Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 21, Number 64, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 April 1900 — Page 2

WEEKLY REPUBLICAN. QEO. E. MARSHALL, Publisher. RENSSELAER, - - INDIANA.

TRADE IS UNSTEADY.

FLUCTUATIONS IN IRON AND STEEL THE CAUSE. Some Shoe Factories Idle " liile Jlost Textile Industries Kemuin Busy- Rec-ord-Breaking Mark of March Exports —Gets Twenty-five Years in Prison.

R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: '‘The formal reduction ot s•> per ton in prices of plates and loirs and the closing of mills by the American Steel and Wire Company have titled this week with surprises. In the stock market and in the market for steel and iron products ■changes have begun, the end ot which cannot well be foreseen. Apart from the disturbance in speculation, there has been produced a measure of distrust regarding prices. There is a slightly better demand for hides at Chicago, atribhted to their improving condition, but the distribution of boots and shoes does not keep all the factories at work. Ihe 1 textile industries have large orders yet to be filled which keep many of the mills busy. Wool has been inactive without change in prices. Cotton goods arc by. some sold at concessions for future delivery. The value of minor domestic ex-, ports, chiefly manufactured, rose to $50.793.509 in March, a sum never approach 1 ed in any other month. Failures for the ■ week have been 184 in the I nitfd Btat.es,. against 184 last year, and IT in < unada. against 22 last year.” PRISON FOR MAN OF SCHEMES. Actor Who Put Troupe on Road by “Hold-Up" Sentenced. 0. E. Morelodge. an actor,, who last winter “held up’’ two restaurants and a saloon in the center of the business district of Kansas City single-handed, in order to get money sufficient to put his company on the road, was found guilty in the Circuit Court there and given a sentence of twenty-five years in the penitentiary.. lie pleaded insanity. Mnrcledge was one of the prime promoters of the Topolobampo co-operative colonization idea and he originated a scheme to dam the Missouri river at Bismarck,- S. !>.. and to divert the entire flow of wafers into a gigantic ditch that would flbw southward through Nebraska and Kansas and have latteral ditches that would irrigate the whole of the Western parts of those States. STARTS FIRE TO PLAY' HERO.

Man Who Rewards Kindness by Burnins a Home Pleads Guilty. In the District Court at Atchison, Ivan., Thomas C. Woerman pleaded guilty to the charge of burning the costly residence of J. C. Fox. a prominent citizen, and was sentenced to serve eighteen years in the penitentiary. He admitted that the Fox family had been very good to him and that he set fire 10 the house tn order to play the part of hero by rescuing. the family and thereby make his employer feel that his kindness had been bestowed worthily. Officer Shoots a Burglar. Marshal Forter discovered a burglar in the McConuellsville, Ohio. National Bank. He refused to surrender and drew a revolver, when Forter fired, striking him in "the left, side, the ball ranging along the spine, inflicting a fatal wound. After being shot the burglar walked over to the window through which the shot was tired and gave up his revolver and surrendered to the marshal..^ Three .Killed in Explosion. The packing house of the Ajax dynamite works, near Kawkawlin. Mich., was blown tip, killing ?hroe men. Their bodies were torn to shreds, only enough being found to till a bushel basket. 'Great trees were uprooted or torn to splinters and houses and stores in Kawkawlin were wrecked by the. force of the explosion. Leaps from High Bridge to Die. The second woman to leap from the Brooklyn bridge is Marie Rosalie Dinse. She jumped and was but slightly injured. She remained unconscious four hours and then, in a hysterical manner, told a story of financial difficulties. St. Louis Hopes for Big Plant. It is rumored in St. Louis business circles that P. I). ■Armour A Co. arc back-~*-v> ’h.S the wholesale purchase of real estate sukrounding the old Union stock yards there, with the view of establishing an immense packing plant.

