St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 17, Number 51, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 9 July 1892 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. ________ * WALKERTON, - - . INDIANA BAD WABASH WRECK. FIVE MEN KILLED AT AN INDIANA CULVERT. Third Party Candidates Are Weaver anti Field—First Ballot Decided It—Devastation by the Elements— South Dakota Will Have Good Crops. Bobbers Place Ties on the Track. The east-bound Wells-Fargo express train No. 14, of the Chicago and Erie Road, carrying express matter exclusively, was wrecked Thursday night near Decatur, Ind. Cross-ties had been placed on the. track for the purpose of wrecking the train to rob it. The train was running at the rate of fifty miles an hour through the cranberry marsh, where there is a dense growth of bushes. When Engineer Foley sighted the obstruction on the track ahead he reversed his engine and jumped and escaped injury. Five, passengers were injured. The engine struck the ties and went plowing into the ditch, followed by ten cars, all loaded with valuable express goods. The packages and boxes were scattered over the track and through the wreckage. Conductor Straden, the train men, and express messengers, who were not badly injured, gathered up the stuff and succeeded in saving nearly the whole of it. Two weeks ago ties were found on the track near the same point, but they were removed before any damage was done. The railroad company and the Wells-Fargo officials will take immediate steps to apprehend the guilty parties. Heavy Fire Is >** io < o Hand* Cal. Fire broke out in a barn at Woodland, Cal., Friday afternoon, and the high wind caused the flames to spread rapidly. The Jackson Block ami Exchange Block, containing the Opera House, Exchange Hotel and a number of stores and offices, were destroyed. A relief engine arriv< d from Sacramento, but there j was a scarcity of water. The fire was finally subdued after a large portion of the business part of the town was destroyed. The entire loss will reach $259,th 0. The principal losers are: David Bowes, $40,009; J. J. Mclntyre, $18,090; D. N. Heisboy, $16,000; Dr. Jackson, $16,000; J. F. Duncan. $13,0C0; Opera Ho :se, $27,000. The insurance is generally light. AV. W. Porter and an unknown man lost their lives. It Is Weaver and Field. The Omaha convention is over, and Gen. J. B. Weaver of lowa will lead the forces of the People’s parly in the present Presidential campaign. The result was a foregone conclusion after the withdrawal of Judge Gresham. The lowa man was chosen on the first ballot. For Vice President Gen. Joseph G. Field was chosen, also on the first ballot. Senator Kyle of South Dakota was the only other man mentioned for first place. Singularly enough, some of the ueaiaea the matter on the first ballot, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The nomination was made unanimous. Small Grain Is Looking Well. Bulletin No. 12, issued from the United States Weather Bureau in Huron, S. D., gives the condition of crops in South Dakota for the week. The amount of rainfall was above the average, being about 1| inches. On general average the week was not as favorable as last year. The moisture is ample and the crops are in a position to derive the greatest benefit from higher temperature and more sunshine. Corn especially needs these conditions. Small grain is looking well as a general thing, with heavy, deep roots and full stool. The early sown wheat is jointing, while rye and barley are heading. Grass is in fine condition, and a heavy crop of hay is expected. Plunged to Death. A disastrous wreck occurred on the Wabash railroad Sunday morning three miles west of Wabash, In I. The dead are Harvey Dunlap, of Peru, Superin- / of bridges; Charles Helm, bridge department; F. E. Moore, of Lafayette, fireman; George AV. Shorey, of Fort Wayne, engineer; Charles F. Wileox, of Peru, trainmaster. A wash-out caused the accident. BREVITIES. Energetic measures are being taken by the Russian authorities to stay the progress of the cholera. The country northeast of Lima, Ohio, was swept by a tremendous windstorm. Several people were killed, and vast damage inflicted to crops. San Jose, Cal., suffered a fre which wiped out two entire blocks, at ale ss of $590/09. The celebration casualties at Chicago began Sunday afternoon and continued until midnight Monday. In all, four persons were killed. Three of these were the victims of carelessness on the part of others, and one was impaled by a rocket during a premature explosion. Over fifty people were injured, several of whom will die. The ambulances of the different hospitals were kept constantly busy. A man giving the name Robert P. Somerville o: Chicago, who has been posing as a United States detective in Peru, Ind., was lodged in jail on the charge of forgery and impeis mating an officer. He cashed several checks on the First Nation d Bank of Kenosha and Racine, Wis. He lan a board bill at the Tremont Hotel, and took proprietor Frank Guthnec-k down to Logansport on false affidavits, claiming that his testimony was necessary toward a conviction of counterfeiters. He was a rested at Walton. The Pope is opposed to the establishment of a strictly Catholic party in F rance. Architect Allen, who built the Chicago w’gwam, comes out ahead on the job abdut $24,001'. Four masked men attempted to hold up < passenger train near Canadian, Texas. They have been chased into the Cherokee strip and are coming east, and a large number of deputy marshals horn Guthrie. Gkla., will attempt to head them off. They are undoubtedly a part of the lied Ro k robbers.

