Indianapolis Journal, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 December 1890 — Page 2

THE INDIANAPOLIS JOURNAL, MONDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1890.

servative members say that experience ouchtto teach the national otlicers a lesson with regard to intermeddling with State politics. HIS KINGDOM. FOR SALE.

KalaUca Wants the United States to Parchase the Hawaiian Islands. 8peclal to tfce Indianapolis Journal. San Fbaxcisco, Cal.. Doc. 7. It is now asserted that King Kalakaua has not come to this country simply for his health. Neither has he come as some have reported, to float a $2,000,000 loan, or. which he would pocket a tidy commission. It has just leaked out that his mission is to propose to the State Department the purchase of the Hawaiian Island by the United States. This news comes directly from a man largely interested in sugar interests on the islands and may be accepted as authoritative. Of course. Kalakaua'a officers will deny it, but all the facts show that the King has reached the jumping-off place and must decide shortly either t risk another revolution or to sell his kingdom and get a fat pension. He has been authorized by the Hawaiian government to offer the Hawaiian Islands to Secretary Blaine on terms which, it is thought, Congress will accept. Tne sugar-planters, as well as Kalakaua, arp in the hole. Under the reciprocity treaty they really sot a bonus of 2 cents a pound on all their sugar. Now, under the McKinley bill, which makes sugar free, they lose all of this because the growers of this country receive a bounty of 2 cents a pound. If the Hawaiian Islands come under the American flag the planters would receive this bounty, which would amount to several millions per year. It is not known what demands Kalakaua will make, but belief is that they will not be excessive. THE INDIAN SITUATION. General Miles Says the Trouble Is Not Yet ,Ended Disposition of Troops. Chicago, Dec 7. General Miles 'said to- . day: "Generals Kuger and Brooke have been doing all they could to put the small number of available troops in position to be useful, and so far as possible staying tho threatened cyclone, yet the end of the In dian troubles is by no means immediately at hand. No other civilized country on the face of tho earth would tolerate many thousands of armed savages scattered through different States and Territories. The people of Texas, western Kans.is, Nebraska, North and South Dakota, Montana, Wyoming. Utah, eastern Washington, Idaho. Arizona and New Mexico are seriously interested in this subject. While tho tire may be suppressed in one place, it will be still smoldering and liable to break out at another place; where least expected under the present system." General Miles has received from lyient. Gaston, of tho Kighth Cavalry, a report of the council held with the Cheyennes at the mission on Tongue river. Montana. Lieut. Gaston reports that at this conference there were present Spotted Wolf. Old Crow, White Elk. Badger, Porcupine and a number of other Cheyenuo Sioux, and Firo Crow, and Ogallala Sioux. Advices Ironi the Indian country were received ot army headquarters to-night which stated that everything was reported quiet, and that there had been no dancing since Wednesday. At Fort Yates the thermometer registered ten degrees below zero to-night. Full rations have been ordered for the Indians. The Seventh Infantry, from Fort Logan. Denver, Col., are expected to reach Fort Yates some time tonight. The Sixth Cavalry are expected to reach Rapid City to-morrow. The First Infantry should be near Kosebnd agency.. There are nearly six thousand soldiers now in the Northwest Indian country, where the excitement exists. General Brooke has under his command at Pine Kidge agency nearly fifteen hundred troops and seven hnndred horses. General Miles said, at a late hour to-night, that ho could not say positively whether he should be able to start for tho Northwest to-morrow. Depredatory Bands of Indians. Pine Ridgit. Agency, S. D., Dec. 7. Reliable information was received to-day that the Indians are stealing horses and robbing the houses north of the Cheyenne river. This coincides with tho rumor hero to-day that the hostile camp had broken up and the Indians have scattered through the Bad Lands. Scouts were sent out to-day to ascertain the facts. TELEGRAPHIC BREVITIES. George Washington Smith, of San Francisco, second vice-president of the Nicaragua Canal Company, is insane, at Bellevue Hospital, New York. Morrison McClelland, aged seventy, the veteran turfman, and father of Byron McClelland, died on Saturday at Lexington, Ky. . Mr. McClelland had been a trainer lor til ty years. Jnde and Robert Smith, farmers, living near Linwood, Mich., quarreled on Saturday morning over a piece of timber, when tho latter raised bis gun and tired, killing the former instantly. The Woodward Lumber and Manufacturing Company, of Chattanoog' , Tenn.. has made an assignment to G. N. Henson and R. H. Woodward. Their liabilities are 564.000, nearly half of which is due to Chattanooga banks. The Kendals closed their New York engagement ot eight weeks at the Fifthavenuo Theater Saturday night. The receipts exceeded SO.OOO. This is said to be the greatest engagement ever played