St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 1, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 23 July 1892 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT. -“—WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA HELD FOR MURDER. LEADERS OF STRIKERS IN CUSTODY AT HOMESTEAD. Texas Fever Ini reduced Into KansasMontana Man Chairman of the Republican National Committee—Mutineers Murder the Crew and Seize the Ship. Carter Is Chosen. Thomas 11. Carter, of Montana, has been chosen Chairman of the Republican National Committee. He is 38 years okl, and was born in Scioto County, Ohio. He has resided in Montana for more than fifteen years, having gone to Helena when quite a lad. He was elected a delegate in Congress for that Territory to succeed Martin Maginnis, but before taking his seat was chosen a member, the Territory having been admitted’as a State. He was a candidate for renomination when President Harrison appointed him Commissioner of the General Land Office, which position ho has since occupied. Kansas Cattle Dying from Texas Fever. Over fifty head of native cattle have died of Texas fever in the southern part of Lyon County, Kan., within the last few days. The fever was introduced by a drove of Texas cattle. Commissioner Hurst, of the State Sanitary Commission, issued an order of Lincoln County quarantining all ground over which the herd passed. It is hoped and believed this will prevent further spread of the fever. The matter has been kept quiet until the proclamation made it public. French Fishermen I-estroying Nets. There is more trouble on the French New Foundland shore. French fishermen have maliciously destroyed 350 lobster pots belonging to Bair’s agent at Port-au-Port, St. George’s Bay, and have carried off a la. go quantity of rope. The French allege that the British lobster fishery interferes with their cod fishery. The war vessels Emerald and Pelican have been sent to make an investigation. Carnegie Acts. Murder has been charged against seven of the leaders in the great strike at the Carnegie steel mills, and warrants for their arrest are in the hands of high constables for Allegheny County'. The complaint was made by F. T. F. Lovejoy, Secretary of the Carnegie Steel Company. NEWS NUGGETS. Quarantine against small-pox has 1 been established at all ports on Puget I Sound. Emperor William has ordered Chan- ! cellor von Caprivi to ignore the Bis- । marck controversy. The A.-asour! River has begun to fall J at Lexington, Mo., greatly relieving tho j minds of owners of farms in the bot- ] toms. ] Near Camdrn, Ark., an electrical and 1 wind storm did much damage to prop- < erty. A wall near a large house was shattered by lightning. Rumors have reached Sydney from Timor that there has been a volcanic । eruption on the Island of Sangir, one of ( the Philippine group, and that most of the 12,000 inhabitants have been killed. Senator Baron de Courcelles, formerly French Ambassador at Berlin, has been appointed French arbitrator on the Behring Sea Arbitration Commission. Tho arbitrators will meet at . Paris. According to advices received from । Juneau the authorities arrested six In- j dians at Chilcat, Alaska, charged with murder. Together with twenty witnesses they were taken to Juneau for trial. The verdict of the Coroner’s jury was that the Indians were responsible for the death of a white man during the fight with cannery men. A series of great fires is reported from the Philippine Islands. At Marong 200 buildings in the business section were destroyed. At San Miguel de Mayuno fire broke out in two districts of the town, causing great damage. At Balanga, 1,500 buildings were destroyed, leaving 9,000 persons homeless and destitute. Other fires occurred at Juan Mandola and Manban during the month.

