BURNED HIM AT THE STAKE
TWENTY THOUSAND PEOPLE
Makes Bush For the Guard, Beite Hen.
ry Bmlih, Tie Him Up and Then
Deliberately Cremate Him.
Henry Smith, who assaulted and killed
little Myrtle Vnnce a week ago, wo turned
t the Make at 1'aris, Texas, on Thursday.
He was captured at Hope, Ark., the dny
previous, lmmediate'y the whole town be
came excited, businc wa suspended and
the entire population took to the streets.
The fnte of Smith was derided upon Inst
tight at ft mass meeting.
A mob of 2.000 persona had gathered
.round the railway atation when the train
rrived at Texarkiuia. In order to satisfy
the curiosity of the crowd, and with the be
litf that his appearance might appease the
excited crowit, Diputy Sheriff Shankhn or
dered the negro to show himself at the win
low. The negro complied, His head had
liar ly protruded through the open window
when a bystander made n savage lunge at
liim with a big knife. The negro quickly
withdrew his head. The deputy sheriff
and guards drew their revolvers and swore
they would kill the first person who made a
demonstration toward the prisoner. The
mob asked fur another view of the negro.
Deputy Shanklin again commanded the lie-
rro to show himelf which he did. remain
rig in full view of the crowd for about three
minutes.
District Attorney Birmingham then
mounted the coach and made an impassion
ed appeal to the. mob, asking them to respect
the law and allow the authorities at Paris to
deal with the murderer. The leader agreed
to let the train proceed.
When the train arrived here with Smith
the crowd surrounding the depot numbered
nearly W.OHO people. The guard attempted
to prevent the mob from taking their pris
oner, but were quickly overpowered, how
ever, and a rope thrown about Smith neck
He waa dragged from the train and hurried
to the scene of his crime. All along the
route he was pelted with missiles, struck by
fists, and otherwise maltreated. He was tied
to a stake.and, after being subjected to every
conceivable torture, hewas cremated amid tht
howling of the mob. All citizens of the town
irrespective of class or color, took part in the
lynching.
Hefore cremating Smith, red-hot irons
were thrust from every side by the madden
ed mob into his body. His shrieks added
vigor to bis persecutors. F'lrst the hot Irons
branded bis feet and inch by inih they crept
up to his face. The man was unconscious,
when at last kerrwene wa poured over him
and cotton seed hull placed beneath him.
A torch set the pyre on tire and all was
quickly consumed. Curiosity seeker have
carried away ail that wits left" even to the
ashes.
Smith, omeay committed the crime to
revenge himself on Vance, who had him
arrested once when drunk, and clubbed
him. Vance ia prostrated with grief and
bis wife ii dangerously ill from the shock
ENGLISH PARLIAMENT OPENED.
The Queen Refers Especially to the Irish
and Egyptaln Questions.
Parliament convened with the tv.ual form
alities Wednesday morning, and after th
noon recess, Premier Gladstone and the
other Ministers took the onth of office. The
Queen' add re-s wa the only other event
of note. In her address, the Queen said:
"In view of recent occurrences in Egypt,
I have determined upon makiniz a
el ght ugmentation in the number of Brit
ish troops stationed in thnt country. Thi
measure doe not indicate a change of policy
or a modification of assurance my Govern
n.ent has given from time to time respecting
the British occupation of Kgvpt. The
Khedive ha declared, in terms satisfactory
tome, his Intention to follow henceforth
the established practice of previous consul
tation with my Government in political af
fairs, and his desire to act. in cordial co
operation with it.
"I have observed with concern the wide
prevalence of agricultural distress in many
part of the country. It is to be hoped that
among the causes of the present depression
some are of a temporary nature, but without
doubt you will take thi grave matter into
your consideration and make it the subject
of careful inquiry,
"The proclamations recently in force
which placed Ireland under exceptional
irovisious of law, have been revoked, and
have satisfaction in informing ou that
the condition of that conntry with respect
to agrarian crime continues to improre. A
bill will be submitted to von to amrnd the
provision for the government of Ireland.
This bill ha been prepared with the desire
to afford contentment to the Irish people
and to furnish additional security for the
strength and union of the Umpire."
A BITTE ATTACK ON IRELAND.
In the House of Common Thursday Col.
onel Edward James Saunderton, Conserva
tive member for North Armagh, generally
regarded as the leader of the Irish Unionist's
attacked the Kvicted Tentants' Commission
in the House of Commons to-day in a tierce
tirade. The Commission he called a body
Jiledged In advance to a cause of injustice,
ts course was in a line with the policy of
the Irish Chief Secretary in releasing the
Gweedore assassin who,' led by a murderous
ruffian, had done to death a faithful officer.
The term "murderous ruffian" waa in
terpreted by the Irish members as alluding
to Father McFadden, who bad been con
nected, as hi friends claim, innocently,
with the Gweedore tragedy, when Inspector
Martin was killed while attempting to
arrest the priest.
