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lion of serving atj one of the vice-presi­ dents of tlie meeting to receive Gen. Booth of the Salvation army on his visit to St, THE PLAINDF.ALER J. VAN SLYKE, Editor and Pub. McHENRY. ILLINOT? TO EXTEND THE PARK BILL TO ENLARGE YELLOW­ STONE RESERVATION. - mfm-% Col. Youtagr, the Acting Superintend­ ent, Desires to Have 3,000 Acfres1 More Included in the National Park -"-Alaska Cowboy Lynched. M'5 \ • 1 <• I 5 . . ' " For a Larger Pleasure Ground. Secretary Bliss" has sent to the Public T-and Committees of the Senate and House a bill prepared by Col. Young, the aeting superintendent of this? Yellowstone National X^ark, for an extension of the lihuts of that reservation by about 3,000 square- miles. In this extension is in­ cluded the existing timber reserve in Wy- oming,. which abuts partly oh. the east and partly.on the southern portions of the reservation,* It al#?o. embraces. a gortioji of thf u'eservation set aside by President Cleveland 111 his order of Feb. 20,. 1890,- known a,s the Teton forest reserve, in .Wyoming.\ Another strip in eluded is that; at the southwest corner, which is a large Amountof: marshy land to which "the animals resort for feed. "To the.norjh- west of the rpark, in Montana, is a strip of mountainous county in which Wild jrame abounds aiul which is the locality "where most of the poachers get into the park. This portion is also to.be included: The Teton reserve takes in the Jackson Hole country, where on account of the difficulty arising over the game laws there was considerable trouble with the Fort Hall (Idaho) Indians, wlib went there to Iiunt last year. Gotham "Wants a Fair. Senator McNulty lins introduced a bill In the Legislature at Albanyvi>roviding for a world's fair to be held in New York City in 1901. The commissioners shall meet in New York City as soon as prac­ ticable after the passage of the bill and shall draw up a plan for an exhibition of snch magnitude as shall invite exhibitors from all parts of the world. The munici­ pal assembly of New York may authorize the use ef any public park in the city. Funds shall be provided by the Comp­ troller of the city, who shall issue, mu­ nicipal stock to an amount of 4 per cent, scrip certificates not exceeding $5,000,000. $225,000 Fire in Pennsylvania. The Y. M. C. A. Building at Sc'ranton was totally' destroyed by fire. Flames started from the explosion of .cinemato­ graph films in a vacant store. The large four-story building, with several stocks of goods, was a total loss. The damage will aggregate $225,000. Many Passengefs Injured. Thirty-three persons were injured, six probably fatally, two cars were smashed apj3 a locomotive"ruined as the result of a rear-end collision nt the Winter TTill sta­ tion of the-Boston and Maine Railroad, five miles out of Boston. The two trains in collision were crowded. at- • , -- NEWS NUGGETS. Rev. Dr. John Hall has withdrawn his resignation as pastor of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church at New York. '* Gus J. Heege, the actor, known the country over as "Yon Yonson," died at New York. He was 3G years of age. Secretary Sands of the American lega­ tion at Seoul, Corea, was recently assault­ ed by a gang of Japanese coolies at Naga­ saki. At Newark, Ohio, Roger McGinley, while working in the Baltimore and Ohio ash pits, had both arms cut off as he reached over the track with his shovel. M. F. Tanner,, a cowboy, was lynched by miners in Yaldez Pass., Alaska. He murdered A. Call of Worthington. Minn., and William A. Lee of Massachusetts. William M. A. Yaughn, a pioneer,, is dead at Kansas City, Mo. He was born f at Spottsylvania Court House. Ya.. iu 1829, and came West when >17 years of age. i> H; C: Frick has purchased in Paris for $100,000 the painting "Blessing the ery room was occupied and many narrow* escapes occurred. Five lives were lost. The loss to the property will reach $100,- 000. A crazy man, believed from letters in his possession to be Charles Heyn of New York, demanded $5,000,000 from the cash­ ier of fhe Colorado National Bank at Denver. The cashier said he Would get the money from the vaults. He then 'telephoned to police headquarters and Heyn was locked up. A bill'has'been introduced in the Mas­ sachusetts House to prohibit the imposi­ tions of fines for imperfections in weav­ ing, and to prohibit deductions from wages on account of imperfections, except with a written notice of the imperfections and an exhibit of the same to the workman. A fine of $100 for violations of this law is proposed. WESTERN. Dr. G. Wiley Broome of St. Louis says that city has "cyclonic neurosis." At Leavenworth, Kan.. Prof. F. Hawh, aged 90 years,,was found dead in bed. He Was one of the incorporators of Leaven­ worth. and as a civil engineer aided in the survey of the Hannibal and St'. Jo-, soph RaihvaHi". V " , State Insurance Commissioner Clunie of-California has declared invalid and in­ sufficient the bonds of all fire and marine insurance companies. doing business in California and. not incorporated under the laws, of the State. " •-The: order, affects eighty-two companies. «" At Fargo,'N. D:, Judge Pollock denied a decree in the divorce casfe of George W. Ilngg vs. Amelia Hugg. Hugg.asked for a decree on the.ground of cruelty and his Wife appealed and fought the case. The plaintiff is secretary of a marble com­ pany in Baltimore, Md. In the case of the Minneapolis Tribune Company against the Associated Press tlie United States Court of Appeals in St. Louis denied the motion of the Tribune. Company that the final decree be amend­ ed so as to leave them free to bring".an action at law for damages. At Santa Fe the United States grand jury which has been investigating charges of bribery and corruption In the last two New Mexico Legislatures reports that owing to "the weak and indistinct mem­ ories" of the witnesses it has been im­ possible to procure evidence sufficient to base indictments upon. The St. Paul (Minn.) Globe has chang­ ed hands. The purchaser of the paper is George F. Spinney of New York. It is understood Spinney