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licHKNRY, SSfh "'-vV' •r̂ KSSB̂ mŷ u'm. - T^j^3 t'V Uinilealcr VAN SLYKE, Editor and Publitlef. ILLINOIS. SEW KANSAS SENATOR. #lHOP W. PERKINS APPOINTED ' TO THE PLACE. Death Claimed Both Groom and Bride-- lamranw Companies Quit Business -- ^ Imuhed by a Water Tank--Novel Wild Western Crop--Big Barret Blase. fcH'.v-'.-- I * A Betrothed Couple Killed. • * NEAR South Bend, Ind., Edward Spohn "lata Miss Seig, were engaged to be mar- tied. Miss Seig left the house apd went to the gate to meet her lover, with whom she was to spend the afternoon. The two •topped to discuss what should be done during the afternoon They stood in front of an eight-inch brick wall twenty feet high, and which is said to have been out of plumb and dangerous. AA^strong southerly wind was blowing and forced itself back of the wall, and without a second's warning about half the structure iqppled over. Miss Seig was instantly killed, her brains being dashed out and scattered over tho brick. o(iu'uu nito Iucuj[uii> iufciitgieu. but lived about ten minutes after he taken from under the mass and mortar. . MiIJic>a-Do'lar Blaze. " ' THK great barrel works of the Stand ­ ard Oil Company, at Constable Hook, N. - j., burned^down, and tho loss is esti- inatad at from $1,000,^00 upward. The fire started in the headine-room of the barrel works. The building was filled with barrels, both completed and un­ finished, there being hundreds of thou-t- sands of them. There tfere also great stacks of cut lumber ready to be con­ verted into barrels. It is estimated that there were between one and two million b a r r e l h e a d s i n t h e b u i l d i n g a n d f r o m ten to fifteen million barrel staves. had been of bricks Coining Mcnsy from Coyotes. Two YOUNG ir.en near Los Angel* s, GaL, are rapidly making a fortune slay­ ing coyotes. Last April they were not worth $50, but now they have S3,700 to their credit in bank, and they are add­ ing about SI50 a week to their depisit. They have fifty traps set, and with these and their rifles are rapidly thin­ ning out the coyotes in Los Angeles and San Bernardfno countio-. At S5 a scalp there is more money in hunting coyotes than prnwin" T" in C-i fiiiiu Withdraws from the United States. THE City of London Fire Insurance Company has, it is reported, decided to withdraw entirely from business in the United States. This is due to the fact that during the la t five years business has been bad. and there has probably been a loss. The Meriden (Conn.) Fire Insurance Company, a large concern, retired altogether, reinsuring its ri«ks In the Royal The Mcriden's caoital ^ra» $200,000: surplus, $83,000. /*V ^ -- 3T-=TT. ;• The Gentleman from Kansas. BISHOP W. PERKINS is the Kansas Senator who succeeds to the vacancy caused by the death of Senator Plumb. The appointment is made and the com­ mission begins at once and runs until the Legislature, which meets the sec­ ond Tue-day of ne\J, January, sha'l elect a Senator to fill Plumb's unexpired term of two years from the date of such Cherokee Representatives. pherokee Senate has elected T. )ifg£on tand E. C. Boudinot to '-.^represent the Cherokces before tho uited Statos Congress during the pres­ ent session Tiiis is considered to be a very strong delegation. The Senate also took up negotiations with the United States for satisjact'on, but after a short _Jtone they adjourned. - blown to atoms by au explosion of natur­ al gas. Mr. Pritchard, wife, and three children, a hired boy named Davis Ben­ nett, and Barbara Reich, a servant giri. were buried in the ruins. When res­ cued they were all found to be naoro or less seriously burned, but no one was fatally injured. ... The cause of the ex­ plosion was a gas leakage in the cellar. Mr. I'ritchard keeps a grocery store in his building, and went to the ccl'ar to get a basket for a customer, which he had stored away, lie struck a match and the explosion followed. The con- cussionwas terrific, pieces of the build­ ing being blowjn half a square away. "I AM going to ( elope with Helen Gould; we will go West and travel tot some timo. Jay Could may miss hfS daughter, but he'l! gain a good son-in- law, and h6 needs one. What do you suppose ho will give us for a staTt?" This and some more statements of tho same sort made up a letter received by John F. Bassford, of New York-,'the day- after Henry L. Norcross demanded $1,200,000 of Russell Sage and threw the bomb that brought death and de­ struction to the millionaire's office. The letter was signed Prince Von Michaeis, and Mr. Bassford recognized in the writer a myn whom he had one# be­ friended through pity. In effect the writer asked Bassford to assist him in an attempt to kidnap tho eldest daugh­ ter of Jay Gould. A HORRIBLE murder took place in Low­ ell, Ma*#.'-- The murderer is Frank L. Moulton, a disipated barber, who beat out the brains of his wife. Alma ,R. Moulton, with a flatiron He appears to have been sober at the time of com­ mitting the crime AS Moulton tells the story, this quarrel began in bed, because his wife would not • give him room enough- She slapped his face and he tried to choke her. ^They then arose, partially dressed, and went at it again, when he got a flatiron. and, after ask­ ing her if she would give up, to which she said no, he said: "I let her have the flatiron three times, as hard as 1 could hit. * Th" first blow felled her, and her face and head was pounded out of shape; one ear was severed and the skull fract­ ured. Moulton says: "I did the job, and it is a good one " * ,1'.; s.i> -'.i-V la&iiH .. S L" ' -Wo? ; • . • \ Explosion in a Mine. '* Ax explosion of gas took piace at Hamton Miiu, near Wilkesbarre, Pa., operated by the Lehigh and Wilkes­ barre Coal Company. The only person injured was John R. Davis, a track­ layer, who was fatally burned. Crushed Beneath a Water Tank. GBORGE P. Siedler, a Milwaukee cigar "manufacturer, was killed by being crushed beneath a big tank, blown from the roof of Bruss & Wollaeger's stair­ case factory. The News at a Glance. AXOTHKU crisis is threatened in the Sominion Cabinet by the demands of J. A. Chapleau. 