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• • • " * " > * • £ AH |i^i"ifi.*5igi'}|i,iii imm* rg |H»i#dcalrr I. VAN SLYKE, Edthtr *n4 FsMMur. muNora. w&. ny p!?* w *. i. NUGGETS OF GOIDl ttPORfAKT' HAPPENIN68 W ETEKT ttiXTKB OF THE OK.OBB. ^ ; IfWe l&ntwrt Intelllffeitee Baecived by Wire ' from Dlttant and at Home--The Oewn of the News Gathered from All Quarters of tiio World. FOR MANY NEW POSTOFFltES. , 4 Beport Favoring Federal Buildings t« * 4\ Small Cities and County Seat*. ' i In the Senate, on the 18th inst, after an ex­ ecutive session, Senator Hawley called -up the , World's Fair bill, consideration of which was ikxed for the following Monday. A bill vu Wished through prior to adjournment providing for terms and places of holding United Statas District Courts iu Minnesota. Puriug the ex­ ecutive session the Senato concluded the in-' ; Wstigat.foa instituted for the purpose of finding tut how newspaper correspondents managed to Obtain their information about the proceedings , ®f executive sessions. The investigation was . * total failure, and correspondents -who have ik*en technically held as witnesses have been discharged. Inthe House, after routine busi­ ness, the Southern war-claims bill was takan up, tail its consideration occupied the entire after- JBoon. When the Bession closed the bill had teen left in the hands of the committee of the ; whole as unfinished business on Friday, 25th-- vftt-e bill day. The House Committee on stoftice reported the bill authorizing the construction of postoffice buildings in all cities Where the nt t receipts of postoltice are ,<!,0J0 ' per yt a- and county seata where they are #£,500 per year. The bill appropriates S'2,UiK),0J0 lor beginning this work, but it is estimated that CO carry out the prop-amme will cost 8 JO,000, OW: WINTER-WHEAT PROSPECT. & Is Fair In Some States but Poor In Indiana * and Illinois. ; DTTRING the last four days a Toledo . <Ohio) commission firm has received over four thousand reports, covering every Important wheat county in Ohio, Indi­ ana, Illinois, Michigan, Kansas, and Mis­ souri. The reports show that the pros­ pects for winter wheat in all the States except Michigan wero very favorable nntil last month. Michigan suffered last fall, while the damag9 in the other States was done mostly by the freezing in March. Kansas complains of dfemage by dry winds. The present pros­ pect in Kansas is fair, being better than In the other States. Ohio, Michigan, and Missouri come next, while Illinois and Indiana now promise only two-thirds of a efop. Michigan shows some improvement over two weeks ago, when the Depart­ ment of Agriculture's returns for April Were gathered. Ohio, Kansas, and Mis­ souri have improved a trifle. Indiana and Illinois show no material change. ' THREE BURNED TO DEATH. Telte, of BerTamont, Mich., Cremates Us^y. Herself anil Two Chridren. V , A TERRIBLE affair happened in the lit- He village of Berlamont, in Van Buren County, by which a whole family, except the father, met a fearful fate. As E.J. * Post was walking along the street he saw tbat the house of Z. L. Tells, colored, was on fire. He ran to the house and found Mrs." Tells on the floor holding her two children, little girls aged 4 years and 1 year and 6 months, respectively. The whole interior was on fire, and Post could not get the inmates out. He called to (lie woman, but she at once ran and Jttmped on the bed, and all were burned |0 death. Mrs. Tells had been ill for some time, and it is believed that in a fit of insanity she set fire to the house her- pftf. ^ ; yjy/ Jfcv IT a Prwtbyterlan Union. .' ,,, A PITTSBURG, Pa., dispatch sa^S'The „ <jpnventi,on of delegates of the Reformed Presbyterian and United Presbyteries dbturchex, having under consideration the anion of the two, adjourned after adoption Msolutions favoring organic union and recommending the appointment of dele- gates to a convention or council with a view to framing a basis of union. It was decided to hold the next meeting in Octo­ ber. The convention just closed had rep­ resentatives from all parts of the country. .Chicago Amusement?. jyy Iftss MART SHAW appears in "A Drop Poison"-at McVicker's Theater this *eek. The play is an adaptation from tke German, and is said to be a bright, sparkling comedy, with a serious story of uial love running through it The scene is laid in Berlin, just after the close of the Franco-Prussian war, and deals with the court life of , that period. Fol­ lowing this engagement Miss Marie : J&tfSLRJSr *. |y"yy For California Stock Yards. ' !y 1- TOT Union Stock Yards Company of jBan Francisco has been incorporated ; frith a capital .of $2,500,000. A number •s'v packing houses are to be established f y 111 the various coast cities. Two of these, j'y .costing $400,000each, will be erected at the Stock Yards to be located at Point Pinole. It is also said that packing y fcopses will be established at Los Auge- I®8, San Diego, Portland, Seattle, and #i'-!:-Taeoma. ** ' Tacgart Most Act as Governor. t•; THE Supreme Conrt of New Hampshire bas decided that a vacancy exists In the Office of Governor, owing to the illness of y y ii&ov. Goodell, and that D. Arthur Tag- *art, who is President of the Senate, ••y\|pust assume the duties of the office until " ; lhe Governor recovers. Elcht Tillages Burned by Dahomejraas. | - A PARIS cable says: The Dahomeyan 'Army, with the King at its head, has ar- yy. *ived near Porto Novo. On the march Vfhe Dahomeyaus burned eight villages. k;, Nom'nated for Congress. . *7 y . At Shoals, Ind., on the 387th ballot the ^ ; democratic convention nominated John F. Britz, of Dubois, for Congressman i~ , . irom the Second District. The Week'* Business Reverses. -*• BUSINESS failures for the week num­ bered 214, against 209 last week and 246 for the corresponding week of 1889. y Under Orders from Germany. . • ' AT St. Petersburg a sensation has been : yci eatised by the announcement that a per- • , .