St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 45, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 29 May 1897 — Page 6

Ijc .Independent. W. A. ENDLEY, I’ubllsher. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. EDMUNDS ON TRUSTS. SCORES THE POSITION OF LABOR UNIONS. Delates a Personal Experience in Washington — interstate Commerce Commission Shorn of Its Poxver Alleged Smugglers Retain Attorneys. New View of Trusts. At the dinner given at Philadelphia in honor of the former ambassador to Italy, Wayne MacVeagh, ex-Senator George I’’. Edmunds spoke on Uie hostility that is now prevalent to trusts. He said: “We find in the newspapers lots of things about these trusts. But have they got them — all? Where is your plumbers' trust? Where is your plasterers’ trust? Where Is your carpenters' trust? 'Where is your

every trust of labor nnd organization in every human industry that exists in the United States? In Washington 1 had occasion to employ a plumber, and he asked me if I could not find a place for his son in one of the departments. 1 asketi him why he did not take his son into his own establishment and there teach him his trade. He said: ‘Senator,

1 cannot do it; the Plumbers' Union only allows two apprentices in the State from a certain district, and my son cannot get in.’ 1 said, ‘Why don’t you teach him your own trade in your own shop?’ and the reply he r ade was this: ’Why, Senator, if 1 did, I could not get a job in this wihode city.’ Is not that a trust which is wrong? Well, that runs through every trade—sugar, rope, tobacco, railroads that are bad, and all that, and so they may

talk about our honest men with wives and families to support who are willing to work for one and two dollars a day. but they can’t get it. Why? Because their union or their trust won't allow them. The standard is set for them, and if they don’t wait and starve their families until they can reach that standard they can’t get work anywhere. Everywhere they go they are met by the same condition of affairs, all over our United States—a workingman can't work for what he wants to ■ —he must work for what somebody else says lie must work for." Cannot Enforce Its Mandates. Washington dispatch: The Interstate Commerce Commission has nothing to fear from Congress in the way of legislation tying its hands or stripping it of power to enforce regulations. The Supreme Court has taken from the commission about the last vestige of vitality left it by previous decisions. The court holds specifically that Congress has the authority to vest in .the Interstate Commerce Commission the right to fix and enforce transportation rates, but that in the law as it now stands no such authority is conferred, and that Congress must do as many State Legislatures have done in this respect, and bluntly specify precisely what the commission can do and" what it must do. The commissioners are a blue and disconsolate lot to-day. They feel that they will from this time become objects of ridicule to the railroads, and that they really have little excuse for being on earth, officially. Standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs' in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Baltimore .. .20 6 Brooklyn .. . .13 14 Pittsburg ...16 8 Louisville ....12 13 Cincinnati ..19 10 New Y0rk...10 12 Boston .... .16 10 Washington. . S 17 Cleveland ...15 11 Chicago 8 19 Philadelphia 13 14 St. Louis.... 6 22 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. St. Paul 22 8 Detroit 13 13 Milwaukee ..17 11 Minneapolis. 12 IS Indianapolis 15 10 Kansas Uity.lO 19 Columbus ...13 11 G’nd Rapids. 7 19 St. Louis Men V. i 1 Fight. Richard M. Scruggs and E. .1. Langhorne, St. Louis merchants who were arrested at New York Saturday on charges of smuggling several thousand dollars' worth of diamonds and jewelry into this country on the stehmship St. Paul, evidently intend to make a vigorous tight against the charges made by the customs inspectors. They have retained an attorney. and an answer to the charges is expected soon. As the case involves more than $1,600 it will have to take its regular course before the district attorney. NEWS NUGGETS. Banker Johnson of Logansport, Ind., arrested on a charge of embezzling $360.000, is in jail at Indianapolis, having failed to secure sureties for $25,000 bail. Hiram Warren and wife were killed and James Warren, a relative, was badly injured by being struck by a train on the I Union Pacific. Denver and Gulf Railroad. ' two mill s west of Kersey. Colo. Warren I tried tu whip I:;.- ler- - across ahead of i the train. The <-ase of It. B. Armour, formerly postmaster at Memphis, Tenn., charged with embezzlement of Government funds, has been nolle pressed by the United j States District Attorne? . for the reason that the entire shortage, amounting to si . oral thousand dollars, had been made.

