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THE REPUBLICAN.
Published by W. 8. MONTGOMERY.
QBKBK FIELD INDIANA
GLADSTONE'S life inotto has been "Whatever thy hand finds to do, do it with thy might."
"MAKE a joyful noise unto the Lord, all ye lands enter into his gates with thanksgiving. For the Lord is good, his mercy is everlasting, and his truth endureth to all generations."
BOSTON dry goods stores now "check" babies along with umbrellas, extra parcels and other superfluous baggage. The infants are carefully looked after by experienced matrons for a specified time, greatly to the relief of weary mothers when on shopping bent.
AN extensive system of moveable sidewalks is proposed for Chicago to oonnect the various elevated roads on the belt plan. The walks will be elevated on posts on the street curb line and will be operated on the same general plan of the moveable sidewalk on the big pier at the World's Fair.
THE bottom of the Pacific Ocean from the California coast to the Sandwich Islands has been surveyed and the surface has been found to be so level that for stretches of five hundred miles, if on dry land, a railroad train could be run at sixty miles an hour without the grade being altered at any point. A chart of the survey has been made and now hangs in a newspaper office at Honolulu.
THE women of Colorado are devoting their energies to the study of politics since the right of suffrage has been granted them. The sex in the Centennial State are said to be enthusiastic over their newly acquired right and it is probable that the majority will prize it more highly than the men do at present. The right of suffrage is a privilege that is held too lightly by the majority of American citizens, and it is probable that they would more highly appreciate it if deprived of its exercise for a number of vears.
STAGE names afford a curious study and are often assumed for no apparent good reason, for they deceive nobody but the great mass of newspaper readers, who are in any event but slightly if at all interested in the artists who thus seek to hide their identity. For instance, Lillian Russell—the actress who has acquired fame and fortune—otherwise Miss Helen Leonard—of whom few people have ever heard—was married January 21 to Signor Perugini—the singer of whom a great many people have read—otherwise Mr. John Chatterton, a person of great obscurity. This is a custom of the stage celebrities that is not infrequent. It does no particular harm, but makes a marriage notice like this somewhat complicated and unsatisfactory. Imagine Edwin Booth trying to sail under a fictitious name!
PEOPLE of all parties have long been accustomed to think of New York City as a badly governed municipality, where municipal officers regardless of party affiliations rapidly grew rich at the expense, of the helpless taxpayer. Nevertheless it is stated for a fact that the per capita taxation has been steadily declining for some years. This however, is a very misleading sta tement, and does not necessarily imply that taxation has been reduced. The probable inference is that the poorer classes have increased so rapidly in numbers as to produce an apparent reduction in the per capita taxation. The percentage on the $100 valuation is not ^iven, but it is probable that it has not been materially reduced, although it is stated that the running expenses of the city government do not keep pace with the growth of population, which is certainly creditable to the officials as far as it goes.
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INDIANA STATE NEWS.
South Bend has a case of smallpox. Arcadia will have a canning factory. 1 Shelbyville's gamblers dress like prince?. 1 Columbus wants a metropolitan police force.
Ithamer Russell, the well known Kokomo banker, died, Saturday, aged seventy. .."v
Poseyville had a disastrous fire, Thursday night. Total loss exceeds $47,000.^ Insurance $29,250.
El wood has secured the National InterState Shooting Tournament, to be held some time in June.
John S. Beach, the Terre Haute banker who assigned in August, has been indicted for embezzling $50,009.
Three men were arrested at Plainfield, Friday, charged with dynamiting fish in White river near Centerton.
The Hotel Ingram was formally opened at Hartford City. Tuesday night. It is one of the finest in the State.
Several hundred people gathered at the Martinsville depot to welcome home Henry Myers, paroled by Governor Matthews. 1 Stone, the Wratten murderer, has made another confession. He says that he smothered little Ethel when she was convalescing.
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Anderson citizens are enjoying a bread war among the bakers of that city, who are trying to undersell each other. Bread is only 2 cents a loaf.
