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A DAY'S DOINGS. gftatadealct AssShllBlaAB UNVT Ml rVmPW. ILLINOIS. : • • Bveatfbl Bippeninp In Every Hem­ isphere, as Transmitted bj _ •1 Telegraph. •.-?•$ , Political. Social, Financial, Commercial, Industrial, Criminal and Other 1 Bews.' ' mrasT dispatches. ; • DISCRIMINATION CHARGEO. Connor Bros. Ask $100,000 Damages from the Vicksburg and Meridian Road. A DAMAGE suit for $100,000 has been •Uttered in the United States Circuit Court, by Connor Brothers, grain merchants of St. Louis, npainst the Vicksburg and Meridian Railroad Company: They com­ plain of unjust and unlawful dis­ crimination against them In shipping rates to points South, and claim that their business in Southern States bas been injured to the extent of $50,000 by a false and fraudulent system of rebates and drawbacks, false bills of lading and fraudulent charges. They also allege that they have been damaged in the sum of $50,000 by discrimination in freight rates in favor of the Chandler Commission Company and the Gratiot Steel Warehouse Company. The suit is brought under the provisions of the inter- commeroe law. » > A DEFORMED PRINCE. ! / - One Arm Shorter Than the Other--How It Happened a Hooted Question. A crmocs story is told by a New York medical paper of the manner in which the German Crown Prince came to have his left arm two inches shorter than his right. It Is said that the arm was fractured at the Prince's birth. There was a row on that occasion growing out of toe importation of two English obstetiicians and the jealousy of Prof. Martin, an eminent German prac­ titioner. Whether the fracture was acci­ dental, and was kept a secret by the English doctors, or whether the German Professor, through spite, gave the royal youngster's arm an extra twist in handling the new arrival, are the interesting ques­ tions raised by the publication of the article. A HORRIBLE CATASTROPHE. Seven Penoni Burned to Death Under Sua* piclous Circumstances. ON the farm of the Widow Freeze, near Arlington, Neb., occurred a horrible cataa- trophe. Fire broke out in the barn, and when citizens reached the spot two hours later they found in the ruins the charred remains of seven human beings, distrib­ uted among the burned carcasses of the live stock. The entire family, consisting of four adults and three children, had been burned to death, probably In the at* tempt to rescue the cattle from the burn­ ing stable. A CYCLONE IN ARKANSAS. Hosses Wrecked, Trees Torn Up, and Stock KiHed. A TERRIFIC cyclone passed over the eastern "portion of Ouachita County, Ar­ kansas. It Btrnok Josiah Herson's place, wrecked his house, and destroyed his fenc­ ing, but no lives were lost. The storm traveled from the southeast to the north­ west, and its track was about a hundred and fifty yards wide. Trees were twisted and torn from their roots and hurled about like straws. Damage is reported at various other places in the neighborhood. EMPEROR FREDERICK BETTER. No Mine Bulletins Will Be Issued Unless a Belapse Occurs. EKPSBOR FBEDERICK was free from fever the morning of the 4th and able to rise from his bed. He is now considered out of immediate danger, and no mora bulletins will be issued unless a i^rtf should occur. Railroad Changes. THE story comes from Boston the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Company, which already controls a continuous 'line from Chicago to the Pacific coast, is ar­ ranging to absorb the St. Louis and San Francisco Road and a number of minor roads which serve as feeders. Should this deal be consummated the Atchison would operate nearly eight thousand miles of railroad. The report, however, is denied by officials of the company in Boston. A RESOLUTION was adopted by the House on tlw 4th, calling on the Secretary ol the Treas­ ury for a statement a* to whether there is an order or regulation ot the Treasury Depart­ ment the enforcement of which would prevent the overloading of vessels with freight on the peat lakes. The report in the California con­ tested election case of Lynch versus Vundever was placed on the calendar. The report is unanimously in favor of Vandever, the sitting member. Mr. Cox, of New York, pre­ sented in the House the bill for ap­ propriate reference of a memorial from Gens. Hchofield and Slocum and other mem­ bers of the Army of the Potomac, askin? for an appropriation of 825,000 to aid in meeting the expenses of the fraternal reunion of the surviv- ^uly the Potomac ana the armies ? r5.0rT1?fti to be held on the battle­ field at Gettysburg in July next, to commemo­ rate the twenty-flfih anniversary of that con- c"f well (Wis.) criticised the Mills tariff bill in the House, declaring it did not provide any substantial decrease on articles of general consumption. He advocated the entire re­ moval of the duty on sugar, which, he said would takfe a tax from the food of every person in the country, and advocated a reasonable bounty to sugar producers. Mr. McDonald (Minn.) thought the bill did not go far enough. He would place coai, iron ore, and Busar on th® free list. He warned the Republican party that it had better meet the Democratic party half-way in its efforts for tariff re­ form. Mr. Guenther (Wis.) said the Republi­ cans generally favored abolishing entirely the tax on tobacco and spirits used in the arts and manufactures. Should further reductions be nece&Bary they proposed to abolish the duty on sugar and pay a bounty to the producers amountiur to a sum equal to the present tax. ^?u.ld make a reduction of about 1B0,000.000 certain and absolute. At the even- ma session twenty-seven pension bills were WASHINGTON. THE May public debt statement la as follows: nrrEREST-BZABno DXBT. Bonds at 4^ par cent $228,054,600 Bonds at 4 per cant . 731,330,330 Refunding certificates at 4 per cent 141,300 Navy pension fuad at 3 per cent... 14,OoO,OOJ Pacific railroad bonds at 6 per cant 04,623,512 Principal Interest $1,038,193,7o2 • ••••••« 7,00,313 TOTAL DEBT. EAST. CHABLBS L DEBATJN, assistant cashier «f the National Park Banfc. of New York, is » defaulter to the extent of $95,000, and has disappeared. He entered the bank twenty years ago, and gradually worked up to the position named. A BEAPBHINO report caused great ex­ citement in Union City, Pa. Investigation revealed an attempt to blow into eternity Counselor Frank M. McClintock, his wife, two children. Some persons, presum- *Wy n»nwh(jm McClintock had prosecuted for infractions of the liquor law. or else tbe friends of a gang of burglars now in had placed dynamite bombs made •pipe under McClintock's house. nib exploded, wrecking the house •Ud alifEjhtlyinjuring the family. The bomb Which had been put under McClintock's iftdroom did not explode, as the fuse failed to bom. The Grand Jury at New York have iwooght indictments against General and i Urs. Ann Odelia Diss Debar for conspiracy Pj^'lpa&d larceny. • ANDREW BRAD LET fatally shot his wife at McKeexport, Pa. A wor occurred among a company of Hnngirisnir atlnkenuan. Pa., in the coarse < «f which one of the rioters, Joseph Lasker, >. %- J J > >< Total. $1,045,765,105 DEBT ON WHICH UOTBE8T BAS CJSABllD BliiCK MATcniTT. Principal I2.675.15.