St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 4, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 August 1893 — Page 6

WALKERTON INBEPENDENi. WALKERTON, - . . INDIANA WHEAT §1 A BUSHEL. BRINGS THAT WHEN MADE INTO PORK. /*nuk President- Too Accommodating to Hia Friends —Swindled in the Same Old tVay—Northwestern Wheat Crop May Move Soon —Collision. Pork Made from Wheat. A. J. Allen, of the firm cf Fairbank, Allen & Co., Jive stuck commission merchants, of South St. Paul, is owner of a farm in South Dakota. In discussing hard times, low prices of whaat, etc., he advocated to a Detroit. Minn., Record man that farmers feed their wheat to hogs; if they have much wheat, give it a hard fanning and keep the test for the market —it will ba raised to No. 1 hard by the process—and me the rest for feed. He stated that good results can be obtained by soaking the grain twenty-four hours before feeding—not le-.igr enough to make it sour, however, 'for then the sugar cf it turns into alcohol. Putting his experience into figures, it would seem that wheat is worth sl.Ol )>er bushel to feed when hogs are worth 41 cents per pound. BREVITIES. The annual reunion of the Ninetyfourth O. V. I. was held in Piqua, Ohio. The Grand Lodge I. O. O. F. of Indian Territory was instituted at Atoka and officers elected. JONATHAN Dean was instantly killed by a locomotive cn the Pennsylvania Railroad near Scottsburg, Ind., while asleep on the track. The body of John Phillips, a miner, J was found in a pond at Hartshorne, I. T. Cuts on the head indicate that the man had been murdered. Near Malvern, Ark., F. Jones, a . tramp, killed Ed Ryan with a scythe, I The murderer is being pursued, and, I it is believed, will be lynched. Joseph A. McGeary has been selected to represent the San Francisco postoffice clerks at the national' convention to be held in Chicago next month. Anna Gray Orr. aged 16. ran away from her home at Bridgeport, Conn., July 29, and though bloodhounds have been on her trail she has not been found. A party of nine persons was overtaken on Jamaica Bay, L. 1., by a severe thunderstorm, and lightning instantly killed two and injured five others. Five men who were found guilty of violating the prohibition laws were i sentenced at Pembina, N. D., to pay - S2OO to SSOO fine and serve four months .— r BOYS attempted to wreck a tram on the Toledo and Ohio Central Railroad, by piling ties across the track at Bu- ■ cyrus, Ohi(> They were discovered in time to prevent damage. At Portland, Me., the water com- । pany's large reservoir on Munjoy Hill burst Sunday morning. Four persons I who were in a house in the path of the i rushing water were killed. The inquest into the death of Capi- ; talist H. S. Elmore at Kansas City. ; Mo., has been concluded, and the Coroner reserved his decision. There was , evidence that Elmore used morphine. William Kersten, a ranchman of New Forks, Fremcnt County, Wyo., was found dead near his ranch. There was a bullet-hole in his breast, one eye ■was knocked out, and he was other- - wise mutilated. The Western Union Telegraph Com- i panyrefuses to pay its share of the salary of the City Electrician of Dubuque. ’ lowa. This is a violation (f a city ordinance, and the poles of the company ; may be taken down. The Kansas State Equal - Suffrage Learie has decided to hold a big rally in Kansas City, Kas., Sept. 1. Plans ■ for the campaign will then be arranged. It will be the mcst important meeting of the kind ever held in the State. It is now said that the failure of the i Indianapolis National Bank was caused ■ by the queer transactions of President I Thecdore H. Haughey. He is alleged : to have made unsecured loans amount- j ing to $858,000 to relatives and church friends. A rear-end collision of freight trains, wrecked the Big Four bridge across the north fork of the Vermilion, ■ at Danville. 111., carrying'down the entire span, and precipitating one engine and thirty ears into the river. Tindamaged is estimated at Sie.O.OOO. It is now expected that all the large elevators of Minnesota will take out licenses, as required by the new law. This is looked upon as an indication that the crop will be ready to be moved soon, that money will begin to come in, and that times generally will be better. A Kansas City man has just paid $7,500 for a tin box filled with paper. He took twenty-seven car-loads of Hour to New York and sold it, receiving large bills in payment. Wanting small bills he applied to a stranger, who took him to Bedbank, N. J. to get them. There they met a second stranger. The re3 t of the story runs in the usual channel. ALASKA business is becoming unusually heavy this year, many Alaska tourists being Europeans. Jas. M. Cutler, a Chicago real estateagent, was drowned Sunday. Ho fell off the seamer City of Toledo while seasick. The Nebraska Wesleyan Uni verity, at Lincoln, has a new Chancellor Dr. Isaac Crook, late President of the University of the Pacific. Iho election wi the result of many d ^ at ion on the part of the B-a.d Trustees.

