St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 26 August 1893 — Page 6

WALKEHTOH !««. WALKERTON, - - - IN DIANA ITALIANS ARE ANGRY LIVES OF FRENCH RESIDENTS IN DANGER. X’arade of Chicago's Unemployed—Killed in a Shum Battle—Springer Displaced by Wilson — Convict's Ingenious Escape — Sugar Keiluery Resumes Operations. Italy's Grievance. The troubles growing out of the fighting between French and Italian workingmen employed at the salt works at Aigues Mortes, Fianca, threaten to involve grave international complications. It is not alone that the popular indignation at what the Italians consider a gross breach of international comity is finding vent in demonstrations that are evidently intended to coerce the Government into demanding an apology from France for tho attack upon Italians and the payment of indemnity to compensate the families of those Italians who were killed. Riots directed against Frenchmen have occurred in many of the provincial towns, and the situation is considered exceedingly grave. House Committees Announced. Speaker Crisp has announced his committees in the House. Nir. Springer is displaced from the Chairmanship of the Ways and Means Committee by Mr. Wison, of West Virginia. BREVITIES, The battleship Oregon will bo launched at San Francisco Dee. 28. William Myles, a Cincinnati banker, was drowned near Thousand Island Park, in the St. Lawrence River, his yacht being run down by a steamboat. Near Oleopolis, Pa., Paul Smith accidentally shot and killed his br< ther, Albert. The boys were cami iig out with their father, A. S. Smith, of McClintcckville. A MAN was killed and several persons seriously injured by a panic in a church at Clarksville, Tenn., caused by mis-, chievous boys under the church pounding on the floors. William Highfield, one of the whitecaps who brutally whipped Wm. Davis and his wife at Jasper. Ind., has been sentenced to two years' imprisonment and to pay a tine of $lO. At St. Louis Grain Exporter H. C, Haarstick received $40,000 in gold from Europe for wheat shipped. He demanded and received the coin because of the high rate of exchange. The steamer Monowai, which i ailed Friday afternoon, carried among its

passengers a party of seven young lady - iulreiuiTai les from Ohio, who go to Honolulu to work am< ng - the natives. A Canadian bookkeeper employed in a railroad office at Black Rock. N. Y., has been deported under the alien labor law, and a liability of SI,OOO is raised against the superintendent who hired him. New York City and vicinity was visited by a terrible storm. Five lives were lost in Northern New Jersey and in Gotham streets were flooded and great damage done to property in basements. RECRUITING officers say that the prevailing hard times are driving a large number of men to enlist in the army. There a*e now only 154 vacancies while usually the army is about three thousand short of the maximum limit of 25,000. A CROWD of 400 unemployed men marched through the down-town streets of Chicago and around the City Hall Monday afternoon, headed by one of their number carrying a pasteboard sign on which was scrawled the grim legend, “We want wo/k.” It is the first time in the city that Chicago has seen such a parade. The big Havemeyer sugar refinery at Brooklyn, employing 4,000 men, and affecting about fifteen thousand persons dependent on them, resumed work after a few days' shutdown. It had been expected that the works would not resume for several months and the news was received with great rejoicing. James Fildes, a convict at the Northern Indiana Prison, wa- engaged in loading a train with lime in company with a number of other convicts and they assisted him toescape by covering him with lime in one of the cars. When the train pulled out Fildes went with it. When a safe distance from the prison ho left the car and is still at large. * K iiiMauxt It-v. William P. Treacy, pastor of the Swedesboro (Pa.) Catholic Church, who was excommunit at ad for criticising his superior, Bishop O'Farrell. Rev. P. A. Treacy, brother of the Swedesb >ro priest, whose removal from a pastorate at Burlington, N. J., caused all the trouble, has also been reinstated. Charles E. Nelson, a young bookkeeper at Portland, Ore., died as the result of a wound in the back received from a charge from a blank cartridge in a sham battle. Nelson was Second Lieutenant in his militia company, and was charging the gatling gun of the enemy after the plan of the Weldon raids in the civil war. The firing was promiscuous, and it was not known who fired the fatal shot. Great clouds of grasshoppers have been passing over Fort Dodge, lowa, from north to south. There was a terrific tempest in the region of Somerville, N. J., which cost five lives and caused great loss of property. The State Department has received notice from the Viceroy of China that no retaliatory measureshvill bo initiated by his government at present and that every effort will be made to protect Americans in China until Congress meets in regular session