-> Interest f l7o,8?4 Total $i,846,029 DEBT BEARING MO nrTEBEST. Old demand and legal-tender notes $346,737,956 Certificates of deposit .-. 10,555,000 Gold certificates 99,a6l,2t)3 Stiver certificates 194,426,932 Fractional currenoy (less 18,375,984, estimated as tost or destroyed)... 6,941,061 Principal.... Principal Interest Total.. $1,706,833,376 X/eas cash items available for re­ duction of debt $ 31#,955,552 Leas reserve held for redemption of United States notes 100,000,000 _ , , , . , . $ 414.955.-552 Total debt less available cash M*""- • • • • • - $1,291,877,824 Has cash in the Treasury-- U0,244,9jJ Debt less cash in Treasury May 1. IS8,- w .•'ml *. $1,181,632,855 Do tot leaa eaah in Treasury April 1. 1888 1,13>0,868,155 $698,222,212 $1,699,037,159 7,730,217 Decrease durine the month $ 9,285,800 Decrease since June 3,1887 OTjai CASH IN TKKASCRT AVAILABLE FOB SEDUCTION OF PUBLIC DEBT. Geld held for gold certificates act­ ually outstanding Silver held for silver certificates*.! U. 8. notes held lor certUuates of deposit...... Cash held for matured' debt*and x»in^^.,t1Unp*ld 10,411,373 Fractional currency 954 $99,561,293 194,420,932 10,555,000 $314,955,552 100,000,090 85.750,228 148,150 25,898,386 39,269,609 110,244,969 Total available (or reduction of debt _ B*8gBV« FOS»."" Held for redemption of u. S. notes, acta Jan. 14, 1875, and July 12. 1882 Unavailable for reduction "oil debt- Fractional silver coin Minor ooln Total. Certificates held aa cash Net cash balance on Total cash in treasury as shown by Treasurer's general accoant $590,368,518 THE nomination of Melville W. Fuller,of Chicago, -as the successor of Chief Justice "Waite was sent to the Senate by the Presi­ dent on Monday, the 30th nit. That the distinguished Chicago jurist's ehances were better than those of any other lawyer mentioned, says a special from Wash­ ington to the Chicago Hem hi, ha<l been evident ever since the movement for the promotion of Judge Scholfield, o: Illinois, came to an end The indorsements of tho latter were very strong, but when published interviews with the Judge made it clear that he was not to be con­ sidered in the raco the geaeral feeling at the capital wa.B that Mr. Fuller was sure to be the lucky man. When a vacancy in tho Supreme bench was occasioned by tbe death of Chief Justice Waite the eminent Chieagoan's nam«' leaped to tbe lips of his friendn, and was speed­ ily brought prominently before the notice of the President, who had already, it is believed been considering Mr. Fuller an a possibility' President Cleveland's choice is highly com­ mended by prominent members of both politi­ cal parties at tbe National Capital. There is no reason to suppose that Mr. Fuller will not °f the republican fcena- Cudlom and FarwelL^ th9 Beafttor8 In endeavoring to qnetl the dbtutam Officer Brown shot bwiker, whose woonds are serious. Six rioters are in jail. AFTER having confessed to the murder of a man near New York, three years ago, August Ziegler, a farmer living near Lynn- port. Pennsylvania, comnutted aiw^aahl hanging himself in his bam. ^ WEST. " JOHN T. RAND shot and killed his wife and baby at his home In He­ lena, M. T., and then killed himself. Band was a brutal fellow, and frequently beat his wife. A short time ago she had him arrested for attacking her, and sent to jail. He was released and immediately went home, where he found his wife and young daughter. The wife ran out of the house, but had taken only a few steps when he appeared in the doorway with a rifle in his hands, and taking aim at his wife shot her. She fell to the ground, and was dead before a doctor could be summoned. As his wife fell Rand placed the mnzzle of the rifle to his own head and fired, killing himself. GEN. MARTIN BEEM, the well-known lawyer and politician of Chicago, commit­ ted suicide by shooting himselr, while vis­ iting at the ranch of D. Case, near Stan­ ton, Neb. Mr. Case is a relative of Gen. Beem's wife. Family trouble is said to be the cause of the suicide. Mn. Beem had just reached the ranch from Chicago. It is surmised that Beem's reason was de­ throned. THE surface buildings of the Eclipse mine at' Little Cottonwood, Utah, were burned, at a loss of from $70,000 to $100,000. THE flour output at Minneapolis, Minn., last week Was 181,800 barrels, against 178,200 the week before, the greatest 1 amount ever produced in a single week. The market ia very dull and but little flour is being sold. IN the Federal Court at Chicago Judgea Gresham and Blodgett decided the cele­ brated case between the Wagner Car Com­ pany and the Pullman Palace Car Com­ pany in regard to the vestibule trains, the right to the manufacture of which was in dispute. The decision was in favor of the Pullman Company, and an or­ der was granted enjoining the Wag­ ner company from a further use of these trains. The decision is based on the vaiid- ity of the Pullman patents, completely knocking out the claim of the Wagner that the vestibule car had bean long in use in other countries before Pullman obtained his patents. The decision gives the Pull­ man company the monopoly of the manu­ facture of vestibule cars in this country. A CHARTER has been filed at Topeka, Ean., for "The Fanners' Federation of the Mississippi Valley," the farmers trust. -The capital stock is $20,000,000, with shares at $10 each. The charter is signed by citizens of fourteen States and five Territories. A DISASTRIOU8 collision occurred on the Jacksonville & Southwestern Bail road at Sorrento, 111., by which two men were killed and four others seriously injured. The north-bound passenger train was run into by a south-bound freight A TRIPLE murder in war times is revived by the arrest in Texas of Bobert Clanton, who is charged with the murder of L. B. Coates and Stephen and Jerome Maddox in Portland, Missouri, Oct. 18, 1863. The murdered men were Southern sympathiz­ ers and Clanton and his brother Unioe men. Clanton disappeared, and was ar­ rested in Texas, where he had married and become wealthy. In regard to the death of Gen. "Mawi™ Beem. of Chicago, at Stanton, Neb., the Coroner's jury returned a verdict of "in­ stantaneous death by a pistol-shot from some unknown hand." It is known that two shots were fired, but the victim's wife, who was sleeping in the same room, was not awakened by the detonation. The re­ mains were interred at Alton. 