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Editors Pub. ILLINOIS ASK FOB BREAD. WON MOUNTAIN MtNtip^jKS- MAND RELIEF. Mm Btood*h«4 at totiin, III.-Bis IWlw> ' at H«w Vork-FVpira< m> Ntttrtl «!**-- H - ? M * w ¥ * r k V U t a g * b y » * r # - O n Hl*»w Y> ft M» Ar« Hnafrr- men streets of Iron Mountain Friday after­ noon and demanded of the Poor Com­ missioner instant relief. In case this was refused the Poor Commis­ sioner was given two hours in which •> to leave the town. In the procession ' was carried the Stars and Stripes an 1 a • ^ red flag. There was no objectu n to the - s Americaif banner, but the s^m ol of ';** anarchy alarn e:l the citizens, and the >'< She» iff took it away from the crowd. r After protesting feebly against losing their flag, the crowd, which wa* composed of Italians, Swedes, and jCornishmen, paraded about the city and then went to the Pco • Com- mxssione • tj see whether he wpiild give them relief or Lave the pla-e. For a time the Commissioner Vas undecided which step to take, but after a consideration of tifte matter the crowd was pacified by sn order tor $2 t worth of provisions "on the stores to each man and all was quiet again. The situation is critical, however. and trou­ ble is fe3red unless relief of a more ;jiggiq«|$nt comeS 8O0%w- '• * Tfae Cm of >»»tnr*l G»fc .' ' The growing j. confinementw the consumption of natural g$s domes­ tic use is not id in the annual report of Special Agent Joseph D. Weeks. of the United S'ates ideological Survey. The only State in which its usp tor i manufacturing purposes increased in 1893 wa* Indiana. The total value of natural gas consumed in the country ; in the year was $14,34«.250, against .... JtM.HMUM in 1892. Higher pri es 1 -charged in 1893 was the cause of thede- The greatest value consumed in •Bjr one year wm $21',629.875. in It88. Since that time there has been a gradual idecline, with an aggregate ot about I §8,300,000 less for last vear than 1?88. i All States show a falling off in the : va'ue of coal o; wood displaced by the j use of gas. The amount of thi-s reduc­ tion in Pennsylvania was *4^0,000: in lOhio, $4^,000, and in indiana afco.it The reported nujnberof feetp! /pipe laid increased during the year to il,5*8y.£>7 in Pennsylvania, 5.72u,373 in Indiana, and I.40-T.0.<8 in Ohio. The .^largest production of the gas in Pe n- '^iania%«s ;fl»,282,375 in 1888, since ;wll4cb*tt has fallen t > $6,48^.000. Ohi > showed the1 largest fa'ling off in pro­ duction. la i&>2 the .amount was f$3jl36,0.M). while in 1893 it went down t j $1,510,0 JO. , Threatened Conflict Averted. THE crisis at the Toluca, III., mines a^fed without bloodshel, and troops, • though ready at several points, were not 6t mmoned. Acting Governor Gill and several officers of the union met I lie strikers, and by good counsel suc- oeeded in parsuading them to aban­ don their project of attacking the working miners and burning the mines. However, the strikers seem to ha\e Mined their ooint, for the workers at, the Toluca mines were so alarmed f)V<jr the demonstration that they laid down their tools. Gmport Wiped Oat. Oxk life was lost in the burning of > the village of Gaspart, N. Y. Gasport is situate 3 on the Falls branch of the New Yo. k Central Railway about eight miles east of Lockport, in Niagara Ccuntv. It has a population of ai out 50 '. The fire originated in a meat market connected with the hotel, and spread rapidly. Within half an hour the hotel and several dwellings were in ashes. The bartender of tue hotel perished in the Barnes. BREVITIES. M of a smallpox epidemic in Texarkatia, Ark., are said to have been exaggerated. Mrs. Sarah H. Parker, of Rox- bury, Mass., left $150,000 to the Wom­ an's Annex of Harvard. All the B:azilian insurgents, in­ cluding Admiral da Gama, who wove detained on board the Portuguese war­ ships, have succeeded in escaping. The steamspip Peveril has arrived at "Gibraltar and reports that the Na­ tional Line steamship Helvetia was abandoned in a sinking condition off Cape Finisterre. Henry Newman & Co., impo.ters of clothing supplies at 62?-'J30 Broad­ way, New York, have made an assign­ ment to Kathaniel Myers, of 45 Wall street. The firm is the largest in the trade and the failure is said to involve •umMQ- Between twenty-five and thirty tboutand negro coal miners in the Pocahoatas, Va., district refuse to join the ntrike, and an oiiceraf the United Mineworkers' Union declaroi that their action means the loss of the national movement. ^aoMAS Crumpton was hanged in the Diitriet jail at Washington, D. C., for tl|e murder, Jan. 11. 