Marshall County Independent, Volume 1, Number 29, Plymouth, Marshall County, 3 May 1895 — Page 6

FAVORS FßEE SILVER.

SENATOR VOORHEES READY FOR FREE COINAGE. He Avers the "Arrogant Apostles of Gold" Mean 111 to tlic People, and Demands White Metal at 10 to 1Bays Wc Should Not Wait for England Woiitt No Straddling. Senator Voorheos, of Indiana, in an interview on the silver question said: I do not regret the agitation of the silver question. Sooner or later it had to he definitely settled whet her the lahor producing people of this country can 1e bullied ut f half of their debt-paying money or that they will stand up like free men and protect and defend the money named and provided in the Constitution gold and silver, or lxth not one of the precious metals alone, but both, and on terms and conditions as to coinage uml use of absolute equality. That Is the question immediately before us. and no hetter time than now will ever he found for Its settlement. The Sherman act. which was conceived in rancorous hostility to silver and brought forth Into a law by an h.lquitlous betrayal of silver free coinage, has been burled In an unhonored grave, over which no lament will ever be heard. I have never been willing to admit that our system of currency should be dictated by Knglanl and other foreign countries, and 1 repel that idea now. The real and vital issue now presented to the American people is the proposed elimination of silver from our currency. This movement means the destruction of half of the debt-paying money of the 1'nitcd States and of the world. If it should bo successful It will double the burdens on every debtor and multiply the gains and income of every creditor wherever the sun tili in es. The debts of the American people at this time, both public and private, are appalüug In amount. They have been contracted on h bimetallic basis and it is now proposed to make them payable on a basis of gold alone. The two metals also constitute the specie basis for such paper currency as may be put In circulation. If silver money Is destroyed paper circulation must be contracted in that proportion. Kvery form and kind of money must become that much scarcer ami harder to get in exchange for labor and the products of labor. Such a policy is to my mind tdniply horrible. 1 have not a partible of doubt as to the result of the contest now going on. The enemies of silver will be driven to the wall. Silver money will not only survive but it will be fully restored to its old place as a leading and controlling factor In the development and the progress of the country. Danger fiom the coinage and use of silver ns money in this country never occurred to the sane mind until greed, avarice, unholy speculation reared Its serpent head and aimed a vicious, deadly blow at the honored dollar of the fathers in 1S7:1. Since that skxatoi: V(KKin:i:s. time we have had nothing but financial vexation, distrusts, business depression, ruinous panics, ami confiscation. If I am told on this question that r.'lver bullion as a marketable commodity at ihis time commands a low price, my answer is that if gold had been conspired against, persistently assailed by foul means as well as fair, st.-ibbed in the dark and in the daylight, and in the back and under the lifth rib. :.nd wherever else a dagger could be planted for nearly a quarter of a century past, it w uld be in a far worse crippled condition than silver. No other form of money on the face of the earth could have withstood as silver has done such a malignant, unsparing crusade as the last twenty-two years have witnessed In thl.; country. It still holds Its place in the affections and contidence of the people. Kattered. bruised, and tattered as it lias been, yet it will buy to-day all that gold will buy, and pay all the debts that gold will pay. unless a special contract has been made for gold. The American people will never give it up. and the sooner the minions of aggressive, indolent, consolidated wealth and the arrogant apostles of gold monometallism realize and act upon this fact the better and safer it will be for them hi the future of this country. The. need of the white metal in the hands of the people Is even greater now than ever before. There is scarcely a speck of gold In sight of the laboring classes. In round numbers there are nearly four thousand millions of gold monej In the world and about the same amount of silver. With silver demonetized the plain people, the wage workers, and those who raise and sell the produe of the soil will hr.ndle specie money no more forever, and will catch even a glimpse of it but seldom. I wish to impugn the motives of no one nnd to avoid hard words In discussion us