Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 March 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN t GEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIAN-. a

HIGH POKER STAKES.

FORTUNES LOST AND GAINED ON A GAME. Wealthy Men Play on a Train Between. Chicago ami New York and Thousands Chancre Hands—Gold Standard Law Has No Immediate Effect. 11. G. linn i Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “The now monetary art, which was signed and look effect on Wednesday, has not a fleeted business perceptibly'as yet. - l tesipinnl a* :l 1 *;irrier against future harm, it was by some expected to have immediate iiitluenee through provisions regarding hank circulation., While $2,100,000 will .he added to New York eirculation. the. increase thus far indicated will he mainly interior. affeeting the chief monetary centers only by lessening reliance '-upon them when t more currency is wanted. Sales of woo! have been only 7,323,31 M * pounds itt two weeks. Prices of leading goods have not declined, but others, both plain and fancy, are somewhat weaker. Failures for the week have been 1 'IS in the 1 nited States against IS!) last year, and 23 in Canada, against .30 last year.’’ FORTUNES BET IN POKER GAME. . . 4 Business Men Play on Cliiciigo-New Y'ork Train and Stake Thousands. One of the greatest games of poker ever played in this country was begun on a train which left Chicago the other day. Two of the participants were men whose names are known in commercial circles throughout the land. The betting was extraordinarily heavy and before New York was reached the agreement was made that tin*"ganre should -be continued at the Waldorf-Astoria. It was. and the rcsidt became known and was the principal topic of conversation in the hotel. It was said that a certain financier interested in iron and steel lost $250 ,000, while a young man who figured I in wheat operations was alleged to have dropped SBO,OOO. Others suffered great losses, but one man is alleged Lu have cleaned up nearly $400,000. CHILDREN BURNED TO DEATH. Destruction of a Farmhouse Results in Loss of Life. A farm house in McHenry valley, about four miles north of Alfred, N. Y„ was burned the other morning 1:50 o'clock, and two boys, one 3 years old and the other 9, were cremated. They were children of Eugene Ferrin, who worked the farm and occupied tbe house. The fire started between the rooms occupied by the parents and children, and cut off nil chance of rescuing them. The surviving family escaped with only their night clothing. The mercury was below zero. Killed by Gas Explosion. Mrs. Jacob Shoemaker, 78 years old, was instantly killed by an explosion of gas at her home in Mount Blanchard. Ohio. She was engaged in preparing breakfast for herself and husband, and had occasion to visit the cellar, taking 1 a lantern with her. The apartment was evidently filled with gas from a leak, as the moment' Mrs. Shoemaker entered there was an explosion. Walk Out of Railway Shops. The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad shops at Zanesville, Ohio, are tied up by a strike in which 225 out of 300 men employed have joined.. In the past' three years there had been several cuts in the rates for piece work. The settle last established was such that llie men could average about sl.lO per day. Inventor of Mowing Machine Dead. Walter X ishwitz. the proprietor of I large agricultural implement works at Millington, X. .1.. died at his home in Baskingridgc, X. .1., aged 70 years. Twenty-five years ago Mr. Nishwitz invented a mowing machine and sold this patent to the Walter A. Wood Company for SIOO,OOO. Seek to Wreck Fast Mail. An attempt was made to wreck the Lake Shore fast mail at Olmsted Falls, O. A rail had been laid across the track. Tlie engineer saw the obstruction in time to apply tilt* air brakes. The front wheels of the locomotive struck the rail, btit the engine remained on the track. Expense of Arbitration. The Right lion. William St. John Brodriek. under secretary for foreign affairs, stated that the costs to Great Britain of the Anglo-Venezuelan arbitration tribunal amounted to £ti5.<525. British Guiana will not pay any portion of this expense. Confesses a $1(0,000 Shortage. Frank E. Bundy, who for the last six years has occupied the office of chamberlain Of Elmira. X. Y., and for three years previously was clerk in the chamberlain's office, has voluntarily confessed a shortage of s3o,not) in his accounts. St. Paul Harness Makers Out. The hurnessmakers employed in the factory of Ilardenherg A Go. at St. Raul, Minn., went on strike, refusing to work with non-union men. There is no other complaint. Dinamorc in Found Guilty. At Lexington, Xeb_ Frank Piiisinoro was declared guilty of the murder of Mrs. Dinsmore and Frank Lane, and the jury recommended that he be hanged. Heavy Fire Losa. The coupling department of the Continental branch of tin* National Tube Works Company 31 Marion Station. I'a., wan destroyed by fire. Loss $75,000. Cheroot Workers Are Out. The American Tobacco Company dis-I charged the entire force of employes at its cheroot faetory in New York and will discontinue work at the factory, the lease of the building having expired. About MX) men and women were thrown out I of employment'. ' Son of Star Pointer Kohl for $<1,500. Kidney Fainter, the oldest colt by Star Pointer, the world's fastest pacer, has been sold by W. If, Moffjft of KompVtn*, N, I„ to McLaren of Ottawa for

