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iWl i. Ittll M FubtMttr. ILLINOIS. THE NEWS, £• lttill̂ snM Qatiiuvd Zn by •f Wiira from Eroy Quarter of tlt« Nation. a Hew Bfewi Sandwiches from Xft&ds BeypOd the Bro||; , Oeetn. JLATEST DISPATCHIS. netmM 1» eeaapiag- iadictsMat. B«- I TOTK _ eordar Smyth refoaee to aubaait to the! Grand Jury in $t#w York the oomplaint of the Kaaaae Pacific bondholdara. n<ta|foc THE NATIONAL GAMS. FUN IN WE8T. A-li NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS, j ̂UP IN r/t OUR MERCHANT MARINE. A Knim Allowing an American Register to r ' Foreign-Built Vessels. THE House Committee on Merchant "Marine and Fisheries, by a vote of 5 to 4, ; &aa authorized an adverse report on the . JCnmminga bill, providing for the payment < Of a bounty of 30 cento per registered mile for each 1,000 miles sailed, to all vessels trailt and owned wholly in the United States, engaged in the foreign trade. tThe committee euthorized a favorable re­ port for the Dann bill, making it lawful lor citizens of the United States to buy ves- •els built in whole or in part in any for- - #ign.country, import them free of duty or \^>ther charges, and have them registered *8 vessels of the United States, and to be entitled to all the rights and subject only »o the same regulations as vessels built j Wholly within the United States, it pro- | Tides, further, that all or any part of the i Ibaterials necessary for the construction I Bad equipment of vessels to be built and "Jftraiahed in the United States after Jan. 1, ; 16811, may be imported in bond, and upon j proof that such materials have been used lor such purposes, no duties shall be ool- Jeoted or paid tfaereoa. , ROBBED A BANK. Make a Hani in the First National of 8t Johnsvllle. N. Y. THE First National Bank of St. Johns- tfile, N. Y., was rotbed early Saturday iKoniing. Entrance was effected through ft back window into the building. The burglars then removed enough of the brickwork of the vault to allow a person to crawl through. Then they blew off the Holt and safe doors with a powerful ex- plosive. Some $10,000 in cash. $S20 in unsigned bills, and a quantity of jewelry toft at th« blink for safe-keeping wen taken. i Mr. Conkllngt Condition. A Nlsw YORK special of Saturday morn­ ing says if "Bos coe Conkling's struggle' w'itii still goes on, with the chances all \ the sufferer. Symptoms indicating the nerve centers had been attacked > observed yesterday afternoon, and the A REPORT tomes from Toledo that "an Intimate personal friend of President Cleveland has received intelligence that Chief Justice Walte's successor will be t Judge Trunkey, now of the Supreme Bench of Pennsylvania. His nomination for the position has been urged by Congressman Scott, Cleveland's fecognieed lieutenant in the Keystone Stale." It is reported at London, says a cattle dispatch, that Minis­ ter Phelps will return to England in June, but only to present totters of recall, as he da to be appointed Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court. THE gun clubs of Marion, Ohio, have begun the shooting of sparrows in die city for a premium of 10 cents a dozen. AT Greenville, Ohio, J. S. Simon, de­ faulting ex-Treasurer ofy)arke County, was sentenced to six years in the penitentiary and to pay a fine of $48,0(10, double the amount embezzled. A FIRE started from natural gas de­ stroyed the William Anson Wood Mower and Reaper Works at Youngstown, Ohio, at a loss of $250,000. Five hundred men were employed at the works. AT Ozark, Mo., the jury in the case of David Walker, the chief of the Bald- Knobbers, returned a verdict of murder fa the first degree. ' James Matthews, William Stanley, Amos Jones, and C. C. Simmons, were then sen­ tenced by the court, three of them having pleaded guilty of murder in the second degree. Stanley and Jones got twenty-five years in the penitentiary, Simmons • fifteen jreaxs, and Matthews was released on $1,000 A DETROIT dispatch says that "detectives have been investigating the matrimonial record of W. J. Brown, who is alleged to hare distanced all previons records in this line. It is said that not less than twenty victims of Brown's matrimonial ventures have been discovered, among them one at Pontiac, one at Kalamazoo, one at Grand Rapids, and one at Niagara Falls. He has also been married twice in this county since Dec. 20." REPORTS from 990 correspondents to 719 Michigan townships, up to April 1, agree in pronouncing the tops of winter wheat killed. INDIANAPOLIS Presbyterians have elect­ ed Gen. Ben Harrison Commissioner to the General Assembly of th meet in Philadelphia May 17. LAB01L CARNEGIE has telegraphed to Braddeek, Pa., asking that no more com­ mittee* from the Striking employes of the Edgar Thompson Steel Works be sent to ! him. SUITS have been brought in New York against President Harris of the Cigar- Makers Union for the reinstatement of 21!i men recently suspended for refusing to pay1; assessments. IK a letter to a Philadelphia labor jour, nal Mr. Powderly says he does not approve of the Knights of Labor taking the places of Brotherhood strikers on the Burlington Road. He says: "I am willing to enter into a compact with the Brotherhoods Of Locomotive Engineers and Firemen to look after and guard the interests of labor for the future. In another letter he refers to his recent "special call" for an assessment of fifteen cents on each member to raise a fund for the purpose of hiring lecturers for the in­ struction of members of the order. He says the intention is to give the plan a trial, so that the next general assembly may have a basis to work on in deciding whether or not to continue it. , "CHICAGO is likely to run out of beer, for all the brewers are on a strike,*says a dispatch from that city. "The strike, which has been expected for some time in conse­ quence of the circular of the brew­ ers, published two weeks ago, took place at 4 o'clock yesterday morn­ ing. The brewers and maltsters in all the breweries of Chicago and vicinity with the exception of two left their work in obedience to the order of the union. The ultimatum of the bosses to the brew­ ers was made known on Tuesday, and was to the effect that the union would not be recognized, but that