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iftip {*% - -or,-•?;•"• \;rv,'""Vj">v?5*"'V;•Svr'"';"<?!• v7;'"'|r= •***•"vr-v- .i l* *wv:«u ;^- 1§<$«"2 flaiudcalfi l ' V (a, r"-- , *' 1. VAN SLYKC, EMs i I i KcHENRY, ILLlNOia TURBULEOT WORLD. fef . IMPORTANT HAPPENINGS OF TH* fe v •' " D4T TOLD BY TELEGRAPH. spv ;t S*. , V. fkMifn u4 DmmhUc Intelligence Trans- Ji ttlttod by Wtrf--A Kaleidoscope of Inter- |;f| •: leetii^ Occurrences--Political, Criminal, td Industrial. W;\' DR. CRONIN'S KNIVES. i Air of Th«n W«r»> Found on CoogliHn <\ , When Arrested. To complete the chain of evidence hffainst Daniel Coughliu for the murder at Dr. Cronin the State produced the Doctor's pocket knives in court. They were taken from Conghlin on the night of his arrest. When suspicion first pointed toward Conghlin, and die was arrested, Detective Barney Flynn searched Congh­ lin as all other prisoners are searched, and found among other things t wo pocket knives, one containing two blades and the other four. Flynn made no report of his find, but put them in a box At headquar­ ters. On Sept. 1G Flvnn was transferred from the Central Station, and he placed the knives and Coughlin's revolver in th© deposit*Tault of the Fidelity bank. It never occurred to him that the knives be­ longed to any other person but Conghlin, end ha paid no attention to the matter. • On Thanksgiving night Officer Flynn ac- quainted Captain Schuettler with the fact that he took two pocket-knives from Coughlin's person when he searched him. The knives were shown T. T. Conklin and he identifieded them as Dr. Cronin's. One of the knives Mr. Conklin carried himself for two years, and ho then pre­ sented it to Er. Cronin. The other knife was also given to the Doctor by Mr. 6ie**klin. . . me lit and accepting money from depos­ itors after the bank was insolvent, has surrendered himself and given bail for his appearance in the sum of $2,500. 1 The Kortfc Birer Sugar Refining Com­ pany, of New York, has appealed from the Supreme Court decision dissolving the concern. Billy Sowdpbb has signed to pitch for the Pittsburgh League teem next season at a salary of $2,300. While drunk, at Syracuse, N. Y., Michael Kennedy, a salt-boiler, murdered of T. B. Casey, thef Minneapolis banker, has been elected United States Seuator by the Legislature in joint session, and will be the short-term collengue of fcena- tor "Gil" Tierce. There is great rejoic­ ing among the people in ti e city over the election, as toe successful man is popular with all classes. Lytnan H. Casey wu born at York, X. Y., tn 1887 and moved to Ypailantl, Mich, at an early age. Ho prepared lor the university at Anil Arbor, but fa ling health compelled him to give up his university course, tor tea years he was engaged iu the'oyster tia le at Buffalo, Balti­ more and .Dotroit with i'latt & Co., and then in the hardware trade at Detroit, being one of the firm of Tefft, Case; 6 on his wife in a brutal manner, and reported & Koltog^. In 1872 ho wont abro y ' - the trade outlook. ^ % Fawrahls Condition Reported «t Most \j" " Points. ™ m. G. Dc* ft Co^3 weekly review of trade says:, 1 Two heavy Urea, with aggregate looses estl- saateu at i or more, uiat have a-i intlu- «»ce upon several brunches of trade which can not yet be estimated. Heavy concurrent losses nay shake some insurance companies and af­ fect imp finances of firms burned out. But the gwt-ra! prosperity and the large accumulation C< available capifal will probably render the in- flnti.o? of these disasters oomparaLively narrow and brief. In other respects the situation is <jaiie as encouraging as it has been for some ? weeks past. The volume «t business is unsur­ passed and the pressure in money markets, , tko&gh not ended here, has seemed to be abated elaewhere. The reports are, without exception, favorable on the whole. Westerr cities without exception find trade good, though grain is mov­ ing slowly at Milwaukee, and mild weather affects sales of winter clothing. Monev is fairly aeti ve. but nowhere stringent at Western points reporting, and the accounts regarding collec­ tions are better than usual. Speculative markets have not been active. Wheat has declined nearly a cent and corn about one-half < oent. Cotton _ is unchanged. Coffee has not, moved, but oil has dropped nearlv 4 cents. Pork products are a little lower and sugar is Stronger in tone. Kubber has advanc?d a little. A great boom in iron abroad, with a specula­ tive exoit«ineut rarely witnessed and rapid fluctuations in prices, causes some apprehen­ sion. and yet prices are firm in Philadelphia. The business failures number 240, as compared , . 'With a total of i!J the week previous. For the corresponding week of last year the fifrar* W«re 232. CONSULAR APPOINTMENTS. A Biteb of Uacle Sam"* Commercial Bepre- sentatlves Named. . " President Harrison has appointed ; tt® following United States Consult: Ifeckford Mackey of South Carolina, to San Jose, Costa Kica. He was transferred from Paso del Norte, Mexico. Hiram J. X>uulap of Illinois, to Breslau, Germany. Mr. Dunlap is editor of the Champaign Gazette. William E. Gardner of Wisconsin, to llotterdam. Mr. Gard­ ner has been for several years connected with thaJiueniiuj Wisconsin, Milwaukee. Deloss H. fctnith of Arizona, to Nogales, Mexico. John B. Osborne of _ Pennsylvania, to Ghent, where a ; vacancy exists. Mr. Usltorne is a son of the Congressman from Wilkesbarre. William Vatiaghau of Ohio, to Hamilton, Ont. Mr. Monaghan was appointed commercial accent at Chatham, Ont., last June. . DRESSED BEEP If EN WIN. -#«ige Brewer Holds that a City Meat In- i,'" » spection Ordinance Is 11 legal £ % 4 JTcdob Bbeweb, of the United States 7 ' * Circuit Court, at Topeka, Kan., has de- T aided that the Topeka meat inspection ordinance was illegal. The ordinance * •> was enacted several months ago and pro- S4, Tided that all beef sold in this city should he slaughtered within one mile of the city of Topeka aad be inspected on the hoof by the city food inspector before v . Jailed. The ordinance was made for the purpose of shutting Out Kansas City dressed meat "MA