Semi-weekly Independent, Volume 2, Number 37, Plymouth, Marshall County, 19 March 1896 — Page 6

(Ef?e3n&cpcn&cnt ZIM3! IOHMA V SMITH, Publisher and Prop "ie'crs

PLYMOUTH. INDIANA. BLOW FOR MILLINERS THE LEGISLATURE WOULD SUPPRESS THEIR CREATIONS. Ohioa Lawmakers the First in the Commendable "Work-Militia Called Out to Control Kentucky Legislature Au Aiiiusinn 1? pi a ode in Court. Hill Aifainst Theater Hate. l Representative Fosdick, of Hamilton, j., causwi a stir aim not a nine appiause ly introducing a bill in the Honst prohibiting women from wearing in theaters hats or bonnets large enough to obstruct the view of those behind them. The measure not only prohibits the wearing of such paraphernalia, but imposes a penalty of from to $10 for violation of the law. The rules were suspends and it was read the second and third times ami bid fair to po through with a whirl until Mr. Stewart, of Clarge, offered an amendment to add six months' imprisonment to the penalty. Only sixty-one members were present, and pome of the more conservative, fearing the bill might go through too quickly. iernuaded Mr. Fusdick to consent to its iostponement. Frankfort Under Martial Law. The riot lell rang from the Frankfort, Ky., fire engine houses at 1 o'clock Monday morning, and at the same moment (lov. Bradley ordered out the militia. Ten minutes later the McCreary guards, fiftytwo strong, were in possession of the State house and martial law was proclaimed. Fntil Monday morning (Jov. Bradley has persistently refused to call out the militia, though urged to do so by citizens irrespective of party. The Blackburn leaders, he was informell, had been preparing all day Sunday to take forcible lK)ssession of the State house. Threats were made that the Senate would arrest the (iovcrnor for usurpation of authority in giving the instructions he gave Saturday night to the sheriff of Franklin County to char the corridors and cloak rooms. All trains Sunday brought reinforcements fur the men bent on mischief. It was only t the last moment when the presence of rhese crowds presaged serious danger that the Governor yielded to repeated requests of orderly citizens of both parties and called out the militia. Horrid Murders in Michigan. At Benton Harbor, Mich.. Henry Itahmgea Friday afterntxui killed his sweetheart, Miss iiertrude Bailey, and then committed suicide. He went from his home in Chebanse, 111., and called to see Miss Bailey, who resided with her parents on a farm. The girl refused to talk with him, saying that she did not want anything to do with him. Belangea then drew a revolver and shot her dead, the bullet taking effect in the breast. Next lie seriously wounded a sister. The murderer then ran to the woods, where his body was found with a bullet hole in the head. The Baileys came from Chicago last October. Belangea formerly lived with the family. The dead girl was 21 j ears of age, her sister 11. Hotel