St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 20, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 4 May 1895 — Page 6

FAVORS FREE SILVER. SENATOR VOORHEES READY FOR FREE COINAGE. M • tI. t a (l| t > *• Xi I II t A |»OH t ll’H of >4x1,1 Xi, >,« 111 lo Ih <’ People, and P. .0..0.U While Metal nt 111 to I XX , jihvubt Not Wait for Ixiiglitinl XXootn No S t rtold 1 i oh. Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, in nn interview on tin* silver question said; 1 do not regret the agitation of the silver question. Sooner or later it hud to lie definitely settled whether the labor producing people of this country can be bullied out of half of their debt-paying money or that they will stand up like free men and protect and defend the money named and provided in the Constitution —gold and silver, or both—not one of the precious metals alone, but both, and on terms and conditions as to coinage and use of absolute equality. That is the question immediately before us, and no better lime than now will over be found for its settlement. The Sherman act, which was conceived in rancorous hostility to silver and brought forth into a law by an iniqultious betrayal of silver free coinage, has been buried in an unhonored grave, over which no lament will ever be heard. I have never been willing to admit that our system of currency should be dictated by England and ether foreign countries, and I repel that idea now. The real and vital issue now presented to the American people is the proposed elimination of silver from our eurrcncy. Tills movement means the destruc|tlon of half of tlie debt.paying money of the I .Itulted States nnd of the uorld. If II should /be successful It will double the burden* on every debtor and multiply the gains and Income of every creditor wherever the sun shines. Tlie debts of the American people at this time, both public and private, are appalling

In amount. They have been contracted on m bimetallic basis and It is now proposed to make them payable on a basis of gold alone. The two metals also constitute the specie basis for such paper currency as may be put in circulation. If silver money is destroyed paper circulation must be contracted in that ■proportion. Every form ami kind of money huust become that much scarcer and harder .to get in exchange for labor and the prodncts of labor. Such a policy is to my mind simply horrible. I have not a particle of doubt as to the result of the contest now going on. The enemies of silver will be driven to the wall. Silver money will not only survive but it will be fully restored to its old place as a leading and controlling factor in the development and the progress of the country. Danger from the coinage and use of silver as money in this country never occurred to the sane mind until greed, avarice, unholy speculation reared its serpent head and aimed a vicious, deadly blow nt the honored dollar of the fathers In 1873. Since that to SE NA TOK VOO KIIE ES. time we have had nothing but financial vexation. distrusts, business depression, ruinous panics, and confiscation. If I am told on this question that silver bullion as a marketable commodity at this time commands a low price, my answer is that if gold had been conspired against, per ststently assailed by foul means as well as fair, stabbed in the dark ami in the daylight, and in the back and under the fifth rib. and wherever else a dagger could be planted for nearly a quarter of a century past, it would be in a far worse crippled condition than silver. No,other form of money on the face as the earth could have withstood as silver has done such a malignant, unsparing crusade as the last twenty-two years have witnessed in this country. It still holds Its place in the affections and confidence of the people. Battered, bruised, and tattered as it has been, yet it will buy to-day all that gold will buy, and pay all the debts that gold wiil pay, unless a special contract has been made for gold. The American people will never give it up. and the sooner the minions of aggressive, indolent, consolidated wealth and the arrogant apostles of gold monometallism realize and act upon this fact the better and safer it will be for them in the future of this country. The need of the white metal in the hands of the people is even greater now than ever before. There is scarcely a speck of gold in sight of the laboring classes. In round numbers there are nearly four thousand millions of gold money in the world and about the same amount of silver. With silver demonetized the plain people, the wago workers, and those who raise and sell the produce of the soil wiil handle specie money no more forever, and will catch even a glimpse of it but seldom. I wish to impugn the motives of no one and to avoid hard words in discussion as much as possible; but the time lias come when speech, though temperate, should be very plain. Party platforms from this time forward will not be framed to client on this subject, whatever may have been done heretofore. If the free ami unlimited coinage es silver as full legal tender money and as a standard of statutes and the unit of account and payment, without a word of international agreement on the subject, will put this country on a silver basis, then we were on such a basis every day and hour from the passage of the first coinage act in April. 1792. until the demonetization act of February. 1873, a period of eighty-one years. I during which we rose from weakness to the i foremost rank among the nations of the I earth. I-cominemi to all croakers in regard to a silver basis a careful roading of the act ! •of April 2. 1792. formulated by Hamilton j mil Jefferson and approved by Washington. i ALbISON FOR SOUND MONEY. !

