Democratic Sentinel, Volume 20, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 June 1896 — Page 2

Stje JtmocratirStniinrl T- ' r ■ . . JT. W. McEWEN, RENSSELAER, - • • INDIANA.

IN SIGHT OF HAVANA.

INSURGENTS BURN BUILDINGS ACROSS THE BAY. Weyler Hurriedly Re-enforces the Military Trocha from Moron to Cieeo de Avila—China’s Emperor Rewards the Gallantry of Blue Jackets. Fire on Spanish Pickets. The town of Guanabacoa, just across the bay from Havana, was excited considerably by an insurgent band burning various public buildings in the suburbs known as Cucuranao. The band exchanged shots with the government pickets. The insurgents made unsuccessful attacks upon the government outposts at Gabriel, Ceiba de Lagua and various points along the Dinar del Rio trocha, burning adjacent houses in their retreat. The government is hurriedly re-enforcing the old military trocha from Morou to Ciego de Avila in the hope of preventing Gomez, from reinvading the central provinces with fresh insurgent forces from the east. Patriotic Spanish merchants in Havana, Cienfuegos and other Cuban ports are raising funds to buy and present to the government a new ironclad. The subscription already exceeds $850,000. Madrid reports that the transatlantic liners Alfonso 11. and Reina Cristina, recently armed for war, will sail for Cuba in a fortnight. * FOUND PIRATE MORGAN’S HOARD R. W. Armstrong: Says the Map Locating It Was Stolen from Him. After twenty years spent in organizing and accompanying expeditions to the uninhabited island of Cocos, 400 miles southwest of Panama, where he believed he would find the tens of millions of treasure which the pirate Morgan is said to have buried there, Richard W. Armstrong, of San Francisco, has now gone east to sue wealthy New York and Boston men. who, he says, stole his maps and discovered the treasure. In the forties, Armstrong says, his father met an old Spaniard, sick and without friends. He provided for him. and on his deathbed the Spaniard confessed that he had been one of Morgan’s baud, and gave Armstrong a drawing of Cocos Island, by which, he said, the treasure could be found. The father died and several expeditions were fitted out. but they failed through fights among themselves. Two years ago he interested New York and Boston men, who backed the expedition of twelve men. Ten of them died from disease or were murdered. Armstrong and another returned. While sick in San Francisco, Armstrong says, an agent of the Eastern men stole his map. An expedition was fitted out, and the treasure, worth more than $20,000,000, was secured. National League, Following is the standing of th^clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cleveland . .25 13 Brooklyn . . .21 21 Baltimore ..26 15 Chicago .. ..21 23 Cincinnati ..27 17 Pittsburg . ..19 21 Philadelphia 20 18 New York .. 19 24 Boston . ...23 18 St. Louis ...13 29 Washington .21 19 Ixmisville ... 9 32 Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Detroit ... .24. 13 Minneapolis .21 19 Indianapolis 21 14 Milwaukee . .21 21 Kansas City 22 18 Columbus ...15 27 St. Paul . . .20 17 G’nd Rapids .12 28 Busy Chicago Cracksmen. Four safe robbers forced their way into the Cafeteria lunch room, 46 East Lake street,, at 9:30 o'clock Tuesday night,and. after binding and gagging the two watchmen, attacked the vault in which there were several hundred dollars. They worked on the steel doors over an hour-and then escaped with their booty. The scene of this latest piece of criminal daring was within 200 feet of State street, in the heart of the business district. Student at Harvard Shot. A mysterious shooting case, in which a Harvard student was the victim, took place Tuesday at Boston. A fellow student ran into the Cambridge Manual Training School with the information that Jerome Emil Grosh, of Toledo, Ohio, a student at the Lawrenee Scientific School, had shot himself. It is not known whether the shooting was accidental or done with suicidal intent. Yankee Tars as Life-Savers. The Emperor of China has testified his appreciation of the gallantry shown by the bluejackets of the American warships in rescuing drowning persona in the recent terrible disaster resulting from a collision at Woo-Sung between the steamers Onwo and New Chang by presenting to the captain of each of Uncle Sam’s cruisers in Asiatic waters an elaborately engraved and highly complimentary testimonial. Ate Potato Bugs and Died. D. J. Davis, superintendent of the Peoria County (Ill.) poor farm, poisoned the potato bugs in the patch, and later Jacob Probst, one of the inmates, ate the poisoned bugs, dying in great agony during the night. Probable Suicide in Minnesota. C. A. Ainsworth, who had just arrived at Hastings, Minn., from Arizona, died at Michael Sorg’s residence, evidently from taking poison. He was quite prominent. His family was absent from, the city. Minister Taylor Taken 111. Word has reached Washington that Hannis Taylor, United States Minister to Spain, has been taken ill in Paris. He was on his return to Madrid from England, after sending his family home. Too Friendly with Jackson. The Board of Education of Newport, Ky-, refused to elect Miss Margie Gilson as a teacher for next year because of her frequent visits to Scott Jackson, who is in jail, sentenced to be hanged for murdering Pearl Bryan. She had taken Jackson several presents. Death of Jules Simon. Jules Simon, the distinguished French •ta'tesman, formerly premier, who had been dangerously ill for some time, died at Paris at 11:40 Monday morning, aged 83 years. Mexican Christian Endeavor. The National Christian Endeavor Union of Mexico met at Zacatecas Friday. Bev. F. E. Clark, president of the United Societies of Christian Endeavor, delivered as address. The growth of the organization in Mexico has been most gratifying during the last year. Mormons to Settle in Mexico. Three hundred families recently converted to Mormonism in the mountains of Virginia will emigrate to Mexico and form a colony on the Pacific coast. They will practice polygamy. Many have already passed through Middlesboro, Ky., en route <o their new homes.

