Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 August 1893 — Page 7

THE NEWS OF THE WEEK

Counterfeit J 5 gold coins are troubling Omaha people. Forest (ires In New Hampshire have been doing great damage. • S p ember w eat dropped to 65 cents on the Chicago market, Thursday. Lee YValio r, a negro ravisher, was hong by a mob at Memphis. Tenn., Saturday. 4A>gennne vole no is reported Jto have t>een discovered four miles south of Ponca, Neb. > • r<~ The value of railroad property in Missouri, as fixed by the board of equalization, is *63,023.417. The gam Ins us Chicago wefe given "an outing at the Fair, Thursday, by 'philanthropic citizens. Claus Hpreckcls, who arrived at San Francisco from Honululu, says the provisional government of Hawaii is doomed. There is said to be a large emigration from the New England States to Canada, caused by the closing of mills and the unusually hard times. Howard Mutchler (Dem.) has been elected to Congress from the Eighth Pennsylvania district to till the vacancy caused by the death of his father. S x car loads of nigroes arrived at Weir City, Kan., Tuesday, to take the place of the striking miners. The State militia is under arms at Topeka awaiting orders. Bandits held up a crew of harvesters as they quit work, near Davisville, Cat., Saturday evening, iand relieved’them of all the valuables in thefrposscssion. The grand jury at Washington has found true bills against Col. Ainsworth, Geo. W. Dant, W. E. Covert and Frederick Sasso, holding thorn responsible for the Ford theater disaster on the 9th of June. A serious railway accident to a World’s Fair B. & O. excursion train, occurred at Monroe Falls, 0., Tuesday, caused by spreading of the rails at a curve. Twentyone persons were injured, three fatally. 4 Wm. G. Taylor, colored, condemned to electrocution at Auburn, N. Y., penitentiary, was executed. Thursday. The first current failed to kiU him, and tho report of the bunglfng manner in which the execution was conducted is horrible reading. A mysterious poisoning case developed at Wednesday. Twenty-seven people were taken violently ill. All who were attacked had drank milk purchased from tho same diary. Investigation led to the belief that the poisoning resulted from “milk fever” caused by the cows becoming overheated. Mrs. Smouse and her two children were murdered with a hatchet and the house set on tire to conceal the crime, at Pitts'burg, Wednesday. Mr. Smouse was locked up to await investigation. The house was not consumed and the discovery was made by firemen in their efforts to extinguish the flames. ■■■-——■ —= The “California Land and Water Exchange,” proposing to develope lands near San Diego, Cal., with headquarters at Dayton. 0., placing shares on the market on the installment plan, is denounced as a fraud by If. It. Young, secretary of the Sail Diego l ham her of Commerce. The Maharajg.li .-of Karpnthala. one of t'be Punjaub States In* the northwestern part of British* India, arrived at New York, Saturday. His highness is but 21 years of age, hut is a thorough man of the world. Tho royal party will make a tour of the country, Including the World’s Fair. There arc 7,500 idle men in Denver, and 15,000 people aro directly affected by their Idleness. A public meeting was held, Tuesday night, to devise means for their relief. Public soup houses will be established for tho needy. A proposition to Ship tho destitute East was bitterly opposod, at tho meeting, by cx-Congrcssman Belford, and was finally abandoned. Wednesday was sarcastically described by brokers on tho New York Stock exchange as the banner day. There was a sharp decline in nearly all. securities. Twelve hundred shares of Evansville & Terre Haute, a stock not active on the exchange, were sold “under the rule” for an embarrassed broker at 75. a decline of 56 points in a day, the same stock having been quoted, Tuesday at 126. The market recovered somewhat near tho close. Commissioner St. Clair, of West Virginia, Tuesday, desired to enter the World’s Fair ground!, but having left his badge at home the ga tern an refused to pass him. The commissioner then tried another gate and received the same treatment, and a third with a like result. After much altercation tho commissioner was finally admitted, but the gateman made use of insulting language and several guards joined in, with the result that a general scrimmage ensued In which all the contestants were “mussed” up badly.

FOREIGN.

