St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 15, Number 49, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 31 May 1890 — Page 2

WALKERTOM INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, _ - - INDIANA BREEZY BRIEFLETS. INTELLIGENCE GATHERED BY WISE FROM EAR AND NEAR. An Entertaining and Instructive Summary of the Doings in the Old and New World, Embracing Politics, Labor, Accidents, Crime, Industry, Etc. CARLISLE SWORN IN. The Kon'ucky Statesman Seated In the Senate. In the Senate, on the 26th inst., immediately after the reading of the journal, the oath of office was administered by the Vice President to Mr. Carlisle as Senator from the State of Kentucky for Mr. Beck’s unexpired term. Mr. Plumb introduced a bill to provide for the purchase of silver tor use as lawful money, and said that it had been .prepared by Banker St. Johns, of New York. It also met his own approval. The Senate then resumed consideration of the naval appropriation bill, the pending question being on Mr. Cockrell’s amendment to strike out the provision for the construction of three heavily armed battle-ships at a cost of $1,006,000 each. Mr. Cockrell s amendment was not agreed to—yeas, 18; nays, 33. The bill then passed. Mr. Mitchell then offered a resolution (which was agreed to) instructing the Committee on Pensions to report an amendment to the pension laws so as tj provide in a more liberal manner for the widows, minor children, and dependent relatives of deceased soldiirs. The Senate then adjourned. The House was called to order by Clerk McPherson, and on motion of Mr. McKinley Mr. Burrows (Mich.) w as elected Speaker pro tern, and took the chair amid applause. On motion of Mr. McKinley the Senate bill was passed for the erection of a public building at Canton, Ohio, ata cost of $11’6,000. The floor was then accorded to the Committee on District of Columbia, and Mr. Atkinson (Mo.) called up the Rock Creek Park bill, and the vote by which it was recently defeated was reconsidered and the bill was passed. After the passage of several other District bills the House adjourned. BASE-BALL. Relative Positions of the Various Clubs in the Leading Organizations. Players. W. L. V c. National. W. L. c. Brooklyn.. .17 11 ,607:Philad’phial 5 10 .60) Boston 16 11 .592 Brooklyn .. 11 10 .583 Chicago....l3 11 .541 (Now York.. 15 11 .576 Philad’phiaU 12 .537|Cincinnati,.14 11 .560 New York.. 13 12 .520| Chicago.... 12 11 .521 Cleveland..lo 12 .451 Boston 11 16 .407 Pittsburg.. 8 15 .317 Cleveland.. 8 13 ,380 Buffalo.... 7 14 .333 Pittsburg.. 8 15 .347 . American. W. L. c.j Western.. W. L. pc. Athletic... .18 8 .692 Miun’apolislO 10 .615 Rochester. .19 9 .678 Sioux City. 14 10 .583 Louisville. .14 13 .518 Denver.... .13 10 .565 St, Louis... 14 14 .500 Des Moines. 14 12 .537 Columbus..l4 16 .466 Milwaukee. 12 12 .500 Syracuse.. .12 14 .461 <Kan’as CitylO 14 .416 Toledo 9 14 .3911 Omaha 10 16 .381 Brooklyn... 7 19 ,269|St. Paul.... 8 14 .363 111.-lowa. W. L. v? c. Interstate. W. L. pc. Dubuque. ..14 4 .777 Burlington .16 7 . 695 Monmouth. 13 5 . 722 Evansvillee 11 9 .608 Ottumwa..l3 7 .650 Terre Hat.l3 9 .590 Ottawa ....11 9 .550 Peoria 9 11 .450 C’dr RapidslO 9 .526 Quincy 8 16 .333 Aurora 8 11 .421 Galesburg.. 7 15 .318 Sterling.... 4 16 .200 Joliet 3 15 .166

WORLD’S FAIR COMMISSIONERS President Harrison Appoints Eight Conimis-sioners-at-Large. President Harrison has announced his appointment as Commissionors-at-large of the World’s Fair of the followingnamed gentlemen: August E. Bullock of Maasachusetts, Thomas W. O. Dalmer of Michigan, Richard C. Kerins of Missouri, Edwin 11. Ammidon of New York, Peter A. B. Widener of Philadelphia, Samuel W. Inman of Georgia, Henry Axall of Texas, Mark' L. Mcl'onad of Colorado. The alternates selected are Henry Ingalls of Maine, Joseph Oliver of Indiana, Robert W. Furnas of Nebraska, Gorton W. Allan of New York, John W. Chalfant of Pennsylvania, William Lindsay of Kentucky, Henry L. King of Texas, and Thomas Burke of Washington. NEGROES ASSASSINATED. A Highly Respectable Couple Murdered in Cold Blood. A Newport (Ark.) dispatch says: Harrison Sailor and his wife, respectable and inoffensive negroes living near Riverside, Woodruff County, have be ?n assassinated at their home by unknown parties, supposed to be negroes. Much indignation is expressed. Queer Business for Uncle Sam. William E. Lockwood, of Philadelphia, argued before the House Committee on Railways in