Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 22, Jasper, Dubois County, 8 February 1895 — Page 2

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C. DOAXJC, 3?ubllHhr. JASPER. INDIANA Tiik .senate ratified tho Japanese tronty, on the '50th, so modified as to bo terminable lit one year's notice. Wki-11ai-Wki, together with the entire Chinese Hoot ut that place and the island and mainland forts were taken, on tho 80th, by the Japanese. Tiik Chinese peace envoys arrived at Kobe, on the tMith, and proceeded on their way to Hiroshima in company with the American counsellor, lion. John W. Foster. O.N the 29th, Mr. Hrynn, of Nebraska, from the ways und means committee, reportetl to the house, with the recommendation that It pass, a hill placing unti-toxine on the free list. In the house, on the 28th, Mr. Springer (dem.. III.) Introduced n financial bill designed to carry out the recommendations of tho president in his special message to congress. Is his will Marshal Ca n roher t requests that his body be not interred in the Hotel Des Invalids but that it be laid by the side of his wife in the cemetery of Jouy-Kn-Jo. near Versailles. At the first sitting of the commission sent to Armenia the foreign delegates proposed thntTahsin Pasha, governor general of Ditlis, be suspended to await the result of the investigation. Tiik moderate newspapers of Paris approve President Fan re's message, but the conservative and socialist journals describe it as a colorless document. All of the papers approve the vote on the amnesty resolution. ii Tiik Califordia senate, on the 31st. adopted a joint resolution urging the delegation in congress from that state to oppose every measure to debase silver as money, anil to advocate and vote for free and unlimited silver coinage in the ratio of HI to 1. On the .list the force of the census ofllce was reduced by the dismissal of fifty clerks, leaving about 'J00 still employed, who will be dropped from time to time as the work is completed. The divisions now running are the population and vital statistics. "PnESWK.VT Ci.kvklano sent a special message to congress, on the 28th, on the subject of the financial condition of the treasury and urging prompt and effective action by congress for the restoration of confidence and the prevention of business disaster and universal disturbance. UtTMon Is current of an engagement between the dowager duchess of Marlborough and Lord William lleresford, and that the marriage will take place as soon as the financial side of the matter is satisfactorily adjusted. The dowager is rich and Lord William is practically dependent on his elder brother. Lord Charles. Tiik North German Lloyd steamship Elbe, bound from Hremen for New York, was sunk in a collision with a small steamer, supposed tobe the Cranthle, in the North sea, fifty miles off Lowestoft, England, early on the morning of the ttOth. She carried 380 souls, only twenty-one of whom are known to have escaped. Judok IlitAin.KY, of the District of Columbia supreme court, rendered a decision, on the 20th, that the pension ofllce had no right to reduce the Pension of Judge Long, of the Michigan supreme court, and issued a mandamus on the commissioner of pensions, directing him to restore Judge Long's pension to the original figure. CitAWFonn Ciioshv, well known as "Cherokee Hill," Hill Cook's lieutenant, was captured, on the ÜOth, by exMarshal Rogers, now a deputy marshal, at the hitter's residence near Nowata, I. T., whither he had lieen decoyed by the presence of his sweetheart. In the struggle which took place Rogers was assisted by his wife and a colored mun. Tiik oyster shippers of the Orcnt South liny, N. Y., have been notified by cablegrams from England to stop all shipments to Europe until further notice. This action on the part of the English dealers Is said to be the result of the report that American oysters from certain points contained typhoid germs, owing to the alleged sewagedeposit upon oyster beds. It was Church day at the steel plant at Elyria, O., on the 30th, and Congressman Tom L. Johnson met the representatives of leading churches, and gave the Methodist, Ilaptist, Disciple and Lutheran denominations one lot each on the corners of Seneca and Thirteenth streets, and the Congregatlonalists one at the corner of Pearl and Thirteenth streets. The reetpientH will erect churches at once. It was stated In Washington, on the Ist, that Mexico nnd Guatemala were progressing satisfactorily toward an amicable settlement of their differences, as a result of a conference between Ministers Ilomero and Arralgo, brought about by Secretary Grcsham and his suggestion of mutual concessions. It was understood that Guatemala had practically conceded tho main portion of the boundary line as laid down by Mexico. Aptku em Ising for hours In search of survivors from tho foundered steamer Elbe, the tug Dispatch returned to Lowestoft, on the Hist, and reported that nothing whatever had been seen of either bout or wreckage. The storm was raging more wildly than ever, and It was impossible that any small boat could have outlived tho gale or that Its occupants could have urvived the exposure.

