farm of Guimatio, in the district of Manzanillo. The insurgents have also burned the village of Habanero, in the Province of Puerto Principe. RC-en-forcements of 3,000 troops having arrived at Manzanillo, this body of men. with batteries of artillery from the city of Santiago de Cuba and 2.000 more troops, left immediately- for Bayamo. There is no denying the fact that the situation is very grave. The insurgents have received re-enforcements from different parts of the Province of Santiago de Cuba, and it is reported that Maximo Gomez has arrived at the front and taken command of the insurgent forces as general-in-chief.

TALK OF SHORT SESSION. , Hi r Public Men Discussing Plans for the Next Congress. Public men in Washington are beginning to discuss the probability as to the length of the next session of Congress. Opinion is generally favorable to a short session and is based largely on the belief that both parties will be desirous of getting away for the campaign at ns early a date as possible. It is now believed by some that Mr. Reed, feeling practically certain that he will be elected to the Speakership, has already virtually completed the House committee list and that at any rate he will be able to annouijce his appointments Very soon after the convening of the two houses on the 2d ot December. Should the House committees be announced soon after the beginning of the session and that body gets its work well under way before the Christmas holidays, it would be a decided innovation. Few Congresses in recent years have begun the session without this plan as a part of their program and few have succeeded in putting it into execution. ANXIOUS TO VOTE. Interesting Complication May Arise • in Utah in November. The Utah Constitution provides for female suffrage, and the Democratic leaders have taken the position that under this provision the women should be allowed to vote at the election in November, especially in view of the fact that officials are to be elected. The Republicans, on the other hand, edhtend that Utah is still a Territory, and that' this election must be held in accordance with the forms provided by Congress which do not permit of the exercise of the elective franchise by women. A general effort on the part of the women to vote might, in view of the conflicting Haims, produce important complications > . the future.

Penitentiary Yawns. George A. Holzer will serve, four years and Frederick Storms two years in the penitentiary for aiding and abetting a conspiracy to deprive voters of their rights at the polls. This is the outcome of the West Pullman, 111., election fraud case, and the verdict is a complete victory for the Civic Federation, which, prosecuted tie case. Treaty Concluded. A treaty has been concluded between Greece and Russia by., which a fixed import duty has been determined upon for Russian cereals, and by which Russia is givqn the monopoly of the kerosene trade in Greece. It is expected that this will have the effect of driving American petroleum from the Greek market. May Soot) Be Settled. It is believed that the celebrated Mora claim of $1,500,000 will be settled and the incident closed in a few weeks. Britain Claims Trinidad. A correspondent in Rio Janeiro telegraphs that advices to the English Legation there declare that England claims the Island of Trinidad as her own. Brazil's Cabinet protests and a message to that effect was at once sent to Brazil’* Minister in London. Escaped in a Box. It has been learned that Frank L. Hart, a notorious bunko-steerer. who broke jail last March at Seattle, Wash., made his escape by being sent in a box to Pasco, on the Northern Pacific. ArtistJtpthermel Is Dying. P. F. RothemieT, the famous artist, Is dying at his home at Linfield, just outside Philadelphia. ‘, He is over 80 years old and is suffering with cancer. RbthermeJ’s most celebrated painting is "Gettysburg,” for which the State of Pennsylvania paid him s2s,ooo;’Tt was exhibited at the gentennial in jgfS. ■Vredded to a German Count. News has been received at Hamilton, Ofcto, of the marriage at Dresden, Germsy, of Miss Grace Campbell, daughter mt the late Lewis D. Campbell, of HamilUm,*to Count Benno von Rittberg. The Wf Mag took place June 20.

