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child UIH] 9 o'clock wintt ,r\ oline house Carl Claude Kathlene at New 1 THE PLAJNDEALEfi 7 J. VAN SLYKE, Editor &ni Pub. - -XLLIllioK MCHENRY. YANKEE IRE AROUSED JACK TARS FROM THE PETREL IN A FIGHT. Whip Twice Their Weight of British Bullies--Tale of Terrible Suffering and Death Told by ̂ lara Barton- Pittsburg's Musical Eveut. Sailors in a Row. Fighting with champagne bottles as a beginning and finishing with knives, »i dozen or so of the tars of the United States gunboat Petrel whipped twice their weight in Britishers at Shanghai shortly before she sailed for San Francisco. The row was caused by the big British cruiser Spartan throwing its searchlight on the Petrel in such a manner that it was inter­ preted as, an insult. ' Capt. Emery wrote a curt note to the copimander o.r the • Spartan and in return received a letter of apology. The next day eight or ten of the Petrel's se&men were seated in an upper room of a saloon, when abotittweu- ty of the Spartan's nien entered the bar­ room. • The Yankee? were .drinking and singing patriotic songs, and the biggest Englishman..in*5the intruding crew sug­ gested that 'they: throw the:.- Yankees through the. windows. The British tars started up'the stairs,' but none .of them' reached the top. The door, above .them was suddenly opened, and through it came a shower of glasses, bottles and cases of champagne which had been stor­ ed in the little room. When everything that could be utilized as a weapon was gone the American sailors came flying down the stairs and thj battle became a hand-to-hand conflict. Knives were drawn and used freely, and the English forces were badly cut up. When they were finally routed ha if a dozen of their men lay bleeding on the floor. The Brit­ ish Consul subsequently held an official inquiry into the affair and the court de­ cided against the Spartan's crew. Pestilence in Armenia. In a statement- regarding the progress of her relief work in Asia Minor Miss Clara Barton says: "The object appeal­ ing more directly to the sympathies of the people, is the handling of the medical relief of the two fever-stricken cities of Zeitoun and Marash. where eight to ten thousand people are suffering the agonies of four distinct epidemics raging among them at once--typhoid and typhus fevers, dysentery and smallpox. The first three would naturally follow as the conditions of starvation and hardships, and the pu­ trid atmosphere of a neglected field of Siege and battle with festering wounds and long unbnried dead. The smallpox must have been brought from some in­ fected district. For the treatment of these thousands there were no physicians left; if they escaped one fate they fell by an­ other. Our first order for physicians was for six in number, with two druggists and supplies. The number of physicians should at least be doubled." and every effort is being made to that end--i. e.. skilled phy­ sicians who speak the Oriental languages. Not only must current number be kept for daily service, but allowance must be made for those who must inevitably suc­ cumb to disease and overwork. The re­ ported number of deaths has been for some time from seventy-five to one hun­ dred daily. No one so well as ourselves can recognize the responsibility. But the conditions are here and we are here to meet them. We can only tell them to the world outside and stand firm in our work from day to day. trusting by the mercy of heaven to attain some measure of suc­ cess." Theosophical Socicty of America, In ac­ cordance with the rites of ancient Egyp­ tian mysteries. Theosophists say the couple were married some 5,000 years, ago, •• during a j^reviouls reincarnation. Dr. Paul Haupt, head of the Semitic department of Johns Hopkins.! University, Baltimore. Md., started Monday for-Leip- sic to direct the work'on a new polychro­ matic edition of the Old Testament. The edition will be in twenty parts. Dr. Haupt is the editor-in-chief. A rabbinical supplement edited by S. Seliechter of Cambridge and M. Friedman of Vienna will be added to the work. Charles Broadway Rouss, the wealthy New York merchant who is rapidly suc­ cumbing to total blindness, has a stand­ ing offer of $1,000,000 open to any per­ son who can cure him. Various people have accepted the offer, Mr. Rouss wisely allowing them to experiment first upon a substitute. Only a week ago a substitute was tortured almost to madness by, a crank with a pin pricking machine. Now comes a Western hypnotist who claims he has cured a Chicago man of business. He will accordingly try his hypnotic pow­ ers on a Mr; Martin, a substitute, -and if the latter is cured Mr. Rouss will take the cure. Then, if relieved, he will turn Over to the hypnotist his eight-story Broadway s|ore and everything in it as a, reward. • National League. Following is the standing of the clubs in the Nation al Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Philadelphia 12 5 Baltimore . . . 9 8 Pittsburg .. 11 5 Washington. S 9 Boston 11 0 Brooklyn .. . 7 10 Chicago 11 7 St- Louis. ... . 7 11 Cleveland .. 9 0 New York. . . 5 12 •Cincinnati . 