Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 42, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1899 — Page 6

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. OEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - INDIAN**.

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K UNITED STATES NAVAL FORCES | IN TWO OCEANS LTtrenuth in Atlantic and Pacific la £ Mow About Equal—ln Readiness for Possible Trouble—Klondike Yield of I ’ Gold Grows Larger. I?- Protection for Onr Island Interests. v Ac a result of the assignment of the f battleships lowa and Oregon to the Pa- | cific and Asiatic stations respectively, and the decision to dispatch the cruiser NewL ark to the Pacific coast, the commissioned naval forces of the United States is about equally divided between the two oceans. ? At the present time there are stationed in Atlantic waters two battleships, two ari mored criers, one second-class battle- | ship, six protected and unprotected cruisJ ers and twelve gunboats. The combined V commands of Rear Admiral Dewey and Kautz include two battleships, two coastdefense monitors, six cruisers, including ' the Newark, and sixteen gunboats. There are also several auxiliary cruisers, colli liers and supply ships. The assignment f of the Newark to the Pacific is due to the I necessity of having a cruiser on the Pa- % cific coast to replace the Philadelphia. I', which sailed for Samoa. The division of the force is due to the desire of the admin--5 istration to protect its interests in both oceans, though there is no reason to bet Here that any further trouble will occur. ; Orders have been given under which the Nashville is being pushed to completion, f It is stated that the department is actuated in this matter by its desire to maintain a strong force in Cuban waters, as well as to have the ships at a point where they can start without delay for the far | east should hostilities with the Philippines occur. | TRAGEDY IN PHILADELPHIA. George Ayres Kills Hlb Wife and Ends His Own Life. t, In Philadelphia, George Ayres shot and killed his wife, fatally wounded her lover and shot himself dead. He had been married twenty years, marrying when he was 21 and his wife 16. They had a son. aged 17, in the army. Just before the war the son introduced John J. Wilson, aged 21, to the family, and the mother became in- „ fatuated with her son’s chum. Her husband bought a §IO,OOO house for her and gave her diamonds, but she persisted and one night recently had him arrested on a false charge of cruelty and that night stripped the house of its furniture and with Wilson moved to 3500 Mervine R street. Ayres walked the streets at night for two weeks and finally loaded two revolvers and with a club went to the house. He shot Wilson four times, put two bullets into his wife’s head, and sitting on a divan, with the bodies at his feet, shot himself dead. ■ ' ——— KLONDIKE YIELD IS GROWING. Winter’s Output Is Expected to Reach at Least $30,000,000. P. H. Webb, who arrived at Tacoma from Alaska, says §30,000,000 is a conservative estimate of this winter’s Klondike output, of which the Dominion and Eldorado mines will produce §10,000,000 to $12,000,000. The Dominion claims are selling at §75,000 to §IOO,OOO. The productiveness and extent of the bench claims, as proved by this winter’s development, are considered wonderful. Tons of Dawson mail are tied up at Lake Tagish, because neither a contractor nor carrier, American or Canadian, appears to ■ carry them in. Mounted police say they have no authority or orders to transport the mail. The fault lies primarily with the Canadian Government, which has undertaken to carry the mails to Dawson, the United States paying half the expense. Lime Manufacturers Combine. The Western lime manufacturers met in Toledo and agreed on a scale of prices. They claim no trust was formed, but | prices were fixed, which, they say, will be maintained throughout the West, at least. .