1893, of George Shanklin, a teamster, in that city. Both men were colored. At Fayette- ville, Ark., Samuel F. Vaughn was hanged. Vaughn's crime was the hir­ ing of Thomas Hamilton to kill An- dtew Gage, a farmer in Huntsville. Hundreds of elk, driven from the mountains by cold weather, have died o£starvation near Lander, Wyo. Nick Martin, a member of the <$T^rs jury investigating a murder W^Omaha, has beeu arretted for the if ? children ofMr. and Mfs. Philip Schneider, who live near the outskirts of Scranton. Pa., were burned to death in a fire which entire- 5WW# their home Mr. Sehnei- ; not jjt.home aful his yife was in EASTERN. flrt>«lendtiwto and loss WouldVun ttpinto . of dollars. It was the wot*] The fire recalls similar incidents of incendiarism, and especially the burn­ ing of a hopper guarded bv Plnkerton detecti ves during the big strike in '84 It was claimed at that time that the hopper was fired by the detectives to keep tip the excitement. In this case there is a notable absence of Pinker- Um umu whom suspicion can &LL I* M \ iwB&TBRtc • y-v; To escape imprisonment on an un­ satisfied peace bond of $303, Mrs. El­ len Forthman made a desperate but unsuccessful attempt to commit suicide under the wheels of an electric car in St Louis. Henry Rittkr, en route to Brook­ lyn Penitentiary, escaped from the train at South Port-mouth, Ohio. He was under life sentence for six train robberies in Arkansas. There is no clew to his method of escape. The California Supreme Court has decided that Florence Blythe Bickley, illegitimate daughter of the late Thomas B. Blythe, is the rightful heir to' his estate, valued at $4,000,000. There were nearly a hundred claim­ ants. Lieut. James A. Manfy was ac­ quitted at Chicago Saturday afternoon of the charge of having murdered Capt. Alfred Hedberg at Fort Sheri­ dan Oct. 30, 1893. The verdict was re­ turned by ,the jury after a delibera­ tion of two hours. . • In deciding the eonqyplaint of A. W. Wishara to set aside the Legislative apportionment in Indiana of 1893, Judge Brown, of the Circuit Court at Indianapolis, sustained the demurrer Of the State, holding that it was not within the jurisdiction of the court to review the action of the Legislature. 1 Fort \fAYNE, Ind., is having a small-pox scare, the first case since 1869 having developed. The patient is Georgina Bond, the Oyear-old daugh­ ter of Stephen D. Bond.' She i^ sup­ posed to have contracted the disease at Cleveland. Her home is in the most fashionable boarding housd In the City, and the boarders, with; the exception of the relatives, fled ffom the house. Owing to heavy rains on the Upper Mississippi and tributaries, a disas­ trous flood is threatened at Aitkin, Minn., and vicinity. The water there is now within six inches of high-water mark. Every logging dam in the country will be forced "to open within a few days. The Sandy River dam at McGregor is washed awav. and the Northern Pacific Railway bridge is in danger. Mary Gilmartin, a clerk employed by the Pulvermacher Belt Company, in Cincinnati, was shot and killed while on her way to her work. The murderer gave the name of George Reed, but letters found On him prove that he is Father Dominick O'Grady, a Catholic priest who came from Ireland three months ago. O'Grady took arsenic, but it did^not kill him. He confessed the mi^rcler. ' May tfheat broke all recoWTs Tues­ day, and* gold on the Chicago Board of Trade at 57 ic cents, the lowest price ever recorded.*" It was the climax of the depres&fcnpthat has forced the "tftar- ket lower and lower during the last three weeks. 1 Where the descent will stop there is no telling. There are many who say that wheat will reach 50 cents a bushel or maybe les.4. The oldest grain trader * on the floor, according to a Chicago dispatch, can remember nothing like the pres­ ent movement. Unless some alto­ gether unlooked-for incident turns i*p there is no doubt that wheat will flatten out until it becomes next door to valuless. The lowest point touched by wheat previous to Tuesday's record was 57which it touched on March 24. On April 6 it had come back to 68i, owing"to the frosts that were so gen­ eral throughout the countrv during the last few days in March and the first few days in April. The tendency is all downward. Tuesday sixty pound of good milling, from which fortv Dounds of first quality flour could be made, was worth only 51 i cents. The specu­ lators bought ani sold it in 103,- 100 bushel lots at that price, and for a time it looked -a^'thougn the Erice was going still lower. What will e done with all the wheat the crops will yield cannot be told. The ship­ ments to importing countries are near­ ly two million bushels more than the estimated requirements. Everywhere in the United States the crops are unusually large except in California, where the droughts will cause great damage. But the crops on this side of the mountains will be so plentiful that the 20,000,000 bushels that the yield may fall short in California will not be more than a mere drop in the bucket. T-t will not be felt at all. ;«t state --.w. • •" * * WASHINGTON. Frank Hatton, one of the proprie­ tors and editors of the Washington Post, was stricken with total pfcralysis while at work at his desk and has been removed to the emergency hospital. The attack is very serious. Albert T. Beck, a well-known lawyer of Indianapolis and former law partner of Congressman Bynum, was found dead on the floor of his sleeping- room. While the suggestion of murder has been made his friend! think it is a case of suicide^ A proclamation was issued Monday afternoon by the commissioners of the District of Columbia warning Coxey's men and the entire army of the discon­ tented that it is useless to go to Washington, as there is no work there, and Congress cannot be forced to make laws by their phys­ ical presence. This proclamation means much more than appears upon the surfaca. It was not issued until aftsr a prolonged interview with the President, his Cabinet, the District Commissioners, and the Chief of the