Jasper Weekly Courier, Volume 37, Number 25, Jasper, Dubois County, 1 March 1895 — Page 2

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C. DOAXW. 3ulUihor. JASPER. . - - INDIANA. In both England and America the new government 4s offered by tliu llel-mont-Morgan .syndicate were subscribed for, on the 20th, many times over. Thk time limit having expired, the United States 4-per-cent. bonds called for by the Helmout-Morgan syndicate contract were, on the ISth, ordered to be printed. Thk centenary of the great philanthropist, George Peabody, was appropriately celebrated at Peabody, Mass., on the'lSth. Many distinguished persous participated. Mit. Uaii.ky, purser of the steamer Servia, which arrived at New York on the 19th, brought over the cup won by the Vigilant in the regatta last yeir. It was addressed to Mr. Oeorge J. Gould. Mns. Fit ask K. llt'XT, aged 7(5 years, proident of the woman's organization which helped to defeat Hreokinridgo, died at Lexington. Ivy., on the l;th. She was a power in female political circles.. Taotai Kano and Oen. Yih-Chi-Cao have been tried by the Chinese board of punishment and condemned to imprisonment until autumn, when they will be beheaded for the loss of Port Arthur. A skiuoi'S rebellion has broken out in Muscat, the Arabian seaport and capital of the state of Muscat, on the Indian ocean. The rebels are said to have seized most of the forts commanding the town. On the 19th the president sent to the senate the nomination of Frskine M. Ross, of California, to be United States circuit judge for the Ninth judicial circuit, provided for by act approved February IS, 1S95. O.v the COth Representative W. A. Stone, proposed a constitutional amendment prohibiting the states from granting the right of franchise to any person not a fully nnturalizcd citizen of the United States. A dispatch received at the New York Maritime exchange, on the 18th, stated that the steamer City of St Augustine, long overdue at that port from Jacksonville, Fla., had arrived at Uermuda short of coal. On the ISth, the senate committee on public lands favorably reported a bill to turn over to the state of Michigan the military reservation on Maclcinae Island, together with the buildings thereon, for use as a public park. Tin: remains of the late minister to Mexico, Isaac P. Gray, arrived in Indianapolis, Ind., on the 21st, and after receiving military and civic honors at the hands of the people, were taken to Union City, on the 22d, for interment. On the 20th the president awarded a medal of honor to Isaac Carmen, corporal Co. A, Forty-eighth Ohio volunteers, for gallantry in saving the Hag of his regimeut at Vicksburg, May u:i, 1SC3, and at the same time seizing and throwing from among his comrades a shell with a burniug fuse. CoitNi'.urs Stoi'oii, who left his home in Akron, O., twelve years ago, has been found by a brother in Marion, Ind., where he Is a prosperous merchant. He says he remembers little or nothing of the circumstances of his leaving home. His wife and children ire now living in Cleveland, O. O.v the 19th the Colorado senate confirmed Gov. Mclntyre's appoinment of Messrs. Church, I Ingle and Wilson as members of the lire and police board. The old board will refuse to vacate, it is said, which may nrecipitate another city hall war like that which excited Denver and the country last summer. Thk Norway storthing was opened, on the 19th, by King Oscar in pcrsog. The king's speech stated that the contemplated expenditures required an increase of taxation to meet them. His majesty also announced that It wns intended to greatly increase the military defenses by the erection of extensive works. Am. the evidence in the case of Capt. Howgatc, on trial in Washington for fonrerv and embezzlement while dis bursing oflicer of the signal service bureau nearly fifteen years ago, had been given on the 18th. The jury was then excused to give the attorneys tinic to submit prayers for instructions and the court to pass upon them. A dispatch from Pekln, dated the 18th. said that 300 marines belonging to tho war ships of the various powers were arriving there to guard the legations of their respective countries. The Chinese are said to be suspicious at their presence, nnd unless great caution is observed there is danger of friction, which may become serious. An unfavorable report was made in congress, on the 20th, from the committee on printing upon the joint resolution authorizing the publication of dairy tests made at the Columbian exposition. The reasons for the adverse report were that the matter was In no sense or connection a government affair, and that the expense of the publication would be about S-SO.OQO. FitKnr.mcK Douni.Ase, the wellicnown colored orator, died suddenly, on the 20th, of heart disease, at Cedar Hall, his residence In Anacostia Heights, opposite Washington, I). C. He was 78 yenrs old, and spent his last day In attendance Upon the Woman s National council in Washington, being a regularly enrolled member of the National Woman's Suffrage association.

