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McHKNRY. J. ?AJl SLYKE, Editor and Pub ILLINOIS. TITLES ARE IN DOUBT FTIOUSANDS OF ACRES IN" ILFBH-' IGAN INVOLVED. • Hmm-- fat P«Mltw Claims-Big IboI- (ration at Four Porta -- Diphtheria , Alarms Ohio Towns--To Rait* Old Kear- "jpartn fTtrrlr Father's Corn* ', Iron IAHI Knonwwily OwwUfc F ICtoNmiSStoNER LAMOREUX, of THL General Land Office, after examining Into the question of approva's of land grants in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan to the Portage Lake and Lake Superior Ship Canal Com­ pany, decided that n:arly 69,000 acres of land were erroneously ap­ proved to that company in 18ti8. These lands were listed as "mineral" prior to the act making the grant to the company. As the granting act ex­ pressly excluded from its terms lands which had formerly been classed as "mineral" Commissioner Lamoreux holds that the approval was without authority of law. He recommends to Secreta"y Smith that suit be instituted *Dtiet aside the title of the company. Scaling Down the Pension libit. THE decrease in the number* of claims received daily at the Pension Bureau is shown in a statement pre; pared at the department. The number of pensioners on the rolls is now 966,- 000, against 962.000 for the correspond­ ing week of lasi year. The number of cases now pending is .^54,169, a de­ crease of over 1*1,000 during the year. The number received during last week is a decrease of 3,443 from the corre­ sponding week last year. Ilnmigrraat Arrivals Last Tear. ' A STATEMENT? has been prepared by '"tt&Immigration Bureau showing the number of immigrants who arrived at the ports of New York, Philadel­ phia; Boston and Baltimore from for­ eign ports during 18)3. The whole number was 431,712, and these repre­ sent at least four-fifths of the whole number that arrived at all American ports. •' 7 i A ' ' Black DlphtherU In Ohio. BLACK diphtheria, which has been raging at Haaoverton, Ohio, for the last three weeks, is rapidly spreading to the surrounding villages and the greatest consternation prevails. Pub­ lic schools in New Garden, Adair, Ken­ sington, neighboring villages, and the cottotty schools in seven different town­ ships have been closed on account of the malady. BREVITIES. • & »• W: K if i-h' if ro fjSK; . miles west of Pittsburg, a slide came down the hOi aai train into the Beaver • trainmen narrowly escaped death, but all got off with injuries of a more or less serious nature. The slide eotfired the tracks with hundreds of tons of earth and delayeJ traffic for several hours. AT Trenton, N. J., Joseph Wallwitz, alias John Malwitz, sentenced to twenty years in the State prison, sawed the bars of his cell door and gained access to the corridor, where he obtained a rope, and then lassoed Keeper James T. Walters and choked him into un­ consciousness. Centerkeeper Joseph B. Lippinoott appeared on the ecene 4nd the convict secured the gun of the unconscious man and killed Lippincott. Wallwitz was recaptured a:ter a desperate fight. BETWEEN 10 o'clock Tuesday morn­ ing, when business opened, and 11:30 about 100,000 shares of sugar stock changed hands at the New York Bear J of Trade, and during the^o deal­ ings the price of the certificates moved or rather rushed from 88 to U)0? turn­ ing at par and receding as rap dly as they had advanced to 92. Alter an­ other upward spurt the price seemed to settle about 93. The excitement, attending these extraordinary sales was intense, and the dealings as reflected in the quotation? were most irregular. For awhile all other busi- ness"seemed at a standstill. During the rush comparatively little stock changed hands at extreme figures. At the round 100 the sales were 400 cer­ tificates. Most of the pales were be- tween 95 and 93, at which price the amount dealt in was enormous. It was to corner belated shorts that the drive was made, and there was nothing-for the gentlemen who had sold what they • had not got but to go into the market, buy and deliver, or mate 1erms to be dictated by the purchasers. "WESTERN.- X WILLIAM LOCH, aged 72, siding at Youngslown, WHITELAW BEIO is in San co, a guest of D. O. Mills, his father-­ in-law. THE Spanish cabinet has resigned, and Senor Sapasta is forming a new ministry. THE Lake County, Ind., grand jury failed to indict the Roby racetrack managers. TOM LAVIN, a Joliet convict, was acalded to death by the explosion of •ome new steam pipes. THE Russo-German commercial treaty has been adopted by the reich- •tog committee by a vote of 16 to 12. CAROLINE SCHUELLER was awarded tl,000 at Cedar Rapijde in her suit against the Montague Company for treatment of a cancer. THOMAS SMITH was killed and sev­ eral workmen injured by the wrecking of a log train of the A. J. Niemer lum­ ber camps near Waldo, Ark. UNITED STATES SENATOR ALDRICH 1 announces that he will resign his seat if the next Rhode Island Legislature, which will elect his successor, is Re- , publican. CO-OPERATION of the Canadian gov­ ernment in suppressing the operations of the Honduras Lottery Company in this country has been obtained by the Postofiice Department. THE Lebanon Presbytery of the Cumberland Presbyterian Chtirch voted at Nashville, Tenn., against the admission of women as ruling elders and deacons in churches. Two MONSTER mass meetings held at Troy, N. Y., denounced the irregu­ larities of election day and the murder of Robert Boss. A committee of safety is to be appointed to prosecute offend­ ers. FRANK SEHM was arrested at Roches­ ter, N. Y., on the charge of causing the death of Anthony Wadel, who was tripped up in a practic a' joke and fatally injured in the fight which fol- COLONEL J . T. DOUGHINE, of Chi­ cago, reports specimens of gold ore :v from the Cochiti district in New Mex ico as assaying from $55 to $148 to the ton, and thinks it may prove the great- est mining camp in America. ^ 8. S. ST. JOHN, of Kearney, Neb., is being tried by the Supreme Court for J- contempt in refusing to pay $34,000 to the receiver of the Commercial and I'fflt Savings Bank, of Kearney. The de- s - fendant alleges that he was unable to pay more than $12,000. AN effort is being made to disbar Lee • •' Cowart, an attorney, of Birmingham, Ala., who has been investigating the 'Charges of wholesale fraud against ;-,f Federal Court officers in Alabama. He is accused of having stolen his father's eoarn and run an illicit still. " THE dedication of the Chickamauga Chattanooga National Military v Park has been postponed till Septem- bcr, 1895. T?BE Hcuse ot Representatives at Washington pas >ed the pension appro- " priation bill. It carries $159,000,000. I- , . A WOMAN known as Marian Reis and fe Mrs. Soulard claims to have been the wife of J. Gaston Soulard, the c't zen who died a few •Mfri. j threatens to contest his Avi Will if it does not make tat'sfactorv ; twrovision for her. J f . * ' « ? , E A S T E R N . V^lfe THB wdlroad land river ooel ininer# Of Pittsburg district were in session in t, Pittsburg Monday with forty dele- tj Bates, representing 12,000 miners. It U proposed to demand a uniform rate of 3 cents per bushel for mining. President Prye has been advocating a f national strike, and it is probable that f' action will be taken urging the na- f; tional officers to move in the matter. I WHILE engine 277 and five coke cars jHt the Pittsburg, Youngstown and mshtabulf branch of the Fort Wayne passing Kenwood, thirty _ well-to- fio merchant resid Ohio, went to the barn and with a halter strap hanged himself. The de­ pression in business aijd. domestic trouble caused the act. , JOHN C. BENDER has been arrested at St. Joseph, Mo., on a charge of hav­ ing received excessive fee* from pen­ sion applicants? This arrest is in con­ nection with the pension frauds which were unearthed several weeks ago. Bender was up before the authorities once before oa a sim'lar charge and was fined fe 5JO and costs. There are several other cases with similar charges which will probably be brought up against him. ,, THE latest strike at the Cochita. N. M., gold district "shows frtter gold run­ ning $8,003 to the ton. 3$ie rush of prospectors continues, and a second stage line from Santa Fe to the new camp was opened. C;>1. T. S. Moore, formerly of Denver, let contracts for a telephone line to connect Cerrillos and Cochita with Santa Ee, and for a sixty- foot ferry-boat to run on the Rio Grande at ?he stage crossing. FIBE broke out in Deadwood, S, D., Monday morning at 6 o'clock in Fash- old'»«aloon and destroyed ail that part of th6 city lying between the center of Main street and Chinatown. No wind was blowing at the time or the whole city would have bean destroyed. As it is, the best portion of the place is in ruins. The loss at rough estimate will reach over $150,000. Demonts, Whalen & Graves, Starr & Wallock, Haines & Hein and Gib Stone <*fc Co. are the heaviest sufferers. The firemen seemed to have no control of it from the fact that it originated in a frame structui e built of rough pine and the headway it made was appalling. The insurance will not exceed $25,QuO. THE large woolen mill of J. S. Eli- fritz & Co., at Hillsboro, Ohio, has been closed on judgment taken by three t>anks for about $18,000. The trouble was brought on by the mysterious dis­ appearance of J. S. Elifritz, the senior member of the firm. He was last heard from at the Palmer House, Chicago, Feb. 17. Upon leaving there he or­ dered his sample cases and goods sent to St. Louis, which was done, but he has not called for them there and has not been heard from, though every effort has been made to find him. His accounts appear to b3 all right and his absence can be accounted for only on the theory that he has been murdered. His wife and children are almost crazed with grief. . SOUTHERN.- HUGH MILLER, who says he is a cousin of Senator Brice, arrived at El tfexttt ,.other employes,1 ilea certificates of entry to parti* seeking homesteads and towtt loll in Guthrie, O. T. REPRESENTATIVE HOPKINS has filed in Congress a petition signed by fifty or sixty old soldiers of Aurora asking Congrass to equalize the pensions of Judge Long, of Michigan, and Repre­ sentative J. C. Black, of Illinois, by raising the pension of Judge Long to •100 per month and reducing Congrew- man Black's pension to $60 per month. The object is to enter a protest in the Long case. A MIDDLE-AGED man of respectable ap­ pearance presented himself at the White Hou e Monday and notified the guards that he was Abraham Julius Kisler, of Baltimore. He said he had come in obedience to a divine revelation to take charge of the building. He called at­ tention to the populist movement to secure control of the other branches of the government and its ultimate tuc- cess, and declared positively that he had been empowered to save the ex­ ecutive mansion an l turn it over to the Jews for safety. He was not embar­ rassed when his credentials were de­ manded, but began issuing orders in such a threatening way that he was arre ted. '•?