Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1896 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHAi-L, Publisher. T- " ■ ■_ ' . ; -I - -1—....1.. ... ■ ' . , ~ ■■ ' RENSSELAER, - - * INDIANA.

ALLBUSINESS IS DEAD

CUBAN REBELLION HAS PARALYZED TRADE. Enormous Shrinkage in the Crop of AacudfjiiMicSt and WebilM ic» ,£or the First Quarter of Thin Vcar—Carlialc Step* Ont. . ' Business in Cuba Is Stagnant. A special cable from Tlavana. t’uba, •ays: 'Pile total amount of sugar made in Cuba this yqar will not exceed 139,000 tons. The uormal crop is about 1.4*04*.000 tons. ’Pills enormous shrinkage means, it is esfimated. a money loss of $50,000,000. •The tobacco cfop "ill be greatly diminished. Other products of ' the island—hides, mahogany and cedar — •re practically not ’to be had. Business 4s prosi rated. Noth:ng is being done on the .Stock Exchange and the Produce Ex«*hauge is lifeless. Nova Scotia salt codfish. ft staple article, and usually,in great demand, sokl recently f.,r a cent ami twothirds a pound below cost- Flour, potatoes and the commonest necessaries y Ut life cannot be sold on business principle.*. There is no money. No newspapers are printed. The Trade Record. R. <i. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review ot Trade says: “'Pile regular etnarterly statement of failures shows 4.031 with liabilities of $57,425,133, against 3.802 last year with liabilities of and 42104 in the same quarter of 1804 with liabilities of $411,127,343. The average liabilities were $14,240. against $12,577 last year and $14,909 in 181*4. Manufacturing failures were 833. against 4151 last year, with liabilities of $23,54*7.320, against $20.223,1»!tl last year, increase 10.2 per cent, but the decrease in comparison with —lßl*4 is AU.4 per cent,— Tradlug fa nitres were 3.118. with liabillr.es of $31,421,312, •gainst ,$25,979,81*4 last year: increase 20.9 per cent, hut in comparison with 1894 ihe do.trea.se is 0.9 per ecu L. The ratio of defaulted liabilities to payments through clearing-house was s4L4s_per $1 ,4*oo, the average for the previous ten years having been $3.27 and the average per firm in. business was $47.48. against $38.04 for the previous ten years. The. main increase over last year lias been in manufacturing failures in ‘New York, flVnnsylvania, Ohio and Kentucky and in trading failures in Texas and Minnesota, owing to two recent large defaults. Banking failures have been 51, against 3(5 last year, but with liabilities of only $4,751,972, against $12,482,537 last year. More than half the entire banking defaults were in Northern States, west of the Mississippi., The improve™ eut-experted with spring weather begins, though in some Lranches of business scarcely visible. The backward season has been a hindrance, as has also been the number of hands unemployed in important industries, and the low prices of farm products. The gigantic •teel combination is expected to have ft great influence in sustaining markets ntid stimulating confidence* and, though such ~36pfiFatjons often miss the success they seek, they rarely fail to kindle speculative buying for a time.” Carlisle Out of It. Washington dispatch: Secretary Carlisle declines to enter into a contest for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. He has written a letter to the chairman of the State Central Committee of Kentucky in response to one from the chairman asking him to consent to the use of hr.s name. declining to do so. At the same time the declination is not so forcible as to entirely remove Mr. Carlisle from the list of possibilities. In his letter he says; "The convention ought to have no difficulty in selecti'.ng nil accepts the candidate wild will fairly represent its views, and. in order that its deliberations may be embarrassed as little ns possible by the contentions of rival aspirants and their friends. 1 think my duty to the party will be best performed by declining to participate in a contest for the nomination.”

NEWS NUGGETS.

