Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 May 1896 — Page 2

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SIXTY FALL TO DEATH

AWFUL PLUNGE OF A VICTORIA, B. C., STREET CAR. Dives to the River 100 Feet Below Through a Rotten Bridge—Big Cotton Btatea Show Fails Through Apathy of Those to Be Benefited. Horror at Victoria. A terrible accident occurred at Victoria, B. C., Tuesday. A sham tight and review was to take place at Macaulay Point, near Esquimault, and crowds were making their way there by every route. All the tram cars were [Kicked. Two cars left Government street with more than 100 people. The first got safely over Point Ellice bridge, which crosses Victoria arm. When the other was abotlt half way over the middle span of the bridge, about 150 feet in length, gave way and the car plunged into the water 100 feet below. The car was completely submerged. and all on board were drowned with the exception of some of those who were standing on the platform and who, esc-aping'injury frofn she falling timbers, managed to save themselves by using the floating ruins of the bridge and thus got ashore. Sixty bodies had been recovered at 10 o'clock at night. Only a few of them, however, have been identified. t EXTOSITION POSTPONED. Cotton States Fail to Do Their Part for the Big Show. The proprietors of the Cotton States i exposition, which was to have Ixs-ii held in Chicago this full, have decided to give up the scheme for the present. This action was decided upon at an executive session of those in charge. The proposed fair grew out of the visit of many prominent Chicagoans to Atlanta last November. The leaders of the movement for the Chicago Cotton States exposition have been confident of success. Fur a long time it has been apparent to the Chicago committee that the South would eventually fail to come to time and the exhibition would fall through. The Chicago committee has done all that it agreed to —it has raised the necessary SIOO,OOO successfully to carry on the project; it has facilitated railroad eommunieations between the North and South, but after repeatedly advising the Southern committee that it was ready to carry out its port, a communication was received asking the committee to postpone the date, no time being set. This, it is thought, amounts to an eventual abandonment of the scheme on the part of the South. The directors say that the exposition has not. been entirely abandoned, hut that 1 SDH or some other year may be selected as the time to hold it.

A. C. MELLETTE DEAD. Ex-Governor of Sontli Dakota Succumbs to Heart Failure. A. C. Mellette. ex-Governor of South Dakota, died Monday morning at his home ih Pittsburg. Kan., of heart failure, after nn illness of altout five weeks. Death was, however, brought on by a complication of diseases of four or live years’ standing. He was ft prominent Knight Templar. Standing of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. \V. L. Cincinnati ..21 11 Chicago 17 15 Cleveland ...18 10 Washington. 14 1(S Boston 18 12 Brooklyn ... .13 17 Pittsburg . . .10 11 New York.. . .12 19 Baltimore .. .18 13 St. L0ui5....11 20 Philadelphia 17 14 Louisville ... 7 24 Western League standing. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit 19 8 Minneapolis. 15 14 St. Paul 1(5 lo Indianapolis. 12 12 Kansas City.ls 11 Columbus ... 9 20 Milwaukee ..17 14 Grand Rapids 7 22 Gives Her Estate to a Convict. Mrs. Martha Calloway, a large property owner of Fort Scott, Kan., died Tuesday, leaving a will bequeathing to her non, Clark Bedell, who is a. life convict in the New York State prison at Auburn, half of her valuable estate and precluding her husband from any share in it. The convict son was for many years a prominent man of Fort Scott, and bis parents have succeeded in keeping his disgrace a profound secret until the mother died and the step-father retained counsel to contest the will. The nature of " Bedell’s offense is not known at home. Hermit C. H. Thomas Has an Heir. An official search of the effects of Charles H. Thomas, the aged hermit who died at the Cincinnati hospital, disclosed that he has a son, Henry, who is, or was, noting sheriff at Glenwood Springs, Colo. The old man was miserly and physicians say he died of starvation. He lived mainly on what he gathered from garbage barrels. He owned a farm in Kentucky, an orange grove in Florida and had several hundred dollars in bank. He lived in a dingy hovel in McFarland street, where he kept a junkshop. Devoted to Reports. The second day’s session of the Presbyterian general assembly at Saratoga, N. Y., was opened with devotional exercises led by Rev. George D. Lindsay, of Galena, 111. The business of the day consisted principally in the reception of the reports of the special committees appointed in 1895. Some standing committees were announced by the moderator, Dr. John L. Withrow. Gov. Bradley Indicted. Gov. Bradley has been indicted at London. Ky„ by the grand jury for failing to file a description of his lunds in that county under the recent tax law. It is believed that the lands are not very valuable and the Governor overlooked the fact that the lauds were in his name. Colonel Moabv Critically 111. Col. John S. Mosby, the ex-Confederate soldier, recently consul to Hong Kong, is lying critically ill at his home in San Francisco. He is suffering from appendicitis. To Inhabit Arnold’s Cottage. At a meeting of the Philadelphia Park Commission a proposition was made <by *x-Mayor Stokele.v that the city renovate 1 Ihe residence in the [Jark that was occupied by Benedict Arnold when he resided ftodt make it the; official summer iwdeoce of the Mayor. —- Horror at Buffalo, N. Y. M Buffalo, N- Y.,the Seneca street side stf Brown building, formerly occupied &W Western Union Telegraph Comjmej'.'oolla.psed Thursday and a score or HMBejMMpI* were buried in the ruins. Two outright, two are missing, and

