Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 March 1893 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

A sole leather trust has beer forrtied. -jwo more bridges may to: biii'l between New York and Brooklyn. Ex-Senator Saulsbury, of Delaware, died at Wilmington, Wednesday. The Minnesota Senate lias passed a hill extending, suffrage la women. The Cumberland (Md.) tin-plate mill has gone into the hands of a receiver. ' : • The New York' Legislature * has appropriated £300,000 for the World's Fair. The original .Constitution of thq United States will be taken to the World's Fair. Four men and a child were burned to death in an apartment house tire at Cleveland, Thursday. The Southern Oregon nickel mines have been sold to an English syndicate which is capitalized at $8,000.000. Corbett, the pugilist, and party. Wed nesday, were refused entertainment at a leading Pittsburg hotel. Revenue officers seized an illicit distill.-ry in Moore county, North Carolina, in the middle of Tuckahoo pond. Advices from Boring sea show that the steamer Alexander, from San Francisco, is already in forbidden waters. ! W. W. Stout, postmaster at Morrilton, Ark., has disappeared, a defaulter to the extent of several thousand dollars. The imports of specie at the port of New York, last week, were 61.120,820, of which $1,475,033 was gold and 6410,77.") silver. ' Jacob Schaefer, the billiard player, fell and broke his wrist at Chicago, Tuesday, consequently his match with Slosson is off, for the present at least. # Cincinnati and. Covington ice manufacturers and dealers have formed a combine capitalized at 63,000,000, to control the trade of the two cities. Smallpox has broken out in the old men's pavilion of the almshouse at Soako Hill, In. J. There are over one hundred cases in the pelt hospital. 1 Joseph Kicrsy, a Brooklyn man, while suffering from the grip, saturated his clothes with coal.oil and set lire, to them, and died from the burns received. A monster home rule meeting was held at New York, Sunday night. A message of congratulation ■ was -cabled to Mr. Gladstone. Bonrko Coekran delivered an eloquent address. The little town of Purvis; Miss., was almost totally destroyed by fire, Tuesday night. It is said that negroes, who had been worsted in a contest with white men, set the town on lire. Near St. Joseph.Mo.,Wednesday.;!farmer found a box on a sandbar in the river, eontuining the decomposed remains of four men and a woman, who are supposed to h avo been murdered. Ex-Secretary Whitney; who has gone to Cuba ou a pleasure trip, stated to the press at Brunswick, C.\., Sunday, that he had no intention of accepting office under Cleveland's administration, as his private affairs occupied all of his time. The Alierton Library Association, of Monticello, Piatt county. Illinois, has been incorporated and will proceed to erect a building for the line public library to be presented to the city of Monticello by Mrs. Samuel W. Alierton and daughter, of Chicago. The Chicago & Eastern Illinois railway claims to be blocked, and it will receive no more coalfor the Cliicagi> markot. Nearly one thousand miners are thrown out of employment in Vermillion county in consequence, and mining in (Tay county is seriously set hack. ... Witl.Waldorf sior-^-w-iio—roeently~ «»- barked in journalism in London, will start a literary magazine to bo published simultaneously’.in London and Ne w York. May 1. it will l»> known as the Pall Mall Magazine; and will he sold for One shilling, or 25 cents in American money. The relations between Rev. Sam dunes and Rev. Mr. Dobbs, at Oartersyille, (hi., art' very much strained. It is alleged that both ministers .carry pistols and a bloody encounter is confidently expected. The lie has passed, and the community is divided on denominational lilies. Chief Murray, of the Otoes. arrived at Tahloquah, I. T., Friday, from the Kiowa nation with .the information t hat the Kiowas. Otoes and Missouris are dancing and predicting the coming of the Messiah. Jin says that the older ones are frantic, and that unless the careless Indian agents do something trouble will result. Tho great annual boat race between Oxford and Cambridge, crews look place on the course from Putney to Mortlake, Wednesday. Tho distance is four miles. The Oxford crew won by half a boat length. Tho finish was one of the most oxciting in tho history of these contests and was witnessed by thousands of spectators. “Atan auction sale of Washington relics at Philadelphia. Wednesday, an autograph letter by the Father of his country, dated Mt. Vernon, Dec. 13, 1790, one day before his death, and the last letter he ever wrote, was sold to the Pennsylvania Historical Society for 6830. Washington's secretary and hook-case was sold for 18, 000. other relics brought high prices.