'BISHOP GROWTHEP, of Niger Terri­ tory, Africa, the colored ecclesiastic, is dead. PRINCE HOHENI.OIIE died in London from an attack of influenza. EASTERN elevator men deny the story of a combine. JOSEPH J. AsnwoRTn, the Brooklyn Boyal Arcanum Loan Association Sec­ retary, who embezzled 820,000 from the organization, has been surrendered for extradition in London. THE Prudential Fire Insurance Com­ pany of Boston has wound IID its affairs and reinsured its risks in the Home in­ surance Company of New York. A FAMINE bazar In the Imperial The­ ater of Moscow, over which the Grand Duchi es Elizabeth presided, netted StiO,- ©00 for the relief of starving Russian peasant. IT is alleged by the newspaper organ of the Kansas Farmers' Alliance that thev National Union Comi any of New York*, with a capital stock of $'»o,ooo.- O00, which has been trying to obtain < control of Alliance stores under the pre- . .text of cheapening commodities to con­ sumers, is but another name fpr the Jute Bagging Trust. C IIAS. MCGKE, convicted at Indian­ apolis of stealing oats, was taken by'the b Sheriff of Marion County to the North- pirn Indiana Penitentiary before sentence liad been passed upon him. The Judge jflrdered his return. '*"?• THE authorities of Burlington, Iowa, - prill be obliged to take cogni/arice of the . jaith-healers who arc practicing in the community. John Lay's 7-year-old ---Child was treated by a Christian scien­ tist until his ailment reached an incur­ able stage. Regular practitioners re­ fused to give a death certificate, and the Coroner J^ad to hold an inquest. EASTERN. GEORGE M. NYCELY, fireman oii the Chicago limited,-was instantly killed at Lilly. Pa. He was leaning out of the cab window when he was struck by the mail crane. . Two HUNDRED AND TWELVE IN borers mployed on the fortifications at ahdy Hwk have been laid off because money to pay them is not forthcoming. Un­ paid wages amounting to £15,000 is due liicrn. AT Pittsburg, Pa., the three-story ferick dwelling of M. F. Pritchard, was WESTERN. THE business port on of Platnfield, "Wili County, 111., was burned. TRAFFIC on the Midland Railway, be­ tween Anderson and Waveland, Ind., has been entirely suspended. Engines and other rolling stock were seized under foreclosure of mortgage. WHILE oiling machinery in the La­ clede Electric Works at St Louis Han i; v :*IIIUCU years old, was caught on a shaft used in driving an immense fly-wheel and was violently thrown against the ceiling, a distance of thirty feet. His head was completely crushed and his brains scattered in every direc­ tion. TH£ brutal assassination of two men near Wilburton*> Choctaw Nation, was developed by the arrest of George L. Lonirley at f-outh McAlester, I. T. Three men traveling in a wagou were seen going into camp near Wilburton. Tho next day two stock hunters found the bodies of two dead men near the camp, their faces horribly mutilated. The wagon was followed and the arrest of Longley wlii e trying to sell the wagon and team on the streets of South Mc­ Alester re.ulted. BY the arrest of Albert D. Sly, at Los Angeles, Cal., for the robbery of an Adams Express car at Clenda'e, Mo., Nov. 30, it is believed <that the ring­ leader of the gang that robbed the American Express car at Western Union Junction, Wis , Nov. 12, has been cap­ tured. Whether the latter belief is cor­ rect or not, Sly's complicity in the G en- dale robbery is almost positively known, as the watch of the express mcssenzer who was on the car at the time of the robbery was found in Sly's possession wb^D hg wi<s arrested. THE bodies of two infants -were found in a woodshed in the rear of Mrs J. J. Bebout's residence at Sedalia, Mo. The woman is a renter, and has formerly let a part of the property to Mrs. Mary- Boll Bokee, who failed to pay her rent Mrs Bebout went to remove some trash which had been left there by her former tenant, and there found two jars con­ taining two human bodies, the back of the head of each crushed in by some blunt instrument One was about live months of age and the other about three months. There is no clew to the gu.lty parties. MRS. CHARLES T. JOIIXSON, the High Priestess of the Adventists. sait at her home in Kansas City, Kan , all day Christmas day amTwaited for the end of the world to come. According to her predictioriT the hour was 5:30 p. m The woman and,:ifty of her followers assem­ bled in hW parlors at noon, and began to pray. \They kept on their knees and continued their supplications for hours At 5:40 sojno of the firm b -lievers be­ came scoffers, and very soon a,U were up exccjpt the Priestess herself. She said, time and again: "Believe in the Lord, and pray without ceasing." There are siill many followers of the Johnson woman who claim that the end will come within a week. A WARRANT wa-> received Joseph, Mo., for the arrest of C. son, a local insurance agent, charge of swindling Andrew farmers out of various sum? of Wilson was indicted by the Grand Jury at the last term of the Andrew County Court, at which time several of his vic­ tims made affidavit that he had repre­ sented himself as being an agent of the Home Insurance Company of Chicago, and had written st ores of policies for farmers, collecting the monev for the skme, and telling the farmers that their policies would be sent to them later on. As ho offered to insure anything the farmer possessed at a rate that no other company could touch, he did a land- at St L. Wil- on the County money. silk hat They then continued t&eir depredations by making a