Bloomington Telephone, Volume 14, Number 21, Bloomington, Monroe County, 23 July 1889 — Page 2

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Interesting Summary of the XAtest

News by Wire Fire. Accidents, Crimes, Politic Religion, Commerce and Crops. Sandwiched with Minor Affairs.

CAPTURED COUNTERFEITERS. A Sharp Fight Nets a Bier Haul $25,000 Taken by Detectives At Dayton, Ohio, the confiscation of $25,000 in counterfeit bills, the arrest of two persons charged with counterfeiting and the escape of a third has taken place. Nelson Driggs keeps hotel. He has served urn e for counterfeiting, and. it is alleged, used the hotel as a blind to carry on the shoving of the queer upon the old soldiers of the home. Chief of Secret Service Detective Bell, disguised as a doctor, negotiated a purchase of $21,000 in green goods. When the time Cduu for the transfer the money was to be brought by James Guion, Driggs acting as middleman. Nine detectives surrounded the parties and Driggs and his wife were arrested, but Gnion, taking alarm, lied to the woods. The detectives followed Guion on horseback, but failed to capture him. They secured $25,000 in green goods. SERIOUS BOILER EXPLOSION. The B. B. Stone Lumber Company! JC1U at Chicago Demolished. Threk men were killed and several injured by the explosion of a boiler in the yards of the R. B. Stone Lumber Company, at Chicago. The boiler was under a shed and was used for running the company's gang and rip

flaws. At the) time of the explosion a dozen men and boys were working in and about the shed. The killed are: Jefferson K:ng, engineer; Albert Dollar, off-bearer; unknown man, who was in the mill looking fen: employment. Some of the wounded are: Thomas Sthwever, teamster, injured at out the head and bruised; Fred Runvill, teamster, skull fractured; John Piper, sawyer, injured on the head; M. Lane, dockhand, head eat and right arm injured. MADE A TOOL OF PIGOTT. Parnellites in Possession of Facts Which Will Startle the English People. Bebkabd Charges Molloy, Home Rule member of the British, House of Commons for Birr, in a speech at Marylebone, stated that the Parnellites possessed undoubted evidence of the existence of a conspiracy behind Pigott, of which Pigott himself was only the tool. This evidence will startle the English people when published, as it will be at the Eoper time. It was intended, he said, to y all the facts before the Parnell Commission, where they could be thoroughly sifted by counsel on both sides and their importance duly weighed, but Judge Hannan's outrageousruling pre rented this plan from being carried out.

CIRCLING THE BASES. The Various Ban Clubs That Are Bating for the Pennant. Relative standing of the base-ball teams that are working for the championship of their .respective associations is as fellows:

National. W. L Boston 43 21 New York... 41 23 Cleveland... 41 28 Philada 97 30 Chicago 31 37 Pittsburg.. ..25 40 Indianap.,.24 42 Wch'gtn...20 42 Western W. L. Omaha 42 19 St. Paul 43 21 Minneapolis 32 32 Konx City. .31 31 Denver 20 33 Des Moines. .23 35 St. JosephT.23 35 Milwaukee.. 22 41

American. W. .671 St. Louie. ...51 .640 Brooklyn.. ..45 .594 Athletic 39 .552 Cincinnati... 40 .455 Baltimore... 38 .393 K ne e City. .31

.363 txuumbns. . .28

Louisville... 15

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L. f 0 24 .680 26 .633 29 .573 33 .547 32 .542 41 .430 45 .397 S8 .216

c.' Interstate. W. .688 Springfield .36 .671 Ouincy 36 .500 Peoria. 33 ,5Ci Davenport.. .33 .483Evansvflle..:H .416i Burlington. .27 .396 .349

I 28 28 31 31 36 39

.562 .562 .515 .515 .438 .409

Suffocated in a Fermenting Tank. At Santa Boei, Cal., William Bolle, eldest son of Henry Bollev one of the leading wine-makers of the State, and Martin Pipher were suffocated in a fermenting tank. The supposition is that Pipher entered the tank through the manhole at the top before the gases generated from the pumice had time to disperse, and, being overcome, young Bolle went to his assistance. Both were taken from the tank dead.

