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• -- ; , , ^kibnt-!k • •'. * . ,, v.;. ^-o'fSa-Kr... -ii. UN ppm OP TUVZ. Ptea* it which i NEWS COND ? - .,4" L-i •' r '.*- OMMHOKAL FROCEEDDNMl OOmjUM iv-asi-euibkvl, after tlx hoiitlay mMkW Monday. Jan. 7. In (be Senate, Mr. Dolph presented a petition for the forMtore • «jf (1M nmmd land grant of the OW|M SmSaA wad. Mllo were introdaoad for a •my^pM at to Wji* *** Mia*-<«tp|« at Mhtojr. Mo.; sad to gi»e tton oaQtnt <m^e SSWCUIT of the Treaaary for MMHUM aa to the difficulties rnctutarcd la tktMMNnntof the Chinees lealrtcUon sot. Hon NIUII on heads ot departments tor infor- £tt£*feMiid to the dtaSfbatto® of circular. mHii mWlnrtliiMfi^|rrM><~'rr;" Bills to the ncanberof <70wereintroduced,among than oM to place the BUM of Oennre W. Oette #n thT retired Bat, with the wnk of Safer ~ •JM.W0 (or a " • ^-- mi iMlt to mate a redaction of MM cent, ta taadt--w--w rrtea on the Union and il Mkmd'itopensionallsoldiersor j«kt«mdthirty dvatattuwarol! the HlwiiMiiiil oaaal; to prohibit lmrorta IM WUMN Which unjustly dta- erimiaato against American products: toidm Brfdaaaea ana sugar on the free list, and to erect Kbttc bnOdlnga at Part Dote and Winona. Towmabend introduced a Joint reeolatton nqowttm the President to invite the oo-opera- dga of the Governments of the American N»- tfons to swnie the establishment of a customs A HHUrnox was offered in the Senate on tk 8th ir.pt by Mr. Hale, and adopted, calling on the fc'ocretary of the Navy for a statement of the original cost of the vessels on the naval re«- Oemend; to appropriate Boa building at Eos An­ geles; to prevent the use of the nulla to circu- fito advsnteanenti ister,Sad the amount expended ta npdn. Mr. Van Wyek presented a resolution forbidding the fcew toy ot the Interior to Issue land patents to the Hew Orleans and Pacific road until Oongreaa baa determined the questions in volved ta the claims of the company. In re­ sponse to a request of the Senate the Secretary « the Treasury submitted to that body oflMal figures concerning the national debt. Thebigh- submittcd to that body oflteial ig the national debt. Thebigh- water mailt waa reached Aug. SI, IMS, when the ~ feTOMSMU; Juae 90,isss, thia n had been rwduotd to *1,561,091,- The redaction, including interest and leas cash in toe Treaanry, baa amounted to tl,90s.s«vsn. In ttta House, Mr. Hunt aMseedt jetatmetntton for Lhe tntrodnoed to erect puhoo baildtngs at £1 Paao and HoaatoiL Tex., and la Crosse, Wis.; to bridge the MIBBIBIIBH tt Meanpfcia; to WashinstynTeRttoiy as a State; to regulate the aaleand manufectnrsef liquor* in tbe Territo- *$kf ries, and to increase the piwl np of the widow ot General ftsnk P. Blair. lb. Beach o*ered a oonatttattenal aiai •tmlmi pro­ viding tor aaifutm laws an the sub- jeot of aiiiilagij and >M»wee. The feesMent . at to wort at finuwing the Oaira. ThenoridentalsoaenfttaTa tbelBtnateeaaahL He recttee the action of the niinoto Oenesal Aaaembly offering the niiaoto -and Michigaa canal to the United States Oor- ertwatiadtlK recent actton of Congress in di«ect|ng a survey for the Haunta canal, and coaunendi tte whole subject to the present Na­ tional IKIMMH aa a witter worthy of ita earty conakhjiatiuii MB. Puno ymented a petition in the Sen- ate, en theMh Inst, from SMjM* veterans for a m to Kanaas. Mr. Anthony offered that the oornmlttee on foreign re- report entiw«Kpedtaneyfl( lacta&ion In retaKattca tor the erci--hw at American meats from fbrrirnconntriei Mr. Lagan pre­ sented a peMdon tor pea lions flor ex-prisoners «rf war. A reaolntion was adopted that KM Attorney Oeneral fnrnlsh copies ot reports on ahnaea In the- Federal covrta (a the Bowthern States. A bill was razeed to paar ««,••• to the paraataot Lie^. Schwatka for land taken SW a military reeerraUon in (NBO. In the Hooae, Mr. Hasson Intouduced a reeolo- tiM.which waa anaalaaoa-ly adopted. Inatract- IngtheComarittee on Foreign Affairs to aacer- Bfnoni L" t-v »% tog the ooouMttoe on gnwheHwr the "farored nation "elaitfc treatiee baa been vtoiated by Germany, Fraaoe, or hay Mbcr foreign Powers, and if so to report what may be •deemed necewary In the war of retaliatory legialattoiv 4 bSt for the reUat of nta John ratovitw Mrted by the Military committee. A measage bom the IkaaMent waa nedfed, submitting ti» Iff thalHwto^t Bwt craamiarton.aad alter a long debate the docoment was referred lo the Committee on Hirers and Harbors. Mr. Bagley introdnoed a bill to appropriate ti30,«w toward theexpense of ptednx the ctatoe of Lib­ erty in the harbor of Hew York. The House jawed a resolnt on of sorrow at the death of ndward Leaker, the German statesman. Mn Item introduced a bill in the Senate, «n the 10th tost, providing tor the establish­ ment ot a postal telegraph system by the Gov- A communication was received from , andng dep- •wedattona In the Yellowstone park. Mr. nnmfe weaenteda petition wtth l.sno signatures, asking Sbat O clahoma be opened to settlement. Font bill* were introduced in relation to pensions and awards of land to soUttera. It was reaolved to re­ quest the Secretary of the Interior to suspend the issneof land patents to the New Orleans and Pa- dfifi Railroad company uutil Consraas shall de- terminethertaimsof the oorporxtlon. Areaota- i byMr. Voorhefa waa adopted directtng the -jot War to inform the Senate of the of money required to equalize the »«( those who serred in the late war. Cullomtotroduoed a bUl for the construction of the BttMis and Miaaiestopi canal. In the Howie of Representatives, the oath waa ad­ ministered to Mr. Clardy, of WaaourL Mr. tire wna oatraged by the aoqulttal of Mont- ffomrry. Pettis, and Clementi. TBTK MORA. A BILL hna bean introdaosd in the Xexti LegMature, for the removal within one year of nil fatee and obotruetions across roads In the State. This would force pasture- owner* to divide up their holdings--On a litantatlon In' Lenoir eauntjr, M. C., durtog the receot extremeiy cold weather, a family of nine negroe went burned to death in tl^ir cabin. E. I). ATCHISON TM taken from MOB- tery (Ta.) }all by a mob, hanged, and the swinging corpse riddled with bullet* A family of nine meabera, named Bird, rent- ill* a term near Kaufman, Tex., baa been made the victim of a poisoner, who evidently placed the poteou In a water-bucket. Nearly nil the farotfe have died. Suspicion falls upon a nelghmht farmer, who had often threatened to have revenge. J. H. HAUUNQCIST, ft graduate of Vest Point, who was Chief of Artillery under Gen. Bragg In the Confederate army, killed hlmeoif with chloral at Terrell, Tex. A TBLBGBAM from Shelby, N. C., re­ ports that a terrible and fatal knife combat |ook place about fifteen miles from that place. "For tome years past a vendetta has exleted between the Lepaugh and Kunyam families, both of whom