Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 36, Number 32, Jasper, Dubois County, 20 April 1894 — Page 2

WEEKLY COURIER. C nOAKK, XuUUhor. JASPER. - INDIANA.

Tu Mehring sui bill formally passed its lirst rending in the house of lords, ou the 10th, without lehnte. Tiik ener.il elections in the Netherhinds resulted in the defeat of the government by a large majority. Tin: Union league ..ab of San Francisco gave a reception to ex-President Harrison on the night of the 10th. Tiik Rnmlian ministers of foreign nffairs, public works and linauee. tendered their resignations to President Peixoto on the 1:2th. Foil the tirst time since its initial march from Massillon, O.. the Coxey Commonweal army was storm-stayed at I'niontown, Pa., on the 10th. O.s the 10th Mrs. Patrick Mulstny. the wife of a New York stonecutter, gave birth to three boy babies, whose combined weight was thirty-live pounds. Mil C!i.AiSTo.Nr.made his appearance inthehoiiM. of commons on the 13th, and was present while the budget was being introduced by Sir William Vernon llarcourt. In Herman factories child labor, if not entirely abolished, has to a very great extant been done away with. In lsyj only 11.212 children under 14 years were so employed, as compared with 'J?. 4 s:, in 15'JD. " A TKiiitlPie and destructive storm prevailed along the Atlantic coast, on the 11th, doing much damage to shipping and other exposed property. Fourteen lives are known to have been lo-it along th" New .lersey coast. Amzik Sjutu, who for thirty years has been in charge of the senate document room, was taken suddenly ill at his desk, on the llth. and was at once removed to the senate library and put under the care of a phystcian. The trials of Francis Collin, Percival Coflln and A. S. l!eed. charged with aiditiir and abetting Theodore P. Hnugiiey in wrecking the Indianapolis national hank, were begun in the federal court at Indianapolis. Ind., on the 10th. Tub pope, in a special bulletin issued on the 10th, nominated Cardinal Rampolla, papal secretary of state, as archpriest of St. Peters. His holiness declares that this action is taken in recognition of the cardinal's great services to the church. Mil Wii.mam Wii.m:. the divorced husband of Mrs. Frank Leslie, of New York, was married in London by special license, recently, to Miss Sophia Lees, a young lady of Irish parentage, who is said to be very wealthy. The fact of the marriage was kept secret until the 12th. The French government has received advices from China that the Chinese at Hsianfu have burned the French mission at that place and maltreated and imprisoned the French missionaries. The government has determined upon demanding an explanation and apology. The house committee on inter-state and foreign commerce, on the llth, ordered favorably reported a bill prepared by the committee providing a retired list for otlicers of the revenue cutter service, by which all oflicers who are disabled are to be retired and given waiting-order pay. Wim.sTMtK.ui dissension has been eaused in the Oklahoma presbytery by n certain faction of young men voting old and tried ministers out of their fields against the wishes of the churches where they were serving and recommending certain personal friends, yet in college, for the places. The report of the late Sir (ien. Portal, who was British consul general and political agent at Zanzibar, has lieen issued. The report strongly urges the construction of a railway to the coast and the draining of the territory around the Victoria Nyanza with a view to the development of commerce in that region. The emperor of Japan celebrated his silver wedding on March 12 last, und, according to description, the magnificent yet refined style of the ceremonies -would be creditable to any European court. A notable feature of the entertainment was the rendition of music composed 1,500 years ago and dances adapted to it at that time by Prince Otsumi. .1. V. Woon, ex-treasurer of Calhoun county, Midi., and grand receiver of the A. O. U. V., has been missing .since March 26. His books are now 5n the hands of the oflicers of the organi.ation. who are investigating his accounls for six years the time he has held otlice anil up to the 0th they had found a shortage of over ?.",00'J in his accounts. AmtAiiAM (tCKKN died April 4 in Raton, N. M.. where he was on a visit to his son. He was probably the old- 1 est resident of Roone count v. Mo. lie i -was liorn near Lexington, Ky., in 1800, ami was in his ninety-fourth year when j he did. lie served in the Rlack Hawk wur, the Mexican war and four years in the confederate army, being wound- j ed several times. ' Di ut.vo a firo in Davidson's theater, j Milwaukee, early on the morning of , the Uth, the roof fell in, carrying down nearly si score of firemen, eight of j whom were cremated In the audi to- ! rium. while u ninth was killed lie lud der falling with him. The rest of thoe who went down with the roof were rescued by their mates, all of them, however, badly injured, some fatally. The Liliputians lost all of their valuable costumes and properties.

