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W«,?i.^ L% ** fgtgentg § latntlcalw 1. VAN SLYK1. t* i 1 £ i i ItoHENBY, ILLINOIS, THE WORLD OVER. A SEDtROR OP THE IMPORTANT dO> CUKRKNCES OF A. WKKK. ' f;r>': ;J, (ft t&tJu ' ^ ,; % *•% T* Mi, That Do Happen--A Comfit*** Record of Interesting Event! the World Over -- Shocking Ac«?rtont», Stutlinf ^r «rlwp. Other Topic* 'A . "A PENSION DEBATE. "Wide ^ Diverrenee of VI«w» ontfceSuhjd Aired fn the House. THK Senate was not in session on the 4th Inst lo the House, after the reading of the journal the Rouse proceeded to the consideration of var­ ious private pension bills. In speaking on one of these bills Mr. Stone, of Missouri, declared that no people had been so despoiled and bur­ dened under the name of patriotism and under the guise of pension laws as had the peo­ ple of the United States. He deuounced the demands of the Grand Army of the Republic and asserted that the Presidency was put up and sold to the highest bidder. He believed that the Government had. been generous enough to the soldiers. Ho favored a liberal system of pension laws, but ite entered his earnest protest against inde­ fensible extravagance in public expenditure. He favored the granting of liberal pensions to true and brave soldiers, but ho was opposed to granting pensions to undeserving soluiers or to bounty-jumpers.' Mr. Lane, of Illinois, in favoring the bills, said the Democrats of Illinois did not indorse the words of the gentleman from Missouri, but believed as he (Lane) did, that The Government had not dOne justice to the men who had defended it in its hour of peril. Mr. Cbipnian, of Michigan, criticised and denounced the speech made by the gentleman from Missouri. It was not the time to talk of the cost of pensions. He well remem­ bered the day when cost was not counted ; when the government was prodigal of money and lav­ ish of Ulood; when the motives whicli brought mem under the flag were no! scanned and an­ alyzed ; when the man who enlisted was the hero of the hour. Then no man was mean enough to suggest that men went out to risk their lives for the paltry pay of $16 a month. The gentleman from Missouri (Mr. Stone) cried a halt, but the time for a halt had not come and wonld not come until reason­ able provision was made for the needs of every soldier of the country. The country need­ ed a service pension; it needed an increased pension for the deaf and dumb; it needed a pension for widows, and it nteded a law estab­ lishing a rule of testimony in pension cases, whereby the oath cf a private soldier would receive as much credence as that of an officer. The pension system must continue until the last soldier who served the country in the war was dead and gathered to his fathers. The House proceeded to oonsided in committee of the whole the omnibus bill for the payment of Southern war claims, but so much time was taken up in the discussion of various points of order that little progress was made, and at 5 o'clock the committae rose and thrf Honse adjourned. GOT AWAY WITH THE GEBIS. Two Bold Thieves Despoil i Jewelry Store of Diamonds Worth $5,200. Two THIEVES entered M. J. Mitchell's jewelry-store at Denver, Col., and stole diamonds to the value of $5,200 while Mr. Mitchell was out to his lunch and the store yas in charge of a girl. While one man attracted • the attention of the girl on the pretext of buying a clock, the other stole nine diamonds and forty-eight diamond rings. The two men parted, and the girl was not aware of the loss. On Mr. Mitchell's re­ turn he discovered that the articles were • missing, and notified the police. The girl was able to give a good description of the thieves, but ai yet the polioe have mo trace of them. ously injimd, nnd tvre sMchitly injured. The killed are: James A'd .»*<, William A. James *nd Antbonv ltaseman. Of the injured, four are «eri«»Wi!y hurt, the oth­ ers s«Heiintr b«t shghilv. They are: John Marshall, Morgan Price, John J. Griffith, Joseph I). Lonsk, George Elone and John Noiforski. The mine was not damaged. The gas is supposed to have ignited from a naked lamp. Six of the leading white-lead manu­ factories of N«T York State have formed a combination under the name the Na tional Lead and Oil Company, the aggre­ gate capital being $1,000,C0v>. GOVERNOR GOPELL, of New Hamp­ shire, being incapacitated by ill-health, the Council ha6 summoned the President of the Senate, D. Aithur Tagg-rt, to dis charge the duties of the fcubernatorul office. WESTERNHAPPENINGS. '"'THE Cincinnati Price Current offers the leading exhibits of its annual*state­ ment of pork packing in the West for the year ending March 1, in which the follow ing comparisons are shown for the winter season, November I to March 1: 18F9-90, 1888-9 Number ef hogs packed. ®i«53,802 5,483 852 A v. live weight., lbs 200.92 . 263 46 Av. yield of lard, lbs....^ 36.37 1(4.76 Av. cost 100 lbs, alive... .'i $3.63 , f 4 sw Green meats made, IbB. .TB6,34s,0U0 809,066,000 Lard made, lbs -242,383,000 190,640,000 A ST, LOUIS dispatch says: While six boys of R. H. Barkerville and K. P Wcmmack, ranging ia age from 11 to 19 years, were playing ia a sand cave near Vernon, Texas, the bank caved in on them and all were killed. AT Denver two thieves ehtered M. J. Mitchell's jewelry store at noon and stole diamonds to the vaiae of $5,200 while Mr. Mitchell was out fa lunch and the store was in charge of a girl. While one man attracted the attention of the young girl cm the pretext of buying a clock?