Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 July 1893 — Page 3

THE NEWSOT THE WEEK

The gold reserve nas climbed up to $98,093,141. ‘ ' Anew comet has appeared and may easily be seen by the naked eye. Fred D. Grant, late United States minister to Austria, has returr.cll to this country. Maj. E.. W. Halford, paymaster in the regular army, has returned to Washington from Paris. The Kansas militia is being reorganized. This move, it is said, is in the interest of the PopulisV. Two Chinamen at Petoskey Mich. v will test the validity of the Geary lap; in the United States Court. _ . - -..J. ~-_X Fred D. Grant,ex-United States Minister to Austria; is visiting .ex-President Harrison, at Cape May Point. ’ Although ?7,QtX) and • many ear loads of provisions have been sent to Pomeroy, la., people there are suffering for food. An anti-Tammany organization, under the auspices of the Citizens’ Democracy, has been perfected at New York City. New York bankers are disposed to look on the bright side of the financial situation, and say that the monetary stringency is passing away. Seven persons were killed in a railroad wreck at Newburgh, N. Y., Thursday. The train ran into an open switch in the West Shore yards. 5 The indications are that there will be a large movement of hay from Baltimore to France owing to the reported shortage of hay and forage crops in that country. The number of dead from the lire at the cold storage building, at Jackson Park, now reaches seventeen. Other deaths from injuries received at that time may result. -—— - Whitelaw Reid, in an interview at Chicago, Wednesday, made a very caustic reply to some ill-tempered strictures by ExSenator Ingalls on his Vice-Prcsidental candidacy. Oscar Neebc, the anarchist, who was recently released from the penitentiary! and Mrs. Eliza Hepp were married at Chicago. The bride is the owner of a flourishing saloon. 2 Vandals painted the statue of P. T. Barnum In Seaside Park, at Bridgeport, Conn., red, Sunday night, and covered the steps with inscriptions derogatory to the character of the deceased showman. Prof. Ganendra Nath Chakravarti. of Allahabad, India, will attend the forthcoming World’s Fair Congress of Religions. He is a high caste Brahmin, and a Theosophist and .Sanskrit scholar of note. The troops which have been kept at the Coal Creek mines, in Eastern Tennessee, since the beginning of the trouble between the convicts and free miners, eighteen months ago, are to bo withdrawn. Deputy Sheriff Thomas, of Mobile county, Alabama, was killed by two men at the village of Whistler, whom he had arrested fora triflihg offense. He had four bullet wounds on his body and his skull was crushed. The funeral of eight unidentified victims of the World’s Fair fire-took place, • Friday, from the engine house at No. 45 Cottage Grove avenue, Chicago. The Exposition authorities furnished musie and carriages for- the occasion. ~ Gen. Lew Wallace, in an interview at New Yprk, Thursday, expressed the opinion that the Sherman law would not be repealed by the coming special session, and is disposed to think that matters will more likely be made worse than better by that body.. A mass meeting of the State Silver League of Colorado was held at Denver, Tuesday, and demanded in a series of resolutions, “free coinage or nothing.’’ Gov. Waite, in the course of an address, said: “If the money power shall attempt to sustain its usurpation by the strong hand we will meet that issue when it is forced upon us, for it is better Infinitely that blood should flow to the horses’ bridles rather than our national liberties be destroyed. If it is true that the United States is unable to carry out its governmental policy without the dictation or consent of foreign powers; if we area province of European monarchies, then we need another revolution, another appeal to arms, and we have won that battle. If war is forced upon us we will send to Halifax a far greater army of British tories,‘according to our population, than our forefathers sent there after the revolutionary war. The was has begun; it is the Same war which must always be waged against oppression and tyranny to preserve the liberties of man.” The speech created a great sensation.

FOREIGM.

