Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 10, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1896 — Page 2

gfttjlfttioctqtkSctitiiitl JT. W. McEWEJf, Pnblivher. RENSSELAER, - - • INDIANA.

WHOLE ARMY IS LOST.

WHEREABOUTS -OF 15,000 SPANISH SOLDIERS UNKNOWN. \ ’ • , ' . : Reports ot Losses Falsified, Details os to Positions Unrecorded, or Men Have Deserted—lnsurgents Have a Skirmish Near Havana. Officials Are Alarmed. A dispatch from Havana reports La.ooo Spanish soldiers missing in Cuba. Ihe fact has been eomaanuicated to the Madrid Government and the search for their whereabouts is going‘on day and night. Official circles are alarmed, for 15.000 men, with 15,000 rifles and 500,000 cartridges, are an enormous item to the Spanish army. The disappearance of the men will ultimately be traced to either death in battle, the number of which has been concealed to hide Spanish losses, details to positions in various parts of the island of which uo record has been kept, or desertions to join the insurgents. The Spanish records show that entire garrisons have joined the rebels with their arms in every province in the island. An order was issued by Gen. Weyler several days ago for a report of number, position and condition of the army. The responses to this, it is said, have increased the confusion. and there are reports now from reliable sources that there are 20.000 men, instead of 15.000. to be accounted for. Insurgents under Villanueva and Baldomero Acosta had a brisk skirmish with Spanish regulars, civil guards and police near Punta Brava, a village less than ten miles from Havana. This is the first time in weeks that rebels in any considerable number have been so close to the west gates of Havana. COL. NICOL’S APPKAL. Deplores Ballington Booth’s Kesignation—Secession Discussed. Col. Xicol, of the Salvation army, lias sent out an appeal by mail and wire to officers and soldiers in which he refers to fihe action of Balliugton Booth and his wife as a “terrible step" and describes the members of Gen. Booth's family as “crushed with indescribable sorrow." He appeals to the army to be loyal. Staff Captain Caygill. discussing the situation, said: "Commander Booth will soon decide whether to lead an independent movement. His decision will depend on our action in the meantime. There is a strong secession sentiment and if it develops into an open revolt we will insist upon Ballington Booth leading us again."

ENCAMPMENT IN ST. PAUL. Gen. Walker Says the G. A. R. Will Meet There in September. Gen. Ivan X. Walker, head of the Grand Army of the Republic, lias sent to Adjt. Gen. Robbins, at the Grand Army headquarters in Indianapolis, his proclamation calling the annual encampment at St. Paul in the first week of September. Gen. Walker said he had lately visited all the principal Xortheru cities and found there was strong opposition to the project to hold a “blue and gray” parade in Xew York city on the Fourth of July. COLONISTS FOR LIBERIA. Oklahoma Negroes Accepting Liberal Offers from African Republic. Agents of the Liberian Government are at work at Guthrie, O. T., securing colored emigrants for that country. ■ Six colored men left Monday uightn foil Charleston to lake passage and more will follow. They have been promised thirty ucres of land each, a yoke of oxen, provisions for three months and innumerable other things from the Liberian Government. Most,.of them give up every dollar they have in the world for their ticket* of passage. ■\Vpman Fasts for Five Weeks. Mrs. Valihtiiie Kurtz, of South Dullsville, X. Y\, has now nlrataiued from, food for a period of thirty-four days, and hffv-j ing got along so far without collapse is trying to outdo all records in the fasting line. For the first two weeks of her selfimposed task her neighbors endeavored to dissuade her from her attempt, but now all are urging her to break all world's records. She is very weak, and confined to her bed. Suspected Express Robber Caught, John M. Sullivan was arrested at Dupont, Ga., on suspicion of being George Washington MeConnor, who robbed the Adams Express Company at Farmerburg, Ind., of a large sum." * A month ago an Indiana detective left photographs and descriptions, and on the<e the man who calls himself Sullivan was arrested. AS! Mr. Cody Offers leward. Arthur B. Cody, of Chicago, whose wife, Mrs. Grace Goodrich Cody, disappeared from Tacoma, Wash., Jan. 31, 1896, has offered a rewarl of SI,OOO for finding and restoring her <t> him alive, this offer to hold good until Mty 1 next. Mrs. Cody was suffering at f!ie time of her disappearance from a nervms trouble. Millionaire Commits Suicide. Millionaire Thomas Va-ker, formerly a member of the dry goodi firm of Lord & Taylor, committed suicide at Xew York during a temporary fit of insanity, induced by despondency over the death of one of his sons last summer.

