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mrn |fl$umlcalrt I VAX tLTKE, Editor sad PBHI *»«.•' •• »t 1 • "• **'*• » . ILtiT««OTRs " •" MoEQEN BY, pv f & Vv ANYTHING BUT FESTIVE CHRISTMAS PROSPECT#* >rOR THE STRIKERS. "is Miner* In Colorado Killed and Injured In mm Unlookp«1-for Kxploxlon -- Cincinnati Taxpayer* in a T«r«»oll„--gui?j»ix»'r3r iMMhk j--tico. ' . /•.?' • • R.G. Dun <fc Co-'s weekly review ol trade »7f: As the end of the year approaches gener­ al trade slackens and. there is perhaps not more than the usual disposition to defer large transactions until after stock-taking and the holidays. It Is satisfactory to see from nearly ail points that the reports which moto the inactivity usual at this season also observe a prevalent and strong belief that the business of the com­ ing season will be unusually large and profitable. * Commercial credits nnd confidence are in satisfactory shape for the transaction t f an enormous business early next year. Excepting at a few places the money markets are well supplied. The business failures occurring throughout the country during the last seve t days number 335, as com­ pared with 330 last week. For the corre­ sponding week of last year the figures were 404. , If Status of the Strike. C angry strikers from Perth, Caseyvil'o. Kosidale, and Coxvllle at­ tacked the "black log" train at Coal Bluff, near Brazil, Ind., as it was re­ turning from Syndicate mine No. 8. The windows of the cars contain­ ing the 'black-legs" were smashed with stones and several pistols Mfm-. were discharged, but no one was In-' Jured. The train passed the station at H the rate of forty miles an hour, so that yi'i/*' it was impossible for any of the mob to « „;J board the cars, an i the on rased strikers ! *»ve vent, to their feollngs by firing re- £ /^V". volvers and throwing stones The long- **' delayed relief has reached Perth and CaseyvlUe, and many of the strikers jf'< 'v- who had promis d to go to work *S ;'*V* changed their minds Less than a score of them joined the "b acklogs" at the pit Th(» others concluded to hold - y v out a while lomrer. The funds dis- t • ,. tributed were meager, less than 40 rents >' to the family, but tin lea lers assured Cf : the men that more wou d speedily fol- ml'.low, and that in the future help would j,: be a')unda it. Word was at once senfo £ •. Coal Bluff, Coxville, anl Rosedale that Anderson was caled. The comrlctad aim- was not in co irt. but htt eoQlta Joseph Anderson was and be'ng among "the spectators he was taken to the bar and tat short order sentenced to pay a ,1M aad costs and bo locked up. Now teuit for damages Is to follow. And the bflieers are looking for the convicted Anderson. , , AT Pater.'on, N. J., John J. Braiy, a we'l-known po itiolan. a few days ago, went to the French House at Mountain View to celebrate a victory gained by the faction of the party to which h > belong­ ed,. electing their candidate to the Chair­ manship of the County Committee. He was with a few boon com­ panions, and h» a hilarious moment pro­ posed a mock marriage with a forvant frirL Mr. ( < rnell. a .lustice of the Peace jpf the Second Precinct of Jersey City, was stayl ig at the hotel, and he con­ sented to perform the ceremony. Not knowing his identity, Brady and the girl, Misi Flaherty, consented. The knot was tied and the party made merry. Now the woman insists that she is Brady s wife, having found out that they are legally man led. Brady regards the whole affair as a joko. ! > »r. * 1 ^ f' V •£ V '<? •;i:l . XEAR "LTma, Ohio, tne L'o'umbian •'\ t *'"• ' Co'Wmbiai vt Casey ville had jr§e#i¥ed •imc Perth aad money. *. v ' V • Mysterious Double Murder. A MYSTEKIOCs doube killing Is agitat­ ing the people of Lee County, Tenn. A man hunting in the woods near Brier Creek saw the foot of a man sticking Jing asi e the debris he was horrified to r ' find the dead bodies of two men. William '•>£f, .<> L. Spreggins and (eor >e Holliday. The K# f who e affair is shrouded *"n mystery. An inquest was 1 eld, and from the evidence „i.i_ ..a verdict of death from pistol wounds at the hands of R. S. Morgan was returned. s Both men had their brains blown out ' and half of the top of Holiday's head was blown off K. S. Morgan had a dis- spute with the two men. who are brotb.- lers-iu-law, over some real estate. t-k • ddled with Bullets. ^ about one hundred men,, disguised, and all armed revolvers, called on Sheriff at Live Oak, Fla, and d him. They took from the keys to the county jail and set a guard over him. The mob then made a rush for the jail, and enter­ ing It took from their cells the two negroes accused of the murder of Young v Parramore in the street* tf Branford last week. The prisoner* were bound . to trees a short distance for the jail and their bodies riddled with bullets. . - *" >*r ^ Riot in dinciniati. AT Cincinnati, Ohio, a small rfoloc- ^ ,'^curred at the court house, st jnes being ' thrown through the windows and tho ^entire police force was called out The v, . ̂ trouble originated over the efforts of two '# or three thousand taxpayers ebdeavor- •'f ing to get to the windows to pay their f>> taxes to avoid the penalty. Many per- l^ sons fainted, and soon rocks were flying .. into the Treasurer's o3i<e like hail. The -clerks ran for their lives. Tremendous • excitement prevailed and all business was suspended for a time. Quiet was finally restored. Explod sd a Neglected Charge.