St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 43, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 15 May 1897 — Page 2

®l)c Independent. W. A. KIWVKY, l»ti>>lis>lier. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA e- ' ~ ~ HEGIRA OF ‘ HOBOES” WEARY WILLIES SWARM OVER THE COUNTRY. Idle, Lawless, and Up to All Sorts of Mischief-Arizona People Enrageil Over Unpunished Murders Vessel Men Accept Low Rates. Trumps Are Numerous. The annual spring visitation ot tramps has apparently come upon the country. Reports from different parts of the United States show that, instead of being peaceable and lazy, they have become desperate and lawless. In many sections they have formed organizations, selected leaders and united in an effort to secure a good living at the general expense of the community that has the ill luck to ba chosen as an abiding place by the tramps. Indiana, particularly the northeast por<>f tbv State, is partially terrorized. Marnj, ar«> t.urnc.i, fa rmhouses looted and isolated settlements placed at their niec j. lights between citizens and tramps are of frequent occurrence, but the vagrants, though often battled. beaten and jailed, re fuse to move. freight cars are broken into and valuable contents taken anti sold to whoever will buy. the proceeds going for liquor or into a general fund. In New York and New Jersey tights between railroad men and tramps desiring to steal a ride or plunder a ear are not infrequent. * Hunting Escaped Prisoners. Four posses lire smirching for the three prisoners who escaped from the Prescott, A. T.. jail Monday, shooting two officers in their Hight. Lee Morris, the young assistant district attorney, shot by the prisoners, died. His death has greatly inflamed public feeling against the prisoners. who will probably la- lynches! if caught. This feeling is intenstied on account of the passage by the Legislature* of a law which virtually acquits all murderers where the crime is committed prior to the passage of the law. From forty to fifty murders have been committed in that county during the last six or seven years without extreme* punishment. Arraigns K, of L. A radical Ixmdon weekly paper of greet circulation announces in its labor column the receipt from Samuel Gom pers, president of the* American Federation of Labor, of “a strong condemnation of the Roman Catholic labor organization known as the Knights of Labor." The paper goes on to say: “He* e-alls it a ‘moribund concern,' guilty of many acts of perfidy toward labor, and says it has ‘combined with unfair employers to resist the efforts of workingmen's unions which were fighting for union wages and union conditions.' Mr. Gompers characterizes the organization and its action as ‘desperate, contemptible and unscrupulous.' " Standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. VV. L. Baltimore . ..12 3 New York. ... 6 6 Pittsburg .. . 9 4 Boston (5 S Louisville ... 9 4 Brooklyn .... 5 10 Philadelphia. 9 6 Washington... 4 9 Cincinnati . . 9 6 St. Louis.... 4 10 Cleveland ... 8 7 Chicago 4 12 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: w. n W. L St. Paul.... 13 3 Milwaukee ..8 9 Columbus ... 11 4 Detroit 7 9 Indianapolis.. 9 6 Kansas City. 5 13 Minneapolis.. 8 9G’ud Rapids. 4 12 Wild Rates on Iron OreWild rates on iron ore have been established at Cleveland at GO. 50 and 441 cents, but it would not be at all surprising to see any of these low figures reduced, as owners of boats that are moving seem ready to accept almost any price in their efforts to secure down-bound cargbes. The 70-cent contract reported, refers only to one Ixiat. and as far as can be learned this is all that has been done as yet in contracts from the head of the lakes, aside from the boats of the ore companies. NEWS NUGGETS. An election was held at Cairo. 111., at which it was decided to issue $30,000 in bonds for a new high school building. Gov. Bradley, at Frankfort. Ky.. refused to allow Dora Creech, a 12-year-old girl convicted of perjury in Owsley County and sentenced for one year, to come to the penitentiary and granted her a full pardon. The Governor threatens to pardon every juvenile convict out of both State prisons unless the Legislature at once provides funds for State schools of reforms. William J. Farley, alias Harry McMtiL J Jen, wanted in Chicago for the embezzle- f went of $3,000 from Work Bros., cloth- T iers, of that city, was arrested at St. Louis ’ and consented to return without a requisition. To officials Farley said he never took a cent of the firm's money, nor was 1 he ever tempted to do so. until a few months ago. when he b, < am. mixed up ' with women and the races. IL- disap- 1 peared suddenly ab>ut April 10 and went ' to Mexico. The State Department received a dispatch from United States C-msu Little I at Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras, stating that the revolution has come to an end. lie furnishes no details of the events surrounding the collapse. The last heard officially at the department from Hondras was that the revolur.tmists were in force sit Puerto Cortez and that the Government had >H*en obliged to declare that »,>ort closed and was moving with troops upon the place. Abraham Foggia. colored, who is wanted for the murder of Ben Wilson on May A at Dunfermline. 11!., was arrested at I Alton. 111. John Tiefs!. a wealthy farmer residing I near Brazil, Ind., swore out a warrant I for the arrest of his son, Daniel Tiefel. I also a well-to-do farm* r. charging him I with forging hi- nami n. a note for SiMMi I Cold exports from Mi . during th. i of $1,222,192 ot r the m m e n , ed

