St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 2, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 July 1892 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT, WALKERTON, - - . INDIANA COME NOW, SOL, LET UP! THE ENTIRE COUNTRY IS SWELTERING. One Million Loss and Three Hundred L'aiuiles Homeless at Bay City— Steamer Abner O’Neil Struck a Snag and Sank— Kip© Old Age. - He Shot the Two Lumbermen, J. J. Bowles, a merchant at Reedville. Ark., shot and instantly killed two white men, one named Wilcox and the other named Ace. Wilcox and Ace were timbermen, and had some dealings with Bowles, and they became angry over the settlement and afterward informed some one that they would kill Bowles on sight. Both men came to Reedville and proceeded Ip Bowles’ store, one armed with a Winchester and the other with a pistol. Bowles had been warned, * and as they came into the store he took his double-barreled shotgun and shot S them both. It Was Rolling- Hot. Monday’s record of deaths from heat In Chicago was startling. Thirteen succumbed to fatal prostration, and scores more to less serious attacks. Nine were killed in New York. St. Louis, San Francisco, Kansas City, Boston, Philadelphia, Detroit, Cleveland, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St. Paul, Duluth, nnd even Winnipeg, report many fatalities. Over fifty occurred in St. Louis. The hot wave was general throughout the country, and the weather signal service people offered no encouragement to hope for a cooler temperature for several days. ncle Sam a Sufferer. The Carnegie strike is becoming a serious matter with the Navy Department. Naval Constructor Bowles came ^^^to the Navy Department to seo what ho do about expediting the delivery of the material which is much needed at the Norfold yard. He says that work on the cruiser Raleigh is seriously hampered by the failure of Carnegie to deliver the steel sponsing for that vessel. Material for the battle-ship Texas is also much needed. Bay City in Ashes. The most disastrous fire that ever visited Bay City, Mich., broke out at 2 o’clock Monday afternoon in the lumber piles south of Miller & Turner’s mill at the foot of 31st street, and raged for five hours almost unchecked. Over thirtysix blocks of the city were completely destroyed, entailing a loss of $1,000,01 6, leaving 3(0 families homeless, and, it is feared, causing the loss of several lives. One woman is known to be dead. Sailors Arrive for the Baltimore. The steamer City of New York arrived at San Francisco, Cal., from Panama. Among the passengers were Lieut. _ Hoogewerff, Ensign Fahs, Gunner sixty-seven sailors o" the united States ani rnrirn. mon i went to the Mare Island Navy Yard ana will leave for Puget Sound, where the Baltimore is at present, on the next steamer. Lived More than One Hundred Years. ( Mbs. Ellen Murphy, a native of Dublin, Ireland, died at Kansas City, Mo., at the Home for the Aged at the age of 106 years. Her remarkable age was authenticated by the parish records, from which she had a certificate. She retained all her faculties to the last. She never used glasses. Missouri River Steamer Sinks. The steamer Abner O’Neil struck a snag in the Missouri River, near Paint- ; ed Woods, and went to the bottom with ; a full cargo of wool and wheat. The j boat and cargo are a total loss, with a little marine insurance. Total loss i about $75,000. BREVITIES, Kansas corn is reported to have been | badly scorched and injured by the hot I weather of last week. In addition to small-pox at Gretna, on the boundary, where seven cases are reported, a case is also reported at Mor- ; den, Manitoba. Paet of the National Sewer Pipe I Works at Barberton, Ohio, were blown ( down. James Peterson, a kilnburner, : was killed. Loss on the building SIO,OOO. i Hugh O’Donnell and the other de- , fendants to the charge of murder in connection with the Homestead riots, I have been released in bail of SIO,OOO I each. By the capsizing of a rowboat in the ’ Canadian channel off Belle Isle, two ■ unknown persons were drowned and a third had a narrow escape from death. I The boat contained two men and a ; woman. While lying asleep with his head I against the rail of the Western and Lake i Erie Road, at Lynne Station, Ohio, I Nick Schattman was struck by a train . and scalped. He is not dangerously ! wounded. The Judiciary Committee of the Senate has reported back the nomination ■ of Mr. Shiras to be a Justice of the ! United States Supreme Court without ; recommendation. It is thought that the opposition to him is not strong . enough to prevent confirmation. Friends of Jack Long, accused of participation in the killing of Deputy United States Marshal Wellman, in Johnson County, Wyoming, an outgrowth of the war among the cattlemen there, endeavored to rescue him from the United States officers who had him in custody at Suggs, and at the time a courier left the place a desperate fight was in progress. Over thirty cases cf suicide were reported to the police of Berlin last week. H. C. Frick, wh > was shot Saturday, continues to impiove, and the probabilities are that he will recover from his wounds. Fire broke out in the coal bunkers ol the United States cruiser Charleston the othir day. The fire bell was immediately rung, and within thirty seconds pumps were started, and after battling with the flames for thirty-five minutes the fir > was subdued. The fire was caused by spontaneous combustion.