Near Frankfort, Ky., John Saunders and Jim Fores were killed by an explosion of powder at the State arsenal. Others are reported killed, but no names are given. The men killed were of a party appointed to clean out the arsenal and put it inorder. They took all the ammunition and stores to a farm near Frankfort to do the work, and while engaged 1,200 pounds of powder caught from a spark and exploded. A .rusty at the State Insane Asylum, west of Bichmond, Ind., named William C. Sheffield, about to be discharged as cur< d, fell in front of the St. Louis apd New York mail train. He had been to a neighboring field to watch some farmers threshing, and there is a theory that he sat beside the track to rest, was startled by the train, raised up dazed, and rushed Before it unintentionally, but this theory is not generally accepted. Captain Casteela and his crew of six men, of the schooner Undine, owned by • awford & Co., of San Francis o, and bound for the South seas, were murdered by the mate and his brother, who shipped a native crew and proceeded to Ascension Island. There the steward, whose life had been spared, informed the authorities of the crime that had been committed. The murderers were arrested and sent to Manila. Inquisition methods have been charged against Judge Herez, of the State of Zacatecas, Mexico, alleged tc have burned two victims at the stake. The striking Idaho miners are as meek in the presence of the troops as they were brutal and domineering when they had the non-union i. en at theii mercy. Wm. Giepin, aged 17, son of ex-Gov. ernor William Gilpin, fell from a 200foot precipice near Pine Grove, Col., and was instantly killed, his body rolling into the Platte ji ver.

EASTERN. Francis P. Loomis, Lieutenant Governor of Connecticut in 1878-9, died at Hartford Wednesday. Six Italian laborers digging a sewer at Shepard’s leather factory, in Westport, Ct., were blown up by an explosion of a tank of naphtha and four were fatally injured. For the twenty-four hours ending at noon on Tuesday, there were reported to Dr. John T. Nagle, register of vital statistics of the New York City Boyrd of Health, 260 deaths. This is the largest number of dqjiths for one day reported in several years. James Hamilton, a colored Methodist minister of Flushing, L. 1., has been convicted of murder in the first degree for the killing of his wife Annie by cutting her throat at Winfield on May 1 and sentenced to death by electric current August 29. Mrs. John Harkins, wife of a Philadelphia mechanic, surpassed all previous records by giving birth to lour girl babies within a few hours. Mother and children were reported doing well. The father received the news while eating his breakfast, but seemed scarcely to realize his good luck. At Rochester, N. Y., an order was file 1 in the County Clerk’s office dissolving the Hop Bitters Manufacturing Company. Asa T. Soule made his fortune out of the medicine, drawing a salary as president of $15,000 a year. The assets were not more than $2,000 and the liabilities about $40,000. The company has not for the last five years sold more Ilian $5,000 worth of medicine per year, which was not enough to pay its officers. The inquity into the trouble at Homestead has been concluded by the Congressional committee at Pittsburg. One | of the committee said that the present! investigation would do much to help the i passage oi a compulsory arbitration I law, and also an anti-Pinkerton meas- , ure, l oth of vhich have already been 1 introduced. Most of the committee ; favor both of Jhese measures, and the ; report which the committee will submit i will doubtless contain favorable rocom- j mendation for both.

At Oswego, N. Y., nothing had been heard Sunday night from the tug Booth and the barges Thurso 1). Richards, 0. Richardson, and Winona, belonging to the Montreal Forwarding Company, with coal for Montreal, and it is feared that they foundered in the gale of Friday night, and that’ the crews, aggregating thirty-two men, had been drowned. The tug and barges yere built for freighting on the St. Lawrence River, and were not calculated to contend with the severe storms of the lakes. Cyrus W. Field died at 9:30 o’clock Tuesday morning at Dobbs Ferry, N. Y. There were in the room at the time David Dudley Field, Mrs. Dudley Field, j Mrs. Isabella Judson, Cyrus Field Jud- I eon, Frank Judson and the attending ! physician. Mr. Field had been suffering from physical and mental exhaustion brought on by the many troubles which have overtaken him during the past year. For some days his mind wandered occasionally, but Uis friends say that the stories sent out about TiTT" having lost his reason were maliciously baseless. The funeral services will be held on Thursday afternoon at the house. The interment will be at Stockbridge, Mass., on Friday. Mr. Field died a comparatively poor man. WESTERN. Ex-Gov. Newton Booth, of Ca'.ifornui, died Thursday night at Sacramento. Anna Denison, a young woman of Chesterton, near Yalparaiso, Ind., committed suicide by taking poison. A State convention to consider the subject of highway improvement in lowa has been called, to meet, in Des Moines. The Rev. Hugh Eichelberg, pastor of the Petri Reformed Church, at Evans- ! ville, Ind., was prostrated by the heat and may die. J. L. Childs, aged 69 years, a prominent citizen of Whiting, Ind., committed suicide by hanging himself. No cause is known for the act. Mus. M. D. Hawley, aged CO years, died at Lebanon, Ind., from poison, self-administered. The motive for the suicide is unknown.

