St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 26, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 16 January 1892 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. WALKERTON, . . - INDIANA ■L-L.'-'-"-"" -i , , TROUBLE IN TEXAS. SERIOUS DIFFICULTY WITH RAILROAD EMPLOYES. Terrible Disaster on the Monon—The Soudan’s Ruler Was Poisoned—Almost a Horror in an Ohio Church—lndianapolis People Have to Walk. Congressional. In the House on the 11th the following bills were introduced: Providing for an international bimetallic arrangement Appropriating 8100,000 for the display of the corn product at the World's Fair. Requesting the President to inform the House what negotiations have been carried on with foreign governments relative to the re-establishment and use of silver coin as legal tender money. Resolutions of the National Legislative Executive Committee of the Farmers’Alliance in relation to the Ocala platform. Ordered printed in the Record. In the Senate the following bills were introduced: For the erection of postoffico oulldings in towns where the postoffice receipts exceed 83,000 a year: for a public building at Mammoth Hot Springs in the Yellowstone National Park; appropriating SOO,OOO for a public building at Bradford.’ Pa. Mr. Teller introduced a joint resolution providing for an international bimetallic agreement. Death Found Five. The north-bound mail train on the Monon road, en route from Louisville to Chicago, went over a steep embankment two miles north of Crawfordsville, Ind. The accident occurred on a curve, where the train was running at a rate of twenty-five miles an hour, and was due to a loose rail, two section hands being at work on it at the time. The scenes at the wreck were terrible. Bleeding and senseless bodies were being carried from the burning cars and frenzied men and women rushed frantically to and fro looking for missing friends and relatives. Five were killed outright. Os twentythree members of the City Club Vaudeville C ompany of New York, eighteen ■ were hurt. The whole number of injured reaches fifty-five, many of whom cannot recover.

A Serious Situation in Fexas. At San Antonio, Texas, the strike looks gloomier than ever. The railways have notified their employes that under the law railway companies are compelled to handle each other’s business, and the employes have notified the company that they will not handle the Aransas' Pass supplies or freight. If a settlement is not reached, the tie-up which will likely be the result bids fair to outrival the general strike of eight years ago. The Mahdi Was Poisoned.

In an interview with Father Ohr - Walder, cou * Wide oXieres e * a yard. One lot Doable Wide Broca sion, and who recently escaped from the Mahdists after nine years of captivity, he confirmed tiro report that the Mahdi was poisoned, and repeated in detail the events that led to his death. Beniamin Butler Sued for Libel. At Lowell, Mass., Deputy Sheriff Stiles placed an attachment of $5,000 upon the property of Gen. Butler. The attachment is said to be the result of a libel suit brought by Estes & Lauriat, of Boston. Echoes of the News.

Judge Rising at Denver overruled the motion for a new trial in the case of Dr. Graves, Mrs. Barnaby’s murderer. Sixteen persons, including the pastor and soprano, were overcome by natural gas in Grace Reformed Church at Tiffin, Ohio. The Sisseton Wahpeton Reservation, containing 400 quarter-sections, will be thrown open to homesteaders about April 15. A. M. Culver, a prominent citizen of Nebraska, was murdered near his home at Spring View. It is not known who committed the crime. The Duke of Clarence and Avondale, eldest son of the Prince of Wales, has the grip, complicated with influenza. His illness causes much anxiety to the royal family. In the Mexican States of Durango, Chihuahua, Coahuila and Sonora there are said to be threatening symptoms of revolution, for which the Garza demonstration affords the nucleus.