10 7 Louisville .. •> 10 Western League. Following is tae standing of t!ie clubs of the Western League: W. L. W. L. WESTERN. the Fifty Osage Indians are tak-in, Keeley cure in Oklahoma. When Geerge G. Kaag, 25 yesars age, told the occupants of the Monarch board­ ing house at San. Francisco ,that be be­ longed to. a suicide club a»d would, kili himself'when the proper, time came, they' treated the matter as a joke. When he took, a dose of strychnine Tuesday night in" the rooms of Mrsl» Nellie Parker, who was his spiritual guide to the other/tvorld, they realized he meant what/he ihad said. He claimed to have been a member of the Central Suicide Club of New Jer­ sey, apd that when his time came to die he would die like a man. He often said that it was not far off and three weeks ago said he would die before June. A sensation was created in Sturgeon Bay. Wis., Monday evening, by the an­ nouncement that Mrs. F. N. Sailer, the wife of a-business man, had drowned her two children and then committed suicide by the same method. The woma» had gone down the bay shore a distance of three miles and had evidently walked out into the bay with her children and held them under the water until life was ex­ tinct, after which she lay down and de­ liberately suffered herself to drown. A fisherman coming from his nets discov­ ered the bodies floating in the water and immediately reported the matter to the city authorities, who went to the scene. They found, the children, aged 4 and 2 years, upon the shore, while the mother's body was out about sixty feet. Mrs. Sailer was about 25 years of age and was the fourth wife of her husband, and from all reports the couple had not been living happily for a year or so past. Mr. Sailer owns a business block and had until recently been engaged in the furni­ ture business. Don Jose Carlos Mexia died at Chicago Tuesday. He was a man pf varied ex­ perience and much usefulness. For the last three years he had been a resident of Chicago, living quietly, and occupy­ ing his leisure in literary pursuits. He came of a famous military family in the Detroit 13 2 Columbus ... 7 Ivansas.City. 9 0 Milwaukee . . 0 St. Paul. S 0 Indianapolis. 5 Minneapolis.. % 9 Grand Rapids 4 The Pittsburg dangerFest. The officials in charge of the arrange­ ments for the twenty-eighth national san- gerfest at Pittsburg next month are hold­ ing sessions nearly every day for the pur­ pose of improving upon their plans before the final program is announced. It is proposed to spend $50,000 to make the event worthy of Pittsburg's reputation as an entertaining city, and the subscrip­ tions have been extremely liberal. The mixed chorus of 500 voices has had sev­ eral rehearsals and is pronounced in ex­ cellent shape. BREVITIES. Mexican republic, and had always been considered an authority on Mexican law, having chosen that profession while 'his father and his brother devoted themselves to the army. Don Jose Carlos Mexia was born at Vera Cruz in 1887. At 22 he was admitted to the bar in the City of Mexi- c&p-and in 1801 was made judge of the district of Elvia. After the triumph of the Republican party in that country he was made chief justice of lhe supreme court in the first district of the Republic of Mexico. After the expiration of the term for which he had been elected he was appointed by the government to be secretary of the Mexican war claims commission sitting in Washington. Here he served his country till 1877. when he wjrCelected to the Mexican congress, but declined to qualify, as he had little taste for legislative duties. He was sent as consul at San Francisco, and after three years received appointment to the still- more important post at Liverpool. He re­ tired from active service ten years ago, and accepted from the Mexican Govern­ ment a position as official interpreter at the World's Fair, more for the oppor­ tunities the residence in Chicago gave him than because he considered it active service. He had remained in Chicago ever since. Don Jose Carlos was profoundly learned in the law. He was the author of the Mexican treatise on the constitution of the United States and was also the trans­ lator into Mexican of Kent's treatise on law. posai to raise a foreign flag' was made H^rtttaond-demanded and obtained an oath of allegiance from all the members to the Transvaal flag. Their sole pur­ pose in forming a committee was forthe protection of their homes and not for revolution. " . The Duke of Saxe'-Meiningen and his wife were stopped Tuesday by brigands, near Frascati, Province of Rome, Italy, who demanded their money. The duke was at first inclined to resist, but his wife became hysterical and threw out her purse, containing $13, whereupon the robbers withdrew, offering profound apol­ ogies. The robbers were masked and armed with rifles. They are known in the neighborhood as desperate characters, who would have killed or abducted the duke if he had resisted. The party con­ sisted of, besides the duke and duchess, the Poet Richard Yoss, two women and two flunkies. The latter fell into fits with fright. The Italian. Government prom­ ises to hang the brigands, according to an ancient law against robbing royal per­ sonages. A regiment of hussars which was tracking the robbers reports having caught them.