St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 39, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 April 1897 — Page 6

^lje Jmiepenbent. W. A. KNDLEY, '’ubllshor. <==2.=============^ WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA RACED FOR HIS LIFE; COL. PICKETTWON OUT AGAINST DEATH. Mad Bicycle Ride for a Doctor—Yonkers, N. Y., Has a Sensational Bank Raid — Monetary Conference Delegates, Fast Riding Saves a Life. Col. Charles W. Pickett, editor of the New Haven (Conn.) Evening Leader, is a sufferer from dyspepsia and has been taking a tonic for relief. This tonic he has^ kept in a medicine chest at his house, with other drugs. The other night, feeling somewhat indisposed, he took what he supposed was his tonic, but found that he had taken fully 100 drops of strychnine. Col. Pickett mounted his bicycle _ dear lift^jo Jbc^nTu'e of hastily gave -a hypodermic injection, by which the influence of the poison was overcome. Dr. Baldwin says it is the only case he has ever heard of in medical practice where death did not follow such a dose as Colonel Pickett swallowed. His exertion on the bicycle in his mad race for life also had a beneficial result. Bold Burglars in a Bank. The Yonkers. N. Y., Savings Bank was entered at noon Monday by robbers, one of whom held up the aged cashier with a revolver, and after taking $4,420.45 out of the cash drawer escaped. Lyman Cobb Jr. is the cashier of the bank. He is a man of about 70, and has held the position for thirty years. He was in charge of the bank, and had been engaged in conversation by a plausible stranger who “wanted to open an account,” when the second robber entered and presented a revolver to his head. The first stranger grabbed a roll of bills, and the two quickfled. The cashier, ignoring the command to throw up his hands, rushed across the room and sprung the electric police alarm. The response was not made quickly enough to secure the capture of the thieves. The loss will in no way injure the standing of the bank. Charity Work of t'cholrrs. Consul Germain, in a report to the State Department from Zurich in regard to a plan recently introduced in the public schools of several European cities, says: “In Brussels the children attending public schools were requested by their teachers to gather up on their way to and from the school all apparently valueless objects and deliver their collection daily to their respective teachers. In the period from Jan. 1 to Oct. 1, 1895. or within eight months, the following amounts were collected: Tin foil. 1,925 pounds; old paint tubes-. 220 pounds; bottle caps, 4.415 pounds; scraps of metal, 1,221 pounds: total. 7.751 pounds. This apparent rubbish was disposed of and the proceeds applied so as to completely clothe 500 poor children and send ninety sick ones to recuperation colonies, and there still remained quite a balance, which was distributed among the poor sick of the city.” Envoys for Silver. The President Monday night announced the appointment of Senator Edward O. Wolcott of Colorado, Charles J. Paine of Boston, Mass., and ex-Vice President Adlai E. Stevenson as commissioners to an international monetary conference. These appointments are made under the act approved March 3, last, “for the promotion of an international agreement for bimetallism.” and by its provisions do not require confirmation by the Senate. NEWS NUGGETS. Monday morning John Camp, aged 60 years, while walking on the tracks of the Baltimore and Ohio Southwestern in Springfield, 111., was struck by a passenger train and instantly killed. The Japanese Government has decided to send two warships to Hawaii. Japanese newspapers urge the Government to take a firm attitude toward the Hawiian and American governments. John Mackin Jr. was hanged at Jersey City, N. J., Tuesday morning. Mackin killed his wife and her mother, Mrs. Bridget Connors. Feb. 27. 18911. Paul Genz, who killed Clara Arnim in Hoboken Aug. 28. 1894. because she refused to marry him, was also hanged. Another of the survivors of the French line steamer Ville de St. Nazaire, which foundered off Cape Hatteras March 7. has arrived at New York from Havre, after traveling 7.0(10 miles out of his way. When the steamer was wrecked Colonel Kauvenel put off from her in a boat with fifteen of her crew. After five days of terrible suffering to which several of his companions succumbed, he. with the survivors, was picked up by the steamer Yanariva. two days out from Newport News, bound for Glasgow. A party of distinguished Japanese visitors left San Francisco for Washington. D. C., Wednesday. They include K. Komatsu and K. Kukawa. delegates to the international postal congress in Washington. They intend to inspect steel and iron buildings in this country with a view of furthering the use of structural iron in Japanese buildings. After remaining two months in the United States the party will go to London and Paris. In Paris they will inspect the site of the Paris international exhibition, which is to iie held in 1900, and will assist the Japanese minister in France in selecting a site for the palace or castle to be erected for the use of the Crown Prince of Japan when he visits the exhibition. The palace will adjoin the space allotted to the Japanese exhibit. As the result of a duel fought with pistols in a St. Louis, Mo., saloon, John Swering, ex-central Republican committeeman of the Second ward, died at rhe city hospital Monday morning. Henry Erb. ex-deputy city marshal, fired the fatal shot. A quarrel over politics caused the killing. Bad blood had existed between the two men for some time The Merchants Laclede National Bank of St. Louis has absorbed the National Bank of the Republic. Judge Bunday, of Indiana, has ruled that conversation over t telephone can be admitted as evidence.