George Washington (colored) killed , * N. A. Chandler, a railway contractor, ■ near Ocala, because of a dispute ox er ■ the amount of wages due the former. J The murderer has not been arrested. At the funeral of Miss Josephine Mat- ■ thewson in Boston a friend, D. K. Me- . Leod, created a sensation by declaring the girl was not dead. The body was taken back to the house, but all efforts । to revive it proved futile. Indianapolis street car < mployes are all on strike because of an order by the officers of the companies that the drivers, conductors and other workmen in their employ should be permitted to ride free I only when on the companies’ business. The Spanish City of Jerez de la Frontera, in the province of Cadiz, was the • scene of an anarchistic demonstration the other night, at an hour when the people were returning from the theaters. Attacks were made simultaneously upon the infantry barracks and the town hall. At Lincoln, Neb., Gov. Thayer issued a proclamation enlarging the quarantine limits of the State and abandoning some of the more strict regulations heretofore existing This will have a tendency, it is thought, to cause cattle shipments through Nebraska, which have been diverted on account of the strict quarantine rules. The main building of the Missouri State University at Columbia burned last week. At a meeting in Helena to promote the scheme of irrigation of Montana lands at national expense United States Senator Power said: “There is a Judge of the Supreme bench who is actually a lobbyist in getting Judges named to-day I refer to Judge Field, who is going out of B his road to arrange that land-grant roams shall get our_pw <al lands. Mr. U>xx- _ cr cited his colleague, Senator Sanders, authority for this statement.

EASTERN. Ex-President Noah Porter, of Yale, is reported as rapidly approaching । death. I Diphtheria in its most malignant form is epidemic at Locust Gap, a min- ; ing town of 1,900 people, two miles west of Mt. Carmel, Pa. J. W. V est, a prominent citizen of Woodbury, Conn., while standing in his doorway, was shot by some unknown person and died instantly. The Philadelphia Board of Health has adopted resolutions calling on Congress to establish stations for the treatment of i persons suffering from leprosy. At Pittsburg, Pa., the chapel of Calvary Episcopal Church, was destroyed by fire. The roof fell in, carrying with it five firemen. One was fatally hurt. Loss, $15,000. George T. McConnell, treasurer of the Modern Building and Loan Association and real estate agent at Pittsburg, was arrested on a charge of embezzlement. The shortage is said to be SIO,OOO. There is a story current in Bridgeport, Conn., that, to prevent the work of ghouls, a dummy was substituted for the real body at the funeral of I’. T. Barnum, and that the remains were hidden away until all danger of grave-robbery were past.

I The annual convention of the Colored Catholic C ngress of the United States I opened at Philadelphia with a largo attendance of delegates. The convention will be called upon to consider some important plans looking to the strengthening of the Catholic Church among the colored people of the country. At Bridgeport, Ct., the Messiah Baptist Church was crowded at the hour announced for the funeral of William Francis, a colored man who died in Now York, but the corpse did not arrive. The clergyman finally explained to the mourners that the body of Francis had been attached by a New York undertaker, who claimed $64 for services, and the remains could not be taken from the local undertaker’s room. The funeral was, therefore, postponed. A New York morning paper sent reporters to Albany to poll the Legislature as to its choice of Presidential candidates. The result is given as follows: David B. Hill, 53; James G. Blaine, 50; non-committal (Democratic), 26; noncommittal (Republican), 17; Benjamin Harrison, 6; Grover Cleveland, 4; Chauncey M. Depew, 1; R. P. Flower’ 1; absent, 2; total, 160. WESTERN.

School-teaching has its perils in bleeding Kansas. William Ehrhart, who taught a country school near Topeka, was overpowered by some of his “tough” pupils, who then cut his throat. Mr. Ehrhart may die in consequence.

