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Pub. ILLINOIS. SAVED MILEAGE FEES. KANSAS MAN'S SCOOf> ^N TMt ; ; sheriffs perquisites •, fWfW Disaster on the Ohio--Scott, #' tint of Kebranka Yi$ji]ante«, Dead in the Jiivcf^Beath of Hiss SteveiuoB. >.1, t y.*Vf [fv'i-; -i It' [ J d 6<»8 to JniT Alone. Officials* of the Ivansas penitentiary at Leaven wort li, Kan., were astonished the other day on the appearanee of a well- dressed man in the Warden's office, who •aid: "I have come to put on a striped •nit." He pulled a commitment, sentenc­ ing him to the penitentiary for two years, ont of his pocket, and it developed that without an official of any kind to guard him the prisoner had come all the way from Guthrie. Ok., to undergo confine­ ment. The prisoner's name proved to be K. B. Milliken, until recently City Clerk of Guthrie, and who was convicted of em­ bezzlement and given two years in the United States Conrt a few days ago. He ia the tirst prisoner ever to arrive at the penitentiary without a guard, and the offic;als would scarcely believe his story at first. Runaway Boys Freeae to Death. William Pitt, Tbonms Buck, and Joseph Erminer, each about 14 years of age, ran away from St. Vincent's Indus­ trial School, at Utica, N. Y.. a few days ago. Friday the bodies of Buck and Er­ miner were found in the woods near Her­ kimer. They had been frozen to death. Pitt was found in a barn near by so badly frozen that his logs will have to be ampu­ tated. Pitt says he and his companions wandered about the woods. They did not aee a bouse after Tuesday night and had nothing to eat. Pitt told his companions to count their beads and say their prayers, and it is evident that they were thus en­ gaged when death claimed them. Pitt says he remained with his companions un­ til their hearts ceased to beat and he knew were dead. Scott's Body Found. >4. After the whole country was searched over Barrett Scott's body was found Sat­ urday night at 10 o'clock in the-Niobrara River, about thirty feet below the bridge of Boyd Cottnty, Neb., close up to the bank and in about seven feet of water. The body was ill shirt sleetes, but Scott's watch and chain and other personal ef-, fects were found just as he wore them in life. A new hemf»eh rope, about one and one-half inches in diameter, was found around the neck of the body, and the end, about three feet long, was dangling in the water. Scott was hanged by vigilants be­ fore being thrown over the bridge into the Water. There was a slight wound on the right side ofthe neck where a bullet had grazed it. . Destructive Fire at 31 aeon, Gu. The largest fire in the history of Macon, Gu., broke out there Friday night In the wholesale dry goods house of S. Waxelbauin & Son. The building and its contents were quickly destroyed and the flames spead to the store of the American Shoe Brokers, thence to the Dun'ap Hard­ ware Company's establishment, and were threatening the wholesale dry goods house of J. Dannenberger & Co. when put un­ der control. Aid was asked from Atlanta and Augusta, but before response had been received the local firemen had mas­ tered the fire. Its origin is unknown. The , total loss is estimated at $300,000. 3 " POLITICAL. Horace R. Chilton has been named fot the Senate by the Democrats of Texas.! Ingalls is gaining support among Kaa- legislators, and other Senatorial can- Mr. Lewis, president of the j didates fear a stampede to him. j ^ Owing to his attitude toward silver » emw'V-iiiRnflht- Broker Seyiuour, of New York, and Cor- tfespondents E. J. Edwards and J. O. Shrlever were overruled by Ju4ge Cole in the Criminal Court at Washington,' and the defendants required to plead to the indictments. Nearly C,000 men, including motor-men. conductors, electricians and others em­ ployed on the various trolley railroads in Brooklyn, N. Y., quit work between 4 and f» o'oi<y»lr ""••jrrtinst- The only read nt>!- np vv"i. i thu and Coney 1 Island. Brooklyn Heights Railroad Company, asked for police protection. There were also warnings to keep the peace, but in spite of these numerous cases of inter­ ference occurred. There was some delay in transportation of the mails, but the mail cars were guarded by policemen. The companies expected that the men would go out, and determined to anticipate them. They asked the electricians, about 1,000 in number, if they would take ont the cars. Every one of them refused to do so. They were then told that there I was no work for them. One foreman was asked if he was willing to take out a car. He refused to do it. The people had to use the elevated roads. The trains were made up with extra care to accommo­ date the rush. The public wits greatly inconvenienced. ' ML* ' "'W" T Mr. GNMWia^gNnded hia course on *b* tariff biQ in a speech in the Senate. A criticism of Mr. Hill draw from the New Yorker a warm reply. Heath la the Ohio. , ' ^ The great Cincinnati and New Orleans steamer State of Missouri went to the bottom of the Ohio River at Wolf Creek, thirty-five miles above Hawesville, Ky., at 6 o'clock Saturday night and forty people met death. The steamboat was one of the largest steamers belonging to the Cincinnati and Memphis Packet Com­ pany, and wayf a new boat worth $00,000. She had about half a cfctf-jQ of furniture, nails, acids, etc. > \ BREVITIES. frSsi WESTERN, n>- Wi#,.f'imncis> Chemouroth Hardware ^Company at Birmingham, Ala., has as­ signed. Samuel G. Hotelling, a young farmer of Boiling Green, Martin County, Minn., was the leading character in the greatest tragedy that ever occurred in the county. He killed three persons and was himself •hot dead while trying to slay his pursu­ er#- Hotelling had been planning for the •hocking deed several days. The whole of the Second Brigade of the New York National Guard was ordered to be under arms by o'clock Saturday rooming. Mayor Schieren made a requisi­ tion Friday evening npou Brigadier Gen­ eral James McAleer for 700 or 800 of the Brooklyn militia to be in readiness to help ran the Brooklyn trolley cars. The call waa made upon demand of the trolley road presidents, who claim, as they have for five days, that they have m$n enough to dm the roads if protected. K. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of tcade says: There are romej^dsigii*, but they do not as yet exte|MHpppsmess generally; which hesitates pMmu it has done for months. Gold 1&Hf$Qnes to go abroad, 48*530,000 having f^feifiast week, and the deficit of revenue is Unready over $9,500,- 000 for the month. This state of facts, with the failure of Congress to make pro­ vision for borrowing "or for increasing revenue, still operates to retard a whole­ some recovery. The volume of domestic trade represented by exchanges through clearing-houses is again about 7 per cent, larger than last yeak\ as it was in the first week of the month, but is 33.7 per cent, ••taller than tw<* years ago, a higher rate of decrease than for some time past. Mary G. Stephenson, eldest daughter of *he Vice President, died at Asheville, N. Friday after an illness lasting since last summer. She was 22 years old. A rumor that the Illinois Central is ne- lating for the purchase of the West »hville dummy line in order to secure li^Mltrance to that city is current at Nash- Tenn. |loons at Dubuque, Iowa, are to be ssed as provided in the mulct law., means a tax of $000 on every saloon. > The gas works at Grand Rapids, Mich.,' •old for $1,200,000 to Emerson, Mc- & Co. of New York. • f t r ' f ' 'H'l i Hneteor is imported '"TO1 la ve fallen near Juarez, lower California. An overland passenger train bound west was reported wrecked Wednesday at WThite Plains, Nev. The train ran into an open switch. One brakeman was. killed, the engineer seriously hurt* aud several passengers are injured. < Canon St. George, of All Saints* Cathe­ dral, Milwaukee, has shut out from the communion of the church Ezra F. Priest, principal of the school connected with the cathedral, because he married a divorced woitnan. The case is considered a rigor­ ous enforcement of the Episcopal church discipline. Charles Myers aud Thomas Noonan, wanted for safe-blowing in Illinois, Iowa, and Michigan, were arrested at Danville. The men were prepared to make a des­ perate fight, but they were given no chance, as the officers made them surren­ der at the points of revolvers. During a performance by the Wilber Entertainment Company in Swetzer's Opera House in Marion, Ind., the curtain dropped on a natural gas pipe and broke it. The gas accumulated in the building, and before workmen could reach the cut­ off, blew off the back part of the building with a loud explosion. I^oss, $2,000. The audience escaped unhurt. Governor Stone, of Missouri, pardoned from the penitentiary J. S. Paten, who was sent up from Christian County about eight years ago to serve a life sentence for murder. He was just over 1G years, the penitentiary limit, when sentenced. Recently he told the Governor the name of the real murderer, which he had known all the time, but which he had kept secret for eight years. His pardon was made so that he could teistify against the guilty man. As a result of a terrible explosion <«f giant powder Tuesday afternoon at Butte, Mont., seventy-five persons are dead and probably twice that number serioas- ly injured. A fire broke out in the Butte Hardware Company's warehouse, in which giant powder was stored. The* firemen were at work on the tire when a terrible explosion took place, killing a number of persons. While efforts were being made to remove the dead and wounded a second explosion occurred. The entireyfire deportment was wiped out. All the horses were killed. Three policemen were among the killed. The dead number at least seventy-five. Plate glass was broken all over the city and the damage to property is enormous. The relatives of the killed are frantic and the city is in an uproar. The powder was stored in the warehouse in violation < f the law. It was the greatest explosion in the history of the West. Bodies of the dead and dying were hurled several hun­ dred feet, one corpse being found two blocks from the scene of the explosion. Because he could not assent conscien­ tiously to a verdict ordered by Judge Sea­ man in the United States Circuit (Joint at Chicago, Wednesday. Juror Julius Clayton chose the alternative of arrest on the charge of contempt. Clapton said though it meant imprisonment he could not bring himself to give assent to a ver­ dict which be believed in his heart was wrong. The scene ended finally by Judge Seaman, moved apparently by admira­ tion for Clayton's steadfastness, consent­ ing to non-suit the case. The other elev­ en jurors believed with Mr. Clayton a verdict for the plaintiff should be given, but under the direction of the Judge--as is the law--they had agreed to render a verdict for the defendant, though under protest. The case was that of Marie Ca- hill against