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dealer tllw «Ml Publisher. MMtf ILLINOIS 2 T U G G E T S O F G O L D £\ • V , iiateiifc Intolll^nr® F.RY QUARTEW OF THIS ^'VtsLbBl. ;i§P l'i 4. (Imin I-ljtAnt Lamlii <»«i<l at Jlonw-th* Crenm of the New» C«tlieMi £w»B* AH World. STIUL DISCUSSiUBb A» 8MM(» Continues to Wran*t« Qvcrffes it , Cln'ur* Bb'». A* 11 a. m., on the 23d. the Senate reas­ sembled and resumed d* suasion of tbo cloture rule. Mr. Hoar delivered himself some rather forcible and ancomplimen- ttry remark"} upon the course pursued by the Democrats. Mr. Oockrell spoke against the measure, and. with frequent interrup­ tions, continued until adjournment. In the House Mr. Cooper of Indiana sent to the Clerk's desk and had read a resolution offered by him on Sept. 4 hist, making charges against the Oommiasioner of Pen­ sions The resolution had been referred to the select committee examining previous charges; and on the 11th of September tlrt Chairman of that, committee had tx>en di­ rected to report the resolution, but be bad performed that duty. . ^ ; ' TRADE CONTINUES GOOD. Volwn* of Business Increase*, with m KXCMW of Exports Over ImB-Mta R. G. DUN & Ca's weekly review of trade says: It has been note worthy throughout recent financial troubles that Western centers of trade have been comparatively free from disturbance or apprehension, and now the energy and growth of the West have their effect in larger trade and stronger confidence in Eastern commercial centers. In the reports of this week a moderate but steady increase in the volume of busi­ ness compared with last year is the most striking feature. The exports of domestic products continue larger than a year ago, and the excess of exooris over imports is so heavy that sterling exchange does not advance, though sales of stocks on foreign account occasion­ ally appear. SAWED A SALOON IN TWO. y***"*" Officers Abate Part of a Nuisance la Vigorous Slyl*. STREET COMMISSIONER PATTKRSOS' of Kansas City, Kan., and his corps of workmen sawed off and tore down the Kansas end of the notorious Bill Lewis' saloon, in Toad-a-Louis. The Missouri end is left standing yawning and bleak. •The saloon stood on the State line of Kansas and Missouri, anl Lewis ran the place without a license. The exact lo­ cation of the liue was never determined until recently, and Lewis when arrested by the officers of one State always claimed to be doing business in the other. * Dr. K' ck's R*ma<$r ' Ax the Charity Hospital fa Berlin f^rdfessor Sonneberg exhibited a con­ sumptive patient whom the doctors had cut open in order that the Koch lymph might be injected in the cavity of sfr dis­ eased lung. The Professor said that the patient, who was in an advanced stage of the disease, had be& making rapid progress toward recovery since the operation was performed. Controlled by Revo'ntlonitta ADVICES from Buenos Ayres say that afparaiso, Iquique, Coquimbo and Pica remain in a state of blockade. The in­ surgents are also represented to be mas­ ters of the situation. Tarapaca has been seized by the revolutionists. In Valparaiso all store containing or sup­ posed to contain arms and ammunition were gutted by the revoiters. A Fish of Fate. - A KANAKA legend exists that when a fish enters Honolulu harbor the ; reigning sovereign must soon die. Such . a fish appeared on the 10th of November, fifteen days before the late King Kala­ kaua sailed for San Francisco.. MF, ..... t*bawsttlar Incipient phifcisis. fcaa WUttiotiary coMQmptx.»i, aad.^that the symptoms were eminently satisfac­ tory. IN Atlanta, Ga., fifteen thousand peo­ ple and 100 floats oe let sated King Cotton. THE Bourbon County I*«tilB*gfCom- pany's distillery, at Paris, Ky., burned, causing a loss of $20,000; rinsurcd for one-third that amount. , %s< ^ THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. GEORGE BANCROFT, the venerable' his­ torian, Is dead, having passed.away in ^Washington city from the infirmities incident to his extreme ©Hi ago. Two years ago he had a severe attack of sick­ ness, which kept him tn bed for :ftveor to Satemanca, N. Y. AN explosion of natural gas occurred at the residence J4®Sk J. -% near WasUlngtorm B^ The ibouse was wrecked. " THE Italian laborers employed on "the Baltimore and (Xhio at Unioutown, Pa., struck against a reduction ;in wages from $1.35 to $1.20 per day. About half of the gang quit and the other half wanted to continue work,, but the strik­ ers attacked them in a body and drove them off. The rtag-leadere -In the riot have been arrested. A SWITCH engine ran into-the rear of a passenger train on the Boston & Maine Railroad at Scarbeno, Me., injuring five or«ix persons AN Atlantic City, 31. dispatdh says: The wind is forty-taro milcs.an hour. It is raining torrents and a weryhigh tide \8 expected. • WESTERN HAPPENINGS. ATREMENDOUS -explosion Occurred'Itt Omaha, Neb., and when the smoke cleared away it was discovered that an old frame building occupied by Klein & Speigel as a wholesale liquor store was completely demoiisiiod, together with $12,000 worth of liquors. In the ruins the body of an unknown man was found burned to a crisp. The cause of tho-ex- plosion is unknown. a IT is reported on good authority that the Northern Pacific, sinceithe -railroads big land grant was confirmed by Con­ gress last spring, has tbeen quietly pre­ paring to lay claim to odd numbered sec­ tions of the Puyallup Indian reservation, near Tacoma, Wash. The reservation Contained 1SL,00© acres of fertile land, valued, from its proximity tto Tacoma, at 820,000,000. PEACE reigns at Pine ]£fdge. The ex­ citement over the murder of Ten Tails has died out, a»d the chiefs have accept­ ed the assurance of the commander