An explosion of giant powder in their cabin near Townsend, Mont , killed David Barnett, Peter McDonald, and Daniel Wallace, mining prospectors. An awful waterspout occurred in Grape Creek above Canon City, Col., which was flooded by a heavy rain. The torrent of water rushed through Canon City, tearing away the Santa Be Railroad bridge and 300 feet of track. Immense damage was done to growing fruit crops. The electric light and water-works plants are useless. Several weeks ago there arrived in Evansville, Ind., a young man giving his name as Hugh lletcher Campbell, who opened an establishment under the firm name of “Consumers’ lea Company.” He seemed to be doing a fine business and gained the confidence of quite a number of citizens with whom he contract! d debts for various amounts. Monday he quietly sold his stock and departed from the city. A terrific windstorm swept over the northern portion of Hamilton, Ohio, causing great destruction. It approached from the West, and first struck the pulp mill of the Louis Snider s Sons Company. The entire west end of the building was blown in. The bricks and timbers fell on five men who were working in the pulp-room. The roof was torn to pieces and carried some distance. Two were fatally injured. The storm also struck Cincinnati, and two men were killed.

The Missouri, Kansas and Texas Bailway and the Pacific Express Company have jointly offered a reward of $5,000 for the arrest and conviction of each of the men engaged In the robbery of the express car on the north-bound train on the Missouri, Kansas and Texas xlailway at Adair Station in the Indian Territory. A large posse of men is now scouring the Indian Territory, and from advices received there is good reason to believe that the robbers will be captured. The amount stolen was $40,000. The wool clip of Montana will aggregate from twelve to fifteen million pounds this year. It is of excellent quality, and is rapidly going into the hands'of Eastern buyers, at p^cesrang-

Ing from 17 to 19 cents a pound. All kinds of stock are in prime condition and largo sales of beef and mutton will ; be made this season. The recent heavy I rains have produced a heavy growth o"f I grass upon tho stock ranges, and have I insured magnificent crops of wheat, j oats, barley, potatoes, and other vege- । tables. j Martial law prevails at Wallace, Idaho, and it means something. The following is self-explanatory: m Tr r. , Hoise City, Idaho. Io J. F. Curtis, Catulao: In addition to instructions wired, I now ■ transmit the following: If unv Verson is : apprehended in the act of blowing up ra jl_ ! road bridges or property, mills, houses, or other properly with dynamite or । lacing it in position to do so, shoot him on the spot Promulgate this order to troops. N. B. Willey, Governor. I - T „ Wardner, Idaho. Gov. N. B. Willey: Your proclamation being printed and circulated. We have troops sufficient and confidence is being restored. Troops control the situation. ,T. F. CurTts. Santa Fe, N. M., dispatch: News comes from the western portion of tho Territory that ranchmen are having trouble with the Navajos in the vicinity of Manualito, a station on the Atlantic , and Pacific railroad, on the border of | New Mexico and Arizona. The settlers ' in that locality, where tho water is I scarce, have located their homej steads at the few scattering springs, i and within the last few weeks of dry I weather the Indians have repeatedly । broken down the fences and overrun | the country with thousands of head of I sheep, which they are grazing, in many places, over 100 miles away from their reservations. Settlers have applied to the commanding officer at Fort Wingate for protection. L. M. Hunter, of Kansas City, Mo., has gotten hints If into serious trouble i at Beatrice, Neb., by making, it is said, ; a sight draft on a ( hicago commission I house for $25. He secured a local in- । dorser, and obtained the m< m-y from : the German National Bank. A telegram ; from Chicago gave the information that I he had