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THE PLAINDEALER JViW CI vrv VAU^-m mr>A D»V JuT'fl ngphoty^V-y. hotter known as .Tnlih. . Vm SLYKE, Editor and- Pub. - -R0SSf hi8 housekeeper." II ^IfoHENBY. =5.^ ILLINOIS. KNOXVILLESOORCHEI) tENNESSEE TOWN HAS A * . MENDOUS FIRE. THE- Loss Will Ajceregate One Million Dol> , lars--Kntire Block in Rnins--Death of Col. W. A. Ray--A New-Yorker Threatens to Btir Up Scandal. Million Dollar Fire. The most disastrous^ fire ever expe­ rienced in Knoxville, Tenn., occurred •i Thursday morning between 4" and 8 o'clock. The entire block between Union and Reservoir streets on Gay street, with the. exception of the McGhee Building, the handeome&t structure in the city, is a " '"mass of ruins, and the loss is estimated at nearly $1,000,000. The fire was discovered about 4 o'clock in the wholesale store of the McNuity Grocery ̂ Company by a por- , ter of Uhe Knox Hotel, which adjoins the grocery. jL general alarm was (urhed in and all t3i£ local fire coiiipanicss were soon on the scene. Their efforts proved futile, however, and the flames spread rapidly.. Among the heaviest;losers are: Daniel Briscoe & .Co., wholesale dry goods; Sierchi Bros., wholesale and,,retail furniture; Marble' City . Ha t Company, wholesale hats; -the A. P. Laper Dry Goods Company; Haines & Co., wholesale shoes; S. B. Newman & Co., printers; V; Cullen, Newman. & Co., printers; • W. . • Woodruff & Co., wholesale hardware; Henneger, Doyle & Co., wholesale hats and shoes; San ford, Chamberlain & Al- bers, wholesale drugs; Knox Hotel and McNuity Grocery Company. Many small­ er establishments, among them three liv­ ery stables in the rear of the burned block, were destroyed. An explosion of dyna­ mite in Woodruff'is hardware store shat­ tered every window in Gay street. A por­ tion of the Chattanooga fire department arrived at 6 o'clock and rendered valuable assistance. tended over five years, has been sued for divorce on statutory-grounds. Mrs. Pot­ ter names as principal corespondent "one Paul kaymond Kendall is dead at'Can- ton, N. Y., aged 75 years. Efe was .the first president of Lombard University at Galesburg, 111. At the outbreak of the civil' war he raised several regiments in Illinois. He served as quartermaster of the 12th Missouri Cavalry under Gen. Hatch. For a year after the war ho was stationed at Fort Leavenworth, Kan. He was at one time principal of the Clinton Liberal Institute at Clinton, N. Y. All the buildings of the Shamokin Pow­ der Company at Shamokin, Pa., were completely wrecked by a terrific explosion in ih<» juill Friday morningl Fortunately there were no lives lost, all of the work­ men having gone te their homes. The dwellings of David Hann, Emanuel Ivlin ger and Daniel Osman, together with out buildings and barns, were badly damaged. The powder mill is located about five miles-from the city, but the force of the explosion shook nearly every building, and many, persons., rushed from their houses to ascertain the §ause of the shock. The only person injured was Mrs. Hann, who was badly cut about the face and body. The damaged residences are located nearly half a mile from the scene of the explosion. Mr. and Mrs. Hann and .Mrs. Klinger were buried beneath the debris; and ho.wlclers weighing 200 pounds were hurled through .the sides of the dwellings. The loss will amount, to nearly-' $50,000. v ' isting Jaw, from nominating John W. Foster as ambassa<|or to Con stantinople,. as it is understood was his dosirA. 1 . --_ WESTERN. | Noted Chicagoan Dead. Col. W. Augustus Ray, for many years prominent in Chicago business circles, died Thursday at his home in Blue Island, 111. For many years he had been a sufferer from kidney troubles and for some days preceding his death no hope of recovery was held by his physicians. Ool. Ray was born in Kingston, N. Y., May 21, 1829. When 18 years old he moved with his parents to Walton, N. Y. In 1S5G Col. Ray moved West, engaging in farming and banking at Delavan, Wis., until I860, when he came to Chicago. He at once entered the grain business, becoming a member of the firm of E. V. Roberts & Co., and also of S. A. Millard & Co., makers of agricultural implements. He also organized the banking firm of Ray & Brooks, at La ton, 111. Immediately suc­ ceeding the great fire .of Chicago, Col. Ray was active in the organization of an informal relief committee for the purpose of caring for the destitute and homeless. He also organized a force of special po­ lice for the restoration of order and the suppression'of rioting, the force acting until tiie United States Government de­ clared martial law in the city and assumed control. Private Papers of "Boss" Tweed. W. E. D. Stokes, of New York, says he has come into possession of two trunks whidh contain the private books and pa­ pers of the notorious "Boss" Tweed. The papers itell of men who, knowing early of Tweed's thefts, drove him through threats of disclosure deeper and deeper into fraud, making him share his ill-goifcten wealth with them, and now, Mr. Stokes says, unless certain men in New York mend their ways he will disclose these secrets of the Tweed ring. He does not wish to bring innocent families into disgrace, yet he utters the dread alternative for the benefit of those to whom it applies. NEWS NUGGETS. Rhode Island has elected Elisha Dyer, Republican, Governor. Mine. Melba will sing with the Dam- rosch company next season. The California, Washington and Ore­ gon onion crops have been