St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 19, Number 46, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 2 June 1894 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEFENIMI WALKERTON, ... INDIANA DECEIVED UNCLE SAM. SPECIMENS OF ARMOR PLATES WERE "DOCTORED." Investigation Into tlie Charges of Fraud Against the Carnegie Company Shows that Mr. Frick Was Aware of the In’ ferior Plates Being Made. The Armor Plate Fraud. Capt. Sampson, Chief of the Ordnance Bureau, Navy Department, Monday resumed his statement before the House committee investigating armor plate frauds. He took up the second charges made against the Carnegie company, which have been in part investigated by the Navy Department. He also detailed the charges made by Mr. Wa lace, a Pittsburg lawyer, representing a half-dozen employes of the Ca negie works. Secretary Herbert, Capt. Sampson slid, had designated a board ■witli witness at the head. They had gone tn Homestead and had found the charges and the evidence substantially similar to those at the first investigation. The final report of the board was not yet completed, but in substance it would disclose little that was new. Mr. Sill, one of the informers in the first investigation, had the most comprehensive knowledge of defects. None of the witne.-ses at the second hearing had material information to add to that already given by Sill. The only thing in the bit! J of additional information was given by I Mr. Kountz and Mr. Buck. The latter ' testified to a practice in the works of s • fixing specimens as to give the Government a false rec >rd of the tests. He testified that the fal-ifications continued until January 1 last. Another employe testified that the । racticehad always existed. Other workmen swore that the practice had cin tinned until orders were given to discontinue it. Mint <>o to Prison. After deliberating eighteen hours in the Indianapolis National Bank wrecking case the United States Grand Jury returned a verdict of guilty against each of the thr. e defendants, j Percival B. Coffin, Francis A. Cqffin ' and Albert S. Heed. The verdict finds the Coffins guilty as charged in the counts of the indictments returned. ; Heed is found guilty on several minor counts. When Foi eman Trotter handed in the verdict, a dispatch says, the announcement of the finding was received with indifference by the prisoners. They teemed to be expecting conviction. This was the general expecta- > tiou also, except in tae case of Reed, i The latter, though considered tech- ' nically guilty, was thought to have । extenuating circumstances in his favor, ■ as his position with the Cabinet Com- j pany which so mercilessly looted the J bank was m >rely clerical. Immedbj ately after the verdict was returned a motion for a now trial was entered, j The trial has lasted since last July, when the bank suspended payment. Through ; the . men c nvicted the Indianapolis Cabinet Company secured about $375,OvO on practically worthless paper. A Wedding at Ilroiucl*. The marriage of Princess Josephine of Belgium to Prince HohenzollernStgmaringen took pl ice in Brussels. The civil wedding occurred at Id a. m., i and the religious ceremony was celebrated soon afterward in the j rivato ; chapel of the royal palace. The wed- i ding was a distinctly private affairad ’ therefore all the cetamonies were performed within the walls Jf the palace. > _?■ — J . ■ NEWS NUGGETS. Joe O’Connor killed Burnett Rowe at Debu, Tenn., during a quarrel. Rowe was related to Francas Hodg- i sen Burnett, the novelist. An unusual wedding took place at Waukegan, HL. when Lyman Palmer, J aged 75, of New Orleans, was married t to Mrs, Mary Palmer, aged 75, of Wau- ( kegan. They have both been married j j three times and in spite of this the t bride never changed he- name, all h r ’ , husbands being Palmers. This last ( one is a nephew of her first husl and. t The Czar of Russia has issued a ukase depriving all ministers, govern- t ors and a>t,her high dignitaries of the ; B(WWer they have hithevt > lieolyyxei- 1 r eDed i f appointing and dismissing | ( their official subordinates of all classes. I ’ AH appointments and removals after Nov. 13 will be vested in a committee of control. The ministers talk of resigning. The Presbytei ian General Assembly, in session at Saratoga, N. Y., entered upon the beginning of the end of its business Monday. Reports were rushed through with little debate. A committee was appointed to answer the Auburn protest in the matter of seminary’ control. A cheap m nthly missionary paper of sixteen pages,be sold at 10 cents per year and to contain missionary news, was oidered pubibhed. It will be called the Assembly Herald. The Chicago and Eastern Illinois Railroad Company decided to go into the United States Court at Indianapolis and ask for protection of its property, adispatch sais. Striking miners have thirty care of coalsidetracked fourteen miles north of Terre Haute, and will not let it be moved toward Chicago, its destination. It is Kentucky c al, and the i ailroad being an interstate route the application to the court will be under the interstate commerce act. The miners are desperately determined to prevent the shipment of outsi le coal. A FAREWELL serv’ce in honor of Miss Frances Willard was held by temperance advocates in London. A slab believed to have been inscribed in 1654 and to be a relic of the Antinomian sect has been unearthed ^^^^red onia. N. Y. ^***4^9 at Duluth by Judge Nelto Frederick Weyerhau\issippi River Logging ^^alued at $1,000,000. and Spokane, Wash., a flood.