$P=r- -i- Boad were Paso, Tex., from the State of Puebk), Mexico. He says he has been in jail there three years and nine months and was robbed of $9,60.). He says he de- Ksited $6,000 in one of the banks there fore going to Mexico, but cannot re­ member which one. GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY died at Lynchburg, Va., after an illness of a few weeks' duration. His death re­ moves from earth another of the prom­ inent figures of the late civil war" He had made Lynchburgh practically his home since he quit the sadJie and hung up his saber at the time the cause of the South was finally given up a? lost. THE big gatling gun at the State's prison in Moundsville, W. Va., was ordered shipped Monday for use, if necessarv, in quelling mine riots. Twenty loaded cars of the Chesapeake and Ohio road were burned at Point Creek, ten miles below Eagle. A general outbreak is momentarily expected, as the strikers are becoming emboldened by their recent successes with the torch. Col. Wyant, under guard of a full company of militia, was taken from Montgomery this morning a prisoner to be tried on the charge of shooting at th@ strikers. Tne arrange? ment was made by the miners with the connivance of certain people to arrest Wyant, take him to Montgomery and turn him over to the mob of miners. When the soldiers came accompanying the Sheriff in making his arrests for murder, dynamite cartridges fused with percussion caps were to be light­ ed and thrown among the troops and „ posse. Dynamite cartridges were dis­ tributed, one of which is in'the posses­ sion of the Governor. Tnfev were to take Wyant to Charleston,' where his life was to be taken and then the riot was to be made down the railroad. As it happened, however, only a small part of this program was carried out. A conspiracy of a startling nat ire is being unearthed. A man was arrested )on. Morris Creek with two Winchesters and a peculiar-looking dynamite bomb in his possession. He savs he will turn ! State s evidence and confess to a plot' that is being hatched to blow up all ] the works along the river. He said also that he knew where a great deal \ of dynamite was being stored for this nurpose. i WASHINGTON. THE engagement is announced at Washington of M. Patenotre, the French Ambassador, and Miss Elver- son, daughter of the publisher of the Philadelphia Inquirer. DAVID LESCALLETT, clerk at $1,400 in the General Land Office at Washing­ ton, was arrested and released on bail FOREIGN, .14 ' --- : • • • THE Italian Consul at Rio do Janeiro, Signor C. Bertola, died of yellow fever. The spread of yellow fever con­ tinues. Abcut 200 people are suffering from the disease. THE Paris police made nine more arrests cf anarchists. Among those taken into custody was Francois, who, it was formerly claimed, was an accom­ plice of Ravachol in the explosion %hich shattered the Cafe Very. ; WILLIAM EWART GLADSTONE, for years the ruler of British politics and the most unique figure in the public life of the age, has made his final exit from the stage of action. His resignation of the Premiership was tendered to the Queen Saturday, and the Grand Old Man of England will now retire to the enjoyment in his remaining years of distinguished hon­ ors earned during over sixly years in the service of his country. The Queen writes, formally accepting Mr. Glad­ stone's resignation and announcing the choice'df Lord Rosberry to fill the office of Premier. EX-PREMIER GLADSTONE is ^PIOUSLY ill at his home in Londoniffrom the I effects of a chill with which he wa$ seized the other night. irHe is confined to bed, and his condition i3 such that utwo physicians have been called in to attand him. Mr. Gladstone makes light of his illness, saying it is only a slight indisposition, but his physicians take a more serious view of the matter and say that he is very ill. According to the statements made in connection with the sickness of the ex-Premier, the lat­ ter left Brooks'Club after dining there with his%late eecretaries, and walked home through St. James Park,although the night was a chilly one for even a young and robust man to venture out into after dining at a heated club. As a result he contracted a chill, and, up­ on reaching his home, he had to be hurried off to bed. In spite of Mr. 5 Gladstone's desire that a physician should not be summoned, claiming that his indisposition was only a slight mat­ ter, a doctor was summoned and Mr. Gladstone was put under treatment. In the morning his condition was such that another physician was summoned to attend him, and in the afternoon cne of the physicians in attendance upon the distinguished patient gave a statement to the newspapers which in­ dicates that Mr. Gladstone's illness is undoubted^ serious. X^IlN GENERAL CARDINAL GIBBONS, in a sermon Sunday, denounced theater going and society theatricals in Lent. THOMAS ROBINSON has been arrested for murdering James Corrigan in a dime museum in Toronto, Ont. AT Bruce Mines, Ont., three miners were killed at the Ophir gold mine by the rock caving in on them. The dead men were: Frank Percy, James O. Heath and Anthony Savage. THE section of the big redwood tree exhibited at the World's Fair is to te set up on the groundi of the Agricul­ tural Department at Washington and transformed into a museum. SIR FRANCIS COOK, who married Tennie Claflin, has been sued for breach of premise. ' The woaan who brings the suit has been married seven years, and the alleged promise to marry was given twenty-five years ago, when Sir Francis* first wife was still living. R. G. DUN & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: it uii uo mor# definite Information than a ^eek ago regarding the outcome of finan­ cial or revenue d!*pute*, perhaps more people have come to tbe belief that the end will answer their wishes. Certainly rather more are takln? limited risks In business, especially in stocks. A aubstsn* tlul basis is the slowly growing demand for (roods, caused by gradual exhaustion of stoclu held by dealers, and this has further enlarged the working force In manufacture* Mora works have resumed or increased hands or boars than bav* stopped or reduced. - MARKET RBPORT8. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.. HOGS--Shipping Grades SHEEP--* air to Choice w... WHEAT--No. 2 Red.. COBN--No. 2 OATS--No. a RYE--No. 2 BUTTER--Choice Creamer?..... KUGS--Fresh POTATOES--Per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLB--Shipping HOGS--Choice Light SHEEP--gommon to Prim* WHEAT--No. 2 Red... COBS--No. 2 White OATS--No. A White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE..... HOGS J„U WHEAT--No. a Red COBN--NO. 2 .; OATS--No. 2 BARLEY--Minnesota CINCINNATI. CATTL* HOGS ......i BHEEP WHEAT--No. 2 Bed COBK--No. 2 OATS--No. Mixed Rxs--No. "X. ••••..« DETROIT. CATTLE HOGS HHEEP i W HEAT--No. S Red COBS--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO* WHEAT--No. 2 Red COBN--No. a ...» OAVS--NO. 2 White...... ..<« YE--No. 2 BUFFALO/' WHEAT--No. 1 Hard............ COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 2 MILWAUXXlS. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring; COBN--No. » OATB--No. 2 White RYE--No. l I BABLEY--No. a : POBK--Mesa NEW YORK. CATTLE • HOGS I BHEEP i WHEAT--No. 9 Bed ; COBN--No. 2... • OATS--White Western BWTTEB--Chotee POBE--Mess & s » & 5 35 4 00 J »• 8 6 > » 0 0 0 C W «6 & H S3 M A M 9 00 8 00 3 0' #7 8S *1 U S oo S CIO a oo s SI 49 (3 4 SO &6 00 & 3 It & 68 " M ta i ai f & 4 80 & 6 28 <g> 3 38 & 68M S7 31 685$ 37 83 CI 71 0 40 (4 87 , 83 31 48 40 U 76 's oo » 75 9 00 f4 4' a li­ as si s<3 4* 60 & & & & & 013 36 ft 6 00 <3 S 15 & 4 00 65 46 TALES OF HUNGER, DEATH, AND DESOLATION. A One* Prosperous KegloV •» WJUtoh Katare Bestowed Her Choicest Gifts. Kow m Vast Desert. Strewn with the npMin of Cattle--Untold Sofferln ̂ * ' . • i Along the Bio Orando. The Rio Grande Valle> might be likened unto the valley of the shadow of death. Where a few years ago thousands of head of cattle, horses, cheep and frost i grazed on luxuriant and nutritious grasses is now a floor of sand and alkali. Buzzards and wolves are all that is left in animal like, ex­ cept a few de-titute and starving fam­ ilies. In vegetation nothing is serin except the great green cactus, with its forbidding thorns, which secure it against an attack of even sheep and goats. In Starr, Zapata and portions of Eneinal, Hidalgo, Cameron, Dim- niet, Maverick and Duval Counties in fhe extreme southwestern portion of the State the direst want prevails. In Starr County the situation is more deplorable and the ruin and desolation more widespread than in the adjoining counties, but in sections of each the same awful and gruesome state of af­ fairs is manifest. Until four years ago this section was one apparently most favored by nature. Vegetation was rank in growth. The mild, salubrious climate lent a charm to life, and all was prosperity and happiness. Cattle and sheep thrived and fattene<ipu the wild grasses, and with litt'e effort In the way of cultivation the husbandman garnered enough to supply all needs. In the more favored localities, where springs were numerous, little villages had been established and a large popu­ lation was contentedly living, deriving its income from the vast stock and pheep industries. All this has been transformed. The scene shifted and the white, bleaching bones of animals covering the ground for miles aui miles is all the eye now meets. No crops have been raised or harvested for four consecutive years. Even the springs have dried up. The scene presented is that of a vast desert, with nothing ta relieve the monotony. A bad State of Affairs. To increase the want and misery, hunger has attacked mankind as well as the dumb animals, and many have died praying for bread. For a time the poor subsisted on roots and prickly pears, adding half putrid flesh stripped irom dead animals which the buzzards had not completely devoured. The little Mexican children are naked, and the older ones without clothes t > cover their bodies. Taking Starr County as an example, fully 90 per cent, of all live stock has perished. A year ago there were in that county 22,0J0 horses, 55,000 cattle, 125,00 J sheep, and 25.000 goats. To-day there are not all told in the county more than 10,0J0 head of four-footed animals. Wealthy men are bankrupt and absolutely starving. What is true of Starr County applies to portions of other counties. The better to give some idea of the distressing state of affairs, some of the losses sus­ tained by ranchmen are: Garza last August owned 2,500 sheep, MJ J cattle and 80 horses; he has 2 horses. 10 sheep and 1 cow left. E. .Gonzales, J,20 I sheep; has 25 left, all other stock dead. C. Gomez, 2,.r0J sheap, 600 cattle, 1J0 horses; 60 sheep left, cattle and horses all dead. C. and P. ranch, 4,000 sheep; 300 left. E. P. ranch, 1,5'JO sheep; all dead. Peterson Brothers, 2,000 cattle and horses; about 150 left. This list might be extended indefinite­ ly, but this will suffice to show the con­ dition of the country. So grave has the situation become that ail hopes hava been abandoned. The gnawing pangs of hunger are be­ ing felt by all alive, and scores are fall­ ing victims to starvation. The drain upon the more fortunate has been so steady that they cannot longer help one another, ana they have appealed to the charity of the world for contri­ butions of money, clothing, or pro­ visions of any kind. As far as the live-stock industry is concerned, the agony is over, as the animals' bones now strew the once green pastures. It beto nes neces-ary tj feed the living, and remove them to other localities where they can begin the battle of life answ. Mass meetings have been held at some of the near-by towns, and preparations are now going