Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1896 — Page 2

SOtjDtmocrottcScntiitrl J. W. McEWK>(, PubUiher. RENSSEUER, - - - INDIANA.

FIRED ON FRIENDS.

SPANISH TROOPS SHOOT INTO EACH OTHER. Each Thonght the Others Were In* ■argents Seventeen Killed and Eighty-Four Wounded— Meeting at Midday. Blunder of Spaniards. Another terrible mistake attended with loss of life and resulting in many soldiers being wounded has taken place in Cuba. In some manner unexplained two columns of Spanish troops opened fire upon each other at midday. According to the few details received, the columns of troops commanded by Gen. Godov and Col. Holguin at Santa Rosa plantation, near Lsperauza, province of Santa Clara, mutually mistook each other for insurgent forces, owing, it is said, to the thickness of the sugar cane. Each detachment opened fire upon the other, and for ten minutes shots were exchanged, resulting in the killing of 17 soldiers, among them being Lieut. Col. Fuenmayer, of the vas battalion. In addition five officers and 84 soldiers were wounded. Two of the latter have since died, six others are mortally wounded, and 32 are seriously injured. Lieut. Col. Fuenmayer died while leading his troops on and shouting, “Long live Spain!” Owing to the fact that the meeting between the two columns took place at midday, the explanation furnished by the Spanish commanders is considered unsatisfactory and a courtmartial will follow. AUSTRALIA TERRIBLY SCOURGED Heat Waves, Fevers, Fires, Hurricanes and Earthquakes. The most violent climatic disturbances still prevail in the antipodes. A second heat wave sent the thermometer upward, the mercury climbing to a point never before readied. At Adelaide the temperature reached the highest point yet recorded, while at Melbourne deaths front heat, apoplexy and sunstroke have readied an alarming number. Numerous fires also took place, started by spontaneous combustion, and at all the factories double guards have been placed to prevent combustion through heat generating in closely stored goods. In the country large ranges of bush have been set on fire and surrounding settlements are threatened. At Alexander. Waterloo and Wagga typhoid fever is raging, the mortality being very great. The epidemic is caused by impure water, owing to the wells being dried up. At Melbourne the Typhoid epidemic has assumed alarming proportions: the fever watds in the hospitals are full and large numbers are turned away. MORTON BOOM LAUNCHED. New Y'ork Republican Delegates Pledged to the Governor. New York State Republicans held their State convention Tuesday, and the feature of the gathering was the speech of Seuator Parsons, of Rochester, presenting Leri P. Morton as a presidential candidate, and the subsequent election of delegates pledged to 11101. Following were the nominations: Delegates-at-Large, Thomas C. Phut, Warner Miller. Chauncey M. Depew, Edward Lauterbach; alternates. Hamilton Fish, G. 11. Babcock, Frank S. Witherbee, Daniel McMillan. The financial plank of the platform declares: “Until there is a prospect of international agreement as to silver coinage, and while gold remains the standard of the United States and of the civilized world, the Republican party of New York declares itself in favor of the firm and honorable maintenance of that standard.”

VENEZUELAN WARSHIP BURNFD. Eight of the Crew of the Mariscal de Ayacuche Killed. News has reached New York from La Guayra, Venezuela, of the burning last Sunday night, off Margarita, of the Venezuelan warship Mariscal de Ayacuche. Eight men were killed by the explosion. The remainder of the crew was rescued .by fishermen. Th# warship was burned to the water’s edge, but the hulk was saved and taken in tow to La Guayra. MRS. DRAYTON DIVORCED. » Decree Is Granted by Chancellor McGill for Desertion. At Trenton, N. J., Chancellor McGill filed a decree granting an absolute divorce to Mrs. Charlotte Augusta Drayton from her husband, J. Coleman Drayton, on the ground of desertion. Mrs. Drayton is the daughter of the late William Astor. None of the evidence taken in the ease is on file in the chancery clerk’s office, all being in the possession of the chancellor. Wants Cash Found in a Well. At Port Worth, Texas, Mrs. H. Adicock is about proceeding to recover $lB,000 found in a "well in Houston County, near Fort Valley, Miss., by a well digger. She claims her husband, a Confederate soldier, buried the money during the war, end; afterward being killed, did not reveal the hiding place. No Hope for Peace. Rome advices say that on account of the ■excessive pecuniary demands made by Menelek, it is improbable that peace will be concluded. Signori Ricotti and Itudini, who are in accord with the king, will refuse the payment of any money indemnity. Wants Resolntions Recommitted. Mr. Sherman gave notice in the Senate that he would move to recommit the Cu- . -ban resolutions to the conference committee.' -v-V-v * Certain Now, He Has Had Enough. twenty years of wedded life, a divorce, a remarriage and eight years ibote..of connubial bliss, Jacob Hoxie, of Sioux jCity, Itiwa, has again sued for a separation from his wife. He says if the court will grant his prater there will be so occasion >for its interference again. Will Not Admit Women. By a vote of 107 to 7 the Wilmington, Del., conference voted against the admission of women as lay delegates to the general conference. ißlaters Establish an Orphans’ Home* The buildings erected at Vermilion, S. D., several years ago by Rev. J. B. Garland, of New York, for use as an orphans’ home, have been sold to the Benedictine Sisters of the Roman Catholic Church, •nd will be supported for a similar purpose by the Roman Catholics of the State. Fatal Fend in Arkansas. A tragedy was enacted at Westville, Ark. Charles Foreman went to the store of John Holland, postmaster, to settle an Old feud. Foreman fired several shots and the postmaster shot him twice in the back, killing him instantly. Both were fOherokee citizens.

