People's Pilot, Volume 5, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 February 1896 — Page 6

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FROM WASHINGTON.

SENATOR BLANCHARD TALKS ON MONROE DOCTRINE. Policy of the Administration Upheld by the Louisiana Statesman —Seed Distribution to Be Continued —Nothin* of Interest in the Bouse. Washington, Feb. 12. —In the senate Tuesday the long-pending resolution which has brought out much criticism of the secretary of agriculture was passed without division. The measure was amended so as to provide that the purchase aS& distribution of seeds shall proceed as (heretofore. M. Blanchard (dem., La.) was then recognized for a speech on the Monroe doctrine. He strongly commended the president for the reassertion, on an en ■ larged basis, of the Monroe doctrine, and advocated that it be given the sanction of legislative endorsement. He said the time had come for such a declaration by congress—broad, bold, comprehensive, not made in anger nor menacing, but firm. The senator’s speech, while bold and firm, was in good temper, and evinced a spirit of kindred friendship and peace toward what he termed “our cis-Atlantic cousins.” Among other things, he said: “Shut out of participation in European policies, neither asking nor being invited to take part in the same, are we, too, to be deprived of the right to prescribe and dominate an American policy? On this point the people of the United States are especially sensitive. And it is not confined to any section or class of our people. It pervades all alike; it leaps over party lines and rises above party feeling. On the Atlantic seaboard, in the northwest, the caution of conservatism of capital and the fears of business disturbance may for a moment stay this feeling; but those who count upon this for the display of extreme forbearance on our part may find themselves greatly in error. Go ask the people of the great west and those of the revivified and rapidly recuperating south, and they will tell you that the time has come for a broadening of the scope of the Monroe doctrine and for a much more enlarged application of it. “Seventy-three years ago, when this doctrine was first proclaimed, the population of the United States was a little more than 9,000,000; from 9,000,000 of people we have multiplied to 70,000,000. From meager resources, we have plowed and planted, delved, mined and commerced and manufactured, builded and constructed our way to enormous aggregate wealth. We do not have to

make a demonstration on land or sea to proclaim our power, to mark our readiness for war. “This republic is not to act the big brother to each turbulent or revolutionary republic, or island, in the western hemisphere and convulse the world about matters of far less importance than many that arise in our own country. But it does behoove us to proclaim a distinctive American policy—a broad, comprehensive policy, that includes within its scope the three Americas — North, Central and South.” Mr. Allen (Pop., Neb.) replied briefly to Mr. Vest’s criticisms on the secretary of agriculture. Mr. Allen contended that any unusual allowance of seeds made by the secretary to Nebraska was due to the drouth there. Mr. Wolcott of Colorado interrupted with the statement that the eastern belt of Colorado had suffered from this same drouth, but the secretary of agriculture had declined to give the slightest help in the way of seeds. A discussion of Secretary Carlisle’s observance of civil-service methods came up on a provision of the deficiency bijl for the appointment of twenty-five expert money counters. Mr. Chandler sarcastically pointed out that the secretary’s letter requesting the twenty-five counters asked that he be given the selection, as the civilservice commission was not able to furnish the class of counters required. It was thus discovered, said Mr. Chandler, that the civil-service commission had broken down, and was so feeble and dilapidated that it could not furnish money counters. Mr. Lodge (Rep., Mass.) said there was no decrepitude in the civil-service commission.' This request of the secretary was due to his desire to control the appointments. Mr. Allen arraigned the civil-service system. It would in time turn over our government service to a lot of “cigar-ette-smoking dudes.” The senator said the two frauds of the public service were the civil-service commission and the interstate commerce commission.

