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m pnMtfttiw OTILyUlJUGCK BURNED i AM MOTH MEAT-HOUSE riRED BY STB1KERS. •wattM «T the System •» ; SlgiMk Italtmyi-ThrM teMi' !»• iNtwMlmeiit thr Wife Mor.ler -- Cncto fi-0m*$ Will C*r« for Hie FMt. * fh Utmikmi r-^ After disposing of soma business of no p; general interest, the Senate. on the 6th, | look up lliO ics >luiIon heretofore oTcred - by Mr. .lone*. of Arkansas. for payment to the Choctuw and C'lilckusiw nations for €hetr iMerosU In the Cheyonne »n>t Arapa- Ibof Renervution (about ia.WO.OJU) <ts the 'i UnAnlshed business, and Mr. lJ.ivos, Ohalr- ]', tiitii of the Committee on Indian Affairs, •' Addressed the Senate in advocacy of the ' resolution, but wiihout flr.Uh his ad- ires*. Then Mr. Gorman ottered res­ olutions, jvhich wore agreed to, ®>>- Bressintr regret at the death. In February, ^ xio;»t, ui i,in* Iftt© f^cii.iior Wilson tf Mary- • land, and suspending the business of the * Senate to enable his associates to pay : - j^rnprr tribute c? regard t > oharactcr ••'. find distltijirlslx-;! public services. There • Was a large attendance of members in the 'House. The first business in order was the Sfi ley bill, but the House refused to consider it and weut into cominUtee of the Whole (Mr. Hatch of Missouri in the chair) •y tna the river and harbor bilL Trade in Fairly Uowl Condition. $' R. G. DUN «t Co.'S weekly review of «trade pays: • • •; Business has been much retarded ", throughout mo«t of the Western States by • • inusual and C3ntlnu ;d rain. Tiie niove- r>f pnidncts Is ilius deiayeJ. though tt is believed temporarily; collections are : retarded; seedtns in many quarters is ln- V , terriiptcd. though . on the whole fairly t advanced for th» season: and distribution TW goods is checked. A somewhat letter tone appears at the South, and busiuess Mc the Eastl* fairly activc for the season, »)though in some lines dull and depressed. Money is everywhere abundant, in part be­ cause the demand is smaller than usual, v.. tout this is In a measura due to the unusual : Conservatism of the trade, buyers making many small purchase? instead of larger purchases and watting more carefully for ... Actual distribution. fey Bnrned » Who! # B'ock. . TKE whole block bounded by First av- *",5«»ue and the East River, between 45th and 46th streets, in Ne-rr York, aad occu- j, |»ed by Sohwarzchild & Sulzberger, the J; CKt">nRive meat dealers, was almost to- telly destroyed by fire Friday morning. Jhe block consisted of a series of build­ ings four stories high. The fire started tli the tallow house, and at first sight it appeared as if the flames were the Itesult of strikers' spite. Twenty- five of the men employed in the k'-, tallow house struck, aad be?a*re so threatening that the police reserves %ere sent to the building, but ther serv- ' Ices were not required. Mr. Sulzberger, frt- of the firm, says that the fire could not f reasonably be attributed to the strikers, > \ as the difficulty liad been satisfactorily ." settled, and the men were to have re- \y Sumed work -to-day. Th^ daiaige can- - not be correctly- estimated until the f books of the firm are examined. The damage dono to the buildings will not Exceed $100,000. Two firemen, Levens and Hannigan, htri their legs broken by falling beams. They were removed to Ihe hospital. " Brntal TMtmrat of k TV«m»n.' 5 ANOTHER English railway assault Is, •?: reported. .The last victim of the cotn- ^ jmrtrncnt system is a dressmaker named Mary.Faulkner, and from present indi- f*: cations her assailant*, if arrested, will J' >- have to answer a -charge of murder. Some men walking along.the railway ? ; '.'Hear Leeds found a wornai) lying near the rails. Her clothing was disairanged, *Kp fend she w,as t-errjbly injured. She was just able to state that she had been as- * faulted in the. compartment of a railw;ay <. carriage, and that afterward her apsail- *: , ant haa thrown her headlong from the e&rriage when the train was ruaaiag at * . full«peed. ZH- ' WWT <V)T«p*, has forty ps jilted when the author wa*» «MW !»jr. AN east-bound freight train on tho Pennsylvania Bnllroad was wrecked by a broken brake rigging near Coatesville, l»a. Both tracks were blocked. A west­ bound train, composed of nv»il and ex­ press cars, ran into the wreck. The locomotive of the latter train was t hrown from the track and buried in an embank­ ment. Harry Sliulz, engineer, and Harry Martin, fireman,.both of Phila­ delphia, wet-e taught to the wreck and^Jv roasted fco dwith, " WBSTSR«L^ CNPISTIAN NELSON of Denmark, Iowa, became angered at his wife on Some slight pretense and almost beat her to death with a club. CTRVS LOVEIOJ, who was prominent In the Michigan Constitutional Conven­ tion of 1850, and Speaker of the Michi­ gan House of Representatives in 1855, has been taken to the county poorhouss at Icnia. He is 88 years of age. THERE was quite a serious wreck of a passenger train on the Burlington line near Crete, Jieb., in which Fireman H. P. Shriner and two unknown tramps who were stealing a ride were instantly killed, and a number of others more or less seriously Injurod. Washouts are reported on all the roade in the State, though nothing so serious has been re- ported^ this accident. POLITICAL. THE Wisconsin Democratic State Con­ vention, held at Milwaukee, fairly bub­ bled over with enthusiasm. "We will go to