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'•'jjfflrmr f "**-- PLA1NDEALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. NcHENRY. IIXTNOT". SAD FATE OP A BELIC. LOGS OF LINCOLN'S CABIN IN A 1* CHICAGO ALLEY. ' V" ' ___ XNaMtroos Bla**> at Fort W»yn«--Oewsta f" ' ' Jail-Birds Make a Successful Break for liberty -- Texas Stock Having: a Hard v Ylme--Minor Mew* Items. •• This la Almost Scand aloljMk' f IN the alley between Michigan and "Wabash avenues, near Fourteenth F"!r <>&it*on <>f Puck on Fair grounds. THE Roches'or State Hospital at Rochester, N. Y., was burned the other morning. The flames spread rapidly, owintr to the laek of water, and the building was destroyed. Prom the mo­ ment when the first alarm was given the inmates were in a state of intense excitement. Their shouts and ciias for aid were pitiful. The safety of the inmates demanded their removal, which was accomplished without loss of life. The burned building was a four-storv brick structure, 10a by TO feet in dimensions, and was built fif­ teen years age. Dr. Howard, warden of the institution, savs the loss will amount to $120,000. There is no in­ surance. At the time the lire broke Out there were in the building 5£20 male inmates, 213 female inmates, and 110 keepers and officials. As A practical joke a crowd of Cor­ nell sophomores at Ithaca, N. Y., in­ troduced a volume of chlji ine gas into a hall where the fre-hmen were hav­ ing a banquet. Besides having a most noxious odor, this gas is deadly to any person having any heart trouble. A? a result of tho idiotic prank. Thomas McNeill of Pittsburg, and Mrs. Jack- eon. colored, a cook, were killed. The murderous folly of the sophomores has created intense excitement and indig­ nation throughout the city as well as in There is an air . street, Chicago, is a pile of old logs . r that has attracted no more than ordi­ nary" attention. It has been there 'm nearly two years, almost uncared for, '"an(i wholly unprotected from the .f'v#!%^hand of va'dals. Its only protection • " has been the ignorance of the people of the historv of the logs. Not a dozen people in Chicago knew the real value of that wood pile, but if it were gener­ ally known that almost"every one of those logs was split by an ax in /jthe j the college cloisters. hands of Abraham Lincoln there prob- of gloom over the famous old univer- ablv would be little left to show as,a ' sity. The university authorities are ^ - whole the famous log vcabin built in investigating the affair and have al- 't1^30 by Lincoln and his father j ready suspended several sophomores, Tne project of bringing tho lit- and the city officials are taking a hand tie log cabin t:> Chicago ! in the matter. It is probable now that k was a commercial one. Because ' . Libby Prison was brc nght ihere and . i"f , was successful as an exhibit the idea - P^h'tiepread that there were many other ',>/ historical structures in this country 7^ that would be eouaily attractive A,,, in Chicago. So the John Brown Fort at Harper's Ferry was torn from its prettv heme and set up - al- the perpetrators of the hazing will have to stand trial on a charge of murder. The citizens were so extra­ ordinarily worked up over the affair, which they universally consider' a diabolical outrage, that there was earnest and general talk of lynching the murderers. as a show. It was a failure. Then an al leged Uncle Tom's cabin was sprung on the city, and it served a fate almost as bad as that of the fort. These failures deterred the projectors from erecting and exhibiting the cabin. The owners of the cab'.n as it stands to-day have no idea what they will finally do with it. They are paying rent for the ground upon which it is stored, and have -been for two years. Fire at Fort WITDB. AT 3:30 o'clock in the morning fire broke out in Vordemark & Brothers' large shoe store at Fort Wayne, Ind., , and before it was extinguished a loss of *100.(03 ensued. Tne stores of Vordemark & Brothers, shoes: Central w Telephone Exchange. William Myer & Brother, hatters, and S. B. Thing & Co.. shoes, were completely destroyed, while Mergentbeim & Co.s millinery and notion store was flooded with wa­ ter. All are well insured. While this fire was at its height, the large brick school house on Clay street was fired and destroyed, entailing a loss of $20,- <300. Dr. Myers barn was also burned shortly afterwards. The fires are thought to have been the work of in­ cendiaries. Georgia Jail Delivery. • HW1V SPENCER, a condemned mur­ derer, who has been confined in the Thomas County. Ga., jail, shot the jailer, Tom Singlerry, and made his escape. Singleterry died two hours lat3r. The jailer went to the cells to feed the prisoners, and while he stopped to pet the food on a table Jim Cassidy called on him to throw up his hands. As he said this the jailer struck him in the face with a lcck which he held in his hand, felling him to the floor. Henry Spencer seized the jailer's pistol from behind, and as he turned shot him in the face and again in the neck. Five of the prisoners es­ caped into the pine woods. Threatened with FamMMfc ^ "" INFORMATION come3 from the Starr County section of Texas to the effect that a famine is threatened. Fifty per cent, of stock are dead; no crops of any kind have been raited or harvested during the last year and great destitu­ tion and absolute want exists. Many persons are compelled to subsist on roots, prickly pears, etc., even flesh that has been stripped from the car­ casses of dead animals is eaten to sat­ isfy the pangs of hunger. Resources are exhausted and it is impossible to longer assist the starving. WESTERN. 