the Chieago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad. The girl was run over by a switch engine while she was <^oing to her work in tbe stock yards. She"Was dragged some distance and one foot was cut off. Then a brakeman nave a signal to back and the young woman was caugnt once more under the wheels and her other foot was cut off aud her shoulder broken. She brought suit for $25,000 damages Judge Seaman said no negligence could be shown on the part of the railroad, ami that the plaintiff was a trespasser. ^ SOUTHERN. Cuban patriots i a say that the of 4h« T Senator Dolph may be defeated for re­ flection in the Oregon Legislature. Governor Hastings was inaugurated at Harrisburg, Pa., a parade and display of lire works following the ceremony. George F. Hoar and William E. Chan­ dler were re-elected to the Senate by the legislatures of Massachusetts and New Hampshire, respectively. - „ Delaware has inaugurated a Governor who can neither read nor write. For the first time in the history of the State there was no inaugural address and this set I>eople to inquiry. Governor Joshua Mar- vil is a business man of good repute and worth at least $150,000, which he made by shrewd investments. Marvil can not sign his name. Knowing his weakness he secured the services of N. P. Smith- ers, a leading lawyer, as Secretary <>i State, and Smithers will virtually be the Governor. The Republican caucus at Springfield, III., renominated Shelby M. Cullom to suc­ ceed himself in the United States Senate for the term beginning March 4 next. The only candidates before the caucus were Mr. Cullom and George S. Willits. Only one roll-call was necessary to elect Mr. Cullom. The vote stood: Cullom, 103; Willits, 21. All of the Republican Sen­ ators and Representatives were present except one. Representative McKinzie, of Joe Daviess, was absent on account of serious illness in bis family. foreig^ ; The Spanish council has agreed to a modus vivendi with the United States on the tariff question. A dispatch to the London Times from Pekin says that (Jen. Wei, accused of cowardice, was beheaded. The Japanese have defeated a formidable gathering of Tong Haks in the province of Obung- Chong-^o, killing 5100 of them. France is in thetliroe^ of oneof the most serious crisis in its history. The retire­ ment of the Dupuy ministry, followed by, the resignation of President Casimir^ Perier, may endanger the very stability of the republic itself. All sorts of sensa­ tional rumors are afloat, and it is even said that the royalists are preparing to take advantage of the situation to exe­ cute a coup d'etat. M. Felix Faure, Minister of Marine in the present Cabinet, was elecfed on the second ballot Thursday to be President of the French republic. Faure polled -130 votes, to 301 votes polled by his nearest opponent, Brisson, President of the Chamber of Deputies. The socialists protested violently when the result of th-» ballot was made known. President Faure said: "I am deeply touched beyond all expression by the great honor the Nation­ al Assembly has conferred upon me. I did not seek the exalted mission yon have Invested me with, but nevertheless 1 ac­ cept the charge with profound gratitude and a full sense of the responsibility ind duties it imposes. You know me, vou need not doubt that I will devote all :ny energy to the accomplishment of my heavy task. I cease from this moment to belong to any party, to become the arbiter of all. In this spirit. I appeal for support to ail the representatives of the nation without distinction of<public opinion*. We will always meet hencc-forth in our common work inspired by love of country, devotion to the republic, care of justice, and solicitude for the lot of all citizens and ovet- all for the lowly and humble. ' IN GENERAL The Supreme, Court of Canada has de­ cided that provincial legislatures have no [tower to prohibit the sale of liquor. Both the United States and Italy will demand satisfaction of Morocco for the boarding of the bark Seutola by pirates. The Cincinnati Price Current sum­ marizes the crop conditions for the past week as follows: "Wheat: crop generally well protected and all right. Some West­ ern districts are unsatisfactory. The marketing has been very light and is prospectively so. Interior prices are strengthening under widening demand from millers. The corn movement has been moderate. The week's packing of hogs amounted to 455,000, against 430,- 000 a year ago." Over 3,000 unemployed Montreal, Q:»e., worldngmen surrounded the City Hall at noon Wednesday and threatened to in­ vade Ihe building if their demand for work or bread was not at once complied with. Thousands of workingmen have been thrown out of employment by the closing of the Canadian Pacific Railway shops, and many of the men who have families to support have grown desperate and are prepared to resort to violence. Serious trouble was averted only by the cool heads among the leaders. A large delegation was selected to interview the PASTERN. surviving members of Mosby's Confederate command, the Forty-third gifcjpriAen, Virginia Cavalry, held a ra- ;«i|^iAlexaiidria, Va. entative from Chicago of the iljltates Wholesale Grocers' Asso- been in Gloucester, Mass., to absorb all the fishery prod- ',l(®ded there under the head of one gyudicate. It is said he secured i%! several water front properties. Ike demurrers offered by the de- iDtl to the indictments returned l>y I*"* under