St. Joseph County Independent, Volume 22, Number 52, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 17 July 1897 — Page 2

<T!)c JnfcptnM. NV. A. JEJXXHJEY, J’ulillsJ'.or. WALKERTON, - - - INDIANA. ENDS HIS OWN LIFE. CREEDE, MINING MILLIONAIRE, COMMITS SUICIDE. Preferred Death to a Reconciliation with His Wife, from Whom He Had Separated—New York Brokers on the Wrona Side of Sugar Market. End of Creede’s Career. Nicholas C. Creede, the millionaire mine owner, after whom the town of Creede, Colo., is named, committed suicide with morphine Monday evening at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., because his wife, from whom ite had separated, insisted upon renewing their marital relations. .lan. 4 Creede and his wife separated and agreed to dissolve at once, as far as possible without legal process, their marital bonds. Mrs. Creede accepted $20,000 cash and Eurrendeted all further claims upon her husband, at the same time voluntarily withdrawing from his premises. It was understood, after the necessary time had elapsed, Creede would institute legal proceedings and begin suit for absolute divorce. Mrs. Creede considered the amount of cash settled upon her insigniticant as compared with her husband s wealth, but left him stud took up her home in Alabama. About three weeks ago Mrs. Creede returned to Los Angeles and proposed a teconciliation. This was much to Creede’s distaste and he endeavored to avoid his wife, but being unsuccessful, he determined to end his life. The 2-year-okl child of Edith Walters Walker, the actress, adopted by Uieede over a year ago. is in the care of his friends at Escondido. Mrs. Creede declared that she would not be bothered with the child when she separated from her husband. Two Banks in One. The Kansas City Times announces that the Millkind National Bank, of which S. Barbour of the Armour Backing Company is president, is to be consolidated with the National Bank of Commerce, and that the deal has reached a point where only the sanction of the Comptroller of the Currency is needed to consummate it. The Midland National has long been considered one of the solid financial institutions of the city, having the backing of the Armours. Only a few months ago the National Bank of Commerce absorbed the Metropolitan National Bank, and it was announced at that time that negotiations were on looking to the consolillation of at least one other national bank with the institution. Standing of ths Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs m the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston 46 IS Philadelphia. 22 37 Cincinnati ..42 20 Brooklyn ....30 3(5 Baltimore .. .42 21 Chicago 20 38 New York. . .38 24 Louisville . . .2(5 37 Cleveland ...33 550 Washington. 24 3'J Pittsburg . . .30 34 St. Louis.. . .13 53 The showing of the members of the Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L. St. Paul 50 25 Detroit 34 38 Indianapolis. 45 23 G'nd Rapids. 24 4G 'Columbus ...44 24 Minneapolis. 24 .>0 Milwaukee ..45 28 Kansas City.2l 53 Decker, Howell & Co., Fail. Decker. Howell & Co., bankers and brokers of New York, have asisgned. with no preferences. The firm was on •of the largest brokerage houses in the street. A representative of the firm attributed the trouble to being on the wrong side of the market, the firm's shortage on sugar being one of the principal elements. Five years ago this firm failed for $12,000,000, but paid up within sixty days ami resumed business. There was consternation in the sugar pit when the failure was announced. Opening at 134, after closing ai 135% Monday evening, sugar declined to 133% on sales of 2.500 shares. BREVITIES. The 11-months-old child of Frank Pur dy, a Guilford. 