Tariff Bill Knocked Out. After a most exciting debate Tuesday, the Senate, by a vote of 33 to 22, defeated the tariff bill. Five silver Republican Senators, Garnet-bar s Dubois.' Mantle and Teller, voted with the Democrats. A Week Enough for Mr*. Hayes. Mrs. Edward D. Hayes applied for a divorce at Shamokin, Pa., after one week of married life. She was married at a stylish wedding in Treverton. Her maiden name was Anna Ziegler. Mrs. Hayes Bias discovered her husband to be a professional thief. Three Children Dead. Three children are dead and one lying at Johns Hopkins hospital in a precarious condition as the result of the fire caused by the igniting of coal oil in the house of Frederick Rose, Baltimore. Grand Armv l ost Suspended. The council of administration of the Grand Army of the Republic authorized the department commander to suspend Post 174, of Fitedpricktowu, Mo., because Col. Albert, commander, issued a circular letter recommending the, nomination of B, S, G#heon for Governor. i V ,0 t;r. Preacher* Declare a Boycott. The ministers of Cleveland have requested merchants, saloonkeepers and theater managers to close during the coming revival. Manager Norris, of the Grand Opera House, has refused, and the ministers and their committees announce a

BTSIKE 18 NOW ON. Chicago Garment Cutters Hit* Re* solved to Quit Work. The Chicago Garment Cuviers’ and Trimmers’ Union decided early Thursday morning to strike, and by their action 20,000 frefsor :'tvfll be thrdwh'dnt of employment. Some of the Nothing uHuntfactnrers are. exempt from the/decision of the union because they have acceded to the terui3 of the cutters. But of the *UX) members of the union about 750 decided to quit work. This decision will, of course, affect the tailors, biuders and sweatshop Workers who- do aot belong to any union. The manufacturers declare they can bold out against the cutters because the spring trade is over. But the cutters assert that the clothing houses are full of heavyweight goods for the fall and winter trade, which must be got out of the way in a fed- weeks. Consequently a bitter fight is expected, and the union is prepared for a long siege because it has got the savings of two years to keep up the struggle. The union demands a maximum rate of S2O a week for cutting the maximum amount of fourteen suits a day. The manufacturers' association declared that this is a discrimination against the good workmen, who are worth $22 a week, while the poor cutters are assessed in value at from sll to sl6 a week. CUBAN LEADERS DEAD. , , Senor de la Cruz Dies at New York and Benor Gomez in a Penal Colony. The sudden death in Xew Yurk of Senor Manuel de la Cruz, private secretary to Thomas Estrada I’alwa, and the receipt of a cable message from Madrid announcing the death at the Spanish penal colony at Ceuta, Africa, of Juan Gualberto Gomez, who was the first map to lead a Cuban force in the field at the opening of hostilities on Feb. 24, 1895, has cast a gloom over the Cuban colony in Xew York. Juan Gualberto Gomez was one of the most brilliant leaders that Cuba ever produced. He was editor-in-chief of the Havana Daily La Lucha and of the Eqtiulda, the organ of the Repairists, in which he boldly advocated separation from Spain and absolute Cuban independence long before the revolution. While Jose Marti was at work in this country organizing the Cubans and getting ready for the present revolt, Gomez had charge of the organization in Cuba. He was the president of the committee of seven, which is famous in Cuba for its work in preparing for the revolution. When it was decided to begin hostilities Gomez left Havana with sixteen men, and on Feb. 24. a year ago, he declared the revolution as began, near Ibarra, in Matanzas, and fired the first shot.

REPUBLICAN JOSS HOUSE. Clarkson Wants One Built in New York City. James S. Clarkson of lowa, Georgy Christ of Arizona, njul other members of the Republican national committee in X'ew Y’ork are responsible for a project which is said to have the concurrence of Republicans all over the country for a great Republican headquarters, where members of the party from every State can find a political home... The estimated cost of the proposed structure is between $2,006,000 and $5,000,000. It is to be built by general contributions and every State in the Union is to be called upon to furnish some of its peculiar products for the building. The scheme, Mr. Clarkson said, would be brought to the attention of the national committee at its next meeting, and if indorsed by that body the St. Louis convention would be asked to give it formal approval. BIG LOCKOUT THREATENED. Socialists Muy Force 10.000 New Y'ork Tailors Out of Employment. In Xew York another big lockout of tailors is threatened. Should it be ordered 10,000 tailors will be thrown out of work. The trouble is due to a.tight uow waging S tween the general executive board Of e United Garment Workers and the so-, cinljsts, who gained control of the United Brotherhood of Tailors early in January by electing their candidates for offices. The organizers and leaders of the brotherhood resigned when they were defeated at the election. Then followed the recent lockout. ~if.he tailors begged the old leaders to yorn.n to their relief. They did so wnd an agreement was patched up. CHARGED TO REBEL?. Infernal Machine Found Nehr a Fuctory in Havana. It would appear that the loug-hntici-'paied demonstrations of the insurgents of Havana are commencing. Thursday night an infernal machine was found near the Aguila de Orb' cigar factory. The police are trying to find she authors of the attempted outrage. The autonomist Mayor of Managua and his brother, who recently joined the insurgents, have been captured by the Spanish authorities. They will be tried on the charge of treason. Dead 'Number 20, a The latest estimates place the number of deaths from the explosion of dynamite at Viedendorp at 120 and about four hundred persons were more or Jess injured. A number of the wounded have succumbed to their injuries. The white victims were chiefly of the lower elaHs of Boers. Whole families of white people were wiped out. President Krueger in a speech -congratulated the inhabitants upon the splendid manner in which they sunk all race feuds in the common endeavor to relieve the suffering. He earnestly trusted that the good feeling which has arisen from a eomuic>n sorrow may have permanent results and lead to a much better feeling in the future between the Boers nud the Uitlanders. The president’s remarks have had a great, effect upon the foreign population, and it is believed that the reforms in the internal administration of the Transvaal, which have so long been advocated by the Uitlanders, will shortly be inaugurated iu a form which will give general satisfaction. The popular subscription raised in bfdialf of the distressed peoply amounts to over"ssoo,ot>o.