number of young ladies In tho Pullman coach sing for them, enforcing their demands with drawn pistols. Thev ruled the train for twenty-miles, when ttfey stepped ofiT at a way station. NEWS was received at San Antonio, Texas, and confirmed, that General Gar­ cia. in command of the troops in the field i/i -the northern zono of Mexico', with headquarters at Mier, had been murdered by his command and that the ent're force, numbering several hundred men under his immediate comm&nd, had gone over to the side of the revolution-, ists, crossing over into Toxas in a body at a point between Roma and Carrizo. The private soldiers in tho Mexican army are nearly all convicted criminals who, instead of boing given a term in prison, are sentenced to serve with the military. They are desperate characters, and are nearly all secret sympathizers of the revolutionary movement Gen. Garcia Was one of the most prominent and ef­ ficient officers in the Mexican army, and his death at the present time is a serious blow to the government. WASHINGTON. « TH;E Navy Department telfcerates its denials of •Vvar preparations. Miss RACHEL SHKUMAN, daughter of the late Gen. William T. Sherman, wa§ married to Dr. Paul Thorndike, in Washington. NOSE of the officials of the Depart­ ment of Sttyio has any .knowledge of any agreement made by this Government with the Government of Italy to pay indemnity on account of the New Or­ leans affair, as reportod by English cor­ respondents at Rome. So far as can bo learned.' the correspondence on the sub­ ject between the two Governments, which was interrupted last spring by the recall of the Italian Miniver here, has not been»resumed. ^ "^FOREIGN. THE Indian National Congress is in session at Nagpoor. THK Countess of Clancarty has be­ come the mother of twin boys. DK BRAZZA is equipping an expedition in the French Congo colony for Lake Tchad. GEN.""BOOTH, the head of the Salva­ tion army, is holding successful meetings in Madras. PRINCK CHRISTIAN continue^ to im­ prove and is assured of, recovery from the effects of thp loss of his eye. -T.., Jinou oi the King of Sweden is serious and tho Crown Prince has been given provisional charge of tho Govern­ ment. IT is unofficially stated in Berlin that Dr. Von Ho leben, at present German Minister to Japan, will succeed the late Count D'Arco Valley as Minister to the United States IN GENERAL CHILI is credited with an intention to ask for arbitration of the controversy pending with tho United States. MINISTER EG AN is said to have given offense to tho Chilian Government by absenting himself from the President's inauguralion ceremonies, "ONE of the leading capitalists of the Northwest and President of a national bank, in a communication to me," said tho Comptroller of tho Currency, the other day in Washington, "declared that money was never mor.' abundant in his section of the United States, and might be called easy in every sense of the term. He is a man who has means for obtaining information on the inside, and is regarded as one of the most conserva­ tive financiers in the Northwestern country. "His opinion of the situation throughout the West is fully justified by tho reports being received at the Treas­ ury Department daily from banking center^ in response to tho latest call, and everything seems to be moving along in the most satisfactory manner Imaginable." "FCRTHKK particulars of the religions riots in Pueblo, Mexico, are to the effect that they were caused by the enforce­ ment of an old law against organized re­ ligious bodies. It appears that priests and students for the priesthood had or­ ganized themselves into societies of monks in various places, and it was the- efforts of tho police to break up these organizations that aroused tho people. The first arrests took place in Colahuila, nine priests being placed in prison. The work was done so quickly that the populace was utterly ignorant of what was going on. The evening of the same day the "rurals" with a company of poiicemen entered the Church of San Augustine an1 ar­ rested a number of other priests an<V students. As the soldiers and policd* were taking their prisoners to the po'ico station a rabbie gathered, filling the main streets and endeavoring to rescue the priests. All sorts of missiles wero hurled at the officers and many of the rioters had pistols in their hands, but owing to the coolness of the officers in* command of the soldiers and policemen, who kept their men under strict disci­ pline, only one of tho rabble was shot a.nd killed, while another was shot in the leg But a number were more or less injured by the horses of the "rurals" as they forced their way through the mob. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. CAT-ILK--Connmon to frime $3.50 0 0,03 3.5> & 4.V0 Hoos--Shipping Grades.. 8" EEF--Fair (o Choice WHEAT--NO. 2 lied ; C< lis-N'o. 2 Ovis--No. 2 Hyp--No. 2., *' BUTTKK-- hoice Crenmory.. CHKKBK-- Full Cream, flats.. Kaon--Fresh I o rAToKs-Car-1 ads. por bUi... -" • * • •*- U> MINI J. INDIANAPOLIS, office business until one of bis victim*, Shipping. , , , * H'LFIU. F'HMNU becoming suspicious at the non-arrival of his policy, wrote to the office at Chi­ cago and received a reply to the effect that there was no such man in the em-' ploy of the Home Company. SOUTHERN. 3.00 .43 & .31 • SB & •2i 49 •U & • 2*H@ m <a 8.5 J .