EASTERN. A. G. Fontani, who went to Pittsburg from New York six months ago and opened an Italian savings bank on Fenn avenue, has disappeared. The banking room, which had been fitted up in luxurious style, has been dismantled and the name removed from the.door. The bank did a large business, the deposits, it is claimed, exceeding SIO,OOO a month. The body of William 1). Howland, treasurer of the Howland mills, the New Bedford Manufacturing Company ami the Rotch Spinning Company, was found in the dock at New Bedford. Mass. The corporations with which Mr. Howland was connected are now in the hands of receivers as the result of unsuspected financial entanglements recently discovered by the stockholders. The report of the expert accountant who has been examining the books of the Surety Building and Loan Association of Philadelphia shows a shortage of $22,000, instead of SB,OOO, as was at first supposed. The secretary of the association. George C. Thompson, disappeared a few weeks ago upon the eve of a contemplated investigation of his books by the State bank examiner. The association was one of the oldest in the city. . A deadly fire, attended with a loss of , $500,000, broke out Thursday night in the basement of the cold storage warehouse nt New York owned by the Wills Brothers' Company. One fireman was killed and fifty others were felled unconscious try the deadly fumes of ammonia which assailed them as they entered the building. The firemen's cry of danger was heard on the outside and other companies were ordered in to rescue their comrades. These in turn were also over come, until Chief Bonner feared he would lose all of his men. Extra calls were sent out for re-enforcements; surgeons and am balances were summoned from the hospitals; engine company 27's house, almost directly opposite the blazing building, was turned into an emergency hospital and as fast as the unfortunate men could be located and dragged out into the open air they were carried to house of temporary relief and properly cared for. New York grain dealers are interested in the outcome of a suit by Dan Talmage’s Sons against the United States The qm-s tion to be decided is what constitutes cleaned rice and uncleaned rice. The Government claims that rice from which both the outer hull and inner cuticle have been removed, under the law of 1894. is define*! by Congress as "cleaned rice,” irrespective of any commercial designation, find is liable to duty at the rate of cents per pound. The importers, how ever, maintain that only such rice as has been absolutely cleaned of all impurities and which is ready for consumption as human food can be described as “clean ed,” and “patnia or Bengal rice” is only liable to a tax of eight tenths of a cent js*r pound. The board of appraisers and the lower courts have upheld the Govern meat's contention on the subject, and the appeal has been taken as a test. The oldest living graduate of West Point celebrated his ninety sixth birthday Thursday at New York. Gen. George 8. Greene is his name, ami in addition to be ing the oldest of American army officers he is the oldest man living in American public life, being eight years older than ex Secretary of the Navy R. W. Thompson. Gen. Greene was a lieutenant in the war seventy years ago and a general in the war of the rebellion nt the ag* of Gl. . and had his jaw shattered while com manding his brigade in a night attack on the enemy at the foot of Lookout Mountain. Despite the fact that he is within four years of tiie century mark, tie is ns vigorous as most men of 60. and his advice ns consulting engineer is in c< taut demand. He was chief engineer of tingreat Croton aqueduct, later chief engi neer of public works at the capital, where he planned the existing excellent sewerage system, and later consulting eng nr* r of the Central Park Commission. WESTERN. Charles Button, a Milwaukee capitalist and formerly of the wholesale drug firm of Greene & Button, dropped dead while entering his carriage on Wisconsin street Friday morning. At Leadville. Colo., a woman known as Belli* Walker was shot and instantly kill ed by her lover, who called himself George Ratliffe, after a quarrel. The assassin then took his own life. At Muncie, Ind., the court has ordered the sale of the plant of the < ’ommon Sense Engine Company. The plant is worth SIOO,OOO. The claims for delinquent wages, amounting to $2,750, were made first liens. The totil amount of secured claims is $85,000; unsecured. $35,000. Henry Jones, colored, a convict in the Indiana State prison, was hanged in the prison for the murder of a fellow convict named Thomas, who testified against him in the trial which resulted in his last st u fence to prison. Jones showed no sign of fear at his fate and went to the scaffold without a tremor. The execution was private, as required by law. For the first time in ten years there are open saloons in Topeka, Kan., and as a result a rebellion against the present State administration has been started. Within a week several saloons with tine fixtures have been opened. Gov. Leedy has been appealed to to compel the police commissioners to elose the pla<-es. but so far has refused to take any band in the matter. He says he appointed men on the board whom the prohibitionists recommended and that it is not his duty spy arouml to see if they are doing their duty. The United States revenue u-ier Ben; has sailed from Seattle. Wash . on her annual * raise to the arctie. She will stop at Unga Island and Ounalaska. and then pr<>. wd to Point Barrow. returning to the sound next XovembiT. Aboard rile Bear is the coast and geodetic survey party which is to make a survey of the 1 ri by loss Islands, at the bend of which is \y. W. Duffield, son of the chief < f the United States coast and geodetic survey service. With him are Fremont Morse, G. R. Putnam and George L. Putnam and six college boys, mostly from Chicago. An attempt was made to wreck a Cheyenne and Northern passenger train by misplacing a switch in the yards at the entrance to Cheyenne. "Wyo. The train was running slowly and no damage was done beyond derailing the locomotive. The an I thorities discovered that the parties who I attempted to cause the wreck are several I Union Pacific brakemen, one of whom Imade a full confession to County AttorI ney Breekens. The switch was turned I with the expectation that Cheyenne and I Northern employes would be blatm d for it I and diseh irged, and extra Union Pa< tic n • n u mid be given work in their place-. Judgment by eonft -sion was entered i.

