St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 14, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 24 October 1891 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, . . - INDIANA WILL ADMIT WHEAT. GERMANY REMOVES THE DUTY ENTIRELY. Killed by Drinking Strong Coffee—Fatal Collision in Minnesota—A Warning to Cigarette Smokers—San Francisco Shaken—Attempt on the Premier’s Life. To Admit Our Wheat. Retorts are revived in Washington that American wheat and Hour wiii soon be admitted to Germany free of duty. | That the convention is completed to all intents and purposes, lacking only the little final touches, is generally believed. The negotiations have been in progress for some weeks, and have been occupying a great deal of the President's time. The German Government desired that the present condit ons governing the importation of beet sugar from that country into the United States be continued. In return, the President requested that Germany reduce its tariff on American breadstutts. Germany, according to the report, has not only acceded to this request, but has gone further and removed the duty on wheat and four altogether. President Harrison desired to include canned meats in the articles to be freed from duty, and it is possibe that he has succeeded, but the only authority obtainable confines the articles to breadstufis. Northwestern Wheat Stocks. The Northwestern Miller gives the stock of wheat in private e evators of Minneapolis at 1,159,000 bushels, or 131,000 bushels more than last week. The Minneapolis public stock increased 391,-60 bushels for the week, and Duluth decreased 103,209 bushels, leaving the total stock of all k nds at these two places 6,387,504 bushels. The Market Record reports the wheat in country elevators of Minnesota and the two Dakotas at 2,434,300 bushels, an increase for the week of 282,000 bushels. The aggregate stock in the Northwest is thus made 8,821,804 bushels, an increase for the week of 701,051 bushels. A year ago the total Northwestern stock amounted to 9,931,000 bushels. Strong Coffee Killed Him. Dr. F. C. Fownes died in New York, his end being brought about by an inordinate slavery to strong coffee. At one time his practice was one of the largest enjoyed by any homeopathic physician in New York. In the course of his practice some twenty years ago he became addicted to the use of coffee, and the taste grew on him to sucli an extent that he drank from three to five quarts a day. The coffee was made almost as strong as lye, and could not be swallowed | by anyone but himself. Dr. Fownes be- | came such a slave to the drink that he i gradually lost his practice and at the । time of his death was reduced to penury, for he had become a palsied wreck. Arrested on a Novel Charge. At Aberdeen, S. It.. Mr. C. M.

Sweitzer has commenced act on against I JD.r. IV. E. Euncn:- fo^ ^,OOO dairaffcti. I She alleges that the Doctor repeatedly { “pumped morphine into her husband so I teat he had become a morphine fiend,” and she was deprived of his support and companionship. Also that her husband is physically, intellectually and morally a wreck on account of said treatment. Sweitzer is in jail in default of bail. He is said to have made a written confession in the presence of the Sheriff and notary. He Charmed the Bloodhounds. Bob Aikens, a tough citizen bailing ; originally from Nashville, where he is ' connected with good families, escaped j from the County Work house at t hatta- I nooga, Tenn., by assaulting and stabbing ■ the guard. Bloodhounds were put on I his trail and caught him, but he evident- I ly stood in with them and the brutes j went away with .him, leaving the officers : in the lurch. Fatal Collision Near Shakopee. A head-end collision occurred on the Minneapolis and St. Louis Road, near Shakopee, Minn , between an Omaha and Minneapolis and St. Louis freight train. Fireman Thomas Rogers, of Albert Lea. was killed, being wedged between the cab and tender. The engineers and the oth >r fireman saved ' their lives by jumping. Sad Warning to Cigarette Smokers. Jay Sovi.es, IS years old, was found ' dead in bed at his home in North Nor- ■ wich. Conn. He wa ■. an inveterate cig- j arett smoker and was subject to severe ' attacks of headache and b ceding at the nose as the result. It is said h’s death is ’ directly traceable to the cigarette habit. Attempt on Premier Mercier’s Life. The Chief of Police at Montreal, Que., received a telegram from Premier Mer- ] eier to send a detective and a Sergeant ' f to Toureveur, the Premier's country res- \ idence. The reason for the call is un- ' known, but it is stated that an attempt ‘ was made upon the life of the Premier, i The New Mexican Tariff. The new Mexican t.rifT will go into ' effect Nov. 1, and the custom-house offi- I cials at Nueva Lared > and Piedras Ne- j gras, the two ] rincipal gate cities, are j being deluged with busin -ss on account of merchants rushing in goods from the I United States so as to avoid the high ' duties. Earthquake SHock in San Francisco. A severe earthqu ike shock occurred at San Francisco. It lasted fuTy half a minute a id was the most severe experienced in that city for a long time. Sc far as known no damage was done. Two Months Old and Weighs a Pound. A girt, baby two months old and weighing less than one pound is the object of much interest to the residents of Noi walk, Conn. The child at birth weighed true ounces. It is perfectly formed and seemingly as strong as babies usually are at that age. Oregon Stage Robbery. Wells, Fargo & Co.’s stage was robbed near Linkville, Oregon. It is not known how much money the robbers secured.

EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Nearly hundred acres of ground In the no mwest corner of Carbondale, Pa , under which Coal brook colliery of the Delaware and Hudson is tunneled, is sinking, and there is danger of one of the most extensive cave-ins In the history of the coal regions. • A wagon at Erastina, N. Y., wth four occupants, consisting of a man, woman, and two children, was struck by a train The man and woman were instantly killed and their bodies were hurled a considerable distance. The I children were picked up in a dying conI dition Three Burgettstown. Pa., hostlers found a bottle of liquor and almost drainei it Alex. Chapple took convulsions and died in two hcu-s, and the others are lying at the point of death. An analysis of the liquid remaining In j the bottle showed equal parts of strychnine and whisky. Fire destroyed the mansion occupied by August Belmont and family, at New York, completely ruining its costly contents and involving a loss estimated at $20,000, Mrs. Belmont, two children and the servants had narrow escapes from death. The fire started on the second floor and was caused by a curtain coming in contact with a lighted gas jet At New York news of numerous dis asters was received. The stgrm scots to have cropped tin aJI o\or the Atlan- ' tic Ocean as far north as me Dana* OI Newfoundland, as far south as the West. Indios and as far cast as the < oast of Great Britain. The most serious disaster reported was the loss of the steamer Wolverton. Her crew of thirty persons was rescued and brought to St. John's. At Buffalo, within a week about forty men have teen discharged from the employ of the Wagner Palace ( ar Company at East Buffalo because they were mem bers of an organization of anarchist . A short time a o a number of men had arranged to strike on a certain day. but on arriving at the works found a force of men ready to take their places. The ,' I mixed lye w.th paint used in finishing cus. 1 rouble is likely to follow. The Olivej & Roberts Wire Company, of Pittsburg, one of the largest concerns of its kind in the country, has made a request of its creditors for an extension The amount of its indebtedness could not be learned, as the members of the firm could not give figures, bat it was confidentially said that the creditors would be i aid every dollar. The suspension j was not wholly unexpected, as it was I known the firm has been closely pressed I for several weeks. The plant employs i a large force of men, boys and girls At Bordentown, N. J., Mrs. I arnell has been prostrated ever since her son's death. Her friends fear that the sho k has been too great for her an I that she may lose her me ital balance She has been confined to her bed. her old serv - tor. Edward Slcvin, and her friend. Mrs. W. J. Knond, of New York, being in constant attendance. At one time Mrs ' Parnell left her bed and burst Ino the I dining-room, her eyes ablaze and her j features haggard. She was greatly exi cited, and declared she would go at once I to New York, and thence sail for Ire- ! land to see her beloved son. Sobs ani I hysteri al laught r shook her frame and i the attendants were greatly frightened.