no credit with Hie firm in quesI tion, and tho indorser had to make Ihe i amount good. Hunter was arrested and ■ placed in jail, charged with obtaining : ! money under false pretense, where he still lies in default of SIOO bail. Men who knew Hunter wh< n he was considered one of the biggest cattle kings 1 of the Southwest have interested them- : selves in getting him out of his present j scrape. His father lives near Spring- i field, 111., and is quite wealthy. At Peoria, 111., the pleasure steamer Frankie Folsom was sunk in the river, I Tuesday night, and of the sixty pas- ( sengets aboa rd her twenty were drowned. I At Lake View, a mile above the city, a representation of Pompeii was given. • The Folsom, a Pekin boat, came up with forty passengers. Two or three couples joined the party at Peoria, and i fifteen got cm tho boat at the park, so i that the passenger list reached fully | sixty. As the boat started down to the j city she was struck by the cyclone and ' turned over. She was midway in the ' river and sank rapidly. Owing to the howling tempest the cries of the passengers could not be heard. The Longfellow, with seventy-five pas- L were driven off and Tile TRHIt / made preparations to go to the aid of the : Folsom, when her wheel broke and she was left helpless. Word was conveyed to tho police station and Mayor Warner ordered every man to the scone. The : Rock Island Hoad sent a special train to j the scene of disaster and small boats | were put off to tiie Folsom, the hulk of j which could be seen when the lake was * illuminated by the vivid lightning. ' Four persons wore taken off at a time, j It is known that there are eighteen , drowned, of whom eleven are from ; Pekin. At the time of the storm over two hundred small boats were out, and * at a late hour tho occupants of but ninety-six had reported. So it is possible the death list will reach 104.

SOUTHERN. Peter Daniels, colored, was hanged at Atlanta, Ga., for the murder of his ' mistress. Baird’s sawmill boiler at Hague, i Fla., exploded, killing two men and in- 1 juring five others, two of whom will I probably die. The hanging of Asbury G< ntry,which was to have taken place at Buchanan, Ga., was j ostponed, Gentry having been j granted a new trial. Miss Eloise Hood, of Baltimore, daughter of the President of the Western Maryland Railroad, accidentally shot herself while carrying a revolver belonging to her father. J. B. Kibler, well known as a Holiness preacher at Tcccoa City, Ga., two years ago, has been arrested on the charge that he is at the head of an organized band of robbers operating near Seneca, S. C. There is still great excitement at Paducah, Ky., over the race war there. The woods about the city are filled with armed negroes, who, it is thought, may attack the town. A negro was fatally shot on the street Wednesday by policemen. A DAY or two ago complaint was made to County Judge Rountree that glandi rs in virulent form had broken out near Deporte, Texas. Judge Rountree sent a veterinary surgeon to investigate, who found that three fine mules belonging to Mr. Hignito had the disease in a most malignant form. The animals were shot. Several other horses in the same vicinity are reported to have the disease. It is said that some cases exist in the city of Paris, in the same county. POLITICAL. It is proposed to fuse the Democratic and People’s parties in lowa, the former being given the candidates for State offices and the latter the electoral ticket. A straifht-out Democratic oonven1 tion has been called in Kansas by those ■who bolted from the convention last week that fused with the People’s party. 1-gnatius Donnelly has been nominated for Governor by the People’s party convention at St. Paul, Minn. The party in Minnesota has broken with the Farmers’ Alliance. The following State ticket has been nominated by the Kansas Prohibitionists: Governor, I. 0. Pickering,Olathe; Lieutenant Governor, 11. R. Donthart, Brown County; Treasurer, Joel Miller, Stafford Countv: Attorney General, R.