FOREIGN.

Po I-. 00 received the princess of Wales and party, Thursday. Mayor Alexjeff, who was shot by a nihilist, died at Moscow, Thursday. George William Francis Sackville Russell, tenth Duke of Bedford, died at London, Thursday. The Russian Government has suspended the coinage of silver on private account for the reason that tire silver ruble is now cheaper than paper. The Mexican volcano, San Martin, that has been dormant for a century, has been belching forth (lame, lava and ashos for the past two weeks. There is a bill before the Canadian Parliament to incorporate the North American Canal Company. The proposed line is between Lake Erie and the seaboard. 4 In the Panama cases Wednesday at Paris, after the Jury had returned verdicts of of guilty, tho Court sentenced M. Bui hut to Imprisonment for five years, to pay a fine of 75,000 francs, and to the loss of civil rights. M. Blondin was sentenced to imprisonment for two years, and Do Lesseps to imprisonment for one year, the time to run currently with the five years’ sentence alroady Imposed upon blip. A correspondent of the London Daily Telegraph, who Is traveling In Ulster, writes that preparation* have now gone so far that nothing can prevent bloodshed if the home-rule hill lx< passed. Despite the denials of Mr. Morley, Chief Secretary lot Ireland, the correspondent says It Is . . -Mpaifi.jatS' ' v “ ... - ...

certain that tho military authorities ar* seeking barrack accommodations in Belfast for a considerable body of troops.

WASHINGTON.

list of Presidential nominations. No new names were senlTfC ' ” The Republican Senators will endeavor to defeat the reorganization of the Senate as proposed by the Democratic caucus. The Blair. - familywill leave Washington,in May and go abroad for a year’s residence. i The Senate, Wednesday, confirmed the nominations of Frank Burke, as District Attorney, and W. il. llawkins, as Marshal, for Indiana. Lx-Congressman Wheeler, of Michigan, was offered tho Commissionership of Pensions, Wednesday,.but dedified the office on account of ill-health. Secretary Morton announced the name of the new statistical agent- for Indiana Friday. He is \V. L. Argo, of Fort Wayne, and the appointment is put down to tho credit of Congressman McNagny. The salary is 5900. The Democratic Senate caucus, Tuesday, sejected Wm.B.’ Cox. of North Carolina. for Secretary; R. J. Bright, of Indiana, for Sergeant-at-arms, and Rev. W. H. Milbnrn, at present chaplain of tho House of Representatives, for Chaplain.

PRESIDENTIAL FAVORITES.

The President, Wednesday, sent the following nominations to the Senate: John S. Seymour, of Connecticut, to bo Commissioner of Patents. Silas W. Lanioreoux, of Wisconsin, to bo Commissioner of the General Land Office. William il. Sims, of Mississippi, to be First Assistant Secretary of Interior. Edward A. Bowers, of Washington, D. C., to bo Assistant Commissioner of the General Land Office. Justice Horace 11. Lurton, of Tennessee, to be Ignited. States Circuit Judge for the Sixth judicial circuit. Philip Zoorcher, to be postmastor at Tell City. Ind. Mr. Zoereher is editor of a German newspaper at Tell City and has represented hts county in the Legislature.

MORE SIBERIAN CRUELTY.

