Bloomington Progress, Bloomington, Monroe County, 5 December 1894 — Page 2

Republican Progress.

BLOOMINQTON, IND. W. OABK, - gcUtor and P"-"tt if EVENTS OF INTEKEST THAT OCCURRED DURING THE PAST WEEK. tlraet Dcatraethm of Property and Iw of Ufa at TcomA,l uk.-Japu'i Bartxiritr Exeowd A IJttlo (ilrl Barnad to Death at rittsoonth Stx Drowned. SINKING. Too Ocean Dock at Taeoma, Wash., Falls Into Commencement Bay. Tacoma (Wash.) special: Amid the roar ot an immense tidal wave beating against the shores of Fuget Sound, too feet of Tacoma's ocean dock plunged into Commencement Bay. Half a dozen steamers were tossed about like chips and two were disabled. At 1:30 a. m. Friday, the filledin portion of the ocean dock was still settling, and the accident under the threatening conditions beginning to assume the form of a calamity to the city. H. H. Alger's boat house, containing himself, wife, and six children, was turned upside down, spilling the children out of their bunks into the icy water, and one ot his daughters drowned. John Hansen, a watchman at the Northern Pacific hydraulic pump, went down in the debris and cannot be found. The lire department was called out at night and 500 more people had gathered at the wharf. For a distance of 1,500 feet the ocean dock had settled, and it was feared the big elevator coal bunkers would pitch into the Day. beverai times, when the ground settled from six inches to a foot, a panic resulted and a wild ri:sh for places of safety. All the cattle pen of the Northern r-acinc tosetner witn tne omce ana that company's 400 freight house went down witn tne ground, ana nre at once broke out and the pump station soon disappeared in the debris. Employes at the wharf believe that there has been a great subterranean land slide or that a great fissure or hole has been formed in the bay, causing the dock to be swallowed. It is not positively known wbetner the plunging of the docks into the bay eauBed the heavy sea which overturned Alger's boat-house and tore the steamers away from their fastenings or whether it waa in fact a tidal wave. JAPAN'S BARBARITY Erased by Reason of Chinese Massacre and Mutilation of Their Prisoners. The reported Japanese atrocities at Port Ai thur are continued from various souroes. But it is believed that they were due to continued atrocities upon the part of the Chinese. A letter to the London Times trom Tokio, dated October 24, says that nothing can exceed the humane and -considerate treatment extended by the Japanese to their prisoners. This, it is added, reflects ereflit upon the Japanese, for they had to witness shocking Chinese cruelties. On the battle field it appears the Chinese did not take prisoners, and from the dead and wounded vanquished they shear off the heads, mutilate them in various ways and string them together with a rope passed through the mouths and gullet. The Japanese have seen these ghastly remnants of their comrades. A barrel full of the mutilated remains were found by the Japanese after the battle of Ping Yang. To Retaliate. A special from Ottawa, Out., says: Because the United States Government makes the express stipulation that its contracts for public works shall only be given to United States citizens, It is proposed that the Dominion Government pass legislation making compnlsory that in all contracts for Canadian public works, the British subjects' restriction be operative as long as the United States Government discriminates against our contractors. Fatal Flames. Mary Sexauer, the 9-vear-old daugh ter of Henry Sexauer, residing on lon street, Fittsburgh, Pa., was ;ly burned while dressing in front .ppen grate in her bed room. Her was also badly burned in his efsave her, and will be crippled Not thr Owl. But the KTan. David Saxon, a farmer living three miles west of Portland, Ind., went out to shoot an owl. An hour later his dead body was found with the whole top of bis head blown off and the brains scattered about. The killing is supposed to have been accidental. Horrible Death. William Temple met with a frightful accident at -Mi 'dlepoint, Ohio, which resulted in death a few hours later. He was helping to blast stone at the France stone quarry when a large stone struck him on the head, crushing his skull. iOrouth fen Mississippi. West Point (Miss.) special: Forest fires are raging in the surrounding bottoms, resulting in large losses of timber, fences, etc. There is scarcely any water, and has been no rain of consequence since August last. Wx ttrosrneo The fishing schooner Grade H. Benson was sunk in a collision with the steamer Reading, of the Philadelphia and Reaiing line, at the entrance of Boston Harbor. Sis of the Benson's crew were drowned. There Children Burned to Death. Three small children, two boys and a girl, of Mrs. W. K. Walters, living near Palarm, Ark., burned to death while the mother was away from home at work. She locked them in the house. Peace la Sight. The London Times' correspondent in Yokohama, says that Japan has consented to receive China's proposals of peace through the American ministers to Tokio and Pekin. American Papers Shot Ont. The recent edict calling for the seizure at the frontier of foreign newspapers containing accounts of the Armenian massacres prohibits the entry of every American newspaper into Turkey. This action on the part of the Turkish government is supposed to be due to the attitude assumed by the American press on the Armenian question. Chicago Man Donates $50,000. The Board of Trustees of Fargo, N. D., College accepted a cash donation of $50,000 toward an endowment fund of $200,000 from Dr. D. K. Pearsons, of Chicago, conditioned upon its raising $150,000 in addition. The institution is now running, and has a fine building and grounds. Bought Religious Paintings. Bishop Keane has purchased for the Baltimore Catholic University the collection of religious paintings by Italian artists which were on exhibition at the World's Fair. They were collected from the descendants of old families of Italy and blood connections of pontiffs and nobility. No Gambling Permitted. Business men of Denver petitioned the Governor and chief of police to permit the gambling rooms to run under restriction by the police, but the request was danlad.