This raised a terrific clamor among the
Irish Nationalists, who shouted for the
withdrawal of the opprobrious words.
ColouelSaunderson refused defiantly to recall
the words until requested so to do by Mr.
Bulfour the Conservative leader.
The tumult ceased but olonel Saunder
son did not subside. He proceeded to
attack Mr. Gladstone for attempting to
establish Roman Catbolio ascendency In
Ireland. The priests. Colonel Sannderson
aid had grabbed political power and never
intended to relax their grasp. The Dublin
Parliament, if established, would be a slave
to the priesthood.
MADE INSANE BY EEAB.
Frightful Experienoo of the Inhabitants
of the Xarthqurke-Bhaken Island of
Zante-Bellef Ship Beach Tbem.
The earthquake shocks experienced at
Zante, Greece, the other nigbl, did enor
mous damage, the whole island being devas
tated, To add to the terror of the inhabi
tants, thunder storm prevailed at the time
of the shock. The rain fell in torrents and
waa accompanied by large hail stones. The
blinding , flaBb.es of lightning, the roaring
thunder and the rumbling beneath the
swaying earth made the people panic strick
en and turned many hopelessly Insane
King George ha started for Zante. A Brit
ish warship and time vessels belonging to
the Greek 1'ttvy arrived at the islund with
supplies of tent, provisions and medicines.
Minneapolis Flour.
The Northwestern Miller says: The mills
ran with exceptional strength last week lor
this season of the year, grinding over 30,000
barrel daily. The aggregate ontput was
181,430 barrel!, against 160, 690 barrels the
week before, 137,700 barrels the correspond
ing time In 1882 and 129,060 barrels in 1891.
Out more mill is in operation thi week
R J. BEATTY FOUND GUILTY
A SPEEDY VERDICT GIVEN.
The Jury Takes But Nine Minute to
Find Him Guilty of Poisoning.
Judge Stowe' Charge
to the Jury.
A verdict of guilty as Indicted was ren
dered at Pittsburg in the case of H. J.
lteatty, charged with (wilsnning the non
union workmen at Homestead. The jury
was out n very short time. It was nine
minutes from t he time they entered theit
room until they reported their verdict ready
This Is accounted ;for principally, by the
fact that the evidence was all In and the ad
dresses were made the dny before, so tha
the juror had all night to think about their
verdict.
I be rffrcl upon Pcntty wa pititul to fee
He startled a though he had received an
electric shock, then bis lower jaw dropped
and his muscles relaxed. His arms fell to
hi side and he showed plainly that he had
been denlt a terrible blow. There w is per
feet silence, all eves were turned on him. At
a ilentti"d from' Judge Stowe his keeper tap
ped him on the shoulder and beckoned him
to follow. Heattv started as the hand
touched him He uttered a heavy sigh and
slowly followed hi leader to hi cell.
The attorneys for the Commonwealth say
that for the counts cn which lteatty was
found gniltv it is legal for the Court to sen
tence him to 2.1 years in the penitentiary.
Attorney Itrennen was asked what the de
fense wnnld do now. and replied that noth
ing bad been decided upon.
Judge Stowe in his charge said: "You will
ec that there are two distinct and separate
charges mode indifferent way in regard to
means and result-one of attempting to mur
der and injure (ir'.fllth the other of attempt
ing to murder and actual injury to other
than (Iriftith unknown to the grand Jury.
I'pon their indictment if the jury believe
the poison was the means used, and the de
fendent is guilty of using it with intent to
injure and sicken nnv person comprehend
ed within the indictment, that I to say W.
K. Griffiths or others then unknown to the
grand jury, then your verdict must be
guiltv in that charge, alleging the use of
fOiso'n and it will be unnecessary to direct
your attenti .n to the other counts merely
alleging the intent without reference to the
mean ued to commit murder, do Brent
bodllv harm to W K. liritHtb and others,
for tlie re noil that the charge of poisoning
includes the other charges. And if the de
fendant is guiltv of the former, it nece-sar-ily
involves the latter. The whole evidence
eenis to me to point to the use of poison if
anvthing wa used to sicken the workmen
bv'tiiede fendent, and if that was not used 1
tliink the Jury should acquit. Hut if poison
was used, as alleged bv the commonwealth,
and Griffith was injured by taking It, un
der the circumstances he states, whoever
was Intentionally instrumental in adminis
tering or having administered to him was
guilty of the felony charged in the indict
ment, legally involving the intent to mur
der, although such persons may not have
actually intended to injure Griffiths in par
ticular nor to take hi life. When one ad
ministers poison with In ent to injure and
sicken another, and such person die from
the effect of the injury it is murder, at least
of the second degree, under our statue, al
though it may be apparent that hi intent
was aelnally hot to take life.
