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of the puns in custbdy,-but it is feared the-cannon felve reached the melting pot. It is learned they were sold as junk at a smelting company, which hais since gone out of existence. THE PLAINDFALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. - Mo HENRY. ;j- - - ILLINOIS MAY LEAD TO A WAR THE AIRSHIP THAT WENT UP AT NASHLILLE. N A T I O N A L S O L O N S SENATE PASSES THE MORGAN BELLIGERENCY RESOLUTION. REVIEW OF THEIR WORK AT WASHINGTON. Forty-one Members Vote Yea and bnt Fourteen Bay Nay--Success of Meas­ ure Brines Cheers from the Galleries --President's Policy Defined. /FORTUNES IN WATER. Detailed Proceed in era of Senate and Mouse--Bills Passed or Introduced in Either Branch--Questions of Mo­ ment to; the Country at Larger ALASKAN SMUGGLERS MIX IT WITH WHISKY. jured by being struck by a train on the Union Pacific, Denver and Gulf Railroad, two miles west of Kersey, Colo. Warren tried to whip his horses across ahead of the train. A car loaded with corn contributed by the citizens in the vicinity of Smith Cen­ ter, Kan., for the starving in India has been shipped. Each side of the car was decorated with a banner inscribed "Car­ load of corn for the starving of India, Mohammedan or atheist. We can feed the world." Richard M. Scruggs and E. J. Lang- horne. St. Louis merchants who were ar­ rested at New. York Saturday 011 charges" of smuggling several thousand dollars' worth of diamonds ajjd jewelry.into this country on the steamship. St. Paul, evi­ dently intend to make a vigorous fight -against the charges made by the customs inspectors. They have retained an attor­ ney, and an -ansvfer to the charges is ex­ pected soon. . As the case involves more than $1,000 it will have to take its reg-- ular course befofe the district attorney.- Young Mrs.-Nellie Dawsoti, lying help­ lessly ill in bed. with her 3-yea'r-ofd son,. Bud. by JWjf side, ami her little 5-year-old daughter, Nellie,/kneeling in speechless terror neat her, was shot four-times" by he^Vhusband; John Dawson, at their home, S0% South. Halsted..street, Chi­ cago.' at 1:20 o'clock Sunday afternoon. She died before medical help' could be had. The shooting followed a quarrel; and the husband's jealousy was assigned by neighbors as a motive. The murderer ran out of the* bouse with the smoking revolver in his hand, hurling aside J. Miller, who tried to stop him. rushed into the alley, where he threw away his emp­ ty weapon, ran through a neighboring building to the street, and escaped. Twenty-five years ago Monday Rev. Stephen M. Merrill of Chicago was con­ secrated a bishop of the Methodist Epis­ copal Church. Monday he preached his quarter-centennial sermon. An immense congregation filled "First Church." Bishop Merrill never seemed stronger. He confessed to the recognition of a new sen­ sation, since the event seemed to call for a sermon largely personal. But he put by the temptation and preached a sermon with little of Bishop Merrill in it and much of the gospel of Christ. At the Palmer House in the evening the Method­ ist Social Union celebrated Bishop Mer­ rill's silver jubilee by giving a banquet in his honor. Bishop Merrill is past 71, and is still hale and hearty. His preach­ ing is still marked with the vigor and earnestness of the early seventies, when he first lived in Chicago. The bishop is willing to talk on any subject of interest <except himself. All the personal history he would tell was: "Born in Ohio in 1825,„ Preacher since 19 years old. Lived in Chicago since 1S77. Elected bishop in 1S71." Decisive Senate Vote. The long and exciting debate on the joint resolution recognizing the existence of a state of war in Cuba and declaring that strict neutrality shall be maintained by the United Sttftes passed the Senate by a decisive vote of 41 to 14 at a late hour Thursday afternoon. The announce­ ment of-> the vote was received with tu­ multuous- applause. The resolution as passed is as follows: "Resolved, etc., -That a condition of public war exists betw^n the Govern­ ment of Spain and the government pro­ claimed and for some time maintained by force of arms by the people of-Cuba, and that