bave large eon- nccfoos. Philip Lepaugh was this morn­ ing drtvlng his wagon to a rawmili, wbon Cralge Hunyam, accompanied by his father and brother, mads an attack upon bin. They (Milled Lepaugh from his wagon and out and backed him with bowie-knlvee. in­ flicting some terrible wounds, Tbey left him for dead on the road. As tbey were fleeing, the wounded man's two sens-in-law came up. Tbey galloped after and overtook the Kunvam party. A desperate hand-to-hand eonfltct ensued. In which every man engagod in the affray was mortally wounded." WASHINGTON. MB. MOHKISOH intimates that every member of Congress will have an oppor­ tunity to go on record on the tariff issue. It ia, in fact, his intention to put the matter so squarely that there will be little chance for dodging. SENTIMENT in Washington in favor of retaliatory legislation against Germany and France is growing rapidly. ...The promi­ nent candidates for Judge McCrary's place are Senator McMillan, of Minnesota, and Judge Love, of Iowa... .Secretary Folger re­ ports the exhaustion of 91 and f 3 notes in the treasury reserve, and asks Congress for aa appropriation to print $4,000,000 of the former and 93,000,000 of the latter. THE following unique letter was re­ ceived at the Treasurer's office the other day: Mister Pies Wodynt Uw Be so Kind And Cance Meye Tbefao Which got tor bill waaeng mien wast. MIREUM. BABA& Chicago. Iltinoia, No. 688 May BU Tbe letter was translated as follows: "Mis­ ter, plea so wouldn't you be so kind and change the 980 which got torn? lhe bill was fat my vest." Two SCHBMK8 for the regulation of national banks are before the Senate Finance committee. 8onator Sherman proposes to authorize a circulation within 10 per cent, of the market value of tbe bonds. Senator Ai- drich will Introduce a bill to purchase the outstanding 4 per cent, bonds with a new low- rate bond at S per cent. His argument is, that fhe low-rate bonds, being little suscepti­ ble to speculative Influences, would furnish a satisfactory basis tor circulation Carl lojramns intrpdnosd a bill far the relief ot Cot Thmnas Worthington, of Ohio. Are*olu- tie»ww offered cal£n.' on the Secretary of State for information as to the irregular prac­ tices ia toe importation of goods and what leg- ptatton is necessary. A joint resolution (Mr the Hi? » ! - * ,v ^. !: •-% • i ifv 1 Immedlare appropriaUoh of $1.00G,oeo for Mls- ialwil river improvements waa referred. A resolution was adopted calling on the Secretary of the Tieanury to give his reason* f or disoontin- alsitalie Israe of mret certfficatea The House adjourned ontU the 14th. , : THE EAST. . X"T NKAXLT 4,000 miles of railroada vera eonstructed in Massachusetts last year, and . the net earnings of all the lines amounted to 910.900,000. ON the Atlantic coast, from Hatter as "• Fenobecot Bay, a hurricane raged for two Ifeys, doing much damage. The destruction •f railroad tracks and other property on Coney Wand entails a loss of 9600,000, while at Long Branch the pavilion was wrecked . and a railway bridge washed away. A high tide lit Atlantic City carried off stores, dwell­ ings, bath-houses and piers, and at Forte- , footh, N. H., three fishing schooner* found- c ifced and twenty coasters slipped their cables Had lost their anchor*. Tbe Etna was Wrecked at Portland and several crafts were Imaged by oolllding with tbe wharves £rlth each other. One llghtkeeper reports •ea the heaviest ever known.... President of Harvard college reports a lathe number of students from Mow hut announces an increase In the 'torn the Middle States. Tbe •ws Investments of 94,091,000, aa tnoofie of 9Xt9,000. GBOKGE JXFFEKT confessed at River • ttead, H. I., that be killed his stepchild by •twisting Us hsad first one way Ad then an- t«fcer till he broke his neck; that bis only mo­ tive for tbe crime was that be hated it be­ lt was not his, and that it prevented wife ftom earning money for him Tbe Hah bark Elmlra was lost, together with crew of ton men, on the Kew Jersey the 't, ?:•. t'li . i " - ,-v. IstaHP™ , , . Nsw YSA»'« DA* Mrs. Gk M. IfeOSn- -f. : " /fcoghey.the young wife of a Nebraska at- V '. " ! f loraey, was buried at Rochelle, 111., where /* -I" firtiebadbeen making a visit to her parents. * l-3)ay after day the young husbuid visited the nave in tbe country churchyard. One day jlast week the appearance of tbe little mound ttXeHed bis suspicion. Investigation showed that tbe grave had been robbed. Dftcctives were employed, who lound the body at the Homeopathic college in Chicago. Two stu- deols were arrested for the robbery. One of them was a devoted admirer of the young • betPre marriage. The day after New *>*'< v- „, - ft. *. *f -ZiSf ro^e *° Chicago on the same train :•< - • with tbe bereaved husband. Tbe grave had cobbed the night before, and the other •t came to Chicago with a huge trunk * j^aoBtaWag the remains... .1 ha toll of a scaf- , :dtoid at Milwaukee killed one man and injured '*• two fatally Tbe thirty saloons at Wk hita, Kan., dosed their doors simultaneou«ly, the # > proprietora deciding to quit the business. •> A DISPATCH from Wansua, Wis., re- s porta a bloody combat between Chippewa 'fi.;- ^ »od Pottawatomie Indians belonging to a zUjlt, , reservatitai in Wisconsin. "A short Umcago ? .*• a band of Pottawatomie* and Menominees moved their camp, and subsequently a band of Cfcfppew as encamped in the e»me place. The dlffieuitr began when two ponies belonging to the Ohippawas strayed away into the camp Schuri has been sued for 9800,000 damages by a Washington lawyer whom he disbarred then Secretary of the Interior. THM Commissioner of Patents reports that large numbers of examiners have re­ signed to enter Into practice before the office, on aocount ot insufficient salaries, although they have nothing to fear from changes of administration. It Is sa d that the pre tige- ^•Dqt^i^d by. amauBicaionec is worth 9iM0O per annum on bis retirement. ^POLITICAL. Mas. LOO A* is credited with ft nest political triumph at President Arthur's Hew Year's reception. Noticing that the wife of Begister Bruee, a colored lady, was almost Ignored by her sex. she quietly escorted her along tbe line and introduced her to each of the ladies assisting the President. APPOINTMENTS by the President: A. Leonard, Consul General for the United States at Calcutta. United States Consols: Robert J. Stevens at Palermo; Bolivar J. Pridgen at Piedras Negras: Oscar Malmros, of Minnesota, at Leith; Prank H. Mason at Marseilles; John L. Kaine, of Wiscon­ sin, at Cognac; George Gifford at Basle. Michael H. Fitch, of Colorado, Receiver of Public Moneys at Pueblo, Ool.; Thomas Wrong, of Kansas, Receiver of Pub­ lic Moneys at Concordia, Kan.; Adolphus G. Leming, of Arkansas, Begister of the Land Office at Dardanelle, Ark ; Koufcen A. Allen, of Ohio, Indian agent at the Blackfeet agency, Montana At the caucus of Demo­ cratic members of the Ohio Legislature, at Columbus, Payne won on tbe first ballot. Tbe figures were: Payne. 