Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 77, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 May 1904 — Page 2

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

PERIL IS INTERNAL.

THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE DEMAND CHANGE OF GOVERNMENT. Granting of Constitution Might Stimulate Enthusiasm and Insure Raising of an Army Rig Enough to Crush Jape—Ohio Man Lives in a Tree. t ■ A secret report from St. Petersburg depicts the internal situation of Russia «s becoming most serious. The preservation of present institutions is threatened, the military failures in the far East having strengthened the opinion that the evils are due to the present organisation of the country, in which a change is necessary. The hope is expressed that the Emperor, seeing the danger, will be induced to grant the country a constitution, in which event it is asserted the enthusiasm of the people ■would beeome so great as t 6 make it possible to raise an army and collect the means necessary to defeat Japan. Otherwise, the report says, it is believed all the efforts made at St Petersburg will be futile, as besides the war in the far East Russia will be obliged to face a latent if not an open revolutionary movement at home, depriving her of the assistance of the most progressive elements of the empire, such as the Poles and Finns.

STRIVING FOR PENNANTS. Standing of Clubs in the Two Principal Leagues. The clubs in the National League are •tanding thus: W. L. W, L. New York...lG GSt Louis 11 12 Cincinnati ...18 9 Boston 9 15 Chicago 13 9 Pittsburg 8 14 Brooklyn ....12 10 Philadelphia.. 517 Following is the standing of the clubs in the American League: W. L. W. L. Boston 18 5 Cleveland ....10 11 New Y0rk...13 8 St Louis :* 11 Philadelphia.. 13 8 Detroit S 15 Chicago 13 12 Washington... 317 TREE-TOP HOUSES IN VOGUE. Ohio Man Who Was Cured of Consumption by Living Like a Bird. O. D. Steinberger, the man who lives In a tree near Springfield, Ohio, has gone into the business of building houses in tree tops. He already has built three, and expects that all his neighbors who happen to be afflicted as he has been will try nature's cure of open air. Mr. Steinberger claims lie lias been restored to health by residing in a tree top through the greater part of the year. George Quick, 70 years old, is one of the latest persons to take up this form of tuberculosis cure.

Stop Funeral to Unionize It. In St. Louis relatives of Mrs.l Tillie Wilbert delayed her burial two hours, dismissed the non-union undertaker and the carnages he had furnished and had the funeral unionized. The body was removed to a casket furnished by a union firm, and in two hours a procession of union carriages was in line. Mrs. Wilbert, who was an enthusiastic member, requested that she be buried by her, union. Massacre Men and Women. Missionaries bring advices of an atrocious massacre at a little colony on the west coast of British North Borneo. A band of rebels from the interior are credited with killing 130 men, women and children, most of Chinese coolies, but a few English, wounding many others and burning the houses and huts. Sawdust Explosion Costly. •An explosion of sawdust in the furnace of the Day Lumber Company’s mill in Portland, Ore., started a fire which destroyed that mill and also those of the Multnomah Trunk and Box factory and the Ira F. Powers Manufacturing company. The loss probably will exceed $250,000. Sleuth Napping) Papers Gone. Depending upon the shabbiness of his grip to render safe the contents, Postoffice Inspector Crawford, of Indianapolis, /ost documents that he has been months in collecting. He set the grip down 5n the St. Louis Union station waiting room and when he returned it had disappeared.

Charged with Killiffffieo, John Brown, of Richardson, N. D., is under arrest charged with the murder of his 12-year-old son while in a fit of anger. The father buried the body immediately. It has been exhumed. Russians Lose 1,500 Men. Russians are reported to have suffered defeat in a battle with Kuroki’s forces at Hsiu Yen, with a loss of 1.500 killed and wounded. The town is directly in the advance to Hal Cheng. Actor Given Judgment. _ A Jury at Sherman, Texas, gave Lonis James, the actor, a judgment for $lO,000 against the Oriental Hotel Association of Dallas for libel. Suicide in Coast City. William H. Constance, a lawyer nnd insurance man of Chicago, committed suicide at Portland, Ore., because of financial reverses. Concessionaire’s Sudden Death. H. Mannsse of Chicago, a Pike concesalonaire, was taken ill in a barber (hop near tint world’s fair, St. Louis, and died in an automobile en route to a hospital.

