Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 19, Number 3, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 31 March 1897 — Page 6

ABOUT UOOOMOTIVEa ' ' 'The Evolution of the American Steam Engine. Veter Cooper's Crnde.AUfglr—Various Other Types In Early tie end Their Peculiarities—The Modern Flyer. Although Peter Cooper never built a euccessful full-sized locomotive, he is none the less entitled to the renown of being the father of the American locomotive. He began building liis model on the site of the present Mount Clare workshops in Baltimore, in 1829, and made several trial trips with it before tbeclpse of that year. It was a very crude machine, judged by the present stand- - n r|t|h THE FIRST AMERICAN LOCOMOTIVE. ard, having an upright boiler with a single cylinder of 3% inches diameter and a stroke of 14% inches. Instead of using the exhaust steam from the cylinder to produce a draught for the fire,

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aa in all modern locomotives, Mr. Cooper placed a fan, revolved by a belt from one of the axles, in the funnel of liis • engine. - The power was applied to the other axle by means of a toothed wheel. ■The strength of the engine was one ; horse-power, and attained the then extraordinary rale of 18 miles an houT. On the following January 4,1831, the • directors of the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad company issued their famous offer -of $4,000 for the best locomotive which •.should be delivered at their line before II I m JUrnE/d XjKlfixi B a A DAVIS GRASSHOPPER. 'the following June i. The winner of tthis contest wns I'hincus Davis, who called his engine the "York,” from York, Pa., where- it was built. It was the first of the class known as “grasshoppers,” and hud a vertical boiler and cylinder. The exhaust steam revolved a fan w.hich in turn revolved a second fan close to the asli pan by which air 'was forced up through the lire. Under favorable circumstances the “York” run at as high a rute of speed as 30 miles an liour with three or four cars, and

A MODERN FLYER.

throughout the year 1832 hod an average run'of 80 miles a day. It w its a little later than this thnf the horizontal toiler was substituted for the vertical •one, and the mime of the engines using •the horizontal boilers were "crabs” to •distinguish them from those of the “grasshopper” class. Ross Winans invented the projecting journals on the axles of ear wheels, thus producing ut a stroke the frictiorr of hauling them from twelve pounds to a ton to three pounds. Mr, Winans’ first two engines, manufactured in the fall of mo, though WINANS’ MUD DIGGER. eight tons each in weight, had a greater drawbar pull than any of the 12-tou engines made by Stephenson in England.—ln the following years the first of the ‘famous “mud-diggers” was turned out at the Mount Clare works. Thia type of engine had driving wheels three feet in diameter, and Cylinders 17 Indies in diameter, with a 24-inch •tfoke. Aseuniing that the steam pressure in theitoiler w as 100 pounds to the ftqua/e inch sncti an -engine.'twtent (inxw

bad a drav/ bar pull of 19,264 pounds. or enough power fpr even a good-sized engine of to-day, but if the bad balancing of all early locomotives be added to the friction of the toothed wheels, and the lateral and longitudinal play of the Connecting rods, it may be safely inferred “tiifflF'the “mud digger” class HATES' DUTCH WACC N was never able to apply more than half its nominal draw-bar pull. The vuricty of locomotive still known as the “camel back” was first built by Ross Winans between 1850 and 1853. These were the first 30-ton engines ever used in any part of the world. Next to one modern class of engines, which shall here be nameless, they were perhaps the ugliest locomotives which have ever been built. Yet the “camel backs” could pull trains no other engine built up to this time could, and kept their scheduled time, summer and winter, over the mountain grades of the Alleghanies, and so well built were they that some of them put into service 30 years ago are still pegging away, much too good to be relegated to.the scrap heap. The “Dutch wagons” were introduced by Samuel J. Hayes in 1857. They were wood-burhing engines with inside

