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immm laimlralrr J»¥AR SLYKC, Eiitof and Pibfltkir* ILLINOIS. KCHBNRT, -it.. BLOWN TO ETERNITY. 3* BOILER EXPLORES CHICAGO. IN Hundred Miner* Killed In kit Indian WP K Territory Mine--Got Her Feet Wet and " l«rt Her Sight--Cut the Schoolmaster's VhttMU. f": m Terrible Gas Explosion. 4*. TERRIBLE explosion occurred in .'"•/•haft No. 1 of the Osage Coal and - Min- ~ -ing Company at Krebs, I, T., several Wiles from the plant. It is believed that JULLY 200 miners were killed. At the time of the explosion 350 men were in the shaft, most of whom were waiting • for the cage to take them out, and the 'foot of THE shaft is one mass of dead bodies. "Eighty-five MEN came out by ••.An old entry and forty-two were saved hy the shaft. The majority of them are *nore or less burned and bruised and half Will probably die. This leaves about .. 123 MEN vet in the mine and in all prob­ ability 200 are dead. One man escaped FROM the shaft 500 feet deep by working . -trc-v to t>iu,uLut( uuu wuu tjavetl: The explosion was caused by firing a •HOT wlicii $AA was ia the mine. Four Killed. A FBLGHTFTRII boiler explosion, which resulted in the instant death of three men, the subsequent death of ^another, *ND the injury of two more, occurred at "Warren Springer's new building, 195 to 107 Canal street, .Chicago. No one knows the ciftuse of thte explosion. Death from an $8 Dispute. AT Challif, Custer County, Idaho, in A quarrel over $8, L. Kestler stabbed George Jacoby. The latter then shot Kestler dead. Jacoby afterward died. Events of the Week. THE death of the Khedfre promises to reopen-the Egyptian (Question. EX-PBESIDENT NOAH PORTER, of Tale, is reported as rapidly approaching death. THE broom manufacturers of the United States haVe advanced prices 25 per cent. REAR ADMIRAL RODGERS, retired, is at the point of death from heart disease, at Washington. SECRETARY BLAINE was BO far recov­ ered to-day as to be able to attend the Cabinet meeting. RATIONS for 2,500 more Sioux than actually exist have for some time been ICCUCD to Indian agents. THREE persons were killed and six severely injured by an explosion in the Monopol pit in Munster. T AT Lodz, near Warsaw, fifteen persons fcave died of trichinosis and forty others •Ire dangerously ill of the disease. . DANIEL NORTH was sentenced to thirty-three years in the penitentiary «t Pontiac, for killing Marshall Hodge, July 1, 1890. -- JOAQUIN MILLER'S son, Henry, who WAS concerned in a stage robbery in jTorthern California, has been sentenced HO two years in the San Quentin peniten- , 'Wary. * IT is intimated that Russia has failed to support France in the Chadouine af- r) • Hair, and that the French Government JJ:IT , will patch up a compromise with Bul­ garia. ?/, | VICTOR CAILES and Frederick Charles, . ~ arrested at Walsall, England, charged \ . I WITH BEIPG implicated in a dynamite plot, - ;/ kad a hearing:, and were remanded for a CI ^,.'W§EK. „.|F THE followers of Garza are moving in , A direction that indicates a plan to at- »V tack Monterey, and make Mexico in- *tead of the United States the basis of j ^H^THY. The NIGHTTR^EXTREMTLY operations. foggy. The engineer of the west-bound , THE accounts of C. H. Paul, county train, missed the switch, and hot being &§; • treasurer of Adams County, Neb., show m tho local funeral was, per sent re- e Legislature ttains could not 1K> undertaker's room. therefore, postpoi A NEW YORK porters to Alban^ffpo!' as to its choice of Presidential candi­ dates. The result is given as follows: David B. Hill, 53; James G. Blaine, 50; non-committal (Democratic), 26; non­ committal (Republican), 17; Benjamin Harrison, 6; Grover Clevcliiiu, 4; Chauncey M. Depew, 1; R. P. Flower,* 1; absent, 2; total, 180. THE following threat ta eontained in a recent letter sent by the latest of the army of dangerous cranks to Jay Gould: "I know how to get near1 you, and if you don'T send me a few thousand dol­ lars I will certainly throw my hat full of dynamite under youf carriage the next time you take a drive. The dynamite will explode without fail­ ing and blow you all to atoms. A. B. 33." It has worried the millionaire and the members of his family more than any of the other alarming epistles which form the largest part of the daily mail. "WESTERN." ...... IN St. Paul, at 11:55 the pther night, the interior of the Casino presented all the characteristics of a saloon and mu­ sic hall. At 12:05 it presented all the features of a well-organized prayer- meeting. The transformation "was as complete as it was sudden. Arrange- mpnto huH boon made with the saloon management by the Young Men's Chris- •tian Association to hold service in the bar. The meeting was crowded and orderly, and at the close of the service coffee and sandwiches were served. THE Joseph Jefferson, Comedy Com­ pany is now playing' ajfit engagement at McVicker's Theater, in Chicago. The Jefferson Comedy Company includes some of the best known players on tho stage, such as Mrs. John Drew, Louis James, Viola Allen, J. H. Barnes, Fan­ nie D. Rouse, W. F. Owen, Maud Mon­ roe, Geo. W. Denham, Fitzhugh Owsley, Joseph Warren, H. W. Odlin and Joseph Jefferson. Those who have not seen Mr. Jefferson's creation of Bob Acres should not miss this opportunity of see­ ing the greatest living comedian in his best role. THERE was a sharp break in interest rates at the Chicago banks. For a long time rates have been held up to 6 per oent. with great firmness in spite of statements showing usually heavy surpluses and a light demand. The rates broke, however, and several institutions freely let out funds on call at 5 per cent. The