sjf-: after the tragedy that she had been killed by a train. ' • • , WESTERN HAPPENINGS. Jt DGK Bbewkeb, of the United States Circuit Court at Topeka, has been called upon to teet the validity of the Kansas laws forbidding the rale within that State of imported meats. It goes before him on ai wilt of habeas corpus sned out by L. A. Kieffer, agent of the Swit packing bonce, who was sentenced for selling the meat. The safe of the Missouri Pacific Railrcad Cpmpany at Conway Springs, Kan., was blown open the other nixht and $2,000 was secoreJ. The robbers, are unknown. The Citizens* State Bank, of York, Neb., has assigned and closed its doors. "Whenth© last report of the bank was made the assets were about $80,000. In a nine-round fight at San Francisco, Billy Smith, of Australia, knocked out Frank Glover, formerly of Chicago. The national silver convention has closed its sessions at St. Louis. It adopted a platform calling for the free and unlimited coinage of standard silver dollars, to be leg.il tender for all debts, public and private; and that until such a law is enacted the Secretary of the Treas­ ury be required to coin the maxitnnm of $2,000,00(1 worth of silver per month. A committee was also appointed w.th power to summon another convention and pro­ vide for the election of delegates. A Silver Cliff (Col,) dispatch says: At a small mining camp near this place, James Archer shot and fatallv wounded Joseph Parker and ll. £. Waterhoase. Both men were working for Archer and became involved in a quarrel. All three drew revolvers nnd commenced firing. Archer came out without a scratch. He claims he did the shooting in self- defense. Parker and Waterhonse cannot live. Eight men have been arrested at Ard- more, I. T„ for the robbery of the. Santa Fe train Monday night. There are women in the case. Most of the men are gam­ blers of Ardmore nnd Purctll. The offi­ cers refuse to give the names of those ar­ rested. A reward of $1,000 each is offered for the arrest and conviction of the rob­ bers. . The friends of Mormonism in Arizona are greatly exoited over the recommenda­ tion of Governor Wolfley in his report that the test oath be reinstated in that Territory, and the/greatest uneasiness is manifested on account of his presence in Washington. At Ceredo, W. Va., a train on the Chesapeake and Ohio Hailroad was thrown from the track by a washout and was badly wrecked. The engineer and two brakemen were killed. Edwabd J. Fornes, a fever patient in a hospital at Salt Lake, Utah, being left alone for a short time, jpmpel from a second-story window in a fit of delirium and was found on the ground belbw with his neck broken. 3 He mar-and traveled In Europe for five years. tied a Miss l'latt. of Baltimore, nnd lias three children, a daughter in school at Detroit , a son on the farm at Mellvillt*, and one with Piatt dt Co.. Baltimore. In 18MJ he went to Dakota in- charge of l he interests of the Carrington & Ca­ sey Land Company, making his lieadijtialters at Jamestown, win re he has since resided. Sen­ ator Casey is a i aaaers' Alliance uiau, aud Is Chairman of the farmers' Alliance Irrigation Committee. RAILWAY GOSSIP. earning! of the Union Pacific Itaffway Company for the month of Octo­ ber were $3,3:tl,;<19, an incrcas3 over the coiresponding month last year of $298,- 0(10; expenses, $1,805,*738; increase, $102,465; surplus, $1,525,581; increase, fl!>5,550 At the annual meeting of the Erie Railway John King was re-elected Presi­ dent. * The differences between the* freight train employes and th^ New York Central Railroad have been settled. The con­ ductors and engineers are to receive 25 cetts and the firemen and brakemen 18 cents for each waste hour while Ob a trip. At a conference in ¥ew York between Presidents Charles Francis Adams and Morgan S. Jones,»the terms ofs4eof the Denver, Texas and Forth Worth lload to the Union Pacific were agreed upon, but have not been given to the public. It is stated that Mr. J. C. Stubbs will relinquish his position, recently assumed, with the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Road, nnd, at the earnest solicita­ tion of C. P. Huntington and others, will resume his old place with the South­ ern Pacific. Owing to alleged violation of contract the Louisvillo, Hardinsburg and Western Railro d has brought suit to make void $780,000 worth of Btock, issued to W. V. McCracken & Co., contractors, and to restrain them from voting the stock at the election next Tuesday. G. H. PENDLETON. "GBNTOKMAN GKORGK" UKKXFKCT. SDLY tXPIKKS AT BBt'SSELS. HI* DMtli Unexpected at ThU Tim®, Al­ though He Had It««n tn Poor Health for Soma Tlme-IurUlenta tn the Career of Oar Kx-Mlni*ter to (iermany. A Iondon table says: George H. Pendle­ ton, ex-United States minister to Ger­ many, has died at Brussels. He had been ill for some time, but his death was notex- pected immediately. George Hunt Pendleton came of Ulusrti- ous sto k. Hia grandfather, Maj. Nathanel Pendleton, a lawyer, and Hamilton's second in a famous duel with Aaron Burr, died at Hyde Park in ISil. George H. Pendleton's father came to Ohio in 1^18, nnd was Cincinnati's first city attorney. He served one term in Congress George H., the soft was born Cincinnati July Itf. 1H2S. . He wa eiltn-ated iu tchooi ©f . SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. # • A Richmond (Va.) dispatch Bays: Ihe boa so occupied by Jeff Davis during the late rebellion, and known as the "White House of the Confederacy," is to be torn down, anda schoolhouse built on the site. With the demolition of the "White House," and removal of Libby Prison to Chicago, two of the most conspicuous landmarks of the Southern Confederacy will have disappeared. McLeod & Andebson, tobacco wrre- house men of Louisville, Ky-, have failed. They have assigned all property belong­ ing to them not subject to homestead ex­ emption. The assets and liabilities ace not known, but are said to be large. A New Orleans dispatch says Jeffer­ son Davison spent a * restless and unsat­ isfactory night. The fever has not dis­ appeared, and his condition is far from satisfactory. The sudden change