St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 15, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 28 October 1893 — Page 6

WALKERTOH HHBEPESDEKI WALKERTON, . INDIANA BENTON IS BURNED. THE MISSOURI TOWN PRACTICALLY DESTROYED. Greenville, 0., Quarantines Against Smallpox—Train Wreckers Foiled — Michigan Women Disfranchised—Hl? Good Luck Was the Cause of His Death. An Exciting Time. I 1 ire Tuesday destroyed fourteen business houses and residence; at Benton, Mo., including- the roller mill, two hotels, postoffice, and county jail. W hile trying to save his money John Schaeffer was killed by an explosion of gunpowder and his body burned to a crisp. When the jail took lire the prisonet s were moved, and one of them, under a five-year sentence to the penitentiary, e-caped. The fire ^wa^^^Jiy a hot box in the machinox nue mill. The loss will approach sm.ooo, with about one-third insured. Eight families are homeless. Poor equipment for fighting lire was responsible for the spread of the flames and the business part of the town is practically wiped out. Small-Pox Scare in an Ohio Town. The Board of Health of Greenville, Ohio, issued a quarantine against Sections 4,5, 7,8, and 9of German Town- . ship, a locality infected with small-pox. Three new eases have been reported in two days. So far there have been two deaths, both being m mibers of the Bass family. The dead were buried after night in cornfields by members of their own family. The Board of Health also ordered the railroads r unning into Greenville to handie no goods from Muncie, Ind., or bring passengers from that city. Attempt to Wreck a Train. It is reported that an attempt was made the other night to wreck passenger train No. 22 on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago at Oswalt's Crossing, Ohio. A track-walker discovered the obstruction and averted troub’e. The train was from Chicago to New York. Women Cannot Vote. The Michigan Supreme Court has handed down a decision on the woman suffrage law passed by the last Legislature permitting women to vote at municipal elections. The court declares that the law is unconstitutional and void. __ BREVITIES. The young men of Bear Lake, Mich., gave a charivari to M. H. Myers on his marriage, ami he shot Edgar Kingscott. A scheme to amalgamate every labor order in the United States is to be pro-

ed a divorce Saturday by a Tacoma court within three minutes after tiling her petition. This is believed to break the record. . F. G. Logan, of Chicago, lias given Beloit his splendid archaeological exhibit, which is one of the attractions in the Archaeological Building at the World’s Fair. Frank S. Westfall, a State Normal School student from Howard, Kan., while making a rush in a foot-ball game, was hurled on his head and fatally injured. Albert Bradley, manager of the Bank of Commerce of Toronto, Canada, died at Battle Creek of injuries that required amputation of a leg. This makes the list of dead twenty-eight. President Joseph E. Blant and four directors of the failed Madison Square Bank at New York have been arrested on charges of perjury, forgery, and fraudulently bankrupting the bank. The Berlin Official Gazette chronicles the appointment of Ernest von Hesse Wartegg. one of the World's Fair Commissioners from Germany, to the knighthood of the Hohenzoilem house. Mrs. Jennie Dubois recovered a verdict of $5,000 at Bloomington, 81., against the Altin Road for the death of her husband, an engineer, who was killed by the explosion of the boiler of his engine. Harry Lacy, a lawyer and real estate agent at Sioux. Falls, S. 1).. shot and killed his wife, his mother-in-law. Mrs. Lida Bunker, and then, walking out of the house, sent a bullet through his own brain. Edward Farrer, formerly editor of the Toronto Globe, has been sent to Canada by Secretary Carlisle to test j the TooHror.: cf the roof>lo on fLo • ' United States. I Arthur Downen. a young man of ; Pueblo, Col., was fortunate in report- I ing the condition of a bridge on the Santa Fe Railroad in time to save a wreck, and was rewarded by a trip to Chicago and the Fair and SIOO. He returned home very ill. and died of typhoid fever. At Springfield, 0., there is c >rsiderable excitement over the fact that C. C. AdeLperger, a prominent business man, was arrested by Marshal Way, of South Charleston, for abducting Horten e Wilcox, the 16-y ear-old niece of the housekeeper of Catholic Priest Father Bourien. She cannot be found. A heavy snowstorm is reported in North and South Dakota and Minnesota. La wrench Hanley, who is starring in “The Player,” has married Miss Edith Lammert, of Los Angeles, a member of his company. Commissioners representing the Unite ! States and Canada met at Cleveland, Ohio, to confer upon the proposed settlement of a long-standing dispute concerning ab nt twentv-five miles of boundary line between Maine and New Brunswick.

