Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 1 November 1889 — Page 3

THE NEWS OFTHE WEEK.

DOMESTIC.

Arizona is a candidate for Statehood. Diphtheria is said to prevail among the poorer class at Decatur, 111.

The McCoy-Hatfield vendetta has broken out again in West Virginia. The Chicago authorities were perpetually enjoined, Monday, lrom printing city advertisements in German.

The strike of switchmen on the Louis ville and Nashville ended, Friday, disastrously to the strikers. StThe Supreme Court of Illinois has decided that a railway company allowing newsboys on its cars is responsible for any damage they may receive.

In many parts of Minnesota the earth is perfectly dry to a depth of seven feet. Stock is suffering greatly for want of water, farmers in some instances being compelled to haul it ten miles.

The stores of several -Jewish merchants at Delhi, La., were recently attacked by an armed mob and fired into. The Jews had monopolized the trade of the town and their rivals took this means of driving them out.

Hon. W. H. Kimben, member of Parliament. from London, England, is in Cincinnati, on the way to Rugby. He says the Rugby colony in Tennessee is about to prove a rich investment- for the English stockholders.

The boiler in the building occupied by O'Neil & Dyes, dry goods merchants, at Akron, O., exploded from escaping gas, Monday. The building took fire and was destroyed, with several adjoining buildings, causing a loss of $250,000.

A special dispatch from Helena, Mont., Friday says: The vote of Jefferson county was canvassed Thursday, the result being that the Democrats lose a Stato Senator. This leaves the Upper House of the Legislature a tie, but the Democrats will have a majority of seven on joint ballot.

Don C. Cameron claims to be the owner of a piece of ground used as a city park by LaCrosse, Wis., and valued at $30,000. On Tuesday he attempted to take possession bv fencing it in, but was arrested, along with his workmen. Colonel Win. M. Vilas .ias undertaken to prosecute his claim.

While playing cards under a freight car on a siding, at Irwin, Pa., on the Pennsylvania railroad, at 5 o'clock Saturday afternoon, an engine backed up against the train of cars, crushing to death James Thompson, Thomas Thompson, Robert Robinson and Sampson Emmons, and fatally injuring Ben Stubbs. Thomas Thompson was married and leaves a widow. The others were single and about thirty years of age.

Governor Fowler, of North Carolina, in an address at Raleigh, Thursday, the occasion being the opening of the eleventh annual State Fair, before a large crowd of colored people, said his auditors were as happy as any people on the face of the earth, and protected in all their rights, and he pledged the power of the State to be exercised in their behalf just as much as in behalf of the white men. Rev. Mr. Leak, colored, secretary of the fair, indorsed the Governor's remarks.

A dispatch from Quawpapawa, Wyo. T., says that the Commissioners arrived there from the Sac Agency Wednesday and en camped. Their negotiations with the Sac arid Fox were not favorable. The Indians listened to the Commissioners' tempting offer in silence. There seems to be no disposition among them to sell. The Indian Agent, the Post Trader and numerous Sioux men who have great influence over them have poisoned the Indians' minds. The Indians and the trader both treated the Commissioners with scant, courtesy. The coolness was so painfully apparent that the Commissioners cut their visit short and left for Kickapoo country.

At 2:30 Thursday morning three masked robbers gained entrance to the residence of Judge Henry S. Kelley. at St. Joseph, Mo., and going to the bed room where the Judge and his wife were sleeping one of the robbers covered them with his revolver while the others searched the room for valuables and obtained SfiOO in jewels, gold watches and money. The robbers then searched the bed for valuables, and lastly took the rings from the fingers of Mrs. Kelley. On the Judge's stating that he had no money concealed about the house he was struck over the head with a revolver and threatened with death if he did not tell where the money was. The men remained in the house about two hours and left, after threatening instant death to their vtctims if they attempted to give an alarm. When the alarm was given, a half hour afterward, the robbers had made their escape.

FOREIGN.

Advices received from Apia under date of the 15th inst. state that a battle is reported to have taken place on the Island of Savaii between forces of Malietoa and Tamassese. Three hundred men were engaged on each side. Several were killed and a number wounded. Which party won the victory is not known.