Winfield Richards, of Needmore, has patented a machine to work the gold fields of Brown county. Last week he had great success, one day taking out 240.
Michigan Cityites have drawn up a prayer petitioning Congreas to appropriate a fund to be expended in placing a fog horn in the harbor at that place.
Deputy Revenue Collector Pierce, of Lake county, discovered an illicit distillery near Plymouth, Tuesday, and destroyed the outfit, together with six barrels of whisky.
The Republicans of the City Council of Madison held a caucus and decided to vote for W. W. Hinds for Mayor. Councilman Smith bolted the nomination, making a deadlock.
Presiding Elder W. C. Wolfort, of the Elkhart district of the Northern Indiana Methodist Conference, has resigned. The Rev. B. A. Kemp, of Mishawaka, is a possible successor.
A big sensation has been created at Huntington by the discovery that the A. P. A. records, containing names of all the members of that city, had been stolen from the lodge room. 1
Robert C. Murray, convicted at Covington of forgery, and who was carried to the Prison North en a cot, is hopelessly paralyzed, and there is no hope of his con dition ever being bettered.
The Indianapolis free food market for for the deserving unemployed is run now at an expense of §1,200 a week. Two hundred and two names were added to the list of applicants last week.
The White county commissioners have resolved to sell the old court-house at Monticello, over which there has been so much litigation. This is interpreted as meaning anew structure in time.
Mrs. Ann Reust, of Huntington, hoarded $250 in gold in her cellar, burying it with great care and concealing the hiding place, Tuesday she discovered that her bank had been plundered of its treasure.
Theodore Crowl, an old soldier of Laporte, was found dead in a saloon at that place, Friday. He drank seven drinks of whisuy in quick succession on a wager, Thursday night, The last one laid him out.
A cow of C. C. Abrams, a farmer near Garrett, gave birth to a calf last week whose body and legs are perfect but whose head is round as an apple. The mouth is under one eye while the nose is under the other.
Philip Williams, of Huntington, who has been sentenced to prison for two years for forgery, has a wife and seven children. He claims that his family were starving, and to supply their wants he was driven to crime.
While George Lee, of Jefferson county, was milking a restive cow, his head resting against her Manic, the animal gave a sudden lurch, bending him almost double and dislocating his spine. His death occurred Tuesday. 4 As the result of a quarrel at Stipp's Hill between M. F. George and Stephen Dilks, over a shoulder of meat which Dilks had purchased and failed to pay for. Dilks used a dirk knife.stabbing George to death. D'lks was arrested for murder.
Will Crewell, a young demented man of :um!)ia Citv. who wandered away from his home some time ago, has been found near Jvaiam i/.oo, Mich., living a hermit's iife. Ilis father took him home. Disappointment in love caused his mental trouble.
Doctor Ilouser, of Indianapolis, has written to Queen Lilioukalani offering her half the proceeds of a proposed lecture tour if she will come to this country and accompany him. AH ho asks of Her Majesty is that she sit on the stage while he dee* tho talking.
The following concerns are running in full or part at Elwood: Diatnoud plateglass works, McBeth chimney factory, McClay factory, American tin plate works, Elwood iron works, Ilodefer fc Hoffman Window-glass Company and Nivison & Wieskoff bottle works.
An eight-hundred-barrel oil well has been struck five miles northwest of Montpelier. Tho lease is owned by the Standard. Two years ago the Manhattan Oil Company ran in a dry hole on the same farm and abandoned the lease, which was quickly snapped up by tho Standard.
The farmers near Elwood have suffered so much ^rom thieves during the last few months that they have organized two thief catching companies and two bloodhounds have boon secured. The trespassers will be trackod down, as the farmers despair of bagging them in any other manner. vb
Ernest Perkins and Miss Emma Huddleston, of Somerset, were married, and a gang of rowdies assembled under their window, firing shots into tho house, pounding the weatherboarding with clubs, and otherwise annoying the occupants. The bridegroom retaliated by causing tho arrest of eighteen of the party for rioting.