EASTERN. Mrs. Robert P. Ritter gave her husband a horsewhipping in the streets of Hempstead, L. 1., because of a quarrel over a laprobe. Arthur Cunningham, of Boston, was lined S2O and costs for cruelly breaking the leg of a hand-organ grinder’s monkey. On discovering that the family hoard of $13,000 had been paid for brass filings instead of gold dust Mrs. Elizabeth Fries, of Brooklyn, N, Y., fell dead. By a collision between Iwo freight trains on the Philadelphia and Reading Railroad between the bridge over the Delaware at Yardley and Trenton Junction five tramps were killed. The new United States gunboat Machias went ashore on the Chatham bars off ('hatham, Mass., but was lucky enough to escape the destruction which is usually the fate of any vessels unfortunate enough to got stranded there. It was soon released. Despondent because a young lady refused his love on account of being a cigarette fiend, Lauren Quillan, of West Chester, Pa., shot himself and is dying. Charles Cain, of Chester, who boasts of smoking nine packages of cigarettes a day, was reproved by his father. He tried to put a bullet in his heart and will die. Mrs. Lucy' Stone (Blackwell), the famous advocate of woman’s rights, died at Dorchester, Mass., aged 75. On I her marriage in 1855 with Henry R, Blackwell, it was stipulated that she would not take her husband’s name, regarding this usage as a symbol of subjection, and being advised that it was not required by law. The fiercest lire New York has seen since the conflagration of 1858 swept away one-third of Ihe block bounded by Tenth avenue, 41st and 42d streets, Wednesday evening. Niro dwelling houses and two tenements were utterly destroyed and thereby more than fifty families aie homeless. Nearly all of them lost their entire possessions. The advance of the fire was so swift that the tenants were lucky to get off with their lives. The origin of the fire is unknown. It is estimated that $3,500,(0) will cover the damage to property. Four men who were at work on the upper floors of the wall paper factory of William I. Campbell have not been heard from since the tire began. It is possible they escaped. Andrew Benner, of Ridgway, Pa., was arrested in Buffalo charged with stealing $7,000, the property of Mr.-. May Steffens, of St. Paul. Minn. Thirty-five years ago, Arthur Johnson, a wealthy farmer, of Ridgway, died in that town. He left two heirs, and before he died said they would find $35,L00 concealed in th<> attic of the house. They looked for it, but did not find a cent. Afterward Benner bought the place, and while at work demolishing the old structure he came across two well-filled canvas bags securely hidden away from sighton a small beam in the framework of the house. To untie the bags was the w< rk of the moment. What he saw nearly overpowered him. Both lags were filled with shining pieces of gold. A count showed that thRK Goptainedv SA S (JOO.. Benner hnme- i

****w | **R**wwm*« his easily acquired fortune, lie told several of his neighbors, and report finally reached Mrs. Steffens, Johnson's daughter. She engaged an attorney to recover the money. WESTERN. A receiver lias been appointed for the Upper Michigan Brewing Ci mpany at Iron Mountain, Midi. Liabili- j lies, $So.0O0: assets,' SIOO,OOO. The Grand Jury at Decatur failed to indict the lynchers of the negro Bush, but made a report declaring that the i sentiment of the community < ppo.-edan indictment. I IRE started by the explosion of a b iler destroyed the city dye works al Sp ikane and cau-ed the deaths of Mrs. John Beam and H. Uol’and. Four ; others were badly injured. Settlers from the Cherokee ship arc crowding into the towns hungry, cold, and penniless. Every day brings news of death from want and exposure. The outlook for the winter is terrible. Cart. Cochrane. U. S. A., who was I tried by court-mar.ial at Vallejo, Cal., has been released, he. having proven ' his case and Maj. Bartlett has been notified that he will be tried by court-! martial. The home of Mrs. Jane McMichael, a wealthy widow living alone near j South Bend. Ind., was broken into by three masked men. who bound her and forced her to tell where her money was secreted. William Pettit, the