Horrible Story of an American Sailor—- • Eighteen Hundred Convicts YVe>;riug Ball and Chain. The Ganlic which arrived at San Francisco from China, Friday, brought A. Paradise, a sailor, who with another sailor named Wilson went ashore on tho coast of Kamschatka to fill water casks. A hurricane drove their vessel off, and tho men traveled inland,, until they were seized by Russian soldiers, and sent To Caradock as spies. Paradise tells of horrible cruelty inflicted on the prisoners there. Although Wilson and himself were roughly treated, they were not flogged as other prksoners. There were about six thousand convicts at the station,and every Wednesday those who had disobeyed the rules during tho week were given fifty lashes with the knout. A woman about to become a mother was knouted, and three hours later gave birth to a dead child. Of the six thousand convicts in camp eighteen hundred wore a ball and chain. Many men were too fceblo to walk, and were dragged along by their companions. Soldiers would prod them with bayonets to make them move more quickly. Tho convicts were fed with black bread and raw salt meat.; Finally Paradise and Wilson were taken to Vladiovstock. From there they were sent to - the Kara gold fields, a fifteen days’ journey. They suffered frightfully from hunger and fatigue. Wilson gave out and had tn tie carried in a wagon. The United .Statesship Marion arrived at Yladiov-... stock, and the commander, hearing of the fate of his counteymen, demanded theirreleaso. After some delay the inen were given up and taken to Shanghai. As soon as Paradise was able, to travel he embarked on the Gaelic for America.

NEW STAKE RACE PROGRAM.

The Terre Hate trotting association has decided to offer tho following nomination, two thonsandrdoliar stakes: Free-for-all trot, free-for-all pacer 2:15 trot. 2:19 trot, 2:22 trot, 2:28 trot, 2:14 pace, 2:17 pace, and 2:25 pace. The conditions are: First payment, May 6,637.50; second payment, June 7,-637.50; third payment, August 15, 625, at which time all entries must ho named. Tho horses must bo eligible to classes May 6, entries to close on that date. The program of the stake races is designed to supply tho place of tho five stakes, including the tcn-thousand-dollar free-for-all stallion race, which failed to fill. The regular purse races will be announced shortly before race week.

DEATH OF ELLIOTT F. SHEPARD.

Caused by Administration of Ether Preparatory to Surgical Examination. Col. Elliott F. Sheppard, editor of the New York Mail and Express, died suddenly at New York. Friday, following the administration of ether by his physician, preparatfrtTrttr an examination to ascertain whether the Colonel was suffering from stone in the bladder. Col. Shepard was in good health and had been at his office every day. No member Of the family knew he was ill or that an operation was contemplated. He was a son-in-law of the late W. IT. Vanderbilt, and was nearly seventy years of age at the time of his death.

"OH, MOTHER, I'M DRUNK !"

A Flrc-Tcar-Old Child Drink* Whisks* and Dies. Blanche Bulger, aged five years.fell limp at her mother’s foot, Saturday, at Maysville, Ky., exclaiming, “Oh, mother, I’m drunk.” It Is not known liow much whisky the child drank, but physicians think it must have been nearly a half pint. The child died of passive congestion of the brain, caused by the effects of the Whisky.

TREASURE TROVE.