SENT TO THE BOTTOM. Bchooner Satirise Rnn Down by the Whaleback Barge 133. The schooner Sunrise was ent in two by whaleback barge 133, in tow of the steamer W. H. Gratwick, some sixty miles northeast of Chicago harbor, Thursday morning. The schooner went to the bottom so quickly that the crew had barely time to launch the lifeboat and get clear of the wreck. They were taken on board the whaleback and were then transferred to the Gratwick, which arrived at Chicago the next morning. The Sunrise left Chicago Wednesday night, bonnd for Cockburn island, Lake Huron, for a cargo of cedar. She, was in command of Cnpt. Duncan Buchanan, one of the old-time navigators of the lakes. Just after daybreak Thursday morning, when a dense fog hung on, the lake, the three blasts of a steamer's whistle were heard. The Sunrise was then running before the south wind. Capt. Buchanan had taken in all the light canvas, and the schooner, one of the fastest on fresh water, was jogging p.long some five miles an hour. By the sound of the whistle blasts, Capt. Buchanan found he was clear of the steamer. He heard no bell or anything to indicate that she had another boat in tow. The next thing he realized was that his boat was struck by the whaleback barge on the starboard bow. The crash was terrific. The whole bow of the schooner was cut off clean, twelve or fifteen feet back from the stem. TALES OF SPANISH BRUTALITY. A Missionary Relates • Them to a Benatc Committee. Rev. Albert J. Diaz, the American citizen and Baptist missionary whb.xvith his family and brother, was expelled from Cuba after having been arrested and incarcerated in prison there, has been given a hearing before a sub-committee of the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations, consisting of Senators Morgan and Davis. Mr. Diaz made a statement under oath. Many of the statements made by Mr. Diaz have already appeared in print. One case just furnished the State Department wag at Guntao, where the Spanish soldiers killed six or seven men (non-com--batants). Then the Spaniards went into different houses and gathered seventeen men. They tied these together, two by two, among them being Ladislo Quintero, of Key West, an American 21 years old, who was found sick in bod. The men were taken to the street and commanded to kneel down. The soldiers fired at them, killing all except the American. This occurred Feb. 22 in the immediate presence of the wives and children of the unfortunate men. Dr. Diaz’s statement gives accounts of cases where he alleges explosive bullets were used by the Spaniards and of the shooting of two children in the arms of their mothers by the Spaniards. March 15, in Havana, he saw a man who hud been killed by the soldiers and who had seventy-one bayonet wounds. Dr. Diaz mentioned several instances where the Spaniards bombarded insurgenj hospitals,, killing fthe inmates.

MILLIONS FOR COAST DEFENSES. Fortifications Bill Carries an Appropriation of $lO 703,888. The fortifications bill which passed the Senate appropriates the liliernl sum of $10,703,888. The House Committee on Appropriations appropriated $5,845,837 for coast defenses, but the Senate increased the amount by $4,918,051. The main question of the importance of having this large appropriation made was conceded without objections in the Senate, so that the fortifications bill passed unanimously. Coming Here to Study. The Chinese Government has awakened to the fact that the recent defeat by their smaller but more highly educated neighbor, Japan, was due entiWtiy to the inculcation in the latter nation of western methods. In view of possible future complications the Chinese Government has decided to recognize the superiority of foreign training. As a result twenty Chinese boys, ranging in age from 10 to 12 years, will soon nuike their appearance in this country. Unlike their predecessors, these visitors come as children to become skilled in mechanical arts. The youngsters will come over in care of the Rev. Hui Kin, superintendent of the Presbyterian mission, who is a graduate of an American college and the third Chinaman to be ordained in this country. Mr. Kin saw what the Chinese officials baa}, not seen—that to properly educate the oriental in western methods he must be brought here while very young. Finally as an experiment it was decided to permit the minister to bring back with him to America twenty boys. He selected the sons of farmers as being better fitted physically to enter into mechanical training. The expenses of the pupils are paid by their fathers. Mr. Kin’s.plans are not yet known to the people in charge of the mission, but it is understood the lads are to remain here for some years, and return to China with a liberal mechanical and scientific education. China, it is believed, will also apply soon to this Government for the privilege of sending one or more of its youths to West Point and Annapolis. The twenty youngsters who will arrive soon will remain here under bonds to return to their native country, and every precaution will be taken against the violation of our anti-Chinese laws.

