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n O S I B O T l N I I A R D L U C K ealn i. VM ttftt, fedtor awl Puillsher r r ? ILLINOIS CAN'T LAND HIS FRISCO. mm, a heMSWttted, fbe Pecrgtagy <g State, to ts*«cS*d Jaihes shot down th<6 BMb *m6 had Just pleaded guilty to aesftulttag his eistcr. H« shot him tto'm hi* «e«t anoog the spectators ©Verlookitig the aisle as two court officers led the prfomer past him to tlwe p«?iu Th« bullet wtruck th* victim over the heart mid he *ltpped G„ Blaine, A confidential adviser of t>.e Freskkunt says that the appointment •will run <Mifly until next March, even in tile evea>t<©t the President's re-ekotion. Mr, Poster, whose diplomatic con­ nections with other governments are of an exceedingly reiiv.inprat.vo charact r, lo the floor «foadv. The man who was ! (is unwilling 10 forego them tor a ionger Wlm WM Greatly ©«ar"<**«t- Demn«r»Uc ReappnrllMMMMt of Vi»- •Mum- Fatal I* **»W- s People H«« »I«a«litrea fh» AMHki" AtVi Oil the 30th, a wan* <W-i*Mslon ensuoJ ^Ci'. l'he free-colnn?« hjil was called up. i • ' j j l f . M c P S i e r s o n o b j e c t e d t o - c o n s i d e r a t i o n o f y-- thnuzh the dac bet'oio it hud *" .'v%ef)ii fixed as tins oruer, far the reason that ; " .*11 the Senators hud not *e*urntnl. A ni<r- •ioci t > recommit tlx bill to the Finance ?:t Cbmmitiee was pending wl.on the Sinafte S;" -#d jour tied, as was nl-o an mneniitnent to <Br. Stewart's suit tltwte. which wnul 1 seetu K - fo confine the free-coinage privileges of !>: the bill to the pto luct *of American mines K After the bill became*-a law. Conference 1 nrorts on the naval, the District, •ad the agricultural appropriation Mils were agreed to; a joint lesolir- •ii--j--<fcw to Cfiitinue the wppiopri.it Ions • ft* the expenses of the Government for pfteen days of 'the new fiscal year, wan ' passed by both hou-t-s and sent to the Pres­ ident. In the House, a fight ensued on the . proposition making itn appropriation for the entertainment of the G. A. R encaiiip- •nat. The report was sent back to tcnfer- 4Hice. Mr. Hatch, of Missouri, submitted tlw cc.nferenco report on the agricultural ' appropriation bllL Pending action the Bouse adjourned. Say* the Chin Me jilri Mu<! Oo. YF THK Chinese exclusion law prevented nom Bot, <a rich San Francisco Chiuesp Merchant, fiom.landing his aristocratic little-footed wife. Bot's ^tory was that lie met the girl in Maryevllle, Cal., five £»ars ago, and they be«ame betrothed, er parents took her to China for proper education. A few mon hs ago lie reoe.ved word lhat she had reached the marriageable age. So ho ••turned and they were welded. He «ame back with his wife and her young «tster. His own papers were ail right, but the custom house > eeord-* had no •hruiiuii of the departure of hi* bride ®ve years ago, •© Judge Moriowdecided •he could not « nter tho country." She was richly dresstd. and had to be car­ ried inlo ihe court-room, as she cannot Walk without help. When she learned «he had to return to ( h ua the burst Into tears and refused to be comfortf d. Her husband sweirs 1 e will ppend a fortune appealing the casa to the Su­ preme Courts • 1 It I* RlrtWfH owl Orarflll. - , THK Prohibition'S at Clnclnnat 4 • Ibtlowed the season's convention fash- Ion, making a first-ballot nom nation for the Presidency. Gen. John Bidwell, •» old Cal.fi rnia pioneer, a former Con­ gressman, t n 1 now a wealthy land­ owner of California, was the nominee f *y an unmistakable ̂ majority, receiv- 5'JO votes out of a to al vote t»f S74, 487 votes being necessary to a is, / <0hoice. The nomin ti'oq- was greeted %lth a deafening din of cheers and wliis- • * 'fles. 1 he o'Dc.al i eoold of the vote wis 4M follows: Bidwell, 5iH»; Stewart, 179; • jPemorest, 13V. tr. J. B. Crenlill, of %*exas, was nominated tor Vice Pres ­ cient on the -second ballot, getting votes, n ns moie thau enough to * frin. At *2:1«» o'clock a. n>. Friday the v v Convention adjouined sine die. , shot was Ma* Cterget, 18 years -old The girl Ire had wssHtilt'ed was his sis­ ter-in-law, Sarati Divin, aged 15. The man who -shot hitn was Edward Dtviu, tiarah's oJder 'brother A DISPATCH from Reading, Pa0 eaj-s It rool> <of 200 .^gathered at the Berks Cooaty Jail 'demanding that Pete Buc» cart be delivered to them to be hanged ior t<he murdeor of Sistev Hildabonk -at SatAJoseph Hospital. Buccari was ii*~ jtired four months ago and'had been watched'<ivor and nursed to health by the good sister. Friday she gave milk1 to the pa#ients'Snd did not till Bnccari's glass as full >as the others. He growled and borrowed a knife from 'Scott, tho Forepaugh show tiger tamer who was so fearfully injured by a tiger May 4. time. Moreover, the other governments *Would be unwilling to hold tho offUo of ! confidential adviser or counsel to their legations open for a longer time. By ipromismg, however, to eee that their interests are properly placed in cotape- *ent hands he can relinquish them tem­ porarily, and upon resigning next March 'resume the foreign positions which he is now filling. ' THE music hall of Cincinnati, the Queen City, has been the scene or many a notable gathering that has left its im­ press upon the history of the State and of the country, but nevtr has it held a more determined, earnest, and enthu­ siastic meeting of men and women than that which assembled voder its big dome Wednesday morning. A score of The Italian snoaked after iho young ^yeart have, j assed since the opponents Woman into the kitchen and ft flabed her three times. She died that night. The citizens 'tried to lynch Buccari, but ho 'Was removed to the county "WESTERN.' SCRTWABACHEB BROS.' large wholesale grocery and hardware store caught tire at Seattle, Wash., arid is a total loss. The Hotel Northern was also on lire and is 'considerably damaged. Dexter of the legalization and the recognition of the liquor traffic, meeting together for the first timo in the history of the movement, determined to dis­ play the cdurage of their convic­ tions