metropolitan police. It indi­ cates clearly .what the attitude of the President is to be in the event that Coxey's army or any other shall attempt to violate the laws of the Distriet. There can be no ques­ tion that if the District authorities shall not. be able to keen the l«iw preserve the peace the President will come to their aid with the force at his disposal. The city °* Washington will be protected and Congress will not be intimidated. . INDUSTRIAL. TffltBfe-FOURTHS of all the i£ifteirft '#f bituminous coal in Ohio, Pennsylva­ nia, West Virginia, Indiana, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Mis­ souri, Colorado and Indian Territory at noon Saturday laid down their tools and inaugurated the biggest strike known in the United States, according to President McBride of the United Mine Workers of America. He estimates that 132,000 out of 180,000 miners have §fopped work. It is conceded that 50,000 minerB. did not go out, but it' Is believed at headquar­ ters- they frill jeini It •isr un­ derstood many operators in Ohib, Illi­ nois and Indiana, and a fair proportion of those in Pennsylvania and West Virginia are willing to meet the miners, and hope is entertained that the strike will not be of long duration. Disinterested persons, pointing out th<e» fact that the demand for coal is not large now, express some fears as to the "foreignT Earthquake shocks continue in Greece. The latest estimate places the dumber of deaths at 160. Nicaragua is said to have seized an American mail-boat, and to have sold the property of the Nicaragua Canal Ooih^any for debt. -Dispatches from River a give details of alleged atrocious treatment of pris­ oners taken by Gen. Hipolito after his Victories in the Rio Grande do Sul. It is charged that they were decapitated. A newspaper published in Livramento asserts that when a sister of Carlos Laust, a twelve-year-old drummer boy for the rebels, pleaded that his life might be spared, his head was struck off in her presence. Decapitation of prisoners is said to have baen carried on by both sides in Parana. The Brazilian Government has noti­ fied the diplomatic corps that the re­ public is at peace. A seizure of the personal effects of Admiral Saldan- na da Gama was made recently by the government police. Among the papers found were documents, which the loyal papers print, showing com­ plicity of the British and Portugese officials with Da Gama to restore the monarchy, and expressing full sympar thy with the rebel cause. . . In a lead­ ing editorial the government organ, O Tiempo, openly charges Great Brit­ ain and Portugal with aiding the re­ volt. It asks why England and Portu­ gal were so anxious to interfere in fa­ vor of Da Gama when the rebel ships were daily tiring on the city, killing mapi',ifluaoceat persons. .... ^ " ~' i&a- "•v' ":i"" " 3 w GENERAL irden. SOUTHER*.' Texarkana, Ark.", ha&twenty-seven cases of smallpox. 1 John Armstrong was "killed by Henry Vickers during a political row at Stinson, Ky. Frank Collins and Lewis Holden were sentenced to be hanged July 25 at Fort Smith, Ark., for murder. The wife of United States Marshal Turner, of Atlanta, Ga., has gone in­ sane because of threats'against her husband, who had been arresting whitecaps. r , Two little girls, aged 2 arid 0, \^*e found murdered in the woods neat- 'fus- cogee, Ala. In a miil-pond near was found the body of an insane n$gro. It is thought he killed'the children. '- FOUR negroes have already paid the penalty for the brutal assassination of Manager Boyce. cf the Baunne planta­ tion, in Madison Parish, La., and it is not unlikely that seveial more will have summary justice dealt out to them. Madison Parish" Is torn wide open with excitement. One of the negroes inculpated in t£# assassin­ ation of Bovce was shot on Saturaav after being caught. Judge Lynch held high carnival during the night at Tallulah. A mob gathered in front Of the jail,'held a conference, and decided upon the guilt of three man incarcerated there. Then the mob went deliberately to work, and with a battering-ram burst in the side of the jail and forced open the door. Sam si: lighter, Tom Claxton, and Dave Hawki ns were led out and swung up to Edwin Booth left personal property amounting to $602,675. The reported discovery of a wonder­ ful deserted city in the Sierra Madre Mountains in Durango has been veri­ fied at Mapimi, Mexico. The clubs of the National League stand as toU»ws in the ehampiOBsbip 'WW* Bostons • Cleveland*. S St. Loais... S Baltimore.. 4 Ptuladelp'a 4 CiacinutAl. S j Per • L. cent.. .sua .833 .83d .667 .671 .600 Pittsburgh. 8 Brooklyns.. 2 LouiaviUes 2 N«w Yorks. 2 Washiugt'n 3 ChieagM.... 0 Per L. cent, s .too 4 .9)3 4 .983 4 JIM • 4M • MJ MARKET REPORTS. , V v" CHICAGO. CiWtt-C#mnioii to Prime... Hogs--Shipping Grades . . . . A ,-ns.41 tseo # * _ _ 4 00 & 5 BO SHKEP-Falr to Choice S 00 9 4 60 Wheat--No. 3 Red... H 0 <0 Cobn--No. a.... SSM(9 89 Oais--No. 2 S4 Bye--No. 2 4S & Butt eb--Choice Cnmam M & Eisos--Fresh ; 10 & P0TAT0*«-Per bu SB (0 INDIANAPOLIS. Cattle--Shipping S 00 lfoos--Choice Light SCO Bhsbp--Common to Prime..... S 00 wheat--No. 2 Red M COfex--No. » White 40 Oath-No.;* Wfeile S6 . , 1 8T, LOUia Waali^Ho.' * fed".." .*1 ^f com--*£ 2.....;. >... .