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' V?! ' >.pf; i > \ ir J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. MCHENRY. - - - TLLTNOTf-. •Ml' 1111 1 1 1 II -- ABE IN DIRE STRAITS. •"i^v iMawtwi College Monmi Her Venerable fc-Pr»»ldfnt-Tr»fedy In • NailiTille Orart-En Hnhmen Want Owr ,PnBd>-- Swindler Smyth Keeapes. Ii W : m jp <• 1'V' I# ' -# 1 ' C$,#'•£••••. • &?. v • Crrlng for Bind. Situation among the striking New Yo k cl akuiakers is desperate. They started tut with strong faith in the outcome. This confidence was justified empirically by the supincness •of the manufacturers in the past. But the turns, wh ch had suffered fronfcj many such difficult e* all the year, finally determined by co-operation to make a tight. In a short time the strikers had nothing but hope^ased on the chances of the o do.- foriueen- eral garment makers strike. When thlvi it*'*. UU UUU vilO lit Lftjto uiill .iUlU OUw the workingmen were reduced to char­ ily, ani that is their sole reliance now. Affiliated unions have sent them some aid, united labor generally will raise something for them at mass- meetings soon and business men. sa­ loonkeepers, and other - are supplying some food and promises of clothing. Such action will not help long, and as the strikers are disposed to hold out it is probable that: ,OMJ or 10,000 able- bodied men a ;d women, with a skill for which there is no market now, will be thrown on the charity of the com­ munity before the winter is over. Smythe Elude* His Captors. HENRY MILLER, of San Francisco, Cat, Deputy United States Marshal, left San Francisco Thursday with Hen­ ry Smythe, accused of using the mails to defraud Chicago merchants. Mon­ day afternoon, at Little Hock, Ark., Smvthe disappeared from the train so mysteriously that Miller has not yet recovered fr&m the shock. Smythe's wife discovered tnat her husband was to be taken, end she got a pass for her­ self and her daughter. "When we reached Texarkana," said Miller. "Mrs. Smythe made coffee and prepared the meal. An hour and a half afterward I was aimr^st overcome by a drowsy feel­ ing. Ivjy head felt as though it wa9in a vl9e. None of the others were taken sick. The inference is obvious. Whtn the train pulled into Little Reek, I walked along tbe platform near the front of the car. When the train was about to start i got on b ard, and did not see Mnythe. While I had been on the platform, waterman hai unlocked the rear door ta supply the drinking tank, and Smythe had evidently skipped by them.. Smythe is charged with using the mails to defraud A. Colter & Co., of Chicago, and others. Judfi) Murd°reri by a Co art Clerk. OF all the many trago3ie ? that Nash­ ville, Tenn., has experienced the most appalling occurred Wednesday. Chan­ cery Court Clerk George K. Whit- worth shot and killed instantly Chan­ cellor Andrew Allison. The Chan­ cellor had just adjourned his court and left the room, entered the hall, and was about t j desce id the steps. } Wnitworth. who was ia the hall, said: "O, Judge," and as he turned fired at him. Joseph Ackleo, who witnessed the tragedy, rushed to him, and as he did so heard t.vo shots behind him. Turning, he saw that Whit. orth had shot himself twice with a pistol. Whitworth was cool and collected j during the shooting and also after the affair, and expressed no regrets, but r desired to kno.v if he had ki led his . man, sayinir nobody who had treated him as Allison had done could live in the same country with him. The cause_ of the tragedy was the failure of Allis jn to settle or secure a la ce siim due frjiii him to Whitworth for a O^aey loan, said tj be about $25,00J. teed to pay the" money. Then~Col. Dubois bued him, and Justice Myers gave judgment in favor of Dubois. Both side's have spent mere than $100 already, and the case will be appealed. SHORTLY after 1 o'clock Monday the magnificent steamship St. Louis, of the American Line, was successfully lauschcd at Cramp's ship ™ards Phil­ adelphia. The affair was witnessed by fully 50.000 people. Mrs. Cleveland, wife of the President, broke the trft5- ditional bottle of bow of the noble down the ways, at the tame time ut tering these words: "I christen thee St. Louis." In this instance, and for the first time since the ceremony was observed at Cramps shipyard, the champagne was of American manufac­ ture. All preparations for the launch had been care:ully made, and, al­ though the ship is i20 feet longer than any that has ever been launched at the yard, the difficult feat of getting a vessel from the ways into the. water was accomplished without a hitch. After the launch tne invited guests, to the number Of 400, were entertained at a lun h in the oBke of the ship * • * ' ' * I- •awttntwill . be realised ooa in excess of that received on the Fe ruarv i-sue. This expectation is based on the fact that there are exceptionally large amounts of monfty now lying idle and seeking investment in the money centers of the country and upon the further fact that the February issue is now quoted at $118.: 0, or about 2 per cent, above the price, which would yield 3 per cent. From the last issue there was realized $-3$, <W0,917. <53, and of this & •• 5V:." WESTERN. A BILL has passed both houses of the Cherokee Legislature making it treason for a Cherokee citfcen to sell real estate of this nation to a non- citizen, making as a penalty for so do­ ing death by hanging. PASSENGER train No. 2, on the