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W4 SlYI^E, MMt • " ""•j,i\" yyi1 •-•• r*; ».« IMtt. t*tsws SIGN ATKOTEST. f « E C O N F E R E N C E O B J E C T S T O BRITISH OBSTRUCTION* IMWPllM'iwwt •-VV Vmdk Onim Girl S»tw» * fHrtn I*»« g «T Pimwdkm* -- Another CrwUa Con- m-':l ^trmtor <• <>ne-Mafi<t Agate Active In ||ff Kew Orleans. _ jf|h. Dt"Mm<«t(Niii at the Conference. THE bimetalllst delegates to the l;*f» Ufttssels International Monetary Con- lerenco afe discussing whether or not " they -hall unit > In signing a memoran- • •<<* v^qiu < n the obstruction offered by Great Britain to a detei urination or the ques- ( •• tion l of ore the conference. If the <ou- v'4fcren< e resumes its sittings af- a prolonged adjournment such a , ^ protest is likely to nduce the British j, tiovernment to present to tho conference ,jf «. derided policy through it* delegates fef Acting in unison tlureou. The present 2?/.' iBritish delegation appears to have been Sent purposely to muddle proceeding-?. V There is uo cohes.on among the Brit- sf1', Ish representatives, e ther as to princi- •i.'-V pies or procedure. Each delegate ap- jjears to act as an individual agent, ex- " w Sip 0 Blvers Wilson and Sit ^ ^ Charles Fremantle, the la ter of whom f>i Used has official pos t. on to disclaim any responsibility for *he proposals present* '1*4 by Alfred de Rothschild. Train Stopped at the Canyon'* , ; ; A BRAVE girl with a lantern saved a pj ,%eavily loaded Southern Pa ••ti • passen- ^tertraia from total destruction neai ^ - '-Grant's Pass, Ore., Thursday evening. ' " 'Wreckers ha 1 removed the out- a 1 igh trestle that the _ go to the Lot om of the rocky gulch, forty-fl>e feet below. The reached Grant's Pass on time, but 1; viwheii about half way lo Glendale it ; stopped suddenly. As the train ap- 5 iguroached the trestle the engineei , ./Noticed the signal to stop by some one I •' : ̂winging a lantern. He reversed the "4, 'r,>*aglne and put on the air-brakes as Vi v ^ «oou »•« possible, bringing the train to a ) , standstill just in front of the trestle. 750,f00 of mile* of additional service; l.SyO now mall routes established embracing 8,500 miles; ocean malls service extended, and pneumatlo tube service Introduced. In the last four years 5,501 new mail routes have been established traversing y,flyo miles. The number of postoffices baa grown by over 8,600, the number of money-order offices over 8,200, and the number of free delivery offices has al­ most doubled. The increase in money- order offices is 60 per cent. Other im­ provements are noted. Of his proposi­ tion to divide the country into postal districts, Mr. Wanamaker says: "This, like the other great pos- the building, flooding every floor in the tal ref0rms, can only be a ques- The re- nitii*llw<#6'smfc •IW^rtyr the full extent of which 1s sMUkteakj secret, is to be divided into slxequal parts, and me phililCMi. will receive Hie Income during tHelr lives. The$ cannot dis­ pose of It, except bv will of their issue, and if one snoutd we without issue the share will be divided among the renam­ ing children. TUB Public Ledger Bullding,at Phila­ delphia, was almost guttel Tuesday evening by Are. The damage was con­ fined almost entirely to the composing room, situated on the t<op floor, but a torrent of water poured down through * ^side rail ov r ;:-V *rain might ff F- H...; BREVITIES, 1 ' *' Ihto" j^BlsoxEBs handedtfed 1oaether rSf 1 escaped from a sheriff at Barnesville, ,ii>sv • 'Minn. - ft?---? ' OWING to the death of a juror, the Ih*" * trial of Actor Curtis, in San Francisco, ^|lgr^hss been indefinitely jostponed. V THE Lytle Coal company's co'Mery Primrose, Pa., an which ten minors • were drowned last April, is on fi e. SENATOR TAS^E, of Ottawa, Ont., has been appointed Honorary Co nmissionei for Canada to the World s t air at Chi- * - esgo. • . * • . *,r GEORGE SHOTtTEti,, Cashier of the LJ- j Louisville and Nashville Railroad, is ^ % ,1 said to be shortin his ao -ounts. Playlns faro and the race pooi-rooins is the _ cause. ' " _ ' : - • A TBIPX.E traige *y at New Orleans is . laid at the door of the Mafia by the fe|: ^police. - Two of the vietims were killed P Y • afed the third so frightfully wounded ^ • that he cannot recover. "The Buffalo police are se&rcblng for r W. B. Wads worth, agent of the New ||V"".' York Equitab'.e life Insurance Com- •" pany He is sail to have swindled ^various person* out of $t"5f,0tf0 by means of forged checks. £H<:^ AT Clinton, Mo, County CoUdctot gf.> .Trone sent one of his Le pers 1o the Kansas City, Osceola & Southern Bail- #vr J way yards and locked a fre ght engine to the rails to forje the company to pay , i's taxes for the year. The company §|> h promptly paid "P- . The Grand chapter of Texas Masons, ^ 1'-' in session at Houston, Texas, refused 0 ...^ a vo'e 165 to 143 to come under the s jurisdiction of the Grand chapter of the Wf. rnited StaVs, fio*n which jurisdiction m' the Texas chapter has been distinct |j£, *inee 1861. The only o her independ- f -i," - eat State Grand shapter is Bhode Island V MABTIX Btbke is deal, and the mouth of another Cronin conspirator ie thus eea'ei. He died and made nc y j sign. Burke's death ook p!ace Friday night in the hospital in the Penitentiary at Joliet. 