Seventy Cuban insurgents rajitured in Havana Province have been seutemed to be shot. King Menelek. of Abyssinia, has ere . pressed his regret at being unable to semi mu embassy to Moscow upon the occasion of the coronation of the i_:unl has explained that his inability to do so vs on account of the. prolonging of the war and the fact that he must stay at Tigre. The Imboden Shoe Company, St. Louis, manufacturers of a general line of men's and women's shoes, has failed. The claims' of secured creditors are end those of the unsecured, who are chiefly Eastern shoe manufacturers, tanners end leather dealers, amount to $37,200. The assets are upward of SIOO,OOO. and it is said all indebtedness will be paid in full. - • Thomas Wharton. Sunday edit dr of the Philadelphia Times, fell from a fourthetory window of the house in lived: early Friday morning and was iuerantiy killed. It is generally believed that he committed suicide. Of late the. other occupants of the house had noticed that Mr. Wharton seemed to be melancholy. lie was eccentric, and made but few friends. Hichard Ringer, a Friend. Neb., merchant. was bitten by a dog several mouths ago. A few days, since he was stricken with what was supposed try be a Severe ease of grip. Friday physicians agreed ft was a case of hydrophobia. The victim scirod a razor when he heard the dreadful diagnosis of his malady and almost severed his bead from his body, before anyone could interfere, dying at once. Ira G. Stillson died at Akron,, 0., Sun-, day morning frost the effect*, of a blow •truck by the murderer of Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Stone. IBs skull was fractured, ft f.s biSieved, by a blow from a coupling |#in. He was 33 years old and was Stone's lured man. lie was unable during his , c onscious periods to reoaH any of the circumstances of the murder. The Populist city convention at Portland, lire-, has nominated ex-Gov. PenlioyeFfor Mayor. The Taxpayers' League is expected' to indorse the nomination. Uov. Pennoyer refuses to state whether •r not be will accept the nomination.

EASTERN.

Bishop Potter, of New/¥ork. has been lavited ,J by the authorities of Cambridge University, in England, -to be select preacher to the universfty during the month of May, 1897. Ttie Cutter Silk Manufacturing Com-, pany of West Bethlehem, Pa., made an assignment to ex-l'ostmaster John' Field, of Philadelphia. The failure is a heavy one, as,the company is capitalized at $500,000-and has in addition a bonded indebtedness Of SIOO,OOO. Dr. O'. Xlv Shedd, proprietor of the Poughkeepsie (X. Y.l Star and a member of the Board of Police Commissioners, was arrested on a charge of larceny in the first degree, it i* charged that Khodd defaulted from the Order of United Friends ih the amount of $9,022. . Shedd #iS" taken before Recorder Odell, who held him in $14,000 bail. Ten persons were burned to death in a Are early Wednesday morning at 30 FnSon street, Brooklyn. The building was a four-story tenement house, occupied by Italians. All metdealh "bj' _ snfifoeauon., The. bodies of some of them were badly burned. The cause of the fire, which originated in die hallway of the first floor, ia unknown. The pecuniary loss is about $4,000. The Butler express on the Wes: Penm syl vania Hail way was wrecked - near Freeport, Pa., Wednesday, meirning and five persons were seriously injured. The accident was caused by the rails spreading. The two rear coaches jumped the trackand went over an embankment; Five broke out almost immediately and the passengers narrowly escaped with their lives. Fortunately, the front ear, which was filled with passengers, did not leave the track. .^JChe-national .Aroicnian relief committee of New York has received a letter dated Oorfa. Feb. 19, as follows: “The massacre of Dec. 28 and 29 left over fifteen hundred widow a a mon g the A rnlenian 6urvivors and 4.500 fatherless children. Relief work has just been begun and is simply appalling. The ArmeniAns are very timid, and so few of their men are left that they are reluctant to attempt to distribute aid even to their own people. We try to investigate the needs of all and to treat nil sufferers with impartiality. We need $1.04*0 a week for nt lenst two nr three months.” v

WESTERN.