favor of a bill appropriating $25,009 “to determine the quantity of tlie so-called hammer blow of a locomotive driving wheel.” A sub-com-mittee was appointed to investigate the matter. An engine will be run from Washington to Baltimore for the benefit of the Senate and House sub-committees. Melons Clutcliwl by a Trust. Georgia and Carolina melon growers, representing nearly all of the 20,000 acres of land planted in melons, have organized. They will purchase the entire crop, and sell it through agents in the various c ties. The amount to be disposed of in each city will be regulated, so that no market will be overstocked. This year’s crop is estimated at 10,000 cars. The First Performance of the Passion Play. An Oberammergau cable says: The number of those who wished to attend the first performance of the Passion Play was so great that many had to be turned away. Fully a thousand English and American tourists attended the first performance. Splendid weather favored the occasion and the play was a great success. Kansas City’s Big Shortage. The shortage in the city treasury of Kansas City is reported to be $19,026. Besides Treasurer Peake, Chief Clerk Horace McKern has been relieved from duty until the investigation is completed. 'Wie Visible Supply of Grain. The visible supply of wheat and corn is, respectively, 22,458,003 and 11,078,702 bushels. Since last report wheat decreased 236,971 bushels, and corn fell off 17,546 bushels. Ocean Steamships Damaged. The ocean steamship La Gascogne and Thingvalla have reached Havre and New York, respectively, in a leaking condition, but with all well on board. La Gascogne struck a rock on one of the Scilly islands, while the Thingvalla had been in collision with an iceberg. Steve Brodie’s Unsure • sful Imitator. In imitation of Steve Brodie, Michael Sheehan, aged-21, jumped into the river at Amsterdam, New York, from a bridge over thirty feet in height. His body has I not yet been recovered.

CURRENT HAPPENINGS. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. At a meeting at Now York tho directors of the Richmond Terminal Company decided to increase the capital stock to $70,000,000. J. W. Miller, recently found dead in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, is said to have committed suicide, fearing arrest at the hands of C. T. Rumph A Son, from whom he embezzled thousands of dollars. The Supreme Court of the United States has denied the application for a writ of error in the case of Kemmler, under sentence of death by electricity. A storm at Susquehanna, Pu., washed out streets and railroads, flooded buildings, and destroyed much property, including a shoe factory. In the neighborhood of AVilkesbarro the storm was even more destiuctive. and all the railroads are blocked and bridges are down. 'At Edwardsville, Pa., a boy was blown into the river and drowned. The six thousand enploycs of the National Tube Works Company at McKeesport, Pa., have resumed work. The difference between the employes and the company will be adjusted by an arbitration committee. At New York, George 11. Pell has been found guilty of grand larceny for taking $31,000 in bonds belonging to the Lenox Hill Bank at the time of the recent bankwrecking plot. AT Fall River (Mass.) a small boat containing a party of pleasure-seekers was capsized in the rough waters in the bay, and eight persons were drowned. The names are Samuel Witties, aged fifty; Nirs. Witties, aged forty-five; Henry Witties, aged ten; Samuel Witties, Jr., aged twelve; Levina Buckley, aged thirty-five; Fred Buckley, aged three; Willie Buckle?’. aged eight; Willie Turner, aged eight. The accident was caused by the inexperience of the men who were rowing the boat, and the persistent rocking of the boat by a child in the party, (inly one of the party could swim, and he succeeded in saving one of his companions besides himself. The big Cunard steamship Aurania, on her way up to her pier, at New York, from quarantine, ran over and sunk the little steam launch Veada. There were six men in the launch, two of whom were lost. Those lost were Henry C. Biel, of New York, 30 years old, married; Charles Biel, 25 years old, of No. IGO Fulton avenue, Jersey City. The Aurania was in the regular channel. The men in the launch did not see her till sho was neaily upon them. Ei Lis Island. New York harbor, has been turned over to the United States j Government as a lauding place for immigrants. WESTERN HAPPENINGS.