cornered. United States Minister James A. Mc- Kenzie is dangerously sick at Lima, Peru. Detroit Republicans have decided not to contest the election of Maybury as Mayor. • Gov. Jones will call an extra session of the Arkansas Legislature for April 20 to take action on a no-fence law. Gen. Julio Sanguilly, the Cuban leader, | has been arrested by United States au- I thorities at Jacksonville, Fla., on the g; charge <if attempted violation of neutral- ity laws. John Ceranie is the victim of an Italian I vendetta at Kane, Pa., and is likely to die. While he was. asleep at his home Wednesday evening a fellow countryman v named Morasco stole into his shanty and J inflicted five deep wounds in his neck and face with a stiletto, almost severing the ; v jugular vein. Morasco came 'from Phila­ delphia a short time ago. It now appears that he is a member of the Mafia and was sent to put Ceranie out of the way. i"Morasco is in jail awaiting the outcome : X of Ceranie's injuries. |1 Australian advices state that Mr. Dun- ;• t can, a white trader, met a horrible death II while trading with natives at New Hebri- 11 des. He was tied up to a tree for three } ? days, being kept alive and forcibly stuffed |(with food. He was then cut down, killed ' - and eaten, the women joining in the can­ 't | aibalistic feast, at which a great assem- : Wage from the various groups of islands was present. Duncan was a single man, |- about 33 years of age. Tho^e who know the New Hebrides say the natives are Very treacherous and that they have on several occasions dealt murderously with European vessels. Albert Morgan, supreme president of the Equitable Aid Union, a fraternal insur ence, company, with headquarters at Co- |. lumbus, Pa., and with a large membership in many States, acknowledges that there is no hope for the future of the union. A percentage will be paid on claims now due. The local branches of the order i Western New York will disband. Justice Marshall of the Wisconsin Su­ preme Court has been re-elected. William E. Mikell, a prominent member Of the bar from South Carolina, has been appointed instructor in law at the Univer­ sity of Pennsylvania. Cincinnati has elected Gustav Tafel. (Dem.) Mayor. .. Carter IL Harrison, Dem ; .140,207 John M. Harlan, lnd. .... ...... 65,929 Nathaniel C. Sears, Rep.....,.. 58,535 . Washington Hesittg, lnd......... 14,884 The. above, vote ffor Mayor shows the strength of the city Democratic ticket at Chicago Tuesday. It gave to each candi­ date. upon it more than twice as many votes as the next highest man received, and the City Council was also captured. The township Democratic tickets were successful. The election was one of the most exciting, notwithstanding that it was so one-sided, that have ever been held in Chicago; and while Mr. Harrison's success was confidently predicted by his friends and pretty generally conceded by his opponents, no one in the city expected 6uch a landslide" all along the line. Customers of the Globe Savings Bank, Chicago, were greeted Monday with a note on the doors of the bank to the effect that the property of the concern had been plac­ ed in the hands of the Chicago Title and Trust Company, receiver. This action had been looked for ever since it became known that the Eastern stockholders had refused to agree to the assessment of 50 per cent which President Spalding had urged. The last bank statement' shows $200,000 capital and undivided profits of §12,600. Individual deposits were listed at $142,000, with §313,000 savings depos­ its. The Globe Savings Bank had no con­ nection with the Globe National Bank. It cleared its checks through the Northwest­ ern National Bank, and the latter gave notice before clearings Monday morning that it would not clear the checks of the Globe Savings Bank. The j^ank had been in financial straits for some time and there had been several recent conferences of stockholders to arrange to relieve the em­ barrassment. One of these meetings de­ cided upon an assessment of 50 per cent on the stock, and the holders of the stock living in Nashua at once protested and be­ gan a contest of the assessment. Col. George F. Payne, a well-known gold miner of California for more than a quarter of a century, who has jugt arrived at Pomona, Cal., frpm Arizona, says that Yuma is wild with excitement because of the two finds of marvelous rich gold ore. At the Pichaco mining district, twenty- five miles north of Yuma, on the Califor­ nia side of the Colorado river, are the Golden Dream and Noonday mines. For several weeks the men at those mines have been getting into rich ore and the owner has been offered as high as $175,000 for his mines. Thursday men in both mines, at almost the same hour, ran into ledges of ore that yield over $6,000 to the ton. Four specimens from these ledges were found to run $2,750 per ton. Twelve care­ lessly selected bits of rock assayed $3,120 to the ton. The ledges in the Pichaco dis­ trict are all very large. One ledge of low- grade ore there is sixty feet wide. No one can tell yet the dimensions of the ledge in which this rich ore has been found, but it is certainly a big one. Be­ sides there is constantly coming into Yuma every day n»ws of rich fields in the Gleason district, twenty miles east of Yuma, near Tacna Station, and surround­ ed by desert. The Supreme „Court»has decided not to hear oral arguments this term in the case of the United States against the Joint Traffic A&sociation, on appeal from the Federal Court of New York. The