A Montana antiquarian'claims to have discovered that the cathode or X rays were known to the Chinese many centuries ago. Over eight inches of snow fell throughout tile greater part of Colorado Monday night, The stsrnr, " continued Tuesday with increasing severity, accompanied bv a high wind, hut fortunately it was not very cold. Ed Moore., a 12-year-old Danville, Ind., boy, jumped a freight train and in getting off his foot slipped and lie fell'under the train. Both arms, one leg and his head were cut off. His mother was watching him at the time, and she was crazed -by the shock. - The Missouri Supreme Court affirmed the sentence of the Taylor brothers, convicted in the Carroll County Circuit Court of having murdered the Meek family near Milan. The date of execution was set for April 30. The Taylors have plenty of money and the case was bitterly fought. Mrs. Freeman, of Mitchell, 0.. prevented a train wreck Wednesday night. The Baltimore and Ohio bridge was burning. She saw the fire. Tearing off a petticoat, she rushed up the track and flagged express No. 44. The traiii was stopped several yards distant from the bridge. A disastrous wreck was undoubtedly avoided. - .. —— During the balcony ecene in the opera “Romeo and Juliet" at the Chicago Auditorium Monday night, Robert Richard Rothman, a lunatic, climbed upon the stage, and for a few minutes terrorized the singers and audience. He was finally secured by stage bauds and locked up iu a police cell. He declares lie is the Messiah. : “Poor man, I wonder who will be next," remarked Mrs. George Carnegie, of Wichita. Ivan,, while wiinessing a fnnera 1 procession as it passed her home. Almost before she had finished the sentence she threw tip her hands, fell forward and died instantly. Heart trouble was the cause. Mrs. Carnegie was the third woman to locate in Wichita. E. Wilding and J. F. Gilmore, representing a London syndicate, are iu San Francisco to close negotiations for the purchase of the Chino ranch, iu southerly California. The ranch consists of 40,000 acres and the price is said to be $2,000.000. The property will be divided and sold to English farmers. One hundred families are expected this year. The land iappiy Var<) for the culture of sugar beets and fruit. The bill to allow the manufacture of liquor in lowa was defeated iu the Senate Thursday afternoon after twelve hours of debate, running through two days. The bill received twenty-4 wo votes, including the seven Democrats; there were twenty-seven against it, and Ilealy, who was the only absentee, sent the request that the record be made to say that had he been present he would have voted against the bill. J. Milton Turner, of St. Louis, of counsellor the freednieu of the Cherokee nation, says all arrangements are now completed preparatory to making the long delayed Government payment to the freedmen. The work of revising the roll will require about thirty days, when the payment, amounting to about ’s2so to each jiers.ui, will be made. This will cause groat relief to the hundreds of creditors who have been sustaining the freedmen. Th£ east-bound cannonball train, N'o. 0, on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad. was held up three miles east of Lebanon, Mo., at 1 A)5-Wednesday morning by three masked men. and the express safe blown ojien and robbed. The messenger refused to open and the door was blownoqten with dynamite, the safe cracked and its contents removed. Several packages of valuable papers were found next morning beside the track, and in some wag money which had been overlooked in the hurry of departure. The passengers were not molested. While the amount of money secured by the robbers is known to have been considerable, the local exjtress officials will not place an estimate on it. Fred Payne, Who was married only Sunday, and James McKinstry. married but a few weeks ago, both of Chicago, were instantly kjjled at the Honry street crossing of Tire"ChicagtrandNorth westrpn Railroad in Harlem Wednesday afternoon. They became aware'of their peril nod made desperate efforts to escape

death, but could not gef out of the way In time. The men were riding in a covered milk wagon and did (not notice the approaching train tp_t.il it was almost on them. > They dried to urgeUßie horse forward, but thd train was tod near them. The engine struck the wagon between the front and rear wheels, completely demolishing Ts, The men were thrown through the side, of v the wagon to a point eighty feeKwest and south of the crossing and fell within a few feet of each other. The necks of both men were broken. Payne’s left leg was, broken below ’the hip and again below the knee; th 6 right leg was broken above the knee. MeKinstry’s left arm was broken above and below the elbow,. .JLIe had also sustained a fracture of leg below the Liiee. The horse escaped without a bruise. The crossing e.vis unguarded.

SOUTHERN.

