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MCHENRY, * TNTN J. VM VLYKE, Editor art PuMitMr, • ILLINOIS. FAILURE AND SUICIDE. PRESIDENT HILL MAKfiS AN ASSIGNMENT. lish an Institute for the advancement of | nate him for Governor next year. They Tearful Accident In m W«!«t Colliery-- Ruined Gamesters *1 Monio Carlo -- XUval Rancheros Battle for a favorite Shearing-Place -- Foreigner! Prtparlitf lor the Columbian Fair. BUSINESS IS HEALTHY. A Prosperous Condition of Trals Noted by R G I>nn & To THE review of the week's trade by Dun & Co. contains the following: At most places trade seems healthy, and there is not more than the usual complaint about collections. At Philadelphia collec­ tions are J>ad in groceries. Pittsburg notes that railroad orders are held back waiting for crop results, and. while window glass .ffi-', docs well, flint glass has slack business At Cleveland dry good.-., groceries, hardware "4'4 and shoes Improve fairly, but machinery, , Iron ore and clothing are dull. At Clncin- 1 nati the tobacco trade Is brisk, but the car- V A , riage trade is not quite up t*> last year's. ^ _ * Detroit notes good prospects, though £*!• V , margins are dull. At . Chicago dry goods fci f" sales exceed last year's considerably; as do • ^ Kales of clothing, and there are fair coun- ' try orders for shoes. Crop reports are very satisfactory, the recent rains having been of inestimable value. The business fail­ ures occurring throughout the country dur­ ing the last seven days number 2.H failr ures as compared with 237 last week. For the corresponding week of last year the fig- were 482. BASE-BALL. literature, science, and art It is to be Slanned aftej; Cooper Union Institute, of ew York, and will ' be known as W. M. 4 Rice Institute. MARRIAGES of many prominent cou­ ples in Allegheny, Pa, have been pre vented by, the carpenters' strike, ^alt- able houses being unobtainable. A ORKAT sensation was created In financial circ'es of Philadelphia when it became known that G. W. Marsh, President of the defunct Keystone Na­ tional Hank, had forfeited his bail and fled to parts unknown. The excitement was intensified an hour later, when a brief line was read in the Common Coun­ cil of the city from City Treasurer Kardsley announcing his resignation of his office. Mr. Kardsley confesses that fhe has embezzled £930,010, money be­ longing to the State, and announces his ;pur'rose to assign his property and make such restitution as is in his | ower. Since the failure of the Keystone Hank, in which Hardslcy had 0:1 deposit $441,000 belonging to the city, he has confessed that he had deposited in the same insti­ tution. in his own name and mixed up with his private account, all the Si^ia money he has collected. • . •mk ; 8tandlng at the Dlff rent Clubs According to th* Latest Contest* FOLLOWING is a showing of the stand­ ing of each of the teams of tho different' associations: M: y • XATIOXAT. I.KAOTTE. f w. L. YC w. Chlcegos IP 7 -*©80 PhlUdelp'B.W !! Fittsbargs..l4 11 ,5«<i New Yorkg.,11 Cleveland* ..14 13 .SI.) iBrooklvna... 10 Bostons. 13 13 •G00.CinciimatiB.10 * AMERICAN A S8OCIATION. W. L. ?c. W. Bostons 25 lo .714 Cincinnatib. 17 Baltimore* .29 10 .6SS Loui»villee,.l7 St. Louis... .21- IS .5 .6 Columbus.. .14 .AUUetica....15 17 .4(a W&ehingt's.. 9 VBiTKU ASSOCIATION. W. L. ¥>e. W. OmttiM.... .17 12 ..>» > MfnneapHg.M Lincoln*... .16 W .671 Kansas C vs. 1* Milwankees.17 13 .567 Sioux City8.15 tenvers 15 14 .517 St. Pauls... .11 »o. .500 .440 .385 *C. .447 .430 .3R1 .290 Vo. .483 467 .414 393 Thre* Men sh«r I>own A DISPATCH from Albuqtierque, N. M., •ays that a Mexican, just arrived from the west part of Va'encia County, brings tidings of a serious affray which took place at Ojo Le Frigo. Two Mexi­ cans. sheep herders, named Sanchez and Aranson, claimed the same place along the Rio Grande where they could shear their sheep. Sanchez came along with his herd, found that Aronson had al­ ready taken possession and ordered him to leave. Upon his refusal to go, a gen­ eral tight ensued in which three men were killed outright and several others ,-••• Sorlousl y wo u nded. I**': V ciir.g of Mnok^d S<n*e on HENRY BROSE, of Etna, and Thomas O'Rourke, of Pittsburg, died from the effects of eating smoked sturge<Si, which . has poisoned more or less seriously%00 people in this city and vicinity. The men died in terrible agony, and so unexpectedly orities have taken a most rigid i»v; iad& . ' ' " " ~ *crs BITTKR complaints are made in London commercial circles because an agent for the Chicaso World's Fair has not yet been appointed. Many firm* are on the po nt of giving up their intention of sending exhibits to the fair, and declare that tho Ene'ish portion of the ^xh.bi- tion will be a failure unless an agent is soon appointed. m; • I*J4'i Fainr«* Lea»i» to Anoih«" •3!taR Hill Shoe Company failed at Memphis, Tenn , and William Vilas "Ki.I, the President of the company, immediate­ ly thereafter committed suicide. The fail­ ure was directly due to the failure of the Lynn Davis Shoe Company, which owei the Hill Shoe Company between $300,000 and $400,000. v t T«-n Men Fa nl'y Crush*1 A TKBHIBI.E accident took place at the Pont-y^rid colliery, near Lant- wit, in Glamorgan County, Wales. It was caused by a bungle in firinga "shot" in tfte mine A portion of the roof fall­ ing ernshed teh men fatally and injured A narabor of others. *•." Thi» UH Trnnn 1' AT Monte Carlo a banker of Munich named Speckart committed suicide be­ cause of heavy gambling losses. Six suicides have occurred at Monte Carlo since May 1. : W'.f* Mnrittwr Hane*rt. JAMES KANE was hanged at Belle­ ville, Ont., for the murder ot h|s wile on March 23. His neck was not broken, and he died hard. The murder was a sequel of many petty quarrels. Gutrrtlan of an Heir***. it j» C. -PERKY, of San Rafael. Cal, grandfather of Florence Blythe, one of the contestants in the noted Blythe will case, was thrown from his carriage and instantly killed. * His Wife'* Grave. B. H. DIGNAX, a railroad contractor of Henderson, Ky., was found near the grave of his wife unconscious from laudanum. Deal In Wheat. An English-German-Italian syndicate at Odessa has purchased 50,000,000 rubles' Worth of Russian wheat. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. AT Nebraska City, Neb., Low Price, colored, was arrested on the chargo of assaulting Irene Trimble, a white girl, aged 13, The girl was infatuated with the negro, and left home in his company. The girl claimed jhey were married, and. refused at first to accompany her father home. , IDAHO has a citizen who must have Chicago blood in his veins. Ho is J. R. De Lamar, and he wants to raise from S50,0:>0 to $100,00 > by popular subscrip­ tion for tho World's Fair, agreeing to personally contribute as much again as issoiaised. ONK of the most terrible cyclones that over visited Missouri swept through the central portion of the State recently. The climax of its destructiveness seems to have been reachod iu the neighbor­ hood of Mexico, Scotland County. So far ten bodies have been found, and many people are missing. It is believed that when all are accounted for the number of dead will run up to thirty or. forty. SiXTKEX skeletons, supposed to have been those*of Mound-builders, were un­ earthed at Springfield, Ohio. THEKE were seven distinct shocks of earthquake experienced at Susanvi le, Cal., in one day recently, two of them very heavy. NOOTGILISTIC event ever occurred on the Pacific coast that created more in-, terest \>r excitement than the great heavyweight batik1 between Jim Corbett, of San Francisco, and Peter Jackson, of Australia, which was fought at the gym­ nasium of the California Athletic Club, San Francisco. Walking-match tact'cs marked the close of a prolonged combat, and at the end of the sixty-first- round Referee Cook said the men could tight no longer, and declared the tight no contest. A cr.otTD-BURST desti oyed the home of Joseph Sherman, some miles from Pro­ tection, Comanche Co., Kan.,and drow three of his children. The family li in a dugout built in the sid$ of and when the cloud burst o heads the ravine was with water that th# had barely time to ge to the roof who 5tlt Here capsized, thrown iy the stronner in their hold on Three of the chil- uoore. TAFT, who had been several weeks, died in Judg.» Taft was born in Townsend, Vt., in 1810, and was the son of a farmer who served several terms in the State Legislature. After the resignation of Gen. Belknap in March, 1870, Jufige Taft was made Secretary of War, which office he held until the May following, when he became Attorney General. President Arthur appointed him successively Minister to Austria and Russia. Since 1885 Judge Taft has lived in retirement at his home in Cincinnati. OFFICIAL reports submitted at the an­ nual meeting of the Indiana Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows show that the or­ der in that State has grown until it now has property worth $41,018,444 and its yearly receipts are $131,000. Daring the last year the membership increased 2,036. THE Illinois House of Representatives by a unanimous vqte passed the Senate bill repealing in toto, the Merritt anti- conspiracy law. say the nomination will be made by ac­ clamation if Gen, Wallace will only say he will accept. "Tire People's Party of the United States of America* was born and chris­ tened at Cincinnati. Tho great conven­ tion representing the farmers and work­ ing men of tho United States has com­ pleted its work, the result being the cei*. tainty that Mr. Cleveland aftd Mr. Blaine, or whoever may bear the standards in 1894, will have to fight against a candi­ date representing th$ industrial organi­ zations of the country. Who this can­ didate will bo can only be guessed at, but it is understood that Senator Pefler, "Sockless" Simpson, G011. Weaver and Ignatius Dorineity all have lightning rods on their houses. TIIE Kentucky Prohibition State Con­ vention met at Louisville and nominated a full ticket, with Josiah Harris, of Padu- cah, for Governor. They reaffirmed tho national platform. About lfro delegates from all parts of the State were present. Tho meeting was harmonious, and $100 a month has been subscribed for State work. THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. - THE Navy Department te much con­ cerned over the small number of cadcts who have been nominated to appear at ;the Naval Academy for examination. The majority of the members of the House of Representatives, who have the privilege of nominating these cadets, have failed to send in the names of their candidates, and but twenty-six boys have appeared at the Annapolis Acad­ emy for' examination. This will result in an unusually large class next Septem­ ber, by which date the vacancies must be filled. A DISPATCH from Washington says the Government has already gained .$24,450,000 as total profit on the coinage of $20,00,000 In standard silver dotlats each month since the silver act of last year went into force. This is the differ­ ence between the buljion and face values of the coins, aft"r making allowance for the cost of alloy and coinage. FOREIGN GOSSIP. M RE ACHE, a member of the Cham­ ber of Depties, claims to be in possession of information to the effect that the Minister of Marine, M. Barbey, has contracted with the Herr Krupp and with the Armstrongs to supply tho French navy with big guns, and that ho has sent the Armstrongs 2,000 kilogram^ of smokeless power in order to test the cannon being manufactured by the firm. THEKE is a great demand for women physicians in Bosnia, the Moslem women refusing to be treated by male doctors. The American Government which holds the little Balkan province under the Berlin treaty, is endeavoring to meet Uie difficulty by engaging all the graduates of the medical school at Switzerland, to locate in Kosj