Mr. Wolcott interjected a brief but somewhat sensational speech. He said the real menace to the country was the power of patronage lodged with the executive, and which had never before been used to such an extent as under the present administration. A free-co-nage bill would have passed through the last house of representatives had not the power of patronage been brought to bear by th j administration, especially the patronage controlled by the secretary of the treasury. Colorado was today flooded with appointments, many of them unfit ones, made by the secretary of the treasury for congressmen Who had “ratted” on the silver bill. Thus constituencies had been debauched. The best service that could be performed would be to deprive the president and his cabinet officers of the entire power of patronage, so that no lox ger senators and representatives would hang around the White House and cabinet officers begging for morsels of patronage. At thia point, the debate having di-

verged considerably from the appropriation bill, Mr; Hale yielded to an executive session, after which, at 5:36 p. m., the senate adjourned until today.

TRANSMITS CUBAN LETTERS. President Cleveland Sends the Correspondence .to the Hoove. Washington, Feb. 12.—The president Tuesday transmitted to the house such correspondence relative to Cuba as he deems not incompatible to the public interest. This was in response to a house resolution. The documents begin with the president’s proclamation of neutrality of June 17, 1895, and include correspondence regarding “the right of the consulgeneral to present remonstrances,” “the progress ofthe insurrection,” “protection and destruction of American property in Cuba,” and the arrests of a number of persons. The letters of the secretary of state to Mr. De Lome, the Spanish minsiter, insisted upon the right of Mr. Williams, our consul-gen-eral at Havana, to protest against the action of General Campos in confining American citizens and otherwise transgressing on American rights. There is much correspondence also relative to each individual case of the arrest by the Spaniards of the men claiming to be American citizens. In discussing one of these cases Assistant Secretary Uhl, in a telegram to Vice-Consul Springer at Havana, says the treaty of 1795 excludes the exercise of military jurisdiction altogether and requires arrests to be made and offenses proceeded against by ordinary jurisdiction. The military arm, he said, has no judicial cognizance over our citizens at any stage.

IN THE HOUSE. Little Interest Shown In the Discussions on the Bond Kill. Washington, Feb. 1?. —Under the arrangement made Monday, yesterday in the house was devoted to the consideration of business reported from the committee on thp District of Columbia. About 4 o’clock the debate on the bond bill was resumed. Concurrence was opposed by Messrs. Hill (rep.. Conn.), Lacy (rep., Iowa), and Burton (rep., Mo.). Messrs. De Armond (dem., Mo.) and Ogden (dem., La.) spoke in its favor. A recess was taken at 5:30 to 8 o’clock, the evening session to be devoted to debate. There were only thirteen members present at the night session of the house. The speakers were: Harris (rep., Ohio), Stone (rep., Pa.), Brown (rep., Tenn.), Howe (rep., N. Y.), Fowler (rep., N. J.), in favor of non-concur-rence in the senate free coinage substitute, and Otey (dem., Va.), and Baker (pop., Kan.), in favor of concurrence. At 10 o’clock p. m., the house recessed until 10:30 a. m. today.

Waller to Be Set Free. Washington, Feb. 12. —Ambassador Enstis has been instructed to accept the offer of the French government to release ex-United States Consul Waller from further imprisonment and pardon his offense on condition that the affair be thereby terminated as between France and the United States, and that the latter make no claim in behalf of the prisoner based upon his arrest, conviction or imprisonment. Waller may, however, sue in the French courts for damages for ill-treatment. These facts, showing the amicable termination of the celebrated Waller incident, appear in the correspondence sent to both houses of congress by the President in answer to resolutions of inquiry upon the subject.

Elliot Is President of the L. A. W.

Baltimore, Md., Feb. 12. —All the slates which the league politicians have been fixing up with so much care for the last three days were smashed to bite yesterday by the election of Sterling Elliot of Massachusetts as president of the League of American Wheelmen and the selection of Louisville as the place for holding the next annual meet. The roster of officers was completed by the unanimous election of the following ticket: First vice president, Charles F. Cossum of New York; second vice president, A. C. Morrison of Wisconsin; treasurer, E. S. Hartwell of Colorado: auditing committee, J. F. Adams of Massachusetts, chairman; J. J. Van Norte of Pennsylvania and G. A. McCarthy of Colorado.