Aimed at the Earth. If the calculations which Prof. Lonachner, of the California State University, has made of the velocity and orbit of the new comet discovered by Astronomer Perrine, of Lick Observatory, a few days ago, are correct, the celestial wanderer will strike the earth Sunday, March 15. This calculation implies that the comet, which is now 40,000,000 miles away, will not alter its present velocity of 1,600,000 miles a day, nor deviate from its present course, which is directly toward the earth. Prof. Lensc'hner says, however, there is no cause for alarm. He has figured out that the comet will take a new tack March 1 and sheer off from the earth. The calculations made at the State University are the official figures. C. C. Barnum a Raving Maniac. ■ G. C. Barnum, a prominent St. Louisan and father-in-law of General Manager W. B. Doddridge of the Missouri Pacific railway, is confined in the Hot Springs, Ark., prison, a raving maniac. The cause of the man’s unfortunate mental condition is attributed to a love affair in which ho was not successful. He became infatuated, it is said, with Mrs. A. P. McCrary, a dashing widow, proprietress of a fashionable boarding-house. Against Death Dancers. . •» Chief Debolt, the heed medicine man of the Osage tribe of Indians, and the active

politician, has issued an imperative order discontinuing death dances fji fh'e nation. • When ag Osage iii?A According -to a longestablished custom, all Bis relatives go absolutely naked until the death dance, which thirty days after fhife' fatality. This custiAn of going naked has piaY' e<J havoc with rhern, making them subject to colds that invariably ended in consumption. Seven per cent of the afiults of the tribe are now iu the last stages of consumption. ■»nd it is this alarming fact that oallctt forth- the edict. The importanile of'Tbe measure is so great that death dances’will be treason against the nation. SEVEN MEET DEATH. Fearful Death Roll at a Private Residence Fire. As the result of a tire which started in the cellar of the four-srory marble front residence of James 11. Artnlger, at Baltimore, at Hilo o'clock Sunday morning, sewn persons ape dead, one is fatalily and four others ape slightly injured ami a fine dwelling is ccAnpletely wrecked. The most astonishing circiunstaiTt’ffJ about the disaster is that although the tire broke out ut a* tyonr when'many persons were on the streets, and hardly five minutes elapsed lie fore the firemen forced their way into file house, the seven mentioned were past rescue. Xo more flagrant iilustration of defective house construction could have been furnished. Xot more than eighteen inches from the furnace was a wood imrtition. This was Ignited and with great rapidity the flames leaped up a stairway in the center of the dwelling to the roof. Hangings and woodwork furnished abundant fuel, and iu the dense smoke the members of the household, some of wWbf l had not yet arisen and none of whom had left titeir apartments. lost their way*grqp- \ ed about wildly, sunk down, suffocated und perished. SWEETHEART BETRAYED HIM. Missouri Farmer Under Arrest for Counlerfeiting at ?t. Josoph. John W. Smith, a young farmer of Princeton, Mo., is under arrest on charges of counterfeiting. Mrs. Laura Lemon, a sweetheart of Smith’s, informed the officers. She claims Smith offend her counterfeit dollars to pass on merchants, and she was arrested and placed in jail. She wrote letters to John and Abe Brummell, of Princeton, threatening to expose them as members of the same gang of counterfeiters if they did not secure her release. They easily secured the bond. Meantime the Federal officers got possession of the letters and other evidence against the Brummells. A lnrge amount of counterfeit coin was found at Smith’s house.

