St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 6, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 25 August 1894 — Page 6

WALKERTON INDEPENDENT WALKERTON, - INDIANA. IT TELLS THE STORY. SUMMARY OF THE YEAR’S RAILROAD BUSINESS. Only n Small Increase in Mileage During 1893, but the Debts of Many Systems i Were Greatly Increased — Encampment । ot Sons of Veterans. Bad Year for Business. Todors Manual occupies a uni pie position as tho guide to knowledge concerning conditions and operations in the railway world. The advance sheets of the introduction, which is in the nature of a summary of the year's bu-iness, are at hand. Here are a few of the salient points of the summary: * total liabilities of tbs roads were •11,443,886,89:4 Os this amount the caui- I tai stock was $5,080,032,904; the funded unfunded debt, •410.361,503; and the current debt. $383,Tbe “Kgregute asset were sn,885,968,106, arrived at as folio s: Cost of railways and equipment, $9,661,713,736real estate, stocks, bonds and other Invest- I ments, §1,698.306,963; other assets, $248,- i 945,157; current accounts, $247,002,310. ! The excess of assets over liabilities was $586,530,623. The total mileage of | the railway lines of tho United j States for 1893 is given as 177,753 miles, an increase of 2,549 miles only over the preceding year. Illinois occupies ‘ as before the head of tho column in State mileage, having 10,428 miles; the others follow in this order: Pennsylvania, 9,433; J Texas, 9,185; Kansas, 8,931; Ohio, 8,559; : lowa, 8,513; New York, 8,111; Michigan. i 7,492; the New England States, 7,019. The ' earnings for the fiscal year-of 1893 are set i down at $1,222,618,290, of which amount! $808,495,668 came from the freight and 1 $311,978,342 from passenger traffic, 'i he operating expenses were $858,027,181, leaving met earnings of $364,591,109. To which ! were added miscellaneous receipts slll.288.482, making total available revenue of $475,885,041. the total sum left for dividends on stock being $95,337,681. BREVITIES. The Wichita National Bank will reopen its doors. Friday Archbishop Kendrick, of St, ■ Louis, was 88 years old. F. C. Taylor was hanged at New- j burn, Va., for the murder of his wife. I An extremely rich strike has been made in the Nettie Morgan mine cn the ! Leadville golu belt. Tho assay is 104.26 ounces. Supreme Chancellor W. W. Blackwell of theKnightsof Pythias has decided that the Order cannot offi- . cially recognize the Pythian Sisterhood. The first bale of cotton of this year’s strom Wwiiuu Picking has btTgun m * I Henry Hodge, one of the bast-<mm > nected young men ui Eufaula, WfilWf was shot and killed while mftwS r 1 store, i Despondent over the postponement | of his vacation, Capt. E. W. Nicholson, ‘ superintendent of the Treasury De- ■ partm nt stables at Washington, killed ‘ himself. He was termer y pt eminent in Indiana politics. The Mississippi Valley Spiritual! t - Association, in session at Clinton, lowa, elected the following officers: Alonz< Thompson, Omaha, President John L. Fish, Keokuk. \ i-e President. Will C. Hodge, Chicago. Secretary. A boat belonging to the United States coast survey steamer McArthur, manned by Lieutenant Freeman H, Crosby. United States navy, and five men, capsized on Puget Sound while making a landing in the surf. All were drowned. About midnight Sunday night freight train No. 97 on the Wabash Railroad struck a horse two miles west of Jonesburg, Mo., which resulted in the ditching of the locomotive and nineteen cars and death of four men, j as well as eight in jured. John Harryman, of Martinsville, Ind., aged 78, was killed by a buL which butted him to the ground and then trampled him to death. A year ago Mr \ Harryman nearly lost her life by the same animal. He was then dehorned and thought to be safe. At Clayton, Mo., lightning struck the residence of James Houston Monday while the family were eating breakfa t. William, John ami Mary, three children, were instantly killed and their mother fatally injured. James Slack, who was in the yard near the house, was severely hurt. It is regarded as definitely settled that ex-Congressman R. B. Pierce, who I was indicted with the Haugheys and i the Collins for looting the Indianapolis National Fank, will not be tried at the approaching term of court and that the cases against both Mr. Pierce and Cashier Rexford will Ue stricken off. The thirteenth annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans met in Davenport, lowa. Delegates were present from all over the country. General Maccabe, the commander-in-chief, called the inaugural session to order with an address in which he reviewed the official actions of himself and his associates during the last year, congratulated the delegates upon the flourishing condition of the organization, and urged his hearers to renewed interest in the work during the coming year, in order that the order might be made stronger and still more worthy of the name it bears. Senator Vest, of Missouri, denies the report that he will retire from public life at the end of his present term. Gov. ALTGELD, of Illinois, announcer that guards cannot be paid for service during the riots until an appropriation is made. The water of a well recently dug near Chadron, Neb., is said to possess wonderful curative properties. Harvey Beard, Trustee of Jefferson township, Whitley county, Ind., is short in his accounts about $1,200.

