St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 22, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 19 December 1891 — Page 2

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA _L . I HEATHEN RETALIATE. THE CHINESE EMPERORTAKES UMBRAGE. Another Step in tile Blaine Divorce Caso —Terrible Disaster on England's Coast Yellow Jack at New York’s Doors— Strange Judicial Blunder. Congressional. In the Senate among the bills introduced and referred were the following: To repeal all laws discriminating against the circulation of State banks; to amend the laws in relation to national banks and to retire their circulation; defining options in “futures - ’ and imposing taxes thereon; to establish a permanent census office and to provide for taking the twelfth and subsequent censuses; to prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese into the United States, whether they are Chinese subjects or otherwise; to amend the Pacific Railroad acts; to reimburse the several States for interest paid on moneys expended in raising troops; for a uniform classiccation of whe-t, oats, rye. etc. Mr. Dolph offered a re.-, utlon caliliur on tho War Department for a . eport aS to whether the previsions of the last river and harbor bill to prevent the unlawful obstruction of the navigable waters of the United States had been enforced, and if not why not. Agreed to. The Senate then went into executive session, when some nominations were referred to committees, and then adjourned. Thirty Lost In a Wreck. Thirty lives are reported lost by the foundering of the British ship Enterkin. She was bound from Hull for Brisbane, and was caught in the channel during the heavy storm Notwithstanding the j utmost efforts to save the vessel, she was driven on the sands near Ramsgate and went to pieces The only person known to be saved was an apprentice boy. The Enterkin was standing on an inshore tack and the wind blew so furiously that it was impossible to carry sail enough to prevent her from making leeway. and she was driven ashore almost broadside. After she had struck a part of the crew succeeded in launch ng a boat and got clear of the ship. They headed shoreward, but were almost immediately thrown into the sea by the swamping of their boat by a high-roller, which broke over the stern and tilled it. Every man who was in the boat was drowned almost in sight of his comrades on the wreck. Shortly afterward, the ship, which had been standing upon a comparatively even keel, was struck by a tremendously high sea and she heeled over throwing every person aboard of her into the water. China Will Not Exhibit at the Fair. The Chinese empire has officially notified the State Department that it-will take no part in the World s Fair. The Emperor holds that if h's subjects are good enough to come to the Columbian Exposition they are good enough to be admitted to the United States at all other times. The ultimatum was delivered to the State Department through XI Danby iWo ob’eotfon rni iorl to Ch'ncse merchants already in tho Unite I States participating in the Exposition, but China as a country refuses to take any part whatever in the Fair. The result of the Chinese negotiations ha- been wired to Director - General Davis. Mrs. J. G. Blaine, Jr, Gets Ahmonv. The motion for alimony in the Blaine divorce case was heard before .Judge Charles M. Thomas of the Deadwood, S. D., district. Judge Garlan I, in behalf of the plaintiff, appeared with the requisite affidav ts. wherein it appeared that plaintiff was at present entirely dependent upon her family (relatives). One thousand dol’ars alimony was asked for and 8500 soicitor’s fees. The Judge, however, granted but 8500 alimony and *3OO solicitor's fee-, t» be paid within the next thirty days. The case will be tried at Dea 1 wood by stipulation as to time some time in February. Sentenced the Wrong Man. A most remarkable blunder on the part of the Mercer County (N. J.) Court will probably co t the county a considerably sum. The court convicted one Joshua Anderson for stealing wagon tires from John 11. Sharp, of Columbus. Sen'ence day came and the name of J. ■ Anderson was called. The convicted man was not in court, but his cousin Joseph