lowa Man So Expresses Himself to a Chicago Newspaper Interviewer. Senator William B. Allison, of lowa, I passed through Chicago the* other day on ■ Uis way to Washington. In response to j

the quiries of an in- j terviewer he said: “I I am in favor of sound i money. Gobi and silver have been the money of nations for centuries, and all that is needed is to , establish the relative value of the two metals. The question now is how can we vxltiorx ..1.. ...

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place silver hl circulation and pass it current with gold* It is gratifying, is it not, to know that a few men can save our country by loaning us gold to pay our current expenses?" Proposed Republican Policy. Washington dispatch: Certain elements in the Republican party will endeavor to obtain a definite declaration regarding •ilver at the national convention. They think it useless to attempt to commit the party to free and unlimited coinage, but they will try to secure insertion in the platform of a provision for coinage of silver to a considerable amount. They are even willing to change the ratio and make it 18 to 1, or thereabouts, but they want the Republican party to commit

itself to the coinage of $400,000,000 In 1 silver. There are Republicans in the East who call themselves friends of silver, and this is the kind of policy they are counseling. FOR FREE COINAGE. Ex-Speaker Crisp Snys the 1806 Democratic Convention Should So Declare. In tin interview at Atlanta ex-Speaker Crisp gives his views of the coming presidential campaign and the politics which will enter into it. He says: "From tlie time of the tariff commission of 1880 down to a year ago tariff reform had its varying fortunes, resulting at last in a revision acceptable to the people. The silver question is going through the same course of public discussion. Just ns in that fight tlie silver men will have their battle royal, when the American people A T EX-SPEAKEB CRISP.

will award the victory. The majority of people in both parties are in favor of the free coinage of silver. They are today behind the free silver movement, and they will push it on to success and have silver re-established to its old equality with gold. In the next campaign the rehabilitation of silver will be the controlling issue upon which Democracy will appeal to the people. Party platforms should always be plain and direct. Whatever reason existed for different constructions of the platform of 1892 should no longer exist, and for this purpose that to be adopted in IS',Mi should be so plain that iwen a school boy can understand it. The platform should declare for the free coinage of silver. "Os course,” said Mr. Crisp, "there is a contingency in which the people might not be called upon to settle the question - that is the probable action <>f an international conference. That would lie the best and easiest method of re-establishing silver, and with less of the element of experiment in it. If such a conference should be called, and it took action restoring silver so that the people Would be sati-tied, wo would have no financial issue for WMI. 1 am in favor of its free coinage, as I have always been." SECRETARY MORTON’S VIEWS. Declares Iliinsclf for Gold Supply and Demand Rcuiilatcs Value. Secretary Murton, in an intcrvb'w on tlie silver question, said: "1 do n<>t believe that an international conference can establish permanently a commercial ratio between gold and silver any mure than it can establish a permanent commercial ratio between rye and wheat. Rut if an international conference can fix the price

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of gold and silver it can also fix the price of wheat or any commodity. and thereby avoid all possible . shrinkages in vnlm which tend to eausi '' panics. h "My own judg ment is that we must sooner or later declare that the United