111. The disease was con "sumption. No one but the prison oltt- petals was at his bedside. rt|? M. Beeexazbt, the Pelglan Minister r\" of Finance, believes tha' the interna- g'*;tional monetary conference will adjourn until May for real and decisive basi- ness. Iiuany of the delegates, he adds, "and especially the Germans, will anx- iousiy await President Cleveland's iffi; messajje b?fore»eomiiig to a final de- ^ cision. W: " t The movement for d reet European ^ trade from South Atlantic poWfefcaB re- suited in the Georgia Centr^P^hst Tennessee, Virginia and Georgia, Louisville anl Nashville, Pichmond and Danvillo, and 1 lant railway sys­ tems uni iug on one scheme. It "is pro­ posed that as vessels would return without cargo, an o?ean terminal tariff of 5 cents a hundred pounds be de­ duced for the steamers. -This would be $1 a ton, and net the vessels $21,0110 s year.J THKCtUocilof administration of the Grand Army of the Bepubrc, Depart­ ment of Indiana, has directed Cornman- der Joseph B. Cheadle 'o commence suit against the Indiana Monument Commies on to recover $*21,Otto which was donated by the \arious posts of the State to the ironumentluud. The bone of contention is whether the monument which is now approaching completion •hall be a memorial to the soldier* and sailors of the late civil war alone, or whether it shall < ommemorate the valor of Indiana soldiery in the war. A coal famine is reported in South '< Bakota, Northern Nebraska and West* £ crc Iowa. •Y The o Tela I count of, New Mexico h - . gives Joseph (Dem.), for delegate, t /* 16,799; Carton (Bep.), is,C'20. Joseph's majority is 579, a large Bepublican gain Habd HEARING FOOL, a rosebud Sioux Indian, has been ta'cen to Wash­ ington, where be will be confined in the Kational Insane Atiylum. Young Fool rsi!d!y eraz , and wi 1 be the first Sioux ever taK< n to an insan3 asylum bj tlia Gover- * EASTERN. BY the will of Jay Gould the lion's •bare of the vast estate goes to George i. Gould. He gets a round $5,000,0u0 fp cash and securities, an equal share the residuary estate, and is expressly given the control of the proxies of all the securities. George's eldest boy, little Jay Gould, is the only grandchild ~;dow n for a bequest. He gets $500.- in cash- Not s servant or snd not a charity. Mr. ler get $25,006 'annual income * Y';v 5 •%*. ' ^ " structure. The loss will probably be between $250,000 and $300,00J. The Are originate! m the basement, and through an air shaft spread quickly to the top floor. The flies of the paper were all saved and the many rare and costly articles in Mr. Childs" private office were all carried out. When Mr. Childs arrived he posted himself in the doorway of the court house, a cross the street from the burn­ ing building and silently watched his butHing go up in flames. When in­ vited to enter a neighboring office he declined and said that he liked to watch the fire. He assumed charge of his em­ ployes and directed them what to do in the* way of providing for the issuing of a paper. With the exception of presses the Ledger had a complete new plant at 415 Locust street, and there the com­ positors at once began setting type. As the presses were rendered unfit for use by water Mr. Childs accepted the offer of William M. Singerly to print his paper from the Be cord's presses. "WESTERN." Henry Heckrott; an old farmer from Bay City, Mich., was wandering along State street, Chicago, looking at the sights when he was met by a young man who informed him that "the arms and legs of tho persons who were killed by the steamboat's explosion were being washed ashore on the Lake Front." The stranger volunteered to show Heck­ rott the ghastly sight. On the Lake Front Heckrott found tyro human sharks, who introduced him to the shell game. It cost him $400. A bad state of aTalrs exists at the Allen County, Ohio, Infirmary. The County Board of Charities has exposed a disgraceful of Dirt ssd filth exist and the Superintendent is de­ clared incompetent and the manage­ ment below the standard. There is a jail connected with the establishment and in this inmates of unsound mind are locked when they should be in the asylum. Officials sent one copy of the report to the State Board and made way with the other to keep the condition of affairs from the public. Supt. Fensler resigned after an investigation by the Commissioners. Greater and more beautiful than any of its predecessors, the twelfth an­ nual charity ball of the Young Men's Hebrew Charily Association of Chicago at the Auditorium Tuesday night was enjoyed by a,< 00 people. Charity and fashion had come, hand in hand, to cel­ ebrate the giving of money for noble endd. Even the ragged urchin that shivered out In the drizzling rain under the shadow of the Auditorium's walls might have felt that the granite col­ umns reflected light for him. The pro­ ceeds of the ball will amount to !t>20,- 000. Last year the net receipts were $16,2^6, and that sum was high-water maik until this year. , CHICAGO has come into its own after more than twenty years of complicat­ ed, hard-fought litigation. The Lake Front is its property for all time. The Illinois Central is beaten. Not only is this corporation .worsted beyond appeal bv the final decision of the highest tribunal in the land-- the United States Supreme Court at Washington--but it pays the penalty of the appeal from the decision of Jus­ tice Harlan in the United States Cir­ cuit Court in 1883, and is worse off now than then. Justice Harlan's decision left the Illinois Central in possession of the vast improvements it had made on the land it had appropriated. The last decision, as read by Justice Field, may result in despoiling the railroad company of the wharves, piers, and sidewalks constructed on acquired ground. There is rejoicing in Chicago and despair in London and Amsterdam, where most of the stock of the Illinois Central is owned. Seventy- five millon dollars Is a conservative estimate of the value of the property which the city of Chicago will get through the decision of the Supreme Court SOUTHERN. Blaek Diamond mining troubles at Coal Creek, Tenn., are settled, and the miners have resumed work. The coming execution of the young negro boy, Wade Haines, at Columbia, S. C., is exciting a good deal of interest, Inasmuch as there are serious doubts of his guilt. At San Antonio, Tex., Juan Antonio Flores, chief lieutenant of Garza, the Mexican revolutionist, was convicted of