It in estimated that 1140,000,000 vjraa. spent in railway taavcl last year in this country. There are ion C'hinnmen in thil country to every American in China the figures nre 1,100 against 11,000. In timed of war the armies of the Europeans nation can be mined to 9,306,000 mm and the ilnily expense mill lie nrnrly 820,000,000. Ten, the beverage ot the highet classes in flcriuiiny, though more con sumed in the north, is rapidly win ning favor also with the middle clans in the couth. Everywhere, notes the Washington Htar, thetea table is grow ing popular, and Germany will proba bly, at no distant period, become a large consumer of tea. Kays the New York Mail and Ex press: The United States of South Africa is spoken of by an influential London paper as a probability of tho future. The leaven of liberty is work ing all over t lie globe. The federation of man is an increasing possibility. Perhaps future generations will know the United States of the World. The Major General commanding the United States army has approved that part of the new tactics which pro rides for officers giving commands under certain circumstances by whis tles instead of by word of month. Whistles for the purpose are to bo mounted on the hilts of the officers' nwords, and orders have been issued to the armories to make the altera tion in the swords as fast as possible. At the beginning of tho new year the United States Treasurer began a new system of bookkeeping so far as currency notes are concerned. The new system will save considerable time and labor and facilitate to some extent the redemption of worn and mutilated money. Under the present system tho United States notes or tho Treasury notes and gold and silver eertiflcates, when received for redemption, nre credited on the books of the depart" ment according to the series of ''which they are composed. This entails a great deal of labor which is now re garded ns unnecessary, especially in the case of United States notes, of which there are six different series. Hereafter the amount daily received will be recorded as a w hole and the new certificates will be issued in re turn as heretofore. There is no special significance attached to the change, and it is said to be merely in the direction of reform of methods. Boston lias proved to her satisfac tion that physical culture is a success in her schools, states the New York Times. A Swedish teacher who has made herselfaopiainted with tho matter says there is no question that the general health of the boys and the girls was remarkably better at the end of the school year of 18!M than 1890 or 1891. She believes that the fifteen-minute daily exercise has caused this improvement, and predicts that time will show a moro perfect physique, graceful bearing and healthy carriage. There is no doubt in the minds of students of health upon this point. The blood grows sluggish with sadentary habits, and the brain does poor work for it. Start the cir culation by active respiration and muscular action, and give the correct pose to the body, whether walking or Bitting, and the child is sure to prove more robust and more intelligent. Brooklyn has her Director of Physical Culture of the public schools, follow ing Boston's system closely, and it is hoped success will attend the new re gime. The union between Sweden and Nor way, which has existed since Novem ber, 1814, does not seem to the San Francisco Examiner to be wholly har monious at the present time. Norway has tired of the union and appears dis posed to secede and set up for itself, possibly under a republican form of government, and a special article in a Berlin journal says that there is every reason to believe that the King of Sweden is prepared to use force to maintain the union between the two countries. At the same time, though there is a strong military party in Sweden, the nation as a whole would think twice before entering on a war which would entail foreign complies tions. These complications would arise probably out of the relations be tween Denmark and Norway. Den mark Las a atrong aympatby for Nor way and no special fondness for Swed en, and the creation of a Norwegian republic might endanger the Danish dynasty. The scheme, therefore, has been eonoeived in high quarters to place Prince Waldemar of Denmark ' on the throne f independent Norway to found a Norwegian dynasty. AN OLD SEA HERO SIMS. THE VETERAN WARSHIP KEAR .BARGE DOES TO THE BOTTOM. She Strikes the Roncador Beef and It Lost. The Ship That Bunk th Rebel War Vessel Alabama During the Rebellion. The most faroo.it ship of the naval ser vice, the obi corvette Kearsarge, has gnu to the bottom. Recretary Herbert has re eel veil a brief cable ;messsge from Ment Frederieh Rrainard, of tlx vessel, dated Colon as follows: "Kearsarge tailed from Tort Au Prince, Haytl, January 30, for