4S; Pendleton, IS; Ward, IT; H. J. Booth, of Columbus, 1; George W. Geddea, 1. THE Michigan State Temperance Convention, at Jackson, resolved in favor of a new party, to be known as the Union party, and to advocate strict prohibition of the liquor traffic. THE Republican member* of the Ohio Legislature held a caucus at Columbus to select a candidate for Senator. Tbe Cin­ cinnati and Cleveland representatives refused o honor Gov. ioeter, and it was resolved to vote blank. A WEEK'S FAHXBBS. SHERMAN BBOTHXBS, dry goods, Oin- dnnati, liabilities 975,000; Furman & Fisher, grooers, Grand Baptds, Mich., liabilities $16^ | 0(0; A. Wessslls, real estate, St. Louis, Mich* j liabilities 980,000; U. F. Wadsworth ft Co., bankers, lsbpeming, Mich, liabilities 9100,- 000; H. H. Morrell, banker, Lovug>- 1 ton. 111., liabilities, 9*0,000; W. M. Furbish 6 Son, pianos, Port­ land, Me., tiabiliUse 9^.000; Goldsmith & Kuhn, diamond merchunte, New York, liabilities 946,000; M. H. Myers, dry goods, Oassc^pollB, Mich., UaMl ties U>,0.i0; w. E. Phelps ft Co., coal mine o <erators, Elmwood, lll..liaMlitiea9W,000; A. bl Vex, ewler,Adrian, Mich., liabilities U1$QMs henner & Moore, bankers, Morrle. Mlna , liabll ties 9100.000; James Murray, fancy goods, Montreal, liabili­ ties 9l0,0C0; Henry Vlllard, railway magna e, liab llties not stated; L. H. Saastm, dry goods, Catettsburg, Ky., liabl lties 922,001; A. J. Jacobs, general store, Henrietta, Tax-, liabilities 927,000; J. a Be-i^tein Ik Co., dry goods, Oshkosh, Wis., liabllitiO-! 917,000; Charles & Hudolph Von Bermuth, importers. New York, liabilities 9160.000; McClurg, Brijrga ft Co., dry-goods, Toronto, Canada, liabil t'es 9150,000; \ o re Si Fowler, agricul­ tural implements, EeaMo nes. Iowa, .iabili- tes 912,000; B. B. Smith, cot on broker, New York, liabilities 9150,000; Put sam & Phelps, tanners. North Leominster, Mati., liabilities 975,000;. Dietiich & Co., canvas-bag manu- factuera, San Frauclsoo, liabilities 975,000; THE National Paper Mill, BOOK islend, 11L, liabilities 920,000; Landorf ft Adler, c othing. Now York, liabilities 901,010; Ijnd Brothers, hardware, De^ Moines, Iowa, liibilKies 9K6,000; J. Paddock, boots and shoes, Terre Haute, Ind., liabilities 9-Miuu; Walter Simmons, hardware. Lookport, N. Y., llabill- tes 910,000; White & Meyers, uotiongund fur­ nishing goods, Cincinnati, liabilities SM.000; Isuiah Pr.ce, clothier. Mount Sterlinur. 111., li­ abilities £ 0,000; J. H. Dacus, genora! mer> AT Park lntUoted for iaeiting to - - ^ hi «he dNMI avsage the eseeuttoa ofp'DooaeO respeadaat states the .l%e bm plaiwd la the sestet archives at the VaMeeri the details of his conversation with tbi Ota aaa Crown Prinoe, and that pusfrjflto wilT be treated to a statement of great tmportanoe. AN American naval officer has ar­ rived at Dundee, Scotland, to charter a whal­ ing steamer and engage la a search fknr the Oreely party, whom he believes to be alive. --A military commission, under Sir Evelyn Wood, will arrange for the evacuatton of the Soudan by the Egyptian troops. "Chlaefte" Gordon Insists that El Mebdi muat not be al­ lowed to establish himself In the «lstern Sou­ dan, as the Arabs would rise and reopei Eastern question. AT Vienna three men entered the shops of one Eiaert, a moofy-ohanger, threw sand ia his eyes, and attacked him. Elsert shouted for help, when hit two ehildren and their governess rushed ftt his assistance. A robber killed one of the children with aa ax and fearfully wounded the ether child and the governess. Elsert hiasrtf was mortally wounded. The men escaped with their plunder--A bailiff was assassinated at TuHamore, Ireland....NihiUstoattempted to murder the Chief of PoMoe at .Peters­ burg. n?- - AMHTI09AL KKWS.~ ^ WHILE thirty prominent cattle-men were having a banquet In a restaurant at Austin, Texas, a notorious obaracter named Ben Thompson entered the establishment, and, having first littered the floor with lemons and delicacies provided for tbe feast, be then drove the entire gathering into the street at the point of two loaded revolvers. The name of Thompson is a terror in Texas. He was formerly City Marshal of Austin, and has been tried several times for murder, but so far has escaped the hangman Jerry Alexander was hanged at Sparta, Bien­ ville parish, La., for the murder of Sam Fleming last winter. Isaac Anderson, colored, was hanged at Bnrnwfell, S. C-, for the mur­ der of Alt' Wll iams, a white man, ia Septem­ ber last. The murderer attempted suicide in jail by swallowing concentrated lye, but re­ covered. John Jervis was executed at Nor­ folk, Va., for lhe murder of C. W. Bonney. As THE Comte de Paris left Paris to visit King Alfonso, a crowd of Royalists ga­ thered at the depot and yelled "Vive lo Hoi!'* For this four arrests were made. It is said the pretender deprecated the demonstration of "his peorl "Chinese" Gordon has been compelled to resign a General's commis­ sion in the British army in order to fulfill an engagement with the King of Belgium to goto the Ccngo river and suppress the slave trade.... The widow of Informer C.trey declines to go abroad, and asks for safe employment in Great Britain There is a reaction in Prance favoring the admission of American meats. AT Schoerck, Pa., two boys enticed another lad into a secluded spot, and under threats inflioted on %im such injuries with blunt instruments that he died from his wounds: A PASSENGER train near Pendleton, Ore., was taken possession of by a mob of 200 men recently discharged by the railroad- They demanded a free passage to Portland, Tbe train being on the Umatilla Indian res­ ervation, the State authorities had no Juris­ diction. Gen. Miles sent two companies of regulars from Fort Walla Walla, but a crowd of roughs joined the rioters and overpow­ ered the soldiers.....Stephen Richards was executed at Auburn, Cat., for the murder of Thomas Nichols. ACCORDING to Dun's agency, the business failures In the Halted States and Canada last week numbered 888. Tbe week before 348 houses went down. These figures are the largest which have been recorded since the time the late National bankruptcy law went out of existence. , SENATOR ANTHONY is nnwilling to undertake the duties of President pro tern, of the Senate, because of his feeble condi­ tion. .. .Secretary Folger has issued a call for 910,009,QOOin 3per cent, bonds. ^| A BILL appropriating 91,000,000 to oonttaue improvements on the Mississippi river passed the Senate on the 13th Inst. Mr. Call introduced a measure to create a university of medicine at Washington, and setting aside tl,ooo,- 000 as a perpetual endowment. Mr. Edmunds handed in a