Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 April 1896 — Page 8

THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, T - • INDIANA

THE LAW IS A FARCE.

SUNDAY IN NEW YORK A DAY OF WILD DEBAUCHERY. t - - Hundreds of Saloons Hastily £anlp. ped ns Hotel* Henlthy ImproveU Bent in Commercial Circles—Linton Not in the Race for President." “ ' Ignore the Raines Law. There was more liquor sold in New York Sunday than on any previous Sunday in many years. There was more drunkenness seen upon the streets, more depravity and more dens of vice wide open than the city knew almost in the worst days of pro- ■ , tected viciousness. Three hundred saloons, which had been * transferred into "so-called hotels during the Last week, were ■wide oppn all day and night. The proprietors gloated in the evasion of the law and greeted every .out with.joyous expression. Scenes of drunkenness almost universal on the East Side could have been witnesed in isolated spots all Over the city where the subterfuge protection of a hotel license permitted beer to flow freely over the little saving sandwich that is called a meal. The kitchens of the hotel saloons had no stoves, no chefs, no larders. Thin board partitions had been, set up to make cubby holes called rooms and beds were thrown in, bat no one slept In them. This is a fair sample of all of New York's hotel licensed saloons. In Brooklyn there was also the usual amount of drunkenness. Hotel saloons are not numerous in that city and saloon screens were drawn away from the windows, showing empty interiors. But the thirsty knew where and how to Obtain their beer. j . To Make Postage Stamps Sweeter. Senator Cullem's attack on the Bureau of Engraving and Printing, ana the proposition to have the postage stamps made by i contract once more, seem to have touched a popular choTd. Letters have been received' by many of the Senators from widely separated sections of the country declaring the “stickum” on the back of the postage stamps was of,the most villainous taste, and that the stamps wpuld often decline to adhere to the letters until they were treated from private mucilage pots. In Senator Cnliom’s mail was a letter from the office force of the J. W. Barry Company Of Chicago, in which tjie suggestion is made that in the next supply of stamps prepared for the Government, the “stickum,” ns almost all the letters call it, should be sweetly flavored with -sassafras or strawberry or violet or wintergreen-, or some other congenial flavor, so the pretty typewriter girls to whose lot this duty generally falls should no longer rebel againsf putting on stamps, but welcome the job as a positive treat.

Slight Gain in Trade. R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of Trade says: “The sudden change from sleighing to miu.»unmier heat, with fair skies'in most cities, has tested the prevalent idea that good weather only was needed to bring general improvement of business. Everywhere there has been more retail buying, and in some branches better demand at wholesale and at the works hns resulted, but not as yet in most lines. There is no abatement of the almost universal disposition to deal with unusual conservatism, and not to anticir pate tUtuM wants, and this has b*eii especially conspicuous where combinations have been formed or prices advanced. The comparative infreqiftmcy of serious failures, with money less disturbed since gold exports began than might have been expected, helps to give encouragement, but does not kindle speculative fires. Such improvement as appears is mainly of a healthy sort.” Linton Not a Candidate. Congressman W. S. Linton, of Michigan, who has been urged by certain of the A. P. A. leaders as a possible candidate for President, says he is not now, and never has been, a candidate for the honor of nomination. He says the use of his name in connection with the Republican nomination for President is unauthorized, and that it will not be presented to the St. Louis convention with his consent, and that he will not be a candidate on, an independent A. P. A. ticket. Mr. Linton is a candidate for renominatiou to Congress and is fixing up his fences in that direction.

NEWS NUGGETS.