violating the neutrality law, but sen­ tence was deferred. ONE " HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-FIVE Wisconsin editors arrived at Atlanta, Ga. They remained one hour and left for Savannah. The party will go to Florida. They will be entertained at Atlanta on the return trip. TUESDAY a iter noon a tornado passed three miles east of Atlanta, Texas, sweeping away farmhouses and out­ buildings and leaving death and general destruction in its path. The home of Samuel McAdams was destroyed and he and three children fatally hurt. At his home. Ashword. Maury County, Tenn., Lucas £. Polk, one of the prom­ inent citizens of the State, died of ty­ phoid fever. During the late war he was Brigadier General in Cleburne's division, and was well known through­ out the Southern States. He was prom­ inent in State politics and had repre­ sented Maury County in the State Senate. . tion of time. The proposed system would accomplish in a practical way the purpose of the bill to select fourth-class postmasters without political interven­ tion. We shall soon grow to 100,000 post offices and to 250,000 or 800,0( 0 postal employes. There must be a con­ traction, consolidation and simplifica­ tion, and with it all the extension of facilities everywhere will be hot only possible, but perfectly easy and natural. In my report of a year ago I said, and have now to say, that one postage is a near possibility^ INDUSTRIAL. - THE telegraph operators employed on the Bock Island Boad have been called out at every office from Chicago to the remotest point of the company's ' line. The number of operators employed on the road is 675; every one of them be­ longs to the Brotherhood of the O. R. T. It is possible that a conflict may arise between the operators and their em­ ployers on the other lines, though the O. K. T., declares its intention to pre­ vent any such occurrence. But the operators, by the rules of the'r associa­ tion, will be compelled to refuee to do any wore to help in the movement of the Bock Island trains, and in this way it Is possible the strike may spread. The company officials declare that they can get a carload of operators from the Burlington, Cedar Bapids and Northern Company. The members of the committee say th:s is a poor at­ tempt at a bluff, that the "scab" em­ ployes are worthless, and that in a few days, after the lo?s of a good deal of money, the company will be glad to grant the concessions which the men, through their spokesmen, have asked. "FOREIGN. " .. If. BIBOT, Minister of Foreign A' fairs under Loubet, has succeeded in forming a new Frenoh Cabinet. It is a reproduction of the Loubet Cabinet, except that M. Bourgeois, formerly Minister of Public Instruction and the Arts, will succeed M. Bicard as Minis­ ter of Justice and Public Worship. M. Dupuy, deputy from Haute-Loire, will be Minister of Public Instruction, and M. Sarrien, deputy from Saone-et- Loire, will replace M. Roche as Minis­ ter of Commerce. BbusseiiS advices say that an Impor­ tant section of the international mone­ tary conference holds that M. de Roths­ childs withdrawal of his plan for his so­ lution of the silver question does not debar the further discussion ot his pro­ posals by the conference, the committee to which the plan was referred having presented it for the consideration of the conference, thus taking it out of the hands of M. de Rothschilds. M. Sainctellette, a Belgian delegate who supports the De Rothschild plan, with the Moritz Levy amendment sub­ stituting silver for small gold coins, held a conference with Sir C. Fremantle, one of the British delegates and deputy master of the British mint, and Senor Toca, a Spanish delegate, on the ques­ tion of putting the amended De Boths- child plan to a vote of the conference. Both Senor Toca and M. Sainctellette hold that a failure et the conference can yet be averted bya majority of the dele­ gates recommending either the Levy project or the amended Rothschild plan. The scheme proposed by C. F. Teltjea, the Danish delegate, is treated with indifference. It may be dropped without discussion by the conference. The proposals advanced by Sir C. Houldsworth, though applauded by the pronounced bimetallist delegates yester­ day, is not worth wasting time over in discussion. His plan will probably be referred to a committee to-morrow and will not be heard of again. The uncer­ tain attitude of the French delegates is influencing the other representatives whose countries belong to the Latin union. v INGENERAL. '• CHICAGO and St. Paul will probably soon be connected by telephone. R. G. Dun A Co.'a weekly review sf trade says: AR0CT OUR ANNUAL REPORT OF SECRE­ TARY POSTER. Chiiismeft it 8KCRETARY FOSTER. Revenue* and Exp«ndttnr<w of the lut IIimwI Y«»r--Election Modifies FlfvrM-- B*p«ai oi Stnktns Fond Um Re com. mftidei! -Redemption Reserve Should Q« Increased. ^ Tho Country's Carti. ' The annual report of the Secretary of the Treasury shows that the government revenues from all sources during the last fiscal year were $425,868,260. and the total expenditures $415,953,806, leav­ ing a surplus of $«, 914.453. With the cash balance, the national bank redemp­ tion fund and a few small items added, this surplus Was $40,750,488, which was applied to the payment of tho public debt. As compared with the fiscal year 1891 the receipts for 1892 have fallen off $32,675,972, ti e principal losses being customs receipts, $42,<i69,24i, and in profits on coinage, $5,681,479. On the other hand, there was a garn of $3,284,- 823 in internal revenue receipts, $4,998,- 690 in postal service and in salbs of District of Columbia bonds of $-',412,- 744. In the ordinary expenditures thero. was a decrease ot $10,349,354, which Is accounted for by d i m i n i s h e d p a y - fjhents for discount t a x e s , r e f u n d f o r excessive customs, deposits, draw­ b a c k s , c e n s u s , quarterm actor's supplies and inter­ est on the public debt, the decrease i n t h e l a s t i t e m alone being $14,- 1 6 9 , 0 1 9 . F o r t h e present fiscal year the revenues are estimated as fol­ lows: From customs, $198,000,000; from internal revenue, $1(55,000.000; from miscellaneous sources, $20,000,000; from postal service, $80,336,350; total esti­ mated revenues, $463,336,350. The ex­ penditures for the same period are es­ timated as follows: For the civil estab­ lishment, $108,000,000; for the military establishment, $49,000,000; for the naval establishment, $31,000,000; for the In­ dian service, $9,000,000; for pensions, $158,000,( 00; for interest on the public debt, $26,000,000; for postal service, $80,336,350; total estimated expendi­ ture, $461,336,350; leaving an estimated' surplus for thi year of $2,000,000. The available cash balance In the treasury at tne end of the present fiscal year is stated at $120,992,377. The rev­ enues for the fiscal year of 1894 are esti­ mated at $490,121,365 and the appro­ priations required $457,261,335, exclu­ sive of the sinking fund, or an esti­ mated surplus of $32,860,030, which, with the cash balance above gold re­ serve, would make the available bal­ ance $53,852,407, and deducting accrued or accruing obligations (mall contracts and redemptions), would leave the bal­ ance $47,452,407. Chargeable against this are unex­ pended river apd harbor and ord­ nance appropriations, amounting to $44,- 000,' ()(», and no account is taken of the sinking fund requirements, amounting to $48,600,000, beyond redemptions esti­ mated at $5,000,000. Eitimsteii Baiied on the McKlnley Law. The estimated receipts, says Secre­ tary Foster, are based upon conditions prevailing prior to the J ate election. Public opinion having decreed a change of policy, particularly In the tariff laws, the altered conditions resulting there­ from sender it impossible at the present time to estimate the annual income with any marked degree of accuracy, and it is impossible to predict the effect that such proposed radical changes would have upon the future revenues of the government. The secretary further says that he will not estimate further, but that the inevitable result of the tariff reduction agitation will be a falling off in importations and in revenue, the ex­ tent of which no one can measure. He says, however, that all the facts fully justify the opinion that the large in­ crease of receipts ascribed to the mar­ velous prosperity of the country under the present revenue system would, if continued, enable the department dur-' Ing the coming fiscal year to meet all obligations without the slightest impair­ ment of its cash, and thereafter con­ tinue to show a material improvement in its condition. Touching the gold reserve, the report says, the Treasury has difficulty with the limited amount of cash on hand above the $100,000,000 redemption fund to keep a sufficient stock of gold, and if the shipments continue as large as they have been during the last two years, the gold in the treasury will be dimin­ ished below the reserve line. The The beginning of srold e.xport3 5n Novem- • . » . , ber and their exported continuance, the ! maintenance of silver at par has also death of Mr. Gould, and the unfavorable reports from the silver conference, have somewhat affected all speculative markets. There are also a ime symptom* of dimin­ ished activity in. business, and while manufacturers are generally occupied with orders taken some time ago there is more complaint tbat new orders do not come forward aa was expected. While the volume of trade is still large. It is not surprising that there shonld be somewhat less activ­ ity during the remainder of the year ex­ cept in holiday lines. At the same time there Is general confidence that early next year will be lively and prosperous. A set­ back in speculation would be by no means an unmixed evil, but there are no signs of disturbance at present, though money markets are workinz a little closer. MARKETREPORT8, ' CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime Hooa--Shipping Grades Sheep--Fair to Choice... Wheat--Ne. 28prlng............ COKN--No. 2 OATS--No. a Rye--No. 1 Buttee--Choice Creamery...... Boas--Fresh Potatoes--New, per ba INDIANAPOLIS. WASHINGTON Sbcbetaby Foster, of the Treasury Department, has submitted to Congress the book of estimates for the fiscal year 1893-91. The estimates are as follows: Legislative establishment ... Executive establishment.... Judicial establishment Foreign intercourse Military establishment Naval establishment.... Indian affairs Pensions Public works Postal service (not Incorporated)-- Miscellaneous Permanent aunoal appropriations 1151468^313.02 Total. $421 .fil'J, '215.66 The estimates for 1892->93were $409,- 608.693.10. The appropriations for the same period were $423,261,970.67. The estimates as submitted are $1,649,755 less than the appropriations for the current fiscal year. Postmaster General Wanamakeb, in his annual report, mentions $5,000,000 added to the gross revenue, the deficit reduced nearly a million. Money order offices increased two-thirds; eighty-two cities supplied with free delivery; 2,790 new offices established; 26) offices ad- 10 Hoot--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. a Red Cobn--No. 3 White Oats--No. a White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE HOGS WHEAT--No. 2 Bed Cokn--No. a..../. ; OATS--No. 2.... Rye--No. a. v CINClNNltTL CATTLX.. Uoos. SHEEP Wheat--No. 2 Bed Cokn--No. 2 Oatk--No. A Mixed RYE--No, % DETROIT. CATTLE Hoosr. HHEEP.. WHEAT--No. 1 Red Cobn--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 Coax-No. 2 White 2 WMte -- • BUFFALO." CATTLE--Common to Prime.... Hogs--Best Grades WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. W HEAT--No. 2 Spring. a* W,748,414.71 21,52»,:«1.10 664,600.00 1,737,079.90 26,301,8S6.86 23,671,315.21 *.123,211.31 166,831,350.00 18,030,673.72 13.31 & 6.Q0 »JS0 & 6.80 3.00 <3 5.00 .71 <9 .72 .41 @1 .4'2 .90 & .31 .46 & .47 .38 <4 .2D .23^(9 .Mtt .06 & .75 3.