Chicago, not to ask for the nom­ ination of Grover Cleveland of New York, but for the nomination of Grover Cieveiaud oi the Vniiec, Siaiew, uuu if New York does not follow us so much the worse for New loik." Prolonged cheers followed these remarks of General Bragg, as they did all other reference to Cleveland before the convention. The situation in Michigan fS told by the following dispatch: "Grover Cleveland, New York: The largest Democratic State convention in our party's history elected a unanimous Cleveland delegation to Chicago and in­ structed it to vote for you as a unit. In this action the delegation will express the exact sentiment of the Michigan Democracy, which is for Cleveland and victory. DAXIEIJ*J. C'AMPAU, "Chairman Democratic State Com­ mittee." THE Illinois Bepublicans, after a two days' convention at Springfield, placed four candidates in the field for the nom­ ination for Governor. The first ballot resulted in the nomination of Gov. Fifer by the following vote: Fifer, 941; Longenecker, 120; Clark, 93; Hunt, 51; Marsh, 30. Lyman B. Bay was nom­ inated for Lieutenant Governor on the, first ballot. For Secretary of State I. N. Pearson was renominated. Gen. C. W. Pavey was renominated for Audi­ tor on the first ballot. The platform re­ ported by the committee on resolutions Indorses the McKinley tariff bill, in­ structs the delegates to vote for Harri­ son for President, denounces the pro­ posed free coinage of silver and advo­ cates the repeal of the compulsory edu­ cation law. Messrs. Cullom, Oglesby, Cannon, Gilbert, Miles Kehoe, Swift, Baymond and Bobbins were chosen del­ egates to the National Convention at Minneapolis, and were instructed for Harrison. .< v"f m- HEWS NUGGETS. THE President has signed the Chinese Ivi isBxciusion bill. THE Bichmond cottoij factory at i Augusta, Ga., has failed. Liabilities, r|80,000, ' FIRB at Bashville, Ind., destroyed factory- business property pf the • -valuo of $65,600. Db. GroKQE Hehx* lloo&fi, Super- ilntendent of the Leimox Library, in New York, is dead. y ROBERT TODD, of Elgin, has been sentenced to three years in the Joliet , Penitentiary for the killing of his wife. FOREIGN, ' BARON FATA has sailed from South­ ampton to resume his post as Italian Minister at Washington. THE trial of FredericK Bailey Deem­ ing, the Australian wife-murderer, has closed at Melbourne. The jury re­ turned a verdict • of guilty against the prisoner, and added that he was not in­ sane. • THE socialist member of Parliament for the northwest division of Lanark­ shire, Cunningham Graham, was "named" by the Speaker and suspended by vote of tho House for refusing to cease interrupting a speaker. MRS. FLORENCE ETHEII OSBORNE, convicted of the theft of the Hargreavo jewels in England, and of perjury in the MMt Aim HIh ArcoiuptUhuient Conspicu­ ously -- Kevcnti Other Who in fliat L.«tl»l«tnr< KM fjrcloim HE newest among our national statesmen is the Congressmen's Bi­ cycle Club, of which Jerry Simpson is President and Thomas. B. Reed its latest nursling, writes a Washing­ ton correspondent. Only full-fledged Congressmen are eligible 1o member­ ship in it. August and reverend Sena­ tors and powerful |]|Cabinet officers '• have no show in it, » " and were even Pres­ ident Harrisoa to apply humbly for ad­ mission, he would be peremptorily re­ jected, so exclusive is this unique orJ ganization, and eo sharply does it draw the line against all but Congressmen. All the members are enthusiastic wheel­ men, and several of them are exceed­ ingly skillful ridfere. Among the most expert, besides Jerry Simpson himself, the head chief, are Congressmen Tom L. Johnson of the Twenty-first. Ohio District, Joseph E. Washington of the Sixth Tennessee--a lateral descendent of the immortal George Washington-- John A. T. Hull of the Seventh Iowa, Lewis Sperry of the First Connecticut, and William Springer of the Thirteenth and Owen Scott of the Fourteenth Illi- UVftO The idea of the club originated with a select little coterie of congressmen who sit near each other in the chamber of the House of Representatives. Henry George of New York, though not a con­ gressman, may? be held primarily re­ sponsible for It. When the genial, sock- less "Sage of Medicine Lodge" left Kansas last spring and visited New York he fell in with the single-tax apostle, who in due time made him familiar with the pleasures of the wheel. Rep­ resentative Johnson likewise recently came under the spell of George's influ­ ence, and he, too, became a convert to the bicycle craze. Representative John­ son happens to sit next, to Representa­ tive Washington in tho House, and through his rapturous praises of bicycle riding, daily repeated, he soon induced the young Tennessean to tempt fate on the revolving wheel. Ex-Speaker Reed was also prevailed upon by John­ son's eloquence to forego his scruples m WHERE CONGRESSIONAL WHEELMEN MEET. n sport with the Um on " Tho HiU," near tha Cap* . , and n£ea the debates in the Rouse hap­ pen to grow unbearably dull, as they frequently do, ho slips over home, gets out his 'cycle, aad takes a quiet little spin by way of mental and physical re­ freshment occasionally he meets other members of the club by proarrangement on the open plaza at the east front of the cap- itol, when they all have a hapyy-go- lucky race over the smooth asphalt. Then, after they have sufficiently en­ joyed