HOWGATB MAY ESCAPE.

Conviction, It la Bald, Would Involve Many Prominent People. A Washincton dispatch says that when Captain Howgnte was brought back from New York a few weeks ago the opinion was very freely expressed in the department, as well as through the city generally, that Howgate would never bo brought to trial. It was known that any action by the courts looking to the pun ishment of the defaulter would certainly involvo a great many people who wero prominent ten or fifteen years ago, and it was believed that no legal stone would bo left unturned to prevent a trial of the wily captain. Now it is announced that flaws have been found in the indictment which will be important enough to provent a trial. And thus another unbalanced account will be carried on the books of the Treasury Department for years to come. In this connection a very interest' tag piece of ancient history cropped out It was reported by a gentleman who had intimate knowledge of the affair that the acquittal of Andrew Johnson was secured by the purchase of the votes of United States Senators at $40,000 each, and that the purchase price of one of these senators was furnished by a prominent Federal official in the North, while the bal ance of the money was contributed by an equally prominent official in the south. The latter, however, concluded he might as well make a little something for himself, and instead of stealing $40,000 ho nipped $240,000. His defalcation was known and the record of it is still in the Treasury Department, bnt no step was ever taken toward his prosecution be cause such action would have resulted in involving too many people high up in the councils of the nation. OFFICIAL LIST NOT MADE, Clerk of the House Will This Time Proceed with Cantion. An erroneous impression has gone out that the clerk of the House of Represent atives has prepared an official list of mem bers of the LIVth Congress. This he has not done, says a Washington dispatch, and would not be able to do if so dispos ed, for the reason that official returns have so far been received from only two districts of the 356, those being the two Oregon districts. It is not expected that certificates of election will in any large number be placed with the clerk before the convening of the short session, and the probabilities are that all the certificates will not be on file for some time after that date. But even if certificates should be filed representing all the districts of the entire country, the clerk would notin this instance probably be disposed to issue an official roll call of the next Congress before the expiration of the present. KILLED WITH $38,000 INSURANCE. Man Takes Ont $42,000 of This the Night He Losea His Life. The accident insurance companies of the country arc investigating the death of Albert G. Mitchell, a prominent business man of Memphis, Tenn. The night of November 8 Mr. Mitchell left St. Louis for Memphis over the Chesapeake, Ohio and Southwestern Railway. He had a berth on the sleeping car. When he arose the following morning he walked ont on the platform. While standing there the train gave a lurch and Mr. Mitchell was thrown from the train. The train was stopped and Mr. Mitchell's body was taken on board. Since his death it is learned that at the time he had $52,000 accident insurance. Of this amount $42,000 was taken out in St. Louis on the evening of November 8 when ho purchased his railroad ticket. The insurance was distributed among eight companies. Great Britain Is Delighted. The rumors which have reached London from Washington to the effect that Great Britain is supporting or co-operating with the United States in the attempt being made to mediate between China and Japan are declared in official circles there to be altogether incorrect. The United States Government is understood to have, acted entirely upon its own initiative and with complete independence of the powers. On the contrary, England has noted the rebuff sustained by the United States with positive delight. The English foreign office is not displeased to see the United States fail after Great Britain's snubbing in a similar attempt. The present attitude of England in regard to the war between China and Japan is one of complete inaction. She is awaiting developments, especially as advices have been received from Japan which show that she is not likely to listen to any peace overtures at the present time, as she is prepared to carry on a winter campaign. Larger Employment of Labor. R. G. Dun & Co.'s Weekly Review of Trade says; There is some change for the better. The gain is slow and in some directions not very distinct, but the signs of it are a little more definite than last week. The most important of them is larger employment of labor, auswering a better demand on the whole for manufactured products. Much of this is due to the unnatural delay of orders for the winter which resulted from prolonged uncertainty, but it means actual increase in earnings and purchasing power of the millions, and so gives promise of a larger demand in the future. Prices of farm products in the aggregate do not improve, but the prevailing hopefulness is felt in somewhat larger transactions. Treasurer's Report. The annual report of United States Treasurer H. D. Morgan shows that the net ordinary revenues for the last fiscal year were $207,722,019, a decrease of $88,097,609 as compared with the year before. The net ordinary expenditures were $367,525,279, a decrease of $15,952,674. Including the public debt, the total receipts on all accounts were $724,006,538 and the expenditures $698,908,552. He Steals a Fortune. The New York National Shoe and Leather Bank has been robbed of $354,000. The man accused is Samuel C. Seely. For fourteen years Seely has been a trusted bookkeeper in the institution. For more than niue years, it is now alleged, he has been stealing the bank's funds methodically and persistently, aided by one of the bank's depositors. Both men are missing. Bound for Ticn-Tsin. Shanghai advices say Count Oyama's army is marching northward through the Lino Tung promontory in the direction of Niuchwang. He has left 10,000 troops behind for the investment of Port Arthur. After reaching Niuchwang it is said that Oyama's destination will be Shan-Hai-Kwan, the terminus of the railroad to Tien-Tain. Cannot Recover Money Lost. A Toledo, Ohio, man named Miller took a fly in wheat speculation on the Produce Exchange. He lost $3,800 and brought suit against his brokers on tbo ground that dealing in options is gambling and hence contrary to the State law. The jury brought in a verdict for the defendants. Barthqnake in Connecticut. Slight shocks of earthquake were reported from towns adjacent to New London, Conn., Friday morning between 8 and 9 o'ciock, reports comiug from Croton. Mystic, Lynn and Niantic, where the sound was as of distant thunder and tho vibration pronounced. No damage is reported as far as known. Frightful Motor Accident. A runaway motor car, jumping the track at crooked Omaha street intersection, fatally injured the motorman and two of the passengers and seriously injured four others Friday evening. The car was on a steep grade, and defective brakes caused the accident. Rev. R. Kclley Falls Dead. Rev. R. Kelley, hero of two wars, local preacher, twice sheriff of Brown county, aged 78, fell from his horse dead on the roadway at Nashville, Ind. Iron Here and in Kngland. Secretary Morton is convinced, as a result of his visit to Europe, that the teat of empire In the world of iron and ftst) If W b tranifarred from England