H. Nichols, Elk County; Secretary of State, H. W. Stone, Atchison County; Auditor, Gabriel Burdette, of Concord; Superintendent of Schools, Miss Ida M. Hogden, of Rice County; Associate Justice Supreme Court, H. C. Stevens, of Beloit; Congressman-at-large, Rev. J. M. Monroe, of Wichita. INDUSTRIAL. The question of how to support tho striking workmen at Homestead is getting to be a serious one. A meeting was held to consider the subject. Advices from Wardner, Idaho, say that Gen. Carlin has arrested 100 union strikers there and placed them under guard. The a 1 rests have caused intense excitement and violence is liable to break out at any moment. Union men realize that the last opportunity L r resistance has passed. Two hundred non-uuion men returned to Wardner end have pone to work in Bunker Hill mine. The strikers have possession of the telegraph and telephone offices at Wardner and other Cmur d’Alene points and have blown up railroad bridges. Tuesday night a gang of armed strikers overtook seventy unarmed non-union men at Old Mission, robbed them of their wages and fired on them while running away. Many non-union men were killed. Others escaped to the woods and swamps. Seven caught the steamer and arrived in Spokane. A relief party is going after the others. Wednesday morning twelve bodies were picked up in the canyon. They were riddled with bullets. A number of non-unionists were wounded, but they were carried away by their comrades. Two hundred more non-union men were sent out of Wardner on board the cars guarded by members of the Miners’ Union. The troops arrived at tho scene of tho disturbance in Co ur d’Alene Wednesday morning. No collision has occurred as yet, but the situation is critical. The Governor has issued a proclamation declaring the affected district under martial law.

FOREIGN. There are no signs of a falling off in ; the cholera epidemic in Russia. Many deaths from the disease occur daily. The report of the English commander in East Africa throws the responsi- ' bility for the religious troubles there • upon the French Cm holies. Mr. Gladstone has been returned to Parliament from Midlothian by the small majority of 690. At. the last elec- । tion he was not opposed, and in 1885 his majority was 4,631. Thomas Neill, an ex-Chicagoan, who is charged with poisoning a woman in London, has been found guilty of I murder by the coroner’s jury which investigated the case. : A commission of doctors sent from Madrid has reported to the Spanish I Government that the disease at Paris is not cholerine but Asiatic < hoh ra. Temporary hospital buildings will b ' erected near tiie city for cholera patients. The epidemic is gaining ground In Russia. craters of Mount Etna. 'THf popufanbii of Giarre is about 18,090. It is hero that many must have perished. Tho whole country suffered severely from the shock. In their comment on Mr. Gladstone's ; narrow escape from defeat both Tory ' and Libeial newspapers treat of the matter as the most important so far in i tho campaign. The truth seems to be i that the falling off in the Liberal lead- । er’s majority was caused by the church | "war against him rather than by the i homo rule question.

IN GENERAL Later advict s say the report that William Waldorf Astor died in London was untrue. Mr. Astor is alive and on the road to recovery. Smallpox is said to be epidemic at Victoria, B. C. Over forty cases are known to exist, and the probability is that as many more cases are concealed. Certain firms that have been dropped by the National' Association of Jobbers in American watches propose to institute legal proceedings against the association on the ground that it is a trust. In consequence of the recent proclamation of the President, the Canadian Government has adjusted canal tolls sc that there is no discrimination in favoi of Canadian as against American ' esseis. MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. Cattle —Common to Prime $3.50 @ 5.75 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 @ 5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 78 @ .79 Corn—No. 2, new 48 @ .49 Oats—No. 2 30%@ .31)6 rye—No. 2 *>4 @ .66 Butter —Choice Creamery 19 @ .21 Cheese —Full Cream, flats 08’6@ ,09M Eggs—Fresh ’. 