Bloomington Telephone, Volume 13, Number 36, Bloomington, Monroe County, 19 March 1889 — Page 2

Bloomington Telephone BLOOM1NGTON, INDIANA. i tm WALTER R B71ADFCTE, - - PUBUKHMi

THE NEWS RECORD.

SUMMARY OF THE EYKNTFUI HAPPENINGS OF A WEEK.

INJltical, Commercial, and Industrial News from All Over the tand Fires, Accidents, and CrimesToo Gist of the Mews in a Few Lines.

BIG STEEL TRUST. Consolidation of Three Immense Western Companies-Capital $20,000,000, The most important deal in the steel trade ever made in Chicago has been just announced in the consolidation of the North Chicago Koliing Mill Company, the Joliet Steel Company, and the Union Steel Company. Negotiations to this end have been &oiug on for two months and they were practically concluded a few days ago. The news was kept very quiet and only leaked ont through trade circles. The name of tho new company ha? not yet been decided upon, bat it will be an entirely new one. Tne cap tal will bo $20,000,000, ot which between $5,000,000 and $6,000,000 will be issue I for the cash now in the treasuries of the respective companies and the balance will represent the valuation of the three plants. Points in Politics. GexfbaIi J. B. Wr.vvER and the Hon, . H. Gillette it is moored will purchase the liorthice&tern 2?ews of Davenport, Iowa, and consolidate it with the Iowa Tribune, to be published at les Moines as the organ of the third bnd fourih parties. At Charleston , V. Va., on the 14th inst., the State Supreme Court decided against the claim of President Carr, of the Senate, to the Governorship. Wilsou -will continue to act until the Go-Fleming contest is settled. 1 The Hon. Moses Field, the original Greenback advocate in Michigan, died, at ills home in Detroit, from a stroke of apoplexy. Justice Hatthews Has Another Relapse. Justice Matthews, at Washington, J. C, has bad another of the relapses whicn have marked tire progress of his illness. The Justice has a complication ot disorders, none of which alone is of a Tery grave character, but which taken together make quite a serious case. The primary troubles are rheumatic altacks sad impaired digestion. August Tanto Gets a Life Sentence Attgtjst Taxto, who murdered old lbs. Stochal of Holt, Mich., and tried to murder her husband and granddaughter at the same time, has been sentenced to State Prison for life.

A Voluntary Assignment. R D. Doty, a boot and shoe deale? at Clintonville, "Wis., has made a voluntary assignment for the benefit of his creditors to B. Metzner. Assets, $11,000; liabilities, ,8000. Ten Pfrsons Drowned. Dubtng a heavy gale the American taa&Agn3 Barton, bound from Nassau to Baltimore, was driven ashore on the Virginia coast, and six oat of her crew of ten were drowned.

The Coroner's Verdict. In the case of the murder of Editor Dawson, at Charleston, S. C, the coroner's jury le turned a verdict that Dr. McDow was guilty, and that his colored boiler was an accessory. Gnind Army Doing, Ax the session of the G. A. B. of Ix.diaat, at Indianapolis, Charles M. Francis, ef Crawford ville, was chosen Commander, and resolutions in memoriam of General Phil Sheridan were adopted. Imprisoned Miners. Six miners were imprisoned in the Slack Diamond colliery at Mount Carmel, Pa., on the 14th inst. by the running in f the pillar. . Sparks from the Wires. T. C. MtLBOY, a ranchman, fatally shot Pat Dooley, a large cattle owner, at Flint Creek, M. T. AbthtjB Ctphebd, aged 17, accidentally shot himself dead while hunting near Birmingham, Ind. The schedule for the Western BaseBall Association has been rejected because of the :pposition of Sioux City, la., to Sunday games. The negro Magruder Flecther, who assaulted Mrs. Obadiah MaeCready several days ago near Tasley, Va., has been lynched. The thirty-seventh annual meeting of the Woman's Medical College of Pennsylvania, was held at Philadelphia. There were thirty-six graduates.

DOINGS OF THE SENATE. Oar Relations with Jfr.xfca Mr. Clarkson Confirmed. Thk Senate sat with eloped doors nearly all day on the Mth inst., and debated Mr. Gibson's .resolution for the appointment of a select committee on the relations of the United States with Mexico and Central America. Mr. Gib&m contended that the grounds for the appointment wd such a committ" were a Rtrom with regard to Mexico an in the case of Caua la. He quoted figures to show the trade development rf Mexico, and that while Canada had only 4,000,000 population Mexico had 10,000,IX)X The friendHhip of Mexico was needed in order to upliold and maintain (across the isthmus of lianaen and in respect to Central America i the &UnToe doctrine, and it was quite as important to the autonomy and freedom of Mexico that that doctrine should be maintained by the United States in the face of the hotttUe'axgreHsion of Germany, France, or Great Britain. The lioinination of J. S. Clurksou of Iowa, to be First Assistant Postmaster Gem-mi, ic A, K.' Stevenson, resigned, vaa conu"?d.

EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Qwz of the boldest bai:k-robberie? that have occurred in New Ic.k for many years took place nt Norwood, St. Lawrence County. F. L. Sm th. cannier of the Norwood Bank, was alone in ;he buiiding abont noon, when Chaila Phelps, a postoffice clerk, entered aad asked for some fctamp. Mr. Smith stepped into a vr.nl t to get them, whim Phelps uuiotly closed the door nnd tnned the combination, loc king the cashier hi. Tie robber then turned to the mo iey-darer and took till the paper aaoney that it coot intd .f 278-leaung Mvem JiU4AL'yd doll us in silver. l'helps

!!iad made arrangements to have a horse hrady, and with it he at once started for

i ete Canadian border, about fifteen miles

distant. Meanwhile a customer entered the bank and saw what hml happened. He haard tho cashier c.illing to him from tho vault, and, being instructed to the combination, released him. Phelps was arrested. The annual report of the Eosrd of Emigration Commissioners, at New York, lihowa that during ISSS the total numbe:: of emigrants landed t Castle Garden was ;$70,822, of whom 44.M0 were Irish, :w.:ifr were English, 78, 14 were Gonur.u, 0,000 wtro French, ;i;,l'52 were liussinM, :7,!KU were Swedish, 43,927 were Italians, 10 were Aub t ral i ans, an d 5 we re Oh ; nose ; 07,513 were under 15 ears of age. The stockholders of the Pennsylvania Railroad held a seven minutes1 session at Philadelphia, it being tho shortest known session on record. The engineers of the late Park Central Hotel, at Hartford, Conn., have been hold to tho Superior Court on a charge of nonslfvughter, in causing the explosion of Uie boiler by negligence. PaetiaIi returns from the New HampHhire elections are receivod, but there tseeins little doubt that the Constitutional prohibition amendment hna been defeated by a decided majority. The proh ibit ory amend inent w as the most important issue, and comparatively little interest was manifested throughout tho State on the other amendments. In Nashua and other cities vigorous efforts were made by the women, who stood all day at the polls soliciting otes and aiding the temperance movement in every possible way. Returns from sixty cities and towns give a majority o: 4,524. Indications are now that ihe prohibitory amendment will be defeated by nearly 3,000 votes. A GANG of train robbers boarded a train on the Pittsburg and Lake Erie Road, near Bhamokin, Pa., and beat a brakeman named Cleary to insensibility. They were driven off by the other traiu hands without securing any booty. A posse of citizens started in pursuit and captured nine of the gang.

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. A LONE highwayman held up a stage about seven miles east of San Luis Obispo, Cal. A man wearing a mask and a slouch hat appeared suddenly at a point on the up grade, leveled his revolver on the driver, and ordered the AVells-Fargo box thrown out. The driver complied and was then ordered to drive on. The passengers were not molested. The Postal Telegraph Company are now placing poles for two new copper wires from Chicago to St. Joseph, Mo., along the line of the Stickney Boad. InteIjIjIGENCE has just been received of the death of two trappers named Fin1 ay son in the far North. The two were brothers, and left Canot Biver settlement, about forty miles from Prince Albert, N. W. T.. last August for Deer Lake, . taking with them provisions and a trading outfit, intending to remain all winter tr ding in that region. After getting settled they started for the Hudson Bay Company's post, 200 miles further north and at the other end cf the lake, find have not been seen until a short time ago, when a Hudson Bay trapper discovered their dead bodies about two miles from their camp. It is feared that Lord Lonsdale has also met the same fate. Samuel Lutz, residing near Circleville, Ohio, has celebrated the 100th anniversary of his bi:th. He received the congratulations of 1.200 friends and relatives. President Harrison and Gov. Foiaker sent congratulatory telegrams. A fatal quarrel occurred at Dickeysvllle, Wis., between John Daniels, a man 73 years old, and his son. High words arose between i;he two, and the old man ntabbed his son several times with a pocket-knife. The young man will not recover. . Fibe at Denver, Col,, destroyed the King Block, on Lawrence street. Loss to the building and tenants about 200,000; insurance about $100,000. SOUTHERiTlNCIDENTS. Incendiakies burned a barn on Samuel Wolf's farm, near Frederick, Md., causing a loss of $3,000. Thomas Love, of Fredericksburg, Ara., shot and instantly killed his wife while iixiDg his revolvsr. It is reportel that J. L. Adams, the young defaulte:: of Atlanta, Ga., is nlready killing himself by starvation. He lias passed twenty-live days without tasting food of any kind. Nuzum & Hr.iRENIMUS, general merchants of Grafton, W. Va., have asaigned. Liabilities, $15,000; assets unknown.

THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. The Presidert had an easy, quiet, re-t-:!ul day on Sunday, the 10th inst., and no man ever felt gladder to have a Sabbath come. He has laid down a strict rule, which is to be a.lhered to during the administration, thit there shall be no Sunday work at the White House, and that nooinoial matter shall be brought to his attention unless they are of the most imperative importance. The fourth commandment will be kept as it has not been for years, and the new President was determined to got a straight start on his nrst Sundav in Washington. Tho entire Preside tthl family attended the new Church of the Covenant, and made a large party. Bepbesektative B. W. Townshend died in Washington, D. C, of pnevunonii. His remain we::e taken to his home at 3 haw nee town. 111., for interment, bein accompanied by a Congressional committee. Mis. Harrison st nt a beautiful selection of cut flowers to Mrs. Townshend, accompanied by the following note: Peak Mrs. Townshkno: I was vfry much shocked to hoar cf iih unMen death of your husband. Tour urwt is too sacred to npproacn with words Acccps these flowers with my heartfelt sympathy. Tho Preirlf-nfc ihnirs to add Lis sympathy with mint. Kincortfy yours, A SPECIAL telegram from Washington, D. C, says: There are no public at;rftivities in the oapit il thrt n:e not connected with olibe brokerage. '1 ho Federal City has bocouio a mart of public employments. From Pivsidont down through Cabinet, Senate, Hou-e, eh el's, politicians, and all tho grades ot rolutive importance, even to tho jnnitor, getting othct helping ethers to oliiee, or keeping OnJce from somebody, is the single thought and the only cause of energy. Public policy, politics in its broad wense, party policy, finance, immigra

tion, elections, foreign relations, the new navy, everything is obscured by the business of onico brokerage. For weeks, and even months, the Presi lent and his Cabinet will be able to think of little besides tho distribution of spoils. Tho wheels of Government continue turning round and round in a perfunctory sort of way, but, with chiefs waiting tho appointment of their successors, subordinates become lazy and struggle to kill time, and the scene nbout the great departments has a lazy ah- aud little is heard except office speculation. In the United States Supreme Court at Washington, ex-Attorney General Garland addressed the court as follows: 7Iav Vj pleu.e tht court, I asl; lea to to introduce 10 the court Ai torncy Oieuernl William II. H. Miller, and present coiningbion an such, flitjno.l by tho 1're.ililuRt el tho United St-Uos, nml ask thnt it he duty noted of record. In doinj this the court will permit uio to return my sincere thanliB to ea:h membor thereof, ns well an ir a o'i'iceiN, for tho uniform courtesy and consideration shown uje 1 y thorn dnrJng my term of t itu o htn aiul I nsl; lor my Gut cessor tho snmo hindneHS, ug I let 1 Buro i":o v. ill prove himself in aJl rcspocta w v rthy of it. J ho Chief Justice replied as follows: Wo nro hanpy 10 muke tho r.cqunintanco of tho Attorney Cionoral. U'ho cour wclcomou tho coming cuost with j)ler.euro, and spetnU the iianinfi pucBt with Kindly remembrance. I -tst tho comiJiiSBlcn be recorded. POLITICAL PORRIDGE. The Supreme Court of West Virginia hss decided in the Goif-'U'ilson gubernatorial innudamus case that Gov, Wilson is entitled to hold over until such time ns tho contest between Fleming and Goff sh'tll hiva been settled. Tlie tight .will now be between Wilson and Carr o:: a UO wairanto pioceouing. The lihode Island Democrats met in convention at riovi.!ence and nominated the following ticket: Governor, dohn W, Davis; Lieutenant Governor, Howard Smith; Secretary of State, E. 1). McGinness: Attorney General, II. O. Slocum; Treasurer, John G. Terry. The platform adopted advocates resubmission of the prohibit on amoudmeat, the adoption of tha Australian system of votinfc, the reform of the taring and tho calling of a State Constitutional Convention. The Nebraska House hns, by a Tote of 77 to is, parsed a bill providing for the "Australian system" of votiLg in tho larger cities of that State. The Catholic Total AliHiinciirr Neira, issued at Philadelphia, Pu., comes out squarely against prohibition on the ground that it will open the tiood-gites of illegal sale a-.id t.ike us back to the anti-high license period. ACROSS THE OCEAN. The Servian Cabinet has decided to reduce the army by one-half. - Sixteen torpedo boats intended for the German navy are now in course of const ruction. Pbikce AiiEXANDEU of ltattenberg, the former ruler of Bulgaria, has written to the government of that country claiming 1,000,000 francs as the purchase piice of his estates. King Milan hns abdicated the throve of Servia, and Crown Prince Alexander has been proclaimed King. Messrs. Prottich, BeMmarkovic and Eistitih will act as regents during t:;0 minority of the young King, who was born Aug. 11. 1870. Queen Nat die will now lolnrn to Serbia. Quhex Victoria has approved the appointment of Sir Julian Panncofoto as Pvitish Minihter to the T'nitod States. A G i:k:man artillery cinder ha di -co v ere d a ii w p o wor cut explosive fo r shells. It is manufactured from carbolic tcid. Dispatches from Zan:cibar say tint notwithstanding the blockade arms aie beiag imported there in large quantities. It is said that Sir Edward Mnlot, tlie British Ambassador at Berlin, will represent his government in the Samoan conference. The English and Canadian governments have arranged to subsidize new lines of steamers between Liverpool and Japan via Vancouver. FRESH" AND NEWSY. In their review of trado for last week, E. G. Dun & Co. say. The jtiiinvo or au important Iron estaVilifiUmont iiB checked ai lea t or tiie Tin uiont, u loedugol iutrroasiiig coii:icitnun vn jii hO liis to have Uotu due lesu io auy incivttao iu ;oiiinJ than to h dtcreaso in prbstiro to hell. At I'it burgh iiicu. were u i;t::o bltr, a id at PhiladeJpnia ixud New W-ik uio o firm without advance. Jiut tho Koad.Dg iatiur. li ;a so cimnvod th; toeing tha:. buyers ure iikeiy :o b ? crnso.'vat ivt The co.-tl mv.rk t is dojoiuiuijc but actual siiiiis nru n-portd about ; - ctmtni helw th seiudulti. Ihe murAet for tiiiuin uouh coal is uull. Letul i ; iu:t j:ivo a: .7 ccius. Oil has rincn a fraiiiou. biit coilej had aaia been udvaueed neurly 1 cont to )t and the market fur pork pio iueta ti wtrongcr, with iiiei-H pork x conrs hiJier at i2.5U. Atier declining sharply to DjjV; (. enta, a 'all of 3 t'cutu, m boat 1-ogu to cent f but declined cent. Tho dec. in was due tu i'n. ih.T inrormatioii oi tho large Biocks remuiiiiu, DaLota aloiio, aocoiding to the ia.eBt nnros, hnv ng ab -ut 11,uw,ouj budhols. Com M)d oats .Ijuvo risen Jy cent each, with but modorut tratisi.ctions. Tiio price of cotion h&b been iiH:.utaiiied.' Keport from Cuba helped mi udvauue of ;M on raw ugar ; but leather in aj-iai i a shade weaker tor bomo grades, an-! the iodo ot 1 he wool markeu iti dvpreissed by cua'.'rvativc deiiiands ol lmtiMitucarorK and rep rifl tuat tlio spring cliy U :iey iu hUow an in Yvuhq ot 2. jer uont. Tb

