St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 41, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 1 May 1897 — Page 2

£ljc Jnbtpenbent. W. a. E^DI-KY. l»ii»>ll«nor. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. BIG BOATS IN PERIL. BANNOCKBURN GOES ON THE ROCKS. Cargo of Corn Badly Damaged-Two Bames Lose Entire Lomls-Congreßß- - Belknap, of Chicago, to Be Wedded to an Indiana Maiden. News of the Great Lakes. While running at full speed the steamer I Bannockburn went on the rocks at Snake Island Light, off Kingston, Ont., Tuesday morning. A large hole was stove in her bottom plates, through which water is pouring into her cargo of tiO.OOO bushels of corn from Toledo. Much of her cargo will be ruined. The corn is consigned to the Montreal Transportation Company, and both vessels and cargo are insured. The company at once sent tugs, lighters and barges to the stranded steamer. and the.v succeeded in unloading 25.00(1 bushels of tier grain. The Banuockloirn is an English-built boat, ami is commanded by Captain Irvine. The tugs Walker ami Bronson left Kingston towing barges laden with wheat for Montreal. The.v encountered a snowstorm and during the gale four of the barges ran ashore at the .Johnstone lighthouse. These barges have on board about 100.000 bushels of wheat. The barge Kinghorn is sunk in 100 feet of water, another is half full and the others tire leaking badly. Lawless Element in Alaska. Ottawa. Ont., dispatch: Inspector Constantine of the Northwest mounted police at Fort Cudahy, in the Yukon district, reports that the territory about the mouth of MacKenzie river and the Herschell Islands demand the attention of the Government, Twelve steamers stayed there last winter. The crews numbered from 1,000 to 1.200. These vessels do not leave winter quarters until about the middle of •Inly. Each year a vessel is loaded and sent from San Francisco with a cargo of supplies for this fleet. Liquor forms a large share of the cargo. The liquor is sold or traded to the natives for furs, walrus, ivory and young girls. The natives have also learned to make liquor from dried fruit, sugar and molasses. They are violent and dangerous when the.v have liquor. Last winter it is reported that one tied up his daughter by the heels and whipped her to death. Mr. Whittaker, a missionary, and the captain of the ship, tied up the man and whipped him. The result was that the natives threatened to make the missionary leave the island. Cnpid Makes a Conquest The announcement is made at Washington of the engagement of Hugh R. Belknap, member of Congress from Chicago, and Miss Steele, daughter of Congressman George W. Steele of Indiana. Miss capital s Mrs. Steele went home. Miss Steele has been very popular in Washington society. The Steeles and Congressman Belknap all live at the Ebbitt House, where the young couple first met. Miss Steele is a tall, stately blonde and beautiful. She is the only daughter, ami the only son is a cadet, at Annapolis. Major Steele has been in Congress many years. He is a wealthy manufacturer. It is said by friends of the Steele family that the wedding will take place this spring. Standing: of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: NV. L. W. L. Philadelphia. 5 0 Pittsburg .... 1 2 Cincinnati .. 5 0 Washington... 1 3 Louisville ... 3 0 New York.... I 3 Baltimore ... 4 1 Chicago 1 4 Brooklyn ... 3 2 Cleveland ... O 4 St. Louis. ... 2 2 Boston O 5 The showing of the members of the NVestern League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. Indianapolis.. 5 0 Detroit 2 3 St. Paul 3 2 Milwaukee .. 2 3 Minneapolis.. 3 2 Kansas City.. 2 3 Columbus... 3 2 G’nd Rapids.. 0 5 < , Memorial to Grant. The Grant mausoleum at New York was dedicated Tuesday with imposing ceremonies, in the presence of brilliant military, civic and naval pageants. A grand eulogy was pronounced by Gen. Porter, and an eloquent address was delivered by President McKinley. Hundreds of thousands paid homage to the patriot I’n^ident.