EASTERN. Governor Pattison has arrived at Homestead and is at militia headquarters with General Snowden. It is understood that Andrew D. White, of New York, is to be appointed United States Minister to Russia. Wire mills at Braddock are out of steel billets an 1 compelled to close, as a result of the lockout at Homestead. Michael Varley, an Englishman, and his daughter, 9 years of age, a hopeless invalid, were asphyxiated in ihe family bath room in New York. Hi gh O’Donnell and Hugh Ros, leaders of the strike at Homestead, gave themselves up at Pittsburgh and were remanded to jail. Application for their release on bail was immediately made. A frightful e: plosion centred Saturday on the York Farm Colliery near Pottsville, Pa., by which fifteen men are known to have been killed outright, and it is I olieved that more have suffered the same fate. Supervisors of Monroe County, N. Y., acting under the advice of 'William A. Suther’and, member of the Republican National Committee, refused to obey the law adopted by the Democratic Legislature directing a reapportionment of Assembly Districts. Simon Jacobs attended a picnic at Grand Stand, near Buffalo. N. Y., 1 Wednesday, and allowed men to throw , base-balls at his head for 5 cents a throw. One of the balls, thrown by Henry Cook, struck him on the forehead and killed him almost instantly. At Pittsburgh, Pa.. Henry Clay Frick, the coke and steel king, was shot twice and stabbed four times Saturday afternoo i by Alexander Berkmann, a Russian Jew, who is a total stranger to Mr. Frick, and who is not connected with any of the troubles of the steel mills. Berkmann is un Ler arrest, and says he is a New York newspaper compositor. Mr. Frick will recover. A frightful accident, due to the unprotected grade crossing of the Pennsylvania Railroad in Fifth street, Harrison, N. J., resulted in the death of a father and his two sons and of two horses. The boys were killed almost instantly, while their father, James Burns, of Brill street, Newark, died soon I after without having recovered con- | sciousness. The boys were 7 and 9 ' years old respectively. William K. Vanderbilt’s palatial ; steam yacht, the Alva, while lying to in a heavy fog off Pollock’s Rip Lightship, Nantucket Shoals, in Vineyard Sound, Sunday, was run into by the freigh' steamer H. F. Dimock of the Metropolitan line, plying between Boston and and New York, and sunk. Those on board barely had time to get into a launch and get away. The Alva lies in five fathoms of water close beside the

lightship. A serious riot occurred at Phoenix, near Syracuse, N. Y., between the police and emp’oyes of Downie & Gallagher’s Wild-West show. Twenty shots were exchanged, and one of the rioters, Tom Harrison, was mortally wounded, receiving three shots in the face and one in the abdomen. Officer Hiram H. MeOrahnn was pounded and his arm broken. He Was then thrown into tho'Dswego canal, but was rescued viroro drowning. The riot occurred over the service of attachment papers, which the circus manager failed to recognize. Sixteen men have been arrested on a charge of rioting. WESTERN. The Cleveland Stock Yards burned Monday; loss, $45,000, with $25,000 insurance. The Davidson mill, city water-works and other buildings at Sauk Center, Minn., were destroyed by fire the other night. Four tramps were killed by the collision of freight cars on the Burlington and Missouri River Railroad, near Plattsmouth, Neb. S. G. Loucks, of South Dakota, President of the Farmers’ Alliance, expects to succeed Mr. Pettigrew in the United States Senate. Edison Rich, of Omaha,was seriously wounded by his business partner, George Jeffrey, in a quarrel growing out of copartnership dealings. All the principal business blocks and many dwellings at Rio Vista, Cal., were destroyed by fire. The loss is estimated at $150,000; insurance, $20,000. The entire force of men employed by the