‘ A CONTRACTOR named Collin, of the i- Omaha firm of Collin & Kilpatrick, was ; killed near Pioche, Nev., by two laborers 1 for a refusal to pay them tnoir wages. A Cleveland dispatch says: Before ; - the c isket containing the remains of ex- I f President Garfield were removed to the f memorial structure, it was opened in ! > order to quiet forever the rumors about 1 | the body not being in the casket. The body was found to be in a good 1 state of preservation. It could I a easily ■ recognized. 'The hair had somewhat fal- ‘ len off from the forehead, but the beard ’ had grown fully two inches. The ey«s J and mouth were closed, and the features ! • shrunken, but perfectly white. They I j looked as though a 1 ght frost had fallen ; 1 upen them. The two sons of the late ■ President, Harry and James R., did not ! care to look at their father's lenjains and i the cover of the casket was replaced and i efastened forever. 1 John L. Bowden, of Chil'icothe, Mo., ; tried to shoot bis wife but, the bullet struck and fatally injured Mr. Rainer, ; who was trying to protect her. Bowden I then committed suicide. A Leadville, Col., dispatch says: ' Winnie Burton, a worn in who came West to die fiom consumption, has suddenly become wealthy, the death of her father in Mansfield, Ohio, leav ng her heir to $150,000. Os late she has been an object of charity, living in a hovel, and deserted by her husband, w hom she married under strong opposition from her relatives. It is very doul tful if she will live long enough to enjoy her good fortune, al- , though she has started East. A. Calumet (Mich.) dispatch savs: !

*• V A (.mv u» 1 uio pill vu Five miners, named Michael Bencher, Mat Scholar. Joseph Genesarch (Austrians), and Dominick and Cinglia (Italians), weie killed by a rock which fell on them in No. 11 shaft, South Hecla branch, of the Calumet and Hecla mine. 11. N. Otis, cashier of the Denver bank that was robbed of $21,000 a year ago ty a lone robber, went to Clayton, Mo., for the purpose of taking a look at Mansfield King, the suspected robber. King, who is held on a charge of murder, has confessed th it he is the man. At Trinidad, Col., J. Pratt shot and instantly killed his Mexican mistress, Kate Garcia, and t *jn put a bullet through bis own head, dying a few hours ! afterward. Jealousy is supposed to be I the cause. । Elzo Allen, confidential clerk of the Austin Investment Company, with headquarters in Kansas City, Mo., has disappeared with $20,000 of the company’s money. Mr. Austin, the head of the company, went to Engl and May 12, leaxing a large sum of money subject to the joint check of Allen and William Austin, the company’s attorney. Allen is alleged to I have forged Mr. Austin's name tov rious ; checks, aggregating $25,000, and to have gone to Canada with it. A Billings (Mont.) dispatch reports : the occurrence of a very severe earth- i quake shock. Three distinct shocks were i felt, accompanied by a deep rumbling noise. Two brick houses were shaken down and a third was cracked fiom roof to base, the building seeming to open and shut like a gigantic mouth. Chandeliers, dishes and pictmes were shaken down, and people aroused irom sleep poured into the streets amid intense excitement. In Billings liall a dance was in progress, and the severity of the , shock threw many dancers to the floor ■ and broke up the party in wild terror. In 1 Ye lowstone National Park all the gey- j seis arc in an abnormal state of activity. | Eldorado, Kan., is much exercised over the disappear inee of Milton Bradley, ex-County Treasuier of Butler Conn- ‘ I ty. He left there April 19 on a pleasure Dip through Souther i Kansas, Arkansas,

and Missouri. He was alone in a buggy, carrying a camp outfit, fishing tackle, gun and dog. Nothing has been heard of him since. He was a large, broadshouldered man, with full board slightly tinged with gray. He was an Odd'’Fellow of rank. The President, having received information that cattlemen ere invading the Cherokee strip in violation of his recent proclamation, has instructed Brigadier General Merritt, commanding ;tt St. Louis, to rigidly enforce the provisions of i the proclamation against all persons । found violating the same. Marshal O. S. Porter of Alaska ’ has sold in San Francisco nt auction 4,68) sealskins seized in Behring Sea last year by the revenue cutter Rush from illegal sealers. The aggregate amount realized was $24,256. During a severe storm which pissed over Lucas, Ohio, lightning struck the John Charles Block. The block was entirely consumed, together with two dwellings adjoining. There is no tiro apparatus in the city and the citizens turned out with buckets, but could do nothing