Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 June 1896 — Page 2

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AMBITIOUS GERMANY.

SHE WANTS CONTROL OF THE WORLD’S MARKETS. Principal Efforts Are to Down Eu* eland and France—Senate Passes the Bond Bill-House Shows Scant Respect for President Cleveland’s Veto Germany Reaching: Ont. In a special report to the State Department showing how Germany is reachout out in her competition with Great Britain and France for the control of the markets of the world, United States Consul Monoghan at Chemnitz touches upon the importation of cotton, which comes to Germany in large quantities from India, Egypt,' and the United States, Saxony alone taking 3,000 or 6,000 bales weekly. The Saxon merchants buy all Of their American cotton in Liverpool and Bremen instead of buying from Memphis, Galveston, Atlanta, and New Orleans direct. Letter after letter has been Bent in vain to influential men in the South, urging them to exploit the German market. OVERRIDES THE VETO. House Passes River and Harbor Bill by a Big Majority. The House of Representatives showed Its contempt for the President and its indifference to his views and opinions by passing the river and harbor bill over his veto by the overwhelming vote of 220 to 60. A round of applause greeted the reading of the report of the committee, in which the statements of the President were denounced as “utterly without foundation,” and. the record of votes further demonstrated its feelings in this respect. The Executive had so few stalwart friends on the floor that Mr. Dockery's vehement demand for a yea and nay vote on the motion to choke off debate could not muster the corporal's guard required to enforce the proposition, and when the Speaker drawled “Not a sufficient number” the irreverent House roared boisterously. The report of the committee was a defense of the bill, though in several passages devoted to a refutation of the President’s criticism and statements of fact a question of veracity between the committee and Executive was raised with • bluntness approaching brutality. TO REORGANIZE THE MILITIA. Hawley Bill Reported to the Senate Appropriates $400,000. Senator Hawley, from the Committee on Military Affairs, has reported his bill for the reorganization of the militia. The bill is a recodification of the laws relating to the militia, with such changes as are necessary to adapt them to existing conditions. The bill provides for two classes of militia, the organized ami the unorganized, the former to be known as the national guard, and the latter ns the reserve militia. "'lt appropriates $400.1)00 annually for the purchase of military stores and supplies to be issued to the militia of the various States. The bill’also the use of United States forfe hy the militia, upon the application of ‘fhe Governors of thd States, as a campground and authorizes the use of the gunk belonging to any fort for purposes of drill by any militia company’.

notorious benegadb slain. Indian Scouts Finally Kill Massia, the Apache Chieftain. Gen. Wheaton was notified at Denver Tuesday that Massia. the renegade Apache chief, had beeh slain in southern Arizona by Indian scouts. Mtissia killed three scouts before he gave up the ghost The passing of-Massia will be heard with delight by all the inhabitants of southern Arizona and New Mexico, for he was a red-handed murderer, treacherous and powerful with the disorderly element of the San Carlos redskins. He whs one of Geronimo’s braves and succeeded to that old chief’s authority among the renegades. His specialty was attacking remote ranches. National League. Following i p the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L Baltimore ..24 13 Brooklyn ... .18 18 Cleveland ...21 12 Washington. 17 19 Cincinnati . .24 14 Chicago 18 21 Boston 21 15 New Y0rk...16 21 Philadelphia 22 16 St. Louis.... .11 26 Pittsburg ...18 16 Louisville ...» 28 Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit 23 10 Minneapolis.. 19 16 Indianapolis. 18 12 Milwaukee .. 19 18 St. Paul 18 13 Columbus ...11 25 Kansas City.lß 15 Grand Rapids 8 25 Storm in the East. The tornado which swept through the lower end of Montgomery County, Pa., carried death and destruction before it. Three lives were lost, and many persons were more or less injured, besides thousands of dollars’ worth of damage to property. A cyclone struck Columbia, Pa.. wrecking the puddling department of the Columbia Mill. About twenty men were buried in the ruins, one of which, Isaac Haverstock, was killed. Satolli at a Baseball Game. At Worcester. Mass.. Cardinal Satolli witnessed his first ball game Tuesday, and it was of a character to drive the “fans” wild with enthusiasm. It required eleven innings to give victory by a score of 2 to 1. The cardinal enjoyed .the game immensely and frequently showed his sympathy was with the home team. Candidates Quit the Ticket. ' Most of the Ohio candidates, headed by Alva Crabtree, nominee for Secretary 1 of State, have pulled off the Prohibition state ticket as a result of the split at Pittsburg. A State convention of the new national party will be called at once, and a full ticket nominated. Topeka War on the Nude in Art. The Social Purity League and the Topeka Ministerial Union have joined in an appeal to the Topeka City Council to suppress the exhibition of nude pictures in •tore windows. Depew for Chairman. It is authoratively stated that Chauncey M. Depew is Maj. McKinley’s selection for chairman of the National Republican convention. A man who is in the inner circles of the McKinley managers said that Dr. Depew would be beyond all doubt the man chosen. —r Mlm Wanamaker Not Engaged. The announcement made from Buda-’ Pesth that Miss Wanamaker, daughter of ex-Poetmaster General John Wanamaker, was engaged to Count Felix Harnoncourt, heir Of the wealthy Baron Sinais, owner of Trensenteplitz, is denied by Mr. Wanaxnaker’s son-in-law.