EASTERN. Solidarity, the New York anarchist paper, cannot pay the printer, and is likely to suspend. The Roxbury Carpet Company, of Boston, has notified its employes that the factory will be shut down one month for lack of orders. The Pennsylvania Railroad shops in Altoona, Pa., have been ordered to work half time. The shops employ between 6,000 and 8,000 men. A CASE of black drilling - diamonds valued at $30,000 was lost by a New York drummer while riding from a St. Louis hotel to the depot. It is believed they were stolon. A CROWD of 5,000 unemployed mon at New York, mostly foreigners, stormed a hall where a labor massmeeting was in progress. They smashed windows and doors, and took forcible possession. William Frazier, of Oneida, N.Y., 70 years old, stole his rides on railroad trains from Chicago to Buffalo, and in the latter city, by jumping off before the train stopped, he received injuries that sent him to the hospital. Lucille Adams, the actress, whose . recent death in a New York hospital was due partly to starvation, left mining property in California valued at $500,000, but which has been tied up by litigation for the last nine months. Papers have boon served upon Richard Goodman Platt, a wealthy New York builder, in a suit for breach

of promise by Mrs. Marie E. J. L. S. "Willard, the divorced wife of James S. SOUTHERN Willard, son of E. K. Willard, a Wall street broker. Mr. and Mrs. Willard n • formerly lived in Chicago. . * prisonm s made their c cape from m ... , , a jail at Pino Bluff, Ark. THE City treasurer of Baltimore had T _ x . ~ ~, .. considerable difficulty Tuesday in rais- T , * . f ' . * 11 mrned the ing the cash to pay city employes’ .T wages. Tho trouble is due in largo ‘ '" T 1 ‘’^Pl" ° siher mesmeasure to bad financiering. Over > sa ^ 0 ' $3(X),000 of the $5,000,000 loan has been i IHE Dallas and Oak Cliff and the spent for improvements other than West Dallas Street Railway companies those for which the total was intended, at Dallas, Texas, have been placed in — — - । the hands of a receiver. WESTERN. । The membership of the State Alliance of Georgia, which was 18,194 l af g, The 6,1X10 miles of railroads in Indi-' year, has fallen to 9.000. The fund of ana are assessed at sl6o.(mx»,o<:o. I SBO,OOO on hand a year ago has been It is reported that one of the Conrad j reduced to ?20,(XXi. brothers, who defended their house 1 The Cole Manufacturing Company, against whitecaps at Corydon, Ind., a' of Memphis, Tenn., has applied for a week ago, has been shot from ambush, receiver for the personal property of Fire at Denver was confined to W. A. Collier. President of the Apthe Crescent flour mill and elevat >r, ' peal-Avalanche Company. which were destroyed, together with a Gov. Bex Tillman, of South Carolarge quantity’ of flour and grain. The Una, is seeking governmental authority loss is $250,000, to use the soubriquet of the State. The Union Pacific steamer, Annie “Palmetto, as a trademark for his Faxon, is reported to have been blown | bispem-arv liquors. Ihe Patent Office to pieces by the explosion of her boiler I h !IM refused to patent the laln’l. as the on the Upper Snake River in Oregon. I * “Jute provides only for the roghtraEight lives were lost. 1 ? on of ’'"'“b'nmrks owned by persons. ® , I fit ms, or corporations, and the officers GOV. lENNOYEK of Oiegon has I decide that a State of the American asked members of tho Legislature for i Union is neither a person, a firm, nor a opinions as to the desirability of call-। corporation. ing an extra session to pass a law for Wednesday morning ut 2:30 o'clock the stay of executions on ail judgments the county line trestle on the Atlantic for one year. and Danville Railroad near Danville, OMAHA city bonds, failing of sale in Va„ gave wav and two passenger

