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:"^W YfHfSWSWl THE PL1INDEALEB J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. IPiS Mcl HENRY. ILLINOIS MARVELOUS RICHES. CLONDYKE PLACER MINES THE RICHEST IN THE WORLD. Alaskan Discoveries Awaken Fnrlons Excitement--Claims Yield $1|000 Per Square Foot--Labor Commands $15 Per Day. . Big Bonanza in Alaska. The following is an extract from a let­ ter received by the Excelsior, just arrived at San Francisco from Alaska. It was sent from the Clondyke region by a prom­ inent and wealthy young business man of San Francisco to his brother: "The ex­ citement on the river is indescribable and the output of the new Clondyke district almost beyond belief. Men who had nothing last fall are now worth a fortune. One man has worked forty square feet of his - claim and is going 0ut with $40,000 in dust. One-quarter of claims are now selling at from 515,000 to $50,000. The estimate of the district given is thirteen miles, with ah average value of £300,000 to the claim, in which some are valued as high as $1,000,000 each. At Dawson sacks of dust are thrown under the coun­ ters in the store for safe keeping. Some ,of the stories are so fabulous that I am afraid to repeat them. Labor is $15 a day and board, with 100 days' work guar­ anteed, so you can imagine how difficult it is to hold employes. If reports are true, it is the biggest placer discovery ever made in the world, for though other dig­ gings have been found quite as rich in spots, no such extent of discovery has been known which prospected and work­ ed so high right through." paid up within sixty days and resumed business. There was consternation in the sugar pit when the failure was announc­ ed. Opening at 134, after closing at 135% Monday evening, sugar declined to 138% on sales of 2,500 shares. The Barbara Yagle case of Oneonta, N. Y„ which has been in litigation for sev­ eral years, has been •settled at a special term of the Supreme Court. The suit grew out of trouble over the construction of a block at Oneonta, Dudley T. Ste­ vens of Binghamton and Alfred C. Lewis of Oneonta were the architects. They sued to recover $800. from Mrs. Yagle, which she refused to pay. At one time the case was in a fair way to be settled and Mrs. Yagle was about to sign a paper for this purpose, but changed her mind. The case was given to a referee, who ren­ dered a verdict for the plaintiffs. The referee was charged with misconduct and an effort was made to set aside the verdict on this ground. The suit has cost the par­ ties more than $75,000 and has been in litigation several years. It has been be­ fore nearly every Supreme judge in the State. Bridgeport, Conn., dispatch: Stratford light shelters a heroine, Agnes Judson, the pretty daughter of the lightkeeper, late Sunday afternoon dashed into the waters that: seethe and boil off the base of the light, and, with the help of her broth­ er, brought ashore two men who, while fishiug, had fallen from their boat. One of the men was about to give up the strug­ gle for life, when the . girl reached him with a rope and brought him ashore. Agnes Judson Is scarcely 17 years old. She is known to all the fishermen and resi­ dents along the sound us a girl filled with love of the sea and with the courage that has come from her consitant association with it. Sjhe lives With her parents and her brother Henry in the lighthouse, and at times assists hpr father and brother in attending the light. She is a noted swim­ mer and has won prizes in amateur swim­ ming contests along the shore. "T WESTERN. f l Join Against the United States. A dispatch from Paris to a news agency in London says that inquiry at an Amer­ ican embassy there has elicited a confirm­ ation of the rumor that the Governments of Spain and Japan have arranged an offensive alliance against the United States. The terms of the understanding, which is for the mutual protection of Cuba and Hawaii, provide that in the event of an actively aggressive move­ ment on the part of the United States tending toward interference in Cuban af­ fairs or persistence in the annexation of the Hawaiian Islands, both Spain and Japan shall declare war simultaneously against the United States and shall make hostile demonstrations along both the Atlantic and Pacific coast lines of that country. Standing of the Clubs. Following is the standing of the clubs *n the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. Boston•.... .47 19 Brooklyn ....31 37 Cincinnati ..43 21 Pittsburg ...30 30 Baltimore .. .42 . 22 Chicago 30 39 New York.% .39 25 Louisville 20 39 Cleveland ,. .37 30 Washington. 26 39 Philadelphia 3i 37 St. Louis... .13 54 The showing of the members of tho Western League is summarized below: W. L. W. L, Indianapolis. 47 23 Detroit 35 39 St. Paul.... .51 26 G'nd Rapids.25 47 Columbus .. .45 25 Minneapolis. 25 51 Milwaukee ..46 29 Kansas City.21 56 it. BREVITIES, Ife '</ liipi Charles Delmonico, the New York ca­ terer, is dangerously ill in Paris, his mind having failed. Frank McLaughlin, proprietor of the Philadelphia Times, died o^ rheumatic gout Wednesday morning. The Senate has confirmed Louis Lange, Jr., of Chicago, to be consul at Bremen, Germany. It had been predicted that he would be defeated, Obituary: At Middletown, N. J., Chas. Coudert of New York.--At Toronto, Ont., Henry M. James of Memphis, Tenn.--At Streator, 111., Michael Purcell, 60.