■ Peter Martin of Huntingdon, lud., is president of the organization and George B. j Christian of Marion, Ohio, secretary. The *• manufacturers present represented an an- ; nual output of 2,500 barrels and a capital of $3,000,000. It is understood the ad- - vance is to be from 25 cents to 35 cents a i barrel. » Millionaire Lost in a Swamp. I; A special from Dewitt, Ark., says that during the Christmas holidays a party of | gentlemen arrived at that place and went I hunting on the island near by. On the If second day one of them, Philip Faudi. a ' millionaire retired merchant of St. Louis, went out hunting and he has not been seen or heard of since. The supposition | is that Mr. Faudi lost his life in some ~ unknown manner and that his body was I’ lost in the water or the tangled grasses. Express Train Jumps Rails. pj A bad wreck occurred at Great Bend.. S.: P*. Day Express train No. Bon the Erie H road was thrown from the track by the lp»preading of the rails and the locomotive jfcTUKI two cars went down a twenty-foot Bpmbankment. Fireman John J. Fely of pOwego, who was riding on the locomotive, paras crushed to death. The fireman, T. J. fpflmith of Hornellsville, was badly injured. r Kpjtvbacribe for Buffalo Exposition : t >ck. Sr;At a complimentary banquet tendered Epto Mayor Diehl of Buffalo by the incor■wrators Of the Pan-American exposition phA subscriptions amounting to §443,Esoo were made, it is now proposed to ■ jpwJsc this amount to §1.000,000 before HKfpllillig a committee to Washington to Balarge Congress to carry out its part of the lpt*n for the exposition in 1001. * Bank Clerk Steals $7,000. Lewis, the First National Bank {Enßrk'Wt Bowie, Texas, who recently ab’flfinonded, took with him $7,000. A reward .Mpt,ssoo has been offered by the bank for Kps Rapture; also 10 per cent of what Hmiftr may be recovered. There is no KSfew to Lewis’ whereabouts. Kffi fry KF-Woman Prisoner’s Sentence. mmuriMburg, Pa., Mrs. Annie Win- . iM,Uipif<Plod of administering poison tc s Pfei! Umaband. James Winson. was sentenc- | eHPteeoty years in the eastern peni-

/ 'TTT. _• » ; MEMBERS OP CUBAN CABINET. Governor General Brooke Makes Appointments of Advisers at Havana. * At Havaua,. Governor General Brooke has announced the following apointmeiits to the newly constituted cabinet of advisers to the administration: Department of government, Domingo Mendez Capote; 1 department of finance, Pablo Desveruine; department of justice and public injgruction, Jose Autonio Gonzales LanuziC department of agriculture, industry, commerce and public works, Adolfo Saenz Yaenz. Col. Lanuza is now in Washington, where ho has been for some time, with the members of the special commission representing the Cuban military assembly. The other members of the cabinet took the oath of allegiance before the judge advocate of the division, Gen. Brooke and Gen. Chaffee being present. FATAL WOUND BY BURGLAR. Police Chief Preveuts Robbery of Swift & Co.’s Safe. Chief of Police Manning Crow of Sommerville, N. J., was perhaps fatally wounded while chasing a burglar. The chief was in his home when he heard the, noise of an explosion. Going out to investigate, he learned that the safe in the office of Swift & Co., Chicago beef dealers, had been blown open with dynamite. As Chief Crow reached the office of the company he saw a man coming out. The chief chased him for a block, when the burglar stopped suddenly and fired at him, the bullet penetrating the lungs. The burglar then ran, pursued by the chief, until the latter fell exhausted. The burglar got away. The thieves, of whom there were three, did not have time to rifle the safe. Plans of Harvey Syndicate. Col. G. B. M. Harvey, head of one of the several syndicates formed to acquire railroads, lighting and other valuable properties and concessions in Cuba, lias returned to New York from Havana. During his stay in the Cuban capital Col. Harvey signed contracts purchasing the ferry which crosses the bay between Havana and Regia, and the Guanabaeoa Railroad, a street car system connecting the ferry with the suburbs of Havana. These two properties Col. Harvey's syndicate has already taken possession of, and in addition rights have been secured for constructing electric trolley roads