NOTES FROM THE CAPITAL
NATIONAL AFFAIRS.
Bow President Cleveland Diverts Him
elf at Home.
President Cleveland has ft great fondness
for iTibbas;e, which he filnvs every evening at
the While Haute with Mis. Clevelnnd, or
Dome friend who happens to be there. Tho
President' partiality for tills kind ot amuse
ment Is out altogether tho result ot his
natural Inclination, but Is pursued because
of a warning he received from his physician
quite s time ago,
When the President Was suffering from a
malady which resulted In a surgical operation
for the removal of a part of the bone of his
Jnw, together with a couple of teeth, his phy
sician gave him advice which ho has not
tailed to regard. Mr. Cleveland was told
that whllo the surgical operation removed all
cause for alarm tor his health at that time,
yet his continued freedom from any similar
trouble depended upon his course of lite, tie
was told that worry was to be avoided, and
that unless he managed to get his mind oil
public affairs and to take recreation, he could
not hope for continued good health. Up to
that time Mr. Cleveland was wont to stay In
his ofltce during the evening to keep bis
mind on tho work of the olllce.
Uut he made a complete change of front.
Exceptdurlng times when his attention Is de
manded on some particular subject he keeps
"olllce hours." 11a has trained himself so
that be has as much respect for "knocking
oft" time as any Government clerk. During
the evening he spondsa short time In looking
over the newspapers after which his crib
bage bonrd Is brought and he proceeds to for
get all about Hawaii, (,noen 1.11, gold bond
and nil the rest of It lie corneals skill wltb
Mrs. Clevelnnd. In his condition of health
this course is the only one he can safely per
ue.
Then the president knows how to shorten
up bis work. He Is a good deal of a fatalist
aud while be has always been a hard worker
be believes that things will take careof them
selves. A class of people who feel the effect of th
shorter hours kept by the president are those
whose applications lor pardons are pending
before him. Mr. Clevejand' believes that It
is more necessary that be should attend to
public, business than that he should be giving
bis time and attention delving Into the claim
of convicted men for clemency. He has givet
Mr. Thurber Instructions that until be bai
saore time on bis bands be will attend to nt
pardon case that does not seem clearly Just
and In which there are no line techntnl' point
to welth.
Ransom Is Minister to Mexico.
The president Saturday nominated Senator
Mat. W. Hansom of North Carolina to be min
ister to Mexico. The nomination wi s at once
onflrmed by the senate without the cus
tomary reference. Mr. Hansom has served
In the senate for twenty-three years, bis time
expiring March 4. He Is 69 years old and
was a major la the confederate army.
LEGISLATIVE NOTES.
The 6-per-cent Interest bill has passed the
North Carolina legislature.
A bill has been Introduced In the Massa
chusetts Legislature making it Illegal for
passengers to stand in the aisles or on the
platforms ot street cars.
The Alabama Legislature has recently
passed two acts. One makes the birthdays
ot Jefferson Davis and ltobert K. Lee legal
holidays and the other adopts a State flag a
crimson bt, Andrew's cross on a fluid ot
white.
The recently enacted law of Ohio providing
that dealers selling convict-made goods
manufactured In another state be required
to secure a license of the Secretary of (State,
has been declared unconstitutional by Judge
Noble of the Court of Common floss, ol
Cleveland, who holds that the constitution ot
tbe United States resposes all power to' regu
late inter-state commerce in Congress, and
that any state law which Interiors with inter
state commerce is unconstitutional. Tht
law compelling the sale of goods made in an
other state to be licensed, while goods made
In Ohio are unburdened, he says Is a discrim
ination and Is therefore unconstitutional.
The bill providing for a constitutional con
vention has been deftly smothered by the
Arkansas Legislature, though lbs State
Is said to be badly in need of a new constitu
tion. The Indiana house bos passed bill pro.
bibiilng prize fighting.
In tbe Washington legislature a bill has
been presented making it unlawful lor any
Euan to weai a quoue.
The Alabama legislature refused to pass ths
Foreign Stockholders' bill over the govern jM
veto.
The Indiana Senate tabled a resolution to
carry out tbe request ot Oov. Matthews for
an investigation o the charges agriust Super
intendent Johnson, oi tho 1 eeble-miuded In
stitute. Tbe charges wiU be investigated by
donate committee.
' Bills have been introduced In tbe Michigan
nous prohibiting the granting of teacher's
certificates to persons using cigarettes or to
bacco, also prohibiting persons not graduates
of medical colleges from advertising as bby
slclans. " '
A bill granting the right ol suffrage to wo
men bos passed tbe Washington Senate.
That New York bill against big hats In the
theaters was beaten by nine votes. Htlll the
63 in favor of it marked hopeful progress.
A bill bos been Introduoed in tbe Legisla
ture of New York, which proposes to exter
minate tbe English sparrow a bounty of 1
cent is to be paid for each bird killed and I
cents for each nest destroyed.
Tbe California assembly passed a bill to
prevent tbe wearing of hats or bonnets in
theaters or places of public amusement Tbe
bill imposes a penalty of (50 for violation of
tbe law. The bill to prevent tbe manufacture
sale or other distribution ot cigarettes has
passed both branches of tbe legislature and
was sent to the governor for bis approval.
Tbe bill tor a new legislative apportion
ment ol Indiana was passed by the House,
Tbe lower house of the Missouri Legisla
ture agreed to remove tbe State capital from
Jefferson City to Bedalla, the condition being
tbat Bedalla shall erect State bulldiugs su
perior to tbose at the preseut capital.