Chancellor Von Caprivi is seriously ill. France and Siam will probably go to war. Eighty-five cases of cholera are reported in the hospital at Alexandria, Egypt. Forty deaths from the disease have occurred. The Uruguay Congress has made an appropriation of an additional 110,000 for the exhibit of Uruguay at the Worlds Fair. Members of the Chamber of Deputies of the State of La Plata have asked the Argentine Federal Congress to annul the decree for disarmament of its military forces and trouble is feared. 6Of the 480 members of the Italian Senate 123 are charged with complicity, director indirect, in the bank scandals. About one hundred membenof the Chamber of Deputies are similarly implicated. Festivities over the royal wedding on the 6th continued in London over the Sabbath. TheCzarewitch, in attendance at the wedding, has given those having the care of his person in charge the greatest trouble by his indifference to danger, and has laughed at the precautions taken to guard him from the assaults of Nihilists. Several times this dare-devil heir to the Russian throne has given his body guard the slip and mixed with the London populace on the street in the most reckless way. :

WASHINGTON.

\A/ z T ~ The Board of Promotions in the Interior . Department, which yas created by an order Issued Dec. 31 t 1852, hasbeen abolished. The Columbia iron works Eave notified ' to the Government. Nearly 94,000,000 wortfi of National bank/ notes were issued to the'National banks last month and thmprospeets are that the ‘ demand for oiMufation will this month reach at least 96,000,000. yt» Mi aUilfai Juk', Postmaster General Bissell has decided'

to abandon the tKree sizes of postal cards now in nse. and to substitute one size foi both single ap<f reply cards. With tlial juepose ih vießrJthgcl specifications xvhtch have been sent to prospective bidders tin the contract of furnishing the postal service with cards during the next four yean call for single cards of the uniform sfeeof inches, This is what is known as the international size.it being used generally by the countries composing the national postal union. Tlje double or reply card now in use will be continued, with the size, when folded, reduced to that o! the international card. These two cards will take the placer’ of the small, or woman’s card, the medium and largp care and the targe return card.

NATIONAL MEAT INSPECTON.

Some of the DI (advantages- -Excessive Cost for Amount Involved. Secretary Morton has been trying to reduce tffe force of National Meat Inspectors without impairing its efficiency. He does not propose to stop meat inspection, but thinks the benefits derived’ from the execution of the law are purchased at toe great a cost. During the past two years the value of meat inspected for exportation was $4,577,473. During that period the government paid to microscopists ths sum of $224,465, and expended $8,475 for miclbscopes. Other incidental expenses were $6,639, making the total expense S per cent, of the value of the meat exported.- The question is whether the Country shall be taxed in this way for the benefit of packers of meat who export to countries demanding this inspection. During the same period wo have sold to countries not demanding government inspection more than $34,030,000 of meat products without a dollar of cost to the general public. The countries demanding government inspection are Germany, France; Denmark. Italy, Spain and Austria. The secretary thinks the law very faulty, and will urge its amendment by the next Gongress, but in the meantime will continue meat inspection according to the provision of the statute.

CYCLONIC CONDITIONS.

“Old Probabilities” Issues Some Information and Advice. The recent terribly destructive cyclones in lowa have brought forth a warning bulletin from the weather bureau at Washington. It is estimated. that 170 lives have been lost by these storms since February in Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio, Illinois, New York, West Virginia, lowa, Indian Territory, Nebraska, Oklahoma, the Dakotas and Kansas. One million and a half dollars’ worth of property has been destroyed. In the greater number of these cases warning was given from twelve to twenty-four hours in advance, and people within reach of the agencies were cautioned to be on their guard. As a matter of precaution it is recommended that residents of the States in the upper and central Mississippi and Missouri valleys should provide places of safe resort, such as a portion of the cellars of their houses strongly protected.

THE VIKING SHIP.

Arrive! of the Vessel and Crew at Chi cago. A fleet, containing the man-of-war Michigan, the steamer Blake and a largq. -HiimbeFnf pleasure craft, bearing Mayor Harrison, the city officialsand representatives of the World's Fair Commissioners,

THE VIKING.

left Chicago Wednesday morning and proceeded north to a point off Evanston, where they sighted the Viking ship. Salute were fired and a line was fonued to escort the strange craft to Jackson Park, where they arrived shortly after noon, The hardy Norsemen were given a rousing reception and the little undecked ship that braved the Atlantic waves now peacefully floats tn the lagoon.

