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ffPP" •HP" mmmmmmmm :i^i if •>**»v? ^ » &> 1. VAN SLYKE. Editor ar id Publisher. McHENRY, ILLINOIS. THE NEWS CONDENSED. 1M£:• FORTY-NINTH CONGRESS tm THE Chair prescnW® a letter from the Secre- 1 •'/*'*"' tary of the Treasmylrat the BOSBIOH of the Sen- , ctoou Jan. 25, stating that national banks hold f j.0W.8>0 of the bonds called for payment next ' , month nnd a communication from the Secretary o-tju.'t O? the Interior asking for additional clorks for «( Government until (ha 4nnugaraik»n had taken place. THE interment of the tyte Congressman Rankin took place at Manitowoc, Wis., on the 28th nit. Thousands viewed the re­ mains as they lay in stale in the Episcopal Church, and the funeral procession was a wile and a half in length. THK temperance people of Des Moines arc bringing suit against owner* of build­ ings in which liquors are retailed.... The California Supreme Court has decided in favor of the city of San Francisco against Holladay. the suit having been pending for several years. Under the decision property worth $5.(100,000 reverts to the city under Uta Jtaebk) grant. THE §OHTK. THE damage to the fruit crop of Florida by the cold weather is estimated at nearly $2,000.000... .Calvin Simpson, a negro. the Commissioner of Railroads. C. K. Wnlthall was sworn in as Senator from Mississippi. Mr. ,j. -f Hoar report*1*! a bill to provide for the - . »\ settlement of the dil»t of the Pacific rail- r *>. ' roads. Messrs. Dawes and Ingalls male seme • ' severe comments npon the miiispelliiiK of words , . , , , ,^ ~ , . i. in bills and resolutions re eved from the House, \ bioke luto the house of an old wlyje lady ' * particularly as to a measure for the relief of j named Mrs. Graves, three miles below " the Northern Cheyenne Indians. Irj his rpsn- Henderson. Kv., pursued the old ladv and " ! her two toflim. «h. had fl,,l tlKWfr,.,,,. -®- Wis.-onsin. and invoked the divine blessing and 5,. protection upon the sorrowing family. The House thereupon adjourned out of respect to the fi-, memory of the deceased. THK Chair laid before the Senate, on tlie 23th of January, a letter from the Secretary of the ' Treasury relating to the payment of salaries of Collectors of Customs not confirmed by the Sen- : - - ate ; also, a letter stating that the information ' called for by a recent rcsol ition of th? S.'vn:e, relating to claims paid r.ndtr French and frpiu- ish treaties, could lie most speedily famished . by the State DepsrUnent. The letters were appropriately referred. Mr. Voorh -es then ; called up his resolution expressive of the Senate's deep sense of the public loss in the donth of the late Vice Presi- ' dent Hendricks. Tbo resolution having been y rea l, Mr. Voorhees addressed the Stint;. After , hearing tile speeches of Messrs. Yoo.'hees, w. •> Hampton, Sherman. Saulsbury, Kvarts, llansotu, • tprb '• Hpooner. Vest, and Harrison, in'memory of the j ' rf «•< ' deceased, the Senate adopted the- commemora- tive resolution and then adjourned. In * tho House Mr. Swinburne of New York introduced a bill declaring the silver dol-j mittees on Labor and on Agriculture have lar of 412'.. grains a legal tender of . .. , - - , . , equal value with gold coin. Tho bill also pro- j ^ ̂ iew a bill for a new Cabinet ofheer, cs , • vldes for the purchase of $4,OK>,(XX> Yort'4 i which has received the unanimous support B^-aw,Silver bullion per month, and the issuance - , nn,i ,viil Iw % ' monthly of Si,0s.)J.(X10 of silver certificates. Bills..I tOUllUltUes, anil wnicil oe and. overtaking the former, killed her with a club. The daughters escaped. Calvin was arrested. A mail train on the Illinois Central was thrown from the trestle over the Talla­ hatchie River, an obstruction having been placed on the track. The engineer was killed and several passengers were cut and "" ' sod. WASHINGTON. THE President went from 'Washington to Paltnnore on the evening of Jan. 25, to nt- tend the charity ball; He was accompanied by Senator and Mrs. Gorman, Misfc Eudi- cott. Miss Vilas, Col. Cassidy, Col. nnd Mrs. Laniont, and Col. and Mrs. Wilson. WASHINGTON special: "The House Com-' .!* 'were also introduced in th'.1 House to establish life-saving stations outside San Francisco, for the relief of railway mail clerks -who have been in the service twenty years, con­ ferring the rank of commander ui>on Chief Engi­ neer Melville, to authorize the payment oi postal- notes at any money-order office, to limit the capi­ tal of any national bank to to prohibit the importation of pauper labor, to give prefer­ ence to American citizens in employing laiwers on public works and to limit tho jurisdiction of Federal Courts in patent cases. A resolution was introduced directing the Secretary of tho Treas­ ury to report his reasons for closing the mint at Carson, Nevada. A MEMORIAL, of. the Legislature of Kansas praying for the establishment of two additional military stations in that State as a protection against Indian depredations was passed in the Senate by Mr. Ingalls on the 'iVth ult. Mr. Plumb presented a memorial from the same body praying for an exteusion of tho military facilities at Fort Kiley, Kas. The papers were appropriately referred. Bills wero introduced to appropriate Si.VUKKi for the purchase of a pofitoftice site in San Fr.incisco. and to reini- 'burse the survivors of the Jeannette Arctic Ex­ pedition. Mr. Harrison made a speech favoring the admission of Dakota to the Union. The House of Representatives passed a bill to for­ feit certain lanc^ pr.mted to Use States of Mis­ souri, Alabama, and Louisiana, to aid in tho construction of railroads. A resolution was adopted directing the Secretary of the Interior to furnish copies of all contracts on file regarding tho Southern 1'aoiiic ltailwav and the Pacific Mail Steamship Company. The Senate resolutions tjiuhiug the death of Vice President Hendricks were presented to the House, and on motion of Mr. Holman 'Intl » were laid upon the table for the present. A smile ran through t'ae House 'hen tho chaplain, in his opening prayer. reti:;n .-d thanks that "Our sil­ ver and gold have been multiplied."