Decatur Democrat, Volume 38, Number 40, Decatur, Adams County, 21 December 1894 — Page 3

I —— -— —■ —— IlWliini Knocked Clear Oat! IBM Os Prices in our Dress Goods Department. We will make special prices on the following goods while they last: BB in. All Wool Tricot Flannels, former price SO cents, now 85 cents. 34 in. u Dress 35 " 20 38 in. plaid “ 00 “ “ 45 38 in. Colored Brillianteens, ✓ “ 60 “ “ 26 ■ 38 in. All Wool Bengalines, “ 81 00 “ 76 38 in. “ , “ “80 “ 60 “ M 6-4 Flannels, “ 28 “ 18 “ Nobby All Suitings, the Latest Styles, suit complete, linings, thread, stays, etc.,etc., from 84 50 to 85.50 per suit. Come and see them. Beat tlxo World For Undorvtroar. ■MB Elegant Ribbed, Fleece lined garment. 25c.. w< Il worth 85c You mustsee them IUB/ before you can appreciate their real value. Wool and Merino in same good values. Come and see for yourself. MB TTnSiTFITI V? Well, Ye». We are O K. on this line, also Gloves and Mittens. Fascinators, Shawls, and. in fact, everything you M can think of, and all at the Prices. ■ Blankets I . Blankets! Blankets I |M -A-ll we ask is, if you are needing any Blankets to see our line before you buy, as it is immense and the price is in keeping with the “times.” B CHINA, .GLASS AND QUEENSWARE. IN Well, Now You Have Struck the Kev Note We ar® second to none in th'S department. Our MH line Is silhnlj- admirable So much nicer than ever before and quite h irr< at deal cheaper. Our M line Is from one of the largest Importers in this country. You should come lu and Hee before M they are all picked over. They are going out every day. Come and select your Xmas pres cuts in this line and have them put away and be sure of them. I TOYS! TOYS!! TOYS !!! H Well, it is useless to trv to enumerate all in this big lino, as there are 1,001 articles that we ■■ would like to mention but can't for want of space, but remember, we are ■ SANTA CL.AUB’ UEADQUAHTEIIS ■ for any and everything in the TOY AND XMAS GOODS LINE. I Groceries. Groceries. Groceries. M Remember us when you need Good. Nice, Fresh, Clean, Groceries and Provisions. I SPRANG & TRUE. H I Daniel Schlegel, I DEALER IN - I LIGH'MG RODS, SPOITISG, ROOFING, AND Tinware of a Kinds. WiOjiM anil Mill loio to orfc Front St., near Jefferson Street. Decatur. - - - Indiana. l ’ * ■ * f THE DEMOCRAT - \ A3NTI3 ; - Indianapolis Sentinel I due year only 81.50 for Both Papers.

Grand Ranids & Indiana Railroad Took eueot November 25, 1894. GOING NORTH. ' STATIONS. No. 1 No. 3 No. 5 No. 7 Cincinnati.. Ive 4 55pm 8 05am 8 30pm Richmond 7 35.. 1100 .. 1125 Winchester.... 8 34.. 12 00.. 12 20am, Portland 9 14.. 1242 pm 12 54 Decatur 612 .. 145 .. 144 Ft. Wayne... arr 10 55 .. 235 .. 220 “ “ ...Ive 2 55pm 230.. 740 am Kendallville 4 05.. 3 32.. 859 .. Rome City 4 22.. 3 48.. 8 09.. Wolcottville 4 28.. 3 54.. 905.. Valentine 4 40 9 17 LaGrange ..... 450 .. 4 12.. 9 27.. Sturgis 5 20.. 438 ..'.9 56 .. Vicksburg 612.. 522 .. 10 53 .. Kalamazoo, arr 6 40.. 5 45.. 1104 . “ ..Ive 720 am 720.. 550 .. 1120.. Gr. Rapids..arr 915.. 915 t. 720 am 100 pm •• K ..Ive 10 25.. 74Q.. 125.. D.. G.H.&M.cr 10 42.. 7 55.. 140 .. Howard City 11 45 .. 79 05 .. 245 . Big Rapids 12 35am 1000.. 340 .. Reed City. 105 .. 10 35 .. 345 .. Cadillac arr 210.. 1140.. 515.. “ ....Ive 1115 .. 220.. 1150.. 5 20.. Traverse City 1 45 pm 710 .. > Kalkaska 3 47 I Petoskej 540 .. 350 ) Mackinac City 740 , GOING SOUTH. STATIONS. No. 2 No. 6 No. 4 No. 8 Mackinac City. 915 pm 740 am. - Petoskey 10 20 .. 