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ide Mohairs, i tlie coul . se o f the error >.io,ip.'n Jv Trot-Tv 1 miles, fro n Mokelumne. The driver said that the robber had a shotgun and made him throw out the express box and also empty his pockets. A frightful boiler explosion, which resulted in the instant death of three men, the subsequent death of another, ; am! the injury of two more, occurred at । Warren Springer’s new building, 195 to 207 Canal street, Chicago. No one

knows the cause of the explosion. A bold attempt was made in Crawfordsville, Ind., to assassinate the Rev. John Tracy, a well-known local preacher ■in the United Brethren Church. Traey I lies in a critical condition with one ball i in his lung and another in his shoulder. I His assailant has not been apprehended. The Grain Growers’ Association of . Minneapolis has moved for a further । continuance of the Legislative wheat investigation. The prosecution was not ■ prepared to continue it, and gave as its i reason the inability of Attorney A . V . | Ei-win to conduct the case until March 8. i Judge Botkin, of Arkalon, Kas., telegraphed Gov. Humphrey of an attempt to ambush him, which resulted in the 1 death of two officers. The occasion was I the renewal of the Stevens County ' Wood-Brennan feud, growing out of the i county seat war. Troops were sent tc ’ ! the scene.

The main building of the Missouri State University, at Columbia, was destroyed by tire. The whole library of 40,000 volumes and one of the most valuable collections of papers and portraits in the country are wholly lost. The university will go on as usual, however, in the President’s mansion, the observatory, and in the agricultural buildings. There are 700 students. A small lake on the farm of J. 0. Higgins, near Warsaw, Ind., is attracting considerable attention just now. Although the weather is and has been for several days below zero, yet tins lake is not frozen in the least. Never since this lake has been known has it been frozen. The water is as clear as crystal, and is not seemingly warmer than surrounding water, or disturbed by anv current.

Some time ago the wife of Samuel T. Ferguson, of Shoals, Ind., upon returning home from a journey, was obliged to alight from an Ohio and Mississippi train in mud and water up to her shoe tops the trainmen, it is alleged, refusing to stop the train at the depot platform. She took cold, became seriously ill and has lost her sight. Her husband now demands $70,000 damages from tne railway company. ■ Twelve breweries in Cincinnati, Covington and Newport have agreed to foim a combination similar to that of the Whisky Trust. Their combined capacity is about 3,000,000 barrels per annum, and their capital amounts to about $2 500,000. The new combination proposes ’to increase its capital stock to $5,000,000. It is possible that some of the breweries will be closed if it shall be found more economical to do so The new combination has not yet decided upon a name, but the organization will soon be perfected. I Advices from the logging camps of the Northwest are encouraging. Never in the history of logging in this section has the weather been more propitious I for an early securing of the harvest of logs. The continued cold weather and 1 the light snows make skidding and hauling very easy. In the Duluth region it is estimated that 75 per cent, of the cn- ' tire cut is now skidded ready for hauling, while in the Mississippi district and

in Northern V isconsin the situation is equally forward. It is now as certain as it can be at this early date that the cut will be unprecedentedly large. A terrible explosion occurred in shaft No. 1 of the Osage Coal and Mining Company at Krebs, I. T., several nnles from the plant. It is believed that fully li.O miners were killed. At the time of the explosion 350 men were in the shaft, most of whom were Waiting for the cage to take them out, and the foot ot the shaft is one mass of dead bodies. Eighty-five num came out by an old entry and forty-two wore saved bj the shaft. Ihe majority of them are more or less burned and bruised and half will probably die. This leaves about . ln the mine and in all probability 200 are dead. One man escaped from the shaft 500 feet deep by working from bracket to bracket, and was sei u Ihe explosion was caused by firin <' a shot when gas was in the mine. A terrible wreck occurred on the Wabash, just east of Hannibal, Mo. The oast and west-bound “Cannon Ball” trains are due to meet at Aladdin, a small station near Hannibal, the e&stbound train having the right of way. Ihe latter was in charge of Conductor Sheehan and Engineer Charles Wilson. The train had pulled into the depot, and was waiting for the west-bound train to side-track and let them by. 'The night was extremely foggy. Ihe engineer of the west-bound tram, missed the switch, and not bdn" well acquainted with the locality, wont crashing into the train at the depot, Both engines were completely wrecked ami both engineers instantly killed. The trams took lire, and both smokers and ! baggage cars and one chair ear were consumed. John Conswell, fireman of the east-bound train, was seriously inand the fireman of the other train cannot live. Four Italian emigrants were killed and eight other passengers injured. SOUTHERN.