Half the business portion of Weston, W. Va.,.was burned. Ixiss, $150,000, Farmers wlio live on,- the Texas side of .Red- river, just across from- Fort Sill County, say there is a’gang of outlaw’s in'the territory opposite them. They say Crawford and Lewis, who robbed the Wichita Falls City National Bank Feb. 25, killed 4’ashier Dorsey and were subsequently lynched jjy indignant citizens, were members of this gan’g. These criminals tell the settlers that .1. A. Kemp, bank president and wholesale grocer, and Burke Burnett, the cattle king, are responsible for the lynching of Crawford and Lewis and they have sworn -vengeance against.them and the city of Wi--1,'all“ ----—•— Key West, Fla., dispatch: (Sent from Havana to avoid pi ess censorship.). Twenty-five thousand insurgents, under Gen. Maeeo, are swarming over the provinces of Havana and Pinar del Jlio, de-stroying-property, ripping up railways and tearing down telegraph lines. Fjartytive thousand Spanish soldiers are in the same territory and more are coming. Gen. Maeeo is in-immediate command of the center column'of rebels, with about 9,000 men. Gen. Masso is in the southern part of Havana Province with about 6,000 men, and Gen..Lacret is hovering about; the outskirts of Havana with about 0,000 cavudry. The other 4,000 men are divided into small bands of pillagers. The insurgents are well equipped and have plenty of ammunition and are capable of giving the soldiers a warm reception. The activity noticeable aboui the palace of Gen. Weyler seems to bear out the idea that a crisis is near at hand.^ Several years ago Brunswick, Ga., was visited by a fire which destroyed it, and Thursday the disaster was almost repeated. A lire started about 1:30 p. m. which swept away many of the most prosperous bus in ess eh ferp rises of Bruns wick, r ftnd for a tinte_it was feared the whole town would be in ashes. The total loss is conservatively estimated at about $500,000 niid the insurance is placed at $400,000. A strong wind forced on the flames and tthe local fire department became powerless, so that assistance was telegraphed for to Savannah, Waycross, and Jackson-; viile, .whose departments promptly responded that they would-send aid. At half past 4 the lire was gotten under control, but not before one life had* bees lost. Charles Smith, an employe of The Brunswick and Western Railroad, was overcome by the heat and died. A number of sailing vessels were iu danger during the progress of the flames, - but all were saved.

WASHINGTON.

A bill has been introduced iu the Senate providing for the election of a delegate to Congress from Alaska. A visitor at the White House the other day was surprised to hear the President whistling at his work in lan adjoining office. The time was' "Silver Threads Among the Gold.- 1 ' Whistling is not a new accomplishment with the President. An employe at the White House said that he frequently whistles iu a low tone while alone in his office. “He cannot sing well,” said the man, "because his voice is not well modulated, although 1 have frequently heard him humming in a sort of barytone about the mansion.” But lie is a whistler from "Whistlerville” ami has made the tune of “Silver Threads Among the Gold" jHijiular among the-employes about the White House. Another tunc that has caught the President's fancy is Sousa’s “King Cotton.” although lie does not whistle that air as often as the other. His favorite times for whistling are in the morning, just after breakfast, or while alone in Ills office engaged at work after the hours for receiving callers have |T passed. An oi>iuion was rendered by the Supreme Court Monday in the ease known as the long and shott haul ease, involving the validity of the provision of the interstate commerce act prohibiting a higher charge for a short than for a long haul, apjiealed from the decision of the Circuit Court of appeals for the fifth circuit. The appeal was taken by the railroads. Its title was the interstate commerce commission vs. the Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Company, the Western and Atlantic Railway Company and the Georgia Railway Comiiany. The decision of the court below was affirmed iu the maiu, the opinion holding that iu cases of shijunents from one State to another on through bills of lading railway eomjiauies could not exempt parties and give them special rates. Justice Shiras delivered the opinion of the court. Justice Shiras also handed down the opinion of the court in the case of the Texas Pacific Railway vs. the interstate commerce commission. appealed from the circuit court of apjieals for the second circuit, and known as the imjiort-rate case. The opinion of the Supreme Court reversed the opiuion of the Circuit Court, which held that it was illegal to charge less on the imported goods than on domestic articles. The effect of the opinion is to continue the alleged discrimination in the interest of foreign shipjiers.

FOREIGN.