toward extinguishing the flames. Their efforts were directed toward saving the contents of the building. While removing the goods about fifty pounds of dynamite which was kept in store exploded with disastrous effect. The bodies of John Smith and Jeremiah Jones were mangled and mutilated beyond recognition. About twenty-five persons in all were more or less injured. The seriously injured are: J oseph H anna, F. Russell, John Gallagher, and F. Myers. Near Weaverville, Cal., W. F. Smith & Co.’s powder house blew up. It was located just out of the town and contained about 1,600 pounds of giant pow- i der. _ The force of the explosion was fearful. Lamps were thrown down, windows broken, doors blown open, and plastered houses badly wrecked. Another powder house, 100 feet distant, was badly shaken, but the contents did not explode. All the criminals confined in the Belmont County jail at St. Clairsville, Ohio, have made their escape. Among them were V illiam Robinson, convicted of manslaughter; Mike McDonough and Eddie Combs, convicted of highway robbery; and Abe Boston, Louis Nolte and William Manly, burglars. Complaints are made of extensive cattle-stealing in South Dakota. Sherman - Di i k;h: has been convicted at Findlay, Ohio, on the Oman lobbery charge. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A special dispa’ch from Frederick i County, Maryland, nports the severest storm for years. A\ role orchards were upiooted and growing crops destroyed : I The storm started at liheils’ Mills’, on I ; the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad, and ! i swept over a tract two miles wide going I I north, and leaving destruction in its path. ! Buildings were blown down and hundreds i

I of panels of fencing. The loss is difficult to estimate Hail-stones fell as ; 1 ngo as hens eggs, breaking many win- ; dows. injuting stock and frightening the | people. ALi iianon, Tenn., dispatch sr s; The Bank of Middle Tennessee has made an 1 assignment. Liabilities, $ H»O.(JO(>- assets, between $60,000 and $70,090. A Catleti sburg (Ky. ) dispatch savs; Ike Brewer, Jr., an I lames Brewer met at the store-house of George Waller, on Pigeon Creek, about one mile from Tug River. The two men were related. Thev quarreled and Jim Brewer shot and killed Ike ami lied. He was overtaken i near a railroad camp several miles from ’ the scene of his dastardlv work of the evening before. A formal demand of snr-. lender was made. The reply was a bul- > let, which killed one member of the i posse. Another one of the posse received a ball through the heel. Brewer was j captured after a desperate light. Ths । posse started to Logan Court House with ' their prisoner. When the news of the j c j lure reached Pigton Creek a brother of Ike Brewer started to intercept tie posse hav.ng Brower in charge, with tie । avowed intention of killing him. The whole section is in i n intense state of excitement over tbe killing, and more trouble is expected. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange issues a statement embracing tbe thirtyeight weeks of the season from Sept. 1 to May 23, inclusive, this and last year ! showing that 7,063,086 b les of the'erop of 1889-39 have come into sight at the ports, overland points of crossing, and leading Southern interior centers, in- ■ eluding takings by tbe Southern mills. The statement shows that of the supply

j for this season 2,184,84 S bales have been I ■ taken by American and Canadian mills, I ' including 422.230 south of the Potomac, ‘ and 4,157,578 bales have been exported to I foreign ports. At Laredo, Texas, during a heavy thunder storm a strong gust of wind struck ! the power house of the electric motor J street car line, causing tbe brick walls of ! ■ the building, which were 150 feet long by i i 50 feet wide, to collapse, and the whole ! structure fell with a crash. There were four men in the building at the time, i three of whom, two white men and one negro, were killed. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. Representative McCreary (Ky.)has ' introduced a bill to provide for the survey i of an intercontinental railway to connect i North and South America. i The Nebraska Legislature, which meets ; in extra session June 5, will consider the ' Australian ballot and discuss coinage. j The confirmation of J. P. Jackson, of California, to be Assistant Treasurer of the United States at San Francisco, his ' been officially announced by the Secre- ; tary of the Senate. | The Senate has confimed the following nominations: John Waugh, Indian Agent nt Devil’s Lake ' Agency. Receivers Public Moneys—Anson S, ; Baldwin, at North Platte, Nob. ; David E. Homgardmr, at