cylinders. As inside cylinders demand forged cranks on the driving axles, and as these crank ture with excessive strain or after long use, American builders have wisely avoided them. Between 4he era of the “Dutch wagons" and the mammoth locomotives of to-day lie the classes of engines familiar to every one, because examples of them are still to be found working on every branch road. But the latest example of engine building, us illustrated by the ten-wheeled consolidated pttesenger engines at present in use oil the B. & O. road, brings up such magnificent concentration of speed,strength and endurance us were never before seen in the history of the world. These engines have six coupled wheels, six feet six inches in diameter, cylinders 21x20 inches, und a steam pressure of 170 pounds to the square inch. They haul the Royal Blue line trains, and on many occasions have gone a mite in 50 seconds, while one of them liufl been timed covering a mile in 32 seconds. When it is borne in mind that a “horsepower” really means what a very sllrong horse can lift in a minute, the force of one-of these engines will In, jmiUml by conceiving J.IJO horses uil able to make one mighty pull at the same moment. As to speed, one of these engines will advance at the almost inconceivably rapid rate of 100 feet in a ‘second. There tnay be inventions which may be considered more marvelous than the modern high-power locorootive, but surely none displays in con-

crete result the power of man to imprison so mighty a force in so small a compass. k. H. MULLIN COST SEVEN MILLIONS. Baltimore (t Ohio Keceivera Imsiio a Statement. Messrs. John K. Cowen and Oscar O. Marray; were appointed receivers for the ' 11. & O. railroad on February 27, 1800, und since they have had charge very large minis of money have been expended in placing the road in firstclass condition. The following is a statement prepared by them of expenditures from March 1, 1896, to February 1, 1897: Within the past few days the receiver* have propared a statement of expendlJures (rom March 1, 1*96. to February J, 1897, for a&tittoTU) to the plant, equipment of the road and betterments made thereon. From this s'atement It Is learned that a total of almost $7,000,000 have been spent for locomotives, passenger and freight equipment, extraordinary repairs lo equipment and expentltures made hy th engineering department In the way of Improvements to the maintenance of way. structures, terminals, and the construction of new alignments and mlscelkuieoua Improvements. It Is shown That tile better men t t u locomotives amount to $lB,000: Mio new freight equipment, which Includes Hew dining euro and other passenger ears und betterments, amounts to swi,ooo; the new freight curs btrfit by the road, and the repairs to (hose already In service, amounted to $147,n00, the total being somethlngovers2so,ooo. Thes,ooo new frieght cars and the 75 locomotives which were added lttsl summe-T-rost about $3,300,000 In round numbers. The extraordinary repairs to Jovomotli'cs, passenger equipment nnd freight equipment aggregnte $1,348,000: the total expendltt/rts l:i tho . motive department being within i few thousand of five millions. The enrln.erdiuiartmont has mtstr spout a great deal"

DISCUBB THE TARIFF. Syaapata at the Debate la Coasrau Over the Dlapley BUI. Washington. March a.— Mr. Ofbaon (rep.. Tann.) Tuesday confined himself to a general argument In favor of protection. Mr. Dockery (dem., Mo.) said the people would prefer to see 1113,000,000 more money put in circulation than to see that amount absorbed by tho treasury. Mr. Dockery ridiculed the Idea that the present tariff law was the monster which had destroyed our Industries If It bad done so, why, he asked, had the republican members of the ways and means committee lifted the metal and cotton schedules almost bodily from this monstrous law? He dented that there was an era of prosperity for labor during the existence of the McKinley law, and instanced tho Carnegie atrtke. Mr. Ncwlanda (Nev.) discussed the tariff bill from the standpoint of the silver men. who united with the democrats and populists during the last campaign In oppoaltlon to the republicans. He said that as the people declared In favor of protection and gave the republican party a contract (or prosperity, that party should be slowed to carry out any reasonable tariff policy without obstructions and with expedition. Mr Newtands contended that the a.