EASTERN. The damage by the recent floods in Pennsylvania is estimated at $5,000,000. Mrs. Harriet Hayden, a former slave, has given $6,000 to Harvard to found a scholarship for deserving colored students. F. L. Dow, formerly of Lacon a, Mass., committed suicide at Rochester, N. Y. He was a heavy st ckholder in the Minneapolis Hosiery Association. ’ G S. Yenson, who appealed from the probate of a will loft by his wife in Providence, R. 1., and whose appeal was dismissed because ho was a convict, has been sustained by the Supreme 1 Court. WESTERN. The Fark o Tempe, A. T., has suspend* d. The new Fire and Police Board of Denver has ordered that all gamblinghouses and lottery shops be cl sed. James T iomas, alias “Buckskin Jimmy,” once a wealthy Denver merchant but now a pauper, has been arrested on a cha’ go of attempting train wrecking. He was caug.it in the act. Attorneys Fay and Gost, of Portland, Oregon, obtained a judgment against James A. Blair, Jcsaph Wharton and Alexander Brown, millionaire bondholders of the Oregon Pacific road, for $4",003 for professional services. A half interest in the Caledonia mine at Cripple Creek, Colo., has been sold to Willard Ward, S. 7. Dix< n. and Dr. Ward, of New York City. Dr. Ward is a personal f. iend of the Grover Cleveland, and is said to have rei> iesented the President in this transaction. J. Zimmerman, of Guttonburg, lowa, has won his suit against the Mutual i Fire Insurance Company, of Wiscon- ' sin. The Supremo C< urt of Wisconsin decided that companies which do not hold certificates to do business in lowa cannot enforce contracts with lowa j citizens. A secret meeting of the various I committees from a I the railway unions in St. Louis, was held to determine what action will bo taken in regard to handling Pull man cars by the different railway >,) o uling a settlement of the strike of the Pullman employes. Jamis Barnett, a minister of some note in the Baptist Church, is in jail at < lumbus, Ind. He indulge l too' freely, and was found playing pool; with two of his converts whom he had < bapti/ed not over ninety days ago. His friends have been notified where he j can be found. On account of tho lack < f coal the Chicago, Burlington an 1 quincy i uilroad made the experiment of running the fast mail from ( hieag > with coal oil. Tho affair exploded and tho bum I ing oil was thrown < ver the engineer : i and fireman. It is thought th.- latter is so badly burned that ho will die. l That big race between the Midland I Teuninalund the 1- lot once and ( ripple Creek Railroads to see which could first reach the gold camp- in El I aso 1 County, Colorado, ha- ended in a dra.v. Each line is completed at t rminal j points two miles from < ripple < reek a d both will be open for businoss shortly. Blanche Ma- key amt True Spen- ■ cor, of Dubuque, lowa, eloped on Tuesday night. Miss Macke refu-> d >l,ooo which her father o’ered her if she would stay at lion o. Her f tther and a re ected lover Lad Spenc r locko 1 up for currying concealed we:ip> ns. The next morning the bride s father paid Spencer s fine and bles-ed the pair. Eleven men dead, with a report of other fatalities, murks the first day of active hostilities nt. Cripple Creek, Colo., though u pitch bitt e ha- not vet taken place. At 16 ok lock Friday morn-I ing eleven men started to work in the Str. ng mine on Buttle Mountain. Shortly afterward a large party of strikers blew up the shaft-house with powder, causing a loss of S2S,(KM), and then dropped l(Xt pounds of giant powder down the shaft, wl-.ic i was u so exploded, killing ail the inmates. Not more than 3 0 yards from the Strong shaft house sixteen men who had been engaged to go to work in the Independence mine were surrounded in their bunk-house, and, after a long parley, agreed to surrender. Each one was armed with a rifle and a brace of revolvers. At least five coke were shot kMicwfh early Thu reHay m uninj in a pitched battle at the Stickle Hollow mines of the Wu^hingU n Coal and Coke Company, at Uniontown, Pa., with fifty deputy sheriffs arme I with Winchesters. Three