St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 18, Number 29, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 February 1893 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT WALKERTON, . . . INDIANA KILLED BY FOUL GASES UNTIMELY DEATH OF DAVENPORT PEOPLE. Two Frenchmen Scratch Each Other with Swords to Repair Damaged Honor — Great Britian Protests Against A^inexation of Hawaii by the United Status. Deadly Gas at Davenport. ' The death of two well-known Davenport, lowa, citizens by asphyxiation, the narrow escape of four others, and an explosion in the largest store in town, Monday, have failed of a satisfactory explanation. Whether the cause was illuminating gas, sewer gas or coal gas is under consideration by the Coroner’s jury. The dead are: Louis Franklin and Charles C. Rapp. A working girl found her store. No. 211 Main street, closed, and while looking for the cause wont up-stairs. There she found Mrs. Phil Daum, the proprietor, two children and a domestic stupefied in their beds. They were taken out into the fresh air and were soon beyond danger, except the children. Two hours later it was learned that the occupants of an adjoining room had not boon seen. The koor was forced. Cn wm bed was cue t.oAy on I uha floor another, partially dressed. The former was Louis Franklin. He lived in Davenport and was a traveling salesman for Hart Co., gentlemen’s furnishers^of Chicago. The latter was Charles 0. Rapp, formerly traveling agent for a Chicago house, but later a clerk in a local store. The sewer on Main street was examined and was found to be full of illuminating gas. It is asserted that there was enough gas in the sewer to cause an explosion if a lighted match had been dropped. In the Petersen Block, next north of where the fatal accident occurred, while trying to locate the cause of the odor of gas, an explosion occurred. It is feared that a main has burst and that the deadly gas is finding its way to the surface, where the resistance from frost is least. Stores and offices a block away from the scene of the deaths were charged with gas. Will Control Hawaii. The annexation feeling at Washington is on the increase. The news of the Hawaiian revolution came so suddenly that the members of Congress were unable to take a survey of the situation before expressing their opinion. But since then the importance of the islands, both for purposes of defense and commerce, have become appreciated. What has had a particularly stimulating influence on the public mind is the tone of the British press. For instance, the London Telegraph, which has the largest circulation of the London papers, says editorially that “Great Britain cannot permit the United States to annex Hawaii." If anything is calculated to raise the spirit of annexation such a remark is, and it is noticed that members who opposed the idea now openly declare that

“They Fought Vindictively.” French Deputies, Deroulede ana Pichon, fought a duel with swords Monday afternoon. The duel was the result of an insult offered by Deroulede to Pichon in the Chamber of Deputies Saturday, when Deroulede called out to Pichon: “You are M. Herz’ sleeping partner.” Swords were the weapons, and the two men fought with much vindictivenes, Pichon, who is a collaborator with M. Clemenceau on La Justice, being evidently anxious to injure Deroulede, The latter succeeded in wounding Pichon seriously in the ribs, while Deroulede himself received a scratch from Pichon’s sword in the face. The seconds then declared honor satisfied, and Pichon’s wound received immediate attention. Deroulede was warmly congratulated by his friends. Laid to Rest. With no pomp nor pageantry but simple, affecting services in which the sympathies of the "whole American people seemed deeplj’ but quietly enlisted, the remains of America’s greatest statesman, James G. Blaine, were cafried from his late home in Washington to the church in which he worshiped and afterward borne away by a solemn cortege to his grave on a sunny slope at Oak Hill Cemetery. NEWS NUGGETS. The Portsmouth (Ohio) Wheel Works Were burned, causing a loss of SIOO,OOO. Thirteen wagons of gold are on the way from Siberia across the Ural Mountains to St. Petersburg. The strike at the Brooks locomotive works is ended beyond doubt. The etrikers themselves acknowledge that their case is hopeless. The lion has begun to roar. The British Government has instructed Sir Julian Pauncefote, its Washington Minister, to protest against the action of the United States officials and forces in Hawaii. A terrible explosion occurred at the Delhi fireworks plant in Ending, a suburb, eleven miles from Cincinnati. The charging house was completely shattered and blazing timbers shot into the air, setting fire to the surrounding buildings. One man was instantly killed and fifty were injured, one fatally. The cause of the explosion is notknown. The men and women employed in the charging house had been at work but a short time when the powder let go. The works are owned by the Consolidated Fireworks Company of North America, of New York. Fifty persons were employed at the plant. The boiler in Stewart’s factory, in the western portion of Pontiac, Mich., exploded about 7 o’clock in the morning and destroyed the entire works. Four men were seriously bruised and injured. Had the explosion occurred fifteen minutes later the loss of life would have been great. Gen. James S. Clarkson is seriously ill with inflammatory rheumatism and malaria at New York. Maj. Gen. Samuel Sprigg Carroll, U. S. A., retired, has died at Washington. He was 61 years old.

