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ILLINOIS - -- ! A J mSAKED-HOTCTINIC The Lincoln memorial collection which was exhibited at the World's Fak «il •old at aMtfoo in Philadelphia. It eoa- sisted larfdtjr of law books, office furni­ ture, and autograph letters, and realised HOSPITAL INCIDENT IN DETROIT. v ^ l&* John Clayton (hot arid killed Jease Driver, a lover of Clayton's 14-year-old daughter, in Webster County, N. Y. He had been forbidden to come on the Clay­ ton farm, but persisted is hie attentions to the girL The young people were a boat to elope. tlf-A Kearney, Neb., Bank in Trouble-- t I'jDown-Kast Cashier Take* a Vacation w-- the Bank's Expense. • k*- - Patient Fleet from Operatttlfc 5 Charles Eatchford was removed to ?'*' Kmergency Hospital at Detroit, Mich., "•tffering from a deep cut in the head re­ ceived in a drunken row. He was taken te the operating-room and placed under the influence of ^ether, but was so weak from the loss of blood he collapsed and the surgeons had to resort to artificial Inspiration to bring back life. Then they aacceeded in stanching the flow of blood fey clamping a pair of forceps on the ends of a severed artery in the temple. Batchford suddenly regained his senses, drew a large jack-knife, and, opening it, dashed out of the door and into the street, Hollowed by a half dozen hospital attend- Ua half a ^nT*n VihvlcR thlYIHffh Michigan avenue brandishing his knife and threatening everybody who tried to Approach. At Griswold street Policeman Dnnuobeck seized the man and had him conveyed to Harper Hospital. He would have bled to death had not the forceps €.\ WESTERN. held the injured artery together. ;1 . Crooked Bankers Sentenced. i*|;- The Meadowcroft Brothers, Chicago bankers, charged with having received deposits when they were insolvent, were fconvicted Thursday of embezzlement, and sentenced to one year each in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $28, double the amount lost by John Collins, the prosecuting witness. The charge «pon which they were convicted is but one of hundreds similar, which might be la-ought against them. The brothers are 83 and 35 yearn old. The jury was out thirty-three hours, and until the last ballot stood eleven for conviction and one for acquittal. The trial lasted nine • ' _ Nebraska Bank Closes Its Doors. r-^The Kearney (Neb.) National Bank ^ clewed its doors Thursday morning. The liabilities, as nearly as can now be ascer­ tained, are about $125,000. The county loses $10,000 and the city $2,000. The auspension was caused by a rumor set afloat three or four days ago, when it was alleged a couple of the directors made large transfers of property. There has been a steady pulling out since then rath­ er than a sudden or unexpected run. Hone of the business houses have closed m far and there are no indications of a (In on the other banks. V: Supposed Defaulter for 930,000, Frank A. McKean, cashier of the In­ dian Head National Bank at Nashua, N. H., i« missing, and is supposed to be a de­ faulter to the amount of at least $30,000. United States Bank Commissioner Dorr, who is examining his accounts, has al­ ready found a shortage of that amount, parently McKean had taken notes the bank's funds and sold them on own account. McKean is a thirty- degree Mason, ex-Mayor and ex- urer of the city, and was a candi- 'Hfcte for Governor in 1875. | Asks Uncle Bam for 91,569,700b Senator Blanehard has introduced a till directing the Secretary of the Treas­ ury to refund to the Citizens' Bank of fcraisiana $257,013, the amount" exacted the bank in 1862 by Gen. B. F. Butler, commanding the United States army at $9ew Orleans, $70,000 exacted by Gen. tanks in 1863, and $1,242,777 exacted by 1 Gen. Canby in 1866, with interest at 6 - \ ; fer cent '& ̂ ' * HBW3 MUOOBTS. ' :• Missouri hogs are dying of a disease re» • /j #embling pneumonia. i - Several people were badly injured by a tornado at Forsythe, Ga. y4 The Turkish Cabinet may resign, in ryiew of the complications growing out the Armenian troubles. Chicago Congressmen are planning for •It conference to arrange a campaign to ('kPecure a new postoffice building. Il : tf j|9$^ The Japanese entered Port Arthur and *??\ • ,5 ,l)iitchered the defenseless inhabitans, the . . - -reign of terror lasting three days. The bill amending the interstate com- . .s :«nerce act to permit of pooling was pass- ; ;^d by the House by a vote of 166 to 110. //• f Bradstreet's reports a decrease of 1,- 'j; - $79,000 bushels in the available supply wheat in the United States and Can J " Ada. -.i.; ^ The British Government has decided to - • fend an independent delegation to., in- fe* L % -Instigate the Turkish atrocities in Ar- |f.; ,-tnenia. 1 ' Horaee White and Secretary Carlisle &""*? presented bills for currency reform before |he House Committee on Banking and fi, * Currency. §r-" * *' •• Messrs. Dolph and Sherman on Tues- K, iflay addressed the Senate in behalf of kf{'=,, , rV" * toe bill to grant Government aid to the *,3Nic.<#agua Canal. f'T.