St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 38, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 11 April 1896 — Page 2

Independent. "W. A. ENDLEY, Publlxhor. WALKERTON, - • INDIANA. TURKEY INVITES WAR REV. GEORGE C. KNAPP INCARCERATED AT DIARBEKIR. Protest from Uncle Sam —NA arships Sent to Istanderun to Back Up the Demand — Spanish Navy Makins Elaborate Preparations. All Europe May Be Involved. Advices received at Constantinople Tuesday from Diarbekir indicate beyond any reasonable doubt that Rev. George U. Knapp, one of the American missionaries at Bitlis, is confined in the jail at Diarbekir, capital of the vilayet of that name, in Turkish Armenia, and that serious international complications are more than likely to follow. At the first intimation of trouble the United States charge d’affaires, after communicating with the porte and receiving the unsatisfactory rcpi.v cifed, cabled to W;isihin/rtoii for fnrither last ructions, and it is notv said that the United States squadron in the Mediterranean, consisting of the flagship Minneapolis, commanded by Admiral T. O. Selfridge, and the cruiser Marblehead, will shortly assemble in the Gulf of Iskanderun, and ar the same time a formal protest against the treatment of the American missionaries may be made to the porte, coupled witl'i the demand fur adequate indemnity for the damage recently done to the property of Americans. The imprisonment of Rev. Mr. Knapp is understood to be but a preliminary to the expulsion of all the Christian missionaries, mostly Americans. English and French Catholics, from Asiatic Turkey, and. possibly, from European Turkey as well. Besides, it is nunoml that the agearts of the American Red Cross Society, now distributing relief funds in Asiatic Turkey in the presence of local Turkish officials, are also to be expelled from that part of the empire. Spain’s Fleet Is Ready. Admir.il Sanchez Oeana, commanding the great navy yard at Ferrol, Spain, reports to his Government that he has completed preparations for sending to sea a Spanish squadron composed of fourteen vessels, with crews aggregating nearly 6,000 men. The Madrid press plainly says the movement of the fleet will depend upon the course of President Cleveland after the vote of Congress on the belligerency resolutions. Six transatlantic steamers have been turned into twentygun fast cruisers. It is easy to see that The papers are ready for another outbreak of popular excitement. But the Government is determined to continue to show energy in quelling demonstrations calculated to alter harmonious relations with America or which would be likely to paralyze the contemplated negotiations between the two Governments. Admiral Berenger, the minister of marine, proposes to the cabinet an extra credit of 23,000,000 pesetas on account of naval construction. Results at Chicago. The town elections within the borders of Chicago Tuesday resulted in the election of the entire Republican ticket by decreased majorities. About 50 per cent of the total vote was polled. In the aldermanic elections party lines were generally disregarded. A bitter fight was waged to prevent file re-election of boodle aidermen. and regardless of party the Civic Federation sud the Municipal Voters’ League indorsed thirty-three men. candidates in twenty-seven wards. Os these, twenty-two were elected. There now remain in the Council, of men who are known to be thieves and boodlers, only twenty-seven, of whom ail but five are hold-overs. The entire Council numbers sixty-eight, so for the first time in many years Chicago has a Board of Aidermen the majority of whom are believed to be honest. Rush for Alaska Gold Fields. The steam schooner Laknie sailed from Seattle, Wash., for Six-Mile Creek, on Cook's Inlet, Alaska, Monday morning, having 235 passengers ami a large cargo of freight. Just before the hour of departure twenty men came ashore, refusing to take the trip owing to the crowded condition of the vessel, and their fares were accordingly refunded. Os those who got away four were young men who had given up good positions in Grand Rapids, Mich., to try their fortunes in the fields of the Cook's Inlet region. The steamer Utopia, which sailed Saturday for Alaska, htfd 125 passengers. NEWS NUGGETS. Mlle. Couesdon, the Paris prophetess, predicts war between the United .States and Spain. Mayor Davis, of Kansas City, claims that a man who called him an A. P. A. attempted to assassinate him. The Condon Daily Nows and the Chronicle have a report from Constantinople, said to be on the best authority, that an imperial order has decreed the wholesale expulsion of all Christian missionaries from Armenia, who are mainly French Catholics and American Protestants. Just as the men had assembled in Watson Bros.’ mill, ready to begin work Monday. a terrific boiler explosion tore the building into fragments. Two dead bodies, those of Daniel Leitch and A. M. Cunningham, have been extricated from the ruins and it is believed others are buried beneath the debris. Jonathan Butler is- probably fatally injured, his arms being broken and leg- horribly lacerated. William Watson and Thomas Shea are both injured in the head. At present it is impossible to ascertain the full number of fatalities. The mills were the main industry of Ridgetowm The House Monday adopted the conference report on the Cuban resolutions by a vote of 244 to 27. The New York Thirteen Club has preferred charges against one of its members for altering the Prince of Wales’ letter declining membership in the club so as to make it appear that he had ac> cepted. At Dublin, in the election Monday for a member of Parliament to succeed Dr. J. Edward Kenny. Parnellite, who recently resigned, in the College Green division of Dublin City, J. L. Carew, Parbellite, was returned without opposition.

