Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 37, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1887 — Page 2

The Republican. RENSSELAER, INDIANA. 6. E. MARSHALL Publisher

THE NEWS CONDENSED.

1 THE EAST. Mead. Mason A- Co.'s furniture factory, with the adjoining buildings, at Lebanon, N. H., was deetioyedby fire, the loss being placed at $390,000. ' ■ An arch in a furnace in the Edgar ■ Thompson Steel Works at Braddocks, Pa., collapsed, burying a number of men in the red-hot debris.' Five men were fatally burned, their flesh being literally cooked. AT Pittsburg, Miss Vannie Hill was refused a license to marry W. T. Lavelle, convicted of robbing Pan Handle freigh cars. All efforts to secure his release on a Hew trial failing, she will wait till the .expiration of his term and then beconje his wife. The conspiracy trial at Buffalo resulted, in the conviction of Hiram B. and Charles W. Everest, of the Rochester branch.of the Standard Oil Company. The penalty is ope year's imprisonment, SSOO fine, or both. 'I he defendants, who are father and son, ate millionaires, and naturally enough arc much “surprised” at the verdict They will appeal, of course, relying upon the money and influence of the Standard Oil Company to secure a reversal of the verdict, This is the first time that any of the tools of this unscrupulous corporation have ever been brought within hailing distance of justice, and the event will be hailed as an auspicious one by the entire country.... A fire at the New York Central's hay-sheds in New York destroyed property to the value of Slst»,oot».

THE WEST.

W. B. Todhvnter, cattle owner, who owns 250,000 acres of land in Oregon and Nevada, has made an assignment to an Oakland (Cal.) firm. He owes $400,000. ~..Sherman A Marsh and Schnabel A Co., two barb- wire manufacturing firms of Chicago, have assigned for the benefit of their creditors. In both cases the liabilities are estimated to be nearly double the assets, and the amounts involved are several hundred thousand dollars. Sherman A Marsh's failure is attributed by Mr. Marsh to the interstate commerce act. Crop reports from 135 counties in Minnesota, Dakota, and lowa show that seeding through the Northwest has been completed. With favorable weather, the crops harvested next fall in Minnesota and Dakota will be unprecedented... .Old settlers in Wisconsin say this is the driest season for forty years. 'Wells have failed, the earth is like ashes, fields and pastures have become sandy, and the wheat crop will be a failuie unless rain speedily falls. The extensive shops of the Minneapolis -and St. Louis. Ilailr<jad, atUdiuneapol is, were burned, with a loss of $150,000. A fire at Milton, Missouri, destroyed the County Jail and a number of business structures; loss, $53,000. Destructives forest fires are reported in the Northern Peninsula of Michigan, and in Wisconsin, near Waukesha. William H. ‘Sanford, Sil, of Washington, Ind., mistook his son Hamlet, aged 16, for a burglar, and shot him deadA stay of proceedings has been granted in the Grottkau ease at Milwaukee until the next term of the Supreme CourtA squad of police at St. Louis narrowly, escaped destruction while being drilled with a Gatling gun. It was the first one they had ever seen, and in fooling wit n -it rt was-discharged—several times..... Hammond, Ind., suffered 1 torn a disastrous fire. A distillery, a butterine factory, lumber yards, and other property were consumed; the loss is about $150,090..i.. At Caledonia, Dakota, the skeleton of a man was'found on the banks of til's Bed River. Near by was a hut, which was found to contain about $5,000 in greenbacks and gold and silver... .Young Yarboiough, of Emporia, Kansas, who was convicted of the murder of L. D. Collier, son of the Rev. Dr. Collier, attempted to take his own life by severing an artery- He will recover.

THE SOUTH.

A dispatch from Mount Sterling, Ky., ears that Squire Silas Stofer, who took the unusual course of liberating Mr. Comeilson, who was serving a sentence for his assault on Judge Reid. has been arrested on the charge of unlawfully aiding the escape of a prisoner. The thirteenth Kentucky Derby was run at Louisville in the presence of 20,000 people. The weather was admirably adapted to racing, being sultry and still, and the track was in excellent condition. Seven three-year-olds, the pick of the season, came to the post, and the winner turned up in Montrose, one of the outsiders in the betting. He led from start to finish, but would scarcely have landed the rich prize had not Jim Gote brpke down 100 yards fiom the wire. The heavy betting men-who backed Jim Gore, Banburg, Pendennis, Jacobin, and Ban Yan all over the country lost thousands of dollars. A reception was given to Jeff .Paris at Meridian, Miss. In his speech he commented on the inferior numbers with which he struggled against the great armies of the North, and remarked: "“United you are; and if the Union is ever to be broken, let the other side break it.". .. .The-Epis-copal Diocesan Convention o' Soulh Carolina, in session at Charleston last week, was agitated by a discussion of the “color line” question. The lay delegates from fourteen parishes, who favored the admission of colored delegates, quitted the convention. "' >

WASHINGTON.

