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enemy could ask as terms for surrender.
with abundance of provisions for the hun
cry soldiers and transportation to their
distant homes.
IF he could have been In Chicago in May
a monument over the dead confederate
prisoners of war and could have been with
us at the dedication OF the national park
at Chickamauga I'm September last. to wit
ness the assembling of Gov. Morton, Gov.
Mckinley, Gen. Alger. Gen Grosvenor.
Gen. Bates. Gen. Gordon. and multitudes
of those of the blue and the gray I'm cordial.
fraternal greetings. he could have known
that his prophecy of peace was not de-
iusive hope. but happy fruition. mirrored
In the expressions of all his countrymen.'
Philadelphia, April 2s.-Gen Grants
memory was honored with speech
story and good fellowship at the Union
League Monday night. Many prom
inent men in military. naval official
and civil life were present. Col. Fred
Grant was the guest of honor. Those
responding to toasts were Gen. Bragg.
Mayor Warwick, Hon. Robert S. Cousins,
of Iowa; Hon. j. l.. Dalzell, of Pennsyl-
vania; Hon. Andrew ID. White. of New
York; Rev. Dr. Francis J.. Patton, o.
Princeton; Gen. C. III. Grosvenor. of
Ohio; Hon. Charles A. lIoutelle, of
Maine, and Senator NJ. c. Butler, OF
South Carolina.
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ERoM WASHINGTON.

In the United States there were 23s
business failures in the seven days
ended on the 24th, against 223 the week
previous and 230 in the corresponding
period of 1895.
At the Leading clearing houses in the
United States the exchanges during the
week ended on the cath aggregated
si,012, 1885, 500. against s7s4. S3s,764 the
previous week. The increase, COM
pared with the corresponding week in
1895, was II.
Advices say that the national treas
ury deficit for the fiscal year ending
June 80, 1896. will be, approximately.
SIS. OOO. 900.
On the 27th the visible supply of grain
in the United States was: Wheat, S.
O3O,O 900 bushels; corn, 15.156,OO0 BUSH
els oats. 9,T37 900 bushels; rye. $780,
900 bushels; barley, 1,229,O0O bushels.
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WEST AND SOUTH.

At Denver, Col, the American nation
al bank closed its doors with liabilities
of ss55.231
Rev. Albert Crabtree, of Clark coun-
ty, was nominated for secretary of
state at the prohibition state conven-
ton IN Findlay, o. The platform dc
clares for prohibition, favors woman
suffrage, opposes alien ownership Of
land and favors free coinage of silver.
The firm of James f. Joyce a. Com
pany, wholesale grocers at Little Rock,
Ark. failed for s525.0c0.
At Denver Judge johnson accepted
Mime. NJ. A. Warren as juror in the die
trict court. She is the first woman 70
serve as q juror in Colorado.
In Illinois congressional renomina-
tions were made by the republicans as
follows: Tenth district, George w.
Prince: Eleventh. walter Reeves: Six
teenth, Gen. John l. Rinaker; Eight
zenith, w. f. l.. Hadley. In Ohio the re-
publicans nominated Seth w. Brown in
the Sixth district.
In the mill pond at townsville, Wis,
Edna Varney and Emma Cunningham,
aged Is and 16 years. respectively, COM
mitted suicide by drowning.
BY a coal oil explosion the wife oi
Herman Scharnitzka, of Cleveland. o.
and her two young children were fatal
~ burned.
The president of the American FEEDER
elton of Labor says that over 100000
men will make a demand for a shorter
day on May 1.
Virginia republicans in convention al
Staunton elected Mckinley delegates te
the national convention and adopted q
platform flvoring the gold standa
ard protection to American industries
Advices from points in Iowa. Min
nesota and Ohio tell of the general OBJ
servance of Arbor day.
For cause unknown John Lore, liv-
ing 80 miles south of Huntington. W.
Va, shot and killed his wife. fatally
shot his fathe--in-law. Mace. and then
fatally shot himself.
The largest woman in Missouri
Daisy Davis. died at Columbia She was
20 years old and weighed $50 pounds
On July Is low a republicans will hold
their state convention in Des Moines.
The death of Ezra Beamon Newton,
aged i0l years. the oldest Shaker in the
coum v, occurred at Harvard. Mass.
He deserted his wife and children In
| Is4s to embrace The Shaker faith.
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FISTS AND WRISTBANDS.
They Figure Prominently In - Disput
Between Congressman.