gootl. The authorities at West Point have traced to New York four cannon that were stolen from the Military Academy grounds. They expect to have the person mainly responsible for the disappearance * of the guns in custody, but it is feared the cannon have reached the melting pot. It is learned they wore sold as junk at a smelting company, which has since gone out of existence. * Dr. John Gentles, a prominent dentist of Montreal, was drowned in the Cedar Rapids of the River Rouge while on a fshing expedition. Dr. Gentles’ companion, whose name is unknown, and a guide named Fred Epps also perished. W. <». 11. Dodds, cashier of the Montreal Fife Insurance Company, was the only one of the party who escaped. In a shooting display at Berlin by Ihe expert. Kruger, while he was firing backward and with ihe aid of a mirror attempting the William Tell shot, he sent the bullet through (the head of his sister. ViiO was assisting him.

EASTERN. Two tires at Hoboken, N. J., rendered 140 families homeless. Mons late, an aeronaut employed with the Sliver Plate shows, which exhibited at McKeesport. Pa., Thursday, fell from his balloon while making an ascension and was fatally injured. A fire which started at 1:30 o clock Wednesday morning at Jersey City burned all through the night. Sixty families have been rendered homeless ami the damage to the tenement houses they occupied is estimated' at $100,060. No fatalities have been reported. Wyzeman Marshall, the noted actor, who died at Boston. Mass., last winter, was supposed to have been of exceedingly moderate fortune. But the appraisal of bis estate puts a different light upon it. 'rhe estate fools up the comfortable figure of $120,660 $54,490 personal and $65,000 real estate. Edwin Stoddard, an inmate of the Trenton, N. J., penitentiary, claims to have positive knowledge of the existence of a will made by the late A. J. Davis, by which the American Tract Society, American Bible Society and American Board >f Foreign Missions were each bequeathed SIO,OOO, and by which $5,000,000 was set aside for a university in Butte.

Near Sugar Grove, Warren County, a test well drilled for oil was being shot with n torpedo. There was no How of oil, but natural gas in great quantities gushed from the easing. A spectator lighted a cigar and the flame of his match ignited the gas. There was a territie explosion, which scattered the spectators in all directions. Postmaster Ballon, Dr.

Kelly, L. W. King and two other persons named King were frightfully burned about the head, face and hands. Several others were slightly burned. E. S. Fleisher, a well-known Pittsburg real estate man, was robbed and murdered while on his way home shortly after midnight Thursday. After robbing Fleisher of his money and valuables his assailants threw him over the bridge into the ravine, ninety feet below. When found

