Pike County Democrat, Volume 24, Number 42, Petersburg, Pike County, 2 March 1894 — Page 2

Ita gibe Counts gtmoctal M- McO. 8TOOP8, Editor snd Propriotor- . PETERSBURG. - - INDIANA The Ropers locomotive works, the Dolphin jute mills and Barbour thread mills at Paterson, N. J., resumed work on the 19th. The president has appointed Charles E. Werden, of Delta, O., a special agent to make allotments of lands in severalty to Indians. , The Iowa senate, on the 20th, passed the house bill requiring the American flag to be displayed in every schoolhouse in the state. It is stated in Christiania that the American polar expeditiop which it is proposed to start in May next will be accompanied by three Norwegians. Gov. Rich of Michigan on the 19th dismissed from his cabinet Secretary of State Jochim, State Treasurer Hambitzer and Land Commissioner Berry. Mb. Walcott introduced a bill in the senate, on the 90th, directing that the coinage of gold and silver shall be car- ( ried on hereafter at the branch mint at Denver.

The report that ex-Secretary Pungof the Chinese legation at Washington had been beheaded after returning to the celestial kingdom proves to have been without foundation. The president, on the 21st, nominated Granville Stewart, of Montana, to be enVoy extraordinary and minisr ter plenipotentiary of the United States to Paraguay and Uruguay. Senator White, of Louisiana, is the 5 second member of the Catholic church ever appointed to the United States supreme court bench, Chief Justice Taney having been the first. The United States cruiser New York, upon which a case of yellow fever occurred while she;was lying in the harbor of Rio Janeiro, arrive^ at the quarantine station at Montevideo on the 20th. _ ‘ England’s refusal to recognize the Brazilian rebels as belligerents is viewed with disfavor by British residents in Rio de Janeiro, and is attributed to the influence of the United States. Mrs. Hannah Stephenson, mother of Congressman S. M. Steohenson, of Menominee, Mich., andiof ex-Congress-man Isaac'Stephenson, of Marinette, Wis,, died* on the 23d, at her home in Menominee. At a meeting in Milwaxxkee, on the 22d. of the directors of the big Aurora iron mine, it was decided to resume work with about 400 men on the 26th. The mine is near Hurley, Wis., and is the largest oh the Gogebic range. James Lochkkidgk, his brother David and John Lemon were arrested on their’farm, near Brandon, Man., on the 21st, on a charge of making counterfeit Canadian money. A complete set of tools and raised bills were found in their possession. The story cabled to the London press, saying that tlie commander of the British squadron at Rio de Janeiro had refused to protect British merchant vessels in obtaining water, is generally discredited in London, but has aroused considerable feeling on the subject. On the 22d the illness of E. J. Phelps, of | Vermount, ex-minister to En- | gland, and senior American counsel in the Behring sea arbitration last year, whb is at New Haven, Conn, assumed a critical turn. Early in the morning a decided change for the worse was noted, and Prof. Phelps suffered a severe relapse. - The president, on the 19th, nominated and the senate promptly confirmed Senator Edward Douglass White, of Louisiana, as associate justice of the United States supreme court to succeed Justice Blatchford, deceased. He is in his forty-ninth year, and therefore has twenty-one years’ service before him before retirement. Later returns received on the 21st confirm the early estimate that Grow (rep.) for congressman-at-large of Pennsylvania, received a plurality exceeding 69,000, and the indications are that complete returns will increase the figures to perhaps 175,000. This is by far the largest plurality ever given for any candidate in that state.

