People's Pilot, Volume 4, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 February 1895 — Page 6

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MARKETS UNSTEADY.

SHARP ADVANCE IN CORN, SUCCEEDED BY REACTION. All Chicago Grain Markets Finally Close at a Decline—Provisions Firin and Morin? Upward —Closing Quotations on Wall Street. Chicago, Feb. 7.—There was commotion in the entire grain trade the first hour of the session because of the retn irkaVl action in corn. Following: two days' advance that market wt.i up ’4c additional at the start at 18c for May, made a dip to 45%c and sold to 46**c with the trade greatly excited. May wheat sold between 50 T s and 5444 c, holding around 54c. Oats sold 29”*c and 2.-«sc May. Pork went from $10.20 last night to $10.55 best point early. Lard 12%c up, ribs 12%c higher. Receipts wire light owing to the storms —Wheat 5 cars, corn 74. oats S 3. Late dispute lies rated to report any export sales of wheat at the seaboard. There .is no cash business here to speak of. When corn lost its advance the last hour v beet weaken id readily and dosed 53*£c May :\c lower ti an yesterday. Before the cose the longs in corn made a grab at profits. They sold considerable •and as the shorts were over their anxiety the market weakened quickly. Muy price trapped to 45‘ jc and closed A.P.jC. > 4 c under last night. Ic under high point to-day. CPi.rk opened lt)c ftp at 41 J. 3) aud went to #io 55. The packers offered enough stuff to lose the markets at 410.40. -JOc up for the lay. Lard went to $6.85 seller at top point, snout lac gain, aud closed 4»i.i7'._,. Pc up. I'ibs sold and closed *5.40, 7J*c up. Quotations were: CIXXIXU. ARTICLE!. High. Ik) w. Feb. 7. Feb. 6. Wheat—B Feb.. ..I .51 M l ..’O'-, 4 Mar.... -54-‘„ ,t«M .54 <July.. . .55 > 4 J .54**4 .15 Corn—2 > Feb..,l 42J4 .43 May 4*i;i ,45 l J .45%' .45% July.... 40 I .45 i .45*, .4544 Vats—2 Feb2B .27%; .27% .27% May... kVJji ,w%| .29% June .. .29% .29% .29% .29% July... .29% .28% I 28% .27% Fork— Feb 10.15 9.95 May..., 10.55 10.30 10.40 10.20 Lard— Feb 6.62% 0.50 a M ß?be‘' 685 *‘ 7 ° *' 7n * Feb 5.20 5.10 May.... 5,40 5.8 v 5.40 6.3254 Wheat and Corn. Closing prices of wheat and eora at the following named cities were: Wheat—New York—February, 57c; March, 57 %c; May, 53,44 c. St.Louis—February, 51%j; May. 52%c. Duluth—Cash, 56%c; May, 58c. Minneapolis—Cash. 38X<?.1 May. 5544 c. Baltimore—February 57c; May, 59c. Toledo—('ash, 58c; May, 5454 c. Milwaukee—('ash, 52%c; May, 54*. Detroit Cash, 54c; May, 15c. Cons—New York February. 48%'c; May, 49c. St. Louis—February, 4 %c; May, 42%c. Baltimore—February, 47%c: May, 48%c. Walt Street. New York. Feb. 7.—There was a very quiet opening to the share speculation and sales registered were generally at prices a shade higher. The market was stagnant after 10:15 and but few changes were recorded. Chief among them were Advances df % per cent, in New England and % in Laclede Gas and Louisville and Nashville. Money on call easy at I@l>* per cent.; prime mercantile paper. 3%@5 per cent.; sterling exchange steady, with actual business in bankers’ bills at 483’i@483% for demand and at 487>*@487% for sixty days: posted rates, 487%@488% and 48S@ 489%; commercial bills. 466@486*4. Silver certificates, &)Vi@6o%; no sales. Bar silver 5#%. Mexican dollars, 48%. Government bonds steady. Closing quotations were-.

