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{}H SLYKE, Editor and Pub. IT. ILLINOIS By|FUL.. SUFFEKINO *#A*vmG ttimeas m OHK>*At Raw flour. " £ tfo- CteTetcd Train Jumps the Track-- ? ||a Oklahoma Attorney Disgraced-- p ft-" ffronble at a Kansas Court Honae^- •'*, About One-Cent Post A KG. \ '4? " J ' . ' V Many Miners Starving. £ $0,000 people in Ohio are <m ;^S | i ; of starvation nnd there is mipera- tive need, for immediate relief. The in- Wstigation of their condition, eolftnienced »»t the instanee of Gov. McKinley, prom­ ises to reveal a harrowing state of af- " fairs. One case has already been re­ ported which shows the deplorable condi­ tion of these unfortunate people. A miner who had worked but live day® in x three rnmjths went to the grocery where lie had Always traded and asked for a C sack' of flour on credit. The grocer, hav- "Nlng carried the unemployed to such an extent that he was nearly bankrupt, re­ fused to let him have it. but the man frenzied with the refusal, seized the sack and ran home with it, and when an of- ' fecer went to the house to arrest him he found the wife and children eating the, raw fiour, not having tasted bread for. two days. He turned away and did not, make the arrest. This is only one of 10,- <000 cases where people are actually starv­ ing in Athens, Perry and Hocking Coun- while three times .that number are fii* desperate straits. " nient to the national ek*tk>ntaws whet*- mandtajr aft Investigation of the Senate by they will be allowed to vote in the place restaurant because of an item on the bill where their profession may call them on of fare wherein $4 is charged tot beef* election day, Judge Tn rker, of the Now York Su­ preme Court, has decided that the rail­ road commissioners can use , railroad passes issued by the Secretary of State mid uiui the new constitution does not j prohibit the Legislature from providing ! that passes may be issued to State officials when traveling on official business. j One of tlie new rules made by the Law- j recce Scientific School faculty at Har- j vard requires the young men students to j take a course of hygienic cooking. The j Boston Cooking School will initiate them ( into the mysteries of kettle and dishpan, | nnd there is no end of feminine gloating j over the prospective fun. Arrangements are being made to begin teaching the Harvard men in the spring. The rendition of Judge Hoar,, of Con­ cord, Mass., was reported Tuesday morn­ ing as being worse, and members\of his family are now expecting his dea|h at almost any hour, as, he appears to be steadily failing. The venerable gentle­ man maintains his good spirits through all his sufferings, and at times gets into a jocular mood, in which his old-time wit showa Itself with a sparkle as bright as ever. He realizes that death is near at hand, and at the same time has no fear whatever of its coming. It was only the other day that he was able to write to one of his sons something like this: "Lain engaged at the present time in the occu­ pation of dying. Whatever else may be said, there is one matter of satisfaction in the work, and that is> t&it I &•,•«* ton- ole time "fgr it." ! ^ steak end truffles. "WESTERN. •i • '-YaV ; - "I." Train Falls, to. t®e V :ri, While an engine of the Kings County 'v^JSBtevated Railroad was switching at Sne- dtker and Liberty avenues, getting ready to start back with four cars to the Brook- : lyn bridge, it ran off the end of the track and fell to the ground. It dragged one empty passenger car with it. The only men on the part of the train that fell, the «ngineer and firemen, were fataiiyin- ,</: ________ * , NEWS NUGGETS. Bobo, colored, was hanged at Fri- fiji-wF* Point, Miss., for the murder of his '*|fe. .. » ; •• The Hillman insurance case has been begun in the United States District Court •f&i* Topeka, Kan. . Lewis Raymer, of Lexington, Neb., 7 | years of age, accidentally shot aiid killed V Wb sister, aged 5. While skating on the Sandusky River, eight miles below Fremont, Lambert Dod- * way was drowned. ••'. The American Biscuit Manufacturing Company has cut the prices of crackers from 15 to 20 per cent. ;*• Lee Mantle, of Butte, was nominated ft / • senator from Montana by the Repub- j - Ilcan legislative caucus. An investigation of corruption in the police department was begun by the fe; C^and Jury at New York. , T. E. Burlingame, ex-President of the ,[;':illank of Commerce at Springfield, Mo., V arrested at Perry, Ok. [ Franklin Johnson, son of a Booneville W- Y.) banker, died at Monte Carlo un­ der sqs picious circumstances. • death of Lemuel Coffin, the well- lercliant, Philadelphia reecives for charitable purposes. itlierti Clvipter of the American • • unuvjte of Architects will memorialize | <3ongress to pass the McKaig bill. \ Available supplies of wheat in^fcbe - / JJnited States and Canada deeF&sed 806.000 bushels during the week. "P. G. McLonghlin, an old and highly it- . Respected member of the Chicago Board Trade, dropped dead on the street. %f$V!iA pen-made counterfeit of the $100 |v treasury note turnei up at a Toledo, Ohio, iMink. It was a daugerous imitation. • ';l>/"".'A bill has been introduced in the Ne- Itraska Senate for an act to permit di­ vorce fidta a person insane or idiotic. the meeting of the Lake Carriers* »ci;ition an agreement was adopted > purchase no coal from Buffalo shippers. It Detective John Norris of Ohio is in jail m Richmond,Va.,on a charge of trying to bribe the District Attorney in a gold brick ease. Justus C. Adams was nominated for Speaker, of the lower house of the Indi­ ana Legislature by the Republican cau­ cus. ™ Neil Hepburn, ex-postmaster of Long Island City, $7,000 short in his accounts, 111? Iras sentenced to two years in the peni- ^ tentiary. • Bills for the taxation of all church prop- «rty and to repeal the law pennitting V Catholic biskops to hold property in trust , were introduced in the Michigan Legis- /lature. | 1 C o n g r e s s m a n C a r u t h s a y s a n o r g a n i z a - ;, ; tion, of whiVh Lyman J. Gage is Treas f .,"; tirer, is making contracts with business -inen by whiJbh it hopes to reap a vast v profit in case of adoption of 1-cent post t4f *se- N. • '? 