Rensselaer Republican, Volume 24, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 December 1891 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. Osoee B. M*wrwir. FaNMtor. IIUXSSKLABR INDIANA

Among the late journalistic vea* hires is the National Barber. There are * great many sharp things in it, bat no cuts. » Socratis knew a thing or two, and he left this recommendation: “Employ your time in improving yourself by other men s writings so you shall come easily by what other - have labored hard for." The Hot Springs (Ark.) Thomas "Cat is a new journalistic candidate for popular favor. It is perhaps unnecessary to say that it comes out every night and that politically it is on the fence. == During the last nine months the number of immigrants who arrived In this country was 409,256. an in crease of 87,877 over the corresponding nine months-of last year. Those hgures emphasize the necessity for legislation to limit the inflow of for. eigners in such a way that only the desirable ones shall be admitted.

A mew illustration of the fact that every vote counts has occurred in New York. Mr. Henry Kenrick Republican candidate for Assemblyman in Sullivan county, is elected by a majority of ope. This is the more remarkable as it is possible that the political complexion of the Assembly jtscW may he determined by that one vote. , • ~~ Four ex-members of Congress are seeking the position of Clerk of the House of Representatives. Your ex-member of Congress is a perpet. ually hungry office-seeker. The clerkship of the House is a pretty good office, having a salary of $5,000 a year, with some desirable perquisites and considerable patronage, while the duties are not onerous. Perhaps few smokers would be willing to admit that it is the sight of the smoke more than anything else, that delights the smoker. It is true, nevertheless. It is a fact, though you may not have noticed it, that a blind man never smokes. It is the experience of all smokers who have been ss unfortunate as to lose their eyesight, that they very soon lose all desire to smoke. A new plunger with a system has appeared in Monaco, and the system has worked so well on two occasions that its author has won $300,000. H has bought a big yacht, and proposes to sail back to England for the purpose of once more trying on the sys tern. If it works like other “systems’ of gambling the plunger may have to go out of commission as a yachtsman an< walk back to England.

Thbse may be troublous days for Leo XIII in Rome, but they are not so bad as some of his predecessrs passed through. Many of them at one time or other in their career found it convenient to leave the town for awhile. Among those was Pius IX„ whom the present pontiff sue ceecled ip the chair of Peter, But the headquarters of the church al- . ways returned to the Eternal City, and there they are likely to remain for ages, despite the unpleasantness which may arise from time to time between the Quirlnal and the Vatican. Indeed there is a very strong impression in the minds of thinking people of all denominations and ol no that the situation in Rome is not quite so alarming for the Pope as is imagined or pretended by some of the officials of the church in that municipality.

A bar® and fine example of personal dignity, independence and of methodic foresight-was set by a lonely, old, poor woman, Mrs. Ann O’Brien, who was found tho other day in Boston dead in her room. Near her were found her savings for many years, and with them the deed of a burial !•*- and receipted bills from a neighboring undertaker for a tombstone, a coffin and funeral expenses. • Here is suggestion for a story as pathetic as any of Miss Wilkins’s, of the old woman's thoughts and dreams and fancies from the day she first understood that she was to die, and set herself to prepare to meet the King of Terrors with lamp trhnrped and burning, with all decency and order. When she was alive she’ must have seemed an eeoentric fool, ppssibly a miser; but now who shall say that hers were not in a high deKthe noble "virtues that dignify anity—“self-revcror.ce, self-con trol, self-knowledge?"

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK.

f Nebraska's e'ght-hour law is constltn- ! tional. ’> Mrs. A. J. Drexel, wife of the banker died at New York on the 27th. The Kansas Federation of Labor will make a fight to enforce the cight-houi law in that State. A storm almost, unprecedented in its destruction to property prevailed throughoul the East on Mondav. . Last rear the United States Life Savin? Service saved and assisted to save 247 ves. seis involving $3,288,990 of property. • The Speakership contest has resolved Itself into a cinch in favor of Mills, with Springer second, according to the prophets. • McKf nicy’s official plurality for Governor of Ohio is 2 ,51L . The People's ticket received 23,472 votes aud the Prohibition 20,190. . The Ohio Republicans have decided to contest the Senatorial seat of Calvin Brice. The contest is made on the ground that he Is not a resident of the State. - ;; A German lunatic attempted tho life of the distinguished divine, Dr. John Hall,at ..New York, Sunday. He fired three times at the preacher, but, without hitting him. Albert Allen and Harris, of Asheville; Tenn., paid green-goods men at New York S3OO for a package of blank paper with two one dollar bills fastened on the outside. .