-«on who attempted to obtain plans of a '• . Jiiisgian fortress acted under orders from f Baron Plessen, an attache of the German •mbaay there. The latter has, it is said, , ftuddenly decamped. f yy ' One Hundred and Thirty Houses Burned, A CONFiiAGATiON at Neu Sandec, Aus- s ^ Irian Gal icia, has destroyed 130 houses. The fire originated in the Jewish quarter ' of the town, and is believed to have been | A/Y ®f incendiary origin. HA SA8TERN OCCURRENCES. f t A GREAT pile of lumber at Milfoxd, ^le.. belonging to N. S. Gould and otb. has been burned. Loss, $ 100,000.1 AXIBRRT MARTIN, of• Plainfield, N. J., ,:|sras poisoned by taking paris green. He "was killing roaches and ate some of the i$K>iBOB himself to see how it taBted. THE seventieth birthday of Gen. W. T. Sherman was celebrated by a recep­ tion by the Union League Clob of New ,;York. A detachment of the Fifth Ar­ tillery, under command of Lieut. Milej, 'ined the grand stairway. Gen. Sherman & ' - : x . kf:'- %\' '•i-jtiA-Z-y*;-X on his arrival, was met by the members of the Exception Committee and escorted up-stairs. The ituests pa-sed in front ot the General and extendul their con­ gratulations. ^ A HARTFORD, Conn., dispatch says: Ernest Leon Diokinson of the freshman otass at Trinity College has just received news of his accession to a fortune of about $3,000,000 through the death of an uncle in France, lie willv probably go abroad at once. x A. H. HUBBARD, tbe owner of Hub- bard Bros.' publishing house, No. 108 Bace street, Philadelphia, is financially embarrassed, and cannot go on with his business unless he is given : n extension of time. His liabilities amount, it is said, to $140,000, and he places his as­ sets at about $250,000. EXTENSIVE forest fires are raging on the mountains north of Pine Grove, Pa., and hundreds of acres of timber are being destroyed. NINE cases of small-pox are reported on the bark Sarah, from Fayal, detained at quarantine at Boston, Mass. tXPIESSIVE CKKKMOMKS MT BAN1>A1X'S FfNEK.lI. MR WESTERN HAPPENINGT. FIGURES collected by the Northwestern Miller, of Minneapolis, show the stock of wheat in private elevators at that place, and not included in the visible supply statement, to be 1,955,000 bushels, an increase of 18,000 brush els compared with the previous week. This leaves the stocks at three points as follows: Minneapolis, public bouses, 7,497,379 bnshels; private, 1,955,000 bushels; St. Paul, 295,000 bush­ els; Duiuth, 5,971,027 bushels; total, 15,718,406 bushels; increase for the week, 122,255 busho'a. The Market Record places the stock of wheat in the country elevators of Minnesota end the Dakotas at.4,923,000 bushels, a decrease for the week of 345,COD bushels. This makes a net decrease at all points of 222,000 bushels. Stocks in the country houses are about 100,000 bushels larger than a year ago. x A VESTIBULE train on the Chicago and Alton Railroad collided with a west­ bound freight, at Forbes, nenr Mexico, Mo. GUB Howard, fireman, of St. Louis, was instantly killed. The two engines were smashed and the baggage-car and several freight cars were demolished. The passengers were l a.ily shaken up, but none of them were injured. A COLUMBUS. (Ohio) dispatch reports the passage by the Senate of the gener >1 appropriation Dill for the veir, and when the House concur^ in the amendment* it will be law. The whole expense of the State for the year ns provided for slight- ly cxceeds i3,0(i0,0l0. e THI". Omaha (Neb.) Presbytery has de­ clared a?ainst the revision of the confes­ sion of faiih. NEWS has been received in Minneap­ olis of the death at Nassau, Bahama Islands, April 10, of malarial fever, of ex-Congressmnn Eugene M. Wilson, Democratic candidate for Governor of Minnesota' in 1888. A MiiiBANK, S. D., dispatch says: Two brothers named Larson were awakened by a noise outside their house. Arming themselves, one went out at the front door end the other at the back door to reconnoiter. They met, and one brother, thinking the other was a burglar, fired at him, the shot resulting in instant death. A. B. SPKECKXES, of thq well-known sugar firm, in an interview at San Fran­ cisco regarding th > sugar clauses in the proposed tariff bill, says that the pro­ posed changes will virtually k 11 the beet sugar industry in California, and he: favors the maintenance of the present duties. SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. AT a n)eeting of the butchers of Bonis-' ville, Ky,;, an agreement was signed to make their own supply of ice and to re­ fuse to handle meat from Armour & Co. They will build an ice factory. The site has already been purchased. EX-STATB TBBASURER ARCHER, of Maryland, has been admitted to bail in the sum of $25,000. He will not, there­ fore, appear before the court in Annap­ olis, as cited by the Governor. M ARTIN FUTBELL (colored) was hanged at Hernando, Miss., for the murder of his wife. THB Mississippi Biver has begun to decline at Helena, Ark. At Bayou Sara the situation is critical. There the river continues to rise, and a breaking of the levees appear to be inevitable. ONR HUNDRED AND THIRTY feet of the levee at Nita crevasse, St. James Par­ ish, Louisiana, has been carried away. The Mississippi Valley tracks, several miles away, nre five inches under water, ana the railroad people have set to work to build a new incline five miles south of the crevasse. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. THE river and harbor appropriation bill reported to the House appropriates $21,- 000,000, not including the Galveston har­ bor. Following are the appropriations in Ill nois: ' .W.iiOi.OiO v..., 50,000 BJ.OOJ ..... SJJ.OOO i.... 10,000 ..... 3o:i,ooo ..... Ai.00) Ch?e'tKo harbor.. Cal timet It-i var... Calumet harbor. Illinois lU^er Kaskankia..........y. Hennepin Canal......... Wauketfflu harbor........ The followinr appropriations are made for the Mississippi River: Reservoirs ;...40.000 Minneapolis to Des Moines Rapids FLO.'.OOO Pes Moines Rapids 11,000 Des M.>iues Rapid* t.o Illinois River, ln- cluainc $13,000 at ClarksvUle. 105,000 Illinois River to mouth of the Ohio.....: 8">0,u)i Cairo to head of passes... 20>,000 Above St. Anthony's Falls... 18,003 Survey t............. 7.">,003 Vick sbn rg ....«>............................ I'iO.iXU Greenville.. I'/O.OOJ St-. Louis ; 184,000 New Oil-ans 100,000 Bod River 350,000 POLITICAL PORRIDGE. A PROVIDENCE (R. I.) dispatch says: The returns from the election are now all in. The Democrats have fifty-seven on joint ballot in the Legislature, and fifty- five is a majority. They will elect their Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Secre­ tary of State, Attorney General, and General Treasurer. Besides these the High Sheriffs of the different counties, the clerks of the different State courts, and all the officers of the Legislature are to be chosen. The Democrats will get them all. THE Senate has confirmed the follow­ ing nominations: 8. A. Harper, Attorney for the Western Dis­ trict of Wisconsin: E. H. Parsons, Marshal for Utah. Register of Land Offices--H. P. Wolcott, at Lamed, Kan.; J. I. Fleming, at Topeka, Kan. THE President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: Stephen A. Marine, Pension Agent at Des Moines; E. A. Williams, Surveyor General of North Dakota; J. H. Waugh, Indian Agent at Devil's I-ako, in North Dakota; E. C. Weeks, Marshal for the Northern District of Florida. Registers of Land Offices--W. T. Riley, at Hailey, Idaho ; J. P. Shupe, at Roseburg, Oregon. He. eeivers of Public Moneys--J. K Kanbura, at C<pur d'Alene. Idaho; K M. McCalley, of Wash- lngton, at Walla Walla, Wash., and the follow­ ing military promotions : Maj. Edwin V. Sum- S?r! , Cavalry, to be Lieutenant Colonel in Eighth Cavalry. < apt. Wirt Davis, Tourth Cav­ alry, Major fifth Cavalry; Lieut. Col. .lohn K. Misener, Lighth Cavalry, Colonel Tenth Cav, Cavalry *-• H- Munay, Captain Fourth THE President has sent to the Senate the nomination of Henry J. Bitchie as Collector of Customs for the District of St. Augustine, Fla. ACROSS THE OCEAN. A DISPATCH from Brussels^tjays it is stated that Belgium guarantees a loan to the Congo State of £6,000,000, It is ru­ mored that King Leopold refused Ger­ many's offer of £4,000,000 for the Congo State. A Paris correspondent confirms the report that K ng Leopold was desir­ ous ot selling the Congo State, but the French right of refusal and Stanley's re­ ports of rubber on the Aruwhimi led to indecision. ADVICES received at Halle state that Prof. Haeckel, of the university there, who is on a scientific ani exploring ex­ pedition in Algiers, was arrested as a spy. The German Consul intervened with the authorities and secured bis release. A VIFNNA cable says: Twelve thousand workmen in the Wittkovitz iron works have struck. The troops at Karwin fired upon the r:oters. Several p risons were wounded, one, it is reported, fa­ tally. - Tlier mine-owners of Ro- bonitz have asked the Governor of Piague to send troops. The Ostran strikers Attacked a sngir factory at Kunzendorf, nnd a cellulose factory at Katiman and dompelled th ' hands to leave work. The latent news from the disturbed mining districts is tbat the strikers attacked a party of soldiers, and that in the li^ht tbat followed three of the miners were killed and many wound­ ed. The troops in the mining districts have been re-enforced. The mines af­ fected by the strike belong to the richest elasa, including Archduke Albrecht, Baron Rothschild, Prince Salm, Count Larisch, nnd the Northern Roilway Com­ pany The wages of the men or.» fairly guod. The disorder is due to agitators. AMONG the passengers oi the steamer Trinidad, which has sailed for Bermuda, were ex-President R. B. Hayes and his daughter, Mi6s Fannie B. Hayes. A ST. PETERSBURG cable says: Fire has destroyed the Imperial Palace at Oranienbaum. Seven of the domestics . jrej^. burned to death. FRESH AND NEWSY. 'K; - REPBESFNTATIVE PAYNE, of the Com­ mittee on Railroad* and Canals, has re­ ported to the House the bill providing foi tbe construction of a ship can>A around Niagara Falls, in the State of New York, by the United States Government. GOVERNMENT officials at San Francisco are making determined efforts to stop the influx of caolies from Mexico into' Cali­ fornia. THE Judge Advocate General ot the Navy has submitted a preliminary report to Secretary Tracy in the McCaila case, recommending that Commander Bowman H. McCaila be triod by court-martial on charges based on the facts developed by the recent investigation by a court of inquiry into the late cruise of the United States corvette Enterprise. The Secretary approved the recommenda­ tion, appointed the court, and or­ dered it to meet at the New York Navy Yard. Rear Admiral David B. Har­ mony will preside and Captain Henry Erben, Captain Richard W. Meade, Cap­ tain LeBter A. Beardslee, Captain Ed­ mund O. Matthews, Captain Robert L. Phythian, Captain Frederick V. McNair, Commander Benj *min F. Day, Com­ mander William R. Briggman, Com­ mander Morrill Miller, Commandei George H. Wadleigh, Commander Colby M. Chester, Commander William H. Whiting, and Lientenant Perry Garst, Judge Advocate, will take part in the trial. The Canadian fisheries report show* the total value of the fisheries of Canada for the year 1889 was $17,418,510; for the year 1*88, $17,181,765; increase, $236,745. A decline of over $1,000,000 is to be found in the cod, haddock, hake, and pollock fisheries, tha staple commercial fish of the Dominion. This unsucc ssful re. suit was not due to any scarcity of fish, but to the Btormy and unfavorableweathei which prevailed during the season. B1N&TOR PLUMB HAYS IT » OHXT •10 run EACH l'JUUOK. SATKS-m?a 2K&S HIS BODY LAID AWAY. 0DR SUPPLY acting, of course, in harmony wi;h the President. Iu 1*88 Mr. Stone was elect­ ed Second Vice President of the Burling­ ton, the position which he now leaves. THE directors of the Southern Pacific Company have adopted a resolution thanking Leland Stauford for the integ­ rity and ability with which he has di­ rected the affair* of that company while acting as its President. MABKET REPORTS. RAILWAY GOSSIP. HENRY B. STONE, Second Vice Presi­ dent of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company, has tendered his resignation, to take effect June 1. Mr. Stone is largely interested in the Chicago Telephone Company and the Central Illinois Telephone Company, and retires from his present posi­ tion to accept the Presidency of the two telephone companies. Mr. Stone _ has been prominently identi­ fied with the Burlington system for the last twelve years, although he is still a young man. In 1878 he entered the motive power department of the Chi­ cago, Burlington nnd Quincy proper, and was soon promoted to be Superintendent of Motive Power, and a promotion to be General Superintendent followed in 1881. About five years la er Mr. Stone was made General Manager. In this position ' *, r'L "i- CHICAGO. Cimi-Prime Fair to Good Common Hoes--Shipping Grades HUKKP WHEAT--No. S Bed., A...... COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. it RYE--NO. 2 .... .. BuiTKK--Choice Creamery...... CHEESE--Full Cream, flats...... KGGS-- Kresu POTATOES--Cholco new, per bu.. POBX--Mess MILWAUKJ25L WHEAT--No. 2 Spring COBN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White............... RVK-- NO. 1 BABLI^-No. 2 POHK--Mess DETROIT. CATTLE Hoas bHEir WHEAT--No. 2 Jted COBN--No. 2 Yellow. OATS--No. 2 White :. TOLEDO. WHEAT Coax--Cash OATS--No. 2 White NEW YORK. CATTLE HOGS MHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed..., COBN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western POBX--New Mess ST. LOUIS. CATTLE Hoos WHEAT- NO. 2Red CORK--No. 2 \ OATS--No. 2 .' BXE--No. 2 INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Steers Hoas--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime...... WHEAT--No. 2 Ited • CORN--No. 1 White OATS-NO. 2 White.FCCIKITTSR Hoos.. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 .--- OATS--No. 2 Mixed RYE--NO. 2 ....... BVFFAXjO. CATTLE--Good to Prime......... Hoas WHEAT--No. 1 Hard....... ...... CORN-NO. 2 • 4.75 8.60 2.SC a.7a 4.00 .88 .31'21# •2 .47 & .16 (<* .lO'iUj .10^0 .48 13.03 .81 .93 "S ,2<> .49 .48 13.00 3.00 3.00 8.50 m E.S0 & 4.75 <«5 3.53 & 4.50 & 6.75 .24 .46 .18 .11 .11}* .56 013.50 .fS .34 .26)* .50 .50 .85 Vj® .at & .27 & .87 & .3354® .25 & @13.50 @ 4.25 & 4.50 <3 5.50 .86^ .35 H .28 4.00 4.25 5.00 .94 .41 .29 13.75 4.25 4.00 .80 .23 .24'6« .43 3.00 3.00 3.00 .81 .34 8.75 .83 .87 .26$® .51 .88 .25* @ 5.00 & 5.04 & 7.00 <9 » & .43 <& .33 614.25 5.00 <9 4.50 <"j .(ft & .30 .25$ •44)J & 4.75 (9 4.50 & 5.75 (.4 .62 | M» @4.50 & .84 . .37f* •27)* .53 4.50 & 5.03 4.00 # 4.75 •K 0 « .86)*® .87* A Tvu«Ail«ff Tribute Paid tke Statesman by th« Rev. I>r. Chester In His Funeral Sermon--Pliilndelpbia In Mourning the Day of the Burinl--Interred at lAUfSl HU1. Washington dispatch: Tho funeral the late Samuel J. Randall took place Thursday (17th inst.) at the Metropolitan Presbyterian church, Dr. Chester, pas­ tor, officiating. Previous to tho funeral the body Jay In state in the church, and hundreds visited tho place to look fot the last time on the face of the dead statesman. There was an immense attendance at tho funeral, the assemblage being per­ haps one of the most distinguished ever gathered here. The President, mem­ bers of the Cabinet, Senators, Congress­ men, and men eminent in every ranif oi life were present. Tho ceremonies were simple but extremely impressive. .. The honorary pall-bearers'were George VV. Childs, A. J. Drexel, Alex f(. Mc- Clure, John Wanainaker, William Mc- Mullen, Charles A. Dana, ex-Gov. An­ drew (J. Curtin. Senator Gorman, ex- Congressman William H. Sowden, Con­ gressman Blount, Senator Harbour and Dallas Sanders. Tho House, after reading the journal, idjourned in respect to .the memory ol Mr. Randall. Just before hoon the remains were takwi to the Pennsylvania railroad de­ pot to be conveyed to Philadelphia foi interment. In his sermon tho Rev, Dr. Chester said: "In this solemn hour, in this house of God, now gather the represent­ atives of a great nation around the earthly remains of one of its most hon­ ored citizens*. Here men of different political faiths, of various religious creeds, unite in a tribute-of respect to one whom the nation delighted to honor. "But it is not to his public career that our thoughts are turned in this solemn hour. For it was a wish expressed by Mr. Randall , that his funeral services should be devoid of all earthly pomp; that they should be held in the sanc­ tuary, where the heart In­ stinctively bends In reveren­ tial adoration before its God; that the chief rocognition of himself should be his testimony to the grace of Jesus Christ as the" Blessed Savior. The ex­ pression of such a desire affords one of the eulogies on his character. It re­ veals the honest simplicity of his nature. It fitly crowns a life of service to man by a death of testimony to the grace of God. "To the great men gathered here to­ day comes that voice who?e utterances carried such weight in our legislative halls, the magic of whoso influence was felt by a whole nation, and It speaks not of itself, but of the grace and comfort^ which comes to a soul through the crucified One of Calvary. 'He though dead, yet speaketh,' re­ minds us of the faithful saying, and worthy of all acceptation by the greatest ruler and the humblest subject, by the most cultured intellect and the humblest mind, a saying worthy of all acceptation, that 'Christ Jesus came into the world to save sinners.' It was the apprecia* tion of this simple yet grand proposition which gave Mr. Randall such comfort when he faced the most trylncof ordeals --the passage of a soul to the presence of its God." A train from Washington bearing the remains arrived at Philadelphia at 2:40 o'clock, stopping at Ridge avenue station, near Laurel Hill ceme­ tery. Tho Samuel J. Randall associa­ tion, Meade Post, G. A. R., and the James Page Literary association were in waiting and tjie body was escorted to the Rand airmail It," which already con* tains the btMies'of tho father, mother) and brother of the dead Congressman. Simple funeral services at the "vault wero conducted by the Rev. Dr. Henry C. McCook and the Rev. Dr. Chester, pastor of Mr. Randall's church in Wash­ ington, and they viere assisted by other clergymen. A quartet of members of the Meade post sang "Nearer, My God to Thee" as part of the exercises. A special train from the city brought thousands to the cemetery who watched \Vith silent res­ pect and many tokens of sorrow the linal scene at the dead Congressman's resting place. LINCOLN^SSLAYER. Queer Story of a Mysterious Passenger Told by a Quebec Auctioneer. Detroit (Mich.) dispatch: Thomas Casey, a Quebec auctioneer, was in De­ troit the other day and told the following story: In ,lune, 18(15, th6 schooner Emma was loaded with oil at Montreal for Nassau. Among her cargo were seven large trunlfs cons!gned to "J. W. B., Nassau, to be called for." The schooner was caught in a storm and wrecked. She was picked up by some Quebec sailors and the wreckage put into tho Court of Admiralty, where it was ordered sold. Mr. Casey was the auctioneer. When the seven trunks wero brought to him he opened them and found them filled with theatrical wardrobes of all descriptions, jeweled daggers, rich vel­ vet suits, manuscripts of plays, and a thousand a:iri one little essentials for producing Shakspere's plays. Mr. Casey