-..? ; • - •••••> - The Volksraad of the South African Republic was opened Tuesday by Pres­ ident Krttger at Pretoria. The President in his speech said, in brief, that the recent events,' "due to malevolence -and, selfish objects," had seriously interrupted the rest and peace of the South African Re­ public, adding: "It has.ever been my wish to promote the development and x>rosperi- ty of the republic in the most peaceable maimer possible, so I am firmly* eonviuc e d. tliait it is your sincere wish to co-operate with me in .this policy and that you ex­ pect with the fullest confidence that this session. '6X the Volksraad will contribute, in noismall manner to the restoration .gf peace in this State in-order that, through our united co-operation,, our country may flourish and prosper for the benefit of all." The President then touch­ ed upon the foreign relations of the South African Republic, the most delicate and eagerly anticipated portion of his speech, saying: "In spite of past troubles the republic continues to maintain friendly relations with foreign powers." This sub­ ject was then significantly dropped and the President turned to the relations be­ tween'the South African republic and its sister republic, the Orange Free State, remarking: "I hope that a meeting be­ tween representatives of the Orange Free State and representatives 'of the South African Republic will shortly be" held and plans for a closer union between the two countries will be discussed." This utterance of President Kruger was look­ ed upon as confirming the report that negotiations have for some time past bee;; on foot for an alliance, offensive and de­ fensive, between the South African Re­ public and the Orange Free State, look­ ing to resisting any attempt upon the part of Great Britain to interfere with the internal affairs of either country. ARE SPENT PRESENT SESSION OF CONGRESS A COSTLY ONE. Amounts Appropriated This Year Will Not Fall Far Short of $512« OOO.OOO--Great Gathering of Metho­ dists at Cleveland. The assaspin was immediately seized ana hurried away. The shah at once became unconscious and was taken to his carriage and conveyed to the palace in Teheran. When the physicians 'arrived at the pal­ ace they, found the shah dead and certified that his death was caused by a bullet lodged in" the pericardial region, between the sixth and seventh ribs, HOSTS OF METHODISTS. IN GENERAL. A dispatch received by the India© De­ partment at Ottawa, Ont., says the In­ dians in the Alaska district are preparing to go on the warpath. The news reach­ ed Yictoria by the steamer Sitka. Obituary: At Philadelphia, Comman­ der Felix McCurley, U. S. N..--At Eu- glewood, N. Y., George S. Coe, the New- York banker, 7t>.--At Toronto, Ont., T. Anglin, 74.--At Rockford, 111., Mrs. W. A. Fav.--At Juliet. 111.. Thomas Tnit, 00. WASHINGTON. Russell A. Alger, Thomas J. O'Brien, John Duncan and Mark S. Brewer are the flelegates-at-large from Michigan to the St. Louis convention. The Indiana Republican convention nominated the following State ticket: Governor, James A. Mount; Lieutenant Governor. W. S. Haggard: Secretary of State, William D. Owen; Auditor of State, A. C. Dailey; Attorney General, W. A. Ketcham; Treasurer, Frederick J. Sholty; Reporter Supreme Court, Charles F. Remy; Superintendent of In­ struction, D. M. Geeting; State Statisti­ cian. A. J. Thompson. The delegates-at- large are It. W. Thompson, Lew Wallace, C. W. Fairbanks anJ Frank Milliken. The directors of the American Tobacco Company have been indicted at New York for maintaining a monopoly. Swift & Co. have practically decided to close their big packing plant at Kansas City, Mo., and concentrate their business in Chicago. Thirteen hundred men will be thrown out of employment by the clos­ ing of the plant." The Port Huron City Council has pa ed a curfew ordinance requiring every under 15 to be off the streets after at night in summer and 7:30 nless accompanied by or guardians. parents EASTERN. It is reported at Boston that the widow of John Stetson committed suicide. Stet­ son's will, which has been found, gave all his property to his wife. As the result of an explosion of a f stove in a Brooklyn tenement Wednesday Mrs. Rebecca Cohen Cohen, Solomon Cohen and Mrs Pastern were so badly burned that they died soon afterward. Two other children were also seriously burned. Falls Wright and .Miss Mary Leoline Leonard were married York by the secret head of the The House Committee on Pensions or­ dered a favorable report on the bill intro­ duced by Representative Stallings to in­ crease the pensions of veterans of the Mexican and Indian wars and their wid­ ows from $8 to $12 a month. The monthly statement of the public debt issued Friday by the Treasury shows that on April 3') the debt, less cash in the treasury, was $948,287,070, an in­ crease for the month of $;"».945,417.' The debt is recapitulated as follows: Interest bearing debt, $842,312,140; debt on which interest has ceased since maturity, $1,- 65'!-,790; debt bearing no interest, $374,- 414,400.- -Total, $1,218,378,330. The cash in the treasury- is classified as follows: Jold, $108,440,459; silver, $510,580,116; paper, $101,775,048. Almost 30,000 Government employes were brought with one sweep under the protection of the civil service Wednesday by the issuance of an order by President Cleveland making a general revision of civil service rules. The order is the most important since the inauguration of the system more than a decade ago. It takes effect immediately.. Its practical extent is the classification of all Government employes below the rank of those subject to nomination by the President and con­ firmation by the Senate and above the grades of laborers or workmen, with a few exceptions. The new rules add 29,- 399 positions to the classified list, in creasing the number of classified positions from 55.