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CÜERENT TOPICS. THE NEWS IN BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. (SccoDit Sesslon.1 IK tho senate, on tho lMh. "resident Cleveland amt Secretary Carlisle were roundly denounced by Messrs. Teller. Wolcott and Others for their action In concluding tho late bond Issue contract with the llelmont-Morinui syndicate. The agricultural bill was taken up. the cattle and meat Inspection amendments agreed to. and the bill went over ... In the house ceneral debate on the naval appropriation bill was closed; the post ortlce approDriutlon bill was placed In conference, and the general detlctency bill, tho last of the general appropriation bills, was reported and placed an the calendar. Several unimportant bISN were parsed, and after an hour spent In eutopics upon the late Senator Colquitt, of Georgia, the house adjourned. In tho senate, on the ISth. the resolution previously offered by Mr. Stewart (pop.. Kev.) declaring that there was no authority In law for the purchase of cold coin In preference to other coin wus made the text by Mr. Gray (dem.. Del.) for a speech In defense of the president In the bond-contract matter. The agricultural bill was taken up. amended und passed. The bill providing for tho Issue of txmds and colna of silver, reported from tho finance committee, on the ISth, by Mr. Jones (dent.. Ark.), was taken up by a vote of 30 to 27; and after notice by Mr. Jones that he would try to have a Hnal vote before adjournment on the 19th, the senate adjourned In tho house, under suspension of the rules three bills were passed and two were defeated. An hour was devoted to discussion of the naval appropriation bill. The resignation of Representative Wilson, of Washington, senator-elect, was received and accepted In the senate, on the 19th. the Jones bill for the coinage of silver belnijunderconslderatlon. Mr. Vilas made a lontf. able and eloquent speech In defense of the president and his secretary of the treasury in the matter of the ale of 4 -per-cent. i:old bonds, contend laß that because of the attitude of coutrress itself, no better bargain for tho bonds could be made. Mr. IMatt spoke against tho silver bill. Its antagonists refusing to tlx a time for taklm: a tlnal vote on tho measure. . . In the house most of the day was spent In consideration of the naval appropriation bill without dNposlns of It. A conference was agreed to on the agricultural appropriation bill. The report of the conferees on the Joint resolution extending from March 1 to April 15. ltP3. the timo witUlu which Income lax returns may be made was agreed to. The view s of the minority of the committee on appropriations on tho bill to aid the Nashville exposition were presented and ordered printed. IN the senate. on the COth. Mr. Chandler (rep.. K. H.)made two set speeches, one oa the sliver question and the other on the likelihood and desirability of holding an extra .session, and sUKgestlng work for that session. Mr. Jones (dem., Ark.), who has charge of the slver bill, announced that Its friends would not press It further at this session. Two-third of the Indian appropriation bill was disposed of before adjournment at 6 30 p. m .... In the house the naval appropriation bill was passed practically as reported from the committee. Upon the report of the conference over the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill, the Hawaiian cable project was discussed, but not disposed of. A resolution directing the secretary or the treasury to inform the house how many old soldiers have been dismissed from that department since March 3. lfi3, and the reasons for their removal was passed. In the senate, oa the Slst. progress was made In consideration of the Indian appropriation bill. An amendment reported from ; the committee on appropriations to strike out the two items for the maintenance and education of Indian children at Hampton. W. Va.. anjl at the Lincoln institute at Philadelphia vras defeated. An eienlng session was held for the discussion of district of Columbia business In the house a motion to concur In the senate amendment to the diplomatic and consular bill directing the president to contract for the construction of a cable between the United Mates and Hawaii was de-feated-IM