^md the silver men pretended to'we in the fact that sil­ ver had been placed before gold anjndication that the religious petition was in favor of a double standard. MB. SHEUMAM Intro iuced -in the Setiata on the 28th ult. a bill which r<'i>eals the first-sec­ tion of the coinage act of Feb. 2K, 1871\ aud au­ thorizes the Secretary of the Treasury to buy silver bullion m bars, not less than fine, to the amount of not less th ui 2,<>JO.IKIO ounces troy a month, and net greater than 4,030,000 ounces. The Secretary i3 author­ ized to pav for the bullion in coin cer­ tificates, receivable for customs, tax^s, and all public dues, and when so received to be reissued. The bullion thus bought is to be retained in the Treasury as security tor the payment of the certificates, and the Secretary of the Treasury is directed to redeem in coin the •certificates on presentation at the Sub-Treasury in New York in sums not less than S.'W. The hill provides further that any holder of standard* silver dollars, gold coin, or haliion may deposit the same with the Treasurer in sums o} not less than Sl» and receive coin certifi­ cates therefor. Mr. Morrill offered a reso­ lution, setting apart sites in Washington for statues of Columbus nnd I.afayotte. A resolu­ tion v> as adoptt:d directin;: the Secretary of the Treasury to give the origin and amount of the Conscience Fund. A bill was introduced to grant right of way through Indian Territory to the Kansas City, Fort Scott and Gulf Kailway. Mr. Ingalls presented a petition bv Frederick Douglass and other colored citizens of Washing­ ton, complaining of discriminations at theaters and other public places. Mr. Dawes made a favorable report on a bill for the allotment of lands in severalty to Iudians, and to extend the protection of the laws over the red man. The bill providing forthe admission of Dakota came up m the Senate. The debate lasted for some tune, Mr. Butler speaking in opposition i.nd Mr. Wilson in favor of the meas ire. Inthellouse of Itep- resentitive-: Mr. Weaver introduced a bill for the organization of the Territory of Oklahoma, and to allot, homesteads t < Indians. A bill au­ thorizing the Presideut to resiore o!licers to the . army in certain cases, intended to apjdv espe­ cially to l'itz .lolm Porter, was reported favora­ bly by Mr. Wheeler. Eulogies on the career of the late Representative lieuben Elluood, of Illinois, closed the proceedings. THE EAST. THE Postal Telegraph Cable Company has been incorporated in New York, its capital being $5,000,000, with a right to in­ crease it. Tne health authorities of New York seized 700 boxes of frozen orun<»es from Florida, saturated them with carbolic acid, and dumped tliem into the North River The ferry-house of the West Shore Railroad Company and of the Wee- hawken Ferry Company, at the foot of West Forty-second street. New York, was burned. A tank of naphtha at the works of the Manhattan Gas Company adjoining was destroyed. The total loss is placed at $75,000. THE buildings occupied by six firms on Arch street, Philadelphia, were destroyed by fire. On a rough estimate the losses •will aggregate $250,000. Foil the third successive year the peach crop in the Hudson River Valley has been killed by the coldThe Superior Court of New York, in the huge damage case of James H. Goodsell against the Western Telegraph Company, granted the latter a aew trial, to give Goodsell an opportunity to show how he had sustained injury to the rtain of a very large vote in the House The bill to be reported will be a very com­ prehensive one. The part which relates to agriculture will be practically the same as that which came from the Committee on Agriculture in the last Congress, and passed the House. The part which relates to la­ bor is in substance the bill introduced by Mr. Weaver, of Iowa, upon that subject Qarly in the session." CLARA MORRIS had her usual fainting spell at Washington during a performance of "Caniille.".... .Joseph Rankin, a member of Congress from Wisconsin, diediu Wash­ ington, aged 52 years. * THE House Committee ou Public Lauds agreed ou the bill forfeiting all land withiu the grant to the Atlantic and Pacitio Rail­ road lying opposite the unconstrncted por­ tions of the railroad; al6o ou Mr. Mellae's bill providing that all homestead settlers ou public lands within railroad limits restricted to less than III!) acres of land, who have heretofore made or may hereafter make the additional entry allowed by the acts of March U, 187i>, or July 1, 187!*, after having made final proof Hfcxtiagtott. Sir Mldutel Htefei-Beacli eaia that the Government would willingly accept the decision of the House, as it had assumed office with reluctance, ami would resign without regret. The amendment was adopted by a vote of 329 to 250, the Govw eminent thus being defeated. • . THK British Mediterranean fleet hna or» ders to rendezvous at Snda Bay, Crete. The inhabitants of the island are greatly excited in regard to the whereabouts of tin Greek squadron. The Turks have a gar­ rison of 10.000 men, and two iron-clads lie in Cretan waters... .The Marquis of Salis* bury sent a special messenger to Osborne House, on the 26th ult., to inform Queen Victoria of the resignation of the Cabinet. Mr. Gladstone held a conference with Lord Granville in relation to the resumption of office by the Liberals. Mi's. Gladstone took a letter from her husband to Lord Harting- ton. The Parnellites cherish the hope that Mr. Gladstone will negotiate for the settle­ ment of the Irish question. THE Dublin Freeman's Journal admits that agrarian outrages still occur in the re­ mote districts of the country, but it declares that the National League cannot be held re­ sponsible for them. It adds that the league has resolved to do all in its power to repress disorder and remove every sem­ blance of a pretext for the Goveriu^ent revive the coercion laws. » , 5 * ' *" . • • - ^ "• 4 *? r-s*' £ '~x >-r. > C i - v' % j <- /4 RANKIN DEAD. Th* main Oongreaniuui Panea sfolly Away at th® lf«P " tiorial Capital. H V ! His Family and Intimate Friends " with Him in His Last ̂ ' Moments, " ADDITIONAL NEWS. ' REPRESENTATIVE JAMES has been in­ structed by the House Committee on Labor to report favorably a bill making it unlaw­ ful for any officer, agent, or servant of th<3 Government of the United States to con­ tract with any person or corporation, or permit auy official of any State prison where criminals of the United States may be incarcerated, to hire out the labor of said criminals, and imposing a tine of from ^50!» to $1,000 or imprisonment from one to three years for violation of the act. The sub­ committee * having charge of the convict- labor question reported favorably a bill pro­ hibiting the use of material made by con­ victs iu the construction of Government works..... The Secretary of the Treasury has issued a call forthe redemption of $10.