13)60 .14’6 Potatoes'—New, per brl 2.00 @ 2.75 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle —Shipping 3.23 @ 5.25 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 & 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 74 @ .75 Corn—No. 1 White so @ .52 Oats—No. 2 White 34 & .35 ST. LOUIS, Cattle 3.00 @ 5.50 Hogs 3.50 @ 6.00 W heat —No. 2 Red 78 & .80 Corn—No. 2 45J6@ -46? f Oats—No. 2 go © .81 Rye—No. 2 69 @ .71 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3-90 © 4.75 Hogs 3.00 @ (koo Sheep 3.00 @ ^5 Wheat—No. 2 Red 75 © .76 Corn—No. 2 49 @ .40 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34 & .35 DETROIT. Cattle 3.00 © 4.50 Hogs 3.00 @ 5.75 Sheep 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 80’6 @ -81 H Corn—No. 2 Yellow 47 1 6@ -481* OATS —No. 2 White 34?2@ -35 h TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 81 © -82 Corn—No. 2 White 49 © .50 Oats —No. 2 White 32)6@ -33 h Rye 63 @ .65 BUFFALO. ; Beef Cattle —Com. to Prime.. 4.00 @ 6.00 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 © 6.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 85 © .87 Corn—No. 2 52 © .54 MILW JtUKEE. WHEAT—No. 2 Spring 7316@ .74’1 Corm—No. 3 46 @ .47 Oats—No. 2 White 32)6@ -33Jf Rye—No. 1 69 @ .71 Barley—No. 2 56 © .58 PORK—Mess 11.75 @12.00 NEW YORK Cattle 3.50 @ 5.25 Hogs w 3.00 © 6.50 Sheep.... 3.50 @ 5.50 Wheat —NO. 2 lied 88 © .89 Corn—N/. 2 d>sJ6@ -56 k Oats —Mixed Western .34 @ .38 Butter—Creamery 16 @ .22 Pork—Old Mess 11.75 @12.75

WHAT OF TIIE WEATHER FOSTER’S FORECASTS TELL THE STORY. The Weather Will Continue Very Warm —Drouth in the Cotton Belt—Winter Will Be Late and Fall Wheat Should Be Sown Late. Meteorological Matters. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm wave to cross the continent from 17th to 21st, and the next will reach the Pacific coast about the 22d, cross the Western mountains by the close of tho 23d, the great central valleys from 24th to 26th, and the Eastern States about the 27th. The weather will continue to average very warm, and the principal storm wavesand rainfalls will range northward. Portions of the cotton belt will suffer greatly from drouth, while in some of the Upper Mississippi Valley States excessive rains will occur. A good stage of water for navigation purposes will continue in the Mississippi, Missouri and Ohio rivers. In the Northern States the time for fall plowing is near at hand, and the ground is expected to be in good condition, with moisture sufficient to give fall sown crops a good start. Winter will come late, we will have a late fall, and the winter crops will make a large growth before the first of December, therefore where a large growth of fall ■wheat is not desired, it will be best to sow late. In the Southern States tho weather will be more favorable to winter gardening than last winter was. Local Forecast*. V eat her changes move from west to east across tho continent, and each local forecast is made for within 250 miles east and west of the magnetic meridian mentioned, and for all the country between 25 and 50 degrees of north latitude. These local weather changes will occur within twenty-four hours before or after sunset of the dates given: SANTA FE, DENVER AND BLACK HILLS MERIDIAN. July—21—Storm wave on ‘his meridian. 25—Wind changing. 26—Cooler and clearing. 27—Fair and cool. 2 i—Moderating. 29—Warmer. 30—Storm wave on this meridian. GALVESTON, KANSAS CHY AND MINNE* . APOLIS MERIDIAN. July—24—Warmer. 25—Storm wave on this meridian. 26—Wind changing. 27—Cooler and clearing. 28—Fair and cool. 29—Moderating. 30—Warmer. ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING ! MERIDIAN." July24—Moderating. 25—Warmer. 26 —Storm wave on this meridian. 27—Wind changing. 28—Cooler and clearing. 29—Fair and cool. 30—Moderating. Tho Coo’o-v. t ir th» <»>,»!. .xt. <»mo time con- j tained all the carbon now stored away wnnlrf thon have grown ijuVu LiJc'J'LJjfe ' rapidly than now, because carbon, in the I condition of carbonic acid, is the food I of plants. That may be true, but Ido i not believe it. The sunshine is necessary to the j growth of plant life, but too much sun- | shine will kill the plant. Water is necessary to plant life, but too much water will destroy it. Carbonic acid is necessary to plant life, but let us increase the amount now in the atmosphere 1,000 times, and who will say that it would not destroy plant life? The Upas valley in Java is not neo- i essarily a desert, but as no vegetable : grows there, it is believed that the car- j bonic acid, w hich is eighteen feet deep, | is the cause of its bare fields.