Henry Aulwurm, of Crown Point, has been appointed roceiver of the real estato firm of Lano & Lane, of Chicago. During the 1890 boom the firm invested in real estate in the vicinity of Tolleston, subdividing it into town lots. Since then one of -the partners has died, and his widow seeki
to force & sale of the holdings, which th surviving partner says can only.be done a* a great sacrifice. The estate is valued ai 960,000.
The Ft. Wayne Street Railway Company donated its receipts on Christmas Day t( the poor of the city, to be distributed by the city. The mayor of that city refused to receive the gift, insisting upon its dis* tribution by the relief societies. Th« mayor explained that the city could not afford to place itself under obligation any corporation whose interests were interwoven so closely with those of the municipality.
A young fellow, styling himself Harrj Owens, of Colorado, called upon Willian Hendricks, a substantial old farmer in th vicinity of Whitestown, representing himself as a nephew, and so cleverly did h« play his part that Mr. Hendricks was deceived and entertained his guest royally. The bogus nephew succeeded in getting his supposititious uncle to advance hin if500 on a gold brick, valued at §5,000, aftei which he disappeared. Mr. Hendricks still has tho brick.
Charles Long rented a farm of Joseph Rickey, of Madison township, Montgomery county, agreeing among other things to dig a well. Rickey staked off a location, but Long persisted in bringing iu 8 "wizard" with a hazel switch, who insisted that the well should be dug two hundred feet distant from the site selected bj Rickey. It was dug, and not enough watei was found to float a sunfish. Rickey is now suing for damages.
For some time it has been known thai the German Lutheran pastors of Fori Wayne were opposed to members of theii congregations joining secret societies, anc this has led some of the Lutherans ol that city to sever their relations with that church. Recently there was a UnioE meeting of the four Lutheran congregations belonging to the synodical conference, at which time the Rev. II. G. Sauer submitted a paper giving the reasons why the pastors were a unit in opposing secret society membership. The position of tlu Bible on secretism was liberally quoted, and the ground was taken that the Bible being opposed, the church had no choice, because secret societyism and true Chrisiianity were irreconcilably opposed ono tc the other.
State Convention to Be Held at Indianapolis Aug:. 15.
The Democratic State Committee met at Indianapolis, Thursday, at the Grand Hotel. There was a good attendance of representative Democrats from all parts of the State.
A contest was made for the State convention by Fort Wayne, but on a vote by the committee Indianapolis was selected. Chairman Thomas Taggart, of Indianapolis. was unanimously re-elected for the coming campaign. The committee did not elect a secretary and treasurer but unanimously recommended that Chairman Taggart reappoint the present officers. Joseph Reilly. secretary John R. Wrilson, treasurer. The date of holding the State convention was set for Aug. 15. Candidates for the various Stato offices were present. Andrew M. Sweeny wiil be a candidate for re-election as clerk of the Supreme Court. C. W. YVellman, editor of tho Sullivan Times is also a candidate for the same office. Secretary of State Myers will have no opposition for a re-nomination.
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Ohio Odd Fellows Asked to Lead in liellef Movement.
A Columbus, O.. special. Feb. 3, says: Grand Secretary C. II. Layman, of tlu Ohio Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, has received a letter from Mrs. Jennie Heck, of Albany, lnd., a prominent member ol the Rebekah Degree, in which the lattei calls on the-Odd Fellows of tho Buckeye State to lead in tho effort to make the widow of the late Vice President Schuylei Colfax, comfortable in her declining years. The writer explains that by reason of the failure of an Indianapolis bank, a judgment has been rendered against Mrs. Colfax for ?2 .000, which will leave her practically penniless. Mr. Colfax was a prominent Odd Fellow and the founder of the degree of Rebekah, to which women are eligible.
THE MARKETS.
Feb. 6, 1894.
Indianapolis.
GHAUT AND HAY.