- 000,000 of bonds of the 3-per-cent loan of 1882. The principal and accrunl interest wfft be ' paid at the Treasury of the United States, in Washington, on the 1st of March, 1886, and the interest will cease on that day... .The Senate Committee on Foreign Relations objects, to granting Gen. O. O. Howard per­ mission to accept from the French republic the decoration of the Legion of Honor and the rank of chevalier for services rendered- his own country, on the ground that the United States Government can estimate the value of such deeds for itself. NEAR Chicago Junction, Ohio, a passen­ ger train on the Baltimore and Ohio dashed into a freight train--a caboose, locomotive, baggage, and two passenger cars being piled into a heap of debris. Four employes were killed and a number of passengers wounded. The financial loss is placed at $25,000. THERE were 337 failures iu the United States reported to Bradntreel's during the of settlement aud cultivation under the i week, against 394 in the preceding week, original entry, shall be entitled to have the lands covered by the additional entry pat­ ented without further cost or proof of set­ tlement and cultivation, aud in all such en­ tries patents shall issue as soon as reported to and approved by the General Laud Com­ missioner. POIjHXICAILM CHICAGO special: "Mr. Green, the attor. uey for the plaintiffs iiiShe Mayoralty con­ test, appeared in Judge Preudergast's court yesterday and secured an order dismissing the ease with costs to the plaintiffs. There was no One present to represent Mr. Ham- sou, his lawyer, Mr. Story, expecting the case to come u;> to-morrow, as per agree­ ment made last Saturday." THE caucus committees of the Ohio Senate held a conference Wednesday, the "27th ult., to effect a settlement of the ex­ isting troubles, and when the Senate met at 4 p. in. adjournment was voted until morning, at the request of the eonferrees. Previously the -Republican Senate held a session, the oiily business transacted being the approval of the journal. The Demo­ crats held an indignation meeting in the evening. A WASHINGTON special says: "The At­ torney General and the Secretary of the Treasury will not send to the Sjeuate the pa­ pers that were asked for in resolutions adopted iu executive session. The Attor­ ney General had fortified the administra­ tion aud Democratic Senators with reasons why the President should not discuss with the Seuate the cases of removal, but the resolution of Mondav. repeated in substance on Wednes­ day. ri i-it d an entirely new question, and to the consideration of that the Attorney Gen­ eral devoted himself yesteiday with the re­ sult of reaching the conclusion, concurred in to-day by the President and Cabinet, that the Seuate could not have the papers." COLUMBUS (0bio) dispatches of the 29th ult. reported all quiet. The Senate met and immediately adjourned, pending the conference between the joint committee which had been appointed with a view to learn if some plan could not be agreed upon. The committee was in session all day. The proceedings were had in execu­ tive session. Iu the meantime the repre­ sentative sides were preparing their pro­ grammes of procedure in case a compro­ mise was not reached, -i [Washington special.] ^ Hon. Joseph Rankin, member of Con­ gress from the Fifth Wisconsin District, died nl his lodgings on M street, adjoining the Postmaster General's, on Suuday, the 24th of January. A coup*ft of weeks ago he was very low, but rallied, and for a rew days was around and apparen ly very com­ fortable. For forty-eight hours lie had been in a dying condition, being at times delirious. Fears were entertained that he would be attacked by convulsions, but, happily, these were avoided. This morning it was apparent that he could not last through the day, and during much of the forenoon he was delirious. One sine was par­ alyzed, but he gesticulated wildly with his other arm, imagined a number of his Con­ gressional colleagues were present, and ad­ dressed them, called for Dr. Gray, of Mil­ waukee, and tried to make a speech ou the Fits John Porter case The physicians, GENERAL. THE Mexican Government is likely to propose to the United States the holding of a special monetary conference in relation to the legalized depreciation of the Mexican dollar. THE visible supply of grain, as compiled by the New York Produce Exchange, is as follows: Wheat, 55,909,744 bushels; corn, 8,555,812 bushels Six stores at Opelika, Ala., were destroyed by fire, entailing a loss of $50,000. The Grasshopper Mill at Smoky Hollow, near Youngstown, Ohio, was con­ sumed, with $78,000 loss; and Robinson's and 349, 365. 276. 205 in the corresponding j weeks of 1885, 1884, 1883, and 1882, re- j spectively. About 83 per cent, were those of I small traders, whose capital was less than j $3,000. In the principal trades they j were as follows: General stores, 58; gro- | cers, 50; boots and shoes, 26; drugs, ! and chemicals, 15; liquors. 14, clothing, 13, \ dry goods, 12: stationery, printers, books, j etc., 12; hardware and implements, 11; \ hotels and restaurants, 11; lumber, build- j ers' materials, etc., 11; jewelry. 10; cigars and tobacco, 10; produce, provisions, etc., 8; bakers aud confectioners, 8; furniture, 6' grain and millers, 6; music and musical instruments, 6; varieties and notions, (>; iron and steel, 5; meats, 5; crockery and glass, 3; harness, 3; millinery, "3; men's furnishings, 3. ' THE Queen accepted the resignation off the Salisbury Cabinet on the 29th ult., aud at the same time summoned Gladstone for consultation. !. Kunitzkv, Bardovsk, a Jus­ tice of the Peace, Petruszynsky, and Os/.owsky, recently condemned to death for belonging to a Polish social revolutionary association styled the Proletariat, have just been executed at Warsaw. Lury, a captain of the engineers, and Schnauss, a private gentleman, also condemned to death, had their sentences commuted to twenty years' servitude in Siberia. A RESOT.TTTION directing the Secretary of the Treasury to report whether the Assistant 8ecre-° tary at New York had bsen instructed to refuse deposits of silver dollars for certiftcatjs. was adopted by the Seuate on thr> -i'.lth ult. A hill was passed to remove tha political disabilities of (i jorge 8. Htor.