111. a pttefced battle in a oottan-iaUL forty shots being fired. Ferrar vaa fatally hurt and many others wounded, and Miss Riley was crared by grief at the news. THE worst flood ever known in North­ ern Texaa is now sweeping over that oountry from the Red River. More than 100 miles of the Santa Fe Railroad is tinder water. JOHN MARTIN, editor of the Xew Vis- aiasippian, and Gen. Wirt Adams, Post­ master of Jackson, Miss., fought a street duel, and both were instantly killed. The following article, published in the New Miasutsippian» was the immediate oause of the tragedy: People who do not recoive the Xcw Missi.isij* piatt rejjulavly will please remember that sinoe we exposed the obliquity of General Wirt Cer­ tificate Adams the postoffice is endeavoring to wreak its spite against this paper in every pos­ sible way. This paper has to be in the postof- flee about half an hour or an hour sooner than the Kepublioan paper here, or it is made to lie over for another mail. It is strange how mad some men will get when the plain truth is told about them in print, and yet this paper is feel­ ing remarkably well. JIM HARRIS, colored, who- aesaulted Mrs. Simmons at Vicksburg, Miss., was lynched. HENRY POPE, colored, under sentence of death, was hanged, by a mob at mid­ night from the court-house veranda 1ft Summerville, Ga. POLITICS. SENATOR STANFORD declares that the mention of his name in connection with the Presidential nomination is absurd. MogrtpUttl Sketch of VelTilla W . v Roller* the Sucoetsor M » Judge Waite. Mi) How the Appointment Is Viewed--The flmte Will in AU Probability Confirm Him. (Washington special to Chioago News.1 The appointment of Mr. Fuller to be-Chief Justice was not a surprise to those who hav% been in the confidence of the President, for he had nearly a week ago decided to appoint him, i and told a friend so. There will be no trouble i about Mr. Fuller's confirmation, although the j Senate will not take unbecoming haste in act- ! upon the nomination. It will g i first to the i Committee on the Judiciary, which i<* compose 1 ; at Messrs. Edmunds, Hoar, Incalls, Wilson of Iowa, Evorts. Puglf, Coke, Vest, and George. LABOR. . . . DECLINE in business has led to the di|4 charge of 150 men from the Pennsylvania Railroad's ear works at Fort Wayne, Ind. MASTER WORKMAN POWDERLY has in­ formed the Knights of Labor that in Can­ ada, in future, the work of the order will be carried on by natives. There has been dissatisfaction and talk of disruption be­ cause American orators traveling through Canada frequently spoke against the inter­ est of Canadian labor. FOREIGN. A BsBXiiir dispatch of Monday says,of j the Emperor's condition: i The beginning of the week sees an unhoped- > for change, and a feeling of relief and joy at I the good news can be plainly read in the faces \ of the daily visitors to the achloss. There ia ; •very reason to believe that no further com- >j plications will set in, at least for some weeks, now that the dangers at the crisis are over. . The original disease, however, is insidious in i its progress, and tbe final result is only post- ! poned. The patient is free from fever, his : digestion is unimpaired, his appetite good, no j is allowed to eat anything he likes, and his Is j in the best of spirits. j DR. BKHOJ^NN has retired from attend- j ance upon the German Emperor. He made some mistake in treatment which subject­ ed him to the censure of having been re- . sponsible for the Emperor's recent relapse, i CARL SCHCUZ has been banqueted in I Berlin. Count Herbert Bismarck, several ! members of the Reichstag, and other dis­ tinguished persons were present. THE trial at Loughrea of Mr. William | O'Brien, member of Parliament and editor | of United Ireland, of Dnblin, has been ! concluded. Mr. O'Brien was convicted'! and sentenced to three months' imprison­ ment. Sir. O'Brien was charged with vio- lating the crimes act by advising the peo- , pie in a proclaimed district to join the ; League. When the case for the crown was j closed, Mr. O'Brien declined to make any ! speech in his own defense. A meeting ! announced to be held at Mitchellstown j in connection with the coming trial of Mr. \ Condon, member of Parliament, for of- I fenses under the crimes act, has been pro- j claimed. j UPON being released from jail at Dnb­ lin, after serving out his two weeks' sen­ tence for offenses under the crimes aet, Mr. Gilhooly, the Irish member of Parlia­ ment, was greeted by a large crowd as he left the prison. In a speech, he defended the plan of campaign, and said he did not believe the priests and bishops would ever deprive the people of that potent weapon. GENERAL. GEN. GUEBRA, commander of the first military zone of Sonora, Mexico, tele­ graphs the Governor that Lieut. Juan Quintro, wito Federal forces, had a sharp battle with Yaqtii Indians on the Tejibam- po Mountains, killing twenty-one and wounding one, who was taken prisoner. Manuel Escobas, of the Federal forces, was dangerously wounded. In a subse­ quent dispatch the General says: "Capt. Angel Lanes, of the Mexican home guards, overtook a party of Yaqui rebels going to­ ward Agua Caliente and had a fight with them, killing seven and capturing fourteen prisoners, mostly women and children, and a lot of guns and ammunition." CHOP reports covering practically the entire spring-wheat areas of Minnesota and Dakota indicate the most diversified crop these States have ever put in, and that the crop, with no storms, will all be seeded rather early. The grass is short and needs rain. The oat crop everywhere is suffer­ ing for the want of it. A drought in April is something unheard of. The whole crop outlook now depends on cufious rains dur­ ing the month of May. JACOB SCIIAFFER, speaking of George Slosson's contemplated removal to New York City, says he will play Slosson for any amount, and give him 500 points in 3,000, at either the balk-line or champion's game. MARKET REPORTa CHIl A(iO. CATTI.Z--Choioe to Prime Kteers $5.00 To nearly all of these eentlemen Mr. Fuller la personally known, and I am assured that no objection will be raised to him on the ttepub- lioan side. When Mr. Farwell wont to tbe White House la«t week to carry some recommendations for Mr. Fuller from prominent Chicago Republi­ cans, the President asked if be indorsed Mr. Fuller himaolf. , "I am not recommending anv Democrats to office," replied Mr. Farwell, "but I will tell you what 1 will do. If you will nominate Fuller I will get every Republican Kenutcr to vote for Ills confirmation, providing you will keep the Democratic Senators straight. All of our fel­ lows will vote for Fuller, evory man of them, for the only thing we know against him is that he is a Democrat." The President replied that it was a pretty difficult tiling to get all the Democrats in tho Senate to vote for any one, and he thought Mr. Farwell would have an easier jot) than he. iWasbington sp <cial to Chicago Tiibune.l • Th» intluonccs that brought about Mr. Ful­ ler's appointment were varijus. Tho imme­ diate cause was | erhaps the ojinion of Sen­ ators Farwell and Culiom that he would be confirmed without trouble. They did net go to the White House t > urge the President to :.p- point him, but tney did represent that Alls nomination was desire 1 by the lawyers and other citizens of Illinois without distinction of*' party. One doy the President somewhat cau­ tiously a iked what the piospe-t vould bo for4 confirming Mr. Fulle*. "Well," replied Sen-q ator Harwell, "t'udom and I will see to it that our side of tho Fenate is informed of hi* good qutlities if you can take careof your Senators." " Yourx is tbo eaeier work," replied the Presi­ dent, but he showed his pleasure. It is prob­ able, however, that Mr. Fuller owes his ap­ pointment to himself as much as to any on© else. Ho first met Mr. Cleveland at Albany