Ligonier Banner., Volume 32, Number 17, Ligonier, Noble County, 29 July 1897 — Page 2

The Ligonier Banner LIGONIER, : s INDIANA. s ——— Brooklyn estimates from a new directory that its population is 1,350,000. It is the largest city that hasever given up its identity. The city of Cambridge, Mass., with a population of 85,000, has had no saloons since 1886, the people voting no license for 11 consecutive years.

The money that was raised to give Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe a statue will probably be applied to the purchase of the old Hartford home of the family for her daughters.

The fellow who points “an empty gun” at you, or “rocks the boat to hear the girls scream,” should have the hose turned on him at the very first indication of an outbreak.

New York city is running ten vacation schools this summer on the lines of manual training. They provide moderate studies for 100,000 children who would otherwise be in the streets.

Thomas A. Edison says he can close the Golden Gate against the navies of the world by “torpedoes propelled by an -endless chain.” He declares that electricity will be the great agent in the next great war. |

Apropos of Bunker Hill day, a Boston newspaper complains that the famous monument, which when first erected was the tallest creation of man in this country, has now become quite insignificant in height. It is 220 feet high, or 327 feet shorter than the city hall tower in Philadelphia.

During the last few years nearly 150,000 Hebrews have entered Jerusalem, and the arrival of another host is said to be imminent. Already the railways are opening the country between the coast and Jerusalem and Damascus, and a Hebrew migration on a large scale may cause Syria to become once more of vast importance in the east.

The frequent desertions from the navy during the last few years and the evident growing disinclination of men along the seaboard to enlstin that service has prompted the department to open recruiting stations in Duluth and Chicago for the purpose of augmenting the navy from the interior states. The pay is considerably above that in the army and the work not much harder.

The reclamation of submerged land in Jamaica bay, Long island, has now been in progress for about four years. In this bay are about 40 or 50 small islands which will be gradually reclaimed. The present plan of improvement includes about 22 islands, embrac-: ing about four square miles of territory, and some of this land is now ready for occupation. The land lies within Greater New York. :

A waterspout in and about Lake Erie picked up a vast volume of water and picked up also an assortment of fish, water snakes and turtles, and after carrying them for miles dropped all upon Middle Sister island, much to the astonishment of the keeper of the lighthouse, Capt. West, and his family. Lake Erie this year has been famous for waterspouts, and half a dozen have been reported by hosts of witnesses whose veracity cannot be doubted.

A writer in answer to the question, “Where is the hottest place on earth?” names “the lower valley of the Ganges, where the daily summer temperature is from 105 to 110 degrees. During the monsoon the Euphrates country registers from 115 to 120 degrees. The sandy wastes of Arizona frequently send the thermometer to 110 and 115 degrees, but Massowah and the Red sea country lead all. In the sun the thermometer reaches 170 degrees, and in the shade 130 to 145 degrees, and life in the open air is sacrificed.” y ;| E—————

: Twentyfive years ago scientists predicted that abundant coal fields would be found on both sides of the British channel, and the predictions have been fulfilled. Besides the great Kentish fields discovered several years ago and yielding bountifully ever since immense tracts of coal have been recently found between Calais and Cape Grisnez. The French discoveries were the result of those in England, geologists being sure that the same belt of coal extended under the water from onc country to the ‘other. This last discovery is of the greatest importance to industrial France.

- Adventurers returning from Alaska report that great fortunes are being made by miners in newly discovered gold fields in the vicinity of the Yukon. Little or nothing is said of the hardsbips and privations that the miners have to endure in order to acquire this wealth. The country is hailed as anew Eldorado, but there have been other Eldorados, and in almost every case where one man succeeded a dozen failed. The glittering reports from Alaska may induce many to visit that barren and uninviting region, but the prudent will think twice before undertaking such a venture. i

Edward Hanlan Ten Eyck, the first American to win the Diamond sculls, the coveted prize for amateurs at the annual Henley regatta in England, comes of a rowing family. He is descended from a race of watermen who have lived for many generations at Peekskill-on-the-Hudson. His grandfather ran or rather sculled a ferry across the river at this well-known point. His father was an oarsman of the first class. And as if heredity were not enough to make a waterman of lidward, christening was called in to lend its suggestive aid to the exercises which was to lead him to fame. e ——— . As an outcome of old wars and differences in South América all diplomatic relations bLetween Brazil and Colombia and Ecuador were severed 27 years ago, and none of these countries has since been represented at the capital of the other by a minister. The governments have come to the conclusion that this state of affairs has lasted long ~enough, and Brazil has sent a epecial ~envoy to reopen negotiations and put ~ matters upon the usual footing, South e . % bas taken the initigtive and the other