Thk election of a con gressm an-at-large in Pennsylvania, on the 20th, to fill the vacancy caused by the death of 'William Lilly, resulted in the choice of Galusha A. Grow, republican, by a plurality over his opponents, James Denton Hancock, democrat, and Henry E. Morrow, prohibitionist, estimated from latest returns at flf.0,000. Thk trial in Vienna of the seventytwo members of the Omladina society, charged with conspiracy in connection with the murder of Rudolph Mrva, has terminated. Twenty wfere sentenced to terms of imprisonment varying from two to eight years, fifty received sentences ranging from .two weeks to two months and two were acquitted. A mob of 2,000 turbulent spirits styling themselves “the unemployed,’’gathered on Boston common, on the 20th, nn$ were harangued by “social anarchist” speakers. They then proceeded to the state house, waited upon the governor and presented a demand for employment to the legislature. In a subsequent speech one of the orators said: “We will clean out the state house if we don’t get what we waqt.” This language having been reported to Gov. Greeuhalge, he gave the speaker notice that such language would not be tolerated, and, the police being called upon, soon dispersed the mob

CURRENT TOPICS THE HEWS 15 BRIEF. FIFTY-THIRD CONGRES& In the Senate, on the 19th. the 'committee on printing was Instructed to investigate all the tacts and circumstances connected with the contract of the National Lithograph Co. for the publication of the Postal Gazette. A message from the president announcing the nomination of Senator White, of Louisiana, as associate Justice of the United States supreme court, was received, and, in executive session, the nomlation was promptly confirmed.In the house, the day was speut in a fruitless endeavor to secure a quorom to vote in favor of Mr. Bland's seigniorage coinage bill In the senate, pa the 20th, a large number of petitions against the Wilson tariff bill, and one bearing 4,000 names, in favor of. the measure, were presented. A resolution to have Washington's farewell address read to the senate on the 22d was agreed to. Mr. Daniel resumed his speech against Hawaiian annexation. After* short executive session the senate adjourned..... In the house, the day was spent in bearing the excuses of members who had been placed under arrest bv the sergeant-at-arms and in successful filibustering against Mr. Bland's motion to go into committee of the whole on the seigniorage coinage silver bill. In the senate, on the 21st. quite a discussion arose between Messrs. Voorhees, Chandler and others as to what the finance committee was doing with the Wilson tariff bill submitted to it some weeks ago. Mr. Whits, of California, then spoke in favor of tho resolution against the proposed annexation of Hawaiiun territory, which went over without action. A short executive session was held, and the sen-* ate. at 5:4&p. m., adjourned.,....In the house, notwitstanding the fact that 271 members responded at roll-call, >Mr. Bland was unable to get a quorum to proceed with the consideration of the silver seigniorage coinage bill In tho senate, on the 22d, aftor the transaction of some minor business during the morning hour, Washington’s farewell address was read by Senator Martin, of Kansas, after which the senate adjourned until the 20th.. ... In the house the sergeant-at-arms made a supplemental report under the warrant ordering the arrest of absentees, which disclosed the fact that several members who had been in constant daily attendance since the beginning of the session, had been included in the dragnet of the sergeant-at-arnfs. and several indignant protests were made by members so unjustly dealt with. No business was transacted. The senate was not in session on the 23d. In the house the case of Mr. Adams (rep.. Pa.), under arrest of the sergeant-at-arms, which was pending when the house adjourned on the 22d, on a motion for his discharge because his arrest was unauthorized, was taken up and the motion was lost Subsequently, on motion of Mr. Bland, which the speaker declared carried, al! of those under arrest were discharged. Mr. Bland’s motion to take up the seigniorage coinage bill resulted: Yeas. 147; nays. 2—no quorum. The remainder of the session was consumed in speech-malting and dilatory tactics, no business being transacted.