Dr. John Rao, the Arctic explorer, died at. London, Monday. 6 It is said that England has annexed Solomon Island., the largest group in the Pacific.! The latest advices at Ottawa from Sir John Thompson brings the information that the British are not now so hopeful of winning the Bering Sea case. A division was taken in the Honse of Commons which resulted In the defeat of Chamberlain's financial clause, the vote standing 236 against it and 16(5 in Its favor. The steamer Pearl was run Into by an unknown steam* r off North Rogk, County Down, Ireland. Tho Pearl sank carrying down with her sevihi persons. The other live people on board of her wore saved. It is believed that M. Dcvclle hopes that his pacific blockage will Induce Siam to surrender at discretion. Should Siam sjtlH resist and the blockade be made effective British interests would suffer severely. The London merchants interested In the Siamese trade have forwarded a joint letter to Lord Rose berry, pointing to tho injury which will bo inflicted by the blockade upon Singapore and Hong Kong. Theso colonies would be dependent on Saigon for supplies of rice, and thus Franco will have an interest in benefitting Cochin China by a prolonged blockade, which probably would produce a famine, perhaps a nativo revolt at Singapore. Siam’s reply to the French altimatum was handed to the French minister resident at Bangkok. Saturday afternoon. Tho reply was considered unsatisfactory by the French government, and it has notified tho powers that it idtends us establish a blockade of tho Blagiesecoast. London papers are disposed to aide with Siam, and the situation Is regarded as very un-

certain and may yet result in a general European war in which all the powers may be involved in an endeavor to protect the interests of their subjects in the various parts of the Orient.

DANGERORS DENVER DOINGS.

A Cold Blooded MorderQalckly Followed %iy a Lynching. - "=sa B. C. Lightfoot, a Grand Army man, at Denver, Colorado, Tuesday night, went into a saloon kept by an Italian named Arata, and asked for a glass of beer and paid for it. Arata asked him to 'have another drink, which he did, and started to leave but was stopped by Arata whodemanded payment for the last drink, which Arata supposed was a “treat.” Lightfoot did not have the money, and the Italian thereupon brutally assaulted tho old man, beating him nearly to death, apd then to finish his fiendish work shot him through the heart. Arata was arrested and placed in jail. All day, Wednesday, threats of lynching were heard, and at 8 o’clock 5,000 people who had assembled on Market street, headed by an old, gray haired G. A. EL veteran, started for the jail. By the time the jail was reached 10,(00 excited peopleware in the mob. An assault on the jail was begun at once, but the sheriff and police resisted by turning & hose upon the attacking party, and finally by shooting Two of the assailants were badly wounded, but , the mob soon overpowered the guards and made them prisoners. Arata’s cell was soon found and the cowardly murderer was dragged forth and hustled across the street to a eottonwood tree and strung up. Arata plead for his life and claimed that he killed Lightfoot in self-defense. As soon as Arata was dead the corpse was dragged by the neck with a rope In the hands of the crazy mob through the mud into the heart of the city, and finally was strung up to a telegraph pole -forthe edification of all who had failed to witness the first hanging. No arrests were made and probably none will be, as the lynching was sanctioned by public opinion.

SENATOR STEWART'S SAY.

• i _____ The Nands Statesman Grow* Profane Over the Financial Outlook. • • • • The New York World, Wednesday, printed an interview with Senator Stewart, of Nevada, in which he is credited withjsaying: • “I have no doubt tho Sherinan silver law will be repealed. The country is going to hades I had hoped to help in warding off the catasteophe, but ! the Democrats and many Republicans too, , seem to have gone crazy. I cannot an- | swer for the consequences and I am glad I | shall not have to share the responsibility, i I am afraid Mr. Cleveland made a mistake when he attributed the present trouble to unwise legislation. He may have referred to tho mint act of 1873. If so, he was correct. But if he referred to the Sherman act he was mistaken. Its replhl 1 might give temporary relief, by deceiving tho people and making them believe that i the evil had been removed, but the evil 1 lies deeper. It is a deficiency of gold. The /destruction of silver-' repeal of the Sherman act will destroy more than half j of the basis of circulation and credit, and | leave the United States without sufficient gold to sustain confidence, and the probabilities are that the trouble will go on.”

TO “KINGDOM COME.”