Ho it is when one person prepares to kill
or injure another and in pursuance of such
original design, accidentally given to the
wrong person, then he must inquire into
what is meant by poison under the statute.
The satisfactory definition I find is "a sub
stance that has an inherent deleterious
property, which render it when taken into
the svst'em in smnll doses capable of destroy
ing life or deleteriously acting on the body
when taken in small doses,"
"The testimony in this case, so far a it
tends to how that auv substance was used
to sicken and injure the parties to whom it
wa administered point so strongly to poi
soning of some kind, that it seems to me as
before stated tnal the jury will probably
have no trouble in concluding from the evi
dence that if any deleterious substance by
the authority or connivance of defendant
that thing was a poisonous character in the
proper and legal ene of the term"poison.'
"The jury will readily remember the evi
dence wnich tends to show the character of
the powders claimed to have been used
without reference to it by me."
Judge Stowe then went over in detail the
meaning ot all the counts snd instructed the
jury how to convict on cettain counts, if
they did not wish to convict on all. He
also reviewed in detail the evidence of Gal
lagher and David-on, showing in what
foints they were corroborated. In showing
hi the court ays:
We may sav here both Denspsey and Heat
tv corroborate Gallagher in respect to Ins
(Beatty's) employment to secure persons,
among them Gallagher, to go to the mill for
purpose other than cooks were ordinarily
employed for by the manager of the works.
"But here 1 where the difference arises,
where the guilt or innocence of Beatty un
der this indictment depends. Whether you
five credit to the story of Gallagher and
lavidson as to his connection w.tli the of
fenses alleged to have been committed by
putting these powd rs to be used at the mill.
The evidence of Beatty anil Dempsey, while
corroborating Gallagher thus tar, differ
radically as n what the purpose was. If. as
assigned by Dempsey, it was aim ply to plav
the spy upon the works and to tind out for
his own purpose what was going on there,
whatever we may think of such business, it
certainly will not justify the conviction of
Beatty, even if Gallagher, a he himself
sty, administered some injurious subsiance
in the food in the mill. Bui this question
must be determined by all the evidence in
the case."
Continuing, the judge said: "If Galla
gher's story Ts corroboiated in any material
respect, such as induces you to rely upon
snd give it credit, you should act upon it ac
cordingly. Indeed if it comes in such
shape as carries conviction to your mind.
Deyond aieaionabledoubt. you should not
discard it simply because it is the testimony
of an accomplice, but give it proper consid
eration in making tip your verdict.''
FOUR NEGROES LYNCHED.
TbeyEad Murdered Two White Mer
chant on the Highway.
Detail of a quadruple lynching at Taze
well Court House, Vs., are received, Two
white men, A. Katcllff and Ben Bhortridge,
were waylaid Monday night and murdered.
They were common merchants who had
came to the town for goods, and were sup
posed to have money.
Suspicion pointed to four negroes as be
ing the murderers. Searching ranks were
sent out. The first arrested waa Jerry Brown
and after satisfactory evidence to his guilt
had been obtained a rope was placed about
his neck and he was scon dangling from a
tree. Later the other three, Spencer Brunch,
John Johnston and 8am Kllerson, were ar
rested by the county officials and started for
the court house.
New of the murder had reached Buchan
an county, where the murdered men resid
ed, and a mob wa immediately organized,
and started toward Richland. This party
forcibly took charge of the three negroes
and swung them up in short order.
Bom men are born wealthy)
Some men are born great)
Bus all men are kicking
Forever at fata.
MRS. W. C. WHITNEY DEAD.
A NOTED WOMAN CALLED AWAY.
Mrs. Whitney's Life One of Tjovellness
and Br1111ancy--Hor Belief In Wo
man and Her Development.
Mr. William C. Whitney, wire of the .it
Secretary of the Navy, died at her home In
New York City Sunday morning, of heart
disease. Although the physicians had given
np all hope, the end came unexpectedly.
Mr. Whit iey was by the bedside of his wife
when she passed away. He and a nurse
were the only ones pre-etit. The death was
pe.. ceful, a hand-clasp for her husband, and
the much-loved Woman entered the eternal
leep.
Mrs. Whitney's maiden name was Flora
Payne. She rui a daughter of ex-Senator
Henry B. l'ayne, of Cleveland, O. lu her
family she repfesehts the best element of
American lite, that life in which inherited
wealth and position play but little part, and
where individual merit Is the standard of
Its excellence. During Mrs. Whitney's girl
lite she wa brought into contact Willi many
persons prominent in the political world,
and at her beautiful home in Cleveland
there were many gatherings of men of na
tional repute. So she waa trained to the
position which came to her In after years.
Mrs. Whitney s sge is placed at 41. In ap
pearance she was mot distinguished. Her
form was well proportioned, and her hair
was prematurely grey. It was nearly white,
almost since girlhood, ami added to the at
tractiveness of her youthful face. In man
ner she was very affable, exceedingly diplo
matic and like her intimate friend, Mrs.