Anderson was, and being among the spectators he was taken to the bar and in short order sentenced to pay a fine and costs and be locked up. Now a suit for damages is to follow. And the j officers are looking for the convicted I Anderson. Yellow Fever on Board. The steamer Advance, of the United Statesand Brazil Mail Steamship Com-j pany, from Brazilian ports, has arrived at New York. She is detained at quarantine because of yellow jack, two deaths having occurred among her crew during the voyage. The Advance left Santos on Nov. 10 with merchandise and i twenty passengers. On Nov. 17 William B. Thomas, ship carpenter, die 1 of yel- ! low fever and was buried at sea. On the 29th, O. IL Nelson, the quartermaster, died of the same disease and was also buried at sea. Two Women and a Child Killed. Two women and a child were run over and instantly killed on the Illinois Central tracks at Homewood, 111., by the Cincinnati fast express of the Big Four road. The killed are: Mrs. Mary Gotschalk, Homewood; Lettie Gotschalk, infant daughter of Mrs Anna Gotschalk; Mrs, Mary Witt, Homewood. Murder Over Some Chickens. Solomon Falke, aged 17, murdered James McCabe, aged 23, at Lima, Ohio. The children had quarreled about chickens and the boys took it up. Falke killed McCabe with a butcher knife. Condensed News. The grip is epidemic in St. Lou's. There are 20,000 cases In the city. Five persons were burne I to death in a hotel at Moose Jaw, Manitoba. Du. H. S. Dmglas, surgeon of the Kansas City Hospital, committed suicide. John Miller, an insane man of Mount Olivo, HL, killed his wife and then himself. Lemuel Richards, an old and wellknown resident of Milwaukee, committed suicide. .. , j

EASTERN. The head of tho New York bombthrowor is still uu den titled. Governor Hui, of New York, is eon- I stantly attended b; three detectives Argument in the New York Senatorial ' election cas s was heard in tho Court of j ■ Animals at Albany the other day. At Long Island City, Eppinger A- Rus- * sei’s cr< o otc works were destroyed by j tire, causing a loss of $40,000. Over two hundred steerage passenger ■ are detained at the barge office in New York on suspicion of being co.tract la- । borers. William J. Gibbons one of the tiro- ' bugs charged with burning the Dupont buildings, at Wilmington, Dol., has been found guilty. Charles Mani.ky, a Pitt-burg (l a U burglar, walked quietly out of tho Crim- | Inal Court in that city, and has not been i recaptured. The New York Board of trade has passed a resolution that the State of New York should spoil I #1.000,00 I for a State exhibit at the World's Fair. By an explosion of hot metal at the I Lacy furnace, in Pittsburg, Joseph i Nondette and Frank Gerrodo were fatally and throe others seriously burned. ' * j Tm: it .InrhHlK I•I » y .M «■ ' New York, was raided by the police for ; the second time within a week. Sixteen prisoners were taken, among whom was ' McGlory himself. Fire at Philadelphia in the brewery j of Cbri tian Schmidt, at Second and Girard avenue, caused a loss on build- j Ing, machinery and stock cst mated at $25,0 0; fully Insured. The heirs of Colonial Governor Dongan, of New York, are preparing to bring suit to test the validity of titles to I property in the heart of the city held by I James Gordon Bennett, the Astor- and < others. I ' At Concord, N. 11., Warden Cdb I handed t > Murderer Sawtelle the < tile ml ; document fr m the Supreme Court informing him that bls in tion Ur a m w trial had been denied Sawtelle rea I I the paper and then said: “I hardly ex- ; pected this Did you, Warden?” The Warden replied: “No, I did not.” SawI telle then asked t > see his conn cl. Sixty-eight Catholic convicts were , confirmed at the State Prison In TrenI ton. N. J. Bishop O’Farrell conducted ; ! the ceremonies, be.ing assisted by his ; brother. Rev. William O'Farrell, Rev. I Peter Jachettl and Rev. Father Fide Is, i the prison chaplain. About sixty guests ■ were present, an invitation Includ ng ; State ami city officials, both < atholic : and I'rot stant. The prisoners who were to be confirmed wore dressed for j the occasion in white shirts ami dark trousers. All of the other Catholic I prisoners were In attendance. clad in