of sheriff Wilhelm s deputies were mortally w unded by the fire of th > strikers. A mob of i striking miners filled up the shaft of a Centralia, 111., mine. At this point the rioters became so threat ming that the Sheriff appea’el for troops, and fi,e companies were at once sent him by Gov. Altgtld Troops were aso neces ary at La Salle, 111., wh- re the Sherifi and his deputies were attacked by r a mob several hunlred strong. Sheriff Taylor ind several men were wounded. Four companies weie tent to him. HORSE slaughtering on an exten-ive scale is soon to b - entered ui on in the vicinity of Portland, Ore. Horses are ( too plentiful out in that section of ; country, and a low estimate places the number of half-b.eed wild horses in Oregon, Washington, | Montana, Nevada and Idaho at ; 2,000,00 i» head. For these ani- ( mals no market can be found and they servo to keep down the price of good stock. Now these horses are to be cleaned out, and a company has been formed that expects to reap large profits from their destruction. This company is to build large abattoirs near Portland an 1 there kill the anim ils. The flesh will be rendered of its o 1, and the i esidue. with the bones and hoofs, will be made into a fertilizer. The hides, that also have U market value, will be salted, and the hair will be used for upholstery work. A portion of the meat will be compresssd for use as < hieken food. The tug Robert Tarrant, of the Dunham line at Chicago, went out to take the linos of the steamer Fred Pabst, which was coming in in tow of the tug Perfection. Just as the Tarrant got alongside tho Perfection to take the linen the Perfection began blowing off Steam, which filled the air ftiid pre-

vented tho Captain of the Tarrant from seeing the steamer. The tug got. ( worked off to one side and the steamer got ahead and pulled the tug over on its side. The captain of the tug Daniel Mcßae, started the tug ahead' ’ but too late, for the Tarrant nearly turned completely over. Ttie deckri hand released the tow line and th e D >at i ighlod, but it was nearly full 0 £ water and went down in five minutes The engineer, Inman, leaped over', board. He did not have time to shut off his engine and the tug kept working- ahead until when it. sank it was oat of the river. The damage will amount to about SI,(KO and tho boat was unin. sured. SOUTHERN. Governor Northen, (f Georgia, has boon elected President of tho American Baptist Educational Society. Detective Charles Hickey Bhot. and killed James Parrott, who waJ beating a woman, at Louisvilß, Ky. 1 Miss Lee Jones, daughter of J Texas banker, won a piano valued $1,003 in a contest at Hardin College! Mexico, Mo. She was one of nineteen conte -tunts. Four bandits robbed a Longview Toxas)T»ank of $2,000, and in a fight with citizens killed one and wounded' four. George Bennett, one of the robbers, was also killed. D. S. Shelton, deputy constable o| Hot Springs, Ark., was arrebte^aM Thursday charged with shooting Newsome, whom he hud a warrant toA^ rest. Shelt >n sa.s he shot after NeJM some had et caped and was runnjlffi away. James Middleton, Sincla'r Middle ton and R. Shackleford were sha^ and killed in Harlan County, Ky., in 3 fight with Gilbert Savior, Bert a^ Noble Hensley. There i considoranß excitement over the affair, as the nil are all well known. i IL E. Durkee, who arrived at Denison, Tex., from the Indian Territ r/, i reports disco ering a number of tde I mound builders. Search brought ! light quantities of human bodies, curious copper utensils and p -rsonal ornh ments. con isting of sjioare, hatohew battle axes, neck ornaments, etc. i There was a sensation at a m-'etiraj in 1 oxington, Ky., of tho Conf««dcraie Veterans’ Asso, lation and its auxilinifr, called to arrange for tho d -cirationof Confederate graves. Mrs. M. A. Harrison. memlier of the auxiliary, usd j wives of other eu.ing citizens’, male J addresses in whl h they said thby j would not place a flower on the KHive of a single Confederate unlea* the $»- sociatim expelled ( >d. fire-kinridgo. i The meeting adjourned