Secretary Fairchild has addressed a letter to Captain M. A. Healy, commanding the revenue steamer Bear at San Franmsco, which will soon sail for Alaskan waters, clothing him with full power to enforce the law which prohibits the killing of any otter, mink, marten, sable, or iur seal, or other fur-bearing animal, within the timthr of Afi£rfta3S^SEiß? : or-ni.l6e - waters thereof, except under the law and department regulations. He is also enjoined to enforce the law against the importation of intoxicating liquors and breechloading rifles into the Territory... Acting Commissioner Stockslager, of the General Land Office, has recommended to the Secretary of the Interior that the Attorney General be requested to file a motion in the Supreme Court for a reargume&C of the Maxwell land-grant case, in which the decree of the Colorado District Court was affirmed. It is claimed that new evidence has been discovered showing the fraudulent character of the grant. Pbesident Cleveland has appointed James W. Hyatt, of Connecticut, to be

Treasurer of the United States, to succeed Conrad N. Jordan, resigned. Associate Justice Wm. H. Woods, of the Supreme Court of the United States, died in Washington on the 14th inst. of dropsy. He was promoted to the Supreme bench in INBO ... Secretary Bayard, in speaking of Sir Charles Tupper s threats of what England will do in case of the non-intercourse policy being adopted, said it w ould l>e time enough to consider those things when they become actualities. Secretory Fairchild thought the i matter would have to be dealt with regardless; of the question whether it would pay.

POLITICAL.

The Ohio Democratic State Central Committee have decided to bold their State convention at Cleveland July 20 and 21. There is considerable complaint among the representative Democrats fiom the central and southern part of the State that they should be compelled to travel -the whole distance across the State to attend the convention in the face of the interstate commerce law. The Kentucky Republican State Convention, in session at Louisville, made the following nominations: For Governor, W. O. Bradley, of Lancaster; for Lieutenant- 1 Governor. M. p. Doherty, of Louisville; ■ for AttoYney General, John Felan, of Hopkinsville; for Auditor, It. D. Davis, of Carter. The platform favors Federal aid to education, a protective tariff, and national aid for the internal improvement of rivers and haibors. The President is condemned for refusing to sign the river and harbor bill, as well as for his vetoof the pension bi 11... .New Orleans'telegram: “The piohibition movement which has prevailed so strongly in Texas and Mississippi has reached Louisiana. and is receiving much eneouragemerit from the negroes. A call has been read in all the negro churches in the city for a prohibition convention to meet in the St. Charles Avenue Methodist Church Mav 31 and June 1, for the purpose of effecting a permanent organization of the colored people of Louisiana to break up the liquor traffic.”

Senator Vest called at the White House the other morning for the first time since the seemd-term story was started, says a Washington telegram. The President laughed quite heartily over the Senator’s faux pas in (be various interviews credited to him on the subject of a second term, and remaiked that he knew the story started with the Missouri Senator, because it contained a statement that he never made to any one else but him, and that was “shat no one but his wife would believe him when he said that be was not a candidate for a second term.” After talking the matter over pleasantly both concluded that no .serious harm had been done. ... Upon petition of the Republican members of the Illinois Legislature, Senator John Sherman will deliver a political address in the Capitol at Springfield. June 1. The bill compelling mercantile establishments to piovide seats for female employes passed the Illinois House.

INDUSTRIAL NOTES.

An official circular from General Master Workman Powderly addressed to the order of the-Knights of Labor throughout the United States recommends that the next Fourth of July the members of the order, where there is an assembly in existence, hold demonstrations and celebrations in honor of the birth of a people’s government.... The Executive -Council' for Philadelphia ~ nnd vicinity of National Trades Assembly No. 198 (Knights of Labor) has issued a circular to nil machinists,, blacksmiths, foundrymen, patternmakers, boilermakers, aud the respective helpers of each, throughout America, appealing for assistance and c'o-openition from all members of the trades named. A Chicago dispatch says: “If an incident was needed to illustrate the disastrous results of the foolish demand made by the bricklayers the action taken by the Executive Committee in charge of the Chicago Auditorium Building at its meeting yesterday furnished a startling example. After a careful survey of the situation the committee unanimously decided to suspend all operations pending the settlement of-the labor troubles. The material which has been purchased xvill be piled aipund tiie site of the proposed building until a time) comes when progress can be uninterrupted. '