I'leveland, possessed tact to a Wonderful de
gree. ..us Flora Payne became Mr. W. C.
Whitney more than a score of year ago,
when her husband wa n fairly successful
lawyer, with hut a modest income. Her
brother, Colonel Oliver Payne, of the
Standard Oil Company, took a great interest
in the match, and when thu lirst baby came
he gave the young mother a round million
dollars. Her brother also bought the present
Whitney mansion at the corner of Filth
avenue and Filty-sevcnth street. This
handsome home'was suitably furnished
and is regarded as one of the show mansions
of New York. Mr. Whitney's position was
strengthened by the purchase of a cottage
at Newport, and then cam- the crowning
feature, the appointment of her husband to
the rdt-tfolin of the navy in the Cabinet of
President Cleveland.
The social success of Mr. Whitney ha
been remarkable. She was a woman far
more cultured than the average, who enter
tained, yet read constantly to keep herself
in touch with the topic of the day. She
believed in the higher education of women
with a great and abiding faith in their abili
ties and in the future before them, Be
cause of this she wanted to do her share in
the development of what she believed would
come and at her house struggling genius
found encouragement as it did no where
else. She was a woman who thought, with
ennobling Ideas. and her greatest delight wa
to surround herself with people who could
sympathize with her and instruct her,
The list ot Mrs. Whitney' friends and
acquaintances wa wider, perhaps, than
that of any other woman In New York,
Her husband's position in Washington and
her own in this city gave a double measure
to her visiting list. Of her most intimate
friends the Cleveland's stand first.
A NEW BAM LAUNCHED.
Its Mission Is To Sink Warships and
Cruisers.
The twin screw armor-plated harbor de
fense ram Katolidin was launched at Bath,
Me., Saturday afternoon In the presence of 8,
000 people. The iondeous war vessel silt Into
the water with a grace that was remarkable.
Mis Holey, daughter of Assistant Secretary
of the Navy James II, Solev, performed the
christening ceremony. The Maine legisla
ture attended in a body and there were a
number of congnasmen present.
The new vessel i built up n the plans
drawn by Bear Admiral Am men, and I
rumcthing ot a novelty in n vul architect
ure. The principle ) eciiliarity ions si of a
number of tanks, which, when tilled with
air, give hern convenient free board for
coasting service, but when tilled with water
depress her so that her turtle-back deck is
awash. She is intended purely as a weapon
of offense against an attacking' fleet, and her
mission will be to sink battleships or cruis
ers. Sne will mount no gun rave a lew
saiali ones of a rapid lire pattern intended
to ketp off torpedo boat.
The dimensions ol the vessel are n fol
lows: Length over all, irl feet: length on
the normal water line, 250 feet 2 inches;
breadth extreme, 43 fee 5 Inches, and on
the water line 41 feet 0 inches. The total
depth from the base to the crown of deck
amidships is 22 feet 10 inches. The normal
draft of water is 15 feet and the displace
ment 2. 13 tons. The curved deck will be
armor-plate throughout.
The propelling machinery will consist of
two set of horitonial triple expansion en
gine. The estimated maximum horse
power will be 4.800. There will be two screw
prope lo'B. The estimated speed with full
power i 17 knots per hour and must be ob
tained Pi render the vessel acceptable under
oontract.
THE COLDEST JANUARY.
Btatistios6how No Parallel to the Cold
of Last Month,
The weather observer at Pittsburg, Pi
asued the meteorological summary for
January. The mean temperature wus 21.6,
highest 67, lowest 3. Winds blew mostly
from the northwest and there were no
cloudless day. The temperature for Janu
ary, on the average was the lowest on re
cord in the local weather office. The most
snow on the ground was 10 inches about
the middle of the month. Aside from the
temperature the climatlo conditions were
normal, '
An Infant' Aot.
At Nevada, Mo., Mrs. John Robinson's,
year-old daughter picked up an old revolver,
and pointing it at her mother, said, "I'll
(boot mamma." Tb weapon wa discharg
ed, the ball entering tb mother' bead at
the left ear. Bh may die.
MR. WILLIAM C. WHITNFY.
LATER NEWS WAIFS.
MSArtFR, ACCIDENT AWD FATALITIES
fame Mitchell, wife and one child were
found In their home, a dilapidated frame
bouse, near Topeka, Kan., frozen to death,
with only a thin quilt over them.
A st earn pipe bnrsting disabled the Lake
Michigan steamer Iioanoake off Grand
Haven during a gale Friday evening. Ice
formed so quickly around her that the crew
wa nble to walk ashore.
Three men were killed by the explosion
of a boiler at the Waugh steel work, in
Belleville, III.