the United States of America shall maintain a strict neutrality between the contending parties, according to each all the rights of belligerents in the ports arid territory of the United States." Following- is the vote on the final pas­ sage of the resolution: . YEAS... Bacon " • Keiinc.v Baker . , • Lindsay " Bate McBride , f Berry ^ - Mantle ' - Butler Mason Carter - ; . .'Mills ' j ' ChancKer . Morgan , Chilton Nelson , , Clarke •' ' .1 • . ; Pasco Clay Petti grew Cockrcil • Pott us Cullom Pritchard Davis n< Rawlins Deboe Shoup . Foraker Stewart Gallinger Thurston Gorman . Tillman Hansbrough Turner Harris (Kansas) T.urpie Heitfeld Walthall--41 Jones (Arkansas) - • NAYS. Allison Hawley , , Burrows Hoar Caffery Spooner Fairbanks Wellington Gear ' Wetmore Hale White Hauna , Wilson--14 The following "pairs were announced, the first-named Senator being in favor of the resolution and the second opposed to it: Faulkner with Elkins. Harris (Tennessee) with Morrill. McEnery with Piatt. Daniels with Gray. Allen with Piatt of Connecticut. Vest with Nelson. • Roach with Perkins. / na'ysis of the Vote. An analysis of the vote shows that the affirmative was cast by eighteen Repub­ licans, nineteen Democrats and four Pop­ ulists, and the negative by twelve Repub­ licans and two Democrats. Prior to the final vote the motion of Senator Hale to refer the resolution to. 0 The Leirislative Grind. " / Representative McMillin Monday in­ troduced in the House a resolution pro­ viding for the consideration of a Senate resolution recognizing the belligerency of the Cuban insurgents "from day to day until disposed of." The resolution was referred to the Committee on Rules. The resolution appropriating $50,000 for the relief of distressed American citizens in -Cuba reached the White House at 12:20 o'clock, just as soon as it could be sent up after being sigued by both houses, wbife they were in open session. The President signed the resolution imme­ diately. The conferees on the sundry ciyip appropriation bill have, agreed. The most important'amendment the bill was that revoking the'order of President Cleveland of Feb. 22,, 1897, setting, apart »21,pp0,000, acres of lands as forest res­ ervations, The appropriation for Pearl harbor. Hawaii,, is reduced to $10,000. The Senate amendment' for improving Salmon bay. Washington, is stricken out. The fippropriafionfor a Government, ex­ hibit at the Omaha- exposition is loft at- 9200,000. the $75,000 increase of- the Senate Ixiiug stricken-- out.- The amend- , ni.eut lor investigation of sugar produc­ tion remains in the bill. \Tlie appropria­ tion for the improvement of the .-lower Mississippi River is increased to $2,033,-' *333. The net sreduction from the Sen­ ate amendments is $500,000. The Mobile bay improvement is made $25,000, in­ stead of $40,000 inserted by the Senate. The total of. the bill as agreed to is $53,- 622.051. The debate on the tariff bill began in the Senate Tuesday with crowded gal­ leries and a large attendance of Sena­ tors and the tariff leaders of the House. Mr. Aldrieh, Mr. Vest and Mr. Cannon were the speakers. Early in the day Mr. Maliory, the new Senator from Florida, was sworn in and took his seat. Senator Culloni introduced by request a bill to amend the interstate commerce law. The bill prescribes relations for pooling, re­ quiring that pooling contracts shall not extend beyond five years and that' they shall name the maximum and m.inimum rates to be charged, requiring the approv­ al of the interstate commerce commission before the agreements can become ef­ fective. The bill provides for a com­ plete revision of the interstate commerce law. The House was not in session. The Senate Wednesday resumed con­ sideration of the tariff. Mr. Vest, oppo­ sition leader, . moved a reduction in the duties upon 'ooracic acid, and was de­ feated. 