in the streets of the city. Said Col. Harvey: “We have bought the street lighting system of Santiago, subject to an examination by Mr. Pearson, our chief engineer. Santiago is now lighted with oil lamps, but we propose to erect an electric plant and double the capacity of the city’s lighting. We are incorporating companies/’ Col. Harvey said, in reply to other inquiries, “to take over and work the properties we have already acquired. A company will be incorporated in New Jersey, capitalized at $5,000,000, and called the Havana Electric Railroad Company, to operate the railroads, while the ferry will be handed over to another New Jersey corporation with a capital of $1,000,000. The railroads comprise a system of about fifty miles. The cars are now drawn by horses, but it is proposed to supplant this antiquated method of street traction with electricity.” Can the Letter Be Believed? Three residents of Oakland, Cal. —H. H. Thompson, Charles Moore and Charles Gsell—recently visited the beach at Alameda and at the foot of a cliff one found a substantial looking pocketbook. It contained no money, but two letters, evidently written by a well-educated German. Gsell translated the letters and then hurried with them to the police. One of the letters gave instructions to the receiver, who was addressed as “brother,” as to the placing of eleven infernal machines in the principal hotels of San Francisco by as many different persons. Each agent was to secure a room in a certain hotel Jan. 30, place a machine therein and then depart. Each machine was so regulated as to be fired in seven hours. The receiver of the letter wjis promised, in case of success, the leadership of an organization of anarchists in Chicago. The letter contained minute details as to how the work was to be done, and indicated from the language used that the men involved are fishermen. Offers to Suffer for Another. A remarkable case of self-sacrifice was witnessed in the police court at Louisville, Ky. Virgil Left, aged 70 years, was fined for disorderly conduct. He was penniless and was about to be sent to the workhouse. Mike Ewig was touched by the aged and bent man’s pitiful case, and offered to serve out the term for him. The judge was so impressed that he dismissed the old man and excused Ewig from making the sacrifice. Big Publishing Business Sold. At Akron, Ohio, R. P. Marvin, receiver, sold the property of the Werner Publishing Company at public sale. It was bid in by a committee representing the creditors of the concern. The realty involved in the transaction was $550,000. The reorganization’ of the Werner company under the same name will take place as soon as the sale is confirmed. Alaska Timber Illegally Cut. Official information has reached the general land 6fflce in Washington of extensive illegal cutting of timber for market by natives of Alaska, and Commissioner Hermann has directed Special Agent Gruggle, located at Juneau, to make a complete investigation and prompt report with a view to stopping the denudation of the forests. Swindlers tent to the Workhouse. Wallace Bennett and his wife, convicted in Cleveland of having worked the “badger” game, were fined S2OO bach and sent to the workhouse for six months. In passing sentence the judge said he was sorry he could not punish the complainant also. Is Robbed on a Street Car. In a crowded St. Louis street car. on board of which was a policeman, three men robbed W. H. Snider, resident manager of the National Fire Insurance Company, of a jewel case containing between $3,000 and $4,000 worth of jewelry. Prisoners Escape at St. Louis. Six general prisoners sawed through the cage in the new guard house at Jefferson barracks, St. Louis, cut through twelve inches of brick wall and made their escape. Congressional Librarian Dead. John Russell Young, librarian of the congressional library, died at his residence in Washington, after an illness of several weeks. Gary Iron Works Destroyed. The Gary iron works at Cleveland, were destroyed by fire. Loss $50,000. The fire waa caused by an explosion on the second floor*

GUESTS ARE SAVED.