Exports from Bradford. England, to the United States during March were valued $1,560,000. comjMired with $2,455.000 for the same period of 1895. The monitor lln a scar, frasli from the new drydock in Taleahuano, bad scarcely cast anchor at Valiiaraiso, Chili, when the main steftmpipe of the engiue burst, billing eight of the crew and seriously injuring nine others. President Alfaro of Ecuador has issued a decree That, iu the event of invasion or internal disorder, the Cost'of maintaining nn army and other war expense shall be defrayed with the property of the leaders, U. It /in n ha CaiTflil . r Plift Jnn r>«it 'XT It vt»*» ■ * *• “ srmttt, UvJ'ußli •nd transfer are to he carried out as the president shall dictate. In consequence of the energetic r*pre-

Philip Currie, and thb United State* -charge d'affaires, Jobn- T W. Riddle, the porte has furnished written assurances that the missionaries in Anatolia will not be piolested in the work of distributing re-lief/'-on condition that an Ottoman official is permitted to assist-in ihi distribution of the funds, e'tc,7“^ Orders have been received at Toulon, to prepare a number of warships for active service, stores and ammunition arc being overhauled and sent onboard the vessels to be prepared for commission-and all naval officers on furlough been telegraphed to rejoin the-r ships immediately. These measures are believed to be of a precautionary nature,..The French MedrfeffXnefffr~STuhflron7Tiowever, is to" be strengthened, and the second-class -ernisef CeclUe, 5.74KJ tons, eight five-ton guns and ten three-ton ’gads, having a speed of nineteen knqts, has sailed on a special mission to the African.-coast. Three weeks ago, at an auction sale in Lincolnshire, Eng., of the library' and household effects*of Hon. Farmer-Atkin-son, formerly member of Parliament for Boston, a perfect copy of the famous “Wicked” Bible went uwlerthe -hammer for $55. It is now announced that the purchaser has parted with his bargain to a well-known and wealthy collector of curiositios at an advance of $4,300. The volume receives its peculiar name on account of the omission of the negative from the seventh commandment. It was printed in London by Richard Barker in 1(531 and lias changed hands but nine times durihg the intervening 2450 years. The capture pf Pinar del "Rio and Santa Clara by the Cuban insurgents, who occupied them several hours and then left them in flames, is a severe blow to the Spanish. Gen. Luiz Maria Pando and Gen. Alvaro Suarez Valdez, the military governors of the destroyed cities, have been ordered to return to Spain by Captain General Weyler, The captain general is badly worried over the situation. He thought he had Pinar del Rio so strongly guarded that it was absolutely impossible for Maceo’s forces tq break in. But in the, middle of the night of March 25 they fcarne and literally laid the town in ashes. Of several hundred residences not more than a couple of dozen were left uninjured. —— While it cannot be learned that the rUntied States has yet joined with Great Britain in representations to Franee respecting the setting aside by the latter of the treaties of commerce and amity, that have-existed between th’etn and the llova Government of Madagascar, it is believed the matter is rapidly assuming a phase that will call for some action by our Government. Like GrcSit Britain, the United States has a treaty with the Hova Government that guarantees to our citizens privileges equal to those accorded any other nation. This means for one thing that no greater duties shall be imposed on goods imported into, Madagascar from the United States than for any other country. It is the purpose of the French Government to remove this equality and reserve special privileges for French merchants, and France has notified o.nr State Department that by virtue of this "assumptiorTof control "over the foreign re-, lations of Madagascar these treaties shall fall. Our trade with Madagascar is quite large.