At Schenectady, N. Y., Mr. Margaret
Thinner lost her life in trying to ave that
of her 6 year-old child. The child' clothe
caught lire from a dove. The mother at
tempted to put out the (lames, when her
clothestook fire and both mother and child
were burned to death. The husband, a poor
tinsmith I left with tlx children to care for
At Syracuse, N. Y., a horrible accident
occurred. Near the State pump house
Central dr Hudson railroad passenger trnln
ran down six men Three were killed out
right and three Injured. Of the latter one
bii died, another Is dying and the third fa
seriously injured. The killed are: John
liyan, Patrick Doyle, John Maroney and
Michael J. Connell. The injurtd are:
Michael Marot ey and James Hutching.
The men we e section bunds and were
blinded by the snuw so as not to notice the
train.
rinrs.
At Topeka, Kan., a building occupied by
five weekly newspaper office and the Smith
Trus Company, The newspos?r weietbe
Christian Advocate, the Wall', the Call, the
Fpwotthlan mid the Populist.
At liockfiinl. III., the Knowlton building
occupied by H. W. Bucklie Co. Total
loss about 100,000.
At Montreal, Itoland Bros.' six-story
brick, occupied a a furniture factory, and
a large bid. ding containing the Hood-Mann
Crockery Company. Lot, 1300,000; Insur
ance 1173.000.
At I'rluna, 111., C. P. Canttier grocery
s ore, loss, about (UJ.OOO; Insurance, 37,300.
St. Nh holus hotel, together with furnish
ing, los, tlii.ouo; insurable, 8,000. The
loss to small business houses in the same
building is about tio.OJO.
l.FolSLATIVE.
In the Minnesota house lleprescntutive
Rleevker offered a measure prohibiting the
sale and manufacture ot hoop skirl.
The lower Illinois house passed the senate
bill niemornlizing congress to repeal the
World Fair Sunday closing clause.
A bill has been introduced In the New
Yortc legislature for the stibm sl ) of the
qiiestii n ot opening saloons on Sunday af
ter 1 p.m. in New York City t J a vote of the
people .
Tht W. Va. Senate struck a blow nt the
Piukerton system by passing a bill prohibit.
Ing non citizens of the State from doing po
lice duty tbeieln.
R1MKS AMI PENALTIES.
Wallace W. Holmes was hanged nt Spring
field. Mas-., for beating hi wile Into un
consciousness and burying her alive in the
cellar.
Ira H. Terrell, ex-Speaker of the Lower
House of the Oklahoma I.egi-lntr.ro, ,ho
murdered George F.mbree at the Land Office
door lu Guthrie, has been refused a new
trial tuiu sentenced to the penitentiary fur
life.
Near Maracaibo, Mex., the Guajaira In
dalns have roasted alive three traders who
were caught stealing young Indian girls for
the purpose of selling them into servitude.
WASHINGTON.
The Hurler bill, ainhorizing the United
States government exhibit board of the
world's fair to exiiend (50,000 for an cxhlbl
on the progress of the colored race, was rr
ported favorably in the house.
FINANCIAL.
A representative of the Anie.uan Writ
ing Machine Company, of Harturd, Conn.,
which manufactures the Caligraph, author
izes t lie statement that a syndicate controll
ing liHi.OOO.OOJ capital, will buy up the six
great typewriter manufactories of the coun
try the Caligraph, Rem:avvton,Yost,Smith
I'tem'er, Denimore and brooks.
CVI'ITAL AND LABOR.
The girls who went or strike in the wind
ing department of the Adams Silk Co.,
1'atterson, N. J., returned to work, the state
bo.ird of arbitration having heard them
and the officers oueied the increase lu wages
demanded.
.'VPICIAL.
The Iowa Supreme Court has decided
that an alien is eligible to election to of He
I rovided he becomes a citizen before hi I
ttullation.
MlSCKI.LAKItOUS.
A huge gasser was struck in Neuces conn
ty, Tex., Friday. When it was ignited Hi
Mexhau inhabitants thought the mil U
ium bad arrived.
LAKE BUFiBIQB. EBOZEN
For Thirty Milea Out, the First Time
Thie Early in 18 Yeara.
Lake Superior 1 frozen 80 miles from the
Duluth shore, some hing that has no occur
ed so early in the winter for 15 year. The
ice is fully two feet thick near . the shore
and unless there are heavy snowfalls and an
early spring the 0ening of navigation, hot!,
at Duluth and at the Bault Canal, where (be
Ice is also unusually heavy, will be late.
BEYOND OUB BOBDEBB.
Tbe striking bakers In Marseilles attacked
the bread cart and bakeries, throwing tb
bread Into the street. A settlement of the
strike followed.
There was riot yesterday among the starv
ing poor on the Thames embankment, Lon
don, because the police prevented tbem
from marching to tbe parliament building
to display their poverty.
By an explosion of fire-damp in a mine at
Recklinghausen, Westphalia, 18 miner
were killed and 17 injured.