--At Decatur, Mich., Mrs. Margaret Guy, 99. Anthony Williams, colored, was lynch­ ed Thursday afternoon, in the streets of West Point, Tenn., for'assault and the brutal murder of Miss Rene Williams, white. The" murderer was kicked to death and then cremated. J. T. Burgoies, agent of Wells Fargo Express Company at Tampico, Mex., has been arrested on the charge of robbing that company of a package containing $6,000 in currency. Two other employes of the office have also been arrested for alleged complicity in the robbery. The McKenna re-rolling steel mill at Joliet made a test run Thursday and ev­ erything started off in good shape. This plant is the only one of its kind in the world, and this was the first time in the history of the steel working art that old worn out rails were made as good as new. The plant will start up to run steady with­ in a few days and give employment to 200 men. Archibald Kelso of Wiley Station, Al­ legheny County, Pa., for whom the Pitts­ burg detectives have been searching for ten months, has been captured at Ponca City, Ohio, and positively identified. Sept. 17 last the body of Henry Kelso, a middle- aged man, was found headless at Wiley Station and all circumstances pointed to his son, Archibald Kelso, as the murderer Kelso disappeared at the time. Mrs. Bertha Johnson, awaiting trial at Lima, Ohio, for attempting to kill her bus band, made her escape from jail Wednes­ day night by digging out a staple which fastened a trap door leading to the roof of -her cell. She lowered her^plf down by means of. a rope made from bed clothes, and walked to Elida, seVen miles. She was tracked by bloodhounds to where she boarded a freight train, and was over­ taken at Delphos and arrested. This was her second escape from jail Mrs. Harriet Waters of Chicago thrust a hot curling iron into her eye while she. was curling her hair, and as a result she will probably lose her sight. Mrs. Waters had balanced the iron on the gas jet, and when it fell she made an effort to catch it, and in doing so the heated end came in contact with the. right eye, penetrating the }ris, E.IJ. Pennington, the famous promoter, Is in New York, registered as "E. John- eon." He has just arrived from London and is known to be interested in the man ufacture of horseless carriages. He claims to have $1,500,000. K ri- EASTERN. 4-! ,«.. Miss Grace Stevenson, the Boston he*-- ess who had been missing since April 26, was located at- Lexington, Ivy., but dis­ appeared again after admitting her iden Decker, Howell & Co., bankers and brokers of New York, have asisgned, with no preferences. The firm was one of the largest brokerage houses in the street. A representative of the firm attributed the trouble to being on the wrong side of the market, tho firm's shortage on sugar being one qf the principal elements. Five years = _ ago this firm failed for $12,000,000, but j feU(j laia came suddenly at Dr. A. L. Berger, a prominent physi­ cian of Kansas City, was shot and killed by John Schlegel, a grocer, for an alleged assault. The 11-montlis-old child Of Frank Pur- dy, a Guilford, 111., farmer, died Monday night. She tipped a kettleful of scaldi^f water over herself three weeks ago. Gottfried Eisman, who was found dead in a hayfield near Butler, lnd., and who was thought to have been murdered, is now thought to have died of sunstroke. Anions the passengers arriving at San Francisco by the steamer Doric from the Orient was Hon. Chang Yin Tong, who will be consul general at San Francisco. Washington Carrington of Peoria has made a will leaving his entire estate, esti­ mated to be worth between $500,000 and $1,000,000, for the endowment of a col­ lege. Sheridan F. Mason, the son of William A. Mason, of the stock brokerage firm of Mason, Lewis & Co., committed sui­ cide with a revolver early Monday even­ ing in his father's private office in the New York Life Building, 171 La Salle street, Chicago. Fifteen dead, thirty seriously prostrat­ ed and thirty-six overcome was tho record of the awful heat at Chicago Friday. Two other deaths were reported from Thursday. In addition, the grisly record was swelled from all parts of the Centra! States. Conditions were greatly altered for the l etter, Saturday; and at midnight the mercury fell many degrees. Sunday was an ideal day, and on Monday light overcoats were the fashion in Chicago. By reason of the breaking of the con­ necting rod attached to the governor the forty-ton flywheel of a pair of Corliss compound engines of the Tacoma, Wash., railway went to pieces, completely wreck­ ing the plant and building, causing dam­ age to the extent of $20,000. The wreck means the total discontinuance of all Ta- coma's street car traffic for several days. The power furnished the city for lighting purposes will be discontinued temporar­ ily. One week of the extremely warm weather closed Friday evening, and Fri­ day Chicago was the hottest place in the United States. Thursday night was the worst of the year, and, except for the slight effect of an occasional breath of east wind, the mercury would never have been beiow 90 during Friday. Never even in the period after midnight and before daybreak did the thermometer stand at less than 82 degrees, and as a result there was sleeplessness, much suffering and several deaths. Over forty .people have been made temporarily insane by heat in Chicago, and the mortality record throughout the eouutry has been fright­ ful. Mrs. Julia Maffit, a pioneer of St. Louis and the richest woman in the city, is dead at her home, aged 81. Mrs. Maffitt's grandfather, Pierre Chouteau, Sr., was one of the original members of the Amer­ ican Fur Company, and from 1789 to 1804 passed his time in the western woods trading with the Indians. His company prospered so rapidly from his perilous work that he retired wealthy in 1804, and accepted an appointment from President Jefferson as the agent for all Indians west of the Mississippi river. The Chou­ teau family