A murder reported near Griffin, Ga Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Barrett, an aged couple, were found at their home dead and horribly mutilated. Both had been killed by a blow ovty the head from a coupling pin.

A miserly old fellow named Hilton, living near Franklin, Ky.. found himself m death s door. He had quarreled with his wife. He made a sen ant bring him a nail keg, which he place in the fire. A maiden sister of Hilton came in and rescued the keg and found therein $7(1,000 in bonds. News comes from Womack Hill, Ala., the scene of the recent Sims outrage and hanging, that while Neal Sims, the brother of Bob, two other men, and Laura and Beatrice Sims, the two daughters of Bob, were going in the direction of Leak, Miss the rendezvous of the rest of the gang’ they were met by a posse searching for Neal Sims, who is wanted for murder, and all hanged. Great excitement is said to prevail. ■^■■PJSSIS.Ent PauljCo nra d nruEJM-mco- , V r 1 AAA r—

ployes of the lottery c mpany appeared before Commissioner Wright at New ■ Orleans, La., to answer an indictment for Martinsburg, W. Va., charging them with having violated the anti-lottery postal law, but the ease was indefinitely continued. This action came from District Attorney Grant’s motion to continue because the proceedings had been ordered to be suspended. He declined to state why and by whose authority

such suspension was made. WASHINGTON. The National American Woman Suffrage Association will hold its twenty- i fourth annual convention in V ashing- ; ton. Among the speakers will be Mrs. i Lide Meriwether, Mrs. Lucy Stone, I Elizabeth Lyle Saxon, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mme. Clara j Neyman, Carrie Lane Chapman, Rev. Anna H. Shaw, and Mary Wright Sewall. Senators Hoar, Warren, Carey, Stanford, and Dolph have been invited to deliver addresses. The funeral of the late Gen. M. C. Meigs took place at Washington. Under a military escort, composed of a battalion of cavalry from Fort Meyer, the Light Battery and a battalion of the Third Artillery from the Washington barracks, the remains were taken from

the General’s late residence on Vermont, avenue to St. John’s Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were con- | ducted by the rector, Rev. Dr. Douglas. | He paid a brief but glowing tribute to ! Gen. Meigs’ personal qualities. The new regulations ■which the Chil Service Commission is preparing for examination of applicants for places in the railway mail service require a much stricter physical examination than has been required heretofore. The work < * the railway mail service requires such perfect physical development that the commission considers it useless to admit applicants to the educational test who may not meet the physical requirements. They require, therefore, & certificate from a physician, upon his honor, before the applicant is subjected to the educational ti sts, that he is in every way qualified for the physical strain. No one is eligible for the educational tests who is below 5 feet 4 inches in height.

POLITICAL. Judge P. H. Dugro is said to be Tammany’s candidate for Mayor of New ; York. He is but 37 years of age. Judge Lindsay, of Kentucky, whom । the President appointed to the Interstate Commerce Commission, may decline the office. The People’s party convention will be held in St. Louis Feb. 22. The convention will embrace delegates from numerous organizations, and it is expected that 10,000 people will be present. The fight is over and John Sherman has won. He beat Joseph L. Foraker for the nomination for United States Senator in the Republican legislative ' caucus 53 to 38, and will, if he lives—and 1 his health seems to be good—go back to Washington as his own successor. FOREIGN. Victorien Sardou, the French dramatist, is prostrated by influenza. At Lodz, near Warsaw, fifteen persons have died of trichinosis and forty otheis are dangerously ill of the disease. It is intimated that Russia has tailed to support France in the Chadouinc^affair, and that the French Government

