Rensselaer Republican, Volume 27, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1896 — Page 2

THE REPUBLICAN. GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RSXSSSU&R, ' - v IHDIAKA.

TRADE FAIRLY BRISK

- -V ? '*a. SHORT CROP STORIfcS HAVE , t LITTLE EFFECT. Greet Revival May Be Expected Soon —Deadly Gaaolioe Explosion at Ctaicago—Death and Deatrnctioqdn lowa —Salt Lake Murder Mystery, faring Contracts Being Deferred. ' _y_ R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review oi ; Trade says: “The waiting condition, which seems to some people nothing better than stagnation, still continues. But there is a difference. Thousands of orders and contracts are merely deferred because they can be more safely given a little latpr. There is nothing exciting ill the speculative market tor „ exportable products, and the “stories' about damgge to wheat have been numerous, but the general belief regarding the future supply is fairly reflected in the decline of 1.02 cents per bushel. The western receipts continue larger—for three weeks 5,818,(125 bushels, against 4,302,587 last year, while Atlantic exports, flour included, have boon only 3,198,803 bushels for the same weeks, against 4,749,674 last year. The homy market fails entirely to respond to short crop stories, for it is known that western reports indicate a crop exceeding ln*t year’s.” Trait Formed by Chain Maker*. Under the name of the Chain Manufacturers’ Association a trust h»<rbeen fprmed among some of the large concerns of the country. A sharp advance has been made.in the price of chains, and it is said that the larger trade has purchased freely in anticipation of the advance. The. combine is composed of the makers of cables. , coil, wagon and other welded chains. It is probable that the few manufacturers who are not identified with the trust will become active members or agree lo work in harmony with it. Front 10 to 12 per cent advance -has already been made, and may be followed by others at the meeting, of the association next week. Another advance will take place June 1. Members of the trust say that the price of iron and steel has been 1 increased, and that the chain manufacturers are only following the lead of other branches of the trade.

Cyctone Kills Nine. ♦ Meager reports Monday morning state that a cyclone struck Palarie, lowa, fifteen miles north of Des Moines, killing nine people and injuring a number. At miduight a cloudburst occurred at LaMoille, and flooded the county as if a river had been turned loose suddenly from some commanding point of vantage. Streams that were but rivulets and-even lit trie “runs” were swollen to enormous pretensions. Creeks became broad, snrg- ’ ing rivers on the instant dire work of lawing waste began. Railroad tracks were washed away, Sections of roadbed half a mile in length were parried off on the turbulent waters like the top boat in the hillside brook. Trestles succumbed to the flood, bridges disappeared, crops were laid waste, and havoc wrought, in every conceivable form. standing of National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball-League: W. L. AV. 1.. Cleveland ... IS 9 Philadelphia. 15 14 Cincinnati ~20 11 Washington. 14 15 Boston 18 11 Brooklyn ....12 17 Pittsburg ...16 11 New York... .11 18 Baltimore ...i6 13 St. Louis. ...11 19 Chicago ....17 14 Louisville 7 23 Western League (standing.— Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League; AV: L. IV. L. Detroit 18 8 'Minneapolis, 15 13 St. Paul 16 9.lndianapolis 11 12 Kansas City .15 10 Columbus .... 8 20 Milwaukee ..17 13 Grand Rapids (i 22 Four Perish in Agony. Only the mother and one daughter were saved out of a family of six in the gasoline explosion at the house of Otto Malm, Chicago. Sunday, just before breakfast time. Blinded and suffocated by the fumes, the father tried to rescue his children from his burning home. He.perished on the threshold, and twiToT the three children he attempted to save front a horrible death died later from the fearful injuries they received. The mother carried her infant out of the home, but before its burning, clothing ecuiUL be-extin-guished the child was past human aid, and died shortly afterward. Horrid Crime at Salt Lake. At Salt Lake City, Utah, Henrietta Clausen and Annie Samuelson disappeared, and a few days afterward in the basement of thesSiae&.Scamlinavjan M. Church were found traces of a bloody crime. Developments- have resulted in the arrest of the pastor. In his trunk were found many articles of personal property belonging to the girls. There is every evidence that the bodies of the girls, vere cremated in rhe church furnace.

NEWS NUGGETS.