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. f A black bear weighing 200 pounds passed through one of the most populous streets of Du'utb, Minn., and jumped into the bay, where he was killed. The bear was headed for the wreck of the steamer Winslow, and had undoubtedly been attracted to the city by smelling the odor of the burning sugar in the unlucky vessel's cargo. IL C. Vaughan, a well-known Frem nt (Neb) business man, committe 1 suicide by lying down under a freight car, with his neck across the railroad track, and when the tra’n s art *d up his head was cut off. The waywardness of a son. wanted for burglary, is supposed to have driven Vaughan insane. While Indianapolis firemen were at work in the Van Camp Building, the wall was , arred by a passing train and fell, burying five men. As Walter Kerr struggled to his feet another train passed, and he was struck again, inflicting fata! injuries. Two other- were killed. Four men were injured at the same place when the lire started, two days before Gov. Campbelt, of Ohio, is indignant over an article copied by the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette from the New York Recorder, relative to his financial condition. The Governor has telegraphed his attorneys in New York to demand a full retraction from the Recorder, and if it is refused, to bring suit for iibel. A retraction was also demanded of the Cincinnati Commercial Gazette. While Miss Mi.lie W< od, Miss Josie Buskirk, and Mrs. Mary Welch, of Nebraska, Ind., were crossing the Big Four tracks in a buggy, the’r vehicle was struck by five loaded coal cars backed by an engine. Mrs. We’ch suffered a broken leg and the other ladies are ba ly cut and bruised all over. Their horse was killed and the buggy broken Into kindling wood. Bv a > explosion in mine No. 7 of Keith & Perry Coal-Mining Company at Rich Hill, Mo , Riley Metz was killed and Amos Alger seriously wounded. Half a dozen mules were also kil ed. and I about $5.0u0 damage de e. A rescuing | i party had a close ca'l, they being over- | | some by chok • damp. At the hour of i ! the exp’osion only two men were in the i I mine, otherwise, witli the regular work- . irg force, half a hundred miners would ( undoubtedly have been killed. The cause of the explosion is not known. The male population of Kiowa. Kan., has grown tired of petticoat rule, and 1 every man in the place, including the ' incumbent’s husband, has signed a petition calling on the lady Mayor to resign. 1 ast spring the people thought | it would be a fine thing to fall in line and ! advertise the place by ejecting a woman j for mayor. But since her installation she has waned relentless war upon the I saioons, effectually banishing the cow boy trade. She refuses to resign, but appeals to the Governor and Attorney । Genera'. Ed Neal, the murderer of Allan and I Dorothy Jones, was hung at ( maha, I Neb., in an inclosure built just o itside the county jail. Ninety four people witnessed the execution. The condemned man passe I a restless nignt. but he ' | walked to the scaffo’d without a tremor. ' j There was no hitch in the proceedings, i and Neal’s neck was broken by the fall,

| death being instantaneous. The murderer's real name is unknown, and on the scaffold he refused to d setose his identity, although ho confessed hts crime. ” An incendiary fir? at Washington, Ind destroyed the couri house together with all the records. The fire was started simultaneously in the office of the recorder and auditor, and. only a few nf the re ords from the clerk’s, sheriff s and treasurer’s offices were saved Charred papers from the recorder's ott.e s which were saved wore found to have been saturated with coal oil showing that the incendiaries had used oil to insure instruction. Every land t k every mortgag - and all the papers relating to the assessment of the county wre destroy d . Tin court house was built tn 1877 at a cost of 8135,050, Independence, lowa, was insane with joy over the success of her idol, Allerton in his race with Nelson at Grand Rapids.’ Men. women and children attend to the necessary duties with a waltz sten and wear a boundless sinil'. The telegraph office, American Trotter office and bulletin boards of th? po toffice were besi g d by a hopeful yet a xious mob watching with feverish inteiest for reports of the great stal'ion race. The news that Nelson had won the first heat was followed so < uickly by repsrA* of Allerton's success that the disappointment was it t fo.t. Three W®’! bands blared lustily, and Hcrff contributed bis ,• ocMkvFq ins boxes unt'l the city was '—- Oct 9 Conductor Richardson was held up by a footpad at Helena, Mont. A day or so after, Policeman Grogan found a suspicious character lurking about and halted him. The thug instantly flashed a gun and shot the policeman through the right lung. The officer fired three shots after him without effect Three hours la er the robber held up a Mr. Ray, getting a ' atch and some silver. A boy-ish-looking fellow was arrested, who proved to be a woman in disguise. Under pressur ■ she broke down and was permitted to send out a note, which was fol owed and led the officers to the hidingplace of her pa , one Clark, who was identified by both the victims and the officer, and Ray's watch was found on his person. .Io fp;iL Wilson, of Ch'cago, until a few days ago the trusted minute clerk of Judge Murray F. Tuley and the receiver of several concerns, is a defaulter and a fugitive upon th- face of the earth. How much in dollars an I cents he is “short” is not known. It may not be more than 85,000 It ma? be 8100,000. Another fact is that the missing man led a dual existence. On Wabash avouue“his wife and two grown children lie. Gn Burling street lives a young woman who has generally been regarded as Mrs. Wi son. There is no excuse for Wilson He has brought disgrace, uionthe woman who for twenty-five years has borne with him the cares of a busy life, and that at a time when the hectic flush of the fever of consumption is upon her cheek and when she is much less able to tight the battle with the world. Shortly after Joo Coe, the Omaha negro, had been lynched, it developed that the child Lizzie Yates, whom he assaulted, was no’ dead as reported, 'the matter became serious. and airangements were made to arra^ leading moinberx of 111 5 niob be ven wvwitwrji pf ihttriob rowtoff ,'lmwa will. oior.lor In tln^ptSt degree. County Attorney Mahcaoy refused to allow the prisoners ba i, and a large crowd surrounded the county jail and threat ned that if the prisoners were not given their liberty the jail would be attacked and the men liberated. The men under arrest are Joseph Neushoffer, Patrick O'Herne, John Frit’., R G. Bloom, H II Brandies, Ed Fitzgerald, and John O'Donoghue. Under ihe law of the State of Nebraska any man who took part in the lynching is guilty of murder in the first degn e and punishable by hanging. The mob was composed of the best c tizens, and while the affair is deprecated there is a determination to prevent the leaders suffering from the affair. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. The dead bodies of Deputy Sheriff Bill Castor and a bartender were found ! lying in Ohio’s saloon at Arthur City. Texas. The men were shot in the back and death must have been instantaneous. There is no clue. Fire at Montgomery, A a., destroyed Hunter & Co’s compress and 2,500 bales of cotton, causing a loss of 8125,000. At Mayfield. Ky., six acres of ground were burned over. The loss is plac dat 8100,000, with but little insuianco N::ar Norfolk. Va., Dr. William M. Lockwood was found choked to death. Robbery is supposed to have been the motive for t .e mur 'er. as the deceased was thought to have some money. No trace of the murderers cou'd be found. FOREIGN GOSSIP. The German Co ernment has placed an order in the hands of their American agents for eighty five tons of alum nuiA. It is intended for u c in nuHtar^g|^> ti ns. "- 'W A spectat. cable dlsnat<l tt ' T**«ema a City says it is not serious o eiirrol Tro was some slight excitement. Buy• Ing important happened. Nobo^jfas hurt. The rumor that an army is . n arching on the city from Quesalt^n- | ango is false. Dispatches from China state, that there has b( on serious rioting forty miles from the town of Amoy, in the provin e of Fo-Kien. The population of Amoy, am unting to about 300,000 people, is in a state of great etcitement. The riot was caused by official abuses. Several mandarins and other officials were killed by the rioters. Brigands attempted to wreck a train at a desolat ■ spot on the Haidar-Fachai-am:dt Railway’ in Turkey for the pur- ■ pose of robbery. The obstructions w re discovered in time, and the brigands decamped. The Oriental Railway Company, as a result of recent outrages by brigands, has demande I special guarantees from the Porto if it is to carry on its traffic The Right Hon 'William Henry Smith, hirst Lord of the Treasury, Government leader in the House of Commons and Lord \\ arden of the Cinque Ports, died at London. Mr. Smith had been very ill for some time past, but no serious consequences wei*> oxi ected until it "as suddenly announced that his condition was critical. A conference of physicians