eastern. Mrs. Coleman Drayton has returned to England, after a failure of ! j Astor’s attempts to bring her out in New 1 ork and Newport society. Eminent men from all over the I country are gathering at Brooklyn to attend the sessions of tho American f ° r th ° Advancement of ! Emma Goldman, of anarchistic fame, who has spent the last ten months at Blackwell's Island, having I been found guilty of making an in । cenaiary speech to tho unemployed in । Union Square, was released Friday I She was sentenced to tho penitentiary I for one year, but her gm I behavior ' lessened the time of her incarceration 1 two months. The whisky trust has negotiated a , big loan, for either $4,060,000 or $5,003,300. It was negotiated by President Greenhut in New York. There is a scruFnblo to withdraw whisky from bond before the new tax law goes into effect. This will save several million dollars to the tru-t, but they are taking advantage of the increased tax to raise the price of “3 uor « which will pay the old tax. Lhe effort to get as much whisky as po sible out of bond before tho new tariff increasing ti e tax on spirits goes into effect is noticeable everywhere, but especially at Peoria and Louisville. I hen, t o internal revenue receipts have enormously increased, ! and tho result is tho swelling of the j gold reserve in tho national treasury. The excursion steamer Gen. Slocum i left Rockaway Beach on Wednesday j evening with !00 passengers aboard. < >n account of the heavy southerly gale : hundieds of men and women refused to venture aboard, taking trains back to Nou York. While passing the inlet the Slo um ran on a sand-bar, where it was exposed to the full sweep of tho seas. Its passengers were terrified bv tho seeming danger. The Slocum s distress signals were answered bv tho Fishing Banks steamer Angler, which was run alongside. Eight linn Irod of tho Sb. cum's passengers were transferred to the Angler, including all of the women and children, and the steamer hastened to New York. Tho shock when tho Slocum struck the beach was so severe th it many pa--sengers were thrown to tho ‘decks. In-tantly a howling chorm of fear went up from tho children. The women, badly scared, tucked their children under their arms and ran aimlessly to and fro. There was a rush for tho life-preservers, and manv tied them about themselves. On top of one little girl who had fallen a dozen peopie piled, but she was not seriously hurt. Ihe deck-bands rushed among tbe scared passengers shouting that there was no danger. But it was ten minutes before they were reassured, and to them it seemed ten hours. One of tho passengers declared that the Gen. Slocum and the Angler were rivals and were racing when the Slocum struck. This was denied. WESTERN. *^22^2 Wichita National I jank, the financial institution in the ^kobumidwHer^ •, . v Owing to the tßimwt'WWilY™v w ~• I fe 1I H > of an insurance company at Hannibal, ’ Mo., shot and killed himself owing tea shortage of $175 in his accounts W. A. MERRILL, of the Indiana State Univcr-lty. has teen appointed professor of Latin language and it erature at the University of < alifornm. Two carriage loads of young people returning home from a dance near St. J< s -ph, Mo., were hold up by highwaymen and relieved of all their valuables. Fears are entertained that J. M. Ailmendinger's dredge, which left Benton Harbor Ur Waukegan in tow \ of the tug Sanford. Las been swamped and lost. Mt-s Orfy Rariden, a young woman of Wayneton. Ind., killed herself with carbolic a id because her intended husband took another young lady to church. Lorenzo Hoyt, one of the extensive I gang of counterfeiters arrested recently at New York, has turned State'evidence, an I given United States Commissi ner Alexander full details of the gang. Weakened by the excavation of an adjoininglot. a three story brick Uuibling at Yankton, S. D., owned and occupied by John Novotny, c ilia sed. Receiving timely warning all tbe occupants escaped. Two hundred farmers near Yorktown, Ind., have organized to fight pollution of tho White River I y a paper mill company. All fish in the river