New York Postmaster to Retire. •»* Postmaster Van Cott of New York has been ordered to retire from bia office at the end of bis present term by the President, and his son has been deposed from his position as superintendent of delivery. , ' Mad Dos Scares Boy to Death. After being chased several blocks by n mad dog, 7-year-okJ George Aid of Philadelphia staggered up the steps of Jiis home and feTl dead In the arms of his mother, who had heard hia screams and dost reached the door. 1

FROM THE FOUR QUARTERS OF THE EARTH

HUSBAND IS HEAD OF FAMILY. Ohio Court Adds Legal Confirmation to Fact Generally Acknowledged. The Supreme Court of Ohio has decreed that the husband is the head of the family. He may choose any reasonable place or mode of living and the wife must conform thereto. The liushand may decide who shall be visitors at the home, even if the wife owns the home. In the Erie County case of the State of Ohio agninst Oscar W. Green this quostion was brought to the attention of no fewer than four courts. It all grew out of a domestic quarrel. Oscar Green did not want iiis mother-in-law, Mrs. Martha Hebblethwaitej to visit him nnd his wife at their home. He gave the mother-in-law notice to that effect. But Mrs. Hebblethwaite eam& just the same. The son-in-law met her at the door and refused to allow her to enter. Mrs. ' H'eDbletliw.nite caused the arrest of Green, lie was found guilty in the police court and fined $lO and costs for assault and battery. The Common Pleas Court nfllrmej (lie finding and the Circuit Court reversed the action on the ground that Green was the “ruler” of his “castle.” The prosecutor carried the case to the Supreme Court and that court has said the Circuit Court was right.

SIOO,OOO BLAZE ?N CINCINNATI. Fire Causes Bis Loss to Ponnsford & Co.’s Stationery Store. A fire in the old Thomas Wriglitson building in Cincinnati, starting from spontaneous combustion iu the basement of the Pounsford & Co.’s stationery store, caused a loss of SIOO,OOO. John J. Vohling, the aged janitor of the Pounsfr rd store, who with his family occupied rooms on the third floor, was overcome by smoke and was carried out by the firemen. He may die. His son, aged 17, rescued tlie daughter, aged 19. The principal loss fell upon Pounsford & Co., estimated nt $70,000. The building, owned by the University of Cincinnati, was damaged to the extent of $5,000. Beth are fully insured. Minor losses were sustained by other occupants of the building, and of the adjoining building, including John Holland, gold pen manufacturer, and Rudolph Wurlitzer, dealer in pianos and music struments. These losses were mainly from water. SLAIN IN WIFE’S SIGHT. Kansas City Printer Murdered in His Home by Two Negroes. Clarence Meyer, aged 22, a printer, -was terribly slashed and killed in his home in Kansas City some time during Tuesday night. According to Mrs. Meyer, who reported the matter to the police, two negroes entered the house nt 2 o’clock in the morning. While one held the woman to prevent her giving the alarm, the other struggled with Meyer, slashing him with a razor on the head, throat and body. Mrs. Meyer became unconscious and did not recover until .many hours later, when her husband dead. The house had beeu ransacked. * Bookbinders Quit Work. Eight hundred' bookbinders quit work in Chicago, tying up that branch of tiie printing business in about sixty shops. The strike was called after all but two of the employers affected had offered to make an agreement with the unions. Two of the largest firms—the R. R. Donnelley & Sons Company and Rand, McNally & Co.—refused to sign the closed shop agreement.

Chariton, lowa, Has Big Fire. Fire of incendiary origin damaged all buildings on two sides of the public square in Chariton, lowa, the loss being about $25,000. Two men who were caught stealing goods from one of the burned stores are held on suspicion of being the firebugs. The fire broke out in an empty store near the city hall and spread rapidly. Woman Smoker Emls Her Life. At the coroner's investigation into the suicide of Mrs. Jennie Price in Philadelphia, Mrs. Rebecca Price, her sister-in-law, testified that Mrs. Price was in the balyt of smoking at least fifty rignrettes a day. She was found dead in her rocm and an empty carbolic acid bottle showed the manner of death. Bniclde of an Indiann Sheriff, John C. Huffman, sheriff of Greene County, Indiana, committed suicide by shooting himself. He had considerable property, but is supposed to have been heavily indebted, especially as surety on notes, over which fact he brooded. He had been sheriff since JaD. 1. Court Rules on Value of Sexes. It was decided in the Circuit Court in Newark. N. J., that a boy’s life is twice as valuable as that of h girl. This ruling grew out of the Newark street car accident in which nine high school pupils were killed by a train. Rosebnd Rcscvation for Settlers. The President has signed the proclamation opening the Rosebud, S. D., Indian reservation to settlement The reservation contains 416,000 acreo, nnd will be opened at 9 o’clock a. m. Aug. 8. Drink ond Cigarettes Cause Death. In Laporte, Ind., Howard Fogle died in terrible agouy from meningitis brought on by excessive drinking of pop, eating popcorn and smoking cigarettes. He was 15 years old. Reign of High Prices. Labor Commissioner Wright has issued ■ bulletin showing that ths average pries of all commodities in ths United States in 1908 was the highest in ths lest thirteen years. 'Wakes on Dissecting Table. John Cupsick, a miner, was tsken ill in Hasleton, Pa., several days ago sad later was pronounced dead by ths doctors. As he had no family or friends