Bros.’ Banking Company. The execution was placed in the hands of the sheriff, ; who made a levy on the real estate of the - corporation. The plaintiff bank also took - possession of the entire plant of the cor- , poration under a chattel mortgage given i to it by the defendant. The real estate > of the company is valued at over $300,t (XX), while the stock and plant is esti- , mated at $75,000. The judgment in favor of the bank is for borrowed money, the bank having security which is said to be many times the value of its loan. With but one lone vote to spare the Ulinois Senate Wednesday passed the bill repealing the libel law of 1895 and enacting a more stringent statute, similar to the Pennsylvania law. The measure provides a penalty of SI,OOO tine or one year’s imprisonment, or both, for any person who blackens the character of the dead or the living, and also allows the plaintiff to bring suit in the county where he resides compelling the defendant to appear there to answer the charge. The latter provision is a departure from the ordinary rules of practice. According to custom, the plaintiff must institute proceedings in the county where the defendant resides. The present law of the State allows publishers the privilege of retraction, to escape exemplary damages. i The schooner Louisa D. cleared from I San Francisco Wednesday for a cruise to I New Baldayo Islands, ami before she I comes back her crew expects that the] American flag will be floating over a littlaj coral reef close to the equator that no majfl or nation has claimed. New Bnldayo i^l the mime given to the island, but so tatH the most accurate location that can bejj given for it is that it is in the north PaJ eitic ocean. The island is said to be ere<l witli an enormous am! wonderful posit of guano, and for nearly fifty yea^V nuniero'is vessels have started out search of it. but have always return^M without being able to give its location. was first reported by Ix>rd Clipperton, aW eccentric English navigator, naturalist and discoverer, and the man who gave hiflt name to »'lipperton Island. He reporter that the island lay approximately in nortil latitude 16 ami west longitude 137. llf described it as very low, and navigato^F say a vessel could pass within a doz<®f miles of it without seeing it. The Ixmi«< D. is being dispatched by the OeeauK Phosphate ('ompany. WASHINGTON. Supervising Architect Aiken has del cided to resign, in response to the requesf of Secretary Gage, and will retire froif office July 1. John Sherman celebratesl Monday tie seventy-fourth anniversary of his hirtl. and that evening the magnificent residence of the Seer«4ary of Slate on K street w is tin- w cm* <>! festivity and rejoicing in hom>r of flw event. The re<*epMon win attended generally by rhe official and anofficial members of Waebington society. Secretary and Mr» Sherman are > •untwl among tin- most delightful entertainers in the official set. Washington dispatch: Henry Ires Oibb'a name is mentioned with greater j frequency than any other for np|s>intment io the position of supervi*:iig nrchifet t of the Treasury, made vacant by flu* retire mint >f Mr A Ut-n. Mr. < obb - no' an applicant fur the place and say* he c<lid not off >rd to take it if tendered him. Irie regards his present position a* by fag.be more desirable <>f the two. inasmuch 5V* I pay s the same salary and leave*, h $ o* lor outside busim ««. ' I^. ('■>m.dying with a resolution of the ate, the Uomuuasioner - f Lal*or h cyjiput to that body a statement •'* ference !»etween the cost o^pro4w‘i**< white pine lumber in the United and Canada. The report show: list W'l* the average wages in sawmi. * iojbe United Stales is sl7l per day. m Ca>ida it is $1.41; the average labor cost of feet <>f lumber is 91 cents in this country to $1.23 in Canada. This discrepancy is due to the fact that the improved maeLin cry used in this country enables each la borer to neo mphsh more than in Canada. "Buffalo" Jems of Oklahoma, who > nt present in Washington, has nuuk- the Interior Department a proposition to cor ra! the remnant of the once mighty herd of American bison. i’raeti. ally ail of these animals left in n wild state are in tiu- Yellows >ue National Park, and Mr । Jones says they do not exceed thirty in number. He is an authority on miffalu, and he says that if the remaining animals are to be preserved they most be gath cred at one*. as the game in the park ha» been mercilessly slaughtered during the last two years. Mr. Jones says the auie erintendent of the park has abandoned all hope of preserving a single specimen. The Se ri tary has not acted on (be proposition. The universal postal congress met Wednesday at Wusbington. About sixty countries, comprising moat of those in the jHista! union, were represented. Corea. China and the Orange Free State, which are now outside the pale of the union, had delegates present. It is expected that the work of the congress will extend over about six weeks. The present postal agreement will be revised and renewed. Several Important questions will liejeonsidered, among them a propositioß to transmit the official mail of the uniotf free of charge, the question of irnTyasit unit of w eight to be carried undelßfhHmmt stamp from one-half ounce to fourths of an ounce, and also a pr tion for a universal stamp. Wy - lOREIGK. <j £ iltuVo mo ■ . . w~, j UBW , g o- . ver amt - Q •p- uiiport ,f noy - her coin. tor I’re-- m of the United Stirte^A^nt w.:s otiie.aiiy adv.se,l to this effect, Hu* i. s Ay res dispatch. Che com^uttee ot ■ । .o ... party. Dr. Pellegrini Kiatr- ■ investigate the »tent of ihe de. reused exportation of c®eal s , r. ports that tin exportation dec® aged y-j,-, ihm) ikh> The decrease in the e^W irtation of wool is found to be about $^W, XMJ GOO. Bombay dispatch: The plague cc^tinues to diminish in Bombay, having f^] Pn to fifteen cases daily. It is diminish?"^ . k ° at I’oona ami Kuraehee. ’ centers have been formed at D: Cutch and Mundin. The cases a bay have been too few for Dr. i'<*X6 ; . * continue his experiments. . j ; lu to The Dm- d’Aumale died ThurSuai Zu< <o. Sicily, of Ilie shock he expd U< ly upon hearing of the death of the Dp d'Aiencon in the Paris fire. Che UI SM ' diate cau-e of death was cardia Op 111 ,"I*' 1 *' plexy. Ihe attack lasted but a fe'Jw 11 mints and he expired without sapin' Tn* reiatsmship of the Duchesse f .* the Duc d'Aitmah was t® ; ," , "«* '<■ ' I; arrlage. fc" ■ '•ev,i has arriA df J ■ -ng, is mi (irdul!t H