was the most prominent of all the early French settlers in Missouri, and the name forms no inconsiderable part in the history of the West, as well as of St. Louis and the State. The Kansas City Times announces that the M'dland National Bank, of which S. Barbour of the Armour Packing Com­ pany is president, is to be consolidated with the National Bank of Commerce, and that the deal has reached a point where only the sanction of the Comp­ troller of the Currency is needed to con­ summate it. The Midland National has long been considered one of the solid financial institutions of the city, having the backing of the Armours. Only a few months ago the National Bank of Com­ merce absorbed the Metropolitan National Bank, and it was. announced at that time that negotiations were on looking to the consolidation of at least one other na­ tional bank with the institution. Nicholas C. Creede, the millionaire mine owner, after whom the town of Creede, Colo., is named, committed suicide with morphine Monday evening at his home in Los Angeles, Cal., because his wife, from whom lie had separated, insisted upon re­ newing their marital relations. Jan. 4 Creede and his wife separated and agreed to dissolve at once, as far as possible without legal process, their marital bonds. Mrs. Creede accepted $20,000 cash and surrendered all further claims upon her husband, at the same time voluntarily withdrawing from his premises. It was understood, after the necessary time had elapsed, Creede would institute legal pro­ ceedings and begin suit for absolute di- orce. Mrs. Creode considered the amount of cash settled upon her insignifi­ cant as compared with her husband's wealth, but left him and took up her home in Alabama. About three weeks ago Mrs. Creede returned to Los Angeles and pro­ posed a leconciliation. This was much to Creede's distaste and he endeavored to avoid his wife, but being unsuccessful, he determined to end his life. The 2-year old child of Edith Walters Walker, the actress, adopted by Cieede over a year ago, is in the care of his friends at Es- epndido. Mrs. Creede declared that she would not be bothered with the child when'she separated from her husband. Out oi ii sky that was^reasonably clear at sunset an unprqdicted storm of wind 8:30 o'clock and gave Chicago people afloat and ashore some damp apd thrilling expe­ riences; The excursion steamer Maca- tawa was cnught in a squall and be­ tween the extinction of the lights by a great roller which Washed aboard and the buffetiug of the boat by tfte waves the twenty-five passengers were frightened into a f anic. There were twenty-five passengers aboard--ten of them women --and they all jeined in piercing cries for help. Capt. v Oliver Landreth, wba as soon as he saw. the danger began making preparations to run out of it, was com­ pelled to turn his attention to the af­ frighted passengers. Some were pre­ paring to jump into the sea. The' craft carried a deck crew of seven all told, some of them acting as waiters as well as deck hands. They harkened to the commands of Capt. Landreth and kept their senses. A fireman or two came up from the boiler-room and joined the Cap­ tain's force. They seized men and drag­ ged them into the cabins, where they dropped them unceremoniously fn safe places. Women who fainted were picked up and taken inside, where in the in­ creased darkness they were left to revive as best they could, while the crew return­ ed to round up the other passengers, who were scampering about the deck like a lot of1 stampeded sheep. Then the Cap­ tain turned his attention to saving his boat, and made the run to South Chicago safely. ' • . • ' • .. • :'J • s ' SOUTHERN. The Hot Springs, Ark., police have ar­ rested a man believed to be John B. Meix- sell, wanted at South Bethlehem, Pa., on a charge of robbing the First National Bank of that city of $10,000; A week of terrific heat culminated Fri­ day afternoon in a tornado which swept over West Kentucky and So.uthern Illi­ nois. At Paducah the destruction was confined to the downtown section. The fourth and fifth floors of the Three Rivers mill, the largest flour mill in the State, were blown away. Metropolis and Brook­ lyn, in Illinois; Mayfield, Eddyville and Kuttawa, in Kentucky, and Paris, Tenn., suffered severely. W. W. Tullis, member of the Texas sanitary board, says he has just found a herd c-f cattle in Rundle County infect­ ed with splenitic or Texas fever. The herd came from Sterling County and pass­ ed through Howard, Glasscock, Borden, Lynn, Lubbock, Garza, Hale and Swish­ er, also parts of Sterling and Randle counties. These counties have been quar­ antined. This will not interfere with the Amarillo trail, which runs west of these counties. PEACE NOW IN SIGHT. STRIKE OF COAL MINERS MAY SOON END. Agreement Between Men and* Opera* tors Is Near--Basis of Settlement Is Famous "Uniformity" Agreement-- Report on the Competitor Prisoners, FOREIGN. Strike May Be Fettled. The end of the great strike of coal min­ ers seems in sight. W. P. De Armit, president of the "New York and Cleveland Gas Coal Company, which coacern has been freely blamed by rival operators as responsible for all the mining troubles of the last three years, has come to terms with the arbitration commission. Conces­ sions have been made both by him and' unofficially by other operators. His fam­ ous "uniformity" agreement has been in­ dorsed by representatives of the strikers, and in turn he has receded from his posi­ tion demanding the signatures^ of 95 per cent .of the operators in order to make if1 effective. •" This agreement was approved at the conference in Pittsburg by President Pat­ rick Dolan and Secretary William