iiry j..o..-dri market nas b eii irregular. iiepirti tiun iu.iTii.r town ..nerLly iuui;atu improvonit.iiD iu '.he volume of busineH and in tre domund Joi; money, ibo jv)oj!h of blow collections (.on Juu-. l-nriig tho week the Treamiry to:k iu only j?U)u,u 0 more t)iau it d4siurfi d, aud Tho outgo to ihe interior cottntivd. Tue g ner:J uvera:o of prices for co.ain dnios decii ed i!urinb' the wacK ab.Mit one-third of 1 per ctuu iHistnoss failure- lainiocred h.9 compare 1 wiili a total of atiJ th nrviouH week. The Signal Office we ither ; ml crop report is as follow-: The we k ended Mardi 9 was eotdor than usual in the Kou.h, and warmer tinm Jouul iu tne Kas.e.u, Central, and Nir.hern Scales. Ibere huri been au uuubuuI y heavy raimall iu the lat ovan and iu Northern ;.linri';nuia, wule u Obiut Xndinua, IlliuoiB, iventacky, 'Jenu.-aseo, ami f ou.ncru Miihi.au about U ) ler com. of t he lioimal rainfaii ia roporied. Notwilhs.an tin tne uefieieney of m dfttur in the wiiiier-whi-aD Jeiuii tho lvportit indicate that the wt a.iier m tuat aectiou hna atfoctiHt thin cro favorably. In the Dpriii-wimftt section the ground is reported in Uno o ndi. ion, and bowing is in pro.reHd in the J'akotai a id Nehrufika. Hope rt 8 from 'lenuesbee, ArkuiiBaH aiivi the Gulf M.aUfl Hiiov that, the weather has been favorable ivr farm Wvrii( which ta veil advanced, audct'oxd ui In iood condition. TUj seaBon is a low days later ihan UBual in tho South Atlantic K'HtoH, wne c the weather hart been cool and tbo ground inoiHt. The giouud is covered with bnow over the greater portion of .Sew Knluud wul Nmv Vork, while I lie crops have been oxpo.s -d in New jeraoy aud l' nmvlvunia. but reportp. indicate t iu.t v. imMt in Uieuo States has :.iOL been matt rially injui'jU. Tni: 3apul brief apj roving the statutes of the AVahington Univornity has appeared. Tho brief is dato-.l Mnr; h 7. In it the Pope commentls tho episcopate for establishing the university, fiorn which, he says, the Papal See expects to derive great ati vantages. The Pope willingly approves -be statute of the .nuversity, and authorises the iJiofcssots to confer aca-