The German bundesruth has adopted the sugar bill as amended by the roiclistag. Ex-United States Senator William A. Wallace, of Pennsylvania, died Friday morning at New York." Ex-Senator Wallace was born in Clearfield. Pa.. Nov. 28, 1827. He was admitted to the bar in 1847. In 18tS2 he was elected to the State Senate, and served by re-election? until 1871, when he was made speaker of that body. He frequently served as chairman of political conventions, and was elected United States Senator for the term commencing in 1875 and ending in 1881. Mrs. Hanna Priestly, aged 94 years, died at Uallipolis. Ohio.' She had been a constant smoker and tea drinker all her life. Among the items in the sundry civil appropriation bill which have ls*en agreed to by both houses is a pnragrn’i>h providing for tlie ('(instruction of two new revenue cattem for the great lakes. Dr. W. D. McGoun. secretary of the Fahnestock White I .end Company, a capitalist who devoted most of his time to historical research and writing, committed suicide in the woods near I.igonier, Pa,,- presumably while insirne

EASTERN.

Lillian Russell was knocked from her wheel by a “scorcher” at New York and had her ankle sprained. £re*ldsnt Dahiel C. Gilman, of Jobns Hopkins University, Is said' to have signiied hia willingness to accept the post of superintendent of Greater New York achoola. Thjfce mien named Fenton, Meyers and Staady, who NvWe At* work at Cedar Beach, Vt, test that place Sunday tor Ksses, N. t., In a small rowboat, with an? improvised sail. They expected to return that evening and left Base* during a high

triad whe& thelake was very rough. They have not been seen since! The boat tfas found at Blair’s Bay in Shelburne harbor, on the Vermont shore, with rudder gone, one seat tornout and partly filled with sand. It is believed that all three men were,lest.

WESTERN.

Four persons were killed putright and a nhmber injured by a cyclone which swept over Falls City, Neb., Sunday night. At SLLouis, $1,600 Was raised in one day among the business men for the relief of those who suffered from the cyclone in Texas. This amount was immediately forwarded to Texas by telegraph and will be followed by more later. A gas explosion at Coffceville, Kan., Thursday morning wrecked, two two-story brick buildings in the center of thereby, causing the instant (Tenth of one thUn/tlm fatal injury of two other persons nnd the wounding more or less seriously of thirteen others. The business men of Milwaukee hate revolted against the boycott incident to the street railway strike. Thursday morning the commission merchants unitedly took the initiative in the movement by issuing the following rhanifesto: “The undersigned, while expressing no opinion as to differences between the street railway company and its former employes, nevertheless emphatically assert our right and that Of our families, employes and our patrons to transact business with such bankers, merchants, manufacturers and other persons and to patronize such public and private conveyances as may suit our convenience, and hereby give notice that we shall defend our rights in these matters by all lawful means.” The boycott is strangling business, and it is expected that; merchants in all branches of trade will join the counter movement for self-preservation. Twelve people froin Wichita-Kan., are now being treated for hydrophobia at the Pasteur institute in Chicago. There is a mad-dog scare df the wildest description at Wichita. About 250 dogs have been killed and the Common Council has ordered that all tfle animals bp muzzled dor sixty days. Almost every citizen carries a revolver, which he is free to use on any member, of-the canine population he sees on the street. As fast as the victims of the rabid animals can lie found they are sent to the Pasteur institute at the expense of the Commercial Club of AA’ichita. On the afternoon of May 10 a valuable coach dog developed rabies and started on a tour of inoculation. It is not known how many people and animals were bitten, but the dog was at liberty for several hours and used its teeth ou almost everything that it approached. Many horses, cats anil cows have been put to death because of tlieir having been bitten. The Rev. E. C. Beach, pastor of St. Paul’s Methodist Church at Wichita, is.in charge the party. He was bitten on the foot and is undergoing treatment. Mrs. Mary Aslikraft, a Wichita, Kanl, widow, and Kttu, her daughter,., were arrested on a warrant sworn out by T, A. Fawcett, a tailor, .charged with throwing kisses at him and calling aim pet names, thus disturbing his:peace. The case was tried in police court. The widow said she did not throw a kiss at Air. Far* 41, but did waft one over toward Ills wife, and if it went wrong and hit Mr. -Fawcett she thought it did not hurt him much, as there was no malice in' it. Miss Ashkraft, who is petite and pretty and just turned 18. pleaded guilty to throwing kisses at Fawcett. She hated Fawcett’s wife, and so threw kisses to make her jealous. l It developed that thp two families, who are next-door neighbors, have been at daggers’ points over trivial differences. The judge discharged the widow, fined her daughter $5 and gave Mr. Fawcett a severe rebuke for bringing such a case into his court. Miss Asbkraft begged the judge to remit the fine, promising never, to throw kisses again, and the judge relented to the extent of suspending the fine during good behavior.

WASHINGTON.