«1* , .4 V. .1U .87 .ae .i» .24)4 .85 NKWS of an accident in St Clair County, Ga , has • been received. Iiy it two boys, and perhaps three, were killed. Pink Franklin and ^on and John Canterbury had been in Gadsden shopping, and left at dark for home. On the way a terrible storm came up; A large tree standing near tne road fell across the wagou. killing Franklin and his son. Canterbury will probably die. T I IK Durango, Mexi -o, Government is inaugurat'ng a crusade against religious persons living in communities, as illegal. A district judge ordered the arrest of nine monks and the detention of two priests of the Profesa Church and the eviction of six monks and the detention of the priest of the. Sacred Heart. The police are searching for monks, and it is reported will arrest the passionists at Tacubaya, who are Americans A HALF-DOZEX cowboys took posses­ sion ot the south-boun l passenger train on the International and Gr at Northern Bailroad forty miles north of San Anto­ nio, Tex.* They boarded tho train at Buda station, and their first act was to force a Chicago drummer off the trata because he wore a red cravat and a high HOGS--Choice Light bHEKP--Common to l'rime WHKAT-NO. a liod < oitN7*jNo. 1 White Oa.k--No. I White.. bT. LOUIS. C ATTLE Ho«B y> H HAT--No, 2 lied COKN--No. 2 OAIS-NO. 2 K*E-NO. 2 -CINCINNATI. C ATTLE...... Hi, HHKIv W U KAT--No. 2 I od V O«:N--NO. I OAT .i-.No. 2 Mixed DETROIT. C AT n.E H> OH SH KP W HKAT-- No. 2 Hod......' CORN--No" 2 Yellow...^,. OATS-- No. 2 White..'". TOLEDO, H /T -Now C UN--No. 2 Yellow Otis--No. 2 White RYE BUFFALO. BHF.p C ATTLE LIVE tioa&.: WHEAT--No. 1 Ilard C OKN--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. « HEAT--No 2 Bprlng Cons--No. 8 OATS - No. 2 White KYE--No. 1 1 BAULKY--NO. 2. ..... Ponx--Meat ^ NEW Y<jKK. C ATTLE Huos HHKKP WHEAT--No. 2 Red....-.: C ORN--No 2.... OATH--Mixed Western BOTTKH--Creamery PCBK1--New Meta... & 5.25 <9 4.0U & 4.25 @ .04 *» .42 .94)6 S..r>av & 0.50 3 25 3.50 3.00 .<M .41 CONGRESS COMMITTEES. THE Pttt-1- LIST IS FINALLY ANNOUNCED. rh« Appointment of tho Virion Com- mltee* In Both, Houses of ConfrreM UM Been Known and th« List Is HOT* Given. Senate Committees. Clril Service--Power, G&lftngta, Peffer, Gray, Vilas. Finance--Morrill, Sherman. Jones (Net'.), Allison, Aldrich, Hiscock, Voorbees, Mc- Pherson. Harris, Ransom, Carlisle. Fisheries--fnockbrldge, Dawes, S'anford, Squire, Power, Blodgett, Call, Ransom, Gibson (Md.). Foreign Relations--Sherman, Frye. Dolpfa, Davis, Hiscock, Morgan, Butler, Kenna. Gray. Immigration -- Chandler, Hule, Squire, Proctor, Dubois, Voorhees, McPberson, Daniel, CockrelL Improvement of the Mississippi--Wash­ burn, Petttgrew, Power. Peffer, Walthall, Bate, Palmer. , ' Indian Affairs--Dawes, "Piatt, Stock- bridge, Mander^on, Pettlgrew, Shoup, Mor­ gan, Jones, Daniel, Vilas. Interstate Commerce--Cullom. Wils&n, Hiscock, Chandler,Wolcott, Hlgglns, Harris, Gorman, Jones, Barbour. The Judiciary--Hoar, Wilson, Teller, Piatt, Mitchell, Pug^i. Cote, Vest, George. Manufactures--Higginp^Dabols. Gallin- ger, Blodgett, Gibsou (Md.). Military Affairs--Hawley, Cameron. Man- derson, Davis, Proctor, Oocfrrell, Walthall, Mines and Mining--Stewart, .Tones (Ner.), Power, Warren, Felton, Bate, Call, Ohitton, Irby. Appropriations--Allison, Dawes. Plumb, Hale, Onllom, Stewart, Cockrell, Call, Gor­ man, Blackburn. Commerce--Frye, Jonea, Dolph, Sawyer, Cullom, Washburn, Quay, Ransom, Vest, Gorman, Kenna, Gibcon (La.). Naval Affairs--Cameron, Hale, Stanford, Stockbridge, Chandler, McPherson, Butler. Blackburn, Gibson (La.). Pensions--Davis, Sawyer, Paddock,Shoup,. Hansbrough, Turpie, Blodgett, Palmer, Vilas, Brlee. Post Offices and Post Roads--Sawyer Mitchell, McMillan, Wolcott, Dixon, Wash­ burn, Blodgett, Br!ce, Irby? Chilton. Agriculture--Paddock, McMillan, Casey, Warren, Felton, George, Gibson, Jones, Bate. Coast Defenses--Doft>h, Ha wley. Squire, Higgins, Felton, Berry, Gordon, Chilton, Irby. The Census--Hale, Stockbridge, Dixon, Hansbrough, Peffer, Berry, Blackburn, Blodgett, Turpie. Privileges and Elections--Teller, Hoar, Mitchell, Chandler, Hlgglns, Ransom, Pugh, Gray, Turpie. Public Buildings and Grounds--Stanford, Morrill, Quay, Squire, Carey, Vest, Daniel, Brlce. Railroads--Casey, Hawley, Stockbridge^ Pettl'grew.^Power, Peffer, Blackburn, Berry, Bate, Gordon, Palmer. Education and Labor--Carey, Stanford, Washburn, McMillan, Hansbrough, George, Pugh, Barbour, Kyle. Public Lands--Plumb, Dolph, . PaddocMv Allen, Pettlgrew, Sanders, Morgan, Wal­ thall, Berry, Pasco, White. Claims- -Mitchell, Allen, Stewart. Sand­ ers, Peffer, Pasco. Faulkner, Vilas, White. Contingent Expenies\ of the Senate-- Jones, Paddock, Ransom. ; The District of Columbia--McMillan, Higgins, Plumb, Wolcott, Galllnger, Hans­ brough, Harris, Ransom, Faulkner, Bar­ bour, Gibson (Md.). Engrossed Bills--Cockrell, Allison, War­ ren. Enrolled Bills--Sanders, Dubois, Colquitt. Epidemic Diseases--Harris, Berry, White, Irby, Btockbridge, Galllnger, Feiton. Expenses of the Executive Department-- Hiscock, Casey, Wilson. Proctor, Dubois, Cockrell, Kenna, Gorman, Blackburn. Patents--Dixon, Piatt, Sanders, Carey, Gray, Chilton, Kyle. Printing--Man derson, HaWley, Gorman. Private Land Claims--Ransom, Colquitt, Pasco, Hale, Teller, Sanders. Proctor. Revision of the Laws--Wilson, Piatt, Proctor, Daniel, Call. Revolutionary Claims--Cole, Pugh, Brlce, Cameron, Sawyer. Rules--Aldrich, Sherman. Manderson, Harris, Blackburn. i - Territories--Piatt, Stewart, Davis, Carey, Shoup, Hansbrough, Jones, Carlisle, Faulk­ ner, Gordon, McPherson. Irrigation--Warren, Stewart, Casey, San­ ders. Dubois. Library--Quay, Wolcott, Voorhees. Transportation Routes to Seaboard-- Squire, Mitchejl, Aldrich, Casey, Gallluger, Gibson (La.), George, Turpie, Oordon. House Committees. Ways and Means--Springer (111.), McMil- lln (Tenn.), Turner (Ga.), Wilson (W. Va.). Montgomery (Ky.), Whiting (Mich.), Shive- ly (Ind.), Cochran (N. Y.), 8tevens (Mass.), Bryan (Neb.). Reed (Me.), Burrows Micb.), McKenna (Cal.), Bayne (N. Y.), Dalzell, (Pa.). Elections--O'Ferrall (Va.), Moore (Tex.), Cobb (Ala.), Paynter (Ky.). Brown (Ind.). Lock wood (N. Y.), Lawson (Ga.), Gillespie (Pa.), Johnstono (S. C.), Haugen (Wis.), Taylor (Tenn.), Dean (O.), Johnson (Ind.), Reyburn (Fa.), Clark (Wyoming), Appropriation-- Holman.