by foreign stars in the same time. Fought Ninety-One Rounds.' Omaita. Neb., Dec. 7. Before the South Omaha Club, last night. Tommy White, of Chicago, and Dan Daly, of Bangor, Me., fought rive hours and tifty-tive minutes without reaching a decision. White bad the best of Daly in height and reach, but Daly was the cleverest of the pair. In the first few rounds White tried for a knockout, and landed several times heavily. In the twentieth round Daly closed White's left eye, and in the thirty-fourth the Chicago man's month was smashed so bad that it bled to the end. In rounds thirty-seven to forty-two White tried hard for a knockout, but Daly avoided him. Till the seventy-first it was a walk around, when Daly dfd a little more righting. White was badly -winded, but still fought well. In the ninety-tirstr round both men were too tired to proceed, and the tight was declared a draw. Arizona Desperado Killed. . Navajo Springs, A. T., Deo. 7. A scooting affray occurred yesterday afternoon, resulting in the death of Bud Blake, one of the most feared desperadoes in this section. Blake rode into town yesterday afternoon, and after filling up wtth "tangle-foot" proceeded to shoot right and left. After terrorizing the citizens he rode across the country in the direction of St. Johns. About two miles from here he encountered two telegraph operators, R. Alexander and R. L. Cotton, returning from an antelope hunt. Riding up within fifty yards he called upon them to throw up their hands and received an immediate response in tho shape of a voile from a Winchester in the bauds of Mr. Alexander and Mr. Cotton's six-shooter. Blake was fatally wounded and died in a few minutes. The Coming diets Match. Nr.w Yokk, Dec 7. The chess match between W. Steitiitz. of New York, the ctaraEion of the world, and Isador Guu6berg, of ondon. who is well known as a strong player, will begin on Tuesday at the rooms of the Manhattan Chess Club. New York. The Manhattan club has grovided the sum of Sl.OfiO to cover tho expenses of the players, and from which will also be paid the eum of $'J0 for each game won, 810 tor each game lost and $10 to each player for every game drawn. In addition to this a prize of 75 has been subscribed by English amateurs for the winner of the match, which is to be decided on the "ten games up" principle. In the cast) of Loth players having scored eight wins each the match will be declared drawn. Movement of Steamers. New YonK,Dec.7.--Arrived: LaGascogne, from Havre; Saale, from Bremen. Nobody tieed tuner from languor and melancholy IX they take biiainoua Liver Regulator.

INDIANA AND ILLIN0ISNEWS

Saloon-Keepers Victorious in the First Legal Decision at Terre Haute. Walked Off a Trestle Forty Feet Hich-Acci-dnt Resulting in the Death of a Prominent Republican Horrible Fate of a Child. INDIANA. Saloon-Keepers Win the First Skirmish with the Terre Haute People. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Terre Haute, Dec. 7. About a half dozen saloons kept open to-day, selling "soft" drinks, and some of them permitting billiards to be played, which tho saloonkeepers held did not conflict with the State law. To-night the superintendent of police instructed the forco to arrest every saloonkeeper selling colored drinks, or permitting any kind of a game in his place. Most of the saloon-keepers are adopting the policy of "lying low" for a short time, believing that gradually the enforcement of tho law will be relaxed. They have no fear of the new city ordinance, but have a wholesale dread of, being prosecuted under the State law. One gambling-house was raided and several players captured, and one saloon-keener was arrested for permitting minors to play billiards. Mayor Donaldson gave out his decision to-night in the test cases raised under the ordinance requiring saloon doors to be locked after hours. He holds that it is .invalid, because it is a deprivation of private rights. The case will be appealed by the city attorney. Walked Off a Trestle. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Martinsville, Dec 7. Anson Albee.late proprietor of the Junction House at Crawfordsville, was in this city yesterday for tho purpose of buying hotel property. After making a successful deal he started to return home in the evening by way of Gosport, where a change of cars was necessary. Alighting from the Indianapolis & Vinceunes train at Gosport it was very dark and he was unaccustomed to the surroundings. Ho started to walk alone to the Monon depot and walked oil' a high trestle and fell upon the rocks forty feet below, being instantly killed. When found to-day he had on his person $1,900 and a valuable gold watch. S tea line: by the Wagon -Load. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Mcncie, Dec. 7. Last night one of the boldest robberies ever committed in this county was perpet ted at Cowan, six miles south of this city. Some time in the night the robbers drove a big wagon to the general store of Perdue . A- Knott, loaded it with $100 worth of assorted goods and drove oil' unmolested. When leaving, the robbers awakened a number of unsuspecting citizens with their loud hollooing. They gained an entrance by chopping a large hole in the side of the building, and then climbed in and opened the door. Prominent Republican Dead. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Pehu, Dec. 7. Telegraphic advices from Holdridge, Neb., to-day announce the death of William C. Yaruell from a broken limb received while visiting there. He was a leading citizen of this city, and chairman of the Republican couuiy committee and one of its most prominent and active workers. The remains will be interred here. Died with His Secret. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Evansville, Dec. 7. David Dougherty, a young man, committed suicide to-day, on the Edmunds farm, below this city, by taking chloroform. He had been employed there about two weeks, but nothing' is known of his history, nor where he came from. If nothing is he.ird from his family, he will be buried in this city. Thrown from His Carriage. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Fort Waiyne, Dec. 7. Harry Hammill. a well-known and popular business man of this city, was thrown out of a carrige early this morning, a few miles west of this city, and seriously injured. Ho lay in the road for several hours before being discovered, and had nearly bled to death. Minor Notes. An incendiary burned G. W. Watkins's stabloat Mt. Vernon and six draft horses perished. Dr. W. W. Steel, of Wnveland. is uuder arrest at Anderson on the charge of highway robbery. Thomas Edwards, who mysteriously disappeared from Goshen some days ago, was killed by a train in Ohio. The Montgomery County Commissioners have elected W. T. Whittingtou as county attorney and Dr. E. W. Keegan as county physician. - Benjamin Harris, aged ninety-three, fell down the cellar stairs while carrying a keg of lard at his home near Sevastopol and wai seriously injured. About a dozen persons . in Heth and Washington townships, Harrison county, have been notified by the White Caps that they must reform or take the consequences. An incendiary eff ort to burn a groggery conducted by 'Duddy" Shawhan at Anderson resulted in $500 damages to Conrad's carriage shop next door. Shawhan's place escaped injury. The Montgomery County Commissioners have passed an order that no application for liquor license will be considered unless accompanied with a check for $100, the amount charged for granting the privilege for a year. If the license is not granted then the check is returned to the applicant, ILLINOIS. Small Doy Meets a Horrible Death by Being Thrown and Dragged by Ills Horse. Special to the Indianapolis Journal. Bloomington, Dec. 7. Last evening James, the seven-year-old son of James Brown, Dear, this city, was almost instantly killed. He was riding a horse which became unmanageable, and the boy was thrown oft. His foot caught in the harness, and he was dragged a long distance and horribly mangled. . Big Insurance Judgment. Special to the Indianapolis J ournaL Bloomixgton, Dec. 7. Mrs. Adams, widow of the late Dr. W. H. H. Adams, for many years president of the Illinois Wesleyan University m this city, yesterday recovered a judgment against the Mutual Life Reserve Fund Association of New York, for $10,200. The defendant resisted the payment of the life insurance policy on the grounds that the installment was overdue rive days when decei.sd suddenly died at Hot Springs, and the court held that that was not sufficient defense against the validity of the policy. Died from Exhaustion. Special to the Indianapolis Journal Danville, Dec. 7. The fifteen-year-old son of Dohn E. Gordon, of this city, dropped dead this morning after arriving home from a long bicycle ride. He was in excellent health, and his death is supposed to be the result of overexertion. Drlef Mention. Berne nt is to have an electric-light plant. John Bastian, of Galena, was killed by the cars. Hog cholera is causing great loss to tha farmers of Warren county. The State Auditor has granted permission for the organization of the State Bank of Dallas City, Hancock county, with a capital stock of $25,000. With one exception the Methodist Churches in the Kankakee district have oted in favor of women as lay delegates to the General Conference. The report of the State Board of Agriculture hows that the area planted to corn during the past season was 0,150,000 acres, which yielded an average of twenty-

six bushels per acre, or a total vleld of lfiO.000,000 bnshels, against 243,000,000 bushels in 1S6U f Frank Morris, the lad who robbed Mrs. Coster, of Norris, of $500 If o v. 10, was arrested at Lusk, Wyo., and returned to Lbwiston. The boy was a reader of dime novels. The Board of Supervisors of McLean county have decided to investigate the books of the county clerk, treasurer, sheriff' and superintendent of schools, tho examination to extend back four years. DALLY WEATHEK BULLETIN,

Local Forecasts. For Indianapolis and Vicinity For the twenty-four hours ending 8 P. M.. Dec. 8 Light snow during tho night; cloudy weather, clearing on Monday; nearly stationary temperature. - . GENERAL INDICATIONS. WASniNGTox, Dec. 7, b P. M. Forecast until 8 p. M. Monday: For Ohio and Indiana Fair; continued colder weather; northerly winds. For Michigan and Wisconsin Fair weather; southerly winds; warmer. For Illinois Continued colder, fair weather; northerly winds; warmer on Tuesday. Observations at Indianapolis. Indianapolis, Deo. 7.