to the United States in (he near future. He learned while ir. London that the supply of hematite ore in Spain on which the English have born drawing is nearly exhausted. At best the ore is only 40 per ceut. pure on an average, and the haul to the British blast furuaces is a long one. In the United States we have in the Lake Superior region a practically inexhaustible supply of hematite ores averaging 60 per cent., and this can be delivered to the iron and stool mills of Chicago, Cleveland and other lake cities by a short all-wnter haul. For these reasons Secretary Morion believes the United States will soon pass Great Britain in the output of iron and stool, and we may soon outbid our rival in tho markets of the world.

JUDGK HICKS' INQUIRY. Congressional Subcommittee Heftlns Its Investigation at Cleveland. The House Sub-commit too on Judiciary, appointed to investigate the charge brought by the Central Labor Union against United States Judge Augustus J. Ricks, begnu its inquiry in the Federal building nt Cleveland Monday. The subcommittee consists of Representative Joseph W. Bailey of Texas, as chairman. Edward Lane of Illinois and Case Broderick of Kansas. The Central Labor Union was represented before the committee by Arnold Green, while Judge Kicks was represented by Virgil P. Kline, Judge S. E. Williamson, Judge Sanders and Andrew Squire. Tho charge made by the Central Labor Union against Judge Ricks, is, in brief, that while noting in tho capacity of special examiner in some forty patent cases he failed to turn over about $1,500 in fees belonging to the Government. It is alleged that after Ricks was appointed United States judge he approved his own accounts as special examiner in these cases. SYNDICATE BID ACCKPTKD. Entire Issne of $50,000,000 Bonds Taken by the Uunkw, Secretary Carlisle has decided to accept the Stewart syndicate of bids for the en tire new issue of $50,000,000 5 per cent bonds. The figure offered by the syndicate was 117.077. The following official statement concerning the acceptance of the syndicate's proposal was made at the Treasury : "The Secretary of the Treasury has accepted the proposal of John A. Stewart, president of the United States Trust Company, and his associates to purchase the entire issue of 5 per cent bonds, amount ing to $50,000,000, at 117. 0(7, and ac crued interest from November 1. The proceeds of the bonds under this Lit! will be $49,517.62 greater than tboy would lie if the other highest bids were accepted. A very important advantage to the Government in accepting this bid is the fact that all the gold will be furnished outside, and none drawn from the treasury. It is also more convenient, and less expensive to the department, to deal with one party rather than with many." LARGE DEBTS AND NO ASSETS. Failure of Neal Brothers, of Portland Accused of Embezzlement. The rumors concerning tho financial trouble of Nenl Bros. & Co., the largest milling firm in Eastern Indiana, proved true. It is expected the debts will run from $100,000 to $150,000 without n cent of assets in sight. The creditors include every grain dealer in Portland and at Decatur. Berno. Ridgevillp, and other places, besides hundreds of farmers who stored their crops of wheat, nil of which is now gone. Among these are several widows. Wallace and Burton Nenl, the members of tho firm, were nrrostod on tho charge of embezzlement, preferred by Mrs. Sarah Frye, of West Chester, who had her wheat crop in storage. The Ncals were placed under a bond of $1,000 each. Must Sell Bread by Weight. The market commissioner has caused quite a flurry among the bakers of Read ing, Pa., by issuing a