banks around the Board of Trade have had the best demand, and they still pro­ test that they have no money to loan below 6 per cent., but there was consid­ erable money borrowed on Dearborn street at 5 per cent., and there is much more of it to be had. A REVOLUTION in manufacturing will be begun in St. Paul next month, at which time one of the largest floilr mills in the Northwest will be operated by electricity. It is claimed that this move will be as great an improvement in flour making as was the introduction of the gradual-reduction system ten years ago. As was the case then, the improvement will now be brought about by> fire. Where the great Minneapolis mill explo­ sion occurred, practically wiping out the milling system of that city, every mill was using the old millstone process, which so heated "the flour as to destroy its color. In * rebuilding the mills the world was ransacked for improved meth­ ods, and the result was the introduction of the Hungarian roller or gradual-re^ duction system. About a year GGO the St. Paul roller mill was destroyed by fire and rebuilt on a larger scale. It will now be operated by electricity, without fire or steam about the plant. A TERRIBLE wreck occurred on the Wabash, just east of Hannibal, Mo. The east and west-bound "Cannon Ball" trains are due to meet at Aladdin, a small station6 near Hannibal, the east- bound train having the right of way. The latter was in charge of Conductor Sheehan and Engineer Charles Wil­ son. The train BAD pulled into the depot, and was waiting for the west-bound train to side-track and OHIO'S SENATORIAL CONTEST I * IS FINISHED. Anna H. Shaw, and Mary Wright Sewall. SHEKiBAN WON EASILY. Senators Hoar, Warren, Carey, Stan* - ford, and Dolph nave been jnvited to de* liver addresses. \ THE fungral of tihe late Gen. M. C. Meigs todfc place atVWashington. Under a military escort, composed of a battal­ ion of/cavalry from FortXMeyer, the Light /Battery and a BATTALION of the Third Artillery from the Washington barracks, the remains were taken from the General's late residence on Vermont avenue to St. John's Episcopal Church, where the funeral services were con­ ducted by the rector, Rev. Dr. Douglas. HE paid a brief but glowing tribute to Gen. Meigs' personal qualities. Successor. .....a .....38 1 1 T-;.V- - * deficiency of $52,000. His bondsmen <4 Will adjust the matter, and there will be »o prosecution. |I#> MRS. FRANCES HODGSON BURNETT lias leased the Royalty Theater in Lon- §; <flon, in order to give a trial of a new comedy, "The Showman's Daughter," F 'which she has written. I-P ' THE natural gas supply at Indianapo- -lis was insufficient for fuel purposes the ; |L, other day, and in households not sup- i "plied with coal there was considerable KX • (suffering in consequence. K| ' JUDGE HART, of Duluth, decided that ^ the street railway company of that city JIF had authority, under the right of emi- IJ> nent domain, to condemn private prop- FEJ." erty for railway purposes. IT is reported in St. Louis that the • Hastern capitalists controlling the Na- . tional Stock Yards in East St. Louis are. about to transfer their interests to a ^ Western syndicate, composed largely of |£Chicago men. ^ CONTESTANTS of the will of the late A. J. Davis, of Butte, Mont., who left an -estate valued at from $7,000,000 to $11,- 000,000, have about reached an agree­ ment, and there will probably be no fur­ ther litigation. SENATOR KYLE, of South Dakota, will introduce early in the Congressional term a joint resolution for a constitu­ tional amendment giving Congress sole power to enact laws for the regulation of marriage and divorce. "* SCHOOL-TEACHING has its perils in bleeding Kansas. William Ehrhart, who ' taught a country school near Topeka, overpowered by some of his "tough" " UpilB, who then cut his throat. Mr. hrhart may die in consequence. THE yeport of the lynching of Neal, Beatrice, and Laura Sims, and two other members of the Bob Sims gang in Ala­ bama was without foundation. SOME time ago the wife of Samuel T. Ferguson, of Shoals, Ind., upon return­ ing home from a journey, was obliged to alight from an OHIO and Mississippi 'train in mud and water up to her shoo . tops, the trainmen, it is alleged, refus- ""ing to stop the train at the depot plat­ form. She took cold, became seriously •• ill, and has lost her sight. Her husband *uow demands $70,000 damages from the railway company^ EASTERN. THE Philadelphia Beard of Health has; adopted resolutions calling on Cohgressj : to establish stations for the treatment of; ; persons suffering from leprosy. • AT Bridgeport, Ct., the Messiah Bap­ tist Church was crowded at the hour an-; inounqed for the funeral of William : Francis, a colored man who died in New •: York, but the corpse did not arrive. The clergyman finally explained to the mourn - ,'/• - ers that the body of Francis had been IC.V --V.