toward the Costa Rican frontier. The Nicaraguan Government is recruiting men from /H over the republic to re-enforce the ariny. Nicaragua has also sent troops to Honduras to help suppress the revolution tlere. According to all reports from Costa Rica and Nicaragua, it seems that the triable between the two Governments is assuming threatening proportions. A special dispatch to Loudon from Cape lowi says that the army reserve of the olotiy of Natal has been notified to hold fiself in readiness for active service. It ls further announced that the authorities “ the Fransvaal have instructed their ‘<ld cornets to thoroughly patrol the Nani border and report instantly anv suspi- < ioiis movements. Finally the special disl|’ltch says that a circular from the Trans- ' Ini has been distributed in <'ape Colony "W in the Orange Free State calling upon I'e Africanders for help. It says: “We ’ Ignot want your money nor moral sup- " e w ant you to come and help us.” /P he Athens correspondent of the IzOlb ’k Daily Mail says: "Ten thousand £Urks attacked the Greek position at Ajlestino. The firing ceased nt 4 o'clock pjpdnesday afternoon, ami it > s evident ' the Greeks have met with a great ^^cess. Then* lias been great slaughter ■ , Fharsala. where the battle is pro ■ /eding.” The Athens corres|>on<]ent of ■Ze Loudon Times says: ''Simultaiivous Us with tl*e atta.-k at Velestino tin- Turks /^ck* "* R* e Greek outposts at Tatar. ■/|p- Uhnrsala. It is said that both at ■ur-ks have been repulsed by the Greeks. Smolensk! says: 'The brigade ^MH^tino is deluged with blood.’ ® n’be"Assiens correspondent of the As Belated Press learns, on the very best Knthority, that Greece has made a writRen m>plication to the iswers through Itheir representatives nt Athens with a [view of obtaining mediation. All the lreprt*sen t a fives have promised in their re ’plies to use their best offices, except the german minister, who has merely ae■knowledged the receipt of the note from phe cabinet. The [x»rte is inclined to suptjjort the powers, with a view to the faieiliation of negotiations, but it declines to [consent tonn armistice, on the ground tlv.it Ahis would enable Greece to reorganize her forces, it is said Turkey will not at tempt to secure Grecian territory, but will i insist on a heavy indemnity. Advices from Madrid say: It is officially statist that tin* Government can see no grounds to listen to the arguments of the Madrid presx or the op|s>sition politicians and has determined to allow Gen Weyler to remain at the bead of the forces in the field of (’tiba. and at the same time to continue to a t as g .xernor general to carry out the reforms gradually, as himay deem the cireunistnm-vs and cond: lions of the colony permi:. Gen Weyler will also be allowed to determine after complete pacification of the is and the eon ditions on which political exiles will be twrmitti-d to return to the colony or how their treatment shall be modified in the Spanish fortresses and penal settlements on the roust of Africa where about 2jkH> Separatists. <>r Autonomists, are nt pre* cut detained by xirfue of decisions of the coliHiial authorities without tr al of any kind, but simply a* sus|M-<-ts In official circles it is stated that tlo-rc is m> idc.i of pro- in miug amnesty yet. IN GENERA.^ obituary: At Buffalo, N. Y., E. G. Spaulding, “father of the greenback At Lcidon. Mrs Georg* linnneus Bank*, poet ami novelist. 7t5 At NashviPe, The Xfntlor* fine steamship L«aiua. which left New York at 3 o'clock Satur da, for Galveston, t<s»k fire off th»- Driu ware <-u|»s at 1 am Sunday Th.rt*-* a patM»engers am! three of the crew perished The l.c'>na retort.<d to its pier in tow. bringing its ghastly arg * The export season from M c/rc.i ym*.. opened Thursday with the departure ot the steamer Monti zuma for L >mlon w tu a full general *arg-. The Montezuma, which is th* first oci«nn vessel to leave on her return trip, will carry as a portion of her cargo 97j»«t bushels of corn ami TyO" sacks of flour. R. G. Dun A. t o , W. ek y Review of Trade says “Nearly al w: b*- astonished to learn that actual sab-s in April by leading houses in ea* h line of business in the principal i itie* va«: **f th«- R>< ky Mountains average only about In per cent less than in April. IN»2. the year of t .< largest business hitherto, and were 6 j*»-r cent more than in the same month last year. Yet this is the -simmary ,f 357 re ports, inch covering actual -uh-m of bad .tig merchants in a hoe >f business m one of fourteen < itivs They art* t -pe- ially encouraging m view of the great fali of prices within the five years and with ex ceptional floods and other retarding influthis yvar.” MARKET REPORTS. Chicago -Cattle, common to prune, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fa r to choice, $2 jm to ss.t«»; wheat, No. 2 r-d, 71c to 72c, corn. No. 2. 23c to 25- ; oats. No. 2. Iteio I s ; rye. No. " 32<. to ;i3c; butler, choice creamery, Itc to 16c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9c; potatoes, p.-r b 2Oc to 30c; broom corn, common growth ch >■ ■ green hurl. $35 to s7n : - : • I ndia; $5.25 - m sheep. < ommon to I h •*. S-O.’*’ t< >[ ■*" S wheat. A 2. ss • !■*' N 2 x\ bite, 'Jelc tu 27- ; oats. No. 2 w mle, -1 c