half an hour later he was still living, but died on his way to the police station. The murdered man was one of the most prominent secret society men in Allegheny County, being a member of high degree in the Masonic fraternity. Odd Fellows and other organizations. There is no clew to the murderer. The statue erected on the plaza of th« new city hall at Philadelphia to the mem ory of Stephen Girard, one of the pioneers of the Quaker City, the biggest merchant in foreign trade of the country in the early days of the republic, who was the financial sheet-anchor of the Government during the entire period of the disastrous war of 1812, and whose will direeted that $2,000,000 out of his , s ate of $!».OOojiOO should be applied to found a college for orphan boys, was formally unveiled Thursday afternoon, sixty six years after his passing away. The ewrcisi - were preceded by a parade of the 1,100 college boys and former graduates of the institution. who were briefly addn s-cd frm.i the balcony of the Union League Club by Gov. Hastings. WESTERN. The Slate National Bank at Logans port. Ind., has been closed by tile na tional bank examiner. George A. Taylor, a teller of the Third National Bank, whs found dead in a ro m nt the Normandie Hotel at St. Loui*. He had committed suicide by shooting him self with a revolver. When found Taylor, who was a married man. had e!n-,u d in his hands a letter from another woman andher photograph. The doors of the Miners' State Bank of Cripple Creek, Colo., w ere closed Wedm-* day and the following notice was p>*tc ! “This bank is in the possession of Harry S. Clark, assignee, under a g. neral asignment for the benefit of creditor* Assignee Clark says he is informed that all creditors w ill be paid in full. Careful inquiries at Helena and Butte, Mont., have failed t o confirm the rep r. that W. 11. Hamilton, his wife, smt and (Laughter were recently murdered in a village near Helena, and it is discredited at Denver. It is learned that the fam y left Denver March 1 for New Plymouth. Idaho, and nothing has been heard of them since. William T. Bryant, an ax -d inmate • the Soldiers' Home at Montevista, Cal., has made a sworn statement to the effect that Theodore Durrant, who is under sen fence of death for the murder of Blanche Lamont in Emanuel Church. San Francisco, is not guilty of the crime, but that Rev. J. George Gibson, pastor of the church, is the murderer. George Hobson had been recorder of Hamilton County. Ohio, for six years previous to entering on bis duties las; September as clerk of the courts. It has since been found that ho was short about $60,000 as recorder. Now the experts, after examining his records as clerk, find that he is already short $23,464 as clerk, although he held that office only six months. For the first time in the history of Missouri. a woman has been found guilty of murder in the first degree and will be sentenced to hang. The woman is Pearl Waters of St. Louis, who deliberately I killed T.ni'nn W-i 'Je’l. both colored ! When the ver.l wa* read Pearl Water* ami shrieked like a mad woman, and in that, condition was led back into jail. “It’s beginning to look as if any man with money can kill another in this county and get clear.” This was the startling statement made by Judge Wofford from the bench of the criminal court at Kansas City, Mo. The judge seemed to tie angry

when he spoke. lie said afterward that he was annoyed by the fact that several persons charged with murder and other serious crimes hail recently been acquitted or their trial had resulted in hung juries. He had particularly in mind the case of Benjamin Catos, indicted for the murder of Monroe Balesat, who had been tried twice and each trial had resulted in a disagreement of the jury. The judge believed, he said, that in each case jurymen were bribed. Young Mrs. Nellie Dawson, lying helplessly ill in bed, with her 3-year-old son. Bud, by her side, and her little 5-year-old daughter, Nellie, kneeling in speechless terror near her, was shot four times by her husband. John Dawson, at their home, <SO% South Halsted street, Chicago, at 1:20 o'clock Sunday afternoon. She died before medical help could be had. The shooting followed a quarrel, and tlie husband's jealousy was assigned by neighbors as a motive. The murderer ran out of the house with the smoking revolver in his hand, hurling aside J. Miller, who tried to stop him, rushed into alley, where he threw away his emp-

