Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 17, Number 6, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 24 April 1895 — Page 2

CHINA AND JAPAN. fr'itocoie of Peace Signed at Shimonoseki. fenux of the Compact—Possession of tho Lloa Tung Peninsula and Island of Formosa Granted Russia Not Satisfied. London. April 19.—A dispatch to the Central News from Tokio 6ays that •peace ratifications will be exchanged -within three weeks and that the armistice has been extended to midnight bn Hay 8. Washington, April 19.—The Chinese imperial edict sent Tuesday night from Tien-Tsin is accepted among officials and diplomats here as setting at rest the conflicting reports as to the final terms of peace, and as showing that the first reports via London were inaccurate in their details. The indemnity of 200.000,000 taels is a compromise. Japan first demanded 300,000,000 taels, but on the solicitation of Prince Li threw off 100,000,000. At the Chinese legation it *“ is stated that the tael varies in value, but that the present value of the customs or treasury tael, which is undoubtedly the one in which payment will be made, is $1.50 in Mexican silver, or about%fceventy-five cents an gold. The Central News (London) correspondent in e Tokio learns that the Chinese indemnity to Japan is to be paid in silver in five yearly installments. The edict that Japan is to occupy the Liao Tung peninsula up to the -40th degree of latitude settles the important point that she is to have the great fortress of Port Arthur and the immediately surrounding territory, as forec shadowed in these dispatches. The Liao Tung peninsula is a sm&ll point of land jutting southward Into the gulf of Pechili, with Port Arthur at its extreme point. The 40th degree of latitude cuts across the main land where the little peninsula broadens • into the mainland of .Manchuria. The edict does not state whether Japan gets this acquisition permanently or until the indemnity is paid. Che has contended on having it permanently, as it would give Japan command of the Gulf of Pechili leading to Peking. If the occupation Is temporary it will give Japan a military command over China as long as the occupation lasts. The duration of the occupation is most important, and on this point undoubtedly will depend sny action European powers may take. The permanent occupancy of the island of Formosa has been settled for some time. The opening of Peking and four new ports of commerce, marks the introduction of p modern methods in the interior of China. Japan has gained the privilege of establishing her cotton and other factories in China, but it remains to be seen whether Japanese capital will invest in the enterprises, or the Chinese will buy these modern fabrics. The edict makes significant omission as to the reported Japan-China alliance offensive and defensive, which, If consummated, would have given “the Orient to the Orientals.” The Japanese •nd Chinese officials in Washington have never credited the report of this alliance. Berlin. April 20. A dispatch received here from Tpkio says that in addition to the places mentioned in dispatches the Japanese are to retain possession of Wei-Hai-Hai as a guaranty of the payment of the war Indemnity. London, April -22.-'-The Standard’s correspondent in St. Petersburg says: The newspapers continue to express discontent with the cession by China of mainland territory to Japan, but only a feeble Idea is given by them of the extremely difficult position in which Russia is placed. It is a fact that the gravest apprehension exists in political •circles, apd it is evident that, Russia -cannot submit to the ratification of the

treaty under the present conditions. But it is very difficult to see what path ■will remain open should Japan and •China persist. There are excellent grounds for believing that ‘Russia will ask for the cession of other Chinese mainland. If this be refused, •consideration of her prestige will compel her to take decisive and prompt action. The Standards correspondent in Odessa says: In the last few weeks 41,000 have sailed from this port for Vladivostock and 5,000 more will embark soon. The cruisers are held ready to transport the troops, despite the conclusion of peace in the east Silver Leaders Talk. Denver, Col., April 18.—Thousands *>f citizens who believe in the free and unlimited coinage of silver at the ratio •of 16 to 1 gathered Tuesday in the eapitol grounds and on the steps of the east entrance to honor their distinguished leaders in the free silver mgitation. Gep. A. J. Warner, of New York, and ex-Congressman Sibi*y. of Pennsylvania, presidential candidate. who are making a political tonr of this and other states. fu ~ Killed by Llxhtnlns. Byers. Col.. April22.—William Brown was killed Sunday by lightning and ’Bam Black badly injured. The men •were Irrigating on C. S. Bowen’s ranch 31 miles south of town. Wanted to Lynch Him. Vinton, la., April 22. —Sheriff Metcalf captured James Cox, who shot Marshal Gerhart, of Blairstown, and the prisoner was brought to this city. Blairstown people intercepted the •heriff and his prisoner with the evi- • dent intention of‘lynching Cox, but the .sheriff’s horses were too fleet for the tmob. *■ Pimm* Away at Waahtnston. ’Washington, April 18.—Charles H, Mansur, assistant comptroller of the treasury department, died at 7 o’clock Tuesday morning at ths National hotel here.

