ro LIVE.
To live, should l?o to make each day
The gateway to a higher thought;
The ladder-round by which we climb
To some fair purpose wrought.
To live, should be a constant growth,
No more content with Nature’s dower;
A striving for the unattained,
A strengthening of every power.
To live, should mean the present time
Out-shines, out-reaches yesterday;
That promises of farther heights
Smile in the efforts of to-day.
To live, should mean to you and me
So much that every hour should be
A treasuro given to light our souls
To knowledge, truth and purity.
—Carrie Renfrew in the Woman’s Tribune.
THE STOKY OF TITO.
Tito was a brown little Peruvian
Indian with coal black hair, bead-like
black eyes and teeth so clear and
white that they looked like a double
row of pearls between his ever
smiling- lips. My acquaintance with
Tito came about-in this way: In 1K87
I began a small job printing business
in Laredo, Tex. It was not long be
fore I had formed the acquaintance of
Senor Juan Schleicher, who. in ad
dition to the manufacture of rubber
-tamps, was also engaged in job print
ing. Our acquaintance soon ripened
into friendship, which rosultod .ina
copartnership, I moving my iittle
plant into the '‘Tienda del Tron”—
railroad store — which was store,
stamp factory, printing office and res
idence of the Schleicher household,
consisting of father, mother, two
daughters, Juan and two Peruvian In
dian servants, the youngest of whom,
Tito, is the hero of my story.
Maximilian Schleicher, the head of
the family, was a sturdy old Prussian
who, turning his back on the father
land away back in the ’40s, made his
way to Peru and amassed a comfort
able fortune and attained distinction as
an officer in the Peruvian army. When
the war with Chili came on, Gen.
Schleicher was so unfortunate as to be
defeated in an important engagement
and had to fly to escape the wrath of
his superiors. Reaching our hospit
able shores with his family and a
rgmnant of his fortune, he settled at
Laredo, and commenced to furnish his
neighbors with groceries while Juan
made rubber stamps and printed let
ter heads.
The general was a scholarly man of
varied literary attainments, possessed
an extensive, well chosen library, and
was withal a delightful conversation
alist. He would discuss philosophy,
religion, history, science and politics
by the hour in three languages, while
his brown little Mexican customers
would clamor in vain for five cents’
worth of sugar and a dime’s worth of
coffee. His books and conversation
had drawn around him a circle of con
genial spirits, among others, Senior
Cartarino Garza. Garza wa3 hand
some, courteous, learned and brilliant,
esteemed by all in this little coterie
of culture. He, with a brother, had
been engaged in the publication of a
Spanish newspaper, El Horizonte, pop
ular on the Texan side of the Kjo
Grande, but execrated by the Mexican
officials of the state of Temaulipas.
Rumor had it that a prominent officer
of that commonwealth, tiring of the
paper’s denunciative utterances re
garding his administration, had hired
assassins to summarily put a quietus
on the Garzas. At any rate, they were
attacked in the office one night and
Catarino badly wounded, while his
brother was killed, which resulted in
the suspension of El Horizonte.
Senor Garza lived alone near the
• ‘Tienda del Tren, ” in an old ram
bling building, which with a high
wall, surrounded a gloomy, neglected
court At the time I first became
acquainted with him he had set about
an arrangement for reviving El Hori
zonte. but had been warned by anony
mous letters that he did so at the peril
of his life. Disregarding these cow
ardly threats, he continued his prep
arations and'engaged me to assist
him in some of the preliminary steps.
The paper was to bo partly in the
English language, and the impression
became prevalent that I was to con
duct that department though I had
not definitely agreed to do so.
Chancing to be in Nuevo Laredo,
Mex., one evening about this time, I
was accosted by a villainous looking
official whom I had seen lurking
around the tienda several times, ask
ing if I had engaged with Garza in
resuscitating El Horizonte. On re
plying that I had made no definite ar
rangement to that effect he ominously
rejoined:
■ ‘It will be well for you to drop that
man. He has long baen a source of
annoyance to our government and it
will be worse for him and his abettors
if he renews his attacks," and looking
significantly into my eyes he passed
on. 1 reported the occurrence to
Garza, but a muttered curse between
his set teeth was the only comment.