ty weapon, ran through a neighboring J building to the street, and escaped. “Gentleman Joe,” with M. B. Curtis in the title role, is to be the next attraction at McVicker’s Chicago theater. The press and public oi London pronounce it better than “The Shop Girl,” "The Gaiety Girl” or “The Circus Girl” (now running in New York), and on which lines it K written. The company engaged by Director Henderson for this production ig remarkable one, and might in all truth be called an "all star cast.” Os coH rse that unctuous and brilliant artist. M. R Curtis, will play the title role, a part which is said to suit him equally ns well as his famous eharaeter of "Samuel o f Posen. Georgi' K. Fortescue will he seen as Mr. Jones, a part in which he made a great hit in New York <’J| V Charles Stanley, the well-known compl dian, will be seen as the aristocratic Mr Riilli-Carr. Raymond Stephens, the handsome tenor, with a sweet, melodious voice will also be seen. Fannie Daboil, who will be remembered as one of the wicked sisters in Henderson's production of “Crystal Slipper,” w ill also be seen. lola Pommery, a pretty soubrette. Marie Bouton, Victor M. De Silke nnd a number of other prominent artists will be seen b' this company. The WviHUuiipon the snty s at Margate, are novel and - aW, live. In all there will be sixty pwpfl oil the stage, beautifully and richlyW huudl, with a vvell-trnined chorus. The Kteanier Florida of the Io». H na line, bound from Chicago to Buffalo with grain and general merchandise, was sent to the bottom of Lake Huron by collision with the steamer George W. Roby at 9 o’clock Thursday morning, between Middle Island and Presque Isle, It was very foggy at the time of the collision. Ihe Roby struck he Florida on the starboard side about midships. A hole twelve feet long was cut in that steamer's wooden side. It was instantly seen that it was only n question of minutes before the ! iorida would go down. The Roby steamed alongside of the doomed boat nnd took off her crew. In about twelve minutes after the crash the Florida went to the bottom, sinking stern first and breaking in two about midships. As she went down the imprisoned nir in her hull blew off the cabins and upper works. The cargo of the Florida consisted of 56,000 bushels of wheal nnd about 560 tons of merchandise. Most of the latter whs tlodr, shipped by Chicago nnd Western millers. The loss on the cargo is estimate*! at about s6o,(hhi. The Florida was built in 1889, and had a gross tonnage of 2,l<K(. She was 27<» feet long by 40 feet beam. Her valuation was about sl<X>,ooo. She w as Insured for w ith the McCurdy syndicate of Chicago. Captain Murphy gives high praise to Captain Smith of the Roby for his course afser the cfdlision. Instead of bnckn g awny and leaving the steamer, he lapped orer the break and kept her bow lapped there until every man had jumped from the sinking vessel. SOUTHERN. The mines on tic upper h vel of Ihe old Scotch Hili at Newburg. W. Va„ an-A t fire nnd threat* i the existence of ye town, which is Imi't over the mines. W»“ fire was started years ago by malidM’' persons, nnd tins recently grown that the ii sidenta have be< 'UUf ni^^HMR William ’ mn. Jr . shot (‘nllownj and fntnlly wounded <‘onsßKe| Robert Bromlus nt Flatwood. Ky, Wh - i trouble arose over a woman whom yilHFg Conn had been < ailing on. Callow ay .i>4 Broadus had w arned C<>nn not So go I • her house ntiy more. <*onn has no? betn arrested. State Senator McMi...u, who a few days ago attempted to kill Editor Smither of the Little U M. Ark.. Gazette, <>B account of criticisms of the Senator’# action in the Legislature, was indicted by the grand jury on the charge of nggra vated assault, an offense punishab l»y fine and jail imprisonment. t The Kentuekj Court of App<al , irin opinion by Judge llaielrigg. held ’aat death from a mosquito bite is nevidsatal. The case camo up from the lx>ui*riUe Law and Equity Court. Salle Omberg sued the United S»a:»-s Mntuui Insurance Company I : i $5/*>” po..< y on the life of her husband. It was brought out in the trial that a mosquito bite caused the death of < > überg. nnd Judge Toney held that it wa i not an accidental death in the meaning used by insurance companics and f turn! for the defendant. The higher court reverses this decision. The Southern IL lei .t Meridian. Mies., one of the finest blocks of its kind in the South. wa> damaged to the extent of SlhO.isto by tire Thursday morning. The hotel was well filled with guests, and a wild panic ensued when the alarm was sounded, but so far as known no lives were lost. The Southern Hotel carried only $65.(M»i insurance mi the building and s3ihhi(> on the fixture' '1 he tire was miserably managed on the pari of the firemen and has taused such dissatisfaction that it will probably result in the abolition of volunteer fire protection and the establishment of a paid departim nt by the city governme it. The hotel will be rebuilt. WASHINGTON. The Sectofary of the Interior has auj thorized a contrae: for an additioiifß school building at the Mount Pleasant Isl dial: School in Michigan, to cost s4<>.’Hl<W The Unite I States Senate has confirm-i-1 the nominati ui< of Frank A. \ anderlip to be a<sj ;- >ni secretary of the treasury and Richard S. Bostwick to be surveyor of customs at Galena. Gen. Horatio King, who was Postmaster General during a portion of Buchanan’s administration, died in Washington at S;2O Thur.-day morning. He was in his eightieth year, and died from the effects of an alack of grip. His wife survives him. lloratio King came from Paris, Me., ami was appointed first assistant postmaster general in 1854, serving under Postmaster General Holt. President B-ichanan. less than a month before his term expired, appointed Mr. King Postmaster General. He served in the capacity from Feb. 12. 1861, until March 5 following, .vhen he was succeeded by Montgomery Blair. Mr. King was a litterateur of some note. He retired from 1 active life in 1875. Fourth Assistant Postmaster General Bristow has naugurated a new policy as to the establishment of postoffices. The last administration exercised a very conservative policy in dealing with this question, holding that there were already too many offices in operation and that it 1 would be bet er, as a general proposition, not to have the offices too close together. : The present regime has determined to establish offices wherever any reasonable > amount of business can be secured, with the idea of accommodating as many peo-