Representative Jackson started an uproat
in tbe Indian House by charging in a speech
that tbe Whisky League was keeping free
whisky on tap in tbe Capitol basement for
tbe use of members who desired more light
on tbe Nicholson Tomperauoe Dill. A per
sonal encounter betweeu two members was
narrowly averted and ladies fled from tbe
gallery.
Ex-Governor Pattlson Defeated.
Ex-Uovernor Pattlson was defeated and
City Solicitor Cbaries F. Warwick elected
mayor of Philadelphia by about 65,000 ma-
iority. Council remains overwhelmingly
tepubllcan. Koney, Dave Martin's brother-in-law,
Is elected reoeiver of taxes-by iU.lOO
majority and tbe usual Hepublloan magis
trates sre again victors, with probably seven
on tbe Democratic ticket, tbouicn thsie were
all sorts oi slashes against this end of the
ticket
To Bell the Bonds.
Tbe managers ot tbe Belmont-Morgan
governmeut loan slndioate of New York have
Issued their prospectus tor tbe American bait
Dt the new s per oent bonds. Tue bonds are
Issued for publio subscription, aud they oan
be paid for In ourreuoy or gold.
FRED DOUGLASS DEAD.
The Famous Colored Man Passes Away
Suddenly with Heart Trouble.
Frederick Douglass, the noted freed man,
o rator and diplomat, died a few minutes be
tore 7 o'clock Wednesday night, at bis resi
dence In Anacostla, a suburb ot Washington
City, ot heart failure, Ills death was entirely
unexpected, ss he had been enjoying the bet
of health.
During the afternoon he attended the con
vention of the Women of the United Mates,
how in progress In Washington cltv, and chat
ted with Susan 11. Anthony mid others ef the
leading members, wilb whom he has been on
Intimate terms for many years. When he re
lumed homo he said nothing of any feeling
of lllnc, though ho appeared to be a little
exhausted from the climb up the steep flights
ot stairs leading from the street to tbe bouso,
which Is on a high terrance. Ho sat down
and chatted with his wife about the women
at the convention, telling ot various things
that bad been said and dono.
Huddenly he gapped, clapped his band to
his heart and fell back uncouscious. A doctor
Was hastily summoned and arrived within a
few moments, but his efforts to revive Mr.
Douglass wore hopeless from the start. With
in 20 minutes after the attnek the falut mo
tion of the heart ceased entirely and the
great ex-slave statesman was (lend,
Mr. Douglass leaves two sons and a daugh
ter, the children of his first wife. His second
wlfo, who was a white woman, survives him
Frederick Douglass was born In February,
1817, lu the little village of Tuckahoe, near
Eavton, ou the eastern shore of Marylaud.
Ills mother was a slave o! pure negro blood,
who, though a Held hand, had learned to
read, but his father was a white man of aris
tocratic family. He learned In secret to read
and write. When 14 years old, being dlfllcult
to manage, he was hired out by bis muster to
work In a llaltimore shipyard, and was al
lowed for bis own use (3 per week out ol till
Wages.
On Heptemlier 3, 1SIH, he fled from Haiti
more and from slavery. He made his way
to New York, and tbenco to New Bedford,
Mans. At the latter place be married aud
lived forsuvural years, supporting himself by
hlstrade as a workman In the ship yards.
He was also a favorite exhorter In the Metho
dist church. At about that time he assumed
the name ot Frederick Dougluss, by which be
was always afterward known. He set to
work to educate himself, with the object of
oecomingthe advocate and emancipator of
tils raw. in which he was assisted by William
jloy l Onrrison.
Iu 1841 be attended an anti-slavery meeting
n Nantucket, and made a speech whose
icholarship and eloquence attracted wide
tteutloi. He was tben made general agent
f the Massachusetts autl-slavery society, and
(pent four years lecturing throughout New
tngland. In this way he became famous. He
went to Furopo in 1X4S and lectured in the
principal towns ol England. He continued in
his work until the outbreak of the rebellion,
when be took a foremost position in support
l the national governmeut He urged Lin
oln to proclaim the freedom of the southern
tegroes and enlist them In the army.
In 1H0S he tent his own sons Into the army,
And himself rendered conspicuous service in
the enlistment ot colored troops. In 1H71
President I) rant appointed bltn assistant
lecretary of the commission to Santo Domln
jo, and afterward a member ot tbe governing
council of the District of Columbia. In 1871
be was a Itepublican presidential elector for
the state ot New York. In 1M77 President
Hayes appointed him marshal of the district
of Columbia, and in 141 President Garfield
made bun recorder ol deeds for the district
His Inst public olllce was minister of Haytl.
He was a somewhat voluminous writer for
newspapers and magazines and also of books.
He never abated his efforts for the advance
ment of his race. Tho second wife of Doug
lass was a woman of pure Cauoaslan blood,
aud bis union with bar seriously affected his
popularity and influence wltb the colored
people of this country.
The story of tbe second marriage was a ro
mantic one. Miss Helen Pltls, whom he mar
ried, was a New Engloud woman, of middle
age, a clerk In the olllce of the recorder of
deeds of the District of Columbia, wbeu Mr.
Douglass was appointed to that ofQoe. She
was a member of a literary society to which
he belonged. They were thrown much to
gether, aud finally became engaged. Uei
relatives opposed tbe union bitterly on ac
count of bl color, but finally yielded to forot
ot circumstances. Borne ol them have fot
some time been living near the Douglasi
borne on Anasostia Heights.
In 1892 Uaytt made an appropriation ol
monoy lor the Columbian exposition at
Chicago, and appointed Mr. Douglass tbs
senior of her two commissioners to the expo,
sltlon. Since the closeof the exposition, Mr.