Mis­ souri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, was held up and robled four miles north of Muskogee, I. T., by Bill Cook and four­ teen men. The robbers cleaned out the express car of its entire contents. A LION presumed to have escaped from a traveling menagerie is killing large numbers of sheep and other 6tock in the ne'ghborhood of Wash­ ington Court House, Ohio. Armed Sarties are s -ouring the country, but ave been unable to find it. HARVEY and Arnold, the murderers Of Mayor Marsh of Kinsley, Kan., pleaded guilty to the cha'-ge of mur­ der in the first degree. The sentence imposed was imprisonment in the State penitentiary until such time as the Governor shall decide that they shall be hanged. THREE masked men entered E. C. Endorly's store at Thermopolis, Wyo., covered the proprietor with guns, and compelled him to give them $1,1100 from the safe. Enderly and others pursued the robbers and shot one, who was recognized as Jake Sny­ der. He will die. The others escaped THREE masked robbers attempted to hold up the bank at Sylvan Grove, Kansas, at noon Wednesday, and one of their number met death in an un­ usually tragic manner. He was shot by the cashier of the bank, John CAL- ene, and when in a dying condition was perforated witn builets by his own com rades to save them. efreg from ex­ posure. 'AT Hubbard, Ohio, James Mahoney shot John Richards fatally. The two young men, in company with Martin Rostsech, were butchering hogs. Mahoney got into a quarrel with Rost­ sech, in which Mahoney was t>adly whipped. Tbe latter went home, g"t a revolver, and, returning, shot Rich­ ards in mistake for Rostsech. A PANIC was created in the Willard Hotel, at Omaha, when the Rev. Father F. X. Schroeftle, a local Catholic priest, suddenly developed violent symptoms of insanity WTith a revol­ ver in his hand he locked himself up in his room, declaring he was the Em­ peror of Germany and would not treat with anybody less than the United States Marshal. ITALIAN laborers on the Idaho State wagon road are in a state of anarchy. Contractor Costello narrowly escaped with his life and Red to Spokane. The trouble arose from non-payment of wag s due. Several hundred Italians are now in possession of the road. Tie s have been felled and thrown acro-s the road, bridges blown up. and traffic made impossible. The Sta e will take measures to have the difficulty settled at once. W. J. CORNELL, the young English­ man of EL Cajon Canon, C'ai., whose baby farming methods were recently expo-ed bv an officer of the Denver So- •b }>%' ;.i *" t*": Brittah Cold I.lkely to Come Over. The United States loan of $50,000,- ©:0 is hunted after everywhere by Lon­ don finani iers, who are desirous of takin? a p rtion of it. The stock mar­ ket will be only too pleas :d to take any cietY f°r the Pievention of Cruelty to amount of it. Many inquiries have Children, and who was charged with been made at the Morgans' ba king tlle fraudulent use of the United States house. The big loan wii b most wel- mails> was convicted by a jury in the i . j,. United States District Court/ Cornell used the ma Is in an attempt to black­ mail yersons who-e child)en he had proposed to exclude from society. RUFUS N. RAMSAY, Treasurer of Illinois, died at his residence in North Carlyle at 5:15 Sunday morning. Never did a man look as healthy as Mr. Ram- eav did less than five da,ys ago. He complained Thursday to his friends of being sick, and went to bed suffering intensely with the same trouble that has been bothering him for the last peacefully as th6 sun sets at evening. ! ten years--heart disease. He came He had^een in no^ great pain during near dying Saturday morning, but his recen^ illness, increasing weakness rallied, and seemed some bettor dur- comed by the investors who have idle money. The Rothschilds informed the Associated > ress they are most cor­ dially supporting the issu3 and that they have cabled to the Belmont bank­ ing ho se to subscribe to the new lean promptly in their name. Dr. MrCi«h I* Gone. THE brilliant lit • of Dr. James Mc- Cosh, the venerable ex-President of Princeton Universi y, came to itsclo e Friday i ight at Princeton, N. J., as being the^mly indication of approach ing death.xji,He was conscious until death. NEWS NUGGETS. ml' t" H •M • AT Sumner Postoffice. Ok., R. Youree. Postmaster, and M. S. Gard­ ner were claimants for the same tract of land. Gardner attempted to do some work on the land, to which Youree ob.ected. A fight occurred. . FRANK M )NROK has been arrested at Denver for attempting to cash a cer­ tificate issued by the Crocker-Wool- worth National Bank, of San Francisco, which had been raised from $15 to $1,500. M nroe acknow'edged he had raised the check He says he is a ma­ chinist and his home is in Lowell, Mass. The police believe he is a pro­ fessional check raiser. B. H. D IUGLASS SONS, confection­ ers, New Haven, Conn., asked for a re­ ceiver. Assets, $150,000; liabilities, 9100,000. ' THE faculty of the Kentucky Univer­ sity denies there have been three deaths from typhoid fever among the students. THE Rev. Richard Carroll, a prom- lnent Baptist preacher, hung hinuelf near Maynardville, Tenn. He was 89 years old and had been preaching e years. EASTERN. , JUDGE COLE overruled the demurrer, to the indictment against Messrs. Mc­ Cartney and Chap.ran, New York stockbrokers, who refused to answer questions put by the Senate committee! which investigated