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HIE PUBLIC OPINION
AKERS it HEWITT, Pubs.
Decorah, • lowa.
HISTORY OF A WEEK.
THE NEWS OF SEVEN DAYS UP
TO DATE.
Volltlral, Religion*. Social and Criminal
Doing* of the Whole World Carefully
Condensed for Oar Reader* —The Ac
cident Record.
Dividends from the following Insolv
ent national banka have been declared:
Ten per cent, Tacoma National, Ta
coma, Wash.; 10 per cent, Merchants’
National, Great Falls, Mont.
A resolution was introduced in the
house by Representative Hardy, Re
publican, calling on the secretary of
the treasury for information as to mer
chandise transported from the United
States through Canada in bonded cars
during the last three years.
Senator Allen has introduced a bill
disfranchisinganv citizen of the United
States who shall solicit or accept a
title, patent of nobility or degree of
honor from a foreign nation, and pun
ishing this act as a crime by both fine
and imprisonment.
J. B. Schnatiber, proprietor of a jew
elry store in Creston, lowa, suddenly
became insane.
Lillian Hughes, of Chicago, was sent
to the penitentiary for one year for
shoplifting in Joliet.
Advices from Yokohama report the
arrival of the steamer Evandale, long
overdue from San Francisco.
The trial of James Ish and wife for
the murder last winter of W. B. Chap
pie, of Kansas City, began in Omaha.
Over 1,000 hogs have died of cholera
during the last three weeks in Harper,
Barber and Sumner counties, Kansas.
Fire at Wickliffe, Ky., destroyed
Mansfield Hall and several residences.
The loss is about $50,000, insured for
$25,000.
Frank Porch, a Laoon, 111., baker, has
failed. His small assets, are more than
covered by mortgages.
A recount of the votes for county at
torney in Des Moines county, lowa, has
been granted by the courts on the peti
tion of Clark, the republican contestant.
C. O. Downing, ex-county clerk of
Spokane county, Washington, was
found guilty of embezzlement and sen
tenced to three years in the peniten
tiary.
The Kirkham cold storage building at
Andertftn, Ind., was wrecked by a nat
ural gas explosion and Harry Gaither
was severely but probably not fatally
burned.
Railroad men assert a ghost haunts
the station house at Franklin Junction,
near Columbia, Mo., it taking the form
of a young girl who utters low agonis
ing moans upon her appearance.
Proprietors of music halls in Niag
ara Falls, N. Y., have been arrested for
keeping their places open Sunday. Sa
loon-keepers have been ordered to close
on Sundays, but they will test the mat
ter in the courts.
Murderer Lewis Martin Miller, who
has been imprisoned in Fremont since
the recent riot in Tiffin, Ohio, has been
taken to the latter city to await his
trial Dec. 16. No further rioting is
apprehended.
Charles Tomblad, a murderous her
mit living near Menominee, Mich.,
whose capture has been repeatedly
sought, wa6 finally overpowered Sunday
night and placed in the county jail.
He is thought to be insane.
Emma Davis, the sixth victim of the
fire in a Cincinnati tenement Oct. 9,
died Monday. She made an ante-mor
tem statement that she was the com
mon law wife of the late Thomas Han
na, a millionaire, whose estate owns
the building that was burned.
Richard H. McDonald, at one time
vice president of the defunct Pacific
bank in San Francisco, was arraigned
for embezzlement Monday. He is
charged with abstracting $20,000 from
the vaults of the People’s Home Sav
ings bank, of which he was a direc
tor.
Reports from Kansas are that
the new wheat crop never looked bet
ter in any year in the state’s history.
The ground is thoroughly soaked with
melted snow and fields everywhere are j
green.
The Marquis of Salisbury has written
to the Armenian fund to the effect that
the consul at Moosh, through the Brit
ish ambassador, Sir Philip Currie, re
ports that the Armenians of the Bltlis
district are in danger of starving. The
treasurer has forwarded £4,000 for
•ditlis, Karpoot, Erzeroum, Mardin and
Trebizonde.
