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MEHBNRY, futg^laiudcfikr L *JW SLYKE, Editor"**" ILLINOIS FAMOUS JURIST GONE. ^SSOCLATI\ JUSTICE BRADLEY IS DE-AD, VkeUetef OMdct 13»* Xmttaaapolla 8«r- Sfeal Tnntftnte Fir®--Starving In Hoboken -two Murderers to Swlnf--Horse Flesh tot Food. . Justice BradleyDead. {• AWWJCIATK JUSTICE JOSEPH P. BRAD- T&KLF/^OL the United States Supreme Court, died at his residence in Washing* ^ ton of general debility. His death was M?' I not unexpected, as it has been known " for some months PAST that the dlstln- J - '•, guished jurist was far from being a well ® £ •- man, an attack of the grip last spring APE " having left him in a much debilitated $' condition, from which he seemed unable JFT to rally during the summer months. His * trouble began again in November when ^ < .. he caught a slight cold, which, coupled PV - . with his enfeebled condition, made great | inroads into his strength, and during the greater part of the present term of the ^ . V Supreme Court he was unable to HE ||*/ present at its daily sessions. • Horses for Food. AN equine slaughter house has been •|>F'I discovered in Bergen County, New Jer- I sey, situated in a dense forest off the • Palisades, at a point between Fort Lee 1,,'^ and Leona. The horse butcher is Adolph Shafer, who intends to cater to Polish colony about to be set- , tied just east of Palisades Park, A*"/, » station ON the Northern Railroad of New Jersey. A reporter who visited Shafer'S place was sickened by the |:Tpeculiar odor that prevailed. A horse's Jjrj., head was seen in a barrel, the flesh "v having been cut off. Paul Kuntz, of J ; Palisades Park, claimed to have sold an F0C.~ crippled horse to Shafer for 5 cents I |V _ a few days ago, but he did not have A ' thought of the U6e to be made of the • |F» animal. The authorities have been W\ notified. ______ j The Indianapolis Horror. A* a fire in the National Surgical In- I' -O etitute at Indianapolis, the following, LY . *11 cripples, were killed; V* ' Irma Payne, aged 18, Dexter Ma; Minnie v- Arnold, aged 17, Lancaster, Ma; William |||^?^; Ramstak. aged 17, Milwaukee; Mrs. E. " Bear and child; Mrs. Lazarus, Chicago; Stella Spircle; G. M. Ellis, aged 40; Kate I* Straughan, relatives at 184 Massachu- setts avenue; Mrs, Burns and nephew, of , St Paul, Minn.; C H. Gorman, McDonald, Mich; Hannah Broek. Taylorsville, TIL ; !|Frank Dockendorf. Stillwater. Minn.; Mln- • nie McDonald, Negaunee, Mich. Missing; "v.. Mrs. M. Klump, Arthur Bayless; Fannie Brerden, Memphis. Tenn.; Mortie Decko; Br. A. B. Prior, Ann Arbor. Mich. Over j j i " . t w a t y w e r e h u r t , s o m e f a t a l l y . -" Family Found Starving. §>;* , HERMAN WAGNER, his ^RIFE and two children were found starving in their if?,'* home in West Hoboken, N. Y. In the F «V " room with them was the dead body of R another child, 6 years old. Either from |P pride or ignorance Wagner made no at- tempt to secure aid from the authorities. «&'*>. He had been kept home by illness for JJ£~ . four weeks. ' 1 ;«, Two Men to Hang. > AWT^IYPKK LEWIS, for the murder of FC' Ben C. Travels in June, 1888, and Shep- 1^;. pard Busby, for killing Deputy Marshal RIV' • Barney Connelly in August, 1891, have P\ 1 been sentenced by United States Judge L&V Parker to be hanged April 27th next at JLT J1!)!* Smith, Ark. F| W ' Killed by a Blast ||I' Atrlfew York, the premature explosion I* *, OF a blast killed two persons and eeri- ^' , oosly injured three. The blast was an old one and was accidentally struck by the crowbar of one of the men. ScElin He Escapes the Gallows. -HAEL MOREARTT was sentenced imprisonment in the penitentiary e fatal shooting of Policeman Geo. ger at Chicago on the night of Oct. 7, 1891. _ Maine Prohibition Convention. THE Maine Prohibition State Conven­ tion has been called at Bangoi May 4 and 5. The Executive Committee an­ nounces that it expects to make a strong fight this year. Walker's Squadron Sails. T^ADMIBAL, WALKER with his flagship, Hie cruiser Chicago, accompanied by the cruiser Atlanta and the gunboat Ben­ nington, sailed from Montevideo for Valparaiso. •! ' . Events of the Week. - ABCHDUKE FRANCIS FERDINAND, heir-apparent to the Austrian throne, Is 111. JOHN COTTCH ADAMS,the distinguished English astronomer, is dead, aged 73 years. THE United States Express office at Dwight, 111., was robbed of a package containing $3,000. THE twelve-inch rifle gun for the cruiser Monterey has reached San Fran­ cisco, having been sent by rail from flvania. Afros lines extra police offfl|^MBAsta­ tioned to prevent trouble^H^Hpirds surrounded the car sh<<!*VPnWptthe strikers off the company's property. THE National Divorce League was in session in Boston the other day. Reports assert that encouraging prog­ ress in the work of . the league is being made. •' • & JOHN W n,i. EM AN , an 18-year-old lad, died at Plainfield, N. J., from th*> results of excessive cigarette smokinft. He was crippled by a railway accident Sev­ eral months ago and to while away the time indulged incessantly in the cigar­ ette habit. - THERE Vas a desperate fight on train No. 6 on the New York Central railway. The train left Albany at 6 p, m. Just as it was pulling out from Poughkeepsle three intoxicated men rushed on board, throwing their chisels, crowbars and sledges on the platfrorm of thg Buffalo car. They were very rude and boisterous and immediatelv took charge of the car. Chief Detective Humphrey and some of the passengers arrested them, but only after a hard light. "WESTERN. THOMAS S. HUTTON, of Nevada, Mo., who killed C-C. Diefenbaugh for pur­ suing his wife, has been Acquitted of murder. x LCKE TIERNON, a St, Louis tinsmith, claims to be entitled, with four cithers; to $1,000,000,000 worth of real estate in the heart of Chicago. CHARLES PIPER, a farmer near