915 . 5 30am Z Kalkaska 12 27.. 1120 7 17.. Traverse City 11 05 7 00 .. Cadillac ....arr 200 .. 105 pm 850.. •• ..’..lve 210 .. 125.. 655 pm 855.. Reed City..... 320./ 2 35.. 7 48.. 9 57.. Big Rapids 3 50.. 3 05.. 8 85.. 10 30 Howard City.. 4 25.. 8 55.. 9 35.. 11 20.. D., G.H.&M.or 5 55.. 5 00.. 1040.. 1225 pm Gr. Rapids .arr 610 .. 5 16.. 1055.. 12 40.. •• “ ..Ive 650 am 540.. 1140 pm 215.. Kalamazoo.arr 8 40.. 735.. 135 am 358 . , I •* ..Ive 845 .. 745 400.. ' Vicksburg 9 08.. 8 15.. .. ..... 4 80. Sturgis 956.. 910 520 .. LaGrange.... 1022 .. 936 ... 544.. Valentine 1081.. 944 558.. Wolcottville... 1042 .. 954 6 031.. Rome City 1047.. 959.. 6 08.. Kendallville... 11 03 .. 1016 623 .. ' $ Ft. Wayne..arr 1215 .. 1125 730.. ‘t “ ..Ive 1285 pm 1145 .. 545 am ;.. Decatur......7. 159.. 1287.. 6 80........... Portland 214.. 141 am 780 Winchester.... 249.. 2 25.. 809 Richmond 3 45.. 8 20.-. 915 pm Cincinnati...... 6 30.. 6 55., 1201 ~ Trains 2 and 46. run daily between Grand Rapids and Cincinnati. Decatur Ind The Weekly Democrat and Indianapolis Sentinel $1.50

jfflfe\Eß.iE Lines. Schedule In-effect Nov, 26,1894. Trains Leave Decatur as Follows TRAINS WEST. gi N 0.5, Vestibule Limited, daily for I M Chicago f 2J,J F - M No. 3, Pacific Express, daily for , .9* » u Chicago f 1 « No. 1, Express, dally for J. 10:45 A. M No. 81. Local, dally, except Sun-1 . M days TRAINS BAST. No. 8, Vestibule Limited, daily for I s-ns n v New York and Boston?. f B ' OH 1 • M daily for New 1-55 p, m NO.BB. daily for M No. 30. Local, dally except Sun- > day |10:45 A.M. Train No. 12 carries through sleeping cars to Columbus, Circlevill, Chillicathe, Waverly Portsmouth, Irontor, and Kenova, via Col um bus Hocking Valley & Toledo, and Norfolk A Western Lines. J. W. DbLong, Agent. W G. Mac Edwards T. P.A. Huntington

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J AffIIWTHE STATE. Choice News of Two Days From the Indiana Field. CASE OF EXTREME CRUELTY. Poor Widow Unexpectedly Finds Herself Considerably Eurlched — Farmer Who Made Every Preparation For Death. Football Brutality Has Another Victim. Notes of a Newsy Nature. Richmond, Ind., Dec. 17.—One of the worst cases of cruelty ever reported in this city has been exposed here in the treatment of Uriah Woolman by his wife. Woolman hits been blind for some time, and the statements given to the Wayne County Humane society show that his wife did not give him clothing enough to keep him warm, compelling him to sleep in an outhouse, and feeding him on scraps and offal from the table. Woolman owned property, but some time ago put it all iu his wife’s name. HIS HIAD BLOWN OFF. Terrible Effect on an Explosion Iu Blast* ing For a Well.* Jeffersonville, Ind., Dec. 17.—A premature explosion near Straws Mill, six miles north of here Saturday, blew off Alfonso Smith’s head and injured William Hilton so badly that his death is expected. The men were engaged in blasting in a new well on the premises of William Hilton’s father. A heavy charge of poWder was placed in the hole and the men packed a fuse tightly in the center, using a chisel and a hammer to pack the powder. It is thought a spark from the chisel caused the explosion. Smith was 35 years old and the father of two children. Hilton’s age is about 20. Death Was Expected. Greentown, Ind., Dec. 17.