the men would be treated with as individuals." Woar Approach of the Cham- ploHabip Season of * «• 188& - Scenes in the Halls of Qfmgross During the Long Dead- Lock. FOREIGN. WASHINGTON: THE House Committee on Pacific Bail- roads has agreed upon a bill forfeiting all lands oprosite railroad lines not completed within the time specified by law. THE Supreme Court of the United States has rendered a decision in the case of William L. Powell, plaintiff in error, vs. The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, af­ firming the constitutionality of the statute of that State making it unlawful to manu­ facture butter or cheese, or any article de­ signed to take the place of those articles, from any compound other than unadulter­ ated milk or cream. Justices H«4»b and Field dissented. SENATOR HALE has received at Wash­ ington a letter from his brother, saying that he had left the Blaine family at Sor­ rento, and that Mr. Blaine was looking finely and was in the best of spirits. THE President has appointed Frederick R. Coudert of New York, Franklin Mac- Veagh of Illinois, Alexander C. Haskell of South Carolina, M. A. Hanna of Ohio, and James A. Savage of Nebraska, as Gov­ ernment Directors of the Union Pacific Railway Company. The President has appointed Thomas T. Tunstall of Mobile for United States Consul at San Salvador. WASHINGTON telegram: "Dr. G. W. Pope, of this city, who was Mr. Blaine's physician when he was in Washington, said to-night that Mr. Blaine was a man of splendid constitution when he left here, and perfectly free from any constitutional hanged at Willisville, Texas, for the mur- i tHe «ai<* *hat *h« onfc disease „ . I that ever troubled Mr. Blaine was an oc- general feeling outside the house was that Mr. Conkling's condition was more pre­ carious than the bulletins seemed to indi­ cate." A Great Temperance Temple. V CHICAGO is to have a grand temperance iample, if the ladies ol the Woman's Chris­ tian Temperance Union succeed in raising AM money necessary to carry the project to ft sucoessful completion. The plan con­ templates a building twelve stories high, containing a great hall and a big tower, costing $800,000. Of this, $250,000 has already been subscribed in Chicago, and Mrs. Oarse and Miss Willard are going to try to raise the balance in the Eastern . ____ Bisaarek and the Three Victorias. . A CABLE dispatch affirms that Prince Bismarck has not won bis fight with the three Victorias, and that tbere is a growing f that Prince Hohenlohe, the Gov- ' of Alsace-Lorraine, has been offered post of Chancellor in succession to If this be so, then it is evident there must be a serious difference between the Prince and the Emperor, as well as be­ tween the Prince and the three Victorias. • Three Murderers Hanged. A RORO named Chillers Banks was ia- der of a colored woman; Nels Olson Ho- long was executed at Fergus Falls, Minn., for the murder of Miss Lily Field, and *Happy Bob" Van Brunt was hanged at WarsaWj N. Y., for tfee murder q{ Williacj j Floods in the Northwest. ' Bios waters in the Upper Mississippi, the Red River of the North, and many ether rivers and creeks in Minnesota, Wis- eonsin, and Dakota, have been productive «f disastrous floods. Minor Telegrams. : BY the wreck of a construction train sixty miles west of Birmingham, Ala., four men Were killed, one fatally hurt, and oth­ ers seriously injured. THE bill for cloajng saloons on Sundays tfnd taking from municipal authorities the lower to permit saloons to be open on the .«Sabbath has passed the Ohio Legislature. Two MEN supposed to have taken part |n the recent train-rebbeiy on the St. Louis, Arkansas and Texas Railroad have been arrested in Arkansas. The men showed nght, and the detectives feel certain they the right parties. A Day's Work in the House. WBEN the HOUBO of Representatives met on the 13th in it the clerk proceeded to read the Journal of the legislative day of Wednesday, April 4. The jonrnal consisted of ninety man- j wicript pages, exclusive of seventy-one roll. I faus. ibe reading consumed one hour. A I targe number.of exclusive documents which ' aafl accumulated during the dead-lock were re, ™nate amendments were concurred in ' JO «e bill authorizing the construction ot a tortdge across the Tennessee River at Chatt&noo. *• i®n5- T?® postofflee appropriation bill wai ; referred to the committee of th# Whole. The conference report on the bill to ratify an agreement with the Grog Ventres. . Fiegan, Blood, Blackfeet, and River Creek Indians was agreed to, and so was the eon- 1 - i*renc® report on the bill dividing th© great fsiouK Reservation into smaller separate reserv­ ations. The remainder of the day was scent in committee of the whole in the discussion ot (a bill for the payn>entof a claim for S700 for the ; occupation of certain property in Memphis bv . ^lilted btateB troops in IB64. 1W Setciifle, Pa., John A. Logan, who was arrested for shooting a riotous Italian at the Carbon Limestone Quarry, was re- from custody. The magistrate neld that as Mr. Lopan acted under the twerurs orders he could not be held for1 the^hoottng. The Italian was not badly Aw Augusta (Me.) dispatch says the family physician of Blaine gives the fol­ lowing statement to the public: "l ^*1® boe" the family; i^y.ieun 0, Jarn,( years, casional attack of dyspepsia and rheumatic gout. The rumors that Mr. Blaine had, kidney disease and diabetes were un­ founded." POLITICS. ~V -I THE crisis in Germany seems to be set­ tling down again, and although there may be a temporary postponement of the royal love match, the four w&nen will evidently have their way. Bismarck has apparently obtained all that he desired, having placed himself on record as opposed to any matri­ monial plotting, dynastic entanglements, or disturbance of the peace policy. He is clear on that score so far as Russia is con­ cerned, and there is now no danger of his resignation. A Berlin dispatch says the betrothal of Victoria and Alexander has been postponed, but that circumstances may arise under which Bismarck will con­ sent to the marriage. THE Thomastown (County Kilkenny) Sessions has confirmed the sentence of three months' imprisonment imposed upon Mr. Patrick O'Brien, member of Parlia­ ment, on account of