on to re­ lieve the feuTerers. haadaome lead, wh while hit bringing on ^IKovern'nent furnishes the Indi­ ans with liberal supplied of meat of, nearly all kinds, but, Nevertheless, they expend large sum, fct this while? in the border town®. During the pres­ ent, pilgrimage one Indian visited a lo­ cal meat market and purchased pork to, the amount of $13.50. tjuring these visits of the Indians it is] remarkable how many stray dogs disappear from, the street-. A visit to the temporary Indian village in the outstirta of the town and an inspactlon of fhe contents of the large iron kettles steaming and boiling over the bright (fires would solve the mystery. Wh«n the last 6tray dog has disappeared into the iron kettles of the Sioux, and subsequently into the stomachs of the red man and his friends, the Indians stroll through the residence portion of the town and watch for dogs that are large and fat. When such a citr is discovered the Indians ascertain the owner, go to him or her and offer to buy the animal. Dog soup is still a favorite dish with the Sioux, and probably will be for many generations to come. An Indian will cut his hair, wear white man's clothes, adorn himself with a white shirt collar and necktie, cover his head with a stovepipe hat, shine his shoes occasionally, but he is not yet prepared to relinquish his craving for dog soup. •After several days of trading and sightseeing the Indians return quietly to their reservations, empty in pocket, but rich in this world's goods. Their money is all gone, but they know the Great Father will give them more in the future. PEACE IN HONDURAS. ' President Vasqaez Seeks an AsylW® la Salvador; The prospects of peace in Central America have not been so bright for; nearly three years as they are now., This is because Vasquez, the President! cf Honduras, has sought safety inflight," and the leader of the rebels, Polic#rpo Bonilla, will soon be elected in his stead. It is about three years since Bogran's term of office expired as Pres­ ident of Honduras. Not being eligible to re election, he managed to tecure the election of Ponciana Leiva, a sab- servient tool. The candidata of the ant'-administration party was Bonil'a,' who claimed that Leiva's election was unconstitutional and unfair, and at onca began to sow the seeds of revolu­ tion. Bogran died, but Leiva was in­ augurated. Gen. Domirgo Vasquez became 1 i* chief friend nrld'"adviser and the head of his ctbinet Leiva finally became frightened at the pro­ portions the insurrection had assumed, and turned the Predlency over to Vas­ quez. Vasquez was not popular, but he conducted a vigorous campaign against Bonilla. so that the latter was finally driven out of the country into Nicaragua. Peace followed for a time, although Bonilla was quietly nursing his wrath and preparing for future operations. Conspirators against Vasquez were ex­ ecuted every now and then by order of the President and an outbreak was al­ most constantly expected. In the meantime Bonilla was collecting other exiles, and biding his time for the in­ vasion of Honduras. Vasquez pro- tasted to the Nicaraguan Government against its harboriug of such an expe­ dition. The controversy ended finally in war. Last December the Nicara- guans together with a number of Honduran malcontents, under the leadership of Bonilla, in­ vaded Honduras. Vasquez resisted as well as he was able, but was finally penned up with the remnant of his forces in the cadital. The city was be­ sieged, until Tegucigalpa was surren­ dered to the rebel. It was predicted that Vasquez would be shot. It appears, however, that he has sought an asylum in Salvador. President Ezeta of that country will recognize Bonilla as the ruler of Honduras, and at the elections soon to follow Bonilla will undoubtedly be chosen President, and will grant amnesty to all who participated in the conflict. In the long siege the allied armies lost only two generals, seven colonels and 200 privates. When peace is firmly established the Nicaraguan army with its leader, Gen. Ortez, will return to their own country. Vasquez was at La Union when last heard from, but will probably be taken into the interior for greater safety. TORN IN TWO AND SUNK. SIOUX ARE IN THE SW^FLI Fktsh with Money and Wear Fine Clothes, but Still Eat Stewed Dog. The Indians composing the Sioux na­ tion are just now the happiest and most contented mortals in the country. This state of affairs is brought about by the distribution among them of tens of thfju andsof dollars by the government, being the first payment made for ced­ ing about a million acres of land to the government a few years ago. As a further payment for the land the Sioux will receive during the next few months large quantities of agricultural , imple­ ments, thousands of horses, '5 cattle, oxen, etc. The Indians who are enti­ tled to their portion of the money and goo Is di -tributed, says a Cham­ berlain (S. D.) dispatch, are those at Pine Ridge, Rosebud, Santeo, Flandreau, Lower Brule, Crow Creek, Forest City, Standing Rock and Ponca agencies. As a result of these cash Ifctyments the towns nearest the agen­ cies have been filled of late with In­ dians of all ages, i-exes and condition, who lost no time in exchanging their money for articles of various kinds. Although the government furnishes them with practically all the neces­ saries of life, the red man can find many ways of squandering his money. Among the first places visited when they are looking for investments are clothing, boot and shoe and dry goods j on board wjv lost. stores!"They buy ginghams, calicoes of bright^colors and flowered patterns, velvet*, and occasionally silk for the .equaWS, and