St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 16, Number 3, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 July 1890 — Page 2

WALKERTOH INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON’, - - - INDIANA. CIRCLING THE GLO’jE. CONCISE HISTORY OF SEVEN DAYS’ DOINGS. Intelligence by Electric W«»is from Every Quarter of the Civilized World, Embracing Foreign Allairs and Homo Happenings of an important Nature. POSTPONED THE TARIFF BILL. Senators Refuse to Consider the Measure at Present. In the Senate, on the 7th, the conference report on the consular Mid diplomatic appropriation bill was presented and agreed to. Mr. Morrill moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of the tariff bill. He said that after the tariff bill was taken up it could be laid aside informally until the two shipping bills ■were disposed of. After debate the vote was taken on Mr. Morrill’s motion, and the Senate refused to take up thi tariff bill —yeas, 20; l ays, 23. Mr. Sherman presented the conference report on the silver bill. After it was read in full he gave notice that he would call it *.p for action the following morning. The House went into committee of the whole for the consideration of Senate bill to forfeit certain lauds heretofore granted for the purpose of aiding in the construction of rallroais with a House bill substitute therefor. Mr. Payson explained that the bill in its general provisions proposed to forfeit and restore to the public domain all public lauds, wherever situated, which have been granted in aid of the construction, where railroads have not been completed at this time. A cartful estimate was to the effect that the bill would restore 7,590,00‘J acres to the public domain. Mr. Oats, of Alabama, approved the bill because it forfeited only the lauds situat 'd aiong the unreconstructed portion of the roads. Mr. Stone, of Missouri, took the position that a forfeiture should be made or ail lands w hich bad not been earned by the railroads at the time fixed in the granting acts for the completion of the roads. Mr. Lacy, of lowa, favored the pending bill. Pending further debate the committee rose and the House adjourue I. BASE-BALL. Relative Position s of the Various (Tubs in the Leading Organization*. Players’. W. L. ^ct.| National. W. L. Pct. Boston 37 25 .597 Cincinnati... 42 2) .677 Chicago 35 25 .590; Brooklyn... .39 24 .till) Brooklyn... .35 31 .533 Philad r pbia.3B 26 .594 New York.. .31 30 .508) 805t0n..... .37 27 .578 PbiladTphia 32 32 .500;Chicago 32 2S .533 Pittsburg... .3J 30 .500-New York. . .20 AS .406 Cleveland 25 31 .446 Cleveland... .19 40 .322 Buffalo 17 38 .3X’| Pittsburg... .16 46 .253 American. W. L. ?? c.l Western. W. L. pc. Athletic 40 22 .645; Milwaukee. .36 21 .631 Louisville.. .35 25 .583;Minneapolis 37 22 .627 St. L0ui5....35 27 .564iKansas City 32 23 .561 Rochester ...33 29 .532 Sioux City..3l 26 .543 Columbus.. .32 26 .52 q Den ver 30 27 .526 Toledo 26 32 .448 Dee Moines. 23 36 .389 Syracuse... .27 34 .442 omuhu 22 36 .3.9 Brooklyn ...15 45 .250|St. Paul 18 38 .381 111.-lowa. W. L. p c.i Interstate, W. L. Vc. Monmouth.. 33 19 .634 Evansville.. 37 17 .685 Ottumwa....32 20 ,615 Burlington,.36 19 .654 Ottawa 31 21 ,596 Terre Ha'te.27 26 .50.) Dubuque... .28 23 .549 Quincy 28 30 . 482 Aurora 27 25 .519 Peoria 23 26 ,4 >9 Cdr Rapids. 2 > 26 .490 IndiAn pUs 11 42 .199 Joliet 17 34 .3331 Sterling 14 39 .264; GREAT DISCOVERY OF GOLD. The Richest “Strike” on Record Reported Near Tin Cup. Colorado A Dekvib (Col.) dispatch says: Tin Cup is at the present time in a quiver of excitement over a rich discovery that has been made, and which is fully substantiated, in what, to all appearances, looks to be a mountain of gold. The first reports were of the wildest nature imaginable, and the fact remains, according to repute, that the richest gold vein ever opened lies six miles from Tin Cup. and if the dip holds out it will cause an excitement that will put the early days of California and Pike’s Peak to shame. The lowest assay thus far has been twenty-two ounces to the ton, and there are specimens that will pan, by pulverizing in a common mortar and washing, at least §20,000 to the ton. Two men are taking out right now §5,000 worth of metal each day, and they are in the hill only eighteen feet from the surface. If that streak extends the length of one claim—l,soo feet—on its trend and one yard only on its dip, and each cubic yard weighs one ton, there will be half a million’s worth of gold. FARGO SWEPT BY A CYCLONE. A Fearful Storm A'most Lays the Town in Ruins. A tornado swept through Fargo, N. D., destroying many buildings. Seven persons were killed and nineteen wounded. A Northern Pacific train just leaving Fargo at the time of the