Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 9 February 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER.

C. DOAXE, Publisher. JASPER. 1NDIAXA. A ivtk dispatch from ltucnos Ayres Raid the Hrazilian insurgents were preparing to make a vigorous attack upon Santos. It was reported in Duettos Ay res, on the 1st, that the town of Xictheroy, on Rio Janeiro bay, had Mtrreudered to the insurgents. Tin: custom committee of the French chamlr of deputies has decided to increase the corn tax with a sliding scale. to eight fraucs. TlIK appellate court at Chicago has reverseti tne uecision or .Hinge Mein, rondered last summer, finding the World's Fair directors guilty of contempt. La. Petit says that the French government intends to make sweeping arrests of anarchists, anil to detain them in prison until after Vaillant is executed. Johx L. Ino.uam, popularly known among his circle of friends as "Judge" Ingram, died suddenly in the room of Congressmen Jason llrown. of Indiana, at the lUggs house, Washington, on the 2Sth. Wayne McVeagh, recently appointed ambassador to Italy, sailed from New York, on the 31st, on the American liner Paris for Southampton. He was accompanied by his wife and daughter. Sr.vr.r.Ai. persons were badly injured though none were fatally hurt, in panics in the Methodist and Itaptist churches of Kalamazoo. Mich., on the night of the 25th, caused by hoodlums raising the cry of "Fire?" On the evening of Washington's birthday the Suicide club of Hrhlgeton, X. J., will hold its annual banquet and drawing. The unlucky mem ber that draws the card that dooms him will be given a year to make away with himself. Hon. William Potter. American minister to Italy, and Mrs. Potter, were present at the state ball given by King Humbert and his queen at the quirinal on the night of the VMh. Mrs. Potter was one of thoe who danced in the quadrille d'honneur. Tnu Austrian war office announces that henceforth a reduction will be made in the number of commissions granted yearly to otlicers in the reserves. This is taken as evidence of the strong belief in otlicial circles in the continuance of peace. It is semi-ofliclally announced that between now and the beginning of the new fiscal year, July 1 next, the resignations, with possibly a few exceptions, of all the old chiefs of divisions in the treasury department will be called for by Secretary Carlisle. The official statement of the govcrnnient receipts and expenditures issued on the 31st. .shows in round figures that the expenditures for the seven months of the current year exceeded the fiscal receipts by ?HJ.u30,Oi0, the figures standing: Receipts, ?175,OD0,003; expenditures, ?22t,000,0ö0. As a result of a conference, on the 27th, between Secretary Gresham and Secretary Herbert, Rear Admiral Stanton has leen ordered by cable to proceed immediately to Greytown. Nicaragua, with the Kcarsarge. the United States minister to that country having reported serious trouble there. Juno Wji. It. Hoiixiiloweu, who was recently rejected by the senate as a candidate for the vacancy on the United States supreme bench, was murried in New Vorl.-, on the 31st, to Mrs, Emily S. Nelson, the widow of Xieut-Col. A. I). Nelson, and a sister of Mr. Hornblower's deceased wife. Secretary IIkurekt sent a cable message to Admiral Itenham. on the 1st, telling of the receipt of Minister Thompson's report and indorsing, in the name of this government, the admiral's action in protecting American interests, and informing him that the future is intrusted to his discretion. Although the French government has paid the Italian ambassador in Paris 400.000 francs for the families of the Italian workimrmen killed at the Aigues-.Mortes, Menotti Garibaldi's I committee has announced through the ihe newspapers that it will continue to collect money for the relatives of the victims. Ul'rolars forced an entrance into the American legation at Rome, on the Yklfritt ftf lstl, 1... 1 .... !.:.. ,1. i ...b..v ..v. .v u,v...u khv ;

Jocks. J Hey broke open the safe and he finds himself, alt his speculative desks of the minister and consul-gen- j ventures having gone wrong, eral. and thn set fire to all the papers Rv the wrecking of the P.ritish bark m the office- A number of the ar-1 port Varroek. (.apt Forbes, from chives were completely destroyed and , sanla Rosalia for Antwerp, in Uranothers were partially burned. j don i,av. Ireland, where it had taken Hox. Sam Pakkf.r, who xvas premier ! n on the 20th. the capf Hawaii under the- .fennel n.,. ! la5n aml crcw ot enty-iive men wvro