City Marshal of Grand Rapids, Mich., went on a strike because they were given a keg of Carnegie spikes to work with. At Wilkesville, Ohio, Dr. W. C. Cline lost his entire wheat crop, consisting of 1,200 dozen sheaves, by fire. A tramp is supposed to have slept in the stack and left the fatal spark. Ex-State Treasurer Noland, of Missouri, surrendered himself to the Warden of the State Penitentiary, to serve the sentence of two years’ imprisonment for embezzlement of State funds. William Brooks, of Jobs, Ohio, murdered his mother-in-law, Mrs. Murray Hanshaw, and inflicted fatal injuries | upon his wife, from whom he had been separated by reason of his dissolute i habits. i A large party, presumed to be a ma- ! jority of the Lower Brule Indians, have • abandoned their reservation and gone I south of White River into the Rosebud j Reservation, and declare that they have ; drawn their last ration at Lower Brule. The fact has come to light in Cincin- ‘ nati that three years ago Dr. Roland i Moore, then aged 19 years, and Mrs. | Lizzie Aldrich, aged 77 years, wore secretly married in that city, she agreeing to pay Moore $50,000. She introduced Moore as her nephew. While cleaning out a vat or “junk” ■ at Hitch & Son’s tannery, Elston avenue and Bradley street, Chicago, All bert Schleger was overcome by foul gas. Three men went to his rescue. They lost their lives, while he is barely in the land of the living, with the chances I against his recovery. The officers of the Chickasaw Nation, ! in Oklahoma, or some of them at least, • are imitating the white man in some respects. 'lt has just been learned that ■ the nation’s permit collector, H. H. Mc--1 Lane, is a defaulter in the sum of $3,500.

! Gov. Byrd has removed him from office 1 and appointed in his stead Grave T. I Chase. The Grand Jury of Pickens County indicted McLane. He was arrested and placed under $7,0( 0 bonds. Collector Phelps, at San Francisco, has received a letter from John Brown, keeper of the life saving station on Sho: 1 water Bay, in which Brown states that a small boat landed fourteen Chinese and two white men, who immedi tely took to the ■woods. Brown saw the boat coming in and gave chas< in a life-boat, but the men landed before he could catch them, abandoning their boat. The Chinese were taken from a Victoria schooner the night before, outside the bar. The People’s Savings Bank of i Evansville, Ind., had a run started i upon it which grew as the day ad- | vanced. When the closing hour came i about $50,('00 had been paid to depositi ors, of which a considerable amount • was redeposited after the owners disi covered that the bank had it to pay. The panic was started by a joke, which was magnified and startled many people who had small savings invested. The directors are prepared to pay $500,(100 without drawing on securities. i One of the biggest ranch deals ever ' made in Wyoming is about to be con- ; summated. A contract has been entered ; into I etween the Douglas William Sarj loris Co opany and an English syndiJ cate by which the extensive ranch । properties of the former, about twenty | miles west of Laramie on the Little LarI amie, will be transferred to the latter, and next season will be occupied by a large Scottish colony. The consideration is said to be over $1,250,000. • The transfer will be made in London in a short time. SOUTHERN. Col. E, A. Carr has been appointed brigadier general of the army, vice Gen. Stanley, retired. The mortality list for the past week shows the highest number of deaths ever recorded in the District of Columbia. Within the last four months 23,000,000 pounds of corn has entered Mexico from the United States through the city of El Paso, Texas. The President has ended the uncertainty about the Supreme Bench vacancy. He sent in the nomination of Geo. Shiras to succeed Justice Bradley. The bill admitting New Mexico as a State was favorably