Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 17, Plymouth, Marshall County, 8 January 1896 — Page 2

CI?c3nfcepcn&cnt zTmmku.maa .V SMITH, Publishers and Prop ie'ors

l'LYXOUTH, INDIANA. LYMAN OPEN SWITCH FIVE LIVES THE PENALTY OF CARELESSNESS. Exprca Train Dashes Into a Freight ut Full Spccd-Fuitcd States Douds for tbc leop!c Close to a Crisis in Havana. Five Arc Killed in it Wreck. : At 11 o'clock Sat unlay nijjht two freist trains stood oil a sxxiteh at Schodey s rotation. seven miles, cast of Oiil "'' 0. Tin Hrt Main iull 1 out. ami the conductor, thinking that the st-. I one xvould follow, left tin- sxxiteh opn. Fifteii minutes later the east-bound express rani'. along at forty miles 11 hour. ami. runXiinjf on to tlic switch. U:d'd with ihe train standing then, ltoth train wer? 1. adly wrecked. The den 1 arc: iSi'i.v Addis, iirt man freight train: .!. FI. Co. fireman express train: Jesse King, hrak'Tuan; Thomas Michaels, engineer of press train: Leon Mathers. fireman. Thi Injured: ,f. K. IMigtou. postal clerk; I'itzsimnnms, -ngim'-r: .f. 1. Murphy, postal clerk. Cnductr Tom Drown of the express had to walk two miles to telephone the news to the city. Conductor JLlidershot of the freight is responsible for the wrerk. as lie left the switch open. The passengers in the express were baJIy hnkeii up, hut none were seriously injured. Alaskan Doundaiy Line Drawn. Oni. Du (Held, chief of the coast ant fmdetie survey, does not hesitate Jo express the opinion that there can If no serious dispute hctxxoen the Fnited States and Canada over tin Ala-kan boundary. Ie said: "The line is as plain from the treaty as if it hail been rceorh-l ly dee. I and map." Ceti. Dulfield is eontiilent that the llritish ran lind no grounds upon xvhn-h to base a ilaiui to the gdd fields of the Yukon river, sime a Rrilish ngiuerr. Ogleby. in IV.:!. after careful observations, marked the batiks of the Yukon and Forty-Mile Creek where tins treatns are crossed by tin ltlst meridian and his marks were verified y the Fnited States mirrcy. The only possible ground for contentful which Ucn. Duflield foresees is furnished by that jdirase of the Rnssinn-Rritish treaty thru at no point shall the boundary be more than ten marine leagues from the shore. The Fnited States (mivi rntnent interprets this t mean continental leagues, while Un-at Dritain might contend thai ten leagut s from the island shore was contemplated. Martial I.avr in Havana. The Spanish authorities confess tiejrrave -ondition of affairs by proclaiming martial law for the provinces of Havana find Pinar del Rio. Cuba. .Maximo Jörn;, has declared l is purpose to p-ne-trat into the province of Pii.ar del Ri . Although his forces have not rea-h'l the lionlcrs of that proxim-e. the action of the authorities is umh'rstood Jo indicate they have no hopes of preventing him from carrying out Iiis throat. The insurgents r.re Apparently making a swift mhainv dire-tly uimn Havana. Tic advance guard of their cavalry, under t!".i. Laerct. was at lati-st accounts at l.apaste. which is only eighteen miles from 5 uanabai-oa. tic latter bung but a suburb of Havana. Rejoicing; in Morinnndntn. The President on Saturday issued his proclamation in conformity with the n-t of Congress, stating that the peoph of 1'tah have com. lid with all f the n piir ments of the law providing for the admission of Ctali to the Fnion. ami !- daring that tin territory has parsed ut of isteii,' and that 1 'tali is admitted lo the family of States. The pop!e of I ' tali alio wo I an in f eii interest in every step und' at Washington, ami Private Seen, tary Thurber was importuned l li'hjrraph immediately to Salt Lake I he first :;ews of the signing of (lie prn-laniat ion, and to preserve as :i valualU historical leih the pen with which rresident CleVolaml alli?.od his signature to the document. Call m e n of ISD.". R. C Dun x; Co.'s Ve.-kly Kevi. W of Traile says: "The commercial failun s during the complete jear 1V.IT number L't.t'dT. against l.'t.Ssr, in lv.U, but ihe ggn-galoof liabilities is slightly givater. M7::,l!Hi,Hi(i, against yi7,-V.,.j.sr.f,, ... that, the aerag per failure is . Kt.l'JI, ?aiiiHl $1'J,I.VS in 1V.H. The bright promie offere.1 by large decrease in the lirst tunrter was f.lowed by a small increase In th second and third iiiartcrs and a large inrase in the last quarter f the jr. In that quarter also th deferred linbiKtis 1. 1 each firm ii. ou."iness increns. il. and also tho proportion f lei'errMl Iinb-Iit;s to payment h through i!'ring llOUS'S." Itootli fr the l'eojtle. SiH' ulatiiii i-on rning lh amount and character of the new bond issue was net at rest Monday when Seeretary Carlisle math public a circular n the subject. T!i loan will Im a "popular" one, n:id tho Ireiilar giv's notice that Ihe lovernment will act! ?HM,mtM!n) thirty-year -I per ut coupon r registerel bomls datel 1't b. 1, 1S'..", for w hich pur havers will be require! to pay in gold eiii r gdd rtiliatts. BREVITIES. .At Craflon, ., Ivv. Italian brothers who fiept t"ge(hT in the same b-l wire awakened by thr' marked men, two of whom held oi of llo brothels while the third stabbil the otln-r brother to leath. Itobhcry din's not se-tn t hale been th. motive fo I In rime, as several hundred dollars in the hnse was not tombed. It Is bclieveil ih deed was instigalc! by tile Mafia. The three men eseaped. Another startling liscrepaney has been dis-ovcred in the accounts of Omaha City Treasurer Holln. w hose low tifall oe urre'l Inst May. His bondsmen then discovered the ahortiiKi to b nearly $.'k't,i m jo. jert nccountants, who for months have been cheiking up th loks, have r-porj-il to the Council liuaiM-e cuiuiitlee an Milioiial bhortage of $77,xx. At Millelgville. ICjr., a loy uamed Walfrra, whih playing, m curetl a revohor and .hot his two little cousins, two girls, aged 4 an! S. A third was also injured. Tin !j then "it a lnll through his own lnnd. 1 and his two little cousins u'JI die.

