Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 31, Number 27, Jasper, Dubois County, 22 March 1889 — Page 2

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CUBBEST TOPICS. THE XEWS IK BRIEF, Kx-Srsato Pi.att', sea ha entered , teuural Tracy'ii law ftrtu ia New Ytrk City. ' A. K. Hart i $b candldato of the New York delegation iu Washington far PubIks Printer. Ai.ua etc Y. Wai.kk has finally accepted tb chairmanship of tho Iuter-State Cojtifueree Railway Association. Tmk imw of standard silver dollars from the mints for the week ended tlieiUh amounted to ;71,.VT. The issue daring the corresponding week of lat year was 31,31. I- O. Rrb, ajfed fifty-three, cashier of the ftret National Hauk of Ia Porte, Intl., dropped dead of apoplexy, on the 7tU, the fifth anniversary of tht death of hi yrdcceseor. UKfOKTSthat the Lower California goldruining boom was started in. the interest of laud companies are in circulation in Los Angles, and the excitement is somewhat checked. At the annual dinner of the Cornishmen residing in londou, on the thh, the health of the Prince and Prince of Wales as the Duke aud Ditcher of Cornwallwas drunk staudiug. Schcttmck Mosus, the oldest Free Maon in the State of New York, and the ohhwt pioneer of Rochester, died, on the 13th, aired ninety, He hail been a MasOu sixty-eight years. Qukkn Victoria will shortly go to San Sebastian to pay a visit to the cemetery where He the ISritlslt soldier who fell In the Peninsular war in the ilrltUh conquest of that place in 11. ' . 1" k Tmk Ameer of Afghanistan denies that he has any design against Russia. He declares that his enemie . wishing to embroil England, Afghanistan and Kiwsia, originated the report. m Newst has been received trom a man fkmerly of Waterbury, Conn., who, for twenty-one year, has been .supposed to be ded, hut who is now a wealthy resilient of Victoria Australia. , MickaklDonkokkv and his wife, pas?eagers on a steamer from America, were arrested on their arrival at Queenstowu, on the 19th, for having revolvers and ammunition in their baggage. It is reported that the secrets of the Patriotic League were betrayed to the French Government by a leading officer of the organization. The name of the traitor has not as yet been divulged. Five Anarchists have been arrested at Aix-la-Cbappelle, Prussia., Sufficient evidence to convict them of participation in several Anarchist plots against high government officials has been obtained. The Mexican Government has amended the concession granted to Captain J. R. Ead for a ship railroad, by guaranteeing earnings to the extent of five per cent, intreet on sixty million dollar of stock. Owino to the illness of Mr. Towushend and her daughter, it was determined to postpone the taking of tiw remains of Representative Townshend to Illinois, Ilk funeral took place in Washington on the 12th. j Traix-wreckkhs tore up the track of I the Trauscasplan railway in Russia, cans- ' ing a frightful accident to a passenger 'train, on the 10th. Fifty persons were killed and injured. The wreckers wire captured. Justice Stan'I-kvMattiikws' illness has taken so seriou a turn that it is not at all unlikely that President Harrison will have a place on the Supreme Rench to fill before th adjournment of the extra session of the Senate. Lord Comito.n (Gladstonian) was elected to Parliament from the Barnsley dlvkn of Yorkshire, England, on the lSth, reeelring fl,tt votes against 3,751 cast for B. C. Vernon Wentworth, th Conservative candidate. Thk Nihilist committee of St. Petersburg kae issued a secret circular announcing that the apparent inactivity of the Nihilist leaders is merely a blind, Intended to lull the authorities into a false (tease of security. Thk British ve-.se! Eldorado, 270 tons burden, has palsied through the Panama canal from Asplnwall to Chagre. a distance of fifteen miles, Tht Is the first foreign vessel that has made the parage through the canal. Ax immense meeting of farmers wa held in Lima, 0., on the SHU, in opposition to Chicago dressed bef. Resolutions looking to united action for tho purpose, of driving all trnaU and monopolies frjm the Htato were adopted. Letters have lteen discovereil among the jwpers of the late Premier of Cashmere reroaling the detgnof tin Maharajah of Bengal to poison the British residents and revolt against tho authority of the Indian Uoverutneut. A mkmoriai. service in honor of tho late Kmperor William I. waa held In the Harrison Church, Berlin, on the 10th, The Kaiser caned the statue of the Queen In th Tliurgarten to be lecoratel with tlowers, iu accordance with his grandfather's custom. Admiral John Lrr Davis, aged sixtyfour, retired naval officer, died at the Ebbitt House, Washington, on the 12th, of pneiimoiiia. Admiral Davis entered the navy iu 1SU, ami was In command of the Asiatic squadron when lie wus retired iwii years ao. Tnr. first sign of the Inevitable return of Queen Natalie to Belgrade as the result of her late husband's desertion of the throne ami her son's accession thereto Ik' visible in the report that a meeting Is being arranged between the mother and sou on the frontier. Akraxkmk.vt are making for n meeting between Kx-tyueen Natalltf and her ttoa. King Alexander of Servia. The arrangement Is made at the request of the boy. Kin;, who is extremely anx'ous to KC"kt mother, and Will take place on the HervlnM frontier. tx t Hartford (Conn.) iUc court Ahx, T ,tirand Amos K. Rlsley, engiweors at the latj Park Central Hotel, charged with mattslaughter In caNsingthe .xplosh):i of the holler by negligence, "werf, on the ltli, held for the Snptrlwr Coart lu homJy f each.