reported in the Senate on Thursday, but the committee stated that action was not desired until next session. Reports to the Comptroller of the Currency indicate that the loss to the Vincennes National Bank through the irregularities of President Tyler will amount to $150,000. Joseph G. Kelsoe, President of the Magnolia and of the Gate City National 1 Bank, of Texarkana, has been missing for several days, and a deficit of $70,000 is said to exist in his accounts. WASHINGTON Thomas H. Carter has resigned from the Commissionership of the General Land Office in order that he may be free to enter upon his duties as Chairman of

the Republican 1 **•*'•* + « to tTib sundry civil bill were defeated in the House by a vote of 129 to 65 excepting the Sunday-closing amendment, which was concurred in by a vote of 78 to 74. A NV ashington dispatch says: Secretary State Foster has announced that a cordial and mutually satisfactory settlement had been reached between the Governments of the United States and Chili respecting the indemnity to be paid by the latter on account of the assault upon the crew of the Baltimore at Y’alparaiso Oct. 16, 1891. The Fast published dispatch upon the suoject was sent to Mr. Blaine Jan. 30 last, in which it was stated that the President believed that the matter was capable of diplomatic adjustment. Minister of Foreign Affairs Errazuriz last month conmunicated to Mr. Egan the disposition of the Chilean Government to come to an adjustment of the Baltimore indemnity, and under date of July 13 addressed Mr. Egan a note placing at the disposal of the latter the sum of $75,000 in gold, asking him to cause it to be distributed among the families of the two seamen who lost their lives and to the surviving members of the crew wounded in the affair of Oct. 16. July 17 Mr. Egan replied, cordially accepting the offer of the Chilean Government as a frank, friendly, and entirely satisfactory settlement of the deplorable occurrence at V alparaiso. POLITICAL. The Democratic National Committee met’promptly Thursday, in New York, and immediately proceeded to business. The committee was called to order by Chairman Brice, who briefly announced the object of the meeting, and matters were carried through in such a prompt manner as to show that the whole business had been settled before the gathering. W. F. Harrity, of Pennsylvania, was elected as the new Chairman of the committee, and S. P. Sheerin, of Indiana, was re-elected Secretary. Michigan Republicans, in convention at Saginaw, Wednesday, followed the example of all the national conventions so far this year, and chose the head of their ticket on the first ballot. Following is the full ticket: For Governor John T. Rich For Lieut. Gov Joshua W. Giddings For Secretary of State J. W. Joachim For Treasurer Joseph F. Hambitzcr For Auditor Stanley W. Turner For Attorney General Garrett Dickema For Land Commissioner John C. Barry For Supt. Public Ins H. 11. Pattengill For Mem. Board Pub. Ins E. A. Wilson The Republicans of South Dakota were in session two days at Madison before they could make choice of their candidates. Following is the list of nominations complete: For Governor E. L. Sheldon Lieutenant Governor C. N. Herried Secretary of State Thomas Thoreson Treasurer W. W. Taylor Attorney General C. I. Crawford Auditor .1. E. Hippie Land Commissioner Thomas H. Ruth Congressmen -j Madison Square Garden, New York, wa= jammed with enthusiastic ' Democrats Wednesday night. le ocI casion was the formal notific ion of I Grover Cleveland and Adlai E. Steven- : son that they had been nominated by | the Chicago convention as its candidates ■ for the Presidency and Vice Presidency I of the United States, and the National I Committee made a big show of it. Only