-ea of distress for years confined to the mining belt, the wheat belt and the cotton belt had now extended to the middle and eastern stares which were suffering from tin loss of the consuming capacity of the western and southern states. The increase of protection to the factories would not materially add to their prosperity unless the consuming capacity of •s-s- regions was restored. That could not be done by tariff legislation, but could nnly be accomplished by legislation that would stop the appreciation of gold and thus relieve our wheat, and cotton Industries from the destructive competition of silver countries. Mr. Lacey (rep., la.) commented on the abuse of President Cleveland by democrats and populists, and said that the republicans had not attacked the Cleveland administration for Issuing bonds, but for the policy that made them necessary. Mr. McLaurln (dem., 8. C.) advocated a duty on cotton to keep out Egyptian-grown cotton, and also favored protection on cotton manufactured and other articles of southern production. He contrasted the vast wealth of the manufacturing states of the east with the poverty of the farming states of the south. Mr. Dolllver (rep., la.), member of the ways and means committee, who was the next speaker, drew the Instant attention of the members and the spectators in the galleries. He said. In part: “Mi. Chairman, I like this bill because It Is neither eastern nor western nor northern nor southern. It Is American through and through, opening, the doors of opportunity to every section and to every state. “Gentlemen, you may talk of silver and gold until your friends In an undertone begin to express their alarm. You may argue about bonds and mortgages and banks and capital and labor until the wheels In your head begin to revolve like velocipedes, but you will never get back prosperity In the United States until you give back to the American people the working wages that they lost four years ago. “If the American people ever get their prosperity back It wfil come by tnetr own individual enterprise ana courage, not oy edicts and proclamatlohs, but by the honest and careful settlement of conditions favorable to Industry and Investment. If William McKinley has been described as an advance agent, hastening to the seat of x • naient- tn order to distribute prosperity from the east portico of the capitol In a :ew well-chosen words, the conception belongs to the world of dreams, and not to the earth on which we live. No man bears a iv nu.h relation to the prosperity of a great people; but the man may stand, and I reverently believe that William McKinley does stand as the chosen Instrument In the hand of Providence to restore to the United States a public policy which' has never yet failed to enable the American people by their own honest, hard work to secure out of their own resources a fair z* *ttsparity—a reasonable reward for their labor and a reasonable dividend on their Investment," Mr Swanson (dem.. Va.) argued that the depressed condition of the manufacturing Industries had not resulted from foreign competition, but because customers were too poor to make purchases; that relief could not come to trie manufacturer until the price of wheat, corn, oats, tobacco and of other products increased. He insisted that the. lOw price of these resulted from tho appreciation of gold, which would continue so long ms silver was demonetized. He characterized the Dlngley bill as the most exorbitant In Its exactions, the most prohibitory In Its character and the tnott iniquitous aver sought to be enacted In this country. Mr. Cochran (dem.. Mo.), the last speaker of the day. while denouncing the republican policies, produced a burst of applause on the democratic sld by referring to Mr. Cleveland as “that great republican leader." Washington. March 24.