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HOME NEWS. 
Saturday, October 20, 1888. 
Congress has finally decided to close the 
longest session in Congressional history, by 
adjourning sine die, to-day. Its sessions of 
late have been a farce, as a quorum has rarely, 
if ever, been present in either House, as the 
members are absent electioneering for them¬ 
selves or others. For instance, on Wednesday 
there were only 18 Senators present and the 
House has always of late been without a quo¬ 
rum. Buncombe speeches for political effect 
have been the order of the day. Neither party 
wished to move an adjournment, lest they 
should thereby give their opponents some ad¬ 
vantage. No measure to which any member 
objected on the ground that there was no quo¬ 
rum could pass. The House bill appopriating 
$50,000 for the enforcement of the Chinese ex¬ 
clusion bill met with no opposition, however, 
and is now a law.Ninety-five girl babies 
and not a boy were born last year at Vance- 
burg. Ky. Senator Morrill celebrated last 
week, the 32nd anniversary of his entrance into 
national politics as a Congressman. He is in 
Vermont, resting from the work of the present 
session of Congress. 
Henry Talbot, Clerk of the Ways and Means 
Committee, has analized the Republican Tariff 
bill. It appears that the total value of dutia¬ 
ble merchandise entered and ^withdrawn for 
consumption in 1887 was $450,325,321, upon 
which the duties were $212,052,423, or an aver¬ 
age ad valorem rate of 47. Id-100 According 
to Mr. Talbot’s analysis the importations in 
1887 of articles affected by the Senate bill were 
valued at $270,489,591, upon which the duties 
were$152,456,739,or an average ad valorem rate 
of 56.36 100. Mr. Talbot estimates the duties 
upon these articles under the Senate bill, as¬ 
suming the importations to remain unchanged, 
at $135,291,638, or 50.02. He estimates for an 
increase of revenue upon tobacco of over $2, 
000 ,000, on account of the taxing of all wrap¬ 
per tobacco at 75 cents, and for large increas¬ 
es of revenue on account of the higher rates in 
the metal, wood and silk schedule. The Re¬ 
publicans claim that the effect of these in¬ 
creases of the rate of duty would be to reduce 
importations, and thereby decrease the rev¬ 
enue. With the presentation of this analysis 
of the Senate bill, the issue is joined 
and now awaits the verdict of the 
people at the polls on November 6. 
Judge Sawyer, of the U. S. Circuit Court, 
has rendered a decision sustaining the consti¬ 
tutionality of the Chinese exclusion bill. 
Frantic efforts are being made on the Pacific 
ooast to gain admission for Chinese with return 
certificates from China, for immigrants from 
British Columbia, and for miners who went 
to work in Alaska and now want to return to 
the States after their \ essel had touched at a 
Canadian port; but all such efforts are strenu¬ 
ously resisted. There’s a movement on foot 
to register and ticket all the Chinese now in 
this country and to prevent their migration 
from place to place without proper notice, to 
enable the authorities to detect any who may 
be smuggled or steal in from Canada or any 
other quarter. It is reported from 
Wheeling, W. Va., that the natural gas wells 
about that city are showing signs of failing in 
the su pply of fuel. These wells have been sunk 
in various parts of the country, particularly in 
Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and northern 
Illinois, and have in a very brief time almost 
revolutionized important industrial condi¬ 
tions. Great manufacturing enterprises have 
grown up around them at the expense of other 
localities, as if the cheap fuel supply were in¬ 
exhaustible. Reports like the above have 
come from several other places also. Should 
it turn out that the supply is so quickly ex¬ 
haustible, the effect in the affected re¬ 
gions would be extremely disastrous. 
.. Several prohibition meetings held recently 
in Indiana have been mobbed, or attempts 
have been made to break them up by politic¬ 
ians of other parties. In some cases the 
speakers and t persons in the audience have 
been subjected to personal violence. Reports 
of similar outrages come now and then from 
Illinois and Iowa.A delegation of 
Sioux Indians, sitting Bull among them, has 
been very successful in Washington with re¬ 
gard to the effect of the Dawes bill on the sale 
of their reservation. Almost all they asked 
has been granted. Instead of being compelled 
to sell their land at 50 cents per acre, Secretary 
Vilas, after consulting the President, prom¬ 
ises $1 per acre for all the lands sold within 
three years, 75 cents for all the lands sold two 
years subsequent to the first period, and then 
what lands shall remain at the expiration of 
the five years are to be sold at 50 cents an 
acre; or Congress is to provide for the 
disposal of the remnant in any way 
that it.may deem proper after it shall, have 
paid into the treasury to the Sioux fund 50 
cents on each acre undisposed of then. The 
Indians wanted $2,000,000 set aside to their 
credit at once, and the privilege of having a 
part paid in cash. The Secretary told them 
that they could have the $2,000,000, about one 
quarter of which will be distributed at the 
rate of $20 a head for ^every man, woman 
and child od the reservation. This is in ad¬ 
dition to the cattle, agricultural implements 
and seeds which have been promised. Sit¬ 
ting Bull with a considerable following 
insists on $1.25 per acre for the land—the 
price at which the government sells it to set¬ 
tlers, but it appears likely that the majority 
will accept the government’s terms. 