Time. Bar. Ther. K. XT. Wind. Weather. Pre. 7 a.m. 30.28 26 1 59 N'east Cloudy 0.00 7 P.M. 30.iI0 29' 03 N'east Cloudy 0.00

Maximum temperature, 32; minimum temperature, 25. Following is a comparative statement of the temperature and precipitation on Deo. 7. Tein. Ire. Normal 32. 0.11 Mean 2S 0.00 Departnrefromnorm.il 4 0.11 Excess or deficiency since Dec. 1.. 3! 0.75 Excess or deficiency since Jan. 1.. 330 10.00 General Weatner conditions. Sunday, Dec. 7, 7 r. m. Pressure. The low barometric area.last night over tho western gulf, moved northeast with increasing pressure, and is central to-night over Alabama; elsewhere the pressure continues high, and tho center of the high area, S0.52. remained over Kansas. Temperature. Ten degrees and below is reported from eastern Dakota and central Minnesota; 20c and below from western Kansas, western Iowa, northern Wisconsin and northern Michigan northward; 30 and below from New Mexico, northern Texas, Missouri, Indiana, northern Ohio and Pennsylvania northward; 40 and above from southern Texas, northern Louisiana, southern Tennessee southward; 00 and above from Alabama. Georgia and South Carolina southward; 70 and above in Florida. Precipitation. Snow fell near the lakes and is falling to-night in Missouri and the Ohio valloy: rains fell from Alabama, Tennessee and Virginia southward; heavy rains at Atlauta, GaT, 1.16, and at Charlotte. N. C. 1.40. ; DESTUECTIYE FIKE AT ANDERSON4. Business Block Destroyed, Involving; a Loss of 9,500. Special tottho Indianapolis Journal. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 7. This morning, at 2 o'clock, tbo Boring & Hannah Block, on the north side of the public square, was discovered to be on lire. An alarm was turned in, and the firemen responded promptly, and by tho most heroic efforts confined the fire to the Boring & Hannah building. The lower rooms were occupied by y, F. Williams, grocer, with a bakery in the basement, and W. H. Shirk, jeweler. The second story was occupied entirely by the Daily Bulletin, tho large presses and the entire Bulletin plant being destroyed, together with a large amount of advertising matter just ready for delivery. Ono bill of $1300 in catalogues for the Anderson foundry and machine works was just ready to load up and be delivered. Williams's entire stock of groceries was lost, but it was fully insured. Shirk's loss will be heavy but hard to determine. The building is a total wreck. The Bulletin's loss will lie $12.()(0, with $5,000 insurance, as follows; Westchester, $1,200: Milwaukee Mechanics1 1,100: Liberty of New York, $1,100: American of New Y'ork, $l,fXX). Williams's loss .-wIL reach, $2,500, with $2,000 insurance in the v eruon.t Shirk is fully insured in the New York Underwriters for $1,400, and American of New York for $1,400. The loss on the building will be $0,000. with $1,500 insurance; $2,000 in the Insurance of N. A. and $2,500 in the Phanix of Hartford. The Robinson & Lovett Block is slightly damaged; fully insured. One Of the losses hard to determine is that of Kaufman & Davis's immense stock of dry-goods, which was damaged by smoke. They have $20,000 insurance, as follows: Niagara. $0,000; Fire Assurance, of Philadelphia, $2,500; Fireman's Fund, $2,000; Evansville, $2,500; Roval, $2,500; Glens Falls, $2,500; Lancashire, $2,500; Northern, $2,000; North American, $1,500: Michigan F. and M., $1,500. The total destruction of property by the fire will not fall short of $25.000r Other Fires. Brooklyn, N. Y., Dec. 7. Fire to-night in tho four-story brick building, Nos. 335 and 337 Fulton street, occupied by A. I. Namme, dealer in window-shades and upholsterers' draperies, damaged the stock and building to-the extent of $55,000. The loss is fully covered by insurance. Huyler, the candy merchant, who occupied an &dt joining store, had his stock damagecVro tho extent of $1,500. Chicago. Dec. 7. A special to the Daily News says the city of Jontpelier, situated thirty-five miles south of here, is reported late to-night to be in imminent danger of total destruction by lire. No estimate of the loss can yet be made. St. Paul. Minn., Dec , 7. Fire to night, originating in Campbell & Dempsey's livery barn, corner Bedford and Decatur streets, destroyed that building and three others adjoining. Loss, $17,000; insurance, $14,000. Battle Over a Calf. Petaluma, Cal., Dec. 7.Last night the families of James Puckett and James Todd, living on Sonoma mountain, ten miles from here, engaged in a tight about a lost calf. On the Puckett eido were a mau and two boys, and on the Todd side a man and three young boys. The Todd party were hard pressed and retreated to their own land, followed by the Pucketts. Todd's step-son, Willie Cook, aged eighteen, shot and probably fatally wounded Alfred Puckett, aged twenty-one. Cook surrendered himself to the authorities.Murdered by Tramps. Lawrence, Kan., Dec. 7. A. Morse, an old mau from Manchester, la., was fouud in an ice-house in North Lawrence, yesterday morning, with his head horribly crushed and almost dead. He left Linwood, a small station east of this place, for this city on Friday night, having several hundred dollars on his person. He was seen with two tramps on Friday night. The tramps were arrested in Kansas City last evening, and brought to this city. The old man died last evening without regaining consciousness. Wedded at Ninety-One and Eighty. Pennsboro, W. Vs., Dec. C A notable wedding was celebrated here to-day, the combined age of the bride and groom