have died, and residents along the stream are very gcneial’y in illhealth. M LWAUKEE citizens are protesting violently against the method of tho Health Department in transporting small-pox ] atients through the streets and in placing them in the isolation | hospital, which they claim is too near I the residence quarter. Suit ha- been brought by the Attorney General of Wisconsin against the United States for s'■’,ooo,oo3. be’ng ! interest and compound interest on a ! principal of about $30,00 ', which he claims was expended by the State earj ly in the ’6os in e juipp ng troops. Jerry Murphy, deposed as city I jailer at Leavenworth, Ka>.. avenged i himself on the Board of Police Commissioners by unlocking ail the cell I doors and forcing the prisoners to leave. Most of them haie been recaptured. Some returned voluntarily. While driving with his sister and Miss Jennie Justice at Narka, Kas., Fletcher Morris engaged in a friendly race with Homer Hicks. Turning a corner the occupants of the first carriage were thrown, out and run ove ’. Morris was killed and the girls fatally | injured. Hicks has been arrested for 1 criminal carelessness. A LONE highwayman held up two 1 carriages of St. Joseph, Mo., young people, as they were returning from a I dance. From John Goetz and Miss ! Emma Birch the robber secured. $2 ) i and two gold watches. When Goetz । showed a disposition not to give up his

I ™ ho a I ! t Four hundred mon, comprising two equally divided opposing forces^ are 3 camped on the 160-acre farm of C C o i Harris, near Hammondsburg, Ohio* a Harris has a contract with the Oh?o f Co mpany, by which his shareTof the profits from oil wells on one-half ' U ls . him SIO,OOO annually insists that oil wells be qmir 7.' r to do 1 i half ’ -I? 1118 the com P a nv refuses , to do, nor Will permit him to do John B. Gormully, assignee of BX . Secretary Foster's interests, filed his r report with Probate Judge Kiskadden . at Tiffin, Ohio. The document em- . bodies a plea on the part of the ex-Governor to bo released from the entanglements which he dlopped into by indorsing paper. The aggregate amount of such obligations t exceeds S6OO,GOA After those indorsed i amounts are disposed of an effort will i be made to shake off a $3.5,000 indebt- ) edness of loster&Co. i The Indiana State Health Foard hnday received new< of a cholera f scare in Dearborn County. The little daughter of Peter Mann, of Weisberg, . was taken suddenly ill with symptoms . oi cholera and died soon after. An- . other child, aged 11, was taken, ill ■ ant ^ died the next day. ( Ihe attending physician who rei*'l- - cd tho case to the health board, « od the family and found the mepner j also ill. Tho deaths have caused much ahem in t’ie county, but Secretary Metcalf, o' the health b ard. is not. inclined to give credence to the ch dera theory. T. H. Norton, of Cincinnati, has ; discovered tho secret of the way to put out fires and holds that chemistry will bi on supplant the fire engine and the hook and ladder which cost tho people of tho United States many millions per year. Throwing streams ।of water upon burning buildings , ' heu fcientihc construction and proper I chemical apparatus would render such , tires impo-sib e was ridiculous, he । said. ( arbon dioxide was an agent for i putting out fires to which he desired j todireet attention. In tho manv ca-es I where the losses by water do and would naturally far exceed the 1 ssei by dii rect combustion there is little doubt ■ that tho u-o of the invisible, inert I harmless ga- would enormously limit । tho destruction of valuable property. SOUTHERN. j >VIR s.