DoukIoss has lived on quietly in Washington,
without engaging lu any special business. His
wealth is variously estimated at from (100.
000 to (200.000.
THE GROWTH OF CATHOLICISM
The Official Figures Show a Big Increase
for 1894.
The official directory ot tbe growth ot tbe
Catholic- church In this country for 1894
shows that the increase for last year was
173,831 The figures show that the Cathollo
population of the United States Is 9.077,850.
In the whole oountry there are 17 arch
bishops, 76 bishops, 10,053 priests, 6,669
churches, with resldeut pastors, 8,650
missions, wltb churches making 9,809
churches in all; 6,194 stations and
chapels, 9 universities, 38 seminaries
for secular students, with 2.129 students)
77 seminaries ot the religious orders, such as
Jesuits, Franciscans, etc., with 1,474 students,
182 High schools for boys, 609 High schools
tor girls, 8.731 parochial schools, with 776,000
pupils; 239 orphan asylums, sheltering 80.M67
orphans and 821 charitable institutions. The
total number of children in Cathollo institu
tions is 918,207.
These ilgures compared with the figures oi
tbe previous year, show the following in
creases: Priests 236; churches 680; university
1; secular seminaries 3; regular seminaries 10;
clilldren attending parovhiul schools 10.000;
charitable institutions, 68; children oared tor
In charitable institutions 6,685.
The province of Philadelphia, Including
Erie, Hiirrlsburg, Pittsburg aud bcruutou bo
946,600 laymen, 926 priests and 696 churches.
PROHIBITION PETITION.
A. Committee of the W. O. T. TJ., Call
Upon the President.
Senator Frye, at tbs request of Mrs. L. M.
N. Btevens, ot Maine, to whom arrangement
tor the occasion were committed, introduoed
to President Cleveland a committee ol ladles
ol the Woman's Christian Temperance Union
designated to present to him the Immense
polyglot temperance petition. Tbe meeting
looa piaoe in tne library ol the executlvs
mansion. The oommlttee beaded by Mist
Willard and Laiy Henry Somerset, oonslsted
ol the genenal officers ot tbe Nuttoual
Woman's Christian Temperance Union. Mrs.
Hoffman, Mrs. Barker and Mrs. K. L. Steven
son. Miss Willard acted as spokeswoman ol
the oommlttee. The ladies, after an inter
view wltb the president, met Mrs. Cleveland
lor a few moments in tbe lied parlor. Tht
petition In itself was too bulky to be presented
except figuratively.
Representative lilolr. New Hampshire, in
troduced a resolution in tbe bouse proposing
an amendment to tbe Constitution of tb
United States prohibiting tbs liquor trafUo in
tbe United States. The resolution Is in
troduced "by request ol tbe genernl ofUcen
ot tbs World's and the National Woinan't
Christian Temperance Union," and as tbi
legal expression of tbe polyglot petition usi
presented to tbe president
Independent oil producers ot Pittsburg
took (60,000 in stock ot the new Pure Oil
Company, which propose to fight ths Standard.
OUR INDUSTRIAL REVIEW.
THE BROOKLYN STRIKE.
News and Notes of Interest to Working
men. United Assembly No. 79, Knights of Labor,
hn called oft the strike on tho Brooklyn
Holghts and Brooklyn, Queen County and
Suburban Ilnllroads. In explanation ot the
action an address to the publio bos been is
sued, which says In part.
"It Is a matter of record that we have ex
hausted every honorable means to ellect a
friendly settlement. but the trolley olllclnls as
timed n most uncompromising attitude, aud
refused to make a single concession In re
sponse to our reasonable request. It has
been a light of dollars agnlnst empty stom
achs, ami as wns to have been expected, the
dollars have won a victory, though a dear
one. Our people, nfter a berolu resistance,
have at last submitted to the Inevitable.
The civil, the military, and in some instances
the Judicial powers have all been used to
coerce them. Is it any wonder that now, at
the end ol live weeks ot this unequal strike,
they are forced to admit defeat?" The state
ment Is made that ninny of the strikers will
need assistance, and contributions are asked.
Ibis action on the part ol the D. A. 75 will
permit the strikers ol 83 roads to return to
worki or nt least apply to be taken back. The
mnjority will bo taken back In time. Tho
trolley strike lasted 84 days. District Assem
bly No. 75 spent about 145.000, and the
(350,000 wages the men would have earned
has been lost. The Brooklyn Heights Com
pany Is estimated to have lost directly (000,
U00, and tbe other systems close to (300,000.
1 he cost to the city and tbe State lor the
troops is expected to exceed $250,000.
Special officers and deputies cost Kings and
Uueens conuties 60,000.
st'nniDt's EXOXZBATIO.
The committee of tbe United Minn Worker'1
convention, nt Columbus, appointed to lu"
vestlgute the charges of Mark Wild against
lohu McUrlde, reported to tbe convention
Ibnt whllo McBrtde bad not been tound
guilty ol any corrupt act, be was Indiscreet
In bnudllug niouey, and declared him In
aoceut ol all charges. The convention
adopted a vote ot contldence In McBrlde. and
ordered Mark Wild, bis accuser, Irom tbe
ball. P. U. Penna, ot Indiana, wns elected
president ot the United Mlue Worker's ol
America; lameron Miller, ol Ohio, vice presi
dent, aud Patrick Mcllryde was re-elected
secretary-treasurer. Tbe executive board
elected is composad ol W. C Webb, Ken
tucky. J. A. Crawford, Illinois; T. A. Brad
ley and John Fuhey, Peunsylvnula; J. W,
Iteyuulds, Iowa, and Frederick Dllcher.
accxpted rive rtn cist. cut.