in e-mfußionf WASHINGTON. ( SERETAIiY (IF THE NAVYHERBBtT and party are at Tac ma. Wash. The Hou e has passe l the legiilaI five appropriation bill inclndi^Jhe item for the civil service votnlfuShnb. which was stricken out in c »mtr.lMev. The Hou-o of Ko; rc-entat res has re ected the paragraph in the legislat vo up; r ipriation bill providing for I the expenses of the Civil Service< omj mission. A favorable report has been male t>the Houseof 1 err s- ntat; vos mi the ; bill p oviding for the election of I I’n e I S'at, » Senators by dire t vote ■ of the people. RefHESKXTATIVE Davis, of Kansas, has made u careful estimate of the different bauds of ( xeyites on the way to Washington an i claim* that the e are f>. - o men tramping or riding on beat* ani bo rowed trains toward the capital. The spe< ml commit tee of tho Senate appointed t > i: Y e-tigate the charges । of uttem; tod bribery of Sunat* r» on the part of ( ha: o> W. Buttz, the i North Dakota lobbyist and ex-Con-gressman from North < urol nu. subi mitted a report to the Senate. Buttr. is found by the t - mmittee t» have made the attempt at bril cry, despite i his denial, and Senators Hunton and : Kyle are exonerated from all blame. The Treasury expo, ts have tom-I c mpleted their work of calculating the equivalent ad valorem rates of the compr >mhe tariff bill a- e< mpare l - with the e v.iva ent ad valor, m rates of 'h -McAinay law and th< se of the Wil-on I ill, which show the following! schedules and Ing aw: ° ^and tne existlikW. Dill- bill. iuehuibU o 1* anU paints • • • ERrt h. earthenware, and MrUl.u l . ) n>.u D Uetur- j w Wood t>nd manufactures of 32.66 22.82 22.64 Bnuar 1155 a‘J-59 28.43 Tobacco and manufactures Os 117.52 106.93 91.58 Acrlcul ural products and provisions 33.21 23.62 21.58 Spirits, wince, and other beverages.... CV.W 58.98 fO.C9 Cotton manufactures 55.25 40.92 38.45 Flax. hemp, and jute and the manufactures 0f... 45.»' 3X41 80.51 Wool and manufactures of 98.C2 41.13 39.78 j Silk and silk goods 68.h> 45.90 4 >.lb Pulp papers, and looks.. 23.55 20.38 19.10 o * a ' 07 OO vl Oft OQ Sundries x? Z. AverHikc. 49.58 36. । J 35.02 POLITICAL. J. V. WEBSTER is the Populist candida'e for Governor of California. CONGRESSMAN AMOS J. CUMMINGS is mentioned for Mayor of New York i City ’ . A Congressman William C. Oates has been nominated for Governor by the Democrats of Alabama. The nomination of C. H. Taylor, of ; Kansas, for Recorder of I eeds for the : District of Columbia, has been confirmed. Resolutions denouncing President Cleveland and calling for his impeachment we e adopted by’ the Populist State Convention at Sacramento, Cal. FOREIGN. President Peixoto announces that : the differences between Brazil and j Portugal have been a nicabiy settled. I Admiral da Gama, leader of tho 1 Brazilian insurrection, is laid to have j gone to Eui ope to interest prominent . 1 persons in favor of a monarchy in ' ! Brazil. । The French Republic has begun suit -1 in the United States Circuit Court tor

d j jBEw " 1 ” ■ ■ - I L 9 ' the World’s Colum- ? K^bel U ' e - Buiid ^''^^nedlnd ’ I had ng n”F 1° French ^’’ibitore, 1 ~®rnXed ThJ?° on W »'O MH lo my %“KS y ^Wfe. J exhibitors any clamW IN GENERAL POST - cf New York Xnt S i U3Pended fr ° :n the G - AW the nensH^ . resoll ' tioni declaring 4«en rein tated &WS Wer ° atus ? d ’ has ■ KaIXfT£KTr ,t ri l °? ,d o' tho J 4 conference of ion 49 !S ; UOd 11 cull for <_G t,£ ’epres ntatives of b> W bor organizations ordered bv ti i J WowotSTJ 1 " Master Woukman I jh ii \T (I ; auscd th ° urreßt K ’ ,f G ^ecutivo i U \ el ln decl aring that Mr. i J, ad retained property beII day was celebraTStc ... O '' l . n ri n , >' f k 0 ’ 1 ? and the lli lng ot’ u fy- fl "a-.. u“iis ut! towo -H of the caetle ' |. huu-es viero decorated with bunting. । r The North German Lloyd Steamship ! Company is to build four or five iteam- •• era to be the fa-test in the world. Tho > new vessels are to bo similar in constructii n to t ie Majestic and Teutonic. about the same size, but with speed l greater than either the Campania or Luca