111., farmer, died Monday night. She tipped a kettleful of scalding water over herself three weeks ago. Washington Carrington of Peoria lias made a will leaving his entire estate, estimated to be worth between $500,000 and $1,000,000, for the endowment of a college. Efforts on the part of physicians at the City of (Mexico in charge of the insane hospital for women, to discover some safe narcotic which should produce sleep have resulted in bringing into daily use in that institution a simple remedy prepared from the seed of white zapote. It produces a tranquil sleep, ami since it has been used no deaths from cerebral congestion have been known at the institution. By reason of the breaking of the connecting rod attached to the governor the forty-ton flywheel of a pair of Corliss componn I engines of the Tacoma, Wash., railway went to pieces, completely wrecking the plant anil b iibling. causing damage to the extent of s2il,(mo. The wreck means the total discontinuance of all Tacoma's street car traffic for several days. The power furnished the city for lighting purposes will be discontinued ilyAnton Pfanuer. the banker of Forest Grove. Oregon, who disappeared about six weeks ago. has been located in Vii - toria. B. C. L. Huff. the banker's son-in-Jaw. has inlormeil Chief of Police Berry of Portland that Pfanuer is in a hospital in Yictoria suffering from nervous prostration. Pfanuer made an assignment of his property before he left, and an examination of his affairs shows that he was solvent and able to pay all creditors in full. The Portuguese budget. submitted to the cortes by Senor Ribeiro, minister of finance, provides for a reorganization of the Bank of Portugal, a conversion of the external debt, a Government monopoly in the manufacture' ami refining of beet sugar. the leasing of the State railways and changes in the tobacco and match monopolies. A meat train on the- Chicago and Northwestern Railway ran into eight derailed ears near Boone, lowa, Tuesday morning. Eight tramps are supposed to have been killed. Several tittinmen we're injured. The rLole train was wrecked.

BIG STRIKE BEGUN. Army of Coal Miners Throw Down Thsi, Picks. FIGHT TO BE BITTER. Men Ant ;Vell Organized and Very Much in Earnest. Those Directly Concerned Number Nearly 3 . i>,OOO — Con I Shipment a A re Threatened in Ohio —Operators Invoke Aid from the United States Court—Miners Fay the Strike Will Continue Until They Win-Arbitra-tion Move in Indiana—Vast Army of Idle Men.

HE gr ea t w age ^struggle or the coal miners has been inaugurated, and it is impossible to tell what the end will lie. Nearly 375,000 miners are.' directly concerned, but with the kindred industries of coal mining ami iron and steel

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manufacturing there' is about to be added to the army of unemployed in the' United States probably more titan half a million men. This is twenty-five times as many men as there' are regular soldiers in the United States army. Carroll D. Wright, chief of the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, iccently published the statement that about 3,000.000 men were l in enforced idleness in this country. This, added to the men just called or locked out, makes the following r< markable 1 showing: M right's estimate of the tineinployed 3.000.000 I Miners calleel out 37r>.<MX» Amalgamated workers, etc 250.000 Grand total 3,023,000 The following statistics of this big strike, among the miners alone, show an

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amazing loss of wealth to the country as follows: Number of men called out 375,000 । Number of States affected ll> Month's loss to 375.000 men. at Oil cents a day each $10,125,100 ’ Month’s loss >i operators, at in cents pront per ton on IG.OOO.tioi) tons 1,600,000 Loss to rtil.roads at 30 cents per tan 4,500,000 I i.r.ss to coal companies' stores at the rate of 75 cents a day spent by each miner 8,437.500 Monthly loss $24,9(12.500 From estimates prepared on the basis of coal mined in the year ISVS, making allowance for the present conditions, it is believed that the expense of maintaining i the strike in the State of Ohio alone 't ill aggregate nearly $(>(>,000 a day. Os this amount the miner loses nearly $17,000, the coal operators SIO,OOO and the railroad companies $27,000. To this must, also be added the decreased earnings of the railroad employes, dock and hike ;es sei employes and the profits of retail ami . wholesale dealers. The total output in | Ohio for Ihe year IS(i5 was 11,000.0(10 tons in lound numbers, an average of 50(5 : tons a miner, which is equal to 1.0 tons a i day. It is estimated that 2,500,000 ions of the total output is nut coal, for which ; the miner receives no pay and is clear | profit for the opera tor. National I’resident Ratchford said J Tuesday