Princess Sophie, of Germany, was wedded, Sunday, at Athens, midst much pomp and display, to the Duke of Sparta, of Greece. The Emperor and Empi*ess of Germany, the Empress Frederick, the King and Queen of Denmark, the Prince and Princess of Wales, and many other royal personages were present. There was great enthusiasm among the people.

CONTROL OF ELECTIONS.

Mr. Honk's Flan for Hrlnging Congressional Elections Under Federal Supervision.

Representative Houk, of Tennessee, is the first Republican in the Fifty-first Congress to come to the front with a proposed bill placing the control of elections where Representatives to Congress aro chosen in the hands of the federal government. This subject will undoubtedly create a great deal of agitation in Congress at the ^approaching session, and bring about tho liveliest debates of any of the subjects ?-which will be discussed. Judge Houk, be ?«ing the oldest Republican member ftom the South, is prominently mentioned for a the chairmanship of the committee on elections. His bill provides that the President shall appoint three qualified voters in each congressional district, to be known as

the electoral board of the district, upon the petition of not less than one hundred qualified voters, certified by the clerk of the United States District Court, in which it is alleged that the petitioners do not believe a fair regis tration and election, or either of them, can be held in that district under State supervision. The board will appoint registrars for each precinct, to serve six years. The board shall have absolute control over the appointment of registrars,and may remove them at will for failure to discharge their duties faithfully. The electoral board may, instead of dividing the election district, provide two places for voting adjacent to each other, with two ballot-boxes, and appoint two sets of judges and clerks to receive and count the votes. The board is given instructions in the bill as to supervision, under clerks and judges for the casting and counting of votes, preventing intimidation aud fraud, and in short, giving general supervision for a free ballot and a fair count. There is a provision for the canvass and recanvass of the returns and the ballots cast. The Attorney-gen-eral of the United States is instructed to prepare suitable books and blanks fort-he election officers. The bill is very lengthy, and gives specific instructions as to registrations and conduct of elections, and the returning of the result, so that there can De no such question as conflict of State and federal authority.

THEY ATE HUMAN.FLESH.

Cannibalism Practiced By Sliip-WreclEed Men—The Terriblu Story Told by the Survivors of Crew of tlie Lost Steamer Earnmoor.

Carl Graves, fireman, and Ludwig Loder, seaman, the two survivors of the crew of the steamship Earnmoor, told Thursday night a story at Baltimore, horrible in its details, of the way they sustained life by cannibalism for days. Lodersaid: "The only food we had the first fifteen days in the boat was a flying fish and a few raw small sea birds, divided among eleven men. On the sixteenth day out William Davis, seaman, caught me by the throat and made a dash at my head with a knife. He cut me on the right cheek, the, scar from which still remains, as you will see. He was told to kill me by August Plagge,a fireman. "When Davis began to cut me some of my companions caught him, but others shouted: 'Kill him, kill him. We want something to oat. We are starving.' "It seems that Plagge, Davis and others in one end of the boat had decided that I should die, as, being pretty fat, I looked inviting, Plagge was placed on watch that night, but he was missing next morning. No one saw him go overboard. "On the seventeenth day Wiiliam Robinson lay down to sleep. When they tried to call him they found him dead. It was determined to eat his flesh, and William Wright, the cook, was ordered to carve he body. The first thing done was to crush in Robinson's skull and from the fracture each one sucked the blood as long as it would last, which was but a little while. Then the cook stripped the flesh from the ribs. The next day this flesh, in strips, was placed on top of the water tight compartments and dried in the sun. After taking out Rouinson's liver, heart and other parts which would furnish blood to be sucked, they threw his mutilated body into the sea. "Two days after Robinson's death, Third Engineer Thomas Hunt died. His body was all cut up for food." In about three days the limbs and feet of all began to swell aud several have since broken out in ugly sores. We think it is poison from the human flesh and food. Both Graves and Loder say that they have no recollection of the taste of liumun flesh, so great was their mental anguish at the time. "The only recollection of the taking the food is feeling our own blood quicken as itcoursed throngh our veins."

