Nearly all of the electrical inven
tione, excepting the lightning rod and
the telegraph, have come in use ilnce
the Centennial Exposition.
Bodv-anatehora bare a ihort thrift
in China. The robbery of gravea in
the only crime under Chinese law,
eaya the North China Herald, for
which the thief may be justly killed
on the spot by anyone finding him out.
The original concession for the Jaffa
Jerusalem Railway wai obtained by a
native of Jerusalem. It was built by
a French company, the engiues and
carriages manufactured in tho United
States, run over rails made in Bel
gium, and the most remunerative part
of the passenger traffic is drawn from
British tourists.
Tho most honorable business of
"housewifery takes equal and recog
nized rank with that of "husbandry"
in Colorado now. When the wife of
rx-Oovernor ltoutt stepped up in the
front rank to register as a voter Bt
Denver under the new equal suffrage
law recently, and was asked her occu
pation, she replied, "Housewife."
And hundreds of women who had felt
Home embarrassment on this point
took the cue.
The undeniable insecurity and de
crepitude of many of the large build
ings of Chicago is a subject which is
beginning to agitate and alarm build
ers and business men, declares the
New York Sun. The rostoflice and
Custom IIouso has been settling upon
its soft clay foundation for years, and
is now generally spoken of as "the
ruin." This is not alone because the
city wants a new building, but be
cause the structure is absolutely un
safe. Its floors are uneven, its walls
are crumbling, and the drainage pipes
are so broken and disconnected as to
fill the building frequently with nox
ious gases. .
The British warship Goldfinch re
cently returned to Sidney, New South
Wales, from a five months' cruise
among the Solomon Islands. She
brought back reports which show,
vers the San Francisco Cbronicle,
that the work of missionaries among
the South Sea islands has been prac
tically without result. Cannibalism
goes on as it did before the white man
appeared, only now the natives re
move the skulls from their huts and
hide them when a warship is lighted.
A missionary who has spent seventeen
years in the Solomon gronp has de
cided to abandon the field, as the na
tive are beyond his influence. This
group presents a striking contrast to
other islands, where missionary work,
though slow and vexatious, accom
plishes valuable results in a few years.
1 It is reported that the French Min
ister of War has decided that tho
canned goods for the use of the army
mutt hereafter be of French manufac
ture. The cost of the change to the
Government will be, it is said, 130 per
cent, additional, and it will be neces
sary for the department to ask for an
increase of appropriation. Hitherto
most of these goods have been pro
cured from this country. The Ar
mours, of Chicago, who have held largo
contracts for supplying tho French
army, say that they have heard noth
ing of such a decision, and are not in
clined to believe it. It is said that
such an order would make very little
difference with their business, any
way. They would still continue to
supply the goods, which the French
contractor would tell at the advance
price by changing the marks on the
packages.
"A venerable man," says the Chi
cago Inter-Ocean, "who deserves well
of his country and is honored the
world over for his achievements, has
been quietly walking these streets for
three months, almost without recog
nition. His name is Thoodore R.
Timby, and your memory is so short
that the name will sot enlighten you
as to its claims to a paragraph in this
letter. As long ago as 1818 Mr. Tim
by exhibited to army officers his plans
for the revolving tower which is now
in use in the navies of nearly all na
tions. In 1862 he patented this de
sign, and in that year contracted with
the builders of the Monitor for the
use of the revolving tower upon that
Teasel for a consideration of 85000.
He also invented think what it means
to all who go to war and whom armies
and navies proteot the system of
firing guns by electrijity, and the
American pattern of the turbine water
wheel. Mr. Timby is seventy-two
years old, but is as vigorous as Glad
stone was at that age, and his mind is
as fertile in invention as ever. Last
week General Miles and some members
of his stiff honored themselves by
calling neon this trraud old man." V,
COXEYS COMMONWEAL ARMY
WENDING ITS WEARY WAY
To The Nation's Capital. Strict Discip
line In Camp. Hardships Born
Patiently.
frxov's army etienmiicd on the hlght nt
their clghti ruth day's mnp'h In nil abandon
ffl old pi st house, niie of the iniiiiy hlstorle
cal places Hint line the old Niil l.'.lwil rnnd,
over which the army Is now making Ms wny
to Washington. The pilgrim miirohod 14
miles Wednesday, ninl never since they It-It
Massilbm, tivcr2(H) miles nwny, have their
rxerloiices lieen anything like those of to
day. '1 hey have liei-n hull tror.cn by l.llr
rards, (Ireiii-hi'il In (earful storms, half
buried In mud ami nil hut suffocated In
blinding clouds of dust, tint to-day's experi
ence capped the i-llmnx. The nrmyleft
t'nlciitown nt eleven In th" riildt
of n driving "now storm, train luar through
mud ankle l-e. The mini noon chungcd to
awful i"lu"ll. anl I iv the time the picturesque
column was half wny up to Laurel Summit. It
whs laboriously making Its way through mow
four indies ileep ninl rapidly gronltigdi per.
The storm was fearful, the snow fell so thick
Iv that mi" eiiulil s-nrecly see 50 ynrilniheail.
teams Kiive out ami tlm army fiii-l to put
Its shoulders to win-els ami pii-li the heavily
laih-n eoninilssnry ami camp wagons up the
slopes. It wns a heroic march. There were
21ft men who maile It on font ami about 1)0
others on horses anil as many teamsters.
