Decatur Democrat, Volume 39, Number 52, Decatur, Adams County, 13 March 1896 — Page 6

WORK IN THE HOUSE —. • | Measure to Prevent the Swindling of Old Veterans Passed. POSTOFFICE APPROPRIATION BILL Not Intended to Abandon the Inspection S.vait<**n Administration —Night Session Hehl to Consider Private Pension Bills, About a Dozen of Which Were l’ass«‘<l—Capital Gossip. Washington, March 7.—The house yesterday, passed the legislative appropriation bill which has been under con- | sideration for a week. Most of the , time, however, was consumed in five j consideration of the amendment to abolish the fee system in the cases of United States attorneys and marshals. This amendment was perfected and adopted. At the opening of the session yesterday a bi-11 was passed on motion of Mr. Overstreet (Rep., 1ml.) to abolish the cash payment of pensions. The purphsobfThe hili' is to prevent the swindling!'! old veterans who draw theirpen- ' .-ion money at the Agencies on the quarterly paydays. U'(iin's]«mdoiice with th agencies shows that many pensioner: draw their pensions id cash, and th dr families complain that they get no beiiclit from tile money. This bill requires all‘pensions to be paid in cheeks, sent to the homes of the pensioners. The house then entered upon the consideration of the postoltice appropriation bill, The largest of the regular supply bills carri' < 591,943,757; During the debate Mr. Loud explained that the bill did not purpose to abandon the inspection system inaugurated by this administration, btit the terms of the bill cut off the force employed by the first- assistant postmaster general and increased that of the regular inspection force under the fourth assistant postmaster general. The house then took up the considera- j turn of the postofline appropriation bill. ! Mr. Lend (Rep., Cal..), chairman of the committee, explained its provisions. ■ 'Mr. Quigg (Rep., N. Y.i asked wheth- I er it would be possible under the pro vis- 1 ions of the present bill for the postoffice department to continue what, ho denominated tiie spy system lor surveillance over carriers, etc. Mr. Loud, in reply explained that the coinnifittee Hid not desire any official of the government toembarkin new enterprise- and therefore the appropriation used by the first assistant postmaster general to employ inspectors has been segregated so that money could not be used by him for that purpose. But Mr. Loud said he agreed with the first assis- , . taut postmaster general fully as to the principle of adequate supervision of the postal service. He thought it would benefit the whole service, but the committee had decided that it was not desirable to divide the inspecting force and .had. therefore, cut off the force under tiie lin t ass? tant postmaster general ami increased the regular force uiiderjthe .fourth assist-ant .postmaster general by making provissm lor 30 additional iuSJiecto)-. hi further explaining. the bill Mr. Loud siai: " Tire amount for railroad J trans'n i-tatidn <if mails had been re-' due. i from 5'29.('01'.()00 t-o .$27,000,000, anil-.the nglnctirm iiad been made in the hope and. expgciutioLi that h.s bill to. anicm it hyTostal, i.aws~rc Ta tin g to gecondelass mail matter, which-has-been extei.-iv ay cj.-ctisseiT, shall become a law.” I i am-we-r to a question he stated tiuit lie-u i uh.i press that bilLjf possible, to a \ . cqinpleting tl?e gi-tn-ml debate tie -c■ -mmiti s<ia i-e. mid Tit .> o'clock a nws was taip'-ii until s o'elook.. The evt-niT.g session wa- without incident 1 . About ,i :)<''/■ ■ iH-oate P eusioil bins Wen I favorably act wup.-n, (At-:, d little comment. Stout. of the Couslitate*sfirred No Ke- \ eiiHnc.il Whatever. Washington, March 7.— l ite news of the demonstration against the United : States consulate at Valencia by the ' ;Spa I li-! i mob stirred no resen tmen t what - wre - tmiong the. members of the house and caused hardly any comment. It was.received as an incident of ami par- • ticular merely the outbreak of stiafi'iits. Uliairman Hitt of tiie foreign affairs committee tliiit the aetfqn of' (he Spanish government.' in closing two universities to pre- , vent disorder plainly showed its con-detun-ation <-f hostile <ienioustra(ions against the United States. There is n<> disposition among members of tljy. foreign ati'a’fi.