% ' * I' President Cleveland has transmitted to |v V', 5-, Jfche Senate the correspondence relative1 t. * - $o the Armenian outrages together with ' '* , ' % letter from Secretary Gresham. Frank Falconer, of Austin, Texas, bed the dishes in his residence, de- v/^#i%troyed a portrait of his wife's first hus- d, punched the head of his motber-in- and then committed suicide, j f*?: The Dwight Manufacturing Company Sll build a $500,000 cotton mill at Ala-ma City for the reason, it is alleged, the l^jjphicopee mills cannot compete with those ^ Jot other States, owing to the restrictive &^;faws of Massachusetts. j In the House Thursday Mr. Cockran's ^ ; *#notion to recommit the urgency deficien- ^«y bill, with instructions to strike out the appropriation for the income tax, was fdefeated--yeas, ,49; nays, 168. A dispatch from Atlanta says the , United States Grand Jury has indicted thirty-six prominent men of Murray County, Georgia, for white-capping. David Holmes, the English labor dele­ gate, in a speech at Denver, declared him­ self In favor of bimetallism. Lee County railroad bonds for $10,000, •j. foil j years old, were found in a corner 3 stone at Fort Madison, Iowa. EASTERN. 1fhir£y-five of the forty-two children in' the Ayer Home for Young Women and II Children at Lowell, Mass., have scarlet 1 :.;|j fever. Rev. Father Doeey has issued anothe^ X r, statement concerning bis controversy; ;• < " with Archbishop Corrigan, charging the latter with ingratitude. ' Mrs. John A. Williams, of New Britain^ ,. Conn., who left a sickbed to horsewhip, % her husband and his paramour, died a^ ; Sf, the result of her exertion*. ' • representative of Charles B. Rousse; millionaire of New York, is at Bich- alfas George LctS1^ torious outlaw wanted by the Meagher County (Montana) authorities for the murder of William Rader and James Mackeyn, in May, 1893, has been landed In jail at The Needles, Cal. Cut almost in two with an" ax the body of Alfred D. Barnes, janitor of the Hia­ watha flat building at Chicago, was found In a packing case early Friday morning. The body was perfectly aude. The man had been killed by two murderous blows on the head, and attempt had been made afterward to disjoint the body with an ax. Four persons are held by the police. Several hundred guests of the Murray and Paxton Hotels at Omaha, Neb., were rooted out of their rooms Monday night by flames licking the walls of those struc­ tures from the burning four-story build- Company. Their fright, however, was the extent of the damage in that direction, though the coffee company lost more than $100,000. Nelson Morris filed an assumpsit suit in the Circuit Court at Chicago against the American Distilling and Cattle Feed­ ing Company for $550,000. He had a contract with the company to feed 40,- 000 head of cattle, beginning Oct. 1 of this year. The greatest number of cattle that can be fed by the company is 5,000, or one-eighth of the number named in the contract. Mr. Morris figures that this failure will occasion serious loss to him|, and he therefore brings suit. Fire at 130 o'clock Saturday morning destroyed the big establishment of the Challenge Machine Company, builders of printing presses, at Chicago. The loss is estimated at $100,000. Across the street from the burning building, the entire 250 feet of which was on fire when the first engines arrived were two big storage tanks of the Equitable Company, holding 1,200.000 feet of gas. The firemen de- Toted their energies to preventing an ex­ plosion. Not until twenty engines were thawing water was the danger averted. There is no more mystery about the murder of Alfred D. Barnes in the Hia­ watha flats, Chicago. The culpable ones are in custody after having made full and free confessions. Edmund Jordan com­ mitted the brutal crime and Annie Ma- haney helped him to cover it up and con­ ceal the chopped body of the victim. John B. Jersey was a phlegmatic Witness to part of the cniminal proceedings. So far as the authorities are concerned nothing remains to be done, and for Jordan noth­ ing is left but a discredited plea of self- defense. Claus Spreckels drew a check for $1,- «)0,000 on the Nevada Bank, San Fran­ cisco, a few days ago, and it is now said that the money was in completion of a large land deal. This included the pur­ chase of 40,000 acres on which is located the Chino sugar factory. The deal was engineered by C. H. Phillips, of San Luis Obispo, and is said to be the largest real estate transaction in the history of South­ ern California. ̂ The transfer includes the town site of Chino, the Chino Valley Railway, a narrow-gauge road ten miles long, the water system, and the contract with the Chino Valley Beet Sugar Com­ pany. David Spragg, his wife and sit children lived four and one-half miles from Ridge- way, Mo. He was an industrious farmer, well-to-do and greatly respected. About noon Tuesday, without having given any signs of dementia, he walked into the kitchen, took up the butcher knife and, calling two of his children to him, mode an attempt to cut their throats. With blood spurting from their wounds, they cried for their mother. Thinking his wife, for whom he has shown the most marked affection, was about to escape, he turned his attention to her. The bloody trail about the premises shows what a ferocious struggle ensued in the death combat. The screams of the children, sobbing for tti?ir mother, seemed to in­ crease his anger, and two other children were soon his victims. The oldest child, a boy of 10, and the two children whose lives he first attempted to take, ran to a neighbor's and gave the alarih. Only one child of the family of six was left, a baby 6 months old crooning in the cradle. This was murdered next. Then he went out by the side of his wife, and, drawing the same knife over his own throat, fell across her body lifeless. There can pos­ sibly be no other cause than insanity. Spragg was never quarrelsome, was not intemperate and never abused his fam­ ily. He was alwaysmdulgent