will patch up a compromise with Bulgaria. Victor Cailes and Frederick Charles, arrested at Walsall, England, charged with being implicated in a dynamite plot, had a hearing, and were remanded for a week. A crisis is approaching in Samoa, where King Malietoa has determined to crush the rebellion and run the government regardless of foreign interference. Mrs. Frances Hodgson Burnett has leased the Royalty Theater in London, in order t , give a trial of a new comedy, “The Showman’s Daughter,” ■which she has written. Further demands on the part of Lord Salisbury have delayed the settlement of the sealeries question, and Sir George Powell, one of the English commissioners, says that the Premier will make no concessions. The (to the Prince of Wales) painful Tranby Croft scandal has b,een recalled by the printing for private circulation of a statement by two titled ladies who ■were of the famous baccarat party, in which Mrs. Wilson and her daugh- j ter, Mrs. Lycette Green, are handled without gloves. The Khedive of Egypt is dead. He : had been suffering from the influenza ; which developed into congestion of the lungs. This was complicated with a cardiac affection and to this he succumbed. The late Khedive, by a wise administration of his government, won general respect both in his own country and among foreign nations. Notwithstanding the law allowed him four wives, he had but one. While the country is । nominally a dependency of the Sultan of ' Turkey, the Khedive has been complete- ' ly under British influence.

The death of the Khedive of Egypt has already become a disturbing factor in international polities. A Cabinet Council, with Lord Salisbury presiding, was held in London. It was decided that Prince Abbas, the eldest son of the late Tawfik Pasha, although only seventeen years of age, should be made Khedive of Egypt without a regency. It is thought certain that France will protest against this order of things, but the Salisbury Government seems firmly decided to carry out the programme just decided upon. IN GENERAL 1 here are rumors of a revolution in Guatemala. Mme. de Boucherville, wife of the new Premier of Quebec, died of the grip. The broom manufacturers of the United States have advanced prices 25 per cent. Rations for 2,500 more Sioux than actually exist have for some time been issued to Indian agents. The value of grain exported from San Francisco last year was $33,105 - i J’- ;■ s ! P” 01 ““H "K ~ O - . ..

daughter, and iFt-oyniuned Roy. aged 13 years, broke through the ice at L Assumption, Quebec, and were drowned, i Mbs. Raffle, .of Sigourney, lowa, started for the East more limn a week ago. She has not tv ached her destination, and nothing has been heard from her. The National Harrow I rust has been sued for $50,000 damages by Ira J. Hunt, a harrow manufacturer of Kalamazoo, । who alleges that the combine forced him out of business. The Government’s suit against the । schooner Robert and Minnie, chai god ' with violating the neutrality laws in coni veying arms to the Chilian steamei ! Data, has been dismissed. । Gov. Flower, in his message to the j New York Legislature, suggests the I necessity of the reapportionment of the I Congressional districts of the State and | the taxation of the bonded indebtedness of corporations as a meansol revenue. A dwelling house at Fort Lawrence ■ Dock, Amherst, N. S., occupied by Mrs. I Campbell and family was burned and ■ ' Airs. Campbell, aged 45, and her 6-year- ■ I o ld daughter perished in the flames l I The fire was caused by the explosion of i I a lamp. . 11 1 . ..C 4Vz- Z 4-/^4-

The semi-official denials of the extent of the famine in Russia induced Governor Merriam, of Minnesota, to cable ’ Minister Smith at St. Petersburg for the ; i facts. The reply confirms the worst re- ■ i ports and aid for the famished peasantry will be pushed. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle Common to Primo $3.50 & G. 03 Hoes—Shipping Grades BAO e 4.2> Sheet—Fair to Choice. 3.10 ® 5.0 Wheat— No. 2 Red 87 & .88 Corn—No. 2 -38 & .33 O.ts—No. 2 28 (£5 .vU Rye-No a..:/ 80 @ .87 Butter—Choice Creamery 27 & .23 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 12 & .13 i Eggs—Fresh .23v I Potatoes—Car-loads, per bu 30 eh .40 INDIANAPOLIS. _ Cattle— Shipping 3.25 & 5-> Hogs—Choice Light 3.>0 & 4.-> Sheep Common to Primo 3.00 © 4. A Wheat No. 2 Red -0 .91& Corn-No. 1 White Oats-No. 2 White <> 2 ® - 33 ST. LOUIS.