storm was blown from the track and many of the passengers were severely injured. The Grand Pacific and tho Jay Cooke Hotels at Moorhead, Minn., were unroofed by the storm. The Pope’s Condition Feebl \ The London Chronicle’s correspondent at Rome says that the Pope has be. come very feeble, and that, in anticipation of his end, he is preparing written instructions for the guidance of his successor. His Holiness, the correspondent says, has revised his will and is arrangin { for a trusteeship of the church funds after hia death. Lynched an Jssisein. The commandant of the body guard of Prince Nicholas of Montenegro, and a cousin of that ruler, Col. Martinovitcs, was assassinated in the market of Cettinje. The assassin was lynched. Canon Liddon Darg-rousY’ 111. Rev. Henry Parry Liddon, D. D., D. C. L., canon of St. Paul's Cathedral, London, is suffering from an attack of gout in the head. His condition is serious. The Supply of Grain. The visible supply of wheat and corn is, respectively, 19,638,475 and 14,468,409 bushels. Since last report wheat has decreased 536,410 bushels, and corn has decreased 359,199 bushels. Maryland’s Ex-Treasurer Sentenced. For embezzlement of State funds exTreasurer Arch.er at Baltimore, Md., has been sentenced to five years in the penitentiary. Robbers Heavily Sentenced. In the Superior Court at Napa, CaL, James Birk and Joseph Mooney Were arraigned, charged with holding up the Harbin Springs stage, June 26. They pleaded guilty and were sentenced to ten years' imprisonment. Anglo-German Treaty Made Public. A London cable says: The foreign office has made public the text of the Amzlo-German agreement. In reference to Walltish Bay it is agreed to submit the matter to arbitration if it shall not be settled within two years

CURRENT. HAPPENINGS.’ EASTERN occurrences. A V^tsburg dispatch says: While 1 M^ awl Mrs. John Thompson, Eliza Thompson, 2 years old, Baby Thompson, Mr. and Mrs, Richard Smith, their little daughter Priscilla, and Robert Smith. 15 year* of age, were rowing in a small , fiat boat on the Youghiogheny River near, | McKeesport, tho bout upset, throwing all ; the occupants into the river. Thompson swam to shore with his wife and babv. He then returned to save his 2-ye ir-old ! daughter Eliza, but both were drowned. Richard Smith saved his wife, but drowned with his daughter Priscilla. Robert Smith, the 15-year-old boy, swam to shore. The Peabody Institute at Dinvers, Mass., has been burned to the ground. The loss is placed at $75,000. Benjamin S. Bennett, confidential clerk for W. K. Hammond, of New York, has been arrested at Denver on a charge of forgery preferred by bis lato employer. He tied iromhis home with a dime museum whistler. His forgeries amount to §6,000. Ezra Farnsworth, one of the lealing Boston merchants, died aged 77. He was the leader in the consolidation of the Boston and Worcester and Western ) Railroads forming tho present Boston ■ and Albany system. At New York, while intoxicated, John ; Lutz shot his wife three times, seriously, if not filially, wounding her, and then 1 killed himself. The trouble arose over j their 5-day-old baby. A keg containing fifty pounds of powd r exploded in August Smith's grocery store at Industry, near Scott Haven, Pa., completely wreck ng the building and injuring seven children, five of them fatally. The explosion wr<; caused by sparks from a Jackson cracker, which exploded prematurely in the hands of August Smith, Jr., aged It years. Tho 1 store was a resort for r’ ildieu, and at I the time of the accident a large number I were present firing crackers. The pow- ; i der exploded with terrific force, lifting ; I the building, which was a two-story ; structure, from its foundation's, and ’ wrecking it completely. Young Smith’s ; body was burned to a crisp and he was ; otherwise terribly mangled. John Brau- ■ ner, aged 10 years, had the soles of his ; feet torn off, was frightfully burned | about the body, and both eves were blown I out. George Kohle, aged 8 years, was ibadly burned about the body, and the flesh was torn from his limbs. Willie Kohler, 6 years old. was burned about the head, breast and stom ch. Mary Smith, 1 > months, was fatally burned. Emma Smith, B;eH> years, and Charlie Shoul, 8 ye rs, wore badly , burned, but will recover. The first five ; named are dead. The ruins took tire, but were extinguished before the flames had gained much headway. Several kegs of powder were stored in the cellar, and ' | a more horrible calamity wa« averted by I the prompt and heroic work of the neighbors in extinguishing the fire. Near Galitz, Pa., Harry Marsh, a miner, cut Miss Clara Jones'Throat from enr to ear because she refused to marry him. The murder was perpetrated on the roadway to Armsburg, wife re the girl was found some time later. Marsh confessed committing the crime and is now in jail. The young woman was employed as a domestic in a cert on hotel, and hud alw. ys borne an excellent leputation. Joseph Levy, of New York, while eating lunch at Bradford, Ind., was ' i robbed of his sachel containing §3,000. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. The convention of the National Music ; Teachers’ Association was held at De- ! trot, opening with a business meeting in tho Detroit Opera House. The census gives Kansas City, Mo., a population of 135,000 —an increase of 130 per cent, since 1880. The Copeland Medical Institute, at Chicago, has been incorporated, tho incorporators being August Waldejo, J. S. | Harrison, and A. J. Horton. The object ; of the company is to promote medical i education, and tbe capital stock is §500,000. SeatiLE’S (Wash.) tire, which threat- > ened the destruction of tho entire city, was gotten under control after property valued at §109,000 hail been destroyed. AN Ashland (Wis.) dispatch says: Three ; firemen met death in the burning of the 2,000-ton steamer Iron King and a portion of the Columbus and Hocking Coal Company’s dock. Four others were in- I jured, one probably fatally. The dead are: George Tanton, a merchant tailor I and Secretary of the city file depart- • ment. Elias Bouchoeltz, an unknown | man, jumped thirty-five feet down into a sea of flame, and was cremated in sight of 500 people, who were powerless to help him. Jack Brothero cannot live, amt J. J. Moore is badly burned and may die. The tire started m the Iron King while discharging coal. All the upper works and machinery were destroyed. Half a dozen firemen were holding a j stream on the burning boat from a place I on top of the coal dock, when the flames j leaped from the I oat to an immense | mass of blacksmiths' coal directly under : the firemen, and a terrible explosion of 1 coal gas followed. The men, blinded by flame, ran through it and jumped to the dock forty feet below. The money loss is about §50,000. The coal dock is still burning. At Beardstown, 111., on the Fourth, ; Prof. Samuel Black made a balloon ascension, and at the height of nearly half a mile made a jump with a paraj chute. The balloon took tire, and he had ‘to jump beforj he was readv. The p (raI chute had also taken fire, and the poor fellow fell. He was probably dead before he struck the ground, but when picked up he was a shapeless mass. | At Detroit, the National Music Teachers’ Associafon elected J. H. Hahn, of ; Detroit, President, and selected Minnej apolis for the next place of meeting. ; A procession five miles long was a feature of the Farmers’ Alliance celebration at Emporia, Kan. | A cloud-burst in Richland County, Wisconsin, caused a loss of §200,000. i An East Tawas (Mich.) dispatch says: The st-'ambarge Sea Gull was discovered ou fire. No means were at hand to extinguish the flames. The cook, Mag- : gie Cornett, was unable to get ; on shore, and was burned to death. I The Sea Gull’s lines were burned ! off, and she drifted across the Blip, setting fire to tbe steambarge , I Calvin, which, however, was saved. Farther on the burning vessel set Emory’s dock and mills on fire, and these were destroyed, tbe loss being §30,000. The

inwuinimaMW—I*»**' 1 *»**' Lock & Sevens docks and Sibley & Bearingej^ docks and lumber were also buvne.ii Tbe loss cannot be ascertained. Sixteen million feet of lumber was conBumed. The Sea Gull is a total wreck. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. The northern-bound express on th*» Louisville and Southern Kentucky ; struck a wagon containing twenty-on® 1 persons returning from a picnic at tho Preston street crossing, in Louisville, Ky. Frank Pratt, aged 21; Ben Pratt, 17; and Mary Noltmeyer, 3 years, were ! instantly killed, and the remaining eighteen were all more or loss seriously injured. Th 5 Hon. Beverly Tucker died at Richmond, Va. Ho was born at Winchester, Va., June 8, 1820. He was, perhaps. as well known personally to leading politicians throughout the country as any man of his time. He va* a nephew of John Randolph of Roanoke. He was the editor of the Washington Sentinel from 1853 to 1856 and Consul to Liverpool under President Buchanan. He visited England and Canada during tbe war on a special mission for tbe Confederate Government. Since 1870 he had resided almost continually in Washington city. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. The following nominations have been । sent to the Senate: General Appraisers of Mercbandiae, ul ar the provisions of an act es Congress approved June 10, i 860: George C. lichi nor, of tile District of Columbia , George H. Sharpe, New York ; James A. Jewell, New York ; Charles H. Ham, Illinois ; Joseph B. Wilkinson, Jr.. Louisiana; Louis R. Mailers, Assistant Treaßturer ot the United States at Fhiia lelphin Cuurloe Willner, Suri veyor of Customs at Hm liiigton. lowa ; Andrew Pauldixon, Agsnt tor the Indians of the Crow Creo* and lower B:ulo Agency in South Dakota. Army and Navy—Second Lieutenant Frauk F. Kastman, Fourteenth Infantry, First Lie ttenant ; Second Lieutenant James O. Green, Twenty-tifth Infantry, First Lieutenant; Assistant Engineer Frank W. Bartlett, Fessed Assistant. Engineer; Second Lieutenant Henry C. Haines, Marine Corps, First Lieutenant; Seeomi Lieutenant James E. Mahoney, Marine Corps, First Lieutenant. FOREIGN GOSSIP. The Queen h;s presented to Miss Dorothy Tennant. Mr. Stanley's fiancee, a miniature of her Majesty. The portrait is inclosed in a case set with brilliants, which also continue n lock of the Queen’s i hair. A Belgrade entile savs: The iiHsaßsius of M Mnnnkovitcb. the Servian Consul nt Pristina, have been arrested. The motives of the murderers do not appear to have been of a political character. | Servi 1 iusistH that Turkey give a pension to the widow an i that tho Pristina garrison salute the Servian tl g. Michael Eykaud. vho was recently nir.sted in Havana on tho charge of murder. and taken back to Pails, lias made a full confession to the police. A Constan mnople cable reports that the Montenegrins have passed the fron- ! tier in large numbers, and have been victorious in several encounters with tbe Turks, They threaten the town I oflpek. The cholera epidemic in Valencia, Spain, has slightly increased. Eleven new cases and three deaths are reported nt Rolova, and three new cases and three deaths at Gandia. An explosion occurred in a fireworks factory at Croydon, Englmd, completely wrecking the building and several adjoining ones. Xo lives wore lost. Tbe j pecuniary d image is very heavy. Mgb. Gkuscha, the new Archbishop of Vienna, was enthroned in the presence of Cardinal Galimberti, the Papal Nuncio, ami Count Keilmansegg, representing tbe Emperor. The ceremony was attended with great pomp. An express train running at a high rate of speed struck a carriage which was crossing the track, near Lippe, Germany, killing three of the occupants and seriously injuring two others. Tbe three killed were women. FRESH AND NEWSY. Ex - Congressm an John E. L amb and Miss Esther Kent, both of Terre Haute, Ind., were married at the bride's home. Tavelve hendrfd carpenter- at Denver have gone on a strike out of sympathy for tbe strik ng machine woodworkers and bench m H men, 600 of wirom went out sever 1 weeks ago. The result is a stopp ige ot building. I The Loui- ville andN ashvilla Railroad has declared a regular semi-annual divii vend of I 9-10 per cent, in scrip and 1-10 I per cent, in cash, end an extra dividend of 1 per cent. MAKIkET RETORTS. CH ICAGO. Cattle— Prime $ 4.50 © 5.2* Fair to G00d.... 4.00 <«< 4.50 Common 3.00 & 4.00 Hogs —Shipping Grades 3.50 © 4.00 Sm ev 3.00 © 5.00 Wheat -No. 2 Red SOM© .87 Coax—No. 2 33’..> >« .JC-j Oats— No. 2 27M© .28 Hvk— No. 2 47M il .48^ Bvt'fei; —Uhoiep Creamery 14 © .15 Cheese —Full ( ream, flats 07 ! ^@ .0.8 Eoc-s—Frc^h 09' 2 © .10)6 Potatoes— Choice new, per brl. 3.25 ©3.50 Poke —Mess 12.00 © 12.5 J MILWAUKEE. Wheat —No. 2 Spring M .85 Cohn —N 0.3 34 © .35 '6 OATS—No. 2 White 30 © .31 ' Rye— No. 1 48 © .49 Barley— No. 2 48 ® .49 I'oKK—Meas 12.25 (1112.75 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 Hogs 3.00 © 4.0.) Sheep 3.(10 © 4.75 Wheat —No. 2 Red 87 uji .88 Corn— No. 2 Yellow 36 <Ol .37 Oats —No. 2 White 32V,® .33 TOLEDO. Wheat 89 @ .90 Corn —Cash 35’u^J .3616 Oats— No. 2 White 29*6 <4 .30V. NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 © 5.03 Hogs 4.00 @ 4.50 Sheep 4.50 © 5.75 Wheat— No. 2 Red 95 © .97 Corn— No. 2 41 © .43 OATS —Mixed Western 32 @ .35 Pork— Mess 13.25 @l3 75 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 4.00 @ 4.75 Hogs 3.25 © 3,75 Wheat —No. 2 Bed 84 © .84)6 Cora — No. 2 82’6© .33'6 Dais— No. 2 28 © .2816 Rye —No. 2 44 © .44’6 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle— Shipping 3.00 © 4.50 Hogs— Choice Light 3.00 © 4.00 Sheep —Common to I’rimo 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat— No. Red 83'6© .84)6 Corn —No. 1 White 35 @ .36 Oats— No. 2 White 30U© .31'6 CINCINNATI. Hogs 3.00 @ 4.00 Wheat —No. 2 Red 85 © .86 Corn— No. 2 37 V© .3816 Oats— No. 2 Mixed 30’6© .31 Rye— No. 2 58)6© .54V. BUFFALO. Cattle— Good to I’rime 4.50 ©5,00 Hogs— Medium and Heavy 3.50 © 4.00 Wheat —No. 1 Hard .95)6© .96 Corn— No. 2 38 2 © ,3J)6