Workmen at Durango. Mex.. Wednesday, while excavating for the foundation of a new building, came upon a large box filled with 'old Spanish gold (joins. The value of tho find will reach at least SIOO,OOO. j_°_ . Rear Admiral G. K. Bolknalc. U. S. N.. expresses himself warmly in favor of the United States assuming a protectorate, over the Sandwich islands.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Anderson races begin July 18. Christian church circles areal! torn up Lee Neal, of Hartford City, is mysteriously missing. Blackford county will build a new courthouse, costing 685,000. •Six otters wore caught reccnttyta White river, near Petersburg. the total abstinence pledge. The Crawfordqville creamery has been sold to satisfy claims of creditors." • The Methodist church Al Atlanta was badly wrecked by Thursday night's storm. William Finch, of Fayette county, a farm hand, committed suicide by hanging. Eastern capitalists are reported as having purchased the Terre. Haute street railway. : : ~ Ashley new elaims 500 population. Five months ago there were not ten people in the town. The annual reunion of the Thirtieth Indiana Regimental Association will be held at Monroeville, April 30. Enoch Mow, a Republican, was declared guilty at Plymouth of bribery at tho Presidential election. Mrs. Minnie Cramer, of Wabash, has has begun suit against Florence Ransoy for $6,000 for defamation of character. Mrs. Elmina Louisa Johnson, former superintendent of the Woman's Reformatory, died at Indianapolis, Wednesday. The Allen county commissioners have raised thesalariesof the judges of the Superior and Circuit Courts to 63,500 annually. Auburn’s marshal has a neatly cushioned wheelbarrow for taking bums to the “calaboose” when the '‘jag” is a little heavy. Several persons are searching the country near Yountsvillo for an aerolite which is supposed to have fallen there Thursday night. The Westfield furniture factory, which has been controlled by a receiver for the past year, has been sold to a company headed by Levi White. Cyrus Mock, the young man who was taken from his sick bed and baptized in a tank of water at Knox recently, died Friday, as a result Of exposure to cold water. At Tipton the roof of the county poor house was taken off Thursday night in the storm, and the bridge across Whit*-, river at Mitchell was blown from its abutments. Postmaster Tindelph, of Vincennes, moved the postoffiee in to a building owned by himself, and Thursday a telegram from Washington ordered him to return to the old quarters. A female hugger is the latest sensationat Newport. She catches the men at night and hugs them and of course every man now has business down town after dark. The wives are going a gunning for the “hugger.” Sylvester Tcany, a Big Four brakeman, while coupling cars at Columbus, was crushed to death. The deceased recently married the widow Hemphill, of Indianapolis, whose first husband, a Big Four employe, also met liis death by accident. Dan Reese, a young farmer residing on James Ross’s farm, west of Muncie, is the possessor of a young pig that lias five distinct. ears. There are two. ears on one side'of the head and three on the other. The pig is a great curiosity and seems happy. Miss Sarah Smith and Mr. Unverzaght, of Richmond, were betrothed-in marriage.-■ The bride was a Protestant and tfte groom a Catholic, and neither would consent to be married by a minister of opposite faith. Thereupon they compromised by going to' an adjoining State and calling upon a magistrate. A syndicate, which is understood to be headed bv Senator Brice, lias secured option or. several hundred acres of land ton miles west of Mancie, on Killbuck creek, near Reed's station, and ten manufacturing concerns will be located there. The new town!will be known as Brico City or Uricotbn. The Delaware county commissioners have ordered elections in several town--hips April 29, for thephrpose of voting SB the question of gtving a subsidy to two railroads now seeking admission to Mancie. One road is an extension of the Midland from Anderson. The other is a line running from Chicago to Columbus. - Miuring a theatrical 1 performance at Warsaw, Wednesday night, a fly-wheel used in producing the saw mill scene In the comedy of “Josh Sprucoby” burst.’ and a fragment struck Edward Smith, who was assisting behind the scenes, fracturing his skull. Physicians pronounce the injury serious. Grading has begun on the “Mooney Latteral railway’ at Columbus. The officers and stockholders are owners and omployes of the large tanning plant of W. W. Mooney & Sons, the largest tannery in tho world. The railway will fco less than one-quarter of a mile in length, and is being constructed for connection with the Big Four. A dispatch from Jeffersonville to the Indianapolis News, Thursday, says: The prospeets of crops were never better at this season, in tact tho farmers declare the wheat looks too well, and they fear that they will not be able to obtain a price for it when the selling time comes. The peaches and early fruits are budding rapidly and tbc indications are for a great fruit crop.

