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:Y BRIEFLETS.. tirriBltTOKNc^ GATH«att» wr \vm FROM FAR AN*;*fct*, : AtKiitnteialic and I«»tmtlw iamttuy of tlMiBoiwfStn the Old wad Now VwM, , SbOwmIbe lN>UtIc<, MMme, AMftfMkftt, Crt|»»ftodti«itry>Kto. ^ WEEKX.Y TRADE REVIEW. -Muh fir The It Bright Outlook fu Baslnes the Nfe Year. iew of trade for last week, as rE. Q. Dun ft Co., is m follows: teettag everywhere prevails. In "" [Infineaeea. report! at tfefe «on- i are generally lavotadbte. The meaofactnrtng at maayWestern • la »rtiMilwtn», and Mpeciailvln the •ad at points la North** iroHfatha noonl «d bailStag al*m@ a dWIttMTtii The usually well a®wpiie<?t at ^idaheMeMaTvleve- sukea, Omaha and Sioux I vo?wn« of «wwil«, practically ua- idurtat December, kaov •i.MP.ooo.om), . .,500,Qf»0below the Jasgest ever recorded, totK«.i. Ayear agoitwas#1,384,000,1 o<; ^^SiaPSt**M0* and in July, ilattve markots • land, wfcicb baa a cent. Coffee is aslsa of 288,000 bate; oi 389,000 Mm ; with sale:! of 2>.ooo,«wo . Corn is »sc lower and le higher. Crude oil is nearly lo 1refined Me par 100 gallons lower. The iof laltarss, allowing that 10,- , Or a trifls mora than one in loo, went 'By la 1888, is on the whole espe- giag, b^eauae the average oflia- l Was only ell, •><>.> for the year and *10,738 at qnarter. This indicates that a re- rlarge proportion of the failures reported eneerns doing a small business. It noticed that throughout the Western [Southern States, Texas excluded, the fail- re both more numerous and lar er in i of liabilities than in the year preced- i in Eastern. Midols, and Pacific States t decrease in amount of liabilities I, and also in Texas. The business fail- r the week Were 3-ff. . , „ _ _ _ l t - y e a * - o l d e o n , a M 8 * * r o f Ihmit. flrt father was aoonif!«j&lt the charge, and in * quarrel with "'BjiSii ths latter fired four shots, two of which took effect, killing him instantly. v / RESISTED EVICTION. tAft Bailiffs Seeeive Broken Heads-ThtrtMa Persona Arrested. ,A Dublin special says: Than were t/i-'liivelj times at the Olphert evictions at Falcarragh. The Boldiers found the boose of a tenant named Doognn defended by armed with rifles and intrenched be- loopholed walls. The riot act was _ and the defenders were given an honr to decide npon what course they would pursue. After the expiration of the hoar §g the defenders announced that they --1(|- not use their rifles. The bailiffs police then attacked the house, and desperate struggle were repulsed, the priests persuaded the men to During the fight a police ia- was badly wounded and a dozen and policemen injured. One of fes£s. »Vg dsfsadcrs had his jaw **nd Me another was buried beneath a barricade which waa broken down by the evictorsr and sustained sevaA injanes. Thirteen persons wen arrested. Called on the President. Dklbgatxs to the colored Catholic Convention at Washington called' on the Jfey President. Mr. Cleveland shook hands with each delegate, arid said he was "con­ vinced that good religionists who take an interest in the welfare of the nation are a ' P°w4*£b1 auxiliary to a good adminiBtra- |; 'Jg.H. lion and a good government." t Want Colored Pupil*. kings, a school teacher at ermont County, Ohio, indicted and battery in forcibly pre- jq pupils from attending his . . discharged by the jury because i had already been tried before a magis­ trate and exonerated. WESTERN HAPPENINGS. • • Kansas City (Mo.) IA*t Stock tn- dica tor's annual report shows the receipts of cattle the last year to have been 1,056,- 603--an increase of 37,479; of hogs, 2,010,. 847--a decrease of 410,411; of gheep, 851,- 481--an increase of 141,279. The average of the lowest prices paid during the year for hogs Was $3.82J, against $3.14 In 1887, ahd the average oi Urt highest prices paid $5.86, against $5.40 last year. The general condition of tne Western cattle trade is much better thitk * year ago, although the general average of prices paid the last year was not qppVMiftbly higher than in 1687. The re- ceipte of cows, native and range, were unusually large. The quality of grass range was somewhat better. A terrible: accident occurred at Little Sanduftky, Ohio. A 6-year-old son of John Lutter was playing about the house imitating a soldier. Running to a closet, he seized a loaded shotgun, and, lifting it on a chair, exclaimed to an elder brother, "Throw tip your hat and I will shoot a hole in it." A moment later the gun was discharged and the load lodged in the breast of another brother, aged 18, who was standing near. The shot made a frightful and fatal wound. Several stray shots struck the mother in the face, and she will be made blind. Mmrox Tudob, Sherman Wiley and a man named Williams, all sons of respect­ able farmers near Springfield, Mo., are under arrest changed with stealing twenty- five fat hogs and selling them for $309. Postmaster Geokob M. Shei.i«by, ex-Mayor of Kansas City, snd prominent as a local Democratic politician of the ?iractical sort, has been offieially notified rom Washington of his removal from the Kansas City office. Postmaster Inspector Johnson took charge of the office pending a successor to Mr. Shelley. The people of Loganspoit, Ind., have been terrorized for the past month by a gang of safe-blowers who have been doing work in the neighborhood. Ths Chicago Carriage Company's works, operated at Hammond, Ind., by an Oshkosh firm, were destroyed by fire, causing a loss of $75,000. The insurance is about $20,000. Geobge A. Bakeb, one of the original stockholders of the Standard OH Com­ pany, and at one time a millionaire, killed himself with morphine at Clere- land, Ohio. Dissipation was the cause. John W. WaIiBath, crockery and glassware dealer at Minneapolis, Minn., has failed for $50,000. Death of a Divine. Bev. M. Summerbell, a prominent minister in the Christian Church, at Day­ ton, Ohio, and the former editor of the Gospel Liberty, di^cl Mot to a Mining Twrii', Ic •? < y * • A Stum named Bill Foster was ki'led Southern incidents. i: Shocking tragedy is reported' near Marked Tree, Craighead County, Arkan­ sas. Some time ago the wife of William West, who is a desperate character, left him and returned* to the home of her mother, Mrs. Mary Dairey, and an­ nounced her intention of getting a di­ vorce. West called to see his wife, but she would not receive him, and his mother-in-law went out on the porch carrying .the child of the couple. West