The State Department has received a report from United States Consul General Laarel, at St. Petersburg, that be has seen no less than s3Q,7(>iJ3lT> ill good United States gold coin in the coffers oT the Russian Government. While the coinage of all the-nations, of the world .was represented in this particular pile of gold, no other nation save Russia i’self came anywhere near the store contributed by the United States to the„ Russian coffers. At the same time the Government bank had a stock of 3,933,823 United States gold half-eagles, amounting in value to 25,462,945 roubles. Washington dispatch: Speaker Reed is definitely out of rhe presidential race. - He has discharged his press agents, Aldrich and Manley, and shut up. his literary bureau, locked the door and thrown away the key. “Joe”- Manley has gone back to Maine to attend to some private business that had to be looked after before the meeting of the national committee in St. Louis, and Aldrich has thrown np his hands. His political machine for the defeat of McKinley ran down and stopped without any warning whatever. As for speaker himself, he is saying nothing for publication, but those who are fffl&'&St 1 In his confidence no longer keep up tlie pretense that he is in the field or that he expects to be pat in nomination at St. Louis. Mr. Reed does pot believe in carrying a bluff to the limit of absurdity, and bus quit. He may not publicly and formally retire from the race, but he has just as certainly and positively renounced bis candidacy -as though he had written and signed a letter of withdrawal. A large majority of the New England delegates favor McKinley, and with Reed out of the way the McKinley column will be swelled not less than fifty votes not hitherto included in tabulations.

After two days’ debate the House Wednesday, by the overwhelming vote of 195 to 26, passed the Bartholdt-McCull immigration lull as modified by the Corliss amendment. The Stone consular bill, which was offered as a substitute, was defeated 75 to 131. . Thu bill as passed adds to the classes of aliens excluded from admission to the United States ull male persons between the ages of 16 and 60 years (except parents of persons living in this country) who cannot both read and write English or some other language. The Corliss amendment added to the bill excludes aliens who come across the borders year after year to perform labor in the United States' with no intention of nettling therein. It declares all labor contract* with aliens void and makes parties thereto within the jurisdiction of the United States punishable by a fine of SI,OOO or imprisonment not exceeding one year; makes it a misdemeanor for a naturalized Citizen who htU returned to a foreign country to make the same his home to ngaiu perform labor in the United Stales; makes it a misdemenuor for any alien to cross the border for labor in the United States except at a port of entry, and imposes a head tax of 50 cents on each immigrant.** ■ .*' -,■?'•

FOREIGN.

Violent gales have prevailed along all the British coasts and the shipping at Hull has suffered considerably. A large • vessel rfas driven ashore near Port Patrick, Scotland. It is feared there bus been great loss.of life. Ovdr fifteen hundred Armenians hitre been arrested in Constantinople dating the last fortnight, owing to apprehensions

of fresh manifestations by the Armenian population. Fifty-two Armenians and sixteen Turks were also exiled to Asia Minor and seventy-three Turkish students at the military college of Kuleli were arrested for some unknown cause. The latest report from Johannesburg says the four leaders of the reform committed—(Jol. Francis Rhodes, John Hays Hammond, Lionel Phillips and George Farrar —will be findd $125,600 each and will be: sentenced to ten years’ banishment. 32 The Chinese Government has awakened to the fact that the recent defeat by their smaller but more highly educated -neighbor, Japan, was due,entirely to the ineuleatioh in thp latter nation of western methods. In view of possible future complications, the Government has decided to recognize the superiority of foreign training. As a result twenty ChineSfe boys, ranging In age from 10 to 12 years, will soon make their appearance in this country. Unlike their predecessors, these -visitors come Us children to become skilled in mechanical arts, The youngsters will come over in care of Rev. Hui Kin, superintfendent of the Presbyterian Chinese Mission, who is a graduate of an American college and the third Chinaman to be ordained jh this Country. The expenses of the pupils are paid by their fathers. The boys ,will be immediately taken to some nearby country place, where they’ will be taught the rudiments of the English language, as well as the tenets of Christianity, and on their return to the city in the fall will take up their mechanical studies. Chinn, it is believed, will also apply soon to this Government for the privilege of sending one or more of its youths to AA’est Point and Annapolis. The Czar and Czarina ,pf Russia made their triumphal entry intmMoseow Thors-, day aftethoon amid the Thunder of batteries of artillery, the clanging of countless bells and the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Russians and equally enthu-siastic-visitors from all parts Of the world,’ Probably never in the history of nations' has there been Such an Assemblage of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous scene may never be repeated in its grand entirety. The entire route from Petrovski Palace, about three miles on the road to S-t. Petersburg, to the Kfcmilu was so densely packed with people that movement except on the. outskirts of the immonsi crowds was out of the question. The Anal for the commencement of the days movements was a salute of nine guns from a. bat.iery outside the city. This was followed by the dull booming of the big bell of the Cathedral of the Assumption and the assembling of thq troops at their various mustering points, The Turkish sultanas presents to the -czar upon the--occa-sion of the latter’s coronation consist of a number of rich carpets and fttber costly articles, “including a diamond pin valued at SIO,OOO, intended for the czarina. In addition the sultan has se’nt a high decoratio n to the czar and has forwarded presents to the, principal members of his household.