—Jacob Drucknjiller, farmer and contractor, fell from his wagon three weeks ago and, although apparently uninjured, nothing could shake his fear that there would bS a fatal termination. He immediately began straightening his affairs, making collections and paying debts, even checking out 81Q0 in bank with which to defray his funeral expenses. After his affairs were adjusted he became delirious and died in 24 hours. Her Christina* Gift. Wabash, Ind., Dec. 17. —Mrs. Robert Elliott, a poor widow of Somerset, this bounty, has had a lucky find. Her house burned down, together with considerate other property, on July 10. It was thought there was uo insurance on any of the property, but Mrs. Elliott found a policy on the house. She notified the company, and the local agent has received instructions to adjust the loss. Her policy vvas for $550. Caught on a Line Shaft. Anderson, Ind., Dec. 17.—Curtis Tingle, cupola tender at Wooley’s foundry, was crushed to death Saturday. While alone in the casting department his clothing caught on a pne shaft and he was carried around until fatally hurt. More Testimony Against Football. Mooresville, Ind., Dec. 17.—Horace Hadley, a high school student, had his shoulder dislocated and his collar bone broken in a game of football. The school board has forbidden any games iu the future. INDIANA PARAGRAPHS. George Seipp of Indianapolis was struck by an electric car pole and his skull fractured. Josephine Heckman, an Indianapolis school girl aged 13, died suddenly from an unexplained cause. .Escaping gas from a defective stove caused a narrow escape with their lives for the family of Jacob Feltman of Richmond. - An Alexandria man went into an Elwood saloon to burglarize the place. He got too drunk to leave and was found on the floor the next morning and sent to jail. J. N. Huffman of Muncie didn’t like the way Attorney D. W. Bell' questioned him during a trial, and the next day when they met. Bell wa's assaulted and knocked out in the first round. Alberti). Forbes, sentenced to the workhouse in Indianapolis for a misdemeanor, confessed having committed forgery to avoid incarceration in that prison, preferring the penitentiary. William Schreiber of Columbus, sent to the southern prison a few years ago for embezzling from the First National bank, has been paroled by the governor. William Yorger was also paroled from the northern prison. His crime was the theft of a hog. DISTRESSING. One Child Killed and Another Wounded by a Gun Thought to Be Empty. Mount Olive, Ills., Dec. 17.—A very distressing accident occurred Sunday, by which a child 3 years old was shot and instantly killed and its playmate severely wounded. Carbonetto Bohenico, living with the family of Frank Vacca, was examining a shotgun preparatory to cleaning it, and not thinking it was loaded snapped the hammer. A heavy load of shot was discharged with the foregoing result. ACCIDENT TO FIREMEN. One Dead a* the Result of a Collision Between Hose Carts. Rochester, N. Y., Dec. 17.—1 n responding to an alarm of fire hose carts G and 9 met in collision at a street corner. Both carts were going at full speed and the firemen were thrown in all directions. Louis Rice, the lieutenant of No, 6, was instantly killed, his skull being crushed, and Captain Frank Grafton of No. 9 was seriously injured and may die. Two Terrible Hours. Victoria, B. 0., Deo. 17.—The steamship Portland returned here this morning leaking ana with her rudder damaged, the result of two terrible hours off Cape Flattery Saturday night. The sea constantly swept over her and for a time it was feared would extinguish her fires.

