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THE PLA1X DEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. fe&a&f #eech to the ttoamf&jWNl in j o Union Square, was released ' Friday. ! StAto * She w»e sentenced to til# penitentiary j outot:: WORE'OF m WCHENRY. ILLINOT0 CHEATED UNCLE SAM. CARNEGIE COMPANY GUILTY OF YT. CROSS FRAUDS. IV't. 'K w.v &<- ; v. n t > • C •. W'J: « Xirth Carolinian Lrapi 160 F.-et to itoatli --Dynamite In • Separator--Indiana mart Prairie drat--fax for the Indiana, • WNb . Fln^CIiiTgM Aw trnii "i vf ••-• 1 REPRESENTATIVE AMOS J. CUM- KtNGS, chairman of the House Com- ~.t mtttee on Naval Affairs, presented t) the House the preliminary report upon the investigation o: the armor plate and billets furnished to the govern- - xnent by the Carnegie Steel Company. : The investigation has been in progress : for weeks, and during its cou.se testi­ mony has been given by the principal : officials of tha Carnegie Company, by workmen and by government officials. "The committee finds that charges of s fraud have baen sustained, scores the •, company severely and recommends that fifty-nine su pectei plates in use should be tested as the onlv method of proving their fitness o.* unfitness. It finds aiso that the government iaspeo* tion was negligent. Banker Jumps from a H'uyh Tower. COL. J. M. WINSTEAP, President of fhe Piedmont and People's Savings : Banks at Greensboro, N. C., jumped from the tower of the Richmond C.ty Hall to the pavement. 10 feet balow, and was instantly killed Thursday morning. He entered the tower alooe ird after removing his tehees climbed through a narrow window, stood a moment upon the balustrade, and made a, plunge downward. The cause of his suicide is a mystery. His banks are reported in jr od condition. He was70 -- -- t ~ - - J i w i i w w w i y $ 2 , 0 0 3 , u c o o f r e v e n u e d u r for one year, but her good behavior lug the last eight yea a by " lessened the time of her incarceration I carelessness and neglect. two months, - ' iunty ha e bsen defrauded * maedur- crimlna) THE failure of the Portsmouth Com­ pany, whose cotton mill* at South Ber­ wick, Ma, have been running for half a century, is announced. It was rated at $325,00.) and it had A1 credit. Will- i;ui! H. KoIliiJH, Pru»ulciil of Use Ooiu- piiii V. Was i'Cgiil'ilod &S GitO Of Hit; i>uUuii* est financiers in the State, but he won't be able to pay 10 cents on £he dollar. It was his pergonal failure that dis­ closed the rotten condition of the com­ pany's affairs. Those who know the inside fact* say Rollins Is the tool of designing swindlers. TOLITICA® .HEWS NUGGETS. M'1- *• ? .i\. ^ L.IEUT. JOHN R. RATHBON, U. S. A., $ , •, committed suicide at Perry, Ok. ' FIRE destroyed the entire east side V of Maine street, Talmage, Neb.; loss, " f60,00a THE Owens barbecue at Lexington, Breckinridge s home, was attended by 20^00) people. , £/' \ IT has been deluded to hold the Illi- noisFat Stock Show in Chicago from THE A. R. U. Board of Mediation ' . met at Topeka and formally declared y- the Santa Pe strike off. THE Persian Building at the World's i Fair has been presented by Commis- jiskmar Topakyan to the New York Park Board. THE first and second mate of the steamer V. H. Ketchum are under "l\ arte t at Ashtabu'a, O., for robbing r;\ Capt. Mack of 81,000. ." ' , WESTERN/ I ' * ' of Ind.. aged 73, was killed by a bull which butted him to the ground and then trampled him to death. A year ago Mr.-. liarrvman nearly.lost her life by the same animal He "was then de­ horned and thought to be safe. JOHN B. GOKMIRLLY, assignee of ex-. Secretary Poster's interests, filed his report with Probate Judge Kiskadden at Tiffin, Ohio. Ihe document em­ bodies a plea on Jthe part of the • ex-Governor to be released from the entanglements which he dropped into by indorsing paper. The ^aggregate amount of such obligations exceeds $tid0,u00. After those indorsed amounts are disposed of an effort will be made to shake off a $3^5,000 indebt­ edness of Fester & Co. THE thirteenth annual encampment of the Sons of Veterans met in Daven­ port, Iowa. Delegates were present from all over the country. General Maccabe, the commander-in-chief, called the inaugural session to order with an address in which he reviewed the official actions of himself and his associates during the last year, con­ gratulated ihe delegates upon the nourishing condition of the organiza­ tion. an4 urged his hearer.* to renewed interest in the work during the coming year, in order that the order might be made stronger and still more worthy of the name it b^ars. , THE Indiana State Health. Board I Friday received new 3 of a cholera "tears? in Dearborn County. The little daughter of Pete«* Mann, of Weisberg, was taken suddenly ill with symptoms ot cholera and died soon after. An­ other child, aged 11 was taken ill > August 11 and died the next day* V The attending physician, who report­ ed the ca=e to the health board, vi-it- ed the family and found the mother also ill. The deaths have caused much alarm in >the courity, but Secretary Metcalf, of the health b ard, is not in­ clined to give credence to the cholera theory. if •* »«' JEFCTW OXFTY EVANS was nomlftatec. f^r Governor by the ro.'o-*m conven­ tion at Columbia, S. G. SENATOR VEST, of Missouri, denies the report that he will retire from public life at the end of his present term. TEXAS Democrats have nominated David B. Culbers6n for Governor, George T. Jester for1 Lieutenant Gov- ermr and M. W. Crane for Attorney RESUME or WHAT HAS BEEN AC- to ooMPusHepfcj W l»at» Concerning