Six Lumbermen Drowned in Canada. Neab Ottawa, Ont., six men were drowned while attempting to shoot Roche's Bapids with a raft. They were lumbermen, but their names are unknown, Note i by Cable. The Spanish Cortes has been prorogued. The English Government has accepted tenders for the construction of seventeen vessels on the Clyde, Tyne, and Mersey. It is especially announced that the Queen will confer a dukedom upon the Earl of Fife, who is to marry Princess Louise of Wales. It is definitely announced that Gwendoline Caldwell and Prince Murat are engaged. The marriage will probably take place in Borne. The Egyptian Government has notified the French that the letter's refusal to accept the conversion scheme will cost -Egypt yearly 200,000. The Government has accepted a proposal by John Morley that an increased allowance to the Prince of Wales, enabling him to provide marriage portions for his children, be substituted for the proposed special grants. EASTERN OCCURRENCES. Thb Cunard steamer Catalonia has armed at Boston from Liverpool, having had a narrow escape from wreck off Cape Cod. The fog was heavy, and, though proceeding slowly, the huge steamer plunged into a schooner which was lying to. The craft was cut to the water's edge. The Catalonia had 400 passengers aboard and great excitement prevailed. The wrecked schooner proved to be the Bebecca A. Tonlane. of Somers Point.

N. J., ice laden from the Kennebec River, j The captain, his wife and child, and crew of six men were rescued from the

sinking ship, and the ceeded Bostonward,

Catalonia pro-

A Pittsbubg, Pa., dispatch says: Bed Fond, a body of water at the corner of Center avenue and Soho street, in the Hill district, caused by the choking nf a sewer, swept the barriers away, drowning two men and injuring three others. The names of those killed are John Daly, aged 26, unmarried, and Andrew McGregor, aged 36, married. The injured are Robert Mnnn, shoulder and arm broken and injured internally; William McClay, ont ond badly brained about the head and body, injured internally, may not recover; Joseph McCartney, slightly bruit d and cut, not seriously. Akrangements are making to form a leather syndicate or trust at Newark, N. J. That city is the center for patent leather, nine-tenths of that made in this country being manufactured there. Preliminary step are being taken, so that when Goo. A. Holsey ana Samuel Howell return from Europe the, trust will be ready to go into operation. Ex-Senator Sabin has arranged for the removal of Mrs. Sab in from the asylum at Flushiag, L. I., where she is now confined, to the mountains of Nort hern Maine, where she will remain with family friends. Ax Milford, Mess., at an exhibition of a circus, one-third of the entire west side of the tent gave way, and with COO people fell with a crash. Several persons were badly hurt and hundreds more or less bruised. Physicians were summoned and th') injured people removed. The performance had just bean resumed when hf.lf of the reserved-seat section, with 700 more spectators, fell in. In the second accident no one was seriously hurt, but many were cut and bruised. Those badly injured are: Peter Fahey, aged 16, of Milford, thigh broken; Mrs. Stevens, of Hopedale, ankle broken; Mrs. Kieth, of Milford, Mrs. Porter Shields, a boy named Bt.tterneld, of Hopedale, badly injured. A train on the Pennsylvania Road carrying miners to their homes was wrecked near Shamokin, Pa. John Boush, married, and Aaron Shipe, single, were killed. Twenty were more cr less seriously injured. The passenger train was running at its regular 6peed when two freight cars that !aad become detached at some colliery and were running wild overtook the train, telescoping the cars.

WESTERN HAPPENINGS. The town of Princeton, in Butler County, Ohio, and about seven miles from Hamilton, was blown away by a terrific windstorm that swept through that section. There were about thirty housed, including a 6awmill and schoolaonse, in the place. All are gone. The storm was general throughout the se ction, and much damage is reported. No further particulars yet obtainable. The annexation of the Village of Hyde Park, the Town of Lake, the city of Lake View, the village of Jefferson, and a portion of the town of Cicero to Chicago has been finally settled by Judge Prendergast official..' announcing the result of the election of June 29, and order ing the returns of he canvassing board spread on the recorcs of the court. Orders based on the official declaration of tho canvassing board were made, showing that 15,036 votes ha I been cast for annexation, while 435 votes were recorded against the moveme.it in Chicago. Certified copies of the record and orders were furnished to Mayor Cregier, and he was authorized to assume control of the annexed district, which he immediately proceeded to do. Mbs. EatenhOVER and child wore brutally murdered on the form of John Gilman, near Coquille City, Oregon, and buried in a gulch near the house where they were found. Her husband was working up the river. They were tenants of Gilman, who wanted them to leave, which they refused until their lease expired. After the murder of the wife and child Gilman laid in wait and attacked Eatenbover on his approach to his home, but he escaped and gave an alarm, which resulted in the discovery of the remains of the wife and child and a ready-made grave for the husband. Gilman and wife were arrested and may be lynched. The new City Directory of St. Paul, Minn., indicates a population of 193,000. The Parnellites have held a meeting in London for the purpose of taking action relative to the proposed Tenants' Defense League. Mr. Parnell moved that it was " imperatively necessary that the tenant farmers in reland combine for self-defense against their attempted extermination by the landlord conspiracy." Thomas Power O'Connor seconded the motion. . A committee was appointed to prepare a constitution for the new league. The committee is composed as follows: Messrs. Parnell, . Justin McCarthy, Thomas Sexton, T. 1 O'Connor, William O'Brien, Timothy Karrigan, and T. P. Gill. At Pueblo, Colo., a fire destroyed F. C. Taft's dry goods house and a number of small dwellings adjoining. The loss is $35,000; insurance about $30,000. The fi: e is supposed to have been started by robbers. In the long and bitter fight between the Chicago Board of Trade and the bucketshops about the market quotations, the