War­ ned of the United Mine Workers of the Pittsburg district. They promised to so­ licit the interest of the slitters jn the plan and to use qvery influence to secure the required number of signatures. A clause will be inserted in the agreement binding the contracting parties to? enforce it in case it is found to be impossible to se­ cure the indorsement of 95 per cent of the operators. President M. D. Ratchford of the Unit: ed Mine Workers was called to Pittsburg from Columbus to confer with the local officers, and it is freely predicted that the result will be a general return to work in the near future. Under the terms of the agreement Mr. De Armit consents to sign a contract which wiil bring about a condition of true uniformity in the Pittsburg district, ac­ cording to the plan formulated, but which failed eighteen months ago. The con­ tract provides that there shall be no com­ pany stores, honest weight, fair screens and the removal of other evils long com­ plained of by the miners. The agreement moreover provides for an assessment of one-tenth of a cent on every ton of coal produced by the oper­ ators. This money will create a fund to be used for the purpose of protecting the perators inside the deal against those on Mrs. C. D'akyns, a wealthy American woman, said to be a relative of ex-Presi­ dent Cleveland, committed suicide at Brussels. The statement of the Bank of Spain, which has been formally gazetted, has in­ creased the adverse comment on the bank management. It shows a note circulation of 136,000,000 pesetas in excess of the au­ thorized issue. The Portuguese budget, submitted to the cortes by Senor Ribeiro, minister of finance, provides for a reorganization of the Bank of Portugal, a conversion of the external debt, a Government monopoly in the manufacture and refining of beet su­ gar, the leasing of the State rairways and changes in the tobacco and match monopolies. A terrible railway disaster occurred about 'midnight Sunday at Gjentofte, Denmark. The express from Belsingoer ran into a passenger train standing at the station, wrecking eight carriages, killing forty persons and injuring sixty others. Most of the victims are of the artisan class. The dead and injured were con­ veyed in ambulance trainB to Copenhagen. Efforts on the part of physicians at the City of Mexico in charge of the insane hospital for women, to discover some safe narcotic which should produce sleep have resulted in bringing into daily use in that institution a simple remedy prepared from the seed of white zapote. It produces a tranquil sleep, and since it has been used no deaths from cerebral congestion have been known at the institution. IN GENERAL. Meade D. Detwiler has been re-elected grand exalted ruler of the order of Elks. Obituary: At Elmhurst, Ohio, ex-Con- gressmau William S. Groesbeck, 81.--At Buenos Ayres, United States Consul Gen­ eral Edward H. Baker. Mrs. Mary Ellen Lease declares that free silver is a dead issue, and says that if Mr. Bryan makes it the dominant issue in the next campaign she will oppose him. Socialism, she insists, is the hope of the country. It. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: "It seems to be the fact that crops in other countries are less promising than usual, and the demand for American wheat is supplemented even at this sea­ son by exports of 2,605,594 bushels of corn, against 530,610 bushels for the same week last year. Each week raises the estimate of wheat yield, however, and if the weather concinues favorable the crop may prove a most important factor in the future of national and international busi­ ness. The prospect as to corn is growing more cheerful with each week, and an immense crop is now anticipated. Fail­ ures for the w&ek have been 206 in tue United States, agaipst 215 last year, and 30 in Canada, against 39 last year." MARKET REPORTS. Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.50 to $5.25; hogs, shipping grade*. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 69c to 71c; corn, No. 2, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2, 17c to 18c; lye, No. 2, 34c to 35c; butter, choice creamery, 14c to 15c: eggs, freak 7c to 9c; new potatoes, 45c to 55c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 te $5.00; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $3 75; sheep, common to choice. $3.00 to 53.75j, wheat, No. 2, 67c to 69; corn, No. white, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 21c to 22c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $3.00 to $4 00: wheat, No. 2, 68c to 70c; corn, No, yellow, 23c to 25c; oats, No. 2 white, 17c to 18c; rye, No. 2, 32c to 33c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.00; hogs. $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $3.70: wheat, No. 2, 74c to 76c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 26c to. 28c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 20c to 22c; rye, No. 2, 33c to 34c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $3.75; sheep, $2.50 to $4.00; wheat, No. 2, 75c to 77c; corn, No.- 2 yellow, 26c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 25c; rye, 34c to 36c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 79c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 18c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 34c to 36c; clover seed, $4.15 to $4.25. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 73c to 74c; corn, No. 3, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, £2c to 23c; barley, No. 2, 25c to 34c; rye, Nb. 1, 35c to 36cvpork, mess, $7.25 to $7.75. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.00; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 80c to 81c", corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 24c to 26c. . . New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, $3.50 to,$4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 77c to 78c; corn, No. 2, 30c to 31c; oats,-No. 2 white, 22c to 23c; butter, creamery, 12c to 16c; eggs, West­ ern, 10c to 12c GREAT PEACE POW-WOW. Sioux and Chippewa Indians Bary the Bloodr Hatched. Sioux Indians marched from their Da­ kota reservations to White Birch. Wis., where a two weeks' peace powwow was held with their Old enemies, the Chippe- was. For hundreds of years the Sioux and Chippcjpas have been implacable foes, makinff^tf upon one-another at every opportunity, and conducting reprisals with, a brutal savagery that would shame even nn Apache. Death by torture of the most horrible kind was the certain fate of cap­ tives, and knowledge; of this caused their long warfare to be marked with demoni­ acal fury. The original home of the Chip- pewas was in the lake country now divid­ ed into the States of Wisconsin and Mich­ igan. Here the .western branch of the famous Algonquin family ruled in force, noted for bravery and military skill of a high order. On the west, where now is Minnesota arid, the Dakotas, was the home of the powerful Sioux nation. Bloody raids were of frequent occurrence, until tiually, after long and disastrous warfare, the Chippewas gathered in force and drove their enemies into the Minne­ sota country from which they were re­ moved to the Dakota reservations by Federal troops in 1863, Time and chang­ ed conditions have mellowed the red men's passions. ' The Chippewas have settled down to peaceful pursuits in northern Wisconsin and Minnesota, where many of them have farms, A\bile the Sioux are held in control on reservations far beyond the Mississip­ pi. Being unable to come together in con­ flict as of old, owing to the supremacy of the whites, these Indians now want peace. It is years since they mot in actual war­ fare, and the head riien have come, to the conclusion that, as further fighting is im­ possible, a fonpal treaty of amity might as well be ratified. This is the excuse for the peace powwow held at White Birch. Two hundred Sioux have made their way across Minnesota and Dakota to the rendezvous at White Birch, traveling on ponies and encamping out in aboriginal style. These met in little bands at Bis­ marck, N. D., and there consolidated in one body under the leadership of Chief Red Face. In this party are a number of notable characters, including Sitting Bull's daughter and Chief Black Bear of Custer massacre fame. First in the ceremonial part of the pow­ wow came the formal burial of the toma­ hawk in token of the end of the war and strife. All the Indians were seated in a circle around an open grave, and while the musicians made discordant noise with 4) ROAST DOG FESTIVAL AT THE BIG PEACE P0W-WOW. TKie the outside. The miners in turn will adopt suitable measures to protect them­ selves and their employers from the same source of danger. No Fear of a fhortagc. A Pittsburg dispatch says: The fear of a coal shortage, which caused a scram­ ble for the black diamonds and a heavy advance in prices, is over, and unless the miners' strike continues for many months a famine is not now expected. There is at present an abundance of coal in the market and thousands of bushels seem to be available. Operators are in daily re­ ceipt of letters from the mines east and north of Pittsburg offering them large quantities of coal at from 75 cents to $1.25 at the mines on freight rates vary­ ing from 33 to 59 cents. While the visi­ ble supply on the Monongahela between here and Brownsville does not exceed 7,000,000 bushelB, the operators say calls can be made on the Clearfield district, where coal can be' obtained without diffi­ culty and at rates as reasonable as could be expected. The present quotations^for coal run from the mine are from $1.25 to $1.50. BLOW IS DEALT SPAIN. their tom-toms the singers chanted a peace song. This over, two young bucks march­ ed about the circle bearing with them a large hatchet made of wood. Behind them the braves of the two nations fell in line and indulged in howls and gestures sup posed to indicate their great pleasure at assisting in the ceremony. Then tho med­ icine man signaled for quiet and the tom­ ahawk was solemnly lowered into the grave and covered with earth. The mo­ ment the last spadeful of earth was put in place bucks and squaws jumped up and began the peace dance, which was kept going for three days and nights without intermission. Day and night the dance was kept up, big fires being built as soon as darkness fell, and the weird effect of the half naked, painted Indians circling about in the flickering lights was one never ro be forgotten. Having buried the tomahawk the In­ dians next had a big barbecue, in which the dog banquet was the crowning glory of the powwow. Trenchant Report on the Competitor Prisoners' Cnse. Another blow was struck at Spain Wed­ nesday. It is in the form of a report from the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and it virtually aBks the President to in­ terfere in the case of the Competitor pris­ oners. , • Senator Davis, chairman of the com­ mittee, reported the following joint resolu­ tion: "That the President be empowered to take such measures as in his judgment may be necessary to obtain the release from the Spanish Government of Olid Melton, Alfred O. Laborde and William Gildea, and the restoration of the Schoon­ er Competitor to her owner, and to secure this he is authorized and requested to em­ ploy such means or exercise such power as may be necessary." The report recites