anc^provi- dent. The three cfilfdren who are dead are 6 months, 2 years and 4 years oid. The two children, 6 and 8 respectively, who escaped with the oldest child, are badly lacerated, but the wounds will per­ haps not prove fatal. Under the center of the Chicago River in the Washington street tunnel a run­ away Milwaukee avenue train Tuesday night dashed into a Madison street train, the grip of the former and the Ogden avenue trailer of the latter telescoping each other. Result: Two men dead, a score or more passengers hurt, some seri­ ously. According to the little informa­ tion that could be obtained from the grip- man of the runaway train, his grip broke just as he reached the arch of the tunnel. His heavily loaded train shot forward down the incline and before he could set the brakes it had acquired such headway that the brakes were practically useless. The rails were wet and slippery, and the train slid onward with ever-increasing momentum toward the cars in front of it, notwithstanding the gripman bore down on the brake lever with all his weight and strength, and poured sand on the rails. He yelled at the top of his voice and rang his gong, hoping the gripman ahead would understand and let go the cable, but he did not seem to comprehend. Passengers on the runaway train were thrown into a panic, and some tried to get out, but the cars were so crowded that they simply wedged each other in tighter. The crash came just in the mid­ dle of the tunnel under the river. There was a bump, a ripping of timbers, a grind ing, crushing sound, and the two trains came to^a standstill, wrenched and broken at the bottom of the grade. Then were heard otheA sounds. There were shrieks of fear andWoans of pain. Fire added its terrors to\he stampede which follow ed the wreck, |but fortunately the flames were extinguished before additional in- Jury and suffering were inflicted. The work of rescue and clearing away the wreck was conducted by the firemen, and occupied two hours. ̂T1|e <»|d lefferson Davis mansion at ftklAottd, VaL, formerly the White House of the Confederacy, Is about to be converted Into a museum of Confederate relics. The isolated position of th* Southern Hotel Building, which was destroyed by fire Monday, alone prevented Chatta­ nooga, Tenn., from being swept away. The Knoxville fire department was tele­ graphed to prepare to render assistance if the emergency arose. A high wind prevailed. The loss was $120,000; insur­ ance, $50,000. By a vote of 77 to 65 the Georgia Leg­ islature has set its face against any ef­ fort in the way of bringing women into politics. Governor Atkinson, In assum­ ing office, was anxious to make Miss Hel­ en Dortch, a pretty editress of 18, his private secretary. It was then fonnd the preceding Legislature had conferred mili­ tary rank upon that office. Through Rep­ resentative Boufeullet Governor Atkin­ son sought to have an act passed mak­ ing women eligible to hold Sate' House clerkships, with the view of appointing Miss Dortch to the place of Assistant Librarian. It was this measure that the Legislature squelched. Grand MaBter Shannon, of the Masonic fraternity, has offered Governor Atkinson the use of his name for appointment with the view of conferring the place upon Miss Dortch as his agent. It remains to be seen what the i^py^ftor will do. , ... . Y WASHINGTON. " ' v Gold is beginning to go out again, $1, 581,123 having been withdrawn in a day. Treasury officials offer no explanation. Congressional Campaign Committee has notified contestants that they must have good -cases and expect no partisan favors. Secretary Carlisle and Comptroller Eckles explained the new currency plan to the House Banking and Currency Com* mittee. A resolution calling on the President to begin negotiations to secure the indepen­ dence of Cuba was offered in the Senate Monday. Navy department has accepted the cruiser Minneapolis and ordered the pay­ ment of $414,600, the premium she earned. A proclamation declaring forfeited lands granted the St Paul Railroad in, the Sioux reservation has been issued by the President. Miss Annie .Grace Lippincott, daughter of "Grace Greenwood," the author, and Herbert Hall Winslow, the dramatist, were puyn^ed in Washington. FOREIGN. Guatemalans propose to establish a line of steamers to run in opposition to the Pacific Mail steamships, in connection with the Tehuantepec Road, the steamers to ply between Salina Cruz and Panama. Count Ferdinand de Lesseps, who has been one of the most prominent charac­ ters in France for more than a quarter of a century, is dead. Ferdinand de Lesseps was born in 1805 at Versailles, and, after a brilliant educational carrer at the Ly­ ceum Henry IV., he was appointed con­ sul at Alexandria in 1835, just as the plague had smitten that city and people were fleeing from it by thousands. De Lesseps remained at his post, started an ambulance and tended the patients till the pest was over. The vessel in which he ar­ rived on one occasion at the harbor of Alex­ andria was put under quarantine. De Lesseps asked the Captain to lend him a few books with which to while away the dreary hours. One of these volumes con­ tained an imaginary sketch of a canal through the Isthmus of Suez. Its perusal fascinated De Lesseps to such an extent that he determined then and there to think the project over and see if it fcould not be carried out. He met with numer­ ous ' obstacles of all sorts, but overcame them one after the other, and the canal was built, and on Nov. 17, 1869, formally opened. The highest honors were paid to the great engineer, and on his return to Paris he was invested with the grand cordon of the Legion of Honor. The next project of his life was the unfortunate Panama enterprise. Readers are famil­ iar with the collapse of the scheme and the great financial scandal with it. IN GENERAL E. V. Debs is going to California to da liver a series of addresses. The Brotherhood of Painters and Dec­ orators of America voted to approve the abolition of conventions, and to adopt the initiative and referendum plan. Receivers of the Atchison and 'Frisco petitioned for severance of relations with the Atlantic and Pacific and for discon­ tinuance of four non-paying branch lines. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Review says: It is difficult to detect any change in current business. Prospects for business after Jan. 1 are quite generally considered more hopeful; in some branches there are larger orders and the west-bound ship­ ments of merchandise are a little larger, but the working force naturally dimin­ ishes near the end of the year and the holiday traffic brings just now a tempor­ ary activity which is not of much general significance. The meeting of Congress and the announcement of the new cur­ rency plan and of various bills proposed have not affected the situation precepti- bly. On the whole agricultural products are scarcely stronger and wages of labor do not advance, but there is reason to ex­ pect the employment of a somewhat larger working force after th,e holidays. The expected government report on feed­ ing cattle and hogs has scarcely influ­ enced the market. It is doubted whether the estimate is more reliable than the es­ timates of yield of wheat and cotton, which are not regarded seriously. SOUTHER Sam Evans, connected with prominent Fort Worth families, has confessed to participation in the Texas Pacific train robbery. William Taylor has confessed to the murder -of David Doty near Richmond, Ky., and friends of the latter threaten lynching. REVELATIONS IN THE MINNEAP- 'fell* f RAQEOYi . ̂ Assassin la Clana A. Blixt--Hired by Harry T. Hajrward--Crime Exposed '--fejr Confession of the I.Bttor'f JBrotli- ar--Blixt Tells All. Killed for Insurance. The Minneapolis grand jury began Mon­ day the investigation of the Ging murder case. The officials have practically given up hope of wringing a confession from Harry Hayward, and it seems certain that the case will come to trial in due time, in which event it is likely to become a celebrated case in murder trial annals. Harry Hayward is apparently deter­ mined to light the thing out to the bitter end, and few more developments are ex­ pected before the case comes to trial. Adry A. Hayward, brother of the ac­ cused, made a confession, in which he de­ clares that the fearful crime was deliber­ ately planned by his brother, Harry, and that the bloody deed was committed by G. A. Blixt, the engineer of the Ozark flats. The motive for the crime was the securing of the insurance on the murdered woman's life. Adry's confession shows that prior to the murder Harry had arranged all the details of the loans he had made her, the evidence, the life insurance, etc., in such a manner that it ™ould "ppcnr to the pn^ • He afterward that it was all open and above board. Time and time again Harry made personal appeals to Adry, but the latter always told him he could never carry out such a scheme as getting rid of fcc.s MISS CATHERINE GING. cn>» pretty dressmaker who was brutally j murdered for her money.) the girl without hanging for it. Harry grew very angry at Adry's repeated oppo­ sition and finally threatened to murder him if he resisted. After this Adry sup­ posed the scheme had been dropped. It was not until three days before the day of the murder that he realized that the plot was still incubating. Blixt's Confession. Engineer Blixt was arrested and con­ fined in a cell in the Central Police Sta­ tion, away from all intruders. After be­ ing subjected to the sweating process Blixt confessed that he 'fired the fatal shot himself. He says that Hayward had persuaded Miss Ging that "green goods" could be easily circulated through the medium of her business as a dressmaker, and she, having always had an insane idea to get rich easily, fell in with the idea. The night of the murder Hayward tpld her that he had arranged for her to meet a "green goods" dealer on the outskirts of the city. They started off on the ride together. About twelve blocks from the Ozark flats they met Blixt. Hay­ ward induced her to let Blixt drive her to the place of meeting, with the assur­ ance to her that he would himself follow immediately in another buggy and be present at the meeting. Blixt then drove the woman out to the old Excelsior road, and called her attention to a passing ob­ ject. As she turned her head to look out of her side of the buggy he shot her. The body was then thrown out by the side of the road. Hayward, instead of following BJixt and Miss Ging, returned to the Ozark flats, and afterward went to the theater with the daughter of a prominent Minneapolis attorney. Satmiat<5. aesl;tjsa Wa- Therobhil̂ of (h« National ftkoe aad Leather Bank of New York of $354,000 by Samuel C. Seely, for fourteen years a bookkeeper in the bank, in whom un­ bounded confidence was placed, is one of the greatest sensa­ tions in financial cir­ cles in recent years. 