sold tho goods by the order of the court, realizing something like $300. The money remained In the hands of the court, and no steps were taken to find J. Wilkes Booth, the owner, or tho rela­ tives of the owner, who was at that time supposed to have been lost A in the schooner. Mr. Casey investigated the case after part of the goods had been sold, but was unable to find any trace of the missing owner. Ho did not know the Booths, and, aside from tho fact that the cos­ tumes all bore tho initials "J. W. B.'r know notning of J. Wilkes Booth. Part of the goods ho kept as there was nc salo for them. He has now learned enough of J. Wilkes Booth and his ac­ tion In 1SH5 to assure himself that the seven trunks found on the derelict were none other than those of Edwin Booth's brother. From the marks on the trunks it Is evident that J. Wilkes Booth hoped tc escape from the United States to Nas­ sau, there to claim" his trunks, and, if necessary or possible, to resume his pro­ fession. One of the queer features of the story is that it should come oat within two days of the twenty-fifth anniversary ot the day on which J. Wilkes Booth fired the fatal shot in the box at Ford's opera house in Washing­ ton. Mr. Casey called on Edwin Booth but the latter was out, and be left ft let­ ter reciting the story-. Newsy Paragraphs. JOHN MILI.S, aged *5, was killed by the cars on the Des Moines Electric Street Railway. J. YEARMNO, a farmer of Bedford. Iowa, was fatally Injured In -a runawaj accident. DON CAT.NAN was probably fatally shot by J. E. Jimmerson at New Hartford, Iowa. THE general conference of the Latter- Day Saints closed recently In Lamoni, Iowa. A number of prominent met were ordained high priests, and ovei one hundred missionaries were assigned to various points throughout the United States and foreign countries. - *• Be Proposes m Plan to Add to the Amossl of Money in Circulation--The Old Treas­ ury Building Is Now an Easjr Prey for Robbers. Washington dispatch: Mf. Plumb has introduced a bill in the Senate for the disposition of certain funds In the treas­ ury, and asked that it be read in full, as he desired to call tho attention of. tho finance committee to It. It provides that the money required to be deposited for the redemption of tho National bank circulation shall be car­ ried into the treasury and treated as funds available for the reduction of the public debt and for the current expenses of the government; that all funds held for the payment of the matured debt and interest, due and unpaid, shall be simi­ larly treated, and that hereafter no funds available above the sum of $10,- 000,000 shall be retained in the treasury; this not to be construed, however, as permanently diminishing the fund of $100,000,000 now held for the redemp­ tion of treasury notes^t Mr. Plumb said that there was loss than $700,000,000 of circulation for the use of the tf5,000,0*10 of people of the United States, probably not more than 810 per capita. Tho system of financo that had been built up and maintained had brought about the result. It had ibeen statrd In the public prints that in pursuance of his policy of controling the finances of tho country, the Secre­ tary of tho Treasurer had contracted the currency during the month of Feb­ ruary oyer .ft 10,000,000. Mr. Plumb said 'he believed that that retention of money in tho treasury and tho assumption on the part of the Secretary to do what ^might have boen once proper, but which now cohstltutod a menace to the business of the country, ought to be prohibited by law. From every quarter there was abund­ ant evidence that thfe public needed for tho transaction of its business that this money in the treasury should be dis­ bursed. For all useful purposes it,might as well bo in the bottom of the sea as in the treasury. During last year nearly $40,000,000 of national bank circulation had been withdrawn. To meet that reduction there was of course the coinage of silver--82,000,000 a month--and the coinage of gold, but experience showed that not only were these two agencies needed, hut there was also needed paper money to tho maximum amount outstanding at any time. Tho business of the country was languishing. New enterprises were withhold. Old enterprises wero strug­ gling to keep on their feet. And tjiere was dread, and terror, and apprehension where there ought to be hopefulness, helpfulness and enterprise. That condition of things would con­ tinue until the remedy was attained, and that remedy could only come by legislation, because legislation, com­ bined with executive action, had brought the country to where it now was. Con­ gress would legislato some of these djiys on the silver question; but no one knew when and no one knew how. Whatever was done would result in a great addi­ tion to the money of tho country. But this method of his. or something like it, would give an addition at once, and the money could be disbursed within sixty davs. The bill was referred to tho finance committee. The treasurer of the United States has asked the House committee on appro­ priations to put through tho House a special appropriation to enable him to strengthen the old treasury vaults in which are deposited aggregating $<100,- 000,000. no had experiments made re­ cently, his suspicions having been aroused as to the security of the vaults, which are of a style twenty-five year9 old. His expert bored a hole thrpugh the vault wall in seventeen seconds and made tho hole large enough to. crawl through in seventeen minutes. Practi­ cally the contents of the vaults were at his disposal, including $350,000 in greenbacks, 4n a corner six foot, square. The committee, on receiving this startling Information, told Treasurer Huston to go ahead and prepare esti­ mates, promising to put through the House immediately any appropriation deemed necessary. The treasurer is now preparing estimates which will probably bo ready so that the bill can be presented to-morrow. Meanwhile tho treasury guards have been doubled. Tho total amount of the funds for which Treasurer Huston is responsible is about $'60,000,000, Of this amount about $170,000,000, chiofly in silvor, is In the new steel silvor vault, the remainder being in the old treasury vanlt. Which It is now proposed to repair and strengthen. The Treasury watchmen have al­ ways been noted for tholr integrity and