Mlzener Mlue and Turner Coal aud Coke
Company, located two miles from Hllllards,
Pa., on the Pittsburg, Bhenaugo A Lake Erie
road, accepted a reduction of 6 ceuts per
per ton ruu ot mine. This makes the price
ol inlulng coal 8) cents per ton.
Sharon, Pa., Is on tbs verge ot an Indus
trial boom and belore many weeks nearly
every industry In the city will be lu active
operation, 'lbs Aschmun Stoel Company's
plant, which bas been idle tor nine mouths,
will be remodeled and Its cnpaclty Increased.
It will resume operations early In April,
The Sharon Steel Casting Company's plant,
one ot the big stoel syndicate, will go Into lull
operation about March 1. Preparations tor
lor resumption are now under way at both In
dustries. Tbe Sharon Steel Casting Com
pany's plant employs 400 mun and tho Ascb
uiau plant 160 men.
The strike of tbe Banksvlile, Fa., coal min
ors is at an end. Au elTort was muds n week
ago on Saturday to secure an advauce In tbe
price ol dlgglug, and a demand was made tot
79 cents a ton. This was promptly refused by
the Saw Mill Hun Coal Company, and Hartley
A Marshall, whose mines at Banksvlile em
ploy about 600 men. The strikers tried to in
duce the men at other mines to Join the move
ment for au lucreaee in pay, but failed. They
unanimously decided to return to work at tbs
old rate, 66 cents a ton.
For the first tlmo in about four months all
the dopartmentsot the Humes toad Steel works
are in operation. This is a rare occurrenct
that has happened only bell a dozen times
In the lost two years. Last week all depart
ments were ou lull except tbe 83-lncb mill. It
is running double turn this week.
In the Pittsburg railroad district there It
now a praotlcully uniform rate for mining.
The only mines at which the 55-cent rate is
not being paid are tbose operated by tbe New
York and Cleveland Oos Coal Company and
the Bobbins Coal company.
The miners have accepted tho proposition
of the Mabontug Valley Iron Company ol
Voungstown, O., tbe owners of the Uomer
sal mines to dig coal for 82 cents per ton, s
reduction of 6 cents per ton.
Most ot tbe rolling mills at Voungstown,
0 ars in lull blast, there havlug been an
Improvement in orders, and in some lines,
especially tbat ot structural Iron, trade is
rather brisk with large contracts ahead.
The Beading, Pa., Hardware Company,
whose 750 men have been working eigbt
hours a duy, live days a week, will resume in
lull.
CLEANED THE BANK.
Cashier Flggatt Left Hardly Enough
Cash to Fay the Janitor.
C. M. Flggutt tbe defaulting oashier ot the
bank of Lexington, Va,, stole about H50,
000 from that Institution, He got away with
(80,000 capital stock and nearly (70,000 be
longing to depositors. His stealings cover a
period of over twenty-five years. The bank
Is ielt wltn only (6,000 in cash. Tbe Virginia
Military institute bud (20,000 on deposit and
the county treasurer kept bis accounts
there.
Faggatt bad accomplices in tbe robbery,
and a director said tbe investigation was sure
to make some startling disclosures. Persons
ot blgh standing are thought to bave profited
by the embezzlement A telegram from Lex
ington ay that Goodwin, a supposed accom
plice of Figgatt, has boon arrested.
GREAT GOLD STRIKE.
Twenty Thousand Dollars From si Stamp
Mill In Five Days.
Tbe Holy Terror, situated at Keystone,
Pennington oouuty, 8. D., made another
wonderful record-breaking run as a gold pro
ducer. A clean-up ot the batteries and plates
ot Its stamp mill after a run of only five day
was made yesterday, and gave a gross pro
duct of (20,000, which is indeed a most ex
traordinary ruu, when tbe number ol stamps
are tttkeu into consideration. New discover
ies ars belug made dully In tbe dlstrlut, and
If report cnu be believed, aud the assays of
tbe ores found relied upon, some of tbe tlnd
will even exceed tbe Holy terror in richness.
Even uow, as bad a the weather Is, there bas
started a vood-sized stampede toward tbe
southern hills.
Silver ths Issue for 1808.
Congressman Bland, ol Missouri, says tba
the parties iu tbe next presidential campaign
will divide upon tbe money question and tbat
tbe free sliver men will nominate a candidate
who represents tbslr sentiments. Congress
man Livingstone, ol Georgia, another silver
advocate, says tbey will nominate a ticket in
dependent ot tbe old parties eud.that It wiU
sweep the country.
FIFTY-THIRD CONGRESS.
Summarised Proceedings of Our Law
Makers at Washington.
TirrT-stvEHTn cat.
Tbe hill to make pensions ol Mexican vet
erans (12 a month passed tbe bouse. It will
benellt 17,000.
Congressman Ilfcks Introduced In the
bouse a bill authorizing the secretary ot war
to Issue medals of honor to all who responded
to President Lincoln's call tor 76,000 volun
teers! also a bill for the relief of persons who
served ninety day or more In the construc
tion corps attached to Die United States army
on railroads operated by military authorities
from April, lRiil, to May, 15116.
In the senate committee ou appropriations
Mr. Cullotn's vote decided the tie In favor of
paying tbe sugar bounty claims for 1N93
which had been earned when the .'arlll went
Into effect and half ot the bounty tor the crop
of 1804. It will cot (250,000 in the first in
stance and (0.000.000 In the second.
rilTX-CIOHlM 1MI,
The house spent to-dny In the further con
ilderntion ot tbe nnval appropriation bill,
The committee on naval nlTalrs wai victor
ious on every test ol strength taken to-day.