the su^ar trust.. The cofcrt held that the indictment Was all rigrht. and the committee hacf authority to ask the questions. "RECENTLY, Postmaster Laning andj CoL Dubois were in a store at Bridge- ton, N. J., when Laning told the Colonel he would give him $10 if he. would keep quiet for half an hour.. V'A ' " - v < * 4 rf ' V- •; .A itc? r Jyr •.:: ney treasuries were compelled to making change. in POLITICAL. TBIC personal campaign expenses ot John W. ' Goff, elected Recorder of New York, were 75 cants. THE indications are the Nebraska Gubernatopial question will not be set­ tled until the Supreme Court has had an opportunity to pass on the official vote. The complete returns on their face give Holcomb, Fusion candidate, ^,500 plurality. JUDGE ISAAC HOWE, the Populist candidate for Governor of South Da­ kota in the late campaign, is lying ee* riously ill at his home, with small hope of reco\ery. The excitement and f«.t,ioriio of t.Vifi onmnnicrn ware mnm than he could endure. THE official vote in the Seventh Difrr trict of Kentucky gives Owens, Dem., a plurality of 101 votes. The total vote cast Owens, Dem., 13,657; Denny, Rep., ]iJ,57(i; Johnson. Pop.; *262; Fin-r nel, Pro., 554. It is said thftt Denny has employed attorneys to begin a con-: test. A POINT that has been overlooked in computing the political complexion of the next Senate is the admission of Utah, with two United States Sena­ tors. The act of the last session of Congress admitting Utah provides that in March, 1895, the constitutional con­ vention shall be held. The first Tues­ day after the first Monday in Novem­ ber < f that year the constitution is to be submitted to tbe people. The act also provides that a Representative to the Fifty-fourth Congress shall be electcd at the same time iu, vote is taken upon the constitution; also that State officers and a Legis­ lature shall be chosen and that if the Constitution is ratified the Legislature shall immediately meet and elect two United States Senators. This would make in all ninety Sena­ tors, and as the next Senate now stands the politics of the Utah Senators would cut an important figure. An­ other probability which arises is the admission of both New Mexico and Arizona, which may be accomplished in time, so that four more Senators would participate in the organization of the next Senate. Bills have already passed the House for the admission of odth these Territories. The Senate Committee on Territories has reported them favorably to the Senate ana they are now on the calendar. CONTEST MAY BE IN THf NEW STATES. tTtefe, A*l*on» »nd New Jffextoo, wltb Tfeelr Si* senators, May Betermin* tbe Political Complexion of the Upper House--Polltl- eal Ci>«»s>iicatlon of (iovrmort. Point Overlooked. According to a Washington eovftwpbn- lient a point that has been overlooked in Computing the political complexion of the next Senate is the admission of Utah With two United States Senators. The act of the last session of Congress admit­ ting Utah provides that in March, 1805, the constitutional convention shall be FOREIGN, THERE have been violent shocks of earthquake along the northern coast of Chili and in Bolivia. One hundred people have bscn killed by tbe seismic disturbances within a iadiui of fortjK miles from Lapaz. THE New York Press says: "After the close of business Friday it was an­ nounced that the Government will ask the bankers for another loan of $50,- 000,000. Gold bonds for that amount bearing 5 per cent, interest will be itfsuei within a few days at a price which will net investors about 3 per cant, annually." IN GEN ERAS* ing the day and that night, but at 5:15 Sunday morning he complained of the room being warm, gave one m'ghty gasp for breath, and fell bick on his couch dead. He leaves a wife three children. ,* SOUTHERN7 THE Texas and Pacific Railroad | wharf at New Orleans, with over twenty-five thousand bales of cotton, was burned. Lo s, $500,000. Dr. J. L. MARSIE, who killed Je^e Honaker in Owea County, Kentucky, two yesrs ago, has been convicted for a third time and again sentenced fcr life. A9--A^ consequence of the long drought, forest fires are raging all around Poplar Bluff. Mo., and reports received from various p< ints indicate that farmers have lost fences and out­ houses. GENERAL CASSIUS M. CLAY, of Lex­ ington, Ky., despite the efforts of his children, succeeded in marrying pret ty 15-year-o!d Dora, Richardson. The ceremony took'place in the presence of only the farm-hand J and the girl s relatives. Squire Douglas performed the ceremony. < WASHINGTON. BRIG. GEN. ALEXANDER M!T) >WKLL M( COOK has been appointed Major General of the United States army, vice Gen. Howard, retired, and Col James W. Forsyth, of the Seventh Cavalry, has bjen promoted to Brig­ adier ^eneral to succeed McCook. SECRETARY CARLISLE late Tuesday afternoon issued his call for b:d* for $>51'.000,000 5 per cent, ton-year bonds, inlere t to be paid in coin, which is in­ terpreted to mean gold. The only ma­ terial changes made in the present call from that i sued Jan. 14 last are the omission of the upset cr mi imutn price which would be ac­ cepted and the notice t at the pro- I osals for the present issue must be i it is. confidently asserted at ^Treasury Department thai an "GENERAL" J. S. SANDERS, who commanded tho Cripple Creek Coxey army which left Pueblo last May, has just been arrested on a warrant charg­ ing him with the theft of a