States ri cognizes gold as the best and least fluctuating nwasure of value ami medium of exchange which the commerce of civilization has thus far utilized. The time for straddlers is passed. Those who are for sound currency on a gold basis ought to have the courage lo sax so ami abide by the results of their convictions. I have no hesitation in declaring nix self opposed to all free coinage fnllncies. My judgment is that silver cannot be restored to its former monetary place in the eomnierce of the world, because the supply of silver has outgrown the demand for silver in the exchanges of civilization. Tlie relation of supply t< demand is the regulator of value. This axiom applies alike to salt, silver, sugar and soap. All the legislation of the law-making bodi( s on the face of the globe can neither mitigate nor annul the operation of tho inexorable law. Tin* relation of supply and demand is the sole regulator of value." Tennessee Bimetallic League. The first movement of the friends of free silver coinage in Tennessee to or- | ganize was made xvhen, in response to a I call, a gathering of the supporters of the white metal was held in Memphis, at which the nucleus of a Bimetallic League ; to embrace the ontD’e State was formed. ; Before organization was perfected the I meeting declared its principles in a brief I resolution favoring the free nnd unlimited | coinage of silver at the ratio of 16 to 1, I independent of the action of other conn-

Trials of the New Party. Washington dispatch: When the Bimetallif I.eague, which has headquarters in Washington, organized the new silver ’ league on a Ui to I basis, it was with the : expectation that both Populists and free coinage Democrats would go into it. The 1 Democrats refused to have anything to | do with a now party movement, and now i the le ague people have been informed I that the Populists will decline to join them. Sixteen to Otic Move in Texas. At a caucus in Austin, Tex., of the member o f the Legislature, at which Hon. .John 11. Reagan, ex-State Comptrollers Brown and Swain and other prominent citizens were present, resolutions were adopted looking to the organization of the free silverites in Texas on I the 16 to 1 basis. Carlisle to Speak at Memphis. Secretary Carlisle has confirmed the report that he is to address the soundmoney convention at Memphis. He sent a formal acceptance and will at once begin the preparation of what he is to say. The eyeball is white because the blood vessels that feed its substance are so small that they do not admit the nm corpuscles. Some men would rather not pray than to have their trousers bag at the knees.

! ALLIES OF THE JAPS. ENGLAND AND UNCLE SAM WITH THE MIKADO. With Two Powerful Friends the Demantis of the Russian Dear Are Laughed to Ecorn — Montreal the Scene of a Terrible Accident. Defies Iler Dig Foe. Txmdon advices say that England will give Japan open support in the ratification of the treaty of peace with China. A friendly understanding exists between the mikado and Lord Rosebery’s government. But this is not all. This tacit alliance is a triple one and the United States is the third party to it. Japanese diplomats, with wonderful astuteness, have been for weeks preparing for the situation which now confronts the nations. They recognized that if they could securf even the moral support of England and America in settling the terms of peaty with their conquered foe Japan could afford to ignore or defy the rest of th e World. England entered heartily intoJPn arrangement and representatives of l|L Japan and England are now usinagghmost strenuous efforts to induce the ^g^t ®<l States to stand by its tacit ngroefsicr.. and join in protecting Japan agninstfoV eign interference. Such nn attitudes V Is represented, would nut be repugnant to the American policy, but it is a peculiarly unusual and strange one for Gregt Britain to assume. Japan watches with keen Interest the course of the European powers regarding the Shimonoseki treaty. Japanese diplomats are not particularly apprehensive of tho outcome. The refusal of Englund to act in concert with Russia, Germany nnd France has encouraged tho Japanese to believe that no strong single policy can bo agreed on by the countries that feel their interests in the East are threatened by the terms of the peace. Germany is thought to be but half-hearted in her cooperation with France and Russia, if such co-operation has been assured. Much confidence is felt in the assurances of good I