Foolhardy Sportsmen Shoot Into a Powder Magazine With Disastrous Result*. At Huntington, Monday afternoon, Hugh Harvey and Homer Householder were in tho neighborhood of Schaefer’s powder magazine with a rifle and as a matter of sport they shot through the window of the structure. The explosion that followed was terrific. Six hundred pounds of powder and fifty pounds of dynamito'exploded. Harvey and Householder were blown clear across Little . River and their bodies terribly mtitillated. Their heads were blown off and their bodies were an unrecognizable A ass, but they were identified by a few pieces of clothing. Tho magazine was a total wreck, not a brick being left to mark the place where it stood. Houses in the neighborhood were riddled by flying bricks and windows were broken all over the city. Andrew Herzog and John Gooley were injured by flying bricks.

PREHISTORIC RUINS.

Great Column* With Carved Frieses Laid Hare In the Sandy Desert Near Yum*. Ruins of a prehistoric city have been discovered by a partv of prospectors from Yuma, on the Colorado desert, in search of the Pcgleg mine. The wind had.laid bare the walls and the remains of the stone buildings for a distance of 430 feet in length by 360 feet in width. Gigantic pillars, quaintly carved to represent dragons’ heads and rattlesnakes, still stood in the sand of the desert, supporting on their tops huge slabs of granite weighing many tons. The frieze ornamentation resembled Egyptian sculpture and exhibited a greater degree of skill than is possessed by the Indian artists of the present day. From the relics cxhfbited at San Diego, Cal., it is evident that an important archaeological discovery has been made.

WEEKLY CROP REPORT.

The weekly crop report, issued by the Weather Bureau at Washington, Tuesday, is as follows: Illinois—No rain, except In a few southerncountios; rye and wheat harvest and hay cutting complete; yield and quality of wheat generally poor; potatoes and tomatoes rotting on account of drought Indiana—Wheat yield excellent; hay saved in finer condition; oat crop good; corn and potatoes suffering from drought In northern and central portions; pastures dry. Ohio—Wheat threshing and hay and ogt harvest continues; generally a good yield; corn, tobacco, potatoes and pastures needing rain; corn tasseling and shooting; growing rapidly; late potatoes damaged by bugs. „ Francisco Villareal, a law student, and Juan Rangel a. a young business man of Victoria, Mexico, became involved in a quarrel over a young lady, and they engaged in a due' to satisfy their wonnded honor. Rangela used a knife ■ and Villareal a pistol. Villareal was stabbed three times. Uit as befell be fired a bullet into the bc;ly of Rangela. Roth men lived bat a short time.

INDIANA STATE NEWS.

Greenwood has a new bank. Kurtz will soon dedicate a new Masonic ittH. , - • • • - ' - One wf the Richmond hanks has *600,000 Jn Its vaul ts. The State militia broke camp at Terre Haute, Thursday. The loss by fire in Indiana during July aggregated *1,000,000. Madison reports river men mnchdisouraged by low water. The Smithville quarries are running, bat with reduced force. Every section of the State is complaining of plundering by tramps. J.- H. Mathenyy of Heddingten, has 32 v--000 growing sweet potato plants. Sixty members mere recently added to the Worthington M. E. church. Copper ore has been found on the John H. Thomas farm, near Battle Ground. The government has resumed work on the improvement of the falls at Jeffcrsonviile. ' _ , ■ ■,