81*- fOUSBAJUHATLAST. Senate. . } . GOVERNMENT ownership of the Nic­ aragua Canal and annexation of Hawaii were favored by the Transmississippi \ Congress. j ' -• •'?>- ENCOURAGING report? Of the prog- ; jrogtlce Blatchford'a 8accessor Named by ress of the movement. were made to the National Woman's Suffrage Con- • vention in Washington. j CHICAGO nominations as follows were J made Tuesday by President Cleveland: 1 „ . „ ̂ J ̂ t The New Juitiei&ff. For Collector cf Customs, Martin J. ., , . + •, „ r>. / ,^,ir c w„,Tr,„. President Cleveland nominated Sen-Rus^ell, forAppraiser, Frank G.Hoyne, ator White, of Louisiana, to be Asso- for Marshal, John W. Arnold, for bub- cjate justice of tho Supreme Court, 6CNATOR WHITE FOR PREME BENCfp President Cleveland and Confirmed by the Senate Forthwith Wltlupt MOB--Diseased Heat In Chlcag*. INEXPENSIVE PLEASUR19, BREVITIES. "'ttfiff .' HILL, GOMES & Co,, merchants, of Sfanchester, Buenos Ayres, and Bio Janeiro, have failed. ? THE Milwaukee Chamber of Com­ merce has adopted an address to Con­ gress denouncing the Hatch anti-option bilL I THE Indian Mission School at Neah I my, B. CL, was burned. Several In­ dian children lost their lives in the flames. THE Rev. Michael T. Tierney was ' consecrated Bishop of the Roman Cath olic church in the Diocese of Hart­ ford, Conn. J. R. MITCHELL, of Richmond, Tex., • .ifjras indicted by the grand jury for th3 teurder of David J. Sutton, Milton Bparks. and Daniel Gleason at the Grand Central Depot, Houston. OBITUARY: At Saratoga, N.Y., Com­ mander Edwin T. Woodward, U. S. N., aged 50.--At Hartford, Conn., Horace B. Morley, the insurance actuary, aged 66.--At Thomasviile, Ga., Father John Bray, aged 52. ' THE Grand Jury sitting at Mason; Mich, to investigate the frauds con­ nected with the canvass upon the sal- } sries amendments to the constitution PRINCESS COLONNA, John W. Mackr ay's stepdaughter, has gane to Dakota to establish a residence preliminary to entering a suit for divorce. DR. FRANCIS M. ABBOTT, one of the best^known practitioners in Indianap­ olis, who is over 60 j^sars old, was at­ tacked by highwaymen Wednesday night. The phytician reTu?ed to give up his money and shot (no of his^as­ sailants dead. The other fled. THE immense tin-can and japanned ware factory of Norton Bros., at Chi­ cago, vfas destroyed by fire Monday night. The direct monetary damajre is $6 <0,( 00, and as 600 men and women are thrown out of work by the fire the loss is much greater than told by these figures. THE Court of Appeals at Kansas City has in effect decided that all acts done by the City Council at special ee sions for nearly three yearj before June, 1892, were illegal, but held them to be valid on the ground of public policy. Had the court construed the law strict­ ly tho amount of mischief which would have resulted could not be estimated. THE fact ha? become public that Mrs. Cora Bell Chaska, who created a sensa­ tion about three years ago by marrying Chaska, a Santee Indian, has been abandoned by her copper-skinned hus­ band, and is now living with her half- breed children in Southern Nebraska. To make matters worse, Chaska has taken an Indian wife, and is living openly with her on the Santee reserva­ tion. The attention of the Indian De­ partment at Washington will be called to the matte#*. FIRE partly destroyed the Illinois State building at Jackson Park Sunday afternoon. As there has been no fire in or around the building for months, the only conclusion the firemen could reach was that the fire, like the others at the Fair grounds recently, was started by incendiaries. Wrecker3 have been at work tearing down the building for some time. All the floor­ ing had been removed, and in fact there was little if anything left stand­ ing but the staff-incased shell. The loss, therefore, was nominal. Four thousand dollars' worth of lumber was burned. LEROY HARRIS, the forger of postof- fice money orders, who was captured in Buffalo, is now in Chicago in charge of Inspector Stuart. The Inspector has had an exciting experience in getting Harris. The man was arrested while calling for mail at the Buffalo post- office. He was at once taken be­ fore Commissioner Fairchild. When the charge against him had been read he was told to held up his hand and be sworn. Instead of doing eo he presented a revolver and ordered all the men in the office to throw up their hands. Every hand went up and Harris backev. out of the door and dis­ appeared. Mr. Stuart was in Chicago at the time of the arrest. He worked up the plans leading to the capture, but was called home on business before the arrest was made. When he re­ ceived word that Harris had escaped he started immediately for Buffalo. There he learned that his man was at Niagara Falls, Ont. He was taking his time about getting under cover, feeling sure he could not ba taken out of- Canada without a good deal of trouble. Mr. Stuart found Harris Saturday night and without any formality started with him for Chicago. treasurer, Dalos P. Phelps. THE woman suffrage convention, in session at the National Capital, elected