that he had leceived reports । showing that the greater part of I’cnn-.l sylvaiiin, Illinois, Indiana and Ohio was Wie, ami v> ithiu a day or two a complete i suspension is expected. The Ohio miners | are practically a unit for higher wages, ; as 23,000 of the 21U00 miners in the State are already holding out for the scale. President Patrick Dolan, of the Pittsburg district, estimated the total number of men out to be nearly 15,G00. President Dolan further said the reports from Hill over the district indicate the strike will Ne more general than at first supposed. Along the Monongahela River work has! practically been suspended and a deter- : mined battle is in progress. All the mines. I with the exception of a comparatively I small number, me idle, and it is thought j nearly every miner will come out. 4 lie circumstances indicate a strike of some length, ami in consequence the distress will be great. At Gloustcr, Ohio, Hie miners indulged in threats of holding up coal trains. But their local officials kept them quiet by telling them this was coal mined before tlie strike was declared. However, sever- I al of the Gloustcr men said if non-union coal mined after July 4 in West Virginia : and the Pittsburg district were hauled I across Ohio to the lakes they would try to prevent it. As the West Virginia district has paid no attention to the strike, coal probably will continue to be hauled across Ohio. The provocation thus afforded the strikers for retaliation will

be hard to resist. The scattereel threats, however, are deprecated by President Ratchford and the other officials of the organization there, and*they say no violence will be permitted. Must Face the Law, An important step was taken at Cincinnati in connection with the strike which puts the power of the United»States against all violence or unlawful acts in at least apportion of the territory of Ohio. An order of the United States Circuit Court, southern district of Ohio, eastern division, was made by Judge Taft, upon a showing made by Myron T. Herrick and Robert Blickensderfer, receivers of the Wheeling and Lake Erie Railway Company and of the Wheeling, Lake Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company, whereby the I nited States Marshal is directed to protect,their miners at work and to prevent unlawful interference with the operations of their railway. The receivers state’that they are engaged in the operation of two coal mines of the Wheeling, Lake Erie and Pittsburg Coal Company, known as the Dillonvale and Long Run coal mines; that there is a strike among the mine workers of Ohio and other States under the direction of the United Mine Workers; that Oil of the 500 miners at Dillonvale and ow-hnlf of the 400 at the Long Run mine ie desirous of remaining at work, bu ’Bi't refrained from so doing by reaK'm*tW^ u ‘c ut,< ami warnings from other nt-wy 1 have joined the strike; that it jary for the mine to eontm... u. • ^tMion and that the miners will eontinuejM^werk if protected from physical injury^) themselves mid their property. Junge Taft gave an order to the United States Marshal to consult with the receivers of this court ami send to Jefferson County and to other parts of this district a sufficient number of United States marshals to protect the mining and railroad property now being operated by these receivers under order of this court. President Ratchford, in reviewing the situation, said: “Muth has been said as to the amount of coal in stock at the head of the lakes and in the general markets, and also that operators in certain fields, through information received, made preparations lor the contest by stocking up qoal, Sui h report is erroneous. The operators, the public and even the miners had no information on this matter, mid there is no coal in stock in any great quantities. The enormity of the present mining suspension is attracting the attention of members of Congress and the Senate, ns well as members of the Cabinet. At present it seems ns if some action looking to national arbitration may