A SLLouis commission man.oneßroekman, alleges that in three weeks’4lme the bankrupt grain firm of Brown Bros., o' Nebraska, swindled him ohtof $75,000 by its manipulations. Ignatius Donnelly, the politician and author, has been sued by R. S. Real & Co,, publishers, of'Chicago, on a claim of 36,(XX) for money advanced for the publication of the “Baconian Cryptogram.” Tbe New York State Scn a testands: Democrats 16, Republicans i.\ Independent 1. The casting vote of the Lieuten-ant-governor will give the organization of the Senate to the Democrats. *' The Treasury Department is continuing the Investigation of the opium smuggling frauds, and It Js-nnderstood, is obtaining some very startling information involving i proponent people in mercantileaud politcai life.

Negroes overpowed the marshal of Gurdon, Ark., when he attempted to arrest one of them. Tho white turned out, and a general battle followed for a short time. Onetoay was killed, and anotffibr badly woundefl. At a meeting of tho Municipal Council of the Irish National League, in New York, it wm resolved to contribute no more money to aid the Home Rule causo until the factions in Ireland quit quarreling and work harmoniously.

Disastrous piairie tires are raging a few miles west of Colbert Station, I. T. Grea quantities of hay are said to have been destroyed and much damage done to buildings, occupied mostly by poor set tiers, and mucljjjsuffering will probably result. Dr. Charles Danzerau, of Taunton, Mass., has created a sensation by living with a pretty girl supposed to be his wife. His real wife and five children turned up and Danzeriu is In jail. The Doctor had a big practice and stood high socially. Cattle tn Cisco and adjoining counties of Texas are dying from the continued dry weather and the scarcity of grass. Many range cattle have already died from wan; of water aud grass, and the remainder an) too poor to go through the winter aud will no doubt- perish in large numbers. On the 24th, at Miller City. Ohio, occurred the death of Johnny McGuire, one of the smallest men In the world. He was forty-eight years old, weighed fifty-nine pounds,, and was only forty-one inches tall. Johnny traveled with the Barnum show for years, and also with theßobinsbii'Show. Ho has been on exhibition In every city tn the United States and Canada. Thanksgiving day the two-year-old child of Hanker David Beals, of Kansas City, was kidnapped and held for ransom. The abductors at once entered into negotiations with the family. and on the 27th a ransom of $5,000 was paid, no questions asked and the child returned. A woman audtwo men committed the crime. Tiic woman has since been arrested and has confessed to her participation, but no chin has been discot cred as to who the men are. Wh en G corge \V. Chil ds Dre xei, son 0 1 Anthony J. Drexel, the banker, and heir of George W. Chiius. the eminent philanthropist, and his bride. Miss Mary Trick, to whom he was married last week, return, to Philadelphia from their wedding tourhe will not have to immediately commenc to hiretie for a livelihood. They will (Ind the latch string outside tho door of an Clogant mansion at Thirty-ninth and Locus', streets.a gift from the fatherof the groomgnd which, with its furnishings, represents an expenditure o’JBO. (NX). In addition to this they will find their cupboards stacked with table linen, tea Services of gold and silver, silver ice cream dishes, tureens and bowls, and other articles, and the walls hung with .fitaguifiFent engrav ings and paintings, all presents from friends of the family. These presents represent an additional expenditure of over cue hundred thousand dollars, and are exclusive of a $]6.000 diamond necklace and brncelet which was the gift of Mr George W. Childs. I.

FOREIGN.

Caprivi Is not to resign the Chancellor ship of German? at present. British soldiers at Aldershot. hear Lon don. Friday, mutinied against tho ill treatment of a Corporal. andMinaHy hnn; the obnoxious officer to a tree. The time ly arrival of a Sergeant saved the Corporal's life. . A telegram from the City of Mexico announces the death of Don Luis Holler, o heart failure. He has been known aS th Jay Gould of Mexico, having been th. origjnator of many gigantic Gtp anclal and otherwise. He, founded, thlargest colony of Mormons that is to b found outside of L’taii. The influenza, now so prevalent, is "r.f t much more vlrulenlVtype than that whirl caused so much suffering in 1889. Thirty deaths from the affection during theelgh days past are reported from Berlin.-' Phy* sicianeestimate that W.(xx) persons haw been attacked with Influenza since No vember 1 in Berlin aloue.