Board has backed down, at least for the i time being. The following resolution , has been adopted: Resolved, That the market quotations with- i drawn on the 31st day oi May, 1889, be restored under the applications and agreements under j Which thev were crante l and under tha aamA

terms andconditions in said applications and agreements contained, and that tho resolutions of this board adopted M.y 14 and July 10, 1889, relating to market quotations be repealed, but without prejudice to the right now claimed and insisted upon by the Board of Trade of tho city of Chicago to control its market quotations and to hereafter modify or repeal this resolution as in the judgment of its Board of Directors may seem expedient and prcoer. Add IE end Kate Gordon and Myrtle Granby, ranging in age from 11 to 14 years, were drowned in tho river near Paola, Kan., while bithing. The current carried them beyond their depth and they could not 6wim. A Caibo & Vinceknes passenger train, on the Big Four road, met with almost complete demolition two miles south of Mount Carrael, 111., -welve t5 fifteen passengers being seriously injured. The passenger train was rushing along at about thirty-five miles an hour and was composed of a freighi;-car loaded with fruit, a baggapd-car, and two passenger coaches. The freight jumped the track and threw the remainder of the train down a ten-foot embankment. The passengers were hurled in every direction. For some time it was impossible to do anything toward rescu tug the passengers, as nearly all were

more or less injured find badly frightened, but the coaches were finally broken open with axes and the injured removed. At Liucoln, Neb., four men lost their lives through suffocation by gas from a closet, and three more are in a critical condition. Borne one dropped a gold watch into the vault and four men agreed to get it out. They were Charles and Albert Kunkler, Frand Maloney and James Crawford. They dug a hole at the side, intending to tunnel in and get the wattch. When they had got about as deep as tho bottom of the vault the earth caved in and Charles Kunkler, who was in the bottom, was almost smothered and becamo unconscious. His friends rescued him, but in doing so his brother Albeit, Frank Mnlonoy, James Crawford, and John Clary, who came up to give assistance, fell into the vault and when taken out were dead. The California Supreme Court has rendered a decision in the celebrated Sharon divorce case, reversing the decision of Superior Court Judge Sullivan, which was In favor of the plaintiff, now Mrs. Sarah A 1 the a Terry, and which granted her a divorce with alimony and half of the community property. The cause is now remanded for a new trial. This decision virtually ends one of the most famous cases in tho annals of California jurisprudence. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. In an interview, Gov. Lowry, of Mississippi, expressed the opinion that the New Orleans and Northwestern Railway has laid itself liable to forfeiture of its charter by the recent acts in connection with the Sullivan-Kilrain right, end he will shortly direct the Attorney General to institute proceeding againBt the road with a view to obtaining cancellation of its franchise. John Fitzpatkick of New Orleans, referee of the Sullivan-Kilrain light, went to Jackson and informed the Governor that he had come to answer whatever charge there might be lodged against him for alleged violations of the laws of Mississippi. Preliminaries were waived, and Mr. Pitzpatrick gave bond in the sum of $1,000 to appear at Purvis, Marion County. A hundbkd military men of Atlanta, Ga.v representing forty-five companies of the State militia, have memorialized the Legislature, urging the passage of a law making one year's service compulsory.