VETOED BY CLEVELAND. Yell* Hi* Objection* to the River and * Harbor Bill. The President Friday sent to the House * message, vetoing the river and harbor blit He said: There are 417 items of appropriation, and every part of the country is represented. It directly appropriates or provides for the immediate expenditure of nearly $14,000,000 in addition to other appropriations amounting to more than $3,000,000. A more startling feature is its authorization of contracts for river and harbor work amounting to more than $62,000,000. Though these payments are in most cases so distributed that they are to be met by future appropriations, more than $3,000,000 is included in direct appropriations. Of the remainder nearly $20,000,000 will fall due during the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898. If this bill becomes a law, the obligations which will be imposed on the Government, together with the appropriations made for immediate expenditure on account of rivers and harbors, will amount to about SBO.000,000. Nor is this all. The bill directs numerous surveys and examinations, contracts, and which portend largely which contemplate new work and further increased expenditures and obligations. There is no ground to hope that, in the face of persistent and growing demands, the aggregate of appropriations for the smaller schemes, not covered by contracts, will be reduced, or even remain stationary. For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1898, such appropriations. - together with the installments on contracts which will fall due in that year, can hardly be less than $30,000,0000, and it may reasonably be apprehended that the prevalent tendency toward increased expenditures of this sort, and the concealment which postponed payments afford for extravagance, will increase the burdens chargeable to this account in succeeding years. “GROVER CLEVELAND.” UNCLE SAM TO THE RESCUE. Prompt Aid for St. Louis Authorized by the Lower House. Representative Joy, of St. Louis, drew l resolution which Speaker Reed permitted him to call up in the House Thursday morning, and which Mr. Joy will endeavor to have introduced in the Senate. It follows: “Be it resolved by tbe Senate and House of Representatives, in Congress assembled, That the Secretary of War be and he is hereby authorized to lend the Mayors of the cities of St. Louis and East St. Louis, under such regulations and restrictions as he may deem proper, a lufficient number of tents to temporarily shelter such citizens of said cities as may have lost their homes by the tornado.’’ The House adopted the resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to afford temporary relief to St. Louis sufferers. The St. Louis horror was the theme of a touching and eloquent prayer by Rev. Ds. Milburn, the blind chaplain of the Senate, it the opening of the session. “O, God,” tie prayed, “we stand aghast at the awful tokens of thy power and majesty. The ?arth is shaken and trembles and the foundations of the hilts are shaken.” Divine mercy was invoked for the stricken city of St Louis, succor for the maimed and afflicted, strength nnd aid to those ministering relief, and protection from another visitation of divine wrath. Almost the sole topic of conversation among the members of the House was the St. Louis tornado. Members stood about in groups and discussed the horrible details. The St. Louis members, Messrs. Cobb, Bartholdt and Joy, and Mr. Murphy, of Illinois, who lives in East St. Louis, were almost frantic with anxiety.