locomo­ tive. THE roof of a seven-story stone build­ ing under coursa of erection at Mon­ treal, Quebec, I all in with a terrific crash, killing at least two men and in­ juring several ethers. The building is being erected by the Montreal Street Railway Company for new general offices. NOT even a pencil mark can be found on a lot of wreckage which has been thrown up on t'ae beach by the storm near Fish Poitt, five miles north of East Tawas, Mich., on Lake Huron. The identity of the steamer which went to the bottom somewhere oil that poitt Thursday or Fri­ day remains a mystery, although searchers spent several hours hunting over the wreckage for her name. Everything which has been thrown up on the btiach indicates that the steamer was (A the largest|jfize, as the broken timbers are of great strength. TIM wreckage did not come ashore until Saturday afternoon, but early Sunday morning the wreckers from the neighborhood were gathering in everything of value. By noon they had stripped the wreckage of pipes, whistle, and *ven.cut the hinges out of the cabin do^vs. The cargo consisted of apples and flour, and the size of the wreckage indicates that the boat must have carried a crew of at least fifteen. MARKET REPORTS. CHICAGO. Cattle--Common to Prime.. .$3 76 Hogg--Shipping Grades..... 4 00 Kheep--Fair tc'Choice 2 00 i!d., MVA6 Wheat--No. 2 Corn--No. 2.. Ofits--So. 2... t..... Rye--No. 2 Itutter--Cliolct Creamery... EggH--Fresh Potatoes--Cat Jots, per bu... JADIANAPOLIS, Cattle--Shlpp:ng i Hogs--Clioke Light 4 Sheep-- Common to Prime... i Wheat--No. 2 Red Corn--No. 2 Vli|te Oats-No. 2 Vi'hlte Cattle .........8T;..^8-. , Hogs 1 W iieat--No. V Ited. Com--No. 2* Outs--No. 2. Rye--No. 2 CINCINNATI. Cnttle J Hoffs Kheep i Wheat--No. 3 lied Corn--No. 2 Mixed Oats--No. 2 yixed Rye--No. 2.. DETROIT. Cattle 1 -Sheep ! Wheat--No. i White........ 'Corn--No. S», Yellow 51 Oats-No. 2 White 83 Rye--No. 3... 48 TOLEDO. Wheat--No. 2 Red ...... 86 Cam--No. rjf Yellow......... 48 Oats--No. Is White. 32 Rye--No. 2 40 BUFFALO. Wheat--No. 2 Red 67 Corn--No. 2 Yellow 57 Oats--No. It White 84V MILWAUKEE. Wheat--No. J Spring 57 Com--No. i; 47y Oats-No. a White 31 Barley--No. 2 «... 63 .Rye--No. J 48 Pork--Mesfc •,....'. 12 50 NEW YORK. Cattle 3 00 Hogs 3 50 Sheep 2 00 Wheat--No. 2 Red 00 Corn--No. 2 58 Oats-Whit* Western....... 36 Bntter-Cr*»ery .......... £* Agp--WWlMl . «t. 38 75 00 25 49^ 52% 32 5 50 5 00 3 25 I 53 ! 53 : 33 i 63 <a 6 50 <§ 4 75 ^ 2 75 m 57 00 held. On the first Tuesday after the first Monday in November of that year the constitution is to be submitted to the peo­ ple, and if ratified and found by the President to be in accordance with the act he will issuea proclamation admitting it as a State. The act also provides that I a representative of the LlVth Congress I shall be elected at the same time the vote is taken upon the constitution, also that State officers and a legislature shall be i chosen, and {hat if the constitution is ratified the legislature shall immediately meet and elect two United States Sena- . tors. As uitueis uoouc u mouth iroin tne time | the election is held until the LlVth Con­ gress meets, there will be ample time to have all the formalities complied with and Utah proclaimed a State in time for its Senators and Representatives to partici­ pate 1h the organisation of the next Con­ gress. This would make in all ninety Senators, and, as the new Senate now stands, the politics of the Utah Senators Would cut an important figure. Another probability which arises is the admission of both New Mexico and Ari­ zona, which may be accomplished in time, so that four more Senators would participate in the organization of the next Senate. Bills have already passed the House for the admission of both these Territories. The Senate Committee on Territories has reported them favorably to the Senate and they are now on the calendar. Senators of both parties have been urging their passage, and it is more than likely that neither party would op­ pose them, because of the effect it would have upon the elections, as the people are anxious for their admission and would re­ sent opposition by any party to that end. It is, therefore, quite likely that the -battle for the control of the Senate will yet be fought out in Utah, New Mexico, and Arizona next year. The admission of these new States would make a total of ninety-four Senators, and any party to control would need forty-eight for a majority. With the Vice President the Democrats could control the Senate with forty-seven Senators. STATE LEGISLATURES. Political Complexion of the Various State General Assemblies. The following States will have Repub­ lican Legislatures ' California, Colorado,! Connecticut, Delaware!, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, . New Hampshire^ New Jersey, . New York, , North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, W yoming.--30. The following States have Legislatures controlled by the Democrats and Popu­ lists: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Nevada (pop.), North Carolina, South Carolina (pop) Tennessee, r Texas, Virginia^---14i - GOVERNORS OF STATES.. Their Political Classification for 188ft. Republican. Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maine, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, - New Hampshire New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Dakota* V ermont, Washington,' Wisconsin, ^ * Wyoming.