St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 47, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 12 June 1897 — Page 6

S —— The Independ Che Independent. m::—‘_—’z W. A. ENDLIEY, Publislher. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. T ——————— - ~N GERMANY'SNEW PLAN LIFE INSURANCE MAINTAINED BY WORKINGMEN. Great Good Accomplishel by the fcheme—Corean Prince to Study in America—Sensational Jealousy Inspired Crime at Washington. Insnrance for Workingmen. Valuablestatisticsrelative to the growth in Germany of the workingmen's insurance zystem have been received at the State Department from United States Consul Stern at Bamberg. These societies insure against sickness, accident and ~ ald age, and in the opinion of the Consul ~ have had a bemeficial influence upon the ~ economical and social position of the GerL COUNty ke ermany, wielc 1o Wvdsts P Slowe but a s@adl fraction of e Labok-. ing classes to put by something for a rainy day, a great deal has been accomplished by this system, which, he hopes, may be extended to other countries. In ten years, from 1885 to 1895, claims to be amount of $296,015,824 have been paid to 25,061,620 persons, and $250,000 per day is disbursed in su h benefits, Deed of a Mad Attorney. The threng of Government clerks and others hurrying up Pennsylvania avenue, at Washington, just before 9 o'clock Monday morning, were startled by the attempted murder of Miss Dorothy E. Squires and the suicide of Charles Barber, a patent attorney, who had gained much notoriety of late by his eccentric actions. Barber shot Miss Squires, and then turning the revolver on himself put a pistol ball through his brain, causing almost instant death. Miss Squires will recover. Barber had considerable of a patent practice, but had been growing more and more eccentrie for several years. Miss Nquires formerly worked for him as a stenographer, and upon leaving his employ he ennoyed her with his attentions, threatening to injure her if she would not permit him to call. Finally the matter became so serious that she had to appeal to the courts for protection, and he was placed under bonds to keep the peace. He seems not to have desisted, however, for since then the girl had received several threatening letters from him, in the last of which he announced that he would do something which they both would regret. May Some Day Wear a Crown, Prince Eui Wha, who will probably succeed to the throne of Corea on the death of his father, the reigning king, arrived at San Francisco Sunday from the Orient. The young man, who is only 20 vears of age, has come to America to finish his education, and is accompanied by two Coreans of noble birth—Pak Yong Kiu and Sin Sang Koo. The first named, ; who was c¢harge d'affaires of the Corean ~ legation at Washington for three years, has been commissioned by the King of : Corea to escort the prince to America and see him comfortably established in ~ some Eastern institution of learning, where he can take a three years' course in English branches. Prince Kui Wha is not the heir apparent to the Corean throne. He is the second son of the King, but is expected to suceceed, since it is generally understood that the Crown Prince is an imbecile. Grave Charge Against a Mariner. Capt. Charles Adams, of the barge Abram Smith, in the Simon Langell's tow, is under arrest at Buffalo on the charge of assault. The complainant is Katherine MeDonald, cook on the Smith, who swore out the warrant at Tonawan da. The penalty for the crime, if proved, is death, under the moss-covered statutes of the United States, which were passed early in the century. Adams denies the charge most vigorously. Those acquainted with the case do not think the charge ‘ can be sustained in the United NStates Court. The death penalty has seldom been inflicted on the lakes under the early statutes of the republic, which were copied after the severe lEnglish maritime regulations, where the death penaity so frequently appears. Standing of the Cliubas. Following is the standing of the clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L Baltimore ..25 9 Brookiyn ....19 /18 Boston .....25 12 Philadelphia .20 19 Cincinnafi . .24 13 Louisville ...17 20 New York .19 15 Chicago .....14 23 Cleveland ...19 16 Washington . 9 25 Pittsburg .19 17 St lonis.. ... 8 31 The showing of the menibers of the Western League is summarized below: WL, . L St Paul. @29 183 Detroit ... 18 21 Columbus .. .24 14 Minneapolis .18 26 Indianapolis 23 15 Grd-Rapids,.. 15 25 Miwaukee . 24 18 Kansas Caty 12 31 NEWS NUGGETS, ‘.x The American expedition which has x been explaring in Terra del Puego has been successful in finding gold in quanti- | ties which will yield large profits for the t\ working. One woman dead, thirtv-eight persons 1 injured, propercty to the extent of $67,000 \ destroyed, an explosion that worked havoe i in the vicinity and a conflagration that | threatened serious results, summed up | the total of a disaster Tuesday evening at 0000 o'clock, which came from the accidental igniting of a toy explosive in the firaworks establishment of Nathan SNhure, 210 South Halsted street, (Chicago. A cable train passing was blown from the track, but the passengers escaped SETIOUS injury. The Wilcox & White Orean Company, of Meriden, Conn., has failed. It is officially announced at Athens that the Turks have committed serious excesses in Epirus, assaulting women, defiling churches and engaging in general pillage. The 'Turkish irregulars, it is further announced, have committed similar excesse¢s in the villages around Larissa. At Sunday’s Cabinet Couneil at Madrid the Minister for Foreign Affairs, the Puke of Tetuan, read a dispateh from Washington which announced that I’resi- ¢ nt Mchkindey had given assurances of sympathy with Spain.