all the facts that have been brought out in the Competitor case, her ownership, capture and the citi­ zenship of the three men named in the resolution, together with the proceedings thus far had by the Spanish authorities, the trial, sentence, etc. The report characterizes it a "mockery of a trial." The affidavits of the parties are cited to show that they were coerced into Spanish waters, In which cnse they were not amenable to Spanish jurisdic­ tion. They were not subject to piracy and intended no act of depredation on the seas, nor were they subject to the Span­ ish authorities on account of alleged re­ bellion. ' The report then says: "Irrespective of any of th^'foregoing considerations, the conduct of Spain, as hereinbefore detail­ ed, constitutes such delay and denial of justice and such an actual infliction of injustice upon these men as to make it the duty of this Government to demand, rep­ aration therefor irrespective of any act which these prisoners may have commit; ted up to the date of their capture. Among the acts of reparation which ought to be demanded should be the release of these Captives." Secretary Evarts is quoted to sustain this position. The jfnvy Department is about to un­ dertake to get more Western blood in tin; navy. To this end Lieutenant Command­ er J. M. Ilawley, with a surgeon and a boatswain, will make a tour of the larger Western cities with a view to securing recruits. The first stop will be made at D.ulutb, and then Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, Buffalo and other lake cities will be visited. The plan is to open temporary recruiting offices in these places ij^id se­ cure for the navy as many of the lake sailors rtn possible. IN A TEMPORARY DEADLOCK. Tariff Bill Conferees Are a Lone Way from an Agreement, The conferees on the tariff bill found themselves Wednesday apparently fur­ ther apart than they were at the begin­ ning of the conference.^ There was no immediate prospect of agreement and more than one member stated that the entanglement was such that the settle­ ment might be indefinitely prolonged. A Washington correspondent says that froiu all that can be learned there has been a general recession from the partial agreements made on the more important articles until sugar, wool, hides, etc., can be definitely fixed. Sugar is still the prin­ cipal '.rontention. The best reports repre­ sent the House conferees, with Speaker Reed behind them, as holding out l'or the House sugar schedule without any change whatever, and the Senators quite as de­ termined not to yield to this extent. Th^ House conferees insist that this schedule must be definitely fixed before other ques­ tions shall be taken up. One of the other questions of secondary importance upon which sharp differences have arisen is the Senate amendment for a stamp tax on stocks and bonds. The House opposed the amendment, but the Senators, while not wedded to it, insist upon it as necessary for revenue. The House is also resisting strenuously the 20 per ce'ut duty placed upon hides, and is at the .same time persistently holding out for a restoration of gunny bags, cotton tics, etc., to the dutiable l?st. A Senator who talked v;th some of the conferees said: "They are in a temporary deadlock and are tied up all along the line. It looks as if the situation might remain unchanged for a week." While this appears to be a correct out line of the situation, the prevailing ini pression is that a settlement of one or two important schedules would be speedily followed fby a complete adjustment of ail other differences. SENATE AND HOUSE. f ' • . - ' A : • r . " : WORK OF OUR NATIONAL LAW-1 MAKERS. A Week'* Proceedings la the Halls of Congress--Important Measures Ola* cnased and Acted Upon--An Impar­ tial Resume of the Busint The National Solona. The Senate met Friday under the" de­ pressing influence of the death of Senator Harris oi Tennessee, who has been one of the conspicuous figures in the upper house of Congress for over twenty years. Rev. Mr. Johnston, chaplain, referred feelingly to the loss the Senate had sus­ tained and spoke of Senator Harris' "rug­ ged honesty, his unswerving attachment to his political principles, his opposition to all tie considered wrong, his devotion to his 5*tate and hjs service to the nation." Senator Bate of1 Tennessee paid a high tribute to the memory of the distinguish­ ed dead, and offered the usual resolutions which provided for a public funeral in the Senate, to which the House, President and cabinet, members of the Supreme Court, the diplomatic corps, major gen­ eral of the aririy and the admiral of; the navy" were invited, and for a committee of nine Senators to accompany the re­ mains to Tennessee. Then, as a further mark of respect, the Senate adjourned. After the Senate adjourned the Vice- President. appointed the following named Senators to attend the remains to Mem­ phis: Messrs. Bate, Walthall, Berry, Tur pie, Ailen, Deboe, Pettus, Chiiton and "Wetniore. A discussion of Union Pacific Railroad affairs occupied the attention of the Sen­ ate Monday; The deficiency appropria­ tion bill was taken up eai-ly in the day and Mr. Morgan proposed an amendment designed to prevent the consummation of an agreement made some time since for the settlement of the Government's claims against the road. Mr. Morgan spoke throughout the day, severely ar­ raigning the Pacific railroad managers. Late in the day the entire subject was disposed of by the withdrawal of the paragraph to which Mr. Morgan had of­ fered his amendment. The deficiency appropriation bill was not completed up to the time of adjournment. The price to be paid for armor plate for the three new