Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 March 1888 — Page 3

NEWS OF THE WEEK.

Simon Cameron was 89 on the 8th. Mrs. and Mollie Garfield arrived at New York, Wednesday, from London. Reilly’s leather factory, in Newark N. J., burned on the 8th. Loss $100,000. Rev. Dr. Talmage writes to. Miss Susan B. Anthony that he ‘has always been in favorof the suffrage for women.” The Sunday Herald says that a leading New York Life Insurance Company declined to issue a policy on President Cleveland. Miss Sallie Obier has been found dead at Yuton, Ky., with sixty-three bullet holes in her body. No cause is known for the murder. Mgr. Ducey, a priminent [prominent] Catholic divine, pastor of St. Leo's Church, New York, has been snpended [suspended] by Archbishop Corrigan on account of his friendship for Dr. McGlynn. The proposition made by H. E. Meade, of Dayton, O., to buy the entire product of all mills in the Western Paper Association, valued at from $3,000,000 to $5 000,000, has been rejected. The Methodist University at Milchell, Dakota, was burned on the morning of the 9th, and ten persons perished in the flames. There were forty inmates, some of whom escaped by jumping from windows. Thomas Potter, General Manager of he Union Pacific railroad, died at Washington, Friday, a victim of overwork. He rose from the ranks to the responsible position of general manager of a great railroad. In a card to the public the Brotherhood announce their willingness to arbitrate their differences with the Burlington road and to submit the questions in dispute to three railroad managers, and abide by their decision. A notable event in the history of the University of Michigan is the election of Dr. Hattie Allen, of Waterloo, Ia., to fill the place of assistant professor of medicine in that institution. She is the first woman ever chosen to a post of this nature in a Western university. Charles F. Blacbaurn, slop superintendent at Maddux, Hobart & Co.’s distillery, at Cincinnati, was found dead, Friday, in a slop vat half filled with hot slop. He lost his footing and fell into the scalding contents. Leaving the vat uncovered was his own negligence. One of the outbuildings connected with the Williamson county, Tennessee poor-house, caught fire, Friday, and the flames spread so rapidly that William Johnson and Dora Shannon, colored inmates, were burned to death. It is supposed that Johnson, who was crazy, set the building on fire, as he had on another occasion attempted to burn the house. Sheriff Genne, of Shoals, Ind., and Sheriff Burrel went to Springerton, Ill., Tuesday and arrested Dr. J. W. Stone, who is charged, on the confession of Albert Quackenbush, with complicity in the assassination of Jackson Ballard a Union soldier, who was hunting for a man named Anderson, a deserter. The deed was committed in March, 1864,and,

according to Quackenbush’s confesson, [confession], he and Stone were detailed by the Knights of the Golden Circle to make way with Ballard in order to protect Anderson, who was also a brother in the lodge. The murder was committed, and Quackenbush further stated that a plot was laid to murder all officers serving papers on drafted soldiers. Several prominent Indiana people who were charged by Quackonbush with complicity in the murder have already been indicted. Dr. Stone is well known and highly respected in this county, where he has lived for fourteen years. During this time he has practiced medicine and preached at intervals for the Christian Church, but more recently has connected himself with the church of the Latter Day Saints. In 1885 he was the Greenback nominee of this district for State Senator. He disclaims any connection with the crime, and says that when [it] was committed he was holding a meeting at the residences of David Emmons, in Martin county.

FOREIGN. It is asserted upon “absolute and direct” authority that Hon. Wm. E. Gladstone will visit America next fall, accompanied by his son Herbert and Sir Lyon Playfair. The imperial commissioner who was especially appointed to investigate the loss of life in the Yellow river inundation, sends an unofficial report to the Emperor of China that the total number of persons drowned is over one hundred thousand, and the number destitute 1,800,000, apart from those the floods have driven into other districts. Some months ago George W. Butterfield went to London from San Francisco to sell May Lunday and other mining properties in the Homer district, California. A company was formed, with a capital of £1,000,000, to buy the property. The Financial News attacked the scheme, and only £3,000 out of the £1,000,000 wanted was subscribed by the public. The attacks upon the company having been continued, Mr. Butterfield has brought a libel suit against the Financial News, and Mr. Marks, the editor of that paper, claiming £1,000,000 damages.