Two days later the official came into
the tienda to inquire about some rub
ber stamps and remained some time.
While he was present, lito, the In
dian boy, came in from the postofflco,
and on seeing the stranger darted
aside with a frightened look, threw
the mail on a desk and scampered into
the library, whence from his refuge
behind a bookcase he watched the
evil-eyed officer until he departed.
The boy then came. to the door and
followed the retreating form with his
bead-like eyes until it disappeared in
the gathering shadows of the evening.
In answer to my inquiry, he spoke a
lew words rapidly in his mother
tongue and ran into the rear jipart
ments of the house. His brother in
formed me that Tito had heard the
official make some dark threats against
Senor Gazrn in a cantina that morning.
Next evening Garza and I were
making out an order for printing ma
terial, in his library, a rear apart
ment of his house which opened out
on the court. Darkness had fallen
and we had just lit the lamps, when j
some one began to knock fop admis
sion at the gate which gave ingress
| to the court through the wall. He
! went out and on asking who was
I there, the name of an intimate friend
j was given in a subdued voice. As he
placed his hand on the latch to open,
a childish voice cried:
“Do not opon! Do not open! They
will killyou!"
Thon wo heard enraged cries in
concert, a pistol shot rang out, fol
lowed by the screams of the child and
(fhe noise of scampering feet. Garza
threw his gate open and emptied his
revolvor at the fleeing forms of three
men as they vanished in the chap
arral.
On the ground lay poor Tito weltering
in blood. Returning as usual from
the post-office his sensltivo suspicion
was aroused by three men whom ho
saw omerge from the woods and knock
at Garza’s back gate. On approach
ing ho saw tjhey were maskod and car
ried arms, and ho gave the alarm.
Seeing they were badled the would-be
assassins avenged themselves on the
innocent betrayer of their murderous
design and lied.
Brave little Tito! Ho had all hut
lost his own life in saving ours. Ten
derly wo conveyed him to the tienda
and summoned a surgeon at once.
His wound, though serious and pain
ful, proved less dangerous than we at
first believed, and the faithful little
fellow soon recovered. —Detroit Free
Press.
TWO GIFTED PARROTS.
They Are Practical Jokers and Oreatly
Amuse the Staid Quakers.
The greatest practical joker in
Philadelphia holds forth at the firo
patrol. Fifth and Arch streets, and has
caused a world of merriment for the
firo laddies. This arch trickster is
known far and wide as “Billy Porter's
Poll.” The imitative powers of this
sly parrot are apparently limillcss.
He can “miaou” like a cat, crow like
a rooster, cackle like a hen, and
warble like a bird. It is seldom out
of college that one can find such a
notable linguist, and several affirm
that he has been known to hide
his head uuder his green feathers
and chuckle at the bewilderment of
the neighborhood cats and chickens
whom he has befuddled. His chief
joke is to sing “Annie Rooney. ” He
may be excused for having selected
this as his favorite melody; especially
as ho sings the words and does not
whistle it Tony Pastor could not
sing it with better effect But Poll’s
prize accomplishment is his* crying.
He can wail for all the world like a
woman in grief. He once took it into
his head to venture ou\ into the world,
and, as his wings were long enough,
flew away from the station. He
lighted on the sill of an open window
in the samo block and hopped upon
the shoulder of an astonished young
lady gazing musingly out “Do you
Know Billy Porter?” ho inquired.
: “Do you know Billy Porter? He’s all
right!”