NEWS NUGGETS. A small tornado passed over a part of Wabaunsee County, Kan., late Thursday night. Henry Miller's 8-year-old son was killed, while Miller and his wife were perhaps fatally hurt. Their home, one of the best in that valley. wa< completely • demolished. Vouv pi rsolc wi re drowned at .lai kaon. Mo.. Sunday. .I<>e Johnson was coming to town in a covered wagon, accompanied by Mrs. Bugg, her son. 5 years old. ami her baby. and Miss Minnie l i aser. Johnson attempted to ford the ereek just oast ot the- city, which was much swollen, when the wagon was overturned. John son swam to the bank, but the remainder of the party were drowned.

W. C. McDonald. the largest manufacturer of plug tobacco in Canada, emplovmg 7<M> hands, has closed his factory in Montreal because of the umvrtuinty of the clause in the new Canadian tariff bill relating to the increase of the duty on tobacco. The Dominion Wire Company at Laehine closet! its barbed wire works Saturday in consequence of the paleing o1 barbed wire on the free list. The steamer John N. (Hidden. Chicago to Dake Ontario with grain, "an into the wunken wreck of the steamer Gram! Traverse. near Colchester. on Dake Erie. Saturday night. Die Glidden put into Clevehind lor repairs. 1 mderwriters will take immediate steps to have the old hulk of the Grand Traverse blown up. as it is a serious menace to navigation A dispatch from Havana sav.. the number of insurgents in Cuba who arc submilling to the Spanish authorities increases daily. The military authorities are preparing to send .'l.him additional troops t( the Phi: opine I -i.inds.

eastern. Senor R. I rraza val, Chilian minister to the United States ami representative to the postal congress at Washington, arrived at New York Thursday. The New York Senate has passed a bill making it illegal for any person other than an authorized agent of a railroad to sell or offer for sale any railroad pass or ticket. The Pennsylvania Board of Pardons has recommended a committal ion of the death sentence imposed on Actor .lames B. Gentry for the murder of Madge Yorke. Altmayer Bros.. New York, dealers in knit goods, assigned to Georgi* Einstein, with preferences for $23.271. I he attorneys for the creditors estimated the as sets and liabilities at SGO,OO(> each. Samuel Colgate, head of the firm ot Samuel Colgate & Co., soap and perfumery manufacturers, died at his home in Orange. N. Y., of heart disease and dropsy. He had been ill for several weeks. Frank R. Hadley, ex-treasurer of the Bennett and Columbia mills, died Friday morning at New Bedford, Muss. Several warrants were issued for his arrest a lew days ago on charges of perjury in making false returns to the State in connection with the standing of the corporations, both of which are now in the hands of receiv-

ers. Hadley had been ill for some time. The famous hat trimtnings ease, which involved between $20,000,000 and $23,000,0<>0, which hns been postponed from time to time for the last three years, was finally decided in favor of the Government by a jury in the United States Court at Philadelphia Tuesday afternoon. The suit was brought as a test ease by Meyer & Dickinson, big importers of that city, who sought to recover from the United States a difference of 30 per cent in customs duties. The firm's contention was that the importations in question consisted solely of hat trimmings, on which the duty under the McKinley tariff act was only 20 per cent, but the Federal officials in their argument maintained that the merchandise was used chiefly for dresses and dress trimtnings, and that the duty of 30 per cent levied by the Government was proper. Meyer A Dickinson wore nominally 7 the plaintiffs, tint there were hundreds of big importing firms throughout the country who were interested in the outcome of the suit and who were instrumental in procuring the best obtainable counsel.

WESTERN. A large paper mill located at Ellsworth. Ind., was destroyed by fire Thursday morning. The fire originated from sparks from a passing engine. Ellsworth has no fire protection and the entire plant was consumed. The loss is $3(UM>(t. she mil) was owned by the American Straw Board Company, whose general offices are in Chicago. It will probably be rebuilt at once. Two hundred plucky sons of Greece and “the isles of Greece” left Chicago Thursday to battle for King George ami country. To the inspiriting strains of the “Marseillaise” the special train of five coaches bearing the devoted band of patriots pulled out from the Polk street depot at precisely ten minutes after 7 yjdAj^^^^^hv^dieerthatwe n t lip irot.. eut to say farewell Wa send off. — The revenue cutter Rush has returned to San Francisco from an unsuccessful search for the overdue ship Samaria, bound from Seattle for San Francisco. The Rush went 200 miles up the coast, but found no trace of the ship. The Samaria, with her crew and the captain's wife and two children, is undoubtedly at the Iho tom of the sea. There are twenty-one. all told, on board. A life buoy marked Samaria has boon washed ashore at Long Bench, M ash. Janies E. Thorp, a St. Louis motorman, was shot by Ira Stansbury Friday. Stansbury was in a buggy, which he was driving on the track. Thorp ran an electric car up behind the buggy ami sounded the gong for Stansbury to get off the track. Stansbury was driving fast and refused to turn out. Thorp ran his ear up to the buggy and bumped it off the track. Stansbury dispassionately stopped his horse.