-The opposition made by the colleges of New England and by many scientific men against tho duties plu.ed on books anil scientific apparatus by tho Dlngley bill Induced the framers of tne measure to amend it and restore so man; of these articles to the free list as are imrorted for the use of educational Instltut'ons. They drew anew paragraph t, list, a* follows: “Scientific apparatus. Instruments, bcoks, charts and chemicals, such as are not published or made In the uhlted States, when expressly Imported In good faith hy and for the use of any regularly established or Incorporated university, college, academy, school, seiHtnaTy of Mearntngr or free public library not Intended for sale, and the secretary ot the treasury shall make suitable regulations to carry out the Intent of this paragraph." The rates orlglnuily fixed In the hill were 15 per cent on books and (5 per cent, on scientific apparatus The paragraph under which Works of art Imported for free public exhibition were to be admitted free under bond for six months was broadened “so that wdrks of art .exhtbltedn free of charge for at least one-sixth of the time at a fixed place hy any association established In good faith and duly authorized under the Taws of the United States, or anv state, expressly for the promotion of any science, art or Industry nnd not for salo, shall be admitted free of duty under such regulations as the secretary of the treasury uißy prescribe.” Mr Johnson (rep.. N. D.) directed hla attention chiefly to a eulogy of (he prospective* benefits which would follow the onnetmant of the, agricultural schedule of the„blll. He wae met by a fusillade of • from the democrats and populists. The old controversy as to whether the foreigner or the consumer paid the tax was fought over with great pertinacity. Mr Johnson taking tne view rhpt the foreigner substantially paid It and his adversaries that It was paid by the consumer. Mr McNuha (dem., Tenn.) prefaced hta remarks with figures to prove that there waa a sufficient surplus ($118,000,000), exclusive of the gold reserve, in the trenaury to meet h'l > limn M-il deficiencies for two years* and That the alleged necessity for ' this hill *tas a mere pretext. He prophesied a repetition of the disaster which overtook the congress that enacted the McKinley law If this bill were passed, and made the republican change of front on the question of sugar bounties the text for some caustic remarks. Mr. Groavenor (rep., O.) said: , “There itkr.fii upon the stktute books or to-efay the accursed law that waa put there by the blinded bourbon democracy. While It ntandg there the curse will remain. The curae la lightened, however, by the prospect that *works meet for rereotance' will be accomplished, and ao rom Maine to California there cornea the cheering sound of Improved conditions: but while this la being done, while the r>! ut of anticipated emancipation are coming to us from allsourcea, while money le plenty and becoming active, while enormous contracts for production which will Insure the employment of enormous quantities of Idle labor are coming to us. the democratic party on this floor, with its allies atl alike, are standing, holding on to the coat-tails of the world and leaning bock. Impeding the progress of tbgt pros-perlty-they shout a whoa to tho moving muss of American people. You have not only brought this curse upon the country, be* " s'-e trying to hold It there." Washington, March IS.—Mr. Tawney (rep., Minn.) Thursday defended the lead schedule, which had been attacked by Mr. Ounn (pop., Idaho). The tetter said he had no criticism to make of the rates He only * asked that they be collected Mr Tawney asserted that tha classification In this s _ hkule was such that the duties could not be evaded Mr. Plmpson (pop.. Kan.) read from Mr. M"Klnley speech at the Minneapolis convention the declaration that the foreigner paid the lax The asi congress, ho proceeded to say. ht J Increased appropriations J50.000.0tw. and now, according to Mr,, Mcklnlev's theory, tha taxes on the” foreigners were to be Increased to pay for* the extravagance The foreigner should4>e glad, he said, that the last congress had not be-n a two-htlllon-dollar congress. If taxes on foreigners coutd be sufficiently increased, he. observed, sarcastically, the surplus could be distributed among our people, and every day would be Sunday over here. If the republicans had desired to do somethin): yrractlcal far-the farmers, why. be asked, had they left hides on the frg. ellst? Ms Simpson announced htmseTr ass free trader i The latest democratic cry of more money waa preposterous The democratlcirtralntstratton had demonstrated ftiTkck of