CU1MEXT TOriCS.

TEE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. In tue senate, on th Tita, after the iwsaso or some unimportant Mils an executive session , was held at wh.ch. aft t the transaction of I considerable routine business, consideration of the Cbtno.se treaty was taken up . In the house, no iuorum appearing oa one or two ; questions of n general interest, adjournment ' was hail at lothe eulogies upon too late senator UUa-oii. it' Louisiana. going over I In the senate, on the 9th. Mr Hill delivered ! his announced .speech In ommsitloti to the WIl . son tariff bill, and ostieelallr tho Income-tax j feature of u. which he denounced as "a I sen due of spoliation anil a sectional tux. I Mr Walsh, appointed to tilt the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Colquitt, of (leorgla was sworn in. Messrs. Mills. Allen and Harris i offered amendments to the rule, all of which went over, as dtd Mr- Wolcott's resolution as to the coinage of Mexican dollars. Filibuster j Ing ngatnst Mr Harris" motion to hnve the i tariff bill read in full occupied the remainder of the session In the house.it being Dis trict of Columbia day. the following bills were passed. Establishing additional harbor rcgu latlons tor the district, regulating the sale of ga; requiring street car companies to cancel tickets when once used, and to authorize the j adoption of children in the district In the senate, on the lOtta. It was agreed that j for the rem Inder of the week the tariff bill should be taken up each day at 1 p. m. and the I discussion continued until s o'clock. Mr. IXKlge. of Massachusetts, spoke against the bllL Mr. Wolcott's resolution looking to the ( coinage of Mexican standard dollars at the mints of the United States was agreed to . .. In the house the jwst oftlce appropriation bill occupied most of the session. The resolution to prevent the bureau of engraving and printing from manufacturing postage stamps was defeated. IN the senate, on the llth. Senator Hale siwke again'. Urn tariff bill, giving particular attention to tin.- effect of the promised bill on the question of Canadian annexation, to which he said It would tx a death blow, and this consideration alone should defeat the measure. The further urgent deficiency bill was consid ered for two hours, but went over without final action In the house the republicans refused to vote upon the motion to discharge the order of arrest of members made March 26. which left the hous without a quorum, and at 1 "10 p. in. an adjournment was taken. IN the senate on the i;th. Mr. IVffer deliv ered the third part of his speech on the tariff Mit. The further urgent deficiency bill was under ulscn-ion for two hour, but had not been disposed of when the ennte adjourned. In the house the reotution to line mem bers absent without leave, or being present, failing to vote. wa. after much filibustering, declared by the speaker to be curried, although voted upca by le- than a quorum. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. RieiiAim VwsTEjt. the last of the eccentric millionaire Wister brothers, of Philadelphia, who have made their home in Atlantic City. N. J,, for several vears, died, on the night of the Sth, of a broken heart. Ever since the death of his brother Lewis, which occurred a few weeks ago, he had grieved incessantly and had refused to touch food . The highest court of Mexico has confirmed the sentence of death recently passed upon Charles Adams, the American, who murdered a waiter in a restaurant in the city of .Mexico three years ago. Adams comes of n prominent family of New Orleans, and the American colony have used every effort to have his .sentence lightened without success. Ht'KDUEDs of counterfeit silver dollars and halves have been circulating in Lafa3'ette, Ind., of late. The coins were of good color and well executed, but of light weight and easily cut witli a knife. George Closson and William Hilt were arrested, on the fcth, and a quantity of the bogus was found in their possession. Ahvicks from Rluefields, Mosquito reservation, show a very critical condition of affairs there and a very ugly feeling existing between the Nicnraguans. who are in possession of the government, and the Americans, who are the dominating commercial, financial and political elements of the country. The