--23. / Populist: Nevada/South Carolina.--2. The States which will elect Governors next year are Iowa, Kentucky, Louisi­ ana, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, Ohio. > Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Montana, North Carolina, Virginia, Washington, and West Virginia will elect Governors in 1896. Democrat. Alabama, ' Arkansas, California, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, - Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, Nebraska, New Jersey, North Carolina, "Tennessee, Texas, Virginia. / , West Virginia.--19. i VOTE OF THE HOUSE BY STATES. The Situation of the Honse If Called On to Elect the President. The Constitution of the United State! provides that in the event of failure of a candidate for President to obtain a ma­ jority of all the votes in the electoral college then the choice of President shall be made by the House of Representa­ tives. The House, however, does not vote in the usual way in passing laws; the rote is taken by States, each State having only one vote. How that vote shall be cast is determined by each State's dele­ gation, the majority ruling. In case of a tie in the State delegation, then the vote of that State does not count. In the event of the next Presidential election being cast into the House the Republicans will have the choiee of President, as will be seen by the follow­ ing lists. Twenty States have elected Republican delegations: Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Mabics Mi^hi^iin, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Islan<S». ' 4 South Dakota, 5 . Vermont, Washington, West Virginia, Wisconsin, Wyoming. In the following States the majority of the Congressmen in each are Republican: California, Nebraska. Illinois, New Jeraey, Kentucky, New York, Maryland, Ohio, Massachusetts Pennsylvania Missouri, This makes a total of SI out of the 44 States, learinj the Democrats 13 States, or a Republican majority in the House of Representatives on a vote for President ef 18 States. --Thousands of dollaM worth of pro­ perty h*« been destroyed by forest fires in West Tennessee* The flames are un­ comfortably close to the city of Browns- rill* aad the tow* of Ofeioa is ia eerQ, , *N*a« M side i Jk \ - *•' v roisitrhm Cleveland Willing to Act as Arbitrator Between China *nd Japan. Tokio advices say that United States Minister Dun has communicated to the ministry the substance of an important fcipher cable proposition received froth Secretary Gresham at Washington. It suggests that if Japan will join China in requesting the President of the, United States to act as a mediator in settling the wnr he will exercise his good offices in that capacity. A similar proposition has been sent to China. The cable was pre­ sented to a special meeting of the minis­ try. The proposition presents a grave question to the ministry. They are urged on one hand by the popular sentiment to continue the war and crush China; on the other hand European powers are threatening to intervene. As between these conflicting influences the ministers find great difficulty in reaching a de­ cision on the American proposition, 4but the prospect is that it will be accepted. It (is learned that four days before France made a proposition to the United States to intervene. -It is the belief in Washington that China wil readily accept the mediation of the United States, and Japan will do so after she is assured of the indemnity China will yield. China has already gone so far as to notify this government that it wrll join Japan in recognizing the complete independence of Corea, which would result in the Japanese evacuation ot Oorea and the re-esiaO- liehment of the former reigning powers. China has also, made known to this Gov­ ernment that it was willing to pay a cash indemnity to Japan. It has not stated how much the indemnity will be, and this promises to be a serious problem. Japan does not intend to be robbed of the fruits of her victory by any indefinite arbitration Therefore she, in effect, asks: "What do you propose doing, and how much will you give? It you will offer enough, then we will accept the United States as the intermediary to execute the agreement. But we will not go into any blind arrangement by which a third party will determine the whole basis of peace." Being a victor, Japan does not intend to go in on even terms with the vanquished. Mr. Gresham's cable inquiries to China therefore contemplate, first, China's ac­ ceptance of the United States as a medi­ ator; second, a statement of China's ex­ act offer to Japan of the terms and amount of cash indemnity she will pay. As to the amount of cash it is not likely that Japan will accept the mediation un­ less $100,000,000 is offered. This will about represent what Japan has actually spent on the war. She does not ask for exemplary or punitive damages as the term is used in law, but merely the damages which will reimburse her out­ lay. When France paid Germany an indemnity for the Franco-Prussian war it represented not only what Germany had spent, but exemplary or punishment dam­ ages as well, Japan does not expect this, but she will insist on actual dam­ ages. This is roughly figured as follows: Japan had a reserve fund of $25,000,- 000 on hand when the war began. This has been spent. Then she nego­ tiated a war loan of 50,000,000 yen (a yen being about equivalent to our dol­ lar). This makes $75,000,000 actually used in the war. Besides this Japanese citizens have contributed large sums. The total outlay, including obligations in­ curred, is estimated at about $100,000,- 000. The extra session of the Japanese Diet resulted in a law authorizing a war expenditure up to $150,000,000, but tlfis limit has not been reached. YERKES' BIG MANSION. Chicago Street-Car Magnate's New York Honse Nearly Completed. The residence which C. T. Yerkes, of Chicago, has been building for several years at the corner of Fifth avenue and 68th street, New York, is very nearly completed, and will be one of the hand­ somest houses in New York. The ma­ terial is brown stone, the design is simple and dignified, and the mansion when com­ pleted will represent the very highest type of residential architecture. It is said that the house will cost $2,000,000 when it is finished and ready to live in, that the designs for decorating Mrs. Yerkes' bed-room and bath represent an invest- CHAS. X TEBKES RESIDENCE, NEW TORS. ment of $50,000, and that a quarter of a million will be expended upon the walls and ceiling of the lower floor. But there are now no signs of such extrava­ gance. The building has a solid and permanent look, and what impresses one most is the choice material used and the absolute perfection of every detail. The walia aro firebrick and stone, and the floors are of steel, tera-cotta and cement, surfaced over with marble and mosaic. There is no wood used in the construction except the cabinet work about tho doors and windows, and it is thought Mr. Yerkes couldn't burn it down i£ he tried. 7 • Telegraphic Clicks. --Gen. Osman, Peruvian Minister of War, has resigned. --An attempt was made by incehdiaries to burn Addison, W. Va. --Ernest Hulin, mine superintendent at Nevada City, fell 600 feet into a shaft and/was killed. ^-W. J. Cornell, the Los Angeles (Cal.) baby farmer, has been convicted of fraud­ ulently using the mails. --Hoskier, Atwood & Co. will ship 500,000 francs in gold to Havre by the steamer La Bourgogne. --Sparks from a passing engine set fire to a paving block factory at Bay City, Mich. The loss is $8,000. --Thomas Huffman, a wealthy fanner living near Huntington, Ind., was fatally injured in a runaway. --At a meeting of the National Waif Association in Pittsburg Russell A. Alger was elected President. --Atttorney General OIney has decided that railway employes have a legal right to belong to brotherhoods.- '--Residents of New Jersey wero awak­ ened from sleep hy the supposed ex­ plosion and light of a falling meteor. --Suprome Court of Now Jersey nas de­ cided that women hare not the ri?ht to vote at the school meetings in the Stats. --John G. Hanley, a railway postal clsrk running between Cincinnati and Chicago, was arrested for robbing the mails. --Gothamites decided by a majority of nearly 60,000 in favor of the construction by the city of an underground eleetrio road. --Tom Keys, ef the firm el Keys A Plnston, Carroll ParUfc. La* was fsnad in his stove with his throat eat from see to ear. --The Toledo and Ann Arfcer beyeott litigation was ended hy Ohlsf Arthvr voluntarily dismissing his age sal f*MS ~ji OPINION OF THE STRIKE COM- MISSION MADE PUBLIC. JOHN 1). KERN AN. a failure to guard Clear Statement at tho Facts Thoughtful Review of the Conditions that Created Them--Pullman Company Crltici«sd~ caev«lattd ? General Managers Hit. ' report of the United States Strike Commissioners appointed by President Cleveland July 26, 1894, to investigate all matters relating to the famous Chi­ cago Btrike has been submitted to the President. The re­ port is a voluminous document of fifty- three pages and is devoted largely to the findings of fact and the conclusions and recommenda­ tions of the commis- ^ sion. This commis- OARRoiiL. ix wit IGHT. sion was appointed by tne President under the provisions of section 6, chapter 1,063, of the laws of the United States passed Oct. 1, 1888, and is composed of Carroll D. Wright) United Statps T.U.. John D. Kernan, of New York; and Nicholas E. Worthington, of Peoria, 111. By its report on the circumstances at- tending the strike of Pullman employes ana the great strike on the railroads cen­ tering in Chicago declared by the Ameri­ can Railway Union, together with the recommendations made as a result of its investigations of these remarkable labor disturbances, the strike commission has added a notable and valuable work to the growing literature dealing with the practical side of the relations between labor and capital. Its showing of the arrogant and unjust attitude of the Pull­ man corporation toward its employes, of the illegal and dangerous methods of the General Managers' Association and of the errors and weakness of the labor or ganizations opposed to these great aggre gations of capital presents in a clear light the real causes leading to the as­ tonishing occurrences which culminated in riot and bloodshed and a general mus­ ter of the soldiery of the nation and the State in Chicago last July. The conditions prevailing in the town of Pullman are set forth at Some length, and the conclusion is reached that they "enable the manage­ ment at all times to assert with great vigor its assumed right to fix wages and rents absolute­ ly, and to repress that sort of inde­ p e n d e n c e w h i c h leads to labor or­ ganizations and their attempts at mediation, arbitra­ tion, strikes, etc." On the part of