statesmanship by being unable to keep out °Mr. lltSke 'idem Tex.) satd the bill should be entitled: * ; A blit to build up trusts and corporate Influences and oppress -the agricultural people-of the United fitaiee." MrTLents (dem., O.) protested because but to minutes were riven to the six Ohio democrats, representing too.ono persons wtabbad voted for William J. Bryan. Mr Datzell (rep.. Raj denounced the ad valorem system of the Wilson bill ss giving opportunity ter Immense undervaluations. He defended the Dlngley bill against the charge that It fostered trusts. “The Industrial world has been revolutionized by the introduction of the factory system. It Is no longer the single farmer or the single mechanic, but great aggregations of wealth necessary to Carry on vast enterprises which are recognized hy the laws of every state." He would not say there were not abuses Incidental to the system, but In free trade England there are more monstrous trusts than the United States knew anything about. Mr. Colson irep., Ky.) argued In favor of a higher duty on cannel coal. He said if the Issue in Kentucky had been free silver alone Kentucky's vote would have gone to Bryan. v. Mr. Bteete (rep., Ind.). gave it m Ms opinion that the pebdlng measure waa the most complete tarln bln ever framed. While he was discussing the reduction of the duty on cattle In the present law. Mr Blinpson (pop., Kan.) asked If It was not a fact that the price of cattle had increased since toe reduction of the duty. “It Is not a fact, replied Mr. Bteele. "1 Insist that It Is," persisted Mr. Simpson. “What ars known as ‘Stockers' are one-third higher than they were three or four years ago.” Mr. De Armond (dem.. Mo.) charged that the real purpose of the republicans was to pile up a surplus In the treasury, which could be used to lock up the greenbacks and treasury notes and thus so contract the currency that the people, in desperation, would eventually be forced to accept one of thefr schemes for the aggrandizement of the national hanks. Mr. ayne (rep., N. y.) challenged anyone to show that thependlng measure favored trusts. The McKinley law established the tlnnlatc Industry In this country: the Dlngley Dill, he said, would establish the linen Industry. “We will,” he concluded, "reduce the revenue when It becomes necessary by producing our own sugar, our own tinplate and our own w,miens This Is a self-regulating Mil " Washington, March 88.—The tariff hill was thrown open for amendment under the five-minute rule In the house Friday. Mr, Dockery (Mo.). Mr. Cooper (Ter.) and others, backed by the entire opposition, attempted to secure a vote on an amendment, offered in a multitude of forms, which provided that In case any article, made dutiable by the bill, was controlled by a trust or combination the duty upon such article should be suspended. Mr. Dlngley made the point of order that the amendment was not germane to the dutiable list and would not be in order until the freo list waa reached. The chair sustained the point of order. An appeal was taken, but tne chair was sustained by a strict party vote—lsß to 104. Mr. Hepburn (rep.. la.) said that this amendment, If adopted, would defeat the purpose of the bill. He went on to explain how easily It would be for a few men who really desired free wool and free sugar to effect a combination to raise the prices of sugar and wool, and thua under the amendment force those articles to tha free list. 'Mr, Bailey thanked Mr. Hephum for his frank aafnlsslon that the destruction of trusts would Interfere with the purpose of the bill The democrats offered various amendments as the reading of the bill proceeded, but were all rejected. The, duty on carbonate of ammonia was Increased from IV4 cents to H 4 cents a pound. The duty on crude tartar, wine, f<es, etc., testing less than 40 percent, of bltartrate of potash, was fixed at I cent: over 40 per cent., IV4 cents. The rate on rochelle- salts containing 90 per cent, of bltartrate was Axed at 5 cents a pound. Mr. McMlllln criticised the Increased rate on celluloid articles, saying that If the purpose was to decrease Importation that meant decreased revenue. The paragraph relating to sulphuric and nitrous ether was amended so as to make the rate from 25 to 40 cents, a* provided by the present