. i 7 2 Epitome of the Week. INTERESTING NEWS COMPILATION, FIFTY-FIFTH CONGRESS. Proceedings of the Special Session. Union Pacific railway affairs occupied the time in the United States senate on the 19th. In the house the conference report on the tarift bill was adopted by a vote of 185 to 118, five democrals voting in favor of the measure. The house took a recess until the 21st, The tariff conference report was presented to the United States senate on the 20th, but little progress was made on it beyond the formal reading of about two-thirds of the report. There were indications the final report vote would be reached in a short time. A joint resolution empowering the president to take steps for the release of Ona Melton and other Competitor prisoners held by Spain was passed. The house was not in session. . The United States senate on the 21st concluded the formal reading of the tarift conference report. The debate was spiritless in the main. In the house a joint resolution was passed requesting the president to malke such investigations as will elicit all the facts in reference to the restrictions put upon the sale of American tobacco in foreign countries. The debate on the tariff conference report in the United States senate on the 22d was participated in by Senators Chilton, Jones and Pettigrew in opposition, while Senator Aldrich defended the report against their criticisms. Mr. Turley, the new senator from Tennessee, took the oath of office. In the house Mr. Daizell (Pa.) introduced a bill to authorize the president to suspend in part or in whole the discriminating duties imposed on the vessels of foueign countries which impose similar duties on our vessels, and Mr. Stone (Pa.) presented a measure to authorize the appointment of a monetary commission and to provide for its expenses:

FROM WASHINGTON.

The rumor that Rev. T. DeWitt Talmage had practically severed his connection with the First Presbyterian church in Washington is denied. v The president received a resolution adopted by the Pittsburgh council asking him to use his good offices in the settlement of the coal strike. Advices say that an international conference will be held in Washington early in October to consider a new arbitration treaty between the United States and England.

THE EAST.

A letter from President Ratchford to the public says that the coal miners’ strike is not a choice but an alternative forced upon the miners in their demands for living wages, and says that the prospects are that the men will win a victory. With Lieut. Peary and partyonboard, the bark Hope, bound for northern Greenland, left Boston.

The death of James F. Babcock, inventor of the fire extinguisher bearing his mame, occurred at his home in Dorchester, Mass., aged 53 years. - At the navy yard in Brooklyn the new light draft gunboat Anmapolis has been placed in commission.

Three men and four women were killed by an explosion in the cartridge department of the armory of the Winchester Repeating Arms company in New Haven, Conn. Peter Havermans, the oldest Roman Catholic priest in the United States, died in Troy, N. Y., aged 91 years. At Wilkes Barre, Pa., Peter Wassels was hanged for the murder of Joseph Kupersavage in Georgetown in 1896. Dr. E. B. Andrews, president of Brown university at Providence, R. 1., has resigned. The striking miners, impatient with delay, were resorting to force to make the suspension complete and the operators were preparing to meet violence. At Saratoga, N. Y., earthquake tremors were felt, the vibrations passing from east to west. :

WEST AND SOUTH.

W. L. Ryder, who on Easter Sunday a year ago shot to death the young woman who had rejected him, was taken from the sheriff at Columbus,Ga., by a mob and lynched. i Near Goodwater, Ala., a mob shot to death James Daniel, a negro who had attempted an assault on Mrs. John Baker. i

Terrible electrical storms occurred at Marion, 0., where three men were killed by lightning, and at Radburn four men met a like fate.

In their home at Wheeling, W. Va., Stanley Edwards, aged ten, and William Edwards, aged four, were murdered by some one unknown during the absence of their parents. At Saginaw, Mich., Sarah Elizabeth Hamilton, 19 years old, drowned herself and her 13-months-old babe in the river. . ;

- The Woman’s National Keeley league will hold its fifth annual convention in Minneapolis August 24, 25 and 26.

At Lake Geneva, Wis., the Y. M. C. A. secretaries of Missouri and Illinois held their annual conference. Full time is being worked for the first time in four ‘years at the Iron Mountain railroad shops at De Soto, Mo. -

While disposing of counterfeit coin Rhoda Fuller, one of the most noted and desperate female outlaws in Arkansas, was captured at Batesville. At Fort Wayne the Indiana Farmers’ Savings and Loan association went into the hands of a receiver with liabilities of $lOO,OOO. : At the age of 98 years, Mrs. Aldrich, one of the seven surviving widows of the revolutionary soldiers, died in San Diego, Cal. - D. W. Caldwell, president of the Lake Shore & Michigan Southern railroad, died in Cleveland, aged 67 years. A negro named Oscar Williams, who committed an assault on the daughter of a Henry county farmer, was hanged by a mob at Griffin, Ga. In Chicago the equestrian statue of Gen. John A. Logan was unveiled on the lake front béfore an immense audience, and the military and civic parade and naval display which followed the exercises were very imposing., In 'tdte evening Mrs. Logan gave a reception at the Coliseum. ‘

A mob banged Ephraim Brinkley near Nebo, Ky., for disorderly conduct, and the woman he was living with was’ whipped and ordered to leave the town. A. A, Charles and H. J. Snow arrived in San Diego, Cal,, from Bt. L0ui5,.2,841 miles, on’ bicycles. They were seven weeks on the road.” v e o]

A cloudburst struck Youngstown, 0., flooding the entire valley and causing great damage to property. Many people were supposed to be drowned. The entire country east and west for 20 miles was flooded and the damage will be enormous. W

At Kokomo, Ind., the Pittsburgh Plate Glass company resumed operations, giving employment to 800 men. Some 10,000 school children laid floral offerings at the base of the Brigham Young monument in Salt Lake City.

