Bloomington Telephone, Volume 13, Number 32, Bloomington, Monroe County, 26 February 1889 — Page 2

Bloomington Telephone BLOO MINGTON, INDIANA. 'WALTER a BUADPUTE, - - PuBUsam

CIRCLING TIIE GLOBE.

WEEK'S XMPORTATTO OCCURRENCES CONCISELY SUMMARI ZEI.

XatelHgrence by Electric TTIro from Every Quarter of the Civilized World, Erabradns: Foreign Affairs and Home Jimp penlngs of an Important Nature KENNA IS THE MAN. The Deadlock Broken in tho West Virginia Legislature. Thb we my dead-lock in the Legislature at Charleston, W. Va. , has been broken by the re-election to the United States Sen

ate of John E. Keuna, Dtniocrat, by a strict party vo:e, lie receiving forty-six votes. John. E. Kcnna is -41 years old and "was born at Valcoulon, Va.. on a farm. He

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sivKAtOK KC!sNA. cutiug Attorney of Kanawha County from 1872 to lt77; was eletted to the 'Forty-fifth, Forty-sixth, Forty-seventh, and lr orty-eight li CouffresRes, and thou was promoted to the Senate, taking his Beat in 1SS3. COMPLETED THE CIRCUIT. The National Electric-lsrht Association Fii;isiies 13 iiusinw. The NatiDnd Elecfcvic-Light Association, wh ch met in Chicago, has adjourned. Tho Electric-Light Exhibition in St. Louie, Mo.f will be opouei on or before Sept. 4, lSSi, and v Jl continue for ix weeks. Before adjourning officers for tho ensuing year were electe I as follows: Edvard R. Weeks, of Kansas City, President; A. J. De Camp, Philadelphia, Fir6t Vice President. Executive Committee, B- Rhodes, Niagara Falls; B. E. Sunney, Chicago; George A. Redmond, Rochester, N.Y.; C. R. Huntley. Buffalo; Otto A.

jao?ei, Aew lork; E. X. Lynca, jew York; P. H. Alexander, Boston; J. Jf, Morrison, Baltimore; T. CarjkQnjfr Smith, Philadelphia.

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Up td dU nil but nfteejJbf the certifi

cates of tnembers-eleo Gf the next House feat beeuf&3c$V at Washington, D. C, by Gen. dark, the Clerk of the House. Among those lacking are the certificates of two Representatives from West Virginia and one from Tennessee. Asearning that Evans (Rep.) will receive Qthe certificate from the Tennessee district, the lerk Cngures that 'the Republicans will have 164 and the Democrats 159 members at the organization oi the next House, not count ing the West Virginia members. Should these two se&ts go to the Democrats it will leave the Republicans a majority of three, but the admission of the Dakotas. Washington and Montana, will increase this majority. pREi I DENT Cmtetand has returned to the House with a veto message the bill for the relief of settlers on the Des Moines (Iowa) river lands. Virulent Small-Pox. An epidemic of small-pox of a virulent type is reported from Falls City, Neb. The disease is also said to be raging on the Indian Reservation near Rule, Neb, They Witt Hang. Tim an Pete Barrett, who killed the street car driver, Tollefson, in Minneapolis, Minn., a year ago, have been sentenced to be hanged on Match 22 at the Minneapolis jail. Br. Bliss Uea3. Db, D. W. Bliss, who attended President Garfield during the latter's long illness, died at his residence in Washington, D- C. The remains were interred in Washington. Death ot a Millionaire. James C. FiiOOi, of California, died at the Grand Hotel at Heidelberg, Germany, after a protracted sickness. Heavy Fall ot Snow. Seven inches of blow fell on the 21st inst. in the Atlanta, Ga., district.

THE SUNDRY CIVIL BILL.

Appropriations Fashed by the Senate and lions . Thx Senate levoted the larger portion of its aession, on tbe ttlat iuat , to lha euudry civil bill. After a long cieUtie tao amendment reparsed from tfitj Axvrui.ri&lioas Committee allowing a royalty of oj eeiub per 1,: U) iiuprosbions lor tiie uie of aieaiu ia:e printing prebseH in the Bureau i i.itgruviii;4 v. as pubaOxt. Tae House bill avowed a loyalty oi 1 cent per l,utf.' buprea uou. Jf uruier upj ropriationtf reported iroiii ttie commute wero agreed to as follows : teda la SuO. icstolti e Jito and building. .5 ,00;; t ti.etihe.i of in eruatioual C onference of Ainericau huttes ;addition.Urf 7.i,hx; Hfiii-houi o mid jog .sirual at Chicago outer lrrcak-v;ater ubbi.tuie fr-r Konso item of fiuoi, jfaj, am ; or tue :reventix n ot epidemics additional, XO i be AgriuuJtiinu i eivurcment aj.'pr-jpnaT i u bill wus alao reported aud notice uaa fei.n ihiu i: would be called up as oon So the auuery ( ivil bill vas difipo-:ed or. 'Um House passed ilio Pohto:.fici App;opricti:it I:J1 wttn an amendment i.iurf tUe snlry ot the tftOiierfntencetitof hei.try at t 'bie.oa& 40 per cant, of the alary of t"lie I oetujastrr. 'j'uo House also made coiiSidviablo pro.rss on tbe deficiency bill, 10 which a,i atuendiuent was added Hpi-opnatin j,U(K) to ia iitmiei alnont, tUe i'tonident'a 1 rivAie Seereturv, txa ditfereucy lct?Am Uifi present Saiury Hiid'-rouiX) yer, too B&ktry ubiuxx bii BiicceBor will re sedve. tepretfntativ v)'i:o.m.'lt iM.cljJ presented in ill) House an enoinioiiH petition aainet tbe onda-rrit olll, wnicli bearR ibe afgnaoures of isOtJ Kovtntli-d iy adventints in all port of tho country. 'JLwo fzitmense pack iii favor of tee bill were presented in the fJena&e bv Mr. Mo;Kbridgtj. The conference report on tbe Icijtelative appropriation bill was acraed to by ImjM houHes. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. This Hon. Sidney T. Fairchild, father ef Secretary of the Treasury Fairchild, died at at hie; home in Cazenovia, N. Y. It is stated in Boston, Mass., that the Kevins Bilging Mills in Salem will be ahytt down for an indefinite period, and it is said posiblv for a year, at least. The ahipa chartered to go to Salem with cargoes opiate this spring wilt be turned lo New ytfr by the Boston aad New Yoirk; pilots, who have beuii instructed to loaheSew York inniead of Siilem. The pane needle indosiry, it is said, is scrion.