The report of Attorney-General Har
mon, delivered to congress Friday, calls
attention to the abuse of habeas corpus,
and suggests remedies. He also out
lines a plan for dealing with the Pa
cific railroads.
Jacob Vanry, of Holland, Mich., who |
shot his wife and himself, has died of
his wounds. His wife will recover.
The Mississippi river at Dubuque,
lowa, is frozen over, three weeks ear
lier than last year.
Robert Fitzsimmons and Peter Maher
have been matched to fight to a finish, j
The contest is expected to take place '
in New Mexico.
A concession from Chinese govern- !
ment to build a line of railroad from i
tidewater to Pekin has been obtained
by a syndicate of American capitalists.
Secretary Smith has returned from
Georgia.
At New York there is a scarcity
of good oranges for the holiday trade. I
Plenty arrive from Jamaica, but they
are in bad condition. There are com- j
paratlvely few California oranges, and j (
•till fewer Floridas. I ,
CASUALTIES.
Arthur Pugh, of Flat, Ind., fell from
an oil derrick, a distance of thirty feet,
and received fatal injuries.
Joseph Kennis, a coal miner, went to
sleep while intoxicated. He was cut to
pieces by an outgoing freight train.
George Eby, aged 9, of Watseka, 111.'
was playing with a cartridge, when it
exploded, inflicting a wound that
proved fatal shortly afterward.
W. H. Beardsley, a painter, of Tur
ner, 111., lay down in the snow and went
to sleep Saturday night while intoxi
cated. Ho froze to death.
John Casey of Freeport, 111., a brake
man on the Illinois Central, fell under
the cars in the Rockford yards. One
leg was cut off and the other badly
mangled. His recovery is doubtful.
Two fires in Chicago Sunday caused
a loss of $700,000.
Fire in the Omaha National Bank
building, at Omaha. Neb., damaged the
office of Charles Offut $2,500, Lake.
Hamilton & Maxwell SI,OOO and the
building SI,OOO.
Amos Laning of Greenville, Ohio, was
terribly crushed by a heavy traction
engine, which broke through a bridge
and fell twenty feet. His companion
escaped injury.
Harry T. Reed, aged 35, died at Col
umbus, Ohio, of hydrophobia. He was
bitten about a month ago by a pet ter
rier. Gertrude Hornel, aged 5 years,
was bitten by the same dog and will be
sent to the hospital.
By the bursting of a water pipe the
clothing stock of Woodfill & Sons of
Greenburg, Ind., was damaged to the
extent of $5,000.
RUFUS W. PECKHAM.
The New Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Who Succeeds tho
Late Howell E. Jackson.
FOREIGN.
Fred Munroe, a prominent American
banker, committed suicide at Paris
Saturday. 11l health is believed to have
been the cause of the act.
George Augustus Henry Sala, one or
London’s foremost journalists, died in
that city Sunday.
A crank fired two shots from a re
volver in the French chamber of depu
ties Friday. No one was hurt. He was
immediately arrested and poved to be
a harmless lunatic.
A report to the London press says
Great Britain has landed marines at
Pera, a suburb of Constantinople, to
protect the British embassy.
Said Pasha, ex-grand vizier of the
Turkish empire, and president of the
council has taken refuge in the British
embassy at Constantinople to escape
the sultan’s wrath.
It is possible that if the European
powers insist upon their demands re
specting Armenia the sultan will de
clare a holy war, in which every Mo
hammedan in the world will take part.
The consequences of such an act may
deter the powers from pushing Turkey
too far.
The Norwegian bark Elsie, from Que
bec to London, was wrecked on Anti- (
cost! Island. The crew has neacbed
Halifax after intense sufferings.
CRIME.
The coroner’s jury investigating the
death of Carl Ringe, the St. Louis in
surance man whose body was found on
a street, was unable to gain any light
i on the matter and returned a verdict
that he was murdered.
Banks at Cincinnati have exploded
the sensation about Z. T. Lewis, the
bond forger, securing $200,000 from
them, leaving forged bonds as col
lateral. The total amount is $50,000.