McCook, Neb. Registers of Land Offices—William T. Riley, Hailey, Idaho; John I. Nesbitt, North Platte, Neb. William C. Brace, Appraiser of Merchandise, Cuyahoga, Ohio. Registers of Land Offices — Joseph Tracey, Humboldt, Cal. ; John IL Sheehan, San Francisco. Receiver's of Public Moneys—Alfred D. Campbell, Miles City, Montana; Robert C. Heydlauflf, Ashland, Wis, ; Jay R. Sanborn, Coeur d’Alene, Idaho. William H. Davis of San Frarciseo, Supervisor of Census First California District. ; The Hon. liichard Vaux (Dem.) has been chosen as Mr. Randall’s successor, a Prohibition candidate only appearing ' against him. The I’iohibitionist received 47 votes out of 8,591. Mr. Vaux was born in 1819, and before the war was qu te prominent in Pennsylvania political circles. He was once Mayor of Philadelphia. In 1862 fie was defeated for the

Democratic nominal on for Congress by 1 the late Mr. Randall when the latter was first a candidate. In 1866 he was elected 1 Grand Master of the Masonic Order in Pennsylvania. RAILWAY GOSSIP. The Canada & St. Louis Railroad has b»en purchased by the Lake Shore and Nlichigan Central Railway Companies, Du. Norvin Green, President of the Western Union Telegraph Company, appeared the other day before the House Committee on Postoflicos and Postroads and was questioned respecting the proposed Government telegraph bill advocated by Postmaster General Wanamaker, Dr. Green said that the rates specified in the bill would be about 60 per cent, of the present rates, and that it would be impossible for anv company to do the Government’s business at that figure, as it would entail an actual loss on tire company. Tun gross earnings of the Northern Pacific Railroad for the fiscal year tc May 20 were $19,473,045, against $16,982,825 for the same period in the previous year, an increase of $2,490,220. The road is being operated for aJ.out 6(1 aer cent, of the gross earnings, which leaves about $9,000,000 net. ACROSS THE OCEAN. The village or St. Mahlen, near Hildesheim, Germany, has been visited recently by severe hailstorms, which nave done a great deal of damage. While the people were gathered in a church to pray for a cessation of the storms a thunderstorm came up and the church was struck by lightning. Four persons were instantly killed and twenty were injured, four being rendered completely blind. The people were panic-stricken and in the rush for the doors two children were crushed to death. The installation of the Turkish Gov. ernof Karehman at Laisehe was resisted by the Albanians. Turkish soldiers attempted to quell the Albanians and were routed, many being killed. Queen Victoria has created Prince Albert Victor, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, Duke of Clarence and Avondale I and Earl of Athlone. French capitalists have invested 1,500,* 000 francs in the Congo Railway and intend to actively interest themselves in the enterprise. The various delegations of pilgrims who have lately visited the Tope have carried to the holy father an aggregate sum of money approximating $195,000. Os this amount $40,000 was from France, । $50,000 from Italy, $20,000 from Austria, $25,000 from Germany, and SIO,OOO I from America. The Spanish Cabinet has decided to : give an English syndicate the contract j for the Cuban Central railway because it I offers better security than the American i svndicnte. but will stinulate that Aineri.

pjuuwuie, via luueupuima mar American firms shall supply a portion of the material. FRESH AND NEWSY. A new- competitor for the Standard Oil I Company in the “Manhattan Oil Com- ■ pany" has been formed at Lima. The comp.my owns several thousand acies of ! territory and has contracted for 500 tank j cars. An application for authority to organise tbe United States National Bank, of Foldrodge, Neb., has been filed with the i Comptroller of the Currency. The Comptroller of the Currency has issued a call for the condition of national banks at the close of business j Hay 17. ' The House Committee on Paten s has . ordered a favorable report on a bill in- । tro luced by Representative Simonds, of ; Connecticut, which is identical with the ■ international copyright bill already acted upon adversely by the House, with the addition of a new section which provides that it shall be in effect only where reciprocal advantages are granted by foreign countries to Amoriom authors. The United States cruiser Charleston has been sent to Honolulu, at the request of the American minister to Hawaii, who fears trouble on the convening of the Hawaiian Legislature. The Indians of northern British Columbia threaten an outbreak because white hunters set fire to and burned woods in which 300 bodies of their