EASTERN. Rhode Island has elected Elisha Dyer, Republican, Governor. Alonzo J. 'Whiteman, ex-Mayor of Duluth, Las been acquitted of the charge of grand larceny at New York. William E. Mikell, a prominent member of the bar from South Carolina, has been appointed instructor in law at the University of Pennsylvania. The steam yacht Ituna, of the New York Yacht Club, owned by Allison V. Armour, of Chicago, is being fitted out for an extended European cruise. John Ceranie is the victim of an Italian vendetta at Kane, Pa., and is likely to die. While he was asleep at his home Wednesday evening a fellow countryman named Morasco stole into his shanty and inflicted five deep wounds in his neck and face with a stiletto, almost severing the jugular vein. Morasco came from Philadelphia a short time ago. It now appears that he is a member of the Mafia and was sent to put Ceranie out of the way. Morasco is in jail awaiting the outcome of Ceranie’s injuries. The Lebanon, Pa., Rolling Mill Company, owning the large iron plant known as Light’s mills, has executed a deed of assignment for the benefit of creditors. President Samuel E. Light said the cause of the assignment was attributable to the necessity of the company carrying $43,000 of notes drawn by other firms who have since assigned or failed, thereby compelling the company to pny interest on their own money. 'The assets are in excess of liabilities and reorganization of the company will be made as soon as may be expedient. W. E. D. Stokes, of New York, says he has come into possession of two trunks which contain the private books and papers of the notorious “Boss” Tweed. The papers tell of men who. knowing early of Tweed’s thefts, drove him through threats of disclosure deeper and deeper into fraud, making him share his ill-gotten wealth with them, and now, Mr. Stokes says, unless certain men in New York mend their ways he will disclose these secrets of the Tweed ring. lie does not wish to bring innocent families into disgrace, yet he utters the dread alternative tor the benefit of those to whom it applies. Activity on the part of the sugar trust to import enormous quantities of sugar before the enactment of the Dingley bill continues. It became necessary for Collector Kilbreth of New York to employ ten more weighers Thursday, and twenty others will be hired immediately to handle the many cargoes of sugar entered at that port. The payment of duty on sugar has increased more than $500,000 for the week. At other ports the movement is correspondingly large. A dispatch from Boston stated that thirty ships loaded with sugar, wool and other merchandise from European ports are scheduled to sail for that port within the next few days. In Philadelphia the receipts were large, and the showing now is heavy. All this sugar entered as “directed shipped prior to April 1,” hence the duty is collectable according to the schedule in the Wilson law. The battleship lowa made her official trial trip off Rockport, Mass., at the rate of sixteen and three-hundredths knots. The lowa is officially known as “seagoing battleship No. 1.” The lowa is larger than the Indiana in length, beam and other measurements, but the disposition of the battery is the same, except that she carries four 12-inch guns, where the Indiana carries four 13-inch and six 6-inch guns, as against the Indiana's four 6-inch, and her secondary battery is 22 rapid-fire and machine guns, as against the 28 of similar caliber on the Indiana. In a word, while the lowa is the larger ship of the two, her armor and armament are both lighter than those of the Indiana. These differences in plan are based upon the fact that, while the Indiana is intended as a fighting ship, with every other quality more or less subordinated to that of ability to give and take hard and heavy blows, the lowa is designed to combine with the latter quality the attributes of an allround seagoing cruiser. The dimensions of the lowa are: Length on the load water line, 360 feet; extreme breadth. 