^orney, Sayres, Breckinridge (Ky.), Dockery, Mutchler, Breckinridge (Ark.), Barnes, Com p ton, O'Neill (Mass.), Livingston, Henderson, Cogswell, Bingham, Dingley, Grout Coinage, Weights and Measures--Bland, Tracey. Williams, Kilgore, Robinson, Pierce, Eppes, Williams (Mass.), McKelgC^ an, Bartine, Taylor (111.), Stone (Pa.), John­ son (N. D.). Banking and Currency--Bacon, Wlke, Crane, Cate, Dickerson, Sperry, Gantz, Cox (Tenn.), Cobb (Mo.), Walker (Mass.), Bro- Blus, Townshend, Henderson (111.), i Judiciary .-- Culberson, Oate3. Bynum, Stockdale, Goodnight, BOatner, Buchanan (Va.), Chapln, Layton, Wolverton. Taylor (O.). Buchanan (N. J ), Ray, Powers, Bro- derlck. Pacific Railroads--Riley, Lanham, Lane, Brown. Ellis, Covert, Castle. Coolldge, Snodgrass, Raines, Fllck^JWnd, Taylor (O.), Caine. Levees and Improvements of Mississippi River--Robinson, Stockpile, Pierce, Nor­ ton, Terry, Everett. Harter, Mallory, Pat- ton, Burrows, Scull, Wilson (Ky.), Post (111.). Inter - State and Foreign Commerce -- Mills, Wise. Price, Raynor, Brickner. Geary, Houk (O.).Mallory, Patterson, O'Neill (Ma). O'Neill (Pa.), Lind, Randall, Storer, Ketchum. Rivers and Harbors--Blanchard, Catch- ings, Stewart, Lester (Ga.), Clnrk (Ala,), Haynes, Weadock, Jones. 1'alge, Byrnes. Henderson (111 ). Singer, Uorman, Stephen, Stone (Pa.), Quuckeubush. Foreign Affair* -- Blount, McCreary, nooker, Chlpmair. Fitch, Andrew*, Cable, Raynor, Geary, llltt, liarmer, O'Donuell, Sun ford. Military Affairs -- Outhwaite, Wheeler ,/Aln.). Newberry, Patton, Rockwell, Mitch­ ell. Lapliarn. McDonald, Crosby, Bingham, Belknap, Bowers, Hull. Merchant Marine and Fisheries-- Fowler. Flthian. Moore, Caruth. Buchanan (Va ). DeForrest, Mag nor. Stump, Wheeler (Mich.), Hopkins (III.), Atkinson, Wilson (Ky.). Perkins (Iowa). Agriculture--Hatch. Lewis, Alexander, Youinans, Shell, Forman, White, Camlnettl, Moses, Long, Funston, Wilson (Ky.). Jolley, Waugta. Cheatham. Pensions--Wilson (Mo.), Henderson,Bank- head . Nor ton , Pa r r e t t , l i a rwig , J o n e s , Moses, Stewart,Scull, Waugh, Houk (Tenn.). Bowers. Naval ^ffalrs Herbert. Elliott, Oum- mings. Geissenhalner. Daniel. Meyer, Law- hon (Va.). McAleer, Pago (Md.), Boutelie, Lodge, Dolliver, Wadsworj.h. Pqptoffices and Post Roads--Henderson, Hloynt, Kyle, Patttson (O.), Crosby. Hop- kln/>, i.'itldwell, Wilson (Washington), Ber- '""ji.Jlfiud, C'alne. nds--MrRae, Pendleton, Tucker, HaJley, Dearmond, Seerly. Hare, r, Townshend, Sweet, Clark Affairs--Peet, Allen, Turpin, 1. Brawlvy, Lynch^ English.Clover, "iison (Washlngtom), McKenna, !<• ' (N- Y), Hopkins (Pa.), Harvey klahoma). Territories--Washington, Kilgore, Man- sur, Campbell, Parrett, Branch. Terry, Lagan, Warner, Beeman. Hoar, William (N. C.), Harter, Taylor (0.), Horse. Rey­ burn. Mines an4 Mining--Cowles, Cooper, Peet, Campbell, Pendleton, CaminHtl. Arnold, Bowman, Miller, Townshend, Steveasoa, Post, Huff, Smith. Public Buildings and' Grounds--Bank« head, Abbott, Lewis, Tarsney, Warwick, •McKaig, Newberry, Warner, Williams (N. C.). Mllliken, Shenic. Enochs, Sweet. * Patents'--Tllman. Heard, Turpin, Green- leaf, Mithel], Hall. Lapham. Hamilton, D« Fo'rrest, Buchanan (N. J.), Belknap, Quack- -enbusu, Sculi. Invalid Pensions--Martin, McKlnney, Fyan, Vanliorn, Snow, Crlbb3, Plerson, Harries, McDonald. ButleV, Flick, Tay­ lor (Tenn.), Curtis, Jolley, Robinson. Claims--Bunn (N O.), Mansur, Stahl- pecker, Bulwer, Byrnes, Cox (Tenn.), Mc- Gunn. Cox (N. Y.). Kendall, Page (R..L), Reyburri, Atkinson, Loud, Weaver. War Claims--Beltzboover, Rtone (Ky.), Enloe. Claucey, Cobb (Mo.), Winn, Scott, Shell, Dolliver, Pickler, Houk, Rife. Education--Hayes, Qarr, Brunner. Dono­ van, Brase, Everett, Grady, Coburn, Bee- man, Taylor (O.),' Chea^am, Sanford, Stewart (Pa.). Labor--Tarsney. Wilcox, Dickson, Hw Gann, Dungen, Bunting, Capehart, Causey, Davis. Buchanan, Broslus, Haugen, Wilson (Washington). Militia--Lane, Blanchard, Stone, Combs, Stackhouse, Wheeler (Micb.), Ste-wart (111.), nail, Watson, Henderson (111.), Cutting, Enochs, Grlswold. Library--Cummln?s, O 'Ferrall, O 'Neill (Pa.). ; Printing--Richardson, ItlcKalg, Case, B'oderick, Enrolled Bills--Warwick, Hayes. Lewis, P!p>f!nr, Johnson (inn.), SToFTcijjhat.. Reform in the Civil Service---Andrew, Boatner. Wlko. Brawley, P&tteison (Ohio), Sperry, Meredith. Coonibe,Harries, HopErfns (ill.), Russell, Broslus, Barnes. Election of President and Vice President --Chipmau,Tucker. Crane, Barnes,Compton, McClelland, Gantz,Dearmond, Bushnell,Cox, Lodge, Powers, Doan. Johnson (N.D.). Eleventh Census--Wilcox, Owen, Bynum, Watson, Bussey, Bentley. Babbitt. Lawson (Va.), Baker, Boutelie, Henderson, Huff.' Ventilation and Acoustic?--StaMnecker, Stewart, Stsut, Durborow, Wright, O'Don- nell, Perkins. Alcoholic Liquor Traffic--Hayes. Clarke, Lester~(Va.), Barwig, English. Bailey, Bow­ man. Taylor (Ohio), Morse, Grlswold, Cut­ ting. Irrigation of Arid Lands--Lanham, Clan- cey, Bret.7, Gorman. C olidse, Dickson, Simpson, Pickler, Randall. Curtis, Sweet, Caine. Immigration and Naturalization--Stump, Covert, Elllott.Geissenheimer. Eppes. Fyan, Hare, Coburn. Ketcbum, i unston. Wright. Private Land Claims--Fitch, Anderson, Brunner, Babbitt, Vanhorn, Winn, Arnold, Crawford, Bushnell, Bingham, Lind, Storer, Otis, Smith. District of Columbia--Hemphill, Heard, Richardson, Rusk, Cobb (Ala.). Fellows. Johnson, Meredith. Cadmus, Bussey, Har- mer, Post, Cogswell. Itussell, Belden. Revision of the Laws--Ellis, Outhwaite, Bullock, Edmunds, Norton, Magner, Brook- shire, Anierman, Patterson, Btoderlck, Robinson (Va.), Taylor (O.), Waugh. Expenditures State Department--Lester (Ga.), Breckinridge (Ky.), Alexander, But­ ler. Sanford, Stone (Pa.), Weaver. Expenditures In Treasury Department-- Brickner, O'Neill (Md.), Crawford, £ton& Wads worth, Clark. Expenditures War Mont­ gomery, Bunn. Daniel, Dungan, llltt, Shenk, Hooker (N. Y.). Expenditures Navy Department -- Mc­ Clelland, Dockery, Abbott, Johnstone, Ray, Miillken, Bartine. Expenditures in Postoflflce Department-- Oates, Paynter, Gillespie, Gorman, Belden, Stewart. Houk (Tenn.). Expenditures in Interior Department-- Owens, White, Gray, Kyle, Grout, Hopkins (Pa.), Bowers. • Expenditures In Department of Justice--' Allen, Cowles, Wise, Lawson, Taylor (O.), Dingley, Payne. Expenditures in Department Agriculture --Edmunds, Bunting, Capehart,-Stackhouse, Halverson, Kem, Curtis. Expenditures on Public Buildings--You- mans. Greenleaf, Hamilton, Branch, Ketch- am, Taylor (III.), Cheatham. BLOODY WORK IN ALABAMA. They Rob a Merchant's Store, Burn Hit House, and Kill orMatm the Occupant*. The notorious outlaw, Job Sims, ha9 returned to Choctaw County, Ala. Mr. Johu McMiilan. a merchant of Choctaw County, was receiving a load of mer­ chandise fr m the landing, and Job Sims leveled a Winchester rile on the driver ,and made him unload the goods at S ms' house, and sent McMillan word he would burn his house and kill him. McMillan's house was guar ded that night, but qne night recently, at 11 o < lo k seven of the Sims gang, all armed with Winchesters, fired McMillan's house and shot the occu­ pants as the>i ran out Charley Utsy es­ caped unhurt; Fluellen Utsy was shot,, but not mortally wounded; John Ken­ nedy, McMillan's father-in-law, was killed; John McMilian was shot three times an«l w 11 die; the 12-year-old niece of McMillan was killed; a 10-year-old nephew was shot in the house and burned up: \lss Telle McKenzle, a school .teacher boarding at McMillan's, was shot twice in the neck. The mis­ creants then opened McM illan's store, robbed it of what goods they wanted, and left it lighted up at.d open, scatter- in? shoes along the road. Sims' daugh- •^ters are dressed in men's clothes and armed with Winchesters at Sims' house, and are supposed to be partj^of the fev­ en. A largo body of mm are after the gang, and will nevor stop until they catch them. NOMINATIONS CONFIRMED. Favorable Action Taken by the Senate on Presidential Appointments. The Senate" in executive session con­ firmed the following nomiuations as United 5-tates .Ministers: A. Loudon Suowden.'of*Pennsylvania, to Greece, Rournaula and Servla. Richards Cutts Shannon, of New York, to Nicaragua, Costa Rica and Salvador. lioniualdo Pnchoco, of California, to Gua­ temala and* Honduras. Mfnls/er Resident anl Consul General John S.I Durham, of Pennsylvania, to llaytl. Jeremiah Cougblln, of New York, United States' Secretary of Legation and Consul General at Bogota. Kenton R. MeCreery, of Michigan, Secre­ tary of Legation at Santiago, Chill. Lars A'ntler.son. of Ohio, Second Secre­ tary of Legation at Lojidon. United Staie-i Consuls confirmed: William U. Ti ipler. at Coquimbo. E. A. Borry. or Florida, Hanus. Rlclitrd K. Keren*, of Missouri, member of the* Continental Railway Commission. Ebenefcor J. Orrusbcc, of Vermont, Land Commissioner In Samoa. L, W. Colb£, of Nebraska. Assistant At­ torney GenoroJl of the TTnlt<.id States. LBAD FOUND IN MISSOURI . m 4.00 <a 800 41V.® & 4.75 <9 4.00 M 5.00 n.'G @10.75 & 5.00 <I 4.00 5.75 1.08 -56U, .80 .43 •») @ .33 10I20 (81J.75 Simpson, Donovan, 141 fe, kins. O'Donnell, Joseph Railways and Canal (Va.), Cate, Bontley, Cobb (Mo.), Halverson^' Bergen, Hull, Loud. Columbian Expositl Creary, Riley, Houk ( Little, Cogswell, Di liver. Manufactures--?age (: (111.), Per- fBgs, Lester tr, Causey, Randall, Mc- r. Lagan, :t. Dol- Important l)lneovory of Ore Reported to Have Iteeii Made 'Near St. Joseph. A valuab'e vein of lead ore was acci­ dentally d s ,Mcd about five miles cast of St. Jose j..., Mo H. U. Cornell, a farmer, was hunting along the banks of a small creek, win n he noticed a peculiar- looking mineral cropping out of a small lodge at the top of the bank. lie made an exam,nation and discovered what he believed to be lead oro A sample of it was brought to tho city, and, having been tested, is pronounced almost pure lead, the proportion of mineral being 94 per cent. A large quantity of it has been sent to St I^ouis for assa*.', and If the reports favorable mining operations will bo begun on an extensive tscale. Mr. Cornell, on a second examination of the ledge, discovered that there was ap­ parently an almost inexhaustible supply of tUa mineral In sight. HE who thinks better of hls nelgh- rf»ors than they deserve cannot be a bad man. for tho standard which his judgment Is formed is the goodness of his own heart It is the base only who believe all men base, or, In other words, like themselves. A AVOMAX cannot bo 'altogether un­ happy when the woman she has invited to supper asks her to write down her recipe for that cream pie. PEOPLE'S PARTY OF MICHIGAN. Knights, Farmers and Prohibitionist* Adopt a Platform. One hundred and eighty-five delegates from the labor organizations of Michi­ gan met In conference at Lansing to form a political federation. The Patrons of Husbandry, National Citizens' Alli­ ance Industrial Party, Farmers' A1 i- rfnee. People"6 Party, Patrons of Indus­ try, Knights ot Labor, and Prohibition­ ists were represented. It was decided to name the party the -People's Partv," and the following p atform was adopted: Abolition of national banks as banks of issue and for the fesue by the Government of fnli legal t^sgder notes. _ Iifereasu of the circulation not to exceed 150 per capita*. tree and unlimited coinage of silver. Abolition of all monopolies, trusts and combines, and tho mo*t rl^ld control of all corporations, and that all telephone, rail­ road. telegraph and express companies that cannot be controlled be owned by the Gov-, ernment. v Repurchase of lands held by-foreign syn­ dicates, and the reclamation by the Gov­ ernment of all lands granted to corpora­ tions in excess of those actually