“Czar” la Still Mum. A Washington correspondent says: Tom Reed is being strongly urged to accept the Republican nomination for Vice-Presi-dent. Some of his most intimute friends are among the urgers. A week ago they ’scoffed at the suggestion of their favorite for second place on the ticket. But since then, for some reason which they decline to explain, a change has come over the spirit of their dreams, and they are now becoming quite enthusiastic in their efforts to laud him in the place now occupied by Stevenson. Their efforts thus far have not been successful. The urgers are sufficiently encouraged, however, to warrant them iu continuing their course. They have been unable to get the speaker to say he would accept the ndminntihn, but they have so accustomed him to the idea that he listens to their suggestions now without a prompt apd stern rebuff which their first advances met. The viee-presidancy is a good deal of a comedown from the presidency; but it is, nevertheless, a very big office in point of honor, and, though the latitude is not so great as that enjoyed by the speaker of the House when it comes to the duties' df presiding officer, there are'many thifigk which go to make up the Shortcoming' its that direction. The people back of the movement hope to get an early answer from the speaker warranting them in informing the powers, that wilLapparently be at the St, Louis eonvep-tiqn shat Reed will accept second place. 1

Humane Bequest of SIOO,OOO. The will of Edwaffl Hv Tvennedy was admitted to probateat Philadelphia. He bequeathed his entire fortune of $160,000 in trust for the benefit of the woman’s branch of the Pennsylvania Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Great Lobs of Life Feared. Violent gales have prevailed along all the British coasts and the shipping at Hull has suffered considerably. A large Vessel was driven ashore near Port Patrick, Scotland u Death and Destruction in lowa. Meager reports Monday morning state that a cyclone struck' lowa, fifteen jniles north of. Des Moines, killing Bine people and 'injuring' a number! At

midnight a cloudburst occurred at LaMoille, and flooded the county as if • river had been turned loose suddenly from some commanding point of vantage. Streams that were but rivulets and ertn s little “njns” were swollen to enormous pretensions. Creeks became broad, surging rive A ca the instant and the dire work of. laying waste began. Railroad | tracks were washed -away, seefiobS of | roadbed half a mile in length were car--1 ried off on the turbulent waters like the toy boat in the hillside brook. Trestles succumbed to the flood, bridges disappeared, crops were laid waste, and havoc '. wrought in every conceivable form. BRITISHERS CAUGHT NAPPING. Americans Cornered the Bicycle Tube Market tn .Advance. United States Consul Parker, at Birmingham. England, has contributed to the State Department a special report on .the remarkable development of the business of making steel tubing at that place, ca used by the great increase in the use of tile bicycle. Incidentally he tells of a shrewd Y'ankee business trausaetiofi which has placed the British bicycle makers in a bad plight. The American manufacturers, foreseeing a great demand for wheels, not only purchased nil of the stock of steel tubing on hand in England, but gave orders that engaged the. output of many of the factories for a long lime to come, and so it happened when the “craze” struck England the British bicycle makers found they had been caught napping and were short of material. Immediately there was a rush to start up new steel tube plants, and so many have been projected that overproduction is-feared in the end, but meanwhile there is a stringency. To show the extent of the increased export of this tubing to the United States, the consul says that, while the entire export for 1594 was $85,899, that for the first quarter of this year amounts already to $231,200.