ly cutting into tho jute bagging manufacture. By a newly patented process, it is stated, pine needles can be prepared and spun in the same way as jute, making a stronger bagging nt a much less cost. In the process an oil is obtained from the pine needles which brings a good price. At Pittsburgh, Pn.. tho Grand Lake Coal Company, whose property is distributed along the rivers from Pittsburgh to the Gnlf, has confessed judgment for 540,000, and a levy has been made on three of their tow-boats. The coal trade is greatly surprised by the failure. The body of John Gray, a resident of Pittston, Pa., was found nt that place. Three gun-shot Mounds wera found on the body, one reaching the heart. It is supposed he was murdered for the purpose of robbery. Four leading breweries of Bc-chestor, N. Y., have been purchased by the City of London Contract Corporation, limited, which is said to have a ccpital of $125,000,000. The experts who have been woiking on the books of the defunct Farmers and Mechanics' Bank of the South Side, tit Ptttsburgr, Pa., have made a statement of the condition of tint institution, which nhows that the liabilities are 220. 000 and the assets $180,000. It is thought that the depositors will get from 70 to 0 per per cent of their deposits. The cashier, H. F. Voight, who is charged with exnbezsding the funds of the bank, is in jail under 40,000 bail. The Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Company has b.egun a suit for $30,000 against Absconder Moore. A tkkkible catastrophe occurred at Hartford, Conn., caused by the explosion of the large boiler in the basement of the Park Central Hotel, one of the most popular hotels in that city. The large building was completely wrecked, the great walls going down with a tremendous crash, burying in the ruins all but a few of the guests in the house. A special telegram says: Almost simultaneously with the falhng walla was a tremendous ex;oskm tuac book the wholo city and wrecked .ho fronts of all buildiuB near by. Nothing roinniued of the baudsome Jutel but a mass oi ruins, whici barely fU.ie-1 tap deep ceiiar, nud a scanty iwm y leot 01 th rear tnd of the building, uve s:onoa m

raignt, aurt showing tho unedor of tho lass rjw or rooms on each floor. Tne ruiutd part tad been sliced away &s neatly us thoaguwiih a giai-t knife. From the ruins aroao grcaus mid cries, and irom the part still stand ng wore heard the shrieks of tho servants, who jived in an aiinox. A cold, half-frozen rain from a lowering nky, with tho spectacle of wre k und raiu, and the iuicknnveopmg clouds of steam vhi;U for hems h:d 3rom tho staging crwdi o: ) e pie around the oUccmen'a co;vlon tho occasional awful revektions mado by the workman in tuiearthibg dead bodies or living suilcraia, combinod io make a scene which no btshohloir bo lik'.-ly to forget. Held close to ha top of tl.fl yp rock age wero a m an, h i a i f o . and a llauies had burst forth from r;?5JP fB . t"r '.3tt end thohe cam lici t,?ar4 fcrenp. TJie chill cried aloud for hbln, but no help could reach it. The

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any attempo to rescue any one, and .no rums were fltXRio J with water buio.-e any work couid bo prosecuted, A few dead or dying porsons were taken from the edge of the debris, however, wUnin an hour after the explosion. The force of tno explosion Throw a bed with a sleeping woman uycu it far into the stroot, while one oi the heavy doors landei a block away. The special telegram, sent out a few hours after the explosion, continue 3: The magnitude of tho calamity c:inot bo realized, 'the register of the botefis lest, and Kigb C!lerk Perry ia buried in the ruinn. But trout the beat estimates that can be procured ti jui the landlord and others it is proahle tbat ttero M'ero not far lroin rif ty people in tho bote! proper. Of those perhaps live escaped iniiBju lod, leaving f orty-fi ve to be accounted :or, Tou azeimhw hospital; sixteen de:ul bodies have htion taken from the ruin 5 leaving ttiueteu missing. Anirew F. Whiting, acton ry o; ine Hariford Life and Annuity Icsuran Gmrpaay; the Kev. Dr. Luvellotte l'eriiu, agenc 01 the leinorird Hall Association, and wife, and JSiward Perry, the night clerk, are in tfce ru.is. it is believed thut Mrs. Wesson, of Spriutield, Mhs., the widow of Frank Wi-sson, who was kided at tho W hite iiiver Junction Xiailrond nociJent, was in the hotel, together with ad oi her jauiuy, live children, and probably a servant oc tvro. The complete list of the bodies tfikon out is a3 follows: Dwight H. B aeli, f Hartford ; George Gaines, porter of hotel; J. George Engler, of H;Mtford; Johu W, Hon Bin an, of Boston; 3". C. Hilf, of Banalo, N. Y. ; Louis H. Bronsoo, or riartiord, his wife and child ; George K etc hum, brother of landlord; iCddie Ketch uui, son of lond.ord; Oi orgeW. Boot of Brockport, N. Y. ; Max imilian Oalody, proprietor of the Huttoford Herold, and Mrs. AntnowF, Whiting, whose body was burned to a crisp; two unknown persons. Tho victims at tho hospital are: Helen Deport. A New Britain; Rachel Cramer, of Avon; Jacob 3i. Tnrpin, a colored barber; Walt:-r M. Gay, of Bayou jo, N. J.; Henry Strife), of Phitacelpbia; Wellington K etc hum. proprivtor of hotel ; Mrs. Georgia Ketchum, wife ot proprietor; Jennie Docker, of Unionville; Miohr.ol Coirigau, of Union villa ; Enos James.