to bury him his body was sent to a Philadelphia hospital for dissection. When placed on the table, and just as the knife was about to be put to him, Cupsick arose anil wanted to know why lie had been “undressed.” SLEEPING YOUTH A BURGLAR. He Wakes Up When Within Reach of Booty, Runs Home and Tells Father. While walking in his sleep Hardin Hughes broke into the postoftiee in Albany, Mo:, early on a recent morning and was trying to open a cash drawer when he woke up. Frightened at his -predicament, the youth ran home nnd told his father, a Baptist minister, or what had occurred. Father anil son then aroused the postmaster and with him traversed the route traveled by the boy. This is what they discovered: The somnambulist left his bed, secured a brace and bit, juid went to the postofflee, four blocks away. Securing n box, he climbed high enough to bore holes through a door and turn the lock. Tlfen entering, he went to a delivery window, climbed eight feet into the private office, and bored three holes into a cash drawer. , WRECK IS DEATH TO TWO. New York, New Haven and Hartford Express Leaves the Track. Two men were, killed when the Adams express section of the Federal express on the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad left the tracks while crossing the Byram river bridge at Port Chester, N. Y. After leaving the bridge nnd running about forty feet the locomotive and tender and two express cars plunged down a 77-foot embankment. None of the cars went over, the breaking of the coupliug between the tender and the first car preventing the--' whole train from being carried down into the river. Lawrence Ivegan of Dedham, Mass., engineer, and John T. Howes of Boston, Mass., fireman, were killed. One of the guards on the money car was slightly hurt. None of the other guards or train hands was injured.

GOTHAM CHILD’S BODY FOUND. Mysterious Disappearance Is SolvedWas Wedged in a Chimney. The body of Josephine MeCaliill, the child who mysteriously disappeared from her Home at’ 1838 Third avenue, New York, a number of days ago, has been found wedged in a chimney of a building adjoining her home. She has apparently been dead for a week, nnd there are, gashes about the head and neck, which may be indications of murder. A Chinaman in the neighborhood is suspected and is under guard. The child’s body had fallen or been thrown Jh rough the opening at the top of the chimney, which is but eight or nino inches inside measurement. It was necessary to remove the wall to recover her body. Once a Judge) Now a Convict. William 11. Becker, once judge in n Dakota Circuit Court, was sentenced at Kansas City to two years in the penitentiary. With William I. Canfield nnd J. T. Morrow, Becker opened the Mutual Benefit Bank. They were convicted of receiving deposits when they knew the bank Was insolvent. Lumberman Shoots Deputy Sheriff. While trying to enforce an injunction on J. F. Dietz, who was holding up a log drive in the Thornapple River dam, near Chippewn Falls, Wis:. Deputy Sheriff William Elliott was siiot nnd killed by Dietz. Dietz and his family, armed with rifles, had held up the drive for two weeks. Seventeen Americans Slain. Lieut. Winfield Harper nnd thii-ty-nine men of Company F of the Seventeenth United States infantry, were caught in an ambush by several hundred Moros. Two American officers and fifteen men were killed and five men were wounded. The ambush occurred at Simpatom, Island of Mindanao. Philippines Judge Named. Secretary Taft has appointed Charles S. Lobiugier a judge of the Court of First Instance iu the Philippines. The appointee is a young lawyer of Omdia, a writer on legal topics and at one time was a member of the Supreme Court commission of Nebraska.