WHEAT—R(j?ic: corn, 34?jc: oats, 31c. HAY—Choice timothy, $12.50 Mo. 1. 611 No. 2, 6'.).50: No. 1 prairie, T"G.5(J mixed, $8 clover, 87.50(O8 per ton.
RYE—No. 2, 45c. Bit AN—$13. LIVE STOCK. CATTLE Shippers. $2.75i25: heifers. $1.50(^3.25 cows, [email protected] bulls. 31.50®,'$. liogs 5.52Sheep $1.75(«i 3.25 bucks, ?2(o4.
POULT 11Y AND OTHER PRODUCE. (Prices Paid by Dealers.) POULTRY Hens, 5c per tt young chickens, 5)^c per turkeys, old toms, 4c pertt hens, tic per tt» fancy fat young torn turkeys, 5c small and poor 5c ducks, tie. per lb geese, [email protected] per doz. for choice.
EGGS—Shippers paying 11c. BUTTER—Extra, lie mixed, 8@10c. ,, HONEY—New, lGi'^lSe FEATHERS—Prime geese, 40c per ft mixed duck, 20c per lb.
BEESWAX—20c for yellow 15c for dark. WOOL—Unwashed medium wool, 10c unwashed coarse or braid, 13(«§l4c unwashed line merino, lO&'ISc tub-washed. 18(^23c hurry and cotted wool, 3 to 0c less than above prices.
Chicago.
WHKAT—f0c: corn 353®c. oats, 27c pork, 613.12% lard, 67.72K ribs. SG.55 eattie, [email protected] hogs, [email protected]. '.jiTi,:-i' New Yortc.
WHEAT—66&c corn, 43c oats, 34c pork. 614.50. St. Louis.
WIIKAT—56c corn, 32J£c oats, 28%c rye, 48c pork, 13.02)^c. Baltimore.
WHEAT—64.^c corn, 43c oats, 35c rye, 50c. Philadelphia,
WHEAT-4J3C corn, 42V£c oats, 32%c. Cincinnati. WHEAT—59Mc corn, 37#c: oats, 31^c: pork, 613.50 eggs, 14c.
Minneapolis.
WHEAT—No. 1 hard, 61c. wsm »&&& Toledo. WHEAT—flO^c oats, 29c corn, 35)£c rye, 50c.
Detroit.
WHEAT—60K corn. 3G%c oata, 31%c. Buflfolo. CATTLE—63.75@4,50 hogs, choice Yorkers,'67.50 other grades, [email protected].
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Boas-—Westerns,
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FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
In the Senate, Thursday, Senator Hill presented resolutions from the New Jersey Legislature protesting against the passage of the Wilson bill and congratulating the President on the abandonment of his Hawaiian policy. Senator Allen presented a resolution directing the Secretary of the Treasury to inform the Senate what amount of paper money issued by the Government has been redeemed since 1875 and how much of it, if any, has been issued also what authority of law exists for the gold reserve and when it was established, and why it is now maintained. The principal speeches of the day were made by Senator Stewart and Senator Allison, both of whom contended that the Secretary of the Treasury had no power to issue bonds for other purposes than redemption. Senator Call, of Florida, took the position that the Secretary of the Treasury had not the power to issue the bonds for the purposes contemplated. At 5:10 o'clock, on motion of Senator Faulkner, the Senate went into executive session, and at 5:15 the Senate adjourned.
In the House, Thursday, the final scenes in the tariff debate were enacted. An immense crowd filled the lobbies and galleries and great confusion resulted, until the Speaker stopped the roll-call and ordered that the doorways be cleared. A light between a negro and a white man occurred in one of the aisles. All the corridors in the Capitol were filled with a surging mass of humanity. At 12 o'clock Speaker Crisp ascended to the rostrum and the gavel was passed to him. Mr. Richardso'n reported that the House, in committee of the whole, had under consideration H. B. 4,864 (tariff bill) with sundry amendments. The chair then recognized ex-Speaker Reed, of Maine, who said:
In this debate one remarkable result has already been reached. The result is that the bill before us is odious to both sides of the House. It meets with favor nowhere. On this side, we believe that while it pretends to be for protection, it does not afford it, and on tne other side, they believe that while it looks toward free trade it does not accomplish it. Those who will vote against this bill will do so because it opens our markets to the destructive competition of foreigners, and tho^e who vote for it will instantly devote themselves to a new crusade against whatever barriers are left. Whatever speeches have been made in defense of the bill, on the other side, whether by gentlemen who art! responsible only to their own constituency, or by the gentleman from West Virginia, who ought to have been steadied by his sense of responsibility to the whole country, have one and all, with but rare exceptions, placed their authors uncompromisingly. except for temporary purposes, on the side of unrestricted free trade.