much as possible; but the time has come when speech, though temperate, should be very plain. Party platforms from this time forward will not be framed to cheat on this subject, whatever may have been done heretofore. If the free and unlimited coinage of silver as full legal tender money and as a standard of statutes and the unit of account and payment, without a word of international agreement on the subject, will put this country on a silver basis, then we were on such a basis every day and hour from the passage of the first coinage act In April, ITU!!, until the demonetization net of February, 17:, a period of eighty-one years, during which we rose from weakness to the foremost rank among the nations of the earth. I commend to all croakers In regard to a silver basis n careful reading of the act of April 2. 171)-'. formulated by Hamilton and Jefferson and approved by Washington. ALLISON FOR SOUND MONKV. Iowa Man So Expresses Himself to a Chicago NewHpnpcr Interviewer. Senator William 11. Allison, of Iowa, passed through Chicago the other day on his way to Washington. In response to the quiries of an interviewer he said: "I am in favor of sound money. Cold and silver have been the money of nations for centuries, and all that is needed is to establish the relative value of the two metals. The question now is how can we place silver in circu ALLISON'. lation and pass it current with gold? It is gratifyiug, is it not, to know that a few men can save our country by loaning us gold to pay our current expenses?" Proposed Republican Policy. Washington dispatch: Certain elements In the Republican party will endeavor to obtain a definite declaration regarding silver at the national convention. TI.ey think it useless t attempt to commit the party to free and unlimited coinage, but they will try to secure insertion in the platform of a provision for coinage of silver to a considerable amount. 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itself to the coinage of $400,000,000 In silver. There are Republicans in the East who call themselves friends of silver, and this is the kind of policy they are counseling. FOR FREE COINAGE. Ex-Spcakcr Crisp Saye the 1800 Democratic Convention Should So Declare. In an interview at Atlanta ox-Speaker Crisp given his views of the coming presidential campaign and the politics which will enter into it. He says: "From the time of the tariff commission of 1SS0 down to a year ago tariff reform had its varying fortunes, resulting at last in a revision acceptable to the people. The silver question is going through the same course of public discussion. Just as in that fight the silver men will have their battle royal, when the American people

EX -SPEAK EH. CK i sr. will award the victory. The majority of people in both parties are in favor of the free coinage of silver. They are today behind the free silver movement, and they will push it on to success and have silver re-established to its old equality with gold. In the next campaign the rehabilitation of silver will be the controlling issue upon which Democracy will appeal to the people. Party platforms should always be plain and direct. Whatever reason existed for different constructions of the platform of 1802 should no longer exist, and for this purpose that to be adopted in 1S00 should be so plain that even a school hoy can understand it. The platform should declare for the free coinage of silver. "Of course," said Mr. Crisp, "there is a contingency in which the people might not be called upon to settle the question that is the probable action of an international conference. That would be the best and easiest method of re-establishing silver, and with less of the element of experiment in it. If such a conference should be called, and it took action restoring silver so that the people would be satisfied, we would have no financial issue for 1S00. I am in favor of its five coinage, as I have always been." SECRETARY MORTON'S VI II WS. Declares Himself for Gold Supply nnd Demand Kegulatcs Value. Secretary Morton, in an interview on the silver question, said: "I do not believe that an international conference can establish permanently a commercial ratio between gold and silver any inure than it can establish a permanent commercial ratio between rye and wheat. I'ut if an international conference can fix the price of gold and silver it can also rix the price of wheat or any commodity, and thereby avoid all possible shrinkages in va!u which tend to c:usi panics. My own judgment is that we must sooner or later declare that the United States recognizes gold si;r. moktov. as the best and least fluctuating measure of value and medium of exchange which the commerce