battle-sliips now in course of construction was the theme of extended and at times lively debate in the Senate Tuesday. Late in the day an amendment to the deficiency appro­ priation bill was agreed to restricting the price of a rmor plate to $300 per ton, or $125 less than the amendment reported by the committee and recommended by the navy department as the minimum rate acceptable to the armor contractors. Another amendment inserted in the bill directed the Secretary of the Navy to in­ vestigate as to the establishment of a government armor factory and to report to the next session of Congress. Then the deficiency appropriation bill, the last of the great supply measures, was passed. The House took a recess for one day without transacting any business. The Senate was in a deadlock for sev­ eral hours Wednesday, with business at a standstill, while calls of the Senate, roll calls and other parliamentary expedients were resorted to. It was due to the ef­ fort to secure action on the resolutions of Mr. Harris of Kansas, designed to pre­ vent the disposal of the Government lien on the Union Pacific Railway under, the terms of an alleged agreement. No final vote on the motion was secured. It finally went over. In the House Mr. Henderson of Iowa asked unanimous con­ sent for the consideration of a joint res­ olution to permit the erection of a tem­ porary studio on the future site of the statue of Gen. Sherman, for the erection of which a contract has been made. The resolution was adopted. Mr. Cannon moved non-concurrence in the Senate amendment to the general deficiency bill. The motion prevailed, and Messrs. Can­ non, Northway and Sayers were appoint­ ed conferees. Mr. Stewart moved in the Senate Thursday a reconsideration of the action of the Senate in passing the resolution directing the Secretary of War to pro­ ceed in the construction of a breakwater at San Pedro, Cal. It reopened the long­ standing controversy over the location of a deep water harbor on the Pacific coast and led to an exciting debate between Mr. Stewart and Mr. White of California. The motion to reconsider was disagreed to., Mr. Thurston, chairman of the Com­ mittee on International Expositions, se­ cured the passage of the joint resolution accepting the invitation of the French republic to tijke part in the international exposition at Paris in 1900. Mr. Tillman secured the passage of the bill in relation to the interstate transportation of dis­ tilled spirits and declaring such spirits to be subject to State laws to the same extent as spirits distilled in the State. The House did nothing. How Fast. This sounds as if it came from the variety stage. But a.s a matter of fact, it is history, for occasionally funny things do happen In the courts besides the lawyers. It was in a negligence case recently and a good-huniQred Irishman was a witness. The Judge, lawyers and everybody else were, trying their best to extract from the Irishman something about the speed of a train. "Was it going fast?" asked the Judge. "Aw, yis, it were," answered the wit­ ness. "How fast?" "Oh, purty faslit, yer Honor." "Well, how fast?" "Aw, purty faslit." s. "Was it as fast as a man can run?" "Aw, yis," said the Irishman, glad that the basis for an analogy was sup­ plied. "As fasjit as two mln kin run." --Buffalo Enquirer. mi: §8 Telegraphic Brevities. The statement is made that Miss May Goelet of New York is betrothed to the Duke of Manchester. An extensive sugar plant is being built at Long Island City, L. I„ which wijl be operated to light the sugar trust. New York City church sextons are in danger under the new Jaws if they ring their church bells without Bepuring per­ mits. Captain Cci of the Bersaglieri lias in­ vented a rifle, from which eighty sho.ts a minute may be fired without removing the weapon from the shoulder. Testa of the new arm are being made by the Italiou Government. •;>:. • A Bill to Mntcli. The Jersey Boniface--Did that fellow pay for his room in advance? The Clerk--Yes, but he kicked at the size of the bill--said it was out of all proportion. The Jersey Boniface--Then unchain my pet mosquito!--Truth. Feminine Kepartee. She--Of course, you all talked about me as soon as I left? Her--No, dear; we thought you had attended to that sufficiently--Tit-Bits. Odds and Ends. Germany in 1890 exported 3,000,000 n e e d l e s . . > • . United States contains 150,000 seam­ stresses. It Is? always a goo-J Idea to recognize the strength of your enemy. , Tiie man at tne bottom of tho ladder cannot fall and hurt himself. It .'i; pretty hard to get people inter­ ested in what you us^d to be. With a woman her soul should al­ ways be at least as well clad as her body. ' V. ' ' ;» l)ebs and Utopia. Where will Mr. Debs locate his co-oper» ative ncheme and whence the million* necessary to carry it into effect?--Minne­ apolis Press. Mr. Eugene Debs' scheme for a co-r operative commonwealth is amply sup­ plied with brains. All that it needs now is some ready cash and a few properly adjusted weights to keep the thing bal­ anced.- Philadelphia Press. Many people who are longing for a new Utopia will read with interest the pros­ pectus of Mr. Debs' proposed new colony, and, wli'm they come to the names of the principal Utopians, will conclude not to- join.--Philadelphia Ledger. I(f the scheme now proposed by Eugene- Debs ever gets beyond the point of a newspaper advertisement for its promoter it will quickly dispose of the demagogie- notions now used to stimulate class pre­ judiced -Bangor Whig and Courier. Of coarse this crazy undertaking will fail. The evil that we fear is intended, w ill not develop, but out of it fiJ' good will come, for the folly Of provoking discon­ tent in America will be once more made* plain.--Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. When Mr. Debs comes to organize his- commonwealth he will find a marked pref­ erence upon the part of all to be leaders* lecturers, legislators, etc. Marching men., across the continent will not rid them of the universal hankering after:an earning of bread in the sweat of other people's faces.--Terre Haute Gazette. If Mr. Debs does not find any suitable location for his colony in the Westerni States let him not be discouraged. He* can go right on out into the Pacific and pre-empt an island. The more remote the island the more the scheme wilbcommendr. itself to his fellow citizens who remain, beliind.--Grand Rapids Herald. Associated with Debs in his co-opera­ tive commonwealth scheme is a college- professor from Boston and three or four other dreamers and enthusiasts, who be­ lieve that it is the true and only way to- solve the industrial and economic prob­ lems now confronting the • country and! better the Conditions of the masses of the- people,--New Orleans States. The Miners' Strike. The condition of the labor market is certainly against the strikers, for many idle men are eager to take the places of the strikers for the poor wages they have- refused.-- Toronto Globe. The fuse has been lighted, and it is the- general .iulgment that a terrific explosion will speedily follow unless the heel of friendly intervention shall promptly be- broug'nt down on the sputtering powder.-- New York Journal. The strike of the coal miners is not like­ ly to have any other result than to make the last state of the operatives worse than the first. Circumstances entirely apart from the grievances of the miners point to that conclusion.--New York Tribune. The hope is general that some sort of an agreement may be reached by which, the sufferings that must attend a long strike may be averted until improved con^ ditions in the coal trade will enable the miners to secure what they'deserve, fair living v. ages.--Wheeling Intelligencer. If the strike shall, last ten weeks and the miners then gain the increase of 18 per cent demanded, it would require them to worK for' fifty-frve weeks at the in­ creased rates to restore the loss they sus­ tain by ten weeks of idleness. This is not theory; it is stubborn facts.--Philadelphia Times. It is unfortunate that the miners are compelled by their own miserable condi­ tion to select the most unfavorable time of the year and a most unfavorable year. It is to be hoped that they will abi3e by their very sensible pledges to refrain front disorder and to maintain respect for law.. In that way alone can they hope to suc­ ceed.--New York World. It is in the power of Congress and the President to arrest this gigantic strike, hardly yet begun, by offering arbitration, to the laborers and capitalists facing each* other for a struggle the anticipated ac­ companiments of which fill with dread ev­ ery inteiligent man acquainted with the- history of great strikes and informed as- to the special conditions that prevail in the coal mining regions.--New York Journal, No DI.ISS of laborers enlists as instant and as hearty sympathy as do the coal miners. The most of their life is spent in low, grimy, dimly lighted caverns at; severe and monotonous toil. Time ought soon to come when only convicts and the utter failures and incompetents will be condemned to this sunless and joyless life- of the mines. Meanwhile every uplifting force in our social system ought to be di­ rected to aiding the miners to get decent- wages and improved conditions of work­ ing and living.--Exchange. In G n?raJ. The United States might possibly be able to get along without Hawaii for » little while if it tried to do so.--Omaha Bee. The widow Ruiz takes a sensible view of the case when she asks for indemnity first and vengeance afterward.--Detroit Free Press. When Greece determined to take her chances with the powers, rather than to continue fighting Turkey, the fat got into the fire.--San Francisco Post. Now Venezuela and England can sit down in peace and argue about the Scliomburgk line. Uncle Sam has made arbitration successful.--Chicago Post. The average recipient of the honorary degree "doctor of laws," may thank his lucky stars that his acceptance of it is not conditioned upon his passing the freshman entrance examination.--Chicago Times-Herald. While ho isn't saying anything about it,, his royal highness Albert Edward thinks that sixty years*'reign bears entirely too much resemblance to a civil service del­ uge.--Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. At such a season as the present it would' be nothing less than inhuman in the Prince of Wales to do anything calculated to discourage the neglige shirt and the siispendorless trouscr.--Washington Star. On July. 1 Philadelphians clipped off $9,000,000 of coupons. They have been holding some kind of big doings all the year. The Quakers are a thrifty set, and earn their money.--Chicago Inter Ocean. Indiana evidently resents the charge that this country has no leisure class. The State Statistician has just ordered a cen­ sus of tramps to be taken.--St. Louis Re­ public. In enumerating the superior advantages of the English army Gen. Miles should not overlook the fact that its command­ ers don't go about the world slopping over on the itllegiM - virtues of the armies of other nations.--Washington Post. ' One of the worst features of a war with Japan would be the necessity for learning- all those ridiculous names. The Greeks, and Turks seemed to reach the limit in that direction, but the .Taps are still more- demoraiizing.---Cleveland Plain Dealer.