Atchison 4% Mauhattuuloß% Anier. Tobac ... 95% Missouri Pae./. 21 Baltimore &O. .... Michigan (.’ent .... Can. Pacific... Northern Pae <’.. B. nndQ 72% North Pae pfd... 16% C..C..C.&5t.L.. N. Y. Central... Cordage 4% Northwestern... 97 Chicago Gas. .. . 75% N. Y.& N. E 31 Cheeap’kfltO.»... 17 ' N. American'. .: .... Del & Hudson.. . US?! Omaha 32 W ]). L. &■ W.*.... .... Omaha pfd DistiCatlFd C.. 9% Ont. <fc ft'enfn..l6% Den&RQpfd.. Pacific Mail 22% Erie. ..'. l()%|Pullniau East’n Illinois.. ...'.[Reading 9% East Tennessee.. .... Bock Island.. 63% Hocking Valley. 19% Richmond Ter HiinoivCentraf [Silver (er Jersey. Central.... BS% Sugar Refinery.. 93% Kan Tex pfd.. .. iSt. Paul 56% Lead.. 39% St Paul pfd. L.,N. A <& C..’Texas & Pacific L. & NF.3% Union Pacific.... 9% Linseed Oil. .... 18 ; Western Union. 88% I .ake Erie & Wi W abash 6% L. E. & W. pfdlWabash pfd 18% Cake ShoreiWiscon'u Cent Government bonds stand at the following bid prices: Registered 25.... 95 [Currency Os, ’97.104 Registered 4s. ...1 io Currency 6s. ’98.107 Coupon 4sllo Currency 6s. ’99.109 Currency 6s, ’95.100 Coupon 55114% Currency 6s, '90.103" Regist’d 5s ex 1..U4% Chicago Produce Market. Chicago. Feb. 7.—Butter—Dull. Extra creamery, 23c per lb: firsts, 21@ 22c; seconds, 17@ 19c; dairy, firsts, 15@17c; seconds, 10(312c; packing stock, 6@9c. Cheese—Steady. Full cream Cheddars new, 9@9%c per lb; twins, n»w, 9%@ 10c; Young America, new, 10@10%c; Swiss, new, 10%(tfll%c; brick, 9%@9%c; Limburger, new, 9%<j410c. Dressed Poultry—Turkeys, fair- to choice 9@loc; chickens, fair to good, 7%c (gß%c; ducks, 10(311c; geese,poor to choice per lb, 9@loc, Eggs -Active. Firsts, full loss off, case, returned, quotable at 26c per doz; cases included, recandled, 27c. Potatoes—Firm. Rose, per bu. 52 2 56c: Burbanks. Wisconsin, 5J tOJ : per bu ; Ilebrons. 5 ■ 5k- per bu. Apples—Eastern stock sa’n’de from $?,00 (33.50 per brl;.western, 42.59*3.30, C tnada, 42 75 ; 3 75. Vegetables—Beets, 00(57 5c per brl: cucumbers home grown, $1 00*1 s'» ,*r doz . celery, 15;«3)c per doz; la tuce, home grown. 9 i c«<8l.OO per ease of 4 doz. options Mi. higau, #1 75*2.00 per brl, sweet pota tves. per brl. I.ive Nioclc. Chicago, Feb. B,—Cattle—Receipts, calves, 109. Trains came strati’ along in the forenoon, protrac.J/Oin- . s till a later hour than usual jw everything offered was taken '•Mrfl was firm. Dressed bed

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and shipping steers were quoted at $3.40@5,75, cows and bulls at $1.4*[email protected] and Stockers and feeders at [email protected]. Heavy cattle did not sell quotably higher than on the day before, but other descriptions gained s@loc. Hogs—Receipts. 23,000. There were several sales of heavy hogs at $4.50 and sales of assorted light were reported as high as $4.25. Hardly anything weighing over 250 lbs sold below $4.20 and the bulk of the 150 to 200 lb hogs brought [email protected]. There was an average advance on yesterday’s prices of sc. The danger of a blocade on the eastern roads made shippers hesitate to invest, but there was good buying by local packers and the market remained firm to the close. Sheep—Receipts, 8,000. Buyers paid an advance of s<g)loc. Common to extra qualities were quoted at [email protected]. Lambs also were higher, extra being quoted up to 35.15&5.25, and common to choice selling at $3.25@5. Liverpool. Llvrpool, Feb. 7.—Wheat—Spot No. 2 red winter, 4s 4d; No. 2 red spring, 5s 2d; No. 1 hard Manitoba, 5s Id; No. 1 California stocks xhausted. Futures— February, is 5%d; March. 4s 6%d; April, 4s 7%d; May, 4s 8d; June, 4s B%d; July, 4s B%d. Corn—Spot American mixed, new, 4s %d. Futures—February, 4s %d; March, 4s %d; April, 4s Id; May, 4s Id; June, 4s l%d; July, 4s l%d. Flour—St. Louis fancy winter, 5s 6d. Peoria. Peoria. 111., Feb. 7.—Corn—No. 2, 41%c; No. 3, 41%c. Oats —No. 2 white, 31@31%c; No. 3 white, 30%@30%c. RyeNominal. Whisky Highwine, basis $1.22. Receipts—Wheat, 600 bu; corn, 30,500 bu; oats, 29,700 bu; barley, 5,600 btr. Shipments—Wheat, 600 bu; corn, 7,800 bu; oats, 31,900 bu; barley, 9,100 bu. New York. New York, Feb. 7.—Butter—Receipts, 3,950 packages: western dairy. 10# 15c; western creamery. 11@24c; Elgin, 24c. Eggs—Receipts, 5,067 packages; western, 31@31%c; southern, 30#31c. Coffee —No. 7, 16%c.