being 171 years. The bride was Mrs. Martha Dickson, aged eighty, and the groom, Norman Calhoun, 'ninety-one. The wedding was witnessed by a large number of people. Indorses the Statement. Toledo Beo (Dew.) The new Governor of South Carolina has been inaugurated. He is a Farmers' Alliance Democrat and was elected over the combined opposition of the old parties. Much of his inaugural address is devoted to the negro question, and, while he demands that tho colored men shall he protected in their rights. Governor Tillman denies that M 'all men are created equal. It is not true now, and was not when Jefferson wroto it, " says the Governor. That'a Bourbon frankness honestly expressed. Parneli's Case Memphis Appeal (Deni.) The foolish report is being circulated that after awhile Parhell'will come to the front. and establish his innocence. Innocence of what! it may be asked. If he is not guilty of delinquencies in the O'.Shea matter, he is guilty of a crime m not defending the case and preventing the present demoralization of the Home-rule party, on the very eve of victory, lie is either guilty or more guilty;

KAKTinyoitMS ON THE AFRICAN COAST. A Good Place for Mr. Darwin to Have Con-

, ! ducted Investigations. London TVnrs. The laiit'Kew Bulletin contains a report by Mr. AlVan Millson. the assistant Colonial Secretary of Lagos, on Yoruba Land, tho native territory adjacent to Lagos. After describing the wasteful system of cultivation employed by the natives and the wonderful rapidity with which the soil recovers from it, he says the mystery is solved in a simple and unexpected manner during- the dry season. The whole surface of the ground beneath the gxass is seen to be covered by rows of cylindrical worm - casts. These vary in height from a quarter of an inch to three inches, and exist in astonishing numbers. It is in many places impossible td press a linger upon the ground without touching one. For scores of square miles they cover the surface of the soil, closely packed, upright, and burnt by the sun into rigid rolls of hardened clay. The rains ultimately break them down into a fine powder, rich in plant food, and lending itself easily to the hoe of the farmer. These casts "are very different in form from those familiar in gardens. On- digging down tin soil is found to be drilled in all directions by a countless multitude of worm drills, while from thirteen inches to two feet in depth the worms are found in great numbers in' the moist subsoil. It is impossible to estimate their number per cubic foot, as tho quantity varies according to the season and the locality. Having carefully removed the worm-casts of one season from two separate square feet of land at a considerable distance from one another and: chosen at random, Mr.. Millson found the weight to be ten and three-quarters pounds in a thoroughly dry state. This gives a mean of over five pounds per square foot and a total Of not lees than 62,233 tons of subsoil brought to the surface on each square mile of cultivable land iu tho Yoruba country every year. This work goes on unceasingly year after year, and to the untiring labors of its earth worms this part of West Africa owes the livelihood of its people. Where the worms do not work the Yoruba knows that it is useless to make his farm. Estimating one square yard of dry earth by two feet deep as weighing half a ton, there is an annual movement of earth per square yard of the depth of two feet, amounting to not less than fortyiivo pounds. From this it appears that every particle of earth in each ton of soil to the depth of two feet is brought to the surface once in twenty-seven years. It seems more than probablo that the comparative freedom of this part of West Africa from dangerous malarial fevers is due, in part at least, to the work of earthworms in ventilating and constantly bringing to the surface the soil in which the malarial germs live and breed. From specimens which Mr. Millson has Bent home it appears the worm belongs to a new species of the genus siphonogaster. The type of the genus has been quite lately described from the Nile mud. . : . WHO WOULD BE A PRINCE? An Heir to Russia's Throne Dying, Without Friends or Partisans. New York Sun. The dishonored life of a high Russian Prince is expiring within the walls of the marble palace on the Proclamation place in St. Petersburg. The Grand Duke Nikolaus Nikolajevitch. eldest uncle of the Czar and doyen of the imperial family, is breathing there the last ot his misspent daye, with no friend to fear his death and no relative to pity bis sufferings. Already during the manoeuvres of this year near the Baltic the Grand Duke showed symptoms of insanity, so that the commaudership-in-chief was taken from him. Only for the sake of appearances did the Czar, at the breaking ot camp, address to him the customary message of tbauks. All the Russian officers knew then that the Czar's uncle had lost his mind. Eight weeks later came the announcement of the Official Gazette to tho effect that the Grand Duke was also afflicted by an incurable physical illness. The fall of the dying Grand Duke from every honor that birth gave him has been dramatically complete. During the last Turkish war. he was commander-in-chief. Despite the successes of the troops under him, he came back from the war without the soldier's laurel, for the .whole world knew that all his thinking had been done for him by Totleben. Gurko and Skobeleff. He received the baton of a general held marshal at the end of