This mammoth enterprise would have | given steady employment for months to nearly one thousand men. Ttreycr with thousands of others, are made the victims of the blundering idioey | of a coterie of walking delegates. When ! Secretary Schoenthaler wrote the following notice upon the blackboard in the : Builders and Traders’ Exchange the signal I was given for the inauguration of the i greatest labor trouble, ever witnessed in I Chicago. It is impossible to estimate j what the result will be or where it will end. The notice read as follows: ‘All members ■ of the Master Masons now working men arc requested to. stop -work Friday night, May 13. :nd report to the Executive Committee. Joseph Downey. President. This step was taken after an earnest con-« stilthtion of members of Master Masons’Association with the leading dealers in building materials. A committee appointed at a previous meeting had carefully canvassed the material men and found them i unanimous in favor of aggressive measures, j The prevailing sentiment, was that the time | bad come to call a halt to the hitherto triumphant march of the blatant socialistic walking delegate. The Amalgamated lion and Steel Asso- I ciation at its meeting next month will ’ adopt a new scale, equivalent to. an ad- ■ vairce in wages all around of about 10 per ! cent The Lutheran Synod of Missouri, I which has beep in session at Fort Wayne, Ind., received a report from a committee appointed to investigate the Knights of Labor- The report'strongly condemn* the methods employed by the Knights, and the,l synod resolved to warn Lutherans against joining the order. The next meeting of j {the synod will be held at Milwaukee two] . years .c 7 - j v,ga The prospect of a speedy settlement of ■ the great strike in the build ng trades at j Chicago is now wholly dispelled. Both employers and men have formally resolved to stand firm and fight it out. whatever be the cost. A Chicago di-patch says: The representatives of the various building trades met and agreed to stand firmly together, 1 and refuse any and all offers loosing to com- j LP.W-ffiMßOri.tn..the.: torirklayers. iha maurai • : men renewed their agreement not to sell mate- * r.ai pending the strike, the architects, with some j reluctance, determined to lend tiieir in uence j to the employers m the fight, and the Vnited Trades Council met and concluded to antago- ■ n re the bricklayers in their fight, on tne ' ground that they ha I dragged .the other trades i into a needless trouble to Carrv a trivial point in their own interest. On the other hand, tne bricklayers agreed to stand by their demand fbj Saturday as pay-dav. and to refuse to work on any other terms, and thus matters stand.

INTERSTATE COMMISSION.

Judge Cooley, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, has adI dressed the following letter to the other ; members of the commission for their ap- , proval- ¥ . ;

The Interstate Commerce Commission bos had transmitted to it from the State Department, a communication from William D H. > Washington, United States commercial agent i at loudon, Ontario, in which that officer lava I before the department the disastrous effects of ! the recent net to regulate commerce upon the trade of the United Slates with Canada, and I gives instances to prove their alarming nature. ; From the communication a being sent to the. [ commission 1 infer the department expects 1 some notice to be taken of it, and, though the I CouiniiMioiiera are just now separated, I ;-venture to express my Own ' thoughts. Mr. Washington's tears of disastrous consequences are. I am, Weil assured, excessive. They will not to any great extent be realized. Some ini conveniences must necessarily arise from putt ting in lorce a law which attempts such com nderable changes, but they will be great r at first than after -the working of .the law has become tin n nttood. and greatest while palsies are hesitating to act because of doubts of constructions. Probably no important act ever passed by Congress has elicited such a variety . of" opinions and with such rad-ieardifferencCs as the one in question. The terms of the ■ Act are not as clear as they uiight have- bden L but it should also be said that the state of mind in which xiersons differently cirounistanced have come to an exam-/ iuution o( the law has not been conducive to harmonious * views. A careful reading of Mr. Washington's letter seems to show that the consequences a hich he attributes to the law fiow frpm the construction railroad managers have imt upon it,and which may or may not be correct. n a recent visit of the Commissioners to the Southwest it was made very apparent in the testimony taken that some persons were excited’ by fears of the destruction of their business which bad no other basis than views of the law which were so erroneous tnat it would seem they ought not to have been entertained by anvone. I cannot help, thinking tnat equally unfounded views have had much to do with the disturbances of trade of which Mr. Washington spe iks, anll that as these are corrected the disturbances will become comparatively unimportant. 1 shall remain in that belief until further exjierienee of the law shall show its error. . Interstate Commissioner' Schoonmaker denounces as “inexcusably erroneous” the statement that,any discrimination has been made by the commission in favor of the Southern railroads, or that relief has been refused to Northern roads.

GENERAL.