A brother joker is th9 precocious
young parrot of John Shuttleworth. of
Frankford. This young yellow-head
is not so great a mimic as Billy Por
ter’s Poll and has not yet mastered
the polyglot of cat hen and bird lan
guage, but he is never weary of get
ting the laugh upon some unwitting
member of the proud human family
boasting of mental superiority. ■ ‘What
fools these mortals be!” is his evident
criticism upon mankind. Ho does not
absolutely despise them, since he cul
tivates a pleasant familiarity and has
a remarkable faculty for remembering
names and faces. He never makes
a mistake in a salute, and brings
the passer-by to a halt every time.
Often the individual hailed is at a de
cided nonplus to account for the salu
tation and spies everywhere in vain,
without dreaming of the parrot, or
bows to a strange lady passing, much
to her and Poll's amusement. The
butts of his jolliest ridicule have been
of late the hod-carriers of the build
ing next to the porch where his cage
is swung. * ‘More mort. ” • ‘more mort, ”
he cries, imitating precisely the pecu
liar call frequently sent down to the
men of the hod. The hod-carriers
scramble to the top oi the building,
spattering mortar as they go, only,
like the Duke of York, ‘ to march
down again. ’’—Philadelphia Record.
, -
Worshipped the Bottlcj,
An eminent lady missionary in Bur
mah recently gave Ur. A. J. Gordon
an instructive but somewhat startling
chapter of her experience. In one of her
tours, she said, she came upon a village
where cholera was raging. Having
with her a quantity of a famous pain
killer, she went from house to house
administering the remedy to the inva
lids. and left a number of bottles to be
used after she had gone. Returning
to the village some months after, the
missionary was met by the head man
of the community, who cheered and
delighted her by this intelligence:
••Teacher, we have come over to your
side; the medicine did us so much
good that we have accepted your
God.” Overjoyed at this news, she
was conducted to the house of her in
formant, who, opening a room, showed
her the painkiller bottles, solemnly
arranged in a row upon the shelf, and
before them the whole company im
mediately prostrated themselves in
worship.
Too Soon lor Tiiat.
••Is Mrs. Withers engaged?” asked
the caller, as he handed his card to the
maid.
••Indade, she isn’t, sort-, ” replied
the girl, with some indignation;
••sure, an' Mr. Withers do be dead
only three months.”—Epoch.
Tlie Esquimaux.
The Esquimaux are a docile and
bright people. They are extremely
dirty, simply because it is so cold in
their country that washing is very un
comfortable.
CARNEGIE TO REDUCE WAGES
Big Guta Contemplated In the Open
Hearth and Armor I'lnto Mill*.
Pittsburg, Pa., Juno 13.—The Amal
gamated Association of Iron and Steel
Workers has received from the Car
negie Steel company, limited, of Home
stead, the firm’s scale for work in
the ensuing year. In the open
hearth furnaces the firm calls for a
reduction of 10 per cent, from the pres
ent rate and in the armor,pi ate depart
ment 20‘per cent, off the old basis. In
the plate mill the minimum is reduced
from $25 to 823, and in the mill there
is also a general reduction of from 15
to 50 per cent. It is thought that there
will be no change in the price of pud
dling. The rate now is $5.50 per ton,
and there is little support to a move
movement td advance it to $6.50.
DENVER FIRE COSTS 9150,000.
Ex-Senator Thbor'e Big Opera-House
Completely Destroyed,
Denver, Cola, June 13.—Fire broke
out at 11:45 last night in the rear of
the immense People's theater on Fif
teenth street. In a few moments the
play house was a mass of flames. Fire
companies were unable to check the
flames in. the least and in two hours
the theater was destroyed. The loss
is about $150,000. The theater was
owned by ex-Senntor Tabor. Many of
the members of the stock company
that was playing there lost valuable
costumes and their personal effects.
Beatrice Railway Companies at War.
Beatrice, Neb., Juno 13.—Astrect
railway fight was precipitated at 13:30
last night by the Rapid Transit and
Power company beginning the con
struction of a line on one side ol that
owned by the rival company, the
Beatrice street railway on Sixth street.