« & 5.25 8.80 <$ 6.00 3.00 & 4.50 .VI & .68 M 0 .41}* 3.00 & 5.2S 4.0U <9 6.60 .ST <& .68 .87 @ .38 .83 <& .33 M & .47 8.00 & 5.00 8.00 «9 6.25 3.00 ® 4.75 .70 # .70*6 .43 <3> .44 .80 @ .363* J# & .05 Increased the possible charge upon the gold reserve and therefore the Secre­ tary suggests that the reserve for the redemption of Government obligations should be increase 1 to the extent of at least 20 percent, of the amount of treas­ ury notes issued or to be issued under the act of July 14, 1H90. In regard to the monetary conference he says: "This conference is now in session. As yet little is known as to what its action may be beyond the gen­ eral fact that the subject of the better use of silver as a money metal is re­ ceiving its earnest attention." On the subject of public buildings, the Secretary says that the expendi­ tures during the year en^ed Sept. 30 last were $6,741,286, and the outstand­ ing contract liabilities $2,834,408, mak­ ing a total of $9,•'>75,694. The subject of the World's Fair is briefly dismissed with the statement that satisfactory progress has been made In the preparation of the department's ex­ hibit, in the arrangement of the cus­ toms laws and regulations, add upon the Government buildings. Speaking of the subject of immigra- )ion, the Secretary is clearly , of the opinion that only by a rigid examination, made at the place of departure, can the prohibitive features of the law be exe­ cuted with any considerable decree of •fficiency. HOST OF ENFORCING THE CHI­ NESE ACT .... e, ao , are preparing vo the** will be 10, tmregisbttred the Mb of May," «ay« Mr. ueary. "Even if we had to send that ttiany back at a cost of fijO apieee or $^00,000, it would be get­ ting rid of them very cheaply." Mr. Oeary suggests that the United'States naval vessels night carry them back to China. This would 1 ssen the cost of deportation to the Government and at the same time give the navy something ROADS FOR FARMERS; ttu Coagresa at Indianapolis Attaeka the Qnestlon with Enerny. The second day's session of the In­ diana Boad Congress at Indianapolis, was attended by 400 or 5000 delegates. While the * congress is divided as to what steps should be taken to secure better roads it is apparent that the out­ come will be at least a healthy public sentiment in favor of good reads, which will result eventually in some desirable legislation. The farmers who are in a majority in the congress have not had a great deal to say, but whenever they have spoken they hove opposed any movement which proposes to increase their taxes or add to their tynded in­ debtedness. At the opening of the session Kufus Magee of JLogansport *otiered a resolu­ tion that the World's Fair be opened on Sunday, jhs resolution was iaiu on the table by the congress without dis­ cussion. The Illinois Highway Improve­ ment Association sent a letter of greet­ ing to the congress, and stated that for twenty years it had been trying to re­ form the road laws of Illinois, and now began to see daylight. The letter stated that the Governor-elect and a majority of the members of the Legislature were pledged to road reformation. The first paper oi the day. was by W. P. Carmichael, of Wellingtord. It dealt with "Some Criticisms of the Present System of Poad-Making in Indiana." In the discussion of the paper Mr. Brown, of Fayette County, said that there are in the State about forty thou­ sand miles of road. He estimates that the roads could all be put in good ren­ dition at a cost of $800 a mile. This would entail an' expense of $2.50 an acre for the land in the State. This cost could be distributed over ten years and would cost the owners of the land 25 ce&ta ttu sure cttuk yt»oi. Ke uiuugiit that this expense would not be burden­ some. Mr. Martindale said that the idea prevailed that Indiana was behind her ! sister States in the construction of1 roads. That was a mistake. The su­ pervisor system, he said, was defective in itself. It had not been executed as it might have been. It was established at a time when it was necessary to go from village to village. The best that could be done with it was to use it in keeping the next roads passable. He said that if the delegates came here with the intention of "ripping up" the present law they were on a mistaken mission. Ihe thing to do was to amend and better the present laws. Prof. W. B. Johnson, of Franklin College, in an address, said that the roads of the State were faulty in the essential particulars of good engineer­ ing. Roads, too, he said, were faulty as to construction of bridges and drain­ age, which was the most important factor. The natural soil, clay, was strong enough to support any load placed upon It. Along the roads were deep ditches, but they do not carry water. Drainage under the road is al­ most wholly unknown. The present supervision of roads, he averred, was faulty. Supervisors were generally in­ telligent men, but they lacked technical knowledge of road-builcing and main­ tenance. It was desirable to have a trained corps of men to build roads and keep them in repair. J. A. Robinson, of Shelby County, a People's party man, said he had reached the conclusion that any effort to tamper with tho present road law would result in the getting of no law at all. He be­ lieved with many farmers that entirely too much money was spent inside the court houses on the road questions. He said he believed that any report which looked to the increase of the bonded in­ debtedness of the farmers would receive a black eye in the Legislature. It seemed to him that there were men who were always ready to put addition­ al burdens on the farmers. The men who had built this nation were the farm­ ers behind the plow. Progress, he said, declared that the people who supported this nation had a right to demand that the geueral government come out here and assist In miking good roads. Mr. Robinson made a long plea for the farmer. The congress was furnished a state­ ment from the State Auditor in the after­ noon showing that the total road tax in Indiana in 1892 was $2,269,67<i. This sum, it was stated, did not include taxes raised for free turnpikes or for bridges. Many of the delegates expressed the opinion that this amount of money, if wisely spent each year, oueht to build a great many good roads. Gi 30NGRES8 HAS BEEN SPECIAL­ LY CONVENED TEN TIMES. Ur. ClevelMd Geta 1,000 Letter* m Day-- The Flrat Aaalatant PoitBMtw General and Hla Ar--He Control* **0,O«O OTaoaa Who W»at Oflteea. jrartoualjr COBN--No.*.. OATS--No. 2 Whit*. ITVE--No. 1 HAKLE*--No. 2 POBK--Mess MEW YORK. CATT1VB..... HOOK.. Sheep WHEAT--N®.» Red. CORM--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western.... BUTTEE--Weatern JL-S""" •4-v - , M: iT .* ». HU Ml,, . . . .U&JTTF: JH V IAV. Si , A IJ I % F I &U-60 & 5.50 & 6.60 Estimated at from 9X0,000,000 to 9300,000 or Less. Representative Geary doos not be- /.eve the cost of deporting the Chinese »f the United States will reach $10,- 900,000. The census shows a Chinese copulation of 107,000, and under the taw those who do not register and sit for their photographs must bo sent home at Government expense. Upon this basis it is calculated that more than 100,000 of them will have to be deported as soon as the year of grace expires on May 6 next. The cost of sending them back to China is estimated at $100 apiece According to Representative Geary's reckoning, the cost of deportation need not be more than $20 a head. That more than it cost these same Chinamen to come to the United States, and the California member says they might aB well be sent back in the same style in which they came. Again, he thinks the Chinese residents of this country are only waiting to see whether the Gov­ ernment authorities are in earnest If they find that the law is to be ligldly enforced, they will nearly all march up and be registered and photographed bcP> FARMERS ARE ANGRY. British Agriculturists Seek John Ball's Protection. A national conference of British agri­ culturists was held in tbe St. James Hall, Plcadllly, London, in conformity with resolutions adopted by various chambers of agriculture throughout Great Britain, to the effect that some decisive step should be taken at once to relieve the distressed condition of British trade In general and of British agriculture in particular, and also de­ claring that: "No permanent good can be attained without some stringent measures being adopted by which the British producer shall be placed upon a footing where he can compete with the foreign producer upon fairer terms, especially as regards manufactured goods that can be! pro­ duced in this country, and that relieving the land of a portion of its burden will only partly meet the case." Representatives were present from nearly every Chamber of Agriculture in the United Kingdom, and, the report says, doleful tales were Interchanged among the farmers present of farms de­ serted, the soil untitled, and agriculture brought to the verge of ruin. There was a general consensus in favor of protection for agricultural products. Newsy Paragraphs. SENATOR GIBSON, it is now thought, •will recover. WILLIAM NICHOLS, a Cleveland me­ chanic, has inherited $2,'I(j0,000 by the death of his grandmother in England. THE story that Senator Hill is to be counsel of the Equitable Life at a sal­ ary of $25 000 a year is said to be un­ true. A BEVENUB cutter has been sent to the Oregon coast to capture the British schooner Cornelius, which is preparing to smuggle sixty Chinamen Into the United States. THE Italian Consul has demanded an investigation into the killing of Fran cisco Carazzo, an Italian, by two Cin­ cinnati policemen. The Italian was in­ toxicated and stabbed both officers. THE Rev. Dr. J. B. Lowery, of St. Louis, prea.-hed a sensational sermon, in which he attacked the liveft of Emma Abbott, P. 8. Gilmore,. P. T. Barnum, and Jay Gould, claiming that their in­ fluence had been bad. Extra Messlona. ^ Washington correspondence: Ever since the election the qu?sUon ot a special session of Congress has been the one topic of discussion on the Democratic side of the political fence, to the exclusion almost of probable members of Cleveland's cabinet. The President-elect himself Is, of course, the only man who can tell with cer- ta nty now whether a special session will be convened; that is, If he das made up his mind on the subject. Everybody knows that opinions differ as LO the advisability of calling Congress­ men together before the usual time, a fear hence, while some in favor of the scheme want the openiug postponed until Octobor, 1893. But whether an extra session is called or not, and no matter at what particular period of the coming year, the reason for so doing in ;ase of a special convocation will cer­ tainly be the revision of existing tariff laws. Undoubtedly the McKlnley bill will ;ome in for the first round share of at­ tention. In any event the gathering is bound to be attended with more than the usual d> gree of political interest. Mr. Cleveland's proclamation, if he issues one, will- be the eleventh of such a nature, and Mr. Harrison's successor at the White House will be the ninth, chief executive to avail himself of the privilege of calling. Congress to meet at the Capitol before the first Monday of December. A review of the Con- Tressional Record shows that two Presi­ dents--Madison and Hayes--convened special sessions twice each during their administrations, and sinoe the latter's