SETTLEHB ARE IN DANO9&. Indiana Threaten ta.Mske an Attack on Jackson’* Hole* There is much uneasiness felt In Ladder, Wyo., over the condition of affairs in Jackson’s Hole. The Indians, it is »aid, have'’ sent across the range to .the head of Green River for re-enforcements. There is a considerable body holding a sun dance at that point. It is understood they have threatened to destroy the property of the settlers and to teach them a lesson for daring to interfere' with their hunting. Indian runners have come from the vicinity of the late conflict between the settlers and the Indians south of the Yellowstone Park and report the situation as critical. The Indians are concentrating their forces in the neighborhood and it is feared that trouble is brewing. The Green River settlers are in a state of considerable excitement, ns the ranches in that vicinity are isolated and far apart. The Indians would have no trouble if they chose to exterminate the ranchers. The mountains in that vicinity are full of Indian hunting parties, and watch-fires have been seen burning at intervals along the range. Scouts have been sent out. THE BALL PLAYERS. Standing of the Clnbs in Their Race for the Pennant. The following is the standing of the clubs in the National League: Per P. W. „ L. cent. Cleveland 79 47 32 .595 Baltimore 69 41 28 .594 Pittsburg 74 43 31 .581 Boston 68 39 29 .574 Cincinnati 74 42 32 .568 Philadelphia 70 38 32 .543 Brooklyn 72 39 33 .542 Chicago 80 43 37 .538 New York 71 37 34 .521 Washington 64 24 40 .375 St Louis 76 28 48 .368 Louisville 71 14 57 .197 WESTERN* LEAGUE. The following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: Per r. W. L. cent. Indianapolis . ... .69 43 26 .623 Kansas City 70 40 30 .571 Milwaukee 74 41 33 .551 Detroit 71 38 33 .535 St. Paul 70 37 33 .520 Grand Rapids. ...73 36 37 .493 Minneapolis 69 31 38 .449 Terre Haute.... .70 27 43 .386

FRUIT CONDITION LOWER. Unfavorable Returns Reduce the Prospects of a Good Yield. The fruit crop report of the Agricul-, tural Department for July shows a material decline in condition. The report is summarized as follows; . ,Th*-, condition of apples has been materially lowered since the report for June. Looses have been especially marked in important States having already low Auditions, viz., the New England States” Ne*(V York, Pennsylvania, Michigan, Wisconsin Snd Minnesota. In the Piedmont region the outlook is decidedly more favorable. In Missouri and contiguous States the decline has been light. On the Pacific coast conditions fell about 11 per cent., but the prospects there are still good. The peach crop returns are also unfavorable. Georgia and Connecticut alone of the leading commercial States have now a high percentage, the former having moved up to 106, a gain of 1 point, tile latter declining to 90 from 94. NO CAMPAIGN THIS YEAR. Democratic Committee Will Not Send Orutors Into the Northwest. Senator Faulkner, chairman of the National. Congressional Committee,' denies that any party of Democratic nratorß is to be sent to the Northwest under the asupices of the committee 'dttfing tte pregeut summer and approaching fall for the purpose of discussing the currency question in a series of meetings. “I have written Mr. Hazzard, who was to have initiated the movement for the tour,” said the Senntor, “telling him that the Congressional Committee could have nothing to do with the scheme. There is no campaign on this year and the committee does not feel called on at this time to send orators through t’.i; country to discuss any question” PORT ARTHUR WAS BETRAYED. Chinese Commander Was a Japanese, Who Committed Suicide. The ease with which the Japanese captured Port Arthur during the second war with China is explained to some extent by an article in the Japan Gazette. According to the Gazette the commander of the Chinese forts was a native of Japan, who had acquired favor in Chinese councils through a long residence in the flowery kingdom, and intentionally , aused the shots from the guns to be misdirected s 6 they would fall short of the Japanese warships, having betrayed his adopted land for the land of his birth. The disgraced commander appeared before the victorious. Japanese generals, acknowledged his treason and committed suicide in their presence.

Did He Murder Them? Prompted by the finding of the children's bodies in Toronto, the police of Chicago began a systematic search Friday of the building in Englewood built by H. H. Holmes, the insurance swindler, and once occupied by him. Neither digging in the cellar nor tearing down of walls will disclose the bodies of the Williams sisters if the suspicions of C. E. Davis, who afterward occupied a room in the building, shall prove true. Mr. Davis says that the emptying of a stove which had been Holmes’ property showed that a body or bodies had probably been burned in it. Remnants of what looked like human bones rattled out on the floor, together with a gold watch chain, which he identified as having been worn by Minnie Williams, hooks, and eyes and other incidents of a woman’s apparel. The stove was amply large enough to have contained a body. Holmes had been a doctor, and was a chemist of some ability. To dispose of the bodies was no difficult matter for him. The motive for the murder of the sisters was to secure control of property in Fort Worth. Texas, which had been left to Minnie Williams by hpr father. Holmes beard of the property and the girls while he was in Englewo^oij. Preferred Suicide to Beimfßecaptured H. D. Smith, a condemned" murderer confined in the county jail at Spokane, Wash., made an ineffectual attempt to escape, and, being overtaken, committed suicide in sight of his pursuers. Murder in the Second Decree. At Trenton, N. J., the jury in the case of the negro Collins, accused of the murder of Frederick P. Qhl, the Princeton student, came in with a verdict of murder in the second degree. Meet in Baltimore. The fifth international convention of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America was begun in Baltimore. It was sweltering hot within the enclosure of the great tent. Another Cashier Gone Wrong:. Cashier John L. Walden, of the Dime Savings Bank at Willimantic, Conn., has disappeared, and there Is barely SSOO in cash to meet demands. The discovery