Christian Snyder, a German residing near Roanoke, claims to have held odice longer than any one in the State. He has been tho supervisor of the roads in Jackson township for over thirty-three years, and, with the exception of one year, these have ail been successive. Snyder is about seventy years old and is a bachelor. He is a candidate for re-election this year. Gabriel Godfrey, the last of the Miami Indian chiefs, has sued Miami county to recover taxes paid by him on Indian lands for tho last twenty years. The suit involves many thousand dollars. Godfrey has always maintained that the assessment and collection of taxes from Indians was illegal, and has paid them under protest. Old residents at Brownsburg say that the Asiatic cholera is preceded by what is know as “cat cholera.” The people there are becoming serionsly alarmed, owing to the fact, that the feline race has been dying at an alarming rate there during the recent warm weather. Tho cholera acts upon the cats the same as upon persons. Michael Caddcn. of Terre Haute, hailed

a motor car, which failed to stop, and he .fired two shots at the motorman and the I conductor, hitting the car but missing the I men. Cadden followed until be found another motor at rest, and he revenged' himself fey drivings the-empleyes from their post. Still later he took two shots -at-another passings car, with equally as unsuccessful results. The Evansville Tribune is authority for the statement that a syndicate of local politicians have made the Shanklfns an offer of $50,000 for the Courier plant, and that the Shanklins are asking 555,000. The Tribune also says that Mr. Shanklin and his friends are determined to establish a daily evening paper at Indianapolis as the organ of that wing of the State Dem--oeraey of which he is the ackntnv lodged leader. On the night of Fob. 21, two Indianapolis young men, named Van Guysling arid Morrison, hired. ajiveryrig and drove in.to the country six miles to the farm of Peter Poland, where they made a clean sweep of the chicken roost, taking away with them six dozen fowls. The thieves were arrested the next day, and in the Marion Criminal Court, March 22. Were sentenced to eighteen months in tho Prison North and fined SSO each.

W. H. HAWKINS, UNITED STATES MARSHAL FOR INDIANA.

LE GRAND TOUR.

A Novel Bet—Miss Doolittle's Swing Around the Circle. As the result of a bet among Chicago railroad men that a lady could leave Chicago and travel via Portland, Ore., Han Francisco, El Paso, City of Mexico, New Vork'ahd Boston, and then hack to Chicago without putting her foot upon the ground, such befng the perfect connecting facilities that she would never be obliged to go outside of railroad stations, Miss Bessie Mitchell Doolittle, of that city, having been selected as the person tq decide the bet, left Chicago at 10:30 f>. m., March 22, via the Chicago Northwestern. By the terms of the bet the lady is permitted to leave the railway depot at tlie City of Mexico to call on President Diaz. The whole ride will be on standard guage railways except from the City of Mexico to Laredo, Tex, Miss Doolittle expects to rctur-i to Chicago April 10. Six conductors on the New York Central. five on the Rome, Watertown & Ogdonsburg and two on the West Shorerailways have been dismissed for con spiracy to defraud the companies. They were discovered by detectives who traveled in the disguise of drummers.

THE MARKETS.

