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THE PLALNDMLER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. McHENRY. - - - ILLINOT? NOT YET AT THE TOP. I-eiter SAYS WHEAT WILL STILL HIGHER. GO State of the Crop.and Not tlie Explosion • of the Maine Responsible for Flurry ' in the Market--Fifty Die ia a Prus- ! sian Mine. . ' ' ' : ' '" Conditions Favor a Rise. Joseph Loiter of Chicago, apparently bearing up manfully under his terrible burden of ;some 18,000,000 bushels of cash wheat estimated to be at his disposal in elevators all over the middle and eastern as well as the western cereal-growing StiVtek' was interviewed' by an inquisitive reporter tjie other day. "The upward movement of wheat," said lie; " was'not caused'by a war scare. It was only the re- euitv of; the slloris. trying to coven The liigj) price of wheat is due to nothing more nor less .than natural conditions. • 'The Argentine Republic lias repeatedly Report­ ed-a fafiin£; off in the estimates of its ,er()p; "Austriilia litis produced nothing for two seasons, and the out put of tire sbuth- h'criiisplfei'O is almost, an entire fail- tire: 'T]ie^rc4ri:-uinstancesj and not,the ilavana eililosiou, are responsible for the- increase." "Will whe&t go. higher, andj if so, how much?" was asked o,f Mr, Loi­ ter. "It is bound to fro higher, but how .touch more no one knows," responded Mr. Inciter. : • Blown Out of the Water. High and dry on the meadows at Mau­ rice River;.011 the Jersey side of the Dela­ ware ,tjrmly imbedded in the soft mud, lies the big three-masted schooner Maine. It is a jietim of the fierce northwest gale. It was while the wind was blowing its kardest and sweeping the waters of the Delaware seaward that the Maine, lying at anchor off the mouth of Maurice river, was caught in the full strength of the tem­ pest and0 tossed like a child's toy back upon the bosom of the rushing waters and hurled far inland. The Maine, at the time it Was lifted and borne shoreward, had a cargo of pig iron aboard, which goes to show how strong the rushing waters were and what terrific force lay in the wildly sweeping gale. Mob Destroys Property. Rioting has been resumed in Lonoke County; Ark. A mob has been at work for the last several nights in Crooked Creek township, burning and otherwise destroying property. Nearly every school house in the township has been burned and "other public property destroyed. Ttie grand jury of Lonoke County, which has adjottrned, says in its report: "We h&ve made especial efforts to investigate and ferret out the depredations and outrages committed agauist some of the colored residents of the town of Lonoke, but re­ gret to state that our efforts have been without success, and we are compelled to refer these matters to the next grand jury." Part of Kansas Pacific Sold.' Theeastdrn division of the Kansas Pa­ cific road, 140 miles in length, was sold under the first! mortgage at the Union Pa­ cific depot in North Topeka. Judge W. D.j Cornish of St. Paul, special master, - conducted the sale, and the property was bought in by Alvin W. Krecli on the part of the reorganization committee for $4,- 500,000. The same party of attorneys and railway men as witnessed the sale of the road under the Government lien the day before was present, but the crowd was not so large. Fifty Die in a Mine. A terrible explosion of fire damp-occur­ red in the Vereinigte Carolinenguleck col­ liery at Hammeerly, Prussia. Thirty-sev­ en bodies were recovered. Many miners were seriously injured. It is believed that SO persons perished. NEWS NUGGETS. Keesport, Pa., committed suicide by shooting himself because the council re­ fused* tt> -oSftfirm hrs appointment and re* jected his back pay claim for $500. Nassau Chambers, a seven-story busi­ ness building oh .Nassau and Ann streets. New York, was completely destroyed by fire. The loss will reach, $500,000. The building was owned by Levi P. Morton. M,It is believed that C. W. Sterling, un­ der arrest in Mattawan. N, .T„ for passing worthless checks, is C. W. Thomas, who is wanted in Iowa tor criminal assault and in Illinois for theft, robbery and forgery. Thomas, alias Sterling, works G. A. R. and Sons of Veterans and other secret so­ cieties. By a vote of S.G70 out of 10.000 shares the National City Bank of Boston was placed in voluntary liquidation. The de­ posits and business of the bank have been already transferred to the Eliot Na­ tional Bank find the president and cash­ ier will now collect the assets and the loans of the bank, after which it will be determined what dividend shall be paid to the shareholders. WESTERN. EInier,,Martine was run over by a train at Li^tna, O., and cut to pieces. [»/;.At. Hamburg, Ark., Ellis ^Morgan , thought his brother was a fox apd shot 3%im>^ ... ? At Guthrie, O. T„ C. P. Crawford of Chicago sues for §10,000 for false impris­ onment. > At Youngstown, O., David Stewart, a flagman, left :$8,500 to the Catholic Church. At Milan, Mo., Ira Sexton, wh^.murder- ed Nathan Stork, was sentenced to be hanged April 1. r A new . patriotic society was organized in New York Saturday. It will be known as the American Flag Association, and its membership will be made up from committees selected from tbe various pat­ riotic societies of the country. Its object will be to protect the flag from desecra­ tion. Charles H. Hoyt, the playwright, who is the defendant in a suit on trial in the Superior Civil Court in