Rlnetirlds, Nicara- fna, and was wrecked on Knncadnr reef, ebrnary 2. The officers and crew ura ate.' ' The Kearsarge watordered on January 27 to lthtelields lo protect American Interest! that were alleged to be endangered by the troubles between Honduras and Nicaragua. Roncador reef Is situated about 200 miles oft the coast of Nicaragua, and is one of (lie most dangerous menaces to navigation in the world. Tht Kearsarge was one of the historical vessel! of the American liary. She Has built at the Portsmouth navy yard. New Hambire, in 1HH. The event that made her a household word was the sinking ot the Confederate steamer Alabama otl the port of Cherbourg, France, on June l!l,18til. The Alabama, atlcr playing havoo with Ameri can merchant veseli In two hemispheres, entered the Knglith channel and put into the friendly port of Cherbourg for rest and repairs. Cnptuiii Wlnslow was on her trail, however, and In a fewdavs the Kearsarge appeared off Cherbourg und hung about the entrance to the harbor, but keeping on the high seas. Semniessaw he would either have to have to go out and tight or abandon hit ship In port The F.nglish and French visitor! were immensely interested In thf Impending battle and when on Sunday morning, June ID, 1NI4, the Alabama steau ed out to tea every high spot in the neighborhood was occupied by eager watch ers. The Keartarge was In waiting and did not keep them long In suspence. ( upturn WinslnW opened on the Alabama as the was maneuvering, apparently to get out of range.andby superior seamanxhipoutsalled and overmatched bis adversary at every point. In an hour the Alabama was In a inking condition and Cnptain Seinwet ttriiek his ttag. The boats of the Kearsurge put out to receive tha surrendered oflleeri and crew, but many of them Jumped intc the water and were picked up by Knglish touts. Captain Semmes was taken oil by the Fnglitn yacht Deerbound lifter hit surrender. This was probably the last sea fight that will ever be fought in the old style. Neither of the vessels were armo"r-plated, and the gunt wtrenf ordinary caliber. Captain Winslow was promoted to commodore and hi 170 was made a rear admiral. 'I he navigation of a vessel reds entirely with her commander and hit assistants and the admiral never interferes. He directs the general movements ot the flag-ship from place to piace, but leaves the details and routes and management entirely to the commanding either. Therefore, It would appear si though! 'omiiinnderlleyerman will he held responsible for the loss of the ves sel and on hint will devolve the tii"k of showing that the accident was unavoidable F.xactly who was at fault willnot be known here until further detail! have been reach ed. The Kearsarge hat been continuously In service for .12 yean. She had bee n practi cally rebuilt. - - MRS. LEASE WINS. Bhe Also Defies the Governor to Prefer Hit Threatened Charges of Bribery. The Kansas State Supreme Court has de cided the mit of Mr. Lease against Gov emor Lewellingin favor of the former. The Court wat unanimous.tlie Populist member concurring with two Republicans. The Court holds thut (ievernor l-ewelling hud no author I ly lo appoint a tuccessor Mrs. Lease who wat appointed for the term ol one year as a memoir ot the Htale Hoard ol Charities and coulirmed by the Scnuie, mid that J. W. Freeborn, who has been sitting with the board for several weeks it a us up er A reporter saw Mr. Lease Just a ter the decision was cade. Hhe laid: "1 had intended to resign my place on the board at loon at this decision wsi hundej down in my favor, as the salary connected with it it a mere pittance, but J have chang ed my mind and I propose to hold my place at all hazard!. My reason! tor this era limply these: I am informed thut it is the plan of tha administration to bring charge! against me for bribery In the letting of contracts for mppliei for the Htaie insti tutions. All such cbargei are false and 1 propose to make them prove any charges they may prefer or hold their peace." TO MEET PEARY'S SHIP. Chicago "Herald" Building Boats for an Arotio Expedition. The Haiti more "Morning Herald" states ttatet that two extraordinary designed boat! are being built in Baltimore for an artic sxpedition. The work of conitruction it being carried on with the greatest secrecy. The projector of the enterprise it taid to be the "Chicago Herald." The plan it to organize a party and start in the early spring for the north. It it intended to ship the boattto Northern Russia, where the. expe dition will take to the water. It will be the purpose of the party to intercept the mem bers of the Peary expedition. One boat it nearly finished and the other it well under way. The builder hat agreed to turn the boatt over to the ownert on March 2.4. The partiet which will risk tht terrort of arctic life will be made