EASTERN. *- * ( > i Judge Metzger, of the Lycoming (Pa.) County Court, has rendered an opinion upholding the legality of the Reading combine. Some one attempted to wreck a New York Central express train at Tonawan- I da, N. Y. The train was turned into a switch and collided with some freight cars. No one was hurt. The Cramp shipbuilding and engine company of Philadelphia have awarded the contract for all the steel of the new ; battleship lowa and of the crusier Brooklyn to the Carbon Steel Company of Pittsburg. A bill has been introduced in the ' New Y’ork Assembly fixing telegraph rates at 15 cents for ten words to all । distances and A cent for each additional ! word. Night messages are to go at the rate of twenty-five words for 15 cents. Attorneys Marshall, Brennan and Porter filed at Harrisburg the applicaeation for a new trial of Hugh F. Demp- ■ sey, convicted of poisoning Homestead steel-workers. The attorneys say ma- i terial evidence has been discovered showing misconduct of certain jurors. I Baron Schultz, who was the hue- I band of the once famous cantatrice, ; Lady Anna Bishop, and known fifteen years ago as a prince of good fellows, ! has just died of typhus fever at New York. He had squandered his fortune and was a tramp. A private telegram received at St. 1 Louis from a high ecclesiastical author- ! ia-j. Wnw York said that news had । reached there from Home xnuu j See had chosen a coadjutor for the archdioccuo of St. Louis and named Mgr. . O’Connell, rector of the American Col- j lege in Rome, as the man. A neat illustration of the value of newspaper advertising was given at the ! Portland, Me., Young Men’s Christian Association meeting Sunday, when Gen- - eral Secretaiy McDonald stated that hi had some curiosity to know what meth- । od of advertising reached the most peo- I pie. Ho had circulated thousands of ; little dodgers, giving notice of the meet- i Ing, and he asked those who had seen ! them, and had been moved to come j through that means, to rise. The hall i was packed as tull as it could hold, and ' of the entire number about fifteen rose. ' Then Mr. McDonald asked all who read the notices in the newspapers and had , been influenced by them, to rise, and the crowd rose in a body.

WESTERN. Pademal Peak, near Abiquiu, N. M., is in eruption, alter lying dormant since 1820. The California University Regents have elected Martin Kellogg permanent President of the university. Chris Fink, a contractor of St. Louis County, Mo., shot and killed his son-in-law on account of family troubles. The committee of the Ohio House of Representatives will recommend that the State House be built at Mt. Vernon. California is going to have statue at the World’s Fair. It will be marble. The mo lei will be Katie Brown, of Pasadena. The Receiver's report on the Lima, Ohio, National Bank shows that the r creditors will realize about 70 cents on