that six weeks, and as he wasthen in 'his the civilian murderer would ibe brought eightieth year grave apprehensions were to justice. All the troops excopt the felt for his life. He recovered, how- Snowsltd- *tQu»b»c ;V" IVytfri houses in Champlain street^' Que­ bec, beneath the Citadel cliff, were al­ most entirely demolished by a snow3lide from the heights of Abraham, not fat from the scene of the fatal landslide of Sept. 18. v, Fatality at an Open Bwtch. T A WRECK occurred last week on the ^Mexican National at Golondrinan Sta­ tion, near Monterey. An open switch •caused the accident. Engineer J. W. Dehani was instantly killed and fireman ilL Stafford fatally hurt Business Failures. THE business failures occurring throughout the country during the last last seven days number 380, as compared with a total of 411 last week. For the •corresponding week of la£t year the V' fignxes were 338. ~' y ; IHedof GEORGE KENDALL, the young English hand of Arlington, N. J., who was bitten in the lip by a Skye terrier, died la a New York hospital, a victim of hy­ drophobia in its most horrible form. Poisoned Herself and Children. BEING told by a medium that her hus- tend was faithless Mrs. Ludwig Ander­ son poisoned herself and three children at Brockton, Mass. Killed by a Falling Walt lir a fire at Buffalo, N. Y., two fire­ men were buried under a wall ctantly killed. MIUWIin Ireland,, *;*.?; Tax priests are said to be dofag iibi'e tftuin the,government for the relief of •dsery in Western Ireland. First Infantry will be drawn up for re­ view at Wolf Creek prior te ileaving:for their respective stations. THE Supreme Court of Missouri has decided that the act of extending the limits of Kansas City a year ago, so as to take in twenty-two miles «f siew ;ter- rttory, was illegal and invalid. The five aldermen elected from the new territory will lose their seats, and all ordinances passed since annexation are invalidated. THE car and wheel works located at Birmingham, Kan,, have tbeen Shutdown indefinitely.,, A large number of men are thrown oot of work. JAMES M. ECBANKS was hanged art; San Jose, Call, for the murder of his his daughter at Los Gatos Dec. 22 last DR. WM. BRUCE, of Decatur, 111., has completed a novel surgical operation. He removed part of four ribs of a cat and inserted them in the nose of a young lady, forming a perfect bridge for the nose. The bones of the nose had de­ cayed and were removed. This is said to be the first operation of the kiud known in the annals of surgery. i- FIRE broke out in the building of Pofc- torend & Acker in Hillsboro, N. D~, and before it could be cheeked a half block of stores was-swept out <of existence. The entire loss will reach £70,000. BY the explosion of a utick of giant powder near Ashland, Wic., five men were seriously injured and tlie engine- house damaged $4,000. THE report 'that B. P. Hutchinson, the Chicago wheat speculator, has been forced to cease operations on 'Change by severe losses and the threats of his fami­ ly to have a conservator appointed if he did not cease his speculations, was pro­ nounced by a member of his family to be untrue. It has been known for some time that Mr. Hutchinson had almost en­ tirely quit buying and selling on the board, but it was not until recently that such a cause was assigned as a reason for his retirement from the floor. GEN. MILES reviewed the troops at Pine Eidge in the midst of a driving storm. The review occurred two miles south of the agency, and all (he troops participated except four companies of the First Infantry. THE trial of the Plattsburg (Mo.) cru­ saders is in progress there. The defend­ ants, Mrs. Bristol and Mrs. Barrett* pleaded guilty. There is no doubt that they will be convicted. A SPECIAL from Mazeppa, Minn., says the oatmeal mill and elevator belonging to E. M. Johnson of Minneapolis burned. The loss on the buildings is 860,000. Fifty thousand bushels of grain was lost PETER JACKSON, the colored Aus­ tralian pugilist, and Joe Bowers, who have been giving sparring exhibitions at the Tivoli Opera House in San Francisco, were arrested. A BLIZZARD has been in progress at Crookstown, Minn. Snow has fallen and has drifted badly. VETERANS of Nebraska have appealed o the Kansas Legislature to. re-elect Senator Ingalls. A DES MOINES (Iowa) special says that the Alliance Twi^p Company, of Des Moines, has purchased all of Lowry's patents for the manufacture of binding twine from slough grass, and will in a short time start a §300,000 binding- twine plant. GEORGE W. MAGKE, proprietor of the Metropolitan Hotel, St Paul, failed, owing $15,000. The assignee Kill run the hostelry for the present JAMES E. O'NEIL, a freight conductor, was shot and instantly killed by tramps at Long Point, Iowa. ever, though never after that, was strong as he had formerly been, and death .has •finally claimed him. FOREIGN GOSSIP. ADVICES from Senegal, in West Africa, state that Commander Arcliinard, at the 'head of the French troops, has routed the remnant of the Sultan of Ahmactou's forces. The French, it is ascertained, have taken 1,500 prisoners, among whom are all the Sultan of Ahmadou's wives. THE destitution in London is appalling and the newspapers are filled witji ap­ peals for charitable aid. Thousands of respectable men and women are abso­ lutely without food in their homes. THE Austrian Socialists have deter­ mined to make another strike in May for a May labor holiday, and the unfortunate scenes of a year ago are more than like­ ly to be repeated. A LONDON cablegram says an election 'was held at Hartlepool to fill the Parlia­ mentary seat made vacant bgr the death of the late Thomas Richardson. The poll resulted in the return of Mr. Fur- ness, the Gladstooia.u candidate, who re­ ceived 4,603 votes, against 3,205 polled jy Mr. Gray, the nominee of the Unionists. IN the Reichstag Herr Barth, a mem­ ber of the Deutsche Freisinnige party, moved to repeal the prohibitions on Amftrjfan pork and bacon impor|». .. .