Ca TLE 3.50 io hU... 3.50 ®4.25 Whe at—No. 2 Red 89 & .'.O C RN—No. 2 37 © .38 Oats-No. 34 @ - 3 - Rye—No. 2: 82 183 CINCINNATI. „ Cattle 3.50 @ d.OO Ho™ 300 ® 4 ' 25 sheep..:: 3 - 8 ° Wheat-No. 2 Rod 9b •'•'7 Cobn-No. 2 -„ 3 ^ Oais—No. 2 Mixed i 4 @ - 35 DETROIT. j r , ITBE 3.09 & 4.75 Et” . 300 ® 4 - 25 shfkp : 300 5 -°° Wheat—Noi 2 Red. 34 ® Corn—No. 2 Yellow 44 ® - 4 - Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ - 34 ^ TOLEDO. Whe T—New 32 @ Corn-No. 2 Yellow 44 © .43 Oats-No. 2 White .33 @ .34 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle 4 - 84 @ C—^-■^AUkEE:- • & Z : | | Oats-No. 2 White 32 @ - 3 Rye—No. 1..-.. Barest—No. 2 ® Pork—Mess 41 - 50 ^ l2 - U0 NEW YORK. r . T , rrF 3,50 @ 5.2a 4.50 tUT?" 3.5) © t-. 00 ^-No^Red" 1.03 | bOS Corn-No. 2 ® oats—Mixed Western 37 © .40 But i ER—Creamery © -V PußK—New Mess 9.75 ©10.7a

ON THE FIRST BALLOT. JOHN SHERMAN IS CHOSEN OHIO’S SENATOR. I ■ The Mansfield Statesman Gets 53 Votes In Caucus to 38 for Foraker, the Nomination , Then Being Made Unanimous—Foster and McKinley Named. Gov. Foraker Beaten. John Sherman 53 J. B. Foraker 77.7.7.77.”7.77.7.38 i Charles Foster. "771” 1 ■ William Me a inley .. 7.7777.77.'.'.'.'7 1 1 The Republicans of Ohio have spoken । and John Sherman is to be the next

United States Senator from the Buckeye State. J. B. Foraker is defeated. The joint caucus convened at 8 p. m. in the hall of the House of Representatives, and by ac clamation Speaker Laylin, of the House, ' ; was selected Chairman. He made a speech

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■ John suerman. abounding in compliments to both of the Senatorial candi- > j dates, and the call of the roll showed every Republican Assemblyman present except Representative Jackson. Quite an interesting conflict took place I over the question of admitting the pub- : lie, but a motion was finally adopted direefing the Sergeant-at-arms to clear ' the galleries. The vast audience of spectators hissed fhis action round- ■ ly and it was only after a great deal of trouble that the Sergeant-at- ; arms performed his onerous task. In an eloquent ^speech Senator Nichols, of Belmont, presented the name of John Sherman. “Tried and proved by the tests of time,” said he, / “weighed and found not wanting by the balances of subsequent events, yielding to no promised (U^T^ Jl popular theories which are doomed to an ophemera! existence, ternpered by no visionary / 3 whims for more tempo- fs rary relief, capitulating J - B - foraker. not with demagogues and surrendering not to dishonesty K true to friend and fair to foe, just to the weak as well as to the strong, he asks only for right and submits not to wrong; loyal to the protec- < tion of the rights of labor, without unjustly disturbing the rights of property, mutually interdependent; believing that when the muscle of toil or the hand of patriotism to our country in her trying , ordeal for perpetual existence has ren- ' dered a dollars’ worth of services that hand should receive, as compensation therefor, a dollar with a hundred cents' worth of'purchasing power. Vote for - * him; for in that sublime act you honor yourselves, better your constituents, and J serve your country."