I'he paragraph providing for the Inerentn ol
the navy (the battleships and torpedo boats)
will be reached to-morrow, and the coin
ulttee is sanguine that the Increases recom
nendod will be authorized, despite the de
termined opposition ot Chairmnu Snyers, ol
ihe appropriations committee, who announced
:o-day that be would light authorization of
;he new ships uutll the close of the session.
The conference report on tho bill lo extend
(he time for making returns under tba In
lome tax law were agreed to.
The silver light lu the senate Is finished,
md no vote will be had on the Jones bill. 1 be
ne day devoted to tbat bill howed conclu
lively that no amount of pressure would
tiring about a vote and it the silver bill were
lent before the senate thai it would result I
leteatlug the appropriation bills and force at
txtra session.
VirTT-SIHTB CAT.
Tbe opponents of the new battleship for
the navy suffered a crushing defeat In the
bouse to-day, when Hayer's motion to strike
out authorization for the war vessels was
lost, fllrst In committee ot the who e on a vote
of 43 to 121, aud later in tbe house, by a vote
ol 07 toluo.
During the early hours ol to-dny, ths silver
bill made its exhibit Irom the senate, Mr.
Jones, ol Arkausas, in charge ot the measure,
anunuclng tbat Its friends would make no
further effort to pass it at tbe present session.
Tbe disposal ol the measure was emphasized
by the decided voteot 65 to 12. on Mr. Gor
man's motion to take up the Indian appro
priation bill, the elfeotol which was to dis
place the silver bill, and scud it back to tbe
calendar.
Mr. Wolcott's resolution, declaratory for
silver but postponing action, also went to tbe
calendar without llnal action.
Most of tbe day of the senate was given to
the Indian appropriation bill, llnal action not
being taken.
SIXTIETH DAT.
There was a flurry In the senate to-daT
when the Income tax question came up again
on Mr. Gorman's motion to reconsider tbe
senate's approval ol the conference repor
on the bills amendlug the law. Mr. Gonnnn
aid a singular feature had crept Into this
conference report that had not been consid
ered by either bouse. It changed the law so
as to exempt corporations from furnishing a
list of tbe salaries of employes. Ths origi
nal provision was a nloo one, and was tbe
only way of llndlng out the Immense sums
paid out by corporations to their employes.
On motion ol Mr. Vest, tbe motion ot Mr.
Gorman to reconsider was laid on tbe table
yeas 67. nays 10.
The House devoted most of to-day to the
Consideration of tbe sennto amendment to
consular and diplomatic appropriation bill
appropriating (500,000 for the construction
of a cable to the Hawaiian islands. llynn,
Bnrtlett and Sickles, Democrats ol New York,
spoke In favor of tho amandtnont. which wns
defeated by a vote of 114 to 152 only 10
Demoernts voting tor the cable. Tho bill was
then sent to further conference.
The conference report on the pension
appropriation bill was agreed to lu both
bouses.
Much of the session ot the House was oo
iupied with the delivery ot eulogios upon
the late Senator Stockbrldga, of Michigan.
The Senate passod the House Joint resolu
tion suspending tbe transportation of goods
through the United States to the tree tariff
tone ot Mexico.
IIXTY-rmsT DAT,
The senate to-day passed two house bill
concerning the navy. The contract school
item ot the Indian bill was completed in such
form as to provide a 20 per cent, reduction
from the expenditures of Inst year.
In the house to-dny Mr. Da.lr.ull secured un
animous consent for tbe passage of the bill
authorizing the Pittsburg, Mouongabela ft
Wheeling railway to bridge the Monongahola
river near Monongnhela. Tbe bill will pro
bably gel through the senate next week.
OYER TWO HUNDRED KILLED
Contra! American Armies Fought a Bat
tle Saturday.
A special cable dispatch from Panama
says: New ha boen received here ot a
battle fought on Saturday between tbe rebels
and Government force near Santa Rossa In
the department of Boyaea.
There were over 200 killed on both sides.
The government reports that tbe rebel Gen
erals Valderama aud Gomez, were wounded.
It is reported that tbe opposing armies will
engage in another battle soon. Tbe capitu
lation ol the loroes iu the northern part ol
tbe republlo does not affect tbe rebellion in
other sections.
It is rumored there is disquiet and unrest
In the department ot Cauca. It is reported
that Gen. Modesto Gurues, with Benjamin
Bubs and Benor Gaza, bave left Costa llics
for Columbia. It Is expected they will land
on the west coast
Geo. Camargo's force in Bogota have pro
claiued buuto Acosta president.
Mors Duck Hunting.
Both the President and Secretary Carlisle
Intend leaving Washington lor a rest almost
immediately on the adjournment of congress.
The President will probably go to North
Carolina on a duck hunting trip with a party
st trlend. and will be gone a week or ton
days. Secretary Carlisle did not take any
vacation last summer, snd bis close attentiou
to the affairs ot . bis offlce during tbe last
year and a bolt bos left him In Imperative
need of rest
Income Tax Returns Postponed.
Both bouses adopted Joint resolution ex
tending tbe time fur Income tax return for
this year only to April 15. In aomputlug In
oomus, the amounts necessarily paid lor fire
Insurance i retnlums and tor ordinary repair
sua I be d ducted, and amounts received a
divldeud upon tbs stock ol any corporation,
eompuny or association, shall not be included
in case such dividends are also liable to the
tax ol i per cent upon the net proilts ot sold
corporation.
Fooball Abolished.
