CORRECTED WILSON BILL
THE IBEE LIST CUT DOWN.
a. Tint on Sugar, Lend, Ore, Col, Coke
and Iron Ore, Raw Wool and Lum
ber Remain on the Free List.
Tbe Wllsvn tariff bill which fnwd the
bouse of representatives February 1, was
It Id bofore the full membership of the
mate committee on finance In the amend
ed form upon which tbe democratic major
ity of thnt committee fli.ally agreed after
one whole motitb'e consideration and num
erous rhanges of front upon all the I ore
imponnnt obtecta of taxation. Tbe More
important item are ae follows:
Sugar not above CO degree pnlarlreope
ten. 1 rent per pont.il; lor every additional
degree or traction not above 10 decree,
I-loo cent ndililional; above 01 ami not
liove lT, 2-UK) per degree and above 06 de
rrec. a duty of 1 4-III cent per pound.
Molasses, tenting not above Ml decrees by
the polariscopr, aliall pay a duty ol 2 cents
per gallon; molasses testing above 3tl de
preen hull pay a duty of 4 cent er gallon.
Whisky at (I. HI per gallon and the
bonded period encoded f rotn 3 to 8 yean.
Iron ore. 40 rents per ton.
l-ead ore i c per pound, Including lead
mi led with eilver otes.t osl. bituminous and
thsle, 40cnl per ton, foal or slack or
culm, 13 cent per ton; coke 15 percent ad
valorem.
Iron ore Including manganiferons Iron
pre, also the deseo or resldiim from burnt
pyrites. 40c per ton; Iron in pigs, Iron kent
ledge, splegelelseu, ferro ailicoii, 22 ) er
rent ad vaiotem. All iron In slabs, bloom,
loope, or other I'otme more advanced
than pig iron, and le finished t.ian in ban
3 per cent ad valorem (.Wilton bill 2;' J per
K ill )
Bar Iron, rolled or hammered, round Iron,
In ooil or rod and bar shapes ot rolled Iron
it per cent ad valorem, (Wilton bill, 25
per ct.) Reams, pirdeis, joists, and all other
thaa of iron or steel, milch, whether plain
or punched, or tilled for use, in per cent ad
valorem. (Wilson bill 30 per cent.) Holler
or other plate iron or steel, except saw
plates hereinafter provided lor, nut thinner
than No. 10 wire gauge, sheared and un
tlieared, and ekelp iron or steel, sheared or
rolled in grooves, 30 per cent ad valorem
(Wilson bill, 20 per cent.)
Forging of Iron or steel, or forged Iron,
r steel combined, 30 percent ad valorem
(Wilson bill, 23 per cent ) Hoop, band ol
scroll Iron or scroll 30 per cent ad valorem,
t Wilson bill, 2), per cent.) Railway bar,
made of iron or steel, and railway bars
made in part of steel T rails and punched
iron or tteel Hat rail, 22 1-2 per cent ad
valorem. (Wilson bill 20 percent.) The
lead products remain as in the Wilson bill.
The woolen schedule shows few changes.
These are about 5 per cent reduction.
There Is no change the cotton schedule.
The duly on clluraVrlciifls is increased.
The date for going intneffect or the bill it
changed from June 1 to June .'10, and a
duty is levied on articles Imported or with
drawn for consumption. There is do
ibange In lumber.
In the earthenware schedule, decorated
china 43 per cent; not decorated 30 per cent.
. No other changes in this schedule from tbe
House bill.
Plain green flint glass and limed glass,
Including bottles, 40 per cent, glass cut,
painted, colored, etc , 40 per cent; cut glass
bottles and vessels, decorated, 40 per cent,
including opal and porcelain glass
Window glass, 10x24 inches 1 1-8 cents
per pound; 24x30, 11 cents; 24x30, 1) cents;
all above that, U centa. 'o extra changes
in glass schedules.
Ju prargraph 118 the proviso that the re
ductions provided for as to sheets of iron
or steel thinner than No, 25 wire gaugeshall
lake effect on October 1, flK4. is stricken
out, as is also a like proviso in paragraph
121 relating to tbe plate, terne plate and
taggers tin.
Hollers, or other tube, pines. flues or Slavs
of wrought iron nr steel, 20 per cent ad val
orem; Wilson bill. 23 percent
Cast iron pipe of every description, 20 per
cent; Wilton bill, 23 per cent.
In paragraph 138 shears and scissors are
added to the list of articles ou wbicb a duty
of 43 per cent is levied.
Wood screws, 30 per cent; Wilson bill, 33.
(old and silver leaf, 30 percent; Wilson bill,
S3. Lead ore and lead dross, three fourths
of one cent per pound; provided, that silver
and all other ores containing lead shall pay
a duty of three fourths of one cent per
pound on the lead contained therein, accord
ing to sample and assay at tbe port of en
try, tens, metallic, except gold pens, 30
per cent ad valorem; Wiliou bill, 36 per
cent.
Manufactured articles or wares, not speci
ally provided lor in tbn act, composed
wholly or in part of any metul.and whether
partly or wholly tnanulactnred, 30 per
cent ad valorem; Wilsou bill, 3k per
cent.