CDRH EST TOPICS.

THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. ISecoml Sosslon.l IS the senate, on the scth. .Mr. Allen offered a resolution looking to the redemption of 11 forms of I'uiht money by the secretary of tho treasury In stiver com to protect the treasury fron depletion of lis gold. Mr. Vest sulistttuto tn favor of non-liitorferenco to Mr. Allen's resolution fuvorliitf tho annexation of the Hawaiian Islands was nereed to .. to? I. KittoRtiw on the täte Kepresentatlvo O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, occupied the remainder of the session .In the house hills were jussed tirantlnt; rights of way through the Indian and Oklahoma territories to certain railways, and to establish special rules for the nav ligation of harbors and rlvrrs. A bill was Introduced by Mr. Wilson for the repeal of the provision Of the tariff act Imposing n differential duty of one-tenth of a cent a pound on sujjar. etc.. from countries which pay an export duty on these articles. IN tho senate, on the 2Sth. the president's sjH'elal !ii.-saije, urtflni: prompt and effective action lij eonuross for the restoration of confidence and for the prevention of business dlsnstorand universal disturbance, wus read nnd referred to the committee on finance. House bill to disapprove the treaty with the Southern l"ie Indian was passed. The bankruptcy bill was tiffnin taken up and made the unfinished business for tho Jüan In the house, after the reading of President Cleveland'!, message. Mr. Springer (dem.. III.) presented his new bill to revts-o the currency nnd banktnt; systems, which wus referred to the committee on banking tun! currency for examination and report. The bill to repeal tho differential duty of onetenth of a caul a pound on suirar lmimrted from countrios paying tin exjiort bounty was further considered in committee of the whole. IN the senate, on tho .lull, a resolution lootsIrur to the readjustment of the tlnnncej. of the country was Introduced by Mr. Mandersou (rep. Neb.i ami referred to tho committee on finance. Tho bnnkruptcy bill was discussed for ii couple of hours, and tho eouitnerclnl traveler-' bill (allowing the Issue of fi.UtiO-tnlle mlleane tickets) was pushed In the house. by the decisive vot of ZU to 31. the bill repealini: the differential duty of ono-teuth of a cent n pound on sugars Imported from eountrles pav.ni; an export bounty on that article was patted, all amendments to the bfll bolti? voted down by decisive majorities. In tho sonnte, on the 80th. Mr. Vest. In presenting resolution of the St. Louis Merchants' exchange favoring legislation on the lines of the president's roeent me-sisUKP, took a firm stand nguln-t any such legislation, nnd In answer to a question said there was not tho slightest possibility of the finance committee agreeing upon any plan: in which opinion he was supported by Mr. Sherman, who thought the house should take up tho question Itself and give necessary relief to the country. In tho house a resolution from tho committee on rules providing for the consideration of the Kellly Pacific railroad bill was, after acrimonious debate and modification, agreed to by common consent. The agricultural appropriation bill for the year ending June 30. IttftJ. was reported and placed on the calendar. IN the senate,, on the 31st, all proceedings of any public Interest circled around the financial Munition. A resolution of Inquiry previously offered by Mr. Atlen (pop.. Neb.) as to why United States notes were nut paid in silver coin was discussed. While discussing the district of Columbia appropriation bill. Mr (iortnan (dem. . Md.) declared that If financial relief wore provided In no other way the senate would, before midnight on March 3, place on an appropriation bill a provision that would save the country from Impending disaster tn the house a bill was passed establishing a code of regulations governing the navigation of the great lakes and connecting waters; also senate bill fixing the time of holding courts in North Dakota. The Pacific railroad refunding bill was then taken up and debated uutil the hour of adjournment. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. Iiv the wrecking of passenger train No. 2, on the Vnndalia, at Coatsville, Ind., on the afternoon of the 2Sth, two persons were killed and thirty-two injured, .lohn W. Norton, lessee of the Grand opera house. St. Louis, was among the victims, his head and breast being crushed. Tiik London Times thinks the Lnglish banks are not likely to be large purchasers of a new American loan, as they are large holders of the recent one. n nous tnnt loans wouui ncreanily taken here on a 3 per cent, basis, If repayment in gold should be guan.'utccd, but that that condition is not likely to be accepted bj' congress la Its present te inner. It is understood in Paris that M. Geranlt Richard, M. Henri Ilochefort and Count Dillon nre among1 those to whom amnesty will be granted by the new French government, David Hampton, colored, sulTercd death in the electric chair in the New York state prison at Swig Sing on tiic 23th. Hampton's crime wus the murder of Mrs. Annctta Ahrens, a widow 70 years old, in her apartments in West Fifty-fourth street. New York city, on the night of December HO, 1S92. Tiik mayor of Mount Sterling, Ky,, was startled, on the night of the 28th, by receiving through reliable sources information stating that a large force of Morgan county men, armed to the teeth, were on their way to Mount Sterling to avenge the lynching of Blair. Cut. Hr.NUY W. Howoatk was placed on trial for forgery and embezzlement in criminal court No. 1 in Washington, before Judge McComas on the ','Sth. A jury was secured with out much ditliculty and the taking of evidence commenced. Skciiktauv llKitiiKitr, on the 28th, received a cablegram from Capt. Cromwell, of the cruiser Atlanta, at Colon, reporting that a revolution had broken out at Iluena Ventura, Colombia. Tin, book-binding and printing establishment of .Mayor .Samuel Dodsworth of Leavenworth, Ivns., was nearly destroyed by lire on the 28th, caused from the heater. Several presses, all the type and a large quantity of paper were lost. Tun president's message was eagerly read by tho bankers nnd lliiaiiclers of New York nnd their approval of It was frankly and unequivocally expressed. ATioitNr.v-fiKNKitAi, Oi.nby has given an opinion to the secretary of war holding that army and navy officers come within the scope of the income tax law. Tiik naval programme which has been approved by the British cabinet involves the construction, within the ensuing fiscal year, of four llrst-class. four second-olusH und two third-class cruisers, twenty torpedo boats and twenty torpedo destroyers, Wims the criminal court convened in Washington, on the 2(t1i, for the trial of Capt. Howgnto, one of the jurors fa. led to appear on account of illness, and the cube wus uecordlnrly postponed.

I Tin: California senate, on the With,

adopted resolutions dei""ucln t no lloilly funding bill as antagonistic to the Interests of California and providing for the pursuit, of all indebtedness even to the estates of deceased railroad ma lingers. Tin: steamship Lahn, which sailed from New York for Kuropo on the 20th. carried 53,502,00;) jrold. Tiik hearing of the quo warranto suit of the attorney general of Illinois against the Pullman Palace Car Co. for forfeiture of its charter, was began bofore .ludge linker, of Chicago, on the .'nth. Tin; treasury gold reserve was reduced, on the 30th. by withdrawals at several sub-treasuries to SI I,551,:i:t2.77. Tin: steamship Majestic, which sailed from New York for Kurope, ou the Iluth, curried 52,10 0,000 gold. A man claiming to be the Son of God called at the otllce of Gov. McKinley in Columbus, ()., ou the 30th. He had n wild look in his eyes, and when he stated that he had a grievance that he wanted righted, the attaches were no little alarmed. He was not permitted to see this governor. A iiisiwrcii received from Unhurt Town. Tasmania, on the :t0th, said the report of the earl of Jersey, P.ritish delegate to the Ottawa Intor-eoloniul conference, had been laid upon the table by the conference of Australasian premier, sitting at llobart Town. Tiik charred and almost unrecognizable remains of Peter Olsen, a farmer living near the town of