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. John Lee, who, while lrunk in July last, killed Charlie Choline, at Brandon, was hanged at Alexandria, Minn. Martin Moe, implicated iu he crime, was granted a commutation of sentence to imprisonment for life, which seemed greatly to please Lee. One of the most terrible crimes ever enacted in Michigan took place nt Tecumseh. Frank L. Silvers, a prominent hcrse-breeder and well-known citizen, sho his wife, his two daughters aged 9 and 11 years, respectively, and ended the awful deed by shooting himself. Neighbors, noticing tbe absence of all life about the premises, broke open tho door and entered the parlor, where a horrible sight mt their gaze. There upon the fioor near the stove, fulldrossed and with her .glassy eyes staring at the ceiling, lay the liody of Mrs. Silvers in a-pool cf blood. In a Fmall bed'ooni, directly above th nailor, were louud the bodies of tha two lit t lo prirls onlv a few feet np irt, hile at the foot of the bed lay the iorm of Mr. hi!voin vel1eing in blood, and with life almost extinct. Iho victims hud all ben shot through the temple, and, with the exception of Mr. Silvers, all had d;ed inbt'mtly. The murder was caie fully pLtnned and coolly nd systematically executed, bit why i not known. The reMdents of Eeya Paha, Holt County, NetM are much exercised over

vho depredations of horse thzeves. A vigilance committee hns been formed, and about twenty men have bee n notifl -d to leave tho eountv at once or run their chances of being lynched. Hattie B. Stephe:;80n, clerk in tho Postollice at Wellsville, Oh o, has been ariested for lobbiag tbe mails. Kho pleaded guilty to two ind ctments. The Thatcher Park dummy 01 the WiscoBsi.i Central Koad coll ded with a freight train at liobey stnet. Chicago. The dummy was smashed, Engiueer William Appletou and Fheman Patrick Wall were instantly killed, and two passengers were badly hurt. The rest of the occupants of the cars were thrown promiscuously around. The body of Joseph Chem dck, the Bohemian who killed Mrs. M. L. Chemeleek, his half-brother's wife, her two daughters, aged C and 11 years, respectively, and then committed suicide, at Loudon, Minn., was taken noose the country to his father's home. A

I number of the former friends of the

dead man gathered about the body, Some of them manifested their disapproval of the crime by muttered cnr&es, while others attempted to kick the body. The only cause suggested for the murder is the fact that one of the murdered girls hud testified against Chemeleck in a recent law suit. Vildt:, a supposed accomplice, has been arrested. James Mokan, a boy Ifi years old, living at Brooklyn, 111., was bitten by a mad dog. He was attacked by hydrophobia, and while his mother was attending him he bit her. A week later both mother and son were suffering with rabies, and it is thought neither will recover. , T. J. Cavitt, of Litchfield, 111., has been appointed receiver for tho St. Louis and Chicago Railroad and the Mouut Olivet Railway. The little village of Upson, iu Ashland County, Wis., was tho scene of a most atrocious crime. Joseph Brogan, a laborer, killed his wife, his two boys, aged 5 and 7 years, respectively, and ended the slaughter by taking his own life. Brogan drank heavily, and frequently quarreled with his wife. He arose in bad humor, and, attacking his wife with a razor, nearlv severed her head from her body. . He then attacked tho boys, who wero in bed, and hacked them with the weapon so that thoy died in a short time. Walking over to the door, he then cut his own throat, his body falling against and barring the opening of .the door. Brogan was 35 years old, and his parents are wealthy Eastern people. At Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miss Louisa Wahl, of Turner Junction, 111., renounced Christianity in tho Temple Emanuel, embraced the Hebrew faith, and was then married to Gustav Lang, of Chicago. The bride's parents are German Lutherans, in which belief she was roared. At Stevens' Point, Wis., tho Currans, charged with the murder of Lawyer Hazelline, were granted a change of venue, and the case will be tried in Waupaca County in June. SOUTHERN' INCIDENTS. It is reported that a cyclone passed through Bibb County, Alabama, fifty miles

south of Birmingham, doing great damage. Several persons are said to have been killed and many injured. A cyclone also passed over Banks County, Georgia. Thomas Stevens and son and Mr. aud Mrs. Meaders were instantly killed. Another Ron of Mr. Stevens was injured.