EASTERN.

Mr. William K. Vandorbilt is to marry Oliver H. 1. l!Imont, sun of the late Aujrust Helmont. The New Yrk World adroiates popular subscriptions for th frtheming issu? of tioviinmont btmds, and offers lo subeeribe for 51.LSK.0) of them. Tlio Baltimore, Md.. Rrtnd jury will be asked to investigate the lisastcr at the Front Street Theater. It is learned that, in addition to the mutilations practiced uu the women who were killed in the panic in onb-r to obtain their jewt ls. the Itox office was robbed of the entire night's 1 eeeipts. William .1. Weeks, i.f Ynphank. I.. I.. agd 7." years. Lt'.s iss-'.id a chaih ii-t to nil p rsMis v r 70 years of agt to skat. him from fifty to öl"! mih-s. He is a wellknown skater and will allow any competitor cue mile in every ten. Wel;s has also come out with a h:iHens: 1 any person in the wrld to contest with him in fancy figure skating and writing. At Newark. N. .1., fire broke out late Monilay night ami lestroyel the Kinney Iok and its eotiteiits. The belling was o upiel bv the Western Cnioo and :he Postal ToYgrnph .mpan! s. the D-.la-war, La kawana and W-stern. tin llrie. nnd the New York and (ireesiw! Lake Kaiiiv ad eonq.ani . Ilaworth. l!;iglo !c Clark, lothicrs: ('lias. Charles al'. Herman 1. tlero'd, caslii r of the F.ro kti'h!. Mass.. Savings I'ank. has dis-appean-il. It is belii ved he is a lefanl'-'r for betv. i n Slü.tHM :u,d Sl.'.litH) and Iiis disapp'aran-o slungtlons this belief. About three weeks ago Ceorgo W. .to'mfioii, pnsid-nt of the bank, was appoint-1 receiver. He disouverc! that (iVrH"s aei'ounts were wnt:g. Atlachutetits have I ven jila '1 ii p;m I i-i o'.il"s property in Uruokfield and in Hampden County. The Pittsburg, towboat Harry P.rown ran aground at Classhouse lÜille. l.run-n-'t's Island. M.nlay niotning. The ii!-t attempted to back intone, per water to release the Meet, when a heavy cable parted, the ends striking Jonathan Wood and a leck hand known as "Whitey." The latter was instantly kil!-d ami Wod was seriously but not fatally injure!. Two coal boats am! one barg, containing (.- (MK busiiels of ial. ar at the bottom f the river as a result of the accident ami the channel is blockalod. The sunken loats will be blown out with dynamite by the (biveinnient. The loss will be very heavy. With a Ictonation that was heard two miles tlx fireworks st k f Ietwilr V Stn-et, a (iiTenfleld, X. J., firm. stor-d in the rear f ö:t North IM street. St. Lui.s, exploleI Thursday afternoon. Four persons are dead, six mining, oie fatally injured and thirty-two seriously Jiurt. Adjoining buildings were crushed like paper boxes, and in their fall arri d scores of inmates down with the ruin. Windows were broken for blocks around, and the air was lillel with jxiwder smoke, sparks and Hying b-bris. Two th r explosions followe d Ihe lirst in rapid Niicees?in. cmpletin.L' the work of death and de fitrnr-tion. In addition a property loss of SlOO.tNiO was entailed by tire. WESTERN. William Kvcrgat shot and ki!Id Arthur JoiH-s, ng-d 1.". near ltainbriilg. hi. Fvergat bet Jones he could shoot his hat oil his heal without hurting him. Jones won the bet. Walter Sanger, the bicycle rider, ami Miss Dora Kotz nberg, of Chicago, manage! to steal away from a kating party tit Milwaukee Friday evening, long enou.rh to get married. It is estimatel that "TH) i-laims in llu Cripple Cni'k lislri-t on which owners have fail'l to 1 full assessment work in 1.V.C have been jumped. Although armed men are holding claims in all tin nitlyi:: portions f the distri-t no fights have yet b( en report el. Three persns were shot and a whole train-load of passengers were thrown into a pan'a by the attempt of Special Ieteetive l:;vil M(uail f th Mmioii ltoa1 to arri'st John Weinhanlt. an albgeil lunati, wln. :iceoiling to M Juaid, flatted in 1 -l ar out the Motion express which left the Pdk street dit at Chicago Tuesday night. None f the injured will die. A San Francisco paper says the (luveminent h preparing l pniKi-cut !e 'inapiratrs who perjureil themselves lo aid James Addison Pcral(a-llYa is in his mythical claim of 1 ;.. :i m l. m h ;l( res of land in Xew M'xi.-. worth S7.. m n . H h I. Xcarly every witness who t'siifiel in ih ease vill b indicted. It is s lid that Attortiy (lnei'al Harmon will sen! IMward 11. Whitney ami Johna I'. Ibdge. of Washington, to assist Fnited Slahs District Attorney Foote in the pr .