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.

Off the Isle of Wight the steamer St. Fillans collided with the Belgian fteamer Concha and nine of the crew of the latter were drowned.

Advices from Constantinople say the sultan has issued an irade sanctioning the settlement of the frontier question in accordance with the wishes of the powers. In the tower of St. Peter’s church in Seville, Spain, the bodies of 26 infants were discovered, and Warden Orellana and his wife were arrested.

Advices from Copenhagen say that a carrier pigeon from Andree’s balloon was caught in the vicinity of Tromsoe island, Norway, with the following stamped upon its wing: ‘North pole passed. TFifteenth.” Dispatches from Athens say that the evacuation of Thessaly by the Turks had commenced.

Alarm was caused in Havana by the report that Gomez was marching on the capital, and the panic was heightcned by the extraordinary preparations for defense ordered by Capt. Gen. Weyler.

At the age of 108 years John O’Brien, at one time the ‘“champion fowler and angler of Ireland,” died at Newmarket.

LATER NEWS.

Jim Grey, a negro, was lynched near Goldville, S. C., for assaulting a child.

The Casino summer theater at Romona park, near Paducah, Ky., was destroyed by fire and in the panic that ensued 100 persons were crushed and burned, some probably fatally. lour men were killed by an explosion on the steamer Nutmeg State at Bridgeport, Conn.

There were 227 business failures in the United States in the seven days ended on the 23d, against 263 the week previous and 281 in the corresponding period of 1896. The town of Upper Hinton, W. Va,, was almost entirely swept away by a tornado and several persons were killed. The Chinese steamer Srihengann, bound from Singapore for Malacca, was wrecked in a squall off Malacca and 120 persons, including the captain, were drowned.

Reports from all portions of the country say that business is increasing and confidence growing. - Judge Showalter has reaffirmed his decision against the three-cent street railway fare law passed by the Indiana legislature. The Brownell Car company, one of the largest concerns of the kind in the country, failed in St. Louis for $182,000. At the national military home in Dayton, 0., M. S. Swain and John A. Lants, old veterans, committed suicide, and John Oar drépped dead.

The plant jof the Peoria (I 11. Grape Sugar company was burned, the loss being $600,000. Myron H. McCord took the oath of office in Washingtcn as governor of Arizona before Justice Harlan, of the United States supreme court. The bank of Mammoth Springs, Ark., closed its doors with liabilities of $71,000 o

Dr. Donald Mac Lean, dean of the California Medical college in San Francisco, was shot and probably fatally wounded by Patrick Walsh, a janitor, who subsequently committed suicide. John Phelps, aged 28 years, and his wife, aged 17 years, were killed by the cars near Utica, N. Y.

‘The extensive plant of the Badger Paper company at Kaukauna, Wis., was destroyed by fire, the loss being $250, 000.

Fire damaged the Spring house, a fashionable hotel at Richfield Springs, N. Y., to the extent of $lOO,OOO. William W. Shier, Frank E. Russell, Jr., and Edward Stubenstay were drowned in the river at Detroit, Mich., by the capsizing of a boat. Advices say that Great Britain has been taking possesion of islands in the south seas that belong to Hawaii. At Washington park, Chicago, Star Pointer defeated the pacing whirlwind, Joe Patchen, in three straight mile heats, the best time being 2:03. : An official report says that since February 24, 1895, 22,700 Spaniards have been killed on the field in Cuba.

Because they could not marry and be consistent Catholics, Patrick Sullivan and his cousin, Annie Sullivan, killed themselves by inhaling gas in a Westchester (N. Y.) hotel. An excursion train went through a trestle near Marietta, 0., and 15 persons were injured, two probably fatally. :

The London Sunday Times predicts war between Great Britain and the United States over the seal fisheries question. Heavy rains in ¢entral New York damaged crops to the extent of $500,000. The percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week ended on the 24th were: Boston, .707; Cincinnati, .658; Baltimore, .649; New York, 595; Cleveland, .560; Pittsburgh, .473; Philadelphia, .468; Chicago, .443; Louisville, .436; Brooklyn, .427; Washington, .387; St. Louis, .221. The tariff debate came to an end in the United States senate on the 23d and it was decided to take the final vote on the 24th. A house bill was passed authorizing the president to suspend discriminating duties imposed on foreign vessels and commerce. In the house the senate bill to ratify the compact entered into between the states of South Dakota and Nebraska relative to the disputed boundary line was passed. : The Dingley tariff bill as amended is now the law of the country. By @ vote of 40 to 30 the Urfited States senate at 3:04 o’clock on the afternoon of the 24th accepted the conference report by a vote of 40 to 30 and at 4:07 the president signed the bill. A currency ‘reform message was received from the president and referred to the finance committee, and then the senate adjourned sine die. In the house Speaker Reed signed the tariff bill, the currency reform message from President McKinley was received and a bill was passed ‘putting the president’s recommendaHons w&mfit i Ateor the ‘committees were aninounced; o final adJjournment was taken. = . .