} ATTOC»HED by a New YORK undertaker, who CLAIMED' $64 for services, and the re- POLIT1CAL. JUDGE P. H. DUGRO is said to be Tammany's candidate for Mayor of New York. He is but 37 years of age. JUDGE LINDSAY, of Kentucky, whom the President appointed to the Inter­ state Commerce Commission, may de­ cline-the office. THE People's party convention will Fbe held in St. Louis Feb. 22. The con­ tention will embrace delegates from numerous organizations, and it is ex- ipected that 10,000 people will be present. THE fight is over and John Sherman hap won. He beat Joseph B. Foraker for the nomination for United States Senator in the Republican legislative caucus 53 to 38, and will, if he lives--and his health seems to be good--^O back to Washington as his own successor. ROSWELL P. FLOWER WFES inaugurated with pomp at.Albaliy, N. YF The cere­ mony was attended with fnore glitter than any that has taken place in a num­ ber of y6ars. • For the first time in ten years the affair WAS heightened by the* presence of women at the receptions. The inauguration took place in the As­ sembly, Chamber, which was profusely decorated with American flags. Bishop Doane, of the Episcopal Cathedral, of­ fered the prayer. Then Gov. Hill con­ gratulated Mr. Flower in a short speech. FOREIGN, B. FORAKER. well acquainted with the locality, went crashing into the train at the depot. Both engines were completely wrecked and both engineers instantly killed. The trains took fire, and both smokers and baggage cars and one chair car were consumed. John Conswell, fireman of the e^pt-bound train, TFAS seriously in­ jured, and the fireman of the other train cannot live. Four Italian emigrants were killed and eight other passengers injured. - SpUTHERN. GARZA HAS^ resumed activity on the Rio Grande. A CYCLONE passed over Fayetteville, Ga., killing four persons and wrecking many houses THE train of the Kentucky and Indi­ ana Bridge Company, while rounding a curve, was derailed at Louisville, Ky., and ran off the bridge. The last car fell from a trestle thirty-five feet high. Con­ ductor Frank Mahan was crushed to death under the car, which fell on him, and a passenger named Paccon was in­ jured. THE Mexican Government has offered a reward of $300,000 for Garza's head, but they will hardly get him. So far the Mexicans have killed over 100 men on sus­ picion of being revolutionists, and this has tended to drive other poor ranchers to join the revolt. At Pueblo the popu­ lace revolted and every priest has been placed in jail. THE railroad companies of Alabama have thus far failed to .comply with the statute requiring them to provide first- class coaches for colored passengers. In view of this fact the colored people are planning to hold a State convention next month to devise measures for com­ pelling the railroad companies to carry out the provisions of the law. NEWS comes from Womack Hill, Ala., the scene of the recent Sims outrage and hanging, that while Neal Sims, the brother of Bob, two other men, and Laura and Beatriee Sims, the two daughters of Bob, were going in the direction of Leak, Miss., the rendezvous of the rest of the gang, they were met by a posse searching for Neal Sims, who is wanted for murder, and all hanged. Great excitement is said to prevail. WASHINGTON. CONGRESSMAN HOPKINS has intro­ duced a bill to establish a branch of the United States mint in Chicago. VESSEL owners will be represented at Washington this winter by agents urging an appropriation for the deepening of the channel at Cleveland to twenty feet, THE National American Woman Suf­ frage Association will hold its twenty- fourth annual convention in Washing­ ton. Among the speakers will be Mrs. Lide Meriwether, Mrs. Lucy Stone, Elizabeth Lyle Saxon, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Susan B. Anthony, Mme. Clara KEY man, Carrie Lane Chapman, Rev. BULGARIA has repudiated the demands of France for reparation for the Chadou­ ine incident, and the next step is awaited with interest. A CRISIS is approaching in Samoa, where King Malietoa has determined to crush the rebellion and run the gov­ ernment regardless of foreign inter­ ference. FURTHER demands on the part of Lord Salisbury have delayed the settlement of the sealeries question, and Sir George Powell, one of the English commission­ ers, says that the Premier will make no concessions. THE Khedive of Egypt is dead. He had been suffering from the influenza which developed into congestion of the lungs. This was complicated with a cardiac affection and to this he suc­ cumbed. The late Khedive, by a wise administration of his government, won general respect both in his own country and among foreign nations. Notwith­ standing the law allowed him four wives, he had but one. While the country is nominally a dependency of the Sultan of Turkey, the Khedive has been complete­ ly under British influence. % , IN GENERAL COL. C. S. GILMORE, Deputy Lieuten­ ant Governor of Ontario, is dead. MRS. RAFFLE, of Sigourney, Iowa, started for the Eas)T more than a week ago. She lias not/reached her destina­ tion, and nothing nas been heard from her. I THE National HMTOW Trust has been sued for $50,000 DANTAGES' by Ira J. Hunt, a harrow manufacturer of Kalamazoo, who alleged that the combine forced him out of business. THE Government's suit against the schooner Robert and Minnie, charged with violating the neutrality laws in con­ veying arms to the Chilian steamer Itata, has been dismissed.. Gov. FLOWER, in his message to the New York Legislature, suggests the necessity of the reapportionment of the Congressional districts of the State and the taxation of the bonded indebtedness of corporations as a means of revenue. P. P. WRIGHT has been appointed As­ sistant General Manager of the Lake Shore and Michigan Southern Railway Company. Mr. Wright has been Gen­ eral Superintendent of the Lake Shore for many years, and is admittedly one of the ablest and most experienced op­ erating men in the country. W. H. Canniff has been appointed General Superintendent of the Lake Shore. SAYS a dispatch from Valparaiso: It is said that the Chilian Government has cabled orders to Minister Pedro Montt at Washington to make a sincere apology to the United States for the un­ fortunate and deplorable attack upon the Baltimore sailors Oct. 1(5 last. The apol­ ogy Is unqualified in its character. Other matters which have been in dispute between Chili and the United States are to be speedily considered by the new administration. It is no secret here that many of those who cherish ideas of war between the .United States and Chili are friends of Balmaceda. MARKET REPORT8. CHICAGO. CATTLE--Commou to i rime. $3.50 <3 6.00 HOGB--fchippin^; Grades 3.60 & 4.35 St-EEP--Fair to Choice 3.0O IS 8.75 WHEAT-- NO. 2 lied & .m CCHN--NO. a.