DU|RANT HELD. The Coroner’s Jury Finds Him Gnlltjr of r Miss ‘Williams’ Murder. San Francisco, April 22.—The coroner’s jury investigating the case of the murder of Minnie Williams, one of the two young girls who were killed in Emanuel Baptist church, returned a verdict Friday charging Theodore Dwrant with the murder. Durrant was not present when the jury brought in the verdict. When it was shown him after his return to the city prison his face flushed for the first time since the terrible crime of which he is accused was discovered. Mrs. Durrant, mother of the accused, says she has evidence for the defense which will go to upset the bearing of the statement of Witness Hill, who testified before the coroner’s jury that

W. H. T. DURRANT. he had seen a couple answering the description of Durrant and the dead girl standing near the church about 8:30 f on the night of the murder and who afterwards entered the churchyard. Doubt as to the 1 " guilt of W. H. T. Durrant, the young medical student who is accused formally of killing Miss Williams and suspected of having slain Miss Lamont, is freely expressed by many, and this doubt, fostered by the friends of the prisoner and those who mistrust circumstantial evidence, is spreading. There has been an undercurrent of opinion among these which was expressed in a statement to the newspapers by the mother of the accused man and which lias also been boi ily stated in anonymous letters to the coroner. BRUTALLY SLAIN. A Woman Murdered in “Jack-the-Ripper” Style In New York. New York, April 21. -r A murder" which has not* been surpassed for atrocity- since “Old Shakespeare” was found butchered in the East River hotel three years ago was committed in Thompson street or its immediate vicinity early Sunday morning. The victim of the crime was a woman known as Alice Walsh,.a frequenter of the region around Thompson and Sullivan streets, who was found in a pool of blood in the hallway of No. 143 Thompson street shortly before G o’clock. She was still living, but died in a short time. The body was taken to the morgue, where an autopsy was held. The result of the doctor's investigation showed that a most brutal murder of the type made famous by “Jack the Ripper” had been committed. The dead woman was evidently a woman of the town and was about 25 years old. The body was covered with bruise 1 The weapon with which the wounu was made, the doctors, said, was either a stilletto or a long knife sharpened to a razor keenness. It might have been a razor, but this was considered rather unlikely, owing to the force which would be required to force the razor into the woman’s body to make such a wound as the one from which she died. The weapon had penetrated to a distance of 5 inches, The police department immediately went to work on the case, and Sunday afternoon Philip Mewley, who gave his address as No. 154 Thompson street, was arrested on suspicion of being concerned in the murder.

EAGEK FOR STATEHOOD. The Proposal to Establish the State of . Superior Grows In Favor. St. Paul, Minn., April 22.—Senti- ; ment in favor of carving tue state of Superior out of the three Michigan, . Wisconsin and Minnesota counties at the head of Lake Superior is growing . very strong. Friday afternoon in the j Minnesota senate Mr. Spencer, representing the Duluth district, speaking J on the senate’s adverse action on an appropriation for a normal schopl at Duluth, said, with much bitterness: j tf’Tbis is the first time that I have explained , my vote this session, but I wish to eater my j protest against tho infamous conduct of this senate in voting down certain measures in con- j nection with this bill, and I want to serve no- j tlce and give due warning, that as a result of J it, Minnesota will Jose her brightest \ and richest diadem. The next decade will wit- j ness a difference. I have voted for a majority of the ltems in this bill, but St. Louis county is paying more thjyi her proportion and getting nothing out of it. I want you'to distinctly understand that within the next ten years the northern tier of counties will not be a part of this state.” Superior has already announced itself ih favor of the new state, and this declaration by Senator Spencer indicates that St. Louis comity, Minn., also wants to become a part of the state of Superior, although it is stated that Duluth prefers that the new state 6hall be known as Vermillion or Mesaba. Fatal Accident. Janesville, Wis., April 22.—Asa A. Sanborn, an old resident of Janesville and a prominent groceryman, fell from his delivery wagon, fracturing his spinal column, causing death. Find a Biff Shortage. Tacoma, Wash., April 22.—The investigation of the accounts of the suicide, Paul Schulze, who was general western land agent of the Northern Pacific, is slowly progressing and it is said that the shortage so far discovered amounts to $100,002. China Borrows a Big Sum. Berlin, April 22.—The Chinese government has concluded a loan for 30,000,000 marks at 6 per cent, interest with a syndicate composed of the National Bank Fuer Deutschland, Haydt and Cos. and Behrens & Sons, of Hamburg. A