the striped uniform, and some of them . ■ with ball and chain. Onk man was killed and four others j Injured more or le s seriously by a fall- j 1 I Ing wall, caused by an explosion during a tire in Lee, Hol ard A Co.'s plan ng mill at Buffalo, N. Y. The tire was dis I covered in the shaving-room, situated 1 atinvv the WHer room, ami Into which j shavings are brought by suction through j pipes It was the dust in tho shaving I r< om that exploded and caused the j disaster. To add to the horror, tlier<' was a rush of c-eap.ng scalding steam pouring out of the debris. A largo pipe cros-fng the pa'tsa eway from the boiler room bear [ ing steam to other portions of the building was broken short off by the faking wall, and allewed the steam to e-eape Some of tho victims wore almost parboiled. Willing hands were quick ya’ work to rescue tho imprisoned workmen. It was found that five wore caught in all. Une was completely out of si ht. while the others were bulled up to tin* breast. WESTERN. George Morrison, whoso skull wafractured in tlie Sheplu rd bio k disa* ter in St. I aul, died. Robert Ri ster and his w.fe were ■ killed near Evansville. Ind., while attempting tocross a rallroa 1 track in front of a train. Monox fur a new tr al for murderer Martin Ha'l. of I.a Grang ■. Ind., was । overruled. Hall will be sentenced to ; life impr-onm nt. Alfkeh Peterson, aged 20, fell from the bucket in the I ake Superior Iron Company's shaft at Ishpeming, Mich , and was instantly killed Arthur Sloan, who :hot and killed : B. J. I'aldwln. his stepbrother and badly wounded his mother, at Fontanelle, ! Neb., Oct. 1, esc aped from jail at Biair, ' Neb. Ar Fargo, N. D.. the jury in the ! Remington murder case returned a verdict of guilty, fixing the penally at imprisonment for life It is a compromise verdict. Tex car-loads of stock were wrecked at the crossing of the Santa I-e and Union Pacific at Abi cue. Kan., by a j collis on <ne brakeman w a kil’e 1 ami ' others were wounded. The Supreme Court of Idaho decided that the State Board of Equalization I had erred in e .ualizing assessments by ' classes This deci-ion will increase the assessment of the Union Pacific railway i sloo.o'lo per year Tex < ars loaded with <att e were wrecke I at the crossing of the Santa Fe I ami Union Uaeifi • tracks at Abilene, j I Kas. Two long trains crashed into each I other. One of the brakemen was in- | jured fatal y arid others were wounded. I Tin: grip is epidemic in Denver. It , ! made its appearance with the first fall I Ii of snow three weeks ago Since then | the number of caseshave been gradna ly I • ! on the increase until there are now 750 ! ■ cases. Men arc down with it on the i i police force and fire department, and i ; severai letter carriers. At Cheyenne, Wyo, Deputy United • ' States Marshal F. M. Canton has been I arrested for the murder of Tisdale. 'Dio i ■ information was filed by Tisdale’s brothI er, a Texas desperado, who is now un- , I der an assumed name. Canton has always borne a good record, and the arrest Is a surprise. The parties backing t the prosecutions say they will also get ■ W. C. Irvine and Frank Hesse, prominent ranchmen, into the net Near La Junta, Colo., Kit Carson Jr., I 1 a son of the famous old scout of the I . _ _ .

same name, killed his father-In-law mother-in-law, and then nuum w an< l escape. This is not the ^ a< ® Ko ° l ’ Us ! affair Carson has been mpflcated^ 11 ‘'“Ptured this time th"r - he I son to believe that this will be hh last" • Michael Lavelle, chargel win 1 ; Hlelly l U burning l t „ wde '* i rUl 1 ' ami who hit the country immediately after thk fire, has returned and surrendere I hil 0 i ... L A SRye 1)0 wa ' 1,1 Arkansas'" n? r K -V’ lg 8C0,, « S > and denies Uh . kuowle .go of tho crime. I At Waehita, Kas., two United States ' Marshals brought in from the Crook country three heavily armed Indians named l.es’ey Scott and Casar J n , v members of the famous Captain W 1 band of desperadoes wh ch has terror 1 ; L J that country for several months ! Iho (amp was surprised northeast, of the Sac and Lox Agency, and after a i long chase and des; erale fight, in which j two men were wounded, these three were • captured. cro Tin: remains of Matthew Rumford a Russian, were found in the hills west o f । Ellenda’e, N. D.. having perished in the i groat blizzard which prevailed all ov.