heaviest hail-storm in the history of Oklahoma and Kansas, attended with great damage to crops and unprotected live stock, fell on the evening of the Sth. The hailstones were very large, and much damage was done to buildings, while growing vegetables and wheat In man places were driven into the earth. The list of members of congress who will not be candidates for renominatiou is .swelling. Mr. Ellis, of the (livensboro (Ky.) district, joins Mr. Paynter, of the same state, in declaring an intention to go back to the practice of law. Mr. Ellis has served three terms. Fhank Kennedy was crushed to death and Frederick Koenig perhaps fatally injured taneath an elevator in the Columbus Cloak Co. 's store in Chicago, on the Sth. The men were making some repairs to the elevator, wheu the cage fell upon them. On the night of the Sth, about 8 o'clock, a severe wind and rain-storm visited Iturlington, Kns., ami vicinity, doing a large amount of damage to property and killing considerable stock. As far as heard from the damage will amount to ?.0,000 or 100,000. FtliE wasdiscovered in the large brick store of W. IL fc T. Carnahan at Findlay. O., on the Mb. Prompt work saved the building which is one of the finest in northwestern Ohio. The entire stock on the first lloor was ruined, the loss amounting to $10.000; insurance, ?7,000 on stock and 820,000 on building. The announcement is made on good utthority thntllmld Doble, the famous horseman, hasdtcided to drive no more races. He will retire from active work, except the general superintendency of his interests. All the driving is to be intrusted to his assistant, John II. Dickinson. Cuol.KttA is spreading In Constantinople in an alarming manner. Tiik bark Relmont, of Hosten, from Trinidad for Hoston, with i,H",7 bags of sugar, consigned to the American .Sugar Refining (o., went ashore on Ileacon Hill bar, near Chatham, Ma.s., during the storm on the night of the 8th, anil is a total wreck. Six of the eruw were lost and three drifted ashore on a spar. The Relmont mill at Wheeling, W. Va., resumed, on the 10th, after ten months' idleness, employing .100 men. The operating of this mill will start other departments oon, giving employment to ncarlv 1,000 id'e hum!.

The agricultural department will

soon issue a bulletin on the San .loso scale of California, considered the most serious parasite with which California fruit growers have to contend. Active measures will also be taken by the department to destroy the insect in all localities where it may be found. John Omauam, of New York, the famous criminal lawyc died on the Oth. following the ..rwputatlon of his right leg the day before. Ii v an explosion of dynamite In a dynamite laboratory near Docmitz, in Mecklenburg-Schwerin, ou the 0th, the bodies of three workmen were literally blown to the winds, while live others were horribly mangled and fatallj- injured. The wreckage of the buildings was strewn about the adjacent fields, some of the debris being carried half a mile away. A pasta nni.v attempt was made at Huron, 0., at midnight of the 0th, to wreck train No. !, the east-bound flyer, on the Lake Shore road. Hy the merest accident the attempt was discovered in time to prevent what would have proved a rival of the great Ashtahula disaster. Ceoiuu: Wiu.iam Thomas Rhüden-KM.-RitrcK, marquis of Ailesbury, died in London on the 10th. He was born in 1SG3. The Frothingham arcade, one of the finest four-story business blocks in Seranton, Pa., was completely destroyed bv fire on the morning of the 10th. The second trial of Richard S. Heath, charged with the murder of Louis 15. McWhirter, a prominent politician of Fresno, Cal., resulted, on the llth, in another disagreement, the jury, which had been out five days, standing ten for conviction and two for acquittal. The Fnited Mineworkers' conven tion at Columbus, O., on the llth, or dered a general strike, to begin April 21. The snow at Northumberland and Pdoomsburg, Pa., was two feet deep, on the llth, and still falling. The Rock Island officials have com plimented Engineer J. D. McKinney and presented him with a $2.10 gold watch for ignoring the signal of train robbers a few months ago and preventing a lmld-up. Six of the shots fired at the engineer struck the cab. DrisiNO the temporary absence at noon, on the 12th, of the