EASTERN. The Flavio Givi and the Amerigo Fespucci (Italian warships) are anchored in Annapolis (Md.) roads. The flagship of Admiral Morin, the Vittorio Emanuele, is expected. The vessels will then proceed to New York. The report of the administrator of the estate of Father Mollinger, the Pittsburg, Pa., faith cure priest who died a year ago, was filed Friday. Instead of leaving an estate valued at several millions of dollars, as everybody supposed, the total assets are $84,676.11, which after deducting - debts and expenses are reduced to $64,530.64. A monument to cost SI,OOO will be erected to his memory. The steamer Rachel Sherman struck a rock and tank at Pearl Point landing, Lake George. She had an excursion party of twenty-nine persons aboard ; from Fourteen-Mile Island. Twelve of the partv were drowned. They were all from Troy, Brooklyn, and Hoboken. The terrible accident occurred about 9 o'clock at night at the lower end of Lake George. The steam yacht Rachel is owned by D. W. Sherman, proprietor cf the Pearl Point House. The little vessel was turned toward the One Hundred Island House, and was gliding toward the landing, when the passengers were thrown forward by a -Budden shock. In the dark the vessel had run upon a sunken pier, and before assistance arrived from the shore it < sank in eighteen feet of water. The shriekitig. struggling passengers bartied for life in the darkness. Deeds of heroism were performed by the men. When all in sight, had reached the shore, it was learned that eight or nine persons, all women, except one youth of 19, had sunk to watery graves. As soon as possible an attempt to recover the bodies was made, and after strenuous efforts all the bodies were brought to the surface. A distressing accident occurred at the boat house of the Chelsea, Mass., Yacht Club on Broadway, near the bridge over the Mystic River, Thursday evening, which changed a night of gayety and enjoyment to one of mourning. Four persons are de&d, while some fifteen or more are injured to a greater or less extent. The club was having a concert and an illumination of its quarters in honor of the ladies, many of whom were present from Chelsea and neighboring places. All bad proceeded pleasantly until a short time before 9 o'clock, when one of the balconies gave way suddenly and most of its occupants were thrown to the pier or the float below in indescribable confusion. The balcony gave wav near the center, the bottom sloping In cither direction and slightly outward, forming a sort of chute, through which nearly forty of the occupants wore precipitated to the floor, some thirty-five feet below. The band had just stopped playing and the signal had been given from the Commodore's flagship to illuminate. Everyone was anxious to seo the spectacle, and the 175 or 200 people on the upper floor of the house crowded toward the upper balcony. The weight was too much for the weak supports of the balcony and they gave way with a crash. WESTERN. f iu a nro Mt the Kunu- City (Mo.) RtoeJc Yards The tinplate factory at Atlanta, Ind., has been placed in the hands of a re- , ceiver. 