<3Q ,to 85,13.").' The number of classified places which are excepted from examination has been reduced from 2,099 to 755, being mainly positions as cashiers in the customs, postal and internal rev­ enue services. The only classified posi­ tions in Washington which will be ex­ cepted from examination under the new rules will be private secretaries or confi­ dential clerks (not exceeding two) to the President and to the head of each of the eight executive departments. No posi lions will hereafter tie subject to non competitive examination, except in the cases of Indians employed in a teaching capacity in the Indian service. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "As the season advances there is more business, but advices indi­ cate that on the whole the prevalent feel­ ing is that the gain is less than there was reason to expect. While retail trade has been active enough to materially lessen stocks and obligations and thus to pre­ vent a great many threatened embarrass­ ments, it has not yet brought enough new business to mills or factories to prevent decrease of unfilled orders and closing of some works. Substantially the same state of things exists in all the great in­ dustries, notwithstanding the strong com­ binations in some, and evidence of inade­ quate consumption appears in the fact that the general range of prices for com­ modities--farm and mine as well as man­ ufactured products--is nearly 1 per cent lower than it was April 1 and the lowest ever known, the decline since October, 1892, being 16.7 per cent." The steamer Lakme has arriwd at Seattle, Wash., from Cook's Inlec On board was Will M. Steele, secretary of Washington Press Association, who re­ ports his observations as follows: "The rush this spring to the gold district of Turnagain Bay, Cook's Inlet, was un­ precedented. Although comparatively un­ explored, numerous creeks on the bay ave given up gold dust and nu/gets of such value as to encourage the hopes of prospedtors, numbering into the thou­ sands. 1 spent two weeks cruising on the inlet, and from a careful examination of the existing conditions and authenti- ated reports of developments and finds long numerous creeks am firmly of the opinion that the proper kind of men haz­ arded no chance in casting their lines into the golden waters that flow into the inlet. Every creek and river shows traces of fine gold, which increase in coarseness as the streams are ascended, while pieces of gold-bearing quartz are frequently found in placers, demonstrating that fur­ ther back toward the mountains are mother ledges'. Auriferous deposits cov­ er a territory of almost unknown extent, while prospecting thus far has been com­ paratively slight." FOREIGN, It is reportea that the Transvaal ex ecutive has asked each of the reform pris oners, except the leaders, to make a sep arate statement giving reasons why his .sentence should be reduced. All the pris­ oners were, searched and everything taken i from them. The prisoners are on strictly prison fare. George Bicker, United States ~*ologist, has cabled Secretary . Oluei pom tin g out, when in Dec^hibei- ii'f |iro " Throw Money to the Birds. Washington correspondence: LL previous rec­ ords in the way of large expenditures will be broken by the present Con­ gress. The appro­ priations will far exceed* the figures of the Fifty-first Congress -- "t h e billion-dollar Con­ gress." 16 the Fif­ ty-second Con­ gress, when the . Democrats had the House and the Re­ publicans the Sen­ ate, with the eon- U i sequent divided re­ sponsibility, the to­ tal reached, the enormous amount of $!,- 927,104,547.92,' and that is the highest record yet made by- any- siiigle- Congvess.. What the total for the present, Congress will i be Cannot even be estimated approxi­ mately. Statements have been made that appropriations for the present session would aggregate $605,000,000. This is not strictly correct, as that figure in­ cludes not only the immediate appropria­ tions for the next fiscal year, but the lia­ bilities in the Avay of contracts to be ap­ propriated for in future years which are authorized. All of the great annual appropriation bills have bqen passed by the House of Representatives, and together with the permanent annual appropriations they bring the total up to $505,079,410.88, without allowing for any increase what­ ever by the Senate. Even this figure is largely in excess of the appropriations for the first session of the Fifty-first Con­ gress, when the bills as they passed the House provided for but $450,486,571.15, which was increased by the action of the Senate to $463,398,510.79. It will thus be seen that the present House has ex­ ceeded the record of the House in the Fifty-first Congress by $53,592,839.73. The only bill which has passed the Senate up to the present time which has been largely increased is the sundry civil bill, to which the Senate added more thai) $0,- 000,000. The river and harbor bill has peen reported to the Senatg with additions aggregating more than $2,000,000, and considerable increases may be expected pn the general deficiency bill, which is now in the hands of the Senate Commit­ tee on Appropriations. ', All of the increases put on by the Senate will not be retained by the conference jcommittees. Most of the additions to the isundry civil bill are for new public build- lings. The House lias not appropriated |a dollar for public buildings except to continue, work on those already com­ menced, and the House Committee on Appropriations is determined that all the public building amendments put on the sundry civil bill by the Senate shall be stricken off. Even in this case, however, a conserva­ tive estimate would place the total in­ crease on account of the action of the jSenate at not less than $7,000,000, which would bring the total for this session up ,to* more than $512,000,000, or nearly $49.