34. to 20. The debate was par­ ticipated in by Senators Vest, Jones of Arkansas, Aldrieh. Perkins, White. Caf­ fery. Gray, and Stewart. Mr. White, a Democratic member of the Finance Committee, opposed Mr. Vest's amend­ ment. urging that the California industry required the rate allowed by the com­ mittee. Seven paragraphs of the bill were considered during the day, the com­ mittee being sustained in each instance. The resolution was agreed to authorizing the Secretary of the Navy to employ any suitable ship in forwarding relief supplies to India. The House was not in ses­ sion. The Cuban resolution was brought be­ fore the House Thursday. A motion to refer, to conuuittee, . none of which are- yet appointed, was declared by Speaker Reed to be out of order. Mr. Lewis ap­ pealed from the ruling, and the appeal was tabled--91 to 57. Adjourned. The Senate made good progress 011 the tariff bill, disposing of ten pages. Several votes were taken, the Finance Committee be­ ing sustained in each case by majorities varying from six to fifteen. The drug schedule was under discussion and the debate was largely technical. Before tak­ ing up the tariff the final conference re-, port 011 the sundry civil bill was agreed to. including the provision suspending un­ til March 1 next the executive order ere-- ating extensive forest reserves. tTheir Profits Over $45,000 Last Year j- -- Belgium Gunmakers Complain of Imitation of Their Famous Anna-- Zanzibar Slaves Freed- Watered WhiSiky for Alaska. News comes from Alaska that liquor of •doubtful quality is being smuggled into that territory in large quantities. The shipment of liquor there is unlawful, cx- icent where special permits are granted, ibut many saloons receive fresh consign­ ments by every steamer, though liquor fis never entered on the manifests. /The latest rtfse for getting quantities of whis­ ky into .the interior is to take it through Alaska in bond for British territory be­ yond. Being prohibited there, a bond is; .given British customs officers to taktv it out in a specified time. Means are found Tor faking it across the line injo Alaska jit .some point not watched byjfAmericast officers. It, is asserted that/in this ay ,1.200 gallons of high-proof spirits were distributed among Yukon mining camps' |ast - season^ By diluting the quantity •was increased to 2.400 gallons, which st>10 for $25 per gallon, netting a profit' to the smugglers of $45,000. Similar though (Smaller. shipments are being made this year. .. . - ; Emancipation Jn Zanzibar. United States Consul Mohun at Zan­ zibar has informed the State Department •tharthe sultan, Hammaud Bin Mahomed Bin Said, April 7 issued a proclamation abolishing the legal status of slavery in the islands of Zanzibar and Cembij. The •consul .says: "It was thought by1 man/ persons that the effect of freeing the ielaves would be to throw many thou­ sand negroes on their own resources, and that great suffering and privations would ensue for three or four years, hut from *what I can see not one person will suffer in the slightest degree. In my opinion not 10 per cent of the present generation of slavse will leave their masters, and to out- jvvard appearances the condition of the <negro is the same as before emancipation. iThe Arabs received the news with sub­ mission. The town was absolutely quiet, although sailors and marines were pre­ pared to land from the British men-of-war an the harbor. I don't think there is the slightest fear of future trouble." Imitation Damascus Gun Barrels. Nearly all of the real Damascus steel gun barrels that come to the United 'States are made in Belgium, but for some years the trade has suffered severely from «the„imitation of the genuine Damascus. The latter is made only by the most expert 'workmen, while women and children turn put the imitation cheaply. The Damas­ cus pattern is reproduced on the imitation -barrels from-a-paper pattern at a cost jof about 12 cents, and the barrels thus ]treated last as long as the genuine. United States Consul Gilbert at Liege, who re- Sports upon the subject to the State De­ partment. says that 90 per cent of the jbarrels exported from that place to the lUnited States are imitations that would deceive anyone but an expert. ing all the session, but reached a culmi­ nation point when Mr. Novak, who had been shoTiting for recognition for an hour, left his seat and proceeded up the aisle to the Speaker's desk. The Republicans, thinking it was his purpose to drag Speak­ er Curtis from his chair, made a