- 38 @ 0*ib--No. 2 .«£) 0 RYK--No. 2 86 & UurrKK--« hoice Creamery 27 CHEKBK-- Full Cream, flats 12 & Kaos--Fresh 22)^@ tOLA.iOKu-Car-1 ads. per bu ;0 INDIAN APOLJH. CATTLE--Shipping 8.25 H 'GS--Choice Ligbt 3.60 bHKEP--Common to Prime...... 3,00 WHKAT-- NO. 2 Red. M < oss - No, 1 White 41 OAIB--No. S White *4 bT. LOUIS. CAITLK s.50 HOGS 8.S0 .40 .30 .bS .29 .13 .23 >4 .40 8.5 J 3. K> 8.00 WHKAT--No. 2 Red. COBN--No. 2 37 OAIS No.S .81 RTE - No. 8 81 CINCINNATI. CATTLK HdOS HHKT- P WHEAT--NO. 2H#d J IOKW--No. 2 OATK--NO. 2 MIXED DETROIT. CAT1T.B 3.00 HuUI) 3.(JU KH EI> 3.00 WHEAT--No. 2 hed.. 1*8 COBN-- No 9 Yellow 41 OATH--No. S White ,;3 TOLEDO. New (5 C BN--No. 2 Yellow 41 OAV#--No. 3 White OS RTE 87 BUFFALO. BXBF CATTLE 4.00 LIVE UOOS 8.75 WHHAT-- No 1. Hard 1.02 Coax--No. 2 55 MILWAUKEE. w HEAT--No a Spring S0 CORN--No. 3 87 OATB - No. 2 White !j2 BYE--No.J k 66 BAULEY^IO. 2 57 BORE--Mess 11.25 NEW YultK. CATTLE 8 50 BOOB...... 3.00 SHEW 8.S0 WHEAT--No. 2 Red.\. 1.06 COHN--No. 2 } .aa OATS--Mixed Western 87 B CTTEB--Creamery 90 > BOM--NEW MMS 9.00 & 5.25 «» 4.25 & 4.75 & .'J2 .42 & .35 (9 4.75 4.25 @ M & .38 <9 .32 & .83 <S 5.00 4.35 & 5 00 .90 41 (g .43 88^9 .34 >4 ® 4.75 & 4.00 & 5.00 .04 .43 .34 .42 .84 .80 0 5.75 0 4.7S & 1.03 .57 ® .88 @ .8» & .83 «> .8S & .5» @11.75 9 5.60 (!§ 4.W @ E.AS <$ 1.09 0 .53 <4 .89 @ .31 010,00 "Kx-Oovor»or Forsker Gets Onjy Thltty- •t(ht Votes in Cancua--It W«« 1Jon/on ° Open Ballot--End of B Long amd Some­ what Bitter Fljht Sherman HU O JOBH SHERMAN. J. B. FORAKEH....... CHARLES FOSTER WILLIAM Mcsmnlbt The Eepublicans of Ohio have spoken and John Sherman LA to be the next United States Senator from the Buckeye State. J. B: Foraker is de­ feated." The joint catifttw con­ vened at 8 p. m. in the hall otr the House of Representatives, and by- a c c l a m a t i o n S p e a k e r Laylip, of the House, was selected Chairman. Ho made A speech JOHN SHEBMAN. abounding In compli­ ments to both of the Senatorial candi­ dates, and the call of the roll showed every Republican Assemblyman present except Representative Jackson. Quite an interesting conflict took place over the question of admitting the pub­ lic, but a motion was finally adopted di­ recting the Sergeant-at-arms to clear the galleries. The vast audience of spectators hissed this action round­ ly and it was only after a great deal of trouble that the Sergeant-at- arms performed his onerous task. In an eloquent speech Senator Nich­ ols, of Belmont, presented the name of John Sherman. "Tried and proved by the tests O F T I M E , " s a i d h e , "weighed and found not wanting by the balances of -subsequent events, yielding to no promised popular theories which are doomed to an ephem­ eral existence, tem­ pered by no visionary wj^ims for mere TEMPO­ RARY relief, capitulating not with demagogues and surrendering not to dishonesty, true to friend and fair to foe, just to the weak as well as to the strong, he asks on ly'for right and sub­ mits not to wrong; loyal to the protec­ tion of the rights of labor, without un­ justly disturbing the rights of property, mutually interdependent; .believing that when the muscle of toil or the hand of patriotism to our country in her trying ordeal for perpetual existence has ren­ dered a dollars' worth of services that hand should receive, as compensation therefor, a dollar with a hundred cents' worth of purchasing power. Vote for him; for in that sublime^act you honor yourselves, better your constituents, and serve your country." Representative Griffln, of Lucas, nom-, inated Joseph B. Foraker, and his speech was frequently interrupted with enthusi­ astic applause. "In the summer of 1862," said he,, "when the life of this na­ tion was trembling in tho balance and when the hearts of strong men wavered in view of the rapidly accumulating mis­ fortunes which were overtaking the armies of the nation, a lad of 16, bpm and bred upon a farm, willingly and gladly, full of life and hope and patriot­ ism, offered his life, if need be, his best service upon the altar of his country. He enlisted as a private soldier. He went to the front with others, and when a redoubt or a battery was to be stormed, with youthful vigor and impetuosity, he was the foremost. During the entire war until it ended he served as a private soldier." -- ' After reviewing ex-Gov. Foraker'S of­ ficial record the speaker concluded: "The man whom I name is one of those gallant men who never deserted a friend or turned his back upon the enemy. He never sought a quarrel and he nevfer ran from one. Always true to high princi­ ples, always true to the Republican par­ ty, there never has been a campaign in the State when he was not in the fore­ most of the battle, leading as best he might on to victory. He has ALWLJRS been true to the principles of the Re­ publican party because he is a Republi­ can on principle, I take pleasure in presenting the name of Joseph B. Fora­ ker of Ohio." Representative Welsh, who has for weeks insisted that he. would vote for no one but William McKinley, placed the Governor-elect in nomination for Sena­ tor in a spicy speech, and urged him "as the man of the occasion and the one who, if elected, would best.subserve the interests of the State of Ohio and the nation." Representative Dicks, of Hamilton, in