day set for hearing-is Oct. 18, but other hearings w^re set for the'same day, and the case may not be reached before November. This decision of thoSupreme Court to postpone action untifroext fall will pe a serious disappointment to the railroads. Their wish was that the points involved in the Joint Traffic Association case would be disposed of this spring, so they would know exactly what was before them, and whether or not they would have to appeal to Congress for remedial legislation be­ fore the adjournment of the special ses­ sion. The action of the court is open to the construction thjft, in the opinion of th» Supreme Court, there is no necessity for extraordinary haste on the part of the tri­ bunal to extricate the railroads from the uncertainty for which they themselves are largely responsible. The controversy be-/ twoen the Government and the railroads is not of the Government's seeking, the provoking cause of the litigation being the roadsTOomselves. FOREIGN. SOUTHERN. EASTERN. . Edward G. Doherty, who died of heart 3'isease Saturday at his home in New i, commanded the detachment of cav- ilry that killed John Wilkes .Booth, who jsassinated Abraham Lincoln. Abbey, Schoeffel & Grau, tho operatic lanagers, will not renew their -lease of Metropolitan Opera House at New and, according to reports, may all further operatic enterprises. Rev. Dr. Daniel C. Potter, who was put of the Baptist Tabernacle Church at Mew York City after a fight with the Bap- *Jit City Mission Society which had. J. P. Atkinson, the 17-year-old son of Gov. Atkinson, and Miss Ada Bryan Byrd, aged 14, eloped from Atlanta, Ga. They. took a train for Tennessee, but, fearing detection, they left the train, se­ cured a horse and buggy at Kingston, and left for Rome. The parents of the youth­ ful couple are greatly shocked at the con­ duct of the pair and have offered a reward for their detention, if apprehended before the marriage takes place. The Richardson Building, the largest in Chattanooga, Tenn., and one of the largestin the South, was totally destroy-, ed by fire Saturday morning, and two persons lost their lives. Fire caught from the furnace in the basement and ran up the elevator shaft. The dead: Boyd Ew- ing, S. M. Patton. One hundred offices and four stores were in the building. The total loss amounts to about $400,000, with insurance of about $200,000. A reunion of the survivors of the battle of Shiloh--those who wore the grajf as well as those who were garbed in blue- opened Tuesday at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., on that famous battlefield. This is the thirty-fifth anniversary of the com­ mencement of the battle, and the reunion was under the auspices of the Shiloh Bat­ tlefield Association, composed of ex-sol­ diers, Union and Confederate. A general invitation had been extended to all other soldiers and civilians and a dozen States were represented in the crowd that went out to ihe battlefield. The morning pro­ gram was confined to an informal reun­ ion, the exercises being fixed for the af­ ternoon, with Gen. .1. A. McClernand of Springfield, 111., presiding. Those on the program were Dr. Joseph E. Martin of Jackson, Tenn.," for the opening address on "A United Country;" response by Cap­ tain E. Y. Hedley of Bunker Hill, 111., and Gen. James R. Chalmers and (Jen. McClernand contributing some "liecollec- tipns of Shiloh" from the Standpoint (of the gray and the blue. The special feature of the occasion was the dedication of the Ninth Illinois monument, which marks the spot where 219. men of a battalion o"f 400 fell in one day's fighting, sixty-nine killed and 150 wounded. The jury in the queen's bench division of the high court of justice at London awarded Joseph Penned $250 damages in the sttit. for libel which he brought against the Saturday Review for publishing ari article accusing him of issuing as litho­ graph illustrations prints which were mere transfers and not drawn on stone. • An Havana dispatch of Monday .says: The prevailing belief is that Gen. Rivera will not be shot. An order is said to come from Madrid to spare his life. This.is. not prompted from motives of humanity, but to make "a good impression upon the Unit­ ed States and other nations. Gen. Wey- ler is furious, it is reported, and may cause the order to be. withdrawn, in which case Gen. Rivera would be put to death. A re­ port from the insurgents says that Gen. Rivera received orders from Gen. Gomez to turn over his command to Gen. Roloff, and was about to report to Gen. Gomez for other duty when he was captured. That his capture was brought about by treason is still suspected, but Senor Jorrin is no longer accused. The traitor is thought to have been a petty officer under Gen. Rivera. Havana dispatch: It has just trans­ pired that Rivera was captured in a hos­ pital and not in battle, as the official re­ ports alleged. Rivera had been wounded in a skirmish two days previous to his capture and when seized was receiving treatment in a Cuban hospital. He had with him his staff and 100 men. The at­ tack on the hospital was made by 4,600 Spanish troops under Hernandez Velaseo. Rivera, though wounded, endeavored to cut his way out, but fell, pierced by two more bullets. Acting Captain General Ahumada has received orders frpm Min­ ister of War Azcarraga, at Madrid, not to try Gen. Ruis« Rivera immediately by court martial. The Minister thinks that a summary court martial, followed by the shooting of Rivera and Baccaloa, would have a bad effect in Europe. The Span­ ish general, Velaseo, has been instructed to offer Rivera a pardon on condition that he use his influence to induce Brigs. Du- caisse, Vidal, and Delgado, and other in­ surgent leaders in Pinar del Rio to sur­ render under the amnesty decree. Del­ gado said he would lay down his arms to save Rivera's life on condition that he himsfcU and his immediate followers be paroled. IN GENERAL. Obituary: At Glen Cove, L. I., Col. George Duryea.