It is evident that there is no ground for that hope, that this bill, bad as it is. wiil be a resting place where our manufacturing industries, such as may survive, can re-establish themselves and have a sure foundation for the future, free from party bickering and party strife. Hence, also, there can be no foundation for that cry that this bill should be passed at once because uncertainty is worse than any bill can possibly be. Were this bill to pass both branches to-day, uncertainty would reign just the same. So utterly undisputed has been our growth and progress that whatever the future industrial system of this country may be, the past system is a splendid monument to that successful statesman who found the country bankrupt and distracted and left it first "on the list of nations.
But what do you say about the farmer? Well, on that subject I do not profess any special learning, but there is one simple statement I wish to make and leave the question there. If, with cities crowing up like magic, manufacturing villages dotting every eligible site, each and all swarming with mouths to be filled, the producers of food are worse off than when half of this country was a desert,I abandon sense in favor of political economy. When the gentleman from Kansas(Mr. Simpson) gets a little money ahead he does not put it into stocks in these immensely profitable manufactories he has too much sense. Ho adds to his farm and has told us so. If the hope of the agriculturist is in English free trade they had better ponder on the fact that while the wages of artisans have increased in England ?2.43 per week since lSHO, the wages of agricultural laborers have only increased 72 cents, and while the Lancashire operatives in the factories live as well as anybody else except Americans, tho agricultural laborers are hardly better off than the continental peasantry. England's example will not ao for agriculture. Here let me meet ono other question, and let me meet it fairly. We are charged with having claimed that the tariff alone will raise wages. We have nev.,-r made such'ta claim in any form. Free-traders have set up that claim for us in order to triumphantly knock it over. What we do say is that where two nations have equal skill and equal appliances and a market nearly equal, and one of them can hire labor at one-half less, nothing but a tarilf can maintain the higher wages, aud that we can prove.
We know, my friends, that before this tribunal we all of us plead in vain. Wh we fail let those answer who read the touching words of Abraham Lincoln's lirst inaugural, and remember that he pleaded in vain with these same men and their predecessors. Whore he failed we can not expect to succeed. But though we fail here today, like our great leader of other days, in the larger field and before tho mightier tribunal which will finally and forever decide the question, we shall bo more than conquerors for this great Nation, shakintr off as it has once before the influence of a lower civilization, will go on to fulfill its high destiny, until over the South, as well as over the North, shall be spread the full measure of that amazing prosperity, which is the wonder of the world.
At the close of Mr. Reed's speech he was given an ovation by the Republican side of the House, and'his desk was covered with roses sent by admiring friends. While this demonstration was being enacted, Speaker Crisp relinquished the chair to Mr. Hatch and descended to the floor. He was given a rousing reception as he resumed his old seat on the Democratic side. On being recognized by the chair, Speaker Crisp said:
I feel embarrassed by this vast audience embarrassed that I may not able to fulfill the expectation of my friends when I undertake, in the period allowed by the rules of the House, to answer and make corrections of the errors in the arguments to which we have just listened. I assumo that the cause of protection has no more able advocate, and that the arguments for protection can be put in no more forcible form than that to which you have listened to-day. and I shall ask you dispassionately to examine with mo that argument and then ask the-judgment of the House as to whether the cause attempted to bo sustained can be established consistently with right and justice to the peoplo of tho United States.