BUSINESS AT THE ISTHMUS. The United States Should Hare Ita Shore of It. If English and French business houses can afford to pay their traveling agents on the isthmus of Panama $12,000 a year, including expenses, why cannot American firms do as well? is the question put by United States Consul General Vifquain at Panama in a report to the State Department treating of the unsatisfactory rate of progress fnade by Americans in obtaining business on the isthmus. The Consul General says this cannot be done by correspondence, and he suggests that our merchants by combination maintain a house of samples at Panama, where their goods may lie seen by the people and ordered through a resident agent. Dentil of n Famous Humorist. Edgar Wilson Xye, the humorist, died at his home, “Buekshoais," eight miles from Asheville, X. C., at noon Saturday, of apoplexy. He hud laid in a helpless and hopeless condition since lie Was slHck-’ cn on Tuesday night, not 'having spoken To or recognized any one. Mr: Xye’s brother. a prominent attorney of Minneapolis. Minn’., arrived about three hours after his brother’s death. llis daughters arrived freon Washington city, and were at the bedside until the end. - Fears a Living Dissection, Thursday night an insane man ran to the Burlington, lowa, police station to seek shelter from doctors whom he claimed were about to dissect him alive at St. Francis’ hospital. He had escaped from his nurse, and run in his stacking feet over snow and fet^one-lourth of a mile to the station. Said to He? Short SIO,OOO. Elias Bakrr,.,'C^fcierU, of the District Court at Luftcaster County, Xeb., is reported to lie iShort in-liis accounts from $6,000 to $10;000. ■x.l'he commissioners intend to bring suit to recover the amount. Chopped tq Pieces. i J. T. Lamborn, a wealthy farmer, has been found murdered in his house at Fall lieaf, a remote station northeast of Lawrence, Kan. The'.’i murderers literally chopped the eld man ito.pieces. Waller a Free Man. Secretary Olney received a cablegram fronT'Ambassador Eustis, announcing that Waiter, the ex-consul to Madagascar, was released from jail. It is expected that Waller will" vet urn to the United States. A Fortune for a Waiter. Mathew Gogovitch, who until recently earned a living as a wuiter in'the restaurants of Sacramento, Cal., has received news from Austria that he is heir to a fortune.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common :•> prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 63c; corn, Xo. 2,2 Sc to 29c; pats, Xo. 2,10 c to 20c; rye, Xo. 2,38 cto 40c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, lie to 13c: potatoes, per bushel, 18c to 25c; broom corn, 2c to 4c per pound for poor to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; .whSfatv Wc-'W 71b;-corn. No. T while, 27c to 29e; oats, Xo. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75: hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; wheat. Xp. 2 red, 72c to 74c; corn, Xo. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oafs, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, Xo. 2,36 c to 38c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, Xo. 2,73 cto 74c; corn, Xo. 2 mixed. 29c to 31c; oats. Xo. 2 mixed. 22c to 24c; rye, Xo. 2,41 cto 42c. Detroit—Oat tie, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00: wheat, Xo. 2 red. 72c to 73c; corn. Xo. 2 yellow. 27c to 29c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 40c to 41e. Toledo—Wheat, Xo. 2 red, 72c to 73c: corp„Xo. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 21c to 23c; rye, Xo. 2,40 cto 42c; clover seed, $4.40 to $4.45. Milwaukee—Wheat, Xo. 2 spring, 62c to 63c; corn, Xo. 3,26 cto 2Sc; oats, Xo. 2 white, 20c to 22c; barley. Xo. 2,32 e, to 33c; rye, Xo. 1,38 cto 40c; pork, mess, $9.50 to $10.25. Buffalo—Cattle; $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; Wheat, Xo. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, Xo. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, Xo. 2 white, 2-jtc to 25c. , tfew York—Cattle, $3.00 t'd'ss.oo;'hoga $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $2.00 to‘ $4.25i wheat, No. 2 red, 72c tP 73c; : corn, No.-2 30c to 37c; oats, Xo. 2-white; 25tNto<90c| butter, creamery, 15c to 22c; eggs, Western, 13c to 14c.

CUBE FOR PHTHISIS.

■** ASEPTOLIN ** SAID TO BE A CERTAIN REMEDY. Dr. Edson Discovers a Beneficent Fora of Carbolic Acid-It Kill* Germs, bnt Does Not Harm the Human Tissue*. Encouraging Number of Recoveries. Dr. Cyrus Edson, ex-commissioner of health for the city and county of Xew York, announces that he has discovered * remedy for consumption. Already, he declares, many victims of the dread disease have been cured by it. In the last issue of the Medical Record, under the caption “A Rational Treatment for Phthisis Pulmonalis, Together With Some Xotes on a Xew Remedial Solution,” the doctor gives a description of his discovery. The name of the new remedy is “Aseptolin.” It is a benefieient form of the ordinarily dangerous earbolic add and is injected under the skin, by which operation it finds its way into the blood and to the seat of disease. Upon authority of Prof. Henry A. Mott, aseptolin is composed as follows: Water 97.2411 per cent Phenol 2.7401 per cent Pilocarpiu-pheny 1-hydrox-ide 0.188 per cent In order to understand Dr. Edson’s discovery it is necessary to remember that Pasteur and Koch discovered and established the fact that germ diseases had as rtheir ultimate cause the presence in the body of minute orguuisms, called germs, microbes and the like. It was not long before these germs were cultivated, as it was called. • Having these cultivated colonies, scientific men made many experiments. They found disinfectants would kill these germs. They found, for example, that if a mixture of’one part phenol or carbolic acid to three-thousand parts of water were floated over a colony of germs and left there for twenty-four hours all these germs diode It naturally occurred to them that if carbolic acid would kill germs outside the body it would kill them inside, and the conclusion that if they could kill all the germs in the body they could de-