Ellen- dale, N. D., was frozen, to death in his bed. The thermometer marked 32 de­ grees below zero, LORENZO WEISNER, a second-term convict, committed suicide in the Kan­ sas State Prison by hanging himself with his suspenders. SIDNEY and Bertha Boyle, of San Francisco, who bear the relationship to each other of uncle and niece* have petitioned the Pope to grant them a dis­ pensation to become husband and wife. A. B. MONTGOMERY, representing the Kansas Artificial Rain Company, is negotiating with representatives of the South Dakota counties to furnish rain as often as the crops in these counties may need it. THE St. Louis Board of Underwriters is confident of making an arrangement with companies outside the board to unite in advancing rates, and put the in­ surance business in that city upon a paying basis. ATTORNEYS for the Monoh Railway have advanced the theory that Colonel Melville McKee, who was injured in the wreck near Crawfordsville last week, and died, was a victim of heart disease and not of the casualty. THERE is much suffering among the families of the victims of the recent jnitie disaster at Krebs, and among those who were injured by the ex- Elosion. An appeal for aid has been jeued by the relief commfttee. SAYS a dispatch from Middleton, Ohio, an organization is being formed antagonistic to the American Tobac­ co Company. Paul J. Sorga, the millionaire tobacconist, states that the first intimation he had of the projret wds a few days ago, when an Eastern man called on him. The gen­ tleman had been detailed by a num­ ber of Eastern capitalists--tobac­ co men--to make a tour through the West and ascertain the feeling of the tobacco manufacturers anent a com­ bination being formed. PASSENGER-TRAIN NO. 3 on the North­ western and Omaha Road was wrecked Bix miles east of Black River Falls, Wis., at Sheppard's switch, while run­ ning at the rate of fifty miles an hour. The entire train except the engine and baggage left the rails. The sleep­ er, breaking loose from the train, left the roadbed, rolling into the ditch upon its side, the others remaining in­ tact. There were nine persons in the sleeper, all of whom were injured,^it none fatally, the injuries being confined to bruises, cuts, and slight contusions,. FOR the first time since the big fire, the water supply of Chicago was re­ cently cut -off for a whole day. The trouble was caused by the freezing up of the supply pipes at the Crib, out in the lake. Not a pint of water could be obtained, and as numerous small fires were constantly breaking out in differ­ ent parts of the city, the situation be­ came alarmingly serious before the pumps were finally started.. For several weefeg a force of tjiirty men h^s been at work day amf night to prevent tB^,accumula­ tion of ice at the Crib, but in spite of their efforts the blockade became fcuch as to completely cut off the water sup­ ply. THE Security, Loan and Savings Com­ pany, doing business at No. 127 La Salle street, Chicago, filed an assignment in the County Court, to George „P. Jones. No schedule of assets and liabilities was filed, but the assignee made a summary showing both to be about $15,000. Short­ ly after Mr. Jones took charge amessenger from the Commercial National Bank came in with a draft for $416. He was told he was too l^te. The bank did largely a chattel '^mortgage business, but had been dabbling to some extent in real estate. E. R. Walker was Presi­ dent and D. Rankin cashier of the insti­ tution. So far as known, no one had any Interest to speak of except Walker and Rankin, though Rankinjs_lntercst--was rot large, in Tact, Walker was the bank. tten lished of the •#'V i ' i ! ssiiiiaBeieSssa PORTRAITS of ex-Speaker Grow and fi»e late Speaker Randall have been hung in the lobby of the Housfe of Rep­ resentatives at Washington. A. N. DOE, of Boston, is accused of embezzling $15,616 from the Bay State Xieague, a mutual insurance society, of 'Which he was formerly the Treasurer. Two PETROLEUM trains collided near the trans-Caucasion city of Tifiis, the engine fires ignited the fluid cargo, and six or eight trainmen were burned to death. JAPAN has appropriated $500,000 for a World's Fair exhibit. AN emeute of prisoners in Fort Santa Cruz, Rio Janeiro, took place. The guards were overpowered, and the pris­ oners, arming th'emselves, seized two other forts In the vicinity. Being re­ cruited by disaffected elements of the populace, they made a demand for tho restoration of Da Fonseca. The govern­ ment officers organized their forces and Attacked the forts both by land (ind by water, and speedily forced the rebels to surrender. The leader of the emeute killed himself rather than bo captured., I have, but little to nay a statement which you in the papers. I am r crime for which I have WASHINGTON. V SECRETARY AND MRS. BLAINE gave a a dinner in favor of President and Mrs. Harrison. REPRESENTATIVE MILLS has written to Speaker Crisp a letter declining the chairmanship of the House Committee on Interstate and Foreign Commerce. Mr. Mills Is willing to accept committee assignments other than chairmanships, ho says. THERE was some little excitement about the White House during the Cab­ inet meeting the other afternoon by rea­ son of the sudden illness of Secretary Blaine. He complained of nausea and said he felt weak and faint. His regu­ lar physician was soon in attendance and Mr. Blaine was relieved of all feel­ ing of nausea. The attack was some­ what similar to the one of a fortnight ago, but was not nearly so serious, and yielded much more readily to treatment. "POLITICALT HON. ARTHUR P. GORMAN has been re-elected United States Senator from Maryland. PHILADELPHIA Democrats have elect­ ed a Cleveland delegation to the State Convention. , THE People's party has been called to meet in national convention In St. Louis, Feb. 22* to take the Initiative for a com­ bination. STATES'S ATTORNEY JOEL M. LONGE- NECKER is an avowed candidate for the Republican nomination for Governor of Illinois. UPON the fifteenth ballot, the demo­ cratic National Committee, in session at Washington, decided to hold the next Democratic National Convention at Chicago, on June 21. ^ GEN. ALGER told an interviewer that he believed Secretary Blaine would ac­ cept the Presidential nomination should the Minneapolis convention tender it to him with practical unanimity. THE resolutions adopted by the Louis­ iana Republican Convention denounced lynching as unjustifiable homicide; con­ demned the doctrine of race supremacy 1 as an invitation to mob rule; demanded a free ballot and a fair count, equal rights to all, the repeal of all class leg­ islation, and particularly of the separate coach law. FOREIGN.