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The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
THE WORLDS FAIR.


Many Departments Getting Thor TX.
hIblts In Good shape.
WASHINGTON, Jan. Y. The depart.
ment Of agriculture is not behind ia It's
preparations for an exhibit at the Chi.
cago fair. Four car loads altogether
have been shipped SO far, and Mr..
Willets. the representative Of this
department upon the government
board, us well as chairman Of the board
itself, expresses the hope that not less
than onc-half OF the material for the
entire exhibit will be shipped to Chi
cago before the lhth OF next month.
about which time the actual work ol
installation will begin.
Commissioner of Education w. r.
Harris intimates that the exhibit Of
the bureau Of education will be par.
ticularly interesting one. Among the
exhibits will be samples Of text hooks
printed during the earliest years 81
the settlement OF the country. Models
will be secured from the patent Office
showing the evolution OF school furni
ture and fittings. Laboratory teach-
ers and students will daily exhibit
quickly performed experiments in
heat, light, sound, electricity, etc.
The exhibit Of the United States fish
commission is very far advanced.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
A l.npid Cotton-Msrker.

Ennis, Tex, boasts of having the
swiftest cotton marker in the world,
whose name is Charley Hainey, col
ored boy, said to have come from Pine
Huff, Ark. On November Is last he
marked 1000 bales in six hours with
thumb brush, marking four let
tiers each, which broke the record of
marking cotton up to the present age
and memory OF old cotton men. He was
presented with a medal that cost SIS
by New York cotton firm recently,
which entities him to the Champion
ship Of America.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
CURRENT TOPICS.
THE NEWS IN BRIEF.
F,ETv-SECOND CONGRESS,

In the senate, on the 18th, Immediately after
the reading Of tho journal, upon the formal
announcement by Senator Sherman Of the
death Of ex- President Hayes the senate adj
joufned. -. In the house the session was a
short one The bill establishing a court Of ap-
peals for tho District Of Columbia was passed,
and then. after the delivery of eulog.es upon
the late Rutherford B. Hayes, the house, as a
mark OF respect to theImemory OF the ex pres.
dent, adjourned.
IN the senate, on the 10th, discussion Of the
Anti.option bill was continued. but without
action. Mr.. PETER concluded his speech In
favor Of single term for president, and new
Mcaarrahan bill was introduced and referred
TO the judiciary committee 49,. In tho house
the greater part Of the day was consumed in
flibustering and dilatory tactics defeating ac-
ton on the bill for the erection OF a monument
to the prison shin martyrs and on the measure
for the construction Of a revenue cutter for the
Pacific coast But a bill was passed to meet
the requirements Of the inter- state commerce
law relative to the testimony Of witnesses.
IN the senate. Oh the 10th, the credentials Of
Mr.. Gray, democrat, OF Delaware, for his sec
ond term from March 4 next were presented
and placed on file. The senate then adjourned
out of respect to the memory OF Rutherford B.
Hayes. former president Of the United States,
1t being the day Of his funeral .In the
house, after the transaction Of some uniin-
portant business adjournment was taken at
lilo p IN. out OF respect to the memory Of the
late ex President HAYES.
Is the senate, on the 2lst, the new Columbian
postage stamp was vigorously attacked bv Mr..
Wo.cott Coll, who called up his joint resolu
ton directing the discontinuance Of these
stamps. The auti-opton bill was discussed for
little over an hour and then went over with
out action. -. In tho house the session was
ushered in by an eloquent speech on the ma
tional quarantine bill from Congressman Ray
nor tMd.), who depicted the danger which was
imminentlto the people Of this country from
strictediimmigration.
In the senate, OH the I'd, the anti option bill
was taken up but again went over without &C.
ton, an agreement having previously been
reached that vote should be taken on the
3lst. The Cherokee outlet bill was then taken
up......In the house the quarantine bill was
taken up. Several amendments were adopted.
an the bill was finally passed. After a wran.
gle over the New York and New Jersey bridge
bill the remainder Of the session was consumed
in the consideration Of the sundry civil appro.
priations bill
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
LATE NEWS ITEMS.