a speech delivered at Goresbridge on Jan. 8. Mr. O'Brien will be treated as a first-class misdemeanant. THE London Times' St. Petersburg cor­ respondent telegraphs that Russia is ener­ getically increasing her forces. A re-, cent imperial order adds four battalions of Cossacks to the army. At Craoow a person attempted to throw a peti­ tion into the Czar and Czarina's car­ riage when opposite the Kazan Cathedral. The man was arrested, and when searched a six-chamber revolver was found in his possession. It is reported from Vienna that all the doctors recently engaged at Warsaw for service in the medical corps in the event of war have been notified that their services will not be needed. The Czar has ordered that work be stopped on the fortifications at Libau. IT IB reported that the Archbishop of Paris and the Bishop of Ravenna will be made cardinals at the next consistory at Rome. MB. CHAMBERLAIN has sent to the Lon­ don Times the testimony of an assistant land commissioner to the effect that the loan system is very prevalent among small farmers in Ireland. THE Berlin Post says that all fear of Prince Bismarck's resigning has disap­ peared, and that the idea of the betrothal of Princess Victoria to Prince Alexander of Battenberg has been abandoned. THE possibility of Boulanger's ultimate election to the Presidency is now seriously discussed by the French newspapers. It is pretty generally agreed that he is the coming man, all because of President Car- not's stupid blunder in making a martvr o f h i m . • % * The League Colts Showing lip WeM--Flint's Battered " Fingere. ' r- u •**.; * ' J: The time in which the bellB will sound for inaugnral games upon every ball park in the country is not now far distant. Ere another fortnight has passed the teams of all our crack professional leagues and as­ sociations will have entered upon their pennant races, while commercial leagues, country leagues, and city leagues will be striving hard for the honor of victory in their respective organisations. Never be­ fore has public interest in the national game of the Americans been so wide­ spread, and, judging from the make­ up of the great teams in the League, American Association, and Western Asso- c ation, the struggles of 1888 will be of a character well calculated to lay a founda­ tion for increased interest one year later. The manner in which the young blood of the big league teams has shown up in praclioe this spring is certainly most en­ couraging. Crane, Slattery, Foster, Hat­ field, and Cleveland, of the New Yorks, have more than surpassed the expectations of their club managers. Hoy and Gardi­ ner, of Washington, have proven good ones, while Auson writes in the very high­ est terms of Clark, Farrell, Krock, Duffy, Hoover, and the balance of the colte now with him upon the Western and Southern trip. Baldwin and Van Haltren are show- ing up splendidly, their improvement over last year's work being very noticeable. 5 1 " " , W f - . - ? Loses His SlMi, Ex-dor. Long Finds His Legs Tied* anl m; • for more known hiin intimately and thor- «m«hlr. have examined him carefully m«2fy IttniM, and never found the least trace «tf JOT organic disease. When he left Augusta last JWM for Europe he was in perfect health, in SplendidIphviical condition and weighed 167 go™**- , ."Mr. Blaine was in the conditio, aeseribed by Dr. Haywood I should have been infosfM* Instantly by himself or family Let- Mrs noently received from the family pro. •eanoe htm In the same good physical condition as when he left home." MWB FLORENCE LOUISE THAVEB, daughter of Gen. L. W. Thayer, of War- •aw, N. Y., has been appointed a Notary Tnfclie by GOT. Hill. JAMBS G. BZ«AIKS, JR., has been sued fcj Haw York brokers for $249 claimed to Is dofe for services isl oertain stock transae- JAX 6OVU> Ex-Gov. EUSSELL A. ALGBFE, of Mich­ igan, was in New York last week and was asked point-blank if he was a candidate for the Presidency. "Tea, I am a candidate," he replied. *1 do not see any necessity for trying to suppress that fact. I believe that if a man desires any­ thing, be should come out and say so. I do not propose to handicap my friends by an unde­ cided course. My friends know that I am a candidate, and I am willing to announce that lapt so no misunderstanding can follow. While Mr. Blaine was in the race Michigan was for him. After Mr Blaine's letter of declination I never thought until some weeks afterward that I would become a candi­ date. Feb. 13 last I was making preparations to leave Detroit for a trip to California on ac­ count of my wife's health. Some friends called up through the telephone and said a movement was on foot in the citv to start a number of Alger clubs, and anfced me what 1 thought of ifc I replied that I did not gee any necessity for such a movement. He called back that they intended to start the elubs anyway and shot oil telephonic communication. The next day I started for California. After I had been absent some weeks I began to receive papers from Michigan and from tbem I saw that the drift of the lte- publican sentiment in the State was favorable tome. From a few Alger clubs there are now anywhere from fifty to 150 in the State, i will go to the convention with the Michigan dele­ gates for me, not as a comDliuieutary affair,' bat to remain for me throughout. THE Bepnblican State Convention of Arkansas met at Little Bock and elected Gen. Powell Clayton, Col. Logan H. Roots* John A. Williams, and Elias Rector (col­ ored) Deiegales-at-Large to the Chicago Convention, with J. E. Page (colored), David Ferguson (colored), H. F. McDon-i aid, and O. M. Norman alternates. The resolutions commend Blaine's criticism on President Cleveland's tariff message, an<| denounce the Democratic administration in Arkansas, charging general corruption and ballot-box stuffing. The delegates go pninstructed. THE charter election in the city of A1T bany, N. Y., resulted in a sweeping Demo- ciatie victory. Edward A. Maher for Mayor and the entire Democratic city ticket were elected by majorities ranging from 2,500 to 3,200, one of the largest ever given. IK tke municipal election in Jersey City Mayor Orestes Cleveland (Dem.) was re elected over Alderman Hanser (Bep.) by 6,000 majority. This is