A FACTIONAL F'GHT.

Another factional fight has occurred in Harlan county, Ivy., two hours before daylightThursday morning. The law and order party, hitherto styled the Turner faction of Harlan county, fifty men in all, ai*med with Winchester rifles and revolvers, under the leadership of County Judge Lewis, left the Court House and made an assault on the Howard forces, who were in Camp at E. M. Howard's house, one mile from the town. The engagement was short, sharp and terrific, and not one of the at tacking party was hurt. But one of Howaid's side, Millard Dean, was instantly killed, and six others were wounded.

Among the wounded are Burd Spurlock, whoso injuries are mortal, and Robert Napier, whose roeovery is not among the possibilities. Burd Spurlock was shot in the head, almost all of his lower jaw being destroyed by a ball from a Winchester. Napier, a son of George Napier, received two bullets, one of which passed through the abdomen, probably cutting the intestines. Ben Mitchell and George Cole were shot in the legs. Thomas Howard got a flesh wound in the thigh. Jim Spurlock had a close call. A bullet grazed his temple, tearing away a handful of hair and a few inches of skin, but not fracturing the skull. Will Jennings was shot in the right hand. The Howard gang were badly demoralized by the attack and its disastrous results, and Tuesday night thoy changed camp to a point about three miles from the Court House.

At Harlan Court-house, Wilson Howard accomplished a sort of coup d'etat Friday. County Judge Lewis and his posse of sixty men left Harlan Court-house a 19 o'clock in the morning, to make another assault on Howard's oump. Howard, anticipating this movement, had placed his followers in ambush near town. The Lewis posse hassed directly through the ambuscade, and were not fired on. After they had got beyond their foes and were proceeding in the direction of where Howard's camp was supposed to be, the Howard party moved into town and took possession or tho courthouse. They have complete control of tho town, with pickets stationed at all approaches, and the county judge and his followers have gone into camp outside the town. It is believed that Judge Lewis will endeavor to recapture the court-house aud a blood fight is expected.

AN OIL TRAIN WRECKED.

Catastrophe on the Lak® Erie RailwayThree Train Men Burned to Death on the Outskirts of Kok »mo—A Creek Be. comes a Sea of Flaming Oil.

Freight train No. 92, north bound on the Lake Erie & Western railway, was wrecked at the city limits of South Kokomo, this morning, at 4 o'clock. The engine was thrown over and twelve tanks of oil were piled around it, which took fire immediately and one after another exploded, setting fire to and consuming two box cars loaded with Kokomo freight, and four cars of coal. Engineer Jacob Mehle, Fireman Ed Burnett and front brakeman John Spellman were caught in the wreck and burned past recognition. Conductor Tobes and Brakeman Heilchew, who were in the middle of the train, jumped and es caped uninjured. The engine had just crossed Kokomo creek and whistled for Kokome station when it struck the switch leading to the bottle factory. Something raised it up and threw it sideways from the track. The box cars shied off into the field and the tak cars were piled up on the engine. The sight, as one after another exploded, throwing tanks hundreds of feet and burning oil 200 feet in the air, was awful. The heat was so intense that it broke windows and burned the paint off all houses in the neighborhood. The creek was a sea of flowing oil, which burned the wagon bridge. The remainder of the train was cut loose and run down the grade out of danger. The disaster was caused by wreckers, who have made several attempts lately to wreck Lake Erie trains. The men killed all live in Peru. Mehle was forty years old, and leaves a wife and two children. Burnett was aged thirty-five years, and leaves a wife and two children. Mr. Spellman was unmarried. The bodies were recovered, burned to a crisp. After the inquest they were taken to Peru. The scene was a horrible one, and attracted large crowds.

Later examination shows that the disaster was evidently the criminal work of train-ditchers. The switch is what is called a split switch, but, having been abandoned, was spiked down solid and was immovable. After the debris was cleared away it was discovered that the spikes had been drawn and the switch partially opened and held so by wedges. This is proof positive that the calamity was the work of diabolical train-wreckers. The engine was found reversed, with brake set, showing that the engineer was apprised of the obstruction, though not in time to avoid the calamity. Numerous efforts have been made in the past few months to wreck E. & W. trains near Kokomo, but have proved abortive. Up to this time there is no tangible clew to the cowardly scoundrels.