up, it it ttated, of several experienced navigatori and explorers, four of the staff of the "Chicago Herald," and crew of picked men. THE FIRE RECORD. Tiqua, O. The F.nterprite carriage works Lots about $0,000. Fireman William Miller fell from a ladder aud was badly injured. Montgomery, Mo. The greater portion of the city. including 17 stores and office build ings. Loit, 1130,000, insurance about one half. Dublin. Tex. The Dublin Compress, valued at 150,010. The property hat been tht source of litigation for soma time be tween local partiet and the consolidated company. Mabony City, Pa. Tht Merchants' hotel, Adamt & Brown's drygoods store, Stern's market, Reiser s clothing store and Carlin'a tbos store. Lou 30,000; iittlt insurance. DeKalb, III. W. L. K.wood's big slock barm with 147 Percberon bortei and four trottert; alto 100 tons of hay. Detroit. Tb Phoenix brewery. Lots 135,000 on stock, machinery and buildings, with but 110,000 insurance on itock. HUGE BALE OF SILKS. Good Prises Realised In a (000,000 Bait of Imported Fabrics. The largest sale of silk goods ever held In New York City began Wednesday. Tin drygoodt trad of the country wat llrongly represented. The total amount realized from the sal exceeded over 500,000. Tb goods ott'tred were black, colored and fancy silks, of popular.tncdluru and Hue qualities. Tb Urius of tbetal were lavorabl - tc active buying and very good price win realized on almost every - description 01 good. Tb good wi sold on four aionlhi radii. TbllkWtr from tht mill ol Scbuarsenbeeh. Huber Co , In Germany. France, Italy, Switzerland and tblt couulry FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS. Coaamartsed Proeeedlnga of Our Law Makers at Washington. roSTV-sircosB PAY. PstiATK The only transaction of any Im portune In the senat today wat the receiv ing ol the report of the Committee on Coinage, Weights and Measures of the House upon the Bland bill proposing to coin the selngiorsge in tb Treasury and also the bullion and the lisue of notes thereof. lloi'sx Tb Hawaiian debate was con tinued In the House today. Home routine business preceded the debate, though Mr, Itland presented tb report on the bill to coin silver seigniorage in the Treasury and f:sve notice that he would call It up at tb Irst opportunity. A bill to repeal lection 2 of the revised statutes, relating to the ac count of the t'nieed States Treasurer, reported by the Joint commission to Invest! gale expenditures in the executive depart ments, was passed without objection. rosrt-Tnian pa t. KxATr. The House bill to repeal tht Federal Flection laws wss debsted In tbt Senate during most of the session, Mr. Chandler, Republican, of New Hampshire, leading off. 1 be discussion was participat ed in by seversl other Senator! and then tht bill went over until to-morrow. Hot'sx The entire day in the Hons wsi given to a discussion of the Hawaiian res olution, roRTV-rOt'BTH PAY. PrsATF Although It had been the pur pose of the Senate to have a vote on the passing of the bill to repeal tht Federal election laws taken at 4 p. m, today, it be come nscessary to postpone the close of the general debate until 3 p. m, tomorrow and lo have an agreement for the taking of the vote before the .Senate adjournment tomor row. Hortr Consideration of the Hawaiian resolution was resumed In the House today, and at 3.30 the voting began on the iciidiiig resolutions of Mr. Met rearv, Democrat of Kentucky, Indorsing the Hawaiian pollry of I'resident Cleveland, but as no iiorum was had tt bouse was forced to adjourn. FONTY-FIFTR PAY. Hfxte The senate today ptssed the bill repealing the Federal election laws, without amendment, a d having already passed tht House it will now go to the I'resident fot signature. The bill is a simple repeal of all stntutes relating to supervisors of elec tions and special deputy marshals. HorsE Hy a vote of 17(1 to57 the house today adopted the resolution condeinirg Minister Stevens and sustaining the Hawai ian polity of Mr. Cleveland. roKTV-IIXTII DAY. Penate In the senate Senator Perklnt (California) piesented memorials of the San Francisco Chamber of Commerce praying for the annexation ot Hawaii, the laviiu ol n cable from the United staiet to (Iu ail and for the completion of the Nieur ua canal under government control. Senator Wolcott (Colorado) presented a resolution providing for the admission of a cuustitii tional amendment prohibiting the states from denying suffrsge to any person on account of lex. The resolution of Senator Htewart denying the right of the Secretary of the Treasury lo Issue the United Stales bonds and questioning their validity then came up as the regular order with various pending amendments and was discussed pro and con until adjournment. Hocse The deadlock on Mr. Itland'l silver seigniorage bill was broken alter four houri