trade fairly brisk. Short Crop Stories Have Little Effect on the Market, R. G. Dun Hi Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The waiting condition, which seems to some people nothing better than stagnation, still continues. But there is a difference. Thousands of orders and contracts are merely deferred because they can be more safely given a little later. There is nothing exciting in the speculative market for ex|>ortable products, and the stories about damage to ‘wheat have been numerous, but the general belief regarding the future supply is fairly reflected in the decline of 1.92 cents per btishei. The western receipts continue larger—for three weeks 0,818,025 bushels, against 4,302.537 !:isl year, while A'tjatifie exports, flour included, have been wily 3,198,803 bushels for the same weeks, against 4,749,074 last year. The home market fails entirely to respond K> short crop stories, for it is known that western reports indicate a crop exceeding last year's.” PRISONERS HIGH IN MIDAIR. Big Wheel Stops Rumjing, to tho Great Discomfort of Passengers, At Earl's court, London, there is a great wheel.'l larger than the famous Ferris wheel of Chicago, carrying forty big cars. Thursday evening the wheel started with quite a number of people on board, but suddenly ceased to revolve. A number of people were compelled to remain aloft untif next morning. Murder Mystery Clearing. At Salt Lake City, Utah, Henrietta Clausen and Sumuelson disappeared, and a few days afterward in the basement of the First Scandinavian M. E. Church were found traces of a bloody crime. DoVOWtpnients have resulted in the arrest of the pastor. In his. trunk were found many articles of personal property belonging, to the girls. There is every evidence tllat the bodies of the girls were cremated in the church fyri^icp. Czar Reaches Moscow. The czar and czarina made their triumphal entry into Moscow ainid the thunder of batteries of artillery, the clanging of countless bells and the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Russians and equally enthusiastic visitors from all parts of the world. Probably never in the history of nntious lias there been such an assemblage of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous scene may never be repented in its grand entirety. Company Grants nn Advance. One thousand men in Cleveland, Ohio, who have been idle for the past ten days as a result of the strike at the ship yards of the Globe Iron Company, have returned to work. The company submitted a proposition offering a substantial advance in wages and after a long and heated discussion the men voted by n small majority to return to work on condition that all hands be taken back. Arkansas Firm Ships 15,300 Frogs. A firm at Stuttgart, Ark., shipped by express Friday 15,390 frogs to northern markets. They were captured in the swamps of Arkansas County. Missouri Is on the Rampage. The Missouri river is on a boom, and all streams on both sides of the river for 100 miles north are bank full and flood damage is imminent.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $6.50 to $4.50; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 59c to 01c; corn, No. 2,28 cto 29c; oats, No. 2,18 c to 19c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 10c; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushnl, ■ Pic to 20c; broom corn, $25 to SSO per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2,64 cto 66c; .corn, No. 1 white, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 64c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 18d to 20e; rye, No. 2,35 c to 37c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75: - wheat, 9No;>j2,‘66c to 68c;-corn, No. 2 nrixedy 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, 2,38 cto 39q, Detroit—’Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to srf.7s; aheep", $2.00 ‘to $3.75j’ wheat, No. 2 red, 66c t« OSc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23e> rye,-35c to 37c, Toledo—Wheat, No. 1 red, 67c to 69c ;> corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2.white, 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2,37 cto 38c; clover seed, $4.55 to $4.65. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 3 spring, 61c to 63c; corn, No. 3,28 cto 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; barley, No. 2,32 cto 33c; rye, No. 1,36 cto 38c; pork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4,215;'' sheep, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No, 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2, 34c to 36qf oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western, 10c to 12a

GREAT SEED HUMBUG.

COSTLY TRASH SUPPLIED TO THE FARMERS. Each Recipient of a Free Package Gets Two- thirds of an Ounce, Not Enough to Be Serviceable, and Uncle Sam Pays $165,000 a Year for it. Congressional Extravagance. Washington correspondence:

HUMBUG, thy name is Congress! There never was a better illustration of this fact than the recent controversy L' over the question of Si distributing fr e e St « seeds. Secretary w Morton wanted to put a stop to this ridBjjjiculous abuse, which, 155 in the last twenty j|K years, has cost the Government over $2,580,000; but the krf| Congressmen object|l |*ed because they U' would be deprived

of the privilege of scattering complimentary prize packages among their constituents without cost to themselves. The hollowness of the fraud was strikingly exhibited when, a few weeks ago, Secretary Morton proposed to furnish to each member of Congress 1,000 packages, every one of which should contain one large paper of big peas or corn and fourteen papers of small seeds. This raised a row right away, because the legislators said that 1,000 packages would not gp around among their constituents. They obliged the Secretary to divide the seeds into packages of five papers, so as to give 5,000 to each Congressman. It was made clear to them that the packages of five papers each would be too small to be of any practical use, but that objection was ignored. It was not desired that the seeds should be useful to the farmers and other people, but that they should serve tho political ends of the Congressmen. Accordingly, the order was changed at a cost of about S6OO for the additional number of envelopes employed. Not Enough to Be of Service. The law prescribes that the seeds shall be of “rnre and pneommon varieties.” But the Congressmen will have nothing but ordinary garden and field seeds, ranging from nasturtium and pansy to corn and peas. Each package contains five little papers of seeds, amounting in all to about two-thirds of an ounce, and consisting of two-tenths of an ounce of cabbage seed, two-tenths of an ounce of cucumber seed, three-tenths of an ounce of squash seed, three-tenths of an ounce of turnip seed and less than one-tenth of an ounce of tomato seed.