Sterling, N. l., his wife and three children, the oldest a boy of 10, and a hired man named Italhgu, were found, on the morning of the Sloth, in the ruins of Ol sen's house, which was burned the night before. Tiik coroner's investigation into the terrible explosion at Dutte, Mont., on January 1.1, by which fifty-eight men were killed, wus concluded on the 31st. The verdict fives the responsibility on the Kenyon-Conuell Hardware Co. and the ltutte Hardware Co., in whose warehouses the explosion occurred. The members of the companies are charged with criminal negligence in storing large quantities of powder within the city limits contrary to law. Fivk armed men robbed the westbound overland Southern Pacillc train near Wilcox, Ariz., on the 30lh. The express company's safe was blown open with dynamite, which also wrecked the ear, and S10.000 in Mexican silver was taken. W.vitl) McAi.istkii, the well-known society leader of New York, died, on the night of the 31st, after a week's illness with la grippe. Goi.lt withdrawals, on the 31st, reduced the treasury gold reserve to JMsl.ftOLlWO.of which 51,920,000 was for export. Tiik dedication of the Pullman (UnivorsalisU church, erected at Albion, N. Y.. by George M. Pullman at a cost of Sso.ooo, in memory of his parents, and also the installation services of the future pastor, Itev. Charles K. ITuhrer, 1). D., occurred on the31st. Itev. Iloyal H. Pullman, of Baltimore, delivered the dedicatory sermon. Kmii. Staxo, the conservative leader of Norway, and his cabinet, resigned their ofllces on the 31st. A London financial firm of high repute received from a New York house, on the 31st, an inquiry whether it would be possible to place in London a large number of I or .1 per cent. United States bonds. The reply was that such bonds would not be taken unless containing a clearly-defined guarantee of payment in gold. LATE NEWS ITEMS. Ix the senate, on the 1st, tho District of Columbia appropriation bill being under discussion, Mr. Teller occupied most of the session by a speech in which he scored Mr. Gorman (Md.) for having threatened to annex a financial bill to an appropriation bill to give needed relief to the country; declaring that such actlou would be vicious and should be prohibited by the constitution......... In the house, while Mr. Breckinridge (Ky,) was trying to secure the lloor to speak upon the Hawaiian question, Mr. Heard (Mo.) moved the previous question, whereupon he was attacked by the daughty Kcntuckian, and a fistic encounter was only averted by the interference of members. Both were arrested, and later apologized to the house. Several unimportant bills were passed, and a new currency bill was reported by Chairman Springer from the committee on banking and currency. llvthe burning of the Deacmness hospital at Cleveland, O,, on the 1st. four persons lost their lives. All of the nurses made good their escape save one, When Minnie Baurncr was told that the building was on fire and urged to llee for her life she. cried: "No; I will not leave my patient. I will die first," and patient and nurse perished together. I.v an article censuring the crew of the steamer Kibe for occupying the steamer's boats to the exclusion of the pnssengersnnd especially of the women and children, the Pall Mall Gazette, on the 1st, said: "It is part of a seaman's duty to bo drowned in a case of need in trying to save the lives of passengers." Tiik members of the Memphis Merchants" exchange held a meeting, on the 1st. and passed resolutions indorsing tho president's message nnd calling on the Tennessee delegation In congress, regardless of party alllliatlons, to support a law embodying the president's ideas. Tim: North Gorman Lloyd Steamship Co., owners of the lost steamer Kibe, arrested the British steamer Crathie, on the 1st, by nailing u writ to her mast, preliminary to claiming damages for the sinking of the HI he. The Crathie is worth JJ9.000 without her cargo. A dispatch from Che-Foo, on the 1st, said that the Chinese lost 2,000 men In the operations at Wel-llai-Wei, which resulted In the enpturn of that plnce by the Japanese. None of the KuropcHiis in the city were Injured.