B — EASTERN. Judge Jesse J. Phillips has been elected chief justice of the Illinois Supreme Court. Emily Bancker, the actress, died at the Albany, N. Y., Hospital Friday of peritonitis. . Joseph Howard, Jr., of New York, has been elected president of the International League of Press Clubs, Princess Troubetzkoy, formerly Amelie Rives, is in a private sanitarium at Philadelphia suffering from nervous prostration, the result of overwork. Seth Low, president of Columbia University and formerly Mayor of Brooklyn, has beon selected as a candidate for Mayor of Greater New York by the executive committee of the Citizens' Union. The stock of the Nanticook stock farm at Merrimac, N. H., owned by C. W. Spalding, late president of the suspended Globe Savings Bank of Chicago, was sold at auction. The sum realized was $1,315. David Wilson, the colored murderer, was hanged at Morristown, N. J., Thursday morning. Wilson murdered his wife in a tenement known as ‘““The koley,” June 6, 1896, by chopping her to death with an ax. A cyclonie storm swept over Utiea, N, | Kitied and the boy crushed so badly that he cannot live. ? T R R The steamship Mississippi reached New York Tuesday with a hole in her quarter caused by a collision in midocean with the steamship Hekla. The aceident occurred May 27 during a thick fog. None \ of the passengers on either vessel was | hurt, Samuel L. Post died on the floor ¢f the New York Stock Exchange Thursday. He was seized with heart disease and succumbed in a few minutes. He had been a member of the exchange since 1863, Business was immediately suspended, and was not resumed until noon. ; Edgar Harris, a letter carrier at Baltimore, 32 years of age, living at 1724 Ashland avenue, shot and killed his 12-vear-old son George and his daughter Ada, wounded his daughter Ella, aged 14, and then turned the pistol on himself. He was crazed by his wife's death, Encouraged by the success of the coal tailors, whose strike is rapidly drawing to a close at New York, the United Brotherhood of Cloakmakers has served notie: upon the manufacturers in that branch of the clothing trade that unless prices | are advanced a strike will be ordered. There are 10,000 cloakmakers in the Greater New York district, and nearly all of them are members of the brotherhood. Tue United States composite serew gunboat Princeton was successfully lnuneched at Camden, N. J., Friday afternoon from the yvards of John Dialogue & Son at Kaighn's Point. Tne Princeton is one of a fleet of six boats of her class and will arobably be stationed in South American waters. Her cost, not including the eleetric lighting plant and interior fittings, is $£230,000. She is 204 feet long over all, 36 feet beam, with 1,000 tons displace ment at normal draught. The armament cos the vessel will consist of six four-inch rapid fire guns, four six-pounders and two one-pounders, | WESTERN., | The Japanese training ship IHiyei has arrived at Seattle from Victoria, She has a complement of 325 men and several paval cadets. John Vance, who has been living in a sod shanty near Logging Creek, Mont,, for five years, has fallen heir to an es tate valued at $3,600,000, 1 l Roger A. Spooner of Chicago, a brother ‘ of Senator Spooner of Wisconsin, has been appointed superintendent of the In l “dian warehouse in Chicago, A tramp, while drunk, fell from a freight train at La Otto, Ind. Both legs and his right arm were cut oft by tln" cars. Ile gives his name as Ben Trusdell, of New York., He will die. } Isaac Hoffman, of Hoffman, Alexander & Co., wholesale clothing dealers, was found dying in his office at San Francisco with two bullet wounds in his head. He expired on the way to the hospital. Mayor Phelan of San Francisco has approved the order of the Board of Super‘\'isnrs prohibiting the wearing of high hats in theaters, and the order, which is now a law, will be rigidly enforced in the local playhouses. The Republican convention of the twen-ty-fourth and twenty-sixth Ohio districts nominated on the tirst ballot James R. Garfield and J. Park Alexander for the State Senate. Mr. Garfield is a son of the late President Garfield. Attorneys for Theodore Durrant, who is under sentence of death for the murder of Blanche Lamont and Minnie Williams in a San Francisco church, have gained for him a new lease of life of at least forr months by suceessful efforts to place the case before the United Ntates Nupreme Court for review. The Modern Woodmen, in session at Dubuque, lowa, decided to pay suicide claims if the death does not océur earlier than three years after date of certificate. The camp refused to appropriate 85,000 ' for a Woodman building at the Omaha exposition. The next head camp was tixed for the first Tuesday in June, 1899, 1 at IKansas City. | ‘At Caldwell, Ohio, li. O. Curtis’ livery | stable took fire Tuesday afternoon and in | !h-.