the dollar. Jesse Mate, who killed Joseph Baughman in a bar-room fight at Osgood, Ohio, Friday night, was captured at Collett, Ind. The late Bishop Dwenger’s funeral took place Thursday at Fort Wayne, Ind. There was a solemn requiem mass at the cathedral. Some counterfeiters’ tools, supposed to belong to Hart, Fox, and McComb, alleged counterfeiters, were found near New Albany, Ind. Colorado cowboys are pursuing “Wild Bill” Johnson, a desperado. He is wanted for murder, and is likely to be lynched if caught. The City Council of W'est Superior decided to offer $65,000 as an inducement for the location of the sixth Normal School of Wisconsin. James Downs, a farmer living near Terre Haute, Ind., r. ached home with his skull badly fractured and soon died. It is thought that he was iqurdered. Elevator B at Indianapolis, owned by Fred P. Rush A Co., was burned, with 120,000 bushels of wheat and 50,000 bushels of corn and oats. The loss is $150,000. John R. McFee, the lawyer who decamped from Indianapolis, Ind,, recently, leaving SIO,OOO of forged notes behind, sent back an assignment in favor of his creditors. In the Circuit Court in Valparaiso, Ind., Judge Gillett decided that a grand jury could not make demands upon bank officers for their books contain- 1 ing the names of depositors. Charges of malfeasance as trustee of the Ohio Asylum for the Insane have been filed against Secretary of the Treasury Foster. Secretary Foster is I alleged to be largely interested in a company which supplies the institution with flour. Mrs. Jane Nagle-White, of Cheyenne, has been granted a divorce from her second husband. The latter some time ago caused a sensation by declaring that she promised him $4(10,000 to marry her and runn'ng away with $100,003 of his wife’s money. One of the worst-looking fires the Chicago department has ha 1 to handle in some months broke out at midnight Friday nightin the six-story brick building Nos. 62, 64, and 66 South Canal street. Nearly $150,600 worth of damage was done. Fifteen manufacturing firms were burned out. A quantity of gasoline and inflammable oils appear to have been stored there, as two explosions occurred at short intervals, each serving to increase the flames, which were bright enough to light the skies like a beacon and hot enough to blister the paint on doors a block away. The Detroit, Mich., High School Building, corner of Griswold and State streets, was destroyed by fire, which started at 4 o’clock in the morning. The building has long been denounced as a tinder-box, and the way in which the flames spread showed that the denunciations were well deserved. The building was erected in 1875, and it was ■ the intention to use the structure for

high-school purposes only until the new Central High School Building was erected. The loss is SIOO,OOO. The origin of the tire is supposed to hav« been the explosion of chemicals stored in the basement. At 3 o’clock Fiiday afternoon the Bank of Waverly, Kan., was just preparing to close. Cashier Duval and .Assistant Cashier Converse had already started to balance up the cash. Suddenly two masked men, leveling revolvers, compelled them to hold up their hands. Ono robber covered both with a brace of revolvers, while the other robbed the cash drawer and had gone into the vault when T. H. O’Neil, a merchant, entered. Cashier Duval called out to him to run. The robbed on guard dropped his aim and, turning, fled. The robber in the vault, gflasping the situation, followed suit. In the meantime Merchant O’Neil had run from the bank and had given the alarm. Quickly mounting their horses in the alley in the lear of the bank, the robbers were just leaving; A. P. Ingleman, at the head of three or four men, ran down the alley on foot. One of the robbers, turning quickly in his saddle, raised his revolver and fired. The bullet struck Ingleman over the heart and piercing his body produced instant death. The robbers heading their horses west soon left the town behind. A mounted posse, however, was soon on the trail. Two miles from Lebo the robbers were captured after their horses had been shot from under them. SOUTHERN. The reign of King Cotten y-~--A-Ugustti, uu., iiiaugH r U.tLOH oi thW Phwrrni festivity. * Half a dozen negroes are in jail at Fort Monroe, Va., charged with conspiring to burn the town. Arkansas has discovered the absence of $50,000 worth of State bond coupons, and will investigate the matter. The upper bouse of the Alabama Assembly, by a vote of 17 to 15, refused to pass a bill granting a pension of SSOO per year to the widow of Jefferson Davis. H. F. Nichols, ex-town marshal, was shot and killed at Dyersburg, Tenn., by a man named Butler. Butler escaped. A Baltimore man paid five cents to ride on a cable train. After going half a block the train stopped and the conductor refused to refund the nickel. The passenger sued ami has been awarded judgment for $5 and costs. All the prisoners, seven in number, confined in the County Jail at Texarkana, Ark., escaped by cutting a hole in the floor and then tunneling for a distance of twelve feet to a brick wall, which they succeeded in cutting through. None of the prisoners have been recaptured.