SHERIFF’'S DEPUTIES.

Called on to Guard Mines in Weset Virginia.

Operators to Confer om the True Uniformity Plan—Debs Says‘Some Pungent Things—Demands of Illineis MMiners.

Fairmont, W. Va., July 23.—Armed deputy sheriffs of the county now guard the Hite mine at Kings, three miles above here on the Tygart’s Valley river. The sherift was called there Thursday afternoon, as the operators feared an outbreal, but no arrests were made. Early in the morning the drivers at that mine joined the strikers as a result of the efforts of Crawford Temple, a Monongah miner, who, sinc2 joining the union, has proved as efficient a missionary as the organizers could” desire. 'The operators secured new drivers in an hour and at noon over half of the miners came out. Then the second lot of drivers threw up their positions and some of the men began stoning the miners, who were forced to leave their work, and who had assembled in front of the mine. Rolf Hite, the superintendent, soon had his faithful Winchester in his hands and three shots quenched the enthusiasm of all the strikers but one who made for Hite with a pick, but he was driven off at the point of a revolver. The operators, however, feared another outbreak and called on the county officials for aid.

Efforts at Arbitration.

Pittsburgh, Pa., July 24.—The situation in this district has not materially changed. The efforts of the arbitration comimission have been so far successfu: that a call for a meeting of operators on Tuesday next has been issued. It is signed by W. P. De Armitt, for the New York & Cleveland Gas Coal company; J. B. Zerbe, for the Ohio & Pennsylvania Coal company; E. Young, for M. A. Hanna & Co.; George W. Schlendeberg, for the E. L. Robbins company, and other leading operators of the district. These names to the notice of a meeting is sufficient guarantee of the success of the gathering in point of attendance. ‘ ‘

Listen to Debs.

Fairmont, W. Va., July 24—Friday was the agitators’ day. In the morning the miners at Hite’s mines came out as did also 40 others at the shaft, and it is reported that some are out at the New England mines. A successful meeting was held at Willow Tree schoolhouse Friday afternoon by Debs, Ratchford and Mahon. Three hundred of the Monongah miners, accompanied by their wives and children and preceded by a band, marched through the broiling sur to an intermediate point between Monongah and Fairmont, where they were met by a delegation of miners from Hite’s and other mines. Monongah Coal company officials were also present. Mr. Debs said in part: ;

‘““The longer a man works the poorer he fs. The only way to get out of debt is to quit work. I had my choice of agitation or stagnation, and I chose the former, and in consequence I got in jail, and can go again if necessary. It has got to be so that if you want an honest man you must go to jail to get him. That flag that floats over your head is a piece of sarcasm. Slaves were worth $1,500. You miners are not worth 15 cents.a shipload. You are the only commodity that has no commercial value. All you are good for is for fertilfzer.”

Kewanece (I 11. Miners Quit.

‘Kewanee, 111., July 24.—The miners, about 100 in number, at the Kewanee Coal company’s shaft quit work Thursday night and refused toreturn Friday. It seems to be generally understood that there is no grievance here, but that the miners are out to assist the eastern strikers. This closing down of the mines which supplied the Western Tube company with coal is causing them much trouble and has already thrown a great many men out of work, but to keep the works in operation the company is burning wood and putting in oil burners under their boilers.

Arthur Keeps Hands Off.

Cleveland, 0., July 24. — “Received your telegram. Cannot legally comply with the Tequest,” was the answer which P. M. Arthur, chief of the Brotherhood of,Locomotive Engineers, sent to President Ratchford’s message requesting Arthur’s presence at a conference of labor leaders to be held at Wheeling Monday or Tuesday.

Demands of Illinois Miners,

St. Louis, July 24.—The latest reports from Belleville, 111., where 1,000 coal miners went out Thursday, are tc the effect that everything is quiet there. The following demands have been formulated, and it is desigmed to make them apply throughout the southern Illinois coal field: 1-That we demand 40 cents per ton, mine run, gross top weight, 2,000 pounds to constitute a ton.

2—Loaders after mining machines who chute their own coal and timber their own places, 25 cents a ton, mine run, men to furnish their own supplies. 3—Machine runners to receive four cents a ton, and machine helpers to receive three cents a ton mine run.

4—Daily wages as follows: Track layers, $2.25; timbermen, $2.25; drivers, $2; trappers, 75 cents; laborers inside, not less than $1.75; laborers outside, not less than $1.65: dumpers, §_2; box car lalorers, not less than $1.85; car pilers, $2. :

‘We further recommend that we restrict ourselves as follows: Hand miners to six tons a day; loaders after machine miners to nine tons a day; machine runners and helpers to 60 tons a day.

Loss of 120 Lives,

London, July 24.—A dispatch from Singapore says that the Chinese steamer Srihengann, bound from Singapore for Malacia with 190 passengers, was wrecked in a squall off Malacia on June 19. One hundred and twenty persons, including the captain of the steamer, were drowned. The remainder of the ship’s company were rescued by a passing steamer.