Randall’s Revenae Bill.

Mr. Randall submitted his tariff reform bill to the House, Monday. The tax on all kinds of tabacco ia abolished

after July Ist, as are also all taxes upon spirita distilled from apples, peaches or other fiuits. All laws which impose special tax on wholesale or retail l quor dealers, all kinds, are repealed. E trthen and glassware duties are reduced; pig iron is unchanged; rolled, flat or round iron bars from 45 to 1 2-15 cents per pound. No iron shall pay a duty of lets than 35 per cent, ad valorum. In wood and its manufactures the same reductions are made. No change is made in the duty of sugar; slight reductions are made in cotton cloth. Woolen goods aie unchanged.. The estimate reactions under this bill will be: On internal revenue taxation repealed, $70,000,000; estimated reduction on tariffachedules, $25 000,000. The bill is fully twice as long as the Mills bill, and relates to many more subj-cts. '

WASHINGTON NOTES.

The Committee on Ways and Means, says a correspondent of the Indianapolis News, is gettiniflnto a snarl over the tariff bill, as was expected. A bill intended by the Democratic members to pleaso Mr. Randal), and make “both wings flap together” is going to be a decided failure. Th,e Republican members of the committee find that there is just enough division among the Democrats to give them the opportunity they desired io.upset the whole'bill. There are probably not forty votes on both sides of the House against the complete removal of the sugar tax, with a substitution of bounties to American producerp. This fact makes the proposed reduction of the sugar tax by the inconsiuorable amount of $12,000,000 a decidedly unpopular feature of the bill. The thing that will make it more ridiculous, however, is the internal revenue feature. This is what is called the bill for the relief of the moonshineis. It wipes out the general law making it a penal offense to manufacture spirits in evasion of the Government, and makes the tax on spirits and whisky a lump quantity tax. It is provided as a substitute for fining rnd imprisonment that illicit stills may be confiscated and sold at public auction to the highest bidder. Thiß is exactly the sort of bill that moonshiners want. A confiscated still in their region, in the best Bort of weather, would not bring $5. Public opinion is so strong in favor of the moonshiners that nobody would dare buy a still of a United States Marshal for anything like its value. The quantity tax, as everybody knows, is what brewers and distillers like. Nobody but an expert in the business can even approximate the quantity manufactured. The chances are all in favor of a grand wrangle on the Democoatic side of the House over the tariff and internal revenue bills. Leading Republicans say that all they have to do is tosit still and let the fight go on.

The President sent to the Senate Wednesday a response to a resolution of inquiry from that body about the exclusion of American pork from French ports. The response included a letter from Secretary Bayard, together with correspondence between the State Department and its representatives in France. Secretary Bayard says he sees ittle prospect for any change in the attitude oi the French Chamber of Deputies on the subji cl. A letter from Minister McLane says he is making an effort to secure a temporary suspension of the order which excludes American pork, in the hope that the pending changes in the regulations regarding American importations of this character may, when completed, include favorable action on American pork.. The statement is made in a Washington special that the Republicans in Congress are solidly opposed to any reduction of tax on whisky. “Tney are soldlvin favor,” says the dispaeth, “of just Buch reforms as are proposed in the internal ’revenue bilk submitted by the Democrats, but they do not indorse the administration feature of it. The Republicans stand as one man on the subject of internal revenue reform, and, although they have not. proposed a bill, they will be in concert when they do act. The effort which Mr. Randall will make to induce the Republicans to support his tariff and internal revenue bill will be ineffective, if for no other reason, because he proposes a redaction of the tariff on whisky.” • '

John S. Barbour, United States Sena-tor-elect to succeed Riddleberger, has written a card to the Democrats of Virginia, declining to act further as chairman of the State Committee, on the ground that he is not in harmony with the administration. The House public lands committe is practically unanimous in the opinion that unearned land grants should be forfeited. In reply to a resolution, the President has informed the Senate that the negotiations for a treaty regarding Chinese laborers are already in progress. Secretary Fairchild now estimates that the Treasury surplus by June will be $155,000,000. ——

FRIGHTFUL CALAMITY.