rif VY-FIRST CONGRESS.

I the Penale, or h )tk, Mr, Morton beli atfnt, Mr 1KU a reWat vro um Th lrei ilent' mkt in tMe ot Uu itlel w mi the table. Ott Motion Of Mr. Plmt a ro1uikt h ajfretJ U for tb (MmttMrnt of otiUfetta KMtimit(es. Mr. vaJUHt iten:ton t thi stser rammltM re UUortk wHhCn:4, aa4 moved to strike tt out of the llt. a loaf dlMruMtoH fottowed, at thu elo if whl.'a Mr. Payne ltki!rw ki resolutkm, an4 tlie eleet tmaimltMO wa agreed to. After !urt cxectlv mm4w, tat Seuave, at twoot'to)r, adjoariMNt. I,v ttio Bute, on tha Jti, waiter rotuttof) the fomai tleo oh urivlleae ami election wee aatliorimt to U tirtnf Uw reccw. The rew, Jutloa LftoreJ by Mr. Stewart for the turi h f H,O0i,tii Kank of stiver ballioa pr wottth. tlie ivolutlon of SenatorUli Cull for tsM! rotunilttees on the rommerclal tela ttonftof tbe L'nitea States with Mexteo, CetHi and the West Indie were laid en the table The Senate then, at li;t p. m.. went into t? eret ua. and adjourned at i: v. m. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Cuwox Um.u ou f the largest hotels in Lakewood, N. J., was burned to the ground at four o'clock on the morning of thellth. Jamks McCormick, of Armstrong Connty, Pa., ha brought suit for $-10,000 again t the Pittsburgh & Western road for the death of his son, a hrakeman, killed while coupling cars. I.n the doubtful contingency of the reports of fighting in Samoa proving true, it is said the President will promptly call an extra session of Congress. " Thk handsome surplus (S51000) remaiuiug In the inaugural committee's hands is to be invested iu real estate securities, the interest to be devoted to the relief of the jkmh of Washington City and vicinity. Aovicks from Zanzibar state that tho blockade of tho Zanzibar ports has not had the effect of stopping the importation of arms, which is still carried on largely. Thk Fall River iMass.) weavers' strike, inaugurated on the 11th for an advance iu waties, is the most general iu the hUtory of that city. Thk Viceroy of Shanghai, China, has ordered the withdrawal of the native" soldiers at Chee-Foo, who were suspveted of contemplating an attack upon the foreign settlement there. Regarding the Samoau troubles, a Berlin dispatch of the 11th says diplomatic negotiations have removed present difficulties, &ud tho conference will settle the rest. Prosi'kctors iu the new Lower California gold fields are being unmercifully blod by Mexican officials, who demand half of every dollar's worth of gold found, and chnrgo tfie most exorbitant duties on every article taken into the country. Thk health of Etniwror DSm Pedro is ngaiu,ailiug, owing to the excessively hot weather prevailing in Brazil, Dr. Sxi.u).v, who, in January, doped from Nice, Franco, with ilis Ida Wilcox, an American girl, has ben sentenced by a Nice court to eight months' imprisonment for appropriating a check which Miss Wilcox took from her mother. SV.cketarv ok thk Treasury Wi.vbom has appointed Colonel Georgo C. Tichonor, of Illinois, assistant secretary, vice Judge Maynard, resigned. Detroit, Mich., is to havo natural gas, to be piped from Kiugsvillo, Out. Is the executive session of the Senate, on the llth.tlip nominations received were referred to tho appropriate committees when completed. None of the nominations were confirmed. Oak Vikw, Ex-President Cleveland's suburban estate uear Washington, has been lcasod for the summer by Mr. Marcellus Bailey, L Risiioi" Fot.r of Detroit takes strong grounds in favor of public schools. Walker Blaine has been appointed his father's first assistant secretary in the State Department. Thk Duo d'Auniale. whoVe return to France has received the sanction of the French (Sovornment, has gone to Chautilly. It is said that Renjamln F. Rutlor, John A. Kassou and William Walter Phelps will be sent to represent this Government at tho Samoan conference in Berlin, and that they will be accompanied by Ex-Consul-treneral Sewall and Augustus Cowherd, of Illinois, who negotiated the treaty between the United Spites and Samoa. Thb Renubllcan Senatorial casens met. on th 11th. and completed their list of members to fill vacancies on the several committees. Quern1 Victoria has approved the aplKintmeht of Sir Julian Pauncefote as Minister to Washington. Thk golden wedding of Admiral Porter and his wife was celebrated ou the 11th. The President and his family and about twelve hundred other friends were present nt the Admiral's home. Aihawoucai. attempt to wreck a passenger train on the Baltimore & Ohio railroad, between Chicago Junction and Plymouth, ()., on the 12th, was frustrated hy ahoy who observed the obstructions, and, in spite of threats from the thrie nicu who placed them there, flagged the train