- EARTHQUAKE shocks have been felt in the Island of Zanteand adjacent islands, but no damage has been done. ABBAS PASHA, the new Khedive of Egypt, will soon make a tour of the principal cities upon the continent of Europe. RUDYARD KIPLING, the well-known young author, was married at London to Miss Balestier, sister of the late Ameri­ can novelist of that name. SIGNOR CRISPI, ex-Premier, alleged in the Italian Chamber of Deputies that the Rudini cabinet is humiliating the nation by truckling to France. HERR OSCAR BORCHERT will in a few days set out from Zanzibar with an ex­ pedition comprising between five and six thousand men, for the Victoria Nyanza, of which body it is proposed to make a thorough exploration. THE cruiser Baltimore has received orders to leave for the South. She will go direct to Acapulca or Calloa without stop. Nothing can be learned to show that <she will be joined by 4#ie Charles- t6h or the San Francisco, now at San Diego. Captain Schley and all the offi­ cers of the Baltimore, whose cruise has expired, have asked to be reassigned to the ship on the understanding that trouble will occur with Chili. Nearly all the time-expired sailors on the cruiser have also been re-enlisted on a similar understanding. IN GENERAI* - THE Court of Appeals at Montreal has decided that a telegraph company is liable for the errors of its operators in the transmission of messages. THE Chilian Government has asked for and been granted an extension of time in which to answer the demands of the United States regarding the Val- par&iso affair. THE Revision Committee of the Pres­ byterian General Assembly has decided to report in favor of elimination of the doctrine of infant damnation.from the Confession of Faith. A HUMAN body formed part pf tho ice gorge in the river in front of St. Louis. It was identified as that of W. C. Sproule, a salesman In the employ of Samuel C. Davis & Co. NEWS from Santiago is to the effect that vessels of the Chilian navy have been dispatched to contest the passage of the Straits of Magellan by United States men-of-war should it come to an open rupture between the two govern­ ments. At the same time it is alleged that the attitude of* Chili is becoming more conciliatory. MARKET REPORTS. TIS NOW TIME TO ACT. i CHICAGO GDI'S THE CHTtf. PUBLIC OPINION IN THE CHILI MATTER. H«M«B IIIIMM PNTCBMI P*EU •IVE Action Being Taken In the O^MMV Meeting the Other Itajr-ENCLUD M Mediator. </r '!< y< EASTERN. IV '&KN PHILLIPS, who was a slave in York until 1827, when he became free by operation of the gradual emanci­ pation act, died at Richland Springs last week, aged 95 years. WITH the aid of the police, the officials Of the Pittsburgh, Allegheny and Man­ chester Electric Line at Pittsburgh were enabled to open up their road, after an mssost complete suspension^oi traffic for nearly a week. Ten cars were started With armed officers on the front and rear each car. Along the route i)f the va- SOUTHERN. THE strike on the Aransas Pass Rail­ road has terminated in the defeat of the strikers, who return to work--when their places have not been filled--at the old rate of wages. HENRY HINTON, colored, one of the Bob Sims gang, has been lynched at Butler, Ala., for the part he took In the murder of the Mellens family in Choctaw County recently. TRAINMEN on the Southern Pacific have refused to handle freight coming to them from the Arkansas Pass Railway, upon which there has*Be«p a strike for the last fortnight. 7 JOHN HAMNEB, of Birmingham, Ala., and a negro left Tuscaloosa, Ala., in a canoe on the Warrior River to hunt cattle. Both were caught in a severe storm and frozen to death, their bodies being found by a search party. Hamner hadJ) een nearly devoured by wolves. AN engine of the Debardleben Coal and Iron Company ran out of water be­ tween Eureka mines and Oxmoor, Aia. Engineer Hunt pulled the throttle wide open in an effort to reach the next water tank, a mile away. While the locomo­ tive was running at full speed, the boiler exploded, completely wrecking the locomotive and instantly killing the engineer, Joseph Huut, and Fireman Bradford. AT Paducah, Ky., Jesse Brown was hanged for the murder of John Larry. Brown was a negro steamboatman, twenty-five years of age. He killed John Larry on the night of Jan. 3, 1#91. M. V. Harbin, the condemned murderer, was hung in the jail at Poplar Bluff, Ark. Harbin was asked if he wished to say anything, and he replied: "Gentlemen, .98 .89 .82 .28 .12 .22 .30 .M CHICAGO. CATTXE--Common to Prime.. Hons--Stripping Grades SHEEP--Fair to Choice WHKAT--No. 2 Red C BN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 r.-v KTE--No. 2« BUITEII--Cboioe Creamery CHEESE--Full Cream, flats EGGS--Fresh POTATOES--Car-loads, per bu. .. INDIANAPOLIS. CATTXE--Shipping 3.25 Hoos--Choice Light 3,50 SBEKP--Common to Prime 3.00 WHEAT-No. ii Red 83 COBN-NO. 1 White OATS--No. 2 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE H< oy " WHEAT-NO. 2 Bed " COKN--No. 2 1......... OATS--No. 2 KTE--NO. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTXE. Hoos ^ SHKKP * WHEAT--No. 2 Bed ] COHN--No. 2 OATU-N®. 2 Mixed DETHOIT. f'ATTLE. HOGS ] KHKEP WHEAT--No. i Red COKW--No. 2 Yellow. OATH--No. 2 White TOJjKDO. WHP.AT--New CORN--NO. 2 Yellow OATS-NO. 8 White EYE BUFFALO. BEEF CATTLE LIVE HOOB WHEAT--No. I Hard CORN--No. 2 MILWAUKKE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 84 COHN--No. 3 OATB--No. 2 White KYK--No. 1 \ BARLEY--NO. 2 PORK--If ess >>EW YQKK. CATTL* HOOK. I BHKEP WHEAT--No. 2 Rod CORN--No 2 $3.50 0 S 75 3.50 @ 4.30 3.00 IU. 6.50 .88% .39 .30 .83 .30 .13 .2» .40 9 5.C0 « 4 25 & 5.00 <9 .00 «» .41 .33%® .34% 3 50 3.50 .8J •37 ,2.> .79 3.50 3.03 3.00 .93 .42 .34 3 00 300 3.00 Chill's Insulting Attitude. The sudden illness of Secretary BJalne at the Cabinet meeting the other day prevented action being taken at that j^Jmewith reference to Chili's insolent and aggressive attitude. It is now the ' prevailing opinion that to allow any fur­ ther delay pending a settlement will only be to give Chili the very opportunity it" wants in strengthening its resources, and will further induce the impression which the Chilians already have that the United States either is not ready or is averse to war. It is intimated in reports from Washington that Great Britain is urging Chili to accept its offices as a mediator in the matter. Even if it should, which is by no means certain, it must bo remembered that there is another party to such me­ diation whose consent must be obtained. It is questionable whether such a media­ tion would be acceptable to the United States. Insults to the flag and seamen of a country have not been considered as subjects for arbitration by any na­ tion, least of all by Great Britain itself, which has been in the habit of demand­ ing instant reparation whenever its sail- ore have been asraulted and enforcing it at the muzzles of its gtins. Blit even if arbitration were to be conceded it might as well be understood in advance that this country will never be satisfied with any settlement that does not include an apology and reparation for the Baltimore affair as well as the complete withdrawal of the offensive Matta letter. It is doubtful whether any other na­ tion, certainly not Great Britain, would have borne the continuous insolence and insults of Chili with the patience this country has displayed. From the time/ of the success of the Congressional party over the Balmacedists until now the course of Chili has been exasperating. It began with the Matta letter, which substantially gave the lie to the Presi­ dent and Secretary of the Navy in reply to their protests against the Baltimore outrage. That letter has not yet been disavowed on the lines which this coun­ try has demanded. Second, no apology h«« been made and no reparation offer­ ed for tho outrageous assault upon the sailors of the Baltimore, although it has been shown it was without justifica­ tion, and that the Chilian authorities failed to do their duty in the premises. The Chilian courts have absolved their police from any responsibility, and will not go farther than punishing three of the brutal assailants with short terms of imprisonment. Third, the Chilian Gov­ ernment has protested-in an offensive manner, which in itself was another in­ sult, because Commander Evans saluted the Spanish Minister who escorted refu­ gees to his vessel, though such is mado his duty by the naval regulations, which he is bound to rogj»ect upon penalty of being court - martialod. Fourth, after having guaranteed safe conduct to the refugees on their way to a neutral port the Chilian Government withdrew that guaranty and declared that they should be con THS NATIONAL COMMITTEE SO f DECIDES. ond place with ten apiece. St. Paul had eight, a loss of five, New York got four, sidered as liable to arrest at «ny port h*r> th™- where thev mi^ht land or where the ve«- Indianapolis dropped back to her origi-where they might land or where the ves *el carrying them might touch. Fifth, not content with assaulting the sailors of the Baltimore, the mob has stoned the sailors of the Yorktown, and would undoubtedly have carried matters still further had not the plucky commander of the Yorktown notified the authorities he would protect his men himself if they failed to do it. Chilian hatred of this country has been manifested almost continuously since the present govern­ ment came into power. It has shielded its officials against all our complaints. It has treated all our communications with studied contempt. It has replied to them in an offensive manner, adding Insult to Insult. It has purposely de­ layed any settlement, hoping thereby to gain time and put itself in readiness for trouble, or .expecting that foreign nations would intervene to save their own interests from prejudice. Diplomacy has been exhausted. The Chilian case has not advanced one whit since the first protest was made. Further negotiations are useless. It is now time to do something. Talking and negotiating with the bumptious Chilians are of no further use. .91 .40 " .84 M 4.75 & 4.AO 0 .91 .»« & .31 (9 .81 & 4.75 & 4.50 4.75 & .95 1 :£ a 5.00 0 4.25 & 5.00 : 0 .42 & .35 .90 .«0 .31 Ml 4 CO 3.75 1.01 .6J 0 .91 .41 .32 0 .88 ® 5.75 @ 4.75 0 1,03 0 .57 0 The 'World's Wheat Crop. A firm of New York brokers have Is­ sued a revised estimate of the world's wheat crop for 1891. The Department of Agriculturo has praised this estimate and termed it the most trustworthy that fias been given the public. The yields for the last eleven years,-as stated in this publication, follow: Years. Bushels. 1891 2,123,170,110 1890 2,234,869,0«4 188 9 9,1)5. ,221,131 1888 2,152,177,819 1887 2,238,325,^4 1886 2,117,805,285 1885 2,096,473,^ 5 1884 2,290,30*;,6 3 1883... 