giver (falls journal. C E. MORSE, Publisher. RIVER FALLS, WIS “We will have to look into this thing.” Mid the doctor, produri >g his X-ray when the dude -a me to aim and com plained that he had svvaiio.ved his cigar ette holder. The cathode rays are now said to have been known to the Chinese ages ago. If some American would oay iia had discovered hades up would bob o Chinaman who bad lived there for years. Tuts is the time of year w hen the man who caught the 4(-pound fish “that got away” and the man who just left the tree that the lightning played tag with are telling each other about it. Tue bicycle continues tue most pop ular thing in the land. Both houses of the New York legislature passed al most unanimously a bill making it ob ligatory on railroads to carry bicycles free. Europe's population has increased by 29,928,000 in the last ten years—nearly half of the increase, 12,510,000, being in Russia, while France has remainet stationary, her total increase being only 67,000. Tue greatest breadmaker in the Transvaal is the wife of President Kruger. Fhe stays at home and makes bread white the other society women of her town are out at euchre parties and r.nk teas. A Swedish jirl is detained in Nova Scotia because she has ro money to bring her to Chicago, w here her hand will be claimed in marriage. Why doesn't her lover go to meet her? Others have been sent to Halifax for less reason. Tue facts in the Nansen north pole story are out at last. A man saw a ship. Another man guessed it was Nansen's ship, and a third man easily drew the conclusion that Nansen had found the pole. Nothing could be simpler or more convincing. Battle ships come pretty high. The Indiana has cost altogether, to get her ready for sea, $5,500,000 and it costs SI,OOO a day to maintain her in commis sion. The cost of docking ter alone, at Port Royal, was SIOO,OOO. Battle ships cost like everything, but we must have some. It is reported that tx-King Milan is coming to America soon in hope of se curing a rich wife for his son. the hope ful youth who adorns more or less Un throne of Servia. Alexander has pro posed to various princesses in Europe, but none of them looked with favor upon his proposal. It is to be hope-1 that he will meet with no greater suc cess among American girls. The Galveston News thus gushes ever the approach of spring: “We’re going fishing. The catbird calls from the willows. The roses lave silvery showers, like naiads bathing in limpid forest streams. Rainbows bend across the sky, resplendent with prismatic glory: the sun plays hide and seek behind the golden, glimmering clouds, but peeps through every minute or two to smile upon us.” A Maine village has a woman's club that does not discuss theosophy or bloomers but “meets around,” and at every house it visits it sews buttons on the husband's shirts, darns up the socks and otherwise puts the family wear to rights. Good idea, but as the club strikes the same house only about once in six months isn't it a little hard on the busband to have to go without buttons all that time. The Italian pro'ectorate over Abys sinia dates from the treaty of 1889, in which Menele? ling of k.ngs, and King Humbert, of aly, agreed to certain things for mutual protection. Menelek contended that Italy didn't live up to the treaty, and hence the late unpleas antness. Prime Minister Rudini is in clined to deal fairly with the Abyssin ians. and there is a lull in the proceed ings. The question is: Shall Italy treat Absyssinia as n protectorate or a colony, or as a part of a colony? Field Marshal Yamagata, of Japan, is seeing a goer engine mile, w bile the average cost of steam locomo tives is only 23 cents per engine mile. In jther respects, however, the electric eystem has numerous advantages over steam. L'ue general idea of Siberia is that it is a cold, inhospitable country, oc cupied principally by Rosstat convicts and by banished political prisoners. Mr. I’angborn, president of the world’s transportation commission of the Field Columbian meseum in Chicago, has just returned f om Asiatic Hi.csia, and r»-p< rts that he was neve', mure sur prised in any country and its people than he was with Siberia. Be found a delightful country, something lilt*- eastern Ohio- and western l*rrasvl.-a r.ia. t»ns ba-ren and cheerless. Lut pro ductive, and in the summer warm and pleasant. GLUCINIUM is the name of a new meta! which seems destined to become of great importance in the very near fu ture. Ou account of its peculiar quali ties it will be used especially for elec trical purposes. As its atomic weight is 9.1 and its specific gravity 2.00. its attractive power iscouside-ably greater than that of iron and its cond*---tibility is equal to that of silver. Glucinium, therefore, is more capable of resistance than iron and a better conductor than copper; and, in addition to all that.it is lighter than aluminum and it costa much less. This adds another achieve ment of the century s intelligence. The faculty of lale university has knocked in the head Dr. Willirm Lyon I'helps’ course in modern novels, de creeing that this new study shall be abandoned at the close of the present college year, it appears that the pro fessors of ancient English literature and of Gteek and Latin have been playing to empty benches since Dr. I’helps inaugurated bis specialty of up to-date fiction. Homer and Plato, Vir gil and Pliny. Chaucer and Spenser had no show at all when brought into competition with Robert Louis Steven son, Rudyard Kipling, Tolstoi, How ells, Hall Caine and Marion Crawford. The News of the Week. BY TELEGRAPH AND MAIL. FIFTY-FOURTH CONGRESS. The Proceeding* of the Flint SeMlon. Washington, April 17.