-s, of Texas. The Attorney Gen­ eral sent a letter to the Senate, in answer to the resolution calling for "all tho documents and papers iu relation to the management and eon- duct of the ottlC3 of United States Attorney for the Southern District of Alabama," in\which. after acknowledging the receipt of the reso­ lution in question, he says: "In response to said resolution, the President of tlia United States directs me t > say that the papers which were in this department relating to the fitness of J. D. Bennett, recently nominatei to said oSc, having been alrei.dy sent to tho Ju­ diciary C immittjo of t'ae Senate, and the pi­ pers and documents which are mentioned in said re solution., and st'll remaining in the ens- j tolyof this department, have exclusive refer- ; ence t) th') susp uis'.ou by the President of j George M. Dusthi. t le la:c incumbent of the j office of District Attorney of the United States i for the H >uth ;rn District of Alabama, it i is riot considered tha*. the public inter- | eats will be or nno'ted by compliance with said 1 resolution, and tho transmission of the papers j and documents theroin mentioned to the Senate : in executive session." The House of Represent- I atives passed a bill to pay the Fourth of July > clanns, aggregating £229.000, distributed among eleven States. At the evening session fifty pen- siju measures were put througtu fearing convulsions, about noon adminis­ tered opiates hypodermicully. and he quieted down and became perfectly rational. His two little children, Jennie and Joe. were in an adjoining room, and the dying man, hearing th^pi crying, had them brought into his room, and w as just able to summon up strength enough to throw his arms around them and bid them good-by. He was pas­ sionately devoted to his children, and his farewell to them was heartrending. The remains were forwarded to his home at Manitowoc, Wis. The Congressional escort consisted of Senator Sawyer and Congressmen Bragg, Stephenson. Gnei.ther, and Van Schaick of Wisconsin, Carleton of Michigan, Henderson of Illinois, and John­ son of New York. . Mr. Rankin had been for some time "be­ fore Congress mfct in an advanced stag'? of Bright's disease, but insisted on coming here to be sworn in as a member 6f the new Congress, though he had to bring a physi­ cian with him, and it was feared he would die on the way. Mr.. Rankin was born iu 1833 at Passaic, K. J., and in 1864 settled at Misbicott, in Manitowoc County, Wis. He soon turned his attention to politics, and served several terms in the State Legislature, where he made a reputation as one of the best parlia­ mentarians ever in that body. Mr. Rankin served through the war as a Captain in the Twenty-seventh Wisconsin Volunteers, He was elected to Congress in 1882 and again in 1886. A P00R-H0USE HORROR. Burning of a Pauper Invitation at Jackson, Mich.--Five Lives Are Lost. Others Expected to Die from the Ef­ fects of Freezing--A Fear- Ail Scene. . --.. ... -- . dry goods house and three frame structures amount of $220,30b. He had claimed $(150,- I at Wichita, Kas., were laid waste, the loss 000 damages by reason of an unfulfilled aggregating about $GO,OOQ. Wheeler's ?ress contract made with the Atlantic and 'acific Telegraph Company. THEV jury in the Shaler bribery case at New Y'ork came into court and announced th^4r they were unable to agree. They were ^discharged Fire at Oneonta, N. Y., de­ stroyed six blocks of buildings, entailinc a loss of $50,000. THE WEST. ; ' 'I® APTEB a two hours' fight with Indians, on the 11th nit., at East Nocori, in Souora, the American force," under Captain Craw­ ford, was fired on by Mexican troops, Amer­ ican scouts returning the fire. Five of the American party were wounded, among them Captain Crawford, who died three days later,while the Mexican loss was fqur killed and five wounded. The Mexicans claim that they mistook the Americans for In­ dians, but Lieutenant Maus gives it as his opinion that the Mexicans intended to rout the Americans and appropriate their camp equipage and commissary stores. GEN. DAVID R. ATCHISON died at his home in Clinton County, Missouri, last "week. He served in the National Senate for twelve years, and was Acting President of the United States for one day. Polk retired from office at noon Sunday, March 4,1849, and Taylor could not be inaugurat­ ed till Monday. Mr. Atchison, therefore, M President of the Senate, held the reins Block, at Burlington, Vt., Vas also ruined, and several dwellings were damaged, the losses footing up $50,000. COTJEMAN FREEMAN, born a slave in Vir­ ginia, died at Windsor, Ontario, aged 120 years, leaving a few thousand dollars earned as a cooper... .The Union Bridge Works of Buffalo, N. Y., and Athens, Pa., has-been awarded a contract by the New South Wales Government for a bridge a mile in length over the Hawksberry River, near Sydney. The bid was if exccss of $1,000,000. THE biennial directory of millers and mill-furnishers shows a total of 18,207 flouring mills in the United States and Can- ada, being a decrease, as compared with 1884, of 0,812. The mills in the United States number 1(5,856. FOBEl«]«. TURRET, in a circular to the Powers, complains that her treasury will soon be emptied by the expense of maintaining a huge army on a war footing. The Greek fleet has sailed for Pirseus to avoid being blockaded by the British. Greece has positively refused to disarm... .In the British House of Commons, Mr. Col- lings moved his amendment to the address in reply to the speech from the throne on the subject of land allotments. The amendment was supported by Mr. Gladstone and opposed by the Marquis of THE MABKET8. NEW YORK. BREVES $4.50 @ 0.50 HOGS 4.00 <G> 4.50 WHEAT--No. 1 White .94 C'fi .95 No. 2 Rod.. .01 («' .92 CORN--No. 2 .51 (<£ .52 OATS--White .40 & .44 PORK--Mess . 10.25 <340.75 CHICAGO. BEEVES--Choice to Prime Steers. £.50 (ft) 0.03 Good Shipping 4.50 (MI 5.00 Common 3.50 <!'; 4.00 Hoos 3.50 T«. 4.2.1 FLOUR--Extra Kpring 4.75 V'i 5.25 Choice Winter. 4.5) ('(- 5.00 WHEAT--No. i Kpring .81' .82).J CORN--No. 2 ,3TT (a> ,.H7 OATS--No. 1 jut. .3)'... RYE--No. 2 .57 <«) .59 BARLEY--No. 2.. .64 .66 BUTTER--Choice Creamery .28 <W .32 B'ino Dairy .18 @ .'li CHEESE--Full Cream, new .10 .11 Skimmed Flat* .06 (5# .07 Eaos--Fresh .19 .21 POTATOES--Choice, per bo .98 .63 PORK--Mess 10.50 #11.00 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2.......... .