Serious trouble was avoided, the work
being stooped, after a block of paving
had been torn up, by the authorities
threatening the invaders with arrest
for violating a Sunday law in effet in
the State. Considerable excitement
has been caused bv the trouble.
Soil Cubing 111 tho Hot Weather.
BI.oomington, 111., June 13.—The
difficulties and perplexities of tlie life
of the farmer in Central Illinois have
been increased by tho intense heat of
the last few days, which has resulted
in the caking of the soil in the corn
fields, which has become so hardened
and incrusted within the few days of
hot weather following the cessation of
the delnge that great chunks of it are
torn loose by the cultivator and the
young corn is torn out by the roots.
The farmers are already wishing for
rain. _
Sheep Drowned and Tracks Gone.
St. Paul, Minn., June 13.—A heavy
rain with some hail fell here last night
but how general it was is not now
known. Hail at Worthington, Minn.,
did considerable damage. At Mandan,
N. 1)., and for over and hundred miles
west of there, heavy rains, in some
cases amounting almost to a cloud
burst, fell yesterday. Several hundred
sheep were drowned and all trains
were delayed several hours by wash
outs.
Two Million of I.ogs Afloat.
Great Falls, Mont., June 13.—Con
tinuous rains for the last three days
have caused the Missouri to rise rap
idly, changing it from a sluggish
stream to a torrent. Considerable
damage is reported above and below
here. The boom of the Butte and
Montana Commercial company, just
below town, broke and 2,000,000 feel
of logs went down stream.
To Ole by Electricity.
Ai.banv, June 13.—In the County
court of Oyer and Terminer this morn
ing1 Walter Nelson was sentenced to be
executed at Clinton prison by electri
city during the week beginning July
25. Nelson is 27 years of age and was
convicted of murdering his wife, 20
years of age, by cutting her throat
with a razor. The crime occurred on
Sunday night, Dec. 23, and by his own
confession, was premeditated, he hav
ing made an attempt the week pre
vious. _-_
Rockport, Mo.. Swept by Fire,
Kookport, Mo., June 13.—The whole
business portion of this city was burned
out yesterday. The fire started at noon,
and fanned by a strong wind, spread
with such quickness that it was im
possible to check it. It stopped only
when it had consumed everything in
its path. Sixteen business buildings
I were destroyed. The loss is $75,000.
Three Men Thrown from a Scaffold.
Hartford City, Iud., June 13.—By
the breaking of a rope in the new build
j iugs of the Hartford City Glass com
j pany three workmen were thrown
from a swinging scaffold a distance of
forty feet. One of them is probably
fatally injured. The workmen were
employed by the Indiana Bridge com
pany and reside at Muncie, Iud.
Senator Morgan on the Option llill.
Montgomery, Ala., June 13.—A pri
vate telegram was received here trom
Senator John T. Morgan of Alabama
stating his views on the passage of the
Hatch anti-option bill in the Senate.
He says the bill will pass the Senate in
some shape or other and there is a
strang sentiment in favor of its pas sage
Forenters Elect Officer*.
Montreai., June 13.—The Foresters
have elected the following officers for
the ensuing year: High chief ranger,
John C. Schubert, Chicago; vice high
chief ranger, E. IUtchol, Montreal;
high secretary, Thomas H, Cannon,
Chicago; high treasurer, Henry Ditmer,
Chicago. _
Crescent Paper Mills Burned,
Hartford City, Ind., June 13.—The
plant of the Crescent paper mills, one
of the largest in Indiana, was de
stroyed by fire yesterday. The works
were the property of Fort Wayne par
ties. Low. $86,000; insurance, $50,000.
DIROE,
If thou wilt ease thin* hurt
Of love and all its smart,
Then sleep, dear, sloop;
And not a sorrow
Hang any tear on your eyelashst;
Lie still and deep,
Bad soul, uutilthe soa-wave washes
The rim o’ the sun to-morrow,
In eastern sky.