lia. of tho Cunard I ine, which . are now the greyhound* of the ocean. The American a: eh rob>gist* who , went to the recently discovered hid , den city in the Sier, a Madre mountains have rcturne l, an i tell of another h d-b n city nvo Spanish league-* north of the first c.ty. The two citi s n-e connet t. d by underground ; assage- h -wn out of solid n ex and it while exploring < ne of tho passages that the sec ml c.ty was (Hseovered. It lies in a do *p badn of tho moun- i tains, and n> exit except tho under- ! ground I a sage e -uld Iki so .nd. Thursday night some mcmn «rs of i tho Queens Own Rifles of Toronto, who wore at st. Thoma*. Ont., celebrating tho (jucen's birthday, delibuately tore d »wn tho I nited States flag from the front of C n-ul Wiili ’ office and wantonly do strove I it. Lieut. ( o’. Smith, I epiitv Adjutant » eneral, apologi rd to I nited States < , nt4 J Willis for the wanton act, but Vr Willi, would m t fti-cept the apol gy. ani n- ti'wd the j h a*l-of hi- depart ent a‘ Washington ami <» tawa S v-r h officers of J the qu en' O«u haginient were j Been afterward, and denied tho outrage. <'n > if th m said “If it J Im> true, it is certainly a most regret table oe vrren <>, and cuu only Ik* ex-cu-ed on i.e ground that tho perp*etratu s mils- have Rm int *xi-.-atod." A ; r v.iturf the regime nt. who was an ; ey* -w.tm > s lid: “1 es. it j. true: the j American rug wax pui o 1 down. After । aupjhir forty of the regiment mure o I up the sire t. when one erpied j the •ag floating in front of a । drugstore. Several wmiintnd romon- | stra'r ! with tho ptoprietor for showi 'g the Amor ('an flag on the qncon* : birthday u d ordered him to take it in. lio ref.u-el, and immodia'ely it I w». torn from its fast-nings, an l'lrft : lying in the ,tree'. They, i um s ire, j hud no idea 'hat it was the American ( onsu.’s o th-e. though." Tho incident has ca so l a en uti n in mi tar. circles in the citv. rh * matter ha m*- n brought to th- attention of tho lk> minion Government, an 1 it ha., ordc:od a rigid ; o i e inve t gation to learn a I the fa t, und to 1 cute tho ie- ’ sponsibility. i The c übs of the National and Woat- ; ern Leagues etand a® fulL w. in tha ‘ < harnpi n-h!p ra e: 1 Fer Pwr AV L. cent. W. L cent. 1 CleTclMv’s 18 .131 UrtnslTun II Ik Aoi PlnlKieln'a 17 S na Ctactn-oi*! U 14 .*4l ; rUBi i’.ors 14 8 St. l.OHts. ..U IS .4» I ‘ Fittshnnee l'' * -C6 1 ouieesUs* s 14 JIT , Buetoun .1 H Chica. os * H » s Sew lorio 1 is Wasbiurt’u 3 11 .111 f |. WBSTBUS X.BAQV3 UAMUO. Hi L. cent. W. L. cenk 1 •onxCity*! 6 .W Grd Rapldslk U .re> I Jjaasas V'vls » Al Mhw»'k»ei 8 10 .B's ■ *n- e'p'H el* 8 jO9 Indtan'pTe 9 12 .33 I1 * B»ledos 15 10 W 1 Detroit 5... 0 19 4M 1 4 I 1 CHICAGO. i y ChTTT.r—Common to Prime.... Jis '9 -f* 4 60 Hqgs—Shipping Grades 4 00 >3 5 00 i Sheep—Fair to * hoice 8 ( - J 0s co i Wheat—No. 1 Red 54^-3 ' ss-i ! COBN—No. 2 514 38 : Oats—No. 2 33^^ 34*<i ( Rte—No. ? 43 • ® fi 1 * i { Uiittee—Choke Creamery I*> <ls 1> i . Eggs Fresh 10 <fi H I 1 Potatoes—Per bu 79 <l9 so , i INDIANAPOLIS. _ I . Cattle—Shipping 3 w 4 ! Hogs—Choice Liaht 4 <0 <<s 6 CO ] Sheep—Common to Prime 2 to w * to 5 Wheat—No. 2 Red ® *i Corn—No. 2 White Oats—No. 2 White 88 J 9 ; ST. LOUIS. Cattle 3 ™ Hogs 300 c»5 w ; I WnEATw-No. 2 Red 51 52 I Cons —No. 2 86 0 36 Oats—No. 2 - I BUTTER—Creamery 1" 18>» i CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 51 Hock . ... 400 @5 < 0 5RHXp".‘.".7.'.7.’... 200 (<s4 50 Whrat—No. 2 Red Conn—No. 2 Mixed 41 <$ 4 - Oats—No. 2 Mixed 8? *3 । Rye—No. 2 g ^5 -3 I l DETROIT. ! C i TlsOE 2 50 4 50 I HoriC ’• *fo 500 I Shei* 3 CO its 4 00 : WH^T-No.rißed::: 53 @ m Cor« —No. 2 Yellow 3.1 CJ Ai i Oatw —No. 2 Mixed 31 is? 39 i 1 TOLEDO. ; Wh|at—No. 2 Red 5* @ J* ' I Coiw —No. 2 Yellow 39 'll 89^ I Oat|—No. 2 Mixed ST <<s 38 RyeJ-No. 2 *3 51 | buffalo. WheKt—No 1 Hard 63 6s sj Come—No. 2 Yellow * 2 *3 O at*-No. 2 Mixed 39 & RyfA 49 <3 51 ’ MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring 6t , I doBN-^No. 3 38 a I ; Oire jXo. j White 3* <3 38 I BaBLW—Ko. 2 65 @ 56 Rye—j© i *8 @ 49 i 1 Pobx fc.ss 11 75 <312 25 J rrJ ” NEW YORK. ’ CATTLf 800 04 75 ’ ' 3 00 8 4 40 1 * rij^ike*t<.-rn 42 @ *3 r r IS ® 17 * f