J. D. Buxton, cashier at the Minneapolis postoffice, is said to be short in his accounts about $2,500. He is, a nephew of President Buxton of the City Bank. He refuses to say where the money went to. At Niehart, Mont., seven men were instantly killed, six seriously wounded and several others badly bruised and cut by an explosion early Saturday morning of the magazine in the Broadwater mine used for thawing powder. London dispatch: Gen. Booth has cabled to the Salvation army headquarters at New York instructing the officials in charge there to publish the letters in their possession in regard to the charges made by Ballington Booth against the general and his adaiin is t ration. . The London Globe, discussing the effect of the election policy of the Spanish premier, Senor Canqvas del Castillo, says that either Cuba must be allowed to follow the example of the South American republics or the motherland must grant a generous measure of autonomy. Two firemen were crushed to death and several others seriously injured as the result of a fire which destroyed the old depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company at Thirty-second and Market streets, Philadelphia, Saturday afternoon, and entailed a loss of about $200,000. Herr Brand, the architect of the late King Ludwig of Bavaria, has died, leaving many millions. King Ludwig, the mad king of Bavaria, bad building as well aa Wagner on the brain. He spent large (umi in raising castles, palaces and villas, and when he died left an enormous debt thjd has n<?tT£t . been-paid eff ; the result o f his indulgence to this weakness. The German Government intends to ask of the Reichstag large credits for quickfiring field cannon almost immediately. A member of the general staff says Francois recent move in that direction 'has long -been anticipated, _ „

EASTERN.

The Erst victim of the heat for i%e season is reported from Philadelphia, where George Scbela was overcome Wednesday aifd died in a hospital. \ . The aseptolin cure for consumption has been tried on throe convicts in the Western Penitentiary of Pennsylvania with remarkable success: hag plil-' monary tuberculosis, andwerc considered incurable. A month’s treatment shows an uninterrupted record of rapid and marvelous improvement until the patients are to external appearances well men. Insurance Inspector Gary, Of the Fidelity Mutual Life Company, , of&Philadelphia, in which Holmes' victim, * Pitzel, was insured, says Holmes did not commit ail the murders he confessed to. Kate Darke is in Omaha, Dr. Russell in Michigan, Anna Van Tassell In Arkansas and Robert Latimer in Chicago. Gertrude Conner did not die for six weeks after leaving Ghicago fbr lowa. Greater New York’s death knell toiled long and dismally in the Nbw York State Senate at Albany Monday night, while the clerk read a long communication from Mayor Strong of New York city, in which he summarily vetoed the bill and expressed numerous reasons why the measure would not be to the advantage of the community whose interests he feuards. With it was read the veto‘of Mayor Wurster of Brooklyn, together with the approving message of Mayor Gleason of Long Island City. Rev. Dr. Madison C. Peters, at the Bloomingdale Reforrii Church at New York, spoke on “The Safer Monroe Doctrine.” He said in part: “We have many things that Congress should turn its attention to besides foreign affairs. One week ago 25,000. immigrants entered New York City, while thousands of American citizens were pleading for work. Foreigners not only monopolize Our breweries and our bonds, but also our land and our lumber. Fully 27,000,000 acres of American lands are owned by English, Holland, Scotch and German syndicates.. Here is a violation of the spirit of the Monroe doctrine. Let us insist by law that American lands shall be owned only by American citizens.” «• One of the fiercest fires in New York within a year started in the five-story building occupied by C, A. Auffmordt & Co., one of the largest importers of silks, plushes, dress goods and kid gloves in this country. The first floor was occupied by Franz Merz, dealer in and importer of dress goods. The second floor was used by Hugo Bondy, importer of kid gloves, who carried a stock valued at nearly $500,000. The third and fourth floors were occupied by Dexter, Lambert & Co., manufacturers of silk goods, Franz Merz ;also occupied the fifth floor. During the course of the fire two firemen were partially overcome by smoke and one of them was burned about the face and was also cut by falling glass. The firemen said the fire, although not the biggest, was one of the fiercest they ever had to fight. There were times when it seemed ns if the entire block was bound to go. The fire burned three hours, it having ample food In the expensive stocks of the different floors. Loss reaches $1,000,000.

WESTERN.

