Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 April 1896 — Page 2

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MINORITY REPORT ON THE PACIFIC RAILWAY BILL. Says the Proceeding Proposed by the Committee Is One of Bargain and Sale in Disposing of the Property and Kights of the Government. Substitute Bill Offered. The views of Senator Morgan on the Pacific Railway refunding bill were submitted to the Senate Tuesday by Senator Pugh, in behalf of his colleague, who was called out of the eity. The Senator takes a position decidedly antagonistic to the bill reported, and begins by sharply criticising the joint meetings of the sub-committees of the two houses for the formulation of the bill. He characterizes this concerted action as a breach of duty and privilege. Such action is, he says, calculated to bring the pressure of outside influence of the most serious character to bear directly upon the action of the Senate and to its free judgment upon the measure before it. The added burden of the adjudication by a committee of the House is calculated to “smother out” the minority. Taking up the bill, the Senator says the proceeding proposed is one of bargain and sale in disposing of the property and rights of the Government, and is novel because hitherto Congress has not engaged in that line of business. Senator Morgan says an examination of Mr. Huntington's testimony before the Senate committee on Pacific roads “will disclose a most extraordinary condition of affairs relating to the Central and Southern Pacific railroads and other roads connected with them,” and continues: “Without attempting, in this paper, to array the evidence of fraud and ■peculhtion which Huntington's testimony vainly attempts to conceal, attention is drawn to the fact that his evasions of the truth, as it is thoroughly established, are his main reliance for misleading Congress in his effort to capture the Central Pacific Railway, after it has made him and his three or four associates enormously rich, on the plea that his pride impels him to save this road from bankruptcy, to which his fraudulent dealing seems to have driven it.” . DEFENSE OF PRESBYTERY. Rev. Mr. Cleveland DiemiHsed in the Interest of Harmony. The statements of Rev. William N. Cleveland, the President's brother, regarding his trouble at Chaumont, N. Y., have called forth a statement from the St. Lawrence Presbytery in defense of its action in dismissing him from his pastorate. It says: “The church at Chaumont was rent in pieces, and various reasons were assigned by the congregation for the lack of harmony, and counterreasons assigned by Mr. Cleveland. So far as the Presbytery was concerned, by means of a committee it sought to investigate charges made by Mr. Cleveland and counter-charges made by the large majority of his church. It did not find that there was any great or sufficient reason why the church in its majority should dislike Mr. Cleveland, nor did it find that Mr. Cleveland’s charges were substantiated. The Presbytery did what it could to reconcile differences, but the parties proved irreconcilable. It is to a certain extent a necessary piece of church policy that a minister must succeed in preserving unity in his congregation. In this particular case, inasmuch as the President’s brother was involved, it became a matter of national notoriety. In most cases it is not observed, but certainly common sense justifies the action which the Presbytery took.”