assumed name At Raleigh, N, C., Clarion Butler, Popn list, was nominated for the long term Senatorship by acclamation. Revenue officers destroyed an illicit steam distillery near Annistown, Ala. It had a capacity of eighty gallons. Governor Hogg of Texas gave way to Charles Culberson, who took the oath at a joint session of the Legislature at Aus­ tin. Franklin W. Joplin has been appointed postmaster "at Elizabethtown, Ky., vice Mrs. Benjamin Helm, removed. The lat­ ter was a sister of Mrs. Abraham Lincoln. The directors of the Galveston Cotton Exchange have advised the New Orleans Cotton Exchange that they heartily and most urgently recommend to the planters of Texas and the cotton-growing States a reduction of 25 per cent, in acreage to be planted tbis year as the oidy way of re­ storing prices to a compensating basia. News was received at Mobile, Ala., of the wreck of the schooner Benjamin Rich in the storm of Jan. 14 while bbund from St. Andrew's Bay to Jamacia. Forty passengers Were aboard, including, Min­ ister Livingston and other prominent;jtnd wealthy people. A rescue was effected by the steamship Haugesund, bound from Mobile to Bocas, which discovered the passengers on an island. SIMM THREATENED WITH A DIPLOMATIC STRIKE. *>'1 Ambassadora to Foreign Land* Muat Have Better Pay or Give Up-Their Joba--Sar They Are Annually Ont of Ptocket. Money Uphold* Dignit :̂ r '/^ Washington correspondence: " N a general way it has been understood for some time that our diplomatic service is not in a flourishing condition. Things have gone from bad to worse until now a crisis has been reach­ ed in the affairs of the five ambassadors .stationed in Euro- Ipean capitals by the United States Gov­ ernment. Secretary Gt^sham has inth \1 mated to the Presi- Irdent that the posi- [| " * tion of the ambassa- lors is such as to warrant immediate action by Congress. Should no action be taken by that body it is almost certain that Clifton R. Breckinridge, our ambas* sador to Russia, and Theodore Runyon, who holds the same post in Germany, will resign. There has been circulated a statement to the effect that Mr. Breckin­ ridge has already announced his inten­ tion of abandoning his post. That static ment, however, is premature. The whole trouble is the result of tha long-standing salary grievance. As every­ body knows, our ambassadors receive a very inadequate stipend. Their salary Is $17,500 a year each, but $50,000 is pronounced barely sufficient to maintain the dignity of the position. Mr. Runyon In Germanyind Mr. J^iistiaf in France have, even wuth tlifrtenH^ <» the closest economy, spetat respective salaries and nn («•»'- iiirepjfnses connected with the posts theyanll. These details will surprise no one. But it will be newa to announce that the ambassadors have held two conferences abroad, one in Low* don and another in Paris, for the pur-! pose of making unanimous representa­ tion to the State Department that their Usefulness is almost nominal. On his wnfy to St. Petersburg Mr. Breckinridge saw both Mr. Runyon and Mr. Eustis. Mr. Breckinridge had heard that his ex­ penses in Europe would be very heavy-- far more than his salary. As he is a man of very moderate means he felt the ne­ cessity of getting their advice. He ex­ pressed his feelings with candor when he was informed of the humiliating straits to which his fellow-diplomats were re­ duced. Then it was that a premature rumor of the resignation of the ambas­ sador to Russia was circulated. A Plea for the Strikeru. Meanwhile, however, Thomas F. Bay­ ard, ambassador to the court of St. James, had been in the United States, and one of the express objects of his visits here was to impress upon the State Department the manner in which our national dig­ nity ib being compromised abroad. Mr. Bayard had three conferences with the Secretary of State on the subject of am­ bassadorial salaries. Mr. Gresham, dur­ ing these interviews, had opportunity to read letters from Wayne MacVeagh, Mr. Eustis and Mr. Runyon, all setting forth the fact that their positions were little short of ridiculous. Their own wish had been to resign, but as the de^^&sion, to nse a diplomatic term, of-all our ambassa­ dors at once might create an unpleasant impression, it was deemed best that the, retirement should take place at intervals of a few months. As an illustration of the position in which our ambassadors are placed, the following itemized statement of Mr. Eus­ tis' expenses is interesting: • House rent in Paris, per year... .$12,000 Ambassador's eoach and livery.. 5,000 Diplomatic dinners and entertain­ ments On4 ball per annum Entertaining American naval offi- 1 cers Attending state department func­ tions Official presentations 'f* »::* jj t'f * j* 3,000 2,000 2,000 1,000 2,000 t • )• $27,000 . Total In reality, however, 51K Eustis has spent a good deal more than $27,000 a year since he went to Paris. He is out of pocket about $50,000 as a result of be­ ing American ambassador to France. It might be observed that Mr. Eustis has chosen a rather expensive house. But were he to go out of the expensive quar­ ter of Paris his usefulness as a diplomat would be gone. And house rent in fash- ionble Paris is high. The ambassadorial coach is also a necessity, and the enter­ taining must be kept up or the diplomat will lose caste. Were Mr. Eustis, for ex­ ample, to decline an invitation to a state function or a minister's entertainment it would be deemed