William O'Brien was greeted by an immense crowd upon his arrival at Montreal. He spoke briefly at the. station, denouncing Lord Lansdowne as the “exterminator of five hundred human beings.” and in the evening addressed a vast audience at Albert Hull. The business failures during the past week in the United States and Canada numbered 167, as against 176 during the corresponding period of last yearß. G. Dun A Co. in their weekly trade review declare that a great revolution in business is going on, which they -attribute partly to to the operations of the interstate commerce act aud partly to the expansion in the volume and changes in the kind of currency. It appears that the Smaller towns generally are being benefited by the interstate law, while the great centers are suffering. The out-put of pig-iron is increasing. The exports of have been checked by the recent advance in prices. Operations in the Eastern wool markets, Hrudstreet’n says, are confined to the present wants of manufacturers. The condition of the woolen industry is unsatisfactory, orders beiug fewer and smaller than a year ago, aud there is no disposition to stock up for the future before the arrival of the new' clip. Prices are no better than steady. In The price oi pig-iron ebntinues somewhat irregular on inferior grades East and West, reports of 50-cent cuts per ton being frequent of late. The few more choice Eastern brands are. of course, stiffly held at higher figures, though some very good irons are shaded a little. A Pittsburg dispatch states that nine blastfurnaces have shut down on account of the Pennsylvania enters' strike-, throwing out 1,500 men. Double this number will shut down in a few days if no settlement is reached. The Pennsylvania Railroad has also laid off several crews of men. The relations between Dr. McGlynn and the Vatican continue to be “strained." It is announced from Rome that the contuinaeious priest’ is to be formally excommunicated unless he presents himself before the ‘'supreme ecclesiastical authority” witbin forty days... .It is rumoied at Boston that the Ocean King, the largest American ship afloat, has been burned at sea while bound from Nanaimo, British Columbia, to San Pedro.

The excitement in Canada over William .’ . ' O’Brien’s campaign against Lord Lansdowne has reached fever heat. Mr. O’Brien arrived at Montreal on the 15th inst. by steamer from Quebec, and to a correspondent expressed himself as highly gratified with the results of his efforts in Canada thus far. In an interview he declared that Lord Lansdowne would be compelled to answer the charges that have been -made usainst him, or stand condemned by the public opinion of Canada....A Montreal special says: The enormous increase in the duties on iron came like a thunderclap on the manufacturers here, and is likely to bring the Government into trouble. A number of the leading manufacturers say they will have to close up certain lines of business and cancel- a number of contracts .. A fire at Quebec, Canada,consumed buildings valued; with their contents, at $125,000;

FOREIGN.

The manager of the Eden Theater, at , Paris, who was compelled .to withdraw “Lohengrin” because the people opposed German works, has sued the newspaper Ln /•'rtiHce for 5(1,0dfl francs damage for an attack made upon the opera...:The Pall MM prints a sensational story, which is generally discredited, to the effect that the Government has ordered sixty firstclass cells in Millbank Prison to be placed in readiness for the red-ption of Parnellite membei's of Parliament, whose arrest may be deemed necessary. If the news from Vienna is to be credited, the peace of Europe is in greater peril now than, at any time in many months. The Vienna report is to the effect that Itb.OOO Austrian soldiers are in Dalmatia prepared for a> campaign, and ’that the Montenegrin army is also reavly for action. A collision at this juncture between Austria and Montenegro would be almost ceitaiu to precipitate a general war... .Th? feditor of the PrcisHinige Zeitung has been sentenced to ,one month’s imprisonment for libeling Bismarck’s political character. The New German Liberals are forming an Anti-Com Law League... .An agent on behalf of three large banking firms in Berlin and four in St. Petersburg has con- : chided an extensive arrangement for conj vertinK the present OUigthndibg RussTafr • loans into new issues, with a view to raising Russian credit abroad....A dispatch I from Odessa says: “The Bankruptcy Court 1 is blocked with the insolvency cases of old- ; established and hitherto flourishing cou- , eerns. Many commercial men would wel- . come a war as infinitely preferable to the | present depression.” ’ ' QUEEN VICTCRIA opened the People’sPalaee. Mile End. London, aud the royal Tout? was crowded with people aud troops. Thie Queen’s reception to the Lord Mayor, Sheriffs and. Court of Lieutenancy of the ■ City of London last week was stii.tly ac- . cording to the ancient procedure as fol--lowed when Edward 111. d&mpleted his j Jtith year. Tne ceremonies were of a most

stately and imposing' ctyffwicter.. The German Bundesrath has passed the sugar tax bill, and the Government will introduce a bill to nearly double the import duties on corn, rye, aud w 001.... .Officials in Berlin distrust the Czar’s professions of peace toward Germany, and maintain he is intriguing with Austria to break the German alliance The Czar's edict suppression the German language in the Russian schools intensifies the bitterness of the anti-Russian sentiment felt throughout Germany Counter Nationalist and Orange meetings which were to have been held at Cuiedon and Armagh were proclaimed, and the taverns ordered closed.

ADDITIONAL NEWS.

