Greenfield Republican, Greenfield, Hancock County, 30 August 1894 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN.

published by W. S. MONTGOMEBT.

•KKRNFIELD INDIANA

GROVER IS UNHAPPY.

President Cleveland's Unofficial Letter on the Tariff Bill.

rhlnks

the Senate Measure an Improvement on McKinley's—Great Disappointment of Tariff Reformers.

The President, Monday, sent the following letter to Representative Catchings, of Mississippi, who consented to its publication in view ol its public character and importance. "EXECUTIVE MANSION, I. "WASHINGTON, D. C., Aug. 27, 1S94. "To the Hon. T. C. Catchings: "My Dear Sir—Since the conversation I had with you and Mr. Clark, of Alabama. a few davs ago. in regard to my action upon the tariff bill now before me I have given the subject further and most lerious consideration. The result is 1am more settled than ever in the determination to allow the bill to become a law without my signature. "When the formulation of legislation, which it was hoped would embody Democratic ideas of tariff reform, was lately entered upon by Congress nothing was further from my anticipation than a result which I couia not promptly and enthusiastically indorse. It is, therefore, with a •feeling of the utmost disappointment that submit to a denial of this privilege. "I do not claim to be better than the masses of my party, nor do I wish to avoid any responsibility, which, on acsount of the passage of this law, 1 omht to bear as a member of the Democratic organization neither will 1 permit, oivself to be separated from p:u ty uch an extent as might be implied by my veto to tariff legislation, winch, ih.m. .! uisappointing. is still chargeai.ie to Democratic effort, "But there are provisions in this bill which are not in line with iionost tariff reform, and it contains inconsistencies and crudities which ought, nut to appear in tariff' laws of any kind. lies id us, there were, as you ami 1 well know, incidents accompanying the passage of the bill through Congress which made every sincere reformer unhappy. "And yet. notwithstanding all its vicissitudes and all the bad treatment it received at the hands of pretended friends, it presents a vast improvement over existing conditions. It will certainly lighten many tariff burdens that now rest heavily upon the people. It is not only a barrier against the return of mad protection, but it furnishes a vantage ground from which must be waged further aggre&sive operations against protected monopoly and governmental favoriteism. "I take my place with the rank and file of the Democratic party who believe in tariff reform mid who know what, it is, who refuse to accept the results embodied in this bill as the close of the war. who an: not blinded to the fact that the livery oi Democratic tariff reform has been stolen and worn in the service of Republican protection, and who have marked the places where the deadly blight of treason has blasted the councils of the brave in theii hour of might. '"The trusts and combinations--the communism of pelf—whose machinations have prevented us from reaching the success we deserve, should not be forgotten or .forgiven. We shall recover from our astonishment at their exhibition of power, and if then the question is forced upon us whether they shall submit to the free legislative will of the people's representatives or shall dictate the laws which the people must obey, we will accept and settle that issue as one involving the integrity and safety of American institutions. "I love the principles of true Democracy because they are founded in patriotism and upon justice and fairness toward all interests. I am proud of ray party organization because it is conservative, steady and persistent in the enforcement of its principles. Therefore, 1 do not despair ol the efforts made by the Mouse of Representatives to supplement the bill already passed by further legislation. "I cannot be mistaken as to the necessity for free raw materials as the foundation of logical and sensible tariff reform. The extent to which this is recognized in the legislation already secured is one ol its encouraging and redeeming features: but it is vexatious to recall that while free coal and iron ore have been denied, a Jetter of the Secretary of the Treasury discloses the fact that both might have been made free by the annual surrender of only about $700,030 of unnecessary revenue. "I am sure that there is a common habit of underestimating the importance of free raw materials in tariff legislation, and of regarding them as only related to concessions to be made to our manufacturers. The truth is, their influence is so farreaching that if disregarded a coin piety and beneficent, scheme of tariff reform cannot be successfully inaugurated. "When we give to our manufacturers free raw materials we unshackle American enterprise and ingenuity, and these will open the doors of foreign markets to the reception of our wares and give opportunity for the continuous and remunerative employment of American labor. "With materials cheapened by theii freedom from tariff charges the highest of their product must, be correspondingly cheapened Thereupon justice and fairness to the consumer would demand that the manufacturers be obliged to submit to such a readjustment and modification o! the tariff lipon their manufacture and shield the consumer against the exaction of inordinate profits. "The millions of our countrymen who have fought so bravely and well for tariff reform should be exhorted to continue the struggle, boldly challenging to open warfare and constantly guarding against treachery and half-heartedness in their camp. Tariff reform will not, be settled until it is honestly and fairly settled in the interest and to the benefit of a patient and long-suffering people. Yours very truly, GKOVBR CI.KVELAXD.*