\s than two hours one whole square was destroyed. The loss is fully 850, i(mfl, with insurance for only half. The \ Grand Hotel, P. F. Yohe, dry goods, Curltis' livery stable and three saloons were consumed. Incendiarism is suspected, \'l'hib‘- ‘g the second bad fire there within | thirty day: l Madison Staley, a wealthy Kansas City, Mo., stockman, aged DD years, died from injuries received in being run down by a bicyrle ridden by Nelson J. Stevens, an insurance agent. Stevens lost control of his wheel in attempting to ride down a steep grade and ran into Mr. Staley, hurl ing him to the granite pavement and’fracturing his skull. Mr. Stevens surrendered to the police, but was released. The old revenue cutter Andy Johnson was sold by the Government at Cleveland to the Ohio naval reserve for $2,250. The old cutter will be used as a training ship for the naval militia. The Johnson brought considerably less than it had been expected the famous old boat would sell for. She was appraised by the Government officers at $5,000, which was considered by some to be a low figure, as the cutter is in fairly good condition notwithstanding her age. A mud scow in tow of the tug Andrew Green was the scene of an explosion at Chicazo at 2 o'clock Saturday morning wkich sank the boat, resulted in the

drowning of one man and broke wind : out of the buildings for blocks around. 1 | The Andrew Green was sowing two scows . | loaded with refuse from the stock yards, . | Just as the boats reached the Rush street | .| bridge the gases which had accumulated in the mass of offal in the bottom of the | | last of the scows exploded with a tre- | mendous report. {, IYire Friday morning in the Puttefiéfi | & Thomas block at Denver, Colo., caused | a loss of about SIO,OOO. Assistant Fire | Chief ¥rewen seriously injured his back by falling. The building is owned byq Quiney R. Shaw of Boston. The depart. ment store of John R. Nelson at Bloomington, 1., was damaged by fire Thurs. day midnight to the extent of s2.m~ Nelson's stock was damaged SIO,OOO by fire three weeks ago. The large barn mfi} dwelling house of IV, (. Rogers, ne‘f Blakesley, Ind., burned. Loss, $7,000, Dr. 8. J. Dorland of Akron, N. Y., has received notice from D. E. McCann of Los Angeles, Cal., of the killing by InGians of his two brothers, Benjamiq!af” and Peter M. Dorland, formerly of Oakville, Canada. Mr. McCann writes that while the party of seven were prospeeting for gold on Mount Wahsatch the!,~',‘,f knowingly crossed the line into the Waks | satch Indian reservation, and Mning gold they were surprised by aDS 5 « ,;‘g,_‘ "*,\ri*in({‘va g 0 ‘.‘_ii':.!. g z ; were unable to reach theirs, and | " captured, murdered and scalped. 8 Joe A. Fowler, a conservator of the estate of Kmma M. Bell, now in an insane asylum, has filed a petition in the Con!fi’ Court at Denver, Colo., asking that the personal effects of Emma M. Bell be sold to defray the expenses of investigating the making and execution of the will of the late Ezra M. Bell, who bequeathed his entire property, valued at nearly $250,000, to Trinity Methodist KEpiscopal Church of Denver. The petition alleges that Ezra M. Bell was insane when he willed all his property to Trinity (‘»lnlr{'fi; that he had no right to will away the interests of his wife, Emma M. Bell, in the estate, and that she was insane when ' she signed away her share of the estate. Trinity Church has received the income of the estate for the last ten years, A mob at Urbana, 0., took “Glick"” Mitchell, a colored wman, from jail and lynched him Friday morning. An attempt to do this at 1:30 in the worning had been repelled by the sheriff and the t local militia company, only after two men i had been killed and nine wounded., The sheriff then telegraphed the Governor for more froops, and Company B was sent from Springticld, arriving at 7:10, Though the jail was surronnded by 2,000 angry, bioodthirsty men, the Mayor assured the commanding officers that no assistance was needed, and the troops were withdrawn. No sooner had this been done than the mob made a resistless attack upon the jail, overpowered the guard and secured their victim, Mitchell had econfessd {o eriminal assault, and was under sentence of twenty years in the penitentiary, Remarkable statisties in regard to the Chicago death rate are shown by the monthly report of the health department, made public