the East, have been offered in the home market, with the result, that many thousands of dollars withdrawn from the banks and hidden are again put in circulation. On account of charges of cruel treatment of the children in the industrial school for girls at Beloit, Kan., Mrs. Lease, who is a meml>er of the State Board of Charities, has taken charge; of the institution. A SURVEYING corps left Helena, ’ Mont., to define the rente of the i Helena, White Snlphur Springs and Castle Railread, which Chicago and Helena capitalists are to build. The road is to be I<>o miles long. At Coffeyville, Kansas, last week. 871 Indians were paid ss'il each. The Coffeyville banks have received for deposit and collect ion over s2"O.tn 0 of the checks, and Coffeyville merchants secured something like Slihi.ooo. At St. Paul, Minn., one fireman was killed and several others injured dur- I ing the burning of the st< ek of goods । of W. J. Dyer a Bro., dealers in musical instruments. No. 137 East 3d street. Wednesday evening. FOREST fires are causing great damage in Northern Wisconsin. The towns of Bruce Crossing and Matchwood have been swept away by the flames. A woman and baby are missing and it is feared that they have perished. Robert Kincaid, banker, merchant and fanner of Mound City, Kan., and President of the failed Citizens’ Bank of that place, has been missing for three weeks. People who hold his notes for $200,000 fear that he does not intend to return. W. H. Hill, at one time head accountant for the G. H. Hammond Packing Company, of Chicago, who attempted to commit suicide by taking morphine on July 5. died. He unsuccessfully tried to shoot himself later and was nursed back to life, but could Vial distress. Holcomb farm, six miles southeast of Jackson, Mich., which was the scene ten years ago of the celebrated Crouch murder, was the scene of an incendiary fire, when Dan S. Holcomb lost his fine residence, two barns. 600 bushels of wheat, thirty-five tons of hay. and buggies, wagons, harness and farm tools generally. The loss is about $10,000; insured for $8,00). The house had been closed three weeks. The gold cure has done its work in Chicago, and the metal is at present a drug on the market. Sought for, fought for, eagerly ; oarded in June and July, gold is now refused by the same people who could not get enough of the yellow metal then. Gold has entered the arteries of trade to such an extent during the last two weeks that a change has been demanded, and surplus gold will go out of town in exchange for Eastern bank notes. When gold was scarce every one wanted it: now that it is plenty no one cares for it. Many consider the offer of gold an indignity, and demand bank notes, and even silver certificates in its stead. This condition of affairs has come through the ingenuity of Chicago bankers and lias been noticeable for several days. Unable to get currency from New York a few Chicago bankers have succeeded in establishing a new order of things. They wanted gold -and got it. New York wouldn't

furnish it. Now New York is ankhm how it happened, but the Chicago banker only laughs-and continues to bring in gold. Ono word will tell +h„ ,to 7 : “Produce." ChW h,“ Se produce,-Europe Had-the gold. China go wanted gold, Europe wanted produce. 1 People who saw the “Old Homestead” Friday night at McVicker's, in Chicago, missed Cy Prime and his quarrel with his old-time friend, Seth Perkins, over a game of checkers. Tho quaint New England “boy” of threequarters of a century had gone after his last armful of wood. He had had his last tussle in tho snowbank with Seth and tho t wo “boys” had been separated and reconciled for the last time. Whien tho final curtain was rung down on the old-fashioned play and its pathetic touches of home life George A. Beane, who played Cy Primo, had just died of apoplexy in his dressing-room.

He took his part in the first act, but in the last, where his best work was done, he did not appear. As in the acting “Cy” and “Seth” are chums, so it was in the death scene, which tragedy instead of comedy, “SetlF’ was with “Cy” when tho latter wait stricken with death. He placed hja* in tho chair, from which he noven arose, and the little act which hf। been nightly laughed at by tho the theaters turned into a scene wrnw wuh realistic and emotional “Cv” raised his eyes to “ SetlrWWP told him ho was dying. Apoplexy once before threatened Mr. Roane,l^id when he cried out to Walter Lennox, who on the stage is “Seth Perkins," the actor guessed theend had come.