INDIANA STATE NEWS. T!o (irneriil A,'iiSi!y. Isni nai'oi.u. Jan. '.'I. si n.v '. At. ffort was made Wednesday by tho democrats to reduce tho apptopriatiou for the state soldier home from ilWXW to JTMWO. but without bueeess. Senator t rumlmcUer pn'senied a bill Wednesday loereate tho Kankakee rltor commission of live members, whoso business It hall bo to remove obstruction, straighten and otherwise Improve the- Mrenm mi at to mako navigation possible. Tho Htenlng Kew.s, Tuesday night, used n term In nn editorial to tho effect that the elHuru 1 Mtlnldlred by the railroads with passes, and nc reform In the anti-pass line could theiefore be oxjioetod. Mr. Allison presented u resolution asking for an Ine.sttuatlon and authorizing tho commit ue ou rights and privileges to Investigate the subject. The resolution was adopted. Annntlpass bill was Introduced by Mr. Harrison, of Klkhnrt. llorsn-lllllH Introduced: Radical amendments to tho Kvansvlllo city charier: a libel and slander bill modeled after tho Minnesota law. It provides that liefere suits for libel uro begun the newspiper or publisher shall have notice of tho same and that after retracl.oti has been made tho only liability Is for the .ctual damages Mistalncd, Tho bill has tho indorsement of several editorial organizations f t tho state, ixjlltlcal and otherwise. To set tie county neat lights by removing causes. It provides1 that In counties having towns or cities larger than the county heat, u court may be established in the larger place for all purposes except Issues afectlng the title to real estate. Indianapolis. .Ian. if-. 5i:nati; The senate hail an unparalleled run of business Thursday afternoon. Senator Maker's bill requiring that street ear companies should furnish motor vestibules for their motormen during the months from November to April was adopted without a dissenting vote Senator Seller's bill relating to the law of libel, and teipilrlng that. Instead of a reasonable doubt, ns at present. Justification may lie established on the preponderance of evidence, wus also passed. Another bill bearing Seller's name and legalizing sheriff's sales where they were made without appraisement of rents and profits separately, was passed. This effecs sales made for forty years pisU The bill of Senator ling"gard, for tho State Soldiers' Homo at I afayette. was made the special order for Friday morning. HorsK Tho house furnished an hour of Interest Thursday morning when the committee on elections made a majority and a minority report upon the findings in the Dower-Millar contested election case. Tho majority repot u 1 that they found that Howors. the democratic sitting member, had been okvted by ono vote, tho figures being l.tOT votes cast for Howers and I.M! for Miller, the republican contestor Tne minority of the committee based their disent from too majority upon three ballots which were placed before the members of the house. Indianapolis. .Inn. 26. Friday morning was siient In the Introduction of new hills. Among those of greater Interest was one creating the office of Inspector of county offices. The inspector shall visit the various county officers when directed to do so bv the nttornev general, and shall report upon the amount of receipts, the condition of the records, etc. His pay shall bo COCO and expenses, except hotel or board bills. This was referred. A fee and salary hill was introduced by Mr. Nicholson, providing for a salary system b.wd on ! (M) for each county offlcer.nnd more for each thousand in c.eo.ss of ten thousand population. Durtng a dlsouion Friday mornttu on the subject of building nnd loan a.ssocintions.lt was announced that tho judiciary committee has organised a subcommittee for the purpose of Investigating the whole subject of these associations. There is a tremendous struggle going on between those opposed to associations which have an expense lund and those which have not. The matter has been hotly argued before the committee on ways and means as well as judiciary. The reiwrt of the special committee ought to be full of Interesting reading. A bill was Introduced by Mr Kamp. of i:-ans-ville. appropriating J'.Oio for the construction of an Institute for deaf at Kvanstllle on lands donated by M. J. Dray and his son. Tho Mlller-Hower contested election case went over until Tuesday, when It becomes the special order. There If little doubt that Miller will be seated. There will be a joint caucus of the republican rsf-mbcrsof the two houses o.. Tuesday night Indianapolis. Jan. CS There was no sessions of either branch of the general assembly Saturday. The senate ndjournd Friday until Monday, but the house tried to get together Saturday morning. Tho call of the roll disclosed the fact that a ijuorutn was not present, and the house adjourned until Monday. Indianapolis. Jan. It'. Senat k Senator Thayer died at Warsaw of paralysis Monday morning. The senate mot at 3 o'clock Monday afternoon, and pasted appropriate resolutions on tho demise of their fellow senator. Senators Mc.Mantis, Ilroad. McIIugh and McDonald was appointed a committee to attend the luneral. Adjourned. Houhk The death of Senator Thayer was announced Monday and out of re"peot the house adjourned. Indianapolis, Jan S0.