of civilization has thus far utilized. The time for straddlers is passed. Those who are for sound currency on a gold basis ought to have the courage to say so and abide by the results of their convictions. I have no hesitation in declaring myself opposed to all free coinage fallacies. My judgment is that silver cannot be restored to its former monetary place in the Commerce of the world, because the supply of silver has outgrown the demand for silver in the exchanges of civilization. The relation of supply to demand is the regulator of value. This axiom applies alike to salt, silver, sugar and soap. All the legislation of the law-making bodies on the face of the globe can neither mitigate nor annul the operation of the inexorable law. The relation of supply and demand is the sole regulator of value." Tennessee Ilinictallic League, The first movement of the friends of free silver coinage in Tennessee to organize was made when, in response to a call, a gathering of the supporters of tht white metal was held in Memphis, at which the nucleus of a llimetallie League to embrace the entire State was formed, lie fore organization was perfect til the meeting declared its principles in a brief resolution favoring the free nnd unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio of III to 1, independent of the action of other coun tries. Trials of the New Party. Washington dispatch: When the Bi metallic league, which has headquarters in Washington, organized the new silver league on a 10 to 1 basis, it was with the expectation that both Populists and free coinage Democrats would go into it. The Democrats refused to have anything to do with a new party movement, and now the League people have been informed that the Populists will decline to join them. Sixteen to One Move in Texan. At a caucus in Austin, Tex., of tho members of the Legislature, at which Hon. John II. Ilea ga Ii. ex-State Comptrollers llrown and Swain nnd other prominent citizens were present, resolu tions were adopted looking to the organ ization of the free silverites in Texas on the 10 to 1 basis. Carlisle to Sneak at Memphis. Secretary Carlisle has confirmed the re port that he is to address the sound money convention at Memphis, lie sent a formal acceptance and will at once be gin the preparation of wdiat he is to say. Ihe eyeball Is white because tlio blood vessels that feed its substance arc so small that they do not admit the re corpuscles. Some men would rather not pray than to have their trousers bag at the knees.

ALLIES OF THE JAPS.

ENGLAND AND UNCLE SAM WITH THE MIKADO. With Two Powerful Friends the Demands of the Russian Hear Are Laughed to Scorn Montreal the Scene of a Terrible Accident. Defies Her Big: Foe. London advices say that England will give Japan open support in the ratification of the treaty of peace with China. A friendly understanding exists between the mikado nnd Lord Ilosebery's government. But this is not all. This tacit alliance is a triplo one and the United States is the third party to it. Japanese diplomats, with wonderful astuteness, have been for weeks preparing for the situation which now confronts the nations. They recognized that if they could secure even the moral supiort of England and America in settling the terms of peace with their conquered foe Japan could afford to ignore or defy the rest of the world. England entered heartily into the arrangement and representatives of both Japan and England are now using the most strenuous efforts to induce the United States to stand by its tacit agreement and join in protecting Japan against foreign interference. Such an attitude, it is represented, would not be repugnant to the American policy, but it is a peculiarly unusual and strange one for Great Britain to assume. Japan watches with keen Interest the course of the European powers regarding the Shimoneseki treaty. Japanese diplomats nre not particularly apprehensive of the outcome. The refusal of England to act in concert with Russia, Germany and France has encouraged the Japanese to believe that no strong single policy can be agreed on by the countries that feel their interests in the Ej st are threatened by the terms of the peace. Germany is thought to be but half-hearted in her cooperation with Trance and Russia, if such co-operation has been assured. Much confidence is felt in the assurances of good PEACE RESTORED dSss ... fee'ing given by Great Britain and the United States. The Russian Prince Uchtomoky, who accompanied the present czar on Iiis tour ia the East, has written a long communication to the Moscow Yiedomosti explaining the threatening features of the situation in the Orient. lie declares that Russian intervention