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ALEB J. YAH SLYKE, Editor and Pab. McHSNBY, ILLINOIS. NEW LOAN WILL HELP BUSINESS INTERESTS LOOK TO IT FOR RELIEFi * ^SiiilTV'liope for a Lost United States Naval Officer® Kid- (,V' Baped by Chinese--Japan Refuse* to •̂*Vsv I ;ffc«at with China's Envoy* m ft A' *gV4f ' < MM, lr i-m fezpectt Relief from the Sew 1Loan> R. Q. Dun & Go.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "Things look better, be­ cause it is believed that a new loan will be negotiated. There was need for relief, since January closed with the heaviest exports of gold ever made in any month, and the heaviest withdrawals of gold from the treasury, $43,468,108, the hope of a new loan being the one thing which baa lifted prices during the past few days. January leaves behind it the lowest average of prices for all commodities ever known; for cotton, iron and its products, Wool and silver the lowest monthly aver­ age ever known, and for wheat a range above the minimum, but yet declining rap- Idly toward that point. Industrial opera­ tions have not materially diminished, though it has been a disappointing month because the revival expected has not come." Charge Henshaw with the Crime. , The Rev. W. E. Henshaw, of Belleville, Ind., the survivor of the tragedy at that Tillage Jan. 10, when Mrs. Henshaw was killed and her husband shot twice and cut numerous times, was arrested and taken to Danville, Hendricks County, on a warrant charging him with the mur­ der of his wife. Detective Burns, of Seymour, took out the warrant. Mr. Henshaw gave himself up without wait­ ing for the officers. The charge was made that he inflicted the wounds on himself. Mr. Henshaw had a hearing at Danville and was exonerated. No one would be­ lieve the charge in the warrant and it was killed. There is now talk of a popular uprising against the private detectives who have been working on the case and who brought the charge against Mr. Henshaw.> Japan Tnrne China Down. * The ambassadors sent to Tokio, Japan, by China to negotiate terms of peace, as was supposed, were given no power by their own government to decide any ques­ tions whatever. Japan refuses to treat with any emissaries not authorized to de­ termine issues on the spot and empower­ ed to bind the empire of China to faith­ fully carry out any terms agreed upon. China's ambassadors, with their imposing retinues, started on their return home, having accomplished nothing, not even having been officially recognized as com­ missioned agents of the government they daim to represent. They were practically told to go home. k ' Drunken Policeman Fnt to Bed. Pay day once every three months proved to be too hard an ordeal for a Harrison street (Chicago) policeman. He got drunk, went to the station, and made a speech. When he thought applause ought to come in he supplied it by beating the •teampipes with a club. The racket brought Capt. Hartnett from his office, and he tried to quiet the policeman. The man would not be quiet and Capt. Hart­ nett ordered him to bed. The man re­ fused to go, and at last violently was put to sleep by four other policemen, who car­ ried him to bed. Naval Hen in Peril. A dispatch to London from Shanghai •ays a telegram has been received there from Chin Kiaag stating that a party of officers from the American warship Con­ cord landed at Chin Kiang for the pur- ,! ,*«»?.••,P°®e of shooting game. They by acci- dent shot a Chinaman. The populace " became infuriated and attacked, seized and carried off the whole party. The commander of the Concord sent an armed force of blue jackets and marines to res- eue them at all hazards. Further news In regard to the affair is anxiously await­ ed. w fcK'V Lead a Chase of Forty Miles. ; ifea and Wesley Flickenstein, of Chi­ cago Junction, Ohio, while hundcuffad and hobbled at Apple Creek, succeeded In escaping for a time from six officers. The men, who were under arrest for bur­ glary, were put into a buggy by them­ selves with the officers in separate vehi- des in front and behind them. At a crons road the prisoners whipped up their horse and ijiade their escape. Several hundred persons chased the culprits for forty miles before they were recaptured. Waa Not the Chicora. Ail Chicago was startled Sunday by the report that the hull of the lost Chi­ cora was to be seen off South Chicago, and that there T.~*»re living men aboard. Fire Chief Swenie at once dispatched two tugs in search, but the object proved to be an iceberg with seagulls and ducks flitting about its sides. BREVITIES. I,:-' Sjfc*.'" * Yy a*!eep in their home, Shortly after 1 o'clock the hoeeeheic eat jumped upon a table and knocked over a burning lamp. Tfctbiaaing oil ran all over the room and the interior of the dwelling was soon ablaze. Whfen the pa­ rents and four of the children had escaped to the street in their night clothes the mother suddenly discovered that her twins had been left in the burning house. She rushed into the flames and succeeded in reaching an upper room where the babes •weire. This was the Inwt won of wnw- an. and when lirosnen fought, their "way to the upper floor they found the mother and babes suffocated. Every trolley line in the city of Brook­ lyn was in operation Wednesday morning except