HOT FIRE IN A CINCINNATI 1 HOTEL. i Lives of : ixty Persjns Are Endangered. but All Are Rescued Without Injury—Cheap Labor in China Hurts tralc of Machinery. Escape from Hurninz Hotel. The Sherwood House, on the east side of Walnut, above Sixth street, Cincinnati, took fire, probably from an overheated furnace, early the other morning and in a very brief time the house was so filled with smoke as to endanger the lives of the sixty or more sleeping guests. Many of the guests were members of theatrical companies. Very soon the upper corridors were filled with shrieking, hysterical women in night robes. The male guests had difficulty in restraining the women from jumping from the windows. The firemen were active in carrying out the women and most of them were rescued by the stairway, but several were taken down by the ladders and by the fire escapes. F. H. Munch, a traveling salesman from New York, was among the last to be rescued. He was found unconscious, with a wet towel over his face, but by the aid of physicians was saved. The entire fire department was called out and the fire subdued before the building was destroyed. The money loss will not exceed SIO,OOO, fully insured. OVERPLUS OF COOLIES. Labor-Saving Pevices Are Not Wanted in the Flowery Kingdom. Labor-saving devices are not Wanted in China. This is clearly shown by Consul General Goodnow, in a report4o the State Department, made in reply to an inquiry of an export association in New York. “I cannot give you any encouragement,” he says, “in regard to the shipment of wheelbarrows, scrapers, dump carts and the like to China, wheelbarrow used here has one large wheel in the middle and a seat on either side, where passengers are carried. Once in a great while dirt is carried in baskets in such a barrow, but ordinarily it is carried by a coolie in two baskets hung on the end of a bamboo rod balanced on his shoulders. Laborsaving devices are not in demand in China. The cheapest thing here is a man. There is more labor than can find employment. A coolie carrying dirt will receive from 7 to 10 cents gold per day. He must work from sunrise to sunset —not very steadily or intensely, but putting in a great many houre and accomplishing a large amount of work for the amount of wages paid.” NEGRO SOLDIERS IN A RIOT. Three Men Wonnded in a Fight with Waiters at Chattanooga, Term. A riot occurred in a negro saloon at Chattanooga, Tenn., between the barkeeper and waiters and several negro soldiers of the Eighth United States volunteer infantry, now in camp at Chickamauga. A quarrel arose between one of the soldiers and a waiter over a matter of change, when the soldier pulled a pistol and fired at the waiter. The barkeeper and several others in the saloon opened fire on the soldiers, and as a result Sergeant J. L. Williams, company clerk of Company I, was shot in the abdomen; John Reed, private, Company F, was shot in the thigh and through the chest, and Louis Brown, the barkeeper, was shot twice through the lungs and will die. Sergeant Williams’ wound is regarded as fatal. Thieves Cat Telegraph Line. It has just been discovered that thieves have stolen about a mile of the copper wire recently strung by the Western Union Telegraph Company between Omaha, Neb., and Florence. The line had only been completed a few days when it ceased to work and linemen discovered the theft. The thieves had climbed the poles and cut the wire at the insulators. Bishop Rademacher Insane. Right Rev. Bishop Rademacher of the Catholic diocese of Fort Wayne, Ind., has been taken to St. Louis and placed in the Alexian Brothers’ hospital for treatment for insanity. The bishop has charge of a great deal of property belonging to the church, and the management of it has caused him so much worry that his mind gave way. Grain.' Speculators Arrested. Seventeen arrests under the new antipoolroom law were made at Kansas City the other day on warrants sworn out by City Attorney D. A. Brown. The prisoners included John W. Moore, president of the Board of Trade, and others who are either grain commission men or buck-et-shop keepers. Conntjr Clerk Missing. J. S. Giles, county clerk of Millard County, Utah, has disappeared. He is accused by George Bishop of Smithfield of forging the names of George E. Smith, receiver, and Byron Groo, late register of the United States land office, to receipts and certificates affecting entries to public lands. 