-r ‘ tho Northwest last week. He was found i resting against a largo stone about half i a mile from a house. He had unhitclMl t aud j i-heiu U» the wagef’ । and apparently tried to find the hmW-' iienfr ’"Aha'At..’* -ui, found on the prairie with both feetS*. , badly frozen as to make amputation ne<> ’ essary. Mu h suffering to people anti stock is reported from the blizzard. Ar Elizabethtown, Ohio, the mother of tho MeDale family is past eighty and sleeps with her daughter. Groans from his mother's room called the son there to • witness a b'ood curdling sight- During the night the daughter had boon taken mortally ill, clasped her aged mother In ' her arms and pinioned her tightly. | Tho horror of the situation caused the ■ <» d ladv to faint and while thus uncon* sc ous the daughter had died hugging ' the mother. The aged victim was held as if in a vise. It re ;uired the united strength of two men to remove the dead woman's arms and release the mother, ' who Is -o low from the shock and chok- : ing she received that it is scarcely prob- 1 able she can recover. SOUTHERN. Dm I liAxcts 1) ixaldson. one of tho most distmguished physicians in Baltimore, died in tli • I’.’ith year of his ago. | 'l'm: missing men supposed to be in ; the ruin- of the M< nno candy factory at Louisville, Ky , have returned to their homes Tlie number dead is now given J at twelve. Tt x men. sentenced to be- hanged. | have been released, nt C< lumhia. s c, ! Heniy Suber having confo-scl that ho alone committed tiie murder of which they were convicted. Mi-- A. 11 But <f. Frank l’a< kwood, Mrs L. D. Hatch, and her little son wore all found murdered in a house re ; c. ntly hired by the Packwotal family, ■ six miles south of Now Smyrna. Fla. , Their throats were cut from ear to ear, and a 1 bed been dead apparently about eighteen hour- Tramp - । EuGF.riKi.o County, K U., noted^for the many murders and lynchings that have occurred there during the la't forty years is mainta ning Its reputa- I ton Recently lick Lundy (colorwl) 1 was shot to death in ;atl by a mob for tho murder <>f James Ouzts, son of tho sheriff of r.ilgeli Id County. Young < uzts was shut by Lumly at a sup per and died the day following Tlie lynching o-cuned while the Sher.ff was absent from the jail attend ini’his Son’s funeral When tlie Governor received the new- that Lundy hail be. n lyni he i. he lm;m ‘l atoly ordered a Ft ward of S’oo for tis<- principal lyncher and S? 5 । for tho accessories and instructed the state Solic;t >r to proceed to , Edgefield and make a -earching Investigation of the ma ter. POLITICAL. A Mei i ix<, of the Execmlve Committee of tho D-’inoeratic National Committee was held at tlie Arlington Hotel in Washington Tlie principal business done by tho committee was the living of the time and place for the meeting of tho full National I emocratic Committee, which w ill determine the time and pl»‘C f< r hold ng the Democratie Convention of ls>i? It took the co mtn t tee but a few minute- to agree upon Januar., 21 n \t, at 12 o’d >ck, as to date and W ashington as the place for the meet ing of the full committee. The meetings will be held at the Arlington Hotel, where tlie recent meetings of tlie Ro- . publican Committee were held. FOREIGN. ! z\x officer of the Melbourne (Australia! Building Society lias embezzled SSO,- i 000 of the funds of the institution. W’. H. I‘exxixgton, the tragedian, . who is one of tlie immortalized “Six Hundred" cavalrymen’ who made the famous charge at Balaklava, lias given i , his farewell j erformance at I ondon. A xi w vo’eanic sland, 500 meters ’"n length. Las appeared southward of the ’ island of I antel aria, between Sicily I ami Africa, near the scene of the submarine upheaval of a few months ago. | The I ody of Doni Pedro, the ex-Em-l peror of Brazil, who died at his resi- i deuce, the Hotel Bedford, in Paris, was ' placed in the coffin prepared for it, and ’ wi.l be conveyed to Lisbon and interred i in the family vault there. An idea of the extent of the ravages ' ; of influenza in Berlin may be gathered : from an