just prior to filing from San Francisco ! for the islands, ou the Sist, gave out j nn open letter purporting to give the royalist version of the revolution, in thedeposed queen, had a better 'governinnnt thiin unv nilir H..tra ..mi. j . Tired of remonstrating with the insurgent admiral at Rio for his reekle.vs disregard of the safety of American vessels in the harbor, Admiral Renham on the 20th, served notice upon Admiral Dr. Gatna that he would protect vessels floating the American flag with all the power of his licet This pow was met by dell.mce and a shot fired at the Good News. Admiral Ilenham then cleared the deck of his flagship, the Detroit, for action and fired several iJ-ioU across the bow of Da Gama's flagship. When this was reported to Da Gamu ic promptly struck his col--ors. p

CL1ÜIRXT TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS, Thk senate was not in sesslo on the CTth 1h the house In committee et the whole the debate ou the customs schedule ot t!io I tariff I til under the five-minute rule wt con ' i...t.i fv... ...... ....-.... i ........ ... . . ! onimended by the ways and means committee I were adopted, except In the sugar nchedule. In which the bounty provision stricken out t The time for the. wool schedule to iro Into oper I atlon was extended in obedience to the est gencies of trade. Is the -.eaate. on the 23th. Mr Teller spoke I ou the Hawaiian resolution, favoring the , recoioitionof the provisional government, and. ' eventually, annexation. The remainder ot the LA&i An n j ....... 1 I I.V. . v. ,.111 1 .-v ... ...... svsufiiri tue l rt7n7at the fciieral election law. which Anally went over without action In the house, after ' called for report, and Chairman McCreary. preliminary business, the committee! were i from the committee on foreign uCalrs.reported a resolution expressing the ense of the house on Hawaiian affair. .Mr Illalr tiled a minority report. The house then went Into committee of the whole on the tariff bill lx the .senate, on the 3Hh. numerous petition and remonstrances against various features of the Wilson tariff bill were presented and referred. TbeStewart resolutlon.decbirlng that the proposed Jssue of bonds is without authority of law, was laid before the senate. and .Mr. Stewart poxe in tovor of it. and was J ablv answered by Mr Sherman ...In the : hous the call ot committers- tor reports was ! dispensed with, and the Wilson tarts Ml! was promptly taken up in committee of. the whote. lx he senate, pa the 3lst. among the aunitrous remonstrance presented against various points in tbo.Wllsoa MU was a batch from religious societies asking that the tax on whisky be. trebled. After the routine morntng busine the Stewart resolution declaring that the secretary of the treasury U not authorized to Issue and sell1 bonds was taken up and occupied the remainder of the fcn-'s session In the house, after th committees had been called for re pons, the Wilsum tariff bill was taken up in committee of the whole, ana the internal revenue bill -was placed as a rider upon the tariff blliry a vote ot l75to5d. I.v the senate., on the it. after the morning hour, in which Mr. Stewart's bond resolution was debated, the bill to repeal the federal elections law w-ji jau K'fcr' the Senate, but no senator betas prepared to speak upon it discussion of the Stewart resolution was re sumed . . ..In the house the Wilson tariff bill was lurther considered in committee of the whole until II o'clock when the committee arose, and the various amendments were dls posed of by vote, and the bill Itself being put uiwa Its passage the ballo: resulted: Yeas. 201; nays. 1U PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Satchday, January 27. was the thirty-fifth anniversary of the birth of Emperor William of Germany, and also the twenty-fifth anniversary of his entrance into the army. The event was celebrated in grand style in Rerlin. Zella. Nicolai's, who wants? 40,000 of George Gould's money, has returned from Europe, arriving in New York, on the evening of the'iSth, from Havre, accompanied by her "guardian," A1" Ruhman. The czar Is suffering from a severe attack of influenza, bronchitis and inflammation of the lungs. The lower part of his right lung is inflamed. There were 72..U0 paid admissions to the Mid-Winter fair at San Francisco, on the 27th, the opening day, and $30,270 was taken in at the gates. The treasury sustained a further loss of 75O,0OO in gold on the 20th, reducing the gold balance to $06,300,000 in round numbers. A dispatch from Pernambuco, lirazil, on the2Jth, announced the arrival there of President Peixoto's five torpedo boats, which were recently purchased in Europe for the ISrazilian government. These boats are said to have suffered no damage during their long trip across the Atlantic. The Kansas City (Ma) court of appeals, on the 2Vth, through Judge Smith, decided that a telegraph company is as much a com -non