PERSONAL AND GENERAL. The dynamite factory of James S. Miller, at Sumpeytown, fa., exploded, on the 21st, with heavy, loss and a detonation heard for ten miles. A man named Fritch was blown to atoms. M. Nicholas de Gikhs, Russian minister of foreign affairs, was reported, on the 21st, very seriously ill with j asthma. ) Rear-Admiral Stanton ap'd nineteen officers and 182 men; of the wrecked corvette Kearsarge arrived at Quarantine, S. I., on the 21st, on the steamer City of Para, after a seven days’ passage from Colon. Erastus Wyman, the well-known capitalist and railroad man, and exmanager for R. G. Dun & Co., was committed to the Tombs prison, in New York city, on the 21st, in default of $25,000 bonds, to answer two indictments for forgery, found at the instance of R. G. Dun <fc Co., who claim that he has embezzled from the concern, by forgery and otherwise, $239,018.90. Acting Secretary McAdoo, on the 21st, tfppointed a court of inquiry to examine into and leport upon the facts connected with the wreck of the Kearsarge, on Roncador reef. The court will consist of Admiral Gherardi. CapL Miller and Capt. Kane. Lieut.-Com. Joseph Kelly will act as recorder. The Otoe county (Neb.) grand jury promptly and thoroughly investigated the recent hanging in effigy of J. Sterling Morton and son and -found only tivo persons implicated, Stack White and Henry W. Hocrath, one a constable and the other a painter. They have been indicted under the statute for what all term a dastardly act. From the views expressed by members of the house committee on agriculture^Jhe prospect of a favorable report upon one of the bills for a government appropriation to exterminate the Russian thistle from the wheat lands of the northern middle states is not bright. • President Cleveland offered Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, through Secretary Gresham, the place of minister to Stockholm, Sweden. The offer has been declined. The ex-governor is busily engaged in his work on the life of his uncle, Robert E. Lee. The president has informed members of congress, who have approached him on the subject, that he proposed, so far as possible, to appoint the sons of army and navy officers as cadets-at-large tc the military and naval academies. This is in accordance with his policy of eight

years ago. The British steamer Fairy of Victoria was seized near Point Morrowtown. Wash., on the 21st, by the revenue cutter Wolcott and four Chinese aboard captured. The Fairy is a speedy craft of ten-tons burden and has been engaged in Chinese smuggling for some time. Secretary Hoke Smith lias approved the draft of a circular which will soon be issued governing applications for right-of-iva.v -over public lands for panals. ditches and reservoirs. The rightis held to extend only to construction, and no public timber or material will be allowed to be taken or used for repair or improvement. J It , was ascertained, on the 21st, beyond all doubt that the Depauw university at Greencastle, Ind., was caught for at least $30,000, and probably $00,000, in the recent Depauw plate glass failure at Alexander. The Japanese cook who was transferred from the United States cruiser Newark to the quarantine at Montevideo, with the idea that he was suffering from yellow fever, was said, on the 22d, by the hospital doctors not to have yellow fever at all. They diagnosed his case as typhoid fever, not the dreaded “yellow jack.*

As expert accountant has ' seen check* ing up the accounts of Ad i itant-Gen-eral Arts of Kansas, by d i ruction of Gov. Lewelling. The governor has intimated that, under the showing, Arts would ha ve to go. Charlie A. Gardner, the wellknown German comedian, who was playing the leading role iit the “Prise Winners,” was left critically ill in Xenton, O., with inflam rnaion of the bowels, by his company which, on the 22d, proceeded without hur * Commissioner Miller of he internal revenue bureau has decided to issue a new series of revenue stamps to take the place of those now in use. The new stamps will be smaller in size, more artistic in finish and different in color from the old ones. The New York Yacht cbsb decided, on t'neJi2d; that Mrs. Carnegie may be elected an - associate mem >er ef the club. She is to be allowed to fly the club flag and use the club stations and enjoy privileges of the clue. Senator McMillan, of Michigan, in an interview on the 22d, authorized the statement that ho will accept a second term in the senate if the republicans of Michigan desire that he continue to serve them. Joe Hardin, the Cent-alia (111.) train robber* who escaped from the prison at Chester, on •the 19th, was caught, on the 22d, within 3 miles of Menard, 111., where he was in hiding. Several persons were killed and a number injured at Wetter n, Belgium, on the 22d, by the explosion of a powder magazine. . i The mammoth salesroo is and warehouses of the Udell Wooden ware and the Tyler Desk companies, occupying the large, seven-story granite and brick building at the sout least corner of Twelfth and Locust streets, St. Louis, were entirely des’ royed by fire on the night of the 22d, t< getlier with their entire stocks. s . | Mrs. Alma C. Whiter sad is dying of consumption at her home in Shawnee Mountf. Ind. Mrs. Whitehead is the possessor of a fortune estimated at $100,000, inherited from her father,I who died several weeks ago. She was arrested jointly with Rev. George W. Pettit for poisoning Mrs. Pettit several year's ago A gas explosion occurred at the Blossburg coal mines, 3 miles west of Raton, N. M., on the morning of the 22d. Six men are known to have lost, their lives, and it is feared that two Italians who are missing are also viet tims.