Tbs faoulty ot Harvard Colloge, at a
special meeting, deoided to recommend tbe
abolition ol intercollegiate football. The
announcement of tbe result oreated a great
itir among tbe college men. A record of tin
action of the faoulty will be sent at once to
Ihe corporation, with a request that It be for
warded at ouoe to the atbletlo committee.
Bookless Blmpson Will Lecture.
Congressman "Jerry" Simpson, ol Kansas,
Is arranging lor tbs delivery ol lectures next
summer, designed to make dear tbe prin
ciple aud purposes ol tbe Populist party.
He will speak lu Ohio, ' Pennsylvania and
New Vork. which States Da regards as good
missionary grpuud.
KEYSTONE CULL1NGS.
Items of Interest from ail Over the Com
monwealth.
At Pittsburg Dr. W. II. Howies, It C. Hoft
man and W. L. South, the circulators ot the
Nux-l'hospo indecent literature, were fined
(BOO for the first named and (200 each for the
two others, and sentenced six mouths and
three months, respectively, to the work-bouse.
hAiLnoADS or the state.
The annual report ol the secretary ol In
ternal alfalr for 1H94 show that the total
amount of slock of railroads authorized by
Pennsylvania law Is (l,09'.i.8n:l,Bs:l.42, and
the capital stock outstanding 1145,606,803.114.
In lmi4 the bonded Indebtedness was (IH2,
651,841.93, an Increase ol (101. 001. 822.21.
Combining the capital stock outstanding and
the bonded Indebtedness, ths department
finds the total capitalization for the yenr to
be (1,1127,223,235.57, or one Hlth of the rail
way capitalization of the country.
coTrn-mieu suciett tusutiT.
The Pennsylvania Scotch-Irish society held
Its sixth annual banquet at Hotel Uelievue,
Philadelphia. The spenkersof tho evening
were Secretary ot the Navy Herbert. United
Stntee Senator Mnnderson, of Nebraska, and
ltepresentntlves llntch, ot Missouri, and
Grosvenor, ot Ohio. Colonel A. K. McClure
presided.
MiNr.r.s ntrt-sED To err.
D. Morris, of the Grove Coal company
ot Grove City, has Just presented a proposi
tion to the mines In his employ that he could
guarantee steady work throughout the win
ter It they would accept a reduction of 9
cents. I'he miners held a metelng, aud It Is
understood that they decided to take what
ever orders cuino in at the regular price.
KEW CASTLE'S BIO Tilt HILL.
The New Castle tin mill company bas com
pleted tbe contract lor its new rolling mill,
i be tiu mill will bave 16 mills In the plate
department, and a complete electrical outllt
The works will be the inrgest of the kind In
Ihe world, und will employ one tbousnnd
bands.
KEW riTTSnCRO COAL COMPAST.
Ths Mntalle anthracite coal company, ot
Pittsburg bas been, capital (5,000 has been
chartered. Ihe directors are John D. Brown,
James Oulln 1'lerae, Edward B. Scull, Jesse
B. Lazear, and Charles P. Orr, Pittsburg.
The committee of Vcnaugo county bar np.
pointed to Investigate tbe charges agdlust
Judge Charles . Taylor, reported be was
meutnlly lncnpaciated; bis conduct bas been
Immoral, arbltrnry, vindictive and subser
siveot Justice aud that he has been guilty ol
notorious drunkenness.
Mrs. Has-No-Horses, ol the Kickapoo
Indian Company, presented her husband
with a pnpoose at Uniontown Monday. It
is the first Indian child born In Fayette since
lbs organization ol the county, and its
mother Is said to be a sister ol sitting
Bull.
The trnmp who so brutally assaulted Mr.
Albort ltupert, near Harrison City, Friday
afternoon, was arrested and placed lu Jail at
Groeusburg, He gave bis nnino as Kdmond
ltyan. Ho Is aged about GO and was iden
tilled by Mrs, ltupert,
A. Donaldson Smith ol Philadelphia, head
ol an exploring expedition lu eastern Africa,
says tba Abssynlans who conquered tbe coun
try, killed all the Gallas who orlirinully in
bullied It, and their skeletons lie unburied.
Morality Is unkuown among tbe Abyssluluus,
At New Brighton a sled contninlng seven
persous, guided by Duvlcl Pregenzer, was
coasting down Ninth street hill when it col
lided wltb a milk wagon. Pregenzer was so
badly injured that be died. No one else was
burl.
The Westmorelnnd county commissioners
have aroused the ire ol property holders by
Increasing the assessed vuluatleu ol property
In ninny oases to double what it was lust
yoar.
Greenville is going to pay n bonus ot 100-
JOO and furnish a site, besides taking (100,
300 worth ot first morguge 0 per cent bonds,
to secure tbe orectlou of a steel mill which
will cost (1,600,000 and employ 2,0 0 men.
A Inrge boiler exploded In tbe Cobb saw
mill, two miles west of Towundo. Tbodoro
1'encii, nreman, anu jonu alack a, teamster,
were Instantly klllod, and Frank Myers, a
millbuud, fatally injured.
Mrs. Nancy Qrounds. South Strabane
lownsblp, Washington county, demented,
went out barefooted and hud one loot so
badly frozen it bad to be amputated.
V... Vafflflnsn Watttm nl " ...
fpa Ifnirh Nilh an InvAllil .lupin.. l,u
momentary absence ol ber husband, tell
aguinst tbe grate and was fatally burned,
Martin Dotwller, a prominent larmer near
Mover dropped dead while dressing to at
tend a dinner party given by a neighbor.
The house occupied by Michael Gallacher
at bbaner Station was burned. His daughter
misan was uauiy nun wane muaing ber
rs.'aps.
