St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 21, Number 48, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 20 June 1896 — Page 6

Clje Jnbcpcnbcnt. W. A. EA'DLIJY, Publisher. WALKERTON, - - • INDIANA. OREGON MILITIA OUT. — STRIKING ASTORIA FISHERMEN CAUSE TROUBLE. Cannerice Have Reduced the Trice of Fish—Cleveland Counsels Adherence to Gold Standard and Exhorts Hie Party to Fight Free Silver. Trouble at Salmon Fisheries. Seven companies of State troops, comprising the entire First Regiment of the Oregon National Guard, left Portland, ! Orc., at 4 o’clock Tuesday morning for : Astoria, for the purpose of suppressing the lawless acts which have marked the course of the fishermen's strike on the Lower Columbia river for the last two months. There has been little rioting and ■open violence, but members of the I' ishermen’s Union have intimidated non-union men and several have been shot from ambush. The strike was brought on by the refusal of eanuerymen to pay over four cents a pound for fish, while the fishermen demanded five cents. Cannerymen Monday decided to start up and called on the State for protection. Cleveland for Gold. In reply to a request from the New York Herald for a statement concerning the Democratic situation President Cleveland Tuesday night sent the following to that newspaper: “1 refuse to believe that when the time arrives for deliberate action there will be engrafted upon our Democratic creed a demand for the free, unlimited and independent coinage of silver, because 1 know the Democratic party is neither unpatriotic nor foolish and because it seems so clear to me that such a course will inflict a very great injury upon every interest of our country which it has been the mission of Democracy to advance, and will result in the lasting disaster to our party organization. There is little hope that, as a means of success, this free-silver proposition,’after its thorough discussion during the political campaign, will attract the majority of the voters of the country. My attachment to true Democracy is so strong that 1 consider its success as identical with the promotion of the country’s good. This ought sufficiently to account for my anxiety that no mistake be made at our party convention. In my opinion no effort should be spared to secure such action of the delegates as will avert party demoralization. It is a place for consultation and comparison of views, and those Democrats who believe in the cause of sound money should there be heard and be constantly in evidence. A cause worth fighting for is worth fighting for to the end. If soundmoney Democrats suppose there is danger of a mistake being made, such danger should stimulate their activity in averting it, instead of creating discouragement. 1 | «m very far from arrogating to myself a I controlling influence upon the policy of tny party, but as an unflinching Democrat, who has been honored by his party anil who desires hereafter no greater political privileges than to occupy tin? place of private in its ranks, I hope 1 may not be blamed for saying this much at this time in the interest, as it seems to me. of the fraud old organization, so rich in honorable traditions, so justly proud of its achievements, and always so undaunted and brave in its battles for the people’s welfa re.” Congressman Abbott Is Bndly Hurt. Congressmen Abbott and Culberson of Texas went to River View, a resort on the Potomac, Sunday for tin outing, and among the attractions offered was a contrivance known as “shooting the chutes." Representative Abbott, accompanied by another member of their party, got into the boat to make the descent into the water of the lake, which at this point is about three feet deep. As the boat touched the water and rose into the air Congressman Abbott’s hat flew off. He involuntarily released his grasp of the bars he held to catch the hat and was thrown high into the air, falling on a scat in the boat and striking on the small of his back. He was unable to rise ami it was seen that he was badly hurt. He was suffering from frequent convulsive pains ami the lower part of his body and legs were paralyzed. His physician thinks there is I no danger of complete paralysis. National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Cleveland ...27 16Brooklyn ....25 23 Baltimore . . .21) ISPittsburg . . .23 22 Cincinnati .. .30 20Chicago 25 24 Boston 26 19 New York... .20 28 Philadelphia. 28 21 St. Louis 13 33 Washington. 24 2oLouisville ...10 36 Western League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Western League: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis. 26 14St. Paul 21 22 Detroit 25 17M!lwaukee ..23 25 Minneapolis. 25 26* 'olunibus ...IS tl*> Kansas City.2s 20G'nd Rapids.l6 31 NEWS NUGGETS. The Baroness de Valley, who was 62 years old, was found strangled at her home in Faris. She had been gagged and robbery is believed to have been the motive of the crime. She was a miser, money lender and usurer. King Rene died at Ashland. Ky.. Sunday, aged 21. He had never been Imaten in the show ring and was the sire of thir-ty-one 2:30 performers. His sire was Belmont, dam Blandina. by Mambrino Chief. He was owned by Major H. C. McDowell tind was bred at the famous Woodburn Farm. Representatives of the National Lm®ced Oil Company and large trade interests met in New 5 ork to consider an advance in prices. Returns to the fisheries department at Ottawa. Ont., of the spring catch of seals by Canadian vessels taken off British Columbia and Washington coasts show a decrease of nearly a thousand skins. At Caracas, Venezuela, President Crespo has issued a proclamation inviting political refugees to return to Venezuela. He will instruct the Venezuelan consuls abroad to furnish free passage in cases in which it is needed.