'l • • ! A guard of deputy sheriffs has been ptaced over the county building at El 1 . Reno, Kan., by the Commissioners of •g'Sff; ••'•Canadian County, owing to a rumor that an attempt will be made to destroy the building and its records by fire in conse­ quence of charges made against the re­ tiring officials. ;r v. i/i Tiie Efumane Society at Ohio, received a box from Burglar James Anderson, now serving a long term at the Columbus penitentiary. It contained a lot of toys made by the burglar for his children, who are under the supervision of the society. Anderson is the crook whose escape from the Cincinnati jail caused a great political scandal three yeads ago. His recapture was dne to his love for. his children, from wfeom he could not stay away. Assistant Cashier Frank II. Sparks, of the Cincinnati Postoflice, took $.">83 from the cash drawer while alone in the lunch hour to inake up a shortage of $2S3. He ^Ihen struck himself on the head so as to cuuse an^abr.ision, lay on the lloor to be found apparently unconscious by the jan­ itor. and then asserted he had been at­ tacked and robbed by two men. His story was so faulty as to arouse thq suspicion of the police, and when closely pressed Sparks admitted his guilt. Mining circles are in a flutter of ex­ citement over the announcement of a rich strike made in the Lackawanna mine, situated on Green Mountain, a few miles south of Deadwood. A twelte- foot vein has been uncovered, the one from which, after many assays, gives returns averaging from $1,500 to $3,700 per ton. The vein is well defined. The mine is owned by James Collins and Curley O'Leary. two poor miners, whom a chance "spot" in one moment has placed in affluence. - By the explosion of a boiler in C. B. Wilson's sawmill at Metz, Mo., four men were badly hurt, two of them probably fatally. An exj>Iosion at the Moyer Coke plant at Uniontown, Pa., resulted in the injury of six men, four of Whom will die. Corning mill No. 2 of the Miami Powder works, located five miles north of Xenia, Ohio, exploded, completely demolishing the building and killing three men. Two miners were at work in the colliery at Hazelton, Pa., when the breast closed in on them, crushing them almost beyond recognition. Both men were « married and leave large families. Towns along the Ohio and the Eastern water courses, especially Pittsburg, were given a scare Monday; but the worst, it is thought, is past. Heavy rains for for­ ty-eight hours swelled the Monongaheln and Allegheny Rivers to flood height. This is about eight feet less than the last flood four years s^go. Over fifty boats were swept from their moorings along the Monongahela River. A number of barges loaded with coal and worth $10,- 000 each sank. Many mills had to close on account of the water getting into the fly wheel pits. Among them were the converting and the 32, 33, 35 and 40 inch mills of the Carnegie Steel Company at Homestead. They were compelled POLITICAL. Senator William P. Frye was renomi- uatcu ut AugUStuf In Georgin county elections the Popu­ lists did not carry over fifteen counties out of 130. Senator Pettigrew was unanimously re­ nominated by the Republican legislative caucus at Pierre. S. D. Governor Upham was inaugurated at Madison, Wis., many prominent Republi­ cans witnessing the ceremony. A caucus of Massachusetts House Dem­ ocrats has decided to nominate John E. Russell, of Leicester, for the Senate. <» The contest between Washburn and Nelson for the Minnesota Senatorship i? developing a great deal of bitter feeling, 1 V. FOREIGN, ^ * <, *Tlie Sullan of Turkey is furious at ex- Premier Gladstone for his speech on the Armenian outrages. f The late John Walter, proprietor of the London Timvs, left a personal estate of £203,573, all of which goes to his children. Fifteen Armenians chin-ged with polit­ ical crimes escaped from jail at Sliabin- karahissar. Tgoons pursued them and killed five. „ Ex-Premier Gladstone gave expression to a wish for a reunion of the Irish party in replying to an address from the Friend­ ly Sons of St. Patrick of New York. Official reports received nt Vienna In iegard to the use of anti-toxine in the dis­ tricts of Trieste and Czernowitz show a large decrease in mortality from diph­ theria. The reports advise that the rem­ edy be administered at the earliest possi­ ble moment. A terrible accident, resulting in the loss of 120-lives, has occurred in the bay at Rio Janeiro. The boilers of the steamer Port Nichtheroy, which had a large num­ ber of excursionists on board, exploded and the shock drove the red-hot coals in the furnaces in every direction. The steamer caught fire and a great numbe of those on board jumped overboard to escape the flames. Altogether 120 per­ sons were drowned. Convicted of disclosing important in­ formation concerning the war department, Capt. W. Rijed Dreyfus 6f the French army was publicly degraded at Paris, sentenced to deportnMon and imprison­ ment in a fortress for life. His epaulettes were torn off by a non-commissioned officer, his sword broken and thrown at his feet, and, - manacled, he was led around the public square. He attempted many times to proclaim his im^cence, but each time he essayed to speejt the roll of drums drowned his utterance. stand idle just as the strike collapsed. The Carrie furnace, the Pittsburg wire works, and the Braddoek wife works at Braddock were also compelled to close* There was a wholesale banging of horsethieves in the Cheyenne and Ara­ pahoe country the other day. The set­ tlers down there have, ever since the opening, been the victims of marauding bands of horse and cattle thieves, and, IN GENERAL Troubles continue to heap upon the whisky trust answers from stockhold­ ers on ti* organization scheme are not coming in to suit the directors and word Wan received Friday morning at Peoria of the collapse of one of their outside deals by which they lose over $900,000. President Greenhut and some of his as­ sociates invested $75,000 in an irrigating canal scheme at Gila Bend, A. T., some years ago, and have kept on sending good money after bad, until their total invest­ ment has reached $900,000. The property was sold out by the sheriff and all the rights of the P.'orja people were forfeited. U. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Failures for 1S94 are fully reported, be­ ing 13,885 in tlie United States and 1,85G in the Dominion of Canada. Liabilities in the United States were $172,992,850, and in Canada $17,616,215. Neither the decrease of over half in this country, nor the increase of over 40 per cent, in Can­ ada is surprising, but the statement shows that most of the decrease in the United States is in manufacturing liabilities, while the entire increase in Canada is in liabilities of trading concerns. A few States, including New York and Pennsyl­ vania, show more failures than in 1893, ant. In a few Southern States the amount ; of liabilities is larger, but in central and | western States, very much smaller. The [ failures have been 12.5 in every thousand ! firms doing business; the liabilities have | averaged $132.77 to each firm in trade, i and in proportion to the volume of solvent j business represented by all clearing house to | exchanges, $7.03 for every $1,000. The review places in a clear light the fact that prices of commodities are at the lowest level ever known. Eirick Brothers, commission dealers of Buffalo, have issued their annual stock re­ port, covering the States of Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, and Michigan. The table given shows the visible supply of stock in com­ parison with last year. The percentage on hogs is based on the supplies of last ,,, 1# - INTEREST IN TARIFF. CONGRESSMEN SEEM TO VERY INDIFFERENT. finding the authorities too slow in bring- j year at this time. On sheep and lambs ing offenders to justice, several vigilance i the percentage is based on the stock on committees were organized in different i hand Dec. 31, 1894. The figures: Cattle parts of the country to take the law into I --Ohio, 32 per cent, decrease; Indiana, 30 their own hands, Horsethieves have J per cent, decrease; Illinois, 35 per cent, de- been particularly bold of late, and the ; crease; Michigan, 35 per cent, decrease. vigilantes a few days ago started on the trail of one band, followed it into the Pan-Handle of Texas and then back into the Cheyenne country, overtaking it hear Cantonment. Here a battle followed, re- Hogs--Ohio, 10 per cent, decrease; In­ diana, unchanged; Illinois, 20 per cent, decrease; Michigan, 5 per cent, decrease. Sheep and lambs--Ohio, 52 per cent, de­ crease; Indiana, 42 per cent, decrease; Doubtful If Any Action Will Be Taken Regarding the Prohibition of Meat Imports by Germany and Other £orelga Countries. » •»-•• •• Capital City Chat. IjMUpgton*correspondence: :-s:- HAT action Con- II ^ VV gress will take to end the growing tar­ iff complications be­ tween this Govern­ ment and European powers, or whether any measures will be adopted for that purpose, are ques­ tions clouded in un­ certainty. Consid­ ering the import­ ance of the tariff war to commercial interests, attention yjlgiven to it by mem- (Plbers of Congress is i It»' noticeably slight. ' Chairman Wilson, of the Ways and Means Committee, re­ cently introduced a bill, in accordance with the recommendation in the Presi? dent's message, to repeal the one-tentb of a cent differential on sugar wliich evoked protests from Germany and Austria, and which it is stated inspired the retaliatory action by the former Government in the form of prohibition of American beef. But it is not altogether certain that the Ways and Means Committee will report this bill to the House, nor is it at all as­ sured that the House will pass it .in case it emerges from the committee and is given a hearing. Mr. Wilson was asked about the pros­ pects of the bill, but did not speak enthu­ siastically of them. He said, in answer to a question, that its claims ^>r consider­ ation might be brought to the attention of the Rules Committee after the cur­ rency bill had been disposed of, but added that the remaining time of this Congress was very short, and there would be a great pressure for allotments of tinje for various bills. Illinois being the stronghold of the meat business, the representatives from that State have been appealed to to do something in the interest of their con­ stituents. Representative Aldrieh, of Chicago, is receiving many communica­ tions on the subject, and intends to talk with his colleagues not to suggest legisla^ tion but to ascertain what will be their attitude toward whatever the Democrats may propose. Whether the Republicans will co-ope­ rate with the Democrats in remedial leg­ islation becomes an open question, since it is known that the Democrats are not agreed upon their course, a fraction of them thinking with Mr. Whiting that any tariff legislation will be unwise. The annual seed distribution at tha Agricultural Department has resulted so far in sending out 1,300.000 papers of vegetable seeds throughout the country. The w ork will probably not be completed before May, and no flower seeds have been sent out this season. There are still about 6.000,000 papers of seeds awaiting distribution. Another Reservation to Be Opened. The Yankton Reservation in South Dakota probably will be opened for