NOTABLE CUBAN VICTORY.

Spaniard* Badly Worsted in Pinar Del Rio Fight. The Cuban insurgents have dealt Spain a crushing blow. Trustworthy information has been received at New York from Havana that the battle fought a few days ago in, Pinar del Rio, which the dispatches sent out with the sanction of the press censor described as a Spanish victory, was in reality a lamentable defeat for the forces of Gen. Weyler. This news reached Havana Thursday and was sent to New York in a brief cipher cablegram. The source of the information leaves no doubt of its reliability. The Spanish officials will not permit the report of insurgent success to be sent out of Havana. It is expected that the details of the battle will be smuggled over to Tampa and there put on the wires. The late press dispatches from Havana say that officials now admit that the battle was a fiercely contested one and that it was attended with serious consequences to the Spanish. It is the firm opinion in New York among persons informed of events in Cuba that the Spanish cause is lost. It is also believed, despite denials, that this last defeat will so add to the dissatisfaction against Gen. Weyler that either his resignation or recall will soon follow. REFUSE TO FOLLOW EVA. Fifty Chicago Salvationists Desert the Old Organization. Fifty members of the Salvation army at Chicago proclaimed Sunday at Princess Rink their desertion of the old organization. At the afternoon meeting, instead of marching to the platform and taking seats behind Commissioners Eva Booth and John A. Carleton, they smoothed out the little white bows they had pinned on the lapels of their coats as tire badge of rebellion and seated themselves with the general audience. The lassies still wore their blue uniforms and poke bonnets, but the seceding men appeared in plain clothes. It is conceded by both sides there wall be two organizations in Chicago un--less something causes Commander Ballington Booth to falter. Those who wore the white ribbon Sunday say a large number of officers and privates will throw off all reserve and flock to nis standard. The white ribbon people say they are sixtyfive strong in Corps No. 1 alone. This corps numbers over 150. The adherents of Gen. Booth declare there are not more than thirty revolters in Corps No. 1, and say the new organization will be shortlived.

NO RAINBOW IN SIGHT. Trade Skies Continue to Be Dark and Lowering. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “Movement toward better things is still the exception. There is better business in shoes and small industries and there has been a squeezing of short sellers in cotton. But the general tendency of industries and prices is not encouraging, and those who were most hopeful a month ago are still waiting, not so hopefully, for the expected recovery. Causes of continued depression are nol wanting. Bad weather lias cut off much business, especially in country districts. Some failures of consequence have caused especial caution. The root of the business is that in many departments men bought more and produced more when prices Were mounting aud everything was rushing to buy last year than they have yet been able to sell. That the buying was of a nature to anticipate actual consumption many months they were fully warned, but they had more hope than observation and went on piling up goods. Some are engaged to-day in the same hopeful anticipation of a demand which has not yet appeared.” WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS Oppose Free Silver and Favor MrMcKinley for President. Wisconsin Republicans, in State convention Wednesday at Milwaukee, chose the following national delegates: Dele-gates-at-large, Philetus Sawyer, Willium D. Hoard, Eugene S. Elliott, James S. Stout; alternates, H. B. Smith, W. S. Heine, James R. Lyon, Judge Plummer. The conventiou declared specifically for sound money in national finance and against free coinage of silver, and said that William McKinley is the presidential choice of the whole State. This action was taken in the biggest convention ever held in the State. These principles were presented to a convention of ÜBl delegates, and were adopted by a unanimous rote. Then delegates and crowded galleries joined in cheering the completed work.