Boston, brought by Edwin Bates, musician and publisher, for $10,000 damages for slander,- defama­ tion of character and assault, must pay Bates $1,500. Mr, Hoyt admitted that be called Mr. Bates a thief, but declared that he meant it in the sense of a plagiar­ ist. The French opera house in New Or­ leans, where the Knights of Mithrias ball, a swell carnival function, was being held, caught fire from the electrical apparatus in connection with the tableaux. A ter­ rible panic ensued. Three women faint­ ed, and but-for the action of two officers, who, knowing the extent of the fire, clos­ ed the doors, many would have been crushed. The fire was extinguished with- jQut any trouble, but thc ball was broken *up just in the midst of its splendor. Miss Frances E. Willard, president of tlie World's Woman's Christian Temper­ ance Union, died at the Imperial Hotel, T?ew York City. Thomas Bryson, a pioneer of the fifties and prominent in political and lodge cir­ cles of Montpelier, lnd., is dead. He was born.in Butler County, Pennsvlvania, in ,1814. Tecumseh Budd, a cripple, aged 20 years, committed suicide at Defiance, O., because of unrequited love. Byron Billings, aged 23 years, shot and killed his father, H. M. Billings, hotel- keeper, at Leavenworth, Kan. Frank C, Weed, an insurance agent of Kansas City. Mo., is missing and foul play (is feared. >1-'; •••." Police Magistrate Ellis of Denver, Colo., iias declared-the ordinance fixing the li-, cense fee for cigarette dealers at $1,000' per year to be excessive and unreasona­ ble and'therefore Void. At Colorado Springs, Colo., the jury in the*case of Shipley D. Clianiberlin, charg­ ed with tlie murder of. Herbert H. Kay of- Wisner, Neb;, oil Pike's Peak in .August last, brought in a verdict of murder in the first degree. Kay had started to ascend the peak; by night, and his dead body was found forced' into a small culvert Under, the cog railroad at a point about 12,000 feet above the sea level. The evidence against Chamberlin was circumstantial but conclusive, and the jury was out only about an hour. After thirteen years of life among the Indians of Cheyenne River, S. D., reser­ vation as a child of the tribe, Annie Rus­ sell. the pretty 15-year-old wliitC girl whose case recently has attracted Wide attention because of the efforts put forth to determine her parentage, has been iden­ tified as the daughter of Mrs. John M. Turton of Moose Mountain, Assiniboia, British Northwest Territory. The discov­ ery was due to the efforts of Rev. Mr. Sproul, who first stirred up interest in the case and secured the girl's removal from her Indian parents to the agency children's home. In a decision of the United States Court of Appeals at St. Louis affirming the de­ cision of the lower court, wherein Mrs. Sarah I. Smith obtained judgment against the Western Commercial Travelers' Asso­ ciation for $5,000 on the death of her hus­ band. Judge Sanborn gives the judicial conception of the word accident. Free­ man O. Smith of St. Louis died from blood poisoning in 1S95, as the result of- a sore toe, the skin of wliielr had been abrased by a tight shoe. Mrs. Smith attempted to collect on the accident pol­ icy, but was resisted by the association. A jury in Judge Adams' court gave her the full amount of the policy and the as­ sociation appealed. Judge Sanborn held that the death of the defendant had been brought by an external agent and thafc> it was accidental. "What is not the result of design or prearrangement," s&id the judge, "is accidental. No man intention­ ally wears the skin off his toes, and such injury must be considered accidental." Among passengers who arrived in San Francisco recently were M. Kobayashi and H. Ivawamura of. Tokyo, who Were on their way to Mexico to further the in­ terests'Of a colossal Japanest colonization project. The first named gentleman, when seen, said that preparations are be­ ing made for tbe establishment of a Jap­ anese colony on a big tract of land adja­ cent to the port of San Benito and con­ tiguous to the Guatemalan boundary. In accordance with aitreaty between the Jep- anese and Mexican Governments, ratified last year, Count Enoinoto, ex-minister of agriculture and a wealthy Japanese land owner, purchased 100,000 acres of land in Mexico in the locality described, and it is on this that the Japanese colony is to be established. The enterprise is re­ ceiving the support of the Japanese Gov­ ernment. It is the purpose of the two vis­ itors to have the land surveyed and laid out for the colonists, and this will be done as quickly as possible. The entire acre­ age, they declare, will be devoted to the cultivation of coffee. It is also planned to establish a line of steamers between San Francisco and Acapulco to connect with the Japanese-Transpacific line.. many $6§0,000,000, and Great Britain and Russia $600,000,.000 each. The latest dispatches from Guatemala' state that anarchy reigns throughout the country. This is the. direct result of the assassination of Pr6sident Barrios and the plotting of leaders to get into power in the republic. Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria will celebrate this year the fiftieth anai- verfeftry of his 'succession to the crown. He has decided to signalize the event by resigning in favor of his eldest nephew, Archduke Francis Ferdinand, who is now entirely restored to health. Tfyis news, circulating in Vienna court circles, is con­ firmed by the emperor's relatives and by the dignitaries of his household/who de­ clare that lie is tired out by the carfes and Worries of governing. It will not be a complete abdication, as he will retain the title o.f emperor and possession of the crown. At Honolulu, the engagement is an­ nounced of a marriage that has been ar­ ranged between Prince David Ivawana- uakoa and Princess Ivaiulani. Tlie for­ mal betrothal merely awaits the signature of certain deeds of family settlement of Dowfiger,Queen Ivapiolani. Princess IvaiV ulatii is the daughter of ex-Gov. Archi­ bald Scott Cloghorn ,and the late'Princess- Mariam Ukelike, and.under the monarch­ ical regime would have succeeded Queen Lilitiokalani to the throne of Hawaii. Prince David is the son of Kahalepouli, a famous high chief,. and Kinoiki Kekau- like, the younger sister of Queen Ivapio­ lani. He has been well educate^ in Eng­ lish, partly in California and England, and was destined under the monarchy for a diplomatic career. A special from San Jose de Guatemala says civil strife and bloodshed have fol­ lowed the killing of Barrios., Before the body of the late, ruler had found sepulcher tlie factions were flying at'each other's throats, and as a result Gen. Marroquin, the chief supporter of Prospero Morales, one of the aspirants to the presidency, is dead and his forces are seeking safety in flight. Jt was reported that Gen. Mar­ roquin attempted to seize the reins of government in behalf of Morales. He made an attack in force on the palace bar­ racks. The assault was vigorously resist­ ed, and in the fighting Gen. Marroquin and a few others were killed. Seeing that their efforts would not prove successful, the attacking forces, consisting .of 2,000 men headed by Gen. Majerea and Col. Ar- revalo, fled from the city. Gen. Toledo, who has been appointed minister of war by Manuel Estrada Gabrera, the presi­ dent pro tem. of the republic, ordered the artillery in pursuit of the fleeing revolu­ tionists. The populace and soldiers are demanding that Gen. Mendizabal be pro­ claimed president. The situation is be­ coming more complicated and the crisis is acute. A MECCA FOR CRANES. IN GENERAL. SOUTHERN. Attorney General Crow of Missouri has rendered a decision holding that it is un­ lawful for a teacher to require pupils to respect the Lord's!prayer as part of the opening exercises in the public schools of that State. The McCbord bill, which gives the State Railroad Commissioners power to fix rates, has passed the loM'er house of the Kentucky Legislature. It got through the Senate by a narrow majority, and ntiw it seems certain to become a law. Arthur Garvey, a merchant of Rocky Mount, N. C., while dressing in liis room at a hotel in Richmond, Va., accidentally fell against the window, breaking it, and his head went through. In his efforts .to free himself the jagged glass cut bis jugu­ lar vein and he bled to death. A desperate duel was fought with knives and pistols between George Yogt and Arthur B. Waldron at Fourth avenue and Iv street, Louisville, Ivy. Fred Yogt, the son of George Yogt, was also drawn into the encounter. As a result Waldron is lying at the city hospital not expected to live. Fred Vogt is at the Gray street infirmary, badly wounded, and the elder Yogt ia in jail, charged with malicious shooting. The primary cause of the trou­ ble was a murder case tried in the Jeffer­ son County Court about eight years ago. WASHINGTON. EASTERN. The great strike of textile workers in New England may'spread so as to em­ brace- nearly every operative in that ter­ ritory, of whom there are 148,00Q. . The Massachusetts cotton mills at Low­ ell, with a branch plant at Lindale, Ga., has.decided to take steps looking to tbe . extension of it?, business in that State. John Wanamaker, it is reported, is ne­ gotiating for the lease of the Fifth Ave­ nue Hotel in New-York and intends to erect the largest department store in the world on its site, Henry Kline, chief of polics of ,< Mc- • V i W ' Senator Hoar lias introduced a bill for the suppression of gambling in the terri­ tories of the United States. The bill is broad in it.s intentions ani provides heavy penalties. The President has appointed as regis­ ters of land office Joseph W. Johnson at Lincoln, Neb., and Lee Stover at Water- town, S. D. George W» Case has been made receiver at Watertown, S. D. Representative Burton of Ohio has in­ troduced a bill in Congress appropriating $100,000 to construct a steel steam light­ house tender for use on the great -lakes, to be specially fitted for steaming through heavy ice. Acting Consul Smith at Moscow, in his report to the State Department at Washington on the harvest failure in Rus­ sia, compares the present crop shortage with that of 1891, and adds that the enormous indebtedness incurred by the provinces at that time will be greatly in­ creased by the present scarcity of food products. WHITE HOUSE SEEMS TO AT- TR^CT MEN WITH WHEELS. AU Seek to Have Their Wrongd Right­ ed--A Close Watch Ib Kept, and They Do Not Often Get Across the Threshold. Cranks of All Kinds. Washington correspondence: HY the White House should be the para­ dise of cranks is un­ known, unless it is for the reason that when a man begins to suffer from what is vulgarly spoken of as "wheels in his head" he imagines tljat his alleged wrongs can be rem­ edied by the Presi­ dent only. He thinks the President possesses sufficient power to do anything