Miss Kate Durfee, of Omaha, whom H. H. Holmes confesses was one of the twen-ty-seven persons killed by him, declares that she has never been murdered. According to report, Senator Tillman blushed .at Denver when an aged female suffragist threw hcr arms around hisneck nnd gave him a hearty kiss in the presence of 8,000 people. At San Francisco, ex-District Attorney James D. Page has been found guilty of embezzling $3,000 from an insane patient, of whom-he bad-been appointed guardian. Page fled to New York, where he was arrested last January. Lander, Wyo., had a peculiar 6torm Sunday. First red and then yellow clay fell, followed a little later by nlmost black mud. People who were out in the storm looked as though they had been churned in a tubful of mud. When the case of William Wood, charged as an accomplice in the attempt to procure an operation on Pearl Bryan, was called at Cincinnati, the prosecuting attorney said the State had no evidence to warrant a trial, and Judge Gregg dismissed the case. J. Milton Turner, ex-Minister to Liberia, lawyer and politician of national fame, colored man, does not, apparently, possess a thick skull. He is now lying at the St. Louis city hospital with a broken sconce, the result of a scrimmage with his step-daughter, who broke a pitcher over his head. Fritz Erasmy, G years old, was burned to death in a fire at San Francisco which destroyed three houses in the Richmond district. Mrs. Catharine Blume, the child’s grandmother, leaped from a sec-ond-story window and was seriously injured. John Erasmy entered the burning house to save his son and narrowly escaped death himself.

At 2:15 o'clock Friday morning a converter at the lower sugar works at Peoria, 111., exploded, filling au immense building with steam. At least two men were killed outright, and it is feared that many more have met the same fate., Several were badly injured. The known dead: ■ Barnes, John Hoey. Those known to be most seriously injured are: John Dooley, Mat. Connolly, John Wilson. The converter was on the fourth story of the building, in which about one hundred men were at work. There was the wildest excitement, and mapy thrilling escapes occurred. The explosion was plainly heard in all parts of jhe city. Julius Mannow, of Chicago, furnished a climax Thursday for the succession of sensations that has marked the progress of the trial of himself and Joseph Windrath for the murder of Carey Birch. Pale as death, his entire frame quivering with suppressed rage directed against the police authorities who have, metaphorically, drawn the noose about his neck, Mannow faced Judge Horton and entered an unconditional plea <sf guilty. With a look of absolute despair and a manner that betokened his abject misery, the young man confessed that he had deprived Cash Receiver Birch of bts life. The scene at the moment was one that few in a crowded court room could view without some sort of display of feeling. The stern, inexorable judge leaned over the bench and eyed 1116 FM had placed tu* lite-althe. court's mercy. “Do you understand that under the plea tne court can impose the death penalty?'* asked Judge Horton. “I do,” came the half-choked uftorance of the self-convicted man. “I am guilty.” '- With an explosion that shook the country for miles around one of the buildingsof the Chicago Fireworks Company at