Fifteen Thonsand Souls Perish by an E trqa&ke ia Yunuau. The steamer City of Sydney, which arrived at San Francisco on the 10th, brings particulars of the Ynnnan earthquake. The city ia in ruins. Over fifteen thousand persons were killed. A great tract of land was swallowed up and changed into a lake.

THE EMPEROR DEAD.

The Long Career of the Venerable Bofdier is Closed. Brief Sketch of Hi* Eventful Career—Hie Lut Official of Potaible latr,|[a«i..li wrettlag Particular*. The Emperor died at 8:30, a. m. Friday, March 9th. Thursday afternoon noon he was unconscious,but rallied late in the night. With the coming of the sun hia spirit, took flight. During his unconsciousness in the afternoon bis death was announced in the newspapers and the Wildest excitement was created. At 9 p. m. an official bulletin announced that the Emperor still lived and the people were somewhat reassured. The Emperor swooned at 5 o’clock, and remained unconscious until 6. Afterwards he slept for an hour. The Emperor wts perfectly conscious at 2 o’clock, when he sent for Prince Bismarck, with whom he conversed for twenty minutes. Prince Bismarck re assured by the Emperor’s dhplay of vitality, then drove to the Reichstag, and presided at the Council of Ministers, which was followed by a meeting of the Bundesrath, whence he returned direct to the palace at 5 o’clock. It was then that the Emperor had the worst attack, and thb whole family was summoned to his bedside. The ringing of the church bells to announce the administering of the sacrement led the publie to believe that the end had come.

’ It is stated that just before the swoon the Emperor was talking with the Grand Duchess of Baden, and that be suddenly fell backward in a faint upon the bed. All efforts to revive him were in vain, and even the doctors for a time thought he was dead. The Grand Duchess of Baden kept up an animated telegraphic correspondence with the Crown Prince all day. In the afternoon Prince William’s children, dressed in white, drove past the palace and looked anxiously at the window for the Emperor. The crowd was deeply affected. The last official act of the Emperor was signing of the order to prorogue the Reichstag on the morning of the Bth, otherwise Prince William would have assumed signing functions. Tne question on every lip is, Will Frederick William succeed to the throne? It appears that, according to Geiman law, a prince who is affected with an incurable disease is ineligible to the throne, and if the Crown Prince has a cancer, as the German doctors aver, the succession may pass over to Prince William, his son. The imperial decree, made last November, deputing the pow ers of Regent to the latie *•, would seem to suggest such a conclusion. Persons who are closely allied to the German embassy here assert that Bismarck has long determined that Frederick William should not reign on the German throne, and it is a well-known fact that the Iron Chancellor and the Crown Princess do not agree. The Prince sides with bis wife against Bismarck, who entertains a cordial dislike for both. The persistency with which the Crown Princess retained Dr. Mackenzie in attendance upon her husband has increased the friction. Nevertheless, if Frederick Willia a is able to reach Berlm, and his condition then permits, he may be proclaimed Emperior in spite of Bismarck, for he has a great hold upon the affections of Jiis countrymen.

It is officially announced that Prince William will be crowned and will assume the title of Frederick III. It is expend that one of his Majesty’s (Prince 111. Wiliiam’s,{irst steps will be the granting of amnesty to political offenders. The papers contain what are reported to be the last words spoken by the Emperor. They are: "Alexander has promised me that he will not make war against us.” It is reported that the Emperor also said: “I am convinced that we ought not to go to war with Russia, toward whom the most friendly attidude ought to be adopted.” Count Von Moltke at the closing scene was deeply moved; and at last wept bitterly, but when he subsequently appeared in the Reichstag he was composed, being only a shade graver than usual. The Reichstag sitting was an event of historical importance, never likely to be forgotten by those who witnessed it. Prince Bismarck controlled his feelings only by violent efforts. He was only able to force out a few words at a time. Sometimes he could hardly speak at all and was obliged to make long pauses to suppress tears, which he tried to hide by lifting his portfolio or a glass of water. The Crown Prince becomes Emperor without any formality beyond the ordinary. The new monarch will not perform any act of government until his predecessor is buried, or until he has taken the oath so support the constitution. BRIEF SKETCH OF HIS LIFE. William I. King of Prussia, and since 1871 Emperor of Germany, was born March 22,1797, the second son of King Frederick William III. and Queen Louise, a Princess of Mecklenberg. He early developed great qualities as a soldier. He was given the position of a subaltern January 1,1807, and at Christmas of the same year was made a second Lieutenant. He was promoted to a first Lieutenancy in June, 1813, and in the following November was made a Captain and ordered to the front. On the first of January, 1814, seven years after his