began upbraiding her, saying she had caused the trouble between his wife and himself. Stephen Dairey was at­ tracted to the porch by the dispute, and ordered West to leave the premises. West responded by drawing a six-shooter and firing twice, one ball passing through Mrs. Dairey's hand and the other striking Stephen Dairey in the face. Dairey got a repeating rifle, and returning to the porch leveled it at West, who faced him with his revolver poised in the air. The men fired twice in rapid succession. West was shot through the heart and died in a few min­ utes. Dairey was struck in the right eye and died in a few hours. , The negroes of Atlanta, Oa., had an elaborate celebration on Emancipation Day. Military companies paraded and public exercises were held in the hall of the House of Representatives, which was crowded to the utmost. wounded in a riot at New­ castle, a mining town thirty mjlep pf Seattle,Wash. Ter. ./ Tj, , Killed by a Bartender. "» .. V ' In a quarrel in a saloon at Shelby ville, Ind., Thomas Peel, the bartender, shot apd killed William Barleious, a gambler. HP: WORKINGS OF congress; The Senate Bill to Incorporate the Nicaragua Canal Passes the House. - Kb. fimnttftn, from the Committee on Per- «ign BelwtlonH, reported a resolution to the Sen­ ate on the 4th Inst., which was agreed to, calling • on the Pnsldani for correspondence and infor­ mation tombing recent occurrences in the Island of Hayti, both as relates to ths state of the Government there and to the seizure aad delivery of the American vessel, the Hay- tian BepnbUe: he also reported back favorably Ifr. Edmunds joint resolution aa to the Panama canaL The resolution was placed on the calen­ dar. Mr. Stewart offered a resolution, which was agreed to, instructing the Committee on Private Land Claims to inquire and mow- tsta what prosecution or suits have been tinted or authorized as to patents for private lan<l grants in California, iiiBtitnue, and for whose benefit have been instituted or authorised; .vat© counsel have been employed to the prosecution; the terms and condi- their employment, and what interest ed States Government has in such suits, vrttb power to send for persons and papers. The House, by c vote of yeas 157, nays 84, passed the fienate bill to incorporate the Nicaragua Canal Company. All the amendments adopted in <s<HttinUtee of the whole were accepted, except that offered Mi.Baker (111.) reservlng the right to the United States to purchase the property at any time by paying the actual cost with 5 per cent, interest. As amended the bill absolves the United States from all' liability on account «f the company, and requires that this proviso be print ad on all bonds and other obliga- r provides that no stock shall be issued 10 per cent has been paid in in cash ; that no bowls in exesss ef the amount of capital shall be Issued until such paid capital ««ii amount to *5,000,uOO, and reserves to Congress I^^U^rrepealtneact,«* «j v. EASTERN OCCURRENCE^! JUDGE FEX,i, has appointed a receivar for the Fairmount Coal and iron Cms* l«ay of Philadelphia, upon the applica­ tion of C. B. Wright, who hold* $30,000 •worth of the company's bonds. The com­ pany WW been in default upon its interest for eighteen months, and has $575,900 worth of bonds outstanding. 'MiCHAEti CABNEY, a native of Cork, Ireland, died at Waterbury, Conn. , in his 105th year. Sjbnatob STANFORD has sold for $12,- 600 to ICiller <k Sibley, of Franklin, Pi>, a weanling colt by Electioneer, dam Beautiful Be lis. This is the highest priee ever paid for a weanling in America, i Ths Egyptian Hall in the Temple at Philadelphia has been formally opened. It is aaid to be the finest of the kind in the world, and is a memorial by WUlprJ. Kelly to Treasurer Thomas R. Patton, of the Pennsylvania Grand Lodge, A- F. A JL M. . Robekt Eio>xb was hanged at Majr's K. J. Death was almost in-' s, pulsat on ceasing within utes from the time the drop fell. Jor which Slder waa hange d was liis on Aug. 4, 1888. lit beea wyamtld from hei' THE NATIONAL CAPITAL. A Washiwgton special says: It is stated on pretty good authority that Frank Hatton, ex-Postmaster General, and Congressman Beriah Wil­ kin s. of Ohio, have purchased from Stilson Hutchins the Washington Post, building and franchise, for which they paid the sum of $180,000. It is intended to make it a Republican paper, and it is •understood that New York capital is be­ hind the scheme. Wilkins is a Democrat and & banker. He knows nothing of the newspaper business. Following is the statement of the public debt for December: nmCBEST-BKABIHO DXBT. ' Bonds at4% percent • Bonds at 4 per cent Befunding certificates at 4 per tab Navy pension fund at 8 per omit.... Pacific rslboad bonds at 6 per oent. Principal Interest. Total... 181,192.300 681,137, (>01 128.210 144)00.000 64,633,512 Principal. Interest... ..a 911,041,652 ll,0S0,34a 952,001,935 (!K»KD nirCB -.8 8,094.695 160,783 lot-box Wtd iattre carefa^V . XMfMBunetided a regl«tqr U&* Twr messoge of GovernorJ Xmes, of Massachusetts, who has been just in- auguraled, advocates submitting to the people a prohibition amendment, advises increased penalties for violation of the liquor law, and suggests the subtittttian of imprisonment for fines in such eases. Governor Burleigh, of Maine, has been inaugurated. His message reports that the various institutions of the State are in excellent condition. He recommends that the Legislature memoitliM CoagXMS, asking that Representatives in Conjpess and Presidential electors ba ohoaaa pa the second Tuesday of October, beginning with the year 1892. Governor Hiu« has been inaugurated in J^ew Tork for a third term. A parade occuired according to programme. H. Z. Osb'obns, who has been urged by his friends for appointment to the of­ fice of public printer, is chief owner of the Los Angeies (Cal.)Express. He is a native of New York, a veteran of the war, and was a delegate from California to the Republican National Convention. The Republicans of the Maine legis­ lature unanimously renominated the Hon. W. P. Frye for United States Senator. W. E. Babkett, editor of the Boston Advertiser and Record, has been elected Speaker of the Massachusetts House of l^epcossntatives -r FRESH AND NEWSY, Webb Bbandon, wife-murderer, was hanged at Winnipeg, Manitoba. Louis Horkf.r, who is wanted in Chi­ cago for embezzling $19,000, was captured at the Windsor Hotel, Montreal, where he