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feeling given by Great Britain and the Vnited States, The Russian Prince Uchtomoky, who accompanied the present czar on his tour in tlie East, Ims written a long communication to the Moscow Viedomosti explaining the threatening features of the situation in the Orient. He declares that Russian intervention is inevitable. It would be criminal neglect, lie thinks, if Russia were to allow Japan to menace Russia's interests n vast Asia, ns is con template 6 in the Shimoneseki treaty, Ho expresses the fear that bloodshed will be necessary before Japan's aggressive spirit can bo chocked. He regards the Japanese as intoxicated with the completeness of their victory and determined to force upon the rest of the world a policy which all nations having interests in east Asia must frustrate, by peaceful means if possible, but otherwise by the sword. Wnahinuton Diplomats Secretive. A Washington dispatch says the report by cable t'mt England and Japan were making strenuous efforts to secure the cooperation of the United States to prevent other powers from interfering in the making of the treaty of peace between Japan and China and control certain of its j terms, was referred to the Japanese Legation. Minister Kurino is sick, but questions ns to the truth of the story were answered to the effect that nothing was known of it at the Japanese Legation. If efforts were being made to bring the United States into the affair on the side of Japan they were not being participates in by Minister Kurino. There is hiA authority for the statement that nothiiK of the kind had been urged at the Stav Department by either the English or .trf* anese diplomats. So far, nt least, no iW vitation to the I'nited States t<» in tiny way in the treaty making betwo® China ami Japan had come from aiw source. It was stated emphatically that no attitude of interference would be ai- ■ suined by the I nited States now or hereafter, no matter who issued the invitation or who urged it. MANY GIRLS MANGLED. Pinned in a Montreal Fire-Trap by Iron-Barred M indows, W. c. McDonald’s extensive tobacco factory in Montreal, Que., was partially destroyed by tire Thursday evening The loss will reach half a million dollars on which there was no insurance. There was not a lire escape on the outside nor anv appliances on the inside of the building for the fighting of the fire. Even the windows were guarded by heavy iron screens, presumably to prevent theft. The fire started at 5 o’clock in the drying room, and for a while smoldered. Then suddenly the flames burst through and a most awful panic ensued. ; There wore 900 employes in the building, and more than half this number were women and girls. The shrieks of the women as they beat against the iron screens, praying the crowd Io do SOmething to save them, were most heartrending. As the flames burst out three fire men were on the roof, and for fully twenty minutes their lives wen? despaired nf till finally ladders were found to bring them down. They were badly burned.

floor and r Wer ® D<>arly all on the fourt l> trouble ^ ith fear ‘ With niuch ed off wk thC irOU ,attices was kno ^- was alm^ n ?“ e ° f th ° girls j um Ped and struck X Bh . at ! ered to pieces when eke In a simn f ° f an ad jmumß warehouse, to the n manner th® others followed were ken?V" ° f thirty - Tho “mbulances girls to P ca "-ymß ‘he women and driven® 1 > hos iutals, and some were driven In cabs to their homes ins The i " qU r? 0!i at th ° ’^tals concernumri ? T° f the girls iujured by b3ne sum f u m the ^mdows of tho burning hone u” V? k ? rned th at but little nope Is entertained for the recovery of ?erX a ro l fiV °\ The ghl >u ak " tho warohm l ? ,U th ° f ° Ur,h f,oor to the was i k i r °° • Wi ‘ B ? lario Ga suon, who wRh he? insenßib >e condition, u nn nor back broken. SCARED BY A HAG. Sad Case of n Foolish Bride Who Io Dying in Florida. As a result of what some folks claim is witchcraft, Mrs. W. R. Langford, a bride of but a few weeks, who lives about twelve miles from Bartow, Flu., is on her deathbed. Some time ago Mrs. Langford came to Bartow to attend tho Normal Institute, to pfiMH her vxnmlmiHon and afterward get an appointment ns school teacher. Mrs. Langford was in high spirits and soon became noted as one of the jolliest of tho Normal students. Ono day as sho was walking alone in the suburbs of tho town she was accosted by nn old woman of the Meg Merrilies type, whom Mrs. Langford had never seen before. The hag surprised Miw. Langford by addressing her by name and by telling her that she had been married only a few days, and that she was the second wife of her husband; all of which was true. Mrs. Langford wondered how the old woman should bo so familiar with the Circumstances of her life, but her ustonishment increased when the hag. pointing a skinny finger nt her, said: “Enjoy yourself while you inny, dearie, for in three months from to day you will be n corpse." Tho old woninn disappeared, nnd hns not been seen since, nor hns nny clue to her identity been discovered. Mrs. LangI ford returned from her walk and told her