—The resolu tion for an investig-non of recent bond issues was taken up ic the senate yes terday and Senator 11 ii! defended Secre tary Carlisle and his administration of the treasury against insinuations of ir regularity A favoraide report was ■aade on the bill for the reorganization of the army, increasing the force to 30,000 enlisted men. In the house the fight against the reelection of Gen. W. B. Franklin ns a member of the board of managers of the uutiouul soldiers' Lome tesuited in the deleat of those who opposed him. 1 Washington, April 18.—In the senate vesterday Senator _ Hill resumed his speech in opposition to the bond reso lution and yielded for the introduction of a bill on Pacific railroads which caused a lively debate, during which Senator Allen (Neb.} charged Senator Sear (la.) with lying. Adjourned to the 20th. In the ho.se the contested election case from the Sixteeuth con gressional district of Illinois resulted iu favor of Mr. Rinaker, the republican contestant. A bill was int.oduced to increase the internal revenue tax on cigarettes from 50 cents per I.OuJ under the present law to SSO per 1,000. A bill to pay war claims caused much dis cussion but no results. Washington, April 20.—The senate Was not in session on Saturday. In the house the general deficiency bill ($4,- 791,240), the last of the regular appro priation bills for this session, was re ported. Several bills 'o donate con demn"'! cannon to G. A. R. posts were passed and tributes were paid to the .nemory of the late Representative Cogswell, of Massachusetts. Washington. April 21.—The senate spent most of the time yesterday talk ing aliout claims for $250,000 made by (■gents and attorneys of the I'herokee Indians of the Indian territory. The joiut resolution for the ap|>ointnient of Gen. Franklin, Representative Steele. Gen. Beale and Gen. fiend son as mem bers of the board of managers of the national Soldiers' home was adopted. After {Kissing a few private bills the house spent the remainder of the ses sion in the consideration of the general deficiency bill—the last of the general appropriation bills. A bill was intro duced to restrict the sale of drugged beer. FROM WASHINGTON. In the United States ther-- were 223 business failures in the seven days ended on the 17th, against 259 the week previous and 241 iu the corresponding period of 1895. At the leading clearing Louses in the United States the exchanges during the week ended on the 17th aggregated $784,338,764, against the previous week. The increase, com pared with the corresponding week in 1895, was 5.6. At the treasury in Washington a counterfeit ten-cent silver piece was dis covered. In the United States the visible sti|r ply of grain on the 20th was: Wheat 58,483.000 bushels; corn. 17.170.000 bus hels; oats, 9,489,000 bushels; rye, 1.813,- 000 bushels; barley, 1,037 000 bushels. The distribution of Columbian world's fair diplomas and medal.- jegan in Washington. THE EAST. On the 16th the National league base ball season of 1896 opened, the result by percentages Neingasfollows: Brook lyn. 1.000; St. L mis, 1.000; Washing ton. 1.000; Pittsburgh, 1.000; Boston. 1.000; Chicago. 1.000; New York, .000; Baltimore. .000; Cleveland, .000; Louis ville, .000; Cincinnati. .000; Philadel phia. .000. In convention at Portland Maine re publicans elected national delegates in structed to support Reed for the presi dency and adopted a platform declar ing for protection and the gold stand ard. At the age of 64 years John Stetson, proprietor of the Park tl.eater and cf the new Hotel Savoy, banker, broker and merchant, died at his home iu Bos ton of pneumonia. Republicans renominated Seth L. Mil liken for congress iu the Third district of Maine and Charles W. Stone in the Twenty-seventh district of Pennsylva nia. Edward and Josephine Courmatine, Lena and Annie Dutx'is an<] Rosie Bou nien (all children) were burned to death in a tenemeut-house tire at Tui ner Falls, Mass. In Philadelphia George D. Wetherill A Co.,manufacturersof paintsand deal ers in window glass, failed for $175,000. For reasons unknown Joseph Daugh erty shot his wife, aged 20 years, and then shot himself at Litz, Pa. At the age of 90 years Willard Ives, a member of congress in 1852 and a well-known banker and philanthropist, died at his home in Watertown, N. Y. The Massachusetts prohibitionists in session at Boston elected delegates to the national convention who will sup port Joshua Lovington, a Baltimore merchant, for the presiuential nomina tion. Percentages of the baseball clubs in the National league for the week end ed on the 19th were us follows: Wash ington. .667; Pittsburgh, .667; Brook lyn, .667; Cleveland, .667; Philadelphia. .667; St. Louis. .500; Chicago, .500; New York, .333; Boston, .333; Baltimore, .333; Louisville. .250. In a squall off Ixmg Island sound the fishing schooner J. W. Campbell, of Gloucester, Mass., went down, and nine of the ablest sailors from that port lost their lives. In the slope of the Eddy Creek col liery near Oliphant, I’a., four men were instantly killed by the ground caving in. Fire destroyed the old depot of the Pennsylvania Railroad company in Philadelphia, the loss being $200,006, and two firemen were killed. “Aunt” Hanna Chard, surrounded by five generations, celebrated her 107th birthday at the home of her 70 year-old son, Joel, in Fellel, N. J. In Massachusetts Patriots'daj. com memorating the battle of Lexington, was appropriately obse» veil as a general holiday. In the outskirts of Tonawanda. N. Y.. a landslide swept farm buildings from their fouD* tions and caused a 10-s of Sino.ooo. WEST AND SOUTH. Samuel Covington shot aud killed Michael Kelleher and Ricbat Williams in a dispute over moaey atC .utral City, Col., and >vto himself shot dead by a pursuing posse. Republicans in Indiana made the ft lowing congressional renomication George W. Faris. Fifth district; Henry U. Johnson. Sixth district, and Jesse Overstreet in the Seventh district. Masked men robbed the Farmers' bank at Maitland