the American Railway Union there is found against the possibility of disorder and vio­ lence among its members. Such an or­ ganization, in the opinion of the com­ mission, must oppose all strikes ex­ cept as a last resort against unbearable grievances and must advocate concilia­ tion and arbitration; also, through wise leadership, it must aim to secure legal standing and the assistance of wise laws sustained by public opinion. Of the General Managers' Association, which dealt with the great railroad strike, the commission "questions wheth­ er any legal authori­ ty, statutory or oth­ erwise, can be found to justify some of the features of the association," which has all the effects of a pool, the exten­ sion of whose pow­ er would be danger­ ous to the people, and would lead to the serious consid­ eration of Govern­ ment ownership of H.&woRTHiNa-roN. raiiroads. "The re­ fusal," says the report, "of the General Managers' Association to recognize and deal with such a combination of labor as the American Railway Union seems ar­ rogant And absurd when we consider its Standing before the law, its assumptions and its past and obviously contemplated future action." The reduction of wages at Pullman to offset losses are found to have thrown by far the greater burden on labor, though during the time of reductions no salaries of officers, managers or superintendents were reduced--employes who manifestly could have sustained a reduction much better than the workmen in the shops. The refusal to cut down the high rents in Pullman is regarded as unfair and un­ wise, considering the reductions in wages of those paying the rents. Failure to make any concession and the discharge of members of the committee calling on the Pullman officials for increased pay precipitated the strike. The orderly con­ duct of the Pullman strikers is comment­ ed on with favor. When the great railroad strike was on the General Managers' Association, like the Pnllman corporation, refused to con­ sider the matter of arbitration. The commission is of the opinion that "a dif­ ferent policy would have prevented the loss of life and great loss of property and wages occasioned by the strike." The commission would have labor organiza­ tions recognised and made responsible. While declining to take up the question of Government ownership of railways as a remedy for railway strikes, it points out that if railway combinations con­ tinue it will not be long before the Gov­ ernment will have to seriously consider Government ownership and Govern­ ment regulation will have to be in­ creased. Finally, the commission's rec­ ommendations are that a permanent Uni­ ted States strike commission be formed, and that power be given to the Federal courts to enforce the findings of the com­ mission. In the case of public corpora­ tions, like railroads, it is the commis­ sion's opinion that there would^be no difficulty and no hardship in compelling the acceptance of terms of settlement as agreed on by the commission. Besides this recommendation it is urged on States to establish systems of conciliation and arbitration similar to that in Massachu­ setts and to render illegal contracts re­ quiring men not to join labor organisa­ tions or to leave them as conditions <JT em­ ployment. The commission further urges employers everywhere to recognise labor unions and to treat with them and to raise wsges voluntarily when trade con­ ditions will permit. Taken as a whele, the report must be regarded as highly favorable to the cause of organised labor and to the principle ef arbitration. Sftarke from the Wires. --The seheener Massasoit has been rMcned from the shere at Long Beach, IA I. --The Bpeslsh steamer Fernando fenaisrsd off the ssast ef Cnba. Ten Arswned. ~BH BIIIISN, a ftuassr wfce lived near CMarkshnrs, Ma, eoaunlttefl suicide at Tiptem, Me. --Charges hare besa muds ef inhuman to ehiMtea tat the 9>': ' or Increase laterent-Bearlng Debt el*! the United States One-Twelfth. The contemplated new issue of bonds by the government, if it be a $50,000,- 000 issue, will increase the interest-bear­ ing debt ojjthe United States about one- twelfth. v»hc was $585,039,315 Jan. 1, JL Ui uuuuo by the government from the beginning pf the union to 1880 was the enormous *• of $10,090,000,000. Of course a good <fwtl of this is made up of bond issues to re- ^ fund other bonds which were falling due J and which the government was not ready: M at the time to pay. Srf that this amo;oit is a larger one than the interest-bearai|f -1 indebtedness which the United States"^ has been, or will be, called on to pay. The United States issues two kinds of ']¥ bonds. One kind is known as registered bonds, the other as coupon bonds. The | coupon bonds are payable to bearer, and i| attached to them are coupons each repre- P senting three months' interest on the 'M bond to which it is attached, or if the in- S terest is paid semi-annually, six months* \' interest. The coupons are all numbered^ "S, When interest is due the owner of the 11 bond cuts it off, and if hp has a bank ac- sjl count, as bondholders usually do, he de- | IK)sits it just as he would a check or draft fi and it is credited to his account. The ^ bank gets them cashed at the subtreas- I ury. It is clipping off these coupons that || is popularly supposed to be the principal occupation of bondholders. ^ Muiiua iuiva no ,'Coupons. Each bond is made payable to the person whose name is written on the face of It. 1" A record of these is kept in the office of if the register of the treasury. When an owner sells one he transfers ment witnessed by persons the government, and corded as the original month before inlere; in the register'; books, and treasury for the interest due, son who stands of of the bond. The which a single bon the government That was the anion: government t<r Set- under the Geneva had failed to make disbursement of indorse- ijg luted by r is re- ^ was. A '! clerks M igii tuir ade out p the p6r- -3 lie owner ^ ount for - ^ issued by ?