■ । companions what had occurred. Her friends attempted to laugh the matter off, 1 ! but the young bride seemed convinced that ' 1 the hag's prophecy would prove true. She I returned to her home, told her husband of the old woman's prediction and then 1 i took to lo r bed. She has been growing I weaker ever since, and it is believed sho j will die before the date tixi 1. Mrs. Langford complains of no pain, but is simply ' wasting away. She takes medicines preJ seribiul by doctors, but says it is useless, ’ । as she is doomed. ' TOO BIG FOR JAIL. . A Kentucky Giant Who Wouldn't Stoop to Enter a Prison Door. Janus McDowell, a man of herculean 1 build and standing seven feet and one inch in his bare feet, treated Grayson, Ky„ to a regular picnic a few days ago. Jailer Brown had a warrant issued for him, the charge being that McDowell had smuggled liquor to prisoners in jail. McDowell was easily found ami wont to । the jail door, which was only six ami onehalf feet high. But he refused to stoop ! to enter the jail. The jailer begged, their I threatened, but the giant stood immovnI ble. Brown tried to bend McDowell’s legs at the knee. He got up twenty feet , away. Help was called for, but Mc- । Dowell stood at the door, grim, but stead- • : fast. A crowd began to gather. Soon , | all the town was attracted to the giant , at the jail floor. He was good-natured, I and laughed mid jested with the crow,]. I' Tow su’d evening McDowell announced j that he was getting weary and would go I home, promising to appear in court the ^next day, adding that if the door was enm larged ho would go into the jail, but he S'would never bow to anv jail door. Brown p let him go. McDowt’i came back as he had promised, pleaded guilty and paid his fine. No Pope Joan. Though the story has been refuted | over and over again, there is still a | widespread belief that there existed in the middle ages a female pope. I’ope Joan, as she is called, has even given her name to a game of cards which is mentioned in Sheridan's “School for Scandal.” The tradition with regard to the female pope has been traced back to the eleventh century, but she is said to have lived much earlier, her pontificate having taken place in the ninth century and having lasted for more than two years. The name she is alleged to have assumed is John VII. At the last meeting of the Academy of Inscriptions, in Paris, M. Muntz dealt another blow at the story, which ha characterizes as a vulgar table invented in the middle ages. Never, he declares, after a careful study of the question, has a woman worn the tiara; and, moreover, there was no interregnum at the period when the pretended John VIL governed the church. Made Fifty Millions. By the advance in petroleum the Standard Oil Company has pocketed $50,000,000 within the past two weeks.