FINANfiES OF A NATION. : PUBLIC DEBT STATEMENT OF THE TREASURY DEPART- | MENT. — ■ Condition of Uncle Sam’s Obligations and Cash Account ut tho End of the I'iscnl Year—The Public Debt Ilas Decreased Over 1888,000,000 in Twelve Months. Washington dispatch: Following is the public debt statement lor July I: I NTF.REST-BUAKINa DEBT. Bonds at, 414 per cent 8109,015.750 Bonds at 4 per cent C02.193.5j9 Rei unding certificates at 4 per cent 103.800 I Navy pension fund at 3 per cent 14,000.003 j Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per. cent f4.G23.5D । 1 Principal t789.93G.rea Interest 9.606,1.>3 Total tm,532,772 DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST HAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal t 1,815,805 Interest '. 149,131 Total $1,964,930 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal lender notes t34fi,7r,018 ! Cert iiicates of deposit 11.530.0j0 Gold certiUcates 131.350.019 Silver cert liicates 297,210,043 Fractional eurren< y, less f 5,373IC4. estimated as mst or destroyed 6.911,510 Principal 794.068. GA) total debt. Principal $1,585,821,048 Interest 9.*65,282 Total ti 1,595,586.333 Less cash items available for reduction of debt $452,001,409 L< s> reserve held for redemption of U. S. uotis 100.009.000 Total debt less available cash items t 1.043.584.921 Net cash in the treasury 55,409.74:1 Debt less cash m the treasury July 1.18 t» $ 988.173,173 Debt le'S cash in t lie treasury Juno 1, 18UU 1,008,838,893 Decrease of debt durtne month,. A 20.6X1.725 Decn a-e of debt since J uno :a.i. ls> > 88,471.448 CASH IN THE TREASURY' AVAILABLE FOR REDUCTION OF THE I’UHLIC DEBT. Gold held for gold securities actually outstanding I 135, ."80.019 Stiver held for sliver certliicates netunlly outstanding 297.210,043 United States notes held for eertltieates of dejKisit actually outstanding ... . 11.836.000 Cush held for matured debt and intere-t unpaid 11,581.08* , factional currency 230 Total available for reduction of Um debt A...1 452,001,400 hksebve ftno. Held for redemption of United States notes, nets Jam 14. 1873, and July 12 iss.'.. 4 100,000.000 UNAVAILABLE FOR REDVCTIoN OF THE DEBT Fractional silver con, i —.s "i.—s Minor coin 193.7.52 Total S 23.a5.907 Certliicates held as cash 30.942.60'1 Net cash balance on hand 53.409,743 Total cash In the treasury as •how n by treasurer’s general account... » 661,333.833 MENENDEZ WAS POISONED. How the rreshlent of San Salvador Was 111-t>o-ed of. Washington dispatch: Further particulars. giving a complete insight lute the recent disturbances in San Salvador, Central America, have Just beou brought to light from semi-official sources. The sudden death of ^eu. Menendez, President of Salvador, the assumption of power by lien. Carlos Ezeta, and the attitude of Guatemala in the present crisis, all Rave a bearing toward each other, and lend to show tho possible outcome of the difficulty. It is known that Gen. Menendez was poisoned. There is a feeling which pervades all Central America just now that tho ratification of the Central American union, which was agreed upon by the delegates of the five Republics of Guatemala, Honduras, Salvador, Nicaragua- and X osta Rica, in San Salvador in December last, will not be <;ompleted on the 15th of September next. In the first place the treaty of tho union has to be ratified by each of tho individual Congresses of the separate States, and this has not yet been dona by either Nicaragua or Costa Rica. The treaty will only come before the Costa Rica Congress in next December and before that of Nicaragua in Febrnary of next year, as there has been no session of Congress in tho latter republic this year. It is pretty clearly given to understand by those two named Republics that neither one of them will ratify the Central American Union comnact, as they are assured t at a sc lome is on foot whereby it is intended that the Guatemalan element shall predominate. Neither.tho Nicaraguans nor the Costa Ricans have a superabundance of love for the Guatemalans. The reasons are historical ones and need not be repeated here. The present unsettled state of affairs in Salvador had its origin with the burning of the National P.iiaco in San Salvador in November of last year, and to this day the cause of the conflagration has never been correctly ascertained. When the palace was burned all the archives of the Government of Salvador, consisting of treaties and other valuable historical and political documents as well as the accounts of the treasury, were completely destroyed, nothing whatever being saved. It was currently rumored at tho time that the fire was tbe work of an incendiary sent over to Salvador by Guru nala. and that the object of tho fire was to institute a revolutionary movement to depose Gen. Menendez from the Presidential chair. WiiiJAJi Welch, aged 70, of Ilope, 111., fell into a well he was repairing and was drowned. John Bailey, a Burlington (Iowa) teamster, xvhile driving across some railroad tracks was struck by a train and fatally injured. Owing to tlie prevalence of hydrophobia tho city council of Huntington, Ind., has ordered that all dogs bo muzzled. The population of Norwalk, Ohio, is estimated at 7,200, a gain of 1,550, and that of New London, Ohio, at 1,500, a gain of 500. A photographer paid S anley £I,OOO for a portrait.