>o ,O in in taxes were paid Thursday by the whisky men of Louisville, Ky., in order to take gooclso.it of bond. This is the larg. st amount ever pnid in one day for this purpose in the records of the department. Alderman John G. Callahan, of New Orleans, is on trial on a charge of having accepted a bribe of sl.s<m) frtm tho President of tho Penn-ylva>ia < oal < ’orapany to supp rt an < nlinanco granting that company wharf privileges. Al Rr ENr, a young merchant of Blocton, Ala.. while out hunting shot a bird, and when about to pick it. up from the gratis was bi I leu uu Umi t— - r>nttlesnake. Ho hurrb«* ing Rtea- ..... . . F"* oe •' ’ ■ 4 wuh an elalMrate । piece from “hU Ttvj old homestead, who know hlni Tn youth, sympathized with him in hS’ misfortune', honor the courage of his ropi'otanvo and ho)H' for his polit cta j success.” WASHINGTON. The Senate has taken a decided j stand against the junketing commit- ; tees during the' recess. The commitj tee on contingent expenses has made adverse rep wt. upon the re-obitions to permit the committee on commerce to visit tho Pacific coa-t and tho enrnmittee i n patents to inves.iyate irregulari- ! ties in the patent system by visiting j various pa t- of the carntry and invit- j ig : ce’ue UiJ The tr. aty with China, which was j ratified by the action of the Senate, ’ ■ prohibits tho coming of Chinese lulxtr- . i ers to the United States tor the next ! ten ears except upon conditions speci- j tied. The re< riction is nut to apply j to the return of such laborers as have i lawful wives, children or i arents in j thi- country, or who have property j i hereof the value of SI,OO 4 or debts i I e ual to that amount due them. The departing Chinaman is to tecure be- ■: tore leaving a certificate from the col- i lector of customs of the district j from which he leaves to tho ’ I fact that he has deposited > I with ih: collector a description I ’ of his family, property or credits, and : i this certificate is to entitle him ta re- • t .rn to the United States within one i ! y^ar, but in exceptional cases may be I extended for another year. It is especi illy agreed that the providons of this convention shall not affect the rightof j Chines? subjects, being officials, Wipers, stud nts.merchants or travelers mr curiosity or pleasure, b it not labored j of coming to the United States and ib- ,' si ting therein. To entitle such subjects to admission they must produce ■ a certificate fr. m their government or the governm nt where they last re- | sided or the diplomatic or consular j representative of the United States in I the country or .port whence they departed. POLITICAL. Thz Tenues ee Democratic State Convention indorsed President Cleve- i 1 ; land and renominated Gov. Peter Tur- • I ney. 1 I Texas Democrats have nominated ’ i David B. Culberson for Governor, iGe jrge T. Jester or Lieutenant Gov- . ! ern r and M. W. Crane for Attorney i General. j Missouri Republicans put up the t following State tic :ct: Supreme Court . Judge. W. M. Robinson; Superintendent of Public Instruction, J. P. Kirk; • Railroad Commissioner. Josepy Flory. • The full ticket nominated by the Indiana State Demcc atic Convention is Uas follows: Judge of Supreme Court, r ; First District, < eorge F. Reinhart: i 1 Judge of Supreme Court, Fourth Disj ■ trict, Joseph S. Dailey: Secretary cf ) ’ State, Win. R. Meyers: Auditor of : I Sta’e. Joseph T. 1 anning; Treasurer > ; of State, Horgan Chandler; AHoraey

■ General, Francis M. Griffith: Superintendent of Public Instruction, Charles Thomas; Clerk of Supreme Court, C. W. Welman; State Statistician, Alex- , ander Fulton; Slate Geologist, Eli T. , Jordan. FOREIGN, J The steamer Tacoma, which arrived Wednesday from the Orient, reports that when sho left Hong Kong there ' was current a rumor that the king of , hlam was d<al and that the British warahip Rattler had gone into Siamese waters to await the results of succession to the throne. Hong Kong advices say the plague appears to bo abating rapidly, though danger is now apprehended' from the action of the sanitary board in allowing the return of a large number of coolies to the colony. The number of dvaths from plague in Hong Kon 0 * since the outbreak in May up te date is reported at 2,473. Santo Geronimo C.esario, the assassin of Pre-i lent Carnot, was executec in the prison square at Lyons, France, at 4:5> Thursday morninir. 