LIVED TO BE 111 YEARS OF AGE. Mrs. Mary A. Mosely, Who Knew Daniel Boone, Dies in Missouri. The oldest inhabitant of Boone County, Mo., Mrs. Mary Ann Mosely, died in Columbia Friday, at the age of 111 years. She lived in Boone County for over ninety years, and during recent years lived with her son, Warren Mosely. Her other five children all died of old age. Until lust fall Mrs. Mosely was in remarkably good health, but during the last few months her strength steadily failed. She was born in Clark County, Ky., in 1785, and" at the age of HI went to Columbia. On her way the party with which she traveled stopped for awhile in St. Charles County, Mo., with Daniel Boone, the famous pioneer, after whom Boone County was named. REV. C. O, BROWN CENSURED. San Francisco Council Acquits Him of Charge of Immorality. The Congregational council at San Francisco has declared Rev. C. O. Brown not guilty of immortality, but has censured him for unministerial conduct. As the council apologizes for the censure, Dr. Brown considers his vindication complete. Dr. Brown’s explanation of the payment of SSOO to Mrs. Davidson is regarded as weak and Miss Overton’s strange story of love and blackmail is given passing mention. The report of the council says the Dr. Brown is afflicted with certain infirmities of temper which must modify any judgment of his actions. THE POWDER CAUGHT FIRE. Explosion in a Mine in Northwest Territory Kills Four Men. Word has been received of a terrible explosion at the gold mines at Roseland, in the remote Northwest country. As a result four men are dead and two others so seriously hurt that they will probably die. Two boxes of gunpowder were being thawed out in hot water. The only man who knows how it became ignited lies at the point of death in the hospital. He came running out of the tunnel crying, “The powder is on fire,” but before he could reach a place of safety the explosion occurred. Eight men were working in the mine and only two escaped death of serious injury. Asks for Seeds. The Secretary of Agriculture, in accordance with the mandate of Congress, has prepared a circular letter to be sent immediately to all known reputable growers of and dealers in seeds throughout the United States asking them to furnish at reasonable prices to the department 10,000,000 packets of garden, field and flower seeds, beginning with asparagus and ending with wheat. This number of packets will give to each member and delegate in the House of Representatives and to each United States Senator 15,000 packets for

distribution among his constituents, after deducting one-third of the whole amount, in accordance with law, for'distribution by the Secretary of Agriculture. AH the seed# must be delivered on or before thirty days. Weyler Is Discouraged. Madrid dispatch: Gen. Weyler may have to abandon Cuba—that Is, he may be compelled to return to Spain without quelling the present determined and destructive rebellion in the island. Should this be the case, he will have to lay the blame of his military misfortune at the doors of the American Congress and the American people. There is no concealment in official circles in Madrid of the disagreeable fact that the friendliness of the United States for the Cubans has strengthened their resolution to fight to the last for freedom. Moreover, the merciful intervention of the American press, by the timely publication of outrages and executions in Cuba, hampers the work of Gen. Weyler. Ho knows that any atrocities committed by Spanish troops are at once published widespread to the world, aud that they draw down execrations on his head. Hence those bloodthirsty tactics, with which he confidently expected to weld the Spanish yoke on the Cuban people, have had practically to be abandoned, and measures and policies of comparative lenity have taken their place. It is these peculiar conditions that cause Madrid people to believe that there is considerable truth in an interview in which Gen. Weyler is alleged to have stated that, while he is confident of the eventual success of the Spanish cause, yet the “contradictory demands of prudence and extreme measures, combined with the difficulties arising from the question of belligerency and the elections,” may compel him to resign. Professor Crouch Dying. » Trof. Frederick Nicholas Crouch, the aged author of “Kathleen Mavournecn,” is suffering from an attack of heart trouble, aggravated by poverty aud want, and it is thought his end is near at hand. Prof. Crouch and family live in several back rooms of a house on West Lombard street, Baltimore, where on a sihall iron couch the old man is slowly wastilig, away. Often he is out of his mind, arid' then he talks of the old country, of the triumphs of his youth, and of the tiifie of the coronation of King William IV., when he directed the Royal Band. Then his mind wanders to Ireland, whose cause he has often championed in martial song. In his delirium he speaks of the cupidity of music publishers, who have obtained music from him and who hJve never paid him in return. Purifying the Mails. A very stringent bill to prevent the carrying of obscene literature aud articles for indecent and immoral use from one State or territory to another was ordered to be reported to the House by the Committee on Commerce. The hill makes it unlawful to deposit with any express company or other common carrier for interstate transportation any such matter or article or notice of how such article may be obtained. Penalty of not more than five years’ imprisonment aud $5,000 tine is provided.