In tbe miscellaneous schedule of melals
gold teat is reduced from 33 to 30 per cent
silver leaf from 35 to 30 per cent., ateel pens
from 33 to 30 per cent.
Under agricultural products barley Is In
creased from 23 to 30 per cent, and' barley
malt from 33 to 40 per cent; maccaroni is
reduced from 25 to 20 per ct.;bulter changed
from 4 cenlsperiound to 20 per cent ad valo
rem; preserved milk from 20 per cent. art va
lorem to 3 cents per pound; bay from 12 a
ion 10 -U per ceni;noney irora ju centa
gallon to 20 per cent ad valorera;bop from
8 rents a pound to 20 per cent ad valore-n,
onions from 20 centa a bushel to 20 per
cent ad valorem; peas from specilio duty to
20 percent; potatoes from 10 cents a bushel
to 30 per cent; apples, bananas, dates, olives,
and pineapples, 20 per cent, ad valorem;
plums, prunes, raisins and tsute currants,
50 per cent ad valorem, freah beef, mutton
and pork 23 per cent, ad valorem; poultry
is changed from 2 cents a pound to 2o per
rent ad valorem: starch and dextrine
changed from 1 cent a pound to 30 per cent,
and milliard changed from 10 cents a
riund to 23 per cent; spices changed from
rent a pound to 30 per cent ad valorem;
vinegar changed to 20 per cent ad valorem.
v" "P,100 uedule remain ai in the
Wilton bill,
Sol leather la Increased from S to 10 per
ut. Calf skint from 15 to '0 per cent.
the lacoaix tax.
With the exception of changes In the
eat and modi lirat ion of tome of lta pro
visions, the income tax remains at part of
the bill Tbe lirst lection reads;
1 hat from and afier January 1, 1805,
there tball be collected and paid annually
upon tbe gains, protits and income received
in tbe preceding calendar year by every
ritixen of the United Stater, every person
residing therln and every person doing
business therln and residing outside, wheth
er said tains, proiita or income be derived
Irorn any kind of property, rente, interest,
dividends or salaries, or fiom any profes
sion, trade. '.employment or vocation ear
ned oo in the United Btatea or elsewhere,
'J from any other source whatever, tax
of 2 per cent, on tbe amount to derived over
and above 14.000.
Jo section 63, wbicb eaye tbtre tball be
''d and collected a tax of 2 per cent on
all dividends, etc., tbe committee strikes
out the following;
"Ou all dividends, annuitfetand Interests
paid by corporations or association organ
ic? rJ Pro,it bv of tn ol the
United Klaltii or any other fitatee by meant
of which tbe individual stockholder it In
y wise limited, in cash, scrip or otherwise;
nd the net Income of all such corporations
id excess of such dividends, annuities and
interest, or Iroro any other source what
ever." Fund of building 'associations, religious,
charitable and educational ii stltutions and
salaries of Stat, conuiv and municipal
tinicera are exempt.
by lli term of (lie bill. The date when tin
law goes Into effect I changed Irora .lime 1
to June .10, 1MU, end this date In mnde to
affect, not only article Imported, but arti
cle withdrawn for rnnstiinption, except
wher otherwise specified In llie bill
CHANGES IN THE HOUSE.
Death Ha Been Busy In lta Banks,
Other Members Have Been Called
to Higher Place. ,
A dispatch to the Pittsburg Time says:
There have been number of changes In
the membership of the present House. The
hand of death has been busy among those
who were thecholce of tbe people In No
vember, 1802. Pennsylvania ha lust VIU ,
Ham Mutchler, of the Light h illstriit.
Charles O' Nell of the fecund, and William
Lilly, Congressman at Large. These have
been succeeded by Howard Mutchler, ex
NtateNenator Hubert C. Adam and ex
Speaker ttalusha A. (Irow. 1 be Ohio 'dele
gation lost two members by death W. A.
Enoch, succeeded by ex Congressman H.
H. Iliindy, the venerable father in law of
ex tiov. roraker and tleorge W. Honk,
whose enrcessor has not yet been chosen,
.1. Iiran Chlpinsn. of Michigan. hn a'o
died tinct the election and bis place is Oiled
by I.. 1. (irillln,
There have been vacancies, too, caused
nut by death hut by the promotion of Con
gressmen to other position. Henry Cabot
Lodge, of Massachusetts Wat sent to the
senate and his place is now taken hy l)r.
Everett, a ton of Edward Everett and a
Mugwump "of pnrest ray serene." The
election of Dr. Kverett wa the only loss
the Republican side ha sustained through
these change and it wa made up by the
election of Lemuel E. IJoigg, who succeeded
John It. Fellows. Democrat, who resigned
on being chosen district attorney of New
York City. Ashbel H. Fitch also resigned
to become comptroller of New York City
and wa succeeded by Isidor Htrauss.