After hii opening Introductory remarks. Mr. Crisp declared that an examination of the protective system wouid show that while it WAS built up for the ostensible benefit of labor, it was in truth constructed for the benefit of the manufacturing classes. He pointed out that the wages of the laborers in protected industries went down and those in unprotected industries went up, as a result of tho McKinlcy act. This was shown by the statistics gathered by tho Senate committee on finance. The speaker referred to the artificial conditions created by protection. It took men, he said, from their natural
channels, and diverted them to unnaturrt channels. The same was true in the diversion made in the channels of trade. Protection was a Chinese wall which not only shut out the world, but shut in thr: United States.
Mr. Crisp was greeted with applause when he said that the thirty years of protection was tho period of unrest during which the masses of the people had constantly rebelled against the heavy burdens of taxation. The people had always been stilled at the polls by the Republican promises to reduce the tariff, but once successful at the polls, the Republican legislators surrendered themselves body and soul to the manufacturing classes.
Mr. Crisp supported the income tax in vigorous terms. He said that 630,000.00!) of tax on accumulated wealth was but a small tribute in return for the benefits received. Mr. Crisp closed with an eloquent appeal to his Democratic associates to waive minor objections and to look at the great Democratic principles involved. "Let us stand together." said he: let us redeem our pledges. Let us pass this bill and it will carry gladness to the consuming masses, to the farmer, to the laborei and to the American people."
At the conclusion of Speaker Crisp's speech Mr. Wilson arose to close the debate, which he did in an eloquent address in which he denied emphatically tlu charge of sectionalism in the bill of which he was the author. Mr. Wilson's peroration aroused the Democrats and galleries to the highest pitch of enthusiasm, anc the demonstration which followed his words has seldom been equaled. Tho whole Democratic side rose, books and records were thrown into the air. cheer after cheer was gi\\:i and the peoole in the galleries joined with both voice and.» hands in the tribute. Before Mr. Wilson could sit down three Democratic membors rushed up the aisle, lifted Mr. Wiison upon their shoulders and carried him in triumph to the rear of the hall, where for ten minutes he listened to the words of praise that were showered upon him. The time for voting had now arrived, and as soon as order was restored the amendment of Mr. Tawney to increase the duty on barley to 22 cents per bushel was put to the committee and lost, 120 to 197.
The Speaker then announced that the vote was upon the amendments adopted by the committee of the whole. Mr. Johnson demanded a separate vote on the wool and woollen amendments. Mr. English upon the income tax and upon the petroleum amendment. The- other amendments, in eluding that amendment abolishing thcbounty on sugar and that placing refined sugar oil the free list were then agreed tc in bulk withoutdivision. The first amendment which Mr. Johnson desired a separate vote upon was that placing wool upon the free list immediately upon the passage of the bill. This amendment having been vitiated by a later amendment placing the date at Aug. 2, a point of order was raised that ihe latter amendment must lirst be voted upon, but after some discussion tho chair decided that the Johnson amendment must lirst be voted upon to perfect the text, and that the real test would come upon the amendment to strike out the words '"immediately after the passage of the oil)," and insert "on and after Aug. 2,:' the Johnson amendment was agreed to—IJ05 to 147. Mr. Johnson tried to get the veis and nays, but could only muster live Votes to his aid. The amendment fixing the date at Dec. 2 when the manufactured woolen schedule should no into effect was also adopted,200to13(5. Mr. Johnson again being unable to secure tin ayes and nays, the vote was taken upon the amendment providing for reciprocity in petroleum, and it was carried—177 to 47. The last amendment to be voted upon was that providing for the income tax. Mr. Cockran demanded the ayes and nays. The Republicans refused to second the demand for the ayes and nays, but enough Democrats arose (51) to order the roll-call. Jt was then found that the income tax could not be voted upon as a separate proposition, the Speaker decided in accordance with a precedent. The Republicans, with few exceptions, refused to vote, but the amendment including the income tax was a lopted—182 to 50. Then after the usual parliamentary programme had been observed came the final vote on the Wilson bill itself, which resulted in its passage—201 to 140. Seventeen Democrats voted against the bill. All of the Indiana Democrats—eleven in number—voted in the affirmative. The IIOUSJ immediately adjourned.