EASTERN. ' Emanuel Ninger, better known as Jim, the Penman,” one of the most expert forgers and counterfeiters in the world, . has been arrested at New York. The Genesee river is out of bank at I Rochester. N. Y.. and at Utica the Mohawk is doing great damage. At Cm- » cinnati the Ohio threatens to become unmanageable. The anti-coal trust bill, allowing the Attorney General to begin action to pre- * vent monopolies, passed the Neu ° r Senate by an affirmative vote of 49, no one voting in the negative. '1 he bill had previously passed the Assembly. * Dr. O. M. Shedd, proprietor of the s Poughkeepsie (N. Y.) Star and a member , of the Board of Police Commissioners, ’ was arrested on a charge of larceny in the first degree. It is charged that Shedd defaulted from the Order of I nited Friends in the amount of $9,02'-. Shedd was taken before Recorder Odell, who held him in $14,000 bail. Thomas 'Wharton, Sunday editor of the Philadelphia Times, fell from a fourthstory window ot the house in uinch he lived early Friday morning and was instantly killed. It is generally believed that he committed suicide. Os late the other occupants of the house had noticed that Mr. Wharton seemed to be melancholy. He was eccentric, and made but few friends. 7'he Butler express on Che West Pennsylvania Railway was wrecked ue.irFrwport. Pa., Wednesday morning and five persons were seriously injured. The accident was caused by the rails spreading. The two rear coaches jumped the track and went over an embankment. Fire broke out almost immediately and the passengers narrowly escaped with their lives. Fortunately, the front car, which was tilled with passengers, did nut leave the track. Wade. Davis & Co., of Plainville, Mass., manufacturing jewelers, and Harlan G. Bacon, of Lincoln, Bacon & Co., also in the jewelry business, have made assignments involving more than SllMi.iMM). It is feared that other jeu elers will be forced into insolvency. The firm of Lincoln, Bacon A Co. is not affected by the personal assignment of Mr. Bacon. The exact condition of those involved cannot be ascertained for several days. The accounts are being investigated and the creditors will hold a meeting. The reason given for the failures is dull times. The national Armenian relief committee of New York has received a letter dated Oorfa. Feb. 19 as follows: ’‘The massacre of Dec. 28 . d 29 left over lit teen hundred widows among the Armenian survivors ami 4.500 fatherless children. Relief work has just been begun and is simply appalling. The Armenians are very timid, and so few of their men nre loft that they are reluctant to attempt to distribute aid even to their own people. We try to investigate the needs of all ami to treat all sufferers with impartiality. We need SI,OOO a week for at least two or three months.” WESTERN. At Carrollton. Mo., Ole Erton was killed, 'Will Godwin was shot in the face and the side, and Lee Cunningham received a scalp wound in a row. Godwin and Cunningham are in jaii charged with Ecton's murder. 'The Populist city convention al Portland, Ore., has nominated ex Gov. Pen noyer for Mayor. The Taxpayers' League is expected to indorse the nomination. Gov. Pennoyer refuses to state whether or not he will accept the nomination. Fire broke out in the Arcade Hotei at Springfield, 0., at an early hour Saturday morning, but was under control at 2 a. m. At one time it was so threatening the Dayton fire department was asked for assistance. Later the request was canceled. The loss is estimated at not to exceed $5,000. Mrs. Freeman, of Mitchell. 0.. prevented a train wreck Wednesday night. The Baltimore and Ohio bridge was burning. She saw the lire. Tearing off a petticoat, she rushed up,the track ami flagged express No. 44. The train was stopped several yards distant from the bridge. A disastrous wreck was undoubtedly avoided. A warrant was sworn out at Detroit. Mich., for the arrest of Aiderman John Chris Jacobs, Charging him with soliciting a bribe from a firm of architects in connection with the plans for the new county building. Aiderman Jacobs was indicted several years ago by the grand jury on a charge of "boodling,” but escaped conviction. Ira G. Stillsou died at Akron. 