. Chicago elevators contain 13,599,060 bushels of wheat, 6,647,938 bushels of corn, 1,259,917 bushels of oat-<, 138,582 bushels of rye, and 35,060 bushels of barley; total. 21,4*80,557 bushels of nil kinds of grain, against 12,281',51)6 bushels a year ago. . . .011-1 reducers in the Lima (Ouioi fields are organizing against the Standard Company, and intend to foim an exchange. It is intimated that ] ipe lines will be built and re nenes erected Swan Bros., a well-known firm of live-stock de tiers at Cb yennq W. T., consisting of Alexander and John Swan, have m tde an assignment of all the property ot the firm and of the individual members of th- firm for tho benefit of their creditors. It is reported that tie liabilities amount to $300,000, and may be greater. The asse s will exceed the liab lities.... Extensive preparations are now be ng made for the great International Sunday School Convention which meets in Chicago on the ni‘g..tof May 31st and continues June Ist, 2d, id, and -,th. Battery D has been engaged and will have chairs to accommodate 1,000 persons soon in place, aud extensive decorations are in progress. Nearly allot' the railloads in the United States have made arrangements to return at one-third fare ail wuo pay full fare to the convention. Perso-.s wishing, to avail themselves of reduced rates must receive frpm Mr. B. F. esu’ubs, t'.mii'ni.Lii of' me Executive Committee, No. 09 Washington street, certificates. which will be luraiebed on applicat.on. Trie prospects are that the attendance wiil be very large. In order to accommodate those desiring to attend outside of Chicago, reserved seats will be sold to others than regular delegates for $1.50, ” good foFtEe'eutife~cbn vent lb n. The Mexican Cpmmissien new . examining into the recent seismic disturbance in the ' Sietra Madre Mountainshave sent the lollowing' dispatch to GA*. Tories, of bonora:

In trie pv.eb aof Babi-pe City seven persons were kil.ed and nineteen injured : in Oputo nine ivero Kill d. aaid bo tn pueb.as wereilestroyed, Tiie Inuabitants of Babi-pe, Baeeraco, oputo, and Gua.sabJ.B »ilre living in tlie fields under trees and in dug-outs. 1 uere have been repeated successions ot shocks. A panic existed everywhere,and a number of women died ironi 1 right. A wide extent of t.rritory is seamed witu crevices, and immense chasms. The earth has sunk in many places and is flooded with water, making swamps where water never existed before. In many mountains are to be seen what appear to be eruptions, and continuous smoke indicates vplcah.c action. This region has not yet been "ex plored, owing to eemmuons —trcHFors and great chasms. making tne approach thereto at present most nitficult and dangerous. Lieutenant General Sheridan has "TecriVett the following report of an examination by the Inspector General of the Division of the Atlantic into the condition of Geromino and his fellow-captives at Fort Fickens, Florida: “There is a guard over the Indian prisoners. The latter have been docile and obedient, and seem ready to do with -cheerfulness Whatever is required of them. The extreme cleanliness maintained in the casements which they occupy was a revelation to me, and as to the fort I doubt if it has evei been so well and so thoroughly policed as now. Their labor can undoubtedly be advantageously used at this post in divers ways, particularly in garden culture.” In 'case France mobilizes her army in oetober Gmmaffy “wtinubibiTize "aIsoLLT. In the Baris municipal elections the Revolutionist party gained several seats... .Win. O’Brien has been elected to Parliament by a Cork constituency to fill a vacancy. .. , The Financial Secretary for India has advised the British Government of the discovery of an immense amount of treasure, estimated at over $25,000,000, which had been secreted in the palace at Gwalior by the late Maharajah. The treasure had been sunk in pits under the vaults beneath the Zeenana and the secret intrusted to a few confidential servants, -'fire - Secretary was present when the treasure was unearthed. After removing the eat th to a depth of six feet the workmen revealed great flagstones. Beneath these were several pits filled to the 1 rim with silver, chiefly freshly coined rupees. In each pit was a plate recording the amount of treasure and the names of the officials who assisted in secreting it. The 'lndian Government has taken the hoard as a loan from the young Maharajah.

THE MARKETS.