the following officers: Susan B. An- th ny. President; Rev. Anna Shaw, of Phi adelphia, Vice Presidant at large; Rachel Foster Avery, of Philadelphia, Corresponding Secretary: Mrs. Harriot Taylor Upt >n, of Ohio, Treasurer, and Mrs. Ellen B. Dietrick, of Boston, and Josephine K. Henry, of Kentucky, Auditors. THE nomination of Senator Edward D. White, of Louisiana, as Associate Justice, was sent to She Senate Mon­ day afternoon, and, in accordance with Senatorial courtesy,_ it was confirmed in executive session without ref­ erence to committee. The Senators were all full of expectation, because it had been whispered that one of their number was to be chosen, and that Gray, of Delaware, was not the man. Not more than three or four of them had an inkling that it was to be White, of Louisiana. The President's action met with, general approval. > FOREIGN. BERLIN advices say that the Bundes- rath has approved the Russo-German treaty of commerce. BY another bomb explosion in Paris five persons were hurt. One infernal machine was found*just in time. IN the battle between insurgents and Brazil Government troops the latter are reported to have suffered defeat. IN answer to an address from the International Eisteddfod, Gladstone said he favored a We'sh university. DISORDER marked the reassembling of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, the members almost coming to blows. AMERICAN LINE steamship Pari* was disabled when two days out from Southampton and was compelled to put back. DEATH of King Lobengula is con­ firmed. t^he African, monarch suc­ cumbed to disease, not to a British bullet. SBBAKER of the Commons ruled the peers had exceeded their authority in and the nomination was at once con­ firmed by the Senata. Senator White is nominated to fill the vacancy cai sed by the deat i of the late Justice Sam­ uel F. Blatcl ford, of New York. The President nominated White after the Senate had refused to confirm Horn- blower and 1 eckham. The selection of a Justice fro^i Louisiana is a great Burprlse, though it was admitted im- meaiately aftei* i eckham s nomination had been rejected that the President considered himself entirely frej to go outsido of ISew York State in making the appointment. Some surprise was manifested that the President went BO far from New York. Edward Douarlasg White will take hiB seat on the Supreme bench as the youngest of the justices, and, with the exception of Justices Field and Harlan, ha .will have entered at an earlier period in life than any of the other justices, and will have the exception­ ally long term of twenty-one years to serve before retirement. He wa3 born in the parish of La Fourche, La., and was 48 years of age last November. He was educated atr Mount St. Mary's, near Emmitsburg, Md,, at the Jesuit College in New Orleans, and finally at Georgetown College. He entered the Confederate army, and after the war was admitted to the bar by the Louisi­ ana Supreme Court, and practiced his profe-sion during the troubled years following the reconstruction period* In 1874 ho began his political experience as a b tate Senator. Lap-ing into the law again he became Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Louisiana in 1878, but again t irning t^> political pur­ suits he was elected to the United States Senate to succeed Senator Eus- tis, at present Ambassador to France, taking his seat March 4, 1891. By his appointment he will leave a vacancv of full two yearj in his Senatorial term. fhey Arm the Best la Mfe, Say OM Phil- 090ptters» . The comparatlve'y ch ap pleasures seem to be the best in life generally, says Harper's Weekly. There is PO very little that the very rich can buy for themselves that need stir envy in people who are just comfortably off. Wrfrmth is such a dellchtful thing in winter, but votLand 1 can get as much as we want of it and a millionaire can have nq more. And there are so many cheap, ordinary things to eat that are just as good or better than the expensive th ngs. An epicure who lives somewhere in tho western Dart of this State was saying the other day that, having a particular dinner in view, he sent to a judicious man in New York for the best fish that the market offered. They sent hitu a fresh cod and he admitted that no tish could be better and moralized (those are bis remarks ahove) on the comparative, cheapness of the fleshy gratJtications that were really best, sue.i as potatoes, and chickens and fresh air, and tea and water (warm and cold) and soap and sleepi When one considers how good a big E-cent sandwhich tastes when he is really hu g y and how little di 'erence there is betwe n , ood wine and good water when it has on e passed one's gullet, and how much of that ditl'er- enc* is In lavor of the water, really lends dan .erous charm to economy and simple living, and makes one wonder that thriit is not more catch­ ing, and that the delights of avarice should be so generally monopolized by the aged. One of the cases where a cheap article is often at least as good as a dear one is in the matter of sons- in-law. How olten that the plain, In-law who exacts no bonus and even in some cases contributes to his wife's support, turns out In the end to be really more valuable and sat sfactory than the bankrupt loafer prince who costs a million or two at the start and all that he can lay bis hands on