m aches and a sleeper into the crock sixty feet below. The killed number eight, and the injured four. The injuries of none of the w ounded are llkel.v to prove serious, Tiie engineer. Peyton Tunstall, who says the train was running at the rate of ten miles an hour, felt the bridge giving way. He threw opm the throttle and the engine, tender. and n l»ox car got safely over, but the first passenger car was too late and the span went down under its weight, the second passenger ear ami sleejwr following. WASHINGTON. An abstract of reports of national banks made to the Comptroller of the Cui. ncy on July 12, compared with that >f May 4. shows « decrease in individual deposit of MSKhGOOjIOO. in loan- and discounts of in specit of *2l jm 0,0 mi. mid in undivided profits of Sl.'t.GKi.oou. Six "ETAKY < VKLISI.I ha- a plan for getting rid of the accumulation of ti.lM 0 tons of silver bullion in the Treasury and supplying the coyntm with $150,000,000 of new currency which mav soon be brought before Congress. The scheme embrace- the transfer of I the purchased bullion to the silver coinage fund and the issue of certificates against it. The Senate Finance C mmittee has at hist responded to the pressure ot public opinion and done something. This something consisted in adopting the following repeal lull, which Senator Voorhees introduced in the Senate: Re it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in Congress assembled, that so much of the act approved July 14, IW. entitled “An act directing the purchase of silver bullion and Issue of Treasury notes thereon and for other purposes," as directs the Secretary of the Treasury to purchase from time to tune silver bullion to the aggregate amount oft 4,51'0,000 ounces, or so much thereof as may Mt ottered in each month at the market price there-] of, not exceeding fl for 371.26 grains of piy^-/ silver, and to issue in payment for such .pur, clia«<». u ryaßjii v. JMltbd; ami it 13 hereby de. lared to be the policy of ! the United states to continue the' us e ot loth gold and silver as standard money, and to coin both gold and si ver into money of equal intrinsic and exchangeable value, such equality to be secured through in teruational agreement or by such safeguards of legislation as will insure the maintenance of the parity in value of the coins of the two metals and the equal power of every dollar at all times in the market and in the payment of A ? d is hereby further declared that h. airs hi ß , the ROvemment should be steadily directed to the establishment of such a safe system ot bimetallism as will maintain at all times the equal power of everv del larcomed or issued by the United States in the markets and in the payment of debts. POLITICAL. The lowa State Republican Convention nominated the following ticket: Governor frank'd. JACKSON Lieutenant Governor W? RREN 8 DUNGAN | Os Chariton. "uauan Supreme Judge. c. 11. ROBINSON Os Storm Lake. Railroad Commissioner j. w. LUFP , Os New Hampton. State Supt. Publiclnstruct’n..HENßY SARTv I Os Des Moines. Frank D. Jackson, of Des Moines was nominated for Governor on the second ballot at the lowa Republican State Convention at Des Moines Wednesday, and a liberal plank on the question of prohibition was constructed for him to stand upon. The anti-pro-hibitionists came out ahead all round Ihe strength of Jackson was no surprise to those who were best informed He had • the entire machinery of the State Central Committee in operation

for him. There was a feeling just before the convention mot that Jackson's strength was on the wane, but the result showed differently. FOREIGN. The decision of the Behring S e tribunal of arbitration has beenhandei down. The first four points of article 6 are against tho United States A close season is established, to begin May 1, and to continue until July^i This close season shall bo observed both in the North Pacific Ocean and in Behring Sea A protected zone ?Fei tablished, extending for sixty miles around tho islands. Pelagic sealing is allowed outside tho zone in Behring Sea from Aug. ]. The use of firearms in sealing is prohibited. Uncle Sam is practically knocked out by the decision, and John Bull gets almost everything he sought. “