set­ tlement early in the spring. The date has not yet been determined upon, but some action is expected in a few weeks. The total amount to be paid by the Gov­ ernment for the lands is $621,475. $500,- 000 of which is to be held in the Treasury as a permanent fund drawing interest at 5 per cent., payable per capita twice a year. Part of the money has already been paid, and the remainder will be dis­ posed of within two qr three weeks. The annual meeting of the Board of Indian Commissioners will soon be held here, and at the conference Indian work will be discussed by representatives of the Woman's National Indian Associa­ tion, and all religious bodies conducting work among the Indians. Commissioner of Indian Affairs Browning will probably address the conference. Secretary Smith is giving a great deal of attention to the management of the Indians, and has been in consultation with members of the Indian committees of the Senate and House upon features treated of in his report. Representative Wilson, of Washington, the senior mem­ ber of the House Indian Committee, has been conferring with the Secretary re­ garding the coming Indian appropriation bill, and the possibility of securing legis­ lation in accordance with the Secretary's recommendations. Mr. Wilson says that many of. the Secretary's recommenda­ tions meet with his approval, especially regarding the sale of lands, which sales are not directly for the benefit of tho Indians. A general investigation on the advance positions. You will also find young doe- tors in the land office, Indian office, the War and navy departments and the treas­ ury, and many of them enjoy quite a lu­ crative practice after office hours. Some make as much us $1,200 and $1,500; others $500 and $(>00. They charge the asms fees as the regular physiciaus, and with one or two patients a day they can add to their salary quite a welcome lit­ tle revenue. The regular practitioners have made n fuss about this for a long time. They Iiate refused to admit to the medicjil Association of the district any man who does not devote his entire time to the prac­ tice of his profession. They have re­ peatedly appealed to the president and to the heads of departments to prohibit this "sundown" business, and at one time they got a bill through the senate mak­ ing it unlawful for an employe of the gov­ ernment to engage in any other business, but it failed in the house. Now they have induced the commis­ sioner of pensions to issue An order pro­ hibiting the employes of his bureau from practicing medicine. The ostensible reason for this is the danger of communi­ cating contagious diseases to their fellow- clerks, but it is really the result of the efforts of the regular local physieians to limit competition. Trials of a Congressman. I found a millionaire member of Con­ gress sitting in his hotel the other day surrounded by gloom so dense that it could have been shoveled away like snow from the sidewalk, and asked liiru what had happened. "I was just thinking," h« said, "what a fool I was to come to Con­ gress. It cost me $12,000 cash to pay my campaign- expenses, in addition to two month's neglect of my business. When I am at home about two-thirds of my time is taken up by people who come to ask for offices. I have had'candidates for foreign missions, consulates, department bureaus, United States^, marshalsliips, United States attorneys, pension agents, about forty postofllces and no end of Indian agents and land ollices, and all I've suc­ ceeded in getting is one assistant keeper of a lighthouse, a place for which there was no candidate, and they asked me to hunt up a man? I scarcely dare to go home. I am being cursed all over my district by people who think I'm indiffer­ ent to their interests and ungrateful to my friends. It will take six weeks' steady talking to explain why I haven't been able to get all the officeholders in the dis­ trict turned out and new ones put in, and not half the people who hear the explana­ tion will believe me. Until now I have never sought anything that couldn't be bought, but I've spent $10,000 worth of my time trying to get a $1,200 consular appointment for tho son of one of my constituents, and can't make it. My busi- iiells is going to ruin for want of attention, a fid therms a basket of letters on my dcali W\!iome"fliat I have never had time to read."\ • v,-;*'v' A BLESSING TO CHINA. That's What John W. Foster Thinks the War Will Prove. To the average American Gen. John W; Foster, who was Blaine's successor as Secretary of State under President Harri­ son, lias appeared to be a statesman of no more than mediocre ability. As a matter oif fact, however, he is one of the finest diplomats America has had in recent years, and his selection by China as one of her representatives in the conference for the establishment of peace between the two great Eastern empires is a demon­ stration that his wtork is appreciated by MORRTLL, PALMER AND HARRIS ALL OLD-TIMERS. Beginning aa Poor Boys, They Forged Their Way Ahead and Have Been in Pnblick3Wffe Nearly Half a Cexrt- nry--Venerable Statesmen* Nestors of the Senate. The three oldest men in the United States Senate are Morrill, of Vermont; Palmer, of Illinois, and Harris of Tennes­ see. For nearly half a century they have been in public life. Men of deep learn­ ing^ careful observation and sound judg­ ment, they have studied American poli­ tics in all its phases and have become thoroughly acquainted with all measures of public concern. Naturally they are looked upon as the Grecian leaders looked upon the sage of Nestor, and, whether on the floor of the Senate, or in the councils of their parties, the wisdom stored up by years of experience is constantly appealed to by their associates. They have passed beyond the mark of three score and ten, but their venerable frames are yet