hostilities. Close on this formal honor came the exposure in the courts of his corrupt dealing with the army contractors, Horwitz and Kohen, who had bought him outright for hard money. It was shown that he bad sold government interests right and left, and received for his perfidy 1,300,000, which he had devoted to paying 'the rico of his former debauched life. Czar Alexander II sent his brother abroad in order that tho scandal might drop from public notice. With the fatal faculty of always doing the wrong thing, the Grand Duke could not remain long in disgraced seclusion. In a celebrated article in tho Ndnvelle Revue he attempted to defend himself against all the proven charges of corruption and to blacken the records of tho flower of Russia's corps of 'officers. The fallacy of his position was mercilessly exposed by the Russian Minister of War, Miljutin. He was stripped of his held marshalship. army inspectorship' and many other military honors. He was even deprived of the presidency of the Agricultural Society of St. Petersburg. With -the accession of the present Czar tho Grand Duke was restored to some of his lost honors, only to be placed under a guardian shortly on account of his dishonorable practices and spendthrift habits. Five thousand dollars per month was his allowance. He experienced a quasiarmistice with fortune some time later and was again restored to his lost privileges. Ho lived without friends, under the frown of his family and the suspicion of even the gilded society of the Russian capital, whose vices he had exaggerated and whose honor he had never known. He has long been called tho black sheep of the house of Romanoif. Gortchakott always spoke of him as the enfant terrible of the imperial family. He has remained in undisputed possession of this title till now. and in it has, perhaps, his. only claim to the notice of posterity. e--i QUEEN REGENT OF HOLLAND. Her Life as the Spouse of the Late Profligate Monarch Was Not a Bed of Roses. Chicago Post. The Queen regent of Holland is a young woman still, although the widow of an old man, and she is likely to live many years after her little daughter, now twelve years of age, shall have come into full possession of her royal inheritance. Queen Emma was born in 1S5S at Arolsen, the capital of her father's -miniature state, Waldeck. She, as well us her two sisters and brother, was brought )up religiously and plainly, aud she had received few offers of marriage before that of William III was laid before her. The ofler of a crown was dazzling, but there was much in the conditions attending it to repel a young girl. The King was nearly three times her age. Everybody knew that be. and Queen Sophia, a princess of the Wurtemburg family, had lived a wretched existence, and that the blame of this unhappiness did not rest with the Queen. When the Princess Emma plighted her troth to William III she accepted a life without gayety, and she knew that, as a German, she would be unpopular with her future subjects. She faced the situation bravely, and resolved to win her husband's and her new people's love. . In the heyday;oj her young womanhood she led a life of seclusion.. Tier husband was hypochondriacal and irritable; she devoted herself to enlivening and soothing his mind. Her gentleness, ber tact, won their reward in gaining his affection and trust. Her iniiuence over him grew every day and her subjects learned to admire her. The Queen watches over the bringing up of ber child with unceasing vigilance and her maternal zeal has deepened the esteem felt for her, by her subjects. It is curious that the little Queen Wilhelmina has not yet been taught German. The child rises at 7 o'clock and goes to her mother's rooms; when she can see her father she is admitted to his bedside. At 8 o'clock the royal family breakfast. The little queen studies till 11 o'clock, then hr mother takes 'her aud reads, to her, with explanations, a chapter of the Bible, after which the child plavs. In the afternoon, after lunch, come more 1 essoin and play. Driving her carriage, to which six poniea are harnessed two abreast, or sailing m Jier boat on the lake are her favorite recreations. Secretary Noble's Good So;sestlon. Sprint-QeM Xiepabllcan (Mnr.) The legislation the Secretary asks for to authorize the organization of a bureau in the Pension depnrtment which shall do the work of these attorneys should be enacted at once. It' is a ref orm which the Repub-

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lican has long advocated, and which is in the interest of the disabled veteran. For this reason it is clearly the duty of Grand Army posts and other organizations of vetteraus to support, by petition, and resolution, and appeal to members of Congress, both this bill of Mr. Belknap and the proposal of Secretary Noble. A SCENE IN THE SENATE. Proceedings That Go to Show Why Congress Is So Slow to Transact Dullness. Philadelphia Inquirer. Even United States Senators, it appears, are better at finding fault than at suggesting a remedy. A joint resolution came up in that body on Wednesday authorizing the Secretary of War to issue arms and ammunition to the States of North and South Dakota. Obviously, the proper course to pursue with regard to it was to consider whether or not there was any reason for introducing this resolution and, if so, whether that reason was sufficient to warrant its passage. Anyone familiar with the current newspaper reports from that section knows that action should be