fidelity, but if by political influence (their positions not being protected by the civil service law) two or three expert cracksman could get ot\ the force, or If a cracksman could get into the treasury at night on an employes1 pass or in any other way, less than an hour's work on tho old treasury vault would give them the biggest fortuno In the world if they got away with nothing but greenbacks. The treasurer's examination olthe vault and his recommendation to the commit­ tee on appropriations have been kept entirely secret from all but the five members of tho committee who would have especial charge of the matter un­ der tho committee's division of ]q|>or. , A CORPSE 1N_ A BARR vL- Horrlble Crime Committed to Hide a Rob« bery. New York dispatch: Cablegrams have been received here from Copenhagen telling of a shocking murder that has come to light there. The cable­ grams state that on Jan. 7 last an old factory messenger was sent out to cash a bill, but never returned. After some time It was discovered that he had been in the habit of visiting a soapmaker named Phillipsen, who was suspected of setting fire to his factory, and that tho old man had been there on 'the day that he disappeared. Phillipsen was arrested at Hamburg after he had embarked on a Cape Town steamer and brought back to Copen­ hagen. He has now confessed that he strangled the messenger, stole his money and packed his body in a barrel of lime, which he shipped on a New York steamer on Jan. 13 to some suppositious firm at Racine, Wis. Yesterday after­ noon the following cablegram was re­ ceived here: "COPKNHAOKY.---FITNCH, EI>YR & Co., Agents Thlngvalla Line: Investigate If one barrel or parcel shipped per steamer Thlngvalla. from hero Jan 13, parcel addressed as per bill of lading, • "Beres- ford Brothers. Racine. Wia..M' is still In the customs warehouse at New York. It is supposed to contain tho body of a murdered rnhn. If found make th$ necessary arrangements to secure it, at It will probably be wanted, to return. Wire the result as quickly as possible." The cablegram was from the home office of tho Thlngvalla line, of which Funch, Edyo & Co., are the local agents. An investigation was made, and inthe cellar of tho appraiser's store in this city late In tho afternoon a cask labeled "cement" was found. The head of the cask was broken open and tho top of a man's head was disclosed. Some staves were removwl and there packed In the plaster was fe.vind the body of a maw, TBK KKABtBK AGAINST TBiniHQn OPTIONS. . Oo*tM y tielteacBt Among TaHoaa Boards of Trade--Five Central American •s Bepubllcs Unite In a Political Confedera­ tion-- Oossip from the National Capital. Washington dispatch: The interest In the Butterworth bill continues, as shown by the representatives of the boards of trade and others who attend the meetings of the committee on agri­ culture while the subject Is under con­ sideration. At the last meeting Murry Nelson, one of the drainage commis­ sioners of Cook county, Illinois, was the first speaker representing the Chicago board of trade. Mr. Nelson said the Chicago board of trade and all exchanges In the country were In sympathy with the objects of the bill as expressed In the first section --to abolish trading privileges ("puts and calls") and bucket-shop dealings. But to enforce the provisions against trades made for future delivery of the goods would be to force out of business small dealers and concentrate tho trade in the hands- of large capitalists who could afford and wero able to purchase crops and hold them for a rise. These small dealers act largely as agents for the farmer and buyer both. To stop sales for future delivery, Mr. Nelson said, would be to interrupt and disarrange the entire financial system of the country. The bankers of the country move its crops and depend uoon the transactions of small dealers in country towns for the basis of their transactions. He proceeded to explain in detail the operation by which the grain reached the market from the pro­ ducer, in which operation the farmer, the local agent, the broker in the money center, and the banker were all engaged. Mr. Nelson repeated that the result of the bill would be to crush out tho small dealers and place the farmer at the mercy of the large capitalists, who can buv cash grain, bnt they will buy at such a price that they can hold it until Gabriel blows his horn without sustain­ ing loss. In answer to a question by Mr. Allen of Michiga'n, Mr. Nelson said that local banks could not supply and could not get sufficient money to move the crops of the country, nor could the local dealer or agent. It must be sup­ plied from the money centers. Referring to the taxing section. Mr. Nelson asked why, if the committee be­ lieved tho business to bo honest, a license was required. Certainlf not for the revenue to be derived. If tho busi­ ness Is to be made a penal offense why not say so In the first instance and de­ clare it unlawful in so many words? Information has been received here by tho delegates to tho international con­ ference that the union of the Central American republics is now comp ete, with tho exception of Nicaragua, which Is expected to ratify the artiees of union at the next meeting of the Congress. This union is only provisional, having in view, within the next ten years, the adoption of a federal constitution similar to that of the United States, should such be the popular will. In the meantime tho confederation will act as practically one government in its nubile affairs, through a chief executive, a cabinet of five'tnembers, and a diet composed of three representatives from each of the five republics. The latter, like our own Statos, will retain their independent statutes as to the supervision and regulation of their own domestic affairs. The name of the union is to be the Republic of Central America, and Its object is the promotion of better com­ mercial and industrial relations, the adoption of an organized system of na- ttbnal defense, measures for the settle­ ment of difficulties between the States by arbitration, and, in short, the gradual political unification of the five*republics under one sovereign flag. The new republic is to bo inaugurated at the capital of Honduras on the 15th of September next, tbe representatives of the several States having previously arranged for the selection of tho