•>'* *RESH AND NEWSY,^;' THE British steamship Yoxford has arrived at Baltimore, having on board the rescued crew, twenty-two persons, of the British steamship Carlton, which foundered at sea. CHINAMEN are smuggled into the States in the vicinity of Kingston, Ont Not long ago three Chinamen were con­ ducted from there via tho foot of Wolfe Island to New York State and around to Watertown without being detected. A Chinaman manages the smuggling business. THE Mark Lane Expnw in itfl weekly review of the British grain trade, says: English wheats were 6d dearer, although the inquiry was slack. Foreign wheat was firm. The cessation of Russian wheat shipments was met by increased arrivals from India and America. At Liverpool corn advanced Id per cental, and at Leeds it went up 6d per quarter. Barley rose Gd. Rice and peas advanced 3d, and beans were 6d higher MCLACHLAN BROS. & Co., of Mon­ treal, one of the largest wholesale dry- goodsi firms in the Dominion,, is in finan­ cial difficulties, and will assign. Liabili­ ties are between $700,000 and $900,000, chiefly duo to their bankers. English houses are also creditors to the extent of $100,000. SUITS attacking the McKinley act, similar to those begun at Chicago and Cincinnati, have been entered by St Louis importers. A DISPATCH from Buencs Ayres says that the revolt in Chili is spreading rap- idly. The insurgents are very energetic, and -are said to be managing their cam­ paign in a very skillful manner. GUATEMALAN officers are buy; and ammunition in New York. Leprosy in Gotham. *V . . ̂ jrFORMATION Is said to have reached " New York Board of Health that in a , • v den in Mott street are five Chinamen suffering from leprosy. Two others are to have been sent back to China a WW days ago. , ! A Xardcroas Attendant 8ent«nced. ' - 1 A JURY fixed the punishment of James -,ifL Wood, an attendant at Richmond hospital for the insane, for the ;r murder of Jay Blount, an inmate, at twenty-one years in the penitentiary. vJ&sV,' • ar As EASTERN OCCURRENCES. BY the shutting of the Eagle Hill (?a.) oolliery indefinitely, five hundred men are thrown out of work. T ' CHARLES CARPENTER, an employe of the Bristol (Pa.) Rolling Mills, was pierced through by a red-hot iron bar. The bar struck him in the small of the "hack and passed entirely through his body. , ONLY one train has gone out from ^Chicago over the Chicago and Erie Road ill the past twenty-four hours. The POLITICAL PORRIDQrB* THE Nebraska Senate has passed a resolution recognizing James Boyd as Governor. SENATOR PLATT, re-clected in Con­ necticut. Senator Vance, re-elected from North Carolina.! Senator Vest re-elect­ ed from Missouri. Senator Jones, re­ elected from Arkansas. Senator Came­ ron, re-elected from Pennsylvania. J. H. Gallinger succeeds Senator Blair from New Hampshire. Senator Mitchell, re­ elected from Oregon. Senator Teller, re-elected from Colorado. Watson G Squire elected from Washington. IN joint session of the Assembly at Albaqy, N. Y., the following was the ballot for United States Senator: Hill, 81? Evarts, 79. Demarest voted. . ̂ SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. J S, M. FUGETTE, cashier of the South Chattanooga, Tenn., Savings Bank, was shot and killed by his father-in-law, Judge J. A. Warder, who is city attorney of Chattanooga. Warden was drunk. CHARLES WILLIAMSON at Shelby, S. C., shot and killed his brother Erastus. No motive is known for the deed. The murderer escaped. A BCRGIN (Ky.) dispatch says that Mrs. Lucy Cook, wife'of the Rev. Strater Cook, was burned to death in her house. She fell asleep before an open fire. AT New Orleans, Drs. De Roaldes, M TtrZ •^ii'^Sr.% ** JNew wleans, Drs. De Roaldes, up * strike of con*, Archinard, Mathis and Blanc, of the • Ouah-uiiei!ai BEPomn. CHICAGO. CATT&B--Co m m o n t o P r i m # . | Mom--Shipping GndM... SHEEP ...... "WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COKN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RYE--No. 2 B UTTRB--Choice Creamery CHEESE--Full Cre&ra. flMg...... Boos--Fresh POTATOES-Western, per bo. INDIANAPOLIS. ICATTLE--Shipping,. HOGS--Choice Light BHEEP--Comittjon to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN-- No. 1 White OATS--No, 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE...... HOGS WHJCAT--Ko. 3 Bad CORN-- No. 2 .'... OATS--No. 2 BAKLKY--Iowa CINCINNATI. CATTLB HOGS.., WIIEA^IIIRA if BID*;;; COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed MILWABAJBK. WHKAT--No. 2 Spring CORN--N». S OATH--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BAULKY--No. 2... DETROIT. CATTLB..... HOGS BHEEP WHEAT--No. S Red COBN--No. 2 YeUow OATS--No. 2 White. TOLEDO. WHEAT COBN--Cash OATS--No. 'i White BUFFALO. CATTLE-Good to Prime Hoos--Medium and Heavy WHEAT-NO. 1 Hard COBN--No. 2. EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime Boos--Light KHUEP--Medium to Good LAUBS NEWYOBJL CATTLJJ E«(!9 BHEEP. "" WHEAT--No. A Red. " COBN--No. 2.. .90 <9 6.00 & 8.75 ® 4.30 & 3.78 & 6.50 # .99 & M & M .IB & .49 MK® .45)$ ,70 @ .71 .07 ft# .68 8.00 @ 4.00 8.U) ® 3.50 *.00 @ 4.00 .«5K@ .90?