RUSSIA’S AWFUL FAMINE.

The Stricken District Half as Large as United States. And Hu Four Million Inhabitant*—Fes pie Starving by the s Hundred*. It may be truthfully Said that tha news which comes from the famine stricken districts’ of Russia docs not in the degree de. tract from the horrors of the condition that now confronts thousands upon thousands of the Czar's subjects. What the outcome of the sal state of affairs will be no one can predict, and it will be a bold statistician who attempts to estimate the number of deaths that will resniufronu starvation and cold during the coming winter. The area affected by the famine composes a section of the empire equaling in size nearly half the area of the United. States, and a very low estimate places the population of this part of the country at four million souls. The government provided for the distribution of large quant ties of seed grain in the distressed provinces, but the distribution of tills grain has been greatly delayed through various circumstances, not the least of which is the extreme difficulty of transporting anything, particularly at this season of the year, to somo of the more distant provinces In many districts no winter sowing whatever has been done, and consequently the inhabitants have nothing to look forward to, even if they should be so fortunate asTo manage to sustain life during the winter. The only hope that they will be able to exist, through the coming winter lies in the fact that the government is taking the most energetic measures to help the sufferers, and it is believed that -under the direction of the new central famine committee, of which the“Czarwicb is president, the methods of relief will be more systematic and effectual. In some provinces the, grain given by the government lias reached its- destination, batilt has been so long delaved en. route that its arrival was too late to benefit many of those for whom it was intended. Enfcoblcj by their long abstinence from nourishing Lrod hundreds of people could not stand the cold which, at this season of the year, is very intense, and they perished miserably. In the province of Kazan, which lies in the eastern p«jrt of European Russia, and where the chief crops are wheat and rye, 12 per cent, of the tillable area has teen left unsown Similar conditions prevail in Kieff, in Vo ' ronozch, and in Kherson, all provinces which usually produce immense crops of cereals. ~ The hunger-stricken peasants are daily becoming more lawless and acts of brigandage are occurring more, and more fre‘ quently. A wealthy merchant w-as captured by a band of these peasants in a village near the Kolga, it being their inten tion, His believed,to hold him for a ransom, and thus obtain money to buy food for theipselves and their families. The band was making away from the village with their captive when the alarm was given, and the villagers hastened to the rescue of the prisoner. The brigands were soon overtaken by their pursuers,but they would not release the merchant when called upon to do sd. On tho contrary, they drew pistols and threatened to kill any one who attempted his rescue. The villagers, nothing daunted by these threats made,an attack upon the brigands, and finally, after a pitched battle, released the merchant and compelled the brigands to seek safety in flight. Two of the wouldbe kidnapers were captured by the vil!agers.

LOVE CONQUERED.

Miss Jarred Preferred Her Lover to Mormonism, They Elope and are Married Mueli to Papa'* Chagrlne. A special from Parkerburg, W. Va., on the 28th. says: For a number of months some Mormon elders have been In tho counties of Boom) and Raleigh, in this State, making converts. Among those who had become believers was a family named Jarrod, one of the wealthiest in Boone county. The restbonnd train on tbo Chesapeake & Ohio railroad Wednesday night brought four Mormons and tho entire Jafred family to Guyandottd on their way to Utah. Mr. Jarred had become so enthusiastic that he sold,his possessions in this State. The party remained in Huntington over night, waiting for other converts from Kanawha and Boone counties. There was one member of the Jarred family who had not been converted. This-was Mlss Mildred Jarred, a beautiful girl, nineteen years old, wltb had a sweetheart, 11. L. Griffith, a young lumberman. Although she begged pitiously to be left behind, her father and mother were obdurate.