PRIESTS AND BICYCLES.

Dr. Hooker Bars the Pope Has Not Farbidden Their Ute. Washington, Feb. 7.—Dr. Rooker, rivate secretary to Mgr. Batolll, said last night: "I do not think the holy see has Intended t take any action against the use of bicycles by priests. The matter was brought up in a Hungarian diocese and taken to Rome for decision. It was decided that the subject was local. But it was thought that it would b beet for the priess concerned o refrain from riding any more than was absolutely necessary.’ The reason for this. Dr. Rooker said, was the peculiar costume priests in Europe wear. “So long as bicycles are used within proper limits,’ he said, "they will not be frowned upon. If a priest is unwise in this matter it is the province of any local church offict’als to see hat he corrects his deportment.”

Severe Weather in Europe.

London, Feb. 7.—Bitterly cold weather, accompanid by snow storms, prevails generally throughout. Great Britain. For the first time in fourteen years the docks at Southampton are frozen over with thin ice. Several persons have beeq frozen to death in the country. The railroad trains in Scotland and Walft are blocked by snow drifts. The Weather on the continent has also, been severe. In Paris there were five deaths yesterday from the cold. “

Trolley Car Passengers Maimed.

New York, Feb. 7. —One of the trolley cars of the Bushwick avenue, Brooklyn, line was thrown by a misplaced switch from the track yesterday and Jacob Fiekhers, the motorman, was so badly injured that he was taken to St. Catherine’s .hospital in a dying condition. Half. a. dozen passengers were cut and bruised badly.

To Reorganize Whisky Trust.

New York, Feb. 7.—At the request of a riiajority 1 of the stockholders of the Distilling and Cattle Feeding company, the following ; named gentlemen have been appointed a reorganization committee: 1 rtichird B. Hartshorne, president ; JohYi 1 1. Waterbury, F. M? LockWood. J. S. Bache and William E. Hut'-*’ ton,, the latter of Cincinnati.

Thrown Into the Ditch.

Chappell,. Neb., Feb. 7.—The Atlantic express, on the Union Pacifis was wrecked one mile from here this morning, four cars and the engine being overturned. No one was injured, but as the thermometer registered thirty degrees below zero the passengers suffttered with cold. The accident was caused by the breaking of a frosty rail. 1

American Is Robbed.

Nice., Feb. B.—Mr. Fox, saind to be son of an American banker, was robbed on a train between Nice and Monte Carlo of £B6B. He made a complaint to the police yesterday, but wishing to escape publicity he withdrew it today.

Vetoed by Mayor Schieren.

Brooklyn, Feb. 7.—Mayor Schleren has vetoed the resolution adopted by the board of aidermen on Monday revoking the trolley franchises of the Brooklyn City and Atlantic Avenue street railroad companies.

Two Noted Outlaws Killed.

Tulsa, Ind. T., Feb. 7.—Jim French and the “Verdigris Kid,” the two remaining members of the Bill Cook gang, made an attempt last night to rb the store of John Irvine and were both shot and killed by Irvine.

Plymouth, Ind., Has a Bad Fire.

Plymouth, Ind., Feb. 7.—Under difficulties due to the cold weather a fire which started early yesterday morning gained great headway and was not stopped until It reached a fire wall some hours later. • Many persons were injured. The loss will be very heavy.

Long Term for Stealing Fruit.