one. The strike is over. New motormen and conductors have replaced the men who went out in a body ou Jan. 14. The linemen who went out on a sym­ pathetic strike a week later have broken ranks on several lines and those whose places had not been filled were taken back. The 6,000 men who went out iu a body are still holding out. They were prepared for a long siege, and they say they have plenty of money coming in daily in contributions, aside from what they had laid away from their wages. The lines now have enough men to oper­ ate all cars which are in condition to be run. About one-third of the trolley cars of Brooklyn have broken windows, dis­ abled motors, or are otherwise incapaja-< tated by the scrimmages they have been through during the past sixteen ^fays. The strikers are now directing <aif their attention to court proceedings. The law's delays are proverbial, and whatever trou­ ble the companies are given through Kt- tempts to compel operations by writs of . mandamus, or to obtain forfeiture of charters through applications to the at­ torney general, will have little bearing on the present strike. l tmm Grocer For Saturday, F WESTERN. The Woolen Manufacturing Company of Lacon, 111., closed down, throwing 100 expert employes ont of work. The com­ pany is solvent The boiler at the Denver electric power­ house, corner of West Colfax and South Third avenues, blew up at 10:45 Thurs­ day night, completely wrecking the build­ ing and machinery, and causing the death of Coney Betzer, William Cafferty and Hugh Ellis. The building and ma­ chinery were valued at $150,000 and are a total loss. The explosion will seriously interfere with the street railways of Denver. The Illinois Senate passed the military bill introduced by Senator Littler appro­ priating $254,721 for the payment of claims against the State contracted hy the militia while on duty during the Pullman strike. Chairman Ingersoll, of the House Committee on Military Affairs, reported the same bill favorably to the House, and as an emergency clause is attached the measure will become a law within a few days. A farmer living near Falls City, Neb., was arrested several days ago while at work and taken to St. Joseph, Mo., on the supposition that he was the forger, Fulmer, who escaped from jail with Pat Crowe, the train robber. Brown, confi­ dent of his innocence, agreed to go to St. Joseph without a requisition providing his rail mar] fare was paid back to Fails City. He was thrown into jail and was released Monday, but was denied money to return to his home. He undertook to beat his way on a passenger train, was thrown off, badly injured, clubbed by a policeman, and arrested and sent to the workhouse as a vagrant. Mayor Sliep- ard pardoned Brown and gave him a ticket home. Southern Pacific west-bound train No. 20 was held up six miles from Wilcox, Ari., Wednesday at 8:35 by a party of masked men. They separated the ex­ press car from the train, hauled it five miles west, and putting six shots of dyna­ mite on the through safe blew it open. It contained$10,000in Mexican silver, which was removed. The trail of the robbers is marked by a profuse scattering in the Sulphur Springs Valley of the Mexican dollars. Besides the $10,000 in Mexican money there was a good deal of coin on the train which had been sent to pay rail­ road employes along the line, and this was carried off by the robbers, who rode away in a southerly direction. The Southern Pacific Company and Wells- Fargo Express Company offer a joint re­ ward of $500 for each of the robbers. The first passenger wreck since the construction of the Vandalia in 1851 in which there was a loss of life occurred at 2:35 Monday afternoon at Coates- ville, twenty-eight miles west of Indian­ apolis, Ind. Th'e rails spread under the private car of President W. R. McKeen, and this car, with the uiuer, parlor, wom­ en's coach, and smoker, rolled down a steep embankment. Mrs. M. L. Powers, Carthage, Mo., died before she could be taken out. John W. Norton, the widely known theatrical manager of St. Louis, Chicago and Pittsburg, was mortally in­ jured, and these were seriously hurt: Dr. H. J. Colbert, Indianapolis, head mashed and internal injuries; Gertrude Parrish, 4-year-old girl, face and head cut, probably fatal; M. L. Powers, Car­ thage, Mo., internal injuries* Mrs. Zelda Seguin Wallace, Indianapolis, ex-grand opera tuuger, back badly crushed, but may recover; Mrs. Ewing Whiting, Boston,' hurt in the chest; Conductor Wise, St. Louis, arm broken and internal injuries. Thirty-six others were less seriously hurt. on whose site a theater Is • AMttintiit, for the use of was favorably reported from the Sen* Public BniMlngsOomxnlU«o animal meeting of the Natio Board of Trade was held at the Shi ham, in Washington, fifty delegates bell prescat. Frederick Fraley, of Philnd phia, was chosen president for the tv, ty-seventh consecutive term, and Ham ton A. Hill, of Cincinnati, secretary f< the twenty-fifth time. J ; ffovdnfttf stibmttt&'tv Kress Monday a special message on tl', financial situation. He insisted upon u maintenance of national honor in nuu tecs financial; admitted the practical fat ure of the two recent bund issues; su gested that the Secretary of the Tren ury be granted powers