dead were suspended from trees, that being their mode or burial. The Methodist General Conference at : St. Louis has declared the Scriptural ground to be the only true one for divorce. MARKET RETORTS. — CHICAGO. Cattle—Primo * 4.75 © 5,50 Fair to Good 4 *25 & 4.75 Common 3.00 OS 4.25 Hogs—Shipping Giiuh s 3.75 & 4.25 Sheep 3.50 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 97 ,97^ ! C’OBN— No. 2 33 (<4 .34 ’ Oats—No. 2 09 (<5 .39 i Rye—No. 2 ,53 .54 Butter—Choice Creamery 13 te .15 Cheese— Full Cream, Hats 08 tJ .09 Eggs—Fresh 12i<it9 .13^ Potatoes—Choice now, per bu.. .4« *t<l ,55 Pork—Mess 12.50 tJ13.00 MILWAUKEE. i Wheat—No, 2 Spring 93 @ .94 : Cohn—No. 3 33 jgj .34 | Oats—No. 2 White 30 te .31 I Rye—No. 1 54'6(<J .55’., I Barley—No. 2 '' '.52 ^tt) 's3' | Poke—Mess 12.75 @13.25 DETROIT. CA3^, 300 (M! 4.50 i HOU.*, 3,00 © -UJ 8he..e... 3.00 @ 5.25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 94 @ .95 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow so'/,@ ,’37 Oats—No. 2 White 31 *«4 31’.; TO Iff!DO. Wheat 94’-6@ .9514 Cohn-(ash .30'.' . Oats-No. 2 While 30^ >3u i.' NEW YORK. Cattle 4.50 5 35 Hogs 4.25 4 75 bni-.EP... s # 2j @6.00 I Wheat—No. 2Red 1,00 @lO2 Corn—No. 2 @ .41 Oats Mixed Western ,33 @ 3> Pork—New Mess . 13.75 @l4 05 ST. Louis. Cattle 4.05 @ 5, c0 Hogs. ..... 350 (,r 40, Wheat —No. 2 Red 95’n cC 90’, Corn—No. 2 .33 @ ’34 Oats—No. 2..... .29 @ PA Bye No. 2 53 ,53 l - INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping Steers 3.03 4 75 Hogs—Choice Light 3,00 @ 4,25 Smmp—Common to Primo 3.00 v- 500 W heat—No. 2 Red 95 '.,5., Cohn-No. 2 W hite .• 35'a@ ‘,3m, Oats—No. 2 White 39 " u Vo CINCINNATI. Hogs 3.50 @ 405 W heat—No. 2 Red 910 ' OORN-No, 2 33 Oai s—No. 2 Mixed 31 @ Rye —JA>. 2 go jgi oj BUFFALO. Cattle:—Good to Prime 4.50 @ so' Hogs—Medium and Heavy 4.00 @ 45( Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.02 i\ Ccbn—Wo- 2...., 37 @ V

' DESPERATE ANARCHISTS ANOTHER ATTEMPTED OUTRAGE LAID AT THEIR DOORS. A Scheins to Blow Up the Haymarket Monument at Chicago Miscarries—A Fuss Attached to a Ten-Pound Can of Dynamite Extinguished by Rain. Chicago dispatch: An unsuccessful attempt was made to blow up the Haymarket monument, erected in memory of the policemen who were killed by the bomb thrown May t, 1886. The failure of the plans was due solely to the heavy rainfall. The discovery of the plot was made by Officer Slinger of the Desplaines street station. His attention was attracted to the bundle of cloth, which was lying on the west fa ce of the base of the monument. Ho sealed the iron fence and made an examination of the cloth. The well-known desire of the ana ehists to destroy this reminder of the bravery of the police caused Officer Slinger to fear that the cloth concealed an infernal machine, which jostling might cause to be exploded, and he handled tho find very cautiously. He .Qowly unwrapped tho articles, which were apparently two old dresses, and found within them a four-quart can. ; From one end of the tin protruded a j large fulminating cap, and from this ex- j tended three inches of a fuse. The oflicer grabbed the fuse and pulled it out of the cap. He quickly made sure that the ; fuse was out. It was wet. He next J looked at the stone base and saw the ' mark of burned powder extending about । three feet, which marked the original length of the fuse. Officer Slinger carried the can to the j Desplaines street station, but half a block away, and turned it over to Capt. Hayes. An examination was commenced. The can was found to contain ten pounds of dynamite, enough to blow the monument to atoms, and destroy half the buildings within a radius of a square. It is believed that the explosive was placed on the monument during the , darkness preceding tho storm, and that ’ the rain coming up immediately the ; burning fuse was extinguished. The police have no clue as yet to the : perpetrators of the deed. Extraordin- ; ary efforts will bo made to find theinsti- ' gators, who are undoubtedly in tho I ranks of the Anarchists. After the can had been placed in a safe corner at the station Inspector Hathaway took a portion of the powder that was in the nnlighted fuse and ignited it on a piece of paper. The experiment showed that the powder was genuine and in good condition, as it flashed at the least approach of tire. It was decided to take the can and fuse to a dynamite expert for examination. That an attempt was made to blow up the montimeut is questioned by none of the officers. If lite can had contained dynamite, and if it had exploded the result can not be comprehended. That it would have been terrible in its toss of life and destruction of property is certain.