Thousands Of petitions for Sunday opening
Of the Worlds fair are pouring ia ON congress-.
The electoral votes of five states failed to
reach the senate on time aud have not been
heard from.
The collapse of the Capital savings bank at
Lincoln, Neb., is complete 1t had deposits OF
$65O,OOO
Bank Wrecker Harper, now In the Ohio peni
Tertiary at Columbus, has been denied pardon
by President Harrison
Frank A. Mareschall was arrested in st. Louis
for attempted blackmail by means of threaten.
ing letters.
There is no county treasurer 10 Franklia
county, Ark, AMI no candidate for the office.
The bond 10 too large and the salary too small.
The Portland, Monterey & Gulf railroad is q
new enterprise that will By built from Port
land, Tex, to Monterey, Mexico $50 miles
The latest letters received in London from
Samoa state that Robert Louis Stevenson, the
novelist, is in good health.
Herman Houlsche is missing from his home
In st. Louis and 1t is believed that he was
drowned Sunday night while crossing the river
on the ice.
A tract Of land embracing fifty acres on the
summit Of historical Mission Ridge, near Chat.
tanooga. Tenn, has been sold to the United
States government for $4,000
A dispatch from New York aays that Rev.
John O'Connell, rector Of the American col.
lego at Rome, has bcen appointed eoadjutor
to Archbishop Kenrick Of st. Louis. 1t lacks
confirmation.
A new American line Of steamships from New
York to the west coast of South America By
the straits OF Magellan. 10 soon to be sstab
lished.
Mary Colvin, the pretty and yo,rng horse
thief OF Kansas, was pardoned from isll at Fort
Scott, and has celebrated her gslpass by steal :
ing team and carriage from livery stable.
A Russian generals wife elopsd with nj.
hilist, who was detailed for that purpose, but
they were both decoysd back 10 Russia and ar
rested, The general, on mssting his wife,
thrust his sword through hsr hsart.
Diphthsris is prevailing at Galesburg, ILL.,,
to an alarming extent, and 1t is feared the pub
lie schools will have to be closed. Thirte On
deaths have occurred during tn, last two
weeks.
James Fewtrell. or superintendent Of tine rail
mills Of the Illinois Steel Co., was found dead
in the road near Joliet, III. Hs had been out
disease.
Harvey Bidstrup, we'll known farmer, about
81 years Of sge was found dead at his home I
miles west Of Pleasant Green, Mo.
Sam Barlow, 70 years Of age, died in st. Louis,
at the residence OF bis daughter. Mrs. Alice Ad-
kins, from the effects OF morphine, 1t 10 SIP.
posed taken with suicidal intent.
All the prisoners, seven in number. confined
In the Miller county tArk.l jail. escaped by cut.
ting hole in the floor and then tunneling for a
distance OF II feet.
Sister olympia died at the convent Of st.
MRry's Of the Woods near Terre Haute, Ind.
Of pneumonia. She was one Of ths six sisters
who came. in 1870. from France to found the
order of the sisters Of Providence.
Very Rev. Pers Martin. tho newly elected
general OF the Jesu'ts, has issued from London
instructions to his American brethren to re-
Train from discussing or interfering with the
educational question In the United States.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

c. w. Mayfield, who formerly oper-
ated the Capital Turf exchange in Lit
tie Rock, was tried and fined $780, on
the Esd, in the police court for violating
the pool-room ordinance. 1t will be re-
membered that the ordinance was tested
in the circuit court, a decision being
rendered in favor Of the city last De-
cember,
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

PITTsBuRGH. Pa, Jan. 2s.-The car
shops of the Pittsburgh & Lake Erie
railroad, located at CHARTERS station.
together with number of cars and
much valuable machinery, were de-
stroyed by fire Sunday night. The
flames were caused by leaking nat
uraf gas pipe. The loss is about t00,-
900, almost fully insured.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
UNCONSTITUTIONAL.
Chicago Can Not Impose License Tax
on Tugs Having Federal License.


on Tugs Having Federal License.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 2i.-The United
States supreme court has reversed the
decision of the state supreme court Of
Illinois in the case Of William Hartman
against the city of Chicago The
amount involved is only 1900. but the
principle is important 1t concerns
the legality of an ordinance Of
the city providing that owners Of
towing tugs must have a license frori,
the city, or will be stopped from toy
ing vessels in the Chicago river. Its
man had federal license TO engage in
the coasting trade. The court, in an
opinion by Justice Field, says that this
license was sufficient, and that thelocal
license of the city of Chicago is un.
constitutional and void.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
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PERSONAL AND GENERAL.