$ .47)2(3 .95 m .453*0 4.00 ® 6.00 8.50 & 4.00 1.07 5$ <$ 1.033* 55 en .56 & 4 00 & 5.50 6.00 & tf.30 @ 5.50 8.25 (§ 4.00 THE (MIS "His J«nnwy to IPhl* Canute? tn Searelt of , jgKMtth Result* In Only a Temporary iMhjurovempnt, and th» Dnsky .Potentate SfiBMiiaa B«for» He la AM* to Bear It His Domain. f?an Francisco dispatch.] King Kalakaea died here this after- noon after a day and a half of terrible agony, in which all the forces of this iinuaually strong man rallied to resist death. Ho lay through the early morn ing hours in a semi-conscious state, occa sionally seeming to recognize what was said to him. He seemed to improve a trifle after sunrise, bat about 10 o'clock a collapse occurred and a report go't out that he was dead. The news was made known at the hotel office and bulletins rushed East, but soon this intelligence was denied by the physicians. They kept the King alive by stimulants exact­ ly as tho doctors sustained Grant's Strength. He would have died early last •vening except for liberal hypodermic injections of liquor. The question of the succession is very Simple, and will bo peacefully settled. Italakaua succeeded Lunalilo, the last 01 the Kamehameha dynasty. When Kalakaua was elected he named as his successor Princess Liiliuokalani, his sister, who is married to an American named John Odominis. She is now Re­ gent, having been appointed such just before Kalakaua sailed on his visit to this country last month. All she will have to do is to take tho oath of office and be crowned as Queen. Kalakaua-I., the deceased*King of the Hawaiian or Sandwich Islands, son of Kcohokalole .and Kapaakea, a native Hawaiian of ithe original royal blood, was born Nov. 15, 1836. After the death •of King Kamehameha in 1873, without natural or appointed heirs, Prince Lunalilo was elected to the Hawaiian throne, and at his death a year later High Chief Kalakaua was elected over Queen Emma to fill the place on Feb. 13, 1874, though his coronation, with that of his wife, the late Queen Kaplo- lani, was defended to Feb. 12, 1883. Kalakaua's reign was characterized by a large influx of foreigners and outside capital into theikingdom. Through the immigration of Portuguese and Chinese, early encouraged by him, the country has been opened up .and its resources largely developed. In 1870 Kalakaua visited this country, and during his stay here the. reciprocity treaty with Hawaii was contracted, which proved of immense profit to the realm. Before this in the early portion tit his reign Kalakaua had ipermitted the native .element to relapse Almost to its original state of barbarism, and had himself reverted to paganism sand heathen rites, manners and customs .and resisted missionary advice in the management of his affairs. In 1881 the King had quite changed his views about the admission of foreigners, and he made a tour of the world, with a view to en­ courage emigration. His character wa9 a strange one, and partly through the novelty of the spectacle of barbaric roy­ alty errant and partly for more politic reasons, his receptions here and in Europe were marked by a most flatter­ ing display. Thus, while he failed in Lis -uugina! object, he became unoued with a passion for royal forms that has since nigh pauperized his realm. In the many changes of his ministry, which oc­ curred through the vicissitudes accom­ panying his numerous levies upon his mixed and restless subjects, a "few shrewd Americans have managed suc­ cessively to control him by pampering his taste for extravagance and display, while they have collected private for­ tunes for themselves. A' few of his eccentrie acts were the $75,000 celebration of his fiftieth birth­ day, a $60,000 obs&jfcgr for a relative, and the expenditure of 80,000 for the fitting out of an embassy to the Samoan King to induce him to accopt Hawaiian "Tutelage." v Through sinecures, licenses and bribes, revenues from the Queen's lands, and his regular income, the annual Hawaiian appropriations for the royal family came to about 5500,000. In 1887 the white residents, upon whom the burden of his extravagance fell, plotted and success­ fully carried out a bloodless revolution, by which Kalakaua was forced to re­ pudiate his ministerial favorites, and in a new constituthjsn to yield the legisla­ tive power3 to an elective assembly, while the principle of ministerial re­ sponsibility was adopted. King Kala­ kaua always entertained the highest re­ spect for the United States, as well as a predilection for Americans. Through this disposition on the dead King's part, this country has become by the new treaty of 1884 possessor of exclusive rights to the fine harbor of Pearl Kiver in Oahu, and he had frequently, mani­ fested a wish for ties still closer between the two nations. Tli* l?atl La'lets. From the standpoint of utility the Bad lands of Dakota are well named. It is possible that they conceal mineral treas­ ures; but to external appcarance they seem utterly worthless to humanity. A" vast extent of territory appears to have been the scene of volcanic convulsion, comparatively recent in the world's exist­ ence. The blackened masses of melted rock are thrown about in the most fan­ tastic forms, and it is not hard to imag­ ine that one eees the towers and citadels of a forgotten race. In these fastnesses it would be easy for hostile Indians to conduct a prolonged defense. The only, ftnd that a very important, difficulty would be the commissary. Buffaloes are extinct, and other gamo is not as abun­ dant as twenty years ago, and what game there is does not take kindly to the Bad Lands. Besides, in the Bad Lands there is very little wpod, and fuel is indispensable for a winter campaign. Just a Drummer's Idea. A new blacking-brush is so made that the blacking may be located in its back and completely hidden from view when not in use, means being also provided for conveniently drawing the blacking out from the back of the brush. This will enable a blacking apparatus to #be car­ ried In considerably less space. It is said to have been the idea of a