Judge Thomas L. Griffey, of Sioux Cty, Iow.i, 72 years old, has been sue.! for $20,000 for breach of promise by Miss Sallfo McConaghey, of Dakota City, Neb. Last November the Jude, who is quite wealthy, married a handsome Toung gcvc-l tcactVr. Tv in T C' A- - & ; ww L,; to pieces liOuBo oi Thomas Stovcnr;ou, and Stevenson and one of hissgrs were blown into a tree and killed. TK remainder of the family re soriojr'iy if not fatally injured. iVTlliam Meadows house, noai by, wacom into . fragments and his wife ki) leek Twelve bther persons were killed V$ falling timbers. At Nicholson a doza. houses vre destroyed. E'Xcrnr.MEKr prevails at Clermont Mills, MxL, Over US discov3ry that last September Miss Hannah Colder, aged 3 f, and Miss Catherine Beall, a pretty and vivacious girl, were married by a Catholic priest, who mistook the Colder woman, from her male attire and masculine appearance, to be a man. Both women are said to have disappeared. IIenky Dalton, who lives near Stanford, K, 6hot and fatally wounded his wife At Austin, Tex., Ed Reeves, the noted train-robber, has been sentenced to the penitentiary for life. RAILWAY GO S S I P. At the stockholders' meeting of the Delaware, Lackiwanna aud Western Road, Jay Gould retired from the directory, stating in a loitet that his health wo'.ld not permit him to servo lonfrer. Henry A. C. Taylor wn chosen to take the place vacated by Sir. Gould. The earnings of tho Southern Pacific for tho year 18SS wero t?-l?H5!,00(); expenditures, i'4i,U01,000, leaving a surplus of $3,949,000. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. The Bigham police bill, providing for the election by the General Assembly of three commissioners for cities having an excess of 29,000 population, who shall havo full control of tho police and tire departments, has passed the Indiana House. An Indianapolis, Ind., special of the 18th i-jst. says that tho Cabinet of the incoming administration his been selected. It will include Blaiue for the Stite Department, Window, lor the Treasury, Wannmaker for Postmaster General, Nob!e of Missouri for the Interior, W. 1L H. Miller of luaiuna for A .iomcy Genoral, John B. Thomas for tho Navy, Jeremiah M . Busk lor War, and Wan-." Miller for Agricnltu e. Tl'is may c& changed if it appears wiihin the next f aw days that there is any important reaMTn for not taking inlo the c're e of Prosid)i;.tial advisors one or two o,! tin men who have Lev .1, doubtless, rhoKcii f ter carsfui coni(larauou of all iui'ormaiion concern them l-:it could bo obtained, I nt at this t ine Gen. liarrisen is s itisicd thtt the i-eletious are the .: est that he can mulio. Tub Pe'jns 1 ad b State Piohibitiou Coavention met at llarrishurg with 77! delegates in attendance. Tie convention adopted a resolntiou .ndoi-siug Master Workman Powtleriy s stand ou ihe Frohibition qv.ost on. md ('.efeutd by n vote of 17' nays to lt2 yois a motion for a

committee 10 piejwt a piano canpjgn, the oppouents of a third pnrly opposing it. BeolutionR plodgiugthe oriinn z t:oa to the support of tho piopo-d tonst.tntional amendment wero adopted. In the Aikansas Bouko four Democrats of Pulaski County renigued their seats, and the lour contesting Bepuhlicans at once qualitied and took the places of tho retiring quartet. Acoobijino to unofficial returns fiom the six counties comprising the Fourth Cougressional District of Missouri, 11. P. C. Wilson, of Platte County, and Charles F. Brco'cer, of Andrew, Demo "ratic nominees for the long and short to in respectively lo succeed Congressman Jame N. Burnes, are elecled by a small ma jority. The Indiaua Seuate has killed the Hays high-license bill, tho Democrats! voting soli dy against it and the Bepubl -cans solidly for it. The National Tniiff reform Convention met in Chicago, over U K) delegates

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being present. The proceeding lasted for three days. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL, A PARTY of about one hundred Catholics havo left New York on a pilgrimage to Borne and the Holy Land, visiting the

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Christ. Secketaby Bayard is quoted as saying that Minister Hubbard is on the eve of negotiating a treaty of amity and commerce with Japan. The conference report on the Territorial bill has passed both houses of Congress. As agreed to the bill provides as follows: For the admifliiion of North and South Dakota, Montana, and WaHhington. j Dakota is to bo dividual in tho 47th utaadard parallel, and the two ronsututioiial goverameuta aro to meet at BibUiaivk and Sioux lalls. Delegates to tho conventions in oich oE the proposed Ktatea are to bo elected ou the first Monday iu May, and are to n eet 011 July 4. It is provided that at Ibe election for delegates in South J akotathe electors shad vote for or against the Sioux Fads constitution. If a majority of