CLOSED UP.

The World'! Fair Will Not be Open on Sunday. . At Friday's meeting of tho local directory of the World's Fair, at Chicago./it was decided to rescind tho former action of tho board, by a vote of 24 to 2. /After Sunday, July 16, therefore, the Fiir will remain closed on Sunday during trie balance of the time that tho Exposition continues. The attendance on Sunday has proved too slim to warrant a further continuance of the wide-open policy, and the directors believe that Sunday opening has injured the in other ways.

THE SIAMESE AND FRENCH WAR.

JtoUl* la .Which Twenty Siamese arc Killed and Fourteen Wounded. JA.\dls|latch from Bangko|r, capital Qi Siam, on the 14, states that twenty Siamese were killed and fourteen wounded during the exchange of fires between the forte aVthn toouth of the Melnam river and the French gnplioats Cometo And In&mstante, which forced the passage of the bar in the face of orders from-the Siamese government prohibiting their entry into the river.

HAD A PULL.

George Perrigo caught » snapping turftthead and had W for dinner. Thrbe days afterward he heard a chicken squalling under the house, and upon investigation found that the turtle head had caught it. He had to pry the opefi td release the chicken, wbioh waapo badly injured that It died.— White County Democrat.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Soo H i Bend is long on stray dogs. Raspberries are a drug at New Albany. Jackson county is proud of . its melon ■ ' “7 ' Batesville has depopulation of 1,500—a1l white. TWf-iaL ■. », Wabash county is suffering from the drought. “ Michigan City has fifty-two licensed saloons. The Vigo county poor house is uncomfortably full. The toll road is a thing of the past in Wayne county. Watermelons are a drug on the, Lagrange market. The Terre Haute car works made an assignment, Tuesday. Kokomq papers report two thousand men out of employment. Work is being pushed on the Jeffersonville and Louisville bridge. Grasshoppers arc doing much damage in the vicifiity of Mishawaka. Dangerous counterfeit silver dollars are in circulation at Indianapolis. There are sixty-one horses in training on the Floyd county race track. * The new M. E. church at Greentown will be dedicated on the 23d inst. Andrews is greatly excited over alleged realistic spiritualistic manifestations. Traces of gold are found in the excavations at Whiteley, a suburb of Muncie. Mpncie is overrun with shell workers and gamblers of varied accomplishments. John D. Black, near Kendallville, lost twenty acres of finely growing corn by frost. The corner-stone of a new Presbyterian church at Mt. Tabor has been laid, With appropriate services. ? Many acres of growing corn between Ft. Wayne and Columbia City were ruined by the recent frost. -- ; . „ Two prize fights occurred at the Roby arena, Monday night. Corbett and other distinguished sports were present. A burglar giving the name of John. Sims was captured by R. T. Overman, at Knightstown, after a hard struggle. Gov. Matthews, Tuesday, appointed Hon; Joseph 8, Dailey to the Supreme Bench to succeed Judge Olds, resigned. The transcript of the McDonald will case, containing 585,000 words, has been completed at Noblesville, at a cost of S7OO. : The third international convention of the Baptist Young Peojjle’s Union of America convened at Indianapolis on Wednesday. The transportation committee has secured a one-cent-per-mile railroad rate for the coming G. 4- R- encampment at Indianapolis. ’6The wooden bridge across White river at Martinsville, destroyed in March by a cyclone, has been replaced by a $14,603 iron structure. Mayor Sullivan was renominated by the Democratic city convention at Indianapolis, Tuesday night. He is now serving his second term in that office. Preparations for the State Fair at Indianapolis are in progress. The Board claims that the display will be better than last year in most of the departments. 11. B. Strawn, of Orinoco, is experimenting with wheat of a new variety, which is called poll. Forty stalks sprang from one grain, showing its wonderful prolific qualities. In the northern part of Huntington county is a fourteen acre field of corn that is entirely dead. It was killed clear to the ground by frost on the morning of the Fourth. Trustee Spann, of Anderson, reports that notwithstanding the trouble with the normal school students at Terre Haute, the outlook for the coming year is very favorable. The hunt for gold along the banks of Greasy creek, in Brown county, continues, Several nuggets have been found, averaging $1 and $2 each, and pay dirt has been struck yielding $1.50 per ton. Benjamin Mast, near Nappenee, threw fresh lime on new hay in his mow to sweeten it. It is supposed that the dampness caused the lime to slack, setting fire to the hay and consuming the barn. Ira Sparklin, of Elkhart, a locomotive engineer, while bowling along near Delta, ran into a swarm of bees, which filled the cab. The bees were too badly stunned to sting,and they were sweptout before they recovered. George Kessi. near Winamac, was bitten by a rattlesnake on the finger while piculng huckleberries. He was given whisky and his hand was placed inside a freshly-slaughtered chicken. The two combined saved him. The Hon, Andrew Humphreys, of Linton. is thought to be the only surviving member of the Indiana Legislature of 1849-50. Next year the Democracy of that district propose to nominate and send him to the State Senate. Princeton was visited by a destructive fire, Wednesday. The loss is estimated at $250,000 with insurance amounting to $150,000. An unknown man was killed, i Many were overcome by the heat and ; other fatalities may follow. Judge Gillette, of Valparaiso, Tuesday, j in the case of the State oflndiana against j the Tolleston Club, of Chicago.for the pos- ; session of 40,000 acres of laud in Lake county, decided in favor of the club. The case will go to the Supreme Court. TheM. E. church at Crawfordsville has been newly painted, and the other evening services were held liefora the paint was dry. Scores of dresses were ruined, and there is authority for saying that a madder group of women was never seen in I Indiana. A spring of strong sulphur water was tapped by the New Albany Ornamental Brick Company. It flows freely at the rate of several barrels per minute,and it is claimed that tequality it equals the famous springs at French Lick and West Baden. ' \ Two men. one unknown, the other an Italian laborer named Antonio Emprehehe, were killed by railroad trains at Richmond. Thursday nfght. The accidents occurred at different places, the unknown man losing his life at the State line curve. “ ‘ . ~ i Lon Henderson, who confessed to the murder qf Johp TaYpev, at HaughvUie. some weeks since, has filed his claim wWi the Ha ugh viilc towp board for the S9OO -reward offered by that body for the capture of the murderer. He assigns hl# claim to his mother. The Monon Route has adopted a one* fare round trip rate from all stations to' 'OUMgo to .continue until Um close of ttte 1 .