Peoria Gets Eastern Star Home.

Peoria, 111., Feb.'l2.—The committee to locate the Illinois Masonic Eastern Star Home met here Tuesday to consider the propositions. The cities competing are Peoria, Lewiston, Pana, A\on, Decatur and Vienna. The committee was shown the sites and decided on Peoria as the location of the home. Work on the buildings will be commenced immediately, and the main structure will be ready for dedication by the annual opening of the Star here in October.

French Cabinet in Danger.

Paris, Feb. 12.—The senate Tuesday by a vote of 158 to 85 rejected the demand of M. Bourgeois, the premier, for a vote of confidence on the question of the Southern railway scandals. The senate then adopted a resolution deprecating the irregularities and demanding a searching inquiry. The cabinet met afterward and decided not to resign, but to endeavor to obtain a vote of confidence in the chamber on Thursday.

Thinks the fight Will Take Place.

El Paso, Texas, Feb. 12. —Consul Buford, the American representative at Juarez, thinks ( the Fitzsimmons-Maher fight will take place. He so declared in an interview. What action he will take he declined to say, but admitted that he had received instruction /as to what he was to do in the event t lat the pugilists attempted to meet lm the ring.

THE PEOPLE'S PILOT, RENSSELAEK. IM* THURSDAY. PEB. 13.1896

SEVEN MEN KILLED.

FATAL COLLISION ON ILLINOIS CENTRAL RAILROAD. Passenger and Freight Trains Meet Near Doncola —Accident Dae to Mistake la Order*—Workmen Fall with a Defective Structure. Centralia, 111., Feb. 12.—A disastrous railway collision occurred at the Cairo division of the Illinois Central at 6:47 Tuesday morning. It was a head-end crush between a north-bound passenger train and a south-bound stock train, which met on a sharp curve near the village of Wetaug and resulted in great loss of life and wholesale destruction of property. The killed are: WJLLIAM HUNTINGTON, engineer on the passenger. GUS ANDERSON, his fireman. FELIX ARMSTRONG, baggageman. CURTIS E. ADAMS, fireman on the freight engine. W. R. M’LEAN, brakeman. TWO UNKNOWN STOCKMEN, beneath the wreck. The cause of the accident is due to the careless observance of orders on the part of the passenger crew, which left Wetaug at 6:45. The passenger train, in charge of Conductor Andy Odum and Engineer William Huntington, had orders to wait at Wetaug twenty minutes for the arrival of freight train No. 55. Upon arrival at Wetaug . Conductor Odum saw two freight trains on the side-track and supposed one of them to be train No. 55, for which he had orders to wait. He made no inquiry, but proceeded with his train. About one-half mile south of Dongolia.in a sharp curve, the collision occurred. The trains were going at the rate of t'wenty-five miles an hour when the two engines came together with a crash.

FELL WITHOUT WARNING. Five Workmen Seriously Hart by a Collapsing Bridge. Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 12. —Three temporary spans of a new bridge erected across Tinker’s Creek for the Akron, Bedford & Cleveland Electric railroad, ten miles south of this city, fell Tuesday afternoon, precipitating eight workmen into the creelt, a distance of sixty-five feet. The collapse of the structure came without warning, and not one of the men had a chance to escape. It is miraculous that all were not instantly killed. As it was, five were seriously hurt, one of them now being in a dying condition at a hospital. The names of the victims are: William Newman. Canton, arm crushed and left leg torn apart at the knee joint; head bruised and internally injured; cannot recover. Charles Greib, Canton, seriously injured internally. J. C. McMillan, Twinsburg, left foot crushed and badly h,urt internally. Charles McCarty, Canton, bruised. Janes Freeman, Cleveland, ribs broken and side crushed. The engineer in charge of the work is unable to account for the accident. The bridge was being constructed on the site of the one which fell under an electric car a short time since, fatally injuring two employes of the road.