term none have taken place. Four of the ten on file had as their object some ultimate legislation relating to wars al­ ready inaugurated or in immediate prospect, and one, that called by Jef­ ferson, was decided upon to avert any threatened complications arising over the purchase of Louisiana from the French, with Spain frowning upon the deal. The special session fathered by John Adams in 1797 probably precluded war­ fare with France through the active hostile preparations then authoilzed against the "trl-color" republic, but only two had any bearing upon the flnauclal ccndltlon ot the country. These were called by Van Buren and "Tippecanoe" Harrison, and some of the treasury laws then passed are still recognized methods of handling cur­ rency. If Mr. Cleveland listens to the plea of the ultra tariff reformers and proclaims in their direction next spring, the extra session then called will be the third In the history of the United States, which may possibly consider public financial "matters per te, providing, of course, the free silver business and Senator Peffer's new sub-treasury idea are left untouched. Barring the long jump from 1813 to 1837, extra SOB-ions have been regularly convened at intervals of from six to fif­ teen years, but the last on record oc­ curred in 1879, the middle of Hayes' administration, and since then the Con­ gressional law has been "long term, short term and no t pedals," so that the list up to date covers a period of eighty- three years, from 1797 to 1879. and the filibustering which made the latter a necessity shows how the political Dar­ winian theory had worked its evoluion since the statesmen ot three-fourths of a ci ntury before legislate i upon giving the 1" rench a dose of retaliative medi­ cine. A resume of the ten sessions called by Presidents since John Adams' time points out the fact that three were con­ vened by order of Republican party up­ holders, the one of Lincoln and the two during Hayes' term filling that side of he roster. If Mr. Cleveland puts him­ self on record for number 11, the session will more than equal in financial inter­ est those called by Vau Buren and "Old Tippecanoe," while presenting a con­ tract to that in Madison's first term, which had a sort of tariff tinge, because commercial relations with England and France were forbidden altogether. Hi. Cleveland's Mall. From now until his Inauguration Mr. Cleveland's mail, notwithstanding his recently uttered protest, will certainly average at least 1,500 letters dally. That was about the number President Harrison received from immediately after his election, and it jumped to 2,000 per diem af ler his arrival at the White House. About nine-tenths of all such communications are from office-seekers. The rest mostly convey advice and sug­ gestions, offer congratulations, and give warnings, friendly and otherwise. "Bet­ ter wear a shirt of mail," wrote one timid citizen to the present chief execu­ tive four years ago, while another gave notice of the silbscriber's intention to Dlow him up with dynamite. As is cus­ tomary with them at such times, cranks of all kinds in every part of the countiy are now "taking pen in hand" to address the President-elect by post. No wonder lie wants to seclude himself from the world until March 4. Whenever a change of administration occurs a sort of fever for office seeking becomes epidemic among the people. For months after Mr. Cleveland comes in the time of his private secretary will be chiefly occupied with receiving applications for places under the Gov­ ernment, and the ante-room at the White House will be orowded at pll hours with Congressmen and others eager to secure plums of patronage. The "very hungry and very thirsty" will swarm upon Washington like grass­ hoppers upon a green vegetable patch, and the "swish" of the decapitating ax wielded by Mr. Clarkson's successoi will be continually heard in the Post Office Department. The First Assistant Postmaster Gen­ eral is conspicuously the man of awe and dread when a change of adminis­ tration has come about. He disposes as he chooser of nearly all of the *-430,' 00 oTficos in the Postoffice Department, which has ten times the patronage of all the other departments of the Gov­ ernment put together. All of these, ex­ cept about C0J clerks in the classified service and 3,200 Presidential postmas­ ters, he controls, chopping off heads and llling places according to his fancy. He aolds In the hollow of his hand 6o,- 1)00 postoffices. However. 25,000 el these yield less than $100 of salary yearly, and the incumbents in most cases will not find the loss of their posi- tlsns a great misfortune. Already the Postoffice Department Is receiving scores of letters daily irom euch fourth- class postmasters, who are anxicus to resign. One of them writes: If I give up my postoffice plant for $1,000 t"> a Democrat, will you appoint him and will you guarantee the security of his situa­ tion during the coming foar years. While wielding ihe ax Mr. Clarkeon s successor will make his appointments usually in obedioiice to the wishes ex- pressed by Congressmen as to the dis­ tribution of the patronage in their re­ spective districts. With the coming in of the new admin­ istration tbe swarm of office-seekers will arrive In Washington. All or them will reach here in high confidence of getting places under the Governm nt, and. nine-tenths of them will go away disappointed after eating out their [u- ife<l • istration or aftotmr have to get situations finally as ifcea- aengers in tha departments. in this matter repeat® itself every tim* that one political party goes out and ttpother comes lp. Those • who fail, a« their money runs low, drift out of the hotels into the boarding house*, finally falling back on the free lunch rout*. Last scene of all, which ends this sad,, eventful history, is the appeal