afterwards! THIRTY-NINE KILLED. STOCK YARD SCANDAL. Z<ajnpy-Jawed Cattle Slaughtered and Sold for Food In Chicago. Chicago is eating diseased bqpf. It is not a pleasant statement to make or pleasant thing for Chicagoans to con­ template but it is the truth, at least so say the Chicago papers. Briefly t >ld, there is not a shadow of s uoa a question but that from 100 to 150 dis- altering a financial clause of the pa sh eagQ(j animals are spirited out of the councils bill. THE governments of England,France, Italy and Austria have advised the Sultan of Morocco to accept the de­ mands of Spain for the settlement of the Melilla troubles. IN GENERAL. GENERAL JUBAL A. EARLY has fully recovered from the effects of his recent accidbiit. THE Chicago and Erie, as well as the Grand Trunk, refuses to u.e the "nut- negotiate" bill of lading. THE news of the loss of the Nicara­ gua Navigation Company's tug Millard and sixty lives is confirmed. SEVENTY-FIVE Temachians were killed in a battle with Mexican troops. Twenty-five who were made prisoners were shot. RECEIVER WILSON, of the Santa Fe, ha? ordered payment of taxes levied by i Kansas counties, accompanied by writ* | ten protests. THE Northern Pacific receivers will I oppose the motion by labor leaders for ! an amendment of Judge Jenkins1 ob- I jectionable order. j R. G. DUN & Co. 'S Weekly Review (Of Trade savs: luid uas been a weak of record breaking. Ia wheat; la silver. In soine forms of Iron and steel. In Connellsvllle coke, and In well-kDOwn cotton and woolen goods tho lowest prices ever known have been made, and It Is gratifying that failures ot Im­ portance have not resulted. While no ac­ tion especially affecting bus!nets prospects was taken at Washington the continued discussion of rcvenoe and monetary meas­ ures and the uncertainty regarding them have a constant unfavorable influence, and indifferent markets have caused sudden fluctuations in prices. Wheat at 00% cents is not only lower by 4% cents than it was for a single day last year, but lower than It bad ever been in the previous seventy- eeven years. A visible supply of over 7®.- 000,000 bushels Feh. 10, with sales and re­ ceipts from farms continuing large, has completely destroyed faith in the official reports of the yield last year, and caused enormous liquidation. Beceipts last week were but 1,810.314 bushels, against 2.001,048 for the same week la«t year, but Atlantic exports were only 659.902 bu-hels, against 1.013.015 last year, and the recent decrease in foreign demand has been an important factor. Some trust companies have ar­ ranged to advance money against wheat as collateral security, but with results not as yet encenraginjt Corn and other products fluctuated bat little, though receipts of corn wero large. sp; yards each week without any inspec­ tion whatever by the officials appointed for th&t purpose; are either bought By the packers or slaughtered by> them upon commission and put upon the public market. With the excep-' tion possible of one or two of the larger {tacking establishments, the papers al-ege that all of the packers and minor slaughtering houses are more or less engaged in the nefarious trade. With possibly one or two exceptions every commission firm doing business at the Union Stock Yardi is selling diseased A TTFICAL CAS* OT X.VHPT JAW. SOUTHERN. ENRAGED residents of Stanton, Ala., are avenging the murder of Mrs. Ruek- er by killing a number of negroes. MASTER builders discuss-ed the uni­ form contract. OfHc3rs wei:e elected and Baltimore selected for the next con­ vention. MARKET REPORTS. of the State in 1891 and 1893 practi- j I J ©ally concluded its labors Friday after- I DISSATISFIED land owners have noon. From sources that are regarded brought work on a Florida road to a as entirely reliable it is learned that stop by planting dynamite bombs along five indictments, involving ten persons, the right of way. four of whom are State officers, were filed. THE National Central Committee of tlie Populist party held an executive session in St. Louis. ! D. H. REAGAN, dry-gocds dealer of Victoria, Refudge and Edna, Twu; as­ signed. Liabilities, (60,030; assets, *70,0.-0. J- H- JOLLY, a Keokuk grocer, went *o England some time ago after money bequeathed to him. He was heard prom at Halifax on the return trip eev- ^•ral weeks ago, and as he has not ar- » home fears are entertained that Uie has met with foul play. r" * EASTERN. CHICAGO. -Cemmon to Prime.... 13 60 4 00 2 25 68 U 29 45 90 17 60 THE old Jaybird-Woodpecker polit­ ical feud, which originated in Fort Bend County, Texas, bad a bloody sequel in the Houston Grand Central Depot, Monday night. Among the passengers who alighted from a train were a man named York, D. Sutton, constable of Eagle Lake; Milton Sparks, his wife,child and brother,also of Eagle Lake. As soon as York stepped on the platform Jim Mitchell, who was in the depot, opened fire, which was as promptly returned, York falling after firing a second shot. Mitchell kept up h murderous fusillade until he had fired five shots. The resu^jL was that in addition to York toeing instantly killed. Sparks was shot to death, and Dan Gleasod, an omnibus also killed. Mrs. Sparks CATTLE- HOGS--Shipping Grades SHEEP--Fair to Choice WHEAT--No. 2 Bed CORN--No. 2 OATB--No. 2 RYE--No 2. BUTTER--Choice Creamery EGOS--Fresh POTATOES--Per bn INDIANAPOLIS. CATTLE--Shipping 3 00 HoGK-Choice Light 9 00 SHEEP--Common to Prime 2 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red 6* COBK--No. 2 White OATS--No. 2 White.....