0., Sunday morning from the effe<»s of a blow struck by the murderer of Mr. ami Mrs. Alvin Stone. His skull was fractured, it is believed, by a blow from a coupling pin. Ho was 33 years old and was Stone's hired man. He was unable during his conscious periods to recall any of the circumstances of the murder. The Imboden Shoe Company, St. Louis, manufacturers of a general line of men's and women's shoes, has failed. The claims of secured creditors are $33,500, and those of the unsecured, who aiv chiefly Eastern shoe manufacturers, tanners and leather dealers, amount to $37,299. The assets are upward of SIOO,OOO, and it is said all indebtedness will be paid in full. Richaril Ringer, a Friend. Neb., merchant, was bitten by a dog several months ago. A lew days since he was stricken with what was supposed to be a severe case of grip. Friday physicians agreed it was a ease of hydrophobia. The victim seized a razor when he heard the dreadful diagnosis of his malady ami almost severed his head from his body, before anyone could interfere, dying at once. The example of the Methodist Church at Winside, Neb., in securing the use for the coming year of a GO-acre tract, which it is proposed to plant to wheat to be sold at the end of the season for the benefit of the church, has been followed with slight variations by the members of the Wayne Methodist Church. The latter lias rented a small farm on the outskirts of the town, on which wheat, corn and garden truck will be raised and sold to lift a debt of several hundred dollars on the church property. Seed, grain and labor will be donated. It is expected that churches in several of the neighboring towns will adopt the same plan. The east-bound cannonball train. No. 6, on the St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad, was held up three miles east of Lebanon, Mo., at 1:05 Wednesday morning by three masked men. and rhe express safe blown open and robbed. The messenger refused to open and the door was blown open with dynamite, the safe cracked and its contents removed. Several packages of valuable papers were found

next morning beside the track, and i some was money which had been OVG D looked in the hurry of departure. Th passengers were not molested. While th° amount of money secured by the robbers is known to have been considerable, the local express officials will not place an estimate on it. Edward Fielding, of Chicago, brigadier general in command of the northwest division of the Salvation army, and, with the exception of Commissioner BoothTucker, the most prominent officer in the forces in America, has resigned his commission and will join the forces of Ballington Booth’s Volunteers. The majority of his staff officers go with him, and the blow is conceded to be the most severe which has been suffered by the Salvation army since the recall of Commander and Mrs. Ballington Booth. Brigadier Fielding’s wide personal influence will now be exerted in behalf of the new organization and it is confidently predicted that the nows of his resignation will cause a tremendous defection in the ranks of the army, not alone in his own division, but all over the country. Among the officers who have resigned are: Brigadier General Edward Fielding. Brigadier General Emma Fielding. Adjutant Washington Blaekhursi, Adjutant Christopher C. Herron, Adjutant Bertha Herron, Ensign Duncan, Lieutenant Galloway. Fred Payne, who was married only Sunday, and James McKinstry, married। but a few weeks ago. both of Chrmgo. were instantly killed at rhe lienr.v crossing of the Chicago and North western Railroad in Harlem Wednesday afternoon. They became aware of their peril and made desperate efforts to escape death, but could not get out of the way in time. The men were riding in a covered milk wagon and did not notice the approaching train until it was almost on them. They tried to urge the horse forward. but the train was too near them. The engine struck the wagon between the front and rear wheels, completely demolishing it. The men were thrown through the side of the wagon to a point eighty feet west and south of the crossing and fell within a few feet of each other. The necks of both men were broken. Payne's left leg was broken below the hip ami again below the knee; the right