11. M. Parchen, of Parchen & Co., wholesale druggists at Helena, has i made an assignment. Liabilities are placed at $247,000. Fifty-six men deserted the coast defense vessel Monterey at San Francisco, because of the hvat when the ship is under steam. ! The Seven Corners Bank at St. Paul has closed its doors. Deposits amount to $195,166, and it has a capital stock of SIOO,OOO. Engineer Perry and his assistant, Lewis Sargent, were killed by the exp osion of the boilers at the water works, Anthony, Ka-. A receiver has been appointed for the Eagle Machine Works at Indianapolis. The liabilities are SIOO,OOO and the nominal assets $150,000. J United States Senator David i TURPIE is seriously ill at his home in Indianapolis, and is believed to tje suf- । sering from a stroke of paralysis. During the street parade of an outdoor spectacular show at St. Louis a wagonload of fireworks exploded. Four people were severely injured. Sixty tramps captured an eastbound freight at Tolleston. Ind., driving the train hands into the caboose, but fled on approaching Valparaiso. A WATERSPOUT in Rawlins County, Kan., covered the prairie with water two feet deep. Much stock was lost, and Mrs. H. D. Aldridge was drowned. It is reported that the wreck of the steamer W. H. Gilcher. which was It st on Lake Michigan last fall, has been found on Hav Island, near Beaver Island. !■ IKK at San Francisco destroyed the wholesale fancy goods house of Buyer & Reich and the shoe store of Buck- j ingham & Hecht, causing a loss of $250,000. Masked bandits, who intended to rob Rufus Clark, a wealthy ranchman in | South Denver, Colo., murdered John Scanlan, a farm hand, who foiled their scheme. Michigan State banks and trust companies report an increase of $387,346 in cash, as compared with their May statement, and a decrease of $5,403,776 in deposits. Miss Clara Irene Finn, of Chi- ! cago, was married at Milwaukee to ' Maneckji Shuriargi, official reprei sentative at the World’s Fair of Bom- ! bay exhibitors. Governor Boies, of lowa, has issued a letter declining to be a candidate for Governor a third time, and declining to run for a popular-vote nomination for United States Senator. The Pueblo (Colo.) City Railway ' * Company, owning and operating five ; separate lines of electric roads in 1 1 Pueblo and suburbs, has passed into j tho bands of a receiver. G. C. Trumpff, President ul the de-

funct South Side Savings Bank, Mil ' waukee, has disappeared, and, as the ease of Cashier Koetting hL wheieabouts is unknown. 8 CONGRESSMAN J. T. HULL, of Io Wa was seriously injured by being throwj from his carriage, near Des MoinL and will bo detained from attendin’ the session for some weeks. The Nevada Mill Company, the lar™ est lumbering concern on the PaciH coast, has called a meeting of credu ors. The liabilities are $500,000, with estimated assets of SIOO,COO. At Lincoln, Neb.. Freddie Harper 18 months old,visiting with his parents’ relatives, was run over and killed bv an electric ear. Motorman Hall grei violently insane over the accident. Nicholas 8. Herschmann, bookkeeper for the Consolidated Steel and Iron Company, was arrested at st. Louis charged with embezzling $7,000 of the firm s money. He admits his guilt. The State of Nebraska's claim to a deposit of some $236,000 in tho now defunct Capital National Bank at Lin coin is ignored by the loreiver, and the State will get a share of tho receiver's dividend i nly after a lawsuit. ’ The Illinois Superintendent oMB I1 ’ surance has refused to license th^t J dependent Order of Foresters to insurance business in the State, q|K“" Hng that the order is barred undjßP*#'' new law. A null will bo l^gun, VBK Gov. Nelson of Minnosota’Wy 6 caused a suit to be brought againswC. A. Smith & Co., of Minneapolis, toUnnul a private sale of pine lands in Mule Lacs County. The law requires such land to be sold at public auction. William Bedick, a farmer near St. Joseph, Mo., thought ho was to get <15,000 in counterfeit greenbacks for his $4,000 good money, and found he had only a package of green paper on his return home from New York. Chicago is threatened with another crank. A “Professor” Tyndall proposes to be buried in the World's