Want a Good Man.

Washington, July 22. — The civil service commission announces a competitive examination to fill the vacancy in the position of supeérvising architect of the treasury. The salary of this position, which is one of the most important and responsible under the government, is $4,500 per annum; £

Mc¢Corad Qndllfle-.

Washington, July 24.—Myron H. McCord took the oath of office as governor of Arizona before Associate Justice Harlan, of the United States supreme court, Friday. Secretary Bliss has notified Gov. Franklin and directed him to turn over the office to the territorial secretary. !

Jenn iilzelow Dead.

London, July 21.-—Jean Ingelow, the distinguisheéd poet and novelist, died ‘in London, - She was in her seventy‘gevénth year. | Abr e

CURRENCY REFORM, fresident Urges the Creation of a . Commission. Washington, July 26.—The president has sent the following message to congress. » - ‘““To the Congress of the United States: In my message convening the congress in extraordinary session I called attention to a 2 single subject—that of providing revenue adequate to meet the reafsonab!e and proper expenses of the government. I believed that to be the most pressing subject for settlement then. A bill to provide the necessary revenues for the government has already passed the house of representatives and the senate and awaits executive action.

“Another question of very great importance is that of the establishraent of our currency and banking system on a better basis, which I commented upon in my inaugural address in the following words: “*Our financial system needs some revision; our money is all good, but its value must not further be threatened. It should all be put upon an enduring basis, not subjeet to easy attack, nor its stability to doubt or dispute. The several forms of our paper money offer, in my judgment, a constant embarrassment to the government and imperil a safe balance in the treasury.’ ‘““Nothing was settled more clearly at the late national election than the determination upon the part of the people to keep their currency stable-in value and equal to that of the most advanced nations of the world. =

‘““The soundness of our currency is nowhere questioned. No loss can occur to its holders. It is the system which should be simplified and strengthened, keeping our money just as good-as it is now, with less expense to the government and the people. “The sentiment of the country is strongly in . favor of early action by congress in this direction, to revise our curency laws and remove them from partisan contention. A nctable assembly of business men with delegates from 29 states and territories was held at Indianapolis in January of this year. The financial situation commanded their earnest attention, and after a two-days’ session the convention recommended to congress the appointment of a monetary commission. “I commend this report to the consideration of congress. The authors of the report recommend a commission ‘to make a thorough investigation of the monetary affairs and needs of this country in_all relations and aspects and to make proper suggestions as to any evils found to exist and the remedies therefor.’

‘““This subject should receive the attention of congress at the special session. It ought not to be postponed until the regular session.

“I therefore urgently recommend that a special commission be created, non-parti-san in its character, to be composed of well-informed citizens of different parties, who will comimand.the confidence of congress and the country, because of their special fitness for the work, whose duty it shall be to make recommendations of whatever changes in our present banking and currency laws may be found necessary and expedient, and to report their conclusions on or before the Ist day of November. next, in order that the same may be transmitted by me to congress for its consideration at its first regular session. “It is to be hoped that the report thus made will be so comprehensive and sound a 3 to receive the support of ali parties and the favorable action of congress. At all events such a report cannot fail to be of value to the executive branch of the government as well as to those charged with public legislation, and to greatly assist in the establishment of an improved system of finance. 2 : . “WILLIAM M’KINLEY. ““Executive Mansion, July 24, 1897.”

FAILS TO SWIM CHANNEL. RicNally Gives Up When Only Three Miles from the Fremnch Coast. London, July 26.—After swimming 15 hours and ten minutes P. S. McNally, of Boston, American champion long-dis-tance swimmer, was obliged to give up his attempt to swim the English channel when only three miles from shore. He hoped to break the record of Capt. Webb, whoswam the channel in August, 1875, in 21 hours, covering about 30 miles. McNally made his start from Dover at 11:20 o’clock Saturday morning. He was given a royal send-off and was accompanied by a tug which contained newspaper men and members of London . swimming clubs. McNally made good progress “across tide” for six hours northward, but when at the end of that time the tide turned he struck some terrific water, which carried him at least ten miles out of his course. It was seen that he could not possibly reach the cape and he was called on to quit. He continued, however, 30 minutes, when he began to swim in a circle, and his trainer tock him aboard. McNally was given stimulants several times, and although he wore only a pair of silk trunks he showed little or no sifigs of fatigue. HAS LIABILITIES OF $1,000,000. Affairs of a Bankrupt Chicagoan Make a Very Bad Showing. Chicago, July 26.—The liabilities of Theodore H. Schintz, the lawyer and real estate dealer who assigned last week, have been found to reach $1,000,000, while the available assets have dwindled down to less than $lOO,OOO. Only one mortgage has been found among the papers in Schintz’ office of the scores that were given to him. Schintz is now believed to have got about $125,000 out of four or five banks in the city on collateral that is almost absolutely worthless. The best that can be realized on any of it was stated by one of the banks which held it to be less than 50 cents on the dollar. :

Tragedy at Erie, Pa.