WASHINGTON. The Navy Department has refused to make payment of the Chilian indemnity to any one except the sailors of the Baltimore themselves am!—in case of the two deceased sailors—to their legal heirs. As far as the department officials are concerned, the beneficiaries will Le under no obligations to pay attorney ! f<es. The department considers the in-1 demnity in the nature of u present to the' in ttrtM oud uul us thy I^2? ■ ■ v.t of the claims originally filed Tifthe! State Department by a San, Francisco ; lawyer. The sum of SIO,OOO each is the i amount recommended by the naval | board to be alloted to the legal heirs of the two deceased sailors. This leaves i $5-5,000 to be distributed among the । other sailors. The President issued the following proclamation immediately after the death of Mr. Blaine: Executive Mansion, Washington, It is my painful duty to announce to the people of the United States the death of .lames Gillespie Blaine, which occurred tn this city Friday at 11 o'clock. Fora frill generation this eminent citizen has occupied a conspicuous ■ and Influential position in the nation. His first public service was in tiie Legislature of । his State. Afterwards for fourteen years he I was a member of the National House of liepre- | sentatives. and was three times chosen its ! Speaker. In 1876 he was elected to the Sen- i ate. He resigned his seat in that body In 1881 to accept the position of Secretary of State in the cabinet of President Garfield. I After the tragic death of his chief, he resigned | from the cabinet and devoted himself to lit- j erary work,giving to the public in his “Twenty Years of Congress” a most valuable and endur- 1 ing contribution to our political literature. In j March. 1889, he again became Secretary of ■ State, and continued to exercise this office ! until June. 1892. His devotion to the public I interests, his marked ability, and his exalted patriotism have won for him the gratitude I and affection of his countrymen and the j admiration of the world. In the varied pursuits of legislation, diplomacy and ' literature his genius has added new . luster to American citizenship. As a suitable I expression of the national approbation of his great public tervices and of the general sorrow caused by his death, I direct that, on the day of his funeral, all the departments of the executive branch of the Government at Washington be closed, and that on all public buildings throughout the United States the national flag be displayed at half-staff: and that, fol a period of thirty days, the Department of St*te be draped in mourning. Benjamin Harrison. By the President: John SV. Foster, Secretary of State, i

POLITICAL. . Mr. IT verity denies that he hasten offered the Postmaster General’s» folio iu Cleveland’s Cabinet. The Republican caucus of the Uhited States Senate has voted to favor the admission to statehood of Oklahoma Utah UwS MeXiC °’ bUt left ^^^^a’out'in LATEsTChweffind cabinetslate: State, J homas I . Bayard; Treasury intn ct Cariisle; War, Patrick A. V o^°^; Daniel S. Lamont; Interior, E c Wall of Wisconsin; Postmaster General WilhamF Harrity; Attorney GeneS, John Randolph Tucker; Agricukure Hugh C. M allace, of Washington ’ Ar a meeting of Populists, at Los Angeles, Cal., resolutions were adopte I denouncmg Congressman-elect Cannon and Assemblyman T. J. Kerns of Los Angeles, as traitors, and formally reading them out of the partv. This action was taken because Kerns , for tS, FoXT”' 6 ’ "o lo ' ote On the 31st ballot the deadlock was broken m the Wisconsin Senatorial the f Congressman mZ^ $ support wavered th nf hi^ 1 lollowers cn <t n lor the c.™,,, City suteX 1 ” The 1- ‘ chances hud been legarded worthless