leg was broken above the knee. McKinstry’s left arm was broken above and below the elbow, lie had also sustained n fracture of the left leg below the knee. The horse escaped without a bruise. The crossing was unguarded. SOUTHERN. Robert McCoy, a member of the famous family of Hatfield haters, has been assassinated in West Virginia. Farmers who live on the Texas side of Red river, just across from Fort Sill County, say there is a gang of outlaws in the territory opposite th»m. They say Crawford aud Lewis, who robbed the Wichita Falls City National Bank Feb. 25, killed Cashier Dorsey and were subsequently lynched by indignant citizens, were members of this gang. These criminals tell the settlers that J. A. Kemp, bank president and wholesale grocer, and Burke Burnett, the cattle king, are responsible for the lynching of Crawford and Lewis ami they have sworn vengeance against them and the citv of Wichita Falls. Several years ago Brunswick. Ga., was visited bi a lire which destroyed it, and Thursday the disaster was almost re peated. A fire started about 1:39 p. in. which swept away many of the most pros perous business enterprises of Brunswick, and for a time it was feared the whole town would be in ashes. The total loss is conservatively estimated at about $500,tM*o ami the insurance is placed at S4OO. (W. A strong wind forced on the flames ami the local tire department became pow i erless. so that assistance was telegraphed ■ for to Savannah, Waycross, ami Jackson- j ville, whose departments promptly re- j spoitded that they would send aid. At ; half past 4 the fire was gotten under cun- I trol. but not before one life had been lost. Charles Smith, an employe of the Bruns- ' wick ami Western Railroad, was overcome by the heat and died. A number i of sailing vessels were in danger during ! the progress of the flames, but all were । saved. The recent cloudburst in Clay and Owsley Counties, Kentucky, was more disastrous than at first reported. Buffalo creek, which is across the south fork of the Kentucky river, suffered more than Sexton creek by the unusual rainfall. Every house on the bank of the stream was washed away. Miss Mary Garrett was drowned while trying to escape the flood. George Capson's wife and three children, two children of Will Burns and two others whose names are not given, were also drowned. Jolin Crane, a logger, rescued his wife and small child when they were drifting down the stream on some uprooted trees. Thousands of logs are going down the stream. The large booms at Booneville are choked with logs, and it is feared the booms and all will be carritul away by the water. Part of the town is inundated, and a number of persons have had to remove their household effects up on the side of the mountain. North Fork and Middle creek are both overflowing their banks, and at Jackson Military Instructor Bull, of rht* Jackson Institute, was drowned while riding on a raft. WASHINGTON. Wushington dispatch: Secretary Carlisle declines to enter into a contest for the Democratic nomination for the presidency. He has written a letter to the chairman of the State Central Committee of Kentucky in response to one from the chairman asking him to <‘oi:sent to tiie use of his name, declining to do so. Al the same time the declination is not so forcible as to entirely remove Mr. Carlisle from the list of possibilities. In his letter lie says: "The convention ought to have no difficulty in selecting an acceptable candidate who will fairly represent its views, and. in order that its deliberations may be embarrassed as little as possible by the contentions ~f rival aspirants and the.r friends. I think my duty to the partv will be best performed by declining to participate in a contest lor the nomination ” A visitor at the White House the other day uas surprised to hear the President whisthng at his work in an adjoining office. Ihe tune was "Silver Threads Among the Gohl." Whistling j s not . a new accomplishment with the President An employe at the White House said that iie frequently whisiles in a low tone while alone in his office. “He cannot sing we ]] ” said the man, "because his voice is well modulated, although 1 have frequently heard him humming in a sort of barvtone about the mansion.” But he is a whistler from “Whistlerville” ami j las made the June of "Silver Threads Among the Gold" popular among the employes