Erie, Pa., July 26.—Charles Edwards attempted to beat his wife to death Saturday night. Edwards was drunk. A fellow employe named William Allison and their employer, John Kane, heard the woman’s cries and rushed to her assistance. When they entered Edwards’ house, Edwards fired with a revolver, the bullets taking effect in both men. Allison died shortly after. Kane was shot through the neck, but may recover. Mrs. Edwards was badly beaten end physicians fear that she has suf fered internal injuries. Edwards escaped.

Man and Wife Killed.

Utica, N. Y., July 26.—John Phelps, aged 28 years, a clerk, and his wife, aged 17, were instantly killed by a train on the West Shore railroad about gix o’clock Sunday night. They were seen struggling before the train struck them and it is thought the man intended to cause the death of his wife and bimself. He had been heard to threaten her. ' !

Killed by the Cars.

Chicago, July 26. — Evans Thomas, aged 84, a resident since 1839, was killed on the railroad track at Franklin Grove Saturday morning.

Defy the Lnvw.

Muncie, Ind., July 206.—The threats from the Young Men’s Christian band ten days ago failed to frighten the Muncie merchants into closing their places of business on Sunday and the filing of a half dozen affidavits against the violators of the law Saturday had the same results yesterday, as business was conducted as usual,

; Found Dend in Ded. §oy

Quincy, 111, July 26.—George Terlisner, aged 70,-one of the city's pioneers, was found dead in bed Sunday, The coroner's jury returned a verdict of death from excessive heat. ;

IT IS A LAW,

Tariff Measure Reaches the Prese ident and Is Signed. |

Senate Adopts the Conference Report by a Vote of 40 to 30—Question as to Exact Time New Rates Went Into Effect.

Washington, July 26.—The tariff bill passed its last legislative stage at three p. m. Saturday, when the senate, by the decisive vote of 40 to 30, agreed to the conference report on the bill. The announcement of the result was greeted with enthusiastic applause by the crowded chamber. The bill was at once sent to President McKinley, who signed it at 4:07. The Vote. Yeas—Aldrich, Allison, Baker, Burrows, Carter, Clark, Davis, Deboe, Elkins, Fairbanks, Foraker, Frye, Gallinger, Gear, Hale, Hansgbrough, Hawley, Hoar, Jones (Nev.), Lodge, Mcßride, MecEnery, McMillan, Mason,. Morrill, Nelson, Penrose, Perkins, Platt (Conn.), Platt (N. Y.), Pritchard, Quay, Sewell, Shoup, Spooner, Stewart, Thurston, Warren, Wetmore—4o. i Nays—Bacon, Bate, Berry, Caffery, Chilton, Clay, Cockrell, Daniel, Faulkner, Gorman, Harris, Jones (Ark.), Lindsay, Mallory, Martin, Mills, Mitchell, Morgan, Murphy, Pasco, Pettus, Roach, Smith, Tillman, Turley, Turner, Turpie, Vest, Walthall, White—3o. ‘ :

Washington, July 26.—Treasury officials are all of the opinion that the new tariff law went into effect at midnight on F¥riday. The courts may eventually rule otherwise, but the present purpose of the department is to require payment in accordance with the Dingley law upon all goods entered Saturday. An opinion of the attorney general, however, will be obtained before a formal ruling on that subject is made. Hundreds of thousands of dollars depends on the ruling.- g . In anticipation of the passage of the law importers brought in large quantities of goods, which paid dutiez under the Wilson act. Importations have been extremely heavy since last March, and reached their highest point during the present month, although complete returns have not yet reached the department. The bureau of. statisties estimated that during March, April, May and June nearly 3,000,000,000 pounds of sugar, valued at nearly $50,000,000, were imported into this country. The returns for July have not yet been received, but it is expected by the department that they will not fall below the average of over 7,000,000 pounds established by April, May and June. For the three mornths, Marck, April and May, the value of hides imported was $44,023,298, while for the corresponding period of last year the value of the importations of this maierial was $23,223,208. A comparison of other goods imported during the same period will show a proportionately like difference between the values of 1896 and those of 1897. As importers attempted to enter goods before the Dingley act began operation, so brewers attempted to take advantage of the tax imposed by the Wilson law on beer: It is estimated that during the last three days beer stamps valued at $2,500,000 were sold, on which, under the old law, the brewers will get 7Y, per cent. rebate. ' '