law. Mr. Bromwell (rep.. O.) and Mr. Groavenor (rep., O ) got Into a controversy over the protection accorded In the bill to soap. r ‘You call us the unwashed democracy," said Mr. Clark (Mo.). “Give ua free soap." Mr. Clark characterized the statement that Jefferson had stopped the coinage of silver and supported protection as a historic lie. When the Item of white lead wae reached Mr. Mahany (rep.. N Y.) moved to Increase the rate from 2% to 8 cents per pound. After some debate, In which the lead trust figured extensively, the amendment was adopted—#3 to 85. Washington, March 27.V8y a committee amendment, Saturday, the rate on acetate of white lead waa Increased from to 4 cents tier pound: In colors from 2H to 3 cents. Mr. Richardson declared that the rates In 12 out of the 14 schedules of the bill were higher than those of tho McKlniey ‘ Mr. Dlngley replied that Mr. Richardson's remarks only Illustrated what could be done by "Juggling with percentages. Except for the Increases In the rates on tobacco, sugar and silks, the rates in this bill, he sala, are lower than those of the McKfnley law. During a discussion concerning a duty on hides Mr. Hopkins (rep., Ill.j said there Is no demand for such a duty. Mr. Walker (rep.. Mass.) explained there are few hides Imported, except those used for sole leather, so that a duty on hides would be of little benefit to the farmers- With regard to trusts, Mr Wulker argued that great combinations necessarily reduce the cost of production and consequently the price to the people. Mr. Grow (rep.. Pa.) explained how the duty on tin plate hud established that Industry In this country. Mr. Simpson (pop., Kan.), referring .0 the question of free hides, said that a dutv on hides would be of more Importance to the farmer than all the other duties m tho agricultural schedule. It would mean an Increase of one dollar apiece on every one of the 6,412.000 hides taken /rom the cattle slaughtered last year. Mr. Wheeler (dem.. Ala.) and Mr. Cox (dena. Tenn ) asserted that the southern Iron Industry did not want any protection. It was selling Iron In Pittsburgh and the old iron centors. and was Invading England without the aid of protection, Mr. Underwood (dem., Ala.) said It was ahsunDio claim that the reason southern pig-lion manufacturers were able to ship their products abroad was because of the low prices paid to labor In the south. He, said the report of the labor commissioner showed that the average labor cost of a ton of pig Iron In the north Is J 1.47 and in the south $1.52. . . ’ Mr. Datzell asserted that Iron ore Is being made and coal being mined In Tennessee by convict labor, and that the store system prevails In Tennessee. Mr McMlllln denied that the scrip syiw tem nrevalls In Tennessee. It Is the south, he said, which is driving Pennsylvania out of the market. “We have onfy Just begun.." said he. “We to make It hot for vou, not only (n Iron, but In cotton manufacture, and we won't ask government aid in either.” Mr. Lentz (dem.. O.) argued that every high tariff agitation Is an Invitation to the hordes of Europe to come here, and he produced some figures to show that: Immigration hnd been largely Inoreas-d after the enactment of the McKinley law, and decreased after the enactment of the Wilson law. Chance of Programme. American Girl—Mn. the Scotch lord has Invited me tq see the new tragedy with him to-night, and 1 tee by the papers thalMhe star is ill and the drama will not be produced, lfg awfully provoking. Ma—That doea not matter, dear; you have aeen the tragedy once, and no doubt some other play will be presented. Go with hitn. of course. American Girl (after the performanCe)_You sat through that comedy without a smile, aud It was awfully funny, too; I nearly died laughing. Scotch Lord—Why didna ye tell me it waa a comedy? 1 bought stalls for a tragedy I ;—N. Y. Weekly. Habit of Dolan Well. Learning to do wall is like learning to swim. You wade Into the water, out udt far, for fear ybu will drown. You try again, and do a little better. You rwallow.a good deal of water, but you keep on splashing. and finally can swim. So you must keep on doing well until you learn how. A habit is sometbingwfcieh weJwfffr That is what the word means. It often becomes tome thing s whichha* ns.—Dctrott Free Tress. r "■ ,■* ” .