represents a number of capitalists, including William C. Whit­ ney of New York, president James J. Hill of the Great Northern Railway and Craw­ ford Livingston of St. Paul. Charles Robinson, alias "Blackeye," who was charged with robbing banks and postoffices in Missouri, and who was re­ cently captured at Fort Scott, Kan., broke* jail with George W. Finche, under a life sentence for the murder of Frank Swaf- ford, and six other prisoners. They as­ saulted the jaijer and took his keys and gun. Robinson is accused of robbing banks at Hume and Richards, Mo., and the postoffiee at Nevada. John F. Kennedy, a locomotive engi­ neer, twice tried for complicity in train rrrtTberies in the famous "Blue Cut," was thrown from a horse iu Kansas City and serious!v iniyrod. On his nerson wpto foun'd a disjointed shotgun, a revolver and considerable ammunition. When he fell a man riding with him rode rapidly away. Fearing auother robbery had been plan­ ned, extra guards went out on every train that left Kansas City during.the night. Two masked men broke into the resi­ dence of Louis A. Stanwood, a recluse, near Harvey, Okla., and tortured him by sticking a.knife into his limbs and burn­ ing off his hair and whiskers until he gave up all the money he had, amounting to but a few dollars. They next visited the home of- John Hensley and robbed liim, stopped J. C. McGarlan on the road, robbed him of his money, and were going to a fourth place when scared off. Luther Weaver and Will Henderson, sons of prominent farmers, were arrested later, charged with the crime. Which in that territory is punishable by imprisonment for life. Armstead Robinson, the colored porter in the office of Internal Revenue Collector McCreery at St. Louis, has established a precedent in the matter of State and Fed­ eral jurisdiction. Robinson assaulted Robert Christian, a janitor in the Federal building, and when arraigned iu Judge Murray's court a plea in abatement was entered by itobinson's lawyer on the ground that the Federal building is a United States reservation and the State trated and houses set on fire by spontan ous combustion. Thermometers in t! shade register 124, and in the sun 1 degrees. It is reported that the mail steamer Channel Queen has been totally wrecked off the Island of Guernsey. The owners of the..-Channel Queen announced that out of 65 persons on board of her when she- struck 44 are known to have been drowned. The Kuads are devastating Armenian villages in the. neighborhood of Russian vilayets, and the Armenians are retaliat­ ing, accordiug to a report from the Vienna correspondent of the Daily Telegraph. The correspondent adds that there is "complete anarchy in the Asiatic prov­ inces of Turkey." Julian Ralph, in a dispatch from St. Petersburg to the London Telegraph, gives an interview with a Russian ad­ miral in which the latter says Russia will oppose the opening of new ports in China even if she has to fight Great Britain to prevent. He also gives a Russian diplo­ mat as authority for the statement that the proposed British loan to China will be opposed by the czar's government. A dispatch from Che Foo to the Mer­ cury of Shanghai gives details of the as­ sassination of. a Gerinah sailor named Schulz, belonging to the cruiser Kaiser, while on outpost duty at T-simo, the ex­ treme German post iii Kiao-Chou bay. The crime, which was committed by the Chinese rabble, was not discovered until three men of the corporal's guard were making the rounds in order to relieve the .sentries. Then" Schulz. was ,discovered, his- head having been severed from his body. , The relieving guard was directly afterward attacked by a hundred natives, and after a stubborn fight, it is reported that all the sailors were'killed. Twelve natives were killed during the fighting. 'It is added that in consequence of the outrage, the greatest excitement prevails at Kiao-Chou, and it is believed the inci­ dent will form the basis of further Ger­ man demands upon China. VOTE MR SILVER. TELLER RESOLUTION ADOPTED BY THE SENATE. Forty-seven Senators Go on Record for the MeaBure, While Only Thirty-two Oppose It--Debate la Lively--Amend­ ments Lost. IN GENERAL. Bread." It will be presented to the a r t J has no jurisdiction over offenses eommit- gallery of the Carnegie Library at Pitts­ burg. Russia's foreign minister has notified Turkey that it is the Czar's unalterable determination that Prince George of Greece shall be nominated for Governor of Crete. The Tennessee Horticultural Society ,.reports that the severe drought last sum- -- killed mauy strawberry plants, and £than half a crop of the fruit will be uced in Tenessee this year. ere was a pitched battle between _ boys and cattle thieves west of Glas­ gow, Mont., near the Dakota line. One of the thieves5 is reported dead and the cowboys are in pursuit of the other mem­ bers of the gang, who have crossed into Dakota, nulli The Cherokee- Lanyon Spelter Com pany, with offices in St. Louis, Mo., re­ ceived a telegram announcing the de­ struction by fire of its large plant at Rich Hill, Mo. The plant was one of the ,! twelve spelters operated by this company ih Missouri and Eastern Kansas. It was valued at between $125,000 and $150,000, and had an output of sixty tons of spelter *. per day. President Richard Gilchrist, of the South Omaha Live Stock Exchange, who testified before the United States Court at Omaha that the exchange is a mon opoly, explained how a rule had been altered for the purpose Of freezing out a --combination of stock growers and farm crs" who had sought to avoid the rules of the exchange and handle their own busi­ ness on a co-operative plan. The reclaiming plant of tlie United HHgg States Rubber Company at Naugatuck BMife ̂ OOO™ burn0,1> entailinS a loss of ted there. The plea was sustained by Judge Murray, who said the statute of 1872 gives the United States Government supreme jurisdiction over such territory. This relieves Robinson of all fear of pros­ ecution, as the Federal statutes provide for the punishment of murder only, when committed on Government property. SOUTHERN. Archbishop Kain has