about the White House. Another tune that has caught the President’s fancy is Sousa's “King Cotton,” although he doos not whistle that air as often as the other. His favorite times for whistling are iti tfht> morning, just after breakfast, or while alone in his office engaged at work after the hours' for receiving callers have passed. FOREIGN, Unfavorable rejrortH regarding the pope's health are circulating at Rome. Seventy Cuban insurgents captured in Havana Province have been sentenced to be shot. Exports from Bradford, England, to the United States during March were valued at $1,560,000, compared with $2,455,000 for the same period of 1595. prince Bismarck is suffering from nervous prostration, the result of exposure on his birthday, when he received deputations in disobedience of the orders of his physician. The exports of Sheffield, England, to the United States for the first three months of 1896 amounted to $832,220, compared with $563,010 for the same period of 1895. The national congress of Venezuela has authorized the president to negotiate a foreign loan of 50.000.G09 francs to nurL hn-<c ror I,v '" runways and exteml ! ‘those already in operation. A Rudolph Spreckels, president of the Hawahan Commercial and Sugar Company, in his annual report, says the world’s product of sugar this year will probably lx* 1,009,000 tons short of the supply of several years past. King Menelek, of Abyssinia, has expressed his regret at being unable to send an embassy to Moscow upon the occasion of the coronation of the c»<-,r, and has explained that his inability to do so is on account of the prolonging of the war and the fact that he must stay at Tigre. President Alfaro of Ecuador has issued a decree that, in the event of invasion or internal disorder, the cost of maintaining an army and other war expense shall be defrayctl with the property of the leaders, if it can be seized. The seizure, deposit and transfer are to be carried out as the president shall dictate. IN GENERAL The boiler in a sawmill belonging to J. C. Connelly, near Dangerfield, exploded, instantly killing J. W. Pelliter. fatally injuring Tom S mall, seriously injuring Bob Banks and his 10-year-old boy ami scalding John McCary. At a Montreal, Ont., mass meeting it was decided to hold an international exposition in 1597. A joint stock company with $L<*Ht,tMM» capital was organized to promote the enterprise. Federal and provincial governments are expected to make liberal grants. It. G. Dun A Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "The regular quarterly statement of failures shows 4.031 with liabilities of $57,425,135. against 3,502 las: year with liabilities of 547.513.G53 ami 4.30-1 in the same quarter of 1594 with liabilities of $01.127.343. The average liabilities Here $14.24G. again.-: $12,577 last year and sl4.!M>o in 1594. Manufacturing failure- were 833, again-t Gsl last year, with liabilities if $23,507.32G. against $20,223.1 la-: year, im r< a-c 1H.2 per cent, but the decrease in comparison with 1894 is 1G.4 per cent. Trading failures wore3,llß. with liability -of $31,424,312. against $25,979,894 last year; increase 20.9 per cent, but in comparison with 1894 the decrease is <>.9 per cent. 'Pile ratio of defaulted lia’oiiities to payments j through clearing-house was $1.45 per I sl.oi>O, the average for the previous ten years having been $3.27 and the average per firm in businc-- was $47.48. against $38.Gl for the previous ten years. The main increase over last year has been in I manufacturing failures in New York. I Pennsylvania. Ohio and Kentm kj and in trading failures in Texas and Minnesota, owing to tw > recent large defaults. Banking failures have been 51. against 3G last | tear, but with liabilities of only $4,751.- ' 972, against $12.482,.">37 la-t year. More than half the entire banking defaults were in Northern States, west of the Mississippi. The improvement expected with spring weather begins, though in some branches of busines.