of continuous filibustering toduy, when, by a vote of 17(1 lo 4, the House carried Mr. Illand's motion of going into committee of the whole for the considera tion of his bill. A bill fiom the Joint committee on expenditures in the depart ments to make uniform the meihoiU of accounting in the departments was taken up and passed on motion of Mr. Dockery, and then the House adiourned. roHTY-ervr.NTu day. 8ete Seiate not in session. Hocsi 1 he delta, eon the Hland bill for the coinage of seigniorage lu the treasury was continued todav and is likely to con tinue tor serers.1 days yet. The speskers were Mr. Hland, who concluded his speech begun yesterday, Mr. McKeighsm of Nebraska and Mr.Kilgor of Texas, in favor of the bill, and Mr. Stone ot 1'ennsylvania and Mr. Harter ol Ohio against it. There are yeton the Hit 28ipeuketi for the bill aud eight agiimt it. THE QUEEHUdT ON RECORD. A Boston Hsn Who Will Circle the Globe Without a Cent to Btart. "Paul Jones," a Boston clubman, hat contracted to ttart on nothing and circum navigate the glob bringing backfj 000 with him. He will start from the Boston Press club within a few days, tin the day of the start he will strip and a committee will appraise his clothes. He will then let about earning money to buy them back. He will black bond, brush clothes, do anything in fact and accept what it given him. If any one offers to treat he will accept and sell his drink to some one else. When he gels his clothes he will go on the street and earn money in any legitimate way he can to go nn to New York, whence he will ssil for F.ngland. He has already mad a contract with an Atlantic liner to take bitn over for bis services as dishwasher. Jones li a cultivated gentleman of mean! The wager grew out of nil theory that any man can get rich in a short time If hn will nnly "swallow his pride." Tim he propose! to do for a vear. FEIXOTO'S HARBHNESB. He Continuea Imprisoning All Whom He Butpects of Enmity. ' Advice from Uio Janeiro state that Fret ident 1'elxoto continues to throw Into Jail all person! whom he believes to be hostile to him and bis cause, Including foreigners. The Insurgents In Hlo harbor will remain on the defensive until reinforcements of troopi arrive from tin South. These art expected shortly. It is not tru that there have been any dispute between Admiral de Mello and Admiral da Gama. The two officers, It Is declared, are in perfect accord. Admiral de Mello will direct the land operatiotit of the insurgent forcet until Santos hat been cap tured. Alter that work has keen accom plished he will resume command of tb squadron, which lie gave up to Admiral da Uama when he left Itio for the South. It is stated that da Uama has asked recognition as belligerents for his followers from England Italy, France aid Germany. London advice state da Gama has given 28 houri notice thst he will blocked Uio and hat disposed hi fleet accordingly. A Berlin dispatch ssys the German crull er Marie, now in Chilean waters, hoi been ordered to Kio Janeiro. EXPIRED PATENTS. Important Inventions Made Fre by the Limitation Law. Among the important patents . which have tipired during tb past week by limi tation arath following: Typewriter, J. T. Anderson: furnace and process for maiifac luring Iron and tteel B. iluylls.; ventilator for railway car windows A. Brandon; rock drilling tugiu 1'. 8. Biickmlntter; machine for rolling metal of irregular shspes S. Duff; feed mechanism for sewing machine 11, Scgh; machine for twisting and spool ing barb fsnce wire J. V, Glidden: steam boiler furnace B. Hertbey: gr.ln binder K. Horton; gtt regulator E. U. Martin; auto matic car fan J. R. Mcneillle; seed planter attachment for hoe J. K. Reynolds; com pound telegraph wire W. K. Hit,; hydraulic login J. D. Richardson; telegraph intulator I'. Heller; electro magnelio attachment for Urn local W. W, SRerar. Leer Cum, a domettio tmployed at an Atlantio City botal, fall from a fourth dory window to lb ground, adiitanceof ta) fnt and was only iiuoned, Tbe next day abe was at work a uiuak TICKINGS OFTHE TELEGRAPH FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC. 1 . . What Is Transpiring the World Over. Important Event Briefly Told. TVnsklntloa stews. Tbe Pennle list contlrmrtl the nomination of Thomas Moonlight of Kansas to be min ister to Bolivia. Penator Allen has Introduced a bill re pealing all laws which have been enacted relating to the coinage or lite of silver sine January 1, 1873, and to re-enact all law relating to silver and In force previous to that by authorizing and directing toe Issue of United Plate! legal tender not. and to prohibit the further issu of United. States interest bearing bondi. A deticlency appropriation of 1109,000 for the expentet of th United Plate! courts, which has been asked by the Attorney General, I being considered