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THE DALLES WEEKLY CHRONICLE, FRIDAY, APRIL 29, 1892. C 7-1 MODERN SKA GOING CRAFT. A New Canadian Teasel which May toad, on the Columbia for any .Port. " - Tr T.lnns TTnhhard calls attention to the new monitor steamers, described by ' a Toronto paner, which will undoubtedly be competitors of the whalebacks, in carrying the inland products of onr conn try to all seaport markets, wherever wa ter transportation can be used from the grain fields and mines" to the ocean, and will prove strong factors in increasing all values to the producers- The following is from the description referred to: "The John Doty engine company, of Toronto, is building a steel steamer of the monitor type.to engage in the grain and coal trade between Kingston and the upper lake norts. for the Canadian steel barge com pany. The design is by V. E. Eedway. y The boat differs somewhat from the car go vessels building in Cleveland, Detroit and Buffalo, and to which the same pe culiarities have been applied. The ma chinery is placed nearly amidships, with " a view to making the vessel trim better when light.4 Instead of the cigar-shaped bow of the whalebacks, this boat has a ram bow, with a forecastle deck forward, the top sides . of which flare outward - slightly, something like the mold-board of a plow. She is fitted with seven self- trimming batches, the openings being raised about three feet.above the top, of the rounded deck, and so arranged as to be easily accessible for loading and un loading cargo. Her keel is 225 feet, full Welland canal size, beam 38 feet, hold 20 feet. She will be fitted with fore and aft compound engines, having cylinders 26 and 50 inches in diameter, 40 inches stroke, with two cylindrical boilers, 12 feet in diameter, 11 feet long, and is ex pected to have a speed of 13 knots on a coal consumption of 1,000 pounds per hour. She will register about 850 tons and will have a carrying capacity of 2,200 xons oi aeaa utirgu, ouwt, turn ci;., i t t t.Ai. sn .a draft of 15 feet of water." With the cascade canal open and the improve ment at Celilo completed, these and other steamers will be able to transport products direct from the upper Columbia to any sea port in the world. Chinese Exclusion in the Senate Washington, April 25. The Chinese " exclusion bill was taken up today in the senate and the presiding officer put the question on the adoption of the substi tute reported by the committee .on for eign relations. Sherman gave the only affirmative vote, and, there being no ' vote in the negative, the presiding officer declared the substitute adopted. Im- inprliatplv afterwards, however. Mitchell. who had the floor to speak against the substitute, came into the chamber, and the presiding officer was proceeding to put the question again when Butler - said he understood the substitute was adopted. The presiding officer admitted . i . . i j . i l : .3 v mat ne una so ueciueu, uui wu uc would put the question again. "While tbe chair did so decide, it. will count it as 'no vote.' Is the senate ready for the question?" "No sir," said Mitchell Instead, however, of proceeding with his argument against the substitute, he yielded tbe floor to Squire, who argued in favor of the house bill, or some other vigorous measure, to enforce the exclu sion of Chinese. He declared, however, the great trouble in the matter was the lax and ineffectual manner in which the existing laws are executed, and to" sua tain that, ripw rpful. mninnn ATfrflrifl from the testimony taken by the senate committee on that subject a few years ago. Senator Mitchell then took the floor, He said as much as he regretted to an tagonize the deliberate judgement of the committee on foreign relations, he felt impelled by a sense of duty to vote against the substitute and in favor of absolute Chinese exclusion as expressed in the house bill. The discusion was continued until 4 o'clock, when a vote . was taken on the substitute measure as reported from the committee on foreign relations and it ' was agreed to. The vote stood 42 to 14. Piatt's smonrlmviit -was next rejected, io to 8. The bill was -then passed without division, and the title was amended so as to read: "To prohibit the coming of Chinese persons into the United States." A conference - with the house was aBked. As Early as Possible. Washington, April 27. In a comma nication to the senate respecting the in' -ternatipnal conference on silver, Presi dent Harrison says : "It may not' be inappropriate to say, believing, as I do, Al a 11 . . 