I for many days. The final vote wag Mitchell, 46; Bragg, 32; Knight, 1. A move was made Wednesiay by the Democ cats in the Senate and Populists in the House of the Kansas Legislature which removes the Senatorial fight from I Topeka to Washington, and will probably result in a settlement of the dispute concerning the organization of the Legislature. By a vote of 86 to G, in which the Republican Senators did not participate, John Martin, of Topeka, was named for the United States Senate. Before the result was announced Senator Baker, Republican, asked that he be permitted to have his voted recorded. The presiding officer said: “The Senator is too late with his request; the vote has been counted an 1 will bo so announced. ” This ruling and the fact that j nine of the Populist Representatives I hold contested seats is the ground upon which the Republicans will contest Martin’s seat. Martin is a Democrat, and is elected to fill the unexpired term of the late Senator Plumb, which does not expire until March 4, 1895. “foreign, Eighty miners were killed and scores injured by an explosion in the Tarischritt mine nt Dux, Austria. Yellow fever has broken ou* in Ecsador, and a quarantine has been established against that country. Another attempt to bring to an end the long strike or lockout in the Lancashire cotton mills has ended fruitlessly. The Russian Government has declined to grant the request of the Rus^sla u railway companies that they be al--1 '2^buv material abroad. Mobley, PonLzunstcr Geng" and his brother, Samuel Morley, E^fe't'ccn auuraeo by an tn-KT-h jury in their suit against the 1 ■gmans for obtaining money under f)® o preteas; s. WfeINCESS Margaret, youngest sister oihrnperor William, was married at Bylin to Prince Frederick Charles of He»ee. The whole city was en fete, ■ ano the ceremonies and festivities were I clwacterized by unusual brilliance. ’ HE French press continues to dis--1 pk deep indignation regarding the attit le assumed by England in Egypt. Tt Debats says that the action of Engll id in Egypt is a direct provocation I to. rance and that Great Britain must ■ ex’Bain her intentions. The Figaro says that France ought to retaliate for England's course by occupying Tanciet The Republique Francaise declass that Europe will not allow the khedive to become a blind vassal of ! England. A dispatch to the London | Exchange Telegraph Company says that Frame has asked the British government for an explanation as to the increase of the British army of occupation in Egypt. IN GENERAL M arcelino Palacios, of Guanajua’o, ; Mexico, is bankrupt, with liabilities I aggregating $250,000. Complete success attended the final i contractors’ trial < f the new United States practice vessel Bancroft. The sudden death of the son of President Hippolyte, of Hayti, has aroused suspicions that he was poisoned by his father's enemies. John D. Rockefeller and other lu*UM^lajidanl Oil stockholders arc reF’nneJ a steel trust with iTeapltai or Sl^Fnh.ooo. The dismantled and deserted hull of ' the Norwegian bark Star of India has | been sighted. Her crew of thirty-seven were undoubtedly lost. i The Congregation of the Propaganda !is considering the question of the I elevation of the bishopric of Dallas, Texa-, into an archbishopric. The patent infringement case of George W. Brown, inventoi o? the corn planter, against the Keystone Manufacturing Company, has been settled, j The case has been in litigation for I nineteen years.

The Beacon Lamp Company at i Boston, in its defense against the in- ! junction suit brought by the Edison i company, has set up a claim attacking ; the validity of Edison’s patent for in- | candescent lights. The Catholic population of the Unit d ] States is 8,806,095. with 11 archbishops, ' 75 bishops, 9,397 priests, 8,477 churches, 3,485 stations, 1,763 chapels, 36 seminai ries, 127 colleges, 657 academies and j 3,587 parochial schools. There are 26,I 533 orphans cared for in 245 orphan j asylums, besides which there are 463 other charitable institutions. THE MARKETS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3.25 @ 6.25 Hogs—Shipping Grades 3.50 @ 8.25 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3.00 @5.50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring ,76’6@ .77)3 I Corn—No. 2 44 @ .45 1 Oats—No. 2 31 @ .32 Rye—No. 2 52 @ .63 I Butter—Choice Creamery 31 @ .82 I Eggs—Fresh 28 @ .29 I POTATOES—New. per bu 65 @ .75 INDIANAPOLIS. I CA7'TLE—Shipping 3.25 @ 5.50 ■ Hogs—Chyice Light 3..’0 @ 7.75 j SHEEP —Common to Prime 3.00 @ 4,75 1 Wheat—No. 2 Red 67 @ ,gs Corn—Na. 2 White 40 @ .41 Oats—N“. 244 hits 35.36)4 ST. LOUIS. 73 Cattle 3.00 @ 5.2 s Hogs 3.00 @ B.CO Wheat—No. 2 Red 68 @ .69 Corn—No. 2 38 @ .89 Oats—No. 2 32 @ .33 Rye—No. 2..... 53 @ .54 „ CINCINNATI. Cattle 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs 3.00 @ 7.25 Sheep 3.00 @ 6 . 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 72 @ .73 Corn—No. 2 42 @ .43 I Oats—No. 2 Mixed 34?£@ .35?6 RYE—No. 2 52 .61 j „ DETROIT. : Cattle 3.00 <75 4.75 Hogs g.yy @ 7 I Sheep 3.00 @ 1.50 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 72'4® .73’4 : Corn—No. 2 Yellow 41 .45 * I Oats—No. 2 White 38’4® .39’4 TOLEDO. ; Wheat—No. 2 721g® .73’4 i Corn—No. 2 White 43 @ .44 " । Oats —No. 2 White 35 @ .36 Rye 57 @ .59 BUFFALO. CATTLE —Common to Prime 3.00 @ 5.25 Hogs—Best Grades 4.00 @ 8.00 Wheat —No. 1 Hard 81 @ .82 I Corn—No. 2 Yellow. 44 @ .46 MILWAUKEE. ! Wheat—No. 2 Spring 66 @ .66^ i Corn —No. 3 40 @ .42 ; Oats —No. 2 White 31 @ .35 Rye—No. 1 59 @ .c,i Barley—No. 2 63 @ -65 . PORK—Mess 19.25 @19.75 NEW YORK. ' Cattle.. 3.50 @5.50 Hogs 3.00 @ 8.(0 Sheep 3.00 @ 5.75 ’ Wheat—No. 2 Red so ® .82 * Corn —No. 2 , 54 @ .56 : Oats—Mixed 44’08161X1 33 @ .40 Butter—Best 32 @ .33 ’ Pork—New Mess 18.25 @IB,W