a grave breach of eti­ quette. Were the offense repeated the minister would find himself without infiu • ence. and might even be reported to Washington as persona non grata. Hav­ ing once accepted the courtesiea, he is J Mayor, and the vast crowd remained out-,^6uiid to reciprocate them. Hide while the delegates entered. May^r Villeneauve expressed his sympathy wirh those who were out of employment, and Kuggested that a requisition be presented to him to call a mass-meeting at the Board of Trade rooms. The requisition was immediately signed and' presented to the. Mayor. WASHINGTON.! Ol A Report adverse to Judge Ricks was made to the House Judiciary Committee by Representative Bailey. Senator Jones, of Arkansas, is prepar­ ing a currency bill, which he hopes will harmohize the conflicting bond and silver elements. Mrs. Hansbrough. wife of Senator Haaablougb, of North Datpota, died at MARKET RBPORBft Chicago--Cfattle, common to prime, $3.75<3«: bogs, shipping grades. $3.50 (?f.">.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00@4.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 54^55c; corn, No. 2, 45@4<>c; oats. No. 2, 28@29c; rye, No. 22, r»l Mf}52c; butter, choice creamery, 24® 241/£c; eggs, fresh, 18@20c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, tKK&7r>c. Indianapolis -- CatJ:le^shipptng, $3Qg 5.50; bogs, choice light, $3@4.75; sheep, common to prime, $2@3.50; wheat, No, 2 red, 52@521/6c; corn, No. 1 white, 40@ 41c; oats, No. 2 white, .32i4@33Vic. St. Louis--Cattle, $3@6; hogs, $3@4.75; wheat. No. 2 red, 53@53%c; corn, No. 2, 4.%£43%c; oats. No. 2,30@31c; rye, No. 2, Cincinnati--Cattle. $3.50@5.50; bogs. $3.50@5; sheep, $l-25@4; wheat. No. 2. 55f«50c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 43@43%c; oats. No. 2 mixed, 32<£$33c; rye, No. 2, 53(jj,55c. Detroit-- Cattle, $2.50@5.50: bogs, $4^$ 4.75: sheep, $2@3.25: wheat. No. 1 white, 5«@:>7c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 43@43^c; oats. No. 2 white, 33^£34c; rye. No. 2. 51(®r»2c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 55@56c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 43@44c; oats, No. 2 white, 32@33c; rye, No. 2. 51@53c. Buffalo--Cattle. $2.50@5.G0: hogs. f4ff? 5; sheep, $2@4.50; wheat, No. 2 red. 5!)@59^c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 47@47V£e: outs. No. 2 white. 35@3(>e. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 57@ 67%c; corn, No. 3, 44@44%c; oats, No. 2 white, ^l<j$j32c',' barley. No. 2, 54®5Gc; rye. No. 1, 50@51c; pork, mess, $11.25® 11.75. New York-Cattle, $3(fgG; hogs, $3.50@ 5.00; sheep, $2@4; wheat. No. 2 red, 63@ 64c; com. No. 2, 526ii53c; oats, whit< Must Go the Royal Pace. In tbe holiday and vacation season his post is even more trying. He must go where the powers go. He is obliged to lease n chateau, or, at the humblest, a villa. There are always American in­ terests needing the support of an ambas­ sador at a foreign power. Were the so­ cial side of diplomatic life neglected. American Interests would be deprived ot all protection. A conspicuous instance pf this, is the manner in which American beef and hams were allowed entry into Germany for years in spite of domestfc agitation, solely owing to the personal influence of our miuister to Berlin. The other ambassadors are in an eqni}& ly sorry plight. Mr. Bayard is out, so far, about $25,000 on his mission. Mr. Mac­ Veagh spent $20,000 in Rome during the first three months of hi* stay. The money question has reached a crisis owing to the recent elevation of our ministers to the capitals of Great Britain, France, Ger­ many, Italy and Russia to the rank of ambassadors. When we had ministers only the situation was bad enough, but now it has become well nigh intolerable;; At the same time our ambassadors have urged their claims with great moderation. It is well known to them all that the ad­ ministration concurs fully in their view of the matter, but Secretary Gresham. made a personal plea to Mr. Bayard to use bis influence with his colleagues in Europe to remain patient until the time when their situation can be made known to Congress. This Mr. Bayard has al­ ready done, for on his arrival in London he sent letters, which he had previously written in this country and shown to his official superior, in which the hope of amendment of their situation was held out. * A.t the present time Mr. Gresham has received communications from the ambas­ sadors setting forth that their positions are absolutely untenable. At their con­ ference, the American diplomats agreed upon a representation to the State De­ partment that, in their opinion, it would be advisable in the interests of our na- • eggs, 38@42c; butter. crewnm» lSflJ *ii>nal digllit>'to reduce,at onc< i, fresh, 21 ©23c. * J > our foreign establishments to Its ior- sftlos ft Holster hi' saved coach expenses an*4$» <x*t »f entertain­ ing other ambaasadotm. Unfortunately, however, mteh'a proceeding would leave the ambassadors from the five foreign powers in Washington in a very undigni­ fied position. Their governments would undoubtedly recall them and the entente cordiale would be jeopardized. . ; Verier is out. Th» President qf France Suddenly . lietilgng His High Office. Casimir-Perier, President of tha j^reneh Republic, has resigned his office. Prime Minister Dupuy imparted Presi­ dent Casimir-Perier's decision to the Presidents of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies, who