NEW YORK. Cattle'.7';T. ......... ............S 4.50 @ 5.50 H0n5i............. —. ~. ,4,00 (Bl ff.so' XVheat—No. 1 White.......... Hi .96V, ’ .. NO. 2 Ked.....,-...:.”.. ... . ,96? 2 <A.. . Corn—No. 2... .48 .50 Oats—Wnite. 37 .41 Pork—New Me 55................. 16.75 (517.25 CHICAGO.. Cattle—Choice to .Prime Steers 4.75 iiii 5.01 =— —— Medium, -’i. • • ...V-.;— . 4.25 4.50 Common 3.75 & 4.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4.75 5.25 Flovr W inter Wheat 4.25 @ 4.50 Wheat -No. 2 Spring. .85 Cons—No. 2 38 hi (..’ATS—No. 2 26 nil .27 Butter—Choice Creamery .19 @ .20 Fine Dairy., .15 @ .17 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 13%, <t .14% Ftrli Cream, row ;..... ,12%@ .13% Eggs—Fresh 10% .11 Potatoes—Choice, new......... .68 @ .70 Pork’—Mess .■ - —h. 20.75 m 21.25. MILWAUKEE. Wheat—Cash 82 @ .82% Corn—Nos 3.. ~ .....’ Oats—No. 2xynite............. . J .31 Rxilt-No. 1. 7 .58" Pork—Mess 14.z5 e 14.75 TOLEDO. Wheat- No. 2.. .. s . -v-. . 88%@ .89% Corn—No. 2 40% 3 .41% 0AT5.......fi-rEv7^Tr.V.7“f.. .30 @ *30% ’ " DETROIT. Beef Cattle 4.25 @ 5.00 Hov.s 3.75 4.75 Saell’ 4.50 @ 5,7.5 Wheat- Michigan Red.......... .88 <3 .83 Corn—No. 2 .42 @ .42% Oats—White 32 %@ .33;.v — _ ST. 1.0 l IS. Wheat—No. 2.,...... 85 @ .85% -Corn— Mixed.. , T «, -.-s-, OATS-Mixed 28%@ .29% Pork-New Mess ■*. 15-50 @16.03 ‘ CIN UIN NAT I. Wheat—No. 1 lied .85%@ .86% Corn—No. 2 .43 .43% Oats—No. 2 30%@j_ 1 31 Porx—Mess 15.75 @16.25 Live Hogs 4.40 ns 5.25 BUFFALO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 90%@ .91% Corn-No. 2 Y’ellow 4(%@ .44% Cattle... 4.35 4.75 ? ' ’’ INDIANAPOLIS. Beef Cattle 3.50 ** 4.75 Hous..:.. 4.75 @5.») Sheep i 3.25 %» 4.<5 Wheat—No. 2 8ed........ ~ .81 @ .8.114 C< RN—No. 2. ..........38% it .19 Oats—No. 2 Mixed.. .28 @ .28% A EAST LIBERTY. Cattle—Best . 5.00 @,5.!5 Fair li 4.50 @4.75 Common ~ 4.25 @ 4.5 J Hogs J— s,oJ‘@ 5:50 saeef.:.. 4.00 @4.75

OUR NATIONAL GAME.

The Unprecedented Interest That Is Being Taken in BaseBa'.l. i— L The Race for the Pennants —A Veteran’s Advice to Amateur Ball Players. [CHICAGO CORRESPONDENCE.] In no past year has the national game of base-ball aroused such interest as seems to have Liken hold of the people in every League and American Association city since the championship seasons of these two big orgauizat ous have been inaugurated. In Chicago more interest is taken in the League stiuggle than in the Association, presumably irom the fact that this city is exclusively a League city and that ho other professional organization supports a club here. General surprise and disappointment are being manifested in Chicago over the poor showing made by the Chicago champions thus far in the race. Their defeat in th? opening game of the season, followed by defeat in two of the three games. played at Indianapolis, and in ihe first two games played upon the home grounds, has had the effect of bearing Chicago club stock, so tar as its playing strength is concerned, more than anything else that has .happened: and with the impulsiveness usually exhibited under such circumstances, many aumirers of the game, who should know better, have expressed a slighiing estimate of the team’s strength as compared with other clubs that it will be compelled to meet in the struggle for championship honors this season. Among the older heads, however, the hope prevails that Chicago is strong enough to give the most likely clubs in the League a hard race before the finish is reached.

Anson has expressed the opinion upon more than one occ ision that New York will be the only dub that Chicago will have to fear this season, and while one should have every regard for the big Captain's views in in such matters, many differ with him to the extent of believing that Detroit, and not New York, will prove Chicago's most forniidable’adversary in this race. Ihe race for the league pennant shows the Detroit club still holding on to the lead, with New York a fair second, and Boston close upon the heels of tho “Giants.” Chicago is fighting nobly for last place, and may succeed in gaining the proud (?) dstinclion of becoming the tail-enders of the string. Pittsburgh is playing a remarkably pretty game, and playing it in a style, too, that would indicate its ability—barring accidents, of course—to hold to the place indefinitely,. ■ ■ ..1 \\ ' Ihe following table will show the work of the League clubs to date:

I I taiw -j te jg UH. teotibibta ols® | Q .Si'S s=l 5d d .IQ ? 010 o a Detroit 0; 0 0 2 0 sjo 7| I|B 1 Chicag0.,,,,.,,... 0 ..I 0 0 0 0] I 0 1 4 5 7 New "York 00.. 1021) 2 5272 Boston. ~„4.0, 0 0... 02024263 Pittsburgh 1 2 00.. 0 003254 Philadelphia..... 0011 0.. 013475 Indianapolis.- 01200 0 0.. 02686 Washington 0| 0l 0 0 0 0 0 .. 1 5 68 In the Association race St. Louis still holds the lead. Following is the work of the teams: ii !«• j i • n d a ® ts 2 ft Clubß. 9' S 3p4 fl tn tn tn © tn O O © © U § g | s a sS is :d . m 5 -fl C ® 43 d did d Athletic 0 2 0 0 0 4 dl 6l 7j13 6 Baltimore 6 .. 1 0 0 0 3 010 313 2 Brooklyn 1 3 ..I 0 0 0 4 0 8| 4 12 4 Ciuciniiati.,...’... 000— 5 1 0 2 8 7 15 5 Cleveland . ... Wtc O -0 0 0 113]14 8 Louisville 00053.. 019 615 3 Metropolitan.. 0 0 1 0 o'o.. 0 1 11112 7 St. Louis:. 0 0 0 2 5 4 0 .. 11 3,14 1