sufficient f emergencies, und advocated permittii national banks to issue notes up to tj lull value uf bonds deposited to seen circulation, except in case of 2 per cei or other Government obligations belo psir. An iin|M>rtnnt bill from the Fiuuiu Committee accompanied the message. The bonding of government officials a subject which has becu under ilisou sion by the House Committee on Appr printions for several days and tlie.jgSi mittee has concluded that it is a it,- i „i. V, -i which there is great room for refon D6St granulated SUgai' foj The irregularities and lack of system go "" . erning the securities taken by the gover incut for the performance of official du-i Choice 2 lb " 8 • ,g. """ tt Plymouth Rock Tomatoes, Evergreen Peas, Blackberries^: Blueberries, Peaches, $ Walton Pear|| Apricots, Egg Plums, ; xes Sardines, 3 boxes larger, spiced j 3 8 8 yl pcrts of the Dockery comniissioif and' brought to the attention of the committee. Recently the heads of several depart­ ments and bureaus have been before the subcommittee of appropriations which is framing the legislative bill and it has been shown that the security system is probably more lax than that of any other gove^iment. Many officers are bonded for a term of four years, and if, as often happens, there is delay in the appoint­ ment of the successors and they continue to officiate, the government is left with­ out any guaranty or means of making 50c Tea. __ The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe, ies were first Jnquiretl itfto by the ex- jj Capt. von Gossel, from Bremen Wednes­ day for New York via Southampton, was sunk in collision with the British steam­ er Crathie, bonnd from Rotterdam for Aberdeen. There werS about 400 per­ sons on the Eibe, 240 of whom were pas­ sengers, 160 officers and crew and a num­ ber of the cattlemen who were return! ag to the United States. Twenty-two surviv­ ors of the wreck have been landed, and a few others may still be afloat in a lifeboat. All the others were lost. The disaster their acts. This lapse is frequent in the* cases of first-class postmasters, but the assistant treasurers of the United States present the most conspicuous examples, since their bondsmen, according to de­ cisions by the eourte, cease to be responsi­ ble at the end of four years and the gov­ ernment is left with no recourse in case of default in the interim until the appoint­ ment of their successors. good losses, if any are incurred through occurred before daylight Wednesday • b A1 * r* rtf fl Tbia lnt\ao I n tn *!•« no i. jl. t. ̂ . • * « morning at a point some thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. The Elbe was steaming at her usual rote of speed and keeping the ordinary lockouts. The night was dark, but there was no gale. Suddenly the forward look- 'out on the Elbe reported that the lights of oefenu TMHf ,*e tlglfted in tfe* meantime, bu$: ttwr- to the aifii*hi that were sev tor ttiwa. The aurrivora were nearly fro en, having hftfdiy *ny Clothing, and thei- suffering was intense. Eventually the fishing, mack Wild Flower saw the signals and bore down on the boat. In a short time the survivors were taken aboard of her, whe -e every­ thing possible was done for th?ir con­ tort There a difference of opIjaSon as to tho number of boats that ware touch­ ed, fee agent of the company employed a steamer to proceed from Lowestoft to the scene of t'he wreck and search for any of the survivors that may bt afloat. The German vice consul purchased a quantity of clothing for the survivor* and did everything in his power to relieve their distress. The rescued are ow at the sailors' home at Lowestoft tad the Suffolk Hotel at that p&ce. Paeaenjcera Were Panic-stricken. The account of the disaster pub ished by the London Daily Graphic says that tho officers of the Elbe were unab>e to calm the excited steerage passengers after the collision. It is known .hat three boats were launched. One of them was swamped before anybody entered it. The other two boats got away, each containing about twenty persons. Anna Boecker, a passenger from South­ ampton, laid in the bottom of the boat which rescued her, partly immersed by water for five hours. Not a complaint was made by her. It may be pointed out that sometimes intending passengers from Hamburg or Bremen do not wait for the departure of the German steamers from those ports, but come to England and take passage aboard of them at Southampton. It may be that some of those who intended to travel by the Elbe did this. If they did they of course escaped the disaster. Ev­ ery effort i)s being made to ascertain whether this course was followed by any of the persons who proposed going to New York on the Elbe. Description of the Ill-Fated Elbe. The North German Lloyd steamship Elbe was built in Glasgow in 1881 and has been running since its construction in the regular North German Lloyd ser- *T** * "1 '>• .f FOREIGN. The Lond#ti Globe, in an article sum­ ming up the situation in France and America, says the grave troubles of the two greatest republics in the world are an object lesson to England. Both repub­ lics, the Globe says, are suffering from the splitting up of their political parties into factions. M. Ribot has succeeded in forming. a new French Ministry, as