was mad* by Receive* Dooley, of the National Bank, and the incorporators of the bank Sunday afternoon. The total number of depositors Is more than 3,200, and standing to their credit aggregate about $650,000. The trustees have decided to close the bank and apply for a receiver. Walden has made way with about $30,000. The books are missing. Walden has a wife and one child. No one knows where the man has been since he left home on a bicycle Thursday night. SINK IN GENOA BAY. Steamer Marla P. Goes Down with 148 Passengers. The Italian steamers Urtegia and Maria P. collided off Isoia del Pint at the en--trance of the Gulf of Genoa Sunday. The latter sank and 148 people were drowned. The Maria P. was entering the Gulf of Genoa at 1:30 o’clock in the morning when she met the Ortegia, outbound. They only noticed each other when a collision was inevitable. The bow of the Ortegia crashed into the starboard side of the Maria P., penetrating six yards, and ripping up the Maria P. like matchwood. The water rushed in through the hole, and the Maria P. sank in three minutes. The majority of the passengers were asleep at the time and had no time to escape after the alarm was given. They were engulfed with the vessel. The Ortegia remained on the spot until 6 o’clock, in order to pick up the survivors. She rescued fourteen of the crew and twenty-eight of the passengers. .

CANNING HORSE MEAT. Western Packing Company Begins Operations at Llnnton, Oregon. The horse-canning plant of the Western Packing Company, located at Linnton, ten miles from Portland, Oregon, has begun operations. The establishment has all the facilities for sinugKteriijg, packing and preparing horse meat for'shipment, and it is the only one of its kino on the Pacific coast. Several carloads of horses have been shipped there to be slaughtered within the next few days. It is expected that a good market fvr horse meat will be worked ap in foreign countries. To Be Called Marion. The third daughter of President and Mrs. Grover Cleveland was Friday formally named Marion, the name selected by Mrs. Cleveland in honor of the town where she and the President spent the first summer vacation after their marriage. It was on the shores of Marion, across Buzzard’s Bay, that Mrs. Cleveland spent what must have been one of the happiest summers in her life, and she has always been more than fond of its sands, its pretty cottages, its rocks and beautifully shaded drives. So tUqjt the selection of the name will not cause surprise, and will undoubtedly tend to make Mrs. Cleveland the more popular, if that is possible, among the permanent inhabitants of Cape ,Cod. As in the case of Itutl} and Esther, the new little one has no middle name, and in this fact is again seen a demonstration of the simplicity and old-fashioned beliefs of Mrs. Cleveland in her treatment of her children.