| was hurriedly called, but their efforts ' were unavailing. enoris Skeletons of British soldiers of the I ™° f * 12 found at Lundy’s Lane, at Niagara Falls, Ont, in a trench whore opvosito th « cemetery, where the bones of many others are supposed to lie. Some of the red coats were in perfect condition Many buttons were found, also tobacco pouches, kmyes, buckskin vests and officers’ braid. About fifteen skeletons have bv tho Uß hn?t The re S‘ mpnts ' as shown by the buttons, wore the Sixty-ninth the One Hundred and Third. The British Historical Society will have the bones buried in th? trench in the cemetery. iho cemetery is on a knoll of ground where there was an English battery. Rhu matic fever is given out as the cause of the death of Mr. Parnell, but a post-mortem examination will be held in order to decide definitely. The prospect of an Irish reunion over th« grave of Farnell is less encouraging The news from Pamellita associations, both in Gr at Britain and Ireland, confirms the anticipation that an attempt will be made to keep up the organization with the same motives and aims as heretofore. Much depends upon a meeting of the rarnellite momb rs of Parliament, which takes place soon after the burial of Parnell. jf they should resolve to give up the contest it is thought tlxat the various leagues would follow sulk GENERAL NOTES. The Brotherhood of Railw; - Conductors and the Order of Railway Conductors were formally consolidated at Cedar Rapids. The sum of 8100,003 was subscribed by members of the Spanish colony of the City of Mexico for the relief of the sufferers by the late floods at Consuegra, Spain. The United States Government will reserve, un er thi act of Congress passed at the last session, 1,203,000 acres of land ( n the headwaters of the White River in Cdorad >. The committee appoint 'd to pass on i the acceptance of the marble statue of Jefferson Davis for the vestibule of the Confederate monument in Jackson have finally decided to accept the statue. At the City of Mexico, anxious creditors whose claims aggregate over 8400,00) are seeking the whereabouts of Salvador Ma'o, a prominent contractor. He is said to have gone to Europe by way of New York. It is reported on excellent authority that Flo ’a Frances is to be the name of the litt o daughter of the ex-President and Mrs. Cievo and The first name is to bo given to the baby in honor of Mrs. William C, Whitney, wife of ex-Secre-tary of the Navy Whitney. The Frances will be added, it is said, at the earnest request of Mr. Cleveland, who has not shared his wife’s dista-t' for her name. The Census Bureau has made public a bulletin in re'at : on to iron ore. It shows the. quantity of iron ore produced in the United States during the year 1889 to have been 14,518,041 long tons, valued, at 833.351,978, an average of 82.30 per ton. The four leading States were Michigan, Alabama, Pennsylvania and New York, aggregating 10,234,259 : tons or 70 40 nor rrvnt nf the total , product. Capital invested, sdov,76 , iyq. , A. rKKiHiir car that run 11» 1 ' Chinese lepers is missing. ' Wh -n last heard of, the car. bound for New York, was being pulled out of Vancouver. The lepers were inside, with a cask of water and a barrel of bread The car door was sealed. The car should have reached New York a week ago, if the Canadian Pacific Railroad su cecded in i getting it past the authorities on the I United States 1 order. Friends o' the lepers would like to know what has be- i come of them, and so would the New York Health Board. R. G. Dux A Co.'s weekly review of trade saxs: i rotn all parts of the West ana soumcome advlc?s that business In gradually improving, and the Iniprovement is felt in Eastern centers. There is still a most encouraging absence iu any trade of that speculative excitement and over-con-fidence which is so often a presage of disaster. Purchases are governed