- scarcely visible. The backward season has been a hindrance, as has also been the number of hands unemployed in important industries, and the low prices of farm products. The gigantic sieel combination is expectisl to have a great influence in sustaining markets and stimulating confidence and, though such operations often miss the success they seek, they rarely fail t ■ kindle speculative buying for a time." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—-Cattle, common to prime. $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $4.1)1); wheat, No. 2 red, G2c to G3e; corn. No. 2,28 cto 29c: oats. No. 2,19 c to 29c; rye. No. 2. 35e to 3Ge; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh. 19e to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15e to 25c; broom corn, $29 to $45 per ton for common to choice. Indianapolis—Cattle, shipping. $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to prime. $2.00 to s4.o*•: wheat. No. 2, GBc to 70c; corn, No. 1 white, 29e to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c. Sr. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $4.75: hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; wheat. No. 2 red. 71c to 73c; corn, No. 2 yellow. 2Gc to 27c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2,36 c to 31 c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50: hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.<50 to $4.90: wheat, No. 2,72 cto 73c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats. No. 2 mixed. 20c to 22c; rye. No. 2,39 cto 41c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $2.00 to $4.00: wheat, No. 2 red, 70c to 72c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye. 37c to 38c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 rod. 70c to 71c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white. 21c to 23c: rye. No. 2,37 cto 39‘: clover seed, $4.35 to $4.45. Milwaukee Wheat, No. 2 spring. G2c to 63c; corn. No. 3,28 cto 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 21c; barley. No. 2. 31c to 33c; rye. No. 1.37 cto 39c; pork, mess. sß.2<> to SB. i,>. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00: hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep. $2.50 to $4.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 73c to 75c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 34c to 35c; oats, No. 2 white. 23e to 25c. New York —Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; wheat, No. 1 hard, 75e to 76e; corn, No. 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; butter, creamery, 15c to 22c; eggs, West era, 11c to 12c

KING WANTS A BRIDE. ALEXANDER OF SERVIA WOULD marry a fortune. Ilas Been Jilted by Many Women of I-nropc — Is Profligate, Dissipated, and Prntal- Unknown Benefactor of Cuba-General Harrison Married. Who Vw ants a Throne? Lx-King Milan, of Servia, announces officially that he will come to the United States with the express purpose of finding an American woman with plenty of money who would be willing to marry tiie present ruler of Servia. King Alexander, b'or the exchange of her shekels it is stipulated that the bride-to-be shall be f ?- mally elevated to the nobility, after which the marriage will take p!a<e in royal style. In contracting this unequal matrimonial alliance ex-King Milan is to provide that King Alexander secures absolute control ot ms millionaire bride’s money. Alexamler has already been jilted by many titled women of Europe. The American g:rl who will become King .Alexander's wife will have to be a strong-minded woman who will be able to reform her .„„,i i..,,,1.1 ,| ollreo o f haopiness be hers. An ex-attache thus Uesci.i,,^ this personage: "King Alexander, or King ‘Sasha.’ as he is nleknamed. is । no of the most offensive ami displeasing youths viiat could be found anywhere from the Bosphorus to the banks of the Tagus. His manners are coarse ami brutal in the extreme, fully in keeping with his beetling brows, low forehead, ami almost bestial nose aud jaw, while the opinions which he vom hsafes with regard to women in general are characterized by an affectation of cynicism and disillushm that is revolting indeed." The future Queen of Servia will also have to satisfy the caprices of her al! but amiable fath: r-in-law, who is an incurable spendthrift, and whose excesses have caused Lis dethrom men:. His was a singularly turgid, rinald, shameless and erratic reign. After a long career of profligacy lie deserted h's country in a most critical hour. I untls for Cub in Cause. Dr. John Guiteras, a leading Cuban patriot of Philadelphia, has received a letter from an unknown Cuban sympathizer, will signs himself "Ignacio Agramniitc." inclosing a cheek f r $4,900 in aid of the < 'iiban cause. ;.ml another for SI,OOO to be given to the widow of a Cuban journalist w ho had acted as secretary to the Cuban delegate. Seuor Es'rada Palma. This makes the third Idler which Dr. Guiteras has received from ] ,- unknown correspondent. Ihe first, which came two months ago. inclosed a chisk for $2,000 in aid ot the patriots cau-e. The second, received about a mouth later, contained a check l<ir $4,000. The letters are w ritten tn excellent Spanish, but evidently in a disguised hand. The writer requests that, acknowledgment l><> made in the Cuban new spaper Pan ia. Daring Plot 1 oilc 1. s.in I’lawisiM dispatch: One of the most daring plots ever conceived, which, had it proved a success, would have siartlej ;,ie w hole world, because of the promimm.e oi ;; lt . ptopox.,) victims, has just Clinic to light here. The plan was nothing more* nor less than to hold up the A anderbil: special train, kidnap Coinellus A anderbil: and hold him for ransom. The details ot the c.mspir.icy also included the killing of Chauncey M. Depew and tiie other members of the party. The plot was discovered by George E. Gard. late oliiet of the Southern Pacific,Company’s detective si ■ , ice. He immediately communicated w ith the c mipany's officials and the latter took measures to frustrate the plans of the desperad ics. Cbnsed by Spanis'i Ships, AA'ord has been ie eived at the Cuban junta in New York tiia: the American schooner Martha, which left Key West 1 uesday uiglit. with an expedition bound for Cuba, iiad returned to that city without landing her cargo. The schooner was met and chased by three Spanish vessels in Cuban waters, and barely escaped being captured. AA'hile the little schooner was fleeing from the SpauKi vessels several of the Cubans on board the Mar.ha mutinied and threw overboard a portion of tiie arms and ammunition composing her cargo. BREVITIES. At Lowell. Mass., No. 5 mill of the Lawrence Maiiufactnriiig Company has been shut down, throwing over 2,990 operatives out of work. James Hyde, manager of Hyde's comedians. was robbed of $2,139 at Louisville, Kv.. Saturday night. Hyde came from Chicago to end the season of his company and send them to New York. He exposed his roll, and missed it be*’ "e he reached his hotel. Tiie Sr. Petersburg A'icdumosti. in the course of a violent article, says: “Mr. Balfour's statement that England is not bound in any way simplities the Egyptian s'imarion. This is the last ch.im-e to announce tiie European significance of the Suez c.m.il. W’iiilv the English are in Egypt there can be no peace I'e.r Europe. England is encircling the world with her territory." The marriage of Gen. Benjamin Harri- - m. ex Tri ■■ i 'ent of the United States, to Mrs. Mary Simtt Dimmick. niece of the late Mi , Harrison, took place late Menday afternoon in New Y'ork in St. Th lulls' Ciiur.h- In accordance with the wistn s of both contracting parries, tiie wedding was a quiet one. only tiie immediate relatives and friends of tiie two families being invited. "Brick” Pomeroy is dying of dropsy a: Bly tin b ciioi-. L. I. A m.in naim'd Bendahar. said to bi 1 >ng in Ros.mi. otherwise known as “Africa." has been arrested at Tangier. Mm->.-. i. on ii>e application of Mr. Barclay, I nited Stati s Consiil-Geiieral there. Bindahni is a<- iised of’ being a defaulter. A meeting for the purpose of organiz ing an associaticn for the promotion of female emigration to tiie Northwest territories has been held in Toronto. Ihe Canadian Pacific Railway otli.ials have offered reduced litres to such emigrants. The pay lie Sum Small, the evangelist, from tiw W. <’. T. U for his series of lectures was attached at Bellaire, 0., by Park IL Heaton, the singer, for salary due him when traveling with Small in 1894. Heaton wants sl**9. The evangelist wanted to argue ihe question from the vulait with the constable.