signified h is inten- >oth Louis. The consolidation of the fftscuit manu­ facturing companies has been effected. In I a sPec'ial form of gin. The engineer New Jersey the National Biscuit Com- exPert states that the cotton produced A race war is imminent in Lonoke County, Arkansas. The whites are pre­ paring to drive all negroes out of the county and many of the blacks are arm­ ing themselves preparatory to making a stubborn resistance. Notices have been posted on nearly every negro cabin in the county notifying the occupants to vacate within a certain time or suffer the conse- consequences. A suit has been brought-'against the State treasurer of Georgia by O. Hopkins & Sons, Atlanta attorneys, seeking, to in­ validate legislation passed at the last,ses- Blon of the late Assembly on the ground that the clocks in the halls were tamper­ ed with to permit of more time in consid­ eration; If the Supreme Court sustains the contention it will mean the nullifica­ tion of the convict reform bill, which was in reality passed at 3 o'clock of the morn­ ing subsequent to the constitutional ses­ sion, while the official clock indicated only 11:30 p.m. An official roller gin test, conducted un­ der the direction of the office of fiber in­ vestigation qf the Department of Agri­ culture at Cuero, Tex., upon Texas- grown Egyptian cotton, has been con­ cluded with most successful and gratify­ ing results. For several years culture experiments have been carried on in Texas by W. H. Wentworth from the Egyptian seed distributed by the department with a view to the production in this country of Egyptian cotton. A serious obstacle to success has been the need of a proper gin to separate the seed from the lint, the ordinary gin injuring the cotton to a ruin­ ous degree, but this has been overcome The gold production of Mexico for last year was $6,801,826, a gain of more than $SOO.OOO over 1890 and of more than $2,- 000,000 over 1S90. The Samoau natives, having become accustomed to thinking lightly of the United States because outrages npon American subjects have not been quickly resented by the Government, are to be taught a wholesome respect for the Stars and Stripes. The man-of-war Mohican will be sent to the islands at once. The Chicago wheat deal is attracting international attention. Six months ago Joseph Leiter decided that wheat-was cer­ tain to reach a high price, owing to the failure of foreign crops, and began to pur­ chase large quantities of that grain. His holdings are now estimated at 14,000,000 of bushels, and he is still purchasing cash wheat at 10 cents above the May quota­ tion. Wheat is steadily rising in price, and the bread riots in Italy, followed by a repeal of the tariff duty on wheat iu that country, has given an impetus to the market. The indications are that there is no surplus wheat in this country for seed­ ing purposes and home consumption, and many predict that wheat may reach $1.25 , and possibly $1.50 a bushel. George B. French, who is Leiter's agent, declares vliric not «b"sho! of the v. host now in storage in Chicago will be shipped abroad, but will be used for seed .or milling pur­ poses. Bradstreet's view of the business situa­ tion is briefly summarized thus: "Favora­ ble conditions in the trade situation cou- tinue to far outweigh those of an oppo­ site character. Stormy weather through­ out a large section of the country has checked the movement of merchandise in the consumption, but a perceptible in­ crease in the demand for seasonable goods is reported as already resulting. The last week of the month closes with increased activity in many lin^s, a number of price advances, heavily increased bank clear­ ings,' as compared with one yerir ago, at nearly all cities, another considerable drop in the number of failures reported, large exports of cereals, particularly wheat, coni and flour, and perceptible confidence in nearly all branches of trade as regards the outlook for spring business. Another favorable feature of the week is the slight but distinct improvement in the cotton goods situation, in which speculative ac­ tivity is awakening. Print cloths are higher, and sonic makes of gray and me­ dium weight cottons are more firmly held. Pig iron is reflecting the effect of present unprecedented production, and a further weakening in prices is recorded at East­ ern points. At the West, however, con­ sumption of pig and of the finished pro­ ducts of iron and steel is renort'ed increas­ ing so as to hold prices firm. Large sales of bar steel and rails are reported at Chi­ cago and St. Louis, with mills refusing to take orders for delivery earlier than late summer. Boots and shoes hold the late advance, and manufacturers of heavy weights will not take orders for fall de­ livery at present prices. Wool is strong on large sales and firm prices abroad. Prices of most staple products are higher on the Week. Noticeable instances are those of wheat, which is past the dollar mark again at many Western markets. The active demand for the Klondike trade is reflected in canned goods. Cereal ex­ ports are again heavy, total shipments of wheat, including flour, for the week amounting to 5,110,624 bushels, against 3,920.000 bushels last week. Corn ex­ ports have also heavily increased from last week, amounting to 4,902,000 bushels, against 3,480,000 bushels last week." Majority a Surprise. The United States Senate'has put its veto on currency legislation by the Fifty- fifth Congress. After a debate, animat­ ed at all times and occasionally acrimo­ nious, which occupied the greater part of the week, the Senate Friday evening, by the decisive vote of 47 to 32, passed the Telle? concurrent resolution. The resolu­ tion is a practical reaffirmation of that of Stanley Matthews, in 1S78, and is as follows: That all the boncl^ of tlie United Stnt-es is­ sued, or authorized to be issued, under the said acts of Congress hereinbefore recited, are payable, principal and interest, at tlie. option of the Government of the JJnitd(T States,- in silver dollars of the coinage, of the United States containing 412*4 grains each of standard