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IlifH IPliltltClfiliCt ,'l^iliihowed that^Sa'&d been War- | "«* *; • C3 | dtttttf, and it is thig^K her son ltalph -- - •ommiUed the-de»d«.: ... v FOR ANEW STANDARD. i. V/M S'.YKE, Editor u4 ft»MI«8«r. IRY, ILLTWOT^ :LE on A TKAIS. A CROWD OF RUFFIANS GET THE WORST OP IT. In JWHhr'+he Record-Mr. Rliine Is Critically JB>--ViMi<ierl»llf« Cottar® Burnpd--Two *S eiBiww* Men Dead. •, .-... •* J.", . ^•f. , moody Fight •• a tmteS . . f Lft ̂ A GalIiWOlis, Ohio, dispatch tells of 4 4 bloody fight that look place on a north-bound Ohio River train. Six brothers named Williams boarded the i'.'( train at JHuntington in a drunken condi- tion. Shortly aft rward one of Ihem f ' Entered the ladies'coach with a drawn ^ fevolver and used menacing language. /' '-Conductor Smith seized him and drew fcim ;nto the smoker. The other brotn- 'fcrs rushed to his help, and the bnke- ' .man eame to assist the conductor, if- >'iieaii?ime the newsboy gave the riot alarm, the train was stopped and the •a' '• entire crew came to the scene. The Williams boys wora badly beaten and 5 thrown off the tra n. It is not known Whether any of them were killed or not. I* Th« conductor ani brakeinanwere 6e- £" terelv injure i, and several passengers ™ f ' \ ̂ 'BREVITIE|i^;;yg®^ K.<- X*Xk«. I a de- per- m ArorsT AXDKEWF, of Chicago, Sorter from the United States at nay,was captured in Richmond, Ind. THE Church of the Advent, the lead­ ing Episcopal church in Birmingham, Ala., was destroyed by fir?. P&R ROBERT BARKOTTB, President of the &, ' Barbour Flax Spinning Company, died St Pater^on, N. J., of apoplexy. He *, < ' left a fortune variouslv estimated from 16,000,000 to $10,000,0,0. S-'^. JACOB BEAXEB and Hannah Griffin, fef while returning from a party at North / ; Amherst, Ohio, stepped on the railroad > track as the limited express came along, they were struck ani both instantly ffCl killed. ,£ THE safe of the B. J. Gunning Sign ly ' Company, at Chicago, was blown open and its contents stolen. The amount of secured by the burglf rs is not Known, but it probably will reach Into jihe thousands. THOMAS COLEKAX, alias "Gohegan," Who is said to have been connected With the murder of Dr. Crooln in Chi­ cago, was released from tin peniten.- vkiary in Salem, Ore., after serving two years for robbery. A PASSENGER train on tbq Houston and Texas Central Road was wrecked : near Clear Creek, Texas. AH the cars were derailed except tj&e engine and 5 tiaggage-car, injurftsrgf"& number of ? »ons and killing two men. SIDNEY WOBTHAM, joint agent for the Louisville and Nashville And East Te - nessee, Virginia and Georgia railroads at Jel'ico, Tenn., was foully assas- ^ bin a ted. Frank McMillian and a man named Jonas and Jonas' son are now under arrest. A SPECIAL from 'Washington says: "Mr. Blaine had another bad attaok on Friday evening, and for a time the out­ come was much in doubt. Both Dr. Johnstone and Dr. Hyatt were sum­ moned, and after a time succeeded in rallying the patient." "THE BREAKERS," the handsome cot­ tage of Cornelius Vanderbilt, of New 3Tork, which was . situated on a com­ manding point at Ocean Point, near fiv Newport, R. I., was completely de­ stroyed by fire. It is estimated that the loss will amount to at least $300,000. STAMBOTTL regained his laurels by trotting a mile over the Stockton, Cai., kite track in 2 07#, which is one quartei of a second faster than Kremlin's mark, and now the stallion record of the world. The trial was made with but 1 ttle prep­ aration, as rain was beginning to fall and it was desired to take advantage ol the good irack. MRS. WALTER O'NEAI,, of Bollenger- town, Ind., died fiom the effects of an overdose of poison. A week ago she 9tole $20 from Daniel Bain, a neighbor- ing farmer. Saturday she was detected, ; confessed the crime, and returned $17 ; of the money. Mrs, O'Neal had been married b ;t eight months and was but "s!7 years of age. • A WILD Big Four engine broke loose Thursday from tha yards of Bellefon- taine, Ohio, and came tearing through the city at a fearful rate of speed, cre- ! atisg consternation on every hand. '.'.•;-"When two miles west it collided with 4be rear of a west-bound freight, com­ pletely demolishing the engine and wrecking ten care. AFTER remaining in the rigging fcr an hour, with the sea breaking over them, the crew of the little schooner Lena Hall, consisting of Capt. Albert Hall and Albert Peterson, were rescued off Milwaukee, but not until they were badly frost-bitten. The two men are at the Emergency Hospital, and the lit­ tle vessel is going to pieces near the foot of Buffalo street. NEAR Jasper, Marion County, Tenn., George Daweon, the engineer of the Tennessee Coal, Iron and Mining Com­ pany, was waylaid, robbed, and mur­ dered by three colored desperadoes. They were arrested, blood , found upon their clothing, and they confessed the | PKESIIIEXT ROWERTS, • of the Penn­ sylvania Railroad, in/an interview at Philadelphia, said he did J.ot believe the railroads w nild be warranted in making any lower rates to the Fair than those agreed upon at tne Eastern meeting. EXPRESSING his opinion on the Home­ stead troubles, General Master Work­ man Powderlv claims the labor situation was never better, an I says the Demo­ cratic party stole into power tinder false pretenses. He predicts the People's party will oust them in 1896. AT T nn^oaforf Po ^ JudgC McHllUS!!, In his charge to the jury, referred to an offense against the law to which little attention has heretofore been paid-- betting on elections. He instructed