* The German emperor lias presented Prinee Bismarck a series of sketches made bj* himself, showing- the differences in the armor plates, of the ivarr ships of the German navy and the navies of other nations. At a late hour on the night of the 22d, Warren Blackman, aged 18, and Miss Minnie Rogers, aged 25, while crossing the Baltimore A Ohio track at Shelby, O., in a buggy, were struck bv an express train and instantly killed. W. D. Tillrtsox, ex-eonsul-general to Japan; Dr. O. H. Simons, ex-consul at Hong Kong, and Samuel L. Greefiacy, ex-consul at Foo-Chow, arrived in San Francisco, on the 22d, per steamer Oceanic, eri route to Washington. Henry L. Secrist was arrested at Butler, O., on the 23d, by United States officials, on the charge of having in his possession and passing bogus silver coins. Counterfeit money was found on his person. The house committee on invalid pensions, on the 23d, ordered favorably reported senate bill gvaChting*a pension of $100 per month to the widow of Gen. John M. Corse. ‘"x LATE NEWS ITEMS^ The senate was not in session on the 24th.In the house, after unimportant preliminary business, Mr. Bankhead, in the temporary absence of Mr. Bland, moved that the house resolve itself into committee of the whole on the seigniorage bill, and that all debate be closed in thirty minutes. On division the vote was: Ayes, 120; noes, 0—no quorum. All further efforts to obtain sa quorum to vote on this measure were fruitless, and the house, at 3 p. m., adjourned. A dispatch from Port Louis, Mauritius island, reports that a cycldne had swept the island doing almost incalculable damage to property and killing and injuring many persons. A crowded railway train was blown from the track and rolled down an embankment into the Coromandel river, killing fifty persons and injuring a large number of others. f , Tuk statement issued1 by the associated banks of New .York city for the week ended the 24th showed the following changes: Reserve, increase, $280,675; loans, increase, $1,889,300; specie, decrease, $671,400; legal tenders, increase, $1,889,600; deposits, increase, $2,750,100; circulation, decrease, $811,700.

Eugene Patrick Pkendkrgast, who assassinated Mayor Carter Harrison of Chicago at his hoito a on the evening of October 28 last, was denied a new trial by Judge Brenfc.no, on the 24th, and sentenced to be hanged on Friday, March 28. Aitkin H. Burdick died at Auburn, N. Y., on the 24th, in his 80th year, lie was a partner in the great reaper firm of D. M. Osborne & Co. for over thirty years, and was the inventor of the Burdick reaper a ad several smaller implements. Col. C. H. Mansur,e the second comptroler oi the treasury, has decided that Gen. Sickles cannot, under the existing laws, hold his seat as a representative in congress and at the same time draw his salary as major-general of the | army, retired. Tub imports, exclusive of specie, at the port of New York for the week ended on the 24th were $7,130,095, Df which $2,868,022 were dry goods and $4,762,073 general merchandise. The graceful dome of the Agricultural building at the World’s fair grounds, was completely destroyed by incendiary fire on the 14th. The imports of s pecie at the port of New York for tho week ended on the 24th were $158,283, of which $107,712 was gold and $50,751 silver.

