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....CANTON, S. D.

ARTHUR LINN, - - PUBLISHER

AGREEMENT AT LAST

THE COAL STRIKE IS PRACTI­CALLY OVER.

Bncccssfiil Coal Miners' and Opera­tors' Conference at Columbus,

Ohio—The Gold Coin Being Tamp­

ered With—Other Items.

An Agreement i6 Reached. Columbus, Ohio, special: The coal

miners' and operators' conference has been in session here all day, and has proved a success. The scale commit­tee announced that an agreement had been reached and was being drawn up. The compromise is on the basis of (50 cents for Ohio and 69 cents for western Pennsylvania. The agreement is to take effect Monday, June 18.

The scale agreed upon is as follows: Pittsburg, thin vein, 09 cents; thick vein, 6G cents. Hocking Valley, GO cents. Indiana bituminous, 60 cents; Indiana block, 70 cents. Streater, 111., 62i cents for summer, "0 cents for win­ter; Bioomington, 111., 77i cents for summer, 85 cents for winter; La Sallo and Spring Valley, 111., 72i cents for summer and 80 cents for winter. Other eections in northern Illinois are at prices in accordance with the above. Coal in Pittsburg districts going east to tide water shall pay the same min­ing price as that paid by the Pennsyl­vania Gas and Westmoreland Coal Company.

The scale of • prices to be in effect a"nd bind both fparties thereto begin­ning June 18. 1894, and continue until May 1, 1895; provided that the above named scale of prices for the Pitts­burg districts shall be generally recog­nized and observed. The operators and miners shall co-operate in efforts to secure the observance of said price, and if during the period covered by the agreement recognition of the price herein named cannot be se­cured either party to this agreement may call a meeting of a joint board of arbitration and determine whether the agreement has been sufficiently complied with to warrant its continu* ance.

GOLD COIN TAMPEltED "WITH.

A New and Dangerous Method of "Sweating" Being Practiced.

Philadelphia special: Captain Wal­ters, Sub-treasurer of the United States, has just discovered the most dangerous tampering with gold coin that has come to his notice since he has been in office. Recently, in a quantity of double eagles received from one of the banks, there was found a double eagle, coined in 1892, •which seemed all right, but to the expert who handled it appeared to be not quite so heavy as the others. Com­paring it with another he found it •was about one-sixteenth of an inch narrower. He weighed it, and it was short in gold just $1.30. Hunting through the shining metal three more double eagles and one eagle were found tampered with in exactly the same way, the shortage in one of these l'eaching as high as SI. 80. Not­withstanding precautions were taken, four more double eagles slipped through, three of which had been tampered with, and the fourth had gone through the process of "sweat­ing. "

Purchase is made at the mint of a large number of eagles, none being used except coins of recent issue, so as to secure those of full weight only. From each of these a perfect ring of gold is clipped, and then the edge is carefully remilled. The coins are then taken to the bank in bulk and treasury notes secured in their place. In "sweating" the coins are heated, from $1 to $1.50 worth of gold being extracted.

Hawaii's Constitution. Victoria, B. C,, special: The steam­

er Arawa, from Australian ports, via Honolulu, brings the text of the new Hawaiian constitution. It is largely modeled on the constitution of the United States, with modifications tc 6uit the conditions of the new republic of Hawaii, as it is to be named. It provides one term of six years for the President. The Senate is to consist oi fifteen members, elected for six years, the House is to have the same num­ber, elected for two years. Property and educational qualifications are fixed for voting and holding office. It declares that slavery shall not exist on the islands.

Caused by Jealousy. Huntington, W. Va., special: At

Breedon live young women became in­volved in a fight, which originated in jealousy. They used knives and re­volvers. Lizzie Maynard was killed and Jennie Morris mortally wounded.

Cleveland Is a Sick Man. Washington special: The Presi­

dent is out of health and on account of the warm weather omitted the reg­ular Monday public reception. He has sent for a physician. The trouble is not serious.

* Sultan of Morocco Dead. Tangier special: The Sultan of Mor­

occo, Muley Hassare, died suddenly on June 7 at Tadla, between Morocco and Casabianca, and the news has just reached'here, it is said the Sultan Bufferdjd- from a fever four days before his death a'hd died while giving or­ders. He began vomiting shortly be­fore his death and continuel so to the last. The symptoms indicated poison­ing. Measures have been taken here fiO prevent anticipated disord"""-

ANOTHER B.ATTLK'gOt GHTi

One Coljfce Striker ^illeci| and |jwo More Mortally Wounded. ..,

Uniontovfn, Pal., e£eci&1': The truce has ended and again armed dfeputies in the coke region have made a kill­ing. One striker killed, two others dying and a fourth badly wounded is the result of a battle at Lemont.