clerk and cashier of the Wallace Exchange bank at Reaver Falls, Pa., a thief, who had gained an entrance to the celler. cut a hole through the vault floor and robbed the bank of $3,500 in cash, making good his escape and leaving no clew to his identity. The town of Relview, Minn., had a narrow escape from being completely destroyed by fire on the 12th. Eleva tors belonging to Mulford Elevator Co. and the Inter-State Grain Co., of Min neapolis, were burned, witli 0,000 bushels of grain; loss, 50,000. Maioii, the anarchist, who was ar rested in Paris, on the llth, on suspicion of having exploded a bomb in front of the house of Judge Pele, in Argeuntel, was liberated on the 12th, for want of evidence. A natuhai. gas explosion wrecked the home of William Malseed, of McKecsport. Pa., on the 12th. Mrs. Mal seed and her 12-year-old daughter Etlie were fatally burned by the explosion. Two NOToitiocs anarchists having a loaded bomb in their possession were arrested in Rome on the llth. The budget was approved by the ministers at the Rrltish cabinet meet ing on the 12th. LATE NEWS ITEMS. .V the senate, on the 13th. after routine morning business, considera tion of the urgent deficiency bill was resumed, but it went over without ac tion. Mr. Peffer delivered the fourth installment of his speech on the tariff bill, and was followed bv Mr. Mitch ell, who spoke in criticism of the meas ure .In the house filibustering began as soon as the journal had been read. Mr. Routtlle objecting to Its ap proval. Failing to secure a voting quorum, the house, at 1 o'clock, ad journed. PltlNCE RlSMAF.CK has dncidod i o re main in Friedrichsruhe until June, when he will go to Vn resin and stay there until August. Afterwards ife will perhaps go to Hingen and other places in the Rhine country in response io tue urgent invitation of friends. Da VII Drni.KY Fikm. of New York. died suddenly, on the morning of the i.uii, oi pneumonia. He had just returned from a five-months' sojourn in Europe. Mr. Field was so vears old. His estate is valued at between S.100.000 and ? 1,000,000. JciiOE Dr.vnv. of Omaha. Neh.. decided, on the l.'lth. that the office men and other monthly-paid employes of mc union raeilie railroad may have their .salaries restored if. in the itidirment of the receivers it ought to he done. Mit. AN Mns (Il.APSTOXE arrived in London from Hawarden on the lath. They drove immediately to the residence of Lord Aberdeen, at Dollis Hill, where thev were to remain dnr. ing their stay in the metropolis. Thomas Fi.vnn. one of thu siriko leaders in the Connellsville tPa.l enk district, was arrested at Scottdale, on thel.ttli, and taken to Uniontown iail. charged with complicity in the murder oi.i. ii. ruddock. Civil. WAithas-ajrain broken out in the Samoan islands. Several engagements have lieen fought between the government troops and insurgeriLs, witii a number of lcilled'and wounded on hnfli sides. Mu.Siikm.ev. a well-known Atnerieim demist in Paris, committed suicide, on the 13th, by shooting himself i n Hin head. He had suffered of late from melancholia. A t.ATE disnatch from Rinftentul Sol says that the Hrazilian troops had completely routed the Insurgents in that state. Horn branches of the New York legislature adjourned, on the 13th, out of respect to the inemore nf Ijnvlrl

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INDIANA STATE NEWS. Ax Infant of Joseph Huddleson, near Decker, Knox county, Is su Hering from hydrophobia. The baby, it is supposed, was bitten by a pet pup with which it plays. At Shelbyvtlle, a few days ago, Cameron 1. Lynipus. guardian of William Drake, tin insane epileptic, received information that Drake had been granted an increase of pension to ?72 a month, and back pay to the amount of fS.30T.00. 