just In time to aVe it from destruction. The lendintr departments of the Reading (Pa.) Iron Works closed down, ou the PJth, for an indefinite period, ahrowiug 1,10 men out of work. It U officially announced that Count Von Berehem. Under Secretary of State, will rep-resent Germany In the conference to be held at Berlin regarding the settlement of Samoan affairs. Thk German missionaries who were recently captured by the Arabs iu Zanzibar, have leeu released uiKn the ransom of iW being paid, and the surrender of twelve slaves which the Germans held. U.vitkd States District Attornky Watt.S of Wheeling, W. Va., is one of those Democrats who "never resign." He says if President Harrison wunts his scalp, he must "go for" It. The election for school directors in D-m Moines, la., ou the 11th, was won by tho women. The Western contingent of Senator G'.)rgo HearstM racing stables will leave California for Louisville, Ky., April 1. Thk report that Mrs. Langtry had ae enred a divorce from her husband and win subsequently married to Mr. Oubhardt Is deniod by an Intimate lady friend of the fair actress. Thk South Atlantic Telegraph Company, of Baltimore, Md which, It Is said. Is to form a connecting link in the MnckayBennett Postal Telegraph ami Cable Comiwny, has been IncorjHirated. Thk t ight leg of Mr, J. 0. Sexas, of St. Paul, Minn., has takou a second growth, aud during the iat few months has 'stretched itself" until it Is three or four inches longer than lt fellow, LlKtlTKNANT-CoMlNKIi THOMAS F, ItARlt has been reappointed to his old postilou of military secretary of the War Depart ntent. It l stated that Sir Howard Mallntt. the British Ambassador at Berlin, will represent his government iu tlr; Samoau ooiiference.

Ac a result of a raid on the Chit laundries by a Milwaukee nt in, the Most golia are rapidly leaving that city, Thk Wotttan-WufiVaife bill wus defeated 1h the Maeeachusetts LvgUlature out ho 13h.

Jims A. CAMKIMtM., ex-JlUtfoe of the Supreme Court ttt thj United States, and assistant Confederate hcrefary w ar, died in Baltimore, ott lh r.th, ayed wr en ty-eight. Di'Ki.va the yar IS5 the total numlwr of immigrant' from all foreign pnrts landed ht Castle Gantett, wit City, was :i7u,s'3'.,:s;,!. males and taj.'AW fe male. Ch.vki.kk H. MoIvtvrk, a deserter from the Uniteil Stat'ts Marino Corps, commit tesl suicido In a Washington police station, on the night of the loth, for fear of the consettueuces of his desertiou. He was from Charleston, W, Va,, and twenty-four years old. Thk rumor that the Iron-mills of PUts burgh", Pa., would hi compiled to shut down because of tha low prleuof themau factured protluct, is denied. Thk agitation of tho Irredentist to reviving lu the Italian provinces. Thk Popo has disagreed with the French Government in the selection of candidates for the vacant bishoprics in Franca. Rioht Hon. Arthur Wkm.ksi.ky Pkkl, Speaker of the House of Commons, has arranged for a visit to Parliament of the Amerieau base-ball players now in Lon don. They will visit Parliament tn a body. Tiikoookk R. Timry, of New York State, claims to have been tho inventor of the revolving turret, aud asserts that the credit of the idea has been wrongfully given to Kricsson. A cahi.kcikam announces that Prof.Fraucois'Terby, of Louvaiu, Belgium, has observed a white region on one of Saturn's rings visible against the dark portion of the planet. Thk Comptroler of the Currency, on the Kith, authorized the City National Rank of Sulphur .Springs, Tex.: tho Peoples national Bank of Paola, Ka.s., and the National Bank of Coatesvllle, Pa., to begin business, with capitals , respectively, of ?1W,0W, Vi.D'M and 100,000, Thk Due d'Amuale had an interview with President Caraot at l'aris on tho 12th, H warmly thanked tho President for rescinding the decree of exile against him. Private letters recdved at Berlin from Zanzibar say that Stanley, according to native reports, is marching rapidly toward tho East coat of Africa. Vick-Aumirai. Jacres, of the French navy, died on the i:!th. The cause of his death was apoplexy. Thk National Supreme Assembly of the Royal Society of Good Fellows (Tpeued Itbiennial session at Providence. R. I., on the 1,1th, Twentv-oue States wore represented. Secretary Tracy, on tho Wth, formally accepted the silver service presented by citizons of Chicago to tho United States cruiser Chicago. Thk Montana & Canada railroad, ex tending from Helena, Mont., to the Canadian line, has been incorporated at Helena. Thk Warren Tube Works, at Warren, O., which cost$2"0.0J0 to erect three years ago, havo been appraised at &M,0QO, aud will l)e offered at sheriff's sale April 13. The Cabinet meeting, ou tho 12th. lasted about an hour and a half. AR of the