Disorder in New York Conventions. There were scenes of disorder bordering on riot at the Republican district conventions held in New York city Wednesday evening. The Platt and anti-Platt forces locked horns and fought fiercely for the mastery. The outcome was the election of Platt and Morton national delegates from the eighth, ninth, tenth, eleventh and fourteenth congressional districts. In the twelfth, thirteenth and fifteenth two sets of delegates were chosen. In the seventh district no' convention was held. Denver Brokers Arrested, John C. Rice, general manager of the Blue Jay Mining Company nt Denver, 'has caused the arrest of John H. Royer and A. Wilson King, two brokers who figured in the Blue Jay deal of last week, charging them with embezzlement. The complaint alleges that Royer and King were, March 10, 1890, acting as general agents of the Blue Jay company, nnd ns such had in their possession $5,700, the property of the Blue Jay company, which they embezzled. The Hawkins Did Not Sink. The Spanish detectives engaged in keeping watch on the movements of the Cubans in this country are very much exercised over the report that the steamer Hawkins did not sink on the morning of Jan. 28, but that she made her way to Cuba, landed her cargo and is now laid up at one of the Florida kess. Holy War Declared. A dispatch from Cairo says that the khalifa has proclaimed jehed (holy war) against Egypt and has called all the dervishes capable of bearing arms to enroll under his banners. The dispatch adds tliat it is said that Osman Digna is to leave Cassala and join the dervishes now mustering at Dongola. Mrs, William 8. Holman Dead. Mrs. Abigail Knapp Holman, the wife of ex-Itepresentative William S. Holman, of Indiana, died at Washington Wednesday. The family were spending the winter there on account of the feeble condition of Mrs. Holman. Gold Brick Swindler Guilty. O. M. Norton, who was arrested at New York while attempting to consummate a gold brick swindle, was arraigned in general sessions, where he pleaded guilty.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to 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, 60c to 61c; corn, No. 2,28 cto 29c; oats, No. 2,18 e to 20c; rye, No. 2,35 eto 36c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22c; eggs, fresh. 9c to 10c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c to 25c; broom corn, S2O to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, SB.OO to $4.25; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2, GBe to 69c; corn, No. 1 white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75: hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c: rye, No. 2,38 c to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,71 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 23c; rye, No. 2,38 cto 40c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No .2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 37c to 39c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye. No. 2,39 cto 41c; clover seed, $4.40 to $4.50. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 60c to 62c; corn, No. 3,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; barley, No. 2,30 cto 32c; rye, No. 1,37 cto 38c; pork, mess, $9.00 to $9.50. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white. 23c to 25c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 71e: corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 whit*. 25c to 27c; butter, creamery, 15c to 23a; eggs, Western, 10c to 12c.

CENSURE FOR BAYARD

DENUNCIATORY ACTION TAKEN BY THE HOUSE. Several Democrats Join the Bepnbll* can Majority, While Five Repnbli* cane Refoee to Vote Against the Ambassador to Great Britain. Hebnke an Ambassador. For the first time in its history, the popular branch of Congress has rebuked an American diplomatic agent for his utterances abroad. The House of Representatives Friday adopted a resolution censuring Ambassador Bayard for his utterances in Great Britain. The majority was overwhelming, the vote standing 180 to 7L As if to emphasize the severity of the rebuke, says a Washington correspondent, the number of Democrats voting for censure was greater than the number of Republicans voting against it. One Democrat, Mr. Bailey of Texas, made a speech in favor of the resolutions and condemned the ambassador quite as savagely as any of the Republican orators. One Republican, Mr. Willis of Delaware, spoke in Mr. Bayard’s favor, but, it is claimed, he was actuated largely by State pride. Six Democrats—Bailey and Cockrell of Texas, Cummings of New York, Latimer of South Carolina and Layton and Sorg of Ohio—voted against Mr. Bayard, and five Republicans—Baker of Maryland, Cooke of Illinois, Draper of Massachusetts, Pitney of New Jersey and Willis of Delaware—voted for him. The second resolution, expressing the opinion of the House that our diplomatic agents abroad should avoid public discussion, was adopted by a still larger majority, the vote standing 191 to 59. Mr. Adams (Rep., Pa.), who was minister to Brazil under the Harrison administration, was the first to resume the debate. He favored the resolutions and said Mr. Bayard’s long service and commanding position as an American made his offense the more flagrant and reprehensible. To show Mr. Bayard fully recognized his position as the representative of the whole people, he read from a speech delivered a