CUBANS SENTENCED TO DIE. Condemned as Incendiaries Without Proof of Guilt. Cuban prisoners of war are condemned to death as incendiaries without proof of actual guilt. Evidence that a rebel soldier belonged to a column of the enemy which burned property is sufficient to insure his death. A prisoner's conviction depends on whether he joined the offending band before or after the incendiarism occurred. It is said that nearly a hundred prisoners will be shot as incendiaries within a few days. Nebraska Murderers Get a Stay. Friday was the day fixed by the District Court of Douglas County, Neb., for the legal execution of George Morgan and Claude H. Hoover, both of whom stand convicted of murder in the first degree. The Supreme Court has intervened in both cases and the sentence of the lower court in each case is suspended while the Supreme Court passes upon the application made for new trials. Morgan was convicted of the murder of Ida Gaskill, 13 years old. Hoover was to die for killing Sam Dubois. National League Standing. Following is the standing of the clubs In the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cleveland ...31 Chicago.. ...2 3 Philadelphia .3 1 Cincinnati . .2 3 Pittsburg . . .3 1 Boston 2 3 Washington .3 1 Baltimore . .2 3 St Louis ...32 New York ....1 3 Brooklyn ...22 Louisville ...14 Bimetallists at Brussels. The bimetallic conference, called with the view of paving the way to international negotiations on the subject, assembled in Brussels Monday. Delegates from Germany, the United States, Great Britain, France, Austria, Russia, Belgium, Denmark, Holland and Roumania are present. Mrs. Talcott Dies, Aged 106. Mrs. Emily Robbins Talcott, the oldest woman in Connecticut, died at her home in West Hartford Monday evening. She was born in Wethersfield on Christmas Day, 1790. At the memorial services held on account of Washington’s death, •he sang in the choir. Gustavus Kohn Kills Himself. Gustavus A. Kohn, who had charge of large millinery establishments in London. Paris, St. Paul, Chicago, New York and Richmond, committed suicide in the Reservoir Park, near Richmond, Va. Fatal Philadelphia Blaze. Two firemen were crushed to death and •everal others seriously injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the old depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Thirty-second and Market streets, Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon, and entailed a loss of about $200,000. Potatoes Bring Little Money. The price of potatoes has been broken •nd a world’s record made. In Columbus, Minn., choice white potatoes are selling at 1% cents a bushel. The starch factories are running and many potatoes are being brought in. Prices at the factories •re larger.

SHORT LINE OF MARCH. Grand Army Men Pleased at the Decision of the Committees. Advices received at the headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic indicate that there is general satisfaction among the comrades throughout the country at the decision of the joint local and executive committees to limit the length of the route of the parade to take place in connection with the national encampment at St. Paul next September to one and eighttenths miles. At previous encampments, notably those at Boston and Pittsburg, there was considerable complaint among the veterans over the amount of ground they were required to cover on parade day, and thousands of them were compelled to drop out of line before the dispersing point was reached. This year, however, even the most feeble will be able to go over the course from start to finish. Moreover, the reviewing stand will be located about three-quarters of a mile from the starting point, so that in the event of extreme heat, rain or unfavorable conditions the parade can disband without going over the entire distance. The route adopted is paved with asphalt from one end to. the other, and this will enable the veterans to march with military tread. MANGLED AND SLAIN. Two Killed and Eight Badly Injured at Grosse Point. With an explosion that shook the country for miles around one of the buildings of the Chicago Fireworks Company at Grosse Point blew up about 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, killing two persons, fatally wounding two and terribly injuring six others. The employes, most of whom were girls under age, had scarcely been at work an hour when the accident occurred. What caused the explosion is not and probably never will be known. The girls were working briskly and merrily chatting with one another, when suddenly a terrible roar was heard, and the walls of the building, which is one of twelve similar ones, fell outward, while the roof came careening down, crushing the poor victims to the floor. A minute later another explosion followed, which mercifully raised the roof from the dying and fainting, and with feeble limbs and agonizing cries the wounded crawled out, some of them, forgetful of their own awful plight, dragging the more helpless ones with them. The work for the season at the establishment began but a few weeks ago, and only two of the twelve buildings were in use. TALK OF BOLT BY DELEGATES. White Metal Democrats Will Ineiat on a Free Coinage Plank. The Rocky Mountain News of Denver, Colo., says editorially that the representatives of Colorado in the national gathering of the Democratic party will walk out of the hall and out of the party unless the platform contains an unqualified declaration for free coinage and the candidate is suited to the platform. The Hon. Allen W. Thurman, of Ohio, sent a message to the Democratic State convention of Colorado predicting a victory for silver at Chicago if the Democrats from the Western States are united and determined and declaring that the prospect “ought to awaken in the breast of every true Democrat such feelings of exultation and courage that even were he threescore years and ten yet would he feel it was his duty to be in the front.”