taken at once or not at alL Either these people have no need of arms and ammunition tr the arms. and ammunition should be issued very promptly, indeed. Now, how did the Senate proceed with this business which required haste? First, Mr. Manderson moved au amendment to include the Stato of Nebraska; which was simply extending the inquiry, and, therefore, a proper thing to do. -Then, Mr. Voorhees got up. He said he disliked to talk; he disliked to criticise: but he did thinic that if the proposition were one to issue a hundred thousand rations of food to the starving Indians it would be more consistent with Christian civilization. Doubtless it would. It would also bo more consistent with Christian civilization to issue that long-delayed pension to Dr. Mary Walker; but neither of these propositions happened to be germane to the subject under discussion, and-it was simply a waste of precious time to bring either of them in. Nevertheless, Senator Voorhees succeeded in his object of filibustering against the resolution. He talked a long time about ft himself, and he got the other Senators so excited that they talked a long time about it, too. Finally sthey got mad. Senator Pierce, of North Dakota, said this Indians in his neighborhood were fatter and sleeker than Senator Voorhees, and Senator Voorhees intimated that Senator Pierce was trying to get the Indians killed off bo that he and his constituents could grab their reservations. In this way the men who are supposed to typify the wisdom of the American Nation managed to stave off' consideration of a vital question until the hour arrived when other business had to be taken up. and so the resolution was laid aside without having had a moment's actual consideration except the little time consumed by Senator Manderson in offering his amendment. And yet people wonder why it takes so long for Congress to transact any public business. FOUND HIMSELF DEAD. Startling and Embarrassing Discovery Made by a Kansas City Man. Kansas City Btar. Henry Hersperger, clerk of the Probate Court, at Independence, was astonished yesterday to have a man, long since supposed to be dead, walk in and demand to see the papers in his estate which had been administered upon. Thomas Wallace in Septem ber, 18S6, was declared to be dead by the Probate Court then in session at Independence, and letter of administration were issued upon his estate to George T. Purcell, an attorney at Independence, who administeied the estate vnth due faithfulness, making a final settlement in February, 1889. Wallace happened to read the notice of final settlement, and thinking it must be himself appeared at Independence and proved that he was the long-lost man. and claimed any amount that remained due to him. But there was no remainder. For he found that at the time of his death he was possessed of $38.70 in cash, and that in tho liual windup of his affairs it cost S24.C0 to administer properly the 838.70 of cash.' The remaining $14.10 of his earthly possessions, upon application, had been given to the administrator for his faithfulness. Mr. Wallace statodthat at the time of his death as recorded in the Probate Court, be was worth a few hundred dollars more than the court had assessed him; that he had lived in Jackson county ever . siuco he was two years old. He first learned he was dead from the United States novernment claim office at Washington. During tho war he had furnished horses and other services to the government, for which ho sent in his claim shortly after the war, but did not demand payment. About two years ago he demanded the pay and a few days after ward was notified that he was dead and that it could be proved. He then called on Mr. Purcell, who informed him that he had been appointed as administrator at the instigation of Winecup Randall, who now lives inKansas City, and to see him for an explanation. Mr. Randall was formerly in the business of buying government claims, and finding this claim had been allowed by tho government tried to find Wallace, but could not and had an administrator appointed. Mr. Wallace states that he has always lived in Jackson county, near Little Santa Fe, and has recently removed to 2019 Jarboe street. THE FEDERAL ELECTIONS BILL. It Involves a Principle That Must Triumph Soon or Late.' Philadelphia North American. The Senate having taken np the federal elections bill, the Democrats announce that they will fight it at every step, but will not obstruct its consideration. Why should the Democrats oppose the billf Is it a bill to deprive any person entitled to vote of his privilege? Does it discriminate against any party f Does anybody pretend that were the bill a law and an election to be held under it to-morrow there would not be a'fair election and true return? The opponents of the bill speak of it as a "force bill," which does not in the least matter; but no man reasonably intelligent, and no man who has read the bill, believes it to be a force bill in any sense of the term. But suppose it were such, what would that matter in view of the fact that every election law in the United States is yet more of a force law than tbo Lodge bill, by any construction possible to put upon it, can be? We shall not be mealy-mouthed abont theopposition to the bill. It is based on a corrupt ballot and a forged return. We mean to be wholly understood. No man in favor of honest suffrage objects to the bill on any other ground than inexpediency. The principle involved in the bill is. as the President