EASTERN. The Carnegie Steel Company of Pittsburg, Pa., has decided to build a $1,000,000 addition to its extensive plant. A site • has been selected above the Homestead mills for a large forging and finishing I shop to forge heavy propeller find steami ship shafts and heavy gun parts. The . ' plant will be equipped with hydraulic I hammers, presses and other machinery I of the best class, making the establish- ; ment, it is claimed by the company, without a rival in the world. The intention is to be prepared in case of war to make cannon and heavy ordinance of all kinds. । The Carnegies attempted to buy the Bethlehem forging plant, but such a high price was asked that they decided to build. By an overwhelming majority the Democrats of Maryland, in convention at Bal- ; timore Wednesday, arrayed themselves ' against the 16 to 1 free coinage movement, i The supporters of the free silver plank, although in a decided minority, were i given a fair hearing in open convention, i but the sentiment for a gold standard was , unalterably fixed. Major Stewart of Tali bot was the spokesman of the silverites in urging the adoption of a minority plank, but the convention, after voting it down, adopted the following by a viva voce vote: "Believing that the true interests of the people require that the earnings of agriculture and trade and the wages of labor should be paid in money that is intrinsically worth in al! the markets of the world what it purports to be worth, we demand the maintenance of the existing gold standard of value, and further, that the Government shall keep all its obligations at all times redeemable and payable in money of the greatest intrinsic value and of the highest standard adopted by the civilized nations of the earth, and we therefore resolve to oppose the free and unlimited coinage of silver »t the ratio of 16 to 1." The resolutions also favor a tariff for revenue only and indorse “the vigorous policy of President Cleveland.” Three thousand Harvard mon, encouraged by the phenomenal event of a Harvard victory, fought 100 policemen in the streets of historic old Cambridge Wednesday night. It was the biggest riot that the university has ever seen. The moment it was known that Harvard had won there was a roar. Then all was pandemonium. In half :in hour there was on foot the biggest celebration ever known at Harvard. The whole city was a blaze of red fire, fireworks lighted up in every direction, and the evening was made hideous with the blasts of a thousand giant horns. The police, anticipating trouble, were out in extra force. The majority of the Harvard men were armed with revolvers and delivered a running volley, tiring into the air. Clay Stone Briggs, a student from Galveston. Texas, was arrested, and there was a mad rush of 3.09*1 enraged students to the rescue. Arthur T. Filling, a student from Washington, was the first to tackle an officer. He was promptly knocked down. Goldwait H. Dorr, of Orange. N. .1.. a student, jumped on another policeman. He wits seized and arrested. Many policemen and students received wounds. Finally the police were victorious, and the three students were dragged into the station house. For an hour 3,000 mad student* surroumlel the station clamoring for the release of their comrades. The chief of police and prominent citizens addressed the students and urged them t । disperse. The students paid little attention to the officers ami re fused to retire until the three men who were arrest cd were I eleased on ba l. They then departed, cheering as they left the police station the three heroes mounted on the shoulders of the mob. WESTERN A body supposed to be that of Gewge Adam Welter, of Peoria. HL, was found floating in the Hudson River near New York City. C. C. Wallin, who came to Chicago in 1835 and organized the oldest tanning < - ; tablishment in the city, died Tuesday at ■ the home of his son Thoma*. at the age of I 92 years. Besides a widow, who is 82 i years old. the deceased leaves a host *>f j children and grandchildren. At San Diego, Cal., the jury ha* dis agreed in the suit for Slfgf.iHHl for allege.l libel brought by Dr. .1. C. Hearne against M 11. de Young, proprietor of the San Francisco Chronicle. The jury stood 6 to 6. The alleged libel connected Hearne's name with the murder of Ainos .1. Still well in Hannibal. Mo., eight years :-g >. The Lutheran Synod of States adjacent to Ohio spent a day at Massillon. 