by tbe House Appropriation Committee and will probably be granted. A fund of (700.000 in the United Plate Treasury will be kept there by the House Appropriation Committee for the purpose of fighting choltra next year, There are not enough men enlisted In th navy to properly man the United Ptates ships which go into commission before tht 1st of May. Nearly 800 men are nettled and Congress will be asked to grant addi tional authority, reettnl, l.abnr and Inilnstrlat. The tenth annual convention of tin Master Painters' and Decorators' association of the country Is in tcstlon at Baltimore, Md. The Hollow Cable Manufacturing Com pany, of Hornellsville, X. Y ha! resumed work after a long idleness. The conductors and guards of the South tide alley "1." mad, in Chicago, have no cepted a reduction ot 10 per cent. The Riverside blast furnace at Wheeling and the JetTerson Iron Works, at Miugo.U., hare returned work, employing u'JO men. The Rockland Silk Mill one of the largest In the country, and the Preston Hrlck Com pany at Hornellsville, N. Y. have resumed work. Ptnanrlal and Commercial. Inability to make collections, caused Isaac Tinney, the oldest merchant tailor in Youngstown, O., to mak an assignment. No statement has been given out, M. L. I.azarnwltz, dry goods dealer at Youn.'stown,U. made an assignment. He (lain t assets vf (20,000 and liabilities ol 1(1,000. Kxecutinni aggregating about IS, 000 were Issued at Indiana. Pa., against E. J. Mil dren and the Black l.ick Manufacturing Company, operating fire brick workt at Black l.ick. This throw teveral hundred men out of work. Crime and Pennine. Two girls, Chrisse Duhrer and Maggie Panford, put two burglar to flight at . St Louis after a bloody fight. One of the burg lars was ihot and both girlt were badly Injured. Charles Heine, a Herman inventor, S3 yean of age, banged himself to a perpetual motion machine, in New York,iiion which he had been at work for 25 yean. The execution of Will Purvis at Colom bia, Misi., was a failure. The rope broke at the first drop, without In any way injur ing Purvii. The spectator! Interceded In such a manner as to Induce the Sheriff lo refuse to pro eed with the hanging. An eflort will now be made to secure executive clemency. Purvis was a white cap, James C, Nicholas, aged 41 years was murdered on a ttrcet at Clyde, N. Y by Fredrick Cblldt, aged 21 years, in the pret ence of over 100 people, lltsnslers. Aerldeni and fatalities By tbe capsizing of a boat in Santa Itosa Bound, Florida, five men were drowned. Fight persout were killed by aneiplolon on a tug boat near Vancouver Island. Misrellaneoas. George Wlllinuii of 43 West street, New ark, N. J., is dying of hiccoughs. II was attacked six weeks ago, and the longest rest b hat had in that tiui was thirty six hours. Doctors have given up all hop of hit recovery LATER NEWS. CAPITAL AKD LABOR, The coutruct for building tbe Southern Pacific Railroad bridge over the Mississippi at New Orleans his been awarded to tb I'liocnixvllle, I a., Biidge Company at tht cost of 13, 000.000. The Bear Spring Iron Furnace.in Ptewsrl county, Tenn., will returns giving employ ment to SuOmtn. chimes and rzNAi.Tix. John W. Love, csihler of tb First Na tional Bank at Watkins, N, Y., bssgoneto parts unknown with t.W.OOO belonging to th bank. A wild eyed Anarchistic Frenchwoman attempted lo shoot two clerks iu the count ing room of tbe St. Louis Post Dispatch. She was overpowered and landed In prison. DISASTERS, A( CIIIISTI AND FATALITIES. N. B. Oakley, a New York veterinary turgeon, by niittak served friends with aconite instead ol whitky and alio took a drink bimielf. At a result P. H. Tracey is dead and Mr. Oakley and Frederick Woodt will die. roRtiaft. Colonel Oregon!, an Austrian army otlt cer ha been sentenced to dtalh iu Russia a an Austrian spy. MISCELLANEOUS. A 10 per cent dividend will be paid bold art of Columbian exposition stock. Death for Tram Robberies. At Newport. Ark., the Ollphant train robber, James L Wyrlck, Thomas Biady and Bill Manakar, war sentenced to be banged by th neck until dead the execu tion to lake plaoe April 6 In tbe county Jail. Tb three desptradoe look tbtir aenience ooolly, At Oswego, Kan., Hani Hydrick and Claudt Bbparrl, Ibe Mound Valley train robber wre sentenced to death which iu that Slate mean 111 iuipritonmtnt. GLOOM IN ENGLAND. Great Britain'! Trade Return Show Bh I Losing Her Boasted Supremacy. The publication at London of lb govern ment board of trade return for 1MK) hat produced a profound Impression through out the county and baa deepened th gloom caused by the present commercial depres lon. The total import last year were 4 tt, Ufitt.ffllO pounds, as compared with 4'.'3.7H3. 