Good Grounds for Prophecy. Town Topics. Van Shap—I hear Gussie Hardluclc is very ill. How is he getting on, doctor?

Dr. Pillbox—I don't think he will live a month. Van Sharp—Who is attending him?

Dr. Pillbox (with some hesitation) —I am. The Humorous Superintendent. Texas Siftings. "Why do you always report our number of hands short?" asked a manufacturer of his superintendent. "Well, I was a shorthand reporter once, you know," replied the man, who couldn't resist the opportunity of getting off a joke and immediately the establishment was a suDerintendent short.

A Steady Advertiser.

C. Longfellow, druggist at Machhn, (Me., inserted an advertisement of his .business in the first issue of the local paper, forty years ago, and has kept it in ever since.

IBMEWSOFniEWFM

Gen. Sickles has a scheme for a National park at Gettysburg. The Florida lemon crop will aggregate 200.000 .boxes this year.

A new ninety-foot revenue vessel will soon be ready for service on the lakes. The tax rate in New York city has been fixed at 61.70 per S1C0, the lowest rate in thirty-two years.

Chicago bankers announce their willingness to advance money to Gov. Altgeld to pay the militia vouchers.

The work on the Grant monument at Riverside Park, New York City, is now progressing at a satisfactory rate.

Senator Hill expects to be an attorney in the first case that is brought up testing the constitutionality of the income tax,

W. O. Wirt was shot and dangerously wounded near Cripple Creek, Col., by a band of desperadoes who mistook him for a sheriff.

The Kolbites in Alabama propose to convene a Legislature of their own and elect a United States Senator to contest the seat with Morgan. ^Representative Hudson, Populist, Kansas, has introduced a resolution for the appointment of three pension commissioners instead of one.

A dissolute woman is said to have been cruciiied near London, Ky., by an equally dissolute female companion. The story has not been confirmed.

The Whisky Trust is said to have borrowed f5.000.030 in New York and Chicago to take whisky out of bond before the new tariff law takes effect.

A census bulletin issued shows that almost 3i per cent, of farming families in -Missouri own the farms cultivated by them and the remainder hire them. ti Final sailing orders have been dispatched from the Navy Department by wire to the Charleston, and she is expected to start for China in a day or two.

The United States has at last turned the tables on England and is now shipping to that country carpets to the value of nearly half a million dollars annually.

The National Encampment Knights Pythias opened at Washington, Monday Indiana had the largest representation on the ground, eight hundred having already arrived.

A, J. Yonger, of New York, contractor on the new Chicago & Southeastern railway in Delaware county, lost his entire camp equipage by fire. Three horses were cremated.

Miguel Coucharty, a full-blooded Seminole, has been sentenced to death by the Seminole council for _the murder of Dan Brooks, a squaw man. He will be shot at Wewaka, Sept. 4.

The Congressional Record, Wednesday, contained eighty-five pages of Senator Quay's speech, which was inserted under the "leave to print" privilege granted several weeks ago.

Three Chinamen, who had deserted from the Chinese army, were caught while crossing into the United States, near I'lattsburg. N. Y. They will be sent back to China, where they will probably bocxo :uted for desertion.

Twenty thousand people attended the Owens barbecue at Lexington, Ky., Wednesday. Speeches denouncing Col. Breckinridge were made by W. C. Owens, C. C. Lockhart and a number of other prominent Iventuckians. Provisions for the crowd fell short.