minister who was convicted of poisoning his wife and who is said to be dying of consumption in the Indiana State prison, has been granted a new trial by the State Supreme Court. ADPLIuATTON has been made at Cin- ■ 1 & Fox Paper Company. The com- । ' pany has a capital st< ck oi pJUO.Ot o. ! i The liabilities are. $113,401 and the as- i i sets $130,000. In a suit brought at, SI. Louis against Archbishop Kenrick, by heirs of John Walsh, to recover a trust fund, the amount at stake is fully $250,000, and the litigation is also said to involve the j Kenrick diocesan seminary. i John Dishman, a discharged section ' j hand of the St. Louis and San Francisco | Railroad, has been arrested for wreckI ing the 'Frisco train at Lyman. Mo., i and causing the death of Engineer i Hall and Fireman Robinson. ' It now appeal’s that Charles L. Fair I and his bride, of San Francisco, are on ' i their way to Europe. Young Fair's < j recent escapades are said to have cost i I him disinheritance by his father, but | he has whatever may be left of $500,000 ! , inherited from his mother. 1 ; John Neal, a seaman on the United j L ’ States ship Independence, committed j suicide at the Mare Island navy-yard j because he was punished for overstay- • i ing leave. He was the man who lashed i ' Admiral Farragui to the rigging dur- ! ■ ■ ing the fight in Mobile Bay. ’ I Visitors will be admitted to the • World’s, Fair for an indefinite period j

J after Oct. 30. The length of time will depend upon the weather and the pop- • ular demand. This course was official j ly determined upon by the Council of Administration on Wednesday. Three masked men robbed a saloon at LaC rosso, Wis.. at a late hour, and their demand that every one present hold up their hands not being promptly complied with by a party of four at a table, one of the four was shot dead and another wounded in the leg. At Springfield, 111., Crafton’s livery stable and the First Presbyteriau Church burned. Bui sting hose allowed the fire to get be vend control, and many surrounding buildings in the heart of the city were also damaged. The loss will exceed SIOO,OOO. Twenty horses were burned. By an explosion in a dye house at lacoma, Wash., five persons were killed, a number of pedestrians knocked down and injured, and every window lor two blocks about shattered. In Ireise’s book store, adjoinirr the wrecked building, several persons were badly hurt by falling walls, and it is thought there are other bodies in the rums. By a vote of 358 out of a total of 371 votes cast at the convention in Chicago, Miss Frances E. Willard was again elected to the office of Pendent of the National Woman's Qhpstian Temperance Union. Hardly hJj th" applause which followed the' aaiP u , n< i e ~ ment of the result of the bat 1 ?,. Mrs. Caroline B. Buell, thejprir 141 ’ 1 ^ officer, died away than Mr< cArhart, of Indiana, moved that u cam^fam bo sent to Miss Willard informii^Hpcr of her election. Jessie Williams, a notorious shoplifter and pickpocket, has been arrested at Randolph, Neb., at the instance of Sioux City police for robbing the dead after the Pomeroy cyclone of July ( ; . She went there and tendered her services as nurse and served several days. After she was gone much jewelry was missed by idatives of Ihe dead and from houses. \\ atches. diamonds, and other articles identified as property stolen were recovered by local police at places were sue disposed of them, and one watch and a diamond ring, st< hn, were found in her possession when arrested. The Indiaijt Midland Railroad, running from Anderson to Waveland, sixty-eight miles, with not over one employe toeaeh mile, is in trouble f -om a strike of emp>oyes for non-payment of wages, and Saturday night its switches were spiked, cars chained up, bridges and tool houses burned up. track torn up. and all 11 ans stopped. For s< veral w • ployes have been demanding back wages all to no effect. The section and shop men began dropping off from work a week ago, until now they are all gone. The shops are ch sed. Aero-s the front door is chalked. “No pay. no work.” The section men claim wages for the la-t tine ■ months. James Stone, who was ordered in custody by the grand jury, ma io a full