iu the temperature has had a very depressing effect upon the pat ent. / JUDGMENT FOR $2,000,000. ;; ;:'fhe Famoui A'pen Mining Suit Deeided in ifi>v Favor of Judge Sucker. At Denver, Col., the fumous Aspen mining Buit, brought by Harvey Young «nd others, has been decided by Judge Stuart in favor of Rucker, making him 12,000,000 richer than he was. Bank Cashier Aenued of Forgery. John Gillette, cashier of the Ctti- ' •ens' State Bank, at Seldene, K»n., has been arrested charged with forging mort­ gages and obtaining money on them from Eastern capitalists. He was about to leave town when arlested. The bank is set involved. The amount of money pro- ' •Bred on the forged mortgages is believed ti4V b,l*rg,v --^ -• I'V Superintendent Bid well I^signs. r» " ,; George F. Bidwell, superintendent & \ ' «f the Madison Division of the Chicago V ' ,* - «M*d Northwestern Ruilroad, has resigned ^ . to accept the position of general super- intendent of the Milwaukee, Lake Shore ffe&r, - ' Western Road, the change to be made Sb-, * - A Jewelry Firm Failc * jt •' Stern Sc Stern, manufacturing jewel- jr'J»'v - 1W at New York, have failed, and their Slf "Irtore is now in the hands o|, the Sheriff. & ^ \\ r i ^Che estimated liabilities tire $75,000. /. J1-: s - ' • .v]-» •• ------.------ THE NATIONAL CAPITAL.. SrPEEnCTE5T>EKT POBTEB, of the census office, has appointed F. H. Wines, of Illinois, special agert for the collec­ tion of statistics for the eleventh census concerning pauperism and crime. Mr. Wines was in charge of this branch of the work in the last census, and is con­ sidered the be»t authority in the United States on the subject of crime. Mr. Wines is at present Secretary of the Na­ tional Prison Association of the United States. He ha# been requested by the International Penitentiary Commission to deliver one of six addresses to St. Petersburg audiences in the evenings, on the occasion of the assembling of the In­ ternational Penitentiary Congress in the capital of Russia in September of next year. In case the America^ Government should respond favorably to the invita­ tion from Russia to Bend a representative to this congress, it is probable that Mr. Wines will be selected to fill that posi« tion. Medical Director Francis. M. Gx;NNrr.L, ex-Surgeon General of the Navy, has been placed on the retired list. This will cause the promotion of Medical Inspector Edward F. Bogert, Surgeon George I. Brush, and Assistant Surgeon 1 John Hancock Hall. \%!v" • : ' its' • * ' ;£\: v" Baltimore Leaves (he Association. ^ Announcement is made that the Balti- Base-ball Club has tendered its IPesignation to the American Association. JHewitt, of the Washington team, says he *rill not sell his League franchise for less than f25,000. Minister Lincoln'* Son Improving. 5 The condition of the son of Robert T. • Jjincoln, American Minister to London, •rho is lying ill at Versailles, is greatly improved and hopes ate now for his recovery. ACROSS THE OCEAN- The German Consul at Zanzibar con­ firms the report of the safety of Dr. Peters. The Jforth German Gazette has advices io the same effect. * A Lisbon cable says: The newspapers of all parties concur in denouncing Lord Salisbury's dispatch regarding Portu­ guese clainis in Africa. The papers in­ sist that the Government support Portu­ gal's rights to the whole of the Zambesi territory, including the land claimed by the British South Africa Company. The accusations to the effect that Portugal has protected the slavo-traders is denied, and documents have been sent to the Anti-Slavery Conference at Brussels showing that Portngal was the first Eu­ ropean power to abolish slavery. It is expected that several changes in the Spanish Cabinet will soon be made. Prime Minister Sagasta is trying to con­ ciliate the dissident Liberals, and, with this object in view, will, it is believed, reconstruct the Ministry. Mb. Gladstone, in an artiole in the Nineteenth Century on election statistics, says he believes that if an election were held now the country would return a home rule majority in Parliament of 109. A.Berlin cable says: An explosion oc- cuiredina coalmine at Bochum, West­ phalia, by which fourteen miners were killed outright and fonr badly injured. DESTllUGftSji7 AT BOSTON BANKS AND BANKING.1 TEN MIILI0NS IN ASHES. 1 TWO OimDl m FIRMS ijAy4fjm.pT HBK. ' #< George b. w '*•. CV ** * V 1. >. PENDLETON. ;• g EASTERN OCCURRENCES. v4* Th* Pittsburgh Southern Coal Com- gnny, of Pittsburgh, Pa., have made a t of 4 centB per barrel in the price of - coal delivered at New Orleans. It was jflone to prevent smaller operators from forming a competing company. Two minkrs, named White and Mull, ^ Were fatally injured by a coal-cnr running on ihem in a mine a few miles east ' Washington, Pa. President W. "W. Yovsa of the Law. xeeoe (Pa.) bank, charged with embezzle- •I: /iu. r-- POLITICAL PORRIDOE. Roswell P. Flower will introduce a bill in the ne^t Congrest providing for the election by the people of Postmasters, Collectors of Internal Revenue, Custom House and other Federal official:*, the President to retain the power of removal for cause. A Helena (Montana) "dispatch says: There is no visible chango in the political I situation. The Senate met with but eight members present on roll-call, and took a recess. Some efforts are being made to bring in some missing members and orgnnize. The Democratic lower house, met- with twenty eight members Eresent. Representative Humber, of >eer Lodge County, was sworn in and ' took his seat. All the officers elected by this branch took the oath of office. The President has appointed Frank Hitchcock, of Peoria, United States Mar­ shal for the Northern District of Illinois. . Mr. Hitchcock, tho newly appointed Marshal, nalltt from Peoria. He served through tho v.ur, ana upon its Urmimtioii returned to his home Sv •« . ,e fir8t Action thereafter was elocted tsaerirf 01 Peoria County. He Herved-eight »uc- ceseive terms'in tiiis oAce, covering a period of •txteun years, and during that time gained an achievement being the capture of J'rank itauuu, a BotoriouH ck-operado and murderer, lie was Subsequently elected Mayor of Peoria. A Bismarck (N. D.) dispatch says: FRESH AND NEWSY* > ' SENOR YALENTE, the Brazilian Minis­ ter at Washington, has received the fol­ lowing important cablegram, whichshows that the republic has been nccepted by till the provinces of Brazil: Bio de Janeiro.