and everything; He might become dangerous should he learn that the ̂ President does not have tlie power he imagines. But lie never learns this, as no crunk ever gets an-opportunity of see­ ing the President. The chief executive of the nation is surrounded by old, tried, ex­ perienced ami true men. .They Can size Up a crank as quickly as a detective can spot an old criminal. " " - , s : President McKinley. hajs been in the White House nearly a year, and during that time not oyer eight men have been arrested and taken' away because their sanity was questioned. Not one of these c:y|f>s has been of a dangerous.character, alFmmgh one man was disposed to use the vestibule of the mansion in which' to preach a sermon. lie spoke somewhat loudly and in a broken accent. He wa's a German. T^-o of the cranks recently ar­ rested were Germans. One of the offi­ cers at the White House is a German, FOREIGR. The Paris ministry of finance recently instated an inquiry to learn the amount of gold iu circulation. It' has ascertained that there is $800,000,000 worth bearing the French stamp. , It is claimed that this is the record amount. It is stated that the United States has $720,000,000, Ger- Yice-Chancellor Stevenson of Jersey City has decided in effect that union labels designated to indicate fair-made goods are not privileged trade-marks and may be copied with impunity by anybody. The report of the loss of the Klondike steamer Clara Nevada, with all on board, is confirmed by the news brought by the Canadian Pacific Railway steamer Island­ er. There were forty persons--passen­ gers and crew--on board.. It is now predicted that the price of wheat will pass far beyond the dollar mark. Loiter has already disposed of 3,500,000 bushels of his wheat at figures ranging from $1.15 to $1.17 a bushel, nearly 20 cents above the quoted price of the May option. There is little wheat in farmer's hands and from all foreign ports come reports of decreased stocks and increased demands for the grain. Chi­ cago correspondents say that neither Lei- ter nor G. B. French, his manager, will discuss the operations of the syndicate, but it is known that favorable freight rates have been arranged. Reports from the Argentine indicate that but little wheat remains for export, much of it having been ruined by the continued rains. R. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly .review of trade says: "Business is pushing toward spring activity rather early. Events which have controlled are good buying of iron by the largest makers, the rise in cotton with strength in goods, the great railway consolidation and the Cuban insurrection. The latter, with its possibilities, operates as a brake on speculation. The output of pig iron Feb. 1 was 229,823 tons weekly, the largest in the history of the business. The Illinois Steel Company has contract­ ed for 1,000,000 tons Bessemer ore, and producers of other ranges count upon an advance in price. Bessemer pig rose to $10.15^ and gray forge to $9 at Pittsburg, with finished products generally stronger and in larger demand than ever at this season. January was one of the biggest months iu Connellsville coke output--023,- 975 tons. The rise in cotton, 5-16c for tbe week, results in part from better pros­ pects for manufacture here and abroad, but only iu part. • The actual movement shows no change of consequence, but prices of goods have a stronger tone, and foreign prospects are better. Wool sales at the chief cities were only 5,093,200 pounds for the week. Prices are still strong. The opening of works idle for years, in spite of the heavy production already assured, is a striking feature in this as in the iron and other industries, and implies heavier demands for products than are now met by the unprecedented output. Failures for tbe week have been 295 in the United States, against 207 last yea:', and 43 in Canada, against 01 last year.", MARKET REPORTS, Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00~*to $5:75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 99c to $1.01; co.ru, No. 2, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2, 25c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 48c to 50c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 20c; eggs, fresh, 13c to 15c; potatoes, common to choice, 52c t0r.65c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, common to choice, $3,00> to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c toJTTc^ St. Louis--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 2Gc; rye, No. 2, 48c to 49c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 90c to 98e; corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 52c. 'Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 9Gc; corn, No. 2 yellow, 30c to 32c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c; rye, 50c to 51c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 95c Jo 97c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 20c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 50c; clover seed, $3.05 to $3.10. Milwaukee--Wheat, !\ov 2 spring, 91c to 93c; corn, No. 3, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 27c to 28c; rye, No. 2, 49c to 50c; barh\v, No. 2. 38c ..to 44c; pork, mess, $10.25 to $10.75. Buffalo--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 33c to 34c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 31c. N<nv York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.25; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.05; corn, No 2, 37c to 38c; oats, No. 2 white, 30c to 32c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 14c, to 15c.