the grand jury to present for indictment all such persons known to them who male wagers on tne re cnt election, as thou­ sands of dollars were won and lost in that county on the Presidential contest. The charge caused quite a sensation, and many bettors are alarmed. They fear that the grand jury may Indict them. AMONG the cabin passengers of the Havel, which aiTlved at New York Fri • day, was Anton Voight, a wine dealer of Mainz, Germany. While coming from quarantine Mr. \ oigt declared to the staff custom-house officer that the only dutiable article he had w»3 a bottle of patent medicine. The special officers noticed that Yoigt appeared very un­ easy as he came down the gangway pian'i. He kept sliding his hand­ over the ou'side of his pocket, apparently to see if something was all right. They insisted on a search, and in his pocket found several small cases containing diamond jewelry^ There were five large diamond scarf pins and four diamond ornaments like matchsafes to be worn as lockets or watchcharms. Mr. Yolgt acknowledged the smuggled jewelry belonged to August Busch, the well-known St. Louis brewer of the firm of Anheuser-Busch. Mr. Busch, he said, induced Mr. Yoigt to carry the ornaments for him. He in­ tended to make ©resents of them. They are valued at $1,000. Adolphus Busch, the millionaire brewer, denies that An­ ton Yoigt is a smuggler. "This is funny," sa d he, "Mr. Vo,gt is a man of great wealth, and would not about smuggling." WESTERN. FBANQUTLINO LUNA, the Bepubllcan leader of Central New Mexico, died at Albuquerque, N. M. He was delegate to Congress from the territory and be­ longed to the largest family of sheep- raisers in New Mexico. W. J. EDMOXSTON, well known in Missouri, died at Mexico, Mo., at the age of 77. He was for forty years a resident of Callaway, County. He had been a member of the M. E. Church South for over a half century. HBRMAN SIKGLEK, a cabinet maker, living at No. 723 North Paulina street, Chicago, went to his brother's house and" borrowed a shotgun, on the pretext that he wanted to go hunting, returned home, shot and killed his father and mother-in- aw, serious'y wounded his wife, and filled a policeman's nose full of buckshot, he in return getting a bul­ let in his abdomen from another officer's revolver. He was insane from religious excitement. » WILLIAM R. BINDER, manager of the extensive Milwaukee tobacco factory of B. Leidersdorf & Co., Monday morning killed his wife, his only child, and him­ self. Mr. Binder was JJ8 years of age and his wife 32. As tte murderer was a man of steady habits and undoubted honesty, no other cause can be assigned for the deed than that overwork, to­ gether with a fear of having to take a less important position in the tobacco house, deranged his m!nd. A TERRIFIC windstorm swept over the northern portion of Hamilton, Ohio, causing great destruction. It approach­ ed from the West, and first struck the pulp mill of the Louis Snider's Sons Company. The entire west end of the building was blown in. The bricks and timbers fell on five men who were work­ ing in the pulp-room. The roof was torn 1o pieces and carried some dis­ tance. Two were fatally injured. The storm also struck Cincinnati, and two men were killed. A MYSTERIOUS case of poisoning is reported from Brightwood, four miles east of Indianapolis, Ind. As the re­ sult of something eaten at breakfast Mrs. James Presley soon afterward showed symptoms of poisoning and died before noon. Her husband also was taken violently sick and his condition is critical. Presley and his wife were an aged couple who lived alone. The sup­ position is the poison was in some corn- meal which had been bought at Bright- wood, THE annual meeting of the Youngs- town (Ohio) Garfield Club was held on Friday night. Several hundred mem­ bers and delegates were present. The club held a business meeting early in the evening. After electing Henry and James Garfield honorary members of the club and appointing officers for the ensuing year, the meeting adjourned, and was followed by an elaborate ban­ quet. Coveis were laid for over 3m*. Gov. McKinley delivered an e!oiuent tribute to the lamented Gar field. JUDGE FISHER, of St. Louis, Mo., gave a decision in the case of J. N. Labold against the Southern Hotel Company. Labold gave his over­ coat to the man who attends the hat-rack. that some . t -- refused satisfaction and sued for the crime. Taey told with apparent pride ' value of his overcoat. In giving his de- - op of a heavy grade taar Hartley, low*, Monday morning while the train crew with the engine went to do some switch­ ing. In the caboose were flv« members of a bridge gang sleep­ ing. None of the brakes on the detached oars were set and the wino blew them back over the grade, and when near Everly the cars crashed into a rapidly moving freight train. Of the men in the caboose Daly Stephenson was dead when taken from the wreck, J. Stephenson was burned and crushed and will die. The other men were res­ cued, but are badly hurt, although it is thought they will recover. AFTER the close of Mr. Joseph Jeffer- 503P*S tT70 T7Cvl»S vu<7&Hv!!uCnt "Pin Von Winkle" the new Irish comedy-drama which Manager Wm. H. Powers brought out last week in Baltimore will have its Chicago presentation at McYicker's Theater. The play is in five acts, and all the scenery has been painted espe­ cially for the production. It will be elaborate and will present truthful pic­ tures of famous localities. The oper­ atic attraction that Manager McVicker will offer his patrons this year will be no less a noteworthy ons than Miss Pauline Hali and her opera company in the brilliant successful new opera, "Puritania." Miss Hall essays the role of a dashing cavalier, Vivian, and a captivating young officer, it is said, she proves to be. "Puritania" has most as­ suredly been a pronounced success. It ran over one hundred nights in Boston and nearly two months in New York, and it will certainly be the operatio eveftt ^jLtlie season in Chica^,. » " r.i SOUTHERN. 