•;? 5,500,000. it the British fX State Fish , award. Congress provision for the money, so pending ibject Secretary Fish fernment 5 per cent rossed by hand, ^ whole amount. bond known the treas- ^ $5 bill, and $3(fo from §§ to pay it & Merest at 4 leemed. ^ by the ^ _ ign conn- ^ Spain and The first '•$ kstment was legislation on the invested it in bonds and one was issued to him. The oldest U: to exist is in th ury. It is about acknowledges th John Bonfield a three years from per cent. The pro; The first loans ev United States were tries) Holland, Bel France taking up the to: issue of bonds for bomea in 177p, when what were calieJT Jfaaji ^ office certificates were negotiated. - Part of these bore interest payable in specie and part in paper money. In 1790 the first large bond issue was made. The amount was $64,000,000 and the rate of interest was t> per cent. This issue was made to fund the debts" in­ curred by the various states of the United States to carry on the war of the revolu­ tion. The debts incurred by the several states were assumed by the national gov­ ernment. This was Alexander Hamil­ ton's scheme and it was bitterly opposed. In 1812 another loan was made for war purposes. The amount of bonds to- sued at this time was $11,000,000. There were other loans made between that and the beginning of the civil war. The year 18(51 and the beginning of the war marked the era of large bond issues. At this time Secretary Chase negotiated with the bankers of the country a loan of $150,000,000, the largest that up to that time had ever been made. There were larger ones made during the war and. since to refund other issues falling due, but it was this loan which estab­ lished the credit of the country. %i TO RESTORE THE DEAD.} -Physicians Will Attempt to Brine Life Electrocuted Murderer#. Gov. Flower of New York is willing to allow experts to make a test to ascertain whether a man killed in the electrical chair can be resuscitated. Ever since the adoption of the electrical-execution act by the State, the Westinghouse people, whose dynamos are used, have declared that electricity waaa not the cause of death, but that dea1h«as assured by the holding of an autops^Pdirectly after the body was taken from the electrical chair. . No less an authority than Niibla Tesla, fke famous electrician, contended that he could bring back to life a man killed in an electrical chair, provided the at­ tempt was made immediately after exe­ cution. Mr. George Westinghouse has always asserted that electrical death was a sham and that a New York commission headed by Elbridge T. Gerry had added the autopsy clause to the law so as to make it certain that the man was dead. Within the last few weeks the agitation of the subject has been prominent and an appeal is to be made to the Governor to> allow the next man condemed to be used as a subject to be experimented on. The Governor says he°will grant permission to do this. The attempt, if made, will undoubtedly create great excitement and intense in­ terest in the scientific world. It will also arouse curiosity among laymen, because,, if successful, it will bring to life a new man who cannot be executed, having once suffered the penalty of death. It will also prove that the State execution­ ers have really been the surgeons who held the autopsy rather than the State electrician. ^ ^ ^ THE GREAT VIOLINIST. ^ The Most IMstlnffolshed Performer In the YVorlrt. ft Ceoar Thomson, one ot the greatest living violinists, and the one generally t:| recognized to be the superior exponent of the instrument'® % technical possibili- ties, recently arrived $ in this country. He is under contract to ^ appear in thirty con- jR certs during his t-tay here. Thomson"* %. appearance betokens . i the artist. He has a hlo-b for?fc.6?*d, deep, soulful eyes and thin, nervous hands, and ia utterly free from . . mannerisms and af- 3 CESAR TBOKSOir. • fect&tiOD8. MP. Thomson is an enthusiast on yachting'. He devours all that i* written on the* ff subject, and in his ho&e, in Liege, ha sS has gathered a collection of mode a, ' j which, in its completeness, illustrate* " the hist ry of yachting. NOT A~PAYINQ DEPARTMENT. „ >,943,085 Reports Show a Dailelt ef 'oMal Revenue# for the Tear. Reports show that tho revenue for the- Unitsd States Postoffice Department for- the year ending .Tnne 30, 1894, fell off $818,404, white tho expenditures hare increased $3,250,309. Th« total receipts- for 1804 wero $75,000,479, while the ex­ penditures wero $84,234,414, showing » deficiency of $9,243,968. The report shows that there were ia«uad during the year 2,014,383,100 Columbian stamps* 1,404,088,7iJ0 ef which wera ef twe-cent and 449,196,300 of ono-cant deaemtav tiea. There has boon & falling eff h» registered letters daring there** ef 616,- the tetnl a amber stf 'ft £%Si SiiilS ;.v% H u b i k ; i ' ivj