* the other stole nine diamond 6tone3 and forty-eight diamond- set rings. The two, men departed, and the girl was not aware of the loss. On Mr. Mitchell's return he discovered that the ait-cles were missing, and notified the police. The gill was able to give a good description of the two thieves, but as yet the police have no trace of them. IT is reported in St. Louis, Mo., that Jay Gould is seriously ill again, and that his stay in Mexico is to be prolonged ut­ most indefinitely. He is troubled with a return of his old nervous spells, and the stories given out about the important desls he is arranging are regarded as pure fiction. THE house of Wilhelm Brown, near Huron, S. D., has been destroyed by fire. Thiee of his children, who had been locked in the house while the parents went to the city, were unable to get out, and perished in the flames. The oldest w«a4ess than 5 years old. mg FIVE MEN BURIED ALIVE. bpIodoD la a Tunnel in California Causes the Death of Several Persona. A TEBBIBUB accident occured at Adams Canyon, near Santa Paula, Cai., causing the death of six men. A tunnel was be­ ing bored for oil when an explosion of gas occurred and a sheet of flame -shot out blowing away the building one hundred feet from the mouth of the tunnel. Two men were badly burned, one of whom has - since died. A force of men was put to j to clear out the tunnel and the eame : afternoon another explosion took place, the sides of the tunnel collapsing and burying in the ruins five men, who are certainly dead. The names of those known are Britton, Hardiacn, Taylor and Young, Vesta** en Periodical*. THE House Committee on Postofflce and Post Roads has authorized a favor­ able report on a bill introduced by Bepre- eentative Bingham to "fix the rate of postage on periodical publications con- taimng^the print or reprint of books. It provides that all publications purporting *o be issued periodically and to snbsorib- ••rs, but which are merely books or re­ prints of books, issued complete or fn parte, bound or unbound, or sold by sub­ scription or otherwise, when offered for transmission by mail, shall be subjected to postage at the rate prescribed by law Tor third-class matter. -fe£: J Fire in a Colliery. A BHAMOKIN, Pa., dispatch says that lire in the Cameron colliery is now beyond control. The entire mine, com- prising twenty-five miles of galleries will _have to be flooded. Three creeks will be turned into the mine and it is es­ timated that it will take sixty days to flood it and nearly a year to repairHhe wSJSi. l0" u « French Forces in Dahomey. I* an interview M. Etienue, French Xtnisfbr to the Colonies, said that the Freneh forces in Dahomey were sufficient­ ly strong to cope with their adversaries and that no re-enforcements were neces­ sary. The French troop's, he said, would shortly make an attack upon Whydah the coast town of Dahomey, where the Dahomians obtained their arms. Importing Negro Miners. SEVENTT negroes from Halifax County, North Carolina, have arrived at Pitts­ burgh,to work in the coal mineB of W. P. Bend & Co.. near there. The negroes are to be paid from $1 to $1.50 per day at the •tart. The miners say there will be trouble if the new men work for less than the scale rate. To Build Twenty Iron Steamships. IT is reported on good authority that a syndicate is beine organized at Boston for the purpose of building twenty iron steamships to engage in a general coast­ wise and foreign trade as soon as the Farquhar tonnage bill is passed by Con­ gress. • Acta Approved by the President. THE President has approved the act to extend to Tampa, Fla., the privileges of the immediate transportation act; the £int resolution for the relief of sufferers the Mississippi Valley,, and the urgent deficiency appropriation bill. ^ v. ======= . | BASTERN OCCURRENCES. TESTER'S spinning factory, at Bridge- ford, has been destroyed by fire. The low is $300,000. AN explosion occurred at the works of the Metallic Cap Company, at Beth Ayres, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania, com­ pletely wrecking the building. Ben Bur­ roughs was instantly killed fuid Peter Jttley was severely injured- A WiiiKESBABBE, Pa., dispaiQ^ ,^ys: By an explosion of gas in'No. 4' slope of the Susquehanna Coal Company at Nan-* ticoke three men were killed, four seri- SOUTHERN INCIDENTS. A BIBMINGHAM (Ala.) dispatch says: Four men were killed and eight injured by an explosion of cartridges at the Coal- burg mines of the Sloss Iron and Steel Company. Three were whites and the others negroes. AH were convicts. The explosion was caused by a 'spark from a miner's lamp falling into a box of car­ tridges. THESE was a big riot among the colored coal-miners at Caperton, W. Va., during which rocks, revolvers, knives and clubs were freely used. Howard Earnest was killed and William Derico and another man were fatally wounded. Half a dozen others were shot, cut or clubbed, and a renewal of the trouble is very probable. The local officers seem powerless. . GEN. THOMAS C. ANDERSON, a prom­ inent Republican politician, formerly. Deputy Collector of the port of New Or­ leans, and a member of the famous Lou­ isiana Returning Board of 1874 to 1876, died in that city, aged 70. THE NATIONALTCAPITAL. t THE Court of Claims has given a judg­ ment in favor of Representative Crain, of Texas, in his suit to compel the Govern­ ment to reimburse him for money lost through the defalcation of Clerk Sinott. VICE ADMIRAL STEPHEN ROWAN, U. tfi. (retired), died of Bright's disease at the £bbitt House, in Washington. THE House Committee on Coinage, Weights, and Measures h is authorized its chairman to offer a resolution in the House providing for the consideration of the Windom silver bill on Tuesday, the 15th day of April. THE Senate census committee ̂ has re­ ported to the Senate the bill for the enu­ meration of the Chinese with amend­ ments providing that all persons who are now admitted (merchants, teachers, etc.) shall be admitted after the census, whether they possess the certificate of the Superintendent of the Census or not, and that any person arrested under the provisions of the act may Bhow by com­ petent testimony that he was present in this country prior to June 1, and was omitted from the enumeration. POLITICALPORRIDGE. THE President has Bent to the Senate the following nominations: Alton Angler, of Georgia, United States Con­ sul at Kheims ; Frank 1>. Allen, United States attorney, district of Massachusetts ; .Frank Bu. chanan, United States Marshal, eastern district of Missouri; Clarence I). Clark, Associate Jus­ tice of the Supreme Court of Wyoming. Georg > F. Turrittin, Surveyor General of Ne­ vada; Alexander F. McMillan, of Michigan. Deputy iirst Auditor of the Treasury. Pension Agents--John G. Mitchell, at Columbus, Ohio; hdward H. Harvey, at Detroit. Registers of Italia Offices--James I. Flemming, at Topeka Kan.; H. C.Olrey, at Gunnison, Col. Receivers of Public Moneys--G. C. Thaxter, at Carsou City >ev.; J.J. Lambert, at Pueblo, Col. Indian Agents James Mclaughlin, at the Standing Hock Agency in North Dakota; Charles S Kel- sey, at the Green Bay Agency in Wisconsin. THE