IN GENERAL.

The Longfellow cottage, and a number pf other residences at Ntihant were burned. Loss, SIOO,OOO. The Senate has confirmed William Lochren as district judge in Minnesota, vice R. R. Nelson, resigned. The President nominated Kenneth M. Jackson, of Alaska, for commissioner in the district of Alaska, to reside at AA'rangell. Nikola Tesla is reported to have invented an incandescent bulb which operates by vibration and may revolutionize the present system of electric lighting. Obituary: At Burlington, lowa, John Patterson, 75.- —At AVabash. Ind., John Oswalt, 76.—At, Kokomo, Ind., Charles E. MeKinsey.—At El Paso, 111., George Thorpe. Obituary: At Detroit, Captain B. Wilds, 65.—At Atlanta, Ga., Jere A. Blount, formerly-city treasurer of Janesville, AA’is.. 70.—At Saginaw, Mich., Hiram L. Miller, 93. At Torreon, Mexico, the- large flouring mills'and grain elevators of the Allianza Manufacturing Company were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $150,000. The mills had recently been equipped -with new machinery and were the largest in northern Mexico. The amount of insurance is small. There was a large stock of grain consumed. In jail at Juneau, Alaska, waiting trial on the charge of murder, is Chief Ye Teetleeh, the tyee of' the Hoonan Indians, a small tribe of -about a hundred members occupying Chieakikoff Island, about a hundred miles south of Juneau. The offense with which the old chief is chnrged is the murder by torture of his nephew, whom he accused of witchcraft. In all the Roman Cathotic churches in Quebec province a mandate signed by the archbishops and bishops was read Sunday night dealing with the duties of the faithful is the approaching general election.- The mandate concludes as follows: “Therefore, all Catholics should only and solely engage themselves to vbte in parliament in favor of the legislation giving to the Catholics of Manitoba the school laws whjch were recognized as due to them by Ihe privy council of England. This grave duty imposes Itself bn all good ’’U'atbolics.’mflTou'lfiftrtltflim'Tmjnstifia* ble, neither before your spiritual guides nor before God Himself, in setting aside this obligation.”

MARKET REPORTS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 61c to 62c; corn. No. 2,28 dto 20c; oats, No. 2,18 c to 20c; rye. No. 2. 36c to 38c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 16c; e?gs, fresh, 8c jo 10c; potatoes, per bushel, 12c to 20c; broom corn, $25 to SSO per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis—Cuttle, shipping, $3.00 to $4.50; bogs, choice light. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, common to prime* $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2. 64c 'to 66c; corn. No. 1 white, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 66c to 68c; com. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c', oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,32 c to 34c. Cincinnati—Cattle. $3.50 to $4.50; bogs. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2.50 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2. 66c to 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; rye. No. 2,37 cto 39c. DetroitcKtattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $2.00 to $5.75; wheat, No. - red. 68c to 69c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 28e to 29c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 24c; rye, 36c to 38c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red. 67c to 69c: corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 30e; oat*. No. .2 white, 2t)g! tu 21c; rye, U> 38c; elqver seed. $4.55 to $4.65. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 3 spring, 61c to 63c; corn, N'o. 3. 29c to 30c; ohts, N'o. 2 white. 21c to 22c; barley. No. 2,32 cto 33c; rye, N'o. 1,37 cto 38c; pork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $8.75; sheep, $3.25 to $4.00; wheat, N’o. 2 red. 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 35c; oats. No. 2 .white, 24c to 25c. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.00 to $4.25; wheat,' No. 2 red, 69c to 70c; corn, No. 2, 86c td 3rto; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 2l)c; batter, cheamery, 12c to 10c; eggs, Wester if, 9c to 11c. ' ’-I vat- JK‘. o

SAFE FOR M'KINLEY.