confession of the Wuitten assassination at Washington. Ind. Hehallieen on the stand all morning and ah mt noon was ordered to lie placedin jail tint il more witnesses could l> • o^nined. “I know I will be hanged. IxA I am going t > V.’AIJu’ > ihe were to carry it out. fs& were t organized and agreed to meet at the ' Wratten home at I o'clock Tuesdac morning, Sept. 18. Their mottle was robbery. Cosby had told them that I tin' old lady. Mrs. Elizabeth Wratten. kept 81.200 about the house, an I that they must ^ecure it if they had to kill the whole family. The sp >ih were to bo divided equally, and each one had sworn not to dis ulge anything. Three of the four Lloyd brothers. I who were interested in the defunct ' Lloyd National Rank at Jame.-town, ’ N. D., have b co indicted by the Fed- i oral giand jury in session at Fargo, N. ! D. The c< urt officers refuse to admit | that indictment; have been found, ; but it is known that l unch war- i rants were issued for William M. ' Lloyd and J. M. Lloyd, of James-! town. N. D., and for I). McKay Lloyd, who lives in Pennsylvania. The fourth ' brother, Harry Lloyd of Lamoure, N. D.. is not indicted. The jury found indictments on eleven counts, the exact " nature of which is not known. It is ; supplied, however, Hat the alleged fraudulent transfer of con-iderab’e real | estate by the Lloyds just before the failure to pref rred creditors, lawyers ! an I others, and the receiving of de- ■ p, sits after !he institution was known to be ins Ivent are among the charges. Thirty' persons were roasted to i death like imprisoned rats in a railroad | wreck on the Grand Trunk between ' the mall town if Nichols and Battle Ure-.k. Mich., at 4o'clock Friday moi ning. Double that number weie so her- ; riblc mangled and burned that the death list will be greatly in- ! creased, and the hospitals of > Battle Creek are filled with | the injured. Through a disobedience i of orders the 1 acilic express, knawn as train No. 9, bound for ChicagMe- A ’ thirteen coaches crowded with 6. a Raymond an I Whitcomb, special excursion train, which was loaded with • Eastern people leturning from the ex- I position. Nobody was injured in the ! Raymond special, as the train was ! moving slowly and was composed most- j ly of heavy sleepers. It was in the I west-bound train that the harvest of ! ! death was reaped. SOUTHERN. J. ”L Staton, of Brookville, was ! elected Grand Master of the Kentucky ■ Masons by the Grand Lodge. The largest moonshine distillery j n Eastern Kentucky was raided and destroyed by revenue officers. It was near > i B’rdsville. Col. James L. McGee, a wealthy , I citizen of Jefferson County, Arkansas, i । was shot to death by Dr. Scott, an ! j oveiseer on one of Col. McGee's plan- i ! tat ions. A lawsuit caused bad blood, i News from Owcntown, Ky., announ- i l ces the destruction by fire of twenty- i I one buildings, including two hotels ! and several business houses. 11. p I ' Nelly, harnessmaker, perished in the ' ! flames. ' Mrs. H. O. Houston, of Pi' Bluff, : j Ark., was awakened at an e. , hour j

j by the. terrific noise attendant on a fire cwhich he1 ’ I,esid , ei ß ce > the reflection m which appeared in her room, and became to much frightened that she Wat asterno 1 " Sth a P°P lex y ^d died in at uiternoon. The late grand jury of Baxter Countv, Ark., ieturned indictments against sixty men for swearing, there being a law against profanity in that State.” It had become a dead letter, but the S™ u resu F recte(l in good shape, and now there is some silent cursing among the parties indicted. A strong beat . e l on V Hned . iW will be made to for ti-iU a " When the CaSC ' S C ° nie llp WASHINGTON. The Treasury Department announces it purchased Thursday 207.000 ounces of silver at its counter offer of $0 7345 an ounce. Captain Oldroyd's collection of Lincoln relics, heretofore exhibited in the residence of the Lincolns at Springfield, 111., have been installed in the house at Washington where Lincoln died. A report from the Finance Committee wa; presented in the Senate, covering a communication from the Secretary of the Tn usury in response to a resolution culling for' information totho proluibi lity of n do Ih’ioney in tho revenues of the (Jovo: nment. The report shows a deficit for the first three months of the fiscal year of over $21,000,000, or at the rate of over $87,0(10,0(0 for tho year. The actual expenditures in the tame period of three months were over S9B.