, RELIGIOUS race-rioting was resumed . tn Bombay Wednesday and for several > hours the streets wore the scenes of i desperate conflicts. The fighting was of the most sanguinary nature and a I m™V or of P o ™" were killed ! ' Ind w, l , L th ° reeent dlsturl uncos 1 ° e * in u P lea sure, prepared t-oppress an outbreak, but the pulieo i and force of troops in the garriI srn were ifiadcqunte to civer the l whole city, and before quiet had I boon restored in one district fresh outbreaks would occur in other parts of ’ tho city. The rage of tho mob was directed especially against the mosques, several of which wore sacked and j burned. All tho public buildings are now guarded by troops and the gunboats in the harbor have been cleared for action and brought into position to cover the native quarters. The local authorities arc confident of being । able ultimately to quell the rising. In ; the lobbies of the House of Commons at London tho reports that tho Euro- : peas residents of Bombay were in jeop- I ardy were ridiculed, as it is known the military authorities could at short notice flood tho city with troops from Poonah and other cantonments. IN GENERAL Tuomas J. Davis A Co., dry goods commission merchants of New York and Chicago, have failed with liabiliI ties of SS<X),()OT The actress, Marion Manola Ma-on, was bitten whiL rescuing her daughter from a vicious dog, and it is feared sho has hydrophold i. The Canadian Pacific Railway earnings for the week were S4I7,(XX), and for tho same period hist year S4I3,(MX), an increase of s4.< <X). ONE effect of the stringency is seen in tho fact that since tho banks have l»een refusing to honor drafts tho money order busim'-s has increased to a very appreciative extent. D. fl. McDonnell, of Owen Sound, Ont., who crossed the gorge at Niagara Falla during tho week, ami did other daring feats on the wire, fell from a rope nt Dundas and was fatally injured.

SINGK Juuuary I there han Lmmi an increase of $23,000,000 in the depositor the United States bonds by national banks t > secure a corresponding increate of circulation, and the aggregate of such circulation, August 14. was $ I hr, H0,70(i. THE Alaska Fur Sealing Company, whom* contract with the United States calls for a rental of $60,000 per your and a tux of $0 p>r skin, has b»en ordered to cover into the Treasury the sum of s2Bo.<<oo that wai illegally remitted by Secretary Ko-tT. The following officers have In-en elected by the Sons of \J teran- in convention at Cincinnati: < ‘orninan Ur-in-chief, Joseph R. Mh abe of Boston; Vico Commander-in-chief. R. I’.Omw, of Illinois: Junior Vice < unnnander-in-chief, < I’. Wilkinsm. of Cincinnati. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Union of North America ha elected these officers: I ’resident. E. C. Flannigan, of Philadelphia: First Vice President. J. J. Behan, of Kingston. Ont.: Second Vice President. Mrs. Kate Rilev, of Toledo: Secretary. S. J. Sanson, of Philadelphia: Treasurer. Michael Glennon, of Norfolk. Va. Following is the standing of the clubs of the National League: W. li. ^c. W. L. f?o. Bostons 66 2V 701 Cinclnuatts aS 49 .479 Plttaburgß 59 88 GO’ Baltimore*..43 .’3 .448 Clevelands 54 at) .581 St Louis.. 43 53 4iß Phlladelp’la.GC 40 579 Chlcagos... 41 56 .4'23 New Yorks. 4'.‘ 45 .5'21 Loutsvilles..34 56 .378 Brooklyns. . 46 49 .484 Washt'gt’ns.« 63 .344 MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTIA: Common to Prime.... $3 25 <-< 5 23 Hogs Shipping Grades 3 75 G 6 io sheep —Fair to Choice 3 on ^4O Wheat— No. 2 Spring 60 in Corn— No. 2 38 © 33 DAIS—No. 2 2824'< Rye—No. 2 46 et 47 i I BUTTER Choice Creamery 23Le' ; 24'e ■Koos —Fresh 12 v 2<«. 13jj I Li’ctatoes— New. per bu 7u & 80 Mhs INDIANAPOLIS. J dPtTUß—Shipping 800 @ 4 75 Hogs —Choice Light 3 60 @6 25 , SHEEP—Common to Prime 3 00 & 3 50 Wheat —No. 2 Red 57 @ 57'2 Gobn— No. 2 White 40 (£« 41 Oats— No. 2 White 26 & 27 ST. LOUIS. CATTLE 3 00 @5 O'l Hogs 3 00 @ 6 00 Wheat— No. 2 Red 68 @ 52 Corn— No 2 34 @ 3.5 Oats— No. 2 23 @ 24 Rye —No. 2 4S @ 50 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 00 @ 4 7> Hogs 300 @6 CO j Sheep 3 00 @ 4 w Wheat— No. 2 Red 5.5 @ cs'Cobn— No. 2 42 & 43 Oats— No. 2 Mixed 28 2-J Rye-No. 2 . .. 48 @ 45 DETROIT. Cattle 3 co @ 4 75 Hogs. 3 00 id 6 00 Sheep 3 co 3 75 wheat— No. 2 Red Cl @ 62 Cohn— No. 2 43 @ 44 Oats —No. 2 White, old 30 kJ 31 , TOI,EDO. Wheat— No. 2 Red 61 @ 6'2 Coßn— No. 2 Yellow 41 4Jb> Oats -No. 2 White 28 <<i 29 " Rye— No. 2 45 @ £7 BUFFALO. ■ Cattle— Common to Idime.... 3 co @550 Hogs— Best Grades 4 00 (d e so Wheat —No. 1 Hard 69 70 No. 2 Red 65 <d 66 MILWAUKEE. Wheat— No. 2 Spring 60 @ 64% Corn —No. 3 39 @ 39U i Oats— No. 2 White 30 @ 30^ Rye— No. 1 46 & 48 * Barley— No. 2 51 53 Pork— Mess 12 25 @l2 ra NEW YORK. Cattle 3 no @ 5 00 Hogs 3 00 @6 25 Sheep 3 00 @ 4 bo Wheat— No. 2 Red 68 ® 70 Corn— No. 2 47 <f? 48 Oats— Miked Western 31 @ 32 Butter —Creamery 17, @ 25 Pork— New Me»s 14 so’ @ls 25