lowered the hood of his buggy, produced a revolver from under the seat, and carefully shot the motorman through the thigh. When arrested by an astonished policeman Stansbury was perfectly calm. He said he had as much right on the street as a car. and that no motorman had any franchise to run him down. Charles W. Spalding, ex-treasurer of the University of Illinois and president of the defunct Globe Savings Bank, of Chicago, was sent to jail Saturday in default of $25,000 bail. pu_a charge of embezzling SIOO,OOO. He is a nervous wreck, and his physicians fear that he is on the verge of a collapse. An experience of two days in the county jail completely prostrated the prisoner, and from the hour he entered the prison until late Sunday afternoon he did not taste food nor close an eye. With the exception of a few minutes Saturday afternoon he did not leave his cell, but sat straining every nerve to catch the sound of the footstep of a friend coming to free him. He said little, but expressed his surprise that friends did not come to his rescue and release him from the cell. Uis only caller aside from his physician was Walter Malwr. Judge Showalter of the United States Court, Chicago, has granted the injunc tmn asked by the Citizens' Street Railway ’ ompany of Indianapolis against the enforcement of the 3-eent fare law. The efj feet will be a return to 5-cent fares. The i decision was received by tin- clerks of tne Federal Court in Indianapolis Friday. ’* ugg law is declared to be unconsti ttitmmil. because it is special legislation applymg only to the city of Indianapolis’ H is the opinion of the court that where proceedings in effect destructive of a vest ed property right are threatened bv a defendant in official position, under J.dor of Mht r ,a ! ute ' ,hp Preliminary injunction ' ght to issue. [he suggestion bv the Attorney General, the court says, that in any event this court ought not to consider the ease made by this bill until the Sm tireine ourt of Indiana has pronounced upon the specific enactment in contention. Whlch the conr t had no right to ‘■b’Hnm, and if is ordered that the injunction issue as praved SOUTHERN. m ''"'" thm. Ky„ 801. Ue ke an-l Al Maddox tell ynt over farm provisions Maddox attack,.,! i„ M .ko wiih a sej the blade, cutting his throat. V" 1 ' -'ohn S. Mushy . a buggy at tile I mwi . r v...

| Richmond Friday afternoon and receive a cut which may seriously injure one eyE*^ While Toni Darben, a logging man -oiMI Beaier ('reek, Ky., was absent in Vii^^ ginia chopping wood, his mountain honi^^H burned and his wife and four childrMH cremated. At Frankfort. Ky.. W. .1. Deboe FridTp night secured tin initiation for Unite®^ States Senator in the Republican cauci®! on the twenty eighth ballot. The Kedß* tueky Legislature has been in deadlo.^Mfor several weeks, and charges of bribp^K have been freely made. Dr. Hunter. ^fy candidat*. has been indicted by the grarWa jury. WASHINGTON I ail Major lien. Nelson A. Miles, eotn^^H er ot the army, has been author! dd(he President Io go to Europe to the war between Greece and I urke^^Hbss Representative Holman of Indian^B| at his home in Washington at 2:05 ^Hrah'tl Thursday afternoon, after an illn^Mlek several weeks. Spina) meningitis W^Ktl of cause of death. Senator Allen of Nebraska has J dmed a resolution in the Senate di^Hprothe President to express the symt«Hfo>k ’ the American people with (1 rvece j struggle with Turkey. Senator W|] t , n . spoke in favor of its adoption. |