2,500 Men Are Idle. On account of a threatened strike of the carpenter force at the Honeybrook colliery of the Lehigh and WiJke6-Barre Coal Company, Hazleton, Pa., because of a wage disagreement, all the works at Audenried and Honeybrook were shut down, throwing 3,500 men out of employment. Arthnr Bank Robbed. • The bank at Arthur, 111., was robbed at an early hour the other morning. The robbers carried away in gold, greenbacks and silver from $3,000 to $6,000. The bank officials admit that the sum is in excess of $3,000. Six men blew the safe open with dynamite. Prof. Thomas Mac Adam Drowned. The Rev. Thomas Mac Adam, aged 68, late of Morrin Presbyterian College, Quebec, was drowned at Toronto. He went for a walk with his pet spaniel. The dog returned and search was made for the professor, when his body was found in the bay. Five Coasters Are Drowned. Five small boys, from 7 to 10 years of age, met death in a drowning accident in South Gibson, a small hamlet in Susquehanna County, Pa. The five victims and another boy got on a big sled and coasted upon a weak place on a mill pond. Bad Fire at New Orleans. ! The large iron works and foundry of J. D. Connell, South Peters street, New Orleans, La., were destroyed by fire, en-1 tailing a loss of $30,000. j

MISSISSIPPI PACKET BUKMEO, Ouachita Destroyed at Memphis—Passengers All KBcaps. The Memphis and Vicksburg packet liner Ouachita, Captain Bender, was destroyed by fire at the foot of Jefferson street, Memphis, where she was tied up for the night at dock. The blaze started about 1:15 a. in., and in "fifteen minutes very little was left of the boat except the hull and a mass of twisted rigging. Rumors spread that there were several passengers aboard, but it is believed every one escaped. The Ouachita was a passenger and freight boat in the Memphis and Vicksburg trade, and was valued at $30,000, with insurance of $20,000. The fire originated in the boiler room. The boat had a cargo of merchandise for points south, and was to depart the same morning. DOLLAR for dollar. Martindale Gives Up His Property for Bank Creditors. William Martindale, vice-president of the First National Bank of Emporia, Kan., which failed last November, owing depositors $500,000, has turned his holdings over to Maj. Calvin Hood under a deed of trust. Hood will settle with the depositors for Martindale’s debts, and it is believed he can handle the property so that it will pay dollar for dollar. When the bank failed its president, Charles S. Cross, shot and killed himself at his famous Sunny „Slope Hereford farm, near Emporia. Cross left a confession saying be falsified his reports to the Comptroller and exonerating Vice-President Martindale and the other bank officers. Fatal Fire in Cleveland. W T hile seeking safety from the flames, which were destroying their home at Cleveland, Mrs. Fred W. Tisdel was instantly killed and her husband sustained severe injuries. Mr. Tisdel is chief clerk in the auditing department of the Lake Shore Railroad. The couple were sleeping on the second floor, and when aroused it wns too late for them to get out by way of the stairs. They were forced to make their way to a scaffolding on a house which was being erected next door. The scaffolding gave way. Jealousy Led to Shooting. A sensational shooting affair took place at the Ellington, a fashionable Cleveland apartment house. A young woman, said to be Miss Edna Raymond, entered the rooms occupied by Mr. and Mrs. John A. Hanna during the absence of the husband and opened fire on Mrs. Hanna with a revolver. Four shots were fired in rapid succession, only one of which took effect. Hanna had kept company, it is said, with Miss Raymond. Jealousy undoubtedly led to the shooting. Court to Try Eagan, The detail of the court to try Commissary General Eagan includes Gens. Merritt, Wade, Butler and Young and Brig. Gens. Frank Pennington, Randell, Kline and Comba. Lieut. Col. George B. Davis will be the judge advocate. Killed in a Train Wreck. A train of empty ears on the Oregon Short Line, while leaving Butte, Mont., ran into a switch engine. Both engines and a number of ears were wrecked. Conductor Joseph Grant was thrown under the wreck and fatally hurt. Niece of James Tyrfon. Mrs. Mary Tyson Williams of Denver claims to be a niece of James Tyson, the Australian who recently died leaving a fortune estimated to be worth over $25,000,000, and she expects to receive a share of the estate. Attempted Hold-Up in Oregon. Emmet Allen, Hugh Breen and John Richardson, young men of Boise, Idaho, attempted to hold up an Oregon Short Line pay car near Mountain Home, Idaho, and were arrested and placed in jail. Like a Johnstown Flood. A dam retaining an immense body of water gave way at Cleveland, causing a flood that resulted in great damage to property, but small loss of life. Fire in Indian .Territory Town. The postofflee and other buildings occupying an entire block in the town of Davis, I. T., were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $75,000. Election Riot in Hungary. A fierce election riot took place at Uj-Szent-Anna, in the county of Arad, Hungary, and four persons were killed and sixteen injured. Hurt at a Reception. During a Bryan reception at Denver a platform gave way, throwing 300 persons into a mass. Many were injured.