IN LLACK DESPAIR MAD DEED of DOUGLAS CURTIS, OF CHICAGO. Sijrns of Improvement Plentiful and Sure —Crossing Horror In New York—Sprouts Growing „ n Table Legs - Treasurer liruuer lound Short. llis Kaiuilv. S! - NDA Y "as inaugurated in Auburn n Vyeago with a suicide and a ptobable double murder. Domrlus 1 Hannibal conduct- । or, shot his wife and 7-year-old daugb- : ter Leslie. A moment later, placing j the revolver in his mouth, he ended hii own life. The child was killed instantly. Curtis was dead when the neighbm-s rushed thtough wit ? P t n - dOOl m\ Tho mother and w ife is dying, there was no jealousy no quarre!, no tears, o > upbraiding', rhe dying mother, woman-like, had followed the man of her choice from a position of confidence and competence down to where poverty touched elb m i with want and dispair. The husband to drink, and tho ! came tTirA--^ TT® fl T l r v I lowa. K K.. UUU, Rift in the Clouds. j R. G. Dun & Co.’S Weekly Review : of Trade says: There is u rift In the clouds. Faint and I yet definite signs of improvement are all the better because they come, not from possibly delusive hopes or from momentary foreign aid. but ftom the geo I sense and the windoiful recuperative power of the people themselves. Business is trying to go ahead without waiting fcr Washington Imported gold—to,ooo,ooo or more dining the week—J. es not go to the right spot, i but the people are creating n home-made , currency for themselves bv using certified checks in paying hands, selling local accounts and purchasing grain and cotton. I *he bank circulation has lucre ised 52,000,- ! 000. but tho decrease on depo its of nai tional banks alone from Mt.y 4 to July 11 I was 5193.100,588, and during tho last ! month withdrawals have also been heavy. I Little money corr.es back as yet from timid hoards, and the paralysis of exi h nue Is near.y as complete as ever, but that very fact lushes each section and cdty Into relying more on itself and less on Government and Wall street. Many concerns are falling or closing, but resumptions are now becimlng somewhat frequent, and tn the very shrinkage of production men see evidence that demand must soon overtake supply. Wheat drags near tho lowest figures ever known, in spite of decrease In visible m:| ply. for, though western receip s are not large, stock on bund Is f r beyond tho power < f speculators to carry with money markets In their present condition. The movement of corn Is decidedly large, with cr p prospects Improving. live Persons Mangled nt a Crossing. A carriage containing five persons was struck by the east-bound flyer of tho L©hiyh Railroad at a crossing - two miles north of Leroy, N. Y. All the p'rsons in tho vehicle were instantly killed and their bodies frightfully inangled. The horses drawing the carriir/e were killed, and the carriage itself ground into kindling wood.