--I inform you that all the provinces have signified their adherence to the Repub ic and Provisional Government without any resistaflco or protest. 1 The Government has extended the right to vo!e to all citizens, except those unaulo to read or write. Tho .Archbishop, head of the church in Brazil, has conferred to-day his solemn benediction upon t&e Government and the Republic. Buy Barboza, Minister of Finance. In reply to a eu:gestion that cable dis- jpatches from Germany stated th it there was danger of a division of Brazil into three parts, Minister Valente said that 4he nbove telegram was a complete refuta­ tion of all such reports. It showed that Brazil was united, nnd that the sentiment of every province was in favor of a re­ public. AT Halifax, X. S., a report has been circulated that the cable steamer Minia, from London for Hiilifax, had been lost. The Minia left London ten days ago. but has since been reputed at another Brit­ ish port. WILLIAM BIGLEY, an engineer on the Lehigh Valley Railroad, was killed by a 1 nnd-slide which swept him against a moving train at the mouth of the Patten- burg tunnel. - MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Prime. 9 i.so Good 8.75 Common Hoas--Shipping Grades.... ..... Hhicup Wheat--No. a ltod Coit.v--No. 2 Oats--No. i Kye--No. 2 Bltter--Choice Creamery Chkksk--Full Cream, flats Egos--Fresh Potatoes*--Choice new, per ba.. Pork--Mesa MILWAUKEE. Wheat--Cash Cokn--No. 3 Oats--No. 2 White It*J5--No. 1 hablut-tNo. a. '. 1'OiiK--Mess, DETROIT. Cattle. Hogs Shkkp. »*.... Whkat--No. it Bed.... CoitN--No. 2. Oats--No. !i White TOLEDO. Wheat--No. 2 Red. Cobn--Canh , Oats--No. X White NEW YORK. Cattle Hoos tSHF.KP Whkat-- No. 2 Red...'............ Cou.s--No. 2 Oath--ilixed Western........... Pons.--Jfrlsss Mess........ i.., „ ST. 1X>UIS. Cattle Hoas Wheat-- No. 2 Bed Cokn--No. 2 Oats Bye--No. X INDIANAPOLIS. Catjxk--Shipi>ing Steer a....... Hook--Choice Light 8h kkp--Common to Friine Whkat--No. 2 Bed Cokn--No. 1 White. Oats--No. ft White CINCINNATI. Hoos $.60 ® 4.25 Whkat--No. 2 Red .77 m .77i4 Cohn--No. 2 : .37!«0S .88J4 Oath--No. 2 Mixed. I.22V>tf$ .23)$ Ryjs--No. 2 ,46)Z& M# O. M. Mitchell, tne astronomer, who, as general in the army, made a famous record. Young Pendleton made a grand tour of Eurone, traveling on foot through Germany, Italy, ana Greece. He studied at Heidelberg and Paris. Returning home be studied law and became a part- ner of Geor^o E. Pugh, af tar ward United States senator. Defeated for Congress in 1854, Penile- ton was returned in 18')'.!, an 1 was elected for four successive terms. In the national democratic convention of 18'it, at Chicago wlien Gen. George B. McClellan was nom­ inated for Presidency, Mr. 1 eridleton re­ ceived the second place o 5 the ticket. Be­ fore the national Temocratic convention of 18CH, which assembled at New York, he was a prominent candidate for the Presi­ dency. out after a protracted ballot, tue two-thirds rule prevailing:, his name was withdrawn and that of Horatio Seymour substituted. In lHfrO I'endleton was the Democratic candidate for Governor of Ohio, but was defeated by Gen. R. B. Hayes by about f,000 majority. In 187-S Mr. Pendleton was elected United States Senator to sue eed the Eon. Stanley Mathewa Upon the expiration of his senatorial term of six years he was ap­ pointed in 1885 as minister to Perlin, which portion he hfld until succeeded by William W. Phelfw'last spring. Perhaps Mr. Pendleton's greatest accomplishment as a statesman was ^he prominent part he took in the advocacy of civil service reform. He was chairman of the Senate committee having the mat­ ter in hand. As such he introduced, in tbe year 1880, the bill that became law in 1S8^. In person Mr. Pendleton was taller than the average man. • His figure was stout, his head large, and his neck short. He was always well dressed and was the pink o' correct deportment and gentie 1 anly courtesy. This always characterized him and won for him, twenty years ago, the title, "Gentl«toan George." In 164ft he married Miss Alice Key, of Baltimore, whose father, Frances Scott Key, was shot by Daniel E. Sickles for alleged intimacy with the latter's wife. Inheriting great wealth, Mr. Pendleton's investments were profitable and his luck commensurate. As an actor his style was polished and elegant. It is said that he never trusted himself to speak in public without the most careful preparation, ex^- tending even to practice before the glass. He was celebrated as a good entertainer. 2.50 8.50 4.00 .78 3ft .8J ft 5.25 M 4.6U <® 3.50 & 4.00 6.25 «3 .79 .44}m .22 <$ .0!) <& .SO <0 0.50 .auTi .20 U .45 C .25 .10 .23* .35 @10.00 .72 & .73 •*» « -Sk .45 <£ .4® fcfto ^.io.oo s.00, 3.00 8.60 .H2 fS4 O 4.00 & 3.60 <& 4.25 & .S2Vj <4$ .36 .24H SEVEN PERSONS BURNER. A Child Boasted to I>eat.1i in Its Mother's . Arms--OH>srs Wm Die. A dispatch from Medical Springs, Mo., says: Seven people were terribly burned, one child fatally, in a most* pe­ culiar accident last Sunday afternoon. From one of the wel!s which have been bored near the spring for the purpose of reaching a better supply of water, there is a constant flow of natural gas. The proprietor has piped this gas and uses it for the purpose of making a display to attract attention to the spring. From tbe well proper there extends a vortical pipe and to this is connected a horizontal pipe for a distance of about twenty feet, where it is bent at right angles with tfie arm, extending about ten feet in the air. From the e pipes a flame burns to the height of about ten feet. On Sunday afternoons the place is generally crowded with peo­ ple, who come from the surrounding country to drink the water and have a merry-making. Sunday afternoon when the crowd was largest, a party of roughs got into a fight aud during the . melee, the stand pipe was thrown down, bringing tbe perpendicular portion down with- a. crash. The gas .flame was thrown directly upon a party of women and children, burning several of them in a terrible manner. Mrs. Henry Willoughby was standing directly in front of the jet with her year-old baby in her arms when the I'a^ne struck the child in the face, literally roasting" it. Mrs. Wil­ loughby was also fearfully burned and 19 not expected to recover. The child died almost instantly. Two other ladies and three children were burned about the face, but none of them fatally. • iS4 .88 .35 .22!