The Yale expositor., February 28, 1896, Image 6

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ROUND ABOUT HOME.
MICHIGAN EVENTS RELATED IN
BRIEF ITEMS.
Michigan Hoard of Corrections Find Our
rriitons la Clood Condition Itlg I-anii
Citte Agalo.it the G. It. & L Railroad
and Citarlevolx County Homesteaders
Michigan l'rlsons Prosperous. ti j t
A joint meeting of the boards of con
trol of tho several penal institutions of
the state was held at Lansing". (). M.
Rarncs, of Lansing1, presided. Warden
Chpmberlain reported 811 prisoners at
Jackson. All tho available men are
now employed, and both work and ac
commodations could bo furnished 75
more. One year ago over half the con
victs were idle. Warden Fuller re
ported 574 inmates at Ionia; all
available men bcn;ig employed. The
industries are in a prosperous condi
tion, and the per capita expense is.
about one-half ot what it was for the
preceding biennial period. (Jati Smith
reported that of tho 210 convicts at
Marquette, not more than 15 are en
paged in productive pursuits. With
tho exception of Marquette tho indus
tries show a marked improvement.
Reports fchow that Michigan prisons
are maintained at from oue-half to
one-fifth of the expense of conducting
eastern prisons.
Ten prisoners have been paroled
from Jackson, eight from Ionia and
five from Marquette, and all but one,
who was returned to Jackson are do
ing well and the boards arc greatly
pleased with the system.
Holm ch, the Murderer, Vets Halt.
Joseph S. II. Holmes, the slayer of a
!rand Rapids motorraan, came before
the fcupremo court on a habeas corpus.
Recently Circuit Court Commissioner
Mctlill, of (irand Rapids, admitted
Holmes to bail in the sum of $15,000.
A formal demand was made for
Holmes' release, but it was denied on
the grounds that the commissioner
did not liavc jurisdiction. The court
sent Holmes back, however, holding
that McUill had full power to admit
him to bail, mid that tho police depart
ment must comply with the commis
sioner's order. J. S. J I. Holmes was
returned to IS rand Rapids and pro
ceeded immediately to Circuit Court
Commissioner Metiill's office, where
the bonds were submitted and bonds
men accepted and Holmes was released
from custody pending his trial.
Many Michigan Homesteader I n vol to d.
A big suit was begun in the U. S.
court at Grand Rapids when bills of
complaint were filed in the case of tho
United btatcs vs. the (S. R. fc I. rail
road ct al., which includes moro than
200 Charlevoix homesteaders, and the
suit involves 22,000 acres of land, all in
Charlevoix county, except 170 acres
in Emmet. The (. R. & I.
owns about one-half of the land,
and the homesteaders arc made party
defendants. They purchased their
farms of tho railroad, and their title is
consequently involved with the origi
nal title. Tho suit seeks to cancel the
patent issued to the (S. R. t I. on the
ground that it was erroneously certi
fied by the land department at Wash
ington uuder tho act of congress in
is:.o.
J'rotnlnent farmer Arrested n lUirglars.
In December the general store and
postofliec of Edward Walters, at Sum
merville, was robbed of several hun
dred dollars' worth of merchandise
and a quantity of stamps. The build
ing was then burned to hido the traces
of tho crime. The sheriff of Cass
county lias just arrested Albert Rlack,
Henry Sterling and Henry Mitchell,
well-to-do farmers near iSummerville,
on tho charge of committing the crime.
One of tho men confessed and con
ducted the officers to a place where a
portion of the stolen goods were se
creted. They Dcftcrro to l Humeil nt the Stake.
Anna, Eliza, Rcrthaand Jane Rums,
respectively 0, 8, 10 and 12 years of
age, have been the victims of several
villains at Port Austin. (Solin Pardee
and Mary Rums, who eloped from there
ti few months ago, also Joseph and
Elisha Meyers and (Jco. Jewel are
under arrest, charged with being im
plicated in the crime. The little girls
wero afraid of their mother and did
not daro to mnkc tho crime known
until after her elopement with Pardee.
They are in a very precarious condi
tion. School Ceriu Figure.
Secretary of State Gardner has issued
advanco sheets of a census bulletin
knowing the number of persons in
Michigan who attended school the last
ccusus year to bo 474, 072, of whom
431,707 are native, and 42, 9()." foreign
born. Compared with tho number of
pupils returned in 1884 there is an in
crease of 05,179, or 25.41 per cent.
Population increased 20.92 per cent in
tho same time. The increase in native
pupils is 9:i,00tl, or 27.45 per cent, and
of foreign-born pupils 3,r2l of 8.95 per
cent.
Itldtiop William Confirmed.
The war in the diocese of Mar
quette tigainst the confirmation of
Archdcacou G. Mott Williams as bishop
of the diocese ha3 failed of its purpose.
Telegrams have been received from
the presiding bishop, Right Rev. Will
iams of Connecticut, to the effect that
n majority of the votes cast by tho
bishops and by tho diocesan standing
, committees, wero favorable to Arch
deacon, Williams' confirmation.