• Indianapolis. March 2S. 1833; Quotations for Indianapolis when not spscilled OH A IN. Wheat—No. 2 rod, oie; No. 3 rod, 63c; wagon wheat, 60c. Corn No. 1 white, 41c; No. 2 white, 4114 c; white mixed. 4 off.; No. 3 white, 40c; No.-2 yellow, 3l»c; No. 3 yellow,. .3S)£c; No 3 mixed, 3oj4c; N 0.3 mixed, 3Je. car,.33Mc. Oats—No. 8 white, 33>|c; No. 3 white, 33c: No. 2 mixed, 3i'<e; rejected, 36c. flay—Timothy, choice, $13.00; No. 1. $12.00; No. 2. 810.00; No. 1 prairie, *7.50; No. 2. 85.60; mixed hay, $7.50. Bran 1ie.50 per ton. —«■ — ~'" rr rWtrpirt. —(inrn. : Oats. j Rye. Chicago 2 r’d 73 i 11 3014 .. Cincinnati.- 2 r’<l *8 I ll‘4 84-* 58 St. Louis. ... 2 r’d «'•*.( 27*4 3114 67*4 Now York 2 r’d 7*4 53 % 33 > Baltimore . 7t’» 43 4114 63 Philadelphia. 2 r’d 73 40 41 Clover Toledo ! 63 13 STTTrHHr Detroit 1 wh B ‘' -OK 38 ' Minneapolis.. GO CATTLE. Export grades $5 03®5 51 Good to choice shippers 4 Fair to medium shippers 3 20,31 35 Common shippers 3 25<«53 7o Stockers, common to good 3 75@4 85 Good to choice heifers. 3 7i(gl 25 Fair to medium lioifors 3 25(t53 60 Common, thin heifers 2 50.«!3 0j Good to choice cows 3 Fair to medium cows 2 50.&3 01 Common old cows 1 50@2 2i Veits, good to choice ~. 350 a>6 00 Bulls, common to medium.... 2 507*3 00 Milkers, good to choice 30oo(310aj Milkers, common to medium... lioos, Heavy packing* 7.50@8. 6 5 Mixed 735.(<5r,7j Light 7.0J>»7.55 Heavy roughs [email protected] SHEET. Good to choice sheep $4.2503.03 Fuir to medium sheep 3,50^4.23 Common slieop 2.50(§3.00 Good to c4toice Inmbs 4.75 c»5.5'J Common to medium lambs 3.7504.'5 Bucks, per head 2.50(3(5.20 I'OULTBY AND OTDEK PRODUCE. • Jppultry—liens,*,ti'cV Jb;youngchickens !0e 9 R>; turkeys, LKnltc o>. ducks, 7c 9 lb;geese, $5.40 for choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 17c. Butter—Choice country buttor, 14016 c; common, 8(310c; creamery, retailing from store at 25c. Choeso—Now York full cream. 13®llc; skims, s(ft7c 9 o>. (Jobbing prices.) Feathers—Prime geese 40c V lb; mixed duck, 20c 9 lt<Beeswax*- Dark, 15 c; yollow,2oc (gelling) Wool—Fino merino. 16 418 c; unwashed combing, 21c; tub washed, 31033 c. HIDES, TALLOW, ETC. Hides—No. 1 green hides, 3c; No. 2 green hides. No. 1(1. 8. hides, 43gc; No. 2G. 8. hides, 3>fc: No. 1 Hallow, 4c; No. 2 tallow, 3hfc. Horse Hides—s2(<(!s2.2s. t Tallow—No. 1.4 c; No.2.3J£c. Grease—White. 4ci yellow, 3>fc; brown. 3c. raurrs and vegetables. Potatoes—' @3 4c® bu. Lemons—Choice. 83.30 i® box; fancy, 14.0 . Onions—s3.7s@<q® brl;Spanish,Bl.so per cme. Maole syrup, $1 i>er gallon; maple suar 10c per pound.

BERING SEA ARBITRATION

Statement of the Dispute With , Great Britian. The Arbitrator's Board Will Hold SeaMon* With Open Doom at Paris. TheN. Y. Herald's Paris cable of Sun* 7 dgysaYsr~“A:t the aftgting qn Tharsd ay of the Behring sea arbitrators It was .decided that the sitting of the tribunal should not bo held abehind closed doors. This permits making public the exact ; points ojyjie contention between the United States and Great Britian. Briefly stated, the case of the United States is that the Alaskan fur sea! is begotten, born and reared only upon tho Pribylov or Sea. Islands in the Bering sea, to which islands they return every spring to spend several months, consortl ng together in accorJauee with their gregarious nature; that while at these islands the seals are easily controlled; that can he aiuL has been exercised; that while from the islands during migration, which reaches as far south as the coast of California, they land on no other shore and mingle with no other herd of fur seals; that because of these habits the Alaskan herd and each individual of it is tho sole property of the United States. It is claimed that a>large p<‘iventago%f *be seals killed by open sea hunters are females. the majority of which are about to become or are mothers* The destruction of the pregnant female causes the dea th of the unborn young. The death of the mother seal, Killed while in search of food in the waters of the Bering Sea, destroys tho offspring on the Pribylov rookeries. It is further claimed that many of the seals shot in the open sea by hunters, escape mortally wounded or sink before the hunter reaches them. On the Islands only a limited number of the male seals are killed. As the seal is polygamous, a largo number of mate seals can be killed without affecting the birth rate of the herd. On these facts the American Government claims that from tho nature of the industry established on tho Pribylov islands the -United States has the right to protect and preserve these seals wherever tluty may be found, as the animals can only be killed on United States territory without danger of extermination. The case of Groat Britain, on the other hand, is that the Alaskan seals have not the characteristics of animals that can be made subject to property; that it is not certain they land only on the Pribylov islands, or that they do not in term Engle with tho Russian seals, or that they are pelagic in nature and, therefore, should bo treated as fish rather than as animals; that many of the propositions essential to the position taken by tho United States are unproven or contrary to the facts. As to the pelagic sealing it is claimed that the destructiveness and wastefulness have been greatly exaggerated, that itisa legitmate and proper method of taking seals, and that it can bo prosecuted without danger of exterminating the herd. Both nations concede that the seals have decreased, tho. United States charging such decrease to the destruction of the producing sex by open sea sealing, Great Britain claiming that tho present condition has been caused by the excessive number of males killed on the islands and the injurious effect of the methods there employed, '