Fair grounds for thirty days, at the end of which time he promises to emerge from his temporary tomb alive and well. James H. Walker, the well-known Chicago dry goods merchant, confessed judgment before Judge Windes on a note for $5,40.7.72 in favor of Edward Now. The Chicago Title and Trust Company has been ap|K>inted receiver for the house. Bernard McGinn, who killed Edward McKenna, narrowly escaped I lynching at Omaha. A crowd of the murdered man's friends gathered at the jail at midnight, but in anticipation of their coming the prisoner had been removed to Lincoln. George Kistner, one of tho fourteen men arrested at Quincy, UI., for the murder of Bradshaw, has confessed that he fired the fatal shot. He says he supposed the revolver contained ■ only blank cartridges, the intention be- ' ing merely to frighten Bradshaw. The 10-year-old son of Charles Johnson. of Arlington, Neb., deliberately shot and killed his B-year-old sister. He said he hah found the weapon In a bureau drawer, and wanted to see what his sister would do if ho fired at her. purent. w. i >- eul til ibv Hine, k/temg the children alone. Mrs. Marik L. Mitchkui., widow of J Alexander Mitchell, of Milwaukee, I brought suit against her son. Senator i John L. Mitchell, and the Wisconsin I Fire and Marine Insurance Company's Bank. She claims that the bank owes her $299,000 and that her son is behind i sso.c( 0 in the annual allowance he is 1 required to pay her under tho will of ' his father. AT Pitt-burg, Kan., seventy-five ‘ striking miners lay in wait for the men at work in shaft No. 17 of the Kami s and Texat Coal company and made an assault upen them as they were going to work. All of them ran but one. I Henry Smith, an American. He stcod i his ground and was brutally assaulted. | He finally got out of the mob and made > his way home, where he procured a ■ revolver and started ,again for the mine. In the meantime a few deputy sheriffs had put in an api>earanee and the mob dispersed. Theodore Thomas. Musical Direct | or of the Columbian Exposition, has not only tendered his resignation and mh iH-ll the reorganization of his bureau but has offered his services with- I out c »st if it be the wish of the j Exposition manag< ment to' accept them. All cf this means that : the expense of the bureau is to I be cut down. Already arrangements । with foreign artists have been can- , celed. The choruses in Festival Hall [ have been abandoned. Music Hall will ‘ be given up as a place for symphony concerns, the big orchestra of 114 pieces H.ii oe divided in two. and the Exposition bands divided into four. AH this will be done if Mr. Thomas' suggestions are carried out. SOUTHERN. Felix Poole was lynched in Ohi.- : County, Kentucky, foranif nUt Loltsville women mayS s ' n ' ,K . s ~ . . t . "ire decision i the streets, according tof of ; t ju.Ur.. of th slt ,-it V, A A HAII.KOAI, wreck i: reported from San Jeronimo. Mex.. en the lino of the Tehuantepec Isthmusßoad. Apa-sen-ger train jumped the track.' killing one man and severely injuring several others. J Ihe 1 rosecuting Attorney at St. Louis has refuted to proceed against Maud McKibben, charged by a coroner s jury with poisoning her father and sister. He says the evidence does not warrant her arrest A barret, of whisky was seized bv a State officer in the depot of a railway i o? ( barleston, S. C., the road being in .the hands cf receivers. It is believed; । that this act will create a clash between the State and Federal courts. \ IRginia Populists in convention at Lynchburg nominated Edmund R. Cooke, a prosperous farmer of Cumberland Comity, for Governor; J. Brad . Bexerly of Fauquier for Lieutenant । Governor, and W. S. Gravely of Henry, | or Attorney General. Stephen Welch and his wife were arrested at Alexander, 100 miles south of Wheeling, W. Va for moonshining, S? lc ^r c 1 8 % aped fr om the officers and } Mis. Welch was captured and confined