1 he condemned man occupied most of his time \\ ednesday reading "Don (Quixote. ” His death was instantaneous. His courage left him as the moment for his execution arrived, and his cry of “Vive l’anarchie,” just beforc*The knife 1011, was weak and tremb imr. ar news from the Orient comes slowly. On Saturday the authentic dispatches received covered time to Aug. 6 only, and the situation is shown by the following headlines appearing over Associated Press dispatches: Two Thousand Slain.— Armies of ( hina and Japan clash al Seikan in ('orca.—Big battle fought.— Mikado's forces make a brilliant charge on Manchurians. Kill all wounded foes.—Later in the engagement they suffer a repulse. Unknown cruiser is sunk by tbe Chen Yt en.—Li Hung Chang loses his dispatch b >at. IN GENERAL The American Line is sc injr steerage tickets from New Ycrk io Europe fur $lO. The whisky tru-t is said to b? raising a fund of SU,HO >.O Kt to be u-ed in taking whisky out of 1 ond. Gov. Altgeld say- tho passage of the tariff bill is "a victory for the people” and wi.l greatly solidify the Democratic ranks. Wholesale houses have very generally advanced the price of sugar i tent per pound as a eo .s quence of the passage of th > tariff bill. “Gilnekal C >xey wasdriven cut of Camp I ost Liberty by a party of his deluded and enraged fell >w ers, and narn wly escaped being mobbed. Miss Flokenoe Bascom. A. M., B. S,, Ph. D.. of Columbus, Ohio Johns II pkins , hat been elect ?d a member of the Ge logical Society of America. She is the first woman thus honored. Chii ago wool merchants were inclined to la gh at a dispat, h to the effect that 1,000,0 m> pounds of wool readv sl'i’ - ent at Hamilton. Ont , would u j wn- «»nl> about on ethat of the United States • <>tho I nifeiF state-) wood only b a drop in tho oeeun. The City ot Uekiug. which sailed from San Francisco for Japan and China, took away a large cargo of freight, among which was considerable flour. For Uhina there were It ,'3S ba'l,‘ls of flour. I. I'M lonnds of gin--eng, • •’> ca-i -of canned fruit. 17" eases of canned meat-, I LAM pounds of pearl barley, 74 package< of provisions and 69 packages of groceries. For Japan there were 1.412 turrets o' flour 172 roils of h a'her, 'J, 165 pounds of compressed cotton, ’>oo barrels of corn beef and 17; ca-es of canned meats. The chibs of the National and WestI ern League- stand a- follows in the eha iipiou-Lip rare: national league. Per Per W. L. cent ‘ W. 1,, cent. I Baltimore..6l 83 .641 Brooklyns..4? 47 .51) । Boston a m .ruz Chicago 16 fl .4'4 I New York. 59 34 .f s 'incinnati 4) 53 .453 | Clevelands.M 41 ,’G st. Lotus.. 41 54 .414 i Phirdelp’lsfu 42 .s. Louisville..-2 65 .‘3O ; Plttßburgs.s9 47 .slfAVashlngt*u3o 69 .Suu wester:; league. Per per W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Sioux Clty.s7 37 .• 6 Indl'n’p'lis.in 41 ,i<s j Toledo fl 39 .76: Grl Rni itsH 52 .458 • Mlnne’p'iiaM 41 .r 4 Detroit? ...32 75 .415 Kansas CyM 43 .53- Ml!waukee.r2 74 .ma MARKET FEPOF.TS. CHICAGO. ; Cattle - Common 1 o lYime.... $3 70 ■- «25 I Hogs—Shipping (iradcs 4 03 @ G oo I Sheep—Fair to Choice 2 00 3 75 I Wheat- No.. Red 53 cu 74 I Corn—No. ? 54 65 ! Dats No. J ................ 2-s ■« 3v l a > Rte—No. 2 ’ 46~(<? *8 I Butter-c: oii<? Creamery.. .. u» 2 ;! ' 2 : Eggs—Fresh 13 tS 14 Potatoes—New vi r 70 80 INIHANAroLIS. I Cattle—Shipping 2 00 * 75 ! Hogs- < h,.ieo Li rM- .4 ' •<> & 5 " > . bUEEx—Common to I'rime - n : 3 25 Wheat—No. 2 Red 43 48-j Corn—No. 2 White 65^6 Oats-No. 2 White 82 & 23 81. LOUIS. Cattle 300 fit 5 oo Hogs 3 oo ® 5 75 Wheat—No. 2 Red 60 51 Corn—No. 2 13 y® S 4 ' Oats—No. 2 80 @ 31 I Rye—No. 2 43 @ 61 CINCINNATI. Cattle 2 60 @ 4 50 Hogs 4 to & 5 75 Sheep 2 00 @ s 60 Wheat—No. 2 Rod 60 ® 5 H Corn—No. 2 Mixed 66’i® 57^ Oats—No. 2 Mixed 31 32 Rye—No. 2. 45 @ 47 DETROIT. Cattle 250 ® 6 50 I Hogs 4 oo 5 75 Sheep 2 00 t<s 3 00 Wheat—No. 1 White 74 & 65 Corn—No. 2 Yellow 58 Gj 69 Oats—No. 2 White 33 n? 3) TOLEDO. Wheat—No. 2 Red 53 (3 61 Corn—No. 2 Yellow. C 8 ((9 68Js Oats—No. 2 White 30 31 Rhe—No. 2 46 115 4S BUFFALO. R HEAT—No. 1 Wnite 78’6® 69 ti No. 2 Red 56 67 j Corn—No. 2 Yellow 60 60'a Oats—No. 2 White 35 ci 86 MILWAUKEE. Wheat—No. 2 Spring St @ fC-s Corn—No. 3 c 6 6 » Oats—No. 2 White 34 @0 35 Barley—No. 2 7'B Rye—No. 1 io @ 62 Pork—Mess 13 25 ©l3 75 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 & 5 01 : Hogs. 3 75 @ 6 lO I Sheep 2 CO @ 3 25 1 Wheat—No. 2 Red f " (3 78 I Corn-No. 2 61 & 62 i Oats—Mixed Western 3> ■ ;-6 i Butter —Creamery 23 @ 24 j Kggs—State 17 12