Four hours after the crash the bodies of the ill-fated three were recovered,crushed and half cremated, totally unrecognizable except by personal effects found on the bodies. These men all resided in Peru. Mehl is a man of thirty eight, leaves a wife and two children. Burnett is thirty years of age and leaves a wife and one child. Spellman is unmarried, aged twenty-two. All were experienced and popular railroaders. Their charred bodies were prepared for burial, encased in handsome caskets and taken to Peru.

A dastardly attempt was made on the same night to wreck train No 17, on the same road, a mile north of Rochester. The company are here replacing a wooden structure with an iron bridge, and here the bridge builders had put in a temporary trestle for the trains to run over. About 10 o'clock the people who live near this bridge were aroused by loud cries for help, and several men got up to see what was the matter. On going to the place whence the cries for help came, they found one man trying to extricate his partner from under a huge timber which had fallen upon him. Investigation showed that these two men had placed this lever under one of the supports to the temporary structure, and hadpai'tially removed it from its position when ttie lever got the advantage of them and pinned one of them down in the mud, and his mate was unable to lift it off him. The uninjured man was at once put under arrest and taken to jail, and the injured man taken into a house, where he now lies and may possibly die from his injuries. The man in jail proves to be one who, a few years ago, robbed a train on the Wabash road, and was given four years in the penitentiary and but recently got out.

FIENDS IN HUMAN FORM.

Singular a id Barbarous Duel Fought by Wealthy Mexican Cattleman and an Indian.

The particulars of a singular duel recently fought in Taos county, New Mexico, have just come to light. An Indian and Juan Verega, a wealthy Mexican cattleman, repaired to a spot about six miles from the town of Taos, just at the break of day, to -'settle" an old grudge. The weapons were butcher knives, and, by the method of fighting agreed upon, each man was to submit his hand to his opponent and have one finger cut off, the cutting to be done alternately, and the man who first evinced signs of pain to be stabbed to the heart. The Indian, by toss, secured the first cut, and, deliberately taking the hand of his enemy, with a quick stroke, severed his forefinger. The Mexican never uttered a sound. The Indian reached out his hand, and off came his thumb. This continued in silence until the cattleman had lost four fingers and the Indian four also. When the Indian reached for his foe's left hand, the latter's second, becoming scared at the fearful flow of blood, sent a bullet through the Indian's heart. The affair is one of the most inhuman ever heard of in any land, and all parties to it will be prosecuted. It is taought the cattleman will die.

THE CRONIN TRIAL.

A Jury was secured and the Dr. Cronin trial begun at Cnicago, Thursday, before a great crowd. State's Attorney Longoneckcr tit once began his opening address to the jury.

He reviewed briefly the long continued sifting of veniremen, defined tho duties of )urymQn,de fined the meaning of a presumption of innooonco us applied in the trial of

SHpnits

persons charged with crime, telling the jurj that a presumption of innocence was not matter to weighed against evidence

The motive for the crime, as the counsej said, was clearly enough to prevent an exposure of the embezzlement of the funds for the relief of Ireland. The State's Attorney reviewed the entire plot and the story of the murder as he would be able to prove it.

Counsel spoke at length and in detail of the conspiracy and the causes leading to

THE RACES OF MANKIND.

There Are 72 of Them Existing Now—All Came from Asia. M. do Quatrefagcs, the leading French ethnologist, in presenting the second part of liis "Introduction to tho Study of the Human Race" to the Academy of Sciences, has given an interesting summary of his general conclusions with regard to the origin and distribution of mankind, says the Loudon Times.

Neglecting the minor differences, he estimates that there aro no fewer than seventy-two distinct races in the human species. All these descend or branch off from three fundamental types—the black, the yellow, and the white—which had their origin at the great central mass of northern Asia, which is thus the cradle of mankind. Representatives of these different types and the races which sprang from them are scill to be found there.