2 051,775,592 1882 2,258,982,485 1881 « 1,995.432,(>13 The 1891 crop of the United States is estimated at 600,000,000 bushels, against 399,262,000 bushels in 189ft and 490,560,- 000 bushels in 1889. The average yield jer acre in 1889 was 12.9 bushels; in 1890, 11.1; while in 1891 the average rose to 15 l^ushels. With the single excep­ tion of India the United States is the only country with a larger crop in 1891 Than in 1890. The yield in France is placed at 200,800,000 busiieis, wniie in 1890 it was 338,902,124; in India at 255,434,667, as against 235,345,600 in 1890; in Bussia at 164,000,000,^ as ^gainst 212,980,604; in Hungary at 124,- 000,0(M), while in 1890 it was 165,345,000; Italy's yield in 1891 is set down as 123,- 276,960, against 126,610,746 in 1890; in Germany the crop of 1890 measured up to 94,899,840 bushels, while that of 1891 is estimated at 75,819,872; and in the United Kingdom the falling off is the dif­ ference between 78,306,016 bushels, tho crop of 1890, and 72,000,000, the esti­ mated yield of 1891. In these figures are to be found the reasons for the re­ markable manner in Which the crop of this country has been absorbed. n*® Garden City the Place, and Jane ill the Date Chosen--MANY CIMea Wanted IT--How the Decision Wat Keaclied-- Party Leader* Satisfied. The Democratic Convention. The next Democratic National Con­ vention will be held at Chicago on June 21. The date was fixed at an executive session of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, and after fourteen ballots the same committee selected the place. Eight cities had put in their olaims as candidates for the honor, and two cities not candidates were voted for, one of the latter carry­ ing off the prize. The result was a surprise to the friends of Chica­ go, since they had not sought the convention for their city, and had, indeed, tried to preveni its location there, fearing, as they did, that it might create antagonism and en­ danger the chances of the coveted World's Fair appropriation. Still the statement was frequently repeated that Chairman Brice, Senator Gorman and other leading spirits of the committee were determined to locate the conven­ tion in Chicago for reasons best known to themselves, and that when the proper time came in the executive session of the committee during the balloting for location the vote would be forced to Chicago. Whether this statement is true has not been thoroughly established, but the re­ sult tends to verify it, and it is further­ more certain that Brice, Gorman, and Hill are well pleased with the selection. When the committee went into execu­ tive session and began balloting, much to the surprise of everybody Kansas City led on the first ballot with 13 votes. Mil­ waukee and San Francisco had 10 apiece; St. Paul got 7; New Y'ork, 5; Cincinnati, 3; Indianapolis and Detroit, 2 each; and Chicago, although not a candidate, re­ ceived 1. Kansas City lost one on the second ballot and Milwaukee gained two. their votes standing respectively 12 and 10. St. Paul's vote remained unchanged, and so did San Francisco's. Cincinnati dropped to only one, and Chicago gained one. Indianapolis gotthree instead of two, New York was reduced to four and Detroit held her own with two. On the third ballot several complimentary votes went to San Francisco, running that city's sup­ port up to fifteen. Chicago gained an­ other one, and Kansas City lost seven, her vote being thus suddenly reduced to five. Milwaukee dropped to eight. St. Paul took third place with Cincinnati and got three, Indi napolis two and New York and Detroit only one apiece. The fourth ballot was about as badly scat­ tered. St. Paul shot up to first place with thirteen votes and Milwaukee still held second, though she polled only eight. Indianapolis got seven, Kansas City six, Chicago and Detroit three each. San Francisco lost her complimentary votes, dropping to only two. New York got just one, as she did on the previous ballot. On the fifth ballot Cincinnati took first rank with eleven votes and Kansas City and Milwaukee tied each other for sec- .87 87^0 .38)4 "" 0 .33 0 .84 0 .57 @13.35 .55 11.75 OATS--Mixed West BUTTE POKE--Mum <1 Western, BUTTER--Creamery.'. 3.40 3.00 4 03 1.03 .49 .86 .81 9.75 0 5.00 0 4.60 0 6,00 «« 1.05 & .51 & .38 & .»2 A 10.75 All Son* THE Digger Indian? of California pre­ fer Insects to any ether kind of animal food. DEATH notices in the Philadelphia newspapers fill from four to five columns dally. JUPITEB is the ideal planet In which to stand off your tailor. The years there contain 4,332 days. THE new President of Chill must bear In mind that no Montt-e tricks will be tolerated by Uncle Sam. A THIEF, who stole the carpet from a Methodist church in a Kansas town, pleaded in extenuation that he was very hard up. pRAiitiE dogs are said to be multinly- ing so fast in some of the Western States that there is danger that they will overrun the country. THE Certnan Emperor is to publish his sermons in book form, and it is to be hoped the Kaiser will occasionally read and profit by their precepts Df peace. THE average French family embraces thre^ members and the average Iris>h family live. In England the average number of members of a family isioar. nal two, Detroit received just one and San Francisco went out of the race; On the sixth ballot Detroit was favored with a complimentary vote, or rather the committee continued its experiments in trying the strength of various cities. The Michigan ^candidate got nineteen votes in place of the modest one it had received on the previous ballot. Mil­ waukee went back to eight, but held second place, and St. Paul also lost two, taking third place with only six votes. Kansas City got live, New York and In­ dianapolis three apiece, and Chicago and Cincinnati two each, the latter city los­ ing nine. Another experiment was