tlemical (lorees iu philosophy, theology and canonical law. In conclusion, the brief places the university under the control or the American Primate, th Pope reserving the right of revising the programme of -.nstiuetion. Contbacts fof the construction of new war vessels, embodying tho latest approved ideas of high speed und hoavy armament, will be let within a few months by the Secretary of War. Ex-Secretaky Bayard, ex-Postmaster General Dickinson and several other prominent people, will make a two weeks' tour of Cuba, leaving Washington soon. A Sax Francisco, Cal., special of the th inst, is as follows: One of the most sanguinary anval battles in Aiiirrii.aii iiistory has taken place on the i aCilic I'lein, a (nitod htates ninp with all on board beiU' blown out o( tho water by a lierni'.m friKto. The cutaHiropho followed a phuky uiTack by tho American vessel on the irigato, hicli at the time v. as engaged in au inliun.RU bombnrdmcnt o( the praciicady dolon?etert tSamoan under JJataara. 'the (ierinans had tientovl a protest fiia the Americans with eontcmi t. AH this at hunt ib currently beliovod in San Franciaco' '1 he croniid fo:. this biliof in tno inet that private ad ices are received hereto tha lollowing e!i'fc: ; Tha Nujw York Hrrahl is i)i receipt of a teicgram tfom James Gordon Kcnneti, at I'aria, c-nihrminn: tho Irtronluu iti -tpatch about tho hanioiiii trouble. Also that lua llrratri Jiauadiup a tcli direct tram Aucilund, on Kamoau ui.r.irs; alio tiuii u naval ofTicer in YaHhiu&ton telegraphed to a naval officer at Mnrc Inland iicro confirming the lireblau dispatch, 'the Breslau ditvmu;h reft rred to is as follows : J'ho V.'s -her Zutung praits tho fcclowin aensntionni j riate telog ram from Samoa : lho (ieinum frigate Olga nan bombarded Mataaf.i'a camp. The Captain of the American man-of-war protested, hut, seeing hid protest disregarded, he opened f.re on U o Olga, A saoll burst between decks, doing much o ana age. The Uhza then directed a torp(d at the American snip. Uow higher up, with all hands," The statistical report of tha Department of Agricultme for March relates to the distribution of wheat and corn, and brietiy is as follows: The amount of corn reported stiP. on hand Is 316 per cent. The btirpuu amounts to 7h,Oj0,buanebi, of wnfch the seven corn surplus States havo .W.O.iJOU bushels. The proportion of merchantable corn is about per cent., which is loss than in li4, lHii cr 187. The average price is lea than in December, when it was 44 cents per bushel for tho Unite! States aud 27 oents for biatos p:o hieing comniotclal supplies. The Mar h average for uierchan.able com is jK0 cnts per busbol, for uninerchantahle ti'i.y cents per bushel. The general average of the seven States Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, h ansae, and Nebraska is 25.0 cents per bushel. The proportion of the wheat crop on hand March 1 ii lea. tuan any yt?8.r since except iu aud JSN7 (though nearly the same in the lattor year'. Tho actual quantity on hand is letis than in any recent; year, except in fsj"2 and 1830. It is" estimated at about 1:1'2.0j0,UJJ measured bushels. The lowest State percentages are in tbo principal wheat growing Ktatos as follo.vs : Ohio. ; ; MicliigHu, 23; Indiana, 24; Illinois. 25 ; Wisi onsin.. 2t ; Minnesota, 2'J ; Iowa, i 2 ; Misbonri, 27 ; Kansas. 24 ; Keltraska, SI ; DaKota, 24. In these states tho quantity on hatid U loss than in March last by about 21,i00,000 bu&hlM. CONGRESS.

The Senate, in executive seisdon on tho 12th inst. , confirmed the followi nominat ions : Thomas W. Pahner, of Michigan, to be Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain ; John V. Swift f of (alifirnia. to be Envoy Kxtraordinary and Minister ITenipotentiary to Japan; Jdm J. AVaahbume, of Madsachu8'Hts, to b3 Minister liewident and Consul Gent ral to Switzerland; George C. Tichenor, of I Ilinoia, to he Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, vice Isaac H. Maynavd, resigned. The Senate approved the reorganization of committees as follows : H igzi n a Atrri c ul tu re. Claims, Disti'ict of Columbia. Wwhlmrmi-Civil Service, Commerce, Education. Mississippi Jliver I nroveinenl. JMcMlllav, A uii culture, Distriot of Columbia. Mann futures, PostofiioR. Wolott Claims. Indian Affairs, I'i'i vao La.id. ('laiiirf. Hail ruiuls, Woman S-iiirH.v. lurboiir Kducatioi?, Kxecutive DepM rlvjpnts, I uteretate i Y in:;r rco. I'cnriona. Vari-iton kpidemic )is('(is;-s, Mis;'i;yipi Ttiver I..provem"!it, Naval A rfai'-s. .IVnsionp, Hailivrvln. A lonjt li-st i( ;'c"in! c.)uinitte.k3 was ao ft'lnptd, afi'T n iur. dt l-i':o on a motion by y,! r, Pavne to s;rike friir.i th lir.t the nidect comr i i ! t ..'i "on "i l'iJ.!.U!s vitii Caiia-ift.' which he recai'tlt'd aw ufiirpatnry f th;s function of tlao e't'i'Cntiro tirn f.n inl-'rfren. T i:h the duties of tli.- Voroitm Iiel:ttio::f. iNmniiitt.-. After ar?;unit'nt. to show vhe necfriiy of the committee in vitfw ot the tvnne.vaUou movi?inerit iu Canada, by Mt'ftsviJ. Hour, Cullom. Shennau and others. Tiir. Pavne withdrew his motion and the list was adopu.tl. Tho eonmutt:o cou';iti of Mesnrs. Koar, Allison, Hal, Dolph, Puh. jiutlerand Voorheon. Thk SetiHte connrmoxl the following nominations on the innt. : A. C. Mellette, tu bo Governor of Dakota; I. H. Richardson, to bo Se."re1ary cf Pakota : Cornelius IT. llanford, ot Wiishiiigtoii Terrirorv. to b.' Chief Jnhtij-.' ot tho S.j prein Cvmrt of he Territory cf Washington ; Cieorf; V. lrvin, Monta :a. io he MarKiutl or tlie Cnitod Slates for th; Turri ory of Montana; Smiley X. Ch:ii:di:v, of Indiana.' to be I 'in ted States Attorney for the District of Indiana; it'on4 S. Hafhtdlev, of New York, to be A-sist-ad Secret ary f the Tnaury, vice Huh B. Thompson. reiiKd : Alb.-rt i. Porter, of Indiana. 1o b,i Kiivoy K!iuordiiiary and Minister Plenipotentiary of I'niiwl Mat's to Italy; .hhn A. Knauderof llhnoi-;. to b. Aiiuistcr Kesidrnt and Consul (it iint! of iiio Cnittd St-att-s to DeuTiiark; Walker jlbiint . ..f Mftin.j, to m Kxa::tiier of C!u;i!ii hi tb- St it" U-'partmeii! ; liii hard Root. u '' Poslma.ier at Keokuk, lowu. A roxtdution aul lniiw:iiic the Commit tee on Const Ih'fonsen to bit dm in? the rect us aiid Xo mi 1 1 'loy ;i clerk was introduc il and referred to Th; C-m:n:itet on Ciut iuuent Kxpnses. A like nsoluliiri as To the Committee on Privileges and IU(Vti,ts was arecnl io. Rcsfdutions offered by Mr. Siewail for tho purchase of ,J,tMJ.tvjJ vorlii of nilver bullion pt-r nunth for coinao and by ScnarorK (iibson and Call for special commit trc; on the coimuerriul rehuious oi tbe Cuitcd States with Mexico, CUm and ill- Wst India island. were laid on in,) taolo tot tao pvesient. MAltKKT ItEfOKTS.