(0 <85 .81 CORN--No. 2 .86 <$ .37 OATS--No. 2 .28 <F£ .29 BYK--No. 1 .63 & .65 PORK--New Mess 10.00 #11.00 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 2 --: .92 @ .92 •„ CORN--No. 2 .88 # .40 OATS--No. 2 .30 & .32 ST. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red i. .90 @ .92 CORN--Mixed .88 0 .95 OATS--Mixed 28 <3» ,2a PORK--New Mess 10.75 @11.2F CINCINNATI WHEAT--No. 2Bed 95 @ .W.).j CORN--No. 2 87 @ ,S8 OATS--No. 2 ' 92 <<8 .84 PORK--Mess 10.75 @11.25 LIVK HOOS ' 4.00 @ 4.50 DETROIT. BEEF CATTLE 4.00 @ 5.25 Hoos 3.50 & 4.25 SRKEP 3.00 (§) 4.25 WHEAT--No. 1 White..... 90 .91 CORN--No. 2 ,88 & .» OATS--No. 2 88 0 .84 JJ INDIANAPOLIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--New.. OATS--No. 2 EAST LIBERTY. CATTLE--Best 5.25 5.75 Fair 4.25 @4.75 Common 3.50 C<? 4.00 HOOS 4.25 # 4.75 SHXKP 3.00 & 4.00 BUFFALO. WHEAT--No. 1 Hard 08 @ 1.00 CORN--Yellow .43 .42)6 CATTLE 5.00 @ 5.BQ [Jackson (Mich.) special.] The Jackson County Poor-House, five n^iles east of this city, burned Sunday morning, and five inmates perished. Chas. Smith, the keeper, was awakened by the smell of smoke, and discovered the build­ ing to be on fire. He gave the alarm, and rushed to the women's department. The fire had made such headway that Mr. Smith found it impossible to effect their escape by the doors, and by the aid of fire-escapes he succeeded in rescuing all but threG, who were overtaken by the flames. He then proceeded to the men's department, where he was obliged to fight the fire and 6moke, to render assistance, and succeeded in rescuing but two, when the floor fell in. The inmates who were^aved lost all their clothing except their night-dresses. The night was bitter cold, and they were obliged to remain in the snow for some time before quarters could be procured for them. The suffering was terrible, and it is ex­ pected several will die from the shock. Those who perished are: Melissa Martin, aged 70, insane; Catherine Avery, aged 73, insane; Mrs. Atkinson, aged 80, insane; Zina Boynton, aged 80; Charles Elliott, aged 71, blind. The fire originated in the women's kitchen from a defective flue. There were forty in­ mates besides the overseer and family at the time of the fire. The building was nearly new, valued at $12,000. Insurance on building, $8,000; contents, $2,000. The rescued were brought to this city, where they were properly cared for. John Doherty, the hired man, brought three of the lunatics down the tire-escape in his arms, thus saving their lives. An imbecile boy, 19 years of age, was found in bed and rescued by means of the fire- escape. There were only two men, besides the inmates, about the place when the fire broke out, and they rescued the inmates before other help arrived. William Mills, one of the inmates, was the man who first issued Saunders' spelling-book. At one time he was worth $250,000. Much trouble was experienced in rescu­ ing those who were saved, as many of them resisted all efforts in their behalf. By the time they were out of the building it was useless to fight the flames, such head­ way having been gained that the building and most of the contents were soon in ashes. The only fire apparatus about the place was some hose connected with an empty reser­ voir. .91H& .85 & .30 & .92!.i .86 .81 DEADLY WALL-PAPER. It Contains Arsenic and Causes the Illness of an Entire Fumlljr. [Boston special.] D. G. Lyon, a prominent citizen of Cam­ bridge, says that in the summer of 1883 four of the rooms in his residence were papered by a well-known Boston dealer. For sev­ eral months things went well, but during the summer of 1884 all of the members of his family became ill. The house was filled, with an odor perceptible to some members of the family, though not to all, and their sleep became disturbed. An examination was made, which resulted in large quantities of arsenic being fonud in the wall-paper. The family moved away from the house and the paper was torn down. Mr. Lyon speaks of several cases which have come under his notice, and in conclusion he appeals for legislation on the subject. All AWFUL CAUHHTV. Over lifty Coal-Miners at lewtrarg, W. ?*., Low Their Lifw -, an Explosion. Terrible Grief of Wires and dren--the Cause of the , ̂ • disaster. Chll- fltewbm* (W. Va.) telegvanj A terrible explosion occurred at the Oriel' Coal Company s mine at this place, which has plunged the whole community into deep sorrow. Over forty lives have been sacrificed, many of the dead being our most respected citizens. While the day shift of miners were at work in the mine, tho air was suddenly rent with a most tre­ mendous explosion, the force of which knocked down men in the. streets half a mile away, shattered windows and doors all over town, and even crushed the stout sides of frame houses for a long distance around the mouth of the Oriel mines, while from the deep shaft of the colliery a dense cloud of mingled smoke and vapor arose two hundred feet in the air. A rush was at once made for the mouth of the mine. In a moment hundreds of citizens had congre­ gated about the shaft, their faces filled with consternation. and alarm. The shaft at which the explosion occurred was sunk two years ago, and has reached a depth of 350 feet. From the base of the shaft the main heading runs out about half a mile, the rooms diverging from either side. (Second dispatch.j Newburg stands in the shadow of a great grief, and her sorrow has invaded homes for fifty miles along the Baltimore and Ohio Kailroad, for many little communities are representee? at the bottom of the pit. I had but stepped off a belated train from Wheel­ ing and turned toward the mines when I heard the voices of lamentation, women wailing and piercing the air with shrieks of agony. The east-bound train brought a great number from Clarksburg, Fairmont, Grafton, and intermediate points, and sym­ pathizing friends came from as far east as Piedmont. They swelled the hopeless, help­ less crowd that hung about" the pit's month. Men, women, and children were gathered there--pale, trembling, weeping, staring at the shaft, almost dumb with consternation. Few words were exchanged, and those in low tones, for the people there knew that they stood above the tomb of thirty-nine men who went down to death at 7 o'clock yesterday morning, In half an hour more they would have been out alive. Soon the rumor spread that the