NATIONAL S9LONS, REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. ttetailcd Proceedings of Senate and Hotiee—Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch—Questions of Moment to the Country at Large. The Legislative Grind. The House spent TtiesTy considering the sundry civil bill and fair progress was made. Effort was made by some of tiie Southern representatives to strike out the appropriation of $50,000 for the pay of internal revenue informers, but : t was unsuccessful. The expected debate on the resolution for a Senate inquiry into recent bond issues did not take place, ns Mr. Peffer gave notice that he would’defer his motion. The postoffice appropriation bill, carrying $93,000,000. was considered in part, but nit completed. A sharp debate on mail subsidies arose, Mr. Vilas opposing an extension of the subsidy system, while Senators Porkins and White of California upheld them. Senator George's speech in ipposition to Mr. Dupont’s claim to a seat occupied must ; of the day and was mt completed. . < v-onn nnui subsidies brought on an ani- ■ mated discussion in the Senate wcuuv- > day ilurniK tho consideration of the post- , onue appropriation bill. Mr. vnas <,P- , posed subsidies, and pointed out many , instances of what he declared were ex- । cessive payments for mail service. Mr. , Perkins of California energetically defended the subsidies for their encouragement to American shipping. The subsidy item was reserved for a separate vote. The balance of the postoffiee appropriation bill was completed. Senator Call of Florida introduced in the Senate a joint resolution directing the sending of an adequate naval force to Cuba to put an end to barbarities and the violation of treaty obligations. Ihe House continued consideration of the sundry civil bilk 'lhe House Thursday passed the sundry civil bill, and wasted a 1 >t of time in acrimonious debate of the question of appropriating public money for private or sectarian institutions. The postoffiee appropriation bill served to bring out some sharp discussion in the Senate on the propriety of abolishing country postoffices and absorbing them as branches of city offices. The bill authorizing the light- . house board to proceed with the building . of the lighthouse at North Manitou island, Lake Michigan, was passed. Tiie , House bill granting the Atchison and Ne- . braska and the Chicago. Burlington and . Quincy Railways a right of way through the Sac and Fox aud lowa Indian reser- , vations in Kansas and Nebraska was , passed. The Senate then went into executive session and soon after adjourned j until Monday. Speaker Reed made an important ruling in the House Friday tvhieh will have considerable bearing on legislation in the ' future. He held that a majority of the members of the House who are living at the time any question of a quorum comes up shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business. The majority of the constitutional membership, he holds, is not necessary to constitute a quorum. This is a reversal of the ruling made by Mr. Reed in the Fifty-first Congress. A bill t > authorize the construction of a third bridge across the Mississippi river at St. Louts was considered. The river and harbor appropriation bill was finished ' by the House committee, which has been 1 working on it most of the session. Tue ' total amount carried by the bill is a few ’ thousands less than $19,0<»,»>90. or about $ 1,1 ►< H i.ni HI below the bill of last Congress. 4 There are also provisions far contract works to the amount of $61,000,090. * The Senate spent the entire day on the ‘ postoffice appropriation bill, but did not complete it. After a brief but very sp rited debate the House passed the river ami harbor appropriation bill. The action was । taken under suspension of the rules, in > spite of the vigorous protests of the mmori ity against the continuing contract sysl tent. The opposition was unable to mus- • ter votes enough, however, to call for • the yeas and nays on the suspension of i the rules. A Curious Barometer. । One of the most curious of the many ■ natural barometers consists of a halfpint glass half full of water, a piece of muslin and a leech. Tiie leech must be put in ihe water and the muslin tied over the top of the glass so that the creaturecannot get out again. When fine weather is to be the order of the day the leech will remain at the bottom of ; the water, coiled up in spiral shape, perfectly motionless. If rain is to be expected it will creep to tiie top of the glass and remain there until there is a likelihood of more settled weather. 1 If there is to be a storm of wind it squirms about in the water with violence. For some days before thunder it occasionally moves its body in a convulsive fashion. In frosty weather it behaves in the same manner as in fine weather, and it foretells snow in the t same manner that it does rain. Ololticr Day. । A curious old-custom still prevails at Girard College. Philadelphia. Wednesday last was "Mother Day.” ami there were over 1,099 visitors to the institn- - tion. This day is set aside for either • the mothers or nearest relatives of the “ students to call and make their request ’ of the management for the relief of the boys on holidays. This time it is for Easter, which means four or five days of vacation for as many as have relatives or friends to make application. No Man Safe Nowadays. A female school teai-her. aged 27. at AVilkesbarre. l’a.. eloped with a 15-year-old boy the other day, but tiie boy's ma followed then: ami took hoi son away from ihe new woman. Great guns!—Kansas City Times. The Potato's Tricontennial. 'This year the potato celebrates the throe hundredth anniversary of its introduction into England. In 1596 Sir Walter Raleigh first brought potatoes from America to England, and for some time they were a luxury of the rich alone, costing 2 shillings per pound. Lassalle, the baritone, has set up a cement manufactory at Chantemelle on the Seine. He attends to the business himself, and has been made mayor of the town.