bill for the relief of the survivors of haJeannette expedition, and Mr. Call introduced one for the establishment of savings binks at all Presidential postofflces. Mr. Cullom spoke at length in regard to his bill to reo ganlze the legislative power of Utah by means of a Governor and oouncil of nine. Attn an ex native session the Senate adjourned to Monday. •: Mi- : nmmm Power. . MM* to Itmeoe tl» femfled A Tragic Half Hour. Bev. A. B. Sasnett, of Enfaola tells the following incident which occurred within his experience. His friend was in the sitting-room engaged in conver­ sation with a friend; his little boy came in while he was talking and was troub­ ling his father, and the father not wish­ ing to be disturbed, gently pushed the little fellow aside, telling him at the same time to go away. In pushing the little fellow aside he stumbled and fell against the stove, killing him instantly. The father screamed, and in so doing startled his wife, who was up stairs bathing her baby. In trying to come down stairs she fell and broke her neck. The heart-broken father and husband went up stairs a short time after and found that his wife had left the baby in the tub, and it had fallen over and drowned. This was more than the father could stand, and in a few min- *ute« he blew his own brains out. Thus, a, family that half an hour before was perfectly happy was each and every member dead. -- A tlanta Constitution. | NEW YORK. 9 8-00 & 7.09 MS ««.#0 CBeUevSle CQL) teIeg«waJ -m* 'm of twenty aaven women ware loot . taming of the Immaculate Concep- tloa tli||(r«at at this place. Many others were injure4 a«ore or leas severely by jumping from tkswindows of the third or fourth story to tktHnwi graand beneath. It Is not known exactly bow tbe fire started. The first report was that It origin­ ated in the tMrtt story, which was used as a dormitory. An attempt was made by tne Sis­ ters to extinguish it, but without suc­ cess. She latest and most probable theory , Is that it broke oat near tip hoUor to the baceiaent. When It was flftt dieoovered the ttoor sbove was abtaue Aid volumes of smoke were rolling up and mm the stairways, balla. and corridors of tbe building. By the tine the sleepiiw la- mates afcre thoroughly aroused all avenues of eecape seemed to be cut oS by blinding smoke and flames. Then n panto ensued, at­ tended by scenes so heartrending that even the imagination oan soarely picture them. Forty or more of the pupils and teachers, in spite of the terror and wild eonfuson, sueoeeded In getting out of the building unharmed, and were given shelter from ;|be ley wind in neigMwring houses. Their companions were xar less fortunate. Many remained in the dormitory, and, rendered helptost by fright, perished without making an attempt to escape. Others rushed to the windows, and, appalled at the prospect of leaping to an almost certain death, drew back and were either suffocated by tbe thick smoke or died in the flames. Some, bfaver than tbe rest, jumped from the upper windows and were either killed or badly Injured. Miss Mary Campbell, a teacher, of East St. Louis, leaped from the third story and diedhn a few minutes. Another, whose name was not ascertained, climbed to the roof aq0 either fell or was blown off. She was fatally injured. The fire spread with great rapidity, and the lire department was of little avail. The ex­ treme oold retarded the work of the firemen, and even if they could have reached the soene without delay they could have been of but little service in rescuing the victims. There are no ladders in the fire department, and no. provisions for such a deplorable emergency had been made bv the managers of the convent. The unfortunate inmates wore, therefore, unable to help them­ selves, and thooo who were witnesses of the horrible holocaust were power­ less to help them. The streets in the vicinity were thronged with people anxious to be ot service. ISiey cculd do nothing but stand and look on or listen in silence to the appealO of terror-stricken parents rushing frantioalljf? around looking for their children or wailing over their supposed loss. Within an hour from the time the fire was discovered the famous Convent of the Im­ maculate Conception was reduced to ashes ana a few charred and broken walls. As soon as possible the work of re­ covering tbe remains of victims was. begun. The firemen poured water on the ruins until daybreak, so as to quench thfe embers and preserve In recognizable sha the bodies of the unfortunate women, volunteers were called for, and during day a large force of men were at work ruins. It was a terrible sight. At times the searchers would find two or three charred masses huddled together, seemingly seeking each other's protection from the advancing flames. Two bodies were found in the rear part of the building, burned into an unrecognizable mass, but the majority were found beneath where the dormitory was situated. They seemed Jo bave Bought shelter in this room when they recognized that escape was im­ possible. The flames beneath, eating away the supports, let down the floor with those upon it to to the seething vortex of Are end : The pupil boarders and three Sisters j ie fourth floor; on the third floor Sisters slept, and on the floor sement the orphans and half- tt7hoae on thia floor escaped, ng is a list of the killed,v missing, and injured, as far as is known: The dead identified: ! Sister Madtredo, Sister Angel a, 8ister Ed- wina, Mother Superior Mary Jerome, Mary Campbell, Lizzie iseh, Susie Weimar, Virgie Heinxelman, Mary Manning, Mamie Pulse and Gertie Strunck. Missing: Agnes Scaling, Mary Pealing, Martha Man- tell, Laura Thompson, Miss L>. Simott, Lottie Pierson, Hilda Hammell, Mary Bie'n, Katie Urbana, Mary Bertels, Delphi Schlernezauer, Joslo Plouder, Mamie Bailey. Injured: Sister Monneese, Sister Stylites, Sister Be- partle. Sister Paschales, Sister Daisy Kbber- man, Fanny Brurks, Agnes 8ohneid^r. The building and contents were valued at 975,000. Other Hire Losses. The court house and jail at Jerseyville, 111,, was swept away by fire, four prisoners perishing in the flames. The money loss is placed at 920,000. The fires of the week, where a leas of 910,000 aud upward was entailed, are as follows: ; Dalton, Ga., six stores. ..9 40,006 AWNW }BCPHDUVWLB) ANVIUG sen absent. Enough hafc been said, r, to ahow thatthe Democrats will op- B Sbrrman plaa, while the Bepubll- The yiaaaitft IMikartiUMfrot the two houses have entered ftjfKa the eowlderacion of tbe important sultfeeto reAMrred to them. Last winter, wkiM the bill estonMng the rational bank ebartora wao passed, it was the general opinion thittft* tueitkm of the existence of the banks wis tattled for at least twenty years, but, llili dtttting conditions, tbe time can be 00H1» caleaiated when the basis of