SUIT TO BE BROUGHT.

Indiana Republicans Will Likely Test the Apportionment Ltvr. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 12.—Nearly all the members of the republican state committee came in Tuesday night for the special meeting of the committee to consider the situation growing out of the decision of the Supreme court in the legislative apportionment case. A canvass of the committeemen shows that unless they change their minds before the meeting to-day they will vote to begin suit to set aside the apportionment act of 1885, and thus force the governor, as they believe, to call a special session of the legislature. Chairman Gowdy said that he did not believe there was any question but that the committee would direct that suit be begun immediately. It probably will be brought before a republican judge in Clinton county. It is proposed to make all the election officers in all the counties parties to the suit, so that if the case should be delayed before the Supreme court the order of the lower court setting aside the act of 1885 shall be binding at election time against the officers in every county.

Queen’s Words Are Meaningless.

Washington, Feb. 12. —One of the beet-posted men in congress on diplomatic affairs said last night that the Queen’s reference to the Venezuelan boundary question, in her speech in parliament, is as indefinite as the speech and communications by Lord Salisbury. It was a good-natured expression of nothing, for if the Queen had indorsed the principle of arbitration the contention of Great Britain would have been at an end. Senator Davis has given notice of a speech on his resolution on the Monroe doctrine next Monday, and he will, no doubt, have something to say about this expression of sympathy with the contention of the United States on this question.

Arguments for the Kellars.

Terre Haute, Ind., Feb. 12— Mr. Beasley, for the defense, and Mr. McCabe, for the same side, occupied the time of the court Tuesday in the Kellar-Shanks trial. Both argued that the probability was that Clara Shanks committed suicide, but that if suspicion pointed to any one as her murderer it was to hex brother, Dan Shanks, who, Mr, McCabe said, would have been harder to clear of the charge on circumstantial evidence than the Kellars.

TO REDUCE EXPENSES.

Movement to Change the Censtitntion of lowa. Des' Moines, lowa, Feb. 12.—Senator Kilburn of Adair is preparing a bill to amend the constitution of lowa to do away with the holding of an election of selite officers every year. At present cue-half of the state officers are elected one year, and the other half the next. Several states have abandoned this old idea in the interest of economy. The senate committee on public health decided to recommend the passage of the bill, by Cheshire of Polk, which had grown out of the numerous grave robberies in this vicinity. Senator Cheshire's bill seeks to increase the supply by increasing the class of dead bodies at the disposal of medical faculties. It provides that all bodies, unless claimed by relatives or by friends who are willing to pay burial expenses, must be turned over to the nearest medical college. Now, anybody can be claimed by a friend of the deceased. The senate committee on woman suffrage decided to report favorably the passage of the woman suffrage amendment. The Reed bill, providing for free text books, occupied the time of the house. It was resubmitted to the committee, with instructions that a substitute be drawn up providing for books to be loaned free to needy pupils.

CRIMES OF A CRAZED BARBER.

Shoot* His Father-In-Law and Mother-in-Law and Himself. Newton, lowa, Feb. 12.—At noon Tuesday Charles Phares shot and killed his mother-in-law, Mrs. R. T. Smith, and shot his father-in-law, R. T. Smith He then killed himself. Phares was a barber by trade and had been out of work for some time. R. T. Smith is a jeweler and has lived here for about four years. He is dangerously wounded and it is feared he cannot recover. It is believed that Phares was crazy. Mrs. Phares was not present when the tragedy was enacted and is so prostrated that she can throw no light on her husband’s conduct. At noon Phares entered his own home and shot his father-in-law, R. T. Smith, in the left side of the face, the bullet passing out at the right ear. He then turned the revolver on his mother-in-law, shooting her in the mouth. The bullet lodged, in the brain and produced instant death. As soon as Phares had shot boch his father-in-law and mother-in-law he went outside and shot himself through the left temple, dying instantly.