and to place a - Presidential ticket in the field. That was in tho World's Fair City in 1872, and in every succeeding Presidential cam­ paign they have nailed their colors to the mat-t and battled at the polls in de­ fense of their principles. Now, although ' Bteaute DUsii«trd with the W»»'. JOHK AXDEBSON, supfosed to bi c, ; tramp telegraph op rator from Memphis, |>ought a pistol in a hardware s'ore at Jbaramie, Wyo., Thursday < vening. He i,-^jhrew a single cartridge into the cham- whirled it under the hamiqer, placf d the muzzle at his lert breast i nd pulled the trigger. He bled profusely, but will j|ive. Anderson says that he simply be- , <Mme disgusted with the West. WIMOMIB I* Ueappnrionpil. . THE Democjatic apportionment bill ,4ame to its final pa-sage Thursday In lloth houses of tie AVisrons n Legisla­ ture It was passed in botii cases by a ftrict'y parly vote--63 to 3(» in the As­ sembly, 16 to 11 in the Senate. Horton's new lank building, in course [feeling that for many years to come ' theirs will be but little no re thau a ca lipaign of education, they aro strong­ er, more united, more hopeful of ulti­ mate success than thoy have ever been since the lirst days of the'rational Pro­ hibition cause, and surely the beautiful convention hall never presented a more attractive--one might say enchanting-- appearance than It did Wednesday morning when the sun peeped through th« stained-glass windows of its dome. of construction, and three brick b;ocks were in danger but saved. - 1 he fire was confined to Schwabacher Bros.' build­ ing, which, with its contents, is valued at nearly $5 0,000. The insurance is about $300,000. A BAD accident has occurrc 1 on Fast Sixth street, Cincinnati. The locality is a steep hillside upen which cheap houses ha\e been built. Not long a?o a sew«rbroie underground, and its leak­ age has so softened the uarth that a huge landslide 500 leetwide hassta ted. It moves slowly,but has already wrecked a half-dozen or mote ho ises. It i-s threatening many more. Tl:e Building Inspector has trd red all families in Its path to move out of . lih Mr hou-es INDUSTRIAL. - AT Cleveland, Ohio, . Friday after­ noon, two cars loaded with policemen were run out Euclid avenue to Lake View. When the strikers saw It they The damage? are already estimated at • were furious. They hooted at Secre- an- Two Kil'ml nt Glnneniler. ,'A WWDBTOKM of cyclonic character struck Gloucester, N. J., from the south- West Thursday, doing great damage to property, killing two people and injur- log several others severely. NEWS NUGOETS. THE Marquis of Drogheda is dead, a\ Hie age of 69 yea's. THOMAS < BATES, who murdered hio Wife in Bedford County, T«nn., last Friday, was taken lrom ;ail at Shelby- viile, Monday morning, and lynched within fifty feet of the piison. SEXATOB BBICE is said to have tiounced in Lima Tuesday that Con­ gressman Ben T. Cable, of Illinois, would succeed him in the Chairmanship of the Democratic National Committee. THE Grand Jury of Ora:ise County, N. Y., has retnrnad true bills against the village officers of Port Jervs, charg­ ing them with criminal negligence in not having prevented the recent lynch­ ing of the negro, Bob Davis. A MEETING of the thirteen Arch­ bishops of the Po-nan Catholic Church In America will be held in New York in October, to diseues the s-chool <.u)stion, as it has come lor ward in regard to the so-called Faribault plan of Archbishop Ireland. A MAN named Su'Mvan presented a revolver at the head of the cashier of the National Bank of Commerce in Denver with a request for $5,000. The cashier responded by taking a pistol from his drawer and tiring at the wojld- t»e robber, who ran away and was bub Mquently captured. A. R. MCCHEBNEY, of Sou'h Dakota, and formerly State I ank Exam ner of New York, will probably suceeei Mr. Lacey as Controller of the Currency. THE President has signed the joint resolution of Congress m«k ng Oct. 21, 1892, the 40tth anniversary of the dis­ covery of Alnerica, a general holiday. THE new bridge over the River Leven Bear Leslie, county of Fife, Scotland collapsed on the removal of a scaffold­ ing erected during the construction, number of wor-Jngmen were carried down and five drowned. $40,000, GENERAL JOHN H. STIUBS, the chief pension examiner in the Chicago dis­ trict, and District Attorney Mtlehrist have just completed an investigation or a most remarkable pension fraud and compelled the restoration of over $S,0W) diverted fiom the rightful beneficiary. The most astonishing feature about the whole case is that the parties in interest are man and wife. The latter kept the pension money due her hu-band, who was insane, and for years he lived as a pauper in the insane asylums of the State. The wife is well connected and has achieved considerable fame in Iowa au a temperance lecturer. THE play of "Margaret Fleming," which is now running at McVicker's Chicago Theater, is a true reflection of high thqught and purity of moral. It voices the love of truth in art and free­ dom in life, and 4euls specifi:a.ly on the woman question. It is a play which created a sensation when liistpioiuced, and its fame is still traveling over the theatrical world. The closing of the fourth act U the mpreme climax toward which the action moves from the first. Manager McVicker produces Mr. Heme's play with a cast of p!ayeis that are able t» render their parts with ability and correctness, and the accessories in the way of stage settings are all that can be dfcslred. JESSE MCSSEB, who was supposed to have been hanged tya m^b August 31 last, appeared upon the streets of his native town of Houstonia, Mo., Tues- day. On the date mentioned two men to quiet entered the bank at Cardtr, and with drawn revolvers secured $C00 from the cashier. A posse was quickly organ­ ized. One of the men was overtaken, half the stolen rnoaey was found in his x>ssession, and he was hanged to a tree. The dead man was said to be Jesse Musser, wao disappeared from his home three days before. After