EASTERN. FIVE persons were severely injured bv a tra n on the New York Central leaving the track at Poughkeepsie Wednesday ; afternoon. John Bain, who represented that he was in the jewelry trade, was arrested by customs officers at New Yoik for i trying to smuggle watches. George M. Breidner, formerly head bookkeeper for a Baltimore dry goods firm, has been arrested on a charge of , embezzling $34,000 from the concern. William Zimms, postmaster at Fitz- ; town, Berks County, Pa., is under SI,OOO | bail on a charge of opening letters ad- ; dressed to William Charman, Justice of ' the Peace. A windstorm of cyclonic character struck Gloucester, N. J., from the south- । west Thursday, doing great damage to ; , property, killing two people and injur- j ing several others severely. ■ THE Grand Jury of Orange County, | N. Y., has returned true bills against j the village officers of Port Jews, charg- i ing them with criminal negligence in > not having prevented the recent lynch- ; ing of the negro, Bob Davis. A meeting of the thirteen Arch- i bishops of the Roman Catholic Church i in America will be held in New York in j October, to discuss the school question, I as it has come forward in regard to the । so-called Faribault plan of Archbishop Ireland. WESTERN. The chureh people of Holland, Mich., | Are holding union ] rayt r meetings to j supplicate the Almighty for a cessation • of rain. The Lima (Ohio) Carriage Company assigned to William Roberts. Assets about $20,000j liabilities twice that ; amount. A man named Sullivan presented a ■ revolver at the head of the cashier of ; the National Bank of Commerce in ; Dent er with a request f< $5,000. The I cashier responded by t; ’ ing a pistol from his drawer and tirin., at the would- ■ be robber, who ran away and was sub- ■ Bequently captured. Martin Costello ami Timothy ; O’Brien, laborers employed at the Solar j refinery, Lima, Ohio, were standing on ' top of one of the huge stills at the oil ; refinery, when a steam valve burst. 1 Both were enveloped in the hissing I steam and cooked. The st< a n was so j strong that O’Brien was blown some ■ distance. Col. T. E. Trotter, of the Twenty- i fourth Infantry, United States. Army, dropped dead of apoplexy while acting I as instructor at the brigade camp, । American Lake, twelve miles from Ta- ' coma, Wash. His body was taken to ! Vancouver Barracks for burial. He I was considered the best expert in the ■ al my in rifle practice. John Anderson, supposed to b* a tramp telegraph op rator from Memphis, bought a pistol in a hardware store at i Laramie, Wyo., Thursday evening. He threw a single cartridge into the cham- > ber, whirled it under the hammer, placed > the muzzle at his left breast and pulled . | the trigger. He bled profusely. but will r I live. Anderson says that he simply be- , 'camo disgusted with the West. A tremendous explosion of fireworks stored in the rooms of the American Toy Company in the Vermont Building, Chicago, Friday, destroye I several thousand dollars’ worth of property and endangered the lives of a number of people. It is estimated that SIO,OOO worth of fireworks were stored there in packages and boxes ready for the brisk Fourth of July trade. No one was killed. Mason, Neb., wae visited by a cyclone Friday which left ruin and destruction in its wake. Nearly every residence in the town was more or less damaged. It is hard to estimate the damage at this time, Lut careful estimates place it at between $20,000 and StO,OOe. Mis. J. C. Porter sustained some injury whle going from her home to a neighbor’s. W. Moulton received injuries by being struck on the side of the head by a flying loard. A pad accident has occur; o I on Fast Sixth street, Cincinnati. The locality is a steep hillside upon which cheap house s ha 1 e been built. Not long ago a sewer broke underground, and its leakage has so softened the earth that a huge landslide 560 feet wide hassta ted. It moves slowly,but has already wrecked a half-dozen or more houses. It is threatening many more. The Building Inspector has ordered ali families in its path to move out of th dr houses. The damages are already estimate d at $40,0(0. A Leadville dispatch says: One of the biggest jail deliveries that ever occurred in Colorado took place late Fri- • day afternoon when fifteen prisoners escaped from the Lake County jail. Among the prisoners are some desperate characters and a large pbsse of officers have gone in pursuit. The men are allowed to run in the jail corridors ami have during the last six months been diguing a hole through the corridor wall. 1 his was finished and the escape successfully made. Jesse Musser, who was supposed to have been hanged by a mob August 31 last, aipeared upon the streets of his native town of Houstonia, Mo., Tuesday. On the date mentioned two men entered the bank at Card r, and with drawn revolvers secured SCOO from the cashier. A posse was quickly organized. One of the men was overtaken, half the stolen money was found in his possession, and