8At8Hr>! C, was a prominent Brook­ lyn church member, has a wife and two children and enjoyed the respect of all who knew him. He Is a weak-minded man, however, and In an evil hour, either intentionally or un­ intentionally allowed his friend, a lawyer named Baker, who has committed sui­ cide since the exposure, to overdraw his account. From that time on he was com­ pletely in Baker's power, not daring to ex­ pose him for fear of prosecution, and for nine years Baker drew money weekly un­ til it has amounted to $354,000. The swindle was only discovered when a new system of bookkeeping was introduced in the bank. A man supposed to be Samuel C. See- ley, the absconding bookkeeper of the National Shoe and Leather Bank, New York, who embezzled $354,000, was ar­ rested in Chicago at 10:30 o'clock on Mouclay, night by Detectives William <> iineil and j. Aimanainger, or the Central Station. The prisoner was taken to police headquarters, where he gave the name of Frank J. Dale, but refused to give any further information concerning himself. His appearance corresponded exactly with the-description and picture sent out by the police of New York in a circular asking for Seeley's arrest, save that the prisoner's mustache had appar­ ently been trimmed and dyed, and Us hair also trimmed and combed down over his forehead instead of being pushed hack as was Seeley's habit. THE NEW PRESIDENT. Head of the American Street Railway Association. Mr. Joel Hurt, recently elected Presi­ dent of the American Street Railway As­ sociation, is a resident of Atlanta, Ga. and one of the .most enterprising men in that city. He was born in Russell : County, Alabama,in ;1850. The close of >the war found the Hurt plantation completely desolated and the son, then 15 years of age, had to begin the battle •of life for himself. )He managed to ac­ quire a good educa­ tion, obtained the degree of civil engineer at the age of 21, and followed his pro­ fession till 1875. Then he located in At­ lanta, entered the real estate and insur­ ance business, and in 1876 entered on the organization of building and loan asso­ ciations. He became head of the Atlanta Home Insuance Company, the East At­ lanta Land Company, and finally man­ ager of the Consolidated Street Rail­ road Company, and in recognition of his shrewdness and success in this last en­ terprise was elected to the Presidency of the American Street Railway Associa- ?OKI< HURT. GENERAL CABEZApt' .. A Person of Interest in Connection with the Bluefields Incident. The sensational reports from Bluefields and the Mosquito coast of Nicaragua makes General Cabezas a person of inter­ est. The Mosquito reservation is incor­ porated with Nicar­ agua and General Cabezas is supreme authority. The res­ ervation will hereaf­ ter appear op the maps as the Malaya ^District or the De­ partment of Zalaya. It is named so by Gen. Cabezas and the Indians in honor of the President of the Republic. There are reports that the United States is on the verge of a war with England, because the latter will not recognize the new gov­ ernment on the Mosquito coast, but these are unfounded. Though trouble is not.ex- pected the United States will, if neces­ sary, take action. WHEAT FED TO STOCK. QBST. CA BE3ZAS. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75@6.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3.50 75; sheep, fair to choice, $2@3.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 54@55c; corn, No. 2, 46@47c; oats, No. 2, 29@30e; rye, No. 2, 50@51c; butter, choice creamery, 23@ 23%c; eggs, fresh. 22@23c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 55@65c. Indianapolis -- Cattle, shipping, $3@ 6.75; hogs, choice light, $3@4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 52@53c; corn, No. 1 white, 42@ 42%c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@34. St. Louis--Cattle, $3@6; hogs, $3@4.75; wheat, No. .2 red, 52@53c; c r̂n, No. 2, 45@46c; oats, No. 2, 30@31c; rye, No. 2, Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50@5.50; hogs, $4@5; sheep, $1@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 54 @55c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 44@45c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32@33c; rye, No. 2, 53@50c. • Detroit--Cattle, $2.50@5.25; hogs, $4® 4j75; sheep, $2@2.75; wheat, No. 1 white, 55@56c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 444£45c; oats, No.. 2 white, 34@34%c; rye. No. 2, 50@51c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 55@55%c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 4G@47c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@33%c; rye, No. 2, 50@52c. Buffalo--Cattle. $2.50@5.50; hogs, $4<j$ 5; sheep, $2@3; wheat, No. 2 red, 58%<£3} 69%c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 48@4§c; oats, No. 2 white, 36@37c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58y2c; corn, No. 3, 45@46c; oats, No. 2 white, 32@33c; barley, No. 2, 52@54e; rye. No. 1, 49@51c; pork, mess, $11.75® 12.25. New York--Cattle, $3@6; hogs, $3.50@ 5.25; sheep, $2@3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 62 @63e; corn, No. 2, 58@58%e; oats, white. WOMAN SUFFRAGE. The New Woman's Christian Temper­ ance Union. Differences of opinions growing largely out of the woman suffrage movement hav­ ing caused a split in the Woman's Chris­ tian Temperance Union, an opposition society has been formed. Of this new organization Mrs. Cornelia C. Alford, of Bernardson, .Franklin County, Mass., has been elected President. Mrs. Alford favors a separation of the two ideas, temper­ ance and suffrage, and holds that the time is uot yet ripe for giving women the