Trade Is Not So Good. U. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of business says: “Ihe week’s news is not entirely encournging, but is all the more natural because there are signs of midsummer dullness. Wheut prospects are not quite so good as last week. The exports of gold and the iehs favorable treasury returns for July are riot unexpected and mean nothing as to coming business. There is a perceptible decrease in the demand for most manufactured products, and’* the actual distribution to consumers naturally lessens in midsummer. Much of the recent buying was to anticipate a rise in prices, and such purchases fall off when prices have risen. There are still numerous advances in wages, but strikes grow more numerous and important.” Saves a Life at Small Cost. Alexander J. Fithian, of Bridgeton, N. J., was going to Millville Friday afternoon on a trolley car. The tracks run around Union Lake as they approach Millville. As the car was spinning around the lake there were cries of” boy overboard.” Fithian saw a hat.floating in the water, and hastily throwing off his coat Bprang into the lake. He found the boy at the bottom, pulled him up and swam ashore with him. The boy was resuscitated arid Fithian, catching the ear again, continued his ride. Heavy Fall of Rain. The just and the unjust were soaked in many States Thursday. Rain fell plentifully in some places where it was badly needed, but was overeonscientious iu its work in others and flattened the crops with its weight. This was the case very generally in Minnesota, South Dakota nnd Central Illinois, where the downpour was violent enough to wash out railroad tracks. Killed Hie Wife. At Los Angeles, Cal., Alonzo Myers shot nnd instantly killed his wife, and attempted to kill his sister-in-law, Mrs. Irving Linson, and her husband. Afterward he shot himself and inUicted a fatal wound. Memphis Tax Cases. The Memphis tax cases were fled in •the United States Supreme Court on an assignment of error in the decision of the Supreme Court of Tennessee.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to £5.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 66c; corn. No. 2,43 cto 44c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,46 cto 48c; butter, choice creamery, 10c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 13c; potatoes, new, per barrel, $1.50 to $2.25; broom corn, common growth to fine brush, 4e to per lb. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5,50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, .No. 2,63 cto 65c; corn. No. 1 white,'44c to 45c; onts, No. 2 white, 2Sc to 30c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to SG.OO; hogs, $3.50 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 65c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 40c to 41c; oats. No. 2 white, 24e to 25c; rye, No. 2,43 c to 45c. , Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,07 cto 68c; corn. No. 2, mixed. 43c to 45c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 28c; rye. No. 2,44 cto 46c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.00; hogs, $4.00 to $5.50; sheep. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 00c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 2Sc to 30c; rye. 47c to 49c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 69c to 71c; corn, No. mixed, 46c to 47c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c; rye, No. 2,48 cto 50c; clover seed, prime, $5.70 to $5.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $6.25; hogs, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, S3POO to $4.50; wheat. No. I hard, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 51c to 52c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c. Milwaukee—Wheat, Np. ■ 2 spring, 67c to 68c; corn, Na 3,47 cto 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; barley, No. 2,47 cto 48c; rye, No. 1. 53c to 54c; pork, mess, $10.50 to $ll.OO. ■New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, $4.00 to $6.00; sheep, $2,50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c t0.74c; corn, No. 2, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 32c; butter, creamery, 15c to 18c; eggs, Western, 13c to 14c.

ARMIES OF THE LORD.

BRIGADE OF BAPTISTS MASSED AT BALTIMORE. Fifteen Thousand Young Crusaders Take Possession of the Monumental City— Fifth International Con vent ion -Pan-American Religious Congress. Baptists in Boltlm.Q.re. On the heels of the great gathering of Christian Endeavorers at Boston, and almost before their peans of praise had ceased, lo echo through the land, came the assembling in Baltimore of the hosts of the Baptist Young People’s Union of America. It was the fifth international convention of the organization, and the 15,000 delegates, who brought with them nearly as many of their kindred, came from every section of every State in the Union, as well as from Canada and from Mexico. Owing to the fact that Baltimore has no hall large enough to accommo-

OFFICERS OF THE BAPTIST UNION.

II. Chapman. Rev. R. F. Y. Bierce. Rqy, 0. P. Gifford. Miss Ella F. Haigli. Rev. J. B, Cranfill. J. O. Staples. Rev. F. L. Wilkins, D. D.

date so great a gathering, a mammoth tent was erected nt the Madison street entrance to Druid Hill Park, which is said to have been the largest stretch of ran vass ever put up in the world. It afforded space for 12,000 chairs, covered a tract of land 325 by 195 feet, and was supported by poles fifty feet in height. Under the shelter of this great canvas 10,000 delegates assembled on the opening morning at 10 o’clock, when the convention was called to order by President Chapman, of Chicago. The devotional exercises, which were characterized by great enthusiasm nnd fervor, were led by Rev. Dr. Q. A. Hoobs, of Delavnn, Wis. Praise and prayer occupied nearly half an hour, and welcoming addresses were then in order. Eugene Levering, of the Eutnw Place Church, spoke for the churches of Baltimore; Rev. H. W. Wharton, of the Brantly Memorial Church,

PLAN OF THE BALTIMORE CONVENTION TENT.

spokS* lsr the Young People’s Society of Daltimore; and response on behalf of the board of managers of the international union and the delegates was made by Rev. Dr. A. C. Dixon, of Brooklyn. The latter laid special stress upon the fact that this was the first time that Mexico had sent delegates to the convention, and gave an especial greeting to those from the provinces of Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba. A rousing reception was given to the Indefatigable general secretary, Dr. Frank L. Williams, when he took the platform for the purpose of reading the general report of the general managers, and after this document had been disposed of without discussion two brief 'ddresses were delivered, one upon culture for service, by Rev. Dr. Wallace, of Toronto, and the other upon the Junior Society as the hope of the movement, by Rev. Dr. R. D. Grant, of Portland, Oregon. The afternoon session was prefaced by a praise service led by Rev. L. B. Thomas, of Colorado Springs, and the convention resolved itself into nn open parliament at which systematic and proportionate giving was discussed by a number of speakers. A feature of the great gathering was the attendance of nearly 600 young Baptist wheelmen from New York and Philadelphia, who rode from those cities to Baltimore on their wheels. Nearly 1,500 more wheelmen came from Virginia, West Virginia, and points in Maryland.