- al present to pr< son,! joint fc-olutions for the recognition yf Cui .an 'iH-iiJgercw-y. -w-fitch the pre'idout. woifld to pct upon. Hr. Sitizi rof Tsevi York predicts that thi.' liouse will take ttp the Uuban question -again within a liToii'th and Hkff’iCji.inr r Jiuimjs, of the for- ■ n affairs committee ii;.ive a tiii- . ft rent opinion.. . .It'. hap; curiously enough, r7 that 'tlrerepr sentative of the Uni fed States ] ,atTValencia, against whom this oemon- i slrat’am of national wrath w'as diret ted, j is not a nat i V-- ol our- c<lUiit.ry nor even a nattir.'ili'ZTo'Tniz.im. His name is Theo- ] doip M.ejtens, and .he is an Aii-tri.m by , birth, but was- appointed United States coii.-tiiar age;-t at i aioncia in is-:'irom Spain. In d; iu-t vs ords be whs chosen a-a fcpr.i;:i le .'arizen of the piace to look- after oar 'c<nnmerical "intersts them ; . becai:..-c.no .Xmera-a-n citizen of there- ] quistte character could be induced tn as- > -suiiiQ, the-dnlies for the small comp- ’ tion’. ainnunjiiig last'year to 31;;;;.-at, in-.] eluding all b- ~. • Lengthy < abim-t Vleetimr. Washin-.rov, March 7.—The cabinet , v,vas in si s-i‘-n y.estorda v nearly four. . hour-, an 'uniismilly l<>iig sitting, although Secierm-v <llncl’-dUrcretary-Car-lisle and Attorney (tern-mi Hawncn did IfniUstay To the end.. The' long session gave ampl lopd for spqculiit.on and the I " gernre i inipr- --ion was that ( itban a.l-fairs-were jrpder discusitin. Public HcAripgs <W> the Tarifr. . '■ ■Washington, March 7.-r-The'.-übcodi-"Hiitt’e on the yays.and means .committoe of the house in charge of tlfo iuvesti-

■gntion of the effect of the reciprocity clause of the McKinley law and of tho repeal of that clause by the enactment of the present-tariff law have issued an invitation to thos<> interested to appear at a series of public hearings to begin March 16. SENATOR CULLOM’S POSITION. Will Allow His Name to Go Before the St. Louin Convention. Washington, March 7.—When asked yesterday for an anthoritlvo statement as to the various reports concerning his candidacy for the presidency, Senator Cullom of Illinois said: “After due considenition and careful investigation of the situation I, have said to the people of Illinois that I should deem] it a high honor to have the support of\my

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state delegation at the St. Louis convention. Jam a candidate to that extent and I mav add that I now s--e no reason whv I should not continue to be a candidate. In making this announcement I desire that it should be understood explicitly that in entering the race I do not become a party to any scheme. I do not do if for the purpose of hurting or helping any other aspirant, except in so far as niv own success might have that effect. ■ I have gone into the contest simply because I consider the ambition a worthy one and will take my chances with others in the final result.” IMPORTANT POINT. Mud Pound on Jaukson’s I’ant-S ( ante From the Srene of Hie Tragedy. Cincinxa ri. March Diekure and Morgan, who are making the analysis of the stains found on the clothes of Pearl Bryan ami .Jackson, reported to Mayor Caldwell yesterday that they had ascertained that the mud on the knee of Jack-on .-trousers, which were found in M ailing s locker at the Ohio College of Dental Surgery, was the same, as that of the location in which Pearl Bryan’s body lay. They have not yet submitted their analysis of the blood stains found on the garments. The detectives and police officials are , working on the case with uurelaxed en--ergy, but have failed_to dewlop anything new in the past few days. Detectives Crim and McDermott were across the. river yesterxla-y -working on sewnd clews, the publication of which vvouiff ruin their chances to run them down to the proper source. SPANIARDS STILL AT IT. ■H3CC Kenewed Demonstrations Caused by Aineri<*aa Insults to the Flag. - ■ Madrid, 'March 7.