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Friday, Aug. IL.

Edison, the electric wizard, Is at the
Worlds fair. lie says he has given up
electricity because all his inventions are
stolen. He Is now engaged in metallurgy,
and says no makes sapphires and rubies,
the latter costing not more than So per
pound.
Illustration Of tho "stringency:'' Two
burglars blew open two safes in the Midway
Mass, savings bank, and got only 81 FOL
their trouble.
An illicit whisky still in full operation
was discovered In u cell Of tho county Jail
at Birmingham, Ala. The plant consisted
OF q bucket. a piece Of glass pipe, three tir
boxes for fermenters, and n spittoon for
furnace. Apples aud molasses provided
the alcohol.
Thomas j. Hankins. "Jcff'' rs no WA
Familiarity called, a noted horscman an,
gambler with q reputation for beinl
square," Is dead at Chicago, aged 5syears
At Coffeyville. Kas., last week 81 In
dams were paid s50l each. The Coffey
Vile banks have received for deposit an
collection over e2O0, 900 Of the checks, an,
Coffeyville merchants secured somethin
| like 500, 200.
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Slaughter Of Italians by French.

LONDON, Aug. 21.-The Paris CORE
s%pondent Of The Times says Of a fight be
tween French and Italian workingmsn II
Aihues-Mortes "At least fifty were killed
and $50 were wounded In the fight. Tn,
French. numbering 800, carried ever,
kind Of weapons, from pickaxes ant
bludgeons to fire arms. There wer,
frightful hand-to-hand fights in tn,
streets; afterward 800 Italians barricaded
themselves on a farm. They were be
sieged forthwith by the French and a reg
ular battle followed. Whenever an Ital
ian escaped he was hunted like q rat to hi
death.v
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Crisp. There are a
few surprises, but
the two that make
the most comment
are the deposition
Of Springer from
the house leader
ship for the Demo
Gratis as chairman
Of the ways and
means committee,
and the appoint
lment Of William
l.. Wilson, ofW est
Virginia, to that
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Want Bread and Work.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. GA mob Of un!
employed laborers marched to tho city
hall and called out tho mayor, who was
greeted with cries of Bread" and
Work" Tho mayor advised them to
return to their homes, assuring Thorn tho
city would soon have money to prosecute
public improvements and give many
work. The mob dispersed quietly.
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KILLED WITH A cLUsBeD GUN.
Fatal Encounter Caused by = small Case
Of Trespnss.

OF Trespnss.
DEKhLB, Ills, Aug. 22.-Whilc returning
from a hunting excursion In the country
Frank fuller, Of this city, entered the field
Of Smith Avery, about two miles south Of
town, and helped himself to u bag of corn.
A passer.by mentioned the fact to Avery.
who Immediately started out to see about
it. On his approach 1uller dropped the
corn and drove of in hot haste, with Av-
cry In pursuit.
Being overtaken fuller dubbed his gun
and as Avery approached tie wagon dealt
him a terrible blow Oh the head from
the effects of. which he died five
hours later. Tuller, who is q carpenter,
drove home and went to work next morn
ing as usual, but on learning OF
Avery's death ut once gave himself up
to the officers Of the law and is now in the
county Jail. Avery was IN intelligent
young farmer Of about IS years, prOmi-
nent!y connected and stood well In the
| community.
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DEATH OF JNO. L. CHAPMAN.
The Representative OF the First Michigan
District Passes Away.

DETROIT, Aug. 1S.-Representative j.. l..
Chapman, Of the First Michigan district.
died yesterday morning. The deceased had
been troubled with general debility all sum.
mer. He was attacked by hypostatic
pneumonia u few weeks ago, and was
then taken to the hospital very sick man.
He rallied, however, and for the past ten
days was thought to be improving. The
fatal attack was unexpected.
Judge Chapman was a native Of thii
city, born June 8, 1880, and was admitted
TO the bar here in 1864. After holding
some minor official positions and exercis
ing an active influence In the politics Of
the city and state, he was In 1879 elected
to the superior court bench and SO con
tinued until elected to congress as a Dem
Ocrat In 1886. He was reelected In 1888
1890 and 1892, and was now, therefore, en-
tering upon his fourth term.
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is NOT FOR SPRINGER.
TIA LEADERSHIP OF THE HOUSE
THIS SESSION.