There Is eonstnnt grumbling over the fooil
supplli i. For Inn -h. win n the men sbppi d
In snow eU-ht Inehes il i'p. all they Hot wns
eight crackers each, l'or supper tln v fareil
little hotter, eorneil In-ef lining on the hill of
fare. It Is either magnetism of the lender or
love of adventure that makes this sorry look
Inn hmly push forward so resolutely. 'J lie
nrmy rested In what Is known ns the old
Akermnn mnnsion. It wns hitter cohl, hut
big eonl 1 rm were hunting iu the old fire
places. On the nineteenth ilny nut, we army rind
a weary 14-nille triimp to-ihiy overall nwlnl
roHil, the heavy snow IiiivIiik hei-n turned to
shout one foot of mud ninl slush. At Homer
Meld n stop of two hours wns hud lor lunch.
Slid 23 hum-Is of hard tack, sent on from
Pittsburg, wore, gotb-11 out of the station and
lomieii on tno commissary wagons. Aim.
on, I'n., a lilenk nnd dn-nry mountain ham.
let. wns readied nhout dark, l'nrt of the pi!
grims slept In a smnll earring" house, and
the halance were corralled In a shed In an
open Held nearhy. The hulling of the coffee
ami frying of bacon was dmie In the on air
hy the roadside. As usual, llrowno mid the
l alam-e of tho stall were coinfortiihly qunr-
lereil nt a hotel.
The twenthlcth day landed the army In
the Stat" of Maryland, reaching (Irantvllle
late In the nfternoon. niter a lalmrloiis march
from Addison. It whs with dllllciilty that a
plnee was found for Ihe pitching oi cnm
t'. H. (irant. finally (lonrgo Urcwer, lum
liermnn. took nltv (in tho forlom-looklnir,
trnvcl-stnliicd aggregation, nud offen-d the
use of a delupliluted old bnrn, standing In a
sheltered hollow, on the edge of ( Irantvllle,
and a still more delnplilntcd still-house,
lloarliiK camp llres burned, and the army was
quite comlortnblit,
The Army of the Commonweal renched th
rototiiHii ou their 21t ilav's mnrch and Is
now beaded straight for Washington. The
army, g.sj strong, renched Cumberland, Md.,
Sunday noon and eiimned In the base hall
grounds, nhout two miles from thocenter of
the town. Over 1,50(1 people have paid 10
(cms 10 vmer (no grounds nun look lit the
pilgrims and hear Jlrowue inveigh against
bunks and hankers, the pulpit nud the press
and characterise Congress as a hody of rob-
ucn huh niuriiorers.
Mayor Ho!wcll Hchb nnd Lloyd Lowndes,
president of the Second National linnk. ex-
suded uliout 40 iu purchasing 000 loaves of
oni-iiii, to ikjuiiiis oi encose, mi pouuus oioor-fi-e.
10 Imlcs of liny, SIM pvunds of Iresh beef
mm hu pouuus oi hoiokiih lor thn nrmy.
They hope the towu council will repay them.
J Hey ncted ns they did Just as people iu other
places have done Iu the hope Hint Hie army
will eat and pass ou without ilnliufaiivpllaiiiinr,
On Saturday thn llrst ns-n hostility between
lirowne nud Smith whs man.-st. llrowne
wniited tile commouwenl to stop while he icil
drctiscd n hull iloneii farmers, hinltli wouldn't
have it that way. Iloth men iidiln-ssed tho
coininouwciii. mat liile-lioiHiry stood hy
Smith, lirowne. was deposed nud he tele.
ifrni hed ( oxey. who nrrived Suinlnv. When
Smith wns deposed and ordered o 1 1 of the
army. It is rumored Hint Smith will leave
the army mid lecture. It Is said Inmv C'oxey
villi 1.1
otu. wuiuuipniiy nun.
CONDITION OF WINTER WHEAT.
A Favorable Keport.Showinir Qood Pros
pects Despite the Cold Snap. .
The condition of winter whent on the first
flr.y of April as reported hy tlio depnrtnienl
of nKricultiire nvernucs 8(1.7 ner pent tor tlio
Hie eutire country; lust yenr the averoRO was
m. per etw. in iN'ji n wus 81.2 per cent
and Ofi.9 per cent for thn yenr 18'Jl. Th
eom spondinif nvcrnKii for rv Is M i ixi
Cint. Ihi went her from seeillnir time iintii
the recent cold wave swept over the country
plant1 '"vom,,1 lo tho Krwth of the
Iu the eastern, northern nnd northwes'- -n
etutisi snow eoverlntt has nflorilinl protection
In i add tion to that of a mild teniirature.
1 he uilury to the cros from the re-wnt cold
nnp if, undoubtedly c-onsideralile, if not
Krent In the ensteru and northern states
the liamnne was comparatively slight, In
Uie south Atlantic and southern states tli
Injury Is marked nnd decided, with perhaps
the exception of Texas. While in the states
of Ohio, IndiaUB, .MIchlKiui and Kentucky
the injury from frosting is considerable, the
extent of some Is contingent upon future
meteor,loicnl conditions. T he returns In
dicate tnut freczlujr to the ground was ouile
tireyalent. cspecinlly on low and ri-h moist
lanibi, hut with roots left untouched, or ut
h unt ulJve with (rooil iresieetH of nvuiiera
I on ou the iw-urreni-e of (rood wcntlier. In
the states of Kansas, Nebraska und California
the impaired condition of the crop has not
resulted so much from the frost as from cold
dry weather, lliiin Is much ueeili-d In these
iw well oh ui other important whent produ
DEATH IN AWFUL FORM.