AMBASSADOR THOMAS FRANCIS BAYARD.

year ago by Mr. Bayard at Wilmington, Del., in which the ambassador said: “I represent no party as ambassador to Great Britain, but my country and my own people.” Mr. Fairchild (Rep., N. Y.) regretted that the committee had not brought in articles of impeachment instead of censure, and Mr. Hutchinson (Dem., Texas) said he would vote for the second resolution laying down the well-established principle that our representatives in foreign countries should abstain from partisan speeches. Mr. Willis was the first Republican to announce that he opposed censuring Mr. Bayard. Mr. Turner (Dem., Ga.) spoke eloquently in opposition to the resolutions, and then Mr. Hitt, chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee, yielded the remainder of his time to Mr. Bailey (Dem., Texas), who made a speech in favor of the resolutions, declaring the Edinburgh speech was a breach of good taste and of diplomatic etiquette and was an offense against our common sense and sound and rugged patriotism, and that a man who would express such utterances as those of Mr. Bayard at Boston was “unworthy to represent this country anywhere or at any time.” Then the vote was taken as previously stated. The first resolution censured Mr. Bayard “in the name of the American people”; the second condemned in general terms the delivery of partifean speeches by our foreign representatives. For the second resolution nine Democrats voted and no Republicans against it. The nine Democrats were: Allen, Mississippi; Bailey, Texas; Cummings, New York; Hutcheson, Texas; Layton, Ohio; Owens, Kentucky; Pendleton, Texas; Sorg, Ohio, and Stokes, North Carolina.

BIG BLOW TO SPAIN.

Defeat In the Recent Pinar del Rio Battle a Crushing One. * The Cuban insurgents have dealt Spain a crushing blow. Trustworthy information has been received from Havana that the battle fought a few days ago in Pinar del Rio, which the dispatches sent out with the sanction of the press censor described as a Spanish victory, was in reality a lamentable defeat for the forces of Gen. Weyler. This news reached Havana and was sent to New York in a brief cipher cablegram. The source of the information leaves no doubt of its reliability. The Spanish officials will not permit the report of insurgent successes to be sent out of Havana. The late press dispatches from Havana say that officials now admit that the battle was a fiercely contested one, and that it was attended with serious consequences to the Spanish. It is the firm opinion in New York among persons informed of events in Cuba that the Spanish cause is lost. It is also believed, despite denials, that this last defeat will so add to the dissatisfaction against Gen. Weyier that either his resignation of recall will noon follow. The engagement was more in the nature of a pitched battle than any previous one during the insurrection, and the attack made by the insurgents was bold and effective. The impression strengthens in Washington official circles that Spain has made a failure of it in Cuba, oxd that, the rebellion cannot be suppressed in any other

way than by wearing it out Until recently it wa* believed by both President Cleveland and Secretary Olney that the Spanish forces would practically be able to restore order in Cuba during the present winter and spring. It was because of this belief and because his love of fair play prompted him to give Spain a reasonable chance that the President has hitherto declined to take any step looking to interference into affairs of Spain and her colony. But it is now apparent the campaign in Cuba is nearly at an end, so far as this winter is concerned. The rainy season will set in soon, and then military operations of a serious or effective nature will have to end. Up to this time Gen. Weyler has made no substantial progress from a military point of view, and there is little reason to hope that he will accomplish anything in the short time remaining for field work. Moreover—and this is a condition of affairs for which President Cleveland has been waiting—there are many indications that the Spanish authorities are despairing of success. It is freely predicted by officials familiar with what might be called the inside of the situation that President Cleveland will intervene, and intervene successfully, within sixty days. The interests of the United States and of humanity require that the struggle be not allowed to continue another winter, after another summer of industrial paralysis.

TO CONQUER THE SOUDAN.