1 the votes shall be for tho constitu

tion the convention eh all resubmit to the people oi' bout 1 Dakota for ratification or re-je.-tum the constitution framed nt hioux Falls, aad also tho articles and proposition separately submitted, including the question of locating the temp-rary seat of government, and if a majority of the vuto cast on the ratification shall be for the constitution, irrespective" of the articles scjiarutely .submitted, tae State of South Dakota shall be admitted under said constitution, buD the archives, ::oc:rtis, and books of the Territory of Dakota shall remain u.t Bismarck, the capital or North Dakota, until an agreement in reference thereto is reached by said htatos. But if at the election for delegates a majority of aU the votes cast shall be against the fciour Falls constitution, it shall be the ciu yof tho convention to form a constitution as if thit question had not been submitted to the people. It is made tho duty of the President to admit tho four new States by proclamation il the constitutions formed are ratified at the election to bo held on the rirst Tuesday in i tctober. Kach of the new States shall be entitled to oj:o Keprc&ontativo in Congress, except South Dakota, which shall be entitled to two Representatives. All land a granted for school purposes are exempted from entry under any of the land laws and can only be nold at public snlo at not less than 10 an acre, tho proceed to constitute a permanent school fund, tho interest of which only can be used. Such lands may. however, D leased under legislative restrictions. All mineral lands are evemptod from tbe grants made by the act. 'ir.s two Dakot&s aro to be added to Justice Miller's circuit (the Kb) and Washington and Montana to Justice Field's tthe 9th).

EDGERTON'S TAUT TALK.

AN OPEN M TTKIITO THIS 1'KESIDENT ACCUSXIB OV FLAYING FALSE.

Tho Deposed nivil Service Commissioner Accuses Cleeland of Piaylugr I'hIso witn tho Aluwumps in Ortior to I leano the Democrats. IWashiiiRton spocial telegram.) Judge A. P. Kdf:erton, who Was recently removed from tha office ot Civil-Service Commissioner, has written an open letter to the Pro anient. He says riinong other thing ; : "I was indebted to you for the only appointive office I ever held. You now declare ly yourown action that you :regr'.tthe appointment. I with equal right can say that I revret the acceptance. Your regret was never made krown to me by you in any word or utterance or action until now, at the closo of your administration and on tho day b fore my removal. Of course, if you believed me unfit for the position oir neglectful of duty, you should have removed ins long ago, but I proaumo there wero prudential political reasons why you did not make the removal until after the election. In this regard it would

FRESH AND NEWSY. Hugo Ziemann caterer of the Richelieu aotel of Chicago, lias been engaged by Gen. IJaxriiFoa as stgward of the White House. Niemann is a German Popublicfin, born in Strasrjui'g Aug. 11; 18-3U, and there beg;ja h;s nppin'ticoship iu,botel Bervice. lie spcnE ef eral years in hotels in Germany, nncl Inter was caterer of the Cinritch liotel, London, while Napoleoa II. was tbca. He retired from this plac3 ls amh .Jtftwr4 Hotel ttnTaT, Pavis, vLich place he gave up to accompany J. F. D. Lanier in his trip around the world. In their review o! trc.de for last week K, G. Don & Co. say: Actual improvement in business continues. The upward movement in pi ices which was noticed last week has not been sustained, the general average for commodities being about half of 1 per cit. lower than a woek ago. The output of pic iron has diminished. Wheat advanced 1 cent for tho week. Atlantic exports were, in the five weeks ending Feb. Zt enly 242,453 bnaneH, against 1,704, last vear, and of flour 5,760 barrels, against 1,132,532 laBt year. This, comi)ared witli oxports of lJv115,'fS5 bushels of corn during tbe samo wc-oks, against 1,728,567 last year, shows how the foreign trade has been affected by th Bpeculation which holds prices of wheat at Chicago far above p::ices at the seaboard. Com advanced but half n cent, with ealea of 11,000,00 bushels, &,nd oats a:e unchanged. Oil speculation ha lifted the l?rice four tuad a half oems, with dales of only 7,OJO,000 barrels at Now York. Cotton, with wales of 875,0j0 bales, and c:ffoe, with sales of 2(.i7,O0U ba8, have each declined an eighth, and pork is half a dollar lower, with lard '27l cents lowor per 100 pounds. Tho dry goods operations, as in other branches of business, are to siuio extent retarded by the close scrutiny of credits which the slowness or collections in many quarters naturally inrompts. b it the reports from the interior in that refipfct are this week rather niorefaorabAe than before. The money markot bus been easy, rate on call dooming (.omi1, to J .j per cent.,' and the Treasury has disbursed during the we..k $lt2.)0,000 n:.or-f than it has tukeu in, but the deonmfte in circulation of silver continues. The busiueas failuros number ',S a i compared with 303 tho weufc before and 3H2 the week previous. For the corresponding wook of last year the failures toured up 27J. Cleveland vessel-owners have decide not to fit out their vessels for navigation before the 1st of May, claiming that the Raving in insurance will compensate for the lo-s of time. The special report of the Commissioner of Labor relating to marriagos and divorces in the United States for the twenty years from 1807 to 1886, inclusive, shows that the number of divorces granted, as reported from il per cent, of tbe counties in tho United State;, is 328,71(5. During the six months ending Dec. 31 lust, the American wheat imported into Canada and entered for consumption Mas 1,484,819 bushels. 1IAEKET REPOKT&