On tho next train, which brought twenty or more persons who were converts, Griffith arrived. During the night Mildred had oecai>ed from her father, but was caught and Juo-aght-back.. Griffith brought wifb hfm four friends, and after vainly attempting to induce Mr. Jarred to allow Griffith to see Mildred, a police officer was told of the affair. He gained admittance to the room Mildred was In. told her that Griffith was near and she could see him if she wished. A few minutes later she and Griffith were together, and decided at once to marry. She was not twenty-one, and no license conld be secur cd in this State without her father’s consent, which was not given. They at onct Sired a buggy and drove to Ohio, when they were united in marriage. A few hours after the train bearing the Mormons and the converts pulled out foi Ittah, leaving the young on the platform, happy in their victory. The Postmaster General has awardet the contract for the China mail service, a; weiias the Central America service, to th< Pacific Mail Steamship Company. Th< subsidy of the contracts will be $300.00 'ortho first Tearand $500,000 for each'o ’.ho following nine years. The contra a. win go into effect Jan. 1,1898.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Six inches of snow foil on the 28th at Goshen. A fine gas well has been brought In at Sharpsville. —"ro — New and large glass works are to be built at Bedkey. North Marton is raising $20,000 to be used In locating factories. i A supposed American lion was killed in i Dubois county recently. I The fourth-class postmasters of Tlamili ton county are clamoring for more pay, i The Elkhart riverwas frozen over to a ■ depth of two inches during the past week, i Geprge Feeee, of Ord,while felling a tree : near Valparaiso, was eaught and crushed . to death. . ' ----- = Ten of his neighbors have been indicted for white-capping George Matlock, of Jackson county, some months ago. Hunters in the vicinity of Temple “treed” an infant in a hollow tree. It was only-two or three days old add alive and well. A company, headed by John W. Payne, will erbet a large factory at Spiceland for Ihn manufacture of bottles, fruit-jars and .glassware j A glacial find in tho shape of well-pre-served logs of a kind not now found in the vicinity were recently unearthed at a depth of fortyTeet-, near Hayden. A Kokomo saloon keeper has been held responsible by the coroner for the death of a minor to whom he sold 1 iquor and who, being drunk, was killed by tho cars. - ■ While repairing an old stable at Winchester Edward Neff uhearthed a tin can containing $1,600 in gold, Friday. No one can explain the mystery that surrounds its being hidden there. Marcus L. Sulzer, of Washington, Ind. has been appointed a special agent to make allotments of lands to the Indians, by act of Congress, approved February 8, 1387, vice Joseph R. Gray, deceased. Wesley Scott, at Scottsville, In Floyd county, has received official notice that ho is the oldest postmaster in continuous service in tho country. ' Mr. Scott was originally appointed over thirty yearsago Congressman Bynum, of the Indianapolis district, has withdrawn from the Speakership contest and is throwing his influence to Mr. Mills, of Texas. It is said that in the event of a deadlock Mr. Holman may be the compromise candidate. While fiaward S. McLaughlin and family, of West Fork, near English, were go-? Ing home in a wagon, a tree blown down by the wind struck, the wagon and Mr. McLaughlin and his wife had their legs broken, Tho children, seated in the rear part of the wagon, escaped unhurt. Two Mormon missionaries from Utah arc proselyting with such success in Daviess county that they propose to erect a chinch at Tom’s Hill, three miles distant from Washington, and arc soliciting subscription's to that end. Although theyprofess to be anti-polygamists, there is considerable ill feeling, and threats are freely made against them. A shameful outrago was committed near Pittsboro on the night of the 9th,and the guilty ones are still at large. At New Hope Church, three miles north of Pittsboro, a young farmer was called out during meeting by some men who tried to kill him. He had hardly got on the outside till he was set upon by unknown enemies, who beat him with stones, fracturing his skull. Some of the would-bo as sassins had knives and gave him severs murderous stabs, one blade having penetrated the kidneys. The man was picked up in almost a dying condition, and it is more than possible that he will die. About 2ro’clock last Tuesday morning, while tho rain was pouring down and the wind was blowing a hurricane, section foreman Thomas B. Crunch, on the Cambridge City branch of tho Pennsylvania lines, fear Falmouth, went overJiis soc-_ tion on the lookout for fallen timber and other obstructions. While passing through i swamp near Glng’s, a .large animal denly came out of the morass and sprang upon the car. The section mon thought it was a Newfoundland dog, but upon closer examination the animal proved to be a good sized black bear. Tho brute was cl.ubbed off twice before he abandoned his perch and took himse’f to tho swamp. The Depauw Plate Glass Company, organized to construct and operate a new plant at Alexandria, in connection with tho New Albany works, has been incorporated in Madison county. The stockholders and directors are N. T. DePauw.Chas. W. DePauw, W. D. Keyes, Charles T. Doxoy and E. P, Schlater. Capital stock, f 1,200,000. The plant at Alexandria will cover forty acres, and the buildings will be of stone, iron and brick, with a manufacturing capacity of 75,000 square feet of. plate glass .weekly. The New Albany plant has 30,000 square feet capacity. The company has leased a large acreage of gas lands in the vicinity of Alexandria for fuel purposes. PATENTS ISSUED. P. H. Ackley, Rol.lng Prairie, bee-hive; H. A. Burgess, Goodland, combined hayrako, loader, unloader and stacker; C. RJetlne, Ft. Wayne, enlarging camera; J' R. Johnson, Lagrange, swfnging-chalr; C. P. Lancaster, Sims, railway gate; J V. Mitchell, Martinsville, toe-weight; 11. C. Schultz, Hamlet, axle; R. L. Woodllng, Logansport, check row corn planter.