BUSINESS A PUZZLE. STRANGE CONDITION IN TRADE AFFAIRS. Oue Hundred and Fifty Miners Meet Death —The Young Idea of the Empire State Shoots in an Environment of Logs—Excursionists Derailed. Gold Exports Go On. R. G. Dun & Co.’s weekly review of trade says: There has been some increase in the aistributloa of products during the last week, and the demand for manufacture! goods is distinctly larger, so that business has perceptibly improved at many points. Yet the outgo of gold, expected to exceed 63,003,000 this week, reduces treasury reserves, causes increase 1 nervousness about the future, and renders men more reluctant to engage in new undertakings. The liquidation of some great speculations has set free large amounts, so that money everywhere Is comparatively easy and cheap, but nevertheless there is more sense of uncertainty about the future than appeared a month aeo.

Hawaii Ripe for Annexation. The Queen of the Sandwich Islands has been deposed, a provisional government formed, and Saturday morning a deputation arrived from there at San Francisco, en route to Washington, to negotiate with the United । States for annexation. One United , States war vessel was in j Honolulu harbor when the revolt took place, and landed 300 marines, taking । such measures as were necessary to , protect American residents and pre-1 vent riotous outbreak. Immediately 1 upon receipt of the news at the State Department, two more United States war vessels were ordered to the soen^ on i u... ^n.-rui tuipression, Induced by UttcrafiM^'af Washington, is that the Hawaiian kingdom will soon be a part of the United States.

Visible Wheat Supply. Bradstreet’s ieport says: Available supplies of wheat, United States and Canada, east of the l o kies, increased 1,750,000 bushels, an extraordinarily' large quantity at this season of the! year. About 4,650,000 bushels have { been accumulated by one Northwestern ! elevator company within a month, in I addition to its other supplies; but this I additional amount was not included in ! last week’s increases of stocks, because ! it represented four or five weeks’ accu-! mulations. Extorts of wheat, both! coasts, equal 2,531,000 bushels, against 3,557,0u0 I ushels in the week a year ago, and 2,093,000 two years ago. Fatal Mine Explo iion at Tokod. An explosion took place in a coal mine at Tokod, near Grauth, Austria, Friday morning. Fire broke out immediately. About 150 men were in the mine at the time. The shaft was notimj aired, but the cage was sent down at once. The bodies of nineteen men who had been killed by thesho -k were found near the bottom of the shaft and were brought up. The cage went down again, but returned, as the smoke was so dense that the rescuing party were unable to remain below. The whole party were unconscious when they reached the t< p. About 150 men are still in the min •.