Things are not what they seem. The beautiful evening star we see following the sun as it sinks in the west is as bright as any of the blazing orbs that are supposed to be on fire, but none of our astronomers hold that Venus is a burning world. In fact there is no proof that any of the planets contain more hear than does the earth, while it is well known that Jupiter and Saturn shine, to some extent, of their own light. In fact, the earth shines of its own light through its aurora, or northern lights, and these lights will yet I e recognized as of the same nature as the inherent light of Jupiter, Saturn an I the sun. Every astronomer declares that the moon is a bi rued out, dead body, devoid of water, and without an atmosphere, a cold and decaying world. But Prof. Proctor says that the moon has a perceptible influence on our magnetic needles, and as magnetism is the source of light and heat, the magnetism, light and heat of our earth are affected by the cold, dead moon. Then it is not necessary that the sun be a hot body, for its magnetism is all sufficient to produce the light and heat in our atmosphere. The supposed inherent heat of the sun is what leads geologists to the theory that the earth was once a burning body, as the sun now is. We cannot have a correct basis for weather changes till we arrive at a correct theory as to the physical forces and the building of a universe, and all my arguments on geology and physical astronomy are directed toward the overthrow of the false basis upon which these two sciences are placed. When I shall have shown the earth could not have come to its present condition along the lines pointed out by astronomers and geologists, I will then put forth the only true basis on which to build the sciences of physical astronomy, geology, and meteorology. Copyrighted 1892 by W. T. Foster. Remenyi, the violinist, has a collection of 1,500 ethnological specie ens, which he proposes to exhibit at the World’s Fair. Count Chardonet, of Paris^ makes silk from cellulose that is indistinguishable from that manufactured by silkworms. It is dangerously inflammable. Balmaceda's mother has crossed the Andes, on her way to Medoza, where she will visit her other sons, who are in that city. YVaterproof cellulose paper, of one and two colors, is being introduced by a German firm for tablecloths, book backs, temporary covers for roofs, etc.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Proceedings of the Senate and House of Representatives —- Important MeasuresDiscussed and Acted Upon—Gist of tire Business. The National Solons. The silver question, which has been before the LUd Congress ever since last December was finally settled in the House the 13 th. The bill Itself was not voted upon, but on the test vote taken cn the resolution reported from the Committee on Rules to take up the bill for consideration, free-silver-coinage was defeated by a majority of 28. The Senate, by a vote of 51 to 14 approved the 65,000,000 appropriation in aid of the World’s Fair. Attached to the appropriation is the following proviso: “That the appropriation provided for in this act shall be upon condition that the said World’s Columbian Exposition shall be closed on the first day of the week, commonly called Sunday.” Another condition is as follows: “Provided tho sale of intoxicating liquor on tho Exposition grounds shall be prohibited, except for medical, botanical, or scientific purposes.” World’s Fair legislation is again the property of the House. The Senate, on the 14th. passed the Sundry Civil bill with various amendments relating to the Exposition. Sunday closing is made Ironclad, but former action in prohibiting the sale of liquors on the grounds is revet sod and that matter left entirely to the Exposition management. As the sundry civil bill came from the House it merely appropriated the remainder of the 61.500,000 provided for in the bill of the Fifty-first Congress for the running expenses of the Government exhibit and l he National Commission, with a proviso that the Government exhibit should be closed Sunday. The Senate increased the amounts for these purposes by 6500.000 and added the new propositions for souvenir coins and for payment of awards, making the total increase over the House in the neighborhood of 66,200.000. It also made the Sunday closing apply to the entire Exposition. The House was occupied in minor business.