tale of the disaster. st. Louis and Her Sister Town Fearfully Scourged. Four hundred and sixty-three dead and 718 injured is the awful story of Wednesday’s cyclone. Time will swell the list. Though the sorrowful work of the enumerators was but begun, this table shows their grewsome totals at midnight Thursday night: Killed. Injured. St- Louis 250 300 East St. Louis 150 300 Audrain County, Mo 15 25 New Baden, 11l ’.. 13 24 Birkners, 11l 4 Many Boyd, 11l 2 8 Irvington, 11l 1 5 Hoyleton, 11l 8 Many Mascoutah, 111. 1 Many lefferson City, 11l 5 Many Fairfield, 11l 1 3 Warsaw, Ind 2 5 Denterville, lowa 3 8 Pennsylvania 8 40 Total '..463 718 Bolt After Defeat. The national prohibition convention at Pittsburg resulted in a split. By a vote of 427 to 387 the narrow- gauge members >f the party won their fight to confine the platform to the single issue of hostility » the liquor traffic. The silver men made food their threat to bolt if they were defeated, and met in separate convention. The regular convention nominated Joshua ?. Levering, the millionaire coffee merthant of Baltimore, as its choice as Presilent. Hale Johnson, of Illinois, was nom■Tiated as his running mate.

Curtails the Whisky Output. All the rye whisky distillers in the East/rn States will suspend operations on Sept. 1 next. This will throw out of employment 2,000 workmen, coopers and aborers. The skilled workmen about (he distilleries will be kept as they are inder contract. This action was resolved ipon at a meeting at New York, repreenting, it is estimated, $25,000,000 capital, at the Waldorf Hotel. J. G. Pon te-a-act presided, and Edwin V. Dougherty was secretary. Lillian Nordica Is Married. Nordica and Zoltain F. Doene, who were attending the May festival at In'Sanapolis, the first named as chief solofit, were seen in a jeweler’s establishment (electing two handsome rings. Wednesday morning a marriage license was issued to Lillian B. Norton and Zoltain F. Doene, and during the day they were married by Rector Cartenstein, of St. Paul’s Episcopal Church. Yelled for Police. City police were called upon at Pittk- 1 iurg to eject unruly delegates at the prohibition party’s national convention Wednesday. The trouble arose over the motion of a silver delegate to substitute a broad-gauger for the single-issue man who had been chosen by the national committee for temporary chairman. He was howled down and the anti-silver crowd scored the first victory. Jackson Gets a Stay. Judge Helm overruled the motion for a new trial for Scott Jackson, convicted of the murder of Pearl Bryan, and sentenced Jackson to be hanged June 80. Subsequently the court granted a motion for a stay of execution for sixty days to enable the defendant to take the case before the Court of Appeals. Kreck la Found Guilty. Herman Kreck, a member of the firm of Kreck, Coeterman & Co., diamond importers of Cincinnati, was found guilty in the United States Court of attempting to smuggle diamonds. Prices Go Downward. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of JTrade says: “Continued exports of gold,

amounting to $3,900,000, are recognized as natural result* of the borrowing and importing early in tbe year, but caused a* serious- apprehension. There is a genera] conviction that destructive schemes will not succeed, although at present political uncertainties cause part of the business that might be to be postponed until the future is more clear. Markets for products are weak, rather than stagnant. Tbe business done is small, but largely governed by the belief in large crops and insufficient demand.” death at a feast. Terrible Accident Attends the Czar’s Coronation. One of the most terrible disasters that ever overtook the common people of Rissia happened Saturday in Moscow, when over I.UOO persons were killed or received injuries from which they afterward died in a panic on Khodijnskoje plain, precipitated during festivities in honor of the coronation of the Czar. The official report places the number of dead at over 2.500. Most of these persons were instantly trampled to death, and the spectacle presented when the portion of the plain on which the stampede took’place was cleared of the survivors was sickening in the extreme. The crowd was awaiting the signal to dine at tables laid out of doors and the distribution of presents from tbe royal house when the disaster occurred. The immediate cause' of it was the pitching into the midst of the dense throng assembled gifts, for which a wild scramble was made. The Czar has given orders that the sum of 1,000 roubles be given to each bereaved family and that the victims be buried at his expense. USE A HOSE. Young Woman Teacher of Duluth Acquitted of an Assault. Miss Mary Braithwaite, principal of the Bryant school in Duluth, Minn., was acquitted of a charge of assault. Misa Braithwaite was arrested for whipping a boy named Henry Grytdahl with a piece of rubber hose. The boy’s father made the complaint, claiming that the boy had been badly injured. Testimony was introduced to show that the boy was a very bad youngster and physicians testified that bruises on his person might have resulted from a moderate whipping. Miss Braithwaite testified that the rubber tubing was the same that was commonly used as a means of inflicting punishment in the schools there.