search party found at the bottom of the shaft Dan­ iel Miller, tho eager; his son, 15 years old, a driver; young Timmons, a' tapper, and young Clark, a driver. Kinney's mule was blown sixty feet out of the stables with his halter on. There could be no certainty as to the identity of the blackened remains. As soon as the shaft was sufficiently repaired the cage was put on to take down a larger working force in the hope of bringing up some bodies and beginning the inquest. It then became apparent that there was little probability ofany bodies being brought up to-night. At this hour the crowd still stands about, discussing tho chances of life and death-- people from along the railroad and farmers ior miles back in the country, eager to do something, and nothing for them to do. The origin of» the disaster is variously de­ termined by experts, who vary in their the­ ories. The generally accepted theory, which is that of the company's representatives, is that Nick Williams, who was cutting a ditch at the extreme end of the working to let water off, knocked down a door to give him a better chance. The door played an im­ portant part in the. system of ventilation, which was thus deranged. The fcfhl gas collected in great volume, and was fired by a miner's lamp. One of the last men to come out of the mine before the explosion says that he heard Nick Williams say he was going to knock the door down, and as he came out he heard a heavy pounding, as though the door was being battered down. The State Inspector of Mines, on his recent visit here, recommended the company to ptit in a flue, but this had not been done. There is much talk of an indefinite kind about foul air in the mine, but the manager says that there has never been any trouble with the air, and that a head of water has always been kept on. One fear has been that the entombed men would be drowned, but, fortunately, the pumps have not stopped since the explosion. Mr. James Wilson, the shipping clerk, was standing fifty feet east of the shaft when the explosion came. He says: "I heard a thud, followed by the rising of a dense mass of "fog and mud. Be­ fore I had time to realize the sit­ uation, in half a minute, the shock came, a terrible burst of gas ripping off the weather-boarding and demolishing the upper part of the shaft. This, following the first noise, was all the notice the town needed. The people knew there was some­ thing wrong at the mine. There Was a rush to the works. The women came flock­ ing, and then began the pitiful scenes which you haVie seen here. It was a terri­ ble sight. There was hope then, and we at once began putting water down the shaft to Bcatter the after-damp and create a draught. Men tried their best to ge't down in the bucket, but they only got part of the way, for their lamps went out. Superintendent Laxton took that party down. A big chunk of ice hit him on the shoulder and nearly knocked him out of the bucket. Engineer Steele went down during Thursday night to fix the pump and was overcome, by the black-damp. He fell and cut his face and bruised himself badly, but he is still on duty." Fireman Carroll, an*intelligent, observing man, said: "There was nothing the matter with the air in the mine. It was good, and you may judge what men thought of it when they could go down at 7 o'clock in the morning and not come up until 4 in the afternoon. Sometimes they would Bleep .down thero four and five hours." The calamity falls with terrible force on this little town. The recent cold weather froze out the miners and they could not work for ten days, and little, if any, money is coming to the men who are on the death- roll. Few of them had any savings, and their taking off will leave their families in destitution. At midnight the people are still gathered in the rain to catch any tidings from below. The company can make no estimate of the money loss from the fact that a solid mass of coal and slate eighty feet thick was de­ molished by the explosion. It is provable that the company will be put. to a large ex­ pense before work can be resumed. DEADLY STEAM. Fire Slain by a Boiler Explosion* at Fort Wayne, In«l. [Fort Wayne special.] An explosion occurred at the Fairbanks A Duenweg Distillery, attended by fearful loss of life and destruction of property. The citizens of the west part of the city were startled by a loud report, as if from a cannon, accompanied by a trembling of the earth and rattling of the windows in the houses. - Many persons rushed into the street, fearing an earth­ quake. Immediately the fire-alarm rang, and soon hundreds of excited citizens were on their way to the scene of the disaster. It was soon ascertained that battery No. 1 of a series of four batteries had exploded with fearful effect. The large boiler-room was completely demolished; the stack, the largest in the city, was thrown over against the distillery proper, and one of the boilers hurled three hundred yards away. The battery-room was filled with debris and burning fiercely when the firemen, arrived. After a half-hour's struggle the flames were sub­ dued and search begun for the dead and wounded. Many women and children, the wives and daughters of the employes, 6tood around crying piteously. Five men were killed and three seriously injured by the ex­ plosion. About four years since an ex­ plosion occurred at the slime place by which ieven persons It^st their lives. LABOR'S ADT0CA1SS. Boa. John J. O'Neill, dustman of AM Hooae Committee on Labor. Hon. J. J. O'Neill, of Missouri, has been made Chairman of the House Committee on Labor. The importance of this com­ mittee is not to be underrated, and the ap­ pointment of Mr. O'Neill an Chairman thereof cannot be but flattering to himself and friends. John J. O'Neill, of St. Louis, was born June 25, 1840, of Irish parents. He received h common-school education, and during th" war was in the employ of the Government. After the close of the war he erg iged in manufacturing pursuits, and iu 1872 was elected to tho State Legis­ lature, being re-elected in 1874 and 1876. Iu 1878 he was nominated for Congress on the Workingman's ticket, but withdrew from the c nitest. He was elected to the Munici­ pal Assembly of St. Louis in 1879 and again in 1881. He was sent to the Forty- eighth Congress ns a Democrat, and was re-elected to the Forty-ninth Congress. Frank Lawler, Member of<tlie Committee on Labor. lion. Frank Lawler, of the