used and needed by them. That one industry should not be built up at the expense of another, and that all rev­ enues shall be limited to the necessary ex­ penses of the State and nation honestly and economically administered, and that all duties on the necessities of life be abol­ ished. That a per diem pension be fflvon all lioitoi uuly disciiurgeu soldiers and sailors. That a graduated income tax be had. ,. Equal suffrage, equal pay for equal ser­ vice, un.d that all children under sixteen years of ag3 be removed iranv the tread­ mill to the school-room. MUST REMAIN MAN AND WIFE. Young People Married in Fun Cannot B» Separated. Judge Wlthrow, of St. Louis, (rave his decision in the divorce case of Sarah (*. Darrow against Constantino C. Darrow, the young touple from New York, who were marr ed on a banter and who now wish to be separated. Judge Withrow rules that the marriage cannot be dis­ solved and that the parties must remain man and wife. Mrs. Darrow is a hand- s me young lady 17 years old. and is the daughter of Judge Gaskell, of Lockport, N. Y. The circumstances of the marriage were that the young lady, while not yet 16 years old, had several admirers. Among them was Constantino C. Dar­ row, a young law" stucftnt. Darrow was jealous of the other men, and it was stated that he challenged his sweet­ heart to prove that she was not married to some of the other young men by going to a churc£ and marrying him. t?he took the banter, it was stated, and they went to an Episcopal church at Lock- port, N. Y., and were married. The young lady returned to her parents, and young Darrow resumed his law studies, and nothing was said about the mar­ riage. Darrow came West about a year ago and begar^ tho practice of law in Buchanan County, Missouri. After his departure from the East, the ininister who performed the ceremony informed Mrs. (Jaskell, the young lady s mother, and s eps were taken to seourj a le^al separation. MASSING TROOPS STEADILY. by Both Sides of the Border Guarded Many Soldiers. The Garza revolutionary troubles not only continue but are intensified, for it. Is known that tiarza's band has been ma'erially increased, says a San Antonio (Tex.) special. The wide territory and the revolutionists' p an of dividing their forces in pursuit and yet to be easy of concent-ration make the suppression of the revolutionists very difficult Then again one party ofwthe revolutionists will engage and harass the authorities whi.'o another faction is gaining their point and# plunder. Tho fact is the United States forces on the borders are unable to protect and two or more troops of cavalry have been sent to the border for service there, and additional Stata Bangers a e on the field. It is said that if necessary the War Department will send all the troops under Gen Stanley to' the borders to prevent further infringement of the neutrality laws • The Mexicans are massing troops on that side of the border and are making great efforts to protect tho dti.ens and r^pel insurgent invaders, but scouts and guides are wanted, and these are diihcult to obtain. A courier has at last reached Fort King- gold from Capt. Hardie, who reports that a 1 is well and that Ifardie has two trusty Me\i ans witli him He is search­ ing the ranches for Garza and those who are sustaining him in his revolutionary scheme, lie has aho ('etachments in other directions, and hopes to be able to make a vital coup. ' DESTROYING OUR FORESTS. Ex-Seulor Edmunds Writes a Letter on • Tills Sul\|ect. Assistant Secretary Willlts, of the De­ partment of Agriculti/re. presided at the meeting of the American Forestry As­ sociation. Ex-Senator Edmunds sent a letter expressing his regret at his n- ability to be present, in which he said: Tho subject is of unusual Importance to the future welfare of all our countrymen. I have seen in Europe much of, the evil of the stripping of the hill and mountain sides of their forests, and I have seen in our temperate and well-watered climate of Vermont how groat has been the loss from timber and wo:>d cutting merely for tho timber and wood, without reference to the inevitable consequences In reference to floods, washing away of soils, drying up of springs, and turning the fdee of otherwise bountiful Nature into deserts. The devas­ tations of a dozen years can hardly bo re­ paired in half a century, and "so every energy of reason and persuasion ought ta be brought to bear upon the public Intelli­ gence to avert the evils that so seriously threaten large parts of the republic from tho destruction of tho forests. CONTROLLED BY THE COMBINE. National Cordage Company " to /Have a Monopoly or Trade. A Mason City, Iowa, dispatch says: It now looks as if the National Cordage Ccmpany would virtually control the sale of binding twino in the Northwest. An interview with all the local dealers reveals that but one has made his pur­ chases, and h'i only a small <,uaiv$,ity, all fearing results It i> agre d "that both manllla and sisal twino will range from 1 to 2 cents'h pher next year than it has tills. The principal object-of tho combine is to shut out all dealers who buy in large quantities and sell to their members at cost, thus completely de­ moralizing the business. Renowned Young: Men. CHARLKS JAMES Fox was in Parlia­ ment at 19. JOHN B RIO TIT was not at any school a day after Lo was 15 years.old. GLADSTONE was in Parliament at 22, and at 24 was Lord of tho Treasury. LORD BACON graduated at Cambridge at 16 and was called to the bar at 21. PKKI, was in Parliament at 21, and Palmerston 1vas Lord of the Admiralty at 23. IIknry Cr,AY was fn the Senate of the United States, contrary to the Constitu­ tion, at 29. WASHINGTON was a Colonel In the army at 22. commander of tho forces at 42, President at 57. ~ JUDGE STOKKY was at Harvard at 15, in Congress at 29, and Judge of tbe Supreme Cou: t "qf' United States at 33. 