Four Men Killed and Many Hurt By
White-Hot Metal.
A hydraulic plunge, on a couvortor at the
Mlddleport, O.. steel plant, broke, precipi
tating 8,600 of white-hot metnl among sixty
workmen from a distance of fifteen feet. Ten
Were burned, four fatally. Those who will
Surely die arei Jack Huvdcn. Orlando
Urndy. Wllllnm Cozens, Stephen Weeks.
Those who are exieoted to recover arei
Oeore Phillips, Arthur Winexar. Edward
Biiruey, Frank Darrett, Geortfu Steele and
Jesse Wilson. The hot metnl scattered for
fifty feet In all directions. The clothes were
burned from nil within reach. All the futnlly
injured are sIiikIo men, except Cozens, who
turn a iurije family 1
Both Feet Valued at $83,000.
At Sioux Fulls, S. IV, the jury In the tlO..
000 damage ca-e brought by William Fuller
ton SL'alnst the Iloniestuko 'Milling Company,
brought iu a verdict, it nwards Fullerton
t.'3.(H(0 diiinagea iu Hie uccldcut, which luii
iiencd February 8, 1MK). Tho plaintiff lost
both ft, Ex-Scuiitor Moody secured u sixty
duy slay H-ndlug upul. in the trial a year
ago Fuilcrtoti wiw uwardud 20.000, but the
verdict was set iuidn.
Waves Restored on the V. P. H. R.
At Omiihu, Neb., Judgo Dundy ordered the
sruges of the unorganized employes of tin)
Caioii Faulilo restored to the basis which
ruled before the reduction recently Uiuugun
ited by tho receiver.
.... LATER NEWS NOTES.
Chirrles F. Johnson ofTonnka, Kan., has
filed a suit against Dr. Ieslln F.. Reeley for
100.000 for mined health by taking the Ree
ley cur
Tho managers of the Interstate fair to bs
held at Taeoma, Wash., shortly, aw enilenv
orlng to secure ex-Queen I.llliiokalanl as one
nt the attractions.
Diaries Wisdom, colored, JJ years old, wns
Imaged nt Ht Louis for the murder nnd rob
bery of Edwnrd A. Drezler, n tobacconist,
April 24, IH'12.
Jnck Iteddlng nnd Jncnb Harper, owners
of tho celebrated Hoscnbnxes mine. In old
Mexlco.lu a qiiiirrel Thursday shot nnd killed
each other. This mnkes five deaths among
thn owners of this property, which serins to
enny with It a stratign fatnllty. Only one
owner now survives.
The schooner Jennie M. Carter, Sullivan,
Maine, for rhlliidclphln, with a cargo l
paving stone, came nshnre nt Newbiiryport,
Mil's., without a soul on bonrl, nud It Is lie.
Hoveil that the entire crew of six men has
I erlstieil.
The strike of tho Indlnnnpolls nlutcrs wns
(lectured off, the strikers n 'pllng tho em-
ployers.' scale, which ranges from twenty-live
to tweiily-snven nnd a hnlf cents an hour.
At l'rovldence, II. I., thn Weyhossett mill
Was run for Ihe nm time since lnf full, oth
er local mills are starting wtth n prospect of
nu overtime schedule within n few days.
(lov. Tllliiinn has begun to dismiss from
the military srvlcn of tho State of South
Carolina those companies widen failed to
respond to his cull during the Dnilington
troubles.
AEROJUrTaiTD
Tho Law Defied and Justice Rushed by a
Mud Ohio Mob. Troops Called Out.
Seymour N'-w llii, n negro with a bad repu
tation, who hits Is-cn In thn Ohio penitent!-
nry, committed a criminal assault Saturday
night upon mi nged woman nmued Mrs,
Knowtes, living nt lliishsylvnnln. Morgan
coiintv, Ohio. II" was captured Sunday
morning, but wlien the sherilf arrived from
lli-lleloiiiulne to take charge of tin prisoner,
a mob which had collected refused to give
nun up. j nc siicriu summoned n hh., nut
sun inn mini wonin not yield. A call was
then ma le upon the mllitiii. mid u company
left llellefontaine tor the seat of trouble. A
thousand determined men had charge of
jsewiiu ninl tne munition was very grave.
Slu-rifl Sullivnii then held a lomr nnrlev
with the lenders ol the mob nnd it was llnal-
ly iiis-iiieii iiy them that If Slienfl Sullivan
would order the mllltin bm-k to llelloroii.
taine, the citizens would guard tho prisoner
until morning and give him a hearing in
Ilushsylviuiia. but SlierlirSiilliviiii must make
no further ntlempt to g't the muii until iiltor
uie inui.
After Piirlevlng for a time tho SherllT doelil,
edtliiit he could do nothing and Ihe troops
were ordered to return to llcllelontalne, tlm
citizens promising Hint they would earn lor
Hie prisoner and see thut no hilrm cuino to
Ullll.
1 ho troll) left for homo at o'clock. At
H:.'sJ the nioh made a raid ou the cululose.
The building was overturned nud the strug
gling negro tpiiekly taken from it. A rope
liml bs-u provided. A noose wns put about
Hie neck oi the trembling wretch nud he wus
drugged to a Cottonwood tree about 100
yards distant. Very little wns said and no
opportunity wns given the prisoner to make
a confession or statement
A dozen willing hands grasd the rope
nnd tho negro wns swung Into the nlr. As
his iMidy rose aliove the mob tho nlr was rent
with the shmitx of the men nnd women who
liml assembled to witness the lynching. As
soon us the work was Mulshed tlie mob dis
perse", nuu uun t was restored.