strong as the sturdy oak and . apparently they are fully tfble to serve their country well through several more sessions. The oldest of the trio is Justin S. Mor­ rill, the sage of the Senate. His life has been less active than that of Palmer or Harris and has been more closely confin­ ed to the halls of legislation. He was Hprn in Strafford, Vt., 4jml 14, 1810, nnd after receiving a comnion school ed­ ucation he entered a country grocery store and progress­ ed until he owned one himself. Next he took up farm life and finally in 1854, sexator aioitimx *W GEN. JOHN W. FOSTER. suiting in the wounding of George Gas- j Illinois, 45 per cent, decrease; Michigan, kill and Simeon Campbell, two of the vig­ ilantes, and the capture of three of the thieves. The latter were hanged without much delay, and their bodies were shot *o pieces and left hanging as a warning. li J. L. Brown, who was recently elected County Attorney at Perry, Okla., was a few days ago disbarred from practice. Tuesday he was sworn in by the Probate Judge, who had also been disbarred. | Brown went about his duties as County Attorney, and was recognized by the County Commissioners, but when he went before the Grand Jury that boily would »ot recognize him. Joseph Denning, believed to be insane, was arrested at Deadwood, S. D. He was looking for Judge Fuller of the Supreme Court with the avowed intention of kill- bK hinj _ Arcubishop xiatzer, of Milwaukee, has secured an injunction against the city to prevent collection of taxes on his resi­ dence. . ' Russian petroleum is said to be sup­ planting the American product in the Strait^ settlement. Hog. cholera is raging near Eldorado Spring, Mo. One farmer has lost 75 v ? V -4 i 4" • K&'. SOUTHERN. Philip Weinburg, a rich hermit, who carried heavy life insurance, was found dead in the river at Little Rock, Ark. G. M. Acree, a wealthy planter of Benoit, Miss., accidentally shot and killed himself at Memphis while cleaning a pis- tol. Nelson Whitaker, the millionaire Iron manufacturer of Wheeling, W. Va., has Announced his ca&dW^cf for the United States Senate. S. L. Swaim shot and killed Widow Cooper and her daughter at the McDaniel farm, twelve miles from Newport, Ark. Swaim surrendered himself. E. L, Colburn, prominent in church and business circles of Pine Bluff, Ark., was publicly cowhidcd by May Huggard, the 10-year-old daughter pi Mrs. May Hug­ gard, a widow. Carroll Godfrey held a shotgun at Colburn's head while the girl cowhided him. Editor Moore, of the Blue Grdss Blade, BJUfeERfe lira. W- H. Bannister, of Tarrytown, whose husband was, until last summer, law partner of Senator Lexow, has eloped with a hackman, taking her child With fcer. Friends say the couple have gone to Bismarck, N. D. ' Over fifty boats were swept from their moorings in the Mpnongahela River around Pittsburg by the flood. Several barges, each loaded with $10,000 worth of coal, sank. Bottom lands around Etna and Sliarpsburg are entirely submerged. The Actors' Protective Union of Boston I considering a plan for securing fof the i>,O0<9 act^ Jn tbfc country *r. 4»end- 40 per cent, decrease. There seems to be a decided shortage in cattle iu Illinois, but two counties reporting more feeding this year than at this time last year. Hogs are reported generally unhealthy in Southern Ohio and in a good many parts of Illinois. Some sickness prevails in In­ diana, but very little iu Michigan. Wheat is being fed quite liberally; in some locali­ ties the percentage runs as high as 75. In Michigan particularly it is fed to a largex£Xtent, and the best results are re­ ported. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $8.75^6; hogs, shipping grades, $3.50 4J4-75; sheep, fair to choice, $2@4: j wheat, No. 2 red, 54@55c; corn, No. 2, 45@46c; oats, No. 2, 28&29c; rye, No. I 2r 50(ff51c; butter, choice creamery, 24% I @25%c;eggs,fresh, 19@21c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 55®70c. Indianapolis -- Cattle, shipping, $3 @ 5.50, hogs, choice light. $3^4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2@3.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 52@53c; corn, No. 1 white, 41@ 42c; oats, No. 2 white. 33@33i/2C. St. Louis--Cattle, $3@0; hogs, $3@4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 52@53c; corn. No. 2, 42@43c; oats, No. 2, 30@31c; rye, No. 2, foreign countries. Air. Foster has accept­ ed the invitation of China. At Tokio he will meet the two Chinese plenipotentia­ ries, Chen Fen Huan and Shao, and to­ gether they will perfect a treaty with the Japanese Government. Gen. Foster is 58 years old. A journal­ ist by profession, he left his desk in 1873 to accept the United States mission to Mexico and served there until 1880, when he was sent as Minister to Russia and subsequently became Minister to Spain. In 1890 he was selected by President Har­ rison to represent the United States Gov­ ernment in various reciprocity treaties, and when Blaine resigned the Secretary­ ship in 1892 he was made his successor, of machinery in the industrial world and. Gen. Foster has represented China in its effect on labor has been begun by tho j diplomatic dealings witfi the American 49<g51c. wasjassaulted with a cane by John T. j Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50*35.50; hogs. «h<4by, Breckinridge's law partner, at $3.59^5; sheep, $1.25^4: wheat, No. 2, Ivexingtori. Shelby pulled out a bunch of Moore's whiskers. The cause of the trou­ ble was an open letter from Moore to Madeline Pollard inviting her to go on a lecturing tour with him. WASHINGTON. General Philip Sidney Post, member of 54@55c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 42@43t-; oat;*. No. 2 mixed, 32@3Uc; rye, No. 2, 54<ft53c. Detroit-- Cattle, $2.50@5.50; hogs, $4<g 4.75: sheep, $2@8fc25: wheat, No. 1 white, K*@r>Gc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43@43%c; oats. No. 2 white, :*3©34c; rye. No. 2. 