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0 * i- , i*' THE . VAN SLYKE, Effltor and Pub. MoHENRY. - - - ILtlNOK-. FARM CEOP REPORTS. SECRETARY MORTON IS HAM- PERED BY LACK OF FUNDS. fiecoicnizeB that the Present System i la Faulty, biit Does Not See His Way Clear to Make Any Radical Changes '._i y *». . .. '• --~ • --* --:----- ; ! Without Finances. Has ?Ja»Montey. Secretory Morton arid Statistician Tvob- ' ertson have not yet bad an opportunity to c6nsider thejreconVme.ndatioiia made by the various representativjj^pf the com­ mercial organizations \t<hfch recently pre­ sented plans looking to more accurate crop reports by the De^rtriient of Agri­ culture. "While the suggestions of the commercial men may be taken into con­ sideration, and siime of them adopted, the department has Already considered plans for improving the service and has found that the trouble lies in the fact that there is hot sufficient money- to carry out. any method of reform that would greatly Improve .the service. Statistician Itob- t ertson sajis that it would not be best to abolish thk State agents while, there are still but a limited-number of reporters'in «ach county. He thinks it well to in­ crease the number of reporters, but this is Something that the .department had under consideration. Millers Forced to Assign. The North Dakota 'Milling: Association of Grand Forks, X. D.. owning and oper­ ating twelve flouring mills in North Da­ kota and Northern Minnesota, made an assignment Thursday afternoon to W il- liam F. Honey, of Park-Biw;1?^ as assignee for North Dakota, and A. D. Stephens, of Crookston, Minn., as as­ signee for Minnesota. The officers of the association are: Fresident, Hugh Thomp­ son, Crookston, Minn.; vice-president, John M. Turner. Grand Forks; secretary and treasurer, George F. Honey, Grand Forks. It is said the assignment was caused by an attachment levied upon the association for $100,000 by the Mandan Roller Mill Company, to secure the pay­ ment of a note given for that sum by the association, through General Manager Turner. Other debts amounting to $26,- 000 are pressing, of which $20,000 is open accounts and $6,000 due the First Na­ tional Bank of Mandan. Approximately the assets are $700,000; liabilities, $400,- 000. This association is organized under the laws of New Jersey. It owns and operates mills at Mandan, Bismarck. Cas- selton, Mayville, Park River, Northwood, Minto, Milton and Grand Forks, N. D.. and at Moorehead. Crookston and Fisher, Minn. The attachment and mismanage­ ment are causes of the assignment. The assignee will continue the general offices in Grand Forks until the affairs of the association are closed up. Tired of Looking Up Big Fortunes, Upon his return home at Massillon, O., Anthony Howells, consul to Cardiff, "Wales, says that some sort of epidemic has secured foothold in this country which leads countless numbers of persons to write to him about supposed fabulous estates that have no existence. It keeps him too busy to answer such letters. BREVITIES, Russell Sage has the grip. Earthquake shocks were felt at Modus, Conn.; Burlington, Yt., and Montreal. Senator William Goebel has been ac­ quitted of the charge of manslaughter for killing Banker John L. Sanford at Cov­ ington, Ky. Witnesses proved that he acted in self-defense. Judge Gilderslee~e at New York denied the application for alimony in the pend­ ing suit of .Mrs*Cutting for separation from her husband, ex-Congressman John It. Cutting, of San Francisco. A New York syndicate has agreed to furnish $12,000,000 for the Minnesota Ca­ nal Company. It is proposed to open two hundred miles of canal and river front at Duiuth for navigation and power pur­ poses. "Doc" Minchon is on triai at Rome. N. ; Y., charged with aiding the escape in April, 1892, of Tom O'Brien, the bunko man, now held iu Paris, France, for kill­ ing Reed Waddell, the gold brick swind­ ler. ' ' Mrs. Katherine Jackson died at Terre Haute, lnd., a maniac as the result of the disgrace caused by the arrest of her Bon on a charge of theft. The son is in a precarious condition from an attack of epilepsy. A. Schleiter, one of the wealthiest and best known business .men of Ida Grove, Iowa, shot his wife and then killed him- Mrs. Schleiter cannot live. In­ dications show that he had been planning the tragedy for several days. Ex-Senator Henry G. Davis, of West Virginia, father-iu-law of Senator Ste­ phen B. Elkins, while in New York, de­ clared that his son-in-law would posi­ tively not be a candidate for the Republi­ can nomination for the presidency. At Cleveland, Alexander Turk, 23 years of age, called at the residence of his sweetheart, Miss Julia Fallon, and fired three shots into her body. He then turn- _ ed the weapon upon himself and ended his own life. Jealousy iB supposed to have caused the deed. Iu conversation with a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, at the State encampment in Macon. Mo., the Hon. J. . J. Ingalls declared he was not only in favor of putting a plank into the national platform favoring the free and unlimited coinage of silver, but that he was strong­ ly in favor of nominating a candidate who was personally in favor of that princi­ ple. Robert Centaur, the New York elub- , man, was knocked off his bicycle and crushed to death under the wheels of a coal wagon. The revolt against Governor Moseley, of the Chickasaw Nation, resulted in a battle at Tishomingo, in which six men fure reported to have been killed and eight wounded. Armenians are reported to be preparing for an uprising in May against Turkish rule. E. T. Hollis, of Fort Worth, has been . elected grand chancellor,of Texas Knights jfi- of Pythias. EASTERN. Investigation shows that in the last twenty-two years the city of New York has received $340,000 as rent of a pier •for which the lessees received $930,000 from a sub-lessee. : Robert E. Wright, Jr., 22 years of age, Was arrested at Fairhaven, N. Y., by offi­ cers from. Emporium. Pa., for the murder In 1888 of Christian Drum. Robbery was the motive of the crime. A photographic counterfeit of the $5 is­ sue of the American Exchange National Sank of New York city, series of 1882, <ckeck letter F, charter No. 1,394, bank SOUTHERN. No. 101,7lte, treasury