An old settlers’ meeting will be held in the old grove at Eagleiown, Saturday, Au gust 12. The saloon of Geo. B. Moss, of Brooklyn, was blown up with dynamite, Wednesday night. Goshen has passed an ordinance to prevent heavy wagons from traveling on paved streets. - Peter Brothers, a farmer near Goshen,. has just been swindled out of S3OO by an “insurance agent.” It is claimed that the yield in the Jay county oil fields will soon reach thirty thousand barrels daily. 6 James A. Fidler, of Washington, who swallowed carbolic acid, was saved from death by drinking milk. Innis Quick, of Bartholomew county, lost 400 bushels of wheat, and other property, by the burning of his barn. Despite the alleged hard times, many bnildings are going up and much improvement is being made in Seymour. The American tin-plate factory at Elwood has resumed work, save in the hotroll room,-where repairs are being made. C. E. Odell, of Oden, will establish a brick plant at Princeton which will have a manufacturing capacity of 300,000 brick daily. William A. Deharity, the mayor of Elwood; Ind., is only twenty-two years old, and probably the youngest city,executive in the country. South Bend wants the name of ono of her streets changed to “Midway Plaisance” on account of the variety of freaks living along it. The old settlers’ reunion of Morgan and adjoining counties will be held at Mooresville. August Bth. It will be the twentyfourth annual reunion. 6 The Busch parrot is a noted bird at Columbus. It has seen a half century of life and is noted for its conversational powers. It is Republican ip politics. Leo Jones, a “lifer” of the prison south, who was paroled by Governor Matthews, has returned to Mitchell. His imprisonment has lasted seventeen years. The Indiana editors visited the .World’s . Fair, Monday, In a body. There was a formal reception at the Indiana Building, and Commissioner Havens delivered an address of welcome. s Ah immense amount of gas territory,' just north of Elwood, has been leased to the syndicate operating the E’rankfort Company, and mains will be laid to connect with pipes at Kempton. Edward C. Miller, ex-editor of the Standard Farmer, of Terre Haute, committed suicide at Indianapolis, Wednesday, by taking poison. Mr. M filer had been working as a printer for some time. Herman Kepler, playing ghost to frighten friends, at Indianapolis, Sunday night, was shot by one of the parties he was trying to scare. Tho "ghost” was not seriously wounded, but was badly scared. —“—— ; ’ ■- yr

Whit Starr, a notorious burglar, sentenced to the penitentiary for three years at Indianapolis, escaped from the deputysheriff having him in charge, at Nora, on the Monon, while en route to Michigan City, Friday night. Mitchell’s Bank, at Martinsville, which is part of the estate of the late S M. Mitchell, will go into voluntary liquidation, October 1. After settling up the business, a stock company, largely composed of the heirs, will succeed to the management, and the bank will be reorganized. David Creamer, of Henryvi]ie,is thrashing a large part of the wheat in Clarke county. He has a powerful steam engine and thrasher, and travels live a caravan, with seventeen men. They oimp out and do their own cooking He reports 'the 'wheat crop an excellent one. 4 Oscar Mann, of AJbion, Went to Warsaw to take the Borton treatment for the drink habit. Upon arrival he was given a sedative medicine to allay nervous excitement, and that night he enjoyed a good sleep. The next morning he took a small drink of whisky, and soon after laid down and died.

A warrant for the execution of John Parker and Edward McAfee, for the murder of Charles Eyster, at Indianapolis, was forwarded, Wednesday, by County Clerk Wilson to the warden of the prison north. The date of the hanging was fixed by Judge Cox for Friday, Nov. 3. Parker and McAfee will be removed to Michigan City In a few days. Tom Hollarn was making a change in the boiler at Horner’s bakery at Richmond, Tuesday, and was cutting some rivets. The head of-on«*flew:off, bit the boiler and struck one of Hollarn’s eyel ails, cutting it completely in two. The i.eslght is entirely extinguished and it is very probable that he will lose the other eye. The Welsh tin-plate workers at El wood, are still out on a strike, and demand 13,50 per day. The company only offer 13.50. '(he foreigners are very jealous and feu* to Instruct Americans in their trade. They also show a very hostile spir’t to all Americans and American institutions. There are about 100 Welshmen at Elwood. Several of the leaden will at once return to W'ales. Frank O’Hair, a student of Depauw University, recently refused graduation by the faculty, made a brutal assault on Prof. Longden on the street, at Greencastle, Monday. A brother of Jean Nelson, also recently refused graduation, stood bv and abased the Professor In the most insulting verms. A mass meeting of studeats attending the summer school was SCM .nd resolutions dreooorfn,. OTOW