THE NATIONAL. CAPITAL. It is said that Gen. Rosecrans' resignation as Register of the Treasury will be accepted very soon, and the colored exSenator, B. K. Bruce, of Mississippi, appointed in his stead. Biuce was Register before and made a very efficient official. In regard to the Cherokee strip and the cattle companies, it is alleged that the Indians' title to the land is greatly clouded, and that Congress can at any time it pleases remove the Indians and stockmen. H. A. Taxlob, the new Commissioner of Railroads, who succeeds General Johnston, has arrived at Washington from his home in Wisconsin and assumed the duties of office.

INDUSTRIAL ITEMS. Pittsbtjbg (Pa.) dispatch: The strike at the Homestead see el plant of Carnegie, Phipps & Co. lias been definitely settled. The term ol the settlement are not positively known, but it i6 understood that concessions ware made on both sides. The workmen, it is said, have agreed to accept 20 per cent, reduction instead of 35 per cer t, as proposed by tbe firm. The scale will remain in force for three years, ending in 1802, and instead of the scale year beginning with January, as proposed by Carnegie, will commence July 1, the same as the Amalgamated iion scale. Three thousand, men are again working, with steady employment promised for three years. ACR6sSTHE OCEAN. The steamer City of New York, arrived in San Francisco, brings the following: The Japan Gazette of the 29th ult. says that intelligence has been received at Hong Kwg froia the Kiaying Chau Prefecture, in the northeast of Kwangtuntg, that early on the morning of the 2d inst. the Chan Ping and Ping Yuen districts were Hooded by the bursting of a waterspout or tornado, described by the Chinese as a waterdragon, and the level country was flooded with nearly thirty-six feet of water. The villages of Chae Kon and Ha Ku Hui, in the Ping Yuen district, nd Cueong Tan, Hop Lui, Ngai Ku, Sam Chan Kin, and San Po Hui, in the Chan Ping district, were overflowed, many houses being wholly swept away, while others were inundated. Upward of 0,000 lives were lost. News from Honolulu, received by steamer, shows that Kalakaua's reformed cabinet, which was foisted on him by the revolution two years ago, will soon fall to pieces. The steamer Granada, which was wrecked sixty-five miles south of Manzanilla oq June 22, ban been turned over to insurance men, and it is said they have sent to England for livers to examine the ship's bottom and to endeavor to recover $200,000 in specie still on board. At Rio Janeiro, a Portuguese, believed to be insane, fired at Emperor Dom Pedro, of Brazil, as be was leaving the theater. The Emperor is uninjured, and the would-be assassin was arrested. The State Department has been informed that yellow jack has made its appearance at Ceylon. Before the opening of the Parnell Commission, Sir Charles Russell, counsel for Mr. Parnell, stated that Mr. Parnell had instructed him and Mr. Asquith, also of counsel, to no longer represent him before the commission. Messrs. Reid nnd Lockwood, counsel for other members of Parliament against whom charges were made by the Times, alBO withdrew from the case. Mr. Parnell made a personal application to the court, asking that, if there was any design to further examine him, such examination be proceeded with without further delay. The court, Mr. Parnell declared, ought to appoint a day for his re-examination or ohie discharge him from further attendance. Presiding Justice Hannan promised to try to nuet the convenience of Mr. Parnell. Alter counsel for Mr. Parnell and the other members of Parliament hud retired Presiding rTustico Hannan said that the scope of the inquiry would not bo altered by their action. The persons hitherto represented by counsel could appear in their own defense if they desired. The Paris Temps f ays that cipher telegiams have been discovered which prove that Gen. Boulangor was at the head of a plot to maich upon the JEJysee palace,

and that several officers of high rank had promised him their support. The paper further says that the charges of embezzlement against Boul anger relate to tbe purchase of camp bedsteads and other supplies for the troops and to malversation of tho f und3 of the W ar Ministry. Among other charges, it suyfl, the General is accused of using the funds of the War Ministry to buy shares in the Military Club and of keeping the shares thus bought in his own possession. While King Charles of Wurremburg was watching a thunderstorm from the veranda of the castle of Friedrichshafen a lightning bolt struck the ground a short distance from the King. The violence of the shock prostrated the King, who lay unconscious for some minutes, but he sustained no permanent injury.