NOVEU3T STEVENSON. Author of “Treasaro Island” Dle» Suddenly of Apoplexy In Samoa. Auckland, N. Z., Dec. 17.—Advices from Apia, SaiudC of date of Dec. 8, are to the effect that the well known novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson, had died suddenly from apoplexy. His reA "•**■*• / ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON, mains were interred on the summit of Paly mountain, 1.300 feet high. At the ■ time of his death Mr. Stevenson had half completed the writing of a uew j novel. , I Rolx-rt Txjids Balfour Stevenson was born in Edinburgh, Nov. 13, 1850. He was educated at private schools and at the university of Edinburgh, and was called to the Scottish bar, but traveled and devoted himself to literature. The work which established his reputation as a writer of fiction was “Treasure Island,” published in 1881 Among the most popular of his works is “Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.” MURDERED BY A MANIAC. Superintendent of the Georgia Inebriate Asylum Killed With a Hatchet. Milledgeville, Ga., Dec. 17.—Dr. ! R. A. Ranson, superintendent of the ! inebriate asylum, was literally chopped ' to pieces Saturday night by Thomas Allen, an inmate of the asylum. Allen i ■was suffering, from dilerium treiiiens I and Dr. Ranson had taken him out for j a walk. Suddenly, while the physi- ■ cian’s back was turned, Allen sprang at j him with a hatchet and repeatedly ’ buried the murderous, weapon iu his skull. Allen is in jail. TURKISH SAVAGERY. — Flesh Cut From Armenian Prisoners Is Broiled and Eaten. Tiflis, Russjan Transcaucausia, Dee. I 17.—A letter which appears iu a paper i .here states that for 19 days the residents of Armenian villages where the outrages were perpetrated fought against the ' Kurds. The Armenians lost only 10 i warriors, while the Kurds lost 569. I When the regular troops under Zeki j Pasha appeared the Armenians were compelled to succumb. After Zekki Pasha’s treachery iu offering peace, 60 young Armenian men were seized and tortured horiibly for three days. Then all were murdered and their bodies buried in a ditch. Among the Armenign heroes who lost, their lives the writer mentions Derbeiiros, who with his own hand killed seven Kurds in fair fight. He was captured and flayed to the waist. Pieces of ‘ his flesh were cut off, broiled and eaten bythe savage Turks while he was still aliveAmerican Board of Mission*. Boston, Dec. 17.—The American board of commissioners for foreign missions has issued an address on affairs with Armenians, saying that the missionaries are doing their best, amid no little peril to themselves, in the interest of those for whom they have Ming labored, but it is inexpedient to present full statements of what the board hears and believes. The foreign powers are expected to do their duty, but time and patience will be required, as in winter the snow is often 10 to 12 feet deep in eastern Turkey. Anxiety For a Steamer. New York, Dec. 17. —Some anxiety has been caused by the nonarrival of the Mallory steamer Sanmarcos. She was ' expected to reach here Saturday at the j latest. The steamer has not been re-, ported since Reaving Galveston. Duty on Cotton. Calcutta, Dec. 17. —The vice regal i council met today, when Mr. James i Westland, Indian minister of finance, introduced a bill to amend the tariff act of 1894 by providing for the imposition of duties on cotton. SPACE SAVERS. The Esterly Harvester company, Minneapolis, has made an assignment. Ex-Prime Minister Gilotfi of Italy is to be arrested for a part in bank frauds. Police Captain Creedon was reinstatea 1 by the New York police commissioners. Gendarmes of Pekin have been specially instructed to give protection to foreign residents. Japanese have issued an emphatic denial of alleged cruelties to natives upon the capture of Port Arthur. The German reichstag went back on the emperor by refusing to turn socialist members over to the prosecutor for punishment. Dr. Van Leuven, the Dubuque member of a pension examining board, pleaded guilty and was sentenced for two years and fined »1,000. A Chicago firm is sending out C. O. D. packages alleged to contain diamonds, the price being so reasonable as to catch mauy victims. They are glass. Mrs. Winslow Shearman and Mrs. Clinton Davis were murdered by unknown per sons near Jamestown, N. Y., while other members of the family were attending a funeral. News comas of fresh outrages on Armenians, the villages of Bohazkesen and Ilezare having been laid iu ruins, excesses committed on the people and large numbers made prisoners. The Federation of Labor adopted as a substitute for Plank 10 one providing for the abolition.of the land monopoly ownership and substituting company occupancy and improvement as the only guarantee of title. General Cassius M. ( lay has written a letter on his marriage with his 15-year-old ward in which he says it was solely a matter of their own business, and adds: “My experience shows me that a young girl may love an old man intensely, for love is of the soul, passionof the body.”