0., in a fruitless effort to find out whether hade* is a state or condition, and if a locality, where said locality is. H. ,1. Schuh. Allegheny, Pa., was elected president: H. .1. ■ I Reimann, Oil City, Pa., vice-president;! J. W. Mair. Sharon. Pa., secretary; W. A. Trapp. Massillon, treasurer. Wayne Bowman, aged 73. living near i Vigo, <).. Wednesday night bung crape <.u i the front door, went to his room, put on ■ his best suit of clothing, and hanged him- I self, fastening the rope to the top of the door. Ills body was found by his son, Ixtaman Bowman. The old man was despondent over the death of his wife, which occurred some time ago, and once before attempted suicide. A chemical analysis of the stomach of Miss Mayne Worrall, the wealthy young English woman who died suddenly at the Palace Hotel, in San Francisco, has failed to disclose the presence of poison, j The physician who made the examination j says Miss Worrall died from natural : causes. In accordance with a cablegram received from the young woman's father in London the funeral was held and the body was interred in Cypress Lawn Cemetery. Because he was not paid his wages an employe of Wood Bros, circus at Chicago cut one of the main guy ropes of the big tent Wednesday night. The lofty center pole swung to one side, the tent partly collapsing. Three trapeze performers fell thirty’ feet and two gasoline tank lights dropped at the same time, exploding as they struck the ground. There was a stampede among the 1.100 persons who filled the scats about the circus ring. Charles Camm. 8 years old. of 703 M est. Ohio street, who was burned about the head, was the only person injured. News from Globe, A. T„ announces that the mines of the old Dominion Mining and Smelting Company have closed down, throwing 250 men out of employment. The shut-down is the result of trouble between miners and the superintendent, who reduced the wages of the carmen from $2.50 to $2.25 per day. The miners took up the grievance of the men affected and demanded $3 per day for al! men, none but union men to be employed, and ail Mexicans to be discharged. The superintendent was warned that if he did not accede i to these demands he would be marched i out of town. Under these threats he acceded to the demands. The matter was

reported to the Boston office and the mine was ordered shut down. The Old Dominion is one of the best in Arizona, and was recently purchased by Lewisohn Bros, of New York, the price being $2,000,000. ’southern? Forty miles east of Charleston, at Cotton Hill, W. Va., masked men attempted to hold up the Washington and Cincinnati express train Thursday night. They boarded the train at Thurmond and crawled over the tender of the engine into the cab with revolvers drawn. The engineer stopped the train and he was commanded to cut loose the express car. This was done, but by this time all the passengers were awakened and the lights were extinguished. After ten minutes’ work the bandits became frightened and escaped to the mountains. Jesse Hooker, a Montgomery, Ala., capitalist sttid to be worth $1,060,000, died Thursday in the 84th year of his age. On his deathbed he handed a manuscript to a friend with the request that it be read over his grave in lieu of a burial service. Friday afternoon Hooker’s remains were buried and his manifesto proved to be a sensational and blasphemous attack on the Christian religion. lie positively forbade any religious observance at his grave for the reason that he considered religion a gross superstition, originating in ignorance and fostered by crafty and designing priests, 'rhe manifesto repeats all the agnostic arguments against and criticisms upon religion and the Bible. The publication of the manifesto has greatly shocked Christians. At Hartselle, Ala., a desperate duel took place Saturday night between Monroe Jackson and J. W. Vest, resulting in the death of both men, who were prominent Populist politicians holding opposite views. Jackson and another man were drinking in Vest’s saloon and expressed views offensive to Vest, who ordered them out. On reaching the street Jackson and his friend became involved in a difficulty and Vest went out to part them. As a result he and Jackson became involved in a wordy quarrel. Finally