* A TERRIBLE accident occurred at Lead- Three men were killed, two < seriously injured, and a number of others hurt The accident was (caused by the explosion of missed hole wh ch had "been charged a 3few days ago and wa-> thought to have exploded, as several charges were fired at t„ j*,y the same time The failure of this one 4.- >, to explode was not noticed at the time, k;T: but uP°n being >truck with a drill it ^ exploded with terrific force. w" % ' r" , , i ' • ^ . Big Pittsburg Blaze. ? . kvmn brote out in tte large^whote^ .^f'v sale millinery establishment of Porter, j -t, Donaldson & Co., at Pittsburg, Pa., and Ik- by the time the fire department reached the scene, the fourth, fifth and sixth stories were in flames. The loss is heavy. ^ i .•Hie, Col. WBSTERW^ the limited passenger train on the Pittsburg, Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway was running at the rate of sixty miles an hour w. en a rail broke after half of the coaches had passed over it The train was heavily loaded aud three persons werelcilied and about twenty more or less wounded. THK south-bound passenger OI , the Southern Kansas was wrecked two miles north of Cherrwa'e, Kas, cause J by defective ties. The express, the regular coaches and the steeper were all hurled down a hish embankment with about forty passengers on board. Twenty-si v persons were mo;e or less injured, thr^e of whom may die. AT Clearwater, Minn., 100 indignant citizens gathered at the residence of Anton Krlps just before midnight, the other night, an4 ordered him, his wife, daughter, and two sons to leave the place within twenty-four hours.. They walked twelve miles to St. Cloud. The cans? of the troub'e was an a'ieged at­ tempt by Krips and his family to black­ mail Edward Pitheon out of $5,C03. ABE \YATKINS and Louis Thomas, em­ ploye; of the iron works at Indian- aoolis, went to work, and as usual in­ dulged In banterings about one another; The men bad been fr ends for years and frequently indu'ged in harmless scuttles They were thus engaged, when Thomas suddenly drew a revo ver and fired fonr shots in rapid succession. The last shot l-ntered Watkins' back and passed en­ tirely through him. making a fatal •round. Thomas claims that he did not Intend to injure Watkins, and the latter declares that the shots Were accidental. AT Columbus. Ohio, V. W E. Fitzger- tld, the Youngstown murderer, was hanged at the penitentiary. He was tentenced to hang Nov. 19, but Gov. Lampbell granted a respite to give the fcttordeys an opportunity to carry the case to the Supreme Court on error. The decision of the lower court was sus­ tained in each, instance, and the Gover­ nor refused all further appeal i for ex- fccutive clemency. The doomed man sought suicide by the use of morph ne, but he was resuscitated. He also tried to kill himself by pushing a pencil in bis body at the heart THE motion for alimony in the Blaine divorce case was heard before Judge Charles M. Thoma« of the Dead wood, S. D., district Judge Garland, In be­ half of the plaintiff, appeared with the requisite afBdav ts, wherein it appeared that plaintiff was at present entirely dependent upon her family (re'atives). One thousand dollars ali­ mony was asked for and ?500 solicitor's fees. The Judge, however, granted but £500 alimony and S30t> solicitor's fees, to be paid within the next thirty days. The case will bo tried at Doadwood by stipu­ lation as to time some time in February. THE remains of Matthew Rumford, a Russian, were found In the hills west of Ellenda'e, N. D., having perished in the great blizzard which prevailed all over the Northwest last week. He was found resting against a large, stone about half a mile from a house. Ete bad unhitched his team and tied them to the wagon, and apparently tried to find the house not far from which he met his death. Henry Miller, another Russian, was found on the prairie with both feet so badly frozen as to make amputation nec­ essary. Much suffering to people and stock is reported from the blizzard. A USITED STATES ma'l wagoi filled with registered and ether matter was stopped by five men and robbed of its contents at Chicago The plunder amounted to $3,000 cash, and non-nego tiable paper 8200,000. The robbery was so quickly and quiet y done that before the a"air was reported to the postoffice officials and the police the rob­ bers had over two hours' start This they made good and the efforts of the entire city police force failed after a six hours' search to do mor.; than unearth in a manure box, three miles from the scene of the robbery, the cut mall pouches and their rifled contents. ffllpibw wprtPi' eyes. thedlMionds authoritioa pepper Into the men then left with to far haveeludddibe MANll WASHINGTON. As order was If sued from the Navy Department thilt the destination of the United States war ships mast not be Riven out TH« wife of Senator Hawley, of Con­ necticut, is seriously ill at Washington. Mrs. Hawley underwent a surgical operation which has ^eft her in an ex­ hausted condition. THK President has sent to the Senate the non (nation of Stephen B Etkins, of West Virginia, to be Secretary of War, vice Red field Procior, resigned. Tho appointment caused no surprise among Republican Senators who have been ex­ pecting the nomination. Eiklns will probably be confirmed without delay and, it is expected, will be in full control of the War Department within a weak. TiiiK Chinese empire has officially noti­ ced the State Department thatjt will take no part in the World's Fair. The Emperor holds that if h:s subjects are good enough to come to the Columbian Exposition they are good enough to be admitted to the United States at all other times. The ultimatum was de­ livered to the State Department