'V-'"" END 0| THE SIMS SEVEN ALABAMA OUTLK] 1TRUNG UP. Fcnir MEMBA of the Bavagw VAMLLJ Bob Sims llifaen from A Sheriff* and Lynchfel--Two More Follow After -- C»j{ured at the Muzxle C a n n o n , • Aabama Jostled* , Bob Rims ind two memoferl bloodthirsty |f&ng named Thomas John Savagd were lynched ln^Ch<f County. Alabama, by a mob. age, a son of fThomas, was only IS of age. Toe Mms gan«^ guilty of manv crimes, coming when T1 murdered becaus land, the circuit! crime having b#l people of Chocta bloody doings of determined that tolerable at this justice be met-j armed with a six-j to Sims' cottaj the outlaw d< a| his two companio] and had expected til night, when be made. In s4 6ver, the outlav ihu oiiuriii, Ollclj Sheriff would gi from the raeml the Sheriff saldf _the-extating sta tense exctteme would do tho r>< and give him men. This pro] cepted, saying felt ho wou'd s| wife and daugt remarking tha t would get as lai Of alive. The armed prisoners, consist Savage and two si the journey to 1!| parture the re ml which had gather bering about 150 a meeting and tool act ion was advisabl termined that the lynched, so, mountiij started in pursuit met John Savage, pre^ captured and hang( i Without much ado around his neck and convenient tree. Continuing on, they ov< prisoners about two miles: ing point and, returning with tho same tr.-e from whic.i John Savage^ was hanging, the mob adjusted ropas about their necks and mounted them two At a time in a buggy, t ims and one of the younger Savages were the first of those who surrendered to fall victim's to • the fury of the enraged popu ace. When asked if he had anything to say, Sims replied, defiant'y: •» "Come, feel my ru se, and see if you think I am a coward." The buggy was then driven out from nnder them and they swung into eter-, nlty. In like manner Tom Savage and his nephew were hanged to the same tree. The Savages pleaded for mercy and declared their innocence, while Sims refused to be blindfolded, assisted in adjusting the tope about his neck, and took things as coolly as though eat­ ing a Christmas dinner instead of play­ ing a leading role in a tragedy which was to land him in eternity. After the 1\ nching the mob formed in a circle about the dangling bodies, which they filled with lead. They t\en As­ persed in the direction of their Several, homes Miss Ileae McKinzie, the yottni lady school teacher, who was boarding) at .McMillan's and who was shot three times in the neck when Sims attacked 1 the McMillan homestead, is dead. A later dispatch says that the lynch­ ing still goes on. Two more victims-- John Sims, brother of 1 ob, and Mos ey, his nephew--wero both hanged the fol­ lowing! night, and the avengers are in hot pursuit of a negro that was with the Sims gang the night of the massacre. They have burned Bob Sims' dwe linjt and an the houses on his place, and killed every living thing to be iound on the place except the family, and they had to escape to a neighbor s hou-o. The Sims family say they are going to leave the country. The crowd continues to enlarge, and is fuily 500 strong, and is hunting for Neal Hms. It is reported that Neal Sims has gotten together about forty men, and intends to burn Womack Hill. The bodies of Bob sirns and the* three Savages have been cut down and thrown over in the graveyard. John Savage, the first hanged, was left hanging. INJUNS HAVE THE GRIP. Tusearoras Prostrated -- The Reservation Overrun with Garter Snakes. Garter snakes and the grip have de­ scended on the Tuscarora reservation ne#r Lockport, N. \\, and the Indians, their squaws and papooses are in a bad •vay. They have sutlcred severely during the last two weeks, and a number of tho victims havo died Nearly two- thirds of all the Ipdians on the reservation are prostrate with the grip, wh'ch takes the form of a fever, accompanied w.th fearful f ains in tho head, aims and legs. There seems to be little rel ef, and those who survive are lo!t weak and powerless. With the stanch characteristics of the race, the Tu-caroras have refused to ask their white Hcighbo.s for aid, and their atllic- tion was dis^vercd onlv by the remark­ able demand for patent medicines for use on the reservation. The medicine men of the tribi; have also been making al­ leged remedies from roots and herbs gathero l by the few members who were able to be about, and barrels of the stuff have been swallowed by the suf­ ferers. The Drn I Senator. lie was. perhaps, the. hardest worker in the ^nate, and his ear was nevei closed to the tale of human woe.--New York Press. He was a strong man, fu'l of re* sources, and an exceedingly adroit poll- tic an. His death will be a loss to the country and more particularly to Kan­ sas--Detroit Free Fre*s. frhe Kansas Senator was brainy and genial, sturdy and lovable, and his sud­ den end will be lamented by political adversaries no less than political friends. --Louisville Courier-Journal. Senator l'luinb's death seems to be a clean caso- of overwork. He applied himself almost unceasingly to the cares of h s ollice and did not hoed the warn­ ing of hl.^physfcian.--I'ittsburg Gazette. During' years' service in the United states Senate he-won recognition as one of tho most assiduous and in- flue.ntia!, while one of tho least preten­ tious, of tho Senators.--New York Ke- corder. Ho was at times out of line with hia party on somo questions, but In the main was truo to its principles. He was admirably equipped for public life, and his death will be a loss to the Seuate.-- Rochester Democrat. The warning of Senator Plumb^i death is a very strong one against the American error of overwork, and is es­ pecially forcible against the political vice of turning the national legislators* into patronage clerks and private claim attorneys without fee.--Pittsburg Dis­ patch.