LIBERALS WIPED OUT.

Sustained Crushing Defeats in, Recent British Elections. At the close of the polls throughout Great Britain Wednesday the returns showed that 408 members, out of a total of 650, had been elected. The results so far are decisive, and all that shall occur hereafter will merely enlarge the proportions of the liberal defeat. Of the members already ' chosen 296 are tories and “uniqnists.” Only 112 members of all shades of the opposition have been elected. Of this number but 70 are regular liberals of the Gladstone school. This is not a mere revolution. The liberal party is wiped out. It is not possible that out of the 240 or 250 members yet to be elected that party will secure enough to make a formidable opposition to any measure which the tory government may propose. It is probable that the Irish party of all factions will hftyp at least half as many members as tJPfiberal party, counting those distinctly*,#® classed. This is all that is left of the splendid, aggressive, jubilating, disciplined and formidable host of voters that followed the grand old man time and again to victory. It disappeared .when he abandoned its leadership. So far as this country is concerned, none of its interests will be affected by the triumph or defeat of cither party in Great Britain. Irish-American sympathizers iwith the cause of home rule will regret its probable permanent pefeat. But there is no ground to suppose that any different future would have been before Ireland had the liberal party won. Home rule had been virtually buried as a party issue. The few questions at issue between the United States and Great Britain will not cause serious controversy and will be

peacefully 'settled. There is no threatening question to cause anxiety—nothing that will not be adjusted by quiet diplomat*. ’ ,

PAN-AMERICAN CONGRESS.

| Notable Religions Gathering in To* ronto —Objects of the Meeting. Religion and education, the supreme | forces of moral and intellectual progress, ! were the themes discussed before the I Pan-American Congress of Religion and i Education, which assembled at Toronto, i This congress may be considered as the I legitimate fruitage of the great parliai ment of religions of 1893, which set in ! motion and gar? powerful impetus to those forces which make for unity -among I the people of the earth. The object of the Pan-American congress is to bring all who are interested in the spread of the true gospel into a closer association, one with another, and into sympathetic relationship in all the great educational, philanthropic and reform movements of modern Christianity. The inaugural session of the congress opened at the Horticultural Pavilion in »e presence of several thousand citizens i 3 delegates. On the platform, which was handsomely decorated, sat Lieut. Gov. Kirkpatrick, the Rev. S. G. Smith of St.- Paul, President of the congress; Mayor Kennedy, and many other distinguished persons. The chair was-occu-pied by W. B. McMurrich, Q. CL. of the Joint Local Committee. Appropriate addresses of welcome were delivered by the Lieutenant Governor, Mayor Kennedy, and the Rev. Dr. Thomas, after which the President of the congress and several other noted delegates made suitable replies. The Rev. Dr. Samuel G. Smith, President of-Jthe congress, returning thanks for the generous welcome tendered them, referred in graceful terms to the way in which the British and American flags were intertwined in the decorations, and amid applause expressed his hope that not until the cruck of doom would the two be rent asunder. The Rev! Father Ryan of Toronto delivered a short and able speech. Archbishop Walsh had commissioned him to welcome and tender the hospitality of St. Michaels' palace to the delegates. Mrs. Charles Henrotin, of Chicago, President of the Federation of Women’s Clubs of America, then addressed the meeting. Rabbi Elzas spoke on behalf of the Jewish delegates. The Rev. Dr. 11. W. Bennett, Akron, Ohio, spoke briefly. Mrs. Lydia von Finkelstein-Mount-ford, a native of Jerusalem, closed the speaking. At the evening session C. C. Bonney was the first speaker, his topic being “The New Movement for the Unity and Peace of the World.”

DIE BEFORE TAKING OFFICE.