They Figure Prominently In u Dispute
Betwe congressman.
Washington, April PA desperate
and sensational encounter took place
Just before IL o'clock Thursday in the
house naval committee-room between
Representative Hall (dem., NO. and
Representative and Senator-electM Money
(dem., Miss.). Representative Money
had his head badly gashed above the
right temple. Representative Hall is
unhurt save bad bruise on his neck.
The weapons were fists AMI heavy cut
glass inkstands.
The fight was over the Wilson bill for
recognizing the personnel of the naval
engineer corps. Representative Hall
said the statements made by the line
officers of the navy against the bill
were false and without foundation.
Representative Money took offense at
this, and asked IL that assertion applied
to all who took the same view as the
line officers.
Representative Halls reply was uu-
satisfactory, and Representative Money
called him ID liar"
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STREwn WITH FLOWERS.
Graves of Confederate Dead Are De
GRATED I'm the South.

Graves of Confederate Dead Are Dec
GRATED I'm the South.
Jackson, Miss, April 27.-Decoratioh
day was celebrated here Sunday. The
procession and crowd were the largest
ever seen here on similar occasion
Several old federal soldiers joined n
the ceremonies, and graves Of northe n
as well as southern soldiers were GOV
cred with flowers. Capt. w. A. Mont
gomery, of Edwards, was the orator II
the day.
Lake City. Fla, April 27.-The usual
programme Tor confederate Memorial
day here was carried out Sunday after
noon. Music was furnished by toe
Cadet band The cadets of the state
college. public school children. vet
Grams of both armies. town officers, fife
department and citizens Joined in tn,
procession, and the attendance was
large. The floral decorations wer.
pretty and appropriate. A salute OF
three rounds was fired over the graves
at the conclusion * the exercises by
the cadets of the college.
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front of the main entrance to the Union
League clubhouse. 1t makes an inn
posing spectacle.
Aside from the unwilling the great
feature of the celebration was the mil
itary parade. About 5000 men were
In line. The veterans of Grant post,
G. A. r., constituted the guard of honor
about the statue.
The presentation exercises were be-
gun with prayer by Rev. DR.. A. j. +.
Behrends. Then Gen. Stewart J.. Wood
ford made short speech, presenting
the statue to the city. Mayor
Wurster accepted the statue on
behalf of the city. At this point
the veil was lifted. Bishop John p.
Newman delivered the dedicatory
prayer. Gen. Horace Porter then de-
li,ered a eulogy on Gen. Grant and
Bishop Mcdonnell pronounced the ben
addition
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LATER NEWS.

The British secretary Of state for the
colonies, Joseph CHAMBERLAIN, an
nounced in the house of commons the
2sth; that five of the leaders of the re-
form committee of johannesburg ~.
II. Hammond, Francis Rhodes. George
Farrar, Lionel Philips aud Charles
Leonard) had been condemned to death.
The Mashonaland (South Africa
agency at London. has received the
following dispatch from Buluwago.
dated April 81: big engagement this
morning. Three Impls surrounded us.
Defeated and routed them with great
loss"
The residence of Frank Malloy and
Conrad Kirchner near Montrose, s. ID.
were demolished by a cyclone the night
of the 27th. The home of Michael
Mannion was torn to atoms and carried
away. The family, consisting of him
self, wife and five children, were badly
injured and were all nnconcious when
found.
The Old Dominion steamer Wyanoke
collided with the U. 5. ship Columbia
at the Newport News (Va.) pier at &
a. m. the 2sth. The wyanoke sank in
a few moments in 60 feet of water. All
the passengers and crew were saved,
but the baggage was lost
Commander ooth-Tucker. of the
Salvation army, while out on slum.
ming expedition in New York the
night of the 2sth, was arrested and
taken to the police station. Bail was
fixed at $1,000. which was furnished BY
Steve Brodie. The charge against the
commander was walking the streets
in disguise" He was wearing a false
wig and beard.
In Lac qui Parle county, Mimi, hail
stones three inches in diameter fell,
and were driven several inches into the
ground. Dead ducks were found after
the storm on the shores of the lakes.
The little town ot Epiphaney, S. D..
was wiped out by a cyelone the 2sth.
The gold reserve in the U. S. treasury
the 2sth was S135, $40, 502-
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THE EAST.