number letter V 1,230,081, portrait .of Garfield, has made. Re appearance. - „ 1 James W. Scott, proprietor, of The Times-Herald and Chicago Evening Post, died suddenly of apoplexy Sunday after­ noon in his apartments at the Holland House in New York. Mrs. Scott'and her young niece, Grace Hatch, were wi'.h h i m w h e n h e d i e d , " . v ' Women have entered the ranks of day laborers and are proving themselves so efficient they receive higher wages than h&ve been paid men for the same class of work. Half'a dozen Welsh women began wort last week in the rolling mill of the Monongahela tin plate works at Pitts­ burg. They receive the places as they come from the rolls and separate the black sheets^--This work-heretofore has bct^n done wholly by men. It is hard and rough. The women wear great leather shields on theiy hands..Jeathex apron? an«l liob-naiied shoes to protect them from the heat and metal. The women are paid $1.50 a day. M-en received for the same work The forewoman gets~$l,75y This is the first time„ wonjen have been .employed at such" work in tljiis country. WEST? The National Sdw Works at Cincinnati burned. Tlie loss l'S over $300,000. Dr. Thomas II. Redding fell into a cis­ tern at New Castle, lnd'., and was drown- ed. • •• . • . , Paul Sclinltz committed suicide Friday by shooting himself at. Tacouia, Wash. Schultz was a Yillard man iii the North­ ern Pacific, and was forced to resign a few days ago as general land agent, for, the western division- of 'the road.1 The' reason "assigned for his forced resignation was that several land agencies had bei&&' consolidated and fewer; officials were re­ quired. Schultz was one of the best-' known men in the Northwest. The cause of his suicide is not known. The Hotel Raymond at Pasadena, ten miles from Los Angeles, Cal., was de­ stroyed by fire at 3:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. Not a stick of the famous re­ sort is left. The hotel was crowded with tourists, but they all escaped with their lives, although wardrobes and other pos­ sessions were consumed. The Raymond was one of the most famous health and pleasure resorts in the United States. It was located on a hill commanding a mag­ nificent view of the San Gabriel Valley, and cost over $1,000,000. Policeman Charles J. Poole, of the Des- plaines street station. Chicago, has been suspended from duty and orders have been issued for his arrest. Circumstantial evidence gathered by detectives from cen­ tral and Desplaiues street stations indi­ cates the policeman was connected in some way with the gang of burglars of which Clarence White, alias "Whitey," is the head. White is now under bonds on charges of participation in the Ream and Keith burglaries arid the evidence against Policeman Poole is regarded by Assistant Chief Ross and Inspectors Shea and Lewis as strong. With enthusiastic cheers, the author of "Linsey Woolsey," Mr. Joseph Arthur, was called before the curtain on Monday evening, after the second act of the play at McYicker's Chicago theater. It was the first presentation on any stage of the production, and it scored an immediate success. It was a novelty in every way. HypffilStsm had never been seen on the stage before in a Chicago theater, and the audience at first did not know how to take it, but the actinp was so superb that but one verdict could be given. The stage set­ tings are beautiful and the many different mechanical effects were loudly applauded. A laughable incident is the riding of a bucking horse by an English groom who gets thrown into a hog-wallow. Another incident is the parade of the volunteer fire department aud the'Fourth of July cele­ bration. The play from start to finish was a success. The dead bodies cf a man and woman were found Friday afternoon on a farm a few miles west of St. Louis, on the Wal­ ton road. Their throats were cut. In the right hand of the man was a revolver. At the feet of the bodies was an empty box labeled "poison." The. woman's hat was crushed and broken, laving on the ground. Pinned to a ribbon was this note: "We have both decided to die together, and if one or the other should happen to recover the other shall not be held re­ sponsible for the deed. We both are go­ ing to take poison, and I will do the shoot­ ing. We are not doing this on account of any love affair, but simply because we don't want to live any longer. This is all we have to say, and hope there will be no trouble. We remain as ever, yours truly, Louis Frank, 1934 Cherokee street; Miss Kate Kolb." William Headrick, wanted in Ohio, North Carolina, Tennessee and Kentucky for bigamy, has been arrested at MicAlles? boro, Ky.., on a charge of horse stealing, Seven deserted wives are on his track. Headrick's method was to travel about the country, and when he found a woman with money he would marry her. Then, as soon as lie could get her money in his possessio-n he would desert her. Georgetown', Tex., dispatch: The last train load of meal-fed cattle for this sea­ son will be shipped from here Wednes­ day, and there will be no. grass-fed cattle to ship this summer on account of drouth. The supply of stock cattle on hand to .be fed next winter on cottonseed meal is 25 per cent, less than last year. Prominent cattle men do not attribute the rise in beef to any combination, but to the supply of cattle, which has fallen off greatly dur­ ing the past two years on account of_the drouth. The body of Jefferson Davis, Jr., was reinterred Friday afternoon beside that of his father. Young Davis died in Mem­ phis a few years ago of yellow fever. Mrs. Davis and Miss Winnie came on from New York to the interment. They were joined at Richmond by Mr. James Richardson, of New Orleans, to whom Miss Davis is said to be engaged to be married. Simple religious services were conducted by Rev. Dr^ Hartley Carmi- chael, rector of Old St. Paul's. On the bier rested a silk Confederate flag, the same used when the body of Jefferson Davis was interred. All the dead Davis children are now interred at Hollywood. -- v 3 there the Norwegian, flag. The story is regarded as without foundation in truth. It is authoritatively stated that Nicara­ gua has made a reply to Great Britain's ultimatum. It is in the nature $f a coun­ ter-proposal