World's Fair. Thesehalf-fare tickets are first class and entitfe the passenger to sleeping car and other privileges. All other routes will adopt the same rate. Judge Cox, in the Marion County Criminal Court, Wednesday, denied the motion for a new trial in the case of Parker and McAfee, colored, convicted of the murder of Druggist Eyster, and they will hang Nov. 3, if the rilling is not reversed bv the Supreme Court, to w Rich the case will lw appealed. Vandals entered two school-houses near Anderson, tearing the school furniture and other appointments to pieces.. A fine organ in one of the houses used by a Sun-day-school was broken into fragments, and all the Sunday-school boohs, as well as the school furniture, edbinets, etc., were ruined; .lohn l’ieree,-a.JaruJer of Allen., county, fell under his reaper while harvesring. where he was held firmly until the knives had cut off his clothing. His body was slashed and gashed in every direction, and it required one hundred stitches to close cuts, besides numerous strips of courtplaster. Ono leg was broken. ‘ There was a fatal collission on the J. M. & I. railway at Henryville, Clark county, Thursday night. A special freight train ran into a regular freight. George Shirley and Brook Bang, engineer and brakeman, were fatally hurt. A carload, of horses from the race course at Columbus, among them Paulina, were mangled in the wreck. The attendants of Bengalwood and Douglas Wilkes are missing. A man named Rayurn, of New Albany, in charge of another car of horses, was killed. Patents were issued to Indianians, Tues day, as follows: A. L Bernardin, assignor to Bernardiu Metallic Cork Company, Evansville, bottle auncapping tool; J. E. Burke. Anderson, oyster sack; JS. Cam eron, assigner of one-half to W, Erkshiro, Evansville, bran packer; C. W. Clark, ’Mishawaka, boot tree: C. H. Lieber, Indianapolis, supporting standard for pictures; F. L. McGahan, Indianapolis, oil burner; F. L. McGahan, Indianapolis, oil stove and burner; W. 11. Pierce, Anderson, steam or gas regulator; B. Roberts, Indianapolis, fluid fuel atomizing and burning apparatus. A Clover-Leaf freight train went through Greentown at a moderate rate of speed. It was a long train. Toward the rear was a flat-car loaded with lumber, which jumped the main track and landed on a side-track without breaking the coupling, and without accident save that the lumber was spilled. The cars in the rear followed suit. Reaching the end of the side-track the cars again mounted the rails of the main track and the train proceeded without break. This queer accident is vouched for by scores of witnesses, and it is regarded as one of the strangest railroad freaks on record. Thousands of dead fish, including bass, pike, carp and other kinds, have been accumulating in the Mississinewa river at Marion and for five miles up the river to lias City until the stench has become unbearable and the health department has been driven to prompt measures for relief. A few days ago a paper mill at Gas City set in operation a new pulp reducing process. and the destruction of fish is attributed to the alkalies turned into the river by that. An appeal has been made to the State Fish Commissioner, who is expected immediately to apply the law, which in this State fixes a severe penalty for polluting the streams with poison. Treasurer J. K. Armstrong, of Tipton county, Thursday, was discovered to be a defaulter in a sum estimated at from $20,000 to $30,000. His bondsmen demanded a showing, which was refused by the treasurer, who assured them that everything was all right. This was not considered satisfactory, and the sureties caused the arrest of Deputy Treasurer Cal Armstrong, a son of the treasurer, on a charge of embezzlement. He was held in the sum of $20,000, and. failing to give bond, was lodged in jail. The shortage has been suspected for some time, because of Armstrong’s refusal to pay warrants. The reckless course of Deputy Cal Armstrong has been known, and great blame is attached to the senior Armstrong for his over confidence in his son in the face of his manner of doing business. Treasurer Armstrong’s term expires August 17. There are twenty-four bondsmen, twenty of whom are responsible,