3 i PAYMENT IS OPiDERED ' RECEIVERS MAY BORROW FOR THIS PURPOSE. [ Passage of the Tariff Bill Has Removed 1 Uncertainty—Swindlers Wreck an Old > Eastern Concern—Finished His Work, ' Then Killed Himself. Santa Fe Employes Must be Paid. In tho matter of complaint of emj ployes of the Santa Fe railroad regardt ing delay in the payment of wages the , following order was received by Judge . J: J°bnson at Topeka, Kas., from [ J-uited States Judge Caldwell: “Ordered that the men employed by . the receivers in the operation cf the ; road and the conduct of its business shall be paid their monthly wages not later than the lath of tho month following their accrual. If the earnings ■ of the road are not sufficient to pav the , wages of the men as herein directed, the receivers are hereby authorized ; and required to borrow from time to t time as the occasion may require a sufficient sum of money for the pur- ; pose. The payment of the iron shall • not be delayed beyond the time fixed > m this order upon any pretense whatever. The obligations of the receivers j for money borrow el for tte purpose , specified in this order shall constitute a lien on the property of the trust prior and superior to all liens thereon. ” l i TRADE HAS A BA-IS. 1 L — | I assage of the Tariff Bill Has Removed . • Uncertainty. • ' KG. Dun & Cui’s Weekly Review ci ' Trade says: Tbe new tariff provides a definite basis : for business. No su; plemeutal legislation i fs thought possible until next year at least. • Largo Improvement has beet expected from any settlement, tho more because of I a vast amount of business deferred from ! week to week in the hope of more definite 1 conditions. Tho rush of such business, or I even a part of it, might easily double transactions for a time. It is not to 1 e , j overlooked that the effect of new duties j u; on many tranches of Industry and trade Is problematical, and may be determined ; only after some months of experience, and meanwhile the serious Injury to corn and some of tbe conditions exercise a restraining influence. It Is too early to look for * effects of the new situation In the great industries, but the gradual recovery which 1 has appeared for some time is seen in a better demand for products. Vortsmouth Mills In Trouble. The failure of the Portsmouth Company, whose cotton mill- at South Berwick, Me., have l>eeu running for haif • a century, is announced. It was rated at $325,00 > and it ha I Al credit. William 11. Hollins, President of the company, was regarded as one of the soundest financiers in the State, but he won't Im able to pay 10 cents on the dollar. It wa; his personal failure that disclosed the rotten condition of the company's affairs. Those who know the inside facts say Hollins is the tool o f designing swindlers. NEWS NUGGETS. admitted to bail in $5,000 each. \ Kaffirs in South tl< ns, and the efforts of the authorities t > .-uppress it have, up to the present time, proved unavailimr. Near Defiance. Ohio. Albert and luifitt Allen, brothers, quarrelo 1 over a business matter, and the latter struck Albert with a pole, inflicting injuries from which ho died. Miss Helen Martin, daughter of United States Senat >r Martin cf Kansas, has entered the Novitiate at St. Marv' Catholic Academy, at Leavenwotth. intending to become a nun. Dr is said that Char es Georgat an engineer in the Uity Hall at Hoboken. N. J., has discovered a lot of old deeds that, if genuine, will make him the owner of a large tract of lan I in one of tho finest residence districts of St. Louis. Richard Hudson and Alfred Gilpin were running a heavy thrashing-ma-chin > engine over a small culvert near Valparaiso, Neb., and the bridge broke, throwing Gilpin under the enfine. Hudscn ump d and saved himself; Gilpin was killed. Bank F.xaminer William Milln.r, who ha- been working cn the accounts oi the suspended Second Nati, nal Bank