A petition Is In circulation at Beaver, ask
lug lor tbe repeal ol tbe act of 1856 prohibit
lug the granting of liquor licenses within the
borough limits.
Walter Hutton's store nt Delmont. was
seized by the sheriff. Hutton was charged
witn illegal uquor selling, ana wnsn ms
case was called failed to respond.
Jesse Holby, aged S years, was fatally shot
Thursday afternoon by J, T. Smith, aged 13.
Tbe bovs lived in the mountains live miles
east of Blalrsvllle.
The name ol the postofflco at Bottsvtlle,
Westmoreland county, has been changed to
Harlaud, aud that ol Six Boads, Bedford
county to Byot
A young man of Pulaski, Lawrence oounty,
claims to have made about 600 this wiutoi
trapping skunk and sblpplug the bides tc
New Vork.
Ths peoples electric street car ocmpany, ol
Rochester, will, In the spring, extend Its line
10 miles farther up tbe river from Freedom,
tbe present termiuls.
Tbo stockholders of tbe Sbenango Valley
street railway have tuken steps to re
organize. Miss Mae Eldridge, of Mill City, nenrTun
haunook suleldud because ber iover Jilted
her.
Oscar Frlobie, an employe In a factory at
Grspevllle was caught lu the machinery and
killed.
Fired with liquor, Luons Lsshko, a hunch
back, shot and fatally wounded Mrs. Mary
Zaranibo at Ubamokln.
The "William H." coal breaker at Duryea,
noar Wllkesbarrs, burned. Loss (45,000.
Mercer bas a water famine. Tbe mains ol
be towu's nolsr vompauy are lror.su.
Killed by Three Men.
At Cannelton, W. Va., Albert Budder was
tbot aud killed by John Lively and bi two
ion. The Lively were quarreling with lev-
erai women, wnen nuauer apiieurea. uua
der bad kicked Lively' dog a lew week ago,
ago, and Lively bad declared he would kill
Uudder on sliiht When he saw Budder be
ordered bl sous to open tire, and tbe threa
fired at onoe, all the bullets taking ttfleot
The murderers are still at large.
T1a1ii1m1 numiM nf Hrl..l..,nhl kA ...1.1
t D u Al, ....... . . . .. .. .
r, avium r wwu iur iriiusporiauon 10
africa. threaten to Ivnuh thenwmdlur
Bes
is under arrest
SUCCESS OF THE LOAN.
Many Hop It Is ths Beginning of a Real
Recovery.
h. O, Dun ft Co. aayi
Tbe surprising tuccess ol the new loan, and
the great confidence It has given to the In
vestors on both aides of the water and to
business men here, encourage many to hope
that It may be the beginning of a real re
covery. Within 22 minutes subscriptions are
supposed to have been at least five times the
amount nf bonds offered, and lu two hours nt
London they were 20 times the amount there
olTcred. Considering the power which con
trol ot these bonds gives to regulate foreign
exchanges and to prevent exports ol gold,
the transaction bas Indeed greatly changed
the llnancial situation In spite ot the fact
that government revenues nre still dellclent,
and mat domestic trade shows scarcely any
gain as yet.
'Ihe Industrials are not enlarging pro
duction, nor have prices of farm products Ira
proved. Wheat fell to 5cents Saturday last,
and bas recovered to 57c, only a quurter be
low the price a week ago, while corn, cotton
and pork nre unchanged, and bogs and lard
are a shade lower. Western receiptsof wheat
are nearly as large as last year, though for
threo weeks nbout 40 per cent smaller, owing
to the storms. Cotton mis refused lo advance,
though there has been much talk about cur
tailment ot acreage this year, and receipts
bave sharply decreased.
Dealings lu Iron ami Its product are
moderate la volume, wltb some discour
agement In most branches, though struc
tural works at Pittsburg are very busy,
and tbe demand lor wire nails and barbed
wire ha never been surpassed. Bu
nothing Is doing in mils; plates are quiet. and
bar is as low as ever, though In rather better
demand tor car works. Sales ol pig bave
been moderately large, with one transaction
at Pittsburg ol 10,000 tons Bessemer at (10,
but prices do not Improve,
Textile product show few change but
those downward The termination of a
strike at I'ulladelpcla sen more carpet mills
to work, and the demnud is fair. Sales of
wool at the chief markets In three weeks ot
February wero 15,722,000 pounds, against 18,
Oin.HOO pounds two years ago.
Tho failures for tbe week have been 832 Int
the United States, against 398 last year, and
)U Canada 86, against 61 lost year.
Thirty-five Boses of Gold.
TheAmericm line ste.itner Tarls, which
arrived Saturday morning from Southampton
brought 86 boxes of gold bar. valued at
(1,470,000 to August Belmont Co.
MAKKETB.
1'ITTSIIl'KU.
THE WIIOtESAI.S PBIfES ARS OIV1 BSlflW.)
Grain, Flour nod Feed.
WI1EAT No. 1 red ( 57 9 68
No. red. 56 57
CHUN No. 9 yellow ear, new 4 ' W
Mixed ear, new 47 4(
No. II yellow shelled .. 46 47
OATS Sft 1 whllo 85 36
No, 1 white 81 US
tzira No. 8 wulto M S4
Lltilit mixed 83 84
HYa No I m 63
No. II western K nt
FLOI K .Minn, fancy patents 8 50 8 63
Fancy winter patents 8 10 8 Hi
Fancy straight winter 8 70
Straight XXJt bakers' 8 00 55
live Hour 8 no 8 15
IIAV-No. 1 timothy 11 50 1 00-
t No. 8 - 111 60 !l 00
Mixed clover. Na 1 lu on 11 00-
Lihiu timothy, from wagon.... 14 Oil 18 IU
FHKU No. 1 White Md., ton 17 60 1 00
. No. 8 White MiiMliuga la 50 17 00
Mrownl Middlings in 60 16 50
Hran, bulk M ll 16 60
STHAW Wheat 6 5 5 60
Oat 6 50 00
Dairy Products.