Grosse Point blew up about 8 o’clock Wednesday morning, killing two persons, fatally wounding two and terribly injuring six others. The employes,. most of whom were girls under age, had scarcely been at work an hour when the accident occurred. What caused the explosion is not and probably* never will be known. The girls were working briskly and mer-vdty-eimtlH'g wrtlrdtrg'ftnother, when'stt<U denly a terrible roar was heard, and the walls of the building, which is true of twelve similar ones, fell outward, while the roof came careening down, crushing the p6or victims to. the floor. A minute later another explosion followed, which mercifully raised the roof from the dying and fainting, and with feeble limbs and agonizing cries the wounded crawled out, some of them, forgetful of their own awful plight, dragging the more helpless ones with them. The work for the season at the establishment began but a fevf weeks ago, and only two of the twelve buildings were in use. 1 Miss Mary Linnett, of 43 North Campbell avenue, Chicago, shot and instantly killed Miss Elizabeth Trowbridge, a prominent young woman of Elgin, 111., and killed herself, shortly after 8 o’clock Monday evening. The double tragedy took place on the principal residence'street of the city. Miss Linnett some two years ago conceived a singular likjng for a young woman in Chicago, g neighbor, and attempted to take her life because she would not live with her. She was sent to the insane hospital at Elgin less than a year ago and was discharged from the institution as cured in December last. Miss Trowbridge was an attendant at the hospital and had charge of Miss Linnett, who became passionately attached to her. Her great regret in leaving Elgin was that she must leave her" friend behind. She returned to Chicago, where she remained at her home. Her friends believed ljer entirely cured of her mental troubles. But the strange passion for Miss Trowbridge induced Miss Linnett to return to Elgin, where she endeavored to persuade the latter to accompany her to Chicago. Failing, the tragedy followed. Advices received at the headquarters of the Grand Army ,of the Republic in Indianapolis, Indicate that there is general satisfaction among the comrades throughout the country at the decision of the joint local and executive committees to limit the length of the route of the parade to take place in connection with the national encampment at St Paul next September to one and eight-tenths miles. At previous encampments, notably those at Boston and Pittsburg, there was considerable complaint among the veterans over the amount of ground they were required to cover on parade day, and thousands of them were compelled to drop out of line before the dispersing point was reached. This year, however, even the most feeble will be able to k go over the course from start to finish. Moreover, the reviewing stand will be located about three quarters of a mile from the starting point, so that in the event of extreme heat, rain or unfavorable conditions the parade can disband without going over the entire distance. The route adopted is paved; with asphalt from one end to the other, and this will enable the veterans to march with military tread.

WASHINGTON.

The Treasury Department is struggling with the problem of" whether imported holy water is subject to a tariff tax. The triennial international counting of all mails going from one country to another in the postal union will take place irom May 1 to May 28. It is the expectation of Secretary Morton to have covered back into the treasury at the end of the present administration in the neighborhood of $2,000,000 from the appropriations for the Agricultural Department for the four years of which he shall have been at its head. To do this he plans to save $500,000 a year, but the aggregate may be smaller than hoped for owing to the rigid pruning of estimates. Already the amount returned to the treasury from these appropriations has reached $1,014,000. The President has stolen a march on Spain in the appointment of Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, of Virginia, as Consul General at Havana, vice Ramon O. Williams, resigned. He has long wanted to send a special commissioner to Cuba to ascertain exact faqfs with regard to the scope and significance of the revolution, But from the outset he encountered the angry opposition of the Madrid Government, which resented the suggestion as insufferable impertinence and, gratuitous intermeddling in a strictly family affair. He could not move Spain from this view, but he never for a moment abandoned the idea. It occurred to him that he could accomplish his purpose by appointing a Consul General at Havana,, who could serve in the double capacity of diplomatic representative of this Government and commissioner—the latter, of course, under private instructions. After a careful canvass of names he selected Gen. Lee as best fitted to perform the delicate duty.

FOREIGN.

The French customs receipts for the first three months of 1896 show increases over 1595 of imports,to the amount of 145,000,000 francs and exports 49,000,000 francs. An imperial irade has been issued commanding all Turkish students now abroad to return to Turkey. The object of this order is to prevent these students from joining the young Turk movement. Advices received at Buluwayo, Matabeleland, from Gwelo say that a terrible explosion of dynamite occurred at the Eagle Reef store, near that place, and that 200 Matabeles were killed. Further advices received at Massowah show that the dervishes’ retreat after the recent fighting was in the nature of a complete rout. Col. Stevani burned the intrenchment works of Tucruf and Gulusit. The retreating dervishes inflicted considerable loss on the Shoans. The Hamburg Boersenhalle has a dispatch from Caracas, Venezuela, saying* that a settlement of the railway claims made by Germany on behalf of German subjects has been signed by the representatives of the Disconto Gesselslmft, North German Bank and the Government of Venezuela, the latter agreeing to pay 36,000,000 bolivars in settlement of past liabilities, future claims and the guaranteed interest due. * A dispatch to the Paris Matin from VfMCS aay« that Emperor William afid King Humbert, at their conference Saturday, decided to prolong the Dreibund until 1902, the present agreement including an offensive as well as a defensive clause. The correspondent of the Matin also aays that the African situation was disenssed. It was tesolved to proceed, with the peace negotiations, and. in event