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J ODOB EDOEUTON'. almost seem aa if you wero willing to play false with the mugwumps to enable you to win with the Democrats. And here permit mo to define the term mugwump as referring to a clasi of political reformers who liave tho spirit of reformation withont the common sensa a'-d gcofl judgment to reform, as reforms are not effected by unjust personal denunciation, but by reason. "Tho result of tho election placed you in a dllemnoa from which few people would have hnowhKc to extricate themselves. You found a m ztT&S. f cut b'aHJb vho::iths nvjzs umpa had declared war rpon an orloniy to Iheircivilsorvice reform theories, and your plan of becommg their represmiuitive In the future would be v.'eakened or defeated If an afraurane of your fidelity to their ause could not fc 2 cared. Accordingly, it appear 4 that you decided ntgP IL? removal of the head o? the 'ili:"iSs end deeming Mr. Thompson a gcoT uii'lgn mugwump for them, you therefore demanded mv

resignation that yos might appoint him, apparently na an atonement for your pr-svioua inI " . Viesidcnt, wif:h duo courtesy to the high

offico you hold, nllow mo to aay mat yon ara a ver peculiar man, a positive man ; positively i rcng "c,Wi """ fl " " rZ'Attkon ig'Su nTTlmTciT5pfe euaraJvT? T Lel eve 3, to your deTSlC. fop bixvb : 'The most pOHilivo mi n are the moat credulous, since thay most glile.ve themselves and advise most wv.erferj:t-natt?rer3 and iorst cnemi".' Benieciii Cf that kind of ioaltive men ycuueif, you have kop: son.o men of like character r.ronhd you who aro positive only in their nialaca r.::d conceit. They flutter you and nave tho conceit that vro.ild magnify th' zuselvea and the malignitv that would dt1la3t from others. Juvenal isaya : 'There i nqthtng at man will not believe in hi 1 un tATCY Vfiit vera cyetlnlonfi enoush

I trt relieve that yo 3 were e cc.cd rrjaidentVy the

touiaJiai your :;ml irteuds and to flUter you into a i)olicy whi: h led to your c!efat. You are a man who would net permit your real friends to admonish you with freedom dnd confidence, and as a result yna havo suffered for :he want of friends, aud your wracked, and 'Vretcled prec.tno-e baa di.scov8xed that there is iio true success in ;ife wit hout tho power and blessing of friendship. Ycu believe that your will and power to enforce it was obove all powers, but the will of tho x-jcopt.c oxrressed i:i a constitutional way bus lu'uuht you that there was a wier and better way than that chosen by you. "Ha ing bwoih to su))ort the civvl-servioo law it has been my couKiant eflort lo do so ; but I never d.d sucar to 6Uporc a mugwump interpret!itim of it, bas:-d on a monstrous asaumtlon that tho cominUsion was. independent of law. How man,' poor uufcrtu:aatos hivo been denied the advantages ani benefttt ot tbe law by questions never contemplated by it, and how many expenses have been incurred tlurough ncneeysbary and devious re(juireinjnts and practices, it is not my purpose at thia time to bttti e. "'ou will bo ceuEurcd ar.d condemned because you rut no trret in yourown party, but believed yourself to bo better than your own and greater tha i all parties. You have asci?rainect that the many are not mado for tho one. You can find ua many roasGna for removing me as the Democratic party, through an indittVrenco which was simply retadatofy. had for removing you. I snatt be quite wilnng to remain with you in the g ioc 1 in of defeat." The Juoge then gives his undorst andln? of the civil-servico law, and alluding to his removal says : "1 do net ask jou to give any reason for this act. I know, and so do you, that the only one

; yon -could givo wt-u'.d be that it was your will, i for if you attempted to givo any other your own i j revious w rd woi.ld jnove it to lie untrue. In my interviews with you before tho remo.al you c-xpressly disclaimed bavin auy reason for it except my refusal to resign to enable; you to make Mr. Thompson's nomination. ! "The people have thd right to kuow the truth ; in all matters of tl is kind, and lor this reason ! oniy do I addrena you. I ctnnot, like you, make a prayer for rolief to the public, such as the article seemed to be in tho Baltimore Sun of ihe lith lust. This is tbe iirst time hi tbe history of the Uovemment that an outgoing Prest- ; dtnt has found it neceaaary to advertise through I the newspapers his particular woi'k dttvra ? his j lerra of orhre and h(a claims upon his iarty aud ; the cor.ntry for approval, BetwtK-n ';he "lines j can be lead the special plea for re-election. "I can point to cnother removal than mine, 1 beyond a'paralle!., lo go down through hiatcry ' when I eball be forgotten, before 1 do so, let " mo refer, as proof of your ignorance of pnblio opinion and not of your indifference to it, to what you aay in the Suit ai'ticle of Mr. Burnes, of MiSMOuri, aa ono :aot guilty cf the annoyance to whioh you -were subec d by the country members of Con res s intrcdu?iug to you their constituents, b.ause he aiwa-'s r?sonted his couHtitucnts at pmdic rocoptions. If Mr. Burnes wore livinr he could tell yoa anothe reason, which he of:ou to. J o other?, that ho had been rudely treated by yci, and uad no reepect for yon personally, a id nscribrd thodofeEttof the Dcniocrutic partv to our ignorance cf it. It was nee ssaiy tha vou -iho ltd make acme such