Mr. Cleveland's fifth term. THE Michigan Greenback State conven­ tion will be held at Lansing the 8th of May. REPUBLICANS of the Nineteenth Con gressional District of Ohio renominated Ezra B. Taylor for Congress, and instruct­ ed its delegates to support John Sherman for the Presidential nomination. CHARLESTON (S. C,) dispatch! "The Charleston World, which haa been the chief supporter in the South of GOT. Hill's candidacy for the first place on the Demo­ cratic ticket, announces that its candidate has so chance and gives in its adhesion to Mr. Cleveland. The World says that Cleveland is the only man possible, and it hopes that the platform will not offend either the free-trade or the protection wing of the party." A RESOLUTION providing for the sub­ mission u> the people of a prohibiten l •"eadment haa been adopted by the New GENERAI* AN alleged Tascott has been arrested at Helena, M. T. CROP reports from important points in the Southern Illinois winter wheat areas show that the crop iB showing up poorly even after a week of good weather. The oats in warehouses are being largely re­ duced. Texas reports considerable cotton yet in the country. Indications now are for dry weather, while rain is needed. ' ,A MOVEMENT is on foot at New York to send to France a statue of George Wash­ ington as a present from the women of America. A VACANCY in the Federal Judiciary is about to be created by the resignation of Judge Dyer of the United States District Court in Wisconsin. He has accepted the appointment of general counsel to the Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Com­ pany, at a salary of £<5,000 per year. MARKET, REPORTS. _ CHICAGO, CATTLE--Choice to Prime Steers Good Comiupn to Fair Shipping grades HOG* SHEEP WHEAT--No. 9 Hed..... COBS--No. a OATS--No. 2 BARLEY--No. 2 V.'.W. BCTTEB--Choice Creamery......' Fine Dairy '. CHEME--Full Cream, flat....... Koos--Fresh POTATOES--Choice, per bu PORK--Hess MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--Cash CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. 2 White.... RY*-NO. 1 BAKLBT--No. S ;... PORK--Mess. TOLEDO. WBKAT--Cash CORK-Cash OAT4--No. 3 White.... CLOVER SEED ST. IAJUlfc. WHEAT--No. 3 Bed..... CORN--Mixed OATS--Cash * RYE BARLEY Pou--Mess NEW YORK. CATTUT Hoos SHEEP 5.00 4.25 8.2> fi.00 £.00 .82 .52 .30 .79 .as .24 .11 .17 .95 14 00 & 6.50 & 4.1* & 4.00 5.75 & 6.23 •a .MS1* @ .53 U (9 .31 <*« .81 & .28 ^ .25 «* .18 ® 1.06 614.50 .75^ 9 .49 a .33 <4 .59 75 a .76 .SO .33% .60 .77 14.00 B 14.60 •P5H-S .88 -52 4 .58 .33 «* .34 8.80 & 8.90 .82*$ 9 .48 .31 * .00 .80 14.00 .88 .49 .32 .60* ,88 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring. No. 2 •CORW--No. 2 OATS- White PORK--New Mess. DETROIT. CATTZJC Hoos 'Sheep WHEAT-NO 2 Bed. * COR*--No. 2 OATS-NO. 2 White INDIANAPOLIS. 'CATTUt Hoos.... BHBEF LAMBS BUFFALO. CATFS Hoos........: WHEAT--No. j Red 'Michigan Corm^Ko. 2 yellow EAST LIBERTY. 'CATT£S--Prime Fair Common $ 5/0 5.25 5.00 . ,9J . .91 .06 .44 16.00 £H.C0 5.7S a 6.00 (4 7.60 9 .91 (9 .92 J* .08 0 .46 talfl.25 4.00 5.00 4.50 .8<fe4 .54 4 .3* 9 « 5.99 m 5.75 & 5.7.1 •F« .87 SS3». 'A" 4.50 S.00 4.50 5.00 <.25 6.25 6.00 .90!$ 9 .57)*® 4.75 5.2S 4.25 " 4.79 8 50 #4.00 6.00 <4 (.75 tf 0> 3 &7f f 'Alk # 6.29 5.75 f* 6.00 9 0.25 0 5.00 <A 6.00 «« 7.00 .9114 J* FRANK FLINT. "Old Hoss" Flint, the veteran catcher of the Chicago team, has a pair of hands that would make a Btreet-car driver envious. Covered with knots and lumps, the result of foiil tips and hard catching, they are things which when once seen can never be forgotten. "Larry Corcoran gave me most of these crooked digits," said Silver, as he looked at hia big paws. "This battered finger" (pointing to the great finger of |iis right hand) "I got in Pittsburg last^season. It was in that famous fourteen-inning game, when Clarkson and Oalvin were Eitching like 'a house on fire.' The Pitts-urgs had a man on third, with one man out. A desperate play had to be made. Carroll, who was at bat, knocked a still ground ball to Burns, and the man on third made a dash for home. With one of his terrific what throws Burns sent the ball toward the plate in a straight line. I thought I coul^rat it up, it came so straight and pretty. By leme inadvertence I thrust my fingers instead of my palms toward the ball, which struck squarely on the end of this big finger. Of course, I dropped the ball, and Pittsburg won the game by one run. That crook laid me up for two weeks. It shattered the bone and crushed the fleah so thai blood flowed freely. "I have but one straight finger--the great finger of my left hand. Two of my angers were knocked out before I began to play professionally. The rest of the knots, with the exception of the one I got in PittBburg, were given me hy Corcoran. He was the worst pitcher I ever caught. I mean by that that he waB the 'hardest on my fingers. I did not wear a glove in those days, and this accounts for a great many of the knocks I received. Corcoran gave Goldsmith a 'finger,' too." The biggest transaction of the present month has been the transfer of John Clark- son's services to the Boston Club. The deal had been loKg anticipated and therefore surprised no one, although it has caused an endless amount of discussion in every base-ball center of the country. President Spalding, for the Chicago Club, last week received the check of the Boston Club for $10,000, the amount paid for Clarkson's release bv Boston. After Clarkson knew of his release he was interviewed, and said to the reporter: "I feel better than I have for some time. It's pretty hard for me to realize that I am a member of the Boston Club, but I'm the happiest man in Boston now that it's so. I have only the kindest feelings for Chicago. The people there were kind to me and I appreciated it thoroughly. I shall be on deck for the season and I will pitch the best ball of my life. I would like to see the championship come to Boston, and I will do my share. Boston has a good nine and there is no good reason to doubt that the Bostons will be away up among the first in the leagtie raoe. By the way, I see in several of the papers that tbere is considerable ill-feeling between Spalding and me. That is not so. The only disagreement we had was as to the