entry into the service, and at the age of 17, be rode by the. side of Marshal Blucher when the Prussian army invaded France. He came under fire fbr the first time at Bar-eur-Aube. > He was entrusted with the reconnoissance of the. battle field, and he did his duty with so much coolness that his father gave him. the Iron Crosi, and the Czar of Russia •he Cross of St. George, an order of which, at the time of his death, hd was the oldest living member. He twice entered Paris with the victors, the first time being in 1815. He won a Major’s commission at Waterloo. June 11, 1829, he was married to the Princess Augusta, daughter of the Grand Duke Charles Frederick, of Saxe Weimar. present Crown Prince was born, and in 1833 bis daughter Louise. Frederick William died in 1840 and his son William Ilf., became King, his brother becoming Crown Prince and heir presumptive. William was appointed Governor of P.jftferiiflta, And he was honored with the honorary leadership of several regiments. Prince William had made himself very unpopular with the people by his stern adherence to the principle that Kings were made by Grace of God and as superior being 3 could not be held responsible for any acts committed to any of their subjects. He was compelled to take refuge in England in order to escape popular indignation,but after an absence of several months he returned. Meanwhile the insurrection had assumed greater proportions, and the Prince was detailed to the southwestern part of Germany to effect its destruction. This occurred in 1849, after his election to the Prussian National Assembly. Within a few weeks he had succeeded in.crushing the movement endangering the Government, and many cruel measures were resorted to. The Prince on various occasions, acted with coldblooded heartlessness. Prince William had himself appointed M.litary Governor of the Rhine province and of Westphalia, with his residence fixed at Coblencß. He participated in the most important deliberations of the Prussian Cabinet, and in 1854 was appointed General of the infantry, with rank of Field Marshal and the pcsition of Governor of the Fortress of Mayence. Always a strong believer in Masonry, he was one of the staunchest supporters of the order, and at the time spoken of he acted as Grand Master of all the Prus slan lodges. Continued sickness had incapacitated the King from performing his official duties, and on the 23d of October, 1857, the Prince was designated by the Cabinet to act in his place. No change for the better taking place in the King’s physical and mental condition, Prince William - wa<f proclaimed Regent on the 26th of October, 1858. At the very beginning of his reign be showed signs of a spirit of liberality not dreamt of by the most fastidious and hopeful Constitutionalists. v

The death of Frederick William III occurred on the 1st of January, 1861, and William I ascended to the throne of Prussia. A few months sufficed in bringing about a rupture between the King, the Prussian Congress and the people. Dissatisfaction with the new Government became widespread and painfully man si, and the first of the many attempts on the life of the King was made on the 14th of July 1861, while William was stopping at Baden-Baden. Becker, the assassin, only succeeded in slightly wounding the King. The conflict, once begun in earnest, increased in size and finally culminated in the formation of a reactionary Cabinet. This happened in March, in 1882. Bismarck, at this time German Minister in Paris, was recalled and placed at the head of this Cabinet. Hia appearance caused great indignation among people, and threats were made ajainst the new Premier’s life. In the war with Denmark (1864) the army proved able and effective. As a natural result, the people were elated, and the King began to be popular. Popular sentiment relaxed to a degree. The Chamber did not favor the annexation of the two provinces, Schleswig and Holstein, which, as a political and most advantageous result of the war, were to he wrested from Denmark. Austria, Prussia’s ally, made a satisfactory settlement with King William’s Government as to the spoils, and Snally the Prussian Crown took possession of Schleswig and Holstein. The Prussian constitutional conflict still kept on, but the Austrian war loomed up in the die tance. May 6,1866, the King ordered the dissolution of the Chamber of Deputies, and without further notice procured the means necessary to carry on the war from the Treasury, and mobilizing the army, war began in earnest. William in person took command of the army and led it oa to victory, The battle of Koeniggratz decided the fate of Austria, and after six days’ fighting the Prussian army had been victorious. Popular sentiment was now greatly influenced in the King’s favor, and the election for the Chamber of Deputies resulted in a Government majority. At the opening of the session William acknowledged having acted hastaly and without lawful support in taking money from the Treasury, On the strength of Napoleon III's jealousy a serious dispute occurred between France and the new “confederation” in tne spring of 1867 in regard to the Duchy of Luxemburg, but war was for the time