FRESH AND NEWSY. Jubge CooXjET, Chairman of the Interstate Commerce Commission, and United States Attorney Baiter, of St. Paul, have held a conference, and as a result the "Soo" railroad officials nre to be indicted for alleged discrimination in carrying 1,800 gallons of alcohol from St. Paul to New York for 47 cents per gallon. The United States Grand Jury meets in October. A kepobt comes from Seeley'fi Bay, a email xown on the Rideau River, some twenty miles from Kingston, Out., that over two hundred persons were poisoned by eating ice cream at a Church of England picnic at Kenny's grove. It appears that the cream had been kept in zinc freezers for several days, and it is believed that tho poisoned material came from this. A public analyst theie examined the cream and found it to contain a considerable quantity of lactate of zi:ac. It is hoped that no fatal results will ensue. The doctors administered emetics and antidote; as sooa as they could be summoned. The Minnesota Board of Revisw and Equalization have come to the conclusion that under the decision of Judge Seagrave Smith, rendered recently, it could not assess the wheat in store in the elevators. Under this decision it was necessary for it to locate the ownership of tho wheat Way I. This it could not do. Millet's famous picture, Le Augolus," will soon pass into the possession of on a of the Americans who are anxious to secure it. The French Chamber of Deputies has refused to appropriate the mm necessary to enable the Government to secure the art treasure. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: Subf tantially, all tho news this week has been favorable to business prospects. Tho oitieial crop roport was not only an assurance of large yield but evidence that ihe reported iu juries to iv lent, cotton, and corn had not beon a ; serious at. many believed. Keports from interior towns hLiow that collections havo improved whore there has been most complAiut, and the latest accounts are more satisfactory than usual. A" Chicago banks hav been so far ;prudent. vdth an eye to probable commercial demands in the near future, hat brokers are circulating the rumor that a bsoiking trust has boeu formed, though outside money does not appear to be obtainable at hatter than 5 per cent. The indications point to some monetary pressure this fall unless the Treasury succeeds in disbursing freely. Tho great industries are, on the whole, in" better Bbape, though some signs of danger are discoverable. The great strike at the Carnegie mills, exjeompauied with violence at this outset, may lead to rather extended disturbance of the Industry. Wool 1b unchanged in price at tistern markets, but the persistent conservatism of manufacturers, who are buying only for immediate necessities ai..d running only part force, begins to have effect, and a weakening among Ohio holders is reported. The Stock Exchange has been strengthened by favorable accounts of negotiations between railroad managers, who appear to have settled the difficulties as to Easter a trunk lines, and to have made some progress toward amicable adjustment of the Western controversies. All exports from feiew York sho an increase of 20 per cent, over last year, ifcnd tho weakening oi speculation in wheat la also a favorable sign as to the monetary future. The business failures during the last sevnn days were 3U9, against 202 the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the figures were 240. PRESIDENT HARRISON'S CHOICE Prominent Offices BMug: Filled by Late Appointees. The following appointments have been made: Attorneys of the United States Jessti Johnson, of New York, for the Eastern District of Now York ; Eugene Mai-shall, Texas, lor the Northern District of Texas ; Charles H. Varlan, Utah, for tho Territory of Utah. Commissioners of Deeds Charles Hall Adams, Commissioner in Massachusetts for the District of Columbia ; Charles V, Wparhawk, Commissioner in Pennsylvania for t::ie District of Columbia, Elias H. Parsons, of L'tah, to be Marsha, of the United States for tho Territory of Utah; Lars P. Edhohn, of Utah, to b9 Judge of Probate in Xhf county of Morgan, Utah. Special Agents of the General Laud Office William J. Pen. berton and A. A. Ball, of Nebraska, and 8am u el Leo, of bo ntli Carolina. CUiof Clerk in office of the ComptroAer of the Currency, Hopkins i', Hantori, of Ohio. It. ,7. Haetinan, of Findlny, Ohio, chfef of the division of accounts in tho General Land Office, vieo Fletcher Johnson, resigned; Collector Thomas V. Cooper, custodian of the Philadelphia Custom-house; Lehlio J. Perry, of Kansas, to bo one of tho civilian exports on the board to edit the rebellion records publication. BIAKKET llJfclPOKTS. CHICAGO. CA'ilXE Prime i 4.23 4.50 Good 3.50 g 4.00 Common 2.50 (g 3.50 Hoas Packing Gradeii 4.00 4.75 HflKKP 3-50 (g 5.00 Wakat Ko, 2 Red .77 g .78 Coax No. 2 35 ( .35$ Oats No. 2 22 3 .22 KYJi No. 2 43 g .44 Pt "iTKR Choice Creamery 14 .15 Cukkse Full Cream, flats 07(g .08 Koos Fresh 11 .12 Potatoes Choice now, per bu. . .27 t .32 PoilK Mess 11.00 (11.50 MILWAUKEE. Wheat Cash 77 .78 Co UN No. 3 35 ($ .36 Oats No. 2 White 27VC9 ,28 RYE No. 1 43 & .44 Bahlry No. 2 58 Q .60 Pouk Mess 11.0J (11.50 DETROIT. CATTIE 3.00 4.25 Ho8 4.25 (3 4.75 Shkep 3.50 $ 4.25 Wheat No. 2 lied 91 C9 .92 Co UN No. 2 Yellow .37 C .40 Oats No. 2 White 29 & .30 TOLEDO. Whkat No. 2Red 36 .83 CoiiN Cash 30 .37 Oats Cash .26 (3 .26$ NEW YOllK. CATTLK 3.50 O 4.75 Hoos 4.50 & &G0 SHtiKP 4.00 5.75 Wheat No. 2 Rod .85 & M CORK-No. 2 42 ( .43 Oats Mixed Western .25 (3 .25H POUK New Mess 13.00 (0113.50 BT. LOUIS. CA1TXE w 3.75 4.50 Hoos 7. 4.00 4.53 Whj-AT No. 2 Rod 72 & .73 Coitx No. 2 Mi& .34 Oats 23 $ .24 Rvk-No. 2 40 (3 .U INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle 8.00 & 4.25 Hons 4.25 4.75 Hhkkp 3.00 (95 4.50 Lambs..... 4.00 t 5.50 CINCINNATI. WliFAT No. 2 Rxl 83 & .afc COHNNo. l 39 & .M1 Oath No. 2 Mixed 2(5 & .tft5ft RVK No. 2 47 W .49 Pons Mess 11.50 (12.00 KANSAS CITY. Cattle Good 3.50 4.00 Medium 2.50 & 3.50 Butchers' 2.00 3.25 Hooh 4.00 1.25 Shebf 3.50 ($ 4.00 Lauds a.oo & M