By force of superior fiumh^K n „. Greeks were forctsl Saturday to Larissa. King George started in * sort to < <>mmar.d his forces, which a stand at Phnrsaln. a town >1 flanked by rocky hills. The Till ncp tured vast stores and several h'qijaans at Larissa. Sunday Great took the initiative in a move by theaL wers to stop the war. Italy, France many agree to the suggestion. Se. retary Sherman has receivers brief cablegram from M mister Terroll^B Uonstantinople. under date of Thtirsd^B mg that Osman I’asha, the old he^l o f f| H , Turkish defense of Plevna. left ^K|gt an . tinople to assume command of ^HTurk ish arm;, in the field. The cab^H>. nn j s regarde<| as significant of some l( f plans ,m the part of the Turkfl^E^d an acknowledgment that Edhem ■’asha's campaign has been a failure. B Washington dispatch: All of t®cxeeiilive departments are receiving laB 0 gumhers of letters from ex-soldiers I Wien ting a general misunderstanding as By their rights to appointment to office. ■any o f

tile veterans seem to labor undeF j ni . pression that they can be apisdl faj p, positions in the civil service with the formality of tin examination or ^qnisi. tion on the Civil Service Umm! k s hm. This is largely due to the fact t If the law provides that ex-soldiers wit civil service who resign or who (|isplneed for cause other than Iht^f own fault may be reinstated to their o^ pomtions at any time. The law, nj§^*evvr, makes no provision giving prefenmep f (l soldiers who have not been ill the civil sen i< e before, except (hat officii ß making requisitions on the Civil Servici Commission for a list of eligible appolld^g may favor the veterans who may M be on that list. .18^7 A W ashington dispatch sayi Comp troller Eckels has given several| VQ t| eiU cn who have applitsl for reiustu ement as clerks and bank examiners in^sis bureau Uiiliillil iniiiilli iiilH b “ ny *V •• )'>, 1 jy 11 ” ““C *IC l> s -,. . asmuch as Mr. Eckels bus’. I Afi., serAc. the place hunters who have aui£ uU his I bureau are much disgruntled auStre try ing to raise an issue betweet^hlai ami Secretary Gage over the arratK«meut of the clerical force. Thus fur,! however, they have failed and there have been no signs of friction in that quarter. The hope of the place hunters is that Mr. Eckels may permit himself to be irritated to the point of resigning rather than submit to interference with his clerical force. He has several offers of outside employment that will pay him more than In* is now receiving, but he hns a pride in staying to the end of his five years' term -next April ami is not likely to permit himself to be trapped into resigning to gratify the spoilsmen. It can be said with truth that there is no disposition on the part of either the President or Secretary Gare to disturb ( omptroiler Eckels or to ituerfere in his administration of the affnh's of his

office. He is practically the ou#v relic of the ( leveland reign with whom this administration appears to be in sincere sympathy. Senator Mason of Illinois caused a sensation \\ ednesday afternoon by breaking a rude lance against the wall of ancient Senate tradition and forcing a show of hands on that ilat-footed proposition to amend the rules by authorizing tiie “previous question” and putting a limit to debate. He was defeated, as he expected to be, but there was a breezy freshness about Mie gentleman’? way of going at the thing that was refreshing to a degree and that jolted the dignified body'severely. The junior Illinois Senator called attention to the failure of a known majority to get action on the Cuban resolution and on the bankruptcy bill, and to the interminable delay that attended the passage of the last tariff bill. He made'the point that the country looked with impatience on the obstructive tactics of-tjh«|"'''"" " ' and demanded a revolution in tices. The majority of the urrection. declared, was in a state of ins uu . e p, and would insist on having a eh^fi, j u ferbusin. I he S. imt.- <istW|lK r the cloesl. and promptly voted t 1 UH CIO sure motion to the Com nittee on Rules. I that cemetery for motions whose burial In jund iiope of resurrecti,,n is demited, and which Senator Hoar explained was not lively to meet fm months on account of ' e absenteeism of members a tk] f or othm reasons. The truth is a majoX If the Senate is opposed to the limitation of do bate. Occasionally a veteran t „i the tight against unlimited dX/ does not press the matter w tl Dm ” and accepts defeat with eqnlniL^r ’M SS ’ ator Mason made a great I t w W' Hoar by his volunt^r motion , St m at ? r E stab, ^■monstration of his bounding prairies. from the FOREIGN. The Governments of Chili . Hum. agreed to she manner ofL ‘I 1 ’* n ' ^'•Hns. An arbitration eomS'" ,g "“Abe Hppunh.d composed of IT ‘ lSßlf m fr “"‘ each republic ami „ thirn", T' ,b '' r pointed by the Queen of Hol I ? be ilp ' I'he < ommereial crisis in If ’ bs worst poim ,e . iro l"Ttant firms have reqm s(ed Sp ' ,!n l,n i'hblha ,s negotiating with HH ■ , 1 !’ r t t ‘HD i< > \ Ul 11 ' 1,1 < ape Town an-