by unusual conservatism, and yet are large in volume. Failures are rather numerous. | but are in nearly ail cases the results of a long continued commercial strain, since the foreign disaster of last November. It is true that prices of nearly all products are i very low, and the margin for profit is very narrow while competition is severe; but the volume of trade is larger than in any previous year, in spite of the fact that some branches of business are retarded. It is also true that collections in s mie quarters are slow, but the latest reports from various sections are on the whole more favorable. The news regarding the chief iudusj tries is decidedly favorable. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime 53.5 J @ 6.50 H ms—Shipping Grades. 4.C0 («. 5.25 SHEUP—Fair to Ch.ice 3. it to. 5.25 WaKAT—No. 2 lied 98 ?JB^ Cons—No. 2 .54 Oats No. 2 26 c? .27 Byk—No. a Hi <<s .87 Bvtfib—Choice Creamery 26 .28 Cheisk—Full cream, fiats .1 > Egg —Fresh 18 .19 Fotaioes—New. per bu 32 & .38 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.51 gt 5.75 Hoax Choice Lixht 3.50 52> I Sheep—< oiummi to Prime 3.3 U el LoU KA r—No, 2 Red 95 @ .96 CoitN —No. 1 white *^2^ » OU & •'« ST. LOU.S. AJath-e 3.50 0 6.00 T H gs 3.50 @ 5.25 Wu-AF NO. 2 lied .96 .97 Corn—No. 2 S 3 .54 Oa.s—No. 2 2>Js.^ .27)a Rie—No. 2 ^1 & .83 CINCINNATI. CAITL’ 3.50 A 5.25 Hogs 4.(0 (O) 501 Shi-ec 3.00 5.00 WHT— Xo. 2 Red 98 (<« .9J Corn—No. 2 59 & .61 Oats- No. 2 Mixed ;>0 & .32 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 @ 525 Hogs 3.(0 @ 4.75 SHEEP 3.00 & 4.50 W HEAT-No. 2 Red 99 (<J 1.00 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 54 ,56 Oats—No. 2 W hite 31 .33 TOLEDO. Wheat—New •••• <0 @ 1,01 Corn—No. 2 Y’ellow 55 i<t» .57 Oats—No. 2 White 29 & .30 Rye 87 (<tl .88 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle 5.00 @ 7.00 Live Hogs 4.-.5 131 5.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.02 @ 1.04 Corn—No. 2 .64 J; .65 MILWAUKEE. Wheat —No. 2 Spring 93 @ .95 Corn—No. 3 1 56 (^ .58 Oats—No. 2 White 29 (® .31 Rye—No. 1 88 @ .89 Barley No. 2 61 (3 .62 Kbk —Mess 12.10 4112.50 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 5.75 Hogs 4.00 @ 6.00 Sheep 3.50 & 5.25 Whect—No. 2 Red 1.05 @I.OB Corn—No. 2 6) & .62 Oats—Mixed Western 32 <3, .35 Butter—Creamery 16 @ .27 Fork—New Mess 11.50 <312.00

j PARNELL IS NO MORE THE IRISH LEADER EXPIRES SUDDENLY. —1 His I nlooked-For End Due to a Chill Con- | traded Last Week—lntense Surprise Caused Throughout England and Ireland 1 by the Startling Event. Caused by a Chill. Charles Stewart Parnell died suddenly , ~; risl L ton - Death was the result of a chill wiui which the great Parliamentary leader was attacked last week. Ue gradually became worse and was compel.cd to take to his bed, from which ha never arose. Shortly after Mr. Fame 1 had been induced to letire to his bel h 3 condition became so grave that Mrs. I arnell and the attending physician de(ydod it advisable to at once summon additional medical advice. Two other phys cians were at once called in, but notwithstanding their efforts Mr. I arnell continued to grow steadily worse, and it soon became obvious that the Irish leader was gradually sinking and that death was but a question of few aaAS. perhaps hours. Since then it appears to have been simply a!matter of awaiting the arrival of the inevitable. The announcement of Mr. Farnell’s death caused a tremendous sensation here, says a London cab egr-am, the news coining while the pub ic mind is still agitated by the deaths of William Henry Smith and other distinguished

men. At first it was feared that it was , another suicide, and this wa-s fu'ly believed in by many in London, by whom there was a frequent_ grouping together of the suicides of Balmaeeda, Boulanger । CHARLES STEWART PARNELL. and Farnell. This impression was kept up for some time until d tails came showing that the 4 death was from nat- । ural causes, the'result of a severe cold, j Expressions of surprise wer • at first more numerous than of sorrow, al- j though now that the facts are learned * these are succeeded by a feeling of! pity. The death was a great surprise. I Kpbody was aware that Mr. 1 arnell had been ailing and it is wonder tha r rumors of suicide took possession of the public mind, but it s ems that his physicians had frequently warned him that j he was not strong