Kansas City, Mo., Feb. 7.—For breaking into the home of Mrs. Sarah Frame at Sheffield last November and stealing preserved fruit Valued at $6, August Young has been found guilty and sentenced to twelve years in the penitentiary.

CEPHALONIA IS SAFE.

| THEOVERDUE GUNARDPASSENCEK STEAMER SIGHTED. Bitter Weather In Great Britain Many Lives Are Lost by the Foundering of Vessels —Thames Is Frozen Over — Cable News. Queenstown, Feb. 7.—The Cunard line steamship Cephalonia, Capt. Seecombe, from Boston Jan. ,26 for Liverpool, passed Brow Head at 11:55 o’clock this morning, about fifty-six hours behind schedule time. New York, Feb. 7.—The French line steamship La Gascogne, from Havre, is four days overdue. It is now the general belief among steamship people that some part of her machinery has broken down, and that, having made temporary repairs, she is proceeding slowly toward port. Having only two masts, she could not spread any great quantity of canvas; consequently her speed would not be greatly increased if sail had been hoisted to assist her progress. Should her machinery be so (Bsabled as to be completely useless for the time being, she would be obliged to use her sails, and in the teeth of the northwest winds that have prevailed for some days past she could make little If any headway. The White Star line steamer Teutonic, from Liverpool and Queenstown, was due to arrive at 1:36 yesterday morning to equal her record, but has not been reported. The thought that she has fallen in with La Gascogne and taken her in tow is somewhat strengthened by her non-arrival.

UNKNOWN VESSEL IS LOST. Bevan People Aboard Perlite —Bad Weather In England. London, Feb. 7.—The storms which have been so severely impeding traffic recently throughout England are becoming more severe. The highlands of Scotland are completely isolated and all the railroads are blocked with snow. An unknown vessel has foundered off Port Patrick, Scotland, with the loss of ■even Ilves and a two-masted steamship with a black band around two white smokestacks is ashore on the Isle of Maa. The Thames is frozen over at Chelsea and the Scheldte at Antwerp Is covered with ice. At Antwerp the thermometer registered fifteen degrees below zero centigrade, the lowest point recorded for twenty years. In Wales thousands of people are out of work on account of the severe weather. HEALY Spoils 818 ANGER. Resign* Membership la the New Irish Parliamentary Party. London, Feb. 7.—Mr. Timothy M. Healy, member of parliament and leader ?f the section of the Irish parliamentary party now known as the Healyltes, has resigned his membership of the new parliamentary committee of the Irish parliamentary party. Mr. Healy’s resignation is the result of the action of the anti-Parnellite members who, at their meeting Tuesday, elected Messrs. Condon and Abraham, Dillonites, to succeed Messrs. Messrs. Michael Davfbt and Timothy D. Sullivan. Mr, Healy, was the only member of the who was re-elected. *< w More Bodies Are Found. London, Feb. 7.—Two more bodies,. supposed to be passengers of th® Elbe/ have been brought to Lowestoft. One of them has not been identified; the other is that of Edward Markowitz of Buda Pesth. It has been ascertained that the body brought to Lowestoft yesterday is not that of H. Pschunder, chief steward of the Elbe, as at flrftt believed. ■ >

LITTLE COUNTRY IS FIRM.

Guatemala Fails to Back Down, as It Was Said She Would. City of Mexico, Feb. 7.—The Hon. Ignacio Mariscal, secretary of foreign relations in the . Mexican cabinet, has officially denied the statement thq.t Guatemala has retired from its grounds, and acceded to the demands of Mexico. “But we are still hopeful that the-war may finally be averted,” said the: min* ister. . Senor Mariscal did not indicate that the settlement of the boundary question is any nearer an amicable settlement than at the beginning of the negotiations. Daily drills of are being held. A regular company has been organized by the members of the department of justice, which has been augmented by recruits from the outside. The company Is composed of lawyers, doctors, newspaper men and representatives of other professions, as well as a large number of clerks of departments.

‘Green Goods King” McNally Bankrupt.

Bridgeport, Conn., Feb. 7.—The handsome country residence of James W. McNally, the “green goods king,” In one of the prettiest spots in Fairfield, has been given up to J. L. Cady of New York because McNally could not satisfy a claim of $1,600. McNally Is said to be in California now and penniless. Two years ago McNally spent $30,000 on the place.

Many South Dakota Settlers Suffer.