was registered under the name of Hoff­ man, from New York. The Lincoln Pulp Mill, at St. Cather­ ines, Ont., was burned, John Boyle perishing in the flames. The financial^ losa is $30,000, with insurance of $9,500. NATIONAL SOLONS. Various Ratters of Public Interest Dlioassed by Congress. More than a quorum was present when the Senate reconvened on the ?d last. After the introduction of sundry petitions the considera­ tion of the tariff bill was resumed, it being takan up where it was left before the holidays. The following memorial was presented and went to the Committee on Commeme.: "The National Hoard of Trade hereby respectfully memoralizeB your honorable bodies to continue to make irom time to time ample appropria­ tions for the judicious improvement of all prin­ cipal rivers, harbors, and waterways, and especially to see that important work's of im- prov* msnt already bagun may not be stopped for want of necessarj- funds for their continu­ ance and completion, thereby Incurring waste, damage, and ultimate increased cost of the work and unnecessanr delay in making such improvements available. The National Board of 'lrade hereby respectfully memoralizss {four, honorable bodies to provide immediate, y such defenses as will l<« seesssiry :ji til# «vout of war to thoroughly protect our «• a, gulf •uiu iake coasts and harbors." Senator Hoar in­ troduced a resolution (which was adopted) ask­ ing the I'rogitient to transmit to Congress any corro9( ondonce tbat the United States may have had with Great Brioain concerning the seal flsh- in or near Hearing Strait, and especially as to the seizure of any vessel of the United States or other country, ami what regulations governing the fisheries have been adopt­ ed by this Government. Mr. Hoar says that there have been and are still wide­ spread complaints of unjust discriminations against American vessels. Only about seventy- five mmnbers were present at the opening of the House. • No committees wero ready to report, and after the transaction of minor business the House went into conimitte of the whole on the river and harbor bill. A lively debate over the api ropriatious for Texas improvements fol­ lowed, during which Mr. Crain (Tex.) twitted Mr. Howden (l'a.) with his failure to be re­ elected, and the latter explained that l'« retired from Congress from choice. Mr. Cntcheon (Mich.) made an effort to secure an increase of approj r. at ion for the harbor of refuge at Fort- age Tate, and would have been successful had not Mr. Cheadle (Ind) raised the point of "no quorum." The House passed a bin limiting to $:) the fee to agents for securing an increase of vtensioji on account of an increase of the disa­ bility or for securing a special act of Congress in cases where the pension may be obtained un­ der the general pension laws. The Senate disposod of three and one-half pages of the tariff bill on the Sd Inst. Tho prin­ cipal discussion was in regard to the duty on cotton thread. Mr. Vest's amendment, which has , been pending over the recess, was defeated, and he moved to make the rate on spool cotton 40 per cent, ad valorem Instead of 7 cents per dozen spools, provided in the bill. He quoted the testimony of 1-adiug spool-cotton i to show that they ashed a Total » *255,478 DEBT BKABXHQ *o IMTXBBBT. Old demand and legal-tender notes.# 946,737,823 Certificates of deposit 10,-^50.000 Sold certificates 120,686,448 Silver certificates Fractional currency (less £8,375,034, estimated as lost or destroyed}.... 6,914,526 Principal........ TOTAIj DfcBZ. Principal Interest. from manufacturers in 18; .. less rate of protection In 1884 than in 1*»2. Mr. Aldrich said that prior to 1867, when the first adequate duty was placed on it, all the spool eotion in the United Btates was wade abroad, and it sold at 70 cents a dozen spools at whole* sale and 10 cents a spool retail. Sow 93 per cent was made in the United states, and it sold at 45 cents a dozen wholesale and 5 cents a spo >1 retail The rate proposed by Mr. Vest would make a difference of but 'i cents a dozen spools, which would not go to the benefit of the working- women but would benefit the New York importer. After further discussion the smsndment was rejected, and the Senate adjourned. Ths House accom­ plished absolutely nothing at its session. _ Mr. Heed, from the Committo® on Rules, reported a resolution suspending the priYilagss of sus­ pension days, the object being to prevent the opponent# of the Union Pacific funding measure and the Oklahoma bill from filibuster­ ing against an attempt to pass these measures under suspension of the sales, introducing voluminous ruler under the call of states, ana consuming the d ly by the demand for their reading in full. Mr. Heed refused to allow any debate on tho resolution and demanded the previous question, but Mr. Andeison (Kas.) lad the iilibusterB against t' e motion. No quorum voted, though a call of the Hou^e showed tne presence of 171 members, eight more than a quorum An effort, .was made to postj»one ac­ tion, and allow the river add harbor bill to be taken up, but Mr. Keed refusod to withdraw without a promise that there would be no fili­ bustering against the resolution. The opposi­ tion declined to commit themselves, and. alter waiting till 3: s tor the bergeant-at-Aima to arum up absentees, the House adjourned. •ASSET BEFOBT8. .# 731/116,793 5 .•1,674,152,144 11111.127 CHICAGO; <UnxB--Prime Steers Medium Common 2.50 3.50 & 5.50 •*.» w-ms 3.G0 <& 4.50- Hooe--Shipping Gradeaj""IIii] 5.uo Total........... . .ai.68S.368.271 Xiess cash items available for reduction of debt.. .$330,664,740 Less reserve held lor re­ demption of United •takes notes 100,000,000 Jkso m 5.0J .33 & M .*> <4 .£»** .60 (_'< M •8V & .!M .11 & .lift .lft <9 .11 .&> <£ >1 12.76 013JI* % <90,664,749 Tota-I debt less a-raOahle caeh Stems.... •et e&sh in the Treasury. .*1,194.698,£22 .. 60^30,»H .01 & .»> «i .2V'4(» .40 & • t»,«»,4lf 346,219,999 10£50.000 "^8 Debt les§ caeh in' Traasury Jan. L Ml #1.134,032,359 Debt leas cash i& Treasury Use. t 1888 1,148.489,8-̂ Increase of debt during the _ month. « 14,427,5«j Peeroaac of debt sinoe June ail. 188& 81^22,308 CASH DJ THE TBEASUBT; Available to reduction of the puollo " debt: -C'1-'1 Gold held for gold certificates actu­ ally outstanding. Silver held for silver eerii vicates act­ ually outstanding V. 8. notes held for certificates of deposit actually outstanding Cash held far matured debt and m> tenet unpaid "... Fractional currenoy Total available for reduction of debt .