notice that on and after January 1, 1S95, they will bo required to sell all bread by weight. This action is taken under an old act of the Assembly passed in 1797, which directs that all bread shall be sold by the pound, and imposes a penalty of $10 for every violation. As the law has been a dead letter for generations its enforcement is likely to work a revolution in the bukiug business of the city. Indiana Doctors Get in Trouble. Dr. Samuel Killmer, Harry McDonald and Elmer Strayer, of South Bend, Ind., have been arrested on grand jury war rants issued on indictments charging them with using the mails for fraudulent purposes. They are engaged in making and selling lotions for the improvement of complexions of women. They represent about 150 firms. Fatally Hurt Defending a Daughter. Elmer Stout, aged li, attempted to assault a daughter of J. L. Keith, a farmer living east of Guthrie, 0 T., as she was on her way to school. Mr. Keith saw him and ran to his daughter's res cue, but was himself knocked down, kicked and beaten into insensibility. Mr. Keith is nearly 70 years old and will die from his injuries. Port Arthur Falls. Dispatches have been received at Che Foo stating that the Japanese captured Port Arthur on Wednesday, after eigh teen hours' fighting. The Japanese fleet did not take part in the engagement. though the torpedo bouts attached to tho fleet did. The Japanese ure now leaving Port Arthur. Car Barns Destroyed. Fire broke out in the barns of the Al legheny, Pa., Traction Company. Fortynine horses, seven horse curs and seven electric cars were burned. Three dwellings adjoining were also destroyed. The entire loss is about $75,000. Seven Firemen Hurt. Seven firemen were injured, three of them seriously, while working at a fire Friday night iu the Chicago lumber district The men wero in an alley surrounded by blazing piles when one of the piles toppled over on them. Miss Stevenson Improving. Miss StevenRon. daui?hr nf il,. Vl President, nnsscd a rostftil dnv Kimdni, nt Asheville, N. C, and is slightly improving. MARKET QUOTATIONS. Chicago--Cattle, common to nrlme. $3.756.50; hogs, shipping grades, $4 4.75: sheep, fair to choice. S2fti3.50: wheat, No. 2 rod, 54tf55c; corn, No. 2, 4.Hf-P.lc; oats, No. 2, 2W2!)e; rye, No. JiroMi'Ac; butter, choice crcanierv. 24A(fV2r.c; eggs, fresh, 20i;21e; potatoes, car lots, per bushel, fHK'flwc. Indianapolis Cattle, shipping, $3 5.50; hogs, choice light, $44.75; sheep, common to nnmo. S2iS2.nO: ulmnt N, 2 red, 50fff51c; corn, No. 1 white, 43ft( 43Cj oats. No. 2 white, 3Kfr;,'t4. St. Louis Cattle. SUSHI: hogs. S3(&4.75: wheat. No. 2 red, 50S51e; corn. No. 2, 'H6t44c; oats, No. 2, aoftitflo; rye, No. 2, 516(53. Cincinnati Cattle, $3.5Xf?5.25: hoes. $4(f5; sheep, $l(fj2.50; wheal, No. 2 red, Wfir.rtc: corn, No. 3, mixed. 42M:tr: oats, No. 2 mixed, aiyfSCJ'je; rye, No, 2, 52rrj;53c. Detroit Cattle, $2.505.25: hogs. $4ft 4.75; sheep, $22.50; wheat, No. 1 white, 5657c; corn, No. 2 yellow, 44((il5c; oats, No. 2 white, SWftHec; rye, No. 2, 4tX&51c, Toledo Wheat, No. 2 red. 556551: corn, No. 2 mixed, 43ffi-l!c; oats, No. 2, white, 3233c; rye. No. 2. 4!W.'itlc. Buffalo Cattle, $2.505.25; bogs, $4 5; sheep, $2(M; wheat, No. '1 red, 57(fj-58c; corn. No. 2 yellow, .HtU'uc; oats, No. 2 white, 35C.;i6c. Milwaukee W heat, No. 2 spring, fiTftt 58c; corn, No. .'!. 4fift-17cj oats, No. 2 white, 31?32e; barley. No. 2, &.'S6'5c; rye, No. 1, 49ft;."ile; pork, mess, $11.75 12.25. New York Cattle. $?; hogs, $3.5048 5;sheep, $2S2.75; wheat. No. 2 rod. 01 G2c; corn. No. 2, 07fy5Sc; oats, white Western, 3741c; butter, creamery, 2&ty20&QI egg, Wtitero, 282lc.

MURDEROUS TURK.