silver; and that to restore to its coinage such silver coins as a legal tender in payment of said bonds, principal rind interest, is not In, violation of the public faith-nor in derogation of the rights of the public creditor.' All efforts tojainend the resolution were voted down by majorities ranging from 5 to 29, Mr. Lodge's gold standard siil>sti-. jtutc- being defeated by the latter ma- ... . . ..... . . ... JP ioritv. ri?liG • voto on: tho Jjoclffo flmiprifl- *** yiiluc tlicroof. IJils duty re-. U» * VUt" UI1 til1- J-'UUejL ttUlLUU 'nniros th'lt r*nn •nnTT,i.rm>n«l' MARKET REPORTS. pany was incorporated -with a capital stock of $25,000,000 preferred and $30 - 000,000 common. EASTERN. The Oberammergau "Passion Play is to be reproduced in New York by means of the cinematographe. A train on the Maine Central Railway was wrecked near Orono station. Two persons were killed outright and 27 were injured. Of the latter two more are now dead and it is expected that several oth­ ers will not survive. The derailment was caused by Spreading rails. The Alvord House, a five-story brick structure, the largest hotel in Glovers- ville, N. Y.. burned the other morning. The fire was discovered at 7 o'clock. Et- ftfom the Egyptian seed plant in Texas is stronger than the native Egyptian. The imports of Egyptian cotton are steadily increasing and now amount in value to over $5,000,000 annually. With the gin­ ning question settled those who are in­ terested in the growth of Egyptian cotton in Texas claim that production in this country is assured. FOREIGN. Commercial treaties now being negotiat­ ed by Minister Woodford at Madrid may, it is believed, end the Cuban war. . British troops were caught in a gorge by Afridis near Skinkamar and suffered serious losses. Twenty men Were killed, including a number of officers. Australian report tell of a terrible heat wave in which many persons are pros- Chicago--Cattle, common to prime, $3.00 to $5.75; hogs, shipping grades, $3.00ito $4.00; sheep, fair to choice, $2.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.03 to $1.05; corn, No. 2, 27c to 28c; oats, No. 2, 22c ip 24c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c; butter, choice creamery, 18c to 19c; eggs, fresh, 15c to 16c; potatoes, common to choice, 52c to 65c per bushel. Indianapolis--Cattle, shipping, $3.00 to $5.25; hogs, choice light, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, common to choice, $3.00 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 white, 29c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 26c. St. Louis-^-Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $3.00 to $4.75; wheat, No. 2, 97c to 99c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 26c to 27c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2, 46c to 48c. Cincinnati--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.25; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2, 95c to 97c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 29c to 31c; oats, No. 2 mixed, 25c to 27c; rye, No. 2. 48c to 50c. Detroit--Cattle, $2.50 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.00; sheep, $2.50 to $4.50; wheat, No. 2, 94c to 95c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 2Sc to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 26c to 27c; rye, 48c to 50c. Toledo--Wheat, No. 2 red, 94c to 96c; corn, No. 2 mixed, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 23c to 24c; rye, No. 2, 48c to 50c; clover seed, $3.15 to $3.25. Milwaukee--Wheat, No. 2 spring, 92c to 94c; corn, No. 3, 28c to 30c; oats, No. 2 white, 25c to. 26c; rye, No. 2, 47c to 49c; barley, No. 2, 38c to 41c; pork, mess, $9.50 to $10.00. . " Buffalo-r-Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.25; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, 98c to. $1.00; corn; No. 2 yellow, 32c to 33c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 29c. New York--Cattle, $3.00 to $5.50; hogs, $3.00 to $4.50; sheep, $3.00 to $5.00; wheat, No. 2 red, $1.08 to $1.09; corn, No. 2, 36c to 37c; oats, No. 2 white, 28c to 30c; butter, creamery, 15c to 21c; eggs, Western, 18c to 20c. • meiit was: Ayes, 24; nays, 53. The. events of the.day leading up to the final vote were full of interest and impor­ tance. It was a field day for the orators of the Senate, no less than twenty-five Senators embracing the opportunity to speak upon the subject under discussion. That the debate was interesting was at­ tested by the attendance in the galleries, which were crowded throughout the day, and that it was important was evidenced by the statements of several of the speak­ ers that the discussion was but the pre­ liminary alignment of the great political parties for the contest of 1900. From 10 o'clock in the morning until 7 in the evening the contest was continued. When the voting began it was evident that party lines were being broken on both sides of the chamber, but it was on the substitute offered by Mr. Lodge (Mass.) that the most decided break oc­ curred. On the Republican side Mr. Al­ lison (Iowa) and Mr. Burrows (Mich.) did not answer to their names on that* roll call, and many of the Republicans voted directly against it. Upon the final pas­ sage of the resolution, some Republicans, who supported McKinley and the St. Louis platform in 1896, like Carter (Mont.), Chandler (N. II.), Clark (Wyo.), Pritcliard (N. C.), Slioup (Idaho), Warren (Wyo.) and Wolcott (Colo.), voted for the resolution. T Mr. Stewart (Net.) opened the discus­ sion. In supporting the resolution he maintained that money, whether it be sil­ ver or gold or paper, was a creature of law, tho creation of money being inherent in all independent nations. He said that this statement had been upheld by the highest tribunals and cited historical in­ stances of such creation of money. Dollar Wanted by Silver Men.' Mr. Cannon (Utah) followed in support of the resolution. He firmly denied that the advocates of free coinage were in favor of anything but a 100-cent dollar. "We do not believe, however," said Mr. Cannon, "in the deified dollar of Grover Cleveland, which is worshiped