of their failure, a fresh expedition, com* manded by the Duke of Aosta, brother of King -Humbert, is to be ’dispatched against the Abyssinians in September. A despatch from Madrid to the Pall Mall Gazette says: “Senor Canovas del Castillo (the Spanish premier! is 41 and cannot be Interviewed. liis relatives, however, coafirmthe -esiste&ee^ef'-a^g'np“ munique from President Cleveland. But, in the present state of public feeling, it will be Impossible for the Government to accept his offer. Matters are very comand, while the Government will do everything in i(s power to avoid a quarrel with the United States, it will prefer to fight rather than lose Cuba through foreign pressure. The coming Cortes will grant Cuba every reasonable franchise to be enjoyed under the Spanish flag." The thorough ventilation which the action of the Sultan toward the missionaries in Asia Minor has received has had decidedly beneficial effect. The United Strftes charge d’affaires, John W. Riddle, has received a written assurance from the Turkish' Government that Rev.' Georgo P. Knapp, the American missionary recehtly expelled from Bitlis, will be delivered to the United States consul at Alexandria. It is further stated that the Sultan’s irade providing fbr the ‘expulsion of other missionaries from Asia Minor has been repealed, and, for the present at least, the missionaries need not anticipate any further trouble. It is understood that in both of these cases the Sultan has acted upon the advice of the Russian ambassador.

IN GENERAL.

The presbytery of the St. Lawrence has voted to dissolve the pastoral relation existing between Rev. William N. Cleve- ■ land, brother of President Cleveland, and the church at Chaumont, N. Y. Too much politics is said to be the cause of the trouble. The special board which was appointed to make the trip from Port Royal to Hampton Roads on the Indiana and thus make <the final inspection of that vessel finds there is no weakness or defect in the hull, fittings, or equipment, nor is there any defect in the machinery of the Indiana. The question of the admission of women as delegates to the general conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church has been practically settled in their favor. The vote to date is 6,937 in .favor of the amendment and 2,187 against it. This gives the required majority, with 375 votes to spare. Li Hung Chang, the distinguished Chinese statesman, who is to represent the Emperor of China nt the ceremonies attending the coronation of the Czar at Moscow, has arrived at Colombo, Ceylon. He was received with high honors. Li Hung Chang is quoted as saying, in an interview, that after leaving Moscow he will proceed to Berlin, Essen, Paris and London, and thence to America, returning to Peking in November. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: 1 Per

riaycd. Won. Lost, cent Chicago 2 2 0 1.000 Pittsburg 2 2 0 1.000 Washington .. 2 2 0 1.000 Brooklyn 2 2 0 ( 1.000 Boston ....... 2 1 1 .500 Cleveland .... 2 1 1 .500 Philadelphia .: 2 1 1 .500 St. Louis 2 1 1 .500 Baltimore .... 2 0 2 .000 Cincinnati .... 2 -0 2 .000 Louisville .... 2- 0 2 .000 New York.... 2 0 2 .000 Charles. C. Bovey and John Crosby, of Minneapolis, representing the National Millers’ Association, say flour inspectors of London are greatly exercised over what they hold to be a discrimination against American flour. Flour from America enters London docks and is subjected to a landing charge of 18 cents per ton. French flour and American wheat escape this charge. Parliament enacted that no charge whatsoever shall be made on goods landing at these docks, but the steamship companies, it is stated, issued to American millers a bill of lading containing a clause subjecting flour to the 18 cents charge per ton. In this way the miller contracts, himself out of the laws of Parliament and must pay the tax. Furthermore, the dock companies, it is stated, propose now to increase the taxing of landing materially. Messrs. Bovey and Crosby have represented to' a sub-commit-tee of the House Ways and Means Committee that the American flour product is subjected to charges in contravention of English law, and which they have urged may be abated through retaliatory legislation here.