follows: War, Ribot: Justice and Marine, Travieux; Foreign, Hanotaux; Interior, Leggues; Public Instruction and Worship, Poin- care; Public Works, Dupuy-Dutemps; Commerce, Andre Ledon; Agriculture, GadeaU: Colonies, Chautemps. The Pall Mall Gazette says that tho naval program, which has been approved by the En^Jish cabinet, involves the con­ struction within the ensuing finnncial. year of four first-class, four second-class, and two third-class cruisers, twenty tor­ pedo boats, and twenty torpedo destroy­ ers. The cost of these vessels is to aggre­ gate £0,500,000. The Westminster, Eng., Gazette claims to have authority for the statement that the Earl of Kimberly, Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs, will not issue the con* sular reports received from Armenia, be­ cause they confirm the previously receiv­ ed stories of massacre and outrage. Lord Kimberly has written a letter to the Ar­ menian association in which he states that none of the fifty-eight Armenians who were condemned by the tribunal at Erzinghain in November last, and whose sentences were recently confirmed by the court of cassation, were condemned to death. , NORTH GERMAN LLOYD STEAMSHIP ELBffe. fe­ ll" L. Einstein has purchased the wew York Press. The Grand Jury at San Francisco is Investigating the theft from the County dork's office of the will of James G. Fair. Will Ward, the section-hand who killed four men and wounded two others near Millican and attempted suicide with mor­ phine, has been lodged in jail at Bryan, Texas. i The Mary Holmes College at Jackson, ICIss., caught fire and was entirely con- •umed. The building was three stories high and was founded by Mrs. Holmes, of Rockford, 111., for the education of colored girls. The loss is about $30,000; half covered by insurance. The Spreckels sugar refinery at Phila­ delphia will resume operations on full thne. It employs 2,000 hands. The SapJFraneisco Citizens' Commit- Iged in soliciting subscriptions to San Francisco and San Joaquin Rail- toad, secured over $100,000, and the ag­ gregate subscriptions now exceed $1,500,- James McGrain, a well-known lawyer, 18 years old, committed suicide at Louis­ ville. r^..... The- Iron Mountain mine of Shasta Oonnty, Cal,; was sold for $300,000 cash ^ r l» an English syndicate. Sjs . ' - '} ; jfe EASTERN. ^ " "'V ^ Ward McAllister, New York's foremost society director and organizer of the 400. died at 9:30 o'clock Thursday night at his home, 16 West 36th street. At his bed- aide were Mrs. McAllister and their son y:.- , tod daughter and Mr. McAllister's broth- r 1 er, Rev. Dr. Marion McAllister, of Eliza ^ - beth, N. J. Mr. McAllister suffered very -' if " ^ittle pain during his illness and death was peaceful. Grip was the imine- dilate cause of his death. 1 ; Three lives were lost in Philadelphia vV'"l'v IJSmrsday morning by a fire that was 1 . feaused by the upsetting of a coal oil lamp 'J, ®F a cat. The Singlinger family were SOUTHERN. Harrison Stevens, colored, was hanged at Dawson, Ga., for the murder of J. G. Wells a year ago. Ambose Smith, a New Orleans attor­ ney, was convicted of embezzling $1,000 belonging to a client. The Supreme Court of Louisiana grant­ ed a new trial to Alderman John T. Cal­ lahan, who was last August convicted of bribery. Mrs. U. S. Grant was entertained while in Atlanta, Ga., with a party of tourists, by members of the Confederate Veterans' Association. Galveston, Tex., suffered from a storm of grecft velocity. In the harbor several small vessels were swamped and two per­ sons drowned. Hull Davidson, .ex-Mayor of Lexington, didn't like an article in Editor C. C. Moore's papfcr and attacked him on the street. Both were pounded and arrested. Since the great earthquake shock of Nov. 22, 1894, which caused the loss of fifteen lives in City of Mexico and de stroyed thousands of dollars' worth of property, a reign of terror has prevailed in the towns of Jamiltepec and Tuxtepec, in the Stat&Hjf Oaxaca, where the earth trembles from six to eight times a day. The churches and houses are a heap of ruins, and the inhabitants have nearly all fled to neighboring hamlets. The eruption of some volcano, presumed^to exist in subterranean form close by, Ys momentarily expected. mm. mm WASHINGTON. Solicitor-General Maxwoji £«- in his resignation because of alleged dis­ courteous treatment by Attorney Gen­ eral Olney. It was the income tax that did it. An investigation has shown that twen­ ty-one of the chain gang of convicts at Savannah, Ga., have been permanently disabled by exposure to the recent freez­ ing weather. The amendment to the sundry civil bill providing for the purchase of Ifce, BJftine IN GENERA& The North German Lloyd steamer Elbe, Capt. von Gossel, from Bremen Wednes­ day for New York via Southampton, has been sunk in collision with the British steamer Crathie, bound from Rotterdam for Aberdeen. The exact loss of life is unknown, but report has it that it was nearly 400. About twenty are known to have been saved. The disaster occurred before daylight Wednesday morning, at a point some thirty miles from the Hook of Holland. With notice to a favored few only the appointment of Joseph B. Greenhut, of Peoria, and E. F. Lawrence, of Chicago, as receivers of the Distilling and Cattle- feeding