-Sr:NATi: The following hills passed Tuesday: Providing for the re-cstabllshment of lost .cctlon corners: requiring non-resident plaintiffs to give security for costs: legalising tho acts of the council of Lebanon. Hoono county. Hills Introduced: For tho reorganization of the insane hospitals of the state: a coinpulory education bi'1 requiring parents to keep their children between the ages of six and fourteen years In school during tho regularsehool term, ul pw ellng iienalties protecting blacklisted employes. providing for Important amendments tn the building and 1 iun association act. House Tho Mii't.-Howers contest case, from the dlstrlc composed of the counties of Dearborn, Ohio and Switzerland, hud another Inning In tho house Tuesday. It came up as unfinished business, t.nd i,: an ho-? tho hou.. threshed over the old straw that it was thought had been disposed of when tho case was up last week. The mutter ended with tho reference of the whole case baeu to the rommittee on elections. The following bills were passed Tuesday: Legalizing the Issue of school bonds lsucd by the town of Shoals; fixing tho bond of sinking fund commissi Mora at itltl.uuM. Tiik 4-year-old valid of Mrs. Huttic Jones, at Marion, was reaching for one of its playthings on the mantel above a grate, when its clothes took fire, and it was fatal! v burned. A iiii'iiTiiKr.iA epidemic prevails near Middleburg. Km Yaiiia.v, of Nnppanee, while driving along the public highway, was struck and killed by a iallimr trie, felled by a woodcutter. Mrxoii: claims j'.',0o0 population on the strength of the new city directory. KniANON is all wrought up over high Insurance rates, and a citizens' mutual company is talked of. "Tin: PiitMiut' is 'the name of a smalt daily in Kvansvillc. published by thoso thrown out of work by the strike on the Courier. Ai.kxa.ndi'.i: Cook, the alleged Michigan City smallpox patient, is dead. A Naitanki: hardware merchant has been arrested for selling a revolver to a minor. A kink opera house will he built at Marion. KiriiMo.iii has dedicated her 510,000 masonic temple. Two young fellows creatctl a panic In the Free Methodist church, Clay city, the other night, by challenging the minister to fight. They were arrested. Ovmt 1,700 pieces of real estate in Hrown county nre ndvertised for sale for delinquent taxes.

DUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW

I'tio llellef Unit ii New l.nitti Will bo Kitted Causes u slightly Metier IVrllug. Notw Itlistiiiiillng tho 1 1 rmy Cold Withdraw, ills rrmii tho Treusury l.owi-sl Aver go of I'l'lt'Ck for ('oiiuiiodltlr lver Known. Nkw York, Feb. ii. -II. Ci. Dun ,t Co. 's weekly review of trade. Issued today, says: Things look better near the close this week, owing to the belief that a new loan will be issued. There was ueeil for relief, since January closed with the heaviest withdrawals of gold from the treasury gilt, UW.lOrf- the hope of u new loan being the ono thing which has lifted prices during the past few days. January leaves behind it the lowest average of prices for all commodities over known; for cotton, iron nnd its products, wool ami silver the lowest monthly average ever known; and for wheat a rungc above the minimum, but yet declining rapidly toward that point. Industrial operations have not materially diminished, though it lias been a disappointing mouth because the general revival expected has not come. The large receipts on woolen goods withdrawn from warehouse under new duties early in the mouth, about &,- 000,000, raised the total customs receipts to SIT.IIOI.IHI for the month, nnd the total receipts of all kinds to S'J7.H(ii,üli'.t. leaving still a duticit of St;,(Jöl,.iai. Withdrawals of gold in the past two weeks havo been ft's.OOO.OOO, and the exports $.'