The whites, according to M. dd Quatrefages, appear to have originated on the west of the central mass, the yellows on the north, and the blacks on the south. The whites extended westward and northward, giving birth to three secondary types, the Finnish, the Semitic, and the Aryan, if we except the Allophyles, which form a separate group. Their area of distribution is continuous, as is that of the yellows, because of the extensive land surface of the Eurasian continent. The yellows spread eastward and crossed into America. The whites and yellows checked or blended with each other, producing many varieties of man. The blacks, or negro type, which originated on the south of tlie central mass, was forced by the nature of the continent, and probably by tho attacks of the whites and yellows, to go south into Africa and east into the Indian Archipelago, or Melanesia. The proto-Semites arrested their distribution in the north of Africa, and the mixture of the two races gave rise to the negroid populations. In the centre and south of Africa the blacks continued in their ethnic purity until the infiltration Of other races from Europe and the north of Afric tin modern times. Those which remained in their original home became blended with tho whitas and yellows, giving rise to the dravidian populations which pass by shades into the three fundamental types.

As for the Allophyles, represented by the race of Cro-Magnon, they occupied parts of Europe and North Africa, from which they extended to the Canaries. The three fundamental types also found themselves in Oceania the Allophylian whites occupying Polynesia, the blacks Melanesia, the yellows Mai isin. Tlie latter were, according to M. de Quatrefages, tho last to come into the martimo world.

The peopling of America dates from the quaternary perioi. and is due to migrations of different types— Allophylic white and yellow, blending with the local quaternary races, which also belonged to the yellow type. Europe, since the tertiary ages, has received only Allophylian whites, Finns, and Aryans. The number of races now existing in a pure st ite is exceedingly restricted, if, indeed, there is a single one which can be accepted as such. Perh ps some little groups, protected by their isolation, such as the Mincopies, may show an identity of characters attesting their ethnic homogeneity.

Miss Clara Huntington, adopted daughter of the American railroad magnate, was married at London, Monday, to Prince Hatzfeldt. Among the presents was a Bible and rosary from the Pope. The marriage is conceded to be an exchange of title for cash.

THE MARKETS.

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INDIANA STATE NEWS.

A camp of Democratic soldiers has been organized at Scottsburg. Rufus Magee, late minister to Sweden, has a hankering after the State Senatorship from Cass county.

its consummation. The State's Attorney spoke of the adoption of the triangle as the symbol of the Executive Board. The membership did not know who constituted the triangle, so secret was it, but,nevertheless, they obeyed its orders and were sent on various special missions in England in the

way of active work and under assumed names. Notwithstanding this secrecy, these men were betrayed by tlie board to the English authorities aud twenty of them, he said, are now in prison.

Albert Smith, near Crawfordsville, was attacked by a bull Wednesday, and was dangerously gored.

The Mayor of Laporte has caused commotion among saloon-keepers by threatening to enforce the laws.

Tramps burned the barn belonging to Robert Moffett, near Craven's Station Wednesday, causing $3,700 loss.

Engine No 630 on the J. M. & I. is believed to be unlucky. She has been in wrecks that have caused the death of seven men.

It is understood that Gen. Browne will have several opponents in the contest for the Congressional nomination in the Sixth district.

Milford Jessup, near Winchester, was accidentally shot by unknown quail hunters, and 183 bird shot lodged in different portions of his body.

Horton C. Congdon, of Fort Wayne, brakeman, employed by the Pennsylvania Central, lost an arm while switching. A jui'y has awarded him $4,700 damages.

Train wreckers broke open a switch and wrecked the east-bound Wabash express train, six mile3 from Wabash, Friday morning, demolishing the train and injur injuring five of the train men.

The barn belonging to Henry Buckner, near Morristown, was birnied by incendiaries on Wednesday night, and the destruction included eight head of horses.

John J. Mauck and Reuben Clodfelter, tho former a well-to-do farmer, and the latter in his employ, are under bonds at Corydon, charged with stealing fruit trees from a nursery. Clodfelter was detected while hauling the trees home, and his confession implicated his employer.