a Bemarkable Period of Legislation--Tariff, Sliver Bill* and Other • Jsjgwn- tnatimi* Sent to the Henat* , Tariff the Main Topic. FOREIGN/ THE clubs^ lihe National and West­ ern Leagues, staqd as follows in the ^championship race: ^ n+anosAij jcixAoork. FI\*E THOUSAND hungry and deter­ mined Poles and Bohemians gathered at the Rock Island crossing and Arch­ er avenue, in Chicago, early Tuesday morning and demanded work. "Give us work or bread!" was their cry, and armed with picks apd shovels they, looked as if they w.uld fight for the privilege of working. Superintend­ ent Drake, who has charge of the krW*> V preliminary work for the elevation of «ra electric plant by which it expects j {or the crowd which had gathered. to save half the money now paid to a j He telephoned for the police and Lieu- 4private corporation tor light and | tenant Barrett with twenty-five police qpower. j came hurriedly to the re-cue. The MR. OTERI, the Japanese minister at I police charged "the crowd and drove it •Seoul, Is reao-ted to have been as-av | "®ck without violence. The men were leinated. The stories in circulation as ?eariy e(\u^ not un­derstand that the railroad company hai no work for them. IN the matter of compla'nt of em­ ploye* of the Santa Fe railroad regard­ ing delay in the payment of wages the following order was received by Judge J. H. Johnson at Topeka, Ka§., from (United States Judge Caldwell: "Ordered that the men employed by the receivers in the operation of the road sad tbe pooduct of its business shall be "paid their monthly wages not later than the L'th cf the mon.h fol­ lowing their accrual. If the earnings of the road are not sufficient to pay the wages of the men as herein directed, the receivers are hereby authorized and required to borrow from time to time as the occasion may require a sufficient sum of money 1or the pur­ pose. The payment of the men shall not be delayed beyond the time fixed in thi-i order upon any pretense what­ ever. The obligations of the receivers for money borrowel for the purpose specified in this order shall constitute a lien on the property of the trust prior and superior to all liens thereon." JUST before returning from Chicago to Springfield Tuesday night Governor j Altgeld issued a prcc'amation to the people of Illinois, asking them to send contributions to relieve the starving Btrii-ers at Pullman. He also ad­ dressed a letter to the County Commissioners, calling their at­ tention to the suSering in Pullman and urging them to furnish immediate assistance. The letter to the County Commissioners is expected to secure food enough to keep the strikers aliye until responses to Governor Altgeld's proclamation begin coining in. The appeal to the people was not made un­ til the Governor had satisfied him­ self that the Pullman Company would do nothing to relieve the distress. The Governor engaged, during the day, in a spirited corres­ pondence with Mr. Pullman, but could get no promise that officers of the company would help starving tenant?. "As you refuse to do anything to re­ lieve the sufiering in this case," the Governor' wrote to Mr. Pul man, in closing the correspondence, "I am com­ pelled to appeal to the humanity of the i eople of Illinois to do so." • * . to the manner of his death are con* M . dieting. <£ -,£ V TWELVE children and three men r; • were burled in the ruins of a building ;) being torn down at Worcester, Ma;s. J. .,JB<SjV«Q of the children were severely injured. THE freight depot of the Big Fout . Road at Cincinna i was burned, tcgath» !. -i •' er with a large number of Waenei ]%$.V . sleepers and passenger coaches,"en- - tailing a losi of $35T,'J0L\ Y :.' ' HENRY R. PEAHSON, who is sup- f|:A posed to have a brother in Chicago. *;; fkilled himself in Kansas City. He was • short in his accounts with the Piano • Manufacturing Company. . BALTIMORE and the towns along the ' eastern shore of Chesapeake Bay are ' allicted with a pest of mosquitoes. ;.V" , The insects come intuch clouds as to jrj; 7' obscure all light3 at night. &'£<, UNION veterans in session at Roch- • ester passed a resolution to petition ^ Congress to make June 17 a national *-v . holiiay to be called Veterans' Day, in vX"," coaaniaiuoi tftioii of iue battle of Bunker r Bill. 'f!,:^ TflEEE Indianapolis banks have ad- vanced Governor Matthews $40, U62 to F®y the State militia for services dur­ ing the riots at Hammond, taking as security a mortgage on his fine stock ; farm in Vermillion County. NEAR Hazel, Ky., an express train ; oil the Paducah, Tennessee and Ala- • • iMuna Railway struck a wagon, killing live of the occupants--the Misses Har­ mon, Mosei Jennie, Lillie and Tobias Ray. John Ray was tarown 10J teet and severely injured. INDIANS have fired the grass in Kickapoo County, Kansas, in the hope -of» keeping white settlers out in ... . _ 'Mi- Teds rebellion of the Kaffirs In Soutl. Africa is assuming alarming propor­ tion*, and the efforts of the authorities to suppress it have, up to the present time, proved unavailing. ADVICES from Sha ighai via London state that the Japanese were defeated by the Chinese in two engagements at Ping Yang, and driven back eleven miles, with a loss of over a thousand. The Chinese now hold Chung Ho, and and their fleet is in full possession of the Gulf of Pe Chi Li. A DISPATCH to the London Titties from Shanghai says that the court of inquiry ha3 established the fact that the commander of the Japanese war­ ship Naniwa ordered the destruction of the drowning men from the Chinese transport Kow Shiigg, which was sunk by the Japanese. The dispatch says that Vice Admiral the Hon. Sir F. R. } re mantle, in command of the British China station, i» collecting detailed evidence on this subject. WAR news from the Orient comes slowlv. On Saturday the authentic dispatcher received covered time to Aug. 6 only, and the situation is shown by the following head­ lines appearing over Associated Press dispatches: Two Thousand Slain.