Mo, of SI,OOO. At Bedfoid City, Va., the First na tional liank and the Liberty savings bank of the same place, the only banks in the town, closed their doors. The Kentucky republicans in con vention at Iziuisville elected nationd delegates favorable to Gov. Bradley so. president. The platform denounces the free and unlimited coinage of sil ver and *avors protection. National Miners tn session at Colum bus, O-. reelected Philip fl. Penna, of Indiana, president. In convention at Lansing, Mich., the prohibitionists elected national dele gates and adopted a platform that de clares for free silver, prohibition equal suffrage, liberal pensions, and election of United States senators by tn" p. ople. On July 15 the Nebraska populists will hold their state convention at Grand Island. The death of Edwin Pardridge,a well known board of trade operator, oc curred at his home in Chicago, aged 63 years. The executive council of the Amer ican Federation of Labor have prepared l>)ans for a monster eight-hour day strike, which is to commence in Boston May 1 and to extend to New York, Phil adelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and all tbo cities where the force of such a move would be most keenly felt. Flames at Chandler, the county seat of Lincoln county, O. T., burned the post office and nearly all the business portion of the town. At Wallace, Mich., Andrew Olson and his wife were fatally injured by light ning. and their two little children were killed. The place of burial of Secretary Gresham wiP be changed from Oak woods cemetery in Chicago to Arling ton at the national capital. In Vernon county, Wis., a rainstorm swept away many barns and granaries and a large number of cattle, hogs and sheep were drowned. The entire vil lage of Odanah was under water and great damage was done. In the orchards of the central part of California fruit was severely damaged by frosL In Cincinnati James 11. Keitels, comp troller of the currency, addressed an audience of 2,000 business men on the financial question from the gold stand ard |K>int of view. In various parts of Wisconsin cloud bursts washed away bridg s and cul verts, lightning struc„ nr .y build ings, and 18 cows and four horses were burned to death in Brighton. In session at Denver the supreme tribunal of the Knights of Pythias de cided that the law excluding gamblers and drunkards from the order did not affect those who were members of the order before the law was passed. In Milwaukee the Conway Cabinet company made an assignment with lia bilities of $130,000. Fire destroyed the works of the Dauntless Bicycle company and Baker Brothers’ machipe factory at Toledo. 0., the total loss being $200,000. Seven men lost their lives and six others were seriously hurt by an ex plosion in the Broadwater mine at Nie bart, Mont. At Irving College, Tenn., Starling Savage was taken from his bed by a mob of “moonshiners” and hanged. He was suspected of being a “spotter” for the United States revenue officers The death of Mrs. Apolonia Pecher occurred in Mishawaka, Ind., aged 101 yean. Fire swept the river front at Evans ville, Ind., the loss being SIOO,OOO. The last of the war governors of West Virginia, Arthur I. Boreman, nied at his home in Parkersburg, aged 73 years. Near Hannibal, Mo., Samuel D:cw left his wife and eloped with Mrs. Otto Oatman and her two children during the absence of Mr. Oatman. On their way down the river their boat upset and the four were drowned. Reform republicans (lily-white) held their state convention at Houston, Tex., nnd elected unpledged delegates to the national convention. The platform favors bimetallism and the immediate calling of an international monetary and reciprocity conference. A mob lynched Jeff Gardner, a negro about 21 years old, near Warren, Ark., for assaulting i little white girl. In Green Bay, Wis., Mrs. Charlotte Taylor died at the age of 101 years. The Illinois democrats will hold their state convention in Peoria June 23. The death of Michael Gilligan occurred in Anoka county, Minn., aged 103 years. He was liorn in Ireland, and married there jn 1818, his wife surviving him. her age being 101. Republicans of the Sixth district of Tennessee nominated G. Q. Boyd (col ored) for congress. In northern Ohio a tornado did great damage to property at Erie, Sandusky and Tiffin. As far as known two per sons were killed and nearly a dozen more or less injured, one probably fa tally. A wind, rain and hailstorm swept the northwestern part of lowa, doing great damage to buildings and trees. The governor sent troops to St. John, Kan., to quell a r'at provoked by follow ers of a circus. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. Advices from Havana say that the In surgents have hanged 22 Spaniards in the Sagua district. Gregorio Borges, Esteban Hernandez nnd Jose Bacallao were executed at Havana because they belonged to an in surgent band. Spain was said to lie on the brink of revolution, the recent eketion frauds inaugurated in the gover mient’s favor having increased the number of m vl contents immensely. For cruelty to her grandchildren, Mrs. Bell was sentenced in Ottawa, Ont., to life imprisonment. Twelve unarmed Cubans were shot nnd 11 were wounded in the suburbs of Havana by Spanish soldiers. The Spanish government would, it was said, within the next four weeks put into execution a comprehensive sys tem of home rule or autonomy for the island of Cuba. The minister of war, Gen. Ramon Cas tillo, and Jose Estay, governor of the province of Macoris, were executed at Macoris by order of Ulysses Heureaux, president of San Domingo. Near Glasgow the steamer Marsden collided with the British bark Firth of Solway, causing the ’after to sink, and 13 men and the captain’s wife and child were drowned. LATER NEWS. The democrats of Rhode Island, the 21st, endorsed ex-Gov. Russell for the