Jackson drew a knife ami Vest a pistol and a terrible fight ensued. Vest was cut in the abdomen two or three times and Jackson was shot through the lungs, in the thigh and in the kidney*. Both combatants fought until they could stand no longer, and bled to death soon after friends had carried them home. Vest had a wife and seven children, ami Jackson leaves n widow and six children. WASHINGTON. The Unite! State* Senate has refused to interfere in the matter of the award of the Sherman statue to Sculptor Carl RohlSmith, of Chicago. The first session of the Fifty-fourth Congress adjourned at 4 p. m. Thursday, and nothing occurred to make its lust moments of more than usual interest. There was no hurry, no rushing of belated bills, nor turning back <»f the clock. Col. R. E. A. Crofton, in comm tml of the Fifteenth infantry at Fort Sheridan, has been pronounced physically unfitted fir active service by the po* surgeon. Major Henty Lippincott. and his nss>tnnt surgeon, Captain Charles E. Woodruff. Acting upon the report of the post surgeon. Major •••■neral Merritt, commander of the Department of the M.* souri. ha* forwarded a ri mmmendation to the Secretary of War that th.- . be ordeted before a retiring board (or'' s ‘ amination. For a long time mnP* at the post have not been running Col. Crofton ban been in several sli^ i! >~ •cruiM's with his mtbordimitcs. He de elates he is ns physically sniind as ever, I anti says th.* latest move is the w rk of I his enemies. FOREIGN. It is now announce 1 that \rchdnke ■ i Francs Ferdinand is b q., ’. -ly til. and I ' that his brother. “Mml ITime t>tto." will , ; sneci ed to Austri.i * tin* .e. That being ■ ■ the c:i>v. Otto will forfeit In* itiln ritanec : ■ to estat* s worth millions, which will go j I to the w ife of Prime Lmlwig of Bataria. ! Outng to coptotis rain* rally in May last, the comlitmn of the Spanish grain ; crop* has materially improv; 1. Still, ac- ; cording to United State* <\.n*ul Fay. at Deni.t. ig to the diminished area of i crop*. Spain will import • •<*H**i.OW i [..mmis of wheat. Hr sugg-. st* that as no ; country is so favorably situate! as the ! I'nite l State* to supply this demand, th:* market may bo secured by the establishment of direct steamship ’em *. P. (’. Jones, a member of one of the i largest banking Im .-• < in Honolulu and : j minister of finance under the late mom t '' arehy. left San Francisco for New 1 ork i 1 to intere-t Eimtern capitalist* in the refunding of the Hawaiian Government’s ! indebtednc'S. Tin 1 <lovernnnmt has $3.I otHi.tHHt of bonds, drawing 6 per cent, outstanding at I'lcscnt. which it is proposed i to pay ami issue tn their stead bonds ' drawing interest al the rate of 4 per cent. The Pope ha* sent a very expressive letter to the queen regent of Spain in reply to a 1 aragraph in the queen's s;ieech to i the eorti s referring to the attitude of his ■ holmes- toward* Spain. Therein the Pope says, with all respect to Cuba: “We thank your majesty for the fresh testimony of your religion* sentiments and devotion towards the apostolic see. We I repeat with all our heart it is our tvish j that God may give victory to the Spanish J army in favor of your throne aud the I f'atholic nation." A special dispatch from Pretoria says that as soon as the decision of the executive council to release John Hays Hammond. George l'arrar. Col. Rhodes and J. W. Leonard, the Johannesburg reform committee lead* rs. upon the payment of fines amounting to $12.».600 each, was annoum*ed. Barney Barnato. the soealled "Katlir king.” tt ent to the jail with a cheek for $250,000 with which to pay the fines of Messrs. Hammond and Rhodes. He found, however, that the matter had already been arranged. Butter-making in one minute, with economy ami with many valuable safeguards from disease, as compared with the oldfashioned churning system, is something that United States Consul O'Neill at Stockholm tells of in a report to the State Department. This is done by’ a simple machine known as the radiator invented by a Swedish engineer and described and illustrated by the Conssl. It makes the butter directly from sterilized milk. The machine has been in use several months and promises to revolutionize butter-mak-ing. Queen Victoria has sent a donation of SSOO to the National Press Fund, a beneficial organization which gives aid and succor to editors, reporters and others who have been reduced to straitened circumstances by illness or loss of employment, and also makes provision for the