IT OFFERS $9,000,000. ENGLISH SYNDICATE'S BID FOR ELGIN STOCK. rnberculoßls Decimates the Hon. Mr. Morton’s Valuable Flocks of ChickensBrake^an Shot by a Tramp-Strikes Do Not I revent a Good Volume of Trade. Want to Miko Watches. Stockholders of the Elgin (Ill.) N a . risem ^wi h Com P an y have under adst ment the acceptance of an oiler bv enthl hnid” diCat ° - tO P urcha s« their entne holdings, including the isis th ! f, h ° c TPoration bonds. This aho^r fir « instance among many the bio-° e ^ orta . t° get control of bv what C U POratl ?V Vh ^ a eaßh offer svnd'cat L f arded as a responsible ' been made. The terms : A T re d a ''ocoo^fiered by President T. ' 1 'ery -air and he has rent n< ticea t > the stockholders asking It thev wish in CMon d ‘ { lO lar £o stockholders : n Chicago have said they did ' no’ vm V’ but have 1 nm, j e t received from ' th<^e who were addressed bv mail SI on^n 1 ™ 10 9 ° ffer is to Purchase the 17* issue of bonds. As there are mo in tha e3 t ° f 8 » U ck sale would it ompany® x t F an SL Or ot ««,000.000 of , ' I-uy J ns face vuluo. 4 1 IL G. Dun & Co.’s weekly" review ot ' ■ trade says: Norma and floods, prolonged strikes, and large exports of gold have dene their । utmost to give buslnra- a vacation. But wants unsatisfied during the last year, belated and much lessened, and yet greater than those of any other nation, have caused a volume of trade quite large for [ the season. Prices of products still tend downward without much speculation. Failures diminish In importance. the amount of liabilities for tho past week being only 42.2J4 139. and for three weeks, $7,836,072. of which $2 642.687 were of manufacturing and $5.025.097 of trading concerns. The number of failures reported Is 183 in the Unite! States, against #59 the same week last year, and In Canada 28, against 14 last year, and again there are noted scarcely any of Importance 1-evl I'. Morton's Chickens Killed, Levi I’. Morton's stock farm ut Ellerslie, just south of Rhinebeck, N. , Y., hu< again been visited by u malady that threatens the ex-Vice President with sort us 10-s, and opens up a very Important question for tho consi leration of health officers. Inspectors of l. e State Board of Health recently found It necessary to kill many of Mr. Morton’s valuable Guernsey cattle on ac -ount o' the presence of tuberculosis, u-.d now from the sum • cause, it is believed, has arisen the necessity for da. imating the ex-Vice Pro-idant’s fme poulti v. Mere than'4(X) of the valuable variety have Isson k lled and thrown into heaps und cremated. BREVITIES. (’HARLES O’Nrii^ a painter, was Kilbd in St. Louis by a fall from a platform on which he was working. A< Tlon on bi Is for the Mate printing is in abeyance at Pierre, S. D., until the c nstit utionality of the State law is decided. Jt'SEpH Wood, a Santa Fe conductor, wa fatally shot by a r d ired tramp whom he was ejecting from a freight train at la* Junta, Colo. John Garbe ’, of Bra il, Ind., caught a small turtle whi h has on it.* theb an exact representation of the Grand Army of the Republic badge. The badge is perfectly plain. Warden Richard Chase, of the Kansas Penitentiary, is charge) with crookedness in accounting for sales of property, and a i investigation has I been demanded of the governo *. Ralph Drake, who, at Columbus, Ind., on the Ist dav of June, j n a b warding house, killed Mrs. Ada Ward ( and who has been on trial for two j weeks, was found guilty and sentenced ’ to the Southern Prison for life. < W. W. Herrick, a promenent citi- ‘ yen and capitalist of Minneapolis since : Iscß, died on a train ea route home * from California, where he spent the winter. He wa. t>2 years of age and widely known la the Northwest. Mrs. Florence Foval was found in ’ a room at the Faverite Hotel, St. Louis, t sufferino- ‘ Get. 1 20. 