to III slxten democrats voting with the republicans for the amendment. The deficiency bill, the last of the general appropriation bills, was taken up. At 3-30 o'clock. under a special order, public business was laid aside, and eulogies on the late Senator Stoekbridgc. of Michigan, were listened to. PERSONAL AND GENERAL. A NECESSAitr record of the post ofiice department is that of casualties to clerks in cars. Last year the number of accidents was 302. The number of clerks killed was four; seriously injured, IS, and 01) slightly injured. These figures show an improvement over the preceding year. A sriT which promises sensational developments has been begun in the United .States district court at Duluth, Minn., resulting from th. indictment, at (Irand Kapids. of George Lydick. The suit is the first of a series involving the theftof 2,300,000 feet of timber, supposed to have been stolen from the government and reservation land in the last two years. A co nth a ct for 1,.00 freight cars with all modern improvements has practically been closed between the Micliigan-i'cnlnsulnr Car Co.. of Detroit, and the New York Central Railroad Co., which will give employment to between 1,500 and 3,000 men. Shaking (Jiiass, an Iroquois Indian, who fought in the northern army during the war, and was a member of the G. A. U., died at his home in New York city, on the ISth, nged 05. At his bedside were his faithful hmtaw. Laughing Linnet, and his bosom friends White Cloud and Veiled Sun. Thk William coal breaker, at Wilkcsbarre, Pa., was burned, on the ISth, throwing 1,500 men and boys out of employment. It was owned und oper ated bv the Connell Coal Co., of Scranton. The loss is S-J0.O00. IIisiioi John 11. Oiikiihoi.tz, of the Mennonitc church, died at Center Val ley, Pa., on the 18th, aged S7 years. CoxiiiiKSSMAN Paul .1. bono, of the Third Ohio district, on the 10th, di rected his agent at Middlotown, O., to send a carload of provisions and clothing to the destitute in the Ohio mining districts. This is the second time Mr. .Sorg has contributed to the assistance of these unfortunate people. Mit. Datk. of Tennessee, introduced in the senate, on the 10th, a bill to aid and encourage the holding of the Nashville centennial exposition, asiinilar bill being on the house calendar. O.v tho 10th the house committee on militari' affuirs ordered a favorable report on a bill authorizing the establishment of a military post near Santa Fe, N. M. Thk French liner La Onscogno sailed from New York for I In vre on the 20th. Hor engines hud been repaired for the homeward voyage ami worked well. A great crowd was at the lock, and a great cheer went up when the big vessel backed out Into the stream. She carried fifty-live cabin und 100 steerage passengers. Tin: new Is, for which subscriptions were Invited at ll'iH, the'-'Oth, were hid for at IIS at the close of business on that day.

Thk gold payments of the MorganDelmout syndicate due from thlseountry were completed on the VOth, Mr. .lohn l'icrpout Morgan, Unding that there was a surplus of Sl,l'J3,000 gold ou hand, turned it over to the subtreasury at New York city, and took legal tenders In exchange. Thk directory of the Chicago hoard of trade, on the '.'Olli, denied a petition to rescind its former action against permitting trading in puts and call by a decisive vote. Thk war department hns arranged to purchase from Dr. Kmiuonds, for S5.000, the right to manufacture and use In the United States army tho high explosive emmenslte, which repeated tests have shown to be the best adapted of all such explosives for the bursting churge of shells. Thk cadets In the Salvation army training garrison at San Francisco have revolted against the doctrines of their leader, Adjutant MeCube, who has declared that he is in every respect the peer of Jesus Christ. The adjutant's mind is believed to be unbalanced Kx-PoSTMASTKIt-OUNKItAI. JOHN W.Namakk's vote was challenged at the recent election in Philadelphia by Thomas Deacon, an employe of the post ofllce and a democratic watcher at the polls. The humor of the case lies in the fact that Deacon had been a resident of the United States just four mouths. Mus. HorniiK Cockuan, wife of Congressman Cockran, died at the Holland house. New York city, ou the evening of the 