—-There was renewed demonstrations of hostility to the United States yesterday at Valencia, Delures auil Alii-mite. There was also a demonstration of sympathy rnado before the French consulate at Valencia. The French consul appeared ui) n, the hilcony in response to the acclamations of the croud ami saluted them. The news from the United States of the insults offered to the Smim-h king and the Hag by the stwftmt-of. Princeton Uiiivr. iy have pl-oriue<>d tiie greatest indignanon in this city and were discussed wuri'nly at the cases, theaters and cluiis. flic discussions thoughwere accoinpuim-d by~nn disorders. Dispatches from Havafra say that a majority of Cuban Tnercliants have agreed to boycott the products of the United States.' —— CONFEDERATE VETERANS. Colune] Walker Says Their Banner Should Be Laid Away. Si . Louis. March 7.—General I. N. Walker, ■ommamler-in-chief of the Grand Army of -the Republic, was in this city ..yesterday enroute to the department encampment at Aliniieupolis. AViien asked if he had read the Washington dispatch iii which Senator Gordon, comDiamler-in-chief of the United Confederate X eterans. sjmke in reference tie lire.proposed joint parade of the Blue and Gray in New York on,July 4, General Walker said that he had. He -tatc<l that tin? Union soldiers harbored no ill v ill or /.vindictive feeling toward their lain 10--; in arms, bqt' they do insist that boi i their haiimT ;iml their uniform should lie laid away possible, forgotten, as (remiß.d Lee suggested when lie surrendered a-t Apo.imiittox. TELEGRAPH TICKS. It is-aid that .1 lie Leon rebels have given up i Heir <■;111s.<■ in ■ Managua. The. report that i’remTer Crispi of Italy has been a. sas.-iuated i.- ujjJiu-mfi l ■<!■ Seven members of an jAifna, \Vi-.. family werb burned Hi death in t heir home. By the i xpLi.-iou of a bfliler in the Troy lauiiiiri .iH bri-ugo -even men were ly injui i'il. Aga: v .of comiterfeilcrs, with an entire out lit l'.r luak ing •' t -river eertilicifti s, wa- arie.-tt;;l in .\<-w York-.- . ; ; The Fioreii'e. Crirtemb'U Rescue Mission inis been started al Butte, Mon., $3,000 bi-fng subs' Tided. This is the 20th mis-.- ii -I - i' 'I l>y La 11. Crittenden. Th \ i rk riiamber of commerce ba- . hih'.-.I lo similar bodies tb’roi:: '-ui ijn ( ofmi ry to urge the selection a-. -- ■■■- io' (lieUia'tionaTcorivent ion- a in. \\ i;t oppose the free coinage of siivm— ■; J - -;y ■ Fx-Ldvernor Rybert E. Pattison of-Pi.-hnsylvam. rleX-hfietl i-ri ialk on the subject as (io. wlii'l her |u- to< il periuitAiis uaiiin to go before l h<- iUuioe'-a'tiQ. con.vemiofras a c.-imliiiatefm- the presidency. The.treasury yesterday lost sl, 05Q,6(X) in gold which ii-aves t lie true umouht of the .-eserve JI 53,946,21.0. ' , ]

OFFER TO HELP SPAIN I Military Officers, Including Englishmen, Tender Their Services. SUBSCRIPTION FOR A WARSHIP. i > i I Official Bellaf, However, I» That Na ConflictH Will Occur — Wealthy Spaniard. Offering Money to the Gnvernmcnt. Queen Regent Was Cheered—Turbulent state In Valencia. Madrid. March 9.—Several foreign military officers, including some Englishmen, have offered their Services to the Spanish minister of war, Senor Marcelo de Azearraga. in the event of war between Spain and America. The i official belief, however, is expressed that , no conflict will occur. Patriotic demon- j stratums have occurred thiiiiighont the i country since the action of the United States congress on the Unban question and many wealthy Spaniards are offer-; ing money to the government. Several I towns also have sent messages offering goods and the-lives of their citizens in defense of the country. The shipowm'rs (if Seville have offered lo place T>o st earners at the disposal of the government. In tin' Basque has been opened to present a warship to the government. The disorders have ceased in this city and the state of Madrid has been tranquil since the university was closed. The queen regent was cheered upon leaving church by the crowds in tho street. The gendarmes dispersed a crowd who : were cheering in front of the French ennsulate.jji Bareelona as an expression of a hope for a Franco-Spanish alliance, i — I FULALti: DESIKES PEACE. Trays <<<»«! That <'or<lial Relations May Never Cease, New York. March 9. —The. World to- j day publishes the following copyright i dispatch from Infanta Eulalie of Spain: .Sweet remembrance of the afieetioiiate rik-eption given to me by the people of the i United States when I went to their conn-f .1 Use-X ' i ■ INEANTA EULALIE.