Scattered over twenty-one pages of the new tariff bill have been discovered so far thirty-one errors, the greater part of wh ch will have no effect on the bill. Three very serious errors were made, however, not counting that in the alcohol rebate. No correction can be made without a joint resolution in both houses.

Secretary Carlisle has decided that lioods now in bond, which go on the free list of the new tariff bill, must pay the old rate existing at the time of the importation. The decision is a surprise to many New York importers who had figured on large and immediate gains from the operation of the Gorman bill.

Receipts by the Treasury Department from internal revenue sources continue to be abnormally large, with every prospect of continuing so until the new tariff bill goes into effect. During the seven week days from Aug. 15 the receipts have reached the unprecedented sum of ?11.000, 12:2, and it is confidently expected that when the new act shall have become operative the aggregate receipts for the preceding ten days will have reached $15,000,000.

Mrs. Wm. Cannon, of Ilazleton. Pa., tried to poison her family to reduce expenses, because her husband found fault with iier extravagance. She also poisoned all the farm animals. The attempt on the lives of the family was discovered in time to prevent serious consequences. Warrants for the woman's arrest were issued, but when the constable appeared she resolved upon killing herself. For this purpose she went up stairs and threw herself out of the window, and sustained fatal injuries.

The annual report of Commissioner of Patents Seymour has been submitted to the Secretary of the Interior. It shows that during the past fiscal year there were 35,952 applications for patents, 1,050 for designs, 10S for reissues, 2,193 caveats, 1,072 applications for trade marks and 368 for labels. There were 21,40'j patents granted, including reissues and designs, 1,650 trade marks registered and two prints registered. The number of patents which expired was 13.167. The total expenditures were 11,053,962, and the receipts over expenditures were if129,561.

Train robbers held up a freight train at Deerfield, a small station on the C. M. «fc St P., near Chicago, Friday night. Detective Owens, one of the detectives of the road, who was riding on the train, was shot and killed, and the watch of Conductor Larzent. who was in charge of the train, was taken from him. This was the# entire amount of plunder secured by the robbers. A regular man hunt was organized by Chicago policemen and the robbers were finally captured in the woods in Elk Grove township, Cook county. They gave their names as Will Lake and W. F. Gordon and were locked up at the West Side police station.

Tennessee Republicans, at Nashville, Wednesday, nominated H. C. Evans, of Chattanooga, for Governor. The platform adopted reaffirms allegiance to Republican principles favors bimetallism opposes a State banking system favors the exclusion of anarchists, pauper and criminal classes from any country whatever favors such legislation as will make it possible to adjust labor differences on a

fair and equitable basis for each, and condemns election laws recentiy enacted in Tennessee by a Democratic legislature. An amendment condemning secret political organization was tabled. A resolution favoring local option in municipalities was recommitted to the committee on platform.

The fact has been brought out that United States Labor Commissioner Carroll D. Wright, who is a member of the commission now investigating the recent great strike at Chicago, has a pass enabling him to ride free in any Pullman sleeping car, at any time and in any part of the United States. He says that Mr Pullman, who is his personal friend, gave it to him several years ago, about the time he (Wright) made his first investigation of affairs at Pullman.

Thursday afternoon, while a number of tourists were viewing the Black Sand Basin, at Mammoth Hot Springs, Yellowstone Park, they were startled bv a rumbling noise which lasted only a few minutes, when a new geyser broke forth within fifty feet of them, the water being thrown over a radius of 200 feet square. The water gradually formed into a column and was raised fully 150 feet above the earth. It played for three hours. One tourist, Tournezo Z. Anderson, of St. Louis, was badly burned by water.

The California Democratic State convention convened in San Francisco, Aug. 20, and was continued from day to day for four days. A State ticket was nominated. The platform resolves that every Democratic nominee for Congress in California shall subscribe to the following pledge: "If elected to Congress, I will oppose any attempt and vote against any bill to extend the time for the payment to the govvernment of the Pacific railroad debt, and I will favor and vote for a measure to foreclose at maturity the lien of the government on these roads and then have them bid in by the government and maintained as national hignways for the benefit and in the interest of the people, and to enforce against the stockholders of said roads the collection of any payment for deficiency that may result upon said foreclosure, and I will favor and vote for all legislation necessary to effectuate these ends." A determined attempt wasmade to commit the convention in favor of free coinage of silver at the ratio of .14 to 1. A majority of the delegates, however, were strongly against tho proposition, and the resolution was overwhelmingly defeated.