-- Armies of China and Japan clash at Seikan in Corea.--Big battle fought.-- Mikado's forces make a brilliant charge on Manchurians.--Kill all wounded foes.--Later in the engagement they suffer a repulse.--Unknown cruiser is sunk by the Chen Yi:en.--Li' Hung Chang loses his dispatch boat. . x a, - , ,}- ' GENESAC October. In many of the valleys the Css was five feet high, and terrib e 3 are raging in consequence. The reflection can Le seen forty miles. UNKNOWN persons concealed a stick of dynamite in a sheaf of wheat on the farm of George Whitner, near Akron, Ohio. Thresh«r3 fed the. sheaf to a tef arator. The explosion wrecked th$ machine and set fire to the barn, which was entirely destroyed. At­ tempting to liberate the stock, Jacob Me er was burned to death and John Whitner and Charles Lacey severely ~ MAJOR J. R. WASSON, of Sedalia, denies the report that the Mikado ha? offered him a command in the Japanesa aripy^ r ; "FSANK HART, an attorney, of St. Joseph, Mo., ki lei his coachman, Ckarles Martin. He claims to have «eted in self-defense. IN a yacht race at St. John. N. B.. two boats ca isi/ed, ana eight men k were drowned. Among the number Samuel Hutton, ;crme -ly a noted oarsman, and a m.mber of the famous Paris crew. * EASTERN. • '^liBSAcir' of St Andrew's Episcopal Church at Baltimore is but on strike. Dr. Liutz. the clergyman, forbade a Per ' Pw . : W. L. cent. W. L. cent. Boston 65 34 .657 Plttsbnrfrs.51 48 .615 Baltimore..62 3> .6ia Chicaso 46 64 .460 New York. 63 38 .620 Cincinnati.41 66 .439 Ptail'delp'iiW 42 .W8 8t. Loata...41 60 .406 CleveiaDde.SS 41 .R82 Lontaville..*2 67 .33 Brooklyas..tl 47 .630 WaBhlngt'nSa 68 .320 WESTS EN LEAGUE. _ , Per) Per W. L. cent.) W. L. cent. Stonx City.69 34 .tOSiIndrn'pHs.47 (0 .4Sf Kanaas Cyrn 43 .C61iGrd RapldaM 69 .409 Toledo 62 41 .66W|Detrolt«...<41 M ,4'il Minne'p'iitf J 43 ^47lMllwaaicee.S2 61 ,3<4 R. G. DUN & Co.'s weekly review ol Trade says: The new tariff provides a definite, basis for business. No suplemental legislation' Is thought possible until next year at least. Large improvement has been expected from any settlement, the more because of a vast amount of business deferred from veok to week In the hope of more definite conditions. The rash of such business, or even a part of It, might etslly double transactions for a time. It Is not to bo overlooked thu't the effect of new duties upon many branches of industry and trade is problematical, and may be determined only after some months of experience, and meanwhile the serious injury to corn and soma of tbe conditions exercise a restrain- In? influence. It is too early to look for effects of the new situation in the great Industries, but the gradual recovery which has appeared for some time is seen In a POOR S MANUAL occupies a uniqu^ position as the guide to knowledge concerning conditions and operations in the railway world. The advance sheets of the introduction, which is ill the nature of a summary of the year's business, are at hand. Here are a few of the salient points of the sum­ mary: , The total liabilities of ttao roads were 911.443,886,89& Ot this amount (he capi­ tal stock was $5,080,032,004; tbe funded debt, (5.S70,202,613; the unfunded debt, ff413.33l,503; and tbe current debt, $383,* 2J 1.872. Tbo aggregate assets were $11,« 685.908,106, arrlred at as follows: Cost of railways anJ equipment, $9,601,713,730; real estate, stocks, boads and other iqvest- men ta. 61,098.306,963; other assets, S248.- 045,157; current accounts, $247,002,310. Tbe excess of assets over liabilities was C 5S5,5a5,623. xbe ioiai mileage of tbo railway lines of the United States for 1893 is given as 177,753 miles, an Increase of 2,549 miles only over the preceding year. Illinois occupies as before the head of tbo column In State mileage, having 10,428 miles; the others follow in this order: Pennsylvania. 9,436; Texas, 9,185; Kansas, 8,031; Ohio. 8,559; Iowa, 8.513; New York, 8,111; Michigan, 3,492; tbe New England State*, 7.019. Ihe Earnings for the fiscal year of 1893 are set ^own at $1,222,018,200, of Which amount £808.495.068 came from the freight and $311,978,342 from pussenaer traffic. 'J he operating expenses were $858,027,181, leav­ ing met earnings of S364.591.109. To which were added miscellaneous receipts $111.- 288.482, making total available revenao ot $475,883,041. the total sum loft for divi­ dends on stock belnz f95.337.0Sl. MARKET REPOF.T3. SOUTHERN. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... $3 ro Hoos--Shipping Grades 4 00 SHKEP--Pair to Choice 3 00 ?