Governor Aligeld has issued a requisi
tion upon the governor of Missouri for
Jameß Kimbrough, wanted at Vandalia
for robbery.
The body of James Smith, an in
former on Georgia moonshiners, was
found strangled to death in a well at
Montlcello.
During a race riot at Heidelberg, a
Pennsylvania mining town, Luigi Fra
titlni, an Italian, was murdered by
Sicilians.
John Ford, a coal miner of Athens, ar
rested in Springfield, 111., for disorderly
conduct, hanged himself In his cell with
a muffler.
WASHINGTON NOTES.
President Cleveland now has in hand
the report of the treasury auditor on
the reported shortages in the accounts
of Congressional Librarian Spofford,
which are stated to be due to careless
ness rather than wrong-doing.
In view' of the unusual number of
contests, Speaker Reed may form two
election committees.
Senator Morrill introduced a bill for
the appointment by the president of a
register of copyright, to perform the
duties which are now those of the li
brarian of congress.
Secretary Carlisle’s plan to increase
the reserve by paying express charges
both on the gold and the currency re
turned in exchange therefor has not
proved the success it was hoped.
Thursday’s receipts amounted to $105.-
000.
MISCELLANEOUS.
George Tucker, one of the oldest resi
dents of Charleston, 111., is dead.
While coming to anchor at Tomp
kinsville, S. 1., the battleship Texas lost
her anchor, caused by a pin dropping
from the shackle.
It is feared that the City of Omaha
will be unable to recover the $30,000
shortage left by ex-Treasurer Bolla
from his bondsmen.
Washington dispatches announce
that this government will protest vig
orously against England prohibiting
the importation of American sheep after
January.
The American Federation of Labor
met in annual convention at New York
Monday. One hundred and fifteen del-
egates are in attendance, representing
nearly a million members.
Bernard Winkeljohn. aged 59, a
farmer living near Carlyle, 111., died
suddenly of heart failure.
The Marshall County Music Teach
ers’ association met at Henry, 111. Bick
nell Young, Professor Wallace and H.
S. Perkins were in attendance.
The Illinois state board of health has
Issued certificates entitling to practice
medicine and surgery In Illinois to H.
E. Aimes, B. H. Boyd, D. W. McKenna,
C. R. Whitcomb, Chicago; C. S. Estep,
Lexington; C. A. Mueller, Rock Falls;
D. C. Leyman, Huntington. Ind.: M.
M. McDowell, Vincennes, Ind.; Johu
R. Neely, Wilmette.
LATEST MARKET REPORTS.
CHICAGO.
Cattle—Com. to prime.. .$1.40 @5.25
Hogs 2.00 @3.60
Sheep—Good to choice... 1.40 @3.50
Wheat—No. 2 56 @ .57
Corn—No. 2 26 @ .27
Oats 17 @ .18
Rye 36 @ .37
Eggs 19 @ .20
Potatoes 16 @ .23
MILWAUKEE.
Wheat—No. 2 spring 57 @ .58
Corn—No. 3 27 @ .28
Oata—No. 3 white 18 @ .19
Barley—No. 2 35 @ .36
Rye—No. 1 37 @ .38
PEORIA.
Rye—No. 2 36 @ .37
Corn—No. 3 27 @ .28
Oats—No. 2 19 @ .20
KANSAS CITY.
Cattle 1.00 @3.50
Hogs 3.40 @3.45
Sheep 2.10 @3.80
TOLEDO.
Wheat—No. 2 64 .@ .65
Corn—No. 2 mixed 28 @ .29
Oats—No. 2 mixed 19 @ .21
NEW YORK.
Wheat—No. 2 hard 68 @.69
Corn—No. 2 35 @ .36
Oats—No. 2 22 @ .23
Butter ii @ .24
ST. LOUIS.
Cattle 2.00 @4.75
Hogs 3.25 @3.50
Sheep 2.00 @3.50
Wheat—Cash 62 @ .63
Corn —Cash 24 @ .25
Oats—Cash 17 @ .18
BUFFALO.