Four American workmen who live at Leisenring, have been working at the -Prick Coke Company's Valley Works for sometime.-- They came to New Haven, where they were to take the Leisenring electric road for home. As soon as they alighted from the train at New Haven they were sur­rounded by a mob of several hundred strikers. The strikers first beat four of the men and then put tags on them bearing the inscription, "Blacklegs," also covering them with chalk marks. They then marched the prisoners to all works on the line froih' NewHaven south, holding them up as decorated samples of "scabs" for the revilings and abuse of strikers everywhere. The four prisoners were subjected to ;all manner of insults and indignities. Field Deputy Allen and six men were sent to New Haven When the depu­ties were discovered the mob raised a howl and surrounded them. ' Deputy Allen told them to go back. The answer was a general yell, and one of the strikers fired a shot, which grazed the top of Allen's head. The deputies opened fire together, and the strikers stood to it and fought gamely. They fired coolly and as rapidly as did the deputies, and they kept closing in on the men who were working the Winchesters until they were driven to the extreme end of the company's ground, where they made a stand. By that time three strikers were down and several others wounded. A dead man and two who were fatally wound­ed were left in the road where they fell.

The number of wounded may -not be known for several days, as they were concealed. Allen estimates that fifty or sixty shots were fired by both sides.

The deputies have been going through all the houses in the vicinity, but not a trace of the four men held as prisoners by the strikers have been seen, and it is feared they have been murdered in revenge for the loss of the men hurt in the battle.

JUST A TRIFLE BRIGHTER.

Stray Gleams Discoverable in the Widespread Business Gloom.

New York special: Dun & Co's. will say: The outlook seems a little better, though the improvement is not great. Railroad tonnage is larger than a year ago in live stock and mod­erate in cereals, but considerably smaller in coal and iron products, and tn other manufactured goods west bound.

Speculation in products has turned toward higher prices, and wheat has risen 5 cents. Actual receipts of wheat at western ports were 1,417,092 bushels, against 2,343.1391 last year, and Atlantic exports were only 914,-398 bushels, against 2,253,955 last year. Corn rose 2i cents. Pork products and coffee are unchanged, and cotton is steady at $7.37.

The production and manufacture of iron and steel is smaller than at any other time for years. Other indus­tries are less affected, but many textile mills, even in England, are now closed for lack of fuel or orders, besides other concerns in great number be­tween the Atlantic and the Mississippi River. Manufacturers are greatly em­barrassed by the scantiness of orders, and it is apprehended that quantities of goods made abroad in the exp ecta-tion of a reduction in duties before this time may be forced upon this mar­ket.

There were 216 failures in the United States for the week, against 322 last year.

Will Employ Whom She Pleases. Ottawa special: Some ten days ago

word was received by the Dominion Government from the imperial author­ities that they would continue to em­ploy Chinese labor on fortifications now in course of construction at Es-quimal, B. C. This was in response to a letter addressed by the Dominion Government at the request of Colonel Prior, member for Victoria, B. C., submitting that there was plenty of white labor to be obtained in the Province. A letter from the imperial authorities gives no reason for the continuance of employment of Chinese labor, but simply states that as the British Government is paying for the fortifications it will continue to employ any labor which it sees fit. It is con­sidered by all but ultratories here to be a slap in the face to Canada.

Forests Aflame. Marquette, Mich., special: A de­

structive forest fire is raging in the neighborhood of Nestor ia. Two bridges on the South Shore Road near here have been burned, stopping traf­fic to Duluth. The burning district covers an area a mile wide and five miles long, and the destruction to timber must be enormous. Similar big fires extend southward at inter­vals for many miles. Sagola, a small lumbering village of 400 inhabitants, was completely wiped out.

Drank Poisoned Coffee. Danville special: At the village of

Foster, seven miles east, Mrs. Sophie Dwellinger, wife of a prominent farm­er, died from drinking coffee supposed to be poisoned. Neighbors who came to assist in preparing the remains for burial drank of the same coffee, and several may die. The author of the poisoning is unknown.