1 vuw 1U11 U0? VJJ. 40 WMU UiCMM that a ratio agreed upon by the great commercial nations of the world would ;yery highly promote the prosperity of all their people. I have not and will not let any favorable, opportunity pass for promoting that most desirable result ; or if free international silver coinage should not 'presently be attainable, then to secure the largest practicable use of that metal." He will inform the senate at the earliest moment after definite in formation can be properly given. ' 1 Idaho Cattle Thieves. - . B&xcicrooT, April 26. The informa tion is just received that a party of cat tlemen from Wyoming, hunting cattle theives in Johnson Hole, the alleged rendezvous for all horse and cattle thieves for hundreds of miles, came upon the habitation of two parties known as Burnett and Spencer, and in their efforts to arrest them both Burnett and Spencer were killed, and it is found that they were in possession of over fifty stolen horses. ... . The, Rood Hirer Picnic, The Odd Fellow's picnic at Hood Kiver Tuesday drew a large crowd of" excur sionists from The Dalles, enough to tax the full capacity of the Regulator. It was a happy, well ordered crowd that thoroughly - enjoyed the trip, and the picnic, and returned, save about a dozen who remained for the ball, at the early hour of 7 :10 p. in.,- without a single mis hap to mar the pleasures of the day. Delegations of Odd Fellows from I Latourelle Falls and Cascade Locks met The Dalles excursionists at Hood River and proceeded to the Odd Fellow's hall where thev organized, donned their regalia and thus formSd a line of march to the picnic grounds, a shady sheltered spot on the old Coe homestead. After a hearty lunch, the crowd answered the bugle call to the grand stand where, un der the presidency of Mr. M. Watson the exercises of the day were opened by n prayer by a local pastor, Eev. Mr, Auks. Then came music by the band followed by . a . fine address on "fraternities" by Hon. E. L. Smith which in turn was followed by music by the local glee club, and then came ,a stirring speech by the orator of the day Editor John Michel!, of this city. The rest of the day way spent in music; baseball games and other field sports till nearly five o'clock when The Dalles excursionists left for the boat landing, About a dozen candidates, for county and state offices on both tickets, took part in the picnic. "U. P. Sam" con tributed an amusing feature to the day's entertainment by singing impromptu songs in praise of the candidates and of Regulator. . The Dalles excursionists speak highly of the day's enjoyment and of the courtesy and care exhibited by the officers and crew of the Regulator. Indiana Divorces. Greensbubg, Ind., April 26. The present term of the circuit court here, which has just begun, is not able to get through for the large number of divorce cases on the docket. There are twenty one cases docketed, in twelve of which the wife is the complainant. This is tbe largest number on a single docket in tbe state. In The Tolls. Cheyenne, Wyo., April 26. The lead. ers of the regulators were in consulta tion with their lawyers today. After the interview was over the captives were not in the best of spirits. They all believe that they will be acquitted of charges of murder, treason and arson which will be preferred against them, but they are now ready to admit that their freedom will not come in two weeks, as they had boasted. Monument to Gen. Grant. New York, April 27. President "Har rison arrived here this morning to lay the corner stone of General Grant's tomb at Riverside Park. He was ac companied by Secretaries Elkins, Tracy, Busk and other officials. Secretary Elkins will deliver an address. The oration is by Chauncy M. Depew. The Missouri Outlaws. Ozabk, . April 26. Attorney-General Wood passed through here yesterday, on his way to Forsylhe, the attend court there tomorrow. It is believed now that the men- who composed the mob at Forsythe which killed Deputy Sheriff Williams will all be indicted, as the at torney-general is going to be with the grand jury and see that indictments are found against the offenders of the law. Gentleman and Man. From the Chicago Tribune. When the landlady entered the room he rose from his chair and said : "You have a room to rent, I believe?" "Yes, sir; front room on the second floor," she replied. -"Are you one of the gentlemen who advertised for a room with board?" 'I'm one of the men who advertise for a fair sized room well lighted." one oi the men Y "Yes, ma'am." "How did your advertisement read?1 "un, just said, 'A business man desires a fair sized room, with board, within a mile of the business part, of the city.' " "The advertisement read 'a man?' " " Certainly." " Not 'a refined gentleman?' " "No, indeed." - "Well, I'll take a few dollars off the price, then, I've been looking for a man. m ratner urea ot rennea gentlemen.' They generally play poker all night, and leave without paying their bills." Church Notices. German services will be held next Sun day at 10 :30 a.m. ; Sunday school at 9 :30 m. ; weekly school everyday at 4 p. m. A cordial welcome to everybody. A. Horn, pastor. . The association of Methodist ministers will convene in this city next Tuesday, at fl a. m. " Tbe subjects for discussion will be varied and interesting to all. The various ministers of the city are in vited to participate in the discussions. The session will continue two or three days. No more option buying and selling on the floor of the San Francisco exchange, will be tolerated after May 31st. Option dealings have been on a limited scale for a long time past, and a number of operators are disposed to try a few new experiments in the hope- of increasing their business. .. . ' . DEAD IK KABSBST. The Battle for Temperance . County. ' in Benton ..