-utioii. Mrs. J. Sam Prwn, wife if a national banker: Mrs. I lamliu, u ife of a merchant; nuil Miss Laura Itliiicoc. principal t one of the public schools, banterel each other ti take n rhh' in the "hurry" wagon from the Fiiioii 1 pot in Wichita. Kns.. in the city jail through th main thoiom!,fare of the city with a jolivniari. Mr. brown, tin husband, not only consent1!. but secured the wagoil fl'olii the chief of police. The thing was unknown o the public, find n (be wagon dashed through the Mrcit with Mrs. Itrown. wl.o is a o ict r queen, it caused a ureal sensation. Five hundred people followed them to the jail. It was learned Thursday that A wellpaying ghl mine has been in full operation almost within the city limits of Duliilh. Minn., for the last few months ami that the owners have taken out many thou -a n!s f dollars.' worth of metal. The news has ausel considerable excitement, and the surrounding hills will be Rone over carefully by prospectors. Tin Men who are intereste! In Ihe mine nw in opera ( ion are S. W. Clark. M. Lewis. John De (!ruv, Dr. Lamlry and AI Miner. The initio is down seventy feel. It is located on the county road, just outkido the city limits, ami ihe owners nre preserving the utmost secrecy regarding It. A lire horror claimed six victims in (Juuibus. Ohio, Thursday morning. At 4 o' !o k the rr'hh'inv of John . Hidbiinl was discovered lo be on fire, ami before the (lames oiild be exl inguish'-d six l.n'iiibrs of ihe family wer' snffoe.ite! by the nnoko ami their bodies partly ,rtnalel. Mr. Ilihhard was secretary of the Central Ohio Natu nil (his ami Fuel Company ami was eounet by marriage with tin Deshlers. Iluuliiiulons and others of the wcallhh'st familiis of Columbus. Four sons less than l.i years of ago ami the colored s rvant, niced IS es-aped by jumpiiiK friiu the s,conl-story windows. .Natural gas was used in Ihe house, but tin lire cid-nlly originated from Home dcfoclite cmstru tiou iii the woolwork. Through Ihe treachery f an officer 'n the San I'ratieiseo clislom house tw earloaU of Chinese ftrui Ihe Atlanta exposi

tion have slipped through the hands of ft score of Fnited States iuspct tors au I are now somewhere in Chinatown. ut of the roach of Federal control or interferu.''. The Chinese were lauded in that city bofore daylight ami were hurried in -..r-liagos into the Chinese quarter. lb-'v many there were in the party is not I. -finitely known. Collector of the Port .l-im II. Wise rieeivl what is coioidetv-1 lo be reliable information that 1(1 wciv iining overland to tin ity, but the agents of the Chinese claim thai oipy forty-three were spirited Into the dUtri-:. In Federal otfu ial circles the opinion pievails I hat over VK Chinese escaped the Olli', i s. Chicago has (h. I.west death r.i'e f any city of IS H .t x ) or more populati on in the world. This is shown by the an'onl lvptirt of the city health lepart 'near. i-ouip!etcl Tu-iay. Tlubath rat', based upon ihe unrevisd tigures. is 1Ö.H in a population of 1.nmi. us against 1-VJl l'-r last yi nr. l-ss than any pr'vius re -or 1 f'r tin city. The winde report shows the health of Iii -onntr.uiily to lv in ex-'Ih'ii. and the sanitary condition of the city to be good. The low death rale, however, is tin best widern- of the healthful condition of the city. Next in point ef int r-'.t to the general public is that part of ti e report devoted to the ruale made by -be authorities against, impure milk, b:ol 'eo and Ihe treatment of diphtheria. All -f Ihos it is shtwn by figures that cai-.i:ot ! lisputed. nre lli- several eauses tli;'., wii.'i the g-m-ral health fulness of the Chicago air, 'nave pulh-d lwu the da h rat until the city stands first in the world in that respect. Chicago will lose 1M"'i) saloons. The brewers Inn declined to longer stand good for the fixtures in the small places in return for tin xclusive handling of ne brand of beer. It is also claimed that the people do not have the money to support the va.t nunib'-r of grogg ric s which have spiling into existence. In some localities each o.ri'i-f has ben taken by a saloon, ami tin result is that many have been una1.li p make payments on ill" furniture. This has r-lu'-el th total issu of licences to dale to a few more than 1.