Second Illi­ nois District, is one of the most active members of the committee of which Mr. O'Neill is Chairman. He was born at Rochester. N. Y., June 25, 1842; attended a public school until 13 years of age, when, owing to a Berious accident which befell his father, he was compelled to leave school and seek employment in a brick yard, 1SA^ ! ers, \ where he continued to labor for two years; was a news agent on railroads for three years; learned the trade of ship-builder, was elected President of the Ship-carpen­ ters and Ship-caulkers' Association* and took an active part in organizing trade and labor unions; was appointed upon the re­ quest of the trade and labor organizations to a position in the Chicago Postoilice,which he held from 18fi',) to 1877; was elected a member of the Chicago City Council in 187(5, was re-elected in 1878, 1880,- 1882, and 1884; and was elected to the Forty- ninth Congress as a Democrat. The D ver Tribune savs ot' Mr. Lawler: "It is tho fanhion of several Chicago papers, mostly Democratic, to snoer and poko fun at Frank Lawler, tho Democratic Con^reusinan who beat Mr. 1- inerty. Frank I.awler is by no nioanna bad fellow. lie was a newspaper boy, learned and worked at the trade of a ship car­ penter, was n, letter-carrier in Chicago, and Anally drifted into tho Aldcrmanic Board. He is an American, l>oin in New York State, of Irish parentage, a natural orator, and a pretty 'square' man. He is particularly clever to newspaper correspondents, tells them what be knows, and neither lies about nor exaggerates tho facts.i In these regards manv of his col­ leagues might emulate him to their advantage. Mr. Lawler is not a coarse, uneducated man. He writes a dashing good hand, and one can read his signature and his ehirography. He makes no mistakes in spelling, either. "Mr. Lawltr does not get drunk, play poker, or 'buck the ti;:er,' and, although plainly dressed, wears clean shirts and collars, minus the diamond headlight studs, like the average city Alderman. The only ornament ho carries consists of a gold wateli, and he has a fancy for sqnare-toed boots, always neatly polished. Like all natural orators, he talks a little too freely, but there is a. world of good sense, and, indeed, modesty in what he savs. He is good, hearted and generous, and, siting him up one side and down the other, barring the slightest suspicion of the 'brogue,' he is vastly the su­ perior of many men who, either through acci­ dent or design, get into Congress aud ^ilplug to the devil thereafter, forever and forever, with no amen!" Cennocticut Trades Union* Pat 8om Questions to Tlieir Congressmen. [New Haven spscial.] The Amalgamated Trader: and Labor Unions of this State recently forwarded to the Senators and Representatives from Con­ necticut at Washington the following meas­ ures, requesting their influence in support of the same: First--That the public lands be reserved for actual settlers, not for railroads and speculators. Second--The abolition of the Govern­ ment contract system aud nou-competition of convict with free American labor. Third--Graduated tax on lands and in­ comes. Fourth--The establishment of postal sav­ ings banks and safe deposits for small amouuts. Fifth--That importation of foreign labor under contract be prohibited. Sixth--Incorporation of trades-unions. Seventh--Direct Government issuance of money without the interventiou of banks- Eighth--That the Government shall con­ trol all telegraphs, telephones, and rail­ roads, and that hereafter no charter shall be granted to any corporation for the construc­ tion or operation of any means of trans­ porting intelligence, passengers, or freight. A request for an expression of opinion on the above was made. Striking Fall Kiver Spinners. [Fall River (Mass.) special. 1 All the manufacturers have received a long letter front the spinners, asking that the prices be restored to the rates after the be­ ginning of last year. They say: If stockholders have had no dividends in mum eases for the last two yearB it should nit be for­ gotten that our w«gi*s are entirely inadequate to the wants of our families, which the accounts of tli« storekeepers of this city if they were seen would amply prove. Trad«> is profitable now with­ out a doul>t. There is riot this last week ending Saturday ,Jun.23,one day's production of the mills of this city on hand and this confirms or belief, which him exiHted for some time past, that we are facing the dawn of an era of prosperity that will gtv« fair wages to employes and fair divi­ dends to stockholders also. We trust the con­ cussion we solicit will be granted,. and that a renewal of industrial warfare similar to what has been witnessed too often in the past, and which has proved so detrimental to Doth par- tics engaged in it, and to the interests of the citv also, may be averted. In adversity we have suffered alike, let us share alike in prosperity. Justice is all we ask for-- no more; we expect no less. A deputation of spinners will wait upon yon before Feb. 4, when we hope a favorable answer will be given. IT LOOKS UKE WAR President and the Bev£rend *8«ttfP ators. : K-h lb. Gtoreland Says He Will Hot s^v Regar&Ag £• j , ' • morals. Supply The President and the Senate. [Washington special to the Chicago Times.J fi The President has definitely decided hot to supply the Senate with information re­ garding removals. A few days ago he was disposed to send this information, with an explanation that he did so as a matter of courtesy, and not a matter of duty, provided ; the Senate asked for it in a manner indi­ cating that it was looked for simply as a matter of accommodation. But he since reached the conclusion that the repe­ tition of courtesies of that kind would cre­ ate a precedent that would result in future Senates demanding such information and future Presidents feeling themselves bound to give it. The President looks on the power of absolute removal as a part of the Presidential prerogative, and he will not do anything that will impair that prerogative. He will not, even as a matter of accommodation, re-enforce the ' theory of certain Senators that they have ft right to pass judgment on the President'® removals. Whether appointments be con- sidered in secret or open sessions will make no difference. The president, does not look with favor on the suggestion that executive sessions be dispensed with in considering appointments, and