The Chicago Club is badly off for pitchers, and herein lies the trouble. Clarkson is the club’s only thoroughly conditioned pitcher at present, and, disagreeable as it may be, it is, nevertheless, true that, with Flynn in his present crippled condition and Ryan firm in his determination not to pitch, there is but little, if any, probability that Chicago will play well enough to win a majority of the games in their series with any of the clubs they may meet until this weakness is remedied. This condition of things, however, can not last for long. Neither Anson nor Spalding will approve a team that has shown its inability to play better ball than Chicago has played thus far this season; and if Van Haltren does not join the team at an early day it may be depended upon that Chicago will go out upon its first Eastern tour next week with two, or nt least one, able, experienced, and thoroughly conditioned pitcher to re--1 eve Clarkson in futuie. The fact that the box is the very dangerously weak point in the Chicago team, Anson long ago recognized, and that the gap in the team’s ranks made by this shortcoming will be soon tilled is a foregone conclusion. Not for many seasons past has amateur base-ball enjoyed so great a bpom in Chicago as it is ndw experiencing. Every Saturday afternoon the great open lots upon the prairies, as well as the lawns of many of the public parks, are covered with amateur teams and their friends. With few exceptions the new rules of the League and Association, as given in “Spalding’s Guide,**""are adhered to. For the benefit of young players it may be well to quote that veteran -in base-ball efforts, Bob Ferguson, of the Metropolitans, who says in reference to the work and style of a player in the field: “To stop a ball well requires practice. An infielder should have agility anda quick eye. Little more is required. The dead ball is much easier to stop than the -lively ball that was in use when I played third base. In those days the balls came to you red hot, audit was a frequent occurrence to see a player knocked off his feet by them. The dead ball as used now comes to you without any lie, and the only thing is to have hurd enough hands to hold it I could describe a number of ways in which the ball is stopped. Some players will shin the ball; that is, they will stop it with their shins with the intention of picking it up quickly, but in doing this the ball is apt to bound away from them. Again, some players will ‘crowd’ a ball by dropping on it with their hands and knees, but unless they are very quick they are not able to recover themselves in time. Then I have seen players ‘ draw the ball,’ as it is called, by standing in front of it with legs close together, and let the ball run up to their hands. This is the worst of the lot, for if the ground is in any way rough the ball is sure to bound away to one side. The perfect plan, according to my idea, is the one which I always used, and I found it to be the most effective, and that is to scoop the ball as it cOmes to you. This I do by holdiiig the hands close together and give the arms full play. As the ball comes up let the hands go back between the legsslightly, and when the ball is about a foot “from you, suddenly brrngthehands forward and run the fingers under the ball. It is easy and sure.”

GARFIELD IN BRONZE.

Sculptor Ward’s Statue cf the r Dead Statesman and Soldier Unveiled. Many Distinguished People Present— The President’s Eloquent Tribute. Reunion of the Army of the Cumberland—The Next Meeting tff Be . Held at Chicago.

|Washington spacial.] The Army of the Cumberland conli not have had a more perfect day for their dedication exercises. Promptly at 11:30 o'clock General Baird, Chief Marshal of the parade, gave the signal for marching, and the procession started. A platoon of mounted police led the way, followed by General Baird and his aids, who preceded a carriage in which,was Elated Generals Sherman, Sheridan, and Rosecrans, three of the four living commanders of the Army ,of the Cumberland. On a grand stand near the statue s-ats had been arranged for 1,500 persons. -Just before 1 o'clock the invited guests began to airive. James and Harry Garfield were escorted to seats by Gen. Mussey, while Col. Wilson performed a similar office for the aged W. W. Corcoran. Secretary Bayard and Attorney Gerferal Garland were among the early arrivals. The members of the Supreme Court of the United States came in a body. The District Judiciary, members of the Court of Claims, and District Commissioners were also present. At 1 o'clock Gens. Sherman, Sheridan, and Rosecrans and Gov. Curtin arrived in a carriage, just after the head of the procession made its appearance. They were soon followed by President Cleveland, escorted by Gen. Anderson, and Secretary and Mrs. Fairchild, Secretary and Mrs. Lamar, Postmaster General Vilas, ami Col. Lamont. Ex-Secretary Windom and exAttorney General MacVeagh of President Garfield’s Cabinet were among the guests present. At 1:10 o’clock Marshal Wilson, taking his place on the stand, said: Ladies and Gentlemen—The Society of the Army of tho Cumberland, with these distinguished guests, aro assembled here to-dav for the purpose of unveiling the statue of that eminent statesman and soldier, James A. Garfield. The exercises will be opened with prayer by the Rev. Dr. Giesy. < There was. a short lull in the proceedings while a battery of artillery fired a national salute. Gen. Sheridan then introduced the Orator of the day, Gen. J. Warten. Keifer, who, oa the part of the Monument Committee, delivered an address transferring the statue to Gen. Sheridan. At its conclusion Gen. Sheridan, in behalf of the society, transferred the statue to the President in the following words: I—Mnr-BRKSi&EMZ—Tbis statue which has been unveiled in your presence to-day was erected by the comrades of Gen. Garfield belonging to tho Army of the Cumberland. They recognized Tiis merit as a soldier and tney Wished to pay some testimony to that merit and to his worth as a man. I have the honor, sir, on behalf of the Society of the Army of the Cumberland]’ to ask you as the representative olftho American people to accept the statue from their hands as it was given to.me. [Applause.]