‘o 22c. U* St. Louis—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. 5*53.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2. 9<k to 97c; corn. No. 2 yellow. 21c to 22c; oats. No. 2 white, 19c to 20c; rye, No. 2. 32c to 34c. Cincinnati —Cattle. $2.50 to $.>.00; hogs. $3.00 to $4.00; sheep. $2.50 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2. 90c to 92c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 20c to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c: rye, No. 2,37 cto 39c. Detroit —Cattle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs. $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 88c to 90c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 23c to 24c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye. 35c to 37c. Toledo —Wheat, No. 2 red, 91c to 93c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 24< to 25>-; oats. No. 2 white, 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2,34 cto 36c; clover seed, $4.30 to $4.3;>. i Milwaukee—-Wheat. No. 2 spring. 72c to 74c; corn, No. 3. 23c to 24c; oats. No. 2 white. 21c to 23c; barley. No. 2. 30c to I 33c; rye. No. 1,35 cto 37c; pork, mess, • $8.2,5 to $8.75. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs. ■ $3.00 to $4.50: sheep. $3.00 to ssihi : wheat. No. 2 red, 89c to 92>-; corn. N 2 yellow, 20c to 3Oc; oats. No. 2wh 21c ■ to 26c. f New York Cattle. $3.00 to $5.5(1; Imgs. $3.50 to $175; sheep. $3.00 to $5.2. >: butter, creamery, 13c to B'•; e ggs, Wes ' I era. 9e to 11c.