11. H. Elliott, founder of the new Kerr house, at Marion, 0., has taken possession of the Hotel Anderson at Anderson, this state. IL W. Stekck, a well-known manufacturer who has been in Anderson and Muncie for some time, has disappeared very mysteriously. He was a radical A. P. A. mau. "CiitAxmiA" Goene.v, who lacked 11 months of being 110 years old, died at Indianapolis, a few days since. Against the nickel-in-the-slot machines Superintendent of Police Meagher, of Terre Haute, has commenced a vigorous warfare. Joe Cahmack, once a prominent stock dealer of Franklin, attempted suicide by shooting himself through the head The act was committed iu a saloon. The ball entered the right temple and took a downward course, lodging in the left cheek. His reasons for wishing to die was that he had no money and was tired of life, it is thought that he will live, but his eyesight has been destroyed. While returning on the special train from the Methodist conference at l'dufton, the other night, Claude Roebuck, a young man of Decatur, fell from the train and broke his leg. lie also received internal injuries which will prove fatal. A O-YEAit-oi.n daughter of James West, residing four miles east of Scottsburg. was playing outdoors witli fire, when her clothes caught and she was so horribly burned that she died. The child's mother was also seriously burned about the arms in trying to save her daughter. Fkank Nicholas, a prominent miner of Rrazil, was fatally injured by a premature explosion. Hauvey, the IC-vear-old son of Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Vail, of Vaii's Mill, was killed the other day by the accidental discharge of a shotgun. A ciiKCKEH tournament is being arranged for in Columbia City. Loris Smith, of l'aola, has a chicken with four legs"and three wings. At Greenwood, Oliver Sheet's barn, with three fine stallions, burned. Loss, SI, CC0. A LooANspoinr inventor has patented

a rat trap that has caught as man as eighteen rodents atone setting. At Greenfield the city offices have been moved into new and comtnoiiiouj quarters. At Frankfort in the Christina Smel-zer-William Wilson breach of promise suit the jury returned a verdict of ?l,b0C for the plaintiff. The Anderson state militia company, stricken with the Coxev craze, wants tc march to Indianapolis to attend the next state encampment. Chwu.k.1 IlENSEit'rf sawmill and lum ber yard, near Grand View, burned the other night Loss, $10.000; small in surance. James Gums, a Kokotno plate-glass worker, caught a German carp in Wild cat river that weighed eighteen and one-half pounds. Geohoe McititAY, a resident of Pierceton, was thrown under the wheels of a lreight train, from which he was en deavoring to alight, the other morning. and killed. At Vincennes Henry Fossmevcr, in attempting to break a balky horse a few days ago, attached a chain to the animal's lower jaw and hitched it behind a wagon drawn by two horses. The refractory animal refused to go, and was dragged until its jaw was pulled on. It had to be shot to put it out of its misery. Ross' oPEit.v liorsE, Fnion City, was packed the other evening, the occasion being the celebration of thu twentyninth anniversary of Lee's surrender. CoL I. N. Walker, senior vice commander-in-chief of the grand army; Gen. Jasper Packard, of New Albany;

Hon. John K. Gowdy, Judge M. E. Forkner, of New Castle: Hon. Thomas Shockney and Mrs. Josie Nelson, of Fnion City, were presented and made short addresses. A state militia company of 54 men has been organized at .shelbyville. The oil refinery at Whiting is said to be about the largest in the world. Coi.L'MiiU.s claims to have the biggest cooperage concern iu the Fnited States. Tiikiii: are 100 empty dwellings in I '.rav.il. The free soup house at Richmond has closed. , An electric firo alarm system is being put iu nt Madison. Tin: new tile factory at Columbus is about ready for business. Li.ovn McGcinnls, a wealthy farmer of Homer, near Shelby ville, suicided by taking carbolic acid. The General Power and Quick Transit Ca, of South Rend, has incorporated, the object being to construct an electric road from South Rend to Mishawaka. Capital, $100,000. Mlts. Al.Vl.v Vi.NYAitn. of Florida, was instantly killed thu other morning by being struck by a Pan Handle train as she attempted to cross the track at Anderson. A da ma ok suit for $3,000 was filed at Richmond by G E. Caldwell against W. H. Stcen for injuries received by thu bite of a dog belonging to the latter. Cor.t'Mitrs is aroused on account of a decision by the supreme court by which Cyrus Hrown, who murdered his wife, gets a new trial. Hrown was to have been hanged on April 20. The cause of the granting of a new trial was on account of the drunkenness of a Juror pending the trial of the ca.v. The Muncie bricklayers' union r fused to accept a reduction of 10 cents nn hour for work and a strike is now B.