Senate has confirmed the follow­ ing nominations: N* Tillinghast, Surveyor of Customs at toreTfo; V ; F; JX Allen^United States At­torney lor Massachusetts; E. W Rakin *>•» r„f°V>UiJliC Mu^e a D &ll£ Win H- O*1"*. feaco. Me.; wegaiX N £ z' M'"-: M- Gle-°n' °»- m ^ ^>®OvII>ENCE, R. L. dispatch says: The vote for Senator in the recent elec­ tion, which well represents the legisla­ tive vote, was as follows: G. T. Brown (Democratic), 7,147; E. B. Burton (Na- tionalist), 142; E. C. 1'ietvee (Union), 281; Charles S. Smith (Republican), 6,284; D. X. Ihorpe (Prohibition), 509. The next Legislature as iar us chosen stands: Sen-' ? Republican, '41; Democratic, 11; to be chosen, 4, House--Republican, 24; Democratic, 25; to be chosen, 25. The election of Governor and general officers I8 .L ,own 1Qto the grand committee of both houses of the new Legislature, and 55 votes are needed to assure a majority." ACROSS THET>CEAN. W. A. FBAZEB, United States Consul at Grand Manan, is fcufferld| from peri- recovery is considered «f abdicating the »rm«h recent reception of the Pr nee of Walef by the German Emperor has had « great effect on tho aged Queen, who is now convinced that her son ought to have a chance to pl»y the leadins role in Eneland during the rest ol her life, which is certain to be short. The Queen's bodily infirmity is increas­ ing, and she is so rapidly running to flesb that massage is necessary to assist hei breathing. One strong o jection the Queen has to abdicating is the contin gency of being called ex-Queeu. Sht wishes to assume the title of Queen Rem­ nant for the lest of her life. A special ^bill will be introduced in Parliament when she is willing to resign the actual throne, and the Prince of Wales willbt crowned King of England and Emperoi of India. DOM PEDRO has been informed that the Government of Brazil has decreed 250,000 francs, to be paid him in install­ ments of 75,000 each month. In replj the ex-Emperor has telegra^ hed declining to accept the offer, saving that h« coiild get alon« without pecuniary aid from th« Brazilian Government, and suggesting that he would consider it a much mori gracious act if the Government would re­ move the decree of banishment. The Brazilian Go*vernmeqt has issued an of­ ficial notice abolishing the passport sys­ tem within the limits of the lepublic. THE Portuguese new Cabinet has been reconstructed. Senhor A. de Serpa Pimehtal is Prime Minister and Ministei of War; Senhor Arroyo, Minister of Ma­ rine and Minister of Justice; Senhoi Lopavaz, Minister of the Interior; Sen­ hor Yilbena, Minister of the Colonies; Senhor Branco, Minister of Finance; Senhor Aronca, Minister of Public Works; and Senhor Ribei.ro, Minister ol Foi-eign Affairs. The last three held the same positions in the preceding Cab- inet. A ST. PETEBSBUBO cable reports that the disorders among the students at the military academy and the institute of mines and forestry cootinue and furthei arrests have been made. MICHAEII DAVITT has compiled terms for the settlement of the Liverpeol dock strike. The two sides have agreed to re­ sume work immediately. A ZANZIBAR cable says: Emin Bey has finally accepted Major Wissmann's pro­ posal to enter the German service in Africa at a salary of ?5,i 00 per annum. He has abandoned his contemplated re­ turn to Europe and will leave Bagamoyo by the middle of April with a large caravan and 200 Soudan­ ese under the command of German officers for Victoria Nyanza. Emin's de­ cision meets with strong disfavor in Zanzibar. Lieut. Ehlers, who' left Pan- gant for Mt. Kilima Njaro with a de­ tachment of Major Wissmann's troops, has sent a di-patch stating that Dr. Peters and Lieut. Tiodemann, with forty porters bekmging to Dr. Peters' party, are safe. Lieut. Tiedemann, however, the dispatch says, is suffering from a slight wound. THE Beiiin correspondent of the Lon­ don Chronicle says that a partially suc­ cessful attempt has been made upon the life of the Czar. The name of the would- be assassin and the kind of weapon used are not known. DUBINO the progress of the races at Fowey. in Cornwall, England, a portion of the grand stand thirty feet long col­ lapsed, precipitating 200 persons to the ground. Many of those who fell under­ neath were injured, some of them, it is feared, fatally. ibrrfue.oTu* WASHINGTON AFFAIRS, j i°£i$ViS2X"ul ta '*• GOSSIPY tKTTEK l'UOM OITR RKG- COKKESFONDENT. T ,"*» FRESH AND NB|VSY. THE contract for constructing the sub­ marine telegraph between Brazil and the United States has been awarded to two French companies. CONGRESSMAN WHUSON of We»t Vir­ ginia has, it is said, been offered the Presidency of the State University of Missouri, the position from which Dr. Laws was removed by the Legislature, and it is mAre than probable that he will accept. A WASHINGTON dispatch Bays thai the Board of Ordnance and Fortification holds that experiments with high explo­ sives should be restricted to what prom­ ises ultimate success. It says this its not the case with Americanite, "because the liquid form and the liability to become dangerous through evaporation or by ly­ ing in store would forbid its use in the military service, unless trials should demonstrate th'at no other variety free from these objections can be so used." MISSIONARY representatives of various religious bodies met at New* York and expressed sentiments m opposition to the passage of the Chinese enumeration bill, alleging that it violates treaty rights and is inimical to the personal safety of American missionaries now in China. THE steamer Chin* made her last trip from San Francisco to Hong Kong in twenty days, including the ston at Yoko­ hama, beating the best previous record by two days. ROBEBT GARRETT, it is said, will leave Baltimore early next month for a Euro­ pean trip. His health is raported to be much improved. THE City of Mexico Diario Hogar says that a revolution has broken out near Iguala, in the State of Guerrero, the gov­ ernment of which is unpopular. The Nineteenth Regular Infantry and A regi­ ment of rangero have left for Iguala. StABKET BEPOKTS. CATTUE--Prime. CHICAGO. #4.75 his tonitis and doubtful. IT is understood that the betrothal will soon be announced of Princess Victoria, sister of Emperor William, to Prince Albert of Saxe- Altenbur^. A LONDON cable says that it is now stated on the highest official authority, as well as being a matter of common gos­ sip in Parliament and at the clubs, that the Qneen is seriously cosidering the step Good Common HOGS-- Shipping Grades.