members . were present. It was decided that the Cabinet meetings shall be held Tuesdays and Fridays at 12:!W p. m. A ui.nk highwayman held tip a stage about beveu miles east of San Luis Obispo, Cal., on tho 12th. A man wearing a mask and a slouch hat ajqwared suddenly at a point on the up-grade, leveled a revolver at the driver and ordered the WelN-Fargo box thrown-off. Thi driver coii.plied, and was then ordered to move on. The passengers wore not molested. Thk total coal product of the comitry for 14 was U5;K!:t,7ll tons, valued at jlHM2!t,SM. John Rontxso.v, father of the long three Robinson brothers, dtedatKnoxvlle, la., -ou the 12th, aged heveuty-three. He was nearly wvcu feet in height himself. LATE NEWStTEMS. Ih the Senate, on the lit!i. on motion o! Mr. Edmunds, it was agreed that when the Senate adjourn it bt . til the 17th. No other business was transacted, and, at 12:10 p. m., the Senate wont into secret session, aiwl, at one o'clock, without open- , ing the doors, took a recess Until 3 p. m. At that hour the body again assembled, and. after a fifteen-minutes executive . Minion, adjourned until the 17th. Thk Parndiso Club of anglers of New York has concluded th purchase of 7i).000 acres of forest and fifty trout lakes la various parts of the country. Thk Secretary of the Navy has under consideration the question of furnishing a naval vt;tel to .convey the remains of the late John Ericsson to his native land lu recognition of his distinguished serv-. ices. Thk German Reichstag was ojiened on the llth. Prince Bismarck wa present lait did not speak. Kjii'Kkok Wii.mam expects to remor! to the Friedrlchskron by the 1st of May, The Masons of New York will observe April 21 as a dav of thanksgiving for the final liqnldntiou" of their debt of .oT),000. Prorate Juikjk Marshall, of Buffalo Comity, Dak., wio was arrested charged with perjury hi negotiating a loan had las examination at Chamberlain, oa the llth, and was acquitted. It Is said that Russia is alarmed at tha growing indications of leanings towards Germany on the part of tha Balkan States, and tint she will take Immediate hteps towards eounternoMng this tendency. John L. Adams, the Macon (Ga.) forger, who hail faod for twenty-seven days, died ott the Wth. Thk schooner Ellen, which recently left Sail Diego, Cal., for the new gold fields at Ensonada, with eight tons of provisions and seventy-six minors ou board, went on the beach a f5w tulles itorth of Eusenada, aud broke up. Eiour iirxDKr.n delegates and visitors itt-nd'id fho Small Dakota Prohibition convention "at Huron, D.tk., .ou tho 18th. ThescnttinoHt was almost, nnauini'itis for theudopttonof the Sioux Falls Constitution. A i. amok portion of the !lago of North Branch, Minn., was destroyed by tire on th l;ith. Vincknzo Vii.ktto, an accomplice ot "Hod-Nosed Mlfco" In the murder of Paymaster McClttro and Contractor Flatinigait, ha boBii captured iu Italy, aml;fl,oou of the stolen tuonoy recovered, Scarlet fever Is upidomlo at Laparc, Dak Many children have died, ad thero aro many hojiebMs ouos. Tho community is terror-stricken. Stkwart, EsTKt Co,'h jweHty-four-jMt whidow-glass factory at Marion, hid. , was burned on tho llth. Loss, AM, WO. Thk shut-down of tho King Philip and Amerlciu Linen Mills, at Fall River, Mass., on the I Ith, added over 2,W) to the Hllifibef of ldlt! oH!ratlvci there

THE BEEF OONVENTION,

Kesalt Arrived at kj lhn ChhvmUmh t t.Kiltlvi DrtnCHtluH llftd at St. 1.4IhI 1'wrn ImwrtHHt Hill l'rirmulttM4 fwrthn l'Mrfi" nf I)hhhIh: the Krtf mhI 1'nrk 'nmMnt KimoIhI ! Atlwttrd I'W'g tn StatiN KHriPMUtt1 it l'He tho .tPl'tlH 4Mell StMtHtH ItwMkS. St. Uh-ix. March 1 1, Tlw Anti-Reef and Pork Combine cmveuttoH, after a two days' session, into which was crowded a va4t amount f earnest and intelligent work, concluded its labor last evening and adjourned iua die. Tho result of the deliherattons of tho convention U . summed up in twu bills whieh were report.! by the legislative committee as emtiodying the ideas of the convention as embraced in a mass of rs olutions placed in the hands of the committo: Tho first is the measure siiksuittd by the Texa delegation, aud reads an follows; AJW1 TRfST Mil:,. A Mii.t. to te entitled aa at to dellae trts atHl to pmvliU' tor jf nalt es and (tun'sliutent of corporation. peron, urais and aAHia tiu of Hrious connected wttU tltem, ad t promote free comHtltion ia the State of - -. Section l , f ifhl fty th h'l tnr (( tht AY. f- of Ttiat a trut 1 a combinatm of capital, skill or acu ty two or nHnejer!oits, tirnis, corintions or a,soclatiow of per .nt., or of cither two or nweof litem, forclther. any r all of the follow,u purple; First To create, or car.y out rctrlcttoa In traiW. Sosroml