Ex-Minister Phelps' Condition Englewood, N. J. special: The phy­

sician attending ex-Minister Wm. Walter Phelps says the patient is not suffering from Bright's Disease, but from intermittent fever, and that he is much debilitated; but, having a strong constitutiom, has a good chance of re­covery, barring hemorrhages.

$000,000 FIRE AT DUBUQUE.

Sparks from an Engine Starts a Disastrous Fire.

Dubuque special: The most disas­trous fire that ever visited Dubuque started supposedly from locomotive sparks in the Leseur lumber yardtj. Within half an hour the fire had gained such headway that it swept through the lumber district with re­sistless force and the fire department was helpless to stay its progress. Im­mense piles of lumber went down like houses of cards before the fierce fire, and mills, factories, warehouses and barns were reduced to ashes, leaving fully twelve acres of ruins. The fire had burned several acres of lumber yards when the Leseur saw mills caught and in ten minutes the $70,000 plant was wiped out. The barns arid warehouses of the lumber companies followed quickly.

The fire was now beyond control and other cities were asked for aid. Con­tinuing its destructive course north the fire next destroyed the Glabs Vinegar Factory, and wiping out sev­eral million feet of lumber in its way, attacked and gutted the old paper mill. This was a brick structure and the walls served as a barrier, the fire stopping there. In the meantime fire­men from East Dubuque and Galena arrived, and the Dubuque Department thus strengthened, got control of the fire and kept it within the limits out­lined. The buggy top factory, a large frame structure that stood the test up to this time, finally caught fire and for a time the city was again threat­ened, but the building melted away, the department again was master, and firemen on the way from La Crosse, Freeport, Manchester and Waterloo were stopped. Fully 1,000, 000 feet of lumber was burned, be­sides mills, warehouses and factories, causing a total loss of at least $600,-000, upon which there is insurance ag» gregating $350,000.

BIIjIJ DALTO.V KILLED AGAIN.

This Tims the Notorious Outlaw Seems to be Done For.

Ardmore, I. T., special: BillDalton, the noted outlaw and leader of the Longview bank robbers, lies died in that city, pierced through by a Win­chester bullet. One of his pals visited Ardmore and by incautious talk aroused the suspicions of deputy mar­shals, who organized and surrounded the robbers near the little town of Elk, about twenty miles distant. While the men were taking positions Dalton came out, looked around and re­turned. The officers were discovered by him, and, pistol in hand, he jumped through a window on the north, and started to run east. Closs Hart, one of the deputies, was less than thirty yards from the house, and called on him to halt. Dalton turned around, tried to take aim while running, and just then the officer shot. Two jumps in the air were the only motions made. His pistol fell from his hand and he sank to the ground. Hart ran up and asked him what he was doing there, but ho was too near dead to reply, and expired without a word.

The house was searched and over 150 letters, besides numerous rolls of crisp bank bills were found. The ad­dress proved him to be Bill Dalton'and the money proved him to be the leader the Longview bank robbers. His wife, of who is in Ardmore, became hysteri­cal. but soon recovered and telegraphed C. H. Blivens, 1047 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco, and relatives in King­fisher Oklahoma, of her husband's death.

DROWNED IN THE PliATTE.

SPRUNG A SENSATION

CLAHA E. SCOTT EXONERATES W. H. LEVY.

Prom the Charge of Rape—Tlie South Dakota Public Kzamlnershtp Called in Question—Yankton County Boy Crushed to Death—State Motes.

Exonerates W. II. Levy. W. H. Levy, the attorney Who was

bound over by Justice Copeland at Vermillion to appear before the next grand jury to answer to the charge^ of rape, sprung somewhat of a sensation when he produced an affidavit sworn out by the prosecuting witness, • Clara E. Scott of Yankton. In her affidavit Miss ̂ Scott states that the testimony she gave before the county magistrate was absolutely false, and that she was compelled to commit perjury. The affidavit further states that she was 16 years old on the 25th of last May, and noi 14 as it will be remembered she testified. Miss Scott, who is at pres­ent attending the Catholic convent at Yankton, says she is repentant for the wrong she has done Levy, and that while in her comprny he has always acted the part of a gentleman, and is entirely innocent of the grave crime with which he is charged. The_ affi­davit was sent to Levy without his so­licitation. When seen Levy said he did not care to talk about the matter, but that he had always known the girl was not to blame for the disgrace he had been subjected to before the pub­lic. He also says that he knows wh<? his persecutors are, and that a sum of money had been offered the girl if he was convicted.