$£;• chorister to sing because of misbe­ havior. Under the choirmaster's orders the boy sane' and was ordered from the chance i by" the minister. Then the iMMter dropped his books in tbe middle of the service and was followed by the «hcAr, EMMA GOLDMAN, of anarchistic iMfte, who has speftt the last ten •maths at Blackwell's Island, having baen found guilty of making kn in- j, THE National Farmers' Congress Will meet in Parkersburg, W. Va., Oct. 3 to 8. - MRS. L. THOMPSON, who kept a boardinghouse at Fort Worth, Tex., fired I've times at A. Lieb, a boarder. He is dead. DAVID HALL, of Jonesville, Va, was killed by Tim Denny, an 18-year-old boy, because Hall had indicted Denny for abusing bU child. THE first bale of cotton of this year's crop, from West Point, Miss., was Bold at auction in Memphis for ten cents a pound. It c'a sed strict low middling. Picking has begun in Texas. HENRY HODGE, one of the be t-oon- nected young men of Fufaula, Ala., was shot and killed while robbing a store. Before dying he said that he was driven to the deed bv poverty. THE street-car strike at San An­ tonio, Texas, has ended. The company agreed to take back the men at their ter nn of 81.5'J per day, and to employ men instead of boys as conductors. OYEI $500,000 in taxes were paid Thursday by the whisky men of Louis- ville, Ky., in order to take goods out of bond. This is the largest amount ever paid Jn one day fo^ this purpose in the-records of the department. THE Memph's grand jury haB ire- A .* 4 * tUrn cd 73'J indictnaeata against -srwv *• -•--' "•'.•If"! •amr-: a,- WHEAT--NO. 2 Bed... Cons--No. 2 OATS--NO. 2 RTE--No. 2. BUTTEB--Choice Creamery EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--New. per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Ho«s--tltoltfc'Jjfo at SHEEP--common to Prime..... WHEAT -No. 2 Ked COBN-NO. 2 White. OATS-No. 2 White • - - . 8T. LOUI& CA T T L E . . . . . 7 T . . r . r r ~ . , HOGS WU£AX--No. 2 Red. COBN-- No. 2 OATS--No. X RYE--No. It...,. ,4 CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos.... SHEEP........ WHEAT--NO 1 Bed CORK--No 'i Mixrd OATS--No. 2 Mixed ILYE--NO. 2. •" DETROIT. CATTLE IIOOB.. WHEAT--No. L White!IMII COBN--No. A Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Red.............. CORN--NO. 2 Yellow.. OATS--No. 2 White RYE-NO. 2 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. l White No. 2 Red COBH--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring. CORN--NA 8 OAIS--NO. 2 Wnite .. ...... .. BA BLEY--NO. a............... RYE--No. I...*FF PORK--Mess NEW YORK. CATTLE... ....................... HOGS ................. ,.... HBEEP........ ,......v.......... WHEAT-NO. % Bed..... Co EN--No. 2 OAIS--Ml sed Weeitera BUTTER--Creamery 3 00 4 00 300 4S es 89 $00 3 00 SI (4 >1 •0 3 60 41)0 300 <3 S 2* ® « 00 t# 3 75 & 55 64 & 31 §60 S* 0 80 4 75 <9 5 7 V # 3 25 & 49H 3 M n IT may ba said that his­tory has claimed the leoond sassion of the 4.4 €oagress,on6 office most remarkaWe period* of legisla­ tion ever witnessed since the founda­ tion of the United States Government., A little reflection will show those dis­ posed to challenge this statement on the ground «hat It is too general, how true the assertion s. J-or* the first timo since AJ arch 4, (11, when Abraham Lincoln succeeded a rnmocratic t resi­ dent. the executive and legislative branches of the lioveVnment were in the possession of the Kemocratic party, pledged to change the prevailing method of raising revenue. Add- d to this the country was confronted by an appalling prospect of financial dis­ aster to its business interests and the people looked to Congress to give them relief from the prevailing distress. Remarkable as were the radical changes proposed they were made even more eo by the character of the Pi esi- dent whose record of four years in tbe White House from 18§5 to i>t9 showed cone usively that party pressure did not succeed in making him change a policy he had outlined. With this knowledge of Mr. Cleveland, it was no wonder 'the peop'e of the country looked for so^ieth'ng but of the com-- mon during the sessions of the Fifty- third Congress and it is safe to say that they were not disappointed. The term "extraordinary session" applied in a formal and technical sense to the special convention of Congre.s for the purpose of repealing the purchasing clause of the Sherman Silver Act, might well app y to the entire period from Aug. 7, 1-93, to the date approaching adjournment. On'y Oaa Longer Session. ^ The second session of the Fifty-third Congi-ess, including the first, or extra­ ordinary session, listed over 350 days, a record exceeded only by the first Congress, which fceid a session of 431 days and the Twenty-seventh C: ngress, which transacted business for 37o days. Compared with other long tessions of a Congress, the session just 'ended has not b96n ' prolific in the enactment of important measures. although it has accomplish: d much that would ordinarily^ have at­ tracted greater attention had not the tariff bsen the all absorbing qi eston. One of the most important acts of,. the session, passed by a strictly party* vote> was the act repealing all lawa? creating federal supervisors of elec­ tions or defining their powers. Appropviation bills, which are of first importance, were no exception in that upon them has been engrafted general legislation. The postoftice department bill, the first to pass, au­ thorized the postmaster General to allow postmasters of the Ar t and sec­ ond class to disburse at their discre­ tion the amount allowed their offices and admitted to mails publications of benevolent and fraternal societies as 6econd class. The pension bill regu­ lated fees and methods ot examining boaras, the naval bill empowered the President to fill certain vacanc'ej and prescribed the methods of appoint-s mept tQ naval schools by the Secretary of the ISavy. Several measures were enacted in ac­ cordance with recommendations of the Dockery commission so-called! for im­ proving and amplifying the methods of doing government business. Most im­ portant were those changing the method of auditing accounts in the Treasury department, improving the methods of