carrier as a railroad company, and, therefore, when it does business in more than one state it comes under the inter-state commerce law, Fr.iu J. Skiff, who was chief of the department of minesand mining at the World's fair, has len selected as the permanent director-in-chief of the Columbian museum in Chicago at a salary of frt.ooo a year. C. II Ht hu a wealthy mining man. was found dead in his room at a hotel in Grass Valley, Cal., on the 2'Jth, having been aspbyxa ted with gas which he had forgotten to turn off when retiring. He had been there a week examining mining properties. He leaves a wife at Tempe, Ariz. At Tiffin. O., on the night of the 29th. a young man named Sharp shot and fatally wounded Miss Kittie Kless and then killed himself. Sharp was in love with Miss K.ess. but she had refused to accept his attentions because of his bad habits. Charles Dnr.HEr.shotand killed Mrs. Hertha Huneker and then attempted to commit suicide by shooting- himself in the woman's apartments in St. Louis on the evening of the 20th. It was a case of misplaced love and jealousy. Ex-Gov. Campiielu of Ohio, declares ; that he is permanently out of polities. jrivi-s ixjtiucs tne creau lor tue .l:,..w. . n .t, .... . . . uu.s uuaiiciai contutiou in wiiicli 1 ".ssel dragged c'rs during the gale and wa her an as driven :ishftre. ! William Hotts Toledo. ()., on the was sentenced at uvin, to imprison e,,t " U,e JnUciiUary for two years longer than his natural life by Judge He was convicted of robbinir a second-hand store, and a life sentence was added under the habitual criminal law. Es-Gov. Thomas II. Mooxlioht of Knnsa-s was nominated, on the 20th. by the president as envoy e.xtraonlirary and minister plenipotentiary to Uoltvia. I He university of Krüssels was the scene of riotous demonstrations, on the :)th. growing out of the refusal of the university authorities to allow M. Jacques H.ize Rechts, the well-known French geographer and anarchist, to lecture wltliia tho walls of the unl rersitr.

Ox the 20th "Mr. and Mrs. A. II. Ruhman, of Hoston," were ejected from the Imperial hotel. New York city, as soon as their identity as Zella Nieolaus and "Al" Ruhman, her "gmrditn." came to the knowledge of the managers of the house. Jcdoe Rmxit. in the United States circuit court at Philadelphia, decided in favor of the Sugar trust iu the suit brought by tho government to have set aside, as illegal, the taking of the

Philadelphia refineries into the trust The bill of complaint was dismissed. Twkxtv-fovi: of the rioting miners from Mansfield. Pa., were lodged in the Allegheny county jail on the ".Oth. Tin: initial step looking to the eonversion of the Ohio canals into electric waterways was taken in the general assembly on the 20th. There is little probability that the naval committee will report an appropriation for new ships at the present session of congress. The Swedish bark Wilhelm, bound, with coal, from Swansea for Alciente. was wrecked on the coast of Cornwall on the :0th. The captain of the bark and live of her crew were dt owned. LiEfT. Lfc.v Ivanokf and his brother Stajan were convicted, on the 30th, of conspiring to murder Prince Ferdinand of llulgaria. Luca was sentenced to fifteen years imprisonment and Stajan to three years. Princess Marie Loi ise, wife of Fer dinand, prince of llulgaria, was accouched of a son on the 30th. The prince and prineess were married April 20, 103. The special elections in the Four teenth ami Fifteenth congressional districts of New York, on the 30th, result ed in the election of Lemuel E. Qttitrir (rep.) in the former and Isador Strauss (dem.) in the latter. The Fourteenth district had formerly given nearly 0,000 democratic majority. Owi.vo to the illness of Attorney Trude. of the prosecution and Attorney Wade, for the defense, argument for a new trial in the case of Patrick E. , Prendergast, the murderer of Mavor Harrison of Chicago, has been again continued by Judge llrcntauo until the 14th. A further loss of 400.000 in gold was reported, on the 31st, at the treasury, leaving the gold balance on that day at föj.SOO.OOO, or a loss during the month of January of ?1.";,000,000, or at the rate of $500.000 a day. Ox the 31st Thomas It. Ferguson, of Maryland, was nominated by the president to be envoy extraordinary and 4 minister plenipotentiary of the United St:ites to Sweden and Norway. 