Accommodations at St. Louis. St. Louisans who want "elbow room" next June will have to have small elbows and be satisfied with just enough space to hold their anatomy. Local hotelkeepers have closed many contracts for rooms and headquarters, l.'p to date the oilicial reIorts show that nearly two-thirds of the available hotel accommodations have been contracted for. All of the options given in December have been closed with the exception of that of the Quay delegation. It promised to contract for accommodations for IM) at the LindcII, but did nothing but promise, and the rooms were leased to the Tipp-canoe Club of Cleveland, O. There were a few similar instances. Imposes a Fine on Himself. Judge Toney, of the Law and Equity Court at Louisville. Ky.. was a victim of his own rule the other day. He has been nnnoyed and the trial of several eases has been delayed by the tavdiness of jurors. In each instance the judge has lined the derelict juror .$." for contempt. Friday morning .fudge Tone- came into court live minutes late, and ujon taking the bench read himself a short lecture upon the necessity of punctuality, and said he was sorry to note he was late. Turning to Clerk "Welker, he said: "Mr. Clerk, enter a line of .?." for contempt against the turt." Judge Toney afterwards remitted all li nes. Dun Ä: Co.'h Kcvicw. U. C. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Be view of Trade says: "Waiting is still the rule. Large hopes but little actual business explains the strength of some markets and the weakness of others. It is especially noteworthy prices of materials have varied greatly from prices of manufactured products, although in most cases the advance last fall was commenced by extraordinary uplifting of prices for materials. These comparisons are important, because they disclose something of the grave dislocation of prices which inadeijuate "consumption and combinations have produced." NEWS NUGGETS. The Pope Manufacturing Company's building at Boston, with nearly Ü.tXH) bicycles, was burned, causing a loss of over $7A),i). The residence of Ceor-e Tidd was destroyed by tire at Lima. ., and his !)- 5 ear-old boy was roasted alive ami another fatally burned. Dr. Milton Fpdegraff, astronomer of the Missouri State University, said: "Per-rin'-s comet is now S .i n n , K M ) miles distant from the earth and is receding at the rate of .'.OOO.OOO miles a day." John ;recn, a elog dancer and actor of Chicago who has been playing at a theater in St. Joseph, Mo., ordered his wife to stop llirting with a stranger whom she saw on the street. When he afterwards saw them in conversation (Jrecn took a brickbat and fatally heat the woman. Her skull is broken and death will result. (! reell has fled the city. A heavy snowstorm was retried Thursday in Mississippi and Alabama. A cable dispatch from London brings the news that Samuel L. Clemeng (Mark Twain) is dangerously ill at Jeypore, India.