A postoffice has been established in
Tice township, Allegan county, called
Chicora, in memory of the ill-fated
steamer.
Forged or "raised'' drain orders have
been used to defraud Lapeer county
merchants, and several urrests will
Oon result.
The members of tho Girl RaeheJors'
club at Paw Paw ure till broken m be
cause their president, Miss RosoTy.ucr,
lias married. I -
WMli. ivnKh'mrr nt, Leslie Mrs. Claude
Mclutyre fainted and fell upon ; the
stove ana was seriously nurncu uexoro
Jiclp arrived.
Holland sends Mayor Dick:ua &nd
rx-Mayors Hummer and Reach '.
Washington to work for needed har
bor improvements.
MICHIGAN NEWS.
Evart society people gave a mlnstr
show.
Chas. Kemp, aged 00, was killed by
A Hying board at a Rarryton planing
mill.
Tiro destroyed two buildings at
Emmet a meat market and a milinery
store.
Paul Warboys and family havo
started from Whlttakcr to drive iu a
wagon to Virginia.
Lou Gerincfhcr, acred 9, of Iosco, died
from the elt'ects of being hit in the
side bv a snowball.
lEucreno McNeil took a larro dose of
morphine at Lawtou with suicidal in
tent, but may recover.
O. II. Cole, of Lausing, while drill
ing a well at a depth of 275 feet
brought up particles of gold.
Muskegon, city and county, show
great interest in the good roads con
vention to bo held in Lansing.
Christ Spielberger, while practicing
on an improved trapeze in his barn,
near St. Clair, accidentally got his
neck caught and was found hanging
dead.
.Adrian is having hard work to raise
the 30,000 bonus necessary to secure
the Lima northern extension of the C,
J. & M. railrpad, and may not be able
to get it.
Grand Rapids ,has bocn restrained
bv injunction from issuing ? 145,000
market site bonds, the superior court
holding that the vote did not carry by
a proper majority.
Church people of Traverse City have
agitated tigainst dancing so much that
tho school teachers have been informed
that they must refrain from such
worldly amusements.
R. XV. Cochran recently opened a
grocery and drug store at Cedar
Springs, and he has been arrested for
selling drugs without a registered
pharmacist s diploma.
Eire destroyed the water works, jail
and hose tower at Pineonning. Busi
ness is at a standstill, as all mills were
supplied from the water works. Tho
loss is 3,000; partly insured.
The commission appointed by the
city of Muskegon to visit Washington
to urge tho necessity of improving"
their harbor, havo returned with the
assurance of a $50,000 appropriation
lor an lb-loot harbor.
A roar end collision on the'D.,S. S.
it A. road, near Houghton, resulted in
the injury of Rrakemun Jerry Dono
hoe and Conductor Horace Fee of tho
freight train, which was run into by a
passenger train, the engineer and tire-
man escaping by lumping.
The body of Chas. Pix was found in
bed in a miserable house at Ray City.
The interior of the house was a muss
of filth. From appearances the bodv
had been there for a month. It is not
known whether he committed suicide
or not, but a powerful drug was found
under the bed.
Poor Commissioner Moerdyke, of
Grand Rapids, is on the carpet. It is
alleged that he has shown favoritism
toward well-to-do Hollanders and cut
off poor people from the list. His
books arc being investigated. Some
of the people to whom he gave aid own
pianos and good homes.
Notwithstanding a severe and blind
ing blizzard the new Rerrien county
courthouse erected at St. Joseph at a
cost of loo, 000. was dedicated with a
good-sized crowd present. A large
mob which had not been invited at
tempted to make a demonstration, but
they were dispersed by the police.
Chas. L. Rrcckon, editor and pro
prietor of the Grand Haven Daily
rsews, was arrested on a capias issued
by Geo. A. Farr, who claims $25,001
damages. Rail in the sum of $10,000
was asked, and the defendant went to
jail. The affair is the outgrowth of a
series of articles upon the political
record of the plaintiff.
The Flint Union Rlues are very an
gry because of the roast recently given
them by Col. Hoynton, una declare
they will all hand iu their resignations
unless the company is inspected at
once and the charge of inefficiency
withdrawn or proven, tapt. Bucking
ham has laid this ultimatum before
Inspector-General Walsh.
Gov. Rich, with the state veterinary
surgeon, the state sanitary commission,
and the commission of the home for the
feeble-minded, went to Lapeer to in
spect the stock on tho farm. A disease
pronounced to be tuberculosis by the
state veterinary is said to be among
the herd. The entire herd of some 10
or 12 have been ordered killed.
Andrew E.' Klrvan, supervisor of
Arthur township, Clare county, has
been arrested on the charge of crimi
nally assaulting his 12-year-old daugh
ter, Cora. During the investigation
another daughter, Jennie, aged 14,
said she had been ruined by her father.
Their mother is dead. Kirvan is 40
years old. Lynching is threatened.