51'f/j,i>2c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 54J£@55$4c; Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50<g5.50: hogs. $-!'< sheep. $2(§i3.50: wheat. No. 2 red. 571/2(§!581/^c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 40@47<r, o:its. No. 2 while, ::.-><33Gc. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 54(5! E5c; corn. No. 3, 43>/2(g44V2e; oats. No. 2. Congress from the Tenth Illinois District, 1 ro1rP* ^s<>- - mixed, 42@43c; oats, No. 2 died suddenly in Washington. " hite, 32@33c; rye, No. 2. 51@53c. President Cleveland says the insinua- j r> tion in the Senate debate that the visit of Hawaiian royalists was connected witH the departure of American ships from Honolulu is absurd. An order has been issued extending the whit* v* ' b" civil serviee regulations to all superin- Tve w^rV^ley,uN°' ' tendents of stations in the postoffices of ( jj j* " ' * P°rk» mes8' $H-25y. tho United States. The order takes effect u immediately. There are 120 of thoa* 1 r nr.. «o,»i ^ o*' offices. \ 1 8"eeP' $2@4; wheat. No. 2 red, 63$S «4c; corn, No. 2, 50(g52c; oats, white % ^estern- 38<a42c; butter, creamery, 22® he Senate def J 27c; eggs. Western, 24@20c. Senator 'Alien made a two-hour Bureau of Labor. The object of,the in­ quiry is to determine what modern ma­ chinery has done as compared to hand labor and what inroads machinery has made in the field formerly occupied by j hand labor. It is the first time an inves- | tigation on this line has ever been at- [ tempted by the Government, and it is ex- i pee ted to prove an immense undertaking, ' though less difficult to accomplish than some of the inquiries already made by the Labor Bureau. Several of the agents have been already sent out on the work, provided with circular inquiries calling for collection of various specific instances of hand la*bor, the time, cost and labor in­ volved in the production of various arti­ cles, compared with the corresponding conditions In the modern factories. The work will require a year or more and tho whole force of twenty or twenty-five Government and has the full confidencc of the oriental Government. He haa made a study of Asiatic politics and has great faith in China's future. "I think," he says, "that this war will prove a bless­ ing to China. It w ill-wlfkc her up. The Chinese are capable of doing wonderful" things. With the general introduction ol railroads and .telegraph lines China will become a far greater power than now. She is, even at the present time, a wonder­ ful nation, but bound down by conserva­ tism. She has loyal, patriotic soldiers enough, but is wofully lacking in officers and men skilled in handling modern ap­ pliances of warfare. "As for Japan I have only the kindest feeling. She, too, is a wonderful country, and she has made more progress in th<; last few years than any other aation on earth. Her people are capable of great agents of the bnreau in flife field wili fee ,, clljtivation, and she deserves every recog' »<\/l An it- n ffnr n fnvv wnnl'a . <r«v . . * i* .« « engaged on it after a few weeks, when the collection of statistics of strikes from 1887 to July last is completed. The "Sundown Doctor." A "sundown doctor" is a clerk in one of the government departments who prac­ tices medicine after office hours. There are also "sundown" lawyers, stenograph­ ers, clerks, and tcachers, and other classes who utilize the time that is not required by IJncle Sam by adding a little to their j incomes and acquiring experience that is expected to be useful to them in after days. Washington is a good place for a j person without means to obtain a; pro­ fessional education if he can obtain a clerkship in one of the departments. The . lectures at the law and medical schools are arranged so as to accommodate those who are employed during the daytime, j and a large portion of the students- in ' such institutions hold government posi­ tions. Many of them resign as soon as they have taken their degrees and begin I their professional careers elsewhere. Others resign and remain in Washington, but a good many cling to their positions as long as possible and hold their profes­ sional education in reserve until they are "compelled to seek a living elsewhere. ^ A large proportion of the examiners in the patent office intend, at some time or another to become ^patent lawyers, and no school furnishes a better practical ed­ ucation in patent law than can be ob­ tained by such experience. In the med- , ical divisions of the pension office are many young physicians. Some of them tbtained their diplomas before they came ere; others have studied medicine in the Washington schools while holding their , nition from Western nations for the ef­ forts she has made and the actual prog ress she has already attained in her-cf forts towards civilization." WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW-¥ MAKERS. . : Prooecdlngs of the Seasto asd Bwue si Keju-esentatives -- Important Measures XHncmNed and Acted fpon-Obt of th«» !'