More Trouble for the British. Three hundred Nigerian troops have been dispatchedoverland to the (lauian country, northwest of Ashanti, West Africa, where the British resident reports a ,» recrudescence of the troubles which ne- | eessitated the expedition of last year. Newspaper Office Is Burned. Tic plant of the St. Louis Chronicle, occupying tin 1 three and fout-stnry buildings at 14 to IS North Sixth street, St. Louis, was practieally destroyed by a lire. The fire is supposed to have originated in the boiler rouiJ(i. Schley to Hunk Sampson. The strife between Hear Admirals Sampson and Schley is settled. Schley taking precedence over Sampson and to rank next to Dewey. Colorado Fruit Damaged, The damage to fruit trees near Canyon | City, Colo., from the late heavy storm and frosts is estimated at $599,900. Serious Fire in Lewiston. j|, Fire destroyed ten buildings in the busi- | ness portion of Lewiston, Me., causing n loss of $50,000. Shot Bead in His Doorway, pi William Long was called iff the deyr at | his home, near Tnic.v City,' Totin., and I shot deud. The affair is shrouded in mystery. This is the eighth murder in the Tracy City section within the last year, and not one of the murderers has been apprehended. Colonel Colson Not Guilty. Ex-Congressman David CL Colson, who has boon on trial at Frankfort, ky., for the murder of Lieut. Kthelbcrt Scott and Luther W. was acquitted by the verdict of the jury. ' /

WILL EXPLORE SIBERIA. Three Scientists Sent by American Museum of Natural History. Three scientists, comprising the Jessup expedition sent out by the American Museum of Natural History of New York to explore the unknown portions of northwest Siberia, have sailed from San Francisco. They pre Norman C. Buxton, an American, and two Russians, Waldemar Gogaras and Waldemar Jnekelson. One object of their trip will be to determine whether or not the American Indian is descended from'Asiatic stock. The Russians will touch mainly upon the ethnological phase, studying the native language and songs, customs and physical .characteristics of almost .every tribe that inhabits the northeastern section of Siberia. Buxton will confine his work mainly to the zoological field, toward making a new and rare,collection of birds and mammals for the big museum in Central Park, They expect to be gone for at Least' two years.

ULTIMATUM FOR TURKEY. Will Be Sent Unless the. United States Is Paid at Once. Diplomatic relations between the ' nited Stales and Turkey arc strained to the breaking point because of the Sultan s had faith. An. ultimatum front W asitiugfotr to Constaniitroplc is a probability in the near future. The United States charge d’affaires at Constantinople will be directed to inform the Sultan that this Government must insist on the payment, without further delay, of the SIOO,(XX) indemnity /or outrages on American missionaries 7and the - destruction of their properly. Only prompt action on the Sultan’s part can avert the ultimatum. These claims were fully recognized as,valid by Turkey more than five years ago. They have been made the subject of diplomatic representations.successively. by Ministers Terrell, -Angcll aiul Straus..