* HIJEEP WHKAT--No. 2Red.. Conn-- No. 2 OATS--No. 2 * . RYK--No. 2 BUTTE IT--Choice Creamery CHKKBB--Full Cream, fiat* EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Choice new, per bu. POBK--lieu , MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring Cons --No. 3.... OATS--No. 2 White...J BYE--No. 1 "" BAULKY--No. 2 "" * * PORK--Mesa • DEiBOlT." CATTLE .HOOS ;;;; SHEEP WHEAT--No. i Red..'.'.'.'.'.'!.".'"*" CORN--No. 2 Yellow. OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT CORN--Cash OATH--Ho. % White NEW YORK. CATTLE Hoos.... " SHEEP WBEAT-NO. 2IL^D COHN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western.... POBK--New Mess ST. LOUIS. CATTLE.... Hoos WHEAT--No. 3 Bed CoBif--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 RVE--No. 2 INDIAN AP0I4S. 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Sandeis, one of the Repub­ lican Senators from the State cf Montana, has been in Washington some weeks, aud has already created for himself quite a reputation as a wide-awake Westerner and a most interesting story-teller. His seat in the highest legi«l ttive body in the world, as well1 us that of his colleague, Tom Powers, has been contested inch by inch by ex-Delegate McGinnis and Hon. W. A. Clark, who also claim the right to represent the great State. Allfftur of the claimttnts are men of wealth, and every evening intimate friends of the quartette gather about their headquarters, aDd en­ joy the bounteous hospitalities dispensed in the true Montana style. Twenty yeai s ago Tom Powers had the reputation'of being one of the most suc­ cessful and energetic captains on the Missouri Biver, and commanded one of the handsomest steamboats that trav­ ersed that great stream. It is related of him that on one occnsion he executed a most daring {eat, saving the lives of many passengers and a large cargo of government freight from the Indians. It was somewhere back in 18C8 that the Indians broke out all aloog the river from old Fort P erre all the way up to Fort Benton. The murderous savages butch­ ered every white person they could lay hands on. They were particularly troublesome along the banks of the Mis­ souri, and woe be unto any steamboat that attempted to navigate the stream. With fall knowledge of what might be in Btore for him, Captain Tom loaded his boat at Yaukton with Government pro. visions for Fort Benton, and with a num­ ber of passengers, to whom ho had ex­ plained the situation, coolly pulled up the river. Everything went smoothly enough until the tifth day, when a perfet* fusillade of bullets poured into the boat from the willows and bush on the bank o'f the r.ver. The terror-slricken pilot imagined they were all aimed at him, and it is safe to say some of them were, as everv glass in the pilot house was shivered at the first fire. With a shriek the cow- i-rJly fellow fell flat on his face and in another moment the boht might have swung about and grounded on a sand-bar, but Captain Powers, realiz­ ing the dangers of the channel at this point, had instinctively rushed for the pilot-house at the first sign of danger, and just as the pilot dropped to the floor he sprang to the \tfheel, and with a steady hand kept the boat in its regular course. Bullets whistled through the a r. splin­ ters from the window sash flew a'l around him. The blood-curdling yells of the redskins could be heard only a hundred yards away, causing fearlul agony to the terrified pas^engeis below. The undaunt­ ed Captain, however, hung to the wheel with one hand and waved his hat at the maddened savages with the other. With­ out a scratch he ran the gantlet, <and in due time arrived at his destination with cargo and passengers safe and sound. Nor was the Captain any the loser from damages by bullets either. He invited his passengers into a game of pofcer the night of the attack and won enough to, repair his pilo^-bouse. They had sot yet recovered their nerve, so that, although with full knowledge of the steamboat Uan's penchant for bluffing, his bob-tail flushes almost invariably got away with the pot. His winnings repaired the dam­ ages to his boat. A most remarkable man for a Senator is will-be-when-they-let-him-in Sanders, tba partner in* trouble of Powers. His adVentures, pamcu'larly 'while leader of the vigilantes in Montana, are of the most sensational dime-novel character. His experiences date away back to lisG 1, when Andrew Johnson was a member of the Senate and the Southern men had with­ drawn from Congress. Sanders at that time was a law partner of Charles F. Mander- son, present Senator from Nebraska, and lived at Canton, Ohio. They were both in Washington, and were in the Senate gallery listening to the exciting debates. There was so much noise that'Charles Sumner, who was speaking, demanded that the galleries be cleared. The two partners went out with the rest, but San- iers, beiug anxious to hear what was go­ ing on, coolly walked around to the main door of the Senate floor, and with great nonchalance announced to the door- .keeper that he was a "Senator of the Southern Confederacy, and as such en­ titled to the privilege1? of the floor." The doorkeeper was dumbstruck, and be­ fore he could recover Sanders walked in. Later, when the galleries were reopened, Manderson took his old seat and looked down on his partner comfortably lolling on a lounge taking in the interesting pro­ ceedings. The experiences of Sanders for >the East twenty years in Montana are house-old tales all over the Western country. They are such_ as few men have gone through and lived to relate in the draw­ ing-rooms of Washington official life. As leader of the famous vigilantes of Mon­ tana, Sanders can look buck on some ex­ citing scenes. On one occasion, however, the Senator-expectunt figured rather con­ spicuously in a successful ettort to save a notorious crimiml from the hands of fierce and revengeful vigilnnteB. A well known horsethief was wanted badly at Helena, and had been located at a town come distance away. The authorities knew that the instant the news spread of the capture of so notorious an ontlaw the vigilantes would be up