A proposition to admit women as lay
delegates to the general conference of
the Methodist Episcopal church has
been defeated.
louis z. Hermann and Charles Pus-
tolka, wife-murderers, were electro
cuted in the penitentiary at Sing Sing,
n. Y.
Penns ylvania republicans in conven-
tion at harrisburg elected delegates to
the national convention who favor Matt
Quay for president. The resolutions
favor protection and reciprocity and OPP
pose the free coinage of silver. Galusha
A. Grow and S. A. Davenport were re-
nominated congressman at large.
Edward Karleskind shot his wife
near Meadville, Pa, and then cut his
own throat. Both are dead. Domestic
trouble was the cause.
The pioneer in the cheap novel bust
ness, George Munro, died in New York.
aged II years.
The death of David III. jerome, of
Detroit, who was governor of Michigan
from January 1, 1851, to January /, 1888,
occurred at Watkins Glen, N. Y, aged
81 years. He had been in poor health
for several years.
Simon Hssselbach, aged nearly 20, IA
tally shot his son William, aged IS, in
quarrel at Union City, Pa, and then
shot himself fatally.
In a sawmill at Flinton, Pa, boiler
exploded. killing Matthew McGough,
sawyer; S. S. Gates. a helper, and j.
b. Burgoon, proprietor of the mill.
In their home near Chester, n. Y, Mr..
and Mrs Barney Cullen were burned to
death.
On her trial the battle ship Massa-
chusetts averaged 1918 knots and her
builders win bonus of 100000.
Samuel ID. Backus, a civil engineer,
who was associated with Morse in de-
yeloping the telegraph, died in Canaan
daigua, y. Y, aged 30 years.
In Brooklyn a bronze equestrian
statue of Gen. Ulysses S. Grant, pre-
sented by the Union League club 20
that city, was III veiled in the presence
of 10000 people by Master Ulysses s.
Grant, a grandson of the general.
At the age of Sc years John w. HouS-
ton, who was elected by the wings to
congress in 1874 and served three terms.
died IN Georgetown, del.
Percentages OF the baseball clubs
in the National league for the week
ended on the Goth were as follows:
Philadelphia, .s57; Pittsburgh, .7li;
Washington, .57i; Cleveland, ST.; Chi
cago, $50; st. Louis, $50; Cincinnati,
$50; Baltimore, 500; Boston, 500,
brooklyn, .429; New York. lab: Louis
vile, Ill.
In squall the fishing schooner y.
W. Campbell. of Gloucester, Mass, went
down and nine sailors were drowned.
In the penitentiary AZ Sing Sing. y.
". Karl Feigenbaum. alias Anton Lain,
who murdered Mrs. Johanna Hoffman,
in New York September 1. 1894, was ex-
ecuted by electricity. He was said to
lave been the London Jack the Rip
per"
/ In Boston Pemberton Brothers. deal
ers in sheep skins. failed for 100000.
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LuNAIuc MURDERS FIVE.



Rockville. Ind.
Terre Haute, Ind, April eT.-Dis-
patches from Rockville. county seat of
Parke county, give fuller details of
Saturdays tragedy, in which Peter Egg
bert, youth of % years, apparently in
sane, killed five persons and then COM
mitted suicide. His victims We're Mrs.
Herman Haschke and her two children,
Aggie and Herman, aged ten and eight
years respectively, Sheriff W. ID. Null
and Constable William Sween. The
Rockville dispatch says:
About seven o'clock young Egbert
was sent into the back yard to saw some
wood for family use. Shortly after
wards, while Mrs. Haschke was out
milking her COW, Egbert secured a
double-barreled breech-loading shot
gun, and going into the Haschke house.
which was next door to his home, shot
the little daughter, child of ten years.
dead, and wounded the boy, two years
younger, who ran out on the porch.
where Egbert shot him again, killing
him instantly. The murde rer then
vert out into the alley and leveled his
gun at Mrs. Haschke, who, seeing his In
tention, attempted to escape. He shot
her, however. the charge taking effect
in the top of her head, removing part of
her skull. Mrs. Haschke fingered in an
unconscious state for about two hours
when death ended her sufferings.
Having completed this work OF
brtchery, Egbert shouldered his gun
and deliberately walked up into the
business part of the town. Sheriff Null
and Constable Sweem were planning
means of capturing the murderer
Egbert was walking across the north
side of the square. holding his gun
in position, with both barrels
cooked, when he sew Null and Sweem
crossing the street towards him. lie
called out TO them that they had bet
ter not come any nearer. The two
officers retired into stairway IN the
national bank building for a moments
consultation. when Egbert turned and,
coming upon them suddenly, shot and
instantly killed both men.
The murderer then started to run,
taking a westward course towards the
fair grounds. "a number of citizens in
close pursuit. He ran like a deer I'M
til, while crossing an open field just
west of town, a shot from mis- pursuers
took effect in his heel. This crippled
him. and though he managed to scale
the Enclosure of the fair grounds he
was unable to run further, and crawl
ing into stall in the fair grounds, he
shot himself in the right breast. The
fire from his gun ignited his clothing
which was partially burned when he
was found.
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FROG AND TOAD JonAHs.
Yarns Accepted Not without Doubt
Amateur NaturH lets.