ROBS AN AGEI> WOMAN. Young Mail Gets Her to Mortgage Her Home and Takes the Money. W. R. Brooks, a young man. .who has been hoarding at the home of Mrs. Sarah Keller in Shelby, Ohio, has disappeared from the city, taking with him $225, which belonged to the aged lady. Mrs. Keller is a widow and is nearly 80 years of age. Brooks is a young man of -5 and lias been boarding at the Keller home. He worked into the good ‘graces of the aged woman, induced her to mortgage her home, secured the money and disappeared. In order to secure the money Brooks told Mrs. Keller that an addition ought to be built to the house. It would be necessary to give the building and loan company a mortgage on the property. This Mrs. Keller consented to do, aud Brooks volunteered to act as her agent. MURDER ENDS PRACTICAL JOKE. Youth Is Killed l»y Father of His Y'oiingcr Victim. bn Baltimore John V. Niedhart’s practical joke formed a boomeraug Which resulted in his owu death and landed his victim in jail on the charge of murder. Neidhart, who was 18 years old, prepared a pipe load of mixed tobacco aud gunpowder, which he handed to Charles M. Drebing, who is 15 years old. The explosion seriously burned Drebing, who became -angry and quarreled with Neidhart. Dyebing’s father joined the quarrel. Finally Drebing picked up a piece* of scantling and struck Neidhart with it. The youth never recovered consciousness and died. Tourgee Law Is Held Valid. An important decision of the Ohio Supreme Court was handed down iu the “Click” Mitchell lynching case brought up from Urbana. It holds the Smith act for the suppression of mob violence to be constitutional. Tho law was written biAlbion W. Tourgee, the well-known jurist aud novelist, aud provides that counties which permit mob violence shall be liable for the damage to life and property resulting. Famous Zinc Mine Is Sold. The noted Rubber Neck zinc mine at Joplin, Mo., has been sold to an English syndicate. The consideration was $300,000. This makes an investment of SBOO,000 for this syndicate within a week. It is rumored that the syndicate has a capital of $10,000,000 back of it, aud will endeavor to form a combination for the control of the big producing mines of the Missouri-Kuusas district. Large Gifts for Church Extension. Easter gifts aggregating $30,000 donated for the work of church extension were announced at Y’ork, Pa., by General Secretary Rev. 11. 11. Weber of the board of church extension of the general synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church iu America. These gifts arc in the shape of special loan funds, just founded, and are to be used exclusively iu territory west of the Mississippi river.

Severed Matrimony’s Chain. At Marietta, Ohio, Julius Cain, jealous of his wife, went to a brook near his house, and in six inches of water butted his face, lie remained on his stomach until suffocated. When found his clothing was dry and his head was not covered by water. Death Knds Swift Divorce. At' Lancaster, Ohio, the divorce ease of Moses Swift against Martha Swift was to be heard and the defendant had arrived from Chicago to fight the ease. The nuxt morning the plaintiff died, with the defendant on her knees at his bedside praying for his restoration. Armament for Sweden. The Swedish riksdag has voted 3,000,000 kroner for ammunition and rifles, 12,000,000 for new field artillery,- 330,0ut/ for volunteer rifle associations, and has agreed to increase the new naval constructions for 1901 to 1,733,000 kroner. Minsissippi Crops Damaged. Belated dispatches front several sections of Mississippi indicate -that the thrbe days' flood caused damage greatly in' excess of the first estimates, especially to growing crops. Many truck -plantations will be almost completely destroyed. Fire in Mattress Factory. Fire caused a loss of about $75,000 in the big mattress aud iron bed factory of Charles 11. Rogers A Co. in New York. The fire was discovered in the cellar near the engine room. Turned Jerry Down. The Populist district convention at Wichita, Kan., refused to indorse Jerry Simpson for the United States Senate. The vote was 03, for and 130 against. Noted Piuno Maker In Dead. Napoleon .1. llninrs, aged 70 years, founder of the piuno firm of Haines Brothers, died suddenly in New York, of apoplexy.

ESTATE NOT SO LARGE

VANDERBILT'S WEALTH IS APPRAISED AT $60,000,000. Was Supposed to Have BiCn Worth at Least $125,000,000--Great Influx of Japanese—Memorial to Be Erected to Mrs. Lincoln. The appraised valuation of the estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt amounts to SOO,000,000. i Exclusive of the residuary estate, which is held in trust for Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt, the valuation of properties calculated from the amount of inheritance tax is only $32,000,000. This inheritance tax amounts to $320,272, which has been paid. This sum represents what was. the property of Cornelius Vanderbilt in New Y'ork, but does hot include the transfer tax on 'the $5,000,000 left to Cornelius Vanderbilt by his father, William H. Vanderbilt, with power of appointment. The estate of Cornelius Vanderbilt was supposed to have been worthjfE least $125,000,000. THOUSANDS OF JAPS COMING. Orientals .Landing at Puget Sound in Unprecedented Numbers. The present importation of Japanese to Puget sound has reached unprecedented figures and thousands more of the subjects of the Mikado are now afloat headed this way. During tile month of April 3,500 Japanese have been landed iu Puget sound points and British Columbia and of tlie men landed in tin; latter ports fully two-thirds find their way across the border. The reason for the present' rush is that the Japanese are leaving their native land in consequence of the reported imminence of war between Japan and Russia lift'd that the cToShig of the gates of Hawaii has'diverted the stream of Japanese this way. LINCOLN MEMORIAL ASSURED. J. S. Culver of Springfield Will Erect ’Nancy Hanks Monmnent. Gov. James A. Mount and the Indianapolis’ ’members of the Nancy Hanks Memorial Association met the Spencer County Commissioners and the citizens of Rockport and Lincoln County at the latter place and agreed upon the purchase of sixteen acres of original forest surrounding the grave of the mother of Abraham Lincoln. The county will purchase the land and tho association will then ask tho next Legislature to appropriate a sufficient amount to park the grounds. .1. S. Culver of Springfield, 111., agrees to erect a monument on condition that* the Nancy llatfks Monument Association will keep it repaired.