A STATESMAN GONE. Ex-United States Senator James P. vviison, of lowa, G-one. After an Illness of Several Weeks Ho Passes Away at Ills Home in Fair-field-Brief Outline of Ills Life and Public Services. Fairfield, la., April 29.—Ex-United Stages Senator James F. Wilson died at 9:40 o'clock Monday night, after an illness of some weeks. [James F. Wilson was a harnessmaker in early life, graduating from the bench to become a lawyer. He was born in Newark, 0., October 19, 1828, went to work when 15 years old, but found time during the practice of his trsnle to give himself an excellent education, being admitted to the bar when 28. "He attained some little distinction during his two years before the courts of his native town, at tho conclusion of which he moved to Fairfield, la. Here he at once attained distinction, becoming a member of the state constitutional convention held in 1866. For the six years following he was a member of the legislature, becoming the presiding officer of the senate during his last term. He did not fill out his full year, being elected to congress in 1861 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Gen. S. R. Curtis. To this position he was reelected, serving from December 2, 1861, to March 3, 1869. as a member of the Thirty-seventh. Thirty-eighth, Thirtyninth and Fortieth congresses. He was in the judicary committee during his w : hole service in the house, serving as its chairman the last six years. In 1882 he was elected to succeed James Wilson McDill as United States senator from lowa, taking his seat December 4, 1883. In 1888 he was reelected to succeed himself. His term of service expired March 3 of this year. Mr. Wilson was a republican.]

JAPAN’S AVOWAL. Vigorously Denies the Reported Offensive and Defensive Alliance. Yokohama* April 23.—The following is the text of the statement issued by the J government denying the reports that it has concluded an offensive and defensive alliance with China nd declaring that the commercial adantages secured by Japan will also be enjoyed by the other powers under the favored nation agreement: ‘ Misapprehensions arc reported to be current in Europe in regard to the terms of the Japan-China treaty. It has been represented that Japan has socured a 2 per cent. ad valorem duty on imports instead of specific duty and has also formed an offensive and defensive alliance with Chiha. The commercial concessions obtained by Japan beyond those already secured by the treaty powers under the nation clause comprise the right to navigate the Yang Tse Kiang to Chung King, and also Woon Sung river and the canals leading to Soo Ctiow and Hank Chow, and the right to import machinery and certain goods duty free and to establish factories. “TliesetJ>concessioiis are not exclusive to Japan. They naturally extend to tho European powers, in virtue of the favored muion clause. In securing these privileges for all Japan expects the approval of all the powers. The reported offensive and defensive alliance does not exist.” An imperial proclamation just issued exhorts the nation to moderation at the present juncture of the country's history. LABOR’S HOPEFUL OUTLOOK. Leaders Speak Encouragiugiy at the Conference in Indianapolis. Indianapolis,- Ind., April 2L—The executive council of the American Federation of Labor spent most of the day in an informal discussion of the condition of labor throughout the country. The seven members of the council were present when the session began. Third Vice Presid*ent Kcnchan, of Denver, arriving Monday afternoon. President Mcßride presided. The members of the council all report that the 'outlook for labor is encouraging and that there is a great revival of business everywhere. John B. Lennon, of New York, said that business in all lines was reviving in the east. “The .revival is particularly, noticeable in New England,” said he; “the mills are all at work and the indications are that we are to have a return of prosperity. There are no labor troubles to speak of at this time. There are always a few disturbances in New York, but at this time we arc particularly free from any troubles.”