at Altoona, l’a., commuted suicide by shooting him-e f through the head. He had just completed the examination of the bunk and submitted the result to Washington. Reliable information wa- received at Muskogee 1. T.. that the remnants of the Dalton and Cook gangs o' outlaws have consolidated and number twelve ] ers ul All tra r.s are heavily guarded, and the bank is n w and has b 'en for some time exercising caution against the possibility o: rubbery. i Ai Columbas 0., the fusion convention of the Fopul sts and orgaui ed 1 labor nommated the following State t cket: Secretary of State, Charles R. Martin; Judge of Supreme Court, E. D. Stark: Commissioner cf Common Schoos, M, J. Flannery: member of Board of Public Works, Joel S. Stewart. Jacob S. Coxcy, of commonweal fame, and John Mcßride. President of the United Mine Workers, were present. and Mcßride addressed the convention. Ex-Gov. Charles Robinson, the first Governor of the State of Kansas, died Friday morning at his home just north of Lawrence. David Hall, of Jonesville, Va., was killed by Tim Denny, an l^-year-old boy, because Hall had indicted Denny for abusing bis child. A r Oaxaca, Mexico. John Merritt, the American Superintendent of the Anita mine, and three Mexican miners were killed during a riot growing out ! of the discharge of several miners. Merritt has a family in Denver. Trainmen left a torpedo on the track near Beattie, Kas. Three boys exploded it with a spade and all were more or less injured. John Tiggins, a wealthy farmer, was held up near St. Joseph, Mo., and robbed. He was shot and beaten to insensibility and is expected to die.

* SENATE AND HOUSE. i WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. I Proceedings of the Senate and House of 1 Representatives — Important Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—Gist of th< Business. The National Solons. There was but a scattering of Senators present Tuesday when the Vice President called the Senate to order. At 12:15 o’clock 1 the reading of the journal was concluded, when a messenger from the House ot Rep- ! resentatives was announced, and informed the Senate that the House bad passed the bills placing coal, iron ore, barbed wire, and sugar on the free list, in which it asked the concurrence of the Senate. Senator Manderson objected to the second reading, and Senator Hill gave notice of amendments repealing all income taxes. Bills were passed promoting Commodore Louis G Sartori, retired, to rear admiral on the retired list, and authorizing soldiers’ home managers to extend outdoor relief to veterans. Resolutions for the investiga--1 tion ot the Dominion Coal Company of Nova Scotia and for the investigation of the re- । cent election in Alabama were called up, ■ but went over. The House Committee on the Judiciary decided to report the bill introduced by gate Smith, ot Arizma, to tran^^^^ 1 fer criminal jurisdiction over reservaton Indians in the Territories from the Territorial to the Federal court* The House Committee on Pensions has agreed to the Senate bill to pension Mrs. Ada J. Schwatka, the widow of Lieut. Frederick Schwatka, the arctic explorer, at S3O a month. For five hours Wednesday afternoon the Senate debated the question of proceeding immediately to the consideration of the House bill placing sugar, raw and refined, an the free list, but no action was taken. The debate was marked by some of the most sensational speeches of the session. la the House Mr. Breckinridge, ot Arkansas, recently appointed Minister to Russia, announced the resignation of his commission as a Representative. Considerable interest wa- excited by the reading of a resolution by Mr. Black of Illinois reciting the depletion of gold in the treasury, and' lu- ' strutting the coinage committee to report a bi;l privileged for ihe proper “use and avail” of the silver ia the treasury, and instructing the rules committee to report a rule for its prompt consideration. It went into the box in the regular ( order anti was followea by a resolution from Mr. Talbert (Dem.), of rcuth Carolina, for the free coinage of silver, which was