^ I A CRANK'S STOUT. has never been molested at his tri-weekly public receptions,, and there have been no unpleasant features at any of these. If there were cranks among the hundreds of people with whom the President has shaken hands at each reception they have passed unnoticed., More trouble has been experienced from importuning office seek­ ers at these receptions than from any other source. These have been unable to see the President during his office hours, and wait in line with the throng of vis­ itors to catch him at receptions. When th<5y reach the President they stop to pour into his ears their woes. The officials who stand on each side of the President hustle them along, however. Once or twice there'has been slight resistance to this, and the men had to be told very plainly to move on or take the conse­ quences. Disappointed Office Seekers. This class of men often take a position at the end of the line of visitors, thinking by being the last the President will give them some time. He would probably be willing to do so if the officials did not in­ terfere, following orders. This is the nearest approach to cranks the President has yet had. In point of desperation this class of men are regarded as worse than the genuine Cranks. They have been, dis­ appointed in getting what they, want, and are in a desperate mood when hustled on and fail to get to say what they desire to the chief executive. These men do not get an opportunity to see the Presi­ dent during.business hours because lie is generally busy receiving official callers. '. None of the cranks arrested at the White House in the last year have had Cunning enough to carry out any scJieme they might have, and it is doubtful if any of them intended a wrong toward any­ body. They belonged to a class of men not bright or keen when in full-possession of their mental faculties. The dangerous crank is the man who has sense enough left to conceal his intentions and who re­ fuses to tell his business to any but the proper person. Such a man, if presenting a proper appearance in dress and other­ wise, might evade the lynx-eyed officers stationed at the executive mansion, but there are nine chances to one that some of them would find him out and end Ifis game. MUNITIONS FOR CUBA. and he' lias been able to get their stories from tliein without trouble. Both of tlie men had a form of religious mania. Met at the Door. Nearly all the cranks are arrested when they first enter the door of the White House. They do not understand the routine of reaching the President's office, and generally make their business known to the policeman who is stationed at the door or to the rfhief usher, who is a for­ mer policeman. Policeman Cissel, who guards the main entrance of tlie White House, is an experienced man. He has held his position for a number of years, and knows a criminal as quickly as a crank. Captain Dubois, the chief usher, is equally efficient in this line.' Between these two men the crank's wandering mind soon unfolds, and then he is taken away to a station house if he is consid­ ered badly deranged. If he is half-witted and absolutely harmless he is told to go home, and no attention is paid to him. Captain Dubois and Mr. Cissel scru­ tinize all callers at the White House and shrewdly diagnose every case. In their years of service they have seen many men call at the executive mansion, and have learned, if any two men ever did, to read tLe human being without much trou­ ble. Cranks frequently do not, get as far as the front door of the White House. Some of them encounter the policeman who pa­ trols the grounds in front of the execu­ tive mansion. They relate their stories to him and he acts without consultation with the other officials. Went Away Satisfied. Only once since the administration of President McKinley began has a crank reached the business part of the building. He wanted to see the President, but if that could not be arranged, Secretary Porter would do. His affliction was quickly seen, and he was quietly watch­ ed" by several employes, one of them a policeman, who is detailed, to clerical work in the executive offices. He was a French­ man and had traveled much. He wanted soniT> trivial matter regulated. An assist­ ant clerk, representing Mr. Porter, heard the man's story and promised to attend to what he wanted. The mau went away satisfied and has never returned. It would have been a difficult task for this man or any other to reach the President. Nearly every unofficial caller at the White House lias to relate his business to sonle clerk or doorkeeper. If he wants to see the President he must talk with some one else. In this way his trouble is detect­ ed. Charles Loeffler, the faithful old doorkeeper of the President's room, has an eagle eye, and has never failed to spot j a man of suspicious character. Mr, Loeffier has little to say at all times, but he knows his business, and is ever alert. During the time when Mr. Cleveland kept himself so closely confined to his office Mr. Loeffier is said to have had some queer experiences. Both the former President and his sec- rotary. Mr. Thurber, dreaded cranks, and the heavy detail of policemen at the White House during tlie last administration of BigCaruo of War