For the nine months of 1888, Dun’s record of 
business failures in this country shows there 
have been 7,550 failures with liabilities aggre¬ 
gating over $90,000,000, against 5,850 failures 
and liabilities of $128,000,000 during the same 
period of 1887.R. J. McConnell, of 
the Ottawa Geological Survey staff, who has 
just returned from the geological expedition, 
reports having explored the Yukon River, 
Alaska, which he found to be of immense size, 
2,300 miles long, and navigable for 2,000 miles. 
Gold and precious metals can be seen cropping 
out of the ledges on the river’s banks, and in 
shallows, on the bars, from $20 to $50 may 
be washed out of the sands in a day. Precious 
minerals were found in many other places. 
The Badeau-Grant case has been again post¬ 
poned till November 5.On October 26 
rail and lake freight rates from New York to 
Chicago will be advanced to 51 cents for first- 
class, and 45, 35, 24, 20 and 17 cents per 100 
pounds for the other classes. The advance 
ranges from four cents on the lowest to 21 
cents on the highest class.General 
Master-Workman Powderly and General 
Secretary,Hayes of the Knights of Labor have 
prepared a statement declaring that T. B. 
Barry, formerly of the executive board, was 
expelled from the order because he sowed 
dissension and collected money illegally. 
Powderly pronounces Barry a despicable 
scoundrel, accuses him of falsehood and as¬ 
serts that he is engaged in a conspiracy to de¬ 
stroy the O rder. The American dairy 
salt company of Syracuse N. Y., is financially 
embarrassed.Hon John Wentworth, 
better known as “Long John Wentwortu” one 
of the pioneer settlers of Chicago, a native of 
New Hampshire, and a widely known and 
prominent citizen in both sections, died Tues¬ 
day of softening of the brain, aged 74, and 
worth over $1,000,000.William A, 
Ingham, a New York swiudliug broker, who 
has been frequently denounced by the Eye- 
Opener in our columns, has disappeared and 
it is believed that $100,000 are involved. His 
victims are scattered all over New England, 
and to a less extent in other States .The 
ninth annual report of the government 
Indian training school in Carisie, Pennsyl¬ 
vania, shows the institution in a flourish¬ 
ing condition, with 937 Indian boys and 
girls receiving an education. 
Yellow fever still continues at Jacksonville 
Fla. During the 24 hours ending at 6 p.m. 
yesterday, the figures were as follows: 
Number of new cases. 29 
Number of new cases to date. . . 3,692 
Number of deaths. l 
Number of deaths to date ... 322 
For the last 24 hours there were eight new case, 
at Fernandina, Fla., but no deaths, and four 
new cases and two deaths at Decatur, Ala.... 
Mississippi has officially raised her quarantine, 
but several local places still maintain one.... 
Mayor Francis of St. Louis, the Democratic 
candidate for governor of Missouri, was un¬ 
fortunate enough to make some money by the 
recent wheat deal. This fact is being used 
with good effect by his opponents among the 
Grangers, who are already in revolt against 
the ticket.The new Chief Justice is said 
to be a very expeditious worker. This is a 
quality greatly needed just now in the Su¬ 
preme Court. It is already more than three 
years behind its work, and getting farther 
and farther away every year.The Pan- 
Electric telephone case was decided against 
Attorney-General Garland in the Supreme 
Court of the District of Columbia this week. 
The decision of the lower court in the case of 
Rogers of Pan-Electric telephone fame 
against Attorney-General Garland, Gen. Jo¬ 
seph E. Johnston, ex-Congressman Casey 
Young and others, was reversed and the court 
directed the defendants to render account of 
the moneys and stock received as officers in 
the Pan-Electric telephone company.The 
Canadian Pacific company has finally secured 
a contract with the English government for a 
Pacific mail service, by which it will receive 
an annual subsidy of $300,000. The Dominion 
government will pay $75,000 of this amount. 