through Minister Denby. No objection is raised to Chinrse merchants already in the Unite 1 States participating In the Ex­ position, but China as a country refuses to take any part whatever in the Fair. The result of the Chinese negotiations ha-t been wired to Mrector - General Lavis. ACCOBIHSG to the New York World it is pretty certain that a bill for the free coinage of silver In some form will pass both the Democratic House and the Re­ publican Senate during the present ses­ sion. The plan practically agreed upon by those who will control the matter in the HouA is said to bo briefly as follows: To stop all purchases of silver by the Government; to throw open the mints to the free coinage of all silver to be hereafter produced from American mines, and to guard against the unload­ ing of foreign si .ver upon us by a sys­ tem of notification and inspection simi­ lar to that devised for tho the sugar bounties. FOREIGN. SMALL-POX has broken oui; ia Russia at the famine districts VON BITLOW, the famous pianist* it critically ill with influen/a. THE jury in the Florence St John divorce proceedings in London brought in a verdict aga'nst the actress. | THE Italian Government, it ia' said, will shortly open negotiations with France for a commercial convention. BAROX HIKSCH'S emigration scheme, it is thought will shortly pass the Council of Ministers. It provides for a central committee on the emigration of Jews in St Petersburg, and fifty sab-commit­ tees in the provinces. IT is reported that Ynguaron, In Bra­ zil, has started afresh the rebellion. The cause for the general outbreak is alleged to be an unwillingness to accept the orders of 1 resident Felxotta Tho National Guard has beeh commanded to suppress the revolt Ir is understood that the reciprocity negotiations with the sugar-producing colonies of Great Britain in the West Indies have leached a satisfactory con- clus on in every case except that of Jamaica. The conventions agreed upon invo ve the interests of Trinidad and Barbadoes, together with those of Dem- erara, in British Guiana. NEWS from Manzanilio states that the steamer Roseville, which had gone to tow thi wrecked brig Tahiti to port, re­ turned unsuccessful, the tow lines not being strong enough. It will start again soon. The Tahiti is bottom up. It is believed that when righted a number of bodies will be found in the hold. It had 300 perppis on board, all q| probab y lost IN GENERAL SOUTHERN. ;• Short Hews Items. ' HABBISBUKG, Pa, was visited by a slight earthquake shock, V TJIE Right Rev. Edward Harold •/ Browne, Bishop of Winchester, is dead. \ * v / WHILE making an excavation in Hot 4- "* Springs, S. D., four men were buried by a caving bank. THE Anti-Combine Convention at' Ba­ ton Rouge, after adopting a platform reiterating its opposition to lotteries, adjourned sine die. THE Grand Jury in New York in­ dicted Edward M. Field for forgery in the second degreft-- JOHN BUCKLE*, a watchman at Schoiedewend & Lee's type foundry in Chicago, was found dead with his throat «ut and skull fractured. Murder for the Jy purpose of robbery is the police theory. THE family of W. J. Florence, the \ actor, who recently died, propose to con- i i Jjjg Wj|| on tlie groun(j t|jat Jje |ejt a codicil, which has since disappeared, in which others besides Mrs. Florence were left bequests > A r? •V" ====- SF-. '.Y •'% ,V.~" EASTERN. iliBOD GUTZEL, an illicit distiller, was held in $2,000 bail by United States Commissioner Colburn in Scran ton, pa. Gutzel was arrested by United States Marshal Barring in the mountains of Potter County, and his still was de­ stroyed. A MOST remarkable blunder on the part of the Mercer County (N. J.) Court will probably cost t .e county a consid- erably sum. The court convicted one Joshua Anderson for stealing wagon tires from John H. Sharp, of Columbus. «iteat«nce day came and the name of J.~ CONOHESSMAX WM. D. WIUBOX, of West Virgin'a, has been elected Presi­ dent of Richmond College. I. G. DELOXR, Denton Duke, and Jo-eph Duke were killed at East Bai^f; hard, Tex., as a r suit of a quarrel. ALFBED Dowxs, colored, is to be hanged at Charlotte, N. C , for burglary. He broke into a residence and stole a syringe.' THE missing men supposed to be In the ruins of the Menne candy factory at Louisville, Ky., have returned to their homes The number dead is now given at twelve THK Bteamer Herbert was sunk at Florfrree, Ala , after having successfully passed through the Mussel Shoals Canal. Owing to trouble with one of her barges, the Herbert struck on a ieef and went down in eight feet of water. AT Florence, Ala , the most disastrous fire in the history of the place occurred. The loss is estimated at over $250,000, with only partial insurance The prin­ cipal losses are David Jones, wholesale whisky dealer; T. E. Barry, Mrs. (found­ ers, and I. M. Blanton. AT Dallas, Tex., tho Rev. F. Parker, of Sherman, a Methodist ciTcult-rider, was arrested on a'Charge of forging, the seal and signature of County •Cler'k S. B. Scott to a pension certificate. Mr. Parker had done work for the American Bible Society for seven years in Texas. Miss A. H. BBUCE, Frank Packwood, Mrs. Lk D. Hatch, and her little son were all found murdered in a house re cently hired by the Packwood family, six miles south of New Smyrna, Fla. Their throats were cut from ear to ear, , and a 1 had been dead apparently about eighteen hours Tramps are suspected. A and successful diamond robbery occurred at J. V. Zimmerson's jewelry store at Llttle Rock, Ark. An unknown man entered the store and asked to look at some diamonds. A tray