*' .i'ff' • V News of Minor Note. Morris J. Tomlinson, of Greenville, Ohio, charged with embezzling $1,500, was acquitted, The Sheriff of Erie, Pa., has closed the shoe store of R. P. Joslin on writs amounting to $21*000. J. A. Williamson, ex-sheriff of Barbou: County, West Virginia, committed sui­ cide on account of financial troubles. G. M. Acree, a wealthy planter of Be­ noit, Miss., accidentally shot and tailed himself while cleaning a pistol. Spencer Costello, a negro burglar and desperado, was lynched near Flora, Miss., for killing a young man named Dewes. Masked men entered S. A. Kistler's meat market at Tiffin, Ohio, and at tho point of . a revolver compelled him to hand over $S0. Ralph W. Bond, nged 27 years, was sent to the Philadelphia hospital suffer­ ing from insanity brought about by cigar­ ette smoking, James L. Dick, defaulting ex-treasurcr of Ellsworth County, Kansas, who is short in his accounts $86,000, has been arrested in Texas. Frank Smith, serving a term at the St. Louis workhouse, has 'been identified as one of the robbers who got away with $4 - 000 from Bretbauer's jewelry store ia Chicago. at the age when most men who achieve fame and public life are already on the road and nearing the goal, he was first elected to Congress. Then began his ac­ tive political career. His knowledge commerce and finance brought bim a once into prominence and in his second term he was placed on the Ways and Means Committee. In 1800 he became the author of and carried through the Morrill tariff. He remained in the House of Representatives until 1807, when he was elected to the Senate and took his seat at the same time as did Roscoe Conk- ling. There he has remained ever since and is now serving a term which ends in March, 1897, when, if he lives, he will have completed 42 years of service in Congress. From "18S1 nntil the Demo­ crats came into control he was chairman of the Committee of Finance. He is pro-, gressive, is deeply interested in educa­ tional matters and has done much for the Colleges. The sturdy old Senator from Illinois is a Kentuckian by birth and is 77 years of age. He received a common school education and went with his father to Madison County, Illinois, at the age of 14. Then he took a course in Alton Col­ lege, paying his expenses by his labor. After grad­ uating he taught a. coun­ try school and studied law, being admitted to the bar in 1839. He rose gradually from one posi- y'" _ tion to another-until 1852,sen R l'ALMER. when he was sent to the State Senate. Here he distinguished himself as an op­ ponent of slavery and it was during these years at Springfield that he became the firm friend of Abraham Lincoln. Prior to 1856 he was a Democrat, but when the Republican party was formed be Joined it on account of its position toward Slavery. In 1861 he was one of the members of the peace conference at Washington. When the war began he Went into Missouri as colonel of the Fourteenth Illinois Regiment and soon became a brigadier general. He took Ipart in many important engagements, rose to the rank of major general and com­ manded the military department of Ken­ tucky from February. 1865, to May, 1866. In 1868 he was elected Governor of Illi­ nois as a Republican, but in 1872 sup­ ported Greeley and then drifted back to the Democratic party. He was nomi­ nated for several important offices, but the Republicans were too strong for him. In 1890, however, he was sent to the United States Senate by the Democratic Legislature. The aged Senator from Tennessee waa born in Tullahoma, that State, in 1818 and grew up, wild and without discipline, on his father's sterile farm. At the age of 14 he he went to Paris, Tenn., and began work as a shop '\\> boy. While here v\v he got his school­ ing. At the age of 19 we find him in Tippan County, Miss., where ha has become a suc- SENA'tOR n.VKiiis. cessful merchant. For two years he studied law at night, at­ tending to his business during the day, and had accumulated $7,000, when though the failure of a bank he was left penniless. With uudaunted enterprise he set to work anew and within two years had repaired his losses. Meanwhile his nights had been given to study of law and in 1841 he was admitted to the bar. Short­ ly afterward he was elected to the Missis­ sippi Legislature and in 1848 went to Congress. In 1853 he settled at Mem­ phis, Tenn., and in 1857 was elected Gov­ ernor of Tennessee and re-elected iu 1859 nnd 1861. He took sides with the Con­ federacy and was driven from the State by the Federal troops. Then he joined the staff of Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston and was with him when he fell mortally wounded at Sbiloli. He continued with the Confederate army until the close of the war and then found that his entire fortune of $150,000 had been swept away. He evaded capture on parole, went into exile into Mexico, where he remained 18 months, and thence to England, where he remained a year, iteturning to Mem­ phis in 1807 he resumed his law practice and in 1876 was sent to the United States Senate, where he has since been a con­ spicuous figure. His term expires in March of the coming year, and an effort is being made to defeat him for re-elec­ tion. M The National Solon*. v jjflr HM» House Saturday Congressman Cockran made a vigorous Speech against' the currency bill. He advocated thai Baltimore plan. He was seconded by 4 ^ Mr. Lacey of Iowa, Mr. Bland of Mi-> > 'Hpi souri, and Mr Pences-of Colorado, whilo^ 'J,**'. Mr. Boatner of Louisiana and Mr. Catch-*,'. , *>; ings of Mississippi exhorted their party -t: to unite in support of the measure. , , In tho Senate Monday Mr. Ransom waa , •elected President pro tem. and Mr. * - Mitchell replied to Mr. Turpie's criticisms of the Nicaragua Canal bill. Both House and Senate adopted resolutions of re- *•', spect to the memory of Genral Post and. , appointed committees to seort the remains' to Galesburg, 111. The House ordered in**,^f/^ yestigation of charges that Jud Ricks; prostituted his office tojfvfuier a con^ spracy by which S. J. IWfeliie was robbed'5 of $6,000,000. The mm^is of House - Demoerftt^indprsed the st^hstitute for ~ the Carlisle currency bill by vote of 81, ; to 59 after a spirited debate. The bill in- i i tended to take the distribution of seed^' outof the hands of Congressmen has bcenf'i"f'vtl prepared by Secretary Morton. At an in-p.; ^ formal meeting of the Republican steerr .' ing eommitttee it was ageed there shoultf be no tariff legislation at this session. Representative Sibley made an attack on the President in a jspeech in the Hons® Tuesday in opposition to the