8K2 pounds in W2 and 435,441,204 pounds In lxiil. The vain ot re-es ports of loreign and coionial products declined last year by nearly 0, 000 000 pounds ss compared with 1W)2. Hence the country not merely irn- tiortfd less for its own consumption, but ost the bundling of a large amount as brokers and the usual prolit thereon. The value of Hrltlsh exports in 1H03 was SIU,4!KI,24H pounds, sscnuiiaied with 227. 077,OM pounds in 1802 and 247.231.150 pounds in INOl. The apparent balance against the country was l27,tl2il.H52 In IW3, asagainst 12U.too.52l polities in Iwil.Un ot th lesders of tbe Social Democratic federa tion declared th present condition would materially advance the ennsenf radicalism and Republicanism in Great Britain. Said he: "We have lost the market of the world; thank to capitalist greed and the war be tween capital and labor. Our much vaunted fre competition has overreached Itself. We have taught our rivali the blessed principle of buying In the cheapest and selling in the dearest market to such purpose that they have set up business in our own lines and are never at a loss to rind an Kutllshman who will help to ruin his country's reputa tion tor the sake of personal gain. Indi vidualism stands today a confessed failure, and .Manimom, bankrupt, will luuii haveto put up the thutteri." UMCL SAM'S NAVY. Several of the Most Able Officers on tht Eve of Retirement The secretsry of the navy has decided upon tome import changes In the officer! ol the navy. One or the most Important changes that has been decided upon is that In the command of the North Atlantic sta tion which is made necessary by the early retirement ofltear Admiral llenliiiiu in April. Ilewlll be relieved of lilt command stloat and will be succeeded bv Commodore Richard IV. Meade, now president of the retiring and examining board t,f the United navy. Acting Rear Admiral Stanton, who Is at present in command of the home station, will, upon the return of Admiral Henham, from Rio, he assigned to com mand the South Atlantic station, from which he was summarily detached bv Sec retary Herbert lift October. 1 1 is not ex pected, however, that Stanton will be or dered to Brazilian waters pending the settle ment of the present trouble there on si-cnnnt of the displeasure of the Peixoto government with his course In saluting Ad miral Mello. 'J he Indications at present are that Com modore Francis M. Ramsey will probably not tee active sea service thit year owing to the assignment of Commodore Meade to active service. It is highly probable that he will serve out hit term as chief of the navigation bureau and in this event he will retire without hoisting his Hag as a Meet zotnmanrfer. Commodore C. A. Carpenter is available for a squadron command. There iceins.however, at present to be little pros pect of a vacancy securing commensurute with his rank. Orders have been issued for Commodore t. J. Price to command the Adams at Hon olulu. According to the orders he is to leave by steamer March 17 from San Fran cisco. Orders have been issued for the de lachment of I. lent W. L. Hnrdick from ordinance instruction and he has been or dered to duty on the Vermont. The same irrler Includes Knsign R.t;. Iierker who is Jetiicbed from the i.Mianotonomab and ht bat been granted three months leave. UNDERGROUND TRANSIT. Chicago Hat a Scneme That Beats Mes sengers All Hollow. The problem of rapid underground Iran lit hut been solved. Tht newi of the world has commenced rushing under th streets of Chicago into tbe hands of the editors of various newspapers The city hall, the central dice station, tbeollicesof the city press atsociation, the various national and international news associations and the main stations of the telegraph companies buve all been connected by underground pneumatic tubes, and the time of transit from the most distant points to any given nestination W hut one minute. Circulating In all the tubes of the system is a continu ous current of air and when it is desired to transmit a package from one station to another is only necessary to place the mat ter to lie delivered iu a "carrier" which is Inserted within the tube and is instantly oir. A trench was msde In the streets tinder the surface of sufficient-depth In get a straight line as Isr as practicable. Helow all pifiet and other obstructions conduits to the number of 2!) in a nest were then built tf square vitrified clay iis, containing longitudinal cylindiriral holes In which the seamless drawn brass pneumatic tubes are plsced. These Condu ts are laid in n ml surrounded bv Portland cement from 8 to 20 inches thick, thus making a lid wall of masonry which will not be affected by dampiie, heavy traffic or other causes Starting from tbe cily prf si rooms In the Wcideni Union building at the corner of Clark and Jackson streets, the line of lobes wat laid in a northerly direction and diverg ed al intersecting streets to th various points of destination. Th motive