advisability of my playing in Chicago another year. He thought it was best that I should. I thought that Boston was the spot." The Spalding Base-Ball Guide for 1888 has been placed on sale. This la the twelfth annual edition of a work whioh is generally recognized as an authority on all matters pertaining to the National League, containing, as it alone does, its official sta­ tistics. In addition tbere are several new and interesting features, prominent among which are the explanatory appendix to the newly revised code of playing rules, and special statistics of the series of contests for the world's championship. This is by far the best edition of the work that haa yet been published, and its variety of in­ formation makes it both useful and inter­ esting to professionals an4 amateurs alike. The Australian tour projected by Presi­ dent Spalding and Captain Anson is still an interesting theme in ball circles here, aa it doubtless is elsewhere. Considered from evt-ry point of view the project is a stupendous enterprise, quite in keeping with the character of the man who has so boldly and resolutely taken It in hand; and for his pluck alone every base-ball lover must wish Mr. Spalding all posaiUe auo- eeaa. It was in a Sydney, uttbnrb. One plea*ant April night, , A kangaroo earn* out to view The country by moonlight. Strolling, ho met a neighbor hood, And warmly thov shook tails; For thus do friendly kangaroos * Who live in New South Wales. "I hear." exclaimed the elder on*, "That we re t > have next fall An advent of Americans, Who come to play base-hall." "Bate-ball I By all that's terrible "Ibope not," said young Kang. • * ll>ati have A1 Spalding hen Id gladly getj binihang. * he's our snotrta! enemaH* «,.»• t the kangaroo# j.;; ... ^... , He s coming here to captureai * " T AM make us into shoes I* 4 » , fcSiS Vnmm Spalding lands, 1 . ̂11* to «iuow bis faoe, . And both tboeeieamsmustbaAle tt Ibey catch one off bis base. A Hissoori Member Wrapped In a Onr- % tain and Snrmottnted tigr iT Fool's Cap. ; [ S p e c i a l C o r . C h l o a g o T l o a e a . 1 bright morning of the eighth calen­ dar day of the deadlock upon the direct- tax bill dawned upon weary and forlorn- looking groups of Representatives, who stood guardto watch each other. The extraordinary number of loll-ealla and the length of the session has badly de­ moralized the reading elerka, and various employes of the House have been tried aa substitutes, with indifferent suoeees. As one clerk with insufficient vocal ability was struggling along with the roll-call on the Weaver motion, Mr. Bockery, of Mis­ souri, generously stepped forward amid the applause of the House and took up the call in a sonorous voice. During the small hours the snores of ebony occupants of the public gallery mingled with the sounds of mmpnip songs and laughter emanating from the coat-rooms, the confused rumble of hoarse breathing of sleepers, and the subdued applause of good story-tellers like Mason of Chicago and Allen of Mississippi. Every plaee available for a man to stretch himself upon was occupied, except the broad marble mantelpieces over the open grate-fires in the comers of the hall; and some of the relays on guard even sought repose by sitting upon the small of their backs with their legs thrown over a desk and heads resting upon the desk behind them. The more wakeful spirits amused ^themselves by playing jokes upon these. I Among the most laughable incidents ' were the tricks ' played upon Brnmm of ^Pennsylvania, Taulbee of Kentucky, and •;Long of Massachusetts. While Taulbee, one of the most officiously active and least influential of the minority, was snoozing in the amen corner, some wag hid his bro- gans, and when the lank Kentuckian was awakened by the fall of a bundle of Con­ gressional records upon his stomach, he could not find his shoes, though he good- jnaturedly hunted under the sofas ana be- fhind the doors. Finally he found one phoe, and amid hilarious merriment and appeals of jesting members to put on his thoes, he oame down the aisle, and, rising o a question of privilege* asked how much time he had left. "The gentleman is out of order," aaid the Speaker, and Taulbee retired amid jeering laughter to appear a little later with odd shoes on his feel. Mr. Brnmm of Pennsylvania was the butt of a joke that closed his gaping month with a snap and dropped his long legs from the desk to the floar with nndignified haste, and of course everybody roared at his sudden waking in a fright. Somebody had pasted a plaoard upon the sole of his boot and another had touched a match to the paper. Ex-Gov. Long waked from a brief but sound slumber to find some difficulty in gaining an upright position, his legs hav­ ing been tied to the top of the desk and a shower of paper balls rained upon him. The jolly and venerable Wade of Mis­ souri fell asleep on the back row and at­ tracted the attention of the fun-levers by loud snoring. They disengaged the green baize curtain from the brass railihg behind him and wrapped the old man la it so that only his bald pate was exposed to view. His make-op was completed with a tall paper fool's-cap drawn down over one eye and one ear, and the lawmakers looked on and laughed as the tip of the cap swayed back and forth, keeping time with his heavy breathing. Mason, of Chicago, with his inexhaustible fund of good-humor, and overflowing with good stories, was a god-send to his fellow- members on such an occasion. At almost any time he could be seen in some part of the chamber or through the open doors of the cloak-room with a crowd of laughing men around him. He would tell a yarn, end when the laughter was at its height, quietly walk away with his own fat sides shaking. In a few minutes a crowd would ga'her about him and make another draft upon the resources of the genial Illinois member for merry-making. Toward morning the frolicksome mem­ bers had quieted down, and the dull mon­ otony of carrying on the fiction of waiting for twelve hours for the Sergeanfc>at-arms to bring in absentees was seldom broken, even by the fellows who at all times ob­ trude themselves and their lame wit upon the attention of the House. When day- lignt began to creep through the glass panels overhead