muslin, bright-colored thawls, trunks, valises, hats, children's Keport of the Lost of the Rebel Tnuas. port Venn* Confirmed. Rio Janeiro advices say that the re­ ports of the loss of the rebel transport Venus have fceen confirmed, but tho details of the loss of the vessel are meager. Friday morning the armed rebel transports Jupiter, Marte and Venus, which are lying off Porto Ma- dama, took up positions and opened bombardment against the government batteries. The guns in the batteries responded quickly and a lively fire wai exchanged. Suddenly there was a ter­ rific roar heard above the booming of the guns and it was at once conjectured, that an explosion had occurred. At first it was thought that disaster had befallen the transport Mater. Immediately after the sound of the explosion was heard the men in the batteries and elsewhere along the shore saw a hugh cloud column of red­ dish brown smoke ascending and spreading out to wide dimensions as it rosa. It was seen as the smoke e'eared away a little that the explosion ha J occurred on the Venus. The vessel had been torn in half, and a most im­ mediately afterward tlie stern half of the wreck went to the bottom. The bow half was on fire and in a few minutes tbe flames were raging furiously. This portion of the vessel floated for a half hour and then went down. The Venus was commanded by Capt. Vasconcellos. He, with three officers and twenty-nine men, made up the complement of the vessel. Every soul Some of the crew I NOW PRIME MINISTER Anliouriccanenf. of Gladstone's Ketl Is Made by the Queen In lav--Her Majesty ttMA of His Career. m rement Court Clren- fer- if - Ctves Up Mr. Gladstone has resigned the Brit­ ish Premiership, the leadership of his party, and his seat in the Cabinet. He will retain his seat in the House of Commons a few months longer, prob­ ably until a dissolution of Parliament, which cannot be delayed beyond the present year. Archibald Philip Prim­ rose, Earl of Rosebery, is the Grand Old Man's successor. Mr. Glaislone retires full of years and honors, with the reputation of having accomplished more for the common people of Great Britain and Ireland than any British statesman of any time or age. Entering Parliament ixty-one years ago as the nominee ol * Tory Duke for a pocket borough ha has advanced politically every year Bince that time. He has always been progressive. Hailed in his younger days as the rising hope of the stern and unbending Tories he quitted their service for that of the people when the WILLIAM ZWABT GLADSTOKB. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE­ SENTATIVES. Ott Wail--I Law-Makers awl matVWf Ave Doing for the Good of the Country--. Various Measures Proposed, Plaen--I* AetXI Upon. reform of the corn laws was pro­ posed. He became the associate of Cobden in that great agitation and soon outstripped Cobden a«d his more radical colleague, John Bright. He took a firm attitude in behalf of university reform, aud was an eloquent advocate in favor of the removal of the Jewish disabilitids of 1847 and 1848. Serving in the various Whig ministries between 1848 and 1860, he devoted him­ self to questions of finance, in which he became the acknowledged master, He surpassed Bright and lie ale in the energy with which he urged the sec­ ond reform bill. He championed the ballot act. He disestablished the church of the Irish minority. He co­ operated with the late Mr. Forster in establishing the English public school system, and later with Mr. Acland in making that systam free and popular. The Irish tenants owe him the greatest debt of gratitude. He gave them security of tenure at a fair rent and a proprietary interest in their farms. His crowning glory, as he himself thought, was the passage of the Irish home rule bill through the British Commons after sixty years' agitation in Ireland and seven in Great Britain. To say that he has been the greatest reformer of the age would be to ex­ press it inadequately. He has proba­ bly been the greatest reformer of the English speaking race. The Grand Old Man now retires from public life in the 85th year of his age and in the sixty-second of his public useful­ ness. The Queen's announcement of the re­ tirement of Mr. Gladstone to the peo­ ple is contained in the court circular and is written by a court official. The statement is made that the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone had an audience of the Queen and tendered his resigna­ tion, which was graciously accepted by her, Majesty. It adds that the Queen ha i summoned Earl Rosebery, K. G., Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, and offered him the post of Prime Minister, vacated by the Rt. Hon. W. E. Gladstone, member of Parliaments and that Lord Rosebery has accepted her Majesty's offer. Prime Minister Roieberry held his first cabinet council at his residence. All the ministers were present except Mr. Asquith and Mr. Henry Fowler, the president of the local government board, who, however, will retain their offices. The council was in session for only a short time. Upon its conclusion Lord Rose berry sent a message to the Queen, submitting the names of members of the new cabinet. AN EXODUS TO CANADA* I M 0 4S 51 8 u as Su m could be seen for a time on the forward part of the vessel as it drifted help­ lessly burning, and efforts were mide to i escue them, but the boats that were , , , . dispatched on this work were slow in overshoe-i, beads, etc. Millinery stores | reaching the scene of the disaster, and are also ext ̂ nsively^ patr mize l. It is by the time they arrived the men on the wreck w.are forced bj tbe fire into ; the water. Many the ries are cr.rrent i as to the cause of the discs'er. The