DISASTER AT PEORIA. Two Dead, Two Fatally Hurt, and Others Seriously Injured. At 2:15 o’clock Friday morning a converter at the lower sugar works at Peoria, 111., exploded, filling an immense building with steam. At least two men ■j’ere killed outright, and it is feared that many more have met the same fate. Several were badly injured. The known dead: Barnes, John Hoey. Those known to be most seriously injured are: John Dooley, Mat. Connolly, John Wilson. The converter was on the fourth story of the building, in which about one hundred men were at work. There was the wildest excitement, and many thrilling escapes occurred. The explosion was plainly heard in all parts of the city. Reciprocity with Canada. In response to an invitation, Edward Farrer, one of the leaders of the Liberal party in Canada, has submitted to the House Ways and Means sub-committee the Liberal view of a reciprocity arrange-' ment between the United States and Canada. Mr. Farrer gives a history of the commercial relations between the two countries down to the reciprocity treaty with Newfoundland, negotiated in 1890 by Mr. Blaine, which was pigeon-holed by Lord Salisbury, he alleges, because of the jealousy of the dominion authorities. Mr. Farrer holds that it contained the principles upon which a treaty might now be framed that would be acceptable to the Liberals in Canada, seeking, as they do, to secure the commercial independence of the dominion and to be relieved from the necessity of consulting England in treatymaking and of the hampering requirement of conceding to England the best terms offered to any foreign country. Woman Thief Is Placarded. Mayor Nichols, of Wilkesbarre, Pa., sent an annual message of forty-six pages to the City Council Tuesday night, which that body received and filed without a page being opened. Wednesday he did something which, if rumor is true, the Council will not ignore. The first intimation of this new “freak,” as some call it, of the Mayor’s was the appearance on the street in the afternoon of a woman walking around, wearing upon her back a big white card, on which was printed in big black letters the 'words: “I am a shoe thief! Look out.” A big policeman followed close behind her to prevent her displacing the sign or running away, and thus she was obliged to walk through all the principal streets. The woman is Mrs. Sarah Jones and is a professional thief, having been before the Mayor several times for petty thefts. Nevertheless, her punishment is declared to be outrageous, and several members of the Council threaten to endeavor to impeach the Mayor. American Flour Not Fairly Treated. Charles C. Bovey and John Crosby, of Minneapolis, representing the National Millers’ Association, say flour inspectors of London are greatly exercised over what they hold to be a discrimination against American flour./ Flour from America enters London docks and is subjected to a landing charge of 18 cents per ton. French flour and American wheat escape this charge. Parliament has enacted that no charge whatsoever shall be made on goods landing at these docks, but the steamship companies, it is stated, issued to American millers a bill of lading containing a clause subjecting flour to the above rate. Holmes Has Been Baptized. At Philadelphia, H. H. Holmes was baptized and received into the Roman Catholic Church Thursday morning. The ceremony was performed by Rev. P. J. Dailey, pastor of the Church of the Annunciation, in Holmes’ cell. Russia Buys More Engines. The Baldwin Locomotive Works of Philadelphia closed a contract to build sixty-four locomotives for the Russian Government. This makes 134 locomotives ordered by Russia in eighteen months. Enemy of Cigarettes. Congressman Woodman, of Chicago, has offered a bill in the House to raise the

Internal revenue tax on cigarettes from 50 cents to $5 a thousand. If this bill should become a law the manufacturers of cigarettes would have to pay the Government one-half cent for every cigarette manufactured. Last year the production of domestic cigarettes reached tile remarkable number of 3,327,403,780, and at the tax proposed by Mr. Woodman this number would bring to the Government a revenue of nearly $17,000,000 a year. The consumption of cigarettes in the United States is increasing at the rate of 150,000,000 annually, and if this rate of increase was maintained the cigarette revenue under Mr. Woodman’s bill would in a few years become sufficient to pay half the annual expenses of conducting the Government. The Government now imposes a tax of $3 a thousand on imported cigarettes. The importations last year were 1,073.897. The number of American cigarettes exported last year reached 461,859,100, according to the report of the internal revenue bureau. Mr. Woodman also proposes to make the tax on cigars $3 a thousand. The production of cigars and cheroots last year reached 4,165,074,105.