20th, from hemorrhages with which she was attacked the night previous. Thk village of Lhidscy, in the western part of Sandusky county, O., was partly destroyed by lire on the 20th. Five stores were burned, entailing a loss of over S15.000. IIotki. Vicroitv, one of the largest summer resorts in the country, located on Put-in-Ilay island, Lake Krie, was sold by United States Marshal Haskell in Toledo, O., on the 21st. A. C. Hager, of ttoston, bought the furniture for S7.000. E. (. Failis, of Toledo, the architect who designed it, bought the realty for S17.000. The hotel cost 5200,000 and had ljeen a failure. An explosion of gas took place in the William Penn colliery at Pottsville, Pa., on the 21st. by which three of the employes were badly burned, the lives of two of them being despaired of. No great damage was done to the colliery, but operations were suspended. Thk Lawson Hag bill, forbidding tho display of foreign ilags on public buildings, was passed by the Neu York senate, by a vote of 20 toti.on the 21st. A Cr.Kvr.i.AND syndicate has become interested in the Little Minsro mines lease at Duluth, Minn., and the property will now be developed. The new shaft is already down thirty-six feet in line quartz, and in it few weeks the stamp mill at Kidney Lake City will again be in operation. 11. W. II I ait, of Montgomery county. ICas., soliciting aid for sufferers in that section, says the people of Montgomery and neighboring western Kansas counties are eating horsetlesh, not being able to get other food. Cows nre being trained to draw plows, etc, to put in a crop this spring. At the close of business on the London stock exchange, ou the 21st, the. United States loan was quoted at .V premium. The purchases of the new loan were chietly for the New York account, confirming the belief that nearly all of the London scrip will come to the United States.

LATE NEWS ITEMS. In the senate, on the 22d. the day's session was almost exclusively taken up with consideration of the Indian appropriation bill with practically no progress being made; and a proposition that the final vote bo taken on the '.'Od was promptly negatived by objection from Mr. Chandler frep., N. II.). .In the house consideration of the deficiency appropriation bill occupied almost the entire day session without the measure being completed. Senate bill postponing, at the request of Great 1'riiain, the enforcement of the international regulations of August, lslK), to prevent collisions at sea, was passed. An evening session was held for the consideration of private pension bills. Tin: commission appointed at the instance of (iov. McKinley by the boards of trade and chambers of commerce of Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus and Toledo, O., to make an official investigation of the destitution of miners in the Hocking and Sunday Creek valleys, reported, on the 22d, among other things, that the miners earned last year only from 87.1 to S125 each, while, had it not been for the great national coal miners' strike, they might have earned from two to three dollars every day. Twkntv-kiout buildings, Including business houses, hotels and cottages, were burned in Hot Springs, Ark., on the 22d, causing a loss of S100.000. Three women perished in the llames, and there were other narrow escapes with several persons more or less injured. Thk failures in the United States, for the week ended on the 2 ;d, as reported by lt. G. Dun ,tCo., ,vere .102, against 288 for the corresponding week Inst year, i-or Canada the failures numbered .19, ngalnst 51 last year. IN the United States senate, on the 22d, Mr. McLaurin introduced a bill to make It unlawful to pay any contestee or contestant in congressional cases any money for expenses or other pur poses from any government fund. Font men who set out from New Orleans, on the 15th, under the guid ance of .lohn immunster, a colored nlmrod, for a hunt in the Alliance woods, were found, on the 22d, fro.en to death. John Gkioiiki:, a pioneer resident of Norfolk,.ob., received notice from JCew York city, on the 22d, that his brother. who recently tiled, left his entire es tate, valued at 1,500,000, to him. Waiiii McAi.i.iktkh left no real es tate, nnd his personal property, it is data, docs not exceed 510,000.

INDIANA. STATE NEWS.