1 Fifteex cases of small-pox had, up to the 31st. developed at Lewisburg, W. Va. The greatest vigilance on the part of the authorities had failed to stop the spread of the disease. St. Rose Catholic chur?h in Cincinnati was burued on the 31st Los, 550,000; insurance, less than 520.000. A xt'MiiER of striking puddlers at i Moorhead's iron mills, Sharpsbnrg. Pa., made an attack on the nineteen or twenty men who were at work in the mill shorty before midnight on , the 30th, and drove them out of tho ! mill. The directors of the Rank of En- i glaud, at their regular weekly meet- i ingon the 1st, reduced the bank's rate of discount from 3 per cent to tjf per ! cent. : It was announced from St. Peters- j burg, on the 1st. that all danger to the czar from his sickness was past The great silk stores of Favre fc ( Ltotix. in Lyons, France, were burned on tne 1st I The widow of the late French paint I er Millet died in Paris on the 1st LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 2d, Mr. Vilas occupied almost the entire session speaking to an amendment to the Stewart resolution declaring the authority of the Secretary of the treasury to ap ply the proceeds from the sale of bonds to impropriations made by congress, i The tariff bill was laid before the sen- ; ate and referred to the finance commit tee In the house the day wis devoted to the consideration of the Hawaiian resolution. Lr.Attrus of the Parnellite section of j the Irish parliamentary party hare is sued a manifest declaring that the liberal government's rule in Ireland is a failure. It does not differ from tory j government, and has been marked by s-ecret inquisitions, evictions and jury t packing. Home rule, it says, has been pushed aside, and it is therefore neces sary to restore Ireland to her old posi tion of "blocking the way. ' Geo. W. Childs, ptiblisherof the Phil adelphia Public Lcdger,whose world wide philanthropy was his most distinguishing characteristic, and whose success in the chosen avocation of his life was remarkable, died at his home in Philadelphia, at 3 o'clock on the morning or the 3l, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy sustained some two weeks previous. Tin: senate committee on territories having under eonsider.it ion the bill ad mitting Arizona as a state of the Union gave a hearing, on the 2d, to a delegation in behalf of the bill, headed by ' Wiley E. Jones, district attorney of , Graham county, Ariz. i All of the furniture factories in Grand Rapids. Mich., are now running on either full or part time, having or ders enough to keep them busy until July, when the next semi-annual fur niture sale opens. , A OMR with a lighted fuse attached was found on the first lloor of the city hall at Versailles on the 2d. The burning fuse was extinguished, nnd the bomb was turned oi to the po-j lice. j A dispatch received at the French ministry of marinu from Gen. Dodds, the French commander in Dahomey, , said that King l'chanzin had surren- j dered and would le sent to Senegal. j l.r.i: Sano, a Chinese highbinder, was I hanged at San Qnenttn, Cal., on the 2d, for the murder of u fellow-countryman. Tiiitocon daily train service between Vancouver, R. C., and Seattle, Wash., has Wen inaugurated. M. Francois Coppe. the wcll-know French litterateur, is seriously ilL

IN JUAN A STATE NEWS. At Anderson, Mrs. Patrick Cain wa fatally burned by her clothing taking tire from a gas stove. Mr. Cain is tin mother of fourteen children. At Muncie, Ethel Royce was arrested for cruelty to her 3-year-old daughter. The woman is charged with holding tho ends of the child's lingers against tho stove until they were fairly cooked. She says she was breaking the little one from burning paper about the house. Receiver Hawkins, of the Indianapolis National bank, has settled the VM.QQQ indebtedness of the widow of the late Vice President Colfax and Sehuyler Colfax, jr., for $25.000. CotNTY Arinroi: M, R. VocrM dropped dead the other night at his home iu llrazil.

Fori: thousand men in Indianapolis , are out of work, and the problem is bej coming serious. At Crawfordsville the grand jury has indicted ISO citizens for participating ' in nifties. The proceeds of the enterprise had been devoted to the poor. Parmanvs Homier, of Hope, attempted to assault Mrs Ed. Carroll and her daughter, Letha. the other night, and to avoid arrest jumped froia a second story window and escaped. Howard Parks, a boy of 20 years, died at Moore's Hill, the other night, by an act of his own hand, lie left a note addressed to his mother, in which he said that he had more troubles than he could bear, and that he was sick and tired of life. The Muncie Commercial and Real Estate exchange ha been organized by one hundred of the best citizens of Muncie, and will see that the metropolis of the gas belt is pushed with renewed vim and vigor. The following gentlemen are officers: President T. F. Rose; vice president. T. II. Kirby, secretary, W. A. Sampson: treasurer, A. J. Williams. Oscar Thrall, son of a prominent resident of Kokotno, while returning 'from church at West Liberty, the other night, accompanied by two young