To limit or reduce the product ton, or increase or reduce the w.ce ot uierltM4ti or eouunodltlCK. Third To prevent co petition ia Maafct ure, making, transportation, :tle or pure tut of mcrctiandtM'. produce or ciiniodltie. Fourth To tlx at any fcuudard or fixttre wbereby Its price to the public shall be in any wanner eontrok'd or et.i!Wis.lu'it. any article or cowmotllty of mercliandWe, pixmIucc or commerce, intended for sale, uc or conuwptiR In tlii State. Fifth To make or enter into, or execute or carry out any cotur.ict, obligation or agree ment or any kind onlescription. out which tuey sltall loud or have tsiuml theai-el ve not to mMI, dipoM' of or tran.iHrt any article or com mod tty or article of tr.itlr, -), tuiivhand.M-.com-mercc or consumption, beiow a common stanlard HurCi r by which they shall aga'cln any manner, to Keep the prico of t.aid artcle, cominodliy or transportation at a tlxed or graduated Haurtv or by watch they h;U in any manner esiauliih or settle the price of anyarticle or commodity or transportation I'Ctween thew, or thcniHlvcs and otners, to preclude a lreu. and unrestricted comn-'ttthm amonc themsvtre and others In the sale or tnin-oortation of any Mich article or commodity, or by which they haU agrt'C to pool, combine or unfie aay Interest they may have in connection with the s.Ue or traiisportation of any Mich article or commodity that its price might tn any manner w arretted. Sec. a. That any corporation holding a charter Under the laws cf tho State of- which shall violate any of the provisions of tin act shall thereby forfeit its charter and franehle. nnd its corporate existence hul cas and dtjU'rnitnate, t Sec. For a violation of any of the provision of this act by any corporation mentioned herein, it Until be the duty of the Attorney -General, or district or county attorney, tire ther of them, upon his own motion, and without leave or order of any court or juago, to institute suit Or quo warranto proeeeufajrs at the countv seat or any county la tho Stnt where such Corporation exts. ooes business or may havo a domicile, for the forfe tur" of its charter, rights and franchise, nnd tho dissolution or its corporate existence. , Sec. I. Kvcrjf foreign corporation vlolattn any of the provisions of tht act 1 hereby de nled the right and prohibited from doing any business within this State, and it shall be the duly of tie; Attorney-General to enforce this provision by injunction or other proper proceedings lu the Ditr ct Court of County, la the tiauw) of the State- of - . SEC. 8. Any violation of either or all the provisions of this act shall le and are hereby do clateua conp racy against trade, and any per so. who may tie or mav become engag d :n anv such conspiracy, or tnle part therein, or aid or aoviso in its conniiiss ou, who shall, s princ -pal, maaaser, director, aipMit. servant of empKiye, or in anv other capacity, knowingly carry out imy of the stipulation, purpose, price, rates or orders thereunder in pursuance thereof, shall be punished by a fine nut less than KM nor moro than K,out, and by Imprisonment In the pen tentiarj not les than one nor more than ten year, or by cither ch Hue Or Imprisonment! each day durini a violation of th provision Shall constitute a separate offense. Sac. T. In any indictment for aa offense named ia th's net. It is sunt? lent to state th purpose or effect id the trust or combination, and that the accused was a nifmber of, aeu-d with or la pursuance of It, without irivjHg us name or description, or hoV when aud where It was created. Hue. ri. In prosecution under thU act it shall b" Mjfflcient to wottJ thai a trust or combination, as do titu-d tien-ln, existed, and that the defendant belonml to it. or acted for or m connection with it. without proving all the members belonging toll, or providing or producing any article of iitrerment. or any written In truhh: nt, on which it may ha-o Htn bawd, or that it wevide ced by any wrjttcri instrument at all. The character of the trust or combination attested ma be csiabllshed by proof wf its general reputation as such. Skc. Persons out of the State may commit and be lUbic to indictment and coaviction for comniittinc any ot tho ons enumerated in thi act, which do not ia the r commission neccssarllv ciaire a personal present! In this Stati-, tho object being to reach ami punish all persons offending against Its iwvislons, whether with.n or outside the Slate. Skc. W. Kach and every firm, person, corporatlim or assoc.atlon of persons wb Ul in any manner violate any id tho twvlsloiis Of th! act shall for each and every 4ay that Mich violation shall bo commuted or continued, forfeit and pay tho sumoflMi, which may be recovered in tin name, of