■ Pounces that a squadron of eight British Warships entered Delagoa Bav Wednes lay evening, causing great excitement. ‘ t<> general opinion at ('ape wn only a naval demonstration is intonueil. Major Anzolinos, who gave the order for Bw abandonment at Gritzovaii by the •reek troops, and who was replaced by ' 01. I apastavro for so doing, being held responsible for the loss of that place, has. According to a special dispatch from Athens. committed suicide at Tymavos. An attempt was made Thursday at to assassinate the King of Italy. A man named Pietro .Aeciarito attempted to stab his majesty v ith a dagger. H,. W as seized before he could carry out his pur jmse. Aeciarito appears to be a political fanatic. He says he lias no aeeomplii-es. Le Nord, a newspaper at Brussels, announces that all the powers have given their adhesion to tile note of the Russian’ minister of foreign affairs. Count Moura vieoff, assuring the Greeks and Turks ~f the friendly intervention <>f the powers in the present struggle as soon as asked by either side. I here was a boh] attempt made to as sassinate President Borda .it Montevideo. 1 rugnay. An unknown mnn, who may be <*onnected in some manner with t!ie revolution. nu*t the president in the street and shot nt him. The president escaped without injury, and the crimimd lias been captured, but refuses to disclose his id.*n Japanese, having been turning ftttnl from Itimnit, arc tr>;ng to mi.u ci, frame into the I inted States. l ifty Japanese laborers have arrived at San Fram iseo from British Uolinnbia to work In California orchards and fields. |’he immigration commissioner is investigating she report that the Japanese are coming hithei under contract. <<n Friday the Greek troops were reported aueoeasfiil al) along the line. Believing that the powers would blockade Greece, she Turks left vast quantities of military stores and food supplies pra< tically unprotected at several staport towns, and King (Jeorge’s fleet bombarded, cap tured ami destroyed them. tint*, cutting off Edhem Pasha's army from food. This is a fearful blow. The Turkish Lattery at Ligeria was destroyed and tin* Turks driven from Nez, ros and Rajisnri. At Larissa the Turks were quiet and nenrh surrounded by Greek troops. V Mages betneen Katerina ami V. ria and islands

near Smyrna have risen in revolt, and Bulgaria and other Balkan States are likely to war with Turkey. IN GENERA^ A. Magee, a prominent barr stcr of Van couver, B. C.. committed suicide. lie had laen drinking heavily. As the result of a landslide IH , nr sheep < reek. B, C., on the Red Mountain Riiilroad, six railroad employes were killed and a number of others semmsb injured Twelve of them were asleep w hen 11 huge landslide, 3imi feet wide, swept over the camp. Obituary: At New York, “Billy” Birch, the old-time “king of negro minstrels,” »;»J. At Milwaukee, Garrett Dumb. At Mount Morris. 111.. Eider Joseph Lehman. •K» At. Lemington. N. J.. Jacob Randolph, 70. At New York. Mrs M iir y j ar . beau, mother us Vernona Jarbeau. - . s-g the UoumiaTy luvTv” tween Mexico and the colony of Belize, or British Honduras, has passed the Mexican Senate in secret session by a vole iff 37 to 7. This treaty was concluded three years ago between Ignacio Mariscal, secretary of foreign relations of the Mex ienn Government, and Sir Spencer St. John, then British minister at the Mex iean capital. R G. Di.a & Uo.'s Weekly Review of 1 rade says: ■ Jf either I'nrkcy or Gn*eee had been wholly buried in the sea. markets might have been affected less than by the outbreak of war in Euriqie. Like fire in the heart of a rowded city it raised the question if a g* neral conflagration may spring out of it. To this possibility, and not to the direct inil'ience of either Turkey or (In *< e. upon thi orld's money or produce markets was dm the excitement in grain and stocks. A- the unknown is magnified. American markets were much more flighty than European, where the jsissibilities have been discussed and partly discounted for months But the uncertainty remains and will affect movement of money and staples until it