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to 66c; corn, No. 2,29 cto 30c; oats, No.' 2,18 c to 20c; rye, No. 2,36 cto 38c; butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c to 25c; broom corn, S2O to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No." 2,69 cto 71c; corn, No. 1 white, 30c to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to. $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, .No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,37 c to 39c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3*.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 22c to 24c; rye, No. 2,43 cto 45c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, 37c to 39c. Toledo—Wheat, No 4 2 red, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, No. 2,38 cto 40c; clover seed, $4.00 to $4.70. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 64c to G6c; corn, No. 3,29 cto 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley, No. 2,32 cto 34c; rye, No. 1,38 cto 39c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75* Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00* to $4.75; she§p* .s2,s£Llp S4JiQ; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 78c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn, No. 2, ' 89c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c; butter, creamery, 16c to 18c; eggs, Wester*, 11c to 12&

ED PARDRIDGE DEAD.

GREAT SPECULATOR BREATHES , .HIS LAST. _ -'j ; / One of the Most Noted Men in Chicagc—Alwajs on the Bear Side—Chili Refuses Reparation to Sailora ■ Shields and McKinatry, Famous Chicagoan DeadEdwin I’axJridge, prominent for years es a heavy bear trader on ’Change at Chicago, died Friday of Bright’s disease. Dissolution was not unexpected and the dying man was -surrounded by members of his household. For several weeks he had been-suffering from this malady. General complications set in and terminated fatally, Deceased was about G 2 years old and was reputed to possess'a considerable fortune. It has been many times said of Edwih Pardridge-that had he been the only, member of the Board of Trade to remain upon the bear Side, he would have steadfastly refused to join the bulls and .would have gone down in the last ditch before he would admit the possibility of a rise in prices. I’ardridge thirty years ago was one, of the leading dry goods merchants in the city. He was one of the first prominent merchants in that line to see the coming greatness of State street as a thoroughfare, and settled his business at a point now about opposite Marshall Field & Co.’s store.: Thrown Ont of Chilian Courts. After five years the claims, of Patrick Shields and Andrew McKinstry against the Chilian Government for injuries received from assaults of a Chilian mob at Santiago have finally been thrown out of all the courts and commissions. Shields and McKinstry were, sailors on the Keewanah, that entered Santiago harbor a week after the, Baltimore sailors were so roughly handled by the mobs in that city in 1891. They preferred claims against the Government of Chili, Shields for SIOO,OOO and McKinstry for $20,000. President Harrison made these two claims a very important part of one of his messages to Congress in 1892. In this he said that though the men were foreign subjects, they were sailing under the protection of the American flag and should receive the same protection as American citizens. F. Allyn Orr, of Oakland, Cal., attorney for Shields and McKinstry, brought the matter before the British Parliament, and it was finally referred to a British claifn commission. As a result of the investigation of this commission Mr. Orr has received a letter informing him that the Chilian Government has refused to pay the claims. Colonel Lloyd Wine a Victory. A telegram to the British war office in Cairo states that Col. Lloyd defeated the dervishes near Suakiru. The khedive went to the railway station to witness the departure for the front of 150 men of horse artillery, with six guns, and his cousin, Prince Aziz, in charge of seventy ■cavalry remounts. The Egyptian troops displayed unusual enthusiasm. The sirdar’s brother, Major Kitchener, has been ten days waiting for an appointment. It is said that this delay is owing to the sirdar’s unpopularity in high quarters. Lieut. Farquhar, of the Royal Artillery, is thought to be dying from injuriejp received from a fall at polo.

BREVITIES.