Material on the Way to the Rebels. One of the most colossal cargoes of war material ever sent to Cuba was stored Monday night on board of a steamer hove to off Mont-auk point, at tbe eastern end of Long Island. The number of rifles and cartridges loaded on this vessel is said to reach into the millions. These muni­ tions of war came from seven different tugs, which sped away from as many dif­ ferent ports on the Atlantic coast' just before the hour of midnight Saturday. But secretly as the Cubans worked the Spanish spies discovered their plans, and Sunday uight Government tugs with arm­ ed men aboard started from half a dozen ports on Long Island sou ml and the Jer­ sey coast in search of the filibuster. The search was fruitless. Spanish spies were watching a tug in the Delaware river last Saturday, night. The tug was rapidly loaded with war sup­ plies and went to sea as soon as she had loaded. On that one tug alone there is said to have been 100,000 rounds of cart­ ridges and more than 500 rifles. On reach­ ing the month of the river she started straight out to sea, bound, it is said, for a .point outside the jurisdiction of the United States, where she would meet a steamer. DROPS DR. BROWN. Erring Pastor Dismissed from the Congregational Society. Rev. C. O. Brown, D. D., was turned out o£ the Chicago Association of Congre­ gational Churches at a called meeting Monday afternoon at the Y. M. C. A. lec­ ture room. The meeting was for the spe­ cial purpose of considering the case of the pastor of the Green Street Church. The conference also passed a resolution «K\ C. O. BROWX. expressing regret that it had been guilty of the irregular action pf receiving Dr. Brown after lie had been barred out of the Bay conference in California. VESSEL BURNS AT SEA. \ l MKT AT THE DOOU. President Cleveland prevented trouble on many occasions. This force was reduced after President McKinley came in. Presi­ dent McKinley, unlike his predecessor, has no fear of cranks. He goes in and out of the White House when he sees fit, and is not accompanied by detectives, rid­ ing or walking at a distance behind him. While the officials at the White House prevent cranks from reaching him, i£?is as much to prevent disturbance of his business as anything else. The President The Clara Nevada of the Alaskan Fleet Is Reported Lost. It is reported at Union, B. C., that the steamer Clara Nevada is lost. It is said she went down while on her return trip from Skaguay, near Seward City, and that all those aboard, about forty people in all, are lost. It is claimed that parties on shore heard an explosion on board, and saw the vessel on fire. Passengers who made the trip up on the Nevada are very willing to be­ lieve the story, as she is said to have been on fire once while going up, and that her boiler had to lie repaired before making the return trip. The Nevada sailed from Seattle Jan. 28 for Alaska. She Was a steamship of about 1,000 tons: She was formerly known as the Hassler, and was in the Government survey on the northern coast. Recently she was purchased from the Government and fitted lip for the Alaska trade. She was regarded as perfectly seaworthy. Consideration of the Indian appropria­ tion bill was resumed in the Senate on Friday^ and, after being amended to some extent, the measure was passed. The most important, amendment was that of­ fered by Mr. Pettigrew, which, if finally enacted, will restore the free homestead law so far as it relates to Indian lands ceded to the. United States, for which lands the settlers have been obliged to pay the purchase price paid to the Indians. The bill carries appropriations aggregat­ ing nearly $8.000,000^. The Senate ad­ journed until Monday. The House was not in session. In the House on Monday a - resolution calling for information as to the concen- trad'os in Cuba was adopted. Another res­ olution calling for the correspondence re­ lating to the exclusion of American fruit, beef and horses from Germany was adopted. The remainder of the day was devoted to District of Golunjbia business. A feature of the Senhte session was a speech in advocacy of the free coinage of standard silver dollars by Mr. Allen. Mr. Harris introduced, a resolution calling for information regarding the abandonment of the Government's purpose to bid in the Kansas Pacific Railway under a guaran­ tee of the full amount of the principal of the debt. On Mr. Chandler's objection it went over one day. In the House on Tuesday the time was devoted to the consideration of bills and joint resolutions and sixteen of more or less public importance were passed. An order was entered by unanimous consent for the consideration of the Loud bill re­ lating to second-class mail matter, on March 1, 2 and 3. and the order for the consideration of the bankruptcy bill was modified so that the final vote shall be taken on Saturday instead of Monday. The Senate bill amending the navigation laws was passed, as was the bill to make it lawful to transmit through the mails private postal cards with a 1-cent stamp affixed. In the Senate a resolution was passed, after a spirited debate, calling for information regarding the sale of the Union Pacific road. The debate on the bankruptcy bill open­ ed in the House on Wednesday, but it at­ tracted little attention, the interest of the members being entirely absorbed by the disaster to the Maine. At times the hall of the House was almost deserted, the