(i()OJ 1)0. or an average of $33,000,0(H) a month. At the same rate the expenditure for the year would aggregate $394,000,000, or $21,000,000 more than estimated expenses, and create an excess of expenditure ; over receipts of a little more than $7 •,000.01 0. Ti e Secretary in his communication says a definite forecast for the whole year was impossible, but it was apparent that should present conditions continue the deficit at the end of the year would be about $50,00 »JH 0. IN GENERAL, The steamship Horn Head, from Baltimore for Dublin, has been given up for lost. She had a crew of thirty men. Kii-'TY-five lives and thirteen vessels, value 1 with cargoes at $>75.00), were lost in the recent stem on the lakes. The Urano, one of the Bia ilian rebel vessels, was sunk while trying to pass one of the fort - at Rio Janeiro. Many li; e- w -re lost. The Dominion Government will now equ p its Game Warden at Windsor. Ont., with a swift yacht t > pursue an t capture poachers who go over from the Michigan side and shoot game in t ho closed seasi n. A PITCHED battle on the Mexican border, in the Mexican State of Sonora, t ok plae • between gendarmes and a band of ten bandits under Pancho Rivera. One of the bandits was killed ai d two of the soldiers wounded. THE Brazilian Minister at B,lenos e,'* ■ trying to negotiate the purehiue of two j r <m.-Uutn f rnni the Arg mgontine government, but is not likely to ■ lio,| It A u.l. mu-.,, 1U • , of $75,000,00 in bonds to raise money for war expenrea Agents of tho rev< - lutionists have asked the Argentine government to recognize the independence of the revolting Brazilian states of 1 i > Grande do Sul and Sants ( atharina. , R. G. Dun X- ( o.’s Weekly Review of Trade sums up the situation as follows: I hers has boon much gain hi hoj e and a little in business Assurance^ that tho repeal blil m! 1 -o. n bo passed have again been accopted b/ tra iers as a reason for buytug things specu alive at. higher prices, and with money abundant ou call, ?58.000.020 having been leceivtd in New York within ten weeks, speculation in stocks and products has an unusual stimulu; and would have expanded even more but for COutlnued embarrassment of industries. Wheat has risen '. t co it. helped by heavy foreign purchase?, and In spito of better crop prospects corn is nothing stronger. Pork has been lifted so far that another coltapse is feared by some. With these good signs tliere are some not so good Ro’newals of maturin,- notes to a larger amount are forced upon the tanks, though practically.all tlio clearing-house certificates have been retired at New York and B s‘on. Imports are far behind those of last year, and the accumulation of goods in bond Is unusually large, so that customs as well as internal revenue receipts decrease heavily. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle—Common to Prime.... $3 50 @ 6 00 Hogs—Shipping Grades 4 (0 yi 7 to Sheep—Fair to' Choice 2 25 4 00 Wheat—No. 2 Spring C 4 & 65 ( CRN—No. 2 40 (.J 41 Oats—No. 2 28 & 31 Rye—No. 2 44 s 4G But ter—Choice Creanierv 2743 is'.j Eggs— fresh 20 3 21 Potatoes—Per tu 55 @ 65 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle—Shipping 3 co @ 5 25 Hogs Choice ’.izht 4 00 3 6 75 ‘-inHEP ( Dinnmii to Primo 2 CO 3 25 C XTTI F .... 3 00 500 Hogs. ///! 4 co @ 6 50 Wheat—No. 2 Red 59 3 co Corn —No. 2 37 3 ”8 Oats—No. 2 27 3 28 Barley—lowa 59 3 69 CINCINNATI. Cattle 3 oo 3 5 co H0g5..... ..... 3 c'o 3 6 75 Si EEP 2 CO 3 4(0 Wheat—No. 2 Red 62 3 > 2'2 Corn—No. 2 41 3 42 Oats—No. 2 Mixed 294@ 304 Rye—No. 2 51 3 52 DE'TRO IT. Cattle 3 co 3 4 u Hogs 3 oo 3 6 50 Sheep 3 co 3 4 '[o Wheat—No. 2 Red 64 3 65 Corn —No. 2 Yellow 4142 Oats—No. 2 White 3143 ;, 2 -2 TOLEDO. Wheat No. 2 Red 63 3 64 Cohn—No. 2 Yellow 4043 41 4 Oats—No. 2 White 29 ; a3 30-j Rye—No. 2 16 3 13 BUFFALO. WHEAT—No. 1 Hard 6843 694 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 42 3 <3 Oats- No. 2 W hite 35 3 36 live N’o. 2 50 3 52 MILWAUKEE. ■Wheat—No. 2 Spring C44@ GA’-a Corn —No. 3 3s 3 -9 Oats—No. 2 White 2.' 3 to Rye No 1 46 3 48 BaBI.EY Ao. 2 51 3 56 Pork—New Mess 16 oo 3'6 go NEW YOUK. Cattle 3 oo 3 5 25 Hogs 3 75 3 7 25 Runsr 2 25 3 3 6> Wheat—No. 2 lied 68 3 <'9 Corn—No. 2 47 3 48 Oats—Mixed Western 35 3 36 ■ Butter.—Creamery 24 3 2« Pork—Extra Mess. i 9 60 @2O Oi