HUMANE WARFARE.

Modern Bullets Arc Less Fatal than Those Formerly Ucd. In modern warfare it is not necessary, theoretically, to kill, the object l eins among civilized nations to place antagonists bors de combat. The memorable st niggle betv?n the Russians and the Turks in 1ST7 was the last occasion ou which two great Furopoan powers met in conflict. Since that time the armies of most of the great nations have been armed with a new kind of magazine rifle. This weapon has a greatly reduced barrel caliber, besides possessing the advantage of being enabled to pour a number of shots rapidly at a critical moment. The recent campaign in (.'Intra!, and a few cases of accidents which have occurred on or near rifle ranges, go to prove tlit in future wars the wouuds inflicted will 1h of a mitigated nature. The various properties of the LeeM et fön 1 missile, which are likely to affect the character of wounds produced by the humane" bullet, are its smaller size and lighter weight compared with the projectile of the Snider and Martini rifles. This will result, as the limited experience gained tends to show, in a cleaner cut wound much smaller in size, and with very little destruction of the parts of the body traversed by the bullet. The shock to the system Is also diminished, and the wound is not hampered in its healing by the lodgment of the ball. Such are the considerations from a humane point of view, which have caused Fugland, in conjunction with other nations, to adopt this modern weapon. A man at Ahlershot some years ago was struck by a ricocheted bullet from the 0-0i." magazine rille at alout a mile and a half from the target. The missile struck him in the right thigh, passing through and out at the back. He said that when struck it merely felt as if he had been pricked through the skin with a penknife. The wound looked as if a thiu-bladed knife had been thrust into it, and it caused him only slight pain. Twenty-four days after the injury the man could walk well again, and was discharged from the hospital. A Martini or Snider ball from weapons used by volunteer forces, striking in a similar situation, would have shocked the system and shattered the hones to such an extent as to disable the maji for many mouths if not for life. A man employed at Woolwich arsenal was struck by a. bullet fired at only 100 yards from him. The ball passed completely through the upper end of the left thigh, and did not cause him to fall. Under antiseptic treatment the wound rapidly healed, and the man was discharged to duty thirtj--two days after. The percentage of deaths among the wounded Chitralese in the recent campaign under den. Lockhart was very low compared with the number put out of action in consequence of wounds. Men who had been shot through the chest were still able to use their weapons when the Highlanders and (Jurkhas attacked them at the point of the bayonet. Oue man had been shot longitudinally through the fore arm, the bullet coming out between the second and third lingers. Another noticeable case was that of a man who had been shot three times through the legs and was then able to get away. Family Funds. One of the old residents of a Massachusetts town delights the younger generation with her stories of life in the town seventy years ago, when she w:u? a little girl. Her father with his wife and children, and his brother with his wife and childien also, occupied a great farmhouse which is still in a state of excellent preservation, in spite of its years of hard syrviee. "My father and my uncle had a common purse,' " said the old lady to a young visitor who was begging for reminiscences of that by-gone time, "and all the family expenses were provided for from the funds it contained. "There were twelve children in our part of the house, and thirteen in my uncle's, so that it took a good deal to provide us with food and clothing. "My uncle had the reputation of being a little more prudent in money matters than was considered necessary by my father or any one acquainted with our affairs, so I had heard since. In those ehiys the children of both families knew by instinct that my father was the person to whom an appeal for some desired bit of finery or what we called unnecessaries had better be made; the 'common purse' seemed to have greater powers of extension in his hands than in my uncle's. "I well remember 1113 pretty Cousin Myra dancing with delight when she was on the eve of her sixteenth birthday. 'Fin to have a piano, after all, Jennie! she cried, giving me a hug; 'father was very doubtful about It, but Fneh Amos told me not to worry, for if. father couldn't afford to give It to me, be could!' " A Rich Man. It is related that Ilaron De Rothschild of Paris once called (Ju.man Blanco the richest man in the world. When the Venezuelan dictator protested against the compliment Rothschild retorted: "You are surely the richest man in the world, for who else has estates comprising Ch.ho square miles of territory? Who else has an income of ..:7.0(mmmkV Who else has :.r.XM00 slaves?" (iuzinau was not slow in seeing the point. Aluminum. The Fiench state railroads are about to build passenger cars in which the parts usually made of iron and copper will be made of alunihiuni. The axles and wheels, however, will continue to be made of steel. In trying to be "independent people are positively Impolite. many