and. not a direct acceptance or rejection of t.ie British demands, and as such it is not yet known whether Great Britain will accept it as responsive to the ultimatum. United States Consul General de Kay, at Berlin, reports that Dr. Louis Wald- stein, of New York, has discovered the means of curing consumption, lupus and perhaps cancer. vThe doctor announces in the German medical papers an extraordi­ nary action of minute injections of pilo­ carpine, a crystallized extract from the Brazilian'jaborandi plant, on Jthe lymphat- ij? system. This, in a sense, completes the celebrated "lieil serum," acting favorably on patients whom the serum does not cure. The key of the discovery is this: By successive injection^ of minute doses o£ 'pilocarpine in the Veins he arrives at a gradual stimulation of the lymphatic system. That system increases the white corpuscles in the blood, which, in some way not agreed upon, certainly overcomes particles in the blood that produce dis­ ease, The report closes with a statement of a case of lupus of twenty-two years' duration, regarded as incurable, which was relieved immediately after the first injection and is now almost cured. Late advices from Havana say that Maceo is captured and. Cuba's last hope is gone. Crombet has been killed. With­ out these two leaders all is chaos in in­ surgent ranks, and the most ardent .friends admit that the Cuban cause is lost. The Spanish authorities are posting bulletins land the loyalists in Havana are celebrat- •ing the ending of the revolution. .With­ out Crombet and Maceo there can be jio real war. On Saturday the Cuban army and the Spanish soldiers met at Palnia- rito. .The rebel forces numbered 2,000 men and the Spaniards 3,000. A despeiv ate battle followed and, according to oftiti cial reports, lasted two hours. At the end of that time the rebels retreated, were pursued by the Spanish troops and Maceo captured. His secretary was also taken and all the personal and private papers of the rebel leader confiscated. The battle was a hard-fought one, and the insurgents battled desperately against odds. The Spanish 'Soldiers resisted with remarkable courag^ llie onslaught of the rebels. In a hand-to-hand conflict a number of Cuban officers, one of whom was a colonel, were killed. • 1 If Nicaragua's counter proposition to Great Britain -for the submission of the whole question in di/spu^e to arbitration has been rejected by the latter Gdyern- ment, as reported, administration officials will expect another strong appeal for as­ sistance from the weak republic. The whole question has now reached an acute stage and no one at the State Department ventures to predict what the outcome will be. Nicaragua cannot well afford at the present time to pay the $75,000 indemnity demanded without borrowing the money. There has been much talk from Nicara- guan sources about the necessity'"for ced­ ing Corn Island to Groat Britain in lieu of the indemnity. This talk may be only a trick on the part of Nicaragua to force the United States into coming to her res­ cue. Although Nicaragua might of her own motion suggest the cession of Corn Island to Great Britain as a means of escaping the payment of the indemnity demanded, such action would neverthe­ less be indirectly the result of coercion on the part of Great Britain. Hence the authorities would consider a move of this kind a violation of the Monroe doctrine and, as one official remarked, the admin­ istration would be compelled to step in and prevent by force, if necessary, the consummation of any such deal. This is no doubt what Nicaragua would like. IN GENERAL The Washington arch will be .transfer­ red to the city of New York with elabo­ rate ceremonies on April 30. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says: Progress toward better busi­ ness continues, but it is slow and meets many obstacles. In speculative aspects and in wholesale demand for goods the week shows-improvement. Money mar­ kets are undisturbed and a little more ac­ tive. " But among the chief obstacles is the anxiety of operatives to secure better, wages, even while many manufacturing works are running without profit and others, at the risk of loss. In a number of establishments better wages have been conceded, thus increasing the purchasing power of the people, but strikes have largely overbalanced settlements, several of importance having thrown about 12,- 000 workers out of employment this week. Retail trade has improved on the whole since March. Eighteen months from the present time, when the frisky calf of to-day is ready for the slaughter house there will be a fall in the present high price of beef, whether purchased on the hoof or at retail. This assertion is borne out not only by the as­ sertions of the interested packers of Chi­ cago. Omaha, St. Louis and Kansas City, but by "the statistics prepared quarterly by the Government concerning the ship­ ping, receiving and killing of cattle in tiny four American cities which control the delivery of beef dressed or on the hoof to the remainder of the country and Europe. The statement that a combine among the four principal packers of the West has caused the increased prices is indignantly denied by them, and the devastated grass and sage brush ranges of the West pointed to as irrefutable evidence of the absolute lack of cattle in comparison with the demand. MARKET REPORTS. WASHINGTON. The Treasury 'Department has decided that it has no power to extend the time for making income tax returns. The sale of postage' stamps for the last quarter of 1S94 was the largest ever known and indicates a revival of business. The Interior Department has overruled former decisions in holding an acting assistant or contract surgeon during the civil war has not performed such military service as entitles him to a pension under the act of June 27, 1890. Secretary Morton reports that there is a shortage of about 300,000 head of cattle for .slaughter,; aud to check the tendency to excessive prices for dressed beef, with­ out injuring the interests of the pro­ ducer, has ordered the free admission at certain California ' and Texas ports of properly inspected cattle from Mexico. FOREIGN. PEACE IX T1IE EAST. ORIENTAL NEWS CONFIRMEDOF­ FICIALLY. Diplomatic Advices Received at "Wash­ ington Make It Certain that the ne­ gotiations Between China and Japan Have Kuded Happily. Terms Agreed Upon.' Official confirmation of the report of the signing of the treaty of neace between the plenipotentiaries of Japan and China has beeu received by Secretary Gresham. It came from Minister Dun at Tokio, was very brief and merely stated that a treaty of peace had been finally concluded. rJFhe( minister's Cablegram grive no information respecting; the conditions on which the terms of the agreement between the pow­ ers had been arrived at*. The-Chinese Le­ gation also received advices from Japan announcing the . signature of terms of peace between China and Japan. It is understood in Washington that the terms agreed upon are in conformity with those already published, saving the amount of the indemnity, .which was sub­ sequently reduced, probably to an amount estimated to be sufficient to cover all of Japan's war expenses. It is doubted, though, whether it has been brought down as low as $.100.000.tK)®>4n gold. In respect of the territory which-Japan is to possess it is understood .in Washington that aside from Formosa, which is absolutely ceded, the rest will be subject only..to temporary occupation, probably until all of the in­ demnity has been paid. This would leave) Japan in temporary possession' of the entire Laotung peninsula from Port Ar­ thur, at the southern extremity, clear up to Mookden, the capital of Manchuria, on the north, and from the Lino river, on which New Cluing is situated, on the west to the Co refill border, on the east, This amounts to abdut 3,000 square mile's and is populated by about 2,000,000 peo- ple. The report of a condition that there should be an alliance- offensive "and de­ fensive between Japan and China is not credited in Japanese,circles, wherq/it is not believed to have been even suggested. On the other hand, some of the diplomatic body11 are inclined to believe that the alli­ ance has really beenjnade with an earnest purpose to execute it. They see in it the realization of the prophecy of an emi­ nent scholar recently made that these two nations would eventuall'y combine against occidental methods and commerce, and their watchword would be "The orient for the orientals."* Li Hung Chang is said to be convinced of the wisdom of such a combination, be­ lieving that by a close alliance with Japan, China would secure in return practical control of the commerce of the greatest trading people of the East. Such a con­ summation as this would mean the de­ struction of Europoaj?-commercial inter­ ests in the orient" aud it may be that strong opposition will soon develop on the part of some of the powers to this fea­ ture of the agreement. It is to be noted that this agreement is not final -in all respects, but is simply a preliminary agreement, indicating on broad lines the ultimate terms of a defi­ nite treaty of peace which may not be per­ fected for months to come. TO FOUND A STATE. The Paris Figaro gives currency to a rumor that Dr. Nausen, the arctic ex­ plorer, has,found the north pole and that it is situated on a chain of, mountains. It is also said that Dr. Nausen planted Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.75 to $0.50; hogs, shipping grades, $3 to $5.50; sheep, fair to choice, $2.50 to $5; wheat, No. 2 rf-d, 50c U\ 57c; corn. No. 2, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 2, 28c to 29c; rye, No. 2, 58c to 59c; butter, choice creamery, 20c to 20%c; eggs, fresh, 11c to 12c; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, 75c to 90c; broom corn, per lb, common growth to fine brush, 4c to 0y2e. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3 to $0.25; hogs, choice light, $3 to $5.25; sheep, common to prime, $2 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, 55c to 50c; corn, No. 1 white, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 33 V£c. St. Louis--Cattle, $3 to $0.25; hogs, $4 to $5.25; wheat. No. 2 red, 50c to 56%c; corn. No. 2, 42c to 43c; oats, No. 2, 30c to 30%c; rye, No. 2, 50c to 00c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $3.50 to $0.25; hogs, $3 to $5.50; sheep, $2.50 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 00c to 00^c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 40c to 47c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 32c to 33c; rye. No. 2, 04c to GOc. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $0.25; hogs, $4 to $5; sheep, $2 to $4.75; wheat, No. 1 white, G2G to 03c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 4Gc to 4GV&C; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 34c Toledo--Wheat, NS. 2 red, 57c to 59c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 45c to 40c; oats, No. 2 white, 33c to 33V£c; rye, No. 2, 54c to '50c. Buffalo--Cattle, $2.50 to $0.50; hogs, $3 to $5.75; sheep, $3 to $5; wheat, No. 1 hard, 00c to 07c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 49c to 50c; oats, No. 2 white, 35c to 30c. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 58c to 59c; corn, No. 3, 47c to 48c; oats No. 2 white, 32c to 32%c, barley, No. 2 51c to 53c; rye, No. 1, 59c to 00c; pork mess, $12 to $12.50. « New York--Cattle, $3 to $0.75; hogs, $4 to $5.75; sheep, $3 to $5.50; wheat, No. 2 red, 62c to 03c; corn, No. 2, 51 c to 52c; oats, white Western,. 30c to 40c butter, creamery, 14c to 21c; eggs, West em, 12c to l£%c. Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin Would Contribute to Its Territory. It is seriously proposed to create a new State by taking a part of the three States of Minnesota, Wisconsin and Michigan, which will be known as the State of "Su­ perior," or "the mineral State." This idea is a modification of the new State plan so often repeated, and its creator is Captain Alex. McDougall, the inventor of the wlialeback. Captain McDougall would cut out a territory bounded on the north by Canada, on the west by the Mis­ sissippi river, on the south by a line drawn from the Mississippi river along the southern boundary of the northern tier of Wisconsin counties and terminating at the extreme tip of the upper peninsula. Of course, the eastern boundary line would lie in the lak^s, but that is imma­ terial to the plan. What is aimed at particularly is to place the three great iron ranges, the Vermil­ lion, the Mesaba and the Gogebic, in one State, so that the interests of none of them could be injured*by conflicting legis­ lation and all might be treated from the same basis. Should the new State, which would be the forty-fifth of the Union, be considered at all, it would have the addi­ tional advantage, the captain thinks, of solving the difficulties of long standing between Duiuth and Superior, for, both cities being in the same State, their in­ terests would be in the main almost identi­ cal. At least there would be no State line to vex and complicate their relations. A West Superior correspondent, in writing of the matter, says Duiuth and the northern part of Minnesota have no interests in common with the rest of the State. Wisconsin, it can truthfully be said, bears'the same relation toward Su­ perior and the northern portion of the State, and as for the upper peninsula,, it is not, either from a commercial or geo­ graphical point of view, a part of the State of Michigan. The new State would be one of the richest in wealth in the Union; it would have more than 500 miles of water front and contain "the head of the lakes" harbor, which is the gateway for the trade and commerce of the entire northwestern country. "Superior," or "the mineral State," would at once be­ come one of the greatest States of the Union, it is firmly believed by its advo­ cates. Agitation of the subject will begin Immediately throughout the three com­ monwealths involved and the representa­ tives in the several Legislatures who come from the territory immediately involved will, after their adhesion is secured, begin making political combinations in order to effect their purpose. CLEVELAND ANSWERED. Chairman Harvey of the Bimetallic League JReplieB to the President. W. H. Harvey, chairman of the ex­ ecutive committee of the Bimetallic League, has prepared a reply to the Pres­ ident's letter to the Chicago committee of businessmen. It says in part: >, "In reply to your letter addressed to the committee of business men of this wish to say that the committee that nvaited on you, and the persons who attached tlieir names to the invitation did not represent the majority of business men and citizens in this city who take a deep interest in the welfare of the repub­ lic. They .represented that class that owns money and securities payable in fixed incomes. We respectfully submit'" that yohr letter does not present the true merits of'the controversy. You call the attention of ihe farmers) and the wage earners to'the fact that the rising prices, while enabling them to sell their products and labor,a,t,higher prices, will also cause them to pay equally more for what-they may purchase, but you neglect to say that your statement >is. uot applicable to debts. \\ ith prices' coming down regularly and- steadily since the demonetization of sil­ ver, our merchants, manufacturers and people generally have been doing business- on a falling market, so that the time in­ tervening between their purchase of their merchandise or raw material and placing it months after on the market, removing the margjin they would have had other­ wise. This shrinkage in vrtlues added to the ordinary rrsk and expense in business, has led to the ever-increasing volume of debt--to the money lending period--until it has increased all told; public and pri­ vate, to about forty billions of,.dollars, or about two-thirds the total value of all the property in tlie United States, Money; and those debts payable in nioney have been steadily increasing in exchangeable value with the property of the people. Taxes have increased as expressed in dollars and have doubled and quadrupled asj measured in the property people sur­ render with which to pay it since 1873. e have constantly pointed tlie people to the ever-increasing exchangeable value of the creditors' dollar, and to the reason why it was increased, but the influences of these creditors have dominated your administration and you insist on such cur­ rency as they have established as a sound currency. We respectfully submit that it was the intention of the founders of this Government that it was safer that all people should do the thinking for it than .that any one class should do it for them. We but express your own opinion as President of tlie people when we say that all jieople should have an opportu­ nity to investigate aud intelligently pass upon this question." TALK FREE SILVER. GfiOVER ON FINANCE. Advocates of Unlimited Coinage Pre­ sent Their Views. The Denver open air meeting addressed Tuesday afternoon by the silver cham­ pions was the largest ever assembled in that city. Congressman Sibley was the first speaker, and plunged deeply into tho subject at the very beginning. He ad­ vised the debasement of partisanship and the elevation of patriotism. Frantic ap­ peals have been made to educate the peo­ ple in regard to "sound money," but he thought there were so many people who needed education in that way that-the goldites had a hopeless task and one that was daily becoming more so. The speak­ er told many amusing stories illustrating the points made, but the burden of the entire speech was that it was necessary to unite if hope was to be entertained for the ultimate redemption of silver. "Shake off party spells," he said, "and unite under the free silver banner, not as Republicans, not as Democrats, nor yet as Populists, but as free-born American citi­ zens." / General Warner was the next introduc­ ed. "We are face to face," lie said, "with the question what is to be our money-- how is it to be supplied?" He undertook to show how the money question is the dominant one in politics to-Say. "The line of battle is drawn, monometallism on one side and bimetal­ lism on the^other. He proceeded to ana­ lyze the chances of the restoration of sil­ ver within party lines and attempted to show its impossibility. He warned his hearers against putting their trust in an international conference. "As well," he said, "for our protection friends to pro­ pose an international conference on the tariff. America must and will take care of itself." Both speakers were frequently inter­ rupted with bursts of applause. HAVOC ALONG THE MERRIMAC. G. A. R. DEPARTMENTS REPORT. They Show a Net Loss of About 3,500 Members in 1804. The national headquarters of the Grand Army of the Republic in Rockford, 111., has received reports from foi^y-one de- nartments. all except those of Arkansas, Kentucky. Oklahoma and Utah. They show the following figures: Members in good standing June 30, 1894. Gain by muster in. Transfers ....... Reinstatements .. . .3G5.442 . 