« »3£64,748 BBS£BVE FOND. Held for redemption of V. S. notes. acts Jan. 14,1875, and July 12,18i£Lf 100,000.000 Unavailable for reductio%3f debt: Fractional Silver coin. t Uinoreoin Total.... Certificates held as ceah. Met cash balance on hend.... ':' iî otel cash in Treasury ae shown . £ .. by Treasurer's general account.# U5^B1,0T7 POLITICAL. PORRIDGE. i ; OOT. THATEB, of Nebraska, has i&augurated at Linooln for a second term. Off. Larrabee and staC,of Iowa, were .06 12.50 4.00 4.00 Lot .95 .n .c2 ,n <& .ti &VSM & $.C9 » 6.25 & +.53 <S 1.00 .» & .99 & 1.04 MH.27H 28,16*;,458 21,73 ,7'JJ 40,Su«S,A> l UO.O:*^ 4 S8KBP Whkat--No. 2 Bed. ^ Corn--No. 2 Oats--No. 2 Kte--No. 2 Bdttek--Choice Creamery...... Cheese--Full Cream, flat Egg8--Fresh Potatoes--Car-loads, per bu.... Pobk--Mess w M1LWAUKKS. Wheat--Cash. Cohn--No. 3 • . Oats-No. 2 White K\k--No. 1 Bablev-No, 2... Fom-Mhi DKTBOIT. Cattle Hoos. •; Sheep Wheat--Ho. 2 Bed. Corn--No. 2 White Oats--No. 2 Mixed TOljgDO. Wheat-No. 2 Bed Cobn--Cash Oats-No. 2 White MEW YOBK. Cattle Ho«b Bheep Wheat--No. 2 Bed. Corn--No. 2 Oats--White Pork--New Mess ST. LOUIS. Cattle. Hoos Wheat--Ho. 2....... Cobn--No. 2......£......i Oats--No. 2 ;............. Bablex--Iowa , INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle. 9.00 Hogs..........: 6.00 Sheep.'. #,75 Lambs M0 CINCINNATI. Hoos 4,50 W HIS a*--No. 9 Bod MM <* Co**--No. 2 .96 (9 Oats--No. 2 Mixed... .« & M Bvn-Ho. 2 ,\.i. M m .67 Pons--Mess UwAO ($14,01 BAST LdBEBTY. C«RU-Prime 4.25 Fair... S.iS Common toes........... ADECtEASX DT THB UNITBD STATXS rttOM THAT or 1M7. IMsflet^Uit of Fires Wksra tne Xmm fastem --The Oreat ConfU- |>s(l»Bi «fM>> Conntry Amount to SSO,- 00#,0I# X<«ee thaa Last Year. TheJoMes lqr fire in the United States for 1W wua not as large as they were for the previous year. The detailed list of fires where the loss in each case Was $100,000 and upward is as follows: JANUABY. a. Fire at New ¥ork City..... ....# a. FiresAMUla. Col. a. mraatlidtirville, Tenn.... 2. StevMM A Brace's iron works, Kan- 4. Los Angelas (( ai. ) FuTniturs Works 5. Navigation Buil<ling, Brooklyn Navy Yatd.. 8. Union Depot, Atchison, Kan 7. Cross" pulp mills, Franklin Tails, N. H.T; i . . . . s grocery house, MUwau- £00,000 MO,000 100,000 100,000 100,000 500,030 . Bcdifaio, N. Y.'.".. aty.Md orks, Fort Wayn% 800,000 •SOjDOO 100,000 100,000 200,000 100,099 100,000 300,000 200,000 125,000 store, Abtiene, Kas. 10. Swart Block, Chicago, 111 11. Fire in Lowell,Mass. 13. Fire in Indianapolis, Ind 14. Missouri Pacific K. B. roundhouse, Fort Worth, Tex ew York C lpre, St. Pa«l,Mlnn... 15. Fin in New 17. Beau] City. Keogh & Davis' grooery. 100,000 175,000 195,000 150,000 100,000 780,000 mow 100,000 365,000 17. Commissary Building, Ft McKin- ney, Wya '. _ . 100,000 20. JjTs ill Pittsburg, Pa £ 100,030 82. Holyoke, Maes., Envelope Com* pany's Mttls... 29. FireinPhiladelphia, Pa. 325,000 1,500,000 200,000 4.00 6.00 4.09 1.01 .47 .38 14.K5 4ft) 5.00 1.00 JW M .*) 24. Fire in Newark, O 25. Barber & Co.'a thread mill, Allen- town, Pa 300,000 38. Board of Trade Building, Peoria, 111, 150,000 ,••28. Fire iu Pittsburg, Pa 295,000 28. Fire In Malone, N. Y 200,000 80. Fire in New York City.... 1.500.000 febbuabt. 1. Fire in Buffalo, N. Y.. .fJ,200,C0n 89. Fflr* hi Eureka -L, , 23. Fire in New OrleaniTL. 27. Judaon Institute, Marlon, Ala dkckhbe*. 1. Armour & Cudahy paeking-housaL Omaha, Neb ..§ & Fire in Jonesville, Teim. 4. Hackley A Hume s lumber yards, . Muskegon, Mich 4. Fire in New Orleans. La 5. Wood, Jenks A Co.'s lumber-yard, cSSSSQ.0"'-S. Cmrtluult Wagon Works, Cortlaadt, 7. Firs in' New York.'.'.'" * * .' 8. Globe Iron Walks, Cleveland, Ohio. 9. Normal School, Lock Haven, Pa.... 13. Fire la Savannah, Oa 15. Flrelh St. Louie, Mo 22, Strobel St Co. 's picture-frame works,, Cincinnati. O ffl. P. Lennox'8 morocco factory, Lynn, tfm 24. Baxter Court Office Bu'iidingi Nash­ ville, Tenn 25. Fire in Marbtohead, Mass 25. Fire in Cincinnati, O BUMMABT. 150,0M 120,003 115,000 611,000 850,000 £03,000 450,000 200,000 150,000 100,010 100,000 100,000 250,003 100,0-v 803,00. 800,000 January...... February... March..:..... April May June......... July. August........ September. . *7,810,(100 . 4,490,000 . 3,793,000 . 4,360,000 . 8,130,0001 8,025,003 8,9(15,00} 3,67-5,000 5,387,000 October $ 1,830,^00 November ... 8,810,000 December..,. 8,801,000 Total 847,479^0 Toial 1887.. 65,158,030 Total 1886.. 40,021,0ix> Total 1885.. 32,40G,500 l»i,(X30 153,000 330,000 175,000 350,000 250,000 150,003 100,000 100,000 250,000 100,000 400,OCO 600,000 ® 5.00 ® S.75 5.30 & 1.08 & .48 & .40 @14.79 9 5.35 & 5.SJ & L01 (9 .31 & .36 0 .«« & 4.75 <» 6.38 & 4.50 & 5.00 & 5.16 T 1. Firo in Charleston, 8. C ..... 4. Fire in St. Louis, Mo... 18. Firein 8t, Paul, Minn. 16. Fire in Elrnira, N. Y 15. Fire in Providence, B. j............. 15. Collins Paper Mills, Wilbraham, Mass 17. Fire in Westerly, R. I 18. Rogers & Sheldon's Iron-Works, Bridgewater, Mass IP. Lebanon Mills, Pawtueket, B. I.... 19. Fire in Providence, R. I 24. Fire iu Pittsburg, Pa 26. Fire in Buffalo, N. Y, 27. Deaf and Dumb Asylum, Fulton, Mo 88k Union Square Theater, ate., Mew York ; MABCH. 1. Powell, Wenigman & Smith's cigar factory, New York # 1. Fire in Sutter Creek, Cal 2. Fenecke ACo.'s candy factory, Mil­ waukee, Wis • 2. Brown Bros, paper works, Detroit, Mich .j 8; Margnerita Winery, Fresno, Cal:... 6. Fire in New York 8. Dudeu & Co.'s lace works, New York 13. Fire in Columbus, Ohio 18. Grand DeToar Plow Works, Dixon, 111 1 15. Fire in Milwaukee, Wis 15. Fire in Philadelphia, Pa 16. Fire In New York 18. Sfuila Fe round house, Cleburne, Texas 18. Green dyeing house, Pawtuoket, 18. Fire in Jacksonville, Fia 22. Schmidt's sash and door factory, Milwaukee. Wis 20. Paint shop, C., E. & Q. B. R., Au­ rora. Ill 20, Coburn Shuttle Co.'s mill, Lowell, Mass 20. Davis & Rankins' block, Chioago,IU,. APRIL. 4. Firs in Potsdam, N. Y 0. Fii'e in Amesbury, Mass <6. Hn.vv.oad chuir factory, Fitchburx Mass 8. 1'uell woolen n\jlls, bt. Joseph, Mo. 9. htiite Normal School, Terre Haute, Ind 9. Firein Travers, Fla 12. Wood reaper-works, YoungBtown, O. l'J. le ader and Dispatch Building, Bing. hamton, N. Y 13. Fire in New York 15. Fr' sinus' brewery,NewHaven,Coim 13. City brewery, Peoria, 111 16. Firein Owensboro, Ky 18. Firoin Palo Alto, Col..'