un i ‘F- 5 mob woro woona^ li 1. ISf.: pected. ore tlOu ole is exWashington. Wvmaiw.A Sh - nff 1 t ° n Sut ^ e on General -eL? Bv V I ’ neSBUKO from SutniS « <>f the Marine Hoskorvice, stationed at Nanles thtt eitv h 1 th ° Cl ’ ndition affairs in i C ^ R ? ho first tiß ae since April 20 1893, when the gold reserve f. . nelowthe $100,000,000 mark. The gold in the treasury, exclusive of that held as M ce rl iHca tei<, amounts to tm’ ° r free gold This gold has come into the United H w fr^ 111 ,.Europe, Mexico, and the West Indies, much of it beiim the gold sent out from the United States during the late spring and early summer months. Information received indk 'ates that $lO,000,009 in gold is now on its wav from I’-ai'ope to the United States, anil most of this, m*expected, will find its wav, JbMiaual, into the treawnvy Th.. . latten syiuoiivut Hliows an incroaae during the month of July of $17,237,606. Secretary Carlisle sent the following telegram to the 150 national bank depositories throughout the United States: “Your authorized balance is hereby fixed at par of security. Transfer excess whenever practicable to nearest Sub-Treas-urer.” This action ^vill release to the j banks about $9,000,000. According to ' former regulations each depository bank was permitted to hold Govern- I ment funds to tho extent of from 90 to ' 9;> per cent, of the United States bonds deposited to secure the same. They can now hold Government funds to the par value of the Government bonds on deposit. FOREIGN. Lord Randolph Churchill Is se- j riously ill with nervous prostration. A DISASTROUS explosion occurred on board the German armor-clad steamer Baden at Kiel. Lieutenants Oelsner and Zembsch and seven seamen were killed and seventeen persons were j wounded. One hi nuked and eighty houses : have been burned in the town of Kinski. in the government of Queenburg. Russia. Seven ]»erson were killed and I a lar^e number injured. Among the i buildings destroyed were the city lyil) I and < 'atholic ( hureh. IN GENERAL , - i At a siM'eial meeting of the stock- i holders of the Moncton sugar refinery lof Moncton, N. 8., it was agreed to I amalgamate tin* Nova Scotia. Halifax. , and Sfoncton refineries. The total amount of national bank notes outstanding is $15;i,(>55.929. an increase of $5,041.3^5 during the month, occasioned by the fact tha' many national banks are increasing their circulation. m_. i >.. . Mi . xr„.. i gnorito M. Wilson ami ?giss Anaie | Ricketts sailed on the steamer Oceanic i from San Francisco for Siam. The j : ladies have been sent out by the Pres- ; I byterian Board of Missions. Miss ; ; Fleeson has resided for some years in ' i Siam and ha- been taking a vacation. ; Lieutenant Peary s arctie expedi- I ; tion had a rough voyage from New- ’ I foundland to Labrador, and the delay I I may seriously handicap tne explorer. ' I The donkeys on which they depended perished from exposure and unless Peary can purchase dogs to replace them the whole expedition may collapse. Uol. C. H. Jones, until recently ed- | itor of the St. Louis Republic, has ac- ' cepted the position of editor of the ’ New York World, with absolute exec- : utive powers. Col. Jones becomes I ' Mr. Pulitzer's personal representative. 1 | and will direct the business affairs of ; i the World while creating its editorial ; i policy. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National League: w. i„ VcJ W. L. ^c. Bostons. .. 58 28 . 674 Cinclnnatls.4o 45 .471 > Philadelp’ia.s3 31 631 St L0ui5....40 45 .471; I I’ittsbnrcs. .50 34 .535 Baltimores..37 47 .440 Clevelands 46 82 .590 Chieagos... .35 49 .417 Brooklyns.. .41 43 ,4HS Waihi’gfns. ii 53 .361 i New Yorks .41 43 4SB LouiSTUleß..26 48 .351 MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 25 (^5 25 ; Hogs—Shipping Grates 3 00 @5 50 Sheep—Fair to Choice 3 (0 U 4 50 Wheat—No. 2 Spring 68 ft. 59 Corn—No. 2 38 & 3 > Oats—No. 2 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 2 43 45 Butter—Choice Creamery Eggs—Fresh 13 & 11 Potatoes—New. per brl 1 5o (3-2.1 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 225 475 , Hogs Choice Light .... 3Uf (;■? 500 , SHEEP —Common to Prime 3 00 g 3 50 I Wheat—No. 2 Red 54 <3 55 ! Corn—No. 2 White 39 <3 40 Oats—No. 2 White . 21 (3 2> i . ST. LOC I-?. I L atti ' e iV" @5 CO : | HOO» ACO <!' 5 25 WHEAT-No. 2Bed M © 57 Corn—No. 2 36 © st Oats—No. 2 23 & 24 Rye—No. 2 48 & 50 CINCINNATI. Cattle «oo @4 75 i Hogs , 300 ®5 00 i Sheep 300 (3 450 I w HEAT—No. 2 Red 54 @ 54' I Corn—No. 2 42 @ 44 | Oats—No. 2 Mixed 23 @ 24 Rye—No. 2 43 51 DETROIT. Tattle .. 300 (t 4 75 Hogs 300 @ 600 BJIEEP 3 00 (7 3 75 W HEAT—No. 2 Red COJ£@ 61’ . : Corn—No. 2 40 *<3 41 Oats—No. 2 W hite, old 34 @ 35 , TOLEDO.’ Wheat—No. 2 Red .’’iitj® cog ‘ Corn—No. 2 Yellow 40Gi3 4W Oats—No. 2 White 23 25 Rye—No. 2 45 <3 46 I BCFFALO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... 350 <3 500 । Hogs—Best Grades 400 fi cOO j Wheat—No. 1 Hard 69 © 70 No. 2Rei 62'i@ 63G I MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 58 @ 59 i Corn—No. 3 37 © 3<> ’ Oats —No. 2 White 2.) <3 30 : Rye—No. 1 40 @ 47 Barley—No. 2 ci <3 53 Pork—Mess 15 00 ©io 00 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 50 @5 75 Hogs. 3 00 @6 00 Sheep 3 00 @ 5 00 Wheat—No. 2 Red. 69 (3 7o Corn—No. 2 48 @ eo 1 Oats—Mixed Western 35 @ 37 I Butter—Creamery 18 @ 20 ? Pork —New Mesa 14 75 cS.\6 25

WEEK OF SURPRISES. healthy reaction follows DEMORALIZATION. Whitecaps in Indiana Rented with Great Slaughter—Three KUled and Many Hurt In a Lake Shore Smash-Vp-The Guard Vndisturbed. Sense of Relief in Financial Circles. Trade say^ & C °‘ “ Wct kl y Review of prists f VOk ' ,u '* bee ’> “'“J of suriX sev 7 ul failures for millStocks , Extraordinary depression In •mneofn n e| a Mau:, ‘ ,er w >dch included a bear nt n® ' V ro followed by Ai- > Panic and sensational aiva-cei haTeomel " "—kets “t’he^ f ngular sense cf relief, not- « thstandmi an actual increase In present embarrassments, almost ameunt nr to a paralysis of exchange between the chief mmerctal cities, and of many industrial works, because 2 ler cent, for currency n ' bat U needed for tho payflxed on (heth'ips br'inX „ are never .'•■•less Bold across tho sea, and Ew «n. 009.000 •ion of Congress. ‘ ho oxtra s «- Four of a Mob IMe. Four months ago Samuel and William Conrad, young farmers of Boone Township, Harrison County, Ind., were arrested for murder, they being supj possed to have killed their father to get possession of his property. : On trial they were discharged. Many of their neighbors be- : lieved them guilty, however, and Sunday morning a mob of 100 or more made an attack upon the Conrads’ home intending to lynch the brothers. The latter were ready for au attack, and in a battle four of the mob were killed. The brothers escaped. — Spread Kail Cause* DisaMti*. Train No. 9 of the Lake Shore Rail-