SENATOR VANCE DEAD.
Devotion to His Party Brought Him Back
From Florida.
Senator Vunce, of North Carolina, died nt
His home In Washington, I). c.( Saturday
night. He hnd a Mroko of apoploxy In the
morning. He lias been sufierinir for om
timo with paralysis and a complication ol
diseases, but tho end was sudden nnd iinex.
Jiected, UB j Wlw regaining his health and It
WHS tllollirllt wns on Ihe r..,l m.......-.. it..
was eomiiellci during the winter to m to
i-i..i.i . ii.. . .. .
m client, jo-ki' w jiiii-wiiik iH-iier mid in
view of the slriiL-irlo over tlmarli I... ....
ed to Wusiiliigtoii. lie whs a member of tlio
i-oumiiKcd on uiinnce, nut took little or no
pun iii irunuug uie present tiirilt bill.
ZF.nri.oK B. Vasck, of t'harlntto, was Isirn
In liuocoinls county. N. (.'., May is, h:(.
was educated at Washington college,' 'j'cii-'
liessee, mid at the university of North Curo
llim: wus admitted to the bur iu Jnuuurv,
1H32. und was elected county attorney for
emicmiiD ruuiH, inu siiiiie yeanwos a mem
her of the state house ol cominons In 1H.M
was n n-prcsentatlv from North Curollua In
me jinny-nun mm iiurty-sixtli eongn'sscw;
entered the Coufedenite nrmy ns CHptulli iu
-ii... i"ui, iuei nne iiiuiio coionci in August
IHtil; wiw ele.ted governor of North
Carolina In August, 102, nnd re.
elected In August, 1HII4-, was elected
to the Fnited Slates Semite In No.
vember, 1H70, but wus refused admission, mid
resigned In Junuitry. 1872s was Hie Domo
erntic nominee for tho United Stub's senate
in 1x72, but wus defeiited by a combination
of bolting Democrats nnd ltepubllcnnsi was
ehs.ted governor of North Carolina for the
third time in lMTflj wns elected to the United
States Senate as a Democrat, In place of A. S.
Merrlmou, Demoi-ruti took his scut March
18, 1870, und wus re-elected In 1884 nnd 1S!K)
His term ol service would expire Jlurch 3
1807. '
PRODUCTION OF GOLD.
Figures For Last Tear Show a Value of
$35,960,000. a Fair Gain.
Director I'reston of the Mint Iluroau has
completed bis final Hgures on the gold pro
duction of the United States during tho cal
endar year 1803. The total prodnctlon Is
given as of the value of S5,950,000,which Is an
Increase for the year of 73,45S ounces, repre
senting 1.518. 42),
The following shows the production In fine
ounces for the calendar year 1811.1 by States,
with tlio iuc-reiuH or decreu.se, ns compared
with the year 1802: Alaska 48,8;), deerensu
85.401i Arizona 57.28(1. tucreuso 821s Califor
nia 54,S45, decrease 23,710; Colorado 804.022
luen-use 00.(172; Heorgla 4,702. increase 110;
Idaho 0(1,008. decrease 8.002: Michigan
2.0.(2, di-.-n-nse 354; Montana 172.041, in
crease 10.41.1: Nevada 40,800, decrease 20,
054; New Mexico 44,101, (hjercaso 2,22:Nortli
Carolina 2,5113, dis-rease 1,207; Oregon 70,643,
liicreuni 7,273: Soutli Carolina 5,008, Increase
80: Soutli Dukota 108,702, Increase 8,013;
kiiiii si.xua, increase 0.2S7; Washington
10.744, decrease 7.827: nil other states 7 'ii.
Tim vulue of the gold in nny ease mny ho
found i-y multiplying tiie number of ounces
by 20.07. T1icj Ilgures are nlsjut 41.000,000
less than Hie aggregate values reported by
Hie agents of the, bureau, fur tlin reiikon it
has been unable to trace the full amount re
Ported to the rellnerles and mints. The
Director states that his estimates are certain
ly not in excess of the auctuul production.
Drouth in Europe.
The flveweoifs' ilroittli In Viw.lr.n '
mHny, Frauce.Austria uud 1'oland Is eauslug
much UnoUainess to riirtners In tlw.ai. ..,.,.
tries.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Summarised Proceedings of Onr Law
Makera at Washington.
MmtrT-rirra rt.
Sr.SATa The iendlng tariff bill being Inld
before the senate as iinlliilshed business, Mr.
Hill (I)etn.) nf New York, aceordlng to notice
ftlven, addressed th seimte upon the sulr
ect, II is npeniiig sentence clearly IndlcnU
ed thn nggresslve tone in regard to tlio admin
istration which pervaded the whole swh.
Patrick Walsh was sworn In ns Senator Iroru
OiKirgln to serve out the term of the late
HeiintorCohtiltt. The senate adjourned uller
further d"batn en the tnrilT bill.
llot'sr.The hou. e wns depopulated to-day.
Three-fourths of the members were In the
sennte chnmlier listening to Kemitor Hill's
Ssech on the tarilT. Hut little n- tnal liusl
ness was transacted. At 5.10 the house ad
journed. KI!TT-SIXTB bT.