--At Berkeley, Cal., Sam­ uel P. Williams, of Lima, lnd.--At Wash­ ington Rear Admiral John H. Russell, 70.--At Boston, Darwin E. Ware, 66. Obituary: At New York, Captain Ed­ ward P. Doherty, 56, who cofaamanded the detail which captured J. Wilkes Booth af­ ter the latter had assassinated Lincoln.-- At Montreal, James Guest, 59.--At Jack­ sonville, 111., Jeremiah Piersom--At Eure­ ka Springs, Ark., John S. Tibbs, 60. The publication at Toronto, Out., of a blue-book giving details of the mining concession granted by the provincial gov­ ernment last February to a British syn­ dicate and the further development that this syndicate is in reality a cloak for the famous South African Company, has lit­ erally startled the province, and caused one of the greatest sensations of recent j-ears. Th$ conservatives declaje that the concession is a grab without prece­ dent, and that the government has been absolutely unfaithful to its trust. Ac­ cording to the records the South African Company is given a three years' option to 100 square miles, or 64,000 acres of mining^ territory, from which individual prospectors are to be excluded. Hitherto the extent of a location has been limited to 100 acres. The immense area of land covered in the alleged grab is in the Rainy River district, and is said to be extreme­ ly rich in mineral. The only conditions of the grant are that the explorers shall ex­ pend in actual exploration during the three years not less than $120,000, a de­ posit of $20,000 being required to bind the bargain, and to be returned in the event of the company expending the amount of money stipulated. Heretofore the prede­ cessors of the present government have refused to open this territory. WASHINGTON. Ool. Fred D. Grant has decided to decline President McKinley's offer of the position of First Assistant Secretary of War. The State Department has received no­ tice from the Turkish Government that it finds it inconvenient to raise the grade of its mission in Washington to that of an embassy on account of the increased ex­ pense which would thereby be incurred. This decision of the Turkish Government will prevent the President under the ex- FLOOD VICTIMS AIDED PRESIDENT M'KINLEY'S APPEAL IS HEEDED. fie Aaka Congress to Act at Once In the Matter of Rellef( and in a Very- Brief Time $200,000 Is Appro priated. DRAPER DID THE DEED.% Message from the President. President McKinley appeuled to Con- gross Wednesday for relief for Southern flood sufferers, and Congress was quick to respond. Here is- the text of tfie mes­ sage: _ Information which has recently come to me from the governors of ArkTinsas, Missis­ sippi and Louisiana, and from prominent cit­ izens of these States and Tennessee, war- / rants the conclusion that widespread dis­ tress. involving the destruction of a large amount of property and loss of human life, has resulted from the floods which have been submerging that section of the coun­ try. These are stated, on reliable authority, to be the most destructive floods that have ever devastated the Mississippi Valley, the water being much higher -than the highest stage it has reached before. Prom Marion, Ark., north of Memphis, to Greenville, Miss., a distance- of more- than, -50 miles by river, it is reported there are now at least fifty towns and villages under vyater, and a ter­ ritory extending from ten miles north of Memphis to 200, miles .south, and from five to forty miles wide, is submerged." Hundreds of thousands of acres of cultivated soil, with growing crops,' -*are< included in the sub­ merged territory.. In this section - alone there are from 50,000 to (>0,000 people whose property has been destroyed and whose busi­ ness has been suspended. Growing crops have been ruined, thousands of cattle have been dro,wned, and the inhabitants'of cer­ tain areas threatened with starvation. As. . | Confessss to^ the Murder of Charlee I*. Hastings at Jacksonville* 111. Charles L. Draper has made to his pas­ tor, Rev. Dr. Morey, a complete confes­ sion of the murder of Charles L. Hastings in the abstract office of Judge Ivirby at Jacksonville, 111., March 3ll He said that he had been in the employ of Judge Kirby for some time,- when Hastings 6ame back to the city without means and in despair over losing his property. Draper said he interceded for Hastings with Judge Ivir­ by and secured him a position. They went to work together and from that time the trouble began. Draper claimed, that he had shown Hastings every kindness only .to be rebuffed. He would do a great amoijnt of . work preparing papers and Hastings would label them with 'his name and take the credit of preparing them. . The trouble culminated when Draper pressed Hastings for a reason why lie was so cool and was answered with an oath that he wanted nothing more to do with him. An appeal to Judge Kirby had ho effect and Draper resigned and then be­ gan business for himself. In order to get through with his work he had to have access to the books he had helped to pre­ pare. He had kept