and that he ougJit to j cease public speaking for a time. He i , mu le bls last spec, ’i fn Ireland a vwk I I nern. 71 was notlrAu wt nil recent meet- 1 Ings tbat fie worked blm>e t up to a । h gh p t( h of nervousness, the tension of i , which lasted for days after. Desp te : the entreaties of his wife ho persisted in | talking, although he promised scon to I i take a rest Mrs. Farnell is prostrated by grief and fatigue, and the physicians are apprehens vo as to her condition She has been nurs ri" her husband constantly since the coni settled on his lungs Both were hopeful of recovery until nearly the last, when death camo with terrible ’ suddi nness. The effe t of Mr. Parnell’s decease on the political situation is air ady being i discussed The healing of oissensk ns In the national party is looked for which 1 wi 4 imm nsely help the cause of home I rule, removing ail obstacles to its prog- । less in Ireland itself. The literals in England have reason to hope for the i restoration of harmony with the entire ' body of Irish nationalists and for the ! assistance of its undivided vote in the next general election. Mr. Farnell had only just reachel his I forty-fifth year and there seemed no I reason why he should not have lived to attain a ripe old age and to enjoy the I full realization of his political aspirations. His death, occurring ju t at Uie ! I resent critical periol of Irish affairs, is : cal ulated to produce a complete < han&j । I in the disposition not on y of the IrDh 1 Tolitical forces, but t» bring avoirs at I first a dis'ntegi ation and then a recon - i str. ction of two polit cal parties of I Great Britain Under any circumstances the Tory c alition with the so lowers of Mr Parnell i now at end, and; curid; s as it may appear, there ( an be little doubt that his decease will ba e furnished the occas'on fonuniting all HomeRulers under one leader, thereby putting an end to the < haotic confusion which i has now existed for neatly a year. The death of Mr. 1 arnell cal's up to I any person who is interested in and has | c osely followed the Irish moveme it i 1 since 1875 memories of a perio i into I wore events UGring any prlv”ois ctentury in the history of that race. All those remarkable struggles and episodbs cluster around^one striking pers nalitv, I the story of whose development will constitute a long and piegnant chapter in the nariative of modern society. He Was a Corker. It is reported from ranama that a monster shark was captured in the j i harlgir there recently. It measured I nearly twenty-four feet in length, and ! I was four feet in diameter at the i j greatest width. The skin was about . 1 half an inch thick. It was captured by a harpoon..thrown by a tireman on j a steamer.,and the steamer was com- | ifictely turned-round by the powerful ' fish when it was first made fast. Freshly laid sod is much more I likely to succeed if covered with about 1 an inch of fine soil. This will save it even iu a dry time, when otherwise it would fail to get a good start. During the past decade, while the I United States has diminished its debt j about one half. France has added I $950,000,030 to hers. 1 A pollar in the pocket is worth two ! in tile hand.

PUBLIC OPINION. General Boulanger. I The suicide of Boulanger removes the Diss Debar of French politics-In-dianapolis Sentinel. At last Bou’anger has attempted something in which he has succeeded.-j-I Philadelphia Inquirer. ’ His suicide, like Falrrac' da's, was the only^way in which he could save himself from a wors ■ fate.—Boston Herald. M hen he stood over the grave of his mistress And decided to solve the mystery of the future, perhaps he made no mistake.:—Minneapolis Tribune. Balmaceda-Boulanrer. These are al- , literative examples for you, Barillas. The world will not coinpla : n if you low where they have led.—Detroit Flee Press. Boulanger, the man of destiny, is dead, and it may be said of him as of another, ‘ the last state of that man was worse than the first.’ - —Ba.timore Herald. It will be fortunate if France p ofits by the exposure of Bo ilanmspi. But it doos not take much to make a hero in France, as this man's life shows.—Philadelphia Press. The assertioi tbat “Gen ral Boularger's death will strength n France" is bosh, of cou.s>. For n or • thar a year ' pisth? has had r.o following.—St. Louis J Globe lli'it.GcriiL * yvv, „ ...