try, representing my own, at the festivities in honor ol (’o.tumlms. lives ami e\er will dive in my heart. Ihi ring t h' e-e- fest-i v tt4es-vst.Fmi.wproof s of , mutual esteem were given by both countries. - . ° 1 became convinced, and still am persnadeSj I l:;it .m vei-. never should 1 hat tra(liiionai friindship b<- broken, much le-s should peiice be disturbed. Being apart from affairs of state, I can only-pray God fervently that cordial relations between the two countries' may never cess'-. _EI LAI.IE. Meeting Hctil in a Bullring. Valencia. March'9.—This city was! again in a turbulent state yesterday oyer | tiie lUiidition of. the relations between I Spain ami rhe United States. A mol) , gathered ami was proceeding toward ] the American consulate with the infen- | tion of causing a disturbance there, but 1 a force of pi lice and gendarmes opposed ] their- jrassage through the streets. A ] desperate struggle ensued and several ] persons were wounded, inchiding a gendaTjne. The mob succeeded imaniering the Plaza de Toros by destroying the gates leading to the bullring. They then hi'ld a meeting in the arena. A state Os siege was proclaimed. Must. Write In English. Madrid, March 9.-—The United States Minister. Mr. Taylor, has °f-cfused the t resignations of Spaniards acting as i United States consuls when they were! written in Spanish on the ground that . that language is not: the official language of the United States. ROB THE PENITENTIARY.' Convict i Kee<‘ive Money and Liquors In Eveiiangc I'o-r G<m’<ls,- _ W.ii iTN. 'V's,. March 9. —A wholesale robbery of the poniteiiliarv contract '! firm by convictsln the Wisconsin prison , has la-"*i ai iscliycreil. Gonviets engaged 1 in the robbery received 'money, various i luxuries and liquor in exehangq for the : goods. For some time’, yilist Warden ] Roberts has -nspi'cted thijt illicit-traffic was being carried on and discoveries ] were made. Saturday night which, led to ' the.arrest of Arthur Miller, i< farmer ~ living near the,, prison, and Fremont Fait-I.ank, a farm hand. R. U, Russell, il. convict truSty employed as a I'aj-mhand.Jt is ;i)l-ge<l, arranged, for <-»tlu.x with Miller, to receive and dis)'><><<'• of' K - ks from the- ] knitting department of tho penitentiary. ; Mon*-/, whisky and other articles ie.- ( ceived in exchange for the,goods were divided among th,e, convicts. Miller and. Fairbanks confessed and told where large l quantities of the*, stolen goods could be found. Rijssell was plaged in solitary, confineue t • and Miller and Fairbanks w*-r--h.:-- for trial. Tablet In Memory of I lailklin. Paris, March' 9.—The historical society at Bassy yestejrday placed a tablet ou the house ,which -Bejamin Franklin .occupied, there .‘ in 1776. Two members .of the soco-iv spuke on the subject of Franklin’s stay in Ertvnce. M. Faye, ’tiie distiitgiiished asti.pnomct ifid mejnber of the French institute, inide an address referring to Franklin’s career as a jcieiitist, ,u."'*_ ) - ■=■«<-

ANOTHER OUTBREAK Renewed Demonstrations of Hostility Shown by Spaniards. < CONSULATE WINDOWS BROKEN. Reports of These Dastardly Outrages May Have (he Effect of Hastening Action on the < üban Resolutions—Alleged Tele* gram of Minister de Lome Not Believed In Washington. Valknuia, March 6.—The disordeif which were prevalent hero when the news was tirst received of tin 1 action of the United States senate on the Cuban question, broke out afresh yesterday and thorn were renewed deinonstratiuus of i hostility to tho United States. Tho mob made its way to the United. States consulate, which was stoned, and the wiiidows of which were smashed by the infuriated populace. I Several attempts were made by disorderly paraders to make their way to the United States consulate, but they were frustrated, as the authorities had received special orders to be on the lookout for any demonstration against the property of the United States. Special protection was afforded the building in which the office of the consul is located with a view to tho same mid. The mob gathered before the building before the ]>olice were aware of what