TRAMPS IN RUINED VAULT. Chicago Police Find Rendezvous in an Abandoned Building. In the ruins of the McClurg building at Wabash avenue and Madison street, Chicago, whose tall and silent walls have stood since the disastrous tire of over a year ago, the police discovered a rendezvous for tramps. Within shouting distance of the busiest street corner in the world, with thousands of persons passing every minute, for more than six months tlie members of a gang of tramps have made their quarters there and have held nightly carousals without being disturbed or molested. Officials Arc Held Responsible. At Lima, Ohio, the Circuit Court has affirmed the verdict of a judgment of $lB,000 and interest against N. L. Michael, V. P. and Gtis Kalb, officials of the American National Bank at the time it was robbed of the money a year ago. The stockholders brought suit to recover the money so mysteriously stolen, alleging negligence upon the part of tlie officials. Unveiling of Bartholdi Statue. Bartholdi's statue*of Washington and La Fay.ette, the gift of Charles Broadway Rouss to the city of New York, was unveiled with fitting ceremonies in Lafayette square iu the presence of more than 3,000 people. Gen. Iloratio,C. King made the presentation speech. I)r. Hillis* Name Off the Lists, Newell Dwight Hillis is no longer a member of the Chicago presbytery or the Presbyterian Church. The name of the Brooklyn preacher, who renounced the confession of faith of that church, lias been erased from'the role of the presbytery. Big Mills Closed. "—Because of a tremendous decrease in the demand for its finished products, the American Steel and Wife Company announces the immediate closing down of twelve of tlie largest of its producing mills. Ti n thousand employes in various parts of the country are made idle.

Wr.s a Friend of Lincoln. Sullivan M. Cutcheou, ex-Speuker of the Michigan House of Representatives and prominent in local business circus, died at his residence in Detroit, aged 07 •years. While superintendent of schools at Pittsfield, 111., in 1858 he became an intimate friend of President Lincoln. Mule Wrecks Fust Freight, A through freight train on the Southern Railway struck a mule and was wrecked while running at full speed near Huntsville, Ala. The engineer, Percy Armstrong. and the fireman, Sandy Osborne, were killed and five of the train's crew were seriously injured. Armour A Co. Dissolved. After being in existence nearly forty years the firm of Armour A Co. of Chicago has been dissolved, and the vast interests of the firm pass into the hands of the new corporation of Armour A Co. Jennie O’Neil .Potter Is Deud. .Tcntiie O'Neil Putter, the well-known elocutionist, died at St. Luke's hospital. New York, from cancer. She was 38 years old and was born in Patch Grove, Wis. China Protects Christians. The Chinese Government has issued an edict directing all viceroys and governors to warn armed organizations that they must refrain from acts of hostility toward native Christians. Twenty-four Persons Drowned. The French fishing boat Iloche has foundered off Crookhaven, Ireland, in a storm, twenty-four persons being drowned: Alaskan Commissioner Nominated. The President bus nominated Hiram 11. Folsom of Alaska to he u commissioner in and for the district of- Alaska, to reside at Juneau:

TO GET $1,000,000 EACH. Two St. Louis Lasses Told They Are Heirs to u Holland Estate. Miss Louise Eversole and her sister Mabel, pretty young St. Louis girls, have been informed by their attorney that they are heirs to $1,000,000 each in their own right and that the money is now ready for them. The fortunes are part of the Ludwig Fischer estate in Holland. Fischer died nine years ago. His estate was converted into money and held by the Government for the heirs until now it has reached the total of SI7,OOO,IMXJL Much difficulty was encountered in finding the heirs. Dr. Eversole died at Springfield, Mo., recently. His two daughters went to St. Louis to live with Dr. M. Tupper, a relative. Louise is 18 years old and Mabel 13.

CYCLONE IN TEXAS. Eight Houses Wreeked and Sev ral Lives Reported Lost at Royse. A cyclone struck at Royse, Texas, at midnight the other night, and several lives were lost. Eight houses were wrecked. There had been an electric display early in the night, and ominous clouds had gathered in the northeast. There was, however, hut little wind. A light breeze prevailed until about fifteen minutes before the cyclone. This came almost without warning. A man in a buggy was lifted from his scat and blown 100 yards. Telegraph and telephone lines were demolished. DECISION AGAINST NEGROES. Must Not Mix with Whites ia Street Cars iu Alabama. The Alabama Supreme Court has decided a case where a street railroad company enforced a ride that whites and negroes should occupy separate portions of the car set apart for them respectively. A negro woman was put off the car for refusing to obey the order and sued for damages. The lower court decided in favor of the railroad and the Supreme Court affirmed the decision. Engineer Is Drowned. United States Engineer L. 11. Hyer, who has been engaged in the preliminary survey of one of the proposed routes for the Nicaragua canal, either fell or jumped overboard from the steamship Jarl, from Blnofieltls. off South Pass, at the mouth of the Mississippi river. The body was not recovered. Miners Return to Work. The delegate meeting of the block coal miners and operators at Brazil, Ind., resulted in the settlement of the. suspension of work in the mines by the signing of the contract, the miners conceding the operators’ demand for semi-monthly pay after having been out for a month. Three (thousand miners have returned to work. Court-Martial for Petit. A dispatch front Manila announces that Col. James S. I’ettit of the Thirty-first regiment of volunteers, iu command at Zamboanga, has been court martialed for handing :t prisoner of war over to President Med ell of Zamboanga, who killed the prisoner at once without trial. Dr. Faye Wulker Resigns. Rev. Faye Walker, D. D., who for seventeen years lias been president of Oxford, Ohio. College, formerly Oxford Female College, has presented his resignation to the board of trustees, and it has bemi accepted. ■ YY. F. Miller Found Guilty. William F. Miller of the Franklin syndicate was convicted itr Brooklyn of grand larceny on the indictment charging him with having taken SI,IKX) from Catherine Moeser under false pretenses and with the design of robbing her. Four Burned to Death. A large tenement house occupied by Italian anti-negro families near Rockpoint, Pa„ was destroyed by fire. David Abiatte, an old man, and his three young nephews, Joseph, Pastelle aud Edwin Abiatte, were burned to death. * , Fatnlly Stubs His Son, Charles Bruges of Williamsburg, N. Y., was stabbed to doatli by his aged father in a fight over a dog, which the son had brought in out of the rain. . Five Injured l>y a Tornado. Five people are injured, one fatally, and considerable property was damaged by a tornado that passed just west Of Coucordia, Mo. Base-Ball Season Opens. The baseball season of 1900 opened Thursday. Teams of the two big leagues of the country—the National and Americanr—are lined up for the struggle. Cigariuakers Are Locked Ont. In Now York 5,000 cigariuakers were locked out by six large firms. MARKET' QUOTATIONS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $0.00; lings, shipping grades, $3.00 to $0.00; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 05c to 07c; corh, No. 2,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2,23 c to 24c; rye, No. 2,54 cto 50c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 18c; eggs, fresh, 10c to 12c; potatoes, choice, 20c to 35e per bushel. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $0.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $5.75; sheep, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2,71 eto 73c; corn, No. 2 white, 41c to 42c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c.