HEAVYJuMLURE. A Big Lumber Firm at Quebec In Diffl- j eultles. Quebec dispatch: In consequence of overspeculation in timber and of a decline in prices in England the firm of Smith, Wade & Co., leading dealers in lumbers in this city, are in financial difficulties. Their liabilities are about $2,000,000. Their principal creditors are Bryant, I’owis & Bryant of London for $300,000; Quebec bank, $175,000; Bank of Montreal, $130,OO'i; Merchants’ bank, $125,000; Bank of British North America, $75,000: Union bank, $25,000; and Western Lumbermen, $700,000. If no settlement can be arranged between the firm and its creditors the most, serious blow experienced by the Quebec lumber trade in the last quarter of a century will have been struck. Millions of dollars’ worth of timber in rafts purchased by the firm will be thrown on the market, and on arrival here will be less in value, on an average, by six cents than the rates at which it was purchased, while some sixty ships are expected here on charters made by the firm. Lumbermen and bankers are wearing j long faces, an d much anxiety is । experienced as to the course that the j creditors will adopt. One failure in this trade at the present time would be rap- ’ idly followed by another. — DUN'S WEEKLY REVIEW. Immense Volume of Business, with an Encouraging Outlook. New York dispatch: R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “All ordinary business indications grow more favorable. While speculation in some lines is active, possibly nearing the point of danger, it is undeniable that the volume of legitimate business is on the whole greater than it lias been at this season in any previous year. “In speculative markets wheat has been stronger, rising two cents on sales of 33,000,000 bushels here, and the exports continue fair. Corn has declined nearly a cent, and oats risen as much: pork products are all a shade lower, coffee unchanged, but oil has risen over five cents, and cotton seven-sixteenths. In general prices of products are lower than a week ago, and will naturally decline as new crops approach. 1 “The business failures during the last seven days number 222. as compared with 212 last week. For the corresponding time last year the figures were 229.” Last week a traveling salesman for B. F. Norris & Co.’s jewelry bouse in Chicago was robbed of several hundred dollars worth ot samples at Waverly, lowa. The LaCrosse, Wis.. police have arrested a man who had S7OO worth of the stolen property in his possession. Will Cota, of Waterbury. Vt., aged 14, has been missing since May 3. He worked for John Thompson on a farm. It is alleged that Thompson took the boy into the wilderness, and foul play is feared. Among those expected at the Atlanta exposition are President Harrison and President Diaz of Mexico. Ex-President j Cleveland and Secretaries Blaine and ! Rusk have also been invited. The first barley of the season has i been harvested at Waukena, Cal. The yield was twenty centals to the acre.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE. NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS AND WHAT THEY ARE DOING, Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives — Important Measures Discussed and Acted Ou—Gist of the Business. The‘Senate spent the greater part of the 20th Inst, in the consideration of the bill reported from the Judiciary Committee subjecting i ul . ported liquors to the provisions of the law of the several States. The bill provides that “No State shall be held to be limited or restrained in its power to prohibit, regulate, control or tar the sale, keeping for sale or the transportation as an arti de of commerce or otherwise, to be de livered witbin its own limits, of any fermented' distilled or other intoxicating liquids or liquors by reason of the fact that the same have been imported into such a State from beyond its limits, whether there shall or shall not have been paid thereon any tax, duty, impost or excise to the United States." Mr. Wilson, of Ibwa, who introduced tho bill, spoke in its favor, and Mr Vest replied, saying that it would have the effect to virtually destroy the interstate ccmmerce law. The rest of the session was devoted to eulogies on the late Congressman W. D. Kelley, of Pennsylvania. 'lhe speakers were: Senators Cameron, Morrill, Reagan, Sherman Hampton, Hawley and Daniel. In tho House the day was spent in committee of the whole on the tariff bill, and manv amendments were offered to it, the only ones agreed to being certain ones by Mr. McKinley reducing from 14 to 11 cen s per cubic foot the duty on unmanufactured or undressed freestone, granite, sandstone, or other building or monumental stone, except marble, not otherwise provided for, and from 50 to 41) per cent, on I hewn, dressed or polished stone of the same j character ; fixing the duty on sweetened choeo- । late at 3 cents a pound; changing the duty । steel ingots, etc., valued above 16 cents per pound, from 45 per cent, ad valorem ,to 7 cents a pound; fixing a duty of 15 per cent, ad valorem on white paper : for photographers; placing on the free . list fish, tho product of American fisheries, and fresh or frozen fish caught in fresh waters, ex--1 cept salmon; fixing the duty on shot guns valued at no more than sl2 at 33 per cent. ■ valued at more than sl2, 46 per cent.; pistols I and revolving pistols, 35 per cent.; taking 1 bristles from the free list and fixing the duty i upon them at ten cents per pound. The committee then rose and the House adjourned. In the Senate on tho 21st inst. the resignation of Sergeant-at-Arms Canaday yas received and laid on the table. It is to take effect June 39. Mr, Stewart then addressed the Senate on the silver bill. At the conclusion of Mr. Stewart’s speech the "original package" bill was again taken up. 'lhe purpose of the bill is to nullify the effect of the recent decision of the United States Supreme Court. Its importance is fully realized by the Senate, and the various provis- | ions embraced in it were debated quite fully, i Senator Evarts spoke a’, considerable length. [ urging its passage. No final action was had, I however, on the bill and the Senate adjourned . after a brief executive session. The House went 1 into committee of the whole immediately ■ upon assembling, Mr. Grosvenor, of Ohio in the I chair. After some debate, Mr. McKinley de- | manded the previous question on the bill and. ; amendments, and the previous question was or- , dered —yeas 161, nays 113. The amendments. 1 were then read in detail. The first amendment j on which a separate vote was demanded was. i one changing the phraseology of the tin-plate I clause. It was adopted—yeas 150, hays 149. I The amendment which increases the duty on I jute yarn from 36 per ent. as fixed in the bill to. 1 35 per ceut. was rejected by a vote of 114 to. I 143, leaving the duty at 39 per cent. An» I amendment in the section relating to the duty on wool and worsted yarn which provides that the duty shall be two ai.d one-halt times the price of first-class unwashed wool per pound and 35 per cent, ad valorem was rejected by a vote of 148 to 137, leaving the duty fixed by the bill at twice the price ot unwashed wool of the first class and 35 percent, ad valorem. The paragraph which fixed the duty on woolen and worsted cloths at three times the value of unwashed wool per pound and 35 per cent, ad valoreii was rejected, having the duty fixed by the bill at twice the value of wool, with 35 per cent, ad valorem. AU other amendments adopted in the committee of the whole were passed by the House, and thebill w’as then passed bv a vote of 162 to 142.