GEN. GROSVENOR CLAIMS 502 V6TES ON FIRST BALLOT. t-n Any Event He'Says the Ohioan Is Sure to Receive the Nomination, and ' the Point ot Interest Is Who Will Be Bis Running Mate. Twehty-nine States for Him. The naming of delegates to the Republican national convention has closed. The great body-of “kingmakers” has been.completed and a conservative analysis of its composition shows, to a AVashington cor J ' respondent, that McKinley will have more tkauenough votes to nominate him oh the first ballot. Gen. Gnosvenor, of Washrngton, the chief spokesman of the McKinley campaign, gaye out his final bulletin at the capital the other evening. It (was as follows: “Last week closed the election of delegates to the St. Louis -convention, 'and McKinley. Was indorsed by all the States that expressed an opinion during- the week—AVashington, AVyoming, West Virginia and North Carolina. The free-silver States refused the indorsement of McKinley, and their delegates are uninstructed as to persops, but they have received vepy; peremptory orders as to principles. There are now elected 918 delegates, but four in Arizona, four in New Mexico and four in Oklahoma must depend upon the future action of tional convention for seats in that body, the official call authorizing them to elect only two delegates in each of the territories. “The following States haveeleeted-either solid-McKinley delegations Or delegations with a majority of McKinley men, so that It may be conceded that McKinley’s following will control these States, to wit: Alabama, Arkansas, California, Connecticut, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan,

WARNING TO THE ARROGANT SPANIARD.

UNCLE SAM—‘ DON’T FIRE! IT MEANS WAR!”

Minnesota, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska,' New Jersey, North-Garolina, North. Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Vermont, Virginia, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming and' the territories of New Mexico and Oklahoma. Only three of these States have contests for the entire delegations, and, throwing them out, thet* would be left twenty-nine McKinley

The shaded portions of the above Map show the territory whose delegates to the Rt. Louis convention MoKlnley managers now claim for their candidate.

States and territories to elect members of the committee on credentials.” The delegates elected are ns follows: Alabama 20Ohlo 46 'AYKtfnsas . . 4. Arizona .'. ttOregon . 8 California lßPeunsylvanla .... 4 Florida SSoutli Carolina..-. 17 Georgia 228outh Dakota 8 Illinois 40Tennessee 22 Indiana .......... SPTexas 12 Kansas .20Vermont 8 TCentueky ........ 11 Virginia 21 Loulsana ......... IdlVcst Virginia..... 12 Marvland ........ lSWlsconsin ........ 24 Michigan 28Nartli Carolina.... 19 Minnesota ISNorth Dakota 6 Mississippi 18 Connecticut 6 Missouri 34Indlnn Territory.. 2 Nebraska lOWashlngton 8 New. Jersey 16Wyoming ~.. 6 New Mexico 4 New York 9 Total 592

CURES LUNGS WITH AIR.

Klgin Physician Has Perfected a RemarkabU Inhaler. A form of artificially saturated medicated air is the apparently successful cure for lung trouble now beiug offered by Dr. W. A. Shepard of Elgiu. 111. The air is charged in that manner in recognition of the fact that rare air of mountainous regions is beneficial to persons afflicted with weak lungs. The doctor took the cue for the remedy he suys he has worked out from that truth, and his announcement of his method is it multiplies several times over the benefits received from a trip to the mountain districts. The prospective patient who enters Dr. Shepard's office is introduced to a brass and nickel-plated, queer-looking c.vlindri-eal-shaped apparatus about eighteen, Inches high, to which are connected two tubes for the purpose of inhaling and exH'aling. The physician consideFs.-the latter as important a duty on the part of the consumptive us the former, Hint he has at taclicd a mechanical contrivance which registers in cdbic inches tlie lung l power shown. The healing uir parses through a laittle partly filled with a medical sold- ' turn and from it receives the charge which is to do the good to the Jungs. The composition of this solution, however, Dr. Shepard guards. 11§ strength and intensity vary with the conSnion of the patient. That is all the information he. wiU give to inquirers. He has worked for approximately six years in developing this branch of the profession, and not until lately, though, has he reached a point where his labor has brought him ■access.

BACK TO THE ERMINE.

William Lochren Quits Office of Com* missloner of Pension*. VThe President has sent to the Senate the following William Lochren, of Minnesota, to bp United States district judge for the district of Minnesota, rice Rensselaer R. Jselson, resigned; Dominic J. Murphy, of Pennsylvania, now first deputy commissioner-of pensions, to be commissioner of pensions, vice William Loehren, resigned; Napoleon J. T. Dana, of New Hampshire, to be first deputy commissioner of pensions, vice Dominic J. Murphy, nominated for commissioner of pensions. Judge Lochren was appointed commissioner of.pensions at the beginning of the present "administration. He was thbn a district Judge in Minnesota. Judge Nelson, whoAi he succeeds, was appointed in

JUDGE WILLIAM LOCHREN.