St. Louis—Cattle, $3.35 to $0.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to so.<s; wheat, No. 3,71 cto 730; corn, No. 3 yejlow, 38c to 40c; oats, No. 3,33 cto 30e; rye, No. 3,53 cto 57c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $3.30 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $6.00; sheep, $3.50 to $0.35; wheat, No. 3,74 cto 73c; corn, No. 3 mixed, 43c to 43c; oats, No. 3 mixed, 37c to 28c; rye. No. 3,59 cto 61c. Detroit —Cattle* $3.50 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $3.73; sheep, $3.00 to $6.00; wheat, No. ,2 73c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 white, 20c to 31c; rye, 60c to 62c. Toledo—Wheat, Noo. 2 mixed, 71c to 72c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 41c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 23c; rye. No. 2,55 c to 57c; clover seed, old, $4.80 to $4.90. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 northern, 65c to 67c; corn, No. 3,39 cto 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 28c; rye, No. 2,57 c to 39c; barley, No. 2, 42c* to 44c; pork, mess, $12.75 to $13.25. Buffalo—Cattle, choice shipping steerß, $3.90 to $6.00; hogs, common to choice, $3.25 t0'50.23; sheep, fair to choice, $3.00 to $0.75; lambs, common to ext/rf, $4.50 to $7.75. New York—Cattle, $3.23 to $6.00; hogs, $3.00 to $0.25; sheep, $3.00 to $0.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 78e; corn, No. 2, 47c to 48c; oats, No. 2 white, 29c to 31c; butter, creamery, 13c to l'Jc; egg*, western, 12c to 14c.

HAVOC BY THE FLOOD.

IMMENSE DAMAGE IN MANY MISSISSIPPI TOWNS. Many Southern Rivera Are Rasing; Torrents Several People Drowned and a Number of Buildings YVrecked —Railroads Suffer Severely. New Orleans has ceased to regard the flood situation as a temporary inconvenience. As time has passed and as the full scope of tip* excessive rains has been learned the conviction lias been irresistibly brought home that a calamity of appalling magnitude has been experienced, and thj.t instead of the worst being over the evil has just begun. Partial reports of the damage-incurred in the, storm belt have run the figures up into the millions, and, taking into consideration the losses, real and resultant, the amount foots up to an enormous figure. Advices received in New Orleans from Peurliugton say Pearl river has reached 1 its highest mark since 1874. The timber booms, have commenced breaking up, and thousands of dollars’ worth of timber has floated out to .sea. All business on the river is at a standstill. The sawmills have had to discontinue operations. The water lias reached the first floors of all stores along the river. Traffic of alLkinds is suspended. Every bridge from Pearlington to Logtown has-been swept away. The water in the public roads is deep enough to swim a horse. People living on the Louisiana side have been forced to abandon their homes and flee to the Mississippi side for safety. Hundreds of head of cattle and hogs have been drowned. Deer and other game are swimming across the river at every available point All farms and gardens will hqye to he. replanted. Belated news is beginning to arrive regarding the loss of life. Four people were drowned near Meridian and two near Hattiesburg, Miss. In the vicinity of Enterprise, Miss., the waters of the Chicka sawhn are raging. The water is five feet deep in the main streets. The three bridges between East and .West Enterprise have been swept away. The Enterprise Academy,' a building which was the pride of the town, is gone. A number of buildings were demolished. Sliubuta and Desoto, Miss., are inundated. The rise of the Chickasawha lias so far been in the neighborhood of thirty feet, and the torrent is rising. The Pascagoula river, top, is raging and much damage is feared to the lands adjacent to its banks. The floods have been worse than ever before known. The railroads entering New Orleans have incurred damages which, figuring the loss of business, will amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars. , _

MORMONS IN CANADA.