a key to the door, and decided to see if the combination on tlie vault door had been changed and found it had not. : He went there 'night' after night to take off the abstracts of titles. He was suspected and was -shad­ owed by a detective for over a month, but he held off until the detective went off dpty and a day or two after made his last visit to the office, Hastings unex­ pectedly entered and Draper says . at-' WORK OF CONGRESS. THE WEEK'S DOINGS IN SENATE AND HOUSE. A. Comprehensive Digest of the Pro- ceedings in the legislative Cham­ bers at Washington--Matters that Concern the People. BATTLESHIP IOWA IS THE QUEEN OF AME'RiCAN WAR VESSELS. The battleship Iowa is the queen of the American navy. By her grand .work Wednesday in her speed trial she proved herself to be the superior of the Indi­ ana or Massachusetts. Incidentally she earned ,a premium of $200,000 for her builders; William Cramp & Sons, of Philadelphia, by making an average of sev­ enteen knots an hour over the regular Governro/>nt course off the Massachusetts coast in the four hours' trial required by the Government under the contract. The Iowa just did it, and that was all. In fact, so narrow was the margin that all the reckoners had to carry out their figures to the fourth decimal point in order to make the speed for the whole course average seventeen knots an hour. a great majority of the sufferers are small farmers, they have been left entirely desti­ tute and will be unprepared for work even after the floods have subsided. The entire Mississippi Valley in Arkansas is flooded and communication with many points cut off. In Mississippi a like condi­ tion exists. The levees in Louisiana, with a single exception, have held, but the water is rising and the situation there is reported as being extremely critical. Under such circumstances the citizens of these States look for the co-operation and support of the national government in re­ lieving the pressing cases of destitution for food, clothing and shelter, which are be­ yond the reach of local efforts. The authori­ ties who have communicated with the Ex­ ecutive recognize that their first and most energetic duty is to provide, so far as possi­ ble, the means of caring for their own citi­ zens, but nearly all of them agree in t' ,e ouiuion that after their resources have been exhausted a sum aggregating at least $150,- 000, and possibly $200,OiX), will be required for immediate use. Precedents are not wanting that in such emergencies as this Congress has taken prompt, generous and intelligent action, in­ volving the expenditure of considerable sums of money, with satisfactory results. In 1S74 $500,000 was appropriated, and in 1882 $350,000 was also appropriated for re­ lief in tho same direction, besides large sums in other years. The citizens' relief committee of Mem­ phis, which has taken prompt action, has already cared for from 0,000 to 7,000 refu­ gees from the flooded districts, and they are still arriving in that city In large numbers daily. Supplies and provisions have been sent to the various points in Arkansas and Mississippi by this committee, but the most that can be done by these efforts is to part­ ly relieve the most acute cases of suffering. No action has yet been taken for the great majority of the inhabitants living in the in- tacked him, and during the struggle which followed he drew a knife and inflicted the fatal stabs. Draper says he has re­ tained Gov. Johnson of St. Louis, and he, with Col. Pat Dyer, will make a stubborn fight, for the man's life. STORY OF THE WATERS. IOiOOO fquare Miles Flooded, and 200 Lives Lost. Ten thousand square miles of flooded farm lands, 200 lives lost, and $100,000,- 000 worth of property destroyed. This is the record of the huge yellow monster that coils its length like the slow spread­ ing tentacle of an octopus from the Brit­ ish line to the Mexican gulf. It is the record of the insatiate Mississippi. Seven States are wailing and wallowing and floundering in the muddy torrent, and thousands of people have gone sailing over their farms and into the flooded for­ ests on logs, on rafts, on the roofs of their houses. On the small knolls that yet rise above the deluged lands in Arkansas, Mississippi, and Louisiana, little groups of half-starved men are gathered with their families and„farm animals, waiting for the rescue that comes so slowly. And still the tide rises and swells and widens and sings its long song of death and disaster through the broken levees, and still the six-foot snows of Minne­ sota and the Dalcotas melt and pour their BREAK IN THE LEVEE BELOW MEMPHIS. MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 68c to 69c; corn, No. 2, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 32c to 33c; butter, choice creamery, 19c to 21c; eggs, fresh, 8c to 9c; potatoes, per bushel, 20c to 30c; broom corn, common growth to choice green hurl, $20 to $80 per ton. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; . wheat, No. 2, 82c to 84c; corn, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 23c. , : St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 91c to 93c; corn, No. 2 yel­ low, 21c to 22c; Oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 19c; rye, No. 2, 30c to 32c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $5.25; wheat, No.- 2, 88c to 89c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 24c to 26c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 36c to 38c. Detroit-Seattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $2.