Charles T. O'Kerrall resigned to take the
(iovernorehlp of Virginia and his place has
been filled by the election of S. H i urner,
William 11. Itrswley, of Hoilth Carrdina.bn
also resigned to accept the appointment of
United States Pl-trlct Judge, hut no election
bat been held for his successor. Ex-ov. J,
H. tiear of Iowa, has been elected United
rllates Senator from that state, hut will not
resign, bis term in the higher branch of
the National Cougrew beginning on March
4. IK'.ii the day his term in the house ends.
Thus there have been eleven changes in
the House membership, six by death and
five by promotion. And from the recent
action of the Republican City Convention
ol Cincinnt'ti the House will soon !ose
another, and one or II tiest menibeis. Judge
John A. t aldwell, of the Kirst Ohio district,
ha just been nominated for mayor of
Cincinnati. Tbe election takes place III
May.
COUOHL1N ACQUITTED.
Verdict That He Had No Hand In the
Murder 'of Dr. Crunln.
Daniel Coughlin ot Chicago Is a free man,
For the first time since the morning of
May 23. 1889, when be was stripped of Ills
detective star and placed under arrest by
order of Mayor Creiger, lie enjoys the pre
cious boom of personal liberty. Convicted
of murder and conspiracy and consigned to
the penitentiary lor the term of bis natural
life; granted a new trial by the (Supreme
Court at the result of error in the previous
proceedings: brought back from Joliet niter
years ol Incarceration, a jury of his ieert
tins afternoon declared, as an outcome of a
second trial that he had neither part not
parrel In the assassination of Hr. I'atrtck
llenry Cronin. And with this verdict tbe
curtaiu is rung down upon one of the most
celebrated crimes In the history of the
republic.
TltK history or nig rnist.
' The Coughlin trial has been on of tbe
mo-t noteworthy in the. ciitnlnal annals
of the country, llaniel Coughlin of Chicago,
an ex-city detective, wat charged with com
plicity In the murder ot Hr. I'.H. Cronin,
prominent Irish physician. Cronin wat
well known in one luctiou of tbe Clsn na
(iael, and it was to members of an opposing
faction that his murder wa charged. At
the former trial Coughlin, Martin liurke
and l'alrick O'Sullivan were convicted of
the murder and sentenced to life imprison
ment. The two latter died In prison and
the present defendent secured new trial.
Dr. Cronin disappeared on the evening of
May 4, lnhd. Alter a protracted search, hi
body, mutilated and decomposed, was found
in a catch basin in the northern part ol the
city. In the same section of the city stands
the little I nrlsnn cottage, where this theory
of the prosecution placet tbe murder.
EIGHTS OF PENSIONERS.
Law Bequlrlng Notice Before Buspen
aion Appliea to All Claaset.
At Washington, acting Secretary of the
Interior Reynolds tent to congress an opin
ion of Attorney General Olney on the con
struction to be placed on the act uf Decem
ber 21, 1803, requiring thirty days notice to
be given before a pensioner la suspended.
The opinion holds that the act appliea to
every pension granted by tbe ottice, and
makes It a mandatory duty of the
Commissioner to give thirty days' noli, a
even In cases where fraud is admitted.
"Contracts and judgments," says the At
torney General "are vested lights, yet pay
ments tinder a contract induced by fraud or
even mutual mistake oflacts and even
invalid for tome jurisdictional defect may
properly be withheld pendente lite, l'ro
cecding to collect tbe money will be re
strained when necessary by an injunction
from the courts. The right to withhold
paymenta In such cares pending legal
Investigation belongstotbe Government as
well as to the individual. The withholding
or suspension of a pension it continuing
act
"It may occasionally hapren that while
at the expiration of the thirty dava the evi
dence berore the Commissioner seemt
clearly a revocation of the ieiinon, the pen
tinner i still promising to procure further
testimony in support of his claim and beg
ging for delay. The Comntitsionu,- it nut
put into the dilemma requiring him to pay
money on an apparently fraudulent claim
or to forclose forever ull rights to tbe pen
sioners. "On production of further evidence he
would have jurisdiction to reopen the case.
His proper course, therefore, would be to
make a decision at the close of the thirty
daya on the evidence before him, and, if
further testimony thereafter produced
should altar the case, to reopen his decision
end reinstate the pension, allowing to the
pensioner all arrears and installment
Which meantime, have accrued." j
STARVED TO DEATH.
Alarming Destitution in tbe Bio Grand
Diatriot.
W. P. Chamberlain, Deputy Uuited States
Collector of Cuttorur at Kio Grande City,
writes a letter in which be makes a strong
appeal for aid for the destitute of that
eectlon. He tayt that women and children
are starving to death, tha three loimlis of
the cattle have dc4 and tbe rea! situation la
withheld for speculative laud rcuauns
Coinmsal, flnnr and sugar, he tays, have
risen in price beyond the reach of poor
people and water, owing to the protracted
drouth, it telling ut 12i cents per gallon.
John Bull Must ixplain.
The State) Department at Washington,
received a dispatch from the Uuited Ntates
Consul stationed neat the scene of the land
ing of British marine on tbe Mos.iuito
cosst staling that they bad re em bulked
aboard tbe man of war. Thia information
Is not Btis(aoiory, however, to tbe adminis
tration, end as soon as detinue news tt re
ceived irom Mr. Haker its Minister to Nic
araugua. a f ml explanation will be den:a)d
l Wulii Jit, lt. JtL uuuuul
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
FOBEION AND DOMESTIC.
What la Transpiring the World Over.
Important Events Briefly Told.
r-ltai. I.ahar aaa Ia4aelt.