Monthly mail steamers will run from Van¬ 
couver to Yokohama, Hong Kong and 
Shanghai.The National Horse-show As¬ 
sociation are going to exhibit in New York 
City November 5-10 inclusive, and alHhe swells 
of this place will be there with their horses,— 
such as Fred Gebhard with Leo, Mrs. Langtry 
with a pair of carriage horses, W. T. Hitch¬ 
cock, Jr., and H. Lloyd Herbert with polo 
ponies, Consuelo Vanderbilt, Mrs. Lloyd As- 
pinwall, Mrs. R. Fulton Cutting, Eloise 
Stevenson and Kate Carey among the carriage 
or the hunter classes, F. K. Sturgis, R. Sedg¬ 
wick, Jr., and S. S. Sands, Jr. in 
tho four-in hand and tandem division. 
After six years’ persistent effort the New 
Yorks, or “Giants,” have come out ahead a 8 
champions of the League base-ball contest* 
ants; and the St Louis, or “Browns,”have won 
the same proud position in the American'As¬ 
sociation. The two champion clubs are now 
contesting for the base-ball championship of 
the world. Hitherto four games have been 
played at the Polo Grounds in the outskirts of 
this city, and of these the “Giants” have won 3 
and the “ Browns ” 1.Oklahoma 
boomers are again organizing an expedition 
to go into Indian Territory after the election 
next month. The Creek Indian Council at 
Ocomulgee have reported in favor of mak¬ 
ing a final disposition of the land, and if the 
Council adopts the report the next delegation 
will have full power to sell the residuary 
rights of the Creeks in the Oklahoma lands. 
This will remove a great obstable to the settle¬ 
ment of the country, as the Creeks hold an .un¬ 
disputed large right in the lands. 
Another bridge is to be built across the Missis¬ 
sippi at St Louis. It will be built about two 
miles north of the present one and will be 
2,425 feet in length, each of the three spans be¬ 
ing 522 feet, and the approaches each 425 feet 
in length. It will be a duplicate of 
the present one, and will cost $1.500.000.... 
Word has come of the death of Mrs. J. J. 
Pickering, of Portsmouth, N. H. She was 
founder of the Societies for the Prevention of 
Cruelty to Animals of that State, and vice- 
president of the American Humane Society 
.Fourteen guests of a hotel at John¬ 
son City, Tenn., are reported to have been 
poisoned by something eaten at supper. Three 
have died, and several others it is feared can¬ 
not recover.The University of Michigan 
at Ann Arbor is enjoying a decided boom 
this year. No particular reason is known, un¬ 
less it be the leaven of successful and enthusi. 
astic alumni. The total number of students 
in all .departments will not fall short of 1,700 
this year, and may reach 1,900. Eastern 
Universities and Colleges will have to be on 
the alert to keep pace with the hustling West. 
.A construction train on the Lehigh 
Valley road, while unloading near Lost Creek 
Pa., this week, on the Pottsville orauch, was 
run into by a fast Pennsylvania train, and six 
workmen were killed and 36 injured. A brake- 
man.on the Pennsylvania train was also killed- 
Twenty freight cars were wrecked. There 
has been a large number of fatal rail¬ 
road disasters of late. . 
Mrs. Beasley, of Philadelphia, has invented a 
machine, that, with the help of six hands will 
turn out as many barrels in a day as 60 men 
can make. It seems destined to revolutionize 
cooperage.At the terrible railroad 
accident at Mud Run, on the Lehigh 
Valley Railroad last week) 57 were killed and 
as many were wounded. The company has 
appointed an agent to settle with the represen¬ 
tatives of the dead and with the injured, 
and the directors are ready to appro¬ 
priate $500,000 to meet the outlay. 
By Our Proxies. 
At various times we have called attention 
to the results of administering Compound 
Oxygen to invalids, and we believe we have 
proven its value conclusively; now we will 
have a few words from the invalids them¬ 
selves: 
Grant Memorial University, | 
Athens, Tenn. j 
I fully indorse the Compound Oxygen Treat¬ 
ment. J. F. Spence, President. 
Columbia Female College, ) 
Columbia, S. C., March 13, 1688. j 
I am satisfied that the Compound Oxygen 
is an excellent remedy. 
Dr. O. A. Darby, President. 
Wesleyan College, ) 
Fort Worth, Tex., Nov. 2, 1885. j 
I regaid your treatment by inhalation as a 
wonderful discovery of science. 
Rev. A. A. Johnson, President. 
We publish a brochure of 200 pages, regard¬ 
ing the effect of Compound Oxygen on iuva 
lids suffering from consumption, asthma, bron¬ 
chitis, dyspepsia, catarrh, hay fever, headache, 
debility, rheumatism, neuralgia; all chronic 
and nervous disorders. It will be sent, free of 
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& Palen, 1529 Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa., or 
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FOREIGN NEWS. 
Saturday, October 20, 1888. 