Pr.sATK. In the sennte Mr. Wolentfa reso.
liitlnii for iiegottntlons with Mexico for the
coinage nt l ulled Statis mints of Mexican
stnuilnid dollars was agreed to. The elilel
speech nn Hie Wilson tariff bill wns made by
Senator Lodge. Ilepublicnn.of Massachusetts,
niter which a short executive sisskii was
Leld nnd the senate adjourned.
Ilot-ss-Dills were passed for the proten.
tlon of game In thn Y'-llowstoiin pnrk nnd for
the punishment of crime In the park by thn
exlcntion of the law nnd Jurisdiction o'f the
Wyoming United States district to Its terrl.
tory. The house then went Into committee
of the w hole nnd resumed consideration ol
tlm postonice appropriation bill until udjourn.
Uient.
Kisr.TT-sp.vr.XTn hat.
SrsAtr. Iu the senate after routine bus.
liess Mr. Hale, llc.iil..-a:i, of Maine, began
his ndilress on the Wilson tarlll hill, other
Ss'iikers followed mid niter nu executive
scMMion the senate ndiourncil.
IlopsKItmueillately after the Journal had
been read, Mr. Heed called up the mattei
that went over from vesterday the right nl
Mr. Springer to withdraw his motion to ills
charge the order of arrest Issued to tlio ser-gemit-nt-nrms-iipon
wlib-h a vntn being
taken no ipu-rnm had been present. The
mil was then called on Mr. Springer's mo
tion. This developed no quorum nnd a call
ol the house was ordered. Unable to obtulu
a voting quorum the house adjourned.
KISTV-rillllTII IIAV.
SrATK. During the triiiiiictlon of the
routine business Senntor Kyle, of South Da
kota, Introduced n joint resolution proposing
a cointllutioiiHl mucnilmciit relative to mar
riage and divorce which was referred to the
committee on Judiciary. Senator Kyle Intro
duced u bill providing for Sunday rest. It
iirovidi s thai no one shall perform nny
falsir or engage Iu nny nuiuseuiciit o.'i Sun
day to the disturbnnce of others
In nny district, territory, vessel or
place subject to the exclusive Jurisilli tlon of
the United Slates. It also prohibits thn
transportation of the mails on that day. Mr.
I'eller delivered Hi" third iiiMullmi'iit of bis
speech on the turtlT bill. At 5 o'clock ho ha 1
not llnished his remarks mid according lo
the ngrcemctit Ihe tariff bill was laid aside
nnd the urgency ilcllclciicy bill was ngalu
taken up. At (I o'clock Hie senate adjourned
without decisive action on the bill.
HotisR. The House was in session Just nu
hour mid then gave way to a Democratic
caucus culled to consider tho parliamentary
sitiiHtlou mid the method of Improving it.
No ipioium uienreil on a roll call nnd not
even the journal of the previous dny's pro
ceedings was approved.
tl!Jir.TV-SIHTH t)AV.
Br.sT After some routine business, the
senate resumed the consideration of the ur
gent dellcieiiey bill. The bill was debated
up to 1 p. m.. when it went over without ac
tion. 1 he tariff hill whs then taken np, and
Mr. reffer (I'op.). of Kansas, began the
fourth part of Ills speech nn that subject At
1 iii o'clock, m the conclusion of Senator
Poller's speech, Mr. Mitchell (Hep.), of Ore
gon, took the lloor, and soon alter the senate
adjourned.
Horse Tho whole day was spent in fruit
less attempts to gut a quorum, exi-ent on the
adoption of the resolution revoking leaves ol
iilisence, and an adjournment hnd tolH'tnken
without getting to u vote ou the new rule
lining members 10 when they are present
but full to vote nn a yea and nay roll-cnll, or
are absent without leave when there is no
quorum for the transaction of business.
THE I1F.MOCBATIC CAt'CUS HCrlllE TO "COCXT A
ubollPM." MKMIIKKS' PAT TO HE roB-
rEiTr.li.
At a meeting of the Democriitln caucus the
following resolution was adopted:
"Jtinlfiil, As the sense of tills caucus, that
the Committee on I'liles should report to the
House a rule, or an amendment to the rules,
by melius ol which members present and not
voting may lie taken Into account in deter
mining the existence or non-existencn of a
quorum mid to coniH-l the utteudance of ab
sent members."
Another resolution was adopted by the
caucus. It was offered by Mr. Illiind, ol
Missouri nnd provides for enforcing Hie law
passed In 185(1 which forfeits a member's pay
for every day he may be absent without
leave, except In cases of sickness.
OSE-HUMIUIRIIETII PAT.
Senate Senator I'eller introduced a reso
lution for Hie appointment of a new commit
tee of the sennte to receive the petition and
hear the statements of bodies (lf men liko
Coxcy's army, who visit the Capitol for the
purpose of making presentation to Congress.
After further debate on the tariff bill the
senate adjourned.
Hot'sE The housn was unable again to nh.
tain a quorum, mid ou motion of Mr. Outh
wuite (,Dem.), of Ohio, adjourned at noon.
PRODUCTION OF COAL.
Enormous Increase In Shipment of 1803
Over 1803.
A report of the production of eonl In 1893
has been complied by E. W. 1'nrkcr of the
United States OeologcH survey. It shows
the total production for the year to bo 179,
820,012 short tons, witli a valuation of 20i,
250.470. The production and valuation on
the basis of short tons are given by suites as
follows:
Alubuma, 5.125,035 tons, t5.083.583 vnlue;
Ar.-.unsiui, 6!i8,053,701,347: California 72.(103,
107,555; Colorado, 8.077.520, 4.0O5.345;
(leorgiu, 375,540, 305,97 J; Illinois, l!l.94!i.ftd4,
17,827,505; ludlnUH. 8.081,751; 3.937,751;
Indniu Territory, 1,252,110, 2,148.d;i7; lown,
8.701.2(1. 4.082.703: Kansas. 2.153 041. 3.-
024,051; Kentucky, 2.855.010. 2.400.973:
Maryland. 8,051.031, 8.200.717; Michigan. 45.