'JkSSn" CHARLESTON, g. C., has a new insur­ ance venture In the Germania Mutual Firet capital $300,000. THE California Supreme Court has staid Superior Court proceedings in the Fox-Hale «fc Norcross Mining Company case and will hear arguments on the staying of the judgment for over $1,000,- 000. THREE men were Instantly killed, three others fatally and several others badly injured by a terrible explosion Monday afternoon in the Blanche Mine at Collier's Station, W. Va., on the Pan-Handle Railroad. Forty-five men had been working in the mine, but at the time of the explo­ sion only about one-half of them were inside. One of the miners, it is re­ ported, Btruck a match, and had no sooner dene so than a terrific explosion of gas followed. The flame from this ignited ten cans of powder standing near the mouth of the mine, and a sec­ ond and more powerful explosion oc­ curred. POLITICAL. THE next--Fifty-third--Congress will convene the first Monday of December, 1893. The present House consists of 226 Democrats, 88 Republicans, and 8 People's party members; total, 332. The next House will consist of 219 Demo­ crats, 125 Republicans, and 11 People's partj'; total, 355. This is a Democratic Joss of seventeen, a Republican gain of thirty-seven, and a People's party gain of three. The Democrats have complete control, entirely upsetting the calcu­ lations of Edward McPherson and other experts that the People's party would hold the balance of poWer in the House. The present Senate stands 47 Republicans, 39 Democrats, and two People's party. The terms of 29 Sen­ ators expire March 4, 1893, and Repub­ lican losses and Democratic and Peo­ ple's party gains which will result from the change of political control of legis­ latures elected this year will make the Senate stand after March 4 as follows: Democrats, 43; Republicans, 40; and People's party, 5. The People's party will therefore have the balance of power in the United States Senate, and if the Senators have the nerve to stand up for what the rank and file of the party demand there will be some inter* estlng Senatorial deadlocks. IN GENERAL A NEW 4,000-ton whaleback steamer has been ordered by the Northern Pacific steamship line for service between Puget Sound and China. THEBE were two great foot-ball games Thursday which were especially interesting. As to Yale and Princeton, why, Yale won, of course, by a score of 12 to 0. Boston defeated Chicago by a score of ] 8 to 12. SECRETARY Ti A "TY has consented to allow Lieutenant Feary a leave of ab­ sence from the Navy Department if he desires to make a more extended sur­ vey of the North Greenland coast as the special agent of the Philadelphia Academy of Sciences. E. G. DUN A Co.'s weekly review of trade says: important change »pi:oar« In the condition of business. Tho distribution of products continues enormous. Production by manufacturers Is greater on the whole than in any previous year, and while some hesitation is seen about entering into new accounts, the general tone of business and industries Is remarkably healthy. Trading In cotton was much the largest ever known In any week, but stock dealings have been bnt modorate. At Boston business contin­ ues large, collections good, money easy. In general, the situation is unchanged, ex­ cepting that wool Is more quiet. When he came out be found l XS,vATv"N^>'2 one had taken it. He was I OATS--No. 2!!."!!.."...'!'*.'.!'.'*" of other robberies and incendiarism. It •was with great difficulty that the sheriff kept them irom being lynched. A mob tried to get a tram to go to Jasper. They failed, however, and then started on foot. It is reported the sheriff heard of this and took the priscners to Chat­ tanooga. EDWIN H. RTMAI,, a traveling sales­ man from Toledo, Ohio, committed sui- "eide at Kokomo, Ind. THERE wjre 182 marriage licensee issued at the Recorder's office, Wednes­ day, in St. Louis. This beats all pre­ vious single-day records by nearly 100. CITY MARSHAL JAMES H. TAYLOR, of Hustonville, Ky.,killed William Powere. Powers and Conrad Russell entered the town and insulted and threatened many persons, when the Marshal stopped them, and when they resisted arrest shot Powers. / EASTERN. the creditors of Irving A. Evans & Co., of Boston, will receive only 20 cents on the dollar as a result of Judge Brooks' decision that, the firm OW0S the Maverick Bank $750,000. THE Order of Amitie, a beneficial or­ ganization of Philadelphia, has made an assignment, as lack of confldencc has followed the Iron Hail failure. It had seventy lodges, 3.000 members, and ha9 existed four years. LUCILLE CROSSHIEB, a widow old, found hanging in her -1 ;vO ' v -- MARKET REPORTS, CHICAGO. CATTLE--Common to Prime.... 