The President, who arose as Gen. Sheridan began speaking, then began his address, accepting the statue as a gift to the nation. Fellow-citizens —In performance of the duty assigned to me cn this occasion, I hereby accept, on behalf of the people of the United States, this complete and beautiful statue. Amid the interchange Of fraternal greetings between the survivors of the Army of the Cum- . berland and their former foes upon the battlefield, and while the Union General and the people’s President await burial, the common grief of these magnanimous survivors and mourning citizens found expression in the "determination to erect this tribute to American greatness : and thus to-day, in its symmetry and beauty, it presents a sign of animosities forgotten, an emblem of a brotherhood redeemed, and a token of a nation restored. Monuments and statues multiply throughout the land, fittingly illustrative of the love and affection of our grateful people, and commemorating brave and patriotic sacrifices in war, fame in peaceful puisuits, or honor in public station. But from this day forth there shall stand at our seat of government this statue of a distinguished citizen, who in his life and services combined all tiiese things and more which challenge admiration in American character—loving tenderness in every domestic relation, bravery on the field of battle, lame a,n<l distinction. in our halls of legi'HatTbn, and the highest honor ■■■and dignity in the chief magistracy of the nation. This stately effigy shall not fail to teach every beholder that tne source of American greatness is confined to no condition nor dependent alone for its growth and development upon favorable surroundings. The.genius of our national life beckons to usefulness and honor those in every sphere and offers the highest preferment; to manly hopes and sturdy, honest effort, chastened and consecrated by patriotic hopes and aspirations. As long aa this statue stands let it be proudly remembered that to every American citizen the way is open to lame and'station, until he—- “ Moving up from high to higher, Becomes on fortune’s crowning slope The pillar of a people’s hope, The center of a world’s desire.”—■ Nor can we forget that it also teaches our people a sad and distressing lesson, and the thoughtful citizen who views its fair proportions cannot ’ail to recall the tragedy of a death which brought grief and mourning to every household in the land. But, while American citizenship stands aghast and affrighted that murder and assassination should lurk in the midst of a free people and strike down the head of their Government, a fearless search and the discovery of the origin and hiding-place of these hateful and unnatural things should be followed by a solemn resolve to purge forever from our polit:cal methods and from the operation of our Government the perversions and misconceptions which gave birth to passionate and bloodv thoughts. If from this hour our admiration of the bravery and nobility of American manhood and our faith in the possibilities and opportunities of American citizenship be renewed; if our appreciation of the blessing of a restored Union and.love for our Government be strengthened, and if our watchfulness against the dangers of a mad chase after partisan spoils be quickened, the dedicat;Oii of this statue..to., the people of the United States will not be in vain. The President was frequently interrupted by outburst of applause. When he ■ had concluded the band played “Hail, Columbia,” and the Rev. F. D. Power, who was the pastor of General Garfield’s church in this city, pronounced the benediction. The troops were then dismissed and the ceremonies came to an end. At the buinesss meeting this morning of the society Colonel Henry Stone, of Boston, was selected as the orator, and Colonel Wm, McMichael of New York, as alternate of the next reunion. Chicago was selected as the place, and Chickamauga week in September, 1888, afi the time for holding the next reunion.

Child —“ Grandpa, how old are you Grandpa—“l am b 7 years old, my little dear.” Child —“Then /on were born eighty years before I was.” Grandpa—- “ Yes, my little girl.” Child—“ What a long, long time you had alone waiting for me.”- Gospel Age. __ O' . The only time in life when a woman seems to be happy is when she calmly sits aud attempts to trim a new bonnet with old trimmings. She seems to be trulf happy, but what a Vesuvius is at work within her.