BREVITIES. Tur. Palace of Poverty, the palatial headquarters of the Knights of Labor at Philadelphia, was withdrawn from sale after s7l,e(>9 had been bid for it. 1 iio Western window glass manufacturers have formed a combine, with headquarters at Milwaukee, and will apply for a charter as the National Glass Company. Bishrf Wioger, of Newark, who recently had a little trouble with Father Corrigan, has been summoned to appear b fore Mgr. Satolli to answer to charges of publicly fostering Cahenslyism. There still remain in the State of New York forty-one schoolhouses built of 1< gs. This is a decrease of fourteen ■within the last five years. The number of frame schoolhouses during the. same I eriod has decreased but one, the total number being 10,127, while the brick structures have increased 112, to a total of 1,523. The stone schoolhouses number 317, a decrease of iorty-six in five years. Gen. Edward S. Bragg, the defeated Wisconsin Senatorial candidate, is again an aspirant for the Mexican mission, the same position he held under Cleveland's previous administration. The Mexican mission pays a salary of $17,500 a year. General Bragg was appo’nted Minister to Mexico early in 1888 by President Cleveland, and held the office until after the inauguration of President Harrison. The old Philadelphia liberty bell, that has become so famous the world over, will be sent to the World’s Fair. All that is asked is a guarantee that it will be well yrotected from vandals. The Philadelphia Council’s Committee on World’s Fair considered the subject. It was recommended that the bell should be hung in the rotunda of the Pennsylvania State Building, an 1 that it be suspended from a pulley for prompt removal in case of fire. Miss Louise M. Conlisk, of Toledo, Ohio, was engaged to be married to a young gentleman of that city, and the I preparations were all completed. The ■ marriage, it seems, was designed to ' please the young indy’s mother more ! than herself. By arrangement Miss! Conlisk met Mr. Boyd, another suitor, in Toledo, went to Findlay, and they were married at the house of Clyde Spear. They left for Chicago on their bridal trip, after telegraphing Airs. ConIsik not to proceed further with the wedding arrangements. The Supreme Court of Indiana denied ' the petition for a rehearing in the apportionment ease. President-elect Cleveland is now an honorary member of the Sigma Chi College Fraternity and has received the necessary grips, etc. McManus, Farley & Co., grain buyers and elevator men of Crookston, Minn., are in financial difficulty and called their creditors together to agree upon what shall b ■ done. An investi- 1 gation showed that assets amounted to $41,000 and liabilities to $31,000. Ihe Northwestern Lumberman’s excursion train was derailed at Kent. 111,, and many were seriously hurt, one of whom will probably die. The literary soc eties of the University of Wisconsin have accepter! a challenge from Michigan University to a joint debate to take place in March.

THE NATIONAL SOLONS. SENATE AND'HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Dur National Lawmakers and What They Arc Doing for the Good of the Country— Various Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Air. Chandler (N. H.) diverted the Senate Monday by arraigning two Republican Senators, Messrs. Hoar (Mass.) and Platt. (Conn.) for putting forward against the anti-option bill a constitutional argument that would be equally strong in its application to the tariff law. At the ccnclusinn of Mr. Chandler’s speech the anti-option bill went over without action, an agreement having previously been reached when the vote on that bill should be taken. Certificates of election of Senators Cockrell (Mo.) and Davis (Minn.) for their new terms from March 4, 1893; were presented and ) laced on file. The House, after a lencthy parliamentary discussion, succeeded in passing the quarantine bill. Early Tuesday a communication from Chief Justice Fuller of the Supreme Court

to the Vice President, announcing the death of Justice Lamar, was laid I efore the Sen- ' ate. Messrs. Walthall (Miss.) and Gordon (Ga.) made brief remarks, paying warm tributes of respect to the memory of Mr. Lamar, and Mr. Wilson (Iowa) moved, as a mark of respect to the memory of Mr. Lamar, who was formerly a member of the ; Senate, that the Senate adiourn. The rno- ' tion was carried unanimously. There was I but little business transacted in the House because of the announcement of the death ■of Justice Lamar. On motion of Mr. Allen । (Miss.) the House adjourned as a mark of ! respect to the memory of the dead Justice. Neither the anti-option bill nor the CherI okee outlet bill—which have the alternate I riyht of way In the Senate—had any et.ow ) «.» cor.Btar.rn.tlo.. Wert ...-st ny TI.O hOU- Ot . the session was taken up in routine mat- ' ters. The only exceptions were the Introduction of a bill for the admission of Utah as a State, and an amendment reported from the committee on naval affairs and referred to the committee on appropriations looking to a ftiriher increase of the navy.