BULL DEFEATS A LION. ' Savage Combat 'Witnessed by 3,000 Spectators at Monterey, Mexico. Lakedo, Tex., April 23.—Advices have just reached here from Monterey, Mexico, of a ferocious fight in thcTbull rings there between a Mexican bull and au African lion. Three thousand spectators were present.* Both animals were badly disabled at the finish, but the bull had the better of it. For forty-five minutes the lion held a grip with his powerful jaws upon the neck, chest or face of the bull while being dragged around the ring and mercilessly stamped by his powerful antagonist. The bull finally succeeded in breaking his hold and tossed the lion three times in the air on his horns. A Wayward Girl** Luck. Chicago, April 23.—Escorted by Detective And}' Rdhan, Mary Perry, alias May Adams, left Sunday for her home in Pittsburgh, from which she ran away a year and a half ago. She went to take possession of a fortune of $50,000 left her by an uncle. By the terms of the she could not come into possession of any of it until her 18tli birthday.' Mary came to see the world’s fair and afterward remained in order to learn something of life in Chicago. She soon became fast friends with several notorious women, and recently Avas arrested for robbing a man of $l9O. She was indicted by the grand jury, but the case -was nol-prossed when it was found that she was willing to go home, take her fortune and be good. Round* the Century Mark. Mew Youk, April 23. —The 100th anniversary of the laying of the corner stone of old St. Mark’s church, Second avenue and Tenth street, from whose yard the body of A. T. ..Stewart was stolen, was celebrated Sunday morning. The present building was erected in 1795. It now stands as one of the few survivors of the old ecclesiastical styles of architecture in the city. Archdeacon Farrar Made Dean. London, April 23. —Frederick William Farrar, D. D., F. E. S., archdeacon of ''Westminsterhas been appointed dear of Canterbury.