THE FUNERAL OF GOV. HOVEY.

Tho remains of the lato Gov. Hovoy were laid in sjate at the State House, Indlanapelis, from Tuesday morning till Wednesday morning. They were then conveyed by special train to Mt. Vernon Stops were made by the train at Terre Haute, Vincennes and Evansvillt, and thousands of his friends at each place viewed the familiar face for the last time An immense number of his friedds and ac piaintances gathered at Mt. Verndn on Thanksgiving day. The services were not .ilaborato, but very impressive. Acting Governor Chase delivered the sermon. The Governor was laid to rest in the city ‘zenretery. TheG. A. R. had full charge 'of the arrangements and conduct of the funeral from the time of his’death. Indiana's Products in 1891. State Statistician William A. Bedie has completed the compilation of the crop statistlcsfor 1891. The figures are substan

Hally what the press has already shown to-wit, that Indiana was never Wessel with such good crops before. The following summary is given; WHEAT. Number of 'acres 2.801 .sm Average yield per acre 20.61 Total product in bushels 58,305,764 cosx. Number of acre 5....... 3,637,921 Average yield per acre.... .. ...,. 34.;i Total product in bu5he15........... OATS. Number of acres.... 897.951 Average yield per acre........... 25.71 Total productin bushels 23,123,182 BAELET. Number of acres..... 21,385 Average yield per acre 21.37 Total product in bushels.. 467,77 J ■ EYE. , . Number of acre? 44,810 Average yield per acre IS.G3 Total product in bushels 808,148 BUCKWHEAT. ■ Number of acres-. 9,541 Average yield per acre. 15. M Total product in bushels. ....... 151,456 ; - .7 FLAXSEED.. Number of acres. 14,146 Average yield per acre.,, 8.25 Total product in bushels 116,4 CLOVER HAY. Number of acre 5................... 1,298,67) Average yield per acre ~. .. 1.7 J Total product ip tons 2,169,814 TIMOTHY HAT. Number of acres 1,257.759 Average yield per acre 1.61 2T®als>r<xluct in tons -2,034,242 - IRISH POTATOES. ‘ Number of Average yield per acre..... Total product in bushels.... 7,888,701 SWEET POTATOES. Number of acres.. .r. ♦ 3 3 ’.9 Average yield per acre....... 74 Total product in bushels.. .. .. .. 217,0.6 TOBACCO. Number of acres 13.818 Average yield per acre. 823.5 Total product in ..., . . .-v. 10,720,323

MORMONS IN MICHIGAN.