THE G. A. R. ENCAMPMENT.

Twenty Commonwealers Thought to Have Perished.

Brighton, Colo., special: The num­ber or names of theCoxeyites drowned in the attempt to navigate the Platte River cannot yet be told. The river is a raging torrent and many boats were wrecked at bridges. Twenty-nine boats, containing 185 men, passed Hen­derson Island bridge. Only twenty, with less than 100 men, reached Brighton. Some of the boats were de­serted, »the occupants taking to the road. At McKay bridge several were drowned. At Henderson bridge twen­ty-one were in the water at the same time, but were rescued. The boat of one man from Utah, known as '"Frenchy." was recovered. Of one boat load of eight, six are said to have drowned. The Coxeyites themselves believe that from fourteen to twenty perished. Many are clinging to trees along the river. An order has been telegraphed to Denver for skiffs to take them off.

One body has been recovered so far. It was identified as Charles Duplissis. It is not positively known that any others are drowned, but many are missing.

$300,000 Kansas City Fire. Kansas City special: The buildings

occupied by the Keystone Implement Company, dealers in farming imple­ments, and the Buford and George Manufacturing Company, manufac­turers of agricultural implements, burned this afternoon, Total loss, $310,000; insurance, $160,000' Jasper P. Pope was seriously injured by a wall crashing into hi3 house. Fire­man James Donnelly was caught un­der a falling wall and dangerously in­jured. Wm. Radell suffered the dis­location of a collar bone. James Mar­vin was injured about the hips.

Fifty Dollars a Barrel. Chicago special: What few good

apples there are in Chicago are held at $50 a barrel, a price high beyond all precedent. As there are 400 apples in a barrel, • this makes the price 12b cents each. One South Water Street firm has all the stock there is in the city, and is holding the precious fruit until it will b8 practically worth its weight in gold. Piemakers have re­sorted to tin cane instead of barrels as a source of supply, and there are other evidences of the increasing sev­erity of the apple famine."

Commander Nash's Address Criticised the Pension Bureau.

The Grand Army encampment at De Smet spent the first day consider­ing reports of the ways and means committee, electing officers and dele­gates and adopting resolutions. Com­mander Nash's address was notable for its outspoken criticism of the pen­sion bureau.

In the afternoon the following offi­cers were chosen:

Commander—G. W. Carpenter of Water-town.

Senior Vice Commander—E. E. Clough of Deadwood.

Junior Vice Commander—G. F. Johnson of Redtield.

Chaplain—T. M. Shanafelt oi Huion. Surgeon—A. H. Daniels of Mitchell, Delegates to the National Encampment—W.

J. Johnson, Oneida; W. H. McDonald, Tyn-dall: James Preston, Madison; A.H.Daniels. Mitchell. Alternates—B. B. Bowman, Ips­wich; A. S. Sturiet, Kimball; A. D. McFar-lane. Huron; J. W. Thompson, Carthage.

Council of Administration—Silsby of Mit­chell. Dewey of Watertown, Shanafelt or Huron. Snow of Springlield, and Aclcley of Aberdeen.

Resolutions were adopted Commend­ing the management of the Soldiers' Home, and asking the Legislature to adopt a law against the desecration of Memorial Day.

Governor Sheldon, his secretary, Tim Loomis, Judge Kellam, Mel Grigsley, ex-Governor Melette, and others were in attendance. At Relief Corps Hall there was a campfire, ad­dressed by Mrs. Cleveland, Mrs. Pick-ler and others. There was also a Grand Army campfire in a tent. Speeches were made by Captain Jalu-ary, Governor Seldon, ex-Governor Mellette, and Mr. Carpenter. There was a dress parade at (5, and at 10 Pri­vate Cressey gave his stereopticon de­scription of the battle of Chickamauga. He was listened to by all that could be crowded into the hall. A message from Congressman Pickler said he was "on fifuavd." and could not attend.

The W. R. C. elected for president Mrs. Emma Robinson of Mitchell; senior vice-president, Miss Eppie Mc­Millan of East Pierre: junior vice-president, Mrs. Connor of Hot Springs; secretary, Mrs. A. D. Lukens of Mit­chell: treaserer, Mrs. Inez Owen of Chamberlain. Both Bodies chose Pierrie as the next place of encamp­ment.