19.35 Ho«s--Shipping Urades 3.40 SHEEP--Fair to Choice 4.00 .71 .41 .31 I cision Judg.i Fisher said that while the porter was not compelled to receive an overcoat at the entrance to the dining- room, still, from the fact that he did re- 1 ceive it, the hotel became responsible for it and was liable for it. THERE is an alarmiug increase of ty- 1 phoid fever cases in St. Louis at pres- ! ent. Friday forty-eight new case3 were ; reported to the health department. About 250 cases have been reported j thus far in November, against *61 for ! the entire month of October, 14 for last' April, and 12 for last May. Dr. Fran- j cis, of the Health Department, Is Inves­ tigating the causes of the disease. The ! force of the sanitary office is making an I exhaustive examination of sixty houses ' from which typhoid fever has been re- ' ported. All the sanitary conditions of j such dwellings are carefully scrutinized. THE residence of Joseph Medilf, ed­ itor of the Chicago Tribune, at Alta- i dena, about two miles north of Pasa­ dena and twelve miles from Los Angeles, Cal., wa» destroyed by fire Tuesday morning. The flames spread rapidly. There was time only to rescue a few articles, which included some valuable works and some of Mr. Media's private papers. The house was built during boom days by Bayard T. Smith at a cost of about $tf,0ft0. Only last week a carload of new furniture was placed in the house .and was destroyed, with the exception of some paintings, which had not been unpacked and which were stored in the stable. The total insur­ ance on the house and contents amount- ed to, $-24,000. . . • TJ*K conductor of « Chicago, Milwavk* 8.25 S.C0 8.00 .07 .40 .80 RTE--No. a BUTTEB--Choice Creamery....!! EOGS--Fresh POTATOES--New, per bu INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping Hoos--Choice Light SHEEP--Common to Prime WHEAT--No. 2 Red CORN--No. '2 White OATS-NO. 3 White ST. LOUIS. CATTLE. Hoos WHEAT--No. 2 Bed. CORN--Na 2 OATS--No. 2 RTE--No. 2 CINCINNATI. CATTLE Hoos SHEEP..... WHEAT--So. 2 Red COBN--NO 2. OATS--No. 2 Mixed RTE--No. 2 DETROIT. CATTLE Hoos 1 SHEEP WHEAT--So, 2 Red... COBN--No. 2 Yellow OATS--No. 2 White TOLEDO, WHEAT-No. 2 !.... COBN--No. 2 White OATS--So. 2 White RTE BUFFALO. CATTLE--Common to Prime HOGS-- Best Grades WHEAT--No. 1 Hard COBN--No. 2 MILWAUKEE. ' WHEAT--So. 2 Spring COBN--No. 8 OATS--No. 2 White RYE--No. 1 BARLEY--SO. J. POBK--Mess NEW YORE. CATTLE HOGS SHEEP WHEAT--S«.2 Bed.. COKN--No. 2..... OATS--Mixed Western,J BUTTKH--Creamery .1 POBK--New Mess..14.! .29 .22H@ .05 ~ ft.00 6.00 6.00 .72)6 (9) .42 .82 <aS .00 <& .30 .28!* .75 @ 5.00 f6.75 4.00 @ .63 & .41 & .86)6 OBJECT OF THE MONETARY CONFERENCE. To Dtoeun Ways and Means of Seearlny an Knlarged UM of Silver -- Movement Ini­ tiated bgr the United Sf tes Aji leading Nations Co-ojMrattng-. . . , Stive - the Imne. ?The International Monetary Conter- ence, which has begun at Brussels, Bel- glum, will doubtless be the most im­ portant gathering of recent years so far as Its effects upon the fiscal policies of the world are concerned. It will be of especial consequence to the interests of the United States, for this is the chief silver-producing nation of the world, and upon the results of the conference will depend in a large measure the ma­ terial prosperity of several States of the Union, whose chief wealth consists in their mines of argentiferous ores. The conference was first proposed by the Congress of the United States, and after consultation with representatives of the leading foreign powers its details were formulated and delegates appoint­ ed. These consist, on the part of the United States, of ex-Comptroller of tho Currency Henry W. Cannon, Senator William B. Allison, 5 of Iowa; Senator John P. Jones, of Nevada; President E. Benjamin Andrews, of Brown University; Con­ gressman McCreary of Kentucky; and Edward O. Leech, Director of the Mint. These delegates represent fairly ail the views of Americans on the subject of silver coinage. Senator Allison takes a middle view on the question. Senator Jones is confessedly a radical free-coin­ age man. Dr. Andrews has written an interesting volume on "The Gold Dol­ lar," and his views are almost radically against free silver. Director Leech be­ lieves that there is too much silver ip the market, and Congressman McCreary is inclined to side with Senator Jones, although by no means as radical on the subject. D a.00 @ 6.00 4.00 @ 5.75 .07H@ .68 >4 .40 & .41 .81 & .31*4 .40 & .48 3.00 & 4.75 0.00 <a 6.00 8.00 & 4.75 .71 & .71?* .44H@ .45H .35*® .36H .50 @ .58 8.00 & 4.50 3.00 @ 5.50 8.00 & 4.25 .78 @ .74 .44 @ .45 •87)4® .88)6 & 6.25 14.50 ® 5.25 @ 6.25 & 5.00 The duties of the delegates have been clearly defined by the act authorizing the conference and also by the Secre­ tary of the Treasury. They have au­ thority simply to discuss and propose, jTJoSt» AMERICA AT THE CONFERENCE but no power to take final action. The delibera ions will in all likelihood be conducted in the English language. The American delegates will argue for bi­ metallism, and it is likely that our most bitter opponents will be the English delegation, who believe that we are making a *grievt.us error in purchasing 4,500,000 ounces of silver a month. They think that to stop coining this great mass of silver dollars month!}' would drive more bullion abroad, and in that way favorably affect the sliver market. No proposition looking to an indorse­ ment of free coinage of silver will prob­ ably be submitted by any of the Ameri­ can representatives. Importance of the Conference. The conference will have the co-ope- raticn of all the leading nations. It is likely to be far more Important than any monetary conference of recent years. The conference held at Paris during tho Exposition of 1888 was not vested with any authority and was pro­ ductive of no results. A conference was held at Washington last year of the Pan-American countr'e?, but it re­ lated merely to devising methods for securing a common coin, and its work was fruitless, because the scheme was Impracticable. The present conference will represent every shade of national views. There will be England and Ger­ many, which are upon a gold basis, and Aus ria, which is passing through the conditions necessary to bring it to the same basis, silver having been demon­ etized. F rance and the Other countries of the Latin Union, whicli maintain a parity between the two metals while limiting ihe silver coinage, will be fully represented. India, which is suffering financial convulsions because of its &!!