Chamberlain’s Declaration of British Policy on the Mile. In the House of Commons Friday afternoon Mr. Chamberlain said that England’s ideal policy was the recovery of the Soudan, and that there could be no real peace or prosperity for Egypt until the Soudan was recovered. He asserted that the present policy of the Government represented the immediate needs of Egypt and denied that Great Britain was plunging into a policy of adventure. Great Britain could not evacuate Egypt until her work there was accomplished. The reverses of the Italians in Abyssinia had encouraged the dervishes to resume hostile activity and measures must be taken to restrain them before the situation became worse. At the close of the debate the motion of Mr. John Morley to reduce the vote for the civil service by

£IOO, which, if carried, would have had the effect of censuring the Egyptian policy of the Government, was decisively defeated.

CHESS BY CABLE.

Splendid Trophy Played For by English and Americans. Great Britain and the United States have recently been involved in a desperate war, in which many men were lost on both sides. The battle was fought by cable, and was between the best team of chess players this country could get together and the best team England could bring to the front. A really fine trophy was offered by Sir George Newnes, which has been given to the Americans, who won the victory. The game in America was played in the assembly hall of the Bank Building, in Brooklyn, and the British game in the Pillar room, Cannon

THE CHESS TROPHY.

street, London, at a distance of 3,453 miles. The Commercial Cable Company’s wires were used, and the moves were made as rapidly as if the players sat vis-a-vis at the same table. Only a few seconds were required to communicate to the players at one end of the wire the moves that were made by the players at the other. When play started it looked as though the British players would come out successful, but as the play advanced the Americans gained wonderfully and managed to win out. Following is the final score: America. Great Britain. Moves. 1— Pillsbury ... .0 Blackburn 1 60 2 Showalter .. .1 Burns ... .0 64 3 Burille 1 Bird 0 48 4 Barry 1 Tinsley .. .0 67 5 Hymes 14 Locock ... 14 41 6 Hodges '% Mills 4 40 7 Delmar % Atkins ... % 41 8 — Baird 0 Jackson ..1 43 Totals 414 314 The City Council of Anderson, Ind., as the result of a vigorous campaign by Christian bodies, has passed an ordinance making it a misdemeanor for any person under the age of 16 to k* a cigarette, punishable by arrest svt* Lie not in excels of |2o>.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW. MAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings In the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Hesutne of the Business. The National Solon*. The House devoted Tuesday to the bill to amend the administrative tariffcact of 1890, and passed it without substantial amendment The purpose of the bill is to strengthen the act of 1890, some weak spots having been developed during the six years it has been in operation. The bill was drawn after extensive hearings, and the advice and assistance of the Treasury Department, the Board of General Appraisers, importers and others with practical experience on the subject. One of the most important changes makes increased duties and penalties for undervaluation commence at the point of undervaluation, and not at 10 per cent, above the undervaluation as provided by the present law. The House Committee on Immigration decided to favorably report two important restrictive measures introduced by Mr. McCall (Mass.) and Mr. W. A. Stone (Pa.) The Stone bill establishes as a requisite for admission to the United States that the immigrant shall be provided with a certificate from the United States Consul or other authorized representative of the United States at the place nearest his last residence that he is eligible to admission to the United States under the existing laws. The McCall bill, as amended by the committee, excludes all males between the ages of 16 and 60 who are not able to read and write English or some other language. The House Wednesday began consideration of the resolution of censure of Ambassador Bayard for his Edinburgh speech. The remarks of Mr. Cousins, of lowa, in support of the resolution were the feature of the proceedings. The Senate had in hand the public opening of the Uncompahgre Indian reservation, but nothing of importance was done.