ladies, was instantly killed by being thrown from the buggy while racing with other young people. The girls with him were also badly hurt, one perhaps fatally. The ten-thousand-dollar damage suit of Lizzie Miller against the E. and I. Railtoad Ca, at Petersburg, was settled in the Daviess circuit court, the jury finding a verdict for the defendant The plaintiff's husband was killed by a running train on the 11 nndI. a year ago last February. Francis Mcrpjiv, assisted hy his son William, began a series of Gospel temperance lectures the other night at the M. II church, Redkey. There were over three hundred signers. Scores of people were unable to get in the church. Senator Joh.v Yaroa died at his home in Richmond at the advanced age of 02 years. Smith Elder fell on a handsaw he was operating in Lesh's factory, Wartaw. It cut off his arm and part of his shoulder blade. He will die. At Richmond John Evans filed suit the other evening, against the Pennsylvania railroad for $20,000 damages for thi loss of u hand while coupling cars. John Hacgen Craic, an ex-Kentuck-ian who now resides in Danville, is said to be the largest man on earth He .vas born and raised in Rourbon county, near Flat Rock. He is 37 years old and weighs 007 pounds. At birth he weighed 11 pounds; when 11 months old he weighed 77. when 2 years old he tipped the beam at 20(5; at 5 years old he weighed 302: at 13, 405: at 20, 701; at 30, S00, at 31, S30, and now !K)7. Theke arc ATA', pupils in the Home for tho Feeble Minded at Ft- Wayne, the largest number in the homo's history. The cold weather of the past few days, during which the thermometer has registered below zero, has developed much suffering at Columbus Ry the closing of the factories many workmen have been actually starving-. The Indiana supreme court has affirmed the decision of the Porter circuit court in the contested election cas: of Joseph Sego vs. Heber .Stoddard. Two years ago Stoddard was the republican and Sego the democratic candidate for sheriff in Porter county. Stoddard received three more votes than .cgo. The democrats contested the election, which was decided in Stoddard's favor. Lemiel Railev. a member of the Muncie bar, charged with stealing two stacks of hay from his neighbor, was acquitted in the circuit court Miss Edna Maoi.ey, the 10-year-old daughter of Albert Magier, a mail carrier, had a beautiful head of auburn hair. She lives with her grandmother at Indianapolis, and the other evening she received a visit from her father and accompanied him to the electric car, a short distance away, and then returned home. As she was entering the gate an unknown party threw a heavy cloth over her head, and before she could free herself, or give the alarm her hair was closely clipped off. The girl had no enemies and was a general favorite. It is supposed that her hair was taken for the purpose of profit only, as it was very long, heavy and of unusual beauty. The death of Mayor Wagner, of Madison, has brought out a Inrjre num ber of aspirants for term. The outcome of certain. the unexpired the fight is tinNo. 4 shaft, north of Rrazil, belonging to the Crawford Coal Co., was destroyed by lire the other night. Tho large engine and boiler and other valuable machinery was greatly damaged. The loss will be heavy, but is covered by insurance. The origin of the fire is unknown. Qi'Ite a fceiisation was caused by tho filing of a $5,000 damage suit against John Neff by Riley G. Goodwin and wife for slander at Muncie. The parties are well known. "James Helms, assistant master mechanic of the Louisville, Evansvillo and St Louis railway, died at his home iu Prince ton.

THE TARIFF SILL.

Thi rioslnc of Iii' llrlwt Im the Ilomt Qf lt-pr-oiitiillr "d Filial I'mmhkp ef tl.. Uli. on Tariff lllll by Vole ot SB to 1 to. The weaker recognized Mr Heed. This wat the slKtiul for a sjwnt.iueotiH outburst of applause, which the speaker made no effort to check. Cheer an.l applause raua out over the allerlei, w hleh continued for vuae time. Few speakers In the house have ever had i trainier audience handln; upon their word There was not a varant mvic lo Imj seen In tho house. .Mr. Uoa.1 um I for awlillu inileliy ami neirposscsBeil bcshle hit desU. the cynosure, of nil ejes. an lwhc"! the enthuslista hud utwU!ml. proceo le Ho address tho house la oppoiltlou to the l.lll. .Mr. I.Vo.1 c-onclu led hli remarks at 1 :3f. andd deafening applause an I cheers from lht ruIlerles ami the members on the floor. Mr. Hee.t vr.it foil me I ly Mr Crlfp. nml k by Jlr. Vlls.i:i. who In concludln his remarks sall that If the coming roll call shoul 1 h winhive red hi th aftlrniatlve. he would he uratlnVd beyond expression. The "roll call" he s.iid. will not be entered only upon the records