ÖIKI. Then? will be suue additions lo the li.'t, howcer. The association has liflisl Iii price of beer from SI a barrel to .Sö. The hange in price will affect those in the outlying disiri-ts most. Hrower are more discouraged than they have bevn for many years. They did less business last year, in proportion to capital invested, 1 1i ii ti for a long time. Milwaukee makes the same 'omplaint. The output from the -ily was s7.7tS barrels less last year than for the year preceding. Chicagohas als shipped less. Chicago js lik-ly to los about .$."( H,m'iO in revenue from the saloons during the year, although the brewers hope that ihe abandonment f some places by no n f bad paying habits will tempt others to start in the trade. Many d' the brewcrivs are now running at about half their capacity. Soirn would have closeil entirely had not the pri- h' n put up a not h. SOUTHERN. Miss Ida Skinner. f Fngb-wood. II!., died at Chattanooga, Tenn.. Thursday night, attemhsl only by Prof. C. C. Shumaun, her betrothed husband, w ho comes from one f Chicago's b'st families, and is :rt instru tr in a Chicago colh-ge. Miss Skinner was lying slowly, ami. as her parents were without means, Pmf. Shumaun at his own expense took her South to rivovcr h-r health. He lias faithfully attenlel Iier to the last. The Ioiiisvil! express, west-b(imd, anl the St. Louis express, east houml. n the Italtimoi' and Ohio Suth western -ol-lided about 7 o'clock Monday night near Sekitan, Ohio-. Two unknown men were kilh'd ami nine injun-d, live f tlnMii fatally. The trains met on a curve. The west -butil train was going fifty ami the castbound thirty miles an hour. After the engineers saw each utln-r so givat was the srpecil of tin trains, they did not have time to whistle for breaks. The trains came together with tcrriuV frc. the engines rushing against each other and rearinjr up, nd to end, fnniug an acute angle with their pilots toward lh sky. Two empty express ears on Ihe St. Louis train rushl together and broke the force of the shock. The express ear. a combination smoker ami b-iggage car, and two coaches on this train piled up in a confused mass all badly shatt'isl. Th liv ars of the Louisilh express were heaped o. gel her beside the track. Tin re Were several loclors u the wrecked trains, ami th's. l)gcthr with physicians from Sekitan and D-lhi. aliemb-d the injured, who were taken into private houses mar by. WASHINGTON. President Clevel.iml Welnesihiy right aniiouiired Ihe iiipoinlmeiit d the WinX'.ielau Hoiindary ('oininissioii as follows: Daid J. Drewer, f Knu-as. Justice of the Fnited States Supreme Court: Diehard II. Alvey, of Maryland. Chief Justice of the Court f Appeals of llu District of Columbia; Andrew D. White, of Xew York; Frederie It. CotiMeri. of New Yrk: Dann I C. (Siliuan. of Marvland. The omiiie-sioii is regartb'il at Washington among those who had an opirt uiiily lo sc lh lit as a v'iy s.ilislii-tor. mv. An trd r was issuel from tin War Department Tuesday, by authority of th President, lismissing from Ihe L idled Slates army Lieut. Samuel S. Pngee, Fifteenth Infantry. Lieut. Pague, v. bo was stationed at Frt Slieridaii, near Chiag, was found piiily of slnmliag at Iiis superior officer, Cd. Crftn, copiiintnding Fort Sherilan, within the limits of tin post last suuiioer and was s'iiteneed to dismissal. Subseiuenf ly he w as examined by Medical ofliei rs becanse his sanity had been ques(ion'l, but it was found that 1 1 1 1 1 I i 1 1 1 was the i-al cause of his actions, ami ihe President Iherofon has nprov-d the fnulings and sentein'c of the court-martial. Washii.gbm dispatch: Senator Chandler is probing into a Navy Department scandal of large proportions. Dy direction of the Senate tin- Senat' Committee n Naval Affairs will inquire into varioui litlb mailers relating to the construction of warships, and incidentally it will bo buirmd to w hat extent officers of the Ordnance Diireau are interest!! in patent processes by which, it is said, Ihe (Jovcinmi'iit is robb by extortionate charge out f Im Iwci II ..".(NI.INM) and .."Viuhni on eery vessel built. Secretary Herbert wautc! to let the couln.cts for the two warships about to b built, as it Was thought better results could be obtained I hereby, but he found himself strongly a ntagoidxeil by Ihe Ordiiam-e Dunau, tliouh Ihe other experts of the department conlially indorsed the position he had taken. The stubborn n-slstauee t.f the Onlnnuee Dureau finally prevailed, and the Secretary announ cl Ids intention to let the contracts in the oh! way. This decision ret tongues wagging, it ml members of Coiigre! were solemnly assured