As Head OF the Ways and Means Commit
tee-Tho Illinois Statesman Chairman
of the Banking and Coinage-Holmnn
VIII Have To uc Content with Indian
Affairs.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 22.-The event that
all members OF tie house were looking
for with interest has come and the COM
mittees have been announced by Speaker
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Killed By the sheriff,

HERMANN, No., Aug. 2J.-Fred Neff.
who murdered Chris Blatner at Nor
rison, Gasconade county, On Oct. 8.
1901, was killed at Portland by Sheriff
Windsor of Galloway county, while re-
sisting arrest.
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Behrlng ses Arbitration.

PARIS, Aug. l6.-Ths Behring sea arbi.
tration commission has completed its
work and the two nations most interested
will now proceed to extract such comfort
from the decision ~ IL possible. II may
be said, however, that IN all the points
involving international right tue United
States hrs lost, while that country has
gained a certain protection for her seals.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-25
DAY SET FOR OPENING.
President Sets Sept. 10 as tho Day n
Opening Cherokee strip.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 23.-Thc president
has issued his proclamation opening tho
Cherokee Strip TO settlement at tho hour
of IL O'Clock, noon, central standard
time, Saturday, tho 18th of September.
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Hwedcs and Irish at War.

DENVER, Aug. .3.-The feud which
has existed for years between the
Swedish smelter men and the Irish rail-
readers, mt the extreme east end, re-
suited In a fierce fight. Oscar Olsen Is
now lying dead in the morgue, while
two others are at the hospital expecting
dnnfh
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Getting Ready 70 Omen the strip.

GUTHRIE, o. IT,, Aug. 23.-Twcnty-
five men were sent into tho Cherokee
Strip to begin work on the four new land
offices ut Perry, three miles north OF
Wharton, on tho Santa Flo road, Enid,
on the Rock Island, and Alva and Wood.
ward, on the Panhandle branch Of tho
Santa Fe.
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Proceedings of the House.

IIOCCCuhhAo Va - sOuoo
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2S.-The interest
in the silver debate was transferred from
the house to the senate, but the audience
in the former parliamentary body was
not entirely disappointed, although
Breckenridge of Kentucky, who was OK
pected to open the debate, did not ap-
appear. Mallory (Dem., Fla.) was the
first speaker against the unconditional
repeal of tho Sherman law. Hopkins
Rep., Ills.) took the other side, Incl
dentally charging the Democrats with
craftsmanship. The 10 Populist from
Nevada, Newlands, made a good i'm
preston in his speech, which was a Wig
orous one in support Of the free coinage
of silver. Bynum Dem, Ind.) made a
short but interesting argument in favor
nj the Wilson bill. The surprise of the
day was the speech of Hepburn Rep.,
Ia.1. who was comptroller OF the cur
rencv under the Harrison administra-
ton. He disagreed with his party
colleagues and emphatically declared
against the repeal of tho Sherman law.
That law, he c~ontended, had been bene-
fetal in its effects and it should not be
repealed. Jones Dem., Va.) closed the
DAVIS debate with an argument in favor
of Mi-metallism.
The senate bill was passed admitting
free of duty all articles intended for OK
hibition at the California midwinter in
ternational exposition.
The house then took a recess until 8
o'clock; but only after an agreement
that during the remainder of the week
the daily hour of meeting shall be 10
o'clock.
The Evening Session.
After tho recess Ellis Dem, Ky.)
rnole in favor Of free coinage and &C.
yrreIy criticised the position taken by
his colleague (McCreary) upon the ques-
tion. The sherman l~aw-poor, though 1t
was. he said, was the only obstacle
which stood between bimatallism and
recommendation. McKaig dem. Md
advocated the free coinage Of silver. DE-
Forest Dem, Comm favored the i'm
mediate repeal of tho silver purchasing
clause of the Sherman act. The neces'
rSty for which is SO clearly written on
the face of public distress. Williams
Dem. Miss.) though depricating the
necessity of having to speak to empty
benches, spoke in favor of the fra
coinage Of silver. The house adjourned
mt ll:A0.
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DISASTROUS washout at Sioux City.

Sioux CITY, Aug. 23.-The bursting
of an embankment on Wall street that
held in check thousands Of gallons Of
steam water, flooded the Chicago, St..
Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha round
house. =
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Indians to Try the Kelley Cure.
LEAvEEwORTn, Kas.. Aug. l9.--Two
fuli-bloodsd Indians Of the Delaware tribe
have arrived here from Coney, Kas., TO
take the Kelley cure.
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Youthful Town Horse Thief.

Sioux Cry, Aug. 23.-George Coffee.
an "l1.year-old boy, was arrested here for
stealing a horse, which he was trying to
sell when arrested. Is :
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Sioux City, Aug. 23.-S.ate Bank Ex-
aminer Miller has reported the two sus-
pended banks at Lemars solvent.
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VIrsinis Dsmocrsts Nominate.