explanali-n J'or y iur attaoli upon the 4waybacic' mcmbtiM, but ym More uniortnnate in ttie selection of yo ir witness ono of the able a c and nobkMt ltssislator in Congress. "2ut to the case of removal, tvhioh must boco3iie an important 1 art of the history of the country. 1 was on the lloor of the .:iouse of Hepre-entatlves d uring the time the votes of the Electoral College wero counted aud Iteard the announcement of"tJe result--Unit Bcn;amin Harrison was duly elected President of the t'nited btates ; but 1 be words that bnr:ied deep through tho empty boxes of the admin atration could not be orhcmllv added, though known to be t.vue, in place of drover Cleveland, roitioved.' By whom, and for whu". cause removd? Tho answer is now be ns made in every home, in every business in the land, ana history will inscribe it ui on all its records." Judge l.tigerton criticises tho conduct of one of the other Commiasionora, without mentioning iiia name, and concludes as follawn: "I am justified In Btating one studio fact of mischievous distrust and wrottg-doing on the part of a ' commissioner in charge.' Collector Magone, of New York, addressed to me a 1 parse mu ' le;ter, thua marked ou tin euve'opo, the post ago paid, no in lication that it coold te official, on the inside also marked personal.' and this etter was opened and read by the 'commissioner in 1 barge' and forwarded to tie other cemmiasiouer, then in Vostou, and by him answered before the letter was Hcnn tx ma, then at home in the Went, i rom such sources aa this have come nearly a l of the attaeka upon mo, and, I doubt not, moat of the misrepresentations of my opinions made to you. Whether they hadanyinnuec.ee is questionable." I'tres at Columbus, Ohio Ohlen's saw factory at OolijmbtH. Ohio, has been destroyed by fire. Thwy had 160 tons of Unished savva 01 band., an 1 tho loss is considered almost complu. The stock

$11,(100, all hilly covorotl by inuranco. The j works employed 125 men. The Columbus ! steam carjet-beatinir ostablibliniont also

burned, with a lost) 01 V4,uuu,

THE SENATE A:tI) HOUSE.

NATIOXAXi I.AW-MAKi:R55 AND THIAT XHEY ARE EOING.

Proceedings of tho Senate n,nd House of Representatives Important Meisure Discussed and Acted On Oit Ctf the

Ilufilness Mr. VooitnaBS introduces in the Senate on the 15th inst. the following as a proposed amendment to tho sundry eivil appropriation bill: "holders and sailors in the war of the rebellion who were bouorabjy discharged from the mili ary or naval tiervioe of the United Htat.'s and tbe widows and children of deceit wed soldiers shall be eligible to appointment, transfer, and promotion subject only to such examination as ma be prescribed br the beads of departments and without competitive examination." Forty-one pension bills were passed hi twelve n:inutes. The bill placing Gen. Roseeraus on t he retired list was passed. Senator Kpooner introduced a bill providing for a pyatem of farmers' institutes a part of the now agricultural department. The Henate passed a bill ratifying the agreement with tbe Creek Indians, opening to settlement unassigned lands in the Indian Territory, the consideration being $.28 1,857. The House parsed the resolution instructing the House conferrees on the territorivl bill, and the bill was again sent to conference. The resolution instructs the conferve& to exclude New Mexico from the bill, so air. nd the bill as to provide for tho admission of Kouth Dtikot under the fcioux Kails consti:uUn by proclamation of the President without a now vote beiug taken on the rjuostion of division, and to providu for iho ndmisBion of North Dakota, Montana, and Washington by prooimation. The ins tntc ting clauso was n greet! -0 Ly a vote of yeas, 14'J ; nays, 101. The benaui bill appropriating $2o0,udo for tbe protection or American.' interests in Panama .vas passed. The MiUe: tariff bill and the henate suhnit t.e were reported to the House by Mr. Milis Voni the WayH audi Means 'Committer, and wero referred to the committee of the whole Thk Senate bill to place Atsdor Tames Bulger ou tho retired iiatas Colonel ii tbe regular array vras passed by the Senate on tlie 16th inst. Mr. Kaorman presented the conference Kport on the Direct Tax BilL The . 'fo'ua ) provision in relation to the lots and lancLs at .Beaufort, S C, is amended ao f.s 'to appropriate !500,00; to pay for ,he -;own lots in Beaufort at the rate of half the valuo assessed therton for taxtis by tho United Ka es Tax ('oinmistuoner for Houth Carclina and the amount of 5 per acre for the !and;f. The roport was agreed to. The Rouse agreed to the enrf erence rejort on the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill. Mr. Mcalillin, from " the Committee on Ways and Meani, reported tbe bill to rttducetaxatton and simplify the laws in relation t invanial rovenae. Mr Br?cKinridgi of Kentucky, from: tLe same committee, reione I the bill "to re dure taxation and for other purposes. Mr.. Randall, from the Committed on Appropriations, reported the Cowles bill, amending tho iut'smai tavenue laws, which was referred to the 00 inmitteo of the whole, together wltfc: a minority substitute reported by Mr. Forney, of Alabama,1 The House went into ccmnci.t?e cf the vhole oa the poctonlce appropriation bill. The fending amendment increasing ths appropriation for the coiLpensaV:on of poa tonic clerks-' bv ;?300,U00 -was defeated by u voteof 8 t' H offered an amendment providing th: t tbe aggregate' Bi'Jcrlos of postoflftce clerks au fixed by the new classification 8 iall not exceed the sum appro. printed bv tbe bill ($0,55 000t. Tho amonlna n was adoiKed after a brie? debate. 3dr. MeCreary oi! 1 t,tucky submitted the conference report ou tho diplomatic and consular apprcpriat oo bill, which was agreed to. Representative Crisp rero;1 favorably the Senate bill authorizing tne JM-touoJabrtdgo over tho Missouri Biver, not over ten miles a'ovT .g1 Joe Hallway bridge at Kansas 1 Mr, Coke concluded his speseti orf alleged. Texss election outi-agss in the nsonthe lHtt inst., after which tho 1 solution was laid as:do. The House bill to provide for taking the eleventh aud subsequent censuses was pal sod.' Mr, Culiom, from the Committee on Territories, roport od back to the Senate the Itouso bill to, orgr.nUe the Territory of Oklahoma an It was placed on tho calendar. Mi. Crisp, of Georgia callod up in the Houso tlie California election caso of Sullivan agafust Fe!tonfc ffgainst which Mr. McKtuna, of California, raisod the question of consideration. Nearly tbe entire day was consu nod iu ndbustoriug. Tftx Senate ook up tho st:nar3r clTil aipro priacicn bill on the 19th inst., and agreed tc the' following Weatara amendments reported from the Appropriations Committee: li'or completion' 01 pobnomcebu:ldicga Fore Scott, Kan., ,000; Point Betaev Mich. lighthouse, 33,000? 1'oint Peniutiula (Ifich.) lighthous-?, ..iOO; supply department, Ninth Lighthouae District, S&',u00; steam teuder for the groat lakes, $85,000; CoP.mbiiKiver Oregon, v0,0j0; ari Pedro, CaL, $5,000; ti9h hatcheries in Lake County, Odorado, -'n5u0, and on Lake Erie, $-20,00 j; vhnact at Kook Island, 111., 35,ujl (one-half to be reimbursed by the city of Kocfc Island). The Senato amendment to pay Mrs. Waite S74(, the balance of ono year's salary oi the late Jhief JuBtioe Waiue, was agreed to yeas, 28; nays. It. The amendment appropriating S 10,000 each for statues of General PUtip H. Bhe-ilaa and General Jehu A, Xfgan in Washington was agreed to. In the Eonate Mr. Harris called attention to tbe large nuinbor of uncon irmed non; inationn. He hold ir, to be as much the doty of the President to make nominations to fill off ciai va' ancles a to perform any other official duty, a:id as much the duty cf the Senate to consider and confirm or reject such nominationn as o perfora. any other Senatorial duty. mo red that the Senate proceed to the ccnnidori;ion o" executive business. The motion was rejected by a party vote yeas, 524; ntty;, 20. Mr. Harris gave notice tha:, ho would n:.ake th) same motion every day co the end o:f the Bdssion. The postoflco npprojiriation bill was before the House. Amendm ents to regulate ti e salaries of assistant postmasters anl ;o reduce the sodar;es ot poanuastere' 8ten-gxaphera :o 800 ware rejected, as was also Mr. Adams' (III.) iuottoa la, fix the salary of tho Assistant Postmaster aa ( hiciuio at rt:,20). Represe nrative Butterwcrth i a trod aced his resolution authorizing the FniBid.ent to invite Canadian offi.'iula and legislatora to visit) the United State 5 about Mav 1. TE conference report on the Territorial bttt passed both houses of Congress on the 2Jih hist., nd only lacks the signature of the President to become a law. The bill as agreed provides for the admission of 1J1G 6tats of North Dakota. South Dakota, Montana, and Washington. Jfr. riumb, front the Committee on Pub li j Laads, rt ported to the henate the Seuats bill fcr the rsluf of settlers il HetUager t'ounty, Dakota, which was explained and passed. (The bill authorises an xchaaf s of lands on which homes tea l settieiaenta wore made by mitttsko for other public lands with the Northern Pacific Kaiiroad .'ompwrr.) A message from tho riouje anoouncing tie signature bv the Speaker of tho direct tax till was laid before :ho t-enate, anc. the bill (ba vitig been first signed by the presiding otneer) wan i aunedU.tly