his turn nominated Secretary of the i Treasury Charles Foster, but there was ! a slight disposition to jeer the gentle- I man and he was brief in his speech. I The nominations of Sherman and Foraker were seconded by several gen- j tlemen upon each side and it was 10 o'clock before a ballot was reached. Just before the ballot a telegram from | Governor-elect McKinley was read, say- I ing: "I have been advised that my name , may be presented. Promptly withdraw | it." Upon this authority tho Chairman withdrew Mr. McKinlCy's name, but this action did not prevent Mr. Welsh from subsequently voting for his can­ didate. There-was intense excitement during the roll-call and as doubtful men re­ corded themselves they were warmly applauded by the faction with which they voted. The result was: John Sherman, 53; J. B. Foraker, 38; Charles Foster, 1, and William McKinley, 1, and amid tremend­ ous applause Sherman was declared the nominee. On motion of a Foraker man Senator Sherman's nomination was made unan­ imous, and a committee was appointed to wait upon both Sherman and Foraker and invite them to appear before the caucus. Loud cheers greeted tho appearance of the two distinguished Ohioans as they entered the hall and were escorted to tho speakers' stand. With tho expiration of the Sehatorial term to which John Sherman is to be electcd he will have completed forty- four years of continuous public service, but six years short of a half eentury. It will be a record without parallel in tho history of American statesmanship, for every year of this long public sendee, will have been spent at Washington and In the service of the Federal Govern­ ment. Born in 1823, John Sherman is 69 years old. As a young lawyer he was elected to Congress in 1854, at the time of the Kansas-Nebraska troubles, and as a member of the Congressional Committee on the question of extension of slavery in 1854 he wrote the famous anti-slavery report which thrilled the nation and made him one of the prominent leaders of the day. S'liitfiiTlfillii iS^ii About Men. THE Czar plays billiards. THE recrct of success is constancy <to purpose. TIIF, lazy man aims at nothing and genei;a'ly hits ft. A MUTTON on yonr shirt is worth two 4ewn the back of your neck. IT was onre believed that hare9 changed their sex every year. TIIK man who loves his neighbor as himself never keeps a ?•••'! dog. GAMBLING IN GRAIN. SENATOR WASHBURN REPLIES R TO MR. COUNSELMAN. HU; Object IB to Beneflt the American Farmer-Legitimate Tradn Injured by tho Pernicious System of "Short Selling." To Protect the Producer. Senator W. D. Washburn, the author of the option bill introduced by him in the Senate last month, in an interview in Chicago the other day, said: "I have just finished reading the interview with Mr. Counselman in which that gentle- sevely criticises the bill Introduced by me to prevent grain gambling. I am not surprised at that gentleman's hos­ tility nor at all disturbed by the sar­ castic reference to my philanthropy in the premises, for any effort directed toward a curtailment of the great evil knowh as 'short selling' can be expected to call down the wrath of all dealers in illegitimate or fiat grain. But Mr. Counselman wholly misunderstands the situation when he assumes that this bill is put forth as A perfect bill in all its de­ tails. I recognize the extreme difficulty in drawing the line between what is hurtful and what is helpful to the pro­ ducer, and I introduced it early to draw out criticism and suggestions from all quarters. I already see places that I think are weak, and before the dismis­ sion is over I may see other places that should be improved. "The future selling of real grain 1M perfectly legitimate, and should not be interfered with. In fact, to prevent a man from contracting his grain for fu­ ture delivery would be ruinous in Its ef­ fects on the producer, and no one is seeking to encompass that. "What I want to do," said the Senator, "is to stop this thoroughly pernicious and demoralizing practice known in gambling parlance as .short selling,' where a man can go on the boird with­ out a kernel of grain, either real or prospective, and sell millions of bush­ els, thus depressing the market the same as if so much real grain had been dumped on. Why, Mr. Pillsbury, the largest buyer of real wheat in the world, tells me that there are men In Minneapolis with their offices in theii hats who sell more wheat in a year than he buys, and that there are days In Chi­ cago when men sell more than he will buy in a whole year, and yet these men have the audacity to claim they are helping the market." Referring to a meeting of the Cham­ ber of Commerce at Minneapolis for a conference with the Senator, Senator Washburn said: "Of course the Board of Trade folks up there occupy the same position as does the Chicago Board, they claiming to believe that tho bill means the utter demolition of trading in futures, but they will find their mistake when the bill formally becomes a law and GOES^ into effect. I was especially surprised at the statement made then by Presi­ dent Sawyer, of the Sawyer Elevator Company, when he said that not over 10 per cent, of the sales made on the boards of trade in tho country were of the gambling character. I had not the data with me, but I find on looking the mat­ ter up that a quite different stato ol affairs exists. No board furnishes any data to make a comparison from except the New. York Board, which is small compared with tho Chicago Board, but even then the figures aro startling. "Here is a very interesting table thai I came across the other day. It shows that during ten days of the