the burial the remains were disinterred by Musser's father and mother and recognized as their FOB. Musser eaid on Tuesday that he had known all along of the sensation he was supposed to have caused and rather enioyed it, but preferred to keep quiet. He had Defn working near Gal- liam, Mo., as a farm hand. Who the man was who was lynched Is now a complete mystery. tarj; Beilstein,' and attempted to drag hint from the car. The police then charged the crowd. A saloon-keeper named John Moody, and Edward Barber, a' striking conductor, were struck on the head. Moody was taken home, but Barber was locked up Af­ fairs looked serious for a while, but the men soon quieted down, and no more trouble was experienced--for the rea­ son, perhaps, that no more attempts wt re made to start cars. The East Cleveland people announce their deter­ mination to start cars, if possible, un­ der police "protection. It is said, on good authority, that every line in the city will bfe tied up. FOREIGN, EASTERN. 38*3? SOUTHERN. AN explosion of the Consumers' Ice Works, in New Orleans, killed flvo^ men. The proprietor, F. B. Lee,-was among the victims. THE remains of James K. Polk elev­ enth President of the United States, are to be removed from Polk Place, Nashville, to Mount Olivet Cemetery. THE British Parliament was dissolved Tuesday. * AN outbreak of cholera at St. Peters­ burg Is imminent. SEVEBAL fires occurring simultaneous­ ly in Paris Tuesday n'ght are thought to have fceen set by Anarchists to affect the fate of Bavachol. PRINCESS MABOABET, sister of the German Emperer, has been betrothed to Prince Frederick Charles, eldest son of the Landgrave of Hesse. DUBLIN UNIVERSITY will confer the degree of Doctor of Laws upon Henry Irving, Sir Frederick Leighton, Alma Taciema, and the Bishop of Peter­ borough. THE police at Brussels, while trying bo<fy of riotous socialists, were overpowered by the latter and were compelled to ball upon the military to restore order. IN an interview published in the Munich Zeitung, Prince Bismarck at­ tributes to pressure from Berlin the re­ fusal of Emperor Francis Joseph to grant him an nudience. HENRY M. STANLEY has been un­ mercifully chaffed by his audiences in the course of his parliamentary canvass in North Lambeth. Mrs. Stanley is making speeches in her husband's be­ half. THE declarations of Prince Bismarck against the government in his recent speeches and interviews, and the threat­ ening attitude of the government against him, have caused the greatest excitement in Germany. The incident is Ihe principal subject of discussion IQ the German newspapers. IN GENERAL. SIB CHABLES TUPPEB, Canadian High Commissioner at the congress of British and Colonial Chambers of Con- CHEYENNE and Arapahoe Indians con- Ingress, in London, declared that "the oc- tinue to sulk over the allotment of I topus America" was driving British lands, and at El Reno, Monday, refused j <>"ade from the WTestern hemisphere, to accept the Government issue of beef. IT is now settled that the poet Whit- THREE negroes were shot to death at j tier wil1 write the opening ode for the Spurges, Texas, Friday evening. They PBOF. CHABLES W. NUTTING of Ma lone, N? Y., aihd Miss Miry Semple of Crawford County, Kansas, were mar­ ried in Fort Scott. Both are deaf and dumb. The (.'.room is an instructor of the Deaf aud Dumb Institute at Malone, N. Y. He is a brother of Congressman Nutting of New York. The bride has for time been a member of the faculty of the school at Mulono. The groom is 64 years of age, the bride 30. AT New York, in the Court of Gen- ' eral Sessions, Monday, In sight of the Judge, the jury, and the crowd, a had confessed to having assaulted Mrf. Beasely and h' r daughter near that plac^ the night before. ALL Southern Texa? reports copious rain. This insures both the cotton and corn crops in all Southern, Central and Eastern Texas. The rain was general for 200 miles in every direction from San Antonio. POLITICAL." I*A J. CHASE won the nomination for Governor of Indiana at the hands cf the State convention, held in Fort, Waynq. JThe nomination was made on the first ballot. Others on the ticket are: Lieu­ tenant Governor, Theodore P. Shock- ney, of Randolph County; Secretary of State, Aaron Jones, of 8t. Joseph; Au­ ditor of State, .lo'in W. Coons, of Marlon; Treasurer of State, Fred J. Scholz, of Vanderburg; Attorney Gen­ eral, J. D. Ferrell, of La Grange. The platform heartily approves of the decla­ rations adopted at Minneapolis, de­ nounces the apportionment laws passed j by the last Democratic General Assem­ bly, and declares that debt and Democ- i racy are synonymous terms with the taxpayers of Indiana. I THE following ticket was placed In nomination by the Iowa Republican Stat» Convention at Des Moines Wednesday: Secretary of Stat«. W. M. M'PARLANP Treasurer :.... BYRON A. BEESOV Attorney General JOHN Y. STONE Auditor i C. O. M'OAliTHY Ballroad Commissioner.. .GEO. W. PKHKIN'g ElectorH-a.t-lar<rf> • A. B. Ol'MMINS Electors at large , j M1LTON RBMLEy Every county was represented, and Grand Opera House was con.fortably filled, but, ' compared with former years, there was not so great an as­ semblage of visitors. The Auditorium was elaborately decorated with the na­ tional colors and portraits of emimnt men. In the rear of the stage was an immense canvass, with portraits of Harrison anl lteid. and in the back­ ground was a representation of a merchant vessel plowing the sea. WASHINGTON dispatch: The Presi­ dent has sent to the Senate the nomina­ tion of Johto W. Foster, of Indiana, to f * World's Fair. When the matter was lirst broached to the poet he was un­ able to give a definite answer, but im­ proved health will permit him to under­ take the work. The title is still a secret to every one except1 Mr. Whittier, MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime FB.NO Hooa--Whipping Grades.. 3.50 SHEEP--Fair to Choice 4.