1889, to Je se Io al. a wealthy , farmer of Calhoun County, 11l , and t left him Nov. 25. Foval, who was 72 1 years < Id, charged, her with the theft ’ of 15,000. and a terward secured a di- ‘ vorce from her. J W. F. Shaw, tho convicted Sioux l City lowa coin shaver, male an eloquent plea to Judge Shira* for len- ’ iency, which visibly moved the court f He argued for clemency < n account of । his family, telling of his unfortunate past and promising reformation in the mture. To the surprise of all, he was let off with a sentence of eighteen I months at hard labor. i Near Omaha. Neb., Brakeman Stukesbury noticed five tramps on a flat car. He ordered them off. when one of thdm fired two shots at him, both striking him. Stukesbury says all of the tramps jumped from the train after the shooting. Two men giving the names of Moore and Lynch were found near where Stuke bury lay and were arrested. The doctors say Stukeabury’s w unds will be fatal. AUSTIN Brown, colored, was hanged at San Antonio, Texas, for the murder of Anderson Harris, an ex-policeman. Joseph Guiles, alias J< hn I). May, was hanged at Kai nes City, Texas, for the killing of Fireman Frank Martin while attempting to rob a train. While in proce s ot reconstruction, an old four-story brick storage waro house at Brooklyn collapsed and buried half a dozen men in the ruins. Ono man was almost instantly killed and three injured. The ethers were rescued without injury. The store of G. A. Regan was robbed at Harmon. Neb., of SSO. There is no clew to the robbe s. At Muncie, Ind.. Will’atn Stiffler was awarded $5,0<0 damages for the loss of an eye while working at the Common Sense engine works.

THE NATION’S SOLONS. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE* SENTATIVES. Oar National Law-Make™ and What The, Are Doing for the Good of the CountryVarious Measures Proposed, Discussed, Acted Upon. Doings of Congress. The Fenate disposed of seven paras graphs of the metal schedule Tu slay after eight hours of debate. The debate was marked by quite a number of interesting clashes between the Republicans and Democrats. The question of ^ iv h ser xice reform was giv.en full sway In the House, tho occasion tein- the 10 strlk ® out the para-rap'. l n the legislative appropriation bill providing for tho civil service commissi n. P lt eav! tU y ft T some '’■’’ring and not a ?ew amusing speeches. Tho amendment waZ adopted by a vote of 109 to 71 amid -rZat Democratic applaud and Republican Vries 1! nor! 1B 1,0 other amendments of any Importance were made in the bill, the on v one- adopted being to correct tho totals of a few amendments I n the earlier proceedings the resolution providing for aa in'est Igat on of the alleged armor plate frauds was adopted. A test vote was taken Ir the Senate '^dnesday. and to the surprise of many the tariff was not tabled. In the House discussion of the civil service commission , Was resumed, and several times during ।un - dav the question was disp sed I n>« Vl ^ l . ,UPcau "d'-ou’ a moment later I ’’ v imraßraph. providing s<>. ■ I 'L U be r v ’ co Commission MvrtcVoss t«‘'"Vnrinients wua House refused to 'ru* approprla ion of six thousTno”’' lars for traveling expenses of civil service examiners. Another amendment made to the bill gives the Secretary of the 'I re usury discretion in the temporary appointment of clerks to wind up the accounts of the divisions proposed to be abolished, inslead of taking them from the classified service. Prior to going into committee of the whole the House passed the Senate bill amending an act to provide for the sale of the remainder of the reservation of the confederated Otoe und Missouri Indians in the States of Nebraska and Kansas. be Bouse adjourned at 5:05 o’clock after getting half way through the legislative bill. The Senate on Thursday interviewed E. J. Edwards, of the Plilladelphia Times, author of the “Hollaud" letter, in which bribery anent the sugar tariff was charged. The examination was secret. The House < vent Into committee of the whole to consider the legislative appropriation bill, and Mr. Richardson was called to the chair. There was an unsuccessj ful effort to amend the | ension paragraph so as to strike