accounting in the Postoftice department and changing the money order systam, and that regulating the making of property returns by'oj cere of the government, Appropriations. The diplomatic and consular bills changed several Varies. Nothing im­ portant was attached to the fortifica­ tions bill. The agricultural bill provid­ ed for distribution of seeds. The river anci [iErbor gan^r>cii r nfi/jianrty umidl SUR= dry civil bills have not gone to the President. One defcciency bill contained legislation relating to suspension of pensioners Without thirty days' notice against them. Five deficiency bills have been nece sary during the ses­ sion. The first was for M27.0 XJ for treasury janitors aftd custodian H and $200,OJU for mileage for members. The second, signed tbe same day, included $745,000 for the treas­ ury,. $300,000 for customs servica, $200,000 for pension service, $300,- 000 for the census, and $200,- 00J for public printing. The third carried a total of $770,00J, the fourth $1,451,000, and the fifth bill $310,000 for various departments. Two resolu­ tions appropriated $.iO,(;00 and $10,000 for enforcing the Chinese exclusion act, approved Dec. 7,1893, and Ap il 4, 1894. As most of the appropriation bills had not passed at the beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, it was neces­ sary to extend by resolution alt appro­ priation » for the necessary operations of the Government, for pensions, and • £,aM} for the District.of Columbia. They were | pined8' e y" twice extended for thirty days and once for fifteen. Two special appro­ priation bills for salaries of employes were necessary, and one .tor the ex­ penses of investigation ordered by the $ena|C!, ,x. Miscellaneous Enactments. (9 5 0) & 6 74 C<# 63 6» 32 62 1 0 4 60 & 6 75 (9 S 60 <& 6 *6 MU9 57H up be held at Meridian; and four other its. BIIK «f Ail Laws to require original raceipt? for deposit- of postnw. tars tp> be sent to the Treasury Department, to authorize thi> Fourth Assistant Postmaster to approve bonds, to regul^ta inspection of boiler plates and their stamping, to redress an injustice to certain gradu- atesot Annapolis, to fill vacancies in the grade of assistant.' paymasters and 10 reclaim 1,ho wreck of the Koarsarge on Roncador reef were passed. A vast number of territorial and public lands bills were adopted, one of the latter extending to January, 1897, the time within which persons may purchase railroad grant lands. ic£fe4jt<!Ki tct the government by By joint resolution, omfi|w and men of the army and navy "wei'Sfauthorized to wear the government on oc­ casions of ceremony; three members of the Board of Managers of the National Spiders' Home were chosen, and the Secretary of War was authorized to restore t3 Michigan and Iowa recap­ tured flags. i Foremost in importance of the nu­ merous bills which became laws was the act authorising the New York and New Jersey Bridge Company to bridge the Hudson between New York City and New Jersey.. After its first pas­ sage *the bill was vetoed by President Cleveland, but an amended bill fina ly met his sanction. This structure must be built in ten years, not less than $l,00J,i00 to be expended on it each year, and $2,500,000 the first year. Acts were passed also to amend sev­ eral bridge charters and to authorize the construction of numerous dams for various purposes. In addition there were odds and ends of legislation, such as authorizing the World's Fair to con­ fer diplomas upon designers, artisans and inventors; the erection of the fire escape on the Government printing office and Maltby building, providing additional clerical iorce for the libra­ rian of Congress, relieving emDloyes injured in the Ford Theater acpi,dent, of the law restricting sick leave, and numerous others. v House and Senate Calendars. t * About 800 of 1,500 bills acted ttpon were passed by the 'House and sent to the Senate, but owing to the extended debate on the tariff bill in the latter body they did not receive its consid-,, eratiou. The House adjourns, leaving" about £00 bills on its calendar, half of. which are of a general character and the remainder private claims. During this session of Congress thefe were sent to the Senate by the Presi­ dent 2,461 messages containing nomi­ nations. Inasmuch as some of these messages contained more than are usu­ al, notably in the c&se of mtitary and naval promotions, a fair estimate of the total number would be . Of these all were, acted upon .but about fifty. The most celebrated' cases that resulted in rejection were those of Hornblower and Peckham, both of New York, nominated to be associate, justices of the Supreme Court. During the session there were cre­ ated five vacancies, two by resignation and three by death. Deaths and res­ ignations have been numerous in the House during this Congress, number­ ing eighteen combined. j i; NATION'S Nfew TARIFf.^}^ Rates or Duties Upon a Number of Great Commercial Staples. The new tariff law places the follow­ ing rates of duty.mon the great stapi. s which have teen the bones of conten­ tion: ' Ajl raw sugars, 40 percent ad valorem; sugars above No. 10 (refined), % per cent additional; sugars produced in bounty- paying countries. 1-10 per cent additional to these rates Hawaiian sugar Is still free under tbe reciprocity treaty. Iron ere, 40 cents per ton; pigs, $4 per t:m; iron or steel rails. 