Representative Griffin, of Lucas, nominated Joseph li. Foraker, and his speech was frequently interrupted with enthusl- : J jo }no u»aq svq naT ll

In view of the rapidly accumulating mis- , fortunes which were overtaking the ’ armies of the nation, a lad of IG, born and bred upon a farm, willingly and gladly, full of life and hope and patriotism, offered his life, if need b^, his best service upon the altar of his country. He enlisted as a private soldier. He went to the front with others, and when a redoufit or a buttery was to bt> stormed, with youthful vigor and impetuosity, he was the foremost. During the entire war until it ended he served as a private soldier.” After reviewing ex-Gov. Foraker’s official record the speaker concluded. “The man whom I name is one of those gallant men who never deserted a friend or turned his back upon the enemy. He never sought a quarrel and ho never ran from one. Always true to high principles, always true to the Republican party, there never has been a campaign in the State when he was not in the foremost of the battle, leading as best he might on to victory. He has always been true to the principles of tlie Republican party because he is a Republican on principle. I take pleasure in presenting ( the name of Joseph B. Forai ker of Ohio.”

Representative Welsh, who has for weeks insisted that he would vote for no , one but William McKinley, placed the Governor-elect in nomination for Senator in a spicy speech, and urged him “as the man of the occasion and the one j who, if elected, would best subserve the interests of the State of Ohio and the nation.” ifepresentative Dicks, of Hamilton, in his turn nominated Secretary of thu , Treasury Charles Foster, but there was I a slight disposition to jeer the gentle- I man and he was brief in his speech. j The nominations of Sherman and , Foraker were seconded by several gen- 1 tiemen upon each side and it was 10 o’clock before a ballot was reached. Just before the ballot a telegram from , Governor-elect McKinley was read, say- , j ing: “I have been advised that my name ■ may be presented. Promptly withdraw

it." Upon this authority the Chairman 1 withdrew Mr. McKinley’s name, but this action did not prevent Mr. Welsh ! from subsequently voting for his can- ! | didate. | There was intense excitement during j the roll-call and as doubtful men recorded themselves they were warmly ; applauded by the faction with which they voted. j The result was: John Sherman, 53; J. B. Foraker, 38; Charles Foster, 1, and William McKinley, 1, and amid tremendous applause Sherman was declared the nominee. On motion of a Foraker man Senator Sherman’s nomination was made unanimous, and a committee was appointed to wait upon both Sherman and Foraker j and invite them to appear before the caucus. 1 Loud cheers greeted the appearance of the two distinguished Ohioans as they entered the hall and vrere escorted to the i speakers’ stand. About Men. The secret of success is constancy to , purp se. | The lazy man aims at nothing and ' genera’ly hits it. ! A button on your shirt is worth two down the back of your neck. It was once believed that hares i changed their sex every year. ' The man who loves his neighbor as himself never keeps a bull dog i In eight per cent of the marriages ! one of the parties has been married before.