Company, was secured in the Uni­ ted States Court on Monday evening. This order of court was made in a chan­ cery suit nominally commenced by dis­ satisfied stockholders. Persons who are familiar with the methods of the present trust management see in this suit but another move in the game these officials have been playing. It is curious to uote that out of the total of 350,000 shares of the company only 1,700 are represented by the complainants in the suit. Since the formation the stockholders' com­ mittee in New York President Greenhut and his {lids have seen that their term of control would not last beyond the annual meeting in April. Then would come in­ vestigation of methods and management, with what result is best known to those familiar with the inside workings of the trust. To get into court under the shelter of a friendly receivership was of course desirable. This has now been, accom­ plished in the most adroit manner, but whether it will stick or not ia quite an­ other affair. MARKETREPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75@6.00; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 @4.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00@4.50; wheat. No. 2 red, 50@5le; corn. No. 2. 41@42c; oats, No. 2, 28@28%e; rye, No. 2. f>l?a,f»2c; butter, choice creamery, 23@ 233/2c; eggs, fresh, 24@25c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 60@75c. Indianapolis -- Cattle, shipping, $3® 5.50; hogs, choice light, $3@4.50; sheep, common to prime, $2@4; wheat, No. 2 red, 52@52%c; corn, No. 1 white, 40® 41c; No. 2 white, 321/i@33%c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3@5.7f»; hogs, $3® 4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 48^@50%c; corn, No. 2, 38@30c; oats, No. 2, 29@30c; rye, No. 2, 52(^53c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50<g)5.50; hogs, $3.50@4.75; sheep, $1.50@4; wheat. No. 2, 53@53%c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 41@42c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 31@32c; rye, No. 2, 51 ©53c Detroit--Cattle, $2.50@5.50; hogs, $4@ 4.50; sheep, $2@3.25; wheat. No. 1 white, 54@54%c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 41@42c; oats, No. 2 white, 33@33%c; rye. No.' 2, 52@53c. Toledo-^-Wheat, No. 2 red, 52@52V£c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 41@4iy>c; oats, No. 2 white, 32@32Msc; rye, No. 2, 52@53c. Buffalo--Cattle. $2.50^^5.50; hogs. $3<0{ 4.715; sheep, $2@4.25; wheat. No. 2 red, D7@57%c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 4ti@4&V&c*> oats. No. 2 white. 35@35V&c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 50@ 51c; corn, No. 2, 43V^@44V^; oats, No. 2 white, 31@32c; barley, No. 2, 53@56c; rye. No. 1, 52(gr53c; pork, mess, 9P25@ 9.75. New York-Cattle, $3@5.75; hogs, $3.50 @5; sheep, $2@4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 5S@59c; corn, No. 2, 4f@48c; oats, white Western, 37̂ (41«•: l»itter < mery, 10@ a eteaijier were close aboard over the port bow. Before the course of the Elbe could be changed the approaching steamer struck her just abaft the engine-room, going through her plates as though they were pasteboard and sticking her nose al­ most completely through the hull of the Elbe. For a time the Crathie held the Elbe on her nose, but then her engines Were reversed, and she backed out of the aperture she had made. As she did so the water rushed into the Elbe in a torrent and she began immediately to settle. The officer in charge at once saw that she was doomed, and gave orders to clear away the lifeboats. Three of the boats were lowered, but one of them capsized, and it is thought that all occupants were drowned. No Chance for Saloon PasaenKOra. As soon as the Crathie backed away the inrushing water flooded the aft of the engine-room so quickly that nobody be­ low decks on that part of the ship had an opportunity to escape. The shock of the collision was comparatively slight in view of the damage done, but this is explained by the fact that it was a direct, cutting blow. Nearly all the passengers were asleep at the time, but many of them were awakened by the shock, slight as it was. They could hear the rush of the rapid in- flowing water, and with cries of terror sought to make their way to the upper deck. The steamer being loaded by the stern, water naturally rushed aft, and this allowed many of the passenngers foe- ward to reach the deck. .In the case of the saloon passengers, however, the result was fatal. As they rushed from their staterooms into the saloon they were met by the torrent, against which it was impossible for them to make headway. They were caught up and swept aft toward the cockpit, where they were probably drowned before the ahip foundered. Altogether about fifty of the passengers reached the deck, where the wildest con­ fusion existed. Wild rushes were made for the boats, but the terrible excitement prevailing impeded the efforts of those who were trying to clear them away. Many heartrending scenes were wit­ nessed between parents and children in the few moments preceding the sinking of the vessel. Meanwhile the cry was raised on the doomed vessel for the women and chil­ dren to go over to the other side of the steamer, away ftom the port side, In which was the great