prevented. Even then Prussia was better prepared for a struggle than France was; but, taking time by the forelock, King William at once began tc| concentrate into his hands all the live forces of the fatherland, and to increase his army and navy. A huge war was clearly foreshadowed, and a powerful German empire was confidently looked forward to by Biemaickas a result. The foolish ambition of Napoleon Ilf. of France brought about ths conflict. William commanded his army in person. Paris capitulated January 30,1871. Since the war the Emperor has made a favorab'e impression and gained great popularity. After peace was declared and William had returned to Berlin there was a more difficult controversy at heme. Bitmirck’s policy bringing about a conflict with Rome which also engaged the Evangelical Church and tV.e Conservative party. William took a decided stand, guarding the rights of the State and Crown against the encroachment, not only of the church, hut also of that party which was generally conaißlered the main support of the Prussian throne. The Emperor prided h nnelf on beiDg “the father of the people,“and as a writer has said, “his paternal care and solicitude for his subjects are displayed alike in the assiduity with which he devotes his labors to matters of state and in the grave gentleness with which he responds to their salutations.” Of late years he had grown in popularity, and his birthdays were fete days in the Empire. ~~ " "~~ r

THE FIFTIETH CONGRESS.

In tbe Senate, on the 7th, a joint resolution was passed to ena tie the Secretary of the Interior to utilize the hot water now running to waste on the Hot Springs reservation. The urgency deficiency appropriation bill was considered. The House provision requiring the public printer to rigidly enfojee the tight hour law was strilren out—ayes 32, nays 20. After an executive session the Senate adjourned. The House adopted a resolution requesting the President to furnish all documents relating to the disputed boundary between Venezuelan and British Guinea. In discussing a bill for the erection of a public building »t Sedalia, Md., at an ultimate co-t of #50,030, Mr'. Bland, of Missouri, toot occasion to inveigh against tbe protective tariff and against the extravagance system which the House had inaugurated in the passage of the bills for the erection of., public buildings. Mr. Heard, of Missouri, regretted that his colleague had seen fit, upon the pending bill, to rehash, revamp, duplicate and quadruplicate the speeches upon the tariff which he had made out of time and out of place, and which no youngiman in his [Mr. Heard’s] distriGt, who aspired to be a prosecuting attorney, could not exoel. The bill was pas-ed. Bills were passed, also, ratifying an agreement with the Grotvemre, Piegan, Black Feet and River Crow Indians in Montana, and to divide the great Sioux Indian reservation into separate and smaller reservations.

Among the petitions and memorials presented to the Senate, on the 8th, was one, said to have over 102,000 signatures from thirty-three States and Territories, against the admission of Utah as a State so long as its people, are under, the control of the Mormon priesthood. The Senate then resumed consideration of the bill granting pensions to ex soldiers and sailors who are incapacitated for the performance of manual labor and providing foe pensions to dependent relatives of deceased soldiers and sailors. Manderson replied to some of the remarks made by Senator Vest last week, particularly as to there being no federal ex-soldiers, or confederates either, m almshouses in Missouri. He quoted from a report of the Commissioner of Pensions showing that on Oct. 15, 1887, there were in the Missouri almshouses 138 ex Union soldiers and sixty-two dependent relatives, and and in the whole United States 16,853 ex-soldiers and 4,915 dependent relatives—in all, 22.000. In addition there were in National sohlbrs’ homes 15,’22 inmates, making a total ui 8’,.-• vx soldiers uud their dependents wuo were dep ndent on ehairitable institutions. In contradiction of Mr. Vtst’s statement, that 60 par eent. of the number of those eurolle I during the war were either pensioners or applicants for pensions, he showed that there were 367,421 invalid pensions granted, and 2 -0.692 for widows, children and dependent relatives—in other words, there were of pensioners and claimants not over 44 per cent, of the whole number enlisted. After the rejection of several amendments the hill was passed, the following Senators voting ag-tinst the bi l: Bate, Heck, Berry, Blackburn', Coc trell, Coke, C dquitt,—Daniel, Kustls, Gibson, Harris, Reagan, Saulsbury, Vance and Wilson of Md, The following wore paired: Evarts and Morgan, Edmunds and Jones of Ark., Sabin and Call Hanson and Joaes of Nov., Vest and- Piumb. The Senate then transacted considerable routine business.