nnd after him, and nolhing on earth could save him. It was particularly important that' the man should be brought to Helena alire. His death for various reasons would be a calamity to justice. SnnderR, who was acting in the capacity of United States Marshal, undertook the difficult task of bringing tho horsethief to Helena alive. The latter had secured the reputation of being a most desperate character and hard to handle. So Mar­ shal Sanders not only assumed the responsible job of capturing and hanging on to the desperado, but outwitting the vigilantes as well. He found his man in a variety theater, and, walking up within five or six feet, tossed him a pair of hand­ cuffs and instantly covered him with a pair of pistols. "Put those on, please," commanded the Marshal. The thief started back in astonishment and made a movement to go for hia weapons. "Put those on and hurry up about it. I'm looking right at ye," and the' officer was looking Btra ght at him through the sights of his ugly looking six-snooters. The man obeyed, but the looks of the crowd around kind of troubled the Mar­ shal, so he walked over to the prisoner, took him by the arm with one hand and holding hia six-shooter in the other,, turned to the crowd and said: "Gentlemen, this man is wanted in Helena for hoss-stealin' and I'm here after him, and, however much it may in­ convenience him to make the trip at this hour of the night, he must go, and I've got lots of ^lp outside, so none of you ad better interfere. Besides, the vigi­ lantes are after him and I saw'em bnyin' a rope up town a few minutes ago." With this significant shot he led his, man outside and into his buck-board which he had brought from Helena, and after putting irons on his feet started for home. All went well until about daylight, thirty-five miles from Helena, .when, just as he crossed a bridge over one of the streams, a gan^ of mounted and masked men sprang up itnd summnried the Mar- • shai and his prisoner. In another minuto the officer was tumbled unceremoniously out of the vehicle and the prisoner' was being dragged to the bridge upon which they proposed to haag him. Banders _ . - - - v i g i l a n t e s , and yelled: "Hold on, boy; yon know me; I'm San* ders, of Helena; I've been with ye many a time. Say, yon chaps are making a mis­ take. That fellow you've got is no com­ mon horsethief. He's a bank cashier from St. Paul, and got away with a hun­ dred thousand good old dollars, nnd he's got 'em hid down here at Helena. There's a reward for him, and I'm broke and need the money darn hard, so let up on him and I'll make it all right. Of course you gentlemen know I wouldn't kick if he was a hoss-thief. * "All right, Colonel," returned one of the masked men; "take the skunk along; but it's a darn good thing he ain't a hoss- thief or we'd a ropel him, you bet." • So the& "janked" him back into tho buck-board, and with a "so-long, tolonel," rode away, and Sanders look him into Helena. Some of the very men who put Sanders up to going after the thief were the ones who gate in­ formation to the vigilantes, but none of them happened to be in the gang to dispute the bluff made by Sanders, and their astonishment was intense when he rode in about noon with this prisoner. - - * * • » Gen. Spinola, representing one of tlie most populous of the New York City t ongressional districts, is a hard man to tackle in a debate. Habitues of the House galleries take keen delight in listening to his sharp, sarcastic and witty five-minute speeches. Congressman Kerr, of Iowa, ran against him the other day in the debate over the "canteen system in the army," and he is now trying" to dis­ cover which the General most resembles, a buzz-saw or a cyclone--and Kerr is no infant in an off-hand debate himself. While Kerr has a .faculty of propounding troublesome questions, Spinola has a faculty of answering them in the most caustic and aggravating way. * • Tnere is a growing suspicion that the largest number of members of the pres­ ent Congress look upon the civil-service law in anything but a favorable light. Be this as it may, a test of its popularity among the members will be made when the estimates for additional forces to carry the law into effect come up for con­ sideration. The commission wants an extra appropriation of "$37,000, and the enemies of civil-service reform intend to make a fight on it. There will unques­ tionably be a light also on the regular appropriation. m * * A belief prevails in legislative circles that the lecommendation of Secretary Proctor in favor of transferring the pen­ sion office fiom the Interior to the War Department Bhoaid prevail. The propo­ sition has been discussed in somewhat different form several times during the past few years. It is well known that the proofs relating to the records of soldiers and pension claimants are furnished by the War Department. It is pro­ posed by combining the Pension Bnreau and War Department to curtail the expense of a douole force, and draw upon the large force of army officers now in the employ of the War Deptrtment, and subject to the call of the Secretary -War, for ai l in carrying on the pension business. TRe young lie .tenant* who heretofore have had nothing to do but cultivate their social qualities of course will object to being put to work. If this project is carripd out the pension force will be doubled^ at no extra cost to.the government and operate to the advantage ot' the younger branch of the army, which at pTes«nt oc upies much tha same pos.t on to the government as a piece of statuary in our lady's parlor. * * * The discussion over the bill tor the ad­ mission of Wyoming, which passed the House last week, revealed an astonish­ ingly large number of Congressmen who have a leaning toward woman suffrage. An amendment to Jh^ bill striking out the Builiage clause in the Constitution adopted by Wyoming last summer was defeated by a handsome majority, and number forty-three will come into the Un:on with a provision in her organic act giving oqual rights to male and fe­ male. * * * The resolution of Senator Voorhees, of Indiana, relating to the financial depres­ sion among the farmers, is destined to become the bugbear of the Senate before the close of the seesion. The Senator has taken up the cause of the granger, as well as a number of