of this congress, l ut entered In the initials of history nml on the hearts of the iople of this country. Traitors und lat;srts In tho battleof progress, reform and freedom have no place In history. In the name of Freedom a:id of Honor. I Miminon every deinoer.it iu this botou to the support of this hill. The tumultiiousness of tho ovation to Mr. VUon exceeded that accorded to either Mr. Heed or Mr. t'rlsp. and it was several mlnuis before the speaker could announce that thu previous ijuestlon ha l lieenord-rcd upm tho bill and pending amendments. This was d jihj nt 3:iH: I'ut th" eonfusiori on the tloor was so ureat that the clerk could not 1; heard. When he N'k'an t read the demand was made that the itiHir t cleared. This occasioned a further delay, und It was 3;t." t efore the consideration of the amendments was besun. The speaker announced that the vote would first to taken on Mr Tawney's amendment raising the dut.on barley from 2 per cent to 22 cents per taishel and on malt from 3) ier cent, to .t cents per bushel. Mr Itoehwoou mide thj point of order that s tho amendment had not been considered In committee of tho whote It could not be acted on In the house. The npeaker had the spclal ordr read that nil amendments sdopt.-d In committee of the whole, as well as those pending ut the time ihe bill was reported to the house, should Ik acted on In the bouse, and accordingly overruled the point or order. Tho yeas anJ nays were ordered on Mr. Tawney's amendment, and It was defeated: Yeas, pi); rays, vjt. Mr. Wilson's amendment raising the duty on barley from ?J per cent to per cent, nd valorem and on barley malt frota DJ per cent to X per cent was then voted on aad ujreed to: Venn. 3)1: nays. 111. Separate, votes were demanded oa the following amendments, adopted In committee or the whole: Oa ihe amendment providing that the wool paragraph should take effect August 2. 1KI: the amendment striking out the reciprocity clau.se of the p-troleum schedule, and the income tax nmeadment. The other amendments llnflutling the two Important amendments of the sugar schedule, the repealing of the bounty on sugar, and the Warner amendment putting refined sutrar ou the free list) were agreed to. on a viva vo.-Cj vote. There was a difference of opinion as to wnlch amendment lo the wool schedule should ls voted on. Johnson's provid-d that the wool schedule shoul 1 take effect immedl.itely after ihe 1 111 is passed. This was agreed to la committee of the whole, but subsequently the committee, at Mr Wilson s Instance, adopted an amendment, .striking out nil after the tlrst three worls of the Johnson amendment, anInserted -August 2, 1WI for raw wool, and December 2, 1WI. for woolen manufactures." Considerable confusion existed as to whether the Wilson amendments only should be voted on. or the Johnson amendment also. Tho Rpeaker held that as the Johnson amendment had been tavorably acted on In committee, it should nlo t-e reported to the house. Mr. Dingley inquired what would happen la case the Johnson amendment was lost and ths Wilson amendments should be carried. Inasmuch as the latter Included several words wntalncd in the rormer. The speaker reptle I that the house would then l c In an awkward position, but still hel l that the Johnson amendment should be voted on. 1 his was done, and the Johnson amendment was agreed to, Ths vote was inch taken on Mr. "Wllson'a first amendment, and it also was carried oa a standing votj or 215-j-eas to 17 nays. Tho second amendment was also carried an a rising vote: Yeas. ISM: nays 4i The effect U to fix the date of the wool schedule at August 2, aaJ of the woolf-n schedule oa Decembers. Th-amendment striking off the provision regarding reciprocity on petroleum was agreed toon a standing vote: Yeas. ird; nays. On the internal revenue amendment Mr. Cockraa asked If the prrijoslttons couid lo inviiicd and n eparaie vote taken on tho income nx feature, but the speaker held that it could not. Mr. Cockran then called for tho yeas and nays on the entire amendments, and It was carried amid applause: Yea, is::: nays, .V). With few exceptions the republicans refrained from voting on this "proposition. The amendments in committee having all been agreed to In the boufc. the question was upon the cngrosilr.g and third reading of th bill, an I it wxs agreed to. A motion to recommit was then dcfeateJ by a vote of 103 to ITT. the announcement of the vote being greeted with loud applaus. The speaker then put the question, -Shall the bill pass" and the yeas an.: nays being de- I mantled on this, the roll was called amidst the most intense Interest on the floor ami In tho galleries. As the names of the doubtful demo crats were reached and they vofd -ayo" or "no' applause, cheers