is inevitable. It would be criminal neglect, he thinks, if Russia were to allow Japan to menace Russia's interests in east Asia, as is contemplated in the Shimoneseki treaty. Ho expresses the fear that bloodshed will be necessary before Japan's aggressive spirit can be checked. He regards the Japanese as intoxicated with the completeness of their victory nnd determined to force upon the rest of the world a policy which all nations having interests in cast Asia must frustrate, by peaceful means if possible, but otherwise by the sword. Washington Diplomats Secretive. A Washington dispatch says the report by cable that England and Japan were making strenuous efforts to secure the cooperation of the United States to prevent other powers from interfering in the making of the treaty of ponce between Japan and China nnd control certain of its terms, was referred to the Japanese Legation. Minister Kurino is sick, but questions as to the truth of the story were answered to the effect that nothing was known of it at the Japanese Legation. If efforts were being made to bring the United States into the affair on the side of Japan they were not being participated in by Minister Kurino. There is high authority for the statement that nothing of tho kind had been urged at the State Department by either the English or Japanese diplomats. So far, at least, no invitation to the United States to interfere In any way in the treaty making between China and Japan had come from any source. It was stated emphatically that no attitude of interference would be assumed by the United States now or hereafter, no matter who issued the invitation or who urged it. MANY GIRLS MANGLED. Pinned in n Montreal Fire -Trap by Iron-llarrcd Windows. W. C. McDonald's extensive tobacco factory in Montreal, Que., was partially destroyed by lire Thursday evening. The loss will reach half a million dollars, on which there was no insurance. There was not a fire escape on the outside nor any appliances on the inside of the building for the lighting of the lire. Even the windows were guarded by heavy iron screens, presumably to prevent theft. The fire started at 3 o'clock in tho drying room, and for a while smoldered. Then suddenly the flames burst through and a most awful panic ensued. There were 1MJ0 employes in the building, nnd more than half this number were women and girls. The shrieks of tho women as they beat against the iron screens, praying the crowd to do something to save them, were most heartrending. As the flames burst out three firemen were on the roof, and for fully twenty minutes their lives wen despaired of, till finally ladders were found to bring them down. They were badly burned.

The girls were nearly all on the fourth floor, and frantic with fear. With much trouble one of the iron lattices was knocked off, when one of the girls jumped and was almost shattered to pieces when t&c struck the roof of an adjoining warehouse. In a similar manner the others followed to the number of thirty. The ambulances were kept busy carrying the women and girls to the hospitals, and some were driven in cabs to their homes. From inquiries at the hospitals concerning the condition of the girls injured by jumping from the windows of the burning building, it was learned that but little hope is entertained for the recovery of at least five. The first girl to make the terrible leap from the fourth lloor to the warehouse roof was Marie Gaguon. who was picked up in an insensible condition, with her back broken.

SCARED BY A HAG. Sad Case of a Foolish Bride Who la Dying: in Florida. As a result of what some folks claim is witchcraft, Mrs. W. It. Langford, a bride of but a few weeks, who lives cbout twelve miles from Bartow, Ela., is on her deathbed. Some time ago Mrs. Langford came to Bartow to attend the Normal Institute, hoping to pass her examination and afterward get an appointment as school teacher. Mrs. Langford was in high spirits and soon became noted as one of the jolliest of tho Normal students. One day as she was walking alone in the suburbs of the town she was accosted by an old woman of the Meg Merrilies type, whom Mrs. Langford had never seen before. The hag surprised Mr. Langford by addressing her by name and by telling her that she had been married only a few days, and that she was the second wife of her husband; all of which was tiue. Mrs. Langford wondered how the old woman should be so familiar with the circumstances of her life, but her astonishment increased when the hag, pointing a skinny finger at her, said: "Enjoy yourself while you may, dearie, for in three months from to-day you will be a corpse." The old woman disappeared, and has not been seen since, nor