Wheat—Old Hard 66 @ .67
Corn—No. 2 yellow 33 @ .34
Oats—No. 2 white 23 @ .24
TURKISH DIPLOMACY.
SULTAN STILL HOLDS OUT
AGAINST THE POWERS.
Tolley of Proeraattnation I* a Sucre**—
Not a Point Gained by the Ambassa
dor* Detail* of the Siva* Massacre —
Armenian* Starving.
Constantinople, Dec. 7, via Sofia, Bul
garia, Dec. 9.—The situation here on
the question of the extra guard ships
of the powers remains unchanged.
Statements are constantly reiterated of
the continued accord of the powers and
their unyielding determination to in
sist upon a compliance with their de
mands.
Less is heard, however, of the rumors
which were of frequent occurrence in
the early period after the demand had
been presented, that the sultan had
at length decided to grant the neces
sary firman to permit the passage of
the Dardanelles, or even that he had
actually issued it. Neither is there
such explicit announcement any more
of the period which is to elapse before
a movement of the war ships of the
powers is to commence, to enforce the
demands made upon the sultan.
Since the return of H. R. S. Dryad to
Salonica Bay, no word has been heard
of any actual order or movement to ad
vance upon the Dardanelles. Opinion
continues divided as to w'hether the de
lay in taking any action to enforce the
demands is due to a fear of causing a
fanatical outbreak against the Chris
tians by the Mussulman subjects of the
sultan or to a dread of a clash ensuing
between the pow’ers themselves. The
SEA PORT OF THE SULTAN’S CAPITAL SHOWING TH E GALATA BRIDGE.
flight of Said Pasha and his refuge in
the British embassy are the subject of
the most sensational Interest, and the
almost frantic efforts made by the sul
tan to induce him to return to the
Yildiz palace, indicate his fear either
that he has lost his most powerful in
termediary that he could hope for be
tween himself and the powers in evad
ing the uncomfortable demands they
make upon him or the most dangerous
adversary he could fear having in coun
sel with the powers.
Explicit instructions were again re
ceived yesterday by all the ambassa
dors to insist on the admission of the
guard ships, as has been stated, with
out effecting any change in the situa
tion. Russia's hesitation Has ceased. It
is currently reported that M. Nelidoff,
the Russian ambassador, has given the
sultan the czar's message, insisting
upon the entry of the guard ships.
Authentic details have now been re
ceived of the Sivas massacre. They
show that the slaughter began on Nov.
12, and continued for a week follow
ing. It is known that 1,200 Armenians
and ten Turks were killed before there
was a cessation of the bloody work. A
high official in a position to know de
clares that the massacres were the de
liberate work of the sultan’s ven
geance for having been compelled to
grant the reforms in Armenia demand
ed by the powers.
Relief foi Starving Armenian*. *
London, Dec. 9-. —The Marquis of
Salisbury has written to the treasurer
of the Armenian fund to the effect that
the consul at Moosh, through the Brit
ish ambassador, Sir Philip Currie, re
ports that the Armeniars of the Bltlis
district are in danger of starving. The
treasurer has forwarded £4,000 for
Bitlis, Karpoot, Erzeroum, Mardin and
Trebizonde.
Fatal Riot in a Mining Town.
Pittsburg, Pa., Dec. 9.—Early yes
terday morning Luigi Frattini was
shot in the heart and in the temple and
had his skull fractured with a club in
an Italian speak-easy at Heidelberg, a
mining town on the Panhandle railroad.
Twenty men engaged in a general
fight. Four or five others were shot
and cut, and two more deaths may re
sult. Despite his many injuries, Frat
tini lived three-quarters of an hour. Six
men are under arrest.
Nebraska Murderer Ha* Swift Justice.
Omaha, Neb., Dec. 9.—George Mor
gan, who one month ago last night as
saulted and killed 10-year-old Ida Gas
kill, was yesterday found guilty of mur
der and sentenced to hang. Morgan
denied the offense, but said he was in
toxicated when he is alleged to have
committed the crime.