summer ol 1890 the real and L>ogus sales of wheat were aa follows: - Sales of ac­ tual wheat, bus. Date 1390. Aprils *.... April 0 April W April 14 Sept. 8... Sept. 4... Sept. 15 Oct. 22 Oct. 23... Oct. 21 Opt'n sales of fictitious wheat, lius 18,4 30,0u( 8,00), 0 K 10»t:HO,00( 44,000,00: 8,003,00( 6,40 ',0iX 7.240,00( 4,000 00( 8,000,l0C 4,60J,0U Total 837,603 125,720. OCX "The facts are that during tho daye named, for each bushel of wheal sold, New York market-wreckers sold 372 bushels of flat grain, and that it would require but thirty-six days foi them to sell options equaling in amounl an average wheat crop. "An expert, writing on the subject, says: 'It is not unusual for as mucb fiat wheat to be sold in a day as there ie of actual grain received in a year. Foi instance: On the 14th of April, 1890, New York speculators sold 44,000,000 bushels of fiat wheat, probably MOA than twice as much as reachod that city dnring the year. While the "offerings' in a single day, at either Chicago or NE^ York, are said to often exceed 300,000,- 000 bushels, such offerings having the intended effect of depressing prioes.' " "What would wheat have been worth bad it not been for the board of trade methods? " "Well, I think that every bushel would be worth 20 cents more to-day. In fact, all Europe is astonished that it is get­ ting our wheat to-day for the ridiculous­ ly low prico considering all the circum­ stances. They expected to pay more, and it is an outrage upon the producei that he Bhould thus be sacrificed to the relentless greed and disreputable deals of tho 'short seller' on our Boards of Trado. Yes, sir, in my opinion, some kind of relief wii| be granted our pro­ ducers in a restrictive law that will pre­ serve all the good features in future dealings and eliminate the bad. By tak- ing JJP this question, and drawing in the views from all sides, a great service will be rendered to the people of the Northwest. What wo want is intelli­ gent, honest investigation, and some­ thing good will come out of it." HUGE PLOT IN MEXICO. PL.AN& ARE LAID FOR A GEN­ ERAL UPR1SINQ. Th« Chunh Party Implicated In a Con­ spiracy to Overthrow the Government with the Assistance of Garma--Move­ ments on the Frontier. Oana'# Operations a Blind. Advices from Monterey, Mexico, SKY: The efcitement here over the revolu­ tionary movement against President Diaz, inaugurated by Catarino Garza, is on the increase. It has been learned here from an authoritative source that there is to be a general uprising of what is known as the church party throughout Mexico In support of revolution within the next four weeks. It is also learned from the same source that the recent vi^it of Catarino Garza to the City of Mexico was made for the purpose of conferring with leading officials in the church. In beginning his movement last Sep­ tember Garza had no funds with which to carry it on successfully, and he de­ pended solely upon the sympathy of the oppressed people in Northern Mexico to augment his resources. It is believed here that he would have been successful at that time had his attack upon Guerrero and Meir resulted differently. The rev­ olutionists were, however, scattered, and Garza sought refuge in the mount­ ains of Tamaulipas. While still in hid­ ing he received a summons from a prom­ inent and wealthy Catholic citizen of the City of Mexico to come to the cap­ ital incognito, and he would be given funds to carry on the campaign in the northern part of the republic, while A plan of campaign would be mapped out for the people of the Southern States. Garza answered the call and TVAS well received by the instigator of the church people's movement, whoT in addition to supplying Garza with a considerable amount of money, caused a secret appeal for aid of the revolution to be sent to all faithful and devout Catholics in the re­ public. Numerous copies of this procla­ mation Jiave been discovered here, and are in the hands of the Government. As a result of this understanding President Diaz has increased his vigil­ ance and priests are being quietly ar­ rested upon trivial charges in all parts of Mexico and sent to jail, from which not many of them will escape alive. The belief is growing here that Garza's operations along the Rio Grande frontier was intended as a blind to draw the Mexican troops to that quar­ ter, when the real leader and an army of revolutionists will appear in either the State of Chihuahua or Durango and ad­ vance on the City of M«xico. NO MORE CHILI SAUCE. Tho Theater-Hat Question. THE theater-hat question is becoming serious. Now a Minneapolis man ie suing a manager because a couple of women's hats in front ot him prevented him from seeing a play. A man who is so particular about a little thing like that ought to sit in the rear gallery, whero the seats are raised on step-lad­ ders.--Buffalo Express. HENBY HILBERT, of Berwick, Pa., \MAY not have chosen tho wisest course, out he is doing what he can to start a great reform. He went to the theater, could see nothing because the two ladles sitting in front of him wore hats 21£ Inches in diameter, and has brought suit against the manager of tho theater for obtaining money under false pretenses. --Milwaukee Sentinel. THE question of a manager's right to regulate the wearing apparel of his pat­ rons and his obligations to provide for the sufferers will come up at Minneapo­ lis on theFsuit of a traveling man, who found himself seated behind two im­ mense hats and who was refused per­ mission to change his seat or the return of his money, though he found it impoa* BIBLE to see a thing on the stage during tt»* entire evening. If he would only VfJS%hat a blessed reform jnight be IBFT stiteoid.