In tho Senate, Friday. Senator Pelfer presented a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for names of bidders for the new United States bonds, which was adopted. The original resolution of Senator Stewart denying the power of the Secretary to issue bonus was then taken up. Senator Vilas spoke in opposition to the resolution. At 4:15 the Clerk of the llouse appeared with the tariff bill and it was duly reported to the Senate, and on motion of Senator Voorht 05 was immediatately referred to the finance committee. Senator Hoar then addressed the Senate in support of Stewart's resolution. lie said it was unnecessary to issue bonds. The Secretary of the Treasury was not borrowing it for the purpose of redemption, and that proposition was too ridiculous for discussion. The resolution, on request of Senator Teller, went over until Wednesday, and, on motion of Senator Faulkner, the Senate went into executive session at 5 p. m. and, at 5:10 adjourned until Monday.
In the House, Friday, the Hawaiian debate was the special order. Mr. Boutelle and the Speaker again clashed on a point of order. Mr. Boutelle finally secured recognition and spoke in support of ex-Minister Stevens. Mr. McCreary then spoke in support of his resolution, under discussion, which condemns the,acts of exMinister Stevens. Mr. Hitt. the leader of the Republican minority of the foreign affairs committee, replied to McCreary and launched into a terrible arraignment of the policy of the President. He said:
Think of it think of it. While he had in hand that letter from Minister Willis reciting the story of that brutal interview with the Queen, in which she demanded the holacaust of property and the slaughter of American citizens, he sent out still another order to overthrow the republican form of government and put back that wretch in power. [Republican applause.] Minister Willis's instructions amounted to this: Go find that woman, whoso vice, folly and extravagance was checked by the people last January. Tell her of the determination of the President to restore her ask her for amnesty for the revolutionists.and then go to the provisional government to get it to relinquish its power.
Without concluding, Mr. Hitt yielded tc a motion to adjourn. 1 In the House, Saturday, Mr, Ilitt concluded his speech on the Hawaiian matter. Mr. Raynor, of Maryland, discussed the incidents of the overthrow of the Hawaiian monarchy and held that a great wrong had been committed. He said the United States had nothing to do with the character of the Queen or her form of government. In conclusion Mr. Raynor said: 1 tell you, Mr. Spoaker, that as deeply as I love ray country, with all the consecrated devotion that I' would lay upon her altars, with a fervid reverence for hei flag wherever its colors greet the eye, I would rather see that flag lowered and trampled upon than raised as a pirate's ensign, and placed in tho hands of every buccaneering demagogue to use. not as an emblem of honor, but as an instrument of terror and oppression to the helpless and enfeebled races of mankind.
At tho conclusion df Mr. Raynor's speech the House adjourned till Monday
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THE END OF ALL.
Death of America's Greatest Philanthropist. *. S
Seorge W. Chllds, of Philadelphia, Dle»— End of aLong and Useful Life.
George W. Childs, America's greatest philanthropist, died at Philadelphia aV: }:03 a. m.. Saturday. Feb. 3, 1894. Mr, Childs had been seriously ill for some time, but hopes had been entertained that he would recover.