TO CHANGE ITB STANDARD. Jupum Preparlor lo Disease UUrrr •me Adopt Gold. Washington, March ap*-Tlfe secretary of the treasury is in receipt of information from the United States minister at Tokio, Japan, to the effect that during the present session of the Japanese diet a government coinage bill will be presented for the consideration of that body, which will, if passed, change the standard of value it) Japan from silver to gold. It is proposed to fix the government parity of or ratio be-, tween the two metals at thirty-two to one. The unit of value will be a gold yen, which will be one-half the weight and value of the old Japanese gold yeu, which is of the same weight and fineness as the gold dollar of the United States. The proposed unit of VHltie will, “therefore, be the exact equivalent of 50 cents in the United States and ap : preximately of the same value as the present unitof value in Japan, the silver yen, which, at the current rate of exchange, is worth about 51 cents in United States money. # It is proposed that the smallest coin minted shall be a five-yen piece. The further coinage of silver will be limited to subsidiary coins. The silver yen now in circulation will be maintained at par with the gold yen by the government being prepared to redeem them in gold whenever called upon to dq so. It is important to noth that there are about 140,000,000 of Japanese silver yen in circulation, of which it is estimated that about 70,000,000 are in circulation as money in China and the Knglisli, French and other colonies and settlements in the east. Should the ratio between gold and silver become greater than one to thirty-two, the fenjlency. would seam to be,,to drive the outstanding silver coin back to Japan for redemption. The vernacular press reports considerable dissatisfaction among manufacturing classes upon the proposed change of standard, and it is reported that the Cotton Spinners’ association have prepared a protest against it to present to the diet. Those interested in manufacture in Japan are at present very prosperous and satisfied with the returns their investments are bringing in. They ore nuturally. as a class, not disposed to view favorably a proposed change, the effects of which upon their interests they have no means of determining beforehand. It is generally believed, however. that the government bill will, in a perhaps modified form, become n law. It is supposed that the principal object the government has in. view in bringing about the change is to enable it; should such a mensure become necesaary or expedient to negotiate a loan in Europe on better terms than Would be possible, as they believe, if Japan remained on a silver basis. EVANS IS PLACED. Wefl-Knoirn Tennesseean Made Commissioner of Pensions. Washington, March 30. —The president Monday sent to the senate the following nominations: Charlemagne Tower, of Pennsylvania, to' be envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary of the United States to Austria-Hungary. Anson Burlingame Johnson, of Colorado, to be consul of the United States at Fuchan, China. William 8. Shallenberger, of Pennsyl-

H. CLAY EVANS, OF TENNESSEE, [Nominated for Commissioner of Penslons.J vania. to bo second assistant postmastergeneral. \ * James D. Gilt, of Massachusetts, to be collector of Internal revenue for the Third district of Massachusetts. /■ Thomas Ryan,,of Kansas, to he first assistant secretary of.jhe Interior. Henry Clay Evans, of Tentiessee, to be commissioner of pensions. KILLED IN CUBA. ItcUorteU Death of a Correspondent of Clilongro Kccord. Washington, March 30. — Consul-Gen-eral Lee has sent the state department n telegram from Havana under §unduy’s date, saying that Mr. C. F. Crosby, of New York, representative of th.-* Chicago Record, is reported to have been killed while watching with a field glaßß a combat tjetweeu the Spanish and insurgent forces* near Arrayo Blanco, close to the boundary iiue between Puerto Principe und SantaTMara. He came to the island January 30 lust. He is said to have been graduated ut St. Cyr, France. Wants Fay for His Lost Arm. Areola, 111., March 30t—William Lennaiid has brought suit against the five saloon keepers of this city for $2,000 damages for the loss of an arm. About tw*> years ago Lennaad, while intoxicated, <lsll asleep at the side of the Illinois Central track and a train inflicted upon him the loss for which he wants du mages. The saloon keepers have combined, and will fight the case. One Life Loot. Chicago, March 30.—Fire in the Royal lodging hottse on State street Monday afternoon caused the death of John Kineier, a hostler, by suffocation, and the injury of John Mclntyre by falling glass. Intense excitement was created utnong the great crowd shoppers, while those lodgers who were still sleeping made their escape scantily clad. ' Vacation for Sopremr Coant. Washington, March 30. Chief Justice Fuller has announced that the aupretne conrjt would take..,a-reccs* irocu April 1” to April 19, tjie Ust'week lb Lent.