1858 by President Buchanan, and had seen the longest service of any judge in the United States epurts. Ever since Judge Lochren’s appointjment as Commissioner of pensions it had been the desire of his friends to have him promoted to the bench in ease Judge Nelsoti would resign. It has been known that his preference has been for the bench rather than an executive position. Leading lawyers in Minnesota have petitioned for his appointment as United States

judge. Air. Lochren was indorsed by the Minnesota .Legislature .unanimously for the position he now holds. The successor of Judge Lochren, Mr. Murphy, was chief clerk of the pension office during the first administration of President Cleveland. To him has been largely Entrusted the details in the office and much of the exeem tive management. He was first deputy before Judge Lochren was appointed and was active in the reorganization of the office.

HARRISON M’KEE’S ILLNESS.

His Condition Remains Unchanged— His Fame as “Baby” Mckee. The condition of Benjamin McKee, exPresident Harrison’s grandson, who is suffering with what is believed to be pneu-

monia,~yvas unchang-" ed at last reports. Master McKee’s serious illness recalls ! the literature current about him when he was a baby. He is the son of J. H. McKee, who married Mr. Harrison’s daughter, and “BsJj.v McKee” was .ever a favorite his. distinguished grandfather. When Mr. Harrison went to live in the White House his precocious

grandson shared with him the brunt 01 all the personal gossip that usually follows a presidential election, and ‘‘Baby McKee’* became as much of a national character as any Senator or Congressman or member of the cabinet. During the campaign of 1888 little McKee wus as much written about ns anybody, and the pet name given him by the, press stuck to him even after h* had grown up to be a big boy. He is an interesting child, nnd hir illness is the concern of all of Gen. Harrison’s friends.

IS NOT A POLITICAL MACHINE

Commander Walker Warns Members of the G. A, R. Commandor-in-Chief Walker, from the headquarters of the national G. A. It., calls attention to the fact that some posts have engaged in political work', and some officers have been using their official positions to further the interests of certain candidates. Among other things thv order sa.Va: “The country is entering upon a season of political excitement, when partisans will try to exert every influence for their friends. Such action and violation qf our rules and regulations, if permitted to go unrebuked, is liable to breed dissensions in our ranks, and the good of the order demands that it be discontinued.’’ ‘ - » ■

Telegraphic Brevities.

John Houlihan Ultsd-ai Britain. Conn., from the effects of a blow received in a prize tight “Patsy” Nolan. Miss Frankie Brewer, daughter of Justice Brewer of the United States Supreme Court, died Of consumption in San Antonio, Texas. The inalthouse of the HinchcliflV brew,Vry hi Paterson, X. J., and a silk factory qnd a dwelling were burned. LoSs, $“13.(•00; insurance, SIOO,OOO. Miss Alice, Lukens, of Chicago, who tras visiting Mr. and. Mrs. Andrew I* * Wilson in Everett, Mass., committed suicide by hanging herself with bed clothe, to her bed.

SENATE AND HOUSE.

WORk OF OUR NATIONAL LAW* MAKERS. i , A Week’* Proceeding* in the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Dis--1 cussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business. The Nations! Solons. The Cuban question was revived in the Senate Saturday, when Mr. Morgan of Alabama, who. reported the original resolutions, spoke in favors of further and more decisive action toward the recognition of the Cubans as belligerents. The Senator declared it to be the du{y of Congress to adopt joint resolutions on belligerency, which, unlike the previous con-> current resolutions, would require the approval of the President, and thus fixing the responsibility. At the close of Mr. Morgan's speech the Senate adopted without division the resolutions introduced by him directing the committee on foreign relations to inquiry into and report on the treaty relations “between the United nutl. Spain relating to the Americans now under condemnation at Havana, also requesting the President to submit the recent diplomatic correspondence with Spain on this subject. The resolutions have no reference to the recognition of belligerency.

In the Senate Monday the entire day after 1 p. m. was given to the bill regulating gas rates in the District of Columbia. The following bills were passed: Authorizing the purchase by the United States and the making free o? toll roads passing over the Yosemite national park; regulating the jmy of non-commissioned officers, of artillery, cavalry and infantry of the Army. Quite a number of minor bills anil conference reports were adopted bv tiie .House, and bills were passed as follows; To allow the bottling of distilled spirits in bond; to expedite the delivery of imported goods in parcels and packages mot-exceeding. SSOO Invalue; to provide for the regisiration of trade marks on. bottles, barrels, corks and other receptacles used in interstate and foreign commerce; for the getieral distribution of condemned Cannon by the Secretary of War and Secretary of the Navy; to compel the attendance of witnesses—before the local land officers. The conference report on the bill to improve the merchant marine engineer service was adopted. The Senate Tuesday passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill, carrying approximately 87,800,000. A debate on the question of appropriations for sectarian purposes cropped out on the paragraph making appropriations for charities in the district. On a vote the Senate sustained the committee in providing specific appropriations for numerous private charitable, institutions, some of them of a sectarian character. A further provision \yas adopted for an, investigation into the charity system of the district, with a view to ascertaining what, if any, part of the public-appropriations are'used for church purposes Mr. Bacon (Dom.) of Georgia offered a resolution, which was referred, for the loan of exhibits from the various Government — departments and SmithVottian mstkutkni to the Southern States exposition at Chicago from August to. November, IS9C. The House entered upon a long debate on the immigration bills, and summoned the county clerks in the Rinaker-Downing contest from Illinois.