George William Childs was born ia Baltimore, May 12,1829. At the ago of fourteen he removed to Philadelphia, ^nearly penniless, and became an errand boy in a book store. At eighteen he had saved up sufficient capital to enter into husiness on his own account, and set up a very modsst book store in the Ledger building, then at the corner of Third and Chestnut streets. In 1S49, before he had reached his legal majority, he entered the publishing firm of R. E. Peterson & Co., the lirm name being shortly afterward changed to Childs it Peterson. Robert Evans Peterson, who later became .Mr. Childs's father-in-law. was, like Mr. Childs, a bookseller. In lrfGO Mr. Peterson retired from the firm and Mr. Childs entered into partnership with J. B. Lippincott & Co. It 1S64 Mr. Childs purchased the Ledger, which wai
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considered a very doubtful venture, but by his own energy he made it a success in every way, and it brought to its fortunate owner a large fortune and a prominence in the social wor'd that brought him in contact with people of the highest distinction. He became a warm personal friend of Gen. Grant and remained as such until the death of the great soldier. His relations with his employes were those of a father to his children, aud the devotion of those who were so fortunate as to obtain situations in his establishment has never had a parallel in the business world. It is almost as imposible to enumerate all the public benefactions of Mr. Childs as it is to record his private deeds of charity. They were so numerous and of such varied character that all record of rn^ny is lost. A few, however, can be mentioned: A fountain toa the memory of Shakespeare at Stratford-on-Avon a memorial window to Milton at Westminster: the Printers' llome at Colorado Springs monuments and memorials to Leigh Hunt,, Edgar Allen Poe and Richard Proctor. Mr. Childs was a continual and generous giver to almost every charitable object brought to his att ntion. The only public office that Mr. Childs could ever be induced to hold was th« honorary onp of President of the Board of Visitors to the Military Academy at West Point, which was conferred upon him by President Cleveland. There was no one ol the thousands of deserving strangers who appealed to him and whom he could see his way to help that he turned away. Not even his closest friends knew the whole of his kindly acts. Only in another and a better world is the record kept of his kindly, charitable and helpful lifo.
THE HAWAIIAN SERIAL
Another Chapter of a Long Continued Story.
The President, Friday, transmitted to Congress additional dispatches from Honolulu,"which were received from Minister Will is. Jan. 7. The letter of President Dole was not included for lack of time to transcribe it. The dispatch of Minister Willis is as follows:
LEGATION OF THE UNITED STATES, I IIO.NOI.ULU, Jan. 12, 18i)L. The Hon. W. Q. Gresiiam, Secretary of State:
Sik—On vesterdav, at fir.iO p. m., I received the lion S. B. Dole's answer to my letter of Jan., requesting him at his earliest convenienco to give me the speeitications contained in a prior letter. His answer is about fifty pages of closely-written official paper, and has been delivered today too late to either copy or reply to iu time for tho steamer leaving at 2 p. m.. to-day. There is one extract, however, to which I think attention should be called, wherein it is stated: "This government •has been and now is subjected to the necessity of increased watchfulness, and a large additional expense, which, but for such attitude, would have been unnccessarv." 5
The emphasis above is mine. In a provious letter of Dec. 27, Minister Dole had stated "The government offices have been placed and still continue in a condition of defense and preparation for siege, and the community has been put into a state ol mind bordering on terrorism.
Some portions of the letters from which these extracts are made confirm the abov« statements while others seem to negative them. With this explanation I submit them to your consideration.
The next steamer leaves hero reo.3, which would place you in possession ol Mr. Dole's letter and my purposed reply thereto about Feb. 18. Very respectfully.
ALBERT S. WILLIS,
T" TO EVADE THE LAW.' '-4'
An Ingenious Pugilistic Scheme—A Floutins Arena on L*k« Michigan. j.
A Valparaiso dispatch, Feb. 4, say»: I* tho attempts to arrange articles of contest for the gladiators to battle on a Boating platform on Fancher's lake, neat Crown Point, proves a failure it is proposed to bring off the mill within easj reach of Indiana soil. Capitalists har« become Interested in the construction ol an immense floating pavilion. This hugl craft, with a capacity of 1,000, will be an* chored off the coast of Lake Michigan at a point where it would be an insurmountable barrier to the State soldiers. Th» Indiana beach in Lake and Porter couuties abounds with mountains of sand, and from these eminences it would be possible for thousands to view the fistic allray. II: is stated that ?10,030 will be required foi its proper construction.
Part of tho business portion of Glasgow, Mo., was destroyed by fire. Loss, 130,009 insurance, 30,000.