DR. CYRUS EPSON.

stroy the cause of the disease and thus cure the latter was apparent. The experiment was promptly tried. The result was some of those in whom these injections were put developed abscesses at the point of injection. Far more, however, were poisoned by the acid and the ide.a had to be giyen up. It was too fascinating, though. Declat of Paris made a mixture of one part of the acid to one hundred of water and, putting in a little salt, continued.the injections, getting from them a larger percentage of cures. Aseptoliq la Produced. Dr. Edsou his attention directed to this subject in the early part of 1895, and after a long and tedious experiment produced a fluid which he called aseptolin. It is perfectly, colorless, looks like crystal, and smells strongly of carbolic acid. It contains 2.75 per cent of carbolic add. and to every ounce of it there is added one-hundredth of a grain of a new salt discovered by Dr. Edson during his work —a salt called pilocarpin-pheuyl-hydrox-ide. The aseptolin is injected under the skin and thus directly into the blood. The dose is 100 minims, or drops, injected with a hypodermic syringe once in twentyfour hours. Now, what happens after the injection? If the total amount of blood in the person be remembered it will be seen that aner the injection the blood becomes a liquid, having one part of carbolic acid to from 1,200 to 1,500 parts of blood. In other words, it is a liquid from 2 to 2J4 times as strong with the acid as was the one to 3,000 solution which killed the cultivated germs. The circulation of the blood applies this carbolic solution to every part of she body many times in an hour. Wherever there is disease and the germs which cause it that spot is being continually washed with this carbolic solution, in which no germ can live more than five hours. Tuberculosis—consumption—is a germ disease, being caused by what nre called tubercle bacilli. Dr. Edson discovered aseptolin In September, 1895. To date, according to the doctor’s statement, 217 persons having consumption have been treated with it. Of these, four showed no improvement, and of the four one died. The rest, 213! showed improvement. Of these, twentythree have been discharged cured, sixtyseven will, in the opinion of the physicians having the cases, be discharged cured, making ninety in all. In ninetyone cases the patients have been under treatment for too short a time to esable the attending physicians to Bay anything except, "The patients are better.” In thirty-two cases the improvement was only temporary, but this record means about 40 per cent of cures, and these cases have been those of patients with the disease In all stages.

SLAIN BY DYNAMITE.

Explosion Lay* Part of Johannesburg; in Ruin*. An explosion of dynamite has occurred at Viendendorp and the poor quarter of Johannesburg, Transvaal, has been blown to pieces.* The windows of every house in the Aty were broken by the force of the concussion. The scene of the explosion is the old town and is fortunately at a distance from the main business and residence portion of the city. It was inhabited largely by Kaffirs, the dwellings being of an inferior order for the most part. The explosion caused much excitement at first because of the recent disturbances in the Transvaal and the fear that it might have been due to a political coup. There was therefore a general turning out of the guards to see that no violence followed the wreck. The cause was soon learned and the excitement subsided in a measure. It rose again when the fearful nature of the catastrophe became known. The portion of the city demolished was thickly populated. .Although there were comparatively! fcW; whites who lived there. The dynamite which caused the catastrophe filled eight trucks, which were being shunted. The explosion caused an immense hole thirty feet deep. Every house within a mdius of half a mile of the explosion was razed to the ground. Forty d&ad, nearly all terribly mutilated, have ’been taken from ruins. Two hundred of the most severely injured were admitted to the hospital, where several died.

STARVED, KILLED, AND PICKLED.