Firo broke out in tho grocery store
of S. Dockhain at North Branch, and
in three hours the entire block in
which it was located was destroyed.
All wero frame store. The buildings
were occupied as follows: S. Dockham,
grocery; J. Cunningham, barber; I).
Orr, farm implements; J. S. Clarkson,
photographer; also rooms by two pri
vate families. The loss will reach
about $12,000; insured.
Adjt.-Gen. (Sreen has promulgated
orders relative to the militia encamp
ment at Island Lake which becrins
Autr. 19 next. Members mustered in
after May 15 will not bo eligible for
camp duty, and no substitutes will be
allowed, Ofilcets presenting substi
tutes will bo liable to court martial.
Leaves of absence will be granted only
in case of sickness, or absolute neces
sity. The law regarding the use of in
toxicating liquors will bo rigidly en
forced.
The ll-days'-old child of George V.
Ilerbstreith, of Grand Rapids, had a
narrow escape from bclni? buried alive.
The child apparently died after lying
in a camatose condition since birth.
Tho attending phielcian. Dr. L. E.
Best, signed u death certificate which
stated marasmus as the cause of death.
He did not see the child and the under
taker, armed with the certificate, pro
ceeded to lay out the child for burial.
By accident he noticed it was alive.
Restoratives were given, but without
avail, us the little one expired 24 hours
afterward.
Renzonia's cleclric liirht plant ii
owned by women.
MAKES YOUR BLOOD BOIL.
HorrlblA Cold blooded n em of the Turk lit
Their Oppression of Armenia.
A special correspondent at Constan
tinople, who has secured more than
ordiuary privileges in visiting in Ar
menia, tells some awful tales of the
cruelty of the Turkish officials, sol
diers and citizens toward the trem
bling, suffering, starving, . homeless
Armenians who have been fortunate
(or would it bo better to say unfortu
nate) enough to survive the horrible
butcheries of last fall when nearly 50,
000 men, women and children wero
ruthlessly slain. The correspondent
says:
Some two months ago tho sublime porta sent
forth commissions, presumably to Investigate
the condition of tne Armenians arid to order
that no further massacres occur, but tuoy evi
dently forgot their instructions. They trav
eled rapidly frofn one settlement to unother
nnd mudo no attempt at investigation, but upon
their arrival they summoned beforo them a
number of loading men. Mosicms and Christ
luris. These wore admitted to tho presence
of the commissioners separately, Urst Uio Mos
lems, atterward the Christians. To the former
they iaid: "We did not expect so much of you.
but now you h no done It never mind. Jinnee
forth von must l;eep the peace." When tho
Christian: wero admitted tho commissioners
at onco began to read mi audress reciting tho
beneilts received during tl:a reign of tne bo
noilcent sultan und the pori'dious conduct of
the Armenians. After tho reading of tho ad
dress Abdii'uu I'asha began to address tho
Christians in it mucU more violent strain. Ho
said if the Armenians should again begin to
agitate, not oven the name of Armenia would
be allowed to remain: they would all be b.oitcd
out. Drawing himself up to his full height
and stretching out his arm like a sword, ho
said: "What wo have trained we gained with
blood, and when we give up this morsel wo
will (rive it up with blood, blood, blood."
Another fact of Interest Is the sending out of
ofrteials to enroll in tuo government lists tho
names of Christians who have become Moslems.
Multitudes havo been lorelidy converted to
Islam. 1 lo not mean simply that they havo
been obliged to chonso between be.toming
Moslems or perishing bv lh sword, but that
thoy havo t oen beiu I or hold while tho rito of
ctrcumclsion was priormed without their con
sent. Many hedged to be Killed, but their
Turkuh neighbors said to them: "So. we want
you to till tuo licl'is. Wo will make you Mos
lems." The carrying out of Christian girls and
women, too. still continues, in the citv of
l'alu. Turns carry oil girls, keep them lor a
few days and return them dishonored. The
same is done i.i many other places.
me destitution or the Armenians arc awful.
Men who wero wealthy in October were beg
ging for bread In November. Villages wero
piuagod or every scrap of food and ciothtn;.
When the plunderers could tlnd nothing mnro
to carry on, tho villagers returned and sifted
the dust to gather a few kernels of whoit or
barley. Wherever yoa go you meet wan.
pinched faces and people clad in scanty gar
ments. And you know that multitudes upend
tho long, cold nights huddled together with
nothing to lie down upon und nothing to cover
them. Of course disease Bets in and carnos
them off. It is estimated that there aro be
tween M),(Xk and Imi.tKto people in extivmo des
titution. The government has irlven a littlo
aid occasionally, in many cases the allowance
is one-sixth as much us is given to a Turkish
soldier. The Turks ure hostile to relief work
and oppose it in various ways. No Christian
dares to receive or distribute relief funds, i
happen to know that the Armenian missionar
ies tried to send money Into l'alu und other
places and if, was returned to them because no
one dared to receive and distribute it.