i about 1,200 of the 15,000 seats in the big ! building had been reserved, and of the others those who came first got th ‘ best. But there were so many ar lent and perspiring Democrats in search of the best that they all came early, and the result was a jam long before the hour set for ; the exercises, and a crowd afterward which even Madison Square Garden could not accommodate. The Missouri State Democratic Convention, which met at Jefferson City Tuesday at noon, commenced balloting for Governor at 8:30 o’clock the same night. There were five candidates, the leaders being Col. W. J. Stone, of Vernon County, and Col. Dick Dalton, of Ralls County. On the third ballot it was evident that the convention was in a deadlock, and at 3 o’clock in the morning the convention adjourned after thirteen ballots with no material change from the first. The convention met again, and after a hard fight a break was made in the Dalton ranks and Stone was nominated on the eighteenth ballot. The remainder of the ticket is as follows: For Lieutenant Governor, J. B. O’Meara, of St. Louis; Treasurer, L. V. Stevens; Auditor, J. M. Si< bert; Secretary of State, A. A. Lesuer, present incumbent; Railroad Commissioner, James Cowgill. FOREIGN. Precautionary measures are being taken by all the European governments to prevent the spread of cholera. The death is announced at London of Thomas Cook, the well-known pioneer in the tourists’ excursion business. The foreign diplomates have found it necessary to take steps for the preservation of life and property in Morocco. From the comment in the London Standard it is evident that the Salisbury Government will make a desperate iiglit to retain office. Sir Charles Enan-Smith, the British Minister to Morocco, about whose safety some fears have been expressed, has arrived at Tangier. A beautiful nair of massive gold bracelets, dating from the time of Julius Caesar, have been brought to light by a dredging machine in the Tiber. Official telegrams received at The Hague from Batavia confirm the recent accounts of the awful destruction caused on Great Sangir Island, belonging to Holland, by a volcanic eruption •lune 17. These later advices are to the effect that the whole northwestern portion of the island -was destroyed, and that two thousand of the inhabitants Were killed. There wore no European i among the victims. IN GENERAL

Fire in Montreal destroyed Clendenning’s stove and iron foundry at William, Colborne, and Inspector str< ets, causing a loss of $250,001). Sunday three persons were killed and many prostrated by the heat in Chicago. In Louisville, 100 prostrations, several of them fatal, occurred. On Tuesday New Mexico called in for cancellation 5,000 of territorial penitentiary bonds, paying L. Spiegberg, agent for the Now York holders, a premium of some $ ii-. Canadian Government will oppose the seizure of its supply steamer Coquillan by the United States revenue Corwin in Alaskan waterson the ground of an excess of jurisdiction. At the meeting of the Masonic Grand Lodge of Canada there was a four hours’ contest over a resolution declaring that the use of intoxicating liquors be discontinued at all refreshment tables in connection with Masonic lodges. The resolution was defeated. At Halifax, N. S., Gen. Sir John Ross received a cable dispatch from the imperial authorities ordering him to send a company of Royal Engineers to St. Johns, N. F. They are required there to blow down walls which are either dangerous or difficult to remove by ordinary means. The number of families burned out is 1,874, making 9,000 homeless people. One of the most destructive hail storms that have occurred in the Province of Ontario for years visited it Friday. Whole fields of fall and spring wheat and other crops were completely destroyed and most of the glass in the storm was broken. A sad feature of the storm was the killing by lightning of Mrs. Jeremiah Rushton, at Rushton’s Corners, while she was at the telephone inquiring of a neighbor as to the safety of her children.

MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. Cattle —Common to Prime .... $3.50 @ 5.50 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @6.00 Sheep—Fair to Choice 4.00 @5.75 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 79 @ .79^ Corn —No. 2, new 49 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 30 @ .32 Rye—No. 2 65 @ .67 B tt tter —Choice Creamery 20 @ .21 Cheese—Full Cream o.i @ .o''6 Eggs—Fresh 14!.15‘.j Potatoes —New. per brl 1.75 @ 2.25 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.25 Hogs—Choice Light 3.50 @ 6.00 Sheep—Common to Prime 3.00 @ 4.75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 75 @ .76 Corn—No. 1 White 50 @ .52 OATS—No. 2 White 33 @ .35 ST. LOviS. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.50 @ 6.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 78 @ .80 Cohn—No. 2 46 @ .47 Oats—No. 2 30hi@ .3156 Rye—No. 2 ci @ .63 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.00 Hogs 3.00 @ 6.00 Sheep 3.u0 @ 5.00 Wheat—No. 2 Red 76 @ .77 Cohn—No. 2 50 @ .52 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 82 @ .83 Corn—No. 2 Yellow. 48t6@ .49& Oats—No. 2 White 35Jg@ .36hj TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 si @ .82 Corn—No. 2 White 50 @ .51 Oats—No. 2 White 31 ® .32 Rye C 9 & .71 BUFFALO. Beef Cattle—Com. to Prime.. 4.00 @6.00 Hogs—Best Grades 4.C0 6.50 Wheat—No. 1 Hard 91 @ .92 Corn—No. 2 52 & .53 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 76 @ .78 Corn—No. 3 47 @ .49 Oats—No. 2 White 34 @ .35 RYE—No. 1 G 6 @ .67 Barley—No. 2 57 @ .59 PORK—Mess 11.75 @12.25 NEW YORK. Cattle 3.5 t @ 5.25 Hogs 3.00 @ 6.25 Sheep 3.50 @ 5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 8746@ -88^ Corn—No. 2 57 & .58 Oats —Mixed Western 36 @ .38 Butter—Creamery 17 @ .23 Pork—Old Mess 12.25 @13.25

FOSTER’S FORECASTS. WHAT WE MAY EXPECT IN THE WAY OF WEATHER. A Sever© Storm to Cross the Mississippi Valley Between August 10 and 13—September Weather Will Bo Favorable to the Farmer. Forecasts for August. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm waves to cross the continent from July 20 to Aug. 2 and Aug. 4to 8. The next will reach the Pacific coast about the Bth, cross the Western mountains by the close of the 9th, the great central valleys from 10th to 11th, and the Eastern States about the 13th. This storm will be quite severe in the Mississippi Valley from 10th to 12th. attended with very warm weather and severe local storms. The weather will average warm for the season till about 24th to 26th, when we may expect a very considerable ctiange, with an average of much cooler weather during the balance of the month. September will not be as warm as the same month was last year. Drouth will generally be relieved between Aug. 20 and the middle of September, and the fall months will be favorable for farm work, especially fall seeding. Local Forecasts. Weather changes move from west to east across the continent, and each local forecast is made lor within 260 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. August—7—Cooler and clearing. B—Moderating. 9—Warmer. 10—Storm wave on this meridian. 11—Wind changing. 12—Cooler and clearing. 13—Fair and cool. GALVESTON, KANSAS CITY AND MINNEAPOLIS MERIDIAN. August—7—Wind changing. B—Cooler and clearing. 9—Moderating. 10—Warmer. 11 —Storm wave on this meridian. 12 —Wind changing. 13—Cooler and clearing. ATLANTA, CINCINNATI AND LANSING MERIDIAN. August—7—Storm wave on this meridian. B—Wind changing. 9—Cooler and clearing. 10—Moderating. 11—Warmer. 12—Storm wave on this meridian. 13—Wind changing. Copyrighted 1892, by W. T. Foster. GEN. CARR'S APPOINTMENT. He Becomes Brigadier General of the Army—His Military Career. Col. E. A. Carr, who has been made Brigadier General to succeed Gen. Stanley, was born in New York, March 20, 1830. His retiring year is 1894. He entered West Point Academy in 1846 and was graduated in 1850. At the outbreak of the war ho held the posiV'’ 1 ' °£ Os cavalry. In August, ISIII, he became Colonel of the Third Illinois Cavalry. In Max^n, was made Brigadier General of volunteers for distinguished services at Pea Ridge. At the close of the war he was a Major General of volunteers, a Major in the regular army, and had won the following regular army brevets: Lieutenant Colonel for services at Wilson’s Creek, Colonel for services at Bia k River bridge, Brigadier General tor services at the capture of Little Rock, Major General for services during the war. During the ten years before the war he took part mar^frontier campaigns against the Indians and assisted in quelling the Kansas border troubles. He bore a very conspicuous part in the battle of Pea Ridge, where he was wounded and where his sommand lost heavily. He was prominent in the cavalry operations attending the movements leading up to the capture of Vicksburg. Since the war Gen. Carr has had many seasons of hard Indian fighting, and has been tendered public thanks by various State Legislatures for his work in freeing the frontier of hostiles.