• ver basis, will have its own representa­ tives, although Great Britain wi'l dic­ tate its policy. Mexico, which is on a purely silver basis and has a large direot trade with Europe, may help in solving ihe problem. Many suggestions have been made for the guidanco of the conference. The one which has been most discussed among financial authorities is the proposition of Dr. Seytbooer, the em­ inent Austrian publicist. He has sug­ gested an agreement by which the countries taking part in the conference should limit silver coinage to certain small coins, none to exceed in value the twenty franc piece. It is stated that while silver tould not thus be placed on a parity with gold, It m'ght be maintained at a ratio of about twenty to one. The actual commercial ratio is now about twen y-four tb one. The coinage ratio in the United States is sixteen to one, in the Latin Union and most Uuropean countries fifteen and a half to one, and in India fifteen to one. Dr. Seyttooer's plan is declared by those who have studied it to be too in­ tricate to meet with general adoption. The whole aim of the Brussels confer­ ence wili be directed toward practical measures, without seeking to revolu­ tionize the existing relations of gold and silver, which could only be done by universal remonetlzatlon. Tne Foreign Delegates. ' The delegates from other countries as far as announced are as follows: Great Britain--Sir William Houlds- worth, M. P., for Northwest Manchester; Bertram Curne, partner In the bank of Messrs. Glynn, Mills, Curne & Co.; Sir Charles Freemantle, K. C. B., Deputy Governor of the Mint. Government of India--General Rich­ ard Strachey, G. P. S., formerly member of the Indian Council; Sir Gull- ford L. Molesworth, K. C. I. E. France--M. Tlrard, formerly Minis­ ter of Finance and President of Coun­ cil; M. L. de Liron, high official in the Department of Finance; M. de Faville, high official in the Department of Finance. Switzerland--Messrs. Cramer, Ffiiy and Lardy, Minister at Paris. • RICH FOR ONE DAY ONL.V, Messenger Bagley Takes 9100,000 firom the United States Kxpress Company. George J. Bagley, a messenger for the United States Express Company, appropriated a pack age containing #100,- 000 in paper currency, whicrh had been placed in his care in Omaha Thursday night to be deliveied in Chicago Friday morning. Just twenty-four hours after the money had been missed the thieving messenger was arrested in Chicago by Detg^Ni|||^Ever an Andt^tW^py-eighC disappcarwinSe of the «Ul» |V9,*90 of it w*s ioeke i up |B the sa^ <11 the United States l xpress Company In Chicago, t Bagley obta ned the money by a brll- ' liantiy laid scheme, but once in his pos­ sess on the weight of the currency was too much for his discretion and be com­ pletely lost his head. In fact, he was 'scared to death," to use his own words. And his aotions subsequently do not be­ lie them. Bagley began work for the Un ted States Express Company over twelve years ago as a station agent at Daven­ port, Iowa. By years-ot service there he became a trusted man, and a year ago last January he was promoted to the position of express messenger and given a run irom Chicago to Omaha on the last train that runs ever the Chicago and Bock Island road from Chicago to Denver. This is one of the most im­ portant runs in the service, and up to the present time nothing has ever taken place to shake the company's confl^exise DEED OF A $V£HK>AOO.. LUNATIC'S MUR­ DEROUS WORK. Herman Selfler Kills His Wife's Parents, Wotu>4s Her as Well mm a Policeman and Is Cheeked Only by » Ballet tfm aa Oflecr's BSTOITCT. "Leaders very much of ' Bte party arw e ftmittfr h. in Bagley. UNqi*B JERRY'S REPORT, Work of the Agricultural Department He- ( viewed by Rusk. The report of the Secretary of Agri­ culture has been submitted to the Presi­ dent. The report begins with a com- farisou of the ex-ort trade of the ist fiscal year with that of lorm- er years, and em­ phasizes the fact that ot the more than $1,000,000,- €0J, represent ng the exports of our dciEostic products for the last year, nearly 80 per cent, consisted of agri­ cultural products, this not oniy mak- BECBETARY KCSK. ing the United States the creditor of the world tor a sum exceeding $200,00^,01H)--the excess of our exports over imports--but re­ lieving our home markets from a surplus product which would otherwise have re­ duced prices to a point below the < ost of production. For a large share in bringing &]t>out the conditions which have made these gratifying results pos­ sible the Secretary claims credit for his department. In regard to imports he finds encour­ agement for the farmers in the fact that in spite of an aggregate increase there is a reduction In the proportion of Im­ ports consisting of products which com­ pete with our American agriculture, for, while in the fiscal year ended in 188J 54 per cent, of the imports were com­ peting, only 44 per cent, of our imports for the last fiscal year did eo compete. He nevertheless regards imports com­ peting with the products of our own soil as still far too great. He instances $40,- 000,000 worth of animal products, $67,- 000,000 worth of fibers, $J'/,0( 0,0on worth of hides, $30,000,000 worlh of fruits and wines, as articles of, this kinds, and cites the imports of raw silk, amounting to $25,0(i0,000 yearly, as an instance of products imported which could with proper encouragement be produced in bur own country. He declares these figures to indicate the main ultimate ob­ ject of the work of the department, which he defines, in brief, as "the closest study of all markets abroad which may be reached by our own agri­ cultural producis, accompanied by per­ sistent and intelligent efforts to extend them and the substitution in our mar­ kets of home-grown for foreign-grown products." LABOR LOSES ITS FIGHT.