RAINES LAW A TRAVESTY. Sunday in New York Marked by Wild Debauchery. There was more liquor sold in New York Sunday than on any previous Sunday in many years. There was more drunkenness seen upon the streets, more depravity and more dens, of vice wide open than the city knew almost in the worst days of protected viciousness. Three hundred saloons, which had been transferred into so-called hotels during the last week, were wide open all day and night. The proprietors gloated in the evasion of the law and greeted every one with joyous expression. Scenes of drunkenness almost universal on the East Side could have been witnessed in isolated spots all over the city where the subterfuge protection of a hotel license permitted beer to flow freely over the little saving sandwich that is called a meal. The kitchens of the hotel saloons had no stoves, no chefs, no larders. Thin board partitions had been set up to make cubby holes called rooms and' beds were thrown in, but no one slept in them. This is a fair sample of all of New York’s hotel licensed saloons. In Brooklyn there was also the usual amount of drunkenness. Hotel saloons are not numerous in that city and saloon screens were drawn away from the windows, showing empty interiors. But the thirsty knew w’here and how to obtain their beer. GOLD CONTRACTS ILLEGAL. District Judge at Omaha Says He Will Rule Against Them. The question of the legality of what are known as “gold coin contracts” was raised in Omaha. It came up in the case of Chase against Wren, an action to collect payment of a $2,000 mortgage note, on which a default in interest had occurred. The attorney for the defense raised the point in the District Court as to the effect of inserting in a note or contract the words “to pay in gold coin,” or the words “to pay in gold coin or its equivalent,” and argued that in either form the note would be illegal, being in violation of the legal tender law and contrary to public policy. It was further argued by the defense i.iat if not voiding and invalidating the note entirely the section requiring payment in gold was void. During the argument the court said it would not enforce that part of the note contracting to pay in gold; that if it came to a question of holding that if the note was payable in gold coin the contract was illegal and' void, the court would hold that it was illegal and void.

Regarded by Holmes as a Joke. Murderer H. H. Holmes is apparently dividing his last days upon earth in finding a source of merriment in the annoyance he has caused the police of various cities by his startling confession of twenty-odd murders and in seeking in religion atonement for his crimes. He looks upon his confession as a joke. Mrs. Hilliard Asks Alimony. Newton Hilliard, the dashing youth known as Cleveland’s Berry Wall, heir to several fortunes, has been sued for alimony by his wife. Mrs. Hilliard was formerly Miss Madge Taylor, a soubrette in the Baker Opera Company, which Hilliard purchased. To Settle Cuban Trouble. The papal nuncio at Madrid has been instructed to propose the mediation of the pope in order to bring about a settlement of the troubles in Cuba or to urge upon Spain the acceptance of President Cleveland’s reported offer of mediation. Railways Adopt a Novel Rule. The transmissouri committee of the Western Passenger Association decided to place a joint agent at the various tourist terminal points, with whom passengers must deposit the return portion of their tickets until ready to start for home. Seven Miners Killed. At Nlehart, Mont., seven men were instantly killed, six seriously wounded and several others badly bruised and cut by an explosion early Saturday morning of the magazine in the Broadwater mine used for thawing powder. Eva Booth Appointed. Miss Eva Booth, youngest daughter of General Booth, has been appointed commander of the Salvation army in Canada and Newfoundland.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2,29 cto 31c; oats, No. 2,19 c to 20c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 38c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; 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, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 1 30c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,37 c to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,74 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye,. No. 2,43 cto 45c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 37c to 39c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 74c to 75e; corn, No. 2 yellow’, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,38 cto 40c; clover seed, $4.75 to $4.85. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 3,29 cto 30c; oats. No. 2 white. 20c to 22c; barley, No. 2,30 cto 33c; rye, No. 1,38 cto 40c; pork, mess, $8.50 to $9.00. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; w’heat, No. 2 red, 75c to 77c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; -oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; w’heat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; butter, creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, Western. 11c ~to 12c.