But wilt thou cure thine heart
Of love and all its smart,
Then die, dear, die;
•Tis deeper, sweeter,
Than on a rose bank t9 lie dreaming
With folded eye;
And then alone, amid the beaming
Of love’s stars, thou’lt meet her
In the eastern sky.
HER~ SACRIFICE.
Ono of the new schools, that which
does not permit the use of adjectives
which do not date back to the thir
teenth century, claims that tho young
widows Were buried with Scribe. This
claim, however, is totally without
foundation, as the statistics will tri
umphantly show.
What I know is that there was still
ono a short distance from here not long
ago in a hotel of tbe Ruo Moncoau—a
hotel ten rasters square, ontiroly hid
den by a clematis vine. Hor name
was Louise and tho marriage cere
mony had made hor the Comtesse do
Vtry.
The comtesse was twenty yenrs of
ago. Hor principal accessory was a
little white and curly dog, tho sole
nourishment of which consisted of a
lump of sugar in the morning and a
biscuit in the evening. This dog's
name was Bally.
It. was four o’clock in tho afternoon.
Louise was skimming along the grav
eled walk in tho garden, circling
about tho roso bushos like a butterfly
and pausing from time to time to
breathe through her pink nostrils the
perfume of a newly blown flower.
Bally, full of joy, was pursuing his
mistress with merry barks; he seized
with all his teeth the flounce of the'
blue muslin dress, which Louise
seemed to have cut out of a rainbow,
and propping himself on his claws,
pulled away to the full extent of his
strength.
It was at the height of these amuse
ments that M. Jacques de Beauchamp
entered the garden. The little widow,
on perceiving him, hid herself behind
an orange bush, but Jacques ran to her,'
and surprising her, kissed her on the
fb rehead.
“Oh, M. de Beauchamp!" cried she,
••that’s really too bad."
Louise was of medium height She
had too small feet and hands., too
white shoulders, and too thick hair of
too beautiful a black. Besides, her
teeth were too white and sent forth
such brightness that when she laughed
it was almost necessary to look at her
through smoked glass! But how well
she bore her title of widow and in a
way to do herself honor! The young
girl is generally, timid and stupid.
She blushes, following her mother’s
directions, at a word that is said to
her, and always lowers her eyes at the
proper moment which is bad for those
who don’t like to study eyebrows.
The widow, on the contrary, has tho
right to hear everything, and when
one talks to her of love she; at least
knows what love means.
Louise leaned on the arm of M. de
Beauchamp, and they went into the
parlor, followed by Bally, who cast
jealous glances upon his mistress'
suitor.
Louise and Jacques made such a
fine pair that the marriage was set
tled. Still, they had each a defect:
M. de Beauchamp was jealous and
Mme. de Viry was a coquette.
• ‘Louise, ” said • he to her, • you fill
me with despair. You say that
you love me; that confession has
come from your cherry lips; but
how can I believe you when 1 see you
smile on everybody? You have too
kind a reception for the first man who
comes along, and when I see you in
society, lively, vivacious and gay, al
ways laughing heartily in the midst, of
a circle of eager flatterers, it is im
possible forvne to say what tortures
and agonies I endure.”
• ‘What can be done, my friend?" re
sponded Louise. “I am gay, that is
true; but is that a crime? And why
should I snub men who approach me
and say things agreeable to be heard?”
“You are a coquette and your laugh
ter completes my despair, for if you
laugh thus persistently it is only to
show your teeth. You know how
adorable you are when, laughing af
fectedly, you display your snowy throut
by throwing back your head. ”
“But what must I do to prove my
love to you? It’s distracting; that’s
the whole of it. Ask of me what you
will but don’t a3k me not to laugh.’'
M. de Beauchamp took on a solemn
air. ,
“You told me one evening,’’ said he,
•that you would sacrifice your life for
jne. I do not ask so much as that of
you; but, see here, will you make me
the happiest of men?"
“You have but to speak.”
“Even at the price of suffering?"
“Even at that price."
“Well, make mo the sacrifice of one
of your teeth. ”
• •Do you know what you’re asking?