that there was rank rottenness in int Navy Depart meat and that tncinls wer using their positions to divert pe.blie moneys to their own pek ts by -rruptly in.flun lng contracts. wh-r-ly the (Jever -meat eras forced into buyin? patented processes in which tle-y wre financially intcn-stt d. The instructions given .!.e Naval Committee will afford an opportunity for i:ive--tig:ilioti int the allegel abuses. It will also serve to prevent ti: guilty parties from escaping by the us :al method of defeating inquiry. The charges are now b'ing' aired, and th Navy Dpartment mitat puige iiself by t)r'ing ih charges to b unfoumli! r else loea1. c and cast out the guilty tli-ers who a accuse! of bringing tliscr lit n the -ou;t-try ami disgia- ii.oii th.- b-partm -ut. FOREIGN." The y.uinr Dm hess of Ma rib trough is seriouly ill in Koine with typhoid-fever. Tin fever w as contr ictcd w lii! she w as in Spain. An explosion of tire damp occurred in a. colliery at Waldenburg. Prussian Sibsi.i. frly-three mil-s southwest of IoWm.iu, "I'ucsday. Fifty jm-isojis are know.i lo have been hiih-d r injure!, and bev'iii' a thers are missing. "fhe Si. Petersburg -orref-pondent of the Vienna' IVio PresM telegraphs thai lir.ssia and Fran- hive actually Uomis.-! liplomat ic support lo tie- t"i:it-l Sla!s in theVener.uelan trouble, ami that ICussia is prepared to fa i!ilate tin Fnited States loan with her wn gold reserve. IIS Jan i im. P.ra:il. lisp;jt h: T! e i Jovernuient intends to -all a niei"ng -f all dipIoui.it: n pr-r-cnlativ-s of S milt Anu-rica early in th new year to -'lisidcr means of niinoii delVnse against 11 ncpcan aggression. It is leninl in Km JaneiiM that Drazil will .snl troops ;,( '-i! .u la. Th Venvr.ueJan t Jovernimqit is no.-roti. ating in the Fuitl Stales for war supplies. Four heavy guns have b n ra nt fr.in Caracas to fortify llo harbor of Maracaiho. Si.ial -oiiiniissioiers ipjointel to arrange an alliance f Sor.ih and Central Anu-rnan republi-s ag;.!i:t Fnclaini arc n-aly tobpait. A London ilisn.it li says: The invading English army in tin Transvaal has beu lisastroiisly lefeatsl by the Ders. A ser r mere have bem kill-!, many wounlel. ami Dr. Jameson is a prisoner at Johannesburg. Dm of tin most iu. pudent acts .f aggression over eoramittl evi'ii by Dritish anus has thus no t with swift retribution. The letalis aro meager of this inglorious finale f what was intended to b a brilliant pi-e of bravado, which success might justify but which failure would make a crime. All that is known is that the lovernnient nvsseng rs, with dispatches from Lonlon ordering Dr. Jameson to retreat to the Chartere! Company's territory, rea-h-! Dr. Jameson Wilt:'sday morning". II pocketed tin Ou n's rb rs. thi tin? mcss-ngr l.-K'onically that he v.ould attnl to them. .ave tin coiumaml to his troops to saddle, and marhl. not on Ihe back track, but on toward Johannesburg. At 4 oYlock in th afternoon h onuilTisl the Doers at Krug'r.--lorf. abut thirty mih's east f Johaniu'sburg. There was hard lighting until sundown, ami the Dritish troops suff rei seven ly. The famous marksmanship f the lbvrs was no less deadly than in their gallant lef-nse against the same enemy fifteen years ago. Twenty men. including three itlu-1-rs. w-re kilhd. and fifty prisoners were taken before Dr. Jameson surrenlered. Tlu'se meag r facts ar all the information tin ( .'o erinnert vu!isa f.s. IN GENERAL Dichar! Mansfield has de id. .l to leave the stage and -nh'r tin h-cture field. The Fnitts Slat-s cruiser Dost in !;.-:s rveiv'I onlers t ireed to the Ch'ii l station. It is believed that the order 111-di'-ati's a l-.sire n lh part of the administration to preserv tin strength if tili' Asiatic squadron until loiimsti. affairs in ( 'hina beonie qi:it-r. The national Arnn-uian rdif commit- ! appeal.! to the p-lde of the Fnited States tor ihitni'diate and generous ontliblltioUS to n liV' III.' Iie'ls of .",.",( I.I km i Armeniai s who are destitute. Justice Divwvr, f the Supreme Court of tin Fnitel States, is chairman of this -oininitt,., w hi h in boles Ar-hbihop Corrigau, Chaum-ey M. Depew. John S. Kennedy. Alexaiubr E. Orr. Dishop Pot fir. ,ladi S.-hiiT, i:vntl P. Whv! r ami Spen.-.-r Trask. The emmittee annoiim-s that lh' immediate mvd is for money. whi!i slmuhl be suit to the treasurers. Drowri Dros. V Co., Philabddiia ami Dostoii. TI nly supplies that an b used an grain, coarse cotton and woolen goods in lie puce, but no such contributions