Pierre, S. D., Feb. 7.—A heavy blizzard raged all day yesterday, with the wind blowing fifty miles an hour and the temperature at 20 degrees below’ zero, the worst storm in ten years. Heavy drifts of snow have formed in all parts of the state and all trains are abandoned. There are grave fears for the farmers who live mt on the prairies.

Report on Nebraska Relief.

Lincoln, Neb., Feb. 7.—Secretary Ludden of the state relief commission made a detailed report of the doings of that body from Sept. 21, 1894, to Jan. 7, 1895, to the house yesterday. He defends the commission’s plan of operations and says the criticisms comes from greedy couties where aid is too lavishly bestowed.

To Permit Women to Vote.

Salem, Ore., Feb. 7. —A joint resolution passed both houses for a constitutional amendment extending the elective franchise to women.

Appearance of Disease Fatal to Horses.

Springfield, 111., Feb. 7.—The state live stock combination has been notified of the appearance of a fatal horse disease at Wyanet, Bureau county, eight horses having died.

BLIZZARD SWEEPS KANSAS.

Snow and fs*,d Slop the Progress of Eillwnr 1 r»ta« at Many Points. Wichita, Kas„ Feb. 7. —People who have lived I ere for twenty years say they have never I efore known such bad weather as was experienced yesterday. A gale from the north raged all day and land and frozen snow have been so thick in the air as to almost preclude walking. Reports from exposed villages on the prairies say the blizzard is terrif • and that the suffering among the r ttlers must be intense. The wind is i» peding railroad travel and drifted si: ,w has stalled a passenger train on the Wichita & Western. The Santa Fe branch running south from Emporia is blocked by sand. It is estimated at elast 803 families in the counties of Cheyenne, Rawling. Sherman and Thomas are without fuel. A majority of the farmers are scantily clothed, and while the sod houses in which most of them live are warm the storm if long continued will cause great suffering. Fodder is likewise scarce, and consequent loss to cattle must follow. Measure*- of relief adopted by the legislature will immediately be put Into effect.

Anarchists Takes All the Blame.

Liege, Belgium, Feb. 7.—A sensation was caused at th trial here of the German anarchist. Mueller, and thirteen others, by Mueller retracting all the charges he had made against his fellow prisoners of complicity in bomb outrages. He confesses that he alone was responsible for the explosion at Dr. Rensen’s house, but implicated the other men arrested in outrages that had been perpetrated elsewhere. Now he declares they were not concerned in any of the explosions with which he had previously cohnected them.

Minister Turns Thief.

Portland, Ore., Feb. 7.—Shortly after noon yesterday a man entered the First National Bank of East Portland and presenting a revolver called on Cashier E. T. Holgate, who was alone In the bank, to throw up his hands. The cashier complied. The Intruder bound and gagged him and then began tc empty coin trays into a sack. He was seen from the outside and captured The thief was identified as Rev. J. S Reid, a Baptist minister. After his arrest Reid said he had nothing to con ceal and asserts that desperation drove him to the commission of the crime.

Two Sisters with the Leprosy

Toledo, Ohio, Feb 7.—Owing to many reports concerning reported cases of leprosy in Perry County, Dr. J. A Moody made a personal investigation He found Miss Hannah Garey, aged If* years, had been afflicted with the disease ten years. Her fingers and toe.have dropped off and her teeth faller, out. A younger sister, aged 6. also her the disease and it is taking the same course. The home has been quarantine*’ pending action by the state board of health.

Chinese Hold Out Against the Japs.

Crefoo, Feb. 7.—The Chinese fleet 1; the harbor of Wei Hal Wei is still hold Ing out against the Japanese. Threforeigners named Walpole, Schnell an Thomas are reported to have be* rkilled or taken prisoners. The cor;, mander-ln-chief of he first Japan -s* army, Gen. Nodzu, Is reported to hav« ■been killed at Hal Cheng. Local paper;say Gen. Tai, commanding the Chin -s land forces at Wei Hal 'Wei, is dead and that the situation is critical.

No News from La Gascogne.

New York, Feb, 7.—At midnight las night thpre had been no tidings of the French liner La Gascogne and all interested parties here —the agent of the Compagnie Generale Transatlantiquc and the friends of passengers on the steamer —were still in deplorable doubt as to the steamship s fate. Old skippers think it probable that the ship s machinery was so seriously injured that it has become necessary for it to eek assistance and go under tow to the .Azores.