a month before the inauguration. John Oberly was noar the throne, and among the Illiuoisans he introduced no one who made a better im­ pression on Mr. Cleveland than Mr. Fuller. Ho did not want any office, aud tho President soon found that his advico was disinterested. Ho was consulted in all the Chicago appointments, and had muoh to do with tho disowning of Carter Harrison by the administration. are quoted in MOTM at Tolumta. • hard worker, early and late In his office, still em - bitioua and enargetia in tils ptofeisioa, bets nevertheless sufficiently independent t»select his clients. Only a few.month* ago he was offered a H,000 fee by a large corporation, but he replied: "X can t take it at any pxtoe. There is no case." AS AN ORATOR. "Mel" Fuller, as he is almost nnlrersaHv called in Chicago, not familiarly but admir­ ingly, is a eon of Maine and a native of Mr. Blaiue's town of Augusta. He came West la 185t>. Almost fr. m ihe £rst he took to the stump, and the audiences of that early day admired his ardency and rhetorfe almost as much as tbey did tbe Little Giant, whose fol­ lower he was. Fuller was a good speaker even then, and though his voice was thin, as It still is, snd though he indulged in literary illustra­ tions and citation?, whose point the common class sometimos m ssed, as it dors to this dav,. he was happy m bis choice of words and phrases, greatly in earnest, and lull of the win­ ning quality of sincerity. AS A CUBISTIAN. Mr. Fuller himself is orthodox, and for twenty vears bas been a vestryman of St. Mark's. He loves to mingle with the doctors of the church, and is never so happy as when a lay delegate and measuring wit with the subtle and unctu­ ous fathers. Keturninc; from a national synod at Philadelphia, a year or two since, he inat a friend in the street, and, in response to inquiry concerning bis vacation, told wheie he bad been, and added: "Egad, but it was glorious to sit there and hoar the old doctors expound the lawl" HOT TOO ARISTOCRATIC TO SMOKB A PIPB. "•Mel" Fuller is one of the few men who are pointed out and spoken of on the streets of Chicago. His is always a conspicuous and wel­ come ft cure, though not from its size, for he is slight of frame and short of stature. His face is remarkably youthful for one of his age--be is 5.>--and though his hair is gray bis eye retains all ot the brightness of a quarter of a century ago. Ho is active, vivacious, genial, approachable, quick with a smile or & stilly, qb Intuitive as & woman, mid almost as sympathetic, he is a man with sun­ shine in hiit face an I i rains behind it. In his office be is neither so busy as to require cards to be sent in oir-a silver salver nor too aristocratic to smoke a pipe. l:\KHVMODY IN CHICAGO PI/EASED. Thero was no one in Chicago who had a word to say against tne appointment It was re­ ceived with such general approval that no one jean hereafter doubt the hi^h regard and warm fiersonal feeling entertained for Mr. Fuller as awyor and m' n by all who know him, whether Democrats or llepublicaus. DEC'LINKD OFFICII FIVF. TIME*. It is an v.ndcu >ted iact that the tender of tbe Chief Justict snip is tie sixth appointment which the 1'?evident lias offered Mr. J uller. He want© 1 tiie Chicago lawyer to go a' load to take one cf lbs first-class missions. This was declined. 1'ben Mr. Cleveland wanted Jiiui to tako a place on the Civil fervl e Commis­ sion, wliih w s not acceptable. The place of Solicitor General was thought in keeping with his legal talnnts, but he wanted none ot it. 1 he Interstate ( ommission was then sug­ gested by the President without meeting with 'avor. l-ina'lv Mr. Cleveland wante l him to become a member of the J'aciflc ltailwav Con»- m'ssion, which would not interfere with his private practice, but this, too, was declined. It may be, for all any one knows, that there have been other tenders. How Mr. Fuller Received tbe News. |Frotn tho Chicago News.l "Ididn't expect it," said Mr. Fuller. "lam so surprised that I can't think of anything to ' say. What is there to say, anyhow? I saw what WHS in the papers, but I don't believe all I see tbere. The truth is, tbev wanted SOLDO man irom tho West. Judge Scholfield tould have had it, nut he didn't want it He didn't write that letter declining to have bis name considered for the place without somothing be­ hind it." "You are not likolyjo take tho same oourso, are you ?" was asked. "I have not had time to think about it. I cannot talk abnut it." f Mr. Fuller's Native City. • [Augusta (Me.) telegram.I Angnstapoonle, who recollect Mr. rlilTer as a schoolboy, editor, and City Solicitor, are de- lightod with the selection It may bo interesting to recall tbe fact that tbe proceedings of the Maine Legislature in 185f< were reported for the Kennebec Jo-urn ii>by James Gillespie Blaine, and for the Afje bv ^Melville Weston Fuller, just appointed Chief Justice ot the United States. BIOGRAPHICAL. Brief Sketch of the X«w Chief Justice of tbe UiilU'il States. Melville W. Fulfcsr Was born in Augusta, Me., • Fob, 11, I8'W. His parents were Frederick A. t uller, son of the Hon. Henry W. Fuller, of Augusta, and Catharine Weston, daughter of Chief Justice Nathan Weston. The history of tbe family in New Knsland dates back to the Mayliower. Mr. Fuller received his education in Augusta, and graduated at Bowdoin Collo^e in the class of 1S53. He began tho study of law in tho o.tice of his uncle. George Melville Weston at Bangor, and afterward attended lectu'ea in tbe law department oi^Harviird IJni- \ersity. In 1851, he began the practice of law ia Augusta, and also acted as one of the edit >rs of the 4 ye newspaper. He was elected a mem­ ber of the Common Council of Augusta, bo- came President, and was also tho City Solicitor. He did not remain in Augusta more than two yearB, but came West, and located in Chicago, and has for thirty years enjoyed a largo and lu­ crative law practice in that city. Mr. fuller's practice has won for,him the name»of a learned lawyer and a faithful coun­ selor. Politically Mr. Ful'er has always been known as a Jefferson ian Democrat. During all his ca­ reer he has taken th3 keene t interest in poli- ti s, bur, bas persistently declined to allow the use of bis namo a i a candidate for any office. Jn i8ol ho was cliof-en a member of the Illinois Constitutional Convention In 13(52 he was electod to the Legislature as a l emocrat from U strong Republic in district. He was a dele- guite to the Democratic National Conventions of 1876, and 1&H0. A s an orator Mr. Fuller's diction is polished and elepant. He was chosen to deliver tho ad­ dress of welcome to Stephen A. Douglas in 1830, and has made many other public ad­ dresses. Mr. Fuller has been married twice. His first wire was Calista O. Reynolds, whom ho liuir- ried in 1858, and after her decease he married Ellen, daughter of the late distinguished banker, William F. Coolbaugh, His family consists of eight daughters. PERSONAL TRAITS. JndwTnil^r i / atei / [From » VA VIMa slinAtr . SOUTH. AT Jefferson, Texas, Paul Ferrer and James Layton, after quarreling over their oommon affection for Miss Maggie Itilev, organized bands of their friends, and had f.' Good.... Cows and Heifers HOGS--Shipping Grades........ SDEUF WHEAT--NO. i Ked....l CORN--No. 2 OATS--No. 2 BAULKY--No. 2 BciTiiR--Choice Creninery Fine Dairy CHKESE--Full Crearn, flat Ro»s--Fresh POTATOES--Sweet, per brl ^uiut--Mess MILWAUKEE. WHKAT--June CORN--No. 3 OATS--No. % White KVE--No. 1 BAHLKT--No. 2 Foaa--Mess TOLEDO. WHKAT--Cash CORN--Cash OAT*--- NOW 2 White CLOVKB HEED bT. LOUIS. WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--Mixed OATS--Cash ;.I RYE BARLEY PORK--Mess ' NEW TOKK. CATTLE HOOA........ SHKKP WHEAT--No. 2 lied........ CORN--No. 2 OATS--White 1'OMK--New Mess DETROIT. CATTLE... Hoos Hamf*. WHEAT--No. 1 white CORN--No. 2 Yellow OATFC--No. 2 White INDIANAPOLIS. CATTVE Hons..., fiamxe LAVBS BUFFALO. CATTLE... HOGS KHEEP W HF,AT--No. 1 White. CohH--No. 3 Yellow EAST LIBERTY. CATTUS-- Prime Fair Common Hoos..... SHEEP.. LiUi... V'v 4.00 2. 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Loving his profession wejl, and his home and his booKa even better, be has found it impos­ sible to keep away irom tho council fire und the hustings. >.ot that ho bas cared for o.'licj --he is the list miin to tbiuk of himself. Al- -wayrt being "mentioned" for something, al­ ways declining, always working for some other man, he bus now many friends and no enemies. AK A POLITICIAN. In politics he haa never trained with "the boys," but bis fairness, frankness, and gener­ osity have made hiui a prime favorite among them. Ho ^elievcB in fair play even to one's opponents in BtraitjhtforwurunesB and.loyalty. i'r.'bably tho only office be over set bis heart on he didn't *;et. That was thirty yeiira ago. when he was yo ng aud aimost a strauner In tbe place, and had his way to inako He stood for the nomination of his party for City Attorney, but was defeated by Col. Mulligan, tben a popular campaigner and. rising man. Fuller b»came Mulligan's champion on the stomp, and was greatly chagrined when John Lyle King carried off what to young lawyers must have seemed a desirable prize. Ho went to the Legislature from a Republican dintrict in 18H2 and aucceKa- fully resisted what nppeared somewhat like an attempt to couut hiiu oat. He also served in the Constitutional Convention of 186.', and did evcellent service; there. The Democracy of tbe State sent hiim to the National Conventions of D81. 1S7^, 1870, ana 1^80. The machine, which preferred Mack in in 1884, is, happily, no more. In '70 Mr. Fuller made one of the nominating speeches for his friend Hendricks. AS A LITTERATKUB. Mr. Fuller is first a gentleman and a lawyer, and'he i" more of a dilletante than a politi­ cian. He loves books--Macaulay and all tho essayists, history, poetry, oven fiction. His reading is as broad as it is iucessant. How be manages to turn out such prodigious grists from bis legal mill and, at tbe same time keep familiar with the whole range of current literature is a pu?zle to his friends. Yet he does it, and he would rather talk of a new book than of a new client. He takes interest in the reading of his 'friends, too, and when given half a chvnce makes sugges­ tions to them which they are sure to thank him for. He finds time to write a good many book reviews for a literary weekly, and once oriticised a new opera for a daily newspaper. A poem of thought and beauty on the death of Orant came from his pen, and ho has on sev­ eral other occasions dallied profitably with the muse. He reads all the more conspicuous novels that come from the presses, sad if ha had time would like to write one for himself. AS A LAWYER. It is generally conceded that Mr. Fuller stands foremast at the bar in tbe chief inland city of the country. Thero may be one or two lawyers in Chicago who make more money, but they are corporation attorneys, and Mr. Fuller regu­ larly represents no corp< r.ttion, and has always declined such connections. His learning is as broad as his clientage is diversified. Cases of his appear in fuliy one hundred Illinois re« ports, and many of his cases are known among lawyers as "loading" ones, marking some new ^departure, settling some disputed point of confirming a doubtful one. For twenty years :he bas certainly exercised greater influence «pon the decisions of the Supreme Court of tola State than any ether J f S tba THE NATIONAL GAME. Boston and Chicago Leading tho League Clubs in the Pen­ nant Bacs. Qoaup of Clubs and Flayers Through the League and AiMP? oiation. [CMCAOO COHRX JPOXDEXOE.] Bsantiful weather, higher tamperatnrs, grand ball-playing, and enthusiastic crowds of spectators ha .ro combined to make the opening days of tho base-ball season of 1S88 an auspi­ cious one. What a surprise Anson's colts have given the base-ball world since the champion­ ship season opened ; what a wonderful tumblo the hard-hitting League champions of 16b7 have taken within the past ten days; how Boa- ton's work bas tickled and delighted the resi­ dents of Sodenville ; bow sadly the ' HooBiers and Phillies are handicapped with disabled men at tbe outset of the race ; and what stiff and determined games Washington and Pitts- burgh are playing, are the topics that are just no.v being enthusiastically "discussed by the lovers of base-ball everywhere. New York has, beyond doubt, feltthe absence of Tim Kcefe, its great pitcher, and the news that on Saturday last ho had finally bridged over hiB differences with his cluo and signed a New York contract, must indeed have boon welcome news to the bane-ball lovers of Gotham. Keefe is to New York what Clark son is to Boston, what VanHaitren is to Chicaa:oi and what Baldwin and Uctzt in were last year to Detroit; and now that bis strong arm will onca more send the bail over tbe plate for the Giants, tbey may safely be expected tj make a better show­ ing in tbe race than they have made during tbe past fortnignt. Of Chicago's work one can only speak with praise for tbe good judgment of Anson; the quiet, determined manner in which his rid "wheel-horses" have settltd down to business, and tbe brilliant work of his "coits and year­ lings. " Among the Chicago colts young" Far- rell bas probably mado the most brilliant show­ ing. His work from tbe very outset has been of a character to challenge ad­ miration, everywhere^ and if he con­ tinues as he has begun he will (ill Mike Kelly's shoes within a year's time, so far as public regard and ball-playing ability is concerned. Just as Kelly was, Farrell is a tine back-stop, an ubiquitous fielder, a clever trickstcr and base runner, a cool-headed aud sure thrower to bases, and a batsman w ho bits the ball for a pufpose and witto eileot. No young player in the country has a brighter future before him to-day than has Farroll. And niw just a word about Detroit. The team that swept everything before it last-year seems absolutely worthless this your, so far afl its record thus far has demonstrated, "What is tbe trouble V is a question tfcat is BEING asked with concern in overy base-ball ouut«S in the country, and with despair in Detroit. Well, it looks as though the team was demor­ alized through and through. The listless indifference, that has characterized its work thus far shows this. It has been'asserted that tho plavers aro opposed to Manager Wat- kins, and have entered into an agree men® among themselves to do no earnest work so long as the Directors retain him in bis position. If this is so, the sooner tbe Directors put Mr. Manager Watxins upon tho pension list the better will it be for themselves and the ohancoa of tbe team in the race. Ihe record of the League and Association teams up to Wednesday, May 2, is as follows: League. Boston.. Chicago ,6 New York ..... 