COA L WILL NOW GO UP NEW MOVE INAUGURATED BY THE VANDERBILTS. < linos Reigns Again in Sanatoria! Clrcles- < evela nd N ot in Sympalhy with Any Compromise on Repeal Model Town Bankrupts Its Haekerj. Vanderbilt Gets the Liekawanna. It is reported that a block of 40,000 shares of Lackawanna has been transferred to the name of William K. Vanderbilt, and the Vanderbilts, it is generally believed in banking circles, will scon name the executive officers ot the company, and it will be managed in the joint interest of Jersey Central. Standard Oil, and oine of the older centroll ng interests of the property. Ihese infetests are also understood to noH practical control of the other coal ecmj anie;, and will undertake to operate thorn in harmony. The combined \ andTbilt holdings of Lackawanna stock make about 125,010 shares. It is n< t a majority, but with other stock which can be relied upon f i- voting purposes it is sufficient to enable the comm’ssion to dictate tho future policy of the* I :u*knwannu. Arrayed Against Cleveland. Washington special: Mr. Cleve’and has n tilled the Dem c atie leaders in Ilie Senate that he will not accept the compromise postponing the repeal of the purchasii g clause in the Sherman law until Oct. I, 1894. Tho Pj'O-ident. in response to direct appeals from Sera ors, has discreetly refrained hitherto fr< m making any statements which could bee n->t rued as indicat'ng a d ?sire cf dictating to Congress, but in the discu sions which have taken place on the matter in the Cabinet he lias fitl y expressed his views. Ue believes that a j majority of the Senate i; in favor if! unconditional repeal. ; nd that means should bo devised to enable the majority to give effect its opinions. This clear indicate n that the projected compromise, if passed into law. would probably be m?t with an executive veto will add new' element; of difficulty to the situation. Woman Marders Her Tenant. Mrs. Augusta Schmidt, an adopted daughter of Baroness Yingling, late of Kokomo. Ind . shot and in-tantly killed J. Oscar Walt< n. near the village of Walt< 11. Mr. Walton was a tenant on one of he? - fa: ms. as, nof the founder ( f the tow n, and a prominent, respected young ninn. The tragedy was the result of a quarrel caused by Mrs. Schmidt turning a drove of hegs into Wale n's ci rn. NEWS NUGGETS. Edward Eggman, 8 ) years old. and Miss Fannie L. Jaynes. 18 years old, were married at Jeffersonville, Ind. I ggman is a well-to-do resident of Anderson, Ind. A VALUABLE cotton gin at Alma, Crawfo d County, .\rk., was burned. It was the property of ex-Agrleultural Commissioner M. F. Locke, and was valued at $10JM)0. No insurance. me Sti ck (Gowers’ National Bank at Miles City. Mont., is arrested on a warrant eha ging him with making false entry and < mbezzlement. Jack and John Hurey. of IndianI apolis, who were arrested at Brazil, Ind., for stmiling. confessed to several ■ther crimes. William Jenkins identified tholrst Jen property as his. The I 'wn of Middle sborough, Ky.. ■ which British capitalists have attempted to make a manu'aeturing city at an outlay, perha; s. unprecedented in such enterprises, has bankrupt ’d its projectors. The novelty brass works anl tack factory at West Muncie, lid., were burned, with a loss cf $lO 0 0 and but $3,50> insuranc'. A short time ago there was s!