traveling man. A Sponge Garden. f Window plants may be grown in any season of the year in the following man­ ner: Soak a large piece of coarse sponge in water, squeeze half dry and sprinkle in the openings red clover seed, millet, barley, grass, rice and oats Hang it in the window where the sun shines a por­ tion of the day, and sprinkle daily with water. It will soon form a mass of liv­ ing green where even clover will bloom. Automatic Sugar-Maker. A centrifugal machine for making sugar has lately been invented, which is continuous draining, works automatical­ ly and is said to accomplish as much as two ordinary machines. It is said its use will largely decrease the cost of sugar and bring the price down considerably. Such a machine has long been expected by practical sugar men. For Itch'iii; In Eczema. > Shoemaker says that for itching of the skin, so commonly met with in eczema, there is nothing that affords such prompt and effective relief as a mixture ol equal parts of glycerine and iime-water. This may be applied to tbe skin as often as necessary. 1 TERRIBLE EXPL< ../A;:.,,- - AT.FlNl OF OAB BfanQT Person Manjfled-Tfc* • I)gs*«t»* to Cause Half a »©*eini Deaths-- •nei* siid a L«ak Xtospmsaibl* bm thm WM« Afffci*. [Findlay (Ohio) dispatch.] The first great disaster Findlay has ever experienced from the use of natural gas took place shortly before 2 o'clock this afternoon while tho guests of tho Hotel Marvin were wafting to be sum­ moned to dinner, when a terrible explo­ sion took place, practically wrecking tho building and claiming from ten to fifteen human victims, two of whom are already dead and two others probably fatally in­ jured. Tho names of the killed are: Katie Walters, a waitress, killed out­ right; Ella Johnson, a dining-room girl, died soon after being extricated from a mass of brick and mortar. Following are the namps of the in­ jured: Anson Marvin, owner Of the building, probably fatally injured, as he inhaled a great deal of name from the gas; Frank Andrews, one of the pro­ prietors, right eye knocked out and seriously bruised about the face and throat; Frank Poundstone, day clerk at the hotel; painfully bruised and hurt about the neck and face, ibut will ne- cover; Albert French, porter of the hotel, cut on the neck ai}d head, but will recovcr; Charles Graves, Philip Weil, Jack Cahill. This morning it was discovered that gas was escaping into the dining- room from a leaking pipe somewhere, and Mr. Marvin, the owner of the build­ ing, with three plumpers, spent the en­ tire forenoon trying to locate the leak. About 10 o'clock they entered a chamber underneath the dining-room and found such an accumulation of gas that they could not breathe, and it was suggested that a hole be sawed through the floor Into the dining-room in ortter to obtain fresh air. This was done, and just as the hole was made one of the dining- rooi# girls, who was sweeping the floor, stepped on a match and in sua instant an explosicn occurred qrb*ch not only wrecked the building but killed two girls and maimed and Jnjnred a dozen other employes. * The force of the explosion was so great that it blew out the flame of the igoited gas and no fire followed {he awful ruin which tho shock had caused. The whole city rocked as if in ah earthquake by the concussion, and all the windows in the square were demolished, while the wreck of the hotel building was about complete, the only rooms in ithe house escaping destruction being ihe parlors End the office. Had the explosion oc­ curred ten minutes later the loss of life would have been frightful, as nearly 100 persons were waiting to be called to din­ ner, and as a matter of fact one Of the clerks, Frank Poundstone, was on his way to make the announcement when the explosion occurred, and was caught in the falHng debris, he being one of the painfully injured. The financial loss will be about $25,Q0Q on the building and $10,000 on the furni­ ture, all fully insured. It is a question, however, whether any insurance will be ' realized, as none of the destruction wfcs caused by fire. The excitement throughout, the ctty' over the catastrophe has never been equaled since Findlay became a munici­ pality. . ^'v At 9 o'clock to-night another explosion occurred in the same place as the one of the afternoon, setting fire to the already wrecked and badly demolished dining- room of the Marvin House. The fire de­ partment was quickly Summoned, how­ ever, and more serious damage was averted. PMMlincr m HU •F THE GREAT Ancient Music. The works of the Greek poets and philosophers are full of allusions to the beauty and power of music. The Scriptures also laud the divine art. Nevertheless, it is more rthan probable that music was crude and barbaric even in ancient Jerusalem. One rather con­ vincing proof of this is found in the constant desire of the ancients to bring vast bodies of musicians together. "Play skillfully and with aloud noise," says the Psalmist, and Josephus speaks of choruses of 250,000 voices and as many instrumentalists. It is quite probable that the old historian was ex­ aggerating, yet the very statement shows that the ancients desired power above all things in their tonal feasts. In Greece the same dedire for fortis­ simo obtained, for we read of a young flute-player bursting a blood-vessel and dying through a herculean effort to obtain a very loud note, and the voice of a gentleman who took several prizes for his musical attainments in the public games was said to be power­ ful enough to stun the entire audienoe. Of course the ancient music was strowgly rliythmic; of tliis we have ab - solute proof in the Scriptural allusions to the clapping of hands, and in the description of the regular