* .v < m* t»4,00«jfj^T OOAL MINERS T !W8' ' so Aw m OUo aad p«aWivmI» Ami 0<*' . «wyilO<,>|n l»i» Is a Oontplet* SaeoeM- M<WI 'WellwiilBied to IK«ke a Lang Fight NrfMi Demand*. . The great strike of the coal-miners Is on. In the Pitteburg district it has resnltM in an almost total stoppage of all the xninea Fifteen thousand of the tweaty thousand men in the region are out. According to estimates made by President John McBride, of the United Mine-Workers, 124,000 men are already out and are distributed as follows: Ohio FeaMylvaala India**. Alabama...... TeeneMiee.... Kentucky. 4,000 Towa. »,i00 Missonri 1,200 Wont Virginia ,000 Indian Territory. ,i,too 38 49 5N 11 »S t t m m * 00 . m 65 I T Avnloainn , M *. "awnins were Led out and swung up to ^ m ^ I balustrade of the court house. a olacksmith shop on Mount Washing- Their bodies were hanging* there in too, near Pittsburg, instantly killed 1 the morning. Claxton and his four pals -- tar * •- - -- 1 are still in the swamp. It Andrew Hugo, aged 17: probably fatally injured Michael Gallagher and his son Michael, Jr., and hurt four others. TttB torch of the incendiary is at WOffJa tlfc.sfrike region of the Hock- ia£:<rijlllf^ 'INfr the terrible scenes of ' repeated in that once t. Mondaj morning, at miner* discovered the seems cer- will be lynchedbTT'.'^- > POLITICAL. Indiana Republicans, in convention at Indianapolis, were 1.715 strong and the proceedings were characterized by the most generous enthusiasm, Ex- * resident Harrison was there, and his •gfiearanee upon the rostrum and his •oeaeh to the delegttw were received Oats--Ha a.4 R«-KC1, ' CINCINNAfl. Cattls Hoes •••* i.:x 6HB«P... wbcat--N«. 4: Cobn--Ko. a.. Oats--Mixed Kte-NO. 3 DETROIT. Cattj,e.. .1... W u bat-No. i Kit. •. . • - t t & 4 78 * 00 & 4 W 3 00 6 60 8 00 0 4 00 mi* ss'a M # 67 ...26.000 ...00,000 ...24,000 ... 6,000 ... »,000 ... 4,000 This estimate does not include Colo­ rado, from which State contradictory reports have been received. A few days ago word was received from Northern Colorado that the miners in that State would join the strike. There are about 3,000 miners there. Since that time no definite information has been received. The strike, so far as Ohio and Penn­ sylvania are concerned, according to a dispatch sent out from the national headquarters in Columbus, is a com­ plete success. The results in Illinois also have been much more encouraging than was anticipated. President Mc- Bride's first estimate of the number of men who would suspend work in that Scaie was IP,000 out of a total oi 3»,0uu, but his late figure? show that there are fully 24,000 men out. In the northern section of Illinois he estimates^ that there are 1(5,0 )0 miners out -afc Spring Valley, LaSalle, Oglesby, Pern, Streator, Braceville, Braidwooi, Coal City, Diamond. Gardner, Carbon Hill. At the Danville and Grape Creek! mines there are also 800 men out. President McBride has received ad­ ditional information from State Presi­ dent J. A. Crawford of the Illinois! miners, who is also a member of the. national executive board, that fully] 2,600 men in the Springfield district- have quit work. At Du ^uoin and St. John there are also 1,0J0 idle men. Situation in Southern Illinois. The advices from the Southern Illi­ nois mining region, the Columbus dis­ patch says, are rather meager. P. H. Penna, National Vice President of the United Mine-Workers, is at Pana, one of the largest mining centers in that section of the State, and the latest in­ formation from him was to the effect that a large majority of the men there had voted to strike. It now seems that Illinois and West Vir­ ginia will be the battle-ground in the competitive district. President Mc­ Bride estimates that in West Virginia out of about 9,000 miners i',000 nave suspended work. William Fahy, a member of the National Executive Board, and Edmund Thomas are iat work in that State and will address a large number of meetings this week. A dispatch was received from the miners at Moundsville, W. Va., stating that the miners had been offered the 70-cent rate demanded, and asking whether they should accept it and re­ turn to work. President McBride wired them not to accept under any conditions until further advised. He says that this will be one of the great­ est tilings to be overcome in the pres­ ent strike, as no doubt in many places offers will be made to pay the ' pMces demanded, and the miners wiii Jbe in­ clined to accept, T All Oat in Ohto, j > y ; / • In Ohio there has not been a singled report of a refusal on the part of thef; miners to join the movement. PresR dent McBride says that so far as he? can determine, there is only one place in Pennsylvania outside of the anthra­ cite and coke regions where the min­ ers have not quit work, and that is at Tuttle Creek, where about 1,500 men are employed. The press dispatches indicate that in Western Pennsylvania 6,000 river miners and (i,0 ;O railroad miners are idle. President McBride says that this includes only the Pitts­ burg district proper, and that a large number of miners on the dividing line have struck, among whom are the Scott-Haven miners and those at Irwin Station. There are really about 12,000 railroad miners in Western Pennsyl­ vania and about 9,003 river miners, all of whom, it is claimed, are idle. In the Laurel and New Pittsburg re­ gions, 0.1 the Kentucky Central Hail- road in Kentucky, President