containing 8^006 worth of stones was set before him by the cleric. Another man entered (a , A. A.' v A , «'• , FIVE persons were burnel to death in a hotel at Moose Jaw, Manitoba, ALL the dispatchers and operators on the Atlantic and Pacific Roads from Al­ buquerque, N. M., to Mo.'ave, Cal., have qnlt work. ANOTHER "hold your wheat" letter ad­ dressed to all farmers of Minnesota and the Dakotas made its appearance urging them to de'ay as far as possible the sending of the!r grain to market It holds that Russia is entirely out of the race and India prac­ tically so. It does not*, advbe the farmer to create an unnecessary scarcity or to repudiate his debts, but to sell only what he is obliged to when the receipts are large and increasing, and when they are on the dec'ine to sell only a certain portion each month. The exporting ca­ pacity of the United States is figured at 140,000,000 bushels more than last year, which falls 40,000,000 short of supplying the world s deficit. This 140,000.000 bushel', it says, would supply Europe, with bread for nineteen days and a half only. Taking all this into account, the circular c aims that if the farmer does not get twice what he is now offered for his wheat it is his own fault' i'V-f -V* REPORTS. " CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to ... H oa--Shipping tirades UHtKC--Fair to Choice WHKAT -NO. 2 BeA Cobm--No. T OATS--No. 3 B*E--No. 2 BCTIEH - Choice CiMmny CBBKaa--Full Cream, flats Potatoes--Car-loadr, per bo.... INDIANAPOLIS CATTLE- Khippin* Hoot--i hoice Light BBEEP--COMMON to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Had. « ODN--No. 1 White... OATS--No. % White bT. LOUIS. CAITOJt.,.,....,.. No. i iud/. cokn--No a... OATS--No. BYE-NO. a.... CINCINNATI. CATTLE.. Rooa.... SHEET WHEAT--No. S Bed.... .. COBH--No. 3 OAIB--No. 2 Mixed DETBOX*. CATTLE. . H o t i B - . , . v . . . . • . . . v . HHXKP. •"WHEAT- No.8 Red....... COSH--NO. A Yellow OAT«--No. 2 White. TOLEDO. WEIEAT--New...., Gobn --NO. 8 Tf lk»«r OATS--No. A White BTE BUFFALO. BEST Battle LIVE HOO- WHEAT--No. 1 Hud Cobm--Nowt MILWAUKEE. WHEAT-No. 2 Spring COE&-- No. 8 ..717 OATS--No. 2 White Bnt-No. 1 --Ho. a...;..... PoHK.~Me*«. 90WYOBK. 0ATTt« Hpos wSSTiC'no. i Bed.....*." '.7.7.7. Cots--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western BDTTEE--CreMneiy. FOBB-^NMT MM*.. . IS. 50 & 6,00 • 60 V, 4.2S 3.00 (»• 6.50 .(» ® M .47 (•« .40 .M & .83 ^7 <t» -H9 .30 (9 .28 .IB 0 as .90 m .40 ' Ml m 6.73 8.60 400 8.G0 4.50 .03 m .3> .43 & .49 .8» & .B7 an 0 5.00 ut 0 4.00 .92 ® .@3 M A .40 MH® .33^ .a # .S3 . >.SJ m &00 S.Si # 4.00 . too 0 4.75 . s*y 1# .»??» . .4* • .n . M «» .37 . 8.00 # 4.75 . 8.00 4.0i . S.00 m 4.60 . .W m .97 . M & M .» & .88 . .09 & .* . A7 «» .49 . .88 <9 .81 M • M z SENATORS. : 3EVENTEEN IN THE HOUSE. / JOHN E. OORDOM. H. C. HANSBROtraH. *. T. STTB3I& 4.00 Mf .01 .40 0 5.75 4.2* 1.0* J .Si/ -My.® .84* /a # .66 u.« m 11.75 MO & 5.00 8.00 M 4M B-SO 0 5.00 1.03 1 l.oe .86 1 ^9 .36 2 .48 .sa S lAM *10.79 AWo-flftiis Of DM Senate Admitted ijf th. IM« TWO VMH-AII topre«»<L«n|^ In- flu «t New Men--The Newcomer. twwi to Portrait* and fangnpha.' '. , ^ New Blood and Brains. At the opening of the Fifty-second Congress tho Senate received seventeen new members. Two years ago but six new men took seats Later eight Senators of t e ncomlng " tates of North and South Dakota, Montana and Was >in-*ton appea o i Then followed the a mission of Idaho and Wyoming. Mahogany had to be telegraphed for the Scnat; cabinet­ maker worked nights to keep up with the call for new desks , and chair -. In two years this staid and continuous old body has been renewed to the extent of two-fifths of its number by men. wholly untried in Its forms and methods of legls- rendered^ Appomattox, lation, wholly reckless and fearless of • - - •' its traditions or its dignity. The new Senators represent a good deal of diverse talent At least one is a millionaire, another is a physician, sev­ eral are printers, one is a clergyman, and a number are lawyers. They repre­ sent all shades of belief. A more mot­ ley crowd in this respect was nevei bo- fore seen. » The Congressional Director? will classify the new recruits as follows: Republicans 8, Democrats 9, Farmers' Alliance a. The Senate therefore stands Republicans 48, Democrats 37, Far.uers' Alliance 3. Some of tho brightest of the yoting meu come from the \\est, and two of these are so yoi ng that they are hardly out of thoir sh:;rt clothes. Dubois o f Idaho and Hansbrough of Dakota are the ba­ bies of the Senate. It is all Dubois can do to raise a mustache and Hansbrough does not look to be over thirty. Still both of them have been in the House, and Hansbrough was edit* ing a paper at Devil's Lake when the State of North Dakota was a l- mitted, ad he tecame Its first congressman. Both Di.bois and Hansbrough were born in Illi­ nois. Hansbrough's parents were poor and got he his education in tho print­ ing odice. He left Illinois after learning his trade and went to California. There he pub isbed a daily at San Jose and worked for a time on the San Francisco Chronicle. He was news cdi'.or of the Chronicle in 1879 and left to go to Wiscon- bin to edit the Bara- boo Bulletin. From Wisconsin he went to North Dakota about nine years ago, and ho comes to the Seu- ate as the successor of Col. Gil Pierce. He stilt owns bis paper at Devil's Lake and varies his Congressional work by writing editorials for it. Dubois is a younger man than Hans­ brough. Dubois' parents were well-to- do and he reco vcd a good education. He went to school at Yale and he