by the present administration." Mr. Jones (Ark.) said he made the broad statement that no Democrat, silver Republican or Populist had ever declared in favor of paying Government obliga­ tions in a depreciated currency. Mr. Jones, continuing, said: "I believe that the people's conviction upon this question is more firmly fixed than ever before. They are determined to restore silver to its status before 1873, and we shall do all we can to accomplish that result." The first speech of the day in opposition was delivered by Mr. Burrows (Mich.). He said that the Republican party was pledged to secure, if possible, internation­ al bimetallism and the President would do everything in his power to carry out th%t pledge. Meantime the existing gold stand­ ard would be maintained. Mr. Fairbanks (Ind.) followed against the resolution. He said the purpose of the resolution was not frankly expressed on its face, anfi it was only in the course of the debate that it developed that the essential purpose was to give an expression of the United States Senate favorable to the free and unlimit­ ed coinage of silver at the ratio of 10 to 1. Mr. Wolcott (Colo.) thought that any Senator, whatever his financial views, could vote for the Teller resolution, as it involved nothing except the carrying into effect of the Government's plain obliga­ tions. Mr. Foraker (O.) was opposed to the resolution. The enforcement of its terms, in his opinion, would not bring about bi­ metallism, but would force the Govern­ ment to a silver basis. Mr. Allison spoke of the circumstances attending the passage of the Stanley Mat­ thews resolution in 1878. To him it had not meant at that time a declaration in favor of the free and unlimited coinage of silver. Other coinage measures were pending at that time, and when one of these came over from the house the Sen­ ator from Colorado (Teller) voted to strike out the provision for the free coin­ age of silver aud voted for a.limited coin­ age-agreement. Mr. Allison declared that the clear purpose of the pending resolu­ tion was to commit the country to the free and unlimited coinage of silver at 16 to 1, when it was almost axiomatic, the Senator declared, that such a course with­ out concurrence of other nations will lead us inevitably to the silver standard alone and to silver monometallism. Mr. Tillman (S. C.) thought this discus­ sion was simply the maneuvering of the great political parties for position in. the great contest that was to be fought in 1900. The people, he said, would win in that contest. Mr. Cullom (111.) announc­ ed briefly that he would vote against the resolution, because it was a step toward free silver. Mr. Aldrich closed just as the clock marked 6, the hour set for vot­ ing, and the vice-president promptly an­ nounced that the voting would proceed. M'KINLfc"* AT A FEAST. President Declares Financial Legis­ lation la Needed. The third annual banquet of the Na­ tional Association of Manufacturers of the United States, which took place Thursday night at the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York, was one of the larg­ est and most elaborate affairs of the kind ever .given in the" city. One thousand guests were seated at the tables. Warner Miller called the gathering to order. He said there was nothing polit­ ical in the organization. The chief end of the organization, he declared, was to extend the commerce of the United States abroad. Mr. Miller introduced Theodore C. Search, president of the association, who spoke briefly. The wildest enthusiasm prevailed when President McKinley was introduced. Men stood iu their seats, women in the boxes waved their handkerchiefs and the up­ roar drowned the speaker's voice. President McKinley spoke slowly and was plainly heard in every portion of the hall. He said in part: National policies can encouraga industry and commerce, but it remains for the people to project and carry them on. If these poli­ cies - stimulate industrial development and energy the people. Can be.safely trusted to do the rest. The: Government, however, is re­ stricted in its power to promote industry. It can aid commerce, but not create it. Much profitable trade is still unenjoyed by our people because of their present insufficient facilities far reaching desirable markets. Much of it is lost because of a jack of infor­ mation and an ignorance of the conditions and needs of other nations. ' ^ . t ' There is another duty resting upon the national Government'---to coin money and quires that our Government shall regulate the value of its money by the highest stand­ ard of commercial honesty and,national hon­ or. The mon'ey of the United States Is and mu.st forever be unquestioned and unassail­ able. Nothing, should ever tempt us--noth­ ing ever will tempt us--to scale down the sacred uebt of the nation through a legal technicality. Whatever may be the lan­ guage of the contract, the United States ,will discharge all its obligations in the currency recognized as the best throughout the civ­ ilized world at the times of payment. Nor will we ever consent that the wages of labor or its frugal savings shall be scaled down by permitting ̂ payment in dollars of less value than the dollars accepted as the best in every enlightened nation of tho earth. Un­ der existing conditions our citizens cannot he excused if they do not redouble their'ef­ forts to secure such financial legislation as will place their honorable intentions beyond dispute. 