be effected, or the establishment of an । eight-hour work day, which is necessary to take the surplus labor off the market, followed by a minimum wage law. That this will be a solution of the question । there is no doubt, but to insure action along those lines the movement must be large in its proportions, and every miner must cease work." 'A. Brenholz, who manages the home office for the General Hocking Coal Company, .it Columbus, says there is at least 150,0G0 tons of coal in storage in the Northwest. He estimates that this v iil supply all demands for at least four months, no matter how general the miners' strike becomes. There is considerable coal mi the Ohio docks ready for shipment by lake, but this coal will not be sent West. It will be held for the purpose of supplying transient trade. With respect to a supply for the railroads, it is estimated that the different companies have enough coal on hand ,to last them about six weeks. — Indiana for A rl> : t raton. The Indiana labor arbitration commission l.as taken the initiative in propos ing arbitration of the miners’ strike. The two commissioners, B. F. yxhid. reprei seating employers, and L. I'l McCormack. I representing organized labojk/met in spe- ' eial session Tuesday, andffe^^V’d io invite 'the labor a rbiti ath n cotpyi^ouers of Ohio, I’ennsyivaniu an<UThsfci»js to meet in Indianapolis, with the view of agreeing upon n proposition of arbitration to be stilmiitteil to the operators] and minors. Gov. Mount told the commrssioners that he won. 4 . o-operate in any? plans agreed upon, and uould ask the Governors of the other Stat - interested t<| joint him in furthering the movement. * SWEPT BY A TORNADO. Ten Arc I’c :d at Lowry. Minn., uni the town Is Demolish ( j. Dispatches received at Duluth say that I a cyclone obliterated the town of Lowry. Minn., ami that possibly ten people were killed ami several injured. Lowry is sitj iiatcd on the Soo Lino, seven miles from Glenwooil, on the Northern Pacific Railload. The cyclone traveled from southwest to not th west. The cy 'lone struck I,owry shortly after <5 o'clock in the evening. Evidences of the cyclonic cloud were seen in Duluth about 7 o'clock. The sky was overcast v lth clouds that circled as they moved rapidly northeast, and thtae was a yellow cast that was ascriberfto the sun pen- ■ etrating through them. People tookep m wonder on the scene, but iiobody ascribed i the conditions to a cyclone. The clouds moved high in the air and circled with a perfectly steady motion.-Every building in the village was damaged. Seven dwelling houses, the station, unchurch, an elevator and a butcher-shop were totally destroyed. the railroad tracks wc**

twisted and telegraph wires torn down and part of a mill was carried away. From Lowry the storm continued in a northeasterly direction to the farm of Robert Peacock, where it made a clean sweep of all the buildings. Mrs. Peacock, her daughter Nettie mid a boy named Robert MacGow tn were all injured, but will probably recover. The next point in the path of the storm was Thomas Andrews' house, where the family took refuge in the cellar and escaped with bruises. All his farm buildings, including a new brick house, are a total wreck. From here the tornado .moved about due east to Samvel Morrow's, where it left* death in its path. The family were preparing to enter the cellar when the storm struck. TO HONOR LINCOLN’S MOTHER. Meeting at Indianapolis to Consider Plans for Monument. Leading representatives of the Loyal Legion, Grand Army of the Republic, M omen's Relief Corps and other organizations met in the executive chamber of the State House at Indianapolis for the purpose of considering plans for the erection of a monument over the grave of JBilw-TOwffill k GRAVE OF LINCOLN’S MOTHER. Nancy Hanks Lincoln, mother of Abraham Lincoln, who is buried in Spencer County, Indiana, and also to provide a fund for keeping the proposed memorial and lot in repair. A national appeal for public subscriptions w ill be made by an executive committee appointed for that purpose. '1 he grave has been neglected for many years, and while a nation has been paying homage to the great emancipator, the grave of his mother has been forgotten. John Burt, a citizen of Spencer County, wrote to the President, calling his attention to the neglected condition of Mrs. Lincoln's tomb, and the President at once communicated with Gov. Mount, suggesting that it would be most fitting if the State of Indiana would take some action concerning the matter. The grave is on an eighty acre farm adjoining the south