HORRORS SUFFERED AT HIS HANDS BY CHRISTIANS. (Innnrallclcd IiulimilticM Offered tho Armcuinnw by Cruel and Ferocious Kurds cud Circassians Lund Wlloro Tiiero's No Justice and No Law, CliiiK to Their Faith. The recent horrible massacre of the Christians by the Turks in Armenia. Asia Minor, draws attention to that high ly picturesque but unfor t u n a t o and most unhapy region of the earth. Armenia claims the honor of being the cradle of the human race. According to tradition, the Garden of Eden was within her biMimls, ami after N..uh left the ark on Mount Ararat he made his lmuie in the midst of her territory. Armenia i.s us MGR. KR1H1AN. full of famous cities of the dead as Greece or Italy, but the funic belongs to n remoter and ions familiar past. There is Uaynzed. paved with fragments of sculpture, fashioned when Moses was a boy in the house of the Pharaohs; Ani, the city -of colossal ruins, in which the treasures of the King of Kings were preserved; Takhti-Soliniiui. the reputed birthplace of Zoroaster, where burned the holy fire descended from heaven, and visited forages by the Magi in quest of light for their torches, which kindled all the lires that blazed within the groat empire of Persia. Petrifying lakes occupy the sites of other populous cities which flourished when this earth was young, and new cities flourish on the beds of exhausted lakes. Mgr. Kriminn, the head of the Armenian Church, bears the title of Cntholikos. lie resides at Ktchmiadziii, a monastery near Krivan, said to be the oldest monastic institution in the world. He

MOUNT ARARAT, ABMENIA.

was previously Archbishop of Jerusalem, and has been Patriarch of Constantinople, bnt was banished from the Turkish capital and deprived of his rights as nil Ottoman subject on account of his patriotic views. 11c wits chosen ouhvlikoa " 1802. The Oldcut People. According to their own annals, the Armenians ure the oldest people in the world and the earliest Christian nation. They trace their origin back to Ilaig, the grandson of Noah, who, 2.000 years before the Christian era, established n dynasty of sovereigns that continued to rule until Vuhe. the sixtieth in succession, fell in battle against Alexander the Croat. In their earlier history they were a conquering nation and their empire once stretched from the Caspian Son, on ihe east, to Ciciliii. on the Mediterranean, oil the west, and from the borders of Pontus, on the north, to the confines of Assyria, on the south. Then the population was 35.O0U.tVMl souls. Though the Armenians nre brave and seem to have all th elements of a military people. -they have been held under subjection most of the time for 21,000 years. After being made at different times, away back in the dim past, part of the Assyrian, Modean and Persian empires, Armenia fell under the Greek kings of Syria, about 2(0 IS. ('. Since then the land has been comptcrcd or overrun in turn by Homans, 1 'an hi. -ins, Saracens, Mongols, Russians, and. lust and worst, Turks, who first established their supremacy nearly five hundred years ago. PEASANTS OF SASSOl'N. Thso are types of the people who were massacred..) The country is now parceled out among the three nations Turkey, Itussiu ami Persia. Through all their vicissitudes the Armenians have preserved their faith intact. They profess to have boon converted just after the ascension of the Savior by St. Thnddeus, the apostle. The Dead Fed to Dons. Since the Turk has asserted his sway over part of Armenia, atrocities almost beyond belief have been common. The sacking of n church, the desecration of an altar anil the most fiendish treatment of women are every day affairs, ai il only attract the attention of the civilized world when, as now, great numbers of people nre murdered. It is a matter o daily occurrence, says an American who has traveled in Armenia, to have funeral processions mobbed, the mourners dispersed, the dead taken out of the coffin and thrown to the dogs in the streets. Wed ding festivities are stopped by means of revolvers, and the bride is dishonored. The young Armenian wire and the blushing meitlen ere entirely at the mercy of the unbridled Moslems; while horses, cattle, crops, merchandise, furniture, and even houses are coolly appropriated by tho cruel, ferocious Kurds and Circassians, with the tacit sanetion of corrupt Turkish officials. Armenian Christians nre not permitted to carry anus, while the CircMssiaus Mud Kurds are ariiiHl Mild are encouraged to hunt them. The Christian Armenians generally live in the valleys mid cultivate the soil, while the Kurds and Circassians are nomadic people and live high up on the mountains where they tend their flocks. Whenever they desire they snoop down upon tho valleys, gathering in the fruits of the peaceful Armenians' labors and carrying awny flocks and herds. There is no justice and no law fur the Armenian. An Armenian is not allowed to testily against a Turk and tho latter liiu-dly ever thinks of carrying out any obligation he may owe the Armenian. The tax collectors travel in bauds and swoop down upon the villages like harpies, collecting nil that is possible to get without regard to rate or value. If the farmer has no money, off he goes to prison until he pays, and the prisons are now full to overflowing with unfortunates such as those. And the shainc of these awful outrages lies nt the door of England w hich fails to carry out her obligation to protect Christians ill Turkey. Deputies hud n running light with Jim French, the bandit, near Tahlequah, L T. ,11s escaped after a bard eliaso.