first President. Tho selection- of a cabinet will soon follow, and tho wheels of the new government be set in motion with the good wishes of all lovers of civil lib­ erty and republican Institutions. Something for tho Hennepin canal pro­ ject has been done at last. The House committee on river and harbors, before whom is pending tho Murphy plan, have had a meeting and decided to re­ port in favbr of an immediate appropria­ tion of $500,000 with which to begin the construction of the canal within the time of the government survey and pro­ vision also for future appropriations. This action of tho committee has been kept from the public with unusual se­ crecy, and several members of tho com­ mittee who were seen last night decline to talk about it all. None of them would deny tho truth of the foregoing state­ ments, but said they wero obliged to re­ frain from talking until Monday. Jerry H. Murphy, tho long time pro­ moter of the canal, said while he could not deny that tho committee had de­ termined upon an appropriation he was strictly bound by confidence to disclose nothing for a day or two. In his argu­ ment before the committQe last Monday Mr. Murphy asked for an immediate ap­ propriation of $1,000,000. A unanimous report from the commit­ tee on rivers and harbors will do much toward the passing of the bill in the House. It Is to be observed that the Illinois man, Thomas J. Henderson, Is chairman of the committee. (XFORTAXT MEASURES CONSIDERED AMD ACTED UPON. NO PLACli FOR POLYGAMY. Canadian Parliament Fixes the Penalty at Five Years' Imprisonment. Ottawa (Ont.) dispatch: The House has amended Sir John Thompson's btll to include polygamy in the list of crimes by raising t te penalty from two to five years imprisonment. During the debate on the measure Minister of tho Interior "Dowdney said he had per­ sonally assured tho Mormons in the northwest that they would never be al­ lowed to practice polygamy m Canada. At that timo the Mormons gave him satisfactory assurances, and more re­ cently denied that they were evading laflrs. Sir John MacDonald said Canada wotfld never ailow the northwest to I)* the scene of polygamous practices. Dan Co.'s Weekly He view. " New York dispatch: R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says that with larger tonnage in motion than in any previous year at the same season, a larger volume of currency in active circulation, larger payments through clearing houses by nearly 10 per cent, larger imports, and larger domestic pro­ duction in agriculture, in Iron and steel, leather, and boot and shoo manufacture, the country has entered upon the second quarter of tho year with great i hopefulness. Trade throughout the ' country seems gradually Improving. I News in BrieC ; DISTRICT ATTORNEY .TonN R, FHL- I-OWS of New York Is seriously 111. LDG-DKIVINO has started on tho Yel­ low and Eau Plaine rivers in Wisconsin. . ANNA TIX, 9 years old. was run over by a freight train at Wannakee, Wis., i yqsterday. ! H. M. STREATQR of Adrian, 111., has made an assignment for the benefit of his cieditors. THK United States Express company has declared» 2 per cent semi-annual dividend. At tho Httkm'a Capttol-What Is »iilr Done by the Senate and HOMO -- OM Matters DtipoMd Of and XSVT Oao* Con­ sidered. IK the Senate, on the 14th. the message FROM, the House announcing the death of Mr. sad the appointment of a committee to attend. Us funeral having been presented and rf.vL Mr. Cameron rose, and. In a voice tremulous with on otion, said: Mr. rr<>ni<l< nt, the an­ nouncement Jnst made of tbe death of my die- anguished colleague. Mr. Kandall. *il! prSduee- lincere sorrow in tUe heart of everv member of this jkmate. irrespective of parfy7 Toff» the ol'owing resolu'ioua: Rttolved, That the Senate has hoard with deep regret and profound sorrow the announcement >f 4he death of the Hon. Samuel j HandalL Representative from the State of Pennsylvania! Resolved, That the Senate concurs in tho reso­ lution of the House of Representatives for tho ippointment of a committee to attend the fuueral of the deceased ; and that a committee it five on the part of the Senate be appointed jy the Vice President. The resolutions were agreed to, and Senators Quay, Allison, Dawes, Voorhees, and Kustie were appointed the committee on the part of tho Senate. As a further mark of respect to Mr. Randall's memory the Senate then adjourned, fcn air of sadness pervaded the HJUS> when tho speaker's gavel called the body to order. Draped !n black and ornamented with a handsome loral design the seat so long occupied by Mr. Kandall recalled to members the fact that, aielr old colleague had passed aw forever, pne crayon portrait of ihe ex-Speaker, hung in the lobby, was alao tastefully draped with smbleins of mourning. Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsyl­ vania, offered a brief eulogy on the life of Mx. Kandall, &nd submitted th© following reflolu~ aosa: Resolved, That the House haB beard with deep regret and profound sorrow of tho death of tho Hon. Samuel J. Randall, late a iieprotentative xom the State of Pennsylvania. Renolved, lhat a committee of nine metnbero • the House, with uuch members ot the Senato ts may be joined, be appointed to attend tbe uneral ot the deceased. Resolved, That the House do now adjourn. The resolutions were unanimously adopted- Kid the Speaker appointed the following com­ mittee : Messrs. O'Neill, Carlisle, llarmer, Hol- aau Cannon, Forney, Springer. ReUly, and. McKlnley. The House then adjourned. AMONG the petitions presented in the Banato. on the 15th Inst, and referred was one by Mr. Dawes, from the Boston Executive Bnsiresa Associatio'n, for the privilege of pus^h&alng' ships abroad for ten years. The Montana elec- Uon case was taken up and Mr. Morgan and Mr. Daniel addressed the 8enate. After Mr. Morgan liad concluded the Senate adjourned. In tho House after the reading of the journal Mr. Bou- telle, of Maine, called up the naval appropria­ tion bill, the pending question being upon tho amendment adopted in committse of the whole, striking out the clause providing for the con­ struction of threj coast-line battle-ships. The fcction of the committee was rejected--yeas, 101; nays, 132. Mr. Holman, of Indiana, mov to recommit the bill, with instructions to • th© Committee on Naval Affairs to report it bade with an amendment providing for one battle­ ship, Lost. Yeas, 103; nays, l*i3. 