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Spring.... .70 COBN--No. 2, new .80 OATK--No. 2 nv RYE--No. 2 .79^ MUTTER--Choice Creamegy. U>' CHEESE--Full Cream, flat* .09 EGOS--Fresh. u>< POTATOES--New, per brl S.2S INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping 8.25 Hoos--Choice Light 8.50 SHEEP--Common to Prime 8.00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red 70 COBS--No. 1 White 49 OATS--No. 2 White SI „ _ ST. LOUIS. CATTLE 3.00 HOOS... WHEAT--No. 2 Red 7#}. OOKN--No. 2 43 OATS--No. 2. .AO BIK--No.z 77 CINCINNATI! " CATTLE 3.00 HOGS, 4.. stim SHEEP ^OO WHEAT--No. 2 Red .81 COBN--No. 2 & OATS--No. 2 Mixed i.. .a* DETROIT. CATTTLE.. Hoos SHEEP WHEAT-NO. 2 Red .' CORN--No. 2 Yellow .47!O@ IISV oats-NO. 2white £ TOLEDO. WHEAT--N0.2 ,85»$@ .8CM COBN--No. 2 W hite 4^ ,bl OATH--No. 2 White 34 M .30 CLOVEB SEED $.90 & 7.10 BUFFALO. * BEEP CATTLE--Com. to Prime.. 4.00 & 6.00 HOOK--Best Grades 4.00 5.8U WHEAT--No. 1 Hard.. 91 <4 .«j COBN--No. 2 .64 .66 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring 7# & .77 COKN--No. 3 443 (g) .48 OATS--No. 2 White. .86 (3) .3# RYE--No. 1.... .78 @ .79 BABLEY--NO. 2 58 (RTJ .61 PQBK--Mesa 10.60 (911.23 NEW YORK. CATTLE HOGS SHEEP..... WHEAT--No. 2 lied I ' COBN--No. 2 OATS--Mixed Western BUTTER--Creamery POKK--OM Mess WHAT WE MAY EXPECT IN THE WAY OF WEATHEft. A Stoma War* Csatra! Vs!!#*- Reachlng lit* the 15tl. Will Crww th« Great from Julr IX to Mi Eastern HtatM About 8.00 8.00 3.00 3.50 3.00 .4.60 .111 Meteorological Matter*. My last bulletin gave forecasts of the storm waves to cross the continent from June 30 to July 4 and July 6 to 10, and the next will reach the Pacific coast about tho 10th, cross the Western mountains by close of tho 11th, the great central vail ys from 12th to ltth end the Eastern States about the lSth. The path of this storm will be well to the north, vo^y h jt weather south of it along the middle and southern latitudes, and it will ba at its greatest force Iron! 13th to lf;th, after passing east of the Mississippi. A ?.'s.ve of ccoli r ami refreshing weather will juove eastward, crossing the Western mountains about the 13th, tho great central valleys about the 15th, and the Eastern States about the 17th Tho 1892 drouth, which made Its ap­ pearance in sj ots during April and May, will have spread to about its greatest dimensions by the 15th of July, and a fair estimate may then be made as to what will be the effect on .cnps. The* turning point of tho ui\»uth w.11 be about the middle of July, but many ; laoes will not be relieved till late m August. I have no reason to change my esti­ mate, made in 1891, that our greatest crops will be found i.long and north of the fortieth paiallel, while many local crop failures will ba found In the south­ ern part of the United States. Coun­ ties of more than 2,00rt feet elevation were notgenenilly included among those where ciops would fail. Vd^THITMI MIKICOKI. * " Newberry, the geologist, says that quite a number of foreign boulders and other transported rock are found in the coal veins of Ohio. These boulders, In order to be in the coal vein, must have been deposited there while it was form­ ing. How could those numerous fof- eign rocks get into a coal vein being formed of vegetable decay/ 5 The only means by which foreign boulders an I other rock are transported Is in deep water by ice or loots of trees, and to have this deep water and the forming coal vein at the same tim€ Is an impossibility. To form coal from vegetation thcr ; must be dry or swamp land afterward covered with water, and with these conditions the boulders are found on the top of the coal veins. But, as Newberry says, there are nu­ merous ca^es where these rjeks that have come lone journeys ard fouud Im­ bedded in the coal vein, completely Im­ mersed in coal. Remember that these coal-imbedded boulders are not otherwise fo.ind in the vicinity of the coal veins, but are gen­ erally recognized as belonging to rock formations that lie hundreds of miles away to the northward. Now let some advocate give, if he can, any reasonable means by which these lo.eign stoms got to the forming coal-beds while vegefa- tion was growing. Evidently this proves that the coal veins were la d uown in deep water, where coal-proJucing vegetation can­ not grow, and indicates that otr coal- beds came fiom sources similar to those from whence are the otner formations of the earth. a Prof. Vail says that a boulder weigh­ ing 20J pounds, found in the middle of a coal seam, is now in the museum at Columbus, Ohio, and is an irrefutable evidence that the coal vein from which it wa6 taken finished its formation after the boulder fell into it and that foreign boulders thus Imbedded are oi'ten found at Nelsonville and Carbondrtie, Ohio. Numerous lustances are known whore clay seams no thicker than a knife blade are fo indi parting two coal veins.no vegetable fossils in the day and a foot or more of coal above this clay seam. How could the vegetation exist to form these heavy coal veins above that thin as paper clay seam? Is It not far more reasonable that the coal fell from above into the sea, and after a portion of it settled, a great river, at its flood, muddied the water, the clay quickly setting on the ' first coal vein and after that the carbon that still floated in the waters settled on the clay ocean? Carbon forms in the stove-pipe or the chimney from smoke, because the oxy­ gen of the atmosphere does noi reach the smoke in sufficient quantity to com­ bine with it and form carbonic acid gas. But the greater portion cf the carbon which is carried up in the form of smoke forms the gas by uniting with oxygen. This carbonic acid gas is the food of plant life, and although it is not combustible--will not lurn--it fur­ nishes the carbon of vegetable growth, and is the substance of vegetation which gives its fuel properties. Carbonic acid gas also unites With, or dissolves in water, in the proportion of 2 volumes of gas to 3 of water. There are, therefore, two ways by which car­ bon in the atmosphere may return to solids of the