THE ENGLISH VIEW.

The London Times, of Wednesday, discussing the silver crisis, says: “The action of Indja and of President Cleveland merely precipitated the trouble caused by America’s silver policy, -her reckless pension Scheme and the McKinley tariff law. The threats from Denver of armed violence if the Sherman law is repealed: will not terrify anybody. Such desperation only proves that the silver mo nopolists are hopeless. Fighting the battle on the ground of political and economical argument, both the material and moral forces are on the side of the classes in Apierica who arc resolved to support no longer the silver burden. If India had allowed the question to drift, the sudden action of America must have disastrously shaken India's credit by closing the mints. Il ls believed that a measure of stability lias been secured which will defy the shock of any change from America pr or elsewhere. In the meantime India's alarm at the sale of council bills under £1 is not justified. The measure is experimental and rates of exchange between any two countries can not be fixed absolutely forever.

HORRORS OF CHOLERA.

The Egyptian med leal, delegate to Mecca gives a horrible account of the condition of pilgrims in that city. The deaths from cholera are double the number officially reported. In the valley of Mouna it is impossible to bury the dead, and the road between Mecca and Moana is strewn with the corpses of pilgrims left to He where they died. In Mecca the lack pf grave diggers has resulted in bodies lying for many days In a state of decomposition before burial. The cholera lias broken out again in the province of klutrson, Russia, and it Is spreading In the vHlages along the Dnelper and DnclsU-r. Tho authorities by stringent measures hope to prevept sjje; plague Itom spreading further.

HIKAYACHILEYMANI WAS DRUNK.