McBride claims 2,000 miners have suspended work, and in the Jellico and New- comb districts in Tennessee about the same number. In the latter State this represents abaut all of the free miners. The men there have to contend against the employment of about 4,000 con­ victs in the mines, who, of course, cannot be brought into the movement. Btrike Kxtends to Iowa. Press dispatches from Iowa indicate that none of the miners there have struck, bat President McBride has a telegram from Julius Froh stating that all the southern part of the State is out. There are about 3,COO miners in the section indicated. In Alabama, President McBride says there are about 8,000 miners idle", having quit work two weeks ago. There, a*,-in Tennessee, they have to oontend against the employment of convicts in the mines. Mr. Wilson, a member of the Na­ tional Executive Board, is in Mary­ land, and has wired President Mc­ Bride that he addressed one of the largest meetings ever held in the State at Frcstburg, and that the men there voted to suspend work. JP& • • , mktttvr ordinary bibmbWi to hel in the districts affected end have already heen taken and state authorities are ffivllq: q spouses to the calls fp them. The total ntiiriiSr ';M thus far reported is 160, but there is scarcely any question that this ntcm* ber will bo augmented when the more remote viilage.-< are heard from. Sin­ gularly enough not much damage was done to any of the buildings, new or old, in Athens. LOOK OUT FOR LOCUST&' They Are Dae In Twenty-two States and Territorte* Thin Summer. Locusts are due in twenty-two States and territories in the zaonths of May and June. The real name of this interesting in­ sect is the periodical cicada, or the red-eyed cicada, as bug hunters famil­ iarly call it, It does not belong to the locust tribe, which are near relatives of the grasshopper and distinguished by great ability to jump. The diction­ aries derive the word locust from two Latin words, meaning a burned place, and the popular use of that word as the name of the cicada is justified by the testimony of writers who have de­ scribed the ravages of the seventeen- year locusts. One who traveled 100 miles through the forests of Pennsyl­ vania and Ohio after- they had ap­ peared said the whole forest looked as if it had been scorched by fire. This year, according to Prof. Riley's schedule, the country i« to be visited by a thirteen-year brood and a seven* T»c.£«a» teen-year brood together. Small broods of both sorts appeared at distant points last year and in 1888, but in 1885 both sorts appeared in vast reaches of terri­ tory east of the Mississippi, and the last visitation before that of a thirteen- year brood and a seventeen-year brood in the same year was in 1868. The seventeen-year locusts are scheduled to appear this year in Con­ necticut, New York, New Jersey, Penn­ sylvania. Maryland, Virginia, District, of Columbia, North Carolina, and Mich­ igan. They are called by Mr. Riley brood XII, and are very numerous. The thirteen-year locust3 are sched­ uled to appear in Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Illinois. Indian Territory, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Mis­ souri, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. They constitute brood XVIII. of Mr. Rileva classification. He says this is the largest of the thirteen-year broods and the most widely extended. Only in Virginia and North Carolina are both varieties predicted to appear together, although they may overlap in the vi­ cinity of Michigan and Illinois. Before the natural history of the seventeen-year locust was understood its appearance was regarded as a su­ pernatural manifestation. In Louisb ana, in 1835, it was regarded as presag­ ing war with Mexico. There is a dusky zigzag line near the tip of the creat­ ure's wings which looks like a W„ and is said to stand tot war. The omen would not hold g od in other languages, but the seventeen-year locust does not prevail in other lands. It is a distinct­ ly American product, and of the 350,- 000 varieties of insect life known to science it has fette longest life. It is a little singular that the Arabs trace in the wings of the genuine locust a mes­ sage from God written in Arabic. 1SASTER IN GREECE, Coex--So. 2 Yellow ......... •roiliBDa""* 9ats--No. 2 White Wheat--No. 1 lied. Cobn - No. a Yollow v. Oats--No. a Mixed Rte--No. a. BUFFALO. Bkef G AtitS--Prime Steera..; Whkat--No. a Red Corn--No. i Yellow Oats--No. 3 White ni iLw"AUSfi£. Wheat--No. 2 gprlnc Cobn--No. a Oats-No. 2 White.............. B*E--No. 1 B ablet--No. « UOEK-JI«M.... •^^fYoiUL ' CA'JTLK Hoes iuir Wheat--No. t Red. Ccaur--No. a Oath--White Wetter**....,...- BCTTSB--ClMtM j........ yosx.