articl * which appears in the Mmlizinseh Wochensehrift. This n,ed- ! । icai authority states that during the i , past week there have been 40,000 cases i of the disease m Berlin Tlie death rate ’ j from influenza is not high, but thirty of ! । the cases reported having resulted fatal- I i ly- The residents of Hamburg have be- i come almost , anic stricken at the wide prevalence of the disease in that city, i Hie epidemic in Hamburg is particular- I y virulent in its nature. The statistics 1 there show that during the past week i n vei-i -e KIVG ” 280 abovo tho i Michael Davitt. the famous Irish I leader, was seriously wounded during a I riot in Waterford City, Ireland Davitt I and William O’Brien had gone to W'ater- i ford to support the candidature of Mr Keane, the. nominee of the McCarthyites for the seat in Parliament made ! vacant by the death of Richard I 1 ower. Mr. Keane’s opponent is I

Mr. Redmond, a member of tho Parnell wing of the Irish party. Mr. Davitt was stsongly urged by the McCarthyites to stand for Waterford, but he dec ined to do so and in consequence of his refusal Mr. Keane was made the nominee. The riot was one of the most sanguinary and vicious of any of tlie political rows that have recently attended the discussions in Irish towns of the rival leaders. Tho opi>osing crowds fought at very close quarters, and surged to and fro throughout the streets, seeming utter y regardless of the presence of the police. Vol- i : leys of st >nes were hurled through the air with a vicious ce erity that sent , many to hospitals, tho police station, I and then home for prompt surgical at- । : tention. In the midst of the affray ■ ' Mr. Davitt receive;! a na-ty cut on tlie ; forehead, from which tho blood Lowed j freely. Mr. Tanner and others were injuiod by stones. IN GENERAL 1 he directors of tho Bank of England reduced the bank's rate of discount from 4 to 3.U per cent. The strike of the telegraph operators on tlie Southern Pacific is assuming serious proportions. The Santa Fe may be Involved. i It is stated that tho Archbishop of i Canterbury will visit Ameriea next year and w ill make a tour through the United } States and Cana la. I - sexiiou Pohtei.i.a, Governor of tho I State Ol w: Janeiro. Brazil. h*s - - l to resign, and tho •rovernmont will unI seat him, if possible, and p.oclaTn martial law. The half sisters ami heir= of the late I Mrs. Stewart have divided their property, worth between 5i.000.0 o and $5,000,000, between their nephews and . neices, r. taining only a SIO,O o annuity. ; Owing to the dro th the crop- have ■ been lost over large area- in the Madras i Preaid ncy, whi h are devot d to tlie 'cultivation of various kinds of gran, l Famine i ric. s for cereals prevail in the districts of Arcot, Chingteput and Cuddapah, and in the town of Ananatapoor, ■ in the Bellorydistri t Alii. Gaskin, of Kingston, had an interview with Hon. Mr. Abbott, the Canadian Prime Minister, and asked him if it was the intention of the Government to given rebate on Western grain transshipped at Ogdensburg. The Premier replied that it was not, and the present jmsition of the Government on tho ques- | thm was a settled policy. The French government has on hand a very serious question with tlie Brazilian government and steps have been 5 taken to bring the matter to a set tlement- ; It Is claimed by tlie French government । that dur ng the troubles growing out of I the a> tion of President Fonseca in dls- > solving tho Brazilian Congress and assuming tho dictator'll.p twelve French- : mon were killed in Rio Janeiro by agents of Fon-eca The French consul at Rio । Janeiro has been Instructed by his gov- ' ernment to demand of the Poix«»tto gov- , ernment reparation for Hie killing of ; these men, R. G. Di N A Cix’s Weekly review of trade says: A- the holiday'Ur.vw near, nil Nlgns InvU a wluuuv of bvi'lm'M- »1 tUo I pro«cnt, with growing cotiUdence of hu- ' jinncment In tho future, except In parts of the south, where the unusual accu- ; mutation of cotton and ll« low price ' have a depreedm; Inlluencc. There Is I no l»ckof money ill any part of the Country. : except at some Southern p>>lnts. and tho mere fact that cotton now accumulatod at a f< w port- and