members being congregated in the lob­ bies or cloak rooms discussing the acci­ dent and speculating upon its probable consequences. Just before the House ad­ journed Mr. Boutellc, chairman of the naval committee, presented a resolution, which was unanimously adopted, express­ ing regret for the disaster, condolence with the families of those who lost their lives and sympathy with the injured. A discussion upon the coast defenses Avas the interesting feature of the Senate. Many Senators look the* ground that the appropriations should be for the full amount of the estimates by the War De­ partment instead of some $4,000,000 less. Senators Perkins and Hale said that it was the policy of the Appropriations Com­ mittee to make an annual expenditure of $10,000,000 for fortifications. Sena­ tors Stewart, Hawley. Chandler and Lodge spoke in favor of increases. Sen­ ator Teller also advocated liberal expen­ ditures, and during his remarks made sig­ nificant allusions to Cuba and Hawaii. In the early part of the day "there was a discussion of the Kansas Pacific Railroad sale, but no action was taken. In the House the debate on the bank­ ruptcy bill continued on Thursday. Messrs. Moody (Rep., Mass.), Alexander (Rep., N. Y..)' Broderick (Rep., Ivan.), McCall (Rep., Mass.), Knox (Rep.. Mass.), Crum- packer (Rep., Ind.) and Dolliver (Rep„ Iowa,} spoke for it. and Messrs. Little Dem., Ivy.). Smith (Dem., Ivy.), Wilson (Dem„ S. C.), Maddox <Dem., Ga.), Spark- man (Dem., Fla.) and Bartlett (Dem., (ia.) against it. In the Senate by a vote of 34 to 29 the resolution of Mr. Turpie, declaring the Senate's opposition to the confirmation of the sale of the Kansas Pa­ cific Rnilrond. was agreed to. The Cor- bett senatorial case was discussed by Mr. Pettus and Mr. Hoar. An agreement was reached to take a final vote upon the case Feb. 28. The Bloke that Sneaked the CoaL At a board school recently, during scripture lesson, the teacher was ex­ plaining to the class about the devil be­ ing everywhere to catch bad children, and said, as an example, that lie was in the classroom at that moment. "And is he at our houseV" asked one of the boys. "Yes," said the teacher, "he is." "And is he In our coal bouse?" be asked again. "Yes," was the answer. Then replied tlie youngster: "I'll tell my father, for that must be tbe bloke tba." sneaks our coal,"--Spare Moments. Arjfuing the Point. A clergyman new to a living In the West of England was told that an old man in bis parish was of an exceeding­ ly crusty disposition, so he determined to make friends with him the first op­ portunity he had. Overtaking him in the village one day he said: "This is cold weather, John." Receiving no reply,, he tried again. "I said this is cold weather, John." Turning angrily around, the old man replied: j "Well, who said it warn't D'ye want I to argy the p'int?" -- News of Minor Note. Tlie Northern Pacific has put on a fast train from St. Paul to Taeoma, short­ ening the time five hours. The change is made to accommodate the increased Alaska travel from Taeoma. Star & Grundstein, dry goods dealers at Denison, Texas, made a deed of trust for the benefit of preferred creditors to W. S. Nevins, trustee. Liabilities approximate $30,000; assets about one-half that sum. News has reached Yaneouver, B. C., of a landslide at Quesnelle ForHs, Cari­ boo. Three miners, William Allen, Joe Hi eh and Alexander McLean, were buried. The slide was 1,000 feet wide, 800 feet long and 20 feet high. State Senator James E. Hayes of Charlestown, Mass., who was taken to the city hospital suffering from abdominal trouble caused by a wrench in falling over a piece of ice, died at tlie hospital. He was 32 years of age. H. J. Heinz of Pittsburg has consented to extend his offer of a donation ,of $10,- 000 to the Kansas City University to June 1, in response to numerous requests from members of the Methodist Protest­ ant Church, provided the members of that denomination raise an equal amount in cash for the institutionr When the Empress Drives Out. When her majesty the Empress of Japan drives out no one is permitted to look at her from the windows or chinks in the doors or any part of the house, but must sit down by the side of the street through which she passes. Each person must doff liat or cap as she passes, except the women in European dress, whose beads may remain cov­ ered. No one may speak or follow the carriage, and no noise of any kind is allowed on the streets through which she passes.--Brooklyn Eagle. Liquors Aged by Co!d. Pictet's discovery that liquors may be artificially aged by cold is about to be applied commercially iu a proposed frigovific laboratory in Paris. The liq­ uor is gradually cooled in 200 degrees Centigrade below zero, then gradual­ ly brought again to the ordinary temp perature. Death has relieved Hertfordshire of Its collecting dog. Bruin, He was a terrier who had been trained to stand j up before people and bark furiously' | till they gave him a coin and was used to obtain contributions for charity. The public trial of Emile Zola, the, great French novelist, and M. P&rreux, .man­ ager. of the Aurore newspaper, who have been prosecuted by the Government as tiie result of a letter which^ the novelist Caused to be published in the Aurore in December last, strongly reflecting upon the high officials connected with the Drey­ fus case, has been Europe's latest sensa­ tional event. M. Zola was represented by