•T A gshg 'of Australian bash -whacking boomcrangers dissipated to exeats ai FL Wbyne, and Hlkavachtfeymanl wgs fined fordrthtfenne!«, 'with two others, with btfimdrb ÜBpronounceaMe nsmes, wens usMMtlfor.aaunlt and battery.:

FATAL FIKE AT THE FAIR.

Twelve Brave Firemen Perish in the Flames. Horning ot Um Col# Storage Warehouse at Jackson Park—Number of Fa tallties Not Known. - Fire broke out in the cold storage warehouse near the Sixty-fourth street entrance to the World’s Fair grounds atl:4o p. m.. Monday. About 1:50 p. m. about thirty firemen were caught in the burning warehouse, tho fire breaking out beneath them. The chances seemed to be that al) would be burned to death. - Three jumped from the top of the tower, which is fully 125 feet from the ground. The eold-stor-age building-, though -seldom entered -by visitors, was one of the most noted landmarks, architecturally, in Jackson Park It is within a short distance of the elevated

THE JUMP FROM THE TOWER.

road terminal, and instantly attracted tho attention of people entering the Fair grounds from the west by reason of its peculiar high tower and unique Venetian windows. No less than twelve firemen lost their lives, but the total number of fatalities. it is thought, will nover be known. The fire was in the cupola which rises fully 200 feet above the ground. The cupola was of wood, highly ornamental. The firemen climbed to the landing near the top to fight the flames, and while some thirty or forty were at this point the fire broke out beneath them with volanic ferocity, making escape Impossible. They were beyond the reach of ladders, and an exclamation of horror wentnp from the 20,000 spectators who had assembled to view the conflagration. Many of the unfortunate aen jumped to certain death on the roof, Inety feet below. Tho, scene was horrl»le. Capt. Fitzpatrick made a heroic rescue of an old personal friend, Marsha) Murphy, but both were so badly injured that it is doubtful if either recovers. A complete list of the dead will probably b< impossible to obtain, as many of the bodies were destroyed and still others disfigured beyond recognition. The building has been considered a fire trap from the first. Prompt measures will be taken for the relief of the afflicted families of the flrcmen killed, and also for the injured. The Mayor will appoint a committee of business men to take charge of for the receiving of donations for the purpose. A number of checks have already been received by him. The World’s Fair Council of Administration approved a plan for the collection of a fund to relievr the ihjtlred 'survivors and families Of the firemen. It was agreed at the suggestion f many of the employes of the lair and •there that Thursday. July 13, be set aside as a day when all employes and pass-holders entering the pass gates at the Fair may, at their option, deposit in a box at the gate the usual admittance fee of 50 cents.

SHERMAN AND HIS BILL

•hto'a Distinguished Senator Tells About Its Passage. Senator John Sherman has written a lengthy letter to Congressman Walker, of Massachusetts, which has been made public. He says the Sherman silver bill was the result of a compromise, and was the only expedient available at the time to defeat free coinage. To defeat a policy so pregnant with evil the Senator was willing to buy the entire product of America ) silver mines at its gold value. He says he has never regretted his action, but now favors the repeal of the bill and the adoption of a different po'icy. With reserves of both gold and silver in proper proportions, he thinks we can maintain the entire body of our currency of all kinds at par. He proposes to fight the revival of State bank issues, which can not be made • legal tender. -

TERRIFIED TRENARY.

The long warfare waged by the ladies of Ossian against the only saloon in the village has resulted in a compromise, by vhich the saloon-keeper, Trenary by name, agrees to go Intoother business and cover again engage In the traffic in that 'dace. The ladies first organized a crusade movement, and for days they bombarded the saloon with prayers and song and with personal intercession. Friends of the ladles, incensed by remarks made by Trecary, then took up the battle, and eventually th® situation became so strained that one morning Trenary found a large dynamite cartridge under his rear door, the fuse of which had failed to burn. This eartride had its influence, however, for toon after Trenary consented to a compromise. His stock of liquors was purchased and destroyed, and he was given a start in other business. A carious a»d Intercrting exhibition will be opened in Cologne on June 1, lx JO, la which will be displayed an iupaomo colleoleeUon of arms, instruments, eta. rerviag toiilustrjtle thpary ®f w.rfarojuuj bearing in any way on the conoitioc of Uocpa or i< The Loadon omaibu company nave only twenty-six coaches' running, and yet they carried over fifty million passenger* during

COLORADO'S CLARION CRY.