Interior town* represent- fully $60.00n,00 > in value paid to planters nt onee explains th*- difficulty and suxge-t* that it is 1 not permanent. It I- a good sign nls > that <s>ll> 'lions are. on the whole. Improving, though slow at New Orleans and some .southern points, mid only fair In some lines at Eastern citie-. An th> n “hold your wheat" letter addressed to all farmers of Minnesota and j thf Dakotas made its appearance urging , them to de ay as far a< po-slb!e tlm i sending of the r grain to market. It i holds that Ru-s a Is entirely out of the race and India prac- | tieally so. It doe- not advi e the farmer to er ate an unnecessary scarcity i or to r>‘pudiate his debt-, but to sell only what lie is obliged to when the receipts are large and im r< a< ng. ami when they are on the de> ine to sell only a certa n portion each month Tlie exporting ca pacity of the 1 nit"d States G figured at I 1 qo.O’iG,OOn bushels more than last vear, which f ill- ,0,000.000 short of supplying the words deficit 'Dels 110,000.030 bushel , it says, would supply Europe with bread for nineteen days ami a half ■ only. Taki: g all this into account, tlie 1 citeular c airns that I tlie farmer do s not get twice what he is now offered for his wheat it is his own fault. MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. Cattle--Common so Primo.... 53.50 ® 6.c0 H os-Shipping Grides 3 ,0 -1.01 Sui Er—Fair to (Tioice 3.10 ■' 5.25 : Wheat No. 2 Rei HI ,'i .92 ' (• ns —No. 2. 53 e .4 I Oats—No. 2 .32 .84 I Rte—No. 2 -8 iw .90 ■ Rctieh Choice Creamery 2 > <<B .28 Cheese Full Cream, flats 12>c <4 .13 .j ■ PvZATOES—Car-loads, per bu 15 ,4»» INDIANAPOLIS. : Cattle —Shipping. 3.25 @5.75 ! Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 409 - Sheep—Common te Prime 3.(0 @ 4.50 ' Wheat —No. 2 lied. 93 @ .95 Cohn—No. 1 White 4: @ .48 ' Oats—No. 2 White 5 @ .37 ST. LOVIS. I Cattle 3.50 @ 659 I Hogs 3.50 @ 4.00 j Wheat—No. 2 Red .95 @ .96 ( Cohn—No 2 4 2 i<4 .42 ■ Oats—No. 2 33 @ .34 ■ Hye—No. 2 92 @ .94 CINCINNATI. , Cattle 3.59 @5.00 I Hogs 3.01 4.0) Sheep 3.00 @ 4.75 { Wheat—No. 2 Red .tKd, ; Corn—No. 2 49 @ .51 ' i Oa s—No. 2 Mixed :g; 37 I DETROIT. . Cattle 3.00 @ 4.75 H -os 3.00 (,3, 4.0) ■ Sheep 3.00 15 j 1 Wheat— No. 2 Red 96 .97 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 50 @ .51 Oat-;—No. 2 White 35 .36 TOLEDO. I Wheat—Now 95 @ .97 j C RN—No. 2Y How 47 <<« .43 | Oats—No. 2 White 33 @ .31 1 Hye 91 @ .92 BUFFALO. I Beef Cattle 4.00 @ 575 Live Hog 3.75 & 4 25 ' Wheat—No. 1 Hard 1.03 ijj; I Corn—No. 2 55 ^57 I . MILWAUKEE. । Wheat—No. 2 Spring 93 @ .94 • Corn—No. 3 40 yj .44 j Oats —No. 2 White 33 @ .35 I ? YE —1 83 @ .93 Barley—No. 2 8 @ .59 PoRK-Mesß u.co @11.50 | NEW YORK. | Cat;HE 350 @5.09 R.™*" 3-G0 85 •‘• OJ SHEEP... 3 5 0 5 tKI । Wheat—No. 2 Red 1.03 110 1 n° N ~vr?’ 11 .65 Oats —Mixed Western 40 @ .43 ! Butter—Creamery 29 @ ,30 1 Pork—New Mess 10.25 @19.75

CAPTURED BY CRISP, i I I THE GEORGIAN CHOSEN FOR THE SPEAKERSHIP. Springer Decided It—He Openly Displayed His Pique Against Mr. Mills—Thirty Ballots Required—End of the Hottest Eight Known to History. How It Was Done. Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia Speaker [ James Kim, of Pennsylvania Clerk I 8. 8 Yoder, of Ohio Sergeant-at-arms 0. H. Turner, of New .York Doorkeeper । L. G. Dalton, of Indiana Postmaster ( 1 Charles F. Crisp, of Georgia, will b« i Speaker of the House oMiepresentatives ■in the Fifty second Congress. William I I ■ SPEAKER CRISP. 1 M. Springer, of Illinois bro'iight about his nomination. | Cr[sp was nominated on the thirtieth ballot of the caucus, the result being reached after the following fashion: 1 II I Ia I '|< ■ ' LO- — g ' C ■ ALLOTS. c, b Ej 5 p jo a: 3 ~ w First 841 <Bl 82 ]8 14 1 Second 89i SOI 28j 18 11 1 Third 91! 82 24 18 11 1 Fourth 931 87 23: 18 8 1 fifth 95j 89 2G 18 4 1 Sixth 95| 89; 20! 18 4 1 Seventh. f 94 91 18 18 5: 1 Eighth I 94 911 17; 19 5| 1 Ninth 95 91; 16; 19 5| 1 Tenth 94< 911 17i 19 ft! 0 Eleventh j 93 83! 20 16 5 1 1 Twelfth I 92 89| 19| 19 5| 1 Thirteenth 14 91; 16 20 5 1 Fourteenth 93 8‘ 17: 19 5 1 Fifteenth 92 89 19 17 5 1 Sixteenth 94 IH; 17 19 5 1 Seventeenth 94 91 19' 17 6 1 Eighteenth 94| 9i j 17; 19’ 5! 