It’s a piece of barbarity!”
“A single tooth—the very smallest
—in front, and afterward you can
laugh as much as you please."
“But you’ll think mo ugly. ^You
won’t have anything more to do with
me!"
“I swear to you that there is no
other means of assuring my happi
ness. ’’
“The comtesse rang. Saint-Jean,
her valet de chambre, took her order
and returned a quarter of an hour
later followed by a gentleman who car
ried a box of instruments.
“Who is that person?” demanded
M. do Beauchamp.
Tho little comtesse answered:
I “He is Mr. James, the American
I dentist ”
The little comtesse passed Into her
little boudoir. Bally followed her
with drooping tall, as bocomes a dog
when it is aware that something gr^ve
is abqut to happen. Louise returned
a little later, asharaod, humiliated,
and handed M. do Uonuohamp a small
tooth ns white as milk, which the
lattor raised to his Ups and covorud
with klssos. Then sho fled 'and shut
horsolf up in her chamber.
Jacques had the tooth framed in a
tiny tnodnlllon and wore it religiously
about his neek like a sainted rolic.
From that day on the little comtesse
was so gloomy that they took hor for
a nun. Vory rarely did ovon a faint
smile light up her countonanuo liko a
furtivoray of sunshine during a rainy
day. Sho fled from society, and whon
by chanco she ventured Into It sho
was soon apart, sentod In a corner as
serious an owl and with her mouth
shut as closely as a prison door.
Jacques no longer recognized hor,
and to tell the truth, she was un
recognizable.
‘•The poor cointesso is nging." said
malevolent poople; “she has greatly
changed; she Is as solemn us u funeral
procession.’’
And Jacques felt his love flowing
away drop by drop, llko the wntor
from a vase of flowers.
He comprehended that what ho
had lovod in hor woro, above all
things, hor smile, hor sprightliness
and her guyoty. And he also grow
gloomy. Then he mado efforts to ro
taln his fleeing love, then ho sought
to reason with himsolf and Intoxicate
his brain, butf only tho more did he
realize• that he himself and slain his
passion.
One day ho reached Mine, do Viry’s
house in a state of complete desporp
tion.
“Louise," ho said, as he cast him
self at her feet, “do you still lovo meP”
“I have sworn to lovo you always,"
answered sho.
“Will you prove to me the sin
cerity of your words?"
“1 ask nothing bettor."
“Well, if you lovo me, have your
tooth put back."
“What folly is thlsP” said Louisa,
weeping. “I told you that you would
love me no longer. You're just llko
all the rest of the mon. And yot thoy
reproach us women with being capri
cious!" ,
“Louise, I supplicate you to pardon
me. I curse my blindness—my idiocy."
• 'So you deplore tho weakness with
which 1 consented to yield to your ca
priceP"
• i am filled with sorrow, tortured
by romorse."
“You admit the cruelty of your ex
actlonP'’
“I shall reproach myself with 'It un
til the day of my death."
“You would have boon happy had
I disobeyed you?” 1
“I would have given anything, no
matter what, had you dono so.”
Tho little comtesse gave a hearty
laugh, v hich displayed all her tocth—
not one was missing!
“What does this moan?” demanded
M. de Beauchamp, turning about with
his fingers the medallion in which waa
encrusted, like a sainted rolic, the lit
tle pearl of sacrifice.
The comtesse opened Bally’s poub
ing lips, saying as she did soi
“Behold the victim!”
“Ah!" cried M. Beauchamp, *yoii
never loved me, Louise! I see li
plainly now!"—New York Mercury.
ON THE LONDON "TIMES.”
How Thojr Man>|> to Sat Typo at thi
Telaphonr.