not more than fifty mem­ bers were in their seats, the galleries were vacated, and the one-legged Jteepers of the upper tiers of doors hobbled to, the win­ dows for a breath of fresh air. The outer doors of the chamber bad been closed all night, and the hall was filled with a poi­ sonous atmosphere. Still the majority stubbornly refused to suspend proceedings under the call so that the doors might be opened. The Boston papers will suppress the fact, and papers elsewhere will announce it with pain and regret, that the most un­ dignified attitude assumed by any member of the House this afternoon was that which Henry Cabot Lodge, the literarf statesman from Massachusetts, assumed for an hour. He placed the small of his back on his chair, laid his legs on his desk, and con­ fronted the presiding officer with the soles of his boots. He was reading a book with morocco cover and gilt edges, and as well as the title could be deciphered from the gallery it was Browning's poems. Gen. Weaver sat in his proper plaoe with one leg thrown over the other in a firm but easy attitude, but deeply absorbed in a newspaper, and looking able to sit there as long as necessary. The flower in Mr. Springer's button-hole was faded, nnd he looked depressed. A fresh flower and a shave restored to him all bis native buoyancy. Mr. Johnson, of Indiana, lay with bis head hanging over the back of his ehair and his eyes closed in slumber. Mr. Burrows reelined with his feet on one chair and the heavier part of his anat­ omy in another, while he read the morning papers. - The amiable and affectionate Gov. McCreary presented a pretty picture, with a wee little girl on his knee. The gentlemen sleeping on the eight sofas in the'corner of the hall generally had their faces covered with newspapers or handkerchiefs and they could BOt be iden­ tified at a distance. Judge Kelley and Gov. Long bent over their desks and wrote. Page after page came from under the hands of the former and still he wrote. Long years of training in this school has made him impervious to the influence of protracted sessions. Mr. O'Neill, of Pennsylvania, was ad­ dressing documents to his constituents. Mr. Breckinridge of Arkansas moved about with a Springy step or sat aad read statistics with no mark of fatigue upon his face. He and General Weaver looked Able to keep up the filibustering until all other members were under their desks. Mr. Ostes was for the moat part in­ visible. Little Mr. Belmont's hair struggled in vain to keep its part right down the mid­ dle, and Mr. Pnelps* bangs ware not hp sight. Mr. Cooper struggled successfully to maintain a dignified attitude, but Anally the toe of one boot rested on the edge of his desk. It disappeared whesi some one looked at it.' ' The deadlock has lasted loager than any other deadlock that the oldeat member can recall. B*t fee fight fees not ttUfKIU •' •v ISti v'V;- WLMRT. IS B«TEG INNAO FCY TFC« FLF*. tiMsat: ' Tmm opponents ef the Umt-tn bill awtfe. ««d tlMlr filibustering taetles la theHouaeoa the 7th last., aad the day waa *~*-nnnt1 ia ealHag the roll oa dilatory motions, fit answer to aoall from Chairman Cox about lfe of the Demottatto members of the Boos* mat in eeaavs la the eveaing, to decide upon a line of yaliey to be followed by th* putvia the ad mission of Territories as States tbe Ufctoa. A resolutioa was adopted declaring ttuian eaabllag eat for th* T*rritarl*s ot THfritts MooUna, Washington ana New Mexiee should M pa*s*d at tbis session providiag for Consti­ tutional Conventions in *ach Territorv th* submission of thos* Constitutions for rttiloZ tlon or rejection at an election fa Mormtar 1S8S, substantially as provided for la the bill reported by th* Committee oa Teirltones. AXOTHKR day was wasted ia th* Bens* in filibustering against the direct tax bill on th* Pth nit., the entire time being consumed-in a dreary round of dilatory motions aad rail eaila­ in the 8*nat* th* bill for th* admission of South Dakota Into th* Union was np for ooasideratlon, and Mr. Piatt •poke la favor of 11 Th* bill to author­ ise th* sale of mineral lands to was taken up, and Mr. Faulknar spoke In opposition to it. Mr. Allison introduced a bill for a p*naa- nentoourtof arbitration b*tw**n the United States aad Cheat Britain and Frano*. The San- ate. in executive sasslon, confirmed these nomi­ nations : William E. Pureed to be United States Attorney for Dakota; P. W. Grietson, Postmas­ ter at Calumet, Mich. : J. Tieraaa. Postmaster Port Howard, Wis. The President nominated to the Senate Joseph J. Koprers and John Schlver to be R*oeivers of Public Moneys at Grand Forks, D. T., and Wakeeney, Kan., respect­ ively. THE bill authorizing the sale of mineral lands to aliens passed the Senate on th* 10th inst Mr. Butler addressed the Senate In opposition to the Dakota division bill, and argued against the dismemberment of the Territory. Th* dead-lock in tb* House continued, the oppo­ nents of the direct-tax bill keeping up their filibustering tactics to avert the passage. Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, was arraigned before the bar of the Houso for absenting himself from roll-call, and, after some wrangling, was finally excused. THE dead-lock in the House of Representa­ tives continued on the llth inst., and no busi­ ness whatever was transacted. At a caucus of the Deinooratio members, <held in tb* evening it was decided to end the dead-look by postpon­ ing the direct tax bill until December 0 next, with a condition that when it is then taken up a reasonable time shall be allowed for debate and a vote taken on it. Speaker Carlisle is said to hav* strongly advocated th* acceptance of this proffered compromise Mr. Holman declared that the present pro- ceedlngs were cf the most extraordlnarv char­ acter ever witnessed in a legislative body ex­ hibiting th* spectacle of a great majority' re­ treating befor* a small miuority. H* called on Mr. Oates to state his position in the mat­ ter. Mr. Oates replied that if he followed his own views he would consent to no measure that 1 id not involve th* absolute defeat of the bill. But he Was a Demoerat, and if th* cau­ cus decided against liim he would abide by its decision and Bupport it wltn his vots. He favorad postponement