DAVID DUDLEY FIELD

r.M'r A !)' nt the Iti-slUt'iico of HI llMiiulitt r in New- York City, After mi lllne uf Duly Oni liny-- He wm 80 Yeurs Old mid Hud Juot lttunieit from it Tour f Klimpe, Proud of III StrenKtli ami l.'iidiiraiifc New Yop.k, April U. David Dudley Field died of pneumonia at 3 o'clock yesterday morning at the residence of his duughtc r-in-liiw, Mrs. Dudley Field, No. 22 Gratniiiercy Park. Mr. Field was ill but twenty-four hours. He returned from a European trip last Wednesday morning iu the best of health. He retired on Wednesday evening about half past 10, seemingly in the best of health, after spending the day in the company of his brother Henry anil Stephen. At 3 o'clock Thursday morning Mr. Field was seized with a congestive chill. When Dr. Stephen Hurt, Mr. Field's family physician, arrived, lie wild Mr. Field was threatened witli pneumonia, and called Dr. Frank Delafield, the lung specialist, in consulta tion. Hoth doctors remained at Mr. Field's bedside all daw At 0 o'clock Thursday night Dr. Delaflcld went home, as he considered Mr. Field to be in no immediate danger. Dr. Hurt, however, remained by the patient's bedside. Mr. Field slept quietly all the even' Jug, ami at 3 o'clock yesterday morn ing he died without awakening. Dr. Hurt said that Mr. Field's death was absolutely painless. lie was too old to make any fight against tite disease. Roth of Mr. Field's broth ers and his daughter-in-law were near him when the end came. The funeral will lie held on Stindav afternoon at Calvary church. On Mon day the body will lie taken to Stock bridge. .Mass., for burial. The stuhlen death of Mr. Field comes antishock. He returned from Europe last Wednesday morning in the best of health. He gloried in Iiis vitality and boasted that few men of i'. years old would take a live months' European trip alone. Mr. Field went abroad on the Sth of last November to vist his onlv daugh ter. Lady Musgrove, who lives at East Grinstead, Susi.ex, England. Mr. 1'ield spent r-bout six weeks in En gland witli Iiis daughter and then went to Pa es, Monte Carlo. Genoa, Nice, Florence and Rome. In an interview on Wednesday he mi id that he would now busy himself with his autobiography, which he was writing. He planned, he said, to spend tlie summer .in the Rerkshire lulls. Mayor Gilroy ordered the Hags on the city hall to he displayed at halfmast yesterday for the death of Mr. Field. FROM HAWAII. Tin- Kx-nuiTii Orciin Warn the Native Aculixt 1'artic liutliic In tin- Coining i : u-1 1 f ii -. San Fhanchco. April H. The Fnited Press correspondent at Honolulu, writing under date of April 0, per steamer Monowai, winch arrived yesterday, says: The queen's organ, the Holomua, of the 20th ulU, contained notice of the Hui Aloka Ainu to the Hawaiian people, ending in the following terms: We earnestly recommend all members of Hui Aloka Alna and nil Hawaiian sympathizers to refrain from nartlclpatlnt.' In the- coming election for debates to the proposed convention. And al. members of Hui Atolta Ana aro cMneplally utloned uiralnM taking any of thu jnct! ed oaths or taUini; any part In tlie aforementioned election, or Joining any of tho clubs started to prepare for the same, nnd from Jolnim; In any nets whatever affecting the Hawaiian nation or the jK-oplo s apieal now under consideration before tho executive and le,;Ulatlve authority of the American nation. I'rof. .Muey Working on the Hawaiian Constitution. GltlNNEU., In., April 14. ly request of the provisional government of Hawaii Prof. Jesse Macj, of Iowa college, is assisting in the drafting of a constitution for the projected republic. Prof. Macy has been teaching political science at Iowa college for the last twenty years and is well qualified to perforin the task assigned to him. He has written several books on the same subject, which are used as text books. The new constitution will be modeled on that of this lountry, and it is expected to contain a provision for an educational test for electors. The work will probably be completed within a few months. CARTWRIGHT'S AMENDMENT To the 1'aimdlan Tu riff Itlll, Which nun Dt-frutt'il Wxtordiiy. Ottawa, Out.. April H. The following is the full text of Sir Richard Cartwright's amendment to the tnrifT which was defeated in the house of commons at an early hour yesterday morning: While recosnlzlm: In the reductions propoied nn admission to that extent of tho evils In dieted upon the people by the system of hlith protective duties, thin houfte Is nevcrtheles of the opinion that tho amendments URKCMcd, beim: based upon the principle of protection, nnd not nolcly upon the requirements of tho public, are lnadenlato to afford satisfactory relief from tin- burdens of excessive nnd Unfair taxatlor. That the highest Interests of Canada d-mand the adoption of a found llscnl policy wh'ch. while not dolm; Injustice to any class, vlll promote tho domestic nnd foreign trade ami hasten the return of prosperity to our peo.'-le. That to that end tho tariff should be reduced to the needs of honemt. economical and eftlrtent government, should have eliminated from It the principal of protection of particular 'ndustrles nt the oxpcnuo of the community nt fai-Ro and should bo Imposed for r venue only. That It should bo do adjusted as to mahn or bear as llithtly os possible upon the ne-eiarles of life, nnd to jrromote free trade iv'th tho whole world, particularly with tircat Hrllnln and tho United States. The S'liliiiqr frir ihn Ki-itrnnrKr. Colon, April 1 1 The salvers of the stores and arms from tho Kearsnrfts, which were landed at Old ProYidenun and San Andres, are demanding -15 per cenL The stores were sold, and instructions from tho United States government in reference to the arms are now awaited. The announcement that the Kearsarge had been entirely pillaged and blown up by the wreckers was received here by the American colony with feeling of regret and indignation. No less than eight small vcsc Is from the adjacent islands were engaged in this work of destruction.