- 7 LABOR SCARCE IN ENGLAND. I Drain of Men for the War Seyiously Affects Manufacturing. This being the sixth mouth of the Transvaal war, its full effects are beginning to be felt in British trade and labor circles, especially in the manufacturing districts of England, from which thousands of recruits have been drawn since Doc. 1, The/percentage: of unemployed is considerably lower than at any similar period in a decade, as is shown by the monthly memorandum issued by tbe labor department of (he London Board of Trade. The South and West of England particularly report a great, scarcity of labor. During the recent severe storms it was -found impossible in many cities and towns to get the necessary additional labor to clear tbe streets of snow, despite jhe fact that in many instances unusually high wages were offered. The scarcity of labor is felt all the more keenly because of the increased demand for numerous products caused by the war. This is true in many lines of nraniifactnring,"such as the making 4ft flannels, touting, saddlery, tiimed foods and other articles necessary" lor the equipage and maintenance of a great' army in the field. FAVORABLE CATTLE KURORTS. Comparatively No Winter Losses to Ranchmen in the Northwest. Decidedly encouraging reports continue to be received from, the great cattle?! ranges in the western part of South Dakota. There have been comparatively no losses of cattle during the winter. This is remarkable in view of the fact that on tlk- upper White river alone more than 1.000 young Southern cattle were last fall turned loose on the range, tilt other !>wti»a« of the range many thousands of these animals have been rustling for. themselves all winter. If there 'had 1 iceii any losses at- all they' would I itave been among the Sentliei-n-born cattle, which, of course, would not have been aide to withstand the change as well as native cattle had the winter been a severe one. The fact tlinj there hnre- 1 been no tosses from storms and that cattle are at present in much better eoudi.tiori than-is usual at this lime of tha yea-r will make t in- coming .season one of the most profitable-ever enjoyed by the cattlemen of South Dakota.