(>,t.oo insurance on the concern. | Miss Nora Healy was arrested at Morrison. C I>.. charged with arson and attempted murder by he: - brother-in-law. He claims thut Miss Healy set his house on fire and assaulted him with a hatchet. The bo ler of a big mogul locomolive drawing a freight tram on the I Georgia Pacific exploded three miles | north of Birmingham, Ala., killing i Engineer William Mills and Fireman ■ J. W. Buchanan. New York’s Day at the Fair was • favored by the m - it perfect weather, and ce'cbrated by a crowd of nearly 300.CO). The exereue: ranged from the imposing to the ludicrous, and were mightily enjoyed by all. Every NewYorker" joined in encomiums of the grand enterprise, and Chicagoans feel much elated at this tardy recognition. Henry Starr, bank robber and des- ] era 10. was convicted at Fort Smith, shal Wilson last Uecemuer, 111 the Indian Territory. He heard "the verdict and with perfect indifference ran his fingers through hi ; hair. His mother, who had been at his side all through tho trial, burst into tearsas s 'on as she saw the jury fi c into the court-rcom. She : cem d to know by their countenances that it was a message of death they brought. There were twenty other indictments against Starr. A PLUG left in a natural-gas pipe at the residence of J. H. Bailey at Marion. Ind., was forced out Friday night and a dreadful explosion resulted. The mother and one of the children have since died and two others are not expected to live. A dense fog is responsible foi a collision between two Fort Wayne pas enger trains at M<mr; eville. in which ten persons were hurt. Engineer Robert B. Cowan. Fireman 1.. G. Daily. Brakeman Fro l limit and J laggagemaster A. C. Stevens may die. I’he in-w high sehoM building at j Biddeford. Me., has Iven destroyed by i lire. Loss, $60,000. Dr. John C. Deters, th? w. 11-kuown ' authority on cholera an i germ dis- I eases, died at his reside nee near New • York, aged 74 years.

THE NATION’S SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES. Our National Law-Makers and What They Are Doing for the Good of tho CountryVarious Measures Proposed, Discussed, and Aeted Upon. Doings of Coarr-ss. he time of the f erule W. v - s ceeupied in H-teniu- to Mes t^s HUI a.'.d Mills, vho spoke In favor * f r'p Mi!. The remainder of the week in tho 11. 11 e premises to I o <->x< eedingl .• cn i. it. > - s reci.’ed to pcstji.no constiler.it i m -f the bankruptcy hi I. and after (he J s - o«nl o' the regular mo-nins lusiness th • H< u e v ent ahead v ith lie < onside/. ton of t>n, rrinti c’ bill. Di ring >] e frst mt.rn’noh nr Mr Wolve-ton fr mnbe Committee on Ju liciary called up the 1 ill to reduce and regulate the fees and work of the United Stales Dtstr ct ai d < irmi t Coutts and terms made by disttiet a• torne s. marshals. and < omr.Lssionerr It was pae^cil. M r . Goar. - caJien up the N !, r' .Icsoy bridge » bill DoWi't \Vnrner. of No .. YOIV and . Geary almo-t < amo to bb w in o<lis>mtc ovi r an amendment m the bill, a'tor which . it, vas passed. The Ji u-e lum rtsumed ’ consideration of the rr nt'.n •bi 1 , Tl.'irsday. tbo. tmato. t >1 '<l :nd did nothing. li‘ Ilie V.ou.s . ik ’util hrnn'ing HOIOO tI.OOO !!< r«rs nf to Av’ v t«» <ts?> in connection with the i^rri’< rial prison at Yuma, was passed The till icotiiring । railrmd companies which hive been trrant°d rights of w." v Lrough Ter1 ritorial lands of tie I'd el Slates , to maintain stations at till town ■ sites establishe 1 by the Ttrerior Department received some a He-, t'on. tlcugh not final, and consideration of the printing Lill was then resumed, liu* ’ as suspended when by a previous order the lluse procee.icJ io t av its tr biro tn th’ memory of Hie late Representative Miitdi’er of Pennsylvania. At the con lu^i of the memorial services the 11. us > nt ::;4 > p. m.. as a further mark of resnect to the memory cf the deceased, ndjourne 1. Aside from some spasmodic anl fruitless I atiemp's to get actio t <n the rere il bill, j the Senate Friday confirmed a lai go batch .of app< int n ents, 11 e most > otab'e of v liich was that of Y’an Alen for ’ll' Italian mission, by :i vote of 39 to 22. The Attorney generttl transmitted to tho House, pursuant to resolution, the inform .lion relating to the Union I’nci c Railroad. He says the Government. was not made a jiarty to the receiver hip proceedings and had nonotice • f such proceedings; that there is grave doubt as to their validity as far as the United States is concerned, and that in their practical m oration they tend to seri. usly | rejudicc the interests of the Government as protected by existing lans The At'orey General further says that the only action yet taken by the department lias 1 een the employmcn' of George Headley as special