Nikola Tesla has by means of X rays seen through the bodies, bones and all, of three of his assistants, placed in a line. Gold bondsof the Provisional Republic of Cuba to the amount of $2,000,000 are to be placed on the American, market. They are to draw 6 per cent interest, and are made payable ten years after the Spaniards evacuate the island. 4 The British budget, which was presented to the Hojise of Commons Thursday, gives the surplus for 1895-G as £4.240,000. The estimate of expenditures for the current year is £100,047,000 and the calculated revenue, £101,755,000. A Rome dispatch says: The papal nuncio at Madrid has been instructed to propose the mediation of the pope in order to bring about a settlement of the troubles in Cuba or to urge upon Spain the acceptance of President Cleveland’s reported offer of mediation. Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, of All Souls’ Church, Chicago, has announced that bicyclists will be welcome at the services conducted by him next Sunday, and that Their wheels will be taken care of free of charge. Knickerbockers and bloomers will not be barred.

At the Maine Republican convention for the nomination of delegates to the national convention at St. Louis the enthusiasm was centered about the name of Thomas B. Reed, the unanimous choice of the convention as candidate for President of the United States. The London Exchange Telegraph Company says it is rumored that Buluwayo has been captured by the Matabeles. The news is not confirmed from other sources. A dispatch from Aldershot says the Middlesex Regiment has been ordered to start immediately for South Africa... Considerable anxiety is felt regarding the South African situation, and the Government is openly blamed for its inaction. An ice jam in the Rideau river, Ontario, has backed up its waters to such an extent that for miles Ground farm lands are deeply submerged and it is feared much live stock will be lost. The Prescott and Ottawa branch of the Canadian Pacific Railway is for some three or four miles covered with water. To protect the trains going through gangs of men are at work keep.inJPhe railway track free from drift wood. Senator Allen proposes to make all veterans of the Mexican war and the rebellion eligible to appointment as brevet colonels in the regular army. Five hundred Italian immigrants, held at Ellis Island, New York harbor, for deportation, mad' - a break for freedom, and Fere only restrained by the revolvers in the hands of their guards. Major George A. Armes, U. S. A., retired, who achieved notoriety last May on account of his'arrest for trouble with Lieut. Gen. Schofield, is being sued by his wife for divorce on the ground of ill temper and cruelty.' Sydney Drew, the actor, tried coa?tiqg on a bicycle at Philadelphia and is now in a hospital nursing his bruises. An immense landslide has occurred at Trubb, Switzerland. Many farms have been devastated, whole woods have been carried off and the loss, is Baid to be very great

WORK OF CONGRESS.

THE WEEK’S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. ' —h- *■■■' 1 - -- - : ' A Comprehensive Digest of the Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers at Washington —Matters that Concern the People. Lawmakers at Labor. "' After two days’ debate the House Saturday by a me of 160 to 5S passed the Grosvehor “fiiled-eheese” bill. Practically the only amendment adopted was one reducing the tax on retail dealers from S4O to sl2. The bill requires the manufacturers of filled cheese to pay a tax of S4OO annually, the wholesale dealers $250 and the retail dealers sl2, and for failure to pay such tax imposed upon manufacturers a fine of from S4OO to $3,000, upon wholesale dealers from $250 to SI,OOO and upon retail dealers from S4O to SSOO. It also requires the branding of “filled cheese” and its sale only from original packages. The “George" bill to establish a uniform «ystem of bankruptcy was reported to the Senate Monday from the Judiciary Committee. The most important amendment made by the committee was that providing that where any debtor who, being a banker, broker, merchant, trader or manufacturer owing SSOO makes an assignment or conveyance of his property, or gives any lien or incumbrance thereon, contrived or devised with the actual intent on his part to defraud his creditors, such act ghall be jeemed bankruptcy.' The measure provides for Voluntary bankruptcy. At the same time Mr. Mitchell, of 'Oregon, submitted the views of the minority of the committee in the shape of the measure agreed on by the House Committee on Judiciary with some modifications. The latter provides for voluntary and involuntary bankruptcy. The proposition to secure the passage of a bill providing for an additional United ,States district judge in the northern district of Illinois comes too late to accomplish anything during the present session. A pronounced sentiment exists in the House against creating any new judgeships.