Manitoba ftclioo! Question.
A dispatch front Winnepeg, Man.,
says: hir Donald Ninth, who catno
here as special plenipotentiary of the
dominion government in connection
with the school question, has taken
back u. message from Premier Green
wav which may settle the trouble
some school question. Premier Green-
way declares if the dominion authori
ties attempt coercion he will resist ut
any cost, but that if thej' withdraw
their coercion bill and allow Manitoba
to settle the question without inter
ference, he will make such concessions
to Catholics as are reasonable and that
they cannot fail to accept. Sir Donald
will advise the dominion government
to drop its proposed remedial bill
which will likely lie done. J he do
minion government will then bring on
the general election on other issues.
Robber Hold With Lot of Nerve.
Three bold villians perpetrated a
daring robbery at the house of Mrs.
!arah imfr, near Disco. Mrs. (roit, the
little girl, and the hired man were si
ting at the supper table when the door
was burst open and three masked men
came rushing in armed with clubs and
revolvers. The hired man was dealt
a blow on tho jaw, breaking it. Mrs.
(Jofr was bound and gagged and the
girl was compelled to go through the
house showing them where the valu
ables were concealed. A watch and
chain, valued at SI 00, and all the sil
verware and $30 in money wero taken.
The robbers then prepared themselves
a meal and remained on tho premises
until 2 a. in.
Important to endowment I'ollcy Holder.
The supreme court has delivered an
important opinion in tho case of Lock
wood vs. Michigan Mutual Life Insur
ance Co., in which Lock wood brings
suit to compel the insurance people to
pay him the cash surrender value o
three ?1,000 policies held by him. His
mother, brothers and sisters were
made the beneficiaries in case ot his
death and in notifying the company of
his intentions to surrender the policies
Lock wood forwarded receipts signed
by himself and his mother, but not by
any of the other bencliciaries. Tho
company requested receipts signed by
the latter, and declined payment un
less they wero furnished. The court
upheld the companj'.
Clari Itartou Uolleying Armenian.
Miss Clara Rarton, president of the
American Red Cross Society, after hav
ing been presented to the Turkish
ministers interested in tho purposes of
her mission in Turkey, began making
the preparations to start for Anatolia,
to supervise the work of distributing
relief to the distressed Armenians.
Khc has established her headquarters
in tho Pera quarter, and with the help
of her assistants, is making rapid pro
gress with the work of organization.
U. A. K JetAVIi.it 1'her Alc from IttC.lroitri
Four northwestern railroads havo
now signilied their intention of giving
the G. A. R. all they ask in the way of
limitation of tickets for their annual
encampment at St. Paul next Septem
ber. They are the Chicago Great
Western, the Wisconsin Central, tho
Minneapolis & St. Louis and thn Iowa
Central. All the others will do the
same, undoubtedly.
Ex-Gov. (ieorge Dexter Robinson, of
Massachusetts, died at Springfield. Re
was stricken with apoplexy.
Henry Hilliger, of Detroit, a paroled
somict of Jackson prison who broke
ills parole at Detroit three weeks ago.
was captured at Chicago and returned
to prison by Deputy Warden Northrup.
Hilliger was sentenced from Detroit
November, 1802, to tlve years for lar
ceny. On being paroled last Novem
ber he wus given work at his trade as
painter nt Detroit and lived apart from
his wife, but during a spree ho went
to the homo of his wife Hurt assaulted
her and then skipped, lie is the Urst
convict to break tho new parole law.
CAUGHT! ON THE FLY
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC NEWS
OF GENERAL INTEREST.
A Terrible Fix pi on ion of Dynamite at
JoliMnneburir Kill Over lOO l'eople
Alyatenouii Explonlon In a Colorado
Coal Mine Kutoruba CO minors.
lOO Mftu Killed In the Tramr ial. '
An explosion of dynamite occurred
at Viedendorp and the poor quarter of
Johannesburg, the town has been
blown to pieces. Hundreds of houses
are in ruins and the havoc wrought is
fearful. Thousands of people have
been rendered homeless by the terri
ble calamity, about 100 persons aro
known to have been killed, some 300
men, women and children . havo been
severely wounded.
Viedendorp is suburb of Johannes
burg. In it are huddled members of
the poorer classes of tho Rand, Malays,
Kallirs and Chinese.
Among the freight cars standing on
the shunt lines at Viedendorp were
eight trucks loaded with dynamite.
The deadly stult was hidden
under cahvas coverings to pro
tect it from the rain and sun.
Suddenly there was an explosion near
tho freight depot, so awful in the in
tensity of its force that the ground for
miles around was convulsed as if by
an earthquake. Houses rocked anil
fell, masses of iron, stone, earth, wood
and human remains were hurled sky
ward; tho windows of almost every
house in Johannesburg were broken
and people were blown through tho
air like straws before a gust of wind.
The explosion tore a hole L'OO feet long
and 80 feet wide, at the spot where
tho eight trucks of dynamite had
been standing. Tho eifects of the
explosion could bo seen over a radius
of more than a mile, and almost every
thing within a half-mile of the spot
was crushed beyond redemption.