diaappears, creating a larger demand for American products at higher prices, causing hasty speculative selling of securities at times, but also more continuous buying by foreign investors, ami not improbably influencing the attitude of foreign powers on questions important to this country." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice. $2.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 74e to 76c; corn. No. 2. 24c to 25c; oats. No. 2,17 c to 18c; rye. No. 2. 36c to 38 : butter, choice creamery, 15c to 17c; eggs, fresh. Sc to be; potatoes, per bushel. 20c to .!•>■ ; broom torn. common growth to choice green hurl, 2c to 5c per 11 >. Indianapolis -Cattle, shipping. .$3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $1.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2,88 cto 90c; corn, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Ixmis—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2, $1.02 to $1.04; corn. No. 2 yellow, 22c to 23c; oats. No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2,35 cto 37c. Cincinnati —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2. 92c to 9.3 c; eorn. No. 2 mixed, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c. Detroit —Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; bogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2 red. 91c to 93c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24e; rye. 36c to 37c. Toledo Wheat. To. 2 red. 94c to 95c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 24c to 25c; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,36 cto 38c; clover seed, $4.35 to $4.45.

Milwaukee— \\ heot, No. 2 spring. 75c to 77c; eorn, No. 3,24 cto 25c; oats. No. 2 white, 20c to 22e; barley. No. 2,28 cto 34c; rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c; pork, mess, $8.25 to $8.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4..50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 02c to 93c; eorn. No. 2 yellow, 27c to 29c; oats. No. 2 white. 23c to 25c. New York Cattle, $3 00 to $5.50; hogs. $3..50 to $4.75; sheep. $3.00 to $5.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 82e to 84c; corn. No. 2, • >oe to 31e; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 2 le; butter, creamery, 13c to 18<-; eggs, West ern, 9c to He.