- jOOO.OOO in excess of the appropriations for the first session of the Fifty-first Congress. The contracts authorized by the present Congress will amount to over $93,000,000, and will thus bring the total of appropriations and liabilities provided ,for by this session up to $005,000,000. There is one possibility that may make a substantial reduction in the above fig­ ures, and that is that President Cleve­ land may veto the river and harbor bill. (President Cleveland has never signed a river and harbor bill. He has heretofore fallowed them to become laws without his .signature, thus signifying that they did not meet his entire approval. With the jpresent bill he is said to be very much dis­ satisfied, and in view of the situation of the treasury he may veto it. SHAH'S SON ACCUSED. Ugly Rumor that He Is Responsible for His Father's Death. It is rumored that the assassination of the Shah of Persia was brought about by the machinations of his eldest son, Mis- soud Mirzia, Governor of Ishpahan. The latter was born in 1850, while the new shah, second son of the dead monarch, Three-^Thousand Attend the Confer- r ence at Cleveland. Three thousand people were in the hall when the great quadrennial conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church was called to order by the venerable Bishop Bowman at Cleveland.- On the floor were white men and black men, the delegates from cold Norway and Sweden and from tropical India and Japan. Nearly every country on the globe was represented. Central Armory looked beautiful indeed. Its interior was brilliant as the hall of a political convention, and on all sides there wfas an expectancy that issues of impor­ tance were about to be precipitated. The Bible used in the services is the one which was used by John Wesley in-his study" in England, This historical treasure was presented to the conference some years ago. t The notable feature of the opening of the conference was the reading of an Ad­ dress of the bishbps. This m.'iy be said to be the notable feature of all general con-: ferences of. the church, for the reason that it is fraught with many suggestions with reference to "church polity ami em­ bodied a "comprehensive resume - of ; the progress of the organization, financially ant. .spiritually, The strong features of the address of the bishops this year were the" reco.nintendatibus with regard tO the duties of Christian citizenship, the dec- la-ration in favor of a national divorce, -law, a denunciation of the Armenian atro­ cities and a pronouncement in favor of arbitration in labor and in international HOLM KS IS HANGEI). ARCH CRIMINAL PAYS THE DEATH PENALTY. The Anthor of Many Crimes Exe- cuted in Moyaniensing Prison^ Phila­ delphia--On the Scaffold Protests Innocence. End pf a Fiend. II. H.IIolmes, convicted on circumstan­ tial evidence of the murder of Benjamin F. Pitzel, was hanged in Philadelphia Thursday. The' execution took place in the Moyamensing County jail. The drop fell at 10:12% o'clock. It was not until a half-hour later that be was pronounced dead, His neck was broken by the fall. The marvelous nerve of the man never deserted him to the end., Even on _the scaffold he was probably the coolest per­ son in the solemn assemblage. In a few well-chosen words he proclaimed his in­ nocence of any murder, including that for which he was convicted and hanged. He declared that the Only wrong-doing in the taking of human life for which he could, be held responsible consisted ih the death, of two women who hnd^jed as the result of criminal operations at his hands. He did not name these victims.. . •' : • Holmes spent the -greater part of his last night on earth writing letters. At IJISIIOP now MAX. H. H. HOLMES. disputes. Another significant feature of the address is ttie portion which favors the maintenance of the itinerant system except in rare cases. This will be a dis­ appointment to a majority of the clergy­ men, who had hoped that the polity of the church would be changeu so that congre­ gations might have greater authority in the matter of retaining ministers who ap­ pear to be particularly adapted to a spe- riai-ffelar ------ ; Many questions of supreme importance to the denomination, action upon which will be awaited with intense interest by Methodists the world over, will be acted upon during the month's session of the general conference. Chief among these is the question of admitting women dele­ gates. This issue has been voted upon by all the annual conferences, but the neces­ sary three-fourths vote has not been se­ cured, the total vote being 7,515 for ad­ mission and 2,5129 against. The women have therefore lost by eighteen votes, and a change of ten votes^ would give them seats in the conference. Four wom­ en delegates are accredited to the present gathering, but as the committee on ere- dentialiymust be governed by the existing rules, they cannot be recognized to take any part4u the proceedings. The proposi­ tion to change the basis of ministerial representation from one delegate for every forty-five ministers to one for every sixty- five has also been lost. The question of abolishing the time limit is also an im­ portant !