Catch Expert Diamond Thieves.

; Terre Haute, Ind , Feb. 7. Both men engaged in the robbery 'of Jeweler Strong’ last Saturday night have been arrested. William C<?dy was -caught that night. Yesterday the police of that city learned that Montrose, the other crook, had sent for his wife to come* <k> St. Louis and he was arrested there. The police say Montrose has come to the city frequently to commit robberies.

Diesin His Fiance’s Arms.

. Lima, Ohio, Fb. 7.—Yesterday afternoon Henry Studke attempted to stop a runaway teom, when he was thrown to the ground and injured so that he died in a few hours. The accident happened in front of the home of his affianced, where he was taken and expired in her arms. She swopned and now is dying. They were to have been married a week from to-day.

Mrs. Payton May Recover.

Atchison, Kas., Feb.7.—James Nutt, who made a murderous assault upon Mrs. Payton and Leonard Coleman refuses to talk to reporters. If Nutt had a motive for the shooting it is as much of a mystery as ever, although it is known he and Mrs. Payton quarreled repeatedly. The latest information from Mrs. Payton is that there is a possibility of her recovery.

Sultan Is Generous.

Constantinople, Feb. 7.—The sultan has granted a pension for life to the widow of Mr. Stupe, director of the Metropolitan railroad of this city, the American citizen who was killed by a drunken soldier Jan. 30.

Wants Federal Officials’ Salaries Cut

Guthrie, Ok., Feb. 7.—A memorial has been introduced in the legislature by a populist calling upon congress to reduce the salary of the President, congressmen, senators and all other federal officers one-third. ,

Boulanger’s Remains to Be Moved.

Paris, Feb. 7.—Gen. Boulanger’s remains will be brought here for reinterment, as the general was Included in the list of those pardoned by the amnesty bill which was recently passed by the chamber of deputies and the senate.

Frozen to Death in the Road.

Boscobel, Wls., Feb. 7.—John Duffy, a young farmer, was found frozen to death about seven miles north of here yesterday. He was lying in the road.

FRAUD IS CHARGED.

PERALTA CLAIM TO 12,750,000 ACRrS IN ARIZONA. Menace to Every Enterprise —InvalMates Titles in the titles anti Tonne and Retards the Development of Mine* and Farm*. Washington, Feb. 7. —The story of a claim for land that has been hanging over the best part of the territory of Arizona for over a century is told in a communication sent to the house by the attorney’-general, who asks for an additional appropriation of $25,000 for fees and expenses arising thereunder. The case is that of James Addison PeraltaReavis and wife vs. the United States, pending in the court of private land claims for the conformation of 12,750,000 acres of land in Arizona. An accompanying letter from M. G. Reynolds, United States attorney for the court ol private claims, says a large amount ol testimony has already been taken on behalf of the government as to the forgeby of the records from the certiforgery of the records from which certified copies of the muniments of title were taken, showing conclusively that the grossest frauds are being perpetrated against tiie government to secure a confirmation of the claim. The ramifications extend through the archives of the City of Mexico and Guadalajara, Madrid and Seville, Spain, and to California and Arizona. “We have taken sufficient testimony,' said Mr. Reynolds, “and made sufficient investigations to Justify the promise that the right of these claimants to the grant, as well as the issuance of the original grant itself to one Baron Peralta, can be successfully defeated and many of the guilty parties exposed. Forgery, perjury ana subordination of perjury have been committed in almost every form." The letter sets forth that the claim is enormously large, the land is withdrawn from sale and settlement ano initiated titles unden the public lan<. laws have been suspended. The largest and best mints and the Irrigation enterprises in tue Glia and bait river valleys are cut ered by it. The capital of Arizona and its most flourishing towns and most thickly settled portions of the territory have been held back auu to-day stand back waiting for the government to speeuiiy and successtuiiy detent nut only the claimant, if possiuie, but the claim itself. Tne grant car- . »es ail minerals and is absolute and uuconditiuiial. "H,' cuue.udes Mr. Reynolds, "the 4aLn is nut luiiy uud completely eeuated, it will subject the government iuii its citizens, who are irjing to tie- ■ eiup uie country, to continual uaraos<q» u.iu will staua us u," menace to ev.ry tmcrprise iiiauguruteu tup tne tic swiiluem of 1.. e mniUig anu agricm.mm interests, xue case ci.n tie Wuu future trial by its careful preparation.’ JU ORE IWSD IAI.K, Proceeding* in the House uu the Non Financial M.ll. Washington, ceu. 7. —The house me: ft 11 u cioca. borne rbtitine uds.iuesk was transacted .before-.fiie debate on ,ne buna uni > choi \x*up., viiio) asited unanimous .uuuent tor me consideration of a Joint uuuuittee to investigate tne validity •i tne election in Tenutessee last ftu- . emuer. ■ ■f object to the consideration of that übOsULiuxA;' Snvuleu xvir. Cux sCUdi.;. me bioxe of xenne&jee c<x.n .dAe cure ui iLSeii.” xue nuuae Uxon went ffiJEo committee jf me wi.uie unii resuided foe consilfgrat»ou vt me aaimnisiraiibfi bill to au--i.urise tne issue us of gold uUUUij, •'* x.-e penaiag question was on the appal drum toe ueeision of the chair ruling U»e ol mr. Bianu (l>em., u.o.> but ux uiuer. i..e cnair was susmnied, rou tv i>_. , ~ air. utoosius (Rep.’, Pa.) offered ar uiueuoiueu. v ru\ idmg mat such uoiiut of me duuiiiirnttiuiis •of $2U,' JoO am. as cuuiu ue uiaposeq- of should, ue deposited fur t-aie with national banks, selected by me secretary* of me ireasquent appeal for the' passage of the ury. . . . ‘ j»xr. Biciues-(Dem. v N. Y.Jjmade an elo/. peri-aiiig uiii. tie believed, he said, ti.ai me uuuueiauuns or tne House on uiis quesnuii u.uiked an important epoch in me uistury.or this country. - He was not a nnaucier, .he framtiy admitted, but he desired to express ms. deep sense of the importance us this measure and his soie’nni belief that tne: welfare and honor of nis country were involved In to-day-s action upon it. He had had occasion to uiuer in the past with the executive, the choice of his own party, but he forgot those ditierenceS when he witnessed the bravo, manly action of the President in the present financial crisis. •:

Police Asked to Suppress Hypnotists.

St. Joseph, Mo., Feb. 7. —The Psychical Society, of this city, organized, tor the purpose of teaching hypnotism,- lias been brought to the notice of the police by the complaint of Ella Churchill, that her son, after being hypnotized a number of times at the meetings of the society is losing his mind as a result.

Hopkins Holds Over.

Chicago, Feb. 7.—County Court Judge Carter to-day dismissed the bill of review in the Swift-Hopkins contest, holding that he had no jurisdiction in the case. An appeal was prayed by counsel for the contestant and an order prayed preserving the ballots pending argument upon the motion. o.

Failure at Joliet.

Joliet, 111., Feb. 7.—The store of Wiener £ Newmark of this city has been closed by the sheriff on judgments aggregating over $7,000; the First National bank had $3,500, Wiener’s w ife had $1,500, Julius Goldschmidt and Rudolph Eisenstead of Chicago had SI,OOO each.

Ex-Minister Stevens III.

Augusta, Maine, Feb. 7.—The Hon. John L. Stevens of this city, minister to Hawaii in President Harrison’s term, is critically ill with nervous prostration and heart failure.

Female Suffrage in Oregon.

Salem, Ore., Feb. 7.—A joint resolution has passed both houses for a constitutional amendment extending the elective franchises to women.

Postal Telegraph.

ILLINOIS LEGISLATURE.

Minor Proceedings of the Vpper and IzOwer Hnnxe* Condensed. • Springfield, 111., Feb. 7. —In the senate a letter written to the secretary of the senate by Vice-President Stevenson thanking the members for their resolution of sympathy on the death of his daughter was read. Senator Munroe introduced a bill providing for an increase of the school inspectors of Joliet from six to seven. It was advanced to second reading. The following bills were advanced to. third reading: Mussett—Appropriating $4,000 in aid of Illinois State Horticultural society. Littler—Providing for pavement of streets on which state property abutts in Springfield. HuntAppropriating SI,OOO per annum in aid of the Illinois Dairymen's Association. The senate then went into executive session on mo'iOn of Senator Johnson for the purpose of considering the nominations make by Gov. Altgeld of Oscar O. Baines to the state board of health, instead of James McFatrich, resigned, and Dr. Julia Holmes Smith, to succeed John H. Bryant as member of the board of trustees of the University of Illinois. The nominations were confirmed. Mr. Wallace introduced a bill in the house calling for an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for the erection of an eastern Illinois state normal school. While no place is mentioned, it is said the author of the bill will endeavor to have it located at Mattoon. The bill to amend the divorce law so as to make Incurable insanity ground for divorce, came up in second reading. The bill was' introduced by Mr. White of Whiteside. Mr. McLaughlin of LaSalle moved to strike out the enacting clause. The author of the bill made a vigorous speech against the motion and in support of the bill. The b ill was o rdered to third reading.