. a . should be forwarded without pieviollij communication with lb oinniith-cs. MARKET DEPOnTS. Chiago- Catlh1. common to priiiK", ?.'t..l to $."i.IKI: hogs, shippin-; grah's, d.00 to $".70; sln'ep, fair l hoic, ."s".."' to .50.70; wheat, N. - rel, "." ti 07; o.rn. No. 'J, 'Joe to i.r,c; oats. Xo. . 17c to IMo; ry'. X. '', .'!'J- . .".::; butter, choie c rtauiiry, I'd. f -."; eggs, fresh, "tie to l!Je; Mlato,!j, per bushel. '1 to Cv; broom -orn, f'JO to f?b"i per ton for pHr to clmme. InliiinaiHliH -Cattle, shipping. to 1.."; hgs, chti light, S:t.i0 to ?:!.7."; fduM-p, common lo prime. .Y'J.tHl to .5.".rii; wheat, No. .' to die; corn. No. I while, -de to -7c; oats, N. '2 while, -le t l'"'. St. Louis- Cattle. to ?.".HI; hogs, f.'UMi to .t?:,..7ö; wheat. "N.i. - nl. dte i ttM-; corn. No. '2 yellow. J.".. I. Jlc; oats, No. J white, Die lo 17e; rye, No. '2, Illo to .-'. Cin. innati - Ca lib. $:i.:0 to.5i.oO: hogs, :t.(M) to ?.'t.7.": shep, .".."Hl to $.",..V); wheat, N. -. 10 to t'7e; ctrn. No. -mixed, -7e lo J1-; oats, N. '' mixed, lie to 'Jle; rye. No. '2. .".0 to ll. Delril-Cattb', $'2.7 l $.".00; hog-i. fl.OO to :!.7ö; slo'ip. 2A) l $.5..VI; wheat. No. - nsl, to r.71: -rii. No. 1! yellow, '27c to "Sc; oats, Xo. 1! white, rjOe to Hie: rye, :i7e t) .'We. Toledo -Wheat, N. '2 re.l. iMle to d7e; corn, X. - yellow, "7e to '2U-: oats, Xo. 2 while. !! to 'Jle; rye. No. -, ;;7- ti .".Se; clover serl. $1.-." lo .ft. Ik'. Milwauk' Wheat, No. - spring, oö. to ode; -orn, N. .'I, -." to -7e; ats. N. 2 whit., IS- lo !;; barley. N. -. .".L'- lo Hie; rye, No. 1, ,'l.V to IlUe; pork, mess, $7.7) to S.K). DufTalo riX He, $'2.7) to $.Vjr; hf:", f:i.W) to $.7; slnvp, -'.."iO lo $X77f, wheat, N. '2 rd, IIS? to 71': corn. No. 2 yellow, .'tie lo .TJe; oats, No. 2 white, 22e.li '-'h. New York -Cat lb. !:UM to $7t.'27,-, l-.ogs, $.l.)0 lo $1.7.": slnp, ?2.00 10 JM.2o; wheat, No. 2 rtsl, l?.) to 70-; i.m. No. 2, 3le to .Tie; oats, No. 2 white. 2.V to 21e; butter. renmery, 21 e to 20c; eygs, West ei n, 20c to 22c.

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CREATING MUCH COMMENT IN LONDON. Faid to De Antagonistic to Great Drit ain't Claims in Venezuela 11 w Philadelphia Coin i any I'oreed to Assign IfostilitirB f?u-pciiletl at I'cltoini. New Phase of Hie Row. Tue l:sp:ite!i to the London Daily Cliroti:-!.' from it.- special cmmissioin-r :t Washington, giving hitherto unpublished co!Tcspo:nleiic b-.-tw c-:i ih :v l-nnieiOs of Creat Dritain and V r.ezuela durin;: tlo p :ioI bs-iw t-n Xovember. 1SP. when ltobert Schondn-rgk was appoint' to s-.ir-y the wi stem U rritoty of Dritish Cu:iiim. and April. IstJ. w h n Cn-at Dritain finally nniovet tin boumlary psts whieti I. had set at various point- in that territory to form the so.-calhd Schon ihuriik line, is attracting mm-li att-iniu ia Lon.h.n. The Chronicle alis it a "ni"nu ntous dispatch' and hc.nts it. "A Now Fa-c to the Controversy: the S -homburgk j Lim Fseless. Some Startling D- ! patches." A foreign oliice otlichsl said t'aat I lie eonvs'K.hdfiice qt'.ote! was -.rrct "o far as it goes." and addcil: "ltut Ih.-re is mu.-Ii whi ii is unpublished. sp.ially the letters of Seimr Frtique uhe Y n.-zm lan minister to iJn at Dritain at the tiim-i. These j.ive a !it"f rent light upon tin whole malt r. W mig'lit. for iustauc. tak- portions of Secretary Oinev's lo uni(-nt and transform it into a st.-. lenient which would beculin-ly antagonisji. to the Ann r'n an s':!e !' ihe pu-sl ion." All Fyc on South Africa. The greatest alarm -xist-! in Lnde.a Saturday, because n, further news h. 1 nrriwd from t!i Transvaal. Forty- ight hours had i-lapsed since the -e.itirniat ion of the r jioi t of the capture of Dr. Jameson and his invading force by tho D; r. Then came a very significant message from the Cernian Ihnperor to the ires'dent f ihe Transvaal republic, .