Cuba had the entire attention of the Senate Thursday, speeches being made by Senators Gray, Chilton and Cafferty, the debate being enlivened by many spirited incidents. Mr. Cray’s plea for Cuba brought on a running cross-fire of comment and inquiry from Mr. Hale. The Delaware Senator caused much amusement by referring to Mr. Hale as “the Senator from Spain.” Mr. Davis (liep.), of Minneapolis, chairman of the Committee on Territories, reported favorably the bill to admit New Mexico to Statehood. In the House Mr. Grosvenor (Itep.), of Ohio, in reply to the remarks made by Mr. McCreary about Gen. Schenck, while minister to Great Britain, in connection with the Emma mines, and his authorship of a volume entitled “Rules of Draw Poker,” referred to Gen. Schenck’s distinguished services in times of war and peace. He could not understand the purpose of the attack. Mr. McCreary said that he had made no attack on Gen. Schenck. Mr. Grosvenor wanted to know then what the purpose was. If it was not intended to assail the memory of a dead man like a ghoul then the utterances of Mr. McCreary were idle words. In regard to the Emma mines the best proof of Gen. Schenck’s good intentions was that he himself invested large sums of money in those stocks and continued to pay the assessments to the day of his death. As to the book on draw poker he had written out a few rules of the great American game by request of a friend and had been, of course, very much chagrined when public reference to it had been made. He abused no confidence when he said that Gen. Schenck told a friend he knew just enough about poker to always lose his money. As a poker player, however, he desired to say that he died without leaving an unpaid poker debt. In conclusion, Mr. Grosvenor rehearsed Gen. Schenck’s career and paid a glowing tribute to his services in the army, in Congress and in the diplomatic service. In the Senate Friday the following bills Were passed: Fixing Ogden and Salt Lake City as the places for holding terms of the United States courts in Utah; granting a pension of SSO to the widow of the late Brigadier General Clendenin; authorizing the payment of highest grade of his rank to Rear Admiral Russell, retired; for the disposal of lands in the Fort Klamath Bay reservation, Oregon; fixing the rank and pay of the Judge Advocate General of the Navy; for a survey of the mouth of the Yukon river, Alaska. The Senate adjourned until Monday. In the House Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, was unseated by a vote of 131 to 59 and the seat declared vacant. According to the face of the returns, Mr. Boatner had 15,520 votes and Mr. Benoit 5,994. The minority contended that the purged returns would still elect Mr. Boatner by over 5,000. A vote of censure against Ambassador Bayard was carried. An unexpected climax to the Cuban debate was reached in the Senate Monday when, on motion of Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Cuban resolutions were recommitted to the conference committee. The vote to recommit was unanimous and without the formality of a roll call, representing a general consensus of opinion that the committee should so change the resolutions as to overcome the opposition that has developed. • Messrs. Sherman, Morgan and Lodge were appointed to represent the Senate in a further conference. Simultaneously with this action Mr. Mills presented Cuban resolutions which propose to go farther than has yet been suggested. They direct the President to request Spain to grant locgl self-govern-ment to Cuba, and in case Spain refuses the President is authorized to use the military and naval forces in taking possession of Cuba and holding it until selfgovernment is established by the Cuban people. The House Committee on Elections of President and Vice-President reported favorably the bill introduced by Mr. Corliss, of Michigan, providing for the election of Senators by direct vote of the people. Some amendments of minor importance were adopted.

“Classes” and the “Masses” in Japan.

It is said that tlie contentment of the poor in Japan is the result of tlie spirit of politeness which pervades all ranks of the Japanese people. Rich and poor are alike courteous, and it is impossible to distinguish employer from laborer by their behavior. This politeness results from genuine kindness, and it settles all problems between man and man. In Europe and America much of the bad feeling between the “classes” and the “masses” is caused by insolence on the one hand and resentment on the other.

Brooklyn Behind the Times.

Brooklyn is becoming very much mortified because he has no free public library, and a lively movement is on foot to secure one. A member of the New York Library Association added to the mortification of the Brooklyn people by reminding the board at a recent meeting that out of 352 towns in Massachusetts there are only twenty-four which have no public libraries, and only eight, from their geographical position, which are without facilities for reaching these Institutions in some place near.

IN THE CASE OF WAR.