Spread of the Sect Is Alarming Dominion Officials. Canada is becoming seriously alarmed at the rapid spread of Mormonisin in some parts of the country, especially in the northwest. The Mormons themselves claim to be increasing in the Dominion at the rate of thousands per year, and, according to a Quebec correspondent, assert, that within the last year they have brought in over 2,000 emigrants from Utah alone. If this is continued Canadian public men fear that they will shortly control large sections of the country. As the bulk of the people in southern Alberta Lave come from Utah, and as the Mormons have so thorough an organization, it is dawning upon the country that they may become a serious menace to the State, especially ns there is a grave suspicion among their Gentile neighbors that polygamy is practiced secretly by these Canadian Mormons. Many of the leading elders in Alberta assert that polygamy is or.e of the chief privileges of the communion, and it' is asserted that in some cases the privilege has been held out as a bait to wouldbe adherents of the baser sort. Outside of Alberta and the other northwest provinces of Canada the Mormons claim to have no fewer than 19,000 members in tlie province of Ontario. The leaders or "evangelists” of the church endeavor to obtain a footing in new centers by posing as “ministers of the gospel.” They profess at first to follow Christ and the apostles very closely and keep the peculiar doctrine's of the Mormon church very much in the background until they gain the confidence of their converts.

SHUT-DOWN OF THE MILLS.

Nearly 10,000 Men in tlic Steel and Wire Business Idle. It is claimed that the sudden shutdown of the twelve mills of the American Steel and Wire Company has thrown nearly ten thousand workmen out of employment. The mills affected arc at Pittsburg, Cleveland, Joliet, 111., Newcastle, l’a., Anderson, Ind., and Waukegan and Do Kalb, 111. Those mills have a capacity of between 3,000 and 4,000 tons of manufactured product a day, and their shutting down during what was believed to lie a period of great activity and profitmaking came ns a surprise lo people generally. The cause of the shut-down is given by John W. Gates, chairman of the board of directors of the company, as slack business aud over-prod notion. The slack business, it is explained, is brought about by a decline in the building trades owing to widespread labor troubles. The suspension of building operations shut off the demand for some of the products of the American Steel and Wire Company, such as nails, etc. Another product of the company is fencing wire, and the price of this had gone s*iMiigh that the farmers refused to buy it.

The American Stool and Wire Company was incorporated in January. 1899, with a capital stock of $99,909,999. Its common stock sold last May at 72 and on the day of the recent shut-down the selling price was 32. Preferred stock sold at over 106 last March.

Port Tampa City, Fin../mis a “enrfew hell" in a new form. Yfo male colored man is allowed on the streets of the city after 19 o’clock p. in., unless he lias a pass signed by Mayor Dempsey. All others are jailed and fined in the police court the next day.

Rumored that the Jewish union college, Cincinnati, Ohio, may he removed to < hies go. _•

Large delegations are expected at Norfolk, Ya„ May 28, to view the total solar •clips*.

CONGRESS

On Monday the House joint resolution in favor of a constitutional amendment providing for the election of United States Senators by the people was laid before the Senate and after debate was referred to the committee on privileges and elections. During almost the entire session the Senate had under consideration the Alaskan civil code bill. The amendment providing for the mining of gold along the beach in the district' was perfected, after a discussion lasting nearly four hours. In tlie House consideration of the naval appropriation bill began, its provisions being explained by Mr. Foss, the acting chairman of the naval committee. * The Senate on Tuesday heard SenatorHoar speak against the retention of the Philippines, and then resumed consideration of the Alaskan civil code bill. In the House the second day of debatehipon tlie naval appropriation bill was donflned closely to the subject matter of the bill. The questions of armor plate and the building of warships in Government yards attracted most attention. The Senate on Wednesday passed a resolution introduced by Mr. Mason appropriating $25,000 for bronze medals, to be distributed by the Secretary of the Navy among certain officers and men of the North Atlantic squadron who participated in naval engagements during tlie war with Spain. Devoted the rest of the day to consideration of the Alaskan civil code bill. The House debated the naval appropriation bill under the five-minute rule. A motion to strike from the bill tlie contingent fund of $500,000 for the Navy Department was defeated. Conference report on the urgent deficiency hill was adopted'.