most probable of these is that a shot only a short time before dealers are sold out of cigarettes, young Indians loss than 10 years of age being as eager to smoke them as their elders. Scores of the Sioux are annually be­ coming more aristocratic, and in order to maintain the proper dignity, invest their surplus wealth in buggies and double-seated carriages, the narnes r&i on the horses being the best in the market, and the Indians preferring those with brass trimmings. Now that most of the Sioux are content to reside in comfortable log or frame houses, especially in the winter time, when the airy tepee is hardly sufficient to pro- teot them against the rigors of the northern weather, they wish, wto make the interior of their dwelling as com­ fortable and homelike as possible, and for this reason they are, when flush, go. d patrons of furniture stores. Here they purchase cupboards, bedsteads, chairs and occasionally a baby car­ riage. Owners of newly purchased baby carriages present an amusing sight. Coming from a store where he and his wife nave just purchased a from the shore batteries etrvck the Venus amidships and plowed its way through the hull and boilers. Telegraphic CIICKS. THE diplomatic and consular service of the United States cost the country $50 ),003 a year. NINE HUNDRED persons have been converted as the result of a Methodist revival at Danville, I1L RECORDS of 6-year-old and aged horses show twenty-one won 261 races and earned $209,108 in 1893. IT is announced that Gorman and fellow-objectors to the tariff bill have secured what they wanted. BUSINESS by the full bench of the Supreme Court will be delayed a month by Justice Jackson's absence. W. STEINITZ and Emanuel Lasker A Colony of Hungarians to Settla on Northwestern Farms. The eyes of the Hungarians of the United States are at this time fixed upon Rev. John Kovacs, pastor of the Grace Reformed Church of Pittsburg. Rev. Mr. Kovacs is a Hungarian him­ self and he is soon to head a colony of 100 families of his countrymen into the Canadian Northwest,there to settle and follow the occupation for which nature fitted them, which is farming. The exodus will take place about April 1 and several American cities will thus lose part of their foreign population. Among those from which the largest number will be taken are New York, Buffalo and Newark. Only three fam­ ilies are going from Pittsburg, but quite a number will leave the coke re" gion in the vicinity of Uniontown. The idea of getting the Hungarians in America to settle on the farming landa of the West has been a pet scheme with Mr. Kovacs ever since he came to this country and settled in Pittsburg two and a half years ago. He says the Hungarians are poorly adapted to the work in factories, ̂ at the coke ovens and in the mines which they have to perform. They were farmers at home, and he would have them farmers here. He has been ne­ gotiating with the Canadian Govern­ ment for over a year, and, having at last perfected arrangements, the set­ tlement of the land will begin. The Government is verv anxious t) get settlers and will give each one 160 acres of land on long time, a cash pay­ ment of $10 being all that is required. Mr. Kovacs has seen the land and says it is very good. A few of the settlers are to come from Hungary. KILLED AT HIS KEY. Nebraska Telegraph Operator Shot DoWa by an Unknown Amassln. Gould A. Still, the night operator for the Fremont, Elkhorn & Missouri Val­ ley Railroad at Hay Springs, Neb., was shot and killed by an unknown as­ sassin. The shooting was probably done for robbery. The asrent, who was Bleeping in the depot, came to the as­ sistance of Still, but was unable to ap­ prehend the murderer. The general opinion is that he was held up for his money and resisted and was shot. His . father is a lumber merchant in Cairo, have signed to play a chess watch lor , Neb. Young Still bore a good reputa- the chaHipionship of the world. don in the community. . Doings of Coscna. ; . The debate on the pension approprfatfon, bill continued all day Monday in thej House, and at times considerable- spirit was displayed. The principal speakers were MesBra. Dolllver, Hepburn. Enloe, and Cannon. The Senate held a short session, and but little businea* of importance was transacted. A brief de-| bate on silver was precipitated by tbe in-t tentloa expressed by tbe Vice President to refer the Bland seigniorage bill, which had Just been received from the House, to the Finance Committee. Mr. Stew­ art, of Nevada, opposed this disposition of the bill, and asked that it be allowed to He on the table subject to being called np at any time. This was finally ordered. Mr. Stewart at the satne time offered a free' silver amendment to the bilL The only, other event of interest was the offer-j lng by Mr. Morgan, of Alabama, of a resolution looking to the appointment of a tariff commission, which he offered as an amendment to the tariff bill. A number1 of bills of minor importance were passed. Tbe feature of the pension debate in the. House Tuesday was the speech of General Daniel E. Sickles, of New York. Mr. Mil li­ ken (Rep., Maine) made a brief speech In favor of liberality In pensions, and waa followed by Mr. Grosvenor (Rep, Ohio). The charge that there was whole­ sale fraud in the pension rolls General; Grosvenor stamped as false and malicious Mr. Coombs (Dem., N. Y.) decried the con­ stant attempts to make political capital out of the pension business, and tbe unjust charges of hostility to the sys­ tem upon the Southern Kepresenta- tives. The Southern members, he said, had quietly acquiesced in the demands- for pensions. They did not even reply to- the taunts of the other side