$ .27 8.50 & 5.00 9.75 4.50 i.00 C4 5.76 .85J4 <42 m .43 1® .30 GU.75 4.25 @ 5.00 4.00 ait 6.00 ,77 © .78 .20)4 .80?$ .19*4!! .20 .41J£<g .42*4 8.50 & 4.75 8.50 & 4.09 3.50 <g» 4.75 .77 & .78 .34}6® .28 & .24 BUFFA£(J. , Cattle--Oood to Prime. ..*..... 4.00 @4.75 Hoos..... 1.50 #4.00 t ^ „ , . _ . 1 Wheat--No. 1 Hard .88J$» .80)4 Lyman R. Cams «i | * # SCHALL SENTENCED. The Toungr Man Who Embezzled SIS.OOO Pleads Guilty. Chicago dispatch: Harry Schall, the well known society young man of Austin who created something of a sensation last February by disap­ pearing with $10,000 belonging to the Chi­ cago & Northwestern railroad, by which lie was employed, and $2,000 belonging to a building associa­ tion, is now locked up at Joliet, having plead guilty to the two indictments of embezzlement that were returned against him at tho time of hi: disapp -arsaee. Ho has been sentenced to Penitentiary. Edisok's company is formed and plans completed for placing phonographs in the various postofflces in Mex ico, for the ac­ commodation of persons unable to write. Talking will be done in the phonograph and the cylinder containing the mesage will be forwarded by mail to the party designed, who can receive it through a phonograph or have It transcribed at bis pleasure. m R°swhu,P. Fi^owkk will introduce a bill m the next Congress providing for the election by the people of postmasters, col­ lectors of internal revenue, custom house and other federal offices, the President to retain the power of removal for -mtf. HARRY SCHALt* two years at the "JifeJios" in the Business ibistrlct Burnod Over--The Fury of the Flames Continues Six Hours--A Loa» of SS.OOO,- OOO-huursuce Companies H'raekel [Boston telegram.J The most disastrous fire from which Boston, ha$,suffered since 1672, and one which in property loss almost rivals the great conflagration at Lynn, broke out about 8:20 o'clock Thurs­ day morning in the six-story gran­ ite building owned by Jordan, Marsh & Co. and occupied by Brown, Durrel & Co., dealers in dry goods, on Bedford street, corner of Kingston. The first alarm was immediately followed by the first general alarm in Boston nnce lb72. Thurs­ day's conflagration raced for six hours, burned over two acres of territory covered by magnificent structures, and entailed a loss now estimated at $$,000,000. So far as known no fatalities occurred, but several persons were seriously injur­ ed Among them are; Michaei, Atkinson, policeman, head «*u§hed by fallingjcranite. John IbUiUSX, hosciuan, l&cerated by plate 'glass. 4'.vv-y;?»- Thomas F. Quiolkv, Inhaled flames, burned, ^ District Engineer Bartxeot, right shoul­ der dislocated. „ Edwakd Frohan, fireman, hand nearly cftt off. J. Daoy, fireman, les cnished. Fireman Rbkskt..i<of engine 3, leg broken. The burned district begins at Columbia street on the east and extends two blocks westward along Bedford street to Chaun- cey street on the west On the south side of tedford' street the lire consumed the entire block bounded by Bedford, Kings­ ton, Essex and Columbia streets; westward of this the entire block bounded by Bed­ ford, Kingston and Chauncey streets, and Bowo place, and. westward of this the buildings on Chauneey street from Bedford to Exeter place. ]t nlso badly damaged the building on the southeast corner of Bedford and Columbia streets. On the north side of Bedford it consumed the buildings on both the northeast and north­ west corners of Bedford and Kingston streets and damaged the block at the cor­ ner of Bedford and Chauneey streets. The territory tounded by Kingston. Bedford, and Chauneey streets was the principal theater of destruction. Here the conflagration leveled everything. Within an hour after the first alarm sounded tbe whole structure of Frown, Durrell & Co's building collapsed with a tremendous crash. The flames was dart­ ing from doors and windows, and the interior of the block was a glowing fur­ nace. Dry goods and other combustible' materials with which the floors were packed burned to a wnitj heat. Granite crumbled, and iron girders mtelted away lilie ice. The streams from the engines were dissipated in vapor before they touched the fire. Suddenly the cry arose: "The walls are falling! Back! Back!" The crowd surged back for their Tery lives, startled by the shout. Fire-, men dropped their nozzles r.nd ran to save ihe apparatus. Great gap3*op*ned in the walls, and bricks from cornices dropped Into the street with an ominous crash. There was a confused -and deafening roar ind a dense cloud of smoke and dust mounted heavenward. When it cleared 1 way the luxurious palace of trade had Vanished, only a fantastic b*tp of brick, shattered stone, twisted iron beams, and broken columns marking the site. Two engines which had been stationed st Chauneey and Bedford streets still stood upright amid the wreck, bat ruined beyond repair. The boiler of No. 22 had burst as a monstrous stone fell directly upon it, flattening it out like a mass of tin. The machinery was broken and bent and the wheels and woodwork were burned entirely away. The ladder truck was charred and splinter^ into a thous­ and fragments and the water tower was smashed into an indistinguishable wreck. Viewed from this point of vantage the scene was one of thrilling grandeur. Di­ rectly opposite the towering Ames block, occupied by Taylor Bros., was ablaze froin roof to basement From this building the fire was steadily eating its way through to Chauneey street, despite the thousands of gallons of water thrown upon it The immense stone and iron block oc­ cupied by Samuel Williams and Brigbam & Co., on the corner of Chauneey street and Rowe Court, marked the farthest pro­ gress of the fire in that direction. Al­ though apparently fire proof it was en­ tirely gutt«d. Oil the corner of Chauneey and Bedford streets the large block occu-1 pied by Smith, Hogg & Gardner and oth­ ers was in almost as had a plight, and the buildings between these twr> were utterly destroyed. The leaping flames succeeded in crossing Chauneey street to the upper Btories of the huge Allen block, largely oc­ cupied by Farley. Harvey & Co., and those adjacent as far as Essex place. It was hard to direct streams of water effectively, and for a time it seemed «• though Warren street might yet be reached. The firemen here made a grand < rally- Many lines of hose were carried through the stores on Harrison avenue, the extension of whose rears was opposite the rears of those already burning, and the foe was strongly fought. Other hose was taken up stairs and usad underneath and from windows across on Bedford street Still other streams were directed upon the flames aud finally the further progress of tbe fire was staid. Here is the re ord of the fire's ravage: Fifteen fino brick, granite, and. sandstone blocks were destroyed beyond repair, while half a dozen structures were left with their top stories gone. From $>,- 500,000 to |4,000,000 worth of merchan­ dise was burned to ashes. The assessed valuation of the buildings destroyed is about $7WG, 600. Among the firms burned nut are Lamb- son & Hubbard, Brown, Durrell & Co., Armstrong, Bra'nard '& Co., George A. Quinn & Co., Walker, Stetson & Co., Farley, Harvey & Co., Wilson, I arrebee & Co., O. A. Sampson & Co., George Foster & Co., Barnes, Hutchinson, & Pierce, Taylor Brothers, Sawyer, Manning Ac Co., Jordan, Marsh & Co., Nevtns & Co., Woousocket Rubber Co. & Walker, Stetson, Sawyer & Co. The heaviest losers are as follows: Brown, Durrell & Co., dry goods, $800,- 000, insurance, $*>70,000; Jbrdan, Marsh & Co., shirt factory, $200,000,, insured; Woodsocket Rubber Co., ,flf>0,000, in­ sured; Taylor Brothers, hats ana caps, .$100,000, insured for $75,0'.)0; Walker, Stetson, Sawyer & Co., $300,000, insured for $^00,000; Allen building, $150,000, Insured.. Th'e insurance companies, so far coin- piled by the insurance agents make a total of #:?,C68,92-,i. The fire, coming as it don, on top of the great blaze at Lynn, is a crushing blow to many of the smaller in­ surance companies, and it is not at all un­ likely that it will cause the suspension of •aany of them. There are about 200 firms burned out #nd ]()<» agents of New York and Western nFiiis imVe nan their heauqifSirters destroy­ ed. The seventy-nine insurance compan­ ies known to be interested carry a ^aggre­ gate insurance of $2,600,00') on tfco IOWA* ed property. „ ;; ' ANNUA!, BEPJBT OF COStPTBCHUUCB OF Tate CURRENCY LAOI. ' The Tear's Net Gain in National Bank* Has Been 160--Only Two Failures--The Need of Farther Bank legislation. Urged --I'oiitoffice Statistics. [Washington speeiaU , « The report of Hon. Mr. Lacejr, Comp­ troller of the Currency, covers the year ended Oct 8], >883, at which time there were in existence 3,H19 National banks, possessing an aggregate capital of $630,- 174.805. The last report of condition ex­ hibits their resources and liabilities on Sept 80, 1889. The number reporting at the time was 8,290, having a capital of $612,581,095; surplus, *107,394,76); un­ divided profits, $84,SG6,8H9; gross depos­ its, including amount due bauks, $1,950,- i;b4,l(50r loans and discounts, $1,805.72!*,- The amount of circulation outstanding was $203,669,782, > of whish $181,: 83,334 was seciired by United States bonds, and the .remainder $7'),2i9,89?, was represented by deposit of lawful money in the treasury. These banks held $194,972,900 in tho United States bonds (of which $146,471,- 700 was to secure circulating notes), $164,- 826,449 of specie, and $8 >, 752, O.J.-J of legal-tender uotjs. Within the year 211 banks were organized, having an aggre­ gate capital of $21, *40,00*1. These banks deposited with the treasurer to secure cir­ culations, $4,378,550 United States bonds, upon which were issued ^8,81 v,975 in cir­ culating notes. Within the year forty-one banks went into voluntary liquidation and Only two failed. The increase of the national banking system, the comptroller says, has not kept pace with the needs of the people. The tondency to in orporate under State law* is due, according to t!he comptroller, to the fact that no profit results to banks from the deposit of bonds to secure circula­ tion, while in the West, where interest is high, )t often results in actual loss. It is deemed certain by the comptroller that withdrawal of bonds held in excess of the minimum requirements will continue so long as the nresent conditions exist, and it is asserted that legislation is necessary to prevent a cbntraetiou of the volume of national-bank currency. In the opinion of the comptroller the laws governing national banks should be so amended as to produce tbe following modi­ fications: ; "1. The minimum deposit of bonds to secure circulation should be fixed at 10 per centum of capital in respect to associations having a capital of $bl)0,000 or less, and for all banks having a greater capital a minimum deposit of $30,000 in bonds should be required. "2. .Circulation should be issued to the v par value of the b6nds deposited. Semi-annual duty on circulation should bo so reduced as to equal one- fourth »*f 1 percent per annum." It is held that these changes in the law would do little more than save the nation- al.banks from loss on account of circula­ tion if the present premium on United States bonds is maintained. Taking as a basis of computation the capital stock as it appears in the summary of reports for Sept 80, 18S9, the present minimum of deposit of bonds is found to be $t'5,297,- 283. If the law is amended as proposed, the minimum of bond deposit required will be reduced to« $48,8'11,5S1, making possible a withdrawal of $51,405,7 »2 in bonds, upon which is based $4'J, 65,182 in circulating