72 feet 2% inches; displacement on normal draught, 11,300 tons. The contract speed was sixteen knots, with a premium of $50,000 for each quarter knot in excess. The main battery of the lowa consists of four 12-inch breech-loading rifles in the two main turrets, eight 8-inch breech-loading rifles mounted in pairs in the four turrets at the corners of the casemate, six 4-inch breech-loading rifles mounted in sponsons, or with shields, and twenty-two rapid-fire and machine guns. With the stability due to her great beam she can fight with her whole battery in any weather. The lowa’s full war complement is 512 officers, seamen and mari ics. The contract price of the boat was $3,010,000. Her maximum coal carrying capacity is 3,000 tons, and gives her a cruising radius of about 16,000 knots at the most economical speed. WESTERN. Detroit Republicans have decided not to contest the election of Maybury as Mayor. The Colorado Legislature has passed a bill to allow women to enlist in the State militia. The measure providing for a tax for a free library building in St .Louis was lost at the polls. A two-thirds vote was necessary. The vote was 17,000 short of that number. John St. Peter, wanted in Pittsburg for the embezzlement of funds belonging to the Window-Glass Workers’ Association, of which he was preceptor and treasurer, has been arrested at Oakland, Cal. Seven men were overcome by smoke and gas at the Strickler tunnel on the west slope of Pike's Peak, Colo. Two are dead, while the others are in a critical condition. The dead are: George Gordon, Mike Lew. Both men were single. Because of an illness that covered most of her life, Minnie Fitzner of Chicago, 18 years old, became despondent. and after her parents had gone to bed, she went to a drug store ami bought a package of poison. She swallowed some of the poison and soon after died. Seaman Cline of the cruiser Philadelphia, died at San Diego, Cal. Two other sailors are dying and several more are in a precarious condition from drinking wood alcohol mixed with eggs and condensed milk. The men broke into the medicine chest during the night and stole the alcohol. of which they drank large quantities. Daniel Wolsey Voorhees, “the tall sycamore of the Wabash.” is dead. The former United States Senator from Indiana passed away Saturday morning at 5 o’clock in his home, 105 Maryland avenue northeast, AVashington. For several years Mr. Voorhees had been in poor health, and for at least two years took no part in the proceedings in the Senate.

He had suffered constantly from rheuma- I tism of the heart, and his friends had 1 come to expect his death at any time. I Late reports, however, were to the effect that he had shown some signs of improvement. and the end, while not entirely un•expected, was nevertheless a shock.' Hyes at least have been lost in the floods in South Dakota. lowa and Nebraska. Two persons are known to have been lost on the Floyd, three have been । reported drowned on the Big Sioux, two on the Missouri and two on the Coon, all in the immediate vicinity of Sioux City. Cases of a similar character are being reported every day from points farther away, and a sharp watch is being kept by authorities in river towns for floaters in the Missouri. Many people are missing, of whose death their friends have no positive information. Most of them have probably been carried down the Missouri, and their bodies probably will never~be recovered. The bodies of two more victims were brought into Sioux City Friday —Danford Magee of Whiting and Harry N. Favill—who were drowned while attempting to ford the Elkhorn river in Nebraska. There has been tt general fall in all streams in the locality. Col. W. Augustus Ray, for many < ears prominent in Chicago business circles' 1 ^* 1 Thursday at his home in Blue Isla®: For many years he had been a from kidney troubles and for preceding his death no hope of y.,*,. was held by his physicians. was born in Kingston, N. Y„ jSHL' 7.’ 1821). W lien 18 years old he mOVe3 * , 1 his parents to Walton, N. Y. In IM- Col. Ray moved West, engaging in faiming ami banking at Delavan, Wis., i*iti|4B6o, when he came to Chicago. He an once entered the grain business, becoming a member of the firm of E. V. Roberts & Co., ami also of S. A. Millard & Co., makers of agricultural implements. He also organized the banking firm of Ray & Brooks, at Lacon, 111. Immediately succeeding the great fire of Chicago, Col. Ray was active in the organization of an informal relief committee for the purpose of caring for the destitute and homeless. He also organized a force of special police for the restoration of order and the suppression of rioting, the force acting until the United States Government declared martial law in the city and assumed control. Recently there came from Kansas a report that an airship was navigating the heavens above that State at night. People in other sections smiled incredulously. Then from various lowa points the same tidings came. Kansas folk said, “I told you so.” Those who had not yet caught a glimpse of the mystery still scoffed, while lowans insisted that the airship was a reality; that it moved with incredible speed, having been seen within an hour at points 4<M> miles apart: that the craft showed searchlights as many-hued as a drug store window; and some observers described with minuteness the style of construction. But the mystery surrounding this vagrant of the sky was dispelled Friday night when it came within range of the astronomer's telescope at Evanston. 