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Providing Tliey IIuvo I em Goc-rl Officers Spoil-Soekors Kecelvo h Kn.lhor Cool Iletepiion Pernons KiIi in t'avty Circles Alom; liavo the President's Ear. SPECIAL COBItESPOK DENC'S. AVashingtoKi D. 0.. March 13, Considering that the limited passenger ticktln iasuou by the railrou ls novo all expirod somo iliiya sinoo, tlio rowil of strangers who still throng tho st roots of the city is something appalling to President Harrison and others who are to Jiavo a handjn the di.stribntion of tho spoils. The manner in which tho Chief Kxocutivo bore up under tho lutmlshak ng ordeal of thfj public was really admiaLrlo, but he has now closed his doors, oxen pt on stated occasions, to tho sightseers, and is devoting his time to tho dispensing of patronage. Leing at home only to collators and Representatives and Chairmen of Htate Central Committees and members or tho National Committee, and other statesmen of like rank. The first thing to be attended to, however, is a reorganization of the departments in Washington, including the now lifeless Civil-Service Commission. Uno oi the early appointments!, in nil probability v ill be that of I'U'liey Foulke. of Indiana, a srrong and working Republican, but aru earnest civilservice reformer, to bo a member ofc the 3onniiiss!oiL This will pla-50 that bureau in working order; ai.d the third member may bo more leisurely chOflen. Still it is well understood that tho now administration is going slow in the matter of placeiiiliug. Tho Pre&idem; has fully determined not to interfere with' Democratic officeholders who hold term commissions except in rare' eases. Moreover, the prospects now are that the Senate will b3 1 eld in extraordinary session out a few days longer to confirm nominations for tho chief department places, the Civil Strviiso Commission, a few local and i'odual vacancies, and one or two diplomatic pants, and that it will then adjourn to coma together again, witii the House, about c!ie 20th of April. The President has aot yet decided upon an oxtni session of (Jo tigress, but a number ol! tho strongest men in the mi ry have urged him to eall one six or evoa weeks henco. Tha" member of his Cabinet on whom tho Prtsidei t would be most likely to lean in a matter of this sort, on account of his experience in public life and familiarity with public questions, has recommended an extra session. Secretary Blaine believes no time should be lost in perfecting organization of tiie Hous&. and in proceeding with tariff, SDUthern election, and other important legislation. In this the Secretary supported by nvmy prominent mer., and the belief i3 now current, from some remarks the President has Idtfull, that he is of the same opinion. Ihe throngs who puck the main corridors of too State Depurtinent day a v.er day are only turpaf.sed by those at tin While HoUoe. When the office-seekers beco ne too numerous and importunate. Secretary limine has a clever way of disposing of their don ands. Ho simply has tao sights -era arimittt d. Thev crowd the petitioners out, and when