rush to defend the Speaker. Mr. Novak reached the Speaker's platform, and, in the midst of a wiir of words with the presiding offi­ cer, he was seized by the coat collar by Mr. Needles and dragged from the platr orm. This was the signal for a rush from the Democratic side to defend Mr. Novak, and in the scramble that ensued there was a general "mix-up." Mi?i Galligan attempted to use a wooden mallet which lie had procured. Galligan, with mallet in hand, made a leap for the Speaker. He was angry at being inter­ cepted, and tried to use his mallet 011 the heads of those about him, but was pre­ vented. He was dragged down, with a half-dozen members on top of him in the aisle. It was here that the cool;headed members succeeded in partly restoring or­ der by separating the combatants and getting the members to take their seats. BARNARD, OF AIRSHIP FAME. The Man Who Made the Successful Trip at,the Nashville Fair. Prof. Arthur Wallace Barnard, physi­ cal director of the Y. M. C. A. at Nash­ ville, Tenn., has drawn to himself the at« THE TURKISH PLENIPO, Henry Milhac. the playwright, is dan­ gerously ill at Paris with congestion of the brain. Monday was the seventy-eighth anni­ versary of the birth of Queen Victoria, and the occasion was celebrated through­ out the United Kingdom and the colonies with the ringing of church bells and the firing of salutes. --A c oord i ng- to-a dispatch to tho London Daily Graphic from Corfu, it is reported there that Col. Manos attempted suicide while in jail. He has been sent hand­ cuffed with his entire staff to Athens for trial by court-martial. In a shooting display at Berlin by the expert. Kruger, while he was firing back­ ward and with the aid of a mirror at­ tempting the William Tell shot, he sent the bullet through the head of his sister, who was assisting him. THE SULTAN IS SOMETHING OF A CARVER HIMSELF. New l'orlc Man Has an Original Fi­ nancial Plan. Mr.- John II. Dos Passos of Ncw York will ask Congress to give its sanction to a plan which, he thinks, will put an end to the discontent in the agricultural regions of the South and West, lie intends to secure the introduction of a bill charter­ ing the Loan and Mortgage Company of the United States, modelled after the Credit Foneier of France and similar in­ stitutions which have been tried with suc­ cess in other European countries. Mr. Dos Passos/after three months of work, has just completed the measure containing the charter. Mr. Dos Passos explained that the. pur­ pose of the company was to enable farm­ ers to borrow money at low rates of in­ terest. It is proposed to establish the company under a special capital of $100,- 000,000. in shares of $10 each. IT possi­ ble, the whole amount will be sold- in such a manner that no one person shall hold more than $1,000. The Government shall have the right to appoint its presi­ dent and two directors and an auditor, who shall make monthly reports. The company will be authorized to make loans on improved real estate and agri­ cultural staples, Uot exceeding fifty per cent of the value, determined by apprais­ ers, for terms not exceeding fifteen years, repayable in full at the end of that time,or for periods of from fifteen to seventy-five years, repayable in quarterly payments, including principal and interest. The rate of interest on long term loans wUl be 5.50 per cent, which will wipe out the debt at maturity in the case of seventy- five year loans. The actual interest pay­ ment is 4.05 per cent. The company shall have power, to issue $2,000,000,000 iii 3.65 per cent bonds, in denominations as low as $10. Thesfc may be issued to borrowers in lieu of money, and are expected to circulate as freely as money. A reserve fund of $25,000,000 shall be retained. The company shall have power to do a general banking and trust business, to own and operate ware­ houses and grain elevators. Mr. Dos Pas­ sos thinks that the effect of these powers would be to supply needed currency, en­ hance and fix values and encourage thrift. Standing of the Clnhs. -- Following is~ the standing of the-clubs in the National Baseball League: W. L. W. L. 'Baltimore .. .21 7 Brooklyn ... .14 14 Cincinnati . .19 11 Philadelphia. 