May Postpone Kentucky Election.

F rankfort. Ky., Feb. 12. Exactly half the legislative session is gone and no senator has been chosen yet. The patience of some of the best men on both sides has been exhausted, and an end may be speedily put to the bootless struggle. For the past forty-eight hours five or six prominent democrats and the same number of republicans have been working upon a mutual agreement, the substance of which is that the signers agree to prevent any election at this session, and the democrats especially agree not to stand in the way of needed legislation. Unless some such agreement is perfected, or an election is had, several republicans are going to vote for the sine die adjournment next week.

Prof. Snyder Chosen.

Grand Rapids, Mich., Feb. 12.—The agricultural college board elected Prof. J. L. Snyder, of Allegheny, Pa., to be president of the collgge, to succeed President Gorton. The election was made on the first formal ballot by a vote of 6 to 1, after two or three informal ballots had been taken. Prof. Snyder will enter upon his duties at the beginning of the new school year. The board decided to place on the market, beginning Feb. 28, the Agricultural College la.nds in Cheboygan, Antrim, Missaukee, Otsego, Charlevoix, and Kalkaska counties. A larger cash payment will be required to stop the practice of stripping the land after a small payment down, and then abandoning it.

Ex-Slaves Want Pensions.

Topeka, Kan., Feb. 12. —An organization of ex-slaves has been effected here by colored men, for the purpose of making a demand on congress for pensions. They will ask that all over 70 years of age shall get S7OO in cash, and sls per month thereafter; all over 60, S6OO in cash and sl2 per month; all who were over 5 years old at the time of the emancipation, S3OO, and $5 a month; all over 1 year at the time of emancipation, SIOO cash, and $1 a month.

Deposits of Gold for Bonds.

New York, Feb. 12. —Deposits of gold were numerous Tuesday, but sub-treas-ury officials say they can only generalize as to the total amount owing to the great number of small deposits and to the turning in of gold certificates. Up to 2 o’clock approximately $5,000,000 had been credited to bidders for the bonds as a result of the day’s operations. The withdrawals were placed approximately at $605,000, all for account of bullion brokers.

Y. M. C. A. Secretaries Summoned.

Cleveland, Ohio, Feb. 12. —The board of directors of the National Association of General Secretaries of the Young Men’s Christian association has decided to call the annual convention of the organization for this city, on June sto 9. Five hundred general secretaries, representing the United States and Canada, will attend.

Boy Out of Work Kills Himself.

Alton, 111., Feb. 12. —Cory E. Sappington, aged 15 years, committed suicide at his mother’s home, No. 619 Mechanic street. The only cause for the suicide is his despondency over not being able to find employment

QUEEN WANTS PEACE.

address at the opening of PARLIAMENT. Belief Expressed Tbst a Satisfactory Settlement of the Venezuelan Question Will Be Made wltn the United States —Increase of the Navy.

London. Feb. 12.—The queen’s speech, which was read previous to the opening of parliament Tuesday and in the customary manner, was as follows: “My Lords and Gentlemen: I continue to receive from other powers assurances of their friendly sentiments. The commissioners for the delimitation of the frontier which separates my Indian empire and the territory of Afghanistan from the dominions of the emperor of Russia have agreed upon a line which has been accepted by myself and the emperor. “The government of the United States has expressed a wish to co-oper-ate in terminating the differences which have existed for many years between my. government and the republic of Venezuela upon th boundary of that country and my colony of British Guiana. I have expressed my sympathy, with the desire to come to an equitable arrangement, and I trust that further negotiations will lead to a satisfactory settlement.