|—-- <D - - - . _ - ---- SMALLPOX. IN THE CAPITOL. Indian vvijli the Disease NlixCs wit Ii tlie Congressmen. A feeling of panic reigned in the House corridors at Washington when it was learned that one of the Osage Indians who have been there for several days had smallpox. The Indians bad made the room of the committee on Indian affairs their headquarters, and when Chairman Sherman was advised of tlie situation he bundled the whole lot outside and had them sent to the pesthouse. They were not ail at tho eapitol at the time, and the police were at once set to work to round up tlie strolling visitors and get them off to the pesthouse. The necessary fumigation was made and no serious results are feared from the exposure to contagion. / Is Shot at His Own Door. 11. C. Gooding, former chief justice of Arizona, was shot at his door in Los Angeles, Cal., by a- footpad. When two men called to him to hold tip his hands the judge thought they were neighbors playing a practical joke. Wliqn he saw they were in earnest, he grappled with the nearest man. lie was getting the better of the fight when the other robber shot him near the heart. Expects Fortune in Australia. Miss Maggie Carmody of Toledo has received a letter from au aunt iu Australia, inclosing a draft for SB,OOO and asking her to go to that country in the spring. The letter contained the information that her aunt, Mrs. G. B. F. Bradbury, who is in poor health, has willed her SBB,OOO in realty and SBOO,OOO in securities. Plant to Cost $30,000,000. The Welliiiau-Seavcr Engineering Company of Cleveland has closed a contract with the Nickel .Steel Company of Hamilton, Out., to design and build what will, when completed, be the largest steel and iron plant in Canada. The total capacity of the plant will be 2.400 toils a day. The entire plant will cost nearly $511,000,000. Lost tlit- Power of Speech. While visiting friends in Scranton recently Miss Busan McCaffrey of Danville, Pa., witnessed an accident iu which a child was killed by a trolley car. The sight so affected her that, she lost the power of speech. She cannot utter a sound and is unable to recognize anyone. Steel Works Destroyed by Eire. At Flint, Mich., the Armstrong steel works wen- destroyed by tire. The plant was established in 1SK!) and was employing 100 hands. Loss is estimated at $150,000, partially covered by insurance. tJolden’s brewery and cooper shop were also destroyed. Mob Tears a House to Pieces. The house of the tollgale keeper on the Mount Pleasant and Columbia turnpike near Mount Pleasant, Tenn., was torn to pieces by 1(H) armed men. The toilgait' keeper, who had been warned, escaped before the arrival of the mob. Bunk Safe Found Robbed. The safe of’the Bank of Hitchcock. 8. I)., which was burned a few days before, was opened, and it was discovered that SIt.(KX) known to have been in the safe at the close of business the day of the tire w as missing. Counterfeit of tbe New Dollar. Chief Wilkie of the United State secret service lias received The first counterfeit so far discovered of the new $1 silver certificate.' Tbe specimen, which eatue from Cleveland, Ohio, is a verypoor zinc etching. Asks Our Intervention. The United States Government, at the request of President Kruger and President Steyn, lias offered to the British Government its services as mediator, with the view of bringing, about peace iu' South Africa. Throat Cut by His Brother. Ben. Higgins, one of the best known merchants of C'uHoden, W. Vn., had his throat cut almost from ear to ear by his only brother. Walter Higgling. Tho trouble grew out of the election of town officers. * Minncaotu Malting House Sold. A Chicago syndicate, with A. H. Button a’ the head, lias purchased the Minnesota Malting Company’s plant at, Red Wing. The syndicate will complete ihc plant ami then double its capacity.

A UNION OF MILLERS.

COMBINE FOR MUTUAL INTEREST IN SOUTHWESTt — Surplus Output Witt by This Means Be Disposed Of \o Greater Advantage than by Individuals New- York Firm Contracts for 12,000 Bird Bodies. The millers of Kansas, Oklahoma and Kansas City, after a three days’ conference, have decided to handle their surplus output through a stock company to be known as the Kansas and Oklahoma Milling and Export Company. The cpn--t-erti will be capitalized for $250,000; alt paid up. Tlie stock will all be taken by millers in that section of the country. The company will.either buy tbe surplus product outright ajr will dispose of it to the best advantage at a small commission. This: is left optional with the. utilizers. Each miller is to store his surplus in his-owir mi 11. and is to report daily the amount of his surplus. A committee was appointed to draw up a charter and to perfect the organization of the company. All of tin- stock lias been subscribed! PITI.FUL SLAUGHTER OF BIRDS. Cot ham Millinery Firm Contracts for Twelve Thousand Bodies. Nothing lias pcoiirrod for many months to so stir up the feelings of the Atldubonists ai d others who are opposed to the xrantro slaughter'*>f'birds for their plumage as has the'news of the big contract which has just been closed by a large millinery firm in Xew York. The contract is made with parties in a certain county in Delaware, which abounds with the smaller species" of birds. Its terms call for the birdies of 12.000 birds, for which from 10 to 50 cents apiece is to be paid. The particular varieties specified in the agreement include meadow larks, bluebirds, red-wing blackbirds, crow blackbirds, English sparrows and baby owls. COLVILLE RESERVE OPENING. j Would-Be Settlei-s Already Gathering { lor tlie May Season. It is understood that the north half of i the Colville (Indian reservation in Wash- 1 ingtdn will be thrown open for settlement i about May 1. The district contains rich ! agricultural, timber and mineral lands, and boomers are—already——gathering at Spokane and other towns to rush across the line. “North hair 7 comprises 1,500,000 acres, 300,000 of which was allotted to the Indians under the treaty of cession. The mineral portion is known to contain immense bodies of low-grade ores.