The Senate took another long step townrd adjournment Wednesday by disposing of the fortifications appropriation hill at a single sitting. Nothing now remains but the deficiency bill and the conference reports’on the naval, river and harbor, District of Columbia, Indian, and fortifications bills. The river and harbor and naval bills are still the most difficult, ones. The’ harbor And river conferees made a report Wednesday that they were Agreed., on everything except Santa Monica. It is understood that the House conferees stand out most strenuously againg.t that, jmd will only agree to the appointment of a commissioner to report on the, two harbors and let fcongress afterward act on thfe subject. The most important business transacted in the House was the passage by the overwhelming vote of 195 to 20 of the Bartholdt-McCall . immigration bill, as modified by the Corliss amendment. The Stone consular inspection bill, offered as a substitute, was defeated 75 to 181. The House Thursday passed the Hoover pension bill over the President's veto* by a vote of 190 to 47. The bill was a private ones and grants a pension of SSO per month to Francis 10. Hoover, privatein Ohio volunteers. The balance of the -day was -spent, iu.-disrnssing .the hill tft . nnthorize tin* President to appoint a nonpurti»an -commission to collect information and to consider and recommend legislation to meet the problems presented by labor, agriculture and capital. The Senate did nothing of importance. The Senate put in Friday in discussing the bill to prohibit the issue of bonds. Senators Hill and Sherman united in denouncing the measure ns one which had for its object repudiation. The House listened to conference reports on the river and harbor,bill.

The latest report issued by the Pasteur institute in Paris shows many gratifying results. year 1895 1,520 persons suffering from rabies or incipient rabies were inoculated, and only two died. Of the patients, J.2G3 were French, 173 English, 35 SwlS, 20 Anglo-Indian, 11 Spanish, 0 Belgian, 6 Dutch, 2 Egyptians, 2 Greek and 2 Turkish.

B. H. M’KEE.

Doctors d'Arsonval and Charrln of Paris have been taking the temperature of our Internal organs. They And that It is the highest in the normal liver, which Is one degree centigrade hotter than the intestine; then follow in a decreasing rate the spleen, the heart, the kidney, the marrow, the brain, the muscles and the skin.

Brooklyn has 11,884 more pupils In her schools than a year ago. The Czar of Russia, it is said, is privately practicing on a bicycle. California produced cold to the value -of $13,033,381 during the last year. In .Groat .Britain the yearly loss In wages ill rough ill-health Is £11.000,000. To attack a man wjtli nay weapon Is a serious matter In Madagascar. If is punishable by death. ' Thu Mount Olympus volcano in Washington is now believed to be the burning of a grent vein of coal. Most of' -the Innd in the Republic of Mexicd Is tK?ld in almost feudal teuure by about 7,000 families. Edison ns a boy began the chemical and electrical experiments which hare - made his name famous.

Pasteur Treatment for Rabies.

Temperature of the Organs.

Canary at a Wedding.

A bride In Montreal appeared at the altar with her pet canary fastened to her shoulder by a golden chain. During 1 lie marriage ceremony the bird broke Into song.

Things Worth Knowing.

HOMAGE TO THE CZAR

RUSSIAN RULER ENTERS THK EMPIRE’S OLD CAPITAL. ‘ Nicholas Is Hailed by Booming Cannon and Pealing Bella—ln DazzliugCa valcade—Royalty and Nobility Journey from the Petrovsky Palace. Day of . joy at Moscow. ’ The jeznr and czarina made jheir triumphal entry into Moscow amid the thunder df flatteries of artillery,the clanging of codlltless tails and the cheers of a vast multitude of loyal Russians and equally enthusiastic visitors from alUparts of the jworhL Probably never in the history of nations has there been such an assemblage of peoples. Possibly the gorgeous scene may never be r'eneated in its grand entirety. the conung of the czar, l the entire route from Petrovski palace, about three miles on the road to St. Petersburg, to the Kremlin was so densely packed with people that movement except on Jhe outskirts of the immense crowds was out of the question. The signal for tne commencement of "theMa^“mdveffien'tjrWAS _ a - sa'lute of nine guns from a bajtery outside the city. This was by the dull booming of the big bell of the Cathedral of the Assumption and the assembling ot the troops at their various mustering points. Then the countless high dignitaries of the empire and of foreign countries began to gather at the Petrovskl palace, to take their places in the gala equipages or to escort on horseback the carriages of their imperial majesties. The grand dukes and grand duchesses, the princes and the princesses, the Asiatic potentates, the innumerable representatives of every country