Thursday, During the month of May 410 deaths were caused by ling troubles 208 by puenmonia ap h& | same number by counsumption, Yetden death rafe from all causes j ; duced from that of one ¥ s fatality nmoug children 8 less thal fas ever before been recorded, There V{g"fl‘ 1,709 deaths from all causes during The mouth, as against 1,804 for the same period last year. In April of this year 1,728 persons died. The report shows the following comparative death rate per 10000 persons: Aol 3887. . ... ..ot S Moy, IBUT. ... ... il i e Mar, 1900, . ... ... e D : be deeresse in the fatality among insonts under 1 year of age is marked. In May of this year the deaths reported were 345, The number recorded for May, 180 G, is 477. The death rmte among children between the age of 1 and O years is not only less thau last yvear, but with that of infants is the lowest of which the eity has any recard. Under this head the report shows 266 deaths in April, 1897, 224 in .dav, 1807, and 236 in May, 1806. Another interesting feature of the report is a compariscn of the death rate between the white and ecolored population of the city, establishing a record never before kept by the ecity. The, percentage of deaths per 1,000 of white population is 12.27, while that among the colored people is 23.27. The authorities of the health department are &t a loss to account for the hizh percentage among the colored l\'“:!:t‘, ”[!‘.l".\ ”l:' l'\',“;.’x“..‘l(‘i"!l l'l‘ fl)“nd ‘n the fact that they are more susceptible so climatic influences. SOUTHERN. Gen. Daniel Ruggles is dead at his home in Fredericksburg, Va., after an illness of several months. Fire, which started in Bryan's fertiliz ing mill at Alexandria, Va., destroyed a block of buildings, pripcipally manufaectories and warehouses, causing a loss of SHUO, 000, | Residents of Summit, a little hamiet in the southwestern part'of Hardin County, Ky., are considerably excited over the discovery of gold and silver ore in pagits lodes in the hills near the town. = ; Camp Pelham, United Confederate erans, at Anniston, Ala., has passed re@e | lutions calling on Confederates in t3e i Nouth to ignore l'ederal veterans dul’?*g i the Confederate reunion at Nashville, ! A small-sized cyclone struck the section [-of the country ten miles below Gadsden, l.\}:\._ Thursday evening, blowing down ‘t'nnm'\ trees and buildings for twenty miles, llmmense trees were snapped off like pipe stems, The wind crossed the l river half a mile below Gadsden and tore up trees in Kast Gadsden. A severe wind in the city uprooted many trees. A heavy rain and hail accompanied the wind. N.u one was in‘ured. A race war is in progress in Lee Township, Pope County, Arkansas, in which | two or three men have already been killed or fatally wounded. The trouble began l Snmluy night, when a gang of three or | four negroes attacked two.white men. | Monday night one of the negroes, William ’ (i:l_\‘](.ml, who had participated in the l riots,” was taken from his home My a mob and after being stripped was tied to i a4 post :.tn(i l.wut‘en to death. The ole | county is stirred up over the affairfand | further outbreaks are looked for atfany | moment. e 3 FOREIGN. ] : Caracas dispatch: President Cres ‘; has just received a letter from ex-Presiflent .| Cleveland declining to act as counsel for ' | Venezaela before the arbitration tri*ua]. X

p———— s P SRR { Mr. Cleveland expresses himself as deep,ff&o\lehed by the honor and compliment ,Yed in the tender of t:he position, but | declines on the ground taat his having facted such a prominent part in bringing ] ffiibont the arbitration treaty precludes P‘ from acting as counsel for Venezuela, | The Sublime Porte has withdrawn its ‘Egghjections to the appointment of Dr., James B. Angell as United States Minisi ter to Turkey. { The cabinet of Argentina has decided to j present to Congress a bill providing for | the pay ment of all external debts, amounting to about $80,000,000. | Mae Spanish Government has disavow- | ed responsibility for the action of the Spanish cruiser Maria Mercedes in firing on the American steamer Valencia of the { Ward Line, |, The Paris correspondent of thy London | Times says it is now known that the | donor of the million franes received by the | committee of the ill-fated charity bazar | Wwas Mme. Max Lebaudy. Premier Canovas del Castillo and his conservative cabinet are out of office in Spain. The Queen Regent Wednesday night accepted the resignations, which | were offered in the morning, and the des- | tinies of Spain and of Cuba will be in new | bands. While ostensibly the Tetuan- | Comas face-slapping incident in