CODES i'OIt CABLE USE

CIPHERS MUST BE UNIFORM HEREAFTER. After Jan. 1, liSOS, llusincss Houses Lngajjed In Foreign Trade Must Conform to the Usne of the International Telegraph Ilttreau at Herne. New Telegraph liule. On the 1st of January. INAS, the business houses in America that are engaged in foreign trade and employ the cable will be compelled to adopt a single uniform code instead of those at present in use. As is well known, banks, commission Lnn. mercantile establishments and ! manufacturers now use groups of arbitrary words in sending their telegrams abroad. Fach of these words conveys the meaning of a whole sentence, and not only economizes cost, but preserves the secrecy of dispatches, which cannot be understood by the operators or other persons into whose hands they may fall without the use of a code to translate them. An international telegraphic bureau r.t Rerne is supported by (he various governments who own telegraph and cable lines, and is maintained for the purpose of making uniform rates and rules for international business. Representatives of such governments hold conventions en ry live years for the punose of reviewing the work of the bureau and taking such action as is necessary and expedient for their mutual advantage. At the last international conference, which was held in Faris in lS'.H, it was decided to require all patrons of the cable and telegraph systems in the countries belonging to the union to use an authorized uniform code, which it is proposed to make universal. A commission was appointed to prepare a vocabulary in seven languages Hnglish, French, Cerman, Hutch, Italian, Portuguese and Latin and their work will be submitted for approval at the next conference, which is to b held at Ruda Fest in the coming June. Copies of flu proposed vocabulary have been forwarded to the United States for inspection. It is a large volume and contains L'öiumXi words selected from the languages named and arranged in alphabetical order. While the American cable companies have not accepted the new code, they will be compelled to do so, for the reason that foreign companies will not accept messages in any other cipher after Jan. 1, 1MS. The patrons of the cable are not required to accept the arbitrary meaning of the Words given in the oilicial vocabulary, but are allowed to apply them to any sentences or figures or combinations they please. That is, each patron of the cable system may arrange his own private code as at present, but must use the symbols furnished by the international union. Therefore the same message may be sent to a dozen different firms and have a different meaning to every one of them. This will make it nec essary for the (5overnment of the United States to arrange new oilicial ciphers. Those in use at present by the State and Navy Departments nre old and cumbersome, and it is believed that several foreign governments have translations of the State Department. United States ministers in Madrid have been amazed at times to discover that the officials of the foreign ollice there were familiar with the contents of cipher dispatches received from Washington, and when Mr. Trescott's peace commission went to Chili in ISM!, they found that the minister of foreign affairs had translations of their instructions from Washington almost as soon as themselves. It has been freely charged that a former minister of the United States at Santiago gave or sold a copy of our cde to the Chilian (joverninent. Several times the Secretary of State has proposed to frame a new ortV, but it has never been accomplished. Among Furopean governments new codes are adopted on the 1st of January every year, and the old ones destroyed. SOLONS UNDER GUARD. Police Look After the Welfare of Kentucky Sciiator-Mnkcrt. (lov. Bradley Thursday morning held a conference with Mayor Julian of Frankfort, Ky., ami the latter ordered twenty extra policemen on duty in the rotunda of the capitol, the (.iovcrnor expressing his intention of ordering out the Slate militia should it be necessary to preserve order. The one thing that seemed to be settled by the day's doings is that Kentucky will have but one representative in the United States Senate from March 4, 1S'J7, when Senator Rlackburn's term expires, until at least January, l!S'.S, when the next Legislature can meet and fill the vacancy. The newly installed Republican in the House, Dunlap, did not qualify before the joint assembly met and so was not a factor. The Republicans adopted the tactics of breaking the quorum, and this brought from Lieut. (Jo v. Worlhington the ruling ( that seventy members constitute a quoi rum necessary to elect a Senator. So long as this riding stands 110 election can be had except by breaking over party ? 1 1 iikj ; nut a Members of the Legislature were nervous with suppressed excitement as the time drew near for the joint session. All eyes were turned on Sergeant-at-Arms Summers, the Rlackbum Democrats demanding of him that he allow ni one on the floor except members entitled to vote. Senator Rranston made a motion that everybody be excluded, but when it was put the Republicans defeated it by refusing to vote.