will forthwith call urgency sittings of those bodies. When the facts became known consternation, amounting almost to stupor, seized every­ one. There had been ominous hints in the press in the recent days that M. Cas­ imir-Perier was growing tired of his posi­ tion, yet nobody paid any attention to them. The high character, experience, firmness, and integrity of the President inspired the confidence of even the ad­ vanced Republicans. The long conference which M. Casimir- Perier had with M. Challemet-Lacour, President of the Senate, is now explained. He had already resolved |to resign. M. Challemet-Lacour employed his utmost eloquence in a vain endeavor to persuade the President to reconsider his decision t ; u ilffi Pf M. CASIMIR-I'EHIER. and quitted the palace of the Elysee under a cense of deep distress. All the mem­ bers of the cabinet, from Prime Minis­ ter Dupuy down, followed Challemet-La­ cour and exhausted every argument to induce Casimir-Perier not to resign. Their efforts were without success. Du­ puy again visited the palace of the Ely- see later in the evening and was closeted with the President for forty-five minutes urging every possible inducement and ap­ pealing to every patriotic sentiment in order to get him to reconsider his determi- natibn. All was without avail. After interviews of the prefect of the Seine and the prefect of police with M. Casimir- Perier, they received from Dupuy in­ structions to be followed during the crisis. The report of the resignation of the President became generally known at 11 o'clock, but was universally discredit­ ed, and a general movement was made toward the newspaper offices with a view to learning the truth. Soon the papers exhibited lantern transparencies of the official note. Even then many persons refused to believe that the event was positive. Finally they became con­ vinced that the President had really re­ tired and assembled in groups, discussing the chances of those who would be named to succeed him. AGAINST JUPQE RICK|i|C> Committee Votes to Impeach--May B* Tried Before the Senate. Washington dispatch: Congress waa given a decided surprise Tuesday by the House Committee on the Judiciary, which decided by a vote of 7 to 6 to repor$ a resolution for the impeachment of Judge Augustus J. Ricks of Cleveland for mal­ feasance in office. Not for many year# has a United States Judge been called ben fore the bar of the Senate to defend hi| right to wear the ermine of office againsjt criminal charges, and only three or foupr times in the history of the government; has an impeachment trial of a member of the Federal judiciary been conducted. Few members had looked into the charges preferred by the Central Labor Union of Cleveland, the accuser of Judge Ricks, that while sitting on the bench he paid to himself fees which he claimed he had previously earned as clerk of the court, and to which it is now asserted he was not entitled. Thd number of years which have elapsed since the transaction and the contention of the Judge's friends that the proceedings were inspired by a ruling prejudicial to the interests of la­ bor unions which he made recently, tend­ ed to lessen the interest which ordinarily would have been taken in the case. Now that the Judiciary Committee has deemed the matter of sufficient gravity to warrant impeachment, it has become suddenly a decided sensation. The friends of Judge Ricks declare that there are large possibilities that the impeachment may not be undertaken. v 4 P^AOE AMBASSADOR. Chat! g^'en-H uan Recently Granted Plenipotentiary Powers. The indications are that there will be an early settlement of the difficulties be­ tween China and Japan. Accompany­ ing this sketch is a portrait of Clning- Yen-Huan, whom the Emperor of China WORK ^^OyW'^NAflbi^^WU; V MAKERS. Proceeding* of the Senate and Boh* « Representatives -- Important . _ M--inures XNacnssedD^nd DfXSn •--• at ipm Business. Tike national Solans. * Monday was a field day in the Senate. Mr. Gorman of Maryland scored tlie'op- ponents of the income tax, and Messrs. Allison and Hill retorted in bitter terms. A few minor bills were introduced, but nothing of real importance was done.: In the house the bill to provide for the. enlargement of the judicial system of Indian Territory was passed. Debate On the income tax item in the deficiency appropriation1 bill was contin­ ued in the Senate Tuesday. The Senate adopted resolutions calling for informa­ tion as to the amount of sugar imported and the quantity of spirits taken out of bond during the sixty days previous to the taking effect of the tariff bill. The day in the House was devoted, after the morning hour, to the Indian appropria­ tion bill, but no progress was made be­ fore adjournment. General Grosvenor presented a, reply to a memorial sent to the Judiciary Committee by Mr. Ritchie, of Akrort, Ohio, containing supplementary charges against Judge Ricks and involv­ ing ex-Senator H. B. Payne and Judge Stevenson Burke. He asked for an in­ vestigation of the charges. During the debate on the Indian appro­ priation bill in the House Wednesday Messrs. Walker, Warner and Reed en­ gaged in a discussion of the currency question. The Senate passed the defi­ ciency appropriation bill after adopting an amendment limiting the interrogato­ ries of officers seeking to collect the in­ come tax. The printing bill, which bas been passed by both Houses and signed by the President, is fonnd to