STRUCK BY A CYCLONE.! FARGO, NORTH DAKOTA, ’.AID WASTE BY THE WIND. Havoc Wrought by a Fierce Storm—Several Lives Lost—Many Buildings Laid in Kilins. St. Paul dispatch: A report is current here that the town of Fargo, N. D., was completely swept away by a cyclone this morning, and that Moorhead, which Iles in Minnesota, across the Red river from Fargo, was also slightly damaged. Os course, if the report is true, there must have been great loss of life at Fargo, and all indications tend to confirm the reports. A railroad man who arrived from that vicinity this morning says a terrific windstorm prevailed there this morning, and that several trains were blown from the tracks. All wires to Fargo are down, and the Western Union officials report that about two miles of telegraph wires near Fargo have blown down. West of Fargo they say worse conditions exist, and that miles and miles of wires and poles are down. The last reports received by the signal service from Fargo were at 7 p. in. Sunday, and they show a low barometer, temperature of 80 degrees, and a wind velocity of six miles per hour, good condition for a storm. From Mapleton in the west, Buttvillo in the south, Muskoda in the east, and Villernon in the north, the country I bus been swept by a terrible tornado. ■ Fargo was the center ot the storm. The stilling, ominous calm of midnight gave warning of the approach of the storm, and the city was awake and as well prepared as possible for tho worst. Tho storm camo Just alter 2 o'clock and lasted for thirty-five minutes, during which time nearly every large building iu tho city was unroofed or otherwise damaged. Tho heavens seemed one mass of flame, and tho thunder was appalling The wind came first in heavy gusts, every one of which seemed to carry off a roof, finally settling into a steady sweep that grew fiercer as the time went by. In the Intervals between the t hunder bursts could be heard on every side tho crash of falling buildings, flying roofs and the smashing of glass in windows. Great chimneys were torn from brick buildings and hurled in every direction. Thore was not a building in Fargo but lost glass, from tho heaviest plate down. Women and children shrieked as they ran about in the darkness, and men stood helplessly about with blanched faces, unable to move hand or foot to protect their property. For thirty minutes t le storm raged, then slowly passed off toward tho northwest. Half an hour later daylight dawned and soon tne entire scene of devastation was brought to view. As if in mockery, tho only tall building left standing was that devoted to tho signal service, where a wind gauge showed tho velocity of the storm to have been eighty-two miles. The scene about tho city was terrible. Tho streets were choked up with debris of all kinds. The wife of Captain J. XV. McCarthy aed her seven children wore caught and crushed in a cellar. When the storm approached Mrs. McCarthy gathered the children and took them into the cellar for safety. A moment later the house was lifted up and dashed down udoii tho devoted band. Tho seven children were crushed out of all semblance of humanity. For three hours the mother was pinned down with broken limbs and crushed body, but help came too late to save her. These alono were the deaths, though there were several injured. Milwaukee (Wls.) dispatch: Advices received at tne Chicago, Milwaukee & St, Paul offices from their agent at Fargo are to tho effect that tho town is pretty well wiped out. Several people were killed and a number injured. A Northern Pacific train was blown from the track A St. Paul (Minn.) dispatch says: The Western Union office in this city has been unable to get Fargo or Moorhead, Minn., which is located across the Red river from there. Their wires are down for some distance in all directions from Fargo, and nothing definite can be learned from them at the present time. It is probable that a special train will start soon for the scene of tho disaster, but it could not reach there before midnight at the earliest. The condition of the wires would also greatly delay the speedy receipt of definite news. General Passenger Agent C. S. Feo, of the Northern Pacific, has the following telegram from Jamestown, N. D.: ’’About 2 a. m. a severe storm struck tho Dakota division. No. 1 was blown from the track at