tried on the seventh ballot, and Des Moines, which had not been announced as a candidate, was givefn seventeen votes, leading all the others. Milwaukee got back one of the votes she had lost and polled nine, and Kansas City gained two, getting seven. Four went to St. Paul, three each to Chicago and New York, two to Cincinnati, and one apiece to Indianap­ olis and Detroit. More experiments were tried on the eighth ballot, nnd the floating votes that had complimented Des Moines with their support deserted^lbe Iowa city for Indianapolis. The latter's vote was suddenly increased from one to twenty-two. The Indiana shouters in the lobby obtside nearly went wild over the sudden prospects of success. Mil­ waukee's vote was unchanged. Kansas City and St. Paul got five apiece, New York and Chicago had three each, as be­ fore, and Cincinnati and Detroit brought up the rear with one apiece. On the ninth ballot Milwaukee got a boom. Its vote went up from nine to twenty, its highest previous vote having been ten. New York took a spurt to ten, Kansas City and St. Paul receiving six apiece; Chicago got four and Indian­ apolis, Cincinnati and Detroit one apiece. On the tenth ballot Milwaukee led again with eighteen votes and Chi­ cago pushed up to second place, receiv­ ing thirteen votes. St. Paul got eight and Kansas City seven. Cincinnati dropped out of the fight and Indianapo­ lis, New York and Detroit received one apiece. Indianapolis dropped out on the eleventh ballot. St. Paul got only six and Kansas City three; New York and Detroit held their one apiece and the fight was between Milwaukee and Chi­ cago. The Cream City felt pretty sure of the prize when its vote was announced as twenty-two, lacking only four of enough. But Chicago gained one more, scoring fourteen. The twelfth showed an increase of three for Chicago, her vote reaching seventeen, while Milwaukee still led with twenty. St. Paul still clung to her six, and Indianapolis, New York, and Detroit to their one apiece. Kansas City received three. The thirteenth ballot was about the same, Milwaukee gaining one and leading with twenty-one, while Chicago crowded her close with seven­ teen. Kansas City gained one from St. Paul, and New Y'ork dropped out of the race. The contest was ended on the four­ teenth ballot. Chicago's vote ran up to twenty-seven, one more than was neces­ sary, and Milwaukee lost three, scoring only eighteen. Kansas City got two and St. Paul two. The fight was over, and the city of Chicago had been awarded the convention. | A tabulated statement of the various vote/3 is as follows: First Second Third Fourth...... Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth Ninth Te,nth Eleventh Twelfth Thirteenth Fourteenth FUbuofith D S 9 9 20 13 18 151'iiJ 17,20 17:21 £2 21 <£l 16 CRim/ES IN A FIRE. THE NATIONAL 80LONS. CONFLAGRATION IN A SUR­ GICAL INSTITUTE. Fifteen People Bettered to Hawe Met QDe»th and a Score or MoMi Injured In a Midnight Blaze at Indianapolis--1.1st of (he Victims--Origin of the Fire. At Hoosler Horror. One of the most appalling fires ih the history of Indianapolis occurred shortly I after midnight the other night. The National Surgical Institute, one of the most famous institutions of its character In tho United States, burned to the ground. The fire started in the office building, and above the offices were the wards for babes and mothers and known as the ABC departments. Smoke was discovered a few minutes before mid­ night issuing from thq advertising-room of the building, which is immediately over the office. The origin is claimed to have been from the spontaneous com­ bustion of some chemicals which had been placed in the room. Circulars and papers in the room soon were ablaze and in fifteen minutes the whole lower floor was enveloped in flames. The attendants barely awakened all of the patients, and in the halls nnd supper-rooms pandemonium reigned. Shriek after shriek went up as tho in­ mates realized their terrible situation. In a few moments thoroughly frightened faces appeared attach window of the large building, and lips could be seen beseeching succor from those below, yet their voices could not be heard. Prayer after prayer went up from the unfortun­ ate creatures, already the victims of cruel circumstances, that they might not perish in flames after suffering the most terrible pains from their afflic­ tions. The police and firemen and attend­ ants all worked diligently and in per­ fect accord, and many were the patients taken from the upper floors by means of ladders and carried to places of safe" ty by them. No attempt was made to save anything but life. The patients, both male and female, themselves under ordinary circumstances unable to barely get about, assisted most nobly in the work of rescue. A view in the halls and on the stairways before the fire had com­ municated to the main building furnished a weird sight. Inmates wrapped in bed- clothing crawled and helped themselves along from one floor and one lauding to the other. Without waiting for ladders to be run up, the desperate inmates jumped from the windows or huddled to­ gether upon the fire escape, but the flames cut off this descent at the second story and here they threw themselves to the ground. At least thirty persons were injured, some terribly. Some of the worst hurt are: Mr. Gales, of Madison, Ind., fell from a ladder, with a child in her arms; in­ ternally injured. Kate Elstrang, Indianapolis, latally burned. Mrs. Thomas, Indianapolis, fatally burned. Fannie Breeden, Memphis, Tenn., badly burned; recovery doubtful. Mary Stearns, Warren, Iowa, burned about feet. Clara Morris, address unknown; back- injured. Grant Van Hoesen, Althena, N. Y., hand and ear burned. Clarence Mead, Athens* N. Y., leg hurt. William H. AlbaCh, Dunkirk, 31. Y., burned. Leora