1 have no fear for the future of our be­ loved country. While I discern in its pres­ ent condition the necessity that always ex­ ists for tlie faithful devotion of its citizens, the history of its past is assurance to me that this will be as it always has been through every struggle and emergency, still onward and upward. It lias never suffered from any trial or been unequal to any test. Founded upon right principles we have nothing to fear from the Vicissitudes which may lie across our pathway. The nation founded, by the fathers upon principles of virtue, education, freedom and human rights; molded by the great discussions which established its sovereignty, tried in the crucible of civil war. its integrity con­ firmed by the results of a reconstruction, with a union stronger and better than ever before, stands to-day not upon shifting sands, but upon immovable foundations. WHEAT GOES SOARING. Reaches the $1.10 Mark--The Highest Price on the 1807 Crop. Cash wheat took another of those ris­ ing, sky hunting jumps. Friday in Chi- and v.'hoii the smoke hud clcsrcd away and the circle of the charging bulls had fallen back, the cereal stood at $1.10, and tho bears, who got into the thick of tho rush, had pocketbooks that looked as if an elephant had stepped on them. This is tho top mark for wheat. Sep­ tember went up to $1.05, and traders were astounded when the December price was shoved up to $1.09. Now these figures look small, and further advances are looked for. It is predicted by well-posted men that the May figure will be far above even the present high quotations. Wheat closed at $1.04% Thursday night, and opened at $1.05 Friday. There were rumors around the floor of the Board of Trade of an intended onslaught upon the prices and a desperate attempt to run the mark up to a height never attained before, and the bears were on their guard. When the attack came, however, they were like chaff before the breeze. The bulls swept over them, and the price went up by lea[>s and bounds. The pit was a worse pandemonium, if possible, than on the day that Leiter and his colleagues first rushed the price be­ yond the dollar. Men were dancjng iround like monkeys on hot griddles; mes­ sengers rushed frantically here and there, and the uproar of voices resembled a spasm of many bulldogs headed up with ten packs of firecrackers in a gigantic barrel. The onslaught never rested for moment. At every swoop the price went up another fraction, and it was not long before the fractional divisions began to be ignored and the figure to ascend by wholesale quantities. At 12:27 the $1.10 was reached, and the triumphant rushers rested from their labors. May wheat, meanwhile, took a small climb of its own, starting in at 96%e and ascending to 98%c, but nobody took much interest--the big battle absorbed all at­ tention. WRECK OF THE DULUTH. Passengers and Crew Saved After a ' Terrible Experience. The steamer City of Duluth, owned by the Lake Michigan and Lake Superior Transportation Company and chartered by tlie Graham & Morton Transporta­ tion Company to run on the winter route between St. Joseph, Mich., and Chicago, is a total wreck. The City of Duluth ar­ rived off St: Jpseph from South Chicago Wednesday night at 8:30 o'clock, and at­ tempted to enter the harbor." There was a tremendous wind from the northwest and a heavy sea was rolling. The Duluth kept on her course into the harbor,, and at the mouth of the river struck a bar and Was thrown Heavily against the north pier. s The engineer says that when the boat struck the engine j" mped a foot and Was immediately torn to pieces. The water rushed in, put out the fires, and the fire­ men barely escaped up the ladders in time to save themselves. The floor of the cabin deck gave a mighty heave Upward,- and the passengers were thrown into the wildest confusion. The mammoth steel arches on "either side of the boat gave STEAMKI! CITY OF DUI.UTH. way immediately and the bow of tlie boat dropped two or three fe-et. A large hole, was stove, in the port side of the boat as she swung around and she went to the bottom in an hour, leaving only her cab­ in and part of her bulwarks above water. The life-saving crew .was summoned and reached the scene of the disaster in quick time. At midnight the crew shot a mortar line to the boat and the rescue began. The passengers and crew were taken ashore in the breeches buoy one at a time. Most of the passengers and all the crew recovered quickly from the ex­ posure. Capt. Stevens of the life-saving station considers the rescue the most remarkable one on record. "It was the finest piece of work I ever saw," he said. "The narrow space under the lighthouse where all our apparatus was and where we had to work was one mass of ice. . The space was only twelve feet wide, where we should have had a 125-foot space to keep the ropes from tangling. The floating ice also in­ terfered greatly with the hawsers and lines. Great credit is due my crew, the crew of the City of Traverse and the citi­ zens who assisted tiij. It was a great rescue." There was no loss of life and no accident in the life-saving. Such a feat lias probably never been equaled in a winter gale on the coast of tho whole United States. It was a most remarka­ ble rescue. As the steanier struck the bar her bow went' deep into the sand. Another sea turned her sterii to port, and she re­ mained in this position until the constant pounding of the hull on the bar broke her in two amidships. The City of Du­ luth cost $50,000 twenty-four years ago and was considered by marine men to be a first-class boat. The cargo consisted of 29,000 bushels of corn, the declcload being merchandise and 150 tons of flour. The loss will be $65,000. MINERS WIN. The trunk murder mystery which for nearly a fortnight had been baffling the police of New Orleans has been cleared up. The murdered man was Itosario Cus- iiiiano, and he was murdered iu that city. The police are hunting for Vincento Az- zarilla, his godfather, who is accused by the dead man's brother of having killed him. Prussia is commonly supposed to lead south Germany in matters of education but among the Prussian army recruits for 1896-'7 there were 0.1(5 per cent who could not read and write, while in Wur- temberg the percentage was 0.03, and in Bavaria 0.02. The case of the Three Friends, on ap­ peal to the United States Court of Ap­ peals from Florida, which was to have been heard at New Orleans, La., has been postponed. Sumatra, kerosene is competing with the Russian oil in the markets of the far East,. The supply seems to be inexhaust­ ible. ALASKAN VESSEL LOST. Steamer Corona, Bound to Skagaway, Dashes on the Rocks. The steamer Corona, which left Vic­ toria, B. C.. Jan. 10, bound to Skaguay and Dyea, has been