was occtiring, and sti’iios began to fly from the crowd with the result that windows were broken. The crowd were cheered on by syniparhizt'Fs m tiie streetsand from the neighboring houses. The police lost no time in cliai'gmg thd rioters and the , mob was speedily dispersed, tiie missiles pemg filing almost while those who threw them were taking flight. There was no violence indulged in in . other-parts of the city, the deinonst.ru- I tions being confined to "noisy clamor, cries of derision against the United States government and attempts t< > make speeches. The orators wore not allowed to proceed far before the jsilice drove ■ away their -hearers and warned the speakers to desist. A number of arrests I were made as a result of the defiance of the orders issued for preserving the ; pence. MAY HASTEN ACTION. These At larks W ill No Doubt Create New Indignation In Congress. Wash i x<; r< ix, March (i. —This late hour at which the reports -of disorders yesterday in Valencia were received made it impossible to learn whether any official information had been received here in regard to the trouble. The at- ; tack will no doubt create renewed indignation in congressional circles and may have the effect of hastening action on the Uuban resolutions when the conference ri'port is taken in the senate on . Momlay. • In this, as in the case of the attack on the consulate at Barcelona ’ last Sunday, tiie Spanish governimmt ~-it , is quite likely, will express to the L-.iijteil States regret for the occurrence and make a com|>li to disavowal of it. The Spanish minister has not received ; any advices concerning this latest disturbances. -.-€ AN SAFELY be denied. Alleged Telegram of Minister de Lome to His Government. Madrid] March 6. —According to a statement in The El Dia. Senor Dup .y de- Lome, tim Spanish m-inist-er lo W-i.-ii inglon. bus telegraphed to the government I hat President ( leveland will re- j fuse as long as he is president either to i recognize the rebels or intervenem the I UuLan question., 1 • I Probably Arose From an interview. W.isfiixo ton, March (>.—From a: soiilTc. the accuracy of which cannot be questioned, the, report that- Minister ' Dtqmy de Lome has- telegraphed his government that President Ulevelaiid ' will refuse as long as he is president either to recognize the rebels or inter- ] vene in the Uuban question, can be safely denied. Statements of a similar , nature have heretofore been published. The, foundation for the statement probably arose from an interview y.ith Minister de Lome quite extensively published in this country and portions of whiehhave .no doubt found tlieir way to Madrid, Excitement Abating. Barcelona, March 6.—The universities here, at Valencia and at Gratiadaf are closed in order to prevent the students from making demonstrations against the United States. Tiie excitement, Tiowcvcr, Imsconsiderably tibated, and there' is a beliefs, prevailing that Great Britain and France will suppbrl Spain against the United States'. King of Spain Bmiit-d lii Eifigy. Princeton, N. J., March 6.—Tiie un- ' of Princeton last night burned in olfigy the king of Spain ma ' demonstration in which several hundred took part. The flag of Spam was : dragged through the. main street, and later was torn to pieces in tire center of the cammis. No Direct News of Nansen. - St. Pi: i Ei-tsmyu.t, March 6.—Baron : Toll, .the Russian explorer, who cstabi lishi'd the Nansen provision-’depotsbn the New Siberian islands, expresses the opinion thaUthe dado (Novy 10)-of Lbfr letter from Peter Ivanowltch Kuchpnareft', the trailer at ansk. lessens tTftrqirobability of the -rep ,i't Regarding Nansen, -inasmuch as NUnscn liimse.lt Or a comriTde must have reached the mainland, ai the same ,J,iine its tn.e date of this letter, in which, case a,direct communication from Nansen would have arrived long ago. < <>ll<-ge I’l-esiiient Resign-). > , Akron, U., March 6.—Dr. O. Gone resigned yesterday as president of Buchtel college, giving his reasons'that thgre was too much sectarian confi’ol of ,the Institution, conti-ary to tiie desires of She fotfiiller.