currency | bill. Discussion of Mr. Lodge's Hawaiian resolution was continued in the Senate^ Messrs. Palmer and Gray opposing its adoption. The House Committee on Rules agreed to report a' resolution pro* viding for a vote on the currency bill,; "General" Jacob S. Coxey explained hi# non-interest bearing bond plan to the House Ways and-Means Committee. The Senate Committee on Appropriations or­ dered favorable reports on the army and' urgent deficiency bills. A By refusing to adopt a rule to limit tho debate the House Wednesday practically 1 rejected the Carlisle currency bill. Inj the Senate Mr. Quay advocated amend-. ' ing the income tax law to provide fo*$|p publication of names and salaries of cor- j poratiofi employes. In a message sub» mitting Hawaiian correspondence to Con­ gress the President urges the granting of ] permission to lease one of the islands t<j * Great Britain for a cable station. The diplomatic and consular and the postal office appropriation bills were passed by' the House. The latter carries $89,442,- 952. The income tax came tip for consider* able discussion in the Senate on Thurs­ day in the course of the debate on the urgent deficiency bill, which contains provision for carrying the law into opera­ tion. Mr. Hill offered an amendment designed to afford an opportunity to con?? test the constitutionality of the act. Mr. Quay also gave notice of several amend!* ments, one for the income tax, and the others to insert the McKinley tariff act in the woolen schedule. The proceed-,: ings in the House were exceedingly dull.- The District of Columbia appropriutioijif? bill was passed, as was also a bill to de­ fine the crimes of murder in the first and second degrees, and manslaughter ant| h criminal assault, mutiny and desettioni; and providing punishment therefor, and to abolish the death penalties on othef crimes. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Interior for the • causes of delay in opening to settlemen^y the lauds received from the Kickapoo ' Indians. The Senate bill repealing th^l, law providing for bonds for registry o$S>v',.^ vessels was passed; also Senate bill pro- \k viding an Americans register for the steamer Empress. A bill to provide fot;p ̂ appendices to the American measurement, : of vessels wits passed. > $ % '4 ;y, (>•••! •,$r. n: Occurs Once Every 2,500,000 Years. A remarkable freak in moon phases was noted in the qionth of February, I860--a month which has gone into as tronomical annals as "the month with­ out a full moon." In thatxvear Januarj and March each had two full moons, but February none. A writer in a.lead- inu astronomical journal uses the fol­ lowing language in describiug It: "• * • Do you realijse what a rare thing In r.ature it was? It has not happened be­ fore since the beginning of the Chris­ tian era, or probably since the creation of the world! It will not occtir again, according to the coDipBtations of th? of England, for--how k? Not until after m 1806!"--St. Louis ' i; Mk astrono long d 2,500, Repnbl Avoiding the Doctor. Doctor Sanderson, an old Scotch , sician, used to tell some droll stories off! • the medical profession in his early days*' In the first years of his practice sinal!^' pox was so common that there werftj few people who were not more or lesgj pitted with it Various cosmetics ^ere in use to lessen the attendant disfigtire^Vo* ment, but one old lady, who had grown accustomed to her face in the glass, re-":, fused to make use of any such preparaS tion. ; i v i "Faith," she exclaimed, when on?. : was recommended to her, "afore f j-* paint, I maun putty!" Doctor Sanderson himself was use£ to heroic measures in treating his tients. When one came to him* suffers ,• ^ ing from toothache, he asked but onf|,; • question: "Which is it?" Then, when the offehdlng molar wat;. 'U shown, out it came. \ So well known was his lack of ceres^', ^ - gj mony that the ignorant were chiefljr . 1 anxious to escape him. The story goeg v ^ *]- that as he was passing along the street one day a sweep rolled from top to boV j torn of a staircase, outside one of thj^f^ ;>:•. houses. ,. "k i^; "Are yon hurt?" called the doctor*' ' running forward. >,•'* HP "Not a bit, doctor, not a bit," replie||5X:!;\ the man, in haste. "Indeed, I feel a' the better!" ' Six Thousand Years Old. The earliest known statue is one thai has been recovered from an Egyptian , tomb. It is that of a sheik or head ma a » of a village, is made of wood, with eyed of glass, and is evidently a portmii ^ Egyptologists say that it is at least 0,00ir ' years ol|U • * ^ Prices. In 1594 gunpowder sold for £14 pet; * / . hundredweight. • > Mary. Queen of Scots, once paid $2^ '"<• 4 ~ 000 for a dress. ' A hunting horn->cost lit Spain in 152?' J-'Cr a little over ,5c. During the gold fever iu California ^ the prico of board was from $5 to $15 H\ ' % j day in San Francisco. • ' ! A Countess of Anjou in the twelfth century gave 200 sheep for a copy, of > favorite set of sermons. ^ ~ c ^ The sum of $500 for a pair of boot# was deemed reasonable during the last days of the confederacy. ^ A suit of chain mail, such as was use^ about the time of William the C5o%j /, ;! queror, often cost $1,000. / ' Demosthenes paid 2 chalchi, that is, less than 1 cent, for two waxen tablets. ^ to make a memorandum. ' u ^ 4 The first bits of India rubber th^ * were sold in London for erasers brauglft about 75 cents a cubic inch. J During the reign of Trajan, a Uomajlc laborer paid <5 cents fbr two pieces df1 woolen cloth to serve as socks. The huge masks In which actors., played on the Greek stage in the time, of Aeschylus cost 50 cents apiece. A Pompeiian hand mirror of brail. ,ipst 78.cents; of silver, $9.27, and tity*,, lieller guaranteed to keep It brigfci. >v i Vi1# 1 i'i SfeJ tk XfL tXa# fciL j- . &|b*! M1*" mailto:2@3.50 mailto:3@4.75 mailto:2.50@5.50