road left Fremont. Ohio, ten minutes late Saturday night, and was running nt a high rate of speed for Toledo. When the train was about ten miles out of Fremont at a small stationealled । Lindsey the sleeping ears left the track and clashed into a freight train. The sleeping ears were practically reduced to kindling wood, and that anv one escaped is a mirac’e. Three per- । sons we-e killed outright and eight , seriously hurt. Pays the Penalty. Joseph It. Howell was hanged at Trenton, Mo. Howell murdered Mrs. : Nancy Hall and her seven little ehilj dren seven miles west of Brookfield, j Mo.. Jan. 19. 1H92. for the putposo of j robbery. Walter E. Shaw was hanged at Houston. Tex., for the murder of his mother and aunt. March 31. 1*92. He , made asp ech on the gallows, in which he heajied curses on all his relatives, ; living and dead. l our Convicts Lain Their Liberty. At Jefferson City. Mo., four convicts scaled the walls of the )>enitentiary early Friday nr ruing. Tin* men were inmate- of the hospital, and took with them a streielwr used for transporting the sick. They converted this ii t, u ! ladder, and scaled the wall. A guard I eating his lunch ten feet distant was । not disturbed. Ruinous Fire at Princeton. Minn. At Princeton. Minn., fire broke out .n McCaig’s drug it me. The drug ’ store, Marshall's harnes- shop. Madi- ' son's restaurant. Burke & Carmody's saloon, the First National Bank, and the North Star Hotel and ba ms were completely wiped out. The total loss is $30,000: tidal insurance, $13,003. Three hunks at Mankato ( lose. At Manka o the t ir-t National Bank, the National Citizens’Bank, and the Mankato National Bank closed Friday, i The only other bank in the city is a a savings bank and wa< recently organized. NEWS NUGGETS. Insurance rates in lowa have been ; raised 10 per cent. Nearly one-third of the town of : Port Louis, capital of Mauritius, has i been destroyed by fire. Tne loss is over 1,000,000 rupees. The branch house of the Whitman I & Bar.ies Manufctauring Company, of Akron. Ohio, at Kan as City, was damaged $135,010 by fire. The report of the Lonlon Board of Trade on the los of the steamship Naronic last February concludes that , she must have collided with an iceberg, j Governor Jones, of the Choctaw nation, has ousted the Sheriff and Judge i ' of Cedar County, and appointed parti-' ! sans in their stead, and the aggravated i situation may lead to another war. A cut in wages led to a riot at the Arkansas Valley Smelter, at Lead- ■ , ville. Workmen who refused to accept * ! the reduction stoned those who were ! willing to work and drove them out of j the town. Recently the steamer Newsboy ran ‘ on the rocks at Point Conception, Cal., 1 and was badly damaged, the wreckage i giving rise to a belief that a vessel; had been lost. The Newsboy found' i con° ; d 'ruble difficulty in getting to San ’ Francisco. California mines have produced >' S4JM 0J <lO of gold during- the la-1 sixty days. While intoxicated, J. B. Milliken ' sat down upon the Lake Erie ana Western tracks near Fostoria. Ohio. He was run over and killed. ! The lowa State Board of Health has ; been culled in consultation on what is supposed to be a case of leprosy in Des Moines. The afflicted woman is Mrs. Knute Johnson, who came to this country from Bergen, Sweden, where leprosy is prevalent. Topeka, Kan., police raided the Topeka Club. Several members and a small amount of liquors were captured and carted to the station. This is a high-class club and has claimed to be । running strictly within the law and has been investigated by a grand jury and County Attorney.

THE EXTRA SESSION CRIS? AGAIN CHOSEN SPEAKER r “ r the house. The Meeting Is the Twelfth Extraordinary Session in the History of the I nited New I , ces and New Committees In the Senate, Etc. A Democratic Congress.