Five Members of the Fifty-fonrth Congress Claimed by the Reaper. The Fifty-fourth Congress is but a few days more than four months old, and only seven months have elapsed since the election of its members, and yet there have been seven casualties in the ranks of the House of Representatives chosen Inst November, five by death and two by resignation. Those who have died include, besides Representative Frederick Reninnn, whose funeral occurred Wednesday in the Eighth Illinois District, the following: Myron B. Wright (Rep.) of the Fifteenth Pennsylvania District, Nov. 13,

1804; James H. Codding elected to fill the vacancy. Philip S. Post (Rep.) of the Tenth Illinois District, Jan. 6, 1895; place will be filled by George W. Prince. Andrew J. Campbell (Rep.) of the Tenth New York District, Dec. 0, 1894. William Cogswell (Rep.), Sixth Massachusetts, May 22. Mr. Campbell was elected in Gen. Dan Sickles’ old district in New Mork, and his successor is likely to be a Democrat. In the other two cases there is no change expected in the political bias of the new representatives.

WILL KEEP OUT YELLOW FEVER.

Thorough Work to Be Done by the National Government. Under the direction and supervision of Surgeon General Wyman, of the Marine Hospital service, extensive preparations are being made to protect this country against an invasion of yellow fever or other contagious disease this year. The four revenue cutters, Winona, Morrill, b orward, and Mcl.ane, have been ordered to duty off the Florida coast. Each cutter will be supplied with a steam launch, and these launches will be used for penetrating the lagoons and small streams which exist in numbers along the coast of Florida. Usually about Aug. 1 the fishing smacks of Cuba come over to our coast in considerable numbers, under the pretense of fishing in the waters of Florida, but their real object is to smuggle in intoxicating liquors from Mexico and tobacco from Cuba. The men who bring over these smacks are familiar with the coast and know all the hiding places afforded by lagoons,\ bays and rivers. J. he purpose of burgeon General \Vymon is to so equip the United States cutters that they may hunt down these smacks and drive them away, no matter how far they may seek the interior. At the request of the Florida State Board of Health the national government will take entire charge of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts of that State. Whenever vessels from infected points are discovered they will be taken, by force, if necessary, to the nearest quarantine station and thoroughly cleansed and fumigated.

News of Minor Note.

Baron Schenck was accidentally killed at a race meeting at Darmstadt. I Frank Kabatchnik, the Cleveland firebug, was given nineteen years in prison. Fire destroyed business and residence property at Oswego, N. \ r ., valued at SIOO,OOO. Congressman “Tom” Reed is riding a bicycle at Washington, but has not appeared in public. R. N. Taylor, an Ohio ex-Congrossman, has deserted his wife and fled to the Sandwich Islands. Two negro arclight trimmers were killed by coming in contact with a live wire at Augusta, Ga. A toy balloon caused the destruction of the Santa Rita copper and iron mill at Silver City, N. M. The loss was SIOO - 000.

SINK IN GENOA GULF.

ONE HUNDRED AND FORTYEIGHT ARE DROWNED. Fatal Collison of Steamers —Passengers Canght Asleep Catastrophe Due to a Heavy Fog—Killed at a Crossing—Plot to Overthrow Hawaii. Go Down to Death. Death came swiftly Sunday morning to 148 passengers and crew of the steamer Maria P., from Naples to La Plata, and about to touch at Genoa. The Maria P. was sunk by collision with the steamer Ortigia, out-bound. / The scene of this, the most terrible disaster known to the waters of the Gulf of Genoa, was just off the light-house of the Molo Nuovo. at tho entrance to the harbor of Genoa. A dense fog had prevailed over the harbor all night. Both vessels were running at full speed, and the sinking of the Maria P. was but tho incident of a moment. Boats from the Ortigia were immediately put out, but only succeeded in rescuing fortytwo of the people of the unfortunate boat. When there was no longer use for search tlie Ortigia steamed slowly back to the city for repairs and to deliver the survivors to the authorities. It was full noon when Genoa learned of the catastrophe, which crowded the quays with people and tilled the churches with kneeling people offering prayers for the dead. The list of the drowned has not been secured. The Maria P. was a coasting vessel used in the South American trade. La Plata, on the Magdalena River in the United States of Colombin, was Jhji customary end of her journey. She’ was owned in Naples and her captain’s name was Ferrara. The steamer always touched at Genoa, for that post is the chief outlet via the Mediterranean R»r the manufacturers of Northern It/lly and Switzerland. The harbor of Qqnpawis considered one of the finest on the' continent and is under full government supervision. It was 1:30 when the Molo Nuovo was rounded under high speed. Tfie pilot, straining his eyes to pierce the darkness ahead, caught a faint glimpse; of dim lights. This was the first warning of the proximity of the Ortigia to the Maria .P. There was a wild scream from the pilot, which those passengers awake and the lookout hoard. The engineers were signaled to reverse, but it.was too late; The bow of the Ortigia crashed into the starboard side of the Maria P., penetrating for nearly forty feet and tearing up the decks as if they were paper. Almost instantly after the collision the Ortigia withdrew, and the water rushed in, sinking the Maria P. in three minutes. V,No one can tell, not even the survivors, what happened on the decks and in the cabins of the Marin P. after the frightful shock. She sank so quickly that those asleep never knew how death came to them, while those awake, crew and pas- ! sengers, found themselves struggling for life in the wnters of the gulf. Although the bow of the Ortigia was smashed for a distance of twelve feet along the water line, her officers held her at the scene of the disaster for six hours, while her boats searched the waters, rescuing fourteen of the crew and twentyeight of the passengers.