ARMOUR IS LET OFF. Charges of Crooked Warehouse Deal* Ing Are Not Sustained. The directors of the Chicago Board of Trade at midnight Wednesday voted to find that the charges against Philip D. Armour, Jonathan O. Armour and P. D. Armour, Jr., comprising the great packing and elevator firm of Armour & Co., 1 had not been sustained. The complaint was that the Armour Elevator Company's warehouses, “A,” “B” aud “B Annex,” were regarded by the firm as one house and that grain transferred from one to another was not inspected in passing or any inspection fee paid to the board for the transfer. At the same time it was charged that the warehouse receipts were redated so that the traders who had grain stored there had not time to get it removed and so were obliged to pay storage. However, the same charges against Alastair L Valentine, manager of the Armour system of elevators, were sustained and after a bitter fight over the question of punishment it was decided to suspend him for twenty years. The disposition of the cases of the millionaire packer and his two sons was easier of accomplishment, for only three directors voted to find them guilty as charged in the complaint of the committee. But a verdict wholly exonerating them, or, rather, declaring that the charges had no foundation in fact, was prevented by that element in the board which is hostile to the packer. STREETS ONCE MORE OPEN. Miles of St. Louis’ Thoroughfares Were Obstructed. In St. Louis, there have been just eighty-five miles of streets obstructed by debris as a result of the tornado. All of these streets have been made passable and will be cleaned up in ten days. In the city there are 480 miles of improved streets, so it can be seen to what extent the tornado interrupted traffic. The devastated district comprises an area of six square miles. The extreme limits were three miles east and west and two miles north and south. An adequate idea of the damage can be formed when it is stated that if ail the houses damaged and blowa down were on both sides of one street that street would be eighty-five miles long. The figure is given by the street commissioner, who has been through the entire district, and from the reports of his general superintendent, who has cut a roadway through the eighty-five miles of streets. In addition to this there were many more streets obstructed by wires and the like which are not counted in the total. RELIEF FUND $183,531. Decrease in Number of Applications for Relief at St, Louie. Affairs in the storm-ridden districts of the two St. Louis cities are taking on a more cheerful aspect. The first rush for relief is over, and there is evidence of general improvement in the condition of tornado sufferers. There is a noticeable decrease in the number of applications for aid. The relief fund has reached $183,531. In all parts of the tornado district houses are being made habitable once more and demolished buildings are being rapidly rebuilt. In East St. Louis the work of restoration goes on steadily, and there is no abatement of the relief committee’s work. Marty people compelled to live in tents until their demolished homes are repaired are becoming tomed to their new environments. In some places tenants live in box cars. AUSTIN CORBIN KILLED. Attempts to Drive an Unmanageable Team of Colts. Austin Corbin, the millionaire banker of New York, was fatally hurt Thursday afternoon and died at 9:42 that evening. Mr. Corbin was at his great forest and game preserve at Newport, N. H., and undertook to drive a pair of young aud skittish horses. He was warned by Gardner, his eoachiuan, not to do so, as the horses were very unruly and wild. Mr. Corbin persisted, aud hitching them to a cart he, his grandson, Mr. Edgell, Dr. Kunster and Gardner went for the drive. The horsas acted very badly, and, in turning a corner, ran away and threw the four men heavily upon the ground. Gardner, who has also since died, and Mr. Corbiu were terribly injured, and Mr. Edgell and Dr. Kunster severely so. Two Soldiers Honored. The Gettysburg battlefield wits the scene Friday of two impressive ceremonies, the first, at 10 o’clock in the morning, being the dedication of a monument to Major General George Gordon Meade, who commanded the Army of the Potomac, and the second the unveiling of a monument to Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, who commanded the Second Army Corps. The Meade statue was unveiled by Master George "Gordon Meade, grandson of General Meade. The oration was delivered by General David MeM. Gregg, who commanded the Second Cavalry division at Gettysburg. George G. Meade Post, No. 1, Department of Pennsylvania, G. A. R., participated iu the ceremonies. General Henry H. Bingham, who was on General Hancock's staff at Gettysburg, delivered the oration at the unveiling of the Hancock statue. The ceremonies of the day were witnessed by an immense throng from all parts of the East, the majority being members of the Grand Army and other patriotic organizations. The Meade statue is the work of H. R. Rush and the Hancock statue of F. Edwin Elwell. Both were transferred to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania by General J. P. S. Gobin, one of the commission having charge of their erection, and were received on behalf of the State by Gov. Daniel H. Hastings. Oom Paul Would Pardon. The Pretoria correspondent of the London Times says: ’’President Kruger is anxious to commute the death sentences of the reform leaders to a heavy fine, but the other members of the executive council object on the ground that the Government would be charged with mercenary motives. They suggest that they should be confined for five years in prison. Meantime, the release of the other reformers has done little to assuage the feeling on. the Rand and the persons of President Kruger and Secretary of State Leyds are more carefully guarded by the police than ever. The first fort on the hills south of Pretoria is being rapidly built under the direction of a German military engineer.” Over Cleveland’s Veto. The Senate Wednesday passed the river aud harbor bill over the President’s veto by the vote of 56 to 5. This was the last step in making the bill effective and it is now a law. The vote was taken after three hours of spirited debate, during which the President was criticised and defended, the remarks at times being directly and bitterly personal. The opposition to the veto Was' expressed by Senators Vest, Sherman, Pettigrew, Hawley and Butler, while the veto was defended by Senators Vilas, Hill and Bate. Crowds at Budapest. The grounds of the Hungarian Millennial Exposition in Budapest were thronged Friday with visitors from all parts of Austria-Hungary and many from other European countries and the United' States, attracted by the inauguration of the ceremonies in celebration of the anniversary of the coronation of King Francis Joseph. Thieves Raid a Cash Box. Saturday evening about 9 o’clock two desperadoes entered the L. Klein depart-