-ongratu-lating him upon the successful n-pwise .f the Dritisli f..rce. This aroused a sto;vi f indignation in Creat Dritain. which was quh-kly suceei'd'! by a fe-linc of appr'h nsioii over an uiicouiirmed rumoi that an uprising had occurred at Johannesburg, and that the English wen- U'ihg lriv n out. It is b Iieved a gr at crisis is on. In (liursc of an Assignee. The Solicitors Lan and Trust C.mpany f Philatlelphla made an assignnn'iit to Col. T. De Witt Cuyk-r. ne of the lireetors. The trouble came about througii tii oitside i. ratioiis of J. D. Ditter. win has bärge of the company's real estate department. An examination of the books shows that tin assets are ail light. The ompany has assets . about S Li'i U x . m st f whi-h is tied up in W-strn niortgages. If was fouiub-d in ISM., with a full paid capital of .."iOO.Immi. its sto-k recently droip'l about S10 a shar. NEWS NUGGETS. The Xorthw estern millers" trust has bn'ii reorganized. Kansas Republicans talk f nominating Justi Dr'w r for President. Prim-' Degent Luitpold f Davaria has frmal!y rc:muu 'd lii thnr:e f whi'-h tin crazy King Otto N t!u normal i:r uuibent. A r port has ben recived by the Kiiuxville. T'ii!i.. r-v-nu tii- to tin ff t that sevn uu'ii were kilh'd in a battle betw'cn lnoonshim rs ami i Iii rs near the TVnm's.scc ami North Carolina line. it -amo to light that several Si. Paul ami Minneapolis banks have Imen victimized to the 'Xtent f stuue Sd.l.MH) by a lever forgr. lie Work:-d under ihe names of I'sch ami Char! s E. Rh)le.s. ami lid the work -!ii!ly by means of a bank ashi r's cerliricalin stamp. At Milril. it is annouioMl t!int t!i. Danish !overi:ne-nt h.'.s expressed tin qduio'.i that the steamer lior.-a, fixing the Danish tl.g, wliu-li mn v-j ed a fdibiisti'iing i xpedition to Cuba in Xovemb r last, from Philadelphia, ought to h.ixe b'ii ivgard'! as a pirah. in spite of the oitrary leis!oii of the Fnite! Slates auihorities. 'fhe Turkish ( !itverumut has rler d Ihe co'.iimamh r of the Turkish forces surrounding .itoun to susp'iid hostilities pemting the in-got ia lions xviilch the r'jresent a tii es ni the pow rs have -nl'fd int in order io bring about the surremb r f the .eitouidis. The amhassadors have giv-n their respective consuls at Aleppo full liberty of action in regard to tin steps which tin y may think nec .--.'a ry to take to prevail upon the insurgi uts lo surfender. 'I'll. new iiy bill -w hich has ju-t passe. 111.' IJucbee Legislal III', provides t!i:tt hereafter every alderman of tin city of Moii I real x 1. xotcs grants in excess of available appropriations shall bo personally responsible therefor, ami shall ban I lie right of sitting in tin Ciiy Council for live ats. It is also proiidcd that the :l.v ire.isurcr shall be personally rospoii t.ibl for every sum of money whieh he shall pay. km.w ing ii i xci-eds the appropriations voted by the Council. Moiit ina piodu. d in m tals about -S 17.1 1 .",( m m lurii'g the yiar I St .". inking tie lalue f the silver at llu -mag tat ami estimating lh last two months of the y:i r on a p m rata basts. The piodm iion of gol.l Wls . t.llMI.IHM: of silv r. f.öCHI.IMM ounces: of topper. 212.010 ponmls. ami of b'.'ld. 2I..0.000 ptoimls. The output f coppi-r is estimated as being l'."i per cent, of the production ,,f te uiled Stales. The receipts of bullion at tin llelclil assay ollice Iining IS!." wire 10 p-r ,- ;. greater than last ar and per cent, greater than luriutf iSti". A s. ini illiei:il liui.il xxas made at St. Ptrsbnrg if llu annouiic'Uiut m:ile in the Xeue I'n-i Pk' -m of Vicuna, sax ing that Kussia ami Fiance had :i -I i a 1 ty j.roiniscd tiiplonialic support to the Fnitel Stales in lli Wnez.mhin pu'sliou, and that Itussia was prepared i facilitate llu Fuiteil States loan with her own gold 1CSTX . Russia is iM-gotialing for the creation of a bratii-h of Ihe D.iuqile Imperiale Kusse In New York. Prof. L. S. Luther. -f Trinity College, has been b tel president f Kcu.xou Colh'ge at Columbus, Ohio. Mrs. Leslie Carter accideu:ally stabb ! Ater John F. Kelhinl while pitying at New York lately. The leather shield he wore as a prote-t!a had slipped from its place, and the ba.ionct used by Mrs. Carlir in the play entered his side two im lo's below the In art. narrow ix i:ipinj Winking a fatal wound.