English Election Laws.

r T»lcagpliitcr-6c?an. The British laws governing -the qualifications for suffrage; are ex-. tended and complicated,, and cover various requirements of property, occupations, and residence. When 3 Parliamentary election is to be held, a writ is first sent out by the Crown. A day Is then fixed by the returning officer to receive the names of the candidates. Voters are registered under the law and votes are east, in accordance with the ballot act, in booths, each voter stepping inside of the booth, marking on his ticket- the name of his chosen eandi-. ilate7 theh himself folding the paper and dropping it in the batlot box. The British laws against bribery ate very strict, and the one passed in 1883, which is known as “the corrupt practices act,” is the most stringent of aJTana has" practieaHy exterminated all influence, even indirect, over’ voters. By this' law the sum which a candidate may spend on his election is strictly limited, and severe penalties are decreed for any expenditure beyond its limit. The law provides that a promise to give refreshment, to pay traveling expenses, to procure an office, a id. indeed, to give any consideration, is to be construed as bribery if obviously offered to secure the friendship of the voter. Loans or large charitable payments, the employment of voters, even giving a holiday to workmen without deducting wages, can be construed as bribery, and if it appears that a candidate or any of his friends has been guilty of bribery, or even that bribery has occurred that can be traced to i.o one, the election is void; and any persons proved guilty are punished by imprisonment or fined, and by civil incapacity to run for any oflic for seven years and disfranchisemeet for the same period.

A Natural Compass.

The common rosin weed, as it is called, is a compass plant, the erect leaves, when growing in the open field, always pointing due north and south. When it grows in protected localities, in the shade of trees, fences or walls, its leaves, like those of any other plant, will turn towards the light, but in the open ground its apprehension of the points of the compass is infalliable, and on the Western praries it lias often aided travelers in their journey by pointing out the proper direction. Two Americans, named Weill and Robb, of New Orleans, committed suicide at Monte Carlo, Monday, after having been ruined at the gambling tables. They were traveling for pleasure.

FIRE AT THE PRISON SOUTH.

A Lom of *so,ooo—Eli«n*f Started la the SauUle- Tree Shops. At 10:30 a. m,, Thursday, the Claggett saddle-tree sli.tp at lip Prison South caught tire from a Gefectivc’Jlfie. and in a few moments the entire building was wrapped in flames and smoke, the conview au.l free men working there barely having time ?■> escape. The fire rapidly spread to the. UAS.ir-.-hop adjoining f&* dining hail, end to the hospital, and the ■warden had the sick and ins;;no rapidly, removed, and all the men in tho other buildings, taken fromTfifLc<dis. ¥ho great fear being that Ur** d'-nsestnoke wmtfdsuf-> locate. A relay of men under ths leader.ship of. Warden Patten and Jake Hmyser, president of the car-works, worked ;heraieally, but for a while j.t poked as if tho high wind would c:rrry the Maze to every building, and the entire prison would go. The lqss to the State wili lx* heavy. Nothing In tho Claggett liiillding was saved. Tne tailor shop is completely gutted, and the hospital is partially burned, while the roof ot the chapel is somewhat damaged, Dennis & Claggett’s loss is not known, but it must reach up to 630,000 with the maidl can not ha far short of 150,000, if It does not go over. The Claggetts carry $35,000 insurance. The convicts made no attempt - to escape.