and Nelson were unanimously passed. O’Hair was arrested. The northern penitentiary is being provided with a new chapel In which to hold Sunday services, the old one being totally ’unfit for such nse. The now building will be 70 feet In width. 190 feel in length and 46 feet to the top of the wall. Abont 900,000 brick will be nsed, and *13,000 were appropriated by the late Legislature for the building’s construction and equipment. During the construction of tho new building the prisoners will eat under a tent and there will be no Sunday services. The will of W. D. McCoy, late U. & minister to Liberia, was probated at Indianapolis, Thursday. Mrs. McCoy is given a life interest in all the property, real and persunairAfterher deaibtbepropertylr to go the School Board of Indianapolis, to be used for various purposes specially set forth in the document, The value of the estate is estimated at *2O,tOA Mr. McCoy was a prominent colored citizen of Indianapolis previous to his departure for Liberia. Farmers; should look out for the windmill sharpers, who are finding many victims in neighboring counties. They sell a windmill agency territory for what appears In the agreement signed by the vlctimtobea small price conditioned upon the sale of *125 worth of windmills, the same to be paid one year from date. By tearing off one end of the agreement it turns ont to be an ironclad promissory note, such as has been used with telling effect in the past. Middlebury, twenty miles south of BraJ ztl, was the scone of a shocking murder, Wednesday afternoon. Charles Coopridcr and Thomas Kress renewed an old grudge. Cooprider challenged Kress to stand up and face him, which he did; Cooprider then fired, three shots taking effect in Kress’ body, and he fell dead. CooprideF escaped by threatening the people, and after arming hiqiself at his home, fled to the Eel river bottoms. This is the seventeenth homicide in Clay county since 1860.

Several weeks ago the gardeners in the vicinity of Terre Haute signed contracts with Chicago commission men by which garden truck was shipped directly to the Chicago market, to the neglect of home consumption. At first the shipments averaged seven and eight car loads daily, but they have dropped off until only one car-load is sent. The gardeners found it a losing venture, and they are now trying to get rid of the futures sold to the Chicago dealers. They also find that, deducting freight charges. Terre Haute is a better market and is paying better prices than Chicago. Additional complications have arisen over the manifest intention of the Indiana drainage commission and contractors to cat through the rock at Momence, in the Kankakee river, by what is known as the south channel around Island Park, and this it is claimed will leave the north channel, which sweeps by the city of Momence, a dry channel or a filthy slough. The superintendent of the Kankakee wa-ter-works and tho Kankakee insane hospital authorities have gone to Springfield, 111.-, to indocethe Attorney-General of Illinois. to interfere.

Indiana patents were Issued, Tuesday, to P. Armantrout, assignor of one-half to F. L. Schneider, of Hoover, pipe or nut wrench; C. Bowman, of Fort Wayne, saw mill feed mechanism; W. Clark, of Star City, combined end gate and scoop board; C. M. Contant, of Crawfordsviile, buggy body; John Bierdorf, of Indianapolis, piano stool; O. L. Durflinger, of: Shelbyville, foot guards for railways; J. J. Kirkham, of Terre Haute, apparatus for manufacturing gas; C. C. Martin and A. J. Schlaffer, of West Franklin, animal trap; H. Nelson, of Fort Wayne, organ; E. Sirois, of Shelbyvllle, apparatus for shoeing animals; S. D. Stephens, of West Shoals, cable arch support; N. S. Wood, of Roachdale, cabinet; Terre Haute Shovel and Tool Company, of Terre Haute, diamond-pointed spade.

THE COMING EXTRA SESSICN.

The New York Herald’s Washington correspondent, Friday, states on what he regards as official authority, that President Cleveland, in his coming message to the special session of Congress, will confine his recommendations solely to the financial situation, and will use his influence to defer the consideration of tariff reform until the regular session in D<3 cember. The length of the extra session can not certainly be predicted, the stumbling block likely to be encountered being the ultra silver advocates in the Senate.

WOES OF WEALTH.

Another Phase of Financial Trouble. Larkin Delph, of Delaware county, had 8300 deposit d in a Muncie bank. Becoming afraid of the bank he drew it ont, and, without sayifcg anything to his wife, he secreted it in the straw bed upon which they slept. A day or two afterward Mrs. Delph concluded to pnt in fresh straw, and the old was emptied out and a match applied. Mr. Delph saw the blaze and he ran to save his treasure, bounding into the flame and hurling brands of straw in every direction, Meanwhile his clothing caught fire and his hands and face were terribly burned. The envelope containing the money was rescued in a badly charred condition. The money has been sent to Washington, hopeful that some of it is worth redeeming.

CONTROLLER ECKELS DENIES.