The Nebraska Republican Slate convention convened at Omaha. Aug. 22, and nominated a State ticket headed by Thos. M. Majors for Governor. Edward Rosewater, member of the National committee. tendered his resignation, in a scorching letter, because of Major's nomination. This means that Mr. Rosewater's paper, the Bee, and the anti-monopoly element of the party will fight Majors during the campaign. Mr. Rosewater. in his letter, said he was too loyal a Republican to support Majors. Continuing, he said: "The action of your convention impels me to tender my resignation as National committeeman. You have nominated a man for Governor who has been branded as an accessory to forgery and perjury by a Republican Congressional committee, of which Hon. Thomas B. Reed was chairman—a man who stands self-convicted of falsifying official records and procuring the issue of a fraudulent voucher while acting in the capacity of President of the State Senate a man who has consorted with the boodlers and jobbers and converted the room of the Liutenant Governor at the Capitol of the State into a den for debauchery: a man who has been the pliant tool of the railroads, in season and out of season, and wiiose nomination was procured by'the combined influence of corporate cappers, provisional bribegivers, jury-fixers and impeached Statehouse officials."

Col. J. M. Winstoad. president of the Piedmont and People's Savings Bank at Greensboro. N. C,, jumped from the tower of the Richmond, Va., City Hall to the pavement, 160 feet below, and was instantly killed, Thursday morning. Col. Winstead arrived at Richmond Wednesday, and without calling on any friends, went the city hall.Thursday morning, and called for the key to the tower. He entered the tower alone, and after removing his shoes, climbed through a narrow window, stood a moment upon the balustrade and made a plunge downward. The cause of his suicide is a mystery. His banks are reported in good condition. He was 70 years old.

FOREIGN,

The Czar is suffering from an attack of influenza. Premier Crispi, of Italy, is about to undergo an operation for a cataract on his eye.

It is said that attempts have been recently made to assassinate President Ilippoly te, of Hayti.

The Chinese murderers of the Rev. Jas. AVylie, an American Presbyterian missionary, will be beheaded. An Imperial edict has been issued to that effect.

It is reported that the Grand Duke Paul Alexandrov'tch, the youngest brother of the Czar, is betrothed to Princess Maud, the youngest daughter of the Prince of Wales.

Fifty trades unions of Paris have voted that their members shall work on short time in order that employment may be furnished to workingmen who are idle. The number of these unemployed workingmen is very large.

The Tehauntepec railway has been completed, and Mexico is expecting to reap a great advantage. Mexican cotton manufacturers expect to be able to compete with England for the trade of the west coast of South America. The United States will also probably gain by the opening of the new route to the Pacific.

The Swiss Federal Council has approved of the scheme submitted for a Jura-Sim-plon railway tunnel through Simplon. The cost of this work will be 54.500.00C francs. The plans will now bo submitted for the approval of the Italian government.

The Prince of Wales has presented Captain Carter, the sailing master of the cutter Brittannia, a handsome pocket aneroid and compass combined. On it are inscribed the words: "Presented in recognition of the Brittannia winning six successive races against tho American yacht Vigilant."

It is officially announced that on Junf 30 the King of Korea declared himself independent of China and appealed to the Japanese to assist him in driving the Chinese from Asan. This, it is added, was done with the assistance of the Korean troops. The official announcement alsc says that on the same date Korea renounced all treaties with China.

HUM STATU NEWS.

Anderson lias a two-legged dog. Muncie expects a boom this fall. Much sickness at Michigan City. lvokomo wants metropolitan police. Wife-whipping costs a doilar at Rockport.

South Bend is said to be overflowing with gambling rooms. The apple butter and cider harvest •will be a failure at Oakland City, this year.