PRESIDENT COMING WEST. Accept* Senator Vilas’ Invitation to Go Fishing ou the Brule. Winnibijou, the new and favorite fishing resort on the Brule, in Wisconsin, is to be honored this season with the presence of President Cleveland and' party. The party will be the guests of Senator Vilas and will be quartered in the Senator's rustic cabin on the great fishing stream. The date of their arrival has not been definitely fixed, but it is expected that Aug. 15 will find them angling for the wily trout. They will remain three weeks, and as the deer season opeps Sept. 1, they will have an opportunity to indulge for a week in the' exhilarating sport of hunting the light-footed monarch of tbe Wisconsin pineries. SCANTY WHEAT PROSPECTS. Rust. Chinch Bugs and the Hessian Fly Doing Much Damage. “The wheat crop in Mahoning Couifty, Ohio, will be a failure this year,” said County Commissioner James Price, of Youngstown, whose business takes him into every township. Interviews with other farmers confirmed the statement, nearly all asserting it had been frozen out by the severe winter, and what little survived was destroyed by a worm eating the blades. The crop of timothy will not average 25 per cent, and indications are that farmers wjll have to buy both wheat and hay. The fruit crop is abundant, the harvest of early fruits being the largest ever known. Downfall of Two Preachers. A sensation was created at Middletown, Ohio, in the synod of the Western District of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by the announcement that two ministers, delegates to the synod,'had been fined'tor .being drunk and disorderly. They were immediately expelled by the synod. They are Rqv. Andrew Popp, Stanton, Ind., and Rev. O. T. Koblitz, Hopeville, Mercer County, Ohio. Awful Ruin at St. Louis. A cyclone struck St Louis and surrounding country Wednesday evening. The heart of the city was razed, hundreds of people killed outright, and many excursion boats with passengers sunk. East St Louis and the Eads bridge also suffered fearfully. Two Missouri villages were swept away. The property loss reaches millions. Roofs Blown Off. Severe storms which at some points almost assumed the proportions of a cyclone, prevailed in central Kansas and southern Missouri Monday night and Tuesday morning, doing more or less damage. No reports of casualties are furnished. Pfeffer Given Hi* Release. The New York baseball club gave Fred Pfeffer his unconditional release, without the usual ten days’ notice.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Oattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 57c bo 58c; corn, No. 2,26 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 18c; rye, No. 2,32 cto 34f;_ butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh. 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 12c to 20c; broom corn, 2c to 4c per lb for common growth to fine brush. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, commoh 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, 59c to 61c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c te 18c; rye, No. 2,34 c to 36c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep. $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,65 cto 67c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No, 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 tp $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2 ydllow, 27c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, 34c to 36c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye. No. 2,30 cto 32c; clover seed, $4.45 to $4.55. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 57c to 58c; corn, No. 3,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley, No. 2,31 cto 33c; rye, No. 1,33 cto 35c; pork, mess, $6.75 to $7.25. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.25; wheat, No. 1 hard; 64c to 65c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white 24c to 25c., New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 13c.

ROUNDS A CENTURY.