and sometimes goodnaturetl bantering followe 1 their votes. The greatest applause followed Mr. Cockran's vote of ayc" and also Mr. Cummings negativ vote and the affirmative votes of liverett Gejssenhalmer. Ixickwood. Magner. McAleer. Tracey. llsltzhoovcr. Warner. Ulanchard and Dontner. Upuoliran applause greeted tho vot"s In the negitlve or Campbell. Cover. Oummlngs, Davey Iaj. Geary (Cal.i, Haines. Price iIai, Robertson tl.n. i. S-hermerhorn. Sibley. Sickles nml Sperrry. When the names or Mr. Wilson nnd the speaker were called great cheers greeted their answers of "Aye." The populists all voted for the bill cxrept Mr. Xewland. The vote was announced nt 5:.5 oVlocl: as follows: Vc.is. -JO; nays. 110. The bill was rie. laretl pissed, with a wild skoa from the floor and tun gallerb-s. A later nnd more careful examination of tho vote showed that 531 ha. I voted for the bill. Including th apenker. The announcement was rrreptctl with cheers and .ipplnus in the gab krles and on Un lloor. which continued until the house adjourned. The absentees-cm the vote numbered thirteen, f whom Messrs. Hopkins I'a.innd Sweet (Idahoi had ten In attendance during tho lnv, but were compelled to leave before the roll rail. A pliyslrlnn was present with Mr. Hopkins. Mr Stevens, a member of the-committee on ways atn' means, did not vote. The usual motion to reconsider and to J.17 on the tawe were made by Mr. WlHon end were lurried, nnd the houso then, at 5:.V, adjournud till to-morrow at 12 o'clock Trouble, In rortiiRiil. London, Feb. 2. The representative In Lisbon of the United Press writes to the London office that the censor has refused to allow telegraphic messages giring details of the troubles in Oporto to be transmitted. He says in tho letter that on January 2 there was f-erious rioting in Oporto. The trouble wns due to the disaffection growing out of new and vexatious taxation, and tho action of the government in forbidding the meetings called by the chamber of commerce societies, ahopkeepers and the various Industrie to protest against the taxes.

WEEKLY TRADE REVIEW. Thi CtindltloH nf Trail TliroiiS,IIt (h Country a Kell.clrd Uy U. a, , IV. Weekly Kevl. vr Tim Su,f ,. tli lloiiil lame I'riiiuUi-H u Fn-sh In prill tu limine. Which M,.,w, (iritiluul but Mi-u.ly liniirnenu ui -H, lirr for the Week. Kir. New Youk. IVb. 3. 11. G. nn t Co.'s weekly review of trade, issued today, says: A fresh Impulse bun been given to busin this week by tho .success of the Treasury in tabling rold for Its reserve, thus irmgihu conlldeiict) In Its ability to maintain Kol4tn incuts. Tho revenue had lallen ort so tiu. 1 and the prospects for iho ban tooled. ua. favorable, until financial Institutions h. ri,u. elded to carry It thr.nu-h, that h.mi unntiy about the monetary futur was natural n. vestments In the ordinary sense lmv i,.-, n f. ferted very little, and while nmr demati t, time loans has ap-arel. the innm-v 1.1 irk. . can not to expected to change mue.i Ut, ..,-, KO.iM) cash In th'i banks an 1 m ir . ..miD , from the Interior, while th-j treasury a',, compelcd to pay out more than It now re . :re in taxes Gradual Improvement In business cx.,i,iin, ihe appearance or more rnmnicnial pap-r in the market this we -k th.in has been se-:. fr a lor-- time, though, as jet. th. vast a.-, inn lation of Idle funds Is proof enough thai tm, has by no means regained norma! poriirt...n Industrial recovery continues, tltoucb ! 1. ., ,t gradual, in response to the demand t,f a p whose consumption nt the lowest 1 wr .r than that ot any other country, and i,,..re mills are now at work. It Is well f,.r t,e country that .speculation has not t ;,n. lated thus fur to dangerous ventures n a: tit ruction, ant! the markets are tni'iMiallv fr. from disturbing excitement, storks luv. leen stronger since the result 11s lo the Nmw was foreshadowed. In spite of coMijme 1 ;;. !ng oa foreign account, which reached mu.v thousand .Marcs In I'nion l'a ine au i the slow improvement in railroad earnings In fact, though earnings nveivoi f,r thi month of January thus far uro sm:ilr tv r. 1