Tbo l'hoenlx (I'a.) Iron work, which
ususnally employs between 11,000 and 4,000
men, have closed down.
The 800 employes ofthe Buffalo. Itochester
t I'itlsbnrg road receiving over 140 month
iave sttfTered a 10 per cent reduction.
The Kigte mills of Woonsocket, II. I
which have been rnnnlng alternate weeks
have resumed on full time at 10 per rent
reduction. A further cut will toon be made.
Tbe lockout ot molders at Cleveland, O .
wat broken tbe men gaining thelr.demands.
Knowle, Taylor A Anderson, sewer pipe
manufacturers, of Kat Liverpool, O., have
resumed work In full at reduction aver
aging from 10 to 20 percent.
The Unlontown (I'a.) (Jlat Company hat
closed Its plant because of lack ot orders.
About 200 employe are affected.
The Wheeling (W. Va.) Typographical
nnlon at II last meeting adopted a resolu
tion pledging all its member not to join
military organization. It is believed that
other labor union In that city will be ask
ed to take similar step.
VA'asblnetea Hews,
Senator Cameron introduced a bill to give
later Celesttne, Mother Superior of Ht.
Joseph' Convent, Titusvtlle, I'a., a pension
or (25 per month, dating from May 13, 1808,
Bhewasa hospital nurse during the war.
Congressman M. C, Illrnchard has been
appointed United Btates Senator by tiov.
Foster, of Mississippi to fill tbe unexpired
term of Senator Whit until the Legislature
meets In May this year.
Hereafter all notices of reduction of pen
sion will be sent to pensioner by register
ed letter This plan lias been adopted by
Commissioner Lochren and necessary ar
rangement have been made with the post
ofllce department.
The statement I made by one ofthe most
prominent men in public life St lint Presi
dent Cleveland will veto the llland seignior
age bill if it passes the senate. ;
The Boston Towboat Corpany ha been
given the contract to raise the Kenrsarge.
If successful 113,001) will be paid; otherwise
Ho.oto.
lllsasirrai accidents and I'aialltle
At Rcranton, I'a., the rescuers penetrated
the Gaylor coal mine In which 13 men were
supposed to have been entombed abonl
three week ago, It was learned that only
eight men were buried. Of these two bod
les were rcovered when afterdamp drove
the rescuer to the surface.
At Bruce Mines, Out., three miners were
killed at the Ophir gold mine by the rock
caving in on them. The dead men were
named Frank l'ercy, James O. Heath and
Anthony Savage.
Fire
McMlnn's opera house, the Methodist
church, 20 store and four residences burned
down at Cullman, Ala. A dynamite ex
plosion caused by the fire killed C. F.
Mitchell and (1. O, Dinkelberg. Tbe
property loss Is 1100, 000.
A fire at Homestead, Pa, caused loss ol
110,000. Four buildings were destroyed
Including the Odd Fellow's ball.
Crime and I'enaltle.
Sylvester Uhodei, wbo murdered a prom
inent young white man named Krnmet
Dozier, a week ago, was captured at Jessup,
(la., and shot lo death.
Burglars opened the tafe of the i'lensan
ton, Kan , bank with dynamite. Tbey gol
f 1 300 and missed 110,000.
MlM-ellnaenn.
A dispatch fiom Guadalajara, Mexico,
lay that Congressman William L. Wilson
was well enough to set op three hours on
Wednesday. It la expected that be will be
able to go to the city of Mexico in about 10
days.
Only 3,000 ofthe 12,000 Chinese In the
Scventn California district have register
ed,
BEYOND OUR BORDERS.
Important action has been taken by ths
provisional government of Hawaii at
Honolulu in tbe matter of preparing for
constitutional convention to organize
representative government. The Annexa
tion Club has formally organized a polit
ical party In support of tbe government
snd favoring annexation to the United
Htutes.
TO RECOUP LOSSES.
A Radical Advance of Ratea la Mad by
Insurance Companies.
. An increase in insurance rate in the
territory controlled by the Middle Depart
ment of Fire Underwriters ha been decided
upon by the companies doing business
therein. The new ratea will be from 5 to
13 per ent higher than the oil ones fur the
present. The dim r let a Heeled by this change
comprises all of New Jersey south of New
Brunswick; Pennsylvania, outside of Phila
delphia and I'itlsbnrg, .Maryinndlexceiiling
Baltimore City) and the District of Colum
bia. During lHTO the companies in tbe Eastern
association lost money to tuch an extent
that they saw bankruptcy staring them in
the face unless something should be done to
recoup their losses, instructions were Is
sued to Ihe Middle Department association
to increase rules 'or 1804 Irom 23 to 35 per
cent This resulted In a cuufereuce at
which It was explained that if at great a
raise should be niurtu eople would become
frightened and the reaction might injur
Ihe comtwiiien. Fina ly It was deemed
best to make Ihe udvaiice in rates only
fiom A to 13 r cent. Tins new schedule
it low being enforced all over lb district.
OHIO MINERS TO OO TO WORK.
A Satisfactory Agreement Arrived at in
the Bixth Diatriot.