BUSINESS REVIEW. Acrnrdliiu- to It. (1. Iluu it n,i. neu lniiroviiiiMit Heretofore Nni,.,i U HeeoiuliiK l.et DM lin t, ' mt.. Hope are Unlit on the More rnir,ili Crop Itrporlx- Itt-iieuul or (io l.piu the Oci'iultiii or home Dlitileiutt HikIhd. Kulturen, i:tc. Ni:w Voitic, April I. R. ;. n,,,, t Co.'h weekly review of trade, issui.t (,,. lav, says: llusltirns linprovennmt meets many .,' hh. lies, ii.nl U scarcely us cutlnet in It liun.vn In recent, weeks. Strikes have checked tiu m proveiiient In lnilldliiic and other tra 1 . nU, scarcity of coke has caused tho cluilu ,, s,u3 Iron works, while, a strike or nil the t.' mi. nous coal workers Is ordered ami mir. w. v, serious. More favorable crop report'. t, ,u were exi-icted. which Justify larger lip for next fall, have arrested the upward ten , , , y lu prices uf products, Tho renewal of io,j i ports occasions disquietude. Hut the uradiui exhaustion of foods In thu liumli of i-.ii, IH makes the consumption of the people in n, itv tinctty felt, and apparently larxer.and tti:,t,v. matid Increases with tho Kala In tium of hands nt work. It cannot be .said th.it uta-. rUlnty us to tho future has materially diminished, but there Is an evidently uroe itm- im. presston that there will Ihi no Important vislatlon on the currency or tho tariff. The impresslon. whether erroneous or not, Itiftueucrs the action of many. The proposal to retm-vo the lax oa Issues of state batiks Is not by many thought likely to prevail. On the whole, tlimarh prioress Is still obstructed by uncertainty, a ban not lieen arrested. The output of pic iron April 1 wasl WTJi tons weekly, against 110,1(11 March I. a nam which is the more encour.u'hi!: because uiimh stocks decreased I0ft'i ions. The actual consumption thus Indicated, about 111 I0J to'is. is only u third smaller than n year nan. hut some furnaces and works have ben stopp, d since April 1 on ueeoimt of the stri" ..f C.itinellsville coke workers, whtclKwul-i iieari fruit In bloodshed aud tlestruetiii-i of property. Several lurse sales of -Ib-s-miT Iron are reported at flttas at Httsiuir.'ii. u,j considerable sales of No. 1 foundry nt til tin-re. whll" much unproiemeiit Is seen in th i .ltmss at the east. At Chicago th" tr.i ins f.illou off on account or tho strike In the buddln? trades. Tin has been active in njm. hi.in without much chatiK'e, nnd coppi-r ratii.im n small demand for consumption, but the . -traction of works --.aid to produce 6 tons of lead weekly has raised the price to :i.5c-its New wool bus bettln to come forward, an ! athe yield Is expected to be irreatly r- l i, d prices are slightly llnnerwlth ,rj pun li,-. s for speculation. At the three chief lu.iru. M sales were l.tVKK) pounds a.'tilnst S.Kli.r.Mi the h'ain.( week last year, and stocks avail. nie comparatively x,nnty hut limitations ,.r. -,- hUrlier A striking Increase Is noted In tie !,-. mand for fall dress oods,mit iu men's wm.1 us there is no Improvement of demand ft.r Ihmw weights and order for sprln,' uooits h. !.. u reduced, thouirh easy terms nre offered Th--tque nf the dry Komis market on the whole is less assurlns. buyers are few. and m.ill or 1. rs are fulling o.T. and there Is a slmdeot.w'eai-.n-s In some cottons, with less oticces-. in Um .- latlnu trade by low pi Ices. The lMwit and shoe trade continue t-i uyprove. a larirer pnuwirtion of the factories nvIn orders for om- time to cotn- Uiouii producers of the bettor Sradvs of ijooils Uli. I comparatively little to do. Shlpm-'iits from Il-.s-ton were til, i:3 cases for the w eek, against 71 Teillast year, a decrease of 10 I percent Tho uorcriimenl report for April Indicated much less ilain.i!.-!' to wheal th in specilu'ors had exported, so that prices declined rapidly, for the week l'i cents. It Is oftlelally uffjested that tho extent of Injury since April t Is not yet known, but Atlantic exports ham been only AVi.TIO bushels, nsjuinst l.."sr f.'l for the same week last year; while western receipts have been "..0:3,737 bushels, aaliwt e.S'Vj.HS last year. I'orn has decline 1 half a cent Western rucelpt beliiK still far In excess of last year's. Pork and lard aro a shade higher, and :1 has been hoisted by manipulation. Cotton has declined niraln to 7.