On the 15th the field of operation of rhe World’s Fair bill was removed from the Senate to the House, and the final termination of the controversy was brought in sight by an agreement of unanimous consent that a vote should be taken at 13 o’clock on the 19th on all the World’s Fair propositions. including the $5,000,000 appropriation, the Sunday question, the liquor prohibition, and other amendments which may be offered. This amounts to a vote of the previous question and cuts off the chance of filibustering which some have believed would threaten the bill during the last davs of ti e session. At no Brno were there more than sixty or seventy members out of the total of 335 on the floor of the House, and by actual count there v ere just fifteen members on the Republican side and thirtysix on the Democratic at one time during the debate. On the 161 h the House resumed consideration of the World’s Fair appropriation bill. Many five and ten minute speeches were made, some favoring and some opnosing an appropriation. The chief points of difference, however, relate to Sunday closing. The session of the Senate was notable chiefly for an angry encounter between Senators Harris of Tennessee and Sanders of Montana. No business of importance was transacted. MARKETS ARE ACTIVE. eUmulnte Business B. G. Dun Co.'s weeVly trade says that crop reports promise results not equal to last year’s, which, poctations. »> bovond ex6 per cent, the wheat yield would be lav beyond the quantity consumed and exported in any year except the last, and. nearly equal to last year’s consumption and exports. The price dropped below 84 cents, but has since been stronger. Western receipts are large, 1,800,000 bushels in three days, and exports 771,000 bushels in the same time. Corn acreage shows a decrease of 4.4 per cent., and the price has dropped cents duringthe week. Oats have also declined two cents, while hog products are stronger, pork 25 cents per barrel, and coffee and oil unchanged. The cotton reports showcondition only 2 per cent, below last year, and on any estimate of acreage the yield, with the surplus still in sight, xvill more than meet all demand for the year. On the Diamond. Following is a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATIONAL LEAGUE—NEW SERIES. W. L. ^c.! W. L. Brooklyn ... 2 0 1.000 Cleveland... 11 .500 New York... 1 0 1.000 Baltimore.,. 11 .500 Washingt’n.. 11 .500:,Cincinnati.. 11 .500 St. Louis.... 11 .500Philadel’a... 11 .500 . Boston 11 .500 Pittsburg... 0 1 .000 1 Louisville ... 11 .500 Chicago 0 2 .000WESTERN ASSOCIATION (REORGANIZED). W. L. Vc.l W. L. Vc. Kansas City... 2 1 .666;Indianapolis. 1 2 .333 Omaha 2 2 -oGO| Columbus ... .0 0 .000 Toledo 2 2 .500;Minneapolis..0 0 .000 ILLINOIS-IOWA LEAGUE. W. L. Vc.l w. L. FC. Rockford 14 11 ,560jollet 13 13 .500 R. 1.-14011ne..13 11 .542. Jacksonville. 9 14 .391 This and That. Mexico has appropriated $900,000 for her display at the Columbian Exposition. South Carolina is the only State in the Union in which no official record of I marriages is kept. The first river and harbor bill waspassed in 1800, a d it called for an expenditure- of $25,000. A man is ou trial in the courts of ; Cleveland, Ohio, charged -with being the I husband of twenty-one women. Bats are curiously constructed. The - heart’s action is aided by the rhythmic i contraction of the veins in the wings. The broken and distorted foot of a. Chinese lady is called a “Golden Lily’” by Chinese admirers of such distortion. A. calf with a single eye, no ears and five legs is the joy of Wayne County, j lowa. It is now over a month old and ■ bids fair to grow to full cowhood. A new electric heat alarm consists in. the employment of a column of mercury, which by its expansion above a certain point completes the circuit and rings an alarm. Coke makes the hottest fire known, since It contains 971 per cent, of carbon. Charcoal made from wood is supposed to be nearly pure carbon, but it contains only 79 per cent. A new lightning arrester consists of a discharging device having separated points, between which is an insulating liquid, so that when a disruptive discharge takes place, a destructive arc is prevented by the closing in of the liquid. The Greeks and the Jews have been contrasted as to their habits of exercise and their length of life. The Jews paid no especial attention to athletics, but have maintained their existence while other nations of greater physical strength, like the Greeks, have ■ melted away or sunk into isingnifi- ' canoe.