WORK OF CONGRESS. THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. A Comprehensive Digest of the Proceedings in the Legislative Chambers at Washington —Matters that Concern the People. Lawmakers at Labor. Senator Mason, of Illinois, made his maiden speech in the Senate Wednesday and signalized it by some breezy criticism on tin* rules of the Senate. It was such a variation from the prosy debate of recent days that the Senator was accorded * close attention and twice reieived the hearty applause of crowded galleries. Mr. Hoar, of Massachusetts, replied briefly, pointing out that the other branch of ( ongres^ was more open to criticism than the Semite. He was in accord with Mr. Mason, however, on the need of new rules. A vote was taken on Mr. Gorman s motion to refer the Mason resolution to the Rules Uommittee. which prevailed yeas, 32: nnys. 24. Most of the day was given to the bankruptcy bill. The House, after a ten-minnte session, adjourned one day out of respect to the late Representative Milliken. n f Maine. The session of the Semite Thursday opened With a proposition for an official yKNv , n of sympathy to the Greeks in " r str "KKi‘* "ith Turkey. This was soon merged into a turbulent debate over the disorganized state of the Senate. Later in the day the Nelson bankruptcy 101 l was passed by the decisive vote of 4D ’o S. The bankruptcy bill as passed is the substitute framed by Mr. Nelson of Minnesota. The “free homestead bill" was then taken t«>. Mr. Morgan offered an amendment providing that nil public lands not taken up bv public entry by Jnn. 1. !*>«*». shall be granted to the States and Territories where the lands are located for dedication purposes. The homestead hill was made the unfinished business and then laid aside. At 4 o'clock a message from the House announced the death of Representative Holman. Mr. I urpie of Indiana presented a resolution voicing the regret with which the announcement was received and providing L>r a committee of five Senators to accompany the remains. The resolution was agreed to. The presiding officer named Senators Tttrpie. Fairbanks, Spooner, K' le and Ran hns ns the committee. The Senate adjourned to Monday. The House did nothing of importance. The House Friday completed the consideration of the Senate amendments to tile Indian appropriation bill and sent the bill to conference. The main contention centered about the Senate proposition to open the I neomjiahgre Indian reservation under the mineral land laws. Finally an amendment w as re<*ommended to (he effect that no corporation should be allowed to obtain possession of these gilsonite deposits, blit that the Government should base the hinds in limited areas and for limited terms of years. '1 he Senate amendment striking from the House bill the provision for the ratification of the oil and gas leases made by the council of the Seneca Indians last December was disagreed to. A resolution was adopted by J^ hjch '« ' i^yHii’tee of twenty-five was nj>pMrt—* the dedu aI cm of the Grant tomb in New lurk on Luestlay, ami the House agreed to a program of threeday adjournments. The Senate chamber had a deserted appearance when the session opened Monday. Mr. Harris of Tennessee was at his desk for the first time in many weeks, and was congratulated on his reeoverv from a serious illness. In the absence of the Vice President and President pro tern., Mr. Frye. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota occupied the chair. Dr. Milburn's opening prayer made eloquent reference to tin* gathering of thousands to pay tribute to the great chieftain. Grant, and inVoked ’hat the glow of j>atrioti<ii freshly enkindled may strengthen our nation, our Government and the Union of the States. When the Indian bill was reported back from the House an effort ivjs made to send it to conference, but Mr. Gorman objected, saying it had been understood that no business whatever was to be transacted. Thereupon, at 12:05 p. tn., on motion of Mr. Morrill, the Senate adiourned to Thursday.

l>r. W, G. Hunter. fWThe man m , used of attempting se« cure the Kentucky Senatorship by bribery. Sparks f«rotu the Wires. President Diaz of Mexico has iasued a decree establishing a naval school at Vtra Cruz, to be opened July next. Holman's son may be the Democratic nominee to succeed his father from the Fourth congressional district of Indiana. To gtd rid of an objectionable street railway the municipal authorities of Saulf Ste. Marie, Mich., tore up three miles of track. Antonio Maximo Moria, the principal party to whom Spain recently paid the famous claim of sl.(M>o,(X>o, is dead in New York. 'l'he Turkish minister at Washington denies that Kdhem Ptudia has been supcrsede<l in command of the army operating in Thessaly.

The budget committee of the Mexican Congress reports an estimated revenue for the fiscal year, beginning .Inly 1. at ssb.425.1 MK), and disbursements some $15,000 less. Germany is said to be working to interest Prance and Russia against Great Britain’s policy in South Africa. Germany, in return, promises to sup ort Eremh policy in Egypt. The Gem ,-aI A s -cmbl .' <>f \rka nsas convened in extra session al Little Rock. At it will com.- up th:- ra iir. >a J commis-ion bill, which blocked all 'cgisiation in Ibe reyula : <-" S sjen,