CZAR NICHOLAS.

under the sun assembled there to do honor to the czar of nil the Itussios, the ruler of the mighty empire which half encircles the globe. Generals with their: staffs, aids-de-camp riding at breakneck speed,> orderlies galloping furiously were to be seen everywhere. The clash of arms resounded on all sides, and most impressive was the gathering of the hosts of the mighty emperor.———-—— ’ . _At 2:80 o’clock there was a further thundering of the cannon,'this; time' front" the direction of the Pctrovski palace, and that living mass of men and women gave a great sigh of relief, for it was .the signal that,the czar had started on his journey to the Kremlin.

Reception of the Czar. After leaving the. palace TTaTTzar with received by the commander-in-chief of all the troops at Moscow and in its neighborhood; the Grand Duke Sergius, and then the latter, with a most brilliant staff, joined in the procession. At the Resurrection gate, the czar dismounted from his horse and the empresses descended from their carriages in order to worship at the shrine df the Iberian Madonua* the most sacred of the tnany holy symbols in Moscow. A# the shrine their majesties were received by the grand Vicar of Moscow,- who presented them with the cross and sprinkled them with holy Water. Their majesties entered the chaiiel and knelt in prayer before the Image. At s the conclusion of their devotions the czar remounted his horse and the cs;rrrtm re-entered her carriage and they passed through the gate into the Kremlin, where, they were received with all the ecclesiastical pomp possible. At the moment their majesties entered „tbe palace of the Kremlin an artillery salute of 101 guns was fired and throughout the journey of their.majesties the bells from all the belfries from Moscow were tolled. The czar nnd czarina will remain at the palace in partial seclusion until the ceremony of the coronation of the Imperial standard, which always occurs three days before the corouatiou. Cost of the Fetes. Thu Russian Government is said to hnvo spent over $20,000,000 on the fetes up to the present, and the city of Moscow is understood to have expended nearly as much money and more expenses have to Ik* met. The illuminations cost several millions of dollars to the Government alone, without counting wknt the city contributed toward this portion of the expense. Besides the expense of the ' rikSsinti Slos.-TUTuent and tke eity of Moscow, the expenses which grand dukes and grand duchesses, foreign princes and ambassadors, etc.j have been put to Is" really enurmous. one’ authority going so far as to estimate that there was about SIOO,- ; OOO.OUO worth of jewelry uloue in the procession. The French Government especially has been put toju_yery great expense for the coronation fetes. The cost of the supper which their imperial majesties attended under the auspices of the French delegation cost over SIOO,OOO, and the carriages used by the. French envoys were the property of the Emperor Napoleon, built especially for the christening of the late prince imperial. Ex-Empress Eugenie allowed them to he sent to Moscow for the use of Comte De Montehell# and General De Boisdeffre, the representatives of France.

HALF A CROP IS SOWN.

Wheat Season in North Dakota, I* Greatly Delayed. Grain receivers in Duluth; Minn., have received reixirts during the past week from the entire wheat country in North Dakota. A consensus of interviews obtaiued Indicates that the iwwi sows to date iu that State is equal to less than 50 per cent of the acreage sown a year ago. The reiHsrts range from 3 per rent in the Bed River Valley to 70 per cent south of the international boundary. A correspondent, who has been personally investigating the situation in the "flooded counties of .Minnesota and' North Dakota, bordering on the Bed river, sends an exhaustive resort. showing that, the conditions are unfavorable for the wheat crop. Large areas are under water, and furtn work has-been so badly delayed, or entisely prevented, that not more than 60 per cent of the usual acreage will bcitr wheat. The eight counties in question hud last year a yield of 30,000,000 bushels, and this will be cut down at least 10,000,000 bushels. As an instance of the cpndition of affuirs, one can go in a rowboat over open prairie from Warren, Minn., forty miles north to Hallock', and it would be dangerous to venture with a wagon more than three miles from the Great Northern tracks between these points. The streets of most of the towns are flooded and impassable.