EIGHr persons were instantly killed
and sixteen injured by collision at a
crossing near Lonsdale, r. l.. on the
18th. between freight train and a
sleigh filled with merrymakers return
ing from dance and supper at Woon-
socket.
ANDREW CARNEGIE, the great steel
manufacturer, has returned to this
country after years sojourn abroad
THE tivc-story building at 49,, 43i and
4:6 North Third street, Philadelphia
occupied by DUNCAN, Hood & Co., mo-
rocco drcsscrs, was partially destroyed
by fire on the night OF the nth. Loss
estimated at about s120, 900; fully COW
cred bv insurance
BETWEEN II and ~ o'clock on the
night OF the 18th, while a sleighing
party, consisting OF fifteen or twenty
people, was returning to Cleveland
from Euclid, O., the sleigh was run into
from the rear by an electric motor,
throwing the occupants in all direc-
tions and injuring six persons seriously.
TIRE general assembly of Delaware
passed joint resolution, on the 18th,
retiring Chief Justice Comegys and As
sociate Justice Houston within fifteen
days. The judges have become ply
sically infirm, and, it is said, mentally
incapable through many years of hon
orable service.
FRANCE has warned England that
she can not remain Indifferent to an
act on the part OF Great Britain that
tends to infringe independence Of the
khedive as did the late interference
with the selection of the Egyptian
ministry.
THE legislatures OF several states
passed resolutions, on the 10th, on the
death of ex-President Hayes
THE Gardape, tramp steamer bring
ing over the first consignment of the
Krupp Worlds fair exhibit, had been
out twenty-six days from Ham burg, on
the 10th, and there were fears for her
safety. The cargo contains none of the
celebrated heavy guns.
The fly wheel of an engine in the
Alice rubber mill, at Woonsocket, II. l.,
weight 10000 pounds, burst on the 10th,
wrccking the engine room and causing
$3.50 damage. OF the l 1000 employees
not one was injured.
RONALD WINN, Baron st. Oswald,
died in London, on the Goth, aged 7s.
PETER JACKSON, the pugilist, has
signed contract with Manager Stock
well, of San Francisco, to appear as
Uncle Tom, beginning on February ~.
Parson Davies will take the part of the
auctioneer. The piece is expected to
run in San Francisco for three weeks
and then be put on the road.
Ir is now said that Lord Dufferin,
British ambassador ut Paris, will be
appointed in place of Sir John Thomp-
son, should the latter be unable to act,
as arbitrator in the Behring sea con-
troversy.
SEVEN or eight OF the firemen of Hook
and Ladder Truck No. of New York,
were injured, three Of them seriously,
at LEO o'clock a. IN. Of the 2lst, by the
fall of the west wall of Story g. Co. IS
four-story warehouse, at the southwest
corner Of King and Washington streets,
during fire.
Mrs. CHARLES II. HoYr, known on
the stage as Flora Walsh, died in Bos-
ton on the 22d. p
ELEVATOR c. of the Carondelet mo '
Grain and Elevator Co., with its con-
tents of /, 100000 bushels of choice
wheat, WAS burned on the morning of
the 29d, involving loss of about ST.
$50, on which, however, there may
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

OFFICIAL confirmation was given, on
the Goth, to the rumor that a reconcilia-
ton had been effected between ex-King
Milan of Servia and his wife Natalie,
of Belgraed. What the political result,
if any, of this reconciliation will be can
not be prophesicd, but the Official state
mcnt that the differences between the
ex-king and Natalie have been settled
has caused great popular rejoicing In
Servia.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

DIR. HERR, who was arrested in Lon
don, on the GOTH In connection with
the Panama frauds, says that no act of
corruption can be traced to him, as
during the whole campaign of corrup-
ton he was never in France, having
been travelling abroad at the time. As
to the future, he said he preferred sui
eide TO prison.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
I,adlx Dalnaged by Fire.

CINCINNATI. Jan. 24.-The queens
ware establishment of George Fl. Dean
4 Kite Bros, at the northwest COR
ner of Pearl and Walnut streets was
damaged by fire to the extent Of $50
600. The building iS FIVE stories high
and was well stocked with fine import
ed china.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

A RESOLUTION was introduced in the
Indiana state senate, on the 10th, to in
struct the Indiana delegation in con-
gress to vote for keeping the Worlds
fair open on Sundays. Vigorous OPP
position was encountered from the re-
publican members but the resolution
was adopted by party vote.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

The trial of the ex-senator Mcdonald
will case began in the Hamilton county
(nd.) circuit court, on the Esd, on q
change of venue from indianapolis,
The suit is brought by Malcolm Nc.
Donald and others against Josephine
Mcdonald, widow Of the late ex-sena-
tor, the charge being that the sigma
lures of Mr.. Mcdonald and the wit
nesses to the will are all forgeries.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Samuel Fcwtrcli, ex-supcrintendent
of the rail-mills OF the Illinois Steel
Co., Joliet, ILL.,, was found dead in the
road the other morning. Heart disease.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