This is as much as any individual gets from the much-advertised distribution of free seed by Congress. It is for this shat the Government is paying out SBO,OOO this year, without counting the cost of sending the packages by mail. The.cost of such a package to Uncle Sam, including the envelopes and printing, is 3-7 c. The actual expense of delivering it by mail is 4c in addition. For this expenditure the farmer receives a little gift which he could purchase at the country store for from one to three cents. In any such store will usually be found on the counter several boxes of assorted seeds, retailing at from two cents to five cents a paper. They are just as good as those furnished by the Government and the papers are apt to hold about twice as much. $165,000 Wasted Every Year, In evel-y third package of vegetable seeds sent out this year is a paper containing about one-sixth of a piht of peas or corn. Imagine how useful that is likely to be to the farmer. But as has been said, it is not intended to be useful to him; it is designed as a compliment from the Congressman and to please the good wife and the children. The seed contracts enforced by Congress call this year for 10,125,000 papers of seed, costing the Government $75,000, to which must be added $89,000 for postal expenses. In other words, the so-called “free seed” this year will cost the people of the country nearly $105,000, besides injuring the legitimate seed trade to an extent representing an equal amount. The distribution is made in order, as a member of Congress said during the recent discussion, to show the poor toiling farmer at home that Uncle Sam remembers him and desires to assist him in his struggle for existence—to the extent, forsooth! of three-quarters of an ounce of seeds, which he must in the end pay for himself. Congress has increased the appropriation for the seed distribution for next year so as to make possible the purchase of about ttvice as much seed as will be distributed this year. The recent fight in Congress has attracted so much attention to the seed distribution that applications for free seed have greatly increased in number. The distribution of seeds by the Government began in 1839 with the appropriation of SI,OOO, which was given to the patent office for the purpose of collecting and giving away rare and improved varieties. Since that date, with the aid of steadily increasing sums of money furnished by Congress annually, every seed tbdt conld be found anywhere offering a reasonable prospect of usefulness in any part of the country has been purchased and liberally distributed; People all over .the United States have already secured nearly all of the vegetable and field seeds, plants and trees that are adapted to their peculiar soils and climates. It goes without saying that the obtainable number of valuable and uncommon seeds ik limited; Although a request is sent with each package for a report as to the result, not one recipient in 1,000 makes any response.

A BOUNTEOUS HARVEST.

It Is Predicted by Those Who Study the Crop Outlook. It is an accepted fact that whatever conditions affect the agricultural interests of a country will have a direct bearing on all its other industries. In other words, whatever tends to aid or injure farming pursuits will beneficently or disastrously affect every other important interest. It is a matter for congratulation, .therefore, that exceptionally favorable .reports are received regarding the outlook for a splendid crop in the corn belt region. Copious rains had fallen during the spring and put the ground fn splendid cbpditipn for seeding and growing. The fears of another drouth have long since been laid to rest and the agriculturist looks hopefully forward to a rich reward for his toil. Not only does the farmer expect a good crop this year, but the conditions thus far have been so much more favorable than in several years l past that he expects a crop which will fully make up for a few short ones. Nor is the expectation without reason. There is not n single condition lacking, either of soil or weather, which should bring this hope to, the farmer. The.sqLl has received more moisture in. the shape of rain and snow than in mhny years iihd the weather has beeri all that t'6uld i f>e desired for growing. Therefore, if all these <J9P n t for anything, they indicate a j|ear of prosperity throughout the great

Wert. Eren before the first week in Ul7 almost half the corn was planted, with considerable of it showing nicely above ground and doing well. In many localities it was even then several inches high. As the rainfall has been fairly frequent in its visitations daring the portion of the season which has passed and folly np to normal, it is bnt fair to assnme that this normal condition will continue, and that the hopes of the farmers will be fully realized. Reports from widely different localities in the great corn producing States point to the fact that moisture has saturated the soil to a much greater depth than in many previous years. This is particularly true with regard to Nebraska, where the favorable outlook of the present time has not, in many parts of the State, been excelled, even in the opinion of old inhabitants. In fßct, the prospect is so encouraging that farmers all over the State are letting go their corn and grain, to which they had been holding tenaciously since last harvest, in the dread that the drouth period was not at an end. They are now shipping it eastward in big quantities or feeding it to their stock and fattening pigs for the market During the past week there has been on exhibition in a window of the city ticket office of the Burlington road at Chicago a sample of rye plucked in Furnas County, Nebraska, toward the end of April. It stood 33 to 34 inches high and was, even at that early date, nicely headed. Alfalfa about the same time was knee high, and small grains were looking exceptionally advanced for that time of the year. The Chicago newspapers, realizing the close tie that binds it to the West, have dilated at frequent dates on the favorable prospect for a bounteous harvest.

CUBA’S AMERICAN PRISONERS.