The coal miners and operator of the
Sixth district of Ohio held a conference at
Bridgeport and cam to tatitfactory term,
The operator offered I3.C0 per yard for
ntry work and tbe miner compromised
on that nniitfr ht .. -i ,
!LrM'Jh'0L.in8 !!d ,,U"'"K room.
ii .j . 7 ,""" pnc. nut
IWdent John Nugent ssys all lb mines
Will be mil In nrirMiln -.
LATER KIWI WAIFS.
WslltnTOS.
An Important bill has been Introduced by
Kepresentntlve Talbert of South Carolina lo
mend the act to refund to the ttatet and
territories the money collected tinder the
lirect tax of August 0, 1801, It provides
that money received from the tale of lands
bid In for direct taxet under the act of June
f, 1802, lo collect the direct tax in Insur
rectionary districts, from the sale of lands
under the freed man bureau act of Jnly
in, 18H0 and the act of June 8, 1802, shall be
returned to the owners of the landt when
they were confiscated, or their heirs of the
same disposition mad of receipt from
rent ot the land. The beneficiaries are to
give a lease of all claim against the gov
ernment growing nut of these acta The
Secretrry of the Treasury it to sell bond
purchased from the proceed of these re
sales end rent and apply the proceed lo
reimbursing the former owners and money
already paid to the itates In return for the
tales of these acts are to be deducted from
the amount due to applicant. All conflict
ing parts of art It is proposed lo repeal.
nil was and rr.XAi.Tir.
George A, Smitb. farmei about 35 year
of age, living at Cellna, Tenn., went home
drunk the other night and, enraged for
some unknown cause, beat hi infant child
to death, following this crime with brutal
pounding of hi wife, whose throat he af
terward cut. Leaving hi bleeding victims
he went to the house of hi sister In law,
whom he found In bed sick. Grasping hei
by the hair be pulled her out of bed an4
began to beat liei, but ah escaped. Smith
will be lynched if caught.
Two men at Peoria. III., were sentenced
to three years In the penitentiary for rob
bing a man of 10 centa.
hia.vsTaac, mi hunts and rvt.M.mrs.
William Snyder and his wife, both past
70 years of age were burned to death in
their cottage at llevelun, N. Y Snyder
had reached the door and might have
escajxd, but went back to retcti bis wile
perishing with her.
CAIITAL AKO LA SOU.
The Bridgeport, O., glass works will re
lume in all department March 15 after a
year's idleness. Tbe work will be' run on
the co-operative plan.
roREtoif.
The provitional government of Hawaii
Is restricting immigration, fearing that the
deposed (ueen Is importing foreigner to
support her in an uprising to again secure
her throne.
At Calcutta the legislative council has
passed the new custom tariff bill. Much
native opposition wns shown to the exemp
tion of cotton yard and fabrics from the
import duty, the home government being
accused at public meetings of yielding to
tbe selfish demands of Lancashire to the
detriment of India.
MltCKLLANEOl'S.
The land hill near Dunvan, Col., 15,000
lo 20,000 acre in ettent. are sa id to yield
from tl to 120 of gold per ton. Prospectors
and others are tumbling over one another
to reach the camp.
The canvas of voter in Denver and
Highland, Col., Is completed and it I esti
mated that over '13,1100 women have been
registered,
THE POSTAL. BER VICE.
It Is Nearly Self-Supporting at the
Present Time
Interesting fact concerning tbe postal
service are embodied in the unusually com
plete report upon tbe appropriation bill
compiled by itepresentative Henderson at
Washington, chairman ofthe committee on
pottutlices. The estimates of the depart
ment amounted to t"0.3Wl,4H3 exclusive of
special lacilities on trunk lines, an item
amounting to I'Ki.lill. The bill recom
mends an appropriation of t87.4iO,5!M,
which Is in round number (3 OOD.OOO less
than tbe estimates and about the same sum
in advance of the appropriations for the
current year. Tbe estimated postal revenue
for tbe fiscal year 18 1 is 181,427, 748,to that
the postal service It nearly aelf supporting.
Instead cf depending upon the future ac
tion of congress lo make good deliciences,
Ihe bill provides that a sum equal to what
ever deficiencies may arise shall be appro
priated. A material reduction from the estlmatea
It made in the compensation of postmasters
The amount asked was 17,2W,0:)J and that
recommended is llfl.OOo.OUO. For clerks'
salaries tbe full estimate of ),7O3,0O0 it
granted, an increase of (H4O,0OO over last
year. For free delivers service the estimate
of (12.327,685 is recommended, an increase
of a million from Ihe preceding year. For
Inland transportation bv railroad routes
120.000,000 was asked for and 25,30u 000
granted, an increase uf 11,000,000 from last
year,
T hat the postal service might be a money
mnk inir system is shown by tbe fact that
87,000,000 pounds of free mutter for the
gove rnment was carried during the year,
which had it been paid for at regular rate
would have yielded 17.17 1.3 4. The amount
credited on uccount of the I'ucillu railroads
for the year past was T,iIBi.h7.
Free delivery of mail in 40 small towns
ranging from 890 to 4.0U) in population is
said not to have shown Ihe expected in
crease in business and no further appropria
tion for extending the service experiment
ally is recommended, particularly as the
free delivery branch has a deficiency of
IH3.0HI for the lirst lime in its history and
to make a fair trial of rural free del'v-ry
would involve great expense, ut least !,
0X1.000. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH.