.. 20. Eku Claire (Wis.) sash and door 'works 23. Fire at Stock Yards, Chicago,IU.... 23. Fire in Winona, Miss 25. < heniioal paint mills, Natick, Maes. 25. D J aware iron works, New York.... 25. Edison electric-light works, Fall River, Mass 23. Fire in Central City, Dak 28. Atlantic machine works, Boston, Mass 26. Fire in New York. 29. Stonor's dry-goods house, Williams­ burg. N. Y.. 80. Firo In Brooklyn, N. Y.............. MAT. i , 8. Fire in Big Rapids, Midi X, .§ 5. Fire in Milan, Ohio. 6. Fire in Handersville, Ga. 7. Lombard, Ayer & Co.'s lumber. yards, Jersey City, N. J 10. St. 1 aul's Cathedral, Buffalo, N. Y. 11. Fire in Hot Springs, Ark 11. Woodside's Casket Works, Owosso, Mich 12. Disston Saw Factory, Taeony, Pa. 14. Fire in Goldendale, W. T 15. Dearborn Manufacturing Works. Chicago, III .TIT.., 10. Fire in Atlan:a, Ga. 18. Fire in Polouse City, W. T....'. 18. Firein Philadelphia, Pa 26. Fire in South Pittsburgh, Tenn..... • 29. Fire in Bellefonte, I'a 81. St. Paul Knitting Works, St. Paul, Minn 31. Fire in Helm a, Cal .Ik...... JUKI. W 8. Fire in Burlington, Vt 8. Atlas Paper Mills, Apple ton, WIS.. 10. Fire in Norway, Mich 12. Fire In Indianapolis, Ind 14. Lead works, Salem, Mass 18. Fire in Dubois, Pa 19. Champion Drill Works, Binghasa* ton, N. Y. 23. Fire in Holbrook, Ariz 25. Fire in New York 27. Fire in Fort Apache, Aric 27. Gau»& Son's pianing-mill,St.LoulS. 27. Mexican Railroad freight depot, SI Paso. Tex 28. Fire in R» ading, Pa. 20. Tasker Iron Works, Newcastle, Bel. JULY. # 1. Fire in Brainerd, Minn 2. Reading (Pa.) Hai'dware WerMS»'..«:' 2. Fire in Flagstaff, Ari 5. Fire in MarysvilJe, Cal.. 6. Firein New York 6. Firein Warren, Pa............;..... 9. Firo in Danville, Va 10. Fire in Suisin, Cal. 11. Fire in Alpenii, Mich 12. Lake Shore roundhouse, Ashta­ bula, O 14. Whitelaw Hold's residenee, White Plains, N. Y 16. Electric light plant, New Orleans, La 17. Dunn breaker, Bo ran ton, Pa 13. Julius Bauer's piano house, Chi­ cago, 111. 80. Steamer p. Way, Newark, N. J 23. Fire in lloslyn, W. T 24. Krippendorf, Dittman A Co.'s shoe factory, Cincinnati, O..4 81. Busaman & Co.'s grooery house, Mansfield. O _ .AUGUST. 1. Fire in Suffolk, Va. s 3. Little A , Croft's lumber s > Evansville, Ind 5. R. J. Francis' planing mills. New York 8. Fire in East Saginaw, Mich. 8. Fire in Macon, Mo ft- Flro in Chattanooga, Tenn 9. Wells College, Aurora, N. Y. 10. Tennessee Brewery, Memphis,Tenn. 11. Fire in.Fresno, Cal.. 14. Convent of the Sacred Heart, New York 14. Firein Peoria, 111 19. Shipper Agricultural Works, San Francisco, Cal 21. Niedlfnger & Schmidt's malt-house, Rondout, N. Y 92. Berpifl's Brewery, Fort Wane, Ind.. 23. Whiting's paper mill, Menasha, Wis .*7. ...7..™. 28. Klein & Co.'s stocking factory, Cin­ cinnati, Ohio,,,, septbkbsb. 1 Firein Baltimore, Md 81,000,000 4. Klauben & Levi's grocery house, San Diego, < al 5. Fire in Bakir City, Ore 0. Fire in San Francisco, Cal... a. Fire in Wilmington, Del ,18. Grand CperaHouse, Syracuse^H, Y. 13. Fire in <>«nction < Ity. Kas..'. 13. Fire in Huntington, N. Y 14. Firein Wa-ihburn, Wis 15. National Flouring Mills, Cleveland, Ohio 7. 15. Fire in Spokane Falls, W. T. 17. Fire in Pmtucah, Ky 82. Klias Brewery, New York........... 27. Firn in Canton, Dak 750,000 150,000 300,000 150,000 230,000 100,000 10 i,000 156,000 100,000 340,000 340,000 100,000 110,000 100,OCO 125,000 100,000 275,000 200,000 300.00!) $100,003 800,100 150,000 110,000 225,003 180,003 1*50,000 150,00 100,003 150,000 10., 800 15 ,000 100, (.00 100,000 100,000 250,0C0 150, t(M) 100,000 153, C09 175,000 150,000 120,000 250,000 250,000 120,000 115,OCO 100,000 700,000 263,000 100;000 100,000 300,000 157,000 125,000 100,000 250,000 100,000 800,000 200,003 100,000 100,000 §200,000* 150,000: 220,000 100,too 123,030 1,000,000: 800,000 190.000 • 400,000 100,000 175,000 150,000 100,000 400,000 20u,000 130,000 200,0M 1,000,000 300,000 100,000 100,000 1C0,000 100,000 100,000 345,000 The entire fire losses in the United States, adding those under *103,003 in each case, will 1 each leas than $100,000,0)0, as compared with about #130,000,000 In 1887 and $115,000,000 in 1886. HARKISOrS CABINET. RUMOB4B AS XO WHO WILL COMPOSE XHAT HONORABLE BODY* G«n, t«« Wallace Said to Have Been Named--Surmised that Col. Win. M. Meredith Will Succeed PuhUc Printer Bonedtot. [Indianapolis (Ind.) special.] Interest in Harrison's Cabinet was in­ tensified here by the publication of a press dispatch from London purporting to contain a quotation from a letter written by Private Secretary rialford to John Rtiid, of the Now York Times, who is traveling in Europe. The dispatch credits Halford with saying that John C. New did not want to enter the Cabinet, and that Gen. Lew Wallace would probably be Indiana's representative in that body. New's desire for a Cabinet po­ sition has, been so marked that his friends did not pretend to deny it, and these have stated time and time again that, "after all the Journa Hi as done for Harrison in the secur­ ing of his nomination and election, it would be base ingratitude not to appoint him to a Cabinet position, if Indiana was granted such a place," Tho dispatch found Repub­ licans ready to believe it, and there is unanimity in the belief that it is genuine and that Halford spoke by the card. The dispatch was called to his attention, and he was evidently very much surprised and not a little worried regarding it. Asked i! it was true, ho said: "Mncc my appointment- as private secretary I have not written to Mr. Iteid nor to any one else a word re­ garding the composition of the Cabinet." "Have you had any correspondence with him at all?" I have writtdu him a number of letters during my connection with the Times, but I never wrote what is quoted to him or to any ony one else either before or since my appointment as private secretary." Notwithstanding this emphatic-disclaimer there is a feeling among Republicans that! Halford wrote something upon the subject, and while his exact words are not given, the substance of them is believed to be con­ tained in the dispatch. That New believes Harrison lias selected Wallace for some position in the Cabinet is evident from tho conversation of his friends, and it is also clear that he regards the selection as a! breach of faith. It was stated that New.and Huston were becoming estranged by reason of their Cabinet aspirations, and that Hai^ rison told them he would not select man from Indiana for the Cabinet; that he believed the best interests of the party could be served by selecting Cabinet minis­ ters outside of this State, and they were satisfied with this settlement of the matter. They now believe that Wallace has been selected for a position, and that Harrison has broken faith with them in making the change from the original programme. THE PUBLIC 1'KINTEK. Numerous Candidates for Mr. Benedict's Position--Meredith Believed to Be the [Washington special to Detroit Free Press.] The position 5f Government Printer is one of the most important places that the new President has to All. The Public Printer has eharge of about 2,500 employes and superintends the exw.nditure of over $2,000,000 per annum, "l'he office has im­ portant duties and extensive patronage. 