out the I $200,900 appropriation for si e dal investlI gation ot alleged frauds Mr. Aideisoa tried to have struck out the provision for cont agent, expenses of the Civil Service Commission, but was vo:ed down. Mr, Stone offered au umendment striking out the provision for assistant attorneys to defend the Government against war claims, and it was defeated. Finally the bill was reported to the House Separate votes were demanded on Mr. Hayes' resolution declaring the laws repealed authorizing the docking of mem I er-’ salaries for absence, and on the amendment striking out the appropriations for the civil service. Ilie Hayes antl-docking amendment was defeated—yeas, 104; nays, 127. The amendment of Mr. Enloe striking out the appropriation for the civil tervice commission was lost—SO yeas to 158 nays—amid Republican applause. The legislative bill was then passed The House bill kt Incorporate the Supreme Lodge of Knights ot Pythias was passed. A reeolutlou was adopted setting aside Saturday. June 23. for eulogies on ihe late Representative Houk, of Ohio. The House then, at a few mlnutos past 5 o’clock, adjourned. Senator Kyle’s Hawaiian resolution and the tariff were tangle 1 up Friday, ani the tariff came out a little ahead. The schedule on several ar icles was changed, and the Senate bill is several pages nearer completion than before At the conclusion of the morning hour in the House the House went into committee of the whole for consideration of private bills. Mr. Fpringer gave notice that the first thing Saturday he would call up the Brawley bill for repeal of the State bank tax la<«. The entire afternoon consumed in a discussion of an omnibus resolution from the Committee on War Claims, grouping together thirty-seven claims for cotton, etc.. aggregating $1,040,000. Half the time was taken up In a discussion on a point of order against the grouping of so many bills In one resolution. The only business transacted during the day was the passage of a bill for the relief of Thomas B. Reed. At 5 o’clock the committee rose and the House took a recess. The evening session was devoted to the consideration of private bills. The Senate spent eight hours Monday discussing the question ot free lumber. Not a vote was taken. The tariff bill places lumber in the rough ca, the free Hst,_. The debate was in nfey law. In the 11 -.use. Hie Brawley bill for the repeal of the 10 per cent, tax on 6ta<e bank Issues was side-tracked temporarily, and the few members present gave partial attention to District of Columbia bills. An interesting event of the day was tho reading of a letter from the sons of Louis Kossuth in reply to the letter recently sent by Speaker Crisp under direction of the House. The senate bill ’o fix the norther i boundary line of the Warm Springs Indian Reservation in Oregon was passed, as were sundry House blUa At 5 o’clock the House ad jou rued. The Power of Prayer. An old darky who was asked if. in his experience, prayer was ever answered, replied: Well, sih, some pra‘a« is ansad, an some isn’t—'pends on w’at yon axes so. Jest arter de wah Wen it was mighty hard scratchin’ fo’ de eullud biederin, I ’bs.irved dat w’enebber I pray de Lo d to sen* one o’ Marse Peyton’s fat chickens so de ole man. dete was no notice took ob de partition, but won I pray dat He would sen’de old m«n fo’ de chicken, de matter was ’tended to befo’ sun-up next mornin’.” Where Man First Appeared. As to where man first appeared it is beyond doubt that his earliest home was in Southern Europe, or Asia, or North Africa No earlier traces of him have been found than those feund in the area that is now England, France and Spain. Medicines. Nutrients are remedies that nourish the body, as sago, etc. Diaphoretics produce perspiration, such as tartrate of antimony. etc. NARCOTICS are medicines which cause sleeji or stupor, and allay j am, Buch as opium, etc. Diuretics act upon the kidneys and bladder, and increase their actiomsucn as nitre, squills, etc. . STALAGOGUES are medicines which promote the flow of saLva or spi.t such as salt, calomel, etc.