111.. and was promptly identified as the star Alpha Orionis, of the constellation of Orion. The peculiar hues noted in the shifting colors of the heavenly vis itant are explained by the well-known characteristics of this meirJur of the Orion family, which changes its colors with chameleon like facility ai^ which is really stationary, although appearing to be in rapid flight, this optical rflmdon being caused by the star lying low on the horizon of the earth and changing its point of view ns the terrestrial planet re volves on its axis. SOUTHERN. Telegrams from Ozark. Ala., and Valdosta. Ga., crossing the ill-fated town of Arlington. Ga., show that that section was visited Friday by another gulf cyclone. At Ozark timbers were uprooted and houses blown to pieces. Several lives were lost, among them was Mrs. Powers, who was caught beneath the falling timbers of her home and crushed. Her husband was unable to save her. ami was himself badly hurt. Kenching Valdosta the storm became intensified in fury, and trees were blown down in every part of the city. A church in the southern part of the city was wrenched from its foundations stud twisted into fragments by the angry winds. William Jennings Bryan was injured at St. Augustine, Fla., Thursday night by the fall of a section of a hotel piazza. The Democratic candidate for President was rendered unconscious, his face was badly cut, and his body bruised in several places, but his injuries are not regarded as very serious. Others in the wreck were not so fortunate. Many wet: internally injured, some had their legs and arms broken, while nearly everybody suffered more or less. Hundreds werapacked into the piazza, when, with a cradkimg, crashing noise, a section forty fee. square fell to the ground twenty feet bßow. Panic seized the men and women, ami for a while nobody seemed to know what to do. Then, as some of those whl had fallen scrambled to their feet ~ulled for aid for the ether unfortunates, aygimeral rescue movement was instiluted.7 Bi.van was discovered, and to the waiting thousands .t was soon announced, that he was unconscious. Mr. Bryan was taken to his room in the hotel as soon as tie physicians finished their task, and retired immediately. Orders were given tl^it he be not disturbed, and the physicians announced that the distinguished Nebraska man was not seriously hurt and would recover. The most disastrous fire ever experienced in Knoxville, Tenn., occurred Thursday morning between 4 and 8 o'clock. The entire block between Union and Reservoir streets on Gay street, with the exception of the McGhee Building, the handsomest structure in the city, is a mass of ruins, and the loss is estimated at nearly $1,000,000. The fire was discovered about 4 o’clock in the wholesale store of the McNulty Grocery Company by a porter of the Knox Hotel, which adjoins the grocery. A general alarm was turned in and all the local fire companies were soon on the scene. Their efforts proved futile, however, and the flames spread rapidly. Among the heaviest losers are: Daniel Briscoe & Co., wholesale dry goods; Sterchi Bros., wholesale and retail furniture; Marble City Hat Company, wholesale hats; the A. P. Laper Dry Goods Company; Haines & Co., wholesale shoes; S. B. Newman & Co., printers; Cullen, Newman & Co., printers; AV. Woodruff & Co., wholesale hardware; Henneger, Doyle & Co., wholesale hats and shoes; Sanford, Chamberlain & Albers, wholesale drugs: Knox Hotel and McNulty Grocery Company. Many smaller establishments, among them three livery stables in the rear of the burned block, were destroyed. An explosion of dynamite in Woodruff's hardware store shat-