the State of - in any county where the offense is committed, .rwltre cither of the Offenders reside, or 1n County, and it shall b the "duty of the Attorney-Oiieral. or the district or tho county attorney to provocate for and recover the same. SKC. It. That any contract or agreement tn violiitlOM ot tlm provisions of this act shall be absolutely Void and notonforcible cither In law or equity Skc U. That the provisions hereof sinH be Held cumulative of each other, and of all ether laws in any way utfv'ttini; them now In farce Mt th's State, SIC, IS. The provisions of this act shall not Hpply to agricultural product or lite stock while In th hands of the producer or ralr. SfC. It. This act shall take effect ami be In force from aait alter Its passage. With the exception of a. slight alteration in the phraseology of section 51 the bill was adopted and the delegations pledged to recommend the bill to their several Legislatures. . Tho second bill was ;i hoof-iiijectloH measure, which elicited a spirited discission. The following in the text of th bill: tW'AI, INSPECTION HIM. A him. 'or an act entitle t An act for the protection of the pablic health by provMinj; for Inspection before 'laughter of cattle, sheep and xwine designed tor slaughter for human food." Wiikmkass, la order to preserve tho health of the people it is important that they shonlil tic provided with wholesome tooil. ami Inasmuch us unsound meat is most liable to i : t at upon the market at pomls where large quantitl. arc offered for side, therefore bo it enacted by tins Legislature of the State of- . SKOiiONl. Tli'j sale of. fresh tvecf. mutton, lamb or lxirlt in this Slate, except a hereinafter provided, Is hereby prohibited in anv county In thi Stale having therein an Incorporated city, town or village etHitalntng two thousand iJ, o or tease Inhabitants. St t. 2. It shall be the duty of the proper authorities ctiurgod with th jH-cservattoa t the public health in the cities and counties of tho .Stato t ttppoiai one or more Inspectors Of cattle, sheep unit swine for xald counties, who shall 'hoidtka.r offices for one year and until their successors arc appointed and qualitled anil w hose authority and Jurisdiction shall be territorially co cxtetisiro wuh tho board so appointing them, And salt several board shall reRulato the. form of tvttlncate to be issued by such inspectors and the fees to be mld (hem by th" ts-Tj-oii app jitls; for wh InsfH-edon, SKC, 3, It shall !! th( duty of the iti'peetors afmolntcd hereunder to tnstiect all cattle, sheep and swine to bo siauKhtered for human food within their Jurisdiction and within tweatyfour hours Murv tho slaughter of the same, and if round healthy and la suitable condition to I smughkucd for human food, to give to thO apiHlcaHt a eurtlHcHUi In writing t that effect. sk:. 4. Anv pet son who shall sell, expese nr oRer rr sl lr haman fssl in this Bute any fresh beer, veal, mutton, lamb or mwk whatever, whhm has mi tHea tahea frm aa aalatal

waMNiH mm eecilmsa btae slamrh tor M peutMSr loct iaawwtara aiplNl4 haritaMfer, bail tm 4rwtaM fuiy if m m'eAemeaaw, a4. umiu rsMivMloa taerewf. fckatl be punished bf aniM f mm mmmw ihaa f mm, r bv impH-v-ment not cxcsmliag Uuv mauu tor wwk uf fense, Skc. NoUitatf la this net smtlt ts mirm4 to app'y to or msmlbH tae mU witkwM lemma tioa if canned. wmkd. earmt r tt me. T il act h ill take elect ami ton la tore Itom and aftr its pasa, Aftr a lengthy debate, ia which r)Msitio was manifested, the bill wa adopted without atuendmout, together with a rtBoltaion retmmentlin to each Slate 1 he adoption itfthii bill by its legislature.

' thanks of the convention were ten dcred the Governor of Missouri and the mayor aud citizens of St, LouU for their lto44tality, ami the presid 'wt and istn-re tary for the efiicicnt mauuer in which their duties had lseeu lserformed A r-sdutim wait also mesetl asking mai eacw Slate, tbroutrb iu reureseiita. lives) at Washington, rciuet the i(ag m a ihi t4 construct anil maintain on or mtre deep-water harbor on the coast of Texaa. EPIDEMIC OF EXPLOSIONS. Thn l'Hrtb ChniHlcl.l Within a Many liarn UHHes the iH.tMMt l).ili of Fle Men MMil the Injury f Many .Mttre, smHte Kit tally. PiTTsacnoH, Pa., March H.Afew twiantes after ih to-day a M-inch tubular ladler in the Wet Point Itoller Works at Twenty-third and Siuallman at reels exploded with terrible results;. The larg one-story building is a eomidete wreck. and at 2 . m. it is not known how many Kineu and injured are yet nmler the ruin-. Sixty-five nwn and boys were employed lu the building. A number of them had gone out to dinner, but a larger number were seated about' the building eating their dinner when the explosion occurred. Tho