presidency and adopted resolutions fa voring a gold standard. The democrats of Massachusetts, in convention the 21st, named ex-Gov. W. E. Russell as their choice for the pres idency. Postmaster General Wilson issued a lottery and fraud order the 21st against the Monon Seed company of Chicago, and its officers and agents at Pueblo, Colo. The senate the 21st passed the bill for the relief of the settlers on the Northern Pacific railway indemnity lands. At Tangipoho, La., the 21st, during the excitement at the polls, A. P. Goss, populist-republican candidate for gov ernor, was shot and killed, and S. C. Hyde, democrat, fatally wounded. The strike of the clothing cutters in Chicago, which has been in progress for the last three months, was declared off the 21st, the employers winning an unconditional victory. At Philadelphia the 21st, Linford L. Biles, aged 65, was killed and his son George E. Biles aged 31, was badly in jured by coming in contract with a wire that was crossed with an electric light or trolley car current. Th. trial of Scott Jackson for the murder . choice B Ct 11 Turkeys II 12 Spring Chickens. 10 tt It Eccs—Fresh candied 8 p CUBANS MASSACRED. Spaniards Shcot Them Down While L’n nrmed— Twelve Killed. Key West, Fla., April 20. —In the suburbs of Havana ou Thursday night one of the most cruel massacres of the war was perpetrated by the Spaniards. According to advices received here 12 unarmed Cubans were shot and 11 were wounded. The massacre occurred on Los Finos farm on the outskirts of Havana. About 60 Cubans were hold ing a secret meetirgon Thursday night in the farmhouse. A Spanish woman informed the authorities, who sent a detachment of troops to raid the pliee. The troops surrounded the house and ordered the Cubans to come out. As the unarmed men appeared the Span iards fired, killing 13 outright and wounding 11. Fifteen were captured and the others escaped. Spaniards say the Cubans were plan ning a rising in Havana, and allege the troops thought the men were armed. The next day Rev. Alberto Diaz, the Baptist missionary and American citi zen, was arrested. The Spaniards say Diaz was pr vy to the meeting cf Cubans, and also assert he acted as go between for patriots in Havana and those in the field. Diaz has not been allowed to communicate with anyone since his arrest, and it is whispered that Weyler will order him tortured in an effort to extort a confession. Rev. Diaz’ friends implore the aid of clergymen of all denominations in the United States and hope that Americans will exhibit such activity as will com pel the Spanish authorities to treat the prisoner with the consideration due to a man of his profession. Slowly the truth about the defeat of the Spaniards at L<* Chuzi: is coming out. It is now alleged that Col. Deboo out of 1,500 men lost 1,000 killed and wounded. The losses in thccolumiuof Gen. Echevarria and Col. Inclan arc placed at 800 killed nnd wounded, muk ing the total Spanish iosa 1,800 in the battle. On Thursday three Spanish col umns of 2.00 U men each again crossed the troclia ai d attempted to dislodge Maer cent, larger than last year. Is 20.4 per cent, smaller than In April UM, Rallro* earnings fc; April thus far show a g da of only 2.6 per cent, over last year Tt-e stock market has grown stronger on •lories about things done abroad, a tew foreign purchases help ing, though trusts weaket."' on the sign ing ol an anti-trust law by Gov. Morton. "To many Interested In iron ore and coke, steel billets, Bessemer pig and various forms of steel, it may be disappointing that the forming of combinations and fix ing of prices have not started again the rush to buy ahead ol needs, which ma-le last year so memorable. But It la not to forget the lesson which the past year taught. Instead of Increasing, purchases have been on the whole rather sla'-keneu, though a little better in plates at the cast and in sheets at Chicago. "The boot und shoe makers have put some quotations a sh»je lower since leather has fallen below the average a year ago, and hides at the lowest average since No vember, 1554, having declined three per cent, this week. The northern and r orth western demand is backward, though he south has bought freely. The silk associa tion states that 40 per cent, of the machin ery and hands in the country are idle, part ly because of increasing Japanese compe tition. Beveral more woolen mills ha«e shut down and some have reduced wages ten per cent., while many are working only half lime, but recent advances by apprais ers not only disclose heavy undervalua tions in the past, but tend to check future Imports. The demand for goods does not Improve. Somewhat more demand 'ur staple cottons has been aroused by bar gain prices, but the closing of many mills for a time is urged as necessary. “Wheat rose about five cents last wee't, met some reaction, but is a shade higher than a week ago. After remaining un changed for many day?, rumc's either way having no effect cotton ron a sixteenth on Thursday. Heavy commercial and mill stocks hinder irost buyers, and possibili ties of Injury the coming crop retard sellers at current prices. "March imports were $3,912,455 smaller, and exports $12,366.107 larger than last year, and the excess of exports was $9,141,015. "Failures for the past week have 223 in the United States, against 241 last year and 36 in Canada, against 34 last year.” WAGES OF SIN. An Eloping Couple and Two Children Are Drowuetl. Hannibal, Mo., April 20.