notes. It is asserted that this would greatly exceed the limit of possible contraction, it being fair to presume, says the comptroller, that the banks now main­ taining a deposit in excess of legal require­ ments would not withdraw the bonds thus released. , The comptroller says he has avoided the discussion of the various plans which have been suggested for substituting other se­ curities for United States bonds as a basis for circulation. He is of the opinion that the consideration of propositions looking to,the adoption of untried measures would involve a relay fraught with danger to the national banking system in its present exigency. In his opin­ ion the adoption of she amendment proposed will afford the relief now neces­ sary and give an opportunity for proper deliberation before adopting more radical measures. He does not recommend any issue of long-date bonds, which would defer the paymenfof the present issue as they mature, but does favor a reduction of in­ terest upon existing bonds to 2^ per cent by the iiayment to holders of the diff«r«nca between that rate of interest and tbe 4 per cent interest which the bonds now carry. % The annual reports of a number of chief; of divisions in the Postoffice Department have been made public. Superintesndent Charles E. McDonald ot the money order office says the money order system was nearly self-sustaining during the year, there being only a net loss of $8,128. The total gross revenue was $787,804. During the year there were issued: Domestic money orders, 10.1*0,- 140, amounting to $lli,0Hl,S45, a de­ crease ol 170,938 and $1,5 >7,219 in amount as compared with the previous year; inter­ national money orders, 824.427, amounting to $12,2^0,31 fi, an increase of 64,791 in number and $5)86,(346 in amount; postal notes, 6,802.720, representing f 12,0S^, 190. Capt. N. M. Brooks, assistant superin­ tendent of foreign mails, reports that during the year there were dispatched by sea 6^4,1^1 pounds er letters* and postal- cards and 8,428,721 pounds of other mail matter, an increase over the previous year of 89,518 pounds of letters and pos­ tal-cards and 405,729 rounds of other matter. Tbe aggregate cost of the service was $687,542. The report calls attention to the insufficient service.with Brazil. Judge James S. Tyner, the assistant attorney-general for the Postoffice depart- ment, recommends a number of important changes in the postal laws, the most radi­ cal one being in the law relating to ob­ scene newspapers and publications so aa to bring all filthy and indecent publica­ tions found in tbe mails (whether publish­ ed 01* pretended to be published in the in­ terest of science or not) within the scope of the law. Chiet rostoffice Inspector E. G. Rath- bone reports that during the year 6, M0 complaints were made Of losses in the do­ mestic registered mail, of which 8,9^8 were investigated. There were reported 10,571 cases of irregularities, losses, etc., in foreign mails. Of these 6,654 related to registered matter, of which there were 5,S47 in which no loss occurred and only 207 in which the losses could not be lo­ cated or a recovery effected. Tbe total amount of money recovered and returned to the owners was $14,511. LIVES LOST JN A CYCLONE. Five Persons Known to Have Been Killed in a North Carolina Hurricane. A Raleigh <N. C.) dispatch soys: NeW» has reached here of a fatal cyclone which swept through Beaufort county, causing terrible destruction. At Camp­ bell's Creek, six miles from Aurora, sev­ eral houses were blown down, and Die k Phillips, colored, and his five children were killed, apd several others were badly hurt It is feared the fatality list will grow larger. " TFJUIIBLE_D1SASTEIi , ^ Two Persons Killed and Three Fatally Unrncd bjr a Natural Oi» Kxptoslnn. At Dayton. Ohio, the Hawthorne two- gtory brick dwelling^n the western part of the city was blow., to atoms by an ex­ plosion of natural gas Two children were killed, and Scott Hawthorne, his wife, and father were terribly and fatally Too (jood to Keep. Col. Kyarter (of Kentucky)--There, sah; have a di ink of that "whisky. Jt's nine years old, sab. Mr. Monocle (of Boston)--Ah, well, I don't know much about whisky, Col. Kyarter. Do yon call it good at nine years old ? Col. Kyaiter--Well, sab, I don't know -what yon think about it tip in Boston, but»in Kentucky we tbiuk, nine-year whisky is too good to keep., I injured. They were taken to the hospital. devastation wrouoht nr nxoE nilJTNN, MASS. ' -fttck. Wl "J.3 «>'- j, h i n 1 L , . k . X I ' , ' J ATfV.V. v. 1 J j t e x p l o s i o n w a s h e a r d « U o v e r t h a c i t y . Three Hundred Buildings, Comprising the Business and Manufacturing Portioa of the Cltjr, l^ald Waste --Thousands < ployes Bobbed of Their Positions. . ' • . ' [Lynn (Mass.) telegram.] ' . By a conflagration on tbe afternoon of tbe 27th of November, millions of dollars' worth of shoes end lumber went up in s'mohe from the busi­ ness district of the biggest shoe town in the world, throwing out of work S,OQ0 operatives and rendering 164 families homeless. Eighty acres that were crowded with buildings a few hours ago are a mass of ruins. The scene of ruin and desolation is complete. Some idea of the devasta­ tion can be gained from the statement that 2fc6 buildings were completely wiped ' out of existence, many others being more or less damaged. Among the burned buildings were forty-two brick structures, 142 business houses built of wood and 1Y& dwelling houses. One church, the Eastern railroad station, four banks and four news­ papers were among the public concerns burned out The fire spread with such frightful rapidity that the department was helpless, and the flames leaped from, street to street with littla opposition in the shape of water. The heat was so intense that the men could not approach near enough to use their streams to advantage, and, although, assistance was sent from Boston, Salem, Maiden, Marblehead, Sau- gers, Everett and other places, the fire worked its way to the water-front before it was subdued. The great bulk of the buildings were of wood, and in these-the flames