GROVER NAMES FIVE:

PERSONNEL OF THE VENEZUE LAN COMMISSION. Drewer nnl Alvey Head t!ie I.tut Andrew I). White, Frederic !?. Coulert, and Dauicl C. Gilina.-i Arc tho Other AjpointccH. All Accept. Pri'sident Ch vt h'.nd Wed:.- s lay night fiiiiiouncl the appointment : Y-u-zuolan Doundary Coinmis-.-'.-.o as follows: David J. Divxver, . f Kansas. J ;; -lice Fnitd States Supreme Curt: Ili- liard II. Alvey. .f Maryland. Chief .T .s'i. e d' thCourt of Appals f the D:-::i. i of (.'olumbia: Andr-w D. Whit. ,Wv; York; Frederic R. Cou!-rt. d' N'ev. Y .-:";; D-u:-i 1 C. Oilman, of Maryland. All of the above named per- i.s will accept the places to which they hav; lxn appdnt-i and an expect 1 to as. niblo in Washington as scon as pr e-tic.-ibl.-. with a riexv to tin ir entering vpon th-ir work. In Wahing'ii '.he c.ni'-.MNsii.ii Is rog"rd'l as a vry sail-factory or.e, whose opini)ns and on-li:s'!;::s ; 1... j-,.-eeiv d by ihe A no r'n an puh'.io h ?h:;t rotifniciiee whieli th' sta:: lu.g f th m)'iitbTs - f tlie oinmissi- -.j : i:- public cvr inspires. Politically spi-akin;:. t!i-' .':..; issi-ci on :sts f three Democrats t-.v. Rcpubücai.s. Justi- P. !' r .':iii Alvey ::iv lm n d" the hijio j. !i i il stamling. uh.- n-put.-.t loi.s i-. i ; r t i 1 1 jurisis art; xvell knv. n a"-r-'. as w ell as at home. l'i-i! ii- R. Co. ::". f N".' Y.rl;. is io. w-il known as a ; at th.bar ti tvquhv any i xtemb d .sk. -'; of his s.-hotarly attaimi!) nts. Andrew D. White ami Daniel O. Oilman s!.-i!-..l ; : i- ; i -r llofretnosf of Ar.o ri an s.hl.-rs ! . iu-a-tois. and Mr. White ! :; s!;ow:. iu additi.'li. unusual v.ki!I ;;s a h-i;'.-.' i..r. organizer ami üph.mat. Doth v. iii iM-f,;! lm-mlu-rs of tl; -onnuissio:;. ami their names will do niii.-h to gix" ;s tiudiiigs lignity and weight in the ;' "f EurP'an nations. Th' la xv authorizing tho ; r;-I n t mi t by the Presih-nt f the i: :'.'.e!.iii -m-inissioii was pass l by tin House ,,f Ib-p-resentatives o:i D-. 17. On ! . -ii it was a!opt! by th S'm.tfe without a m tidim-nt ami wilhout a dissenting voh-e. The text of the bill was as follows: "A bill making an appiopra ! ion f-.r tin exp-usos of a ivmniission ' i-r.-stigat and n-pott on the true divisional line bctwei'ii ihe Republic of Venezuela and Dritish Cuiana. "De it ena-tel by tin- SnaN and Ileus of Ripresentatives of the t"i:i'-l States of America, in Congress assembled, that the sum of S!0UH:o, or as mm-h thereof ns may be necessary, be :;::d tie- s'tmo is hereby appiopriat! for th- e;:.-;is-s of a commission. i. 1 app.iiu'.-d by tin Pn-siib nt, to report n th- i :'. -iivisional lino betxve'ii tin R pu!-:i "t '-n :'.u l.i ami P.riiisii (uiana." The -onclusions n a'-Io-d by 'l.c ooinniissin will b- r pol led to the President fr his information in connection wiih any , furtlur representations an! eo:iinu:ni-a tioi.s that may b mad by this duvrni mnt to (n-at Dritain in vnm-vtioa xvilh the boumlary line dispute h.".-Ycen tho lattr .untry ami Yene.i:-a. R1FAAT PASHJ.. The Xcx- (Iran i Yi.icr of the Turlci!i Lin pi re. It is evib i:t tin- Sultan of Turkey is a hard man to please. He recently changel prinu" minist rs thre times in iluvo weeks. The new grand vi.ier, Rifaar Pasha, is a man d' v.u p:i'i s-vice. 1I has been goveni'r ;f many Turkish lrvinees. His last o!li o; tliat charater was ruh-r of Smyrna. Ib-fore his pioinoliin Rifaat was minist:- f the interior. II is a t!ioroiigh-pic"d diplomatist and before ndveing the S j : I r ; . . .:i any point ascertains the innerni st xi'-ws ..f his sublimity n the matter iu ;"c.t hoi. A i -'U. KII'AAT I sll X . Adiieo ito'ii is easily frmii!:ii-d. It probable Rifaat xvill hdd his portfolio long. Th're is litth pn'so.s t .f futurj joy for a grand vizir. Ktanal Pasha, imnieliate prch c-ssor f Rifaat, ha be'ii sent to govern an interior loxvn of Asia Minor. Said Pasha, who provh-l Keanal, loik n-fuge at ih English embassy iion bis ninoval from ottice. 11 euierg-d a fv lays ag.. I KIl lf.ok. A new fish hok lias been inveutthi. The lait bobliti-g b'vie Is stlppli' with self-opening books vxl.i- !i :e lse.l ami coiu-oao'd at ilo'ir points mil w hich spring In opp.s,t direct ion, when the slightest tinsiii 1- put tioiti the lim. One f the hief alvairtag H Claim! is thai wln'ii the fish are latnl ed tin '3 tu be readily released. Railway Seals. An Invention probbs fr pin'UTr.at! seats In railway ars. Ths, may b rall!y ln(lall by i'iaus of .i lisi-on-nected with the pitn's of th air -brake. In this manner may 1 raveling; be made n luxury at unall j'nii.uint cst to the railway companies'. Every fdiigjc nat ocnst :iaily bin.;j for a hoiiu so that lie ra:i blow ft when things bn' suit hl.t:, without fwir of beltti; licked.

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