—Far several weeks past Samuel Drew and family and Otto Oatman and family have been tumped on the opposite side of the river, engaged in making willow baskets. Thursday night, while Oatman was in Quincy on business, Drew and Mrs. Oatman at'd her two children eloped and started down the river in a small flatboat. Friday the ilutboat sank in the river at a point about 14 miles south of this city nnd all the party were drowned. The two hildren were a boy and a girl, aged seven and nine yers, respectively. Tiic boat sank in about ten feet of water. PASSED AWAY. Death ol trthur 1. Borerncn, West Vir ginia's First Governor. Parkersburg, W. Ya., April 20. —Ar- thur I. Boreman, first governor of West Virginia, afterwards Lnited States sen ator and for eight years judge of the I ourtli judicial circuit court, died Sun day morning at 9:30 after two weeks’ illness. A general breaking down of his constitution, brought ou by over work und old age, was the cause of his death. He took an active pa.'t in the formation of the state of West Virginia and has been one of its leading citi zens ever since. He was 73 years of age. His death leaves but two of the state's ex-governors living. Seven Miners Killed. Niehart, Mont., April 20.—An explo sion occurred in the Broadwater mine at 11:15 Saturday morning, by which seven men lost their lives and six othcis were seriously hurt. The accident took place in the magazine used for thaw ing powder. Frank Doran was look ing after the powder and had just com menced loading the magazine when the explosion followed. It is supposed that his candle must have ignited some pow der. He was found 20 feet from the magazine in another drift, anti must have seen the danger and tried to es cape. The men had just finished eat ing their midnight lunch and were on their way back to work. Thirty of them bad to pass this magazine, and it exploded as about half were past. Those in the center arc the dead anti seriously wounded. Royalty Gathers at Nice. Nice, April 20.—The Dowager Em press Frederick of Germany has arrive 1 here for a visit to Queen Victoria, her mother. The dowager czarina of Rus sia, the duke of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and the emperor and einpress of Ger many arrived Sunday evening to be present at the wedding of the heredi tary Prince Ernest of Hohenlohe-Lan■ genburg ami Princess Alexandra, the third (laughter of the duke of Saxe- Coburg and Gotha (the duke of Edin burgh) and granddaughter of Queen Victoria. The arrival of the royal per sonages was greeted with a firing of artillery salutes, the ringing of bells and the cheering of the people. t'elebrotevl Austrian Sculptor Dead. Vienna, April 17.—Victor Oscar Til gner, the celebrated Austrian sculptor, :iny Friday morning at 2:15 o’clock, John Hoey and William Burns were instantly killed. John Wilson, Mat Conolly nnd John Dooley were badly injured. The fourth story of the works, in which the con verter was located, was wrecked. Bc< k to Stop Dueling. Berlin, April 18. The center party have given notice that in the reichstag to-day they will ask the government what steps have been taken to curb the dueling nuisance. To Honor De l.o»r and Hl* Fellow*. Washington, April 18.—In the senate Senator Chandler introduced a bill ap propriating SIO,OOO for the ei?ction of a monument in Woodlawn cemetery. New York -ity, to the memory of Lieutenant Commander De Long and his comrades who lost their lives in the Jeannette Arctic expedition. Shoe Manufacturer* Fall. la?banon, Pa., April 21.—The Jacob Roedel Shoe company, manufacturers of shoes, managed by 11. H. Roedel, made nn assignment Monday. Liabili ties aliout $35,000, and will be covered Ly the assets. Mrs. Sarah Mercur Deud. Towanda, Pa., April 21. —Sarah Mer cur, the wMow of Ulysses Mercur, a former chief justice of the supreme court of Pennsylvania, died here Mon day morning of euramic convulsions. She had been in poor health for several months. The funeral will be held vVednesday afternoon. Warehouse lurned. Duluth, Mi: n April 21.—Fire Mon day afternoon destroyed the dock and warehouse of the Northern Pacific railroad opposite the business center Loss, $20,000. The warehouse was under construction at the time ECKELS ON FINANCE. Aynopala of Hl* Latest Address, Delivered at Cincinnati. Cincinnati, April 18. Hon. James H. Eckels, comptroller of the currency, addressed an audience of 2,000 Cincin nati business men here Friday night. Mr. Eckels' address was on the sub ject of national finances and the cur rency and was in res|>onse to a joint in vitation of the chamber of commerce, the Clearing House association and the Commercial club of Cincinnati. He was introduced by Mr. J. B. Hearne, presi dent of the Third national bank, who presented the speaker in a few brief and appropriate remarks. Mr. Eckeis took the stand eight o’clock and spoke for over two hours. Mr. Eckels said he had no sympathy with that sentiment which sprang from demagogy and misguided politics, that ex cluded the distinctively business man front having a commanding voice in the settle ment of questions which wore wholly of a business character. In the past there !tad been too much fear of the hue and cry of noisy agitators and breeders of discontent and strife on the part of busi ness men and the result was the nation was confronted with conditions that were a continual source of harm. The people stood in need of complete freedom from the agitations which had menaced proaperily and lmi>overished the citizen since the war. At no time within the last 30 years hnd such serious conditions confronted the business world. The business depression of to-day was caused by legislation which gave new power to the free silver advo cates and placed a larger burden on tne treasury's gold reserve witho Jt increasing the nation's gold or giving the secretary additional power to protect the same. There never wen so large Investments of foreign capital In the United States as in the years irrtr’-.