ment store on Halsted street, in Chicaga, while it was thronged with with numerous clerks behind the count* ers, and robbed the female cashier in her cage, getting away with their plunder, which amounted to between S3OO and SSOO. The vast throngs of customers were and panic-stricken, women screamed ffnd fainted, a fire alarm I was raised, she robbers fired a shot or two and forced their way to the door, through which they made their escape. One of them wa« grappled by an employe of the store, but wrenched himself away and fled through the crowd. Thia is the ninth raid and robbery of the kind in two months. The store selected as the scene of crime is always near a police patrol box. The movements of the police are watcheff. Ahfl soon after they leave the box to depart on their rounds the hold-up is committed, as the thugs know that they will be -without police interruption for a sufficient time to cover the crime. EOMB THROWN IN A CROWD. Many Barcelonans Are Mangled by an Unknown Dynamiter. A bomb was thrown into the crowd during the Corpus Christi procession at Barcelona, Spain, and its explosion resulted in the killing of seven persons and the injury of fifty. The perpetrator of the deed is unknown, and his motive is a mystery. The explosion occurred just as the procession was entering the beautiful and ancient Church of Santa Maria del Mar. This is one of the most thickly populated quarters of the populous city. The sound of the explosion and the distressed cries of the injured and the friends of the killed created an indescribable panic among the great crowd in the procession and lookerson. The people were terror-stricken with dread of other bombs being thrown, and it was with difficulty that they were restrained from crushing each other in the syjmpede. A terrific scene ensued after the explosion. Seven dead bodies and forty persons severely injured were found. The police have picked up thirty fragments of bombs in the street. TRADE OUTLOOK IS GOOD. Promise of Large Crops Makes Business Expectant. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “It is highly suggestive that, with as little help as there is now from new business, markets are so nearly maintained. Summer is close nt hand, and with the new crops promising well and old stock large, it is no wonder that the farm products are cheap. The factories and mills art still waiting fnr the rush of business seen last year, and in spite of narrow orders at present are generally holding on with much confidence. It is so late that gold exports no longer alarm, for the date of expected returns draws near. The opinion gains ground that more active business is to be expected after the conventions have been held and the safety and sufficiency of crops hnv< been assured. Low prices at this season affect farmers very little, but the speculators who have bought from them for a rise. The wheat yield is estimated at half a billion bushels.” CORNERS THE POTATO MARKET. McKinney of Kansas City Making Great Profit on the Tubers. James McKinney, of the Kansas City, Mo., commission firm of McKinney Bros., has practically cornered the potato market. McKinney has been styled the “potato king,” and is said to have more of the product to sell than all the other potato brokers in the West. Within four days McKinney raised the price of potatoes 25 cents, and a further rise is anticipated. Twenty days ago McKinney contracted for the only available potato stock now in the West, 100 carloads, from Greeley, Colo., people. McKinney is said to have cornered the market five years ago, when ho raised the price from 25 cents to $1 a bushel. When asked if he would raise the price to sl, he said: “No, I don’t think I will. I am making a good thing at present. Now home-grown stock is coming in, and before it becomes abundant I must move what I have on hand. These markets are dangerous things to play with.” ST. LOUIS MAY ISSUE BONDS. Mayor Walbridge Hus a Plan for Raising Needed Money. Mayor Walbridge, of St. Louis, has decided that the most feasible way to raise the money needed to rebuild the hospital, remodel and extend the poorhouse, insane asylum, female hospital, workhouse and 'house of refuge, is by a bond issue. This ca» be done only by calling a special session of the Legislature. Mayor Walbridge wrote a letter to Gov. Stone setting forth the facts and requesting him to call an extra session of the Legislature. Make It Permanent. After considering the subject for several months, the committee appointed by the Governments contributing to the maintenance of the bureau of American republics have reported a set of rules for the conduct of this bureau. This report has now been unanimously accepted by the delegates and henceforth the bureau will be considered as an international organization. Twenty-five Miners Killed. An explosion of gas has occurred in Fontaine's pits at Rochebelle, near Nimes, France, as a result of which twenty-five miners were killed.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, 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, 59c to 60c; corn, No. 2,27 cto 28c; oats, No. 2,17 c to 18c; rye, No. 2,32 cto 34c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; eggs, fresh, 9c Ao lie; potatoes, per bushel. 20c to 30c; 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, common to prime, $2.00 to $4 00wheat, No. 2,60 cto 62c; corn, No. 1 white, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white 21c to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, SB.OO to $3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 58c to 60c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2,31 c to 33c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2,63 cto 64c; corn, No 2 mixed,. 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye. No. 2,35 cto 57c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50’t0 S4.JiO; hogs, $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.00 to $3 75wheat, No. 2 red, 63c to 65c; corn, No 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oate, No. 2 white 21c to 22c: rye, 84c to 36c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red; (JGc to G7c’< corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2,34 cto 36cclover seed, $4.35 to $4.45. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58c to 60c; corn, No. 3,26 cto 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley, No. 2,31 cto 32c; rye, No. 1,33 cto 34c; pork, mess. $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs,’ $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4 75wheat, No. 2 red, 65c to 67c; corn, No.’ 2 yellow, 31c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white 23c to 25c. .New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; nogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 67c; corn, No. 2 83c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 13c.