--Kansas City Journal. Reparation to Bo Made and the Trouble M • • Settled^by Arbitration. Chili is sincerely sorry, and has said so to Secretary Blaine through Minister Montt. Minister Montt hopes that within a week every cause of irritation will be removed. Official lips are sealed regarding what took place at trie interview held by the Chilian Minister with Secretary Blaine, but the following is the situation: The Chilian Government has expressed its regrets for the attack on the Baltimore and the subsequent proceedings which were so unfriendly to the United States. It has formally disavowed any intention of offense in the diplomatic correspond­ ence and has repudiated Minister Mat- ta's insulting letters as not reflecting the sentiments of President Montt and his present Cabinet. It "has submitted the findings of the Procurator Fiscal as evidence of its good faith in investigating the Valpa­ raiso riot, and the punishment of the men found guilty will follow in due courge. It formally disclaims the idea that tho attack on the sailors was be­ cause of the uniform they wore. It does not unreservedly admit a financial re­ sponsibility to the families of the sailors killed, but leaves tho question of indem­ nity open to be decided by third parties or to be settled by futuro arrangement between the two countries. It does not admit any hostility or negligence on the part of the police, as the government cannot go back of its own courts on this point. But realizing that the United States Is equally bound by the findings of its officers the Montt administration is will­ ing to leave the question of fact to fu­ ture determination, which means arbi­ tration. Incidentally, though, the hop£ is expressed that on fuller examination the "United States will be convinced that there was no cause of complaint against the-Valparaiso police, and this phase of the controversy may be dropped. It will be seen that the concessions made by Chili come pretty close to ful­ filling the definition of "reparation" which was demanded by President Har­ rison when the news of the Valparaiso murders reached Washington. This de­ mand included expression of regret for the occurrence, punishment of the offend­ ers, and indemnity to tho families of the victims. These concessions are couched in dip­ lomatic languages, but their meaning is clear. In addition there is the guaranty of personal safety to the refugees if given up for trial and of freedom from penalties if tried and eonvfeted. PRESIDENTIAL NOMINATIONS. The Bess Bandit. GABZA must be a non-professional revolutionist. A professional would have been caught and shot long ago.--Buffalo Enquirer. GARZA is only a bandit with a few hundred followers, yet he is giving the Naro big republics a heap of trouble.-- Quincy Whig. Tlie Names of a Largo Number of Ap­ pointees Submitted to the Senate. The President has sent to the Senate the following nominations: E. "G. Rath bone, of Ohio, Fourth Assist­ ant Postmaster General. William B. Hess, of Indiana, Consul Geu- eral at Constantinople. William D. McCoy, of Indiana. Minister Resident and Conml Goncral'to Liberia. Andrew 1*. McComiick. United States Circuit Judge for tho" Fifth Judicial Cir­ cuit. Mat! hew T. Allen, Attorney tho Southern District of California. Abraham J. Feavy, Governor of Okla­ homa Major Garrett J. Lydockor, to be Lieu­ tenant Colonel; Captain John C. Mallory, to bo Major; First Lieutenant G. W. Goe- thals, to be Captain; Second Lieutenant Heury Jervey. to lo First Lieutenant; Sec­ ond Lieutenant T. IV. Horn, third cavalry, to be Second Lieutenant of artillery. Chief EtiRineer Georjje W. Melville, to be Englneer-ln-cliief and Chief of the Bureau of Stdam Engineering, with the relative rank of Commodore. Consuls--Campbell L. Maxwell, of Ohio, at Santo Domingo; Charles Weare, of Ioiru, at Aix la Chapelle; Slgmund C. Bralda. of New Jersoy, at San Juan del Norte; Waller T. Howard, of Vermont, at Cardiff: David 8. K. Buick, of Oregon, at Sonuel ers; Ellas C. Heney, of New Hampshire, at Matanza*; James Leltch, of Louisiana, at Belize; Rud- cllff H. Ford, of Maine, at Leghorn; Edward P. Hammond, of Maryland, at Buda-Pesth. OKLAHOMA'S NEW GOVERNOR. Judge A. J. StajT) an Eccentric Old Bach­ elor, Draws a l'riae. Judge A. J. Seay, who was appointed Governor *f Oklahoma, has been on tho district? bench in that territory for tho last year. He was originally appointed from Missouri, in which State he was for many years a District Judge. He is an old bachelor of rather eccentric habits, and is distinguished for his high .piping voice. As a Judge he was popular in Missouri, and he has made quite a repu­ tation on the bench in Oklahoma. He attracted attention some time ago by the severity with which he dealt with vio­ lators of the law prohibiting the sale of .LIQUER to Iudi#- •• DOINGS OF CONGRESS. f - - - * ; s. . :• 4 V J- MEASURES CONSIDERED A10 ACTED UPON. At HM Station's Capital--Wh*» f« Done by the Senate and Honse flirt Matters Disposed Ot and Mew Ones GOB* •ldered. ^ The Senate and House* Both houses reassembled on the Sth. : the Senate the attendance was full. The usual mass of petitions was presented, including several In favor of a 95.000,- 000 loan to the World's Fair on cbiidition that the fair be closed Sundays. Mr. Washburn's joint resolution, to authorize the Secretary of the Navy to^ employ any United States vessel best suited to transport supplies to Russia at a cost not exceeding $100,000, was passed. Presi­ dent Harrison also laid a message before the Senate, touching upon the Russian famine. Mr. Vest's resolution, look­ ing toward the abrogation by Great Britain of the regulation requiring slaughter at the port of entry of American cattle was passed. President Harrison sent to the Senate the names of the new Inter­ state Commerce Commissioners, as follows: James W. McDIll, of Iowa, vice Thomas M. Cooley, resigned; William M. Lindsey, of Kentucky, vice W. L. Bragg, de­ ceased; William R. Morrison, of Illinois. In the House the attendance was large, and Mr. M^Millin was chosen Speaker pro The balance of the session was occupied bv the introduction of bills. ^03 On thf> ftth. t?