families of pressmen who have been left I without means of support. The annual disbursements of the fund are about $25,000, while the annual appeal for subscriptions has been so liberally responded to ( that the fund now has nearly $200,000 invested in United States bonds. This is the first time that the queen has recognized the society in a financial way. Pretoria dispatch: At a special meeting of the executive council it was decided to release John Hays Hammond, Col Rhodes, George Farrar and J. W. Leonard, the leaders of the Johannesburg reform committee, upon the payment of a fine of $125,000 each, or in default, fifteen years’ banishment. London advices sav: The conditions of their release were the same as imposed upon the other reformers., United States Vice-Consul Knight at Cape Town, South Africa, reported by cable to the State Department that the imprisoned reform leaders had been released. The cablegram was as follott-s: “Reform leaders released. Fined £25,000. No banishment.” This finally closes the Hammond incident. Havana was startled Saturday night by two explosions. It was soon found that the stone bridges of Christina and Concha and the aqueduct of Fernando Septima were the points that had suffered from the dynamite. The bridges were partially destroyed, and the pipes on the aqueduct, upon which the city is dependent for its water supply, were much damaged. It cannot yet be stated how extensive is the damage done or how long it will require to remedy it. The dynamite was placed by agents of the insurgents. The greatest apprehension is felt on account of the secrecy ami effectiveness with which the insurgents have Jieen able to carry out the plan. Fever and smallpox have broken out, which, in the unwholesome state of affairs, threatens to become epidemic. Many are suffering from measles, anti there is much intestinal trouble among the inhabitants owing to poor and insufficient food. The failure of the wafer supply under these conditions is a dire calamity. IN GENERAL, Fatty degeneration of the heart was the cause of Frank Mayo's death. Lieut. I‘e.iry, the arctie explorer, left Halifax Wednesday for St. John's. N. F., where he will be engaged fur a fortnight or more in connection with another expedition which will shortly start for the arctic. An agreement has been made between this Governnu'nt and Mexico for a daily international registered mail-pouch exchange between St. Louis. Mo., and the City of Mexico, to go int > operation July 1. I’rof. Goldwin Smith has written a letter to th*- Senate of th" Toronto University, sarcastically declining the proffered degree of LL. D. He s ys he had no idea the conferring of an honorary degree would be mixed with politica’. rancor and that he will rest contented with tne degree he ha* from Oxford I niversity. The six leading manufacturers of fireworks in the United Stab * are planning a trust—-to save themsclvi- from ruin, thev say, because price* have gone below cost. Three of these are in New York the Uonsulidat) d. Pain and Dctuincr A: Stri'i't. The other* are the Rochester Fireworks Company, the St. Louis Firework* Company mid the Due company of Cincinnati. Great secrecy is observe! concerning the combination. The seeretary of one the Interested eori>orations said: “The ncgiMir t i«m« * . far have teen entirely of an informn! nature between the pre*id*‘nt*. Even I have not liceu let i in. But "e nil know that «ome «»rt of agn.'uwnt must be reached The princt | pa! question Is whither .in in irpor.iled ! company shoal 1 b. form-'d or the cumJ pnnics retain their individual exis’ence | and !*• bound by an agreement eoneern- ; tag prtc< * " R. G. Dun & Co’s Wieklj Review of I TrniL • iy- “Sp. .lat:v r, o:: ci has not ‘ in the least changed the bnsitu"* outlook, i The fictitious prices made for wheat and ! cotton meant no good except f >r imlividu- ! als, ami the change to price* more nearly ! in accord with actual relation* of demand : mid supply only eutiferm* to conditions i which have been well known for months. The attmk oa stocks wa* *■> plainly artiI tieia! that its intlue.ee pa--el with the | day. an ! nv:t;i<-r in foreign relations nor in j domestic bitsim *s was there anything to jt:stify alarm. Th“ < ■: ament report I ns to w lmat if. is at. I a mai a -mail r yield ■ than anybody really expects, but that • has become so much tae rule that the re- ‘ port had no real influence, ami the prinI eip.'ll etfia t was the serious depression ; caused by large sale* in anticipation of tlie report, which seemed to Is- thoroughly known ia advauce to some speculators.” MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime. $0.50 to 51.75; hog*, shipping grades. $3.00 to $.'