addressed by the disappointed office-seeker to ht» Congressman for a loan to pay car fare home. Undoubtedly these place hunter* are mostly people of some importance where they live. But the feverfor hold­ ing public office attacks them, and they abandon everything else to try for It. When they get it the glamour of the life holds 1 hem so that they are never satis- fled to abandon it. Even the Congress­ men who fail of re-election are eager to get back into employment as clerks in the Legislative halls where once they exerelsjad jtttstfol over tho affairs of tbe n a t i o n . • , , / \ , - , -jj, Capital Chat. , v The Supervising Architect in his an­ nual report recommends a special ap­ propriation oi $50,0wi for general te- £alrd of the United States Custom louse at Chicago. Secretary Noble has accepted the hk* conveyance to the United States by the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railroad Company of 45,000 acres of land in the Rtd River Valley, in North Dakota, under the act of Aug. 5, 1«92, and has issued instructions authorizing the railroad company to make indem­ nity selections therefore of non-mineral unoccupied lands in the States of Min­ nesota, North Dakota; South Dakota, Montana and Idaho. The Democrats are inclined,'it is now said, to let tho question of the admis­ sion of New Mexico and Arizona go cvgr to the next Congress. Mr. Caldwell, of Ohio, is the author of a bill Introduced in the House to reduce postage on first-class mail mat­ ter, except postal cards, to 1 cent per half-ounce. Justice Harlan, of the United States Kupifssis Co'.'Tt. will sftli for Europe ss one of the arbitrators in tho Behriag Sea seal fisheries dispute, G. M. Lambcrton, or Lincoln, Neb., has been selectod for appointment as Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, to succeed Mr. Nettle ton. Mr. Cockrell, of Missouri, will un­ doubtedly succeed himself in the United States Senate. Members of. the Interstate Com­ merce Commission look with serious­ ness upon the decision of Judge Gresham, which limits and to some ex­ tent nullifies the power of the com­ mission. They feel that it3 natural sequel is a,n abolition of the entire com­ mission. c A request from the Treasury partment urging . Subtreasurers of the United States to gather in all $500 notes issued prior to 18-sO has created some gossip in financial centers, but at the department Kothing is thought of this action. Speaker Crisp, Representative Mo- Millln, and Representative Catchings, who as members of the rules committee are rather looked to to shape the policy of the House, held a conference of some length in the Speaker's room for the purpose of considering the plan and scope of an inquiry into the condition of the treasury. It is not improbable that a caucus, of the Democratic members of the Houte will be called upon to consider tbe proposition embodied in bills now be­ fore the House lor tbe change of the date of the meeting of Congress from the first Monday in December to the firlgt Monday after the 4th day of March of each year. The bill which passed the Senate au­ thorizing the construction of a bridge over the Mississippi River above New Orleans proposes a structure of three unbroken spans, the main span to be at least 1,000 feet Jong and the height of the superstructure above hu>h ;vya£fir}£> be fixed by the Secretary of War*f...:,<"^ "' Shady Churches. 1! 1 ^ The early meeting-houseS of New England were destitute of shade. The trees in the vicinity had been cut down for fear of forest fires, and curtains and window-blinds Were un­ known. There was no "dim religious "light"' within the church, but in summer "the white and undiluted day," and in winter an atmosphere so cold that, as Judge Sewell pathetically records in his diary, "the communion bread was frozen pretty hard, and rattled into the plates." As years passed on, trees were planted to protect the congregation from the garish sunlight. Sometimes the growth was dense, and cast h somler shalow over the meeting­ house that made it so dark within as to annoy the minister. Two anecdotes, told in "The Sab­ bath in Puritan New England," illus­ trate how the clergy protested against these gloomy meeting houses. A neighboring pastor, preaching in a church thickly shaded by a large tree, gave out the text, "Why do the wicked live?" Peering in the dim- light at his manuscript, he ex­ claimed: "I hope they 'will live long enough to cut down this great hem­ lock tree behind the pulpit window!** Doctor Storrs preached by invita­ tion in a meeting house overshadowed with trees. His struggles to read his manuscript temped him to affirm that he would never preach it) that house again while it was so ill-lighted and gloomy. . A few years later he was invited to- preach in the same old meeting­ house. He rode up to it on the Sun­ day morning, and seeing the tree* still standing, rode away leaving the people to sit in darkness, without a> sermon.--Youth's Companion. THERK are many curious trade* the world, but the most strange must be the "artificial manufacture of wild men." Yet a well-known English doctor in China has just certiflec from his own personal experience that this art is regularly practiced iff the Flowery Kingdom. Any vessel causing a disaster launch Is regarded by tho Japanesa at- doomed to ill-Sortune for her whole oa- reer. At Osaka lately a vessel eapsizec while being launched, several persoro- belng drowned. She was destroyed night with much ceremony. IN regard to modern languages, it ie said that the Chinese is the most diffi­ cult. We find this out when we try tc explain to our Chinese laundrymen thai a pair of socks are missing---Texa* Siftings. " The Mikado of Japan has no mere floricultural little country to rul* over He is the sovereign of 40,004k people who live in 13,000 towns and villages. • ' • r - ' i ; '