wrecked. All her passengers and crew , were saved. This news was brought by the steamer Dan­ ube, It also brought the information that the steamer Coquitlan, likewise in the Alaskan gold trade, had stranded and had been badly damaged if not complete­ ly wrecked. The 'Corona struck a rock near the mouth of Skeena river, and at once com­ menced to sink. Lffeboats were lowered and the passengers were conveyed to the beach of tlie Skeena fiver. The steamer Al-Ki went to the rescue, and is now on her way with the unfortunate gold seek­ ers. The Corona, it is feared, will prove a total wreck and that the whole of her cargo will be lost. The Corona had ac­ commodations for 225 passengers, 130 of them first-class. Seventy first-class and seventy second-class tickets were sold in Seattle. Told in a Few Lines. The Queen City cotton mills at Bur­ lington, Vt., have resumed operations. Their operatives were the first to resist a cut in wages. A bill has been introduced in the Ohio Senate to abolish capital punishment a*ad substitute solitary life imprisonment for first degree murder. I'eter Jackson is training faithfully across the bay from San Francisco for anything that may turn up in the way of a match. Jeffries is also at work in Ala­ meda for his prospective match with Tom Sharkey. O. B. Shallenberger, consulting engi­ neer of the Westinghouse company of Pittsburg, died at Colorado Springs, Colq., of consumption. He was one of the great­ est electrical engineers in the- United States. Gen. R. B. Lee's birthday was cele­ brated at Richmond, Va., by the closing of the public and private schools, banks and public offices and business exchanges. Addresses were made at the Soldiers' Home and Lee Camp Hall. A. Blackuey of Covington, Ga., a trav­ eling salesman, shot himself in a New York hotel. . He left a ncftie saying, that lie was about to end his life because of unrequited affection. v Long Conference in Chicago Results in Advancing cliSge f-cale. The interstate joint ^-onveiition in Chi­ cago of the bituminous coal operators and miners came to an end. The miners are jubilant over the'results of their ten days' Session, for it means to nearly 200,000 soft coal miners an advance of ten cents per ton and a uniform day of eight hours nt a uniform day wage, and the operators congratulated one another with the vic­ tory over themselves. The following res­ olutions were adopted with but two dis­ senting votes: • Resolved, That an advance of 10 cents per ton for mining screeiied coal is to take effect in Western Pennsylvania, Hocking Valley (Ohio) and the Indiana bituminous district on the first day of April. 1898: that the rel­ ative run-mine price will be determined in all districts named by the uniform flat or apron-shaped bar screen, seventy-two feet superficial area, and one and one-fourth inch space between the bars: that the price of run-mine coal in Grape Creek district an 1 in the Indiana bituminous district he 40 cents per toll for the same district, based upon 'jti cents in the I'lttsburg thin-vein district, and that in the Hocking Valley and Indiana; and that on and after April 1. 1898, an eight- hour day shall be in effect in all districts here represented; that uniform wages for day labor shall bo paid to tin- different class­ es of labor'in the field named; that internal differences ill any ,.States, both as to prie.' and conditions, shall be referred to the Stat-'a affected; that, we further agree to use th6 diamond bar screen, present pattern, in the block district of Indiana with the privilege of run-mine, as may be desired by market conditions." The convention completed its work by naming a scale committee to consist of the national executive board of mine workers, district presidents and secretaries, and two operators from each State to tabulate the scale and perfect all arrangements for putting it into effect on the date set. It was determined that hereafter the miners and operators will meet in Janu­ ary each year to fix the scale for twelve months, beginning April 1. Pittsburg, Pa,, was selected for the next annual joint convention, which will meet on the third Tuesday in January, 1S99. The bill to pay the book publishing com­ pany of the Methodist Episcopal Church south $2S8,000 for damages sustained by that corporation during the war. after encountering ah obstinate filibuster, which staved off a vote on two previous private bill days, was piloted to its pas­ sage in the House on Friday^by Mr. Coop­ er of Texas, who was in charge of the message. The friends of the measure proved themselves in an overwhelming majority, aud the opposition, finding it could hold out no,longer, reluctantly yield­ ed. The vote on the bill was 188 to 07. An e,vehing session for the consideration of other private bills was held. In the Senate the entire day/ was taken up by consideration of the Teller silver resolu­ tion. It was passed by a vote of 47 to 37. • • The District of. Columbia appropriation bill was before the House on Saturday, but the day Was spent in political debate. The controverted question as to whether prosperity had arrived attracted the most' attention and interest, and testimony pro and con^pas offered throughout the day; At time^iQiisiderable acrimony was dis­ played, but as a rule the debate was good- natured, both sides seeming to recognize that it was merely a struggle to score politic;?! advantage. The Senate was not in session. In the Senate on Monday two of the general appropriation bills, thai for the army carrying $23,243,492, and that for the legislative, judicial and executive de­ partments, carrying $21,058,520, were passed, the latter consisting of 121 pages, occupying the attention of the Senate dur­ ing the greater part of the session. After a brief executive session the Senate ad­ journed. In the House all,day was spent in debate on the Teller silver resolution. It was defeated by a vote of 132 to 182. The feature of the short session of the Senate on Tuesday was a statement made by Mr...Clark (Rep., Wyo.), as a matter of personal privilege, concerning his vote in favor of the Teller resolution. He