The house Tuesday passed without amendment the fortification appropriation bill carrying appropriations and authorizations involving an ( expenditure of sll,884,613. The appropriations for fortifications since the Endicott commission in 188 G reported its plan for the defense of twenty-seven seaports, at an approximate cost of $100,000,000, have averaged something over $2,000,000 annually. It was made apparent after a lively colloquy in the Senate that there was no disposition among the silver and Populist Senators to allow the resolution for a Senate inquiry into recent bond issues to lapse. Mr. Squire (Itep„ Wash.) made an elaborate presentation of the pressing peed of coast defenses, pointing out the defenseless condition of our great sea-coast harbors. In the House Wednesday Mr. Hull, chairman of the Committee on Military Affairs, called up the resolution for the reappointment of William B. Franklin, of Connecticut, Thomas J. Henderson of Illinois, George L. Beale of Maine and Geoj W. Steele of Indiana as members of The Board of Managers of the national sob diers’ homes. Mr. Blue made a sensational speech against Gen. Franklin, charging Win and Col. Smith (for whom he said Gen. Franklin jwns responsible) with cruel and brutal treatment of the inmates of the home at Leavenworth, Kan. He moved to.substitute the name of Gen. O. G. Howard for that of Gen. Franklin. Mr. Blue said his purpose was to free the Leavenworth home from the drunken and bfutal maiT'how 51 Tfs Head. Mr. Blue read a telegram from E. J. Anderson and others urging him to fight Gen. Franklin’s reappointment and telling him that 60,000 soldiers in Kansas were behind him. He claimed that Gov. Smith maintained the biggest saloon in Kansas under the shadow of the flag the soldiers fought to save. Last year, he said, the profits of the beer hall alone were $13,000. Mr. Blue also read an affidavit chnrging that a contract existing whereby the Keeley cure was given to inmates for $6, while outsiders were charged S2O. “Has not the board made an investigation of Gov. Smith’s administration?” asked Mr. Hull. “Any investigation made by the Board of Managers,” replied Mr. Blue, “is a roaring farce.” With the understanding that a vote should be had Thursday, the House adjourned. The Senate ratified the Bering sea arbitration treaty. The treaty provides for a commission to arbitrate the claims made by citizens of England against the United States for seizures of vessels engaged in the capture of fur seals prior to the Paris award. Mr. Blue’s fight against the reappointment of Gen. William B. Franklin as a member of the Board of Managers of the National Home for Disabled Volunteers, which was the feature of the proceedings In the House Wednesday, terminated unsuccessfully Thursday, when his amendment to substitute the name of Gen. O. O. Howard for that of Gen. Franklin was rejected, 149 to Gl. Several minor bills were passed. The speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Cobb (Dem.), of Alabama, on the Ways and Means Committee in place of Mr. Tarsney, who was unseated; Mr. Aldrich (Rep.), of Illinois, on Banking and Currency, and Mr. Van Horn (Rep:), of Missouri, on Labor. Debate of the resolution for au investigation of recent bond issues consumed the time of the Senate. The Senate continued debate of th» bond bill Friday, and incidentally Mr. Allen called' Mr. Gear a liar. He was compelled to subside, nnd his words were “taken down.” The net result of five hours’ work on the private calendar in the House was the passage of four pension bills, one to pension the widow of Rear Admiral Foote at SSO a month; the rejection of a hill, to retire a hospital steward as a Second lieutenant of cavalry and the passage Of a war claim less than S6OO. The latter was the first war claim brought before the House for consideration and naturally provoked a general debate on the policy of paying war claims.

The Land of the Boers.

Gold was discovered there in 1886. Country has been enjoying its independence since 1852. In 1884 a PBBY£Bticn at London- recognized the republic. Two-thirds of the Christians belong ■to the Dutch Reformed Church. There are about 20,000 farms, wheat and tobacco being the elder crops. The largest town is Johannesburg, with a population of 15,000. Pretoria has 5,000.