SHOT ANI) KILLED BY HIS WIFE. Charles Adams Meets a Sensational Death at Cincinnati. Charles Adams, a passenger agent for the Union Pacific, with offices in the Curew building, Cincinnati, who went there with his wife from Omaha last October with their two children, Irving and Fay, aged 2 and 5 years, was shot and killed by his wife, Jessie Turman Adams, in the'Print rose flat, in Race street. Mrs. Adams said her. husband-threatened her life, that lie held her oldest son hy the heels, head downward, outside of a fifthstory window and had been habitually cruel. Stabs a Rival with Scissors. At Omaha Mrs. Daisy Morrison stabbed Vina Williams with a pair of scissors, inflicting tin ugly gash in the left arm. Miss Williams warded off a blow aimed at her heart. Mrs. Morrison sent • for Miss Williams and accused her of seeking to win the love of. Mr. Morrison, her husband. The latter's screams brought assistance in time to save belli fe. Humiliation for Finland. The Cologne Gazette announces that the Czar has abolished the rule which provided that district governors of Finland should take a special oath upon entering the Russian state service. This oath was framed on the status of Finland its a grand duchy, and its abolition has crushingly impressed the Finns. Burlington Train's Escape. The Chicago-Denver flyer on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railway, known as “Xo. 1,” had a slight accident at Tower 510, twenty-five miles west of Ottumwa, lowa. The engine and front truck of the baggage car left the track. No person was injured.

Clothing Manufacturers Assign, lienry .1. Sehloss and Nathan J. i Sehloss, who composed the firm of N. J. j Sehloss & Co., formerly manufacturers ■of *-lot hi it g iii New York, have filed a peit it ion in bankruptcy. Liabilities $755,- • 000, no assets. j Rev. Thomas K. Beecher Stricken, i Rev. Thomas- K. Beecher, brother of | ileury Ward Beecher and pastor of Park ('liitri 11, Elmira, N’. V.. was stricken with | paralysis on his return home from evening service Sunday. • I-’ouiulr.v mid Mui-liiiu- Shops Burned. I At Entbreeville, Term., lire destroyed j the foundry, machine shops and blaek- ! smith shops eoniu-eted with the plants jof the Virginia Iron. Coal and tjqke I Company. Loss SOO,OOO. General El well Is I trail. Gen. John J. ,El well, one of the bestknown citizens of Cleveland, and a hero of the civil war, is dead. Death was due to old age, but probably hastened by injuries received during the war. ; Im Killed by HU Own Trap. W illiam Pearce, a farmer living three miles west of De Soto, Mo., was accidentally shot and killl-d by a set gnu which he bad himself placed in his corn j crib for thieves. Roberts Enters Bloemfontein. The British general, Roberts, has entered Bloemfontein in triumph, and has announced that the Orange Free State Government has ceased to exist. Lives Lost iu Collision ut Sea. A Yarmouth dispatch reports that the steamer Connie collided with another steamer off Sable Island and the captain and twenty-one men were drowned. Famous Authoress Murries. A cablegram annonuges the innrriaie of Mrs. Frances Ilodgson Burnett, the famous novelist, to Stephen Townsend. London, her secretary. Nearly All Records Saved. The Montgomery County Court house at Clarksville, Tenn., was destroyed by j lire. Most' of the records were saved. Loss $125,000, insurance $75,000. j