'I ho bill was then passed. The House spent the afternoon in consideration of tho bill to establish Appellate Courts in the various circuits over winch Cir­ cuit Judges now preside and passed the bill be­ fore adjournment. Tba 1 ill met «ith much op­ position from tho Dtmocratic side, but was passed without amendments. It provides that the President shall appoint, with tne advice and consent of the Senate, two additional .ludges in. each circuit to sit with the present Ci' cuit Judges «.ud consider cases appealed from district and. State courts. These courts are to have exclusive and ilnal jurisdiction in all cases except those involving constitutional questions or questions arising under the law 8 of the United Slates, or cases where two judges shall certify to the Supreme Court that tne case involves questions of such difficulty or impr.roanae as to require a decision by the Supremo Court. Tho torms of these courts are to be heJd annually in the various circuits, the cities selected being as follows: Boston, New YorK, PhilaJylphia, Rich­ mond, New Orleans, Cincinnati, Colcago, St. Louis, and San traneisco, and such other places In each of the circuits as the Supremo Court may designate. This bill, it is believed, will greatly relieve the Supreme Court, which is now o ver three years behind in its "work. IN the Senate, on the 16th inst., bills wero- passed authorizing the construction of a bridge across the Mississippi RiveT at some accessible point between the mouth of the Illiuois and tho mouth of the Missouri River, ana the House bill granting to the Palonse and Spokane Rail­ way a right of -way through the Nez Perces In­ dian Reservation in Idaho, The Senato took up Senator Hale's Chinese census bill. After a lengthy discussion with reference to amend­ ments, on motion of Senator Stewdrt tho bill was laid upon the table. The Sen­ ate then took up and diacussod calen­ dar business until 5 o'clock, the hour at which It- -was agreed a final vote upon the Mon­ tana election case should be taken. Senator Butler introduced a resolution that the majority and minority reports be both recommitted to the Committee on Privileges and Elections. Tbo resolution was defeated by a vote of 38 to 19, Senators George, Barbour, Kenna, Gibson and Waltball voting with the Republicans. The vote was then taken upou the resolution declaring Messrs. Power ana Sanders duly elected mem­ bers of the United States Senato, the re­ sult being a strict party vote, 32 to U6 in Its favor, and at 5.40 p. m. Senator Power, escorted by Senator Washburn, and ftenator Sanders, escortfd by Senator Hoar, were duly sworn in by the Vice President. Af­ ter an executive session of about ten minutes the Senate adjourned. In the House, Mr. Mc- Kinley (Ohio), from the Committee on Ways and Means, reported the tariff bill, and it was or­ dered printed and referred to the committee of the whole. Mr. Carlisle (Ky.) presented tho views of the minority, and Mr. McKenna (CaL) presented his individual views. Ordered print­ ed. The House then went into committee of tho whole, Mr. Payson (111.) in the Chair, on the- military academy appropriation bill. After a short time occupied in its consideration tho- committee rose and the bill was passed. Mr. Bergen (N. J.), from tho Committee on Elections, called up the contested-election case of Posey vs. Parrett, from the First Indiana District. The committee reported unanimously in favor of the sitting member and the report was adopted. Mr. Rowell <111.) called the cc niested- election caBe of Rowen vs. Buchanan, from the- Ninth District of Viig jiia. The resolution, which con Arms the right of tbe sitting member,, was adopted. The Bouse then adjourned. IN the Senate, on tho 17th inst., Messrs. San­ ders and Powers, the Montana, Senators, drew' lots to decide upon their terms of office. Sena­ tor Sanders drew the short term, which expires March 3, 1893, and Senator Powers the long term, which expires March 3, 1M05. The Senate spent most of the day in discussing the bill for tho appointment of thirty additional medi­ cal examiners for the 0 naion Bu­ reau, and adjourned wi.uout action. Bills making appropiiatiouB for public buildings were taken from the Senate calendar and passed as follows : Mansfield, Ohio. 9100,- 000; Hot Springs (reservation), Ark., $50/00 (Sen­ ate bill); Mankato, Minn., $150,000 (Senate bill) Dallas, Texas (additional), (Hous:3 bill) Kansas City. Kan., S-2 K).0;X) (Senate bill). Also a Senate bill appropriating #200,000 for the im­ provement of the mili ary reservation known as Fort Walla Walla, in the State of Washington. Also a House bill for the appointment and retirement of John C. Fre­ mont as Major General in the United States army. After the reading of the House journal, ilr. Butterworth, of Ohio, arose and said that it teas seemly and proper J^nd a just tribute ol respect to the memory of the distinguished man whose funeral took place that day that House adjourn. A motion to that tifect was immediately adopted. ,j. - - In "A Minor" •Money talks, but ex-change doesn't. The best life preserver--Temperance. . Something to handle--A musical crank. ' ; The professional sportsman has a di*-~ tinct aim in life. , : : ' * "Spring suits are cot by-BS,* « tailor remarked. - - ' / . "Brush light," murmurs the Inventor of It to the barber's boy. When the case is urgent it is a nigh and near doctor that you want. •• Much charily that boffins too feeble to get out of doors. Two flats often make a scene on tat. elevated car, as,well as in a theater. Since electricity supercedes hangings criminals will not be so high strung. One is a tea-pot and the other a settee. Arrange the conundrum to .suit your­ self. . * It is commendable in a fast borso to lower his record,- but we bate to see a- man do it. » The ancient Egyptians honored a cat when dead. They knew when a cat most deserved it. A man who was a food deal of a fool when he was a boy, general!? shows bf» age very little. When loyers hang over the gate'there is a good deal to be said on both sides before they quit. An ex-prize-fighter who teachcs pugil­ ism in New York, calls his establish­ ment a school of decorative art. When tho devil wants to train tip a young man in the way he desires him to go. ho employs Idleness to boss the job. A •' 'it xM •aw