Aa Egyptian Camel Corps, Armed Men with Modern Breech-Loading Site*, Patrolling the Hot Sands in Search of the Enemy. .

The eyes of the world are now fixed on the Soudan, where the Anglo-Egyptian expedition is marching toward Dongola to crush the power of the Khalifa Abdullah, who succeeded the Mahdi, of Khartoum fame. The advance guard of

OHIO HAS A CYCLONE.

Two Men Insthntly Killed—Scores of Houses and Barns Demolished. A dyclone which proved fatal to two persons and which did damage amounting to many thousands of dollars passed across Sandusky County, Ohio, Monday afternoon. It was just 3 o'clock when a big, black, whirling cloud was seen in the southwest approaching at a fearful speed and apparently headed for the heart of Fremont. People on the streets cr.ed out to each other in fear and ran in search of a place of refuge. In five minutes the cloud had gone on its way, passing close to the city’s western outskirts and disappearing in the distance. In its wake was a path of desolation, ruin and death. William L. Greene, together with his son, James, and the latter’s family, occupied a large frame residence on a farm directly in the path of the storm. The house was crushed, W. L. Greene was killed outright and his mangled remains carried some distance from the site of the building. Mrs. James Greene was badly injured and will probably not recover. Her infant child was peacefully sleeping in a cradle when the house was struck. The cradle and its occupant were picked up like a feather and carried quite a distance in an adjoining field. When discovered the cradle was smashed, but the babe was unharmed. At the farm of Amos Hetrick John Low and Hetrick were shearing sheep in a barn. The barn was leveled to the ground. Low was blown out of the barn across a forty-acre field against a tree and instantly killed. Hetrick escaped W’ith light injuries. A young child of Charles Tucker's was badly injured by flying pieces of timber. Abraham Fought, a farmer, was struck and an arm and leg were broken. Ruins, scattered far and wide, are all that are now left of what were a few hours ago many ideal country houses and farms. At Muscalong creek, where the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railroad lies in the path of the storm, fearful damage was done. A large tree was blown across a freight train, striking the caboose, crushing it like an egg shell. Several trainmen were in the caboose at the time, but they miraculously escaped injury. Booktown, the small hamlet, was laid waste. Not a building is left standing. The roof of the Hatfield brick school house, three miles northwest of Fostoria, was blown off and the gable ends fell in, while school was in session, breaking the arm of the teacher, Miss Belle Norris. Several children were injured, one little boy named Hatfield being carried several hundred feet by the wind. At New Castle, Pa., there w T ere many narrow escapes from death. The front of Charles Earle’s west side store was blown in. Three school buildings were completely unroofed, while the Catholic’ Church suffered a similar fate.

THOSE WORLD’S FAIR MEDALS.

Strange as It May Seem, Some of Them Have Been Distributed. The long-expected distribution of Columbian World’s Fair diplomas and medals has begun at last, and Monday about 3,000 diplomas and medals, covering all of the successful German exhibitors at the fair, were turned over to Baron Thielmann, the German ambassador, who will ■hip them immediately to his Government for distribution. Those awarded to American exhibitors will be ready for delivery within the next ten days or two weeks at the farthest, and the shipments to England, France, Russia, Spain, Italy and other foreign countries will be ready for delivery to their respective diplomatic representatives here within the next month.

THE WORLD'S GREATEST ZOO.

New York Is to Have One That Will Cover 3O;» Acree, New York is to have a zoological garden that will surpass anything of the kind ever before known. Plans have nearly been completed by the New York Zoological Society, which is made up of some of

the representative men of the metropolis, to give that city a zoo that will be in keeping with its importance. The biggest existing zoological garden has sixty-six acres, but the one proposed will greatly exceed these figures. A site for the garden has not yet beep selected, but 300 acres will be set aside somewhere in the city for the purpose. When a suitable place is found buildings, etc., will be erected and the society will make a call for popular subscriptions. It is hoped by this means to raise $250,000, •which the Legislature will be asked to increase to >400,000.