revive t,Ite franking privilege. The currency question was the chief topic in the Senate Thursday, the debate being general. The pension bill, carrying $141,000,000, was passed. The army bill appropriating $23,250,000 was then taken np. At the opening of the session of the House a bill was passed on motion of Mr. Henderson, of Illinois, to grant Mrs. Sarah A. Clapp the pay and allowance of a surgeon for services as such in the Sev­ enth Illinois Infantry. The Senate amendments to the urgent deficiency bill were disagreed to and the bilj sent to con­ ference. The House then went into eotn- mittee of the whole for the further con­ sideration of the Indian appropriation bill. The Senate Friday passed the army ap­ propriation bill,' carrying $23,000,000, and the bill which in effect advances General Schofield, in command of the army, to the rank of lieutenant general, held by Gen­ erals Sherman and Sheridan. Aside from this the day was given to the debate on the Nicaraguan Canal. In the House the Senate bill grapting to the Gila Valley Railroad Company a right of way through the San Carlos Indian resevation was passed. Also a bill to expend a portion of the appropriation made in the last river and harbor act for St. Joseph's har­ bor, Michigan, to complete the connec­ tion between St. Joseph and Benton Har­ bor. Consideration of the Indian bill was then resumed. At a night session there was a sharp contention over the pension bill. p NAPOLEON OF JOURNALISM. Title Applied to Brilliant affil Brainy John A. Cockerill. John A. Cockerill, the brilliant journal­ ist whose name and fame have pervaded this continent, leaves for Japan in a short time, to be the war correspondent of the New York Herald and to establish a for­ eign edition of the Ilerald. Colonel Cock- .IOHN A. I OC KEMM.. CHANG-YEN-HU AN. hai^'&tftnted plenipotentiary poweifi.' He will attempt to make peace with Japan. Chang-Yen-Houn is Vice President of the Tsu ng-li Ya men. As he was once minister at Washington he is well known there. He cftine as Chinese Minister in 1880 and resided in Washington for four years. The Japanese Government ex­ pressed its readiness "to receive Chang- Yen-Huan as peace ambassador, and the war is believed to be practically at an end. Hundreds of prospectors are swarming into the WichitA mountains in the Kiowa and Comanche Indian Reservation, caus­ ed by the discovery of rich deposits of gold and silver. Troops have been order­ ed from Fort R mo to eject them and *e- rlons tritable is looked ••fit' ,* >•'* • .K,' I'm -X Jt ft' &?•!£mlv - " Mimm i ir*: erill has been termed the "Napoleon of Journalism," and he deserves the title. To him more than any other man be­ longs the credit of building up in rapid succession the Cincinnati Enquirer, St. Loais Post-Dispatch, and New York World. Colonel Cockerill is brainy, bril­ liant and original in his methods, impul­ sive and quick-tempered, but seldom vin­ dictive. He is about 45 years of age and a man of fine physique. Place. Names. * Onondaga, the name of a New York lake, means the "Marsh at the Foot of the Hills." Sarunac, the name of the New York stream, means, "River that Flows Un- djev Rocks." Cape Fear was so named by Sir Wal­ ter Raleigh, who found bad weather there In 1585. The Conemangh river. Pa., was nam­ ed by the Indians. The word means "Otter Creek." Nauseinond, the name of a Virginia river, signifies the "place from which we ran away." The Kentucky river was first named the Louisa, In honor of the Duchess of Cumberland The translation of Potomac is "Place Of the Burning Pine," an allusion to a grand council. Croton is an Indian word meaning "The Wind." The river was named for an Indian chief. ' The Indians called- the Des Moines river the Inyanshoh-shahwopka, "Riv­ er of Red Stones." Blackwell's Island was named from .Taines Blackwell, its former owner. The Indians called it Mlnnehannock, the "island place." The St. Croix river, in Maine, waa named from the cross mode by two rlvers ut Its mouth. The Colorado River took its nnme fr< iu the color of its waters, the Span­ ish word meaning red. It is muddy orily at high-water. Point Comfort wax named by tbe lirs^ colonists iu 1007. The name was be­ stowed on account of the good channel i" ml safe anchorage. Cai»e Canaveral, in Florida, was nam­ ed by the Spaniards from the abund­ ance of flowers in the vicinity. The means "Lttud of the Itoee Tree." Awful Explosion of der xh Butte. , •• m , t - •>»* i ' L SLAINBY Seventy-five Killed and hundred 1njurfl& Entire JUre Department, InclnUtius Men, flbrses and Machines* Wiped | Ont of Existence --- Explosive Was 8tored in a Warehouse* Contrary to ! Law, and the Victims Were Ua* warned -- All the Glass in the CltT • Demolished and the Property Upm f/ Will Reach Enormous Figured , " m '•Jhi During the progress of a fire at tha '_/<$ Kenyon-Coruell Hardware Company's'/, p'.ft /I warehouse • in Butte, Mont., Tuesday/ night a terrific explosion occurred, as a i • v|: .