7-20 of 1 percent per pound; lead ore and dross. % of 1 per cent per pound; silver lead-bearing ore. tbe same duty as on the lead contained therein. Tobacco for wrappers, fl50 per pound unstemmed; x S2l 25 stemmed; cigars and cigarettes, H per pound and 23 per cent ad valorem. Coal, bituminous and large slack,cents j>er ton. Precious stones, cut and unset, 35 per cent, ad valorem; set, 30 per cent.; uncut. 10 per cant.; glaziers and miners' .diamonds free. L3g* and sawed lumber and timber (save troptpal woods) and wood are free Tit* plate, 11-5 cents per pound after Oct J. Narb'.e. rough, 53 cents; dressed, 65 eents per foot (cubic). White and red lead. 1% Cents i e* pound. Under the internal revenue sections of the bill playing cards are taxed 2 cents a pa kage. An income tax of 2 per cent, on incomes above $4,000 is provided for; also a tax on corporations of 2 per cent. Whisky is taxed at $1.10 per gallon and the bonded period fixed at ei^ht years. The followin"- Is a statement- of av­ erage ad valorem rates of duty of the McKinley law and the new law, on a number of principal items, as compiled by the Treasui y Department. Wher­ ever duties are specified in tither bill they were reduced to ad valorem rates for purposes of comparison: Mcftln- Artloles. Camphor, refined,......... fiumac, extract of...., Epsom salts Castor oil Cod Uvtit oil ......1... Opium, prepared for amok- log Chromium colors Ocher. Sienna Uirber Bnirlt varnishes.. j.,. All other varnishes....;:.. Whltlair. dry Ground in oh (putty).*.... White lea l Nitrate of potash Hi-carbon ite of soda Bi-chroruate of soda Strychnia, or strychnine.. Sulphur, sublimed Sutuac, ground............. China, painted, etfe..' 13TOS» 12 to 83 tto.oo ts, etc 28.28 15.00 *6 to 161 42.S9 88 84 It to SI 10 to 20 80.00 86.00 86.00 pi to 30 Kxtcsdt Spirits, distilled Cotton cloth, not over ioo tbieads, not bleached.... Bleached. Dyeil. colored, etc.. .•...".. Exceeding KM threads, not oieaohrd Bleached Dyed, etc Cables, cordage and twine. Bagging for cotton Woolen yarns Shawls, woolen, not above 4u cents per pound....... 130.00 Bhuikets.,... so to 10* j£*a ot,wool W to MS not over SO cents ^Jgmtpoum si to 1M fink, partially manufact­ ured Silk webbings, gorings. etc Silk buttons.. Bilk dress goods SllknbDons AU.oibtt silk Writing, dxawingand other psper <d. a. Dolts and other toys....... Emery Fire-crackers Coal, bituminous.... ...... Slack, or culm of coal..... Coke Matches Haircloth, known as crino­ line cloth Haircloth, known as hair seating.... Leather, bend or belting and sole. Calfskins, japanned Leather, all not specially provided for Boots and shoes Manufactures of In41a> rubb 3r Umbrellas, covered with silk or alpaca Burrstcne, manufactured. Composition metal, copper Mates of copper, not rolled, etc....... Cider Binding twine Paintings, In oil or water- colors Statuary Ha$ ters | #QRE J5LOOMERS LONG AQD. The Woman After Whom the Dress tnii' Named Living In Iowa. Not many people know how the name of Bloomer came to be applied to the style of woman s dress sometimes called the divided 6kirt. Mrs. Amelia Bloom­ er, after whom the 00.60 20.00 ».» 48.00 to.oo 45.00 as.or 4S.K) •o.co 46.00 80.00 45.00 MM 20.00 85.00 23.00 28.19 20.1S 147.92 60.00 22.T8 12 12 2S.eS 14.1J4 20.00 16.00 fM® 20.00 ' :».» 16.48 10 10,00 SO.Q0 20.00 10.00 10.00 as.00 90.00 80.00 as.00 RS.OO 45.00 W40 free 6.40. free 11.80 free 18.42 free «.« free J * ' 15 .CO free u.w free 10.00 free OUR NATIONAL. _ MAKER?. the Senate and -Important XHSENMEDVWMT ACTED E$OA~» 2 80 4 00 300 ts H i 0 0 S3 si M S» 0 47 m 4N 8 75 S 00 06* *> 84 88* 80 48 00$ 67J6 60,*a 64* 67 88 Prcvisic ns for the admission of Ui ah and the making of the first M6nday in September (LaVo • Day) a national holi­ day-- largely at the instancy o; labor societies--became laws, anas at ths ur­ gent request of scientific societies an act to define and e .ta^lish the units of electrical mca u e was passed. Three bills were pa-»ed to give e.lect to the Parii seal arbitration end another to regulate teal fishing. By re .olution the Secretary of the 'Treasury was ordered to receive and place t»the credit of the Cherokee na­ tion 8 i,74 \»K0 for the Cherokee outlet and the Secretary of the Interior to settle agents' accounts with Delaware Indians. Several special acts for print­ ing report were passed and a do en laws of benefit to merchant marine we-s enacted. The acts pertaining to the jadiciary of the United States were: To provi e ft*r two add.tional associate justices of the Supreme Court of oklahomi: for the division of the Eastern Disirict of Michigan into two divisicas'. to pro­ vide that a term of th3 Circjit and District Courts of Vermont may be held at Montpelier: that criminal causes in the district of Minnesota »hall be brought and prosecuted in the division of the district in which the ofi'enses were committed; to fix. a term of the District and Circuit Courts of Demijohns, einnty. Manufactures of glass Cylinder glass, poll-bed, unsilvered. - Plate glass, Anted, etc l'late glass, unsilvered, cast, eto Plate KIMS, cast, silvered, above 24xco Cylinder and ero*n glass, silvered Spectacle len«es Staiued ui painted window Ilfp^lne siate ! Iron ore Iron in pies etc!............ Scrap iron...............4.. Scrap steel....T. Bar iron Bars of roiled iron Boiler or other plate iron or steel Rails of steel Sheets of Irou or t>teel,ooni- mon or black Tin plates Tin. manufacture* of Steel iDKOts.etc Wire rods Cast lr >u vessels, etc Malleable iron castings.... Hollow war#..... ........ « hatns ............ Firearms Nails Railway fish plates ... Hand, back and other saws Screws Wheels Plates, rolled, Lrasler*. copper -.. Gold leaf - 8ilv< c leaf.... Lea i Kheets Nickel (iold pens. M Penholders and parts of... Pins Zinc, in sheets Manufactures of metal.. A Shooks and boxes. Casks and barrels. Blocks of wood....... Rice, cleaned Unclefcusd.. Senate ley bill. 10.00 VS.24 10.00 88.31 25.81 4H.H7 26.05 20.00 iito es 80.64 1V.04 $1.14 2ft. t0 C9.8S 84.82 10.86 17.63 21.£0 fiU.Sfi 20.0i) 71.24 189.60 9t.7S 89.21 29.60 21.82 10.C6 80.24 20 00 28 00 91.70 7u .at 28 .W 10.00 60.00 86.00 fo.00 10.00 70 .IT 80.00 7i.«a 82.63 28.43 80.00 13 tO 481 >4 S>7 tO 43 garment was chris­ tens ed, resided with h e r h u s b a n d i n Council Bluffs,their res id e n c e to-day ^ being the one in which they took up their abode forty y e a r s a g o , w h e n Council Bluffs, now a city of 25,030 peo- AJMELIA BIJOOMER. pie, waS . a some- whit straggling village of 3ti0 sonla. Mrs. Bloome r,n<» w seventy-six years old, carries her- .wars easily, her rifty^four years of married life having been un- marred by other than the fleeciest of temporary clouds. It was in 1^51 that she began to wear the costume which is now known throughout the English- speaking v-or d as the lyjomer. She was then liv.ng at ^ » . Seneca Falls, N. Y.. where she was publishing a tem- p e r a n c e p a p e r ' called the Lily. A Mr^. Miller,' who in 1851 paid a visit to Seneca Falls, appeared in the bifurcated dress, an:l Mrs. Bloomer publi shed a de­ scription of It. She a n d E l i z a b e t h Cady Stanton adopted the style and advocated its general adoption. Mrs. ibloojcer wore the costume on several lcctu e trips, and in tSs way it be came associated with anclfi by her name. WHAT LO COSTS UNCLE SAM. ically known Nearly 910,000,000 Appropriated for In­ dia n Affairs for 1805. A comparative statement of appro­ priations and expenses of the bureau of Indian affairs has been compiled by Commissioner Browning. It shows that the total amount covered by the Ii.dian appropriation bill for the fiscal year 18;)4 was 87,173,440 and for 1895 *9,3c 8,880. The difference in amounts for designated objects for the two yeai's is as follows: 1896. tl83,100 2,WO,167 C6M24 114,000 2,056,6'J • 80S.777 78,320 2,467.697 1834. Current and contingent ex­ penses tlfS.OOO Indian treaty obligations... 3,170,073 Miscellaneous supports and uratuities ; oro.ws Incidental expenses 121,OfO Bnppoit of H I - hools 2,243,483 Miscel sneons expenses.... 945,540 Trust funds, principal 30,094 Interest 80,390 Payment for lands 400,330 Totals ...*7,873,440 |9,33-,8«l) Excess over 1894 1,46%,440 Although the ob'ect of the Indian appropriation act is t J make a;: propria- tions lor current and contingent ex­ penses of the Indian Bureau, and to fulfill treaty stipulations With various tribes, Congress has in rec3nt years attached agreements with the various tritei and ratified them iia bill,which was lormerly done by separate acts. Certain objects are also appro., riated for every year under the head of mis­ cellaneous, which are not properly considered part of the ourrent ex­ penses of the service. ^ ^ " CHINA IS SAFE«> An Anderson, Indiana, Chinaman Makes tfaare to Heed Bis Country's Call. A telegram from Anderson, Ind., pays: "All the Chinamen in this city, it is 6aid, have received official letters urging them to return to China to en- 20 SO 04 49 to Sir 68 to 123 98 to 171 < 9 81.28 3#. 79 35.00 48.00 4 >.00 43.17 SB to 41 47.83 43.00 28 to A3 411.77 38.00 20.00 22.77 15 to 2f 2H.47 LI5.6'J 16 tO 32 44.93 25.00 93 99 25 to 70 20 to 55 42.82 35.00 20 tO 40 2!. 67 17.9S 16 37 23.55 30.00 30.00 2 i tO 30 25 00 25 00 83 to 67 41.80 78.44 RS.OO 29 to 50 34.00 26 97 31.88 85.33 47.28 41 tO 80- 28 tO 45 TC.18 40.00 tOt THE WAT TO CRISA. 47 to 111 The National Solons. . fifteen or twenty minutes Monday ..K the business of tbe Senate was suspended 5 while, |he -Sergeant-at-arms was sent in ; sear<» of «a actual quorum. Tbe four " w BuppiemtoUil bits were all' re-,{'W ported from the Flnauce Oommlitee and .v sent to the calendar. Sevaral bills were passed, among them the bill for the speedy - prosecution of the United States against ' />! the estate of the late Lei and Stanford. " \ Less than tlfty members vera present "yik when the house met at 12 o'clock. ' V* There were the usual indications , 1 ' that Congress was on the eve of v"V:-. an adjournment. A hill appropriating fS,000 for an additional furce for the col- lection of internal revenue aud £6.000 for •.<* carrying into effect the arbitration con- f; ventfon between the United States and » ^ *• Venezuela signed at Caracas in January 1' ' Jast, was passed without objection. A bill ' was passed to Incorporate ihe Association . v is of American Florists. ' 'l he Senate seems to have nothing to da 1 There was not a quorum present when the ' 'C House began its session Tuesday, hat members sought to take up several mess- ^ ures by unanimous consent Senate bill i- allowing an additional $54,000 for the pub- 9 5 T lie building at Little Rock, Ark., and an- " other authorizing tbe Secretary cf tbe i Treasury to allot rooms in the Gov- / em men t building at Meridian, Miss., for 7 • \ holding court, were passed; also a resolu- : y tion to print 20,000 copies of the tariff billj /. -i also, on motion of Mr. Haueen. a bill to ^ ;; grant to the Duluth and Winnipeg Railroad " , >H Company a right o( way over the Chippe- " [ VVf wa and While E irth Indian reservations. At 1:25 o'clock the House adjourned until Thursday. • y : „f There were just twenty-one Senators ' ' >vv present Wednesday when the Vice 1'resl- dent called the Senate to order. The de- ,ii flciency bill was received from the House , immediately after tbe Chaplain's