-'' From The Oregon White-Kibbon. f One of bur Corvallis members was dis turbed at nearly midnight by a man who had evidently ridden in hurriedly from a small town eighteen miles dis tant. He was anxious to see her hus band, a lawyer, on business. The tired man got up and dressed, curious (not being a doctor) what the business could be for which the day - was not long enough. It was to attest 'the man's signature to a remonstrance petition to be brought next day 'into court, and so thoroughly in earnest was he, that, hav- ing discharged his errand, he was soon hurrying home again to be ready for his next day's work. , . These people at Monroe are in deadly earnest; the rum party undoubtedly so. who had been discovered to have forged signatures on their petition, and forced others by' intimidating threats of rough usage, and who announce their intention of putting an end to the new minister. because he has - stirred up all this tem perance ferment. : They knocked the last liquor seller who tried to introduce a saloon out of court last December. It was the same minister who telegraphed for our national-organizer, Mrs. Delia Cox, to come and give an address after the Thanksgiving dinner, then to organ ize aW. C. T. U. There is one man who stands in dan- ger of falling between two stools. - He is a church member, and his name stands on tbe saloon petition but he vows he has never placed it there. If he did, he is to forfeit his church membership, and if he has it stricken off the whisky party declare they will make him pay for it with his life. "The Dalles not in it." ' There is a matter in which '.'The Dalles is not in it," said a leading banker of this city to a scribe of The Cheonicle today. It was. an appeal for financial aid to carry out the programme of the centennial at Astoria, next month. It seems that The Dalles was left off the programme entirely, not a name men tioned, and while The Dalles is not kicking, its leading citizens perhaps feel as if they had about as much right to object as those Astorians themselves, who raised such a breeze because the invitation tickets located . Frankfort on the beautiful design prepared by their artist. Railroad Discrimination. The Arlington Record, which has been raking the' Union Pacific over the coals for discriminating against freights ship. ped by the peoples' boats to The Dalles, and thence by Tail to Arlington, contains the following, in last weeks' issue : " An agent of the Union Pacific called at our office this week, and quite plainly expressed himself in regard to an article which recently appeared in the Record entitled Railroad Discrimination. He claims that the employes were to blame for the over-charge therein referred to, and not the company.. ' He further informs us that had Mr, Smith gone to the company in the first place they would have given him rates from Portland to Arlington with the same saving that he could make by pat ronizing the Regulator ; that his money would be refunded, as also that extorted from the Condon merchants, whenever the same was demanded with such for mality as the company considers regular. 'We were much obliged for the infor mation on these two points,' as we had always thought that a corporation could only act through it agents and era ployees. and had also entertained the opinion that such reduction as he sug gests to the merchants in question would be railroad discrimination. 'The company would no' doubt at tempt to evade the law against discrim ination by saying that they could, carry as cheap as they pleased as far as The Dalles by river transportation, but would only do so when they were certain that parties who had from time immemorial paid them extortionate rates, were about to patronize the Regulator. "Then they generously say, if you will meekly request us so to do, we will carry your freight just as cheap as the Regu lator does. Should the company who does this receive the support of our merchants?" -. The Diamond Field. Among the sports at Hood River Tu esday was a spirited game of base ball, between Hood River nine, - and The Dalles nine. The Dalles won, 17 to 3. Time of playing, two hours. The two nines consisted of the following named gentlemen: '' , ", ; HOOD RIVER. THE DALLES. . Burns, p. Bonney, c. Maloney, 1st b. Saunders, 2nd b. Phelps, 3d b. . Montague, 8. 8. Morse, r. f. ; Crate, c. f . Rowe, 1. f . . Smith, p. Overbauer,' c. Hunt, 1st b. Luckey, 2nd b. Graham, 3d b. Graham, s. s. -Rand, r. f . Watson, c f. - bhoemaker, 1. 