100,000. 200,000 280,0001 100,000 100,000 200,000 100,000 150,000 $100,000 475.000 100,GO0 170,000 150,000 100,000 150,000 400,000 400,000 250,000 250,000 •4 The Public Printer himself recoives a sal­ ary ot $4,500, and his principal assistants from $1,800 to $3,600 per annum. He has fifteen or twenty g >od places at his disposal and hundreds of subordinate ones. The woods are full of men who aspire to succeed Mr Benedict. Col. W. M. Meredith, of Chicago, is apparently the most formida­ ble candidate for the 'position now in the flel I. He was formerly a member of tho Seventeenth Indiana Regiment, which was commanded by Gen. Harrison during the rebellion. He was a candidate for the posi­ tion of Public Printer in 1881. when Sterling P. llounde was nominated. Among the names on his petition was that of Benjamin Harrison, then just entering upon his term as Senator. Col. Meredith's friends natu­ rally figure that Harrison's influence ought to be a little more valuable this year than it was when he, got left seven years ago. Col. Meredith is receiving the indorse­ ment of the Typographical Unions all over the country, has Btrong political backing, and it is generally conceded that his chances are first-class. [From the Deeatur (111.) Labor Bulletin.] The announcement of the friends of CoL William M. Meredith that they will urge 260,006 ; upon Gen. Harrison his appointment as 1,030,000 ' Public Printer has met with a warm re­ sponse from many of the leading labor or­ ganizations of the country. The Colonel is a master in the profession, both as a busi­ ness and as an art. He was a printer and a soldier by inheritance as well as by prac­ tice. 100,000 830,COO 125,000 100,000 100,000 27. Fire in Wub*bh&, M nn. 28. Fire in Romeu, Wis 48. O io t ails '! annery, Lon<sville, Ky. 80- Conway Sash & Btind Factory, MO- 125,000 100,000 200,009 950,000 100,000 117,000 135,000 105,000 125,000 100,000 0 6.08 Wutihee.... 80. Armada 1 lour Mills, Toledo, Ohio. OCTOBER. 1. Ohio Valley Foundry, Belladre. O...9 125,000 & Qulnn'a dry-goods store, Little Rock, Ark St. St ho nemann's packing-house, Chl- cogo. U. Standard Oil Works, Greenpoint, l i 14. Fire in Winoua, Miss. W. Pen aco k Club House, New York.. 17. Standard Oil Wi.rks, Dulnth, Mlpn. 92. KtethA Co.'a furniture works, Troy, M. Fire in' LM AnMiesi ciJ: 100,000 125,WO Foreign News Notes. A rebellion has broken out is the Wafe ooontrjr in upper Burmah. The Servian ekuptschina has elected M. Tanehanovics President and M. Popovios Vice President. . During an attempt to break jail at Shwebo, Bnrmah, recently seven of the prisoners were killed and three wounded. Russian customs officials have been directed to refuse licenses to foreign ves­ sels engaged in the coasting trade in Rus- S50 W0 Bian wtLterR isoicoo | The Loudon ChronicUfo St. Petersburg J6m-oo correspondent gays there is every reason 130,000 to believe that Russia and Austria have «».«» <^V6d,ft •*p*®men| 40 *** with the 109,009; difficulties in Servia. SCIENTIFIC OBSERVATIONS MADE ON *HK PACIFIC COASt. '•'ttm To»% Visible Only fn Grand »n,! Beawt^fni Pttenometia-Move- mmt of da IMrth, Moon, and 8n- iv.nt CLIPSES. lunar and solar, have by the uncivilized been from time immemorial viewed with fear and trembling, and a long step forward in civil­ ization Is shown by the change Si feeling marked by the eom- mencement of their prediction -- in this, as In other events, the unexpected being universally fear-I n- s p i r i n g . I n l a t e eclipses the astrono­ mer. journeying per­ il a p s thousands of miles to an island in the great South Sea. will see the evidences of terror excited in the natives by the unwonted appearances. There is probably no more forcible illustra­ tion of the axiom that knowledge is power thaa the attitudes of savage and scientist toward tho phenomena of the total solar eclipse. The former, not awaro of the com­ ing of tho eclipse, is transfixed by fear as it approaches;'the latter, enabled to predict the tirri'i of its advent, anxiously awaits the revelations it may afford. A total eclipse was one of the features of New Yoa'/f Day, 1889, when fair Luna crossed Old Sol. and the beautiful sunlight was dimmed by the shadow of the moon. This solar eclipse was looked forward to for months by every student of science with great interest. Though the totality did not last mucn lohgar than two minutes, astron­ omers obtained much important informa­ tion. California was the State which afforded the only practical field for a proper ob­ servation of the eclipse. Stations were es­ tablished in the northern portion of that State by parties that went out from many of the prominent universities throughout the country. There were fifteen places at which observations were made. Some of the as­ tronomers who viewed the phenomena went from Rochester, N. Y.; Greenonstle, Ind.; Washington, D. C.; Cambridge. Mass.; and St. Louis, Mo. The Coast Survey also es­ tablished two stations, and the Lick Ob­ servatory had three or four parties in the field. The eclipse began in San Fransclsco at twenty-three minutes and eight seconds past twelve o'clock, and tho end of contact was at; eight minutes and fifty-seven sec­ onds past three, the total eclipse not being seen at San Francisco at all. The Lick Ob­ servatory had one of its stations 100 miles north of San Francisco, where the belt of totality passed from the Aleutian Islands southeasterly to the Pacific coast and northeasterly, leaving the earth between Lake Superior and Hudson Bay. Here it touched the Pacific coast. The eclipse at the station was partial, not total, and was observed by Professor Holden and Messrs. Burnham and Schaeberle. The Warner Observatory, of Rochester, had a station seventy-five miles north of Sacramento, al­ most on the same line with the Lick. The general direction of the path of the total phase through' California and Nevada was northeast by compass. The breadth of the path of totality was ninety-three miles. Qon 41... --;11.