ballot. • PENSIONS SHOW A DECREASE. Bill as Reported to the House Carries an Appropriation of #141,581,370. The pension appropriation bill, as re­ ported to the House by Mr. O'Neil of Massachusetts, carries an appropriation of $141,581,570, being $200,000 less than the estimates and $10,200,000 below the appropriation for the current fiscal year. The reduction is made in two items--in the payment of pensions and in the fees of examining surgeons. For pensions, the bill allows $140,000,000--a reduction of $10,000,000 from this year's appropria­ tion--and for the surgeons' fees, $800,- 000, being a reduction of $200,000 under the amount allowed for the current year. In the report accompanying the bill is a table showing that in 1879 the number of pensioners was 242,755, the annual value of the pensions $25,493,742, and the disbursements on their account reported by the treasury $35,121,482. In 1894 the nomber of pensioners increased to 969,- 544, the annual value of pensions to $130,- 120,863, and the disbursements by the treasury to $141,177,284. , Commissioner Lochren, when before the committee, expressed the opinion that the high-water mark in the payment of pen­ sions had been reached. Many of the pensioners who remain on the rolls, he said, may get,increases, so that, even if the pension roll should decrease, the ; amount expended will not decrease in ' proportion on account of the increased disabilities allowed fgr. Government Report on the Amount Used for This Purpose. The Washington Statistical Bureau of the Agricultural Department estimates the amount of wheat alreudy fed to live stock up to Oct. 30 at 46,030,000 bushels, and the amount to bo fed at 29,273,000 bushels, making the total 75,303,000 bushels. These figures ore merely the meager estimates from those States where correspondents have complied with the requests of the department, and should not be taken as more than an at­ tempt at approximation of total feeding of wheat from the present supply. The severity and length of the winter will necessarily influence the fiual findings upon this question. William Dnnu bought 60,000 bushels of wheat at Toledo Tuesday to fill a foreign order. Wednesday he tried to buy some more there, but none was offered for sale. There are more than 85,000,000 bushels in sight in this country and Can­ ada, upward of 26, (MX),000 bushels being stored in Chicago elevators, and it Beems odd that none of these elevators want .to Bell any. Millions of bushels of wheat are speculated in every day, but actual cash transactions are insignificant most of the time on the Board of Trade. WELL-KNOWN BALL PLAYER. qjpwt Qf. OUR national LAW- MAKERS. * of the Senate aad Haass «t 1 Bepreeentathes -- Important MeuofN Ptacussed sad Acted The Senate devoted Monday to a dis­ cussion of our foreign relations and the Nicaraugua canal. The House devoted the day, under the rules, to the business reported from the District of Columbia Committee. Several bills of purely local importance were passed and a resolution was adopted setting aside the third Satur­ day in January for eulogies on the life and character of Marcus B. Lisle, late representative from the Tenth Kentucky District. ' The House on Tuesday, after a spirited debate, passed the bill legalizing the pool­ ing of railroads, by a vote of 166 to 110. Mr. Breckinridge of Kentucky reported the urgent deficiency bill. Mr. Dingley of Maine asked unanimous consent for the consideration of a resolution calling on the Secretary of the Treasury for in­ formation first as to whether the arti­ cles of the Behring Sea tribunal had re­ sulted last season in saving the fur seal herds from that destruction they were intended to prevent; second, information by pelagic sealers; third, the protection of fur seal herds on the Pribyloff Islands; and fourth, the revenue derived by the Government from the seals during the past and the expenditure of the Govern­ ment for the protection during the same period. The business of the Senate was confined to confirming nominations. By a vote of 24 to 34 the Senate refused Wednesday to take up Mr. Vest's resolu­ tion for an amendment of the rules. An unsuccessful attempt was made to se­ cure consideration of the bill to strike out the differential duty on sugar. Consid­ eration of the urgency deficiency bill was begun by the House. A motion to strike out the appropriation for the collection of the income tax was defeated. A majority of the House Banking and Currency Com­ mittee is said to be opposed to the admin­ istration plan for currency reform. In a letter to the committee, Lyman J. Gage, of Chicago, recommended the issue of $250,000,000 in 2^ per cent, bonds and the retirement of legal tender notes. The Senate adjourned Thursbay until Monday. Practically -all the time of the session waa consumed in the discussion of the bill to establish a national univer­ sity at Washington and the Nicaragua canal bill. The House passed three ap­ propriation bills--the urgent deficiency, fortifications and military academy--and made fair progress on the pension bill. Mr. Cockran secured a record-making vote on the appropriation for the collec­ tion of the income tax by moving to re­ commit the bill with instructions to strike it out, hut his motion was defeated by 120 majority, the vote standing 49 to 169. The fortifications bill as passed carried $1,879,057, $5,473,646 less than the esti­ mates, and the military academy bill $457,678, $127,372 less than the esti­ mates. The pension bill carries $141,- 381,570, $200,000 less than the estimates, and $10,200,000 less than the appropria­ tion for the current fiscal year. COLORADO'S NEW GOVERNOR. Albert W. Mclntire and Something of His Life's History. ^lbert W. Mclntire, Republican Gov- ernor-elect of Colorado, was born in Pitts­ burg, of Scotch and Irish parentage, forty-one years ago. He graduated from Yale in 1875, and was admitted to the bar in the East. He went to Denver the following year, and in 1880 went south­ west, and helped to build up the San Luis valley. His public record is one term as county judge of Conejos County A. w. m'intip"- and one term as dis­ trict judge. His private record is one long chain of public enterprises. Mr. Mc­ lntire has a home ranch, which is a model in every particular. Whitecaps Jn§£ the house «{ ,,r ̂ 0__ .n . - - | The social purity movement has struck Westera, 37@43c; butter, creamery, 24 v»„ - mm. Western, ' •: >Y. ; j : Has Retired from the Diamond and Will Practice Law. John M. Ward, who recently retired from the base-ball field, was one of the best known players in the country. He resigned his position as manager and cap­ tain of the New York base-ball club, and in the future will devote his time to the practice of law. Ward was born in Bellefonte, Pa., thirty-four years ago. After a few years in the district schools he attended the Pennsylvania State College. On • the college team he johs ai. ward. played third base. In 1876 he mastered the art of curve pitching and became famous as a pitcher. He has held posi­ tions of note in some of the leading clubs of the United States. He was captain of the All-Amerlcan team which, with the Chicago nine, made the famous tour of the world in 1889. The ex-manager is a graduate of the Columbia Law School. The circulation of the Frankfurter Zel- tung has been prohibited in Austria be­ cause its political articles do opt aaeet the approval of the government. Telegraphic Clicks.. Bishop Haygood, who has charge of the Methodist Church in the South, is dying at Oxford, Ga. The Manhattan Building, in New York City, occupied by art students, was par­ tially destroyed by fire. Four unsuccessful attempts were made by incendiaries to burn the Hotel Gran­ ville in Granville, Ohio. The Illinois Central has determined to operate its lines into Louisville indepen­ dent of all other connections. Twenty Armenian refugees have reach­ ed Athens, Greece. iney give additional details of the terrible massacre. Jim Morrison, the Alabama outlaw and murderer, is reported to have been killed by Chief of Police Mims, of Bessemer. Coal operators in the Pittsburg district have asked a reduction in the mining rate, alleging that the scale is b.eng infrnged. The Hungarian Cabinet was defeated in the lower house, which rejected the bill to subsidize the new Comedy theater. Chicago commission men are seeking the abolition of the through refrigerator system, alleging it discriminates against them. The greasy clothing of John Shire, of Muncie, Ind., aged 13, oil boy at the In­ diana Iron Works, caught fire and he was fatally burned. The Back-Everett ordinance, which Is to give Detroit rapid transit for a 3-cent fare, was passed by the Council and sign­ ed by the Mayor. The city of Valparaiso, Ind., has brought stfit against ex-Treasurer Schwarzkopf and his bondsmen for the recovery of $20,000. Hardin, on trial in the United States Court at Fort Smith, Ark., charged with murder, was acquitted. He was one of the Cook gang. He is a brother-in-law of Bill Cook. * Zeke Allerton, living near Roanoke, Md., beat his wife into insensibility, cut her head and face and knocked her upon a hot stove, and is under bonds awaiting the outcome of her injuries. Nebraska courts have held that students at the State Institute for the Blind must auit the school on being graduated. lAst year's class refused to leave, but were re­ moved on a writ of ouster. Ivittie Lansing Adams, aged 15, has applied at Valparaiso, Ind., for a divorce from Charles Adams, aged 17, to whom she has been married six months. She alleges cruel and inhuman treatment. Nathan Meyer, of Wabash, Ind., was given judgment in the Circuit Court for $2,000 against the Big Four Railroad Company for having injured his business by the laying of a sidetrack around bis barn. <6arl E- Beardsley, only child of Sen­ ator, Charles Beardsley, of Elkhart, Ind., hus disappeared from Ann Arbor, Mich., ^yhere he was attending the University of Michigan. It is feared he has com- suieidA. jiimmj juipil ^ -fw - ^ ^ „ : %>'•< ' ' •, Bchoea of Foot-Ball. * * . Now that the football season is otST tfclf barbers ought to have a rich harvest,-* ; Kansas City Times. It la greatly to be feared that Coagre# will prove a poor substitute for football as a topic of conversation.--Omaha Baa*.. It may not be necessary to suppress football as a game but certainly the bruttt features which now characterise it shouli be suppressed.--New York World. The opinions of football experts st that football can easily be made a game of skill instead of a competition in bra> tality. The rules must be so changed apt to bring this about or football as a coilega sport is doomed.--New York World. Walter Camp, who is called the fathac of American football, has no hair what* ever on the top of his head. Considering the football style of hair it is difficult to see how Mr. Camp worked his way up ip> the business.