inccmes being guaranteed ernAent up to a certain A DISPATCH from BORN AT CINCINNATI. representatives of sional party in the United S termand tl in of tj| irsuffc J U L workin es- nduced to coun­ to the cap- regard to tho sod walls and which carried, the uni; and th<^ into tl: ones w the float! «"'dren 'w ^EX-MIMS' critically ill tfor San Diego, Cai. powers tir-Surop3 and main preparing war they lontinue to talk of peace. Emperor William of Germany inspect­ ed the torpedo station and dock yard at Elbing, and in replying to an address of welcome said he confidently hoped peace was "assured for the present and eveh for the next year." Civilians for the Hfrnal N<»rvic«. GEN. GRKEI.Y, the Chief of the Signal Service, has been inspecting the signal Stations in the, Northwest and finds them all well managed. As the Signal Ser­ vice is soon to be incorporated into tho Agricultural Bureau, all the officials will be civilians. Gen. Greely goes back Into the army. J Brav» Soldiers THBEK men were killed in a fight be­ tween soldiers and citizens in a suburb M Berlin. . SOUTHERN INCIDENTS* Gov. EAGLE has commuted the death sentence of Will Jackson, the Fort Smith, Ark., wife murderer, to impris­ onment for life. A COLD-BIXJODED murder was commit­ ted at Garland City, a small town 011 Red River, thirty miles east of Texarkana, Ark., Larney Sulden, a girl aged 14 years, being the victim. Her stepfather, Lewis Griffin, was the murderer. Griffin married the girl's mother about three months ago, but ,lately she separated from him, taking her children and going to another point a mi!e or two away. However, she, with her children, returned to Griffon's house to procure some of her belongings. Griffin undertook to compel her to re­ main with him, but she refused and started away, when Griffin seized one of her children, a boy, and began beating him. The girl Larney procured a dirk knife and stabbed her brother's assail­ ant in the shoulder. Neighbors inter­ fered at this point, but a few minutes later Griffin attacKed the girl in a room, and with her own dagger stabbed her to the hearts Griffin was brought to Tex­ arkana and placed in jail. All the par­ ties concerned are colored. AT Trenton, Ga., Rufus Moore (col­ ored) was hanged. Moore mufdered Henry Slay last June in a quarrel over a woman. SPECIAL from Paris, Texas: Arinstead Homers and CtHeman Perry were shot and killed.b& JaniL-s Lowman and his son Joe. Lowman had in his possession a jug of whisky, and Homers, who was a deputy sheriff, attempted to take the whisky from him and spill it on the ground. O^e account says that Lowman and his son, divining the purpose of the deputy sheriff, drew their guns and opened fire, killing Homers and Perry. T FRESH AND NEWSY.. NATIVIDAD VILLAXEUVA, a celebrated Jalizcan bandit, was sh#t and killed in a battle with a posse of citizens near the city of Guadalajara, Mexico. Before he fell he succeeded in killing a civil judge. THE President authorizes a denial of the statement that he and Mrs. Harrison had sold* their cottage at Cape May Point. He says that, on the contrary, they expect to spend* part of the summer there. CONTRACTS for tfie erection of World's Fair buildings are to be let at the rate of one a month until all are awarded. This was announced by the Construction De­ partment at Chicago. CANADA having failed to provide-any quarantine regulations against sheep and swine imported from Great Britain and the continent of Europe, as the United States has done, Secretary Rusk has issued an order that all sheep and swine imported from Canada into the United States be held in quarantine for a period of fifteen days. " MEXICAN papers report that Senor Natal Pesado is now In the City of Mexi­ co collecting material for a grand his­ torical picture which the city of Vera Cruz ha» commissioned him to paint for the World's Columbian Exposition. It is proposed to represent one of the most interesting scenes in Mexican history, the act of General Nicholas Bravo giving amnesty to 200 Spanish soldiers instead of executing them in reprisal for the murder of his illustrious father. A cow caused the derailment of a train near Churchville, Ontario. The engineer and a farmer were killed and two brakemen injured. •••• EASTERN OCCURRENCES. THE Mackay-Bonynge feud is bub- tftlng at a lively rate once more, and there is a chance that the two rival Cal­ ifornia millionaires may face each other in court. Mr. Bonynge has been after revenge ever since several months ago he and Mr. Mackay had a set-to at fisti­ cuffs in Mr. Mackay's San Francisco bank. He has now brought suit at New York to recover heavy damages froih Mr. Mackay, charging him with libel. WILLIAM M. RICE, of New York, for- V Jwwrly of Houston, Texas, has just do- «»ted $200,000 to the latter city to estab- * m. ... ib-v,. <• wk ̂ v, POL1TICAL PORRIDGE. TIIF. Kentucky State Democratic Con­ vention nominated ex-Congressman John Young Brown for Governor. AT Washington, Green B.^laum, Jr., has resigned" bis. position as Assistant Chief Clerk of the Pension Bureau. AT Washington, in the Supreme Court, Justice Brewer granted a writ of error in the case of the Nebraska Gov­ ernorship contest. A NVMBEB of President Harrison's personal friends from Indiana are en deavoring to persuade Gen. Lew Wal . _ lace, author of -Ben Hur," to let Republicans of thaHoosier 8tate nomi- ] POBK-W«W M AKKKT BKPOBT& CHICAGO. CATTLB-- Common to Prime. Boos--Shipping Grades SHKEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORK --No. 9 OATS--No. 2. KYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamery CHEF.SK--Full Cream, flats..,... Kaos--Fresh jpOTATOEs-- Western, per bit,.... INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping HOGS--Choice Lignt SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 1 White OAIV--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLB. HOGS ...." WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed COBN--No. 2 OUTS-- NO. 2. BABLKT--Iowa CINCINNATI. CATTXE Hoos KHEEP •••• WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Cons'--No; 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed... « DETROIT. CATTLE. Hoos KHEBP.- - WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 Yellow. OA-I-S--JJo. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--cash OATS--No. 1 White CLOVER BOED. : EAST LIBEBTY. CATTLE--Common to Prime $3.50 5.50 «,50 & 4.80 6.00 & 6.53 1.0S & 1.03% .60 & .GO .00 @ .51 .83 «* .85 J7 & .IS .10 # .11 .15 & .16 .95 # 1.09 8.50 A 5.75 a. 00 @ 4.80 4.00 @ 5.25 1.06?v@ IMH . .01 & .61}j .81 & JiVtt . 8.53 @ 5.10 , 4.25 <?> 4.65 1.0e>4^ 1.03 Hoos--Light SHEEP--Medium .' LAMBS MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Com*--No. S OATS--No. White BYE--No. 1 BARLEY--No. 2 I'OBK--Mean NEW YOBK. CArrut Hoos BHEEP •WHEAT--No. 2 Ked. CORN--No. 2 j OATS--Mixed Western. I "R TT1»PP 13 Pmatn emr s.co 8.00 4.00 I.07 .C7 .64 8.00 £.00 8.00 1.11 •CO .64 1.(8 Jt» M 4.10 4.25 4.00 4.50 6.00 1.03 34 .63 .03 .74 II.25 6/0 4.2> 6.60 1.13 .69 .64 .14 jm- AiOO THE PEOPLE'S UNITED PARTY OF THE STATES. @ 5.2) & 6.10 & 6.26 ® 1.00 & .«8 <§ .56 & 5.25 m 5.00 @ 5.50 & 1.12 .67 & .56 & 1.00 S.60 .62 0 4.20 & 6.25 <& 5.00 0 5.25 @ 7.00 & 1.04 (4 .66 <Pi .54 @ .95 ® .75 011.75 (01 6.50 @ 5.40 «s 6.60 @ 1.14* «e .72 & .60 .19 • .*•* •18.25 Flatterm Aloptert Amid Frant'c Excite­ ment--It Will Nominate m Presidential Ticket; --- favors the Sub-Treasury Schema, Demands Free Silver and Govern mant Control or Railroads-- "Ooml-by, Olft C^tlem Good-by." A little political party was born Into the world to-day, says a Cincinnati tele­ gram. A chorus from the Farmers' Alliance song-book and three bangs from 'Temporary Chairman Cunning­ ham's iron hammer preceded a prayer by the Rev. Gilbert Delamatyr, the Greenback ex-Congressman. Mr. Dela^ matyr was roundly applauded when he arose to pray. Frequent and earnest amenf from the audience punctuated the invocation, after which the delegates seemed to feel better and settled contentedly back in their chairs, while the Kansas Glee Club regaled them with a humorous ditty. After an address by Jesse Harper, of Illinois, the report of the Committee on Credentials was presented, showing that thirty-four State? and ^Territories were represented by 1,417 delegates having proper credentials. An invitation to lunch with the local delegates and an in­ timation that the lunch would not be en­ tirely dry provoked a row. Helen M. Gougar created a scene by repudiating the convention, and retired amid cheer* and hisses. Senator I'efTer followed iu a fervent address in favor of a new party, and then a recess was taken. Soon after the convention had reas­ sembled the report of the Committee on Platform was presented by Ignatius Don­ nelly and read by Robert Schilling. It opened with a lengthy statement of the political and social grievances and evils that had rendered political action not only desirable but necessary. Then came tho resolutions, which read as follows: 1. That in view of the great social, In­ dustrial and economical revolution now dawning upon the civilized world, and the new and living Issues confronting the Amer­ ican people, we believe that the time hus arrived for a crystallization of the political reform forces of our country and the form­ ation of what' should be known as the People's Party of the United Stales. 2. That we most heartily indorse the de­ mands of the platforms as adopted at St. Louis Mo., in 1889, Ocala, Fla., in 1890, and Omaha, Neb., In 1891, by the industrial or­ ganizations there represented, summarized as follows: A--The right to make and issue money is a sovereign power to be maintained by the people lor the common benefit, henc? we demand the abolition of national banks as banks of issue, and as a substitute top mi-* tlonal bank notes we dema**! that legal tender treasury notes ho Issued in efficient volume to transact the businesirof the country on "a cash basis, without damage or eRpecial advantage to any class or call­ ing, such notes to be a legal tender in pay­ ment of all debts, public -and private, and such note-i, when demanded by the people, all be loaned to them at not more than 2 cent, per annum upon non-perishabl^ pr.iducts. as indicated In the Sub-Treasurj^ plan, and also upon real estate with proper limitation upon the quantity of land and amount of money. B--We demand the free and unlimited Coinasre of silver. C--We demand tho passage of laws pro­ hibiting alien ownership of land, and that Congress take prompt action to devise some plan to, obtain all lands now owned by alien and foreign syndicates, and that all land held by railroads and other corporations in excess of such a* is actually used and offeeded by them be reclaimed by the Gov­ ernment and held for actual settlers only. D--Believing the doctrine of equal rights to all and special privilege to none, we de­ mand that taxation--national, State or municipal--shall not be used to build up one interest or class at the expense ot an­ other. t--We demand that all revenue--nation­ al, State o{jfounty--shall be limlied to the necessaVy expenses of the Government, economically and honestly administered. F--We demand a just and equitably sys­ tem of graduated tax on Income. G--We demand the most rigid, honest and just national control and supervision of the means of public communication and transportation, and if this control and supervision does not remove the abuses now existing we demand the Government owner­ ship of such means of communication and transportation. H--We demand the election of President, Vice President and United States Senators by a direct vote of the people. 3. That we urae united action of all pro­ gressive organizations in attending .the conference called for Feb. 22, 1892, by six of the leading reform organizations. 