Fire Doss of SIOO,OOO iti Town. The entire business seetion of Steelville, Mo., and many dwellings were destroyed by fire discovered in a large dry goods store. Forty business buildings have been burned. Loss, $100,000; insurance, $20,000. Parker Forces Control Convention. The Parker forces controlled the Indiana Democratic convention. While forcing the adoption of resolutions instructing for their candidate, they managed to keep the Heurst men from bolting. Coroner Calls Wentz a Suicide. The coroner's verdict in the case of Edward L. Went*, the young Philadelphia millionaire whose body wns found in the Virginia mountains, was that he met his death by “suicide or accidental killing.” Russians Blow Up Port Dalny. Viceroy Alexieff has telegraphed to the Cenr announcing that the Russians have blown up the docks and piers at Port Dalny, presumably to render more dim. cult a Japanese landing at that point, J Commits Rulcldc at His Home. Eklward A. Gott,*n well-known lawyer of Detroit, formerly connected with the Wabash legal staff there, committed suicide at his home. Financial troubles are said to have caused the act. Kills Robins and Is Fined $lO. Mrs. Mary B. Ganler, a wealthy Lincoln, Neb., woman, waa fined $lO and costs in a justice court for hiring small boys to shoot two robins ou her lawn.

WARE IS DISGUSTED WITH OFFICE Pension Commissioner Resigns Because He Is Losing Money. Eugene F. Ware, commissioner of pensions, has gone to Kansas to look after his shattered law practice. He handed his resignation to President Roosevelt some weeks ago with (lie request that it be accepted immediately. The President declined to consider it at once and urged Mr. Ware to reconsider his determination to resign. “I had ft hard time getting you and I am going to keep you,” was the President’s remark. Mr. -Ware told—ft friend just before -leaving for Kansas that if the President did not accept the resignation within a reasonable time he would “just naturally quit.” lie is disgusted with the position and is losing money by remaining in office. Ex-Congressman Bine of Kansas is mentioned as a possible successor of Ware as pension commissioner. Melville W. Miller, Assistant Secretary of the Interior, was mentioned as a candidate for the place, but he said that lie would not touch it with a ten-foot pole.

BIG LAKE TIE-UP IS ON. All-Summer Idleness Is Begun by Union Vote. A tieup of navigation on the great lakes, which may last all summer and, vessel owners declare, will end the system of contracts with unions and establish the open shop, was begun the other night when the Masters’ and Pilots’ Association rejected by an overwhelming vote the offer of the Lake Carriers to pay last year’s wages and the long-drawn-out peace negotiations came to naught. This stand of 3,500 men forces to idleness about 100,000 of other organized vessel workers who have made satisfactory agreements with the vessel owners. Its effect on commerce in Chicago alone was emphasized by the cancellation of the marine insurance on a big fleet and the taking out of what is called a “port cover” to protect the vessels from loss when out of commission. Provisional charters for over 1,500,000 bushels of grain were canceled. It will be sent by rail to the seaboard. CHINA WANTS YANKEE SOLDIERS. Offers the Same Rank nnd Pay Officers Received Uncle Sam. Brig. Gen. Edmond F. English of Yankton, S. D., has written Captain William E. English, as commander-in-cjiief of the Spanish-American war veterans, notifying him that Prince Pu Lun, Chinese commissioner to the St. Louis exposition and next in line of succession to the Chinese imperial throne, has authorized him to invite American officers who served in t'lie Spanish war to accept commissions in the new Chinese army. The pay is to be the same as that given by this country, rank for rank. Gen. English has been appointed the American member of the Chinese general staff. He says ho expects to get several hundred American officers to take commissions. Rises in Shroud; Chant Ends. Six-year-old Martha Block, ill for four weeks of tubercular meningitis, died in New York apparently. An undertaker was called and the body was prepared for burial. Four hours later, while cantors from the synagogue were chanting psalms, the little girl opened her eyes, smiled and tried to sit up in her shroud. She may recover. Fire Ruins Big Elevator. At Fort Williams, Man., fire destroyed elevator B, containing 1.500,000 bushels of wheat. The high wind fanned the flames so that the adjoining buildings were badly damaged before the fire was extinguished. Tlie-elevator was valued at about $i,000,000 and about one-tliird of its contents was destroyed, making a total loss of about $1,500,000.