he was hanged to a tree. The dead man was said to be Jesse Musser, wao disappeared from his home three days before. After the burial the remains were disinterred by Musser’? father and mother and recognized as their son. Musser said on Tuesday that he had known all along of the sensation he was supposed to have caused and rather enjoyed it, but pref; rred tc keep quiet. He had Deen Working near Galliam, Mo., as a farm hand. Who the man was who wn.s lynched is now a complete mystery. Tin-: Chinese exclusion law prevented Hom Bot, a rich San Francisco Chinese merchant, from landing bis aristocratic little-footed wife. Bot’s story was that he met the girl in Marysville, Cal., five years ago, and they be< ame betiothed. Her parents took her to China for proper education. A few months ago lie received word that she had reached the marriageable age. So he returned and they were wedded. He

i came back with his wife and her young : sister. His own papers were all right, ; but the custom house records had no mention of the departure of his bride , five years ago, so Judge Morrow decided ' ! she could not inter the country. She' ' was richly dressed, and had to be car- I ried into the court-room, as she cannot j walk without help. When she learned! ! she had to return to China sho burst ; into tears and refused to be comforted, i Iler husband swears he will spend a fortune appealing the case to the Su- , preme Court. I Kansas farmers are having great ; trouble in suffering sufficient hands to harvest the enormous crop of wheat in j the State, most of which is now ready for cutting. There is an alarming ! , scarcity of farm hands, and the ; ' farmers are offering high wig's 'to secure stiff! dent help. At all ; ' the stations along the Santa Fe 1 : Railway, trains are daily besieged by i farmers trying to secure men to work. I I They offer from $2 to $3 a day with board, wages which have never been | known to prevail in the State before, j j Last year’s wheat crop was 54,055,000 : ! bushels,* and the yield this year will | । probably exceed that of any previous : year in the history of the State. ; iln the central and northern por- j ■ tions of the State at least 20,000 ■ farm hands can find employment at j wages ranging from $2 to $3 a day with ' I board during the present harvest. The eat crop, too, premises a. very large I yield, and the corn crop, the average of which exceeds any previous year, will probably exceed any former yield. Conservative estimates place the total yield the in neighborhood of 2CO/ 00,009 bushpls. SOUTHERN. The remains of James K. Polk elev1 enth President of the United States, ar- to be removed from Polk Place, i Nashville, to Mount Olivet Cemetery. Cheyenne and Arapahoe Indians con- ! tinue to sulk over the allotment of ! lands, and at El Rmio, Monday, r fused \ to accept the Government issue of beef, j Three negroes were shot to death at 1 Spurges, Texas, Friday evening. They ‘ had confessed to having assaulted Mrs. ! Beasely and le r daughter mar that I place the night before. Thomas Bates, who mu:dered his I wife in Bedford County, Tenn., last Friday, was taken from jail at Shelbyville, Momlay morning, and lynched ' within fifty feet of the prison. Two passenger coaches <ll the St. ‘ Louis and Southeastern Railroad, standI ing uj on a crossing at Althemer, Ark.. Wednesday, were stru k by a freight train ami wrecked. Three persons were kill- d and seven inj ired. WASHINGTON. Tin: Horse has passed the agrieultu- ’ ral appropriation bill. The House Commit e.‘ on the Flevi <nth C< ns.is will re o amend an aj pro- । priation of $259,’W0 to complete the pub- ! licatit n of the census reports. A. R. McChesney, of South Dakota, ami formerly Stat" Lank Ex mn e' < f New York, will probably suntel Mr. 1 Lacey as Controller of the Currency. ■ 11 ? ’ "t «»••••■ ->-••>«-«i iki- i-i nt

[ resolution of Congress mck ' 1892. the 40( th anniversary of the disi covery of America, a general holiday, i POLITICAL. Senator Brice is said io have announced in Lima Tuesday that Congressman Ben T. Cable, of Illinois, j would succeed him in the Chairmanship j of the Democratic National Committee. ! The Democratic apportionment bill | came to its final pa-sage Thursday in : both houses of the Wisconsin Legisla- • ture It was passed in both eases by a ! striet’y party vote—G3 to 30 in the As- | sembly, it; to 11 in the Senate. Ika .1. Chase won the nomination for I Governor of Indiana at the hands of the i Stale convention, held in For. Wayne. ■ The nomination was made in the first ' ballot. Others on the ticket are: Lieuj tenant Governor, Theodore P. Shock- * ney, of Randolph County; Secretary of i State, Aaron -Tones, of St. Joseph; Au- ' ditor of State, John W. Coens, of i Marion; Treasurer of State, Fred J. Scholz, of Vanderburg'; Attorney General, J. D. Ferrell, of La Grange. The platform heartily approves of the declarations adopted at Minneapolis, denounces the apportionment laws passed by the last Democratic Gem ra! Assembly, and