The Sita»t;en Net Half as Had as Reported. Controller Eckels, at Washington, Friday, in an interview, denied the truth of the summary of failures, published broadcast «n Thursday, stating that 300 national banks have failed since January 1. Byt 105 have gone into the hands of the Controller of the currency during that period. Fourteen of this number have already resumed business, and an equal number are prepared to resume on or before Sept. 1. Out of the 105 hut thirtyseven have gone fpto the hands of receivers, the balance, not having already resumed, being still in the hands of examiners with strong prospects fifcgiE opening. . . — 1 “1 vrourler why Dc Style drosses so ouilandisbly.” * “Oh, because he’s such a "pose* I suppose.” “tyut that’s no reason why he should rear a white duck suit/’

THE FINANCIAL FLURRY.

“One Woe Upon Another’s Heel* So Fast Do Follow.” Failure* and Assignments the Order of tfce Day—A Geaer*! UqaidaMwa . - - . - “IRON BANK” FAILURE. Bradford A. Church, conducting a savings institution at Dearborn street, Chicago, on what. is known as the “iron bank” plan, closed np, Monday. The de-. posits amouht to *25,000 or *30,0C0, collected from poor people and children by means of small iron saving’s banks. The proprietors esn not bo found.

BIG CHICAGO FAILURE. Parklmrst <fe Wilkinson, iron merchant* of Chicago, confessed judgment, Monday afternoon, for 187,175. The firm’s assets are estimated at *1,500,000. They were among the best-known firms in their line to the Exited States, having been established for twenty years, and had done business with the Continental National for ten years, but the bank refused to extend the time on the notes which had been from time to time renewed. FAILURE OF d. N. HUBTON. The Citizens Bank, of Connersvillc. owned by ex-Treasnrer James N. Huston, Closed its doors, Monday morning. All depositors will be paid In full. In an interview Mr. Huston said: “It is my misfortune. None of the depositors or creditors will lose a cent The bank is my own individual property and every dollar that lam worth will stand good for my liabilities, I havo been building np a business for twenty years here, and always took pride in my honesty. Now I have the opportunity to show the people that lam honest. I want no one to lose anything, not even those who have been instrumental in bringing my misfortune about.”

HAUGHEY'B INDIANAPOLIS NATIONAL. Collapse of an Old Time Institution. The Indianapolis National, T. P. Hanghey, President, posted the following notice on its doors, Tuesday morning: “Owing to tho general financial stringency, the steady withdrawal of deposits and the difficulty of converting securities into cash, this bank is obliged to suspend. “Indianapolis National Bank.” This failure occasioned great surprise, both at Indianapolis and Washington. The bank was a United States depository. The postoffice and pension funds were deposited there. Mr. Hanghey is also Treasurer of the Grand Lodge L O. O. F. and the funds of the Order were deposited in the Indianapolis National. The bank was organized in 1864 with Mr. Hanghey, as president, and he has held the position ever since. For nearly forty years Mr. Hanghey has held the posttiou of treasurer of the Grand Lodge, I. O. O. F., and has been prominent in all good works. No suspicion of bad management attaches to him. The assets of the bank are largely In excess of and depositors will be paid in fnil, butthcre may be aggravating delays. Controller Eckem has designated Hugh Young, of Pittsburg, to take cuargc of the affairs of the institution. The capital stock was »300.0C0. with *IOO,OOO of a surplus fund, and deposits at the last official report of <1,714,567.75.

" BANK OF COMMERCE, Another of the Old Indianapolis Institutions Gives Up. The Bank of Commerce, jnst across the street from the Haughey bank, atlndianaDolis, failed to open its doors, Tuesday morning, and shortly after 9 o’clock the following notice was posted on the door: “Owing to tbe general stringency of the money market, and the consequent difficulty of immediately realizing upon its securities, this bank has suspended.” The real cause of the failure is said to have been the failure of the Premier Steel Works. The bank was also Involved to some extent in the failure of C. W. DePanw. The Individual deposits will not amount to more than <141,000. N. T. DePanw, of New Albany, was President, J. W. Ray, Vice-President, and Wm. Bosson Cashier of the Institution and the DePauw family held abont 3,550 of the 4,000 shares. Cashier Bosson states that depositors and stock holders will be paid dollar for dollar, and that the bank may resume business.