Amateur Naturk llsts.
Most persons when they hear natur-
alist tell about peculiar doings b.
birds, animals. or reptiles grin and ask
about big fish. One tale, which no one
but naturalists seems to believe, was
told in the Forest and Stream recently
by Allen Chamberlain. He SAYS he
heard u cry down in Florida such as
distressed frog makes and found that
blacksnake was swallowing a frog.
When the frog was out of sight the
snake was shot through the head and
the frog was liberated. At first it was
stupefied. but was soon as lively as ever.
Within 20 years the same paper has
recorded at least a score of just such
instances, reported by as many indi-
yiduals, who gave their real names and
addresses, and who declared they had
seen the stupefied toad or frog come 10
as from trance. hop about as if dazed,
and at last go away as lively as ever.
s. d. Kendall, in the Forest and
Stream for June, 1892, told about
mother quail which in trying to protect
her young got within reach of a rattle
snake. The snake was killed in the
act of swallowing the bird. When re-
leased the bird was for some time stu
pefied, but after awhile recovered
enough to stagger off. On the next
day she was all right and caring for her
chicks.
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NINE PERISH.
Great Ions of Life BY q Cyclone In
Kansas.

Great Loss of Life BY Cyclone In
Topeka, Kan, April ga cyclone
passed over Clay county Saturday at
midnight. Nine persons were killed
and so injured. The cyclone wrought
great destruction of property and q
great deal % live stock was killed. The
dead are Frank Peterson, wife and child,
Eli Balthazar and wife Julius Trembly,
Jesse Hazen, Mrs. Halverson, and a
grapdchild of Peter Anderson.
The cyclone started about six miles
south of Clifton and went In north
easterly direction for IL or Is miles,
nnd then lost it's force by spreading.
1t passed about half way between Cliff
ton and Morganville. It's track varied
from $50 yards to a quarter of mile
in width. 1t tore through farming
community and left nothing standing.
Houses and barns were wrecked, trees
torn up or broken, fences leveled and
haystacks blown in every direction.
The cyclone was followed by terrific
rainstorm, which lasted several hours,
flooding the devastated district. The
cyclone took the people unawares.
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THE WEATHER HELPS.
The Hopeful Feeling In Trade Circles
Continues.

The Hopeful Feeling In Trade Circles
Continues.
New York, April 25.-R. @. Dun g.
Co., in their weekly review of trade.
say:
Business has been favored by season
able weather and the distribution Of prof.
ucts has made fair progress. not yet re-
duclng retail or wholesale stocks far
enough, however. to materially Improve
the position of Industries. Money markets
have grown more favorable. ms well as the
etate Of foreign commerce. and until an
apparently groundless revival OF discus
sion about the Venezuela difficulty there
was a brighter prospect of European In
vestments here. The belief that agfta-
ton for cheap money will be permanent
~ laid at rest this year Is gaining ground
and In financial quarters causes more con-
fidence for the future. Prices of commodi-
ties are on the whole lower than ever be-
fore, having declined about two per cent
since April l and IL per cent. since July, 1880
or October, 1899. The fall In manufactured
products is little less than II was April |.
but IN farm products greater.
Failures for the week have been 23s In
the United States, against 230 last yeas
and a in Canada. against 81 last year"
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Ex-Gov. FOREMAN of West Virginia,
whose death occurred recently in Par
kersburg, had the rare distinction of a
unanimous vote for Governor. In April,
1868, an election was held in West Vir-
Iinia to adopt OF reject an amendment
10 the State constitution abolishing
slavery. This was adopted by a vote OF
rs, 32I to ST. In June of the same year
an election for Governor was held. and
Arthur i. Foreman, the unconditional
Union candidate. was elected without
opposition. receivong all of the 25.797
votes cast. In 1864 the State gave Lin.
coin 2S.I52 votes. while Mcclellan re-
Seiyed 1O,42S.
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GRANTS BIRTHDAY.
The Anniversary Appropriately
Observed In Various Places
A Notable Celebration ut GsIens, ILL.,
Longstrect, Grants Former Foe, Pays
Tribute-EmInent Men Gather
In Philadelphia