I tered every window in Gay street. A porI tion of the Chattanooga fire department I arrived at 6 o'clock and rendered valuable r ssistanee. I GREIG United States Minister James A. McKenzie is dangerously sick at Lima, Peru. Word comes from Porto Rico that the | natives of Yauco and Adjuntas have taken up arms against Spanish rule. The filibustering steamer Bermuda has again outwitted the officials and Spanish spies and sailed to Cuba with men and supplies for the insurgents. Gen. Julio Sanguilly, the Cuban leader, has been arrested by United States authorities at Jacksonville, Fla., on the charge of attempted violation of neutrality laws. Mrs. Ormiston Chant, the social reformer, and six nurses left London for the Island cf Crete. Lady Henry Somerset and B. F. Keith of Boston are financing the mission. A formidable conspiracy to assassinate President Alfaro of Ecuador has been discovered at Quito. A number of priests are reported to be implicated in the plot. The ringleaders of the revolutionary movement, Ignacio Ventamilla, Jose Maria Saense and Rafael Camano, with fifty of their followers, have been arrested and thrown into prison. An immense amount of damage was caused at Buenos Ayres by the explosion of a cartload of fireworks. The accident occurred near a block of buildings adjacent to the bourse, and the buildings almost immediately caught fire. A whole block was destroyed before the flames were got under control. Ten persons lost their lives from the explosion or during the conflagration. United States Consul Taney at Belfast reports that Italian canned tomatoes are supplanting the American tomatoes largely used there, owing, as the dealers say, to the fact that the American vegetable is overcooked or overripe, and consequently is not as firm when opened as the Italian tomatoes. By using a deceptive form of tin, too, the Italian cans appear to be larger than American. The Bulgarian Government has advertised for proposals for building eighty-two miles of railroad from Ronstchouk to Tirnovo. United States Consul Stephan at Annaberg reports that a deposit of 540.O<K) francs in the Sophia National Bank is required as security, and that full plans, etc., can be obtained by American bidders for 20 francs upon application to the ministry of public works. Australian advices state that Mr. Duncan. a w'nite trader, met a horrible death while trading with natives at New Hebrides. He was tied up to a tree for three days, being kept alive and forcibly stuffed with food. He was then cut <lown, killed and eaten the women joining in the cannibalistic feast, at which a great assemblage from the various groups of islands was present. Duncan was a single man, about 33 years of age. Those who know the New Hebrides say the natives are very treacherous and that they have several occasions dealt murderously with European vessels. IN GENERA... Mme. Melba will sing with the Damroseh company next season. The Globe flour mills at Cornwall, Ont., were burned. Loss, Sfl.'tjMHi Mrs. Henry E Abbey denies the report that she is to wed a wealthy Englishman. Obituary: At Watertown. N. Y.. Danie) G. Griffin, 51. At Milwaukee, I'ius Dreher. 69. The United States cruiser Philadelphia, with Admiral Beardslce on board, sailed from San Diego. Cal., for Honolulu Thursday at 2 o’clock. The Monadnock and Monterey will leave for San Pedro. Among the passengers of the steamship Motiowai from Australia to San Francisco was Lord Primate of Australia. William Satimarez Smith. D. D., who is on his way to England: Emily Soldi tie, the opera singer, and Chief Justice A. F. Judd of the Hawaiian Supreme Court. Under orders issued by National Commamler John P. Donahue the thirty-sec-ond anniversary of Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, known to history as “Appomattox day,” was appropriately observed Friday by the encampments of the Union Veteran Legion throughout the country. In Philadelphia there was a grand parade, the local legion being re-enforced by delegations from New Jersey. Delaware and New York. At Pittsburg, the anniversary was celebrated by a parade of all the encami>ments o£ the Union Vetertin Legion in that vi< ijity, with contingents from Wheeling. Johnstown, Greensburg and other points. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prune, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grt.Oes. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $,’.09 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 64c to u.»c; corn. No. 2,22 cto 24c; oats. No. 2,15 c to 17c; rye. No. 2,29 cto 31c; butter, choice creamery, 17c to 19c; eggs, fresh. t<> lOc; potatoes, per bushel. 20c to dbc; broom corn, common growth to cho ee gree t hurl, 825 to SSO per ton. Imlianapolis—Cattle, shipping, $3.00 ! > $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.2j; sheep, common to choice. $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2. 