It Proposes the Expected Changes in
Domeatio Politica.
Tbe Queen' speech wa ;read to Parlia
ment. It Is much briefer tban usual. Her
Majesty mentions the satisfactory conclu
sion of tbe Beiiriug tea arbitration a espec
ially gratifying.
Tbe spe ch propose in domestie politic
the expected program, with two or three
iirtdl'ion The meaktirea recommended
are liie about ion of plural voting, the ex
tension id Scotch local government, the
organization ol boatda of conciliation to
seille lelxie 'rouble", the amendment of
factor act, lb disestablishment of tbe
church in Wale ibe relief of evicted ten
ants in Ireland and registration reform.
An All Embraoing Platform.
The Supreme Council, Patrons of Industry,
which is holding it sessions at Toledo, O..
adopted a lenmbly and radical platform in
favor of Government control of railroads,
an income tax, woman suffrage, election of
all officers by popular vote and opposing
saloon and liouor interests.
An Oil Town Burned Down.
Tb town of Cygnet, Ohio, located four
miles northeatt of North iiltiir.oreaty.lcaJ
oil town with hulldlngi of Irani wa Uva
UweU b) 1.1 last maul,
THE BATTLESHIP INDIANA.
SUCCESSFUL TRIAL TB1P,
Ro Warship in the World Her Superior.
Dimension of the New
Fighter.
The battleship Indiana, after a most sne
ressful preliminary trial trip returned to
ber dock at Cramp' ship yard In Philadel
phia, early Wednesday morning, th ship
was put into sea and given a hard run ol
four hours over the course nsually clio-en by
the Cramp for their builder' trial. Three
trips were made. The first under natural
draft was accomplished at a speed of 14 1 10
knots, the second under half fnrred
draught In a trifle less than 15 knots and
the third under forced draught at 15 .13-1 W
knot. T he guaranteed speed of the Indiana
Is 15 knot. T here seems no doubt thst the
big battleship will avenue 101 knots an
hour when the otticlal trial trip la made.
The result of the trlti was so far ahead of
expectations that F-dwin ( ramp, who ha
charge of the ship, gave order that she
should return to the yard Instead of taking
a run to sea, customary with ship on a
lint trial. Kveryboly aboard was well
pleased with the behavior of the Indiana,
The machinery worked perfectly. The
steamer has no rock and there Is no doubt
that she will lake herdestined place as the
Ueen of bsttleshis of the world.
nra niMs.sisioNe.
The battleship Indiana 1318 feet long on
the water line with an extreme brevltli of
Mi feet, 24 feet draught forward and alt,
10,288 ton displacement. 15 knot of sus
tained sea tpeed and a normal coal supply
of -PHI tons. She is built ot steel. The null
is protected by belt of heavy armor 7 J feet
wiilc, 3 feet of which is above water. Thia
protection runs along both sides ofthe ves
sel for a distance of 148 feet amidships, at
the extremity of which the armor turns in
towaid the r enter line at an angle of 45
degree for a longitude distance of 21 feet,
affording a total broadside protection of IIM
feet and pausing around and supporting ths
armor for the 13 inch gun turret. 'In lop
of this side armor Is placed a steel deck '.'i
Inches thick, norter which are the maga
zines and mar hinery. Above this hell of
side armor and extending from redoubt to
reboot, tbe sides are live inches thick with
a Lacking of 10 feet of coal. The vessel is
cut up forward beneath the water line,
making a powerful ram bow and doing
away witb excessive bow-waves on account
or the easier lines so obtained a well a
greatly adding to tb maneuvering quali
ties. The Indiana rank in sir. with the Brit
ish bnttleshiii Victoria. Nile, Trafalgar,
and Snnspariel, but is much superior in
power of armor and strength of arraanent.
She compares favorably with the great
Knglish 14,0n-ton ships Hood and Itoyul
eovereign. the Pride of tbe British navy. -he
wa launched during a hailstorm on Feb
ruary 28. ln'i'l, in the presence of tbe
president of the United State. Harris
on, and Miss Jennie Miller, a daughter of
Attorney General Miller, of Indiana,
christened her as soon a ah touched the
waters of Ibe Delarware in front ofthe es
tablishment of ber builders, Messrs. Cramp
A Sons, of Philadelphia.
The Indiana will earn in premium money
from cT'Mi.OOO to 1150,000 in addition to tbe
13.020 000 contract price.
THE LABOR WORLD.
BanoxLYs), N. Y.,iui 30,000 unemployed
people.
Farm laborer lo Belgium receive forty-six
centa a day.
A raiNTxa In Peru oan make from tl-25 to
tl. 80 a day.
SnnrniBL In France receive an average
of 100 a year.
Naw Yoag Ironworkers are giving financial
aid to brassworker.
Lakrfabino men have formed an organiza
tion In Buffalo, N. Y.
Bats workers say there Is no Improvement
In their trade to apeak of.
Fall Rives (M.) bile spinners receive
financial aid from tbe union.
Labobp.rs' wage In Minnesota now aver
age nhout fifty-three cent a day.