The Local Butchers' Association of Ft. Wayne is making a vigorous fight against Chicago dressed beef, and an attempt was made to secure the appointment of a meat inspector, his salary to be defrayed by the association, and ho to be instructed to exclude all low grade meat for sale. After a sharp debate the City Council laid the ordinance on the table. Meanwhile the Chicago men are

getting

ready for business

and upon refusal of the local butchers to patronize them, they will cut the wholesale price, and will also open retail shops.

A full meeting of the Indiana School Book Company was held at Indianapolis Friday. Business was reviewed and pros pects canvassed. It was determined to make Indianapolis headquarters not only for distribution but for the preparation of the company's publications. It is also proposed to purchase a site, erect a fine building, equip it with latest and best machinery, and publish text books not only for Indiana, but for many other States. It is expected to invest $200,000 in tho plant, and a large number of men will be employed. The company, since Aug. 1, has 3upplied nearly 850,000 books to 9,420 school rooms, in S93 townships, 213 towns and 5S cities. The company is highly elated with the success they have attained, and are confident for the future success of their project, and of the law under which they are acting.

The mechanics' lien law, enacted by the last Legislature, failed to stand a test in the Marion Circuit Court. In the suit of f'rancis et al. against Langsdale et al., Judge Taylor sustains a demurrer made to the complaint by the defendants, on tbe ground that the new law attempts to accomplish one thing, while in reality it accomplishes another. By Section 3, of the acts of 1SS3, to enable a mechanic, perform ing labor for a contractor to acquire alien upon the property he was compelled at or before he performed the work to notify the owner that ho was performing the work for the contractor: failing to give such notice he could acquire no lien upon the pi operty by any proceedings. By Section 9 of the act he could hold the owner personally liable by giving the notice provided, setting forth the amount of his claims and the services rendered. However, that personal liability notice was different from the notice provided in Section 5, and does not discharge the lien when it is attached, unless the personal liability amount is equal to the amount of the lien. Sections I, 2, 3 and 4 of the acts of 1SS3 aro amended by Sections 1, 2, 3 and 4 of the act of 1889, and by Section 5 of the act of 1S89, Section 4 of 18S3 is repealed. It was the intention of tho Legislature to repeal Section 5 of the act of 1SS3, and that section was named in tho title of the act, but in the body of the act Section 4 is named, and Judge Taylor holds that that is the one re pealed. Under the ruling, mechanics' liens can only bo inforced where the provisions of Section 5 of the act of 1883, as mentioned above, are complied with. The ruling is one of importance to mechanics and contractors.

The carcpaign of 1890 is about to begin, and both the leading parties are preparing for the contest. The Republican State Central Committee has already established headquarters at the New-Denison hotel, Indianapolis, and the first gun of Chairman Micbener was fired, Thursday, in the issuing of a circular,'calling on [tho Republicans throughout the State "to organize for they owe it to themselves to see that the Republicans carry the State. The new County Committees will be selected in December or January, and the work of choosing these men is of great importance. In April of next year your township officers will be chosen. It is true that the township officers wield a very great political influence, therefore it is important that the right men shall be nominated aud elected. If we can succeed in electing a larger number than usual of township officers next spring it will givo great encouragemont to our party and discourage the enemy." The Republic? Lare urged to take great care in noininw^lg men for the Legislature, as "it is of the highest importance to our party that we carry the Legislature." The committee has determined to begin the circulation of newspapers on a lax-go scale at once, and has sent out blanks on which are spaces for tho name and postoftico address of any weak-kneed brother who •light be benefited by reading a good Re

publican paper. On each blank is room for twenty-five names and a space wherein the political pedigree of the proposed subscriber can be briefly outlined. Document blanks are also sent out. The committee has laid out a great deal of work for itself,: and proposes an aggressive campaign.

Democratic headquarters will be established in a few days. The preliminary work has begun, and a poll of the State will be taken in January or February, and each county organization will be supplied with a copy of the poll. Considerable attention is being given by party leaders to the organization of tariff reform leagues, and this part of the political work will be pushed with great vigor from now on.

FREE TRADE SENTIMENTS.