OYER THE STATE. Telegraphic News from Various Towns in Indiana. _ Plucky Doctor KI1U a Highwayman. Indianapolis, Ind., Feh. 23. — Dr. Francis M. Abbott, one of the best known practitioners in Indianapolis, who is over 80 years old, was attacked by highwaymen Wednesday night at East and Miami streets. The physician refused to give up his money and drew a revolver. One of the men fired at him but missed, and the doctor returned the fire, the bullet taking effect in his assailant’s abdomen. The second highwayman then fired three shots, one of which pierced Dr. Abbott’s side, making a four-inch flesh wound that is serious bnt probably will not prove fatal. The wounded robber was found in the street a block distant He is Jeremiah Jones, son of Mary U. Jones, of Randolph street, Chicago. He died at 1:40 a. m.

She Demand* ■10,000 ObiihkmWashington*, Ind., Feb. 22.—A sensational damage suit was filed in the Daviess circuit court Wednesday. Mrs. Maggie Rankin claims that Calvin Skinner, foreman of the railroad machine shops here, made improper proposals to her a short time ago, which she resented; that afterward he told her husband, who works under him, that she was ah unfaithful wife; that this enraged her husband, who has abused her ever since, has lest all confidence in her, and that his love has died completely out. • She now asks Mr. Skinner to make good in a financial way for her sufferings, for which she thip^cs $10,000 a very reasonable sura. Flower* for the Harrison Tomb. Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 22.—Floral offerings from the Daughters of the Revolution, whose annual congress convenes in Washington to-day, have been placed on the handsome Barre granite monument just finished and placed in position over the last resting place of Mrs. Benjamin Harrison at Crown HilL This is the only dedication the massive gray stone has had. Beaten by Thieve* Near ltoby. t Hammond, Ind., Feb. 22. —A Pennsylvania track-walker named Roberts was beaten late Tuesday night near the Roby race track by three unknown men, whom he surprised stealing brass from one of the company's cars. The robbers beat him until nearly unconscious and as a parting salute fired several shots, one of the bullets perforating his cap. _ Will Be Arrested for Abduction. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 22.—Chief of Police Welker, of this city, and George Gambal will be placed under arrest charged with abducting little Edith Niken from the Columbia school building Monday afternoon. The case is attracting considerable attention from the fact that Chief Welker took such an active part Glass Factory for Franbton. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 22.—The Quick. City Glass company was organized in this city Wednesday. W. H. Quick was elected president A. D. Hurst secretary and treasurer and George Brake man general manager, '.The company will erect a factory at Frankton. The plant, when in full operation, will employ 200 men. _ Charities Work Discussed. Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 22.—The topic of Wednesday’s discussion in the state conference of charities and corrections was “reformatory work.” Miss Keeley, superintendent of the reform school of the women and girls* prison, spoke of the work of the institution, as did Miss Laura Ream, from the standpoint of a state trustee. Fought with Gen. Harrison. Indianapolis, Ind.. Feb. 22.—James E. Mitchell, of this city, aged 60, died very suddenly Wednesday night of heart disease. He was a member of' Gen. Harrison’s regiment, was mayor of Indianapolis from 1873 to 1875 and served a term as prosecuting attorney of this county.. Roby Cases to Be Heard April 1C. 5 AMMOND, Ind., JTeb. 22.—At Crown Point April 16 the famous riotous conspiracy cases against the defunct Roby Athletic association will be heard at an adjourned session of the Lake circuit court. Special Judge Langdon, of Lafayette, will probably bear the cases. Went Suddenly Insane. Noblesville, Ind., Feb. 22.—D. C. Hayes, aged 50 years, an old soldier and prominent builder and contractor, went violently insane Wednesday. He started out in the morning saying he had $1,000,000 in bank and tried to buy all the business in town. He was locked up. _~

Murderer* Arrested at Newman. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22.—Bedford. Kent and Milton. Fenen murdered Noah King in a church at Centerton last November and escaped. They were located hiding at Newman, 11L, Wednesday, and officers have left with requisition papers on Gov. Altgeld. Destroyed by Fire. Goshen, Ind., Feb. 22.—The main building Of the Noble Manufacturing company’s extensive plant was burned to the ground at 6 o’clock Wednesday evening. The loss is estimated at very close to $30,000, with insurance of $18,000. _ Depauw University Is Affected. Anderson, Ind., Feb. 22. —It was ascertained Wednesday beyond all doubt that the i>»pauw university at Green castle was caught for at least $80,000," possibly $60,000, in the recent Depauw plate-glass failure at Alexandria. Dairy Darn Darned. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 22.—Fire Wednesday destroyed the Hoover & Hugglery dairy barn And many cows, horses and mules were burned. Two employes had a narrow escape. The loss is $30,000. Gold at Hagerstown. Hagerstown, Ind., Feb. 22.—Gold is Said to have been discovered here A company has been formed to investigate the claims and determine the quality of the find.