Terrible Cruelty Meted Out to the Worn-Out Horae* of New York. Over in the wood* near Jamaica, L. L, many of the wornont horses of New York city are collected and killed. After a merciful death has overtaken the poor animals they are pickled and sent abroad to be eaten by human beings. According to facts which have jnst come to light an awful crime is committed against the animal before his poor bleeding flesh and his marrowless bones reach the pickling vat. Noble creatures that once pranced exnltingly up and down Fifth avenue, the pet, perchance, of charming, lovable women and their beautiful children, are treated with less consideration than is given the machines that chop them into sausage meat. So terrible and open has the negligence of the slaughter house men become that public officials have been forced to interfere and several arrests have been made. An officer of the Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals recently paid

WAITING TO BE KILLED.

a visit to the place. lie says: "If you have a soft place in your heart for horses don't go there. To say nothing of its being the nastiest place I ever saw, it was the cruelest. They had a drove of horses there waiting to be killed; some of them had been waiting two days, and without a thing to eat or a drop to drink. A few of them were in a shed, and the others were tied to trees near by. All of them were in the mud. Those in the shed had gnawed holes through it in several places, holes big enough for them to stick their heads out of, and, oh, the hungry look in their eyes. Those outside had gnawed the bark off the trees as high as they could reach. “Two skeletons had each an end of the same branch; neither was strong enough to pull it from the other, so they leaned together and chewed away, making believe. Some of the horses were lying down, and there they stayed. They hadn't the strength to get up. Perhaps they had frozen in the night before. The mud wns red with drippings from the slaughter house.”

CROP REPORTS.

“ Farmers’ Review” Correspondents Tell Abont Wheat and Rye. Reports have been received from the Farmers’ Review correspondents in ten States on the condition of winter wheat and winter rye. In Illinois the condition is at present about fair, though presenting a great variety of developments. In the counties that report a low condition, the present state has been brought about by a dry fall and late seeding. In Indiana the growth has been fair, but there has beern some damage by freezing and thawing. Ohio reports indicate the general condition as fair to poor, a great deal of the wheat not having made a fair growth by reason of a dry fall. Some of the seed sown did not come up at all. In Michigan the crop is in better condition, and has been covered with snow nearly all winter, though the plant generally made little growth in the fall. The condition in Kentucky is hardly fair, at present, and in some counties is very poor. Missouri reports that in a good many counties the plant is yet very small. It seems, however, to be healthy, and to have been injured little as yet by thawing and freezing. In Kansas the present outlook for wheat is good. Some localities report freezing and thawing of the crop, and there may be some little loss on this account. Nebraska reports a general average of fair, though in some counties the outlook is very poor. In lowa the crop is very uneven, and the reports vary all the way from very fair to very good. Wisconsin reports indicate that the general condition for the State is low. Some counties report good, but in many the plant is in bad shape. Some counties have planted very little winter wheat. Winter rye is in fair to good condition In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Michigan, poor in Kentucky, fair in Missouri, generally good in Kansas, fgir to good in Nebraska, lowa and Wisconsin. In most of the] States the plant is small, on account of dry weather in the fall.

THE BROWN SNOW.

Chief of the Weather Bureau Kxplaina the Phenomenon* Amateur mieroseopists wiped the duet from their lenses and proceeded to study the snow which spread a slate-colored mantle over the Northwest Tuesday night. After long gazing and much figuring various opinions were reached. Each opinion had a public following until Prof. Willis L. Moore, chief of the weather bureau, sent a dispatch from Washington presenting his view of what spoiled the snow. Then the audiences of the amateur observers grew smaller. Prof. Moore-said: “The black snow that has fallen lately in Chicago and the Northwest is entirely similar to the great fail of January, 1895, the nature of which was thoroughly investigated by the weather bureau at that time. Microscopic examination proved that the black deposit contained organic structures —such as diatoms and spores—and about C per cent, of the finest possible inorganic matter, such as make up the Ordinary fitie'silt and-clay soTTs: This line material is easily caught up by the winds whenever they exceed twenty miles an hour. It may be carried great distances, and it is readily brought down by snow or rain. Large portions of the country from Nebraska southward are covered by this fine soil. A gale of wind has been known to carry away six inches of tills fine soil and deposit it at a distance of 100 miles.”

FROM FOREIGN LANDS

All. the powers except England have assented to the Sultan’s proposal to recognize Prince Ferdinand, of Bulgaria. Andrew Boyd, of Montreal, accused of forgery and arson, was remanded in London to await the arrival of extradition papers. | Two young women have been appointed gardeners at Kew Gardens on condition that they wear trousers when &t work. Emanuel Church, Lambeth, has just set up an alabaster’and green marble reredos, carved by a workingman in the congregation in memory of hie wife.

MAHER KNOCKED OUT.

BIG FIGHT LASTS BUT ONE SHORT ROUND. Fitzsimmons / Lands the Deciding Blow After One Minnte and Thirty-five Seconds of Actual Fighting—Texan Rangers at the Ringside. Battle in Mexico. Bob Fitzsimmons won the championship of the world Friday afternoon in one minute and thirty-five seconds from Peter Maher in a twenty-four-foot ring pitched on the Mexican side of the Rio Grande within sight of the Texas village of Langtry. Exactly 189 persons saw the mill and wondered at the short-arm, righthand, back punch which settled the business. Up to the time of the knockout it was any sort of odds that vietory would perch on the Irishman’s banner. Fits,

ROBERT FITZSIMMONS.