A P0ST0FFICE SCANDAL.

THE CIVIC-SKRVICK COMMISSION HE POUT ON GRAND RAPIDS.

It Finds Only One Affidavit AgafnAt the Fofttin aster, but Several Against Chief Railway Mail Clerk Hudson The Matter Turned Over to the Postmaster General. A Washington dispatch says: The civil service commissioners submitted to Postmaster-General Wanamaker their report upon tho condition and management of the postoffice at Grand Rapids, Mich. They say: 'In the course of a recent examination by the civil-service commission into the condition and management of the post offi-e at Grand Rapids, Mich., certain charges were made against the postmaster, Mr. Blair, and against the then chief clerk of the railway mail service, Mr. F. A. Hudson. The charges are backed up by sworn affidavits, and are of so serious a nature that the commission, in view of its lack of nower to subpfcvnd witnesses and administer oaths, deems it proper to turn the whole matter over to the postoffice department; and accordingly they herewith submit to the department the said affidavits. "The only affidavit affecting Mr. Blair is that of John McConville, which asserts that Mr. Blair was present in the government building at Grand Rapids one day in October, 1S88, and assisted the clerk, Hudson, in an attempt to extort from him (McConville) a contribution of money for political purposes. On this point the affidavit its unsupported by any others, while it is explicitly contradicted by tbe affidavits of both Mr. Blair and Mr. Hudson, and. the commissioners do not consider that it is in itself sufficient to warrant their asking any action to be taken thereon. 4 'But in the case of Mr. Hudson seven affidavits charge him with having colIectedt or attempted to collect, money for political purpose:) from Government employes in the Government building at Grand Rapids last fall." The report then gives brief statements of the affidavits. The commissioners say: "If the -assertions contained in these affidavits lire not disproved or explained by other evidence, the commissioners believe that they warrant Mr. Hudson's indictment under s act ions 1 1, 12, 13, 14, and 15 of the civil service act "But Mr. Hudson has submitted, together with his affidavit denying specifically all the charges, the affidavit of the chairman of the local Democratic party organization, denying that Mr. Hudson turned over such sums as were alleged; and also copies of letters from two of the affiants denying the very facts the?- set forth in their affidavits, as well as letters and other matter tending to show the bad character or the improper animus of the other men who make the affidavits against him. If Mr. Hudson is guilty he should be prosecuted: if he is not guilty then the men swearing falsey against him should themselves be prosecuted for entering into a peculiarly infamous conspiracy to blacken his character. With the commission's limited power, especially in the matter of administering oaths and subp.enfl.ing witnesses, it is impossible to properly investigate such a case, and, accordingly, wc herewith turn over all th affidavits and other written matter in our possession to the Postmaster-General for such action as he may deem necessary. ,T RIVERS ANDHARB0RS. Estimates of the Amounts Needed During the Next Year. In his annual report to the Chief of