In accordance with the recommendation of the President in his message the Senate on Thursday passed a joint resolution providing for the administration of civil affairs iu Porto Rico, pending the appointment of officers tinder the Porto Rican Government law recently ennetedi TJu* Alaskan civil code bill was again under consideration, the debate continuing on th» Ilansborongh alien miners’ amendment. Mr. Carter presented formally his substitute for the Hansbrough amendment apd delivered a speech in support of it. Mr. Spooner antagonized both theoriginal and substitute amendments, holding that the courts ought to settle the conflicting" claims without interference by Congress. The House spent the day considering the naval bill in committee of the whole. The most important action was the striking out of an appropriation of SIOO,OOO for tbe*use of the navy in making surveys and charts of the waters of our now island possessions. The regular appropriation of SIO,OOO was put in the bill, the work to be done by the coast and geodetic survey. On Friday the Senate had tinder consideration the conference report on t InHawaiian civil government measure. Final action upon'it was postponed until Saturday. The Alaskan civil code bill was considered for a brief time. Mr. Foruker pronounced a eulogy on Lorenzo Dnnford, a former Representative from Ohio, and the Scuato adopted resolutions expressive of its sorrow. In the House after protracted discussion of the naval appropriation bill the provision enabling the Secretary of the Treasury to contract for Krupp armor for the battleships Maine, Ohio and Missouri, at $545 a ton, , was ruled out of the bill. Also the provision to repeal the SSOO limitation placed upon the price of armor by the current law. Two amendments t</ modify tin* provisions for the increase' of the navy, which authorizes two battleships and six cruisers, were defeated. One proposed to add provision for six gunboats and t lnother to strike out the provision for the battleships. ,r r . ■ ■ ■ The Senate on Saturday agreed to the resolution of Mr. Bacon asking the Secretary of War for information relatingto the extra allowance for army officers stationed in Cuba and Porto Rico. The Quay resolution was taken up and Mr. Perkins (Cal.) spoke in favor of seating Mr. Quay as a Senator from Pennsylvania on the appointment of the Governor. At the conclusion of Mr. Perkins' speech the Quay case was laid aside until Monday. The House passed a naval appropriation bill without a record vote. As adopted the measure provides for two battlcships l three armored cruisers and three protected cruisers. The $545 figure on armor was stricken out. After 1 )>. m. the House devoted itself to eulogies of the late Representative Settle -of Kentucky.

At the National Capital.

Delagoa Bay Railway award will he accepted. A 20,000-aero buffalo reserve in Ne\v Mexico is favored. No more superimposed turrets are to he used on warships. Our Philippine army consists of 03,585 officers and men. Havana and I'inar del Rio departments have been consolidated. Pure food legislation 'is expected to laconsidered this session. Tawney's repeal of war tax proposed will only cut off $364,904 a year. Mail bag repair shops may be moved to Columbus, Ohio. More central. Manila customs receipts were $2,916,870 in 1897 and $3,825,159 lust year. At Indian Head proving ground armor plate resisted the stack of 16-inch guns. Senator Morgan eurriM every county, and the Alabaiuaian*will he back in the Senate to tight for the Nicaraguan canal bilk Secretary Root wishes to have national guardsmen in the artillery service act. as first relief for the guns of the coast defense. , Secretary Hitchcock declines to pay tin# ■Cherokee* $4,500,000 under the Slade. Bernice award. Ways aud means committee will consider removal of cheek and receipt tax in view of growing surplus. Gen. Joe Wheeler has asked Gov. Johnston of Alabama to. call a special election to elect hhi successor to Congress. Secretary Root declines to make changes in the army canteens. Malt liquors will still be sold by civilians. . Representative Gillette will introduce a hill barring from statehood newly atunired dependencies of the United States.