POWERS TO SETTLE IT GREECE ACCEPTS TERMS PROPOSED FOR MEDIATION. Preliminaries of Peace as Agreed Upon Between the Powerw Has Been Adhered to by Greek GovernmentUnited States Crop Conditionv,

War Seems Ended. Well, tin* war seems to be over. The Greek Government has formally adhered to the preliminaries of peace agreed upon between the powers, and the heads of tin different legations have received |s>>.t:v< assuranci*s investing them with atilimrlty to treat with Turkey. The ni-gotiu.timir at Athens are regarded as eonciudt-il. 'llie collective note of the powers is t< the following effect: Upon a formal dec kiration by Greece that sin- will n-eall hit troops and agree to sm-lt an autoiioaiouregime tot- < rote as tin- powers ,n tin t w isdom shall d<-<-m best, ami a -c -pt m. reservedly the counsels ot tin- |m»w <i s they will intervene in the interests ot pea< e. In tli< House of Uummons in Lo-i<!oa tlm first lord of the treasury ami ttoxiin im-nt leader, A. .1 Balfour. iiicoiihhl that i nst rm-1 ions had been n-ci-mil from all the representatives of tin- pow.r- at Atiiens saying that mediation bi-: we< :. Turkey and Grtece had I offenu t< the latter country and had been . ■ i ;c<<! by the Greek Government. Active m atires, it is furtlier stated, have been taken at < ’onstnntinople t<> stop further adx aina of the Turkish troops under the command of Edhem Pasha. The recall of the forces from Crete habeen received with resignation by the pub lie. The Delyanni* organs att.-nX tin Government for ap;H*aling to Europe, but most of tin- papers accept this a* inevitable, and violently attack : e Ethnikt 11 i.• _ .. ; ,