the keen air whistling about their ears, they return to the House in time to vote, depositing their wheels in con­ venient nooks aud crypts oa the base­ ment floor. Chairman Springer, of Ways and Means, is an old hand at the wheel and Is one of the pioneers among Congress­ men in the use of the rapid vehicle. He early initiated his youngest son in the mysteries of riding. "Unluckily his late illness has prevented him from Joining his colleagues In their regular practice, but his heart has been with- them all the time, and when he fully recovers his health he will make up for lost time. Repiesentative Washington from the outset displayed a marked degree of pluck &nd en erg v in addressing himself to the difficulties that nlwaysTaeset be­ ginners on the wheel. With the assidu­ ous coaching of his friend Johnson, however, he has become one of the best riders in the club. He uees a very light machine and discards all the unnecessary appliances. Ex-Speaker Seed, who has the repu­ tation of ridtoff the biggest upright a REPRESENTATIVE SIMPSON ON HIS WHEEL. suit she brought for libel against Mrs. j ideal facilities for bicycling, flargreave, has been released from jail club avr.1'" of superior conditions upon the plea that further incarceration • • - - would imperii her ili6. THE Senate Commerce Committee has favorably reported the bill transferring 7; the Fish Commission to the Agricul- i' tural Department. * AT Newcastle, Pa., the geheral .con­ ference of the Primitive Methodists of • Pennsylvania unanimously adopted res­ olutions protesting against the opening . of the World's Fair Sunday and against the sale of liquor on the grounds. Toll WALKER and Ben Bones, the fugitive witnesses from Wyoming, were arrested at Crawford, Neb., on the charge o! cutting Elkhorn telegraph j wires during the ealtle troubles. There , is much excitement, as it is believed to be a trick of the cattlemen to get the witnesses out of the way. HENRY HUSTON, who was employed upon the industrial census at Philadel- , phia, has been acrested upon the charge of making fictitious returns and swear­ ing to them. THE charge against Sir Adolph Caron, : Canadian Postmaster General, of » having corrupted electors whde he was Minister of Militia, will be made the subject of investigation by a royal com­ mission. - THERE are rumors in Berlin: that Count Herbert Bismarck will bo given an important oSlce uhder the Govern­ ment. MRS. EMMA P. KETCHEU, of Grand Bapids, has ben chosen President of the Michigan Wouiau's Suffrage Asso v elation. , THE Robinson Woolen Company, of Kansas City, with branch stores in vari­ ous Western cities, has made an as­ signment. The liabilities are notknown, but tiw assets are estimated At. $1,004),- ;• «oo.^ IN GBNBRAX. THE advance of 25 cents in the price of coal dictated by the Beading com­ bine went into effect Monday. Thb month of May is considered to be the opening of the coal season, and ordin­ arily it is ushered in by a rush of busi­ ness. This is totally lacking this year, and the yards are not as aetive as two weeks ago. G. H. CAMPBELL, General Immigrant Agent at Ottawa, Out., says that agents of the Government are now at work in the two Dakotas, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska, Maine, Michigan and Massa­ chusetts. Forty-seven carloads of set­ tlers and their effects have left Minne­ sota for Canadian territory this spring. Two parties have gone from Michigan, and one large party has left Maine. MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. CATTC,* - Common to Prime.... S-VK) ~ - #.39 4.03 .81 .48 .» EASTERN. • • • REV. DB. BRIOOS and hiii followers ! Won a victory in the Presbytery of New York on Monday, when Dr. Nightin­ gale's resolution condemning Dr. Briggs' teachings was voted down, and another, affirming that the deliverances of the General Assembly made further action i » by the Presbytery unnecessary, was adopted. AT Boston, Mass., at the auction rooms of C. P. Libbie A Co., a copy of > •Tamerlane," by Edgar Allan Poe, the only known copy in existence with the w OJWepfckm the one in the British M«- HOG*--Shipping Grades.. BHKKP--tairta Choice.. W'HKAT--No. 2 Red COES--No. 2, old OATS--No. ft EYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice » reamer?....7.' CHKK IK--Full Crwm, fltu KGOB--Fresh POTATOES--New, per brl INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE - Shipping HOOB--Choice Light SHtEP--Common to Prim* WHEAT-NO. 2 Red COBN--No. 1 White OATS- NO. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE H« as WHEAT--No. * Ked CORN--No. 8 ". OATS-NO. 2 BARLEY--low* CINCINNATI. CATTLE. Hons SHEEP WHEAT--NO. 2Bed. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 Mixed DE t'ROIT. CATTLE. HOGS. ; SHtEP * 7" •WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. "."I COKN--No. 2 Yellow OAIS - No. 2 White _ >T TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 COBS--No. 2 Yellow.*"* OATS--No. 2 White I... BYE "•* BEEF CAITLE.....®®"^* Lrv* Boos. WHEAT--No. 1 H*rd. COBN--No. 2 „ MILWAUKEE!' WHEAT--No. 2 Spring.. COBN--No. 3 . OATS--No. 2 White BYE--No. 1 BAHLKT--No. 2 PORK--MOBS NEW YORK. ' CATTLE. Hoes. SHEEP %VHFAT--No. 2 Bed.....,...".. COHN--No 2.,.. OATS--Mixed Western........... Buxre»--Oeemery.. <K4 IBOM...,. 