Engineers on Surveys on Harbors in Minnesota, Michigan, and Wisconsin, Major JameB B. Quinn makes ihe following estimates for the hscal yea r ending June 30, 1891:

To complete works. $324,526

Estimated for 1889. Xtalnth $27(Mti

Superior jiay and St. .Louis Bay, Wis "... 207.958 591,736 Agate Bay, Minn 62,500 2(36.008 Grand Marais, Minn 150,475 150,475 Ashland, Wis 100,000 217,967 Ontonagon, Mich 30,000 85,670 Marquette, Mich 12,000 L2,000 Grand Bapids, Mioh 268,750 268,750 The report of Major McKenzie on the improvements made by the engineer corps in the Mississippi Bher between Minneapolis and Des Moines Kapids shows that .since 1867 more than half a million dollars bas been appropriated for the appropriation of snag boats nnd dredges, all of which has been expended. For the hscal year ending June 30, 1891, the engineers estimates call for an appropriation of $1,500,000 for improvement of the ippor Mississippi. The following estimates nre made of amounts necessary to complete various improvements: Reservoirs at headwaters of MifisissiDDi River. SI. 174.583: Chin-

pewa River, including Yellow Panics, Wisconsin. $115,737; St. Croix River, 34,200; Minnesota River, $693,869; Red River of the North, $59,598; surveys for reservoirs at the sources of the Mississippi, St. Croix, Chippewa, and Wisconsin rivers, $50,000; Yellowstone River, Montana and Dakota, $106,COO. A BIG BREWERY BURNED. A 9300,000 Ioss by Fire at Fort Wayne. Fort Wayne, Ind., July 17. At 9 o'clock Tuesday evening tho extensive brewery works of C. L. Centlivre & Co., known a& the "French brewery, M took fire from a cigar carelessly thrown in the malt house. The works were entirely destroyed. The loss will reach 9300,000, with only $50,000 insurance, Monday a representative of an English syndicate was here and offered $400,000 for tbe plant and negotiations were about closed and would have been com pel e ted this week. Three employes in trying to save the books were severely injured by the explosion of an ammonia tank. Alexander Dueing's left leg was torn: off; Charles Noll, Chicago, was badly burned about the body and will probably die. Charles Yonkers' left arm was broken and amputation will be necessary. The injured were taken to Bt Joseph's hospital. The works are two miles uorth of this city and the fire department could not get there in time to control the9 flames.

Brownlee has just thrown the notes of ft speech from his pocket when a gust of wind blows them into a pool of water. Brownlee See that speech go ior the water ! Smithso:a Yes, it was so awfully dry. Drake's Magazine. Mrs, Harius (looking up from a letter) I'm so glad that we ent Harry to Yale. I knew he would make his mark. He says that he is already considered ono of the best scholars m the college. Mr. Harris Let me see that letter. That isn't scholars, it is scullers. Ch icago Herald. "Oh, ran, did you think I was lost? said Jennie, who had gone for a walk around tho block and returned five hours afterwrard. ttNo,w replied her mother. I thought that young taan had found you, iVeu? York Sun.

A CUCUMBER TALE.

rne Georgia Uar Outdone by Onm Froip Kentucky Deserve a Menial. Hanging in a barn in Old Pineville, three miles from here, eays ft FineviU (Ky.f ) special, is the the most marvelous freak of nature - ever heard of or seen. Its existence, however, is vouched for by James P. Wh-dien and Jose ph Leahy of Louisville. It is well known that when cucumbers are first cut from tba vine nhere is a piece of the stem which exudes or bleeds. A prominent citizen of Old Pineville some time ago, named J ared Gibson, cur, his hand, and thiu juice got into this cut and his hand commenced to inflame, and &n eruption similar to erysipelas made its appearance ami extended up his arm, and finally spread over his whole body. Strange to say, there was no pain attending these eruptions of erysipelas, and he continued to gather and pack the cucumbers and prepare them for pickling. To the great surprise of everytody these little pimples assumed the appearance and foiTi of small cueumlerSf and continued to grow. Although Gibson kept well and hearty, he was compelled to stop work and take to his bed. The doctors and quacks from around here visited him, . One prescribed one thir g and one another. One wished to bleed him; one wanted to cut the cucumbers off; another said not to let him have any w.abr and they would dry up; another said stick a hole iu each cucu mber and they would die and a new skin form ; another wished to wrap him up in a mammoth poultice of barnyard manure and draw them all to one head ; another said they ought to be scattered. All the doctors had a different remedy, but all disagreed; so there was some hope that the patient would get well. But the small c&Qumbere grew into big on ess, and his whole body was covered with them from head to foot, and they commenced to ripen and turn yellow and hang down, and the man looked like it huge bunch of bananas. When they crot ripe thev basrau to