TO DAWSON IN AN AUTOMOBILE. Frenchman Plans a Trip from Lake Bennett by a New Method. M. Jauue de Lamare, the editor of the Klondike Review, published in Paris, is cn route for the Klondike on his third visit to that region. This time he will try to make most of the land trip after reaching Lake Bennett on a gasoline automobile of live-horse power. The automobile willbe equipped With spiked rubber tires on two of the wheels and runners on the others, which will enable it to travel over the ice. When the ice breaks tip M. de Lantare intends to place the automobile in a huge canoe, and replacing the' wheels by paddles travel, down the Yukon. BNOWSLIDES DESTROY TRACKS. Overland Traffic on the Canadian,Pacific Interrupted. i No overland train arrived at Vancouver, B. C., for two days, all traffic being suspended by mud and snow slides in the interior. Heavy snow slides are reported from the Selkirk mountains, carrying down trees and immense rocks, sweeping away the cut bank truss bridge, 150 feet long, between'Bear creek arid Six Mile creek. , From Sandon'comes the news of an even-more serious disaster, A landslide :it noon demolished six houses in the lower part of the town, burying one of the tenants, William McLeod, beneath the mass of debris. BOYCOTT OF CHINESE MUST END. United States Court Permanently Enjoins Labor Union. Judge Knowles of the Uuited States Court at Butte, Mont., handed down a decision making permanent an injunction against labor unions and labor, leaders who lor years had prosecuted a boycott against Chinese and all employers of Chinese; ■ti - IjrTinderstood a claim for damages will now be presented to tho Federal Government by the Chinese minister. - Cigarmakers on a Strike. The biggest strike of cigarmakers in I ten years has been declared against the I firm of Kerbs, Wortbeim & Schiller of ; Xew York. More than 3,300 workers, ! 1.500 of whom are girls, after making a r demand of their- employers -for an jocrease in wages, quit work. I _ • Wrecked on Hoji-Sty Reef. News of the total loss of the Norwegian steamer Frannies with her valuable cargo of iron and steel on Ilog-Sty reef, north of (Juba, was brought to Philadelphia by the fruit steamer Admiral Schley. All persons aboard the steamer were saved. Shut Out of Japan, Oriental advices say that permission to do general business in Japan has been refused sixty foreign insurance companies, most of them American. Japanese officials say this results from the fact that the applications have failed to comply with the Japanese insurance laws. Intervention Means War. Great Britain, in her answer to the overtures for peace in behalf of Presidents Kruger and Steyn, serves notice on all the nations of the world that' she will not tolerate any interference by any of them with the prosecution of the war in South’Africa. Woman Burned to Death, Carrie Crawford, a young widow who lived in the Hennepin building at Minneapolis, lost iter life in tbe flames which destroyed the building. Her old father and her 3-year-old child were rescued. McKinley Financial Bill. President McKinley has signed the financial bill, and so completed the legislation that gives the United States a currency system based upon the single gold standard. Tobacco Warehouse Consumed. Fire at Miamisburg, Ohio, destroyed the big Rothschild tobacco warehouse and damaged adjacent buildings. A Chicago firm owned the warehouse. Loss estimated at $150,000. Drowned in the Missouri. Henry Bock, au old resident,* while attempting to cross the Missouri river on the ice at Chamberlain, S. D., broke through and was drowned. Fire ut Mackinaw City. Nearly the entire business portion of Mackinaw City, Mich., was destroyed by fire. The postoffice and several residences were burned. The loss is about $50,000. Footpads Murder and Rob. In Indianapolis John B. Stout, a respected citizen, was robbed and shot by footpads on his way home. He died.

MARKET QUOTATIONS.

Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $5.00 to $0.00; hogs, shipping grades, $5.00 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $5.00 to $0.25; wheat, Xo. 2 red, 05c to 07c; corn, Xo. 2,37 cto 39c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 25c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 24c to 25c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, choice, 30c to 45c per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2,70 cto 71c; corn. No. 2 white, 30c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.25 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.00; sheep, $3.00 to $0.00; wheat, No. 2,72 cto 74c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 35e to 37c; oats, No. 2,24 cto 20c; rye. No. 2,55 cto 57c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, I $3.1)0 to $5.25; sheep, $2.50 to $0.25; J wheat, No. 2,73 cto 75c; corn, No. t | mixed, 39c to 41c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c I to 27c; rye, No. 2, (lie to G3c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.50 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.20; j wheat, No. 2,71 cto 73c;. corn, No. 2 yellow, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 29c; rye, 58c to 00c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 mix.ed, 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 36c to 38c; oats, | No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; rye, No. 2,07 c to 59c; clover seed, o)d, $4.90 to $5.00. Milwaukee—Wheat, , No. 2 northern, 04e to OGp; corn, No. 3,36 cto 38c: oat». No. 2 white, 25c to 27c: rye, No. 1,58 c to 00c; barley, No. 2,42 cto 44c; pork, mess, $ll.OO to $11.50. Buffalo—Cattle, good shipping steers, • $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 to $5.25; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.50; lambs, common to extra, $4.50 to $7.75. New York—Cattle, $3.25 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $5.50; sheep, $3.00 to $6.50; | wheal. No. 2 red. 79e to 81c; corn, No. 2, I 43c to 45c; oats, No. 2 white, 31c to 33c; [ butler, creamery, 20c to 26c; eggs, weatcru. 16c to 18c.

POWERS WARNED OFF

BRITAIN GIVES NOTICE THAT INTERVENTION MEANS WAR. American State Department Receives Lord Salisbury's Answer, Whicli Plainly Says “ Keep Out ” Boers Now Determined to Right to'the End. Great Britain, it) her answer, received by (he State Department in YVasffingtun to the overt peace submitted by the United States Government in behalf of Presidents Kruger and Steyn, serves notice on all the nations of the world that she will not tolerate tiny interference by any of them with tlie prosecution of the war iu South Africa. This ultimatum is distinctly set forth in Lord Salisbury’s response, the declination of the Boer suggestion that the United States be permitted to mediate being applicable by I.ord Salisbury to “any nation.'’ It is regarded as a warning to Russia and’France that if they attempt to bring the war to an end before the British Government is ready to make terms of peace the two continental powers must be prepared to fight Great Britain. That is -the plain English of i.ord Salisbury's brief reply. Lord Salisbury lias probably voiced the will of the majority of tbe British people by sending notice to Presidents Kruger and Steyn that her majesty's government is mi prepared to assent to the independence of either the South African republic or tlie Orange Free State. The correspondence between tho South African executives and the British prime minister was laid before" Parliament. I.ord Salisbury places the sole responsibility for the war ou tlie republics and announces Great Britain's determination hot to acquiesce in the further existence of Boer independence in South Africa. The dispatch received from tho two presidents does not read much like the supplication of a thoroughly beaten and penitent foe. It is regarded in London rather as-a reasonably frank statement of the situation from tlie Boer point of view, containing.- topr-a pronounced suggestion ffhat unless the independence of the republic's shall be recognized the war will be continued to the limit of the ability of the republican allies, although tbe overwhelming pre-eminence of the IJritish empire is conceded. Washington officials take the jinto front the British Government complacently, and say that, having done all that international courtesy c-ould demand, nothing further will be clone except to act as a medium for the transmission of messages between the contending powers. FINANCIAL BILL IS LAW. President McKinley Affixes His Signature to Measure. President McKinley signed tbe financial bill Wednesday afternoon, after it had been signed by the president pro tem. of the Senate in open session, and immediately the measure became a law. In explaining the provisions of the bill Secretary Gage said: “The bill reaffirms that the unit of value is the dollar, consisting of twentylive and eight-tenths grains of'gold ninetenths fine and makes the duty of the Secretary of the Treasury to maintain all forms of money issued or coined at ■a parity with this standard. It puts into the hands of the Secretary ample power to do that. For that purpose the bill provides In the treasury bureaus of issue and redemption, and transfers from the general fund of the treasury’s cash $150,000,000 in gold coin and bullion to the redemption fund, that gold to be list'd for the redemption *f United States notes and treasury uotes. The law ]K?rniits national banks with $25,000 capital to be organized in places of 3,000 inhabitants or less, whereas heretofore the minimum capital has been $50,000. It also permits banks to issue circulation on all classes of bonds deposited up to the par value of the bonds, instead of 90 per cent of their face, as heretofore. This ought to make an immediate increase in national bank circulation of something •like $24,000,000. National banks are permitted under the law to issue circulation up to an amount equal to their capital. The total capital of all national banks is $010,000,000. The,total circulation outstanding is $253,000,000. There is, therefore, a possibility of an increase in circulation of $303,000,000.’’