4. That a national central committee be appointed by this conference, tj be com­ posed of a chairman to be elected by this body and of three members from each State represented, to be named by each State delegation. 5. That this central committee shall rep­ resent this body, attend the nat'onal con­ ference on Febi 22. 1892. and. If possible, unite with that and all other reform organ­ izations there assembled. If no satisfactory arrangement can' be effected this committee shall call a national convention not later than June 1, 1892, for the purpose of nom­ inating candidates for President and Ylce President. • " 6. That the members of the central com­ mittee for each State where there is no in­ dependent political organization conduct an active system of political agitation in their respective States. The platform was adopted by a rising vote, and the roll of States was called for members of the National Committee, the convention adopting the innovation of appointing three members from each State instead of one member as the old parties have. The Alliance Congressman, J. G. Otis, of Kansas, nominated H. E. Taubeneck, of Illinois, as Chairman of the National Executive Committee. There was a great outburst of cheers when Taube- neck's name was mentioned. W. R Lamb, of Texas, seconded the nomina­ tion, saying he had watched Taubeneck's record and was satisfied. Taubeneck was chosen by acclamation. Loud calls for Taubeneck finally brought that gen- to the rostrum, where he made a brief but very manly and modest speech, thanking the delegates. He said: "Gentlemen, you see before you all that Is left of the celebrated Independent party in the Tlllncls Legislature so often called the 'big tfiree'." He added that while he sincerely appreciated the honor the convention had conferred upon him, ho "scarcely felt eqnal to doing the posi­ tion of National Chairman justice, but he would do the best ho could and would rely upon the assistance of the other members of the committee. The following is the National Commit­ tee .as appointed: Arkansas--L. P. Featherstone, Isaac E. McCracken, J. Q. A. Bush. California--Marion Cannon, H. C. Dillon, A. G. Hinckley. Connecticut--Robert Pique. Florida--W. D. Condon, L. Baaklos. J. D. Goss. Georgia--C. C. Post Iowa -J. B. Weaver, M. L. Wheat, A. J. Westfleld. Indiana--C. A. Powers, Leroy Templetoo, J. I). Comstock. Morton, A. J. Streeterrifli people were for the Ohio-Hugo Prejrar, 3. C. H. Cobb, H. P. Barnes. Oklahoma--Samuel Crocker. A. E. Mght, John Hogun. , , Pennsylvania--R. A. Thompson,^ F. B. Agnew, Lewis Edwards. South Dakota--X. W. Hardin, Hi I* Loucks, Fred Zeppe. Texas--W. R. Lamb, Thomas Gaines, 3. H. Davis. Tennessee--H. P. Osborne. Q."W. J. Kay, John W. James. Wisconsin--Robert Schilling. 'Alfred Man- heimer, A. J> Phillips. West Virginia--Luther O. Shinn, l?eqrge iff. Hammond, Thomas C. KeeneY,; v Wyoming--H. Bretenstein, James A. Smith. H. D. Merrett. ' • District of Columbfa--Lee Crandall, 8. A. Bland, II. I. Schulthels. A few moments of confused, prepara­ tion for adjournment sine die ensued, then the Chairman's gavel fell, and the first convention of the People's Party of the United States had passed into hit- tory. '• . SCENES AN© INCIDENTS. Possibly the picture that will be long­ est remembered by those who witnessed it will be tho unequaled display of enthusiasm by the big gathering at the joining of the blue and the gray with the black, in the person of an ex-Union soldier, a Texan ex-rebel, and the lead­ er of the Colored Farmers' Alliance. The significance of the incident was little if any marred by the fact that the third of the trio was of pure Caucasian blood. An appeal was lpade from the plat­ form for funds to pay the fare home of a colored Alliance delegate from South Carolina. The delegate, Savage by name, came forward personally, and In a really clever speech, said the reason so few of the colored organizations were repre sented was that the colored too poor. It was pa convention, he add' the hats that wei'd for his benefit, that delegates came. hatfuls of small c h great cheering for A sensational feature of Ings following Donnelly's announcement came after tiic platform proper had been Adopted. A,!i>!iforn a man was the in­ dividual tha,t nearly rivaled the classic youth of ancient renown who fired tho Ephesian dome.* The Californiau's name was G. W. Millet, ami he was a Prohibi­ tionist from the runimit of his steeply brushed hair to the very bottom of his boot heels. Apparently nothing on earth could disconcert that Californian. Over 1,000 thoroughly engaged and dlsr gusted brawny gra^^fs and mechanics turned on him as if they could tear him limb from limb, b'& he'refused to budge an inch. He worke4>4^* jaws without ceasing, tliQuak every syliable> he .uttered was lost in the hurricane of jeers and con­ tumely. The Californian wanted to thrust before the convention a resolution pledging the new party to the prohibition cause. The convention emphatically did not want to submit to any such proc­ ess. But it had to. The nerve and grit of one man against a thousand car­ ried the day, and tho People's party be­ fore it was an hour old was forced to go on record upon the young Westerner's resolution. The convention, however, instantly took Its revengtf Like a vicious young colt it kicked the resolution into king­ dom come with a sickening suddenness and vigor that roust have surprised even Mr. Miller himself, though he managed somehow not to betray the fact It is reported that many members of the national reform organization, headed by President W. W. Jones, of Illinois, had withdrawn from the party because of the defeat of the resolution. THE PRESIDENT AND WIPE. Some ot the Present* Given Them on Thetr ltecent Trip. When Mrs. Harrison had her trunks unpacked, all the souvenirs of her jour­ ney were brought to light. She has them all arranged on the*tables up-stairs in the corridor, and they make a glitter­ ing array