079, 82.402; Missouri, 2.747,428, 8,3x5.099;
Montana, 013.400. 1.835.073: New .Mexico.
001,145. 948.248; North Carolina, 17.000,25,
50(1; North Dakota, 40.580, 60.150; Ohio, 12
540,770, 11,553,704; Oregon. 41.0H3. 104.500;
I'eiihsylvuhlH, bituminous, 48,298.053, 84.408,
475; Pennsylvania, anthracite, 53.1(50.400, "5,
884,405: Tennessee, 1,004,074. 2.053.077: Tex-
ns, 302,130. 6sh,207; Utiili, 418.205, GU.092;
Virginia. 13.508, 0S4.023; Washington, 1.204,
177, 2.020,870; West Virginia, 10,5211.985, 8,-
iiMi'Me, nuii ii yomiug, 2,4i',.lll, it, 'Jim. 'JUL
xno aggregate nmouut of niithrucite ship
ments was 48,080.638 tous, an increase of 1,
100.213 tons over 1892. About the nine iu
srcue is reported for bituminous ecu!. The
entire Im-mise of both shipments took plnco
in the llrst hull of the year.
Awarded $15,000 for Breach ef Promise.
Foreman ('has. II. Cole, of the circuit, .ncs
Jury, ut Washington, V. (.'., on Saturday af
ternoou announced a verdict for the plaintiff,
nimii-iimi i-vjiiiini, oi via, insi uauiagcs irom
t'ongrefciiiittn W. C. P. lirccklnridge for
brcuking his contract to marry her; thusend
Ing the long und excltinir breach of omniim
trial.
Alter tho announcement of the verdict c.l
lirccklnridge usked ill what time a notice of
a new trial could be tiled, uud Judge Jirudlcy
replied iu four days. Attorney McKliincy
then gave notice that a motion fur a new trial
would he lllcd. 'ihe llrst ballot of thu Jury
was 11 to 1 favor of the plaintiff. Tho one
mail who favored the defendant was easily
brought over, and then the amount of dnin.
ages was ilxed by eucu miiu writing down
tlio amount he thought right, and an uveragu
Hu tukvii, mukibg the amount 115.000,
BUSINESS NOT IMPROVING.
Strike Hare Had Much to Do In Check
ing an Advance.
It. O. Pun A Co.'s "Weekly Ilevlew (if
Trade," New York, says i lluslncss Improve
ment meets many obstacle nnd Is scarcely
ns distinct as It has been In recent weeks.
Strikes have checked the Improvement In
building uud some other trades mid scarcity
if coke liss caused Hie closing of some Iron
works, while n strike nf all bituminous coal
workers Is ordered nnd mny prove serious.
More favorable crop reisirts than were ex.
pected, wlil'-h Justify larger hope tor next
hill, have arrested the upward tendency In
pitces of products. The renewal of gold ex
ports occasions some disquietude. Hut the
gradual exhaustion of goods in the hands of
denier makes the consumption of the is-oplo
more distinctly felt nnd iipi.iin iitly larger,
mid this demand increases with thn gain In
number of hands nt work.
On thn whole, though progress Is still ob.
trncted by iilicerlaiutks, it lias not been
arrested.
New wool has beg in to come forward nnd,
s the yield Is expected to Is" greatly n din
ed, prices are slightly II rim r. with largo
pup-hnsc for speculation. At the threecblef
markets sales were i.C.js.KOn pounds against
3,s:l0,5.VI Ihe siimn Week Inst year.
Atlantic exports ol wheal have been only
S50.74O bushels ngainst l,3s.5.rHl for the week
last yenr, while Western receipts have been
2.023,757 bushels, iiKain-t 3:I.II8 lust yenr.
Com hns declined t n cent. Western receipts
being still far In excess of last year's. Pork
ittid lard are n shnde higher ami oil has I n
hoisted by manijiiilatlon. Cotton has de
'lined ng'nln to 7.02 cents.
The Inilnres for Hie past week have ls-i n
ln In thn United Stubs, riutilii't 1"7 Inst yenf
Hid 34 In Canada, mriiiust 22 Inst year.
NATIONAL STRIKE ORDERED
Decision of the National Convention of
United Mine Worker.
At the national convention of United Minn
Workers nt Columbus, ()., thn committee on
resolutions was cnlled oi to report on the
question of a general strike. The committee
reported Hint twelve to flltnen resolutions on
that subject hnd been submitted to them mid
Hlb-r careful consideration they had agreed
to report one ordering a general strike on
April 22.
Tho rending of this caused prolonged nti-
(iluuse. The sentiment seemed iiiianiinoiisln
nvor of a general strike, but there was n
vigorous kl' k on the date of April 22. by the
Indiana delegates, who favored May I, as thn
miners had agreed to work till that date nnd
had escnped a reduction In Hie wage scale by
that agreement, which they could not nfford
to violate, 'Ihe Ohio nnd Pennsylvania men
favored April 10. nnd the convention llniilly
decldeil uponAprll 21. nnd voted to declare a
general strike ou Hint date, 'llireii hundred
thousand men lire interested.
the 70 cf.st scale Aborrr.n.