The remainder of the session was passed behind closed doors and was ' devoted to the question of whether the nomination of Mr. McComas as one of the Judges of the Supreme Court , of the District of Columbia should be or । not be confirmed In the House filibuster- ; inz against the bankruptcy bill wasinaugul rated by Mr. Kilgore, of Texas. He was I ably seconded in his endeavor to defeat j the bankruptcy bi 1 by Mr. Pierce, of Teni nessee. who supplemented his every motion | with another which was calculated t) pre- ; vent action, and the fl ibustering continued. ‘ Another wasted day” was the coru- | m -nt of the Republicans, and their com- ' ment was echoed by a majority of the Democrats. But the few Democrats op- ; used to the bankruptcy measure held firm, and the House adjourned without action, thus exhausting the two days assigned to the Judiciary Committee an! the bankruptcy bill. The Bouse Thursday resumed In committee ot the ulo'.e the cjnsiderat’on of the sundry civil appropriation bill. Pendin: a vote the committee rose and the House without cm lading the bill aljour..el. In the Senate Mr. Cullom (11l ) Introduced a joint lemlutioi requesting the municipal authorities of Philadelphia t > lend to the United States Government the liberty bell for exhibition at the World’s Fair and asked to have it put upon its passa e. rhe joint resolution was teferred to the c mmitteeon the library. Mr. Cas?y (N. D.) moved to ’ake up and pass Senate bill for a c n m ssion of five persons (at SIO a day and necessary expenses). with stenographer and clerk, to make a thorough investigation cf the ale holic

liquor traffic. Mr. Vest (Mo.) argued aniinst the hill, declaring himself utterly opposed to all such legislation. The question was one that was being preached upon, written upon, and prayed upon (in beth forms of the word) in every part cf the civilized world, and especially in the United States. How could a commission, he asked, advise Congress on such a matter? After furiher discussion th: morning hour expired without further action on Hie bill. J here were net many Senators in the chamber during the debate on the anti-option bill, but those who were present, witnessed the remarkable circumstance of the Sta es’ right; Democrat, Jiills (Tex.), having his argument against the constitutionality of the bill sustained by the stalwart Republican. Hiscock (N. Y.J. In the course of his argument Mr. Mills said if ly an india-rubber system of construction cf the constitution commerce <iad a right to regulate commerce in States—as proposed in the pending measure—it coull go further and regulate the production cf the specified articles. Mr. Hiscock opposed the bill. The great volume of wheat, corn and cotton would not be diminished or increased by such legislation, and yet the proposition was to take possession" of the markets of New York. Minneapolis. Chicago and New Orleans, and to control the manner in which contracts shall bo made. He believed that all legislation like that proposed was vicious, and he believed that if the bill were crystallized into law it would become the basis of the i most gigantic trust that ever existed in the United States. In the Senate Friday the announcement of Mr. Blaine's death was made by Mr. Hale, who has been for many years one of the closest personal and political friends of the dead statesman. His remarks‘were followed by a motion made by Mr. Cockrell (Dem.) (Mo.) that the Senate adjourn out of respect for the memory of the deceased. and that motion was declared carried. The death of ex-Speaker Blaine also brought the business of the House to a sudden termination. A few committee reports were made, including a bill to repeal the Federal election laws, and then, after brief and affecting speeches by Milliken (who represents Mr. Blaine’s old district) and Holman (who served many years with him in the House and who has always been his personal friend), the House, out of respect to the memory of the dead statesman, adjourned. Brieflets. The 4-year-old-son of William Horback was irozen to death at Laramie, i Wyo. | Seventeen new cases of cholera have I occurred in the Nietleben Asylum at । Berlin. ■ Capt. Jeffrey, of the National Lino steamer Greece, died at sea on the last voyage. Mrs. Kate Rosler was burned to death at Pittsburg while trying to save the life of her 6-year-old nephew, I George, who also perished. ■ Ihe latest information is that France will send ninenaval ships to the Columbian naval r< v.ew’, Russia seven, Germany six, । Italy five, and the remaining powers from one to three. A terrible battle between 600 peasants and a body of gendarmes occurred at Termini, a seaport town in Sicily. E:ght ot the peasants were killed and twenty were severely wounded. Bi the fall of a wall during a fire at Rochester, N. Y., three firemen were buried. Sylvester AV. Burns was killed, । John Hess was fatally in ured and soon died; Sackett escaped with a broken leg. The loss on the McKay Building was $200,000. Efforts are being made by citizens : eountiy, and through them by the State Department, to secure the release of Dr. Gallagher, formerly of Brooklyn, N. A., and other Irish suspects who are confined in British prisons, chai ged with complicity in dynamite outrages.