The American ship Robert L. Belknap
from Hioga bound for New York, lank
near tbe Nafunai Islands, but all hands
reached shore in open boat
THE FIFTY-SECOND CONGRESS.
Proceeding of the Senate and tbe House
Tersely Told.
TtllttTV SIXTH PAV.
Pl'NATr. Mr. Chandler, (Hepublican.New
Hampshire. ) stepped to the front to-day s
an avowed Hnwai'lan annexationist aiid if
he hail his way the president would have
been instructed by both houses to enter into
liegotmtions with the representative
nf tbe provisional government or the hit
kingdom of Hawaii and to submit the con
vention tocongtes fur ratification by legis
lation. Hut hi way was blocked by Mr.
Whlte.t Democrat. Louisiana.) who objected
lo Immediate nclion and Mr. I handler'
resolution was laid over. The anti-option
bill wa taken up and wn under considera
tion until adjournment.
Hoi sr The brief session of the House to
day wa an uninteresting one. The Sundry
civil appropriation bill was further consid
ered, but wa not dlsixisMl of. The speaker
announced the appointment of the follow
ing committee to investigate the Panama
canal scandal: Messrs. Fellow, deary, Pat
terson, Power and Storer, and the House
then adjourned.
TMIBTV-arVSINTH PAY.
Sf.xatp. The senate passed the Anti
Option bill, after defeating various amend
ment offered to It by a vote of 40 to 29.
The bill is the one parsed by the House of
representatives on June II, 1WU, with vari
ous Senn'e amendment thereto. The first
section define the wo'd"options "to mean a
contract or agreement for the right or privi
lege to deliver nt a future time or within a
a designated period, any of the article
mentioned in section 8. Tbe second defines
"futures" to mean a contract or agreement
to sell and deliver, at a future time, or with
in a designated period, any such articles,
when the party so contracting wa not the
owner of such articles or bail not agreed for
right to their future purchase. Thi act,
however, not to npplv to any contract to
supply Notional, Stole or municipal govern
inents with any of such articles; nor to con
tracts by farmers or planter for future de
livery, to agreement to pay or deliver a
part of the product of the land a compen
sation for work or labor done or to be done
on tbe same, nor to agreements with farm
er or planter to furnish uch articles for
use or consumption; provided that such
contracts or agreements shall not be made
or settled lor on any board of trade or ex
change. The third section specific the article to
which the bill is to apply as cotton, raw or
manufactured, hops, wheat, corn, oats, rye,
barley, pork, lard and bacon.
The fourth section impoies special taxes,
as follows: Dealers in option or future at
1.000 a year license fee. and S cent a pound
on cotton, hop, pork, lard or bacon, and 20
cent a bushel ou grain. Section l.r provide
that the act shall take effect on July 1. 181U.
The motion for a conference went over.
After a short executive session the eenat
adjourned.
Ilot'ss The house resumed. In a commit
tee of the whole, the consideration of the
sundry civil appropriation bill, hut no act
ion wa taken when the house adjourned,
THIRTY-FIOIITll IIAY.
Prnatr. The fortification bill wn the
first of the general bill to come before the
Senate, and it was passed after a rather in
teresting though not novel discussion. The
army appropria ion bill was taken up, and
was passed with but a single amendment. in
creasing the monthly pay of sergeants. The
District of Columbia bill came next in or
der. All the committee amendments were
agreed to except one, that was reserved for
action to-morrow, looking to the erection of
s f.MHi.Ono municipal building in Washing
Ion City, and the hill went over.
lIocsK. The attention of the house was
concentrated uimn one item of the sundry
civil appropriation hill, appropriating (10,
000.000 tor carrying on contract entered In
to for the improvement of rivers and har
bors. Without finally acting on the bill the
house adjourned.
TIIIKTY-NlNTII HAY.
SrNATK.-With the exception of on hour In
the early part of the day and a lit tie longer
lime in the evening, to-day's session of ilie
senate was lie Id behind closed doors a nd waa
spent In the consideration of the French and
Swedish extradition treaties and incidentally
of the Hawaiian question, in the open
tension the Chaudler Hawaiian resolution
(offered some days ago) wa referred to tbe
committee on foreign relations; Messrs.
Hale and Blackburn were appointed tellers
to assist in counting the presidential vote
and Mr. Carlisle resignation as Senator
from Kentucky was presented. The dis
trict appropriation bill wa taken up, con
sidered and passed. A concurrent resolu
tion from the legislature of Oregon reques
ting the senators from that stale to use all
honorable mean to secure the annexation
ot the Hawaiian islands to the United Statel
was presented and referred and the Senate
then adjourned.