MAY BE AN ILLEGAL OFFICE

The South Dakota Public Kzamlnership Called In Question.

It is very doubtful if South Dakota legally has a public examiner, although C. H. Meyers of Watertown is holding down that position. When the last grand jury was in session Public Ex­aminer Meyers secured an indictment against Clerk of Courts Thorne for re­fusing to make reports to him. Ex-Judge F. B. Aikens, councel for Throne, demurred to the indictment, and among other things claimed that the state did not have a public examiner and could not have one legally at the present time. Ho bases this claim on the fact that the public examiner is holding office under an old territorial law which created two public exam­iners, one for the southern half of the state, now South Dakota, and one for the north half. One was to be a Demo­crat and the other a Republican. Judge Jones did not rule on the constitution­ality of the law, butheld that the clerk of courts did not have to report to the public examiner. Mr. Meyers will appeal the case to the supreme court In order to have the question of whether he can legally act or not d ecided by that body.

Yankton Brewery Resumes. The Yankton brewery, with a ca­

pacity of 25,000 barrels per annum has again began dispensing its product. This brewery was closed by the pro­hibition law three years, and has re­cently resumed operation under the direction of eastern capitalists. The citizens of Yankton have quietly cele­brated the resumption of the brewery industry by partaking liberally of the new product.

Firemen's Meeting Date Chanced. The convention of the South Dakota

Firemen's Association, which was to have taken place at Sioux Falls June 13 and 14, has been postponed to June 20 and 21 on account of the large num­ber of conventions to be held at differ­ent places during the week the con­vention was first set for.

Farm Residence Burned. The residence of Abraham Nelson,

six miles northeast of Elk Point, burned. The loss is $600, with no in­surance.

Horses and Barn Barn. The barn on the farm of W. M. Cup-

pett, one mile north of Canton, burned to the ground. M. M. Martin, a rent­er, who lives on the farm, sustained a

heavy loss. Five Jvefefi oi hOffoww, farm machinery, a large| amount of grain and a number ol hogs were burned, the loss amounting to considerable over $1,000. There was no insurance. The loss falls heavily on Mr. Martin, as it sweeps away nearly everything he owned on earth except some house­hold goods. The fire is supposed to have been of an incendiary origin. A subscription paper is being readily signed by the citizens to buy Mr. Mar­tin horses and machinery to continue his farming.

Condition ot the Crops. S. "W. Glenn, director of the United

States Weather Bureau at Huron, gives the following summary of crop conditions in thirty-three counties based on reports received from author­ized observers:

The weather during the week has been dry, with daytime temperature above avenge, and the_ average amount of siinshine. Continued ab­sence of rain and higl; temperature, have been unfavorable to all crops, more especially to small grain injured by frost last month, and that which was poorly sown. A few localities re­ceived good showers, but they were very limited in area.

Repcrts indicate that in some local­ities small grain is considerably in­jured, although it is generally with­standing the drought fairly well, but must have rain soon. Corn is reported as looking well in most localities, but making little growth. Potatoes are also holding out well. • Grass is grow­ing but little and needs rain. General and copious rain is much needed _ for all growing crops, and the germina­tion of seed sown since the dry weather commenced.

Mew Hills Industry. An industry which promises to

prove of the first importance to the Black Hills is that recently inau­gurated by the Akron Milling and Manufacturing Company near Custer. The company is composed of Ohio capitalists and the primary object is to manufacture axle grease from the mica and plumbago found so plenti­fully near Custer. The micais ground and mixed with crude petroleum from the Wyoming oil fields, making a su­perior article of axle greese. The company will also engage in the man­ufacture of mixed paint, to which un­usual attention has recently been drawn by the experiments at the School of Mines at Rapid City. A large plant is bei'ijj erected at Custer equipped with a 100-horse power en­gine and a full complement of the latest machinery for the reduction of the now useless mineral substances.

Crushed to l>e:»th, A Yankton County farmer, Mr.

Schorzman, and his son were plowing in a field near their home a few days ago, when in the course of their work they encountered a large boulder which they decided to get rid of by sinking it beneath the surface. They had just finished digging a hole at the side of the rock when Mr. Schorzman sent his son, Henry, down to scrape away more earth. The father leaned forward to see how his son was pro­gressing with the work when he un­consciously put his hand on the boulder. Tlie rock of a ton weight slipped from its loosened foundation and went crashing down into the hole, crushing Henry Schorzman into a jelly. The father is a raving maniac and it is feared he will not recover.