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The expansive streets and avenues of Wash­ ington, paved with tho finest asphalt and the smoothest of concrete blocks, afford and the of thee* 1 to the fullest cxient. More th;.n an ordinary amount of ne.v,} and courage is required of Con­ gressmen from certain parts of the country in contemplating for themselves such a frivolous diversion as bicycling in this capital city of the nation, where ihe eyes of the entire public, so tospeak, are constantly centered upon them. In­ deed, such a deep-seated prejudice exists in many communities against bicycling, tennis playing and kindred mild forms of ornamental athletics that the riding Congressmen from those sec­ tions deserve to be congratulated on the grit they have displayed in joining the club. The members, while not seeking to conceal their con­ nection with it, have not courted pub­ licity on the subject or sought to be interviewed as to their accomplishments on the wheel. Down in Kentucky a few years ago a certain capitalist from the East, filled with enterprising ideas of progress and invention, undertook to make the race for Congress in one of blue grass districts, using a bicycle of primitive pattern on his stumping tours from place to place. He announced to his prospective constituents that he be­ lieved in all sorts of innovations and Improvements, and cited bicycles as an illustration, prophesying that they would in a short time largely supersede the use of horses and mules as a mode of locomotion. The voters thereupon, as inight be expected, grew frightened at the prospect of losing their livelihood in raising horses and mules and at the polls unanimously snowed him out of sight under an avalanche of adverse votes. Times have changed somewhat since then, but in these unsettled days for statesmen the dear people still insist on knowing both the personal and pub­ lic careers, and even the sports, of their representatives in Congress. Congressman Johnson is the most ver­ satile rider in the club, despite the fact that he is handicapped with fully 300 pounds of flesh. He is one of the most jovial men in the present House, with a ruday, smooth-shaven face, curly black hair and rotund figure. Unlike Henry George, who prefers a light-running English machine, he uses a strong wheel of standard American make, ball bear­ ings and cushion tire. Notwithstanding his ponderous avoirdupois, he has mas­ tered the difficult feat known as "the pedal mount," and in addition is able to execute to perfection eome of the most intricate figures in fancy riding. So en­ thusiastic a friend of bicycling is he that he has taught not only his wife but his three little children to ride, and fre­ quently takes his whole family out for an airing "on the road." o Congressman Jerry Simpson, on the other band, cares nothing for speed or fancy figures, but finds an infinite amount oC Relight in cantering straight ahead a£ a moderate gait. Hie rides at any hour ef the morning, afternoon, or evening, sometimes with his friemd Hull of Iowa or Johnson of Ohio, but of ton- est a_k>i>e, "in solitary meditation fancy i tarns tbe -street wheel in the State of Maine when at home in Portland, is content here in Washington with a low-seated "safety." It is related authoritatively that when he first learned to ride in Maine he "dished" his wheel twice, and broko the delicate attachments. He still has an aversion to riding in the fierce gaze of publicity which obtains in Washington, but he nevertheless consents to a little run now and then in the less frequented rendezvous of the club. Representatives Sperry of Connecti­ cut and S< ott of Illinois can be seen on their wheels almost any bright morning now, bowling swiftly over the delightful streets of the fashionable northwest. Mr. Sperry affects a wheel of home man­ ufacture, while Mr. Scott i? pleased with an Imported one. Several of the "very young" Congressmen from Massachu­ setts and elsewhere have an equal liking for both uprights and "safeties" and are considered connoisseurs as to the best styles and makes. While the asphalt streets leave noth­ ing to be desired for ease and comfort in riding, the club's favorite trysting place is the magnificent driveway called the "White lot," inclosing fifty acres of beautiful level park, between the Execu­ tive mansion and the Washington monu­ ment. Thither the Congressmen repair when the House adjourns at five o'clock in the afternoon, and enjoy themselves immensely, with comparative immunity from observation and interruption. The only drawDack there is the fact that the cecasional passage of a swell carriage or equestrian rider tends to unneive tho •'-'injilllui Hi [- THB IRON HEEL AND THEGuLD- c v j i .BN '9WOH& ,* TRYING A SATETr. "weaker brethren," often producing an ungraceful fall and tumble. THieto Battalions of W»»it>iv Miniotiftlr** ft* w« tt'Mitklxirrle* la *»«h( Who'll C»u»t I'uuper*?-- 5 , L u t . . rwwawiaBI Mrs. Cfttttorsi*...... rorls. A. Pftcier eat«t« fie 6«tt v&ytor Sfttate HW> W E. A. Stevens. New York............. ao.000.OOJ Brown A, Ivt'H «.i! «tr, I'rovkteiio®, SLl. • 8O,O0tt,t*W P. T) Armour, Chicago, 111 40,0^,0J0 P. Goelet, estate, N«w York 40,080,000 T. A. mjott rstate. New York.... <|. V.'