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in this gentle mannr r the politic Hocretary experience no trouble in clearing his room of the sightseers, end ia then ready for work. XVaLker Blaine wilt be his father's assistant, aud is said to in'ierit much of that gentleman's politic ability. Tho new Cabinet of leers are settling down to their duties. AY.mamnker, about vrhom ':he most doubt was felt by the politicians, made a good impression by his courteous manners, which were combiner with a business-liko aptitude for the detail work of the department. After looking at several desirable residences, the Postmaster General has finally determined upon Secretary Whitney's pleasant house, 1731 I street formerly tho residence cf the Frelinghurat ns, and at one time t he residence of Senator Don Cameron. JVfr. Wnnacaaker sect. red !r. Whitney's option t; purchase the property. As improved by Mr. Whitney it is valued at $80,OUO, It is in such good condition that tho Wanamakers have already moved in. Three members cf the old Cabinet, Messrs. Bayard. Vilas, and Diekiason, am going to take atr;ptoCba in the cour&e of a fortnight. They are liabio to be joined by other gentlemen who are now, or will soon be, ablo to tike a vacation without ai.y interference with their business. The President's policy of pacification and uniiication has met with several serious obstacles. First, there is the rupture among Michigan men over tho suggestion by Alger of H. M. Duffield for the position of Solicitor General; arid although Palmer, who would have .uid Tuele Jerry Rusk's place in tho Cabinet had it not been for Stoekbridge and the left-handed compliment of General Alger, called upon the 1-resident lunched with him, and came away feeling certain that he wo aid bo recognized iu a marked way by the new administration. When, therefore, it was i.nnounc3i beyond tho peradventure of a doubt that the politeal mangager of Gen. Alger, Palner's life-long enemy, Duffield, was to have the choice morsel awarded the Wolverine State, a party split occurred which even the long personal friendship between Harrison and Palmer is not apt to heal. bti 11 Michigan is nothing like as unhappy as New York. Tho trouble is that the rival politicians from that State arc not disnosed to meet half way tho President's kindly spirit. After having solved :he Cabinet difficulty Gen. Harrison desired above all things to bring both the P a:t men and the Millorives into close rola:ionship with his administration. In accordance with this desire he sent for both Piatt and Miller and in a Jignifted, friendly way nu.de overtures of pence aad good-will, a vl hinted that ifc was his wish both should t.ttaeh themselves to the administration in anoft.cial capacity, and. together with the Senators and Representatives from their State, control the vast patronage of New York. lr. Piatt stopped hero on his way to Florida i o hold a consultation with the Prefc:de;it, upon the lattor's request, and it was for a time believed that the breach in New York had been mended, and lhat Piatt would take the Oolleetorshlp of New York, and that Warner Miller would become Assi&tant Secretary of tho Treasury, This adjustment: of affairs was ro oived as the hapmest stroke yet made in tie President's

policy o conciliation and harmony. Close friends of tiie administration were delighted with it, because, as they said, it would give both Piatt and Oilier a fair chanoo at tho patronage, and make New York a Republican State. Unfortunately like many another good scheme, it didn't work, and it is now understoo I xhaz there is not a vacant office in the gift of the Government that Mr. Piatt will take. He did want to go into the Cabinet, but failing in that he wunts nothing; while iv, is no secret that Mr. Miller has aspired even to the Presidency, and to drop iroin such an ambition to mi Assistant Secretaryship is most too humiliating; but ho may accept the Prsoi inet'ti offer. Vies President Morton bears his honors with becoming dignity, i nd his home will shine more resplendent in society than that of any or hU pi edecessors. Ho is rich and can afford it; besides his wife is a most charming lady. One of her ancestors. Chancellor Livingston, administered tho oath of office to George Wa- hington just one hundred years ago. She is tne mother of five beautiml children, all t iris, ranging between fifteen and seven year? of uje, A boy, Lewi: ('arsons Morton, died several years ago. Ho would now b( oiovou if ho had Lvod. On Sunday morning President Harrison attended the new Church M1 ti e Covenant, on Connecticut avenue, and wrh him were Mr. Harrison, his son, Russell, and his daughter, -Mrs. McKoe. Fashionable and wealthy people make up in larga proportion the congregation with wlu di the President worshiped, und the stmely hureh is ia keeping with he goodly a parol and unostentatiousoiosranco at h uno in the pews.

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EVEBTTHINO POINTS TO AN EABLT ttritlJXG FAKAUSKS BUST.