IN GENERAL

The boiler in a sawmill belonging to J. C. Connelly, near exploded, instantly killing J. W. Pelliter, fatally injuring Tom Souall, seriously injuring Bob Banks and his 10-year-old boy and scalding John McCary. At a Montreal, Out., mass meeting it was decided to hold an international exliosition in 1897. A joint stock company with $1,000,000 capital was organized to promote the enterprise. Federal and provincial governments are expected to make liberal gran is. The sealing steamer Newfoundland has arrived at St. John's, N. F., with a catch equal to 30,000 seals. She reports that the Labrador has taken 10,000, the Walrus 12,000, the Leopard 8,000 and the Kite 10,000 seals. This is the worst: opening for the fishery in many years. The New Fmmdiand was only tw o thirds full, but had to make port because she was- leaking badly; ~~ —— Obituary: At ’New York, Roderick B. Seymour, 53.—At C 1 evel.Tint; 0.7 MTss F. Jenny Duly, 45.—At St. Ijouis, William D. John W. ktenderson and CharlPs S. Marsh, GO.—At Prairie du Sac, Wis., Rev. P. Massueger.—At Two Rivers, Wis.. City Clerk William Hurst, 65 —At Montague, Mich.. George E. Dowling, 56. At Mason' City, lowa, Robert Hull.—At Greensboro, Ala., ex-Gov. Thomas Seav, 60.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago Cattle, common to priqie, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.00; siipep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 02c to 613 c: corn, No. 2,28 cto 29c; oats. No. 2,19 c to 20c; rye. No. 2,35 cto 30c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 22e; eggs, fresh, 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c to 25c; broom corn, S2O to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indiauajiolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to $4:00; wheat, Ko. 2, G7e to 69c; corn. No. 1 White, 2Sc to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. ,44b Louis—^Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,30 e to 37c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; \t-heat. No. 2. 72c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2,39 cto 41c. , Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.73; 'hogs. $3.60 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.00: wheat. No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye. 37c to 38c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 / red, 70c to tic; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30C; oats, No. 2 white. 2le to 23c; rye. No. 2,37 cto 39c; clover seed, $4.33 to $4.43. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring, G2c to 63c; corn, No. 3,28 eto 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2,31 ctc 33c; rye, No. 1,37 cto 39c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75.. „ . Buffalo—Cattle, 1 $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 75c; corn, No. 2 vellow. 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 25c. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5 00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.75; Sheep, $2,00 to si,soi ?S»c to <6c; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats. No. 2 white, 24c to better, creamery, 15e tofftc; eggs; Westera, 11c to 12c.

AWFUL CLOUDBURST.

TEN LIVES ARE LOST IN TUCKY. Mas; Homes Completely Swept Away —Big Failure* in Massachusetts Towns—Negro Criminal Taken from Jail and Lynched—Red Cross Work. Swept Away by the Flood. The recent cloudburst in Clay..and Owsley Counties, Kentucky, was more disastrous -than .at first, .reported. Buffalo creek, which is across the south fork of the Kentucky river, suffered more than Sexton —creek —by—the—unusual—rainfall— Every house on the bank of the stream was washed away. Miss Mary Garrett was drowned while trying to escape the flood. George (‘apsou’s wife and three children, two,children of Will Burns and two others whose names are not given, were also drowned. John Crane, a logger, rescued his wife and small child when they were drifting down the stream on some uprooted trees. Thousands of logs - arc-going do wn the—stream; The large booms at Booneviiie are dhoked with logs, and it is feared the booms a;,)<J all will be carried Away by the water. Part of the town is inundated, and a number of persons have had to remove their household effects up on the side of the mountain. N'ofclh Fork. and Mjddlq creek are both overflowing their -banks, and at Jackson Military Instructor Bull, of the Jackson Institute, was drowned while riding on a raft. Quit the t)l<l Army. Edward Fielding, of Chicago, brigadier general in command of rhe northwest division of the Salvation army, and, with the exception of Commissioner BoothTucker, the -most prominent officer in the forces in America, has resigned his commission and will join the forces of Ballington Booth's Volunteers. The majority of his staff officers go with him, and the blow is -qonceded to be the most severe which ‘has been suffered.by the Salvation army since tile recall,of Commander And Mrs. Baliiugton Booth. Brigadier Fielding's wide personal influence Will now he 1 'exerted in 'behalf of the new organization, aud it is coniidently predietetl that the news of iiis resignation will cause a tremendous defection iu the ranks of the army, not alone in his own division, but all over the country. Among the officers who have resigned tire: Brigadier General EdwarcT Fielding, Brigadier General Emma Fielding. Adjutant Washington B 1 ackhn rst. Ad i uta nt Chris tot >h er (Herron, Adjutant Bertha Herron, Ensign Duncan, Lieutenant Galloway. Manufacturing Jewelers Assign. Wade, Davis & Co., of Plainville, Mass., manufacturing jewelers, ami Tlarlan 0. Bacon, of Lincoln, Bacon & Co., also in the jewelry business, have made assignments involving more than SIOO,OOO. It is feared tihatother jewelers will be forc*ed into insolvency. The firm of Lincoln, Bacon & Co. is not affected by the personal assignment of Mr. Bacon. The exact condition of those involved cannot be ascertained for several days. The accounts -are being investigated and the creditors will'hold a meeting. The reason given for the failures is dull Times.