87c to 89c; corn. No 2 white, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 21? to 23c. St. Louis—Cattle. $3.60 to $5.50; hogs $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2,91 cto 93c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 20c to 22c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; ryo. No. 2. 30c to 32c. Cincionati —Cattle. $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 t > $4.25; sheep. $2.50 to $5.25: wheat. No. 2. 86c to 88c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 21c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c. Detroit -Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat. No. 2 red, 83c to Ssc; corn. No. 2 yellow. 24c to 26c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 22c; rye, 32c to 34c. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red. S6c to S7c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 23c to 24c; oats. No. 2 white, 16c to ISc; rye. No. 2,34 cto 35c; clover seed, $4.55 to $4.65. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring. 65c to 67c: corn, No. 3. 22c to 24e; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 21c: barley. No. 2,2 Sc to 3.3 c; rye. No. 2,32 cto 34c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50: wheat, No. 2 red. 82c to 84c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. New York —Cattle, s3.Oft to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.75; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 76c to 77c; corn. No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, .No. 2 white, 21c to 23c; butter, creamery, 15i to 21c; eggs, Westcvc, 9c to 10c.

STARVING CHINAMEN. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY DIED. Grain Crop in Ichauc a Total Failure Last Year —Unauthorized Invasion of Macedonia by Greeks May Pre' cipitate War with the Turks. Hundreds Are Dyinsj. According to advices brought to San Francisco by the Gaelic, natives in the vicinity of Ichang, China, are dying by hundreds of starvation. The grain crop last year was almost a total failure, and as the people exchanged their maize for rice to last them through the winter, food has been scant for a long time. Supplies are now completely exhausted, and the harvest of death has begun. The officials are making efforts to furnish food for the starving people by sending in rice, but the supplies they are able to contribute are so small and the number of t use in direct need is so great that little good is accomplished. Owing to the difficulty of transporting the rice in the famine districts, only those living along the waterways are aided. For those in the interior there is no help, and the mortality is great and growing steadily. Even in the sections that the relief supplies reach the amount given to each family is so small that it serves barely to sustain life, and does not relieve rhe pangs of hunger. No estimate of the loss of life is given, but it is reported to be heavy. Greeks Roused to War. On Saturday a body of 3,000 Greek volunteers posted at the Macedonian frontier, opposed to a larger Turkish force, advanced into the enemies’ territory without orders from the Government at Athens. King George is said to be trying strenuously to avert war, but so far there is no disavowal of the act of invasion. The Turkish authorities are alive to the situation, and are making mighty efforts to concentrate a force to oppose the advance of the Greeks. The plan of the insurgents was to occupy Baltiuo, on the frontier of Macedonia, in order to prevent the Turks from taking up a more advanced position. Directly the Greeks crossed the frontier their leaders issued a proclamation calling upon the Macedonians and Epirotes to rise for freedom. A special dispatch Monday from Trikhala says the Turkish garrison of Baltiuo, numbering about eight hundred men, which was besieged by the Greek insurgents, has cut its way through the Greeks, with a loss of thirty men killed. The fighting was stubborn. It was only at the fourth attempt that the Turks were able to issue from their barracks. The insurgents, the special dispatch further states, continued their march into Macedonia and have captured the town of Krania. They pursued the Turks close to Cipria. which is only two hours distant from Grevena. BREVITIES, By a vote of 28 to 24 the Minnesota Senate indefinitely postponed the antidepartment store bill. Mexico, it is reported, may place a pro- I hibitive duty on American