BUTTER Elgin Creamery 4 87 9 tS
Fancy Creamery J K3
Fancy Country UolL is to
Low grade aud cooking 9 10
CIIKhxK Ohio, new 11 11 VI.
New York, uew ll li
Wisconsin rtwlsa Hit 13
Llinburger. newmake. VVj 10
Fruit and Vegetables.
A PI'LEH Fancy, V bbl $ 8 50(3 4 00
bfcA.NB llaud-plcsed, per bu 1 90 2(0
Lima, Hi 6 Sli
I'OTA'i uiii ine, lu car, bu to 75
From store, bu 15 H)
HKfcTf per bbl 1 45 1 60
I AllllAtiK Home grown, bbl 1 85 160
VI HNll'S per bbl 1 110 15
O.Mo.NH Yellow, bu 50 Ol
I'AIO.MHil per bbl 100 1 -J5
Poultry, Etc.
Live Chickens, V pair m 9 90
Live Ducks. V pair 60 CO
llrewtl Ducks. lb 14 15
Dressed Chickens, V lb. 9 II)
yuung select... 14 15
Dressed Turkeys, V lb 10 14
tiiWH Pa and Ohio, fresh '!
t'KAiilKKS-Extraliveiiecae.vib 45 Ml
No. 1 Kx. Live lieese, V lb 40 45
Country, large packed Hj 40
Miscellaneous.
8EEDH Clover 68 lbs ( 4 50 9 6 K
Timothy, prime - 8 SO 8 VO
Hlue Urn.s 1 40 1 00
KAiix Country mixed i I
Uo.NKY While Clover 14 16
Buckwheat 12 13
MAI'l.fc bYHl'F, new 50 SO
tlDKK Country, sweet, bbL.... 4 60 5 00
TALLOW 4 51-a
CINCINNATI.
FLOVB 8 50a3 40
WliKAT No. 8 lted. 53 54
KYk No. 8 65
LOIt.N-illxod. .. 48 43
OA'i 81 88
ElitiH HO
UL'T'l KK Ohio Creamery W at
PHILADELPHIA.
FLOFIt 8 50(3 4 00
WlihAT No. 2 Ked 57 5711
LOUS No. Drilled 4li 47
UA l ! No. 2 White. 85 ail
ItCi'iLH Creamery, extra 23 24
tiiQjj Pa, ilrsts M
NEW YOUK.
FLCIl'R Patents ( 1 POQ t 15
WHEAT No. 2 Hed. 5.1 57
HYL stale. 54 55
LOKN No. 8 47 18
OATS White Western 83 S4
bLTTEK creamery 16 i!4
tuna mate and feuii 7
live stock.
CintraL Stock Vakus, East Libirtt, Pa
CATTLE,
Prime, 1.400 to l.nno lbs
Oood, l,8ou to 1,4110 lbs
liood buuhers, 1,'JUO to 1,800 lbs.,
'lldy, 1.1HO 10 1, 150th
Fair IIkUI steers, OtiO lo 1OU0 lbs...
. ( 6 10
4 SO
4 05
. 4 85
6 40.
6 M
4 0
4 50
4 20
8 4U
I 50
Couiinou, 700 to UOUIti g 50
nous,
Philadelphia
ilt-si Yorkers and mixed.-..,
Common to ialr Yorkers....,
tuxxy.
Extra, W to 105 lbs
liood. 85 lo 86 lbs....
4 85
4 25
4 10
4 16
8 60
4 50.
4 till
485
4 51V
4 (W
8 25
8 65
6 5J
r air, 75 to 85 lbs..
8 Ml
Common 8 26
Yearlings.. 8 00
Chicago, Cattle Common to extra steers
t3.5uigi5.u5; .tuckers aud feeders, .4ikai4uo.
cows aud bulls, 81. 5k4.U0; calves, 84.50iA5.r6;
liogn ueavy, eLUUatvA; coiiituou 10 choico
mixed, 4 SUia.4 20-, choice assorted, (4. 10. $4 15;
light, (3.76(4,84115; pigs, 82.5oi43.U5. hheep lu-
erlor 10 choice, 88.5uia4.85; lauibs, (3.25u5.36.
Cincinnati Hog select shippers uone
butchers 84 40U4 50; fair to good packers 84.1
to 40; tslr to light 4UUIo.i5; colniuou aud
rouifb83.76to415 latlle-good shippersS4.15to4.75.
good UK'hoioe 84 lsi'450: fair to medium 83.50to
1. 10; eomiuou S2.26to4.26. bheep extr4.25to
4611; good to choice 3.5Uto4.UU; oomuiuu lo ialr
(2.00 lot 25.
Wool.
PnitADIlTUiA. Wool Is quiet; prices steady
Ohio, 1'euusylvauia aud West Virginia XS
aud above, liaise., X aud above 16ia7c. medi
um 20ia2lc; juaiter blood, 81i422c; eoliimou,
lH(. luc. New York, Ml.higsa, w iscoualu, etc..
si 10al7u; X, IWlic; medium, It. AA; quarter
blood, 80,481c; common. 17ia1V.; washed, comb
ing, delaine line, !...; medium 8M2i-.
coarse, 8Uv42lc..;low,2Ja28c; unwashed luediuus
Malic low medium ITulia