YEAR OF DISASTERS.

LOSS OF LIFE HAS ALREADY BEEN VERY GREAT. Storm*, Fire and Flood Have Bent Many Human Beings to Fearful Deaths—St. Louis Was the Beene of the Flrat Horror of 1896. May a Dark Month. Disaster has been a frequent feature of thp current year. With but five months to its credit, 1896 has written a record of destruction that will stand. It cannot be surpassed. Fire, flood and high winds have been the principal causes of calamity, and it is impossible that these could have been foreseen orrtheir results avoided. Two or three mine.horrors that have accounted for as manjr-hundred* of deaths may be properly charged to the negligence of the owners and operatives. The great weight of misfortune, however, could not have been shifted by human agency. One cannot empty a swollen river with a tin dipper or whistle down a hurricane. St. Louis was the scene of the first horror of the year. Compared with the present black misfortune that rests on the city it was as nothing. Jan. 3 a great stock of fireworks stored at 309 North Second street exploded. The building and adjacent struentres were ruined, and some six persons were killed outright or suffered such injury they died later. Thir-ty-two were seriously, although not fatally, hurt. Early in February a great storm whipped the eastern United States coast. The greatest loss was to property on shore, as the warning had beeu fluttering from signal stations so long in advance that the sailor men had hugged the docks. Four or five vessels were destroyed. Hundreds of houses and other buildings were wrecked. In the State of New Jersey the damage was the heaviest. Bridges and buildings of all kinds were destroyed. Bound Brook, a small town near the ocean, was flattened as if some monster road crusher had trundled over it. The loss of property was great, the fatalities comparatively few. Feb. 10, in Madrid, several residents of the town were killed aud much property destroyed by the explosion of an aerolite. The sky traveler went into fragments just over the city with the deadly destructive effects of many bombshells. In one factory, which was immediately below the center of the explosion, nineteen workmen were killed. Of accidents in mines, there have been three in this country marked by great sacrifice of human life. In South Carolina 180 men were killed. This was followed by the caving in of a Tennessee shaft, which resulted in the loss of thirtyseven lives. Sixty men were killed as the result of a gas explosion in the Vulcan mine at Newcastle, Colo. Seventy-six workmen in a Grecian stone quarry were killed by the blowing tip of the magazine wherein was stored their giant powder. An explosion of gas in a mine in Wales killed nineteen men and seventeen more were buried by the falling earth which was loosened by the explosion. A great flood that came down the <)equabuck Valley in Connecticut, March 1, swept away hundreds of thousands of dollars’ worth of mill property mid houses and drowned many persons. Similar floods in eastern New York and other Connecticut streams entailed property lasses aggregating several millions. March 28 a cyclone left a trail of death and ruin across, southern Illinois. Alton was a heavy sufferer. April 19 northern Ohio was visited by a cyclone. The loss in Sandusky County was great. Few persons were killed. Cripple Creek, the wonder mining camp, was destroyed by fire the latter part of April. On the 25th of'the month the fire broke out and destroyed nearly all the business part of the city before it was quelled. The damage was about $1,500,000. Four days later the remainder of the town was wiped but. The total loss was nearly $2,500,000. May 4an explosion of gasoline in a business block in Walnut street. Cincinnati, wrecked two buildings and killed eleven persons. More than twenty were seriously injured. Five days later fires at Ashland, Wis., destroyed five lives and many buildings and lumber. May 11 forests in the southern part of New Jersey burned. The flames swept over great areas of Cape May and Atlantic Counties. Houses and barns and live stock also burned, but no loss of human life was reported. The cyclone season opened May 13 with windstorms in Wisconsin