RICHMOND, Aug. 1e-The state Demo.
cratic convention nominated Charles +.
O'Ferrall, now q representative In con,
gress, for governor, and II. Z. Kent fol
lieutenant governor.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-25
Monday, Aug. Ell.

Elizabeth Scholka, OF Milwaukee, MAJ.
ried forty years. aud mother Of nineteen
children, all living and all over n years,
has sued her husband for divorce, alleging
cruelty.
At Bansford, England, a boy has been
born whose mother, a girl OF II years Of
age; grandmother, "a; greatIgrandmother,
81, and great great-grandmother, ~. are
still alive, we'll and hearty.
BY m explosion In the Kaiserstuhl coal
pit at Dortlund, Westphalia, fity miners
were killed and many injured.
Senator Morgan has started for the Uni
ted States and the senate chamber from
London. He is q free silver man and
when he takes part in the debate he IL
likely to speak a week.
Ed j. Dundon, a base ball player OF
Columbus, o., who was deaf and dumb IL
dead Of consumption, and just before his
death he recovered both hearing and
speech, which he lost at . years of age
through typhoid fever.
At Buchanan, Ark, the free silver Dem
ocrats burned Cleveland in efiigy because
OF his message to the extra session.
Tuesday, Aug. :a.
n bcuoOi uibtIict III llOpkinIOu, N. l.i
contains this year but q single pupil, and
the board Of education has engaged the
child's mother ~ teacher.
A monument 10 Abraham Lincoln has
been unveiled at Edinburgh, Scotland. Its
cost was paid by Amer. cans In Scotland,
helped by prominent S~cotchmen.
Don Jose Galindo, mayor OF Valencia.
Spain, has been sentenced to fourteen
years each on 2l1 indictments for falsify.
Ing public documents, 3,03s years In all.
Texas is reported TO have the only w0.
man bank president in the United States.
She Ia Mira. Annie Moore, who IN president
Of a national bank at Mount Pleasant. that
state.
A feud between Irish and Swedes EN-.
ployed ON railways and in snielters, re.
spectively, at Denver, has resulted in q
fierce fight and one death--Oscar Olsen
while W others are dying.
A carriage containing Ave persons was
run down by a Lehigh Valley train at 10.
roy, N. u, rad all were killed. The VIC.
TINS were; Mr.. and Mrs. J.. j. Bovee,
Miss Ola Boyse, Nancy Wyeks, and Emma
Bowdsu.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-25

Omaha city bonds failing Of sale in the
east have been offered In the homo mar.
ket, with the result that many thousands
Of dollars withdrawn from the banks and
hidden are again put in circulation.
Mrs. Anna K~arlowski, an aged widow,
was attacked by n bull at Decatur. ILL.,,
impaled on the animals horns, thrown to
the grown and trampled upon. She died
Of her injuries.
William Wallace Sacket has been ar.
rested at Racine charged with i~nveigling
Mrs. Ida A. Clark into n bogus marriage.
Sacket Is said to have O wife living ut
Grand Rapids.
Mrs. Charles Irwin, wife of n printer
now In Chicago, committed suicide by
jumping from u rowboat into Lake Men
dota. She was left by her husband while
he went to Chicago In search Of work and
wa without money.
The liabilities Of Louis +. Mcnnge, who
recently failed ut Minneapolis, are SEIZED
ulcd at $l,300,727 and tho assets si,370,
2OS.
While a party Of merrymakers was cross
ing a bay In the west Of Ireland tho boa
capsized aud seventeen Of them wer,
drowned.
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-25
MARKETS BY TELEGRAPH.
Chicago Grain aud Provisions.

CHICAGO, Aug. q. -Dullness and weakness
were the features Of tho wheat market and 1t
closed from 5sc 10 pc lower than yesterday.
Corn was decidedly weaker and lower, closing
from pc to NC lower. Hog products ruled
quiet, with very slight change.
CLOSING PRICES.
wHEAT-August, 6llsc; September, 6ils,;
December, 693sc.
CORN-August, 3sc; September, $ssc: May,
llIsc. :.
OATS September ,e935sc; October, 2i2tc; May,
Eg5sc.
PORK September, sls.Se October. si3.W.
LARD-Scptember. ss.aj: October, $500.
RIBS-September. si.9.Ia; October, STA
The Red Cloud chief., 1893-08-25
Chicago Live stock.