stamping of the director of the chorus in the ancient Greek theaters. The surest proof of the crudity of ancient music is, how­ ever, found in the Greek system of no­ tation, which is utterly inadequate to- represent music of any intricacy. Yet it is not quite certain that we have de­ ciphered this notation correctly, for the works on the subject are by no means explicit, and many of them have been destroyed. The excavations in progress at Pom­ peii may still afford a olew to the music of the ancient world. It must be re­ member that two-thirds of the city is still under ground, and it is quite pos­ sible that the remains of a musical li­ brary may yet be discovered there. At present the musical works of Boethius ,and of Vitruvius only serve to make the darkness of the ancient musical system more Cimmerian. But this much can be stated with surety, that it was barbaric in comparison with the system of our <w& , times.--Boston Mimical Timbs. How Many Apples Did Adam and Eve Cat ? Some say Eve 8 and Adam 2, a total of 10 only. We think the above figures entirely wrong. If Eve 8 and Adam 8 2 certainly the total will be 90. Scientific men, however, on the strength of the theory that the antediluvians were a raoe of giants, reason something like this: Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 2; total, 163: Wrong again. What could be clear­ er than i f Eve 8 1 and Adam 8 12 , would not the total be 893 ? If Eve 8 1 1st and Adam 8 12,*would not the total be 1,623? George Washington says: Eve 8 1 4 Adam, and Adam 8 1 2 4 Eve; to­ gether they got away with 8,938. But if Eve 814 Adam, Adam 8 i 2 4 2 oblige Eve. Total, 82,056. \ We think this, however, not a suf­ ficient quantity, for though we admit that Eve 8 14 Adam, Adam, if he 8, 0 2 81 2 4 2 keep Eye company. Total, 80,282,056. Everybody is wrong again. Eve, when she 8 1, 8 1 2 many, and proba­ bly felt sorry for it, but. her companion, in order to re l ieve her sorrow, 8 12 . T h e r e f o r e , A d a m , i f h e 8 1 , 8 1 4 2 4 2 fy Eve's depressed spirit. Hence both ate 81,896,054 apples. 4 tte Wm ' Fa'thftil, - IDipiomatie,, *m& Laborious-- Tha Junket of the Bis; Blii- sard in UM Old World--Legislative Dead- ' locks. THE cold weather has been so severe this winter in certain parts of Europe that wolves have made their appearance in many villages. Their destitute con­ ditio!), no doubt, has caused them to go in search of sheep clothing.--Rochester Express. THE terribly cold winter has played havoc with the death rat^ in L6ndoh. From an average of nineteen per 1,000 it has run up to twenty-six, the startling increase being almost entirely traceable to pulmonary affectiona They should start a weather bureau over there.--Cin­ cinnati Enquirer. THE severity of the present winter season in Western Europe is said to be without its parallel in the memory of men mow living.. Although meteorologi­ cal science has made great advances, it does not yet appear to be able to give reasons for the occurrence of such an unusual event.--Boston Herald. THE movements of cyclones from the western side of the Atlantic toward the British Islands do not directly cause the "cold waves" of Europe, but they are eddies in the grand atmospheric current which traverses the North Atlantic and ultimately forms the cold anti-cyclones on the continent.--New York Herald•. THE Western blizzard is evidently making a tour of the o!d world. When last heard from, it was sweeping proudly over Northern Africa on its way to dis­ cover Emin Pasha and his new province in the heart of "Darkest Africa." It is expected that the vftgrant blizzard will receive a warm reception from tho na­ tives.--Milwaukee Wisconsin. THE back rations of cold feather due us on three exceptionally mild winters have missed connection somehow and been dupped upon Europe and Asia. "Sunny Italy" Is having as much snow and ice as it ever had in the time of Ho- ratius Flaccus. The street cars in Naples are snow bound, the orange groves of the Mediterranean coasts and islands are weighted down with half a foot of snow and the ice in some of the Black Sea harbors is nine feet thick.^-- St. Louis Post-Dispatch. TRIBUTES TO BANCROFT. WHEN the war broke out Mr. Bancroft threw his personality with the Union side. To Mr. Lincoln lie gave his ex­ perience and counsel, influencing not only the conservative element in the country but the learned in Europe. No man did more in his sphere to promote the Union cause.--Indianapolis Journal. THE long life of George Bancroft shows that old age may be insured by careful living.. He was as methodical in his recreations as in his work, and was as fond of horseback riding as was Thomas Jefferson. At 87 he bestrode his hoi'se with the ease and seat of a young man, and thought a dash of twenty miles not too far.--Philadelphia Record. THE late George Bancroft was a noble type of man, and during the greater part of his long life was a good Democrat as well. It was owing to him moi t than to any othei^ one man that California was seized from Mexico and made a part of the United States. Ho was also once a candidate of the Massachusetts Democ­ racy for Governor.--BostSk Globe. HE was a faithful diplomate and la­ borious historian. His life work was his. "History of the United States." It is a work of candor, ability and great re­ search. It is the most complete and elaborate history yet published of tho early struggles of a people who have suc­ cessfully tried tho experiment of self- government. In all respects George Ban­ croft was a noble character, and he goes to his grave respectod and honored both at home and abroad.