AMUSEMENTS OF A " PROUD-SPIRITED AND SENSITIVE PEOPLE."

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HILL ON THE CUBAN WAR.

New York Senator Makes a Stronjy Speech in the Senate Senators Sherman and Hill were the conspicuous figures in the Cuban debate in the Senate Thursday, the New York Senator forcibly urging the mercenary character of the pending resolutions, while Mr. Sherman upheld them with another graphic arraignment of Spain and (Jen. Weyler. It was the fourth day of the debate tin the conference report ami yet there was no evidence of a near approach to a final vote. After an hour was consumed in clearing away routine matters, the Cub. in resolutions were laid before the Senate, and Mr. Hill of New York was recognized. He pointed out that this being a conference report the resolutions could not be amended. lie would, therefore, vote against the report in order that at a subsequent time amendments might be made. The Senator particularly objected to the third clause of the resolutions, stating that the United States has not intervened in the struggles between any Furopean governments and their colonies, but that, owing to the proximity of Cuba, the United States should be prepared to inter1 vene. This he declared to be ambiguous and unmeaning. We had intervened in such controversies. We had intervened and recognized the countries which had been colonies of Sp.in. What the resolution sought to convey was a threat to intervene. To this extent the resolution was unnecessary. It is subject to doubtful construction and is a mischief breeder. It v.-as liable to compromise us. The phrase the "United States should le prepared to protect the legitimate interests of our citizens by intervention" sounded like a threat or it was buncombe. "If this resolution means that we should increase our army, let us say so frankly and frame a bill for that puriM.se." said Mr. Hill. "If it means we should increase our navy, let us state it frankly and fearlessly and frame a bill to that end. Let us not indulge in idle boasts and threats and doubtful phrases as to our being prepared to protect legitimate interests by intervention." Mr. Hill asked what these "legitimate" interests referred to were. Were there any "illegitimate interests?" This was not a proposition to intervene in the cause of humanity or to aid in the cause of freedom or to stop bloodshed, hut to "protect our legitimate interests." Mr. llill uttered the words with great scorn. NEW YORK'S LIQUOR LAW. Puts the Fntire Liquor Traffic Under State Control Rehind locked doors the New York Assembly voted on the Raines excise bill Thursday, and before adjournment it passed by a vote of i4 yeas to ot) nays. The Raines liquor bill is a measure to put the entire liquor traflie and interests tinder State control. It abolishes all local excise boards and creates a State commissioner at a salary of $r,M.H, a deputy at Jj4,(MH), three inspectors at $1,000, 000 and .S000, and sixty inspectors-at-large at $l,JMj each and expenses. The commissioner's bureau is located at Albany. The bill raises the license rates in New York city to ijOO, in Brooklyn to !?(m0, and in smaller cities to $."00. The present license rate in New York for saloons i vl'öo, and the granting of licenses is at the option of the municipal excise commissioners. Under the Raines bill all night licenses and the sale of liquor on Sundays are prohibited except in hotels with meals. This prohibition extends to clubs. It fixes a line for a violation ttf the law at not less than twice the amount of the license. It allows local option in towns but not in cities. It compels the iosting of liquor licenses in windows of saloons, and also requires saloons to leave open the shades during the time they must close. No saloon can do business within -00 feet of a church or school. The bill gives one-third of the net revenue collected to the State and two-thirds to the county. I'nder the present law the entire tax goes to the county or State. When first presented to the Legislature the bill equally divided the tax between the counties and the State. It is presumed that the immediate effect of the measure will lie the Wholesale reduction of the number of saloons in the State, and its adherents claim a great increase in State revenue. The 1 las of Free Cuba. F. II. Sellers, president of the National Council of Patriotic Associations of the United States, issued an address at Detroit protesting against the receiving by the (iovcrnnient of the statue of Fere Marquette, which has been uuveiled in the national capitol. The grand jury of Kay County, Ok., besides returning indictments against county commissioners, have now indicted Dan It. Lawhead, register of deeds, and Virgil II. Brown, probate Judge, charging them with malfeasance in ollice and drunkenness.