. Garrett estate. G. B. Robert*, Philadelphia. Pa.. World's Fair Notes. JAMAICA has ir creased its World's Fair appropriation to $25,000. \ ONE HUNDRED tons of exhibits for the Exposition have already been col­ lected and are awaiting shipment at Lima and Callao. AN effort Is being made to collect $25,000 with which to build the Exposi­ tion a headquarters for the Sunday schools of the United States. A COMPANY from the National Milita­ ry Institute of Colombia, South Amer­ ica, wants to attend the Exposition and camp on the World's .Fair grounds. THE lofty stone monolith, which Wis­ consin will exhibit at the Fair, will re­ main at Jackson Park permanently, the park commissioners having given their consent. The monolith is 107 feet high and cut from a solid block of stone. A CIRCUIJAB has been issued by the Exposition authorities to all the railway passenger associations of the United States and individual roads, asking that a materially reduced rate be made by the railroads on the occasion, of the dedicatory ceremonies next October., As AN illustration of the rapidity with which tho work of erecting tne Exposi­ tion buildings is being pushed at Jack­ son Park, it may be stated that on March 1 sketches were made for a build­ ing Unserve as permanent accommoda­ tions for the Construction Bureau, the Columbian guards, emergency hospital central fire-alarm service, etc. The contract was let o:i April 2, and on April 30 the building was finished and occu­ pied. The structure measures 300. by 300 feet. THE scene which the Exposition grounds now afford, with mast of the buildings nearing completion and the construction being pushed forward by more than 6,000 workmen, is accounted so interesting and wonderful that from 1,000 to 5,000 visitors a day willingly pay the admission fee of 25 cents to wit­ ness it. Before the abolition of the fr^o pass system, the visitors olten numbered as high as 15,000 or 20,000. The work of construction was interfered with, so that it was thought best to charge an admieskm and thus diminish the size of the crowd of sightseers and at the same time add to tht financial resources of Kxpesitioa. ' : R«ck*r*lt«r tfSilt Th#tM, From one of the bcstDostcd men In the financial world it is learned that the increase in the earam^rc^l capital of the country during thqjwM^ ten years is $10,000,000j 000. In 18R0, it will be remembered, the census re­ ports showed a total of something over$40,000,000,000 as the amount of capital invested in business in the United States. It was the president of one of the leading commercial agencies who said only a day or two ago that he believed that sum had been increased to $30,000,000,000. It will be interesting, therefore,' to as* certain just what proportion of this amount is in the possession of the millionaires of the country. To give a complete list of these would be Impossible, but an approxi­ mate estimate shows that there are 150 men in this country who have on an average over $20,000,000 each. Qne estimate made recently was that seventy men in this country owned on an average $37,500,000 each. In this estimate, 110 attempt was made to get at the vast wealth concen­ trated in the hands of the very few men who control the coal output of the great Pennsylvania "fining re­ gions. Yet It Is a fact that the 194, - 062 acres of coal, iron:* and timber ianu owned by tho I'hilaclelphia and Heading Iron and Coal Company is really in the possession of three men, who may be said to control the coal output of the country. No attempt has ever been made to get into a list of this kind the vast wealth controlled by a few men in the whisky trust. The brewers of the country have always been omitted from these large lists, a,nd yet such men as Adolphus Busch of St Louis and Mr. Pabst ot Milwaukee are by their own admission worth from $8,- 000,000 to $10,000,000 each. In this statement no attempt Was made to get at the great wealth Owned by individuals in the dry goods busi­ ness of the country, and jet a state­ ment from the City Assessor of St. Louis placest he wealth ; of John T. Davis of that city, alone, at $25,- 000,000. Here is a list of dry goods houses controlled by men worth from $3,000,000 to $30,000,000: Marshall Field of Chicago; Deering, Milliken & Co., Faulkner, Page & Co., Fleitman & Co., William Iselin & Co., E. S. Jaffray&Co., A. D. Juillard & Co., W. H. Langley & Co., James Mc- Creery & Co., Murdock's Nephews, C. B. Rouse, Slavert, Zi&omala & Co., Charles F. Tag & Son, James Talcott, Tefft, Wellcr & Co., and Jacob Wen­ dell & Co., all of New York; Murphy, Grant & Co., and Levi Strauss & Co., both of San Franch?co; Marsh, Smith & Marsh of Atlanta; Partridge & Netcher and James II. V^lker & Co. of Chicago; Richardson,' Williams & Co. of New Orleans; BliSs, F&bvan & Co., J. I. Bremer & Co. j Fred Butter- field & Co., Case,Dudlev, Bat telle, Converse, Stanton & Cullen, Harding, Whitman & Co., C. F. Hovey & Co., Jordan, Marsh & Co., and Parker* Wilder & Co., all of Boston. When, furthermore, the vast fortune of the individuals in the miuing regions of Michigan and Wisconsin, in the flour district of Minnesota, in the bullion section of San Francisco, in the mining region of the North­ west, in the iron interests, in the grain interests, in the packing inter­ ests. in the insurance interests and in the newspaper piopcrties of the country are added to the inventory, it will be evident that 150 men of the country control $20,000,000 each or a total of $3,000,000,000, and that there are 1,000 firms in the United States having an invested capital Of from $15,000,000,000 to $20,000,000,000, or well over a quarter of the amount estimated as the capital of the business interests of the country. A similar list could be made ui> for almost every large city in the country; with the possible exception of Brook­ lyn. In that city Of over 800,000 in­ habitants the business agencies give the names of but five corporations in which the onpltal invested is over $1,000,000. The Philadelphia list would include President McLeod's associates in the direction of the Pennsylvania railroad, who control $300,000,000, and while it may be true that there a?e as rnanv stockholders on the books of the Pennsylvania company as it has employes 'the cor­ poration is well in the control of a very few men. The most interesting fa£t developed in the investigation of the .millions controlled by individuals in New York Is the revelation that Russell Sage is to-day a richer man than Jay Gould. Talking with a gentleman who has had occasion to consult both men on this matter the writer .was given the information that within the past two years the wealth of .Mr. Sage has increased enormously and that it? might be safe to say that many of his largest investments -have netted him as high as 20 per cent. "I would gay," said the gentleman, "that Bus gel Sage is worth $90,000,000 and that Mr. Gould would have nothing left should he lose $80,000,000." In the list which is appended the name of Hetty Green appears with the usual $40,000,000. While it is a fair estimate, it is learned from sev­ eral reliable sources that her fortune is now nearer $50,000,000. It is not two months since Hetty astonished her banker by appearing in a new kind of cardigan. She had taken a butler's frock coat, cut oil the tails, sewed buttons on the lapels and she insisted that it was the cheapest and best cardigan she had ever had. This is mentioned to show that Hetty is i still saving her pennies. Here is an j interesting list of millionaires of the country, although necessarily incom­ plete, whose fortunes are $20,000,000 or over: John D. Rockefeller. New Tark »t25,000,000 W. W. Astor, New York....... 120.003,0.0 Russell Huk«. New York OO.OOJ.OOO Jay Gould. New York 6J,00J,u<)0 Henry M. Flagle-. New York JBO,000,00> Charles Crocker estate, California.... 00,000,000 Charles Pratt oitate. New York #6,0d0,G03 William K. Vfttlerbilt. New York.... Cornelius Vanderbilt, New York $0,000,000 Fred W. VanderWlt, New York J.OtM) William Ast«r New York.. MMkMMMM) Joba MonUtonlwy Se*rs, Bosiou.v. *p,0J0,u00 Jto»s Wiuans. T. B. Coxe.. 89,000,000 osio.ooo 80,IWG.OOO 30,000,000 :«M**>,ooo 30,00 1,000 30,000,000 80.ixi0,0 >0 30.000,000 ao.ouo.ooa 30,OCX),000 3'.>,00llt000 2>,0(W,000 '<25,00",000 Uj,000,00) X5.00 1,000 !i>,000.t!0<) 2.>.0J0S(K)"> •25,00),00J i".,000,003 25,000,000 25,00!),000 K?,000,(Xfl SW,000,000 22,000.0(0 30,000,000 &VJCO.OOO WI.OCO.OQJ 20,0)0.000 2'),00J.o00 '20 000,000 20,000,0'.)0 2'.).00').0:KI &j;ooo;ooo 000,000 20,000,003 20,(XK),030 20,000.000 20,000,000 20,000,000 20,030,003 20,000,000 90,003,000 'i0,!>00,0.)0 20.003.000 2 . ,-OJ.OOO '20,01)0,0W *0,0.0.000 20, 00,000 10,000,030 Claus Kvireckles, San Francisco.«.*.. R.J. ijvfiigaton, N- w York ....... Mrs Hopkins-Searleg estate......... 8. V. Hiirknevs estate It. W. Coleman estate.... .v... 1. M. felnger estate Percy J*>no. New York,.. A. J. Drexel, ;• ow York^.„... J. 8. Morgan, NewYorki...... J. P. Moryau, NewYor* Marshall Field, Chicago...... J. G. Fair extate, ' 'ulifornla.......... K. T. Gerry, Nnw York......'. Gov. Fairbanks estate, •Me«r York.... A. Kchermerhorn eHtato, New York... 0. H. I'ayne. New York John '!'. Uavis, St. Loui* .,..H F. A. Dreicel estate. I'lliladeliiLiK.... 1. V. Williamson extatfr ... W. F. Wi'M estate. ' Jftbc/, A. l^ostwick, New Yfcrk. , Theodore Havomyer, New Yorji...... H. O. Havotnyer, Ne • York ....... W. G. Warden, Ne>» jfork W. P. Thompson....,........... Mrs. f claetiloy........ J. B. Hsggfn H. A. Hutcbiiis,.......j,'.............. W. Hloau estate, New YcOfk. IS. 8. Higgins estate. V. Tower estate ........ W iilinm Thaw estate..., 4.. "vi> Dr. Hostetter estate.....* William Sharon estate, California... Peter Donohue estate Henry Hilton, New York Andrew Carnegie, New York; H. Vi -tor Ncwcombe, New York John Jacob ABtoir. Jr., New York.."... Mrs. R- Now York.. Wiilimn C. Nv hltney, Now York...... The MisKOH Ftimess, Nsw York; Darlua G. Mills, New York........... David Daws Stall, New York..k.,y Mrs,, tormllpy ^lartin. Ne w York..... He W M is UruUn * "Have you noticed, lately, a man looking at your house in a suspicious manner, Mis^Thinly?" ; "W-w-w-why, no, Mr. P-P-Pedi- cord," replied Miss Thinly, all in a flutter. "You don't suppose it was a burglar, do you?" "Then you haven't seen a low­ browed, villainous looking chap walk­ ing past at 11 o'clock at night and glancing furtively at every window and door as if he were trying to de­ termine which would alford the easi­ est access to the Interior?" "Why, n-n-no; I retire at n-nine every n-night. How c-could 1 s-see anybody p-p-prowling around at that time of n-n-night? Oh, dear, what shall I.do? I just know it's a burg­ lar, and he'll get in and steal every­ thing and cut our throats! Had I not better send for the police?" "Oh, no! You have no evidence that any one meditates breaking into your house, have you?" "Why, you saw him yourself* Mr. Peddicord? What else could a vil­ lainous looking man want loitering in front of the house at midnight and trying the doors and windows to see which would open the easiest?" "Why, no, Miss Thinly; I didn't say I saw him!" Oh, I thought you did! Then some one else saw him and told you! That was it, wasn't it?" "Why no! You have misunder* stood me entirely, Miss Thinly." 