of precious metals. The pres­ ents made to the President are also among the display, and between them all the number must certainly reach 400. On one long table are arranged all the gold and silver souvenirs. Their value is great, and in size and variety they range from the superb silver salvor presented to Mrs. Harrison by the ladies of, San Francisco to a tiny bit of a silver baby carriage, not much over an inch square, but beautifully wrought in filigree work, which was intrusted to the President to present to his grandson, Benjamin $fc- Kee. In Utah the President was given the freedom of the Territory in the pre­ sentation of a silver map of the Terri­ tory a foot square. In San Francisco the invitation to the Palace Hotel ban­ quet was on a thick gold card, his menu card was another gold plate, and the freedom of the city was on a superbly wrought square of gold. MORE NEW JERSEY JUSTICE^ An Illinois Man Pined Because He Wore Mnbber I'oots. They do things queerly in New Jersey, say a New York telegram. A yoftng man dressed in the height of fashion, with his feet encased in a pair of rubber boots that reached to his knees, was walking hur­ riedly through Summit avenue, Jer­ sey City, late the other night A num­ ber of burglaries have been com­ mitted itl that part of the city, and Policeman llockford met the fashionaby- dressed man, aud concluded that he came under the head of suspicious characters, and arrested him. At the police station the prisoner, who declared his arrest an outrage, gave his name as Isaac P. S. •Olivar, aud said his home was in Tomp- kinsville, 111. He was locked up. He told Police Justice Davis that he was on a walking tour when arrested. "Why did you wear rubber boots?" a*ked the justice. "I supposed I had a right to wear any kind of boots or shoes I pleased," replied the prisoner. "Yon are fined 810," sa:d the justice. Elder, Levi Dumbald, R. L. Graves, S. F. Smith, T. B. Paine, C. Illinois--S. N. E. Taubeneck. Kansas--P. P. K. Osborn. Kentucky--D. G Fallln. Louisiana--J. 3. Mills, Dr. R. John Pickett. Massachusetts--C. F. Washburn^ Brown, E. M. Boynton. Michigan--Ben Colvln, Mrs. 8. E. V Emery, Jc«n O. Seabel.' Minnesota--Ignatius Donnelly, C.U. Per kins, Andre Stevenson. Missouri--Paul J. Dickson, J. W. Rodgers, W. O. Atkeson. Maine--H. S. Hobba, F. A. Howard, D. W. Smith. Nebraska--J. H. Edmeston, William Dy- tart, W..H. Wast. New York--Ja6ob H. Stnder, Joel J. Rotyt FOSTER IS DEFIANT. AMAZEMENT AT A MINISTER- EDITOR'S COURSE. Ha Prints Brewery j#lvertt«oment« In Si< and Kratilly Uef'ndi Hli Action-- A Bemarkable Artlole Whloh 1^11 P« Rrad br Strait-Laced Christians with Mo Wit 1 (? Astonishment. The Rev. E. P. Foster has for several j years been a prominent Congregationalist j minister in Cincinnati. Several months ago because of advanced ideas on labor questions he resigned his pastorate, but not the ministry, and began the publica­ tion of a weekly paper. Two weeks ay- i he published a brewery adverti-ement. A great sensation was caused. This week he printed two columns of such ad­ vertisements, and says among other things, in defending his conduct: "I advertise tho breweries because I conscientiously think it is the right thing to do--a strict duty under tho present circumstances. This paper is not a church paper, as some seem to have inferred from its title, nor is it ad­ vocating Sunday-school measures of re­ form. There afe evils, many and great, in the liquor traffic, but when that is thrust forward as the chief of the devouriug monsters In modern society, then that assertion itself becomes a tre­ mendous stumbling-blo^k in the way of reform. The liquor business does not Injure those who let it alone. The church has lost tho respect of the masses be­ cause It is built upon and Is the advo­ cate of the system that continually robs and defrauds the people. It Is in the pay of the oppressor of the masses, and tries to hush the people into submission telling them of the dispensation of an uling Providence, and that their gs will be righted In the world to *The ".hurch pretends to be loyal ijhrist, yet defiantly tramples upon ":ommanfs. he dailies of Cincinnati all adveriise •reweries and business men of the high­ est church standing advertise alongside the liquor advertisements, even in the tho Sunday editions.. Church members buy these papers and vote for the candi­ dates supported by them. There is not a preacher in town that refuses to have his sermons reported by them, or who, when honored in this way, is ashamed to purchase such papers--saloori advertise­ ments and &11--and send them abroad to his frienda In the Cincinnati church of which I waS pastor, when the deacons and their wives had neglected to'pre­ pare! wfne for the communion service, they sent the janitor out Sunday morning before church time to a saloon to buy a bottlo of wine for the sacramental service. "If a company of -young men go to a saloon Suhday morning and drink a bot­ tle of wine the" shocked church calls that a frightful sin. But if the young men had joined the church, and instead of drinking in the saloon had waited until the deacon had sent tho janitor out, without regard to the Sunday laws on the subject, and he had bought at the saloon that same bottle of wine and brought it to the church, ana the young men had drank that same wine around the church altar, the act would then have been a religious rite, the holiest of sacraments." The article causes a profound sensa­ tion among the religious population of the city. ^ A BLOW AT TRUST COMPANIES. ' Lawless Huckleberry Farmers. Anyone who has ever lived or traveled through the wooded countries of this State or Pennsylvania, writes a corre­ spondent for Corning, N. Y-, can't have failed to notice, in the early spring or late fall, pillars of smoke rising among the trees on the mountains at regular intervals in the woods. The fires are the work of the shiftless