$>ne. At present no minister of the church can remain pastor of one church for more than five consecutive years. This is based on the old itinerant theory of the denomination, and it is now proposed to abolish the time limit. It is doubtful, however, whether the proposi- toin will carry. An effort will be made to modify the rmes of discipline adopted by the conference of 1872 against drtneing, card playing, theater going, attending cir­ cuses and horse races or patronizing danc­ ing schools. It is contended that these rules have barrel out from the denomina­ tion tens of thousands of young people who otherwise would be glad to identify themselves with it. Several new bishops will be elected, together with numerous officials, including book agents, society secretaries and -editors. midnight he went to bed and slept sound­ ly until 0 o'clock in .the morning. It took two calls to awaken him. Promptly aris­ ing he received a visit from his spiritual advisers, Fathers Daly and Macpeak, of the Church of the Annunciation. They administered the last sacrament and did not leave him until nearly 9 o'clock. Dur­ ing their absence he ate a hearty break­ fast of eggs, dry toast and coffee. At 10:02 #'clock the Sheriff called to­ gether the official jufy, and after each man had answered to his name and sub­ scribed to the certificate the solemn march to the gallows was begun. As the gathering stood in intense silence before the gallows Holmes, accompanied by the two priests mounted the fatal scaffold. A moment of prayer elapsed and then Holmes stepped to the front of the scaf­ fold and, resting his hands on the rail "before him", made his statement of mno- MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $4.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, f.air to choice, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 01c to 02c; corn, No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 37c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 10c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9c; potatoes, per bushel, 12c to 20c; broom corn, 2c to 4c.per lb. for com­ mon growth to fine brush. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to 1.50; hogs, croice light, $3.00 to $3.75; | sheep, common to prime, $2.00 to $3.50; wheat, No. 2, 04c to 60c; corn,' No. 1 white, 30c lo 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c. St, Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 09c to 71c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 20c; oats, No. 2 wnite, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 38c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $4.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 66c to 68c; corn. No. 2 mixed, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 21c to 22c; rye, No'. 2, 39c to 40c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.50; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep. $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 67c to 68c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; rye, 34c to 36c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red. 07c to 09c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 38c; clover seed', $4.55 to $4.05. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 01c to 62c; corn, No. 3, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; barley, No. 2, 32c to 33c; rye, No. 1, 37c to 38c; pork, mess, $7.75 to $8.25. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $4.75; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.25 $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 71c to 73c; corn,' No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c. „ - New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 ta $4.25; sheep, $2.00 to $4.25; whea^fNo. 2 red, 09c to 70c; corn, No. 2, 34c" to 35c; oats, No. 2 white,'24e to"25c; butter, creamery, T2c to 17c; eggs, West- ; era, 10c 16 12c. THE SHAH OF PERSIA. was born in 1853. But the latter is an offspring of a wife of higher rank and thus was chosen to succeed his? father in place of Massoud, his elder brother. He has often rebuked Mirzia for his unruli- ness and in 1888 recalled him and only allowed him to return to Ishpahan after disbanding some of the regiments and ordering him to pay more than the Usual tribute. Massoud Mirzia, who-is also known as the zilles sultan, or shadow of the king­ dom, resented this treatment and it was believed tliart: he might make an attempt to usurp the throne. Massoud Mirzia, who is enormously rich,' is unpopular on account of his Severity and intolerance, and, on the other hand, Muzaffer-ed-Din, the new shah, is much loved^by the people of the province of Azerboijan, where the Persian army is chiefly recruited. He is a keen sportsman, like tyis father. Imme­ diately after the death of the shah, the heir apparent (Valiand) Muzaffer-ed-Din. was proclaimed shah. Russia and Great Britain recognized Musaffer-ed-Diif' as heir to the Persian throne in 185S. According to details of the assassina­ tion, the shah, accompanied by Grand Vizier Ashgar and a numlier of attend ants, paid a visit to the shrine of Shah Abdul Azim. Two chains barred the way to the inner court of the sl^rine. The shah had just passed the first chain when the assassin approached him and, when within a few feet of him, fired a revolver, the bullet from which struck the shah near the heart. His majesty fell forward upon his knees, but rose to his feet and walked a few paces, when he fell again. BILL FOR BANKRUPTS. cence. It was received in absolute silence. Two minutes late.1 he had finished his valedictory. Then at a silent signal from the priests he bent to his knees, his eyes fixed on the crucifix clasped in his hands. Until 10:12 