Knqwles, Independence, Ind., back hurt in jumping. W. W. Snyder, Troy, Ohio, internally Injured falling from window. Will Mansfield, Otsego, N. Y., foot hurt in jumping. Mrs. John S. Stokes, Danville, 111., ankle sprained. Nellie Mason, Walworth County, Wis., jumped from third story and is fatally hurt. Mrs. Lazarus, of Texas, jumped from thfrd-story window and will die. Mrs. G. J. Simpson and child, seri­ ously burned. B. Connor, fell through hole In floor; fatally hurt. May Ballinger, Indianapolis, terribly burned. The scenes about the burning build­ ing were heartrending in the extreme. Many of the children were attended by their mothers, who were boarding at the institute, and these were nearly frantic with fear when they were discovered. One lady refused to leave the ward till her child had been carried off, and a policeman had to drag her from the room. Her child had been taken out, arid when she found it in an adjoining block the transition from grief to joy was so .sudden that she seemed like one deranged. The building was owned by Drs. Allen and Wilson, and it and the furnishings are estimated by Dr. Wilson to have been worth $250,000. The furnishings, including valuable appliances for all kinds of cripples, are a total loss, but the front building was partially saved. The loss will aggregate $200,000, with insurance of $150,000. It is feared that possibly as many as fifteen were suffo­ cated by the smoke and perished in tho flames. Cardinal Manning* No one can question that a good and great man left us when Cardinal Man­ ning died.--New York Recorder. A great light has gone out from our midst, and tho deepened shadows of grief fall upon all who admire the good and the true in manhood.--Detroit Free Press. The death of3 Cardinal Manning will be deeply regretted by not only the church which he so earnestly served, but by thousands of Christians of others denominations.--Springfield Register. Cardinal Manning was more than a prince of the church in whose communion he died. He wus a statesman of the bqpt type. His labors in public were directed toward the elevation of human­ ity.--Troy Press. The death of Henry Edward Manning, Cardinal Archbishop of Westminster, removes, however, a man of pre-emi­ nent character and influence, one Of the foremost factors in contemporaneous ^hought and action.--Boston Globe. He was a great man intellectually, and no better man, none of more sincere piety or more worthy achievement, has walked the earth in this century. He will stand as one of the most imposing figures in the history of his time.--In­ dianapolis Sentinel. His own words, in the noble eulogy hd delivered on Newman at the requiem mass, apply with equal force to himseJf: "He was the center of Innumerable souls, a geat teacher of men, a confessor for the faith, a preacher of justice and piety and compassion."--Buffalo Com­ mercial. In the estimate alike of his co-religion­ ists and of his Protestant fellow coun­ trymen, he has played a great and ex­ emplary part in contemporary life, and his name Is inseparably united with the history of Catholicism in the memorable Seriod of its revival in Great Britain.-- few York Sun. Not even his great colleague, Cardinal Newman, with his rare intellectual and literary gifts, did so much as Cardinal Manning to dispel the prejudice of Protestant England, to introduce cordial co-operation in common efforts of ben­ evolence, and to promote the humane spirit among both Catholics and Protest- ante,-- Nev York Times. SENATE AND HOUSE OF REF>R8-> - 8ENTAT1VES. , Our National Lawmakers aad What Tbay . Are Doing for the Good of the Country-- Various Measure* Proposed, flinmtil,' ' >}:3 and Acted Upon. •"# Doings of Con*rea«. '"3M* \ There were six Senators on the , *. v-f * cratic side and about twice that number ont* . ; the Republican side when the Chaplain* opened with prayer the seventh week o^Vr#;#?s1 the session on the 18th. 4- Mr. Sherman, : ' for the first time since his election occupied his' seat. The 4 Jtf'J < House bill fixing the time for holding ^ r, ~ District and Circuit Courts of the Unitecfc ? States in the Northern District of Iowa wash * V ;,'j reported by Mr. Wilson from the Judiciary '!' 1 Committee and was passed. A bill was re- 4 ported and placed on tbe calendar to pay • '.r • 1 the State of West Virginia its pro-- „ portion of the amount claimed under-- * ' t', the direct tax. The rest of the session was,. ] consumed In a discussion of the La A brat.-/? *,.• =*. claims. The World's Fair question was the- _ i */ first subject to receive tho attention of the .* ' i House Mr. Iteilly, of Pennsylvania, pre-. ,1""f 1 sented a resolution requesting the Secretary - of the Treasury to iaforrn the House of - J, . _ Representatives what amount of money has* been appropriated and available under the-.kV'^"\1 act of Oct 25. 1800. relating to the World's-.-' ,, i-, - - Columbian Exposition at Chicago, and about ^ " what amount of the money appropri­ ated bad already been expended. Th©t resolution was adopted by acclamation. A moment later Chairman Durborow Intro- duced and asked for the immediate con- , slder:i,t!tiri of resolutions authorizing^ the selection of the Committee on the World's Fair to have printed such documents and papers as it may •'$'4. deem necessary relative to tho matters referred to it Mr. Hoiman and Mr. Gates, of Alabama Joined !a the protest against . -V1* grant-in? to the World's Fair Committee such unlimited powers of Incurring ex- . penses. Upon these objections the resolutions- ' were referred to the committee. After in- "* »• troductlon of bills, adjournment was taken. The Chaplain had a somewhat larger au- dience of Senators on the 10th than usuaL The first paper presented was a report from. v' the Secretary of State (in reply * to a Senate resolution) as to the' Mexican awards under the conven­ tion of 1868. Secretary Blaine's report- gives the full amount of the awards as $3,865,000, all of which had been paid by Mexico in fourteen annual installments In perfect accordance with the terms of the convention. These bills were passed: Ap­ propriating $10,000 for a Postoffice building at Mammoth Hot Springs, in Yellowstone National Park; to ^ aid South Dakota to support a school Of mines at Rapid City, Pennington County; appropriating $250,000 for a public building at Hastings, Neb; appropriating $20,000 to 4 Increase tho accommodations of the Marine * Hospital at Detroit, Mich.; appropriating $100,000 for a public building in Mansfield,O.; appropriating $250,000 for a public building1 at Norfolk, Neb.; appropriating $75,000 for a public building at Jacksonville, 111.; ap- ..