I er cent, than last year, a less decr-ase th.m appearel In December, and ihe loss f .r tiio latest wek Is hut H 0 per cent-, the d.f! t-u-.. may bo attributed to less ssvere weather th .ri prevailed a year ago. rather than to ra .r immanent causes Oa t! ranger and ot'i r -t-em roads the decrease Is about 19 jn-r r.and while southern roads gained in fre ;ir earnings, the tosmigo of western an 1 tr n lines is greatly riduood. and lighter than f jr many years. All stocks advanced about fR cents p"r share in the average, and tho new agreement nf trunk lines as to freights has l-ea comp et -d Other speculative markets hav been ;,. it stagnant. Wheat has advanced about om hvf cent because western receipts were only I Ii i'JI bushels for tho week, against U.Kn.O) .jst els last year- though there nre no si.ns nf material decrease. In the enormous visii! ,r ply and Atlantic exports dwindled to DUO) bushels for tho week, ajalnst l.l'JI.ITI last ear Smaller receipts nntl exports ot cjrn hawr,ot prevented a slight decline, and pork uroJa. : are dull without Important change. Cotton advanced a shade, but clos-d with change from last week, receipts tnan the plantations exceeding last year's, though ! than or late, whilo exjiort.s conti mi- Ur r thannyearago. Foreign consumption Isiie.uy. tut American mills are taking much less ttua a year ago. The market tor cotton goods has a isti tone, nnd more staples have In-en tak-ti pit tbularly print cloths, with dlght advan e a prices, but all qualities urn extremely low und scarcely any increase In tho working fo: li seen. Some demoralization Is ngaln report! !a prices of woolens. Tries having been re l'.ej In price, and trado In overcoatings Is not sasfactory. There Is more activity (n s iniojs slnco tho date for new duties was def. rrcl. but not many lines of the Letter grades are yet on the market Howard casslmers are quoted at il.50, against !l.J last year. Spring goods nre offered at a heavy sacrliice, but there is more business In dress goods, nnd tapestry carpets are in better demand, while some lines of brussels have been reduced In price. Sales of wool are still small; for the week t.T.o, against SMTP. UM last year. Kastern trade In boots and shoes still hesitates, with Hoston shipments 2J per cent fxv low last year's; lmt western factories nre reported a, little better employed, about V pr cent, below their full capacity. Larger demand for structural Iron and stc-;. for railway material exsept rails, for lar '! wire nnd especially for wire rails nn wr roils, (fives a better look to the Iron tn-t jstrv toth cast and west Chicago 11 ' s illstlnct Improvement; nt Pittsburgh ! -ness is larger though prices do t gain: and even nt Philadelphia tr. Is better toh for pig and finished pro:', 's white encouragement is found m thi ta'i ttw prices do not further decline Only f- r . the eleven sta.-ks of ihe Thomas Iron ( ur In operation, and of Conncllsvillo coke..s. i b against t. ICH arc Idle, offers hav!t'."n made as low as s cents, facts whlih int.-a that the improvement is not great as ye ' t there are r -ported heavy sales of billets aud wire ro is at slightly better pru es. Twoevi f of some not'J are n sale of 1 ecmer p. at Cleveland for 110 nnd tho capture of ar. tler fori sixty miles of wrought iron pipef'-r Canadian company by tho American v. works. Domestic exports for four weeks have . - II nerccnt lower than a year ngo, while . -jwrts have been 37 ier cent smaller. Customs receipts for January were l ot 3M WKili against i2t,COiiiO Inst year a. ! h denily the suecens In tho alo of bond . .1 matter of h'gh Importance. Failures for tho rek have tcn 3v$in th" United States, acalnst 2T.5 last year, an t V r. C&nnda against -16 last year, the list Intlu i two of over a quarter of a million each. A MUNICIPAL WRECK. A General Keduct Ion rr:iry to S Chi eng from llaiikrnptry. Chicago. Feb. X The Hvenlng says: Salaries of the city employe are to be cut to the bone. The pol v nml fire departments are to be reduce !. and every man drawing city pay as high as 5700 a year will be compeVd to give his share of it for the general good. This is a necessity it wotiM seem. The situation is serious and unless something of that kind K done Chicago will find itself on the brink of a financial precipice. The comptroller's estimates, referred by the council to t ie finance committee, are just $2,lliP.,0 in excess of what the city can a Hordt pay without becoming bankrupt It is necessary to reduce these estimü by a matter of $:t,()03,0OD if the m-i-nieipality wants to avoid wreckim' itself. And that is just what is now be ing tried by this grand reduction tl expenses und numbers. A Chliiesr II iglibluiler Itiingrtt. San Fhancisco, Feb. 3. Lee Sane a Chinese highbinder, was hange 1 ni Sin tjuentin at 10:ir a. m. for t!i murder of a fellow-countryman. Fifty-Two Purins In Prussian ttiirneil Dare. JsJIest ltlllH.lN, T'eb. :t. A disastrous enllagration has occurred near Xcisse in Prussian Silesia. The lire burned over fifty-two farms, destroying the woib land and all thu dwellings upon then'The people were forced to lltft' for their lives, the flames spreadinK with great rapidity, and were able t ' save but few of their possessions. All their provisions, hay, grain and other farm products were consumed, nndtldl loss has entailed great misery. 'I'1 damage is plnced in the neighborhood of 2,000,00;) marks. .