..75; sheep, fair to choice. $2.5n to $4.56; wheat. No. 2 red, 57c to 58c: corn. No. 2. 27c to 2*c; oat*. No. 2. 17c to 18c; rye. No. 2. 32c to 33c; butter, I choice creamery. 14c to 15c: eggs, fresli. ■ 9c to 11c; potatoes, per bushel, 15c t > 25c: broom corn, common to choice, $25 to SSO per ton. Indianapolis—Cattle. Mlipping. $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, choice light. s3.<><t to $3.50; sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2. 5Se to 66c; c«>rn. No. 1 white, 27c to 20c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c Br. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 61c to 63c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 2’l’c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 18c, rye, No. 2, 31e to 33c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $3.50 to $4.50: hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep, $2..50 to $3.50; wheat. No. 2. 62c to 64c; corn. No. 2 mixed. 28c to 29c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2,35 cto 37c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs. $3.00 to $3.50; sheep. $2.00 to $3.75; wheat. No. 2 red. G4c to 65e; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28e; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye. 32c to 33c. Toledo—Wheat. No. 2 red. 63c to G4c: corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white. 19c to 21c; rye. No. 2, 34e to 36c; clover seed. $4.45 to $4.Si I. Milwaukee—-Wheat, No. 2 spring, 57c to 58c; corn, No. 3,26 cto 27c; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; barley. No. 2. 30c to 32c; rye, No. 1,33 cto 35c; pork, mess, $7.00 to $7.50. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $3.25 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red. 67c to 69c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 31c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, l£ic to 24c. New York--Cattle. $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25: sheep. $2.60 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red. 64c to 65«; corn, No. 2, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c do 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, Western, 11c to 13c. 1

THE “MARBLEHEART” ] GIVEN BY VANDERBILT TO HIS | WILLFUL SON. Latter Marries Without Paternal j Consent—Two Deaths Sadden the Voyage of an Atlantic Liner—Southern Sugar Planters Get Their Cash. No Present from Papa. Cornelius Vanderbilt left New York Friday to join his family at Newport. The departure serves only to emphasize the breach between father and son and to indicate with greater force than before the former's opposition to the latter’s approaching marriage. In the ordinary course of events th*' wedding of a Vanderbilt would be an impressive affair—impressive through the brilliance of wealth that would encircle it. Now it looks as if the bridegroom would be the only Vanderbilt present. It is announced that young Mr. Vanderbilt has resolutely pronounced against a continental bridal tour. He has confided to his intimates that from this time forward he proposes to earn his own way in life, which plan would be interfered wit!) seriously by any trip abroad. He and his bride have planned to spend the summer quietly in New Y’ork. a welcome enough change for Miss Wilson, who has crossed the ocean many times and has seen all of Europe that is worth seeing. Sadness Aboard the City of Rome. The Anchor liner. City of Rome, which arrived at Clyde Monday from New Y’ork, had her voyage in brilliant weather, but a number of regretable incidents occurred. On the 11th the engines became overheated, and the vessel was obliged to lay to to enable them to cool off. In the next place a number of the first-class passengers were beguiling time with sports, when, during the progress of a tug-of-war competition