declares that debt and Democracy are synonymous terms with the taxpayers of Indiana. The music hall of Cincinnati, the ; Queen City, has been the scene of many ’ a notable gathering that has left its impress upon the history of the State and । of the country, but never has it held a more determined, earnest, and enthui siastic meeting of men and women than ■ that which assembled under its big ; dome Wednesday morning. A score of i years have passed since the opponents ! of the legalization and the recognit on of the liquor traffic, meeting together for the first time tn the history of the movement, determined to dis- ! play the courage of their conviej tions and to place a Presidential । ticket in the field. That was in ' the World’s Fair City in 1872, and in every succeeding Presidential campaign they have nailed their colors to i the mast and battled at the polls in de- I i sense of their principles. Now, although 1 j feeling that for many years to come ' theirs will be but little more than a i ca i paign of education, they are strong- , er, more united, more hopeful of ult:- • I mate success than they have ever been | sin e the first days of the rational Pro- , hibition eatne, and surely the beautiful ! convention hall never presented a more j attractive—one might say enchanting— j ; appearance than it did Wednesday ' morning when the sun j ceped through ' . the stained-glass windows of its dome. I Lhe following ticket was placed in ■ nomination by the lowa I’epubliean Stat e (onvention at Des Moines , Wednesday: Secretary of State W. M. M’FARLAND ' , Treasurer BYRON A. BEESON I Attorney General JOHN V. STONE I Auditor c. g. M’CARTHY 1 ; Railroad Commissioner.. .GEO. W. PERKINS j I ™«*ors-at-largc ] y mit^'V >EM LEY I Eviry couWy was represented, aid Gland Opera House was comfortably ; filled, but, compared with former : years, there was not so great an as- j : semblage of visitors. The Auditorium j i was elaborately decorated with, lhe na- I tional colors and portraits of eminent ; men. In the rear of the stage was an

immense canvass, with portraits o! Harrison and Reid, and in the back- j ground was a representation of a merchant vessel plowing the sea. The Prohibitionists at Cincinnati followed the season’s convention fashion, making a first-ballot nomination for the Presidency. Gen. John Bidwell, an old California pioneer, a former Congressman, an I now a wealthy landowner of California, was the nominee by an unmistakable majority, receiving 590 votes out of a total vote of I 974, 487 votes being necessary to a : choice. The nomination was greeted । with a deafening din of cheers and whistles. The official record of the vote was as follows: Bidwell, s^o; Stewart, 179; Demorest, 139. Dr. J. B. Cranlill, ol ' Texas, was nominated for Vice Pres - dent on the second ballot, getting i 416 votes, nine more than enough to ' win. At 2:lo o’clock a. m. Friday the • convention adjoutned sine die. Washington dispatch: The President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Jolin W. Foster, of Indiana, to ; be Secretary of State, to succeed James : G. Blaine. A confidential adviser of • the President says that the appointment j will run only until next March, even in I the event of the President’s re-election. Mr. Foster, whose diplomatic connections with other governments are of j an exceedingly remunerative charaet r, i is unwilling io forego them for a longer I time. Moreover, the other governim nts would be unwilling to hold the offh e of confidential adviser or counsel to their : legations open for a longer time. By promising, however, to see that their i interests are properly placed in cor^pej tent hands he can relinquish them rem- : porarily, and upon resigning next March ! resume the foreign positions which hei; ' now filling. FOREIGN The British Parliament was dissolved : Tuesday. The. Marquis of Droghe la is dead, at the age of 69 yea s. A bridge over the river Leven, in Scotland, fell, carrying down with it a number of workmen, five of whom were drowned. The cholera has passed over from As : a iv o l.ussia, several hundre I eas-'s of the disease having been reported west of the frontier. Several fires occurring simultam ously in Paris Tuesday n ght are thought to hav> been set by Anarchists to affect the fate of l’ava 'hoi. Cholera is si reading rapidly in th-' Russian province of Baku, on the west shore of the Caspian S- a. The Government Is making every ('Tort to slay the prog <•>> of th-> epidemic. The n w bridge over th-' River I even, near L- slie. -a-unty of I-ife, Seotlaml, collapsed on the removal of a s- aTolding ereete 1 during th-' constiucti- n. A number of wor-ingmen were carried down an I live drowned. The declarations of Prince Bi - irek against the government in his ’--cent speeches and interviews, and the threatening attitude of the government against him. have caused the greatest excitement in Germany. 'I he incid-nt is the principal sub/'ct of disc ussion in the German newsp ipers.