Jnvoca- , " ; tion. and having been signed by the Speak- t er the Vice President Immediately attached " his signatura The absence of a quoruin .if,' Cl was Immediately pointed out by Eenator : 1 N Aldrlch and only thirty-three Senators J ^ answered the rollcall--eleven less than a quorum. There was a long delay while the list of absentees was being made up for the sergeant-at-armsi One by one they reported, Senator Blanch a rd (Den.), of Louisiana, making the thirty-seventh. The Senate at 1:15 p m. went Into execu­ tive session. At 1:40 p. m. the Senate ad­ journed. The Senate could muster no quorum, Thursday and adjourned without action. Kepresentatl ve liaison. Populist,of Kansas, has introduced in the House a resolution for the appointment of three pension com­ missioners Instead of one. One would rep­ resent each political party, including the Populists; they would hold office for six year, and in disputed cases a majority of the board uould declde. Mn Hudson also introduced a bill for the dOinatfe of all sliver from American mines into standard 6ilver dollars. 20 00 30.00 44.87 80 00 77.88 18.83 14.20 25.00 :8.00 80.00 25.00 1I.A9 as. 00 20.00 20.00 25.00 83.89 41.08 list In the national army. One has re­ sponded and the other four say they wi 1 as toon as they can dispose of their property." C. P. H JNTINGTON has reopened ne­ gotiations with the Mexican govern­ ment for the purchase of the TehUan- tepec Isthmus Railway. THE smallest bird in the world is the Hie Apology Was Accepted. Not a baa story is told of two belli­ cose memters of the Town Council of a certain town, not lo be too particu­ lar, that has for some time gained a : reputation for its stormy debates. During a recent meeting the two mem­ bers, whoare o'.d antagonists, became , involved in an animated discussion ' about some trumpery matter, and things came to a ilimax when one of the disputants gave the other the lie ; direct. The other made a plunge for ; him, and as the pair got hold 'of one ; another, his antagonist exclaimed; "I reiterate that you arc a liar." "Oh. if that is the case," said the other, whose knowledge pf the English language is not the best, 4,I accept the apology. If a man says that he reit­ erates, that's all that any gentleman , can ask." and he forthwith relaxed HI* hold of his opponent. A Queer Temperance Society. A very curious temperance society exists in the Siberian village of Ash- lyka. Every year, in September, the members meet in the church and make a solemn promise to abstain from wine and spirits for a whole year. They also sign an agreement that any per­ son breaking the pledge shall pay a fine of 25 rubles to the church, and submit to be spat upon by his more continent fellows. Tne most peculiar feature of the whole business, how­ ever, is that the members on the one day of the year when the pledge ex­ pires allow themselves wine and brandy during the few hours which' in­ tervene before the pledge for the en­ suing year is made. How the Snail Breathes. The breathing operation in the snail is one of the queerest processes imag­ inable, and is carried oa without the : least semblance of lungs. The orifice through which he takes his supply of "the breath of life" is, of course, called the mouth, notwithstanding that it is situated in the side of his great sucker­ like foot. The process of breathing is not carried on with anything like regu­ larity, as it is in most creatures, the mouth simply orening occasionally to let in a suppl / of fresh air, which is ex- pellel by the eame opening as soon as the oxygen nas been exhausted. The snail's peculiar mouth is pro idedwith a tongue set with hundreds of teeth. '• Injnn Too Big for His Cell.: There is trouble on the Umatira In­ dian Reservation because the cells in tfhe calabooso are too small. The other day Swichlick, one of the tal'e3tof the , government wards on the reservation, was arrested, and he could not enter 1 the door of the guardhouse erect, and in the morning was found curled up : like a spiral spring because the ceil was not long enough for him to lie straight in. 'The Indian i5 seven feet ; tall, and the Indian police think the J government ought to build a new jai l . there.--Portland Oregonian. ': A Tom-Boy Princefs. The Princess Maud of Wales is said "~ to be known in her family circle al­ most exclusively as "Harry." because ; she is so playful and sportsmanlike. But she is also an excel ent cook and : gardener. Ifrcts In Few Words. DRESSES tire sold by weight in JafiiB* LORD ROSEREBY'S dairy farm 'LA Buckinghamshire comprises 1,400 i acres, on which he keeps 1L0 dairy cows, 8G0 cattle and 1,000 sheep. JOSEPH A. CALLOWAY was admitted ^ to the bar in Green County, Missouri, 1, recently. He is the only colored man entitled to practice law in that county. NEXT to her dolls, the little Queen of Holland values most a collection of wax tigi-res sent from Bataviaand clad in the picturesque peasant costume of the Javanese. ' WE can do more gocd'by baing good than in any other way.--Rowland Hill. CANADA'S divorces for the past : twenty years have just been figured up, and they amount to only 116. A COMBINATION of gas stove manu- f facturers has b?en incorporated in Uli- ncis with a capital stock of #?,c00,00i>. IT has b.on figured out that a man who thaves regularly until he is 80 has cut otT about thirty-five feet of hair from his face. A RESIDENT of Indiana sold his vote - ^ for $1 lust spring find is now suing hie purchasers for tJOU and costs. This itf ^ permfesib-.e Under the Indiana law. ' "V" "7 ' j' - tj S I'fevlf