% The Orea't Strike at Carnegie's Home­ stead Mills Declared Of. The great strike at Carnegie's Home­ stead steel works has been declared off. After a live months' strugglo, which for bitterness has probably never been equaled in this country, the army of strikers finally decided to give up the fight. This action was taken at a meet­ ing of the lodges of the Amalgamated Association at Homestead, the vote standing 101 in favor of declaring.the strike off and 91 against it. Among those present at the meeting were Vice President Carney, Secretary Kilgallon, Treasurer Madden, and David ..Lynch of the Advisory Board. The officials addressed the members, and in plain words told them the strike was lost, and advised them to take steps to better their conditiun. The re­ marks met with considerable opposition, but when the vote was taken it showed a ma'orlty of ten in favor of declaring the strike off. Those who were in favor of calling the strike off were jubilant, while those who were against: it were badly put out. The Homestead strike has proved one of the most disastrous in the history of the country. It originated from a re­ duction in wages in the department where members of the Amalgamated Association of Iron and Steel Workers were employed. The hitch was on what is known as the sliding sca'.e. It is a scale which regulates the men's wages by the market price of steel billets. Nearly every mill in this vicinity signed the scale, including other mills of the Carnegie Company. At the refusal of the firm to sign the scale for the Home­ stead mill, a lockout was declared by the Amalgamated Association, and they were joined by the mechanics and lab­ orers, who struck out of sympathy only, their wages not being reduced. The strikers were determine I to keep non­ union men out of the ml. 1 and adopted mil­ itary discipline. The story of the arrival and bloody fight with the Pinkertons July 0, the subsequent riotous proceed­ ings, aud the calling out of the National Guard, and its departure after three months' duty, is too well known to re­ peat. For six weeks the mill has been running almost as well as before the strike, but until within the last week the strikers have steadfastly refused to ad­ mit defeat. Victim* ot m JUMABMS. Herman Siegler, a cabinet maker, liv­ ing at No, 723 North Paallna street, Chicago, got uj» early 4he other morn­ ing, went to his brother's hotise and borrowed a shotgun on the pretext that he wanted to go hunting, returned home, shot and killed his father ami mother- W- aw, seriously wounded hie wife, and j filled a policeman's nttie full of buck- j shot, he in return getting a bullet in his . abdomen from anetherofticer's revolver. | His work of death was done mainly in the house in which he lived, but after policemen were summoned the battle wagod between him from the house and the officers from the street. He emptied a double-barreled shotgun at them a dozen times and bullets from their re­ volvers flew in his direction a? rapidly as fingers could pull the triggers. Thousands of people attracted bY the fusillade swarmed around the house, and when Officer Dan McCarthy finally grappled with and overcame the mur­ derer, they fa'rly howled for his blood. Some one s1 arted the cry, "lynch him!" and it was taken up by excited men and women. Although four patrol-wagon loads of ofdesrs worn A« tho ground they had a herculean task to prevent the infuriated people from making short shrift of tho then c werlng murderer. Men fought with each other to get at Siegler, each howling "Kill him!" "Lynch the brute!" Step by step, the §!§§ org»n We thlfctt to about In the Western fttetes, suc& u tlaasas, Nebraska and Minnesota, where the- People's party itovemant was very- strong. we lost some from our vote of four years ago. On the other heed, it)> most of the States east of the UUwis- .. eippi River, and in Iowa and we made substantial gains, jfeajrly every Sta'e shows some increase oVsr 1888. I believe that the official returns- will show the increase In Illinois to be the greatest of any State. Indian* made good gains, and also New York, Including .New York City, ot the Neiy England States. „ , ,^r; ' The Vote. Mr. Stevens gives the following table' as a conservative estimate of the Prohl* bition vote by States: •Z0 •if'*: 1 y. > * HOLDING THE OFFICERS AT BAT. Punch and Jndy. It wculd surprise a good many per­ sons, probably, to hear that "Punch and Judy" is a Chinese institution, but there seems to be good ground for the supposition, according to a correspond­ ent of a London paper, who says: "A few years ago I witnessed at a garden party given by the general then commanding the troops in Hopg Kong the exhibition of a Chinese ' P'unch attti Judy,' which had been brought down from