According to the most conservative estimates of the revenue to be produced by the new law, the total will exceed the amount raised in the last year of the Wilson bill by at least $30,000,000. This, too, in spite of the fact that the revenue-producing powers of the new law will be seriously crippled by the anticipatory importations of the last three or four months. The chemical schedule of the new law, it is expected, will produce revenue to the amount of $6,695,000. In 1896, under the Wilson law, it broughtonly $5,500,000 (in round numbers). The earthenware and glassware schedule is counted upon for $9,741,000, while under the Wilson law in 1896 it brought $7,900,000. Schedule C, metals and manufactures of metals, is expected to produce $17,000,000, while in 1896 the amount was only $13,300,000. The lumber schedule, it is anticipated, will produce $2,400,000. Even with the enormous anticipatory importations the sugar schedule is expected to bring in, at the lowest estimate, $38,000,000, as against $29,000,000 under the Wilson law in 1896. A more liberal estimate places the prospective sugar revenues at $55,000,000. On tobacco and manufactures thereof the estimated revenue for the next year is $16,400,000, against $14,800,000 under the Wilson law last year. In the agricultural schedule the estimates of revenue run from $10,000,000 to $15,000,000, compared with $7,900,000 in 1896. Imported wines, - spirits and malt liquors are counted upon for $7,935,000, against against $6,900,000 last year. Schedule I, manufactures of cotton, brought in $9,300,000 last year, and it is estimated will produce over $11,000,000 next year. in flax, hemp, jute, etc., the revenues for next year are estimated at from $15,000,000 to $19,000,000, contrasted with $12,000,000 last year. On wool and manufactures thereof the estimate is at least double the revenue of last year, which was $23,000,000. Silk and silk goods are expected to bring about $14,000,000, against $12,500,000 last year. On pulp, paper and books the estimate is $2,000,000, contrasted with $1,200,000 last year. The sundries schedule, which includes miscellaneous items not otherwise specified, produced $10,900,000 last year, and the lowest estimate for next year is $13,500,000, while a more liberal calculation places it at $20,000,000.

Lynching May Follow a Shocking Crime at Iron Mountain, Mich.

Iron Mountain, Mich., July 26.—Information reached here Saturday of the murder of Pearl Morrison, aged 20 years, at Crystal Falls. The body was found near a powder house about a mile irom town and a medical examination proved she had been assaulted and then strangled to death. A man named Barney Boyle, and a stranger, wio was unable to give a good account of himself, have been locked up. The murdered girl is a niece of Representative Chamberlain, of Ircnwood. Public sentiment is favorable to a lynching bee,. ;

Church Taxes Tobacco Users.

Montgomery, Ala.,, July 26.—The stewards of the Methodist church at Albertsville, Ala., finding their church revenues insufficient, have levied an annual tax of ten dollars on each member of the congregation who chews tobacco. The plan is said to work admirably.

Gomez Will Not Compromise. Madrid, .July 206.—1 t is stated that Gen. Maximo Gomez, the leader of the Cuban insurgents, has reaftirmed his determination not :to accept a compromise with the government, but to adhere to his demand for the absolute independence of Cuba, = =

NAMED BY REED.

Spenker of the House Announces & List of Committees. Washington, July 26.—Speaker Reed Saturday night at 8:30 announced the house committees. The committees on ways and means, accounts and mileage were announced at the beginning of the session. The chairmen of the various committees and the positions occupied by the Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, lowa and Wisconsin men are as follows: Foreign Affaira—Robert E. Hitt, Illinois: Robert G. Cousins, Iowa; Willlam Alden Smith, Michigan; Charles J. Hendy, Indiana, republicans. Appropriations—Joseph G. Cannon, Illinois; James A. Hemenway, Indiana: Samuel 8. Barney, Wisconsin; William H. Moody, Massachusetts; Samuel J. Pugh, Kentucky, republicans. : Judiciary—David B. Henderson, Iowa; Thomas Updegraff, Iowa; James A. Connolly, Illinois; John J. Jenkins, Wisconsin; Jesse R..Overstreet, Indiana, republicans. Banking and Currency—Joseph H. Walker, Massachusetts; Henry U. Johnson, Indiana; George Spalding, Michigan; George W. Prince, Illinois, republicans. Coinage, Weights and Measures—Charles W. Stone, Pennsylvania, Edward S. Miner, Wisconsin: Thomas Updegraff, Iowa; Dan iel W. Mills, Tllinois, republicans. Interstate and Foreign Commerce—William P. Hepburn, Iowa: John B. Corliss, Michigan; James R. Mann, Illinois, repuhlicans; William H. Hinrichson, Illinois, democrat. 8

Rivers and Harbors—Warren B. Hooker, New York: Henry A. Cooper, Wisconsin; Walter Reeves, Illinois; Roswell P. Bishop, Michigan, republicans. Agriculture—James W. Wadsworth, New York; Vespasian Warner, Illinois: Edward Sauerhering. Wisconsin; Horace G. Snover, Michigan; William Lorimer, Illinois, republicans. 4

Military Affairs—John A. Thull, Towa: Benjamin F. Marsh, Illinois; Michael Griffin,. Wisconsin; Hugh R. Belknap, Illinois, republicans; Thomas M. Jett, Illinois, democrat.

Naval = Affairs—Charles A. Boutelle, Maine; George E. Foss, Illinois, republicans.

Post Offices and Post Roads—Eugene F. Loud, California; George W. Smith, Illinois; William Lorimer, Illinois, republicans. i .