TENNESSEE CELEBRATES AD MISSION TO STATEHOOD. Inaugural of the Centennial Exposition la Also Perform ed—lmposing I’arade at Nashville President Thomas Raises a Flag. Centennial Is Celebrated. The 100th anniversary of Tennessee's admission to the Union as a State was celebrated in Nashville on a most elaborate scale. Thousands of visitors from all the cities and towns in the State were in attendance, besides hundreds from various other States, including the Governors and State officials. It is estimated that in spite of a heavy rain from 10.000 to 15,000 people took part in thq great parade. There were scores of carriages with national, State and municipal dignitaries, attended at the front and rear by bands of music; 3,000 State and Federal soldiers, including four companies of cavalry, each 100 strong; the officers and assistants of the centennial, the entire Woman's Board, the Ladies' Hermitage Association, the Tennessee Historical Society, scores of secret orders, traveling men's associations, postoffice employes, trades and labor societies. Confederate veterans. 1.000 wheelmen, 2,500 citizens on horseback, scores of organizations. 2,500 colored people representing the societies of that race. At the grounds 10,000 children paraded and welcomed the vast procession while cannons roared. There was a proclamation and flag raising by John W. Thomas, president of the exposition, followed by elaborate anniversary exercises. The principal address was by J. M. Dickinson, who spoke for an hour. He gave a» elaborate history of Tennessee, and traced its progress to the present under the heads of religion, education. patriotism, law and order, Democratic government, emancipation, the war and recuperation. Exposition to Be Held in 1897. The celebration of Monday and Tuesday commemorates the centennial of Tenamong the States of the' I nion. but the exposition in memory of the event will not really open until May 1, 1897. It will be the first industrial exposition ever held by any State ip commemoration of its birth, nnd, judging by the work already done and the plans for the future,* it will be large enough and beautiful enough to give it a high position among American fairs. For three

SOME OF THE TENNESSEE CENTENNIAL BUILDINGS.

y&trs the plans have been under discus- • ioa, aui' work upon the grounds and buildings has been in progress since the latter part of 1895. It is estimated that the efitire cost of construction nnd preparation of the grounds will amount to $1,000,000, to which the salary list and other necessary expenses will add some $500,000 more. Many of the buildings are already nearing completion, and the beautifying of the grounds is well under way.

HENRY M. TELLER.

The Man Who Will Represent Colorado Republicans at St. Lonle. Henry M. Teller, United States Senator and delegate-at-large to the Republican convention from Colorado, seems to have cornered his party out in the mountain region, and will go to the convention with the vote in his vest pocket. Mr. Teller is

HENRY M. TELLER.

a statesman who has traveled and has seen a great deal of life in Washington. He was born in New York, Allegheny County, just sixty-six years ago, and before he had left his native State he was a lawyer. In TBSB he came West and stayed in Illinois for a matter of three years. Then he went further west, and, Hiking Central City, settled there. Senator Teller never held any office until Colorado was admitted as a State into the Union. He then was made United States Senator, and took his seat Dec. 4, 1876. President Arthur made him Secretary of the Interior, in which capacity he served until March, 1885. Since that time he has been twice returned to the Senate. Mr. Teller was always a strong silver man.

DUEL IN LEBANON STREETS.

Wallace Riley Killed by Thomas Allen in a Quarrel Over Their Children. At Lebanon, Ind., Wallace Riley, for many years a prominent resident, was killed instantly by Thomas Allen, a stock buyer. Allen’s son, aged 17, had been keeping company with Riley’s daughter, aged 24. On account of the difference in the ages of the young people both fathers objected to their marriage, but the couple succeeded in securing a marriage license and were married. Immediately after the marriage they left for Putnam County, and remained there until a telegram advising them of the tragedy called them home. Riley denounced the elder Allen as helping, on the marriage. The men met on the streets Saturday afternoon. Riley said: “Defend yourself! One of us is going to die!” Riley

pulled his revolver. Allen said he was unarmed, and the two repaired to Hooton’s hardware establishment in search for a weapon for Allen. They were finally separated before any blood was shed. Monday morning Riley was on the streets early, and was loud in his claims that he was after Allen. Riley was just coming out of the postoffice room when Allen drove np in his carriage, alighted and passed in. After getting his mail he started to leave the postoffice, when Riley accosted him with drawn weapon. Like a flash Allen drew his pistol and the firing began. Riley fired two 'shots and Allen four. When the smoke cleared away Riley was lying in the postoffice door, and Allen's son, who witnessed the affray from his father’s carriage, had received a severe wound in the right side. Allen wns arrested. Both men are wealthy and influential.

DEATH OF KATE FIELD.