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SENATE AND HOUSE Business to Be Transacted During the Present Week. j ALASKAN SEAL EXTERMINATION. fliiln.il Oiiskllou Re.lvnil Toilhy— Senator Turple SpeakiiiK In OppoMt-lon to tho Soat-IQK of Mr. Dupont—Ai-ir.ona Land , Bill— Context, in the Hotixe to Be Disposed nt Thix Week. Washington, March 9.—The Cuban question was retrived in the senate today bn the proposition to accept the report of the conference committee agreeing to tlio house resolutions. There is little doubt that the house resolutions 'null be agreed to. The Dupont. Doltiwarc election case will also "continue to receive attention during the week. .Senator Turpie speaks today in opposition to the seating of Kit. Diipont and will be followed, when opportunity affords, by either Senator Pritchard or Senator ('handler for Du]x»iit. It is not believed that the debate on this question will be concluded during the present week. Thi' bill tn prevent tho extermination nf the Alaskan seals has been made the special order for Thursday next, but whether it will be taken up at that time will probably depend upon whether an amicable arrangement can he made concerning the Dupont case. There is no disposition on the part of the managers of the seal bill to prevent continued consideration of the Dupont matter. The seal lull will provoke discussion whOii reiM-hed. It is understood to bo Senator Morgan's purpose to discussit at length. Senator Butler has given notice of a speech on Wednesday on his bill to prohibit the further issuance of government bonds. If the committee on public lands gets in its report on the Arizona land bill, rocomniending.its passage over the president's veto, it mtiy be taken up and it will probably arouse considerable discussion. 801 SE FOR EE AST. Postoflice and Naval Appropriation Bills. Coxites!s For Seats Coining Ip. Washington, March 9. —The house this week will continue work on the appropriation bills and dispose of one and possibly two of the ponding contested election cases. The ‘ postoffice appropriation bill will, it is.thought, be passed today. The naval appropriation bill is the next supply bill in order. During the next week the Aldrich-Robbins case from the Fourth Alabama district, the report of which is against the Democratic contostor, will be called up, and if time is offered the report of the committee in the Bejioit-Boatner ease from the Fifth Louisiana, declaring the seat occupied by Mr. Boatner vacant, will also be acted uixm. REAR ADMIRAL WALKER DEAD First Otlirer to Voluntarily Ketire Im Favor of Youngrr Men. New York, March !».—Rear Admiral Henry ...Walkey died at his home in Brooklyn yesterday afternoon. He had been suffering since Tuesday last from a severe attack of the grip, but the immediate, cause. of death Was heart failure The family: .physician had very little hopes of his recovery and the. family was prepared for the* vvifrst. For some, time before he passed away he was uncoiiscious. He leaves a widow, throe suits and two daughters. Henry Walker was lim n in -Virainia 88 years ago. His father. Anthony Walke, W<is a college student at X'ale with John ’UY Calhoim. When quite young Hie deceased was taken to Ohio, receiving his edneat ion at the Chi I licot lie aeademy. 1 n 1827 he became a midshipman in the navy, bein.g a-signed to tiie frigate Alert, under the command of Lieutenant Farragut. He was present at the surrender of Vera Cruz, during the Mexican war, being exeeutive officer of the tirig X’esuvins. During the war of the rebellion he commanded the gunboats Taylor and Lexinutyn iind protected General Giant's army while it was making its retreat, on the transports. He was also at the liiittie of Henry in charge of the gunboat Carotidelet He was successful in get ting tiie Carondelet past Island No. 10 on April 4, 18*12, while the enemy’s shot fell on it like hail. For this piece of work the commander was honorably mentioned. In 1862-for his "bravery he, was made camain; in fsilti commodore, and' a rear admiral in IS'J'lf. One yeae later he retired, having the proud distinction of being the first, officer to do so voluntarily to give the younger men a chance. GOLD HUNTERS. Many. Going lo Alaska Fields Without a Single Dollar. Port Townsend, Wash., March. 