--Kansas Ctty Star. FOR the last forty years Mr. Bancroft has devoted himself to literary pursuits, his monumental work being, of course, his great "History of the United States," which was la9t revised In 1885. That the*o volumes will sustain his reputation as one of the foremost historical scholars and writers that the country has thus far produced there can be no doubt. In this, as well as in his pub ic career, he has rendered distinguished service to his country.--Detroit Tribune. RIOTOUS LEGIST.ATCBEFL. ^ IF certain of the riotous Legislatures in these United States could see them­ selves as others see them they would quit their foolishness and bogin to earn their salaries right away.--New York Press. x THERE doesn't appear to be any Demo­ crats or any Republicans out hi Colorado nowadays. The people are divided be­ tween a party called the gang and an* other called the anti-gang.--Boston Herald. IF the Legislature of Nebraska is ready, to stop rioting and get down to business, let it make an honest endeavor to redeem itself by voting aid to tho suf­ fering settlers of the western counties of the State. To permit them to ask aid of the outside world doesn't look well.--* Minneapolis Tribune. THE political condition of the country Is not to bo inferred from a few isolated facts, but the occurrence this Winter of deadlocks in various State Legislatures with contests over Governors; elections signifies a degree of superheated politics of a certiin kind that docs not argue well for the public quiet. The love of office is at the bottom of the excitement. The ambition to serve one's State or country may be overstrained.--Washing­ ton Star. • About Dreams. FRIGHTFUL dreams area sign of de­ termination of blood to the head. DREAMS about blood and red objects are signs of inflammatory conditions. DREAMS of distorted forms are fre­ quently a sign of obstructions and dis» eases of the liver. DREAMS in which the patient imagines torture or injury of any limb indicate disease in that limb. DREAMS about death often precede apoplexy, which is connected with deter- . mination of blood to the head. SOFT dreams are a sign of slight irrita­ tion of the head; often in nervous fevers announcing the approach of a favorable crisis. A LADY who had a dream in which she saw all objects dim and obscured by a mist was soon after attacked by a disease of the eye, of which that was a symp­ tom. APOPLEXY, epilepsy, and similar dis­ eases are often preceded by frightful dreams, in which the sleeper feels him­ self scalped by Indians, thrown over precipices, or torn to pieces by wild beasts. The Girl of tho Parlor.. Maud--How did the mistletoe work, Ethel? Any engagement to report? Ethel--Don't sav a word or I s-hall cry. I waltzed under it twenty ^tinn but of course I couldn't look at it. Maud--Didn't George take adval tag? of that ? • Ethel--No; but after he had his c( on to go he called my attention t< card that imp of a brother of mine put up --think of it t--"BeitfWre ol poison ivy.* SBNATEl 'i&i MaM iM- . r' • ' * y-i,' A Y- Pnr Xattom Lawmaker, and What Tl»«r #£*"000,1 of tho Cooairy Dlsoulltd, end AirrER H .continuous session ot thirty • hoars the BebAte adjourned at 0 p. m. on the 17th uuttil the l»th. The Republicans seemed determined to push ti|« election bill to a vote, and the equally determined that it siiould ne^i this stage, and the Sergeant-at»i<$ttB kept busy in his endeavors to secure * quorum. When he was dispatched for Senators Hampton and Butler and was informed by them that they would come into tho chamber when they got good and ready, a new feature was brought into the battle. Dolph, of Or- - # egon, demanded to know If a Senator could ! not be compelled to attend these sessions. • The presiding officer said they could not. ^ ; * "Then,"said Mr. Dclpb, «if that is our situ- . - ation we ought to know it." "Most of us do know it," suggested Mr. Vance. After that !..£p there were no more attempts to coerce the , attendance of Senators. The Sergeant-at- ' arms simply notified Senators that they were needed. Some would respond, others ' f would not. Senator Faulkner closed his speech at 2 o'clock, having had the floor'"x •" ? continuously for twelve hours, during six hours of which he spoke. At noon not more than a dozen Senators were on the ; floor. Mr. Daniel followed Mr. Faulkner in a long speech against the bill. Mr. Aldricb gave notice that on the 20th ho would ask • the Senate to proceed to the consideration ! of the resolution to change the rules of the Senate. "Suppose the election bill shall f have the right of way then," queried Mr, Morgan, «do you propose to displace it?" "The Senate has my notice," was the re­ sponse. "I suppose that the election bill will hate passed by that time." ("A laugh. ^ of incredulity on the Democratic side.] THE Senate met at 11 a. m., on the 1Mb, thoroughly refreshed jfhd ready for a re- / newal of the great election bill contest. * ?r. Senator Blair, fresh from his New Hatap- ' shire defeat, was in his seat, and so also was Ingalls, who was reported to have gone %-'K: - to Kansas. There was a very full attend- \ •! k~ ance on both sides, and the galleries, in an- " '•& ticipatlonof hot work before the day was ' .