Railway Magnate Saves Girl. At the risk of his own life Lewis R. Hul, vice president of the Great Northern Railway and son of James J. Hill, saved the life of a 7-ycar-old girl, who narrowly escaped being crushed under the wheels of a heavy touring automobile driven by Mrs. John Fitchett, in St. Paul. / Greatest Commercial Crime. Justice Gnyuor of New York declared in an address nt Boston that the greatest commercial crime of the day uud generation was favoritism in freight rates, and that the government should appoint a general freight agent for each road. Sentenced to the Penitentiary. In Dover, Del., counsel for Mrs. Mary A. Powell, who was convicted of murder in the second degree for killing Estelle Albin, withdrew their motion for a new trial and Mrs. Powell was sentenced to imprisonment for life. Heiress' Skull Is Fractnred. Miss Beatrice Blake, daughter of Mrs. Arthur W. Blake, of Brookline, Mass., wns picked up in the road unconscious and with her skull fractured. Her memory is a blank. She had been riding a spirited horse. Miss Blake is an heiress. First Vessel Is Lost by Japan. The Japanese torpedo boat No. 48 was destroyed while removing mines from Kerr Bay, north of Taiienwsn (Port Dalny). Seven men were killed and seven were wounded. This is the first warship Japan has lost in the war. Cold Water Advocate Killed. The Rev. A. M. Collins, a temperance lecturer of Westerville, was killed by a passenger train at Oreston, Ohio. He waa crossing the track In an effort to reach the station platform. African Kxplorer la Dead.' Sir Henry M. Stanley. African explorer, died in Loudon of pleurisy, offer a fortnight's illness. He was 64 years old and a Welshman by birth.

INDIANA DEMOCRATS

MEET IN INDIANAPOLIS AND INDORSE PARKER. In the Preliminary District Organizations the New Yorker Carried AlFtho Districts but the 12th-State Ticket to Be Named on July 20. Indianapolis correspondence: The first session of the Indiana Dem-ocratic-convention was called to order Thursday by State Chairman O’Brien. The platform will be adopted and a State ticket nominated at another session to be held July 20. The contest Thursday was for control of the delfc gates to the national convention. The hall was crowded when the convention opened. Prominent Democrats occupied the stage. There was a demonstration while the delegates were being seated. State Chairman O’Brien called the conception to order and the majority report of _tlie_committeeon. permanent organization was read by C. G. Matson, of Greehcastle. It recommended Alonzo Green Smith, of Indianapolis, for chairman, and L. G. Ellingham, of Decatur, for secretary. A minority report of the committee was read by John H. Aiken, of the twelfth district. There xyas a demonstration when Mr. Aiken took the platform, The chair announced that the first question to be settled would be the organization of the convention, and no recommendations for delegates at large would be read till the convention was organized. An effort was made by the Ilearst following, to appeal from the chair, but the chair announced there would be no appeal or point of order allowed till the convention was organized. There was great confusion, but the chair refused to recognize anyone, and Mr. Aiken moved the adoption of the minority report, which recommended Judge James McCabe, of AVilliamsport, for chairman. On this a call of counties was ordered. This brought out the first test of strength. The vote resulted for adopting the minority report, 4GB 1-3; against 1,094 2-3. There was great confusion while the vote was being counted. When the vote was announced Chairman O'Brien at once declared Mr. Smith elected. Mr. Smith addressed the convention.

Text of the Resolutions. These resolutions wore then presented: Whereas, The state convention for the nomination of the state ticket, and the adoption of a platform, is called to meet on the 20th of July next; therefore, be it Resolved, That all questions relating to platform properly belong to that convention, and are hereby referred thereto. Recognizing the fitness, ability and party loyalty of Alton B. Parker of New York to be selected as the standard bearer of the Democratic party in the United States, the Democrats "of Indianal hereby resolve that the delegates selected by this convention to the national convention at St. Louis are instructed to cast the vote of this state as a unit for that distinguished jurist, Alton B. Parker. Resolved, That the delegates from this state to the Democratic national convention vote, ns a unit, on all matters coming before the convention in such manner as the majority of said delegates may determine. Resolved, That the delegates from tills state be and are hereby directed to choose Thomas Taggart as member of the Democratic national committee for the State of Indiana, and that this convention commends him to the favorable consideration of said committee as a gentleman iu every -way —qualified to servo the party efficiently in the capacity of its chairman. The Parker forces had everything their own way in the convention. They elected the delegates at large named below nnd so managed their majority that Instructions for their favorite were secured aud the minority did not bolt. The greatest demonstration of the day was over George B. McClellan, Mayor of New York City. John R. East, a delegate from Monroe County, iu addressing the convention declared that he had come to the convention to vote for one Hearst delegate and one Parker delegate, and he did not believe either of them would be nominated. “Personally,” be said, “I am for George B. McClellan, God bless him. I cast my first vote for his father in 1804, and I would like to vote for the son.” The mention of McClellan's name acted like magic on the convention. Delegates In all parts of the hall rose, swung their lints, cheered and cheered. Ladles in the balconies caught the enthusiasm and waved their faus, and the delegates continued the cheering as Chairman Smith rapped In vain for order. The Nntionnl delegates ot large nre: W. H. O’Brien, J. W. Kern, B. F. Shively, G. V. Menzies.