has any clue to her identity been discovered. Mrs. Langford returned from her walk and told her IN THE ORIENT. rU at companions what had occurred. Her friends attempted to laugh the matter off, but the young bride seemed convinced that the hag's prophecy would prove true. She returned to her home, told her husband of the old woman's prediction and then to'ok to her bed. She has been growing weaker ever sirce, and it is believed she will die before the date fixed. Mrs. Langford complains of no pain, but is simply wasting away. She takes medicines prescribed by doctors, but says it is useless, as she is doomed. TOO BIG FOR JAIL. A Kentucky Giant Who Wouldn't Stoop to Fntcr a Prison Poor, James McDowell, a man of herculean build and standing seven feet and one inch in his bare feet, treated Grayson, Ky., to a regular picnic a few days ago. Jailer Brown had a warrant issued for him, the charge being that McDowell had smuggled liquor to prisoners ia jail. McDowell was easily found and went to the jail door, which was only six and onehalf feet high. But he refused to stoop to enter the jail. The jailer begged, theif threatened, but the giant stojd immovable. Brown tried to bend McDowell's legs at the knee, lie got up twenty feet away. Help was called for, but McDowell stood at the door, grim, but steadfast. A crowd began to gather. Soon all the town was attracted to the giant at the jail door. He was good-natured, and laughed and jested with the crowd. Toward evening McDowell announced that he was getting weary and would go home, promising to appear in court the next day, adding that if the door was enlarged he would go into the jail, but he would never bow to anv jail door. Brown let him go. MeDowA came back as he had promised, pleaded guilty and paid his fine. No Popo Joan. Though the story has been refuted over and over again, there is still a widespread belief that there existed in the middle ages a female pope. Tope Joan, as she is called, has even given her name to a game of cards which Is mentioned in Sheridan's "School for Scandal." The tradition with regard to tho female popo has been traced back to the eleventh century, but sho Is said to have lived much earlier, her pontificate having taken place in tho ninth century and having lasted for more than two years. The name she is alleged to have assumed is John VII. At the last meeting of the Academy of Inscriptions, in Paris, M. Müntz dealt another blow at the story, which Iia characterizes as a vulgar fable invented in the middle ages. Never, he dclares, after a careful study of the question, has a woman worn the tiara; and, moreover, there was no interregnum at the period when the pretended John VII. governed the church. Made Fifty Million. By the advance in petroleum the Standard Oil Company has pocketed $30,000,000 within the past two weeks.

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WILL MEET IN BOSTON

PLANS FOR THE CHRISTIAN ENDEAVOR CONVENTION. Fully Fifty Thousand Members of the Society Will Take Part in the Meeting Great Increase in Membership During: the Past Year. July lO to 13. The Christian Endeavor convention which meets in Boston July 10 to 13 is already arousing a great deal of interest. The committee of arangements has been granted the use of the Boston common for a big open-air meeting of a patriotic nature on .Tuly 13. Governor (Jreenhalge, Dr. Donald McLauren of Detroit, Dr. S. F. Smith, the author of "America," and several other prominent persons will be Vir -S in. s. f. SMivir. present ami speak. Dr. Smith is to write a special hymn for the convention. The singing will be by a choir of 1!,(M.0 voices, assisted by an immense orchestra. Fully iVUKNl Christian Endeavorers will take part in the meeting, in addition to the outsiders, who will be attracted by the novelty of the occasion. The Endeavorers will march in procession from their meeting place to the common. The meeting on the common will be held in the afternoon, and the morning sessions will be devoted to the general theme, "Our Country." In two big tents, each of which seats 1 1 ,rw 0 people, services of a patriotic nature will be held. A number of prominent men representing all sections of this country and Canada, have been secured to address these meets. A feature of the day will be the presentation to each delegate of a copy of a handsome illuminated card containing the hymn, "America." During the last year the increase in the membership of the Christian Endeavor societies of the world has bevn over ÜO0,000. The oUicers of the united societies are already assured of a greater attendance at Boston than there was at New York three years ago. The program will include the names of the