The ?eal lesson of the career thus pitifully ended is a simple one. It is summed up in Wolse 's familiar advi* to Cromwell. Boulanger could not fling awJy a mean ambition for a noble one.— Boston Post With one sentiment in Boulanger’s “political testament” there will be a gen- । era 4 ! agreemcn*—the expr ssion of regret that he did not di ■ on the field of I battle fighting for his country.—Grand Rapids Demccrit. H ■ overreached hin s If in his attempts to attain th ' h< ight of his ambition, a;m 1 instead of beconirg the dictator of ■ Franc? and a s cond Napoleon, he 4endfd his life miserably. ot th' grave of the wo nan for wl.o n he d 'ser.ed his f tmily and disgraced himself. —Philadelphia Call. The mob of Pa is and the aristocracy !of Fiance might have 'forgotten the I wound in B julanger’s neck; they might have overlooked the liaiso 1 w th Bonnemain and the desert on of the wife; but they could not conceal their disgust at the cowardly flight f;om danger. This disgrace, added to th * others, marked the end—Rochester Post Express. Grover’s Little Girl. Baby McKee to Baby Cleveland: “Keep off the White House grass. ”—Washington Post Papa Cleveland feels “a heap bigger” now than when he was elected President —Omalft Bee. Tnere is no use in talking. Grover j Cleveland s girl ought to have s been a I boy.—lndianapolis Sentinel. President Harrison can send hearty i congratulations to Mrs. Cleveland’s husband—it’s a girl.—St Louis Post-Dis-patch Baby McKee will turn green with envy when he fully realizes what has occurred in the Cleveland mansion.—Pittsburg Dispatch. I Everybody Is wishing Mrs. C'eveland and the baby well and some people are ! interested In the om man s weliare.— I Toledo Commercial. Grover (leveland is still in the shadow of his bad luck. It was a girl, and Baby : McKee is a boy and has the innings.— Petersburg Index-Appeal. After all. If Baby Cleveland had been a boy there would ha e been just as many people disappointed. It is an even question.—Kansas City Times. If Mr. Cleveland is happy, nobody else has any right to complain: but, all the same, about 5.009.000 Democrats wish it was a boy.—St Louis Republic. Baby McKee has a rival in Baby Cleveland, and the paragrapher? have a brand-new and nexhaustible source of inspiration.—Wheeling Register. If Harrison and Cleveland are the nominees of their respective parties for President in 1892, Faby McKee is knocked out as a factor in the campaign.—New Orleans Delta. The House of Lords. Evidently Gladstone doesn't expect to enter the House of Lords unless he does so with a broom and sweeps the interior from woo'sack to entrance —Minneapolis Times. If as statesmen there is reason in the ! suggestion to pay members of the En- ! glish Parliament a salary, who is there ! that can coi.scle. tiously cavil at similar ! financial recog lition of our able but | just now overworked city councils?— Philadelphia Times. The “Grand Gid Man”4ells the people of the United Kingdom that Parliament j could get along nicely without the Lords. 1 But how would the Lords get along? I That is a part of the problem that Mr. 1 Gladstone does r ot appear to have solved. —Milwaukee Journal. Mr. Gladstone s speech at the Newcastle congress i dicates that the Liberal hosts of England will rot la k vig- | orous leadership in the approaching co ;- not lost’itsgrower nor his tongue its cunumg —at i-vuis vusi-uispav-n. The Soiled Pennant. New York was bound that Chicago should not have both the World’s Fair and the base-ball champion hip.—Boston ! News. Among the relics to be exhibited at the World’s Fair is a base-ball same as I played in t ; he palmy days of Anson. — Detroit Tribune. .If base ball is obliged to go on crutches next year the New Y'^rk management ought to be assessed with the doctor's bill at least —Lincoln Journal. r The defeat of the Chicago Club in the : rate for the league pennant is a disgrace to the National Base-Ball League aud a blow to base-ball.—Milwaukee b'eptinol. There are charges that New York and s?me of the other Eastern clubs, finding ' that they could not win, have sold out j in favor of Boston. But Ch'cago has ! little cccasion to join in these charg s if “Anson’s Co ts” could not “get away” I with the poorest club in the League. — Grand Rapids Democrat. Talk about beans and brains, what's the matter with beans and brawn? Bos- • tom the hub of the universe of intellect, is not only the home of the champion o’ ! champions, John L Sullivan, hut the pennants of both the I ase-ball organizatu ns will hang fr Sn her wa'ls for a year to come. —Louisvil e ’Nines.