Amos Schaum, of Elkhart county, while working in the field, lost his power of speech.

A temperance wave has struck Booneville, and the saloons are gradually starving out.

A New York company is proposing to build car-shops on an extensive scale at Dunkirk.

Muncie people announce with seeming pride that arrests there this year will number over 1.500.

A §10 bill was stolen in Shelby ville, the other day. that was branded with a big letter "C" in red ink.

A Laporteman makes a living making daily trips to Chicago to purchase articles desired by Laporte people.

Several days ago William Pett.it. of Frankfort, was. struck by lightning, and now his wife is suing for divorce.

The Tenth District Republican convention at Logansport, Aug. 22, nominated Dr. Jethero Hatch, of Newton county, on tho eleventh ballot. 'Squire J. L. Powell, of Goshen, is dead. The deceased was ninety-three years old. He was elected a justice of the peace in 1843 being re-elected and serving continuimsly until his deat'.i.

Mr. and Mrs. William Carvey, near Wabash, separated a month ago. She took the baby. Carvey has since been trying to secure it. Thursday he offered her&5 for the child and she sold it.

The Lake Shore railway has taken up its sidetrack at Ivessler's Station, twice the scene of attempted train robbery.. The station was discontinued to avoid any •similar performances in the future.

A traction engine ran over a gas main near Wabash, Tuesday, bursting it. An sxplosion followed aiid the engine took lire. Engineer Marks was fatally burned and his assistant, W. S. Pence, badly injured.

Mabel Shelvey, aged 14, of Ft. Wayne was followed by a man near the court house who seized her long llowing hair in jne hand and slashed it off close to the itead with a razor. The brute escaped.

George Snyder, eighty-two years old. a Dachelor, who lived alone on his farm aear Petersburg, was found dead in his voods, his back leaning against a tree* lie had removed bis hat and boots, and ais arms were crossed on his breast.?

Miss Mattie Strassner. of Columbus, permanently injured by a fall caused by defective sidewalk, brought suit for UO.OOO. Two trials awarded her respectively £3,000 and $5,000, but the findings tvere set aside by the Supreme Court. The :lty council compromised the case for fc'.OOO.

Giles Knapp, whom the Democracy of Clinton county nominated for county lerk, has notified the county committee that the Democracy must look elsewhere for a candidate. If the Frankfort News iocs not malign the situation, the eampaigh assessment of ?300 frightened Mr. Knapp. 1

Chairman Butts, of the Populist i^lftte :ommittee. Friday, sent a note to Messrs. Howdy and Taggart, chairmen of the Republican and Democratic State committees, asking that a series of joint debates be arranged between representatives of he three parties in all the Congressional districts.

The Fourth district Democratic Congressional convention, at Shelby ville, Aug. J2. renominated Hon. \V. S. Hoi man on the first ballot. A resolution to make the nomination unanimous was declared out :if order. The convention then listened bo addresses by Gov. Matthews, Mr. ilolman and others. 1 An unknown letter writer is getting all Noblesville by the ears. A number of anonymous letters have been addressed to professional men and ladies, making most scandalous charges. The Noblesvilie. Ledger predicts that when the identity of the writer is discovered there will be work for the coroner within twenty-four hours.

Hon. W. R. Myers, Democratic candidate for Secretary of State, has challenged Hon. W. D. Owen, Republican candidate for the same office, to meet him on the stump in joint debate, and desires to open the conflict, at Greencastle, Sept, 4. Tin challenge was formally sent by the Democratic State Central Committee.

Hon. John K. Gowdv, chairman of Republican State Committee, sent an acceptance of the challenge from Hon. W. R. Myers to Hon. W. D. Owen for a joint debate at Greencastle, Sept. 4, with the added conditions that a joint debate be held between the gentlemen in each of the thirteen districts trf the State, all the meetings to be held in October on dates to be agreed upon.

The boiler in the sawmill of P. E. Kramer, of Frankfort, exploded,Friday morning, killing John Vermillion, the engineer, and a laborer named William Jackson. A section of the boiler weighing 2X00 pounds was blown over the roofs of adjoining buildings and crashed through t,he roof of a cooper shop, seriously injuring a man named Bar to. Loss, $10,000. Insurance, $7,500.