the Sen“W}, gv«thn ~cause of the cabinet { the island is lost to Spain, and he shirks | the odium of being a party ‘to the inter- | national transaction that will bring free- | dom to the island. A Madrid dispateh of Sunday says: As the only practicable method of solving the crisis, Senor Canovas is to continue 1 power., The new ministry will be practically the same as the former one. The Duke of Tetuan continues Minister of Ntate. It is popularly supposed that Gen. Weyler will be recalled. At a cabinet council held Sunday afternoon at his resideace Senor Canovas, the Premier, announced that the Queen Regent had renewed his powers and those of the (labinet, in terms most flattering to him and his colleagues, It is understood that the Government does not contemplate any immediate change in the supreme command in Cuba, The surprise and displeasure of the various sections of the opposition are not easy to describe, IN GENERAL. Maj. Gen, O, O, Howard is the m-\\'!‘vg elected president of the Congregational ! Home Missionary Society. Eli A. Gage, manager of the North American Transportation and Trading Company, is in Seattle on his way to the company’s trading posts on the Yukon. He said that a chartered British company is proposing to operate on the Yukon on the same plan and scale as that of the famous chartered South African company. It proposes to build and govern towns and eities, maintain a foree of soldiers, operate mines, and build steamships. The company is admitted to have millions of mo: ey back of it. A transcontinental railread, from tidewater to tidewater, i the gigantic enterprise which was set in motion riday, when $30,000 was paid at Springfieid, Hil., for the incorporation of a company with a capital stack of $30,000,000, The Baltimore and Ohio, the Wisconsin CenL tral, the Chicago and Northern Pacific , he Northern Pacific systems figure in the great undertaking. By a consoli dation of these, their branches and con nections, will be produced the new sys tem, one end of which will touch the At lantic ond the other the Pacific. The eruiser Marblehead, Captain Ewmes, which left Key West, Fla, on Sunday vnder instructious to intercept a tilibuster ing expedition reported to be organizing off Minmi on the east coast of lorida, re turned Tuesday, bhaving successfully accomplished her mission. The Dauntless of Jacksonville, which is alleged to have just returned from landing her second in stallment of arms and ammunition in Cuba within the last two weeks, was apprehended by the Marblehead while the alleged filibuster was taking aboard another cargo from the steamer Biscayvne of New River Inlet, about twentyfive miles above Miami. An officer and prize crew were put in charge of the steamer and she was brought to port under the escort of the war vessel. The BRiscayne, which was alongside the Dauntless transferring her cargo when the Marblehead hove in sight, hurriedly put for the shore, but was intercepted at New River by an ofticer of the customs. His orders, however, were unheeded, and the men and material were subsequently landed at Launderdale, on the line of the railroad and taken away on a train. The Biscayne has since been seized at Miami, aln MARKET REPORTS, Chicago—Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.50; hogs, shipping grades, $:‘).”" tO -}::T.-i \!‘n'v]i, fair to |':;n;n"‘. .‘,‘:2.',“ to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 67¢ to 68¢; Porn. No. 2. 23¢ to 24¢: oats, No. 2, li¢ to 18c¢; rye, NO, 2 33¢ to 84¢: bhutter, choice creamery,. 14¢ to 15¢; eggs, fresh, 8¢ to 9c¢; potatoes, per buszhel, 15¢ to 30¢; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, $25 to £7O per ton. Indianapolis—Catile, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25: hogs, choice iighe $3.00 to $3.75; gheep, common to choice, $3.00 to £4.50; swhont: No. 2. Tdc. 10 260 corn, N 0 White 24c¢ to 20¢; oats, No. 2 white, 20¢ $0.22¢. St. Louis—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, £3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2,88 cto 85¢; corn, No. 2 vellow, 22¢ to 23¢; oats, No. 2 white, 17¢ to 19¢; rye, No. 2, Bllc¢ to 33c. Cincinnati—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, 83.00 to $3.75;°7 sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; svhieat, No. 2 79¢ to Sle; corn, No, 2 mixed, 25¢ to 27c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 19¢ to 21¢; rye. No, 2, 34¢ to 36c. Detroit—Cattle, $2.60 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75: sheep, $2.00 to $4.75; whent No 2 red, 16c to TBc¢; corn, No. 2 vellow, 24¢ to 20c¢; oats, No. 2 white, 23¢ to 