Hetairui. asking it to rend< i an account of its action. In Vienna it i« reported that Turkey’s teim~ of p-an- with Greece im-lude the I*.iy ini'iit of a n indemnity of 51,5. t»< mUx* >. a rearrangement of the Gre»*k frontier, tin annulling of the treatin' favoring tin Greeks, till* cession of tile Greek fleet to Turkey and the settlement of the Cretan quest ion. ACTOR IN THE PULPIT. JamcH A. Herne, Hero of “Shore Acrea,” Preaches to an Audience. .Limes A. Herne, who is playing a wonderfully '■meessful engagement in ilis Iw.uitifiil play. "Shorn Acres.'’ at Mc\ ;• k er s Chicago theater, filled the pulpit of Rev. Dr. Canfield at St. Paul’s Church Sunday night. Mr. Herne is known the country over for his kind face, his great air and his nolde cliami-ter ton the etugel a« rhe hero of "Hearts of Oak' him! “Shore A. n-s." Ami his stage appearnin* mid character do not belie the man himself, for in private life he is a philanthropist. with a heart of oak and a generousA open hand. Mr. Herne is now nearly tkt years of age, and has been a

Ml > 4 * // JAMES A. HEHM2 player for almost two general lon-. Hi* first engagement wa* at 'l'toy. N. ) . and paid him $6 a week. Heis wedded to the char.-n ter he evolves, and the parts he ’ak»* are rile flowers and fruits of his ■wu fee'iing. He is very fond of outdoor ir:s and is parti< uhiriy fond of the bi- < v .e. "Shore Ai-ri-s" iia* proven a veritable gold mine to Mr. Herne ami it has gained him an independent fortune. The fifth annivi-rsary of this play was celebrated at McVicker's Theater on Monday Piling. FARM CONDITIONS DECLINE. Returns for May for the Department of Agriculture. The May returns of the Department of , Agriculture show a lifeline from the April j condition o’ 1.2 j*>int- 4 '<f.2. aga .is: sl. l ■

i ]a*t month, and 82.7 Man-h 1. IN’ii. The averagi * of tin- pt io-ipal w :ntt-r-w heat IS'-. ' ar.* < o "2- Mcb .S1 !■ : . . 7' < W • :»■< I’cnns* :* ai a. ft i I rag. - f tm S. .al.- r> Sr u-- ar.- ■ . from 'V. in M. —i-- pm j -' i. . • h-- । - .

Jersey. Delaware. Maryland, ami \ irgiu- . ] ia. from 98 in New Jersey to I<»2 in Mary- , land. . . . As reported in April, tbe worst injuries from freezing and deficient snow are in Illinois, though the bordering States. Indiana. Wisconsin. lowa and Missouri, report severe winter injury, and States Ordering these. Ohio. Michigan. Nebraska and Kansas, show reduced condition figures. Over the country elsewhere the condition is unusually g<x>d. being practi< allv normal east of the AHegbanies and quite’high also on the Pacific slope. The percentage of spring plowing, finished May 1. is 61.9. the usual percentage being 78. Only the extreme northern and southern States show the customary pro portion. Everywhere else delay resulted from the late season and heavy rains. Reports fr<>m Europe are generally ta vorable as to the condition of crops, but in Prance there is a reduced area undei wheat, and the crop is exfteeted to fall short of last years at least Kipo.usi bushels In part of I’rus- a the spring sowings have been retarded by rain. The I Viceroy of India telegraphs that thef. will be no wheat tor < \port ti ■ :

SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. A Week’s Proceedings in the Hulls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business.

The National Solons. 1 he Senate W’ednesday by the vote of' 4.5 to 26 refused to ratify the general arbitration treaty between the United States and <Jreat Britain negotiated by Secretary Olney and Sir Julian I'aum-e fote. At the conclusion of the proceedings, all of which were in executive session. the Senate refused to authorize the publication of the details. The open session of the Senate was devoted :o Hosundry civil appropriation bill, which was not completed up to the lime *f adjourn nient. Mr. Deboe of Kentucky took tin oath of office at the opening of rhe session ami was cordially greeted by hit Kepubli*-an associates. The Senate in executive session confirmed th.* following nominations: Elmer J. Miller, surveyor of customs at Columbus, Ohio; Thomas R. I’urnell. United States district judge sot the eastern district of North Carolina: \\ illiam 11. Meyer, Indian agent for th>Soutliern Ute agency, Colorado John B. Wright am! John W. Russ, ommissioti- • rs of the District of <'olumltia . John McMullen of Maryland, to be .m ■ -s strut surgeon in the marine ;iosmta. -vi i. c The Senate Thursday agreed to an amendment to file sundry civil bill revoking the order of President Cleveland, made Feb. 22 last, establishing forest reservations aggregating 17,000,600 acres. Another amendment agreed to provides for a continuance of ’he investigation of the condition of the fur seals in Bering Sea. The sundry civil an aggregate of $53.<M10.000. The House