National Bank Receiver.
Washington, Dec. 9.—John F. Flour
noy, of Columbus, Ga., has been ap
pointed receiver of the Chattahoochee
National bank of Columbus.
SEED DISTRIBUTION.
Secretary Morton anil Congressmen May
Clash on the Subject.
Washington, Dec. 9. —There bids fair
to be an interesting contest in this con
gress between Secretary of Agriculture
Morton and the members who have
agricultural constituencies over the
distribution of seeds.
By virtue of an opinion rendered last
summer by Attorney-General Olney,
the secretary has practically done away
with the time-honored system of seed
gratuities to the public. Since his
course was made public members have
been planning to take action to compel
the secretary to carry out the law ac
cording to their interpretation of it,
which was made plain in the course of
a long debate on the question by the
last house.
In anticipation of the congressional
request for an explanation which was
initiated by Mr. Baker of New Hamp
shire the secretary of agriculture has
had printed a circular explaining his
course* which is being distributed to
members.
WILL FIGHT GREAT BRITAIN.
Intense Patriotic Sentiment Evinced by
Venezuelans.
Washington, Dec. 9. —Word comes
from Venezuela as to the excitement
and patriotic enthusiasm over the
boundary controversy with Great Brit
ain. At Puerto Cabello a public meet
ing has been held, and subscriptions
have been opened for the purchase of a
torpedo boat for the defense of the har
bor. At the City of Bolivar another
subscription is being received by the
Central Bank, citizens of all parts of the
republic agreeing to contribute a stated
sum weekly. At Caracas, the capital
of Venezuela, a convention is to be held,
probably this month, to consider the
question of defense. No information
has been received at the Venezuelan le
gation here of the contents of the note
which it is reported has been received
by the German Minister at Caracas for
delivery to President Crespo, in which
Great Britain demands $50,000,000 for
the arrest by Venezuelans of “English
men on English soil.”
EXTERMINATING SEALS.
Wanton and Ituthle** Slaughter In Ber
ing Sea.
Portland, Ore., Dec. 9. —U. K. Nice,
agent at Dutch Harbor, Unalaska, for
the American Commercial company,
which holds concessions from the Unit
ed States government for killing seals
on the islands of the Bering Sea, is in
the city. He left Dutch Harbor after
the close of the past sealing season and
Is outspoken in his denunciation of the
present international agreement, which,
he says, privileges the wanton slaughter
of seals and means their extermination
if some changes are not made in the
near future. Fully 30,000 seals starved
to death during the past season, accord
ing to Mr. Nice, on the islands of St.
George and St. Paul in Bering sea
through the willful slaughter of their
mothers in the open sea by roving seal
crews.
Cenaus for Clt) of Berlin.
Berlin, Dec. 9.—The census of 1894-95
is nearly completed. Berlin makes a
poor showing as to her population. The
increase is barely perceptible. On the
other hand, the suburbs have grown in
mighty proportions. Charlottenburg,
for instance, shows an increase in her
population of 72 per cent. All this is
ascribed to the high cost of living in
the capital in particular and to the hard
times in general. There are in the capi
tal 876,926 females to only 787,189 male
inhabitants.
Wwklr Bank Statement.
New York, Dec. 9. —The weekly bank
statement shows the following changes:
Reserve, increase, $1,680,975; loans, de
crease, $208,800; specie, increase, sl,-
220,400; legal tenders, increase, $685,200;
deposits, Increase, $898,500; circulation,
increase, $41,100. The banks now hold
$20,294,275 in excess of the requirements
of the 25 per cent rule.
Kamal Wheat in Perfect Condition.
Topeka, Kan., Dec. 9. —Reports from
central and western Kansas are that
the new wheat crop never looked bet
ter in any year in the state’s history.
The ground is thoroughly soaked with
melted snow and fields everywhere are
green.
Coal Miner* Obdurate.