Brilliant Newspaper Writer Expires in tbe Hawaiian Islands. “Kate Field died of pneumonia” was The brief cable message received in Chicago from ex-Minister Thurston announcing the death of perhaps the best-known

KATE FIELD.

woman connected with American newspapers. Miss Field went to the Hawaiian Islands several months ago in search of health. Miss Field was born in St. Louis in 1840. She was the daughter of Joseph N. Field, an Englishman, who was brought to this country by his parents, who were exiled from Ireland. She re-

ceived her early education in the schools of St. Louis, and later entered a seminary in Massachusetts. After her graduation she visited Europe, and while there she became acquainted with George Eliot and the Brownings. Miss Field's first newspaper work consisted in contributions to the St. Louis Journal and the St. Louis Times. After that she had been a constant writer for a number of papers. She went to Honolulu to study the habits of the inhabitants of Hawaii. Her letters from that island have given information which the people of this country have sought eagerly, especially as regards the trouble in Hawaii.

OLD TIPPECANOE IN BRONZE.

Statue of William Henry Harrison Unveiled in Cincinnati. On Decoration Day there was unveiled in Cincinnati an equestrian, statue of the ninth President of the United States, William Henry Harrison. The movement for this memorial began five years ago with the organization of a Harrison memorial association, composed of some of the leading citizens of the Queen City. The association secured some funds by subscription, supplemented by a bill in the State Legislature authorizing a tax levy that warranted the expenditure of §25,000. The association was afterward merged into the Harrison statue commission, which carried the work to completion after much aggravating delay. The statue as it stands has cost about §28,000, but the extra amount has been provided for. The statue is the work of Rebisflb of Cincinnati, who designed the equestrian statue of Gen. Grant at Chicago and the McPherson statue at Washington. It is in bronze and represents the hero of Tippecanoe in the military ac-

STATUE OF WILLIAM H. HARRISON.

coutrements of the period in which his reputation as a fighter was made. Prince Krapotkin, revolutionary exile and nihilist, leads a patriarchal existence among the Kentish laborers with whom he has made his home. He has a kindly, thoughtful, bearded face, a figure bent with the “literary stoop,” thin, nervous hands, and the courtesy to be found only in the best class of Russian society. The grandfather of the Rothschilds is said to have owned scarcely a penny in 1800.

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 by a vote of 165 to 69 passed the bill for the- repeal of section 61 of the present tariff law providing for a rebate on alcohol used in the arts or medicinal compounds. An amendment wns attached providing for a joint commission to consist of three members from each honse to examine and report on all questions relating to free alcohol at the next session. The Senate amendment to the general deficiency bill, excepting the I- rench spoliation claims and claims under the Bowman act, were disagreed to and the bill sent to conference. Another partial report on the Indian appropriation bill which left only the question of sectarian schools and the old settlers' claims still in, dispute, was adopted. Tariff and finance each came in for a share of consideration in the Senate. Early in the day Mr. succeeded in having the filled cheese bill taken up, whereupon Mr. Dubois offered an amendment adding 75 cents a barrel to the tax on beer. On the question of adopting the amendment the debate became general. Senators Mills and Gray supporting and Nelson, Aldrich and Vilas opposing it. The bill was displaced by the bond bill, which was advocated by Mr. Pritchard and opposed by Mr. Limbiay. A bill was passed to pension, at $75 a month, the widow of Gen. George E. Spencer, at one time United States Senator from Alabama. The Senate Wednesday defeated the proposition to increase the beer tax 75 cents per barrel by the vote of 34 to 27. The House spent almost the entire day discussing the Senate amendment to the general deficiency bill appropriating sl,027,000 for the payment of about 700 French spoliation claims, $548,000 for 325 war claims, found to lie due under the Bowman act; $174,000 for the payment of what is known as the Chautauqua claim for the construction of an ironclad steam battery in >1864, and about SIO,OOO for Indian supplies furnished in 1873 and 1874. The vote was close, but the friends of the claims carried the day—lll to 97. All interest in the House proceedings was overshadowed by the St. Louis horror. A resolution was passed directing the Secretary of War to place»at the disposal of the Mayors of the stricken cities a sufficient number of tents to provide for the temporary necessities of the homeless and to render such aid as might be in his power. Mr. Barthold, of St. Louis, who saw Secretary Lamont, said there were eight or ten boats used in the Mississippi river improvement which might be able to render assistance, and these will be ordered to the scene of the disaster if necessary. When the House resolution was received in the Senate authorizing the Secretary of War to loan tents and render aid to the Mayors of St. Louis and East St. Louis Mr. Palmer, of Illinois, asked immediate consideration. Mr. Vest, of Missouri, interposed the suggestion that while it might seem ungracious for him to interpose yet, in view of late reports showing the usual exaggeration attending the first hours of calamity he did not consider this action necessary. The people of St. Louis, he said, could take care of themselves, and, although the resolution could do no harm, yet he deprecated the tendency to rush impulsively to Federal sources for relief. Mr. Harris, of Tennessee, said he fully sympathized with this view, although the resolution, being here, it should be acted on, and made joint instead of concurrent. Mr. Cullcmi, of Illinois, said he felt from the latest reports that there was no occasion for the passage of the relief resolution, and that the respective States would be able to take care of their people on both sides of the river. Yet, as the House had acted, Mr. Cullom urged that the Senate should give its assent. He added that he was still in doubt and worried over the situation on the Illinois side. The resolution was amended to be joint instead of concurrent, thus requiring presentation to the President, and was then adopted. The House later agreed to the Senate amendment, which makes the resolution joint instead of concurrent. The Joy resolution for the relief of the St. Louis sufferers reached the President at 5 o’cloek and was signed by him ten minutes later.