by a strict party vote, all the Republicans favoring and all the Democrats and Populists opposing, adopted a resolution providing that the House should meet only' on Mondays and Thursdays of each week until otherwise ordered. It was announced to be the Republican policy to wait on the Senate's action on the tariff bill. Mr. Bailey (DemJ of Texas made a strong but unsuccessful fight to have the order modified so as to give early anil full consideration to the bankruptcy bill. The Republicans replied that they would call up the bankruptcy bill and hold daily sessions on it after Gen. Henderson's return, but until then the rule should stand. The House then adjourned until Monday. On Monday Senator Pettigrew of South Dakota, at the head of the Senate conferees on the Indian appropriation bill, announced his intention to present the report of the conferees about 3 o’clock: but Mr. Morgan’s Cuban debate held the floor until after 3 and then rhe Senate went into executive session and adjourned. The amendment to the Indian appropriation lull as proposed by Mr. Allen (Pop.) from Nt4>raska and adopted by the Senate was as follows: “That the Secre-

tary of rhe Interior shall, within sixty days nfter the passage of this act, establish and thereafter maintain at the city of Omaha, in the State of Nebraska, a warehouse for Indian supplies, from which distribution shall be made to such Indian tribes of the West and Northwest । as the Secretary of the Interior may di- ! reef.” The House uonconeurred in thin -*• | proposition nnd appointed Sherman of | New York. Curtis of Kansas, nnd Allen of Mississippi conferees. They, after conferring with Mr. Pettigrew and his Senate associates, agreed upon an amendment to the amendment which extended from sixty days to one year the time within which the Secretary of the Interior was to transfer the Indian distributing warehouse from Chicago to Omaha, ' and adding a proviso that the city of • >ma- : ha should furnish a suitable building for I the purpose, free of cost, to rhe United State*. The Morgan resolution favoring recog- | nition of Cuba was up in the Senate Tue*i day. Senators Morrill anti Caffery spike in oppisition. Senators la»dge and Foraker advocated deferring the question until further information could be secured from the State Department. and Senators Mills and Allen urged the immediia< passage of the resolutions. The de- ' bate went over. During the day Senator : Kyle, rising to a question of privilege, disclaimed having sought committee places from Republican Senators. A partial conference report on the Indian appropriation bill was agreed to. The consideration of the Senate amendments to the sundry civil appropriation bill was finished by the House ami the bill sent to a conference. President Cleveland's forest reservation order was the subject »f much debate, and the House voted not to con-, cur in the Senate amendment • > annul I the order with the understanding that the ' conferees should arrange an amendment ■ which would have the same effect.

Don’t Put Coin in 5 our Mouth. It >s ]M>s«ible to catch, a whole string the mouth. A scientist -.i t s that a. m.-i n who ■ a relcssty put s a penny ii» ; Ins mouth suli.fcci - litmseit "» ^r.-c.-o <-c danger than if be w» re exposed to the

bitterest weather without clothing. Scientists who have been testing coins find that, ae a rule, the genus that find lodgment on their faces are powerless to liarm human beings unless they are able to penetrate tbe skin ami get into tiie blood; but to cases of consumption and one or two other of the more deadly maladies, the organisms may be given a foothold by being inhaled into the lungs. In cold weather there are frequent cracks and small abrasions on people's lips, and there, of all places, the germs find the best opportunity to reach the blood. Slmpkeepers who are In the habit of Immlling coppers should tie careful to wear gloves if their hands are cut or scratched. Election Postponed. In a Franklin County- (Med town where there were thirteen voters, tho | town meeting was jsjstpomsl until the I last day of March to enable a voting । man to liecoine qualified to -asi a b.o]be Some neighboring errms que>-