AFTER TMUOfIS? Not Till Then Will the Vote Be Taken on Carlisle’s Bill. TfiE DEBATE OPENED TODAY. Jan. 7 Will Determine Its Fate In the .Rome —Criticism by the Minority of the Banking Committee — Senator Turpie'* Objection* to the Nicaragua Canal Bill. Other Washington News. Washington, Dec. 18.—Speaker Crisp and his associates on the house committ tee on rules have determined on a special rule by which Secretary Carlisle’s bill for currency revision will be debated and voted on iu the house. The orig- . inal purpose of securing a vote before the holidays has been given up. Instead of that, it is arranged that the ! general debate shall begin today and continue until the recess at the end of this week. When congress reassembles, Jan. 3, the currency debate will be resumed, the 4th and sth being given to debate under the 5-minute rule. The vote will probably be taken on Monday, Jan. 7, at noon. It would be fixed for the Bth if that were not “Jacks.m day,”’ i when many members expect to be absent at celebrations. Instead of carrying the vote over to Monday noon it may lie determined to i take it Saturday night. Speaker Crisp I will determine on the exact time and ! the special rule will be submitted. It I willanake no provision for morning or ! night sessions. Chairman Springer of , the banking committee had hoped to get I a vote next Friday, but the sentiment of j the house was against this rapid pro- ; gress. Mr. Crisp called in Representatives I Johnson of Indiana and Walker of ! Massachusetts (Reps.) to get their view !of the length of the debate. Mr. JohnI sou urged that 10 days be given, bringi ing the vote on Jan. 8. MafiWalker did not want any exact time limit fixeckat . the outset. j The debate was begun today, Mr. | Springer opening for the bill. ” Sir. I Walker will follow against it. Mr. Hall I (Dem., Mo.) and Mr. Johnson (Rep., . Ind.) will probably follow. The special I rule will be agreed upon in committee , today, but may not be presented to the house until later in the week. Statement by Opponents, The minority members of the banking and currency committee severely criti- ' cise the Carlisle bill. They say: | The whole action of the party, majority of the committee was most extraordinary and not approved by its voting majority. Saturday at 4 p. m., upon the close of the examination of Mr. St. John of New York, a motion was made to close the hearing and go into executive session. Upon the attempt of a member of the minority to make a motion to take up th© bill for consideration he was informed by the chairman, Mr. Springer, that the. Democratic majority had concltided not to submit the bill to the committee for any motion whatever, but to report it to the. house on Monday, and that each member could offer what amendments he/chose in the house. It is the opinion of a number of clearheaded and eminent financiers in the country that if riie Carlisle bill was enacted into a law-Vithm 20 days that it would precipitate a panic far more severe than that of 1893, as it would compel the forced upon the market of nearly f. 200,000,000 of United States bonds within six months. The criticism goes on at considerable length and is signed by the six Republican members of the committee, AGAINST THE CANAL BILL. Senator Turpie Says the Doom of Isthmian Canals Has Been Sealed. Washington, Dec. 18.—In the senate yesterday afternoon Mr. Turpie of Indiana offered an amendment to the Nicaragua canal bill, which was ordered ’ printed. The amendmefit provides that j before any provisions of the act are en- . forced the president is to appoint three competent engineers, two from the engineer corps and one fnym civil life, not , interested iu the comp any, to make a : survey aud estimate' of the expense of ' construction. Mr. Turpie then addressed the senate aud started out by saying that he was heartily in favor of the construction of this canal, or any other navigable highway through the isthmus. He did not regard the pending bill, however, as furnishing any means for the accomplishment of this enterprise or as tending to promote the prosecution or completion of the canal. He regarded it, whether designed or undesigned, as one of these measures which Will assuredly lead to another failure (the fifty-first, he thought) of the concessions or compact for the building of this canal. After detailing the original understanding that the government should not be asked to gintarantee the maritime companies’ indebtedness, Mr. Turpie asked, with some display of feeling, with what fairness cau this company now come to congress and ask a subjection to the extent of $70,000,000? Without rising from his seat Senator Morgan interjected the remark that the company “Had not come here making such a request.” To which Mr. Turpie replied: “Then it has a very peculiar way of staying away.” He ridiculed the talk of selling the company’s bonds in England ami declared that its entire assets could not be sold in London for SSO. He said the failure of the Panama canal scheme h:rd sealed the doom of all Isthmian canal building. That tropical climate, he said, was fatal to all such enternrises. “ Keiemng to me numerous surveys for a route made from time to time, Mr. Turpie laid particular stress on that of 1851 by Cornelius Vanderbilt and associates, any one of whom, he asserted, could have completed the canal. Yet the enterprise had been abandoned. Routine of Congress. Washington, Dec. 18.—More than three hours of the senate session were occupied in the discussion of the Nicaraguan canal bill and three senators made speeches. Messrs. Peffer of Kansas, Turpie of Indiana and Squire of WashA