THE CAMPAIGN IN THE SOUDAN.

the expedition has reached Akasheh, between the second and third cataracts of the Nile, without encountering any of the Khalifa’s forces, which it is believed are concentrated at Dongola. The frontier march of the expedition is through the

A new principle will be carried out in regard to the wild animals, that of placing native and foreign animals of the tropical, temperate and colder regions as far as possible among their natural surroundings. It will be possible to do this, considering the large area that will be at the disposal of the society. The larger animals of North America will be shown in the free range of large inclosures, in which the rocks, forests and natural features of the landscape will give the people an impression of the life, habits and native surroundings of these different types. It is proposed that the lion house shall open into a sandy inclosure in which palms and other tropical plants will give a perfect impression of the natural habitat of the lion. The first main feature will be the collection of native animals, many of which are rapidly becoming extinct. The value of exhibiting them under natural condition will be very great.

New York Central’s Steel Draw Over the Harlem River, New York. The great engineering work of elevating the four tracks of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad over the Harlem river in New Y’ork city is completed and trains to and from the Grand Central station at Forty-second street now traverse the new steel structure and avoid the deep cut in the old roadway. The original cause of this change of grade was the construction of the Harlem ship canal. To Walter Katte, chief engineer of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad, is due the chief credit of the design of the new steel viaduct and drawbridge. The draw span, w’hich is the only four-track railway drawbridge in the world, measures 400 feet over all and weighs 2,500 tons. The drawbridge is 58 feet 0 inches wide from center to center of the outside trusses, and is car-

END VIEW OF THE STEEL DRAWBRIDGE ACROSS HARLEM RIVER.

ried by three trusses, of which the central one is the heaviest. Between the central and each of the two side trusses is a clear space of twenty-six feet, which permits the passage of two sets of double tracks. The floor is corrugated, like that of the viaduct, and the rails are bolted to it with only the intervention of steel tie plates. The weight of the draw span is carried by two huge steel drums, one inside the other. The diameter of the outer drum is 54 feet and of the inner 46 feet. These drums are coupled together by sixteen lattice braces. Underneath each of the drums are seventy-two cast steel rollers, with faces 10% inches wide. The seven-ty-two wheels under the outer drum are each 24 inches in diameter, and those under the inner drum are 20 7-16 inches in diameter. The whole weight of the bridge rests on these rollers when the draw is open. The select committee of the House of Commons on the rule of the road at sea, by a vote of 6 to 3, has adopted the chairman’s report in favor of rule 3, suggested by the Washington conference dealing

SOME OF THE MAGNATES OF THE NATIONAL GAME.

with sound fog signals. This was the rule upon which centered the main objection of British ship owners and navigators to the series of rules of the road recommended by the Washington conference. A secret meeting of the steel rod manufacturers of the country was held at Cleveland for the purpose of effecting a general pooling of interests. The meeting adjourned after an all day session without having reached an agreement, and most of the manufacturers left for home.

BIG RAILROAD BRIDGE.

Nubian desert, where perils of many kinds are numerous. Dealing with the march of the expedition we print an illustration taken from the Illustrated London News, of an Egyptian camel corps patrolling the hot sands in seajch of the enemy.

WAR DAYS RECALLED.