~ ..ft, **w*»v*wvv *t ill HJ- -UT*J 1UUCO RUUbfl" east of tho southern limit of the path of totality. The accompanying diagram represents Aho eclipse as it was visible from Chicago f nd vicinity. A few seconds after S;21 p. m., the dark edge of the moon came In con­ tact with the bright disk of the sun in the position marked A. on the lower right-hand edge. The diagram shows the relative posi­ tions of the luminaries as seen from Chi cago immediately before tho sun dipped be­ low the western horizon, only that part of the moon being represented which waa actually between Chicago observers and the sun. The corona and protuberances were i grand sight on the Pacific coast. The ther­ mometer fell seven degrees between the first contact and totality. At Virginia City, Nev., the thermometor was 30 degrees at time of first contact, and dropped to 20 degrees during the progress of the eclipse. The corona was similar to that of 1878. Streamers extended to from three to four diameters, and the red protuberances were strongly marked. Eclipses have been predicted from an early time. Thales, one of the seven sages, born about 640 years before the Christian era. Is said to have taught the true nature of the lunar eclipse. Being the most strik­ ing of celestial phenomena visible to the naked eye, the desire to account for the cause of eclipses may be supposed to have arisen at a very early day. Long before the motions of the heavenly bodies were well understood, material was historically ac­ cumulating for the prediction of the oc­ currence of eclipses. Less than a score of years suffieee to establish a recurrence of exactly the same positions of sun and moon with reference to the earth. The period, or cycle* of eighteen years and eleven days inT eludes all kinds of solar eclipses liable to occur, so that it may be said that each eclipse is the type of one to occur 18 years later. This relation once established, it is easy to seo how the ancient astronomers could pro Hot eclipses without an accurate knowledge of the motions of the moon or of the earth. Of course such predictions have become more and more accurate as the knowledge of these motions became better known. In the caae of the sun being eclipsed, the relative positions of the three bodies--earth moon and sun--are readily seen from the sketch. The shadow of tho moon striking the earth causes the aun to appear darkened or eclipsed. In the ease ot a lunar eclipse. TOTAL BCXJP*% .£ ";. (Showing however, the relative positions of the bodies are changed. The earth then occupies the intermediate place betweeu the sun and the moon, and its shadow falling on the moon obscures that body. When the moon, earth and sun are in tho positions shown in the figure, we K&ve a new moon, as solar eclipses can occur only when the moon is new. On the other hand, in tho pd.-dtion assigned above to the three bodies for a lunar eclipse, the moon la full, and lunar eclipses are found only at the time of full moon. The shadow of the moon does not always reach to the earth when the moon is new. It is. of course, cone-shaped, with its apex towar i the earth and its base at the moon. If tho point j 1st touches, there is only a line of total obscuration and tho eclipse is total only momentarily; if it falls beyond the cir­ cumference of the earth, then there is a belt of totality. An observer on the lino connect­ ing the centers of the three bodies sees the sun totally eclipsed, as do also observers either side of the central Line within the belt. Solar eclipses occur more frequently than do the lunar; it la susceptible of demonstra­ tion that there must be at least two solar eclipses annually, and there may be five, in one year. Of lunar eclipses, there may be as many as three in one year, or none at all. But a lunar eclipse is visible to a whole hemisphere at once, while a solar ecl pse can be seen only from a small portion of the earth. The number of times, therefore, a solar eclipse can be viewed in any one place in. eay> any one century, is comparatively atnalL The shadow at some eclipses may fall in arctic or inaccessible regtona. Hefcee arises the infrequeney, apparent, not roil, of solar eeUuees, HOW PB1MUWWBB EX. :'MU&V8B to cAirrinMarat StdUfal Bat That 8a«ti'» 1 at in ] mad Postage. [Chicago special.] William B. Ta&cott, the murderer «f. Millionaire Snell, o! this city. Is dead--«t least that Is the deliberate oipinion ot some of the most skillful detectives in Chicago* They say that beyond a doubt the Snail family might iust as well increase the $50,000 r^warJ now offered for the young man to one of a million doliarv J.t WUr" never be paid. "What makes you think he is deadf* asked a reporter of the local Superintendent of a well-known detective agency. "Because unquestionably If ho were alive .,. he would have been caught long ago," waa the reply. "In the whole history©! orii&a there never was such a hunt made for man. To begin with, the reward offered for hie arrest is very much tho biggest offojrad for any criminal. That alone would probably have securcd his capture if he were hot in) his grave. Then think of the Way hia description has been scattered over the civilizad world. There isn't a Postofflee ilk the United States where Is is appearance is not as well known as it is here in Chicago*-*- there is hardly such aPostoffice in the wide world. The circulars offering the enormoue> rewards have been translated into every European language and sent around the globe. How Tascott looks and what he la wanted for are known in Paris and Borneo, in Vienna and Melbourne. Even the island*, ore, in the Paciiio Ocean have heard of him. There are spots he might hide in where he would be safe, like Kamschatka or soxn* place of that sort, but it would be impos­ sible for him to reach any such place with* out being seen on the way by hundreds of people who would afterward remember him from the descriptions in the reward circulars, even if they did not recognize him at first. • > "One police official has been quoted a» saying that he thinks the murderer