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $6.25; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 71c; corn, No. 2,30 cto 38c; oats, No. 2,26 c to 27c; rye, No. 2 55c to 57c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh,. 20c to 22c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 40c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, choice light, $2.75 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 70c; corn, No. 2 white, 35c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c. St. Louis —Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 34c to 36c; oats, No. 2,27 cto 29c; rye, No. 2,55 cto 56c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2,56 cto 57c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.75; hogs, $2.50 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 72c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; rye, 58c to 59c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mixed, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 35c to 36c; oats.. No. 2 white, 28c to 29c: rye, No. 2,56 c to 57c; clover seed, $4.40 to $4.45. Milwaukee —Wheat, No. 2 spring, 67c to 68c; corn. No. 3,34 cto 35c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; rye, No. 1,56 cto 58c; barley, No. 2,44 cto 52c; pork, mess, $9.50 to SIO.OO. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $4.00; sheep, fair to choice wethers, $3.50 to $4.75; lamhs, common to extra, $5.00 to $5.50. New York— Cattle, $3.00 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 79c to 81c; cord, No. 2,44 cto 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 36c; butter, creamery. 15c to 20c; eggs, Western, 18c to 19c.

THE STATE LEGISLATURES.

Tuesday. Chauneey M. Depew was named for Senator by the Republican majority in New York. Jnlius Caesar Burrows was chosen United States Senator by the Legislature of Michigan. Cushman K. Davis was elected to the United, States Senate by the Minnesota Legislature. At Jefferson City, Mo., the Legislature re-elected Francis M. Cockrell to the United States Senate. • At Augusta, Me., Eugene Hale was reelected Senator by concurrent vote of the two branches of the Legislature. The Indiana Legislature elected Albert J. Beveridge as United States Senator, the two houses voting separately. Votes were taken,. but there was no choice, for Senator in North Dakota, Utah. Montana, Washington, California and Delaware. Wednesday. In Arkansas Gov. Dan W. Jones and other State officers were inaugurated. In West Virginia the Senate and Governor continue to ignore the organization of the House. In Minnesota the Legislature in joint session passed a resolution urging early ratification of the peace treaty. In Michigan the Piugree and anti-Pin-gree forces had a fight over increasing an election committee. The result is claimed as a»yictory by the anti-Pingree faction. In Wisconsin the Republican caucus took three ballots for nominee for United States Senator and adjourned. Quarles led on the third baiiot, with Stephenson second. In California. Delaware, North Dakota, Montana, Washington, Utah and Nebraska joint ballots for United States Senator were taken, without material change in the standing of the candidates. In Pennsylvania the first joint ballot for United States Senator was cast, without gain for Quay. The opposition became indignant at the rulings of Lieut. Gov. Gobin and formulated a protest. Thursday. In North Dakota the Republican caucus, nominated Porter J. McCumber for United States Senator. In Texas a .bill was introduced compelling life insurance companies to invest onefourth their profits in Texas. In Pennsylvania another joint ballot was taken without result, Quay receiving 111 votes. Both sides expressed certainty of victory. In New York the Buffalo boomers rushed the Pan-American exposition bill through Senate and secured Roosevelt’s assurance of early signature. Joint balloting for Senators proceeded without result in the following States: Nebraska, Utah, IJelaware, Montana, North Dakota, California, Washington. In the Republican caucus in Wisconsin sixteen more ballots, making nineteen in all, were taken without radical change. Stevenson, after the slump on the third ballot, rallied and gained five votes. Quarles still leads. Friday. In North Dakota the election of McCumber as Senator was formally ratified. In West Virginia the Senate again refused to recognize the House as organized. In Michigan the opposition to Pingree introduced a bill to take the place of the Atkinson taxation bill. In Minnesota the Senate concurred in the House resolution urging early ratification of the peace treaty. In Tennessee Gov. M cMillin sent a message to the Legislature advising a special tax for a State sinking fund. In Kansas it was announced a bill would be introduced piohibiting in future the mortgaging of hotpestends. In Pennsylvania, Nebraska, Delaware, Montana, Washington. Utah and California the Legislatures balloted for Senator without making a choice. In Utah a vote was cast for Mrs. Mattie Cannon for United States Senator, and she is being talked of as a possibility. The deadlock continues unbroken. In Wisconsin three ballots were taken for United States Senator in the Republican caucus without change, and an adjournment was taken until Monday night. Saturday, In West Virginia contests were, partially considered. Democrats are conceding election of Scott for Senator. In California, Utah, Nebraska, Delaware, Washington and Montana the Legislatures took ballots for Senator without breaking deadlocks. In Pennsylvania ore vote for Senator was taken without apparent change. Quay men hint at plan for his election to be put into effect on Tuesday. Monday. In West Virginia the opposing branches of the Legislature continued their warfare over contested seats. In the Nevada Houye a test ballot showed votes evenly divided between Stewart and Newlands, with one absent. In Wisconsin the Republican caucus took three ballots for United States Senator without materiul change in the result. In Montana, Utah, Washington, California and Delaware ballots were taken for United States Senator without a choice, . In New York both Democrats and Republicans offered resolutions urging the ratification of the peace treaty. The resolutions were referred to a committee. In Pennsylvania one vote for Senator was taken without change in standing of candidates. The rejvard for the detection of bribery now amounts to $40,000. In Nebraska, it is said, Senator Allen has agreed to withdraw from the senatorial fight and throw the sixty fusion votes to Editor Rosewater, Republican, for which the editor is to support Allen for Thurston’s seat in 1901.

News of Minor Note.

The Philadelphia mint has began the coinage of $40,000,000 of gold bullion. An Austrian inventor has discovered a method of exploding bombs by the action of light. Commercial bodies of California have decided to ask Government tariff protection for the fruit industry of the United States. The North Carolina Legislature has passed resolutions demanding that no colored men be given political positions in that Btate.

CONGRESS

The Committee on Interstate and Fore eign Commerce had the right of way .in the House on Wednesday and succeeded in passing quite a number of bills of minor importance, most of which authorized the*' construction of lighthouses, fog signals,, etc. Then the bill to grant the PacificCable Company a subsidy of SIOO,OOO <* year for twenty years sot the construction, and operation of a cable was called up and' a very spirited debate, which consumed' the remainder of the day. followed. The opposition was headed by Mr. Corliss (Rep.. Mich.), who advocated the construction of a Government cable. Noconclusion was reached at the hour of adjournment. and as the special order under which the House was operating expired with the adjournment, and as objectionwas made to fixing another day for itsconsideration, it goes over indefinitely. The feature of the session of the Senatewas a speech delivered by Mr. Bacon (Dcm.. Ga.) in support of his resolutions declaring that the United States would' not assume sovereignty over the Philippine Islands. Following Mr. Bacon’s; speech the Nicaragua canal bill was taken up and remained under discussion until 6o’clock. The Senate listened further on Thursday to a discussion of the policy of expansion. Mr. Turner (Wash., Pop.) delivered a carefully prepared speech on theVest resolution. The speech was for the most part a constitutional argument inwhich Mr. Turner