I pie as possible. While some attention ia being paid to the rule that offices generally should not be closer together than three miles, this is not a fixed limit, and many exceptions have been made. The scheme is to provide mail facilities wherever there is a sufficient number of people or amount of business that would make it pay. such questions as location near a star or other route, however, of course, figuring in the matter. FOREIGN. At Berlin, the Reichstag passed the emigration bill. It becomes operative April 1, 1898. 4he Reichstag also passed the oleomargarine bill, the vote being 186 to KH. The bench of bishops at Dublin elected Right Rev. Joseph Ferguson, bishop of Meath, to be Anglican archbishop of Dublin, in succession to Rev. Lord Plunkett, who died April 1. A semi-official declaration is issued to the effect that Spain will never agree to the sale of Cuba nor to foreign mediation in “a question which she regards as exclusively concerning herself.” An expedition, presumably French, as French officers and men actively took part ill it. has captured mid burned the town of Wa- Wa, in the Boussa country, Guinea Coast. One hundred men were killed ami 200 made prisoners. According to a dispatch to the London Daily Graphic from Corfu, it is reported there that Col Manos at tempted suicide while in jail. He has been sent handcuffed with his entire staff to Athens for trial by court-martial. A second attempt has been made to assassinate President Borda of Uruguay. The first attempt was made by a boy. who tried to shoot the president; the last by means of a bomb, which was sent to the president from La Plata. Argentine. Ex Premier Sngasta. the liberal Spanish leader, at a mod ng in Madrid, made h violent attack upon the Government. He declared that the truce granted by the liberals was ended, that the policy of the Government was dangerous nnd that it tnu«t be vigorously opposed. A train conveying a detachment of reserves from Westphalia to Metz. Germany, ran off the rails. Nine men are known to have been killed and thirty five Injured. The accident was caused by the train breaking in two. the rear portion subsequently overtaking and < rash,ng into the front part. At Kingston. Jamaica, the Brirsh ship Tartar has seized the steamer B< rmmla on the chasge of n breach of inU ri ational law. Th< engine of the Bermuda has been disconnected. The charge of the customs officer- against Captain Murphy of the Bermuda of not declaring the boats and sails found on board has been dismissed. IN GENERAL R. G. Dun A C - M<. k ? Rev iew of Trade say-: “Untu sinkable evi'ienco of improvement <mm * in the general in crease of eommei ,i‘ lones, mostly for Eastern merchants or eoin|>am>s. though some well known houses in the middle West npixar with I‘otssidrrabo- rrd - tminta from the South The di- • hange giv<« proof that new busimss has ihern larger than many have siip|M»«'d. IV; pI ' I > in ■ .;‘ . V Ilie- W. - The W <• and Canal wa- daniag' <1 and a mm'ii ‘iciion of 1 >untry ar ou t St. Cath • rtiw*. «»nt . wa* fl ’ d l»y the rush of water Friday mor: ng mi account of a col hs its between • . - .am, < »n: hwai tea 1 the gatca of Imk 7 Thne gate- were broken. The Canadian nuilionttvs have drmnmlvd a b a 1 of spussi from the steano-r f<»r damage* t<> the canal. The am-mnt must be pr ■•bn . I before tne steamer w. be perm lid t • '•a>e Her rudderstock was (wo co :■ the rush of water, which threw her agan:-: the • anal bank. It leaked out on t •• Br •- yn water front that the rush • t grain t S \f rsea i- about to be resumed. Ih> Brit.