REVIEW OF TRADE.

BiiIocm Tliougliout tlie Country StlX Hosltntlnir Until tho Fatore Becomei Hotter Outline*!--Tho Volume of Mont) In Sight Still llejruiul the Demand* o! Trade, nod Ilntee Lower—Movement oJ Staple* Fair with Better Promise— lluaine»e Failures f„r the Week. Etc. New York, Feb. 24.—R. G. Dun A Co.'s weekly review of trade, issued today, says; A waiting condition of business is ono of tbs 'weekly fluctuations and means nothing. Business of all ktnds is hesitating until more can be determined about the future, and meanwhile orders which will keep hands at work for a time are given and accepted, this week increasing, as In some others deer casing, without affording reasonable indications of the future. Prices are again greatly depressed, m low or lower than ever having been made in wheat, silver and some manufactured prodacts; and neither cotton, Wool nor raw iron have advanced. The glutted money markets continue to show that the volume of business is still inadequate to employ their circulation available, and tbe withdrawal of about «63.0J0.(XK) from the New Vork market by the sale of government bonds loes not cause the expected strengthening of rates. With gradually-decreasing shipments of merchandise to other countries foreign exchange rises, and some exports of gold are ex- . pected. | The volume of domestic trade does not seem to increase. 3 In all clearing payments the decrease is 41.0 for the week, against 37.Ui for the previous week, and about 37.5 for tho month thus far. The railroad tonnage eastbound shows a decrease in February of 38.2 per cent., and the number of loaded cars passing Indianapolis is 36 per cent, less than far the same week last year. In earnings of railroads the decrease Is smaller—for the second week of February 15.1 per cent., and for the first week 10.6 per cent, against 12.3 per ccmt for January. The derOase in receipts on the trunk lines, nearly 12 per cent. and on granger and southwestern roads. 12 to 21 per cent., is greater than for the first week of the month. Speculation in railroad stocks has been stagnant, and tbe average of prices bas scarcely changed 10 cents per share, closing slightly lower, notwithstanding the dividend on Burlington gave some encouragement, and there were some purchases for European account. General liquidation Is not now feared, but reduced earnings do not encourage buyers. Sales of industrials were oh some days 60 per ceut. of the whole, and with varying reports from Washington they advanced an average of about 48.ee nts pershare. Heavy liquidation again appeared in wheat on Monday, and after Tuesday’s sensational advance, again on Wednesday, with prices about the lowest yet made. Westorrf receipts have been only 1,118.201 bushels agairfst 3.008.614 last year, and Atlantic exports only 4*1.224 bushels, against 931.2 5 last year, an l the decrease in visible supply had little influence. Corn and oats were slightly stronger and hog products but little changed. Gotten was a sixteenth lqwer, with considerable trading, the receipts from plantations still exceeding those of last year, but the exports showed a relatively large increase. While Ellison reports foreign consumption nearly full, takings of northern spinners since January 1' have been 38 per cent, smaller than last year's to date.. Hesitancy and uncertainty still control tho money market. Rates are even a shade lower than in recent weeks; commercial paper being in small supply at 3ig to 6 per cent. while loans are seldom made at more than 1 per cent. Foreign exchange has advancod about a cent, and but for the strong condition of the European banks, gold would have gone abroad already.? A further decline in silver takes the price below the lowest previous record and is partly due to a lieavy shipment from New York during the week. The treasury deficit in February is somewhat smaller than in January, for though customs receipts do not enlarge and for the month thus far are 36 per cent, less than a year ago. the Internal revenue for the month shows some increase over lost year. Industrial changes have been few, but a little better demand for some textile goods bas started more mills than have stopped. There is a better feeling in fancy cottons, though some goods are a shade lower. Wooolen dress goods are steady, with fair demand. Though orders for heavy woolens and worsteds are light, they are a HHle better, some agents having made fair progress. Kneouragement is felt by some in tne calculation that clpthiers have done anout the usual spring bushiest, while manufacturers have done about 33 per cent, so that clothiers’ stocks must be reduced. While two purchases of wool, aggregating 3M.00J pounds, are reported, all sales at three chief markets have been only 3,470,800 pounds, against 5,523,800 last year, a decrease o37.3 per cent. Prices of commodities now average abou one-fourth per cent higher than a month ago. but 11.7 per cent, low er than a year ago. and, excepting this year, hi ve never been so low cn the whole ns they are now. - , The failures during he past week numbered, in the United States, !J93, against 193 last year; and Canada El, against 37 last year. Both in number and in magri itude, commercial disasters have diminished., and in tbe first half of February tbe liabilii ies thus far reported of all firms failing amount to only 18.198.193. of which $3,679,845 were xtt manufacturing and H.55MC7 of trading concerns. The aggregate of failures were $0,619 252 in two weeks of Jan *iary.