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to 86c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c; rye, 33c to 35c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 88c to 89c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 23c to 25c;'oats, No. 2 white, 15c to 17c; rye, No. 2, 35c to 36c; clover seed, $4.90 to $5.00. Milwaukee-rW'heat, No. 2 spring, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 3, 22c to 24c; oats, No. 2 white, 19c to 21c; barley, No: 2, 28c to 32c; rye, No. 2, ,34c to 36c; pork, mess, $8.00, to $8-50. Buffalo-rCattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25'; wheat, No. 2 red, 85c to 86c; corn, No. 2 yello<v, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 22c to 24c. .. M New York--patffle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 82c; corn, No. 2, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22ca butter, creamery, 15c to 23c; eggs, West­ ern. 9c to 11c. . ' . , ' v > : • " " v terior, whose condition has already been described. Under these conditions, and having fully exerted themselves to the fullest extent, the local authorities have reluctantly confessed their Inability to further cope with this dis­ tressing situation unaided by relief from the Government. ^ . It has, therefore, seemed to me that, the representatives of the people should be promptly informed of the nature and extent of the suffering and needs of these stricken people, and I have communicated these facts in the hope and belief that the legisla­ tive branch of the Government will prompt­ ly re-enforce the work of the local authori­ ties in the States named. WI I.LI AM M'KINI.EY. A resolution was at once passed by the House appropriating $200,000 for the suf­ ferers and, the Senate giving it speedy sanction, the resolution was carried to the White House, where the President gladly signed it. Sufferers from floods along the Red River of the North are included in the resolution. Secretary Alger acted with promptness for distribution of relief for flood'sufferers. Six army officers were sent to Memphis, and, dividing the Mis­ sissippi into six sections, will ascertain tlie needs of the people. Another detail of "officers will follow, distributing ra­ tions in accordance with the reports of these officers^ acting in harmony with the local relief committees. Memphis will be headquarters for the purchase of sup­ plies and distribution. The six districts into which the Mississippi will be 'divided for purposes of investigation and distri­ bution "are as followsi*-From Memphis down to Helena; from Helena down to Greenville; from Greenville down to Vicksburg; from Vicksburg to New Or- leansTfrom Memphis to Cairo; from Cairo up. • .0 » -l-* News of Minor Note. Madrid is gaily decorated with flags in honor of the victories of the Spanish troops in thejPhilippine islands. William G. Fisher, a millionaire dry goods merchant of Denver, Colo., died at New York. He was 53 years old . IIjIHiry StruiVe and two sons were drowned on Gus Bull's farm, six miles south of Frankfort, S. D. This makes six deaths from' drowning within two »«eks. • • . vast volume into the already unprecedent­ ed current. Levees from St. Louis to Vicksburg are broken and destroyed.. Cre­ vasses are everywhere. Twenty thousand men have fought night and day, ijnd are still fighting the roaring waters. Iff the backwoods and isolated lowlands of Ar­ kansas and Mississippi thousands of poor settlors have been deluged and are cut off from communication or rescue. Thou­ sands of farm animals have been drown­ ed. Culverts and bridges have been wash­ ed away and railroad traffic impeded. Re­ lief is slow and inadequate, and the end is liot yet. Embassador Hay was graduated at Brown University, and was of the class of '58. , ; J. R. Allen is^iow postmaster of Fair- haven, Vt., receiving t he first postmaster's commission signed by President McKiii- ley. Frederick Sounders; of the Astor. Li­ brary, is the oldest living librarian. He was assisted to his place by Washington Irving. , Ex-Postmaster General Wilson is to be inaugurated president of Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Va., on Tues­ day, Sept. 14. The King of Siam is to visit Queen Vic­ toria next summer in his 2500-ton steam yacht Maha Chakri, which was built for him in Scotland. John Tweed of Chelsea and once, of Glasgow, lias been commissioned to exe­ cute tlie smtue of Cecil Rhodes, which is to be erected at BuluvFayo The President since his inauguration presented to John Garber, an old soldier comrade now residing in Brazil, lnd., a camp stool which he used during the war of tie rebellion. Lawmakers at Labor; Most of the members of, the House liavt gone to their homes and some of- them do not expect to return until the Senate has passed the tariff bin. At present Speaker Reed is determined to enforce the pro­ gram of having the House meet every three days and immediately adjourn with­ out attempting to transact any business. It is not certain, however, that the policy of nonaction can be adhered to. Great pressure is being brought to bear upon the Speaker and his lieutenants in the House to prevent consideration of other business. Until the tariff bill is reported the Senate will occupy its time in discuss­ ing the arbitration treaty. The Senate Monday by unanimous vote adopted a resolution reciting the reports that Gen. Ruis Rivera, the Cuban com­ mander, is about to be tried by drumhead