A Proselytor Meeting With Great Success at tho Town of Millis - Convert* Being Made by the Score and the Town Threatened With Depopulation. A special from North Branch, Mich., says; A Mormon elder by the name of Taylor s converting the people of Millis, a small place seven miles southwest, by the score. An exodus of tho population is in progress. Millis Is an old Inmberingtown.hulfabandoned, and inhabited by a class*of people peculiarly susceptible to to tho influence of the Mormon. Taylor held meetings in the open air most of the time, and his success has been great, tho whole country for several miles around being greatly ex r cited. Hard-headed stolid farmers are among the enthusiasts, who announce an unalterable determination to repair to Salt Lake City, there to be enrolled among the Latter Day Saints. The people affected are mostly quite poor, and the vivid descriptions of the wealth and luxury of the Mormon life has had its effect, as well as the promise of spiritual salvation. Communication with Millis is difficult, and full particulars are not obtainable. A TarmerLy’thaßanie of GiuTfer, living In the Mormon-infected district,was in North Braneh to-day, and brought the first news of the remarkable furore. According to his story, the people are beside themselves, and the poorer classes are arranging to emigrate to Utah in the spring. Taylor 1 figuring to stay all win ter tosustain the courage of his followers, and will head the small army of crusaders to the far West Coulter relates that the women seem telxf more excited than the men. They have tost sight of the polygamy question in their haste to be purified of their sins.

Francisco C. Concha,one of Balmaceda's ministers of justice, was shot on the 24th, by government pickets In Cordlllers pass, whila he was endeavoring to escape into l the Argentine Republic. Senor Concha applied to United States Minister Egan two weeks ago for an asylum in the American Legation. His application was refused on the ground that the list of refugees in the legation had been ftvrnished to our Government and Chili, and that the minister did not fe‘l justified in admitting him to the uumb’r of refugees already under the protection of the American flag. Thereupon. the fifffortnnate man made the attempt to escape, with the above faial result.

THE MARKETS.

ISfDIASAPOmS, Nov. 31, 1331. I Wheat. J Corn. Oats. ■>sy«. Indianapolis.. 2 r’d SYlwlH 3 n-33 Chicago..«r’d 95'4! 51 39 Cincinnati..-..i9 r'd W 51 34 U 2 St. Louis[2 r’d Sil 54 31 IW New York.... 3 r’d 1 10, 71 00 Baltimore.... 1 05* 65 „ 40 1 (at Philadelphia. 3rd 1 04| 63 38!4 Clover . - • . Seed. Toledo 1 Oil 53 B 3 4 <>o Detroit IwhOVil 55 81 .; Sv'.. CATTL®. Fancy, 1,450 to 1,050 lbs $5 3035 65 Good, I,W to 1,450 2>s4 70ia5 10 Good to choice shipjxirs 4 Fair tn medium shippers. 3 4(Xg3 80 Common slii ppers2 75(a3 20 Stockers, common to g00d.,,... 2 25-;3 (X) Good tochoice heilers.... 2 Fair tojnedium heifers 2 25<g3 <k> Commcrf/thlh heifers 1 io Good to choice cows,.. 2 65nc3 <jo Fair to medium c0w5...., 2 OOot2 40. Veals, common to choice 3 OJUS uo Bulls, common to chofbe 1 Milkers, medium to g00d... ..25 Co® 5 00 Milkers, common to fair,.l2 C0®?0 00 uoesj Heavy packing and shippers....s3 OOfdi or. ilirxeu.. ••••••••• Best common light 3 8>) Heavy roughs.. 3 bllK El*. Good to choice....s3 75@4 0j jtair to medium... 3 Common 10 medium.... 3 00%3 2'5 Lamos, good to choice 4 L«mbs, common to medium 3 5m3 < Bucks, ¥ head 2 50310 MISCELLANEOUS. CEggs, 22C; butter, creamery, 2'® Cc dairy, 'AX'; good country 16c; feathers, 35c: beeswax, 35@i0c; wool 30(g3.’c unwashed 22c; hens, lc; turkeys 9c clover toed 4 3504.60.

OUTRAGED AND KILLED.