Thursday, Gov. Matthews gave his individual notes to the leading banks of Indianapolis for 31,000, to pay the State militia for their services during the summer at various points. Only the privates will be paid now, Drafts for the amount due each company were sent to the repective captains, on Friday, to be drawn at will on the bank furnishing the money, The Legislature will bo asked to appropriate money for this purpose.

Stuart Noble, a traveling evangelist, secured a large tent and began holding a series of revival services in Fountain City. His manner of dealing with sin, and his severe criticisms of luke-warm church members got him into hot water, but he did not lack for friends and admirers. Thursday his tent was burned down. The cause is attributed to incendiarism. Another tent will be purchased and services will be continued indefinitely.

A light red tinted paper bordering on pink will be used for the ballots at the State election this year. The State Board of Election Commissioners, Friday* ordered 1,500.000 printed and will probaby order 200,000 more. It will require ndorly

three carloads of paper to print all these ballots. There will be eight ballots to the sheet and eight presses will be kept running continuously, day and night, for seven days to complete the work. Under the law these ballots tcan not be printed until twenty days prior to the election.

Information has reached Lebanon that Dr. Frank B. Van Nuys. formerly of that city, who recently went to Galesburg, 111., to engage in the drug business, and afterward moved to Peoria, has disappeared from the last named city. His wife Js the only daughter of the late Judge Wesner who was shot in the court house at Danville. and a sister of C. S. Wesner, who was murdered a few days ago at. Lebanon by his father-in-law. Young Van Nuvs is a son of Dr. David H. Van Nuys, who is one of the leading physicians of Lebanon.

The Vermillion Democrat reports thai the return of Wm. R. Blanford is eagerly anticipated to explain his absence for several months and the origin of several thousand dollars in forged notes. Blanford did a rushing business in agricultural implements for two years and he settled with the manufacturers by turning over notes supposed to lie genuine. This paper is now falling due. and the Democrat adds that the forged and raised notes amount to several thousand dollas, and in many cases the. names of the best men in the county have been used.

Gottlieb Fricke. of Ft. Wayne, with a party of friends, started on a hunting expedition, taking along an old army musket. As Fricke was in the act of leaving the wagon the weapon was accidentally discharged and he was killed, the greater portion of his skull being blown away.

AX UNLUCKY DAY.

Tradition and Superstition for Once Confirmed,

Terrible Casualties and Crimes Throughout the Country on Friday, Aug. 24.

The old superstition that Friday is an unlucky day appears to be confirmed by the extraordinary record of disaster and crime for Friday, Aug. 24.

At Franklin. Wash., near Seattle, a terriii: explosion of gas occurred in tfie Franklin mine. Sixty-one miners were imprisoned and thirty-seven were killed. The lire was soon extinguished and the work of taking out the bodies began- All were recovered. About half of the miners were negroes, having been brought from the East about, four years ago to replace the strikers. The mine is owned by the Oregon Improvement Company, and pronounced the best coal in the State of Washington. Damage to the mine is not large.

At Ashland, Pa., two men were killed and eleven wounded by explosion of gas in the Gilherton colliery. The. explosion, which occurred shortly after noon, was primarily caused by a fall of coal, which became dislodged by the mining operations. This released an immense volume of gas and forced it along tin gang ways a distance of more than a thousand yards, stifling and choking the miners as it swept, along. Finally it reached a gang of miners who were working with naked lamps and instantly ignited. An explosion which shook the eartli and was heard by the people in their homes above followed. Flames and smoke burst from the mouth of the pit, and inside and out there were scenes of frautic terror.

At Creede, Col., four miners were mashed, burned and boiled to death in the Amethyst mine. The fire which destroyed the shaft houses melted the cable attached to the skip and the burning mass fell upon the miners who were ascending the step-way, hurling them to the bottom of the shaft. The loss by lire is about §20,000. The mine filled with water.