hogs and pack- I iiig house products if the United States I adopts the duty on Mexican cattle provid- I eii in the Dingley bilk In the House of Commons at London I Mr. Chamberlain announced that a contract had been signed between Canada and the Pattersons of Newcastle for a fust steamship service between Canada and Great Britain. He added as the eon- । tract still requires sanction of the Impe- : rial Government, which is considering the i subject, it would be premature to make | any further statement. The steamer Empress of Japan brings I the following from China: "The Chinese | Government has decided to order four j more armored cruisers, two fast cruisers, and several torpedo destroyers of the English type.” There are indications ot Li Hung Chang coming into fuller power shortly, but there tire still a great many attempts made to undermine his newly acquired influence.” The strikers in the finishing department । of the Illinois Steel Company's mills at i South Chicago are blacklisted. When the i men were paid off Friday the majority | were informed that they would never i again be permitted to work for the company under any circumstances. The ofli- ■ rials of the company admit the fact and ' defend their position by saying the strik- i ers have long been a “disturbing element” in the mills and the company is glad of the present opportunity to be rid of them forever. Mrs. Leland Stanford of San Francisco signed the contract Friday by which her life is now insured for $1,000,000. By the terms of the contract Mrs. Stanford is to pay an annual premium of $170,000. and upon her death 51.000,000 will be , paid by the company to the Leland Stan- : ford, Jr., University. Should she live ■ ten years and continue her annual pay- । ment of preiniiinis (lie university will re- I ceive at her death s2,OOt>.<itMi insa-j.i ~f $1,000,000. Many visitors have inspected the vast subterranean passageway discovered at Castalia, Ohio. The cave is situated at the source of Castalia creek and extends underneath the town. The entrance is as yet made with difficulty, but the splendor of the interior is marvelous when shown by the illumination of torches. The State geologist will inspect the cave, after which the opening will be enlarged. It is believed that the cave is connected with ’ Perry's Cave at Pnt-in-Bav and also with Flat Rock Cave, which would make it extend over an area greater than that of i Mammoth Cave. The ’places of the striking rail straight- 1 eners in the Illinois Steel Company's mills 1 at. Smith Chicago were filled Monday and ! over 1,206 men who have been thrown out i of work since Thursday went back to their places. The old men did not cause a disturbance at the gates, as was expected. Aubrey Beardsley, the London artist, has been formally received into the Roman Catholic Church. His health, which has oeen precarious for a long time past, is now better, and he has gone to the Ri viera. Nelson E. Nare, a private watchman, died while on duty Monday morning in the grain elevator of the Nebraska Packing Company, Chicago. His body was found at the bottom of a steep stairway, the watchman evidently having fallen a distance of forty feet, meeting death ujion the cement-paved basement floor

NATIONAL SOLONS. REVIEW CF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House—Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch—Questions of Moment to the Country at Large. The Legislative Grind. The House acted promptly Wednesday on the President’s message and adopted a joint resolution authorizing the Secretary of War to expend $200,000 for the relief of the flood sufferers of the Mississippi Valley. Adjournment was taken until Saturday. Cuba and the flood sufferers divided attention in the Senate. Ihe reading of the President’s message uiging Congressional relief for the devastated regions of the Mississippi River was followed by the passage of a joint resolution offered by Senator Jones of Arkansas, appropriating $150,000, to be immediately available for the flood sufferers. It waspassed by the unanimous vote of the Senate. Ihe plans were changed, however, vvhen the House resolution appropriating $200,000 for the Mississippi River and ■m ^‘ vor °f the North was received. Ihis was accepted in lieu of the former resolution and was passed unanimously. Mi. Morgan of Alabama resumed his speech in support of the resolution on declaring that a state of war exists in Cnh^ The Senate Thursday heard Mr. iforgan of Alabama for the third successiveday on his resolution declaring that a state of war exists in Cuba. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota spoke for two hours on the bankruptcy bill, opposing the pending Torrey bill. Mr. Chandler offered a resolution, which was agreed to, as follows: “Resolved, That the Committee on Interstate Commerce be directed to investigate the payments made or agreed to be madeby the interstate commerce commission for attorneys’ fees, and also to inquire whether in any cases the attorneys of the commission have also been employed by railroad companies in similar cases, and further whether any additional authority from Congress is required for the employment of counsel in any pending proceedings which have been instituted by or on motion of the commission.” The House gave no evidence of life. The Senate met at noon Monday for the first time since the death of ex-Senator A oorhees, who, until a recent day, was & conspicuous member of the body. The opening prayer of Rev. Dr. Milburn, the blind chaplain, made eloquent reference to Mr. Voorhees’ brilliant talents, impassioned ardor, kindling eloquence, genuine patriotism and the unselfish dedication of his great powers to every cause, human aad divine, which enlisted his career. Divine consolation was invoked for the family of the man who had inscribed his name on the tablets which perpetuate the great orators and statesmen of his generation. Immediately following the prayer Air. Gorman of Maryland moved that as a mark of respect to their late associate the Senate adjourn, adding that many Senators desired to attend the funeral. The motion prevailed. The House did nothing. Mr. Motgan completed his Cuban speech I in the Senate Tuesday, and consideration i of the bankruptcy bill was resumed. Sen- | ator (’handler introduced his bills empowering the Secretary of rhe Navy to take possession of the armor plants of the Bethlehem and the Carnegie companies. ; The House did nothing. The Mississippi is still making bad : breaks.—Baltimore American. Baseball crockery comes too high. Numerous SIO.(MX> pitchers have been broken.—New Orleans Picayune. New York City became so big that Brooklyn had to be rented to store a part of it.—New Orleans Picayune. Hon. Matt Quay's enemies are beginning to fear that he carries a night key t& the White House.—Washington Post. AVith a tariff and a treaty on hand, the Senate * an complain of no lack of material for deliberation.—AA’ashington Star. There is one commendable feature of the Congressional Record. It doesn't run a poster poetry department.—AVashington Post. In telling Charlemagne Tower, Jr., togo to Austria President McKinley does not exactly tell Col. Fred Grant to go to blazes. —Boston Globe. The dog has been taken out of the front yard, so that whenever Prosperity feels like dropping in she will not be intimidated. — Kansas City Times. , In the spring fiercer hunger grows upon i the pantry mouse. In the spring the shuddering fancy turns to thoughts of cleaning house. —New York Press. Mr. .Moody's arrival in ('hicago was very timely. He found leu. «-andi«]ates for Mayor inquiring what they should do ' to be saved.—Detroit Free Press. Dr. Swallow, the editor of a Methodist journal, has been convicted of libeling a Pennsylvania politician. This seems almost incredible. —Richmond Times. Mrs. Christopher Bettarle has sustained the reputation of her sex for markswomanship. She aimed a revolver at a dog and shot her husband.—Chicago Journal. The waste of time caused by the election of Senators by the Legislature is one excellent reason for electing them by a i popular vote.- Louisville Commercial. Some scientific sharp says that “thirst ; is merely a lesion of the temperosplieiioidal lobe of the brain." But what is good ! for that disease? —Chicago Times-Herald. A dispatch from St. Louis says that Col. Phoebe Cousins has dug up the hatchet and gone upon the warpath. We advise arbitration right away.—Chicago TimesHerald. The women are going to hold a health .jg congress in Philadelphia pretty soon. ” There will be a rush of business for the Philadelphia doctors while it lasts.— Cleveland Leader. Texas is to buy a battlefield. From many reports we had never supposed thu' Texas ne> ded such a place. Any old place has usually been considered a battlefield in Texas.—St. Ixmis Star. Tesla says that a person who sleeps nine hours a day ought to live a hundred years. If this is true. Philadelphians ought to keep alive for all eternity.—New York Commercial Advertiser.