of the tax bill, but would regret to see the caucus agree to the condition that a vote should be taken up at a fixed date. Much debate fol­ lowed, and the oaucus finally adopted the post­ ponement proposition. Unanimous consent was given by the House to Representative White, of New York, to have read an offieial bulletin iasued by'Dr. Barker, which noted an improvement in ex-benator Conkling's condi­ tion. The reading was listened to with close attention, and at its close a round of pro­ longed applause arose from both Democrats and Republicans. The Senate listened to speeches by Mr. Morrill, in opposition to the President's tariff message, and Mr. Davis, in favor of the admission of the southern half of Dakota, and passed the following measures: The military academy appropriation bills: for the purchase of the Shields swords (not to ex­ ceed *10.000): for the relief of the First National Bank of Marion, Iowa, for interest on lost cou­ pon bonds; appropriating *150,000 for a public building at Fort Worth, Tex.; incraasing th* limit of cost for the public building at Detroit. Mich., ta $150,00}. THE long dead-Jock in the House was prao- tioally broken on the 12th inst. by the adop­ tion of a motion, offered by Mr. Cox, of New York, to adionrn until the.followlng day. Th* House had been in continuous session for nin* days, and the members, tired out from loss of Bleep, were greatly relieved when the long ses­ sion was brought to a close. Mr. Cokn, of Texas, addressed the Senate on tariff reform, and Mr. Cullom, of Illinois, spoke in favor Cf th* admission of Kouth Dakota as a State. Slumming. The coinage of the new word "slumming" is a oall to thoughtful women to stop and consider. Philanthropists are charged with taking up charitable work as a fashionable fad, and making an onslaught upon insti­ tutions and "slums" for no higher motive than that which called oat devotees of rol- ler-skates; progressive euchre and "donkey parties." But is this true? Admit that there are more charities than ever before; admit that there are more society women interested than there were a score of years ago; admit that modern lestheticism now enters into the building of asylums, homes and hospitals--and what has been said that is not to the praise of philanthropy and a cause of thankfulness to all workers foi the Master? Can we not trace this result to the higher education of women, who now learn polit­ ical economy and the science of govern­ ment, as well as the more abstruse ologies and isms? And may it not be due, also, to the constant discussion of the painful labor problem; to the greater influx of for­ eign laborers, who not only themselves need caring for, but prove our native work- era deficient in much that must now be taught them, and. to the Christian spirit which has grown stronger since the war, and must needs find outlet in work for Christ when so many of His children are in suffering? Certainly all this intelligent, conscien­ tious philanthropy is not " slumming!" But or the few butterflies by nature and habit, who seek a momentary diversion in verifying the old meaning of lady--a giver of bread; those who like to feel themselves dispensera of bounty, what censure is warranted? Does not the very contact with suffering often touch the deepest sympathy and make honey-bees of these gay butterflies? A spurious coin is soon detected and worthlesR, and "slum- mers" seldom do more than dabble in charity to drop it for more congenial em* ployment There is a thought still for earnest work­ ers in this new crV.ieism. Cannot more efficient good be accomplished i» large cities by consolidating many charities? A wealthy woman is distracted with demanda from a hundred sides. She would like to help all, but her money ff? divided becomes less useful. And to the giver of email things the bewilderment is all the mors j>ainful.--Woman. The Curse of (iold. ,001. Storey, a wealthy miner, was killed by the Pyramid Indians. John Homer, of the Homer mine, apent his last cent, and then put a bul­ let through his brain. The discoverer of the Standard mine in California was swallowed up by an avalanche. "Doughnut Bill,""Old Eureka,"and "Nine-Mile Clarke" died literally in their shoes, being killed in saloon acuities. William Fair-weather, who brought to light the hidden treaaares of Alger Gulch, came to his death bj drinking and riotous living. The owner of the Homestake mine became a highwayman; one day he at­ tacked a mail coach, but the attend­ ants shot him dead. * Montana Plummer, who discovered one of the richest mines in the world, and waa Sheriff for a time, died on the gallows. George H. Fryer, from whom the Fryer Hill mine had its name, commit­ ted suicide in Denver. Two years before his death he possessed $1,000,- 000; the expenses of his funeral had to be paid by the authorities. There is a singular superstition in the mining districts of America that the discoverers of hidden treasures in the bowels of the earth are sure to meet with a violent end. The original proprietors of close on forty sucoessful mines have been accounted for in this way. Twelve were shot, three were ingulfed, while the rest disappeared in the eitiee of Dakota aad New Mexioo, . and wore never heard of afterward. ' • *C/ KUSM Farmers W«|t&t a War of XUevN. Frar «f Them Summarily Eieeatel- Other Hangings Likely to ..!•>**, Fellow. ~ ; '• ; ' ¥ tOfilalibma (lad. Ttr.) spoeiaii ̂ " • A courier from Bhawneetown, forty mile| •' from here, in "No Man's Land.* on th#.̂ . North Fork of the Canadian, brings th|> ̂ report of a terrible battle between outlaw ̂ 4 *nd a posse of the United States Macsliaij which was followed by an uprising of th# ? 5 '•roiwe on the border of Kansas,! who ~ meted out summary joatiee to four horsed thieves and have the lest of the band be* ' '5 liegad in the hills. < - n Three colored horse-thieves stole »' bunch of holrsee from Long Tom, a Shaw* f.*6! S?* tke theft was .disoov-.; * Pepnty United States Marshal̂ . *^>artT. °* fsnd Fox Indian policeJ gave pursuit aad came np with the negr# new!' Z £ opened fire upon the? officers with Winohwlen, unhorsuff on®: policeman at the first round. A regular' pitohed battle then followed, in which tweip- of the negroes were killed, and one poHee- rE ^ ̂y,WOUnd*f dyjnB B<*>» efter^ The Marshal was also badly woundedF Ihe horses were recovered. When this affair became known a part'# of fifty ranchmen started for the hauntfe * of the outlaws. They had hardlv crossed! i the line before they were met by a band . 