maintained that his vote was in no way inconsistent with his Republicanism, and declared he would not permit anybody to read him out of the party, as he was satisfied tho masses of the party would not convict him of political heresy. The House devoted most of the session to the District of Columbia appropriation bill, but had not completed it at the time of adjournment. Some politics was injected into the debate just at the close, the fea­ ture of which was a bitter denunciation of W. A. Stone of Pennsylvania by Mr. Mahany (Rep., N. Y.). for the former's position in favor of the immigration bill. Mr. Stone did not see fit to reply. Before the district bill was taken up several bills and resolutions of minor importance were passed. After three days spent on the District, of Columbia appropriation bill, mostly in political discussion, the House passed the measure on Wednesday and then took up the bill to provide for fortifications and coast defenses. Several Democrats, nota­ bly Mr. MeClellan of New York, criticised the measure because it cut down appro­ priations for these works below .what, has been appropriated in recent years. Beyond the reading of tho agricultural ap­ propriation bill and agreeing to the amend­ ments proposed by the committee, the Senate transacted no business of import­ ance in open session. The greater part of the afternoon was passed in execu­ tive session, the discussion being upou the Hawaiian annexation treaty. Thursday in the House was spent os­ tensibly in considering the fortifications appropriation bill. In reality the major portion of the time was consumed in the discussion of political topics. The exist­ ence of prosperity in the country was again the main question of dispute. All attempts to increase the appropriations in the fortifications appropriation bill or to amend it in any respect were voted down. One of the features of Thursday's session of the Senate was a speech by Mr. Caf- fery of Louisiana in support of the reso­ lution reported by the Committee on Priv­ ileges and Elections declaring that Henry W. Corbett is not entitled to a seat in the Senate from the State of Oregon. Mr. Corbett was appointed as Senator by the Governor of Oregon after the failure of the Legislature to elect a Senator to suc­ ceed Senator Mitchell. Mr. Caffery main­ tained that the Governor of a State had no authority to appoint to fill an original vacancy--a vacancy beginning with a new term--after the Legislature had had an opportunity to elect and had failed to do so. The agricultural appropriation bill was under consideration during the great­ er part of the afternoon and was finally passed. After a brief executive session the Senate adjourned. CORRUPT POLICE FO^OE. Opium Joints of Chicago Systematical­ ly Blackmailed. 1'he State Senate committee investigat­ ing the Chicago police force heard testi­ mony tending to show that there was an irregular police system of blackmail on the opium joints. Several Chinese were examined, most of them saying they were afraid to testify. Sing Tim, proprietor of an opium joint, said if Gov. Tanner or Mayor Harrison would guarantee him protection he would tell all he knew. The police recently visited all the opium joints and warned the keepers against testify­ ing, he declared, and Sam Moy, a promi­ nent Cliinamaii, has been locked up for fifteen days for "talking too much," and Mam Soy was compelled to leave the city. Moy Tui said most of the opium joint pro­ prietors paid ten dollars a week for po­ lice protection. Tlie man who collected the tribute told him Alderman Coughlin was the beneficiary. A Musical Mousetrap. Acting upon the idea that mice are very sensitive to music a Belgian man­ ufacturer has substituted a musical mousetrap for the common trap. In­ stead of baiting the apparatus with a Jjit of cheese or bread the inventor has hidden' in a double bottom a small mu­ sic box, which plays automatically various popular airs of the ̂ country. The mice, he insists,.are drawn irre­ sistibly toward the music box, and iu order to hear better they step into the trap and fiiid themselves prisoners!" ARANGUREN SLAIN. Leader of the Rebels Is Killed and Several Soldiers Arc Taken. Havana advices say that Lieut. Col. Benedicto, with the Spaaisli Reina bat­ talion, surprised the camp of the insur­ gent brigadier Nestor Aranguren, killing Aranguren and four privates, capturing' five of the insurgents and wounding oth­ ers, who maiFe their escape. The body of Brig. Gen. Aranguren was brought by train to Havana and delivered tq the mili­ tary authorities. After identification it was sent to the morgue. According to the Spanish authorities Brigadier Aranguren was surprised while on a visit to a young woman on the Pita farm, between Campo Florida and Ta- piste. He was wounded, and on trying to escape Was shot dead. Among.the pris oners is \lw father of the young woiiiau. He was the dynamiter of Aranguren's Land. Poet Pawned His Crown. In 1893 the admirers of the Spanish poet. Jose Gorilla y Moral, placed upon his head a crown .of solid gold. The poet was forced by lack of money to pawn this crown, and as the legal period of its redemption has expired it is now offered at auction. His admir­ ers will purchase it by subscription. Her Face Often Soiled. Lady (to house girl)--You should take a lesson from the cook. You are slov- \ enly, whereas she washes her face three or four times a clay. House Girl--No wonder. The fellow who comes here to court her is a chim­ ney sweep. The Eg« of the Ostrich. The largest egg is that of the ostrich. It weighs three pounds, and is consid­ ered equal iu amount to twenty-four hens' eggs. Sinking So!dier9. A French general has inaugurated a plan of permitting soldiers to sing when on the march, a privilege which has been strictly denied until recently. It has also been arranged that any soldier who can play on any of the smaller in­ struments shall be provided with such instrument at the expense ©f the state. Didn't Strike Him Hard. Ethel--Do you think that George was struck by my beauty? Clara--I hardly think he was severe­ ly injured. *