thesysteto *t& have Winlrt Its vanish­ ing point. Ma wnfllotiag propositions are now before ttl fMtaaoe oommltteee. One looks to glvhui |B tte national banks a more stable basis; •MftMotet Ike other is to ul­ timately NMNt UM» present kyktem by Tbe SenM^tttaaei^ eominittee has under discussion die hill of Mr. Sherman, which, in brief, propoast to allow national banks to Issue circulation t« ah atadunt within 10 per cent, of the Mim vakie ot the bonds. Provision is toaaeaM to jhe event of shrink- sge the Secretary of the Treasury shall have the povfer to eau upon the banks to make good their margins. The meetings of the commftto have not been at­ tended by all L«fee members, Messrs. Allison and A!drich_(]tBpUbllcan8) having both been - ' however, poee the cans are not all ptftpared to support it. The Democrats are not prepared to go further than to agree that the banks may issue circu­ lation equal tothe par of the bonds. This is an lacreeao of ISpir drat over the existing law. They tteay aiso^voto for some reduotion of the tax on circulation, lhe Republicans of tbe oommittee are not all agreed to the plan of tbe Sherman bilL Senator Aktrich proposes to introduce a bill of his own which provides for the exchange of the 4's for 8's, with the difference to be paid In cash. Then he would allow the banks to issue circulation of^ual to 100 per cent, of the value of the bonds, Instead of »0 par cent, as under existing law, or 90 per cent, of the market value, as proposed by Senator Sherman. He thinks tost a bill like the one he will Introduce will settle the banking question favorably to the banks and tbe coun­ try for twenty-three years at least, which he does not believe will be achieved by Mr. Sher­ man's proposition. The suggestion of the Secretary of the 'Treasury, that an additional appropriation will be necessary If the printing ox the 91 and 92 notes is oontlnued, will furnish a new text for the discussion of tbe financial ques­ tion. Some of tbe silver men indicate their purpose to take advantage of this suggestion TO refuse an appropriation for the 91 and 92 notes, the expectation being that if these notes shall be retired the effect will be to force the silver dollar into circulation. MINE OF WEALTH Worked to Exhaustion by the Route Lawyers. titer- icn too hi .AL: smoke. above HOUR. Fi>ou»--Superfine WHEAT--No. 2 Chicago. No. 2 Red COBN--No. 2. OATS-No. X Point--Mess L*llD CHICAGO. DEEVBB--Goo L to Fancy Steers. . Common to Pair....... / Medium to Fair... ,M Hoos . FLOUB -Fancy White Winter Ex Gcod o Choice Winter.. WmtAT--No. 2Hpring No. 2 Bed Winter. ConN--No. OATK- NO. X... KYI;--No. 2...... LAUI.KX--NO 2; BUTTKK--ChoMe Croslaery K<H»K-- i-'roHh. PORK--Metui LAUD *- MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 :~77T. Cons--Na 2 ' OATS--No. 3 ; BVE--No. 2 UAIU.E*-- No A ion*--Meas LAUD... A00 «« 6.60 <0» l.OT I.It & 7.00 0.00 5.7) © 6.75 •.00 s.7J 4.80 & ».(M .03 44 .94 .99 & 14)1 M « 57 JK & .XHi M VI .SO .01 & .CI .S3 & .14 .26 & .20 1S.75 m*.» .04 & M Cleveland,Ohio, oil refinery............. IS,000 Milwaukee, Win., box factory...* is.ooo Scottdale, Pa., two lumber mills 22,000 Augusta, Ga., cotton warehouse... 210,000 Hlcxman.Ky..furniture factory 30,000 Peru, Ind., offiioe building 20,000 •Weatherford, Tex., stores 20,000 Wabash, Ind., grist mill 10,000 Wheeling, W. Va., residences. 15,00( Fairfield, Iowa, furniture factory 10,000 Middleboro, Mass., shovel factory 26,010 Chicago, 111., Munson & Co., rubber belt­ ing 40,000 Denver, Colo., Tabor opera-house dam­ aged 20,000 Tecumseh, Mich., Dean's tan nery 16.UU0 St. Louis. Mo., St. Nicbolae hotd 300,000 Racine. Wis., a stone warehouse 16,000 Union City. Pa., flour mill 26,000 Wheeling, W. Va., Bodley's wagon fac- tary 26,000 et. Louis, Mo., ten stores on Fourth street 680,000 Belleville, 111., Notre Dame convent 100,000 Cleveland, Ohio, theater and church. 200,000 Chicago, 11L, the Beauvlrage French flat bulldtug and a cracker bakery 120,000 Parksbury. W. Va., a fiber faotory 40,000 New Albany, Ind., several railway cars.. 36.000 La Orange, Ind., five stores 30,000 Coke to ti. Pa., mining property 30,000 Syracuse, N. Y.. a wagon factory 40,000 Cincinnati, Ohio, two small stores....a*. 10,000 Philadelphia. Pa., a church 10,000 Carlinville. Mo., eight business houses... 2».<M Mlnneisin, Minn., elevator and hotel.... 35,000 Montreal, Canada, a fertilising ware­ house 30,000 Amboy, 111., a tiouring mill 10,0(0 Watertowrj, Wis., a dairy warehouse H),oot Milan, Teun., Jordan's block. 20,000 Plnekaeyvliie, IIL, stores 10,coo Dysrsville. Iowa, hardware htore. 15,000 Avoca, N. V., Oris wold block 2".000 Corry, Pa., grist mill lt.ObO Blnghamton, N. Y.,theater and hotel... 16.000 Louisville, Ky.. a manufacturing block.. 17,000 DYING IN 1 BEAR'S EMBRACE. TWashlngton Telegram to Chicago Tribune.} The statement of the expenditures of the Department of Justice In the star-route cases has been furnished to the Senate in response to the resolution of Mr. Van Wyok. The document Is about the sise, shape and weight >f an unabridged dictionary, without index, summary, or condensation, end with little clew to the vast mass of vouchers. But the bookkeeping methods are not so crude that the astounding extravaganoe of the Depart­ ment of Justice oan be kept secret. The information shows how tho Treasury oan be plundered in the name of reform. Brewster, Attorney-General, received 95,000 as attorney In the star-route cases, the last voucher for 92,600 having been approved a short time before he became Attorney-Gen­ eral. William A. Cook receives 91,000 for services in the Howgate case. This did not result in ditoloslng the whereabouts of How- gate. He also receives 90,000 in the star- j route cases. The leading couueel in the star-route cases, who was paid the least, was Ker, of Philadelphia; yet the vouches show that in >883 be charged 929,000, of which he received 931,000, an unsettled balance being in dispute. In ad­ dition he receives 95,250 for his services in tbe Kellogg ease, although the case has not yet been brought to trial The total charge made by Ker for the year's work was 932,500, roost of which has been paid. In addition to this, the junior counsel, while drawing enor­ mous fees, presents his board bills regu arly, and the Attorney General approves one, for instanoe, of sixty-one days at 97 per day, amounting to 9427. Dick Merrlek, who hap» pens to live here, did not charge for board, but Ker and Bliss, besides drawing from 990 to 9100 each per day, charged for everything apparently from a bootblack to a shave. Mr. Merrick charges his uniform rates at about 9100 a day and gets them. George Bliss presents the champion fees and gets them allowed, but he has not secured all the money, owing to the fact that the appropria­ tion was exhausted. Hie details of one of his bills would carved as a model for a chan- cery lawyer In the Jaradyce suit. He charges for waking up in the morning, for eating his breakfast, for walking to court and back, for the place where he sleeps, for the man who brushes his coat, for tbe boy that brings his boohs. Bliss' fees average 1100 a day, and he crowd* a great many days into a year. Bill Wood, the detective, gets small sums. Allan Pinkerton gets larger ones, having re­ ceived in about a year some 98,000 for the services of his operatives. No names are furnished of the persons shadowed. .94 .61 •M* .03 <9 .86 <<$ M ^1 M.U0 *75 tit ».