IN response to the proclamation of President Cleveland.! ongress has, for the twelfth

time in the history of the United States, assembled in “ extraord in ary” session. The (e^sion marks a milestone in American h i-1 >ry, las it brings together for tne first time in thirty year, a Congress tka‘ i Dem cratic M t 9 >t a branches, sujiorted by a D • rv cratie Presid (.t. Aside from

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1 I’ oUt ‘ ca l revolud n, which took I thu nex l n ' eSsion >t • a semblaye. <dc<L2^ SreSS ls together by The Y n t SU i a ' moment. relief. Business - still, and in some eases p.-0.-tratc until , Congress affords relief. It i; seldom , that Senators and members have come together with a feeling of graver re- , sponsibility than that which is felt and experienced on all sides at the present time The session opened with praver bv the Senate's new chaplain, Mr. Milburn. Its two principal officers, Mr. Cox, the new Secretary, and Mr. Bright, the new Sergeant-at-arms, also represented the changed political complexion of the body. All the committee clerkships underwent political change during the extra session in March, and most of the appointees

SPEAKER CRISP. / Under the former Secretary and Ser-geant-at-ai ms have only had their official decapitation postponed.net averted. There were very few preliminaries before the serious business of Congress began. The Senate committees had already been chosen, and the organization with new officers was complete. In the House Sjieaker Crisp again presjdos. according- to the unanimous action of the Democratic caucus. The only change in the House organization was in three minor officers—doorkeeper, sergeant-at-arms, and chaplain. Ex-Con-gressman Snow of Illinois became the new sergeant at-arms of the House, after a close contest in the Democratic caucus, in which he beat the old ser-geant-at-arms, Mr. Yoder, by only cue vote. The first bu-iness after the Senate was called t > order was: to administer the oath cf office to throe Senators and to Mr. Cox. the new Secretary of the Senate. The Senators who tuok the oath a”e Mr. He kins, who succeeds Senator Stanford h r. P. s • e. of Florida. who has been . - Lit d afcr serving ad interim ni t • a g byrnrtcrial appointment; and ■ u > if Pcnnevlvania. wh-» wa • p -;t dming the last extra i n i - ba., nut yet qualified. .Y < n a- no ice wa< received f.om i <• H e that it had organized, the p p r « > nmitteo was appointed town’ roi .ho President and notify him that Congress was ready to receive any communication he may care to make. This called forth the message explaining the President's reason- for convening Congress in special session. Routine Proceedings. ' he Senate session Monday lasted just thirty-two minutes. !even:y-£ve of the full membership of eighty-eight were present. Mr. Beckwith, o' Wyoming, resigned his seat. Several Senators who were not sworn in last March subscribed to the oath. The death of Senator Stanford was announced, and adjournment ' was immediately taken. ’the scenes I In the House were such as are always enI acted at an opening session. Three hua- ! dred and thirty-six members were present, i and Speaker ( risp was re-elected presiding ! officer in squads of two dozen the m?m- --! bers-elect were sworn in; a cent -t was । announced from the Fifth Michigan district. Then officers vere elected ।as follows: Janies Kerr. Clerk; H. W. i Snow. Sergeant-at-arms; A R Hurt. Door- : k eper; Lycurgus Dalton. I’ostrnasser. and i Samuel W. Hadaway, Chaplain. The bii ennial drawing for seats was then proj cee led with amid laughter, cheers and al--1 ternations of pleasure and disappointment, i The House adjourned out of respect to the memory of the late William H. Enochs, of i Ohio. Note* of Current Kvents. , Boilermakers at Bay City. Mich., struck for a nine-hour work-day. W. B. Richie has withdrawn Democratic candidate for Governor of of Ohio. A RECEIVE!: wo appointed at Denver for the Hamilton Loan and Trust Company. J. A. Ballard’s express barij, and. twenty-one horses burned at St. x'auL Lc ss, $20,000. The O’Brien wagon works at Lafayette. Ind., have liven closed because 165 men refu-ed to accept a 10 per cent, reduction. The failure is announced of Suly. baeher. (titternsan A' Wade. New York wuoh n impart' rs. The firm was rated at $1.<00,000. -i L' ne highwayman, operating in a country road in Kansas, has held un and robbed several persons. H<s vie 1 tims were nearly aii farmers. I he works cf the American Rubber (ompany at (am bridge port. Mass have closed down for two weeks, throwl mg L7OO operatives out of emnlo, ment.