24c; rye, 35¢ to 3dbc. Toledo—Wheat, No. 2 red, 76¢c to 78¢; corn, No. 2 mixed, 24¢ to 26¢; oats, No. 2 white, ISec to 20¢;eve, No. 2, 34¢ to 36¢: clover seed, $4.20 to $4.25. Milwaukee—Wheat, No. 2 spring, 69¢ to 71c; corn, No. 3, 22¢ to 23c¢; oats, No. « white, 21¢ to 23¢; barley, No. 2, 28¢ to 33c¢; rye, No. 1, 34¢c to 35¢; pork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. . o ‘ Buffalo—Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to ¥4.75: wheat, No. 2 red, 80¢ to 82¢; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27¢ to 28c¢; oats, No. 2 white, 24¢ to 25¢. New York—Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, Ne. 2 red, T4c to THe; corn, No. 2, 28¢ to 30¢; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to '23{"; butter, ereamery, 12¢ to 16¢; eggs, West- J ern, 10¢ to Ilc, L -

—eeee WORK OF CONGRESS . e ———————————— THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN SENATE | AND HOUSE. ' e . A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro- | cecdings in the Legislative Cham- | bers at Washington— Matters that | Concern the People. Lawmakers at Labor. The Senate Wednesday made greater progress on the tariff bill than in any day since the debate opened, completing more than half of the important metal schedule, Early in the day Mr, Tillman of South Carolina secured the adoption q‘t‘ a r.esolution directing the Judiciary (‘:ogmmttoe to inquire into the recent decisions against the South Carolina dispensary law, with a view to reporting §nch legislation as might be desirable. The Senate in exccutive session spent some time in discussing whether confirmations should be delayed becanse of the absence of a Senator opposing them. Without settling the principle involved the Senate allowed the nominations to go over. Senator Turner objects to the confirmation of these nominees because their predecessors were removed from | office, which, Le claims, was an unjusti- | fied procedure on the part of the execudve, The Senate again made good progress on the tarifl bill Thursday, covering about ten pages of the metals schedule and almost completing it. The House proceedings were enlivened by the attempt of Mr. Terry (Dem.) of Arkansas to secure consideration, as a privileged matter, of a resolution for the immediate appointment of the committee on foreign affairs. It was ruled out of order and an appeal taken from the decision of the chair was laid on the table by a strict party vote. Several bills were passed by unanimous consent. The I'rye bill to prevent collis- | ions on certain harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States and the Senate resolution for the relief of the Il Paso flood sufferers, amended so as to make the appropriation of SIO,OOO available out of the unexpended balance of the appropriation for the Mississippi flood sufferers, were passed and the conference report on the ludian appropriation bill was adopted. The Senate had a period of speech making Friday, and as a result little progress wias made on the tariff bill. The advance covered about two pages or seven paragraphs, and bronght the Senate up to the wool schedule, the first item of which was considered but not completed. When the Senate laid aside the tariff bill Saturday night it had reached the sugar schedule, which has been the subject of so much interest and confliet. During the day many of the paragraphs of the wood schedule had been agreed to, but that =estoring lumber to the dutiable list at 32 per 1,000 feet proved the greatest stumbling block since the debate began, Mr. Bacon (Dem.) of Georgia gave his support to the committee rate, saying it was ~ssentinl to the lnmber industry of the Noath. Ie also spoke in favor of a revenue tarifl so adjusted as to give equal benefit to all industries. Mr. Bacon and Mr. Vest clashed several times on t:lrifl" doctrine, Mr. Vest expressing his regret that a Democratic Senator wonld aid in restoring to the dutiable list one of the three products-—lumber, salt and wool which the Wilson bill put on the free list. Mr. Clay of Georgia also spoke at length on the tariff bill, eriticising the su’.::l:'{ schedale and other features of the bill. l The Senate Monday defeated the motien I to put white pine on the free list, and the entire lumber schedule was agreed to as ] report d. In the House the Senate bill | to amend the act to authorize the construction of a steel bridge across the St. L.ouis river was passed, A Senate bill to anthorize the construction of a bridge across Pearl river, Mississippi, was passed. ‘The House adjouraed until Thursday. l By the decisive vote of 42 to 19 