IN GENERAL Tur. Yale crew won the college boat race at New London. . At the sesdon of the Prohibition convention Thursday morning $20,0 Ml was raised by subscription to carry on th ■ war against the saloon. The British ship Fre I B. Taylor was sunk by the Trav • in mid-ocean. All on board were rescued and reache I Liv- • rpool Thursday. Mus. Kb hard J. Oglesby is sad to be on the slate for electit n as President , of the IHlnois Woman’s Exposition Board, in place of Mrs. Frances B. Phillips, recently resigned. Sir Charles Tvpith, Canadian High Commissioner at the congress of British and Colonial Chambers of Congress, in London, declared that "the o •- topus America” was driving 14iti^h trade from the Western hemisphere. At Vancouver, B. C., There is great excitement over the ri port that the American cruisers have seized the steamer Coquitlam in Abv kan wateis, besides several Canadian sealers. The Coquitlam was owned by th * Union Steamship company of Vancouver, and chattered by an association of sealers to carry supplies to scho ners in Behring Sea and collect and bring back the . skins. MARKET REPORTS CHICAGO. Cattle —Common to Prime s.no Hobs—Shipping Grades 3.50 t" 5.75 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.c0 @ 6.25 Wheat—No. 2 Spring to &. .so Corn —No. 2, new.... 51 .52 Oats—No. 2 33‘ mc .34'5 RYE—No. 2 75 V .77 * Butter —Choice Creamery 20 C .21 Cheese—Full Cream, flats 09 ct Jo'-j E< i GS —Fresh 14 BCT .15 ’ j Potatoes—Nev.-, per brl 2.25 nj c.oo INDIANAPOLIS. • Cattle—Shipping 3.25 & 4.50 i Boos—Choice Light ?.5O 5.25 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 ci 5.c0 । Wheat—No. 2 Red to .so Corn—No. 1 White 49 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .35 ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3.00 C 4.50 . Hogs 3.50 @ 5.75 1 Wheat—No. 2 Red 77 ni .78 I Corn—No. 2 44 (« .45 ; Oats—No. 2 ; 1 & .32 Rye—No. 2 75 <<< .77 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 4.50 ■ Hogs 3.00 @ 5.75 i Sheep 3.0-1 e 5.25 • Wheat —No. 2 Red 81 (« .83 Corn—No. 2 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 @ .35 DETROIT. j CATTTLE 3.00 & 4.53 . Hogs 3.00 @ 5.00 ' Sheep 3.00 @ 4.75 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 85?._>@ .sol CORN No. 2 Yellow 47*s@ -41?2 ' Oats—No. 2 White 36 .37 TOLEDO. I Wheat—No. 2 J 6 @ .87 ! Cohn —No. 2 White 50’.,./; .51 i Gats—No. 2 White 34 v' .35 Rye 74 @ .76 BUFFALO. | Beep Catwle —Com. to Prime.. 4.00 @6.00 i Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 gi 5.50 1 'Wheat —No. 1 Hard 8.1 n' .90 Corn—No. 2 54 g$ .55 MILWAUKEE. j Wheat—No. 2 Spring 76 gs .78 I Corn—No. 3 47 g« .48 1 Oats—No./2 White 35'29;’ .30’5 ! Rye—No. 1 78 'gj .7.1 i Barley—No. 2 59 g< .61 Pork—Mess 11.25 @11.75 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.50 g? 4.75 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.75 I Sheep 4.50 <« ovo Wheat—No. 2 Red 91 gt .93 ? Corn—No. 2 co git .62 i Oats—Mixed Western 36 @ .39 I Butter—Creamery 16 n 1 .22 Pork—Old Mess 10.75 @11.53

TO TAKE BLAINE’S PLACE. Folin W. Foster of Indiana Named foi Secretary of State. John AV. Foster of In liana is to be Secretary of State. The Senate in executive session has ^confirmed the nomination made by the President. I John AV at son Foster was born 1 j' l I n( lia na > Marelj 2 ’ 183C - He was / graduated at the J \ Indiana State v Univ- r s i t y in P 55, and after a ypsjsly; .''ear in the Har- \ v-nl law school \ ~^ / was admitted to \ ' the bar and began john w. foster. practice of law In Evansville. In 1861 he entered the Union army as Major of the Twentyfifth Indiana Infantry. He was successively promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and Colonel. During his entire military service he was connected with the Western armies of ( rant and Sherman, After the war he became editor of 11k Evansville Daily Journal and n 1861 was appointed postmaster of that city. Four years later he was sent to Mcxiec by’ President Grant as ( nited Slates Minister, and in 1880 was r« appointee by President