ASKS FOR MORE SHIPS,

Secretury Herbert Ih of the Opinion thnt the Navy Should Ho iucrcuscd. The most important reeoniineinlatioii made by Secretary Herbert in his annual report is Unit Congress authorize the construction f three great battle ships of about lO.tsJii tolls displacement each, to cost, exclusive of urmumciit. not exceeding $4,Omi.iMjrt each, and twelve torpedo boats of from 100 to 300 tons each, at the discn-ti-.ni of tho Secretary, to cost not cxeecili .ig an average of $170,000. Sin.-e his last report live splendid ships have been added to the naval list, three of which are capable of speed in excess of twenty-one knots, while two of them are the fleetest cruisers in the world. The live vessels are the Marblohead, 18.44 knots; Columbia. 22.SU; Olympia, "l.iiO; Montgomery, ll.0.ii; and Minneapolis, 23.070. One imjiortant change of naval policy is noted in connection with the advertisements for three new torpedo boats soon to be issued. The Secretary says that no speed premiums will be allowed on these boats; that the premium system undoubtedly hud its advantages when adopted, but the department is now convinced that the time lias come when, with the experience gained, it. may with profit be abandoned. The rexirt shows the number of torpedo boats now on hand in foreign countries is .S.'. and the number building 12. Croat Britain bus 175 on hand and (11 building, while Fnmee is even bettor off with 214 on hand mid 41 building. Of seventeen countries enumerated not one has less tluiu 22 of these bouts, while the I'nited States, with more coasts and ports than any nation, has but six, counting those yet to be built. On the point of preparation for war in time of peace the Secretary makes this very significant comment : ' 'The latest and one f the most impressive lessons in all history is now being taught by ('liinn and Japan. A nation, the most populous in the world, able to put millions of fighting men into the field, is now, after suffering ninny disasters, scouring Europe and America for munitions of war. It relied upon its numbers. Now it is buying discarded guns and discorded ammunition, whatever it can get, to aid it in repelling the assaults of a people vastly inferior to it in numbers." After calling attention to the urgent need of legislation for the relief of the personnel of the navy, the Secretary recommends that the enlisted fore be increased by 2.1MI0 moll. In conclusion the Sc-retary Mul.imtM cNtJmiltvs for the next year aggregating $27,NS3,lll-i, exceeding tho current appropriation by $5,405,1!I3, caused mainly by the necessity of paying for vessels now under contract. It is slated that after this year the npproprh. tions on this score will rapidly dimmish falling from $1:!.25.I,303 nt-:;t year to $750,KMI in the following year. MAILS OF TWO NATIONS. England's Postal Service Compared with That of the United Stutew. lhe report ot the Postmaster Genera! furnishes an opportunity to make an in foresting comparison between the postal service of the I'nited States and that of (Jreat Britain, and the curious features of each, which will correct sume popiiln misapprehensions. The following table furnishes a summary of the services of both countries; Great Inltwl Stales. Britain. as,ouo.iHi 2o,"lU 74.8111 Population , Xo. of poslotllees. , No. of employes. . , No. of women cmOo.oito.ooi. 0,H. us: JOl.utH ployed 10,00$ Inkie No. of niouey order offices 11,107 l,2Ci nine or oiticrs is sued su;i,oni,iU5 ?iu-.,2.'i5,l2; joiai receipts oc servtoo ;C.lJ.Kii fio.uso.-lT Total cost of service , S3S.7ST.115 ji;!.;io2.,sb0 ?S4.324,4H l'rollt to incut .. Loss to tnent . . Total No handled govern-govern-S!.2.0;i? letters . .i,ui l.stKMwo 2,s.a,aai.w No. dead letters .an.047 I). hemmed lo writer Sent lo original address Kelurned to foreign countries. . ,, t'oiild not be delivered Xo. of letters posted without nddr's I'osted without address containing nioi.cv 5,;iti7,S(nj 110,510 U10,!fl0 ."kh,;;oi 34,000 u,u:ti.ri OK.StiC w,7s: 4,077,S3i so.an. '.Mill KSl.iKW 11, 742,352 Mo record Amount contained. lU'gisteretl pieces, total number. . . . 33,()ro,.Vvt l.frcj Total number could t be delivered. 207.374 I Jreat Britain has three-fifths as many people as the Cuitod States, but they are eontiued to an area of 121.1MIO square miles. We have three and one-half times as many postoilicos, but they are scat tcretl over an area of ;t,3l,40!l square miles, which accounts for the difference in the cost of the postal wrviev. The Hritish Government makes a profit of more than $13,000,000 out of her mails eery your, w hile we lose un average of $5,500,000. The deficit during the last year in the I'nited States was larger than ever before ami $2,000,000 more than the estimate of the Postmaster General. which was duo to the decrease in receipts caused by the financial depression and the fulling off in trade. The dolicit in lS!Hi was S5.(ilS.iil!i. and in 1SJW $5,177,171. It will be noticed, too, that there are ninny more employes in the Hritish service than in thnt of the I'nited States in proportion to the amount of business transacted, although they ure paid much loss. This is ai-coiinl m! for also by the fact that the Hriti.lll posial system in cludes the telegraph, savings hanks, and ther extra features. '1 he a vera ge salary of the Hritish postal employe is not mori than one-half of that paid for the same service ill the I uited cMates. J lie ill I, inn: employes in the l imed States postal ser vice arc divided as follows: IVislmasters. IKI.NI."": clerks, 12,07-t: carriers, 11.7:iU; railway mail agents. ll.KSl. 'lhere is no record of the number of women employed in our service. Tlic liritisu use lilt money older more than the people of the I'tiMed S'atos, but it will be seen from the figures in the table above ihat the two countries write about the same number of letters annually. Telegraphic Ctlclcs. Chairman Sayers will endeavor to have at least two of the general appropriation bills ready wheu Congress meets. Iiaiiilifs tried to hold up a train neat Hragg Station, I. T., but won- foiled by the engineer putting on fuli steam. Opponents of Senator Washburn in Minnesota claim they ha" securei1 cm. ugh votes to prevent his renotnination. ,l a meeting of Western passenger of ticiuls it was unanimously decided t f,.;-i: ,. or more UHXociat ions to cover the on lire territory. A crisis in the Hungarian Cabinet ha boon averted by the Emperor giving a formal promise that he will sanction lie ecclesiastical bills. Harry and Eugene Sanders of Mauoli Chunk. Pa., aged 11 and 12 years, were struck by an engine and killed while picking up coal on the I.ehigh Vallej tracks. Efforts of the defense ill the San l-'r.-iu Isco strike conspiracy cases to have Pres ident Cleveland and general unmaijeis ol railroads subpeuaed have been thwaitci.' by tdvorto rulings,