NEWS NUGGETS. The. annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of ■ Science eonimenced at Madison, Wis., with some two hundred members in attendance. John B. KOETTING, the absconding ’ cashier of the South Side Savings Bank of Milwaukee, was captured at 1 Denver. But S2OO of the $11)9.(100 he ’ is said to have taken was found upon ■ him. Dr. S. B. IkxiGETT. who aided the 1 women of Delphi. Ind., in their crusade 1 against the saloons for selling liquor ’ to habitual drunkards, was brutally I b aten by one of the men who had been posted as a drunkard. Mrs. Brown, of Bucyrus, Ohio, b night a new stand a few weeksago and placed it in her parlor. The rays of the sun fell on it and recently sprouts began to come out on its legs. They are now two inches lung and still growing. The second death at Eau Claire. Wis.. from contact with electric wires occurred within a week. Richard Hantzch. lineman in the employ of the telephone and lighting company, while at the tap of a pole received a full incandescent curre..o. With a cry he fell and hung by one foot to the wires, apparently a corpse. Two fellowworkmen ran up the pole and tried to i lower him with a rope, but he fell. ; striking on the curbstone. Life was extinct. Trfasuker James B. Bruner of } the combined Masonic lodges of I Omaha was found short $1,20J and dismissed from the order. He confessed that he had gambled the funds away. ' The Mason < were not content, how- । ! ever, to permit the less to stand on the books. < >ne of their number went to । the gamblers and represented to them j that the return of the money would be I about the best play they could make, j It was returned. At Nebraska City. Neb., burglars entered the Missouri Pacific freight house and took $4,00:). No t race of the robbers has yet been found. The first thing which atti acted the agent's attention upon opening the office was the door of the sa'c lying on the floor at a ' distance of ten feet from the : ale itself. The robbers lial evidently been 1 sca>cd away, for they left their tools behind them, after rifling the cash b >x and rummaging through the other ! drawers in the office. .Mrs. S. F. J. Trabue was instantly killed in a runaway accident near Frankfort, Ky. Mexicans in vicinity of Abiquiqu, ; N. M.. have committed many outrages, 1 being driven to desperation by hard i times. Residents of Western Kansas are trying to have the State capital moved to McPherson. They threaten that unless they succeed they will divide the State, organize a common wealth of their own and name it Lincoln. In tho United States Court of Private Land Claims at Santa Fe an opinion was announced confirming the Jacona grant, consisting of about -15,000 jicres or good grazing land. An opinion was also announced confirming the Luis ) 111 ^ m “l° grant, covering about 18,000 ■

THE NATION’S SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE. SENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of the CountryVarious Measures Proposed, Discussed; and Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. Washington correspondence:

A N impression is r~\ xrowmg about the -i. -k. Capitol that the present extraordinary

session of Congress may come to an end about the middle of September. This appears to be based upon confidence in the possibilities of a compromise being ^entered into within '■ that period upon ^the financial oues’’tion. Nearly" all "-.important legislation accomplished in ie2ent years has been the result of

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cmupvouiiHo and VBo outeomo of eonfo. ence committees. Xwo hold to the opinion that adjoui'nmeiit is possible in September say that Afr. Vest's proposition to provide for free coinage of silver at a ratio of 20 to 1 will be passed by the Senate and ultimately will become a part of the bill for unconditional repeal of silver purchase, which, it is expected, will be passed by the House. The likelihood of a veto by President Cleveland of such a measure has thus been discounted by the believers in an early adjournment. They argue that it would b i impossible to rally a two-thirds vote ine’ther branch to pass the measure over a veto, and that nothing could be accomplished, so far as the financial situation is concerned, by Congress remaining in session after such a veto was received. It should be added, however, that the more experienced watchers of political events place no confidence in these predictions. Routine Proceedings. After prayer and the reading and approval of the journal Tuesday, before a small attendance ot members. Mr. Burrows. of Michigan, offered a resolution giving Charles E. Belknap the right to contest the seat of George F. Richardson, from the Fifth District of Michigan. Mr. Richardson, the sitting member, asked that, the resolution lie lai i over till Wednesday, and it was so ordered. The silver debate was then resumed, Mr. Hutchison, of Texas, concluding his remarks In favor of free coinage of silver. Mr. Cockrell surprised the Senate by vigorous opposition to Mr. Voorhees’bill. The President sent to the Senate the following nominations: Charles H. Page. Collector of Customs for the district of Oregon; Jefferson A. Huff. Judge of Probate In the county of Grand. Utah. Congressman Bryan made an eloquent speech in the House, Wednesday, io advocacy of silver, winning applause from friends and opponents alike. Senator Peffer, of Kansas, introduced in the Senate, by request, two financial bills, one of which provides for the Issue