Preparing to Sow Wheat in Certain ocaliHes Winter Wheat Beginning to Grow Little MovcmeuKof Grain -The Situation Reviewed. Chicago telegram.! A careful review of the crop sitcation,. as gained from correspondents throughout the country, may be summarized t-s follows: March so far has been favorable for all the conditions which to make up an early needing of spring grain. Tho deficiency of moisture in the winter-wheat areas still exists. The frost is coming out of the ground all over the country rapidly, and the prospects now point to the seeding of spring whfat at least fourteen to twenty days earlier than in the spring of 1888. In Southo'-n Minnesota recently the weather was warm and bright, the ground In line order to.: seeding, and farmers will take advantages of these conditions at once if there are no storms or freeze-ups to prevent. Tne seed wheat is largely Nos. 3 and 4 shrunken wheat. The ground is dry and armors are anxiously waiting for springrain. Stocks of wheat iu elevators are the smallest known for fifteen years- The movement of wheat is small, and what remains in farmers' hands will not be sold until after seeding. In Western Minnesota the snow is ail gone and the weather was. mild last week. The weather in Dakotahas been unusually mild also, and farmers are busy preparing their ground for seeding. A year ago everything was frozen p solid over the entire country. The mercury had been standing below zero in Dakota and liiero was eighteen inches of snow in Minnesota. There was plenty of wheat back in farmers' hands. Keports from Walla Walla, Washington Territory, estimate 75.000 bushels of wheat in farmers hands and 50.000 bushels in speculators' hands, home of the miUs naveahut do-.:nfor want of wheat The growing crop of winter wheat is looting well, a id the prospects' are favorable for a good yield provided the rainfall is increased. i a Southern Illinois all the reports as to the growing crops are still favorable. The wheat yet has practically made but little growth; little wheat fa coming to market and what does come is taken by the mills for milling purposes. In Central Illinois and in counties bordering on the Mississippi River the wheat crop has not started to grow yet. The crop, however, is in excellent condition, and untiL the treneral breaking up of the country roads therehas been a free movement of wheat out of farmers' hands for the last fourteen days. lie ports from Southwestern Missouri show the' condition of the crop of winter wheat about the same as the 1st of March, Some of the reports say the wheat looks betei a few the same aad some not as go jd as last year. Upon the wholo it will as ?rago about with March. Local in. lis are beginning to make inquiries for wieat, as their stocks have run down very c .v. Ueporisfrom Southern Kansas show the wheat looking well, and with a continuance the mild weather will commence growing to n. Wheat in htore f gradually getting lower, and in six week will all begone. The demand for flour is good. No -nhc-rn Kansas reports the wheat in excellent condition. The amount of wheat ;rom last season's orop in the hands of farmers is smali, and the amount of wheat hi dealers' hands at stations unusually so Even with the prospects ol an early harvest little If any new wheat will be on tae market in Kansas much before the 10th of July. Reports from Southwestern Indiana show that the weather c-f the last few w eeks has been unfavorable to the growing crop, but is now more mild and springlike, and wheat is just beginning to start to grow. Themovement of wheat is light, owing to bad, roads. Mills are running from one-fourth to one-half time. Stocks of when; held by millers about exhatised. Reports from Eastern In liana say that the crop has not started to grow any yet. but that is is coming through in good condition, and the outlook is much better than it was a year ago at this date. Southern Michigan reports that in the last part of February there was some cold weather, but there was snow enough oa the ground to prevent injury, except in some small spot?. Now the snow is mostly 'AX and there has been a week of mild, soft weather, and the crop is in fair average condition. The next two or three weeks will tell the story. There is little moisture in the ground, and this has been the caseall season. Wheat w as marketed freely during February, and little remains in farmers' hands. ' Ih Ohio the weather of the last two weeks was trying on the crop, as it was without cover. Last week the weather was mild and wheat is just commencing to grow. The tenor of the reports received i3 of an encouraging character. Farmers have marketed their crop closely, and many of the large mills will soon com men go importing wheat for milling purposes. Summing up the winter-wheat situation as a whole it is found as follows: The frost is all out. of tho siround. the crop just beginning to grow, but the growth so small that the damage to the crop, if any, cannot yet be noticed. There has been a free movement out of farmers hands lately. This has all ceased now, owing to the condition of theroads and prepar ations for spring work. As the season advances there does not seem to he any doubt of the closeness with which, khe reserves of winter wheat have been marteted. Reports from Southwestern Iowa say that there is not die usual u-mount of com cribbed at this time of your, more espeally when tho low price is considered. There are more cattle feeding than a year ago. The corn now in farmers hands will not come out unless for much higher prices, Somo estimates of the amount of coru yet in farmers hands in this portion of Iowa are us hign as 60 per cent. Reports covering Eastern Nebraska say thi.t the consumption of corn has been mat -rialiy lessened by the mild winter, feeders claiming that cuttle fattened on one-half as much hs it took a year a$o. There is little torn cribbed a; stations, dealers havingp hipped their shelled corn early in the season. Careful investigjition as to the hog situation in Central Nebraska shows that, owing to almost a total absence oi hog cholera and also an exceptionally mild winter, there remain fully as many hogs for the market this spring nni early summer a at this time a year ago. All farmers and dealers agree that there will be a full rop of pigs, Oood warm spring rains seems to bo ther greatest need of Nebraska at present.

A Novel Marriage Coieaiony. Meyer Bank, cf Cresco, Iowa, and Fannie Rosenberg, of Milwaukee, were married in Milwaukee, Wis., recently, at Temple Anse Jacob, according to ancient Jewish rites. The bride walked seven times aronnd the canopy in front of th temple, and when the ceremony was over 1 he groom drank out of a glass; and thee throwing it to the floor ground it nndei his heel. This was in token of the fact that he had forsworn the pleasures oi: un married men. I'oreiga News Noted. Sir Henry Paxkes has formed a New South Wales Ministry. The British man -of -war Sultan has been wrecked iu the Mediterranean. The French C ibinet has rescinded the deereo of exile against the -Juc d'Aunxale.

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