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StomachLiver Cure ThQ Most Astonishing Medical Discovery of the Last One Hundred Years. It Is Pleasant to the Taste as the Sweetest Nectar. It is Safe and Harmless as the Purest Milk.

This wonderful Nervine Tonic

Into this country by tho proprietors and manufacturers of the Great South American Nervine Tonic, and yet its great value as a curative

agent Has long been known ty a few of tho most learned physicians, who have not brought ita merits and value to tho knowledge of the general public. This medicine has completely solved the problem of the enre of indigestion, dyspepsia, and diseases of tho general nervous system. It is also of the greatest value in the cure of all forms of failinpr health from

whatever cause. It performs this

which it possesses, ana by us g it curative powers upon the digestive organs, the stomach, the liver and the bowels. No remedy compares with this wonderfully valuable Nervine Tonic as a builder and strenjrth-

ener of the life forces of the human body, and as a great renewer of a broken-down constitution. It is also of more real permanent value in

the treatment and cure ot diseases ot the lungs than any consumption remedy ever used on this continent. It is a marvelous cure for nervousness of females of all ages. Ladies who are approaching the critical period known as change in life, should not fail to use this great Nervine Tonic, almost constantly, for the space of two or three" years. It will carry them safely over the danger. This great strcngthener and curative is of inestimable value to tho aged and infirm, because its great energizing properties will give them a new hold on life. It will add ten

or fifteen years to the lives ot many ol those who will use a half dozen bottles of the remedy each year. IT IS A GREAT REMEDY FOR THE CURE OF

Nervousness, Nervous Prostration, Nervous Headache, Sick Headache, Female Weakness, Nervous Chills, Paralyeis, Nervous Paroxysms and Nervous Choking, Hot Flashes, Palpitation of the Heart, Mental Despondency, Sleeplessness, St. Vitus Dance, Nervousness of Females, Nervousness of Old Age, Neuralgia, Pains in the Heart, Pains in the Back, Failing Health,

bummer complaint ot lniants. All these and many other complaints cured by this wonderful Nervine Tonic NERVOUS DISEASES.

As a cure for every class of Nervous Diseases, no remedy has been able to comnare with the Nervine Tonic, which is very nleasant and

harmless in nil its effects upon the youngest child or the oldest and most delicate individual. Nine-tenths-of all the ailments to which the human

family is heir are dependent on nervoug exhaustion and impaired diges

tion. When there is an insufficient

general state of debility of the brain, spinal marrow, and nerves is the result Starved nerves, like starved muscles, become strong when the right kind of food is supplied; and a thousand weaknesses and ailments

disappear as the nerves recover. As

the power by which the vital forces of the body are carried on, it is the first to suffer for want of perfect nutrition. Ordinary food does not contain a sufficient quantity of the kind of nutriment necessary to repair

tho wear our present mode of living

For this reason it becomes necessary that a nerve food be supplied.

This South American Nervine has been found by analysis to contain the essential elements out of which nerve tissue is formed. This accounts for its universal adaptability to the cure of all forms of nervous de

rangement. rRWFARDITTLLE. TfO.. AUf?. SO. 'SS. To the Great South A merican Medicine Co. Dkab Gents: 1 deairo to nay to yon that I ha-ro autfercd for many years with a very Aerlous disease of the btonmch and nwvett. 1 tried every medicine I could hear of, but nothing done mo any appreciable good until 1 wag ndvfgeri to try your Great South American Nervine Tonic and Stomach and Liver Cure, and nince lining several bottles of it I must 6ay that I am surprised at Its wonderful powers to cure tho stomach and Renernl nervous system. If everyone knew the value of this remedy as I do you would not be able to supply the demand. 1. A. lUtiDtis, Ex-Trcau. Montgomery Co.