--MttSB.. e e m 4 80 «»»i nam » m u m 40 tf H 012 39 ft CO. flepeated Earthquake Shocks Causa bl« Destruction* The earthquake shocks that began in Greece at about 7:30 o'clock Friday night continued with more or less fre- auency untiljioon Sunday. ^ The death f$i Will ronCu iiito the uuuurews. The people in Athens were in a state of semi-panic. Telegraph communica­ tion with many parts of the country is badly interrupted, and it is almost impOMible to get news of the towns that must have been affected by the shocks. In three villages--Malesina, Projkina and Martino, all in the prov­ ince of Locris--1^9 persons were killed. A heavy shock occurred at Pro»- kina while vesper services were being ^:-v. t>n -*«*• rV •' * ' " T ** """'i h this line our stock is complete, and of- goods can bought elsewhere, jn l«o, a flae line of ^ TABLE AND POCVj the best makes, and warranted. In lele usually kept In a first class Hardwal# r pr ices r ight . Cal l and see us wben ln<y lis and Barb Wire aa low as the Milk Cans and all Eg parish church was th% scene of the yfeatest number of fatalities. In the vicinity of Athens. the fatalities were km numerous, but the damage to property 1» Immense. The church •/ SENATE Omt National Aire Dotsg'te tti* Tarlotu liseiaw and Acted Cpsik R£f»ftE- ef tbeOeaatnr- A Tale with a Moral. The young man had borrowed Stti from the rich old man, promising to bring it back one week from date. The millionaire let him have it, and prompt­ ly on time the borrower brought it back. "Now, Mr. Bullion," said the young man, ' I've been square with you in this matter, and I want to borrow $50 lor two weeks." The old man shook his head. "Sorry," said he, "but I csn't let you have it." "Why not?" And the young mau was greatly astonished. "Because you have disappointed me, and I don't want to be disappointed again." The borrower Was more surprised than ever. "What do you mean by being disap­ pointed?" he asked. "This." explained the money man: "I let you have that 10 not expecting ever to get it again, and I did; now if I let you have 60 I would expect to get it again and I never would. No, sir," he added, conclusively "one disappoint­ ment is enough. Good day." And that ended it. « i j I ' ;5 '•: The Grass Tree. 7." l!Ke grass' tree is a pecuffir flaffilra of plant life in Australia. Grass tree* have shrubby stems, with tufts of long wiry foliage at the snmmit, somewhat resembling small palms; a long cylin­ drical spike of densely aggregated ehootin^ up froni ths c@3t®r of the tuft of leaves. The base of the inner leaves of some species is eatable, and forms, particularly when roasted, an agreeable article of food. Its resin­ ous juice is useful as a tonic. The na­ tive also use it for uniting the edge of wounds and for calking their canoes. The common grass tree has a stem about four feet high, but sometimes a foot in diameter. He Ought to Bring Good back* One of the National League ball clubs is after a mascot upon whom Fox> tune has smiled most generously. Be is a 12-year-old boy who fell from the seventh story of the Railroad Building, Denver, Col., a few weeks ago. Me struck on a number of telegraph wires, bounded into trie air, and finally landed Cu the back of a horse. The GUtlmal was killed by t:^e shock, but the boy was only stunned, and soon recovered consciousness. In three minute* he "was receiving congratulations on his luefc . • , Turkish Police Statistics. Constantinople has 1.000,000 people, who are kept in order by 1,000 polioe- men.. Jn JIM only. 3,000arrests wet* made aod but fifty for drunken n--. Bobkif of CUUffOMb In<;i*e Ssnate, Monday. Mr. Waslibarii •tok« ttiree and a bat? feoar-<. end at the oaaclaalon fit his «tMicfe.-ut Senator Itotpk ttettvered another ins ailment of his speech. Frouipt1.v »% 5 o'clock fttmator Qoay called attention to the fact that the fcottyr for clofjjftir tfee tariff debate had ar­ rived, and some discussion a» to thi* intent of the aitrseibeot ensued. Senator Gray for the Democrats maintaining that It was not latended to shut off tariff dehato at 5 o^ctoek, but to prevent any other business from cominar in between 1 and 5 o'clock. The Republicans declined to go on, and at 6;02, on motion of Senator Harris, the Senate went into executive session, and ut 5:20 the doors were re­ opened and the Senate adjourned. The Bouse devoted th« entire dav to business from the Committee on the District of Co­ lumbia. Two bills were acted upon. The first, which was parsed, was a bill extend­ ing the time allowed the Metropolitan Street Railroad Company, of Washington, to change its motive power. The other bill was one to permit booktuakln? at the regular spring and fall meetings of the jockey clubs and driving parks of the Dis­ trict of Columbia. The b.ll was defeated by 87 to 63. The Ilouse then, at 5 o'clock, adjourned On Tnesday the Senate listened to Mr. juiiis, who spoke at length upoii the tsfiS* The close of Mr. Mills' speech was greeted by a hearty round of applause. It had been expected that the speech would be much longer." It consumed just two hours and fifteen minutes. The Republicans, who expected the Democrats would con­ sume the entire day. were not prepared to go cn. Accordingly, on motion of Mr. Harris, the Senate went into executive ses­ sion at 3:20 p. m., and at 4:10 adjourned. The House resumed consideration of the postofiice appropriation bill The pending amendment to strike out the appropriation for the fast Southern mail was defeated. An amendment providing a limitation of ten years upon the payment of money orders, and for the destruction of money order file* at the end of that time, was adopted. Mr. Qutsg op­ posed an amendment making all publica­ tions purporting to be issned periodically and to subscribers subject to postage at third- class rates wben transmitted through the mails. The amendment affects Seaside Library publications and books (reprints) given as premiums