referred to the same committee on ’ motion of Representative Tracey (Dem.) of New York. At the opening session of the Senate Thursday Mr. Hill received unanimous ’ consent for the consideration of his bill to provide for the exclusion and deportation ; of alien anarchists. It was passed without division, lhe House bills admitting sugar, coal, iron, and barbed wire free were referred to committee. In tbe House, the deficiency appropriation bill was taken up for further consideration and Mr, Sayers’ motion to insist cn disagreement on the Southern Pacific claim amendment was adopted. Unanimous consent was asked that the Senate substitute bill for the exclusion and deportation of alien anarch- ' ists. which had just been received from the f Senate, should be taken up for consideration. Objections were made by Messrs. Tracey and Warner, of New Y'ork. The bill was withdrawn and referred committee on peal ib^ree alcohol clause in the tariff bill was ' passed. Al 4:45 pm. the House adjourned until Monday. I For fifteen or twenty minutes Monday . , . J .>,» 5. v ...t0 was suspended while the sergeant-at-arms was sent In search of an actual quorum. The four supplemental tariff bills were all reported from the Finance Committee and sent to the calendar. Several bills were passed, among them the bill for the speedy prosecution of the United States against the estate of the late Leland Stanford. Less than fifty members were present when the house met at 12 o’clock. There were the usual indications that Congress was on the eve oi an adjournment. A bill appropriating $9,000 for an additional force for the collection of internal revenue and £6.000 so» carrying into effect the arbitration convention betveen the Unite! States and 1 Venezuela signed at Caracas in January last, was passed without objection. A bill was passed to incorporate the Association 1 of American Florists. His Apology Was Accepted. Not a baa story is told of two bellicose memters ot the Town Gouncil ol 1 a certain town, not to be too particular, that has for some time gained a . reputation for its stormy debates. During a recent meeting the two mem- ' bors, who are old antagonists, became involved in an animated discussion about some trumpery matter and things came to a climax when one of the disputants gave The other the lie ■ direct. Tbe other made a plunge for him, and as the pair got hold of one • another, his antag nist exclaimed: "I reiterate that you are a liar.” Mh. if that is the case.” sa d the other, whose knowledge of the English language is not the best. I ac e; t the a] ology. If a m.m says that he reiterates? that s all that any gentleman can ask.” and he forthwith relaxed his hold of his opponent. How the Snail Breathes. The breathing operation in tbe snail is one of the qu« erest processes imaginable. and is <a ried on without the least semblance of lungs. The orifice through which he takes his supply ot “the breath ol life” is, of course, called the mouth, notwithstanding that it is situated in the side of his great sackerlike foot. The process of breathing is not carried on with anything like regularity. as it is in most creatures, the mouth simply opening occanonally tc let in a supply of fresh air. which is expellel by the same opening as scon as lhe oxygen has been exhausted. The snail's peculiar mouth is pro. ided with a tongue set with hundreds of fine ' teeth. A Tom-Boy Princess. The Princess Maud of Wales is said to be known in her family circle almost exclusively as '’Harry,” because she is so playful and sportsmanlike. But she is also an excel ent cook and gardener. Facts in Few Words. DRESSES are sold by weight in -Tapan. Lord Rosebery's dairy farm in Buckinghamshire comprises 1,406 acres, on which he keeps HO dairy cows, BCO cattle and 1,000 sheep. Joseph A. Callow ay was admitted to the bar in Green County. Missouri, recently. He is the only colored mar entitled to practice law in that county. Next to her dolls, the little Queer of Holland values most a collection oi . wa^ figures sent from Batavia and clad in the picturesque peasant costume ol tho Javanese.