-dlately preceding iSW. There ne”er was so small ones as In the years since that date. The silver legisla tion of that year accomplished what all the other currency heresies and follies of three decades could not do. The American business world to-day was witnessing the result of doubt and the lessening of confi dence in us on the part of those who were the country's strongest financial allies and its greatest source of capital. The home investor was none the less a dr .bter and between them there was almos complete commercial paralysis tn every part of the country. The pernicious doctrine of .lat m and its kindred oni of inflation caused t the largest degree the continual looking U congress for monetary relief. The tinst essential to the return of prosperity was the extlnctior of the free silver fallacy. NEED FUNDS. An Urgent Appeal for Further Aid to Mias Clara Barton. New York. April 18.—Miss Clara Bar ton, president of the Bed Cross society, cables to the national Armenian relief committee that at Marash there are 3,000 persons sick of 'yphus; that the sickness at Zeitoun is increasing, with 40 to 50 deaths daily, and that there is great and immediate need of funds The committee, in giving out the cable gram for publication says: "We cannot refrain from reminding »he American people of all classes and sec tions that Miss Barton undertook this sacred fork of relief only In response to tne urgent request of the public, and assur ances that the work would be generously maintained to the end. Not one-fifth of the 15U0.0U0 needed to carry on the relief work on the smallest calculation made has yet been given and yet the need and facilities for carrying on relief are greater than ever. In fact, unless the people are aided the various agencies will be practically thrown away and thousands will inevit ably perish of pestilence and starvation. The Christianity and honor of the Amerl can people is at stake as well as the lives of the survivors of the massacres, most of whom are helpless and Innocent women and children. It should be remembered that by showing a lively interest in the sufferers by liberally supporting the agen cies at work for their relief is the best and most efficient way of securing for them more considerate treatment at the hands of the Turkish goveri merit. Individuals, churches and clubs should at once sr t-d large gifts to Brown Bros. Co.. 59 Wall street. New York, who are the authorized treasurers." GREAT STRIKE PLANNED. Campaign for an Eiglit-Ilour Day to Be gin May I. Boston. April 17.—As a result of the cfght-liour proclamation recently in rued by the executive council of the American Federation of Labor, plans have been prepared fora monster strike, which is planned to extend to New York. Philadelphia, Chicago, St. Louis and all the cities where the force of such a move would be most keenly felt. The strike will be for the enforce ment of the eight-hour work day, which is now refused. President Goinpers and Vice President McGuire, of the Ameri can feder; t ion. will l>e here Sunday to confer with the leaders. They have been ascertaining the strength of the unions, and advance leports from them say that the unions are prepared finan cially. The first move will be made in Bos ton. The carpenters have been selected to make the test, and the refusal of their demand will be followed by an instant strike in Boston, ft can be safely pre dicted that nt the least computation 60,000 men will be involved in the strike, find, if once started, the labor leaders say it will tax the resources to the great est to prevent such scenes as were en acted in Chicago, or. still worse, as were witnessed in the Homestead affair. SUSPECTS HIS SON. lowan Kobheil of £3,500 Hiding Place Known Only to Illa Boy. Des Moines, la., April 18. —Samuel R Reynolds, a grain buyer of this city, has iicen roblied of $3,500 which he had se creted in the w all of his cellar when his wife died eight years ago. He imparted his secret to his son, then 13 yeats of age. end showed him the seal which covered the hole where the treasure was hidden. Thursday Mr. Reynolds discovered that the money had disappeared. His son is now of age and has left the parental toof. Officers >.re looking for him. They Don’t Need Wine. New York, April 20.—Miss Frances E. Willard, who is about to sail for Europe, was given an ovation al a pub lie mass meeting held here Saturday night under the auspices of the Loyal Legion Temperance society. She said that the president of the United States was her friend.as it had been found that cabinet dinners could lie given without wine. Sympathy for Armenians. Ottawa, Ont., April 20.—The Domin ion house of commons has passed resolution sympathizing with the Christian population in Asiatic Turkey. Five Boat* Burned. Evansville, Ind., April 20.—The river front of this city was swept by tire a: noon Saturday. Three wharfboats and two steamers, the Alex I’r rry and A. L. Norton, were burned. The wharfboats were packed with freight, which is a total loss. The loss will reach $100,000: partially insured. Lake Captain Drowned. Chicago, April 20.—C'apt. William Cowan, of Cleveland, who was tc have sailed the steamer John Mitchell out of South Chicago Larbor for Buffalo Saturday, fell in the Calumet river Friday night and was drowned. Caused Heavy Loss. Sandwich, Mass., April 18.—The ter rible forest fire which has raged fiercely around Sandwich for the last three days has gone tn the direction of Waquoit and Shumet, and the minds of the peo ple of this town are once more at ease, for they now feel more secure. The proper«y loss in this vicinity will reacu $30,000. France Make, a Gain. San Francisco, April 18.