gaping hole caused by the Crathie. The half fainting wo- vico between New York and Bremen by way of Southampton, although it was for a time in the North German Lloyd service between New York and the Mediterra­ nean: The Elbe was a first-class steam­ ship of over 4,500 gross tonnage; it was commanded by Capt. von Goessel and had a full and efficient crew aboard. The steamship had accommodation for 120 first-class cabin passengers, 130 second cabin passengers, and 900 steerage pas? sengers. The vessel was built by <he Fairfields and was considered a stanch and good sea boat. It was four masted, had 5,600 indicated horse-power, which gave it a speed of from 16^ to 17 knots an hour, and it had two smokestacks. Its waterline length was 418 feet, its beam was forty-four feet, and the depth of its hold was thirty-six feet five inches. MUST FIGHT THEM ALL. Mexico Finds the Central American States Are United Against Her. A telegram from Guatemala verifies the rumors that the confederation of the Cen­ tral American republics has been formed. Minister Aries of Honduras, Miniate* Gomei of Nicaragua, and Estupinas of CUEEENT COMMENT. Mexico and Gnateasahu The Guatemalan Government evidently appreciates the folly of withstanding Mexico.---Chicago Post. There is clearly no need of any other than an amicable solution of this contro­ versy, in spite of the present excitement and the occasional talk; of war.--New York Sun." r:;v ^ As long as labor and its employers fight to the death hx the United States, It ts grimly incongruous for the United States to be playing the part of a peacemaker in foreign lands.--Chicago Times. There is nothing in the situation that cannot be settled easily and promptly by arbitration. Guatemala can afford to withdraw its troops and Mexico eau do the same.--Chicago Tribune. The almost certain conflict will not be half so much talked about as the Chinese- Janpanese troubles unless it shouid hap­ pen that little Guatemala, like little Japan, should make havoc of big Mexico. --Kansas City Star. Unless Guatemala submits to Mexico s demands, President Diaz declares It must take the consequences. These, ?n view of the condition of affairs in both coun­ tries, are likely to prove disastrous, to Guatemala.--Philadelphia ledger. The Mexicans have a fairly drilled army. Their military academy is not to be despised. Diaz knows, nevertheless, that war would be a costly luxury whila national debt is pressing productive in­ dustries to their knees.--Chicago Herald. The Canal Bill. It g.es without saying that the United States is more interested than any other country in the completion of this water­ way.--Indianapolis News, If tbe canal can be completed under this plan it will be of immense advantage to tho commerce of this country aind of the world.--New York World. If the United States can get the Nic­ aragua Canal well and safely constructed for seventy millions of dollars, the work Is worth tho money.--Kansas City Star. If the United States keep on guarantee­ ing the bonds of corporations somebody will have to guarantee the bonds of the United States. But that Nicaragua bill will never pass the House of Representa­ tives.--Chicago Times. Many a business man with a big bank account and comparatively unlimited credit has been brought to grief by sign­ ing notes. The United States has the collateral in untold amount, but if it goes into the note-guaranteeing business it will probably have the obligations to meet. This is just what the Senate has voted to do in the Nicaragua caaal mat­ ter.--Davenport Democrat. The New French Ministry, i A new ministry has been formed in France, but there is no certainty that some of the members won't get away dur­ ing the night.--St. Louis Republic. Premier Ribot's cabinet has withstood the first onslaught, aiid seems to be as much surprised as everybody else.--Bal- timore American. M. Ribot ia France's latest cabinet maker. If he fails there are .several thousand more political carpenters who are willing to undertake the job.--Syra­ cuse Post. The cabinet which has been formed by M. Ribot is the thirty-fifth that has un­ dertaken to carry on the government of France since the establishment of the third republic.--Philadelphia Inquirer. As a whole the ministry consists of moderates and is likely to encounter the same unrelenting hostility from the rad­ icals and socialists that cauaed Dupuy*a defeat.--Baltimore Sun. GEX. JOSE V. RETNA BARBIOS. SCENE OF THE DISASTER. •Where the Elbe, on her way from Bremen to Southampton, was struck by the Crathie, from Rotterdam for Aberdeen. Lowestoft--Fishing uort where the survivors were landed. men and terror-stricken children hurried to the starboard side, but they had scarce­ ly reached the boats when the huge ves­ sel lifted her bows high in the air, and then slowly and silently sank, stern fore­ most, beneath the waves, taking with her her human freight. Barely twenty minutes elapsed be­ tween the collision and the sinking o£ the steamer. A heavy sea was running and the wind, which was from the east-south­ east, was bitterly cold. It is said the Crathie looked only to her own safety, and steamed to Maas Louis, Holland, in only slightly damaged condition." ^ Sufferings of Snrvivora. The spall boat containing the