TRAMPS KILLED IN A WRECK. Two Meet Death In an Accident Near Plattsmouth, Neb. Train No. 28, a fast Burlington and Missouri River freight, was badly wrecked on tho approach to the Missouri River bridge, east of Plattsmouth, Neb., early Wednesday mo'irng. The train was made up of twelve empty cars and twen'y-hve loaded grain cars. It broke in two going down the grade and the engineer applied the air brakes on the front portion and stopped. The rear part crashed into the hind car, which was empty, and killed four tramps who were stealing a ride. Two of the men were killed almost instantly, but the others lived long enough to tell their names. Southern Minnesota Crops Ruined. Last week it was predicted that wheat in the vicinity of Albert Lea, Minn., would yield thirty to forty bushels per acre. To-day the prospect is almost totally dispelled, and there is great doubt as to more than a scant harvest. Almost a hurricane has swept across Freeborn and neighboring counties, leveling waving fields as though rolled, or cut with a mower. Farmers say the grain rannot straighten up, and that therefore it will only partly fill. The damage is very great throughout Southern Minnesota. Abandon TlxHr R. nervation. A large party, presumed to be a majority of the Lower J4rule Indians, have abandoned their reservation near Chamberlain, S. D., and gone south of White River into Rosebud Reservation, and declare that they have drawn their last ration at Lower Brule. They will probably be met by Maj. White's Rosebud police if it is possible to do so. For pears these Indians have desired to go south of White River, an I they are very anxious to fix terms with the Rosebud Indians reside bn their lands. A VAtiupKaw York contemporary rises to infftHpe; "Must Dr. Parkhurst go?” fudging Irom the incomplete returns, we are forced to the inclusion that the Doctor would better quit going.

THE SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. Froceedlngs of the Senate and House ot Representatives — Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of tho lousiness. The National Solons. w2*ia> th i® the Uous ® took up the World s 4 air bill. It disagreed to the Senate amendment making the appropriation for the government exhibits $500,000 instead of $316,500. The House also disagreed to all the amendments to the paragraph relating to the appropriations for the World’s Columbian Commission. It also disagreed to Mr. Atkinson's amendment prohibiting the sale of liquor by a vote of 41 to 189. The appropriation of $43,000 for bronze medals and diplomas was agreed to in committee of the whole. The House disagreed to the Senate amendment making an appropriation of $5,000,000 to the World's Fair by a vote of 78 yeas and 132 nays. On a viva voce vote the proposition to close the Fair on Sundav was carried—7B to 74. In the Senate, on the 20th, Mr. Vest made a vigorous speech against the anti-option bill. Mr. Daniel of Virginia also spoke In opposition. No bills were passed by the Senate, but the House passed a number of measures, the most important of which w;;s a bill increasing the pay of life-saving service men. The bill granting an American registry to the steamship China was defeated. The Commerce Coinmittee was authorized to investigate the Reading combine: the House Judiciary Committee has summoned Robert A. Pinkerton and William Pinkerton to appear before the committee to be questioned in regard to their police and detective system. Mr. Blount reported the bill introduced by Mr. Curtis, authorizing the President to close the St. Mary's Falls Canal to ail Canadian vessels or levy a tax of from $2 to $5 a ton on them, if it is shown that American vessels are discriminated against In passing through Canadian canals and in the imposition of duties. In the House on the 21st the bill for enforcing reciprocal commercial relations with Canada was passed without division. In the Senate Messrs. Daniel and White denounced Washburn’s anti-option bill, and the general opinion is that its enemies will try to kill time until the final adNothing was done by the conierrces in regar I to the World’s Fair loan, and it is expected that an adverse report will be presented to the House. The World's Fair, however, has gained many friends since the non-concurrence vote. The House bill to enforce