.", til I, I'M for the month: and tho month closes with the gold reserve reduced to tibout &r.',000,000, which is smaller than at any time since resumption began. The hope that gold bonds could be authorized was ended by action in the senate, but fit the close there was much confidence that coin bonds would be largely taken abroad, thus o Hering better promise for a new isssue. Prices of railroad stocks, after falling SI per share for the week, recovering TÖ cents and prices of trust stocks declined SI cents. learnings gave some encouragement, being .0 per centlarger for January than for last year, but east-bound tonnage from Chicago for four weeks was only 173,018 ngaiiis,t ;tOJ,i)-'2 tons last year. No real change of consequence appears in domestic transactions, although owing to heavy payments through New York banks in adjusting a lirooklyn warehouse combination, exchanges for the week were -0.0 per cent, larger than last year, but 3.' per cent, smaller than in ls'.t.l. Prices of commodities reached their lowest average thus far January J(J, though only a shade lower than Uecember 'JO. The continuing drift of money to New York shows h-anty commercial demand in the interior, and uo improvement appears here in commercial loans. In short, business is still waiting, and finds reason for hesitation in the condition of the treasury. Speculation has not favored producers. Wheat is half a cent lower, but western receipts were only l,ü2ti,(M'J bushels, against 1, ,779, 2 17 last year, and, with exports larger than last year, might have helped prices, hud not the visible stocks been so large. Corn is 2 cents lower, with receipts about half nr.J exports not an eighth of last year. Cotton declined a sixteenth and is close to the lowest point ever touched, with an average of only r.70l9 cents for January, against 5.71 in December, and S.07 in January of last year. Silver has been weak, and for the month made slightly the lowest average ever known, the output being reckoned by Wells. Fargo & Co. tit S2,72t,0H, or -lr.SS.Ol 1 ounces. The decrease was 12 per cent., while the increase in gold was S3 per cent. Iron and .steel look less encouraging ut the east, anil the demand is disappointing, although prices are not weaker. At Pittsburgh and the west a large demand appears, particularly for wire and wire nails. Shipments of boots and shoes for the month from lloston have been 1528,040 cases against 1101,107 two years ago, but the situation is still discouraging. Textile manufacturers cannot ncore improvement for the week, for, though print cloths have advanced a shade; the demand for other cotton goods is only mode-ate, and prices are unusually irregular. The opening of mens' woolens has continued with even more general declaration of belief by domestic manufacturers that they can sustain themselves in medium grades und In worsteds, but in the finer grades, hesitation appears and in tho lower grades the extremely low prices made by foreign dealers seem to threaten the manufacturer. Wool is so low that large sales for possible future use continue and the total at three chief markets for four weeks has been 2:i,t:7,0('5 pounds against 25,727,150 two years ago. Failures during the month of January have been much less important than were apprehended, and aggregate liabilltieii for twenty-four days have been SIO.OS.I.OOO, against 525,81 1,.10 last yenr. only S'.', 170,10.1 being oi manufacturing concerns, against 5'J,121,502 last year, and Si, 105, 207 being trading concerns, against 51 1,758.20:1 last year. The very heavy dccrcn.se, particularly In manufacturing failures, will attract attention. Failures for the past week have been 051 in the United States, against 370 last year, and 51 in Canada, against 5i Inst year. THE DEADLY TROLLEY CAR. A 18-Year-old Kelioelboy Crushed to Ociitti In ItiiMiKlyn, liKOOKl.v.V, Feb. 2. Samuel P.leachy, 12 years old, while ou his way to school this morning was crushed to death by a trolley car on Nostra nd n venue, near Itutler street. The car became iininaiiageable and ran the hoy down. Motorman Worthtngton, ol Syracuse, N. Y.. and Conductor Fielding, of Pennsylvania, were arrested. A crowd gathered and tried to lynch th motorman, but hu rescued bv the police-

AFTER THE WRECK. The Officers mid Cn-w nf tin, r;iil,t r., pro.lrd Tin, Kibe' OllleerH l.-iiiMiir,..i for TlielrSoir.shui-HH mid l'it-r llsroCluj or the ItlglitH or ruMM-Hccr In Thuir t nr. No Hope of Other Survivors. London, Feb. 2. It Is understood that the ollleers and crew of the ( ratide were examined yesterday In t i,. Jlrltlsh consul in Kottcrdaui. 