court martial and shot, and expressing the judgment Of the Senate that if these reports are true the President of the Uni­ ted States should protest to th^ Spanish Government against such a violation of the rules of civilized warfare. This res­ olution was not sent to the House of Representatives, but beeamo effective as a measui-e .of advice to the President by its adoption; After the disposal of the Cuban question the day was given to speeches, Mr. Elkins speaking for two hours on the development of the Ameri­ can merchant marine and Mr. Lindsay advocating the passage of the Torrey bankruptcy bill. A joint resolution was agreed to directing the Surgeon General °f.the Marine Hospital service to aid the Mississippi River flood sufferers by the distribution of tents, blankets, food and medicine under the epidemic fund -of 1893, and to purchase further" supplies under the present ^epidemic fund for distribu­ tion. The Senate Tuesday was occupied by discussion of Cuban affairs and the bank­ ruptcy bill. The President sent to the Senate the following nominations: Treas­ ury Alonzo ,T. Tyler of Tennessee, to be collector of internal revenue for the sec­ ond district of Tennessee; Park Agnew of Virginia, to be collector of internal rev­ enue for the sixth district of Virginia. Navy--Tlieodorp Roosevelt of New York, to be assistant secretary of the navy; Captain A. S. Crowninshield, United, States navy, to be chief of the bureau of navagation in the department of tlie navy; Rev. William G. Cassard of Maryland, to be chaplain in the navy. Postmaster-- William Barrett Ridgely at Springfield, The House acted promptly Wednesday on the President's message and adopted a joint resolution authorizing the Sec­ retary of War to expend $200,000 for the relief of the flood sufferers of the Mis­ sissippi Valley. Adjournment was taken untils Saturday. Cuba and the flood suf­ ferers divided attention in the Senate. The reading of the President's message urging Congressional relief for the devas­ tated regions of the Mississippi River was followed by the passage of a joint resolu­ tion offered by Senator Jones of Arkansas, appropriating $150,000, to be immediately available for the flood sufferers. It was passed by the unanimous vote of the Sen­ ate. The plans were changed, however, when the House resolution appropriating $200,000 for the Mississippi River and Red River of the - North was received. This was accepted in lieu of the former resolution and was passed unanimously. Mr. Morgan of Alabama resumed his speech in support of the resolution on de­ claring that a state of war exists in Cuba. The Senate Thursday heard Mr. Mor­ gan of Alabama for the third successive day on his resolution declaring that a state of war exists in Cuba. Mr. Nelson of Minnesota spoke for two hours 011 the bankruptcy bill, opposing the pending Tor­ rey bill. Mr. Chandler offered a resolu­ tion, which was agreed to, as follows; "Resolved, That the Committee ou Inter­ state Commerce be directed to investigate the payments made of agreed to be made by the interstate commerce commission for attorneys' fees, and also to inquire whether in any cases the attorneys of the commission have also been employed by railroad companies in similar cases, and further whether any additional authority from Congress is required for the em­ ployment of counsel in any pending pro­ ceedings which have been instituted by or on motion of the' commission." The House gave no evidence of life. A LUCKY YOUNG MAN. Charles U. Gordon» Chicaco's New Postmaster. The resignation of Washington Hesing, postmaster of Chicago, made a vacancy which President McKinley lost little time in filling. A young man got the plum. His name is Charles U. Gordon, and he is not yet 32 years of age. Since his 19th year he has been engaged in real estate business and has made money fast. He has been president of the Marquette Club, a social-pofilical organization with a great influence in Republican affairs. In last fall's campaign he was a leader for Mc­ Kinley. • Sparks from the Wires. Richard Dudley of Erie, Pa., and Cin­ cinnati, died in London. Marshall Russell, Maria Snoden and Maggie Short were di'owned at Allens- ville, K$„ while out boat riding 011 a pond. Isaiah Frankel, the Jewish banker and merchant, died at Oskaloosa, la., iy^ed 65. He had la^e business interests Tn Des Moines.* Five hundred employes of clothing mini- nfii<>tnrers in St. Louis struck and -the latter have a fight on their hands that may prove serious. Hugh Miller, the firebug who was con­ victed of arson twenty-four hours after his arrest at New York, was sentenced to twenty years' imprisonment. An alien labor bill, modeled on the ex­ isting law in the United States, and a bill to amend the immigration laws have been introduced in the Canadian parlia­ ment CHARLES U. GORDON. It may be that the Mississippi Riveis tyas merely rising to call attention to its desire for an increased appropriation.-- Washington Post.. If there is a blowhole anywhere in that Supreme Court decision the railway attor­ neys can be depended upon to find it.-- Kans.13 City Journal. If the arbitation treaty ever emerges from the American Senate, it bids fair to look more like a product of war than of peace.--Montreal Star. There are some Congressmen who do not seem so large when they reach Wash­ ington as they do before they leave home. --Baltimore American. The Crown Prince of Corea has got himself kidnaped. It is to be hoped thia J3 no indication that he intends to go on ';he;stage.