The management of the Londoc
Times has utilized the telephone in e
unique way. Telephone wirps have
been laid in tho underground railway
tunnel between the composing rootr
in Printing House squaro and the par.
liamentary reporters’ gallery in the
house of commons. A copy readei
placed at the telephone reads the sten
ographic “turns” from the note-bool
as fast as it is possible for the com
positors to take them on their typeset
ting machines in the Times b.uilding,
a mile and a half away. At first th<
reporters did not take kindly to th<
innovation, but when thoy found tha’
they could dictate their notes direc
to the composing room without th(
trouble of transcribing them they be
gan to look at the arrangement in ai
entirely different light.
Proofs, of course, are sent to then
for correction. Kach machine cat
produco from five to six columns o
solid minion a night. Errors wil
sometimes creep in, but there is- n<
doubt that tho practice will becomo i
permanent one. Its great advantage
becomes apparent when the fact is con
sidered that the Times is able, b;
adopting it, to print in time for the l
a. m. newspaper trains going to al
points of the united kingdom thi
whole of the debates, which are oftei
continued until after 3 a. m. —Elec
tricity.
Generosity.
Ho was a wheelman, tired, dusty
and thirsty.
She was a farmer's daughter, pretty,
young and charming.
lie called at the farm and mqdestly
asked for a drink of water, but sho
gave him milk Instead. He swallowed
a quart, and she offered him soino
more.
‘•Can you spare it?” he asked with
the timidity which so characterizes
touring wheelmen when in the pres
ence of rustic beauties.
•Oh, dear mo, yes,” replied the
sweet young thing, "we have so much
more than we know what to do with
that wo always give it to the calves.”
—Tho Wheelman’s Gazette.
A Japanese Proverb.
A Japanese doctor never dreams of
asking a poor patient for a fee. There
is a proverb among tho medical fra*
ternity of Japan: “When the twin
enemies, poverty and disease, invade
a home, then he who takes aught from
that home, even though it be given
him, is a robber.”
WASHINGTON.
Senate
Thera were just twenty41Vo Senators
prcsont during the morning hour Juno
0, two-thirds of them being on the
Democratic side. Vice-President Mor
ton was in the chair. Senator Sherman
was the only one of the Presidential
possibilities present on the Republican
side and lie did not appear to bo won
rying over his chances, but was, on the .
contrary, in rattier a pleasant humor.
Mr. Call gave notice of his Intention
to address the Senate noxt Wednesday
on his resolution for an investigation
as to whether railroad companies in
terfere with the election of United
States Senators. A bill to increase to %
81,000,000 the appropriation for a pub
lic building at Portland, Ore., was re
ported and plnced on the calendar.
Mr. Dolph rood an argument in sup
port of tho bill introduced Maroh 9, •
providing for tho irrigation and re- *
claiming of arid lands, for tho protec
tion of forests and tho utilization of
pasturages. Tho pension deficiency
bill was laid before the Senate und re
ferred to the Committee on Apprpprlo
tlons.
Note..
The President has recognized Dldrilc
C. Eitzcn as Vico Consul of the
Herman Empire at Pensacola,
Florida; J. C. Pluraey Corbacho,
Consul of tho Ilopubllc of Salva
dor, at Itoston; Froderico llaruch, Con
sul General of tho Republic of Salvador,
at Now York; Alejandro St. Croix, Con
sul of tho llopublia of Paraguay, at
Chicago; and Manuel Plmental Cornell,
Consul General of the United States of
Venezuela, at New York.
Tho ukaso against tho exportation of
grain from Russia has boen modified.
Official notice of the czar's action has
beun received at the State Department.
Tho modification of tho ukase
is interpreted at the State De
partment to mean that the fam
ine* is much less severe than it was.
That this Is undoubtedly true is shown
•by the intimation in the formal mes
sago to the effect that no more contri
butions of grain are needed. Money
will be gratefully received, but the re
ceipts of more grain will tend to tin*
settle the Ruslan markot.