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch. " The future existence of American iaj»* tereollegiate football is at stake. Unleaa umpires devoid of cowardice and able see each play as it is made can be found' football is about to degenerate into men) pugilism and plug-uglyism, a brutal dif» play of rough-and-tumble fighting such as may sometimes be seen in the Bowerjf dives of New York, and respectable coll leges and universities will be forced bfr public opinion to prohibit the sport.--Boa* ton Advertiser. *. tArmenian Massacres.' ' Thos^ Armenian horrors, if true, shoir that the unspeakable Turk is still ua» speakable.--Baltimore American. \ Stich a story coming from the heart at Africa would hardly be credible, but the- incidents occurred on the immediate frott» tier, at least, of civilization.--Indianap* olis News. v Every statesman interested in mala^ taining the peace of Europe has probabljrt felt that the match had been touched at* last to the powder magazine. The mafr' sacres reported near Bit lis, in eastetjgkf Turkey, force the Armenian question tfc • the front.--Philadelphia Press. - " I The details of wholesale slaughter and violence, which it is claimed have resulted in the total destruction of twenty or thirty villages, are sickening beyond the powetf > of expression and indicate a reign of vio»' lent bigotry that should not be tolerated any where/within the realms of civiiis|jtt; tion.--Philadelphia Times. | J ; Maybe Nicholas will be more pliabla than Alexander and will consent to a united protest to which England shall ba a party. Should this be done the Sultait wouiu probably bestir nimseif to these Armenians the peace which is the$r right, for fear of more, severe pressung" - from these powers.--Springfield Republi­ can. " m lis • $ New York's Bank Robbery. The defaulting bookkeeper of the ShOUT and Leather Bank didn't drink, smoke chew. He was simply a thief without trimmings.--Washington Post. The question which the defalcation at the Shoe and Leather Bank has suggested to everybody is, Why the inspection of the books which revealed the fraud was not' made sooner.--New York Post. If the Shoe and Leather Bank of Ne#' York City had taken some lessons from the Syracuse banks, it would not now ba mourning the loss of more than a third o£ a million dollars.--Syracuse Post. ;• If you own a national bank, you haft better take it home and tie it up in yotip back yard over night, or the seventeenth assistant bookkeeper or fourteenth vioa messenger may get it away from you.--* New York World. 0) The latest bank defalacation is of su$». fieient proportions to direct the attention of bank officials to their bookkeepers, aa well as to their cashiers and tellera. * * * The lesson here taught is a us(^ ful one, but it is rather expensive.--Bo§> ton Herald. ^ A 4 , a' •* 'A-'.'-M k ij V •VJ Li Hang Chang's Wealth. It appears, at least by report, that JJL Hung Chang is a man of some versatility He's crazy, a traitor and 500 times (a millionaire.--Boston Journal. ' <, Li Hung Chang is reputed worth $500^- | 000,000. Any reasonable Chinese tailor 'M should have no fears in taking his ordef' _ for another chrysanthemum figured rob^^lg:!: --Washington Times. .V*' The Tacoma man who says Li Hunff \" Chang has stolen $500,000,000, and adda that he is a traitor and is crazy, seems to * be under the impression that Li is run- . ;; ning for alderman.--Boston Herald. It is said that Li Hung Chang is wor^h J,- ~ai , $500,000,000. One has an opportunity of acquiring wealth as viceroy of China which is possessed by no other individual outside the New York police force.--Bo|» ton Globe. And now they tell us that Li Hung Chang is worth $500,000,000. We can, therefore, readily believe the accompany­ ing statement that he is the chief of a sort of celestial Tammany hall, but the further allegation that he is of unsound mind hardly consists with reason or common ... u| sense.--Boston Transcript. , .̂ .41 •m *4 The New Czar's Manifesto. If the young man fulfills these earljr promises nihilism and bomb-making will become lost arts in the nation and "Dark­ est Russia" will be known as "Brightest Russia."--Kansas City Star. The official declarations and personal' utterances of the new Czar have all indi­ cated a purpose to substitute toleratic® for oppression, wise clemency for fero­ cious cruelty.---Cleveland Plain Dealer. It means that the rancor and bitterneat of years long past are to be at least pal*- tially atoned for and an opening made f«r an era of good will and kindness between Czar Nicholas and the Russians.--O"" State Journal. He is in the unfortunate position of man with unlimited power for mischief and very limited power for good. But hia manifesto is an encouraging indication that he means to make the best use ha can of these limited powers.--New Yor|t Timed. Unless the manifesto of the Russian Czar is only a preface for reforms ta come it is a disappointment. The conces­ sions to the peasantry and mitigations of penalties inflicted upon political offenders are of little consequence. They do not go to the root of the wrongs which afflict tha : people of Russia.--New York Press. ' ' • - i ' - t ..a "... •>'» ii si Monetary Reform. All the signboards indicate that tha - money question will be the great issue ; 1896.--Memphis Commercial. 4T:s History repeats itself. Are we to hava , over again the old arguments about tJnitap^ States banks?--Cincinnati Enquirer. | • The issuance of more bonds proves tha utter inability of the present financial ' system when put to severe tests.--Nash* A ville American. 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