A DESPERATE PICTURE. (Vant anil Starvation in a Drought-Cursed Section of Texas. Houston, Tex., Feb. 24.—Information comes from Starr county, on the Mexican border, to the effect that a famine is threatened there. A public meeting1 was held at Paisano, Starr county, on the 15th inst., and resolutions were adopted setting forth that on account of the drought that had existed in that section of the country for the past few years, but especially for the past thirteen months, 90 per cent, of all cattle, horses and sheep are dead; that no crops of any kind have been raised or harvested during the past year; that great destitution and absolute want exists among our people; that many are compeled to subsist on roots, prickly pears, eta Even the half-putrid flesh has been stripped from the carcasses of dead animals and eaten to satisfy the gnawing pangs of hunger, and many persons, especially children, have hardly sufficient clothihg to cover them; that we can no longer assist our starving fel-low-citizens, and we appeal to the charity of the world and the benevolence of those whom God has blessed with greater abundance than ourselves for contributions of money, clothing, corn, beans, flour or provisions of any kind. Ail contributions should be addressed to the relief committee at Beeville, or Alice, Tex. The Funeral of Kourriin. London, Feb. 24.—The burial of Martial Bourdin, the anarchist who was killed by the premature explosion of one of his own bombs, near Greenwich observatory, on the night of February 15. took place yesterday afternoon. The hearse started from the place where the body has been ly»ing in St. Pancras at 1:35 p. m. Only one carriage followed the hearse. Large crowds filled the roadway, some in expectation of witnessing an anarchist demonstration and others try • ing to participate in one. The pc lice were prepared for any emergency.

A VERY SICK MAN. 1 - Hon William L Wilson. Chairman of tfc* House Committee on Ways and SCeart in a Critical Condition at A*uas.Calleut«a Mexico—His Malady Develops Into Typhoid Fever. f Washington. Feb. 25.—-The condition of Hon. William L. Wilson, chairman of the committee on ways and means, is very grave, according to a dispatch received bv Secretary Gresham yesterday from Mr. Crittenden, the United States consul general in the C'ty of Mexico. The dispatch is as follows: City or Mexico. Feb. 34. Secretary of State, Washington, IX C.: Mr. Wilson has developed a remarkable typhoid feve*■. General Condition grave; the fever as yet of a mild form. Dr, Mallet Provost, whom I sent from here to Aguas Cali entes (Hot Springs) to see him. has had him removed to Guadalajara, which he considers the location which will givo him the best sanitary surroundings possible in Mexico. To bring bim to this city would be most dangerous. He shall have the test of attention. ' A copy of the dispatch was sent to the president.