Hot'SK The session of the House to-day
wa Interesting, Mr. Catching rom tbe
rule committee reported a special order for
the silver repeal bill, and gave notice he
would call it up February 0. In the morn
ing the anti-option bill was the center of in
terest. John I. Davorporl and the federal elec
tion law then occupied the attention of
the house. They were brought foward by an
amendment offered by Mr. Filch of New
York to tbe sundry civtf bill, providing tb
hereafter no part of any money appropriat
ed to pay any fers to the United States ecu
missioners, marshal or clerks, shall be used
for any warrant Issued or arrest made undei
the laws relating to theelection of membet
ol congress unless the prosecution has been
commenced upon a sworn complaint setting
forth the facts constituting the offense and
alleging them to be within tbe personal
knowledge of the affiant. The Republicans,
whose spokesman was Mr. Boutelle of
Maine, saw the entering wedge of a repeal
of all the law relating to federal supervis
ors. Mr. Fitch replied in a moderate tone,
but stated that the Democratic parly made
nosecret of its purpose to repeal the feileial
election laws. Several slightly jiersonal pas
sages ensued, but the amendment was fin
ally agreed to 172 to 47. The committee
then rose and reported the bill to the house.
The Fitch amendment was u greed to yeas,
1H1; nays. 80. The bill was then passed and
the house adjourned.
FOI1TIETI1 DAY.
Binatf. The business ol the Senate was
suspended in order that tilting tributes
might be mude to tbe memory of the late
Senator Barbour of Virginia. Eulogies of
the dead Senator were pronounced by
Messrs. Daniel, Manderson, Faulkner, Gai
linrikr, I'latt, Hill, Hisiock and Huuton
the last being Mr. Barbour's successor in
tbe benate. i'be usual resolutions were
agreed to and the Senate fas a further mark
of respect to the memory of Mr. Barbour)
adjourned.
Hoi sk. The speaker laid before the house
the anti-option bill with senate amendments
thereto and after a lengthy debate the bill
was referred lo the coicmittte on agricul
ture. The speaker then laid before the
house the president's message relative to
the bond transit over Canadian roads. Re
lerred. The deficiency appropriation bill
Was passed and tbe Indian appropriation bill
was reported. The House then paid tribute
to the memory of the late Representative
Craig of 1'euusylvaniu and adjourned,
FORTY-flBBT DAY.
Benatk The Senate to day passed the
House Hurter bill, relating to bills of lading,
alter amending it so as lo materially alter
its construction. As passed by the Senate it
is made, unlawful to insert in the bill of
lading of any vessel any kind of a clause
relieving it from liability for damage aris
ing Irom negligence or failure in proper
loading or delivery of merchandise commit
ted to it charge; or to release the vessel on
account of not being seaworthy. The bill-of-lading
provision is not to apply to live
slock, and any refusal to Ism such bill of
lading as is prescribed in tbe bill is punish
able by a line of not more than (2,000. After
passing some other bill of minor import
ance, the enata adjourned.
llo'psr. The House tn-nay made two
rapid stride toward final adjournment,
it passed the diplomatic and the military
academy appropriation bill with little de
bate. Mr. Hatch reported back the anti
option bill with senate amendments and It
w as referred to tbe committee of the whole.
The feature of the day s session wa the
spontaneous expression of regret manifested
by hi colleagues at the voluntary retire
ment of Mr. Blount of Georgia fiom the
tent which be has filled for 20 year. Never
before In the history of congress has a
memoir been so honored. Political friend
and foe vied with each other In their senti
ments of regard and esteem and underlying
the speeche by both wa an unexpressed!
hope that Mr. Cleveland would make him a
ipember or his official family, Mr. Blount
wo much moved by the testimony of the
esteem In which he was held and in a few
word responded to the remarks made and
declared that whatever the future had in
store for him he would ever look back to
thi hour as the brigh'est hour of hi life.
The House then adjourned.
Big Vote For Canada' Annexation.
A big political meeting was held at Esse
near Windsor, Out., the other night to dis
cus the future of Canada. At the close ol
teveral speeches a vote was taken and re
sulted a follow: To remain In statu quo,21,-Independ-tice
12; Imperial federation ik
political union with the United States 413.
Pullman' Olft to Chicago.
George M. roll man will build and endow
a home and school for destitute children or
the slfe of the Old Hyde I'ark Hotel at
Chicago. It is to be a model Institution anil
bear the name of Its founder.
An'Inereaed Bop Crop.
The Syracuse, N. Y "Homesteod" pub
lishes a complete report of the bop crop of
the United States. The total 1802 crop of
the country 1 given at 217,942 bales, as com
pared with 210,237 bale in 1891.
A Family Burned to Death.
Morris Cohen, a tinsmith, aged 22 year,
hi wife and 6 months' old child were burn
ed to death In a tenement house Are on Or
chard street, New York City,
Rrv. T. E. Iuvink, a Niagara Falls evan.
gelist, wa expelled from the Baker ttreet
Methodist mission. Baltimore, for denouno
ing church fair.
Three half starved sailors who landed
at Hamburg after having killed and eaten.
companion, have been arrested for murder.