Luc mu a imui pubßcu uy a wwvi Hia iu nz, all the Republicans present except Mr. Colemaa, of L mißiaua. and Mr. Featherstone, ot' Arkansas, votiflg for it, and all the Democrats against it. The announcement of its passage was greeted with applause on both sides of the House. The House then adjourned. In the Senate, on tbe 22d inst., the credentials of Calvin S. Brice, as Senator from the State of Ohio for six years, commencing March 4, 1891, were presented by Mr. Payne, read and placed on file. Senator Daniel addressed the Senate on the silver bill, speaking in favor of silver currency. The naval appropriation bill was then taken up and discussed until adjournment. In the House, Mr. Dunnell, of Minnesota, from the Committee on Census, reported a bill amendatory of the census act, which was passed. It prescribes a penalty upon any supervisor or enumerator who shall receive or any person who shall pay any fee or other consideration in addition to the compensation of such supervisor or enumerator. The afternoon was spent on the river and harbor appropriation bilk Messrs. Blanchard, Catchings, Grosvenor, Henderson and other members of the committee spoke in support of the bill. Mr. Kerr, of lowa, spoke in opposition to the passage of a bill for $21,000,000 on thesmall amount of information which the committee had included in their report. Mr. Grosvenor replied that tbe reports of the engineers were accessible to every member who desired to consult them, and gave the fullest information on the subject. Mr. Boatner, of Louisiana, made an argument in favor of the use of Government funds for the construction, of levees. The Senate spent the 23d inst. in the consideration of the naval appropriation bill. Pend- ■ ing the discussion, the Senate bill for a public ’ building at Canton, Ohio, the cost not to exceed ; 8100,000, was taken from the calendar ivnd ; passed. By unanimous consent Mr. Stanford , addreesedithe Senate briefly in advocacy of the 1 bill introduced by him some days ago providing for loans by the Government on agricultural | lands. Senator Dolph then addressed ths Senate at length upon the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Dolph concluded at a o'clock, and after a brief executive session the Senete adjourned. The House spent the entire day in the consideration of the river and harbor bill. The appropriations for ailharbori were considered paragraph by paragraph, ahd were all passed by the committee of the whole without change. Mr. Post, of Illinois, offered an amendment to the paragraph relating to the Illinois River providing for a survey from Joliet to the mouth of the river to determine the cost of deepening the river to such a depth at will enable the largost Mississippi beats to run from the Mississippi River and up the Illinois to Joliet, at which point, he said, the State of Illinois would connect the ship canal and enable the steamers to run on from that point to Lake Michigan at Chicago. The Hennepin Canal clause was then taken up and a point of order was made against it. Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, and others argued against the point of order, the argument occt pying the remainder of the afternoon. The house adjourned without a decision upon a point of order. No changes of importance were made in the bill, and no opposition 01 anv importance was developed aside irom that relating to the Hennepin Canal. Among tho paragraphs passed Wire those making a propriutious for llie improvement of the harbors at Chicago and other Illinois points, as well as in Wisconsin ami Michigan. The House adopted Mr. Hitts amendment allowing the people of Galena to improve the channel connecting that city with tbe Mississippi, iwd engaging to refund of the cost in case the work is successful. Old Chocolate's Chat. Yo’ (loan’ alius lose w’en yo' triis' a ' t’ief. A lock often makes a t’ief ue mo’ t'evish. De longah de fox waits de hungrier he am. Be car’ful in s’o’ deal wid do man ob ceremony. Hit or bahd to tell w’ose chicken dem fodders belong toe. De man dat sows thistles wid his seed mus’n't hahvest bahfooted. Wen yo’ grease de w’eels yo' he'p cattle ez well ez save w’ar an’ Car. De man dat yo’ helped toe stove-wood in Decembah done fowgithit by July. Es yo’ know a man toe be a liah yo kin trade mules wid um undahstan in 1VToe de lazy man a cool place undah 1 a tree offahs ez good hshin’ ez de brook । undah de sun. i Do man dat has de bos’ fawchmie wid kyards in de long: run am de one da looks on w’ile oddahs play. —Judge.