-n steams: p Kurt -' k !• of wheat ami the Br.ti*h steamship M Hint Sephar has comm< : d to load dn.tKHt bushels. It is the lx s’ N" 1 spring w hra: and is worth at Brooklyn about Si a bushel. Freight e-• 25 • ■ ms. bag* and sewing 13 cents, so that it will cost about $1.40 per bushel by the time it reaches its destination, it is said that for the next three months the shipment* to the cape ami t<> the east African p rt- w I be as great as those of last yta>, which were unparalleled in the h -tory f South As rica. At the same time enorm ms quantities of mining and agricultural machimry and other American products will complete the cargoes. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; bogs, shipping grades, $3.<X) to s4.(*o; sheep, fair to < !:• <■. 52.00 to ssjhi; wheat. No. 2 red, ilc to 73cf corn. No. 2,24 cto 25c; oats. No. 2. 17c to 19c; rye, No. 2. 31- Io 35-; britcr. choice creamery. 13c to 15 ■; . zg*. fresh, 8c to 9c; p ca:.,. *. per b SUu; br ■ >ni. diiidhi grow Ui to < ‘ 6 ; • «’H hi: r >- ’ '> ■ *• * f p i t< > ii. Indianapolis- i .up , shipping to $5.25; Logs, cl. ice light, ^3.00 to sheep, common to choice. $3.00 to s4.uo; wheat, No. 2,88 cto 90c; corn. No. 2 white. 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. St. Louis Cattle. $3.<10 to $5.50; hogs. $3.00 to $1.00: sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat. No. 2,92 cto 99; corn. No. 2 yellow, 22c to 23c; oats. No. 2 white, 19e t<r2lc; rye. No. 2,32 cto 34e. Cim innati- Uatt'e, $2.50 to s.».<X>: hogs. $3. (Mi to $4.00; sheep. $2..50 to s4.i->; wheat. No. 2. 89c to 90c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26‘ - to 27c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 21c to 23c; rye. No. 2,36 cto 39c, Detroit—Cattle. $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat. No. 2 red. 86c to 88c; corn. No. 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats. No. 2 whittt. 23c to 24c; rye. 35c to 37c. Toledo —Wheat. No. 2 red. 87c to BSc; corn. No. 2 mixed. 25c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white. 18c to 20c: rye. No. 2, 3oe ti> 3<c; clover seed. $4.20 to $4.30. Milwaukee —Wheat. No. 2 spring. 73c to 74c; corn. No. .", 24c to 25e; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; barley. No. 2. 2.>c to 33c; rye. No. 1,35 cto 37c; p uk. mesa, SB.OO to $8.50. Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep. $3.00 to $4.7.>; wheat. No. 2 red. SSc to 91c; corn. No.^~ yellow, 28c to 30c; oats. No. 2 white, 25c to 27c. New York—Cattle. $3.00 to $5.50; hogs. $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4. o> wheat. No. 2 red. 7Sc to 80c; corn. No. 2. 29c to 31c; oats. No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 11c to 15c; eggs, Western. 10c to 13c.