earth; one through vegeta­ tion and one through water. Chemists tell us that there is now about one part of carbonic acid gas in our' atmosphere to 2-5,000 parts Oi other matter. The smoke that t onstantly rises from all kinds of fires, including volcanoes, saturates our atmosphere with carbon, and we kuow that a portion of this comes back to solid earth through vegetation. But does any part of It change back to carbon in any other way? Tens of thousands of lakes in North America and Northern Europe have their bottoms covered with carbon mud. Many of these lakes have been drained aud the blac'c mud at their bottoms Is lound to t e very similar to kennel coal. As a rule these ponds have no Vigetation, and therefore this carbon ir ud c iuld not havo eome from vegetable decay. It must have been, in the long ages, pre­ cipitated from the atmosphere, and as evidence of this the fact that carbon I? acid gas readily unites with water has has an important bearing. Another pertinent fact is that where peat is found it is underlaid by this same black carbon mud that we find at the bottom of lakes, and this Is strong evidence that this carbon mu-:l was lirst la d down, and from It originated the vegetation that forms our peat beds. Take fresh soot from the stove-pipe, submit it to heate I steam vapors, place It in a vessel of water where light can reach It, and you will see vegetat on spring up, propa .ate their kind,' and die, and herein we have strong evidenfee that the carbon produces the vegeta­ tion, instead of vegetation producing the carbon. Is It, therefore, not more reasonable r to nfflrm that peat moss originates from'the carbon mud found in the bottom of our lakes than that the reverse is true? To utterly overthrow the accepted theory of the origin of coal, all that is le sessary Is to show how the carbon jould have reached and remained for a time suspended in our atmosphere with­ out destroying all animal and vegotablo life, and this I will endeavor to do when I am done with the negative side of the subject and proceed to the discussion of its affirmative. Copyrighted 1802, by W. T. Poster. IV. VfMiter of Indiana Xamvd flu Secretary or Mat*. John W. Foster of In liana Is to be Sec­ retary of State. The Senate in execu­ tive session has Iconfir,tied the nomina­ tion made by the President. J ohn Watson Foster was bom in Indiana, Marcb Vi l«3fl. He was graduated at the Indiana State U n i v, rsity in 15 5;, nnl after a year In the Har- v. rd law st hoal Was admitted to {be bar and began JC AS w. FCSIER. * practice of law In Evaii8vl)le. In I861 he entered the Union army as Major of tho Twenty- fifth Indiana Jn'antry. He was suc­ cessively promoted to Lieutenant Colo­ nel and Colonel. During his entire mil­ itary service he was connected with the Western armies of ( rant and Sherman. After the war he became editor of the Evansville "Ta'-ly Journal and in 1869 was appointed postmaster of that*ity. Four years later he was font to Mexico by President Graut as t nitcd States Minister, and in Jt;80 wa« reappointed by President Hi\yes. The s tme year he was transferred toEussia, which mission he held about a yf nr. He then resigned and returned home to attend to private business. He settled down in Wath- ing on, giving liis attention chiefly tc practicing in international cases and acting as Counsel for foreign legations before courts or commissions. Mr. Foster was appointed Minister to Spain by President Arthur and served two years, when he lesigned and re­ turned to the United States. While in Spain he had negotiated an important commercial treaty which was strongly opposed in the fe»nate and finally re­ jected by that body. It was withdrawn by President Cleveland for reconsidera­ tion. Foster returned to Spain to nego­ tiate for a modified treaty, but his mis­ sion was a failure. He has for pome time been acting as diplomatic attorney for the Department of State. UP GOES THE PRICE OF COAL. Sates Agents Me«t an<L Deeldo to Advance Their Kate*. New sp?c'al» Coa- prices were advaneea irharply on Thursday. A sub­ stantial increase had geneially been looked for, lu; the advance decided up­ on In the cases of some sizes of coal was greater than had been prophesied. The Eastern sales agents 01' the anthracite companies met at the Central Building, on Liberty street, and decided to raise rates as follows: On chestnut and stove sizes, 35 cents a ton; egg, 30 cents; grate, 15 cents. Theso advances are from the figures of the June schedule. The new prices take effect immediately. Quotations for July, 18 )0, 1891, and 1892, are shown in this table, whl h gives pretty good evidence or the workings of the coal combination: Kind. 1S1M). KM. Grate <8.65 - |8.65 Egg 3.75 3.85 Stove 4.00 4.05 Chestnut:... 3.05 3.75 The production for July was fixed at 3,£00,000 tons. The actual production in July, 1891, was* 3,761,33§ tons; in July, 1890, 3,310,078 tons, and in July, 1889, 3,627,522 tons. Th ; Western sales agents also held a meeting and dee ded upon an advance in price eK l25 cents a ton on all sizes. 1892. 13.U0 4.20 4.1)0 4.40 Increase. 25 cents 35 eents 45 cents 65 cents NOT EVEN A POSTAGE STAMP LEFT. World's Columbian Commission Hasn't a Cent llemalnlng In Its Treasury. The World's Columbian Commission Is now without even a postage stamp. Every dollar of tho appropriation of $59,- 500 has been exhausted and Secretary Dickinson hasn't enough money left to pay tho stationery expenses of his bffice, unless he goes into his own pocket. Director General Davis has not drawn his salary for several months. Colonel Dickinson has gone without pay for the same period in order that the clerks In his office could draw their salaries in full. They have been paid to June 1, and, even in case a de- uciency bill is passed, will get no more money until early in August. But few members of the national board who at­ tended the April session have received the money they advanced for railroad fare and hotel expenses. Wednesday night tho last