1. The Ohio is thirty-nine feet high' at Shawnetown point, and is still rising. Bottom lands are flooded. Many acres of fine corn lands are under water, and planting will be late. , Italy is the only nation which has shown any disposition to enter the pro posed international silver conference. Telegraphic Flashes. Chili had a light earthquake last week. Mary Brown has been appointed post master at Hillsboro, Or.; - - The Morrow Alliances have placed a full county ticket in the field. Those ninnies, Drayton and Borrowe, are again parading over Europe, Parano Baptista in all probability will be the next president of Bolivia. - The trial of Deeming, the demon, has been postponed, to' give time for witness es to arrive from England. a,, jo. Adams ana j. it. rerkins . were drowned in the Coqnille on Saturday. They were drinking- when last seen alive. - ' ; It was thought that Judge Marr. of JNew Orleans, had been kidnapped. It is now believed that he fell into the Mis sissippi river, and was drowned. William Astor, the New York million aire, died in Paris on Monday night. r. Astor was the father of Mrs. J. Coleman Drayton, and was greatly wor ried over the Borrbwe-Fox-Millbank-scandal in which she was involved. Hon. John Leary of Seattle, and wife, are off for a bridal tour to Asia and Aus tralia. Mrs. Leary is the daughter of Gov. Ferry, and is a charming woman. The wedding at Olympia was the grand est event of its kind ever celebrated in that citv. Both railroad officials and the repre-; sentatives of the employes of the Read- j ing system, deny there is any occasion for, or prospect of, a strike on that road. But this is the old way of sending out news," a statement one day and its contradiction the next. . The Paris police- have been working up a job for themselves. They now pro pose to strike for an. increase of pay April 30th, or turn the city over to the anarchists on May day. According to this, it was pretty nearly a true predic tion that the police had a hand in the af fair last month. Ernest Ragnon, who located in Salt Lake City a short time ago., struck quarry of lithographic stone on his land which is inexhaustible. At present the world is supplied from one small section in Bavaria, and the discovery is worth a silver mine, Capt. A. M. Simpson has sent one of his vessels from San' Francisco to Astoria, to represent Capt. Robert Gray's ship Columbia at the Columbia Centennial next month. , She is to show how Robert Gray, found the Columbia river and made his way into Gr&je bay Gov, Barber, of Wyoming, insists that justice must be- done through civil law, in tbe cattle troubles. Tbe prisoners confined at Fort Russell will be delivered to the civil authorities whenever the status of the proceedings, in the judg ment of the conrt, requires it, and tbe excitement has so abated at to render it safe. Secretary Blaine estimates the coat to the United States' for carrying "out the Behring Sea , sealers arbitration treaty, between the United States and Great Britian, will be $150,000, and through the secretary of the treasury has sent the house of representatives a request for an appropriation - tor tms amount ot money. The first free coinage silver club of Oregon has been ..organized in Baker City, with forty charter members, in eluding bankers, merchants, miners and farmers from all political parties. The club is non-partisan, and the members pledge themselves not to vote for any candidate who does not favor the full remonetization of silver. The new Reading combination is threatened by a strike from '. dissatisfied employes.' Since the 'famous "Reading strike in Pennsylvania, which resulted in President Corbin and Vice-President McLeod utterly uprooting the labor or ganizations, there has been little organ ized labor on the Reading road.' A dispatch from English, Ind., says: 'The Little Blue river, gorged by saw- logs, has backed up and flooded the business portion of the town to a depth of five feet. Many cattle, sheep and hogs were drowned." ' ' Why the sheep and hogs were in "the business portion of the town," is left to the surmise of the night editor who fills in the skeleton" dispatch. This was neg lected. Senator Teller is kept busy denying the statement he is interested in a third party movement, the basis of which is the farmers' alliance, and in asserting he has no presidential aspirations. The article whieh caused the senator so much annoyance appeared in a number of papers, and reported he favored a party which would adopt the free coinage of silver as a platform, and ' would seek votes from the democratic and republi can parties. Another tin plate factory will be opened at Ell wood, Ind., next Monday. large number of prominent protec tionists have been invited to attend tbe ceremonies, among tbe rest governor McKinley, of Ohio. The factory is ex pected to employ 500 men and turn out 2,500 boxes of tin- plate a week. Its proprietor, Col. L. L. Conger, of Akron, O., says that after tbe industry has been fully established the company will not object to the repeal of the provision in the McKinley bill made for the purpose of fostering the business. - , - " GOVERNOR MOOSE SPEAKS. The .f;t sentiment for a -Washington Statesman. From the Orejoiiiau. Hon! Miles C. Moore, of Walla Walla, a prominent citizen of the state of Wash ington and the last of its territorial gov ernors, was recently at Washington city, Upon bis return home he gave out