How the explosion occurred is not
known. Rut a belief prevails that a
thieving Kaffir found his way to the
shunted trucks and that in trying to
break open one of tho cases of the ex
plosive, being in ignorance of what it
contained, he brought about the dis
aster. Costly Fire at .Johannesburg;.
A lire broke out in the business sec
tion of Johannesburg, Transvaal, and
destroyed property amounting to over
S'J73,000.
GO MINERS ENTOMBED.
Awful Explosion Near Newrmtle, Colo.,
l'robably Kllllnj; Many Miners.
With a report that shook Elk mount
ain to its base the Vulcan coal mine,
at Newcastle. Colo., went up in ariex
plosion, and three score lives were prob
ably saeriticed. No warning of the
impending disaster was given. A
glance was enough to dissipate any
hope for the lives of the entombed
men. The force of the explosion had
caused a cave-in, nnd the tunnel aud
air courses were tilled with the fallen
rock, earth and timbers. Roth fan
houses wero wrecked, and the slope
and vicinity were so full of debris, and
the gas was so bad that it was hard
aud dangerous work to begin tho res
cue. Nevertheless, willing hands were
soon at work, and five men went down
as far as possible to ascertain the con
dition of the slope, and found it such
that it will require much work to reach
the laborers. The gas was so bad that
after the party had gone "00 feet they
were compelled to return.
The only man who got out of the
miue at the time of the explosion was
Edward Welch, who was near the
mouth of the tunnel and was blown
out. His skull was fractured, arm
broken, face badly cut and burned and
all tho hair burned from his head. He
was breathing when found, but soon
expired.
The cause of the explosion is not yet
know n. The coal lields in which the
Vulcan mine is located have been
troubled with subterranean gases for
years. In many places over a distance
of 80 to loo miles smoke has issued
from crevices in the rocks since the
country was lirss known to white men
and in'lato years more than one val
nble coal mine has been destroyed by
lire breaking out in the workings. It is
thought that tho disaster may have
been caused by tho breaking into an
immense pocket of gas generated by
these everlasting tires.
After 24 hours hard work but four
bodies were recovered, and reliable
ligurcs show that there aro still
more men in the mine.
Later reports from the Newcastle,
Colo., mine explosion say that the
linding of 18 dead bodies havo blasted
all hopes of any of the ftO entombed
miuers being found alive.
Ex-Co'tRrF!im'm Hurler Suicided.
Hon. Michael D. IJarter committed
suicide at the home of S. Knapp, at
Postoria. O. When found lifts was ex
tinct. Tho fatal shot was fired from a
revolver, the bullet entering the right
temple, penetrating the brain. No
cause iA assigned for the act further
thnti lm hits boon suffering with in-
i somnia for some time past and that
I . :.. .1 I f .. ..iwi
ill iniuu ,ruvL' uwuj. nv; tu.i i ivu s?uu,-
000 life insurance.
Mr. Hartor was born at Canton. O., April ft
1,'Uil. and for over so years had been a constant
and consistent udvocato of low tariff taxon and
sound money." 1'or tho Kroater part of hln
lite ho was u haulier and manufacturer, lie
was elected to tho Fifty-second and re-elected
to tho Fifty-third congress as a Democrat.
ItlU" tiym U l)e;d.
Edgar W. P. (Rill) Nye died at his
home, 13 miles from Asheville, N. C.
Jits wife, two sons and two daughters
were present at his bedside when the
end peacefully came. Ten days previ
ously he suffered a stoke of paralysis.
It was announced at a meeting of
the Central Labor union of New York
that a general strike of the Interna
tional Lithograph, Artists and En
gravers' union in this country and
Canada has been called. About 1,000
men will go out. Tho cities which
will be affected aro New York, RfiiTulo.
.Louisville, , Cincinnati, Chicago, De
troit, St. Louis, Rochester, Milwaukee,
Roston, Cleveland nnd Toronto.
Seven people wero asphyxiated, one
badly hurt by jumping from a window,
and live others more or less injured by
u lire in tho residence of James R.
Armiger, a prominent jeweler, at Ral
timorc.
OUR LAWMAKERS AT. WORK.
SENATE-Fifty-nlnth day To appropria
tion bills, the military academy and the pen-'
slon bill, wero passed during the day. Kfiorts
were mado to amend, the military academy
bill by increasing the number of cadets to two
Irom each state, uo in all, but after a debate of
three hours the plan was defeated. The
pension appropriation bill, carrying fH.oou..
i iu, was pastiud after lu minutes' debate.