held high carnival. But even the brick blocks offered little resistance. They, too, were swept away like so much cbaif in the whirlwind of fire. After the fiames had gone beyond the control of the department a panic seemed to seize upon the firemen and citizens. The streets were filled with people shouting madlv in their excitement. Operatives poked4their heads out or tbe windows to see what caused the disturbance and saw a wall of fire coming down the street It was in many instances a race for life. The men poured out of tbe buildings in a' human stream, leaving everything behind. And they were none too soon, far in a twinkling great buildings were enwrapped in flames and dissolved. It was a terri­ ble sight even for the experienced eyes of firemen. The railroad track was jumped by the flames with ease, and the same mad rush was continued. The two military companies were called out to clear the streets, when more effective work could be accomplished. Early in the afternoon outside assistance began to arrive, but then tbere was a total of enly fifteen engines, and the fire was jumping in aH directions, unchecked by the streams being thrown upon it Chief Engineer Moody became prostrated during the height of the conflagration, and Chief Webber of Beaton took command. He massed the engines on Newhall street and stayed the progress of the tire toward what remained of tbe business district That alone saved Lynn from utter anni­ hilation. After the business houses had been eaten up the fire let itself loose amo&g the. dwelling houses on Sagamore hill. Most of these were cheap structures, occupied by poor families. They burned like tinder, and the fire cut a wide path to the water. The last big building to go was the Cen­ tral Congregational church. It was a brick structure and was one of the best in the city. It stood out from the rest Of the buildings and afforded a magnificent spec­ tacle to thousands of persons. The fire burned a long time before the windows were broken, the reflection from within being very picturesque. Then the flames burst simultaneously from the windows and the belfry, and the steeple swayed and fell with a crash into the street It was a total loss. The burned district is nearly triangular in shape, two of the sides being half a mile in length, and the third a quarter of a mile. It covers fully eighty acres of what was the most flourishing business section. Many of the oldest and largest firms in the country are burned out, in­ cluding Frank W. Breed, Bennett & Bar­ nard, Amos F. Breed, Davis Shoe com­ pany, Luther 8. Johnson, W. T. Ash, J. F. Bartlett & Co., Charles D. Pecker, E. W. & C. F. Mower, Mower Bros., Bubier & Souther, Jonathan Orne, C. H. Har- wood, F. W. Jones, J. F. Swain, Charles F. Buffum, G. Brown, B. H. Gorham, W. A. Estcs, W. J. Ewing & Co , JFL ML Acker. Healy Bros, Kelley & Murphy, Hill Ac Newell, C. N. P. Ingalls, V. K. & A. H. Jones, Kelley & Murphy. Parltor & Bros., George F. Keine, W. F. Newhall, M. D. Porter, W. Porter & Lon, A. M. burdett, Sanders, Morse & Co., H. H.,Spinney, D. A. Sutherland & Co., C. H. Viltuin& Co., Welch & Landergan, George F. Williams, J. F. Mower & Bro., P. J, Hanley, J. C. Bennett & Barnard, Consolidated Adjust­ able Shoe Company, & F. Spinney & Co., Faunce & Spinney, J. L. Libbey & Co., C. H. Libbey & Co. The newspapers burned out were the Item, Bee and Press. The latter set its presses to work Tuesday for the first time. It pqjblfehed but one edi­ tion and then lost everything. It is impossible yet to give individual loBses but the aggregate is, according to careful estimates, not much short of $10,- 000,000. Mayor Newhall in an interview said: "Lynn has suffered the greatest calamity in its history. The !>' siness por­ tion of tbe city is almost a wreck. Over 6,00') persons are thiown out of work and 200 families are homeless. The city of Lynn will be forced to issue an appeal for assistance. It it impossible to compute the loss, but it must reach somewhere in the vicinity of $10,000,000." The Mayor makes a special appeal for clothing at once, as many occupants of the tenements burned lost everything. His honor has made a requisition on Gov. Ames for six companies of militia to do police and guard duty. The shoe industry of the place is almost entirely wiped out Out of 170 manufact­ urers, large and small, less than two dozen remain. Among the heavy-losses are these: Mower Bros I !&.«<) Bennett. & Barnard 100 000 C.D. Pecker & Co..shoe manufacturers. 4">.0(i0 William Porter & Sons, shoes 10.00C A. T. Goodwin, In Porter's building.... 12,000 B. F. Spinney & Co ,1^8,(io: Estate-ofC. N. Stevens 20.000 A. Fuller and A P.-Tapley.22,000 Titus & Buckley 2f>,COO Consolidated Adjustable Shoe 06.'. J '.I. 20,000 Samuel J. Hollis, shoes J. S. Bartlett & Co.. shoos Lynn Item, newspaper, Horace N. Hastings & Sons D. C. and Charles E. Buffum, shoes./.. J. N. Smith, shoes Joseph Davis Shoo Co.,. Luther S. Johnson"".. Amos F. Breed.......... Houghton & Gedfrey ;C.?' 22.000 First National Bank Building »„.! 24.500 F. E. Abbott's building' 22.500 Central Congressional Society 40.000 Frank \V. Breed.. ... .[Sf5 65,000 P. P. Tapley & Co.. morocco manufac­ turers Sawyer & Chuse, carriage manufac-" turers S. K. & A. H. Jones, shoes S. N Breed & Co., lumber. 13R.0C0 |as Ti e losses are about fialfffotWe& ^jy in- >' surance, and as the policies are widely dis- fp? tributed the manufacturers think they will bp* be able to recover the insurance money. ^ The factories were running on full time an i there was a big stock on hand waiting - for the opening of the spring trade. Everything was lost, liie poor people will suffer greatly unless some assistance comes from outside. The city began -im­ mediately to prepare temporary houses for those who J ad not friendly shelter to go to, and the houses were quicnly filled. • " Several of the shoe, manufacturers burned out have country factories and will transfer their business there for the ' preset. w , w.rv-r.v -f ^ 22.000 re,000 50.000 20,300 46,100 50,000' .iM 37.000 22,000 52,3*0 11.000 57,000 .V^.. L 'iC ?!,j 1 * ruj v J' '• *y.