Tag averaga salary of school teacher In
Pennsylvania is about 19 per week.
la? Mexico seamstresses are paid thirty
seven cent a day j weavers, fifty cent.
I'stiosj label in hats are now aewe-J on the
sweat-band- Labels pasted ou are counter
feit a.
Ootbak's millionaires are atiheerlblng
liberally to tbe fund for relief of the unem
ployed. Fivg HtfMnaan mother are earning dally
bread In the Woman s Club sewing-rooms,
Chicago.
Is) many factories In flermany working
women are not permitted to wnar curtate
while at work.
Waea of coal miners Id Gunnison Conntr,
Col., have been voluntarily raisod from sixty
eents a ton to seventy-five,
Aurw glaas factory baa been started at
tloero, Ind. It nea natural sat entirely
and will employ 300 hands.
I.RnroaiNa lour have been arranged by
mambera of the K. of L. Executive Board,
witb hope of revivifying the Order.
Fcrtiics reductions In the wage paid to
employe of stee.1 and iron mnmifacturies
how that the war started bv tbe Carnegie
Steel Company, of llttsburg, against ita
competitors is not ended yet.
A iirrr.KT British Consular report state
that at Aneonu, Italy, there are seventeen
spinning mills. In whioh over 800 women am
employed. The wage average fourteen
ceuts for a day of twelve hours.
Is Switzerland, girla on arriving at the
age of fourteen are regulorlv employed at
porters, and during the season In that coun
try may be swu daily carrying tbe baggage
of travelers up nod down the steep mouutaio
paths.
CosiTBAcroae at Denver announce thnt they
raunot secure men to work on Cripple
Creek (Col.) roada for 1.0 per day and
they may have lo resort lo tbe employment
of Chiuese. The mining camp have ab
sorbed the unemployed.
Two TRorsAMO unemployed mea went to
tbe City Hall, Toronto, Canada, and de
mauded that the .Mayor either give them
work or money. Tho agltatora distributed
anarchiatlo literature and made threats of
looting tbe reeideucea of tb Mayor and
Aldermen.
Owiao to th great demand for public
work in th parka at 11 per day the City
Employment Committee, of Pit:burg, Penn.,
issue I an order some time ago to employ
only married men. This bad tha effwt ol
causing a big boom In business at tn mar
riage license Cltrk'a ofltoi". Kvory un
married Italian an I Polo in Plttsbur; seen.
to be bunting wife.
Cut His Mather's Head 07.
A dispatch from Dahomey say that King
Beuanziu, on the evening of bia surrender,
summoned his mother, and after tailing
ber of his intention to submit to tbe
French, said be must inform bis father and
would therefore take him a message. Be
bansin therefore ordered that hi mother
be beheaded, ber bead to form tb mesaag
and, smoking a pip, calmly looked on
wbil th atteudaota decapitated ber.
Thi two American Steamship now an
drr construction at tb Cramps' shipyard
at Philadelphia are yet known only a No.
277 and 27a. Tbey have been named, bow
ever and two western cities get the Li nor.
No. i77 will be christened bL Louu and Mo.
NEWSY GLEANING.?.
F.Kcilt market are greatly depresset.
Tag capital of Icelan 1 tin 2flfl0 Inhabi
tants. Poi.ict nre still acntlng Anarchist li
Pans. i
Ai esllmai show Italy' dellclt to be
about 83.400.000.
Tnr. wont blirxnrd In ten year ha just
prevailed In Aliama.
Et.ava THorstto Chinamen have regis
lered on the Pacific const.
OioaoiA and Connecticut have been ad
ded to the Naval lteerve State.
Onon horse have recently sold at tJ.50
thead in the West at sheriff s sale.
Tax war In Hondura I over. Teguci
galpa ha fallen. Nicaragua has won.
Taraa I great destitution In Star County,
Texas, as a result of the long drought.
Mines from all over the country are flock
ing to the Coehltl District, New Mexico.
Da. rtnrnin has found a twnlfth century
copy of the Pentateuch in Han Francisco.
Owiao to tha decline In silver, Outemnl
ha suspended pavment ou ber external
lebt.
MnrnrB MAnsi.Arr, the once notnrinn
flaw York "fence," recently died at Hamil
ton, Canada.
Tax gold fever I at Ita height In Lumpkin
County, Georgia, and many rich vein arnlm.
aig discovered.
Dnncoa hn transformed the one fertiln
mil prosperous Kio Urande Talley into a
rale of desolation.
Mexico haa sold 200,000 acre of land in
Chiapas, on which a colony of tbe Salvation
army will be established.
TatrnnT by experience that wheat I nr
longer profitable, Illinois farmer are turn
ing to diversified farming.
Two American prospector have discov
ered aa old gold mine In tbe Sierra Madras
Mountains ol fnbuloua riches.
A aaoaf a tablet ho been erected In Balti
more, Md., to mark the spot where tbe Con
tinental Congress met In 177S.
It hoe been, decided to move the model
battle ship Illinois at the World' Fair to the;
Van Buren street pier, Chicago.
Ranoow, the "strong man." wa hypno
'lr.ed by Dr. C. B. M'irsereaH. of New York,
and made to do many strange thing.