House. -Tho House passed tho agricultural
appropriation bill. It carries .I.1.VU'.U. The
section of revised Blatutes for tho purchano
and disturbutlon of seed which Secratary Mor
ton declined to execute in tho current appro
priation law wus repealed, the appropriation
for eeed was increased from from 1.i0.imki to
tl.Vl.ooo. and its execution was made mandatory
upon the secretary. Mr. Couins. of Iowa, in
troduced his amendment to reduce Mr. Mor
ton's salary from i s.oiii) to !'S until he expended
the appropriation in the current law. but the
amendment was ruled out oa a point of
order. Sovoral amendment3 to tho meat
inspection act of isi, recommended bv
Secretary Morton, which would have given
him additional power to force regulations
and have strengthened the law by the imposi
tion of penalties, wore stricken out. A roso
lution was adoptod diroctlng the committee on
wavs and means to lnveHiigate the effect of tho
difforeneo of exchange between gold and silver
standard countries upon the manufacturing
Industries of the United States.
SKNATE-Sixtleth day Tho dtplomatlo ami
consular appropriation bill was passed, thus
clearing the calendar of appropriation bills.
Mr. Carter. Ueo.. Mont., offered a resolution to
recommit the tariff bill to tho ilnanco commit
tee, but no action action was taken. Mr.
Lodge presented a resolution directing tho
llnance committee to investigate and report on
the sale of United Mates bonds during ls'.i-i-.Vti.
and tho disposition ot the proceeds ot
such sales, 'the resolution weut over.
House. Tlie House devoted itself strictly to
business. Tho army appropriation bill, carry
ing !;"3.U"A,tX)-:. was passed, tho conferenqo re
port on the urgent deficiency bill was adopted,
and the bill to extend for live years tiio timo in
which the government can bring suits to
annul patents to uublic lands under ruiiroud
and wagon road grants was passed..
Senate Slxty-llrst day Tho Cuban ques
tion came up for final action und a number of
strong speeches were made which showed that
tho leaders of the Senate aro in favor ot some
decisive action to relieve the Cuban patriots of
their oppression. No action was taken,
but a better understanding ot tho
various resolutions was secured. It is
apparent that somo monsure will pass
within a few dins. House. Tho confer
ence report on the diplomatic and consular bill
was agreed to. the Senate amendments to the
pension bill wero sent to conference and the
Indian appropriation bill was taken up. Tho
latter bill carries $s ti:tn,!i:i.-. or less than
tho law for tho current yar. In connection
with a proposition to increase tho salaries of
Indian inspectors from ..tOO to i-Il.ooo to the
salaries llxed by law. Mr. ( annon and Mr.
Dingley. tho Ucpubllcan leaders on the lloor
appealed to tho majority in view ot the situa
tion of the treasury to keep down expenses
and refuse to take a step in the direction of in
creased salaries. Hut their appeals were in
vain, and tho action of tho committee on In
dian ailuirs in restoring tho salaries wai sus
tained, tit to M).
Sixty-second day No session of the Senate.
House The House in committee of the whole
refused to folio somo of the Hepuhllcan lead
ers in the matter of red.icing tho nalarlos of
Indian inspectors from a,oo; to .'.Mil. tho
latter being tho salary in the law for tho
current year. An upponl was mado to the
House in behalf oi economy and retrenchment
and was defeated. The progi-ov was very
slow, only two of tho ol pages ot the Indian
bill being disposed of. Tne night sosslou was
devoted to private pension bills.
Senate Sixty-third oay The debute on
the Cuban belligerency resolution was contin
ued and great interest was manifested, both on
tho tioor and in tho crowded galleries. Mr.
Morgan spoke for three hours, ana bud not
concluded when tho senate adjourned. He
said the utrocitles of tne Spanish forces in
controlling tho Cubans wero almost without
parallel in history, in the last war not only
had 13.000 Cubans been UiDed in battle, but
-1 1,000 prisoners had been put to death. I t wus
a most shocking holocaust. Ho said ho had
paused In wonderment to think that tho United
Slates had stood silently by at this awful
slaughter of -I unci prisoners instead of moving,
sword in hand, und driving the Spaniard from
the island. The present war. Mr. liorman said,
was but a renewal of the former one. The
United States could go no further in its lor
hcurunce without a stain on its honor. It wus
tho imperative dut v oi today to declare a Mate
of war existing. Mr. Morgan said tho bloody
codoofUen. Weyler was without a parallel in
modern warfare. It was aimed ugainst women
and children nnd innocent tradesmen. Wo
have the right to Insist that the rules of civil
ized warfare be observed. A significant vote
on the resolution for an investigation of remit
bond Issues was taken during tho day. Mr.