<*> 1 ** «(U.60 BWL6'UISL*'* WIIFAT-No. IRed. L01 0 1.03 COBN--Mixed ,4H ,4'J OATS-No. 2 .34 0 4* BYE .67 .18 POUK--Meas 14.60 ft 15.0V LAUD .07)^j* .00 CINCINNATI. WHEAT--Na. 2Bed.. chant, Ozark, Ark., liabilities 92:2.000; A. A. N?I£"* 1 11„» a-- 1 Anderson, jewelry and musxal instrume- to, !sispooling. Mich., liabilities 910 030: Will­ iamson li Co., dry goods, Brentford, Canada, liabilities 935,(00; Buclf & Keech, confection­ eries. ( edar Bapids, Iowa, liabilities 9H.OOO; Leopold J. Zo nor, clothing. Bushnell, 111., liabilities $15,000; lioeenfeld & Co., to- baco, I'etroit, liabilities 9*50.0 >0; M. POUK--Mesa.... LAUD TOLEDO WHEAT--No. * Bed COttN.." OATS*No. 2.... 1-03 9 1.04 Jii «* .61 .33 0 .36 M td .» SCfiO 015.00 908*0 .00 '<J0 ^ats, New Vork. llahillties ; WnRAT-NalWhite'.'.tOl 0 tot ' DETHOiT.' id <68 .36 0 1.04 0 M • M K.26 0 6.80 9*60,000; D. 8. Young, clothing. Wyandotte. Kan., liabilities $15 0o0: Baum iiros., wi 1 w- W' re. New Vork, liabilities $T.%000; Hiram Brush, furniture, Chicago, liabilities $15,000; H. B. Ogilvie, dry goods, Madison, Wis., la­ bilities S >5,000; the Oragin Falls I'ttjKir com­ pany. Cleveland, Ohio, liabilities 9«5,(j00; McLelland & Greenough, furniture manu­ facturers, (hicago, liabilities915,000: Francis k Vau rb, shoe manufacturers, St. John, N. B., liabilities 940,000; Ebcn Sutton, woolen manufacturer, North Aadover, Mass., 11a- CoitN--No. 2 60 #s 31 OATS--Mix'd S3 0 .M POUK--Mess 14.00 014.76 INDIANAPOijk WHEAT-NO. 2 Bed. M 0 .W CORK--No. 2 47 0 .40 OATS-- ixed .32 0 .» EAST LIBERTY, PA. CATTTE--Best 0.00 0 7.00 Fair 6.60 &00 Common.....'............ s.cs tz s.oo HOOS 6.25 0 6.76 SllKEP 5.00 & 6.60 • Son of Karl Dunravea Killed to the Mfalne Woods--Hl» Sweetheart Insane. (Telegram from Iiowell, Mass.] Arthur LeGrand Stafford, who claimed to he a natural son of the Karl of Dunraven, lpnded in New York in November last, and, with several Southern sporting men, started (or Lake Namadumcook, in Maine, hunting and fishing. In Bangor ho made the acquaint­ ance of Miss Grace, of New York, and when he left for the woods they had plighted their troth. Dec. 3), Stafford left camp with his j rifle for a stroll. Shortly afterward bard snowstorm s?t in, and, Stafford not re­ turning, an un success! u I search was made for bim. Eaniy next morning another search waa begun. About three miles from camp Stafford was found in the firm embrace of a she bear. Both were froxen stiff. A knife waa sticking in tbe left foreshoulder of the bear. A short distance away a half-grown cub with a knife-wound in Its heart was dis­ covered. The guide said Stafford had tackled the cub first, and was then set upon by the mother bear. News of Stafford's fate was borne to Miss Grace. The poor girl lost her reason, and la now In a desperate condition. #0RAK6EKM IN IRELAND. Boa^more and the Magistrates. (London Dispatch.] The agitation In Ireland based upon Lord Rcssmore's recent Orange protest, Is briskly maintained. Three-fourths of the magis­ trate have already publicly placed them­ selves on record In opposition to the platform which Lord lloesmore has laid down aa the only one on which loyal Irish­ men can stand. In the County COrk alone 148 magistrates have de­ clared that loyalty and Orangcism are In­ compatible, and that they will not be coerced Into inaction or submission by the braggado­ cio of the anti-Catholic partisans. The Or­ ange societies are making arrangements for a series of meetings to be held in England and Scotland, but the efforts of the rival re­ ligious factions to create a oulturkampf for Ireland excite such small interest outside of that country that these meetings will My fall flat. Jadge ieCrirj'I HMCMMT. (Washington Telegram.] From all indications there is going to be aa Interesting struggle for the position to bo va­ cated by Judge McCrary as Circuit Judge of tbe United States the 1st of March next. Be­ sides Mote* Ha lett. who is backed by the Col­ orado delegation, and Judge McMillan, of Minnesota, requests have come to members of the Kansas delegation invoking their aid In behalf of D. J. Brewer, Associate Justice of the Supreme court of that State; the Hon. A. L. Williams, a prominent attorney of To- peka, and Judge C. G. Foster, of the United States District court for the eastern portion of that State, lhe de egatlon of Kansas will no doubt be divided iu their support of the several candidates, yet will present the MBM of the various aspirants. Cattle DiMSMM. t The Assistant Secretary of tbe Treasury has transmitted to Congress the report of the Cattle commission, consisting of James Law, F. F. Thayer, and J. H. Sanders. The com­ mission recommend that the National Gov­ ernment j rjvent shipment northward, out of the area infected with Texas fever, all cattle whatsoever, excepting from the beginning of November to the beginning of March. . TPrtsgrew to Chicago Tribunal ll*,iariM ilj«|!<iiou» BMhelrB aa the Treao- ary are the bO|o f*oye«v additions to the roOo. ladhbmiebeoked up bype- whieh , apparently come from ex- Ifce large part of them are eol- lectod by claim agents, one of whom has gathered 90,000 ajgaatuiss of alleged soldiers •Mga# for additional pension legislation. Aaide froa the general biKu which involve by odksial calculation over 990s.00s.000 then bare already been introduced nearly MM privato fonakn MOa Many origtoato with attorfcafa, who send bundles of them to •MBBhOTO, mm a reqaeat to preeent them, ltay tfMa charge thoee interested 9M. Mot eaeie tonofDUBelueoen overpass. Many hare no atari*. Itowaeatin bye aima aretoer followed further than the foe. ' aanMintnaiTfl 1 n ••" t« *. lan^nnatf Wa UvQttOBQ UJ by a doaen ntembera. There have been several oSelal calculations made of the amount whloh the passage of such a hill would require. Tho Paymaster Oeneral es­ timated that It woakl take as aarinimum 9197,- 000,000, and that the amount might run up to 9168,000,000. MO oOMal calculation plsces the ram at less than 9US.000.0V0. At leaatSM additional clerks will he needed to the settlement. The next soheme in the order of magnitude la the oae for rexnov- Jlmlt upon granting arrears of pen- »«a also lo strongly supported by pennons which pension agents have procured. 