In the Senate Friday the bills repealing the law relating to rebates on alcohol used in the arts, and amending the law concerning the distilling of brandy from fruits were passed. The latter authorizes the exemption of distillers of brandy made from fruits from the provisions relating to the manufacture of spirits, except as to the tax thereon. The House spent almost the entire day debating the Johnston-Stokes contested election case from the Seventh South Carolina district. The Republicans were badly divided. Those who favored seating the contestant, Johnston, who ran on a Populist-Re-publican ticket, finding themselves slightly in the minority when the voting began, inaugurated a filibuster which lasted until the conference report on the naval appropriation bill 1 came to the rescue, and the House recessed before final action was taken. Johnston’s partisans were outvoted—los to 95, and 103 to 99—the first vote being on the minority resolution declaring Johnston entitled to a seat, the second on the majority resolution declaring him not entitled to it. An effort will be made to reconsider. Mr. Cullom of Illinois spoke at considerable length in the Senate Monday against the pending bill to prohibit the issue of bonds. The President returned to Congress, three private pension bills, with his veto in each case. In the case of two of the bills, granting pensions to Mrs. Amanda Woodcock and Jonathan Scott, both originating in the House, he points out that, owing to careless descriptions in the bills, the pensions could not be paid under their terms. Jn the other, t Senate bill granting a pension to Helen M. Jacob, the President forcibly sets out his objections to allowing pensions to soldiers’ widows who remarry. The President says: “There is no duty or obligation due from the Government to a soldier’s widow except it be worked out through the deceased soldier. She is pensioned only because he served his country and because through his death she as his wife has lost his support. In other words, she becomes a beneficiary of the Government because she is a soldier’s widow. When she marries again and thus displaces the memory of her soldier husband and surrenders all that belongs to soldier widowhood she certainly ought not, on the death of her second husband, be allowed to claim that' she is again the soldier’s widow.”

Tall Man Wants a Job.

The “tallest man alive,” Col. A. A. Powell, once of Texas, but for many years of Barnum’s circus and the world, is looking for a job as floorwalker in a store in St .Louis, Mo. He is 34 years old and stands 7 feet 7% inches in his stockings. He says the show business was tiring and didn’t pay, all things considered.

LEVERING IS NAMED.

The Prohibitionist* Nominate a Ticket. The national prohibition convention at Pittaburg resulted in a split. By a vote of 427 to 387 the narrow gauge members of the party Thursday won their fight to confine the platform to the single issue of hostility to the liquor traffic. The test came on a motion to adopt a free silver plank, which was defeated by a majority of forty. The silver men made good their threat to bolt if they were defeated, and night met in separate convention. The

CHAIRMAN DICKEY.