Tim t'.rlirri! AtHbly. Iiipianapoms. Feb. H Sr.NATf- Mil ranged. Wednesday: Kcjulrlng township trustees to keep a record of those to whom aid Is extended; preventlnc discrimination by Insurance companies In rates, a bill providing tht roadways that have been used bv tho public for fire years without Interruption become public road, a bill providing that the salary of the commissioners of Allen county l'.U' be U.-.W per year, a bill prold!tig for the Mpolntment in cites of police matrons, and another appropriating JIOUU to the state board of sgrleulture for tho payment of P'tmiums; providing thRt the key to the jury box shall be in the custody of n commissioner who .hall be of opposite politic to tho clerk, whoie duty It Is to upiKlnt him. and that tho box shall only be opened In tho presence of witnesses. llorsi: Van Ar.sdel.s bill providing rates of charge for sleeping; car companies to the third reading, after knocking cut the section which required the companies to give the renter of n lower berth the right to the breath:ng lco or the upper when the latter is not in use. The rates prescribed are 75 cents for the first hundred miles and H cent for all miles additional up to tl.M) for tho night. The bill as amended also makes tho tipping of porters Illegal. At the caucus Wednesday night the eommltteo having In charge tho congressional apportionment tiled its report, which will probably.wlth some amendments, become the law. It divides the state so as to mako feven certain republican districts, four certain democratic districts and two In aoubt. Tho caucus also ugrced to take the benevolent Institutions out of the hunds of tho present boards, and place them In the hands of boards of two republicans and one demwr.it. who fhall be appointed by a commission compo.ed of tho governor. ecretary. auditor nud treasurer of state. Indian-atoms. Feb. 15. The Indiana legislature .stems to have realised the necessity of taklrg some action to remedy the condition of Its benevolent and rem Institutions. Exl'restdent Harrison warned Speaker Adams not to allow tho legislature to adjourn without taking the management of the penal and benevolent Institutions out of the hands of ring politicians. The congressional apportionment was lett over till the next meeting, to give the members an opportunity to study the man. Apportionment b'Us will be presented by Nicholson and ltemy. There was a majority report on the appointment of metropolitan police boards, 'i he minority favored the appointment of four police conunlssior.eia by the circuit Judge nnd the majority three commissioners by mayors The nction of Wednesday nights caucus in voting to appoint a toard to fcupervise the penal and benevolent Institutions has caused a great deal of disr usion. The members of the board ure to receive small salaries, and It Is feared that if this policy Is adopted there will be as many scandals In tho future as they have had in the p.ist, Indianapoms, Feb. ICSkn ate The senate adjourned Friday morning after a short session In honor of the memory of Isaac 1 Gray, the deceased minister to Mexico and distinguished public servant- Tho flag was ordered to fly at half-mast for the rest of the session and a copy of the resolution ordered sent to the family of the dead man. Minister Gray was for four sessions the presiding oflicer of this branch of the legislature. The senate was in session long enough to kill W ray's nntl-pass bill. HcrsE Tbe house killed a bill providing that those who graduate at the state Normal school shall not be required to take n teacher- examination for license. A majority report was made in favor of it. but the minority report against it prevailed. The house adopted the report recommending the passage ol Moore's bill, making compacts among local insurance agents unlawful There was a movement on foot Friday to have the commission of state officers meet and Ül the vacancy on the monument commission by tho appointment of Ma j. Mulkey. of Uloomlngton who was a Mexican war soldier. This was headed off. honever. by members who think that the caucus decree that Hie commission shall be abolished shall have no obstructions in Its way. Indianapolis. Feb. Is. - Sknatk The .senate. Saturday morning passed house bill 124 legalUlng the acts oi notaries public whose terms have expired. Senator Stewart's election offenses bill was the special order of tho morning. The bill Is patterned after the N'ew York law. and the committee on elections had reported against It- Amongthe bills