••-•••• ST. LOUIS. • Hoos ; WHEAT--No. 2 Red I CORN--No. 2. & 5 25 (9 6 iO & 4 00 « 69 % £ & if 0 27 & 18 & 80 @ 5 00 #5 29 8 60 g S4» 32 s* >6® al » • driver, was t - A. KERR SMlT^ho had served five wife of ,tho murde1red man.< badly ji^rms in Congress, died at Lancaster w.0unded, as was also a child t>he car- vt» TT A Mrs. MfiDowftll. an a?ea worn-JPa. He was 79 years old. i: < . , JOSEPH KEPPLER, the great carica­ turist, editor and part owner of Puck, died at his New York home, in the 56tjh fear of his age. Mr. Keppler had been ick for six months with an affection f the spine complicated with lung trouble. It is believed that this was ^brought on largely by his labors in JDhieago during the World's Fair, where he conducted and personally su­ pervised the production of a World's ried. A Mrs. McDowell, an aged worn an, received one of the bullets and her chances of recovery are slim, while Sparks' brother received a wound. Mitchell was locked up in the city prison and there was considerable talk of lynching. ^ WASHINGTON. MEMBERS of the New Orleans Sugar Exchange want a sugar man appointed |n the plao3 of Senator White. A RESOLUTION r« ibmission 3 00 J|00 61 V33 OATS--No. 2... 29 KIE-NO. «• •• • 62 CATT8 00 HOGS ' 8 00 SHEEP 2 0) WHEAT-^NO. 2 Red • 67 COKN-^O. OATS--No. 2 Mixed. RXE--No. 1,,.,.. • 61 DETROIT. CATTLB 3 00 3 00 SHEEP...... 2 00 WHEAT--No. 2 Red #7 CORN--No. 2 Yellow .....u 38 OATS--No. 2 White..31 TOLEDO. WHEAT--No. 1 Red.. *,»•••• ..«.•• * CORN--No •> Yeilow>»ii.....*;.i . 88 OATS--NO. 2 White 29 WHEAT--No. L Hard.........'0 COBN--No. 2 Yellow *® OAXUrrNo. 2 White RYE--No. % • • -- 68 MILWAUKEE. WHEAT--No. 2 Spring W CORN--NO. 8 OATB--No. 2 White 2® RYE--Ntf.l « BARLEY--No. 2 A S PORK--Mes»............... ..... B NEW IQUK. n „ CATTMI » <* HOGS 8 J; 2 « WHSAT--NO. 2 Bad.. ^ CORK--No. * OATS--White Western 8f BUTTER--Choice & K '.rk 24 ® « S3 SO 'SU * cattle to the speculators who make that their only bu-iness. The Union Stock Yards Company folds its hands and closes iti eyes, permitting the business to go on without interruption. Lumpy jaw or actinomycosis is a veg­ etable parasitic disease, due to the in­ troduction into the animal of the I ay- fungus through an abrasion or wound of the mouth, tongue, or cheeks, or gains entrance alorur a shedding tooth or a diseased tooth. After the living . plant thus gains an entrance it multi- | plies and grows somewhat similar to plants outside of the animal economy. As the filaments grow the tissues in which the implantation occurred give way to them--tho result of me­ chanical pressure--pus forming, and other septic bacter'a will bo found in connection with tho ray-fungus; tumors and abscesses form of varying size, and finally rupture, discharge their con­ tents, and a 6lowly healing sore re­ main?. In many cases the bone3 cf ono jaw--either upper or lower--be­ come honeycombed with this disease, constituting what was formerly consid­ ered as bene cancer, or oste>sarcoma. i « ^ . Overflow or Jnew*. I THE gambling houses of Decatur, 111., were raided by the police. FOUR man were killed in Lazos, Mexico, in a fight originating at acoclc fight. A. H. LINDER. a Harvard student, died of injuries received in a sparring bout. CINCINNATI police have obtained a complete direotory of the anarchists in that city. RICHARD P. DANA, who went around the world five times, died at his Mew York home. INDIANAPOLIS, IHI., residents are mystified by a strange woman, who at­ tends all funerals. THIRTY-SEVEN of the fifty-eight coal miners charged with riot at Pittsburg, Pa., were found guilty. Gov. HUGHES, of Arizona, has offered a reward of $5,010 for the Indian rene­ gade Kid, deal or alive. THE Rev. Joshua C. Briggs. supposed to have been killed by a train near Ot­ tawa, O.. was murdered. QUEEN VICTORIA is said to dread an open conflict between the two houses oi the British Parliament. MRS. LEASE claims to he a Mason, and says she will organize lodges of women throughout this country BY the opening of spring another rush is expected to the Cherokee Strip. The ne\$ towns are booming. THE Michigan State Fish Commis­ sion has stocked Cass County streams with 80,000 young brook trout. KANSAS Populists will organize a theatrical party of young people as an adjunct to their State campaign. A SUB-COMMITTEE of the House Of Representatives may go to Chioago to inspect the Government Building. Checkmated. People who resorted to roundabout flieans to gratify their curiosity some­ times meet with unexpected rebuffs. Mrs. Simmons was possessed of an overwhelming desire to about her neighbors' affairs, sdldon asked a straightforward que3 tion. It was her way to say, "Mis' Spencer is jest eat up with wantin' to know" this or that, or "I heard Mis1 Ballet remarking that she should admire to be told how you managed to do" so and so. Usually her neighbors gave her the information wanted, though they were often irritated into calling her a ,lmedrilin', interferin' old piece." When the new minister came to Cj rusville, his wife was forewarned by the ladies of the parish to be a "leetle close-mouthed with Mis' Simmons, my dear, if you can compass it. fox her oonguc is as long as her ears." "l