CHURCH AND CLERGY.

The average salary paid to Methodist preachers in the United States last year was $473.35. The Young Men’s Christian Association in Koine is now six years old and is in a flourishing condition. Efforts have been started in Brooklyn to give the gospel in some direct' form to every adult during 11)00. I-ast year the Presbyterian Church in England contributed $109,000 to missions and other plihnnthropic objects. Two young Christian Chinamen in Iloilo have started a movement for the Christianization of the Filipinos. An international congress of Roman Catholic workingmen will lie held in Paris during the coming summer. An effort will be made to raise $3,000,000 to insure the perpetuation of the L>. L. Moody institutions at Northfield. The Methodist Year Book, which has just been issued, shows in the United States 17,583 ministers und 2,871,949 probationers. The Congregational Church Building Society received for it,s work last year nearly $250,000. The loan fund now exceeds $050,000. Publishing firms state that the rise in the price of Bibles is caused by the advance in paper, and not by a desire to form a Bible trust. Thl* Rev. Dr. Guinness Rogers has retired from his pastorate of Grafton Square London, after a ministry of fifty-four years. The nonconformist church choirs of London will hold a singing contest at Crystal Palace in June, iu which choirs will compete for jtrir.es of money and 4,000 adult singers will give a concert. A movement is on foot to reorgnnizc the City of Bradford, England, from a church point of view. The building of new churches, the removal of unnecessary ones, and the rearrangement of parishes •re included in the scheme.