the prayer continued. Imme­ diately afterwam he arose, shook hands with the priests and his lawyers and in a firm voice bade them good-by. Without an instant delay his hands were bound behind him and the black cap adjusted. Sheriff Clement placed the noose about his neck and after an instant of terrible stillness the crack of the bolt rang out like a pistol shot and the man had fallen to his doom. Consciousness left him instantly, said the doctors, although his heart continued a feeble beat for fifteen or twenty min­ utes. After an examination had been made by several physicians Holmes was pronounced dead and the swinging corpse was cut down. TO SAVE HIS DOG A Pennsylvania Boy Gives Up His Own Life. While trying to save bis pet dog at Sharpsville, Pa., the other day Willie Davis, 12 years old. was killed by a train on the Nypano .Railroad. He was walk­ ing on the tracks when his dog ran out House Passes Long Pendine Measnre that Interests Trade. The House, after five days of debate, passed the Henderson bill to establish a uniform system of bankruptcy, by a vote of 157 to 91. The majority in favor of the bill was greater than was anticipated, owing largely to the fact that quite a num­ ber of members, who desired only a vol­ untary bankruptcy bill, after being de­ feated, voted for the measure as reported. The bill, as passed, is based upon the Torrey bankruptcy bill, whicfy; has been urged before Congress for several years. It provides for both voluntary and invol­ untary bankruptcy, Under its terms there are eight acts for which a debtor can be forced into iuvoluntary bankrupt­ cy, as follows: 1. If a t person has concealed himself with intent to defraud his creditors for forty-eight hours. 2. Failed for thirty days, while insol­ vent, to secure the release of any property levied upon for $500 or over. 3. Made a transfer of any of his property with intent, ;to defraud his creditors. ' 4. Made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. ,.5. Ma4e, .while insolvent, a transfer of any of his property for the purpose of giving a preference. 0. Procured or suffered a judgment to be entered pgainst himself with intent to defeat his creditors, and suffered same to remain, unpaid ten days. 7. Secreted any of his property to avoid its being levied upon under legal proceed­ ings against himself. 8. Suffered, while insolvent, ah execu­ tion for $500 or over, to be returned "No property found." The bishop of Bedford avers that the East London district contains a popula­ tion of a million and a half, nearly all poor. From this statement some idea will be bad of the vastness of the work the clergy are called upon to perform. The difficulty of raising funds for so great a work is very great"? The Japanese envoy in Corea has beou instructed to request that Russian troops be detailed to guard the Corean palace and also tliftt Russia appoint advisers to the Corean .^Government and military in­ structor* for the Corean army. rP.IED TO SAVE HIS PET AND DIED. on the railroad bridge. Fearing that the dog would be killed, as a train was ap­ proaching. the boy started to run to his rescue. His foot ca^foht between two planks and he could not move. The train struck him and he died from liir injuries. WINTER WHEAT. Condition of the Crop as Reported by the Farmers' Review. : Reports have been received from the correspondents of the Farmers' Review in ten States on the condition of winter wheat, and on the loss to that crop from freezing and thawing. In Illinois the total loss from freezing and thawing has not beeu large, taking the State as a whole, though there'are counties where the loss from this^cause has been great,. With the advent of the recent rains there was a change for the better and the plant is now rapidly push­ ing, forward. Fair will express the gen­ eral condition of the. crop in Indiana. 1 he loss from freezing and thawing seems to be heavy at this date. The late sown wheat seems to have suffered most. In Ohio the wheat is slowly starting up. The cool Weather aiM lack of rain in the early spring retarded development. The present outlook for the crop in Ohio is poor. The prospect in Michigan continues fair, and the loss from freezing and thaw­ ing Is generally about .10 per cent. The 'lofjis that was reported in Missouri from freezing and .thawi.ig has been partly off­ set by recent good rains. In Kansas and Nebraska the prospects are quite "good, especially in the eastern parts of those States. InTowa the crop is fair. Wis­ consin, conditions have nof improved, th^ recent losfe from freezing and thawing being considerable. * THE WEEK'S DOINGS »N SENATE ~ AND HOUSE. A Comprehensive Digest of the Pro* ceedirigs in the Legislative Cham­ bers at Washington--Matters that Concern the People. WORK OF CONGRESS. Lawmakers at Labor. The Senate Friday discussed the naval appropriation bill. Mr. Gorman's amend­ ment reducing from four to two the num­ ber of battle ships to be constructed, was adopted in the Senate by a vote of 31 to 27. The House again devoted the majoir portion, of the day to debate on the bank­ ruptcy bill. Several amendments were offered, but none were adopted. A bill to provide for a. delegate in Congress from the territory of Alaska was defeated by a vote of 00 to 44. Opponents of the bankruptcy bill which passed the, Houa-? Saturday afternoon by a decisive majority, the vote being 157 yeas to 81 nays, were not confined., to either of the great political parties or any section. State delegations were divided as