shall try to," replied the little woman, calmly. i She succeeded, even though the Simmons house was next to the par­ sonage. For a week or two Mrs. Simmons contented herself with ask­ ing slightly impertnient questions in a comparatively direct way, but on«3 day she unfortunately reverted to her time-worn habit "Mis' Gregg said she'd give a good deal to know what that trirumin' cost on your Sunday dress," she re­ marked, peering at the minister's wife with her cold little eyes. •'You didn't tell her. did you, Mrs, Simmons?" inquired the iady, pleas­ antly. » •'Why, no!" gasped / the old lady, quite taken ofT her guard by this un­ expected rejoinder. "Thank you," said the little min­ ister's wife, sweetly. "I felt confi­ dent you would know that 1 shouldn't care to have everything oi that sort discussed in the parish." And between this tribute to bei discretion and a confused feeling that evidently the minister's wlf<j credited her with secret sources of in­ formation, old lady Simmons' mouth was closed, and her mind employed in speculation for the rest of that after­ noon. j Tbo?e Lovers. I They had beet> engaged, but now were suffering from one of those quar­ rels which sometimes ruilie the courss of true love. I They bad not spoken for three days, and neither wished to be the first to yield. But with the hankering which af­ flicts murderers and lovers with refer­ ence to the scene of the late unpleas­ antness he called at the house o:i a trumped-up business mission to her father. , Hv chance (?) she answered his ring at the tfoor. Gathering himself, he, with a cold, slow voice, begins the following dia* logue: '•Does Mr. Dudley reside here?" "He does." "Is he in?" "He is not." "Will he be in soon?" • "He will." •. I ' "Thank you; 1 will esll again." [Turns toga] "Excuse me, who shall I say called?"--Life. • T tortfal of m Btesm Pipe on the fluiu Ship BrandoBbnrf. ' Thirty-nine men were killed and a score of others badly injured by the explosion of a steam pipe on board the German man-of-war Brandenburg at the entrance to Kiel Bay. The acci­ dent occurred while the wa- ship was undergoing a forced draught trial near the Government drydccks. The ex­ plosion occurred without warning, and officers, marines and Bailors were among the victims. Kiel is the head­ quarters of the Government Baltic fleet, and the Government works are quite extensive. All the vessels of the Baltic fleet put in here for coaling and repair-, and recently the Brandenburg has been undergoirg a nuniber of tri­ als to increase her scced. Fridtfy morning those experiments were iii fall operation.. Nor.e cf the crew had.ehcre leave, and many of them were on deck. Suddenly, while the vessel was forging ahead at a rapid epeed, there was a*loud exr^o- si n. the waist of the ship seemed to vise up as though lifted bv a giant hand, ard the next instant the air was tilled with intermingled debris and humanity. A large number of the victims, torn and mangled,w;re thrown into the waler and drowned before as­ sistance could reach them. Others were thrown into the air and foil on the deck', where taey ley dead or dving in the midst of a mass of wreck age. The erects of the explosion were only lelt within a limited area, al­ though the big war vessel quivered under the slv CK, and those in tLe bow and stern quickly I ushed to the assist­ ance of the injured. Owing to the force of the explosion the dead outnumbered the injured, and the scene was sickening in tho extreme. : The vessel presented the appearance of ! a'wart hip after a sanguinary battle, .. honrw.na ' aii(l dead and wounded had their cloth- ll nappens jng, near]y frcm their bodies. As cheap son- • qUickly as possible the shore was com­ municated with, and several vessels were dispatched to the scene with medical supplies and surgeons. The accident occurred near the place made memorable last year by the disaster cn board the Germaa man-of-war Baden, in which two lieutenants and seven marines were killed by the premature explosion of a gun during target prac­ tice. THE NATION'S S0L0N& SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE­ SENTATIVES, SENATE REJECTS PECKHAM. The Upper House Refuses to Confirm Mr. Cleveland'* Nominee. President Cleveland has enjoyed an- Lsw-Hsken and Are Doing tor the Good of the Country-- Various Measures Proposed, Dlseneee* •M Acted Upon. ;. Doings of Craimi . ^ The President sent to the 8 mate Monday afternoon the nomination of Edward D. White, Senator from Louisiana, to succeed Justice Bla'.rhford on tho Supreme bench, and it was vroiiiptiv confirmed. 