If. M. C. A. Indian Department. The International Committee of the

Y. M. C. A. has decided to organize and Indian Deportment to their work and have appointed Dr. Charles A. Eastman, formerly Government physi­cian at Pine Ridge, secretary of the Indian Department.

Set Fire to his Bedding A crazy man, named Leonard from

Marshall County, who has been kept in the city jail set fire to his bedding, and with a fellow prisoner, came near being burned to death. Officer Holmes, who assisted in their escape was badly burned. «

State Notes. A COAL famine is imminent at Yank­

ton. The coal on the tracks will not last another week.

THE first trial for violating the school law of 1890 took place in justice court at Brookings. A farmer named A. J. Bortnem was arrested for culti­vating part of a school section, pleaded guilty and was fined $50 and costs.

A LARGE body of ore has recently been opened up in the Emma Mine, which is situated in the Bare Butte District and in the town of Galena. The principal opening on the property is a tunnel some 400 feet in length. During the progress of the work sev­eral seams of ore were found.

A NUMBER of men and boys are em­ployed in various places at Gold Run in the Hills taking out gold from the crevices among the rocks along the hillsides that have been overlooked in placer mining during the early days. As far as heard from all who are thus engaged are making it profitable.

A PORTION of the Mellville farm ad­joining Huron on the southwest has been secured for making Dractical tests of irrigation by water from ar­tesian wells during the present sum­mer. The work will bs under direc­tion of the State Agricultural College and all expenses will be paid by the Government.

CITY TREASURER WYANT of Kim­ball was somewhat surprised the other day to receive notice that $3,000 of the city bonds were due. The bonds are owned at Battle Creek, Mich., and the official records show, so far as can be ascertained, that the bonds are not due for five years yet, consequently no funds had been provided for their re­demption. Daring the early days of Kimball's incorporation the records were badly kept in the matter of re­cording the issuance of bonds, hence the present situation.

THE charge of plagiarism brought against Richard F. Locke, the orator from the Sioux Falls University, who recently won the state contest, by the faculty of Yankton College, has creat­ed considerable hard feeling between Sioux Falls and Yankton, but a scrap is now on. Prof. Free of Yankton, who made the charges, has given vent to his displeasure through columns of the Yankton Press and Dakotan. He roasts Prof. Walsh of the Sioux Falls University in a way almost libelous. The matter will be submitted to the State Oratorical Association for set­tlement. The local professors claim that the charge cannot be sustained and that the chalcedony slab which Yankton has not yet seon fit to turn orer to Sioux Falls will probably be ordered sent there by the association, jj

THE NATION'S S0L0NS -1

SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRE<t SENTATIVES.

bur National law Makers and What They Are Doing f"' the Good of the Coun^ trv—Various Measures Proposed, Dla>

cussed and Acted Upon#

thi Doings of Congress.

The compromise amendments to eug^r schedule were all adopted in the1

Semite on the 6th, and the pivotal schedule on which the fate of the tariff mea-ure depended went through without change.

In the House on the 5th, Mr. Catchlngs. from the ComntlMee on'Rulet. brought in resolution providing tliat the previous question shall be considered adopted at 5 p.; oi., the rest of the day to be. devoted to aebiite under the flve-ikiinute rule. It was finally decided, however, to take awoteott; the 6th after the call of committeA|M| Mr.; Cox offered an amendment provlflBp^for the total, unconditional repeal crWSW* on State Banks. The bill was debated by Messrs. Boatner, Pendleton, Enloe, Liv-' iugston, Talbert, Cooper, and other Pemo-! crats In favor of the bill, and by Messrs.; Bowers, Cannon, Grow, Woomer, Adams.-Lacy, Qulgg, Bay and others In opposition' to it. Mr. Bryan said he would propose a bill which would provide a larger circula­tion of paper money under tlie exclusive control of the Federal Government. With­out taking any action the House adjourned,.

The Brawley bill to repeal the 1!) per cent, tiix on state banks was defeated la the House on the 6th. A vote was first* taken on Mr. Cox's amendment for the total repeal of the tax, which resulted ia! its defeat by 170 to 102.