Survivors of the First Troops Retrace the Old Line of March. Thirty-five years ago last Thursday the first Union troops to respond to President Lincoln’s proclamation asking for volunteers started on their way to the defense of the capital. One hundred and thirtyfive survivors of those Pennsylvania militia companies celebrated the anniversary by following the same line of march, but their reception in Baltimore in 1896 was somewhat different from that of 1861. They represent what is known as the First Defenders Association, the living remnants of five battalions of militia, numbering nearly 700 men, as follows: The Washington artillery and national light infantry of Pottsville, the Ringgold light artillery of Reading, the Logan guard of Lewiston and the Allen infantry of Allentown. President Lincoln issued his proclamation on the 15th of April. The same day the officers of these companies reported at Harrisburg with their men, and on Tuesday, April 16, having been mustered in, they boarded a train on the Northern Central Railway and started for Baltimore. There they were compelled to change cars and march through the city. Although a platoon of police furnished them an escort, they were followed by a mob of several hundred persons, who threw stones at them as they marched. But only one person was wounded, and that was a colored servant of the captain of the Pottsville artillery, who was cut on the face by a brick. On the 19th of April the Sixth Massachusetts regiment, which followed them, encountered an even more angry mob, and the riot which occurred on that day in Baltimore is a matter of history. The survivors of the First Defenders Association met at Harrisburg to begin their historic pilgrimage, which covered the entire route over which they went in

1861. In Baltimore they were the guests of the city, and were entertained by the Grand Army of the Republic. They went to Washington Friday and remained until Saturday night.

Told in a Few Lines.

Prof. R. A. Fessenden, of Western University, Pittsburg, has invented a meter whereby X rays can be measured. While returning from a hunting trip John Leininger and Peter Pretzeller were killed by a train near Looneyville, N. Y. Indications are that the national headquarters of the Hotel Waiters’ Association will be removed from St. Louis to Chicago. Jesse White, charged with the murder of Mrs. Hester Curt is last December, was found guilty at Lafayette, Ind. He will go to prison for life. By the explosion of a barrel of gasoline in the Dauntless bicycle factory at Toledo the entire plant was wrecked. Loss, SIIO,OOO. Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson stated at Bloomington, 111., there was no

truth in the statement that has been published to the effect tnat he and Mrs. Stevenson will visit Europe the coming summer. The Pillsbury “A” mill at Minneapolis has just completed a remarkable six days’ run, having made during that time 61,827 barrels, an average of over 10,300, barrels a day for six days. The heaviest day’s run for the week was 10,783. The highest record of any flout' mill in the world was made by this same mill in December, 1894, when it made 55,943 barrels in six days.

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 house Tuesday passed without amendment the fortification appropriation bill carrying appropriations and authorizations involving an expenditure of sll,384,613. The appropriations for fortifications since the Endicott commission in 1886 reported its plan for the defense of twenty-seven seaports, at an approximate cost of $100,000,000, have averaged something over $2,000,000 annually. It was made apparent after a lively colloquy in the Senate that there was no disposition among the silver and Populist Senators to allow the resolution for a Senate inquiry into recent bond issues to lapse. Mr. Squire (Rep., Wash.) made an elaborate presentation of the pressing need of coast defenses, pointing out the defenseless condition of our great sea-coast harbors. In the House Wednesday Mr. Hull, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, called up the resolution for the reappointment of WilHam B. Franklin, of Connecticut, Thomas J. Henderson of Illinois, George L. Beale of Maine and Geo. W. Steele of Indiana as members of the Board of Managers of the national soldiers’ homes. Mr. Blue made a sensational speech against Gen. Franklin, charging him and Col. Smith (for whom he said Gen. Franklin was responsible) with cruel and brutal treatment of the inmates of the home at Leavenworth, Kan. He moved to substitute the name of Gen. O. O. Howard for that of Gen. Franklin. ‘Mr. Blue said his purpose was to free the Leavenworth home from the drunken and brutal man now at its head. Mr. Blue read a telegram from E. J. Anderson and Others urging him to fight Gen. Franklin’s reappointment and telling him that 60,000 soldiers in Kansas were behind him. He claimed that Gov. Smith maintained |he biggest saloon in Kansas under the shadow of the flag the soldiers fought to save. Last year, he said, the profits of the beer hall alone were $13,000. Mr. Blue also read an affidavit charging that a contract existing whereby the Keeley cure was given to inmates for $6, while outsiders were charged S2O. “Has not the noard made an investigation of Gov. Smith’s administration?” asked Mr. Hull., “Any investigation made by the Board of Managers,” replied Mr. Blue, “is a roaring farce.” With the understanding that a vote should be had Thursday, the House adjourned. The Senate ratified the Bering sea arbitration treaty. The treaty provides for a commission to arbitrate the claims made by citizens of England against the United States for seizures of vessels engaged in the capture of fur seals prior to the Paris award. Mr. Blue’s fight against the reappointment of Gen. William B. Franklin as a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers, which w T as the feature of the proceedings in the House Wednesday, terminated unsuccessfully Thursday, when his amendment to substitute the name of Gen. O. O. Howard for that of Gen. Franklin was rejected, 149 to 61. Several minor bills were passed. The speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Cobb (Dem.), of Alabama, on the Ways and Means Committee in place of Mr. Tarsney, who was unseated; Mr. Aldrich (Rep.), of Illinois, on Banking and Currency, and Mr. Van Horn (Rep.), of Missouri, on Labor. Debate of the resolution for an investigation of recent bond issues consumed the time of the Senate.