was there noted as an athlete as well, as ar student For four years he was tho catcher of the base-ball nine of his class. Sis ambition grew with bis muscles, and after his graduation he found Illi­ nois too small for him and he moved to Idaho. He put his muscle into politics, and during his firqt Congressional cam­ paign he spoke in every settlement in Ida­ ho, traveling over its 85,000 square miles of mountainous territory on mules and In stag) coaches and being at times nearly a month away from the railroad. His indefatigable energy enabled him to beat the older politicians of the State, and this will make him one of the hard workers of the Senate. Senators Blair of New Hampshire and Hearst of California are succeeded by two men who served together in the House o f Representati v®s. These aro Dr. Jacob Gallinger and Charles Fe ton. Gallinger is a bright-eyed, black mus- tached, semi-bald little man, whose frame is packed full of nervous activity, he is a smart politician and a ready speaker. He began life "• «• OALMVOBB. poor, and has been a printer, an editor, and a doctor. He has made money in all his trades and professions, and he is now a we 1-to-do man. Charles Felton also started in life with nothing and he is now a rich man In that State of rich men, California. This means that he is a millionaire. He owns mining stocks, railroad stocks and bonds, and owns the water works of one of the best suburban towns near San Francisco. He is very modest with all his millions, and he is one of the most ear- nestand practical men in Congress. He was born in New York, and at seventeen went to California to make- his fortuna He stu­ died Taw, tried one case and then dropped the law and went into business. He has neVer been a candidate for MELTOS. office, and his political honors have been thrust upon him. Sen­ ator Felton is now nearly 50 year i old. Next to felton, the richest man of the new members is Cal Brice, who repre­ sents Ohio, but lives in New York. B r i c e' s fortune, however, is a speculating one, and he Is engaged in FO many things that he does not know himself just how rich he Is. Brlce comes from Lima. Ohio, and he does not look a day older than he did tea years ago. He is In his forties and is full „ »f energy. He is # "«• te. Biuoa man of considerable culture, and he tpends a great | art of his surplus in One books, bric-a-brac and pictures. Be has a very bright wife, who is largely interested in charitable work. Senator David B. Hil h«* selected his winter'quartersat Washington. He will live lust over where Charles Sumner ased to fcold forth, and just •across tfee street from wftere President Mad- if on lived after he left the White House, His quarters are bachelor ones, and his hotel Is the Arling­ ton. Hill will be one of the great char­ acters of the Senate. The discusison of him as a Presidential pos­ sibility and his posit on as Governor of New York have for tho last five years made him one of 'the leading figures of the Democratic party, and the people will expect more from him as a Senator than they will probably get Men who have great reputations before they get to the Senate often fail there because Ihey do not come up to public expecta- tioo#. and Hill will have to be a genius |o wake a great figure during the first two|$f||f The probability is that jhfe wlH ipfilt very little, but his industry willii^ka hiwA v^uabio man on com- inittil^:\fU^:^^;'|iiy«rMe!' of managing men *nd working the political wires will m*ke his presence at Washington in­ valuable tohli|>arty. Hlfl is not tlrt'Only ex-governor among the new Senators. Geueral Gordon has oeeii twl$e Governor of Goorgla. and General John M. Pal- Bjer was once tho chief executive of . Ililno's. Bol h Gordon and Pal­ mar are men of h sto- r'es Both servo I with credit in tha; l&te war, and Palmer came out of it a major genera], hav- Ing.been in some of the- most noted battlov and having started n as a c lonei. Gordon enter­ ed the Confederaui ser­ vice as a captain,[and h$ rose to bo lieu­ tenant general, an < he was commanding h s troops at tho t me that 1 ce Fur- He jsvas phot all to pieces during the war and h * handsome face bears the scars that he received during its battles Gordon has had ox per iencein tho Ken- ate in the past He was elected to t o Senato in 1&73 and show ed himself a brilliant speaker and dobater. Ho was re-elected In 1879, but resigned the year following on tho grounds that he was too poor to / remain in politics, and " went back to Georg* and engaged in railroad­ ing. He made a Jortnno, but reverses came and he lost it He was, elected ROHNX I>ALVEIL Governor of G<x>rg:nJn 1886 and ho has been In politick more or'Iess all Iiis life. Gordon is one of the fine looking men of the new members. Gen. John M. Palmer is a very popiu* lar man. He is the o dest of the new member*, and with the exception of M< rrill he will probably be tlie oldest man in the Senate. He was born in Kentucky just feventy-four years ago, and he movod to Illinois at the age of 15, He belongs to that pioneer school of pol­ iticians of which Lincoln and Dbuglas wet e the highest types. He was a friend of both. In 1864 he came to Washing­ ton as tt delegate to the Peace Congre s. He had Lincoln's confidence, and rose to the rank of Ma or General of Volunteers. In 1872 he left tho Republican party to support the Cincinnati platform and Mr. Greeley. He never returned. The two simon nure Alliance Sen ators are Judge William A Peffer, ol Kansas, and John H. Kyle, of South Dakota. Senator Peffer is - a Pennsylvan'an, born in Cumberland