for publication in one of the journals Tf his town a statement about the apparent in difference of the Washington senators to the opening pf the Columbia river an undertaking in which Washington cer tainly ought to assist, since the river is so largely within that state, and since its improvement would do more than all other measures could to cheapen trans. portation for the great agricultural dis tricts of Washington. Among other things said by Governor Moore was this, viz : I refer to the Statement mmln hv Son. ator Dolph that our senators were not supporting with any zeal his measure for the appropriation of $1,750,000 for completion of the canal at thn of tbe Columbia, claiming that it was an Oregon measure; and, furthermore that tney were pressing vigorously for an ap propriation of $750,000 for a canal from Puget Sound to Lake Washington, a measure of purely local importance, and su Dominating tneuoiumbia river appro priauon to tne otner. it struck- me as almost incredable that there should be any failure on the part of our eastern Washington senator to sunnort a meas ure of such importance to all the river counties of the state, and especially to me iarming interest oi nis own section Ibis is tbe right view for eastern Washington to take of the matter. - It is natural for Seattle to want the canal to connect Lake Washington with Puget Sound, and Oregon's delegation in con gress undoubtedly will help to t get it, isut it is, as uovernor Moore says, "a measure of purely local importance," and it ought not to stand in the way of making the Columbia river navigable, It is extremely narrow to say that im provement oi tne Columbia river is an Oregon measure merely. The Columbia river drains four-fifths of the area of the state of Washington, and if made navi gable, as it should be, it would be the main channel for transport of nearly all the agricultural and a large part of the mineral products of thestate. Oregon's delegation in congress, in .working-for improvement of the Columbia river, have wrought for Washington not less than for Oregon, and they ought to have the co-operation of Washington's repre sentatives in Doth branches of congress, The Boat Railway. In presenting tbe boat railway bill to the senate, yesterday, Senator Mitchell stated that this bill had three times been favorably reported by the committee on transportation routes to the seaboard, and had passed the senate three times, and in view of the great interest' which it would serve, he thought it was about time for the senate to incorporate it ' in the river and harbor bill, and if provisr ion was not made for the entire amount asked for, $2,800,000, he hoped a part of the appropriation would be made and provision made for putting the work un the contract system, so tbat it could be be assured to tbe people of the upper Columbia. Action upon this bill will be once more patiently watched with deep interest by all people of the Inland Em plre, and should their hopes be again de ferred, will then move these two states as of one mind for positive and decisive ac tion, which win open this river Accident to MaJ. O. W. Ingalls. Major G. W. Ingalls met with an ac cident Tuesday forenoon tbat will con fine him to his room for a few days at least and might have resulted much more seriously. He had gone across the river on a horse belonging to O. D. Tay lor and had dismounted at the Splawn ranch for the purpose of crossing a worm fence. : While attempting to remount and with one foot in the stirrup the horse shied. The Major was thrown violently to the ground, his right tem ples-striking the hard earth. As his foot became disentangled from the stirrup, the horse give him a violent kick, plant ing his abod foot on the Major's right leg a fewT-inches below the knee, the shoe calk cutting into the bone. The above is supposed to be the way tbe ac cident happened, as the Major was knocked unconscious and his first recol lection is of finding himself limping to wards Mr. Splawn'8 residence with his right boot filled with blood that had ex uded from the wound in his leg. Here he was taken care of and brought to The Dalles in the afternoon. Mrs. Ingalls who is residing in Portland, was tele graphed for and arrived on the night train, and under her care the Major is getting along as well as could be ex pected. England Following Wyoming. London, April 27. In the house of commons, Sir Albert Kaye moved for a second reading of the woman suffrage bill. He declared that, although much had been said derogatory to woman's exercising the franchise in Wyoming, he bad official documents showing that it was beneficial in tbat state. Punished for Declaring. London, April 27. A dispatch re ceived by the news agency of this city from Rio Janeiro states tba$ the Bra zilian government has ordered its con suls abroad to refuse to dispatch vessels for Matte Grosso, which state has de clared its independence of the Brazilian republic. The Great Bank of England Swindle. Four Americans, named George and Austin Bidwell, George McDonald and Edward Hills, contrived to