1 Nineteenth 94 91 j 17 19 5: 1 Twentieth 92 90| 17i 17: 5 1 Twi»nty,-flrst 94 91 l"j 19; 5 1 Twenty-^cond 95 93 171 19 4 1 Tw^ntv-third 100 94 13; 17 01 1 Twenty-fourth 101| 94| 12| 19| O' 1 Twenty-fifth 1 1011 95; 12: ‘T9 01 1 Twenty sixth ; 1911 95 12; 19 0 1 Twent v-seventh 11 15 12 19 0 1 Twenty-eighth 103! 16 8 19 0j 1 Twenty-ninth 104 9i 8 18 0 1 Thirtieth > 119; 1041 4; vj 0| 0 Neoeaeexy to choice, 114. , Tho nomination of Crisp was made unanimous on motion of J. D. Brown of Indiana. Immediately t' ere were loud cries of “Crisp! ( rlsp!” And a committ«e was appointed to notify tho successful candidate of his selection and escort him to the. chair. Applause and < beers greeted the gentleman from Georgia, and aft r bowing his acknowledgments Mr. Crisp spoke as follows^ “RepresentatlVi s. I *atn profoundly grateful for this mark of your confidence and esteem. 1 p edge myself here and now to devote whatever of industry amJ > ability I possess t» tlie advancement of the real Int rests of tho Democratic ^>ar y. I beg to say to you now as I speak to you my first words since I am your selection for Speaker, thatn y election means no step backward in tariff reform. “I beg to say t> you that there is In our party to-daja no man who more earn- I estly believes in the Democratic doctrino of tariff reform than 1 do. After tho long struggle through which we havo passed, wh n Representatives are fox tigued. when other officers are to to nominated, it d> es not become me to consume your time. Ibg to say, how- ' ever, that during the progress of this canvass 1 have said no word respecting • iny individual which would at all justify him In having any harsh feeling of any ' kind against me. v 1 have felt that it was a frien ly struggle. I have felt that we were all Democrats, and I have felt that whoever might be chosen j Speaker, whenever this 1 ouse'nieets and organizes we stand as< ne tody, working and laboring for a common cause—the prlncip'es of the Democratic party. “I thank you again for your cons- j den e and your kindness, and assure you that this whole cont st has left in my bosom no unkind feeling toward any member of tho House.” BIOGRAPHY OF THE SPEAKER. Charles Frederick Crisp was born In Sheffield, England, J-i ne 29, 1845, his parents being on a European tour at the ; time. They returned to America the year of his birth, and went l ack to their old home in Georgia. He was educated in the cojnmon schools of Macon and Savannah, and in May, 1861, he entered ■ the Confederate army as Lieutenant in Company K, Tenth Virginia Infantry. He was taken prisoner of war May 12, 1564, and confined in Fort Delaware until June, 1865. 'J hen he was re eased and went to live with h.is parents, who were residing at Ellaville, Schley Coun- । ty, Ga. Soon after he removed to Americus and studied law. being admitted to the bar there in 1866, and going back to Ellaville to practice. He continued in private practice there until 1872, wl.en he was appointed Solicitor General* of the Southwestern Judicial Circuit, and w’as reappointey in 1873 for a term of four years. In the same year he moved to Americus again and since then that town has been his home. June, 1877. Mr. Crisp was appointed Judge of the Superior Court of the Southwestern Ciicuit, and in 1878 electe 1 to the same office by the General Assembly. He was re elected Judge in 1880 for a terin of four rears, b”t resigned in 1882 to accept the Democr tio nomination for Congress in the Third District. He was also I'resident of the Democratic State Convention of 1883. He was elected - to the Forty-eighth Congress and has leen retu ned to that bod., continuously ever ince. The third annual report of the Inter- । <tate Commerce Commission on the “Statistics of Railways in the United States.” : which < overs tlie operations of railroads j for the year ended June 30, 1890, shows that railway mileage *on June ^O, 1890, was 163,587: the increase during the year wa-s 6,030. The total length of track, including sidings and spurs, is 20:q060 miles. The express companies pay to railj ways as renta s §20,207,711 a y«ar. I They are in reality engage I in the bud- ; ness of-quick delivery of freight, and as , such should be amenable to control.