introduced were the following: Providing for thecteatlon of the ofllce of county superintendent of public works appropriating il.XJO to icpalr the damage bv tire to the deaf and dumb Institute, and pl.UOfor a !".?ht station and boiler. Horsr. A numlwr of bills were Introduced Saturday. One by Itcpresentativc Hatnriek propose to appropriate I lO.OiX) to place statues of William Henry Harrison and Oliver P. Morton in tho statuary hall of the National capltoL The committee on education presented a bill drawn by Mr. Adams, of I'arke. providing for free text-books. llcprecntatlve liooher introduced a bill providing for the abolutlon or the oülce of justice of the peace, and a bill Introduced by Ilcprcscntatlvc McGregor provides that articles bought under state contracts shall tear a label, showing that they were produced by organized labor. Indian-atoms. Feb. 19. Senate The ltemy bill, taxing greenbacks according to the new federal law. passed the senate Monday, and now only awaits the governor's signature. The .enate committee which Investigated the management of the i-outhern hospital for the Insane will report recommending the removal of Dr. Hogers, on the ground of Incapacity. The doctor has offered to resign rather than have the report printed. It Is understood the charge of overindulgence In liquor Is the principal reason or the recommendation. Ko fault ii found with the llnaiiclal management, or with the capability of the attendants. House The house passed a bill for the teaching of the effects of narcotics on the huratn system. House bill 32, providing a pension system for llremcn. was sent through Its last stages In the house by a unanimous vote In favor of the senate amendments, fccnate bill No. I. for the establishment of the soldiers" home, was placed before the louse with tho recommendation that the niiount to be appropriated be iTS.WO Instead of flW.W) This was jiendlng when. Juhi before adjournment for the noon hour. Kcpresentatlve Van Arsdel offered a resolution of sensatlonnl Interest. It provides for a committee to Investigate the facts relating to the passage and adoption of the fee and salary bill enacted by the Inst legislature. In the transcribing o! which un error wan made which has caued the bill to be declared In a significant part unconstitutional. Isdianapoms. Feb. 0 Senate Tho senate erent tha morning In discussion or building and loan matters. The discussion seemed to Indicate the passage of Senator Ncwby's bill. Hotf.sK lly a vote of M to Iß the house Tuesday pascd the new apportionment act. after a bitter fight by the democrats. The Mil will be passed by the senate on Thursday. The house also jmscd the bill abolishing the monument commission. The amendment related to wine rooms, nnd Holloway's motion to jermlt them 'Inder conditions was lost by a large majority. The bill Is hiU pending. The soldiers' home bill was passed just before adjournment. The iroiernor said to a reporter: 'I fought my own party two years ago on this (the right to make i.ppolntmcnts to state Institutions) and I will not now yield the principle to the other party by whoso h'elp 1 then won against my own. TiiitKK (Josport hunters have killed .1,000 rabbits this yenr. Tin; cash drawer of the Hale restaurant at Crawfordsville was robbed thr. other ntfjht of Si'. Isaac Drake, colored, Is in jail for the act, and lias acknowledged his nullt. A ltcviv.u. nioctln? of remarkable interest, conducted by Nov. and Mrs. X. C McLean, of Ohio, came to a close recently atCoIoma. Over one hundred parsons professed conversion. At Vai.paiiaiso tho saloouiRts'took out their screens as per order, but will put in stained frla.ss windows. S.nkak thieves in the ichooh at I'rinceton take buttons off cloaks, trimmln? from hats and a)', sorts of little articles

0 t lrc TIut.' Will I w m New aiueiimm-iii ... . rrtl. In I lie rrwiiuriHiiti s "- plg.i .Mr. Illiiml. of MlMourl. itud Mr. I.U liiKl. t OftrKU,Me Tlirlr VlewnTli. I re.. Mlrr.Mm Will "Cot Toicetker." Wasiiinoion. Feb. 2S. -There will be a new nlhrniiieiit of pat ties in the next, presidential campaign, said Representative Itlnnd, of Mli-souri. The freesilver men Intend to tft't together and nominate a uuiu who reileets their sentiments. "Suppose," it was Miirtfe.sted, that after n contest at the next democratic convention a candidate should be selected who is opposed to free silver, what would you anil other jreiitlcmen who entertain views on this subject hlmilar to yours do in that ease? "We would not support him." "Hut suppose be was the party nominee: MM,...