eays, a principle to which any company of men assembled to discuss the ways and means of honest government would fully subscribe. But as every attempt to purify the ballot has been fought inch by inch, year after year, before it finally prevailed, so we expect the proposition to have Congress exercise its constitutional prerogative in federal elections will be resisted, for some years to come. We do not look for the passage of the Lodge bill at this session, nor by the next Congress, of course, but Congress will surely assume the responsibility within the next live years. It should be exhaustively discussed by the Senate, but not to the delay of necessary business. Tho times are perhaps not yet ripe for the enactment of the law. It is necessary for the sense of justice of the American people to be outraged yet a little longer and then the evil will cure itself. Ruffianism Hereditary In the Party. Boston Journal. The Bourbon Senators havebeen rendered exceedingly truculent by the fear that the Republicans may change the Senate rules. One hot-headed individual publicly announces that if the presiding officer of the Senate neglects to recognize a Democrat he will immediately seize Mr. Morton by the throat and drag him from the chair. Of course, nobody fancies that this Senator would dare to carry out his threat, but that he should make it shows how the oldruf-

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ELY'S CREAM BALM When applied Into the nostrils, "will be absorbed effectually, cleansing; the head of catarrahl virus, causing healthy secretions. It allays inflammation, protects the membrane of the nasal passages from additional colds, completely heals the sores, and restores sense of taste and smell. THY THE CURE. A particle is applied into each able. Price R0 eta. at rirufirsrisln; r" --- i ij HAY-FVffi nostril and is agrt-e : by mail, resist-red, arrea sL, New York. CO Cts. ELY BIlOTHEliS, fcti W fianly spirit that inspired tho dastardly attack on Sumner still cliugs to tho Democratic party. T1IE FAIU1ERS rAIOT. Its One Idea Is More Money, Which Means Ruinous Inflation. Philadelphia Press. It being taken for granted, then, that tho Alliance, in connection with some kindred organizations, is going into politics, an examination of its princinles becomes pertinent. The first complete platform was put forth by the national convention of tho Farmers Alliance and Laborers' Union, which met in tit. Louis last December. What is known as the "Seven Demands" were then formulated. They included the sub-treasury scheme, the abolition of national banks, the prohibition of ulien ownership of land, the prohibition of specula tion in agricultural products, government control of lines of communication, and tho free coinage of silver. It was on this platform that the Farmers' Alliance began its career as a national organization. Most of tne planks of this platlonn expressudeas identical with the Greenback platforms framed fifteen years ago. The one new idea is the pub-treasury plank, which demanded that the government shall build warehouses for the storage-of agricultural products and issue certificates of deposit to the owners tofcO per cent of their value. It is significant, however, that this plank has been practically discarded already. It was not contained in the platform of the People's party of Kansas, on the lines of which the new party proposed to work. Many of the leading delegates at the Ocala convention openly repudiated it also, and it will probably hud no place iu the platform to be adopted this year. It is easy to discover, from the platforms, discussions and expressions of views, that the central idea of the new party will be a demand for more money. The other planks will be only subsidiary. In the words of a Maryland delegate: "All we want is rt-cog-nition of the principle looking to the creation of a greater circulating medium issued directly to the people, and ono that will contract. or expand as the neeas or ino country may require." That is simply inflation, a doctrine that came near carrying the country in 1573-75, when the financial depression swept men from their moorings and led them to grasp at any straw which promised help. It is easy to see now what ruin and bankruptcy would have resulted had inflation then prevailed. There is no reason to believe thatnny other results would follow a cheap and unlimited currency to-day. The Fanners' Alliance, by adopting this principle as the central idea of their organization has assured the early death of tho new party. There is too mnch sturdy common sense among the farmers aud workiuginen to permit them to advocate a scheme which can ouly end iu national bankruptcy. They will repudiate it and stand by a stable currency, which is as much the basis of a encultural prosperity as of any other calling. Origin of llooth's Flan. Ban Francisco Chronic fe. The discussion of General Booth's scheme for the relief of tho 3,000,000 paupers of London has led to the curious discovery that an American originated the best feature of his plan. This was Count Ilumford. who, about a century ago. applied tho same rules to the suppression of poverty and vice in Bavaria, with the result that there has been no heggiug in that statn since then. Unmford was aXew Kngland Yankee, and there is little doubt that Booth drew his inspiration from this ingenious New Luglander. Nobody can have dyspepsia it tbey take Sia mons Liver Regulator.

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