bushwhackers, who live ln< the mountains of all such regions. They start the fires in the woods simply to increase the area of huckleberry bushes in the picking and marketing of the fruit, on which they largely depend for eking out tho miser­ able existence they lead. There is only one way in which the huckleberries can be cultivated, and the huckleberry farmer does not need to own an Inch of land. If he has the title to only one lucifer match he can put thousands of acres under cultivation in a very short time. He has only to light it and touch it to the dry leaves and brush, either in early spring or late fall, and his cultiva­ tion is soon under way. What the re­ sult may be in loss of life and property does not concern him, and nine out of ten forest fires that devastate the Penn­ sylvania woods annually may be traced directly to the torch of these outlaws. Br the aid of popular subscription, and after much agitation, the MetropoU iton Museum in New York will hereafter be open on Sundays. A SPBINGFIELD (MO.) man burst a blood vessel by blowing his nose and pearly bled to d^ath be fore medical at­ tendance arriwiL Under Certain Circumstances They Have Mo Recourse In Law. A trust company has no recourse in law if a member of the trust violates the agreement not to go into business again is the substance of a decision W Judge Thayer of the United^St^tes/Court, St Louis, Mo.' The deefskm was rendered in the case of the American Preservers Company against the Taylor Manufact­ uring Company. For years prior to 1888 the Taylor Company had been carrying on its business in St - Louis, but the tempter came, and the Ameri­ can Preser^rs' Trust bought out its business, for which it was to pay part cash and ^e balance in trust certificates. .The Taylor Company agreed not to go intf) business again in this country for twenty-five years, or until the trust dled.v In 1890 the com­ pany did go into business again, and when the American Preservers Company brought suit to enjoin ifc-iti claimed the agreement only bound ihe\hree stock­ holders who had signed.1^ As the trust did not allege that the ^Ompanyvwas bound by the action of those stockhold­ ers, it was compelled to file another pe\ tition, and the Taylor Company then\ replied, saying that even if the company was bound by the agreement such con­ tracts were unlawful in the State of Missouri. The demurrer to the bill was sustained. HER VEIL CAUGHT FIRE. weavers and one loom-fixer begaa work at the looms all the operatives In1 the plush department, to the number of, <K>0, left their looms and quit work. AT the termination of the day's work BOO- more hands employed at various work; struck out of sympathy with the strik­ ing plush Weavers. The striking em­ ployes claim that the Dobsons have vio­ lated the contract labor law by import­ ing the weavers from England, but the1 Dobson's claim the right to bring then® over under the clause In the law which permits a manufacturer to import work- ingmen for the purpose of starting jb new industry. FOOLED BY A SHARPER* HOW "SHEENY AL" SWIND^EO . THE BALTLMOP^ATIS. They Eagerly Infested tn a Gold-Increas­ ing Company that Promlne# Pabulona' ftetnrn*-- Yrllow Metal Worth 990,000 I'lsappeart* froin a (rucible One Might and With It ".Sheeny Al." Edward Pinter, alias "Sheeny Al,* who was arrested in ILcndon. for at­ tempting to swindle a jeweler in thai city by means >,of the "philosopher's stone, "through which he claimed to in­ crease tho bulic of gold, is supposed to be the fellow who played the same game in Baltimore, swind:ing five well-to-do merchants out of nearly $100,000, writes a correspondent from the Monumental City. About three years ago a man came to Baltimore and engaged a suite oi rooms in a boarding-house on North Charles street He called at the office of a successful real-estate agent and intro­ duced himself as Mr. Gephart He said that the agent had been recommended to him as a discreet and enterprising man, and he desired to secure his aid in de­ veloping a matter that would surely bring fortune to both of them. He then unfolded his scheme of increasing the bulk of gold, and assured the agent that he did not wishf'him to i^est a dollar in the enterprise until all doubt had been removed from his mind of the ability of Gephart to do all he claimed. He in­ vited tne agent to call at his rooms on Charles street, when he would substan­ tiate his claim by practical tests. The agent accompanied him, and gave Gephart a gold dollar with which to first experiment. This dollar was placed in a small crucible, and a white powder- was added by Gephart. The two men' took turns at a blow-pipe in increasing the heat in the crucible until the gold was melted and mixed with the chem­ ical. It was then allowed to cool, after which Gephart took it out, gave it to the agent, and told him to send it to the United States mint to be assayed and recoined. The mint officials returned a report showing three times the amount, of gold that was put into the crucible. The same tests with larger amounts were continued, and always with tho same result. The real-estate agent be­ came convinced of tho value of Gep- hart's secret, and introduced Gephart to several wealthy citizens, with the view of enlisting them in the entemrise. The same tests were made before them, and they, too, became convinced of Gephart's ability to increase the bulk of gold. A stock company was formed and the basement of the hpuse of one of the men interested was selected as the place of operations. This was fitted uto with a furnace and iron vats about the sizo of .an ordinary bath-tub. One member of the go'd-incrcasing company fur­ nished about $50,000 in gold, and tho other four about $10,000 each. They were to share proport^tfh at«ly in the profits. In the presence of nhe wholo party Gephart apparently putK all this- gold into one of the vats and placed it on the fire.. He then put in a qimntity of the