PLOT TO OVERTHROW HAWAII.

United States Authorities Receive Startling Information. The customs authorities of the Puget Sound district have been instructed by the government to keep a sharp lookout for filibustering parties fitting out for the Hawaiian Islands. A few days ago it was reported vessels were openly loading and freighting to the islands munitions of war. Orders have now been issued to closely watch and search all vessels bound to the South Sea for arms. It is believed a large quantity of arms and ammunition have been smuggled into Hawaii from Puget Sound. It is positively known that secret agents of the royalists dispatched one small consignment to the islands last October. One source of information says an uprising is planned to commence Sept. 1, and that 4,200 men will be in readiness to bear arms against the government. Tho insurgents, after being repeatedly drilled in Southern California, expect to get their stores and assistance from Puget Sound.

FOUR KILLED AT A CROSSING.

Struck by a Fitchburg Express Near Williainstown, Mass. Four men were instantly killed while crossing the Fitchburg Railroad track aiout two miles from Williamstown, Mass. A party of six men were riding in a two-seated covered carriage. They were returning to North Adams from Bennington and were struck by a west-bound express. Two of the men, Clorence Prindle Edward White, both of Williamstown, escaped by jumping. As the men approached the crossing a freight train was passing eastward. They waited un : til the caboose of the freight train had gone by nnd then started to proceed, apparently not seeing the west-bound train, which was advancing across the tracks when the engine struck it.

TO BETTER THE MAIL SERVICE.

Directory of Alt the United States Schools Being Compiled. In the foreign mail division of the dead letter office there is now being compiled a directory of all the schools, big and little, in the United States. The preparation of this directory is not as remarkable as the need lor it. Nearly every day from 10,000 to 15.000 foreign letters reach this division addressed simply to schools or colleges in America with no town, county or State named in the address. The high state of perfection to which “blind reading” has attained in the dead letter office is evident when it is known that 75 per cent, of those letters are speedily dispatched to their destination. The others go back unopened to the general postoffices of the country whose stamp they bear.

Told in a Few Lines.

Fred Sheland struck Peter Gardiner in a quarrel at Duluth, Mian., and Gardiner died. Stewart Harvey fatally stabbed Here man Vry in a saloon fight at St. Joseph, Mo. John C. Gobel, a wealthy electrician of New York City, has sued his wife for divorce. John Nihle’s son and daughter, aged respectively 10 and 12, were drowned at Neche, N. D. The miners of the Star City mine Shelburn, Ind.. struck because a drive, was discharged. ' There is every reason to fear that the sultan will apologize before he can be souudly thrashed. Blessed is the peacemaker when, as in the case of Mr. John W. Foster, he gets SIOO,OOO for the job. Secretary Carlisle has approved about 600 changes in the treasury to conform to the pew appropriation bills. J. W. Chamberlin, a bartender at Norwich, N. Y., shot and mortally wouuded his wife and then killed himself. The Bondholders’ Protective Committee of the United States Cordage Company objects to the reorganization plan.

PVLSE of the PRESS

The Dead Btambnloff. A generation hence Bulgaria will honot Stambuloff as a national martyr.—Buffalo Press. He was a strong man and used strong measures, which gave his enemies their opportunity.—New York Herald. A thousand Stambuloffs should take the place of the one foully murdered by Russian sympathizers.—Philadelphia Ledger. The assassination of the exponent of a popular cause, however, will not suffice to suppress the aspirations of a nation.— Philadelphia Record. There is little reason to hope that the murder of Stambnloff will heal the feud and reconcile the courts of St. Petersburg and Sofia.—New York Tribune. AN e presume that if he had not interfered with Russian plans in regard to Macedonia he might be alive to-day.— Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. He (Stambuloff) seemed the one strong nian in a nation of weaUKngs, and he commanded not only obedience at home, but respect abroad.—New York Snn. The assassination of Stambuloff, the Bulgarian Minister, was clearly the re- , as wicked a conspiracy as the political history of Europe has known.— Memphis Commercial Appeal. NN hether by connivance of the Prince or by friends of Panitza, or by one of half a dozen other possible causes, Stambuloff is dead, and with his death, it is hardly to be doubted, dies the hope of Bulgarian independence for many years to come.— Syracuse Post. Modern life has had no more striking example of the essential vulgarity and brutality of undemocratic power and usurpation than this startling tragedy of Southwestern Europe. Stambuloff was slnin without doubt, if not by the direct orders of the Russian Czar, certainly then in pursuance of a policy which was hatched in the brains that serve him.— New York Journal.