NEBEKER’B BANK FAILG. * ' Tha Farmers and Merchants’ of Covington Closes Its Doors. The Farmers and Merchants' bank of Covington, Ind., closed at 1 o.clock, Friday afternoon. A notice was pasted on the door whieh stated the cause to be the present general financial stringency and an inability to realize on its securities. Ex-U. S. Treasurer E. H. Nebeker, who holds 83,000 of the capital stock. Is president. In an interview with the bank officials they stated that the assets are more than sufficient to p%y dollar for dollar of the bank’s indebtedness. The capital stock of the suspended institution is 830,003. OTHER FAILUREB. The Wisconsin Fire and Marine Insur ance Bank, at Milwaukee, closed its doors, Tuesday. Three banks suspended at Louisville, Tu««4ay. Three large business firms of Nashville. Tenn., failed, Wednesday. H.J. Nicholas 3b Co., of the Npw York Stock Exchange, suspended payment on the 26th. Eight comparatively small business firms In different parts of the United States were reported as having suspended payment, Wednesday.

OLD SETTLERS' MEETING.

Excantoa to Moore*Title, Anguat Bth. via the PeuujWanla Um. Low ronnd-trip Excursion Tickets w!l! be sold from Indianapolis via the Pennsylvania Lines (Indianapolis is. Vincennes division) to Mooresyille, Tuesday, August tab, for the 24t4 annual meeting of the OldSettlersof Morgan and adjoining counties. Return coupons valid until Weuucsdgy. August 9th, inclusive. . ;■ > V Good gwacious, deah boy! How did you catch such a cold? , Chotly—The doosid bawbah combed my bangs back off my fawrid.

ALL ABOUT “HEROD.”

4 Fraa-Fer-All Fight la tbs British Omn of Common*. In the British Boose of Commot, rhnrsd&y sight, Joseph Chamberlain, smarting under a castigation from Gladitene,T > “The prime minister calls ‘black’ and bis adherent* say it is good. The prime minister calls white* and they say it is better. (Unionist laughter). It is always tbe voice of God. Never, since the time of Herod has there been each —” Mr. Chamberlain got no farther. Such a roar of indignation ensued as had not been heard in Parliament for years. T. P. O’Connor shouted “Judas.” The rest of the Irish members ; took up the cry and “Judas** rang out- la a mighty chorns. A riotous scene-ensued. Fierce denunciation and invective filled the air. Tim Healey’s high hat was smashed. Mr. Hamburg was knocked over a bench. A free fight ensued. Blows were struck right and ieft.The hall was filled with a straggling, cursing mass of members, clawing andv upsetting each other. Eventually, as result of the earnest pleading of Mr, |Sladsttrae, Edward Majoribanks, a liberal, succeeded in restoring order. The Speaker being sent for took the chair and smSreyed the scene, in which black eyes and disheveled countenances were conspicuous. After much debate and explanation .-Mr. O’Connor apologized to tho Speaker And House for his language, that seemed to have precipitated the conflict The regular order was then proceeded with. The report stage for the Home Bale Mlwas fixed sot August 7.

SUMMARY OP FAILURES.

In Lm. Than Three Month* SOI Bank* Have Gone to Wall, A summary of the bank •mllnres In tbe United States from May I>S July 22, Inshow* that 301 baying institutions, with a capital of have suspended. The Manufacturers’ Record, of Baltimore, publishes a complete list of * the closed banks by States, also a table which shows that five-sixths of these , faiinres and four-fifths of the money in- *= volvcd were in the Western and Pacifis States, while only 10 per cdbt. of tho failures and 11 per cent, of the capital in- ; volvcd were in the South. ®ln Colorado alone tbe capital Involved was nearly 82,000,000 greater than the aggregate capital of all the banks that failed In the South. The number of failures In the Southern States was thirty-Seven, involv- * ing *4,332,100; in the Western and Pacific States the number was 251, involving *31.258,033, and in the Northern States thirteen, with >2 560.000 capital.

THE MARKETS.