'iil(. will leave tho ship and return forth, with to Aberdeen. Vevera, llotliniiiiii and Sehleg,-' ,je. nled emphatically that the Crath.,. rt! inuined signalling for nearlj twu hours near the scene of the ein;..,,,,, They say that if she hud dun,. she could have t aved many iiy( fl lloil'tnau. who was ninong the f.rM t reach the Kibe's deck after the t-,,;i, sioii, did not see the Crathie ans rt,.'r the Kibe's signals. He noticed a :.. , steamer, apparently the ono tha ha,i struck the Kibe, steaming away. As regards the behavior of Hi,- L,i s crew, Hoffmann says: "I seized a ; 'e belt as soon as 1 got on deck. Im; a sailor demanded U, saying that ,t i. longed to the crew. I gave it up v,,., the remark: 'Well, 1 hope you Vi l save yourself,' hut he did not 'JV crew did their best to keep the passage rs out of the boats." Hoffmann was greatly embitti-ro.; bv the lossof his wife and child. "I was born among the Indians mt west," he said yesterday afti-rn "I have gone through rough t ,i, s with my family there. Now it ,, ; over with them, and they have I.. n sacrificed by the carelessness nf t: men. I do not value my own bf,- n,,At 1 can think only of my loss." Mr. Holfmaun's description of i,e final settling of the ship was v.v j "I could see her sinking rapidly as u pulled away in the small 1. a 11. r how went steadily into the air. 'I ,.i leck grew steeper, and 1 could mmpoor wretches aboard her cHitibiii an 1 crawling toward the prow, unti. -,i . denly all were engulfed."' Vovera said: "There was a I f green hands in charge of the lifeb. .as They were so excited they tilled cdh boat, and then dumped all the oc patits into the water. The crew in our boat were very reluctant to admit M.h lluecker. Holtmann and I dragged lu-r in without any aid from the seamen." Vevera and Hoffmann also att.ik Third OiTieer Stollberg and First Hngineer Nuessel. They say that b dh acted selfishly after the recm util that Stollberg made no effort t o.-.n-niatnl the boat, but gave, the whole responsibility to the steerage, passenger lloothen, who had been cook ,r a French steamer. They speak high y of lioethen'h coolness and skill, ami give him the whole credit for tnana ing the boat. The company has booked Wrera and Schlegel to sail on the steamsi. p Umbria to-day; and both will start tn.s morning for Liverpool. Kach has received 515 from the coinpary, as they lost everything with the ship. Many more smacks arrived at Lm, s. toft late yesterday afternoon and Ui t evening. They brought no news. Tl." skipper of the smack Competitor, wh n returned last night, reported tha tn saw Thursday what he thought was a mail bag and tried to catoh it with a boat hook. He missed it, and knotting nothing of the collision did not try for it again. Handbills distributed in Lowestoft say that Consul Ilradbeer will pay i-0 for the body of Walter Schnell, one of the Kibe's first cabin passengers. The Shipwrecked Mariners' society has. sent n barometer to Skipper Wright, of the Wild Flower and i"10 to his men. und the mayor of Lowestoft has oiened a fund for their benefit. A dispatch from Vienna say?, that among the Kibe's passengers were the (Jutmann brothers, directors of a steam mill company in Kuuchan, Hungary. The Guttnans aad lied to escane arrest for forgery, by which they defrauded the company and the peasant shareholders of .100,01)3 florins. They are said to have given assumed names at the steamship otllce. MONTHLY DEBT STATEMENT.

A Ilcuvjr t Inrri-ano In tho l'uhlle DrhtA Turn In tho Tide. Washington, Feb. 2. The debt statement issued yesterday afternoon shows a net increase in the public debt, less cash in the treasury during January, of Si:t,512,573..10. The interest-bearing debt increased 55,155,580; the non-interest-bearing debt decreased S3 1 1,172.50, and the cash In the treasury decreased ?s-.T;t4,-275.80. The balances of the several classes of debt nt the close of January :U were: Interest-hearing debt Sis:iJkJ.!,7lO; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, 51,792,000.20; debt hearing no interest Sü82,7:)3, 172.02; total, 5L0ÖV 040,573.18. The certificates and treasury notes offset by an equal amount of cash in the treasury outstanding at the end of the month were: 5578,777,911, ,I,C crease of SU,:15(1,1G0. The total ca h in the treasury was 5701, 170. :?32. 77. The gold reserve wns 51 1.705,907. cash balance, S99,vS07,ft:i7.l'.. In the month there was a decrease lu gold coin and bars of 5'--v-r,777;',' the total at the close being 507,353,770.27. Of silver there was an increase of 53,05 1,028. 05. Of the surplus there was in national bank depositories SI 0,1 50,7 15. lis. against 510,107,710.13 at the end of the preceding month. DEATH OF HON. N. H. DAWSON. lie Iis ti Hrotlirr-lii-I.iw of 1'resl.limt Miii'olti. MoNTfiOMKitV, Ali., Feh. S.-Hn. X II. Dawson died at his homo in Solum at nn early hour yesterday morning. Ho was commissioner of education under Mr. Cleveland's first ndiuluist ration. He was born In Charleston, S. C, and is a descendant of Paul Hamilton, secretary of tho nuvy iu 1812, and also of several curly colonial governors of South Carol Inn. He was a brother In-lnw of President Lincoln, their wives being Bister-