“The sultan of Turkey has sanctioned the principal reforms in the government of the Armenian provinces of which, in conjunction with the emperor of Russia and the president of the French republic, I felt it my duty to press. I deeply regret that a fanatical outbreak upon the part of a section of the Turkish population has resulted in a series of massacres in those provinces which has caused the deepest indignation in this country. “A sudden incursion into the South African republic by an armed force from territories under the control of the British South Africa company resulted in a deplorable collision with the burgher forces. My ministers, at the earliest possible moment, intervened to prohibit, through the high commissioner, this hostile action and to warn all my subjects throughout South Africa in taking part in aid of it. The president of the South African republic, acting in this matter with moderation and wisdom, agreed to place the prisoners in the hands of my high commissioner and I have undertaken to bring to trial the leaders of the expedition.” In the second message, or portion of the queen's speech, addressed to the house of commons, her majesty 'says,: “The estimates have been prepared with the utmost regard for economy but the exigencies of the times require an increased expenditure.” In the third message the queen remarks: “The extension and improvement of the naval defenses of the empire is the most important subject to which your efforts can be directed and will doubtless occupy your most earnest attention.” The speech announces the approaching introduction of bills for the assistance of voluntary schools, providing compensation for injuries to workmen, to amend defects in the various Irish land acts, for the avoidance and settlement of trade disputes, to facilitate building light railways in the united kingdom, for checking the import of destitute aliens, to institute a board of husbandry in Ireland and for other minor purposes. The Parnellite’members of the Irish parliamentary party decided to introduce three amendments to the address in reply to the queen’s speech, including home rule, political amnesty and local government reform. At a meeting of the radical party of the hoitse of commons it was decided to support the general principle of arbitration in any differences arising between Great Britain and the United States. Speaking in the house of lords, exPrime Minister Rosebery said the Venezuelan difficulty *vas no new one, and they had all tried their hands at it. But now the intervention of the United Spates offered a guaranty of the permanence of any settlement that might be effected. He welcomed the movement on both sides of the Atlantic in favor of permanent arbitration.

Salisbury Gives Consent. London, Feb. 12.—The Times publishes Ambassador Bayard’s request of the British government for information on Venezuelan affairs, which was referred to by Mr. Balfour in his speech to the house of commons. The Times says editorially: “The speeches in both houses of parliament are a substantial proof of the earnest desire of the English people to maintain cordial relations with America.’ An editorial in the Standard expresses a similar view.

Held for the Double Murder.

Whiting, Ind., Feb. 12. —The inquest over the bodies of Emile Szanjo hnd Jcihn Mutcha, the victims of last Thursday’s riot; was concluded Tuesday evening. Mrs. Maovitik was bound over to the next grand jury without bail to answer the charge of murder. Nicholas Kacik, who was arrested in South Chicago last night and who was mixed up in the riot, and Joseph Maovitik, the saloonkeeper, were also held on the same charge. They were placed in jail.

Foraker to Present McKinley’s Name.

Springfield, Ohio, Feb. 12. —J. Frank McGrew, Governor Bushnell’s son-in-law, stated last night that there was a movement on foot to have Foraker nominate McKinley at St. Louis. He added that Mr. Foraker had told friends Le would accept the task.

HOLLINGSWORTH LET GO.

Police Ba jr Her Story of Pearl Bryan la False. Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 12.—After doing more or less talking, Lulu May Hollingsworth, who has made herself notorious by her alleged knowledge of the Pearl Bryan murder, was released from police headquarters yesterday. Police Superintendent Colbert says that he is satisfied that the girl hast been lying all the way through, and as the Cincinnati police say they do not want her, the Indianapolis police have no further use for her. Greencastle, Ind., Feb. 12—The commissioners were called together yesterday to take some action in the Bryan murder case. It is proposed to offer a reward of SSOO for the recovery of the head of the murdered girl, in the hope of stimulating the search for it. The body still awaits burial, and will nef be taken from the vault until the case is finally disposed of. Cincinnati, Feb. 12.—Not a step of progress was made Tuesday toward the solution of the Fort Thomas tragedy. It has been clearly established that Pearl Bryan put herself in the hands of Scott Jackson on Monday night, Jan. 27. Where the girl stayed on Monday night and Tuesday night, Jan. 27 and 2S, is known beyond a doubt. Where she spent Wednesday and Thursday nights, Jan. 29 and 30, is still unknown. On Thursday forenoon and Friday night she was seen. A Kentucky woman going home in her carriage late Friday night heafd a woman’s screams near Fort Thomas. Men in Covington and Newport, Ky„ remember seeing a vehicle passing at an unusually late hour Friday night, driven at great speed.