'I he other work of that lnidy was confined to consid­ eration of the Wilson bilL The House fili­ bustered all day over Bland's silver seign- iorasie JbilL In the House, Tuesday, th© opponents of Mr. Bland's seijrhiorage bill adopted fill-- busterinfc tactics throughout Iho session. In the Senate. Mr. Daniel, of Virginia, closed his Hawaiian speech, in which ho upheld the policy of Mr. Cleveland. The Senate received from the President a hatch of nominations for Clilca-io. Senator Hill violated the rules in making his speech public and has arouserl the wrath of some members. It is a matter ot uncertainty dB to when the Senate suh-eonimittee will present the tariff bill Postmaster Hes- lntr, of Chicago, pleaded with the House Committee on Buildings for a new Govern­ ment bui'dinz. In the House Wednesday the day was spent in an attempt to secure a vote on the seigniorage bill. No opposition has de­ veloped ia the Senate to the Chicago ap- poiiiTinents General Joe Shelby was con­ firmed as Marshal tor the Western Mis­ souri District, opposition being turned by a joke. Humored retirement of Fenator Mills from the Finance Committee led to an interesting tariff discussion in the Fen- ate. Senator Morgan's Hawaiian report was adopted by Republican votes tn the Committee on Foreign Relations. Tho House held a disorderly session Thursday. Members arrested to secure a quorum threaten le?al proceedings. A bill to give effect to the Paris tribunal findings In the Behrlng Sea case vras presented. Pursuing custom, Washington's farewell address was road in the Senate. Mr. Mar­ tin was selected to carry out the ceremony. Members of the House under arrest were discharged Friday, but Mr. Bland was un­ able to force a vote on the seigniorage bill He was considerably ruffled, and "Anarchists" and "revolutionists" were some of the terms applied to obstruction­ ists by him. House Democrats will in cau­ cus consider a rule by which members may be forced to vcte to make a quorum. Sub­ committee of the Senate flnance commit­ tee is said to have reached an agreement on the tariff bilL Coins from Private Mints. The Constitution of the United States provides that no State shall coin money; but it seems that individuals _i|i fre?ineni tjieveiana nas enjorea an- ~ I hill Jhi other lest of strength between himself might do so, up till a^out ^® ti.f® 3, but she and the New York i the late civinvar. Of course, it has Senators, and again he has been defeated. Cn the Kith day of January last the Sen­ ate, by a vote of 30 to 24, rejected the nomination of Will- W^iam <B. Hornblower \<f to be an Associate Justice of the Su­ preme Court of the United States, and, W. H. PECKHAM. by a vote Of 41 tO 32, the Senate rejected the nomination of Wheeler H. Peckham to the same of­ fice. Mr. Peckham taid to a reporter that lie had nothing to say to the press in regard to hi-t rejection. William y.er ln B. Hornblower was eeen at his home and said: "I am very sorry that the Senate has refused to confirm Mr, Peckham's nomination. Cf course, under the circumstances, it is proper that I should say very little on the subject." The charges Mr. Peckham's oppo­ nents made against him were that ne is a lawyer of but ordinary ability; that he is not known outside of his own State and hardly beyond his own dis­ trict; that he is pettish, quick-tempered and overbearing; and that he is in no manner of tho ability and does not possess the qualifications for filling the eminent position for which he fras nominated. YELLOW FEVER IN RIO. always been a^ain t the law to coun­ terfeit or imitate the coinage of the United States, and so, necessarily, a coin issued by a private mint would have to be so distinctive in thape or markings as to show that it was not intended to pass a? Federal money. For this reason the $50 gold coins or tokens issued by several private mints j in California during the flush times of j the 50's were octagonal in shape. Gold coins were also issued by the Mormons of Utah at about the same time, and the same thing had been done by par­ ties in Georgia and North Carolina. Probably the latest of these private, mints was the one established in Den­ ver in the early 60 s. It is said that the coinage of this establishment being brought to the attention of Secretary Chase, that eminent financier was much astonished to find a respectable firm of bankers engaged in making and uttering money, and was still further surpri ed when the Attorney General of tho United States declared they had the right to do so. This incident caused the passage of a law absolutely prohib­ iting individuals from issuing or circu­ lating anything intended in any man­ ner to serve ai mcney.--Washington Star. Pangelo Well Paid. For several days past, says the Washington Post, the lobby of the Riggs has seen a good deal of a me­ dium-sized, black-haired, black-eyed and swarthy-skinned gentleman, evi dently a foreigner. He is George Pangelo, the Greek, to whom World s Fair visitors are indebted for the Street of Cairo, the rides on bumpety Dreaded Scourge Breaks Out in the United States Shlp-of-War Newark. Yellow fever is increasing in Rio de UBIW11 -- . . Janeiro. There were sixty deaths from camels, and other novel sights and ex that disease Friday in addition to fit- ; to produCethe Street of teen deaths from other fevers. ! Cairo in New York this spring on captain of ah Austrian war ship in Rio raore elaborate basis than that waters is dead. Numbers of other (^cago affair," said he. "I hi cases have beon found on board the i gome difficulty in getting pe mission of Bame ship. A Portuguese war ship is the authorities to erect wooden struc- also infected with yellow fever and the tures, such as balconies, _etc., but uuv» situation is growing serious so far as j everything is arranged. 