13 10 'Pittsburg . . .16 10 New York. . .10 13 [Boston 17 11 Chicago 10 lfl (Cleveland ...17 11 Washington. . 8 IS (Louisville ... 14 13 St. Louis. .. . 0 22 The showing of the members of the iWestern League is summarized below: jSt Paul.....24 8 Detroit 13 15 (Milwaukee .. 18 12 Minneapolis. 13 19 ilndianapolis. 16 11 Kansas City. 11 20 iColumbus v..14 12 G'nd Rapids. 8 20 Civil Engineer It. E. Peary has been de­ tached from duty at the New York navy yards and granted five, years' leave of ab­ sence. This action has been taken by Secretary Long to enable the officer to prosecute his arctic explorations. Dr. John Gentles, a prominent dentist of Montreal, was drowned in the Cedar Rapids of the River Rouge while 011 a fishing expedition. Dr. Gentles' com­ panion. whose name is unknown, and a guide named Fred Epps also perished. W. O. H. Dodds. cashier of the Montreal Life Insurance Company, was the only one of the party who escaped. It. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review, of Trade says: "Unmistakable evidence of improvement comes in the general in­ crease of commercial loans, mostly for Eastern merchants or-companies, though some well-known houses in the middle West appear with considerable redis­ counts from the South. The distjuct change gives proof that new business has been larger-than many have supposed. Receipts of money from the interior ex­ ceed shipments $1,500,000, mostly from the middle West." NEWS NUGGETS, IHTCU, "JfilNM/y . Commander Booth-Tucker of the Salva- Ition army has been convicted at New |York of maintaining a public nuisance by (disturbing the peace with noisy services at ithe army's barracks. j Three masked men held up J. B. Young, |IL H. Laird, C. M. Keller and It. G. Payne, farmers, who were returning home jfrom a fishing expedition, at Hamilton, Jnd. Young was struck in the breast •with a large stone and rendered uncon­ scious, and Payne was badly cut about the head. The robbers were frightened away by an approaching buggy, and as fthey ran fired two shots, one taking effect in the horse's leg. A destructive fire visited Ashland. Wis., early Thursday morning. It is estimated ithat the loss will amount to $150,000. Th<* Northern Grain Mercantile Company's flour mill, with several residences and Iboat houses adjoining, is in ruins. The Joss 011 the mill is $100,000. Seven cars, •two of which were grain laden, were burned and a portion of the Wisconsin •Central's viaduct was ruined. The Ce% trkl Company's loss is about $5,000. Athens dispatch: The Greek Govern­ ment has sent a memorandum to the pow­ ers protesting against the indemnity de­ manded by Turkey, and also protesting, against the proposed rectification of the Greek frontier. It is reported that the Turks have confiscated 1,250,000 bushels of wheat at Vole, and that the Turkish commander has issued a proclamation •calling upon the peasants to return and gather the harvest or their crops will be confiscated. Advices from Lamia say that a fresh panic prevails there, and that peo­ ple are fleeing from the city and deserting Hheir children. Advices from Cuba were received by the {Philadelphia junta to the effect that Gen. Gomez will temporarily resign as coni- 'mander of the insurgent forces and come (to this country as "secretary of war pro item." of the Cuban republic to confer 'with President McKinley on the Cuban (situation. During his absence Gen. Gar- |cia will command. , Ernest Raddatz of Oshkosh, Wis., the (inventor of the submarine boat that .ere-, Sted comment last summer,., has sold the oat to the E. P. Allis Compa-ny of Mi­ lwaukee. Several successful 4rips have re­ cently been made. INWIHa* Why not place a heavy tariff duty on, pink teas?--Chicago Times-Herald. It will be very discourteous to Gen. Miles if Europe will not get up a war for his diversion.--Pittsburg Times. There appears to be grave doubt as to what gapie the powers are really playing and who is "it.'1--Chicago Tribune. The Senate committee having taken the hide off the Dingley bill has evened things up by putting hides on.--Portland Eastern Argus. Mayor Harrison is modifying Chicago's civil service regulations. The modifica­ tion is executed with an ax.