Galena, ILL.,, April 2s.-Business was
generally suspended here Monday and
the city was in holiday garb. the oc-
easicn being the observance of the an
niversary of the birth of Gen. Grant
Hundreds of visitors were present from
Illinois and many from Iowa. There
was a civic parade, after which a re
union of the survivors of Grants old
regiment, the Twelfth Illinois volun-
teers. The chief feature of the pro-
gramme was the mass meeting in the
afternoon In Turner hall, at which,
after patriotic selections by the orch ~
ira and audience. ex-Congressman John
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strike Rumors False.

Chicago, April 25.-Samuel Gompers,
president Of the American Federation
of Labor, is in this city. In an interview
he denied that an industrial upheaval
has been planned for May 1. The report
that he had said that on that date 500,-
600 men would be on strike he pro-
nounced false. He said that he did be.
lieve, however, that before the second
week in May 100000 workingmen will
be working from one to two hours less
a day than they are working at present.
but it was his belief that for the most
part the shortening of the working
day will be with the consent of the
employer and without resort to the
strike
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A SHINING EXAMPLE of what
may be accomplished BY never vary
ing devotion &c single purpose is
seen in the history of the Mccormick
Harvesting Machine Co., Chicago.
For o5 years they have simply been
building grain and graSs-cutting ma
chinery, and while there are probably
forty manufacturers in this line, it is
safe TO say that the Mccormick
Company builds one-third of all
the binders, reapers and mowers used
throughout the entire world.
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c. Black, now United States attorney
for the Northern district of Illinois. de
livered an grafton.
Tribute from n Former Foe.
Boston, April 2S.-Gen. Longstreet,
of Georgia, Grants great antagonist.
In the guest OF the Middlesex club an
on Monday night was the principal
speaker at its annual Grant banquet.
Gen. Longstreet, upon rising to re-
spond to the toast, was received with
long-continued cheers, the audience
standing and rapturously greeting him.
and even during the first few sentences
Il was impossible for the general to be
heard consecutively, owing to the In
terruption of applause. He said,
among other things:
"Of all OF the union commanders he was
the great leader who accurately surveyed
the great field of war. the elements OF
strength. and points OF error. and consid-
cred the vast means so necessary to solve
the problem.
He stood alone as the man for the time.
When II was ended the war with him was
over. His heavy blows were changed 10
pleasant salutations. Incapable of malice
his generous heart offered all that his
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HERO HONORED.
Fine Equestrian Statue of Gen. Grant
Unveiled.

Fine Equestrian Statue of Gen. Grant
Unveiled.
Brooklyn. April 27.-The fne eques-
trian statue of Gen. Ulysses Simpson
Grant, which the Union League club, Of
Brooklyn. has bought for presentation
to that city, was unveiled Saturday aft
ernoon with imposing ceremonies. The
veil was lifted from the statue at about
three O'Clock by the hand of little
Ulysses Grant, grandchild of the general
and third son of Col. Fred Dent Grant,
of New York. The statue, reputed
judges say. is beauty of its kind. II
is of heroic size, 16 feet high, made of
bronze and weighs 10 tons. William
Ordway Partride was the sculptor.
The statue stands on Bedford avenue
at the corner of Dean street just in
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1T is generally conceded in Europe.
since the recent Olympic games. that
American athletes compare favorably
with any of the heroes of whom Pinder
sings as victors. II Is a little unfair
TO assume so much in the absence of
those gentlemen and their inability TO
assert themselves as against the living
but there is no reason Why American
athletes should not be better than they
Certainly they devote time enough II
the exhaustion of muscle.
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PROF. SWIFT. of California, has
spotted long-tailed COMET sailing along
in a leisurely way toward the earth.
The people would welcome a comet
with a respectable tail, because the re-
cent bob-tailed comets nave been great
disaDDointments
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Had Millions IN Land.

ID. George Morrison, OF Superior, has
commenced suit to recover 1000 acres
of mineral LANDS, situated in the Vernlil-
lion and Missabe ranges, which he pur-
chased about 30 years ago from the gov
eminent, indirectly. under the Indian
treaty of 1855. and subsequently al
lowed to go tax sale. lie wants the
tax deeds set aside, having been advised
that they are practically worthless.
The lands are worth 81 ,5O0,0O0