TROOPS ARE LANDED. BRITISH SOLDIERS IN POSSESSION OF CORINTO. Serious Complications Are Likely to Grow Out of the Affair-Corinto Is Declared a Closed Port—City Practically Deserted. Nicaragua’s Sharp Move. The occupation of Corinto by English forces was peaceably accomplished and aeeor. mg to lute Nicaragua advices, the DrXmh Hag i s floating over the public buildings in the town. Twelve boat loads of marines ami blue jackets, numbering between 300 and 40(1 men, left the ships. 1 hey met no resistance whatever on landng, and took peaceful possession of the town, making their headquarters at tlie barracks. Proclamations announcing the occupation were posted at the corners of the streets. The town is deserted, throe-fourths of the population bavii.^ -ithdrawn to the interior. Ihe local otto ,als locked all the public buildings, and took the k(*ys with them. Ail was quiet, the murines and blue jackets returned to their ships, leaving behind a guard of about titty men. Later on some exeitcim nt was visible. In concluding his communication to the commander of the [Hirt, Rear Admiral Stephenson wrote as follows: "In the event of its being your intention to offer resistance to my occupying the town, I give you this timely notice to remove nil women and children to a place of safety, wi ll away from the town, as I intend my ships to open lire on the priucipal buildings;” Nicaragua’s reply to the ultimatum of Great Britain is in substance as follows; "The Government of Nicaragua regrets Its inability to comply with your wishes. There cannot be a doubt that justice bids it refuse to comply with the ultimatum, and it considers the proposed method of carrying the ultimatum into effect ns contrary to sound principles and the rights of persons. In virtue of this th«* liovcniment solmnnly protests against the military occupation of the port of Corinto, against all acts of jurisdiction which you or any of your subordinates may exercise in Nicaraguan territory, ami against any violent means that may be used to force Nicaragua to comply with the ultimatum ns being contrary to the sovereignty of the republic and highly offensive to its dignity and independence. The Government persists in promising arbitration or nny other means recognized by the laws of nations for the settlement of tlie questions in dispute.” Tin* reply means that tlie Government es Nicaragua declines to accept any responsibility for < otiscqnenei s which may follow the occupation of Corinto. The President has ordered that no I’acitic mail steamers shall call at Corinto. The Nicaraguan Gox rinm-ht is sending out a circular note to tln> European and other nations justifying its conduct (luring the | present incident. l ues I tide Sam to Secure Delay. It is said that the Central .American republics. Guatemala, San Snlvador aid t esta Rica, strongli urged Nicaragua to pay the S7S,tMM) indomnitj to Great Britain. Vri'sident Yglesias even cent so far ns to offer to contribute one-fifth of ihe amount, but popular sentiment in Nicaragua v is s<> set against England that tho ndi i r t::iti> n decided not to yield, and the only response received by President Ygh >i'is lo his i.ffi r was a copy of Nicaragua’s answer to Admiral Steplu nson'n ultimatum. The l llitcd States attempteil to adjust I the pending dispute aetween Great Brit- ■ ain and Nicaragua. Ambassador Bayard. ' acting under instructions from Washington, repri seated to the British foreign | ofliec that Nicaragua, if given two weeks’ i additional time from the expiration of the J three days fixed in the ultimatum, would j meet Great Britain's demand for the payi incut of £IS,(MH) indemnity for the expul- . sion of Proconsul Hatch. Lord Kimberly ' acceded to this, and. as it was presumed ' that the State Department at Washington was acting for Nicaragua, it was thought that the incident would be closed without any further complications. But, ns Nicaragua refused at the last moment to acquiesce in this arrangement, the original plan of occupying ('orinto was carried out. It is now believed here that ?<icaragua secured the intermediation of the United States for the sole purpose of delay. HOUSE-CLEANING TIME. The Spring; Poet Muses on Things Now Uppermost in Our Minds.

FATHER, dear father, come home xvith nre now, For ma has some carjiejs to heat; She's got all the furniture out in the From the front porch clear doxxn to the street.

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Tlie stove* must conic down and be put in the shed, And the yard must be cleared of dry grass. For it’s time to clean house and the devil’s to pay. And the front xvindoxv needs a nexx* glass. 1 ather, dear father, come home with me no xv, And bring some bologna and cheese, It’s most twelve o’clock and there is nothing to eat. I’m so hungry I’m xveak in my knees. All tin' dinner xve’ll have xvill be scraps and such And we li have to oat standing up. too, lor the table and chairs are out in the ya rd; Oh, I xvish spring house cleaning was through! Father, dear father, come Lome with me no xv, For ma is as mad as a Turk;

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She says you're a lazy old thing, And that she proposes to put you to work: There's painting to do, and paper to hang, And xvindoxvs and casings to scrub, For it’s house cleaning time, J

and you've got to come home. And revel in suds and cold grub. The economical young man is beginning to •‘clean” his ! 4st summer's straw hat and make it lo< k worse than it did a year ago.