Interesting Discussion of Kconomlc Pritt«'ijles by Wheat Growers.]

The interstate Wheat Growers continued in session at St. Louis Thursday afternoon. Robert Lindblom, the Chicago wheat speculator, made a speech, in which, he gave tho speculator's side of the wheat question. He said the monopolists had taught society a lesson which would, in time, make monopoly an impossibility. The lesson was co-opcration. It was intended as a blessing to monopoly, it will end in being a blessing to humanity. He believed that at fairly high prices more grain could be sold than at low prices. There was no foundation for the cry of over production, in five years, while the production of wheat decreased per cent, the price decreased 28 per cent. The speaker then went on to show that there had been no over-prouuetion in other: countries.

The event of the session was the address of President Colman from a free trade stand point. He denounced the way the farmers are used by the present administration and the protection policy, aud said that the only way to protect their interest was to adopt free trade. He assailed elevator combines, pools, commission men and speculators as robbers of the farmers, and said that between these factions the farmer was crushed.

The free trade element then offered the following resolutions, which were passed after a long debate:

Resolved, By the farmers of the States lying in the Mississippi and Missouri Riv er Valleys, and of the States of Oregon, Washington and California, in national convention assembled, that we hereby memoralize our National Congress and. the President of the United States, and most seriously petition them to make such reciprocity treaties with those foreign nations to whom we ship our surplus farm products, as will cause such foreign nations to remove the custums duties "from our farm products shipped abroad, thereby, causing us to receive a higher price for our foreign farm surplus, and thereby fixing a higher price upon all that we sell at home.

Resolved, That we ask that such steps be taken by our National Congress as will destroy the present existing monopolies and trusts and prevent the formation of others.

Resolved, And to the end that we may get our farming implements at a less price that the present law3 be repealed that place a duty upon farming implements or the raw materials used in their manufacture.

Resolved that we are more deeply interested in the carrying out of the above resolutions than we are in the success of any.* political party.

A permanent organization, to be known as the Interstate Wheat Growci**'Association, was formed. Permanent officers were then elected as follows: President, Hon. Norman J. Colman, of Missouri, with the privilege of naming his own secretary. Executive Board—W. L. Scott and A. D. Noe, of Kentucky N. J. Colman and U. S. Hall, of Missouri E. H. Murphy and P. A. Odell, of Minnesota D. B.„Green and J. S. McCaffrey, of Llinois Calvin Cole and George Gibson, of Oregon Walter N. Allen and Governor Charles Rck ason, of Kansas J. A. Coates and D. A. Eppeson, of Indiana N. O. Walker, of Tennessee, and H. W. Sargent, of Ohio.

Among other resolutions adopted was one requesting Superintendent of Census Porter to collect data to show in the next census what percentage of the people in this country occupy their own farms and homes and what percentage are tenants.

WASHINGTON NOTES.

It is said now that the names of the thirty Pension Office employes given to the press this week as a full list of those re-rated under Commissioner Tanner is incomplete. There are about a dozen more of the Pension Office employes who had their pensions re-rated and were giveD large arrearages. Their names appear to have escaped the notice of tho Commission who examined the management ol the office. It is not yet known what action will be taken to recover this illegally allowed money, but it is believed that it will nearly all be recovered or the bene ficiaries retired from the public service. Most of them, it is intimated by Secretary Noble, will have to retire in any event. It is intimated that two of the employes the Pension Office, Whose pensions were re-rated, have been officially requested to refund to the Government the extra monej paid to them on account of such re-rating. The law gives them sixty days in which tc reply to the notification of the Government, and it is not known what action they will take.

Corporal Tanner denies that he tried to control tho professional opinions of medical examiners.

Postmaster-General Wanamaker has awarded tho contract for furnishing post ago stamps to the American Bank Not* Company, of New York. The award was mado for stamps of a reducod size, the new stamps being about one-eighth smaller than those in presont use. The one-cent stamps will continue to be printed in blue, the two cent stamps, now printed in green, will be printed in bright carmine,and changgs will be made in sorno of the other denominations.

Tho Czar visited Emperor William at Berlin, Friday. Their greetings were oo*» dial.