| end of the old Lincoln farm. Half a mile ' south cf the burial place of the mother is ; the grave of the only daughter of Mrs. i Lincoh’, Mr.s. Salim Ann Grigsby. Mr ■ Burt finds that years ago the one half : acre of land about the grave of Nancy Hanks was deeded to the United States -to be held in trust. No steps have been I taken in all these years to make the grave of I,incoin's mother distinguished from । the countryside that surrounds it. GEN. STEWART L. WOODFORD, Who Has B-en Appointed United States Minister to Spain. The present and prospective relations of the United States with Spain, because of the Cul an trouble, render the post of ' minister to Spain one of the most delicate • ami imiio:':ar.t I'fp’.imatic stations. I’resiI dent McKinley has sought for the place 1 ; several of the most distinguished men of i the coun'.ry. but all have declined it, unI officially yet cmiduitdcally. Finally, a few ' cays siix'C. he seleGcd Gen. Slewart L. 1 Woodford of Brooklyn, and that gentle- ■ man will go to Madrid. ■ | 'lhe man selected for this task was born - in New York in 1835, secured his education at Yah' and (’olumbia colleges and V W GEN. STEWART L. WOODFORD. began the practice of law in the metropolis in 1857. In 1861 he was made United States assistaint di.Grict attorney for New York, and after eighteen months entered the army as a volunteer, serving until 1865; He was rapidly promoted,, receiving the brevet of brigadier general. In 1566 he was elected Lieutenant Governor of New York, and in 1870 was de-i seated for Governor. In 1872 he was elected 'to Congress, and from 1877 to i 1881 was United States attorney for the southern district of New York. Since | then he has practiced law.

TARIFF BILL PASSES. SENATE APPROVESTHE DINGLEY MEASURE. Final Ballot Shows Thirty-eight Aye* and Twenty-Eight Noes — It Now Goes to the House for Further Consideration. Bill Goes Thron rh. By the decisive vote of 38 to 28 the tariff bill was passed in the United States Senate shortly before 5 o'clock Wednesday. Ihe culmination of the long ami arduous .struggle had excited the keenest interest, and the floor and the galleries of the Senate chamber were crowded by those anxious to witness the closing scene. Speaker Reed, Chairman Dingley and many of the members of the House of Representatives were in the rear area, while every stat in the galleries save th< s? reserved for foreign representatives was occupied. The main interest centered in the final vote, and aside from this there was little of a dramatic character in the debate. '1 he early part of the day was spent on amendments of comparatively minor importance, the debate branching into financial ami anti trust channels. By 4 o'clock the Senators began manifesting their impatience by calls for “vote,” "vote," and soon thereafter the last amendment was disposed of and the final vole began. There wore many interruptions as pairs were arranged, and then nt 4:55 o'clock the Vice President arose and announced the passage of the lull—yeas, 38; nays, 28. There was no demonstration, but a few scattered handflaps were given as the crowds dispersed Following is the vote cast: YEAS. Allison. McMillan, Raker. Manye. Burrows, Mason, ('after, Morrill, ('lark, Nelson, Cullom, Penrose, Davis, Perkins. I>eboe. Platt H'onn.), Elkins. Platt <N Y.l, Fairbanks, Pritchard, Foraker. Proctor, Gallinger, ipiav. Hale, Sewell, Halina. Slump. Ha w ley. Spooner, Jones (Nev.), Warren. Lodge. Wellington, Mcßride, Wetmore. McEnery, Wilson 33. Racon, Mallory, Rate. Martin, Berry. Mills, Cutlery, Mitchell, ('amioii, Morgan, Chilton, Pasco, Clay. Pettus. I'o.krell. Rawlins, Faulkner, Roach, Gray. Turner, Harris iKanJ, Turpie, Jones i Ark.), Vest. Keiinv. Walthall. Lindsay. Whip' 28. The fi Bowing pairs were announced, the first mimed w.mid have voted for the bill ami the last mimed against it: AMrieli and Murphy. I handler and McI..aurin. Frye and Gorman. Gear and Smith, I iaiisbrimgh and Kaniel. Hoar ami Harris t l emi ), Thurston ami Tillman, Wolcott and George. Au analysis of thy final vote shows that tin' affirmative was cast by 35 Republicans. 2 silver Republicans, .limes (Nev.), and Mantle, ami 1 Democrat, McEnery. Tim ne itive vote was cast by 25 Democrats. 