shrivel up ami dry , and so did the m in. His sap was all gone, and he died. The doctors procured the consent of his widow to permit an autopsy to be made for the benefit of science, and they cut him open, and to their amazement found no blood, no muscles, no sinews, no arteries, but iound only one saiid mass of cucumber seeds, It was so -remarkable it would be useless to have his remains interred, and foolish to have them cremated, aucL the widow concluded to keep them in the home. She had the corpse hung up by the bait in the barn, where it now swings, an inanimate evidence of what nature era do when she takes a notion. Valuable Suggestions One of cur little girls h as be3D troubled with eazache ever since her babyhood, says a vrriter. S"o sores have gathered, but a cold -tor exposure to a strong wind is almost certain to cuttte her acute suifering with earache. After trying nearly everything that I have seen cr heard recommended, I have settled on this application as :Gfiving surest and quickest relief. It is a flannel bag stuffed with hops and wrung from hot vinegar. I lay the bag over the child's ear, as hot as she Trill bear it, cover the whole side of the face v ith dry flannel, and change the hop bag as often as it becomes cool. The warm tteam, filling the child's ear soon relieves the paixu Stuffing the ear with the "heart of a roasted onion," trioklings of molasseH, wads of peppered cotton and lumps oi mutton tallow have never yet, in my experience, eased earache, and such irritating masses crowded or poured into the delicate labyrinth of tho ear may do much mischief. Another child is a victim of legache. Inherited, probably, for well do we remember wiiat we suffered with its tortures in our own childhood. Heat and moisture gave us relief, and, following in our mother's footsteps, we have been routed night after night from our warxa qu alters, in the dead of -winter, to kindle fires and fill frosty kettles from water pails thickly crusted with ice, that we might get the writhing pedal extremities of our little heir into a tub of hot water as quickly as possible. But lately we have learned that all this work and exposure is need less. We simply vrring a towel from salted water a bowl of it standing in our sleeping-room ready for such an emergency wrap the limb in it from ankle to knee, without taking the child froni his bed, and then swath with dry flannels, thick and w arm, tucking the blankets about him a little closer, and relief is sure, A croupy cough can often be loosened and prevented by swathing the throat with dry, warm flannels; a thick pack of them to sweat the throat and chest often helps so rapidly that it is not necessary to sicken the child with ipecac or t3 wake the house kindling fires or pre paring hot packs. Governor Cornell's Clock. The stories about Gov. Hill's in tended marriage are finally discredited, and he is evidently intending to preserve his personal Liberty by maintain

ing bis bachelor state. It is Xssible that he has profited by the testimony and example of his predecessors. A lady from Ithaca, the birthplace of ex-Gov. Cornell and his wife, told ma yesterday a good story apropo s of tho perils of wedded life, which i;he Governor told at his own expense. It seems that when in office at Albany he would sometimes return home late at night, after his wife had retired, and when she asked him what time it was, ho would answur, "About 12," or "A little after midnight." One evening, instead of leaking tUe iaquirr, she said: "Alonzo, I wish you would stop that clock; I cannot sleep for its noise." All unsuspiciously lie stopped the pendulum. In the morning, while dressing, Mrs. Cornell inquired artlessly: "Oh, by the way, what time did you get home?" "About midnight, replied the Governor. Alonat), look at that clock ! The hands of the clock pointed to half past 2. The Governor was crushed; but he afterward concluded that the fitory was to) good to keep. Gov, Hill may have heard him tell it. Philadelphia lleeorl, 1 - 1, Apollo we a stickler for ihe code o honor. It w&s he who fii'st sitruok Urn lyre.