BIG CORNER IN WHEAT. Chicago Packer Said to Have Secured All Available Stocks. Wheat made another long stride upward in Chicago Saturday, the July option closing at 64% cents, which is 1% wnts higher than it closed Friday night. Numerous causes for the day’s advance were given, the most prominent of which was the hitch in the Japan-China peace. The Post prints a story that P. D. Armour has practically cornered the market, controlling all available wheat It is said that William 11. Wallaee, who is reported to control all the available stock of contract grade of wheat in New York is closely connected with the latter on the deal. Armour’s holdings are said to be enormous and his control of the stock is said to be the real cause of the late advance in prices. The features in corn were the coverin'* by Phillips in the pit and the big cash sales, 350,000 bushels at least. In oats there was simply changing with the May, rather weak considering the surroundings. Provisions were helped slightly by wheat. The trade was not large. 1 There was not much excitement accompanying the advance, but it took evident straining to repress it. The usual statistical news of the day was bearish and the Weather was favorable for the growing crop, but everything had to yield to tho eontulence of the bulls in whut they conp sidered the smallness of the country re- . sources. The week’s clearances from both coasts amounted to 700,000 bushels less than ou the week before. The Min- , neapolis and Duluth receipts aggregated J 334 carloads, compared with 137 a year ( ago, and the total at the primary Western markets was 277,(MM) bushels as against 170,000 bushels on the corresponding day of the year before. The Atlantic • port clearances of tvheat and flour for twenty-four hours were equal to 373,000 . bushels. Those figures were all in favor of the bears, but were utterly disregard- . ed in the trading, which lattei’ was ruled as already indicated by a scarcity of wheat believed in by the bulls. The bears refused to seek information beyond what r they could see, and they refused to seek information beyond what was given on the blackboard regarding the details of 68,000,000 bushels in the visible supply. ' A SOLDIER FORTY-EIGHT YEARS. Gen. McCook Retires from the Service of Uncle Sam. 1 After a long and hororable career as a soldier, extending over a period of forty1 eight years, Maj. Gen. Alexander McD. McCook has retired from the service of Uncle Sam. He is the last survivor of a gallant family which gave a father and every son to the military service in defense of the co ir try and qf whom four laid down their lives on the battle field. Gen. McCook entered the United States ; Military Academy in 1847 and was grad- ! tinted from there. He was appointed i lieutenant in the Third Infantry in 1852. ! At the outbreak of the late war he became colonel of tlie First Ohio Volunteers and breveted major for bravery at the first battle of Bull Run. He received the rank of colonel for his gallantry at the battle lIJI : - F MAJ. GEN. M’COOK. of Shiloh. In 1862 he became major general of volunteers and was later transferred to the command of the Twentieth Corps, Army of the Cumberland, where he distinguished himself in several irapor- ' taut battles. For gallant and meritorious services during the war he was breveted major general. In 1567 Gen. McCook was appointed lieutenant colonel of the Twenty-sixth Infantry and two years later was transferred to the Tenth Infantry. In 1875 . he was appointed aide-de-camp to Gen. Sherman and was promoted to be colone' of the Sixth Infantry in 1880. He was appointed brigadier general in 1890 and assigned to the command of the Departt ment of Arizona. He was promoted to be major general Nov. 9, 1894. Now it is 'Lt xiis that has had hail stones as large as goose eggs. Isn’t it nearly time to tackle some other kind of egg? An lowa fanner has been swindled out of $1,200 by sharpers. Let us hope that he has saved enough to subscribe for his home paper. The poets of land are fighting shy of the financial question, probably because they have had such limited experience with the subject. The chief opponents of Canada's annexation to this country are the men who used to feel at home here, but would not feel that way now. The Missouri Pacific officials were warned about an attack of train robbers the other day. The modern train robber has his advance agent, it appears. The Wagner season is on in St. Louis and a Chicago paper says there hasn’t been so much noise in the old town since tlie interstate brass band contest of 1871. Let us hope that although Commander Ballington Booth, of the Salvation army, has renounced Queen Victoria, he will still keep a watchful eye on her boy, Albert Edward. A polite stranger chatted pleasantly with the' cashier of a New Jersey bank the other day and a confederate stoD over $20,000. The cashier now refuses to believe that talk is cheap. The girls of the University of Michigan will graduate in calico gowns in order to be able to subscribe more liberally to tho gymnasium fund. There’s a new-woman idea that is likely to make the new man do some hard thinking.