Mr. Blair (Rep.. N. H.) said that the cry that the cry that the pension roll was a roll of dls-; honor, tainted with fraud, had long been heard in the land. As far back as 1881, in order to get at the fraudulent- pensions, the entire roll was pub­ lished. It was examined in every community, and as far as he knew; not one single, solitary case of fraud waa) developed. Mr. Mahon (Rep, Pa) con­ cluded the debate for the day. At the end of his remarks the committee rose Mr. Dockery presented a bill from tbe joint committee on expenditures in the depart­ ment to improve the methods of auditing accounts in tine Treasury Department, and then at 5:40 o'clock the House adjourned. The Senate confirmed a number of post­ masters. i The pension appropriation bill, carrying S150.000.000, was passed Wednesday after­ noon without division. Throughout the debate there had been no criticism of the amount carried by the bilL All the amendments to the bill save one, that of Mr. Pickler to make the re-( ports of the examining surgeons open to the inspection of tbe applicant or his attorneys, were defeated. They all fell under points of order that they were not germane. The one which attracted moat' attention was that of Mr.Enloe, to repeal a portion of the provision included in the act- off last December to prevent the suspension of any pension except on thirty days notice; Uso to permit- the suspen­ sion In case of plain prima facie evidence that the pensioner had pro­ cured his pension bv forgery, perjury or other palpable fraud. This amendment was offered at the suggestion of Commis­ sioner Lochren himself, who under the opinion of the Attorney General declared that if the act of last December stood over $500,000 would have to be paid out to sus­ pended pensioners who were proved be­ yond all question not to be lonzer en­ titled to the pensions they had been drawing. Mr. Outhwaite, the Chair-, man, of tbe committee of the whole, how-; ever, ruled tbe amendment nut on Mr.' Martin's point of order that it was not germane. The Senate struggled all day with the seigniorage coinage bill, and con­ siderable progress was made. It will soon be out of the way. On motion of Mr. Gib­ son the Senate passed the House bill ap­ propriating £45.000 for the rescue of the armament and wreck of tho United States steamer Kearsargo. The President transmitted some ditlonal Hawaiian correspondence to the House Thursday morning. Tbe Sen­ ate bill to amend the act to establish tbe Smithsonian Institution was passed. The conference report on the urgency deficiency bill was presented by Mr. Ayres and agreed tc. Mr. R chardson, of Tennessee, from tho joint commis­ sion on expenditures in tbe executive de­ partments, called up the bill to reform the method of accounting and auditing in the customs department of the treasury. Tbe bill abolishes Ihe office of Commissioner and Assistant Commissioner of Customs. ^ The discussion over the bill took a wide range and was participated in by Messrs. Baker, Henderson. Hepburn, Cannon andlj Dockery. The bill was passed. The House then went into committee of the whole for the consideration of the District of Colum­ bia appropriation bill and, after debate, adjourned. The Senate in executive ses­ sion confirmed a lot of postmasters In Kan* sas, Illinois. Michigan and Iowa * In the House Friday, after transacting some business of minor importance, the Houre went into Committee of the Whole for further consideration of the District- of Columbia bilL In the course of de­ bate Mr. Kllgore denounced the District press as subservient to all jobs In the District to plunder tbe Treasury. At & o'clock the debate closed and voting took place on various amendments. Without completing the consideration of the bill the House took a recess until 8 o'clock, the evening session to be devoted to pri­ vate pension bills. Tbe night session- was devoted to the passage of In­ dividual pensions, and at 10:25 the House adjourned. In the Senate Mr. Peffer Introduced a resolution for an In­ vestigation into the Senatorial sugar spec­ ulation. Tbe House bill authorizing a bridge over the East River between New York and Long Island passed1 without objection. A bill was passed ap­ propriating S200.000 to pay the damages resulting to persons who went «upon the Crow Creek and Winnebago Indian Reser­ vation in South Dakota between Feb 11 and 27. 188& Then came up the Bland seiicnlorage bill as unfinished business,, which occupied the rest of the day. Mi Just the Kind. "That ra*or of yours." said the who was getting shaved, "ought to make a good politician." "Why so?" asked the barber. "Because it has such a terrible pull." "Yes," said the barber, as he tried in vain to soften the man's bristles with another layer of soap, "just at present- It is wire-pulling."--Toledo Bee. Thli and That PRUDENCE is the better part of ' shrewdness. » THE most accurate weather report la­ the thunder clap. THE rich man has his mug at the barber shop. The poor man takes his. there. 'Tis the accounts of a side door saloon, that are kept up by a double entry system. SPEAKING of "sage dressing," what's the matter with Socrates putting his. coat on? EVERYTHING a rich man says goes,, if he does not say "balky horse." IF beauty is only skin deep the rhinoceros should be the handsomest beast afloat. THE average man is apt to be the- next thing to a fool when he gets be­ side himself. IT is considered strange that aristo­ cratic people wilt consent to live In a common wealth. CHEERFUL looks make every dish a feast, and that it is which crowns a- welcome.--Massinger. CORNELIUS VANDE^BILT, it is said* has given a million dollars to rellgiou* work in the past two years.