Hayes. The same year he was transferred to Russia, which missior he held about a yea". He then resigned and returned home to attend to private business. He settled down in AV ashington, giving his attention chiefly tc practicing in international cases and acting as counsel for foreign legations before courts or commissions. Air. Foster was appointed Minister tc Spain by Preside nt Arthur and served two years, when he resigned and returned to the United Stites. While in Spain he had negotiated an important commercial treaty which was strongly opposed in the Senate and finally rejocted by that Vo ’y. It was withdrawn by President Cleveland for reconsideration. Foster returned to Spain tonegotiate for a modified treaty, but his mission was a failure. He has for some time been acting as dipb matic attorney for the Department of State.

UP GOES THE PRICE OF COAL. 1 Sales Agents Meet and Decide to Advance Their Kates. New York sp c’al: Coa' prices w. rc adt anced ; harply on Thursday. A sub- ’ stantlal increase had gent tally been looked for., I u the advance dec de l up- ; mi in the eases of some sizes of coal was greater than had been prophesied, lhe , Eusfurn sales agent- o the anthracite . co : panics met at the Uentral Building, 1 I on Liberty street, and decided 10 raise rates as follows: On chestnut and stove sizes, 35 cents a ton; egg, 30 cents, grate, 15 cents. These advances are . from the figures of the June schedule. The new prices take effect immediately. Quotations for July. 18 >O. 1891, and 1832, are shown in tins table, whi h gives ! । retty good eviden -e of the workings ol the real combination: Kimi. I*.*'. l-'l. 1892. Increase i Grate 43.65 $3.65 $3.90 25 cent, Era 3.75 3.85 4.20 cent! G Stove- 4.00 4.05 4.50 45 cents - Chestnut 3.<A 3.75 4.40 65 cents t The proluetion for July was fixed al t 3,*00, o<h» tons. The actual production t in July, 1891, was 3,701,339 tons; in 3 Julv, 1890, 3,310,078 tons, and in July, 3,f,27,522 tons. Th ‘ Western sales •• *G o-Bo held a meet.gg amldgLgdal up m an “tUMt? in price of Zo c’nts u ton on all sizes. t *— NOT EVEN A POSTAGE STAMP LEFT. " WorhlN C<»hnnbhin (’oinmlssion Hasn't a ‘ Cent Reiimtnin^ in Its Treasury. The World's Columbian Commission s is now without even a postage stan p. j Every dollar of the appropriation of $59,500 has been exhausted and Secretary Dickinson hasn’t enough money left to paj' the stationery expenses of his ’ office, unless he goes into his own t pocket. Dire tor Genet al Davis has i not drawn his salary for several . months Colonel Dickinson has gone without pay for the same period in order that the clerks in his office coul i draw ‘ their salaries in full. They have been 1 p lid to June 1, and, even in case a de- ■ ifeiency bill is passed, will get no more - money until early in August. But few i members of the national board who attended the April session have received the money they advanced for railroad , fa;e and hotel expenses. Wednesday , night the last postage stamp in Secretary Dickinson’s office was put on a let- ’ ter to Secretary Foster, informing him of the condition of the National Com- । mission’s finances. 1 FELL TO THEIR HEATH. J A Party of Aeranauts Precipitated tc the Ground. A frightful accident occurred at the Crystal Palace, London. A piece being given at the palace lately is called “The Tragic Episode,” but Wednesday the audience witnessed a real and terrible tragedy. Captain Dale, the well-known aeronaut, was to give a balloon exhibition in the presen-e of thousands ol Sunday school holiday seekers. The captain invited any who desired to accompany him on his voyage in the air. Several volunteered and the balloon started on its upward Hight, the great multitude, largely composed of children, watch ng it with wondering gaze. Suddenly the balloon burst, and a cry of terror arose from the audience as the balloon collapsed with a noise as of the discharge of a huge cannon. The aeronaut fell tc । the ground dead, and three of the passengers were seriou ly injured. Useful l a ket. Keeping a