4 .b<u whhA is being urged with great per- oistonoe Is the bill for pntalonlnff all who were prisoners of war for two months; with­ out regard to the question whether or not they suffered thereby in health, this la an in- ndious measure, since few politicians have the courage to take everii an appareototand against pensioning those who suffered ae prisoners, and there are very many deserving caoea. Added to tbeee are the bills to pension all who serred fourteen days in tbe Mexican war, all who served in the various Indian ware, and tbe two extraordinary bills of Price, of Wiioonsin, and Peters, of Kansas, one providing for pensioning all who served in tbe Union army upon their reaching the age of 45 yeara, and the other providing for pensioning all who served sixty days for the terms of their natural lives. For all except these last schemes there is a great pressure here. .. . (Telegram to New York Herald.] Although tbe Forty-eighth Congress has been In actual session only three weeks, the bills already introduced would, if enacted, absorb all the surplus revenues of the Gov­ ernment for several years to come. No reg- ular appropriation bill has yet been reported, but nearly every measure presented contains an appropriation direct. Indefinite, implied, or oblique. An attempt has been made to classify the most important bills and estimate the probable amount involved, so that the public may see bow their representa­ tives in Congress would like to dis­ pose of the public moneys. A recapitula­ tion of the amounts proposed to be appro­ priated by the bills shows this startling re­ sult: Public buildings and grounds .9 12,000,000 River and harbor improvements 6,000,000 Public education 106,000,000 New bureaus, commissions, etc 1,000,000 Soldiers' Home in Kansas. 000,000 Equalizing bounties (official esti­ mate) 100,000,000 Pensions (estimated) 176,000,'*00 Prise money, etc 368.644 Deeerters, nurses, etc. (estimated)... 2,260,000 Half-pay for Bevolutlouary officers (estimated) 25 000 000 Depredations snd spoliations (esti­ mated) 10,000,000 Private bills (estimated) 06,000,000 State claims (estimated) 80,000,000 Drawbacks, rebates, etc. 8,076,549 Miscellaneous items (estimated) 6,000,000 #rand total. .900,T90,m MINISTER I4WELL. CoagM9UiaiLEoliiami Heart that E9 ITMnKnee-BraBdiM, in Viola­ tion of Law. A resolution has been introduced in the Houoe by Mr. Bebtosoo, at New York, call­ ing upon (he Secntfry of State for informa­ tion regarding the drees ot American repre­ sentatives in foreign countries at they ap­ pear on public occasions. It has exclusive reference to Minister Lowell, who is reported to wear knee-breeches upon state and other occasions. When Sunset t ox returned from Europe he reported that Mr. Lowell was ar­ rayed in kneo-breeohos and buckle shoes when be called upon him, and that our Min­ ister made a vain but ineffectual attempt t<f hide his calves under a table. "What is the object of your resolution}" was asked of Mr. Bobinson. "It is to ascertain if any of our representa­ tives abroad are really acting like dudes," he replied. "I am told that in some countries ogKittlaa, put thank m aftd fill up with ' a sprain, batbto- T« CLM ' 4M<r Num. qjjgarla of brand in 0m gailoai of watar "*--«?• »«"*'* *i«k M* wrtef. aiyiBg itwalL TPo BBMOVB fruit stains from lfneli aq» in soar buttermilk and dry in the- aun; waah in oold water and dry two or- three time a day. PHEVK*T dust rising fron the floor ̂wawiî it with water in every poifc, rail of which ia poured a feeaottpfu oi common motaaaaa. \ Fafcsmwlrfte Mti» dramas thtokglh with/browiip^ar oatsido, sown, togalhera* thaedgSsT^ To HOEP knives and fork* ilk good! condition when not fat use, dost the- blados and prongs with finaly posrdareft keep them wrapped ia BKMXMBXB that it is baMer te> R«t o«t ten trees with all'the noeesaary care to. make them live and fioaridi, ft un to sat out 100 trees and have ill of them di*. fiom carelessneaa. To STARCH mnslina and piqaes, melt three or four iuehea of opetiuaoeti can­ dle into a good-sized panM of starch. Starch the articles thoroughly, and: while wet fold between some sheeting* or table linei,, and pass through a. wringer. To TAKE out denta or bAses in. furniture, wet th« part with warm water; double a pieoe of brown paper- five or six times, soak it, and lay it on the place; apply on that a hot,flat-iron, until the moisture is evaporated. K the dent is not gone repeat the process.. After two or three applications the- dent will be raised level with the snr- faoe. To REMOVE a ring from a swollen Anger, begin at the extremity of the finger ana wind a thread evenly around, it, bringing each coil close to the pre­ ceding, but not overlapping in any place, until the ring be reached. PasS the thread under the ring with the aid: of a needle, straight or better curved,, and carefully unwind tbe thread from the finger. The ring follows each coil, as it is successively unrolled, and by- almost imperceptible degrees is brought over the knuckle and removed. FROM the Grange Visitor: Home­ made peppermint drops are a harmless, delight to children. With a little direction they oan make them: Take two cups of sugar and half a cup of water; let this boil for five minutes^ take from the fire, flavor with the- essence of peppermint; the quantity must depend upon the strength of the- essence; a few drops are usually sufficient. Stir with a stiff silver spoon until it is quite thick, then lay a buttered paper on a platter, and drop tiie mixture on it. A little practice will enable one to make them respect­ able iu appearance. Why Sealskins Are 8a Hlgftw,. It is often wondered why the price of" Sealskin goods should remain so high when the Arctic abounds with the ani­ mals from which the fur is taken and the limit allowed by the existing laws,, as they are construed by seal-catchers, is comparatively boundless. The state­ ment of the great cost of ooloriog and preparing the fur is not credited by many, and it does look rather strange- that this should be the case. L. Gerstle, president of the Alaska Commercial Company, dropped a hint . or t\vo to a reporter on this subject. In speaking of the total catch for the sea- . son, which Mr. Gerstle says has been incorrectly reported, it was remarked that the market at the opening of the- season of 1883 showed such an over­ stocked condition that it was thought IVPUCU. I AUI W»IU UINT iu BUUIU vuuiiirun • __ . « M our ministers and consuls dress like fops, • necessary, m order to work off the re- " maimng furs, as well as future catches, to take some steps to keep the demand and supply steady and make the trans­ actions profitable to the company. "But," asked the reporter, "if the supply is so great as it is reported, why could not the trade be conduoted on a. cheaper and more extensive scale?" The round, hearty oountenauco of the seal merchant was lighted up by a broad smile, and with a significant look in his eye, he said: "The idea is to have the popularity of the sealskin still retained by the- fashionable world." "And you intend to, do this by keep­ ing up values?" "Exactly; that's the only way and it is in accordance with strict commercial principles. Tt^t is not all. however. If the sealskin should beoome cheap and common, other furs which are harder to procure would then be in de­ mand."