Maher escaped right-hand swings. They were not ordinary misses, nor was it by cleverness or agility that Maher got his head out of danger. It was due to Fitz’s wildness. All three of these blows were at least a foot wide of the mark. The Irishman did not look to be Entirely confident of victory when he stepped into the ring, hut his manner and appearance soon changed when he found that he could dodge Fitz’s leads easily. When the men were* called np for instructions both agreed not to hit in clinches and to break away clean, even when one arm was free. * Maher, who claims he did not agree to this, struck Fitz in the face in backing away from the first clinch. There were loud cries of “foul” from the New Zealander’s corner. Referee Siler warned Maher not to do it again. The fight, though short, was full of action, and it was fight all the way through. Both men started in from the bell ring to make a hot pace. Fitzsimmons, except in the last rally, did not use his left and then he only feinted in a strange way so characteristic of the man. It was more of an upper cut than a straight lead, and drew Maher’s head in range. Quick as a flash Fitzsimmonsl shot his right across square on the poiit of Maher’s jaw and the Irishman’s hegd hit the floor. It was a short right-hander. The place Where the fight took place was in a rocky amphitheater and the sports had to tramp across a pontoon bridge to Mexico to reach the ropes. The ridge of rocks was fringed with men and women, but within the tented inclosure, which was so close to the Rio Grande that its roar drowned the voice of the gatekeeper, 250 fatigued sports leaned against the ropes.

THE CUBAN STRUGGLE.

Gen. Weyler and His Proposed Methods Against the Insurgents. Gen. Weyler, the new commandant of the Spanish fortes in Cuba, has issued three proclamations which announce very clearly a purpose to take the severest possible means t| crush out the insurrection. The general assumes extraordinary powers to compel all inhabitants of the districts in which war is being waged to identify themselves before the military authorities and secure passes. He also assumes the right to subject all active participants and all sympathizers with the insurgents to summary sentence and punishment, the wording of the proclamation being such as to indicate that the commandant reserves the right to decide in what cases the penalty shall be death. It is evident from these harsh terms that Gen. Weyler means to spare no effort to put down the insurrection. As

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Spain’s representjtive on the island he will not only wage warfare upon the insurgent armies, but will take steps to compel all other Cuban residents to become passive or active auxiliaries of Spain. If he cannot conquer by force of arms in the field he is prepared to put in operation whatever other practices and strategems may be required te crush the insurgents. If it be necessary to gain his ends he will not scruple to restrt to measures of extreme severity, evidently deeming it his duty 'to put -down tiie-TcVSftffIWMWWRviJ consider the claims of humanity afterward. In view of these proclamations, it is the general opinion in the United States that Congress cannot ta'o quickly or firmly concede belligerent rights to the insurgents. And this is not ajl. Every act' of this new captain general must be watched to see that he does not violate the rules of civilized warfare and that Spain is not allowed to crush the insurgents by savagery of the most intolerable nature. In 1875, after the revolution toad lasted seven years, Gen. Grant istated in his message: “We find that the same disregard of the laws of civilized warfare and of the jusl demands of humanity, which has heretofore called forth expressions of condemnation from the nations of Christendom, has continued to blackefc the sad scene.” Cuba must not again he subjected in like mam ner to Spanish barbarity.

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Rev. .T. D. McDonald, pastor of St, Andrew’s Presbyterian Church of Torontoj Ont., is dead. John Tolones, a ; aborer at the Cleveland, 0., blast furlace, was crushed to death by a pile of ire. A colony of fifty mechanics and theii families will leave jfleveland, 0., soon to settle on a tract of ltnd in Oaxaca. Mex. Owing to a storm,an engine following a snowplow collided with another engint near Buffalo, N. Y, killing William H. Davis and Henry licarns, brakemen.

WORK OF CONGRESS.