pan of water in the over will pre ent fowi from scorching. Pearl knife handles should be rubbec with a salt rag dipped in fine table salt । then polished witli leather. Finger marks may be removed from ’ varnished furnitur ■ by rubbing well witt a very- little sweet oil upon a soft rag. Never omit regular bathing, for un- [ less the skin is in regular corn! tion th< : cold will close the pores and favor congestion or other diseases. It is said that if the woo Iwork in the j kitchen is kept constantly scrubbed w ith water in which potash has I e< i I dissolved, roaches and ants will spediiy i disappear. Combing and rubbing the scalp of the ' head with the hand diaws the blood uj to the surface of the head, and not only । relieves the pa‘n at times, but adds nev i strength to the hair. Paper is a good and cheap materia ■ to cleanse utensils. Knives rubbet • with it preserve their brightne-s; sto-ef , rubbed hard with it every morning wif ' remain clean and bright and polish will ' be saved.

DOINGS OF CONGRESS. \ MEASURES CONSIDERED AND ACTED UPON. At the Nation’s Capital—What Is Bein Done by the Senate and House—OlMattors Disposed Os and New Ones Con sidored. Tiie Senate and House. Tn the House, the 2Stt, Mr. Carter spokj nt length against the Hatch bill. Representative Pierce of Tennessee introduced in, the H us ? a free coinage bill identical with the silver coinage bill pending m theSenate as modified by Senator Stewarts amendment. Much work lookin: toward, adjournment was accomplished by the House. Senators Hale and A r est had a lively jolitieal argument in the Senate. Between July 15 and 20 is the day set ’ y business men for a probable adfournmeat* In the House, the 29th, the Indian appropriation bill, on which an agreement had been reached, was again sent to c inference. A couple of hours were consumed in the consideration of a bill amendatory of the timber culture repeal ax:U but it tas withdrawn without actionMr. Hatch of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Agricu’ture, reported back tot lie House the agricultural appropriation bill, with the Senate amendments thereto, and asked that the Senate ame idment (increasing) be non-concurred in and a conference ordered. '1 his was agreed to. An attempt to bring up the tin-plate bill failed, and House adjourned. In the Senate there were two executive sessions held, the feature of which was the confirmation of Secretary Jolin W. Foster’s nomination. The Postoffice Appropriation bill was takenup and passed. The Legislative, Executive. and Judicial Appropriation bill wastaken up. the question being on the amendment as to the Utah Commis-ion. The amendment was agreed to—yeas. 28; nays. 24. The salaries of the five Commissionerswere fixed at 52.00 J each. Mr. Carey offered another amendment that any such Commissioners who may hereafter lie appointed shall te residents of the Territory of Utah. Agreed to. The Pension Appropriation bill was then taken up. The only important amendment recom•mended by the Committee on Appropriations is one increasing from 5133,048,368 tc 8141,956.000 the appropriation for invalids’, widows', and orphans’ pensions. After a long debate the committee amendments ' were agreed to and the bill passed. The Senate bill for the relief of settlers uponcertain lands in the States of South and

vermin intuit in eiie rvaies 01 touru anu North Dakota was passed. On the 30th, a warm discussion ensued vhen the free-coinaTe bill was called up.. Mr. McPherson objected to consideration of , the measure, though flic day befote it hac been fixed as the order, for the reason thaV all the Senators had not returned. A motion to recommit the bill to the Finance Committee was pending wl.e.t the Senate adjourned, as was also an amendment tc Mr. Stewart’s sub titute. which woul 1 seem to confine the free-coinase privileges of thebilltotho product of American mines after the bill becomes a law. Conference re; orts on the naval, the District., and the a-'riciHtuial appropriation bills were agreed to; a joint resolution to c ntinue the appropriations for the expenses of the Government for fifteen days of the new fiscal year, waspassed by both houses and sent to the President. In the House, a fight ensued on theproposition making an appropriation for the entertainment of the G. A. R encampment. The report was sent back to conference. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, submitted the confetencc report on the agricultural appropriation bill. Pending action the House adjourned. The Senate, on the Ist. by a vote of 29 tc 25, passed tlje Stewart substitute bill. As it goes to the House the till reads: “Be it _ enacted, etc., that the owner of silver 1 u'.l on may deposit the same at any mint of the^.Uuitedfitate^ to be c ined terms and c^vKUtums which are provided r>y law for the deposit and coinage of gold, to -4 coin such silver bullion into the standawl dollars authorized by the act of Feb. 28, ” 1878, entitled ‘tin act to authorize the coinage of the standard silver dollar and to iestore its legal-tender character.’ and such coins shall lea legal tender for all. debts and dues, public and private.” Theact of July 14. 1890, entitled “an act directing the purchase of silver bullion and the-is-ue of Tieasury notes thereon, and for other purposes,” is hereby repealed. Provided, That the Secretary of the Treasury shall proceed to have coined all the silver bullion in the Treasury purchased with silver or coin certificates. The House mado s?ow progress in work picparatory to adjournment. WAS A PROSPEROUS YEAR. Record of the Last Txvelve Mouths Never Equaled. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: A fiscal year never mat< hed in the whole history of the country in volume of industrial production, in magnitude of domert-ic exchanges, or in ferbign Ira le has juGt closed. The imports of the year have '«jen about $833,900,1 00, the increase at Aew York in June over last year being about 18.0 per cent. Exports from New York in Jine gained IL4 p ?r cent, and ti.e aggregate for the year has been about $1,"27,00f,000. Railroad earnings have been the largest in any year thus far, and clearings in June the largest ever known in that month, exceeding last year eight per cent., and for the whole year the largest ever known outside of New York. Failures fur th 1 half year have been 5. o*, against 0,071 in 18 >l, ami liabilities $02.0 0/00. against $92,000,009 and on lhe whole about the smallest for fl c sears. In spite of low prices a dilionai wo ks are going into operat’en even in the iron manufacture, and yet more in woolen and cotton. Ou Ilie IHuiumi.L Following Is a showing of the standing of each of tue teams of the different associations: national league. W. L Vo.' W. L. ipc. Boston 46 1- .718 M ashington3(> 34 .46s > Philadelp’ia.4o 24 .625 Chicago 27 32 .457 i Brooklyn... .39 24 .619 New York... .27 35 .435 Cincinnati. 4 26 .567 St. Louis... .26 38 .ICO Cleveland. ..33 28 .541 Louisville. ..25 39 .390 — Pittsburg ..32 34 .4-4 Baltimore.. .17 46 .269 WESTERN ASSOCIATION. W. L. Fc.l W. L. Columbus. ~40 is .r.G I Kansas City.2s 28 .472 Milwaukee. .28 20 ,ss:; Minneap'Hs.l9 22 .463 Omaha 26 24 .520 Ft. tVavne..!B 28 .391 Toledo 23 22 .511 lndian'pTU.l2 31 .272 i ILLINOIS-IO A T.EAGUE. (NEW SERIES.) W. L. s?c. W. L. VcTerre Haute. 8 3 .727 Rockford. ... 5 5 .500R. 1.-Moline. 7 4 .GW Joliet 5 8 .385 J Evansville.. 7 6 .583 Aurora. 5 9 .356i Jacksonville 77 .500 WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. W. L. Vc- w - b- Vc. Oshkosh 9 6 .Gik. Marquette . .12 10 .’45 Menominee .13 9 .5." Marinette... 8 13 .3<T Ish.-Neg 13 19 .s:s,Green Bay.. 7 14 .333 Atchison Globe Proverbs Most men do th dr hardest wo*k in looking for an excuse to loaf. I A man can’t love a woman he does ' not trust; women live men eve”v Gay they can’t trust. : The Lord hears Jo’s about the faults of husbands from over-religious wives. After all, the most agreeable men in the world are those who know when it is time to go. There are none against whom men need protection so much as those whom they impliciyy trust.