with country . newspaper subscrip tlons, eta Mr. Pickler, to whom Mr. Quigg yielded a portion of his time, op­ posed the amendment in the interest of cbsap literature for the farmers. Mr. Hopkins, Mr. Daniels. Mr. Bingham, and Mr. O'Neill also made speeches against the amendment.. The amendment, on a vote, was stricken from the bill--26 to 183. The Senate wrangled all day Wednesday over the tariff bill. Mr. Hepburn, after the reading of the journal in the House, interposed an objection to its approval and forced the yeas and nays on Mr. Dock- ery's motion for its approval. The journal was approved--213 to 0. The House went into committee of the whole. Mr. Bailey, of Texas, in the chair, and resumed the con­ sideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bilL Mr. Warner moved to increase the rank of the consul at Barce­ lona. Epaln. to that of consul general and the salary to $1,500. The motion wa^ agreed to. Mr. Hepburn offered an amendment, providing tl^at all fees of every character, official or unofficial, collected or received by the consuls at Liverpool Hong Kon \ Amoy, Canton, Tisn T«ing, Havre, Callao, Prague, Airtiverp, Valparaiso. Colon. Chln-Ktang.<Wiclian. Hanko>v, Bordeaux. Belfast, Bradford. Dematara, Glasgow, Kingston, Manchester. Vera Cruz. Matan- zas Basie, and Montevideo should be turned into the treasury, and their sala­ ries should he their sole compensation. The amendment was defeated--55. to 128. At 5:10 the committee rose and the H >use adjourned. In the House Thursday the Speaker ap­ pointed the following boards of visitors: To the Military Academy. Messrs. Black of Illinois, Hatch of Missouri and CnrtU of New York; to the Naval Academy, Messrs. Meyer of Louisiana. Outhwaite of Ohio and Randall of Massachusetts. The House then went Into committee of the whole and resumed consideration of the diplomatic and consular appropriation bill Debate proceeded during the after­ noon in a desultory manner on small un­ important amendments, none of v hich were adot ted. When the bill was com­ pleted the comniltten rose. The bill us passnd carried #1.518.538. a decrease, of 548,706. compared with the appropriations for the current year. At 5 o'clock the House adjourned. The Senate was en­ gaged in its regular pastime--discussing; the tariff. . * 000 from Willie ** - thafcoffer^oi NbO a Wealt to era cempany is Meta o?tia „ aceept ft.--New York Adver ; "OS!, Breckinridge is not succeed in any appeal from -s i iCisslfollard a verdict It is a righteous it one. It elbows ide the«ame im- i«y thaf it made t taen and women rk World. Flying Poxes and Bate. The flying foxes are relished as food by the Inhabitants of the countries where they are found, and certainly a creature which lives on fruit ought to be good eatin<r. Their heads are won­ de r fu l l y l i ke t ha t o f a min i a tu r e fox , and their large eyes suggest that they find their wav be sight, of which sense the s-mall insec ivorous bats would seem to be almost independent, as blinded specimens, in the experiments of Spa'lanzani. proved to be able to avoid obstacles to their flight as easily as those which could see. This power bats owe to their highly developed sense of touch, the large sensitive surface offered to the atmos­ phere bv the broad naked wirgs en­ abling them1 to percei ve an object be­ fore they touch it, probably by the dif­ ference In the resistance of the air. And the huge ears and complicated nose appendages found in so many in- je^tivorou- species also subserve the purpose of guidance, though thov cer­ tainly do not add to the animal's ap­ pearance, the facial aspect of some bats baing past description hideous, while they are just as offensive to the nose as to the eye. Remarkable Case of Treason. A new form of high treason will soon be dealt with in the German courts. A young man at Erfurt went before the doctors and was examined for eompul- military service. They found his body tattooed with seditious senti­ ments, which are described as insult­ ing to the Emperor. Across his breast, fo • instance, wet e the wouls: "Down with tyrants. " The authorities placed the young socialist under arrest and he is awaiting trial. CURIOUS CONDENSATIONS. THE art of turning wood was invent* ed by the Greeks. MORE people die in spring than in any of the seasons. jjin moss rose was well known in Europe before 1724. Fokkig nKits took 63 per cent., of the World's Fair prizes. A coopers' union wm formed at Weihenslephan in 114«. Belgium was the first country to make hypnotism a crime. It is a point of honor that Moorish women «never know their own age*. They have no birthday celebrations. In Chinese the letter "i* has 145 ways of being pronounced, and each pronunciation has a different meaning. a ivfin *»• Ck ^ O <{{t}4uyt/IA xnA iiasn vi » ^uu ui"U Sv S UiglSSCS is seen long before the report is heard, because light travels much faster than sound. Light would, go 480 times around the whole earth whilo sound is going thirteen miles. Two physicians iatelv advertised in a daily, paper, offering five thousand dollars to a man who would submit to an experimental surgical operation in­ volving some risk. One hundred awt fortv two answers were received. . ... that the testimony m pression upon the J upon the m inds of jnj everywhere--Nevr ilf „ Opinions may diffef^t-ta^the amount, of damages which should have been awarded the pla.intifT##1hut, few of the many thousands who l&ve read the re­ ports of the trial a« it; proceeded will distent from the OOtteWsion of the jury in favor of the pla&gfttff.