-.. is nothing " replied Mr. Maml, "to prevent us many tickets be- . ... .... , i i .....i inj; put into tue neat ns is uesu-eu, mm then free silver men would have theirs." "Suppose one party nominated a ,'old uionometallist, and another a man who favored free silver, but who did not stand squarely on such a platform. What then?" "We want no half-way candidate. We want a free coinage man or nobody." "You think, then, that the money question will he the ovcrshailowinj,' issue in the next campaign?" "It will bo the only issue. It ought to have been the principal issue two years ago, but we were then just emerging from tbe shadow of sectionalism and tbe force bill, and it was no time to divide on finnncial questions Hut the time has now arrived and the next contest will be wnjjed between the free coinage men and those who oppose that proposition. Tatty lines will be obliterated and this will be one tiling which will divide tbe voters of the country." Mr. Livingston, of Georgia, who is a strong advocate of the free coinage of silver, agrees with Mr. I (land that the silver question will be tbe question of prime importance throughout the country next year. He insists that the sib ver men will nominate a candidate of their own. but he does not believe that this will be done after a convention shall have nominated a candidate op posed to free silver. "If we went into the democratic con vention," be continued, "we would have to be bound bv the convention's action. Ottr presence there would commit us to such a result, and we could not afford to bolt. For that rea son I think the free silver men will nominate a candidate independently of the old parties." "Do yon think you can elect a eandi date htandiugou such a platform if his opponent be diametrically opposed to such views? "1 do, and I believe he would sweep the country. Such a candidate would carry New York state. I'll bet a thou sand dollars on it.'" AN INDEPENDENT MINT, Which llus Already C'lrnri'il Hair a Mil lion, inn! Hun Issurd Cuoil Coin. Ni:w Yohk, Feb. W. For the last twelve weeks seven counterfeiters have made their headquarters with 10 miles of this city. During that time they have turned out nearly 51,000,000 in American silver dollars, halves, quart ers and 10-oent pieces out of pure sil ver, and have given full weight to each coin. With silver at its present price. after deducting the cost of manufac ture, this gang have divided between them profits aggregating ."00,000. One of the members of this gang Is "Ked" Halpiu, one of the most expert engravers and counterfeiters in the country. He was for a number of years in the I'hiladelphia mint. They had at least fifty agents scattered in different parts of the country, Canada and Kurope, who have acted as shov ers. Secret service bureau oflicials are on the trail of the gang. THE LATE FRED DOUGLASS. Ills Kriiinln tob Interred in Mount Ilnpa Cemetery, Itoelirstcr. N. V. Washington, Feb. 'i'i. According to tho present arrangements the remains of Hon. Frederick Douglass will be taken to Rochester, N. Y., for interment in the Mount Hope cemetery, to be laid beside his two daughters. It is the intention of Mr. Douglass' sons to disinter the remains ot their mother, now lying in (.Jlcnwood cemetery in this city, nnd to forward them to Rochester for burial alongside the body of tho distinguished a nti -slavery champion. There is so much interest felt herein Frederick Douglass' death that tho final arrangements for his Interment nre liable to le changed nt any moment. There is some talk of a public funeral. HE SAVEOOTHERS, Ililt AVIirn tho I'lrn WmOvrrU lllmnrlf Minting. Kkw Yokk, Feb. 21. The big build big located at the triangle of Hudson, Thirteenth street and Ninth avenue. and occupied by various manufacturing firms, was burned to-night. Loss, SlUO.ooo. Fifty girls employed in the building escaped with dilliculty. They were assisted in their escape by a watchinan known as "Old Sleuth," who is missing. A HOOSIEF! TRAGEDY. Samuel Voting, .Tralomt of III Young Wfe, Killt Iter und Himself. DkcatI'H, Intl.. Feb. 22. Snmnol Young, a well-known citizen of this county, followed hut young wife to th home of a neighbor of whom he was insanely jealous. During the fierce ouarrel which arose the infuriated litis band grabbed his wife about the waist and plunged a biitchcr-Icnlfu scvera times into her back. The wotttidci woman lived hut a few minutes. Tin murderer then went to his own hotis und committed suicide by hanging.