ington—the two former against the bill. Mr. Kyle spoke for a national university. The bill to protect forest reservations, which was a I tone of contention during the last session and which has twice been under discussion during the present session, was finally passed by the house under suspension of the rules. The Carlisle currency bill was reported to the house and the army appropriation bill passed. Favor Re*trlcted Immigration. Washington, Dec. 18.—Senator Quay of Pennsylvania presented" yesterday a voluminous petition from citizens of Pennsylvania, urging the passage of the pending bill restricting immigration by excluding anarchists and other undesirable applicants for admission and establishing a consular inspection abroad. Proposed Statue to Grant. Washington, Deft. 18.—Representative Outhwaite of Ohio has introduced a bill reviving the griule of lieutenant general of the army. Also a bill appropriating $60,600 for a statue of Ulysses S. Grant, to be erected on the east front of the capitol alongside the statue -At Washington. CORRIGAN AND DUCEY. They Met L.ikn Brothers and Parted wJke rather and Son. New York, Dec. 18. — Archbishop Corrigan visited Father Ducey’s church yesterday, and the event was particularly noticed on account of their recent differences with regard to the Lexow committee. The archbishop preached i ' and after mass spoke in complimentary terms of Father Ducey. All good men of the church, he said, are at times subject to calumnious attacks, and in such cases the only thing they can do is, after making frank statements, keep silent afterward aud leave the matters in the hands of the Lord. A man should not be judged until he has been heard. Father Ducey was asked if the remarks of the archbishop did not have some significance and smiled as he answered: “Yes,” and added: “We met like brothers who loved each other and we parted like father and son.” NOVELIST STEVENSON’S DEATH. \ 777 Z *". It Resulted Suddenly From Paralysis of . the Brain. Auckland, New Zealand, Dec. 18. — Further advices have reached here from Apia, Samoa, giving details of the death of the distinguished novelist, Robert Louis Stevenson. It is learned that Mr. Stevenson died on the evening of Dec. 3. He was talking with his wife, seemingly as well as usual, when he suddenly said to her: “I have a sjgSnge pain in my head.” XAfterwarjUfe fell back insensible. possible was Aqne to restore him "to consciousness success, and within two hours of the seizure he died. The cause of death was sudden paralysis of the brain, accompanied by collapse of the lungs. FIFTY SAILORS LOST. Two Steam Colliers and Their Entire Crews Given Up. San Francisco, Dec. 18. —That the steam colliers Montserratt and Keweenaw have been lost at sea. with all on board, is now considered almost a certainty. The Montserratt, Captain Blackburn, carried a crew of 2<kmen, and the Keweenaw, Captain Jenkins, carried a crew of 30 men. Anxiety is also felt for the barks Germania and Columbia. Lynchers Fooled. Pana, Hls7, Dec. 18.—The murder of the young man near here is still a mystery. The victim is unidentified. Chief of Police Cowick of tnis city went to East St. Louis yesterday afternoon for Harry Cummins, a suspect. A crowd assembled at the depot, last night to await the arrival of Cummins, and lynching was looked for,'notwithstanding no tangible evidence has been se- * cured against the man. The officers got notice of what was going on and took their prisoner to Taylorsville for safe keeping. Axes and Knives Were Used. St. Paul, Dee. 18.r—Axes and knives were used in a general fight over a game of cards in a lodginghouse on the upper flats last evening. Rafael Odi Muchio and Antonio Palombo, Italians, are in the hospital with probably fatal injuries. Joseph D’Fabio is in jail, seriously injured. Scaffold Blown Down. Carteret, N. J., Dee. 18.—A scaffold on the building of the Williams & Clark fertilizing works here was blown down yesterday afternoon, and three men who were on it were hurled a distance of 50 feet. John Moriarty of Ontario, Canada, was instantly killed and the others badly injured. Bad Bank failure. Slater, Mo., Dec. 18.—The Citizens’ Stock bank, capital SIOO,OOO, has closed and is in the hands of C. P. Storts as assignee. Johu F. Field, cashier, also made an assignment for the benefit of his creditors. The failure is a-bad one and will catch many creditors heavily. Reduction For Miner*. Pittsburg, Dec. 18.—The Railroad Coal Operators’ association has announced a reduction of the mining rate' from 69 to 55 cents. Thirty thousand men are affected. SPACE SAVERS. Earthquake shock was felt near Albany, N. Y. Eugene Kelly, the New York banker who has been ill for some days, is very low. Samuel Seeley, the New York embezzler, pleaded guilty and will be sentenced Friday. Police Justice Divver. ex-Tammany leader, must stand trial on impeachment proceedings. Over a hundred miners had a narrow escape from fire in the Castle coal mine 10 miles from Seattle. Southern railway employes are meeting In Washington with the officials in an effort to avert a strike. Young Men’s Democratic club ot Massachusetts gave a banquet. Ex-Congress-man Fred Williams was the principal orator. Packages of ballots cast in the last Chicago mayoralty election, over which Swift has a contest pending against Hopkins, are discovered U> have been tampered with. i • ' 'if. 1