9 — The steamer Uity of Topeka lelf hero lor Alaska having on board 35ff passengers, 110 dogs and a full cargo of freight, j Many of the ptrssetigers, having paid their fare, are going to the Yukon country without in there pockets. The steamer Willapa also left here ior Ahtyliii' With a cargo of humanity, dogs : and freight-. by Boiling Tar. New York, March 9. —Five workmen, einployed by'the Sta.ndard Oil company at Bayonne, N- >L, were severely burned yesterday by the overflow of boiling tar. from one of the big tanks at the comupfl'iiy’s yiirds, The bipii were working at stills from which Hie tai’ oil was being 1 pumped into a tank. The tar boiled over tfirtSjtlies of the tank in a torrent and flooded, the floor. It was found imp s- b)e to close tho,, pipes and. the mcn tamTe A dash to escape, lire boiling fluid poured over them, however, before they iould get away. No one was- fatally injjired, but all received very serious but ns. “■ ■ Drath. From Old Agv and Grief. Greexsblrg, Ind., March 9. —Mi;s. Charles Andrews died at Ularksbfirg Saturday of old age and grief over the death of her husband, who died a week ago.

x THE RETIRED BURGLAR. A Brl.f Account of » Lively aud Interert ing Incident In Ills Career. "A house that I went into one night in a town not very fur out of New York, ’’said the retired burglar, “didn't liegin to pun out as well ns I expected . it would, and I couldn’t help feeling a little bit disappointed. I'd been all over the boose, and hadn’t got much more'nr enough to pay my car fare. But when I came down stnirs again I saw standing in a corner of the hall by the front dooi; something that I hadn’t noticed when ‘vJ I went up thut pleased mo very much, 1 and that was a tricycle, a girl’s tricycle, with two high wheels and a small wheel in front, with galvanized wire spokes, and a long handle to steer by, and a seat upholstered with red velvet, and all that sort of thing, you know. <« You’ve seen lots of ’em, no doubt. “Well, now, my little been asking mo for sumo time for a,tricycle, but business had been so everlasting bad that I really hadn’t felt as though I could affi’vd to buy her one, but here « was ono waiting for mo to carry off, and it made mo smile to look at it; a bright new one it was too. It was pretty near Christmas, and I thought I’d keep it and give it to her for a Christmas present. “There wasn't any rubber tires on it, so I didn’t dare roll it across the hall, but I picked it up and carried it to a door that opened into an entry that opened on to the cellar stairs, tho way I’d conie in. I got it to tho first door all right, and into that entry way or hall without hilling anything, but getting it through the door leading to the cellar stairs, going first myself and backing down with it, the long handle flopped over in somehow and caught iu the door when I was just a step down. I tried to free it, and it freed- easier thau I expected, and I lost my nalance ami * lost my hold gu tho tricycle and fell .i down stairs. “Noise? Well, how, I tell you, I was in a steamboat explosion once, ami once iu an explosion in a sawmill, but I never began to hear so much noise in my life, as I did when me and that tricycle rolled down the cellar .