and Illinois. The principal damage was to crops, buildings and animals. In the two States six deaths only were caused by the storms, so far as is known. The wind in’this section was but a zephyr compared with that which blew at Sherman, Texas, May 15. This was a true cyclone, aud in its path was the local baseball grounds, wherein were gathered a thousand or two people of Sherman nnd neighboring towns. More than 100 were killed and several times the number were injured. The day following Scioto, 111., a small town near Bushnell, was wrecked by a hurricane, and May 17 Kansas towns suffered similarly. Sabetha, Kan., was the most heavily injured. It was a mass of ruins. Afterward came the windstorms in Michigan, and the northern Illinois cyclone, which had not exhausted its fury in lowa’ Another and less extensive cyclone passed over southern Illinois. Thirteen persons were drowned at Cairo by the swamping of a steamer, which lay in the path of the wind. The next day but one St. Louis was in ruins. From May 13 to May 27 it is probable that 1,200 persons lost their lives in the storms which have raged in a radius of 450 miles of Chicago. The property losses will aggregate upward of $75,000,000. In the cyclone excitement three other disasters passed almost unnoticed. Blue Island, 111., nearly lost its place on the map as a town. Fire destroyed thirty six houses and business blocks May 17." On the same day the schooner Ayer and steamer Onoko collided off Racine. Five sailors were drowned. A weak railway bridge at Victoria, B. C., permitted a loaded passenger ear to fall through. Nearly 100 persons were drowned. As was said, the year has lived less than half its term and there is time for the tale of calamity to grow.

Sparks from the Wires.

Ex-United States Senator O. P. Stearns of Minnesota died at San Diego, Cal., where he had gone in search of health. Edwin B. Fitter, ex-Mayor of Philadelphia, and a member of the well-known firm of cordage manufacturers bearing his name, died at his hoiite in Philadelphia, aged 71. Charles L. Simmons, of St. Joseph, Mo., who was given as one of the missing in the St. Louis disaster, is safe in Baltimore. He was in St. Louis at the time of the storm, but was not injured. The Garfield statue, the gift of the Fairmount Park Art Association, was unveiled at Philadelphia with imposing ceremonies. The unveiling was done by Henry Garfield, a son of the late President. During his visit at Pfauneusel, near Potsdam, Emperor William was accosted by an escaped lunatic. The man was seised before he could do any harm, but the Emperor is said to have been greatly perturbed.

ANDERSON'S ESCAPE.

How a Real Estate Dealer’s Preeeace of Mind Averted a Disaster. A circus trick seldom seen out of the sawdust'arena was performed by Mr. L. E. Anderson, a St. Louis real estate man, a few days ago. It narrowly averted a collision and probably saved a man's life, although Mr. Anderson himself was painfully though not seriously injured in the fray. Mr. Anderson is considered to be the crack horseman of St. Louis. He is the owner of a fine saddle horse, a spirited animal, with which he is on the most intimate terms. A few evenings ago he rode out to Forest Park, as is his daily custom. The animal was in high feather and sped lustily along one of the narrower driveways of the phrk. Suddenly Mr. Anderson not iced,a bicycle rider scorching toward

WHEELMAN WHIRLS UNDER THE HORSE.

him. There was no time for clearing away, and a collision seemed inevitable. With rare presence of mind Mr. Anderson gave his horse the spurs, lifted him up by the bridle and made him stand on his hand legs. The scorching wheelman, scarcely realizing the danger he was escaping. passed underneath horse and rider unharmed. It was a remarkable spectacle for those who were lucky enough tb be near. But the horse careened in some way, and Mr. Anderson’s left hand was broken in the middle. It will be some time before he will be able to use it again. The inspiration of the moment and the instantaneous obedience of the animal to its master’s touch saved the wheelman’s life, or at least his limbs, for a moment later he would have run into the cantering horse.