0,900 . 2,548 . 21,024 Total 387,000 Loss by death 3,418 Honorable discharges « 721 Transfers 2,738 Suspensions 10,280 Dishonorable discharges 07 Delinquent reports 1,902 Number remaining in good stand­ ing Dec. 31, 1894 . 301,940 lj*et loss 3,502 Samuel Woodworth, the author of the "Old Oaken Bucket" and other poems, was called the American Goldsmith, on account of a resemblance in character to the author of the "Deserted Village." New England Rivers Overflow and Spread Destruction. The most terrible Hood Bince thajt of 1SG9 has inundated the valleys of Con­ necticut and the reports that have begun to come in show that it has been particu­ larly disastrous. More than fifty families in Concord alone are practically home­ less. The waters that have overflowed the banks of the Merrimac are eddying through their homes and they_liave been abandoned. A score of buildings have been washed away and carried down the river on the flood. More than 300jiersons were taken from upper floor windows in boats and carried to the uplands. Along the line of the Concord and Montreal Railroad enormous damage has been done by the washing away of tracks and roll­ ing stock. Twenty-five houses in the village of Iluntonville have been washed away and the Merrimac at that point is six miles wide and sixty feet deep. Much stock has been drowned. The Granite Rail­ road Company has lost all its tracks and rolling stock. The twin bridges at Bos- eawen are gone aud at Seawall's Falls the water is thirty feet deep. Haverhill, Mass., which is on the banks of the Merrimac, has suffered severely from tlie flood, the foundations of at least twenty of the largest business blocks having been washed out and Jhe whole business section of the city beThg inun­ dated. Many of the shoe factories are closed and fully 10,000 operators are out of work. At Nashua, N. H., the water is twelve feet deep over the dam and all business is suspended. The railroads are all tied up jind telegraph and telephone service is suspended; the river, running through the center of the city, is twenty- five feet above high water mark. Every bridge over the river at Manchester is under water and several have gone out. Millions of feet of logs' are piled up against those still ih place. Not a spindle or loom is wording along the whole length of the Merrimac river from its source in northern New Hamp­ shire to Newburyport, Mass. Losing tlie Temper. Losiug the temper takes all the sweet, pure feeling out of life. You may get up in the morning with a clean heart, full of song, aud start out as happy as a bird, and the moment you are crossed and you give way to"your temper, the clean feeling vanishes and a load as heavy as lead is rolled upon the heart, and you go through the rest of the day feeling like a culprit. And any one who has experienced this feel­ ing knows that it cannot be shaken off, but must be prayed off. ;; rEXT OF H$S BETTER TO THE CHICAGO COMMITTEE. The President Very Plainly Defines His Position on the Silver Question --Ib Unquestionably in Favor of " Sound Money." ' Carnivous animals seldom produce more than two young at a birth. ° The eggs of the crocodile are scarcely larger than those of the goose Following is the text of President Cleveland's reply to the invitation "of Chi­ cago business..,n).e.n address a meeting ,to be held there ratifying the President's attitude on the money question: Executive Mansion, Washington. D. C.-- To Messrs. Win. T. Baker, George W. Smith, John A. Uociie, T. W-. Harvey, David Kelly, and Henry S. Itobbins:? Gentlemen--I am 'much gratified by the exceedingly kind and complimentary Invitation you have tendered me on behalf of- in liny citizens of Chicago td be their guest at a feathering in the interest oi sound money and wholesome financial doctrine. My attachment to this cause Is so great and I know so well t l ie hospitality and kind­ ness ol ' the people of Chicago that my per­ sonal inclination Is strongly In favor of ac­ cepting your "flattering Invitation, but my ' judgment and my Estimate of the properties oi! my'official place oblige , me to forego the .enjoyment of participating In the occasion yon contemplate. I hope, however, the event will mark the beginning of an earnest and aggressive ef­ fort to disseminate among the people safo and prudent financial ideas. Nothing more Important cfin engage the attention of pa­ triotic citizens, because nothing is so vital to the welfare of our fellow country men" and to the strength, prosperity and honor of our nation. - - ' .Tho situation confontlng us demands that those .who appreciate the Importance of til ls, subject",, and those who ought to be the first to see impending danger, should no longer remain, indifferent or overconfident, ,, Sound-Money: Sentiment, If the sound-money sentiment abroad'In the land Is to save'us from mischief and dis7 aster i t must be" crystallized and combined and made Immediately active. It is danger­ ous to overlook the fact that a large "num­ ber of our people, with scant opportunity, thus far, to examine the question In all Its aspects, have nevertheless been Ingeniously pressed with specious suggestions, which in time of misfortune ami, .depression find will­ ing listeners prepared to give credence to any scheme which is plausibly presented as a remedy for their unfortunate condition. What Is now needed more than anything else Is a plain and simple presentation of the argument in favor of sound money. In other words, i t Is a time for the American people to reason together as members of a great na­ tion, which can promise them a continuance of protection and safety only so long ^is Its solvency Is unsuspected and honor unsullied and the soundness of Its money unques­ tioned. These things are ill-changed for the Illusions