— The brig City of Papeete, which has arrived from Tahiti, brings news that Queen Mamea. of the island of Raiatea, in the South seas, has surrendered to the French. Out on Ball. Washington, April 18. —The court of appeals Friday morning granted the writ of error asked tor Thursday in the case of Broker Elverton R. Chapman, the recalcitrant sugr r witness, and ad mitted the defendant to bail in the sum of $5,000 until the supreme court takes action in the matter. Corea Reeks a Loan. Yokohama, April 18. —The Corean en voy to Japan has gone to Russia under the authority of the king of Corea to negotiate a loan of $8,006,000, giving the Corean province of Hak.gyiag as security. STORM KILLS THREE. A Terrific Cyclone Rweepa Over Parte of Ohio. Fremont, 0., April 21. —About three o’clock Monday afternoon a terrific windstorm accompanied by a heavy downpouring of rain was seen ap proaching this city from a southwest erly direction. Just as it appearea to be reaoke for two hours tc a crowded audience at the Exposi tion building on “The impending crisis.” In an interview he said: “It the Chicago convention don" declare for free silver I shall walk out, and I think all the delegates from my state will do the same thing. The people are tired of gold bugs snd straddle bugs, and they are not going to be dictated to any more by the plutocrats of Wall street. If Mr. Bland is nominated I will certainly sunport him. I will try to get the South Carolina delega tion for him. We want no jelly fishes. We want men who are for silver and who will stand by us. If we go tc Chicago and secure a declaration for sixteen to one. and then nominate a straddle bug, It will be simply to hang out an emblem of defeat. For all the loss we would sustain by the defection of bold bugs we would gain more by additions from free silver republicans and the populists. The time has come for a new alignment and we want it made right now." Des Maines, la., April 21. —Ex-Con gressman W. J. Bryan, of Nebraska, spoke here Monday to a fair-sized audi ence on the alleged crime of 1873. In an interview he said the winning ticket must indorse free silver in the coming campaign, and that unless the repub licans declare for it in the St. Louis platform they will not carry a state west of the Missouri river. The silver men will control the democratic conven tion at Chicago or, with himself, bolt it RECORD BROKEN. Minneapolis Mill Turns Out 61.287 Bar rels of Flour in Six Days. Minneapolis, Minn., April 21. The Pillsbury "A” mill completed a re markable six days’ run Saturday, hav ing made during that time 61,287 bar ids, an average of over 10,300 barrels a day for the six days. The heaviest day’s run for the week was 10,783. The Highest record of any flour mill in the world was made by this same mill in December, 1894, when it made 55,943 barrels in six days. This last extraor dinary run isover 5.000 more than has ever been made in six days by any other mill in the world. Spain Is Satisfied. I’aris, April 21.—A dispatch from Madrid to the Temps says that the speech from the throne, which will be delivered in the fortes o May 11. will declare the entire satisfaction of the Spanish government with the attitude of the government at Washington to wards Cuba. The speech will also an nounce the intention of the govern nent to grant Cuba a greater amount ot local power in the administration of affairs in the island, but will not grant political autonomy nor any revision of the tariff. Killed by Burglars. Indianapolis. Ind., April 20. Leo llirth, a well-known and wealthy Ger man citizen, living nt 1620 West Wash ington street, where he conducted a large grocery business, was instantly killed at two o’clock Sunday morning by two masked men who were discov red in his bedroom, and whom he pur sued into the rear of the house. Mr. llirth was known to keep large sums of money in the house. fwn Little Ones Burned tn Death. Quebec, Can., April 20.—The three year-old daughter of Octave Lizotte, of St. Rocks, dtiring the temporary ab sence of her mother, overturned a lamp which exploded and set fire to the child's clothing and also to those of her 18-nionths-old sister. Both were burned to death. Eight Buildings Burner!. Spartanburg, S. April 21. The greater part of the business portion of Woodruff, 20 miles from here, was de stroyed by tire Sunday morning. Eight business buildings were burned; loss partly covered by insurance. Prominent Hi He Merchant Salcldee. Butte, Mont., April 17. —J F. Kelley, a prominent merchant, was found dt-od in his office Thursday morning with a bullet hole through his head. He had made long and deliberate preparations for suicide and .est letters to press, per sonal friends and wife. Domestic and financial troubles tvere the cause. Celebrated Emam ipation Bay. Washington, April 18.—The colored population of Washington celebrat?il the 34th anniversary of emancipation Thursday by a street parade and sjieecli making. President Cleveland reviewed the procession from the white house. Mndent Diefl of Hit Injuries. Monmouth, HL, April 18. —James W. Mair, of Poynette, Wis., a student of Monmouth college, in attempting to catch a fly ball in a game of baseball last Saturday, collided with another player, causing injuries which termi nated in his death here Thursday night. Insurgents to Issue Bonds. New York, April 17. —Gold lionds of the provisional republic of Cuba to the amount of $2,000,000 are to be placed on the American market. They are to draw six percent, inteiest and are made payable ten years after the Spaniards evacuate the island. Detroit Concern Fails. Detroit, Mieth, April 21.