Owen Milton and Alfredo Laborde, Who Were Condemned to Die. The American citizens who are causing all the trouble between Spain and the United States are Owen Milton, a news-

OWEN MILTON.

; .... —.. oonieaerate army. He is but 23, a college man, of medium stature, with good features, a fair complexion and a slight mustache. Of late he had been living in Florida. He went thither from Arkansas, where he had been teaching school. He drifted to Key es U and was there a correspondent for several western newspapers. When the war came in Cuba he determined to go to the island, reach the insurgent lines, and furnish true stories of the revolution to American newspapers. He had engaged himself to do this for a Jacksonville paper among others, and was furnished with the usual credentials. Be-

fore leaving Key West Milton stipulated that part of his salary be sent to his father, who lives at Aurora, Ark. All these facts go to disprove the Spanish claim that Milton was taken with arms in hand. The other Ameri-

ALFREDO LABORDE.

can is Alfredo Laborde. He is 33 years old and was born in New Orleans. His father is a retired colonel in the Spanish army and lives in Havana. Captain Laborde has two brothers in New York and two sisters and five children near Havana. Another brother was one of the nine students who were shot in Cuba in 1871 for the desecration of Castonioni's grave. It was this event that moved the father to retire from the Spanish army. Laborde was twice married. His present wife, to whom he was wedded only a short time ngo, is now residing with her parents at Key West.

UNCLE SAM AND SPAIN.

He Puts His Foot Down on tb© posed Execution of Americans. It is not improbable, indeed it is very probable, that before the Cuban revolutionary struggle is ended this country and Spain will find themselves at war. The situation between the two countries is very strained, even the British press, usually conservative, saying that matters could not be much graver than at present. The last of the events leading up to this was the seizure by the Spaniards of a filibustering schooner, the Competitor, and the trial by court martial and sentencing to death of five American citizens who took part in it. The Spaniards had an indubitable right to seize the schooner, arrest the offenders and even try the Americans captured; but they violated treaty rights in trying them by court martial and against this act the American consul at Havana, Mr. Williams, protested. A stronger protest than his was, however, made. Secretary Olney made vigorous representations to .the Spanish Government at Madrid and in compliance with his request the Spanish Government ordered the postponement of the executions until the views of the United States as regards the application in the matter of the treaties or agreements of 1795 and 1877 shall have been presented. This probably means that a new trial and that by ordinary civil process shall be granted the prisoners. It is firmly held by the United States Government that the trial «f the men by court martial was a violation of the agreement of 1877, which provided that American citizens shall not be tried by “any exceptional” tribunal; and while Spain’s act in postponing the executions is a deference to this American view it greatly embarrasses the Spanish Government at home and abroad. At home there is danger of outbreaks, for the Spaniards in their present temper are American haters, and in Cuba Gen. Weyler is offended at the conciliatory action of his Government and has sought to resign his office as commander-in-chief. His resignation has, however, not been accepted. While, doubtless, the incident will close pacifically, it shows that the situation is strained and that not much is needed to embroil the two countries in war.

DOMESTIC EXPORTS IMCREASE.

Gain Also in Imports for the Last Ten Months. The exports of domestic merchandise during April, as stated by the bureau of statistics, was $09,313,623, as compared with $03,958,041 during April, 1895. For the ten months ending April 30, 1896, there was a gain over the same period in 1890 of $50,0 i 3,000. The imports of merchandise during April were $58,705,299. as against $08,749,958 during April, 1895. Of the total imports a little less than 50 per cent was free of duty. For the ten months there was a gain in imports over the same months last year of about $02,000,000. During April the exports of gold amounted to $3,782,260 as compared with $2,893,010 for April, 1895. The confirmatioh by the Senate of f rank IV. Joplin to be postmaster at Elizabethtown, Ky., terminated a contest that had been in progress for two or three year*.

paper correspondent, and Alfredo Laborde, who was in command of the schooner Competitor when she was captured by the Spanish gunboat. MHton is the son of D. W. Milton, who was a lieutenant in the Confederate n rmv

HOMAGE TO THE CZAR

RUSSIAN RULER ENTERS THfc EMPIRE S OLD CAPITAL. Nicholas la Hailed by Booming Canaoa •ad Pealing Bella—ln Dazzling Caval-cade-Royalty and Nobility Jonrnay from the Petrovaky Palace. Day of Joy at Moscow. The czar and czarina made their triumphal entry into Moscow amid the thunder of batteries of artillery, the clanging of countless bells and the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Russians and equally enthusiastic visitors from ail parts of the world. Probably never in the history of nations has there been such an assemblage of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous scene may never be repeated in its grand entirety. In anticipation of the coming of the czar, the eutire route from Petrovski palace, about three miles on the road to St Petersburg, to the Kremlin was so.densely packed with people that movement except ou the outskirts of the immense crowds was out of the question. The signal for the commencement of the day’s movements was a salute of nine guns from a battery outside the city. This was followed by the dull booming of th« big bell of the Cathedral of the Assumption and the assembling of the troops at their various mustering points. Then the countless high dignitaries of the empire and of foreign countries began to gather at the Petrovski palace, to take their places in the gala equipages or to escort on horseback the carriages of their Imperial majesties. The grand dukes and grand duchesses, the princes and the princesses, the Asiatic potentates, the innumerable representatives of every country