- New York Tribune. The question is hot %he particular issue decided by the Washington jury, or whether Miss Pollard was entitled to her damages for breach of promise of marriage; but whether sucn base­ ness as Breckinridge has confessed on* blushingly shall go1- unpunishM Ijte'lha jlirw of A.ll Yerk-S^ro. From the moment that Breckinridge took the witness stand and cried out, like Adam in the Garafen of F4«n, that the fault was all the woman's, he be­ came an object of universal contempt. So far a^ public opinion is concerned, the deiendaat was found guilty long- before the trial ended.--New York Re­ corder. Coxey and His Army. ... Coxey is becoming a very consider able nuisance.--Baltimore American. It was d monstrated recently that Gen. Frye's industrial army does not want a job, but an appropriation.--St. Louis Post-Dispatch." The army of peace might have di­ rected its energies toward the organi­ zation of a grand pedestrian contest with better pecuniary results.--Wash­ ington Star. If blood does not flow now like a Mis­ sissippi flood, all signs will faiL Two hundred members of Frye's "Army of the Unemployed" have been offered work for a year at 8sl.5U a day.--Louis­ ville Courier-Journal. Two hundred of the so-called "Frye'e industrial army" were offered work for a year at East St. Louis, but turned up> their noses at the proposition. Th& shows, as clearly as can be shown, th* character of the men concerned in th* "on to Washington movements," and removes all necessity for sympathy. -- Kandas City Sta *. . The Striking Ook«-WorM(f. r><% The striking coke-workers of the Connellsvilie region will not win sym­ pathy with dynamite. --New York World. The principles involved in Horace Greeley's recipe for resumption should; be applied in putting down a Slav strike in the coke regions.--New York Advertiser. Coal strikes have the reputation of being the bloodiest of then' kind. And we believe there is record of only one of the long series ever having succeed­ ed.--Buffalo Express. It is reported from the coke regtett that three-fourths of the men on strike u.) there belonged to works which had shut down. Do they want an advance of wages fordoing nothing?--Pittsburg1 Times. The striking coke-workers have had experience enough to know that noth­ ing is to be gained by deeds of vio­ lence. The sentiment of Western Pennsylvania is decidedly against the- principle of mob ?uie and it will de­ mand that the rioters be held responsi­ ble for their acts.--Pittsburg Dispatch. Twj Broken Hearto. Howard Gould and his actress iiancee: have agreed to disagree. This is a. reprieve for the gossip® which they will not hesitate to utilize.--Omaha- Bee. What business is it of the publlo- whether Mr. Gould marries or doesn't marry unless the jilted actress choose* to sue him for breach of promise?-- New York Commercial Advertiser. He gave up Mb sweetheart in the in­ terest of harmony. The young lady in< the case is to be congratulated. Sh» has missed what might be regarded as a "catch" from a financial standpoint,, but no amount of money could com­ pensate a spirited woman for living' with a man who is afraid of his £^A>, folks.--Kansas City Star. ; Boteb» ry'i Aiminl't-ntMW.' " ^ Lord Bosebery is evidently not lying on a bed of roses.--New York Bar corder. Lord Rosebery's defeat was only » little one and dcesn't count.--New York Recorder. Lord Rosebery's ministry is in seri­ ous danger of extinction at an early day.--New York Commercial Adver­ tiser. Lord Rosebery's administration- seems to be skating unpleasantly near the danger point these days.--Boston* Globe. Already Lord Rosebery is losing sup­ port. His following in the House oi Commons is dwindling away. He may- have to call on the old man yeL.- dianapolis News. The late David D«dlcy ftoid. ' ' '"'- .i Mr. Field was a man of profound learning, of varied attainments, and of profound intellect.--Baltimore Sun. While codes of law in the English language continue to exist the name ot David Dudley Field will never be for­ gotten.--New York Sun. What he did is faithfully recorded in th« sketch of his life. It is a splen­ did record of usefulness and noble am­ bition. It is workthat will live as long as law reigns all that wiii keen his same permanently upon the scrolls oi fame.--Baltimore American.. Bet? Admi a'. BwktM. When it deprives the navy of the* services of such men as Bear Admiral E. A. K. Be nli am the age limit of re­ tirement, seems to be much too low.-- Philadelphia. CalL - " 1 Rear Admiral Benham is now on the. retired list and Com. Ramsay will walk the quarterdeck in his stead. But the nation will not forget the good work which the ex-Admiral accomplished for American interests in Bio da Ja­ neiro.--Boston Globe. ; > A Fresh Orlses In Chtlt. ' The ministerial crisis"in ' ises a good opening: for unemployed cabinet-makers.--Omaha Bee. Now there is a crisis in Chili. Any time there isn't a crisis ooooealea somewhere about South Americans per­ son look out for an earthquake in Ja­ pan, the; overflow of the Yang-tse- Kiaag or any other ahmys>in^toqk bit *' * * "