It is stated that the Sultan, of Morocco is 
about to send an embassy to the United States 
to make several complaints, including the 
disapproval of the conduct of Mr. Reed 
Lewis, the United States consul at Tangiers. 
This will be the first of the kind. oseph 
M. Levy, chief owner of the London Daily 
Telegraph, is dead. He was almost 90 years 
old and very active. He leaves a fortune of 
$10,000,000.Petroleum on the steamer 
Ville De Calais, from Philadelphia, exploded 
Monday at Calais, France. The vessel sank. 
The explosion caused alarm throughout 
Calais. Hundreds of windows were shattered. 
Two persons were killed and many injured. 
.The will of the late Lord Sackville 
bequeaths everything unentailed to the 
Queen’s maids of honor. Sir. L. S. S. West, 
the British Minister at Washington, inherits 
the estates and $50,000 yearly.James 
Whitehead, who has been chosen Lord Mayor 
of London for the civic year beginning next 
month, is a tradesman of advanced liberal 
ideas, and has twice unsuccessfully tried to 
get into Parliament from the|county of West, 
moreland, being defeated the first time by 
only 10 votes__The war wave has swept 
even Switzerland. Her military budget^ 
which was 11,000,000 francs 10 years ago, is 
now over 20,000,000, and an extra credit Of 
20 ,000,000 has just been demanded to re-arm 
her infantry with the new small-bore repeat¬ 
ing rifle.It is reported that on the 
night of August 13, 7X inches of rain fell 
in Peking, China, and immense volumes of 
water collected in ravines and suddenly broke 
in upon 20 villages. More than 10,000 people 
were drowned and a large number of 
domestic animals. The villages in the 
valleys near Peking are in danger every 
season as the hills are destitute of trees* 
and the waters flow in fearful torrents 
unimpeded by vegetation. 
Have you read the advertisement of B. F. 
Johnson & Co., of Richmond, Va., in another 
column? If not, please do so at once. You 
may not be specially interested in what they 
have to say, but if you will call some of your 
friends’ attention who need employment to 
their advertisement you may confer a life-long 
favor on them.— Adv. 
AGRICULTURAL NEWS. 
Saturday, October, 20, 1888. 
The frosts of the past week have damaged 
grapes considerably in the lake region of Cen- 
tral N ew York. It is estimated that in the 
town of Pultney on the west .side of Lake 
Keuka a thousand tons were frozen.The 
river Nile is lower now than at any previous 
tune this century. Likely to be bad for pro¬ 
spective crops.'.The corn palace recently 
erected at Sioux City, Iowa, cost over $75,000 
... Fierce prairie fires still rage on the dry 
prairies around Mauden, Dak., and farmers 
in all directions are fighting fire.In Liv¬ 
ingston county, N. Y., it is reported that ap¬ 
ples are selling for 30 cents a bushel, potatoes 
for 40 cents from the wagon.The big Bay 
State Fair which closed at Springfield, Mass. t 
last Saturday, did not pay expenses this year. 
The exhibition was superb and the attendance 
large during the earlier days, but it materi¬ 
ally decreased the last two. Even after the 
guarantee fund of $10,000 is called in, and 
taking into account the nearly $3,000 surplus 
of last year’s fair at Boston, the deficiency 
will amount to about $3,000 The Bay State 
Agricultural Society is accused of extrava¬ 
gance. It is alleged that it spent $5,000 more 
thi= year than was needed.In the dairy 
contest at the Minnesota State fair, a few 
days ago, a Holstein cow took the first prize 
and another took the second. The butter test 
is reported to have been the severest known 
to science These two Holstein cows were 
from the Dakota Valley herd, near James¬ 
town, Dak. The cows were just off from 
grass, and had received no grain or other 
special preparation.The National Con¬ 
vention of Cattle Growers will be held 
at the Grand Pacific Hotel, Chicago, 
Monday, November 19, during the pro¬ 
gress of the annual Fat Stock Show. 
The regular annual meeting of the members 
of the American Aberdeen-Angus Breeders’ 
Association will be held at the Leland Hotel, 
Chicago, Ill., on Friday, November 16,1888, 
at 7:30 o’clock p. m. It is desirable that the 
membership be fully represented in person or 
by proxy, as measures of vital importance 
may come before the meeting. Thos. McFar- 
laue, Sec’y.,Iowa City, Iowa.The Whit¬ 
man Agricultural Company, of St. Louis, was 
awarded the first prize silver medal on its 
horse hay, straw and wool press, and also first 
prize silver medal on its belt power or steam 
press for the same purpose, at the Centennial 
Exposition, Cincinnati, Ohio, the other day.... 
... .The Cider and Cider Vinegar Makers’ As¬ 
sociation of the Northwest, an organization of 
cider-makers, formed for the purpose of im- 