reciprocal commercial arrangements between the United States and Canada was taken up in the Senate on the 22d, read and passed without any explanation and without a division. The relations of capital and labor were brought to the attention of tho Senate in two speeches. The first of them was made by Mr. Peffer, and was based on a resolution previously offered by him instructing the judiciary committee to inquire into that subject and as to what legislation was necessary to protect the right of theemph yes to fair ratesof wages. The other speech was made by Mr. Call, and was directed chiefly against the Pinkerton detective force. Mr. Peffer's resolution was referred to the committee on education and labor. The World’s Fair question still agitates the House. In the Senate, the 23d, tho debate upon the anti-option till and the monetary question occupied Hie whole time, with no definite result The House made substantial progress with its business in at least one particular, and that was the disposition of the Senate amendments to the general deficiency bill, which were, with ono exception, nonconcurred in and sent to a further conference. Otherwise the day was without feature. The Senate amendment which was concurred in was that appropriating $478,000 for the payment of Indian depredation claims. TRADE MUCH BETTER. XSjMin-n- 'ri,,,, tl»o iSjprliiK Wheat Crop Is Surpassing All Expectations. R. G. Dun Co.’s weekly review of trade says: “There is distinct improvement, not only in transactions in comparison with the same time last year, but also in prospect for the coming season. Piospectsof spring wheat are remarkably good and returns from many of the States surpass all expectations. Wheat has ris: n 2} cents in spite of Western receipts amounting to 2,136,0(0 bushels in three days, against exports of 908,000 bushels. Oats also rose 1 cent and pork p o lucts a shade, and corn has advanced 2 per cent. In coffee there was a slight advance, and in oil a fractional d< cline. But in the cotton market a decline of a sixteenth occurred, with sales of 560,000 bales in a week.” On the Diamond. Following is ashowing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associations. NATIONAL LEAGUE—NEW SERIES. W. L. Vc. W. L. Pc. Cincinnati.. 6 2 .75 > New York... 4 3 .5.1 Philadel’a... 6 2 .7.m Louisville... 3 5 .37 (leveland... 5 3 .G 25 Boston 3 5 ; “ Brooklyn.. . 5 3 .625 Pittsburg... 2 5 . s Washingt’n.. 5 3 ,i.js Chicago 2 6 .2 0 Baltimore... 5 3 .C 25 St. Louis.... 17 .125 ILLINOIS-IOWA LEAGUE. W. L. pc. W. L. pc. Rockford 17 15 .531 Joliet lt> 15 516 R. L-Moline..l? It .517 Jacksonville.l3 17 .433 WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. W. L. pc. W. L. pc. Oshkosh 23 10 .i?.i7 Ish'ing-Neg. .13 16.44$ Menominee..l7 12 .:86 Marquette... .15 22 405 Marinette.... 16 19 .4’7 Green Bav... 13 20 3?4 The Pinkertons. Down with the Pinkerton system.— Topeka Capital. The Pinkertons arc as obnoxious as any other mob.—Atlanta Constitution. To call them officers of the law is to make a mockery of language. —Boston Advertiser. There is no quicker or surer road to disturbance than by the importation of Pinkerton ■ ten. —Joliet News, It was nie resort to the Pinkerton dele fives which precipitated the riot and bio dshed.—Philadelphia Ledger. But for these Pinkerton men murder might have been prevented and differences adjusted.—Detroit Free Press. These mercenaries are regarded with with great disfavor by nearly all rightthinking nii'ii. —Philadelphia Record. A force of this kind tauses fierce antipathy where regular officers of tho law might command respect and submission. They are not conseivalors of the public peace, they are not officers of the law, they are neither soldiers nor militia.—Elgin News. The deplorable occurrance at Homestead, Pa., for which the employment of the Pinkerton mercenaries appears to be directly lesponsible, is certain toarou-e popular hostility to the Pinkerton system as it has never been aroused I efore. —Omaha Bee. The notion that in any State of this Union a disagreement between a corporation and its employes on a question of wages shall be made a pretext for summoning a private army of mercenaries to kill the latter at will, under the plea of projecting property, is intolerable to the country. —New York Coni' merciai Advertiser.