power is a jet of steam, dis charged through an injector, the Inven tion of David Hunter, an old newspaper man of Minneapolis. The air Is expelled from the tubes so that when the carrier it placed in position it is forced to its desti nation by a'mnspheric pressure. HARRISON TO MARRY AGAIN. The Ex-President Reported Engaged to Rich Mra. Stanford. Tbe Daily Evening Democrat of Shelby vills, Ind., sayi: "Tbe 'Democrat' hat learned through a source which it believes lo be relisble thst ex president Harrison and Mrs. Ptsnford, widow of the late Ice land Stanford tha California laillionair and United State senator will tuortly b united in marriage at Palo Alto. The ex pretident la now preparing to leave Indian spoilt lor th Stanfoid university to deliver a serin of law lectures and while there will b married to Mrs. Stan lord, whose wealth it estimated at 20.000.()(IO, Mrs. Stanford was a warm friend of the late .Mrs. Harrison and during the iaie Republican administra tion tbe Harritotis and Stan lords formed a close and lasting friendship which hoi ter minated in Ihs rumored marriage," Frintera Mourn For a Loit Friend. Cleveland, O. At a meeting of Typo iraphical Union, No. 52, resolution! were idopted exprtssing the regret of the mem bers of their true and generous friend, Geo. W. Clillds, and Urn sympathy of the uuiou for Ihs family of th deceased. Kansas City, Mo. Typographical Un'on No. 0 at one of the largest meetings it h a ivtr held, adopted resolution of regret at :he death of Geo. W. Child, Th case iu til th printing olHc.es in Kanaaa City will 3 draped in black out of respect to hit zstinory. Desveb. Coi At s meeting of th Dn ter Typographical Union resolutions on th iealb of Geo. W. Child wtra pasted bv I rising vol. In pari ib resolution say Ibat in th death of Geo. W. Child, tbt union print! of th country hat last t Uu and vs'tiabl friend. GiANn Ramp, Mica. Typographical inion, Nn. at), held Cbildt meeting, order d tb charter draptd la mourning and an pointed a coainiltie lo diaft rolutloni expressing acrruw at tb dath and th Ion of lb riuti true and best frltud. PENSION RULINGS. Assistant Secretary Reynolds Render Several Important Deetsions. Assistant Secretary of tb Interior Rey nolds has rendered four decisions of contid- irable Importance to pension attorneys. He lolds thst where several applications are lied for a claimant at different times by liflerent attorneys based on separate tlisv Dilltles, tbe several applications pending ihail be considered at toe adjudication as me claim aim allowed as sucii. If a contract for a fee of J5 on account of tach disability has been filed the only fee tllowed will be to tb attorney lillnu th tlrst contract, Th former practice of iivlding the fee on allowance of the claim between the attorneys tiling contracts lias been ordered discontinued. This is due to .he fact that the Commissioner ot Pension lias no power to vary the term of contract lr divide tbe fee between the attornevs alter party tiling the first sgieement nnder the law has complied with the contract terms. I bis ruling will apply lo claims already riled and in which the attorney tiling con tract tubeqiient to the tlrst has performed no service and to all claims hereafter filed. Where a widow claims pension for hereelf ana uer own cnuareti ami also declares f c r the soldier s child by a former wife, the claim will be contiuercd in entirety aud the rights of all the parties am subject to a tingle adjudication, In these caics the at torney is entitled to but one fee. In cases where in the same diclatatii n claimant asks for Increase and a'leges a new disability and an attorney prosecutes the claim under articles of agreement, the con tract applies lo the whole matter pending and th attorney it held to he entitled to hut on fee. Where an attorney dies leaving pension claim pending in which he wat entitled to recognition, the depart ment holds that hit personal representativ es will not be recognized to complete inch claim. DUN'S REVIEW OF TRADE. Thereds Some Imnrovement In Tlnin. But It Is not of a Lasting Quality. R. O. Dun A Co.' Weekly Review ol Taade. New Y'ork, says: Improvement iu business still appears in many directions, but It seems to bt In psrt balanced by lots in others. The gradual gain which begnn some time ago and wat strengthened a lin e by the tucce-s of the 'treasury loan has scarct ly susrrered exiiecttitions. Reports of resuiiii tion of work continue to indicate that the industries nre doing more than in December and yet the record of their ai tual ga n is disappointingly small. The marked increase which appears in Hirelings of commercial paper has almost wholly oasid and tbe accumulation of unemployed funds continues, to that indorsed null taper hat been taken at 21 percent. The bond opera lion has not advanced stocks nor