other Senators, and they propose to follow up the question to the bitter end. Indeed, the farming ele­ ment is receiving much attention at the" hands of Congress this year, but whether beneficial legislation is to take place re­ mains to be seen. ' All tactions unite in the 9pinion that something must be done, but the split occurs on the ways and means. * * And now a howl may be expected from the "Dudes'Union," if there is such an organization. The passage of the Mc- Kiuley tariff bill will result in raising the price of cigarettes and imported cigars. The duty on leaf tobacco is increased from $1 per pound to $2.75 per pound, stemmed quality; the nnstemmed quality is increased from 75 cents to $2. Cigars and cigarettes and cheroots are also in­ creased in lis:e proportion. * * The Court of Claims has decided that the'United States must pay the Novem­ ber Balarv of Congressmen, whi<h was carried off by the notorious Silcott. The court held that the Sergeant-at-arms was >i duly authorized disbursing officer, and as such responsible to the Govern­ ment and not to the individual Ccongress­ man. This decision relates only to the November salaries and not to the back pay and special deposits of members in the hands of the disbursing officer. • m Washington newspapers, iust prior to the departure of the W an a makers for the South, announced the engagement of Miss Wanamaker, daughter of the Post­ master Generil, to Dr. lluth, a prom­ inent and wealthy young physician. The statement was made without authority, but based upon the rather conspicuous attention paid the young l idy by the handsome doctor. Following the an­ nouncement came letters of congratula­ tion to both part es from all parts of the country. Since the return of the Wan- amakers it has been found convenient to deny the engagement of the young people, and the physician has not been danc ng to the tune of the Wanamaker fiddle as frequently as was his h'abit earlier in the season. * * Senator Hearst made hki flr*t *peech in the Senate laut week and surprised the boys. Those who think tho statesman who cares for California matters on the Democratic *ide of the Senate can't talk straight from tne shoulder on a business proposition, suoh as a public building bills ought to have heard him. Suffice it to say, his arguments s lenced the op­ position and the bill passed without a dissenting voice for a $200,001) public building at San Diego, California. * * * A knowing dog took upon himself the responsibility of designating who were proper guests at the reception given by the Pan-American delegates last week at the Arliugton Hotel. Early in the even­ ing Secretary Blaine, accompanied by his son Emmonn and daughters Harriet and Margaret, went in, leaving at the entrance the big family mastiff. Shortly after, a party of Spaniards, representing Central and South America made their appear- WIDESPREAD DAMAGE. CHOP PROSPECTS IK THE NWTH- WESTERN STATES* A tttir Average Condition Reported In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Kentucky, Mis­ souri, Michigan, and Wisconftin--Kannas Report* a Flourishing; Condition ol tho Plant--Reports in Detail. The following will appear In the next Issue of the Farmers' Review of Chicago: "Outside of Kansas the reports from our crop correspondents relative to the condition of wlnteV wheat are very dis­ couraging. Particularly is this true of Illinois and Indiana, where the average for the State will fall almost as low as that of Wisconsin. But six counties in Illinois out of tho entire report for that State--viz., Carroll, Clay, Henderson, Kankakee, Lee, and Peoria--estimate tho present condition of winter wheat 100 per cent. In all other countics the reports of damage range from 10 to 60 per cent, two counties, Edger and Ran­ dolph, placing the injury at the latter high figure. It is safe to say that the average condition of wheat in this State outsido the favored counties men­ tioned above is from 30 to 40 per cent below the usual average at this season. "The same state of affairs prevails in Indiana, but seven counties--viz., Mar­ tin, Washington. Brown, Elkhart, Greene, Jasper and La Grange--report­ ing 'condition trood.' The per cent of damage is the same, three correspon­ dents estimating the injury at 60 per cent, many others reporting 40 and 50 percent. The bottom lands in Floyd county have been twice overflowed and are now under water. "Our Ohio reports make a better average, but show a great decline in the last few weeks. Adams, Ashtabula, Athens, Butler, Columbiana, Erie, Guernsey, Huron, Jackson. Noble, Por­ tage, Ross, Trumbull, and Tascarawas counties report condition 100 .per cent or over. In all other counties from which we have reports the damage will range from 10 to 40 per cent, the average of in­ jury being about 20 per cent. "Kentucky reports show a falling off of about 12 per cent on the general average for the State since our last re­ port. Wheat fields in many counties are still uninjured and in promising con­ dition, but the foss in other counties has been severe. "The average for Missouri runs about 614 per cent lower than at the date of our last report, although there are many counties in which the condition is said'to be good. "Kansas continues to hold her own bravely, tho reports showing only a slight decline from the average last re­ ported. Fifteen counties report injury from frost and dry cold winds ranging from 10 to 20 per cent, but In the majority of the counties heard from con­ dition Is reported 100 per cent or over. "In Michigan and Wisconsin the con­ dition of .wheat has continued to de­ cline. But two counties in the last named State. Dane and Eau Claire, re­ port condition 100 per cent. Other counties have suffered from 10 to 50 per cent. Chippewa, Portage, and Sheboy­ gan counties are still covered with snow and Waushara county is said to be 'mostly under ice and water.' Barry is the only county in Michigan in which the wheat is said to be in good condition. Emmet and Grand Traverse counties are as yet snow-covered. "We summarize the reports of corres­ pondents relative to condition as fol­ lows: Illinois, 76 per cent; Indiana, 76 per cent; Ohio, 88 per cent; Missouri, 84 per cent; Kentucky, 87 per cent; Kansas, "J2 per cent; Wisconsin, 72 per cent; Michigan, 67 per cent." NATIONAL DKBT STATEMENT. Outstanding1 Obligations of the Govern­ ment and Cash on Hand. Washington dispatteh:. The following: is a synopsis of the government debt statement April I:' INTEREST-BEARING DEBT. . Bonds at 4% per cent 1113,847,000 Bonds at 4 per cent 600,444.15) Refunding certificates at 4*per cent Navy pension fund at 3 per cent Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per. cent 107,870 14,Q0M00 <54.033,512 1802.122.532 8,004,025 Principal Interest Total... 