survi­ vors tossed about until 11 o'clock la the San Salvador have individually offered the co-operation of their countries to Guatemala. In the event of war with Mexico, Central America will stand unb ted to repel any invasion from Mexico. The Costa Rica Minister arrived soon after the meeting with President Barrios of Guatemala, and is of the same mind as the others of the Central American repub­ lics. The war cloud hangs heavy over Mexico to-day. It looks as though Mexico has no recourse left but to declare war against the federation of Central Amer­ ica. , Gen. Barrios, President of the Repub­ lic of Guatemala, is about 42 years of age. He assisted, when but 18 years of age, in the revolution that founded the liberal principles in Guatemala. Since then he has been closely identified with the history of the country, and in 1892 was made its President. During his term of office the city of Guatemala has been connected with the Pacific Ocean by rail­ way. The outcome of the trouble be­ tween his country and Mexico is being anxiously awaited. - Schools in Mexico. Some recent statistics of Mexico •how that there are 7,200 schools with­ in the republic. The land of Mexico is held in feudal tenure by about 7,000 families. Patents are Issued to all who ask for them and the Government leaves the question of priority to be fought oat in the courts. The winter days in Sweden are only six hours long. In the northern part of the peninsula the sun does not rise once in two months. This is made up for, however, by the sunny summer. In the north the sun doeo not set for weeks and weeks, an endless day. The most glorious sight of all the northland Is the midnight sun. - Dickens affirms that "all good ends can be worked out by good means. Those that cannot are bad; and may be considered so at once and left alone." ' -V '*:'p •nt("sXx •; Korean Affairs. Had Korea thought of it in time she might haye whipped China her­ self. But by declaring her independence she is compensated in part for her thoughtlessness.--New York Advertiser. The king of Korea has formally declared the independence of his country. This is the result of the Japanese invasion at which Secretary Gresham demurred as making unjust war on Korea.--Buffalo Express. Another Chinese fish story has been ex­ ploded. The two generals who were re­ ported by Li Hung Chang as having died heroically at Port Arthur have turned up safe and found at Pekin.--Louisville Courier-Journal. The Chinese have great confidence in winter as an ally against Japan as well as in the delays of diplomacy. But the indications are that both will fail them. While the Chinese interpose delays in negotiating a peace Japan's armies wilL march upon Pekin.--Exchange. Living Pictures. The living pictures are fighting back just to show the crusaders that they are alive.--Omaha Bee. The tramp who slept in the Astor bed will now be engaged as a living picture.-- St. Paul News-Record. The New York movement against the living pictures is not understood to have any reference to Li Hung Chang.--Grand Rapids Democrat. The announcement that the New York police will inspect the living piqfures ia well calculated to make Brother Park- hurst laugh right out loud.--Boston Her­ ald. The police of New York City who are re­ quired to edit living pictures and um­ pire foot-ball games are likely to have al­ most as much responsibility as those who are supervising the police.--Washington Star. Hypnotism and Crime. The hypnotic business is getting^ mow alarming daily.--Indianapolis Sentinel, - Having reached the era of hypnotic crime we ought also to have a bit of hyp­ notic justice now and then.--Philadelphia Inquirer. The case is an extraordinary one. Our brethren in Kansas seem to be too much disposed all around to give themselves up to new-fangled ideas.--Springfield Re­ publican. Murderous insanity is the influence of one's own cussedness. Hypnotism is the evil borrowed from some one else. One is as dangerous as the other and in nine cases out of ten they do hot deserve to be considered by any intelligent jury.-- Kansas City Times. „ The Latest in Lamp Shades. It seem that the ballet girl style of lamp shade which has pervaded draw­ ing rooms to such an extravagant de­ gree has run its course, and the silk and lace furbelows are no longer deem­ ed good form by smart people who can Indulge in the latest wrinkles without turning a liair. When everybody has a petticoated llSnp. it is time to take off the objectionable skirts and try something else for ornament and shade. The consequence is a rich and beauti­ ful kind of glass work, modeled in con­ ventionalized shapes, has come to the fore. /It began with the expensive Tif­ fany shades exhibited at the Colum­ bian Fair, and now bursts forth in Bonjie exqulslte and expensive designs which) tend to render the lamp mora luxurious, more decorative than ever ... , • - v 4 V * womc OF OUR NATIONAL LAW* MAKERS. VfcNwedlncs of thm Senate mmd Hoo* aC • BtoprMenta&lva* -- Important Mmurnum ' P*B9i8gg it Bnelneaa, The National Bolou> The Senate Monday passed the Ufa bill . and adopted resolutions calling for in-" formation on various subjects. Debate on the bill to repeal th® differential duty'; on sugar from bounty-paying countries) ^ was continued