Another Chapter of Brutal Massacre of Christians in the Chinese Umpire £wldent Earopeaiu Horrified and Clamoroa* at the Shocking Affair— Clilnese RebeUlon. The northern rebels tn China are steadi- , ly pursuing their march in a southerly dL rection, and the Chinese troops appear , unwilling or unable to stop their career. ; The rebels hare captured the important walled city of Leao-Yaug. in Manchuria, and compelled the inhabitants to furnish I them with abundant supplies. It Is not reported that any serious outrages were committed there, and this goes to confirm the prevalent impression that the Mongolian insurgents are not merely a predatory band, but have a definite detign In ! the undertaking. Tho possession of LeaoYang gives the rebels the control of an extenflve both inland and with the Gulf of Lao Tong. The troops are being hurried from Pekin to oppose tho rebel advance. ———, Horrible details have been received ol the massacre of Belgian missionaries and native Christians at Taoc and Sanchoe by the Chinese. The Christians were attacked without warning and they had no chance to escape. The rioters first seized the nuns, all of whom were subjected ta base indignites and outrages before being 1 relieved by death. A Belgian priest was brained by a blow. Tho fiouds then seized his body and tore out the tongue and heartt burning them. The native Christians were treated even more iHMTrbly. They were not permitted to-die a swift death. Ths miscreants seized the wretched converts, who had fled in vain to the mission, and subjected them to fearful tortures, Some of their children were hafeked to piecesand others roasted alive before the eyes of their agonized parents. Then the parents wore taken and treated with a cruelty that only the Chinese understand. The mandarins seem eltheb to havefavored the xiotefs or to have been overcome with fearInstead of attempting to suppress their violence or protesting against it, they welcomed the murderers red-handed from tho slaughter and spread a"feast and held a fete in thoir honor. It would be hard to depict the feelings of the Europeans In Shanghai and othAr places at the relation of these horrors. They are not angry simply; they are furious, and there Is a Universal demgild fromiall foreigners for a punishment that will bring tho Chinese to their senses andempress a never to be forgotten iessbn. v " '■ 1

WASHINGTON.

The proposition of the postoffice.inspjotors, who have been in session for somt days, to reduce letter postage by furnish* leg one and two-cent stamped envelopes at the par value of the stamp, making th* envelope free, is well received and will be presented to Congress. It is conceded on all hands that penny postage cannot be had yet and free envelopes with stamps is regarded as a very wise and conservative step in the direction of penny postage and will be the best compromise for the present. It is thought that penny postage will be a fact within four years at the furthest. National bankers in all parts of the country are writing to know if it be true as reported, that Secretary Foster in his annual report will recommend the reduction of the tax on bank circulation from X to Jf of 1 per cent. The replies which are being sent out are to the effect that it doesn’t make much difference what the Secretary or anybody else may recommend no action Is probable. With so strong an element of Alliance members and anti-bank advocates- generally in the House, the complete abolition of the national banlcibg system might be expected if that could be carried throughtheSepato and White House. The time has long since passed when any tax upon circulation is necessary for any purpese. '’’The national banking system, besides giving the best possible protection to depositors, pays its way so far as expenses are concerned, and leaves many millions of swrplns every year. Since It is Impossible for the Government’s bonds, which aro deposited to secure circulation, to fall below par without the currency issued upon them by the Government, it is now unjust to refuse the Issuance of circulation to the pur value of the bonds deposited with the United States Treasurer, and yst such a measure cannot be adopted. There is a deep prejudice against bankers in the present House. It Is acknowledged that the same protection would depositors and others if the minimum of circulation for each bank were reduced to SI,OOO from $12,500, and yet a bill of that kind could not be passed because it would create more banks, and although more banks would reduce Interest, as they would draw money from investments, the prejudice forbids.—Special -to Indianapolis Journal. t

A railroad collision occurred at Toledo, Ohio, Sat irday. Six passengers wer‘J killed and a score or more Injured. Th 1 * dead are: Jas. McQueen, Elkhart, Ind.; Mrs. Dr. McClarry, Madison, Ill.; Baby McDonald and Master McDonald, aged 13 months and 8 years respectively, of New York; Ellen Meyer, Cleveland, and Howell Vaughan, of San Bernardino, Col. The accident was due to one train plunging Into the other at the mouth of the tunne at Toledo. Strpt. J. M. Berkey. Somerset County, Pa.: Let us retain the veterans in the teaching service so long as they stand <n the front rank of progress and keep pace with the spirit and needs of our schools; but if they are not successful, not willing to advance in the profession and to increase their efficiency from year to year, then let them step down and ouL Stale SnpL A. S. Draper, New Tories If there is Any one thing that the school work of this country needs, it is that no person shall be permitted' to teach who has not received soma practical training. ...__ . .