GENERAL WARNER.

Man Who Inspired the Bolt in the Prohibition Convention, Adoniram Judson Warner, the president of the Bimetallic League, who inspired the bolt of the silver men in the Prohibition natiotyil convention, has written a few books on the financial problem. In 1882 he published “Sources and Value of Money,” and in 1887 "Appreciation of Money.” He is an all-round man. He was a captain at the beginning of the war in a regiment from Pennsylvania and was rapidly promoted to lieutenant colonel, colonel, and finally brevet briga-

ADONIRAM J. WARNER.

diet general. He took part in most of the engagements of the Army of the Potomac and was wounded at Antietam. After the war he read law and was admitted to the Indianapolis bar. He moved to Ohio to conserve his coal and railroad interests, and it was from that State that he went to serve his country in Congress. He sat, as a Democrat, in the Forty-sixth, Fortyeighth and Forty-ninth Congresses and was appointed on many important committees of these Congresses. Gen. Warner is a Virginian by birth, and is 02 years old. He graduated from Beloit, and was at one time principal of the Lewiston, Pa., Academy.

CAUGHT A HOBO.

These Two Old Maids Don't Need a Man Around the House, The village of North Rose, N. Y„ was excited Monday when Mary Jane Hurley and her old maid sister, Sarah Ann Hurley, tramped in from the country leading an unkempt tramp, around whose neck was a rope, while his arms were bound together behind his back. The hobo was taken to Justice of the Peace Oakes, who was eating breakfast. He suspended the meal to inquire into the cause of the tumult in front of his house. It appears that the tramp, who was wending his weary way from Port Glasgow to North Rose, stopped for the night in Hurley's barn. The two old maids

CAPTURING A HOBO.

live alone three miles from North Rose, and do weaving for a living. They own a farm of two acres, and keep a cow and some chickens. Monday morning the tramp got up and began milking the cow in a tomato can. He was seen by Mary Jane, who was coming with a pail on the same errand. She sneaked up behind the tramp, pulled him over backward and held him fast until her sister, in answer to screams, came out to see what wgs going on. The tramp was tied securely, his hands pinioned behind his back, while a piece of clothesline was wrapped around his neck, by which he was led to town byMary Jane, the other sister following, armed with a horsewhip to keep the prisoner in order. The tramp said he meant no harm in sleeping in Hurley’s barn nor in milking the cow. He claimed to be Patrick Flynn, a potter from Catskill, on his way to Akron, O. The amazons insisted that Flynn be made an example of. They shuddered to think how he might have burned up the barn. The tramp was charged with petit larceny, disorderly conduct and vagrancy.

SENATE AND HOUSE

! WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW. MAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings in the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Inpar- _ tial Resume of the Business. The National Solons. The Senate Wednesday followed the lead of the House and passed the river and harbor bill over the President’s veto by the following vote: Yeas—Republicans: Aldrich, Allison, Burrows, Cannon, Carter, Chandler, Clark, Cullom, Davis, Dubois, Elkins, Gallinger, Gear, Hale, Hansbrough, Hawley, Lodge, Mcßride, Mitchell (Oregon), Nelson, Perkins, Pettigrew, Platt, Pritchard, Quay, Sherman, Shoup, Squire, Teller, Warren, Wetmore, Wilson, Wolcott—33; Democrats: Bacon, Berry, Brice, Faulkner, George, Gibson, Gorman, Jones (Arkansas), Lindsay, Mills, Mitchell (Wisconsin), Morgan, Pasco, Pugh, Tillman, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, White —19: Populists: Jones (Nevada), Butler, Peffer, Stewart—4; total, 56. Nays—Democrats: Bate, Chilton, Hill, Smith, Vilas—s. The House began clearfug the decks for final adjournment by extending the length of the daily sessions. A partial conference report on the general deficiency bill was agreed to and the bill sent back to further conference. The Murray-Elliott contested case from the first South Carolina district was debated for four hours. The majority report flavors the seating of the contestant, who is a colored man, and who was seated by the Fifty-first House in place of Elliott The Senate Thursday passed the filledcheese bill. Manufacturers of filled cheese are taxed 5400 annually; wholesale dealers, $250; retail dealers, $l2O. In addition to these taxes, the product itself is taxed 1 cent per pound, and imported filled effeese is taxed 8 cents per pound in addition to the Import duty. All packages must be branded, and dealers must display a big black sign on white ground, bearing the words “Filled Cheese Sold Here.” The controversy over the number of battle ships remains open, Mr. Quay's motion that the Senate recede from its amendment reducing the number of ships from four to two being defeated—l 7 to 33. The Senate also defeated by a vote of 17 to 31 a motion by Mr. Lodge of Massachusetts to recede from its amendment relating to sectarian Indian schools. Bills were passed as follows: Granting 160 acres of land to Biloxi, Miss., for a charitable hospital; authorizing the appointment of the survivors of the Lady Franklin bay expedition ns sergeants,, retired, of the army; for the improvement of Fort Smith, Ark., government reservation, and a bill construing the laws relating to the award of life-saving medals. By a vote of 153 to 33 the House decided against the claim of William Elliott from the First South Carolina district and gave the seat to George W. Murray. Murray is a colored man and in the Fifty-first Congress was seated in the place of Elliott Murray was given a round of applause when he came forward to be sworn in. Mr. Elliott is the ninth Democrat unseated by the present House. The remainder of the day was mainly occupied in debating the case of Martin vs. Lockhart from the Seventh North Carolina district. The Senate amendments to the bill to retire Commander Quackenbush were adopted. The conference report on the bill to pension the widow of the late Senator George Spencer of Alabama was agreed to.