Senator Hill, through his private sec
retary 1ms denied to a correspondent
flatly, un equivocally and with
out qualification the report pub*
fished in the New York Times to
the effect that ho had written a letter
withdrawing from the race. “Deny it
as plainly as you can," Private Secretary
Burmlngham added. "The' report &
without the slightest foundation of
truth. It has absolutely no ground
upon which to reHt. The Senator has
written no such letter and has no inten
tion of writing one. Please state this
as coming from mo, in order that it may
be regarded as official." > '«
Chicago Hoard of Trade.
Chicago, Juno 15.—Wheat opened moro then > ,
lc of! from tho low and closing point Saturday
with a partial recovery during the first hour.
Corn opened with a further break of l%c and
mudo lc recovery on the early trading. Prod
uce, ruled lower on a liberal run of hogs.
July wheat early 78%c to 78c then off to 77%e
uud up to 78%c, corn 44o and up to 45c, oats
28%c und up to title. Pork on July contraots
bold $1(1.25, to 110.20, to $10.30.
Closing quotations wore:
Closing.
High.
Wheat—2
June.
July.
Sopt..
Deo.
Corn—3
Juno..
July.
August...
Sept.
Oats—
June.
July......
August ..
Sept..
Pork—
June ....
July .
Sopt.
June.
July.
Sept.
Short ribs
June ....
July.
Sept.
I .80
.##%
.80%
•MW
•47%
.40%
.40
.40
.30%
.80%
.30%
•30%
10.52%
10Jt2%
10.70
0.35
6.40
6.57%
6.57%
6.57%
0.02%
$ .78%
.77%
.78%
•81%
6.82%
6 32%
6.40
Chicago Produce Market.
Chicago, June 15.—The following quotations
sre for large lots only. Smaller quantities are
usually sold at advanced rates: . ■■
Fruits—Apples, choloe, (2.75254 per brl; or
dinary, I232.6O; oranges. Florida, 1234.00 per
box: California, (2444.50; lemons, K.50i33.a0;
bananas, fl.5031.75 per bunob; pineapples, 51.50
®2.50 per doz; Illinois cherries, (300 per 24-qt
cases; peaches, clingstones, 40350 per crate;
fancy 4-basket crates, S1.U031.60; apricots.
$1.2532.25 per 44-crate; cherries, black, S1Q
1.50 per box; white, (131.21.
Butter—Fancy Elgin stock, 1731744c per lb;
fancy creameries, 15316c; funoy Imitations. 14
315o; Western goods, 16317e; fancy dairies Its;
No. 1,14315; Na 2. 12313c; selects, 10317c; fine
ladles, 10312c; fresh packing stock, 10c; gssasst
437c.
Potatoes — Bur banka'40315o; Hebrons, 003
35c; rose, 25330c; bell 25330o; peerlesa M3
S6c; mixed, 25j; Empire state, S03S6o; ■
new potatoes, (1.5033.00 per sack.
Cheese—Full cream Young Americas, IO44 \
311c; do twins. 64431044c; Cheddars. 844e:
brick, 8310o; Umburger. 63044c.- Swiss 11144
312c.
Poultry—Hons, 6c; roosters. 539a; ben
turkeys, 14c; mixed, 11312c; old gobblers >3
10c; ducks lie; geese, >336 per dos
Hides—Na 1 light and heavy, 4)40; No, 2 do,
814c; Na 1 calf, 7c: No. 2; 544c; tallow, Na I.
4c; No.2, 344a
Veal—Fancy calves 7o per lb; graseers
535c; small and thin, 334c.
Eggs—Strictly fresh stock. 14a
Stocks of wheat are decreasing', but
corn and oats increasing.
Sidney Dillon Laid at Beat.
New York, June 14.—The funeral
services over the remains of Sidney
Dillon took place at 10 o’clock yester
day at the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian
church, Fifth avenue and Fifty-fifth
sireet. Tho church was well filled
with brokers and other friends.
Disaster on Lake Minnetonka Denied.
Minneapolis, June 14.—A special
from Excelsior, Minn., on the shore of
Lake Minnetonka, says there is no
truth in the rumor that a steamer was
capsized last night and that a number
of persons were drowned.