of *600,000,009 of legal-lender money on sheets of iilnminum or silkthreaded taper, as the people may prefer. The amount is to be covered into the treasury as “surplus money.” and a call for all the outstandirg interest-bearing bonds is to be made,and they are to ba redeemed at par and paid for from the surplus fund. Senator Manderson, of Nebraska, introduced in the Senate. by request, a “free minting” bill prepared by a banker of Omaha, Neb. It proposes Io fix the price of silver at the mints in the same manner as parliament fixes the price of gold at the Bank of England, and declares it the policy of the government to maintain all its money on the gold standard of value as now fixed by law. It also proposes the appointment of a “mint commission,” which shall fix the price of silver and regulate its purchase. The House transacted no business Thursday, because of the death of Congressman Chipman of Michigan. But Friday morning the silver debate opened promptly with a speech by Mr. Sibley, of Pennsylvania, in favor of bfmetnlllsni and the Johnson Interconvertible proposition. At the conclusion of Mr. Sibley’s speech, which was listened to with great attention. Mr. Catchings, o f Mississippi, from the Committee on Rules, reported a losoluiion authorizing the appointment of the committees by the Speaker. Several of the most important committees are increased in membership. In the Senate. Senator Voorhees announced that he would ask the Senate to proceed with the consideration ! of the national bank circulation bill. Senator Allen (’populist), of Nebraska, argued in favor of his amendment to suspend the payment of interest on bonds on which the Increased issue is based. Mr. Voorhees in- , troduced a repeal bill providing for bimetallism very similar to the Wilson bill. House committees were announced Monday by Speaker Crisp Wilson Is at the head of ways and means. Springer of banking and currency and Sayers of appropriations. The silver debate was continued. A large audience assembled to listen to Mr. Breckinridge, of Kentucky. Mr. Powers sp- ke for the j Wilson bill. Hooter against it. Cooper i thought it Inexpedient to adopt free coin- ! age at this time, and Mr. Sperry took the opposite view. Mr Cox advocated free coinage and Mr. Little spoke in opposition. Other speeches were made at tl e evening session. Senator Morrill addros-ed the Senate at lenzthin advocacy of the repeal of the purchase clause of th j Sherman silver bill. Currencies Condensed. A BLOCK of buildings burned at Tex- ! arkana, Ark., causing a losscf $40,000. The German bark Kelmula. from ' Newcastle-on-Tyne for Valpa aiso, was ! burned at sea. Banker Kjnkaid. who disappeared ■ at Mound City, Kan., leaving debts of I $2C0.000, has reappeared at his home. Burglars cracked the safe in the Missouri Pacific freight office at Nebraska City. Neb . and secured $4,000. The Irish Catholic Benevolent Uniou met at Pittsburg and decided upori i York. Pa., as the next meeting place. The Southern Distilling Company, of j Dallas. Texas, has filed a chattel mort- ! gage to secure claims aggregating $68,500. J OHN Boyd and George Terry resisted arrest at the hands of a sheriff’s posse at Winslow, Ark., and Boyd was shot dead. J. B. Bruner, treasurer of the combined Masonic lodges of Omaha. Neb., is alleged to I e $1,200 short in his accounts. In several counties in Illinois the deadly anthrax is spreading rapidly among the cattle. The situation is serious. Western Kansas politicians want the capital removed from Topeka to j their section. McPherson is the town, suggested.