CONGRESS

Mr. Ilgwlins occupied the floor of theSenatc most of the clay Monday in a discussion of the Philippine question. He went deeply into tlie constitutional phases of the question. Ills argument was larger J.v- legal and technical. He is opposed tiv the holding of the Philippines. Eightysix private pension hills_were. passed. The House by a majority of seven voted to unseat W. A. Young. Democrat, Second Virginia district, and seat It. A. Wise. Passed an urgent deficiency hill carrying $1.439,550. In the Senate <>n Tuesday personal explanations were, made by Mr. Alien and Mr. Butler of their positions on tlie financial qucstionT-both atVfuTuueijtg" their fiolief in the Tree ami unlimited coinage of silver at tlie ratio of It! to 1. Mr. Turner began an. extended speech on the Porto Rico hill, maintaining that t+rc pending, measure is clearly unconstitutional. The House passed the conference report on the currency reform bill by a vote of 160 to 120. The report hail previously been- accepted by the Senate. Two speeches on the Philippine' question consumed tlie day Wednesday in the Senate. Mr. Teller maintained that The constitution could not extend over territory acquired by tlie United States. Mr. Turner took a view precisely" opposite. lit the House the District of Columbia appropriation bill was taken up and under the latitude allowed Mr. Adamson (Git.) discussed tlie Nicaragua canal, Mr. Cowherd (Mo.) the Philippine question, Mr. Howard (tki.) questions relating t-*-the Philippines and the “open door” policy in the Orient. Mr. Rucker (Mo.) the advisability of electing Senators by the people, and Mr. Boutell (Ill.) replied to Mr. Cowherd. A resolution setting a subaltern ate Fridays for the consideration of private., bills reported by the war claims committee was adopted. Bills Were passed to settle tlie title to real estate in the city of Santa Ke, N. M., aittl for the relief of Thomas Paul. The Senate devoted most of the day Thursday to discussion of tlie S2.UOO.QoifeA Porto Rican appropriation Bill. lleafd Mr. Wellington in opposition to the sealing of Mr. Quay. When Mr. Penrose asked to have time set for a vote on the Quay ease Mr. Galliuger said lie desired to speak on the subject. Mr. Penrose said the New Hampshire man had tobl him he did not wish to speak thereon, and Mr. Gallinger replied by passing the lie direct. Tlie proposition to fix a time for a vote was postponed one day. The House passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill carrying $(1,008,378. and also a bill granting the abandoned Fort Hays military reservation to tlnstate of Kansas for experimental station and normal school purposes. On Friday the Senate passed the $2.600,000 Porto ljieau appropriation bill without division. Agreed (o take up the Quay ease Tuesday, April 3, and to discuss it until disposed of, (lie discussion no) to interfere with tlie unfinished business, the Spooner lvili authorizing the President to govern the Philippines until otherwise directed, the appropriation bills or conference reports. Voted to adjourn to Monday, March 19. lii the House it was first private bill day under the new rule. About two hours was spent in tlie discussion of a bill to pay Representative Swanson $1,709 for extra expenses in eurred by him in his contest in tlie last Congress, but the bill was ultimately abandoned. Six bills of minor importance were passed. The Senate was not in session Saturday. In the House members pronounced ' eulogies upon the lute Monroe L. linyward, Senator-elect’ from Nebraska, win* died before taking the oath of office. No other business of importance was transacted.

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Two years ago the zinc mining Companies of Missouri numbered about a dozen; now they exceed 200. The Crown Prince of Germany will attain his majority on May 16, and will enter the University of Bonn. G. W. Bliek, a merchant at Emporia, Va., was murdered by au unknown man for $l4O, of which he was robbed. In Great Britain lust' year there were 711 strikes, and it is estimated that 15,000,000 days were lost to workmen. A bill introduced in the New York Legislature makes women’s hat pins over three inches long dangerous weapons. A cargo of 1,840 sacks of ore concentrates lias arrived at San Francisco, Cal., from American syndicate mines in Corea. The director of the census expects to have the main reports of the twelfth census publnshed not later than July 1, 1902. Caught in a snow.slide near Eureka, Colo., Chris Ihmsen, one of the owners of tlie Lucky Friend mine, was swept to his death. Mrs. Henrietta Snell,» widow of Amos J. Snell, the Chicago capitalist, whose murder has not been solved, died front heart disease. The total revenue receipts for January, 1900, amounted to $23,019,423, an increase as compared with tho same mouth in 1899 of $2,200;072. It was said in Madrid that a special envoy from Aguinaldo would arrive iu Paris in March-and go to Berlin to raise funds to continue the war. Because she wept tm tho Way to her husband’s funeral. George Williams, colored, shot his mother dead iu the procession nt Pleasant Hill, Ga. The ivtquisitiou of three Spanish gunboats by Admiral Watson will make possible the early recall of some of the larger vessels now in the Philippine*. J. M. Dobie of ilamires, Live Oak County, Texas, owns a steer whose horns from puint % to point measure 9 feet 7 Inches. It will be sent to (he Paris exposition. Col. S.ehwnrtzkoppcn, military attache of the German embassy in Paris, who figured extensively in the Dreyfus affair, has been promoted to (he rank of major general. ——A • Recent investigations have shown that there uw* iu the State of Maryland at least 28,000 voters who could not meet • an cduchtionnl lest, should one be rw uuired, ak has been proposed.