—The Ameri can brass and metal works located at 436-442 Guoin street and 679-685 East Atwater street, filed two chattel mortgages Monday morning aggregat ing $46,500. One of the ciortgages runs to Jacob Kock, president of the com pany. Fell from a Derrick. Toledo, U., April 18. Alexander Hamilton, of Corry, Pa., an employe of the Standard Oil company, fell from a derrick at Longley, Seneca county, Friday morning and was instantly killed, his neck being broken. CONSTANTLY IN A TREMOR. A New York Street Ila. a Chronic Case of the Shivers. A section of Twenty-six th street. New York, daily enjoys sensations similar ♦o those caused by a constant succes sion of eartbquaake shocks. Every thing in the vicinity trembles as if suf fering from a mild attack of the ague. It is really, says the New York Jour nal, perpetual motion. Tbere is a club house in this section, right in the center of the trembling district. A recent vie itor, one wnc had not been there be fore, noticed that objects on the mantel or elsewhere always moved slightly, and that he himself felt a strange vi bration. The friend with whom he was dining toughed at his uneasiness. “It's al ways that way here,” he said. “It's only a little shake, perhaps the hun dredth part of an inch, but it’s perpet ual. Some da” I fear the building will shake to pieces all at once, just like Q»e ’wonderful one-horse shay.’ The cause Oh, It’s that electric light plant opposite. Engines and dynamos run ning all the time. Enough steam power is exerted to blow the block to Jericho; enough electricity generated light square mile brilliantly every nighL AJ! the houses around here shake. I re me. iber when this block was a most exclusive residential neighborhood. Now at least half of it—the half that shakes most—is gi.en over to small shops snd cheap theatrical boarding houses. There’s one pleasanter aspect, however, to this vibration.” Then the clubman performed a pleas ing experiment. He requested the ca terer to bring him a glass of milk, some rum, ice and sugar. These he blended, after which he placed the glass upon the window sill. “In three minutes.” said the clubman, “it will be a perfect milk shake.” It was no exaggeration. The vibra tion, though annoying, at least supplied cne want MYSTERIES OF THE LOUVRE. Vague Btoriea of Imperial Crime Reawh the Outside World. Everyone who haa “done” the Louvre will remember the low-pitched and somewhat gloomy halls in which are stored the treasures of Egypt. Beneath these lie yet more darkly mysterious vaults, inaccessible to the public, though approached by a wide and hand some staircase, such os would lead one to Imagine that it communicated with apartments of some importance. Yet one finds at the bottom nothing bnt broad passages disposed In the form of a cross, and w ithout any sign what ever of door or window. A recent examination, however, of the solid walls gives experts reason to believe that the masonry is more recent than the rest of the structure in this, the oldest portion of the fortress pal ace. M. Vaugneux, a well-known critic, believes that many of the bodies of victims killed in the revolution of 1836 were immured here, and that the gov ernment was afraid to reveal the facts when the remains of their comrades were collected beneath the Cotonne de Juillet. On the other hand, M. Blonde], the architect of the buildir l- and M. Nor niand, the secretary of the Society for Protecting Parisian Monuments, hold the opinion that these subterranean passages led to the oubliettes into which Catherine de Medic is cast those who were unfortunate enough to incur her hate or fear. A judicious explora t’on would clear up the matter, and settle, too, several doubtful points as to the foundations of Lescot’s original citadel. Unfortunately, the annual grant does not provide for any such archaeological research, and it would l>e necessary to appeal for funds to the generosity of the chamber.—London Chronicle. HAD BEGUN TO PROSPER. A Pathetically Humorona Story Told of a Cnmbarland Mountain Farm"-. A writer in the Detroit Free Press tells a pathetically humorous story of a friend of his. Jack Negly, a Cumber land farmer. The writer had lent Jack a few dollars, with which to buy a pair of steers, and had received from him many visits of apology; for Jack was tin honest man, and did not enjoy being in debt. He was a renter, and at least every other season he was occupying a dif ferent farm. By my advice, he had moved the year before into an entirely new field, a dozen miles from his usual haunts, and 1 had not seen him for several months. When I did see him. nt last, it was by accident as business called me into his neighborhood. As 1 rode past his place he hailed me from the corn-field and came cut to the fence. “Hello,” I exclaimed. “Is this your farm “Yes, and I jist come over to tell you, colonel, that I’ll be rcadj to pay part of that claim uv your’n afore long.” “You must be doing well?” "I think I'm doing fust-rate, and I’m powerful obleeged to you. colonel, fer Leadin’ me this way.” “I’m always glad to help, if I can.” “I knowed that, colonel, and that’s why I come away over here so fer irnm home. Hit's kinder strange to me, but ez long ez I’m doin’ ez well ez I am I'm a-goin’ to stand hit.” “Are you making any money?” Jim’s face brightened perceptibly. “No, I ain’t, colonel,” he replied, hope fully; “but I’m losin’ it slower’n I ever done in my life afore.” It struck me as rather odd at first, bnt upon reflection 1 concluded that Jim might have reason for his hopefulnees. Gy peine. Kanitar.ans say that the use of kalsomine and paper on tbe’walls promotes disease, ow ing to the fact that the glue and paste used. Ireing animal mat ter, decay and breed germs To have the home strictly healthful and clean, one should use a tinting orcoloring for the wall that does not contain anything of an animal nature. Permanent wall finishes are non- made to overcome this ob jection, and at the same time, by their last ing cement qualities, to overcome the fur ther objection to kalsomine, that it has to he washed off. The wall finishes harden with age, and can be recoated thirty or forty times, each successive coat cemen .ing itself to the others and making the plas’er wall so much stronger and better. One of the best known and most used of the permanent finishes is Gvpsine, called by the manufac turers, “The Everlasting, Healthful Finish which adequately and truthfully describe it. 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