>p of the Bcn&tc was largely taken up In confirming the various appointments seut in by I'rcsldoufc Harrison. Among papers introduced was a bill granting pensions to the soldiers of the Seminole and other Indian wars. The attendance in the House was smaller than the day before. Discussion was lively over the Senate's Russian relief resolution. Many favored the measure, all applauded the sentiment, but many also questioned the legality of the proposed action. The opinion of these latter was clearly expressed by Mf. Bryan of Nebraska. He hoped that the appropriation of $100,003 would be stricken from the resolution. If Con-* gress was not empowered to aid the citizens of its own country In Ne­ braska during a drought, how was it empowered to carry corn raised this year in Nebrnska to people of another country? Mr. Holman moved to strike out the appro­ priation clause, which was agreed to--166 to 70. Consideration of the resolution was then postponed indefinitely. On tho 7tli, every State except Nevada was represented by its two Senators when the upper house convened. Senator David B. Hill was sworn in. The introduction of petitions, bills, and resolutions occupied the whole time. One bill, introduced by Mr. Peffer of Kansas. provided for the loan of money to IndiRna farmers. Comparatively few members lis­ tened to the opening prayer in the House. After the approval of the journal and the appropriate reference 6f various Executive communications, a "large number of bills was introduced; wheri the House adjourned, as did the Senate, to the 11th. - *£ I Subjects of Thought. THE greatest prayer is patience. TIME is always too short to people who, Improve it. .RUMOR can wreck a bank as well M'FTP reputation. - ALL the world's a stkge, and fit's FALL ot bad actors. You cannot tell how much a lion weigh® by his roar. MEDDLESOME people never have med­ als struck in their honor. DEAD M^N tell no talcs, but their biog­ raphers weave romances. HOSESTV is the best policy, bat the policy men don'T think so. SOME charming ladies never grow old­ er in years, only in- looks. A NON-UMON band--the wedding ring worn by a divorced woman. CAN there be any real happiness where selfishness reigns,supreme? . „ You can't rake people over the coal9 without burning your fingors. HABITS are formed, not at one stroke, but gradually and insensiblY- THE devil would nover leave home if lie had to travel in his bare feet MOST of us have thinns we want cov­ ered up--covered up forever, too. THE fellow who is always in deep water is usually shallow himself. GOVERN you thoughts when alone, and your tongue when in company. NOTHING is more simple than great­ ness; indeed, to be simple is to be great. I WISH I could keep from saying any­ thing bad about any one; Lord help me. TAE only man who has a good faith is the one who knows he has a great God. ; REMEMBER that impertinence is not wit any more than insoh nee is bril­ liancy. LIBERALITY cons'sts lesi in giving much than in giving at the right mo­ ment. CONCEALED griefs are "the most con­ suming, as secret nflMadies are tho most fatafc*- THE soul has no pillow on which to re pose so soft and sweet as a good con science. CAN one who neglects small opportu­ nities expect to gain by great oppor­ tunities? FORTUNES aro made by taking op­ portunities; character is made by mak­ ing them. To HE agreeab'E in society i t is neces­ sary not to see and^not to remember V many things. % MEN are the builders of their own des­ tiny, and mere especially of the destiny of-their children. OUR grand businesses not to EEE what lies dimly at a distance, but what lies clearly at hand. THE man prone to suspect evi l Is mostly looking in his neighbors for what he sees in himself. THE two powers which, i n my opinion, constitute a wise man, are those of bear­ ing and forbearing. A RICH man despises those who flatter him too much, and bafos those who do not flatter him at all. Do NOT wait for extraordinary oppor­ tunities for good actions, but niak$ use of common situations METHOD IS like packing things in a box: a good packer will get in half as much again as a,bad one. THERE are people who wouldn't lie with the Hp for anything, and yet they live a lie every day In tho week. THE flower of love may live through many injuries, but it cann-;t survive inV- an atmosphere of perpetual froftt. - Texas Sittings Chair. A FROMISINO young man--one who is engaged to half a dozen girls. AI.T. men are not homeless, but some men are home less than others. IF the good die young, how do yon account for bald-headed editors? GENERALLY, Nature hangs out a sign of simplicity in the face of a fool. NOTHING SO vividly reminds us of the brevity of life as a thirty-day note. CERTAIN acts can be rendered legal, but can*oever be made legitimate. COLD natures have only recollections; tender natures have remembrances. IT is an easy thing to be a philoso­ pher, but it is hard to make It pay. HARD workers are usually honest* Industry lifts them above temptation. ' THE best time to pass mutilated silver coin is to pass it when it is offered to VOI>