postage stamp in Secre­ tary Dickinson's office was put on a let­ ter to Secretary Foster, "informing him of tho condition of the National Com­ mission's finances. PELL TO THEIR DEATH. Prtaenia's Family. Mrs. Priscilla Scroggins, of Georgia, who is said to be 115 years old, has 1,274 lescendants living, of whom 250 are great-grandchildren. Par!y of Aeronauts Precipitated to V ie Ground. „ , A frightful accident occurred at the Crystal Palace, London. A piece being given at the palace lately is called "The Tragic Episode." but v\Tednesday tho audience witnessed a real and terrible tragedy. Captain Dale, tho well-known aeronaut, was to give a balloon exhibi­ tion in the presence of thousands of Sunday school holiday seekers. The cap­ tain invited any who desired to accom­ pany him on his voyage in the air. Sev­ eral volunteered and the balloon started on its upward flight, the great multitude, largely composed of children, wateh'ng it with wondering gaze. Suddenly the balloon burst, and a cry of terror aro^e from the audience as the balloon col­ lapsed with a noise as of the discharge of a huge cannon. The aeronaut fell to the ground dead, and ihree of the pas­ sengers were seriously Injured. Soldiers to Open the Fair. Fifteen thousand soldiers In blue uni­ forms are coming to Chicago next Oc­ tober to take part in the ceremonies of dedicating the World's Fair buildings, says a Chicago dispatch. They will be here four days at least, under command of Gen. Nelson A. Miles. Tho South Park Commissioners have refused to allow the soldiers to camp ia Washing­ ton Park, and'Gen. Miles has been wor­ rying fo;- several weeks to know where he would send them. Yesterday It was decided that the troops should spread their blankets In three of the big build­ ings at Jackson Park. The infantry will go In camp In the Electricity and Mines and Mining Puilding. Sheds will be built for the horses. The dedi­ catory ceremonies, un'ess the date is changed, will extend fro:n Oct. 11 to Oct. 13. " Useful l'aaket. IT is best to save all egg shells to set­ tle coffee. KEEPING a pan of water In the oven will pre\ent fowl from scorching. PEABL knife handlesshouldlifcrubbed with a salt rag dipped in fittetable salt, then polished with leather. FINGEB marks may be removed from varnished furniture by rubbing well with a very little sweet oil upon a soft rag. NEVER omit regular bathing, for un­ less the skin is In regular cond tion the cold will close the pores and laVor con­ gestion or other diseases. IT is said tha?if the woodwork in the kitchen is kept constantly scrubbed with water in which potash has been dissolved, roaches and aats Will speidlly disappear. COMBING and rubbing the scalp of the head with the hand draws the bltfod up to the surface of the head, and not only relieves the pa:n at times, but adds new strength to the ha r. MEASURES CONSIDERED AND Z'fj/ ACTED UPON. At aie Watlon's Capital-What ts Belng Done by tho Senate and House--Old Matters Disposed Or and New Ones Con­ sidered. ^ The Senate and House. The S7th. Senator 6tewtr, Introduced a •u! stItute for his free coinage bill The general deficiency appropriation bill was passed by the House. No action bs- •ond n dlscus*lo^ of tho nut!-optioa bill took place in the Senata In the House, the 28th, Mr. C.trter spoks at length against ihe Hatch bill. Rcpre- sentstlve Pierce of Tt*nnes«e3 introduced in tho HI'USJ a free c >lnage bill identical with the silver coinage bill pending in the Senate as niodlRod by Senator Stewart's amendment. Much work looktni tow»rd adjournment. wa* accomplished by the House. 1 Senators Halo and Vest had a lively {olitlcal argument in the Senate. Between Joly 15 and *20 Is the dny «et by business men for a pr.«b;tble adjournment. In tho House, the £9th. the Indian ap­ propriation bill, on which an agreement had been reached, was again sent to con- feieace. A couple of hours were consum­ ed in the consideration of a bill amend­ atory of the timber culture repeal act. hut it vas withdrawn without 11 c I ion. |Mr. Hatch of Missouri, Chairman of the Committee on Agriculture, reported back to tho House the agricultural appropria­ tion bill, with the Senate amendments thereto, and asked that ttio Senate amend. n!«r.fc {tf)Crerts!*!<r) be noss-conciirrpdMn »nd a conference ordered. 'J his was agreed to An attempt to bring up the tin-plate bill failed, and House adjourned. In the Senate there were two executive Sessions held, the feature of which was 'the confirmation of Secretary John W. Foster's nomination. The l'ostofflce Appropriation bill was taken up and passed. The Legislative, Execu­ tive, and Judicial Appropriation bill was taken up. the question betng on the amend­ ment as to the Utah Commls ion. Tho amendment was agreed to--yeas, 28; nays. 24. The salaries of the five Commissioners were fixed at 82.000 each. Mr. Carey offered another amendment that any such Commissioners who may hereafter ho appointed shall te residents of the Territory of Utah. Agreed to. The Pen­ sion Appropriation bill was then taken up. The only important amendment recom­ mended by the Committee on Appropria­ tions Is one increasing from 9133,048,3(50 to 8144,056,000 the appropriation for Invalids', widows', and orphans' pensions. After & long debate the committee amendments were agreed to and the bill passed. The Senate bill for the relief of settlers upon certain lands in the States of South and North ^Dakota was passed. On the Diamond. Following,to a showing of the standing of each of the teams of the different associa­ tions! NATIONAL LEAGUE. W. Boston ..45 Philadeip'ia.38 Brooklyn... .88 Cincinnati.. 84 Cleveland. :.S3 >pc .714 .i.23 .623 .567 .55:) W. L. l?c. Washington 2.1 33 .4{>b Chicago 27 81* .406 New York....27 84 .443 8t. Louis....25 37 .408 Louisville...24 88 .387 Pittsburg ..30 84 .46!)|Baltimore.'..16 46 .258 WESTEBN ASSOCIATION. W. L. tfc. Columbus...40 17 .70-. Milwaukee..28 i» .5'.tc Omaha 25 24 .510 Toledo 22 22 .500 W. L. tfc. Kansas Ctty.25 27 .481 Minneap'lis.10 21 .475 Ft. Wayne.. 