The Senate continued debate of th» bond bill Friday, and incidentally Mr. Allen called Mr. Gear a liar. He was compelled to subside, and his words were “taken down.” The net result of five hours’ work on the private calendar in the House was the passage of four pension bills, one to pension the widow of Rear Admiral Foote at SSO a month; the rejection of a bill to retire a hospital steward as a second lieutenant of cavalry and the passage of a war claim less than SGOO. The latter was the first war claim brought before the House for consideration and naturally provoked a general debate on the policy of paying war claims. The Senate Committee on Military Affairs acted favorably Saturday upon the list of managers for the soldiers’ homes, as agreed to by the House. The House* paid tribute to the memory of the late Representative Cogswell of Massachusetts. Gen. Cogswell was one of the most popular members of the House. His career as a soldier and statesman and the nobility of his character were eloquently and warmly portrayed. Before the eulogies began Mr. Cannon reported the general deficiency, the last appropriation bill. Mr. Talbert (Dem.) of South Carolina objected to a pension bill presented by Mr. Cannon (Rep.) of Illinois. Mr. Cannon made a personal appeal to Mr. Talbert. He said it was the first time in twenty years that he had asked for unanimous consent. He reviewed the pathetic history of the soldier who was a constituent of his, shot to pieces and almost totally blind. Mr. Talbert withdrew his objection. Several bills to donate condemned cannon to G. A. R. posts were passed. The Senate Monday discussed sectarian schools in debating the Indian appropriation bill, but no action was taken. The House was entertained by a hot tariff discussion. Several items in the general deficiency bill were finally settled.

Sandow Rides a Wheel.

During the last year Sandow has become a .confirmed bicyclist. He did not at first give his approval to this form of exercise, thinking it developed ths leg muscles only. In his exhibitions at Proctor’s Pleasure Palace, Sandow has demonstrated -that he is much stronger than he was a year ago. He has increased Ms single finger lift from 606 pounds to 750, while the cTunrbbell that he raises with one hand weighs 255 pounds, an increase of fifty pounds over that of last year. His harness lift has been increased from 5,800 to 6,100 pounds.

Insulted the Kaiser.

A girl of Metz, 14 years old, has recently been condemned to eight days' Imprisonment for having insulted the German Emperor. The insult consisted in writing a private letter to one of her little friends in which there was something disrespectful to his Majesty. It is said that such sentences are common in Alsace-Lorraine. Herr Liebknecht, the veteran socialist of the Reichstag, will have to serve four months’ imprisonment also for insulting the Emperor after the Reichstag adjourns.

Man’s Proud Equal.

Much significance is naturally attached to the confession of a woman across the bay that she has purchased a brick of glittering brass. The incident shows the proud upward march of the sex to that plane on which man is supposed to stand, superior and enviai ble.—San Francisco Examiner.