2 Populists, Harris iKaii.i. and Turner, ami 1 silver Republican, Camion. Eight Republicans were paired for the bill ami eight Democrats against it. The Senators present ami not voting were: Populists. 5, viz., Allen, Butler, Heitfeld, Kyle ami Stewart: silver Republicans, 2, viz.. Toiler ami Pettigrew. Following the passage of the bill a resolution was agreed to asking the House tor a conference, and S' .uitnrs Allison, Aldricli. Plait iCimn.i, Burrows, Jones iNev.i. Vest, Jones (Ark.), and Mhite were named as conferees on the part of the Semite. The tariff debate began May 25, on v hii h day Mr. Aldrich, in behalf of the Fimmee Committee, made the opening statement. The actual consideration of the bill began the next day. and debate has be ?n continuous since then, covering six wtMl.s ami one day. It has bten notable in seme respects, although it has lacked many of the dramatic and oratorical features marking former debates. From the outset the advocates of the bill refrained from set speeches, ami the discussion was narrowed to a consideration of rates ami schedules, rather than general principles. Mr. Aldrich's illness took him from the chamber after the first day, and since then the bill has been in immediate charge l of Mr. Allison. The opposition has been directed in the main by Mr. Jones (Ark.) ami Mr. Vest (Mo.), while Senators White, Callery. Gray and Allen have frequently figured in th debate. The bill as it goes back to the House re-enacts the anti-trust section of the Wilson law, while the reciprocity and retaliatory provisions aie substituted for those of the House. One of the most important new provisions added by the Senate is that placing a stamp tax on bonds, debentures and certificates of stock. Aside from these more important changes the bill as it gi.es back to the House has 874 amendments, of various degrees of importance, w hich must be reconciled between the two branches of Congress.

J. IT. It. Molson, a wealthy banker oi* Montreal, has given $155,0(M to Canadian charities. The Crown Princess of Sweden has taken to bicycle riding for her health, ami has already found the exercise beneficial. The French ambassador to Great B*;ain is the best paid ambassador in the world, his yearly salary being $(>0,000. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss, the “hero of Shiloh,” lit one time one of the wealthiest men in Illinois, is said to be in meager circumstances. The will of Mrs. Sarah Withers of Bloomington, Iml., bequeaths b'lo.iHju to found a library in Nicholasville, Ky., where she was born. Mrs. Clara Fisher Maeder, the once famous actress, now 86 years old. has published her memoiis. She went on the stage \\hen 6 years old ami followed the profession continuously so.- seventy-two years.

SENATE AND HOUSE. WORK or OUR NATIONAL LAWMAKERS. A Week’e Proceedings in the Halls of Congress—lmportant Measures Discussed and Acted Upon—An Impartial Resume of the Business. The National Solons. The tnriff bill passed ihe Senate Wednesday morn”’;' by a vote of 38 to 28. The day was spent in amendments of minor importance. Following the passage of the bill, a resolution was agreed to asking the House for a conference, and Senators Allison, Aldrich, Plait of Connecticut, Burrows, Jones of Nevada, Vest, Jones of Arkansas, and White were mimed as conferees on the part of the Senate. The session of the Senate Thursday was uii'-ventful, the deficiency appropriation bill being considered throughout the day. Among its provisions is one accepting the invitation of France to participate in Hte Paris exposition of ]*)()(). The bill was rot completed t;p to the time of adjournment. An effort to have several claims added to the bill led to a debate on the' propriety of paying Government claims, the general sentiment being that a bill covering all claims shou<4K4MM brought in at the next session of Congress. A resolution requesting the President to demand of Spain the release of Ona Melton, one of the Competitor prisoners, was referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations. A new committee amendment was tigreed to appropriating $(5,000 in full indemnity to the heirs of three Italians lynched in Louisiana in ISSG, ns was also one