Grover’s Girls. Grover nlways was partial to girls.— Pittsburg Press. Time wears on, still Grover sees nothing but bloomers in store.—Pittsburg Leader. Baby McKee has one more chance of becoming Grover’s son-in-law.—Hoxawot-tamie Herald. Presidents have to meet with disappointments just like the common run of mortals.—Jackson NYhig. That sign of “Boy Wanted” which was hung out at Gray Gables is still out.— Grand Rapids Herald. In course of time Uncle Sam may look for a President among the President’s daughters.—Boston Herald. President Cleveland sings it this way: “There’s just one more girl in this world for me.”—New York World. Although a son failed to arrive, Mr. • Cleveland has the satisfaction of greeting another new woman.—lndianapolis Journal. There is another dimpled darling in the Presidential houshold. Ruth becomes a sister every two years now. —Augusta Chronicle. If this thing of girl babies being born to President and Mrs. Cleveland keeps np, the ratio will soon be more than 16 to I.—■ Ohio State Journal. We feel it a duty to caution Mr. Cleveland against the free coinage of girls as a thing likely to destroy the parity of the sexes.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Girls are much more valuable than boys, especially at this time, when the new woman is taking possession of the earth. —Memphis Commercial-Appeal. As there is no politics in this the entire country, without regard to sex, age, or condition, sends its most hearty congratulations and good wishes. The White House has a trio of charming children.— Elgin News. While ex-President Harrison is discouraging matrimony by declaring that women on the bicycle repel the admiration of the male sex, President Cleveland is promoting matrimony by proving that marriage is not a failure. —Bloomington Bulletin.

The Endeavor Convention. Only fourteen years of history and 2,500,000 members! That is a marvelous record and a marvelous promise for the future. —Courier-Journal. The success of the great convention is a fine commentary on the safety, speed and comfort of the American railway system.—Philadelphia Ledger. The record of this organization is most gratifying. It stand as a refutation of the ideas advanced by cynics and others that the world is growing worse.—Kansas City Times. The Christian Endeavor meetings furnish conclusive evidence that the institutions of Christianity are maintained with their old fervor and that men’s lives are vitalized by a living faith. —Chicago Tribune. These earnest, self-denying young men and women gathered together to advance the spiritual kingdom of righteousness preach to the’world a sermon far more effective than the most polished effort of the mere pulpit orator.—New York Tribune. In the face of three great armies like the Sunday school children, the Society of Christian Endeavor and the Young Men’s Christian Association, the spectator may well ask himself what there is to the talk of a decay of the religious spirit.— Buffalo Express. The churches are rapidly finding out that if they want to retain their hold on the young people of the land they must put forward something more than the ethical and moral attractions of religion. They must appeal to the social side of human nature. It is the development of this sentiment which accounts in a large measure for the growth of the Christian Endeavor societies.—Brooklyn Eagle.

Expulsion of Modjeska. Mme. Modjeska, in view of her expulsion, will add to the list of her American admirers by her vigorous denunciation of the government which hns so long dominated Poland. —Chicago Tribune. Modjeska, the actress, is barred out of Russia for making a patriotic speech at the Chicago World’s Fair. She will no doubt find compensation in a more abundant harvest of shekels in America.—Minneapolis Tribune. So Mme. Modjeska has been expelled from Russia on account of a speech in favor of the Poles, which she made a long time ago in Chicago. It seems that Russia not only intends to punish free speech in Russia, but whenever there is a possible opportunity she proposes to punish free speech in America.—Boston Globe.

Notes of Current Events.

Senator Brice is said to have bought a cottage at Newport. Fire in the little village of Lorneville, •Ont., left fifty families homeless. August Votthold, a St. Louis cigarmaker, committed suicide in the police station at Syracuse, N. Y.