FORTUNES MADE AND LOST. Armour & Cos. Win 9840,000 While Ed Partridge Loses 8300.000 on Wheat. Chicago, April 23. —The advance in the price of wheat, which began last week, going higher each" day with leaps apd bounds, continued its sensationaPcareer Monday on the board of trade. When trading began there was a wild scramble for wheat, July being the favorile option. In ten minutes the price had reached 63 cents, which was 2 cents over the closing price of Saturday. The action of the bears in selling a lot at 63 cents had the effect of checking the advance, and there was a reaction to cents. The market fluctuated between those points for some time. < The wheat pit was jammed with brokers who held buying orders. Everybody wanted wheat in a hurry. The reason is that just now Chicago is the greatest source of supply. The world must look to this city for its wheat. In the elevators are stored 26,000,000 bushels of wheat. There is comparatively very little grain at other poi'nts and except the 5,000,000 bushels in store at New York there is no wheat on the American seaboard. There is little afloat to foreign markets and the millers of the; northwest are buying the wheat that is stored in that part of >the country at higher prices than it can be sold for here. The foreign traders knew of the immense quantity of wheat in store here, but had the mistaken idea that they could buy it at their own price at any time they wanted it. The Chicago owners of the 26,000,000 bushels, -however, have ample capital to hold their property Until they can get a suitable price for it. The flurry Monday was not the re- • suit of the rushing of the shorts to 1 cover, because little of the business | was done by the leading bears or their brokers. There was a §udden and ! general demand for no one seemed ready to supply itJ- The trad- j ing was so fast and furioiis that the ‘ pit presented a panic scene, and it was estimated that twenty minutes from the opening more than 10,000,000 bushels of wheat changed hands. Ed Partridge, who is said to be short 4,000,000 or 5,000,000 bushels of wheat, did not seem worried over the sharp advance, although the first hour’s trading meant a loss of '§>loo,ooo to him. His brokers did no buying for his ac- i count, it was said, although Rosen- : kranz, ylio usually does business for the plunger, took in 150,000 bushels. j Armour & Cos. make an enormous profit by the advance, as the firm is credited with owning 12,000,000 of the i 26,000,000 bushels in local elevators, j Wheat has jumped 7 cents since a week I ago, and at that rate their winnings : amount to 3310,000. W. T. Baker, pres- 1 ident of the board, is also said to be a j heavy winner. Partridge’s total losses i arc about 3300,000. GRESHAM TAKES ACTION. Asks tlio French Government What Charges Are Against Waller. Washington. April 23. Secretary Gresham has directed Mr. Eustis, the United States ambassador to France, to ascertain from the French government the reasons for its arrest and detention of John L. Waller, ex-United States consul at Tamatave, who arrived in confinement at Marseilles on a French warship Saturday. Mr. Eustis has been investigating the matter and it is said that he has secured from the French goverment a promise that Waller will be tried by a civil instead of a military tribunal. Marseilles, April 23.—The case of John L. Waller, formerly United States consul at Tamatave, Madagascar, recently sentenced by a French courtmartial to imprisonment for twenty years, and who arrived here last Saturday on the steamer Djemnah, is attracting attention in view of the - fact that the United States ambassador at Paris, James B. Eustis, has. been instructed to inquire into the matter. Mr. Waller was manacled while on hoard the Djemnah off Madagascar, but afterward was allowed to take two hours’ exercise daily on deck, guarded by a soldier. Upon arrival here he was lodged in jail, and it is reported that he will eventually be imprisoned on the Island of Corsica or oh the Safety isles. WILL HAVE AN ORGAN. Leading Chicago Democrats Prepare to Publish a Paper. Springfield, 111., April 23.—An application for the incorporation of the Chicago Enquirer was made to Secretary of State llinriehsen Monday. The application was headed by Judge McConnell. The capital stock is to be 81,000,000. The paper is to be democratic in politics and will be guided by the party'conventions in its attitude on the currency question. It is expected that the United Press Report will be secured. Both silver and anti-silver men are among those back of the paper. Big Incendiary Fire In Pennsylvania. Pit tsburoii, Pa., April 23.—The entire central business sectionol Duquesne.on the Monongahela river 12'miles from Pittsburgh, was destroyed by fire Monday morning. The loss is about 8100,000. Twenty buildings were destroyed, composing what was known as the First national bl&ck, on Railroad Street. The flre'Originated in the First national bank building about 4 o’clock, and is supposed to have been caused by incendiaries. Silk Thieves at Work. Dkh Moines, la,, April 23. —Some time between Saturday night and Sunday morning the big department store of Harris, Emery & Cos. was robbed of SBOO worth of silks, The thieves obtained entrance through a cellar window which they closed on leaving, and the robbery was not discovered until the clerks of the silk counter wen£ to work. There is nc clew to the thieves. Ex-Speaker Tool a Viscount. London, April 23.—The e3t-speaker of the house of commons, lU. Hon. Arthur Wellsloy Teel, has been created a viseountT -

INDIANA STATE NEWS. The state financial board met the other afternoon and opened bids for the sale of $500,000 of 3>£ per cent, funding bonds, to run twenty years, the money to be used in taking up atate-house bonds issued in 1885. There were five bidders, but "’only three were considered. These included the Indiana Trust Cos., $10,738.53 premium on the entire amount; Blair & Cos., New York, $10,850, and Blake Bros. & Cos., New York, $11,450. The long-threatened complaint in mandamus proceedings to eject Warden French, of the prison north, was forwarded the other night to Laporte, to be filed in Judge Hubbard’s court. It is entitled “The State ex rel Charles Ilarley vs. James W. French, and the complaint recites the law creating a new board of directors, elected by the republican state officers, which board elected Harley as the successor of Warden French. It also recites that a demand for the surrender of his office has been made upon French without avail, and that he (French) continues to usurp the duties of the position, claiming the right to remain under appointment by a board of pretended directors who were appointed by the governor in defiance of the law now governing control of the penal institutions of* the state. Demand is made for a writ of ouster and SI,OOO damages. At Terre Haute Mrs. Katherine Jackson died the other day a raving maniac, as the result of the disgrace caused by the arrest of her son on a charge of theft. She became insane a few days ago and wanted to kill her family. The son is in a precarious condition from an attack of epilepsy. Thomas Bigelow, aged 67 years, a retired business man of Elkhart, died at his home a few daj's ago, after a prolonged illness. The Enoch Witt flour mill, at Muncie, was totally destroyed by fire. The loss is SIO,OOO, with the following insurance: Phoenix, of Hartford, $3,000; Citizens’, of Evansville, SI,OOO. Allemania, of Pittsburgh,' $1,000; Indiana Underwriters’, SI,OOO. Cause, friction from a line shaft. At the funeral/of Mrs. Edward Ethel at the family residence, Muncie, a floor gave way, dropping many hundreds of people three feet to the ground. Excited men and women leaped out of the windows, and a half dozen ladies fainted.