5 Pittsburg 5 Detroit 3 Indianapolis .. 2 Philadelphia.. 2 Washintt'jn... 1 Won. Lost. 8 Associafn. Won. Lost. Cincinnati. Athletic... 6t. ixiuia . Si Baltimore. 5; Brooklyn. Louisville... Kansas City. Cleveland.... GOSMP HERB AND TUElta A peculiar thing happened in Brooklyn's first championship games, l'iucknev struck at the nrst ball pitched, banged it for tbe first base-hit, stole the., first base of tbe season, and scored the lirst ran on the first passed ball and fielding error. It is beginning to dawn on the base-ball lovers of Pittsburgh that their club has a num­ ber ot first-class base-runners. Sunday, Miller, Ivnehne, Smith, Dunlap, Carroll, and Dal- ryniple will all <lo. They uso lots erf judgment, and generally get there. Chicago pfayod its first four games of the season at Indinuapoiis and won them all, much to tbo discoii fiturc of the Hoosiers. "TTlo cha­ grin of their defeat brought forth the following wail," says Harry Palmer, in tbe JEvenitu Jour­ nal: Baby's left tho town, Baby's gone away. And we're praying in HomterrlUe That Baby's gone to stay. Tbey told us Babe was aged. That he was growing fat; Eut verily he scored a run Whene'er he camo to bat. . They sala he'd lost his teeth. And coald not catch a ball. But just the same we think "Old Ansa" Will be there in the f alL We'd like to see him old, • We uH.ih he'd lose bis hair. ' Take bis harp and climb, With * Up the golden stair. 8LEVEUM m BLMU. •id New ZXauajMhire Democrats Indorse tbo President. >•" "V- -V 9* cdiiiii tad South Cartimalgq^p ' licans Enthusiastic for tho Maine Kan. fanners Ifeet in Convention 8teps Looking to the Formation of a Trust NATIONAL LAW-MAKERS. What 1ST Being Done 1»jr Uw la^ tioiMl Leiislatan. Kit. HAI.E S re&olut.ou calling on the CSSli < tary of the Interior for information as to ap- pointments in his department below the civil service grade since March, 18&3. was adopted by the Senate on the 30th ult. Mr. Etewart intro­ duced a bill to req uire tbo purchase and coin­ age of not less than >4,000,000 worth of silver bullion a montb. Mr. Beck made a speech against tbe international copyright bill. Bills were passed providing for purnis buildings at Youngstown, Ohio, at a cost of jlOu.Ow, and at Akiou, Ohio, ut a cost of !><3,ooo. In the House, Mr. Burrows, of Michigan, intro­ duced a bill authorizing the Seereii.ry of the Interior to place on tbo pension roils, ujk>n ap-. plication, the names of surviving honorably discharged soldiers aud sailors wbo served at least ninety days in the late war, the rate of pension to be 1 cent per month for each day's actual service. Mr. Grosvenor addressed the House in opposition to tbe Mills tarilf measure., quoted statistics in behalf of his asser- that the condition of tbe faimera prosperous, aud he argued that tbe .. S, ?t mortgage upon the farms of the Western States, which had been ab- f)1™ »« exaggerated by the gentleman from Missouri 'Bianai, indicated, not that tllb W°WJ\ poorer, but that they had cither for the purposo of im- h property they already owned or ni.wilS £ y nelgnbors who had con- ni tht 8? i!1 west. The prosperity of the country had met with no check until the t Jnftnd° St at A1 induatriea of the United States. The disaster which was then threatened would be quadrupled vy the passage of tho Mills bill. Mr. Kay nor, of Maryland* spoke next. Referring to monopolies ana trusts. be said that unless heroic steps wore taken to impede their advance private enterprise would He tion was amount ®e Badger State Democrats assembled in convention at Madison and elected four dele- gates-at-large and eighteen district delegates to tbe National Convention. Joseph A. Morrow, of Sparta, presided. There was a lively contest among the men who wanted to swelter in St. Louis, but tbe best of feeling prevaUed. The platform is very brief. It indorses Cleveland, denounces monopolies and trusts, and demands "that taxation bo limited to tbe needs of gov­ ernment, economically administered, and be levied upon the luxuries rather than on the necessities of life, and that taxation be reduced in strict conformity to the principles laid down by President Cleveland in his message to Congress." The fight over the choice of delegates-at-large was an exceedingly lively one and very muoh mixed up. It finally resulted in the choice of . - , the following : G. M. Woodward of LaCrosse. ' . B®ri<lUS'y affectod arid the prices of the prin- Finil Schandein of Milwaukee, G. W. Bird of 1 *« * - Madison, and Col. J. H. Knight of Ashland. following are the district delegates: First, J. IS. Dcdge of Kacine, It. B. Kirk land of Jeffer­ son ; Second, Owen A. Wells of Fond du Lao and S. W. Lameraux of Dodge; Third, J. M. bmith of Iowa and Thomas Brooks of Grant: Edward Haekett and James Knneland of Milwaukee; Fifth, W. H. &eaman ot £iieboy- gan and W. Seyk of Kewaunee; Sixth, A. W. Patton of Neenah and B. C Falconer of Co­ lumbia ; Seventh, M. L. Patterson of Sauk and b. N Dickerson of Mouroo; Eighth, Thomas Jrawlev of Eau Claire and R. G. McBride of Clark; Ninth, Jonathan Kdwards of Wood and A. B. McDonald of Chippewa. These Presidential electors were chosen: At large--Kx-Gov. Nelson Dewey of Grant. Thomas Thompson of Trempealeau. By districts--1st, John Winans Of Bock : ^2dAH-M-Ackl°y of Waukesha; 3d. William P. Bragg of Green County; 4th, George J. Ouerman ; 5th, John Franz of Manitowoc: etb, J. H. Marston of Outagamie; 7th, G. M. Butt of Vernon; 8th, John W. Basbford of St. Croix; 9th, David JenniugB of Waupaca. A new State Central Committee, upon the resignation entirely of the old committee, was elected to serve to January 1, 18'jl, of which Si. Usher of LaCrosse was re-elected Chairman. A canvass of delegates on Vice Presidential candidates shows the delegation to be about evenly divided between Gray of Indiana and Black of Illinois, after a comnli- mentary vote for Vilaa. CALIFORNIA RK PtJBLtCAN8. Blaine Talk Calls Out Cheers In the State Convention. The California Republican State Convention, called to elect sixteen delegates to the .National Convention and a State central Committee, met at Sacramento, and organized by calling M. M. Kstee to the cbair. Delegate Wisener introduced a resolution providing that all reso­ lutions touching ou political issues be rot'erred to the proper committee without debate. Mr. Knight, of Fan Francisco, maintained that there was an olectrical current running through the convention in favor of tbe man who had , , i, .j ^ ». once Leen the party's standard-bearer, and ! ^bo said that they were present at a meeting who for twelve years had been