-ti.irs. The tri-, cyclo fell over n a and I fell over tl:o tricycle,and somewhere on the way dew ■ I believe I must have fallen through ) the tricycle, for when wo got down to tho bottom, 1 was all scratched and cut and my clothes were tore and the tricycle was a wreck. I-stood there for a minute looking at it, till I heard two men coming down the stairs to the hall above, and then I went away and left it lying there at the foot of the cellar stairs. “So, you see, my little girl didn’t get her tricycle that Christmas after aIL" —New York Sun. LESS TRUTHFUL This In a Man's Assertion In Regard to Women Compared With Men. A man who has made a study <sf , women and' their ways remarked the 1 other day that women are, as a set, lees I frank ami truthful than men. Whatever truth there is in this assertion we way J be sure it is at least not innate, but due to the difference in tho requirements of ’I the two sexes and the consequent dis- I ference in their education. Men are taught to reveal true, natures from the cradle to lite grave. Men are taught I that, being human, they are subject to I various passibus and liable to fall intc error which it is not necessary for them to conceal, for if they deviate from the sfraiglit and iiTirrow path the world will I quickly forget and forgive. Women, oil tho contrary, tire taught that if they are not inwardly statues of decorum, they must make it app<'ar that they tire, foF; the world is m reiless to one of the’r sex who by word of deed hints thut the smallest tittering on her pedestal, not to mention even a momentary descent I from it. is possible. In short, women a,v required to conceal their .real human selves from all ibebolders as absolutely as they conceal their lower limbs in t liejionventional .1 draperies of femininity, while men are aa free to reveal their real selves to the world as to clothe themselves in the nether*garments of their sex. But concealfnent or kick of frankness is by no B nieans untruthlulness. —Philadelphia Press. Leeches and the Weather. If you follow tho movementa of a leech in a bottle containing about a pint - of water covered with a. piece of muslin, fl yon can have a pretty good barometer. 1 Tlio leech lies rolled together at the bot- j.:.; tom of the. bottle—fair. It conies to the ] surface of the water —variable or rainy. It rushes pretty rapidly about the bottle ' —strong wind. It rolls over and over I convulsively—storm.—Journal of Hy-*. ■ giene. v Origin <if tiie Term -a < ard. n ■ Hero is an extract from a letter of C. H W. Ernst: “Boston Ims added many ■ words to our mother tongue. ‘A” card’ ■ metnring a personal statwnent in news- H pupej s", is a Boston term and dates back ■ to early titue--, when men paid their ■ compliments to objectionable crown ■ ministers by printing a ‘card’ in the ■ newspapers. Tho idea took inimediate-AW ly, and is still popular.' When Robin- ■ si n A Jones give their workmen a I Uliristmas turkey each, the workmen ■ are apt to’put a ‘card’ in the local paper. This odd use of the word originated ■ in Boston before the Revolution. Like ■ ill Boston inventions, it is convenient H ,ud ‘real cute. ’ ” —Boston Journal. ■ A Story About John Wanamaker. M r Lnm-across niv c;ld fri*'iid Jim Bid- ■ die of tho pidd.’< s id I’hiladelpbia yes- H terday, anfi.we fell u-talking about John ■ Waimmakcr. Said Jim: “A good many ■ years ago I was clerk in a store iu Chent-.B nut etreej it a salary of $75 a montn. ■ One day a driven up to the ■ doer, and the driver, coming into the H store, handed me au order for two boltd H of cloih. It was’signed ‘John Wana-■ maker.’ Johnw.Ts ast rugging beginner H then, ami tin'house decided that it did H not know him well enough to sell him ■ tho cio.ii on lime, su 1 was instructed to K send word t hat wo could not deliver the ■ goods without tho money.’’— New York H Press. > M