--San Francisco Chronicle. that they don fancy coats and bijr brass eabers and imagine themselves kings and princes." , "Have you any instances?" "Yes, sir. I am told that recently our Min- I ister Lowell could not be seen because he was dressing' for a reception. It is said that our ) representative to Persia had to take off his boots not long since and approach the Pasha in his bare feet. Such proceedings are beneath the dignity of an American citizen, j He ought to have applied his boot to the Pasha." I Mr. Robinson said that the United States would not tolerate any " monkey business," i as ho put it, on the part of the representa- j tives abroad; that there was a statute en- | acted in 1*33 for the express purpose of re­ quiring American Ambassadors to maintain the recognized customs and etiquette of their own country, and that if Mr. Lowell had been guilty of a violation of this law he should be recalled. It is a matter of notice that Mr. Lowell is a subject of unfavorable comment in all quar­ ters in Washington at this time. A leadlnar Republican Senator said tbe other day that the aping1 tendencies of Mr. Lowel', which at first produced only ridicule, are likely to be so seriously regarded in the end as to neces­ sitate his recall. MINISTER LOWBM/B RECTORSHIP. Washington Telegram to Chicago Herald,] Your correspondent has definitely ascer­ tained that Minister Lowell, received a polite, but peremptory notification from the De­ partment of State that his acceptance of the Rectorship of St. Andrews was regarded as an act incOBflstent with his obligations as the representative of the American Government at a foreign court. The letter to Mr. Lowell oalled bis attention to the prohibition put upon American ambassadors as to their ac- ceptanoe of titles, honor, office, etc., from ffore'gn potentates. v * A m crow belonging to H. O. Heldt, of Columbia, 8. €., lumped upon a shelf where its master's revolver lay, and began playing with it. The revolver was discharged, killing the crow. . MRS. ACHSA BCBTON, of Cwydon, N. B* has just celebrated her 06th birthday. A SPAsiwL belonging to William H. Itayliea, of Providence, saw a horse that Bad broken looae from a hitohlng-poet fall Into Lob n's Fond. The borse was too bewildered to find its way out. lhe spaniel plunged In, swam to the horse, seised tbe bridle with his teeth. IS teeth, nd and and gradually pulled the horse arou guided him to the shore. MR. ALONKO HATBS, of Kittory, Me., for­ got to sprinkle meal on his horse's noon-day fodder. Presently he heard a great noise in the stable, and found the horse with the pall of meal in his mouth, just lifting it into the manger. ORKAT things an made firem toon, but Mb I often makes gvatosw Trying to Refera Washington. ; A wave of so-called moral reform, says a Washington telegram, has evidently begun to roll through the departments. Following the warning of Commissioner Dudley that he would discharge any employe who visited a gambling room, or * ho was in the habit of goinv to saloons, Tostmaster General <1 resham has issued an order threatening to discharge any clerk who buys a lottery ticket. It la •aid also that the Postmaster General has se­ verely lectured one of his chief assistants, whose deftness as a poker player Is appreci­ ated at one or two leading dub-rooms of tbe capital. The Beaded Wldsky BUI Deeded. The friends of the Bonded Whisky bill, says a Washington correspondent, fear that it has fallen into unfriendly hands by its reforenoo to the Committee of Ways and Means, but, under the rules, no other committee has jurisdiction of bills relating to ta ation. They have only faint hope, i rom the reputed temper of the committee toward it, that it will be reported to the House. Hut if It should come back'with the indorsement of the Ways and Means Committee it would be •net with fierce opposition by some of the strongest men in the House. Cold-Wave Signals. A Washington dispatch aays tbe following will be Inserted in the office regulations of the Signal Bureau by direction of Gen. Hazen: A white flag with a black center will be used to indicate a cold wave is approach­ ing. Whenever the anticipated temperature fall is decidedly below normal, the assistant In eharge of the Indications division will send telegrams to the observers at Chicago. St. Louts, Louisville, Nashville, and Cincin­ nati: "Hoist cold-wave signals," and will direct them lowered when the temperature has reached the minimum. THE youth who waltzes well Is the one who lead* the whirled.--New York Journal Wanted to Know About Switches. A white-haired, shrill-voioed boy, about 8 years old, rode down town with his parents on the Sixth avenue- elevated road. He^azed curiously at two or three up trains whioh whizzed by the one he was in, and in a voice that sent a thrill through every person in the car, piped out: "Pa, how do these oars turn ground?" "They dont turn around, my son;, when they reach the end of the line they are switched from one track to the other,M answered the father sedately." •Who switches 'emr asked the boy eagerly. ' "Why, the engine, to be sure." "The Indian!" repeated the ques­ tioner. "He must be a pretty,big In­ dian, isn't he, pa?" "Yes, yea; don't talk so laud," said' the father, curtly. * "*a,"qaeriedthe boy, after a mo- fnenfc*s pmrr. "doea he switch 'am the- same as yon and pa switches me when I don't da right?" The maternal relative reached for the boy, wiped his nose, pulled his clotl* cap down over his eyes, and told hira to keep quiet.- -New York Times. WHEN-XanTHus in Lvcia was besieged? by the Romans under Brutus, 42, B. C.,. the men set tire to to the city, killed their wives and ehildren and then them­ selves. The oonqueror wishing to spare- them, promised rewards to any soldier". who would bring him a living Xanthean, but only 150 were saved. A GEORGIA dog fell into a Georgia well during the summer. Not being a very good rflog no fnss was made about it. Seven weeks after the fill the owner of the well went down into it to* see why there was no water in it. He found the well dry aa a horn and the--1 dog feeling well with the exception ot being hungry. 5 . IT is only the man with a pocketful , of rocks who can afford totlnrow stones*