leading pulpit orators of the United States, among them being T. De Witt Talmage, John G. Wooley and C. II. Parkhurst. CROP PROSPECTS ARE GOOD. Corn Planting Is Progressing Bnpidly itt Illinois j!!1 Iowa. Throughout the lower Ohio and central Mississippi alleys the week has been cooler than usual. Over the northern districts, from the upper Missouri valley eastward to New England, the week averaged wanner than usual, being decidedly warm in the Dakotas, Minnesota and tLe upper lake region, whore the daily average temperature excess generally ranged from 5 degrees to 11 degrees above normal. Over norMieastenn Missouri and central Illinois the precipitation for the week has exceeded the average. There was a 6ight excess over the extreme northern portion:-! of Minnesota and North Dakota, but ovr much the greater part of the country the rainfall during the week lias been less than usual. There was also practically no rain over a considerable area in the upper Missouri valley and portions of the southern Ohio valley, and only light showers feil in the lower lake region and upper Ohio valley. Warm rains are much needed in the central valleys. Corn planting has progressed rapidly in the more northerly States and planting has begun in Illinois and Iowa. Spring wheat seeding is about completed; Montana, North Dakota and Iowa report early sown up and looking well. Winter wheat is generally reported as ia good condition, except in Wisconsin and Oklahoma, where it has been badly winter killed. Illinois The week was favoraHe for farm work, but too cool and dry fur a good growth of vegetation, in the southern section more liberal rahis have fallen. Plowing for corn Is ceneii.!. ami some planting In southern Bectkri. niall f;rain and grass are making a god stand, but need rain. Streams are l..w and water is searee. Trnit In In full l-iXrin in the soiithern and central sections. Indiana Cold weather and delicieitt rains were not benelicial to the crops. Oats are coming up slowly but well. The plowing for jorn progresses, nnd some has been planted. Fruits are in bloom. Wisconsin The week was fine for seeding, oats and barley being sown for the most art and coming up well. Potatoes are being planted and com land prepared for planting. There Is little Improvement ia winter wheat, the crop generally u complete failure. aln is greatly needed. Minnesota With occasional light showers In the northern half and no rai:i elsewhere Tegetatioa has tills week made considerable prf gress. The seeding of small grain, except Has, Is nearly finished; potato planting has begun. The pod is being turned. More rain would be benelicial. Iowa Favorable weather conditions prevail. Farm woik Is progressing rapidly mid corn planting Is begun in some districts. The early sown cereals are well sprouted and p'now an excellent stand. Pastures are affording support for stock. North lakota The drought Is broken by the rains of the past week, and 8eedli:g Is progressing rapidly with the ground In excellent condition. Farly sown grain is up nnil looking well. The prospects generally are very good. South lakota The rnlnfaM Is below the average, but the temperature above average. Sunshine nud an ample moist soil have induced need germination and the growth of vegetation. Wheat and oats nre sown for the most part, and other seeding progresses rapidly. Garden and potato planting are general. Kansas Showers nnd light frosts prevailed tho fust of the eck, but It turned warm afterward. The fruit trees are full of bloom nnd grass is growing rapidly. All the crops are growing well In the east, but wheat Is backward In the west. They nre cultivating corn In tin south. Michigan A dry week, with considerable Bunshlne has been favorable for the progress of farm work. Flowing Is general. Oats, spring wheat and some potatoes were planted In the southern part of the State. Warm rains are much needed. Ohio Fair, cold, frosty weather has retarded the growth of cereals, but Is favorable for plowing for com and planting potatoes. 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peaches, plums and strawberries are bnfl tilng. Missouri The weather was favorable for farm work, but the low temperature has retarded grass a ad gardens. The rainfall has been unevenly distributed. The drought continues In some counties. Corn planting la progressing well, and cotton planting begun. Wheat and oats look well. The prospects for fruit continue excellent. Nebraska All vegetation has frrown well. Small grain Is generally in excellent condition, but some tle'Js are beginning to feel the need of rain somewhat. ni pl.-witinjj Is general In the southeastern counties. Several frosts, but no damage has bee reported.