It is said that the first harbinger ot spring has diet! from neglecting 1o bring bis overcoat with him. Boston Traveler. In all their history the stock if the lower Mississippi banks has never been watered to such an extent as now. Chicago Tribune. NVeyler' s soldiers may desert him. but as long as his typewriter holds out -icij.ry cannot be wrested from his grasp. St. Ix'tiis Republic. Die Indiana girl who tried to stroke a circus tiger will be disfigured for life. But think of the experience she had! — Buffalo Express. i After we all get through talking ibout ■ it. we must admit that only the Mississippi conld stand pilch a long run on its bank. St. Paul Dispatch. If eternal perseverance is genius, as _ Michael Angelo asserted, then a great deal i of genius is going to waste in otiice seeking. Baltimore American. I he latest school house in New York has a roof plaj ground. Hero is an idea f which may lw ,dd. b u t which is certainly I practical. Baltimore Amer am 1 I ho I nited States must do for the Paris s exposition in Hmmi what it wished i'rance r to do for us at the time of the World’s Fair at Chicago.—Boston Journal. I'he House of Representatives has nothing to do. and it is discharging the obligation with all the earnestness and energy of which it iscapable. (’hicago Record. Fhe man who tries to get back his presents after the engagement has been broken knows how hard it is to make a retroactive resolution work. Baltimore American. The senatorial fight in Kentucky has now reached the indictment stage, and it looks as if somebody might be chosento a seat in the penitentiary.—Boston Herald. It is ridiculous to assert that “Kentucky s senatorial deadlock is costing ’hat State sl.<hio a day." That wouldn't settle the bill for wet goods alone.—Chicago Times-Herald. Cigarette ashes are said to be great to make palms and rubber plants grow. Ladies who want to see their palms and rubber plants prosper will know now what to do. Boston Globe. We observe that the adjectives infamous, iniquitous, corrupt, crooket) ami mischievous are being terribly overworked in nil States that have Legislatures in session. Baltimore American. If impossible to give President Angell the protection of a man-of-war at the Turkish mission, he should nt least he allowed to take along the Michigan University football team. Detroit Free Press. There has been more talk and less war in the past two years than during a similar fieriod at any time in history. The examples set by the great American prize fighters have demoralized nations.—Chicago Journal. Tuesday night was a busy uno for the nitsli.p. ft । xp: -d, >1 ju Ka'aiuazoo, M.» u . ran aground in Carlinville, UI., and made its debut in Washington. D. C. It now seems to be a three-ringed circus affair.— Chicago Tribune. It looks as if a typewriter was at the bottom of the latest bank smash in Chicago, and the queer thing about it is that she isn't particularly pretty. She must have been quite fascinating, just the same. Boston Herald. Gen. NVeyler has again annonnced that the backbone of the Cuban insurrection has been broken. The facility with which this article is produced down there seems to indicate that the insurrection has got backbones to burn. New Y -rk Press. Reports of a monster flying machine or sea serpent near one of our seaports will not necessarily mean that the aerial mystery has taken a new form. It may be one of our battleships trying to cross a corn field. -St. Louis Globe-Democrat. Many a man who denounced as idiotic the vocal celebrations on election night is now busily arranging his plans so as to

enable himself to go out to the baseball grounds and howl maledictions on the umpire and otherwise root tsustermisly,—■ ('bicago Record. Togs of War Let Loose. "By the powers," is the favorite ibjurgation in the Island of Crete just now.— Boston Transcript. Greece just at present is the bat-eared bull-pup of the powers' great international bench show. - New York Cress. The maxim to the effect that discretion is the better part of valor has evidently not commanded much respect in Greek literature. Washington Star. The war footing of Turkey seems to be composed chiefly of men and arms, while that of Greece is routined largely to rhe ; spirit of Marathon, Chicago Tribune. J The airship ought to sail over to the Graeco Turkish frontier. It- ov, imr ■■■mid make a fortune selling reserved mats to the war correspondents. < nemna i IVO _ une. Considering the national dress of the Greek soldiers, it seems a palpable defiance of the fitness of things that their army is not equipped with a bicycle corps. —Baltimore American. The breaking out of the Graeco-Turkish war on the mainland makes the naval blockade of Crete appear ridiculous. The powers are left "holding the bag."—lndianapolis Journal. If the European powers equid hit upon an equitable plan for distributing the Ottoman empire among themselves, their sympathy with the Turk would not hi.sr over night.—Chicago Record. It is an interesting coincidence that the last European war was begun twenty years ago under almost exactly the same

circumstances as the one now declared. It was that of Russia against Turkey.-— Boston Herald. The English papers have it that Usman j l’asha of Plevna fame is now practically at the hood of the Turkish army, ami that preparations for this war have been carefully imide. I'his is not enconr<tging to the Greeks. ( 'bicago Inter * >eea n The Herat ria Ethuike of -L-ofco ,< the biggest kind of a union. Jest now it is running the Government ; ‘ h . ami has on the Turkish frontier a kirg number of walking delegah - bo .ing things to disturb tin- po S • '..-jk I ’urban. Columbus D : it th.