in the House. A currency)' bill in accordance with the views ex­ pressed in the President's message was introduced in the House by Mr. Springer.' President Cleveland sent a message to' Congress urging prompt action to restore; i confidence in our financial soundness. ; Commissioner Miller has prepared a no-; tice, copies of which will be posted in every city and town, calling attention to the provisions of tho income tax law. . ' = A compromise currency plan was offered' \ in the Senate Tuesday by Mr. Mander- ! son, of Nebraska, a Republican, Senator Chandler offered several amendments to the railroad pooling bill and secured adop-' tion of a resolution calling for information; regarding the trunk lines. The bank-'; ruptcy bill was debated, a substitute oni ; the lines of the old Torrey bill being of­ fered. The Senate Committee ofl j-sFK i nance discussed the various currency bills!: before it. A free silver measure offered' by Chairman Voorhees was defeated on aj tie vote. A canvass of the Senate Com-) mittee on Public Buildings showed a ma-' jority favorable to the Chicago postof-| lice bill. The bill to repeal the differ-* ential duty on sugar from bounty-paying' countries was passed by the house--239. to 31. The House Committee on Elec­ tions decided the Steward-Childs contest in favor of the latter, who is the sitting; member. The House committee amended' the administration currency bill by strik-» ing out the section requiring import duties to be paid in gold, reducing the tax on' circulation and shortening the term of bonds. During the discussion of., the currency question in the Senate Wednesday MvJ Ve*t said he would follow the President's lead no longer. The Senate ratified the Japanese treaty after adopting an amend-! ment to strike out the ten-year limits William R. Tibbals, of Illinois, was con-i firmed by the Senate as supervising in-l spector of steam vessels for the Fifth Dis­ trict. The House entered on a discussion! ' of the Pacific Railroad bili, for whiehl three days were set apart. A bill for the, punishment of train wreckers was agreed, on by the House Committee on Interstate Commerce. The Chicago postoflice bill will be favorably reported to the Senate1 with the provision for its completion in) three years omitted. Pacific Railroad funding bill was dis- cused in the House Thursday and much) opposition to the measure was developed.. * Gorman and Hill made strenuous efforts! to have the Senate take some immediate action on the pressing financial question.' It is said Germany is determined to force a tariff war upon the United States in or­ der to satisfy the agricultural party. But little outside of routine business was, done in either house. Many bills were* introduced in each branch. The House Friday adopted a resolution, calling on the President for information, concerning the action of British sub­ jects during the rebellion in Hawaii. Con-, gressmen Breckinridge, v of Kentucky, and Heard, of Missouri, called each other liars in the House and were caused to apologize. Senator Teller, representing the silver element, gave warning of op­ position to any financial plan not agree­ able to him. It is stated semi-officially that Secretary Carlisle will be appointed to the Supreme bench to succeed Justice Jaekson. SNOW IN THE WE8T. A. Plow Whicii Tackles Drifts Thirtjr Feet in Depth. Reports come from the West of snow­ drifts on the railroad over the Sierra Mountains, which are said to be the heavi> est for years. Hard packed snow lies from thirty to fifty feet deep, and it requires constant work with snow plows to ena­ ble trains to get through at all. The rotary plow is about the only thing which does really effective work, though the THE ROTARY PI,OW ATWORK. push plows are used in conjunction with them. Near a place called Dunsmuir is a huge drift, particularly hard to handle. This is the way the men attempt to manage here. A number of engines coupled to­ gether take a flying start of about half a mile at this bank of snow, and slowly force it off the track. Every time they strike it from two to three of jthem are buried out of sight in the drift. The others are uncoupled and back away. The buried engines are then dug out by shov- elers. They then couple on and another assault is made on the drift. -- SOME NOTED M£N Who Became Famous in Their Tonngr •' i er Days. !|l Pitt, the younger, was in Parliament at 21. "" '% Edison was famous tor his Inventions when 23. ;i| Galileo discovered the isochronism Al '• *: the pendulum at 19. : Shakspeare left school at 14; Clay at 14; John Bright at 15. ^ Napoleon at 27 commanded the army , j in Italy. At 35 was Emperor. Bacon was a member of Parliament^ at 23; at 26 one of its leaders. ^ Poe was a poet at 16; at 34 he wrotft "The Raven." He died at 38. Tennyson at 33 took^that high star.* y| among the poets he heliktlll his death. Bryant wrote poetry atak At 18 hi# masterpiece, "Thanatopsis?f was pub- iibiicu. Longfellow's first poetry I was put* lished at 13. At 32 he ranked with out best poets. f^ott entered the fair atureat 25. At 34 lai poet of tiie day, i of liter, e most popu- 4E k mailto:3.75@6.00 mailto:2.00@4.50 mailto:3@4.50 mailto:3.50@4.75 mailto:2.50@5.50 mailto:2@3.25 mailto:2@4.25 mailto:3@5.75 mailto:2@4.50