{^ result of which it is estimated that sev-j ^ enty-five persons have lost their lives. ( ; When the smoke had cleared away the terrified survivors were sickened at the sight of the ground for a block around tha scene of the explosion strewn with the quivering and dismembered flesli of men and horses, pinned down by fragments of the fire engines and burning brands from the demolished warehouse. Upon the site of the warehouse there was a' ghastly hole filled with debris, blazing^in hundreds of places, with here and there the fragments of an unfortunate fireman., The noise of the explosion broke all the glass in the city and caused the houses to rock so violently that the residents were stricken with fear. They did not know from what quarter the disaster had come, and as the explosion had almost destroyed the burning warehouse there was little to mark the scene of terrible destruction. The news spread like wildfire, however, and hundreds were soon around the spot. Second and .Third Explosions. After the first explosion hundreds of people hastened to the scene and this ae- pri#'- counts for the great loss of life. While they were endeavoring to render assist- f ance to the injured the second explosion ^ occurred, mowing down the crowds of \ men, women and children, as with a ',-j s i c k l e o f d e a t h . T h e s u r v i v o r s w e r e h a s - V ' , tening from the scene when a third ex- j.:;, plosion occurred, adding to the list of \ ft victims, as many of the terror-stricken [ people, fleeing from the scene of destruc- $:, tion, were mowed down by the flying de- 1 ' bris. It was speedily learned that the entire ?[ < fire department, including the chief, men, I norses and all the machines, had been utterly swept out of existence. Owing to the nature of the fire and its daugerous f; locality the entire force was called out to p prevent a spread of the flames to ad- J' joining warehouses and all of the men Were at work. Three policemen wrtre! detailed to keep the spectators back, and S they were also killed. Many of the spec- 4 tators were instantly killed and several :P were hurled back rods from the scene of f* the fire and rendered unconscious by the 1 force of the shock. Dozens of men were ' *• 4 Si.,' <> M r, ""'iJl" . j *'.v found rods away from the warehouse ' LSAiilf 3 ( t l « li. i'Vni" V'f iii/. i U'lv^kW. • ft: bruised, bleeding and unconscious, and ^ a number of them Will not recover. ^ The started iu the Royal Milling jfj Company sSvarehouse and spread to tha Af Kenyon-Cornell warehouse, in which was *». , stored a carload of giant powder. The, ,v first explosion was the most, terrific and \f: killed ..every fireman in the imriffediate vicinity save two belonging at the Central n3 station. One of these vraif "standing hind the hose cart fyrrses and the other was at a water Igrftrant some distance away. _ ^ + It is estimated that about 100 addi­ tional persons were injured, several of whom died after being taken to the hos- pitals. The list of dead will possibly reach seventy-five, and the damage done ^ to property will be more than .$1,000,000. I In all three car loads of powder exploded, one of which was stored in the Butte /[; Hardware Company's warehouse, which j adjoined the Kenyon-Cornell warehouse. j Large pieces of iron were thrown for ^ miles. Several bodies were hurled a long 1 distance and picked up in unrecognisa­ ble masses of flesh. Every Fireman Killed. •">! The firemen who had escaped the first •>V explosion immediately rallied and were beginning another sttack when a second /],: explosion, more violent than the first, took place.' The people in the vicinity^ : I , were mowed dowti as with a great scythe, \ and tbe streets for half a block around looked like a great battle field. Debris was thrown high iu the air, coming down half a mile away. Many people on the streets in the center of the city were thus injured. . A few of the remaining firemen were gathering themselves together and at­ tempting to escape to a place of safety ' when the third and last explosion occur- ^ red. This, too, killed and injured many }$§ people. There were several cars of the jf jj powder and all of them exploded. The WH; whole heavens, were lighted up and the city shook as if an earthquake was in progress. Immediately after the first explosion the entire hospital corps and police force were summoned, and many of the detach- . ments of these companies are among the killed and injured in the subsequent ex- t plosions. The giant powder, which was for use , in blasting in the mines, was stored in 1 the warehouse contrary to law, iud the [.j firemen had no warning of its presence. After the first explosion it was supposed that there had been a single car of the explosive, but the subsequent horrors de­ veloped the fact that there were several cars atored in the warehouse sheds. Sixteen bodies were taken out of one spot, clinging together, as if welded by the hand of cruel death, and so maimed and disfigured as to be totally uurecog- nixa^p:r-;w - • -- .hAU... .sy r. l>!i~ $ ̂ PRICES. , « I? I ^' In 1420 a milch cow sold In England for $5; an ox for $10. A bed, supper and breakfast lh Paris In 1452 cost about 50c. "Poor Richard's Almanac" command­ ed at the last sale $18. The price of a wine Jug or demijohn tvas fixed by Nero at 7c. Mine, de Pompadour once paid $1-25 for an ounce of rouge. Constantine the Great h^A ̂ WQfd made to order for $80. V, In Corinth, about the time of Chrhrt; twenty figs brought 2c. * f h \-'•* The mosaic >on one Pompeii floor la ^ t" / l'f known to have cost $72. \ * V Blubber, the fat of sea animals, costg Vl'f. -'Wr^ 10c a pound in Lapland. \ A house of ten rooms in Pompeii cost "' \) - Ihe builder nearly $S.WQi _ 4 .f * J - • w • * f u» • i » . » . • < j . y • 'f mailto:2.00@4.00 mailto:3@4.75 mailto:2@3.50 mailto:3@4.75 mailto:3.50@5.50 mailto:2.50@5.50 mailto:2@3.25 mailto:2.50@5.G0 mailto:2@4.50