sliinii Hied sp-culation the lowest price ever known for wheat has been recorded. Doubtless the uncertainty which remains with the tariff bill yet in the senate und currency measures of importance penning in the bouse has some hindering inllueuce. bat there is s'ill seen sn increase in the demand for many kinds of goods beraice of the exhau-tion of the stock in the hands of the dealers by a consumption, which, though less than usual, is nevertheless greater than In any other country. The volume of domestic trade does not materially increase, exchanges indicating a decline. Many mills have opened in an experimental way and have made up goods enough to try the market, with prices not as yet encouraging. Recent sharp reduc tions in cotton goo. is have not brought out the increase ol business expected. The failures for the week were """ in th the United States, against 222 last year ami 00 In Canada aeainst 44 last year, several being of more titan ordinary iniDortance. FRENCH TROOPS SLAUGHTERED. Col. Bonnier and Over 200 Members of His Expedition Into Africa Maisaored by the Natives. Th lecretary of the Colonial Department at Paris hat received a telegram from St. I.ouis. Senegal, stating that Col. Honnier.ll oftlceriand 25 privatts were massacred by the Tuaregos. Col. Honnier with part of the French force had lelt 'iiiiibnciooand gone to the west ward of thut plac e whtii he was iilincSed by the natives. 1 he Tuaregiai now thrtaun l apt. Philips, who was left in command of the forte holding Timbuciou during the ab sence of Col. Honnier, Col. Honnier left Tirabnctoo on January 12. On the right of Jamiaiy 15 he and his column, whiie asleep, were surprised anil surrounded by Tuareg!, ('apt. Nigotte es caped ami rejoined the detchmenl with which l.ieut. Sarda was guarding tbe rap tured tenia few miles in the rear A few native nllemen saved themselvet by flight fiom the general massacre The Tuaregs were on loot and were arm ed with lances und knives. When the dis patches leu Timtuictoo, the city was mr rounded by Tuaregs, who appeared here and disapieared there, making it inipos-ibie to form any accurate estimate as to iheir number, ('apt, l'Iniie, uon whom the command of the French forcet devolved alter the deuth of Col. Honnier, sends notice lo the Governor of Senegal that be is hold ing Timbucioo with Ktrj rirles and six tan uoni and that be intendsto hold out until reinforcements arrive. The mixed populace ot limDuciooregar.il the Fieuch lone with varied feeling!. Many are said to lavor th occupation. NEW LABOR QUESTION. U. P. Employe Claim Pay on th Batie of th Government 8-Hour Day. At OmuLa. Neb., Union Pacitle employe! are about to raise tbe question, if, a Judge Dundy says, tby ire employe of the "nit (d State Court, they ought not to be paid jii the bati of tb United Plate working Jay of eight hours, Insteud of on the cor- P orate basis of from 10 to Id hours. Kugene lebs, I'resident ol th American Railway Federation, thinks th a position can be maintained and it is understood he Will work to this end. So tar as kuown Ibis question was never raised b'.lor and the outcome will be watched with intersat. A well-known Union Pacific conductor, speaking of the mailer, laid: "1 have heard it intimated that Dcba would lake charge of the employes' case belor Judge Dundy, and should on of lb problems, that sight houri should contli im a day' work, b decided iu lavor of the men, tb men working over time will probably make mora than they were mak ing under existing schedules." A Keokuk, lu., ditpatch tayi tha Union foci he Railway lecaivsrs applied to Judge Woolsun, of th Federal Court, to put in fore an order similar to that isauej bv Judge Dundy, ot Nebraska, relative lo unging employes. W'uolsou declined to put th lull order in force, a none of Ibe Iowa employe bad struck aud were not repre sented in court. However, be art! mi ed that the Old employs ar now employes of the receivers and suujact to tin recaivirs'order. The teceiver had th right to promulgate a wage schedule which in Judge upiirutes. Tbe employes may quit lb receiver ser vice, but nut in such, manner as to iiiierlei wiin tha ovratiou ot the railroad, i he Judg reserve to any mploy the right to com inio th court and have cumpiauii iiivaiiigated and remedied. Another World' Fair Blase. Th agricultural building at th world't fair grounds, Chicago, was slightly damag ed by lire Wednesday afternoon. Af ler tbe bra was out a section of glaa about 100 feel king fell from tb roof, narrowly miming a number of tirtram who war underneath. Tbue wr only about three carload of exhibit in tb building and tby were at at no Urn in any danger. Th lire was of incendiary orlerin. Earlier tn th da a L bias waa dtaoovsred in pile Of rubbish Vive w sue uuiiuiua
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