BIG FIRE AT INDIANAPOLIS.

Flame* in Denlaon Hotel Beyond Control —Two Firemen Injured. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 7. —A few minutes after 10 o’clock this morning fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Denison hotel. In the southeast corner. The entire fire department answered the alarm, but owing to the intensely cold weather the firemen were handicapped from the start. The Denison hotel is located at Ohio and Pennsylvania streets and is the largest hotel In the city, having 300 guest rooms. It • is five stories high and occupies the full northwest quarter of the square. The hotel quickly filled with smoke, but the guests proceeded to leave quietly and no panic resulted. The hotel was full of guests. It at once became apparent that the fire would be a stubborn one. For a time it seemed as though the flames would spread to theGrand opera house, immediately across the alley south, and to the Empire theater, In the rear. Fireman Frank Nutter and Electric Lightman Patrick Ryan were knocked from a ladder forty feet high by a piece of falling cornice. Both men were picked up insensible. Nutter is probably fatally injured and Ryan seriously. The flames are still confined to the southeast portion, of .the building, though the fire is not by any means under control. The hotel is valued at $400,000 and the loss thus far is estimated at close to SIOO,OOO. When it came known that the Denison hotel wßs burning the legislature. Ip session in the capita, immediately adjourned and' many members who are living at the hotel rushed thither to save their families and personal effects.

URGED HER To USE FORCE.

Rudolph Spreckels Sa'.d to Have Counseled Mrs. Domlnls to Make M ar. San Francisco, Cal., Feb. 7.—The Ex-, aminer this morning prints the following: "Honolulu, Jan. 30.—Up to the moment of the steamer’s departure the most interesting phase of ex-Queen Liliuokalani’s implication in the plot to overthrow the government is her written admission showing the collusion of young Rudolph Spreckels, discovered among some fragments of her majesty’s diary. : “When the raid was made on Washington place after the arrest of the-ex-queen, resulting in the seizure of arms, ammunition and bombs, a number of-’ papers belonging to the ex-queen were taken possession of and turned over to the governnfent. Among the papers Was a memorandum’in her .own handwriting, dating back as far as last June, wherein occur frequent references to ’ Rudolph Sprefckels, in which he is quot- ' ed as repeatedly urging her to resort to. force to regain her .lost throne. These importunities were offset, by J. O. Carter, one of her closest advisers, who counseled moderation.” It is the general impression here that Rudolph Spreckels himself did not purchase the arms for the revolutionists but merely advanced the funds required on the ex-queen’s account, and that somebody else made the purchase. The Examiner's correspondent at Honolulu claims that it has been learned definitely that some of the leaders of the rebellion have been sentenced to death.

TO STEAL PART OF ALASKA.

Such Is Said to Be the Direct Design of the British Government. Seattle, Wash., Feb. 7.—G. A. Carpenter, editor of the Alaska Juneau, has arrived here and speaking of the boundary controversy with Canada he says: “If the claim set up by the British is correct there is a prospect that Juneau will come within the limits of the territory claimed by them under their interpretation of the description of the boundary. This description says that, In the absence of a mountain range the boundary line shall be within ten - marine leagues of the coast line. The American idea is that the iine shall follow the meanderings of the bays and inlets. “Among all classes of people in Alaska it is the opinion that if England succeeds in getting this strip of territory from the United States government it will be a steal pure and simple and another victory for the aggressive policy pursued by the British.” Mr. Carpenter also says the American boundary survey parties were negligent in their work, not sending parties into tlfe interior but merely making observations with field glasses from the decks of their steamer, while the Canadian surveyors scaled the high coast ranges to the very summit of the mountains, in many leases subject..g the men to great , danger to life and ||mt> in order to secure exact dat.i .vhich would naturally make and mark a boundary line.