took issue with Senator Platt and Senator Foraker upon their recent utterances. At the conclusion of. Mr. Turner’s argument Mr. Foraker took some sharp exceptions to statements made' in the speech, especially those referring: to him personally. The Nicaragua canal bill was under consideration nearly three hours. After much debate a substitute presented by Mr. Morgan (Ala.) for the bond amendment offered by Mr. Allison was adopted. It provides that bond payments shall not exceed $20,000,000 in any fiscal year. The amendment as amended was then adopted, 41 to 10. The last, hour of the session was occupied in discussion of several amendments offered byMr. Caffery of Louisiana, all of whichwere defeated. The House practically decided the Brown-Swanson contested election case from the Fifth Virginia district in favor of the sitting member, Mr. Swanson, a Democrat, by declining toconsider the case. The postofflee appropriation bill wns then taken up. Thegreatest surprise of the day was the adoption of two amendments striking out of the bill the appropriation of $171,000 for the fast Southern mail and $25,000 for special mail facilities from Kansas City to Newton, Kan. The proceedings in the House were enlivened on Friday by a wordy duel between Mr. Grosvenor of Ohio and Mr.. Lewis, Democrat, the member from Washington. It occurred during the debate on a private bill to refer to the court of claims the claim of Cramp <fc Sons, the Philadelphia ship builders, for damages from the Government for delays incident to the building of the warships New York, Massachusetts, Indiana and Columbia, due to the failure of. the Government to deliver armor plate and other materials, for these ships on time. The postoffice appropriation bill was passed. At 4:30 p. m. the House recessed until S o’clock. The evening session was devoted to privatepension legislation and adjournment was taken to Monday. The Senate was in session for five hours and a half, but the session was practically , barren of results. Two notable speeches were delivered, oneby Mr. Nelson (Rep., Minn.), in opposition to Mr. Vest's anti-expansion resolution, and the other by Mr. White (Dem. v Cal.), a personal explanation of his position with respect to the instructions giventhe California Senators by the Legislature in that State as to voting on thepending pence treaty. At the conclusions of the speeches the Senate resumed consideration of the Nicaragua canal bill, but it was not completed. Senator Morgan’s Nicaragua canal bilb passed the Senate Saturday afternoon bya vote of 48 to 6. As a matter of fact, it was passed twice, once by a viva vocevote and the second on a roll call. The opposition had been dwindling away for several days. Friends and foes of the anti-scalping bills were also lined up in, the Senate the same afternoon. The supporters of those measures won their first victory. By a vote of 33 to 21 they succeeded in having the Senate bill taken upfor consideration. Discussion of the policy of expansion, occupied nearly all the time of the Senate in open session on Monday. Mr. White of California addressed the Senate in support of the anti-expansion resolution introduced by Mr. Vest (Dem., Mo.') and another resolution offered by Mr. Bacon. (Dem., Go.) declaring that the Philippines, ought to be free and independent. The Senate at 2:10 p. m„ on motion of Mr. Davis, chairman of the Committee on * Foreign Relations, want into executive session. After the executive session Mr v Chandler called up tlie bill to restore totheir original status officers of the navy and marine corps who lost their status by reason of the promotion of other officers: by reason of conspicuous conduct in battle. The bill went over on objection. Monday was District of Columbia day in the House, and the major portion of theday was devoted to local legislation. Theonly action of public importance was the passage of the bill to extend the navigation laws of the United States tp the Hawaiian Islands. One of the provisions of the bill grants American register to alb vessels flying the Hnwaiian flag owned byHawaiian citizens July 7, IS9S.

Notes of Current Events.

In the United States 1898 was the warmest year on record. Prance is reported to be willing at last to sell her Newfoundland shore rights toEngland. Several fine steamers have been caught in the ice in the Ynkon river, and it isfeared that they will be lost. Gen. Jose Gomez, who has returned toWashington from Havana, says the people of Cuba are beginning to realize that: American rule is necessary for the present. ,