Lodge's resolution tor ua investigation came
up. and Mr. l:ffer oftered an amendment lor u
special committee and a more comprehensive
inquiry. Mr. Lodge sought to have tho amend
ment laid on the table, but his motion to this
eifect was defeated PI to 31. Klnal action was
not secured. The bill pensioning tho widow of
the late Secretary Uresham at ?n) monthly was
passed. House During tho consideration of
the Indian appropriation bill the llouso. in
committee of iho whole, after a very interest
ing debate by a vote of U.I to t'4, decided that
none of the appropriations for Indian scnouls
should go to sectarian schools. Tho only sec
tarian schools to wnich money now goes aro
Koniau Catholic in denomination, and the tight
was led by Mr. Linton, lie p., Mich.,
who is tho most pronounced and open
ly avowed A. i'. A. man on tho
lioor. in his speech Mr. Linton nt
tributed the defeat of many members two
years ago to their refusal to abolish sectavlan
Hchools anil predicted dKistor to those who
titill stood out against their abolition. Ho also
referred Indignantly to a statue of I'ero Mar
luette. robed in the gowii of a Jesuit priest,
and decorated with the paraphernalia of Ins
: liurch. winch is shortly to be erected in stat
uary hall in tho presence of high dignitaries of
lh Catholic church. Tuo deoutu was warm
ind lengthy beforo the vote was taken.
A Horror nt h Hanging.
The hanging of James Fitzgerald at
rit. Louis, for tho murder of his sweet
heart, Annie Naessens, was a most
horrible affair. Fitzgerald bravely
ttood upon the gallows. The black
;ap and noose was soon adjusted. His
legs were bound, and, with a protesta
tion of innocence on his lips, his body
was launched through tho trap but
not to death. A cry or horror went
up from tho crowd about, the gallows
as the body fell sprawling, struggling
and strangling among the doctors be
low. Tho rope had broken. Round
hand and foot, and with tho black cap
still drawn tightly over his head, he
was carried into the morguo and laid
on a slab.
For 50 minutes the condemned man
endured terrible agonies. Outside in
the jail yard an angry, horror-stricken
crowd watched tho excitiug scene. A
new rope was tinally procured and
five deputies carried Fitzgerald to the
gallows and supported him until the
drop fell again, just fine hour and ilvo
minutes after the trap was first sprung.
He was soon pronounced dead, his
neck having been broken.
Fitzgerald's father, mother nnd sis
ter died of grief us the result of his
conviction.
Edgar W. Nye, the famous "Rill"
Nye, humorist," is reported to bo dying
of apoplexy at his home near Ashe
ville, N. C.
Ry carelessness in not shutting off
proper valves in the keeping box nt
tho Wilkcsbarre, Pa., gas works tho
basement was tilled with gas und
Geo. Maxwell, Geo. Zerbce and Samuel
Maxwell were sutfocated.
Mrs, John Rroughton, an old lady
who had long made her homo in Pon
tlac, was found frozen to death in her
home and tho family was suffcriug
from hunger and cold.
The steamship Victoria, with Dr.
Jameson aboard, arrived at Davennort,
England, from Port Natal. Two "hun
dred and " fifty of Dr. Jameson's men
havo arrived in Loudon and havo been
sent to their homes. In spite of the
secrecy which it was sought to main
tain as to tho timo o tho arrival, a
great crowd gathered to receive them
nnd greeted them with aecinmations.
Dr. Jameson was secretly landed to
avoid the crowds.
Coinumndor Itooth and Wife Itlgn.
The retirement of Commander Ral
lington Rooth and wife, Maud R..
itooth, from tho head of the Salvation
Array in the United States, is an
nounced They express their regret
in severing connections with the army
aud leave it with their best . wishes. .
They declare that they will uot form
an independent army. . Tho property
of tho army, valued at about $.oo,000,
will bo turned over to the commander's
successor, who is announced in a dis
patch from London to be Rooth Tucker.
1 'artisans of Rallington Rooth say
that the secret of his removal lies
wholly in the fact thatj he has suc
ceeded in almost completely Ameri
canizing the Salvation Army in this
country. His methods aroused the
antagonism of a little English coterie,
headed by Col. Radio, the chief sec
retary, who came over from England
one year ago. (len. Rooth, father o!
Rallington, and commauder-in-chiei
of the army, did not fancy the idea of
the army in America breaking away
from the English precedents and .was
finally prevailed upon to order the
withdrawal of Rallington Rooth.
FlteOiiinion Won h the Vltt Ilouitd.
Tho famous light between Rob Fitz
simmons and l'eter Maher was fought
on Mexican soil just across the Rio
Grande river from Laugtry, Tex.
Peter Maher was knocked out by
Rob Fitzsimmons iu the first round
after one minute and 3.") seconds of
actual lighting. Fitzsimmons played
the game ho has so often played be
fore, leading on his opponent until he
hud him where he wanted him and
then landed a lightning right-hand
swing on the jaw, and it was all over,
it was the identical blow that knocked
out Jim Hall in New Orleans.
Four Lumber Killod.
A very peculiar accident, resulting
in the death of four men, occurred at
McKay's camp, near Seney. A party
of Fins and Poles were wero working
on an iucline of tho road shoveling
away the snow, which was piled high
on either side. Tho steam log handler,
which was being experimented with,
suddenly became unmanageable and
rushed down upon tho men before
they could escape. They were ground
beneath the wheels and some were
thrown up against the snow banks.
Seven men were injured and four
killed outright.
Universal I'euce Union.