remains of Daniel Clark. Jim. Mel Carten, Jake Reinhauuiier and Charles Aulcnbaugher, biuler maker, and Gus Lauerbangh, engineer, are now at Use morgue. A number of the injured havo been removed to the West Pennsylvania Hospital and others were taken to their homes. The names of the injured 0 far as has I seen learned are: Mark Connors, fatally. Stephen Carter, skull far tared, badly burned and recovery doubtful. Frank Manes-ky, aged sixteen; head bruised, hands burned. a John Forrtst, had burned. Harvey R.irr, head cut and burned. Win. Franer, head cut. Frank Schmitt, legs broken. Jas. MtCool, head cut. William Keller, scalp torn off. Wat. Baker, ribs fractured. A number oLewployes le.s serionsly injured wero takoa in chari?i bvfr!etulau,t ii-iutvii in iiivir Humes. t Al'2:. o'clock Mr. Munro stated that all his men had la-en accoimted fr, and that no more bodies would be found imder tho debris. r f Th" boiler had been inspfcted recently. Tho cause o! tho cxplosiou is not yet known. THE DIGGINGS ALL RIGHT. ... ..1 . . .!. r i m It Wi ItrfHrHPil TeH terfeet trim 1'irenI tted the llrrMK'.try lt-pri"tieerH-Ih: tin- Kii-i-,iHilt ; M 1'irl.l Wreek of th Srli!i r i:ilH. Iis Axt!Ki.K, Cal.. March U. There Ic no truth in th report that t!rs Ljwer California placers ar worthless. Tho placers and pi;irt2 Veins are wonderfully rich. None of the old Tinners have returned. Those who hav eomo bak bringing with them discouraging report are "tenderfeet" ami clerks, who expected to find gold nuggets the Kiz of faoit'.s eggs on the ground. Two steamers sailed yesterday from San Diego for En senada loaded to the guards with miners and prospectors. Governor Torres telegraphed the Mexican Secretary of War yesterday for additional troops. He is fearful of bloodshed. Mexican troops are hurrying to the mines from the City of Mexico, but they are compel, to make a roundabout Journey by way nC Denting. N. M., Arizona and San Diego. A detachment of soldiers from the Mexican barracks at Maaatlan are ea route to Eusenada by .special steamer. Th sM'booitex Ellen, which left San Diego for Knada with eight Ions of provisions and seventy-six miners on board, has gone on the beach a few miles north of Ensonada aud will become a total wreck. The (IktMhBm IfnwHier. PCrckm-, I. T.. March 15, "Oklahoma Hill" pent yesterday in visiting the Roomer camp here and consulting with thts leaders. Arrangem-eats f.jr entering the coveted territory were completed, and Harry Hill leaves to-day for Oklahoma Prairie. Fires, claimed to have been .started by boomers Wednesday niicht, have burned abont fifty mlbs of grazing land and several cattk". Cattle men endeavored ye.terday to frighten Hill out of Pttrcell, but failed. Tho following message was sent yesterday by Hill to President Harrison: The itusiloii m Oklahoma Is rritlcal. It fs a National necessity to have act .on at one In Oklahoma. If the thousands of actual settlers clamor for admission are deprived of the right to settlement Until t ut, Ut make a crop It will H" a severe disappointment ami will caasc actual starvntum on the border. (land Wor.l f.ir Fiirmi'r K.iemle. New York, March 15. Secretary Oliver Downing of the New York eitliens' committee to atd the National Confederate Soldiers' Home at Austin, Tex., continue to receive many letters from C.iion veterans ami other who desire to aid their late opfoneiits. Among the commnnk,i thins received Ls one front Fred Grant, who sayst General tyrant's kindly fee Unas towards tho Southern people, though they were once his c-nemlc, is Mrs. Grant's reaon for tending the Inclosed check. She wishes tu axela your efforts. General Alfred Pleasanton writes some interesting reminiscence! of the war, ami hixhlv uraises the bravery and rallaatrr of the Confederates, with whom h had ' many a sharp encounter. Francis Fesseiulen, of Maine, scuds aa encouraging letter. -m ' (ii Hrr:l Slex'l' I'leatU ('.Hilly. Nr.W Yung, March 15. Rfdsert Sigcl yesterday pleaded guilty of forging a blind pensioner's namo to two check. The jHnnlty for each offense Is ten years' imprisonment. Sentence wan deferred until Thitrwlay. Klgel had pk-dl hot guilty, but the evidence was o overwhelmingly against him that a trial could have had but one result, aud by pleading guilty he will doubtless escapa punishment for the other onttN. with which he is charged. Te young man seemn completely broken down. m A tilrtHt forporHtloH. Hanhkicm, Mas., March 15. Th CajKi Cnl Glass Comimny of Handwh-h, Mass., )m lcett chartereil with an authorised caidtal f ),m,m. The irefdeHt U C. W, Sharr, and the general manage! II. F. Shitrr, formerly of the 1 to" ton and Sandwich (Ham ComiMiny. All lclaU of glaM are tit W Made

OVATION TO PARNELL.