1 1811,023,5.W DEBT ON WHICH INTEREST ITAS CEASED SINCE MATURITY. Principal. 11,831,105 Interest... 110,039 Total II, 981,144 DEBT BEARING NO INTEREST. Old demand and legal tender notes {346.737,458 Certificates of deposit 7,600,000 Gold certificates 134,03*079 Silver certificates 290,605,562 Fractional currency, loss >8.375.- lt{4, estimated as lost or destroy­ ed., 0.913.743 Principal TOTAL DEBT. Principal'., Interest........ .. 786354.842 ..fl,500,S«8.480 9,054.004 Total 11,590.802.544 Less cash items availa­ ble for reduction of debt $444,089,03} Less reserve held for redemption of V. g, wotes 100,000,003 534.080,039 Total defot less available cash items •. 11,035,773.514 Net cash in the treasury 32,615,842 Debt less cash in the treasury April i, 1800 11,023,157,672 Debt less cash in the treasury March 1, 1890 1,034,547,529 Decrease of debt dnrlnjr month....1 11.3sft,857 Decrease of debt since Jan. 30.1889 53,483.949 CASH IN THE TREASURY AVAILABLE FOR RE­ DUCTION OF THE PUBLIC DEBT. Gold held for sold securities actu­ ally outstanding-- $ 134,938,079 Silver held for silver certificates actually outstanding 299,005,562 United States notes held for certi­ ficates of deposit actually out­ standing 7,060.000 Cash held for matured debt and Interest unpaid j0 8851» Fractional currency ' 219 Total available for reduction «f the debt | <&,069,030 RESERVE FUND. fTetd for redemption of Tntted States notes, acts Jan. 14, 1875. and July 12 1882 $ 100,000,000 UNAVAILABLE FOR REDUCTION OF TUB DEBT Fractional silver eo!n.t 22,8M..t04 Minor coin 233,254 Total § 23,047,818 Certificates held as cash ........ 29.012.W1 Net cash balance on hand....... 32.615,842 ance and took a pos way, and * had to r until En and the brnte u in hiB s 4- ' J •J*}- m s v » , r 4 V * 'JUM r »*><£**' 'Hue* "-tj T to enter. The dog center of the door- ly that the guests ng out in the rain could be summoned ay. The intelligent nkeB c«'ter his master foreinneri. J AS. C. MOODX. Total cash in the treasury as shown by treasurer's general account $ 838,764,791 Told In a Few Words. Louis MOGI.KH, a Helena, Ark., saloon­ keeper, was shot and killed by Louis Koehler. NOAH L. ROSENBUROEB of Philadel­ phia, dealer in woolens, has failed; debts $90,000. JAMES LAMRRSOI?, the wealthiest far-, mer in Warren countv, New Jersey, has failed. Debts, $50,000. AT New York the Northern Pacific directors have ratified the formal lease of the Wisconsin Central. MOBRIS MARKS, a commission mer­ chant and silk importer doing business at 98 Spring street, New York, commit- ted suicide i^liis liQ^c. . THE SENATE AND HOUSE. IUTIOIIA1 UV.MAKEB8 AMB WHA3T . THEY ABE DOXHO. Proceedings of the (Senate and House of Representatives -- Important Measiuw Discussed and Acted On--Gist or tlMT Business. IN tha Senate, on t&e 3I«t nit., Mr. BeagMt made a speech la favor of the passage of the Windom silver bill, but expressed regret that the commiitae had not reported a bill for a free and unlimited coinage or silver. He thou slit the present measure would afford only temrorary relief. The depeudent pension bill was then taken up and passed by a vote of 42 to 12, After a short executive Besaion the 11 ate adjourned. The House t-penl the greater 1 art of the day in the dissuasion of the army appropriation bill, which wag finally passed. The bill includ- td a provinioa ataiEhl the sale of alcitiolio liquors, including wite and beer, at "cannons,"" on which Mr. Bynuin called for a vote, vvh< n tit*' provision was Rtrickc n out by 51 yeas to 135 nays. Mr. Piekler offered the same thing in substance- by an amendment prohibiting the sale at mili­ tary post or "canteens" of any article the Bale of' whioU was prohibited by any Statu or Territory in which the poet or "ta iteeu" is locatsa. This was also voted down-- yeas 72, nays 'J7. IN the Senate, on the 1st Inst., the House hBI authorizing the Mississippi Hirer Commission to purchase or hire such boats as may be imine- " diately necessary to rescue inhabitants of tlw overflowed districts and to use the boats tor that purpose w as laid before the Senate and «u passed immediately. Among the bills reported from the committees and placed on the calen­ dar was the House bill to amend the census la*W in relation to Chinese residents. Then at 12:30. on motion of Mr. Edmunds, the Senate j ro- ceeded to the consideration of executive husi- ness. When the doors were reopened theTion- a.e adjourned. In the House Mr. Oaten, of AU^- barna, from tho Committee on the Judiciary., reported a resolution reciting that it is alleged. Dy tne Attorney General that in many United mates District Courts the practice of suspend­ ing sentence after conviction in criminal casee- prevails without warrant of law, and that in some parts of the country United States l>ls- ?T1C4* attorneys, Marshals and deputies, and United btates Commissioners have teen guilty "^administration and corruption iu office- and directing the Committee on Judiciary to' in­ quire into the extent, cause, and effect of such, illegal .. practice. Auopted, The following hills were passed: Providing that deposi­ tions of witnesses before United States- Courts may be taken in the mode prescribed by the laws or the fita'es in which such courts may be held. Limiting to six years tne time within which suits maybe brought- against accounting officers and their bonds­ men. To continue Ih : publication of the Ke- vised StatueB. Exempting from the provisions, of the law requiring sttamers to carry life lines boats plying en inland waters. Author­ izing the construction of bridges acrons the Iowa Eiver at or near Wapello, Iowa. Trans­ ferring from Galena, 111., to Dubuque, Iowa, tho offices of inspectors of Hulls aud Boilers. Senate bill creating the offices of Surveyor* General iu North and South Dakota. Admitting free of duty articles from Mexico to the