UNION Stock YARDS,
CHICAGO, Aug. g.
CATTLE Receipts, 1900. COMMON TO ex-
ira steers, s2.0J0Dj.D. stockers and feeders,
g.. 25Qt3tO cows anu heifcrs, sl.O01ai0.
HOGS Receipts, l5,UO. Heavy, sL9jQ5t5 10;
mixed and medium, s5.2J0a75; light, $500
5.75.
SIIEEP-Receipts, 1000. Poor to choice,
Sl.l513.55; lambs, s2,JOp5lOO.
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HISTORY OF A WEEK.
Wednesday. Aug. 10.

Forest fires arc causing great damage in
northern Wisconsin. The towns OF Bruce
Crossing and Matchwood have been swept
away by the flames. a woman and baby
arc miss sg and it Is feared that they have
persisted.
Obituary: Az Halifax. ox-United States
Consul General Frye, aged 90. At Racine,
Wis. Peter Hutchinson, aged 80.
On account Of charges OF cruel treat
ment Of children In the industrial school
for girls at Bcloit, Kan, Mrs. Lease, who
IL u member Of tho state board Of chart
ties, has taken charge OF the institution.
The word "cop' for policeman IL 300
years old, shortened from "copitank," or
~"coptank," u peculiar kind of hat.
Judge John T.. Allison, Of Sioux City,
will not accept the Democratic nomina-
ton In Iowa already declined by Governor
Boies.
Jonah. Texas, residents burned the
president In efigy In order to express their
d~issapproval Of his silver message.
The National tribune., 1893-08-24
THE MEXICAN PENSION ROLL.

One Which Is Not " Purged,' and in Which
There Are No Suspensions.
On the Mexican Pension Roll there are
the names of 1925 survivors and 1882
widows, and something over 5000 cases
were pending at latest reports. This makes
total of 25.497, or several thousand more
men than the United States had in Mexico
at any one time during the war.
These all receive either So OF S12 month
of Gen. Samuel Cooper, a New Yorker by
BIRTH who was Adjutant- General of the
United States Army at the outbreak of the
war, and used his position to aid the rebels
in preparing for the struggle. He resigned
his position to become Adjutant-General of
the Southern Confederacy, and oficiated as
such until the rebellion collapsed. Mrs
Cooper has been drawing pension since
June 8, 1887
The widow of Thomas ]. 'fStonewall "
Jackson, who was next to Lee the most
popular commander of the rebel armies.
The widow of Maj .-Gen George E. Pick
EFT. who commanded division in the rebel
army.
The widow Of Maj. Gen. Gideon J. Pillow,
who commanded a division in the rebel
army.
The widow Of Lieut.-Gen. A. P. Hill, who
commanded one of the three corps of Lees
army.
The widow Of Ma. Gen. JAS R. Chalmers,
who was Forests chief lieutenant.
The widow of Maj.-Gen. Dabney H.
Maury, who commanded the rebel troops at
the battle Of Chickasaw Bayou.
The widow Of Sidney Smith Lee, who was
dismissed from the Navy for "going over to
Che enemy" and afterward became a Com
modeTe in the rebel army.
Hon. S. B. Maxey, late United States
Senator from Texas, who has been drawing
his pension since May q, 1887. He was a
Major-General in the rebel army.
Hon. Jas. Z. George, Senator from Missis-
sippi, aud who served in the rebel army as
Colonel The number of his certificate is
1924.
Hon. A. H. Colquitt, Senator from
Georgia, who was a Major General in the
rebel army, draws a pension under certif-
cate 1879
The widows above mentioned are of men
who were educated at the Coy eminent ex.
pense and afterward fought to destroy tho
Government. They went on the roll al
once, while last April there were pending
the claims of 1855 widows of Union sol
diers who had not yet been able to get OF
the roll.
The National tribune., 1893-08-24

THE Southern comrades are organizing
to make determined push in the coming
National Encampment for Comrade Edgar
Allen, Past Junior Vice Commander-in-
Chief, and Past Department Commander of
Virginia, for Commander-in-C Chief In ad-
dition to having a strong candidate they
have many strong reasons why the Com
mander-in- Chief should go at some time to
the South. They will point out to the
National Encampment the courageous effort
they have been making for years to keep
the campfres of Loyalty burning brightly
in Dixie, and the success they have achieved
amid discouragements such as no other COM
rades have had to encounter. They will
claim that Departments numbering many
less than they have in the South, and with
much less reason for recognition, have been
given very substantial honors, while nothing
Of Importance has ever come as show of
appreciation of the work done by the COM
rades in the rebellious States.
The National tribune., 1893-08-24
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The National tribune., 1893-08-24
CHANGING THE RATIO.