County six~ ty years ago. At 19 he joined the Argonauts and made a small for­ tune gold-hunting in California. In 1852 he returned to T'ennsylva- 'nia, married, and set­ tled on a larm near Crawfordsvllle, Ind. It w&s not long heforo he w. A. PEFFBX lost the money he made in California ana emigrated to South­ western Missouri, In 1S62 he enlisted in the Eishty-thltd lil nois Volunteers, and served until the surrender at Appo­ mattox. He derived the title Of Judge from his servica as Jud7e Advocate during thft. war. .. This line of duty led him to*: tudy )»w. In 1870 he moved to Wilson County, Kan­ sas, where lie took up a claim and tried farminx. Later he started the Coffey- vllle Journal and lived in Coffeyvilie till 1880, serving one term In the State Sen­ ate. Removinx to Topeka, he took charge of the Kansas Farmer, of which he afterward becamft the proprietor. When the Alliance movement began he went to work for it wlt'i a^ill. 1 he new Senator from South rakota, John H. Kyle, is a br ght, interesting young Congregational minister. He was born at Xenia, Ohio, 38 years ago He gradu­ ated from Oberlin in 1873, studied theology in the Western Theo­ logical Seminary at Allegheny, Pa., where he was ordained in 1882,and then preached for a year or two In a Congregational church in Salt Lake City. In 1886 he went to Yankton, 8, D , and ft little later becanto financial secretary of Yankton College. He ha* been a mem­ ber of the South Dakota Stat4> Hrnate. The third Alliance Heimhir 1* ( ol. John Laurens Manning Irby, who takes tho tif Wade Hamilton He conies of old ro.ohitlonary ...CUM " his sis' is He Is a bache'or, bu< •wn home to a hotel, and h< keep hoftse at Washingtoi >r a« th > female head of t>h< HORACE CHILTON. laBT mock long honored in South cirnlliift. He QLHSOH wan educated in tho I'nlver.dty of Vir­ ginia and attended Princeton Col'ego for a time. He studied law at his home In South Carolina and was admitted to the Lar in 1.S67. He prac­ ticed soveral years at Laurens, but in 1878 abandoned the law to engage in farming on his plantation.' He is a most energetic and progressive farmer. He had always bosn a Demo­ crat until the Alliance movement began, when he joined in Its work. Col. Irby is an eloquent speaker. A curious appointment was that of Senator Gibson, of Maryland. Gibson has been in Congress for several terms and he was about to open a campaign as a can­ didate for the clerk­ ship of the present House wnen he re­ ceived a note from Senator Gorman ask­ ing him to call at his house. He went at once, and Gorman told him that Gov. Jack­ son intended to ap­ point him to the va­ cancy in the United Shortlv after this Gov in. The matter was talked over, and Gibson said he would accent it He then left Senator Gorman, and shortly after this Gov­ ernor Jackson called upon him at the hotel and formally tendered him the appointment- Ills office will last only for a few months, as tho vacancy which he fills is only a short one. He is noted for his good fellowship, his hospital­ ity and his generosity, and his wife Is one of the handsomest and inofet accom­ plished women at the capital. The Gulf of Mexico furnishes two new men to the Senate. These are White of Louisiana and Davidson of Florida Senator White is a lawyer, and Is noted for his vitality and nervom energy. He is sit feet tall and has a robust frame. He is well educated, speaks French like a creo e, and is very fluent as a debater. He Is quick at repartee, though not*. & *. DATIDSOX. bitter in his remarks. He t« a sugar planter at well as a law­ yer, and has a large sugar estate near States Senate. Jackson came WHITE. Senator Davidson, of Florida, ha: been In the lower house of Congress fo; years. He Is a man of fair, average ability, but with none of the element! of great statesmanship or great orator5 about him. He is well educated, anc (Hiring the late unpleasantness he woi his spurs on lhe Confederate side, enter ing the service as a captain and coming out a lieutenant co!onel. Senator Chilton, of Texas, comes frott the State of bold, bad men Hb is 1 straight, fine looking fellow, and wear: w; en at home a greal sombrero He Is > m i c h . s t o n g e r m a x than the average, anc starting life w i t k nothing, he has mad< a repu at on as a law yer and a speaker. H« ,is appointed to t h « Senate by his old friend Governor Hogg. The two were boys to­ gether, and they slept under the same blan ket Now Hogg has become Governor, and he gives his old playmate the best o.iice In his power. Mr. Chilton Is 4C years old. and a native-born Texan. He besan ll'e ln a printer's office as a "devil," worked up to the case, and finally started a small newspaper for himself. F^ years he set type, and supported hfs mother and gave his sis­ ter an education. ' - The two ex-Cabinet officers who come into tha Senate attract considerable at* tention. Proctor, of Vermont, is a mild man, but he is fresh from the great Department of War, and there is fire in his eye. Vl'as has been di­ gesting the postal schemes in tho long walks which h e h a s t a k e n about his Wiscon­ sin home, and he will trot out new bl.ls for the im­ provement of the two great depart- H«nnitM> PHOCTOH* ments with which IK has been connected. The race between the two as to senatorial notoriety will be oqual. Proctor is rather a business man than a speaker, whllo Vl'as has a great reputation as both. Senator Proc­ tor ha* made a for­ tune by his business bia ns. He was made receiver of the Ver­ mont marble quarries and he managed them so that they hiure made him rich. Le Is now