CHARGED WITH FOUL CRIME. Chicano Sans ice-Maker Arrested for Havinc Killed Hia^Wife. Adolph L. Luetgort, who is In jail at Chicago, charged with having murdered his wife on the night of May 1, is president of the A. L. Luetgert Sausage and Packing Company. Should he be hanged for the crime charged against him, the

wedding ring he placed upon the dead woman’s finger eighi teen years ago, wheti he swore to love, ; honor and protect . her, will be the thing ’ of all things which I will put the noose around his neck, k Acid and quicklime, ') it is alleged, all but i made away with her 9 frail body, but they I left untouched the golden band of wedlock.

A. 1.. LUETGERT.

The story of the crime, ns recited by the police, is replete with details of one of the most diabolical murders ever committed in this country. Luetgert is charged with having planned the killing a week in advance, nnd, when all was ready for the deed, with having enticed his wife from the handsome family residence at 10 o'clock that night, after which he led I her into the adjacent factory and there I struck her down. The story next has her body thrown into a huge vat, into which had been dumped a barrel of quicklime and a large quantity of chemical liquid. The quicklime and the acid failed to entirely eat

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away the ilesh from the bones and otherwise reduce the body. After n wait of an hour or two portions of the remains were raised and placed into a sausage curing recepticie, around which are stemn coils capable of producing a heat of 2tX> degrees. Apparently the destruction was not complete enough to satisfy, nnd what was not

wholly r. moved in the "smoker” was transferred to the boiler furnace in the engine room. Action here was more thorough. The most damaging evidence is in two r>ngs which were identified as the prop- < r'y of Mrs. Luetgert. One of these was the we lding ring, the other a plain guard ring of g»id. 'l'he finding of the charred b-cei was good evidence, but not Strong < nough to warrant an arrest. Afterward, however, the vat was examined and then came the climax. Close to the bottom of the vat is a draining hole, and after t.t EIGFHI'C SAVSAGE FACTORY. :' ■> .!y b ! . i- • n ren. . d the- murderer <> ideally turned tiie h <c in and overthe plug from the bole near the bottom, think tig that the contents would go to the sewer. The mixture thus diluted w'th water ran off. but enough remained in the b •;< tn of the vat to betray its character. I ;>on • xam i.ats-n the sediment and tha rings were found. WHAT CUBA’S WAR HAS COST. Am rican Property to the Value of SI 0,000,000 Destroyed. The New York Herald has the following expert estimate of what the war has Number of Cubans suffering from Im ;g, r 225,000 INC I.H-. Id. It,* - from starvation 20.000 Ameri'-an citizens in want, as shown by Cons alar reports.... 200 An.-ro an propertv destroyed tn Cuba $10,000,000 Annrlean property interests in irha $125,000,000 Spamsh soldiers suit to < iba... 200,000 Spanish soldiers lost in battle ‘and by disease 45.000 C»>.sr of war to Spain $150,000,000 i >si of maintaining present army per mouth $11,000,000 I’robmtii n of sugar in 1595, tuns 1.000.000 Value of sugar in ISPS $70,000,000 iT^luctbrn "f sugar in IStMi-’tiT, ' t , 200.000 ' Value of sugar In ISIKeOT $14,000,000 V/w of normal toba'-co crop... $15,000,000 Value of last year's tobacc o crop $3,575,000 I'.'b Exports in IS'.uj fiO.OUu MONETARY DELEGATESiN PARIS Messrs. Wolcott, Stevenson and Payne Reach the French Capital. The United States bimetallic commission, consisting of Senator Edward 0. Wolcott of Colorado, ex-Vice-President Adlai E. Stevenson of Illinois and Gen. Charles .1. Payne of Massachusetts,’has arrived in Paris. The commission will no: take any steps officially until Gen. Horme Porter, the new United States ambassador to Erance, has presented bis credentials. Then, through Gen. Porter, the commission will ask President Faure for an audience. Upon that occasion the commissioners will present their credentials to*the president and will await the appointment by the French Government of special delegates wit’ similar powers to their own, with w hom they will confer. Tho United States commissioners will remain in the French capital for about a month and will then proceed to Ixmdon. According to the French premier. M. Meline. there is not the remotest likelihood of France taking the initiative in calling a nonHary conference until Great Britain agrees to take part in such a conference if it is called. A majority of the Ixmdcn newspapers, led by the Times, are favorable to Lord Punraven’s motion, made in the House of Lords, asking for an inquiry into the health of the soldiers of the British army in India.