'Didn't you say a low-browed Vil­ lain had been watching this house for several nights and trying to get in?" "No, 1 said nothing of the kind, MiSs Thinly. I merely asked you if you lind . scctl asty such person, t haven't, but I thought it just pos­ sible that you might have done so. From mj question you immediately drew the inference that a burglar had designs on your house, but I an: happy to inform you that your infer* ence was wrong. I don't believe/that any such crime is mcdi--" "Mr. Peddicord," exclaimed Mia? Thinly, interrupting him, "you are a brute!"- And so he was, for Miss Thinly did not sleep soundly for a month after her mistaken inference. fggAisysss- CONSIDERED • -ACTED UPON. I Pww 1»y th« Senate and Bouse--OlU Mmttmr* DinpsMd or sad j*ww Ones Con* •Mtarwd. The Senate and House. On tbe 2d, tbe Bouse passed tbe Mil jra*- Un« binding twine on the free list tiieroua petitions were presented In thp Benate against legislation for tbe Ing of the World's Fair on Bnnday: alHp> * ii petition from a MethoJist Chnrch in Nejp Hampshire urgently protesting against funk* ther adverse leitislatlon against the Chines^-\ Tho House also passed the free ship bill.. ' This bill admits only two existing ships 4j$r American registry, the City of New York and the City of Paris. Sut It provid.es that the company at once build two similes* vessels in this country to sail under tbli1 American flag. In the Senate, the 3d, Mr. Morgan calleidt up the message on the subject of an Inter­ national conference as to silver colna Mr. Kyle then proceeded to address tbe Setir ate in favor of the free coinage of silver. At» the close uf bis >peech the mensage wgMU <* again laid on tbe table, Mr. Morgan glvinjp- " notice that he desired to speak upon ilk' 'J be conference report on the exclusion bill.'. was then laid before the Senate and agreed!'< to. TUc House till placing bindiiig Iwli)©- on the free li-'t w^p laid before the Senate aud referred to the Finance Committee Bat- little routine business was done iu thf House in the morning, and shortly after tb» reading of the journal the Hous; went into committee of the whole, with Mr. Oa-te-», Alabama, in the chair, on the diplomatic mad consular appropriation bill. Mft ; lllount. of Georgia, in charge of the bit), moved to strike out ihe appropriation flSr*.-' $65,000 to continue the preliminary survey'*, for an intercontinental railway: agreed to. Mr. Hooker, of Mississippi, demanded.,-, a separate vote on the amendment.striking'j out the 165.000 appropriation for the Inter-' \ continental Railway Commission. It agreed to. The bill then passed. Thfr ;* Senate amendments to tbo aimy appropria-- tion bill were non-crmcy-tred In., »n<I ference was ordered. On the 4th, Senate bill to convojr to th*v State of Kansas a p rtlon of tbe I-Yri­ ll ayes military reservation (about 3.2tf» acres) for homes for old soldiers and their families, and to open the restof the reser­ vation tj homestead settlement wi&> amended to- make the whole reservation, open only to soldiers, and pus^e^L The following bills were pas-o.lt Creating two additional land di§>r tricts in Ihe. State of Montani^ House bill to authorize the construction oY a bridge acsoss tbe Osage River betwee® Warsaw and the mouth of Turkey Creek, Mo. Senate bill to authorize the construO* of a bridge across tbe Bed Kiver of tb» North at Quincy, N. IX House bi!l tor the disposition and sale of the lands of the Kmnmiii It! voi Indian Resoc-vatioti, Cali­ fornia. The House passed Its time consi#* ering tbe Chinese, and river and .harbgi» appropriation bills. L . The House spent the 5th discussing thp- river and harbor appropriation bill. & letter was aUo received from the Postmas­ ter General, urging the extension of th%r free delivery experiments to villages and' farming districts. It was accompanied by a batch of 472 newspaper opinions, taken from 326 different papers, all in favor of the propoEcd rural free delivery extension and eight azainst it. all that cou)d be found. These have been sent In from all the State* and Territories except- Alaska. Indian Territory, New Mexi- fo. and North Caro'ino. Senator Mitchell, of Oregon, who has re­ ported from the tenate committee an amendment to the postoffice ajp oprlation bill, appropriating 1200.000 to continue tfie Postmaster General's free delivery experi­ ments. said that he had every reason to believe that so far as the Senate was con­ cerned. at least, the amendment would be adopted. Tho Canadian Pacific Railway hr.ssentan agent here to ascertain whether the administration Is in earnest in the mat­ te* of retaliation as to the canal tolls. ' , ~ " v < H hf Uennla £«cap<Hl. Those doctors who scour the slums in the interests of the Health Depart­ ment frequently meet with odd and amusing experiences. This one which recently befell a re­ cruit in the medical ranks who had beeh sent forth with instructions to initiate the occupants of a couple of double deckers in the delights of properly applied vaccine virus. ! Things ran smoothly until he en- tcountered a suspicious Irish woman who dwelt with her shock headed children in the lordly hights Of the seventh flooP. The doctor pounced upon the eldest boy and was preparing to make the initial scratch when his mother stoppgd him. > . ^ •••Is it vaccination" thot is?