BREVITIES.

Unfavorable reports regarding the pope’s health are circulating at Rome. The exports of .Sheffield, England, to the United States for the first three months of 1896 amounted to $832,220, compared with $563,010 for the same perlod of . 1895. The Genesee river is out of bank at Rochester, N. Y., and at Utica the Mohawk is doing great damage. At Cincinnati the Ohio threatens to become unmanageable. The national congress of Venezuela has authorized the president s to negotiate a foreign loan of 50,000,1)00 francs to purchase land for new railways and extend those already in operation. At Carroilton, Aro., OT« ; Ucfbh \vas knT- ' ioA ~Wilt- iliidsMrr wiivr sbiWln the face and the side, and Lee Cunningham received a scalp wound in a row. Godwin and Cunningham are in jail charged with Eeton’s murder. Rudolph Spreckels, president.of the Hawaiian Commercial and Sugar Company, in his annual report, says the world’s product of sugar this year wity probably be 1,000,000 tons short of tfhe supply of several years past. The anti-coal trust bill, allowing the Attorney General to begin action to. prevent monopolies, passed the New York Senate by sn*«ffm\v.iri ve vote of MOyWi" one voting in the negative. The bill had previously passed the Assembly. Miss Clara Barton, president of the American Red Cross Society, now in Constantinople. is much disturbed by the reports circulated in the United States to the effect that the Red Cross relief is being controlled by the Turks. This, it appears, ds not the ease,- The Turkish Government allows the agents of Miss Barton to distribute the relief funds, the only stipulation being that at must be done in the presence of the Turkish officials. A telegram from Tupelo, Miss., sixty miles southeast of MemiVhis, says: “A young negro, about 18 years old, was taken from jail by a mob and lynched in front of the court house. The mob went to the sheriff’s home, overpowered him with shotguns, inarched) him to the jail and forced the keys from him. The men wore masks and their identity is unknown. The prisoner attempted to assault a prominent wivite lady at Plantersville’ about weeks ago: A warrant was sworn out at Detroit, Midi., for the arrest of Alderman John Chris Jacob?, charging him with solicit-, ing a bribe from, a firm of architects in connection with the plans for the new. county building. Alderman Jacobs was indidted several years ago by the grand jury on a charge of- “boouiing,” but escaped conviction. . ‘ ' ; ____ —— -1— nr— —=■ - Obituary: At Jeffersonville, Ind?, Rev. Joseph Miller Hutchinson, 56.—At Superior, Vincent Roy, a wealthy Chipjarwa Indian.— At Middletown, N. Y.. refer F. Conkling, 106.—At Carbon, Ind., Joseph Fitzpatrick. Robert McCoy, a member of the famous family of Hatfield haters, has been assassinated in West Virginia. Prince Bismarck Is •snfferlng'Tfom' nerv~ ous prostration, the restiltmf exposure on las birthday, when be received deputations in disobedience of the orders of his physician.

NATIONAL SOLONS.