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Hprini;. .. iure wutm-ii IVrlOi ( the I luincs-Hundred r YUlthit; llonnier Drlwii from Their lloiiim !., (t.r I.U In TrjfliiK to Have llur .IihvcU t In, l.imnrs. Hot Si'iiinos, Ark., Feb. S.x At 1 is o'clock yesterday morning a fire brok0 out iu the Lctlgt't'wood bakery on Oija. chitu avenue, in the southern pari of the city, where boarding houses abound, and iu uu hour three Winnen had been burned to death, six boarding houses, several store houses. mj fifteen cottages, all worth Sioo.uoo, Jiati been swept awtiy. The dead are; Mrs. Laura Scammon. Mrs. Henry .1. McLcod. Austine Stivette, a colored woman, Mr. and Mrs. G. II, Hrownson, of Macon, Mo.; .Mrs, Peacock and others were injured, though none dangt rously. There was a strong wind from the north which fanned the llames, but prevented them from moving in the mrection of the principal buslin-s-, ,,art( of the city, where the big holt Is and bath-houses tue located. TheMrets covered by the fire are t)utichita,wht re it originated; Scaley, Malvern. Woodbine and Orange. The Ledgcrwood bakery was a frame building, in the second story of winch Mrs. Scauimon had furnished apartments to let. Charles Ledgcrwood first saw the flames, and in his efforts to extinguish them neglected to warn people m Uto neighborhood. Nothing was heard of Mrs. Scainmon until the tire was over, when her lumen were found in the ashes of her house Mrs. McLcod was a guest of the Laclede boarding house. Mie was aroused and with her husband star'td out of the house, but before re.n lniig the door, remembered some jeie ry she hud failed to save, and returmd for it, against the advise of her husband. Iler husband tried to rea ii her ami almost lot his life in the unsuccessful effort. She endeavored to rush through the llames, but fell down m their midst und perished. The body of the colored woman was found in a partly-saved room iu the same house. Mr. and Mrs. Ilronson. of Missouri, bad a thrilling escape. They lived on the third Hour of the Ouachit i boarding house, and when aroused found the house wrapped in lire und all prospect of escaping by the stairway cut olf. They rushed to, the widows ami cried to the people below for help, but none could be given them. s.iie tied several sheets and blankets together, making a rope long enough to reach down to the window below She went down first, entered the see-ond-lloor window and escaped by a back stairway. When her husband reached the second floor the stairway was blocked by the fire, and he had to jump. lie received severe bruises, and the woman was badly lacerated in sliding down the rope. The buildings burned are twentyeight in number. There are fifteen cottages of tin aggregate value of ". -000. The boarding houses destnned ure the Ouachita, Illinois, Laclede, Missouri nnd Itloomington. Eneh of these was worth about Jm.ouü. with the contents. The other losses are the K. Randolph residence, worth 55,000; the Tennessee stables at the West house, the latter worth 55.001; Ii. .loplin's grocery, $.",000; H. L Williams' store and building, SI -,'"; M. lltidgins' residence, S10.0J0. There ure at least 300 men. women and children driven to other quarters for lodging by the destruction of the boarding houses, and most of them lost all their clothing. TRAIN ROBBERY. Two Men lli.ld l it Train on tin-J'rlr. mill 1'ossltily Maht a Ooml ll.itil A l'is In I'nrxillt or the IEoMxth, WIiiiiii the Coiiiliictor Thinks lie t'nii Inilnihry. St. Louis, Feb. Fast-bound passenger train No. 1 on the St. Louis & San Francisco railway was held up by two masked men half a mile east of Aurora, Mo., last evening. When the train left Marionville three men got on the blind baggage platform, but the engineer thought they were tramps und said nothing. After the train passed Aurora two of the men with masks on climlicd over the tender and ordered the train stopped. This was done. One of the bandits took the engineer to the express car door and he was forced to open it with a coal pick. The messenger jumped out and lied to the passenger cars. The third man on the blind baggage then came up and proved to be O. IL Clovengor, an attorney of Marionville. who had been taking a free rldu out of Marionville. He was also made prisoner with the engine crew. One of the bandits entered thu express car nnd ransacked It without opposition. Tiie train was held for thirty minutes and it is possible that the robber, made a good haul, though the amount, taken is not known. The two masked men lied south on horseback. Olivers at Aurora and Springfield are already In pursuit. Conductor Frank Wrightuian. in charge of the train, got a look at tho robbers, and says they are two of the party that held up a train at Monet two months ago. COLORADO SENATORS EHBI.RC In i Lively Mill During Hcatd IlUriissliut In tlm Htnte Sennte. DKNVKlt, Col., Feb. i!3.-A disgraceful row occurred in the state senate yesterday. Senator Mills, in thecourso of a debate, called Senator Peace a liar. Mills threw n paper weight at IVace. both senators tuen clinched nnd fought viciously, resulting in blae'A eyes and a lively flow of blood. The contestants were finally separated. The senate then ordered an Investigation to be made of the rumpus and adjourned,