The House pissed a bill appropriating <lO. POO for the pureha.su of certain swords belonging to the widow,of Gen. J,ime3 Shields. A bill was, passed for the allotment of lauds in severalty on the White Khrth and Red Lake reservations, to the Chippewa Indians in Minnesota, and for opening up t:> settlement of the other reservations of those Indians in that State. The House, on the 9th, passed the omnibus war-claim bill.” Bills on the private calendar were considered. At night thirty-four private pension bills were passed. The Senate, on the 12tb, transacted routine business. Colquit and Dolph delivered speeches ou the President’s message. The House passed the Senate joint resolution for investigating the practicability of constructing reservoirs for the storage of water ia arid regions ol the United-States. District of Columbia business was considered.

Snow from a Cloudless Sky.

Chicago luter-Ocean. A very unusual and interesting sight was witnessed by the people of Livingston, M. T , to-day. It wag that oi snow falling, a e’etr sky overhead, and the sun shining brighriy. The only clouds visible at the time were thoee on the mountain peaks-, -ovn —five miles' ~die* tant. A hard snowstorm was passing along the mountain peaks, the wind blowing the failing flakes of sjqo w .oyer, the town, filling the air quite thickly, melting upon touching the ground, the distance being so great.

Trusts Must Be Investigated.

Texas Siftings. First Tramp (hanging back)—Wot’s the use goin’ in there? Half a dozen bars have refused us trust already. Second Tramp—What the country demands is an investigation of the Trusts, and that’d what I’m on. So come along.

SULLIVAN AND MITCHELL.

The Great American and English Chmplous Meet in the Ring. Thirty-nine Bound* Fought and the Mill I* Declared a Draw—Sullivan Wa* Not In Form—The American Crowd 1* “Blow.” Sullivan and Mitchell the great American and English pugilists, met in the ring on the estate of Baron Rothschild near Chiel (a suburb of Paris, Saturday, the 19th, and tbe result was declared a draw. Thirty nine rounds were fonght, lasting three hoars and eleven minutes. Sullivan was out of condition when he entered the ring and Mitchell had the best of the fight, and his friends a&ert that he would have won had the fight been continued. A cold rain was falling all tbe morning. Sallivan suffered from a chill and Mitchell bad . bad hands. Up to the end of the eighth round Sallivan appeared to have the best of the fight, but the fact that he could not knock Mitchell out seemed to discourage him and after that he fought with little spirit. Mitchell showed great pluck throughout, and his friends are jubilant,as the .result is virtually a victory for the iittle English-,, man. His friends assert that he would have won had the fight been continued. At the end of the 39;h round the referee declared the fight a draw. Both men were in poor shape. Sullivan’s friends are utterly unable to explain why he did not do better. Both men's hands were in terrible shape at the finish. Mitchell c eemed to improve as the fight went on. He fought carefully, and ktptout of Sullivan’s reach as much as possible. The Americans are blue.

CAUGHT IN A TRAP.

Six Persona Killed by til* Burning ol th» Springfield (BIa»s.) Union Office. Just after tbe forms had gone down to the press room of the Springfield, Mass., Union,Wednesday afternoon, fire was discovered in the building, and before the employes on the upper floors knew of their danger, escape was cut off by the stairways. The unfortunate men and women who crowded into the editorial room met a horrible fate. The employes who rushed into the editorial rooms were cut off from the escape in the rear, and had to face the alternative of burning to death or a jump to the sidewalk belo> and frightful mutilation. The fire department responded promptly, but it seemed an age before it reached the window on the fifth story. A ladder was put up to the fourth story, and the sight of rescue so near seemed to madden the suffering group at the two in succession to the sidewalk below. Six fell in this way, some of them forced off and some madly leaping, and tbe crowd groaned and turned their heads away as they whirled through the atr. The Ices on building is about $140,000.