Free Coinagn or Death—ln Appealto tha American Paople,, The silver convention, fn Den ver, Wednesday, adopted »long series of resolutions, from which w» estract the following: “The people of Colorado, standing in the gloom of impending disaster and representing in condition and sentiment the people of Montana, Idaho, Nevada, South Dakota, Utah, Arizona and New Mexico, ask for your calm and candid consideration of the following facto before you give your approval to the destruction of silver as money and of the final establishment in this country of the single gold standard. “The Sherman law is not the work of the silver-producing States. It was forced on the country against their will. They have not sought to impose upon the country some new financial nostrum, but have asked simply for the restoration of the coinage laws as they Were from the first year of the Federal Constitution until the furtive repeal of 1873. The Sherman law waa the trjck by which that restoration was defeated. “The charge that the bimetallist demand that 60 cents shall be made a dollar is a lie. It was the trick of the single standard conspirators that lessened the value of silver. Had gold been demonetized instead of silver—retaining for silver its greatest use and chiefest functiqn, and depriving gold of its greatest and chiefest function, gold would not to-day be worth $5 per ounce and silver’s value and purchasing power would be increased largely above its former highest figure. “The silver mining Statesand Territories, embracing 1,000,060 square miles of continent and 2,000,000 Americans inhabiting them, depend pecuniarily upon silver mining for their prosperity. That industry is tho very heart from which nearly every other industry receives support. “Those who contend for the gold single standard wilfully mislead you as to tne cost of producing silver. We say to you liLthe most solemn and truthful manner that reliable statistics prove that, including but legitimate items in the account, the silver of Colorado costs by the time it is on the market not less than $1.29 per ounce. “If the schemes of the gold kings are accomplished—if the present silver law shall no unconditionally repealed, the great bulk of us will be made paupers, and our beautiful and wonderful btate will be set back tn its march of progress more than a quarter of a century. Colorado, great in its resources, proud of its business record, filled with brave men and resolute hearts, makes thts its appeal for preservation to the open-hearted and generous people of the country. We arc confident that It will not be in vain. Hopeful of speedy delivery from the crushing burdens of a financial svstem. begotten of the greed of Great Britain’s remorseless money power and of the prosperity inseparable from an American system, which includes the free coinage of gold and silver at tho American ratio of 16 to J, we submit to the peopleoi the United States this statement of our cansc.” The convention, after arranging for a fund with which to disseminate free coinage literature in the East, adjo’Orinxl sine die. ,

THE MARKETS.