The convention on 'I hursday decided that
the wngo scitle and conditions adopted nt the
invention one yenr ngo shull ts dcmmulcd
is the object of the strike to ts Inaugurated
in April 21. Tills Is Hie 70 cent per tou ba
lls. It means an incrense of Irom 20 to 25
?ents per ton on wages now pnid In Pennsyl
vania. Ohlo.IiHlimitt und Illinois. The date of
the annual convention is climigod from the
ecoud Tuesday In April to the second Tues
day In February.
The decision nt the Columbus convention
menus that at least 15,000 miners iu Hie
Pittsburg district will Iw Involved, should
tliey abide by the action of Ihe delegates mid
quit work at the time stipulated. There are
9,000 men engaged III the railroad mines and
0.000 in the Monongnliela valley. There are
good reasons for believing that thn majority
of the diggers of the district favor the nu
tlonul strike Idea, as President Cairns and
otherdelegutes from the district were In
structed to vote Iu fnvor of it.
It will be the llrst time in the history of the
Pittsburg district that Hie river and ruilroud
men combined forces in a strike.
DAVID DUDLEY FIELD,
lhe Weil-Known Jurist, Died Suddenly
of Pneumonia.
David Dudley Fit-id died suddenly Fri
luy morning In New York City of pneu
nonln. On lost Wednesday in thestenmshlp Coluin
3la Mr. Field returned from Kurope, where
he hud bwn since last Novemls-r. He ap
ieard te I enjoying good health. Dr.Ifenry
il. Field drove down to the steamship com
pany's dock In the storm of Wednesday
morning to welcome the voyager I nick from
Italy, but his brother had slipped awav In a
?ali half an hour before, after personally su
pervising the examination of his baggage by
s custom Inspector. Mr. Field wus 89 yenrs
Jld on February 13 last. Ills death occurred
at his residence, No. 22 Oriimiiien-y
pnrk.
11" was a brother of the celebrated Cyrus
Field, who laid tlm first 0"can cable. and was
horn iu lladdam, Connecticut, in 1hi5. He
was educated ut Williams college, lln was
admitted to the bur in 1828 nud commenced
the iini'-e of law iu New York. Ho gained
listinctiou by his writings on law reform nud
whs unpointed n commissioner en practice
and pleadings by the New York Legislature
in 1847. il wus appointed in 1857 president
it a commission to digest a political code, a
eual code uud a civil code.
BEHRINO SEA PROCLAMATION.
President Cleveland Warn Trespassers
Off Our Preserves.
At Washington, D. C. the following proc
lamation was Issued by the President:
Whereas, nn net of congress entitled "An
act to give crtei to the award rendered by
the tribunal of arbitration at Paris, under the
treaty between the United States uud (irenl
liritain, concluded ut Washington, February
20, 1892. forthe purpose of submitting to ar
bitration certain questions concerning the
preservation of the fur seals," was unproved
April 6, 1894.
Now, therefore, be it known that I. Orover
Cleveland, president of the United States of
America, have caused the said act 8stedlly to
be proclaimed to the end that its provisions
muy be known mid observed; nnd I hereby
proclaim that every person guilty of a vlolu
tiou of the provisions of said act will be ar
rested and punished as therein provided; and
all vessels so employed, their tickle, apparel,
furniture uud cargo will be seized and for
feited. In testimony whereof I have hereunto set
my hand mid caused the seal of the United
States to lie affixed.
Done ut the city of Washington this 10th
dny of April iu the venr of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred nnd ninety-lour, and
tho Independence of the United Stutes the one
hundred uud eighteenth.
GBOVER CLEVELAND.
Alabama Miner to Strlk.
The general council of the United Mine
Workers of Alabama, in s union ut Dinning
ham, which organisation embra.-es 8,000
miners, ordered a general strike April 11. The
miners were working under a wage scale
which does not expire until July 1 next The
operators did not feci able to continue pay.
ing the wuges and to avoid abrogating tlm
contract, shut down about bulf the mines.
The miners offered to accept a 10 per cent re
duction. The operators wild It wns not
enough, and offered a sliding scale, making
a reduction of 20 to 25 per cent. The miners
declined this, nud after another conference
With the operator the strike wait ordered.
Fifteen Million for Charity,
Fifteen millions of ilolbirs wmm ir
New York for the support of the poor during
the venr endeil FHliriiiirv 'is luiu ( niuo..i
... . j ', fu.wu.wg
more tl.aii in miv iirevionu veur Ti,iu i ....
j ,... n in an
estimate bused on statements made by 16 of
the various clmrituble associations, rclicl
societies aua orguuiged funds.
LATEST Nm SUMMARIZE!
FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC.
What 1 Transpiring th World Over
Important Event Briefly Told.
msastebs, AccinrsTs akb fatalities,
A trnln on the Northorn Paclflc was ttirowt
from tho track near Chicago by running ovei
a liorso. William Andrews nnd James Dono
hue, brnkemen, were Instantly killed.
Iiy the collapsing of a tenement bons It
Williamsburg, N. Y., John Kelly mid Mrs
Clifford were killed.
The Frntliltighnm Arcade, n business Mock
at B"rnntoii, Pa., was destroyed by lire. Losi
iO.OOO.
In n storm on the Long Hand const Dr
James A. Hutchinson, Thomas (1. Knight
nnd Frank Whit", out In a yn -ht which enp
sbwd, were drowned.