the recognized ! *Av£r, *Tr leader, and h.r* did not wish to see sucb a ' Union soldiers resolution smothered in the committee- room. |Applause. i Mr. Wisener, defending the resolution said he le'ieved Blaine would be the next Prosident ilo id cheering , but in 1 low of the letter of declination it would be in bad taste to force him upon the convention. The resolution was adopted, and tbe Chairman then appointed committees on credentials, resolutions, and order of business. Creed Havmond ami John F Swift of San Fraucisjo, Morris M. Estee of Napa, and Hen­ ry T. Gage cf Los Angc-les were chosen dele- gates-at-lar̂ e to tbe national convention. A platform was adopted, and a resolution ex­ pressing regret for the refusal of James G. Blaine to be a candidate and reiterating confi­ dence in bis integrity and ability was passed. SOUTH CAROLINA REPUBLICANS. The State Convention Names Delegatei-st- Largw to Chicago. Tbe Eouth Carolina Htate Republican Con­ vention met at Columbia, and the Chair­ man in his address advocated the sending of unpledged delegates to the national conven­ tion. The following delegates at-large were elected: L. M. fcravton c.nd W. N. Taft (whitej, and W. T. Myers and Robert Fmalls (colored). The mention of Chauncey M. Depew's name elicitad no enthusiasm, but Senator Sherman's name was greeted with applause, and rslaine's was most loudly cheered. The Committee on Kesolutions reported that while Senator Sherman was held in the highest regard by tbe convention, it was unwise to in­ struct the delegates to support him, and after a long debate a resolution tj send tno delegates uninstructed prevailed, withbutone dissenting vote. The platform indorsos the Blair bill, de­ nounces tho disenfranchisement of the fcouth- etn Republican vote, and invokes the Govern­ ment to relieve the people from unjust election laws. • FOR STBEETElt AND POWDERLY. The Arkansas Union Labor Party--Nomi- tions and Platform. The State Convention of the Union Labor party of Arkansas convened at Littlo Rock and placed in nomination tho following tioket: For Governor, M --« Norwood,- cipal commodities of the country would be ar- bitrarily fixed. ^23l0 Standard Oil trust was one ot fraud and expression. If the Democratic party etrrc ; do'^n monopolies it would receive, under the leadership of him who led it now-- ••jd who was as dauntless a champion as pa­ triotism ever possessed, and as fearless a foe as corruption ever encountered--tho renewed fealty of the people. But if it locked hands with monopoly the handwritiue was on the wall, for treachery could never triumph and a lie could never live. fir. Hender- son, of Iowa, said the President bad thrown the gauntlet at the feet of protec- tion and stood boldly up as th© champion of free trade. He warned the laboring men against any party, President or law-maker w bose acts would quicken tho trade of England while in a comparative degree it would check the manufacturing industries of their own oountry. THE feature of the Senate proceedings on the lstinst. was the speech of Mr. Ingalls in reply to Mr. Voorhees, which led to a spirited- ex­ change of personalities between the two Sen­ ators. The Kansas Senator declared that what­ ever might have been his own (Ingalls') rela­ tions to the war of the rebellion, the Senator from Indiana bad been from the outset tbe de­ termined, outspoken, positive, aud malignant enemy of the Union cause. "I pronounce that," said Mr. Voorhees, rising, with anger in his eyes, "to be a deliberate false accusation. " Mr. Voorhees asserted that not one word or syllable said by the Senator was true, or believed to be true in Indiana. The Senator's insinuation, that be (Voorhees) bad ever been a member of s, political secret society--the Knights of the Golden Circle--was so baee ana infamously false that he did not know how to choose language to denounce it as such. Mr. Ingalls retorted to the effect that tbe charge that Voorhees bad called Union soldiers "hire­ lings and Lincoln dogs," etc., could be substan­ tiated by as creditable a witness as there was in tho city Mr. Voorhees --"And even if the Senator said it, it would be absolutely false and a palpable lie." Mr. Ingalls--"The Senator is disorderly." Continuing. Mr. Ingalls read from a paper signed by citizens of Sullivan County, ...i .-j .l ^ were prese * when Mr. Voorhees said should go to the nearest blacksmith shop and have an iron collar put around their necks with the inscription, "My dog. Abraham Lincoln." Tup Senator in his address to bis constituents in 1861 had declared that he would never vote a single dollar nor a single man for the prosecu­ tion of tho war, and he had never done so so long as he was in Congress, Mr. Voorhees said that if tho gentleman from Kansas would find one single vote that he had cast against the I>aym nt of soldiers, for their supplies, for their bounties, for their pensions, bo would re­ sign his seat in the Senate. Every word the senator had stated on that subject was absolute­ ly false--by the record, absolutely false. Mr. Ingalls--"Did not the soldiers of Indiana threat­ en to hang the Senator with a bell-rope on a train after he had made that Lincoln dog speech!" Mr. Voorhees--"The Senator is a. great liar when he intimates such a thing--a great liar and a dirty dog. It never occurred, never in the world. That is all the answer I have, and I pass it back to the scoundrel be­ hind the Senator who is instigating these lies." (This remark was made in reference to Repre­ sentative Johnston (Indiana), who was seated at a desk directly in the rear of Mr. Ingalls.) Mr. Ingalls--"Thero is a very reputable gentle­ man in the chamber, a citizen of Indiana, who informs me that the signers of the certificate are entirely reputable inhabitants of Indiana, and that he knows fifty people that heard the Sen­ ator." Mr. Voorhees--"Tell him I say be is an infamous scoundrel and a liar. Tell him I say so." The Senate passed a bill appropriating £11)0.000 for a public building at Emporia, Kan. In the House, Messrs. McCreary, of Kentucky, Foran, of Ohio, and Dorsey, of Nebraska, aired their views on the tarilf question. EXHAUSTIVE arguments were made before the House Committee on Manufactures on the 2d, by the counsel for the Louisville and Nash­ ville Railroad, in defense of the refusal of two of its officers to produce statements of the re­ bates allowed on the road. Without deciding upon the merits of the points raised, the com­ mittee determined to proceed with the examin­ ation of the officers, but nothing of importance was developed, the agents of the road declin­ ing to answer questions regarding robates and discriminations. Dr. isorvin Green, of tho Western Union Telegraph Company, appeared before the House Committee on Postoffices. He opposed the Hopkins Nevada Cunningham were elected delegates-at- large to the National Convention. Repre­ sentatives irom Congressional districts were authorized to select district delegates. The con­ vention instructed its delegates to vote for A. J. Streeter of Illtuois for President, and T. V. Powderly fo.