the Senate T «day adopted an amendment to the tariff bill placing raw cotton, the great iroduet of the South, on the dutiable list at 20 per cent. ad valorem. It is | the first time in the history of tariff legis- ! lation that a duaty on cotton has been in- i corporated in a biil. The amendment was proposed by Mr. Bacon (Dem.) of Georg . e said the omissionfof this :ll'li\'lo‘t from the dutiable list was a violation “fl the principle of the Democratic platform | that tariff taxation should be so imposed l as to diseriminate against no section. The l tariff as a whole fell like a dead weight | on the producer of cotton, raising the prices of all articles essential to his use | and yet on his ariicle of production, raw ‘ cotton. he was “left in the lureh.” Sev- | eral other items were discussed, but noth- & ing further was setthed. } e M 1 RNEMNLS 2, “{$ . < sCYUN NN Q 7 U/‘ / i) 1N MIEAR % Q};b Q " f < ‘ | ONTT S The next time Broker Chapman will tr) Mr. Havemeyer's receipt for defying Sen atorial interrogation points.—\Washington PPost. Mr. Bailey's aspersive remarks about full dress are somehow recalled by the Logan-McCook embroglio.—lndianapolis News. An ecarthquake shock has shaken Greece. All sorts of powers seem to be against the little kingdom.—Baltimore American, | It is to be hoped that Senator Tillman won't snap the tines off his pitchfork by a l jab on the back of the sugar octopus. New York Press, | As to talking being cheap, let us ““s“‘| that the Senate will not make it too ex- | pensive for the 1 nited States.—Rochester | Democrat and (Chronicle. Technically, Havemeyer is ne gunty | of contempt. [Howerver, ::mz. i ',‘f'“_ n) | clew to his real opinion of the United | States Senate.—Chicago DPost. Qo the weather bureau is going to nn dertuke to forecast the weather twelve | hours earlier than usual., That is 'N._i tainly © case of hunting for trouble.—Balimore News., - It is not enough to kfrow that Mr. Havemever whistled in low notes through one (I’:!.\‘ of his trial. What did he whistle? Something sad or something contuma cious 7—Boston Journal. The new ambassador {rom the United States to France was obliged to l]w!i\'e'-.r' his inaugural address in IFrench. And in the face of this awful warning l.‘n-.m:ul rush for office continues.—Clticago News.

THEY HEAR M'KINLEY, Merchants of Two Continents Listem to the President, The commercial museums were formale ly opened at Philadelphia Wednesday by President McKinley, who presided during the attending exercises at the American Academy of Music. He delivered a speech in response to Mayor Warwick’s addrese of welcome, and then at night, in a notable banquet held at the Bourse, which celebrated the tentl anniversary of the Manufacturers’ Club of Philadelphia, as well as the opening of the commercial museums, the President delivered an impromptu address. The ceremonies, which were most impressive and interesting, were given an added importance by the distinguished (-hara(-_ter of the assemblage. Besides the President and” his party, including the members of his cabinet and the foreign ministers, the guests included the delegates attending as representatives of their countries from South America, Central Arponca, Mexico and even more distant points, The banquet was probably the most notable ever given on this continent. 1t was notable not only in point of numbers, nearly' 1.,50(?! persons participating, but in the dxstn.mtu)n of the chief guests. Besides President McKinley there were seated at the tab}g of honor Secretary of Agriculture Wilson, Attorney General MeKenna, Congressmen Dingley, Dalzell, Grosvonor, Heatwole and Tawney; the ministers from Mexico, Brazil, Chili, Argentina, Venezuela and other South American governments; the Chinese minister, and a number of other eminent officials from the capital. The hall in which the dinner was held covers an entire block in area. It was gorgeous with light and color. Ensconced in a compartment formed by walls of flags at one end of the hall was the Marine Band, under Director Fanciuili, which alternated with the Germania Orchestra, . Btationed at the other end. To avoid undue delay in reaching the toasts, the serving of the banquet was promptly begun. GOVERNMENT CROP BULLETIN. Week Generally Cool and Conditions Unfavorable. The foliowing crop and climate bulletin for the week has been issued from the Chicago office of the weather burean: Illinols—Week generally unfavorable, but no material damage by light frosts. Some corn still being planted, also littie replantlu‘;. but caltivation general, although too cold for good germination and growth. Wheat