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under the sun assembled there to do honor to the .czar of all the Russias, the ruler of the mighty empire which half encircles the globe. Generals with their staffs, aids-de-camp riding at breakneck speed, orderlies galloping furiously were to be seen everywhere. The clash of arms resounded on all sides, and most impressive was the gathering of the hosts of the mighty emperor. At 2:30 o’clock there was a further thundering of the cannon, this time from the direction of the Petrovski palace, and that living mass of men and women gave a great sigh of relief, for it was the signal that the czar had started on his journey to the Kremlin. Reception of the Czar.

After leaving the palace the czar was received by the commander-in-chief of all the troops at Moscow and in its neighborhood, the Grand Duke Sergius, and then the latter, with a most brilliant staff, joined in the procession. At the Resurrection gate the czar dismounted from his horse and the empresses descended from their carriages in order to worship at the shrine of the Iberian Madonna, the most sacred of the many holy symbols in Moscow. At the shrine their majesties were received by the grand vicar of Moscow, who presented them with the cross and sprinkled them with holy water. Their majesties entered the chapel and knelt iir prayes before the image. At the eouclusion of their devotions the czar remounted his horse and the czarina re-entered her carriage and they passed through the gate into the Kremlin, where they were received with all the ecclesiastical pomp possible. At the moment their majesties entered the palace of the Kremlin an artillery salute of 101 guns was fired and throughout the journey of their majesties the bells from all the belfries from Moscow were tolled. The czar and czarina will remain at the palace in partial seclusion until the ceremony of the coronation of the imperial standard, which always occurs three days before the coronation. Cost of the Fetes. The Russian Government is said to have spent over $20,000,000 on the fetes up to the present, and city of Moscow is understood to have expended nearly as much money and more expenses have to be met. The illuminations cost several millions of dollars to the Government alone, without counting what the city contributed toward this portion of the expense. Besides the expense of the Russian Government and the city of Moscow, the expenses which grand-dukes and grand duchesses, foreign princes and ambassadors, etc., have been put to is. really enormous, one authority going so far as to estimate that there was about SIOO,000,000 worth of jewelry alone in the procession. The French Government especially has been put to a very great expense for the coronation fetes. The cost of the supper which ■ their imperial majesties attended under the auspices of the French delegation cost over SIOO,OOO, and the carriages used by the French envoys were the property of the Emperor Napoleon, built especially for the christening of the late prince imperial. Ex-Empress Eugenie allowed them to be sent to Moscow for the use of Comte De Montebel’A and General De Boisdeffre, the representatives of France.

HALF A CROP IS SOWN.

Wheat Season in North Dakota la Greatly Delayed. Grain receivers in Duluth, Minn., have received reports during the past week from the entire wheat country in North Dakota. A consensus of interviews obtained indicates that the area sown to date in thnt State is equal to less than 50 per cent of the acreage sown a year ago. The reports range from 3 per cent in the Red River Valley to 70 per cent south of the international boundary. A' correspondent, who has been personally investigating the situation in the flooded counties of Minnesota and North Dakota, bordering on the Red river, sends an exhaustive report, showing that the conditions are unfavorable for the wheat crop. Large areas are under water, and farm work has been so badly delayed, or entirely prevented, that not more than 60 per cent of the usual acreage will bear wheat The eight counties in question had last,year a yield of 30,000,000 bushels, and this will be cut down at least 10,000,000 bushels. As an instance of the condition of affairs, one can go in a rowboat over open prairie from Warren, Minn., forty miles north to Hallock, and it would be dangerous to venture with a wagon more than three miles from the Great Northern tracks between these points. The streets of most of the town# are flooded and impassable.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW> MAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings in the Halle ot Congress-Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business. The National Bolona. The Senate Tuesday passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying approximately $7,300,000. A debate on the question of appropriations for sectarian purposes cropped out on the paragraph making appropriations for charities in the district. On a vote the Senate sustained the committee in providing specific appropriations for numerous private charitable institutions, some of them of a sectarian character. A further provision was adopted for an investigation into the charity system of the district, with a view to ascertaining what, if any, part of the public appropriations are used for church purposes. Mr. Bacon (Dem.) of Georgia offered a resolution, which was referred, for the loan of exhibits from the various Government departments and Smithsonian institution to the Southern States exposition at Chicago from August to November, 1896. The House entered upon a long debate on the immigration bills, and summoned the county clerks in the Rinaker-Downing contest from Illinois.