** she queried. • "Yes, madam," answered the doctor. . , "Well, it's divii a bit av it ye'll do to ray bvo Dennis." "Why, it preserves lite and health . ?> "Go 'long wid ve. That's what they told Doonev McCann when his bye Willie had it two weeks ago." "Well9" "Thej»iilecaved him. Vaccinatin1 and all, Willie is dead, Lord rist h?*i sowl!" "What killed him?" "He fell down the*back sthairs av Brogan's tinimint an' brqke his neck, an' be th' shamrocks of Bally Mulli­ gan, if vaccinatin' can't "Stop things loike that phwat sort av a^loife pre- sarver is it?"--New York Commercial Advertiser SIM Veliott "««ule" an<t Jomp»«l A surprisingly, strong bit of evi­ dence in proof of a woman's inability to remain calm in the presence of a mouse was that contributed by Bridget Colgan, the servant girl who is now being treated for a broken ankle at the Philadelphia Hospital. Miss Colgan is a fine, strapping young (laughter of Erin, who would give most men a hard tussle in a trial of physical strength, and her nerves are usuallv as stiong as her muscles- Yet when Bridget was cleaning the second story windows of the house where she was employed as chamber- maid and she saw a mouse run out from under the bed, she instantly turned and leaped into the street be­ low. at the same time screaming, "A mouse! a mouse!" Perhaps no more remarkable in­ stance of this strange fear has ever been recorded, and Miss Bridget's cs* cape with only the injuries mentioned is not the least curious part of hei adventure.--Philadelphia llecord. WHAT animal is the most like sao» ege?--Tbe ground hog. On the Diamond. Following to a showing of tbe standing flf - each of the teams of tbe different asaocii^";' tiOtlS: HATTOKAL LKAOTB. w. h. V.o. W. I* fM S .(M4Cleveland... ? J> 4 .7ii0 Philadeip'a. 7 V .488 5 .6is Wnshingt'n. 6 8 .420 6 .617 Chicago ;> 11 JOS 8 ..150 Kt. Loatn.... « 11 JOT 7 Baltimore .. I 12 .63, Boston..... .14 B?ftoMvn....M Jjoninville.. .11 Pittsburg....11 Cincinnati...10 New York... 7 wr STERN IAAATNT. W. u $o. W. L. Mflwankee... 7 il ,i7S Omaha 4 ft Columbus. .. 1) 4 .692 St. Paul..... S 6 Kaniaa Cicy. 9 4 .<>02 Minneapolis. I ' f> Toledo ,» .Sajilndlan'pTs,. 1 8 THB H.MN"T«:-IOWA LEAGUE. W. L. Vj.| w. •Tolfet 8 l> l.o > ! Quincy. 1 Si aou Peoria 4 JacksonviUe .3 Bvansville.. ..8 .dO)|ferre Haute.,8 .fiOOj Rock ford ..I .GOiiB. l.-Mo ine..:l li. ii .4-1S iJS r.»i Cincinnati Girls. A 19-YEAR-OIJD girl bf Cincinnati placed a chair over a hole in the aide- walk opposite her father's house, where Western Union workmen were about to put a telegraph pole. She sat on the chair until her father obtained an iu- junction. This is the first occasion on record when Jay Gould was sat down on by a young lady.--Pittsburg Chronicle- Telegraph. THEBE were a good many people smil­ ing at Grief in Cincinnati a few days ago. Mies Mary Grief, a pretty girl of 19, placed a chair over a post-hole made by Western Union workmen opposite her father's home, and deliberately and flrmly sat down and held the chair in place while her father obtained an in­ junction against putting a telegraph pole where he did not want it.^D«Sf . Moines News. • ..< CINCINNATI young ladies We fast ftt- taining a reputation for steadfastness which will make them envied of their sisters. Miss May Grief balked the purpose of a gang of telegraph-pole raisers, who had dug a hole In front of her father's residence, by placing a chair over it. She occupied the chair while her father hustled around and got / out an injunction.--Grand Bapida Her­ ald. CINCINNATI girls are doing themselves proud this year. One of them has re­ fused to marry a count, and another, by sitting in a chair over a hole in her father's sidewalk, has .prevented the planting of a hideous pole for electric wires in front of her homo. Governor McKinley in his next message should make especial mention of these young ladies aud congratulate the State of Ohio on its good fortune in having such daughters.--Courier-Journal. About Men. ON the day that a map finds out that he is a fool he has become a near neigh­ bor to wisdom. PEOPLE are a good deal like trees, Those who make the most bows do hoi often bear the most fruit. A CHICAGO man recently, advised his beftothed to eat sauerkraut and beans as a preventive of the grip. HEBK HACIJER--"What do you think of my Voice, madam?" She;--"I don't think of it if I can help it." A TOMBSTONE is about tbe only plaee where the average man doesn't really care to have his imme in print. THE devil gets a good many MEN by. persuading them that the way to he happy is to make lots of money. "THEBE'S a gieat art," 6ays Mickey Lennon, "in knowing what not to know whin yez don't want to know it." A^IAN reaches after the unattainable when he finds fault with everybody and expects none to find fault with him. THE mjvr> who'has sworn off profanity should spend a few minutes in medita­ tion before removing a porous plaster. AN Italian woman living in New-York1 has, during her eighteen years of mar­ ried life, given birth to thirtesn chil­ dren. . -•? -. '..-T - 'i '.Vv>""v ilSMiiS « 1