St. Louie Exposition of lt90. The fortifications appropri­ ation bill, with an amendment providing that, the board which inquires inio facilities for pro­ ducing steel forgings shall extend its inquiries to tho Indianapolis arsenal. The bill appro­ priates $4,521,071). Appropriating SJ^,OUO for im­ proving tne Zoological Park in the District of" Columbia, the ^District to bear half tha expense. « ne naval api*jpriation bill was reported by Mr. Boutelle and plased upon the calendar. The- death of Representative Wilber, of Now York, was announced, and as a mark of respect to hia- memory the House adjourned. IN the Senate on the *2d inst, the Judiciaiyv. Committee reported favorably the bill declaring. , trusts unlawful. The bill declares every con­ tract or combination in the form of a trust or conspiracy in restraint of trade or commerce among the several States or with foreign na­ tions to be illegal. Every person wlio shall make any such contract or engage in any such combination or conspiracy shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and on couviction shall he punished by a fine not exceeding $5,000 or by imprisonment not exceeding 0110 year <6r by both. Circuit courts are invested with ju­ risdiction over caBes arising under the aot.- The Senate spent the afternoon in the discus­ sion of the Muntauaeleclion case. Senator Gray, of Delaware, occupied most of the time with his argument in favor of McGiunis aud Claik. the Demociatic contestants Senator Evur;s intro­ duced a resolution expressing the Senate s deep regret at tho death of Congressman David Wil­ ber, of New York. The Vice President appointed a ,o:nt committea to act with tho House commit­ tee wi?h reference to the funeral arrangements, after which, on motion of Mr. Evarts. as a fur­ ther mark of respect tho Senate adjourned. In the House a bill was passed continuing in force the act authorising tha construction of • a bridge across the Mississippi Eiver at Foreafe River, S. Dak. The Senate bill authorising the construction of a bridge across tho Brazos Kiver near its nioutb was also passed. The following bridge bills were also passed : Across the Mis­ souri Eiver between Iowa and Nebraska; across the Arkansas Eiver at Pendleton, Ark. ; across the White Eiver bu the Mississippi and Little Kock liaiiroad Company. Authorizing the co»» Stnictlon of a bridge across the Hudson Hiver* from Jersey City to New York. The House then proceeded to the consideration of the Idaho ad­ mission bill and the debate bad not closed when the House adjourned. THE Senate spent most of the session in de­ bating the Chinese enumeration bill, whieh> finally went over. The Montana Senatorial contest was also discussed and laid over. with­ out action. Senate bills were passed appro­ priating $75,000 for a public building at Aurora, 111.; appropriating $10J,Ot)U for a. public building at Leadviile, Col.; to re­ organize and establish the customs district, of Puget Sound. In the House the Senate con­ current resolution was agreed to requesting the* President to invite from time to time, as tit oc­ casion may arise, negotiations with any Gov­ ernment with which the United States may have diplomatic relations, to the end that any differences or disputes arising between the Governments which can no* be adjusted by diplomatic agency may be referred to arbitration. A bill was passed authorizing the Secretary of War to deliver to tho State Of' Colorado flags carried by Colorado riginients. Mr. Lawler, of Illinois, introduced a bid to test- the science of short spelling and to establish 100 schools for that purpose. EeTorred. The* House then resumed the consideration of the Idaho admission bill. On the final vote for the' passage of the bill the Democrats refused to- vote, as no quorum of Eeprtsautatives was- present. The Speaker counted a suillcient num­ ber of Democrats to form a quorum and the bill was declared passed. The bill as passed de­ clares Idaho to be a State of the Union and on, an equal footing with the original btates, and. that ttie Constitution which the people of Idaho have framed for themselves is accepted, ratified, and confirmed. The special feature of tho constitution adopted by the people of Idaho, which had attracted attention during the debate, is that which disfranchises all persons who axe bigamists or polygamists, or living in what la known as patriarchal, plural or celestial mar­ riage, or who in any manner teach polygamy, or are members or contributors to any organize* fcion which teaches, advises, counsels or encour­ ages polygamy. The House, after the passajjS ^ of the bill, adjourned. 5 j ' • - • " 4|»- Ages of Rulers,. Queen Victoria, 70K years old, 52 years of reigu. Carlo I.t of Portugal, -fc6 yearft' oldi &' months of reign. * ^ Alexander I., of Servla* I3K yeafik old, 9 months of reign. J/" Leo XIII., who is 79% years old hflgt. reigned nearly 12.years. "" Alfonso XIII. of Spain, 3>£ years old^ with 3% years of reign. , Z " , J Louis, Grand Duke of Russia* 82 yeftfS old with 12 years of reign. Abdul Hamid, the Sultan, 47 yea» old, with-13 years of reign. " - v Oscar II., King of Sweden, G0K yeaftL e old, witU 17 years of refgn. " Karl I, of Wurteinburg, Oft# yewfc1 f" ^ old, with 25 years of reign. , Albert, King of Saxony, 51K yean* I old, with l'i years of reign. • ^ George, King of Greece, 44 years with a reign of 26k3 years. . ^ Francis Joseph of Austria^ 50* yea# old, has reigned 41 years. V Alexander III., of Russia is-44)f yeara old, with a reign of years. ^ Frederick, Grand Duke of Baden, li years old, with 18 years of reign-. ' ' Humbert I., King of Italy, 45W vearfc ^ old, with a reign of nearly 12 years. Nicholas, Prince of Montenegro, 4* years old, with a reign of 29 years. 8 „ ^ Christian IX., King of Denmark, i* t ^ % years old, with 2<» years of roign. - . "-- -- - ,;..y '-'"J Manners of Men. ' ' We never see a batchelor that ws do not wonder what he does for some on! . to scold at night. The most weeds are to be found In th^ field of the man who talks the loudesfc about his field of labor. I'HIUK If you doubt that some men are eco% nomical, watch the way they save mean ' things they have heard about others. Very few things will make a man ' feel worse than to have his '*no" accept- ed when he expected to be coaxed int<k •' "yes." , -c