- Viee President. The platform iudor/ies *the national platform of February, 1H87, on land, transportation, money, income tax, and Chinese labor; favors reform demand­ ed by the Agricultural Wheel, the Farmers' National Alliance, and the Knights of Labor; favors laving all lands held for speculative purposes at full value; favors tho consolidat­ ing of State and national elections ; favors na­ tional aid to education; favors legislation for tho subjection of trusts, railroads, and other corporations to State control, and the estab­ lishing of a labor and agricultural bureau. NEW HAMPSHIRE DEMOCRATS. Cleveland Delegates to St. Louis Chosen at Concord. The New Hampshire Democratic State Con­ vention met at Concord, and in point of attend­ ance was the largest ever held in the State, many delegates being unable to obtain seats. J. M. Mitchell, of Concord, was elected Presi­ dent. His allusions to President Cleveland antagonism to tb? Western Union was founded on tue Buppoaec. monopoly of that company. That company had no exclusive privileges. The elementary patents in telegraphy bad expired,, and anybody could go into tbe telegraph busi­ ness. They had done so and were still doing BO. In the Senate Mr. Dawes oliered an amendment to the railroad land-grant forfeiture bill provid­ ing that the act shnll not be considered to impair any rights, legal or equitable, now vested in any person or corporation to any of the lands declared forfeited. He admitted that his ob­ ject was to protect tho title of the i'ortage Lake Canal Company, in whose title there was a technical defect, and also to protect innocent bona-tide purchasers under that title. Mr. Berry objected to allowing the canal company to acquire *2ii,c0j,uu0 or »40,u00,roo worth of land tor a canal that was never built: that was a fraud which the State of Michigan was trying to dump upon the General Govern­ ment. Tho amondment and bill weut over. In the tarilf debate in the House. Mr. Lanham iTex.), while favoring the Mills bill, criticised it as being too protective. He thought it left the duty on woolen manufactures too higb, and ad­ vocated a reduction to 2> per cent. ad. valorem. Mr. Caruth, of Kentucky, spoke in advocacy of the bill. The House then adjourned till even­ ing, at which time only half a dozen members were present. Mr. fctewart iGa.) spoke against protection and Mr. Davis (Mass'.i in its favor. MB. PALMEB of Michigan made an argument called out manifestations of hearty applause. Tho resolutions, as adopted, heartily Indorse j .1* " the administration of President Cleveland, ! ,n * ® Senate, on tho 3d inBt., in favor of tbe and earnestly recommended him for rencmina- ! bill to establish a bureau of animal industry. Ho paid particular attention to the opposition to the measure, tho general idea conveyed being that the opposition came solely from the existing Bureau of Animal Industrv. He was followed by Mr. Vest, of Missouri" Who defended Commissioner Col man and denounced what he called the "cattle syndicate." "Talk," said Mr. Vest, "about trusts! Talk about pools! The cuttle pool of Chicago is the most infamous tyranny that ever existed in tbe United States And I know no remedy for it. The statesman who would invent tbe remedy would deserve a monument more eudurinc than the Capitol." Mr. Plumb of Kansas followed Mr. Vest, and was equally vehement in his denunciation of tbe Chicago cattle pool. He said it was unquestionably tho worst combine in the whole country. There was no trust or combination that had had so powerful or ao baleful an influence as that combination. For years the prices of cattle to the producers had been going down. No cattle commission man dared to set up for himself in Chi­ cago. It was safe to say that .on every steer of three years old and upward raised west of the Mississippi River during the tion. They approve of tho President's mes­ sage to Congress ou the subject or tarilf reform and the reduction of war taxes. The following delogates to the national convention wero chosen: Daniel Connor of Manchester, Joseph C. Moore of Gilford, Arvah W. Sulloway of Franklin, and Frank Jones of Portsmouth. Ko instructions were given them, but they are alt for Cleveland. FARMERS FORMING A TRUST. The Interstate Convention at Topeka--Plan of Organization. Th* Interstate Farmers' Convention for the organization of a fanners' trust, which met at Topeka, Kan., was well attended, there oeina delegates present from nearly all Central ana Western States. Ex-Gov. Butler, of Nebraska, was elected Chairman. Col. Walter N. Allen, of Kansas, originator of tho movement, ex­ plained at length his pian to form a farmers' trust which shall regulate and control th i ship­ ment and distribution of all faim products. The committee atipoiuto l to perfect a plan recommended tho following: "1. The establishment ol ten central agencies --to wit, Chi. ago. Cincinnati, KanSas City, In­ dianapolis, Omaha, St. Louis, Cedar Rapids. St. Paul, Milwaukee, and Louisville. These agen­ cies to do all the selling for the members ot the association, for which they shall bo paid stated salaries. "2. The territory tributary to these cummer' cial points shall ba divided into eight prinoipal districts and subdivided into sub-district asso­ ciations by counties. "3. The principal of each central sgeney, t>- gether with a general superintendent of tbe association to be appointed, shall constitute an executive board, with power to regulate and control shipments of our products upon the markets aud to do anything and all other things that shall, in their judgment, Rppear to be to the best interests of the associations." Agents will bo appointed to organ! o tbe farmeis, stock growers and feeders iuto district and sub-district ovganizations, last five years the market vahu had been by this combination, reduced not less than'jflO ahead. The damage to the State cf Kansas alone during that time had been more than SMO.OOO.OOO, and the wealth of the svndicate had grown proportionately Mr. Stewart intro­ duced a bill in the Senate to exooute the stipu­ lations of the now Cninese treaty. The House agreed to tho Senate amendment to the Indianapolis postoffice bill increasing the ap­ propriation from Si-Jo,uoo to $1."0,000. and then resumed consideration of the Mills tarilf bill. Mr Wilson of West Virginia and Mr. Dingley of Maine, respectively, t-poko for and against the measure. b Cause and Effect. "It is utterly impossible that caus6 . should follow the ellect. It is nonsenan and sub-ttistnct ovganizations, requiring -j uuiisenae pledges and obligations to obey the orders of 1 lo BBJ ,uucu B said a prominent the Executive Board with respect to the Bale physician to a citizen of Austin. 'Til prove to yon that the cause can follow th© effect 1 or instance, when a doctor attends the funeral of one of his pa­ tient, doesn't the cause follow the effect then, eh?"--Texas, Siftii and shipment of produce. Addresses were made bv Judge Moulton of Missouri, S. T. K. Prime of Illinois, William l'remin of Illinois, and others. The whole matter was referred to a committee of one from each State, which will perfect tho plans of the farmers' trust. •v - v-