Before entering upon tho discussion of; the tariff on tho 0th the Senate passed' seven bills. Amonir them was one grant­ing a right of way through tlie Omaha and-Winnebago Indian Reservations In Ne-; braska to the Eastern Nebraska and Gulf. Bail road Company. Senator Blackburn,! reported favorably a resolution from the. Committee on Rules for tho appointment of. a special committee of five Senators on the: existing public distress, to whom should be; referred the petitions of Morrison I. Swift; and others tearing on this subject. i It was.' adopted without division. y

The action of the attorney 6e>»l claiming $15,000,000 from the estate jw late Leland Stanford, occupied the a J tion of the Senate on the 7tli-unUV tariff bill wai takon up. The question.; arose upon a resolution introduced by; Senator Hoar instructing the committee-on judiciary to pass upon the equity of tlie claim .and whether it should not be set ntj rest. Hoar eulosized Stanford and praised;' the objects to which lie devoted his wealth.

The House on the 7th had tho Indian ap­propriation bill under discussion. During; the debate Mr. Linton,gave it a sectarian; turn by declaring that tlio liotnan Cat holic:! Schools received three-fifths of all appro­priations for Indian School. He depreciat­ed any Government aid for sectarian)' schools. Another point of interest was the-:

spirited debate on the location of 'tlie In-' dian Supply Warehouse, tho New York delegation protesting against the abandon­ment of tho warehouse at New .York for one at Chicago. A resolution wivs tuiopted before adjournment Calling on the Secre­tary of tho Treasury for Information as to-the enforcement of the Immigration and contract labor laws. Adjourned.

In the Senate on the 8th, Hoar's resolu­tion to set at rest the Government's clifiim. against, the estate of Leland Sta«A»d, came up at the opening. At the .'-^^•is-tion of Teller, the resolution was so as to confine the inquiry to the-advis­ability of releasing the Stanford estute, without touching the validity of the claim, in order not to affect other claims which' the Government might have. After some discussion, on motion of Allen of Nebras-braska. the resolution was laid on tho table,. 24 to 19. Consideration of the tariff bill was then resumed.

CURIOUS FACTS.

ARTIFICIAL silk is made frona-wood. pulp.

THE circulation of the blood is-affected by music.

TOTAL number of books in the Bible, 66; chapters, 1,189; verses, 31,173; words, 773,746; letters, 3,566,480.

WHENEVER lightning strikes the-Sahara desert it vitrifies a small por­tion of the sand, making- a sort of glass.

THE Suez Canal is eighty-eight miles, long, and reduces the distance from. England to India nearly four thousand miles for ships.

THE greatest speed attained by sail­ing ships, according to Miilhall, was by the James Raines, 420 miles in twenty-four hours, and Flying Cloud, 412. Tlie Jacket ran 2,280 miles in seven days, averaging 325 miles a day. d >

UNDERGROUND photography hfi cently made such progress that mini'..,, engineers are now able to illustrate-? their reports with pictures showing the _ exact appearance of ledges, ore bodies, and other features of impor­tance.

"MINT MARK" means the letter or mark on the coin designating the mint at which it was struck, as "S." for San Francisco; "C. C." for Carson City; "O." for New Orleans. The coins struck at. the parent mint in Philadelphia bear no mint mark.

FRANCE has the largest debt in the world. It amounts to about 30,611,000,-000 francs, equal toabout$6,120,000,0C0. The public debt of the United States amounts to about one-fifth that of Franco — $585,039,310 — not including about $2,030,000 of matured debt, and the greenbacks, Treasury notes, etc.

MULHALL states that one woman in twenty, one man in thirty, are barren —that is 4 per cent, of population. It is found that one marriage in twenty is barren, say 5 per cent. Among the no­bility of England 21 per cent, have no children, owing to intermarriage of cousins, no less than 4i per cent, of the present nobility being married to cou«ins

CHICAGO HERALD PROVERB w THE world is the tramp's treadnS|%. ECONOMY was not born in the poor-

bouse. THE fools do not say all the silly

things. MANY absurdities are accepted aa

axioms. A GENUINE holiday must be honestly

earned. A SAFETY vault is the best place for

a lockout. EVERY trust is a recruiting office for

tramps's army. THE professional liar is a proof that

advertising pays. PRIZE-FIGHTERS are "counted out*

in decent society. IF you would keep tho dovil in, keep

the bottle corked. THE whisky which kills soonest is

the best and cheapest. I WOULD not feel as poor as soma

rich men do for a million dollars- 4