. *'y 3 ' r -■; • ... 1 REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT - WASHINGTON. _ : . ; -1-... U... • -a—— Detailed Proceeding* of SfMte,jui4 House—Bills Passed or Introduced. in Either Branch—Questions of Moment to the Country at' Large. -fT The .Legislative Grind. The Senate Monday passed the bill appropriating $2,000,004) for a public builds "fffrift inoianapolls. H4-ncn'HSie was spent in-discussing the settlement between Gov- 1 *? eminent and the State of Arkansas. TheHouse took up the consideration of the- ‘ sundry civil appropriation bill and disposed of fifteen of the 100-pages beforeadjournment. Few amendments wero added to the bill.- The Senate resolution-, authorizing F. Green to exercise the du--ties and powers heretofore conferred upon the late Gen. Casey in relation to the , construction of the library of Congress was adopted. The Senate resolution authorizing ex-President Harrison to accept certain medals presented to him by tbeGovernments of Brazil and Spain Vrasalso adopted. The House spent Tttesdtiy consideringthe sundry civil bill and fair progress was made. Effort was made by some of the- • Southern representatives to strike out the appropriation of $50,000 for the pay of 'internal revenue Informers, but : t was unsuccessful. The expected debate oi* the resolution for a Senate inquiry in tore cent bond issues did not take place, as Mr. Pcffer gave notice that he would defer his motion. The postoffi.ee appropriation bill, carrying $93,000,000. was considered -in part, but not comi>Jeted. A sharp debate on mail subsidies arise, Mr.“ Vilas opposing An extension oLtho subsidy system, while Senators Perkins and White of California upheld them. Senator George's speech in opposition to Mr." Dupont’s claim to a Seat occupied most of the day and was not completed. Ocean mail subsidies brought on an animated discussion in the Senate Wednesday during the consideration of the postoffice appropriation bill, Mr. Vilas opposed subsidies, and pointed out many instances of :what he deciarod were excessive payments for mail service. Mr., Perkins of California energetically "tie—fended the subsidies for their encouragement to American shipping. The subsidy item was reserved for a separate vote.. The balance of the postoffiee appropriationbill was completed. Senator Call of Florida introduced in the Senate a joint resolution directing the sending of an adequatebarities and the violation of treaty obligations. The House continued cousidera-, tion of the sundry civ-il bill, i The House Thursday passed the sundry civil bill, and wasted a lot of time4n acrimonious debate of the question of appropriating public money for private or Sectarian institu-flons. The postoffiee appropriation bill served to bring out somesharp discussion in the Senate—on thepropriety of abolishing country postoffice*, and absorbing them as branches of city offices. The bill authorizing the light- # house board to proceed with the building of .the lighthouse at North Maniton island. Lake Michigan, was passed. The House bill granting the Atchison and Nebraska and the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railways a right of way through the Bac and Fox and lowa Indian reservations in Kansas and Nebraska was passed. The Senate then went into executive session and soon after adjourned until Monday. Speaker Reed made an important ruling rh the House Friday which will have considerable bearing on. legislation in thefnture. He held that a majority of the members of the House who are living at the-time any question of a quorum comes* up shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The majority of theconstitutional membership, he holds, is not necessary to constitute a quorum. This is a reversal of the ruling made byMr. Reed in the Fifty-first Congress. A bilL to authorize the construction of a third bridge across Hnf Mississippi river at St. Louis was considered. The riyer "and harbor apprapriation'Tjnrwas finished by the House committee, which has been working on it most of the session. Thetotal amount carried by the bill is a few thousands less than $10,000,000, or about $1,000,000 below the bill of last Congress., There are also provisions for contract ■ works to the amount of $Ol ,'*oll,ooo. —

Western Hospitality.

People in the Eastern cities know not the,,meaning of the word "hospitality”' as it is written in the dictionary of the Western ranchman. "Why,” said Senator Warren, of Wy~ omlugvsduttm&dng some otkiMe cha raeteristies of the Western people, with a. representative of the Washington Post the other day, "I would regard It as a personal insult If I went to a house on, any ranch and found the door The first Impulse of the average Western man on such an occasion would ho to break the door down.” "But how about locking up when the. inmates go away?” Senator Warren laughed. “It would make no difference at all,” lie said. “We all go on the general supposition that a man traveling through the country is hungry. If he has i any food in his haversack, and finds nobody at home, lie goes In the liouse, takes possession of the kitchen, and cooks Ids. meal. If he lias nothing, he helps himself to what lie ,cail find. He does it as a matter of course, and the family would feel that lie was worse than a dude if he declined to share with them even the smallest bit of food that they happened to have in store.”

Patti's Future Hates.

Patti has decided not to sing in London again till, 1897. She Ipis not yet majle any twentieth century.pdates 60far as Is known.—Springfield Republican.

Mother Hay.

A curious old custom still prevails at Girard College, Philadelphia Wednesday last was “Mother Day,” and there were over 1,000 visitors to the Institution. This day is set aside for either the mothers or nearest relatives of the students to call and make their request of the management foe the relief of the boys on holidays. This time it Is for Easter, which means four or five day*, of vacation for as many gs have relatives or friends to make application.