A SWORN CURE FOR ST. VITAS' DANCE OR CHOREA. CRAWFOEDSVH.I.E. Ind.. June 22. 18S7.

My daughter, eleven years old, was severely afflicted with St. Vitus' Dance or Chorea. We gave her three and oue-half bottles of South American Nervine and she is completely restored. I believe it will cure every case of St.

Vitus' Dance. I have kept it in my the ereatest remedy in tue worm tor i v- i T - . : t :

Stale of Indiana, !, John T. Mjbh. Montgomery County, f Subscribed and sworn to before me this June 23. 1SS7.

INDIGESTION AND DYSPEPSIA. The Great South American Nervine Tonic

Which we now offer you, is the only absolutely unfailing remedy ever discovered for the cure of Indigestion, Dyspepsia, and the vast train of

symptoms and horrors which are tho result of disease and debility of the human stomach. No person can afford to pass by this jewel of incalculable value who is affected by disease of the stomach, because the experience and testimony of many so to prove that this is the oke and

only one great cure in the world is no case of unmalignant disease

wonderful curative powers ot the .south American JNervine ionic. ,

Habhiet E. Hill, ol Woynetown, Ind., says: " I owe my life to the Great South American Nervine. I had been in bod for five months from the effects of an exhausted stomach, Indigestion, Nervous Prostration, and a general shattered condition of my whole system. Had given up all hopes of getting well. Had tried three doctorn, with no relief. The first bottle of the Nervine Tonic fmproved me so much that I was able to walk about, and a few bottles cured me entirely. I believe It Is the best medicine In the world. I can not recommend it too highly."

No remedy compares- witn Sotrra AMERICAN Nektcie no a cure for the Scrrw. No remefy compares with South American Nervine as a wondrous cure tor the Stomach. No remedy will at all compare with South American Kervlne na a cure for nil forms ol falling health. It never (alia to euro Indigestion and Dyspepsia. It never fafls to euro Chorea or St. Vitus' Dance. Its powers to build up the whole system are wonderful la the extreme. It cures the old, the young, and the middle aged. It Is a great friend to tho aged and infirm. Do not neglect to use this precious boon I If you do, you may neglect the only remedy which wilt restore you to health. South American Nervinois perfectly safe, and very pleaBant to the taste. Delicate ladies, do not fail to use this great cure, because It will put the binom of freshness and beauty upon your Hps and In your cheeks, and quickly drive away your disabilities and weaknesses. Price. Large 18 ounce Bottles, $1.25; Trial Size, 15 Cents. EVERY BOTTLE WARRANTED. Every person purchasing six large bottles from our advertised agent at $1.25 each Is entitled to ono bottle free. If not kept by druggists order direot Tx in for ,a.oo Dr-E- DETCHON, Crawfordsville, Ind. FARIS BROS.

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has only recently been introduced by tho great nervine tonio qnalitiea Broken Constitution, Debility of Old Age, Indigestion and Dyspepsia, Heartburn and Sour Stomach, Weight and Tenderness in Stomach, Loss of Appetite, Frightful Dreams, Dizziness and Ringing in the Ears, Weakness of Extremities and Fainting, Impure and Impoverished Blood, Boils and Carbuncles, Scrofula, (Scrofulous Swellings and Ulcers, Consumption of the Lungs, Catarrh of the Lungs, Broi chitis and Chronic Cough, Liver Complaint, Chrome Diarrhoea, Delicate and Scrofulous Children, supply of nerve food in the blood, a the nervous system must supply all and labor imposes upon the nerves. Reseoci Wilkixsox, of Brownsvalley. Ind., says : " I had been In a distressed condition tor three years from Nervousness, Weakness ot the Stomach, Dyspepsia, and indigestion, until my health wqb gone. I had been doctoring con stantly, with no relief. I bought one bottle o! South American Nervine, which done me mora good tlian any $50 worth of doctoring I ever did in my life. I would advise every weakly per son to use this valuable and lovely remedy ; a tew bottles of ft bus cured me completely, t consider it the grandest medicine In the world.' family for two years, and am sure it is indigestion ana uyspepsia, ana lor an I r 1 . 1. c . .1. . . . ' . Chas. W. Wright, Notary Public. for this universal destroyer. There of the stomach which can resist the Sins. Ella A. Bhatton, of New Boss. Indiana, says: "I cannot express how much I owe to the Nervine Tonic. My system was completely shat tered, appetito gone, was coughing and spitting op blood; em sure I was in tho first stages of consumption, an Inheritance Handed down through several generations. I began taking the Nervine Tonir, and continued Its use for about six months, and am entirely cured. It fs the grandest remedy for nerves, stomach and lungs 1 nave ever scon." Retail Agents

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