appropriating to the widow of the late Representative Cooke nf Illinois ss,<>oo. The House sent Ilie tariff bill to conference. Chairman Dingh'y. Paine of New York. Dalzell of Pennsylvania. Hopkins of Illinois ami Grosvenor of Ohio. Republit ans, ano Bailey of Texas, McMillin of Tennessee and Wheeler of Alabama, Democrats, were appointed conferees. The proceedings wire in nowise sensational. The House spent the afternoon tinder the special order ad'ipted last week listening to eulogies on the life and public services of Judge Hulman. The Senate met Friday under Ilie depressing mthicnce of the death of Senator Harris o,' Tennessee, who has been one of the conspicuous figures in the upper house of Congress for over twenty years. Rev. Mr. Johnston, chaplain, referred feelingiy to the loss Ihe Senate had sustained I'inl spoke of Senator Harris' "ruggeii honesty, his unswerving attachment to his folitical principles, his opposition to all tie considered wrong, his devotion to his State and his service to the nation.'’ Senator Bate of Tennessee paid a high tribute to the tncmory of the distinguished dead, anil offered the usual resolutions which provided for:: public funeral in the Semite, to which the House, President ami cabinet, members of the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps, major geneial of the army and the admiral of the nav.v were invited, ami for a committee of nine Senators to accompany the remains to Tennessee. Then, as a further mark of respect, the Senate adjourned. After the Senate adjourned the Vice-Presid-’ut appointed the fidlowing name 1 Senators to attend the remains to Alcmphis: Mi -sis. Bate, Walthall, Berry, Turpie. Alien, Deboe, Pettus, Chilton ami Wetmore. A ilis< tissinn of Union Pacific Railroad affairs oeenpied the attention of the Senate Monday. The deficiency appropriation bill was taken up early in the day and Mr. Morgan projtosed an amendment designed to prevent the consummation of an agreement made some lime since for the settlement of the Government's claims against the road. Mr. Morgan spoke throughout the day, severely arraigning the Pacific railroad managers. I,.ite i;t the day the entire subject was disposed of by the withdrawal of ihe paragraph to which Mr. Morgan had offered his amendment. The deficiency appropriation bill was not completed up to the rime of adjournment. The price to bo paid for armor plate for the three new battle-ships now in course i f construction was the theme of ext' ; 'led and at times lively debate in the Senate Tuesday. Late in the day tin amendment to the ileficiency appropriation bill was agreed to restricting the price of tumor plate to S3OO per ten, or $125 b'ss than the amemlment reported by the committee and reeommendiil bv the navy depanmciit as the minimum rate acceptable to the at mor contractors. Another timendment in-cried in the bill directed the Secretary of the Navy to investigate as to the establishment of a govermret't armor factory and to report to the text session of I’ongtess. Then ihe deficiency appropriation bill, the last of the great supply measures, was passed. The House took a lecess for one day without transaeling any business. How Fast. This sounds its if it camo from th' variety stage. But as a matter of fact, it is history, for occasionally funny things do happen in the courts besides, the lawyers. It was in a negligence case recently and a good-bumored Irishman was a witness. The Judge, lawyers and everybody else wi re trying their best to extract from the Irishman something about the speed of a train. "W.-ts it going fast?" asked the Judge "Aw. yis. it were." answered the wit m ss. ■ How fast?" "<>li. party fasht. yer Honor.” ••Well, how fast?” "Aw. purty fasht.” "Was it as fast as a man can run?” ”A >* > is." said the Irishman, glad that the basis for an analogy was supplied. "As fasht as two min kin run.” - Buffalo Enquin r. A Bi!) to Match. The Jersey Boniface—Did that fellow pay for his room in advance? The Clerk Yes. but lie kicked at the size of the bill—said it was out of all proport ion. The Jersey Boni face—Then unchain my pet inosquiio!—Truth. Feminine Repartee. She—Of course, you all talked about me as soon as I left? Her—No. dear; we thought you had attended to that sufficiently—Tit-Bits.