The Broadway Lloyds Fire Insurance Cos., of New York, and the Council Bluffs Fire Insurance Cos., of lowa, were blacklisted, a few days ago, by the who claims that they liave d not complied with the laws of Indiana. llaghrstown will lay two miles of cement pavement this summer and is considering a plan for water works. Citizens of Dalton, Randolph county, have purchased two bloodhounds to be used in running down a gang of burglars who have been at work there. The citizens of Monroe township, Adams county,are considerably worked up over the regent discovery that they have been eating pork that was fattened on horseflesh. Charley Jacobs, a 13-year-old orphan employed at the M-cFarlan carriage works, in Connersville, fell 20 feet off a bridge at the factory, the other afternoon, sustaining internal injuries, which may result, fatally. The new superior court in Lake county is in full running blast. The six coal mines at Carbon are in operation again. The eight hundred plate glass workers at Elwood are jubilant over the fact that the plant there is to resume operations in full May 1, with one thousand operatives. At Logansport, \Vm. J. Montgomery was given a Verdict for $3,000 against the I\, C., C. & St. L. (or Panhandle) Railway Cos. His right hand was mashed while he was making a coupling at Hartford City, July 1. Lafayette lfas refused a franchise to an electric power and light company until it will make a specific promise of good faith. Postmasters appointed the other da}’. J. A. Stagg, Harris, Decatur county, vice C. E. Sturgis, resigned, and Washington Newton, Wickliffe, Crawford county, vice T. S. Riley, resigned. One hundred Terre llauters filled out income tax. South Bend says her post office business is increasing SIO,OOO a year.

Ducks are thick on the Mississinawa river. The apricot trees in Clark county are in bloom, but the peach trees, it is feared, were killed by the cold last wiqter. John A. Hooker, a well-known young man of Indianapolis, who had been disappointed in love, swallowed an ounce of carbolic acid and died in awful agony. Tiie body of Rev. Martin V. Hall, a Campbellite preacher, who died twenty years ago, was taken from its grave at Jeffersonville, for reinterment and was in a most remarkable state of preservation. The form was very little, if any, decayed. The beard had grown to a considerable length. The clothing still posessed a bright color and were not in the least decayed. After twenty years’ courtship Dr. M. llale and Miss Ella Parrett, Newport, were married. Kosciusko county’s new infirmary will cost $20,000. At Cory, 12 miles south of Brazil, Wm. Tiffy approached Charley Cox, a school teacher, on the streets, and deliberately fired five shots at him, and then escaped. New Albany’s city council will attempt to compel the New Albany' Water Cos., to filter the water furnished that city. The grave near Columbus over which was found the strange tombstone bearing the name of De Pauw has been opened and bones discovered. Oscar Ham, a laborer, fell from a wagon at Lebanon, and an iron rod penetrated his side to the depth of seven inches, fatally injuring him.