--New York Press. It is said that the people of the United States smoke 115,000 tons of tobaccb" ev­ ery year. Nobody has attempted to weigh the cigarettes.--Cleveland Leader. Too many bills are introduced into legis­ lative bodies, but there is always tlie con­ soling reflection that most of the bills in*, troduced will never be passed.--Chicago Record." - . " ' . .. • \ Canton doesn't exhibit good business judgment in offering $5,000 bonus for a boiler factory. It could get" a season of Wagneriah opera for less.--Chicago Times- Herald. Now the bacillus which causes baldness has been located by a French savant, Dr. Saboufand, and vaccination for loss of hair may be next in order.--Springfield^ Republican. If reciprocity is good for anything it ought to be able to score a hit by giving Jamaica bromo-seltzer and watermelons in return for rum and ginger.--Chicago " Times-Herald. The Etory of Senator ,Quay and the Florida panther ought to warn all such' animals of-the danger attending transac­ tions with Pennsylvania politicians.--New York Journal. There are three classes of people who cannot keep from an anxious country what they eat for breakfast--murderers,- pugilists and Presidential candidates.--In­ dianapolis Journal. " A New-Yorker has been offered the post of dentist to the Emperor of Germany. He ought to accept and compel William to cease showing his teeth at every fresh war scare.--Chicago Tribune. The Court of Appeals finds that rapid transit in New York is constitutional, But it will require a full bench of the" Supreme Court of the United States to find any rapid transit in -New York.--New York Advertiser. The Dominion Government has deter­ mined to bridge the St. Lawrence at a cost of $3,000,000. Canada proposes to become part of this country whether her politicians like it or not.--New York Com­ mercial-Advertiser. When President Krueger, of the South African republic, doesn't like "$n editorial in his morning paper, 'he suppresses the journal's publication. There are officials in the United States who must -envy Krueger his power.--Scranton Tribune. In the Glad Sprint! Time, How the wheelmen responded to the sun's invitation!--Cleveland Plain-Dealer. The first baseball .game of the season seems to have got in ahead of the pio­ neer robin.--Boston Herald. Windy March has finished its task of blowing up the earth's pneumatic tires for the bicycling season.--Chicago Record. Fishing is very good in Florida,plenty of fish in the river, blackberries are getting ripe and nobbdy need starve.--Florida Times-Union. Great weather this! But the skies are not half as blue as the poets who can't find a market for their spring songs.--At­ lanta Constitution. Will somebody please organize a society for the prevention of spring poets V Or else persuade the Humane Society to in­ clude this branch within its scope?--Chi­ cago Journal. No matter what the almanac says, the small boy will not admit that spring haa arrived until he can carry home in a tin can a live snake of the vintage of 1897.-- Cincinnati Tribune. Spring is evidently on the way. The temperature mounted to 80 degrees in Kansas one day last week, and was at 82 degrees in several parts of Texas. Tho warm wave is said to be strolling east­ ward.--Boston Globe. Office and Office-Seekers. The office-seeker's motto: The man who stands back is lost.--St. Louis Star. The first Indianian to refuse an office has come to the front. It is thought he wanted a better one.--St. Louis Chron­ icle. Maj. McKinley is confronted by the old problem of how to put a million pegs, more or less, into a few thousand holes.-- Chicago Dispatch. There never were and there never will be enough offices to go around until every citizen has an option oh a public place.-- Indianapolis Journal. One of the Chicago applicants for office has his indorsements bound in sealskin. Yet it is not believed lie will land on vel­ vet.--Washington Post. The offices are being filled gradually, and, what is more important, they are most of them going to men of high char­ acter and of excellent ability. Boston Journal. Some politicians do not seem to care who makes the songs of their country, or its laws, either, so long as they get their share in the disbursement of thp patron--- age --Cliicago Record; It would be intA-esting to note how many office-seekers would suddenly be called home from Washington if we should get into difficulty with any for­ eign nation.--Commercial Advertiser. Foreierri Affairs. King George must be holding a lemon in front of the performers of that Euro­ pean concert.--Cincinnati Tribune. On sentimental grounds the Cretan seems to deserve about as much sympathy and respect as any other semi-savage.-- New York Advertiser. Another attempt to federate Australasia is being made. Unless "the old jealousies and differences have disappeared, the at­ tempt is doomed to failure.--Buffalo Ex­ p r e s s . „ . * • • ; . . . The new treaty of alliance between the Transvaal Republic and the Orange Free State shows that Oom Paul is_still keep ing his. weather eye open--Ppovidenco,-- Journal. - » Emperor William says his grandfather was "modest and unpretentious." But, then, probably Warlike Willie thinks he is modest and unpretentious himself.--'. New York Press. ' Salisbury is suffering from an attack of the influenza, ^ut if he doesn't have an attack1 of Russia arid. Germany one„,of these days he will be getting off lucE^-* £u><>inuati Tribune. i ' * ' -