MARKETS.
FirrsiutRO.
THF WHOLESALF, FRICES ARF OITFIt BXLOW.
ORAIltTTwuiB AND FKXD.
WHEAT No. 2 Bed t 79 80'
No. 3 Bed 77 78
CORN No. 2 Yellow ear. .. M f6-
High Mixed ear 52 53-
Mixedear 45 40
Shelled Mixed 45 46-
OATS-No. 1 White 41 42
No. 2 White 40 41
No. 3 White 88 4t
Mixed 36 38-
RYE No. 1 Pa A Ohio.... 72 78
No. 2 Western, New 08 70-
FI.Ol'U Fancy winter pat' 4 50 4 76-
F'niicy Spring' patents 4 60 4 75
Fancy Straight winter.. .. 4 00 4 25 '
XXX Bakers 8 50 3 77
live Flour 8 50 3 78
HAY Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. 15 00 15 25
Baled No. 2 Timothy 12 00 13 00-
Mixed Clover 13 00 14 00
Timothy from country... 10 00 18 00
STRAW Wheat 0 00 6 60
Oat 0 50 7 0t
FKF.D No. 1 W'h Md V T 18 00 19 00
Brown Middling 10 00 17 60
Bran 10 00 10 50 .
Chop 14 50 17 00- "
DAIRY I'RODI'CT.
BUTTER Elgin Creamery 36 87
Fancy Creamery .id 82
Fancy country roll 25 27 ,
Choice country roll 12 14 ,
Low grade rV cooking.... 8 12
CH KESE O New cr'm mild 11 121
New York Goshen 11 12
Wisconsin Swim brick.. 14 5
Wisconsin Sweitzer 13 14 ,
Limburger 10 11
riUIIT AND VKO STABLE.
ArPLES-Fancy, ft bbl... 3 50 8 75
Fair to choice, 7 bbl.... 2 75 8 00
BKAN'H Select, 7 bn 2 00 2 10
l'a A O Bean, V bbl 1 60 1 75
Lima Bean 4
ONIONS
Yellow danver V bu.... 100
Yellow onion, bbl 150 175
Spanish, V crate 1 20 1 25
CABBAGE New V bbl 2 2J 2 60
POTATOES
Fancy White per bu 75 80 '
Choice Ked er nu fift 70
rOCLTRY ETC.
DRESSED CHICKENS
v n 12 14
Dressed ducks Vlt. 14 15 i
Drwsed turkeys V IS 10
LIVE CHICKENS
Live chicken V pr 60 80
Live Ducks V pr 70 80
Live Geese V pr 1 00 1 2ft
Live Turkey V lb 12 13
EGOH-PoAOhiofreab.... St
FEATHKltM .
F'.xtra live Geese V fb 50 60
Nol Fixtra live geese V lb 48 r'
Mixed ..j .j . . 25 85
MISCELLAMOL'S.
TALLOW-Country,lb... 4 6
City 5
BEEDS West Med'm clo'ef 9 75
Mammoth Clover 10 00
Timothy prime 2 1'S
Timothy choice 2 35
Blue grass 150 1 7
Orchard grass 1 75
Millet 1 00
Buckwheat 1 40 1 60
RAGS Country mixed ... 1
HONEY White clover.... 18 17
Buckwheat 12 15
CINCINNATI.
FLOUR 2 50(3 3 55
WHEAT--No. 2 Red 73 74
RYF-No. 2 03
CORN Mixed 43 44
OATS m
EGGS 31
BUTTER 20 35
PHILADELPHIA.
FLOUR 3 40(3 14 60
WHEAT No. 2. Red 76 1 ,"
CORN No. 2, Mixed 50 65 ' ,
OATS No. 2, White 40 42
BUTTER Creamery Extra. 24 ' 85
F:GG8 l'a., F'irsts 36
NEW YORK.
FLOUR Patent 4 60 5 00
WHEAT No, 2 Red 79 80
RYE Western 60 1-4
CORN Ungraded Mixed 63 64
OATS Mixed Western 38 43
BUTTER Creamery - 2J 35
EGGS State and I'enn 33 34
l.tVI-BTOCK, REPORT.
east l1bfrty, fitthmiro stock yard.
cattle "
Prime Steers I 5 65 to 5 85
Fair to Good 4 25 to 5 26
Common S I 75 to 4 00
Bulla and dry cows 2 00 to 3 75
Veal Calves 6 50 to 7 00
Heavy rough calves 2 50 to 4 00
Flesh cows, per head 80 00to4f 00
KIIEKP. "
Prime 96 to 10O-!b sheep....! 6 25 to 5 60
Common 70 to 75 lb sheep... 3 60 to 4 Oi
1-aiiiha 6 00 to 6 lt,
II ou. X
Philadelphia hog 7 75 to 7 80
Cora Yorkers 6 60 to 7 70
Bough 6 00 to 0 60