about 60 years of age. He was born '"S in Vermont and was w. F. VILAS. studying law,at the time the war broke out He left his studies to go into the army as quarter­ master and ro?e to l?o Colonel, when his health failed and he went to farming. He was farming when he became re­ ceiver of tne -marble quarries, and he still owns a big fa m and runs it Senator Vilas' father was well-to-do. He moved to Wisconsin from Vermont at an early date and young Vl'as was given a good education. He went to school at Madison and graduated at the college there at thirteen, and at the age of twenty he had won his first case before the Supretre Court of his State. He showed himself to be a good lawyer and he has made a gi eat deal of money at his practice. He has eaved his money and invested it, and his investments have been particularly lucky ones. He made a fortune out of the Gogebic iron region, where ne bought a large tract of iand before the mineral was discovered, and held it, thinking that the timber 0:1 It wou'd some day bo very va uab'e, and that his children would realize out of it If he did i.ot The iron was found in large quantities and of the most excel­ lent quality, and the lands became val­ uable as mineral regions rather tU&o 'or their timber. " •"? . . Too I^ong to W»it. ^ A German peasant family had made all their arrangements to emigrate to the United States. The day before the family was to take its departure, the eldest son, Hans, who was an enormous eater, intimated that he did not care to go West." "Has some village, maiden beguiled thee to remain behind?" asked, the father. "Nothing of the kind." "Why, then, dcest thou not wish to go with us?" "I have been talking w|th; the schoolmaster, and •" "Well, what did he say?" , * "He says that when it is 12 O'clock with us here in Germany thatr---" "That what?" "When it is 12 o'clock here with us that in America it is 9 o'clock in the evening." "Well?" "I don't w*nt to go to a place where I have to wait that long for my din­ ner." And the poor fellow completely broke down at the mere thought Of It. . •; V St. OUes. " ' 5- St. Giles, saint, was at Athens, and died abbot of Nismes, France, in the year 750; he js said to have been so pious that ,he sold not only his patrimony, but even his coat, to enable him to bestow charity upon poor Christians. .St. Giles became the patron of cripples, in consequence of his refusing to be cured of an acci­ dental lameness, caused by the arrow of a huntsman's bow, lest he might not otherwise have sufficient means of mortifying himself. The churches dedicated to him have generally been iu the suburbs; and at Cripplegate, in London, even before the Conquest, cripples used there to solicit charity, from the example of the lame man. who begged alms of St. Peter and St. John at the gate of the temple. St. Giles is the patron saint of Edin­ burgh, and the High Church of the Scottish capital is dedicated to him. Many marvels are gravely recorded of him, and he still retains the title of patron of beggars and crl Sneeminff. According to a Rabbinical legend, sneezing, as a habit, is only refera­ ble to the time of Jacob. Before patriarchal days no one sneezed more than once; for the sufficient reason that the shock was invariably fatal. At Jacob's intercession this law was abrogated, but only on condition that all races of men should thenceforth employ fit words of congratulation for the sneezer's happy deliverahce. A FHii.A.NTnuoiuc farmer of Mt Car- mel. Conn., offered fome time ago to "de­ liver free of expense during the month of October fifty bushels of apples to de* serving poor families providing the mem­ bers of tho-e families do not use intox^ eating liquor or tobacco or keep a dog. * Nine got their apples. THE SENATE AN! WORK or OUR MAflONAt; „ 1 Y^j . • - • II Mill ' ' , Arommltag* tlw Sonata tad S«praMiitall*«i -- Important OlMuiMd amd Acl«d Vpoa-OUt mt Buaiues* _______ ' The National Solon*. In tlie Senate among the bills Introduced ' and referrt d were the lollowlng: To repeat all laws discriminating again-it. the circu­ lation of Eftatc hanks; to amend thtlhm In relation t< national banks and to MCir* their circulation: defining options In «futares" and imposing tasea tkWMn; to establish a permanent censos oSct aad to 1 aatf sobae- ••3 > '•'-f •m provide for taking the twelfth fluent censuses; to prohibit absolutely the coming of Chinese into the United States* whether they are Chinese subjects Or oChei> wise; to amend the PaciSc &alir0f^«ets; to reimburse the sbveral 8tates fbr in­ terest, paid on moneys expended Sin raising tloops; for a uniform classlflea- tlon of wheat, oats, rye, etc, Mr. Dolp}» offered a resolution cal I In? on the War De­ partment (or a report as to whether the provisions of the last river and harbor,bill to prevent the unlawful obstruction of navigable waters of the United States, bail been enforced, and if not why not.', Agjhsed to. The 8enate then went into c*xecdti#i| session, when some nominations were re­ ferred to committees, and then adjourned. In the Senate, on the 15th. the Vice Pre#t> dent announced Che appointment of Mc. Morrill, Regent of the Smithsonian Institu­ tion, to AH a vacancy. After tho Introduction of several bills, Mr. Morrill introduced a Joint resolution, which was passed, to iill vacancies In tho board of regents of the Smithsonian iutirn in the class other than raetnbara of Congress. It appoints William frwton Johnston, of Louisiana, in place of Noah Porter, of Connecticut resigned, and ro- news the terms, to expire on Dec. next, of Henry Coppee, of Pennsylvania, and