1 of tbe thieves and succeeded in capturing; ? four of them. They were immediately- - ; strung up to the nearest tree. The re«f>* "•'••yf- mainder of the band were then so hotM V pressed by the avengers that they wertf,. compelled to run to earth in a dugoutJ • ij where they were held at bay when thfr 4 courier left. It was the intention of the , h farmers to compel them to surrender by starving them out. There are thought t»' be six in the dugout, and when captured! they will undoubtedly be hanged. ' To increase the exeitament there are fioek- mg into the Territory quite a number of Oklahoma boo mere who firmly believe thai this portion of the Territory will soon bj I open for settlement, and the soldiers at# 1 V kept continually escorting them backto the State line. There is now being prepared a military map of the Territory to be used-' by tbe commanding officers in their scout* ing in search of the boomers as well aa fugitives from justice. Further actions and developments are anxious'y awaited. '.Woodward (Ind. Te:\) special, j A large band of horse-thieves have lately made their headquarters^in the neutral strip generally known as "No Man's Land" and have been making Jreqnent raids oa the _ border towns of Southern Kansas, driving off both the cattle and the borseA of the farmers. This has so incensed the farmers that they have organized them­ selves into vigilance committees, deter-i mined to rid themselves of this pest. About twenty-five men from the vicinity of Coldwater, Kansas, overtook one of the band named Gill about filteen miles from this point and shot him. . Gill had in hi» possession at the time he was captured six horses belonging to the members of the; r .rap vigilance parly. Armed parties are con-! ^f| tinually passing and repassing this point), j on the lookout for horse* ihievea, and ir '*-81 any are caught they will enforce the death penalty without trial. THE LOSS SEARCH FOR TASCOTT. It Is Abandoned by the Chicago Po~ lice--A Detective'8 Extensive • B Journey . i : -- ••td . . cago spooial.1 Sergeant CharleB E. Aldrich, of the city detective department, has returned from a> six weeks' chase after the elusive William: B. Tascott, who in February last murdered millionaire Snell. Detective Haines, who» went with Aldrich, is also on his way back.! Both men return under orders, and whenb Haines shall have added his report to that! which Aldrich gave Inspector Bontield yes-, terday, the police department will have dropped the case. There are other city| officers working on it now, and Inspector Bonheld, who has had charge of the case,.1 is satisfied that it is useless to try further,' unless a fortunate accident turns up some " new clew. Aldrich has traveled over 7,000| miles during the six weeks, and chased down Everything tangible. „ "Where do you think Tascott ia now?* was asked of Sergt. Aldrich. M The most probable theory is that he went direct from St. Paul to Vancouver^ ->j an*& then by steamer to China or Australia.'^ in "He was in St. Paul, then?" f VJ "Not a shadow of a doubt about that. • . But there the trail ends. Haines and I had: plenty of steers to work on, but they devel­ oped nothing. I don't see how £ascott could have remained in the Northwest and not been caught, for the whole country waa alive over it and looking out for him and the $10,00G. He's out of the country. I believe." 'How far West did you go?" "Clear to the ooast. We went carefully over both the Canadian Pacific and the> Northern Pacific. I was in Portland, Van­ couver, and Tacoma, and many other places along the coast. So was Haines. The greater part of the time we traveled* separately. We are practically no further along," said Lieut. HenBhaw. "than when the search began. There is hardly a clew as to which point of the compass is the proper direc­ tion to look." A. J. Stone, a son-in-law of the mur­ dered man, says he has organized a private detective agency of his own, and will con­ tinue the hnnt for Tascott until he suc­ ceeds in arresting him, if it takes twenty yeara. HEWITT AND THE IRISH. • Characteristic Message Addressed to the Mew York Board of Aldermen. [New York telegram.] Mayor Hewitt haa transmitted to the Common Council a message disapproving the resolution taking from the Mayor the power of directing waat flags shall be dis» played upon the city building. He aaya that, while the Irish - born population amounts to 16.45 per cent., 27 per cent, of the Board of Aldermen are Irish, more than one and a half times the normal ratio of representation, and that the same ratio of representation prevaila in all the departments except the police, where 28.10 are Irish-born, nearly double the normal percentage. This, he declares, is at the expense of the Ger- , man element. He gives a tabulated ac­ count of national representation in office, • and in charitable institutions. He atatea that he does not publish the tables to in­ voke comment, but declares under our free Government and boundless resourcea the Irish malcontents should exhibit a modest *' restraint in claiming new privileges not now known to the law, and not debited by the more conservative portion of the na- tionality in whose favor the exception ia demanded. He advises the Board of Alder­ men to adopt some measure whereby the vexed question may be made equarely an - issue before the people. New Albany's Treasurer 970,000 SksrU A Louisville dispatch says the expert who has been for the last four months working on the accounts of S. M. Weir, Treasurer of New Albany, has made .*• A his report. It shows that $70,537.50 of' "rf the city'a money is unaccounted for. * -f Thirty-seven pages of the record have been „ * torn or cut out, and upon theae it ia sup- i'Jj pos*dthe accounts for the missing money. were kept. Weir'a.system of book-keep- ing waa very loose, aad the expert Bays it .V.* has been exceedingly difficult to traee th* . I \ moneys received and expended. Weir hae* ^! • been Treasurer for fourteen