of a debased currency and ground­ less hope of advantages to be gained by a disregard of our financial credit and com­ mercial standing among the nations of tho world. If our people were isolated from all others, and If the question of our currency could bo teated without regard to our relations to othercountrles, Its character would be a mat­ ter of comparatively lit t le Importance. If the American people were only concerned in the maintenance of their precious life among themselves they might return to the old days of barter, and In til ls primitive manner acquire from each other the materials to supply the wants of their existence. \tut If American civilization Is satisfied with this it would abjectly fail in its high and noble mission. Temptation of the Farmer. / In these rgstless days the farmer Is tempt­ ed by tho assurance that, though our cur­ rency may bo debased, redundant and un­ certain, such a situation will improve tho price of his products. Let: us remind him that he must buy as well as sell; that his dreams of plenty are shaded by the cer- taintr that if the price of the tilings he has to sefl Is nominally enhanced, the cost of the thlugn he must buy will not remain sta­ tionary: that the best prices which cheap money proclaims are unsubstantial and elus­ ive, and that even If they were real and palpable, ho must necessarly be left far be­ hind In the race for their enjoyment. It ought not to be difficult to convince the wage earner that if there were benefits nrlslng from a degenerated currency, they would reach him least of all and last of all . In ail unhealthy stimulation of prices nil increased cost of li 11 the needs of his home must be iong Ills portion, while he Is at the same time vexed with vanishing visions of increased wages and an easier lot. The pages of his­ tory arid experience are full of this lesson. An insidious attempt' Is made to. create a prejudice against the advocates of a safe and sound currency by the Insinuation, more or less directly made, that they belong to financial and business classes.and are there­ fore not only out of sympathy with the com­ mon people of the land but for selfish and wicked purposes are willing to sacrifice the Interests of those outside their circle. I believe that capital and wealth through combinations and other means, sometimes gain an undue advantage; and it niust.be conceded that the maintenance of a sound currency may. In a sense, be invested with a greater or less Importance to individuals ac­ cording to their condition and circumstances. It is, however, only a difference In degree, since it is utterly impossible that any one In our broad land, rich or noor, whatever may be his occupation, whether dwellingMn a centcr of finance and commerce or ln_a remote corner of our domain, can be renrly benefited by n financial scheme, not alike beneficial to all our people, or that any one should be excluded from a common and uni­ versal Interest In the safe character and value of the currency of the country. All in Business. In our relation to tills question, we are all In business, for we all buy and sell; so we all have to do with financial operations, for we all earn money and soend It. We can not escane our Interdependence. Merchants and dealers are in every neighborhood, and each lias i ts shops and manufactories. Wherever the wants of 'man- exist, business and finance, in some degneM. -are.,JTound. .re­ lated In one direction to those whose wants they supply and in another to the more ex­ tensive business and finance to which they are tributary. A fluctuation In prices at the seaboard Is known the same day or hour in the remotest hamlet. The discredit or de­ preciation in financial centers of anv form of nioney In the hands of the people is a signal of Immediate loss everywhere. If reckless discontent and wild experiment should sweep our currency from Its safe sup­ port. the most defenseless of all who suffer In that time of distress and national dis­ credit will be tlie poor, as they reckon their loss In their scanty support, and the laborer and worklngman as he sees the money he has received for Ills toil shrink .and shrivel in his hand when he tenders It for the neces­ saries to supply his humble home. Disguise It as we may, the line of bnttle Is drawn between the forces of safe currency and those of sliver monometallism. I wiil not believe that if our people are afforded an Intelligent opportunity for sober second thought they will sanction schemes that, however cloaked, mean disaster and? confu­ sion. nor that they.will consent by under­ mining the foundation of a safe currency to endanger the beneficent character and pur­ poses of their government. Yours very truly GROVE It CLEVELAND. Mexican Cattle Coming. In view of the great rise in the price of beef and the scarcity of cattle, the chief of the Bureau of Animal Industry, Dr. Salmon, has recommended to the Secretary of Agriculture the admission of Mexican cattle into the United States un­ der stringent regulations calculated to insure a rigid inspection of all cattle ad­ mitted. It is hoped by this means to check the tendency to excessive prices to the consumer. without injuriously af­ fecting the interests of thereof producer. Mr. Morton said there was nothing new in the matter of the higher prices for beef. The Secretary said there was a shortage of about 275,000 head of cattle, and that 'the short corn and grass crops in previous years had something to do with the rise. It is expected that. Dr. Salmon, who is making the investigation, will go to Chicago before his report is completed. Accepting: Defeat. Doubtless a defeated candidate for an office might be benefited by learning the lesson of this incident--but prob­ ably lie would not heed it. It is said that Herr Steinitz. tho vet­ eran chess-player, and for many years champion of the .world, seeing defeat was inevitable in the concluding gamxyf* of his match with Emmanuel Lasker, rose abruptly and shouted aloud, "Long live the new champion!" The Women.. _ In Dutch Guiana the women carry upon their persons all the family sav­ ings in tlie shape of heavy bracelets, anklets, necklaces, and even crowns of gold and silver. They wear weighty earrings, and huge rings, six