The Senate took another long step toward adjournment Wednesday by disposing of the fortifications appropriation bill at a single sitting. Nothing now remains but the deficiency bill and the conference reports on the naval, river and harbor, District of Columbia, Indian, and fortifications bills. The river and harbor and naval bills are still the most difficult ones. The harbor and river conferees made a report Wednesday that they were agreed on everything except Santa Monica. It is understood that the House conferees stand out most strenuously against that, and will only agree to theappointment of a commissioner to report on the two harbors and let Congress afterward act on the subject. The most important business transacted in the House was the passage by the overwhelming vote of 195 to 20 of the Bartholdt-McCall immigration bill, as modified by the Corliss amendment. The Stone consular inspection bill, offered as a substitute, was defeated 75 to 131.

The House Thursday passed the Hoover peusion bill over the President’s veto, by a vote of 190 to 47. The bill was a private one, and grants a pension of SSO per mouth to Francis E. Hoover, private in Ohio volunteers. The balance of the day was spent in discussing the bill to authorize the President to appoint a nonpartisan commission to collect information and to consider and recommend legislation to meet the problems presented by labor, agriculture and capital. The Senate did nothing of importance. The Senate put in Friday in discussing the bill ■to prohibit the issue of bonds. Senators Hill and Sherman united in denouncing the measure as one which had for its object repudiation. The House listened to conference reports on theriver and harbor bill. The general deficiency appropriation bill, the last of the supply bills, was before the Senate throughout Monday, and passed just before adjournment. It temporarily displaced the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds. As passed the bill carries about $10,500,000 bonds, au increase of £6,000,000 over the House bill. After disposing of routine work the House went into committee of the whole to consider the hill to repeal the free alcohol clause of the existing tariff law.

A Small Soiree Supper.

A very nice light supper to serve after a dancing class or a small evening card party consists of lobster cutlets vvjth a cream sauce, finger rolls and orange jelly, with small cakes and coffee. Lobster Xewburg with sandwiches of brown and white bread, coffee and fancy wafers, with ice cream or frozen fruits may also be served. More simple menus still for small evening entertainments, when a few friends are gathered together, are a lobster salad, with lettuce sandwiches and coffee with whipped cream, ot chicken croquettes with a sauce and watercress sandwiches ami coffee, or creamed sweetbreads in cases with finger rolls and chocolate with whipped cream.—Commercial Advertiser.

Pasteur Treatment for Rabies.

The latest report issued by the Pasteur institute in Paris shows many gratifying results. In the year 1895 1,520 persons suffering from rabies or Incipient rabies were inoculated, and only two died. Of the patients, 1,263 were French, 173 English, 35 Swiss, 20 Anglo-Indian, 11 Spanish, 6 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 2 Egyptians, 2 Greek and 2 Turkish.

Temperature of the Organs.

Doctors d’Arsonval and Charrin of Paris have been taking the temperature of our internal organs. They find that it is the highest in the normal liver, which Is one degree centigrade hotter than the intestine; then follow In a decreasing rate the spleen, the heart, the kidney, the marrow, the brain, the muscles and the skin.

Canary at a Wedding.

A bride in Montreal appeared at the altar with her pet canary fastened to her shoulder by a golden chain. During the marriage ceremhny the bird broke Into song.

Things Worth Knowing.

In Roumania women both study and practice medicine. Brooklyn lias 11,884 more pupils in her schools than a year ago. The Czar of Russia, it is said, is privately practicing on a bicycle. California produced gold to the value of $13,923,281 during the last year. In Great Britain the yearly loss in wages through ill-health is. £11,000,000. Most of the land in the Republic of Mexico is held In almost feudal tenure by about 7.000 families. A century ago there was not a mile of telegraph or telephone wire in existence, not a foot of railway, not a steamship. * Mrs. James G. Blaine and her daugh-ter-in-law, Mrs. Emmons Blaine, have tone to Bar Harbor, where, as usual, ihey will spend the slimmer season. EdUon as a boy began the chemical ual electrical experiments which have nade his name famous. The Governor of Arizona says that Territory produced the last year $lO,)00,000 in gold, against $4,000,000 In 1894. One of the features of the Australian aewspapers is the long line of English idvertisements inquiring for missing friends. Cayenne convicts are escaping in bands of 10, 15 and 20. Though many. »re recaptured or perish, some get back to France.