b-uween two teams of men, one of the participants was seen to relax his hold aud fall to the deck as if in a fit. The ship's doctor at once attended him, but the unfortunat*' man ilied in ton minutes. He was E. H. Master, a resident of Orange. N. J., and the business manager of the New Y’ork Tribune, on business for which paper he was visiting England. The next day Mrs. Paton, nn octogenarian of Port Rush, Ireland, died from heart <L*e.'i*e. Buh bodies were embalmed. and that of Master was reshipped to New York. I’oyin^ Cuno Sugar Bounties. The Treasury Department has nearly completed the payments of beet and maple sugar claims under the bounty appriqiriation of $23,5.289. and it is expected that v,arrant.* covering the whole amount will have bet'n issued by July 1. wlu'tt work will t»'gin o:i the .''s.6(h».*mmi appropriation for cane sugar. The half dozen claims v. h:i h have been in pruce-s of adjustment during the last several months will be ready for transmission to the Auditor for final examination early in July, when the t • il alibi nit <>f the appropriation wUI be prnrateil among the claimants anil paid ns rap’tlly ns possible. It is ex|n'eti d that the prnentiige of payments to claimants will be between 65 and 76. BREVITIES. A Wall -trvet rumor says that Grover I ".. v, I ,0.1. Thoma* B. Reeil ami John I* :'.!.*!e Will establish ll law firm ill New \ ork city after March I next, I'.li.v -it' rs from a Japanese warship at \ntw»:p mutinied Sunday evening, landiil ami a'tm ked the p >‘iee. The mut in i - n ere over, i.nir and the ship is i*»w guarce.l by a d< ’.tchment of police. A report has reached New Y’ork police In nlquarter* that President George 11. YY'y koff. of the Batik of New Amsierdam, was shut by a stranger who entered the bank, and who after shooting Mr. Wyi koff, shot himself. The injury to Mr. Wyckoff is not known. Another ver*:on ha* it that Mr. Wyckoff was shot by some one connected with the bank. Sh« riff Davis of Rawlins, Wyo.. went to Denver to take charge of Rev. C. M. Th.irp. the evangelist, who is wanted in Wyoming to answer to a charge of bigamy. Thorp, who admits that he has a wife living in lowa, married a young girl at Evanston. Wyo., May 36, and deserted her in three days. Charges of perjury ami swindling are also made against him. Monday being the anniversary of the death of Emper -r I r* derick. father of Emperor William of Germany, th*' emp< ror ami ,'mpri s* visited the deceased monarch’s mausoleum at Potsilam and laid a wreath, tied with ribbons, upon which wen* iii*eribed their majesties’ names, upon the tomb. The emperor and empress remained there some time in prayer. When the case if Dr. Oliver M. Shedd, ox-imperial recorder of the Order of United Friends, who is under indictment for grand larceny, first degree, in misappropriating funds of the order, v.as «aIL-<i befor*' Justice Gaynor at Po ig’iki epCe. N. Y’., Dr. Shedd created a sensation by pleaiiing guilty. Since his arre*t Shedd lias repeatedly protested his innocence ami declared he could disprove the charge upon his trial. An attempt was made at Iron Mountain. Mich.. Sunday night to kill Captain Martin Goldsworthy and family, of the Chapin mine. Two sticks of dynamite were exploded nr. ler their house, wrecking the structure badly. Nobody was injured. The police are investigating the affair. There have lieen no troubles at the Chapin mine and the men are apparently contented. It is thought tae act was committed hy men whom Captain: Goldsworthy had refused to employ. At Bow street police court in London Monday morning Dr. J. S. Jameson, Maj. Sir John Willoughby. Col. R. Grev. Maj. R. White. Col. 11. F. White and Henry F. Coventry, the prime movers in the Transvaal raid, were commit ted for trial in £2.(I(M> ($16,600) personal bail in each esse, and in addition they were all required to furnish one surety of £1.060. Li Hung Chang was royally welcomed at Berlin and decorated by Emperor William. Rodney Fisk, once a millionaire, ivho lost his all in Wall street, died uj poverty at South Boston. St. Vincent’s Sanitarium, conducted by sisters of ch.tsity at Santa Fe. N. M.. was burned Sunday night and the hospital annex was gutted by the fire. The loss amounts to $100,000; insurance. SB,OOO. Both institutions were crowded with guests aud patients, but there were no 1 fatalities.