Production of Gold.

During the lust year California produced twice as much gold as Alaska, and Colorado produced more than three times ns much.

Then She Paid Up.

8he —I’m afraid 1 can never repay your kindness. He —Oh, yes, you can—with kisses. She —What are they worth? He —Well, I’m willing to take them at face value.

And a Physician.

“I have no time to fight a duel," said the Englishman who had been challenged. t “But,” protested the E'rencbman, “It luly takes two seconds.”

THE WEEKLY HISTORIAN

One Hundred Years Ago. Discontent prevailed in Egypt at the ascendency of the English in «. that country, and In Alexandria, much anxiety was felt lest the English should send a garrison to that city. The acquisition of Louisiana by the United States was celebrated in all of the thirteen States. Thomas Young, claimed to be the first decipherer of the Rosetta stone, died. The population of Washington, D. Gv, was less than 5,000 persons. The Dutch surrendered the Island of Surinam to the British. The Boston Board of Health issued new regulations for farmers who kept live stock in the town limits. Seventy-five Years Ago. The market of Philadelphia was said to be the finest in either Europe or America, being fully a mile long and well supplied. Venice became a free port. The Turks were preparing for an attack on Sizebold, the Russian stronghold, on the Danube. A law for the expulsion of Spaniards from Mexico was promulgated a* Tampico, and thirty days was allowed them to embark.

Fifty Years Ago. Garibaldi arrived at In command of an English coal vessel from Newcastle. A German professor fell into the* crater at Vesuvius. News reached New York of the evacuation of lower California by Colonel Walker; The New York and London Cable Company was organized to lay a cable from New York to Liverpool. The Bank of England raised Its discount rate and the Bank of France reduced its rate, a-s a result of the Crimean war. *' A severe earthquake shock was felt at Acapulco. Forty Years Ago. General R. E. Lee made his famous blunder over the location of Grant’s army at Spottsylvanla. which led the Confederates into an almost impregnable position. The first day’s battle of Spottsylvenia was fought between the armies of Grant nnd Lee, including Colonel Emory Upton’s capture of the “bloody angle” in the Confederate line. The indecisive battle of the Wilderness, one of the bloodiest of the Civil War, was fought between the armies of Grant and Lee. General Grant made Ills flank movement from the Wilderness battlefield to Spottsylvania in the effort to get between Lee’s army and Richmond. The army of the Potomac was under marching orders, with seven days’ rations, ready for a decisive blow aganist Lee. General U. S. Grant wrote his famous words, “I • * * propose to flgh'Jllt out on this line If it takes all Bummer," In a letter to Halleck on the Wilderness campaign.

Thirty Years Ago. The Republican House Committee on Postofflees was criticised for not ordering an Investigation of alleged Postoffice Department frauds.The trial of Professor David Swing for heresy was beguh by the Chicago presbytery. A New York newspaper declared Chicago was destined to collapse aa a commercial city because It had built enormous stores and hotels that could not be filled. The House of Representatives refused to appropriate $3,000,000 for the Philadelphia Centennial Exposition. The congressional Investigation of boodllng In District of Columbia contracts ended, Governor (“Boss") Shepherd publicly assuming responsibility for all acts of his subordinates. Twenty Years Ago. The banking firm of Grant & Ward, composed of General U. S. Grant and Ferdinand Ward, and the Marine National Bank of New York failed for over $1,000,000. Supporters of Cheater A. Arthur In Illinois and Wisconsin were said to be planning to throw their Influence to Robert T. Lincoln for President The flrat news was received that the steamship State of Florida bad been sunk in collision off Bird rocks, 183 Uvea being lost .out of a. total of 820 delegates chosen to-the Republican national convention 878 were pledged to James G. Blalna for President, 271 for Chester A. Arthur, and 70 for Senator Edmunds.