TIIE SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives — Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of the Business. The National Solons. The work of the Fifty-second Congress is now begun. At the meeting on the Bth Inst, Mr. Holman, of Indiana, was the first man in the House t > address the clerk presiding. McPherson, and he moved that the bady proceed to the election of Speaker. The result Is already known; Mr. Crisp, of Georgia, was chosen on the thirtieth ballot. The rest of the session was devoted to the usual work attendant upon the opening of Congress, swearing in the members, assigning of seats, etc. Mr. Springer’s motion, that the Speaker appoint commitI tees on rules, accounts, enrolled bills, and ; mileage, and that the rules of the Fiftieth Congress be referred to the first committee, was adopted. The appointment of committees will be tlie first business attended to. On the 9tli, immediately after the reading of the Senate journal, the annual message of tlie President was laid before the Senate. It was read by Mr. McCook, ’ts Secretary. The message was ordered to be laid on the table and printed, and j then the Senate adjourned until the 10th. I In the House, after the approval of the I journal, Mr. Pruden delivered the PresiI dent’s message, which was immediately ' to tl»o committee of the whole, and ordered printed. tuc iio-c.o then adjourned until the 12th, with the understanding that a further adjournment should bo then taken until the 16th. On the 10th the House was not in session. The Senate broke the record in tlie way of measures introduced in a single day, there I having been 612 bills and eight joint resoI lutions presented. This is about 100 more i than ever before introduced in cne day. । Many of them were relics of the last Congress. while others are upon entirely new subjects. Among these is a postal savings bill; one to establish a branch mint at . Omaha; another to establish a gun factory on the Pacific coast: and one to establish a department of public health—the latter by Senator Sherman. OPINIONS OF THE PRESS. Sage’s Assassin, The only safe lunatics arc tho-e who are under rigid restrain l —New York , Tribune If some restraint is not put upon the I use of dynamite and such convenient explosives law will soon be as powerless j with us as in Bulwer’s imaginary country.—Louisville Commercial. Russell Sage has probably sold moro puts and calls than any other ten men 1 in America, but it was a startling novelty t< have a dynamite bomb put at him immediately after a call for a mil- ( lion dollars. —Cleveland Leader-Herald. If a suspicious stranger calls on you and demands 51.000,000 lose no time in I sittirg down and writing a check for that amount. In the light of recent events the Jouri al feels justified in offering its readers this advice.—lndianapolis Journal. i The attempt on the life of Russell Sage in New York sh >ws the necessity of the most rigid regulations with respect ; to the use of such explosives as dyna- , mite, with severe penalties to be visited upon persons found with such articles in their possession unless duly authorized. Klect ric Exccittioils. ; The Legislature aimed to shock, not , roast, itscrin ina’s to death by electricity.—New York Commercial Advertiser. Is electrocution torture? This is the question, and science should be able 10 furnish the answer.—New York Re--1 corder. The exe; ut ous by electricity are a monstrous scandal. No civilized con- | munity can permit such dreadful work to go on —New York Times. | The exceedingly brief treatment of tho event by the press generally must commend itself to the cranky gentlemen who drew the law under wh ch the execution ; was done —Providence Telegram, j The electrocution of the wife murderer Loppy, at Sing Sing, is pronounced , a success by the attending physician-. ; Mr. Loppy’s opinion on the subject has, however, not been published.—St. Louis Globe-Democrat. The Earthquake in Japan, j Japan’s home market for earthquakes seems to be overstocked, and judging by the destruction of life and property, the consumers pay the tax. —Cleveland Press The recent earthquake in Japan will pass into history as one of the greatest catastrophes of th* c-ntury. Over 5.000 lives were lost, 43,000 houses to- ; tally dest.oyed and 158,000 persons rendered homeless. Japan has frequently I experienced seismic disturbances, but none so disastrous as this one.—Quin y ! Whig. I The details of the recent earthquake in Japan show that the disturbance was on a colossal scale and that the resulting catastrophe was full of horrors. To have whole cities overthrown and fire to “follow and destroy what the earthquake left is a prospect which must appall any j people, even one accustomed to earthquakes of the ordinary pattern.—Washington Star. The Onion Upheld. It has been decided in Chicago that a 1 school cannot be dismissed by the teacher i because some of the scholars have eaten onions.—Philadelphia Call. The place for the onion-eater is in the solitude of the fields or the bedchamber with the windows well down.— i Philadelphia Inquirer. Miss Merrill, a fastidious school teacher in Chicago, is in trouble becau-e she insists pon sending boys home who eat onions before coming to school.—New ; York Commercial Advertiser. Nothing less than a danger to the health of the school at large will justify sending a pupil away from the schools, , which are sustained for the education of the children of the whole people.—Pittsburg Dispatch. e | A Chicago teacher sent a child homo i from schools because his breath smelled 1 of onions and the Superintendent of Schools has reprimanded her for it. Cbi- ! cago believes in a free diet as wed as j free schools. —Boston New , The Grip. The grip in Germany is reported to be far more virulent and fatal than tn its former visit. —St. Paul Globe. A The grip appears t» be on am thei annual tour, and it will soon be the thing to ascribe every variation of that tired feeling to its grasp. —Philadelphia Ledger. Ti e grip has once more laid its contracting digit- on suffering humanity in St. Louis By the way, will our medical friends please t 11 us what the grip ; is? —St. Louis Star Sayings.