NATIONAL SOLONS. REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceedings of Senate and House—Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch—Questions of Moment to the Country at La -ge. The Legislative Grind. Another stirring debate on Cuba occurred in the Senate Wednesday. The main speeches of the day were made by Senators Foraker. Cannon. Lindsay and Hoar. Mr. Foraker spoke in favor of a reference of the resolution to the committee, but on the general question declared his purpose of supporting the resolution recognizing Cuban belligerency when it should be reported by the committee. Mr. Cannon was bitter in his denunciation of Spanish atrocity. Mr. Lindsay declared if the information furnished by United States consuls was so shocking as to sub ject them to danger of assassination if their names were disclosed st was time to send warships to Cuba and to ’ermina’c all diplomatic relations with that country. It was developed in the course of .-t colloquy between Senators Foraker. MorIgan and lest that the State Department had withheld the names of United States consuls reporting on the serious condition of affairs in Cuba because it might lead to their murder. No action on the resolution was taken. The Senate Thursday passed the Mor-gan-Cuban-belligerency resolutions, by :t vote of 41 to 14. after a most exciting debate in which Messrs. Mason. Morgan, Gallinger, Hall. Fairbanks and Hear participated. In the House the resolution appropriating sso.o<M> for relief of destitute American citizens in Cuba passed without a dissenting vote. An attempt to incorporate the Morgan resolution, failed, but the debate was sharp and exciting. Both houses adjourned until Monday. Representative McMillin Monday introduced in the House a resolution providing for the consideration of a Senate resolution recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents “from day to day until disposed of." The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules. Theresolution appropriating $50.0X) for the relief of distressed American citizens in Cuba reached the White House at 12:20 o clock, just as soon as it could be sent up after being sigs 1 by both houses, while they were in open session. The ITesident signed the resolution intmediately. The conferees on the sundry civil appropriation bill have agreed. The most .mportant amendment ■ > the bill was that revoking the order ,f President Cleveland of Feb 22. 1897. setting apart 21,<mh».<hm acres of lands as forest reservations. The appropriation for Pearl, harbor, Hawaii, is reduced t > slu.(>O;t. The Semite amendment for improving Salmon bay. Washington, is -tr; ken out. The appropriation for a Government exhibit at the Omaha exposition is left at $200,090. the $75,000 increase of the Senate being stricken out. Ihe amendment for investigation of sugar production remains in the bill. The appropriation for the improveme;;- f ;h,- iowt r M "I'-cjqu Riv< r is iin.c.i-. I : , 333. The net reduction from the Senate amendments is so(x).(M.u. The Mobile bay improvement is made 525.1536. instead of $40,C00 inserted by rhe Senate. The total of the bill as agreed to is $53,622,651. The debate on the tariff b;i! began in the Senate Tuesday with crowded galleries and a large attendance of Senators ami the tariff leaders of ’he House. Mr. Aldrich. Mr. V* st and Mr. t'annou were the speakers. Early in the day Mr. Mallory, the new Senator fr <n Florida, was sworn in and to k his oar. Seuato.Cnllom introdmad by re-; ? a bill toamend the interstate commerce law. Tiu* bill pr. >. ribe< relations for po /ing. rt—quirinz that p oling contra - shall not extend b> yoiid five y f ar* a d that they shall name the maximum ami minimum rates to be charged, requiring the approval of the interstate commerce commission before the agreeimtit* <-an b <-ome effective. The bill providt s for a complete revision of the interstate commerce law. The House was nut . -i-dtin. Greece is stronger in hisioyv •.m anything else. —Syracuse Standard. Why not pku ea heavy tar ff duty on. pink tea*?- Chicago Tiim *-H : i ;. Maid of Athens, ere we part, hit the Turk below the heart. • TimesHerahL The Senate cimmii’C' i. .: lc n the A-. Ma' ..I- Harri n - m ; -'o'civil ri ice rea-ota i.' .ns. 'i • tiro ation is executed with aa ax. Washir.gton Post. The railroads which have ’• > n forced to accept bicycles as baggage getting even by treating them like baggage.— San Francisco Chronicle. Chicago prides itself on it- originality. For instance, who ever beard before of the best club in the Le --.e mg at the tail end? —Chicago Record. It is something of a pity that the originators of -Arbor Day drln t have the plain American common sense to call it Tree Day.— Providence J-'ti At last we have caught Mie Chinese napping. They haven t yet inimed that they used the airship 2.em> years ago. — Ciminnati Commercial Tribune. Mr. Langtry annoum -1 ‘ he treats an American divorce w.ta . inrempt. So do a great many other p • . • j it holds just the same. Baltimore A: ii-ro an. If Turkey can extract a war indemnity from Greece it will be a greater feat than Herrmann's trick of taking g. 1 ph-ccs out <>f hard-boiled egg*. Clio n.it; C<,mmercial Tribune. It is said to have cost Kento, ky SIOO,QOu to elect Dcboe to the Senate, and perhaps after ail he would ha been willing to fake the office for half the money. —San Francisco Call. The two lowa men who imbibed embalming fluid under the impression that it was whisky have at least the satisfactionof knowing that they got a “sriff" drink for their pains.—St. Louis Republic.