is hid­ ing in the dense swamps or sloughs alone the Mississippi River on the borders of Wisconsin. That would be a good place to, hide in, but he could not stay hidden there all tais time without somebody discovering him. It is simply impossible. This, too. brings up another point. If he is alive, how does he live? All he got irom Mr. Snell'a safe would not support him two weeks., If his father or any other person here sent him money, that fact would bo almost Immediately discovered. He could not ply his old trade of thief without associating with the criminals watched by tho police, without being be^ trayod by some one of /those he would have to work with or without being cap­ tured as a burglar long ago. As to manual labor* he knewno honest occupation except running an elovator. !5 He could not won|c without being employed by some one elgij, and how could he do that anywhere without discovery? At every hamlet and crossroads he would be recognized. It; has ,been sug­ gested that some woman or criminal friend in a big city is keeping him in concealment. Tascott was of such a restless, uneasy na­ ture that it would be impossible for him to remain concealed as k>ng a% this. Some trace of him would surely be found." "Couldn't he have gone abro§d? Superin- J tondent Hubbard has been reported as' thinking he has slipped across tne ocean.*- "I don't see how he could get abroad with- ] out leaving •*_ trtiil wiiiob tho «yrt.r«ordinary search that has been mode would surely find." Other detectives also supported the idea that Tascott was dead. One of them Bald: "This is my theory: Inspector Bonfleld'S; men positively traced Tascott to St. PauL There they lost him, though they brought' back indisputable evidence that he had been' in the city. About a month after the mur­ der a body was found under the ice some distance below St. Paul which was said to resembl3 Tascott. I never heard that tho matter was closely investigated. In my judgment, if that was not the body of Tai- cott, he died about that time and in about that way. I think Tascott committed the, murder on a sudden Impulse. It' was the flret time he had shed blood, and he was dazed and half-crazed by his crime. He hung about Chicago un-j til he saw that the hunt was getting close to his trail, which was two or three days' before he was positively identified as tne: murderer. Tfcen he Hod to St, Paul." while he was there the full iden­ tification came, and he killed himself. It' may be argued that he was not the kind of <1 man to commit suicide. If he had been an ordinary old and hardened criminal that Would be true; but Tascott was young. This was his first great crime. He was just the man to make away with himself under such circumstances. Of course. Inspector Bonfield, who has done so much hard work on the oase, does not like to own up beaten. Eventually he will have to come to this con­ clusion." ' ; , There is an intimate friend of Colonel Tascott's, who was his adviser when Ma son was first charged with the murder. This friend was suspected by the police of having young Tascott concealed in hia house or his office. For this reason he waa for a long time carefully shadowed by de-i tectivas. He said to a friend one day; "X am dogged by detectives, who think fhave young Tascott hidden somewhere. I haven't, but I can assure you positively that the young man will nover be caught in thia world " from which it was inferred that he. knew Tascott was dead. The man who made this remark is a reputable citizen, who stood in a delicate and confidential position toward the elder Tascott. It would be manifestly unjust to give his name. Neither Inspector Bontleld nor Superin­ tendent Hubbard, any more than A. J. Btone, Mr. Sneli's son-in-law, will admit a belief that Tascott Is dead. They still cherish hopes that he will be caught some day. Nevertheless, they do not assert that the prospect is any brighter than it was six months a?o. The search has now been going- on ten months. It has cost in the neighbor­ hood of $16,000 for printing and postage alone. As an evidence of the keen fntereat that is taken in it all over the world, it may be mentioned that Inspector Bonfleld re- e ives every day a pile of letters about. Tascott half as high as his desk. Superin­ tendent Hubbard and Mr. Stone are also deluced with correspondence. It is no ex­ aggeration to say that thero are many thou­ sand men scattered over the globe who are keeping a keen watch for "a slender youny man with gold filling in his teeth," etc. In­ creasing the reward has increased their number and their vigilance. '?*? SAILED ^000 MILES.. Cap*. Slocnm Arrived Safely in Washing­ ton Alter a Tempestuous Voyage. A small veasel no larger than a sail- ' boat has arrived at Washington, D. Qs, after a voyage of nearly, 0,000 miles. Tfc» vessel was built by its commander, Capt. Slooum, in Rio Janeiro, to convey him­ self, wife, and two children back tb America, the bark "Aquidneck," in which] Capt. Slocu.li sailed to Brazil, havi been lost on a sand spit in Rio Janei: harbor. The boat is 35 feet long, 7J foot^ beam, 3J feet deep, and has only aoanvas- covered deck-house to afford protection against the weather. She left Rio Janeiro- July 24, and after stopping at Bahia, Per* nambuco, and several other pexla reached Norfolk, Va., three weeks ago. The lit­ tle craft weathered some heavy aeaa in the tropics and brought its oeoupa&ta to- Washington in good health. Ho Wants His Honey. M. M. Gray, one of the lawyers for John Arensdorf in the famous Haddock murder case, at Sioux City, Iowa, has sued. Arensdorf for $1,000 for services rendered during the trial. Arensdorf is now run­ ning beer bottling works across the Mis­ souri River from Sioux City, in Covington, Nebraska . lots or Flak. , Exploring schooners have reported at Victoria, British Columbia, that thero iai great abundance of lish on Blatek Cod Banks, off Queen Charlotte's Island, and that the coasts are dotted with natural, harbors, in which the anchorage is excel­ lent. Victoria people are elated I#* we reports. Fornltsn) Pedm Fall. C. Weinmann & Co., furniture dealers, at Philadelphia, have failed, with f75,000 asaeta and $120,000 liabilities. The abating rink, seven shops, and * ing stroyed by fire. dwelint A Disastrous BlaM. ig riii at Beaver, Pa., have been *•- The loas is $15,000. i » • • i (&*•* ' "-3$ 1 Cy-Ss •* u v*. .. * j , , _ , ^ .. i , . _>» *s - A t. , . VA?