M. C. Meigs, of Washington. D. CFC Mr. Quay offered a resolution (which was referred to the Committee on Foreign Rela­ tions) instructing that committee to inquiiro whether the acquisition of those portions of .the Mexican states of Sonora, Chihuahua, and Coahuila, that lie north of the 2flth parallel, is practicable and for the interest of the United States. - • ; In the House on the 16th the Speaker an-. nounced the appointment of the Commlttifea on Rules as follows; The Speaker (Chair- ' man), Messrs. McMllliti, Catch Inga, Reed, and Burrow*. Mr. Bartlne, of Nevada, who has been absent on acconni of illness, appeared at the bar of the House and took the oath of office. Mr. Taylor, of Tonnes-ee, announced the death of his colleague, the Hon. Leonl- das C. Houk, who died from accidental poisoning at his home In Knoxvllle, in May last. The House, as a mark of respect tO the memory of the deceased, adjourned until the 19th. In the Senate but littfo was done, except to confirm a lot of an- . pointments, and adjournment was taken.v . In the Senate, the 17th, the President pro tem laid before the Senate the credential* of Senator elect Hill, of New York, and they were read and placed on file. Mi Mitchell introduced a hill providing for tho construction of two lirs-t-class revenue cut* < ters for service on the PaciHc coast. Mr. ' Btewart then proceeded to address the Sen­ ate on that part of the President's message relating to free coinage. The fol­ lowing bills were introduced sft»d re* , v ferred: Amend'ng in several ways t.ho .. act of the last" Conpr^ss authorizing tho sale of timber on lands reserved for the use - ^ of the Menominee Indians in Wisconsin. The principal amendment, increases from;- • % 20,000,000 to ao,000.000 feet tho amount of ; timber which maybe logged and sold In " any one year. Appropriating $15,00 > to id- . » | troduce and maintain domestic roiiideer In 'ff Alaska. Toiemovet.be limitation on aP-- r^ars of pensions. The Senate proceeded. f| to executive busines?, and soon adigiirnaff,.,. till the 21st ^ St V OPINIONS "OF T»4E PfeiW. . . . . . ^ Ch'oago'* Matt Itobbery. What glee these incidents'of dahy In the Western metropolis must occasion in New York!--MI waukee Wisconsin. ; T h e r o b b e r y o f a m a i l w a g o n i n t h * streets of Chicago suggests the idea that the Wor d's l<air city Is still a wild West-» em town. -- Pittsburgh Chronicle-Tel*" graph. fr'- Chicago owes it to herself to check this new development of highway rob­ bery by the prompt appr hension and severe punishment of the terpetrators.-- Toledo Blade. v ^ This is a new field of oreration of the "road agents* that offers much profit and good chancis of esca-pe as well as all the facilities of cit; life for a honM^< --Milwaukee News. What wonder that our cousins over seft, contemplating the Worid's Fair, ask if there will be any danger from Indians! They will take fresh alarm when they read of the robbery of a mail wagon In the streets of the city of the Fair.--To­ ledo Bee. „ The thieves who are gathering in Ohfc cago s em restles* and eager for bull* ness. They can't wait for the greit fair. Five daring highwaymen took pos­ session of one of the largest and richest mall wagons last night and went through It Even the big bol dog 011 ths driver's • seat was so shocked and surprised that he made no resistance.--Louisviile Post. It is the Impossible which happen*. Nobody would have bel'evedthat a mail Wagon could be robbed in the heart of Chicago, and yet t is is ju«t what has happened. It was a regular Jeste James exploit, with none of the regula­ tion features omitted, and the driver: meekly returned to the postoffice with |t big bulldo? by his side, apparently as panic-stricken as bimsel'. Ver.ly, there is no telling wher' a robbery may strike Mtst-r-e-IndfanapoHs News wm • Theo»opliy'» New Pries tew. . I5, »C >, Mrs. Annie Besant reports a boom In the theosophy market Now is the time for persons long 01 theosophy and short on common senso to unload.--Sn. Paul Globe. Blavatsky worked out the mystic left# before she died, and her successors have not been able tj do much in that line. Tho mahatmas should come forward and prevent theoso .hy from plunging inter still greater depths of occultism. Spokano Review. V Mrs. Annie Besant is firmly convinced that etheric vibrations will result In making It unnecessary to use the cum­ brous machinery of wire and rail to transmit news. Mrs Besant is again in America cheerfn'Iy willing to make this claim among others equally revolution-, ary which the advances concerning theosophy --Omaha World-Herald. The arrival in this country of Annie Besant the high priestess of theosophy since the death of Mma Blavatsky, will undoubtedly er.dow the centei»j of the- V osophical d session with renewed li e. • • ISinee the death of the ponderona )| madame the examples of a tral in an If 08- S tations and the alleged proofs of etherta^ * communications in whUh she professed V..M to believe have become wolufc ims-- .. Albany Argus. ^.^r, .- I mm « 1 x u*, . ; " -•'MX.: Loit Her Cm% 'J The Engl^h juror seems to be on side of the man In the divorce suitW Nashville American. The actress, -Alias" St. John, shared the fate of "Lady" Russell in falling to secure a divorce.--Grand Rapids Demo* crat Miss St John haa lost her divorce suit, but perhaps the free advartfcHwg she has gained squares (he account--- * New York KecorJer. 1 In England Miss Florence St John " was refused a divor e alimony) just aa « Miss Gladys Evelyn was. They should both come JQ , .ClaciunaU. . ""V.v.'i?;