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TAILORS ON A STRIKE !

THIRTEEN THOUSAND IN CHICAGO. GO OUT Arc In Sympathy with the CuttersMissouri MurJcrcr May Get Life Sentence Instead of 1 1 a 11 jj: i n New Mexico Wants to Rc a fctatc. Garment Mukcrs Out. Thirteen thousand Chicago taih.rs went out Friday en strike in sympathy with the cutters whese elft-rts for nearly a ' month have been centered upon compelling the local manufacturers' associa in to agree to the uni m's terms. Tin tailors go out to help tiie 1HJ0 cutters and trimmers and force an issue. No demand has been made for an increase in wages or a decrease in the number of working hoists. "It means," said Secretary Abel, "that all the tailors are out. I don't mean the men who work for the merchant tailors, but those whose labor is in the factories and shops where the goods of the big manufacturers are made up. About R'sOOO tailors responded to the call to strike. Thv are anxious to help the striking cutters and thej" will accomplish mu-h. This is to be a peaceable strike. Trouble and disturbances will not be permitted. Spring order are coming in and the manufacturers must have their work done We are very confident of winning." A conservative estimate asserts that fully ."O.OOO people are directly concerned in the strike. The claim is made that the tailors really selected a very opportune time to display their sympathy for the striking cutters. Twenty-five days of idleness on the part of W0 cutters are not calculated to be conducive to a surplus of material in the factories upon which the tailors can work. Without the cutters the tailors could not continue at work very long. Respite for AVifc Murderer J'uiicbion. Thomas Punchion. the St. Joseph. Mo., wife murderer, whose execution had been set by the Supreme Court for Friday, has been respited by tJov. Stone for one month. The general impression is hat in view of the extraordinary circumstances of the case, (lov. Stone will commute the death penalty to n term of imprisonment. Punchioirs crime was deliberate and his guilt fully proved. On his first trial the jury let him off with twenty years imprisonment. The convicted man and his counsel secured a new trial, which resulted in the death penalty being imiM.sed. The Supremo Court afurim-d the decision and a day of execution was set. Punchion has since wished he had taken the twenty years and had done with it. NEWS NUGGETS. Henry Ives Cobb was appointed architect of the new Chicago Federal building. The railroad trains crossing the French frontier from Italy are crowded with Italians who are leaving that country to escape military service in Africa. A Washington special says President Cleveland has sent a military officer on a secret mission to Cuba to investigate the condition of the insurgents from a military point of view. The widow of P. T. Rarnuni, who was recently married to Demetrius Callias Rev. a t J reek, is said to be about to leave her husband, his boasted estates having failed to materialize. The three children of James Reausodiel were left locked in their home, a few miles from Penetanguisheite. Out., while the parents went to visit a neighbor. The house took lire and before assistance could he given the children were burned to death. The steamer Alameda has arrived at San Francisco, bringing news of the safety of the missing steamship Rio tie Janie10. The Rio encountered heavy weather, ran out of coal and arrived at Honolulu March 1, where she recoaled and proceeded to Yokohama. The Senate Commit tee on Territories authorized a favorable report iqon the bill for the admission of Xew Mexico as a Slate. A number of amendments have been made to the original bill, but relate only to details as to the manner in which the Constitutional convention shall be held and perliminary proinvtlings in the territory previous to admission. A jail delivery has been prevented at (Juthrie, O. T.. by the discovery of an underground tunnel in-the I'nited Stales jail, where 1 i'J prisoners are incarcerated. The h-aders were Fill Doolin. Rill Reidler and Rob Montgomery, three members of the Dalton gang. The outlaws had revolvers and knives in their jMissession to protect themselves. Doolin says he will never wait for his trial, but will escape or die in the attempt. A strange phenomenon has been noticed in various parts of Nebraska. Water stands higher in wells and is found in larger volumes in streams than for several years at this season. There has been very little rain in Nebraska timing the last fall and winter, yet streams which were dry last year are tilling with water from some unknown source and wells show more water than usual. The Weather R 11 rcau has begun an investigation and the railroads are assisting. The date of holding the thirtieth national encampment of the J rand Army of the Republic will not be changed. The original date was the first week in September, and that will be adhered to. The rumor of a change of date for the encampment was started during licncral Walker's visit to St. Paul. The (Jeneral did not request a change of the date, but simply expressed flu opinion that a later date would better accommodate one or two depart icten ts, but no change was made or proposed. A party of pilgrims from San Saba and Lampasas Counties passed through Fort Worth en route to .Jerusalem. The pilgrimage is caused by the belief that the world will come to an end, and they desire to be in the holy city and meet Christ when the end comes. The pilgrims are well to do and have stood high in the estimation of all at their respective homes. Childs, (JrolY & Co., wholesale boot and shoe dealers of Cleveland, have failed as a result of the pc illations of William IL Huntington, junior member of the linn. The latter admits embezzling .t0,OOO. Prof. Roentgen, discoverer of the X ray, has been made a baron by Prince Ludwig of Havana. The House Committee on Territories decided to recommend the passage of a hill creating a territorial form of government for Alaska and giving the Territory a delegate in Congress.

NATIONAL SOLONS.

REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Detailed Proceedings of Senate and IIousc-Rills Fasscd or Introduced in Kitlicr Hrancli 1 ucations of Moment to the Country ut Larg;c. The Legislative Grind. The House SaturJay entered upon the consideration of the eighth of the thirteen regular appropriation hüls, that providing for the postal service. It is the largest of the supply bills, carrying over 'f'Jl.OJO,000. A series of attempts were made to increase the compensation of fourth-class postmasters, but tbey went before point of order. The controverted items in the bill relate to postoük-e inspectors and special mail facilities. Mr. Dockery (Dem.) of Missouri, opened the annual fight against the appropriation of .$10i'.lo0 for special facilities 0:1 the trunk lines from Xew York to Xew Orleans. Similar appropriations for this special service have been carried since 1S7T. The bill also carries 81.00 far special servi.-e from Kansas City to Xewton. Kan., and 5?100.(K! for service from Chicago to Council HI uffs. This coiniens,ation was. Mr. Dockery declared, ia addition to the regular compensation. District of Columbia business consumed the major portion of Monday in the House. Among the bills passed was one to decrease the cost of gas from $l.r0 to 1 a thousand. This was the outcome of a long light against the gas company. The consideration of the postollice appropriation bill was continued, but no important amendments were adopted. The speaker announced the appointment of Mr. Hendricks (Dem.) of Kentucky to the Ranking and Currency Committee. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of war for estimates of the cost of repairing the breakwater at Cleveland. O. A bill was passed to change the times for holding court in the northern district of California. The House then took up District of Columbia matters. Pending the consideration of these it adjourned. The House Wednesday passed the postoliiee bill. The feature of the debate was the attack on the "spy system" in connection with letter carriers. The salaries of the special inspectors have been paid under the current law out of a fund at the disposul of the lirst assistant postmaster general. This fund was cut off by ihe present bill, but provision was made lor the employment of thirty additional regular inspectors under the fourth assistant iM.stmaster general, increasing the appropriation from SlT'yJMM) to $L'li'.iMKi. Mr. (iuigg. of Xew York, led the fight against t Iii 4 increase and after a protracted debate his amendment to reduce the appropriation to 517.hm prevailed by a vote of 70 to ."7. Nothing of importance was accomplished in the Senate. Senators Sherman and Hill were the conspicuous figures in the Senate Thursday, when the former urged and the latter opised the measures recognizing the Cuban insurgents. In the course of Lis speech Mr. Sherman paid a glowing tribute to the patriotism and fidelity of President Cleveland and his readiness to uphold the country's flag. Mr. Hill contended that if this country interfered in the matter at all, it should be upon different grounds than those s. far urged, viz.: protection of our commercial interests. The Dupout election case was taken up in the Senate, Mr. Pritchard speaking in advocacy of the majority report in favor of seating Mr. Dupont. The bill creating the "Art Commission .f the I'nited States" was passed. The following bills were also passed: (Iranting government lands in aid of the industrial school at Tuskogee, Ala.; granting certain lands to Colorado Springs. Colo.; for the construction of a revenue cutler to co.t S 1 ,"s M m m if fcr use on tin Culf of Mexico and tributaries; to permit owners of claims to iron and coal mines on forest reservations to perfect their title thereto and to procure a patent therefor. In the House a resolution was adopted by which the claim of Coleman (Rep.) of the second Louisiana district to the scat of Mr. Ruck (Dem.) was decided in favor of the latter. A bill was passed extending the time for completing a bridge by the I.'nion Railway Company across the Aonongahcla river. Commercial Travelers Put Together. Mr. Fraser-Crierie, manager of the Queen's Hotel, Montreal, has decided uiHUi adopting; an improvement in the hotel which will be a decided innovation in Montreal. It is a special room for commercial travelers, and is not to be confounded with anythingin tin way of the ordinary sample rooms. In the proposed accommodation, the commercial men will be entirely by themselves and separated from the other hotel guests. They will ha,ve their own dining-room and their own waiters. The dining-room after meals will. also, serve as a general smoking; and lounging room, w here the commercial guests may receive their friends. This idea has long been in favor in Fngland, w here it has been carried out with success by some of the best hotels. Maine's i.reat Man. Maine's biggest and si longest man, John Moriarty. died in oldtowu recently, of typhoid fever. lie was f. feet . Inches tall, and weighed J10 pounds. He was broad and hig-liitd. ami some idea of his build may be had from the fact that, despite his weight, he was a very lean man. In practically every way lie couM do as much work as two inen, and be was known all over the State for bis feats of strength. Ho worked most of the time in the lumber camps, and was valuable as a peacemaker as well as a worker. Many stories are told of bis prowess ill pttttlnj,- down lights ami small riots. Ho was a very peaceful and good-natured man. Areas and Copulation ot" Furope. Huropc has much larger possessions in America than many people imagine. The areas are thus stated: Rritish. ;t.tu;i.7SJ square miles; French. -1S.OJ0; Danish, SC.tiH; Holland. -J 1 The lopulation of these dependencies is as follows: Rritish, .7."or07; French, 377.1U-5; Danish, ULrjii; Holland, lo7f. SOTi. Time is the bell-ringer of the Universe. He strikes the hours even now, presently be will peal the chimes.