1 have Dougnii foreigners are concerned. eight more camels, making sixteen m The American warships only com- all, and, by the way, those poor camels municate with the shore by means of a ' at the Fair were almost exhausted hired tug and the greatest precautions , when it was over. Anuieaot ine num are observed on loard all the Ameri- j ber of persons whovi6ited the snow, ! can ships. Admiral Benham has been good proportion of whom rode the in conference with the commanders of camels, may be gained from tne laci the American vessels and nothing will that I paid the managers of the i4 air be left undone which can lead to pre- 1 $159,000, which was 25 per cent, oi tne , serving the health of the American j total amount taken in, about 9b40,tKU. ' sailors. The British war.-hip Racer At 10 cents a head about 6,400,000 peo- has S3veral cases of fever on board. admissions. No wonaer The merchant vessels are reported to have several members of their crews sick under suspicious circumstances. TAILLESS CAT3. Vaccinate^! to Peddle Mil It. , A south-end physician tells a very good vaccination story. It occurred at the Franklin school vaccination station, which had for a long time previously been the hcadquartars of Dr. Harrington, milk inspector. A Hebrew appeared one morning and, as the room was full, the convention­ al questions were omitted. Ha looked as if he had never been vac cinated, and so one of the young as­ sistants told him with some irnperl ousne»s of manner: "Off with youi coat; roll up vour sleeves." The He brew di l as ordered, and submitted very gracefully. The clerk said; "Your name? "Samuel Cohn," said the Hebrew, and then cautiously and Inquiringly; "I s'pose I can beddle meclk now, a n't tt?" Then it dawned on th« young surgeons that they were at work where Dr. Harrington formerlj issued milk licenses. They told thi Hebrew he had been vaccinated. Hi was able to enunciate "d--!" so thai everybody understood 1U -- Bostoi Kecord. • ' ' • THE bigger a man's bead gets, tbr less there is in lt» A Colony of Qneer t elinu at Long Beaoh. N. J. At Long Beach, N, J., there is the only tribe of tailless cats in the coun­ try. The cats are born that way. Early in this century a large English brig was wrecked on this part of the Jersey coast. She' became a total wreck,, but the sailors' lives were saved and so were a lot of cats. These feiines came from the Isle of Man, and be­ longed to a curious breed found on that island and known as Manx cats. At fir.-t the animals were quite tame and frequented the vicinity of the pi© paid admissions. camels were tired. "If the New York venture is a sue cess I am going to establish a pe™a nent show in this city on a still laigeij scale. Yes, dancing^ girls and all--bu no dance du ventre. Perfectly Fresh Milk frozen solid in cans is now soi in France. It has been discovered ths milk can be kept perfectly fresh in frozen condition for more than a montr It is frozen by means °f an °rdinar ice-making machine, and disnatche bv road, rail, or steamer to its destm tion The customer who purcb ases ti > frozen milk has simply to thaw it wh< t it is required for use. A City Without a Name. The most curious city in the world situated on Saginaw Bay, an arm ff lighthouse, where they nightly held j j^e Huron. It is without a nam*, open-air concerts that were not har- ! fta3 a population of about 500, and co i- monious enough lo merit the apprecia- ; gjgt8 0f modern huts on wheels, to tl 8 tion of the light-keepers, and ultimate j number of 150, which, when the fis i- ly resulted in their being driven away, j jn_ season arrives, are rolled on. t e •1W felines took to the wocds and managed to subsist during the first winter on birds, thousands of which lived in tho swamps.. The cats^ in­ creased rapidly in number, and in a few vears small packs of them could be found almost anywtrere in Bamegat's woods. , Their out-door life msue tnoni s&v- age, and the breed seems to have in­ creased in both size ar.d courage; for eventually they becatre to fierce that they would stand and s IOW fight to­ ward anyone who invade 1 their homes. They are curious-looking creatures. Their front logs being shorter than their hind legs causes them to make big jumps as they go about, yet it is said they can easily outrun an ordinary dog. Their tails are missing close to the body. Sayings of Great Men. LET us have peace.--Grant. In his letter accepting the Presidential nom­ ination in iSW. *' I WILT., find a way or make one.-- Hannibal. When beginning the march across the Alps. 1 I WISH I bad never learned to read and write.--Nero, when asked to sign a death warrant. LEARNED men are the cisterns of knowledge, not the fountain-heada.--• James Northcota, ing ice in the bay. Applying a Drastic Remedy. "I suppose, now. that you Will be ) on ing home to your mother in the moi n- ing?" "I just won't. I have tried that ahd it doesn't seem to do any good. I *m going to bring mother here this ' --Indianapolis Journal. Knew His Business. "1 don't see how you can afford, to give a pair of rubbers with every of shoes." . "My friend, there is nothing equal to a pair of rubbers for getting away with shoes. See?"--Indianapolis Journal. Personal PanwfroplM. , DANIEL WEBSTER still lives to jjome people in this country, Letters are (•till cccasioraPy received at Marsh- field addressed to "Hon. Daniel Web­ ster." UNITED STATES SENATOR CAFFREY, of Louisiana, is a lover of neckties. He changes his ties dally, and they are always of a blue color, but differ ia shades. HERR MUCH, of Vienna, the aastet of every language in Europes has gonfi to Ireland to learn Irish. His instructe* is the Profeseor of Irish St "frinHj College. . s.