Public L.ands—John F. Lacy, Towa: Samvel 8. Barney, Wisconsin; C. .D. Sheldon, Michigan; Daniel W. Mills, Illinois, republicans. R ;

- Indian Affairs—James S. Sherman, New York; Jameés F. Lacy, Iowa: Horace GSnover; Michigan; Charles B. Landis, Indiana, republicans; William T. Zenor, Indiana, democrat. ‘Territories—William S. Knox, Massachusetts; M. Griffin, Wisconsin:; J. A. Hemenway, Indiana; William 8. Mesick, Michigan, republicans; J. Hunter, Illinois, democrat, ’

Public Buildings and Grounds—David H. Mercer, Nebraska; George E. White, Illinois, republicans. Pacific Railroads—H. Henry Powers, Vermont; William P. Hepburn, Iowa; George W. Faris, Indiana, republicans. . Invalid Pensions—George W. Ray, New York; Vespasian Warner, Illinois; Sam W, Smith, Michigan, republicans; Robert W. Miers, Indiana, democrat. Immigration and Naturalization—l Lorenzo Danford, Ohio; Joseph V. Graff, Illinois, republicans. .

Labor—John V. Gardner; New Jersey: William Lorimer, Illinois, republicans; Ferdinand Brucker, Michigan, democrat. Militia—Rßenjamin F. Marsh, Tlllinois; George Spalding, Michigan, republicans. The following are chairmen of the less important committees: Sl

Elections No. I—Robert W. Taylor, Ohio. .Elections No. 2—Henry U. Johnson, Indiana.

Elections No. 3—James A. Walker, Virginia. Levees and Improvements of the Missisgippi River—Richard Bartholdt, Missouri. Education—Galusha Grow, Pennsylvania. " Merchant Marine and Fisheries—Serenc E. Payne, New York. . Railways and Canals—Charles A. Chickcring, New York. Manufactures—George W. Faris, Indiana. Mines and Miring—Charles H. Grosvenor, Ohio.

Patents—Josiah D. Hicks, Pennsylvania. Pensions—Henry C. Loudenslager, New Jersey.

Claims—C. N. Brumm, Pennsylvania. War. Claims—Thaddeus M. Mahon, Pennsylvania. Private Land Claims—George W. Smith, Illinois.

District of Columbia—J. W. Babcock, Wisconsin.

- 'Revision of the Laws—Vespasian Warner, Illinois. o

Reform in the Civil Service—Marriott Brosius, Pennsylvania. Election of President, Vice President, and Representatives in Congress—John B. Corliss, Michigan. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic—H. C. Brewster, New York. .

Ventilation and Acoustics—Joel T. Hentwole, Minnesota. - Irrigation of Arid Lands—William R. Elliss, Oregon. )

Expenditures in the State Department— Lemuel E. Quigg, New York. Expenditures in the Treasury Department —Robert G. Cousins, lowa. Expenditures in the War Department— W. W. Grout, Vermont. Expenditures in the Navy Department— J. F. Stewart, New Jersey. Expenditures in the Post Office Depart=ment—lrving P. Wagner, Pennsylvania. Expenditures in the Interior Department —Charles Curtis, Kansas. - -

Expenditures in the Department of Justice—Cyrus A. Sullowey, New York. Expenditures in the Department of Agriculture—C. W, Gillet, New York. Expenditures on Public Buildings—D. G. Colson, Kentucky. Accounts—B. B. Odell, Jr.,, New York. Printing—G. D. Perkins, lowa.

Library—Alfred C. Harmon, Pennsylvania.

A PECULIAR FATE.

Strange Manner in Which a Pennsylvanian Was Killed.

Chester, Pa., July 26.—James P. Campbell, ex-city clerk of Chester, was killed Sunday afternoon by a most peculiar accident. He was one of a party standing on the government pier awaiting the Wilmington (Del.) passenger steamboat. A steam tug which was lying at the pier with a hawser attached to a post began to move,and the hawser, becoming taut, slipped over the top of ‘the post, and, whirling rapidly through the air, caught Campbell under the chin. The rope encircled itself tightly about his neck, Iffted the unfortunate man ten feet in the air and dropped him to the pier. His neck was broken and he was found to be dead when the hor-ror-stricken spectators ran to assist him.,

Temperance People Active.

Topeka, Kan., July 26. — Renewed activity in the effort to enforce the prohibitory law is being manifested throughout the state. Temperance people have become alarmed over the boldness of the jointists and are stirring up the officials to suppress the violators. Judge Guthrie, who has been keeping a close tab on the temperance situation in the state, says that the wave of prohibitory law enforcement is very likely to increase until the running of saloons, except possibly in the large cities. will become a hazardous undertaking.

Star Pointer Wins.

Chicago, July 26.—At Washington park on Saturday the free-for-all pace between Star Pointer, Joe Patchen and Frank Agan resolved itself into a match race between the first two, as Agan was distanced in the first heat. Purse, $5,000. Star Pointer won three straight Leats, Joe Patchen taking second each time. Best time, 2:03, made in first heat, 5 ; g e Pat to Death, . = _ Coffeesille, Miss., July s6.—Jim Sellers, a negro murderer, was tiken trom the county jail_at Pittsboro, Calhoun