in either case he will not, even in an indirect way, recognize the right of the Senate to participate with the President in making removals. The Sen­ ate committees have not yet applied to the President himself for the desired informa­ tion. A Democratic Senatoriwho has been con­ sulted by an immediate friend of thes Presi­ dent as to the situation with respect Sto con­ firmations, says that the Preside# de­ cided to instruct the Cabinet officers not to furnish any information as to suspen­ sions, and that he does not believe the President will change his mind. The same Senator is confident, from statements which the Republican Senators have made to him personally, that the Republicans will not recede from their position; that they will insist upon the production of the papers; that they will certainly, in cases of refusal, subpcKiia the Cabinet officers with a sum­ mons duces tecum, aud that it is possible even that the contest may go so ,far that the Republicans may choose to attempt to place the Cabinet officers in contempt in the event that they shall refuse to produce the papers. They may not go as far as that, but they are not likely to coufirm any of the appoint­ ments made in cases of suspension. _ The President and the Kight-Hour iiiiww : |j [Washington special.] || At a recent meeting of the Committee on Labor of the House of Representatives statements were made that the spirit of the eight-hour law was being openly violated, ignored, or evaded in certain of the Gov­ ernment departments, and Chairman O'Neill was empowered to present to the House a resolution of inquiry directed to the various Secretaries asking in direct terms whether the law was being enforced by them. Pend­ ing the introduction of the resolution Mr, O'Neill sought an audience with the Presi­ dent, which was granted, aud lasted for over an hour. On the* matter Of the eight- j hour law the President said: _, i I believe that the law is a sound ' ie and I * good one, and that it should bo enforced to the letter. I have\ no information regarding in stances of its violation or evasion, but if sucl instances are presented to me I will see that tho abuse is rt mellied, and tho fall spirit of the law is enforced, Which I understand to be topaj- workmen in tho Government employ for eight hours' work daily what is paid outside of tht Government employ for a full day's work. Thf (xovernment cannot afford to set the example o* non-enforcement and non-observance of its owt' enactments | The President further said: . I 1 appreciated the effect upon the mechanics' o* v j the country of the constantly increasing use of labor-saving muchinery. nnd I can think of no more practical relief for the employed surplus labor than the occupation by it of the public lands. I do not hesitate to say that I am heartily in favor of any feasible plan for the encourage­ ment and assistance of prospective American settlers ujxin tho public domain by the General .Government. In this connection the President expressed some very radical views upon the subject of the occupation of vast tracts of public land by foreign capitalists. The President seemed desirous of impressing upon Mr. O'Neill his willingness to heartily co-oper­ ate with Congress in any efforts it may make to elevate the working-class and improve the social condition of the bread-winners. TARIFF RF.VISIOJT. The Way* and Means Committee Almost Beady to lleport a Ilcvi'iiiie Bill. [Washington special.] The Ways and Means Committee now hopes to be able to report a tariff bill much earlier than seemed probable a fe\t- days ago. A large part of the parliamentary work, including general information and computations, that was done two years ago is still available, and will largely reduce the Inlaw of working out the details of a new bill. Two years ago Colonel Morrison started out with the assumption tHat the protectionists bad devoted enough time and talent to the tariff bill to make it substan­ tially symmetrical and properly adjusted in the relations of the different parts to each other. Consciiuently. he merely raised ihe question of high duties or low ones by the provision that with certain exceptions only eighty per cent, of thy existing duties should be collected. Thereupon the protectionists set up a great clamor that it would be wholly unscientific to leave the different duties in the same ratio to each other. They discredited the work they had been doing for twenty- thgee years, and which they had just revised with the help of a commission of professed experts, by declaring that Mr. Morrison's bill was a mere botch and utterly unfit for enactment, because it reduced duties not in the same amounts but in the same ratios, whereas he ought to reduce Some duties a great deal more than others if he were to make any reductions. These candid and straightforward critics of the horizontal bill will soon have the opportunity to make criticisms of a diametrically opposite character, and no consideration or consistency will prevent their doing it. The Ways and Means Com­ mittee hone to report a bill within the next two weeks, which will bring the bill forward so early in the session that there will be ample time to debate it. The bill will be rather longer than the horizontal bill, but & good deal shorter than a general bill. It will enumerate only the articles the duties on which it is proposed to change. The bill will, in effect, be a good deal like the hill of two years ago, except that it will state tho new duties instead of expressing the propor­ tion of the old duty that the new duty is to be. It will not, however, affect quite so many articles as that bill did. IT is said by a contemporary that Isa­ bella, ex-Queen of Spain, owns consider­ able real estate in Philadelphia, and furthermore is a shareholder in the Keely motor. MR. ARTHUR, the ex-President, who has been suffering from dyspepsia, is now much improved, and good digestion bids fair once more to wait upon his appetite. IN appearance Gen. Wolseley is said to be decidedly effeminate. He is deposed generally to be quite sociable, but is not popular with the rank and file. DR. HARVEY LINDSLY, President of the Princeton Alumni Association, of Washing­ ton, is 83 years old, and the only survivor of the class of 1820. GEX. TOOMBS never was a barrister in England, as has been asserted, but gave legal advice and received heavy foes for it during his sojourn there.