At Mt. Pleasant, Pa., Peter Firnstone was attacked by a crowd of striking Slavs while on his way to work, and fatally beaten. The Slavs escaped.

At New York. Willie Day, the champion live-mile runner of tin world, committed suicide by hanging himself from a tree.

At Lexington, Kv.. Robert Tucker and others attempted to extort a confession from an old negro whom he believed to have been implicated in tho murder of his son. at the point of a revolver. The negro knew nothing of the murder and could not tell anything. The men then took him to an orchard near town, dug a grave, pinioned his arms and legs anil buried him for nearly twenty minutes. They told him they would kill him if he told on them. The negro is in a bad condition. The men wen arrested.

At Mitchell Station, Ala., a band of masked men took Ililev Walker and Richard Jordan out of the Central train bound for Montgomery, from Deputy Sheriff Kirkland. and lynched them by hanging them to a tree, and afterward perforated them with bullets. They were charged with murder.

THE MARKETS.

Aug. 28, IS'.)I.

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fill A I.N' AX1) li.VY.

WIIKAT—lac: corn.

f:V.-3'e:

oats, !Rc:

rye, 40c hay, choice timothy, #11 "0. 1,1 Vli STOCK. CATTI.K Shippers. ?2.F0£4.00: stockers. S2.0U(u?3.40 heifers. $l."t0(t3..25 cows, SI(« $. 10 bulls, ?1.7f(«' milkers, ?15.X)(«: 33.00.

HoGS-?4.00((2.-..0r. SlIHKI*—$1.0lK(t3.00. J'OUI.TUV AM) OTIIKIL I'HODITCIC. (Prices Paid by Shippers.) Poiu.TBV-Hens. 7c per lb spring chickens. 8c: cocks, 3c turkeys, toius, 3c per lb hens, 5c per lb ducks, 5c per lb geese, #4 per do/., for choice.

EGGS—Shippers paying 10.'-C. u'rf u—C ice. 1 I c. HONKV—lSe FKATIIKKS— 1 'rime geese, 30@32c per lb mixed duck. 2)c per lb.

BEESWAX—20c for yellow:' 15c for darw WOOL—-Medium unwashed. 13c: Cottswold and coarse combing. lht 12e: tubwashed. ])(a22c hurry ami unmerchantable, 5(«l0c less.

HIDES—Is'o. 1 G. S. hides, S^c: No. 2 G. S. hides, 2%c: No. 1 calf hides, O.^c No. 2 calf hides, fo.

Chicago.

WHEAT—itt't'c corn, FT3%c oats, 30/gc pork, S13.50 lard, l7..r7JL New Yot-rf. A-

WHEAT—58j^c: corn, ti0)$c: oats. 33){c. Daltlinore. WHEAT—56%C corn, 58.^ c: ofrts, 37c.

St. IjOlti.4.

WHEAT—Slj&c corn, 54Kc oats, 31£c I'lillnilelpiili. WHEAT—56%c corn, G2c oats, SS.'^c.

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WHEAT—No. 1 hard, '58,

EASTEM WAR NEWS.

China Needs Cash and Can't Borrow.

Japanese Minister to Corea Said to Have lJeeu Killed—Russian War Ships Gone to tliw Pacific.

A London cable. Aug. 23, says: A dispatch from Shanghai, to-day says that the Japanese Minister to Corea has been killed by his own countrymen. The Japanese government has declared rice to be not included among articles contraband of war.

The attempt of the Chinese government to float a loan of 1.000.00) taels, to be guaranteed by Chinese merchants, has proved a flat failure.

The American Consul at Sharurhai

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ordered the Japanese livinsr in that city to discard the Chinese costumes and advises a majority of them to return to theif native country.

A Berlin cable. Aug. 23. says: It Is reported that nine Russian warships wilt leave Crunstadt on August 27 for the Pacific.

Final sailing orders have been dispatched from the. Navy Department by wire to the Charleston, of the Pacific squadron, and she is expected to start for Llnna in a day or two. The sailing of the ship was delayed until the arrival of the Philadelphia in order that the long-ser-vice men nn the latter ship might be drafted in the Charleston in place of 3 number of men and boys who have less than a year to serve, and therefore would have to be brought home.

FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS,

No business was transacted during the short session of the Semite. Wednesday. Attention was called to the absence of a quorum within live nnnut.es after the Vice President rapped for order, and from that time until 1:20 o'clock, when the Senate went into executive session, that body was in a state ol suspended animation. The last, of the appropriation bills —the general deficiency —was signed by the Vice President. Wednesday, and now only awaits the President's signature to become a law. At 1:40 the senate adjourned.

The Senate was without a quorum, Thursday, frantic eliorts on the part of the sergeant-at-anns failed to collect the requisite number ol Senators, and at 1:30 p. m. the Senate adjourned.

In the Senate, Friday, alter considerable miscellaneous business had been disposed of. the House concurrent resolution for the final adjournment of ongress, Tuesday, Aug. 28, was laid before the Senate and agreed to. A resolution was offered by Mr. Pettigrew directing the In-terstate-commerce Commission to furnish information concerning the ownership of railroads by foreign governments, tho rates charged for carrying the passengers and freight, as compared with the charges made by the railroads of the I'nited States for like service and the cost, of operating railroads owned by tho government, and the revenues as compared with the roads of the rniteu States: also as to the wages paid to employes bv government railroads as compared with wages paid in the United States. The resolution was agreed to. Alter a briei executive session the Senate adjourned till Monday.

Immediately after the reading of the journal in tin House. Friday. Mr. Catchings, from the committee on rules, offered'5 a joint resolution for a sine die adjournment next Tuesday, the 2Mh inst... at 2 o'clock. It was adopted without division. Mr. Caichings then moved that when the House adjourn it be to meet on Monday next. This was also a^-eed to

EXIT M'KINLSY GILL.

At 12 o'clock." Monday night. Aug. 27, the Senate tarilT bill became a law with-• out the signature of the President,, tho 'constitutional period of ten days having expired, and the. famous McKmley bill became null and void. This ends one of the most, prolonged parliamentary struggles., in tho history of the United States.

Secretary Carlisle has decided and will instruct customs collectors that goods placed in bonded warehouses under the Mclviniey law and made free of duty under the new tariff act are entitled to tree entry, and need not be exported and ruimported in order to got the benelits of the^ new act. This is of special interest to tho wool trade, as a large amount of wool is now stored in bonded warehouses. In this, as in all other mooted questions, tho Secretary will follow the intent, of Congross and let aggrieved parties apply to the courts if they care to contest on technical grounds. In accordance with thi9%| determination he undoubtedly will hold that diamonds aro dutiable, notwithstanding the erroneous construction of«J the free list. The Secretary. Monday,-? sent out telegrams of instruction to custom house oliicers. regarding the practical workings of the new law.

A TEiuTlHLK (M1NAI)().

One Thousand 1'eopti- Drowned lu the Seas! of Azov.

A St- Petersburg cable to the St. Louis Globe-Democrat, Aug. 27. siys: A wind of death. No other name cari^ describe the cyclone that swept across tho Sea of Azov, yesterday. It will be impos-| si bit! for days yet to compute the damage done, but it is almost certain* that ats, least one thousand persons have perished,! some by drowning, others by being! crushed tinder falling houses and trees. The excitement is great among the AmerM can colony in this city, for it is feared| that at least two parties of American? tourists were on the Sea of Azov at the time. All the afternoon there lias been a' constant stream of callers at the office of the American minister, asking, almost begging for news from Odessa, whence the tourists were to have started on the regulation sight-seeing trip across the Crimea, visiting Sebastapol, Balaklava, and the other famous battle scenes. The parties were separate, but it is probable' they started within twelve hours of each other, and, according to the schedule ol these excursions, they would have reached the Strait of Kertsch yesterday morning, thcnce to go by steamboat north to Berdiansk, where they would take the train back to Odessa. Everybody is praying .that some lucky chance delayed the excursionists, so that they could not reach their embarking port today. At a lata hour there was still only general report of the disaster on which to base surmises of tho American's safety. This report recounts wide havoc.