(K coats. Kuropeau spinners ha vim; crown tired of the usual stories alsiut exhaustion of supplies and reduction of acreage. Hecelpts from plantations aro about as largo as last year, while exports for th-3 week have been very small. Intense dullness Iu the stock market disgusts brokers, though industrial Mocks Invo lieen marked up easily I cents per share Hallway stocks averaifo 18 cents lower and railroad earnings do not yet rellect the heavy gain Sn tonnage, falling behind last year s atout as much as lu March. Neither do clear Inchousc payments Indicate much betterment, but for the second week of April are '-Mil per cent, smaller than last year, against Ii.."- per cent, the tlrst week. The fact that prices still average ! 1.1 i:r cent- lower than a year ago, while explaining a part of the decrease lathe volume of business, also succcsts tho narrow ness of Its protlts. The money market has changed very little, but JI.O UW)1 gold goos to Paris to-dav to purchase Spanish coin to be paid for Cuban su.-ar. and exjKirts of merchandise have fallen elow last year's. Treasury rc-cipts for customs in April are U percent, less than last year, with Internal receipts somewhat smaller. The treasury dellclthas bean K.OOJ.PilIfor the month thus far. besides interest payments. Indicating a dellcit of ilO.OXMKM) for the month. Hankers deny reports that further l-ond issues are under discussion, but gold exports with deficient receipts may quickly chaw th ' situation. No Improvement Is seen in comin,r'".al loans, and the large Increase reporte 1 ny banks Is mulnly duo losUuk transactions. The most chc rlng news Is the decrease In the Importance or commercial failures, for though one mortgage loan concern has failed, with n ihilities or f...VM.nki. the natalities In all eommermerclal failures for the tlrst week of April wire only Ii liM.HJ-., 0r which W.ür,: were of manufacturing, and il.'J-ijA'l) of trading concerns. The failures during the week number 518 tn the United .States, iwalnst 17 last year; ami lit in Canada, ncalu.sr.fi last year. The Coke Trade, its AfTertrd by the Strike. Co.vnki.i.svim.k, Pa., April 1 4. In its weekly review of the coke trade the Courier of yesterday says: Coke production received a set-back last week. Tho strike caused a slump of over flV(XX) tona and the shipments fell off nearly 1,C cars. This Is the greatest decrease In production anil output during a single week since the strike of PHI. So far tho strike has had no effect on the price of coke. This week the demand will I somewhat brisker. The reports from Iron con its are such as to make tho future look somewhat brighter. Tlioshlpmenls for the week aggregated 4. II I cars, a net decrease of I.SS cars compared with the shipments of tho previous week. Found lleml Sulrldo Indlcateil. Davto.v, O., April 14. C. R. Keath,

of lS-i.'t Wabash avenue, Chicago. traveling agent for A. C. Silverthoni t Co., lumber dealers of that city, was found dead yesterdav afternoon in hi'i room at tite Itrcckel house. An empty morphine phial on the dresser in dicated suicide. Photographs of two St. Louis girls and innetv cents in change were found among his effects. lie hud been dead several hours when found. THE GREAT NORTHERN. Col. Clougli Sa. There Will lie No Slrlko mi That Line. Minnkai'omh, Minn., April Rl. Col. W. P. dough, first vice-president of the Great Northern, was seen at St. Paul and stated emphatically that therewas to lie no strike. Tho employes oi the road, he said, were not making any general agitation, though there wcro some local agitations along the line The onlv L'rievance existing at present he Rnid,was that of the switchmen nt Iluttc. and this mis already in a tnv wuv i 'ward .settlement.