heading ‘short and mmuch cheat; oats, pastures and meadows generally good; clover cutting this week in southern section. Fruits generally very promising. Strawberries stiil being marketed in large quantities. . Wisconsin—Week cold and dry, with heavy frosts. Ice formed in central and west counties, but special reports indicate damage to fruit and other crops comparatively slight, Corn planting about completed. Oats, barley and spring wheat fair. Winter rye heading and promising well. Michlgan—~Weather favorable for r{e, meadows, pastures and field work, but too cold for much growth of other vegetation and germination of corn. Cold, wat §round has rotted some corn, cansing considerable replanting, while oats come up slow sand look yellow. Several frosts, but damage light. Corn planting nearing completion. Potato planting well started. Minnesota—Cool weather and deficlent rainfall have retarded corn, grass and truck. Early sown wheat stoollng well; late sown smail grains need raln. Irregular stand of corn caused by defective seed. Hay &)rospects %00(1. Insects injuring plums and apples.. Damage by frosts slight. lowa—Week cool and cloudy, with deficlent rainfall, except scattering localities. Corn planting practically completed and cultivation general. More replanting necessitated than earlier reports {ndicated. Conditlons more favorable for grass, oats and wheat than for corn. | Indiana—Little raln fell and continuedI cool weather, with light frost; too cool for corn, which comes up yellow. Wheat, rye, l oats and clover continue In promising condition. Meadows promlise large hay crops. I Tobacco plants are, being set out. Nebraska—Cold weather has cansed corn | to germinate and grow slowly, but has been favorable for grass, rye, wheat and oats. Rye in bloom. Winter. wheat heading. Small grain in southwestern countles suffering from drought. Some damage from frosts in northern counties. Ohio-Several frosty nights; no speclal damage. Wheat, oats, rye, pastures, clover, timothy, potatoes and tobacco on drained | s0ll” made some progress, but cool,- cloudy wenthier checked J)mpor growth of all vegetation. Corn and tobacco planting (~om’i’nues. Corn slow, some yellowing, many flelds to be replanted. Rye heading. Strawberries ripening; some picked. Blackberries bilossoming. Tree fruits are dropping badly. Potato bugs plentiful, } ALTGELD IS ACCUSED. i ——————— Former Illinois Governor Elamed for Globe Bank Crash, Startling assertions in regard to former | rovernor Altgeld are made in the report | of the special Senate committee which in‘\'vs‘.xg:nml the misappropriation of the llfui\'ox'sity of lllinois funds by Charles | W. Spalding, late of the ilobe Savings i Bank of Chicago. i The charge is made that Mr. Altgeld { was a very large borrower from the bank i:u‘t.hc time Spalding became the nniver- | sity treasurer, and that he was a large % borrower during his entire termn as Gov- | ernor. When the bank went down Mr, !.-\,11;:1'1(!. the report charges, was in debt { to it, while his Unity Building collateral : was worth only 50 cents on the dollar and ihis Ogden Gas stock coliateral bhad no | commercial value. | The declaration is made thar the bank l was practically insolvent in 1892 and that this must have been known to Mr. Altceld as well as to Mr. Spalding. Further, it is found that Mr. Altgeld, when elected Governor, was both a stockhoider and director in the Globe Bank, and as such should have had knowledge of its precarious condition. ‘Then the report adds, “the committee believes he was acquainted with its condition.” FULTON LOSES THE WOODMEN. | Head Camp at Dubugue Or lers Head- | quarters to Rock Island, At the national convention of Modern Woodmen in Dubuque, the headquarters were ordered removed from Fulton to | Rock Island in sixty days. It was decid|,.d to hold the next head camp at IKan- { sas City. Charges of the misappropria- | tion of funds made against the head offi- | pers were not considered by the conven- | tion. The law prohibiting membership | to liquor dealers was so amended as not i to affect those in the order before such ’l«-;_’isf:xrmn was enacted. | The first coins really deserving the name of United States coinage were I struck off as ‘‘pattern pieces” by Benjamin Dudley, at the instigation of Robert Morrls, and were laid before Congress in 1783 as specimens of what the coinage should be. They were a “mark” and a *“quint,”” and thus described: The “mark”—obverse, an eye, the center of a glory, thirteen points, cross equidistant, a circle of as many, stars. The ‘quint” is simiiar in design, the value on veverse being noted.