IN THE ENEMY'S HANDS, Capture of 4ew. Rivers, Commander of the Caban Forces. Havana, March 30. —Gen. Hernandez Velasco, t iyhO iad#per&titfg in the hills of the province of Pinar del Rio, has sent a report to the government which has caused much elation to all classes of loyal Spaniards. He says that White his command was in the vicinity 0 f Cabezadas, In the Rio Hondo district, Sunday they encountered a party of rebels 100 strong, who were under the command of Ruis Rivera, who was appointed to the command of the insurgents in Pinar del Rio after the death of Antonio Maqeo. The rebels occupied, a strong position and fought stubbornly, but after an engagement which lasted an hour they were defeated and dispersed. Before the rebel position was captured a grenude was thrown by the Spaniards, which fell among the insurgents, and, exploding, wounded' many of them. This caused a panic nnd many of the rebels fled. Shortly after the explosion the Spanish infantry penetrated the rebel position. They found Col. Bacallao, chief of staff to Gen. Rivera, attempting to carry the latter, who had been wounded by three Mauser bullets, to a place of safety. Both were made prisoners. Lieut. Terry, of the insurgent party, who had been badly wounded by a fragment of a shell, was also captured. The

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GEN. RUTS RIVERA. rebels,carried some of their dead with them, but left on the field ten bodies that they were unable to remoTe. The Spanish loss only one man killed' and one lieutenant and 24 privates w ounded. . Gen. Velasco sent Gen. Rivera, Col.Bacallao and Lieut. Terry in charge of; two companies of troops to San Cristobal, at which place the party arrived at eight o’clock Sunday evening. Lieut. Terry was so badly injured, however, that he died on t-he road. Speaking to a soldier at San Cristobal, Gen. Rivera -said that he had been kindly treated by his captors. He complains greatly of the pains of his wounds, but is cool and self-possessed. He has one bullet still lodged in his t high. He is lodged at the quarters of the Guardia Civil. Gen. Velasco is still operating in the vicinity of Cabezadas. London, March 30.—A dispatch received Havana, in reporting the capture of Gen. Ruis Rivera, the insurgent leader, and his chief of staff, states that both of the prisoners will be tried by a drumhead court-martial, which means that they certainly will be shot. It is stated that when Rivera was taken before Gen. Velausco the latter told him that as a man he regretted his wounding and capture. Gen. Rivera replied that he was proud to shake the hand of so valorous a Spanish general. The Villa Vislosa regiment has routed the rebels under Castillo and Juan Delgado near Santiago de Las Vegas, province of Havana. Twenty-seven rebels were killed, and tw r o captured. Seven Os the troops were wounded. SEEKS HEAVY DAMAGES. Trial of Anna Dickinson's Celebrated Salt Herrins. Scranton, Pa,. March 3(K—The celebrated case of Anna Dickinson against .George B. Thompson, Di. John S. Hileman, Dr. Gideon Underwood, John Courtright, Allan Uggleston and Harry P.ryden was begun before JudgtCAehe.son in the United States circuit court here Monday. Mi 4 ss Dickinson, sues for SIOO,OOO damages because of alleged assault and battery and false imprisonment, which resulted in her incarceration in a lunatic asylum on February 25, 1891. Miss Dickinson is represented by Messrs. Hodge afifl Ferguson, of New York, nnd Horace K. Hand, of this city, A considerable part of the afternoon was taken up in the selection of a jojy- Miss Dickinson was the first wltneifk, and was on the stand about an hour previous to adjournment, during which she detailed her life history and her public services, including a recital of her experiences in the role of Hamlet. She was not permitted to tell how much she earned. She will tell her story of her imprisonment aAa lunatic to-day, EIGHT DROWNED. Terrible Itesnlt of Swamping of a Hoot at Prasacolo. Jacksonville, Fia., March 30.—A special from Pensacola, Fla., says the family of John Constantine, consisting of himself, wife and three children, and Mrs. Stephens and daugbtei. and a sailor, were drowned there Monday by the swamping of their boat. The vessel sank and only one man, John Moat&a. escaped. He floated to shore on a hatchway. Ambassadors Coming Home. London, March 30—Hon. Wayne Mac the retiring United States'ambnssador to Italy', with his wife and daughter, will sail from-Southampton for New \ ork on April 10, on board.the American line steamer New York. Hon. Thomas Fv, l’.ayartl, late United-StgtM .ambassador to the cofirt of St. James, with his family, will-for New York’ either on May H or May 15. . Kc I 'l tPlJer Train. - Clinton, la., March 30,—George.Iforgsn, * 1 years ottl. iv'aa instantly killed at C alatr.us while trying to board a moving train. . " - ,