1» 26 .422 Indian'p'lis.ll 31 .262 ILLIKOI8-I OW A LEAGUE. (NEW SERIES.) . „ W. L. $c.| W. L. 13c. Terre Haute. 8 3 .727!Jacksonville 6 0 .BOO R. I.-Moline. 6 4 .566lJoliet 5 8 .455 Kvansville.. 6 5 .545 Aurora 4 8 .333 Rockford.... 4 4 .5001 WISCONSIN-MICHIGAN LEAGUE. „ ^ L w. L. $c.l w. L. fc. Oshkosh.,... » 6 .043 Ish.-Ncg. 12 10 .645 Marquette ..12 8 .600 Marinette... 7 13 .350 Menominee.12 8 .600,Green Bay.. 6 14 .300 OUTLOOK FOR CROPS. Beport on the Condition of Wheat. Oats and Frnlt. The following, made up from the re­ ports of its numerous correspondents, appears in the Farmers' Review of this week: Spring Wheat. In Illinois all of the spring wh->at Is In fair to good condition, mostly good. Th? same is true of Michigan, Kansas, Iowa. Wiscous'n, Minnesota, and the Dakotas. In Nebraska only nln'; per cent, of the correspondents report good, one-half of th3 remainder reporting lair, and the red poor. Oats. * In Illinois oats are reported in fair to good condition, with the exception of about JO per cent, of the correspondents who report poor. Indiana gives a still better report, only about 7 per cent, of the correspondents giving the outlook as bad. In Ohio only 10 per cent, re­ port poor, and in Michigan only 12 per cent. In Kentucky the outlook is very favorable, two counties only reporting a bad stand. In Mis- sou rithe stand is good, but not f.0 favorable as in the States mentioned. About 00 per cent, of the correspondents report the crop in good con­ dition; 20 per cent, in fair condition, and the others report the stand as light. The outlook in Kansas is slightly below that of Missouri, 50 per cent, reporting good; 30 per cent, fair and 20 cent. poor. Nebraska again drops below Kansas, 15 per cent, of the correspondents only reporting good; 32 per cent, fair, and the rest poor. In Iowa a little less than one-third re­ port the crop in good condition, and the rest report fair, with one exception. In Wisconsin, Minnesota and the Dakotas the crop Is in fine shape as a general thing and in many counties the crop will be above the average. Only two counties in the three States report poor. Winter Wheat. In Illinois winter wheat is generally in fine shape. Two-thirds of the counties report the crop an average or above, all of the others re­ porting fair. The same is true of Indiana and Ohio, with the exception of about 12 per cent, in the two States that report poor. Only one in ten of the correspondents in Michigan report poor, the others fair to good. In Kentucky the crop is especially flue, while in Missouri only fifteen per cent, report the outlook as bad. In GO per cent of the counties the crop will be an aver­ age or above. In Kansas, Nebraska, and Iowa the crop Is reported at from fair to above an average. In Wisconsin 40 per cent, report the crop an average or above, the same number re­ port fair, and the remainder poor. What little winter wheat there is in Minnesota is in poor condition, with few exceptions. Fruit. The prospects for fruit in Illinois are very poor. Not over 0 per cent, of the correspon- deuts report the outlook good. About 21 per cent, report a fair outlook for most kinds, but all of the others report the prospects as very bad, and in some couutles the fruit crop is al­ most a failure. The same conditions prevail in Indiana and Ohio. In Michigan less than one-third report the fruit crop an aver­ age or above; an equal number report it from 5 to 25 per -cent, below an average, and tho others report poor. In Ken­ tucky one-fifth of the correspondents report the condition as good; 35 per cent, report fair, the others poor. In Missouri, Kansas, and Nebraska the prospects are very poor, very few of the correspondents reporting the crop an average or above. In Iowa the condition of fruit shows treat variation, the outlook in SS f>er cent, of the counties being good, and in a ike number being very poor; in the others fair. In Wisconsin and the Dakotas the out­ look is good generally, while In Minnesota it is in fair to good condition in three-fonrths of the counties. CROPS HELP TRADE. The Improvement of the Week Has Deon Marked. R. G. Dun's weekly review of trade says: Another week has blessed the country with great improvement in the growing crops. In wheat so great a change of condition appears that men begin to question whether the yield this year will not closely approximate the unprecedented crop of IBrfl. For other grain and cotton the outlook is de- cldodly better and there is reason^,, now to hope for highly satisfac­ tory results from the year's agriculture. In consequence there is stronger trade throughout the country, especially at Western centers of distribution. The improvement i& less marked at the South, owing to tho low price of cotton and < o::tinued high water in some re­ gions. The one point of anxiety in regard" to the wage dispute in tho iron manufacture operates lor the present to cause increased trade, while in other great industries tho situation is clearly more favorable thun usual. Atohisfti Globe I'roverbn. MDST men do their hardest wofk In looking for an excuse to loaf. A MAN can't love a woman he does not trust; women love men every day tihej can't trust. Tha Most DlMstrons Year tlxe State* HM ETW- Knows. , If the remaining six month of th3* year shall duplicate or even approx!*- mate to the record of disasters which* have occurred In the first six the year 1892 will be set down as the most fat*} to life in the United States that has evr* been known. Fires, floods, explosion!! mine casualties, cyclones, wind-stormfc lightning--all the elemental forces in* deed seem to have combined with humai igencies to destroy life, and to present! an aggregate of great disasters in conir parison with which ordinarily terribly even.s seem to lose their significance attract personal attention only. Since January 1 there have been foiif destructive wind storms, killing nearigr 200 persons, viz.: April 1, Missouri and Kansas, 75; May, 16, Texas, 15; Mar 27, Wellington, Kan., 53; June 16, Soutit* ern Minnesota, 50. In the stfme period: there have been four great floods, via,: April 11, Tombigbee Hiver, 230; May 1^, Sioux t City, Iowa, 35; May 20, Lowf# Mississippi, 36; June 5, lire and flood*. Oil Creek, Pa., 193. There alsO'lia-v# been four mining disasters, viz.: Jasui 7, McAlle3ter, I. T.,65; April 20, Miners*- ville, Pa., 12; May 10, Eoslyn, Wash.