The Daily News of Des Moines. L.,
publishes the afiidavit of John j. Ham,
ilton. United States attorney, that +.
M. Hubbcl offered him s20,0 to sup
port his proposal for the purchase OF
the waterworks by the city of Des
MoineA
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

A. ]. Morton, d years old, q clerk in
the employ Of the Philadelphia and
Reading Coal Co., Chicago was found
dead. having been murdered.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

THE outbreak Of cholera in the Neitle-
ben lunatic asylum, near Berlin, shows
no signs of decreasing in virulence.
The total number of cases, up TO the
elst, was s,xty-three. OF Those attacked
nineteen had died. Prof. Koch reports
that the river Saale below the asylum
Is infected with cholera bacilli.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

An effort is being made to locate the
Illinois state fair at bloomington per-
manently, and the legislature to APP
propriate $4,000 for buildings.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
Tho Good Road Fever.

A movement has been inaugurated
in Missouri for better roads, The good
road fever seems to be sweeping over
quite number Of states.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
A Defaultsr and Bondsmen sued.

Suit has been instituted at St. Louis
against ex-City Treasurer Michael
Foerstel and bondsmen for t64, 100, the
amount OF Foerstel's shortage. Some
of the bondsmen refuse to pay.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

SIR HENRY TRuEMAN Woop. secretary
OF the British royal commission of the
Chicago exhibition, will sail for New
York en- route to Chicago at the end OF
February. He will remain in Chicago
until October.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Rr REV. JOSEPH DwENGER, bishop OF
the diocese of Fort Wayne. died on the
night OF the a2d, at Fort Wayne, Ind,
OF organic disease OF the heart, from
which he had been an invalid for three
wears.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

The Exchange Telegraph Co. of Lon
don is authority for the statement that
Prince George Of Wales will marry
Princess May Of Teck during the second
", ,.k Of Aurjl
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Mrs. SAMUEL X. IASeRELr., of DEN
ton, Md. and her three children were
buried in one grave on the 18th. The
mother and her three little ones were
taken down with measles a week be-
fore and all died on the same morning.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Colorado will pay " 500, the amount Of 70.
ward offered thirty years ago. to Tom Tobin.
scout and trsppsr, who killed two notorious
dseperadoea
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Col. THOMAS OcHILTREE will sail
from England for the United States
February He will have in his charge
several horses belonging to Col North.
the Nitrate King" and some racers
belonging to others, which he will take
to Chicago.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

THE returns issued by the French
board of trade show that during the
month of December, 1892, the value OF
imports decreased 81, ss2, 900 francs, and
that the value of exports increased 49,
Oil, 100 francs, rs compared with the
value OF the imports and exports of
the corresponding month in 1891.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

Gov. Brown of Maryland decided. on
the 18th, not to recognize the applica-
ton OF Gov Chase of Indiana for the
extradition of Amos II. lIosmer and
Edwin w. Rouscllc, Indicted Iron Hall
officers. who are charged with embez-
element.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

STATE COMPTROLLER CAMPBELL Of
New York, in his annual report to the
legislature, on the Goth, says: There
is now practically no state debt, and
the states finances are in satisfactory
and sound condition.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

ir was reported from Lincoln, Neb-,
on the sd, that the stockholders OF the
Capital national bank would attempt
to reopen the bank in ten days.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

THE business failures occurring
throughout the country during the
seven days ended on the 10th number
200. For the corresponding week Of
last year the figures were 27f
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

THE issue Of standard silver dollars
from the mint aud sub-treasury offices
during the week ended January 81,
1905, was e.9i, 594; for the corresponding
period OF tS9. the issue was &249, 200.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

REPRESENTATIVE HARRIS was the only
member of the Ohio delegation in con-
gress who was not prevented by illness
or press OF business from attending the
funeral of cx-Presidcnt Hayes.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

THE president, on the Esd, sent to the
senate the nomination of Frank G. Par
fridge, OF Vermont, to be envoy extraor-
binary and minister plenipotentiary Of
the United States to Venezuela.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
TIE McBeth lamp fiue works at r

THE McBeth lamp hue works at FL
wood, Ind, the largest of the kind in
the world. were destroyed by fire on
tho ood. The warehouses were saved.
The fire originated from too high pres
sure of natural gas. Over 600 men are
thrown out of employment. The loss
is estimated at slOO, 900; fully insured.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
Tur cholera in the Neitleben lunatic

THE cholera in the Neitleben lunatic
asylum at Halle, Prussia, grows worse
in type and more fatal. A number of
those stricken with the disease have
died within few hours afterward.
The total number Of cases, from the be-
ginning of the outbreak up to the 23d,
was eighty-four, Of which thirty-cight
proved fatal.
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28

The funeral of cx-Prcsitlcnt Ruther.
ford Il. Hayes took place at Fremont,
O., on t.le GOTH
The Van Buren press., 1893-01-28
Jaln Berg: Alton; slightly injured.