Delegates to the Universal Peaee
union tilled Independence hall, Phila
delphia. Letters and telegrams were
read from various people from all over
the country. President Cleveland re
gretted that he could not be present
and wrote that he was in hearty sym
pathy with the movement. Resolu
tions were adopted favoring the aboli
tion of war between England and the
United States. A general meeting
will be held at Washington at an early
date to promote this movement.
It is stated on good authority that
Russia does not intend to annex Korea,
but considers it a duty to guarantee
the independence of Korea.
"Rlack snow" fell during tho recent
wild western weather at Chicago and
through portions of Michigan, ludiana,
Illinois, Iowa and Wisconsin.
A Constantinople dispatch says that
there is persistent rumor of a fresh
massacre at Urfa. The government
objects to Miss Clara Rarton, president
of the American Red Cross society,
going to Zeitoun to distribute relief.
1A dispatch from Constantinople says:
The consuls of tho powers who nego
tiate the peace at Zeitoun report the
terrible distress and illness there.
There are 8,000 refugees in the town
and an almost entire absence of beds
and clothing. Many are dying of cold
and starvation.
XV. H. Moyer, the Traverse City
merchant, who claimed he was robbed
of 5?4,oOi) two weeks ago, has been ar
rested at the instance of Fred L. Far
lee, un agent for S. L. Johns, a cigar
manufacturer of McSherrystown, Pa.
He alleges that Moyer owes Johns
$l,S.VJ.St, and alleges that tho robbery
story was a subterfuge upon the part
of Moyer to avoid paying certain debts.
THE MARKETS.
I.IVK STUCK.
New York Cattle Sheep Lambs Hogg
Host grades.. .4 10 1 1 25 M j.i nt s Hi
Lower grades.. a'2t O'J 3 25 4 at) 4 6C
Chicago
Ilest grades I'.'OMM ft 80 4 85 4 21
Lower grades.. 2 23.(1 0 1 2 75 4 Ofl 4 ill
Detroit
Host grades 3 sir, 4 00 3 OS 4 Bfl 4 2(
Lowcrgrados...2 tWiiJ Ji) 2 -Id 4 00 4 1C
t liu-lnuatl
Host grades 4 01 it 15 It 75 4 85 4 2d
Lower grades. ..2 00 3 75 2 oO 4 25 4 10
Cleveland
Uest grales....3 8') M 0.1 3 B0 4 50 4 X
Lower grades.. .2 IX) j3 tVI 2 25 4 00 4 13
1'itt.sburj;
Host grades 1 2511 40 ;j H5 4 75 4 X
Lower grades.. 2 25 1 1 0J 2 50 4 75 4 (
OKA IN, KTC.
Wheat. Corn. Oats.
No. j red No. 2 miv No. 2 white
New York ti i'2'4 M'i Hi Vt 25JJ (fJ.V,,
Chicago fit -ilU'i 28 28i 22 (22'4
'Detroit 7."J (2'4 :!H'.(j2H' 23 (2.'l
Toledo 7ii,,72'4 2S'4(tL'H(,4 22 ftj.23
Cincinnati 7:1 7.P 30 t3(K 22 r'i
Cleveland 72 &72 2H iu2S' 22 &i:i
l'UMbtirg 7i (t,74 28'.t2H',4 22!SS4
Detroit Hay, No. 1 timothy, I5.00 per ton.
Potatoes, 20o per bu. Live poultry, enickens.
tcper lb: turUey. l;ic: ducks, I3e. Eggs, fresh.
14c per do., butter, fresh dairy, ls per lb;
creamery, 2ic.
KKV1KW OF TIC A D1C
While no radical improvement has appeared
in tho general trade situation, more favorable
imluences aro reported than for some weeks.
Tho drop in the temperature has ail'ectcd the
movement of dry goods, hats and groceries
most. Advices from leading cities In the south
me that tho i (cent relatively favorable state
of trado is marked by less active demands m
almost ull lines. No Improvement Is nhown in
the demand for cotton and woolen goods. The
record of declining quotations, begun last week,
is cuntlnulng in tho tendency of quotations
or wool to decline, and lower prices ot
whoat, Hour. coin. oats. pork, lard and petro
leum. Tho conspicuous advances are on coffee
and sugar, although leather Is firm. Hard I.i
letts favorable than the improvement in bank
clearings is the sudden drop in tho total num
ber of business failures throngnout tho country
that for the wecit being 27d, against 3s last
week and 3.7 in the corresponding week a
year ago.
Amelio Rlves-Chanler, the author,
lias been murried to Princo Pierre
Trotibetzkoy, a Russian nobleman, at
her father's home nt Charlottesville
Virgiuia.
iDon Drown, the California giant, a
man of enormous stature, was found
near tho railroad at Washington, C. II.,
(.).. unconscious, his skull crushed and
it brick covered with blood and hair
near by. Ho recovered consciousness
long enough to say that Tom Hall,
with whom lie had been drinking, had
assailed him and robbed him of $11.
Rrown died and Hall was arrested foe
murder.