HOW MONEY IS TO BE SPENT. Appropriation Made by the Keccntly Adjourned Coiistcsk. The volatile annually prepared by the clerks of the Senate and House Appropriations Committees, showing the exact appropriations and the new offices created, has been prepared for the last session of the Fifty-third Congress by Thomas I. Cleaves, clerk of the Senate Committee, and J. C. Courts, clerk of the House Committee. The statement gives the appropriations in detail and specifics the new oilices created and abl:shed with the salaries and also the salaries increased and reduced, together with the chronological history of the regular appropriations. The appropriations were as follows: Agricultural $ o.öj.'.,7ü0 Army j:i.jr.l008 Diplomatic and consular.... l.r74.4rS District of Columbia r,74.",443 FortihVatior.s l.'.)4.r.77 Indian 8,732,731 Legislative, executive and judiciary 21.S01.71S Military academy 414.201 will 1 1 Tension 141.:l..r70 Tost olliee S1.Ö4Ö.'7 Sundry civil 4 '..." Uyo Total regular appropriations. 37.'?,1 1.322 Deficiencies 0.23,.74 Miscellaneous appropriations 207,007 Total general bills and miscellaneous r.S3.034.304 Permanent appropriations... 113. 7 3.03d Grand total, appropriations.. 407,S.320 The number of new othces specifically created is 1.773, at an annual cost of $1.313,324, and the number omitted is 400, at an annual cost of $407,043, making a net increase of 1,304 in number and S13,370 in amount. Included ia this increase are the IhjO additional seamen authorized to be enlisted in the navy and 313 additional deputj collators and revenue agents in the internal revenue service to carry into efloct the income tax law. In addition to the foregoing there is a net Increase in specific amounts appropriated for new offices where the number of such offices and the amount of salary to individuals are not specified, of $S"J3,700. The number of salaries specifically increased is 110 at an annual cost of $30,500, and the number of salaries specifically reduced is 00 at an annual cot of $1,32S, making a net increase of 30 in number and of $21,177 in amount; making a net total increase on account of Fa'ariei of offices, new and old. of $1,042,2: WORLD'S SUPPLY OF WHEAT. Changes Made in the Available Stock in One Week. Special cable and te legraphic dispatches to liradstrcct's covering principal points of accumulation in the United States, Canada and Europe, together with supplies afloat for Kurope from all sources, indicate the following changes in available stocks last Saturday as compared with the preceding Saturday: Available supplies United States and Canada cast of Koeky Mountains, wheat, decrease 2,431,0; United States, Pacific coast, wheat, decrease 120.' : total decrease wheat, both coasts, 2,3su,.n.; atloat for and in Kurope, wheat, increase 102.X0; total decrease world's available wheat, 2,3SS,00. United States and Canada east of Hocky Mountains, corn, decrease 030.(MK); United States and Canada east of Ilocky Mountains, oats, increase 323, 000. Leading decreases of wheat last week not reported by the ollieial visible supply statement include 3I0,mh) bushel j in northwestern interior elevators, 101. "0 at Louisville. 4vx) at Newxort New and 33,000 at Leavenworth. The only corresponding i icrease was 3'2.tMJ bushels in Minnesota private elevators. The Walton election law of Virginia was declared unconstitutional by th Court of Appeals. Hills for the election of State llailroad Commissioners and to repeal the autlscaliers law were killed by the Minnesota Senate. The Oregon Democratic Central Com mittee has sent a protest to President Cleveland against the retention in office of Itcpublicans. The Tennessee House adopted by a vote of 43 to 30 the Senate resolution declaring in favor of the free coinage of silver at a ratio of 10 to 1. The Michigan Attorney (leneral h.n decided a village council under the new law has the authority to prdiibit the al of liquor within tho village limits. Chairman Adams, of the Alabama Populist State Executive Committee, publishes a manifesto warning Populists against the new silver party in Alabama. State Treasurer Henry M. Phillips, of Massachusetts, sent in his resignation to the Covernor to take effect on the election of his successor by the Legislature. (rov. Morton of New York has submitted to the legislature a message request ing it to provide a proper exhibit for th coming Cottoa States Exhibition in tleorgiA. The Michigan House passed a stringent liquor law providing for a uniform license of $300. The Senate passed a bill providing for a general charter for the fiftythree cities in the State of the fourth class. Col. J. W. F. Hughes, the colonel of the militia who was removed by iiov. Lewelling of Kansas and court martialed for not driving the Republican Houso from the legislative halls two years ago, has been appointed major general of th Kansas militia.