the Fargo shops. The roof was blown off the depot at Mapleton. One of the elevators at Dalrymple moved off its foundation, The elevator at Edmunds on the Jamestown & Northern was struck by lightning and burned. Cars were blown out on the main track at Buttsville ou tho Fargo & Southwestern branch. “No. 1 has not been abandoned west of Fargo. No. " and No. 4 are being held by No. 1. Have sent working outfit to Fargo. Will take six hours to make track passable there. Main line is clear aside from this. Will give you particulars later, as wires are all down.” Mr. Fee says that if any one on the train had been killed or injured it would certainly have been mentioned. From Fur and Near. David Nelson, a wealthy stock buyer of Bellevue, Mich., committed suicide while temporarily insane. The first annual convention of the Young Men’s Hebrew association of the United States is in session at Cincinnati, Ohio. Police Officer Clarke of New York was overcome by smoke while rescuing Mrs. Tobias from the burning building 41 Rivington street. Both will recover. The Kentucky Chautauqua assembly is holding a session at Lexington. Among the speakers are tho Rev. F. W. Gunsaulus of Chicago and the Hon. R. G. llorr of Michigan. John Desosiers, of St. Leonard’s,Me., was found dead near his house with his head crushed almost to a pulp. The coroner's jury was unable to learn who committed tho deed. The Louisville Southern railroad stockholders yesterday voted to lease its property to tho East Tennessee, Virginia & Georgia road. This (gives the latter line entrance into Louisville. John Kelly, an election sheriff nt Louisville, Ky., in a quarrel at the registration polls, struck Policeman George Roberts with his fist and killed him.

THE NATIONAL SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Lftw-Makoni and WliatTheyAro Doing for the Gomi of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Tur. Idaho admission bill was passed by the Senate without division on tho Ist Inst. The conference committee on the legislative appropriation bill reported that the House refused to agree to a Senate aiuondmeut and declined turt her conference. The only alternative being failure of the bill, or a recession on the part of the Senate. The Senate gnally refused to recede. ( 'lbis means that unless the House or Senate reconsiders its action tho legislative bill will foil and a new legislative bill will have to be prepared and passed. Mr. Reagan addressee! the Senate on his bill to prevent transportation of mercbandii? in bonel through the ports and territory of the United States into the Republic of Mexico, ani to restore tho privilege whenever the Zona Librei has been abolished. The Senate then went into secret session, and at 5 o’clock adjourned. The House resumed the consideration of the Federal election bill. Mr. Lodge offered un amendment providing that as soon as the certificate of the board has been mate public any person who was a candidate for election may, by motion before the United States Circuit Court having jurisdiction in tho district, contest the correctness ot the certificate made by the board, and demand an examination ami compilation of the returns. The returning officers shall produce before the Circuit Court all ret urns, reports, tickets, and all evidence on which it acted in advance in awarding the certificates. The Circuit Court shall thereupon determine and certify the person shown entitled to the certificate. Also nn amen Intent provid'ng that if there shall be an appeal from the decision of the United , Stales Board of Canvassers to the Circuit ! C ourt, the Clerk of the House of Representatives shall place on the rolls as the Representsl tive elect the name of the person certified by ; said court as entitled to the sent. The amend- ; inents were agreed to. Mr. Buckalew (Pa.) then ; moved to strike out section 38, which changes the law so as to place the selection of jurors in the hands of the clerks of courts. After debate Mr. Buckalew's amendment was adopted—yeas. 140; nays, 134. At the evening session Messrs. Dockery (Mo.), Kilgore (Tex.), Hooker (Mo.) and. i Carleton (Ga) spoke in opposition to tbe bill, and Messrs. Kelley (Kas.), Sweeney (Iowa), and Mudd (Md.) advocated it. In the Senate, on the 2d Inst., Mr. Hiscock called up his motion to reconsider the vote by which the Senate had refused to recede from the amendments to the legislative appropriation bill in reference to the pay of Senators’ clerks ; and committee clerks. Tne motion was agreed: to-yeas. 26; nays, 21. After debate the Senate receded from the amendments and the legislative bill now goes to the President for his signature. Mr.