*V': out, were well filled. It was evident from the 'Jt talk of the Senators that there would be no , more night sessions. All-night sessions "X& have never been popular in the Senate, and f there are several Senators who will posi- ' 'a', tively refuse to repeat tho performance of * " the 16th. Senator Cullom presented to »' •• "•% the Senate thirty-five petitions in favor " of the Torrey bankrupt bill from, about 1,000 prominent business houses in Chicago. ' Many of these firms heretofore protested ; against the enactment of the bill, but are now urging its immediate passage. The f election bill was taken up as the unfinished* ; business, and Mr. George took the floor » in opposition to the measure. After a ' statement of the action of several States on the subject of negro suffrage (after it had • been imposed on the South) Mr. George re­ marked that in Michigan, Ohio. Illinois and f Wisconsin the question had been submitted I to the people and had been rejected by large majorities. He asserted that tho Constitu­ tion of the State of Oregon, adopted in 1857, ;! contained provisions prohibiting tho immi- v gration of negroes and their settlement in the State, and, in fact, outlawing them, and be asked Mr. Dolph whether • those provisions had been changed. Mr. Dolph said the Constitution in question had * been framed when Oregon was hopelessly Democratic. The constitution had not since been amended, Mr. George--Then I understand that those provisions are, phys- . ically In the constitution of Oregon? Mr. j Dolph--Does tho Senator mean to state that t, they are to-day the expression of the ,1udg- mcrnt of the people of Oregon? Mr. George-- i Ot, no; but they are the expression of the • judgment of the people of Oregon at that 5 time, and the people of Oregon have not seen proper to recall them in the same sol- emn and formal manner. Mr. George 5 yielded the floor while the Vice President laid before the'Senate the message from the President transmitting the agreement : made with the Crow Indians for the sale of j the western part of their reservation in ' Montana, He afterward resumed hi* "• speech, but, without concluding, yielded j for a motion to go into executive session, \ and the Senate soon adjourned. THE House, on the 20th, experienced the^ stormiest scene of a very stormy Congress.* a The trouble arose over a motion to approve the journal without debate. Hard words ' passed between Mr. Mills and Mr. McKln- •" ley, and it was not until the Sergeant-at- f arms and some friends had forced Mr. Mills '• into his seat was order restored. The row ff has significance from the fact that the leaders of both sides of the House : were the principals. The scene in the House was re-enacted in the Senate, when Mr. George, of Mississippi, refused to yield ^ the floor to Mr. Aldrlch. who was anxious So present the cloture resolution. Mr. George had the floor when the Senate ad- si journed the previous night, and paliament- ; ary rules gave it to him at reassembly. ! Mr. George's plan is apparently, to hold the L cloture off indefinitely. The prospective struggle over the force bill Is the all-ab- - sorbing topic. Both sides are anxiously counting noses. TURBULENCE again marked the proceed­ ings of the House on the 2l£t, ~knd Wain also it was over the approval of jour­ nal. Mills, Bland, Rogers, and Breckin­ ridge on the Dimocratic side, und Speaker Reed, McKinley, and Boutelle on the Re­ publican, were the warring parties. ' At times intense feeling characterized the de­ bate--or, more properly speaking, the quar­ rel--and the gallery was packed by an eager, listening throng. The scene was highly dramatic. Speaker Reed, pale, but calm and firm, listened to Rogers' scathing tirade in silence, and when it was ended made a ruling squarely against the wishes of the Democrats. In tho Senate also the journal became a bone of conten­ tion, and a very acrimonious debate en­ sued. It was as to whether or not the Sen­ ate had decided to proceed with considera­ tion of the cloture rule. Mr. Gorman held that no such decision had boon reached, while the journal announced that it had. He spoke strongly against the Senate ignor­ ing the laws established for its own govern­ ment. He carried bis point, and the jour­ nal was corrected. No further business of importance wa9 transacted. IN the Senate, on the 22d. Mr. Aldricb said that the journal disclosed the fact-that it was the determined policy of the Dem­ ocratic Senators to prevent any legislation or action unless their wishes as to certain measures should be acceded to. The ac­ tion of the minority was revolutionary and would bo resisted. When Mr. Aldrich had concluded his remarks he moved that the Senate proceed to the consideration of his resolution for a change of the rules. A point of order was made that the unfinished business was the motion to correct Tuesday's journal. A long discussion followed, during which Mr. Stewart argued strongly on the Demo­ cratic side. Finally the Vice President ruled that Mr. Aidrich's motion to proceed to the consideration of the cloture rule was in order, and overruled the point of order that the question before the Senate was t>he motion to correct Tuesday's journal. The House on the same date got down to busi­ ness, approved ihe journal, and then passed the District of Columbia appropriation bill. It then went into committee of the whole on the naval appropriation bill, general debate being limited to four hotgp* 'Sty. }•% iVv. S i X'-K« "* V,V; * X , V T % . ' 4 , -v" i\ tt-is f nf*, • ' -J <-0 "H . " . - , v Valuable Autographs. BYRON'S autograph is worth $25. ALEXANDER POPE'S signature is wortb *40. V SHELLEY'S autograph is in demand and will bring $100. THE only khown letter written bf Ti­ tian brought $600. A LETTER that Raphael wrote to a lady was sold for $300. AN autograph by Burns will BA r^adily purchased for $160. ' _ The autograph of Gambetta, which is somewhat rare, will bring $80. THE signature of Christopher Colum­ bus finds ready purchase for $800. AUTOGRAPHS of Baudelaire, Carlyle, Thackeray, Bismarck and the Duke oi Welliirjton bring $20 each. BONAPARTE'S last letter to the Empress Marie Louise sold for SS00, yet what la termed an ordinary Bonaparte letter i» to be had for $100. • 0- '• • * T;.W- m