sent to the Presideut. Ihe Houiie passetl a large gr st of bibs at its evening gess :on. Among them were the bills ior the esiablishinsnt of a li;Ltbor.8e and to; signal at the cuter breakWiiter, ::nicao; a uhorl.iup fake View to erect a watcr-wor.vs crib in take !Mi(higan, and authoriiuv bridges aoross ha Missouri Fiver at t. i barlos, Mo. , near Iianeai t:uyfanl at IeaYenwortti, Kaa., and ncrosstrte Missiswippi Kivr totween Wiu cousin and Niiiinjaoia at 1.Ciosae, Wigand at l.yons, Iowa. A Duel with Bows and Arrows A diel vas fought in Paris the other d ay in v h i ch thos 0 ol d-fasliio ned weapons, the bow and arrow, were employed. The princ pals vrtve eaijh given a six-foot bow ard a tintver full of stoel-headed arrows. "Then the seconds lied, bhootin? bogan At v ilL After iieveral shots had be n c:c changed one of the contestants started to mn, and the other obased h m, tthootin?r as he ran. The first fighter climbed a tree txid the victor shot arrows among the branches until his stock "was evhansted and then went quietlj home to breakfast. The man in the tree was pretty badly wounded, but will recover. The fight, as usual -w as about a woman. The Pink of PMtene.

Miss Westend He:e aro ards for my cousin's wedding roceptioi..; bat fis. it is in Chicago, of ourse I oan't . In sending my card, should I m1e"'Congratulations, or unythra;;? Chicago Aunt Certainly, my dear; write cn it, ' Many happy return.' Neio York Weekly "The more hurry the lass' speed," or, in other words, the more hurry the elect the newspaper man inadvertently locks his paste-brush into the inkstand. -dtl CUf -Blizzard

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