Secretary Carlisle has given very strong
reasons against the proposition to change
the ratio between silver and gold to 90 TO 1
in the immense cost of the operation. 1t is
by no means the most powerful argument
against it. In the first place it would be
giving away much of the case to the bimetal-
lists. They have contended that the depres-
sion of silver is merely temporary, and the
result of a conspiracy to raise gold at the
expense of silver and the debtor class If
the United States Government officially ac-
cepts this depression, or any portion of it,
it would be a powerful influence toward
making it permanent. Afterwards there
would be little hope of raising silver above
20 toll
Then, too, ratio of 20 to would satisfy
nobody. 1t would be so far below the market
value Of silver that the dollars coined would
still have TO depend upon the Government
fat for their acceptance, and if dollar must
have any fiat quality it might as well con-
tinue as it is
Certainly if France is able to carry $780,
100000 at the ratio of 152 to one we should
be able to carry $4O0,OOOoOO worth at a
ratio of 16 to one.
1t were infinitely better not to tinker any
more with silver until the value of the
metal is definitely settled. Repeal the pur-
chasing clause of the Sherman law, and then
wait and see what results will follow.
The National tribune., 1893-08-24
INVESTIGATE THE PENsIoN-RoLL.

Why is it that the pension-hating papers
are so silent-or else so actively hostile to
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE's proposition to
determine the character Of the pension-roll?
They have been vociferous for years for
an investigation of the roll, and filled thou
sands of columns of truculent denunciation
OF the multitude of disreputable characters
that they alleged could be found upon it.
They did this because they believed that
it would be impossible to give the lie to
their calumnies. They knew that an ex-
animation of the entire pension-roll was
well-nigh an impossibility. There is no way
in which so large mass Of cases as 9OO,0OO
can be properly examined in any reasonable
number of years If an expert could aver
age careful examination of one case day
it would take 1000 experts three years to
go through the whole mass; or, it would
take 500 experts six years, or $50 still an
incredibly large force-12 years.
THE NATIONAL TRIBUNE met these
enemies with a challenge so fair and con-
elusive that it commended itself at once to
the good sense of all fair-minded men.
1t demanded-and still demands-tbat
test be applied, which can be done in few
hours, and which will settle the whole ques-
ton in the public mind, and at once.
We have asked that all the essential facts
be given in regard to 1000 or more cases
taken consecutively from some designated
place on the roll.
Nothing can be fairer than this. The
veterans of the country are willing to stand
or fall by it, Certainly if the pension-roll
is loaded down, as our enemies say, with
deserters, bounty-jumpers, shirks, short
term, lste-day, big-bounty men, and other
undeserving characters, the 900 cases drawn
ont will show this conclusively. The dis
reputable pensioners-if there are any-are
not slowed away by themselves in any one
part of the roll. There must necessarily be
as many of them in the 1000 cases that
happen to be taken, as there are In any and
every other 1000 cases on the roll.
If our enemies really believe portion of
the ISLANDERS they have been uttering they
should rise as one man and second THE Ma
TIoNAL TRIBUNE's proposition, in The ex-
pectation of getting abundant proof of their
assertions. 1t would convince the country
as nothing else could of the urgent need
of purging the pension-roll." That they do
not accept our challenge shows conclusiyely
that they know they have been lying
recklessly and Indignantly about the SOL
diers of the country.
We still hope that Commissioner Lochren
will see the wisdom of ordering this investi
cation as a sure way of indicating the
honor of his comrades.
The National tribune., 1893-08-24

That is, it takes five men nearly week
to allow one case, and the whole 5000 only
average about .039 of a case-about two
fifths of one per cent of Casa day,
among them. 1t other words, it takes 254
men working one whole day to allow sim
gle pension for brokendown veteran.
The question naturally arises: What is
the Pension Bureau being run for-to PEN
sion the old soldiers, or the army of en-
ployes?
The National tribune., 1893-08-24

THE hope that we expressed two weeks
ago of the rapid recovery of Hon. J. Logan
Chapman, of Michigan, was unfortunately
ill-based. He suffered relapse and died
at his home, in Detroit, on the morning of
Aug. II. The comrades have lost a sincere
and faithful friend. No matter what his
party caucus dictated he could be relied on
all the time to vote for the interest of the
veterans. T5
The National tribune., 1893-08-24

THE utter lack of commanding financial
wisdom and of sound practical business
sense has been the most striking feature
of the Congressional proceedings thus far.
No one seems to thoroughly understand the
situation of the country, and no one has pro-
posed any plan of relief, which has COM
mended itself to the public attention.