Columbus, 0., Dec. 9. —The Ohio
miners have refused to meet with the
operators’ committee of seven, to whom
was referred the adjustment of the de
mand for a cash rate in this state
THE TRADE REVIEW
SLUGGISH CONDITION OF BUSI
NESS REPORTED.
Market* Are Crowded with Stork nought
at Low Price* —Larger Demand Looked
For After the Holiday* —The Week’*
Failure*.
R. G. Dun & Co.’s Weekly Review of
Trade says:
“Business Is still sluggish, as if
gorged by excessive indulgence of the
appetite for buying when prices were
advancing. In nearly every branch
stocks not yet distributed to consumers
stand in the way of new orders, and
competition of a producing force
largely exceeding the present demand
puts down prices that decline, retarding
purchases yet more. After the holi
days men look for a larger demand. For
the present the springs of new business
are running low, but enough is doing
on old orders to keep most of the works
employed in part and a good propor
tion fully. Financially influences have
not hindered, and rarely has the open
ing of a session of Congress affected
business so little.
“Wheat has advanced about a cent
for the week, though Western receipts
have been 7,014,911 bushels, against 3,-
727,788 last year, and Atlantic exports,
flour included, again exceed last year's,
2,326,093, against 1,887,737 bushels. The
best Western estimates of the crop have
been raised again. Corn comes from
farms less freely than a year ago, the
low prices hindering, but exports were
1,293,774 bushels, against 178,813 last
year. Cotton has been weak again, de
clining a quarter for the week, and the
January option 27 points. The quantity
which has come into sight, 35 per cent
lees than last year to date, does not yet
indicate a yield 30 or 37 per cent small
er, as many predict, though the recent
movement is very slow.
"Northern spinners have taken about
a third less than last year. Wool has
been slightly strengthened by the Lon
don sales, but the average of quotations
by Coates Bros, is only a tenth of 1 per
cent higher. Sales continue large, 6,-
463,100 pounds for the week, of which
60 per cent was foreign. Manufactur
ers have much machinery idle at pres
ent and orders thus far are not encour
aging. Dress goods are in less demand
and Atlantic all wool J cashmeres were
reduced 10 per c.nt.
“Iron and its products are lower. The
average of all quotations Is BVt per cent
below the highest point in September,
but actual sales are frequently made be
low quotations. Proposed combination
of lake ore producers has not vet been
effected and with the fall in the price
of iron is less probable. Rails have not
changed, while Bessemer pig has de
clined $5 and billets $6 per ton, and a
purchase of 10.900 tons for San Fran
cisco from England is noticed, with a
considerable importation of wire nails
at Boston. Copper is weaker at 14 cents
for lake, with narrow demand, and tin
a quarter weaker, with the visible sup
ply here and abroad 29,231 tons, against
22,445 tons a year ago. Anthracite coal
Is weaker and sold at $3.80 here, against
$4.15 according to circular.
“Failures in the United States for the
week have been 324. against 385 last
year, and 52 in Canada, against 40 last
year.”
NOTED WRITER DEAD.
George Augustus Bala l’assea Away at
London.
London, Dec. 9.—George Augustus
Henry Sala, the distinguished author
and journalist, is dead. He was born
in London in 1828. In the early part of
his career he became a contributor of
articles to newspapers and magazines.
He founded and was the first editor of
the Temple Bar Magazine. He visited
the United States in 1863 as special cor
respondent for the Dally Telegraph and
in the latter part of the following year
published the result of his observa
tions under the title of "America in
the Midst of War."
Fltiilmmon* Una Not Signed Article*.
Houston, Tex., Dec. 9. —W. K.
Wheelock saw Martin Julian, manager
of Bob Fitzsimmons, yesterday and
tried to induce him to sign articles for
the meeting with Peter Maher. Julian
positively refused to sign, objecting to
the date, Feb. 14. and to the size of the
purse hung up. He wants $20,000.
Railroad Rate* for Coal Advanced.
New York, Dee. 9—Anthracite coal
freight rates from the mines to Chicago
aud other western points have been or
dered advanced 50 cents per tou, to take
effect Jan. 0.