defrancLthe" Bank of England of nearly 1,000,000. They accomplished their swindle by tak'. ing advantage of a custom of the bank which had grown np through tbe gen eral honesty of business men and meth ods in England. The bank was accus tomed to receive bills of exchange in deposit on account, without verifying their signatures of the acceptances Probably until the Bid wells began to experiment on them the bank authori ties never had had such paper offered them otherwise than. in good faith. These men contrived by pretense and falsehood to secure the necessary Intro duction to the bank officers, and opened an account with them nnder an assumed name. They then had several hundred bills of exchange printed on counterfeit. -plates and flooded the Bank of England, with these bills from all over the world, all signed and accepted with apparent regularity. The bank unhesitatingly cashed these and put the proceeds to the credit of the swindlers, who drew out the money in ostensible business trans actions in such a way as to excite no suspicion on the part of the bank of- -ficials. At last the rascals betrayed themselves Dy neglecting to aaie tne acceptance or. two of the fraudulent bills. The bank,: sending these to the acceptors to have the omission supplied, discovered the fraud at once. After an exciting chase by detectives all the men were arrested. then tried and convicted, and all sen tenced to prison for life. In 1883 George Bidwell was pardoned and allowed to " return to the United States.. The others are still in prison. London Letter. Boring Dogs Along the Mile. In Egypt roving dogs are lees numer ous and less ferocious now than in an cient times, but they become at times terrible to strangers. It has often hap pened to me, when casually passings through a village of upper Egypt about midnight, to be reminded when 1 met At - m . i i ,13 . . . rv i , Viioxi wk uia uuimug m vug vi LyiuAoua novels, "a biter of man and a killer of chickens for sport, which usually lived on the right side of tbe street, but also hid himself on the left side, so as to be ready to jump upon the passer by." As it is nnder Tewfik Pasha, so it was In the time of Rameses U, and the ex perience of the present day enables as to understand exactly what our scrib meant in the passage I have just quoted. Pittsburg Opium Factory. Pittsburg, April 28. While nosing about the Chinese quarters yesterday, in citizens dress, on search for smuggled opium, officers struck a fine lead ; and search revealed large quantities of the crud material of which opium is made. In a moment it flashed on the officers where all the opium was coming from. The Chinese had learned how to make it from the raw material, thus escaping payment of the high tariff on manufac tured opium. The officers are today making investigations along this line in ' large cities, as It" is believed that this manufacture of opium is conducted on a wholesale scale in" several of them. There is every indication that the Chi nese have been carrying on a large and lucrative business 'ever since tbe new tariff went into effect. , Nobody Cares. Pobtland, April 28. A ' synopsis of the annual report of the Union Pacific, submitted to the stockholders at their annual meeting in Boston yesterday, shows a decrease in tbe gross' earnings of 1890,' of nearly a million dollars. Earnings from passenger traffic have fallen off $853,000, about 9 per cent. Jay Gould on Top. Omaha, 'April 28. The election of Union Pacific officers in Boston yester-' terday was another victory ' for Jay Gould. Even if he is on the verge of tbe grave, be will continue to rest one foot on the neck of the oppressed. The Wor'msers turned the votes to Gould, thus turning the election and retaining the Missouri Pacific officials in the man agement of the Union Pacific. . Forced to Tote. Ottawa, April 27. A bill in the house of commons to compel voters to exercise the franchise was considered yesterday by a special committee. After a long discussion, two' clauses were agreed to: First, to make.' every man without a reasonable excuse vote under penalty of $10; second, that' prool of reasonable excuse shall rest with defendant. Ontario Crops London, Ontario, April 27. The gov-; ernment's crop report says fall wheat presents an exceptionally promising ap pearance. Telegraphic Flashes. C. O. Whitman, professor of zoology in Clark university, Dorchester, Mass., has accepted a call to the head professor ship in the department of biology in the University of Chicago. Chas. W. Austin, a Salt Lake journal ist, crazed by drink, who made a sensa tional attempt to rob u.9 cashier of the Utah National bank Saturday, has been placed on trial today for insanity. President Harrison has informed the senate that in his opinion it, would not be compatible with public interest to. lay before it, at this time,' the. corres pondence which he was 'requested by its resolution April 23d to furnish, concern ing any step taken toward securing an international conference to consider the question of the free coinage or enlarged use of silver. -