THE WEEK’S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. A Comprehensive Digest of the Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers at Washington —Matters that Concern the People. Lawmakers at Labor. The session of the Senate Tuesday furnished a succession of breezy incidents with frequent sharp personal exchanges between Senators. Mr. Hill had a lively tilt with Mr. Tillman during the debate on Mr. Fetter's resolution for a Senate investigation of the recent bond. issne. Mr. Allen joined issue with Mr. Gear and Mr. Wolcott over the course of the Pacific Raftway Committee in conducting its inquiry. Two appropriation bills, the mifffary academy and the pension bill, were passed. Efforts were made to amend the military academy bill by increasing the number of cadets by two from each State —ninety in all —but after a debate of three hours the plan was defeated. The pension appropriation bill, carrying $142,000.000, was passed after ten minutes’ debate. The House [iassed the agricultural appropriation bill. It carries $3,158,192. The section of the revised statutes for the purchase and distribution of “rare and uncommon” seed which Secretary Morton declined to execute in the current appropriation law was repealed; the appropriation for seed was increased from $130,000 to $150,000, and its execution was made mandatory upon the Secretary. The House devoted itself strictly to business Wednesday. The army appropriation hill, carrying $23,275,902, was passed, the conference report on the urgent deficiency bill was accepted, and the bill to extend for five years the time in which the government can tiring suits to annul patents to pnbiic lauds under railroad and wagon road grants was passed. An amendment was adopted limiting the application of the act to “railroad and wagon road grants.” The substitute for the hill offered by Mr. Mcßae (Dem.) of Arkansas to repeal outright the limitation of the act of 1891 was defeated, 72 — 149. In the Senate Mr. .Carter of Montana offered a resolution to recommit the tariff bill to the finance committee for further consideration. The diplomatic and consular appropriation bill was passed during the day. About sixty private pension bills were passed during the day. The bill pensioning the widow of the late Secretary Gresham as brigadier general, at S2OO monthly, with an amendment making the amount SIOO monthly, went over without action in order to permit Mr. Yoorhoes to speak against this amendment. The Senate Thursday was engaged in the Pacific railroad hearing. In the House the conference report on the diplomatic and consular bill was agreed to, the Senate amendments to the pension bill were sent to conference and the Indian appropriation bill was taken up. The latter bill carries $8,630,995, or $132,792 less than the law for the current year. In connection with a proposition to increase the salaries of Indian inspectors from $2,500 to $3,000, the salaries fixed by law —the bills of the last two years have only appropriated $2,500 each for these salaries —both Mr. Cannon and Mr. Dinglcy, the Republican leaders. on the lloor appealed to the majority in view of the situation of the treasury to keep down expenses and refuse to take steps in the direction of increased salaries, but their appeals were in vain and the action of the Committee on Indian Affairs in restoring the salaries was sustained, 87 to 59. Nothing else of importance wns done. The House devoted all day Friday to consideration of the Indian bill, and made slow progress. In committee of the whole it refused to reduce salaries of Indian inspectors from $3,000 to $2,500. The Senate was still occupied with the Pacific Railroad hearing. The House Monday in committee of the whole, by a vote of 93 to 64. decided that none of the appropriations on the Indian appropriation bill for Indian schools should go to sectarian schools. The matter caused a warm debate. The Senate showed considerable interest in Cuban affairs, and circumstances attending recent bond issues, but nothing of importance was done.

in the early stages of the short fight, was most uncertain in his delivery and seemed to have a very poor idea of distance, and his wild misses with his right hand caused consternation in the ranks of his advisers and bnckers. Three different times

A gasoline bicycle is the latest. Tl.e gasoline is contained in a reservoir, and the vapor ignited by a lamp so as to explode in the cylinder and work the piston backwards and forwards. The piston turns the rear or driving-wneel of the bicycle round, and the whole machine is moved forward or backward as the case may be. The rider has only to start, stop, and steer, or regulate the speed. The new bicycle is coining rapidly into favor all over the Continent. It may be added that a cellular tire for cycles has made its appearance, the indiarubber containing cells or chambers of oval section, and elasticity comparable to that of the pneumatic tire.

Character and Ability of Pope Leo.

As a statesman his abilities are admitted to be of the highest order; as a scholar he is undisputedly one of the first Latinists of our time, and one of the most accomplished writers ill I .at in and Italian prose and verse; as a man he possesses the simplicity of character which almost always accompanies, greatness, together with a healthy sobriety of temper, habit, and individual taste rarely found in those beings whom we might well call -motors” among men.—Century.

The people who live to make life hard for others are at work in Switzerland. A Tyrolese court has recently ruled held responsible not only for the adequate equipment, but for the physical soundness, of tourists who charter his services. This making a medical inspector of the guide will be a decided thorn in his path. The next slip will be to render sea captains liable if their passengers are seasick-

Changeable or chameleon effects in. silk, fancy satins and silk and-wool mixed fabrics will continue to be very largely represented among spring importations, and to correspond with these will be made a superb display of wholly new Parisian and iridescent gimps, galloons, elaborate passementeries and appliques for dress garnitures.

The oil of tobacco found in the stems of long-used pipes, or obtained by distillation at a red heat, is one of the most active and powerful poisons known to the chemist. A single drop will often cause death*in the case of a dog or cat.

Indignant customer—Look here, I’ve been waiting here for the last half hour. ’Waiter—That's nothing. I’ve been waiting here for the last two years, and I ain't kicking about it, either.—Texas Siftings.

Gasoline Bicycle.

Hard on Alpine Guides.

Chameleon Silks.

Oil of Tobacco.

Had Waited Also.