DISTRICT ATTORNEY BURKE.

Brlof Sketch of the Uulted States bistrlct Attorney for Indiana, The nomination and confirmation of Frank Burke as United States District Attorney for Indiana has probably caused tnoro comment and criticism than any other of Prosident Cleveland’s appointment*. Mr. Burke was born qt Jefferson-

FRANK BURKE.

ville, December 26,1856. Ho was educated it the public schools there and at St. Joseph’s College, Bardstown, Kr. He attended the law school of the University jf Louisville, and was elected county prosecutor In 1880, before completing tho course. He was re-elected in 1882 %r.d 1884. [n 1888 he was elected Joint Senator for Clark, Scott and Jennings counties.

TARIFF REFORM.

Draft of a New Tariff Bill Completed by the New Turk lteform Club. The special committeo of the Reform Club, of New York, has completed a draft ;f a tariff bill which will be submitted »• Socretar) C irlftle and urged upon Congress as a substitute for the present tariff laws. "All crude materials are to be admitted freed duty. All duties are to fco jtrictly ad valorem, except thoso which are levied as compensatory for Interna! revenue tax OS ftH Riinilitr production. Duties on liquor and tobacco are to be levied with a view to obtaining tho greatest amount of revenue. All forms of crude metal in ores, pigs, ingots and bars are to be f,rce of duty. Tin plates are to be taxed not more than 20 per cent. All manufactures of wood are placed In tho 20 per cent. list. No article is to be taxed more than 25 per cent. It Is estimated th>t the tariff outlined by this proposed measure would produce an •mmediats revenue of $120,0000 0 per annum. The amount is so largo that an exhaustive discussion Of the bill as drafted Is recommended. This draft is intended only as a suggestion bo Congress from leading tariff reformers. Secretary Carlisle stated, Thursday, in discussing tho matter, that the work of preparing a tariff bill had not been delegated to outside parties by the administration, but that he will himself devote much of the coming summer to preparing a bill to submit to Congress in December.

SOUTHERN TORNADO.

The Town* of Tanlca und Kelly Mia*., leveled to the Ground. Scattering reports coming to Memphis from points in West Tennessee and Northern Mississippi indicate that a tornado whirled up the Mississippi valley from the southwest, Thursday afternoon, crashing and sweeping houses liko straw stacks along in its mad path. The damage at Tunica, Miss., was great. Abont 3:30 O’clock in the afternoon the sky in tho southwest began to darken, and a low wailing sound announced a storm. Within a few minutes tho wind came along with terrible velocity. The first hard blow gave way to the tornado, and houses were crushed like egg shells. Trainmen on the Kansas City, Memphis & Birmingham railroad report that Kelly, Miss.,was wiped off tho face of the earth, not a soul being left to tell the A special train left Memphis for Kelly at 9:30 p. m. An other report says the loss of life, If any, is anknown. Great damage was dons throughout the South. The full details cannot be ascertained at this writing. " A terrific wind storm, accompanied by electrical disturbance and heavy rain, visited central Indiana, Thursday night. At Indianapolis the damage was heavy, many buildings being totally destroyed, fences leveled and many people seriously Injured. The Senate committee of the Kansas Legislature which has been investigating charges of bribery against members and tftate officials have received some startling testimony. Many high officials are Involved., Dwight/ L. Moody and a corps of home and foreign Christian workers, will hold a*< series of Evangelical meetings at Chicago daring the World’s Fair. ,