Mr. Morgan gave the Senate a spirited revival of the Cuban question Friday, after which most of the day was spent in waiting for conference agreements on appropriation bills. Mr. Morgan urged the adoption of his resolution calling on the President for information of the Americans taken on the Competitor and now under sentence of death at Havana. The Senator asserted that the President's inaction was a violation of law. Mr. Morgan declared that Congress should not adjourn without authorizing the President to send warships to Cuba to demand the release of the American prisoners. On the suggestion of Mr. Sherman, chairman of the Committee on Foreign Relations, the Senate went into secret session, where, after a further argument by Mr. Morgan, his resolution was placed on the calendar, a parliamentary move equivalent to postponing action. In the House, Mr. Grosvenor called up his resolution requesting the President and the several cabinet officers for a detailed statement of the removals from office since March 8, 1893, and the appointments since that date, together with the number of exsoldiers who have been appointed, promoted, reduced or removed. The resolution was adopted—l 47 to 48. The vote on the contested election case of Martin vs. Lockhart from the Seventh North Carolina district resulted 113 to 5. Mr. Martin came forward and took the oath. The Rinaker-Downing contest from Illinois resulted in favor of Mr. Rinaker. President Cleveland Saturday vetoed the general deficiency appropriation bill. The President objected to it because of provisions for the payment of French spoliation and Chouteau claims and other items which he docs not enumerate. When the message was read to the House a motion to pass the bill notwithstanding the veto was lost —40 to 149. Thereupon the House promptly sent to the Senate a new bill without the features to which the President objected. This was not done without some spirited during which the President was’bitterly attacked. The Senate had barely a quorum, and nothing of importance was done. The new deficiency bill, framed to meet the objections of the President’s recent veto, passed in the Senate Monday, as it came from.Ahe House, amid great cheering. When the immigration bill was taken up Mr. Morgan of Alabama spoke in support of his amendment, that the restrictions of the act should not apply to persons coming to this country from Cuba. He said no country had contributed a better class of people to this country's population than Cuba. In the House, the Sherman resolution relative to Virginia bonds was adopted. A special deficiency bill providing for the pay of salaries of members seated by the House and for several other minor matters was passed under suspension of the rules; also a bill to establish a site for the erection, of a penitentiary at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. The conference report on the Indian appropriation bill containing the compromise relative .to the old settlers’ claim was agreed to and the bill sent to further conference. Mr. Daniels again called up the Aldrich-Underwood contested election case. This aroused the ire of the Democrats. The question of consideration was raised, but this time the House decided, 130 to 68, to consider the case. During the progress of the roll call many of the Democrats left the hall. Mr. McMillin of Tennessee attempted to force a division on the conference report on the District of Columbia bill as a means of developing that no quorum was present, but Mr. Dalzell of Pennsylvania, who was temporarily in the chair, manipulated the parliamentary situation so as to prevent this, and subsequently, despite the warm protests of Mr. Terry of Arkansas, declined to entertain an appeal from his decision. The District of Columbia appropriation bill was sent back to further aonference, ftgd the house took a recess.