*. 44; May 14, Butte, Mon$., 11. Throl#, fires have been unusually disastrous- to life, viz.: Jan. 21, Indianapoil# Surgical Institute, 19; Feb. 7, Ho*- tel Royal, New York, 30; April; 28, theater, Philadelphia, 12. Besides- these there were on March 21 an ex­ plosion at Jordan, Mica., lay which lives were lost; June 13, the explosion at the Mare Island. Navy Yard which; killed 15; and June 15, the fall of bridge over Licking River by which lives were sacrificed. These are the- principal disasters of the year thus fajr^ and they Involve an aggregate of 9601 lives. Adding to this total the sum of losses by minor accidents as reported? in the newspapers, we have tb.e follovp- ing sad and unusual record: By iirsj™ **76; by drowning, 1,364; by explosion!^ 313, by falling structures of various- kinds, 267; by mine disasters, 308; by wind storms, 340; and by lightning 120; grand total, 3,588. The totaF loss of life by these causes during; the whole of last year--and 1891 was one of the most destructive years on record--was 5,762. So it is evident that 1892 will far surpass-lt» predecessor. It is a sad and appalling record, this, of great disasters folio-wing, so closely upott each other's heels. It recalls the days of the war, when ®n« took up the morn­ ing paper only to cc^i: the list of killedt and wounded in the pnevious day's bat­ tle, and with tho- same result then as- now, viz., that the gneat battles so over* shadowed the- smaller ones that little attention Was paidi to the latter. So- now the great cataclysms so far eclipse- the smaller that the latter, though they would be considered as shocking, and exceptional in any ordinary timer are now hardly an hour"s wonder. RAH* DATE CHANGED. The FnHiainirjr Celebration Will tProb-- probably De Held Oct. SI Instead ot IS. Washington dispatch: Perry Belmont* of New York, reached Washington from Chicago, where ho had been to attend the conference regarding changing the date for the inauguration exercises ot" the "World'* Fair next October. The differences betwe?n New York and Chi­ cago over tho date upon which the two- cities will celebrate the 400th .anniver­ sary of the discovery of America wet® amicably adjusted at tho conference, and the two celebrations will not con­ flict in any way. Messrs. Belmont. B„ B. Roosevelt and. Secreiary Wall, ©f the New York Citi­ zens' Committee of 100, and the Eoard- of Control of the Columbian Exposition^ were parties to an agreement drawn up by Director General Davis and Mr. Bel­ mont, by the terms of which the officers and .others interested in the Chicago. celebration will make no opposition to the efforts of the New York gentlemeik to secure the passage of a joint resolu- . tion by Congress changing from Oct. 12L to Oct. 21 the date on which the anni­ versary-exercises at Chicago shall take place. The celebrat'on at New York city, which will Include the naval display of all nations, Is fixed for Oct. 12, and that day has been declared a legal holiday by the Legislature of New York. It was out of this conflict of dates witb the Chicago celebratioa that grew the controversy which has been raging for some weeks, and which threatened to seriously interfere with tho su cessot the events in loth cities. But by this compromise those interested believe that the interest in the two will be heightened and their success increased. Where Th^v Used to Be. SENATOR QUAY was once a roving photographer. JAY COOKE was a confidential clerk to a Philadelphia banking house at 18 and a member of the firm at 21. Gov. CHASE of Indiana was formerly a minister of the Campbellite Churchy and still preaches occasionally. Cox AN DOYLE, the F nglish novelist, was formerly a doctor, but haa given up his practice since ho beeame a success­ ful author. GEORGE JACOB SCHWEINFTJRTH,' the false messlah of Rockford, III.. wt» formerly a minister of the Methoilst Episcopal Church. PATRICK A. COLLINS earned th« money to carry him through co lege by working in a shoe factory. He is now the leader of the Boston bqr. EVERETT ST. JOHN, general manager of the Chicago, Rock Island and Pacfiia Railroad, began as a ticket clerk at $30 a month, and has climbed in succession every ru und of tho railroad ladder. WANHOPE LYNN, of New York City, who has just been appointed * civil jus­ tice by Gov. Flower, began life as tool-maker. He commenced the study of law while following this vacation. SECEETABY RUSK was for many years a stage driver, and owned a stage line in Wisconsin when he was first, elected to Congress. He is fond now of relat- • lag incidents of this portion of his life. Current Notes. THE biggest Income in Germany 1# that of Herr hrupp, the cannon maker. THERE are twenty Representatives in Congress who are under 36 years of »ge. BARBERS gamble with Ihe money earned by shaving dead men. It brings luck, they say. IT is stated that Mr. Edison employs 200 women in the more delicate details of his electrical inventions. THE poet Burns spelled his name Burness "this family name) until the, publication of his poems, in 1786. IT is estimated that there are less lhan 10,000 papers in the Japanese em­ pire, with its population of 237,000,000. THE people upon the two continents- of North and South America, without1 the Arctic regions, are only eight to' the square mile. THERE will be a building at tho; World's Fair where a Woman can leave; her baby aild get a check for it while j she sees the show. < ITALIAN titles are not very expensive.' That of prince costs only $13,000; that; of duke $10,000; marquis, $8,( 00; count,; $5,000; viscount or baroa, $4,000. to