After the convention had been called to order in the morning a telegram expressing the sympathy of the convention for the sufferers from the St. Louis cyclone was forwarded to the Mayor of St. Louis. A memorial from the national W. C. T. U. convention in Baltimore last year was read and referred to a committee. It reaffirmed allegiance to the prohibition party “as the only political party with the courage to speak out boldly in favor of woman suffrage and the total annihilation of the liquor traffic.” The fight of the day then began. Dr. J. K. Funk, of New York, chairman of the committee on platform, reported the platform. Planks denunciatory of the liquor traffic and proposing straightout prohibition, he said, had been unanimously adopted. Another plank, which declared that no citizen should be denied the right to vote on account of sex, he said, had been adopted by only a small majority. Still otJher planks upon which

JOSHUA P. LEVERING.

there was some division in the committee referred to Sabbath observance, non-sec-tarian schools, election of President, VicePresident and Senators by popular vote, liberal pensions, immigration, naturalization, labor arbitration and co-operation with other parties favoring these views. After a motion to adopt the report had been made ex-Governor St. John offered a minority report. He was applauded by the broad gauge delegates, and especially when he read the silver plank. It concluded: “We demand the full and unlimited coinage of both silver and gold at a ratio of 16 to 1, without consulting any other nation.” Mr. St. John no sooner moved that the

minority report be added to that of the majority of the committee than the storm broke in all its fury. Scores of delegates wanted the floor. Motions followed each other in rapid succession. The “narrows” protested and the “broads” urged the adoption of the mo-

tion. Mr.-Castle, of Pittsburg, moved that it be tabled. The chair called for a viva voce vote. Getting it, he declared the motion to table had carried. Several hundred throats united in one mighty protest and a ypll for a division. On the call of the roll 802 votes were cast and the broad-gaugers had a majority of 182. The silverites had then gained one point, but the great battle was yet to come. The minority report having been added to the other, the platform was taken up for consideration plank by plank. When Mr. St. John’s 16 to 1 plank was reached both sides exerted their full strength. The Western silverites fought with bulldog tenacity and hung on until the last vote was taken. When they saw they had lost by forty votes many sulked and said they would secede. Substitute Adopted. When the vote was announced, R. H. Patton, of Illinois, jumped in with a substitute platform for the other. Its principal plank declares it but right to leave every prohibitionist the freedom of his own conscience upon political questions other than that of prohibition. It was read and adopted by a rising vote. Mrs. Helen M. Gougar vainly attempted to save the woman suffrage plank. After the substitute had been adopted the afternoon session closed in the wildest confusion. Only_ one candidate other than Mr. Levering was named—ex-Gov. Hughes, of Arizona—and his name was afterward withdrawn by request and Mr. Levering’s nomination made by acclamation. A committee, escorted the nominee to the platform amid shouts and cheers. During this time the radical silver men left the hall to organize their own convention. In the convention of bolters it was decided to appoint a committee to visit the national Democratic, Republican and Populist conventions and invite all dissatisfied persons to unite with the new party.

Telegraphic Brevities.

Fully 9,000 people witnessed the unveiling of the Fjedle statue of Ole Bull at Minneapolis. It was unveiled by Miss Caroline Boeckman. Mrs. Katherine Alice Tingley, of New York, is now the recognized successor of the late W. Q. Judge as the head of the Theosophical Society. The new baby in the Blaine family is named Walker Blaine Beale. Truxton Beale, the father, is now traveling in the East trying to sell wagons for the Studebaker company. Peter McNabb, a fern gatherer of Columbus, 0., found in his wanderings through a forest what seems to be the petrified remains of a man. _ Edibund Dalton Hind surrendered himself at London to the authorities of Shetland Yard, claiming that he forged a check for §3OO on the First National Bank of Chicago in November last, using the name of H. C. Decamp. Among the passengers on the steamship China, bound for San Francisco, is a special commission from the Mikado of Japan to study the working of electrical power and the telephone systems in the United Statoe.

regular convention nominated Joshua P. Levering, the millionaire coffee merchant of Baltimore, as its choice for President. Hale Johnson, of Illinois, candidate for Governor of that State, was nominated as his running mate.

EX-GOV. ST. JOHN.