GENERAL CONDITION OF CROPS

Government Report Show Plenty of Rain and Good Prospects. The climatic and crop bulletin issued by the United States Department' of Agriculture says that except in the States of the lower Missouri and central Mississippi valleys, where severe local storms and heavy rainfall have caused much damage, the past week has been generally favorable. Corn planting is now practically finished in the more northerly corn States, except in North Dakota, where it is still in progress. In the central corn belt the crop has made rapid growth. Winter wheat harvest is well advanced in Texas and Oklahoma and has begun as far north as the southern portions of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois; wheat is ripening rapidly in Indiana and Ohio. The report by States follows: ILLINOIS.—The week has been showery, with violent storms In the southwest and south portions, which did much damage. Ths land is too wet for work, and corn cultivation has been delayed and some replanting has been done. Wheat harvest Is just beginning In the extreme south portion and rye harvest in favored fields In central and north portions. Clover cutting beginning, oats rank growth, gardens and potatoes excellent, broom corn a good stand. WISCONSIN.—The moderately heavy rains and cool nights have been somewhat unfavorable to growing crops, though a week of sunshine would place them again tn excellent condition. Corn planting about completed and potato planting under wav. Wheat Improving and heading In southern section. Oats and grasses excellent. Sunshine Is SOUTH DAKOTA.—CooI, with ample sunshine. Showers scattered, mostly light, but heavy In localities. All vegetation made healthy growth, but cut worms are injuring corn and more rain would be beneficial In loca*Jßsß - Cotn planting about complete. NEBRASKA.—Week favorable for farm work and corn planting has been pushed, and most of the crop Is now in the ground. Early corn six Inches high and much of It cultivated. Small grain a verv rank growth and lodging slightly except In extreme westerh counties, where It has suffered from drought. Kansas.—Very warm, with much rain In east part of the State and but little in west part. Unfavorable conditions for grains In west portion. Much work done In fields and corn growing well. Wheat harvest begun In south. MlSSOUßl.—Excessive rains, except In some central and northwest counties, further delayed farm work and caused much additional damage by floods and washing. Severe local storms also did much damage In places. Corn very foul, some rust In wheat, other crops doing well. Wheat harvest commenced in south. lOWA.—Farm work retarded in large par* of State by heavy rains and cloudiness. Drying weather needed for completing corn planting and subduing weeds. Winter wheat and rye doing well, but other grain crops show some ill effects of excessive moisture. INDlANA.—Numerous good rains Unproved crops; hall and local storms did Injury. Wheat and barley are ripening; rye and oats are In best condition. Corn stands well in clean fields; grass Is Improved, but short In localities. OHlO.—Very favorable week. Some early corn In south portion of State received second cultivation. Wheat maturing rapidly and heads filling well, but straw short and thin on ground; crop past any further or special Improvement; also damage by flv and rust. Considerable tobacco set. MICHIGAN.—CooI, wet weather has Improved wheat and grass, and there Is less complaint of rust and Hessian fly In wheat. Rye nearly all In head and looks fine. Corn about all planted and cultivation becoming general. Oats have grown slowly, but In good shape. Cherries and pears badly whipped off by wind, but other fruit very promising.

JEANNETTE DEAD MONUMENT.

Proposition to Krect a Duplicate One in Woodlawn. Senator Chandler is expected to introduce a bill in the United States Senate shortly to provide for the erection of a monument over the graves of the dead of the Jeannette Arctic expedition in Woodlawn cemetery, New York. The monument, if the present plan is carried out.

MONUMENT MELVILLE ERECTED.

will be similar to that erected of wood and stone by George W. Melville, the present engiueer-in-chief of the navy, over the spot where the body of the brave De Long and his conqianions were first buried. The amount of money required will be small. It is proposed to duplicate this tomb in every respect in Woodlawn cemetery, to which place the bodies of the brave De Long anjl most of his companions were removed in the winter of 1883-84. The only difference between the monument proposed to be constructed and that which marked the original tomb of the De Long party will be that the cross will be of cast bronze instead of timber.

FOURTEEN BODIES FOUND.

That Many More Victims of the Soneca, Mo., Flood tStill Missing. The scenes in and about the district of the awful Hood disaster at Seneca, Mo., present a picture of desolation. Cherokee avenue, Seneca’s principal business street, is divided in two sections by the loss of the splendid iron bridge which spanned the Lost creek. Of the twenty-eight thought to be drowned, fourteen have been taken from the water. Every merchant in Cherokee avenue, which embraced fully nine-tenths of the business interests of the town, has suffered more or less direct loss to stock. The loss and damage to stock in stores alone is fully $30,000, while the total loss, including the inundated residence district and loss of buildings, brings the total above $50,000 at a very conservative estimate. No accurate conception of the loss to private residences cajr he given, but probably 100 homes were inundated. Two houses were carried' down the stream, and every member of the Andreas and Schmidt families was drowned. A number of families have lost all and are destitute. Many farmers along the course of Lost creek lost their crops.

IS MRS. HARDIN NOW.

Marriage of Vice President Stevenson’s Daughter Julia. At Washington, in the presence of a distinguished gathering of friends from both official and resident society, Miss

Julia, the eldest daughter of VicePresident and Mrs. Stevenson, was married to Rev. Martin D. Hardin, son of • Mr. and Mrs. P. Watt Hardin of Danville, Ky. Four years ago to-day the young couple became acquainted. The cswemony took place

MISS STEVEJSON.

at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church at 8 o’clock Tuesday evening, Rev. Wallace Radcliffe officiating, and it was witnessed by President and Mrs. Cleveland, the members of the cabinet and their families, a number of foreign ambassadors and ministers and their families, and a large number of Congressmen. The platform and reading desk were adorned with palms and roses.