FREE COINAGE. Senator Blackburn Declares for It—Cbtcago Democrats VI ill Fight It. Louisville, Ky., April 23.—Senator Joseph C. Blackburn has thrown down the gauntlet to those who desire to contest his reelection to the United States senate, and boldly invites a canvass upon the currency issue. The senator’s position on the silver question has been well known, but as he had refused to express his views through the' publio press of the state, the impression had gone forth that he was dodging the issue. In an interview here, however, he emphatically expressed his continued devotion to the cause of free coinage of- silver. Chicago, April 22. The “Honest Money League of Illinois” was formed at a meeting of citizens at the Palmer house Saturday afternoon in accordance with a resolution that such a meeting he held, adopted by enemies of free silver at the Great Northern hotel recently. The promoters of the new organization are W. T. Baker, Adlai T. Ewing. A. F. Seeberger, J. W. Richards and John Mayo Palmer, Henry S. Robbins was elected president, and platform of the organization declared to be “unalterably in opposition to the unlimited coinage of silver, without international cooperation, at the ratio of sixteen to one.” The men who attended and took part in the meeting are for the most part prominent in local business and political circles. 'Among those present were Postmaster Washington Hesing and ex-Corporation Counsel Adolph Kraus. There were about 150 at the meeting, which was called to order by Henry S. Robbins. Mr. Robbins explained the object of the meeting, taking good care to emphasize the fact that this was a democratic movement, pure and simple. He said the purpose of the promoters of*the league was to resist the prevailing idea which he admitted was rapidly spreading, that free silver is a good thing for this country. Then Adlai T. Ewing as chairman of the parent meeting read the proposed platform which was unanimously adopted as the constitution. Only democrats can become members and all must subscribe to the declaration already given against free sliver. It is provided that auxiliary leagues be formed in every county of the state. /, Springfield, 111., April 22.—1n an interview Sunday night Gov. Altgeld denounced the Honest Money league formed at Chicago Saturday. lie says: “They are starting out unrler false colors and evince an intent to deceive, for they know or ought to know, that the money system they advocate is the most dishonest and danmabie that was ever invented, bceauso it doubled tho burdens of the ent ire produe ing classes: it broke down the purchasing power of tho world and left the laborer without bread because there was no market for Ills products. These gentlemen also know or ought to know that this was done at the instance and for the benefit of the bondholding and salary-drawing official! of Europe and the east, consequently tho name ‘Honest Monoy league’ must have been adopted because it was calculated to deceive the public./.,’

HIGHER PRICES. They Appear In All the Speculative Markets. New York, April 22. Bradstreet says: "The volume of general trade has maintained the previous week’s proportions, and at some points shows noteworthy increases as compared with tho total a year ago. The reaction in petroleum prices appears to have been, overcome, and the tendency is again upward. based on a drop in stocks from about 11,— 000.000 barrels of Pennsylvania oil in January, 1894, to less than 3,000,000 barrels of merchantable oil. So marked anc rapid has been the appreciation in price of petroleum that speculation in it has been excited. Further advances in quotations are noted also for wheat, on improved -‘demand for export; cotton, on a widened consumption, present and prospective; print cloths and otfier cotton goods, because of higher raw cotton: Bessemer pig iron, on the increase of the cost of ore, coke and labor, and shoes and leather, on the further stiffening of values of hides. The ward turn of prices for dressed beef and live cattle has been maintained. Coffee is lower, as aro lard and oats, but and pork remains steady at last week's dosing quotations. Wool is barely steady, as consumer* aro waiting fjie new crop before buying. most improvement in trade is in the region west of Chicago and north of St. Louis and Kansas City. Tho rush of the spring demand for millinery, dry goods, clothing, groceries and hardware is over, but a fair volume of conservative trading, continues. Mild weather and needed rains Jiavo greatly improved the agricultural and commercial .outlook in the northwest. Trade between Seattle and Alaska is growing. The movement of mercnaudlse throughout the central and northwestern states shows an increase in activity in the great spring wheat states. General tra'dc conditions at the sojtb are no better, and, in some respects, less satisfactory. Improvement in demand is not announced at any point” A BIG SHORTAGE.

Whisky Trust Balance Sheet Shows Over 91,000,000 Unaccounted For. Chicago, April 18.—Of the many sensations furnished by the whisky trust sinee Joseph B. Greenhut first had himself appointed receiver and was ousted by the stockholders, none approaches in magnitude that furnished by tho filing with Judge Showalter in tho United States circuit court Tuesday afternoon of the balancq sheet of tlio company as it appeared March 31, 1893. Practically the whole period of the reign of the Greenhut faction is covered by the figures given therein, which are startling even to those who had been told in advance that disclosures of an unusual nature were to be made. The enormous sum of $1,139,443 is totally unaccounted for, to say nothing of other items which appear all right at first glance are offset by figures on the books. Shot' His Wife and Himself. H)A Grove, la., April 20. —Thursday morning A. Schleiter, one of the wealthiest and best-known business men of this place, shot his wife, then himself. Schleiter Is dead and Mrs. Schleiter cannot live. Several things indicate that he had for several days been planning the tragedy. Cur Won't Yield. St. Petersburg, April 22.— The czar has rejected a petition which was recently presented to fylm by journalist* and literary men In favor of modi* fleations of the press laws.