powder and other chemjUml&v In doing this, however, he declined to per­ mit any of the party to approach t vats, saying that the fumes of the chem­ icals would overpower any one not pre­ pared to resist them. A top was put on the vat and at tho suggestion of Gephart extra strong locks- were procured and the vat was securely fastened with them. The same precau­ tions were laken with the door of tho basement The keys were given to the gentleman in whose house tho experi­ ment was being tried. Gephart said that the vat must not be opened for three weeks. After remaining about the city for several days Gephart said he was called to a distant city on business, bat would return on the day appointed for taking out the gold. He did not come a» promised. , The real-estate agent became suspi­ cious and persuaded the party to make an \investigation. They went to the .cellar /and upon opening the vat found the'gold had all disappeared, while in its placo was a lot of ro^ks and scrap-iron. Tho men were dumfounded. The cellar had been entered and the gold stolen. -•f #•& •T • 4» (*< 4 belting Scene In an Ohio Chnrch During Communion Services. i panic was narrowly averted at Sfc Jolm's Catholic Church in Dayton. Ohio. A cla^s of thirty-nine was receiving its first communioh and in consequence the church was packed to its utmost capac­ ity. Suddenly there was a flash of light, and then it was discovered that the veil of Miss Clara Eminger was in flames. The girl screamed,.and for a moment it looked as if the vast congregation would make a wild rush for the door, b.ut the coolness and promptness of Father Jung and some of his parishioners averted what would have been a terrible disas­ ter if the break had once been made. Willing hands quickly extinguished the flames, but not before they had commu­ nicated to the dress of her sistefr. They are supposed to have caught from the candle that was carried by the young lady. Although burned some about the face the .exercises went on, and Miss Em­ inger was confirmed with the rest of tho class. . RECEIVED 4-5,000 POUNDS MAIL.. OF A Mjnlnf Camp I on the Bio Grande Gets 450 Sacks of Papers in a Week. It Is reported from Ilium, a small min­ ing camp in Colorado, on the Rio Grande So.uthern Railroad, that during the last week 450 sacks of mal! have arrived there. The sacks contained newspa­ pers, and all those so far examined were New York Tribunes of March 9. They were mailed in 2-cent wrappers, and all were addressed to Charles S. Newton, Superintendent of the Caribb?an Mine. The sending of so much mail matter looks like a scheme to rob the Govern­ ment This is the period when railroads weigh mall matter, on which their pay from the Government is based. The average of several lines between New York and Colorado has been fattened, but the local railroad officials, say they would not profit much by the shipment. Newton, tho man who received the 45,- 000 pounds of mall, has been summoned to VVasliington. * OBJECT TO IMPORTED WORK­ MEN. Kmployes of m Carpet HsnuAwtNy to Philadelphia on a Strike. Some weeks ago John & James Dob- son, the extensive carpet manufacturers of Philadelphia, imported a number of weavers from Luister's mills, Bradford. England. The weavers were Intended to be put to work at manufacturing vel­ vet in the plush department of the mills. The importation of the English opera­ tives has caused the greatest dissat­ isfaction among the old hands, and ncantly when three; of the imported Bis Tree to Bo Kxlitbitod. It Has been determined to send to tho , World's Fair at Chicago, as a feature of 1 the Government's exhibit, the largest specimen that can be obtained of tho famous big trees of California. A'treo thirty feet in diameter will be selected *•; and cut off thirty feet from the ground. | Tho trunk will then be sawed into sec- g tions and the outside pieces only sent to S Chicago. On arrival at the exhibition the pieces will be put together, so that ^ the outside portion will show just as it J did in the forest. It is proposed to placo I? It In the center of the rotunda of Gov- % ernment Building. The interior of the tree will be decorated with conos, leaves = ^ and other attachments of the tree, di­ vided into rooms and the whole affair illuminated with electric lights. • ,, > - Combine of Canning Companies. _ For the last few months H. Franefi,^ who represents a syndicate of English ^ capitalists, has been endeavoring to per- suade the canners of California to coin- bine. Asa result of his labors, the Call- fornia Fruit Canning Company has been , incorporated with a capital stock of |g $2,000,000. The new company comprises P about two-thirds of the canneries of that State. Dots anil Dashes. THREE kinds of vegetables to | unripe, overripe and decayed. ' IK the lottery mandamus case the Lon- isiana Supreme Court has refused a re* |l hearing. MANY thousand dollars' worth of crops j were annihilated by a heavy hail storm ^ in Texas. THEKE is a big gold excitement near Springfield, O. The work of sinking a shaft has already commenced. THE English royal family is happy; and a little Fife(r) is playing the accom­ paniment for their song of joy. O. B. WILSON, ex-Mayor of Great Bend, Kan., who is wanted there fox em­ bezzlement, was arrested at Seattle, Wash. £ "PRESIDENT HARRISON'S train was on M time to the minute at every leading sta- tion during the entire journey," says an % exchange. J BERLIN is said to entertain "a schnapa ^ ring." Rip Van Winkle is at rest, but 4 those afflicted with his corse of thirst will i have to pay the costs. 3 WILTJAM BERMII.IK, a wealthy farmer .1 of Wyandot County, Ohio* committed ^ suicided by hanging. A family tendency to insanity is the cause. - { EDMUND JIUSSEIX, the dress reformer, /;< wants men to wear jeweled girdles. |5i This is costume de rigeur in the Wild -# West, and the jewels COMMAC . ̂ revolver cartridges. * f '" m. I- I'l •iPi ; -Vni •:.w -J:*!-'-.