M. Laborie, and M. Perreux wa.s de­ fended by M. Clemenceau. The trial was characterized from the outset with a determined effort on the part of the War Department witnesses to maintain silence about the Dreyfus trial, the court sustaining them in refusals to answer questions. The first day these witnesses refused to appear. Later the principal ones were summoned, Gen. Mer- cier, former minister of war, Major Es- terhazy, whose recent acquittal of the Dreyfus charges caused Zola's letter, Cas- simir-Perier, foriner president of France, and other officers were summoned by the court. Also Madame Dreyfus, wife of the imprisoned captain, was allowed to testify. But the court not only limited questions to the witnesses, but protected the officials and ex-officials when they refused to tell all they knew of the Drey­ fus trial. M. Laborie, Zola's counsel, fought persistently against these restric­ tions, while the throngs of people were allowed to make noisy demonstnitions against Zola in and about the court, the friends of Zola being in a minority. The law of France is not based on our common law. Our law assumes that a man is innocent until he is proven to be guilty, and therefore his so-called confes­ sions are rilled out as doubtful evidence. Under the French law, when a man is charged with a crime, he is believed to be guilty until he proves his innocence. Zola tried very hard to get at some of the secrets of the Dreyfus trial, but the judge steadily ruled that inasmuch as Zola merely assailed the result of tlie secret trial of Count Ferdinand Ester- hazy, he had no right to attempt to drag in a revision of the proceedings in the Dreyfus trial. This would be good law in this country. All these troubles in France seem to have originated from the fact that France permits and has permit­ ted for ages secret trials; and secret trials at the present day are considered at war with justice and fairness. It may be said that the Anglo-Siixon race abhors secret trials. In France secret trials have so long existed, and their verdicts are so re­ spected that some people are surprised at the popular ferment over the secret trial of Dreyfus and Esterhazy. But France is gradually becoming a genuine republic, and French philosophers now hold that the time lias come when France must ex­ tirpate the secret trial from her system-of judicial procedure. RUSH TO THE KLONDIKE. Railroads Are Responsible for the Uarly Exodus of Argonauts. The crowd surging through Seattle to the northern gold fields is cosmopolitan in the highest degree, writes a correspon­ dent. Every State in the Union is repre­ sented, and men are found from Europe, South Africa and Australia. The crowd is estimated at from 2,000 to 5,000 per­ sons. A conservative figure would fix the number of actual Ivlondikers at 2,000. The passenger lists of the steamlisip com­ pany show average departures of 700 a week. Up to the present the largest num­ ber to sail in one week from Seattle, ex­ clusive of other ports on Puget Sound, has been 845 for the last week in Janu­ ary. Transportation facilities are being in­ creased so that in March the Seattle- Alaska fleet will number forty-two steam­ ers and twenty-four sailing craft, with an aggregate tonnage of 53,470, and a ca­ pacity to carry 12,500 passengers per trip. Counting two trips per month, the total number of passengers would be 25,000, or at least 75,000 for the spring rush. Trans­ portation men are confident that between 80,000 and 100,000 will come before sum­ mer and that all will be taken care of. FLAGS WITH FOUR STARS. Decorations of the American Wom­ an's Suffrage Association. Susan B. Anthony called tlie thirtieth annual convention of the National Ameri­ can Woman's Suffrage Association to or­ der at the Columbia Theater in Washing­ ton. The decorations consisted mainly in the display of two handsome American flags, each with four stars, emblematic of the States which have.granted the right of suffrage to women. Prior to the gen­ eral public session, there was a meeting of the executive committee, which was more fully attended than on, any previous oc­ casion. In Miss Anthony's address she spoke of the success so far attained in behalf of woman suffrage And urged all those identi­ fied in the movement to stand together for still better results. The grievances which the women had against their com­ mon, enemy--man--to-day were as great and as many as the early colonists had against King George. Following the op­ ening address the convention settled down to routine business, including roll calls, announcements of committees, etc. RELIEF MOVEMENT CHECKED. Canada Refuses to Permit Our Troops to Cross Boundary. The Canadian Government has refused to permit the. United States troops to cross the boundary, line of British Colum­ bia, and the efforts of the War Depart­ ment to relieve the suffering miners in Alaska, has in consequence of this refusal received a temporary check. There has been considerable interesting correspon­ dence on the subject exchanged between the Assitant Secretary of War and the British ambassador. The War Depart­ ment officials have been surprised by the attitude of the Dominion authorities. They had beetled to understand that per­ mission for a body of troops sufficient to form a safe escort for the relief party would be readily allowed to enter the British territory. Virginia contained a fifth of the .whole population of the country.