July 23. 1808, Indianapolis. OKA IN AND HAT. Wheat— No. 2 red, 57c; No. 3 rod, 52K0 53c; rejected, 40@45; wagon wheat. 57. Coits—No. 1 white, 39c; Nb. 2 white. 40c:No.3wbite,39%e;No. 4 white, 30c; No. 2 white mixed, 38%c; No. 3 white mixed, 38c; No. 4 white mixed, 30c; No. 2 yellow, 38>£c; No. 3 yellow, 38c; Np. 4 yellow, 30c; No. 2 mixed, 38%c; No. 3rnslxed, 38c; No. 4 mixed, 30c; sound car, 4 >e for yellow. Oats— No. 2 white, 33c; No. 3 white, 31(®32c; No. 2 mixed, 29c; No. 3 mixed, 28c; rejected, 25^30c. ]lyp 40c Hat— Choice timothy, <14.00; No. 1, <13.50; No. 2, *I1@12; No. 1 prairie, *7; mixed, <8; clover, 19, Bran, *IL

LIVESTOCK. Cattle—Export grades 8 [email protected] Good to choice shippers....... 4.<X)@4.40 Fair to medium shippers [email protected] Common shippers 2.50®3.C0 Stockers, 500 to 800 [email protected] Good to choice heifers.. [email protected] Fair to medium heifers 2.r*x<z3.oo Common to thin heifers 2.00(42.35 Good to choice cows 2.7.V43.25 Fair to medium cows 2.00(42.5 <* Common old cows 1.0x41.75 Veals, common to good 3.00(45.50 Bulls, common to fair.... 1.75(42.25 Bulls, good to choice [email protected] Milkers, good to choice.. '27.00437.00 Milkers, common to fair. 15 [email protected] Hogs—Heavy packing and shipping .85.00®®. 10 Mixed [email protected]& Heavy 5.8006.00 Pigs [email protected]& Heavy weights.. 4.5U«5.25 Sheep—Good to choice [email protected] Fair to medium... 2.00(43.30 Common thin sheep 2.00(42.75 Lamb* [email protected] Bucks, per head 2.00(44.00 POULTRY AND OTHER PRODUCE. [Prices Paid by Dealers.] Poui/TRY-Hens, B*c fl>; young eh ickens, 10® 12c 9tb; turkeys,yonng toms, Bc-. II lb; hens. 9c V lb; ducks, 6c 9 lb; geese, 81® 4.80 for choice. Eggs—Shippers paying 10c. , Butter—-Grass butter, 10@12.;r Hohey—lß@2oc. Feathers Prime Geese. 40c 9 !b! mixed duck, 20c 9 lb. Beeswax—2o© for yellow; 15c for dark. Wool—Fine merino, 12@16c; 'medium * unwashed, 17c; coarse or braid wool, 14® 16c; tub-washed, 20@25c, Detroit. Wheat, 64c. Corn, No. 2,40*c. Oats, No. 2 white, 36* c. Clover seed, 86.1*5/ Minneapolis. Wheat, 60* c. Hew York. Wheat. No. 2 red, 72c. Corn, No. 2, 49* c. Oats, 32c. Lard, 816.05. Butter, Western dairy, 15@18c; creamery, J7@ 20*cChicago. Wheat, 65c. Corn, 41c. Oats, 2S*c. Pork, 819.75. Lard, tO.'M. Short-ribs, 88.25. Cattle—Prime steers. 84.h0 45.20: others $3. [email protected]. Hogs—Heavy mixed and packers, [email protected]«; prime heavy. 15.90®5.5*5: primo light, Bfl.l<K<«Us; other lights, 84.30(46.23. Sheep —Natives, 84. W @4.75; lambs. [email protected]. Cincinnati. Wheat, No. 2 red, 5!)c; Corn, No. 2 mixed, 42c; Oats, No. 2 white western, 30c; Rye, No. 2. 45c: Mess Pork. 817.00; Lard, 89.00; Bulk Meats. 88.37; Bacon, 81007. Butter, creamery fancy, 33c; Egg-, lOC. \ :•/ Cattle, [email protected]. Hogs, 86.25® 86.90 Sheep, [email protected]. lambs, Ull.Ot, HU LoaU. Wheat, No, 2 red, Co.*c; Corn, No 2 mixed, 38; Oats. No. 2. 25c; Butter. 20c. UatDkla. Cattle, [email protected]. Hogs, heavy, mixed. *£.M® 86.65; light. [email protected] * Sheep, native, [email protected]; Texas, nuiadelphla. Wheat, No. 1 Ri»_ <Oc; Com. No. 1 Mixed, He; Oats. Vjc; butter, creamery. 31c; eggs, V.e. ntltiaw*,