Mrs. Lewis Larson nnd 1-year-old bnby ol
Wild lllce, 12 mil" south of Fnrgo, N. D.,
were burned to death. Tho hnhy's dress
cniight lira from Ihe stove mil tlm mother
was enveloped by the flumes In end 'iivorlng
lo extinguish them. She e irrlcd tin child
In her nrms Into the yard, whent both were
found linked and their flesh horribly
burned.
WASHINllTOS MEWS.
Hie bill Introduced In the U.S. senate? ome
time since by Mr. peffer, Populist, of Kansas,
generally known as tho Coxey good ror.ds
bill, was reported adversely from tlio Com
mittee on Education and Labor.
Senator McMillan, of Michigan, presented
three nmndiiints to the tariff bill, Intended
to be proposed by him. (Inn of them
proposes to change the duty on cigars, che
roots nnd cigarettes from t'l per poiui I to
H 60 per pound nnd 25 per cent nd va
lorem. Postmaster flenernl lilsscll has Issued nn
jrib-r providing that hereafter only short
inmes, or nam' of one word only, shnll bo
iccpied for newly established postofllces
exceptions mny be mn In by tho department
fflieu tho name Is historical or has Ijccomo
ociil by long usage ,
tafital and i. a Ron.
At Akron.O.,nlne hundred employes of th
iVerner company who have been on a strike
ilnce Monday for the restoration of a ti n ei
ent cut met and decided to return to work.
The 200 pressmen and press feeders withdrew
rom the meeting nud will stay out tor the
lid wuges.
The troubles that has affected tho tailor
ng trade In St. Louis, Mo., for almost two
nonths, weresettled and 1,000 employes will
resume work Immediately.
Over 7,00 employes of tho Dolphin Jute
Jouipany, of Paterson, N. J., struck for the
eturn of a 10 per cent reduction in wnges
lonie time ngo.
The old wages of the employesof the Union
I'aeino rnilrnnd nffei-ted by tho reduction
node Reptemlier 1. 1803, hnvo been restored.
On Mny 1 the Queen and Crescent railroad
V. cut wages of all employes getting 01.10
or more per day 10 per cent It Is lielieved
;hat a largo number of employes will strike.
At Wheeling, W. Va., tho IWmont m 11 ol
:he Wheeling Steel and Iron Company, re
lumed operations.after 10 months' Idleness,
smploying EOD men. The osratlng of this
mill will start other departments In a fewdayi
giving employment to nearly 1,003 idle
linnds.
Eight thousand Colorado eonl miners will
rtrlke April 21.
MIA( ELLAXKOl'S.
At Albuny, New York, tho munlelpnl eec
lions resulted in the complete overthrow of
the old Cleveland Democratic organization.
Oreii E. Wilson, a It (publican, tin cm l iltte
3f the Honest Elections party, a fusion of tho
new Democratic organization nnd the Ho
publicans; was elected mayor over James
Itooneybynu estimated majority of; 3.405
votes. Tho Honest Elections party also ele its
a good working majority of the board of al-Ji-rmen
and supervisors. Both thesi lioar.l
have lieen Demo"ratlu for years. Last full
;ho Democratic majority for the stato ticket
in Albany was about 5,013, wiill-i James H.
Manning, the present Democratic, mayor of
Albany, was elected two years by a majority
)f nenrly 0,000.
A grent sensation has been caused at
Platte City, Mo., by the action of the grand
Jury (n finding indictments against 40 of th
leading ladles and gentlemen of thut pliv'f
for indulging in progressive eucher. As o
result one of the leading churches is likely to
lie disrupted.
English capitalists have secured control ol
Kunsus City street railroads. The compiinb
tinve lieen consolidated witli a capitul ol
t4,ooo,ooa
A Million Dollar Fire.
A Are which broke out In the American
grape sugar works, lliilTalo, N, Y., left the
refinery In ruins and spread to neighlKiring
stnlilishinents, causing a totul loss of over
H. 000.000. The sugar fuetorv was one of
the largest concerns of Its kind In the coun
try. Sixty men were employed nt night on
die top floors of the works. Munvoftbem
had narrow escnpes, and nt a lute hour li
were still missing. A wall fell ou live tire
men and two were badly hurt.
Balthit in the Union.
Pittsburg bus been the healthiest city In the
United states this year, according to the
vital statistii-s complied by Dr. J. Guy M -
Cnudless, registrar ol the Ilurcnii of Health.
Ills quarterly report shows the ucntns lor
the past three mouths to have beeu 422. a de
crease of 128 as compared with the llrst quur
ter of lust yenr. Lust week the number of.
deaths wns 74. a ilcrerse ot 80 unit un an
nual death rute of 14.14 per 1,000.
Fiv Sailor Drowned.
A dispatch from Halifax, N. S., snys: Tlw
sailboat Dot left Siilmon lliver, Dighy county
with live men, Justin Coiucun. Frank Iloud
reun, Edward Doudn-au, Joseph ltoudn-un
uud Joseph Devuu. All lost their lives
In the bay of Finely. Deuxe fog uud a heavy
wind set In, and the bout wus driven out to
seu and lost. The shore hns been searched
for miles, but nobodies have yet boeu loiiint
Lignite Co&L
A successful test of South Dakota llgnito
coal was made at St. Dual. The supply Is
uid to be inexhaustible and costs il per ton
at the mines. The eonl looks like chiircuul
and burns like wood with u bright clear llame.
It is lu reality wood curbouizod ut a low tern-peruture.