FEARS CIVIL WAR.

Manitoba Will U tterly Resist the Remedial Measure. Ottawa, Ont., Feb. 12. —The introduction of the remedial bill in parliament has caused the wildest excitement in Manitoba, the province most directly interested by the passage of the measure. Seditious muterings are heard and ominous threats are conveyed to the dominion government, that the bill upon its passage, or the endeavor to enforce it after its passage, will be bitterly resisted by the protestants of Manitoba. The Greenway government openly announces that any attempt to coerce Manitoba into submission will bring on serious trouble. Rebellion is likely to follow.and a civil war is a possibility. The conservatives of Manitoba, fearing a race and creed war following the passage of the bill, which restores parochial schools to Roman Catholics, have gone so far as to warn the dominion government to consider the consequences of hasty action in the matter.

TO STOP THE FIGHT.

Arizona’s Governor Orders State Militia to Be Ready. Phoenix, Ariz., Feb. 12. —The governor and adjutant general Tuesday issued orders to the militia companies at Phoenix. Tempe, Mesa, Yuma and Tuscon to hold themselves in readiness for immediate service. This action was caused by private advices that Dan Stuart intends to load his prize fighters and their spectators on the cars at El Paso and make a quick run into Arizona, where it is believed the fight can be pulled off near San Simon station without molestation. This would be less than four hours’ running from El Paso and tents could be pitched and the big fight settled the authorities could get to the ground. Governor Hughes is determined that the fight shall not occur on Arizona soil.*

“Bat” Shea Executed.

Dannemora, N. Y., Feb. 12.—“ Bat” Shea was killed at the prison at 9:58 Tuesday morning. When Shea was conducted into the death chamber he started as he came in sight of the electrical chair, but said nothing. The straps were adjusted, the priests in low tones read the service of the dead. Shea then declared his innocence of the crime for which he suffered death. While the priests read the first voltage was turned on. It was 9:50 when Shea entered the room and 9:58% when he was pronounced dead.

Chicago Board of Trade.

Chicago, Feb. 11. —The following table shows the range of quotations on the Chicago Board of Trade to-day:

Wheat — Feb. ...$ .64% $ .63% $ .63% $ .64% May ... .66% .65% .65% .66% June .. .66% .65% .65% .66% July .. .66% .65% .65% .66% Corn — Feb 27% .28 May.... 30% .29% .29% .20% July .. .31% .30% .31 .31% Sept. .. .32% .32% .32% .32% Oats — Feb. 19 .19% May ... 21% .20% .21 .21% July ... .21% .21% .21% .21% Sept. .. 21% .20%. .21 .21% Pork—,Feb. ..10.07% 9.85 9.85 10.05 May, ..10.22% 10.00 10.00 10.25 July ..10.35 10.20 10.20 10.45 Lard— Feb. .. 5.47% 5.40 5.42% 5.47% May ... 5.65 5.57% 5.60 5.65 July .. 5.75 5.72% 5.72% 5.80 Short Ribs — Feb. .. 5.07% 4.97% 5.t)0 5.10 May .. 5.27% 5.17% 5.20 5.27% July ,i 5.35 5.27% 5.27% 5.37%

To Advance Nicholson Cases.

Indianapolis, Ind., Feb. 12.—The Supreme court Tuesday decided that it will pass immediately upon all cases that have been brought to test the constitutionality of the Nicholson temperance law. The court made an order advancing the cases and fixing Feb. 19 as the time for oral argument.