Am tnertwlH HmplH at St. .Ihihm Hall, I.hh, H chru4 stw'art iwrHrllSj.rehM by Mr. 4Uh -Mwrley HHd Air. 1'HrHrM The :MllHe.l Tmm Charces lt.,H.,l-Tii- Pretty Mm 4 It MMdH "i H-HrtniHR CTrlmH" Where It IHt Ht llM. lAXMtx. March tl.-fH. Jnme Hall was filld so oreiUowing last night on th -' f the 1'iiiif.heralde.l reeeptiott to Mr, Parnelt in recognition t the return of the jK.pular estwm of which the now expkMied aeeu4ttons f the Times rohbd him. The hall wan profusely decorated with Hags, llowor. etc, aud the g .titering mm remarkably euthualastk. Mr, John Morley -;sidel, and poa taking the chair delivered an earnest aud rloHUBt apeech. The ah settee f Mr. G bidslone, ht aaid. ww greatly rwgrtted bv all. but he wtui as;ursd, and ia tnrii would a-sare his audience that the great leader f the. Liberal would be present if it www not for the fact that be had been earnestly besoujeht ami prevailed upon by his friend to apare himaelf for another n-aioM, when the catte of Ireland Would be advo.-ated before a body Chtrtf ,Vf Krtrf J'orufll. comiH'ti'tit to take action or the ((uestion he pnented. Mr. (5ladstae wouhl not, Mr. Morley .said, spare himself of hi own. free will, bec:t-o he plainly sees that tbe time is faat coming wheu we will surely get to the bottom of these Irish proceeding.! , Mr. Parncll, in rising t ajteak, was greeted with a jvcrfect isedlam of applause, tho ovation lasting many minutes. He was sure, he ald. that his countrymen in Irelatnl, Australia and America would W erptally glad upsm hearing of his receptiott to-night. Ho bal, however, not much to s'iy, and would reserve his last words on the vital subject far the witness-box and t!i- Ho:su of Commons. The ppH'edings befru th. commission had involved a candallons wattf of iMimoy. Mr. Paruell oiutcd out tie r'dtetiwos of a government which ostracises front participation ia the affairs of the empire-eighty-six of the UK. Iri-ili nHMiib;r.s of Parliament. Referring K tho charges brought by the Times a-'itinst him and his tsdlcagiH's, he asked: "Whrt were the-c " diarges first started? AVhen was the command first given to the forger and perjurer to obtain or Invent evidence which would result in putting us on trial on criminal charts,, tho pnulshminit of which would bo penal servltitk' for life if we should lie convicted? It wax tiie very lnouieut that lont Carnarvon was inviting us to tieoufereuec on the snbject of a future goveramHt of Ireland and a new coustittitirm ftsr tliat country, aud that was on of the nisons why this business of "unearthing crime" was left to amateurs, aud a pretty mess they have wade of it." BLACK OlAMONDS. rrrtlmlMarjr Itep rt f the CrntHslpt Sarvey nt the ChI I'ntdHet "I the l:Hiel Mutes A Mirkel Increase In thutMt t tlieeverHl .NtHle. Washint.v, March 14. Mr. Ch. A. Ashburncr has jast snbmittixl to the Unitesl States Geokgical Survey a preliminary reort on the coal product of tlt Unilesl States. It anows that the total priMinction of coal of alt kinds increased from ia4,",., short ton in 17, to 145,3S,TII tons in !."'. Th values in 17 was jts45t.W, which increased to Ii.rti iu Ijyc. The increased priHlucthnt is shared by every imjtortaut coal producing region. Penusylvaula anthracite, including colliery consumption, tncrea.ed from i,0tS. 197 short tKi in I?, to KriHS) in with a corresHndiug increase in value to $,7H.W. Alabama, Kentus'ky, Colorado, Wyoming. Wahitgton Territtwy and Montana .show largo percentage increases, while a .slight decrease is noticed in Indiana, tJeorgia ami Michigan. The total production aud the sHd value in each State ami Territory are shown iu the following table: HNtfV ,rn7 S(f T'tnlm-U. MortTan. Mint. Pennylv.iala laathracltM s.;a9 tst,rrr,. P-nMylvat& (bitHmia(iie., .... ...... Ohio ...,. .,...i IHiaor. ......... Wert Vlfgiaia.... Iowa Marylaml...,. S,.Mrt. ,.Vi it.lll.OM R,tO tt.9M.ll') S.C.OW) .-,HI.H'M ,. .Il.inj 4. sH.iS!. .VH7.V1 1,T;,4W5. NIW.SN7 IVS a,S4 l.M,1. Strt.'.tt). tW.l -t3,T5'l .VNt"l 4 ", a,:,7 .7. 11..M ll,tV.l 5. . 4.SI, s.tr..Ti 1,1 Vi7U.iM .ts , t,SAT,ie7 .ti.O .KM.K)lt l,4-l,tsr J,0t,lit.vo: . ,e . tM,a ' ., iWi,et 4.m w . mm Inihsna. ... Mssouri. Kt-ntvcky 1 AMHA 4r4e 4 s4v Tt'HiWH'e?. Virgiaia, SS 04 4 I nithsw Ter rHusy . . , New Mexico torgb ,, Utaa . 11444. Arknsa.. Texas Michigan... California.....,,.. OrcfMMt Dakota. .......... Montana... Khotte Islaiw. ... Kehraska.. Total, exclusive nt eotllery cotsamptloa ...I.J,35,7lt WJ,S5l,.tX CollKry wii"ttkni, Pennsylvania aathracite 3,7T,ti4) IHtumbieii ia states ami Territories 3,S.s,st S,8,W Gram! twtal .1IW.7II ..t.!-5 ThU Seems to Net tin It lsiiA.N'ArtUs!, Id., March II. A discovery was made yesterday which practkallv settles the right irf the Legislatnre to create offices ami fill thm by election, in im the office of Attorney-Geral wa created hy the Legilalnw and filled by election. The Governor denied the authority of that body to take ch action, and the csW wan taken to tb SuH-et Conrt. Some one In lokiag over the Eighth Indiana rejsort yesterday fownd the declshm ia that case. The coart tiphehl the iniwer of the Ieglatre to ere ate otttces and select iucamlKMtn Th cam is; identical with tho-wi of the officers just elecM hy the Legislator, aad pr tleatly settles '.he eMtrtrry..