^ Cockrell offered a resolution (which was agreed to) calling on the Secretary of the interior for information as to the number of psnsionare borne on the list of each pension agency on the'lst of June, 1890, and as to the amount appropriated for clerk hire at each : agency. After a short executive session the I Senate adjourned. The House resumed the conj siderution of the federal election bill. MrI Rowell (Ill.) ottered in amendment making it 1 the duty of the Circuit Judges in each circuit, within one month after the passage of this act, to open a special term of tbe Circuit < ourt in thtir respective circuits, and said Judges shall appoint lor each judicial district throe discreet persons of good character and s anding, who shall be known as United States Juior Commissionem. It shall be the duty of such commissioners to organize as a board, and from time I to time make from the qualified voters a list of ’ persons who, under the laws ot the United. I States aud of the State, shall be eligible for jury ' duty without respect to race or color. Adopted —yeas. 150; nays. 144. The hour of 2 o’clock having arrived, the Speaker declared the pre- ; vious question ordarea on the bill and pending amendment. Mr. Springer moved to lay ths bill on the table. Lost—yeas, 148; nays, 156. Mr. Springer made a number of dilatory mo- ! tions which were lost. The bill was ordered engrossed and read a third time by a vote lof yeas, 155; nays, 148. The question then recurred on the passage ot I the bilL As the call was in progress tbe greatI e-t interest was manifested on both sides of the House. As Mr. Coleman (La.) cast his vote with ! tbe Democrats he was greeted with applause i from that side of the house, and the applause was re-unforced with cheore when Mr. Lenlbach (N. J.) also cast his vote against, the measure. Tho Republicans retaliated in kind, and as the j Southern Republicans, Messrs. Houk. Taylor ; (Tenn.), Waddin, Mudd (Md ), and Wilson (Ky.) recorded their votes in the affirmative cheer after cheer was given. The bill was passed—yeas, 155; nays, 149. Tbe House then at 9:25 adI lourned. Illusions. The fact of our having two eyes i makes some strange illusions possible. Let a paper tube be placed to the left ! eye and the hand be placed by the right side of it, and a hole will appear in the middle of the hand. This property oi the brain of combining the images ol the two retinas is occasionally of use , in tracing the form of an object undei the microscope without the aid of a drawing prism. That our judgment of distance depends largely upon our having two eyes may be shown by trying to thread a needle with one eye closed. Pictures must be classed as optical illusions, for all artists attempt to make objects on a fiat surface appear to have three dimensions. Sc well is this done at times that we think the eyes of a picture follow us as we move about the room. The effect of neighboring forms in misleading the judgment may be shown by placing , two exactly equal, somewhat horseshoej shaped pieces of cardboard with the narrow part of the one opposed to the bre d part of the other,when the latter win always look larger. How big does the sun look? is a question which would get various answers. It is diffij cult to estimate the size of an object when there is nothing to compare it with. When we see people walking on the top of a small lull, the summit of which is sharply defined against the sky, they appear gigantic. The “Specter of the Brocken,” a shadow cast by the rising sun. may also be mentioned. An amusing error oi ' judgment is often made when one at- ’ tempts to show the distance from the - floor a hat on a gentleman’s head would reach. If a square is divided I in one direction by parallel lines, it appears elongated in the direction of । the lines; in dress this is useful, sot vertical stripes make a lady look much : taller and thinner. Old Chocolate's Chaff. 3 1 A-manv dat he’p make laws Vp , break um. , Honesty am good, an’ laikwise a padlock on de do’. c De oldah 1 e man de less he risk bein’ r foun’ out w’en he lies. j Es yo’tie a hand knot in a hurry yo ■ nil wish yo’d tuk yo’ time. i Es yo’ know w’at tee do wid yo han’s • an’ feet swimmin’ er easy. • A nabab's pig may grunt loudah an ’ yo’n, but yo’ pig's gruu er mo’ laik music.—Puck. ' s Aluminium bronze is coining into exu tensive use in Germany for propellers j and other fittings for boats. The alloy ! consists of 90 per cent, of copper aud 1' 10 per cent of aluminium, looks like s ■ gold, and has the same weight as iron. a i A babbeb in Wellington, Kan., has I put out his sign as follows: “We are here to stay. No favoritism shown; 1 1 clean towels used on every customer.” 0 I — -—* n The one who has suffered most from $ his own faults is the one best qualified to give a warning word toothers.