1
join Berg. Alton; slightly injured
Frank Still, Alton; badly burned,
dlassner tooyl. Alton; badly burned.
Iimotny sullivan, East ST. Louis; fatally
burned.
9eo; hucksr, Wanp; facs and hands burned.
:, IL McPike, Alton; slightly burned.
=, n. Caidweh, Alton national bank; seri.
John Barr. unknown; badly burned.
known =
VIM Ballsntyns, wann.: badly burned
Las. Chssson. Alton; slightly burned
badly burned
Frank Miller, Alton junction, face aud hands
badly bur ned
Frank James, homo unknown; b.ily injured.
A. Mcmillan. East st. Louis; badly burned.
John Fitzpatrick, East 81. Louis; badly
Andrew Fretz, Edwardsvillc crossing; slight.
ly burned
George Drucker. American bottoms; hands
and face burned
The foregoing lists may be divided az
follows: Dead, 10; injured in st. .Joseph's
hospital, si injured ut Wann TALL very
serious cases), a; others injured and re-
moved, 81
1t is the opinion OF the physicians
and nurses that nearly all the serious.
ly injured will die, and should they
live they will be physically ruined for
life, doomed to perpetual suffering,
The extent of the calamity Is as yet
hardly realized as it will be later on,
anu al a.r'he TINS week there VIII De
succession OF funerals, whi'c the end
- 'oo iar Oh ior even an estimatc OF the
u"'naec 70 ne ana iimp ASIDE from
.na. " properly resulting from one
nnoen. cafeiessness on the part OF
'"''r'ao c'apioSe'
Later-Four More r,e.d.
sr. Lor,s. Ian u nisn.tchc. f,a,,
Alton. III announce the f,llo,v;rr al.
ditionnl deaths. =,
Georcc Roiam r-,nar attor
J. n Murray ASSESSOR Irnn.r Alta,
Charles H.liar AI,an ;,, III. .''
Joseph Hermann r. Alton
Herman Valentine Is also ~ Tho mint
of death and Otto Hauerman car mo-,
live the dav ont :. -
Tho Death List Will Reach Thirty.
ALTON, ILL.,, Jan. 2s.-It is quite Ger.
tain that before the week ends the
neurological roll will include ut least
thirty names. Physicians say that
nearly all of those seriously burned will
die. The full outburst Of sorrow Is
just beginning to be manifested rs the
people realize at the graves Of the loved
relatives and friends the awful signifi.
canoe OF their bereavement
Coroner Kinder was busy yesterday
with two juries impaneled, and as fast
rs yerdicts were rendered the l1oflies
The herald., 1893-06-18
Ar.oss - Temperanco yyou,sn.

The unexpected death Of Mrs. A. @.
Thorp Of Cambridge will be deeply felt
in the Woman's Christian Temperance
union. She had been prominently iden-
titled with the work not only in Cam
bridge, but in the state at large. When
she went to California some time ago,
she took with her her enthusiasm for
this work and met with very cordial
welcome from the union workers there.
Though she went for refreshnent and
rest, she was not content to be idle. She
was charmed with the magnificent seem
cry of the Pacific slope and wrote of it
in the most glowing terms.
Mrs. Thorp was interested in many
social movements, and her home in Cam
bridge received many Of those who were
engaged in promoting them. The Wom-
ans club in Santa Barbara, CAL, gave
her very hearty greeting. Fer their
meeting she wrote some verses express
ing her keen appreciation of the delights
of the country in which she was sojourn-
ing. They also reveal much of the deep
religious and poetic fervor of her mind.
There is in them, as it now seems, almost
hint of premonition of the end. She
wrote that ''the old were seldom weary"
and that "the fainting spirit rallies as it
takes its flight above" almost as if con
scious that she was soon to take her de-
parture, in ripe old age, from the land
Of flowers. Boston Globe.