TROOPS AVAILABLE IN THE VARIOUS STATES. Investigation of the Organized Militia of the United State* Shows There Are 8,467,694 Soldiers Available When Needed. t Uncle Sam Connta Warrior*. According to a report on the organized militia of the United States, which ha* just been prepared by the War Department, the United State*, in case of need, can put 9,467,694 men in the field. Copie* of the publication are as scarce as the proverbial hen’s teeth. The public printer has furnished the War Department with only half a dozen copies, and these have been given to the President, the Secretary of War, the Assistant Secretary of War and the general commanding the army. At the close of the year 1895 every State and territory, with the exception of Indian territory and Alaska, had an organized national guard. The total force of the militia number 115,669, of which 102,604 composed the infantry arm, 5,215 the cavalry, 5,267 the artillery, 649 special corps and 1,443 generals and staff officers.' In many of the States last year camps were held, and the attendance upon these occasions ranged from 55 per cent in Mississippi to 95 per cent in Vermont. The total appropriation allowed the militia by the Government amounted to $400,000,' while the States during the same period spent $2,834,974 on these organizations: It is estimated that mobilization of the piilitia could be effected in the different States and territories in from three hours in the District of Columbia to seventytwo hours in Oregon, other State organizations assembling between these two periods. New York is far in the lead in the number of men enlisted in the national guard, its strength amounting to 12,901 officers and enlisted men. Pennsylvania is second, with 8,482; Ohio third, with 6,493; Illinois. 6,226; South Carolina, 5,711} Massachusetts, 5,344; California, 4,364; Georgia, 4,355; New Jersey, 3,938; Alabama, 3,120; Indiana, 3,026; Virginia, 3,006; Texas, 3,000; Michigan, 2,875; Connecticut, 2,740; Wisconsin, 2,640; lowa, 2,398; •Missouri, 2,107; Minnesota, 2,027; Alaryland, 1,885; Louisiana, 1,883; Kansas, 1,815; Mississippi, 1,695; Oregon, 1,530; District of Columbia, 1,471; Kentucky, 1,409; North Carolina, 1,403; Tennessee, 1,389; New Hampshire, 1,380; Maine, 1,337; Washington, 1,184; Nebraska, 1,187; Florida, 1,088; Utah, 1,003; Rhode Island, 979; Arkansas, 974; West Virginia, 845; Colorado, 833; Vermont, 800; South Dakota, 798; Idaho, 535; North Dakota, 525; Montana, 510; Arizona, 500; New Mexico, 470; Wyoming, 450; Nevada, 439; Delaware, 427, and Oklahoma, 153. It is estimated in this publication that in case of necessity, Illinois could place 852,625 in the field; Pennsylvania comes next with 771,874, and Ohio third with; 650,000; New York, 560,000;' Indiana,' 481,192; Kentucky, 361,137; Missouri, 850,000; Massachusetts, 339,391; Wisconsin, 306,343; Texas, 300,000; Virginia, 295,440; New Jersey, 284,887; Georgia,; 264,071; Michigan, 260,000; lowa, 245,-( 899; North Carolina, 240,000; Mississippi,; 228,700; Marylind, 205,816; Arkansas,! 205,000, and the remainder of the States below 200,000 each. In about two-thirds of the States, thej publication says, the militia is armed with; the Springfield rifle and carbine of various' patterns. A number of the artillery mili-l tia regiments are provided with Gatlingj guns and 3.2-inch breech-loading rifles,' but a large proportion of the artillery arm-j ament consists of 12-pounder Napoleons,; 3-iuch muzzle-loading rifles, Parrot rifles; and other obsolete ordnance. The aggregate of small arms ammuni-j tion held in reserve in addition to that in the hands of the troops is not far from 3,000,000 rounds. States having Gatling! gun batteries keep on hand a limited snp-j ply of ammunition for these guns. Tha supply for field guns is very limited, and) the quality by no means the best.

WASHINGTON GOSSIP

Within a week or two work will be be gun upon the monument which is to mark the birthplace of George Washington at Wakefield, Westmoreland County, Va. | Mrs. Abigail Knapp Holman, the wife of ex-Representative William S. Holman* of Indiana, died suddenly. Mr. Holman was with her at the time. The remain* were taken to Aurora, Ind., for interment, The bill introduced by Mr. Brossius, of Pennsylvania, to authorize the establishment of national banks in small cities was ordered to be favorably reported by, the House Committee on Banking and Currency. The Secretary of the Interior Wednesday made a requisition on the for $10,190,000 for pension payments, as follows: Buffalo, $1,665,000; Chicago, $2,375,000; Concord, $700,000; Dea Moines, $1,950,000; Milwaukee, $1,750/000; Pittsburg, $1,550,000; Washington, $100,000; Indianapolis, SIOO,OOO. The Nicaraguan canai bill was agreed upon by the sub-committee which has been at work on it for several weeks. The bill, provides for the reorganization of the Maritime Canal Company, the payment of all its debts, the selection of a board of fifteen directors, ten of them named by the United States, three by the canal; company and one each by Nicaragua and, Costa Rica.

Will Take Care of Oar Own.

Senator Davis—You fellows can scramble for the eastern half, but we’ll take cars of this half.—Cincinnati Post.

Sparks from the Wires.

The Solar iron worlds of William Clark’A| Sons, of Pittsburg, Pa., have been closed on executions aggregating $629,425. The tug Mascot, which left Baltimore last November, has been lost with its crew of eight men, all residents of Bal-v timore. The Angora cotton and woolen mills of Robert Callahan, Philadelphia, have been seized on execution. Liabilities I §450,000j assets, $550,000.