OvaarannncTiog, holding bank by farmers
and financial dmirtttslon nre given by griiin
men a causes of the low price ot wheat.
Tat discovery of coal In Western Texas, a
region comparatively tlmherlee. Is an event
t lint I heralded with great joy iu that
section.
MARKETS.
flTTSBtlRO.
tnx WHoi.tAt.E FRicr-s ari mvgsj enow.
ORAIN, rLOl'R AND riXD.
WHEAT No. 1 Bed 00 (
No. 2 Red Ml
COKN-No. 2 Yellow ear... 43
High Mixed ear 42
No. 2 Yellow Shelled 41
Phelled Mixed 401
OAIS-No. 1 Whit 37
No. 2 White Ht.
No. 3 Whit 35
Mixed 31
RYE No. 1 Mil
No. 2 Western. New 55
FLOUR Fancv winter patf 3 75
Fancy Spring' patents 4 00
Fancy Straight winter.... 3 10
XXX Bakers 2 75
Kve Flour 8 25
Buckwheat flour. 2J
HAY Baled No. 1 Tim'y.. 12 50
Baled No. 2Timothy 11 00
Mixed Clover 10 00
Timothy from country... 10 00
FKfcD-.Vo. 1 "h Md VI 17 50
No. 2 White Middlings..... 10
Brown Middlings 13 00
Bran, bulk 10 50
BTI'.AW Wheat fi 00
Oats 7 00
s i n
Mr
44
4.1
4
4IJ
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37
Ml
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4 00
4 25
3 35
5 00
3 50
Hi
13 00
12 ro
11 00
1H 00
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17 00
lo oo
17 00
7 I
7 M
PAIRY FROPUJ-T.
BUTTER Elgin Creamery 26 SI
Fancy Creamery 22 23
Fancy country roll 11 20
Low grade dt cooking.... 10 15
CHKF.SK Ohio, new Hi l-'l
New York, new 121 Ui
Wisconsin Swiss 15 15
I.iniburger f New make).. . 121 13
FHt IT A NO VE'IETABI.E.
APPI.ES-Fancy, bbl... K 00 0 .V)
Fair to choice, V bbl.... 3 00 5 00
BEA NS
NY4 M(new)Bean1rbbl 1 73 1 fO
Lima Beans 3 3
POT ATOF
Fancy bn T2 f
Sweel, per bhi....' 2 00 S 50
CABHAOF. per hundred.. 3 00 fi 0
ONIONS YellowOiobelibu 6o t
Mixed Country 40 50
Spanish, per crate 1 00 1 18
TURNIPS purple tope 40 f0
rnt'LTR ITC.
J ive chicken pr 50 WJ
Live Duck r pr 50 70
LiveOeese'fr pr 1 i 1 10
Live Turkeys V lb 0
Drtssedchickens f) lb.... 10 12
Dreseed ducks t lb 12 13
Dressed turkey V lb 10 12
Dressed geese M t)
ElitiSP Ohio fresh.... 13 Id
FEATIIF.RH
Extra live Gees V lb f3 f0
No I Extra livegeesetlb 40 45
MlbCEI.LANtOCS.
TA I.LOW Country , V lb .
4
5
fl 00
2 05
1 40
i
13
10
60
ft I 0
City
EKKDH Clover
H
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2 15
1 10
1
15
12
75
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Jimothy prime
Blue grass
BAtiS Country mixed ...
IONKY While clover....
Buckwheat
MAPI. E SYRUP, new crop
CIDER country sweet Kbhl
CINl-l.VN.lTI,
FI.OT7R
WHEAT-No.2 Red.
H Y K No. 2
CORN Mixed
OATS
EtitiS
BUTTER
. 12 OSra.lJ
5U
52
5K
53
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13
2
37 J
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12
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FlllI.AliXLrillA.
FLOUR 2 10(313 fli)
WHEAT No. 2. Red 61 t2
CORN No. 2, Mixed 43 41
OATS No. 2, White 3 SO
BUTTER Creamery Extra. 22 i7
EtiCiS Pa.. Firsta . . . . 17 1 S
Raw YORK.
FLOUR Patenta 2 00 4 .15
WHEAT No 2 Red 02 8
RYE Western 6u t.J
CORN No. i 43, 4-14
OATS Mixed Western 37 3e
BUTTER Creamery 12 22
EcitiS state and Penn 18 1')
i.ivx-stock Hxroar.
xssT i.ibsrty. nmat'R') stuck yarm.
Per 10 j lbs.
cattle.
Prime Steers I
liood butcher
Common
Bullaand dry cow
Veal Calve
Frvehcowi, per head
sax a p.
Prime 95 to 100-lb sheep....!
Uood mixed
Common TO to 73 lb sheep.
Choice Lamb
4 40 to
3 0)to
3 00 to
2 00 to
4 50 to
4 7
4 20
3 25
3 l
6 i
:o 00 to 40 00
8 50 to S T3
i 50 to 3 SO
1 50 to i 20
4 2) to 4 30
Selected
Prim Yorker
Heavy
P.ougb.
5 25 to 5 S3
6 2 5 b 5 SO
5 t to 3 25
4 0)13 i :i