•* propriating $100,000 for a public building at & Fergus Falls, Minn.; appropriating $100,000 "i for a public building at Zanesville, Ohio; M " consideration of the Mexican award bill was resumed, and Mr. Vest continued his argument against it. Mr. Morgan replied to Mr. Vest, and then tbe bill went over till the 20th without action. The enrolled House bill, fixing times of ses­ sions of United States Courts in the North­ ern District of Iowa, was signed by the Vice President, and is the first act of the present session to go to the President for his approval. In the House, nothing of importance was done. ^ When the Senate mot on the 20th, only one of the two re-elected Mississippi Sen­ ators, Mr. Walthall, was in his seat, and he received congratulations from his fellow Senators from both parties. Mr. George entered tbe chamber and took his seat while ~ the business of tbe morning hour was In progress, and was warmly congratulated. The following bills were passed: For pub­ lic buildings at Grand Haven, Mich., $50,- 000; Deadwood, 8. D., $200,000; Stillwater,' Minn., $100,000; Salem, Oregon. $100,000; the Dalles, Oregon, $100,000. The latter bill gave rise to a long discussion, but it was finally passed--yeas, 35; nay^, 12. A bill also passed for a public building at Fresno, Cal.--$75,000. In the House, on motion of Mr. Stone, of Kentucky, a reso- } lutlon was adopted calling upon the Secre­ tary of the Treasury for a statement of all goods imported into the United i-tates from the Dominican Republic and from Porto Ri<ft), dutiable or free. Also a state­ ment of all goods exported to the coun­ tries for ten years prior to the pass­ age of the McKinley act. ^ he fol­ lowing bills were introduced: For a public building at Ann Arbor, Mich.; directing the Secretary of the Treasuiy to call in at once and cover into the Treasury all moneys deposited with national banks and drawing no interest; for a public building at Huntington. W. Va. Mr. Springer introduced his free wool bill and it was referred to the Committee 011 Ways - and Means. On the 21st, Mr. Stanford addressed the Senate In advocacy of the bill Introduced by him to^provide the government with means siTfficlent to supply v the national want of a sound circulating medium. The discussion was no* concluded, and the bill is on the table to^ be called up in the future. Mr. Cockrell * reported the bill for the relief of the Uni­ versity of Missouri, at Columbia, and after explanation it was passet! The La Abra bill was again taken up^ but without dispos­ ing of it the Senate went into executive session and soon adjourned till the 25th. In the House. Mr. Davis, of Kansas, asked for the present consideration of a joint resolution'authorlzlng the President to ap­ point a commission of three persons to in- vestigate the cause of the recent explosion and loss of life at Krebs, I. T. The resolution, after some debate. went to the Committee on Rules. A reso­ lution was adopted calling on the Secre­ tary of the Treasury for a statement of the drawbacks paid to importers of tin-plate under the provisions of the McKinley bill. Also for a statement of duties refunded to importers of salt for curing fish and meat. Mr. Harvey, of Oklahoma, from the Com­ mittee on Indian Affairs, reported a bill appropriating $15,000 to complete the allot­ ment of lands to the Cheyenne and Arapa­ hoe Indians in Oklahoma, Passed. Ad­ journed till the 25th. Out of the Ordinary# FuLiiT four times as many people speak Chinese as speak the English language. IN France the average family com­ prises three members; in Ungland, four; in Ireland, five. THE constant use of the telephone produces impaired hearing, headache, and nervous excitability. DURING the past twelve years the value of farm land In Kanlhs has ad­ vanced fully 25 per cent. A HARNESS that looks luminous in the dark has been invented. It is intended to prevent collisions at night. THE wind blows constantly from a well i00 feet deep In Tacoma, Wash. No one knows the source of the wind. A CINCINNATI court has decided that it is libelous to call a man who neg­ lects to pay his tailor's bills "a delin­ quent." THE salary of the King of Samoa Is only $840 a year. His legal adviser Is much better remunerated. His pay is $5,000 a year. Two LITIGANTS in Boston have very suggestive and antagonists names. When the clerk called the case, he shouted, "Paine vs. Bliss." THE smallest steam engine ever made has been constructed by a machinist in Chemnitz, Saxony. The fly-wheel la two-fifths of an inch in diameter. EUGENE WINTHET, of Dayton, Ohio, is a popular man. Ho owns a street railway In that city, and permits all the working girls to ride for half faro. CAREFUL investigation in Prussia re­ veals the remarkable fact that the av­ erage life of Jews In Prussia is five years longer than that of Christians. GOLDEN GATE PARK, San Francisco, is to have an Immense eoeoanut tree from Honolulu. It weighs six tons, is already boxed, and awaits shipment. ! titL'Xi&if >?-:r