LABORS OF CONGRESS RECENT SESSION THE SHORTEST FOR THIRTY YEARS. Bills that Have Become Laws— Many Measures Introduced, but Few of Importance Added to the Laws of the Country—Pending Legislation, Done nt Washington The Fifty-fourth Congress was the shortest “long session" in thirty years, and one of the shortest in the history of the Government. Os the measures which, have become laws, the most important, from an international standpoint, was the bill creating the commission “to determine the true divisional line between Venezuela and British Guiana.” Os scarcely less general interest were the bills prohibiting prize fighting in the territories; permitting appointments in the army and navy of former United States officers who had served in the rebellion, and making one year’s residence in a territory a prerequisite to obtaining a divorce there. Excepting these, however, the remainder of the 225 bills and resolutions which received the President’.* approval were not of a character to warrant special mention. The more important were the bills incorporating the National Society of the Daughters of the Revolution; opening the forest reservations in Colorado for the location of mining claims; regulating proof of death in pension cases; providing for a naval training station in San Francisco harbor; making it unlawful to shoot at any railway train or any person thereon, or to throw missiles into such train, and repealing clause 61 of the tariff law, providing for a rebate on alcohol used in the arts. The session, however conspicuous by reason of its brevity, resulted in the introduction of a larger number of bills in the House than during any similar period for a quarter of a century. The total number of bills introduced during the entire Fifty-third Congress tt-as 8.987, of which 4.405 were introduced during the first session, which corresponds to the session just closed, and in which latter the aggregate is swollen to 9.500. Statue of Cuban Legislation. 1 he popular interest in the Cuban revolution was shown in the large number Os resolutions—more than fifty in all—that was introduced and referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs. After careful consideration a concurrent resolution was reported, for which was subsequently substituted. in conference, the Senate resolution expressing the sympathy of the United States with tlie insurgents, recognizing their belligerency, and calling upon the 1 resident to use his good offices to secure the independence of the island. Being a concurrent and not a joint resolution, it did not call for the President's signature, ami its only effect was to express the sentiment of the American people as reflected in the ttto Imuses of Ciingress, Pleasures for which there has been a widespread demand include the bankruptcy bill, the M> ( all bill, providing an educational test for immigrants; the labor commission and labor arbitration bills, and the bill simplifying the rules of the pension office, so as to facilitate the adjustment of private pension cases. The Finance Committee, to which was referred 165 different measures, succeeded in getting through the Senate but three of any : mporl a nee that have liecome laws the tilleil cheese bill, the amendment to t the administrative feature of the tariff a< t permitting expr»>ss companies to pay the duty <>n package.* vah:cd at not more than SSOO and deliver it to the residence Os the importer direct, and the bill to repeal the free alcohol clause of the tariff law. Ihe Dmgley bill came out of committee with a free coinage amendment which prevailed in the Senate, and this proposition was rejected by the House. Bills Placed on the Calendar. Some of the most important bills prepared by the committees were not given a hearing in either house or passed but one house,'and tt il! be on the calendar for consideration during the short session if their supporters are able to secure lime for them. Among the yiost important of these are the Lodge-McCall bill for an educational test for immigrants, with the Corliss amendment to prevent the invasion of Canadian day laborers; the Philips industrial commission bill; the Curtis bill to lessen the number of crimes for which the death penalty can be imposed by United States courts; the bankrupt bill, and the Pickier pension bin, all of which were passed by the Hoti.-e. Among those passed by neither house are the statehood bills for Arizona. New Mexico ami llklahoma: that fora territorial form of government for Alaska: the Pacific railroad funding bill; the Nicaragua canal ami Pacific cable bill.*: the plan for the reorganization of the Indian territory government. for which the Dawes commission and Representaiive Curtis of Kansas ar*' joint sponsors; tbc Loud bill to reduce th* st'ope of the fourth-class mail matter, ami bills to re irganize tlie revenue marine personnel, to increase the salaries of railway mail clerks, to revive the grade of lieutenant general for Gon. Mile*. A large fraction of the session's business related to the public lands, and important amendments were made to the public land laws. Miscellaneous Bills. Among the miscellaneous acts passed during the session were the following: For the detail of revenue cutters to enforce order at regattas and yacht races and insure the safety of the spectators and participants. To reconvene the United States delegates to the international marine conference for the destruction of the income tax returns. For tlie deputation of refugee Canadian Creek Indians from Montana. Io establish the govoriimc*nt of Greer County as a county of Oklahoma (after the decision by the Supreme Court that Greer County was not a part of Texas). Forbidding divorces in territories unless the parties applying have been residents for one year before tlie applications. Authorizing the Secretary ,>f <he Treasury to distribute me.lals ami diplomas awarded by the World's Colum nan Commission. Authorizing the Secretary of Lie Treasury to remit fine*, penalties and forfeitures in laws relating to vessels and to discontinue prosecutions. Giving tlie use of the White lot and Washington monument to the Christian Endeavor convention of l^9(i. To allow the return, duty free, of all articles sent from the United States for expositions and fairs. Fixing time for vessels to unload.