No Hope of Leaving Aguas Callente* Alive. San Antonio, Tex., Feb. 26.-7-J. H. Crandall, a business man of this city, arrived here Saturday from Ag-uas Calientes, Mexico, and stated that when he left on Thursday it was reported on pood authority that Congressman Wilson, who had stopped off there tc take the baths, was in a dying condition, and that the physicians who were attending him had giveihup all hope of 'his being able to leave the place alive. ■& When Mr. W'ilson passed through El Paso he was a ve^y sick man. but he exerted himself to respond to the many invitations showered upon him by the people.of thatcity. In his exceedingly week condition the baths had a very injurious instead of beneficial effect. THOSE MICHIGAN OFFICIALS Not Only Guilty of Election Frauds, Bat of Looting the Ppklic Treasury by Unauthorized Charged. ^ Detroit, Mieji., Feb. 25.—The Journal last evening says that an investigation which it had been pursuing at Lansing for some days showsthat several state officers have beenguilty of extensive peculations from the state treasury. The Journal alleges that Secretary of State Joe him, .State Treasurer HambitZer and Land Commissioner Berry have made charges* for mileage, hotel bills, and other expenses which the Iew does not give them the right to collect from the state. \^The constitution says that these officers shall receive no fees or perquisites whatever for the performance of any duties? connected with, their offices. The ex-offico duties as members of boards are “duties connected with their office.” The state capital is the official home of the state officers If they do not choose to live in the capital city, they, cannot charge the state for travelling expenses and hotel bills, while in the performance of their duties at the seat of goverment. A state officer may continue his residence at remote points, or anywhere else, l>u&> if he clioses to make excursions back and forth between these plaeesand Lansing, he has no warrant in law to charge the expenses up to th • state of Michigan. By a table copied from the books in the auditor’s office, the Journal shows that every time one of these officials served on any one of the boards of which he is an ex-officio member he charged for mileage from his residence to Lansing, hotel bills and extra ex- • penses, and although meetings of different boards were held on the same day in the same building, mileage and hotel expenses were charged up in each instance. After marked progress had been made in its investigations the Journal was denied further access to the books, and ' the full extent of the peculations could not be ascertained. It is probable that the matter will be brought to the attention of the grand jury.

STEELE MACKAYE DEAD. -—'—_ lie Passed Away on the Train That was Hearing Him to California. La Junta, Col., Feb. 26.—Steele Mackaye, author and dramatist, died at 10 o’clock yesterday morning neat' Timpas, on board a Santa Fe train, ^ while en route to San Diego. Cal., where it was hoped he would be able. * to build up bis health. Mr. Mackaye, accompanied by his - > wife, Dr. Parker and a nurse, left Chicago Thursday in the private car of George R. Peck, 6f the Sante Fe road. He had been very ill for several days previous to his departure. After leaving Chicago Mr. Mackaye’s condition was thought to be slightly improved, ' and his death, while not wholly unexpected. came suddenly. Dr. Parker made every effort to revive his sinking patient, but without avail. The car was detached from the west-bound train and brought to this eity and at 8:50 p. m. left on the east-bound passenger train for Chicago. Ill-luck followed Mr. Mackaye from ’the beginning of his last journey. In the first place his baggage, coretaining medicines, etc., was forgotten, and when a few miles out some fiend threw an iron bar six inches long through the state room, barely grazing the sick man’s face in its flight. Then the heating pipes got out of order and the cold became intense. But despite these unfortunate happenings, Mr. Mackay’s condition seemed to improve, and it yeas thought that Ms entrance into a milder climate would repair his shattered system. A Presbyterian Church Darned. Chicago. Feb 26.—The First Presbyterian church, corner of Chicago avenue and Lake street, in Evanston, was totally destroyed by fire yesterday morning. The church was a frame structure and was erected more than twenty years ago at a cost of $25,000. The contents were valued at about ¥5,000. The insurance on the building and contents is 821,700. The fire, was discovered at about 9 o’clock at the time when the congregation was gathering for the morning service and many of the members watched the structure falling in ruins.