--Washing­ ton Post. The railroads which have been forced to accept bicycles as baggage are getting even by treating them like baggage.--• San Francisco Chronicle. Chicago prides itself on its originality. For instance, who ever heard before of the best club in the League being at the tail end?--Chicago Record.' It is something of a pity that the orig­ inators of Arbor Day didn't have-* the plain American common sense to call it Tree Day.--Providence Journal. At last we have caught the Chinese .napping. They haven't yet claimed that they used the airship 2,000- years ago.;-- Cincinnati Commercial Tribune. The s u d d e n ' closing up of the Greco- Turkish war was hardly courteous to Gen. Miles, who was 011 his way to give the combatants some points.--Buffalo Com-, mercial. It is to be hoped that the prospective, increase of the tax on beer will not re­ sult in any suclTrush to load up as has been seefo in other directions.--Houston Daily Post. " It is easy to explain why we haven't had a rainbow for a long time. The mil-, liners haven't left any color for the heav­ enly arches to come out with.--Chicago Journal. , u-. It is said to have cost Kentucky $100,- 000 to elect Deboe to the Senate, and perhaps after all lie would have been will­ ing to take the office for half the money. --San Francisco Call. Since the wrecking of that Chicago bank and the calling of Jjn extra session of the, New Jersey Legislature there is no tell­ ing just what the typewriters will do next.--New York Journal. The two Iowa men who imbibed em­ balming tiuid'under the impression that it was whisky have at least the satisfaction of knowing that they got a "stiff" drink for their pains.--St. f/ouis Republic., The talk about sending food supplies to Americans in Cuba is interesting, but it will strike most people that when it is necessary' to take such a step the time has come for that "war" to stop.--Springfield Republican, , ... LONDON'S BIG BILL. Wild Scene of Disorder in the Illinois House. ., Bloodshed and rioting occurred Thurs­ day in thp Illinois House..-. An attempt was made to pull Speaker Curtis from the chair. P. J. Meaney was hit on the cheek bone with an inkwell which was hurled directly at the Speaker, and which would have struck Mr. Curtis but for the fact that Meaney was_in the way and re­ ceived the missile instead. An ugly gash wtiH cut in Meaney's face, from which the blood flowed freely. It was the stormiest scene witnessed in the Legislature%or many yeqrs. The trouble started immediately after Speaker Curtis called the House to order at 3 o'clock and lasted for an hour and a quarter. So great was the disturbance thatr it .was heard plainly at the LelaruJ Hotel, eix blocks away. During the tur­ moil hill files were smashed by pouncing the desks, waste baskets were hurled in­ discriminately across the . hall, members shouted themselves hoarse, and a free-for- all fight was prevented only by the action qf cool-headed Democratic members. Tli* excitement was at fever heat <Ju*- MOUSTil'lI A SET, he is an adept, qnd to the" education of his children, all of whom are now grown to Vom-anhood and manhood. Moustaplia is descended from a long lino of n9ble an­ cestors. and his family has been prominent in the affairs of the Turkish Government Jov many generations. He is wealthy, ahle, diplomatic, and does not resemble the "villainous Turk" of tradition. It is reported that the British cruiser Powerful, said to be the largest cruiser in the world, will shortly bc sent on a full-power nun to New York and back, in emulation "of the run of the United States cruiser Columbia- For several weeks H. J. F. Piereey, H. W. Piereey, A. Pilkiuton and H. N. Tay- '9r> English, capitalists, whose homes are" In Birmingham, Eng., have been in Pitts­ burg, Pa., inspecting manufacturing plants. It was reported they were after jthe plants of the Ellwood Steel Weldless .Tubing Company, and Friday it was an­ nounced that the deal had been closed. The authorities at West Point have traced to New York four cannon that were stolen from the Military Academy grounds. They expect to have thfe person mainly responsible for the disappearance