or eight inches in diameter, dangle from their noses. BIG DEARTH OF BEEE. RISE IN PRICE OF MEAT DUE TO NATURAL CAUSES. - Packers Deny that a Combination Has Been Formed to Corner the Product --Long Drought Has Proved De­ structive on Ranges in the West. Eighteen months from the nresenfrtimer when the frisky calf of to-day is ready for the slaughter house and the packing in­ dustry or an exhibit on a butcher's mar­ ble slab, there will be a fall in the present high price of beef, whether purchased oil the hoof or at retail. ' This assertion is hprne out not only by the assertions of tiie-, interested packers of Chicago, Omaha, St. Louis and ..Kansas City, but by the sta­ tistics prepared quarterly by the Govern­ ment concerning the shipping, receiving and killing of cattle in the four American cities which control the 'delivery of beef dressed or on thejioof to the remainder of the country and Europe. The statement that a combine among the four principal packers of the West has caused the in­ creased prices is indignantly denied by them. Clay Robinson & Co., from the Urpon Stock Yards of Chicago, have issued a circular, referring to the cattle; scarcity, in which the,y estimate the shortage at 40 per cent, for the whole country in com­ parison with 1804. The same estimate is made-by Cal Favorite, of Armour & Co., and is partially sustained by the figures of the Government given out iu January of this year. These figures sb,ow the mijUy. ber of .cattle in the United States, being a comparison of January, 1S95, with Jan­ uary 1S94. In beef .cattle the decrease in the whole number in the country was 2,243,953, or G.per cent. Large Decrease Shown. The Government cattle report includes all classes ,and grades, while the esti­ mate of the Chicago packers as to the de­ crease is in reference only to cattle fit for immediate sale. By the Governnient report it is shown that the decrease in cattle in Nebraska has been IS per cent, since 1894, 10 per cent, since 1893, and 18 per cent, since 1892. In Wyoming the decrease is 9 per cent, since 1894 aud 29 per cent, as compared with 1892. In Tex­ as a decrease of 7 per cent, since 1S94, 5 per cent, since 1893, and 12 per cent since 1892. Montana has lost 4 per cent, since 1893, 5 per cent, since 1892. The State gained 2 per cent, in comparison with 1894. Iowa's loss is 6 per cent, since 1894, 5 per cent, since 1893 and G per cent, since 1S92. Colorado has lost 0 per cent, in comparison with 1894 aud gained 12 as compared with 1S93. If the coming scarcity of cattle had not been foreshadowed by the January Gov­ ernment report data of a similar nature would not be lacking now. For the week ending March 30 the decrease in'the re­ ceipts of cattle at the Chicago stock yards in comparison with the same week in 1894 was 8,583.head. Since Jan. 1 there have been received at the stock yards 572,857 head, a decrease of 119,008 for the same period in 1894. Shipments during the same period of time decreased 51.080 head and the actual slaughter 00,970 head. The figures are official. On April 11 the esti­ mated shortage in the receipts of cattle at the Union Stock Yards since Jan. 1 in comparison with the receipts for tlie same period in 1894 was 270,000 head. The shortage in pounds of dressed l\eef for the same period was estimated to be"i-75,00p,- 000 pounds, or an average of 2,*000,000 pounds decrease a day. , On the same day the receipts of cattle at tlie yards were 9,500 head less tliau on the same day in 1894. No Combine Among Packers. Cal Favorite, speaking for Armour & Co., said: "The Big Four is a mythical or­ ganization. I do not know that it ex­ ists. If you view the situation in the light of an actual shortage of marketable cat­ tle existing--40 per cent, less than a year ago in the whole country--it is not diffi­ cult to explain why there is a scarcity in beef and higher prices. It is simply im­ possible for us to get choice cattle iu any quantity." P. D. Armour said: "The Western ranges have been denuded of cattle, and 1 believe it will take four or five years to have a reduction in the prevailing beef prices. The scarcity of cattle, in my opinion, will continue for that length of time. I do not see how it is to be avoided. Months and years will be required to re­ store to the barren ranges the cattle which once kept the supply ahead of the demand. The situation is the logical end of a series of disasters on the cattle ranges and destruction of crops needed for feeding purposes." Comparative tables were secured show­ ing the figures of the receipts, shipments and killings in the Chicago, South Omaha, Kansas,City and East St. Louis markets for the three months ending March 30, 1895, with the same periods in 1S94. These are the tables: CHICAGO. 1895. 1S94. Receipts 574,052 092,125 Shipments .... 188,430 241.084 Killing 385,022 451,043 KANSAS CITY. 1895r Receipts 328,379 Shipments 132,629 Killing 195,750 The increase in the killing at Kansas City of 1895 over that-of 1894 is explained by the statement that Swift & Co. ami Nelson Morris are diverting, for the pres­ ent. business to that point and East St. Louis and increasing their output. SOUTH OMAHA. 1895. Receipts 123,753 Shipments 55,017 Killing (58,130 EAST ST. LOUIS. Receipts 108,772 Shipments 50,245 Killing .....118,527 80,270 FOUR CITIES COMBINED. Receipts : .1,194,956 1,391.717 Shipments 426,921 543,501 Killing 768,035 848,21S 1893. 703,338 240,419 527,919 1S94. 376,745 189,387 187,358 1S94. 181,950 58,403 123,047 140.S97 54.627 The Size of Tlieui. Arizona is almost exactly twice the size of Missouri. Asia is the largest continent, 10,000,-* 000 square miles. Anan, 100,000 square miles, is obout the Size of Idaho. Corea is exactly the size of Kansas, S2,000 square miles. Pennsylvania is almost throe-fourths the size of Missouri. Missouri is almost three times the ise of West Virginia. Portuguese Guinea is a little larger than New Hampshire. Macedonia proper was near the size of the State of Illinois, Brazil has one province larger than any three of our States. Tasmania has 26,000 square miles, a little smaller than, Maine. The^ Roman province of Gaul was a little smaller than Texas. Labrador is about the size of Mis­ souri, 70,000 square miles. •tTi. a.