to the propriety of such a bill and the members of the Illinois, delegation were by no'means favorably disposed toward the measure. Representatives Connolly,. Hitt.and Lorimer voted for the bill, while Messrs. Burrell; Cannon, Downing, Graff, Marsh, Smith and Wood were recorded in opposition. What is true of the Illinois .delegation applies with equal force to the other: State. delegations; and Democrats, Populists and Republicans at'last, found a proposition on which they could agree, and vote accordingly. All the Populists voted against the bill, Baker (Kan.), Bell (Colo.), Kem, Newlands, Suford and Strowd (N. C.). " The Bailey substitute to the bill providing for voluntary bank­ ruptcy was defeated--89 to 120. The Sen­ ate passed the naval appropriation bill. An amendment for building three torpedo boats on the Pacific coast was agreed to. The Chandler amendment providing for twenty torpedo boats was defeated--23 to 39. The Senate passed Monday in debate of the resolution for bond investigation, ignoring the river anu harbor bill. The House discussed Senate amendments to the naval appropriation bill. Quite a number of bills were passed during the day, mostly of minor importance. Among them;.twere bills for /the protection of yacht owners ant shipbuilders, to author­ ize the construction of a bridge across the Illinois river at Grafton, 111/: to create a new division of the eastern judiciary dis- trict of Texas; to pension Gen. Joseph R. M est at the rate of $50 per month and to authorize South Dakota to select the Fort Scully military reservation as part of the lands granted to that State. The opponents of four battle ships sus­ tained defeat in the House Tuesday on the proposition to accept the Senate amendment to the. naval appropriation bill, reducing tli?. number to two. Sena­ tor Hill added another day--the fifth-- in opposition to the bond resolution in the Senate. Some progress was made on the river and harbor bill by taking,it up in the morning hour. The only changes made were those restoring the authoriza­ tion of contracts of $1,403,000 for Sa- -bine-Pass, Tex,, a-H^l -^O^.OOU-i'oi- Sn v-a-n- nah, Ga., harbor. A large number of pen­ sion bills were passed. The Senate again put in a day Wed­ nesday debating the subject of investiga­ tion of recent bond issues. The House served notice on the Senate and the coun­ try that it had transacted its business and was ready for the final adjournment. The report on the contested election case of Thompson versus Shaw from the Third North Carolina District, which was unan­ imously in favor of the sitting member, was adopted. A bill granting the widow of Secretary Gresham a pension of $100 per month was.passed. By a vote of .">1 to 0 the Senate Thurs­ day inaugurated an investigation, to be conducted by the Senate Committee on Finance, into the facts and circumstances connected with the sale of United States bonds by the Secretary of the Treasury during, the last three years. In addition to some minor business, the bill was pass­ ed extending the time for building a rail­ road by the Dennison and Northern Rail­ way Company through the Indian terri­ tory. Also the bill to send to the Court of Appeals the case of "book agents of the Methodist Episcopal Church, south." "Out of Order." At a club meeting where the mem­ bers. though old men. wrangled like jso many schoolboys, this scene occur­ red. and the Louisville Commercial re­ ports it: A feeble*old man. whose yello.w com­ plexion indicated liver troubles, offer­ ed a resolution. His opponent got up and excitedly exclaimed: "Mr. Chairman. Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is out of order, and there­ fore cannot offer the resolution!" The old mail replied in an equally excited manner: "Mr. Chairman, the gentleman is right. 1 am out of order. The doctor told me lliis morning that my liver was all out of order. But, Mr. Chairman, 1 should like to see the clause in the constitution which says that if a man is sick lie cannot present a resolution." The old fellow is still wondering why his hearers laughed. Big Electrical Plant. Mariposa County, California, is to have the third largest electrical power developing and distributing plant in the United States. The largest is at Niag­ ara, the next is at Folsom, in Califor­ nia, and the third is to be constructed at the Horseshoe Bend on the Merced River. The location is near the center of a mining district, having at least 100 mines that are sufficiently prospected to use cheap power. At the driest sea­ son of the year the power company calculates upon 1,800 horse power, and during eight months in the year they expect water enough to generate 3,500 horse power. The price the company" proposes to charge its consumers is $5 per horse-power a month. Etiquette of Introductions. It is bad form to introduce on the street or any place of amusement. " Two ladies can shake hands on being Introduced. It is considered good form. Young women when introduced to young men should not offer to shake hands. When an introduction is given the name should be pronounced in a clear, distinct tone. Introductions should not be given either at home or in society unless per-, mission is asked. In the introduction of elderly people the younger should be introduced to the elder--not the reverse. v A hostess should always extend her hand to a stranger when brought to her house for the first lime. At a dinner party the hostess intro­ duces the lady to the gentlesnan who is to take her in to dinner.