A PENNSYLVANIA CRASH.

Three Lives Lost by a Collision N ar Harrisburg. A passenger train on the Pennsylvania Railroad collided with a heav7 freight train near Huntington, Pa., at 3 o’clock Monday morning, and both trains were wrecked. Robert Gardner, engineer, and Fireman Mowery, both of the passenger train, were instantly killed. The express, which was coming wejt, was behind time and wail running at the rate of forty-five mile 3an hoar. The collision was terrific. Three Pullman cars were wrecked and three passengers were injured, but their names could not be learned. The accident occurred at “Nigger’s Gap,” a rough part of the road about forty miles east of Altoona. Tha brakeman on the freight, Ernest V. Moyer, Harrisburg, is the third death reported from the wreck. The wreck is simply colossal. There were sixtythree passenger on the western train, and the tracks are lined with detained trains. The wreck involves an estimated loss of $75,000. ——

At the Ball.

Washing on Critic. Husband —Brevity is the soul of wit, isn’t it, my dear? Wife—So they say. « Husband —Then, love, what a witty waist you have on that dress of youre.

THE MARKETS.

Indianapolis, March 12, 1888. GRAIN. Wheat, No. 2 UeA..M'A I Cora, No. 2 White, tOj-4 No. 8 Med... 84 | No. 2 Yellow, 49;, No. 2Red...Bt I Oats, No. 2 White....S3 Wagon wheat 81 I Rye ....to LIVE STOCK. Cattle -Extra choice steers.,., 4,0 "a 5.00 Extra choice heilets - ..».,K.20a3.70 uj>od to choice heifers 2.00,2.75 to choice cows 2.«)a3.25 Hoes—Heavy packing and shipping 6.4345.50 Light and mixed packing .5.0 a 5.25 Pigs and heavy roughs 1 £0*4.93 Bhxkp Extra choice ..—5.00a6.40 Good to choice .......4.25*4.75 .eeas, butter, poultry. —- Eggs - ;:4c | Foul try .hens per lh 8 Butter, creamery...2oc | Roosters—.* iancy country. 16c I Turkeys—. 9 choice obnntry.„loj I MISCELLANEOUS. Wool—Fine nipriTin, ttih.s,ihwL.... • “ io unwashed, med 20>22c “ • very coarse Hay,choice :imothyl4ro i Sugar cured ham: 2 13c > Bran. _16.50 | Bacon clear sides lie Floor, patent.. 4 tuaa.6sl Feathers, rrtme c Extra ianev ,_...JUa*.lol vlovei-^-—,..4.1V Chicafu* Wheat (March) _BO | lork. ...18 So Corn “ .50 I Lard— —7.85 Oats “-r ' 31)* I Ribs... 7.25 • . —. LIVE gtOCX. 1 Cattle -Steers 3 00a51C Uou>—Mixed../.00*5.80 Cows.. 1.30*3.50 Heavy...s 0a>.50 Stoekers... .2.29a3- *0 Light.... 4 90a5.2E Sheep 5.20*->.40 SKips 3.50*1.85 Uueiuuau Family flour, 3.40aS 75; wheat 88; com. £2; oats, 33; rye, 61; pork, 14 50; lard, 7.57; short •■u* 7.74: butter creamery <-->*27; eggs 16 New York- Flour,4.loa».&o;wneat,lH; cor*. 60; oatp, 37; eggs 21a22: pork, 15..0*15.50. , . FniliuUiphi*- Wheat, corn, 57; oats S 6, „ "Xoiado— Wheat, S 3, com, 54; oata, 28; clove, Baltimore—Wheat. 88; corn, 54: ovts, 40a4t Uetroic—Wheat. 86>4; corn, 62,H; oats, 33. B)• mueapolia-Wheat, 76X. ■HU - ‘