counsel for the United States. In the second morning hour M- Bynum called up the bill to remit 53 per cent, of >1 o duties due on exhibits at. the Wi rhi’s Fair. An amendment was adopted extending the provisions of the act to ■ ucli exhibits as mav be transferred to the midwinter Exposition at fan Francisco. As amended the resolution was then passed. This does not apply to goods sold or contracted for for befi re the passage of the resolution. Saturday the Senate talked. The House was in session only three hours, two-thirds of the time being devoted to the further consideration of Ihe printing bill. It reacl ed a vote, but no quorum appearing I went over to be the unfinished business at tho first session. A bill was passed di-te-ting the construction of a tevenue cutter for use on the New England coast. DttTness reigned in the Senate proper on M<n> lay, but Ibero was some lively sklr--1 misliing on the < utside v1 en the President’s altitude on the compromi e bill be- " i upicy om organ m mo uouse. j uem i- a great deal of determined opposition to the measure lei by som) of the ablest lawyers in the Hcuse. ll.e Culberson. Stone. and B„atner. Tho bill io provide for the construction of a steam revenue cutter < n the great lakes to rep'acc the Andy J. hns.m was passed. The cost of the new vessel is not. to exceed 5175.003. The public printing bill and a resolution distri! utin? $237,000 now held by Ith • receiver of the Mormon Church for ■ charitable pur oses were also passed. The Senate met at 10:33 Tuesday morning and soon afterward took up the silver purchase repeal bill. Senator Stewart tesuming his speech, v hich was interrupted Monday v. hen the recess was taken and which he began several weeks ago. In the House Mr. Oates favorably reported from the Judiciary Committee a bill to amend the naturalization lavs of the United States, The Speaker announced that he would Wednesday give a dec : siou on the point of order raised Monday re’ative to the status of a bill once discussed in the i morning hour. The Frog Market. Thirty thousand frogs a week are brought into the Buffalo market. Even the local fishermen ate devoting much of their time to collecting fregs, for 100 of which they are receiving $1 at the present time. A Buffalo fish company lis tho largest buyer. It freezes the ! legs for quick New" York consumption, I and also stores large quantities for : profitable sales at other -easons. The i business of securing the fr. gs i; very i remunerative to the man who knows i their haunts. Twelve hundred were brought into the city on a recent evening by a fisherman who takes them along the lake shore on the Canadian -ide. One of them was a cow frog that weighed two and an eighth pounds and sold for a dollar and a quarter, its legs being as large as those of a goodsized spring chicken. There are three methods of killing th? frogs—with a stick, bv spearing, and by shooting. The best tin e to hunt for them is seek the meadows, pastures and heius where the grain has been cut. in search of insects. Ve -y few frogs are caught in the raaishes os cn t’ e banks cf the lakes, as it is only at night they gather in those localities. In winter they,are either caught with a net, which is dipped under the ice. or dug out with a spade from the side of Ihe banks, and are invariably caught in clusters, for they huddle together. AVhcre Much of Our Money Goes. F. I’. Loomis, formerly United States Con-til at Etienne, says that from an investigation he made he finds that about I 5.609 Americans of the better class visit Europe every year and that they spend about SlOff.’iKD.Ot 0 annually abr< ad. Notes :ron> the Capital. The Treasury Department will take steps to build up the gold reserve, which has now been invaded to the extent of $15.(H)(’.900, leaving it in round figures at $85,000,000. ! ( HIEF Justice Fuller has denied a ' motion of conns d for A iruinia to re- ! open its boundary line dispute with I Tennessee, decided in the latter's favor I at the last t rm of court. j iNUORMATiON has reached the State ' Dej ip m nit of th i lisp; t arance of Dr. ; 1). Scott M< iu r eff. formerly assistant ' in the Peabody Museum of American. Arehcyology of Harvard L niversity.