' THE SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives — Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of tho Business. Tlie National Solons. Both houses reassembled on tho sth. In the Senate the attendance was full. The usual mass of petitions was presented. Including several In favor of a $5,000,000 loan to the World’s Fair on condition that the fair be closed Sundays. Mr. Washburn’s joint resolution, j to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to । employ any United States vessel best suited ’ to transport supplies to Russia at a cost ! not exceeding SIOO,OOO, was passed. Presi- ' dent Harrison also laid a message before the Senate, touching upon the Russian famine. Mr. Vest’s resolution, looking toward the abrogation by Great [ Britain of the regulation requiring j slaughter at tho port of entry of American cattle was passed. President Harrison sent to the Senate the names of the new Interstate Commerce Commissioners, as follows: James W. McDill, of lowa, vice Thomas M. i Cooley, resigned; William M. Lindsey, of Kentucky, vice W. L. Bragg, deceased; William R. Morriston, of 'lllinois. In the House the attendance was large, and Mr. McMillin was chosen Speaker pro tern. The balance of the session was occupied by the introduction of bills. On the 6th, the time of the Senate was largely taken up in confirming the various appointments sent in by President Harrison. Among papers introduced was a bill granting pensions to the soldiers of tho Seminole and other Indian wars. The attendance in the House was smaller than the day before. Discussion was lively over the Senate's Russian relief resolution. Many favored the measure, all applauded the sentiment, but many also questioned the legality of the proposed artion. Tho opinion of these latter was clearly expressed bv Mr. Bryan of Nebraska. He hoped that the appropriation of $100,60) would bo stricken from the resolution. If Congress was not empowered to aid the citizens of its own country in Nebraska during a drought, how was it empowered to carry corn raised this year in Nebraska to people of another country? Mr. Holman moved to strike out the appropriation clause, which was agreed to—lo 6 to .0. Consideration of.the resolution was then postponed indefinitely. On the 7th, every State except Nevada was represented Ly its two Senators when the upper house convened. Senator David B. Hili was sworn in. The introduction of petitions, bills, and resolutions occupied the whole time. One bill. Introduced by Mr. Peffer of Kansas, provided for tho loan of money to Indiana farmers. Comparatively few members listenod to the opening prayer in tho House. After the approval of tho journal and the appropriate reference of various Executive communications, a large number of bills was introduced: when tho House adjourned, as did tho Senate, to tho 11th.

Subjects of Thought. The greatest prayer Is patience. Time is always too short to people who Improve it. । Rumor can wreck a bank . ” , reputation. tell -how much a lion Wn^^nis roar.

Meddlesome people never have medals struck in their honor. D iad m n ‘ 11 no tales, but their biographers weave romances. Honesty is the b-st policy, b .t the policy men don't think so. Some charming ladies never grow older in years, only in looks. A non-union band the wedding ring worn by a divorced woman. Can there 1 c any real happino s where selfishness reigns supreme? You can t rake peop’e over the coals without burning your lingers. Habits are formed, not at one stroke, but gradua ly and insensibly. The devil would never leave home if he had to travel in his bare feet Most of us have things we want cov- ■ ered up—covered up forever, too.

The fellow wh > is always in deep water is usually shallow himself. Govern you thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. Nothing is more simple than greatness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. I wish I < ould keep from saying anything bad about any one; Lord help me. The only man who has a good faith is the one who knows he has a great God. Remember that impertinence Is not ■wit any more than insolence is brilliancy. Liberality consists less in giving much than in giving at the right moment. Conceatled griefs are the most consuming, as secret maladies are the most fatal. The soul has no pillow on which to re pose so soft and sweet as a good con science. Can one who neglects small opportunities expect to gain by great oppor tunities?

Fortunes are made by taking opportunities; character is made by making them. To be agrecab’e in society it is ne- essary not to sec and not to remember many things. Texas Sifting* Cliaff. A promising young man—one who is engaged to half a dozen girls. Am. men are not homeless, but some men arc home lefe than ethers. If the good die young, how do you account for bald headed editors? Generally, Nature hangs out a sign of simplicity in the face of a fool. Nothing so vividly reminds us of the brevity of life as a thirty-day note. Certain acts can be rendered legal, but oan never be made legitimate. It is an easy thing to be a philosopher, but it is hard to make it pay. Hard workers are usually honest Industry lifts them above temptation. The best tima to pass mutilated silver coin is to pass it when it is offered t< you. | There is nothing inconsistent in a carpet dealer wearing a claw-hammer coat. The virtue of prosperity is temperance. The virtue of adversity is fortitude. I The dude never takes an enemy into his mouth to steal his brains. He knows better. Why Is it easy to break into an old 1 man’s house? Because his locks are I tew and his gate is broken.