Canton. The general arrange­ ments were precisely the same a < those of an English 4 Punch and Judy,' the only difference being that instead of the dog Toby there was a wooden figure with clapping jaws, supposed to repre­ sent a dragon. The costumes were Chinese, and the piece varied in some respects from that which we see in En­ gland, but all the characteristic features were the same. The lesser mandarins were duly knocked over by tho big man­ darin, with just the same satisfactory whack as that with which Punch dis­ c-poses of Judy and Jack Ketch, and all the accessories of voices, pipes, and scenery corresponded to tLose of the English performance." " The correspondent asks Professor Max Muller and the Congress of Orien­ talists to decide the nice question whether the Chinese or the Europeans are the plagiarists. THE cat of the postmaster of Dan­ ville, In$|,, rings the bell when she trajute to enter the house, , officers, with drawn revolvers, forced their way through the crowd, and even when the prisoner was placed in the East Chicago patrol-wagon the danger was not over, for the horses were thrown back ou their haunches, while men tried to climb over the wheels and steps to get at the object of their wra«h. He was finally removed in safety to the East Chicago Avenue Police Station and subsequently to the County Hospital. The result of the morning's bloody work was: , Dead. Henry Siles, 66 years old, No. 723 North Paulina street; shot in face, arms, aud body. Mrs. Caroline Siles, 70 years old, No. 723 North Paulina street; shot in breast. Wounded. Bertha Guthman, 8 years old, No. 245 West North avenue; shot in left hand by scatlering shot. Jeremiah O'Eonoghue, police officer; shot in face and neck; not seriously. Herman Siegler, 37 years old. No. 723 North Paulina street; shot; in abdomen: may recover. . lurs. Hermafn Siegler, 30 years old, No. 723 North Paulina street; shot in face and neck; will recover. Siegler's Statement. Siegler made the following statement: "About 8:30 o'clock this morning I went to my brother William Siegler's house, 893 North Hoyne avenue, to get a gun, as I was told by our Lord God up above to go and get a gun. I was born to realize this country. The Lord said to me, t j-day is the day of Judg­ ment, and you have got 1o be there. I brought the gun home and put it in the clothes clcset, and after awhile I took it out. Then my mother-in-law came down stairs. She is a witch. She said to me* 'You have got to die, and I will not go where you want to send me,' and I shot her in the hall. The old man came down-stair and I was con­ fused, and I fired at the old man and shot him. I then came out on the steps and the patrol wagons came. Then I was dumfounded. I have been sick and been feeling bad for sometime." It is strongly believed that Siegler is in­ sane. Notes of Current Events. THE St. Louis Drug Trust has col­ lapsed, owing to cuts in prices. THE late James E. Hodge, of New York, has left $1,000 to Hope College, Michigan. FIVE attempts have been made by in­ cendiaries to burn the village of New­ castle, Pa. UNITED STATES SENATOR KENNA, of West Virginia, who has been seriously ill, is better. HARRY LAMAN, a jockey, was crushed by his horse falling on him at Columbia, S. C., and will die. SECRETARY FOSTER estimates that $250,000,009 will annually be required for pensions in a few yeais. A PORTION of the wall of the Plant­ ers' Press was blown down at Vicks- burg, Miss., by a wind storm. OVER 1,500 persons \yere converted at the revival meetings at Kansas City, conducted by the Rev. B. F. Mills. ATTORNEY GENERAL MILLER will practice law at Wash'ngton after retir­ ing from President Harrison's Cabinet. A NEW Republican morning daily paper is to be established in Cincinnati with $200,000 capital. It will Le known as tho Tribune. THE death of Will'am Cleveland, sec­ ond cousin *of President-eleot Cleve­ land, occurred at Jeffersonvllle, Ind. He was 40 years old. CAPT. IRVINO has been relieved ot the command ol the Teutonlo. The steamship company disapproves of his "record breaking" speed. A PRAIRIE fire in the Missouri bottoms swept over a tract three miles wide ana twenty miles ltn«r. Six hundred stacks of hay burned. Loss, $70,000. THE contest of the will of John Two- hlg, a banker of San Antonio, Texas, has been settled, the Catholic Church, to which he left his entire fortune of $800,000, accepting $ 00,000. OPPOSITION among St. Louis priests to the appointment of Vicar General Brady to the position of coadjutor to Archbishop Kenrlck has brought forth a petition to Borne protesting against bis appointment. FORTY-THREE indictments were found at Jacksm, Miss , in tho Federal Court against as many members of the coffin trust, recently formed in that State. The indictments are based on a Federal statute. A KAST express on the Atlantis Pa­ cific road flew the track and rolled down a steep embankpiect at Tucson Canon, N. M. W. <t. Walker, of Missouri, was killed and several others were injufed, though not seriously. . t 'f Alabama Arkansas...... California Colorado.... Connecticut Delaware Florida....., Georgia. Idaho...... Illinois,..,,.............. .... Indiana... U.,..., Iowa........................... Kansas..........i. KentnnSy,,,,, Louisiana. Maine Maryland. .^,..,.....,4, Massachusetts.. ...., Michigan Minnesota M InMppL...... 4......., Missouri. Montana „. N ebraska. "erada ew Hampshire.............. Sew Jersey LTew York. forth Carolina..... North Dakota.......,,.;...., Ohio Oregon PsnnsylTATiia- Rhode Island Tennessee Texss Vermont ................. Virginia....................... Washington.................. West Virjiinia................ Wisconsin. Totals 1888. «n 8,761 3,191 400 *17 1,803 si'.ois • 9,881 9,690 8,779 100 I.A91 4,767 8,701 £0,0*2 15,316 *,539 0,*39 41 1,694 7,939 »,irji 2,787 S*|866 1,677 20,8*7 1,2ft 6.969 4,7*9 1,460 1,682 1,08* 14,277 mn 000 i.eeo- 8,S0» •A i,«oo 600 90,000 18,000 8,000 7,000- SOOO 18© 4,000 7,000 9,000 Jl.OOO 18,000 2,000 8,000 *00 9,500 1<» 1,TO0 10,000 41.000 &.000 90,666 2,000 28,war f,000 » 8,000 1,800 10,000 - * * ' 5* ~« ...UW 327,360 FOUR MEN KILLED IN A WRECK. Negligence of a Switchman Causes a ratal Accident In Nebraska. A Grand Island, Neb., dispatch says: -'jAt Alda Siding, eight miles west of Grand Island, express train No. 8, going at a speed of forty-iive miles an hour, crashed into an extra freight train standing on the switch. The passenger train, which was due here at b o'clock and at Omaha at 10:40, was nearly one hour and a half late, and, striking the grade west of Aida, Engineer McDonald determVned to make . up some of the time, and pulled the throttle open. The freight eijgine had been doing considerable switching on the siding. After the work had been •^completed the engine was comparatively dead at the head of the siding. Ihe morning was feggy, and unmindful of danger and secure m tho thought that the switch was properly placed, the en­ gineer and fireman of the extra waited lor the passenger tra'n to rush by. But the switch had not been closed and the passenger train brought death to four men and fatally wounded three others through criminal negligence ot the switch tender. The men killed were: J. W. Keller, conductor of the freight. Grand Island. He leaves a widow and two children. Barney McDonald, en­ gineer of the passenger, Norti Platte. Leaves a widow, but no children. (Jus Barrett, engineer of the freight, North Platte. Leaves a widow and three children. Ira Owens, fireman of the freight. North Platte. Leaves a wife and five children. The injured are: Will­ iam Costella, fireman of the passenger, Grand Island; single; badly scalded; both ankles fractured and will probably die. Wiliiam Sutherland, brakeman on the freight, Grand Island; single; caught in wreck and feet broken. A. M. Lyons, mail agent, Kearney; head wounded and leg fractured. No passengers were injured. .Both engines are wrecked, while the mall and baggage cars ard badly damaged. Inside of half an hour a relief train from Grand Island was on the scenb with physicians to look after the wound­ ed and all passenger and baggage were transferred from tho wreck to the relief train, which reached Omaha at 3 o'clock* MRS. LEASE iS WILLING* ' ' ' \.;t. '•, ^ 'j- ' ' 14 i' '4 •: ' '42^ Vf r >.s< 1 % .i •t&V; f-1 1^3 --»!• it ' ft % 1 A . A,' If tkc People of Kansas Desire It She Become a Senator. Topeka, Kan., special: Mrs."M.-B* Lease has just made the first authorita­ tive statement concerning the use of her name in connection with the United! States Senatorship. She arrived in town last night, and this morning she held a reception at her l:otel. She an­ nounces to all callers Ihat she would accept the Senatorship if it was offered her, but she would not engage in the scramble for the place. "I shall not enter the ra:e for the place," she said. "The office shouM seek the woman as well as the man. When I (ay I shall make no fight I say it with this proviso: That I am not attaoked solely because I am a woman. There Is one very peculiar fact connected with my candidacy. I have received hun­ dreds of letters of encouragement from men since the announcement of my candidacy, but not one Irom a woman. I am the only woman who has ever been mentioned in connection with a place of this kind, and I naturally ex­ pected som€i encouragement from my sex. A letter from Miss Anthony, for example, or a word of encouragement from Mrs. Joyns. Single-handed and alone I have done more for woman suf­ frage than all of them. I had a suffrage plank incorporated In the Populists' platform, ond 1 forced the Bepubiican party to do the same thing. If the poli­ ticians see lit to attack me because of my sex I shall fight this thing to a finish as a matter of principle. ' " ?f.'4 t 'iv 'Y 4 rieMS; CONCERNING THE CROPS. The General Condition la ^hli Section JS Good. y The Farmer's Review of this week, speaking of the crop outlook, says: The rains have somewhat improved some of the conditions and havo had a tendency to revive the pastures and to hasten the growth of the winter cereals. But, oh the other hand, the moisture came so late that much of the wheat and rye will make very little growth and will not thicken up before the ground freezes. This will leave the crops in an exposed condition to a great extent and less able to withstand adverse climatic changes the corning winter. The future of the crops is largely problematic. Although the growth of win er wheat is not what could be desired, still there has, as yet, been no disaster to the (rop. A great deal of it has not yet come up or is just appearing, but if the future conditions are favorable it m»y yet prove the foundation for a good crop. As the crop is to-day the general cona­ tion may be cal:ed good in Illinois, In­ diana, Ohio, Michigan, Missouri, Ne­ braska and Wisconsin. It appears to promise three-fourths of a crop in Ken­ tucky, Kansas and Iowa. Little winters wheat is raised in Minnesota, the crop' there being largely experimental, and. cutting no figure on the general market. #fy \ >'«; V' - 4 1 ! i-Mi. V ' i w. r. <- / < : 1 • J ' r/w j/' - 1 A. • A fvf 'k 5". # I ft lU