Indianapolis. . CHAIN ASP HAY. Wheat—No. 2 ted.-50c; Nd.' 3 fed, 53@. 54c; No. 4 red, 50c? rejected, unmerchantable, 35@40c; wagon wheat. •». Corn—lto. 1 white. 4OUc; No, 2 white. 40c-.No. 3 white,39c; No. 4 white, 32c;No. 3 white mixed,3Bc; N 0.3 white mixed, 37c; No. 4 white mixed. 30c; No. 2 yellow, 38c; No. 3 yellow, 37c; No. 4 yellow. 30e; No. 2 mixed, 38c; No. 3 mixeds 417 c; No. 4 mixed, 30c; sound ear. 41e tar yellow. Oats—No. 2 white, 33e: No. 3 white; 32c; No. 3 mixed, 2!»,Mc; No. 3 mixed, 29c; rejected, 25«430e. Hay—Choice timothv, £12.50; No. 1. 412; No. 2, ft); No. 1 prairie, 47; mixed, 88; clover, ft). j . ' . ■ ■.1:~ gr?. Bran, (H. =, —sr ~ LIVE STOCK. Cattle Export grades .$ Good to choice shippers....... 4.25<<J4.<X) Fair to medium shippers ’ ;!.s(Xf*l.<.o Fair to choice feeders 3.5ix<f4.<.0 Stockers, 500 to BJO ‘4.5<Xff3.35 Good to choice heifers 3.5.XW1.00 Fair to medium heifers ■ 2.759J3.35 Common to thin heifers 2.iXk<e.?.59 Good to* choice cows., ... 3.t)0(fc3.50 Fair to medium cows. 2.50M2.75 Common old cows.-1.00«2jjo Veals, common to good. 3.5<Xa5.50 Bulls, common to fair 2.(XX52.50 Bulls, good to ch0ice....... .. 2.7'rf/j3.25 Mi I kers, good to ch0ice........ Milkers, common to fair... . 15 (XXfJ22.(X» Hoos—Heavy packing and shipping.. ......\'. ■ ..ft)[email protected] Mixed «.0(X<56.25 Heavy roughs ~.. Pigs 4.50M5.90 Sheep—Good to choice clipped. Fair to medium eiipped.......... Stockers clipped ../.... Spring Lambs Bucks, per head ft(M®4.oo POULTRY AXDOrUKR I’HOOUCE. [Prices Paid by Dealers.} Poultry Hens, B><c ft/youngchickens, 12(«14c 3)ft; turiieys.young toms. 8c V lb; hens, 9c V ft; ducks, ‘k V ft} geese, fCfS 1.80 for choice. Eggs— Shippers paying 12<L But ter—Grass butter, 10®13c; Honey—lß@2oc. Feathers Prime Geese, 40c V ft! mixed duck, COe V ft. . , BEEswax—2oc for yellow; Mfc for dark. Wool—Fine merino. medium unwashed. 17e; coarse or braid wool, 14(ui6c; tub-washed. 20@25c. Detroit. Wheat, 65c. Corn, No. 2,40 c. Oats, No. 2 whiu*, 31 Jic. Clover seed, 46.35. Hinnen polls. - Wheat, GOc. New York. Wheat, No. 2 rod, 71c. (som, No. 2, Oats, 35c. Lard, 49.82. Butter, Western dairy, IftglSc; creamery, 17<g22c. Chicago. Wheat, G5Xc. Corn, 40c. Oats, 29c. Pork, $19.05. Lard, 49.25. Short-ribs, 48.80. Cattle—Prime steers, 44.859(5.00; others 43.57(M!15- Hogs— Heavy mixed and packers, 56.5.W6.70; prime heavy, ft\ls«ti.4O: prime light, ft>.oU(ieti.U): other fights' 44.>k<j6.25. Sheep —Natives, 41.50 @5.50; lambs, 43.50ffJ6.50. Cincinnati. Wheat. No. 3 red. 60@63c; Corn, No. 3 mixed, 37c; Oats, No. 2 white western, 39c; Bye, No. 2,45 c; Mess Pork. 420.10; *11.25. Butter, creamery fancy, 20c; Eggs, 12C. Cattle, 42.7X<rf5.25. Hogs, Sheep, Lambs, 4404.60. *■ Mt. Look. Wheat. No, 2 red, 61Xc; Corn, No. 3 mixed, 36? t; Oats, No. 2,29 c; Butter, 20c. HuUklo. Catlie, 45.25(26.10. Hogs, heavy, 46.2006.70; mixed, 46,3094 W.'Jb;. light, 47.00®|7.10. Sheep, native, 54.80@450a; Texas, 16.50. 55-—Philadelphia. ; —7 - Wheat, No, 2 Red, «8e; Corn. No. 2 Mixed, 47c,; Oats, 37c;. butter, eyeamery. }2B>ft; eggs, 12Mc. Baltlanore. ’ T Wheat, No. 2 Red. 67Ve-/Cbrt, mixed; Oats, N<l2, Whttl Weutarn, 38c, Rye, 60c; Pork, 421.63; Muttw, creamery, -3c; Eggs, -